| City Council |
| City Hall, Room 408 |
| 100 North Holliday Street |
| Baltimore, Maryland 21202 |
| Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, President of the Council |
| Edward L. Reisinger, Vice President |
| District 1: James Kraft - District 2: Nicholas C. D'Adamo |
| District 3: Robert W. Curran - District 4: Bill Henry |
| 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: William H. Cole, IV - District 12: Bernard C. "Jack" Young |
| District 13: Warren Branch - District 14: Mary Pat Clarke |
| Operating Budget for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for |
| the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2009 |
| FOR the purpose of approving the budget estimated to be needed for the Baltimore |
| City Board of School Commissioners for operating programs during Fiscal 2009; |
| providing for certification of the approved budget to the State Superintendent of |
| Schools; and providing for a special effective date. |
| Sponsors: |
| MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION |
| At the request of: Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners |
| BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS/COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE |
| Franchise - Private Product Recovery System Pipeline Under and Across a |
| Portion of the Boston Street Right-of-way |
| FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to ExxonMobil to construct, use, and |
| maintain a private product recovery system pipeline under and across a portion of |
| the Boston Street right-of-way, connecting facilities located on the properties |
| known as 4200 Boston Street and 1610 South Newkirk Street, subject to certain |
| terms, conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date. |
| Sponsors: |
| ORDINANCE |
| At the request of: Department of Public Works |
| HIGHWAYS AND FRANCHISES SUBCOMMITTEE |
| Corrective Bill 2008 |
| FOR the purpose of correcting certain technical errors and omissions in the City |
| Code and other enactments; repealing certain obsolete provisions; correcting, |
| clarifying, and conforming certain language; and providing for a special effective |
| date. |
| Sponsors: |
| ORDINANCE |
| At the request of: Department of Legislative Reference |
| JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
| Water Regulations - Citation Penalties |
| FOR the purpose of reducing the prepayable citation penalties for certain violations |
| of regulations adopted to protect the City's water supply and facilities. |
| Sponsors: |
| ORDINANCE |
| At the request of: Department of Public Works |
| TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
| Urban Renewal - Key Highway - Amendment _ |
| FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Key Highway to amend |
| certain development area controls for Development Area A; 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. |
| Sponsors: |
| ORDINANCE |
| At the request of: Department of Housing and Community Development |
| URBAN AFFAIRS AND AGING COMMITTEE |
| Confiscated Assets for Neighborhoods |
| FOR the purpose of establishing a grant program to fund community-based safety |
| initiatives; providing for the funding of the program and the allocation of those |
| funds; directing the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to administer the program |
| and to adopt rules and regulation further defining program elements; providing for |
| a special effective date; and generally relating to the Confiscated Assets for |
| Neighborhoods Grant Program. |
| Sponsors: |
| Bill Henry, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green |
| Middleton, Belinda K. Conaway and Warren Branch |
| ORDINANCE |
| JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
| Trans Fats - Exemption for Retail Bakeries |
| FOR the purpose of exempting certain bakeries from the provisions governing food |
| containing trans fat; conforming certain language; providing for a special effective |
| date; and generally relating to the regulation of food containing trans fat. |
| Sponsors: |
| ORDINANCE |
| PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
| May - Asthma Awareness Month & May 6 - World Asthma Day |
| FOR the purpose of joining the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in |
| celebrating May as Asthma Awareness Month in the national effort to raise |
| awareness and educate people about comprehensive asthma management; |
| endorsing the efforts of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the World |
| Asthma Day initiative to call attention to the need for better global asthma |
| treatment and control; and recognizing the Baltimore City Health Department for |
| the comprehensive asthma treatment services it offers to the citizens of Baltimore |
| City. |
| Sponsors: |
| President Rawlings-Blake, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, William H. Cole, IV, |
| Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Belinda K. |
| Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch, Sharon Green Middleton, |
| Helen L. Holton, Edward L. Reisinger and Bill Henry |
| RESOLUTION |
| IMMEDIATE ADOPTION |
| Investigative Hearing - Planned Unit Developments - Enforcement of |
| Agreement Standards |
| FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Planning and the Executive Director |
| of the Board of Municipal Zoning Appeals to brief the City Council on the purpose, |
| scope, nature and number of Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) in Baltimore |
| City; to explain the procedure for application and approval of new PUDs; to report |
| on the methods used to assure compliance with the standards, conditions, and |
| regulations established for existing PUDs; and to recommend more clearly defined |
| and neighborhood-accessible enforcement mechanisms. |
| Sponsors: |
| RESOLUTION |
| LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
| Program Request - RPP "Lite" Program |
| FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Parking Authority to create and |
| promote an RPP "Lite" program, where the restrictions would be for no more than |
| one day of the week, and for no more than eight hours, and requesting that |
| representatives from the Parking Authority inform the Baltimore City Council at a |
| public hearing as to any issues involved in creating and promoting such a program. |
| Sponsors: |
| RESOLUTION |
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE |
| In Support of NACo - Campaign Against Sexual Exploitation |
| FOR the purpose of joining NACo in support of the National Center for Missing & |
| Exploited Children's campaign to increase the Center's visibility as a resource in |
| child exploitation cases and encouraging the public to access information and |
| report such crimes through the Center's Hotline or website. |
| Sponsors: |
| Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, |
| Bill Henry, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat |
| Clarke, Belinda K. Conaway, Edward L. Reisinger, Rochelle 'Rikki' |
| Spector and Agnes Welch |
| RESOLUTION |
| IMMEDIATE ADOPTION |
| In Celebration of Bike to Work Week - May 12-16, 2008 |
| FOR the purpose of declaring May 12-16, 2008, Bike to Work Week in the City of |
| Baltimore and showing support for the Baltimore Metropolitan Council sponsored |
| Bike to Work Day 2008, which will be celebrated in the Baltimore region and |
| across the nation on May 16, 2008. |
| Sponsors: |
| Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, |
| Bill Henry, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes |
| Welch, Belinda K. Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector |
| and Edward L. Reisinger |
| RESOLUTION |
| IMMEDIATE ADOPTION |
| Baltimore City Safe Childhood Task Force |
| FOR the purpose of creating the Baltimore City Safe Childhood Task Force to |
| review and evaluate Baltimore City’s investigative, administrative, and judicial |
| handling of cases of child abuse, child neglect, and child sexual exploitation; to |
| review local, state, and federal coordinated interagency response to address the |
| physical, mental, and social needs of the victims and to ensure the proper |
| adjudication and long-range supervision of the perpetrators; and to evaluate the |
| effectiveness of current efforts to educate the public about the dangers our children |
| face and the steps adults can take to ensure Baltimore City’s children enjoy a safe |
| and secure childhood. |
| Sponsors: |
| Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, |
| Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Belinda K. Conaway, Edward L. Reisinger, |
| Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Mary Pat Clarke and Agnes Welch |
| RESOLUTION |
| PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
| Pamela Bohrer Brown |
| Member - Social Services Commission - 4th District |
| Peggy DeCarlis, LCSW-C |
| Member - Social Services Commission |
| Mary J. Demory |
| Chair - Social Services Commission - 6th District |
| M. Thomas Graham |
| Member - Social Services Commission |
| Martha Holleman |
| Member - Social Services Commission - 6th District |
| Anna R. McPhatter, Ph.D., LCSW |
| Member - Social Services Commission |
| Ruth W. Mayden |
| Member - Social Services Commission -8th District |
| Richard P. Barth, Ph.D. |
| Member - Social Services Commission - 5th District |
| Ernestine F. Jones |
| Member - Social Services Commission |
| Sale of Property - Map 5 Parcel 247, Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| 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 Map 5 |
| Parcel 247, Anne Arundel County, Maryland and no longer needed for public use; |
| and providing for a special effective date. |
| Sponsors: |
| Sale of Property - South Side of North Point Boulevard, Parcel 28 Map 96 in |
| Baltimore County |
| 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 the south |
| side of North Point Boulevard, Parcel 28 Map 96 in Baltimore County and no |
| longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. |
| Sponsors: |
| Sale of Property - Pennington Avenue Landfill |
| 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 the |
| Pennington Avenue Landfill (Block 7165, Lots 4A, 38, 38A, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, |
| and 46) and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective |
| date. |
| Sponsors: |
| Sale of Property - A Portion of the Former Bed of Monroe 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 a |
| portion of the former bed of Monroe Street, contiguous to the southwest side |
| thereof and extending from Reisterstown Road, southeasterly 253.5 feet, more or |
| less, and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. |
| Sponsors: |
| Bond Issue - Community Development Loan - $30,500,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant |
| to Resolution XIII of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General |
| Assembly representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its |
| certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding |
| $30,500,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the |
| cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, |
| attorneys' fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the |
| remainder of such proceeds to be used for or in connection with planning, |
| developing, executing, and making operative the community development program |
| of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, including, but not limited to, the |
| acquisition, by purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or |
| property, or any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege therein, in the City |
| of Baltimore; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred in connection |
| with or incidental to the acquisition and management of said land or property, |
| including any and all rights or interest therein hereinbefore mentioned; the payment |
| of any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with relocating and |
| moving persons or other legal entities displaced by the acquisition of said land or |
| property, or any of the rights or interest therein hereinbefore mentioned; the |
| development, or redevelopment, including, but not limited to, the comprehensive |
| renovation or rehabilitation of any land or property, or any rights or interests |
| therein hereinbefore mentioned, in the City of Baltimore, and the disposition of |
| land and property for such purposes; the elimination of unhealthful, unsanitary or |
| unsafe conditions, lessening density, eliminating obsolete or other uses detrimental |
| to the public welfare or otherwise removing or preventing the spread of blight or |
| deterioration in the City of Baltimore; the demolition, removal, relocation, |
| renovation or alteration of land, buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or |
| services, and other structures or improvements, and for the construction, |
| reconstruction, installation, relocation or repair of buildings, streets, highways, |
| alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements; the payment of |
| any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of |
| the things herein mentioned, including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of |
| securing administrative, appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, planning, |
| designing, architectural, surveying, and other professional services; and for doing |
| any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in connection with or pertaining |
| to any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing the |
| issuance of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of Finance of |
| Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this |
| Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or |
| disapproval, at the General Election to be held in Baltimore City, on Tuesday, the |
| 4th day of November, 2008; and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of |
| sale of said certificates of indebtedness in accordance with the provisions of the |
| Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and by the municipal agency |
| designated in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of |
| Baltimore. |
| Sponsors: |
| Bond Issue - Economic Development Loan - $15,300,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant |
| to Resolution XIV of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General |
| Assembly representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its |
| certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding |
| $15,300,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the |
| cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, |
| attorneys' fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the |
| remainder of such proceeds to be used for or in connection with planning, |
| developing, executing, and making operative the commercial and industrial |
| economic development program of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, |
| including, but not limited to, the acquisition, by purchase, lease, condemnation or |
| any other legal means, of land or property, or any right, interest, franchise, |
| easement or privilege therein, in the City of Baltimore; the payment of any and all |
| costs and expenses incurred in connection with or incidental to the acquisition and |
| management of said land or property, including any and all rights or interests |
| therein hereinbefore mentioned; the payment of any and all costs and expenses |
| incurred for or in connection with relocating and moving persons or other legal |
| entities displaced by the acquisition of said land or property, or any of the rights or |
| interests therein hereinbefore mentioned; the development, or redevelopment, |
| including, but not limited to, the comprehensive renovation or rehabilitation of any |
| land or property, or any rights or interests therein hereinbefore mentioned, in the |
| City of Baltimore, and the disposition of land and property for such purposes; the |
| elimination of unhealthful, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, lessening density, |
| eliminating obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare or otherwise |
| removing or preventing the spread of blight or deterioration in the City of |
| Baltimore; the demolition, removal, relocation, renovation or alteration of land, |
| buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or |
| improvements, and for the construction, reconstruction, installation, relocation or |
| repair of buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other |
| structures or improvements; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred |
| for or in connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, including, |
| but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, |
| economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and |
| other professional services; authorizing the making of loans and grants to persons |
| and other legal entities; and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or |
| expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things |
| hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring |
| and imposing upon the Board of Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and |
| duties; authorizing the submission of this Ordinance to the legal voters of the City |
| of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the General Election to be held in |
| Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2008; and providing for the |
| expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness in |
| accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of |
| Baltimore, and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of |
| Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. |
| Sponsors: |
| Bond Issue - Enoch Pratt Free Library Loan - $3,000,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant |
| to Resolution X of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General |
| Assembly representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its |
| certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding |
| $3,000,000 from the sale of such certificates to be used for the cost of issuance, |
| including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys' fees, and all |
| other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the remainder of such proceeds |
| to be used for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or any other legal |
| means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and for |
| constructing and erecting, on said land or property, or on any land or property, new |
| buildings, structures and other auxiliary facilities, and for the renovation, |
| alternation, construction, reconstruction, installation, improvement and repair of |
| existing buildings, structures and facilities to be or now being used in connection |
| with the operations, functions, and activities of the Enoch Pratt Free Library; and to |
| equip all facilities authorized to be constructed, renovated, altered or improved by |
| the provisions hereof; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred for or |
| in connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, including, but |
| not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, |
| economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and |
| other professional services; and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or |
| expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things |
| hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring |
| and imposing upon the Board of Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and |
| duties; authorizing the submission of this Ordinance to the legal voters of the City |
| of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the General Election to be held in |
| Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2008; and providing for the |
| expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness in |
| accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of |
| Baltimore, and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of |
| Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. |
| Sponsors: |
| Bond Issue - Public Buildings Loan - $12,500,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant |
| to Resolution XV of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General |
| Assembly representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its |
| certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding |
| $12,500,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the |
| cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, |
| attorneys' fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the |
| remainder of such proceeds to be used for the acquisition, by purchase, |
| condemnation, or any other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, |
| in the City of Baltimore, and for constructing and erecting, on said land or property, |
| or on any land or property, new buildings, structures and other auxiliary facilities |
| owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and for the renovation, |
| alternation, construction, reconstruction, installation, improvement and repair of |
| existing buildings, structures and facilities to be or now being used in connection |
| with the operations, and functions of buildings owned by the Mayor and City |
| Council of Baltimore; and to equip all facilities authorized to be constructed, |
| renovated, altered or improved by the provisions hereof; the payment of any and all |
| costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the things |
| herein mentioned, including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing |
| administrative, appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, |
| architectural, surveying, and other professional services; and for doing any and all |
| things necessary, proper or expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or all |
| of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing the issuance of |
| refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of Finance of Baltimore |
| City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this Ordinance to the |
| legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the |
| election to be held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2008; |
| and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of |
| indebtedness in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and |
| City Council of Baltimore, and by the municipal agency designated in the annual |
| Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. |
| Sponsors: |
| Planned Unit Development - Amendment 2 - Harbor Point |
| FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the |
| Harbor Point Planned Unit Development. |
| Sponsors: |
| "Padlock Law" - Scope |
| FOR the purpose of redefining "public nuisance" to require that there have been a |
| certain number of offenses within a certain period; clarifying the effect of a |
| conviction for an offense; and generally relating to laws governing public |
| nuisances. |
| Sponsors: |
| James B. Kraft, Robert W. Curran, Bill Henry, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
| Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat |
| Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton, William H. Cole, IV and Warren Branch |
| THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL |
| WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008, AT 5:00 P.M. |
| WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008 AT 5:00 P.M. |
| Land Use and Transportation Committee, Councilmember Reisinger - Chair |
| 07-0002 - Zoning - Group Homes - Nursing Homes - Emergency Shelters |
| WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008 AT 2:00 P.M. |
| Budget and Appropriations/Committee of the Whole, Councilmember Young - Chair |
| 08-0101 - Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2009 |
| (see Hearing Schedule for list of agencies) |