City of Baltimore

City Council
City Hall, Room 408
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

AGENDA
Monday, April 14, 2003
5:00 PM
City Hall


City Council

Sheila Dixon, President of the Council
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Vice President
District One: Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Jr., John L. Cain, Lois A. Garey
District Two: Paula Johnson Branch, Bernard C. "Jack" Young, Pamela V. Carter
District Three: Robert W. Curran, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Lisa Joi Stancil
District Four: Agnes Welch, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Catherine E. Pugh
District Five: Rochelle "Rikki" Spector, Helen L. Holton, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
District Six: Melvin L. Stukes, Kwame Abayomi, Edward L. Reisinger

Call to Order
Invocation
Rev. Anthony M. Chandler, Sr., Pastor, New Bethlehem Baptist Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Councilmember Robert Curran, Tribute in Memory of Former Councilmember Dominic M. Leone
Approval of the Journal
April 7, 2003
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
April 3, 2003
 
02-0975 Urban Renewal - Rosemont
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of establishing the Rosemont Urban Renewal Area; approving a Renewal Plan for the Rosemont Urban Renewal Area; establishing permitted land uses; establishing certain requirements for land acquired; establishing general regulations, controls, and restrictions; establishing standards for review development or rehabilitation plans; establishing procedures for amending the Plan; providing for the term of the Plan; approving certain attachments and exhibits to the Plan; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date.
April 4, 2003
 
02-0949 Sale of Property - Inner Harbor Project I, Lot 2 (at the Maryland Science Center)
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at either public or private sale, all its interest in certain property that is located at Inner Harbor Project I, Lot 2 (at the Maryland Science Center) and is no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. (020782)
 
02-0976 Urban Renewal - Greenmount West - Amendment 6
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Greenmount West to add a new land use category, revising the land use category for certain properties; providing for Planned Unit Development Standards and Controls; revising exhibits attached to the Plan to reflect changes in the Plan; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date. (020817)
 
03-0999 Urban Renewal - Inner Harbor East - Amendment 12
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Inner Harbor East to amend Exhibit E to reflect the change in the Plan; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date. (030842)
April 9, 2003
 
02-0898 Urban Renewal - Market Center - Amendment 15
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Market Center to allow general advertising signs erected or placed on publicly-owned stadiums and arenas if approved by ordinance as a conditional use; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date. (020721)
 
02-0899 Zoning - General Advertising Signs - Stadiums and Arenas
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of authorizing in the B-5 District, as a conditional use that requires approval by ordinance, general advertising signs on publicly-owned stadiums and arenas. (020722)
 
02-0900 Zoning - Conditional Use General Advertising Signs - Baltimore Arena
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of general advertising signs on the property known as the Baltimore Arena, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (020723)
Executive Nominations
 
EA-0269 Gary Kritzer
EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission on Disabilities - 5th District (030945)
 
EA-0270 Sol Mogilensky
EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission on Disabilities - 5th District (030946)
 
EA-0271 Rebecca Pepkowitz
EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission on Disabilities - 1st District (030947)
 
EA-0272 Hugh "Butch" Arnold
EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission on Disabilities - 1st District (030948)
 
EA-0273 Diana Butler
EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission on Disabilities - 5th District (030950)
 
EA-0274 Geneva H. Vaughan
EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission on Disabilities - 6th District (030949)
 
EA-0275 Sharlonda Street
EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission on Disabilities - 4th District (030951)
 
EA-0276 Richard Baugh
EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission on Disabilities - 6th District (030952)
Bills Introduced
 
03-1081 Sale of Property - 1300 Baylis Street
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at either public or private sale, all its interest in certain property located at 1300 Baylis and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. - FINANCE COMMITTEE (030953)
 
03-1082 Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Ward 04, Section 10, Block 620, Lot #004 "206-218 West Fayette Street"
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Baltimore Development Corporation.
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RES. - FOR the purpose of authorizing an economic development project to be known as "206-218 West Fayette Street", in order that the Board of Estimates may enter into a Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreement with West Fayette Parking Associates, LLC, its successors or assigns, for a 500-space structured parking garage; generally relating to payments in lieu of taxes for 206-218 West Fayette Street development; and providing for a special effective date. - FINANCE COMMITTEE (030954)
 
03-1083 City Streets - Closing - Childs Street
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Public Works.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Childs Street, extending from Frankfurst Avenue northeasterly 2063 feet, more or less, to the end thereof, as shown on Plat 346-A-41 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. - HIGHWAYS AND FRANCHISES SUBCOMMITTEE (030955)
 
03-1084 East Baltimore Research Park - Development District
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of designating a "development district" to be known as the "East Baltimore Research Park Development District"; providing for and determining various matters in connection with the establishment of the development district; creating a special, tax increment fund for the development district; allocating certain property taxes to that fund; making certain findings and determinations; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the designation and operation of the development district, the establishment and use of the tax increment fund, and the issuance and payment of special obligation bonds issued in connection with the development district. - TAXATION COMMITTEE (030956)
 
03-1085 East Baltimore Research Park Redevelopment Bond Area
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of confirming that the East Baltimore Research Park Area, being all that property located within the Oliver, East Baltimore Midway/Barclay, Broadway East, Gay Street I and Middle East Renewal Areas (collectively, the "Renewal Areas"), is an area that will benefit through the exercise of the functions and powers vested in the Department of Housing and Community Development; finding that the East Baltimore Research Park Area meets the definition of a "blighted" area as set forth in federal, state, and local laws concerning qualified redevelopment bond financing; declaring the East Baltimore Research Park Area to be a "designated blighted area" in which qualified redevelopment bond financing may be used;
 
03-1086 Downtown Management District - Sidewalk Regulations
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Inc..
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of establishing certain sidewalk regulations for the Downtown Management District; defining certain terms; providing for certain enforcement conditions and procedures; imposing certain penalties; providing for the automatic termination of this Ordinance; and generally relating to the regulation and use of streets and highways. - JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS (030958)
 
03-1087 Zoning - Conditional Use - Amending Ordinance 02-461
Sponsors: Garey.
Requester: Robert and Jenetha Talley.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending Ordinance 02-461 to change the number of residents allowed in the convalescent, nursing, and rest home (assisted living) at 168 South Morley Street. - LAND USE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE (030959)
 
03-1088 Urban Renewal - Poppleton - Amendment __
Sponsors: Stukes, Welch, Reisinger, Abayomi.
Requester: University of Maryland Baltimore and UMB Health Sciences Research Park Corporation, c/o Jon Laria, Esq., Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Poppleton to revise the land use category for certain properties; providing for Planned Unit Development Standards and Controls; revising certain exhibits attached to the Plan to reflect changes in the Plan; revising and deleting certain disposition lots; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date. - URBAN AFFAIRS (030961)
 
03-1089 Planned Unit Development - Designation - UMB Health Sciences Research Park
Sponsors: Stukes, Reisinger, Abayomi, Welch.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of approving the application of University of Maryland Baltimore and UMB Health Sciences Research Park Corporation, contract purchaser and contract lessee of certain properties located in Baltimore City (the "Property"), to have the Property designated a Business Planned Unit Development; and approving the Development Plan submitted by the applicant. - URBAN AFFAIRS (030962)
 
03-1090 Highlandtown Arts and Entertainment District
Sponsors: Cain, Garey, D'Adamo, President Dixon.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of approving the revised application to the State for designation of the Highlandtown Arts and Entertainment District. - IMMEDIATE ADOPTION (030963)
 
03-1091 Informational Hearing - Department of Housing and Community Development - Use of Section 108 Fund
Sponsors: Young, Branch, Pugh, Mitchell, Garey, Reisinger, Stukes.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development to present a detailed accounting to the City Council on the use of $34,100,000 in Section 108 funds that were conveyed to the Department in a 1996 supplementary federal loan fund capital appropriation to provide funding for the long-range development of Historic East Baltimore. - HOUSING, HEALTH, AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE (030964)
 
03-1092 Informational Hearing - Baltimore's Choice: Workers and Jobs for a Thriving Economy
Sponsors: President Dixon, Young, D'Adamo, Curran, Holton, Pugh, Mitchell, Garey, Reisinger, Stukes, Cain, Rawlings-Blake.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of inviting the President and members of the Job Opportunities Task Force to share the findings of their current report on the region's economy, the total job market, the current skills of low-wage workers and job seekers, the workforce skills needed by employers, and the programs needed to increase employment opportunities for low-skill, low-income workers and job seekers. - EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE (030965)
 
03-1093 Save Our Schools - Calling Upon Baltimore Area Colleges and Universities To Aid the Floundering Baltimore City Public School System
Sponsors: Pugh, Curran, Holton, Mitchell, Garey, Reisinger, Young, Cain, Carter, Rawlings-Blake, Stukes.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of calling upon area colleges and universities to partner with Baltimore City's public schools to reduce the 50% overall, and 76% African American male, drop out rate by housing K-12 curriculums on their campuses; to introduce public school students to the myriad of opportunities for academic, social, and cultural growth available through the college experience; to expose college students to other cultures and provide an opportunity for real-life application of academic theories, and; to nurture a proactive and enriching learning environment that will prepare this generation to fully participate in the next exciting chapter of Baltimore City's rebirth. - EDUCATION AND LABOR
 
03-1094 Baltimore City Student's Education Speak-out 2003
Sponsors: President Dixon, Curran, Holton, D'Adamo, Young, Pugh, Mitchell, Garey, Reisinger, Stukes, Cain, Rawlings-Blake.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of joining with Baltimore Youth Congress and Safe and Sound to inaugurate a Baltimore City Student's Education Speak-out through which students attending Baltimore City Public Schools have the opportunity to voice their concerns, hopes, dreams, feelings and expectations as young people who are striving to achieve educational, social, and cultural maturity within the framework of the many challenges that are presented daily by the contemporary society in which they live. - EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE (030967)
 
03-1095 Vital Signs - Baltimore is Alive, But is it Getting Better?
Sponsors: President Dixon, Curran, Holton, D'Adamo, Young, Pugh, Garey, Reisinger, Stukes, Cain, Rawlings-Blake.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of endorsing the Baltimore Neighborhood Vital Signs Project, an initiative of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance. The purpose of the Vital Signs Project is to measure whether Baltimore's neighborhoods are making progress toward specific goals using indicators - the Vital Signs - that reflect the diverse conditions of neighborhoods and provide the basis for a system of tracking progress toward a shared vision and agreed-upon outcomes that will result in the rejuvenation of our City. - IMMEDIATE ADOPTION (030968)
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
Second Reader
Finance