Monday, June 5, 2006
5:00 PM
City of Baltimore
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100 North Holliday Street |
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Baltimore, Maryland 21202 |
City Hall
City Council
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Sheila Dixon, President of the Council |
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Vice President |
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District 1: James Kraft - District 2: Nicholas C. D'Adamo |
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District 3: Robert W. Curran - District 4: Kenneth N. Harris, Sr. |
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District 5: Rochelle "Rikki" Spector - District 6: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake |
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District 7: Belinda Conaway - District 8: Helen L. Holton |
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District 9: Agnes Welch - District 10: Edward L. Reisinger |
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District 11: Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. - District 12: Bernard C. "Jack" Young |
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District 13: Paula Johnson Branch - District 14: Mary Pat Clarke |
Meeting Agenda - Final
Call to Order
Invocation
Reverend Millard B. Knowles, Old Otterbein United Methodist Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Maryland Center for Arts and Technology (MCAT), Harry W. Zepp, lll
Approval of the Journal
May 15, 2006
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
May 15, 2006
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Urban Renewal- Sharp Leadenhall- Amendment_ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Sharp Leadenhall to |
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revise the boundary description for the project area, authorize the acquisition by |
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purchase or by condemnation of certain properties for urban renewal purposes, |
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revise certain regulations, controls, and restrictions, and revise exhibits and |
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Appendix A to reflect the changes in the Plan; correcting, clarifying, and |
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conforming certain language; correcting certain references; waiving certain content |
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and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; |
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providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other |
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ordinances; and providing for a special effective date. |
05-0273
City Council President (Administration)
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Rezoning - 180-188 West Ostend Street |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 180-188 West |
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Ostend Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning |
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District to the O-R-3 Zoning District. |
05-0276
Edward L. Reisinger
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The Creation for a Center for Aging Services and Research |
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FOR the purpose of sustaining an initiative to create a "Center for Urban Aging |
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Services and Policy Development" in the City of Baltimore. |
06-0326
City Council President (Administration)
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Zoning - Housing in Downtown Baltimore |
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FOR the purpose of repealing certain conversion and lot-area restrictions applicable |
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to dwellings in B-4 and B-5 Districts; preserving the supremacy of all |
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more-restrictive conditions or requirements imposed by Urban Renewal Plans; and |
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generally relating to lot area requirements for housing in B-4 and B-5 Districts. |
06-0327
Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. and President Dixon
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City Streets - Closing - Portland Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Portland Street, extending from |
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Greene Street Easterly 103.4 feet, more or less, to Washington Boulevard, as shown |
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on Plat 348-A-85 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing |
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for a special effective date. |
06-0332
City Council President (Administration)
June 2, 2006
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Illegal Signs - Penalties - Private Enforcement |
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FOR the purpose of increasing the civil penalties for illegally posting certain |
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signs or other objects; authorizing individuals to summarily remove certain |
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illegally posted signs or other objects; providing for the payment to certain |
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associations, under certain circumstances, of a percentage of the fines collected |
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in connection with certain illegally posted signs or other objects; and generally |
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relating to the enforcement of the laws prohibiting the placement of objects on |
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or affecting public property or on property owned or controlled by a public |
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utility. |
05-0051
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Mary Pat Clarke, Robert W. Curran, James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' |
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Young, Helen L. Holton, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Edward L. Reisinger, |
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Agnes Welch, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, President Dixon and Nicholas |
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C. D'Adamo |
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Rezoning - 107-115 West Heath Street, 1700 Clarkson Street, and 138 West |
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Barney Street |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 107-115 |
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West Heath Street, 1700 Clarkson Street, and 138 West Barney Street, as |
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outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the |
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R-8 Zoning District. |
05-0232
Edward L. Reisinger
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Zoning - Display of Merchandise |
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FOR the purpose of allowing in the B-1 and B-2 Districts, to the extent authorized |
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by an Urban Renewal Plan, the unenclosed display of certain merchandise; and |
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generally relating to the use regulations applicable to business districts. |
05-0297
Mary Pat Clarke and Nicholas C. D'Adamo
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Urban Renewal - Hampden Business Area - Amendment |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Hampden Business |
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Area to allow the unenclosed display of certain merchandise in certain land use |
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classifications in a certain portion of the Hampden Business Area; waiving certain |
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content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance |
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severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with |
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certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date. |
05-0298
Mary Pat Clarke
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Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted |
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Living) - 3007 Louise Avenue |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
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maintenance, and operation of a convalescent, nursing, and rest home (assisted |
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living) on the property known as 3007 Louise Avenue, as outlined in red on the |
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accompanying plat. |
06-0317
Robert W. Curran
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Finance |
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- $3,500,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $3,500,000 to the Department of Finance (Account |
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#9908-149-032), to provide funding for the purchase of a Human Resources/Payroll |
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System; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0363
City Council President (Administration)
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Civic |
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Promotion - $297,500 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $297,500 to the MR-Civic Promotion - Program |
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590 (Civic Promotion), to provide funding for support of the 2006 National Baptist |
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Convention; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0364
City Council President (Administration)
Bills Introduced
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City Streets - Opening - Lemmon Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and opening Lemmon Street, extending from |
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Greene Street Easterly 330.0 feet, more or less, to Paca Street, and lying within the |
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Market Center West Revitalization Area, as shown on Plat 114-A-13 in the Office |
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of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0446
City Council President (Administration)
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At the Request of: Dept. of Public Works |
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HIGHWAYS AND FRANCHISES SUBCOMMITTEE |
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City Streets - Closing - Lemmon Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Lemmon Street, extending from |
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Greene Street Easterly 330.0 feet, more or less, to Paca Street, and lying within the |
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Market Center West Revitalization Area, as shown on Plat 114-A-13A in the Office |
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of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0447
City Council President (Administration)
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At the Request of: Dept. of Public Works |
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HIGHWAYS AND FRANCHISES SUBCOMMITTEE |
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Sale of Property - Lemmon Street |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at |
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either public or private sale, all its interest in a certain parcel of land known as the |
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former bed of Lemmon Street, extending from Greene Street Easterly 330.0 feet, |
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more or less, to Paca Street, and lying within the Market Center West |
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Revitalization Area, and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
06-0448
City Council President (Administration)
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At the Request of: Dept. of Public Works |
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC FINANCING COMMITTEE |
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Food Establishments - Polystyrene Products |
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FOR the purpose of prohibiting food service establishments from using certain |
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polystyrene products. |
06-0449
James B. Kraft and Robert W. Curran
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EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTH, AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE |
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Rezoning - 1500 Woodall Street, 1605 Key Highway, a Portion of 1801 Key |
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Highway, and a Portion of 1215 East Fort Avenue |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 1500 Woodall |
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Street, 1605 Key Highway, a portion of 1801 Key Highway, and a portion of 1215 |
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East Fort Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-3 |
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Zoning District to the B-2-2 Zoning District. |
06-0450
Edward L. Reisinger
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At the Request of: Key Woodall, LLC, and Chesapeake paperboard Centre, LLC, c/o |
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Stanley S. Fine, Esq. |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Planned Unit Development - Designation - Chesapeake Paperboard |
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FOR the purpose of approving the application of Key Woodall, LLC, which is the |
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owner or contract purchaser of 1500 Woodall Street, 1605 Key Highway, a portion |
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of 1801 Key Highway, and a portion of 1215 East Fort Avenue (collectively, the |
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"Property") and Chesapeake Paperboard Centre, LLC, which is the developer of the |
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Property, to have the Property designated a Business Planned Unit Development; |
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and approving the Development Plan submitted by the applicant. |
06-0451
Edward L. Reisinger
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At the Request of: Key Woodall, LLC, and Chesapeake paperboard Centre, LLC, c/o |
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Stanley S. Fine, Esq. |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Zoning - Conditional Use Restaurant: Drive-in - 2718 Washington Boulevard |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
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maintenance, and operation of a restaurant: drive-in on the property known as 2718 |
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Washington Boulevard, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
06-0452
Edward L. Reisinger
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At the request of: Chhatral Corporation T/A Dunkin Donuts, c/o Fred Lauer, Esq. |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Zoning - Conditional Use Parking, Open Off-Street Area - 1807 Wickes |
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Avenue |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
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maintenance, and operation of a parking, open off-street area on the property |
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known as 1807 Wickes Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
06-0453
Edward L. Reisinger
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At the request of: Chhatral Corporation T/A Dunkin Donuts, c/o Fred Lauer, Esq. |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Property Tax Credits - Energy Devices |
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FOR the purpose of granting a property tax credit for buildings for which certain |
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energy devices have been installed; defining certain terms; imposing certain |
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limitations; and generally relating to tax credits for qualifying energy devices. |
06-0454
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James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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President Dixon, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger, Stephanie |
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Rawlings-Blake and Agnes Welch |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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City Property - Electrical Safety Inspections |
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FOR the purpose of requiring City property to be periodically inspected to assure |
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the safety of all electrical wiring, appliances, and equipment; requiring certain |
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actions on discovery of a hazard; defining certain terms; and generally relating to |
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the inspection of City property. |
06-0455
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Belinda K. Conaway, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Robert W. Curran, Mary Pat Clarke, James B. Kraft, Stephanie Rawlings |
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Blake, Agnes Welch and Edward L. Reisinger |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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Celebrating National NeighborWorks® Week - June 3 - June 10, 2006 |
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FOR the purpose endorsing the celebration of the 23rd National NeighborWorks_ |
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Week, held annually the 1st through the 2nd Saturday in June, in recognition of the |
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accomplishments of the NeighborWorks_ network working in more that 4,414 |
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urban, suburban, and rural communities across the nation to transform distressed |
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neighborhoods. |
06-0183R
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Helen L. Holton, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., |
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Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, James B. Kraft, Robert |
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W. Curran, President Dixon, Belinda K. Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, |
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Edward L. Reisinger and Agnes Welch |
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Informational Hearing - Increase in Adolescent Overweight |
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FOR the purpose of inviting the authors of Trends in the Association of Poverty |
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with Overweight Among US Adolescents, 1971-2004 to share with the City |
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Council the results of the study to examine the trends in adolescent overweight by |
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family poverty status, as well as eating behaviors and physical activity levels. |
06-0184R
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Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Robert W. Curran, President Dixon, Belinda K. Conaway, Mary Pat |
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Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes Welch and James B. Kraft |
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Senior Health Alert - Citywide Dissemination of Information |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Executive Director of the Commission on Aging |
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and Retirement Education (Care) to provide information to all pharmacies in |
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Baltimore City on the hazards of extreme heat to the elderly, for dissemination with |
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prescription medication. |
06-0185R
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Agnes Welch, President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' |
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Young, James B. Kraft, Robert W. Curran, Belinda K. Conaway, Mary Pat |
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Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake |
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Safety On School Buses - What is Being Done? |
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FOR the purpose of requesting that the Baltimore City Public School System |
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Department of Transportation brief the Council regarding safety issues on |
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Baltimore City Public School buses and what is done contractually to ensure that |
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our children are as safe as they can be while riding on the bus to and from school. |
06-0186R
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Agnes Welch, President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' |
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Young, James B. Kraft, Robert W. Curran, Belinda K. Conaway, Mary Pat |
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Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake |
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EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE |
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Investigative Hearing - Police Quotas: Deja Vu All Over Again? |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore Police Commissioner and the State's |
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Attorney for Baltimore City to report to the City Council on recent allegations that |
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a quota system that tracks the number of arrests in a number of categories is used as |
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the basis of a performance evaluation system that determines the placement of |
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certain members of the Baltimore City Police force. |
06-0187R
Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Bernard C. 'Jack' Young and Mary Pat Clarke
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PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE |
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
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Second Reader
Budget and Appropriations
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Housing |
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and Community Development - $6,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $6,000,000 to the Department of Housing and |
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Community Development (Account #9910-584-905), to provide funds towards the |
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implementation of the Park Heights Master Plan; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
06-0387
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Enoch Pratt Free |
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Library - $1,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Enoch Pratt Free Library |
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(Account #9936-457-201), to provide funds for library branch capital needs; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
06-0388
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Office of |
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Employment Development - $1,190,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $1,190,000 to the MR-Office of Employment |
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Development - Program 639 (Special Services), to provide funds for Summer Jobs |
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Program; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0389
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Board of |
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Estimates - Employees' Retirement Contribution - $5,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $5,000,000 to the MR-Board of Estimates - |
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Program 355 (Employees' Retirement Contribution), to provide funds to begin |
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paying the GASB 45 - Other Post Employment Benefit cost; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
06-0390
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Board of |
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Estimates - Miscellaneous General Expenses - $412,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $412,000 to the MR-Board of Estimates - Program |
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122 (Miscellaneous General Expenses), to provide funds for the After School |
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Matters Program; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0391
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Health Department - |
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$250,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $250,000 to the Health Department - Program 307 |
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(Mental Health Services), to provide funds for a buprenorphine drug treatment |
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program; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0392
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Enoch Pratt Free |
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Library - $250,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $250,000 to the Enoch Pratt Free Library - Program |
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452 (Extension Services), to provide funds for the purchase of library books; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
06-0393
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Mayoralty - $3,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $3,000,000 to the Mayoralty (Account |
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#9904-127-038), to provide funding for the CCTV Camera program; and providing |
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for a special effective date. |
06-0394
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Public |
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Works - $1,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Department of Public Works |
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(Account #9916-197-190), to provide funding for fleet replacement; and providing |
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for a special effective date. |
06-0395
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Housing |
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and Community Development - $3,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $3,000,000 to the Department of Housing and |
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Community Development (Account #9910-587-979), to provide funds for HCD |
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demolition in the EBDI area; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0396
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Baltimore City Public |
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School System - $25,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $25,000 to the Baltimore City Public School |
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System (Account #9904-129-086), to provide funding for school construction and |
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renovation projects; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0397
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of |
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Recreation and Parks - $500,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $500,000 to the Department of Recreation and |
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Parks (Account #9938-475-736), to provide funding for capital improvements at |
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the Forest Park golf course; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0398
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Housing |
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and Community Development - $1,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Department of Housing and |
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Community Development (Account #9910-587-907), to provide funds for the |
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Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0399
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Housing |
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and Community Development - $1,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Department of Housing and |
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Community Development (Account #9910-588-903), to provide funds for HCD |
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demolition projects; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0400
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Mayoralty - $800,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $800,000 to the Mayoralty (Account |
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#9904-127-156), to provide funding for capital improvements of public markets; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0401
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Mayoralty - $1,100,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $1,100,000 to the Mayoralty (Account |
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#9904-129-017), to provide funding for capital cost for the ZETA Senior Center; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0402
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Board of |
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Estimates - Miscellaneous General Expenses - $70,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $70,000 to the MR-Board of Estimates - Program |
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122 (Miscellaneous General Expenses), to provide funds in support of the Ford |
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Foundation Arts Education Initiative in the public schools; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
06-0403
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Board of |
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Estimates - Miscellaneous General Expenses - $5,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $5,000,000 to the MR-Board of Estimates - |
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Program 122 (Miscellaneous General Expenses), to provide funds for after school |
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programs; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0404
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Health Department - |
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$620,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $620,000 to the Health Department - Program 308 |
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(Maternal and Child Health), to provide funds for Operation Safe Kids program; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0405
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Department of |
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Public Works - $440,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $440,000 to the Department of Public Works - |
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Program 515 (Solid Waste Collection), to provide funds to support additional |
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service for citizen trash drop-off locations; and providing for a special effective |
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date. |
06-0406
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Health Department - |
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$300,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $300,000 to the Health Department - Program 304 |
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(Health Promotion and Disease Prevention), to provide funds for HIV/AIDS |
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Programming; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0407
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Art and |
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Culture - $750,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $750,000 to the MR-Art and Culture - Program 493 |
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(Art and Culture Grants), to provide funds for grants to cultural institutions; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
06-0408
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Housing |
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and Community Development - $1,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Department of Housing and |
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Community Development (Account #9910-587-906), to provide funds for Coppin |
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State and/or Lutheran Hospital demolition project; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
06-0409
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Fire Department - |
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$1,300,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $1,300,000 to the Fire Department - Program 319 |
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(Ambulance Service), to provide funds for additional operating expenses; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
06-0424
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Fire Department - |
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$2,100,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $2,100,000 to the Fire Department - Program 212 |
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(Fire Suppression), to provide funds for additional operating expenses; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
06-0425
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Health Department - |
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$250,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $250,000 to the Health Department - Program 305 |
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(Health Services Initiatives), to provide funds for additional operating expenses; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0426
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Health Department - |
|
$325,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $325,000 to the Health Department - Program 240 |
|
(Animal Control), to provide funds for additional operating expenses; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
06-0427
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Art and |
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Culture - $400,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $400,000 to the MR-Art and Culture - Program 493 |
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(Art and Cultural Grants), to provide funds for the Free Fall Baltimore Program; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0428
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - |
|
$1,000,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Police Department - Program 200 |
|
(Administration Direction and Control), to provide funds for additional operating |
|
expenses; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0429
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - |
|
$10,150,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $10,150,000 to the Police Department - Program |
|
201 (Field Operations Bureau), to provide funds for additional operating expenses; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0430
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - |
|
$125,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $125,000 to the Police Department - Program 207 |
|
(Research and Development), to provide funds for additional operating expenses; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0431
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department - |
|
$2,125,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $2,125,000 to the Police Department - Program 202 |
|
(Investigations), to provide funds for additional operating expenses; and providing |
|
for a special effective date. |
06-0432
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Department of |
|
Transportation - $250,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
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Appropriation in the amount of $250,000 to the Department of Transportation - |
|
Program 503 (Engineering and Construction), to provide funds for additional |
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operating expenses; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0433
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Supplementary Motor Vehicle Fund Operating Appropriation - Department |
|
of Transportation - $2,500,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Motor Vehicle Fund Operating |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $2,500,000 to the Department of Transportation - |
|
Program 501 (Highway Maintenance), to provide funds for additional operating |
|
expenses; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0434
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
Economic Development and Public Financing
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Sale of Property - a Parcel of Land Lying Within the Market Center West |
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Urban Renewal Project |
|
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 Baltimore Street, extending from Greene Street |
|
easterly to Paca Street, and a portion of the former bed of Paca Street, extending |
|
from Baltimore Street northerly to Fayette Street, and no longer needed for public |
|
use; and providing for a special effective date. |
05-0237
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
|
Sale of Property - A Variable Width Alley |
|
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. |
05-0268
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Sale of Property - Parcels of Land Being a Part of the Loch Raven Watershed |
|
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. |
06-0312
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
|
Sale of Property - Parcels of Land Lying Within the Loch Raven Watershed |
|
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 |
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Office of the Department of Public Works, and no longer needed for public use; |
|
and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0313
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
Highways and Franchises
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Streets and Highways - Street Cuts - Builders' Use of Streets |
|
FOR the purpose of consolidating and revising the provisions governing digging in |
|
streets, pavement cuts, and other excavations in public ways; defining certain |
|
terms; requiring certain permits; imposing certain conditions; providing certain |
|
criminal and civil penalties; conforming penalties applicable to builders' use of |
|
streets; and generally relating to excavation work and related activities performed |
|
in or below the surface of a public way and to builders' use of streets. |
06-0322
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
|
Release of Right-of-Way - A Variable Width Right-of-Way Granted to the |
|
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore through the Property of Ausa Holding |
|
Company C/O R.E. McElroy, Inc. |
|
FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City |
|
Council of Baltimore of all of its interests in and to a variable width right-of-way |
|
for a Perpetual Easement for Municipal Utilities and Services granted to the City of |
|
Baltimore through the property of Ausa Holding Company C/O R.E. McElroy, Inc., |
|
the location and course of the variable width right-of-way to be released as shown |
|
on Plat 338-A-16C in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing |
|
for a special effective date. |
06-0324
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Franchise - Private, Single-Story Building Addition Projecting into a Portion |
|
of the Eastern Avenue Right-of-Way |
|
FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to Gia A. Blattermann, Eric B. |
|
Blattermann, and Steven C. Blattermann, the owners or contract purchasers, to |
|
construct, use, and maintain a single-story building addition projecting into a |
|
portion of the Eastern Avenue right-of-way, attached to and extending from the |
|
southern exterior wall of 410 South High Street, subject to certain terms, |
|
conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0333
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Baltimore City Police Patrol Cars - Take Home Policy |
|
FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Police Commissioner to study |
|
the efficacy of adopting a take-home patrol car program for Baltimore City police |
|
officers and to report to the City Council on the success or failure of take-home |
|
patrol car policies in other subdivisions across the country and the comparative |
|
advantages and disadvantages of adopting a take-home patrol car policy for City |
|
officers. |
06-0172R
|
Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Mary Pat |
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Clarke, Robert W. Curran, Belinda K. Conaway, Agnes Welch and Keiffer |
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J. Mitchell, Jr. |
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
|
FOR the purpose of correcting certain technical errors and omissions in the City |
|
Code; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and providing for a |
|
special effective date. |
06-0334
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
|
Vehicle Liability Self-Insurance Program |
|
FOR the purpose of repealing obsolete provisions governing an unused and |
|
unneeded vehicle liability self-insurance program; and providing for a special |
|
effective date. |
06-0348
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
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. |
06-0366
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
|
Metropolitan District of Baltimore County - Extension 149 |
|
FOR the purpose of consenting to and approving a petition to extend the |
|
Metropolitan District of Baltimore County to a certain tract of land; and providing |
|
for a special effective date. |
06-0367
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Metropolitan District of Baltimore County - Extension 150 |
|
FOR the purpose of consenting to and approving a petition to extend the |
|
Metropolitan District of Baltimore County to a certain tract of land; and providing |
|
for a special effective date. |
06-0368
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Metropolitan District of Baltimore County - Extension 151 |
|
FOR the purpose of consenting to and approving a petition to extend the |
|
Metropolitan District of Baltimore County to a certain tract of land; and providing |
|
for a special effective date. |
06-0369
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
Land Use and Transportation
|
Planned Unit Development - Amendment - 1020/1040 West 41st Street and |
|
4201 Hickory Avenue |
|
FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to and renaming the |
|
Development Plan of the1020/1040 West 41st Street Planned Unit Development. |
05-0309
Mary Pat Clarke
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
|
Zoning - Hotels and Motels |
|
FOR the purpose of excepting hotels and motels of a certain capacity from the |
|
minimum lot area requirements imposed for the B-2 through B-4 Zoning Districts; |
|
correcting an error in punctuation; and generally relating to the application of bulk |
|
regulations to hotels and motels. |
06-0338
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
|
Zoning - Reallocating Certain Uses |
|
FOR the purpose of authorizing certain uses as permitted uses in a B-1 District; |
|
correcting and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the |
|
reallocation of certain business and other uses. |
06-0339
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
Taxation and Finance
|
Bond Issue - Recreation and Parks Loan - $9,000,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant |
|
to Resolution IV of 2006 approved by the members of the Maryland General |
|
Assembly representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its |
|
certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding |
|
$9,000,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the cost |
|
of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys' |
|
fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the remainder of |
|
such proceeds to be used for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, |
|
installation, erection, protection, extension, enlargement, renovation or |
|
modernization of, and additions to, public park or recreational land, property, |
|
buildings, structures or facilities; and for the acquisition and installation of |
|
equipment for any and all existing facilities or new facilities authorized to be |
|
acquired, constructed, reconstructed, erected, protected, extended, enlarged, |
|
renovated, modernized, improved or added to by the provisions hereof; the |
|
payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with doing |
|
any or all of the things herein mentioned, including, but not limited to, the costs |
|
and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, |
|
planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and other professional services; and |
|
for doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in connection with or |
|
pertaining to any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing |
|
the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of |
|
Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of |
|
this Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or |
|
disapproval, at the General Election to be held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, the |
|
7th day of November, 2006; and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of |
|
sale of said certificates of indebtedness in accordance with the provisions of the |
|
Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and by the municipal agency |
|
designated in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of |
|
Baltimore. |
06-0352
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
Urban Affairs
|
Charles Village Community Benefits District and Management Authority |
|
FOR the purpose of renewing and continuing the Charles Village Community |
|
Benefits District and Management Authority; providing for a special effective date; |
|
and generally relating to the activities and authority of the Charles Village |
|
Community Benefits District and Management Authority. |
06-0357
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
3R
Third Reader
|
Third Reader (requires invocation of CC Rule 12-1 for same day advance from |
|
2nd to 3rd Reader) |
Third Reader (to be held one meeting)
|
Planned Unit Development - Brewers Hill |
|
FOR the purpose of repealing the existing Development Plan for Brewers Hill |
|
Planned Unit Development and approving a new Development Plan for Brewers |
|
Hill Planned Unit Development. |
06-0343
James B. Kraft and Nicholas C. D'Adamo
|
Planned Unit Development - Mondawmin Mall |
|
FOR the purpose of repealing the existing Development Plan for Mondawmin Mall |
|
and approving a new Development Plan for Mondawmin Mall Planned Unit |
|
Development. |
06-0385
Belinda K. Conaway
Third Reader (for final passage)
|
Rezoning - 1403-1411 Anchor Street |
|
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. |
05-0271
Edward L. Reisinger
|
Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation - Baltimore City |
|
Police Department - $1,600,500 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Fund Operating |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $1,600,500 to the Baltimore City Police |
|
Department - Program 201 (Field Operations), to provide funding for planning, |
|
equipment, training, exercises, management and administration of protective |
|
actions aimed to enhance the ability of State and local agencies to prevent, respond |
|
to, recover from incidents of terrorism, and reduce the vulnerabilities around |
|
identified critical infrastructure and key resource locations/sites; and providing for |
|
a special effective date. |
05-0293
City Council President (Administration)
Bills Withdrawn
Committee Announcements
Announcements
|
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL |
|
WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2006, AT 3:00 P.M. |
Adjournment
Cable Hearing Schedule
|
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2006 AT 5:00 P.M. |
|
Taxation and Finance, Councilmember Mitchell - Chair |
|
06-0443 - Workers' Compensation Award - Police Agent Eugene Cassidy |
|
06-0442 - Retirement Systems - Travel Expenses |
|
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2006 AT 5:00 P.M. |
|
Committee of the Whole, Council President Dixon - Chair |
|
06-0160R - Investigative Hearing - Publicly Owned Municipal Electric Utility |