Monday, March 12, 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: Vacant - District 14: Mary Pat Clarke |
Meeting Agenda - Final
Call to Order
Invocation
Sister Mary Fitzgerald, President, Institute of Notre Dame High School
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Leslie Mancuso, JHPIEGO, will speak about International Women's Health,
Approval of the Journal
February 26, 2007, 1:30 PM and February 26, 2007, 5:00 PM
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
February 28, 2007
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FOR the purpose of prohibiting smoking in certain enclosed areas; defining |
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certain terms; providing for certain exceptions and waivers; imposing certain |
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penalties; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to |
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smoking in enclosed areas. |
05-0073
Robert W. Curran and Kenneth N. Harris, Sr.
March 5, 2007
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Zoning - Conditional Use - Amending Ordinance 06-343 |
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FOR the purpose of amending Ordinance 06-343 to revise the Exhibit date. |
06-0563
Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector
Executive Nominations
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 2nd District |
EA07-0186
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 3rd District |
EA07-0187
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 4th District |
EA07-0188
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 5th District |
EA07-0189
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 6th District |
EA07-0190
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 6th District |
EA07-0191
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 6th District |
EA07-0192
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 8th District |
EA07-0193
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 9th District |
EA07-0194
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 10th District |
EA07-0195
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 11th District |
EA07-0196
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 12th District |
EA07-0197
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 13th District |
EA07-0198
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 7th District |
EA07-0199
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 1st District |
EA07-0200
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
Bills Introduced
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Elected Official - Salaries |
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FOR the purpose of setting the annual salaries of certain elected officials; providing |
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that these salaries do not apply to incumbents; providing for a special effective |
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date; and generally relating to the salaries of the elected officials of Baltimore City. |
07-0612
City Council President (Administration)
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MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION |
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At the request of: Compensation Commission for Elected Officials |
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FOR the purpose of prohibiting the possession, discharge, or use of air rifles, air |
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guns, and BB guns, as well as their transfer to minors; imposing certain penalties; |
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and generally relating to air rifles, air guns, and BB guns. |
07-0613
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Mary Pat Clarke, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., James B. |
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Kraft, Robert W. Curran, Agnes Welch, Edward L. Reisinger and Sharon |
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Green Middleton |
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PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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Baltimore City Arts, Dining, and Entertainment Partnership Task Force |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a task force to organize the |
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development of the Baltimore City Arts, Dining, and Entertainment Partnership to |
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promote arts, culture, dining, and entertainment in the City by bringing together |
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key stakeholders to create a healthy, well managed environment for these activities. |
07-0263R
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President Rawlings-Blake, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, James B. Kraft, |
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Helen L. Holton, Robert W. Curran, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda K. |
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Conaway, Agnes Welch, Edward L. Reisinger and Sharon Green |
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Middleton |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Women's History Month - March, 2007 |
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FOR the purpose of adopting the Congressional Women's History Month |
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Proclamation, joining with the rest of the country in a national celebration of the |
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many historic contributions women have made to this nation, and proudly |
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acknowledging a historic moment in Baltimore City's women's history. |
07-0264R
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President Rawlings-Blake, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, James B. Kraft, |
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Helen L. Holton, Robert W. Curran, Belinda K. Conaway, Mary Pat |
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Clarke, Agnes Welch, Edward L. Reisinger and Sharon Green Middleton |
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In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 211/House Bill 225 - Criminal |
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Law - Death Penalty - Repeal |
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FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would repeal the death penalty, |
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repeal procedures and requirements related to the death penalty, and provide that |
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inmates who have been sentenced to death may not be executed and shall be |
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considered as having received a sentence of life imprisonment without the |
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possibility of parole under specified circumstances; urging the Honorable Chair and |
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Members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, the Honorable Chair and |
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Members of the House Judiciary Committee, and the Baltimore City Delegations to |
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the Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and |
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petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law. |
07-0265R
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Mary Pat Clarke, Helen L. Holton, President Rawlings-Blake, James B. |
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Kraft, Robert W. Curran, Belinda K. Conaway, Agnes Welch and Sharon |
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Green Middleton |
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center |
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FOR the purpose of inviting the Executive Director of the Baltimore Truancy |
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Assessment Center to advise the City Council on the efficacy of the Center in |
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lowering the rate of truancy in the Baltimore Public School System, in securing |
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inter-agency services to prevent truancy, in addressing social issues that negatively |
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impact school-age children, and in decreasing the incidents of crimes perpetrated |
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by juveniles. |
07-0266R
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Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Helen L. Holton, Robert W. Curran, Mary Pat |
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Clarke and Agnes Welch |
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EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE |
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Request to the Mayor - A Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center for West |
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Baltimore |
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FOR the purpose of urging the Mayor to provide funding for, and to identify a |
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building appropriate to house, a truancy center for West Baltimore using the |
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Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center in East Baltimore as a programmatic and |
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operational model. |
07-0267R
Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Robert W. Curran and Mary Pat Clarke
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EDUCATION, HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE COMMITTEE |
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Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Public School System - School Police |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Chief of School Police, Baltimore City Public |
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School System and the Baltimore City Police Commissioner to report to the City |
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Council on the efficacy of the proposed merger of the school police with the |
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Baltimore City police force to address juvenile crime and increasing gang activity |
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in the public school system. |
07-0268R
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Kenneth N. Harris, Sr., Helen L. Holton, Mary Pat Clarke and Agnes |
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Welch |
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PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE |
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In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 901/House Bill 1220 - Chesapeake |
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Bay Green Fund |
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FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would establish a Chesapeake |
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Bay Green Fund, prohibit a local government from granting specified permits until |
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a person pays an Impervious Surface Fee, establish a fee for development inside or |
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outside specified areas exempting specified projects, prohibit money in the Fund |
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from reverting or being transferred to the General Fund, require the Comptroller to |
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distribute the Fund to specified units of State government and the Chesapeake Bay |
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Trust, and establish a Chesapeake Bay Green Fund Oversight and Accountability |
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Committee; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Rules |
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Committee, the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Rules and Executive |
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Nominations Committee, and the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore |
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City Delegation to the 2007 Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the |
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legislation; and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law. |
07-0269R
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James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Robert W. Curran, Mary Pat |
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Clarke, Belinda K. Conaway, Edward L. Reisinger, Sharon Green |
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Middleton and Agnes Welch |
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In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 409/House Bill 890 - Global |
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Warming Solutions - Reduction In Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
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FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would establish limits on |
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emissions of greenhouse gases, require the Department of the Environment to |
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determine the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level from 1990 and establish a |
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statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit based on that level, require the |
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Department to prepare a plan that identifies and recommends specified measures |
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after consulting with other State agencies, establish the Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
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Reduction Fund and create the Office of Climate Change within the Department |
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and specifying its duties; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate |
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Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, the Honorable Chair and |
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Members of the House Economic Matters and Environmental Matters Committee, |
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and the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the |
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2007 Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and |
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petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law. |
07-0270R
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James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Helen L. Holton, Robert W. |
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Curran, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda K. Conaway, Edward L. Reisinger, |
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Sharon Green Middleton and Agnes Welch |
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Budget and Appropriations
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Supplementary State Fund Capital Appropriation - Fire Department - |
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$815,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary State Fund Capital Appropriation |
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in the amount of $815,000 to the Fire Department (Account #9920-209-031), to |
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provide funding for improvements to the 800 Megahertz Emergency Response |
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System; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0579
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Supplementary Loan Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of |
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Transportation - $30,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Loan Fund Capital Appropriation |
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in the amount of $30,000,000 to the Department of Transportation (Account |
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#9950-514-800), to provide capital appropriations for resurfacing various roadways |
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within the City; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0580
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Land Use and Transportation
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Rezoning - 1800 South Hanover Street |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1800 South |
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Hanover Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 |
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Zoning District to the B-2-4 Zoning District. |
06-0376
Edward L. Reisinger
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
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Rezoning - 1834 South Charles Street |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1834 South |
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Charles Street , as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 |
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Zoning District to the B-2-3 Zoning District. |
06-0377
Edward L. Reisinger
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment - Wyndholme Village |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the |
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Wyndholme Village Planned Unit Development. |
06-0469
Helen L. Holton
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
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Rezoning - 1043 South Hanover Street |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1043 South |
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Hanover Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the R-8 Zoning |
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District to the B-2-3 Zoning District. |
06-0545
Edward L. Reisinger
REPORTED FAVORABLE
3R
Third Reader
Third Reader (for final passage)
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Rezoning - 2/40 East Wells Street |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 2/40 East Wells |
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Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District |
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to the R-8 Zoning District. |
06-0375
Edward L. Reisinger
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Sale of Property - 251-253 South Ann Street (Block 1754, Lot 26) |
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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 property known as 251-253 |
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South Ann Street (Block 1754, Lot 26) and no longer needed for public use; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
06-0436
City Council President (Administration)
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Mopeds and Motor Scooters - Registration and Operation |
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FOR the purpose of reauthorizing the use of certain mopeds and motor scooters, |
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subject to certain conditions; reinstating registration requirements for these |
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vehicles; prohibiting certain uses of these and other vehicles; defining certain |
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terms; imposing certain penalties; clarifying certain language; authorizing |
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enforcement and administration by the Department of Transportation; and |
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generally relating to mopeds, motor scooters, dirt bikes, and unregistered |
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motorcycles and similar vehicles. |
06-0438
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James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert W. Curran, Agnes Welch, |
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Helen L. Holton, Belinda K. Conaway, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Rochelle |
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'Rikki' Spector and Paula Johnson Branch |
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Special Enforcement Officers - Transportation Department |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the appointment of Special Enforcement Officers |
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from among employees of the Department of Transportation; and generally relating |
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to Special Enforcement Officers. |
06-0478
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Mary Pat Clarke, President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Edward L. |
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Reisinger, Belinda K. Conaway and Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. |
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Building Code - Design Professionals - Permits - Violations |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the Building Official to require the use of a |
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registered or licensed design professional or other specialist or expert for certain |
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work; modifying the circumstances under which a permit may be revoked and |
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future permits withheld for certain violations; correcting, clarifying, and |
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conforming certain language; and generally relating to building permits and |
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sanctions for&n |
