Monday, October 30, 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 Beverly Simpson
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
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Rhonda S. Boozer, Community Health Educator, Baltimore City Cancer Program, University of |
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Maryland, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, "Why Wait Until October, Let's |
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Make Breast Cancer a Year-Round Topic". |
Approval of the Journal
October 16, 2006
Bills Introduced
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Supplementary Mondawmin Mall Tax Increment Financing Capital |
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Appropriation - Department of Housing and Community Development - |
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$15,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Mondawmin Mall Tax Increment |
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Financing Capital Appropriation in the amount of $15,000,000 to the Department |
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of Housing and Community Development (Account #9910-600-359), to provide |
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funds for financing or refinancing the development of infrastructure improvements |
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relating to the redevelopment of the Mondawmin Mall in the City of Baltimore; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0532
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Bureau of Budget and Management Research |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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City Streets - Opening - Certain Streets and Alleys Lying Within the Area |
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Bounded by Biddle Street, Collington Avenue, Preston Street, and Patterson |
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Park Avenue and Lying Within the Broadway East Urban Renewal Project |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and opening certain streets and alleys lying within |
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the area bounded by Biddle Street, Collington Avenue, Preston Street, and |
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Patterson Park Avenue and lying within the Broadway East Urban Renewal Project, |
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as shown on Plat 346-A-57 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
06-0533
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 - Certain Streets and Alleys Lying Within the Area |
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Bounded by Biddle Street, Collington Avenue, Preston Street, and Patterson |
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Park Avenue and Lying Within the Broadway East Urban Renewal Project |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets and alleys lying within |
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the area bounded by Biddle Street, Collington Avenue, Preston Street, and |
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Patterson Park Avenue and lying within the Broadway East Urban Renewal Project, |
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as shown on Plat 346-A-57A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
06-0534
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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Mt. Royal Terrace-Reservoir Hill Historic and Architectural District |
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FOR the purpose of enlarging the boundaries of the Mt. Royal Terrace-Reservoir |
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HillHistorical and Architectural District. |
06-0535
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation |
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Urban Renewal - Carroll Camden - Amendment _ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Carroll Camden to |
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revise the boundary description for the Project Area and to revise exhibits to reflect |
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the changes in the Plan; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; |
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making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of |
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this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
06-0536
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Dept. of Housing and Community Development |
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Urban Renewal - Middle Branch - Renewal Area Designation and Urban |
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Renewal Plan |
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FOR the purpose of designating as a "Renewal Area" an area situated in Baltimore |
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City, Maryland known as Middle Branch, bounded generally by I-95 on the north, |
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Hanover Street on the east, Waterview Avenue on the south, and Kloman Street on |
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the west; approving a Renewal Plan for Middle Branch; establishing the objectives |
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of the Plan; establishing permitted land uses; providing for review of all plans for |
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development or rehabilitation of any property; authorizing the acquisition by |
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purchase or by condemnation ofr certain properties for urban renewal purposes; |
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creating certain disposition lots; providing for the term of the Plan; establishing |
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procedures for amending the Plan; approving certain exhibits and an appendix to |
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the Plan; providing for certain design guidelines, standards, and controls; and |
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providing that in the event of any question regarding the meaning of these |
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standards and controls or other provisions of the Renewal Plan, the interpretation |
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by the Planning Department is final and binding, but may not be unreasonable or |
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arbitrary; repealing the existing Middle Branch Area Urban Renewal Plan; |
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approving waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the |
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provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this |
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Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
06-0537
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Dept. of Housing and Community Development |
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Rezoning - 1001 South Lakewood Avenue |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1001 South |
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Lakewood Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 |
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Zoning District to the B-3-2 Zoning District. |
06-0538
James B. Kraft
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At the request of: Focus Development, LLC, c/o AB Associates |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Metal Detectors for City Buildings |
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FOR the purpose of requiring metal detectors in City buildings; defining certain |
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terms; specifying certain exemptions; and generally relating to the safety of those |
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who work in, visit, or otherwise occupy City buildings. |
06-0539
Belinda K. Conaway, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young and Paula Johnson Branch
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PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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In Support of Baltimore City's Celebration of National Lead Poisoning |
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Prevention Week - October 22-28, 2006 |
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FOR the purpose of embracing the dramatic decline in the number of lead-poisoned |
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children in Maryland and commending the efforts of many community-based and |
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governmental organizations working to reduce the incidence of childhood lead |
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poisoning while candidly recognizing that in Baltimore City, where the number of |
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children that test positive for elevated levels of lead is 3 times the state average, the |
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fight to eradicate lead poisoning is far from over and, in partnership with local |
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leaders, elected officials, health professionals, and parents, recommitting Baltimore |
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City to achieving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention goal for the |
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eradication of lead poisoning by 2010. |
06-0226R
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President Dixon, Robert W. Curran, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Paula |
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Johnson Branch, James B. Kraft, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Keiffer J. |
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Mitchell, Jr., Mary Pat Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes Welch and |
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake |
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Informational Hearing - Legal Aid Bureau |
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FOR the purpose of requesting that the Legal Aid Bureau brief the Council |
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regarding its request that the City consider a grant of $250,000 for the upcoming |
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fiscal year to support its general legal services for Baltimore's underprivileged. |
06-0227R
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Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Robert W. Curran, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Paula |
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Johnson Branch, James B. Kraft, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch and |
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Edward L. Reisinger |
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Informational Hearing - Making Central Garage More MBE/WBE Inclusive |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Chief of Compliance for the Department of |
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Public Works, the Contract Administrator for the Department of Public Works, the |
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Director of the Bureau of Purchasing, and the Director of Mayor's Office of |
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Minority Business Development brief the City Council on ways that they feel |
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Central Garage contracts can be made more inclusive of MBE/WBE businesses. |
06-0228R
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Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Paula Johnson Branch, James B. Kraft, Keiffer |
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J. Mitchell, Jr., Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger and |
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Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector |
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Informational Hearing - Maryland Freedom Board of Education |
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FOR the purpose of inviting members of the Maryland Freedom Board of |
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Education to share with the City Council and the general public information on the |
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genesis of the organization, the specific funding and programmatic goals to achieve |
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parity in public education throughout Maryland, the action plan for achieving the |
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goals of the Board, and plans for the future advocacy agenda of the grassroots |
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organization. |
06-0229R
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Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Paula Johnson Branch, |
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James B. Kraft, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke and |
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Edward L. Reisinger |
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EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE |
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Organizational Hearing - Baltimore City Council Task Force on Childhood |
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Obesity - A Call to Action |
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FOR the purpose of calling together school, preschool, and after-school personnel, |
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health care providers, parents, community groups, faith-based organizations, and |
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other stakeholders in a campaign to address the critical problem of childhood |
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obesity by creating a partnership across sectors with the mission to identify the |
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specific roles that must be undertaken to prevent the onset of childhood obesity, to |
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formulate a plan to combat the escalation of the problem among those children |
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at-risk, and to devise a medical and behavioral treatment model to treat the diseases |
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caused by this epidemic and to prevent the onset of sickness in the target |
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population. |
06-0230R
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Agnes Welch, Robert W. Curran, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Paula |
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Johnson Branch, James B. Kraft, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Mary Pat Clarke, |
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Edward L. Reisinger, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector and Stephanie Rawlings |
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Blake |
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In Remembrance - Enolia P. McMillan |
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FOR the purpose of celebrating the life of Enolia P. McMillan, who as a mother, |
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wife, educator, and former president of the NAACP, was a relentless fighter for |
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justice who dedicated her life to initiating the betterment of ours and to a lifelong |
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crusade for equality for people of all races, creeds, and colors. |
06-0231R
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President Dixon, Robert W. Curran, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Paula |
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Johnson Branch, James B. Kraft, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Mary Pat Clarke, |
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Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Agnes Welch, Edward L. Reisinger and |
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake |
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Committee of the Whole
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The Baltimore City Comprehensive Master Plan |
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FOR the purpose of establishing a Comprehensive Master Plan for the City of |
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Baltimore; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0466
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
Economic Development and Public Financing
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Charter School Development Financing Authority - Funding the Education of |
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Our Children |
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FOR the purpose of requesting that the City of Baltimore, along with local business |
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owners, non-profit organizations, and other various private organizations, come |
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together to aid in the formation of the Charter School Development Financing |
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Authority in order to help Baltimore City Charter Schools develop innovative |
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financing to pay for the upkeep of current facilities, provide funding for new |
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charter school construction projects, and student grants, as well as provide the |
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means to obtain and promote donations for the benefit of charter schools in |
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Baltimore City. |
05-0096R
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Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., President Dixon, Robert W. Curran, Kenneth N. |
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Harris, Sr., Mary Pat Clarke, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Edward L. |
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Reisinger, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Agnes Welch, Paula Johnson Branch |
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and James B. Kraft |
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
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Sale of Property - A Portion of Wells 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 a |
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portion of the former bed of Wells Street, contiguous to the south side thereof, and |
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extending from Light Street easterly to the former bed of Johnson Street, and no |
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longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0365
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Land Use and Transportation
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Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted |
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Living) - 3617-19 Seven Mile Lane |
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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 3617-19 Seven Mile Lane, as outlined in red on |
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the accompanying plat. |
06-0471
Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
Taxation and Finance
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Building Code - Penalties |
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FOR the purpose of increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of the |
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Building Code; conforming certain language; and generally relating to enforcement |
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of the Building Code. |
06-0345
James B. Kraft, Edward L. Reisinger and Nicholas C. D'Adamo
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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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)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
3R
Third Reader
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Third Reader (requires invocation of CC Rule 12-1 for same day advance from |
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2nd to 3rd Reader) |
Third Reader (to be held one meeting)
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Rezoning - 1412-1418 South Carey Street |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1412-1418 |
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South Carey Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 |
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Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District. |
06-0423
Agnes Welch
Third Reader (for final passage)
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Zoning - Health Care Clinics - Substance Abuse Treatment Centers |
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FOR the purpose of broadening the classification for clinics; deleting the |
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separate classification for substance abuse treatment centers; redefining certain |
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terms; conforming certain language; and generally relating to the zoning of |
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facilities for the examination and treatment of people on an out-patient basis. |
05-0220
City Council President (Administration)
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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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Urban Renewal - Central Business District - Amendment _ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for the Central Business |
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District to authorize the acquisition by purchase or by condemnation of certain |
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properties for urban renewal purposes; create new disposition lots; revise exhibits |
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to reflect the changes in the Plan; make minor technical corrections; waiving |
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certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this |
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Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction |
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with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date. |
06-0465
City Council President (Administration)
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Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Miscellaneous |
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General Expenses - $900 |