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March 12, 2024 ·1:00 PM Final

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Agenda — 63 items

  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 ▶ jump to 0:02
  4. 4 11:00 A.M. - - GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE - (COMMITTEE ROOM 2027)
  5. 5 (SEE SEPARATE AGENDA)
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  7. 7 12:30 P.M. - AGENDA BRIEFING - (COMMITTEE ROOM 2027)
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  9. 9 1:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER - (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) ▶ jump to 0:05
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  11. 11 INVOCATION: ▶ jump to 0:56
  12. 12 Pastor Ralph J. Chittams, Sr., Landover Hills Baptist Church, Landover Hills, MD ▶ jump to 1:07
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  14. 14 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 3:16
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  16. 16 REQUESTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ▶ jump to 3:41
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  18. 18 BUSINESS MEETING ▶ jump to 3:49
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  20. 20 1. CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 4:06
  21. 21 (a) Approval of County Council Minutes ▶ jump to 4:07
  22. 23 (b) First Reading of Bills (Presentation) ▶ jump to 4:17
  23. 24 AN ACT CONCERNING PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY SETTLEMENT TRANSPARENCY for the purpose of promoting transparency with respect to settlement agreements for actions involving Prince George’s County Government or its employees. CB-011-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 4:34
  24. 25 AN ACT CONCERNING PROCUREMENT PRACTICES REVISIONS for the purpose of amending provisions of Subtitle 10A regarding administrative procedures, award of contracts, and economic development; generally relating to procurements subject to Subtitle 10A. CB-012-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 4:57
  25. 26 AN ACT CONCERNING LATE-NIGHT BUSINESS SAFETY PLAN for the purpose of requiring certain businesses that operate between 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. to obtain a late-night safety plan from the Prince George’s County Police Department; that requires the business to obtain an approved late-night safety plan before operating; that the business must operate under the terms of the approved late-night safety plan; that an approved late-night safety plan authorizes the business to operate for three (3) years; that at the expiration of the three (3) period the business will need to obtain a new approved late-night safety plan; and that businesses operating without an approved late-night safety plan are subject in a civil fine for each day it operates without an approved late-night safety plan. CB-016-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 5:54
  26. 27 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
  27. 28 AN ACT CONCERNING THE BOARD OF APPEALS COMPOSITION AND SALARY REVISION for the purpose of decreasing the composition of the Board of Appeals, increasing the monthly salary rate for each member of the Board of Appeals and the additional annual salary rate for the Chairman of the Board of Appeals. CB-017-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 6:25
  28. 29 AN ACT CONCERNING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD GOVERNMENT for the purpose of requiring the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit a statement to the Council describing the fiscal impact of each bill before Council action; specifying the contents of the fiscal impact statement; and generally amending the law governing the consideration of bills by the County Council. CB-018-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 6:57
  29. 30 AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT FAIRNESS ACT FOR RETURNING CITIZENS for the purpose of prohibiting employers in Prince George’s County from inquiring into or considering certain past criminal records of prospective job applicants, subject to certain exemptions. CB-019-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 7:21
  30. 30 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
  31. 31 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
  32. 32 AN ACT CONCERNING WOODLAND AND WILDLIFE HABITAT CONSERVATION ORDINANCE for the purpose of revising the existing subtitle in order to comply with state mandated revisions as per the Maryland Forest Conservation Act; revising and adding definitions; revising applicability and exemption requirements; revising plan review, validity and grandfathering requirements; revising a certain definition; providing for a certain fee-in-lieu; establishing a certain Fund; revising the variance and appeal process; revising enforcement process; revising the conservation requirements including priority areas, thresholds and replacement ratios; revising conservation requirements design criteria, priorities, options and bonding; revising forest stand delineation area; and revising forest harvesting. CB-020-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 8:20
  33. 33 AN ACT CONCERNING TREE CANOPY COVERAGE ORDINANCE for the purpose of revising the existing applicability language, requiring a certain grandfather provision, revising the tree canopy coverage requirements, revising the credit and security requirements, and adding the Planning Director to those that can issue waivers. CB-021-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 8:48
  34. 34 AN ACT CONCERNING SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS’ ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY AREA for the purpose of removing environmental strategy area from definitions, and removing environmental strategy area from environmental standard and replacing with development location, and amending the required minimum stream buffer widths. CB-022-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 9:18
  35. 36 2. CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 10:15
  36. 37 3. PROPOSED CORRESPONDENCE/ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER’S REPORT ▶ jump to 10:06
  37. 38 Proposed letter to the Honorable Michael A. Jackson, Chair, Prince George’s County Senate Delegation, and the Honorable Nicole Williams, Chair, Prince George’s County House Delegation, transmitting the position of the Prince George's County Council on proposed State legislation (recommended at the 03/12/2024 General Assembly Committee meeting). LTR 03122024 authorized for Chair's signature Pass ▶ jump to 11:26
  38. 39 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS: - (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) ▶ jump to 12:02
  39. 39 Appointment of the following individual as the Director of the Department of Corrections: Terence K. Clark APPT-5-24 confirmed Pass ▶ jump to 24:32
  40. 40 Appointment of the following individual as the Director of the Department of Corrections: Terence K. Clark APPT-5-24 public hearing held ▶ jump to 18:11
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  42. 42 PUBLIC HEARINGS: - (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) (Continued) ▶ jump to 31:55
  43. 43 Appointment of the following individual to the Prince George’s County Commission for Women: SheShuana N. Davis Appointment Replacing: Deborah C. Wilder Term Expiration: May 1, 2025 APPT-4-24 public hearing held ▶ jump to 34:32
  44. 43 Appointment of the following individual to the Prince George’s County Commission for Women: SheShuana N. Davis Appointment Replacing: Deborah C. Wilder Term Expiration: May 1, 2025 APPT-4-24 confirmed Pass ▶ jump to 36:09
  45. 44 EXECUTIVE SESSION – (1ST FLOOR EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM) ▶ jump to 47:55
  46. 44 POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE ▶ jump to 37:29
  47. 45 Motion to Convene in Executive Session pursuant to Section 3-305(b)(7), and (8), General Provisions Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, to discuss pending or potential litigation; to consult with counsel to seek legal advice, specifically to be briefed by counsel as to, and to discuss, the status of cases in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland, the Appellate Court of Maryland, and/or the Supreme Court of Maryland, to maintain confidentiality regarding the current status of ongoing litigation and as to the Council’s position on pending litigation. EX 03052024 convened into Executive Session Pass ▶ jump to 48:52
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  49. 47 DISTRICT COUNCIL ITEMS
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  51. 49 1:45 PM - BOARD OF HEALTH (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) ▶ jump to 50:01
  52. 50 (SEE SEPARATE AGENDA)
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  55. 52 2:45 PM - DISTRICT COUNCIL (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) ▶ jump to 50:08
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  58. 55 3:00 PM - COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) ▶ jump to 50:10
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  61. 58 6:00 PM - JOINT PUBLIC HEARING - PROPOSED GROSS HOUSES HISTORIC SITE DESIGNATION ▶ jump to 50:12
  62. 59 (SEE SEPARATE AGENDA)
  63. 60 Prepared by: ___________________________________ Edgar Reese, III, Legislative Reference Aide Submitted by: _________________________________ Donna J. Brown, Clerk of the Council ▶ jump to 50:18