Monday, November 19, 2007
5:00 PM
City of Baltimore
|
100 North Holliday Street |
|
Baltimore, Maryland 21202 |
City Hall
City Council
|
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, President of the Council |
|
Robert Curran, 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: Sharon Green Middleton |
|
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: Vernon E. Crider - District 14: Mary Pat Clarke |
Meeting Agenda - Final
Call to Order
Invocation
Reverend Milton Williams, New Life Evangelical Baptist Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Susan Burgess, Principal, George Washington Elementary School
Approval of the Journal
October 29, 2007
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
November 8, 2008
|
Acquisition of Property - 3200 East Biddle Street (Block 6150A, Lot 004) |
|
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to |
|
acquire, by purchase or condemnation, the fee simple or other interests in certain |
|
property known as 3200 East Biddle Street (Block 6150A, Lot 004), and needed for |
|
industrial growth; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0644
City Council President (Administration)
|
Multiple-Family Dwellings - First Amendment Accommodations |
|
FOR the purpose of preserving the constitutional rights of occupants of |
|
multiple-family dwellings; prohibiting bylaws, rules, regulations, or actions that |
|
impair certain constitutional rights or that prohibit or deny reasonable |
|
accommodation for religious practices; imposing certain penalties; providing for a |
|
special effective date; and generally relating to the regulation of apartment houses, |
|
condominiums, and other multiple-family dwellings. |
07-0648
|
Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Robert W. Curran, President Rawlings-Blake, |
|
James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, |
|
Edward L. Reisinger, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
|
Vernon E. Crider and Mary Pat Clarke |
|
Zoning - Open Space Zoning District |
|
FOR the purpose of establishing a new zoning district, to be known as the Open |
|
Space District; stating the purpose and scope of the district; establishing certain use |
|
and bulk regulations for properties in the district; establishing certain off-street |
|
parking and sign requirements; and generally relating to the establishment and |
|
requisites of an Open Space Zoning District. |
07-0710
City Council President (Administration)
|
Zoning - Conditional Use Restaurant: Drive-In - 5711 Belair Road |
|
FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
|
maintenance, and operation of a restaurant: drive-in on the property known as 5711 |
|
Belair Road, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
07-0715
Nicholas C. D'Adamo
|
FOR the purpose of authorizing certain actions to abate certain nuisances; |
|
providing for notice and opportunity for hearing; prohibiting certain conduct; |
|
imposing penalties; and generally relating to abating public nuisances. |
07-0717
|
Helen L. Holton, James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat |
|
Clarke, Vernon E. Crider, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Belinda K. |
|
Conaway, Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr., Robert W. Curran and President |
|
Rawlings-Blake |
|
Urban Renewal - Washington Village Urban Renewal Area - Amendment _ |
|
FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for the Washington Village |
|
Urban Renewal Area to amend Exhibits 1 and 4 to reflect the change in zoning, |
|
upon approval by separate ordinance, for a portion of 1100 James Street; waiving |
|
certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this |
|
Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction |
|
with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0769
Agnes Welch
|
Baltimore City Landmark List - Union Baptist Church |
|
FOR the purpose of designating Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue, as |
|
a historical landmark. |
07-0779
City Council President (Administration)
|
Sale of Property - 1101 North Wolfe Street (Elmer Henderson Elementary |
|
School) |
|
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 |
|
former Elmer Henderson Elementary School located at 1101 North Wolfe Street |
|
(Block 1550, Lot 1) and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a |
|
special effective date. |
07-0781
City Council President (Administration)
|
Sale of Property - 1731 East Chase Street (Luther Craven Mitchell |
|
Elementary School) |
|
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 |
|
former Luther Craven Mitchell Elementary School located at 1731 East Chase |
|
Street (Block 1565, Lot 39) and no longer needed for public use; and providing for |
|
a special effective date. |
07-0782
City Council President (Administration)
|
Supplementary Tax Increment Loan Fund Capital Appropriation - |
|
Department of Housing and Community Development - $85,000,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Tax Increment Loan Fund Capital |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $85,000,000 to the Department of Housing and |
|
Community Development (Account #9910-587-979), to provide tax increment |
|
financing and refinancing of the acquisition of property, the relocation of |
|
businesses and/or residents, site removal, and certain public improvements in the |
|
East Baltimore Research Park area; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0783
City Council President (Administration)
|
East Baltimore Research Park Phase II - Development District |
|
FOR the purpose of designating a "development district" to be known as "East |
|
Baltimore Research Park Phase II Development District"; providing for and |
|
determining various matters in connection with the establishment of the |
|
development district; creating a special tax increment fund for that development |
|
district; allocating certain property taxes to that fund; making certain findings and |
|
determinations; providing for a special effective date; 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 and other matters |
|
pertaining to any special obligation bonds or notes issued in connection with the |
|
development district. |
07-0784
City Council President (Administration)
|
East Baltimore Research Park - Special Obligation Bonds |
|
FOR the purpose of providing for the issuance of special obligation bonds in an |
|
amount not exceeding $85,000,000 for the purpose of financing and of refinancing |
|
the acquisition of property, the relocation of businesses and/or residents, site |
|
removal, and certain public improvements; providing for the method and sources of |
|
payment for these special obligation bonds; authorizing the Board of Finance to |
|
specify, prescribe, determine, provide for, and approve the details, forms, |
|
documents, or procedures in connection with the special obligation bonds and any |
|
other matters necessary or desirable in connection with the authorization, issuance, |
|
sale, and payment of these special obligation bonds; providing that the City, in each |
|
fiscal year in which any bonds are outstanding, use its best efforts to obtain the |
|
appropriation of the Tax Increment Revenues, the Special Tax Revenues, and the |
|
Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Revenues (as such terms are defined herein) in the |
|
amounts and at the times specified in a trust agreement or agreements between the |
|
City and a bank or trust company appointed as trustee thereunder; providing for a |
|
special effective date; and generally relating to the issuance and payment of special |
|
obligation bonds. |
07-0786
City Council President (Administration)
|
Bond Fund Capital Appropriation Transfer - Baltimore City Public Schools |
|
(Account #9904-129-086) to The Department of Housing and Community |
|
Development (Account #9910-587-037) - $1,500,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of transferring a Bond Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount |
|
of $1,500,000 from the Baltimore City Public Schools (Account #9904-129-086) to |
|
the Department of Housing and Community Development (Account |
|
#9910-587-037); and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0814
City Council President (Administration)
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Miscellaneous |
|
General Expenses - $300,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $300,000 to the MR-Miscellaneous General |
|
Expenses - Program 122 (Miscellaneous General Expenses), to provide funding for |
|
Dr. Bob's Pediatric Hospice; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0817
City Council President (Administration)
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Department of |
|
Legislative Reference - $65,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $65,000 to the Department of Legislative Reference |
|
- Program 107 (Archives and Records Management), to provide funding for the |
|
Consultant Study - Archives; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0818
City Council President (Administration)
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Miscellaneous |
|
General Expenses - $301,696 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $301,696 to the MR-Miscellaneous General |
|
Expenses - Program 122 (Miscellaneous General Expenses), to provide funding for |
|
After School Programs; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0819
City Council President (Administration)
|
Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - MR-Miscellaneous |
|
General Expenses - $70,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $70,000 to the MR-Miscellaneous General |
|
Expenses - Program 122 (Miscellaneous General Expenses), to provide funding for |
|
Baltimore Partners for Enhanced Learning; and providing for a special effective |
|
date. |
07-0820
City Council President (Administration)
|
Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Recreation and Parks - |
|
$1,000,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Department of Recreation and |
|
Parks (Account #9938-475-752), to provide funding for various parks |
|
improvements in City parks; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0824
City Council President (Administration)
November 19, 2007
|
State Related Economic Development Projects |
|
FOR the purpose of authorizing and providing for negotiated payments in lieu of |
|
taxes ("PILOTs") in connection with multi-use projects that combine at least 150 |
|
units of newly constructed residential housing, a parking structure containing at |
|
least 1000 parking spaces, and attendant retail space (collectively referred to as a |
|
"State Related Economic Development Project(s)") constructed on land owned by |
|
the State of Maryland; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to |
|
enter into all arrangements necessary to effectuate PILOTs for such State Related |
|
Economic Development Projects, by any and all necessary and proper means; |
|
making certain legislative findings concerning the public benefits of this |
|
Ordinance; providing that the assessment of the property shall be carried on the |
|
assessment books as though the property were taxable for the purposes of |
|
determining the amount of any State aid that is based on the assessable base of the |
|
City; authorizing the Board of Estimates to approve the final terms of the PILOT |
|
Agreements; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0802
City Council President (Administration)
Bills Introduced
|
Baltimore City Congratulates George Washington Elementary School #022 - |
|
National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence |
|
FOR the purpose of recognizing the accomplishments of the hardworking students, |
|
the devoted parents, the dedicated teachers, and the committed Principal and |
|
administrative staff of George Washington Elementary School in being named a |
|
National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education, |
|
applauding the academic perseverance that led to School #022 becoming 1 of only |
|
6 schools in Maryland to be elevated to this status, encouraging them to keep up the |
|
good work, and exhorting schools throughout Baltimore City to follow George |
|
Washington Elementary School's example of excellence. |
07-0840
|
President Rawlings-Blake, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' |
|
Young, Belinda K. Conaway, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes Welch, |
|
Mary Pat Clarke and Edward L. Reisinger |
|
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION |
Resolutions Introduced
|
American Indian Heritage Month - November 2007 |
|
FOR the purpose of celebrating American Indian Heritage Month by honoring and |
|
recognizing the original peoples of this land, who played a unique role in the |
|
shaping of our Nation's history and culture, and encouraging all members of our |
|
community to participate in the observation of American Indian Heritage Month by |
|
celebrating the heritage and the contributions of American Indian and Alaska |
|
Native peoples to this Nation. |
07-0344R
|
James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Sharon |
|
Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger, Belinda K. |
|
Conaway, Agnes Welch and President Rawlings-Blake |
|
In Recognition of the Department of Public Works' Celebration of the 10th |
|
Annual America Recycles Day on November 15, 2007 |
|
FOR the purpose of commending the Director and employees of the Solid Waste |
|
Bureau of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works on their comprehensive |
|
efforts to develop an all-inclusive recycling program for the residents and |
|
businesses of Baltimore City and recognizing the importance of recycling in |
|
protecting the resources, the environment, and the quality of life on our Planet |
|
Earth, as celebrated on the 10th annual America Recycles Day - November 15, |
|
2007. |
07-0345R
|
Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Sharon |
|
Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger, Belinda K. |
|
Conaway, Agnes Welch and President Rawlings-Blake |
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Executive Appointments
|
Frederick H. Bealefeld, III |
|
Police Commissioner of Baltimore City |
EA07-0219
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
Budget and Appropriations
|
Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Housing |
|
and Community Development - $3,000,000 |
|
FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
|
Appropriation in the amount of $3,000,000 to the Department of Housing and |
|
Community Development (Account #9910-600-878), to provide funding for the |
|
Howard Park Grocery Store Project; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0836
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Highways and Franchises
|
Franchise - Private Sanitary Force Main and Sewer Pipe Under and Across a |
|
Portion of Duncanwood Lane and North Highland Avenue Rights-of-Way |
|
FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to East Baltimore Resources, Inc., to |
|
construct, use, and maintain a private sanitary force main and sewer pipe under and |
|
across portions of the Duncanwood Lane and North Highland Avenue |
|
rights-of-way, connecting 3501 Federal Street to an existing City sanitary manhole |
|
in Duncanwood Lane, subject to certain terms, conditions, and reservations; and |
|
providing for a special effective date. |
07-0732
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
|
Franchise - Methane Gas Line and Telecommunications Conduit Under and |
|
Across the Hawkins Point Road Right-of-way |
|
FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to Ameresco Curtis Bay, LLC, to |
|
construct, use, and maintain a methane gas line and telecommunications conduit |
|
under and across the 2400 block of Hawkins Point Road, subject to certain terms, |
|
conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0733
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
|
City Streets - Closing - Dallas Street and a 2.5 Foot Wide Alley |
|
FOR the purpose of condemning and closing (1) Dallas Street, extending from |
|
Fleet Street southerly to Aliceanna Street and (2) a 2.5 foot wide alley laid out in |
|
the rear of the properties known as 1508 through 1514 Aliceanna Street, extending |
|
from Dallas Street easterly to its easternmost extremity, and lying within the Fells |
|
Point Urban Renewal Project, as shown on Plat 346-A-59 in the Office of the |
|
Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
07-0772
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
|
Release of Right of Way - for Various Existing Variable Width Rights of Way |
|
Granted to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore through the Property of |
|
the Baltimore Development Corporation, Formerly Known as Hollander |
|
Ridge |
|
FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City |
|
Council of Baltimore of all of its interests in and to various existing variable width |
|
rights of way for Perpetual Easements for Municipal Utilities and Services granted |
|
to the City of Baltimore through the property of the Baltimore Development |
|
Corporation, formerly known as Hollander Ridge, the location and course of the |
|
various existi |