Special meeting of the Annapolis City Council on Monday, March 23rd, 2026 will be called to order at 616 PM.

At this time, we will have a moment of silence to prepare ourselves for the business ahead.

At this time, would everyone willing and able please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance?

Madam City Clerk, will you please call the role?

Mayor Littman.

President Alderman Hadley.

Here.

Aldwoman O'Neill.

President Alvin Smith Brown.

Alderman Also Johnson.

Here.

Alban Sanamire.

Alban Savage.

Alderman Thorpe.

Here.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Miss City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is business miscellaneous beginning with ID sixty two twenty-six, a proposed closed session.

Uh pursuant to Maryland Entertainment Code, General Provisions Articles Section Three Three O Five B eight, and the discussion topic is pending with potential litigation regarding the housing authority of the city of Annapolis.

At this time, I would entertain a motion to move pursuant to annotated code of Maryland General Provisions Article, sections three dash three oh five B eight to go into closed session.

So second.

Alderman Chandemeyer, thank you.

Second, thank you.

Any discussion.

Seeing none, Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

Yes, sir.

Mayor Lipman.

Yes.

Alderman Huntley.

Aye.

Alderman O'Neill.

Aye.

Ald Alderwoman.

Also Johnson.

Aye.

Alderman Shatameyer.

Aye.

Thank you.

The motion passes.

We are now in closed session.

We are back on the record in uh city council meeting uh for March twenty-third.

We are out of closed session.

Miss City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is the approval of the agenda.

Thank you.

At this time, I'd entertain a motion to approve the agenda as amended to remove O seven twenty-six, eliminating the requirement for outdoor dining patrons to be seated on first reader.

So move so moved.

Thank you.

Alderman Thorpe, uh, heard the second.

All those in favor say aye.

Thank you.

The motion carries.

Next item on the agenda is ceremonial item items.

ID sixty seven twenty-six, a proclamation for Earth Month.

Thank you very much.

And okay.

And whereas municipalities across the nation, including Annapolis, have worked to address the urgent issues of climate change, pollution, protection of our natural resources, and whereas celebrating both Earth Day and the wider Earth Month reaffirms our commitment to the environment, resilience, and sustainability every day in Annapolis.

And whereas the community is dedicated to continuing the efforts through events, outreach, education, and policy to foster a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable Annapolis.

And whereas municipalities across the nation and the state of Maryland, including Annapolis are celebrating April as Earth Month as a means to continue mobilization, outreach to residents, and our commitment to the cause.

And whereas the city of Annapolis has a number of events for residents during the month of April and a number of city rebates, grants, incentives focused on the environment, resilience, sustainability, and energy efficiency.

And whereas anyone can join in our efforts by attending an event, subscribing to the Sustainable Annapolis e Newsletter, supporting the new forthcoming climate action plan, or reaching out to staff to learn more.

Now, therefore, I, Jared Lipman, mayor of the City of Annapolis, Maryland, do hereby proclaim April 2026 as Earth Month in the city of Annapolis.

Yay.

Okay.

Miss City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is petitions, reports, and communications, beginning with update from the mayor.

Thank you.

Good evening.

I want to start by highlighting some very good number, very good news about declining numbers of reported drug overdoses in the city of Annapolis.

Over the past year, we've seen a 30% drop overall with fatal overdoses declining 55%.

That makes 2025 the second lowest in 10 years.

Substance abuse disorder is a challenging problem for any community.

It takes a terrible toll on families, meaning that even one overdose is too many.

These numbers represent real progress, and I want to acknowledge and thank the city and nonprofit teams who have made a difference.

Together we can bring healing and recovery to individuals and families.

On March 14th, we held our first ward walks.

And while walking ward 8 with Alderwoman Conte and Police Chief McGuez, we got to speak directly with residents where they live, giving us a chance to see and hear their concerns.

I keep talking about.

Commemorative events began last Thursday, continue through this Wednesday when the city offices will be closed in observance.

Thursday, opening night for the Annapolis Film Festival.

Named one of the top 25 coolest festivals in the world by Movie Maker Magazine.

This four-day event brings film screenings and panels to our hometown.

Whether you're a film buff or casual moviegoer, the something for everyone.

Tickets are available at Annapolisfilmfestival.com.

I want to thank Aldo Alderman Smith Brown, who welcomed us in Ward 3 for our March 10th town hall.

We were joined by every city director to hear from residents who asked great questions and helped us get a better understanding of where what we're getting right and where we have room to improve.

If you can't get to a town hall but are curious what they're all about, we've recorded and posted each of the past five that we've done with three more to go.

It's on the city's YouTube channel.

Check it out.

Next up, we'll be in ward one with Alderman Huntley on Tuesday, April 7th, then in Ward 6 with Alderwoman Conte on Tuesday, April 23rd, and in Ward 4 with Alder Woman Alsif Johnson on Tuesday, May 14th.

As a reminder, we plan to hold two town halls in each ward twice this year.

So two in each ward.

Our second round begins in July.

To see a list of scheduled town halls, visit Annapolis.gov and use the keywords engagement opportunities.

The 2026 Martin Luther King Junior Parade in African Dispora Festivals coming up.

Join us on Saturday, April 11th from noon to 8 p.m.

to honor the life and legacy of Dr.

King.

This parade will start off at Amos Garrett Boulevard at West Street at noon and continue toward downtown, ending at Calvert Street.

There'll be roll rolling road closer closures.

But don't leave at the end of the parade because there'll be music, fun, food, arts, and vendors celebrating the African dispora in People's Park immediately following the parade.

These events are free and open to the public, and but the delicious food will cost you.

There are still spaces available for the parade.

Please visit special events on the city website to learn more about how you can join us in honoring the life of Dr.

King and celebrating African heritage at the Despora Festival.

She isn't here tonight, but there is a new face in the mayor's office, a budsman Tiana Parker.

She was in the crowd at the last meeting, recognized, but now she's officially a city employee.

She's been here over a little over a week and is off to a great start in helping our residents, businesses, and visitors navigate city government.

I know I've already sent at least a dozen, at least a half dozen parking-related inquiries her way.

Born and raised in Annapolis, Ms.

Parker previously served as an engagement, a community engagement officer in the Anna Ronald County Executive's office.

In that role, she helped use off constituent matters and led large-scale events and programs.

Welcome, Ombudsman Parker.

Today marks our 112th day on the City Council, my 112th day as mayor of Annapolis.

Now that we're officially in triple digits, I'll look back.

I am looking back at our 100-day plan and sharing progress we've made.

First, I made I promised to build a strong accountable leadership team, and I'm proud of the team we're building.

Right now we're reviewing applications for city manager and city attorney, and we're accepting applications for finance director and human resources director.

And soon we'll announce our selection committee for police chief.

I promise to listen to city staff.

With assistance from Dew East partners, we held 19 roundtable conversations with city employees across all departments.

Over the next seven days, we're holding two staff town halls to share the results with city staff.

Over the next few months, we'll begin implementing recommendations.

The city's acting HR director is working to reinforce our commitment to fair and equitable practices and taking the necessary steps to strengthen employee understanding of how to recognize and address allegations of discrimination.

I promised regular communication and transparency with residents.

In addition to the town halls and ward walks, we're holding office hours to give city residents 10-minute one-on-one conversations with their mayor.

We're also emailing regular newsletters that explain legislation coming before the city council.

As we've shared, FEMA has officially signed off on our 35.5 million hazard mitigation grant.

This money will help us get this much needed flood protection project across the finish line.

Regarding permits, since January 1st, the city has reduced the average time for a permit from 15 working days to 5.6 working days.

It remains a priority and we will continue working on that progress.

As for parking, we introduced the Golden Pass Senior Program to make downtown more accessible for older residents of the city or even outside the city.

We're also working towards making the Mills Hillman Garage work on a post-paid system like the other city garages so that drivers pay fewer penalties.

On the issue of public safety, I've been holding bi-weekly meetings with the acting police chief and deputy to stay updated on the department and ensure a unified strategy to ensure our residents feel safe and heard.

I've also begun tackling the shortage of affordable housing by co-sponsoring legislation with Alder Woman O'Neill for 12 month moratorium on new short-term rental licenses while we work to improve enforcement and address concerns.

This legislation passed the city council at our last council meeting.

I'm incredibly incredibly proud of the progress we've made on the issues laid out in my 100 day plan.

I want to thank the incredible public servants working for the city.

Without them, these accomplishments would absolutely not have been possible.

At our next city council meeting, we get a three-week break.

If you guys haven't noticed, we've uh been meeting a lot lately.

I'll be delivering my first state of the city address as mayor, giving a comprehensive update on the current state of Annapolis and what the city government is working on.

The next council meeting will also mark the official beginning of our FY 2027 budget process.

The finance committee, Carrie can't wait.

We'll hold almost daily hearings as we honor now.

Our operating and capital improvement budgets ahead of the June 1st council meeting when we'll ask for a vote on the final budget package as amended.

As my administration prepares our budget, we're working on identifying top priorities of city directors, alder persons, residents.

Our goal is to focus on the most pressing needs while being deliberate with taxpayer money.

We must remain accountable to you, the residents of Annapolis.

And on that note, let's get this meeting started.

Ms.

City Attorney, will you please call the next item on the agenda?

Next item on the agenda is reports by committees.

Thank you.

Any council members wish to provide a report of their committee.

Alderman Savage.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

So at the last environment matters committee meeting, let's say we postponed action on 026, more involved legislation.

They're awaiting additional information from staff, and I believe some of our colleagues will be working on some amendments to that.

We did not take action on R126, the performance standards.

And but we are going to be working with city manager, I think early fall to speak about some of the environmental standards, performance standards for the next fiscal year.

This was, I think, very helpful.

And why we had to move to manually installed wall.

But we don't expect to have to utilize it too frequently.

For we also received a stormwater presentation from public works.

It was a great presentation, uh, very detailed.

Um, this focused on talking about the proposed change to the non-residential fee structure for the stormwater fee.

And so this would be moving from a tiered structure to what we call an equivalent residential unit.

Um, but in a nutshell, it allows for more accurate and equitable fee structure where properties with large amounts of impervious surface are appropriately paying more than uh those who have less impervious surface.

Um, I mean, it's always been the case, but this really makes it even more equitable.

Um, so the new rate structure will bring in more fee revenue, which will hopefully be used to reduce any kind of uh need for fee increase as we move forward.

Um it also provides more incentive for these large property owners to utilize the revamped fee reduction in that you know uh some of the large properties will have a significant increase, but again, that just gives us more um ability to actually get them to utilize this reduction program that public works is hard at work on, where they can get credits based on stormwater improvements that they make on their properties if they remove um impervious surface or put in stormwater management or plant some trees.

Um that concludes the update from the Kenny.

Thank you.

Okay, any questions for Alderman Savage?

Okay, Alderwoman O'Neill.

Thank you very much, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh, the public safety committee met last Wednesday, the 18th, and we had uh presentation from Chief Ramalley from the fire department.

Um we've used the last two um public safety meetings, and we'll use the next one in April for police.

But we've used them to have the departments give presentations on what they do, some of the outlying things that people don't necessarily know the task that they perform.

Um they gave us a lot of data on how many um calls were received and that they responded to as well as an update on their new vehicles, um the boat, the fire boat coming.

Um so it's been really informative.

If anybody's interested in learning more about um both OEM, which um presented in February, and then the fire department which presented last week.

Um, they can go online to watch the um video from those meetings.

Um, but I think we found them pretty informative, and a lot of questions were asked and answered um by the chief.

So thank you very much.

Next month we have um acting chief um McGuez coming, and we're really excited about hearing all the things that the police department's doing.

Excellent.

Thank you.

Any questions for Alderwoman O'Neil?

Seeing none.

Any other committee reports?

Yes, Alderman Huntley.

Uh very briefly, I just want to note that the finance committee is working on our hearing schedule for the budget hearings like you mentioned.

And we I think at our next meeting on April 1st, we'll be voting on that.

We hope to actually have it finalized.

Any data.

Okay.

Any questions for Alderman Huntley?

Any other committee reports?

Okay, mixed city attorney, please present the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is comments by the general public.

Thank you.

Uh, there's no one signed up to speak today, but if anyone would like to speak on any uh general matter, now is your time.

Going once, going twice.

Okay.

Seeing no motion in chambers, I declare comments by the general public closed.

Ms.

City Attorney, would you please present the next item on the agenda?

The next item on the agenda is ID 6326, a discussion by public works director Burr Vogel on the changes to the cap capital improvement projects this year.

Thank you.

Introduce yourself, and then you can begin whenever you're ready.

Good evening.

I'm Burr Vogel, Public Works Director.

Uh, tonight's presentation is interactive.

I hope all of you or many of you already have looked at the uh FY26 approved capital budget.

If you have not, I would recommend that you download it now.

Um I can walk you through that as well once I get my computer plugged in.

That's gonna be the first thing I do.

While you're doing that, I'll point out that anyone watching can load up this.

Is this presentation loaded on the uh city website as well?

Um Cynthia.

What's that?

Okay.

Hopefully you can load it up as fast as possible so we can to get to the capital budget.

Oh, you're just uh you're on the website.

Great.

Right.

We're just gonna start, we're gonna start there just to make sure that everybody has that.

There are a couple of things I'm going to walk you through.

This is really uh kind of an orientation for new council members.

Um, you know, if you've been on the finance committee, especially uh but on council for a while, all of this is going to sound very familiar.

Um but for the new members, uh I hope it's helpful.

Click on budgets over here on the right side.

You have the uh current adopted capital budget and previous approved ones are down here in the archive section.

So you just click on that, that'll open up or download a PDF.

Um so with that, I will start the actual slides.

Okay.

All right, we'll just be going over uh different types of capital projects, uh, the major sources of funding that we use, and some of the key projects from the again from the FY 2026 budget, uh, many of which will uh I think all of which are carrying over uh none of those major projects are wrapping up.

So uh projects you can kind of think of them in two main bugs.

They're things just fixing what we already have.

Uh you can think of repairing a parking garage, a street, sidewalk, um, park uh playgrounds, and what else?

Waterfront and we have a lot of waterfront infrastructure, so we so we do that as well.

If you click over on the link that's in the presentation, it's gonna take you to something new that we have uh just uploaded in the last couple of weeks and made live.

And this is a story map.

Switch back over to that.

Hopefully it's right here.

Yep, this is from the public works web page.

You can get to you can get to this link, and it'll uh have a little GIS engine over here with all of our projects with a little icon, and if you click on mobility and traffic safety, it'll just highlight those.

This would be things like um sidewalks, new uh bike trails, uh and all of the traffic major traffic safety improvement projects.

I will note that in some of the other areas, it's not a complete list of all, not all of the projects are on this map yet.

Most of the the mobility and traffic safety projects are and you can click on a particular one, it'll give you uh a short little description.

So this is available for council.

This is kind of the maybe the easiest reference for you all to see a quick status update on uh any of the the projects, particularly things that we think would be of public interest.

So I wanted to point out that resource and can you click on that to show us where it takes you?

Sure, let's see.

Um click on what, Mr.

Mayor?

The CIP story map link.

The the link there?

Yeah.

Sure.

Oh, so you're not seeing what I'm displaying.

Uh this is one of the funny little glitches.

So all this whole thing has not been working.

Try again.

Click here.

What's probably gonna happen is you'll see nothing up there.

Right.

It stays in PowerPoint.

So I need I I know how to do this.

I have to fix this.

Escape.

There, leave the brief.

There.

Okay.

This is where the link takes you.

Thank you.

To this page.

And is that available to anybody or this is available on the to the public.

Okay.

If you go to the public works website, uh there's a link on the left side that says capital projects.

Thank you.

And that will take you everything I've just been explaining, is over here.

Icons for uh different project types.

If you'll click on mobility and traffic safety, you can see um the various projects for sidewalks and other um uh traffic safety projects with a status.

Okay.

So go back to the presentation now.

There.

All right.

So um this is gonna be funny.

I'll have to stop the presentation again to go back to the uh the capital budget.

But main main types of funding we have, of course, uh grants, but using city funding, we've got bonds, capital reserve, and paygo.

Uh there's a very kind of kind of small distinction between capital reserve, but uh my understanding of capital reserve is when we don't use all of our budget in a given year, um, it gets distributed into a few different uh other accounts, uh, one of those being capital reserve, and that's that's money we can use on capital projects that has a couple of benefits number one over bonds, one being we don't have to pay interest on it, and two, it's flexible.

So if there's a project that uh needs a little bit of extra money during the year, we don't have to amend a bond ordinance uh and go through some you know some fairly challenging steps there.

So it's great to have some capital reserve uh available, gives us flexibility during the year.

I will um I do want to point or go back to the PDF, which is over here, and if you look at page 10, this gives a rundown of all of the different funding that funds the various projects for the year.

So this is a very helpful table.

You can see uh particularly what is in the current uh budget for bonds and capital reserve a little bit further down, I think capital reserve down here, and that that shows you that in the 2026 budget, the city council appropriated about 24 million dollars worth of worth of um direct city funding into the capital program.

Historically, that's a little high, and I've got I've got those numbers in in a one of my other slides.

So and then and it gives you a projection also here into into future years based off of the the projects.

So you'll see that number bounce around a little bit.

Director Bogel, before you move on to the side.

Yes, before you move on from this page.

So once you're done describing this, I'm I'm done on this one.

I was gonna go to another table.

So especially for new council members, but a refresher for returning council members.

This is a really important information, that top line.

And um I'm trying to get there, yep.

I was just zooming in.

So what this is saying again, bonds repaid by the general fund.

This means most of our capital projects are coming from that, or gonna be on that line recognized.

So that's a big summary.

So prior approved the 71 is a bit, I think uh Vicky's term was squishy, because it includes some projects that were previously money borrowed.

It's for for projects that never end.

So think sidewalks, think streets.

You borrowed money, you did some streets, you did some sidewalks, you borrowed more money, you do more.

That kind of never ends.

So that 71 is a bit misleading because it has a lot of that, and there we talked about, and I refer to it as Vicky office, I mean um city uh city manager buckland, cleaning that up a little bit so that it's still just current bonds going for current projects.

So big caveat with that 71 million.

That 20 million is a real number.

That's essentially what the the last budget was allocating with the projects that were approved, what they allocated and expected to spend in the current fiscal year that we're in.

Doesn't mean that it was actually spent, it's a snapshot in time when that budget was prepared and then approved of that those expectations.

And then custody of the out years, please.

So based on those existing projects for those out years, so 2027 we're about to begin, then 28, 29, and so you'll see it declining.

It doesn't mean that when we get to those years, those projects will actually those numbers will actually be that low.

That's just based on the projects that have already been approved.

That's going to those numbers will fall into prior approved once we get to those years.

Those numbers will change every year.

So again, it's a snapshot in time based on a lot of estimates of those projects.

Um I just want to highlight that because that's you see if the average is already 20 million, and based on last year, two years from now, 2028, they're already at that 20 million, means that there's very little borrowing capacity to go if there aren't changes be made.

And I'm certainly looking to the you two gentlemen to correct anything I'm saying that needs to be corrected or expounded on.

Just important information.

So just want to make sure you all got it, because we'll come back to this when we get to the next budget.

Alderman Huntley.

Could could you scroll just a smidge to the left?

Yeah, thank you.

Um what I was unclear on is why there's none for the sewer fund, no bonds for the sewer fund.

Uh, when I know we were doing sewer projects that were paid for with bonds.

Are those paid for out of the general fund bonds?

Or we're just we're just not showing sewer fund up here for some reason.

Uh I think if we go down, we're gonna see sure projects being funded from other sources, transportation sewer fund.

Sewer fund bonds.

There were that would we were in the general fund section.

Gotcha.

Thank you.

So each of the enterprises has their own uh breakout here.

Okay.

Any other questions on this page?

Again, new council members or any returning ultimate chandelmeyer.

Thanks, Mayor.

This is just kind of piggyback off what you described as the squishy maintenance funds.

Uh, if any of my colleagues want to learn a little bit more about uh squishy maintenance funds and how uh infrastructure is funded, I encourage you to check out our land value and infrastructure study.

We went over it again at the start of losing check out what our land value and infrastructure study.

It is on the city website, and we went over the presentation again at the rules in city government meeting in February.

Okay.

Thank you.

But what it really there's just a uh maybe a quirk of the way projects are are budgeted and the way we carry things forward.

I'll jump down to one here in a G almost there.

General.

General Roadways.

Here we go.

So this is a project that has recurring funding of a of about three or four million or three or three point five million dollars a year.

And you can see this prior approved appropriation.

What you don't know here is what was the starting date for that?

Right?

On some projects, maybe it's 2008, other projects 2013.

So this is kind of a meaningless number um because you don't really know since prior since when.

What you know when you look at one of these projects, what's interesting is how much is unencomberted.

Um, and and so that's one of the things we we make sure to keep track of.

In any given year, it fluctuates a little bit, but of the general roadways, there might be two or three million dollars carry over from one from one year to the next.

Did want to point out above that sort of roll-up that we were looking at is a full list of each one of the projects.

It's one of the um if you're kind of looking at an overview or are trying to learn more about the capital budget.

I would start here.

This is a great place.

You just see a full list of all of the projects and um kind of their general cost.

Now, one of the things that's um a little it it's hidden here is of these projects, the amounts, what is city funded versus externally funded.

So you you don't see here um bonds versus other sources, you do have to go to those individual project pages to understand the full funding picture.

But you can see anything that's recurring, it really jumps right out at you here.

You see the same kind of the same number all the way across the five fiscal years of the budget.

And with that, I'll go back to the slides.

Before you move on to this page, I also want to say something, but if you're not done with this slide, I'll wait until you're done.

Um I'll pause.

Okay.

So I want again, uh, especially for new council members, but refresher for uh returning council members.

These are this is really important information, it's an important slide.

So that first way of paying for capital projects bonds, that means we're going to the investment world and borrowing money.

Interest rates vary, we're relatively uh safe bonds.

We don't generally have a problem selling bonds, but that's how most projects get funded is those bonds.

But it's not the only source, and those other two sources are very important if you want to fund something with bringing keeping costs down.

So if you're funding something with either capital reserves, essentially means that cash that was not spent in previous years you have rolling over or pay-go money, it's essentially it's a short for pay as you go.

That's a for recurring expenses like a sidewalk.

If you spend a million dollars on sidewalks each year, if you're using pay-go money or capital reserves, that means you're actually spending a million dollars a year for a million dollars of sidewalks.

If you're borrowing a million dollars a year for a million dollars of sidewalks, you're actually paying interest every single year for that same expense.

I'm not saying it's improper because it is a utility.

Generally can generally capital projects are things that are gonna last a long time, and so it's appropriate to spread out the cost to future residents who will be living here for the length of the bonds, the length of the project.

Um, but it doesn't have to be that way, is my point.

And so just want to make sure, again, I think that's really just important under information that you understand those three types of paying for capital projects.

Alder Alderman, sorry.

I think um yes, so going back to thank you, Burr, uh director of Google for everything, um, going back to the uh listing of all of the budget uh priorities for the capital uh budget.

Um is there a way, and this is something that I talked about and to my constituents at the time, those who I was looking to represent.

Um, is there a way for us on the budget, and maybe this is for you uh too, uh mayor, uh, to list specifically for each project, which ward that project is in, and on maybe the cover page or in the beginning, uh showing um a pie chart of some sorts of how much or where each project is for each ward.

I think that's something we can talk about with finance um maybe getting late in the game to do that for this year, but but it's possible.

We we have a few months before that published um PDF document goes out for the FY27 budget.

Um, but absolutely a great suggestion for something we could maybe put on the website.

If it doesn't go into the official uh budget document, the that's information we could um put on our website somewhere, I would think.

Okay.

I would in the discussion of how to do that, especially because if it's not it's not gonna be in legislation, it would be something for the web.

I would just want to highlight the difference between where a project is located and who is for.

I think what you just said is who is for, it's very different than where it's located.

City doc, for instance.

If you saw there, there was 71 million in prior appropriations plus the current year plus future year, total 87 million dollar project.

It's located in ward one, but it's for the entire city.

Yeah, and I think that's oh, if I may respond, I think it's definitely interpretation, however, who you know, whatever people feel uh about that amount, but I think still knowing uh the amount in each ward, even on there, you know, on the corner, it could literally just say the ward that the project is in.

Uh if people feel a certain way that oh why is this a certain ward getting all these projects, that's up for them to determine.

But uh the matter of the fact is just the information and also the description um of the amounts of money per ward.

Thank you, Alderman.

Uh Alderman Huntley.

I just felt the need to tack on to what you said because I saw a great example that's from Alderman Jemimeyer the other day.

I felt the need to tack on to what you were saying, where there was a stormwater project occurring in, I think it was ward six, that was actually preventing flooding in ward five.

And so it just struck me as a perfect example of what you're talking about where where it's occurring is not necessary where it's benefiting.

Great.

All right.

And my last my last comment here, just a little bit of um my view of the world is if you spend all the way up to your um bond capacity, your debt service capacity every single year, you'll never have the money to do the really large kind of once-a-decade, once a generation projects um, like a city doc, like a pigmoire recreation center.

So it's always, I think, a good practice to kind of not fully spend your your debt capacity.

You you might be able to issue $15 million in bonds every year, probably a good idea to undershoot that so that when you need to do something really big, I think that's kind of one of the main purposes of municipal bonds.

Great.

I think we're done with the slide.

And uh really the last is just a couple of uh of projects I won't really go into in much detail.

Uh you can you can check these out, but it shows what the what the major projects are.

Again, some really big numbers on here, but uh the vast majority of these funds.

If I were to just speculate, probably 70% of that is being uh supported by grants, not taxpayer funds.

If before we lose on, just want to again highlight these are 26 numbers.

So this was a snapshot in time, roughly a year ago when these estimates were made about the cost of these projects.

Every year, like the budget you're gonna get is gonna be another snapshot in time.

The information becomes stale very quickly as they get new information, new designs.

Um Stanton Center will call out as an example up there for 4.9 million.

The latest estimate we got from uh Director Johnson was 14.9 million for that project.

And and I think that will be broken into phases.

There'll be uh that'll be tackled in a couple of different pieces.

I understand.

Same thing with um with Cars Beach, right?

Cars Beach is going as you can really think about it in in three major pieces.

There's the land acquisition that's already happened, that money's spent.

There's a uh shoreline restoration that's going to happen uh hopefully within the next 12 months, and then there's a park master plan in development that will um be ready to go once we are able to pull together all the funding to do that project.

Then the stuff that's um maybe not so exciting, but this is the world that uh gets me very excited, making sure that our roads and sidewalks um are uh are in good shape.

So these are some of our uh top maintenance projects, and we spend uh or or we allocate about six million dollars a year for these types of activities.

So kind of think of that somewhere maybe a half to a third of our budget goes into things that are are pretty much uh fixed year in, year out, and then we have you know maybe up to 10 million dollars a year or so to spend on other things.

And then another flavor of maintenance projects is sometimes a maintenance project is um just a kind of a one-off thing, and we don't use those recurring funds to do stuff.

And um, these are these are some major projects that would fall into that category.

Um and then, you know, not everything is completely clean, like the Newman Street playground.

Yes, that playground is at the end of its life, but the thing that replaces it is going to be much nicer than what we have there, and that would be the same for I would say many of our waterway improvement projects, where we may have a pier that's falling apart, a bulkhead that's falling apart, but when we repair it, uh we might get a floating dock uh instead of what was there before.

And that is all of my slides.

Thank you for your time.

Okay, thank you, Director Fogel.

What questions do you have, Council?

Alternate Savage.

I think Mr.

Mayor, and thank you, Director Vogel.

Um, two questions.

I guess first of all, how do you go about determining staffing or consultant needs as we develop and add projects to CIP list to the budget?

I'll start with just internal staff.

Well, we could see that we were not, we did not have enough staff to get the work done.

And and so the engineering staff was pulled uh stretched way too thin.

Projects would sit for two years before we could even, you know, they'd be appropriated in 2024, and it wouldn't be until we're we're here in calendar year 2026, and we're just now getting around to drafting up an RFP to have a designer give us a proposal.

So that's kind of the situation we were in, say two years ago.

Um, and and one of the kind of the first things I tackled as a director was like, hey, we we've got to get out of this, gotta make sure I get enough people uh to do the work that you know the the council and the public expects from us, so we've added some help uh you know with everybody's support, a traffic engineer, we got a we got a grants position, take that that grant administration paperwork off of engineers and project managers, let them do engineering work.

Um so we're getting pretty close to what I think is is right size for the workload that we that we have now.

We've got one more uh general projects position to fill, and I think we'll be in we'll be in good shape once we get that that last position on board.

Um so that's kind of the you know, the internal staffing, there was no algorithm, but you could just see um and Alison DeMatio, she's got 12 projects she's working on.

Like that's that's too much, and clearly, you know, between the the capital projects and then just the recurring sidewalk and roadway work, you you can't ask Allison to to shoulder all of that.

So as we when we see the timeline change in CIP as far as different phases of the project, that's one of the staffing.

In the past, a lot of those shifts have been staffing, have been staffing driven.

Um and I can you know I'll use an example from your award, the um Edgewood Road or or Benby Beach Road, sidewalks along the Moyer Park.

That's something is that we have nobody to assign to this project, so let me see if I can partner with uh the Annapolis Maritime Museum.

They've got an interest in that, and we'll pay them essentially to hire a designer.

Uh do this do the design work, the permitting, uh contracting, and we'll we'll reimburse.

That didn't necessarily go as planned, but that's kind of why you know I had to make that decision because I've got nobody else to work on on some things like that.

Yeah, that's one of the things I was getting at is like when so you do consider at times bringing on consultants to help with getting permitting, because that can be rather burdensome.

Sure, sure, right?

A lot of the work, the engineering work and the permitting work is done is done by designers, but you have to have uh the in-house staff to manage even even consultants.

Yeah.

Alderman Huntley.

I think Alderman Schedulemeyer actually has had it before.

Oh, sorry, you can see.

Uh thank you, Ms.

Mayor.

So this is more of a quick comment or partial comment, partial question.

Um obviously we are very excited about all these projects, and um, if there is any code changes that need to happen to speed anything up in the process regarding the study phase or the design phase, et cetera, please do not hesitate to let us know because sometimes that can delay things for longer than we like to see.

Um, then anything that we can control at the city level, we want to streamline as much as possible.

So I won't hesitate to ask.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Alderman Huntley.

I was just gonna ask the director to talk a little bit more about that.

Um I'm forgetting off the top of my head what we call it.

Do we call it overhead?

Yeah, city overhead, that portion of CIP projects and how we calculated that and for the everybody's benefit, how that getting paid for is different than how we pay for other projects, other parts of the project, I should say.

Okay.

This is this is a great question.

Let's go to Robert Eads Park.

So uh the basics of the city overhead uh are that and it and it kind of it kind of makes sense the in principle the way it's been structured.

Uh I'll be straightforward.

I have some deep disagreements in the way it's been implemented.

Philosophy good, the idea good, the implementation, I think is deeply flawed.

And so the idea is well, city staff need to work on these projects.

So if council wants to, you know, keep adding projects and adding projects.

This is a way to make sure that the operating budget reflects uh the workload that's associated with all of that capital project effort.

So in theory, it sounds great.

In practice, this project it illustrates the flaw.

The flaw is Robert Eads at one point in time was envisioned as uh this really large project, and it's it's just a flat five percent.

So it was envisioned as this really large project, we would buy some property on the other side of the street and do a bunch of stuff over there, and we'd we would uh wave a magic wand and a bunch of grants would appear, and you'd have this three million dollar project or something.

Uh whatever it yeah, looks like it was at one point in time a two million dollar project.

So they allocated a long time ago, maybe two, three, four years ago, a hundred thousand dollars for uh Robert Eats Park.

Same things happened to City Doc with like a much bigger number.

Well, now the project's being worked on, but the that money was went into the general budget years ago.

And oh, by the way, it didn't end up being two million dollars.

Once you stripped out all of the wishful thinking about grants that are never gonna happen, you you really end up with a 400,000 dollar project.

So I just think there's some work that needs to be done on this, and one of the things because what you'll see is big spikes.

If you use City Doc in this example, let's say in 2024, um City Doc is a 70 million dollar project, and three and a half million dollars goes into city overhead back then.

So the the city's general budget is flushed with cash from this capital project.

But it's funded with grants that may or may not ever happen.

But if the FEMA grant had never happened, well, that's 30 million dollars, which is five percent of 30 million dollars, that's a million and a half.

It was a million and a half dollars that was put into the city's budget three years ago when we applied for the FEMA grant or four years ago.

Um, and just now we we are now using a lot of city effort, right?

And obviously, we have uh uh you know Matt Kelly, a project manager.

So uh it there's more work to be done here, but it would lend itself to something that's a little more stable, where you would average out and you would make sure that um projects contribute, but it wouldn't if anything that fluctuates wildly you click for the purposes of funding city staff when the city staff don't fluctuate widely, clearly there's a there's a flaw there.

That's all out.

Um I I'm not here to offer solutions, I'm not the finance director.

I'm just pointing out that this this makes no sense.

Sorry.

I mean you're Alderman Thorpe.

So to give you the opportunity to drill down a little bit farther.

Um what I think I hear you saying is City Council work with me as we stabilize these projects so that the projects that we pass are executable I I I think so.

Yeah, but but in the in the details, it maybe rather than tying it to the overall project amount, maybe tie it to the bond funding.

Maybe it would have to be 10% to be something that makes sense.

But certainly putting associating it with grants at the time that maybe the grant is applied for, uh, or perhaps stretching the city overhead amount across a few years in order to smooth things out a couple of different ways.

I I think it could be made more rational.

So I think that sounds like good guidance as we get into the budget discussions that we are deliberate in our actions and we're looking for a head nod from you.

I can execute it the way you're saying it.

I I can execute it.

It's the public works director and the other departments that have public works uh that that have capital projects.

We're okay because we are we have the staffing funded, right?

We're in the operational budget.

What the the weirdness comes in here is that sometimes the capital budget will infuse a large amount of money into the operating budget, which should more or less be steady state across the years.

You don't want to have big like one year we're really flushed with cash and and we don't know what to do with it, so we give it away, I'll just say.

And then a couple years later, all of that, all of those staffs are still here, but now the general you know, the general fund operating budget is now really tight because I'm not getting this infusion of capital project overhead into it that's coming from money we we're borrowing, right?

So it's just it's a little it's a little bit funny.

I wouldn't advise you all to tackle this necessarily in FY27.

We'll just just get through.

But be thinking about with the new finance director and the new finance team, thinking about a little bit uh of a more rational way of handling that that overhead.

Uh in the world I come from, um, you know, we we service the Navy Marine Corps Air Force, all that stuff.

We collected um six percent if you weren't Navy and you know four percent if you were the Navy, something like that.

But it all went into one big pot and paid for the 15,000 people we had working on projects around the world or so, right?

Um, but it was smooth, and you didn't get to get the money into your bank account as the naval facilities engineering command until you actually did the work.

It was called it was based on work in place, and then you got to collect your money at that point in time.

And then you got to spend it on people, which made sense.

It tied it ties the funding to when you need it, and you can surge, of course, you you can bring in consultants when you need to bring in a big team of consultants if you're doing uh a large number of projects at a given location.

Uh made a lot more sense, but of course, you know, much bigger numbers.

Uh so on.

Thank you.

Okay.

Did I see the other questions?

All right.

Thank you, Director Vogel.

Appreciate this as a baseline of beginning the next round of budget talks.

Just wanted you all to still have this information.

Um again, those numbers are all going to change, so just be prepared for that.

This is just set setting baseline.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

All right, Miss City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is the consent calendar.

Items on the consent calendar include the supplemental appropriations under $50,000, beginning with SA 1426, which is reallocating the art and public police fund balance to planning and zoning in the amount of $13,602.

Next is SA 1626, which is a grant from the Anarondal County Department of Health to the Annapolis Police Department in the amount of $500.

And uh SA 1826, which is a grant from the Maryland Department of Transportation to our transportation department in the amount of $22,320.

Next is the appointments beginning with AP 1626, which is the appointment of David Double Wuglemans to the recreation advisory board.

I'm so sorry if I mispronounced your last name.

And AP 1726, which is the appointment of Miss Teresa Ellianberg to the Human Relations Commission.

That's the end of the consent calendar.

Okay.

Are there any objections to any of the matters on the consent calendar?

Seeing none, I'm going to entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar.

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

And Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

Yes, sir.

Mayor Buckley.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry, May.

Mayor Littman and Mayor Littman.

Sorry.

Yes.

Jesus.

Okay.

Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Alderman McConty.

Aye.

Alderman Savage.

Aye.

Alderman Thorpe.

Aye.

Alderman Hotley.

Aye.

Alderwoman O'Neill.

Aye.

Alderman Smith Brown.

Abstain.

Okay.

Um, Alderman also Johnson.

Ah.

And I apologize.

Good day.

Miss City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is business and miscellaneous.

The supplemental appropriations of $50,000 and above, beginning with SA 1726, which is a grant from the Ameryland Department of Transportation in the amount of $90,000.

Thank you.

I'd entertain a motion to accept SA 1726.

So moved.

So thank you, Alderman Huntley.

Thank you, Alderman, for the second.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

All those opposed say nay.

Motion carries.

Miss City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is SA 1926, which is a grant from the Maryland Department of Transportation to our transportation department in the amount of 76,500.

Thank you.

On entertain entertain a motion to accept SA 1926.

So move.

So move.

Thank you, Alderman O'Neil.

Is your second?

Second.

All those in favor say aye.

That's a question.

Sorry, sorry.

Is there a discussion?

Yes.

Alderman, in regards to the grants, do you mind just sharing just the process of how that goes when you say that there's a grant that we are moving forward on?

Is it uh what is that process look like?

Sure.

So if you pull it up in either granicus or online.

Let me pull this back up.

So this is 1926.

If you uh click on the detail, you'll see this is a state grant revenue for that that amount, 76 uh five.

The expense is the same amount.

And so you'll see in the explanation.

This is a supplemental allocation appropriating that amount of money from the Maryland Department of Transportation for the mobile lift columns for maintenance.

Total cost is $85,000.

The local share $8,500 will be funded out of the Department of Transportation prevent preventive maintenance budget.

And then it gets approved by uh the uh individual department.

In this case, Director Moore gets approved by the city manager.

Uh in this case, um Vicky Buckland, the finance director, and the mayor.

Okay.

All right.

Any further discussion?

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

All those against motion carries.

Miss City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is legislative actions on first reader beginning with ordinance 626 oversight of the city's firing range.

Okay.

Is there a motion to adopt 0626 on first reader?

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Mr.

Mayor.

I refer 0626 to the rules and city government committee.

Yes, Alderman Savage.

Just wanted to ask the uh Chair Fine.

This if this is going to go to public safety.

No, this goes to rules and city government.

That's fine.

Ms.

City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is resolution 726 support for Maryland General Assembly House Bill 1142 establishing the task force to modernize modernize county and municipal revenue ser sources.

Is there a motion to adopt R 726 on first reader?

So move.

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

Second.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Is there a motion to suspend the rules to allow passage of this resolution at uh at the this meeting on its introduction?

Motion to suspend the rules.

Thank you, Alderman Shandelmeyers.

There are a second.

Second.

Okay.

Um discussion.

You may add me as a co-sponsor to this.

Okay.

Any further discussion?

All those in favor say.

Oh, sorry, Alderman.

Alderwoman O'Neil.

Sorry.

Yes.

Can I just say that the House did pass it today?

I think we all received message that the House.

So it's now gone to the Maryland Senate.

So, but they did encourage if we can continue sending support.

So that was really exciting.

Yes, my understanding is that uh this uh still goes to the Senate.

Essentially it'll go to the House and then the House can share that uh with the Senate.

And MML is kind of keeping tabs, so like they just get to add to the number of municipalities that are supporting it.

Alderman Thorpe.

Mr.

Mayor, could I ask you to give a brief summary to the public as to why we're suspending the rules?

Sure, thank you.

So this uh resolution is to is an expression of support, so it's not anything further than that.

It's expressing our support for a state house bill that is currently well, as uh Alderwoman O'Neill said, just passed uh the House.

And if this ultimately becomes law, the the state would create a task force to study municipal revenue.

Currently, Maryland is one of only a handful.

I'm forgetting off the top of my head, I think it's one of four states in the entire country where the state does not share sales tax with local municipalities.

That's one example of municipal revenue aside from uh property taxes.

So because the house is in is wrapping up the session and and they will be done by the time we meet again.

Uh we're suspending the rules tonight so we can finish the work of expressing our unanimous support to the state house and senate to pass this uh resolution into law.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I thought it was valuable.

The public hear that.

Thank you.

Yeah, agreed.

Likewise, good good habit to explain when we're when we're suspending the rules.

Okay.

Yes, I have a question.

Alderman uh Smith Brown.

Yes.

Uh so are we gonna make clear in their messaging that we will also support the Senate bill once that is so my understanding, and actually I just happened to run into a state senator today.

I don't think there is a a cross-file bill.

So the Senate is getting the House bill and will be voting on the House bill now that it's crossed over, as opposed to a separate Senate bill that would have been reconciled if they both matched.

Okay, no one's looking to correct me, so I think I got it right.

Um in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Hearing none, the motion carries.

That was just to suspend the rules, right?

Okay.

Uh is there uh I'm sorry, is there a motion to adopt R726 on second reading?

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

All the I'm sorry, Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

Mayor Littman.

Yes.

Alderman Shandemaier.

Aye, Alderwoman Conte.

Aye, Alderman Savage, aye, Alderman Thorpe.

Aye.

Alderman Hatley.

Aye.

Alderwoman O'Neill.

Aye.

Alderman Smith Bryan.

Aye.

And Alderman Although Johnson.

Aye.

Yes.

I should have said I've been called worse.

Question, Mayor.

Alderman.

Smith Brown.

Um, yes.

So it's only going to be sent to our representatives.

Is it also going to be dispersed outside of that at all?

Or so I believe it's only sent to our representatives, but MML is really carrying the water on this.

We're we're sharing copy with MML on their and they're advocating on all behalf of all municipalities.

So I think it's they're gonna do that heavy work.

Well, we appreciate them for that.

Just wanted to put it on the right.

Thank you.

Okay, I think we're done with uh R 726.

Ms.

City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is legislative actions on second reader beginning with resolution 126 fiscal year 2027 annual statement of performance standards.

Thank you.

Um as a point of border, I think I heard you say earlier that the environmental matters committee did not issue a recommendation on this.

Were you were you deciding not to, and therefore we can proceed, or were you looking for us to postpone this vote?

We just took no action.

So basically we sent it out of committee.

Okay, thank you for the question.

I'll explain that in a minute.

Okay, thank you.

Is there a motion to adopt R126 on second reader?

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Shannonmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

Okay.

Uh Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

Mr.

Mayor.

I'm sorry, is uh any discussion.

Alderman Alderman Savage, sorry.

Thank you.

Yeah, just to explain a little bit.

Um we did decide to take no action because we again just focusing on the environmental metrics.

Um there have there have been some improvements made, but there are a number of other uh environmental programs in some of the other departments, including public works and planning zoning that that um we didn't really take an opinion on, but we wanted to at some point work to improve.

And so, but we just simply didn't have time.

Um, and so we didn't want to hold anything up, so we decided to move forward.

Now, personally, uh I I am gonna support this tonight because I do think there have been some of the departments uh which particularly I know Office of Law as well as uh City Manager's Office did, and maybe others, but those are the two I'm aware of off the top of my head, have made taken steps to improve their performance standards for this fiscal year.

Uh and I know we kind of ran out of time with just natural uh transition to a new administration, but I really would like to see in the future that we beef up and make these true performance metrics and standards that are incorporated into the budget.

Um and I know that's something that uh Alderman uh Huntley as well as Thorpe are already quite aware of and planning to do to help the administration with.

Um but as far as environmental matters, that's where where I'm coming from.

Um yeah, so that that's because I do think these are very important um at some point to get really incorporated into our budget to guide what we're doing for the next year uh and hopefully hear from the departments when they present to the committee.

So thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Thank you.

Alderman Thorpe.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh yeah, to build on that and clarify a little bit.

I want to point my finger at you for driving this going forward with the performance metrics.

Um that that I'm I'm in the same place that I think everybody is.

We've got some improvement to make, but we've got to move them forward so that we can present a budget.

You can present a budget at the city council.

I'd like to update you all on conversations with um acting city manager Bucklin, who when she returns to her full-time job.

Um, we are gonna start working on uh on the audit committee uh next month, going through a couple departments every month and reviewing it because for members of the city council, it's really important that the staff come forward with recommendations on metrics rather than we tell them what their metrics are.

Um, with our form of government and the way it works, um, and I'm really excited.

Uh uh Ms.

Bucklin is the right person to to be doing this with you driving uh this effort.

And so I would agree uh with Alderman Savage that we've got some work to do.

I think we all agree on that, but let's move them forward and let's get done so you can present a budget.

Alderman Huntley.

Alderman Thorpe and Savage said it about as well as I could, so I'll keep it sweet uh and short.

My goal is by the time we're sitting around here talking about this next year, that this is the second most important piece of legislation we pass in 2027.

I think our budget should be number one, and the the metrics that we are choosing to meet that budget should be the second most important thing.

So that'll be my goal for next year.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

I would just certainly on the same page as all of you.

I just want we'll also just to tie in a few other things.

I started this meeting talking about the staff round tables, and then we are sharing with the staff those recommendations.

Ideally, we a true a true strategic plan would be building off of that.

You'll you heard me mention Dewey's partners as our facilitator for that.

They're gonna be in my proposed budget for working with us with the residents as the next stage.

And you heard me talking about town hall meetings.

The fall won't set will be in my mind focused on the budget with the with the citizens.

It'll be focused on the budget.

We would tie in this the staff input, director input, your input, residential input, and come up with this true uh truer strategic plan that is then reflected in uh performance measures with true metrics that we can evaluate year to year whether we're being successful or not.

So that's just how the many thoughts being tied together.

And if I could just repeat a conversation, thank you.

Uh repeated conversation you and I have had about it.

It's a continuing process, right?

Right?

It's it and and Alderman Huntley and I have spoken about this.

It's a it's a circle, and we'll just continue to improve upon them as time goes on.

Thank you.

Okay.

So if I haven't lost my place too badly, is there a I'm sorry, um adopted all those in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Okay, motion carries.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Madam City Clerk, please call a roll.

Mayor Littman.

Yes.

Alderwoman McConti.

Uh Alderman Savage.

Aye.

Alderman Thorpe.

Aye.

Alderman Huntley.

Aye.

Alderwoman O'Neill.

Aye.

Alderman Smith Brown.

Alderwoman Alsip Johnson.

Aye.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Ms.

City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is resolution 426 extending the public paddle craft rack pilot project.

Is there a motion to adopt R 426 on second reader?

So moved.

Thank you, Alderman Thorpe.

Is there a second?

Second.

I do the best I can.

Second.

Of course you are from Word 5.

Any discussion?

Alder Woman O'Neill.

I have a really quick question.

Thank you much, Mr.

Mayor.

A constituents reached out concerned that this pilot project could lead to numerous unauthorized paddle racks throughout the city and cluttering up parks and whatnot.

And could we does Deputy Director Giles have any answer to that?

Sorry, that was not really a question, but I brought it up.

Yeah, I know where you're going with that.

Okay.

Um Jackie Gyle, Deputy City Manager for Resilience and Sustainability.

Um Title 15, I don't recall exactly what section, um, does prohibit unauthorized um items, structures, and vessels being left on shore.

So an unauthorized paddle rack would fall within that.

The um Harbor Master and their team um patrol the waters every day, including the shoreline, and that's something they would pick up, and that's something they could enforce against.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

You're welcome.

And hopefully that resident is listening.

Good.

Any other discussion?

Okay.

Madam City Clerk, please call the role.

Yes, sir.

Mayor Littman.

Aye.

Alderman Shandemeyer.

Aye.

Alderman McConti.

Aye.

Alderman Savage.

Aye.

Alderman Thorpe.

Um Alder Alderman Huntley.

Aye.

Alderwoman O'Neill.

Aye.

Alderman Smith Brown.

Alderman Although Johnson.

Aye.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Miss City Attorney, please call the next item on the agenda.

Next item on the agenda is resolution 626 authorizing itinerant merchant sales within the Annapolis Historic District for approved special events during calendar year 2026.

Thank you.

Is there a motion to adopt R626 on second reader?

So moved.

Alderman Chandler.

Close enough.

Is there a second?

Second.

Oh, sorry, any discussion.

Okay.

Madam City Clerk, please call the role.

Yes, sir.

Mayor Littman.

Yes.

Alderman Sandemeyer.

Aye.

Alderman McContey.

Alderman Savage.

Alderman Thorpe.

Aye.

Alderman Huntley.

Alderwoman O'Neill.

Aye.

Alderman Smith McBrown.

Aye.

And Alderman Also Johnson.

Aye.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Miss City Attorney, please call the next item on the.

I'm sorry, Alderman Savage.

Just a quick kind of kind of point order on that one.

Um so you know, in the agenda, we often list the printed agenda when committees refer what action the committees take.

If they recommend favorably or recommend not.

Um in this case though, I think it was just a timing issue, but it raises the other point of like I don't know if there's a way we can get this the committee action listed on Legistar somewhere.

So when you click on the legislation, we can see that it went to finance, but to actually find out what they've did done, we we what they did, we would have to click and actually watch the video.

So I don't know if there's some way if we can look into some way we could do that in Legistar.

We'll take out your advisement.

I understand the question.

Miss City Attorney, please present the next time on the agenda.

The agenda is completed.

Okay, is there anything else for the good of the order?

All the woman O'Neill.

Thank you very much.

I didn't have one last time, so I know you shocked me.

You gotta make up for it.

All right.

Um as chair of the Annapolis 250 commission, um, I'm excited.

We have a new project.

Uh the commission actually hired an intern uh from the University of Maryland, um, Elizabeth Coleman, and she's been doing an amazing job.

And she is working on a project called 250 voices, and it's a project that we're trying to get um residents, locals to participate in.

Um, I have cards.

If you go to Annapolis 250.net, you can see the link and residents can submit um written form.

Um they can submit video of themselves, and it's to answer the question uh what does in the pursuit of happiness mean to you?

Um we are trying to get it out um young, old black, brown, white.

Um if you've been through uh uh America celebration, if you have not, if you are a resident, if you are newly arrived, whatever.

So please send out to your constituents.

I put some postcards in the back.

It's annapolis 250.net.

Um we're working with Annapolis High School.

Um, the art teacher has uh presented to her class, create art based on in the pursuit of happiness.

So it's pretty much open um to your interpretation, like I said, written video.

Um we are going to be well, tonight we're at um an a Maryland day events um at the volunteer center on Wednesday.

We will be at the PECA house for the Liberty Tree planting.

Um we have a table set up at Juneteenth uh festival.

Um I'm working on getting her at the um African Despora Festival on the 11th.

And so if there's other places where you are having people congregate, let us know.

But I have other postcards if you would like them.

Um we also have fun stickers, so um there's gonna be a lot of activity going on for um the 4th of July, the third of July, the third, and the fourth.

Um and we're getting ready to publish that schedule as well.

So thankfully we're working with Mitchell um who's been very um free with her time with me and creating a really nice schedule that we can put out.

It'll be digital.

We're gonna put it on the buses um starting hopefully in a couple of weeks.

There'll be banners downtown um in June.

So lots of activities going on.

Can I assume then that she has a PDF of this?

Yes.

Okay.

And um either you or Mitchell, if you could share it with the nine of us, make sure that we all can include it in our communications with our constituents.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anything else for the go to the order?

Yes, ultimately.

I normally don't avail myself of this opportunity, but I will take it to remind the public that this is Chespeak Oyster Week put on by the Oyster Recovery Partnership to celebrate restaurants who uh recycle oyster shells, which is very important, very cool.

Uh oysters used to be so prolific in the Chesapeake Bay that you could run a boat around on them, and we're for a very long time.

We were only one percent of our historic population.

We're actually up somewhere between two and three percent in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay now.

Uh big shout out to the folks at DNR as well as to recovery partnership for doing that.

But a big part of it is replanting oysters for which you need oyster shells, for which you need restaurants to take back their oysters, and so Chessweek Oyster Week celebrates those restaurants that participate in the Oyster Recovery Partnerships Shell Recycling Partnership Program.

And uh we got a great bunch of great ones in Ward 1.

We got Federal House, we got McGarveys, we've got um Sea Salt, I believe, Sailor Oyster Bar.

Uh, there's probably a couple other ones, Harry Brown's, but uh yeah, go out run through the 31st and celebrate some of these restaurants that are serving Chesapeake Oysters.

Thank you.

Also, thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um, I speak tonight on behalf of the constituents of Ward 8 who have had a pretty tough weekend this weekend trying to deal with the legislation on outdoor dining that is perceived to significantly impact the residents of Eastport and for which they were given no warning.

Um I appreciate the council voting unanimously today to defer it.

And I speak tonight on behalf of the constituents to ask that that the city council take a pause and look at how we work together to ensure that we that we positively listen to the residents who are impacted uh the most and that we put our best foot forward as we work together, all of us elected by our in our wards and work together positively for a common, good, great Annapolis.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

I will use a uh personal privilege to wish my uh wife and the first lady of Annapolis a happy birthday.

She will not know I just did that, by the way, because she does not watch.

All right, there being no other items on the agenda, I would entertain a motion to adjourn.

Thank you, Alderman Chandelmeyer.

Is there a second?

Second.

All those in favor, say aye.

We are adjourned.