Monday, March 10, 2008
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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Edward L. Reisinger, 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: Bill Henry |
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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: William H. Cole, IV - District 12: Bernard C. "Jack" Young |
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District 13: Warren Branch - District 14: Mary Pat Clarke |
Meeting Agenda - Final
Call to Order
Invocation
Sister Mary Fitzgerald, College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Safe and Sound, Baltimore After School Campaign, Erin Hodge-Williams
Approval of the Journal
March 3, 2008
Communications from the Mayor
Executive Nominations
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Chair - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 6th District |
EA08-0049
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 9th District |
EA08-0050
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 8th District |
EA08-0051
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 6th District |
EA08-0052
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 3rd District |
EA08-0053
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 3rd District |
EA08-0054
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 5th District |
EA08-0055
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 11th District |
EA08-0056
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 14th District |
EA08-0057
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 13th District |
EA08-0058
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 4th District |
EA08-0059
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 1st District |
EA08-0060
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 7th District |
EA08-0061
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 10th District |
EA08-0062
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 12th District |
EA08-0063
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Robin L. Truiett-Theodorson |
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 14th District |
EA08-0064
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Baltimore City Commission for Women - 8th District |
EA08-0065
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Planning Commission - 6th District |
EA08-0066
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
Bills Introduced
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FOR the purpose of providing for the disposition of certain foreclosure chattels; |
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requiring certain notice prior to execution of a writ of possession; providing for a |
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postponement of execution under certain circumstances; providing that unclaimed |
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property is deemed abandoned under certain circumstances; prohibiting the |
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placement of eviction chattels in certain public ways; defining certain terms; |
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imposing certain penalties; providing for a special effective date; and generally |
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relating to the removal and disposition of personal property from foreclosed-upon |
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real property. |
08-0065
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Law |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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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 a |
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Perpetual Easement for a steam line through the parcels of land known as 1400 |
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Orleans Street and 540 North Caroline Street, as shown on Plat R.W. 20-36219 |
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Sheets 1 of 2 and 2 of 2 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
08-0066
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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Franchise - Private Steam Line Under and Across Central Avenue and North |
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Caroline Street |
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FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to The Johns Hopkins Hospital to |
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construct, use, and maintain a private steam line under the Central Avenue and |
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North Caroline Street rights-of-way, subject to certain terms, conditions, and |
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reservations; and providing for a special effective date. |
08-0067
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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Water and Sewer Charges - Payment Schedules |
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FOR the purpose of tolling the accrual of certain penalties while payments are |
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being made timely under an agreed-to payment schedule; correcting, clarifying, and |
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conforming certain language; and generally relating to the assessment and |
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collection of charges for water and sewer services. |
08-0068
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Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton, |
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Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Sharon Green |
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Middleton and Edward L. Reisinger |
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TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
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City Streets - Renaming - North Avenue to Harriet Ross Tubman Boulevard |
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and Caroline Street to Frederick Douglass Avenue |
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FOR the purpose of changing the name of North Avenue to Harriet Ross Tubman |
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Boulevard and the name of Caroline Street to Frederick Douglass Avenue. |
08-0069
Belinda K. Conaway
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At the request of: Louis Fields, c/o Baltimore Black Heritage Trails, African American |
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Tourism Council of Maryland , Inc. |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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FOR the purpose of redefining "public nuisance" to require that there have been a |
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certain number of offenses within a certain period; clarifying the effect of a |
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conviction for an offense; and generally relating to laws governing public |
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nuisances. |
08-0070
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James B. Kraft, Robert W. Curran, Bill Henry, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat |
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Clarke and Sharon Green Middleton |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Environmental Citations - Default |
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FOR the purpose of extending to one year the deadline by which a person can be |
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considered in default and subject to certain penalties; and generally relating to the |
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administration of environmental citations. |
08-0071
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Mary Pat Clarke, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Agnes Welch and Sharon Green Middleton |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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In Support of State Legislation - House Bill 894 and Senate Bill 763 - |
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Long-Term Care at Stadium Place |
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FOR the purpose of expressing support for this legislation that seeks to authorize |
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the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $350,000, the proceeds to be used as a |
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grant to the Board of Directors of the Govans Ecumenical Development |
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Corporation, Inc. for certain development purposes; urging the Honorable Chair |
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and Members of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the Honorable |
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Chair and Members of the House Appropriations Committee to give the legislation |
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a favorable report; requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore |
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City Senate and House Delegations to the 2008 Maryland General Assembly to |
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seek passage of Senate Bill 894/House Bill 763; and petitioning the Governor to |
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sign the legislation into law. |
08-0026R
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Mary Pat Clarke, Robert W. Curran, Bill Henry, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Nicholas C. D'Adamo and Edward L. Reisinger |
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FOR the purpose of celebrating Women's History Month in recognition and |
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appreciation of the many contributions of women to the nation's social, spiritual, |
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economical, and cultural growth and endorsing the annual Congressional |
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Resolution designating the month of March as "Women's History Month." |
08-0027R
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Belinda K. Conaway, Warren Branch, Robert W. Curran, Bill Henry, Helen |
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L. Holton, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Rochelle 'Rikki' |
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Spector, Agnes Welch, Edward L. Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke and Sharon |
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Green Middleton |
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In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 437/House Bill 1311 - State |
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Designations - Walking as the State Exercise |
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FOR the purpose of expressing support for this legislation that designates, |
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beginning October 2008, walking as the State exercise; urging the Honorable Chair |
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and Members of the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
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Committee and the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Health and |
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Governmental Operations Committee, respectively, to give Senate Bill 437 and |
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House Bill 1311 a favorable report; requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members |
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of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2008 Maryland General |
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Assembly to support the bills; and petitioning the Governor to sign the legislation |
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into law. |
08-0028R
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Agnes Welch, Robert W. Curran, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton, Bernard C. |
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'Jack' Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Edward L. |
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Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke and Sharon Green Middleton |
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Executive Appointments
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Commissioner/Executive Director - Department of Housing and Community |
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Development - 11th District |
EA08-0025
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Director - Department of Planning - 4th District |
EA08-0026
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Executive Director - Commission on Aging and Retirement Education - 11th |
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District |
EA08-0027
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
Education/Budget and Appropriations
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Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprise Coordinating Group |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the inclusion of a $3 million line item in the |
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2008-2009 City budget for the Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprises Investment Fund to |
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expand the number of individual Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprises in Baltimore City. |
08-0021R
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Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Robert |
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W. Curran, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes |
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Welch, Edward L. Reisinger, Warren Branch and Bernard C. 'Jack' Young |
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Public Safety and Health
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Food Service Facilities - Trans Fats |
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FOR the purpose of prohibiting food service facilities from serving, using, storing, |
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distributing, or holding food containing trans fat; defining certain terms; providing |
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certain exceptions; requiring the retention of certain labels or documentation; |
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providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the prohibition of |
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trans fats in or by a food service facility. |
08-0034
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Agnes Welch, President Rawlings-Blake, Robert W. Curran, James B. |
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Kraft, Edward L. Reisinger, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton, William H. Cole, |
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IV, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda K. Conaway, Warren Branch, Sharon Green |
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Middleton, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector and Bernard C. 'Jack' Young |
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
Committee Announcements
Announcements
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THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL |
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WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008, AT 5:00 P.M. |
Adjournment
