Monday, February 26, 2007
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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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, President of the Council |
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Robert Curran, 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: Sharon Green Middleton |
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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 Erroll Gilliard, Greater Harvest Baptist Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
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Dr. Joanne Martin, Founder, The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum - "Stimulating an |
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interest in African-American History" |
Approval of the Journal
February 12, 2006
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
February 15, 2007
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Urban Renewal - Canton Industrial Area - Amendment _ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Canton Industrial Area |
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to revise the boundary of the existing Urban Renewal Plan and revising exhibits to |
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reflect the changes in the Plan; waiving certain content and procedural |
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requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the |
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application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
06-0371
City Council President (Administration)
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment - Cylburn Hills |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the |
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Cylburn Hills Planned Unit Development. |
06-0509
Stephanie Rawlings Blake and Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector
Executive Nominations
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Member - Planning Commission - 2nd District |
EA07-0185
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
Bills Introduced
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City Streets - Closing - Certain Streets Lying Within the Freedom and |
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Claremont Homes Project |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets lying within the area |
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bounded by Sinclair Lane, Erdman Avenue, Federal Street, the Baltimore Gas and |
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Electric Company Right-of-Way, and Shannon Drive, as shown on Plat 114-A-16 |
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in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
07-0593
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Public Works |
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Highways and Franchises Subcommittee |
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Release of Right of Way - a Portion of a 16-Foot Wide Right of Way Granted |
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to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Through the Property of the |
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Maryland Port Administration |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City |
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Councilof Baltimore of all its interests in and to a portion of a 16-foot wide right of |
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way granted to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore through the property of |
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the Arundel Sand and Gravel Company currently owned by the Maryland Port |
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Administration, as shown on Plat R.W. 20-33198 prepared by the Right of Way |
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Division. The location and course of the portion of the 16-foot wide right of way to |
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be released being shown on Plat R.W. 20-33198A prepared by the Survey Control |
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Section; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0594
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Public Works |
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Highways and Franchises Subcommittee |
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City Property - Grant of Easements |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to grant |
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Perpetual Easements for a proposed 115 KV Underground Duct Bank through the |
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parcels of land known as Lot 4/5 of Block 7427, Lot 1/2 and 2A of Block 828, and |
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Block 812 as shown on plats numbered R.W. 20-36215, R.W. 20-36216 and R.W. |
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20-36217, prepared by Dewberry & Davis LLC, and filed in the Office of the |
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Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0595
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Public Works |
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Highways and Franchises Subcommittee |
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FOR the purpose of establishing a Public Art Commission; providing for its |
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composition, functions, powers, and duties; requiring the allocation of certain |
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construction-project funds to be used for artwork; defining certain terms; |
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abolishing the Civic Design Commission; and generally relating to public |
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construction projects. |
07-0596
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Historic Restorations and Rehabilitations - Tax Credit |
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FOR the purpose of extending the automatic termination of the tax credit for |
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certain improvements to historic properties; providing for a special effective date; |
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and generally relating to tax credits against the Baltimore City real property tax. |
07-0597
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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Revenue Obligations - Water Projects - Maximum Aggregate Principal |
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Amount |
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FOR the purpose of increasing the maximum aggregate principal amount of |
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revenue obligations that may be issued by the City under Ordinance 04-687; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
07-0598
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Bureau of Treasury Management |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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Revenue Obligations - Wastewater Projects - Maximum Aggregate Principal |
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Amount |
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FOR the purpose of increasing the maximum aggregate principal amount of |
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revenue obligations that may be issued by the City under Ordinance 02-332; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
07-0599
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Bureau of Treasury Management |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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Sale of Property - Freedomway North and Freedomway West |
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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 beds of Freedomway North and Freedomway West and no longer needed for |
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public use; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0600
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Public Works |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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Employees' and Elected Officials' Retirement Systems - Post-Retirement |
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Benefit Increases |
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FOR the purpose of altering the process under which the frequency of the |
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distribution of retirement benefits is determined; requiring retirement dates to be on |
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a certain day of the month; recodifying certain provisions dealing with member |
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contributions; consolidating and altering the accounting procedures for certain |
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funds; providing for a sunset date for certain existing post-retirement benefit |
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provisions; altering certain retirement payment options; altering certain |
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post-retirement increases to periodic benefits; authorizing the Board, under certain |
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circumstances, to serve in a fiduciary capacity for other City trust funds; making |
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the provisions of this Ordinance severable; correcting, clarifying, and conforming |
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certain language; and generally relating to the administration of retirement benefits. |
07-0601
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Employees' Retirement System |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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Building Code - Green Building Requirements |
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FOR the purpose of requiring certain non-residential buildings and certain |
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multi-family residential buildings to achieve certain standards for energy efficiency |
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and environmental design; requiring certain applicants for building permits to |
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submit certain plans relating to energy efficiency and environmental design; |
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requiring that compliance with certain energy efficiency and environmental design |
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standards be a condition of certain building permits and occupancy permits; |
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requiring certain regulations to implement these requirements; defining certain |
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terms; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the |
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construction of buildings. |
07-0602
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James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Helen L. |
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Holton, Mary Pat Clarke and Paula Johnson Branch |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Maritime Industrial Overlay District - Repealing "Sunset" |
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FOR the purpose of repealing the automatic termination of the Maritime Industrial |
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(Zoning) Overlay District. |
07-0603
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James B. Kraft, Robert W. Curran, President Rawlings-Blake, Agnes |
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Welch and Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Zoning - Conditional Use Convalescent, Nursing, and Rest Home (Assisted |
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Living) - 643 Tunbridge Road |
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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 643 Tunbridge Road, as outlined in red on the |
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accompanying plat. |
07-0604
Kenneth N. Harris, Sr.
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At the request of: All Together Assisted Living, c/o Michelle Wike |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment 3 - York Road and Belvedere |
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Avenue (Belvedere Square) |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the |
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York Road and Belvedere Avenue (Belvedere Square) Planned Unit Development. |
07-0605
Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Robert W. Curran and President Rawlings-Blake
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At the request of: Belvedere holdings, LLC, c/o Stanley S. Fine, Esq. |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Historic Restorations and Rehabilitations - Tax Credit |
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FOR the purpose of extending the automatic termination of the tax credit for |
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certain improvements to historic properties; providing for a special effective date; |
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and generally relating to tax credits against the Baltimore City real property tax. |
07-0606
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Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. |
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Kraft, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Helen L. Holton, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Belinda K. Conaway, Paula Johnson Branch and Agnes Welch |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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Baltimore Development Corporation - Procurement Procedures |
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FOR the purpose of requiring that the processes for requesting or soliciting quotes, |
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bids, or proposals, or for contracts made or proposed by the Baltimore |
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Development Corporation comport with the procurement requirements imposed on |
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City agencies. |
07-0607
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Helen L. Holton, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Kenneth |
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N. Harris, Sr., Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Agnes Welch and Paula Johnson |
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Branch |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System - Fallen Heroes |
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FOR the purpose of modifying, for purposes of the line-of-duty death benefit, the |
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determination of a member's compensation; providing for a special effective date; |
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and generally relating to the Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System. |
07-0608
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Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Nicholas |
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C. D'Adamo, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda K. Conaway |
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and Agnes Welch |
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At the request of: Baltimore City Firefighters, Local 734, c/o Rick Schluderberg, |
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President |
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System - Transfers |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing certain transfers of service previously acquired in a |
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former system; and generally relating to the Fire and Police Employees' Retirement |
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System. |
07-0609
Edward L. Reisinger
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TAXATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE |
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Historical and Architectural Preservation - Interior Protections |
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FOR the purpose of extending certain historical and architectural preservation |
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procedures and protections to apply to the interiors of covered structures; |
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conforming related references; correcting and clarifying certain language; and |
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generally relating to historical and architectural preservation. |
07-0610
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James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo and |
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Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. |
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URBAN AFFAIRS AND AGING COMMITTEE |
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Historical and Architectural Preservation - Special List |
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FOR the purpose of imposing certain safeguards on structures being considered for |
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the Special List; imposing a deadline for the Commission's making a decision; |
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correcting, clarifying, and conforming certain language; and generally relating to |
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the proposal and adoption of the Special List. |
07-0611
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James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Nicholas C. |
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D'Adamo, Mary Pat Clarke, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. and Agnes Welch |
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URBAN AFFAIRS AND AGING COMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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A Tribute to Walter Sondheim Jr. - Baltimore City's Renaissance Man |
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FOR the purpose of expressing our deep appreciation for the contributions of the |
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father of modern Baltimore, Walter Sondheim Jr., for his dedication as a champion |
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for Baltimore's downtown renaissance, his tireless efforts to desegregate Baltimore |
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City schools, for being a leader with vision and determination who helped build |
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Baltimore into the great City that it has become, for helping to bring social and |
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economic prosperity to the city of Baltimore, and for showing us all, by example, |
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that with an optimistic outlook, we can all work together to achieve great things. |
07-0257R
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President Rawlings-Blake, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Robert |
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W. Curran, Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Helen L. Holton, Bernard C. 'Jack' |
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Young, Mary Pat Clarke, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Paula Johnson Branch, |
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Belinda K. Conaway and Agnes Welch |
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Investigative Hearing - Baltimore Fire Academy - Training Safety |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Chief of Fire and the Chief Safety Officer of the |
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Baltimore Fire Department and the Director of Training of the Baltimore Fire |
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Academy to address the City Council on the Academy's level of compliance with |
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national standards for training supervision, safety protocol, and professional |
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instruction; to present a detailed report on areas of non-compliance; and to submit a |
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comprehensive report on procedures to be adopted to attain compliance and to |
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ensure the safety of firefighter recruits. |
07-0258R
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Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Keiffer J. |
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Mitchell, Jr., Belinda K. Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke and Paula Johnson |
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Branch |
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PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE |
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In Support of State Legislation - House Bill 1016 and Senate Bill 595- |
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Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Solar Energy |
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FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would alter renewable energy |
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portfolio standards by requiring that certain portions of electricity in the standard |
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be derived from solar energy; urging the Honorable Chairs and Members of the |
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House Economic Matters Committee and the Senate Finance Committee and |
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requesting the Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House |
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Delegations to the Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the |
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legislation; and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law. |
07-0259R
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James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Helen L. Holton, Bernard C. 'Jack' |
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Young, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda K. Conaway and Paula Johnson Branch |
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In Support of State Legislation - House Bill 839 - Environment - Recycling - |
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Bottle Deposits, Returns, and Refunds |
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FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would require bottle deposits, |
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returns, and refunds on certain beverage containers; requiring a certain person to |
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pay a refund under certain circumstances; requiring counties in the State to open at |
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least one redemption center and requiring the redemption centers to be certified by |
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the Department of the Environment; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of |
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the House Environmental Matters Committee and the Honorable Chair and |
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Members of the Baltimore City Delegations to the Maryland General Assembly to |
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support passage of the legislation and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure |
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into law. |
07-0260R
James B. Kraft and Paula Johnson Branch