Agenda for Regular Meeting
07/03/2025 6:30 pm
Virtual Meeting with Anchor Location In-Person and Remote Participation
Council Chambers
Louis L. Redding City/County Building
800 N. French Street – Wilmington, DE 19801
Call to Order
Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Committee Reports
Acceptance of Treasurer’s Report
Non-Legislative Business
a. Recognition Resolutions
Cabrera Recognize St. Paul’s Church Gala
Harlee Recognize Mother Bertha Lockett Parke (102nd Birthday)
Oliver Recognize Veda Davida Wooley, Esq. MBA
Owens Recognize National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
b. Sympathy Resolutions
Field Sympathy Lottoria Warner
Oliver Sympathy Kei’Shona F. Wilson
Oliver Sympathy Angelia Marie Cright
Spadola Sympathy Miles Edward McGreevy
Public Comment
The meeting will be open to the public starting at 6pm, so members of the public can sign up to speak. To sign up for Public Comment, members of the public must go to the following website https://tinyurl.com/wccpubliccomment070325 to fill out the information requested. Public Comment will take place after non-legislative business. The President of City Council will recognize speakers in the order listed on the website.
Note: Per Council Rules (CC Rule 2), the public shall register to speak by 6:45.
Legislative Business
DARBY
Agenda Item #0058 - Ord. 25-025
Passed
An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 11 of the City Code Relating to Religious Exemptions from Noise Ordinances
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends Section 11-61 of the City Code to expand the City’s “religious noise exemption.”
Agenda Item #0059 - Ord. 25-026
3rd & Final Reading - HELD
An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 2 of the City Code to Dissolve the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance dissolves the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank to begin dissolution proceedings, as outlined by 31 Del. C. § 4716(b).
Agenda Item #0077 - Res. 25-040
Adopted
A Resolution Creating a New Council Rule 10-3, a Public Travel Reporting Requirement
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution creates a new Council Rule 10-3, a public travel reporting requirement.
Agenda Item #0078 - Res. 25-041
Adopted
A Resolution Establishing a Reintegration Subcommittee to Serve as a Subcommittee of the Community Development and Urban Planning Committee
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution establishes a Reintegration Subcommittee to serve as a subcommittee of the Community Development and Urban Planning Committee.
Agenda Item #0079 - Res.
HELD
A Resolution Requesting an Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget to Provide Support to the Right to Representation in Evictions Program
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution urges the Administration to initiate an amendment to the fiscal year 2026 budget to make funding available to the Right to Representation in evictions program that supports legal representation, settlement assistance, early intervention, and tenant outreach for residents in the City of Wilmington.
Agenda Item #0080 - Res. 25-042
Adopted
A Resolution Notifying the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank (WNCLB) of the Violation of April 17, 2025, Directives Regarding the Property Transfer Process and Prescribing Corrective Action
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution identifies concerns with the public transparency and accountability processes of the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank (WNCLB) and prescribes actionable measures to remediate these concerns.
Agenda Item #0081 - Res. 25-043
Adopted
A Resolution Notifying the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank (WNCLB) of the Violation of April 17, 2025, Directives Regarding a Public Hearing
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution notifies the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank (WNCLB) of its lack of compliance with the recommendations of Resolution 25-024, A Resolution Requesting a Public Hearing by the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank (WNCLB) Regarding the Acquisition and Future Development of the Gibraltar Property, and prescribes actionable measures to remediate these concerns going forward.
OLIVER
Agenda Item #0082 - Res. 25-044
Adopted
A Resolution Requesting a Feasibility Study of the Potential for Commercial to Residential Conversions
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution urges the Administration and relevant City departments to work collaboratively to conduct a feasibility study evaluating the potential for converting vacant and underutilized commercial properties into housing.
BRACY
Agenda Item #0083 - Res. 25-045
Adopted
A Resolution Approving the Department of Parks and Recreation’s Grant Application to the State of Delaware Department of Education to Support the City’s Summer 2025 Food Service Program
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation’s grant application to the State of Delaware Department of Education in the amount of $536,715.10, or such other amount that the Delaware Department of Labor awards. The proposed grant funds would be used to support the City’s Summer 2025 Food Service Program.
Agenda Item #0084 - Res. 25-046
Adopted
A Resolution Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to Accept a Conditional Gift of Funding from the Gatorade Delaware Girls Basketball Player of the Year to Support Sports Programs at the William "Hicks" Anderson Community Center
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a gift of $1,000 from the Gatorade Delaware Girls Basketball Player of the Year to support sports programs at the William “Hicks” Anderson Community Center.
Petitions and Comunications
Adjournment
