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The Greenbelt City Council held its regular meeting on Monday, September 14, 2026, at 7:30 PM. The packed agenda included a public hearing and vote on the annexation of the Lanham Boys Club, a lengthy public comment period dominated by a formal unfair labor practice complaint against city management and calls for a strong letter opposing an ICE facility, adoption of the Indian Creek Park Conceptual Master Plan, an update to the Recognition Group Program, and a policy shift on landscaping agreements with HOAs. The meeting was extended by 30 minutes and adjourned just after 10:00 PM.
Recording in progress. One more time. Good evening. So we're in order now. Madam Clerk, can you call the role, please? Council Member Chris. A key. Council member here. Council Cover. Here. Here. Very cool. Yeah, thank you so much. You know, the last time we met was August. A number of different city. Mine's working. Yours working or not? Sorry. Oh, you gotta turn that switch on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I was saying uh we we met once in August. We only meet once. So uh a number of individuals have passed away and that we've already mentioned George uh Moore Jr., Greg Gigliotti, Dr. David Granite, and uh Salon Chess. But uh I just want to take a moment to uh to remember the uh victims of the uh nine eleven terrorist attacks. So uh please join us in a moment of silent reflection. Thank you so much. So at this time, uh, Councilmember McKinney, will you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? One nation under God, indivisible liberty, and justice for all the Council Member Niesel, uh, will you uh share the uh Green Belt community pledge? I'd love to. The strength of Greenbelt is diverse people living together in a spirit of cooperation. We celebrate all people by sharing together, all are enriched. We strive to be a respectful, welcoming community that is open, accessible, safe, and fair. So the city council, we meet uh twice a month, except July and August and December to set policy and take formal actions on behalf of the city of Greenbelt. Tonight's meeting is open to the public, as are all council meetings and work sessions, except for executive uh sessions as permitted under Maryland law. So we we do welcome residents who are here in person uh joining us on Zoom or watching remotely to uh make comments. We'll pause periodically through the meeting. Uh if you wish to speak in person, uh just raise your hand and after being recognized, you can go to the podium. You'll need to uh state your name and provide an address for the uh for the minutes. If you're on Zoom, you can uh raise your hand, your virtual hand and submit a written comment, or you can raise your virtual hand. And uh after being recognized, once again, you'll need to provide a name and an address for the record. Uh, I think I said that twice. So you can use the QA tab to uh to actually submit a written question. And if you're watching on uh Facebook or YouTube, uh streaming services or cable TV, uh the easiest thing is just to send us an email.