City of Baltimore Legistar System

Sheila Dixon, President of the Council

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Vice President

District 1: James Kraft - District 2: Nicholas C. D'Adamo

District 3: Robert W. Curran - District 4: Kenneth N. Harris, Sr.

District 5: Rochelle "Rikki" Spector - District 6: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

District 7: Belinda Conaway - District 8: Helen L. Holton

District 9: Agnes Welch - District 10: Edward L. Reisinger

District 11: Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. - District 12: Bernard C. "Jack" Young

District 13: Paula Johnson Branch - District 14: Mary Pat Clarke

Supplementary MVR Capital Appropriation and Special Fund Appropriation

- CBD Sidewalk Reconstruction Project - $1,029,000

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

amount of $503,000 and Special Fund Appropriation in the amount of $526,000 to

provide funding for the Sidewalk Reconstruction Project in the Central Business

District; and providing for a special effective date.

Transit and Traffic - Street Parking - Administration

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the suspension of general street-parking privileges

in favor of special permitees or other private persons; establishing certain

exceptions; and generally relating to providing equal parking for all.

Property Tax - Senior Citizens Tax Credits

FOR the purpose of establishing a tax credit for certain senior citizens under certain

conditions; setting the terms, conditions, and duration of the credit; providing for

the administration of the credit; and generally relating to property tax credits.

James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Helen L. Holton, Paula Johnson

Branch, Edward L. Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke and President Dixon

ORDINANCE

TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

Resolutions Introduced

Facility Solutions - Our Children Deserve A Better Plan

FOR the purpose of requesting the Governor-Elect and the Maryland State Board of

Education to revise the policy of requiring school closures in return for State

funding of capital needs within the Baltimore City Public School System and to

support a moratorium on the further closure of schools under Phases 2 and 3 of the

locally-adopted Facility Solutions Program.

Mary Pat Clarke, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young and Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr.

RESOLUTION

IMMEDIATE ADOPTION

Organizational Meeting - A Committee to Create to A Bill of Rights for the

Children and Youth of Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of creating an organizational committee that will create a venue

to engage the children and youth of Baltimore City in all-inclusive process to

identify issues of the most import to their mental stability, physical health,

substantive education, general well being, and future spiritual and economic

prosperity; to ratify these issues in an official document comprising A Bill of

Rights for the Children and Youth of Baltimore City to be adopted by the City

Council; and to ultimately call upon themselves, the community, organizations,

governmental entities, and elected officials, as is appropriate, to uphold the

provisions of the document through thought, word, deed, and legislative action.

Helen L. Holton, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, James B. Kraft, Paula Johnson

Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger and Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr.

RESOLUTION

EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

The Baltimore City Council Task Force To Secure the Integrity of Baltimore

City Elections

FOR the purpose of establishing a task force to ensure the validity of the 2007

Mayoral and future elections by evaluating the accessability, geographic placement,

and number of polling places throughout the City; assessing the efficacy and

timing of the current educational program for election judges; and performing a

comprehensive fiscal and operational audit of the Baltimore City electoral process.

Helen L. Holton, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, James B. Kraft, Paula Johnson

Branch, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Mary Pat Clarke and Edward L. Reisinger

RESOLUTION

JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE

Informational Hearing - City Purchasing Policy - Utilization of Small Business

Vendors

FOR the purpose of requesting the City Purchasing Agent to report to the City

Council on the City's use of small businesses to fulfill local government contracts

for the delivery of goods and services to enable the Council to assess if current

policy is satisfactory to ensure that small businesses have ample opportunity to

participate in the bid process and to determine if contracts are being awarded to

bona fide small businesses actually located within the City limits.

Helen L. Holton, James B. Kraft, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Mary Pat Clarke,

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo,

Belinda K. Conaway, Paula Johnson Branch and Agnes Welch

Sale of Property - Air Rights over a 2-Foot Portion of Wolfe Street

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at

either public or private sale, all its interest in a certain parcel of land known as the

air rights over a 2-foot portion of Wolfe Street contiguous to the east side thereof,

extending from Madison Street, Northerly 321.4 feet, more or less, to Ashland

Avenue, and at a horizontal plane having an elevation of 109.0 feet and ascending

to an elevation of unlimited height and no longer needed for public use; and

providing for a special effective date.

Sale of Property - Certain Alleys Lying Within the Washington Hill Chapel

Urban Renewal Area 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 certain parcels of land known as the

former beds of 2 4-foot alleys and 1 3-foot alley lying within the Washington Hill

Chapel Urban Renewal Project and no longer needed for public use; and providing

for a special effective date.

Sale of Property - the Former Bed of Montreal Street and 2 Portions of the

Former Bed of Mount Royal Avenue

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 known as the

former bed of Montreal Street and 2 portions of the former bed of Mount Royal

Avenue and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective

date.

Sale of Property - 407, 409, 415, 417, 419, and 421 East Chase Street; and

Approximately 75 Feet of Warden Street Right of Way from 4-Foot Alley

North to East Chase Street

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at

either public or private sale, all its interest in certain property known as 407, 409,

415, 417, 419, and 421 East Chase Street, and approximately 75 feet of the Warden

Street right of way from a 4-foot alley north to East Chase Street, no longer needed

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

Sale of Property - South Side West North Avenue Southeast Corner West

Mount Royal Avenue (Block 386, Lot 11)

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 property known as South

Side West North Avenue Southeast Corner West Mount Royal Avenue (Block 386,

Lot 11) and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective

date.

City Streets - Opening - Certain Alleys Lying Within the Washington Hill

Chapel Urban Renewal Area Project

FOR the purpose of condemning and opening certain alleys lying within the

Washington Hill Chapel Urban Renewal Area Project, bounded by Lombard Street,

Broadway, Baltimore Street, and Ann Street, as shown on Plat 114-A-12 in the

Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective

date.

City Streets - Closing - Certain Alleys Lying Within the Washington Hill

Chapel Urban Renewal Area Project

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

Washington Hill Chapel Urban Renewal Area Project, bounded by Lombard Street,

Broadway, Baltimore Street, and Ann Street, as shown on Plat 114-A-12A in the

Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective

date.

City Streets - Opening - Certain Streets and Alleys Lying Within the Middle

East Urban Renewal Project

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

the Middle East Urban Renewal Project, bounded by Madison Street, Broadway,

Chase Street, and Washington Street, as shown on Plat 348-A-80 in the Office of

the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date.

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

East Urban Renewal Project

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

the Middle East Urban Renewal Project, bounded by Madison Street, Broadway,

Chase Street, and Washington Street, as shown on Plat 348-A-80A in the Office of

the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date.

City Streets - Closing - Montreal Street and 2 Portions of Mount Royal

Avenue

FOR the purpose of condemning and closing (1) Montreal Street, extending from

North Avenue Southerly to Mount Royal Avenue, (2) a portion of Mount Royal

Avenue contiguous to the northeast side thereof, and (3) a portion of Mount Royal

Avenue contiguous to the northeast side thereof, extending from McMechen Street,

Northwesterly 144.3 feet, more or less, as shown on Plat 348-A-87 in the Office of

the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date.

Release of Right-of-Way - a 15.0 Foot Right-of-Way Granted to the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore Through the Property of Loyola - Notre Dame

Library, Inc.

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

Councilof Baltimore of all of its interests in and to the 15.0 foot wide right-of-way

heretofore granted to the City of Baltimore through the property of John W. Garrett

(and Alice W. Garrett, his wife), currently owned by Loyola-Notre Dame Library,

Inc. The location and course of the 15.0 foot wide right-of-way to be released is

shown on a plat numbered H-20-16716 prepared by the Department of Public

Improvements - Highways Department - Sewer Division; and providing for a

special effective date.

Release of Right of Way - a 6.75 Foot Right-of-Way Granted to the Mayor and

City Council of Baltimore Through the Property of 316 Guilford Avenue,

L.L.C.

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

Councilof Baltimore of all of its interests in and to the 6.75 foot wide right-of-way

heretofore granted to the City of Baltimore through the property of Market Tavern,

Inc., currently owned by 316 Guilford Avenue, L.L.C.; the location and course of

the 6.75 foot wide right-of-way to be released being shown on a plat numbered

R.W.20-35944; and providing for a special effective date.

City Streets - Closing - An 85-Foot Wide Portion of Fort Avenue

FOR the purpose of condemning and closing an 85-foot wide portion of Fort

Avenue, extending from Fort McHenry National Monument, northwesterly 130.3

feet, as shown on Plat 346-A-51A in the Office of the Department of Public Works;

and providing for a special effective date.

Parking Fines - Penalties for Nonpayment

FOR the purpose of setting a limit on the penalty imposed for nonpayment of a

citation issued for certain parking, stopping, standing, and related offenses; and

generally relating to fines, penalties, and procedures for certain offenses.

Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr.,

Agnes Welch, Paula Johnson Branch, Belinda K. Conaway, Edward L.

Reisinger and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Baltimore City Commission for Women - Reconstitution

FOR the purpose of reviving and reconstituting the Baltimore City Commission for

Women; providing for the appointment and term of members; providing for staff to

the Commission; restating the Commission's powers and duties; correcting,

clarifying, and conforming certain language; and providing for a special effective

date.

Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Helen L. Holton, Bernard C.

'Jack' Young, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Robert W. Curran, President Dixon,

James B. Kraft, Agnes Welch, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Rochelle 'Rikki'

Spector, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Belinda K. Conaway

Baltimore City Veterans Commission

FOR the purpose of establishing the Baltimore City Veterans Commission;

providing for the appointment, terms, powers, and duties of the Commission;

providing for staff to the Commission; defining certain terms; and generally

relating to assisting veterans and their families.

Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Robert W. Curran, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard

C. 'Jack' Young, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton,

President Dixon, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch, Stephanie Rawlings

Blake, Edward L. Reisinger, Belinda K. Conaway and Rochelle 'Rikki'

Spector

Towing Services - License Fees

FOR the purpose of modifying the application, license, and related fees for persons

engaged in certain towing services; correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain

language; and generally relating to the licensing and regulation of towing services.

Mondawmin Mall Development District

FOR the purpose of designating a "development district" to be known as the

"Mondawmin MallDevelopment District"; providing for and determining various

matters in connection with the establishment of the development district; creating a

special, tax increment fund for the development district; allocating certain property

taxes to that fund; making certain findings and determinations; and generally

relating to the designation and operation of the development district, the

establishment and use of the tax increment fund and the issuance and payment of

special obligation bonds issued in connection with the development district.