City of Baltimore

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

AGENDA
Monday, April 26, 2004
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
Roderick Hairston, Purpose Driven Leadership Foundation
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Roderick Hairston, Purpose Driven Leadership Foundation
Approval of the Journal
April 19, 2004
Bills Introduced
 
04-1354 Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2005
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Finance.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing the appropriations estimated to be needed by each agency of the City of Baltimore for operating programs and capital projects during the fiscal 2005 year. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS/COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (041369)
 
04-1355 Annual Property Tax - Fiscal Year 2005
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Finance.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a tax for the use of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the period July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005; and setting the semiannual payment service charge for that period. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS/COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (041373)
 
04-1356 Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation - Transfer - Composition - Director
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of reconstituting the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation as a unit of the Planning Department; modifying the composition of the Commission; providing that the Planning Director or designee serves as the Commission's executive director; authorizing the Planning Director to assign departmental staff to assist the Commission; clarifying, conforming, and correcting certain language; and generally relating to the administration of the laws governing historical and architectural preservation. - JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS (041374)
 
04-1357 Telecommunications Tax - Reconstitution
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Finance.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of reconstituting and reformulating the telecommunications tax; imposing a telecommunications tax on persons who lease, license, or sell wired or wireless telephone lines to certain customers; defining certain terms; establishing certain exemptions; requiring certain reports to be made and records to be kept; imposing interest on unpaid taxes; imposing certain other civil and criminal penalties; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the imposition and collection of a telecommunications tax. - TAXATION COMMITTEE (041375)
 
04-1358 Recordation Tax - Rate
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Finance.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of modifying the recordation tax rate; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and providing for a special effective date. - TAXATION COMMITTEE (041376)
 
04-1359 Energy Tax - Reconstitution
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Finance.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of reconstituting and reformulating the energy tax; imposing an energy tax on persons who deliver, manufacture, or produce energy; defining certain terms; establishing certain rates; requiring certain reports to be made and records to be kept; imposing interest on unpaid taxes; imposing certain other civil and criminal penalties; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the imposition and collection of an energy tax. - TAXATION COMMITTEE (041377)
 
04-1360 Zoning - Conditional Use Parking, Open Off-Street Area - Former Bed of Walker Avenue East of York Road, North of Lot 7, Section 55, Block 5121
Sponsors: Curran.
Requester: Baltimore Development Corporation.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a parking, open off-street area on the property known as the former bed of Walker Avenue east of York Road, north of Lot 7, Section 55, Block 5121, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. - LAND USE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE (041378)
 
04-1361 Charter Amendment - Appropriation Transfers
Sponsors: Mitchell, D'Adamo, Holton, Branch, Harris, Cain, Pugh.
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RES. - FOR the purpose of limiting the methods by which an appropriation may be used for a purpose other than that named in the Ordinance of Estimates; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection. - JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS (041379)
 
04-1362 Let's Pick Up the PACE
Sponsors: Holton, D'Adamo, Branch, Harris, Young, Welch, Reisinger, Mitchell, Rawlings-Blake, Cain, Pugh, Garey.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of creating PACE (Parents Assisting Committed Educators), a volunteer program for Baltimore City employees to assist education professionals in public schools; requesting the CEO of the Baltimore City Public School System and the Director of the Department of Human Resources to cooperate in identifying a workable mechanism to deliver services to the school system while maintaining a negligible impact on City agency delivery of services; and urging the Mayor to endorse the PACE program. - EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE (041382)
 
04-1363 Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Fire Department: Why Can't You Recruit Qualified Minorities?
Sponsors: President Dixon, Holton, Branch, Young, Mitchell, Reisinger, Spector, Rawlings-Blake, Cain, Harris, Curran, Pugh, Garey.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting the Chief of the Baltimore City Fire Department to increase minority enrollment in the Fire Department; to strengthen recruitment from Walbrook Senior High School's Fire Academy, a program based at a predominately African American high school in Baltimore City; and to present a detailed plan for future recruitment of minorities. - COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (041381)
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
Second Reader
Education and Labor
 
04-1304 A Plea for Help to Baltimore Area Colleges and Universities
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of calling upon Baltimore area colleges and universities to assist the innocent victims of the Baltimore City Public School System's fiscal crisis by hosting summer school curriculums on their campuses; requesting the State Superintendent of Schools and the CEO of Baltimore City Public School to cooperate in this endeavor and devise a system whereby students who attend these classes can be given school credit and; urging the Governor, the Mayor, and Maryland State legislators to support this initiative. (041299)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
Housing, Health, and Human Services
 
04-1353 In Support of Nurses Seeking a Voice At Work
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of encouraging Bon Secours Baltimore Health System to adopt a policy of neutrality and non-interference with the National Labor Relations Board union representation election for nurses at the hospital. (041354)
Reported Favorable.
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
 
03-1192 Civil Citations - Modifications
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of modifying the amount of a certain prepayable civil fine imposed for violations of park rules; adding to the offenses for which certain civil citations may be issued the prohibition against dispensing fuel for dirt bikes or unregistered motorcycles or similar vehicles; and generally relating to the issuance of civil citations for certain offenses. (031124)
Reported Favorable.
 
03-1199 Corrective Bill 2003
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of correcting certain technical errors and omissions in the City Code; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and providing for a special effective date. (031114)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
 
04-1294 Is Mandated Recycling in Baltimore City's Future?
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of asking the Director of Public Works to address the City Council on the feasibility of mandating a recycling program for the residents and businesses of the City and giving the citizens and other stakeholders an opportunity to speak to the feasibility of mandated recycling. (041276)
Reported Favorable.
 
04-1305 Support for an Inquiry Into the Administration's Role in the Exile of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of supporting members of the Congressional Black Caucus in calling for an investigation into the role the current administration played in the exile of the President of Haiti and claims by the ousted Jean-Bertrand Aristide of a "modern kid-napping" and active U. S. participation in a "coup d'etat." (041300)
Reported Favorable.
Land Use and Planning
 
03-1261 Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted Living) - 6712 Harford Road
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a convalescent, nursing, and rest home (assisted living) on the property known as 6712 Harford Road, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (031215)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
 
04-1266 Rezoning -- 733-735 East Fort Avenue
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 733-735 East Fort Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District. (041235)
Reported Favorable.
Third Reader
Third Reader (for final passage)
 
03-1170 Streets and Highways - Streetscape Plans - Midtown Community Benefits District
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of extending provisions governing streetscape plans to encompass the Midtown Community Benefits District; and generally relating to the grading, paving, repaving, and repairing of footways and to the treatment of footways, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and landscaping within certain areas (031096)
 
03-1218 Release of Right-of-Way - a 6-Foot Right-of-Way Granted to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Through the Property of the Maryland Historical Society
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore of all its interests in and to a 6-foot right-of-way heretofore granted to the City of Baltimore through the property of the Maryland Historical Society, the location and course of the right-of-way to be released being shown on Plat RW-20-36043 prepared by the Survey Control Section and filed in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (031161)
 
03-1226 Sale of Property - 11001 Owings Mills Boulevard (Ravens Practice Facility) Baltimore County, Maryland 21117
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 known as 11001 Owings Mills Boulevard, located in Baltimore County, Maryland 21117, k/a Map 58, Grid 15, Parcel 252, Lot 2, and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. (031170)
 
03-1240 Sale of Property - Former Street Beds Lying Within the Camden Yards Stadium Site to be Conveyed to the Maryland Stadium Authority
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 parcels of land lying within the Camden Yards Stadium Site and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. (031192)
 
03-1243 Nighttime Soliciting
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of prohibiting certain soliciting during certain hours; imposing certain civil penalties; providing for the automatic termination of this Ordinance; and generally relating to nighttime soliciting. (031195)
 
03-1245 Urban Renewal - Park Heights - Amendment __
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Park Heights to revise certain land uses, authorize the acquisition by purchase or by condemnation of certain properties for urban renewal purposes, delete certain disposition lots, add new Appendix C, and amend certain exhibits to reflect the 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. (031197)
 
03-1254 City Streets - Opening - Maryland Avenue
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and opening Maryland Avenue, extending from Mt. Royal Avenue northerly to Oliver Street and lying within the Mid-Town Belvedere Urban Renewal Project, as shown on Plat 347-A-62 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (031208)
 
03-1255 City Streets - Closing - A Variable Width Portion of Maryland Avenue
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and closing a variable width portion of Maryland Avenue contiguous to the west side thereof, extending from a point 11.8 feet, more or less, north of Mt. Royal Avenue, Northerly 189.0 feet, more or less, at and above a plane 14.0 feet above the sidewalk on the west side of Maryland Avenue and lying within the Mid-Town Belvedere Urban Renewal Project, as shown on Plat 347-A-62A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (031209)
 
03-1256 Zoning - Health-Care Facilities - Conditional Use Substance Abuse Treatment Center - 4620 Doll Avenue
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a substance abuse treatment center on the property known as 4620 Doll Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (031211)
 
03-1260 City Property - Grant of Easement
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to grant a Perpetual Easement for a Telecommunications System Tie-In through the parcel of land known as 5401 Mason Lord Drive as shown Plat RW20-36093 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (031214)
Enrolled Third Reader (for final passage)
 
03-1262 Planned Unit Development - Designation - Harbor Point
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of repealing Ordinance 93-260, approved August 10, 1993, that established the Allied and Related Sites Planned Unit Development; approving the application of SBER Harbor Point, LLC, authorized by Honeywell International, Inc., fee simple owner of certain property bounded generally by the Baltimore Harbor to the south and west, the Living Classrooms' site to the north, and Caroline Street to the east, consisting of approximately 26.8 acres, more or less, as outlined on the accompanying Development Plan, to have that property designated a Business Planned Unit Development; and approving the Development Plan submitted by the applicant. (031218)
Committee Announcements