Monday, June 8, 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
Elder Ted Sutton, Maryland Church of God In Christ
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
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Andrew Cary and Ashley Figg, Adopt A Block, Inc.’s Station North King and Queen Day |
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Program |
Approval of the Journal
June 1, 2009
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
June 1, 2009
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment 4 - York Road and Belvedere |
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Avenue (Belvedere Square) |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the |
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York Road and Belvedere Avenue (Belvedere Square) Planned Unit Development. |
08-0135
Bill Henry
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Building, Fire, and Related Codes - Service Charges and Permit Fees |
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FOR the purpose of modifying certain service charges and permit fees, their |
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amounts, the bases on which they are computed, and the dates on which they are |
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due; and generally relating to the imposition of charges and fees under the |
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Building, Fire, and Related Codes. |
09-0310
City Council President (Administration)
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Leash Law - Environmental and Civil Citations |
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FOR the purpose of reducing certain civil penalties for violating animal control law |
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requirements for leashes or other restraints; and providing for a special effective |
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date. |
09-0322
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James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Robert W. Curran, Edward L. |
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Reisinger, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Agnes Welch, Helen L. |
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Holton, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Warren |
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Branch, President Rawlings-Blake and Belinda K. Conaway |
June 2, 2009
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Sanitation - "One Plus One" Collection Program |
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FOR the purpose of amending the City Code to enable the City's "One Plus One" |
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Collection Program; defining and redefining certain terms; conforming varied |
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provisions governing the handling, placement, and collection of trash, garbage, |
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debris, and other mixed refuse; modifying the specifications for required |
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receptacles; repealing certain obsolete provisions; modifying and conforming |
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certain penalties; conforming, correcting, and clarifying related provisions; |
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providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the collection of |
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mixed refuse and recyclable materials. |
09-0284
City Council President (Administration)
June 8, 2009
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Congratulations to Baltimore City Schools' 2009 Teacher of the Year |
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FOR the purpose of congratulating Nicholas Greer, a 9th grade Biology Teacher at |
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Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, on being named Baltimore City Public Schools' |
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2009 Teacher of the Year on National Teacher's Day as part of City Schools' |
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weeklong Teacher Appreciation Week celebration; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
09-0344
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President Rawlings-Blake, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert W. Curran, |
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Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, William H. Cole, IV, James B. Kraft, Helen L. |
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Holton, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes Welch, Belinda |
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K. Conaway, Edward L. Reisinger, Bill Henry and Mary Pat Clarke |
Executive Nominations - Withdrawn
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Member - Mayor's Commission on Disabilities |
EA09-0168
Executive Nominations
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Member - Board of Recreation and Parks - 7th District |
EA09-0169
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Board of Recreation and Parks |
EA09-0170
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Board of Recreation and Parks - 11th District |
EA09-0171
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Board of Recreation and Parks - 6th District |
EA09-0172
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Drusilla "Dru" Schmidt-Perkins |
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Member - Board of Recreation and Parks - 4th District |
EA09-0173
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Board of Recreation and Parks - 14th District |
EA09-0174
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Board of Recreation and Parks - 11th District |
EA09-0175
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on Aging and Retirement Education - 6th District |
EA09-0176
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Youth Commission - 12th District |
EA09-0177
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
Bills Introduced
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Floodplain Management - Development Regulations |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing a limited exception to the proscription against |
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private development in certain areas; conforming, correcting, and clarifying related |
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provisions; and generally relating to floodplain management. |
09-0347
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Planning |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Benefits - Post-Retirement |
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Increases |
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FOR the purpose of amending provisions of the Fire and Police Employees’ |
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Retirement System law pertaining to post-retirement increases; modifying certain |
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System interest rate assumptions; discontinuing the utilization of certain existing |
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System accounting reserves; providing for a special effective date; and generally |
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relating to the Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System of the City of |
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Baltimore. |
09-0348
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Finance |
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TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
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"Quick-Take" Condemnation - Notice of Proposed Commencement |
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FOR the purpose of requiring the City to provide certain notice before it institutes a |
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quick-take condemnation proceeding; defining certain terms; and generally relating |
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to pre-condemnation notice. |
09-0349
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Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Mary Pat |
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Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger, Belinda K. Conaway, Agnes Welch and |
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Warren Branch |
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TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Highways and Franchises
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City Streets - Opening - 2 10-Foot Alleys |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and opening (1) a 10-foot alley laid out in the rear |
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of the properties formerly known as Nos. 2203-2227 North Howard Street and (2) a |
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10-foot alley laid out contiguous to the north outline of the property formerly |
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known as No. 2214 Mace Street, as shown on Plat 114-A-47 in the Office of the |
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Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
08-0237
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Streets - Closing - 2 10-Foot Alleys |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing (1) a 10-foot alley laid out in the rear |
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of the properties formerly known as Nos. 2203 through 2227 North Howard Street |
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and (2) a 10-foot alley laid out contiguous to the north outline of the property |
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formerly known as No. 2214 Mace Street, as shown on Plat 114-A-47A in the |
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Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective |
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date. |
08-0238
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Release of Right of Ways - (1) a 12-Foot Right of Way and (2) a Varying in |
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Width Right of Way Granted to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore |
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Through the Property of Pompeian, Inc. |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the release and surrender by the Mayor and City |
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Council of Baltimore of all of its interests in and to (1) a 12-foot wide right of way |
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heretofore granted to the City of Baltimore through the property of Union Railroad |
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Company of Baltimore and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, currently owned |
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by Pompeian, Inc., the location and course of the 12-foot wide right of way to be |
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released being shown on Plat B.S.20-20589 prepared by the Department of Public |
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Works - Bureau of Sewers and (2) a varying in width right of way granted to the |
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City of Baltimore through the property of Pompeian, Inc., the location and course |
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of the varying in width right of way to be released being shown on Plat |
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R.W.20-36189 prepared by the Survey Control Section; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
08-0243
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Streets - Closing - A 15-Foot Alley |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing a 15-foot alley laid out in the rear of |
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the properties known as Nos. 2501/2507 through 2511/2517 Eutaw Place, |
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extending from Chauncey Avenue, Northwesterly 108.0 feet, more or less, to the |
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southeast side of a 15-foot alley laid out in the rear of the properties known as Nos. |
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914 through 934 Chauncey Avenue, as shown on Plat 316-C-1 in the Office of the |
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Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0280
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Streets - Closing - Hawkins Point Road |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Hawkins Point Road, extending from |
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Fort Armistead Road Southwesterly 449.8 feet, more or less, to an access ramp to |
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northbound Interstate Route No. 695, as shown on Plat 114-A-50 in the Office of |
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the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0282
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Streets - Closing - Oakhill Avenue |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Oakhill Avenue, extending from 20th |
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Street, Northerly 90.0 feet, more or less, to the south side of a 15-foot alley laid out |
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in the rear of the properties known as 800 through 928 East 20th Street, as shown |
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on Plat 190-A-27 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing |
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for a special effective date. |
09-0296
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Streets - Opening - Hunter Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and opening Hunter Street, extending from the |
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north side of a 10-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as 210 |
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through 218/220-222 East Preston Street, Northerly 94.1 feet, more or less, to the |
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south side of a 7-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as 209 |
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through 217 East Mount Royal Avenue, as shown on Plat 338-A-21 in the Office of |
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the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0298
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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City Streets - Closing - Hunter Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Hunter Street, extending from the |
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north side of a 10-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as 210 |
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through 218/220-222 East Preston Street, Northerly 94.1 feet, more or less, to the |
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south side of a 7-foot alley, laid out in the rear of the properties known as 209 |
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through 217 East Mount Royal Avenue, as shown on Plat 338-A-21A in the Office |
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of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0299
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Land Use and Transportation
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Zoning - Video Lottery Facilities |
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FOR the purpose of allowing a video lottery facility as a permitted use in certain |
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districts; defining certain terms; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0330
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Taxation, Finance and Economic Development
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Newly Constructed Dwellings - Property Tax Credit - Reauthorization |
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FOR the purpose of reauthorizing and extending for a certain period the property |
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tax credit for newly constructed dwellings; redefining certain terms; providing for |
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two application periods; establishing a one-time amnesty period for certain |
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qualified owners who previously failed to apply timely; repealing certain obsolete |
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provisions; and generally relating to a property tax credit for newly constructed |
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dwellings. |
09-0331
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President Rawlings-Blake, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, |
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Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Sharon Green Middleton, |
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Helen L. Holton, Robert W. Curran, William H. Cole, IV, Agnes Welch, |
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Edward L. Reisinger, Warren Branch, Belinda K. Conaway and Rochelle |
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'Rikki' Spector |
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
Urban Affairs and Aging
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Downtown Management District - Adjustment of Boundaries |
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FOR the purpose of extending the Downtown Management District to encompass |
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an area bounded by Franklin Street to the north, Howard Street to the east, Saratoga |
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Street to the south, and Eutaw Street to the west, as well as properties fronting on |
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the west side of Eutaw Street; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related |
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language; making this Ordinance subject to a certain contingency; and generally |
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related to the Downtown Management District and Authority. |
09-0293
William H. Cole, IV and Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Urban Renewal - Carroll Camden - Amendment _ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Carroll Camden to |
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revise an exhibit to reflect land use changes in the Plan; waiving certain content |
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and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; |
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providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other |
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ordinances; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0329
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
3R
Third Reader
Third Reader (for final passage)
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Sale of Property - the Former Bed of Diamond Street |
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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 a certain parcel of land known as the |
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former bed of Diamond Street, extending from Fayette Street, northerly 195.2 feet, |
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more or less, and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
08-0236
City Council President (Administration)
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Sale of Property - the Former Beds of 2 10-Foot Alleys |
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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 parcels of land known as the |
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former beds of (1) a 10-foot alley laid out in the rear of the properties formerly |
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known as Nos. 2203 through 2227 North Howard Street and (2) a 10-foot alley laid |
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out contiguous to the north outline of the property formerly known as No. 2214 |
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Mace Street and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
08-0239
City Council President (Administration)
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Sale of Property - Subterranean Rights Under Pleasant Street |
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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 a certain parcel of land known as the |
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subterranean rights under Pleasant Street, 23.35 feet east of St. Paul Place and |
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extending Easterly 26.00 feet and no longer needed for public use; and providing |
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for a special effective date. |
08-0242
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - President Street Station |
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FOR the purpose of designating the President Street Station, 601 President |
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Street/801 Fleet Street, as a historical landmark. |
08-0244
City Council President (Administration)
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment 1 - Chesapeake Paperboard |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the |
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Chesapeake Paperboard Planned Unit Development. |
09-0285
Edward L. Reisinger
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Sale of Property - The Former Bed of Hunter Street |
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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 a certain parcel of land known as the |
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former bed of Hunter Street, extending from the north side of a 10-foot alley laid |
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out in the rear of the properties known as 210 through 218/220-222 East Preston |
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Street Northerly 94.1 feet, more or less, to the south side of a 7-foot alley laid out |
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in the rear of the properties known as 209 through 217 East Mount Royal Avenue |
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and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0300
City Council President (Administration)
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Zoning - Parking Lot District - Conditional Use Parking Lots - Block 3635, |
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Lots 17 and 17A |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
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maintenance, and operation of open off-street parking areas on the properties |
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known as Block 3635, Lots 17 and 17A (WS Maryland Avenue SWC 26th Street |
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and ES North Howard Street SEC 26th Street), as outlined in red on the |
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accompanying plat. |
09-0316
Belinda K. Conaway
Committee Announcements
Announcements
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THE NEXT MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD |
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ON MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009, AT 3:00 P.M. AND 5 P.M. |
Adjournment
Cable Hearing Schedule
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee, Councilmember Holton - Chair |
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09-0921 - Land Bank Authority |
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Urban Affairs and Aging, Councilmember Welch - Chair |
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09-0313 - Urban Renewal - Uplands - Amendment __ |
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Land Use and Transportation, Councilmember Reisinger - Chair |
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09-0314 - Rezoning - Certain Properties in the Uplands Renewal Area |
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09-0315 - Planned Unit Development - Designation - Uplands |
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee |
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08-0049R - A Request for Constructive Change - Budgeting for Outcomes |