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February 6, 2024 ·11:00 AM Final

Council Hearing Room

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Agenda — 35 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 9:00 A.M. - GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE - (COMMITTEE ROOM 2027)
  5. 5 (SEE SEPARATE AGENDA)
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  7. 7 10:30 A.M. - AGENDA BRIEFING - (COMMITTEE ROOM 2027)
  8. 8 11:00 A.M. - CALL TO ORDER - (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) ▶ jump to 0:04
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  10. 10 INVOCATION: ▶ jump to 1:23
  11. 11 Tony Merritt, Jr., Associate Pastor, Cheverly Baptist Church ▶ jump to 1:31
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  13. 13 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 6:27
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  15. 15 REQUESTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ▶ jump to 7:23
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  17. 17 LEGISLATIVE DAY NO. 3 ▶ jump to 7:29
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  19. 19 1. CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 7:33
  20. 20 (a) Approval of County Council Minutes ▶ jump to 7:35
  21. 21 County Council Minutes dated January 30, 2024 MIN 01302024 approved ▶ jump to 7:38
  22. 22 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
  23. 23 (b) First Reading of Bills (Presentation) ▶ jump to 7:43
  24. 24 AN ACT CONCERNING MINORITY BUSINESS START UP FUNDS for the purpose of adding businesses that are located within the beltway to the Prince George's County Business Expansion and Start-Up Grant Program; adding businesses that are located within the beltway to the Prince George's County Business Expansion and Start-Up Loan program; creating a set aside of twenty-percent (20%) for qualifying businesses within the beltway; defining a County goal of servicing at least fifty-percent (50%) of qualifying businesses that are located within the beltway (the area in the County between the border with the District of Columbia and the Capital Beltway) or within one-quarter mile of a transit station, or within one of the primary or secondary growth sectors outlined in the Approved Economic Development Strategic Action Plan for Prince George’s County within the next five (5) years, and other related provisions. presented and referred ▶ jump to 8:18
  25. 25 AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING CODE OF PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY for the purpose of providing for a certain definition; amending the Housing Code to add email, by written consent by certain persons to the methods of service of a notice of violation, civil citation, and administrative citation of the Housing Code; providing that a rental license application and renewal license application shall contain written authorization for a licensee to have the option to provide written consent to service of notice of violation, civil citation, and administrative citation by email; providing for the Department to provide certain guidelines; providing for a certain definition; providing for certain requirements; and generally regarding a notice of violation, civil citation, and administrative citation of the Housing Code by email, by written consent by certain persons. presented and referred ▶ jump to 9:25
  26. 26 AN ACT CONCERNING MANDATORY LACTATION ROOMS IN COUNTY BUILDINGS for the purpose of requiring lactation rooms in certain County buildings and or real property. CB-003-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 9:48
  27. 27 CONSENT AGENDA (Continued)
  28. 28 AN ACT CONCERNING PARENTAL LEAVE ELIGIBILITY for the purpose of revising the amount of parental leave time granted to County employees. CB-004-2024 presented and referred ▶ jump to 10:09
  29. 30 2. CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 10:39
  30. 31 3. PROPOSED CORRESPONDENCE/ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER’S REPORT ▶ jump to 10:54
  31. 32 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 02/06/2024 General Assembly Committee meeting). LTR 02062024 authorized for Chair's signature Pass ▶ jump to 12:13
  32. 33 4. BRIEFING – (COUNCIL HEARING ROOM) ▶ jump to 12:46
  33. 34 SUBTITLE 25 UPDATE: TREES AND VEGETATION Megan Reiser, Planner IV, Environmental Planning Section, Countywide Planning Division, M-NCPPC BR 02062024 Briefing held ▶ jump to 55:34
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  35. 37 Prepared by: ___________________________________ Edgar Reese, III, Legislative Reference Aide Submitted by: _________________________________ Donna J. Brown, Clerk of the Council ▶ jump to 56:29