City Council
City Hall, Room 408
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
AGENDA
Monday, May 16, 2005
4:30 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 | |
| Pastor Anthony Hill, Staff Pastor, Rock City Church | |
| Pledge of Allegiance | |
| Roll Call | |
| Showcase Baltimore | |
| Wombwork Productions and the Nu World Art Ensemble - Fighting a War on HIV | |
| Approval of the Journal | |
| May 9, 2005 | |
| Communications from the Mayor | |
| Bills Signed by the Mayor | |
| May 16, 2005 | |
| 05-0044 | Office of Council Services - Name |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of renaming the Office of Councilmanic Services to be the Office of Council Services; deleting certain obsolete provisions; and correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language. (050083) | |
| 05-0052 | Zoning - Conditional Use Amendment - 3132 Harview Avenue |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of amending the maximum bed capacity for the convalescent, nursing, and rest home (assisted living) on the property known as 3132 Harview Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat; and correcting certain references. (050095) | |
| 05-0075 | Minority and Women's Business Program - "Sunset" - Interim Extension |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of postponing, for an interim period, the automatic termination of the Minority and Women's Business Program; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to minority and women's business enterprises. (050151) | |
| Bills Introduced | |
| 05-0163 | City Streets - Opening - Eutaw Street |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Public Works. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and opening Eutaw Street, extending from Pratt Street southerly to Camden Street, as shown on Plat 347-A-69 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. - COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (050280) | |
| 05-0164 | City Streets - Closing - Eutaw Street |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Public Works. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Eutaw Street, extending from Pratt Street southerly to Camden Street, as shown on Plat 347-A-69A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. - COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (050281) | |
| 05-0165 | City Streets - Opening - Howard Street |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Public Works. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and opening Howard Street, extending from Pratt Street southerly to Camden Street, as shown on Plat 346-A-53 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. - COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (050282) | |
| 05-0166 | City Streets - Closing - Air Rights over Howard Street |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Public Works. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and closing air rights over Howard Street, extending from a point 158.82 feet south of Pratt Street southerly 29.50 feet, as shown on Plat 346-A-53A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. - COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (050283) | |
| 05-0167 | Sale of Property - Orleans Street |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Public Works. | |
| 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 a certain parcel of land known as (1) subterranean rights under Orleans Street, 290.79 feet, east of Broadway and (2) air rights over Orleans Street 326.46 feet, east of Broadway, and no longer needed for highway or other public use; and providing for a special effective date. - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC FINANCING SUBCOMMITTEE (050284) | |
| 05-0168 | City Streets - Opening - Orleans Street, Extending from Wolfe Street Westerly 857 Feet, More or Less, to Broadway |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Public Works. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and opening Orleans Street, extending from Wolfe Street westerly 857 feet, more or less, to Broadway, as shown on Plat 346-A-52 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. - HIGHWAYS AND FRANCHISES SUBCOMMITTEE (050285) | |
| 05-0169 | City Streets - Closing - Orleans Street |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Dept. of Public Works. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of condemning and closing of (1) subterranean rights under Orleans Street, 290.79 feet east of Broadway and extending easterly 40.00 feet and (2) air rights over Orleans Street 326.46 feet east of Broadway and extending easterly 22.83 feet, as shown on Plat 346-A-52A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. - HIGHWAYS AND FRANCHISES SUBCOMMITTEE (050286) | |
| 05-0170 | Rezoning - 1100 and 1110 East Baltimore Street |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| Requester: Baltimore Development Corporation. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 1100 and 1110 East Baltimore Street (Ward 5, Section 7, Block 1338, Lots 1 and 2/3), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-1-3 Zoning District to the B-3-3 Zoning District. - LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (050287) | |
| 05-0171 | Nonowner-Occupied Dwellings - Liability Insurance |
| Sponsors: Young, President Dixon, Clarke, D'Adamo, Harris, Holton, Curran, Conaway, Kraft. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of requiring owners of nonowner-occupied dwelling units to maintain liability insurance in certain minimum amounts; defining certain terms; imposing certain penalties; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the registration and regulation of nonowner-occupied dwellings. - TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE (050288) | |
| 05-0172 | Property Tax - Deferred Payments for Elderly or Disabled Homeowners |
| Sponsors: Kraft, President Dixon, D'Adamo, Young, Harris, Holton, Conaway, Clarke, Welch. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of authorizing certain homeowners to defer payment of a portion of their property taxes, subject to certain terms and conditions; defining certain terms; providing that deferred taxes constitute a lien and personal liability; imposing certain penalties for certain false statements; and generally relating to property taxes and their payment. - TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE (050289) | |
| 05-0173 | Rezoning - 820 Oldham Street, 4526 O'Donnell Street, 4600 O'Donnell Street, 4500 Fait Avenue, 4601 Foster Avenue, and 4700 Fait Avenue |
| Sponsors: Kraft, D'Adamo. | |
| Requester: Hale/KSI, LLC, c/o Stanley S. Fine, Esq. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 820 Oldham Street, 4526 O'Donnell Street, 4600 O'Donnell Street, and a portion of 4500 Fait Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-3 Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District, and changing the zoning for the properties known as 4601 Foster Avenue, a portion of 4500 Fait Avenue, and 4700 Fait Avenue, as outlined in blue on the accompanying plat, from the M-1-2 Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District. - LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (050293) | |
| 05-0174 | Rezoning - 1407 Fleet Street |
| Sponsors: Kraft. | |
| Requester: 1407 Fleet Street, LLC, c/o Herbert Burgunder, III, Esq. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1407 Fleet Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-3 Zoning District to the B-2-2 Zoning District. - LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (050294) | |
| 05-0058R | $250,000 Surplus for Transportation for School and Youth Groups |
| Sponsors: Clarke, D'Adamo, Young, Harris, Mitchell, Kraft. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting the Mayor and the Board of Estimates to provide $125,000 to our public schools and $125,000 to our neighborhood youth groups and teams to underwrite transportation associated with social, athletic, and educational activities of importance to these organizations. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS/COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (050290) | |
| 05-0059R | Water for Community Gardens - Paid Access to Seasonal Water Service |
| Sponsors: Clarke, D'Adamo, Young, Harris, Holton, Curran, Mitchell, Kraft, Welch. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Public Works to adopt procedures through which volunteer community gardens, as certified by the University of Maryland Extension Service, will be given access to paid City water service each year throughout the growing season. - LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (050291) | |
| 05-0060R | Kimberley A. Flowers - Congratulations and a Fond Farewell |
| Sponsors: Rawlings-Blake, President Dixon, D'Adamo, Young, Harris, Holton, Curran, Mitchell, Conaway, Kraft, Clarke, Welch. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of expressing appreciation to Kimberley Flowers for her service as Director of the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks and wishing her well in her new position as interim director of the Department Parks and Recreation in Washington, D. C. - IMMEDIATE ADOPTION (050292) | |
| 05-0061R | Investigative Hearing - Urgent Need to Provide Homeowners Insurance and Priority Code Enforcement |
| Sponsors: Clarke, D'Adamo, Young, Harris, Holton, Curran, Conaway, Kraft. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting the Housing Commissioner of Baltimore City and the Maryland State Insurance Commissioner to investigate and present to the Baltimore City Council their recommendations for protecting a growing number of Baltimore City homeowners whose access to commercial homeowners insurance is denied because of their homes' proximity to blighted and vacant properties. - TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE (050295) | |
| 05-0062R | Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Release of Tax Liens Program |
| Sponsors: Holton, D'Adamo, Harris, Curran, Conaway, Kraft, Rawlings-Blake, Clarke. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Housing and the City Solicitor to report to the City Council on the effectiveness of the City's program that allows the release of unpaid property tax and other liens against a property to allow ownership to be transferred to a new buyer. - TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE (050296) | |
| 05-0063R | Special Projects - More Funding, A Better Baltimore |
| Sponsors: D'Adamo, Young, Harris, Curran, Mitchell, Conaway, Kraft. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting that the Mayor appropriate $500,000 for each Council District from the $37,000,000 surplus to help provide funding for various special projects, including playgrounds, parks, after school programs, recreational centers, and senior centers. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS/COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (050297) | |
| Consent Calendar | |
| (See Section A at back of Agenda) | |
| Second Reader | |
| Executive Appointments | |
| EA-0029 | Kevin E. Davis |
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EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Employees' Retirement System Board - 3rd District (050198) Recommend Confirmation. | |
| Budget and Appropriations | |
| 05-0088 | Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City Police Department - $300,000 |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $300,000 to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 204 (Services
Bureau), to provide funding for a multi-pronged domestic violence reduction program; and providing for a special effective date. (050178) Reported Favorable. | |
| Highways and Franchises | |
| 05-0130 | Franchise - Private Bridgeway Above and Across the Bed of Hunter Street |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to Printers' Square Apartments Limited Partnership to construct, use, and maintain a private enclosed bridgeway above and across the
Hunter Street right-of-way, subject to certain terms, conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date. (050231) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| 05-0131 | Franchise - Private Bridgeway Above and Across the Bed of Hunter Street |
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ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to Printers' Square Apartments Limited Partnership to construct, use, and maintain a private enclosed bridgeway above and across the
Hunter Street right-of-way, subject to certain terms, conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date. (050232) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
| Public Safety | |
| 05-0025R | Informational Hearing - 2005 Baltimore City Police Department Plan of Action |
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CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of respectfully requesting the Baltimore City Police Commissioner to address the City Council on the details of his January 2005 Police
Department Plan of Action and how the implementation of his plan will help reduce violent crime in Baltimore City. (050100) Reported Favorable. | |
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