Monday, June 12, 2006
3:00 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
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Approval of the Journal
June 5, 2006
Bills Introduced
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Maryland Department of Transportation - County Transportation Revenue |
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Bonds - Series 200_ |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to enter |
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into an agreement with the Maryland Department of Transportation in connection |
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with the participation by the City in the proceeds derived from the sale of certain |
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bonds, to be known as Department of Transportation of Maryland - County |
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Transportation Revenue Bonds, Series 200 and to be issued pursuant to State |
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Transportation Article, Title 3, Subtitle 5; authorizing the City to take any other |
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action that may be necessary and proper to secure the share to which it is entitled of |
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the proceeds derived from the sale of these bonds; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
06-0456
City Council President (Administration)
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MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION |
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At the request of: Dept. of Finance |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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Zoning - Health-Care Facilities - Conditional Use Substance Abuse Treatment |
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Center - 2300 Garrison 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 substance abuse treatment center on the property |
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known as 2300 Garrison Boulevard, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
06-0457
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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At the request of: Time out, LLC, c/o Judith Mears |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Transit and Traffic - Continuous Parking |
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FOR the purpose of repealing the prohibition against an otherwise lawfully parked |
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vehicle from standing more than 48 hours in the same location; restating the |
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relevant provisions governing "abandoned vehicles"; correcting, clarifying, and |
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conforming certain language; and generally relating to the parking, standing, |
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stopping, and abandoning of vehicles. |
06-0458
Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., President Dixon and Bernard C. 'Jack' Young
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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Basilica Place - Let's Help Provide Some Assistance |
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FOR the purpose of asking the honorable members of the Baltimore City |
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Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly to sponsor legislation providing |
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funds for Basilica Place in order to refinance and maintain this 200-unit, senior |
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high rise that has been an important anchor in the Mount Vernon community, as |
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well as a beacon of hope for many of Baltimore's most impoverished seniors. |
06-0188R
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Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President Dixon, Bernard C. |
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'Jack' Young, Robert W. Curran, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, |
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Kenneth N. Harris, Sr. and Mary Pat Clarke |
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Congratulations and Thanks - Baltimore Jewish Council and the Associated |
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Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore |
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FOR the purpose of offering congratulations and thanks to the Baltimore Jewish |
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Council, the Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, and the Harry |
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and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation for their continued additions to the diversity and |
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education of Baltimore City, for representing the Greater Baltimore Jewish |
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population in matters pertaining to the social, political and humanitarian fabric of |
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the community, and for providing appropriate forums of response by developing |
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policies for actions through careful advocacy and education. |
06-0189R
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Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President Dixon, Bernard C. |
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'Jack' Young, Robert W. Curran, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, |
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Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr. and Mary Pat Clarke |
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Investigative Hearing - Fighting "Quality of Life" Crimes |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Police Department, the |
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Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office, and affected citizens to report on arrests |
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made, cases declined for prosecution and the best practices employed to combat |
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"quality of life" or "nuisance" crimes in Baltimore City. |
06-0190R
James B. Kraft and Bernard C. 'Jack' Young
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PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE |
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A Request for Legal, Enforcement, and Legislative Action Against Illegal |
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Guns |
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FOR the purpose of requesting that the City file suit against rogue gun dealers who |
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engage in "straw purchases" to recover damages to the City and its residents, |
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strengthen enforcement, and enact legislation to combat illegal guns. |
06-0191R
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James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Robert |
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W. Curran, Helen L. Holton, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr. and Mary Pat Clarke |
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PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE |
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Informational Hearing - Gang Awareness Initiative |
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FOR the purpose of inviting the Baltimore Police Commissioner, the Chief of the |
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Criminal Intelligence Unit of the Baltimore Police Department, and the Chair of the |
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Youth Council - Workforce Investment Board (BWIB) of the Mayor's Office of |
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Workforce Development to brief the Council on the growing problem of gang |
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activity in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties. |
06-0192R
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Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert |
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W. Curran, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., |
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Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. and Mary Pat Clarke |
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Pilot Program - Recreation Centers During the Summer |
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FOR the purpose of requesting that the City of Baltimore develop a pilot program |
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for this Summer, to keep certain recreation centers in Baltimore City open past |
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curfew in order to provide young people who otherwise would be breaking curfew |
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law a safe place to go at night during the summer months. |
06-0193R
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Belinda K. Conaway, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Robert W. Curran, Helen L. Holton, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., James B. |
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Kraft and Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. |
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EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE |
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Allocation of Budget Surplus - Services for Baltimore City's Children |
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FOR the purpose of providing for the allocation of the $3.4 million of 2006 General |
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Fund Surplus Revenue, beyond that already introduced in the City Council as |
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Supplemental Appropriations, to programs to provide services to the children of |
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Baltimore City. |
06-0194R
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President Dixon, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert W. Curran, James B. Kraft, Helen L. |
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Holton, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. and Mary Pat |
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Clarke |
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Informational Hearing - The Status of Public Housing in Baltimore City |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Housing Commissioner, in the role of Executive |
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Director of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC), to report to the City |
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Council on the current status of public housing in the City; to provide an |
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assessment of the trends in the public housing needs of low-income residents; to |
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report court proceedings regarding former and current residents of public housing |
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whose children have been harmed by exposure to lead paint; and to analyze the |
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impact of recent local and federal court rulings on the future of public housing |
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demographics in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties. |
06-0195R
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Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President Dixon, James |
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B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. |
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and Mary Pat Clarke |
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In Support of Wayland Baptist Church Community Development Corporation |
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FOR the purpose of expressing Baltimore City Council support of Maryland |
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Department of Housing and Community Development Neighborhood |
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BusinessWorks Program financing to the Wayland Baptist Church Community |
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Development Corporation. |
06-0196R
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, President Dixon, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Robert W. Curran, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Rochelle 'Rikki' |
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Spector, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Mary Pat Clarke and Keiffer J. Mitchell, |
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Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Budget and Appropriations/Committee of the Whole
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Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2007 |
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FOR the purpose of providing the appropriations estimated to be needed by each |
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agency of the City of Baltimore for operating programs and capital projects during |
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the fiscal 2007 year. |
06-0416
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
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Annual Property Tax - Fiscal Year 2007 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a tax for the use of the Mayor and City Council of |
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Baltimore for the period July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007; setting the |
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semiannual payment service charge for that period; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
06-0417
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
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Operating Budget for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for |
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the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2007 |
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FOR the purpose of approving the budget estimated to be needed for the Baltimore |
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City Board of School Commissioners for operating programs during Fiscal 2007: |
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providing for certification of the approved budget to the State Superintendent of |
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Schools; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0421
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
Economic Development and Public Financing
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Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Ward 03, Section 06, Block 1799-A, Lot #001 "800 |
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Aliceanna Street" |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing an economic development project to be known as |
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"800 Aliceanna Street", in order that the Board of Estimates may enter into a |
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Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreement with Harbor East Parcel B-Commercial, |
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LLC, its successors or assigns ("Owner"), covering a portion of the Owner's |
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property consisting of (i) office space consisting of approximately 205,000 square |
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feet, (ii) approximately 20 live/work units, and (iii) a structured parking facility |
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containing approximately 665 parking spaces; generally relating to payments in |
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lieu of taxes for the 800 Aliceanna Street development; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
05-0301
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable.
Highways and Franchises
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Franchise - Private, Single-Story Building Addition Projecting into a Portion |
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of the Eastern Avenue Right-of-Way |
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FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to Gia A. Blattermann, Eric B. |
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Blattermann, and Steven C. Blattermann, the owners or contract purchasers, to |
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construct, use, and maintain a single-story building addition projecting into a |
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portion of the Eastern Avenue right-of-way, attached to and extending from the |
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southern exterior wall of 410 South High Street, subject to certain terms, |
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conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0333
City Council President (Administration)
Reported Favorable with Amendment.
3R
Third Reader
Third Reader (to be held one meeting)
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment - 1020/1040 West 41st Street and |
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4201 Hickory Avenue |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to and renaming the |
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Development Plan of the1020/1040 West 41st Street Planned Unit Development. |
05-0309
Mary Pat Clarke
Third Reader (for final passage)
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Sale of Property - a Parcel of Land Lying Within the Market Center West |
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Urban Renewal Project |
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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 a |
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portion of the former bed of Baltimore Street, extending from Greene Street |
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easterly to Paca Street, and a portion of the former bed of Paca Street, extending |
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from Baltimore Street northerly to Fayette Street, and no longer needed for public |
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use; and providing for a special effective date. |
05-0237
City Council President (Administration)
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Sale of Property - A Variable Width Alley |
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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 an alley of variable width, extending from 32nd Street, northerly |
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311.5 feet, more or less, to the south outline of the property known as 3233 St. Paul |
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Street and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective |
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date. |
05-0268
City Council President (Administration)
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Sale of Property - Parcels of Land Being a Part of the Loch Raven Watershed |
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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 certain parcels of land being a part of |
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Loch Raven Watershed, Baltimore County, and no longer needed for public use; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0312
City Council President (Administration)
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Sale of Property - Parcels of Land Lying Within the Loch Raven Watershed |
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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 certain parcels of land being a part of |
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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; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0313
City Council President (Administration)
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Streets and Highways - Street Cuts - Builders' Use of Streets |
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FOR the purpose of consolidating and revising the provisions governing digging in |
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streets, pavement cuts, and other excavations in public ways; defining certain |
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terms; requiring certain permits; imposing certain conditions; providing certain |
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criminal and civil penalties; conforming penalties applicable to builders' use of |
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streets; and generally relating to excavation work and related activities performed |
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in or below the surface of a public way and to builders' use of streets. |
06-0322
City Council President (Administration)
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Release of Right-of-Way - A Variable Width Right-of-Way Granted to the |
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Mayor and City Council of Baltimore through the Property of Ausa Holding |
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Company C/O R.E. McElroy, Inc. |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City |
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Council of Baltimore of all of its interests in and to a variable width right-of-way |
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for a Perpetual Easement for Municipal Utilities and Services granted to the City of |
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Baltimore through the property of Ausa Holding Company C/O R.E. McElroy, Inc., |
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the location and course of the variable width right-of-way to be released as shown |
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on Plat 338-A-16C in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing |
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for a special effective date. |
06-0324
City Council President (Administration)
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FOR the purpose of correcting certain technical errors and omissions in the City |
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Code; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
06-0334
City Council President (Administration)
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Zoning - Hotels and Motels |
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FOR the purpose of excepting hotels and motels of a certain capacity from the |
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minimum lot area requirements imposed for the B-2 through B-4 Zoning Districts; |
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correcting an error in punctuation; and generally relating to the application of bulk |
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regulations to hotels and motels. |
06-0338
City Council President (Administration)
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Zoning - Reallocating Certain Uses |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing certain uses as permitted uses in a B-1 District; |
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correcting and conforming certain language; and generally relating to the |
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reallocation of certain business and other uses. |
06-0339
City Council President (Administration)
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Planned Unit Development - Brewers Hill |
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FOR the purpose of repealing the existing Development Plan for Brewers Hill |
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Planned Unit Development and approving a new Development Plan for Brewers |
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Hill Planned Unit Development. |
06-0343