City Council
City Hall, Room 408
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
AGENDA
Monday, October 31, 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 | |
| Fr. Ross M. Syracuse, Saint Casimir's Catholic Church | |
| Pledge of Allegiance | |
| Roll Call | |
| Showcase Baltimore | |
| Park Heights Sanitation Committee, Viola Bell, President | |
| Approval of the Journal | |
| October 17, 2005 | |
| Communications from the Mayor | |
| Bills Signed by the Mayor | |
| October 26, 2005 | |
| 04-0004 | Rezoning - New East Baltimore Community |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning of the area outlined in red on the accompanying plat, consisting of the properties listed on Exhibit 1 attached to and made part of this Ordinance, together with the adjoining roads, highways, alleys, rights-of-way, and other similar property, from the R-8 Zoning District to the B-2-3 Zoning District. (040014) | |
| 04-0005 | Planned Unit Development - Designation - New East Baltimore Community |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of approving the application of East Baltimore Development, Inc., its affiliates and assigns, who are either the developer, contract purchaser, potential owner and/or owner of the area consisting of the properties listed on Exhibit 1 attached to and made a part of this Ordinance, together with the adjoining roads, highways, alleys, right-of-way, and other similar property (collectively, the "Properties"), to have the Properties designated a Business Planned Unit Development; and approving the Development Plan submitted by the applicant. (040015) | |
| Executive Nominations - Withdrawn | |
| EA05-0086 | Marilynn K. Duker |
| EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Board of Finance - 5th District (050500) | |
| EA05-0087 | John M. Hamilton |
| EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Board of Finance (050501) | |
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| Executive Nominations | |
| EA05-0088 | Merlene E. Adair |
| EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission on Aging and Retirement Education - 6th District (050510) | |
| EA05-0089 | James L. French |
| EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission on Aging and Retirement Education - 6th District (050511) | |
| EA05-0090 | Joan N. Davidson |
| EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Board of Director of the Hotel Corporation - 6th District (050512) | |
| EA05-0091 | J. Kirby Fowler, Jr. |
| EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Board of Director of the Hotel Corporation - 4th District (050513) | |
| EA05-0092 | Dr. Earl S. Richardson |
| EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Board of Director of the Hotel Corporation - 3rd District (050514) | |
| EA05-0093 | Herman Williams, Jr. |
| EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Board of Director of the Hotel Corporation - 5th District (050515) | |
| Bills Introduced | |
| 05-0268 | Sale of Property - A Variable Width Alley |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| 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 the former bed of an alley of variable width, extending from 32nd Street, northerly 311.5 feet, more or less, to the south outline of the property known as 3233 St. Paul Street and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC FINANCING SUBCOMMITTEE (050518) | |
| 05-0269 | Public Ethics - Executive Lobbying |
| Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of narrowing the requirements for registering as a lobbyist under certain circumstances; conforming certain provisions to their counterparts in State law; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to lobbying and lobbying registration. - JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS (050519) | |
| 05-0270 | Public Nuisance Premises - Noise |
| Sponsors: Rawlings-Blake, Clarke, Young, Kraft, Harris, Spector, Reisinger, President Dixon. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of including violations of certain noise regulations within the definition of "public nuisance"; providing for the abatement of these nuisances; clarifying, conforming, and correcting certain language; and generally relating to public nuisance premises. - PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE (050520) | |
| 05-0271 | Rezoning - 1403-1411 Anchor Street |
| Sponsors: Reisinger. | |
| Requester: J. Bryan Erb. | |
| ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 1403-1411 Anchor Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District. - LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (050521) | |
| 05-0102R | Rosa Lee Parks - From the Back of the Bus to the Forefront of the Civil Rights Movement |
| Sponsors: President Dixon, D'Adamo, Young, Kraft, Harris, Holton, Spector, Rawlings-Blake, Reisinger, Clarke, Mitchell. | |
| CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of celebrating the life of Rosa Lee Parks, the "mother of the civil rights movement", the champion of the Montgomery Bus boycott that culminated in the 1964 federal Civil Rights Act, and the recipient of the long-deferred 1999 Congressional Medal of honor; and wishing her a final peaceful journey home. - IMMEDIATE ADOPTION (050522) | |
| Consent Calendar | |
| (See Section A at back of Agenda) | |
| Second Reader | |
| Executive Appointments | |
| EA05-0076 | Aaron J. Greenfield |
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EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - President - Civil Service Commission - 14th District (050455) Recommend Confirmation. | |
| EA05-0077 | Michael S. Schroder |
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EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Civil Service Commission - 1st District (050456) Recommend Confirmation. | |
| EA05-0080 | Frederick W. Meier, Jr. |
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EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Board of Finance - 14th District (050459) Recommend Confirmation. | |
| EA05-0081 | Regina M. Bernard |
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EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Social Services Commission - 6th District (050460) Recommend Confirmation. | |
| EA05-0082 | D. Morton Glover |
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EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Social Services Commission - 11th District (050461) Recommend Confirmation. | |
| EA05-0083 | Martha A. Holleman |
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EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Social Services Commission - 6th District (050462) Recommend Confirmation. | |
| EA05-0084 | Kristen Stamile Kinkopf |
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EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Social Services Commission - 4th District (050463) Recommend Confirmation. | |
| EA05-0085 | Lillian Jones Cuffie |
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EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Social Services Commission - 14th District (050499) Recommend Confirmation. | |
| Education, Housing, Health and Human Services | |
| 05-0044R | Task Force on Lead Hazard Inspection, Enforcement, and Abatement |
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CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of establishing a task force to review Baltimore City's inspection, enforcement, and abatement laws and regulations that address the issue of
lead paint and other lead-related hazards in structures throughout the metropolitan area; to determine if enforcement protocols and practices are adequate to address the scope of lead
contaminated properties; to identify measures to better coordinate enforcement activity both within and between agencies; and to ascertain if lead enforcement responsibilities are
assigned to the appropriate agency. (050196) Reported Favorable with Amendment. | |
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| Judiciary and Legislative Investigations | |
| 05-0075R | Investigative Hearing - Establishing the Utilization of Unused Prescription Medications Pilot Program in Baltimore City |
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CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of examining the feasibility of establishing the Utilization of Unused Medications Pilot Program in Baltimore City to determine the efficacy of
implementing a program statewide to redirect unused prescription drugs to local government pharmacies where the drugs can be re-dispensed to poor persons at no charge.
(050432) Reported Favorable. | |
| Land Use and Transportation | |
| 05-0066R | Task Force on Inclusionary Zoning |