City of Baltimore Legistar System

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

Rezoning - 820 Oldham Street, 4526 O'Donnell Street, 4600 O'Donnell

Street, 4500 Fait Avenue, 4601 Foster Avenue, and 4700 Fait Avenue

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.

Street Entertainers - Licensing

FOR the purpose of modifying the number and composition of members on the

Board of License for Street Entertainers; adding additional examples to the list of

entertainers subject to the law; abolishing the requirement for an annual license fee;

correcting certain typographical errors; and generally relating to the licensing and

regulation of street entertainers.

Planned Unit Development - Designation - Greektown Redevelopment

FOR the purpose of approving the application of Hale/KSI, LLC, which is the fee

simple owner or contract purchaser of certain properties known as 820 Oldham

Street, 4601 Foster Avenue, 4700 Fait Avenue, 4526 O'Donnell Street, 4600

O'Donnell Street, 4618 O'Donnell Street, 4620 O'Donnell Street, 4622 O'Donnell

Street, 4624 O'Donnell Street; and Fait Avenue, LLC, the fee simple owner of the

property known as 4500 Fait Avenue; (hereinafter collectively the "Applicant"),

together with the adjoining roads, highways, alleys, rights-of-way, and other similar

property (collectively, the "Properties"), to have the Properties designated a

Residential Planned Unit Development; and approving the Development Plan

submitted by the applicant.

In Support of State Legislation - (Senate Bill 897/House Bill 1486) -

Procurement - Commercial Nondiscrimination

FOR the purpose of expressing support for this legislation that seeks to

establish a "Commercial Nondiscrimination Policy" under State procurement law

to ensure that all entities that seek to do business with the State adopt a corporate

policy that eliminates the effects of discrimination from business decisions;

requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Senate Education, Health,

and Environmental Affairs and House Economic Matters Committees to give the

legislation a favorable report; urging the Honorable Members of the Baltimore City

Delegation to the 2006 session of the Maryland General Assembly to secure

passage of a State Commercial Nondiscrimination Policy; and calling upon the

Governor to sign the legislation into law.

In Support of State Legislation - (House Bill 1517) - Baltimore City - Property

Tax Credit for Qualified City Resident Homeowners - New Home Purchase

FOR the purpose of expressing support for this legislation that seeks to authorize

Baltimore City government to grant a Homestead Property Tax Credit to the owner

of a newly purchased owner-occupied residence located in Baltimore City if the

owner has previously received, in the same year, a property tax credit for his or her

former owner-occupied City residence; requesting the Honorable Chair and

Members of the House Ways and Means Committee to give House Bill 1517 a

favorable report; asking the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City

Senate and House Delegations to the 2006 Maryland General Assembly to work to

secure passage of House Bill 1517; and respectfully urging the Governor to sign the

legislation into law.

Investigative Hearing - The Status of Special Education Services in the

Baltimore City Public School System

FOR the purpose of requesting the State Superintendent of Education and the

Chief Executive Officer and the Chief of Staff of the Baltimore City Public School

System to address the Baltimore City Council on the school system's failure to

provide Court sanctioned makeup services to special education students, the current

status of Special Education Services in the public school system, and what

measures the school system will adopt to address the needs of special education

students in the future.

Investigative Hearing - Publicly Owned Municipal Electric Utility

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Public Works and the Director of

Finance to explore the feasibility of Baltimore City developing a publicly owned

municipal electric utility to provide service to the citizens of Baltimore at a

reasonable rate, to protect hard-working residents from the exorbitant electric rates

that are expected to be inflicted on residential users as a result of deregulation of

the utility industry and to report the results of the study to the City Council within

90 days.

Informational Hearing - A Retail Assessment of Downtown Baltimore

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Retail Development of the

Downtown Partnership, Inc., to brief the City Council on the findings of a recent

retail market assessment of downtown Baltimore; and inviting representatives from

the Baltimore Development Corporation, the Baltimore City Department of

Planning, and the Charles Street Development Corporation to join the Council for a

discussion of the Strategy Team's progress on the development of a comprehensive

retail survey and marketing program for the City of Baltimore.

Urban Renewal - Mount Vernon - Renewal Area Designation and Urban

Renewal Plan

FOR the purpose of designating as a "Renewal Area" an area situated in

Baltimore City, Maryland known as Mount Vernon, bounded generally by

Centre Street on the south, Howard Street on the west, I-83 on the north, and

Guilford Avenue on the east; approving a Renewal Plan for Mount Vernon;

establishing permitted land uses; providing for review of all plans for new

construction, exterior rehabilitation, or change in use of properties in Mount

Vernon; establishing procedures for the issuance and denial of demolition

permits; establishing certain property rehabilitation and development standards;

authorizing the acquisition of certain property by purchase or condemnation for

urban renewal purposes; establishing certain requirements for land acquired;

creating disposition lots with appropriate standards and controls; approving

certain regulations, controls, and restrictions applicable to all land and property

within Mt. Vernon; establishing procedures for amending the Plan; approving

certain exhibits and appendices to the Plan; providing certain definitions;

providing for the term of the Plan; repealing the Mount Vernon Area and the

Mount Vernon Area Urban Renewal Plan and repealing the Mid-Town

Belvedere Area and the Mid-Town Belvedere Area Urban Renewal Plan;

waiving such requirements, if any, as to content or procedure for the

preparation, adoption, and approval of Renewal Plans as set forth in Article 13

of the Baltimore City Code that the Renewal Plan for Mount Vernon may not

meet; providing for the severability of the various parts and applications of this

Ordinance; and providing that where the provisions of this Ordinance may

conflict with any other ordinance, code, or regulation, the provision that

establishes the higher standard shall prevail.

City Council President (Administration)

Reported Favorable with Amendment.

Urban Renewal - Washington Village - Amendment _

FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Washington Village to

revise the land use classification of certain properties and to revise certain exhibits

to reflect the changes in the Plan; 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.

Reported Favorable with Amendment.

Third Reader (to be held one meeting)

Planned Unit Development - Designation - Extra Space Storage/5910

Moravia Road

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.

Zoning - Conditional Use Structures on Piers - 1715 Thames Street

FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment,

maintenance, and operation of a hotel and residential use in the context of a

hotel, office space, retail, restaurant and bar with outdoor seating, marina, and

maritime service complex with off-street parking on the property known as 1715

Thames Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat; and providing for a

special effective date.

Urban Renewal - Fells Point - Amendment __

FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Fells Point to

provide for the sale and redevelopment of the Recreation Pier at 1715 Thames

Street, create a new disposition lot, amend Exhibit 1 to reflect the change in

land use, upon approval by separate ordinance, for 1715 Thames Street, amend

Exhibit 3 to reflect the creation of the new disposition lot, and amend Exhibit 4

to reflect the change in zoning, upon approval by separate ordinance, for 1715

Thames Street; 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.