The Town of GLEN ECHO Chartered 1904 townhal@glenecho.org  Town Hall 6106 Harvard Avenue Glen Echo - Maryland 20812 - (301)320-4041  TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES May 9, 2022 Held Virtually Via Zoom  CALLTOORDER: MAYOR DIA COSTELLO.702PM  PRESENT Mayor: Dia Costello. Town Manager: (TM) Beth Stickler.  Councilmembers: (CM) Mona Kishore, Dan Spealman, Matt Stiglitz, and Julia Wilson. Residents: Emily Parsons (Thel Echo), Mary Parsons (Bryn Mawr Ave). Guests: Ha-Yeon Jean (Del. Korman representative). OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO HEAR RESIDENTS COMMENTS:  Mayor Costello offered an opportunity to take comments from the residents. There were: no comments.  COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES: ACTION ON APRIL 11.2022 MEETING Minutes oft the April 11, 2022 Council meeting were approved.  Motion to Approve Minutes: CM: Kishore; 2nd CM Wilson. Approved 3-0 (CM Stiglitz abstained). HEARING. AND VOTE ONORDINANCE: 22-05 REGARDING TREE REMOVALS  Mayor Costello opened the hearing with a request for residents to comment. There were: no comments at the hearing or via email to Town Hall. The ordinance updates Articles 3 and 51 tree caliper measurements to "greater than 10 inches at 4.5 feet above the ground or that is more than 10 feet in height." Article 51 removes the 60 days' requirement notice for topping as pruning is sometimes encouraged for flowering. Motion to Adopt Ordinance 22-05: CM Stiglitz; 2nd CM Kishore. Approved 4-0.  VOTE ONT TOWN ORDINANCE 22-03 = TOADOPTAI BUDGET FORI FISCALYEARJULYJ.2022-JUNE The Council made no changes to the budget presented at the meeting. The mayor noted that the budget process  30, 2023 (FY23)  went weil and thanked the Council.  Motion to Adopt Ordinance 22-03: CM Wilson; 2nd CM Kishore. Approved 4-0.  VOTE ONTOWN RESOLUTION22-0-1 TO APPROVELEVYING A TAX ON CERTAIN REALAND  PERSONALI PROPERTY FORI FY2023 Tax rates remain unchanged from the prior fiscal year.  1    Motion to Adopt Resolution 22-04: CM Stiglitz; 2nd CM: Kishore. Approved 4-0.  CAPITALI IMPROVEMENTPLANS-PRIORITRES:AMERICAN RESCUEP PLANI UPDATE ONI POSSIBLE The Council continued to discuss the use of the ARPA funds and the capital improvement needs. Paving streets = the Council discussed whether the streets need to be repaved in the next few years. Some Council Members do not believe there is a need.. Joe Toomey had prepared a report in 2020 which graded the pavement. The streets ranged in their need for repaving. The current town engineering firm, OIPA, assessed how soon the streets will need to be repaved. As the report had been received on the day of the Council Meeting, the Mayor did not present their assessment. The streets were paved in 2009 and again around 2014 after Washington Gas installed gas lines in Town. The Town will ask paving company A.B. Veirs to evaluate whether the streets need repaving as well. Council members questioned the need for road replacement as Stormwater - Holly Shimizu, Chair of the Environmental Committee, had asked for $70,000 to install green stormwater remedies. The Town will wait until the results oft the grant application to the Chesapeake Bay Trust are known in mid. June to decide if ARPA Funds should be used. Currently thel budget is $10,000. Street signs The Town has received some estimates for replacing street name signs. The FY23 budget is HVAC Replacement - Thel FY 23 budget includes $23,000 for new units. An RFP will be developed. CM Spealman has not heard any news that the government may take the funds back using rescission.  USES  visually they did not see the reason as there are no signs of potholes, major cracking, etc.  $20,000. The street signs will be replaced and may use. ARPA funds.  STREET SIGN DESIGN DISCUSSION: Costello  The Council discussed the design options for new street name signs. They decided:  As scroll above the sign.  A cap or an acorn finial on top of thej post. The Council preferred a cap. The county-installed signs along MacArthur Blvd will not be replaced. The Echo will publish the proposed image and ask for feedback from residents.  The suggested font was Neutraface. TM Stickler will look into what options the sign companies have for fonts.  The Town will not replace the current No Parking signs, which are not enforceable as they do not meet the state code and the County will not write tickets or enforce no parking. The Town does not write parking violation tickets, and has not in the recent past. The Town can stripe with yellow paint the areas ofn no parking.  FINANCIAL REPORTI FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL (copy attached). TM Stickler  Revenue: The Town received:  2    Property Tax: $1,039; at 99% of expected. Public Utility: $510; at 113% of expected.  Tax Duplication: $18,995; at 157% of expected. This was a one time payment to reimburse Town for prior years'  tax duplication shortfalls.  Post Office rent for. January - April 2022 was received after this report was submitted and will be reflected in May's financial report. Final Highway User Revenues are usually received late in the fiscal year or even after the fiscal  year ends. Expenses:  Bolt Legal expense was $3721 for March broken out by categories as follows: 75% tree ordinance amendments;  8% on Irish Inn Lease; 16% on contract with Key Sanitation.  Motion to Approve the Financial Report: CM Kishore; 2nd CM Wilson. Approved 4-0. OPERATIONS REPORT: Infrastructure:. Administrative: Social:TM Stickler  Social:  Summer Party Dates and food: The Council discussed whether tol hire California Tortilla as the caterer or havea potluck/grill out. They decided to hold the picnic Sunday July 24 and to hire California Tortilla again. The Town will provide compostable Tupperware: for residents to take the leftover food. Residents will bei invited to enter the  3rd Annual Pie Baking Contest.  Student Service Learning training: TM Stickler will complete required SSL training on May 25 online through the  Montgomery County Volunteer Center.  Infrastructure:  Pepco vegetation Town walkthrough April 25: CM Wilson and' TM Stickler walked with the Pepco contractor to identify trees that may need to come down or bej pruned. Pepco will notify any residents with a door hanger, as well as send a map ofaffected trees to Town Hall Pepco is only planning to take down a tree at the corner ofUniversity Ave and Oxford and one on Princeton Ave. They willl be notifying the residents and offering replacement trees for the location. Residents that want trees trimmed on the connecting lines to their house can let Town Hall know and  that information will be relayed to Pepco.  3    CBT Grant: The Town received the final report from Greening Urban. The Chesapeake Bay" Trust required a final report by May 1 which TM Stickler worked on with Town resident Robin Kogelnik. Thei final report from Greening  Urban willl be presented to the Council at the meeting in June. Fence at' Town Hall: Key Sanitation fixed the fence. April 28- -29.  Gas line installed: 6105 Bryn) Mawr4.12.22  Street Assessment: OIPA, the' Town' s engineering consulting firm, provided a draft assessment ofthe streets May 9th.TM Stickler and Mayor Costello are reviewing the draft and will update the Council in June.  Administrative:  Park police meeting May 5: TM Stickler met with Capt.. Jonathan D. Hofflinger Commander, West District (GWMP Station, Rock Creek Station) and Lt.. John Matula, the first line manager for the Clara Barton Pkwy. Discussion topic was the speeding along Clara Barton Parkway which led to a fatal automobile accident on March 20. Thei representatives: noted that there are staffing shortages and that due to Covid, police are less likely toj pull over and interact with speeders. There are also no places along that stretch of parkway for police cruisers to park or to pull over speeders. They agreed to ask NPS for a speed sign to place along the stretch oft the parkway that borders  Glen Echo. They are willing to attend a future Council meeting.  ICMA High Performance Leadership Academy: TM Stickler enrolledi int this 12 week academy. The Town will benefit as the manager will learn skills on managing aj positive mindset for leading and making decisions; organizing, planning and managing effective change; building strong relationships for enhanced collaboration; simplifying complexity through communicating and presenting data; and executing consistently to deliver high  levels of team and organizational value.  Completed report to. ARPA on April 12, 2022: TM Stickler submitted the required reporting to. ARPA. This report indicated that the Town will take the standard allowance oft the full amount of funding which can be used for government services. The Town has not allocated any funds or spent any funds as of the reporting date. The next  report is due April30,2023.  Highway User Revenue: As reported by MML. April 25, 2022, new: state legislation has passed which restores the state's highway user revenues (HURS) to Maryland's municipalities. Municipalities' portion oft the gas tax fees will be increased SO cities and towns can rely upon them for critical road repairs and infrastructure projects. The new legislation ensures: municipalities, counties, and Baltimore City will receive 20% oft the transportation funding, instead oft the prior 10%. Maryland established the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle. Revenue Account (GMVRA, also known as Highway User Revenues, or HURS), within the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) in 1968. The account supports transportation needs throughout the state. In 2009, funding was cut by more than 96% and Maryland's municipalities suffered $280 million in lost funding. MML: has been lobbying to restore the funding for several years. Annual Highway User Revenue to Glen Echo will increase from currently $15,000 to $29,794 by FY27.  4    Sustainable Maryland Funding: SB14 Sustainable Maryland Program Fund Establishment passed 4.11.22. This bill was introduced in the 2022 Maryland legislative session, will provide the Sustainable Maryland program with the crucial support it needs to continue toj properly assist Maryland's municipalities in reaching their individual, and the State's, ambitious sustainability, climate and equity goals. SB14, which passed thel Maryland's house and senate April 11, will provide $500,000 annually to UMD's Environmental Finance Center (EFC), which administers Sustainable Maryland, to expand the no-cost program's impact and reach across the state. Mayor Costello testified  in support oft the bill. The Town is certified with Sustainable Maryland.  6101 Harvard Status: Yale: sidewalk fix will bes scheduled by McFarland Woods, the residents' contractor. The work  isn mostly finished.  OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL' TOHEAR RESIDENTS COMMENTS:  Mayor Costello announced a closing opportunity for comments by the residents. No residents made comments. The. June 13 council meeting will be held starting at 8pm and may be in person upstairs in Town Hall or via  Zoom. ADOURNMENT:  Motion to adjourn: CM Spealman 2nd CM Stiglitz. All in favor. Meeting Adjourned 8:20 pm  Minutes Prepared by: Beth Stickier, Town Manager  Approved: Mayor, Dia Costello  Cesillbs  Ga  Date: b-2-2082  5