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June 29, 2026 ·1:30 PM Final

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  1. 1 RULES OF COURTESY (In-Person) You are now participating in the process of representative government. We welcome your interest and hope you will attend Prince George's County Council meetings often. Good government depends on the interest and involvement of you and your fellow citizens. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS The Prince George's County Council meets at 10:00 a.m. each Tuesday in the Council Hearing Room in the Wayne K. Curry Administration Building, Largo, Maryland. Legislative sessions are held on the first and third Tuesday of each month and business meetings are scheduled on the alternate weeks. All County Council Sessions are public meetings, however, a part of the meeting may be conducted in closed session. In addition to its normal function as the County Council, the Council will frequently sit as the District Council for zoning matters or as the Board of Health. The capacity in which the Council acts on agenda items will be recorded in the minutes for each meeting. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN COUNCIL MEETINGS The County Council is proud to announce its return to in-person meetings. To encourage civic engagement, the Council has established an eComment portal to serve as an alternative method of public participation in the Council's virtual meetings. The portal allows citizens to register to speak on agenda items that are scheduled for public hearing and/or submit a comment or letter into the official public record, in lieu of verbal testimony. To register to speak or submit comments or written testimony please use the Council’s eComment portal at: https://pgccouncil.us/Speak. For those unable to use the portal, comments/written correspondence may be emailed to: clerkofthecouncil@co.pg.md.us or faxed to (301) 952-5178. Written comments must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. on the day BEFORE the meeting. Testimony and comments will not be accepted via social media or by telephone/voice mail message. Register to speak, in advance, by 3:00 p.m. on the day BEFORE the meeting. Additionally, on-site registration for live testimony is now available; however, advance registration to testify is strongly encouraged. In accordance with ADA requirements, accommodations for hearing impaired, disabled persons, and visually impaired persons can be provided upon reasonable notice to the Clerk of the Council. Sign language and interpreters for non-english speakers are available with reasonable advance notice by emailing clerkofthecouncil@co.pg.md.us or calling 301-952-3600. VIEW USING THE LINK PROVIDED AT: https://pgccouncil.us/LIVE PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELLULAR PHONES DURING COUNCIL SESSIONS
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  3. 3 VIEW USING THE LINK PROVIDED AT: https://pgccouncil.us/LIVE
  4. 4 1:30 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER - (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) ▶ jump to 0:02
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  6. 6 INVOCATION: ▶ jump to 0:33
  7. 7 Overseer Billie Hall of Feet Shod Ministries, Capitol Heights, MD ▶ jump to 0:46
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  9. 9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 3:24
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  11. 11 REQUESTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ▶ jump to 3:50
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  13. 13 DESIGNATION OF JUNE 29, 2026 AS LEGISLATIVE DAY NO. 23 ▶ jump to 11:09
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  15. 15 1. CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 11:18
  16. 16 (a) Approval of County Council Minutes ▶ jump to 11:19
  17. 17 County Council Minutes dated June 22, 2026 MIN 06222026 approved ▶ jump to 11:20
  18. 18 (b) First Reading of Bills (Presentation) ▶ jump to 11:23
  19. 19 AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS for the purpose of transferring appropriation within the General Fund to provide for costs that were not anticipated and included in the Approved Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. CB-068-2026 presented and referred ▶ jump to 11:41
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  21. 20 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING USE REGULATIONS - PERMITTED USES - PRIVATE SCHOOLS for the purpose of exempting certain private school uses in the Residential, Rural Zone from the requirement for special exception approval. CB-069-2026 presented and referred ▶ jump to 12:07
  22. 21 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
  23. 22 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING USE REGULATIONS AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS - PLACES OF WORSHIP for the purpose of providing for the approval of a detailed site plan for the development of property for certain places of worship, cultural facilities, monasteries, and convents under certain circumstances and amending use regulations to allow for modified design standards and intensity and dimensional standards for such uses on assemblages of twenty-five acres or more. CB-070-2026 presented and referred ▶ jump to 12:45
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  25. 24 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
  26. 25 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING HOME OCCUPATION AND HOME BUSINESSES - REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT For the purpose of revising the definition of home occupation; adding the definition of prohibited home vehicle business; providing for the presumptive evidence of prohibited home vehicle business; providing for property owner responsibility; providing for certain enforcement procedures; providing for certain enhanced penalties for prohibited home businesses; and generally regarding regulation and enforcement of home occupation and home businesses. CB-071-2026 presented and referred ▶ jump to 13:24
  27. 27 2. CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
  28. 28 3. PROPOSED CORRESPONDENCE/ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
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  30. 30 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS/BILLS ELIGIBLE FOR THIRD READING – (ENACTMENT) ▶ jump to 16:57
  31. 31 AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPRENTICESHIP INCENTIVE PROGRAM for the purpose of requiring Employ Prince George’s and other relevant County agencies to work to strategically provide a package of incentives to increase the prevalence of apprenticeships across Prince George’s County, and particularly in industries including technology, construction, building trades, and healthcare. CB-037-2026 public hearing held ▶ jump to 17:44
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  33. 33 5. PUBLIC HEARING – RESOLUTION ELIGIBLE FOR FINAL READING (ADOPTION)
  34. 33 AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPRENTICESHIP INCENTIVE PROGRAM for the purpose of requiring Employ Prince George’s and other relevant County agencies to work to strategically provide a package of incentives to increase the prevalence of apprenticeships across Prince George’s County, and particularly in industries including technology, construction, building trades, and healthcare. CB-037-2026 enacted Pass ▶ jump to 17:47
  35. 34 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING LOCAL IMPACT GRANT FUNDS MULTIYEAR PLAN for the purpose of transmitting the Local Impact Grant Funds Multiyear Plan to the County Council for review and approval. CR-060-2026 public hearing held ▶ jump to 21:26
  36. 35 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS: - (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM)
  37. 36 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING HOUSING INVESTMENT TRUST FUND (“HITF”) FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT for the purpose of committing and allocating the amount of two million, five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) in Prince George’s County Housing Investment Trust Fund (“HITF”) Program funds to the Holly Place project, an eligible activity, for gap financing of new affordable rental housing construction. CR-043-2026 public hearing held ▶ jump to 23:16
  38. 37 PUBLIC HEARINGS: - (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) (Continued)
  39. 37 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING LOCAL IMPACT GRANT FUNDS MULTIYEAR PLAN for the purpose of transmitting the Local Impact Grant Funds Multiyear Plan to the County Council for review and approval. CR-060-2026 new draft substituted Pass ▶ jump to 21:28
  40. 38 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING HOUSING INVESTMENT TRUST FUND (“HITF”) FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT for the purpose of committing and allocating the amount of two million, five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) in Prince George’s County Housing Investment Trust Fund (“HITF”) Program funds to the Herman Apartments project, an eligible activity, for gap financing of new affordable rental housing construction. CR-045-2026 public hearing held ▶ jump to 23:59
  41. 38 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING LOCAL IMPACT GRANT FUNDS MULTIYEAR PLAN for the purpose of transmitting the Local Impact Grant Funds Multiyear Plan to the County Council for review and approval. CR-060-2026 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 22:08
  42. 39 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING FISCAL YEAR (“FY”) 2026 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT for the purpose of amending the Prince George’s County Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2026 Annual Action Plan for Housing and Community Development and approving the reprogramming and reallocation of one million, one hundred seventy thousand dollars ($1,170,000) in Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) funds, from Annual Action Plans approved in prior fiscal years, to the Prince George’s County Housing Rehabilitation Fund (the “Fund”), for use by an existing eligible activity, the Housing Rehabilitation Assistance Program (the “Program”) and the reprogramming of one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) in Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) funds, from Annual Action Plans approved in prior fiscal years, to the Housing Rehabilitation Assistance Program Administration (the “HRAP Administration”), an existing eligible activity, to support the Program. CR-059-2026 public hearing held ▶ jump to 24:55
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  44. 40 7. INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS ▶ jump to 25:14
  45. 41 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE TAX RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 for the purpose of imposing and levying the tax rates and causing to be raised the amount of taxes required by the adopted budget so as to balance the budget as to proposed income and expenditures for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026; and to set forth the State tax levy and the Stormwater Management District tax levy. CR-065-2026 introduced ▶ jump to 26:07
  46. 42 8. BRIEFING – (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) ▶ jump to 27:01
  47. 43 MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING STUDY BRIEFING Karen Mierow, AICP, Project Manager, M-NCPPC John Parks, Deputy Project Manager, M-NCPPC Josephine Selvakumar, Neighborhood Revitalization Supervisor, M-NCPPC BR 06292026 Briefing held ▶ jump to 70:29
  48. 44 RECESS motion to recess passed Pass ▶ jump to 70:36
  49. 45 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ▶ jump to 70:42
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  51. 46 (SEE SEPARATE AGENDA)
  52. 47 RECONVENE
  53. 48 9. SECOND READING OF BILLS – (INTRODUCTION) ▶ jump to 74:27
  54. 48 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE TAX RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 for the purpose of imposing and levying the tax rates and causing to be raised the amount of taxes required by the adopted budget so as to balance the budget as to proposed income and expenditures for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026; and to set forth the State tax levy and the Stormwater Management District tax levy. CR-065-2026 rules suspended Pass ▶ jump to 26:10
  55. 49 AN ACT CONCERNING CLEAN CORRIDORS AND RAPID RESPONSE ACT OF 2026 for the purpose of creating a Clean Corridors and Rapid Response Program for expedited removal of illegal dumping and litter in designated areas; providing for the designation of Clean Corridors by Council resolution; and generally relating to removal of debris and litter from sidewalks and debris from roadways. CB-041-2026 introduced
  56. 49 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE TAX RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 for the purpose of imposing and levying the tax rates and causing to be raised the amount of taxes required by the adopted budget so as to balance the budget as to proposed income and expenditures for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026; and to set forth the State tax levy and the Stormwater Management District tax levy. CR-065-2026 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 26:33
  57. 50 AN ACT CONCERNING CLEAN COMMUNITIES TRANSPARENCY DASHBOARD ACT OF 2026 for the purpose of requiring the Office of Community Relations to create a Clean Communities Transparency Dashboard to inform residents of the County’s illegal dumping and litter clean-up efforts; identifying data to be made available on the Dashboard; requiring regular updating of the contents of the Dashboard; and generally relating to open data. CB-042-2026 introduced
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  59. 51 SECOND READING OF BILLS – (INTRODUCTION) (Continued)
  60. 52 AN ACT CONCERNING VACANT PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND ABATEMENT ACT for the purpose of strengthening enforcement of housing and property standards on vacant properties; providing for administrative citations for unmaintained vacant properties; increasing the amounts of fines for repeat violations; and generally relating to vacant property. CB-043-2026 introduced
  61. 53 SECOND READING OF BILLS – (INTRODUCTION) (Continued)
  62. 54 AN ACT CONCERNING ILLEGAL SIGNAGE ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2026 for the purpose of strengthening enforcement against the placement of illegal signs and illegal objects in County rights-of-way; requiring public utilities to remove illegal signs and objects placed on their infrastructure in County rights-of-way; increasing and establishing fines to reduce the placement and persistence of illegal signs and illegal objects in County rights-of-way; increasing liability for the placement of illegal signs and illegal objects in County rights-of-way; and generally relating to eliminating illegal signs and illegal objects in County rights-of-way. CB-044-2026 introduced
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  64. 56 SECOND READING OF BILLS – (INTRODUCTION) (Continued)
  65. 57 AN ACT CONCERNING SEE IT, SNAP IT, GET PAID ACT OF 2026 for the purpose of establishing a Prince George’s County Beautification Enforcement Incentive Program to enhance the aesthetic conditions and environmental quality and well-being of Prince George’s County; and generally relating to civil enforcement. CB-045-2026 introduced
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  67. 59 SECOND READING OF BILLS – (INTRODUCTION) (Continued)
  68. 60 AN ACT CONCERNING VACANT REAL PROPERTIES TAX RATE for the purpose of establishing a real property tax rate for real properties consisting of vacant houses/buildings or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a housing or building violation notice; specifying the use of the proceeds from the aforementioned tax; and generally relating to property tax on vacant real properties. CB-046-2026 introduced
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  71. 62 SECOND READING OF BILLS – (INTRODUCTION) (Continued)
  72. 63 AN ACT CONCERNING DESTINATION PRINCE GEORGE’S for the purpose of reassigning the payment of revenue from the Hotel and Motel tax from Experience Prince George’s to a new entity named Destination Prince George’s to be used to promote travel to and economic investment in the County. CB-050-2026 introduced
  73. 64 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 13-2026 - REORGANIZATIONAL PROPOSAL transferring the Enforcement Division duties and responsibilities of the Department of Permitting, Inspection and Enforcement to the Office of Homeland Security. CB-056-2026 introduced ▶ jump to 93:48
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  75. 66 SECOND READING OF BILLS – (INTRODUCTION) (Continued)
  76. 67 AN ACT CONCERNING PROCUREMENT REFINEMENTS ACT for the purpose of refining business certification requirements, centralizing waiver authority and reducing redundant reporting requirements. CB-060-2026 introduced
  77. 68 AN ACT CONCERNING PREVAILING HOURS AND WAGE RATES ON PUBLIC WORKS - EMPLOYMENT - APPRENTICEABLE TRADES for the purpose of generally requiring contractors and subcontractors on certain public works to employ workers from apprenticeable trades who are either apprentices participating in an apprenticeship program registered with the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council or who have completed a registered apprenticeship program; adding a certain definition; increasing the amount of damages for violations of the law; and generally relating to prevailing hours and wage rates on public works. CB-062-2026 introduced ▶ jump to 99:09
  78. 69 SECOND READING OF BILLS – (INTRODUCTION) (Continued)
  79. 70 AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS for the purpose of transferring appropriation within the General Fund to provide for costs that were not anticipated and included in the Approved Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. CB-068-2026 introduced ▶ jump to 101:21
  80. 71 10. RESOLUTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR FINAL READING – (ADOPTION)
  81. 72 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING FIBROID HEALTHCARE SUPPORT for the purpose of increasing public awareness and early diagnosis of fibroids; encouraging expanded access to screening and early detection of fibroids; improving local understanding of the disease; encouraging assistance for women in navigating care and treatment options; and encouraging the expansion of treatment access. CR-030-2026 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 114:31
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  83. 74 RESOLUTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR FINAL READING – (ADOPTION) (Continued)
  84. 75 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING INSURANCE AND HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR FIBROIDS for the purpose of encouraging the State of Maryland and the Federal Government to increase funding for fibroid research, improve insurance coverage for fibroid treatments, and expand reproductive healthcare access. CR-031-2026 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 116:45
  85. 76 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING A RURAL PROMOTION FOR AGRI-TOURISM for the purpose of creating a plan for the collaboration of various State, regional and local entities with the goal of promoting agri-tourism in identified areas within the Prince George’s County. CR-039-2026 adopted Pass
  86. 77 RESOLUTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR FINAL READING – (ADOPTION) (Continued)
  87. 78 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY AGRITOURISM AND WINERY PROMOTION PILOT PROGRAM for the purpose of establishing the Prince George’s County Agritourism and Winery Promotion Pilot Program in partnership with the Maryland Wineries Association and Destination Prince George’s, and allocating Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) to fund signage, marketing, and promotional efforts to support wineries and other agribusinesses in Prince George’s County, Maryland. CR-040-2026 adopted Pass
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  89. 80 RESOLUTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR FINAL READING – (ADOPTION) (Continued)
  90. 81 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR HOUSING - IMPLEMENTATION DATE EXTENSION - MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS for the purpose of extending the implementation date for certain Prince George’s County Code and The Zoning Ordinance of Prince George’s County, Maryland laws regarding the County’s universal design for housing law; providing for the extension of the implementation date solely for multifamily residential dwelling units to a certain time; and generally regarding universal design for housing. CR-061-2026 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 124:28
  91. 83 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
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  93. 84 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS for the purpose of establishing a two (2) year moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review, and approval of applications concerning preliminary plans of subdivision and detailed site plans that include qualified data center uses. CR-066-2026 introduced and referred ▶ jump to 14:54
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  95. 86 SECOND READING OF BILLS – (INTRODUCTION) (Continued)
  96. 86 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING A RURAL PROMOTION FOR AGRI-TOURISM for the purpose of creating a plan for the collaboration of various State, regional and local entities with the goal of promoting agri-tourism in identified areas within the Prince George’s County. CR-039-2026 new draft substituted Pass
  97. 87 AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS for the purpose of declaring additional revenue and appropriating to the General Fund to provide for costs that were not anticipated and included in the Approved Fiscal Year 2027 Budget CB-066-2026 introduced ▶ jump to 103:41
  98. 88 RESOLUTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR FINAL READING – (ADOPTION) (Continued) ▶ jump to 103:57
  99. 89 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE 2018 WATER AND SEWER PLAN (DECEMBER 2025 CYCLE OF AMENDMENTS) for the purpose of changing the water and sewer category designations of properties within the 2018 Water and Sewer Plan. CR-029-2026 new draft substituted Pass ▶ jump to 107:12
  100. 89 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY AGRITOURISM AND WINERY PROMOTION PILOT PROGRAM for the purpose of establishing the Prince George’s County Agritourism and Winery Promotion Pilot Program in partnership with the Maryland Wineries Association and Destination Prince George’s, and allocating Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) to fund signage, marketing, and promotional efforts to support wineries and other agribusinesses in Prince George’s County, Maryland. CR-040-2026 new draft substituted Pass
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  102. 91 RESOLUTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR FINAL READING – (ADOPTION) (Continued) ▶ jump to 108:06
  103. 92 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING FISCAL YEAR 2027 FEDERAL AND STATE TRANSPORTATION GRANT APPLICATION AUTHORIZATION for the purpose of authorizing the Director of the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T) to file applications for Fiscal Year 2027 to include, but not be limited to those with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and its’ offices and modal administrations, including the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) and the Maryland Highway Safety Office (MSHO); the United States Department of Homeland Security (USDHS); the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and its’ offices and modal administrations including the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); the United States Department of Energy (DOE); the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) or any other Federal or State agencies not identified in this listing. CR-046-2026 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 110:43
  104. 93 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS for the purpose of establishing a two (2) year moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review, and approval of applications concerning preliminary plans of subdivision and detailed site plans that include qualified data center uses. CR-066-2026 removed from agenda
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  106. 95 REMINDERS Thursday, July 2, 2026 10:00 a.m. - PHED Committee 1:30 p.m. - PSHHS Committee - CANCELLED Friday, July 3, 2026 Holiday - Independence Day (Observed) Monday, July 6, 2026 10:00 a.m. - District Council 1:30 p.m. - TIEE Committee ▶ jump to 25:04
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  108. 97 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE 2018 WATER AND SEWER PLAN (DECEMBER 2025 CYCLE OF AMENDMENTS) for the purpose of changing the water and sewer category designations of properties within the 2018 Water and Sewer Plan. CR-029-2026 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 107:39
  109. 103 Prepared by: ___________________________________ Edgar L. Reese, III, Legislative Reference Aide Submitted by: _________________________________ Donna J. Brown, Clerk of the Council