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1. Call to order – Council President Valerie M.A. Nicholas
2. Roll call – Kimberley A. Rau, Clerk
3. Report of the Mayor and City Council
4. General Public Hearing
   1. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the City of Laurel will be holding virtual meetings.  The public is asked to submit written testimony on agenda items to the Laurel City Clerk at [email protected] by 2:00 p.m. on meeting dates.
5. Consideration of a bid recommendation to Avaya Telephone System Upgrade - Department of Information Technology.
6. Consideration of a bid recommendation to Citywide Concrete Repair - Department of Public Works.
7. Consideration of a bid recommendation to Fleet Acquisition - 2023 Freightliner Commercial Rear Loader-Department of Public Works.
8. Consideration of a recommendation to Citywide Traffic and Parking Study - Department of Public Works.
9. Consideration of a bid recommendation to Employee Benefit Insurance - Department of Budget and Personnel Services.
10. Introduction and first public hearing on Ordinance No. 1987, Text Amendment No. 259, an Ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, Maryland to Amend Laurel City Code, Chapter 20 "Land Development and Subdivision Regulations,” Article I “Zoning,” §20-1.3 “Relationship to the City Of Laurel Master Plan”, §20-1.7 “Definitions”, §20-1.11 “Annexation of Additional Area to City” §20-1.12 “Construction and Interpretation of Article; General Provisions”,   §20-2.1 “Building Permits; Use and Occupancy Permits”, §20-2.2 “Plans, Plats, and Information to Accompany Applications for Permits”, §20-2.3 “Conditions”, §20-2.4 “Temporary Use Permit”, §20-2.5 “Issuance of Use and Occupancy Permit”, §20-2.7 “Application for Use and Occupancy Permits; Inspection of Premises, Issuance of Certificate of Compliance, and Permit”, §20-2.8 “Suspension/ Revocation of Use and Occupancy Permit”,    §20-3.1 “What Constitutes Violations; Continuing Violation”, §20-3.2 “Compliance with and Enforcement of Article; Complaints as to Alleged Violation” §20-3.3 “Procedure Upon Verification of Violation; Penalties”  §20-3.4 “Extension of Grace Period”, §20-4.4 “Powers and Duties”, §20-4.5 “Hearings on Proposed Plans, Regulations, etc.” §20-4.6 “City Administrator, City Solicitor, and Other Officers and Employees”,  §20-6.16 “Schedule of Area, Yard, and Height Regulations for Residential Uses”, §20-7.8 “Table of Commercial Uses”, §20-9.5 “Table of Industrial Uses”, §20-10.5 “Parking Regulations”, §20-13.11 “Amendment to Revitalization Overlay Area Map”, §20-15.2 “Zoning Districts” §20-15.3 “Satellite Earth Station Antennas Having a Diameter of One Meter or Less” §20-15.4 “Commercial, Office Building, and Industrial Zones; Satellite Earth Station Antennas Having a Diameter of Two Meters or Less”, §20-25.4 “Powers and Duties”, §20-25.5 “Hearings on Proposed Plans, Regulations, etc.”, §20-25.6 “Regular Meeting Dates”, §20-25.7 “City Administrator, City Solicitor, Director of the Department of Community Planning and Business Services, and Other Officers and Employees”,  §20-26.1 “Authority”, §20-26.2 “History, Composition, and Operation” §20-26.3 “Purpose”, §20-26.5 “Review of Applications”, §20-26.13 “Demolition”, Article Vi “Roads and Sidewalks”, §20-42.5 “Authority of the Director”; and Providing for an Effective Date.
11. Introduction and first public hearing on Ordinance No. 1988, an ordinance to Amend the General Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program of the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, Maryland, for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, and to Provide an Effective Date.
12. Introduction and first public hearing on Ordinance No. 1989 Text Amendment No. 260, an Ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, Maryland to Amend Laurel City Code, Chapter 11 "Planning and Development,” Article III “Affordable Housing Program,” §11-52 “Existing Multifamily” to Update the Affordable Housing Program; and Providing for an Effective Date.
13. Introduction and first public hearing on Ordinance No.1990, an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, Maryland to add a New Section 16-12 Entitled “Tax Credit-Rental Dwellings Providing Reduced Rents For Elderly or Disabled Tenants” of Article I Entitled “In General’ of Chapter 16 Entitled “Taxation” of the Code of the City of Laurel to Provide for a Tax Credit for the Owners of Apartment Buildings with Less Than Twenty-Five Units that Provide Reduced Rental Rates to Elderly or Disabled Tenants and to Provide an Effective Date.
14. Introduction and first public hearing on Resolution No. 8-21, a resolution of the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, Maryland, to Establish the City of Laurel Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration Planning Committee.
15. Introduction and first public hearing on Resolution No. 9-21, a resolution of the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, Maryland, to Approve the City of Laurel Executive Policy No. 2021-02, Alleyway Policy and Providing an Effective Date.
16. Adjournment