City Council
City Hall, Room 408
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
AGENDA
Monday, November 22, 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 | |
| Reverend Gregory R. Maddox, M. Div., D. Min., Pastor, Faith Baptist Church | |
| Pledge of Allegiance | |
| Roll Call | |
| Showcase Baltimore | |
| Turn Around, Local Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Agency. Tracy Gibson, Clinical Outreach Coordinator | |
| Approval of the Journal | |
| November 9, 2004 | |
| Communications from the Mayor | |
| Bills Signed by the Mayor | |
| November 9, 2004 | |
| 03-1194 | Youth Commission |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of reconstituting the Commission for Children and Youth as the Baltimore City Youth Commission; providing for the composition, terms, organization, powers, and duties of the Youth Commission; providing for the establishment, composition, goals, and objectives of a Youth Council; defining certain terms; correcting; clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the development of coordinated community and government policies, programs, and services for children, youth, and their families. (031126) | |
| 04-1503 | Supplementary Special Fund Capital Appropriation - Commission on Aging and Retirement Education - $68,000 |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Special Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $68,000 to the Commission on Aging and Retirement Education - (Account #9904-127-067), to provide funding for the renovation of the Eleanor E. Hooper Adult Day Care Center; and providing for a special effective date. (041552) | |
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| Bills Introduced | |
| 04-1566 | City Property - Renaming Digital Harbor High School #416 to Harlow Fullwood, Jr. Digital Harbor High School |
| Sponsors: Stukes, Young, Harris, Branch. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the name of Digital Harbor High School #416, located at 1100 Covington Street, to Harlow Fullwood, Jr. Digital Harbor High School. - JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS (041627) | |
| 04-1567 | Alternative Schools - Disruptive Students Need a Place |
| Sponsors: Stukes, Young, Pugh. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of creating alternative schools for disruptive students currently in the Baltimore City Public School System, in order to help teachers teach and to give more opportunity to students who are serious and driven in their will to learn. - EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE (041628) | |
| 04-1568 | Baltimore City Public School System - Mandatory School Uniform Policy |
| Sponsors: Stukes, Young, Pugh, Reisinger, Branch. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting the Board of School Commissioners and the Chief Executive Officer to adopt a policy of mandatory uniform requirements for all schools in the Baltimore City Public School System; and urging all students and their families to support this policy change that seeks to further safeguard our children and to work to ensure a smooth transition to a policy of school uniforms for all. - EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE (041629) | |
| 04-1569 | Major League Baseball - Negro League Fund |
| Sponsors: Stukes. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of establishing a fund consisting of a percentage of the proceeds from major league baseball to be donated to the players who are still living and the spouses of deceased Negro League Players. - JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS (041630) | |
| Consent Calendar | |
| (See Section A at back of Agenda) | |
| Second Reader | |
| Budget and Appropriations | |
| 04-1559 | Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department -- $6,865,998.76 |
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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. (041616) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1560 | Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department -- $2,176,850 |
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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. (041617) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1561 | Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department -- $579,251.94 |
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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. (041618) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1562 | Supplementary Federal Grant Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department -- $465,000 |
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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. (041619) Reported Favorable. | |
| Committee of the Whole | |
| 04-1502 | Automobile Insurance - Pay-As-You-Drive |
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CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to conduct a study and report to the City Council on the use of mile-based rating plans in the
State. (041551) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1504 | Franchise - COMCAST of Baltimore City, L.P. |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to COMCAST of Baltimore City, L.P., to construct, operate, and maintain a cable communications system in and across certain streets and
public ways, subject to certain terms, conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date. (041553) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| Finance | |
| 04-1482 | Sale of Property - 1312 Guilford Avenue |
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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 property that is located at 1312
Guilford Avenue (Ward 11, Section 1, Block 468, Lot 022) and is no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. (041531) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1505 | Sale of Property - 4504 Harford Road |
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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 property that is located at 4504
Harford Road (Ward 27, Section 07, Block 5342, Lot 002) and is no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. (041554) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1506 | Sale of Property - 1110 East Baltimore Street |
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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 property known as 1110 East
Baltimore Street (Ward 5, Section 7, Block 1338, Lot 2) and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. (041556) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1507 | Acquisition of Property - Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services for the Key Highway East Project (Locust Point Industrial Road) |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, the fee simple or other interests in certain properties located
along Key Highway East between Lawrence Street and Armour Street, and needed for the Key Highway East Project (Locust Point Industrial Road), as shown on plats numbered R.W. 20-36112
through R.W. 20-36115 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (041557) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1508 | Acquisition of Property - Perpetual Easements and Temporary Rights of Access Needed for The Upper Jones Falls Interceptor Improvements Project |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, the fee simple or other interests in certain properties located
along the Upper Jones Falls between Union Avenue and Smith Avenue and needed for the Upper Jones Falls Interceptor Improvements Project, as shown on plats numbered R.W. 20-36091, R.W.
20-36092, R.W. 20-36102, R.W. 20-36103, and Figure 2 through Figure 12 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. (041558) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1520 | Sale of Property - Lots located in the Vicinity of Patterson and Wabash Avenues known as: Block 4264, Lot 013; Block 4265, Lot 003; Block 4267, Lots 019 through 025 and 028; and Block |
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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 properties known as Block 4264,
Lot 013; Block 4265, Lot 003; Block 4267, Lots 019 through 025 and 028; and Block 4275, Lots 008 through 023 and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective
date. (041573) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| Housing, Health, and Human Services | |
| 04-1523 | Renewal - Uplands |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of establishing the Uplands Renewal Area; approving a Renewal Plan for the Uplands Renewal Area; authorizing the acquisition by purchase or by condemnation of certain properties for renewal purposes; creating disposition lots; 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 | |
| Judiciary and Legislative Investigations | |
| 01-0597 | Veterans' Day |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of designating Veterans' Day as a legal holiday for the City of Baltimore; and generally relating to the observance of certain holidays by the City.
(010348) Reported Favorable. | |
| 03-1111 | Street Vendors - Licensing and Regulation |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of consolidating and revising provisions governing street vendors; expanding certain of these provisions to apply Citywide; defining certain terms; modifying
certain penalties as they apply to street vendors and to other regulated persons and activities; changing the name and composition of the applicable licensing entity; correcting,
clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the licensing and regulation of street vendors. (030987) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1524 | City Property - Renaming the Baltimore Conservatory and Gardens to The Honorable Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the name of the Baltimore Conservatory and Gardens, located at 3100 Swann Drive, to The Honorable Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic
Gardens. (041577) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1546 | City Property - Naming the Fire Station Located at 901 East Fort Avenue to be the Chief Peter J. O'Connor Fire Station |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of naming the fire station located at 901 East Fort Avenue to be the Chief Peter J. O'Connor Fire Station. (041599) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| Land Use and Planning | |
| 03-1219 | Zoning - Parking Lot Districts - Clarification |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of clarifying the scope of the restrictions applicable to certain parking lots in the Parking Lot Districts. (031162) Reported Favorable. | |
| 04-1493 | Planned Unit Development - Amendment - Port Covington |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the Port Covington Planned Unit Development. (041542) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1536 | Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted Living) - 3410 Woodbine 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 3410 Woodbine Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (041589) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 04-1537 | Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted Living) - 767 Linnard Street |
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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 767 Linnard Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (041590) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| Urban Affairs | |
| 04-1485 | Urban Renewal - Brooklyn Business Area - Amendment _ |
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