Monday, March 16, 2009
5:00 PM
City of Baltimore
|
100 North Holliday Street |
|
Baltimore, Maryland 21202 |
City Hall
City Council
|
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 |
Meeting Agenda - Final
Call to Order
Invocation
Elder James Johnson, New Mount Zion Church of God In Christ
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Harriet Lynn, Maryland Women's Heritage Center, National Women's History Month.
Approval of the Journal
March 2, 2009
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
March 12, 2009
|
Planned Unit Development - Amendment - 1950 East Fayette Street, 1951 East |
|
Fayette Street, and 1921-1939 Orleans Street |
|
FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Planned Unit |
|
Development for 1950 East Fayette Street, 1951 East Fayette Street, and 1921-1939 |
|
Orleans Street. |
08-0165
James B. Kraft and Warren Branch
|
Retail Business Districts - Sanitation and Public Safety |
|
FOR the purpose of including sanitation and public safety activities to the |
|
management services that may be provided by a Business Association within a |
|
Retail Business District; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; |
|
and generally related to the purposes and operations of Retail Business Districts. |
08-0203
|
Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert W. Curran, James B. Kraft, Warren |
|
Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Belinda K. Conaway, Helen L. Holton, |
|
Sharon Green Middleton, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Agnes Welch, Edward |
|
L. Reisinger and Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector |
|
Planned Unit Development - Designation - Sinai Hospital-Levindale |
|
FOR the purpose of repealing the existing Development Plan for the Sinai Hospital |
|
Planned Unit Development and approving a new Development Plan for the Sinai |
|
Hospital-Levindale Planned Unit Development. |
08-0206
Sharon Green Middleton
|
Planned Unit Development - Westport Waterfront (Corrective) |
|
FOR the purpose of amending Ordinance 07-609 to include parcel height limits that |
|
were previously approved and referenced on an unpublished exhibit but that were |
|
inadvertently omitted from the published text of the Ordinance. |
08-0215
City Council President (Administration)
|
Tax Credits - Historic Restorations and Rehabilitations |
|
FOR the purpose of extending the period within which applications may be |
|
accepted for the tax credit for historic restorations and rehabilitations; and |
|
providing for a special effective date. |
09-0263
City Council President (Administration)
|
Baltimore City Sustainability Plan |
|
FOR the purpose of establishing a Sustainability Plan for the City of Baltimore; and |
|
providing for a special effective date. |
09-0272
City Council President (Administration) and James B. Kraft
Bills Introduced
|
Celebrating National Women’s History Month In Baltimore City |
|
FOR the purpose of celebrating National Women’s History Month by paying |
|
homage to the women in our lives in recognition of their many accomplishments |
|
and selfless devotion to families, friends, and communities; honoring the spirit of |
|
enduring hope and strength of character that has provided the foundation for the |
|
nation; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0294
|
Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Nicholas C. |
|
D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Agnes Welch, |
|
Warren Branch, Edward L. Reisinger and Mary Pat Clarke |
|
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION |
|
Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System - Benefits |
|
FOR the purpose of amending provisions of the Fire and Police Employees' |
|
Retirement System law pertaining to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan |
|
("DROP") benefits; clarifying, correcting, and conforming certain technical |
|
provisions of the existing DROP benefits law; discontinuing the current DROP |
|
benefit structure for all System members not yet eligible for DROP participation |
|
and establishing a new DROP 2 benefit structure for System members; providing |
|
for certain tests to be conducted to determine the savings to the City of enacting the |
|
DROP 2 benefit; giving the City the option to modify or terminate the DROP 2 |
|
benefit under certain conditions; clarifying, correcting, and conforming certain |
|
provisions; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the Fire |
|
and Police Employees' Retirement System of the City of Baltimore. |
09-0295
City Council President (Administration)
|
At the request of: Department of Finance |
|
TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
|
City Streets - Closing - Oakhill Avenue |
|
FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Oakhill Avenue, extending from 20th |
|
Street, Northerly 90.0 feet, more or less, to the south side of a 15-foot alley laid out |
|
in the rear of the properties known as 800 through 928 East 20th Street, as shown |
|
on Plat 190-A-27 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing |
|
for a special effective date. |
09-0296
City Council President (Administration)
|
At the request of: Department of Public Works |
|
HIGHWAYS AND FRANCHISES SUBCOMMITTEE |
|
Sale of Property - The Former Bed of Oakhill Avenue |
|
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at |
|
either public or private sale, all its interest in a certain parcel of land known as the |
|
former bed of Oakhill Avenue, extending from 20th Street, Northerly 90.0 feet, |
|
more or less, to a 15-foot alley laid out in the rear of the properties known as 800 |
|
through 928 East 20th Street and no longer needed for public use; and providing for |
|
a special effective date. |
09-0297
City Council President (Administration)
|
At the request of: Department of Public Works |
|
TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
|
City Streets - Opening - Hunter Street |
|
FOR the purpose of condemning and opening Hunter Street, extending from the |
|
north side of a 10-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as 210 |
|
through 218/220-222 East Preston Street, Northerly 94.1 feet, more or less, to the |
|
south side of a 7-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as 209 |
|
through 217 East Mount Royal Avenue, as shown on Plat 338-A-21 in the Office of |
|
the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0298
City Council President (Administration)
|
At the request of: Department of Public Works |
|
HIGHWAYS AND FRANCHISES SUBCOMMITTEE |
|
City Streets - Closing - Hunter Street |
|
FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Hunter Street, extending from the |
|
north side of a 10-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as 210 |
|
through 218/220-222 East Preston Street, Northerly 94.1 feet, more or less, to the |
|
south side of a 7-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as 209 |
|
through 217 East Mount Royal Avenue, as shown on Plat 338-A-21A in the Office |
|
of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0299
City Council President (Administration)
|
At the request of: Department of Public Works |
|
HIGHWAYS AND FRANCHISES SUBCOMMITTEE |
|
Sale of Property - The Former Bed of Hunter 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 the |
|
former bed of Hunter Street, extending from the north side of a 10-foot alley laid |
|
out in the rear of the properties known as 210 through 218/220-222 East Preston |
|
Street Northerly 94.1 feet, more or less, to the south side of a 7-foot alley laid out |
|
in the rear of the properties known as 209 through 217 East Mount Royal Avenue |
|
and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0300
City Council President (Administration)
|
At the request of: Department of Public Works |
|
TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE |
|
Property Tax - Partial Exemption for Aircraft Landing Strips and Areas |
|
FOR the purpose of granting an exemption from the City property tax for certain |
|
portions of aircraft landing strips and areas, subject to certain conditions. |
09-0301
James B. Kraft
|
At the request of: Baltimore Heliport - Pier 7, c/o Baltimore Marine Center |
|
TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
|
Parking Facilities - Enforcement |
|
FOR the purpose of increasing certain criminal penalties and providing for certain |
|
civil fines for violations of certain laws governing the licensing and operation of |
|
parking facilities. |
09-0302
|
William H. Cole, IV, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Bill Henry, Sharon Green |
|
Middleton, James B. Kraft, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Warren |
|
Branch and Edward L. Reisinger |
|
JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
|
Cable Communications Advisory Commission - Membership |
|
FOR the purpose of modifying the number of members on the Commission to |
|
correspond to the changed number of Council Districts; correcting, clarifying, and |
|
conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the composition of the |
|
Cable Communications Advisory Commission. |
09-0303
|
William H. Cole, IV, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Bill Henry, Sharon Green |
|
Middleton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Agnes Welch, Warren |
|
Branch and Mary Pat Clarke |
|
JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
|
Urban Renewal - Belair-Erdman Business Area - Amendment _ |
|
FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for the Belair-Erdman |
|
Business Area to modify the uses in certain land use categories, change certain |
|
regulations, controls, and restrictions on land acquired by the City, modify certain |
|
rehabilitation standards, modify the duration of the Plan, provide for a penalty for |
|
violation of any provision of the Plan, and clarify, correct, and conform certain |
|
language and certain references; 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. |
09-0304
Warren Branch, Robert W. Curran and Nicholas C. D'Adamo
|
At the request of: Belair-Edison Neighborhood Incorporated (BENI) |
|
URBAN AFFAIRS AND AGING COMMITTEE |
|
City Property - Renaming Bentalou Elementary School #150 to Mary Ann |
|
Winterling Elementary School #150 |
|
FOR the purpose of changing the name of Bentalou Elementary School #150, |
|
located at 220 North Bentalou Street, to Mary Ann Winterling Elementary School |
|
#150. |
09-0305
|
Agnes Welch, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft and Sharon Green |
|
Middleton |
|
At the request of: Delegate Melvin Stukes |
|
JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
|
Tax Sales - Deferral for Unemployed |
|
FOR the purpose of requiring the Director of Finance to defer, under certain |
|
circumstances and subject to certain conditions and limitations, the public sale of |
|
tax-delinquent property whose owner is unemployed; requiring certain notices; |
|
specifying certain required documentation; authorizing the Finance Director to |
|
adopt implementing rules and regulations; and generally relating to the conduct of |
|
tax sales. |
09-0306
|
Agnes Welch, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, |
|
James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Warren Branch, Mary Pat |
|
Clarke and Edward L. Reisinger |
|
At the request of: African American Housing Coalition |
|
TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
|
Zoning - Administrative Appeals - Planned Unit Developments - Enforcement |
|
FOR the purpose of providing that violations of a Planned Unit Development Plan |
|
are enforceable as violations of the Zoning Code; clarifying that cancellation of a |
|
Development or a Development Plan for noncompliance may be in whole or in |
|
part; and clarifying that aggrieved persons may appeal a failure of the Zoning |
|
Administrator to act in a timely manner. |
09-0307
Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke and Agnes Welch
|
LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
|
Investigative Hearing - Crime Alerts - Citywide Text Messaging |
|
FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Police to investigate the |
|
efficacy of instituting a citywide text messaging system to alert residents about |
|
criminal activity in a timely manner and to determine what crimes should be |
|
included in a citywide alert. |
09-0118R
|
President Rawlings-Blake, Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Mary Pat |
|
Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, |
|
Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Edward L. Reisinger and Agnes Welch |
|
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
|
Deployment of FIOS Services in Baltimore City through the Verizon |
|
Maryland Network |
|
FOR the purpose of requesting the Mayor's Office of Cable and Communications, |
|
the Chair of the Cable Communications Advisory Commission, and representatives |
|
of Verizon to come before the Council to discuss deployment of the newest high |
|
speed internet and television technology in Baltimore. |
09-0119R
|
William H. Cole, IV, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Bill Henry, Sharon Green |
|
Middleton, James B. Kraft, Mary Pat Clarke, Warren Branch and Edward |
|
L. Reisinger |
|
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE |
|
Informational Hearing - The Park Heights Renaissance, Inc. |
|
FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Housing and Community |
|
Development and the CEO of Park Heights Renaissance, Inc., to report to the City |
|
Council on the success of the Vacant Housing Initiative in marketing City-owned |
|
vacant properties; to discuss the feasibility of expanding the program to include |
|
privately-owned vacant houses; and the practicability of duplicating the program in |
|
other Baltimore City neighborhoods endangered by a proliferation of vacant |
|
houses. |
09-0120R
|
Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Bernard C. 'Jack' |
|
Young, William H. Cole, IV and Agnes Welch |
|
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE |
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Education
|
Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Public School System - Anonymous |
|
Call Hotline |
|
FOR the purpose of inviting the CEO of the Baltimore City Public System, the |
|
Chief of the Baltimore City School Police, and the Interim Information Chief of the |
|
Mayor’s Office of Information Technology to brief the City Council on the |
|
feasibility of creating a tip phone hotline, where teachers, students, and parents are |
|
able to anonymously report acts of school violence, as well as a possible |
|
integration of that hotline with 311. |
08-0062R
|
President Rawlings-Blake, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton, |
|
Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Agnes Welch, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, |
|
Edward L. Reisinger, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector and Mary Pat Clarke |
REPORTED FAVORABLE
|
Baltimore City Public School Teachers - Gang Related Violence Training |
|
FOR the purpose of requesting the CEO of the Baltimore City Public School |
|
System to develop and implement a program for teachers to provide them with the |
|
tools to recognize gang-related violence, to identify youth most at-risk for gang |
|
recruitment, and to provide the necessary intervention resources and law |
|
enforcement interaction to insure the safety and security of students, school |
|
personnel, and school property. |
08-0068R
|
President Rawlings-Blake, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Sharon Green |
|
Middleton, Robert W. Curran, William H. Cole, IV, Warren Branch, |
|
Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward L. |
|
Reisinger, Bill Henry and Agnes Welch |
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Land Use and Transportation
|
Zoning - Conditional Use Service and Housing Center - 620 Fallsway |
|
FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
|
maintenance, and operation of a service and housing center on the property known |
|
as 620 Fallsway, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
08-0196
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
|
Planned Unit Development - Amendment - Benhurst Park |
|
FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the |
|
Benhurst Park Planned Unit Development. |
08-0258
Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Taxation, Finance and Economic Development
|
Sale of Property - 950 South Caroline 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 property known as 950 |
|
South Caroline Street (Block 1817, Lot 04) and no longer needed for public use; |
|
and providing for a special effective date. |
08-0015
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
|
Erroneous Tax Sale Notices - Special Benefit District Property |
|
FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Finance and the Chief of the Bureau |
|
of Revenue Collections to report to the City Council at a public hearing on what |
|
caused many taxpayers to receive erroneous tax sale notices, and alley paving bills |
|
and what procedures can be put in place to avoid this situation in the future. |
09-0111R
|
Mary Pat Clarke, William H. Cole, IV, Helen L. Holton, Belinda K. |
|
Conaway, President Rawlings-Blake, Robert W. Curran, Nicholas C. |
|
D'Adamo, Warren Branch, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Sharon Green |
|
Middleton, Bill Henry, James B. Kraft, Edward L. Reisinger and Agnes |
|
Welch |
REPORTED FAVORABLE
|
Building Permit Fees - Demolition |
|
FOR the purpose of reinstating a maximum permit fee for demolition work. |
08-0218
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
|
Maryland Department of Transportation - County Transportation Revenue |
|
Bonds - Series 2009 |
|
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to enter |
|
into an agreement with the Maryland Department of Transportation in connection |
|
with the participation by the City in the proceeds derived from the sale of certain |
|
bonds, to be known as Department of Transportation of Maryland - County |
|
Transportation Revenue Bonds, Series 2009 and to be issued pursuant to State |
|
Transportation Article, Title 3, Subtitle 5; authorizing the City to take any other |
|
action that may be necessary and proper to secure the share to which it is entitled of |
|
the proceeds derived from the sale of these bonds; and providing for a special |
|
effective date. |
09-0266
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
3R
Third Reader
Third Reader (for final passage)
|
Mass Transit Vehicles - Obsolete Provisions |
|
FOR the purpose of repealing obsolete or otherwise unnecessary provisions that |
|
duplicate prohibitions imposed by State law. |
08-0245
James B. Kraft, Bill Henry and Robert W. Curran
|
Enticing Minors - Expanded Coverage |
|
FOR the purpose of extending the prohibition against enticing, etc., certain younger |
|
children into a vehicle to encompass all minors; increasing the penalties for |
|
violations; conforming, correcting, and clarifying certain exceptions and related |
|
language; and generally relating to the protection of minors from predators. |
08-0246
|
James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Bill Henry, Nicholas C. |
|
D'Adamo, Sharon Green Middleton, William H. Cole, IV, Mary Pat Clarke, |
|
Robert W. Curran and Belinda K. Conaway |
|
Sale of Contraceptives - Repeal of Ban |
|
FOR the purpose of repealing the prohibition against selling contraceptives to |
|
minors under a certain age. |
08-0247
James B. Kraft, Bill Henry and Belinda K. Conaway
|
Sporting Events - Offenses Involving |
|
FOR the purpose of modifying the penalties for certain offenses involving sporting |
|
events; and correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language. |
08-0248
|
James B. Kraft, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Sharon |
|
Green Middleton, William H. Cole, IV and Robert W. Curran |
|
Street Regulations - Obstructions |
|
FOR the purpose of consolidating certain provisions governing the obstruction of |
|
streets, lanes, sidewalks, footways, or alleys; repealing certain obsolete or |
|
otherwise unnecessary provisions; and correcting, clarifying, and conforming |
|
related language. |
08-0250
James B. Kraft, Bill Henry and Robert W. Curran
|
Parades - Permit Requirements |
|
FOR the purpose of increasing the penalty for parading without permit; repealing |
|
certain obsolete or otherwise unnecessary provisions relating to parades by political |
|
organizations and to parades of drum corps, bands, or other bodies; providing for |
|
the issuance of these permits by the Department of General Services and |
|
authorizing the adoption of rules and regulations for that purpose; and providing for |
|
a special effective date. |
08-0251
James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo and Robert W. Curran
|
Snow and Ice Removal - Sidewalks |
|
FOR the purpose of transferring certain requirements for snow and ice removal to |
|
the Property Maintenance Code; specifying the scope of the required removal; and |
|
repealing certain obsolete, redundant, or now otherwise unnecessary provisions. |
08-0252
James B. Kraft and Bill Henry
|
Street Regulations - Soliciting |
|
FOR the purpose of extending certain prohibitions involving the solicitation of |
|
customers to apply to the solicitation of donations; increasing the penalties for a |
|
violation of these prohibitions; repealing certain obsolete or otherwise unnecessary |
|
sections involving solicitation activities; and correcting, clarifying, and conforming |
|
related language. |
08-0253
James B. Kraft
|
Street Regulations - Sand, Water, etc. |
|
FOR the purpose of repealing obsolete or otherwise unnecessary provisions dealing |
|
with the use of sand and other materials on streets and alleys and with the discharge |
|
of water on repaved streets. |
08-0254
James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, Nicholas C. D'Adamo and Robert W. Curran
|
Taxicabs and Other Common Carriers - Refusal to Pay Fare |
|
FOR the purpose of increasing the penalty for wilful refusal to pay proper charges |
|
for transport in a taxicab or other common carrier; and correcting, conforming, and |
|
clarifying related language. |
08-0255
|
James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Bill Henry, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, |
|
Robert W. Curran, Belinda K. Conaway and Mary Pat Clarke |
|
Vandalism - Street Lights and Other Utility Structures |
|
FOR the purpose of increasing the penalties for damaging or injuring street lighting |
|
or other public utility structures; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related |
|
language; and generally relating to vandalism of street lighting and other public |
|
utility structures, their equipment, parts, and appurtenances. |
08-0257
|
James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Bill Henry, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, |
|
Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Robert W. Curran, Sharon Green Middleton, |
|
Belinda K. Conaway, Helen L. Holton and Mary Pat Clarke |
Committee Announcements
Announcements
|
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL |
|
WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009, AT 5:00 P.M. |
Adjournment
Cable Hearing Schedule
|
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
|
Community Development Subcommittee, Councilmember Cole - Chair |
|
08-0066R - Informational Hearing - East Baltimore Development, Inc. |