Agenda

City of Hyattsville Council Meeting
August 7, 2000, 8:00 p.m.

AGENDA

1.	Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

2.	Council Roll Call

3.	Presentations

	The Osprey Group

	Mike Franklin

4.	Hearing of Citizens

5.	Approval of Minutes

6.	Payment of Bills

7.	Communications

8.	City Staff Reports

9.	Unfinished Business

10.	New Business

CONSENT AGENDA

To waive the room rental fee for an event honoring the Prince George’s
County Volunteer Coordinators Association in September.
To approve a supplemental appropriation of  $10,000 to provide matching
funds for the CARE program.

To award a contract to McConkey & Kane General Contractors for replacement
of the roof on the DPW garage overhang in the amount of $26,635 and
appropriate $26,635 for the project from the general fund.

MOTION	To authorize the Hyattsville Planning Committee, in cooperation with
City staff, to explore and promote with the State Highway Administration
road narrowing, utility relocation, and other pedestrian friendly design
options for the Route 1 corridor through the City of Hyattsville.  - Frazier
MOTION	To adopt the following policy: that Committee Chairpersons have the
authority to remove members after three consecutive unexcused absences, an
unexcused absence being defined as missing a meeting without having
contacted a Committee officer indicating a reason for being absent, and that
the Committee Chair provide feedback to the Mayor about inactive members who
have missed three consecutive meetings so that the Mayor can then initiate a
process to fill the vacancies.  - Frankle

MOTION	To authorize the following changes to the Planning Committee:
reduction of the number of official Ward representatives from three to two
per Ward with each Ward representative having residency within his/her Ward,
allow for the appointment of at-large, voting members by the Mayor with the
approval of Council, (such as business owners, planners, architects,
developers, government officials and others with special interest or
expertise in the Committee's business, provided that such members have
either residency or business/property affiliations within the City limits,
Ward representatives shall always constitute a majority of the Committee's
voting membership,) and approve the designation of Tim Taylor and Bill
Machen as at-large representatives.  - Currie

MOTION	To adopt Hyattsville Resolution 2000-07 expressing support of the
Neighborhood Action Unit Grant submitted by the Hyattsville Business
Association (HBA) and the Hyattsville Preservation Association (HPA).  -
Frankle

MOTION	To express support of the community activism of the three defendants,
Doug Dudrow, David Levy and William Haynes, in recognition of their efforts
to alleviate neighborhood blight and to provide publicity and no cost to
support for a community fundraising event.  - Currie

11.	Council Dialogue

12.	Community Notices