| 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 |
| Frederick H. Bealefeld, III |
| Police Commissioner of Baltimore City |
| Dana M. Cole |
| Member - Board of Finance - 5th District |
| Marilynn K. Duker |
| Member - Board of Finance - 5th District |
| Sale of Property - Map 96 Parcel 340, Baltimore 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 96 |
| Parcel 340, Baltimore County, Maryland and no longer needed for public use; and |
| providing for a special effective date. |
| Sponsors: |
| ORDINANCE |
| At the request of: The Comptroller (Department of Real Estate) |
| TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
| Baltimore City Landmark List - Raffel Building |
| FOR the purpose of designating the Raffel Building, 107 West Heath Street, as a |
| historical landmark. |
| Sponsors: |
| ORDINANCE |
| At the request of: Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation |
| URBAN AFFAIRS AND AGING COMMITTEE |
| Baltimore City Landmark List - Saint Paul Community Baptist Church |
| FOR the purpose of designating Saint Paul Community Baptist Church, 1901 East |
| Federal Street, as a historical landmark. |
| Sponsors: |
| ORDINANCE |
| At the request of: Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation |
| URBAN AFFAIRS AND AGING COMMITTEE |
| Urban Renewal - Inner Harbor Project I-A - Amendment _ |
| FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Inner Harbor Project |
| I-A to amend the height restrictions for certain property within the project area; |
| 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 |
| Solid Waste, Garbage, and Mixed Refuse - Hours of Collection |
| FOR the purpose of setting and conforming the hours during which certain |
| collection activities may not be conducted near residential structures; and generally |
| relating to the collection of solid waste, garbage, and mixed refuse. |
| Sponsors: |
| Belinda K. Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo and Warren |
| Branch |
| ORDINANCE |
| JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
| Zoning - Conditional Use Banquet Hall - 2103-2105 West North Avenue |
| FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
| maintenance, and operation of a banquet hall on the property known as 2103-2105 |
| West North Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
| Sponsors: |
| ORDINANCE |
| At the request of: Timothy Fraser |
| LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
| Controlled Dangerous Substances - Nonresident Buyers |
| FOR the purpose of imposing a civil penalty on nonresidents who come to the City |
| to buy controlled dangerous substances; defining certain terms; setting certain |
| procedures; and generally relating to activities involving controlled dangerous |
| substances. |
| Sponsors: |
| William H. Cole, IV, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, |
| Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, James B. Kraft, Edward L. Reisinger, Sharon |
| Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Helen L. Holton and Agnes Welch |
| ORDINANCE |
| PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
| Charter Amendment - City Solicitor - Public Works Director - Compensation |
| FOR the purpose of providing that the compensation of the City Solicitor and |
| Public Works Director be set by the same Commission and under the same |
| procedures as used to set the compensation for elected officials; and submitting this |
| amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection. |
| Sponsors: |
| Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda K. |
| Conaway and Edward L. Reisinger |
| MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION |
| JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
| Request for State Legislation - Child Tracking System |
| FOR the purpose of urging the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2009 Maryland |
| General Assembly to introduce legislation creating a centralized community and |
| governmental resource that would allow for the collection and integration of |
| Maryland-born childrens’ evolving data and would help to share children’s |
| information among schools, after-school programs, social service agencies, and |
| medical providers from birth to age of majority, in order to increase positive |
| outcomes for Maryland’s youth. |
| Sponsors: |
| Belinda K. Conaway, Warren Branch, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. |
| 'Jack' Young, Mary Pat Clarke and Edward L. Reisinger |
| RESOLUTION |
| PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
| Planned Unit Development - Designation - Guilford/Holliday Towers |
| FOR the purpose of approving the application of RWN Development Group, LLC, |
| its affiliates and assigns, who are either the developer, contract purchaser, potential |
| owner, or owner of certain properties known as 211 East Pleasant Street (a/k/a 320 |
| Guilford Avenue), 310-318 Guilford Avenue, 222 East Saratoga Street, 407 East |
| Saratoga Street, 231-233 Holliday Street, 235-239 Holliday Street, and 154, 158, |
| 160, 162, and 164 North Gay Street (collectively referred to as “the Property”), to |
| have the Property designated a Business Planned Unit Development; and approving |
| the Development Plan submitted by the applicant. |
| Sponsors: |
| City Solicitor and Director of Public Works - Salaries |
| FOR the purpose of setting the annual salaries of the City Solicitor and the Director |
| of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
| Sponsors: |
| Immobilization of Vehicles - Booting Fee |
| FOR the purpose of accommodating new technology in the immobilization of |
| vehicles by increasing the "booting fee" and modifying certain limiting references; |
| correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; and generally relating to |
| vehicle immobilization and the rights of vehicle owners. |
| Sponsors: |
| 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: |
| Baltimore City Landmark List - Castalia |
| FOR the purpose of designating Castalia, 200 Tuscany Road, as a historical |
| landmark. |
| Sponsors: |
| Baltimore City Landmark List - Bolton Square |
| FOR the purpose of designating Bolton Square, 1400 to 1420 Mason Street, 300 to |
| 310 West Lafayette Avenue, 236 to 250 West Lafayette Avenue, and 1401 to 1421 |
| Jordon Street, as a historical landmark. |
| Sponsors: |
| City Streets - Closing - A Portion of Monroe Street |
| FOR the purpose of condemning and closing a portion of Monroe Street, |
| contiguous to the southwest side thereof and extending from Reisterstown Road, |
| southeasterly 253.5 feet, more or less, as shown on Plat 346-A-60A in the Office of |
| the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
| Sponsors: |
| City Streets - Closing - Sinclair Lane Extending from Clareway Easterly |
| 713.1 Feet, More or Less, to its Northeasternmost Extremity |
| FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Sinclair Lane, extending from |
| Clareway easterly 713.1 feet, more or less, to its northeasternmost extremity, as |
| shown on Plat 114-A-16B in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and |
| providing for a special effective date. |
| Sponsors: |
| Littering - Penalties |
| FOR the purpose of increasing the criminal and prepayable citation penalties for |
| certain littering offenses. |
| Sponsors: |
| James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Robert W. Curran, Sharon |
| Green Middleton and Edward L. Reisinger |
| Midtown Community Benefits District and Management Authority - Renewal |
| Through June 30, 2012 |
| FOR the purpose of renewing and continuing the Midtown Community Benefits |
| District and Management Authority; providing for a special effective date; and |
| generally relating to the activities and authority of the Midtown Community |
| Benefits District and Management Authority. |
| Sponsors: |
| William H. Cole, IV, Robert W. Curran, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, James |
| B. Kraft, Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton and Bernard C. 'Jack' |
| Young |
| Foreclosure Chattels |
| FOR the purpose of providing for the disposition of certain foreclosure chattels; |
| requiring certain notice prior to execution of a writ of possession; providing for a |
| postponement of execution under certain circumstances; providing that unclaimed |
| property is deemed abandoned under certain circumstances; prohibiting the |
| placement of eviction chattels in certain public ways; defining certain terms; |
| imposing certain penalties; providing for a special effective date; and generally |
| relating to the removal and disposition of personal property from foreclosed-upon |
| real property. |
| Sponsors: |
| Water and Sewer Charges - Payment Schedules |
| FOR the purpose of tolling the accrual of certain penalties while payments are |
| being made timely under an agreed-to payment schedule; correcting, clarifying, and |
| conforming certain language; and generally relating to the assessment and |
| collection of charges for water and sewer services. |
| Sponsors: |
| Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton, |
| Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Sharon Green |
| Middleton, Edward L. Reisinger, William H. Cole, IV, Belinda K. Conaway, |
| Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Stephanie Rawlings Blake and James B. Kraft |
| Bond Issue - Lyric Opera House Loan - $1,000,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant |
| to Resolution I 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 |
| $1,000,000 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 Lyric Opera House; 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: |
| Illegal Dumping - Forfeiture of Vehicle |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used for the |
| illegal disposal of waste or other material; correcting, conforming, and clarifying |
| related language; and generally relating to the prohibited disposal of waste and |
| other material. |
| Sponsors: |
| Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, James B. Kraft, |
| William H. Cole, IV, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President Rawlings-Blake, |
| Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda K. Conaway, Edward |
| L. Reisinger, Robert W. Curran and Helen L. Holton |
| THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL |
| WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008, AT 3:00 P.M. |
| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008 AT 5:00 P.M. |
| Community Development Subcommittee, Councilmember Cole - Chair |
| LO-08-0016 - Informational Briefing - Inclusionary Housing Regulations |