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AGENDA
Monday, January 9, 2006
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
Reverend Charles Franklin Jr., Ray of Hope Baptist Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Ronald Cuffie, Bureau of Vector Control
Approval of the Journal
December 5, 2005 and December 8, 2005
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
December 12, 2005
 
04-0007 Charter Amendment - Compensation Commission for Elected Officials
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RES. - For the purpose of establishing a Compensation Commission for Elected Officials; providing for the composition, procedures, powers, and duties of the Compensation Commission; requiring certain procedures for setting the salaries or other compensation paid to elected official; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the establishment and modification of the salaries or other compensation paid to elected official; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection. (040021)
 
05-0233 Rezoning - 719-729 East Fort Avenue
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 719-729 East Fort Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 and B-2-2 Zoning Districts to the R-8 Zoning District. (050390)
 
05-0241 Non-Owner-Occupied Dwellings - Registration Fees - Repeal of "Sunset"
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of abrogating the automatic termination of Ordinance 01-191, as amended by Ordinance 03-526; continuing the fees and per-owner maximums set by Ordinance 01-191 for the annual registration of non-owner-occupied dwelling units; clarifying, correcting, and conforming certain language; defining a certain term; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the registration and regulation of non-owner-occupied dwellings. (050423)
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December 14, 2005
 
05-0227 City Property - Naming Engine Company 29 to be Littleton Boyer Wyatt Fire House
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of naming the Engine Company 29 fire house, located at 4312 Park Heights Avenue, to be the Littleton Boyer Wyatt Fire House. (050380)
 
05-0231 Zoning - Conditional Use Home for Homeless Persons - 1023 East Baltimore Street
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a home for homeless persons on the property known as 1023 East Baltimore Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. (050384)
 
05-0242 Retirement Systems - Benefits
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of extending the period for filing applications for disability retirement benefits; conforming certain provisions that govern in-service military leaves of absence to federal and state law; establishing effective dates for disability retirement benefits; amending provisions granting certain disability and death benefits to members on military leaves of absence; clarifying the calculation for figuring the minimum years of service credit needed to be eligible to receive certain death benefits; abolishing certain offsets against disability benefits and the authority for reexamining certain disability applicants; conforming the basis for determining retirement allowances for elected officials to that
 
05-0244 Ethics - Baltimore Development Corporation
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of placing the Baltimore Development Corporation, its directors, officers, and employees within the purview of the Baltimore City Public Ethics Law; providing for the application of the Ethics Law, including its provisions on conflicts of interest, financial disclosure, and lobbying, to those directors, officers, and employees; establishing certain transitional rules and requirements; and generally relating to ethics in the public sector. (050426)
 
05-0247 Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Health Department - $300,000
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $300,000 to the Health Department - Program 308 (Maternal and Child Health), to provide funding for a grant to the Baltimore City Healthy Start Program; and providing for a special effective date. (050442)
 
05-0266 Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Public Works - $3,000,000
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $3,000,000 to the Department of Public Works (Account #9916-194-160), to provide funding for improving school facilities maintenance; and providing for a special effective date. (050507)
 
05-0267 Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Transportation - $425,000
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $425,000 to the Department of Transportation - (Account #9950-528-107), to provide funding for an Inner Harbor Dredging Project; and providing for a special effective date. (050508)
Executive Nominations - Withdrawn
 
EA05-0110 Annette Palmer
EXECUTIVE NOMINATION - Member - Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (050599)
Bills Introduced
 
06-0311 Supplementary Mayoralty-Related Capital Appropriation - Babe Ruth House and Museum Renovations Project - $250,000
Sponsors: Council Pres.-Admin.
Requester: Dept. of Finance.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Mayoralty-Related Capital Appropriation in the amount of $250,000 to the Mayoralty (Account #9904-127-400 and Account #9904-129-400), to provide funding for a Babe Ruth House and Museum Renovations Project; and providing for a special effective date. - BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE (060000)
 
06-0312 Sale of Property - Parcels of Land Being a Part of the Loch Raven Watershed
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 certain parcels of land being a part of Loch Raven Watershed, Baltimore County, and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC FINANCING SUBCOMMITTEE (060001)
 
06-0313 Sale of Property - Parcels of Land Lying Within the Loch Raven Watershed
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 certain parcels of land being a part of Loch Raven Watershed, Baltimore County, as shown on Plat 116-A-5G filed in the Office of the Department of Public Works, and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC FINANCING SUBCOMMITTEE (060002)
 
06-0314 City Officers and Employees - Vehicles
Sponsors: Young.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of prohibiting the use of City vehicles for travel outside City limits except on official City business; delimiting certain terms; and generally relating to the use of City vehicles. - LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (060003)
 
06-0315 City Employees - Leave Conversion for Home Purchase
Sponsors: Harris, President Dixon, Young, D'Adamo.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of enabling City employees to convert certain unused leave, subject to certain conditions, to assist in a home purchase in the City; requiring the Director of Human Resources to adopt rules and regulations governing these conversions; and generally relating to the conversion of leave. - EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (060004)
 
06-0316 Residential Permit Parking Program
Sponsors: Clarke, Conaway, Kraft.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of reorganizing and clarifying the Residential Permit Parking Law; requiring continued maintenance and use of available or required off-street parking spaces; specifying eligibility requirements for parking permits, including compliance with certain Zoning Code requirements; modifying the criteria for and scope of administrative amendments to a Parking Management Plan; prohibiting certain conduct by permit applicants, permit holders, and others; imposing certain penalties; authorizing certain enforcement procedures; establishing a Residential Permit Parking Advisory Board; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the Residential Permit Parking Program. - LAND
 
06-0317 Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted Living) - 3007 Louise Avenue
Sponsors: Curran.
Requester: Eden Assisted Living, c/o Young Hi Park.
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 3007 Louise Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. - LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (060006)
 
06-0318 Weapons - Paintball, Pellet Guns
Sponsors: Holton, D'Adamo.
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of prohibiting the possession, sale or transfer, or discharge of paintball guns and similar devices; defining certain terms; imposing certain penalties; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain related provisions governing gas- and air-pellet devices; and generally relating to guns and other devices that discharge pellets and other objects. - PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE (060007)
 
 
 
 
 
06-0120R Investigative Hearing - Are Existing Local, State, and Federal Laws Sufficient to Prohibit the Use of BB, Pellet, and Paintball Guns in Baltimore City?
Sponsors: Holton.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of determining if current laws are effective in controlling the use of BB, pellet, and paintball guns by minors; investigating laws in other states to determine what measures have been effective in jurisdictions across the country, and ascertaining at what government level changes are needed to address the problems associated with the use of lookalike guns by minors, by closing loopholes in existing law or by adopting new statutes. - PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE (060008)
 
06-0121R Informational Hearing - BCPSS Studio Course Curriculum Concerns
Sponsors: Young.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting that the Chief Executive Officer of the Baltimore City Public School System brief the Council on current and future public school curriculum, detailing the options for change, ways of implementing such options, and the current implementation of the "Studio Course" curriculum in the Baltimore City Public School System. - EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (060009)
 
06-0122R Request for State Legislation - Civilian Review Board - Additional Powers
Sponsors: President Dixon, Young, D'Adamo.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2006 session of the Maryland General Assembly to introduce legislation to amend the Public Local Laws of Baltimore City to grant the Civilian Review Board the additional power to investigate allegations from the public of false arrest and false imprisonment, allowing citizens up to 1 year following the alleged incident to file complaints with the Internal Investigation Division of the Police Department or the Civilian Review Board. - IMMEDIATE ADOPTION (060010)
 
06-0123R In Support of Federal Legislation - ( HR 4197) - The Hurricane Katrina Recovery, Reclamation, Reconstruction and Reunion Act of 2005
Sponsors: Holton, Young, D'Adamo.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of expressing support for the Congressional Black Caucus' Hurricane Relief Legislation that seeks to provide for the recovery of the Gulf Coast region and for the reunion of families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and urging members of the Maryland State Delegation to the 109th Congress to work to secure passage of this comprehensive legislative response to the spiritual, emotional, and economic toll exacted by the wrath of Katrina. - IMMEDIATE ADOPTION (060011)
 
06-0124R Informational Hearing - Has The Time Come For Baltimore To Get Zipped Up Tight?
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION - FOR the purpose of requesting representatives of the Zipcar company to address the City Council on the feasibility of providing this innovative web-based car-sharing service to citizens and workers in Baltimore City, determining the logistics of providing this service within the City's infrastructure, and requesting the Department of Planning and the Office of Transportation to study the issue and submit recommendations to the Council within 6 months of the date of the hearing. - LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (060012)
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
Second Reader
Commitee of the Whole
 
05-0235 Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Housing and Community Development - $10,000,000
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $10,000,000 to the Department of Housing and Community Development (Account # 9910-587-904) to provide funding for the Baltimore Affordable Housing Program; and providing for a special effective date. (050417)
Reported Favorable.
 
05-0248 Baltimore Affordable Housing Program
ORDINANCE - FOR the purpose of establishing a program for certain purposes; providing for the administration of that program; defining certain terms; and generally relating to promoting certain types of housing. (050443)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
Education, Housing, Health and Human Services
 
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