Alderman Brooks Schandelmeier, D-Ward 5, is the lead sponsor of O-9-22, which, if enacted, would eliminate off-street parking requirements for restaurants, bars, taverns and delis and loosen them for lodges, clubs and meeting halls.
Facing a nearly $800,000 budget deficit driven largely by unpaid rent the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis has begun to cut staff and reduce the hours of some of its full-time workers, which in turn has hurt the agency’s ability to provide services and continue housing hundreds of public housing residents across more than a half-dozen properties.
Annapolis Alderman Rob Savidge, D-Ward 7, will introduce an emergency resolution Monday in response to new environmental violations identified at a construction site near Quiet Waters Park.
At an Annapolis City Council work session Thursday, the Annapolis Transportation Board presented a report on adopting a fare-free transit system that recommended doing away with fares on all transit routes, following a trend that has proliferated to more than 100 cities across the country.