2026-11-09 - City Council

Summary

Built from the posted agenda; no minutes or video recorded yet, so outcomes are not known.

• Communications: Mayor's resolutions to accept three state Department of Children and Families grants and a Justice Education Center grant for Summer Night Gyms, adopt rights-of-way at the Village at Park River, and sublease office space at 10 Constitution Plaza.
• Four Mayor's appointments to the African American and Black History and Culture Commission (see African American Black History Commission Ordinance).
• A public comment session was noticed for 6:00 PM before the 7:00 PM meeting (hybrid, HPA-TV Channel 96).
• New ordinance on Concentrated Poverty Reduction Ordinance with a public hearing set for November 16 at 7:00 PM (2026-11-16 - Public Hearing).
• For action: Tenant Relocation Services Ordinance, Dog and Cat Limitation Ordinance, the 175 Mather Street Lots to Homes lease (Mather Street Property Redevelopment) and Puerto Rican Hispanic History Commission Ordinance.
• Supplemental agenda: tax fixing agreement for Edge 400 (Edge 400 tax fixing agreement), an 18-month abatement extension (Tuscan Brotherhood Homes II tax abatement), the Capitol Forest Stewardship Report, a Golf Course Oversight Commission appointment, and committee reports on postponed items (Street and Traffic Signage Audit, Municipal Code Sec. 10-15 and Sec. 22-132 Amendments, Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative).
• The packet includes the draft minutes of the October 26, 2026 meeting for approval. Per those minutes, all items on October 26 carried 7-0 with two members absent, including a $1,875 grant from the MDC for a health fair, two state grants for Spring Grove Cemetery, and a $157,657 FY2024 Justice Assistance Grant (Justice Assistance Grant); the Axon five-year agreement was received (Axon five-year technology agreement). See 2026-10-26 - City Council Meeting.
• The next hearing and meeting is November 16 at 7:00 PM.

Agenda

1. Call to Order
2. Approve Minutes: October 26, 2026 City Council meeting
3. Communications
   • 3.1 Resolution to accept three State Department of Children and Families grants (Department of Families, Children, and Youth)
   • 3.2 Resolution to accept a Justice Education Center grant for the Summer Night Gyms program (Active City)
   • 3.3 Resolution to adopt rights-of-way (Annie Walton Way, Stillman Westbrook Court, Carrie Perry Way, Park River Drive) at the Village at Park River
   • 3.4 Resolution to enter a sublease for office space at 10 Constitution Plaza
   • 3.5 to 3.8 Confirm four mayoral appointments to the African American and Black History and Culture Commission
   • 3.9 Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee: discharge of the ordinance on the number of dogs on residential properties
4. Ordinances
   • 4.1 Ordinance Establishing the Initiative to Reduce Concentrated Poverty and to Increase Economic Mobility (Council President Thomas Clarke II; Concentrated Poverty Reduction Ordinance); public hearing Monday, November 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
5. For Action
   • 5.1 Ordinance amending Chapter 18, Article IX, Section 18-110 to provide relocation services to displaced tenants (Councilman Michtom)
   • 5.2 Ordinance, Chapter 6, Section 6-15, limitation on the number of dogs (Rosado, Gale)
   • 5.3 Mayor's resolution for a lease agreement for development of 175 Mather Street through Lots to Homes
   • 5.4 Ordinance establishing the Puerto Rican and Hispanic History and Culture Commission
6. Supplemental Agenda
   • 6.1 Public Works, Parks, Recreation & Environment Committee: Capitol Forest Stewardship Report presentation by the Office of Sustainability Director
   • 6.2 Committee report on postponement of the citywide street and traffic signage audit resolution
   • 6.3 and 6.4 Committee report and Mayor's resolution confirming a mayoral appointment to the Hartford Golf Course Oversight Commission (Golf Course Oversight Commission Appointment; 2026-11-18 - Golf Course Oversight Commission)
   • 6.5 and 6.6 Committee reports on postponement of ordinances amending Chapter 10, Section 10-15 and Chapter 22, Section 22-132
   • 6.7 Committee report on postponement of the resolution establishing the Hartford Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Governance Initiative
   • 6.8 and 6.10 Committee report and Mayor's resolution: 15-year tax fixing agreement with two 5-year renewal options for the Edge 400 project, 338 New Park Avenue
   • 6.9 and 6.11 Committee report and Mayor's resolution: 18-month tax abatement extension for Tuscan Brotherhood Homes II, Inc.
7. Adjournment

Sources

• Public comment session (6:00 PM): https://hartford.civicweb.net/Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Id=18610
• Agenda packet: https://hartford.civicweb.net/document/169202/Hybrid%20City%20Council%20-%20Nov%2009%202026.pdf?handle=3497CADFE7A448C3BB93505266610121
• Meeting page: https://hartford.civicweb.net/Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Id=18595