City of Baltimore

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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