Monday, January 26, 2009
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
Reverend Annette Chappell, The Church of the Redemption
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Selwyn Ray, Executive Director, The Maryland Mentoring Partnership
Approval of the Journal
January 12, 2009
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
January 14, 2009
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Animal Control - Penalties |
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FOR the purpose of increasing the prepayable citation penalties for certain animal |
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control offenses. |
08-0050
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James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Robert W. Curran, Sharon |
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Green Middleton, Edward L. Reisinger and Warren Branch |
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Confiscated Assets for Neighborhoods |
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FOR the purpose of establishing a grant program to fund community-based safety |
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initiatives; providing for the funding of the program and the allocation of those |
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funds; directing the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to administer the program |
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and to adopt rules and regulation further defining program elements; providing for |
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a special effective date; and generally relating to the Confiscated Assets for |
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Neighborhoods Grant Program. |
08-0118
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Bill Henry, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green |
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Middleton, Belinda K. Conaway, Warren Branch, Robert W. Curran, |
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Agnes Welch and Edward L. Reisinger |
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In Support of the City Solicitor’s Formation of a Multi-City Litigation Work |
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Group on Foreclosures |
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FOR the purpose of supporting the City Solicitor’s efforts to partner with other |
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cities to create a united local government front for addressing the foreclosure crisis, |
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to hold lenders accountable, to reduce the number of foreclosures, and to eliminate |
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vacant homes; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0265
City Council President (Administration) and President Rawlings-Blake
Executive Nominations
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Member - Parking Authority Board - 10th District |
EA09-0160
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Director - Department of Planning - 14th District |
EA09-0161
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
Bills Introduced
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City Property - Renaming Benjamin Franklin Middle School #239 to |
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Masonville Cove Community Academy #239 |
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FOR the purpose of changing the name of Benjamin Franklin Middle School #239, |
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located at 1201 Cambria Street, to Masonville Cove Community Academy #239. |
09-0270
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners) |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Tobacco Products - Unpackaged Cigarettes or Cigars |
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FOR the purpose of strengthening the prohibition against the sale or transfer of |
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unpackaged cigarettes and extending that prohibition to include certain unpackaged |
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cigars; defining and redefining certain terms; providing for certain exceptions; |
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providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the sale or other |
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distribution of unpackaged cigarettes and cigars. |
09-0271
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Health |
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
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Baltimore City Sustainability Plan |
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FOR the purpose of establishing a Sustainability Plan for the City of Baltimore; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
09-0272
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Commission on Sustainability - Department of Planning) |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Loading Zones - Fee for Maintaining |
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FOR the purpose of imposing an annual fee for establishing and maintaining |
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passenger loading zones and freight loading zones; and correcting, clarifying, and |
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conforming related provisions governing loading zones. |
09-0273
Belinda K. Conaway
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TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
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Unsafe Structures - Enforcement by Citation |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the issuance of environmental citations for |
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violations of the Building Code provisions governing unsafe structures; and |
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generally relating to enforcement of the City Building Code. |
09-0274
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Belinda K. Conaway, Bill Henry, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Sharon Green |
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Middleton, Warren Branch and Nicholas C. D'Adamo |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Parking Facilities - Towing Services |
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FOR the purpose of imposing certain conditions on the right of a parking facility to |
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use towing services to enforce parking restrictions; and generally relating to the |
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licensing and regulation of parking facilities. |
09-0275
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Robert W. Curran, Bill Henry, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, James B. Kraft, |
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Sharon Green Middleton, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Helen L. |
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Holton, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV and Mary Pat Clarke |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Zoning - Conditional Use Housing for the Elderly - 6400 East Pratt Street |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
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maintenance, and operation of housing for the elderly on the property known as |
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6400 East Pratt Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
09-0276
Nicholas C. D'Adamo
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At the request of: Associated Catholic Charities, Inc. |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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Informational Hearing - Parking Tax |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Comptroller and the City |
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Auditor to report to the City Council on Parking Tax collections; the number of |
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facilities in the City the parking tax should apply to; the number of facilities from |
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which the tax is currently being collected; and the amount of revenue that would be |
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collected if all parking facilities subject to the tax remitted the appropriate amount |
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to City government. |
09-0104R
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Robert W. Curran, Bill Henry, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, James B. Kraft, |
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Sharon Green Middleton, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Helen L. |
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Holton, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV and Mary Pat Clarke |
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TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore Police Commissioner - Policy Change |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore Police Commissioner to brief the City |
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Council on the change in policy that dictates that the names of police officers who |
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kill or injure citizens will no longer be disclosed to the general public. |
09-0105R
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Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Helen L. Holton, James B. Kraft, Sharon Green |
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Middleton, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke and |
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Warren Branch |
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Community Development Subcommittee
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Program Request - RPP "Lite" Program |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Parking Authority to create and |
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promote an RPP "Lite" program, where the restrictions would be for no more than |
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one day of the week, and for no more than eight hours, and requesting that |
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representatives from the Parking Authority inform the Baltimore City Council at a |
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public hearing as to any issues involved in creating and promoting such a program. |
08-0043R
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Bill Henry, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert W. Curran |
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and Helen L. Holton |
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
Highways and Franchises
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City Streets - Opening - Certain Streets Lying Within the Area Bounded by |
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Patterson Avenue - Parr Avenue - Spring Avenue and the CSX |
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Transportation, Inc. Railroad Right-of-Way |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and opening (1) Vincennes Avenue, extending |
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from Patterson Avenue, Northwesterly 505.0 feet, more or less, to Ridge Avenue, |
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(2) Ridge Avenue, extending from the Armstrong Avenue, Northeasterly 275.6 |
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feet, more or less, to Vincennes Avenue, and (3) Armstrong Avenue, extending |
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from Ridge Avenue, Northwesterly 475.0 feet, more or less, to Spring Avenue, as |
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shown on Plat 114-A-30 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
08-0152
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Streets - Closing - Certain Streets or Portions of them Lying Within the |
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Area Bounded by Patterson Avenue, Parr Avenue, Spring Avenue, and the |
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CSX Transportation, Inc. Railroad Right-of-Way |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets or portions of them |
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lying within the area bounded by Patterson Avenue, Parr Avenue, Spring Avenue |
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and the CSX Transportation, Inc. Railroad Right-of-Way, as shown on Plat |
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114-A-30A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
08-0153
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Streets - Opening - Callendar Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and opening Callendar Street, extending from |
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Baltimore Street, Southerly 137.4 feet, more or less, to Booth Street, as shown on |
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Plat 114-A-45 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
08-0197
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Streets - Closing - Callendar Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Callendar Street, extending from |
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Baltimore Street, Southerly 137.4 feet, more or less, to Booth Street, as shown on |
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Plat 114-A-45A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for |
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a special effective date. |
08-0198
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Streets - Closing - A Portion of Baltimore Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing a portion of Baltimore Street, |
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contiguous to the south side thereof and extending from Fremont Avenue, Westerly |
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247.0 feet, more or less, as shown on Plat 111-D-55 in the Office of the |
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Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
08-0200
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Taxation, Finance and Economic Development
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Investigative Hearing - Foreclosures - Impact on Baltimore City |
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FOR the purpose of investigating the foreclosure crisis in Baltimore City to |
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ascertain the effects on prospective home buyers, current homeowners, and |
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mortgage lenders; to project the consequence to Baltimore City's property tax base; |
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and to evaluate the immediate and long-range affect of mortgage lending reform |
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legislation and other foreclosure-related legislation recently passed in the 2008 |
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Session of the Maryland General Assembly. |
08-0037R
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Helen L. Holton, President Rawlings-Blake, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill |
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Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Warren Branch, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
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Robert W. Curran, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat |
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Clarke, Belinda K. Conaway and Edward L. Reisinger |
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Sale of Property - Map 96 Parcel 340, Baltimore County, Maryland |
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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 Map 96 |
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Parcel 340, Baltimore County, Maryland and no longer needed for public use; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
08-0136
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Sale of Properties - 916, 1016, and 1018 North Arlington Avenue |
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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 properties known as 916, |
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1016, and 1018 North Arlington Avenue and no longer needed for public use; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
08-0192
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
Urban Affairs and Aging
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Saint Paul Community Baptist Church |
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FOR the purpose of designating Saint Paul Community Baptist Church, 1901 East |
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Federal Street, as a historical landmark. |
08-0138
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Mount Calvary Church |
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FOR the purpose of designating Mount Calvary Church, 816 North Eutaw Street, as |
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a historical landmark. |
08-0172
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Baltimore City Landmark List - St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church |
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FOR the purpose of designating St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1920 |
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Saint Paul Street, as a historical landmark. |
08-0173
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Scottish Rite Temple |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Scottish Rite Temple, 3800 North Charles |
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Street, as a historical landmark. |
08-0174
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Nazarene Baptist Church |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Nazarene Baptist Church, 1201 Harford |
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Avenue, as a historical landmark. |
08-0176
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Baltimore City Landmark List - St. Stanislaus Kostka Church |
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FOR the purpose of designating St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, 700 block of South |
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Ann Street, as a historical landmark. |
08-0178
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
3R
Third Reader
Third Reader (for final passage)
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Rezoning - Block 2024, Lot 6A, 1000-1050 Hull Street, 1450 Beason Street, |
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1100 Haubert Street, 1134 Hull Street, 1116 Hull Street, and 1113 Hull Street |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as Block 2024, |
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Lot 6A, 1134 Hull Street, and 1116 Hull Street, as outlined in red on the |
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accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District; |
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changing the zoning for the properties known as 1450 Beason Street and 1100 |
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Haubert Street, as outlined in blue on the accompanying plat, from the M-3 Zoning |
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District to the R-8 Zoning District; and changing the zoning of the properties |
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known as 1000-1050 Hull Street, as outlined in green on the accompanying plat, |
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from the M-3 Zoning District to the B-2-3 Zoning District. |
08-0026
Edward L. Reisinger
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Planned Unit Development - Tide Point |
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FOR the purpose of repealing the existing Development Plan for the Whetstone |
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Point Planned Unit Development; and approving a new Development Plan for the |
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Tide Point Planned Unit Development. |
08-0027
Edward L. Reisinger
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Building Addresses - Placement |
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FOR the purpose of requiring the address number of a building to be affixed or |
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otherwise placed, in a certain manner, at the rear of the building as well as at the |
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front; increasing the penalty for a violation of the laws governing building |
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addresses; providing for alternative enforcement by environmental citation; |
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conforming, correcting, and clarifying related language; providing for a special |
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effective date; and generally relating to the numbering of houses and other |
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buildings in the City of Baltimore. |
08-0092
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Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Mary Pat Clarke, Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, |
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James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President |
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Rawlings-Blake, Agnes Welch, Belinda K. Conaway, Sharon Green |
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Middleton and Edward L. Reisinger |
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Rezoning - Properties in Park Heights |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for certain properties in Park Heights: as |
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outlined in green on the accompanying plats, from the B-1 Zoning District to the |
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OS Zoning District and from the R-6 Zoning District to the OS Zoning District; as |
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outlined in orange on the accompanying plats from the B-1 Zoning District to the |
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R-10 Zoning District, from the M-2 Zoning District to the R-10 Zoning District, |
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from the O-R Zoning District to the R-10 Zoning District, and from the R-6 Zoning |
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District to the R-10 Zoning District; as outlined in red on the accompanying plats |
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from the B-2 Zoning District to the B-3 Zoning District, from the R-5 Zoning |
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District to the B-3 Zoning District, and from the R-7 Zoning District to the B-3 |
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Zoning District; as outlined in yellow on the accompanying plats from the B-2 |
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Zoning District to the R-6 Zoning District, from the B-3 Zoning District to the R-6 |
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Zoning District, from the M-2 Zoning District to the R-6 Zoning District, from the |
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O-R Zoning District to the R-6 Zoning District, and from the R-7 Zoning District to |
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the R-6 Zoning District; as outlined in brown on the accompanying plats from the |
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B-3 Zoning District to the B-1 Zoning District; as outlined in pink on the |
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accompanying plats from the B-3 Zoning District to the B-2 Zoning District and |
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from the R-6 Zoning District to the B-2 Zoning District; as outlined in purple on |
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the accompanying plats from the B-3 Zoning District to the M-1; as outlined in |
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turquoise on the accompanying plats from the B-3 Zoning District to the M-2 |
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Zoning District; and as outlined in tan on the accompanying plats from the R-6 |
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Zoning District to the R-5 Zoning District. |
08-0159
City Council President (Administration)
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City Streets - Opening - Certain Streets Lying Within the Middle East Urban |
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Renewal Project |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and opening certain streets lying within the |
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Middle East Urban Renewal Project, bounded by Ashland Avenue, McDonogh |
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Street, Chase Street, and Washington Street, as shown on Plat 348-A-80D in the |
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Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective |
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date. |
08-0168
City Council President (Administration)
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City Streets - Closing - Certain Streets or Portions of them Lying Within the |
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Middle East Urban Renewal Project |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets or portions of them |
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lying within the Middle East Urban Renewal Project, bounded by Ashland Avenue, |
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McDonogh Street, Chase Street, and Washington Street, as shown on Plat |
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348-A-80E in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
08-0169
City Council President (Administration)
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City Streets - Opening - Brexton Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and opening Brexton Street, extending from Park |
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Avenue Northwesterly 71.1 feet, more or less, to Tyson Street, as shown on Plat |
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114-A-40 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
08-0189
City Council President (Administration)
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City Streets - Closing - Brexton Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Brexton Street, extending from Park |
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Avenue, Northwesterly 71.1 feet, more or less, to Tyson Street, as shown on Plat |
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114-A-40A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
08-0190
City Council President (Administration)
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Ticket Sales - Public Carriers |
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FOR the purpose of repealing obsolete or otherwise unnecessary provisions |
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prohibiting transactions involving certain tickets, reservations, or passenger |
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accommodations issued by railroads or other public carriers. |
08-0256
James B. Kraft and Robert W. Curran
Committee Announcements
Announcements
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THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL |
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WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, AT 5:00 P.M. |
Adjournment
Cable Hearing Schedule
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Education Committee, Councilmember Clarke - Chair |
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08-0062R - Informational Hearing - Baltimore City public School System - Anonymous Call |
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Hotline |
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08-0068R - Baltimore City Public School Teachers - Gang Related Violence Training |
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Labor Subcommittee, Councilmember Curran - Chair |
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08-0083R - In Support of B-More United |
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee, Councilmember Kraft - Chair |
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08-0095R - Informational Hearing - Trash in the Inner Harbor |
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Land Use and Transportation Committee, Councilmember Reisinger - Chair |
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08-0018 - Maritime Industrial Overlay District - Extending "Sunset" - Owner Opt-Out |