City Council
City Hall, Room 408
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
AGENDA
Monday, November 8, 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 | |
| Dr. Lorenzon Long, Pastor, The Central Baptist Church | |
| Pledge of Allegiance | |
| Roll Call | |
| Showcase Baltimore | |
| University of MD Star Track Program, Dr. Ligia Peralta | |
| Approval of the Journal | |
| October 18, 2004 | |
| Communications from the Mayor | |
| Bills Signed by the Mayor | |
| Executive Nominations | |
| EA-0401 | Marilynn K. Duker |
| EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Board of Finance -5th District (041623) | |
| Bills Introduced | |
| 04-1559 | Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department -- $6,865,998.76 |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Finance. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation in the amount of $6,865,998.76 to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 201 (Field Operations Bureau), to provide appropriation to support requirements of a grant; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (041616) | |
| 04-1560 | Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department -- $2,176,850 |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Finance. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation in the amount of $2,176,850 to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 202 (Investigations), to provide appropriation to support requirements of a grant; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (041617) | |
| 04-1561 | Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department -- $579,251.94 |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Finance. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation in the amount of $579,251.94 to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 201 (Field Operations), to provide appropriation to support requirements of a grant; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (041618) | |
| 04-1562 | Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department -- $465,000 |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Finance. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation in the amount of $465,000 to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 201 (Field Operations Bureau), to provide appropriation to support requirements of a grant; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (041619) | |
| 04-1563 | Recordation Tax - Application of Partial Exemption |
| Sponsors: President Dixon, Spector, Holton, Curran, Branch, Garey, Mitchell, Reisinger, Stukes. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of specifying how the partial exemption from recordation tax for certain residential property is to be applied as between the buyer and seller; and providing for a special effective date. - TAXATION COMMITTEE (041620) | |
| 04-1564 | Elected Officials - Salaries |
| Sponsors: Curran. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of setting the salaries of certain elected officials; providing that these salaries do not apply to incumbents; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the salaries of the elected officials of Baltimore City. - JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS (041622) | |
| 04-1565 | Informational Hearing - HANDLS |
| Sponsors: Welch, Harris, Holton, Curran, Spector, Branch, Stukes, Mitchell, Garey, Cain, Reisinger. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting representatives of HANDLS (Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span) to appear at a public hearing to provide the City Council and the general public with information about the program that is recruiting Baltimore City residents to participate in a program of health exams conducted to study the health change of people as they grow older and to understand the factors that contribute to health disparities in blacks and whites as they age. - AGING SUBCOMMITTEE (041621) | |
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| Consent Calendar | |
| (See Section A at back of Agenda) | |
| Second Reader | |
| Budget and Appropriations | |
| 04-1549 | Supplementary Water Utility Fund Operating Appropriation - Department of Public Works - $3,000,000 |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Water Utility Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $3,000,000 to the Department of Public Works - Program 552 (Water
Facilities), to provide funding to cover additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. (041603) Reported Favorable. | |
| Finance | |
| 04-1288 | Sale of Property - SS East Northern Parkway, SWC York Road, Block 5093, Lot 062 |
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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 unimproved property or a portion
of the property known as SS East Northern Parkway, SWC York Road, Block 5093, Lot 062 and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date.
(041270) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| Highways and Franchises | |
| 04-1509 | City Streets - Closing - Certain Streets or Portions of them Lying Within the Area Bounded by Monument Street, Constitution Street, Exeter Street, Hillen Street, the Orleans Street |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets or portions of them lying within the area bounded by Monument Street, Constitution Street, Exeter Street, Hillen
Street, the Orleans Street Viaduct, and the Fallsway, as shown on Plat 293-A-3C in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date.
(041559) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1510 | City Streets - Opening - Certain Streets and Alleys Lying Within the Middle East Urban Renewal Project |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and opening certain streets and alleys lying within the Middle East Urban Renewal Project, bounded by Washington Street, Madison Street, Rutland
Avenue, and Ashland Avenue, as shown on Plat 346-A-48 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (041560) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1511 | City Streets - Closing - Certain Streets and Alleys Lying Within the Middle East Urban Renewal Project |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets and alleys lying within the Middle East Urban Renewal Project, bounded by Washington Street, Madison Street, Rutland
Avenue, and Ashland Avenue, as shown on Plat 346-A-48A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (041561) Reported Favorable. | |
| Land Use and Planning | |
| 04-1278 | Rezoning - 3610 Dillon Street |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 3610 Dillon Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-3 Zoning District to the R-8
Zoning District. (041257) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1342 | Zoning - Restaurants, Taverns, Halls, and Similar Establishments - Live Entertainment - Nightlife |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of defining certain terms relating to restaurants, taverns, halls, after-hour establishments, and certain other establishments that serve food or beverages, that offer live entertainment or dancing, or that otherwise involve nightlife activities; conforming certain language; repealing certain provisions relating to the status of certain restaurants or taverns that, as of a certain date, operated with live entertainment or dancing; establishing certain criteria for conditional use approval of certain restaurants, taverns, and after-hours establishments; providing for the delayed effect of certain provisions on certain nonconforming establishments; and generally relating to the zoning and related | |
| 04-1347 | Rezoning - 1208 Bank Street |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1208 Bank Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the B-3-2
Zoning District. (041346) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1418 | Planned Unit Development - Amendment 2 - York Road and Belvedere Avenue (Belvedere Square) |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of approving a certain amendment to the Development Plan of the York Road and Belvedere Avenue (Belvedere Square) Planned Unit Development.
(041458) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1420 | Planned Unit Development - Designation - 1950 East Fayette Street, 1951 East Fayette Street, and 1921-1939 Orleans Street |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of approving the application of Capital Development, LLC, and Dell House, LLC, which are the owners of certain properties known as 1950 East Fayette Street,
1951 East Fayette Street, and 1921-1939 Orleans Street (collectively, the "Property"), to have the Property designated a Residential Planned Unit Development; and approving the
Development Plan submitted by the applicant. (041460) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1428 | Rezoning - 1300 East Clement Street and a Portion of 1450 Beason Street |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1300 East Clement Street and a portion of the property known as 1450 Beason Street, as outlined in red on the
accompanying plat, from the M-3 Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District. (041474) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1491 | Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted Living) - 2600 Keyworth Avenue |
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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 2600 Keyworth Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (041540) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1492 | Rezoning - 831 East Lombard Street |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 831 East Lombard Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the
B-3-2 Zoning District. (041541) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1494 | Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted Living) - 5315 Norwood Avenue |
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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 5315 Norwood Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (041543) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1513 | Rezoning - 2305-2311 Essex Street |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 2305-2311 Essex Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the R-8
Zoning District. (041567) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1515 | Rezoning - 1301 Covington Street |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1301 Covington Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the
O-R-2 Zoning District. (041565) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1516 | Zoning - Conditional Use Massage Therapist's Office - 211 East Mount Royal Avenue |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a massage therapist's office on the property known as 211 East
Mount Royal Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (041566) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1533 | Planned Unit Development - Amendment 3 - Canton Crossing |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the Canton Crossing Planned Unit Development. (041586) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| Taxation | |
| 04-1273 | Burglar Alarms - Registration - Penalties |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of requiring monitors to register the noncommercial alarm systems they monitor; exempting noncommercial users of unmonitored alarm systems from the payment of
a registration fee; repealing certain criminal penalties; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the registration and regulation of burglar
alarm systems. (041242) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1405 | Housing and Community Development - License and Registration Fees |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of increasing the annual registration fee for vacant lots; defining and redefining certain terms applicable to the registration of vacant lots; modifying
certain terminology applicable to late payments of license or registration fees for vacant lots, rental properties, or multiple-family dwellings and rooming houses; correcting,
clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the licensing or registration of certain properties. (041444) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1480 | Supplementary Tax Increment Financing Loan Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Transportation - $3,000,000 |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Tax Increment Financing Loan Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $3,000,000 to the Department of Transportation (Account
#9950-508-438), to provide Tax Increment Financing for the North Locust Point Development District project; and providing for a special effective date. (041529) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1525 | Hotel Room Tax - Tax Rate |
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