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City of Baltimore

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

AGENDA
Monday, May 9, 2005
5:00 PM
City Hall

City Council

Sheila Dixon, President of the Council
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Vice President
District 1: James Kraft - District 2: Nicholas C. D'Adamo
District 3: Robert W. Curran - District 4: Kenneth N. Harris, Sr.
District 5: Rochelle "Rikki" Spector - District 6: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
District 7: Belinda Conaway - District 8: Helen L. Holton
District 9: Agnes Welch - District 10: Edward L. Reisinger
District 11: Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. - District 12: Bernard C. "Jack" Young
District 13: Paula Johnson Branch - District 14: Mary Pat Clarke

Call to Order

Invocation

The Reverend Angel Nunez, Pastor, 1st Bilingual Christian Church of Baltimore

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

Showcase Baltimore

Eutaw Marshburn String Ensemble

Approval of the Journal

May 2, 2005

Bills Introduced


05-0138	Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Public Works - $722,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $722,000 to the Department of Public Works - 3000-3002 Druid Hill Drive (Account #9916-194-161), to provide funds for roof replacement and interior repairs; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050252)


05-0139	Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Public Works - $390,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $390,000 to the Department of Public Works - Hopkins Plaza (Account #9916-197-808), to provide for additional project funding; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050253)


05-0140	Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Recreation and Parks - $600,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $600,000 to the Department of Recreation and Parks - War Memorial Plaza (Account #9938-474-666), to provide additional project funding; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050254)


05-0141	Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Public Works - $215,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $215,000 to the Department of Public Works - Program (Account #9958-525-514), to provide funding for a soil remediation project at 2000 Race Street; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050255)


05-0142	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Educational Grants - $200,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $200,000 to the MR-Educational Grants - Program 446 (Educational Grants), to provide funding for an increase in Baltimore Reads Fiscal 2006 grant amount; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050256)


05-0143	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Fire Department - $2,300,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $2,300,000 to the Fire Department - Program 212 (Fire Suppression), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050257)


05-0144	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Fire Department - $3,300,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $3,300,000 to the Fire Department - Program 319 (Ambulance Service), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050258)


05-0145	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Health Department - $200,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $200,000 to the Baltimore City Health Department - Program 307 (Mental Health Services), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050259)


05-0146	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Health Department - $200,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $200,000 to the Baltimore City Health Department - Program 310 (School Health Services), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050260)


05-0147	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - $2,000,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $2,000,000 to the Police Department - Program 200 (Administrative Direction and Control), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050261)


05-0148	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - $5,000,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $5,000,000 to the Police Department - Program 201 (Field Operations Bureau), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050262)


05-0149	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - $900,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $900,000 to the Police Department - Program 202 (Investigations), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050263)


05-0150	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - $1,000,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Police Department - Program 204 (Services Bureau), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050264)


05-0151	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Miscellaneous General Expenses - $3,200,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $3,200,000 to the MR-Miscellaneous General Expenses - Program 122 (Miscellaneous General Expenses), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050265)


05-0152	Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department - $239,695
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $239,695 to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 202 (Criminal Investigation), to provide funding to identify and test backlogged forensic DNA casework samples; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050266)


05-0153	Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department - $180,218
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $180,218 to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 202 (Criminal Investigation), to provide funding to purchase mobile and stationary drying equipment as well as professional storage lockers that prepare and preserve DNA evidence; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050267)


05-0154	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Department of Public Works - $200,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $200,000 to the Department of Public Works - Program 193 (Facilities Management), to provide funding for the renovations of the Curran Room and City Council Chambers; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050268)


05-0155	Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Department of Transportation - $200,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $200,000 to the Department of Transportation - Program 503 (Engineering and Construction), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050269)


05-0156	Supplementary Motor Vehicle Fund Operating Appropriation - Department of Transportation - $900,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Motor Vehicle Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $900,000 to the Department of Transportation - Program 195 (Towing), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050270)


05-0157	Supplementary Motor Vehicle Fund Operating Appropriation - Department of Transportation - $5,200,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Motor Vehicle Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $5,200,000 to the Department of Transportation - Program 501 (Highway Maintenance), to provide funding for additional operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050271)


05-0158	Supplementary Motor Vehicle Fund Debt Service Appropriation - MR-Debt Service - $1,410,000
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Finance.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Motor Vehicle Fund Debt Service Appropriation in the amount of $1,410,000 to the MR-Debt Service - Program 123 (General Debt Service), to provide funding for additional debt service expenses; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (050272)


05-0159	Urban Renewal - Carroll Camden - Amendment _
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Carroll Camden to make a minor project boundary change in the text of the Plan and in the Exhibits; 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. - COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (050273)


05-0160	Urban Renewal - Inner Harbor West - Amendment _
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Inner Harbor West to close certain right-of-way and air-rights, make a minor project boundary change, delete and incorporate certain development areas to create a new development area, make certain land use changes including the incorporation of easements, make certain technical corrections in the text to comply with newly created Exhibits showing current property, rights-of-way, and alignment conditions, include new sign provisions in Exhibit G, and eliminate Exhibit E, Right-of-Way Adjustments, from this Plan; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this


05-0161	Operating Budget for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2006
	Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
	Requester: Board of School Commissioners.
	MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RES. - FOR the purpose of approving the budget estimated to be needed for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for operating programs during Fiscal 2006; providing for certification of the approved budget to the State Superintendent of Schools; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS/COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (050251)


05-0162	Planned Unit Development - Designation - Extra Space Storage/5910 Moravia Road
	Sponsors: D'Adamo.
	Requester: Extra Space Storage, LLC, c/o Sebastian A. Cross.
	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of approving the application of Extra Space Storage, LLC, contract purchaser of 5910 Moravia Road, consisting of approximately 6.61 acres, more or less, to have that property designated a Business Planned Unit Development; and approving the Development Plan submitted by the applicant. - LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (050275)


05-0056R	Informational Hearing - Baltimore Workforce Investment Board Youth Council - Gang Ad Hoc Committee
	Sponsors: President Dixon, D'Adamo, Harris, Branch, Holton, Young, Curran, Mitchell, Welch, Rawlings-Blake, Clarke, Reisinger, Conaway, Kraft.

	CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development's Baltimore Workforce Investment Board (BWIB) Youth Council - Gang Ad Hoc Committee to present to the City Council the findings and future initiatives to address the growing problem of youth gang violence in Baltimore City. - COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (050276)


05-0057R	A Long-Term Solution to an Effective Baltimore City Central Booking and Intake Center
	Sponsors: Young, Kraft, Harris, President Dixon, Curran, Mitchell, Clarke, Reisinger, Conaway, Welch.

	CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting that the State's Attorney's Office, Baltimore Police Department, Office of the Public Defender, Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, Office of Parole and Probation, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and Judiciary (through the Honorable Charlotte Cooksey and/or the Honorable John M. Glynn), appear before the Baltimore City Council and report on their efforts to find a long-term solution to the problems that continue to plague the Baltimore City Central Booking and Intake Center and to advise the City Council as to how it may best further those efforts. - PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE (050279)

Consent Calendar

(See Section A at back of Agenda)

Second Reader

Executive Appointments


EA-0030	Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr.


	EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Employees' Retirement System Board - 4th District (050199) Recommend Confirmation.


EA-0031	Robert W. Schaefer


	EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System Board - 4th District (050200) Recommend Confirmation.


EA-0032	Peter E. Keith


	EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System Board - 14th District (050201) Recommend Confirmation.

Budget and Appropriations


05-0045	Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department - $626,000


	ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $626,000 to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 201 (Field Operations), to provide funding to acquire necessary equipment and training needs for first responders to threats or acts of terrorism; and providing for a special effective date. (050089) Reported Favorable.