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

Sale of Property - A Portion of Wells Street

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 a

portion of the former bed of Wells Street, contiguous to the south side thereof, and

extending from Light Street easterly to the former bed of Johnson Street, and no

longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date.

Baltimore City Parking Authority - Reauthorization

FOR the purpose of abrogating the automatic termination of Ordinance 00-071

{"Baltimore City Parking Authority"}; renewing and continuing the Authority;

specifying a dollar amount for contracts of the Authority that are subject to the

approval of Board of Estimates; and generally relating to the operations of the

Baltimore City Parking Authority.

Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System - DROP 2

FOR the purpose of providing a new deferred retirement option plan (DROP 2) for

certain members of the Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System; clarifying

certain provisions pertaining to the System's existing DROP; mandating the

performance of a cost savings test by the System's actuary with regard to the DROP

2 benefit; providing the City with the option of legislatively modifying or

terminating the DROP 2 benefit if certain cost savings are not realized; providing

certain transitional rules; clarifying, correcting, and conforming certain language;

providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the Fire and Police

Employees' Retirement System.

Urban Renewal - Canton Industrial Area - Amendment _

FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Canton Industrial Area

to revise the boundary of the existing Urban Renewal Plan and revising 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.

Rezoning - Certain Properties in the Brewer's Hill Area

FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for certain properties in the Brewer's Hill

Area, as outlined in yellow on the accompanying plat, from the M-3 Zoning

District to the R-8 Zoning District; as outlined in red on the accompanying plat,

from the M-3 Zoning District to the B-2-2 Zoning District; as outlined in blue on

the accompanying plat from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District;

and as outlined in orange on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning

District to the B-2-2 Zoning District.

Urban Renewal - Coldstream Homestead Montebello - Amendment _

FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Coldstream Homestead

Montebello to authorize the acquisition by purchase or by condemnation of certain

properties for urban renewal purposes, amend Appendix A, and revise a certain

exhibit 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.

Nuisance Abatement - Community or Neighborhood Associations

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Commissioner of Health to designate

community or neighborhood associations to remove or abate certain nuisances;

providing that the costs and expenses incurred by an association are a lien on the

property for which the nuisance was removed or abated; modifying the definition of

"nuisance" to encompass expressly certain sanitary maintenance requirements of

the Property Maintenance Code; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain

language; and generally relating to the removal or abatement of nuisances.

A Request for Improved Practices for Baltimore City's Environmentally

Friendly Food and Beverage Service Businesses

FOR the purpose of requesting Baltimore City's Recycling Program to assist food

and beverage service businesses either by organizing them to make collection by

private contractors economically feasible or by implementing a more efficient and

effective City collection of their recyclables, and by creating a local food waste

composting program for them.

Baltimore Green Week 2006

FOR the purpose of declaring April 22 through April 28, 2006, Baltimore Green

Week 2006 and to continue to encourage the development of initiatives for

Baltimore City, which can help Baltimore become cleaner and environmentally

safer for all who live and work in the region, especially our children, whose futures

are being invested in through the promotion of sustainable lifestyles now.

In Support of the Baltimore Buy Local Campaign

FOR the purpose of supporting the Baltimore Buy Local Campaign, which

recognizes locally-owned small businesses and innovative entrepreneurs who live

and work in the Baltimore metropolitan region as the engine of our economy, and

to encourage residents to shop in Baltimore's locally-owned stores and buy

locally-made products.

In Support of State Legislation - (Senate Bill 1060/House Bill 1484) -

Task Force to Study Prison Violence in Maryland

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

Task Force to Study Prison Violence in Maryland, focusing on the scope, nature,

patterns, the fundamental relationship of violence in the State's prisons, the impact

of illegal drugs and exposure to other pollutants as it relates to violence, as well as

the best practices of other state correctional systems in dealing with prison

violence; urging the Honorable Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the

2006 session of the Maryland General Assembly to secure passage of Senate Bill

1060/House Bill 148; and calling upon the Governor to sign the legislation into

law.

The Youth Commission Comprehensive Summit on Juvenile Homicide in

Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of calling upon the Baltimore City State's Attorney, the Director

of the Department of Juvenile Services, the Baltimore Police Commissioner, the

Baltimore Health Commissioner, the Director of the Mayor's Office of Children

and Youth, and the Chief of School Police for the Baltimore City Public School

System to brief the Commission and the City Council on the current homicide rate

among youth, the effect of limited length of life expectation on the behavior of

certain youth, and the response of the criminal justice system to youthful offenders;

to assess the ability of existing law enforcement, education, mental health, and

faith-based programs to address the educational, psychological, and spiritual needs

of youth who are involved in antisocial behavior; and to engage the Commission

and Baltimore's youth in the formulation of youth-driven policies that would better

address the needs of their generation and result in a de-escalation of the juvenile

homicide rate in Baltimore City.

Joint Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Children in Foster Care

FOR the purpose of requesting the Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City

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

together with the Members of the Baltimore City Council to hold a joint

investigative hearing to explore the systemic problems in the Baltimore City

Department of Social Services that led to the current crisis in the care of

emotionally fragile youth and to identify corrective fiscal, administrative, and

personnel-related interventions to insure that our most vulnerable children are

provided adequate and appropriate care.

Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation -

State's Attorney's Office - $1,964,000

FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating

Appropriation in the amount of $1,964,000 to the State's Attorney's Office -

Program 115 (Prosecution of Criminals), to provide funding for additional

operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date.

Supplementary Mayoralty-Related Capital Appropriation - Babe Ruth House

and Museum Renovations Project - $250,000

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.

Supplementary Capital Fund Appropriation - Department of Housing and

Community Development - $3,000,000

FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Capital Fund Appropriation in the

amount of $3,000,000 to the Department of Housing and Community Development

- (Account #9910-587-979), to provide funding for infrastructure improvements in

support of the East Baltimore Biotechnology project; and providing for a special

effective date.

Release of Right of Way - a 10-Foot Right-of-Way Granted to the Mayor and

City Council of Baltimore, Through the Property of Midtown Baltimore LLC

FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City

Councilof Baltimore of all of its interests in and to a 10-foot wide right-of-way

granted to the City of Baltimore through the property of Midtown Baltimore LLC,

the location and course of the 10-foot wide right-of-way to be released being shown

on a plat thereof numbered RW 20-35538 prepared by the Survey Control Section;

and providing for a special effective date.

City Streets - Closing - Certain Streets and Alleys Lying Within the Area

Bounded by Dickman Street, Hanover Street, the Middle Branch of the

Patapsco River, and the Former Bed of Leadenhall Street

FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets and alleys lying within

the area bounded by Dickman Street, Hanover Street, the Middle Branch of the

Patapsco River, and the former bed of Leadenhall Street, as shown on Plat

346-A-56A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a

special effective date.

Unsolicited Advertising Circulars - Vehicles or Residential Property

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the placement, without permission, of

advertising circulars in or on vehicles or residential property; defining certain

terms; imposing certain penalties; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain

language; and generally relating to the distribution of advertising circulars.

People's Counsel

FOR the purpose of establishing the Office of People's Counsel; providing for the

appointment of a People's Counsel; authorizing the People's Counsel to participate

as a party in certain land-use proceedings; specifying other powers and duties of the

People's Counsel; defining certain terms; and generally relating to the People's

Counsel for Baltimore City.

Zoning - Health-Care Facilities - Conditional Use Home for the

Rehabilitation of Non-bedridden Alcoholics and Substance Abusers - 14

South Broadway

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

maintenance, and operation of a home for the rehabilitation of non-bedridden

alcoholics and substance abusers on the property known as 14 South Broadway,

as outlined in red on the accompanying plat.

Planned Unit Development - Designation - 1100 Wicomico Street

FOR the purpose of approving the application of GFI Raleigh, LLC, owner and

developer of certain property located in the Carroll Camden Urban Renewal Area,

consisting of approximately 2.02 acres, more or less, improved by an 8-story,

400,000 square foot building and structured parking facility, as outlined and

identified on the accompanying Development Plan, to have that property

designated an Industrial Planned Unit Development; and approving the

Development Plan submitted by the applicant.

Urban Renewal- Sharp Leadenhall- Amendment_

FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Sharp Leadenhall to

revise the boundary description for the project area, authorize the acquisition by

purchase or by condemnation of certain properties for urban renewal purposes,

revise certain regulations, controls, and restrictions, and revise exhibits and

Appendix A to reflect the changes in the Plan; correcting, clarifying, and

conforming certain language; correcting certain references; 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.

Rezoning - 1715 Thames Street

FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1715

Thames Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-3

Zoning District to the B-2-4 Zoning District.

City Council President (Administration)

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.

City Council President (Administration)

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)

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.

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.