Monday, September 21, 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
The Reverend Dr. Douglas Summers, Providence Baptist Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Robert Gehman, Executive Director, Helping Up Mission
Approval of the Journal
September 14, 2009
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
Executive Nominations
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City |
EA09-0183
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission of HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City - 5th District |
EA09-0184
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City - 11th District |
EA09-0185
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City - 12th District |
EA09-0186
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City |
EA09-0187
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City - 2nd District |
EA09-0188
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City |
EA09-0189
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City - 14th District |
EA09-0190
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City - 4th District |
EA09-0191
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City - 6th District |
EA09-0192
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City - 2nd District |
EA09-0193
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City |
EA09-0194
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City - 9th District |
EA09-0195
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City |
EA09-0196
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City - 11th District |
EA09-0197
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City |
EA09-0198
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City |
EA09-0199
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City |
EA09-0200
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
Bills Introduced
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Rezoning - 2112-2136 West North Avenue |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 2112-2136 |
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West North Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the B-2-3 |
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Zoning District to the B-3 Zoning District. |
09-0398
Belinda K. Conaway
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At the request of: Melvina and Melody Williams |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATON COMMITTEE |
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Rezoning - Block 3590, Lot 21Q |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as Block 3590, Lot |
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21Q, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the R-6 Zoning District to |
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the R-6-P Zoning District. |
09-0399
Mary Pat Clarke
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Zoning - Conditional Use Incinerator - Amending Conditional Use |
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FOR the purpose of amending Ordinances 89-323, 93-224, and 97-127, which |
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authorized a conditional use for an incinerator, to repeal certain geographic |
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restrictions on the use of the incinerator; clarifying, conforming, and correcting |
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certain citations and related language; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0400
Edward L. Reisinger, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector and Helen L. Holton
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At the request of: Curtis Bay Energy, c/o Tom Lingan, Esq. |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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City Officers and Employees - Overtime Compensation |
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FOR the purpose of imposing a limit on the amount of overtime compensation that |
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may be paid City employees; providing certain exceptions; and generally relating to |
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overtime compensation for City employees. |
09-0401
Belinda K. Conaway and Warren Branch
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Office of Overtime Reporting - Establishment |
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FOR the purpose of establishing an Office of Overtime Reporting; providing for the |
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appointment of a director and staff for the Office; requiring City agencies to report |
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to the Office on overtime expenditures; and generally relating to oversight of |
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overtime expenditures. |
09-0402
Belinda K. Conaway and Warren Branch
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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Police Actions - Treatment of Dogs |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore Police Commissioner to report to the |
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City Council on the treatment of dogs during police response to citizens’ calls for |
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assistance, service of arrests warrants, or the execution of raids for drug-related and |
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other criminal activities. |
09-0150R
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Belinda K. Conaway, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Warren Branch, |
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Helen L. Holton, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward L. Reisinger, Mary Pat |
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Clarke and Robert W. Curran |
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
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A Request for State Legislation - Auto Insurance Rates - Fair Rate Calculation |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore |
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City Senate and House Delegations to the 2010 Session of the Maryland General |
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Assembly to introduce legislation to eliminate disparities in the amount charged for |
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car insurance by removing location as a consideration in calculating the amount |
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charged for auto insurance coverage. |
09-0151R
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Belinda K. Conaway, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, James B. Kraft, Nicholas |
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C. D'Adamo, Edward L. Reisinger, Helen L. Holton, Sharon Green |
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Middleton, Warren Branch, Bill Henry and Mary Pat Clarke |
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Informational Hearing - SmartBoot |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Director and the Chief of Safety of the |
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Department of Transportation to report to the City Council on the status of the |
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PayLock SmartBoot system, citizen response to the institution of self-release |
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vehicle immobilization devices, and the efficacy of the 24/7 Boot Release Help |
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Center in the processing of payments and collection of fees owed to the City by |
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parking ticket scofflaws. |
09-0152R
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Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, William H. Cole, IV, |
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Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda K. Conaway, Warren Branch, Edward |
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L. Reisinger, Bill Henry and Mary Pat Clarke |
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Congratulations to Western High School # 407 - A 2009 National Blue Ribbon |
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School of Excellence |
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FOR the purpose of congratulating the students, teachers, and administrators of |
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Western High School on receiving the honor of being designated a 2009 National |
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Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education, |
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applauding the students and parents on their commitment to education, and |
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commending the teachers, para-professionals, and administrators for their |
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continuing efforts in the pursuit of academic excellence. |
09-0153R
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President Rawlings-Blake, Belinda K. Conaway, Sharon Green Middleton, |
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Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James |
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B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Edward L. |
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Reisinger, Warren Branch, Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry and Agnes Welch |
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Congratulations Visit Baltimore! |
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FOR the purpose of congratulating BACVA on changing its name to Visit |
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Baltimore; commending the members of the association on its many tourism sales |
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and marketing accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2009; and applauding the past |
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accomplishments and future successes the change heralds. |
09-0154R
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Agnes Welch, James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Sharon Green |
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Middleton, Warren Branch, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Edward L. Reisinger, |
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Belinda K. Conaway, Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry and Mary Pat Clarke |
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Highways and Franchises
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City Streets - Closing - Two Portions of Penn Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing (1) a portion of Penn Street, extending |
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from Lombard Street, North 02° 49' 40" West 346.42 feet to Redwood Street and |
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(2) a portion of Penn Street at a point on the east side thereof, distant North 02° 49' |
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40" West 107.33 feet from the north side of Lombard Street and extending North |
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02° 49' 40" West 239.09 feet, as shown on Plat 184-A-23A in the Office of the |
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Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0360
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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City Property - Naming the Visitors’ Orientation and Education Center of the |
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Cylburn Arboretum Association to be the Vollmer Center |
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FOR the purpose of naming the Visitors’ Orientation and Education Center of the |
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Cylburn Arboretum Association, located at 4915 Greenspring Avenue, to be the |
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Vollmer Center. |
09-0327
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Sharon Green Middleton, James B. Kraft, Edward L. Reisinger, Agnes |
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Welch, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert W. Curran, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, |
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Bill Henry, Belinda K. Conaway, Helen L. Holton and Mary Pat Clarke |
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Land Use and Transportation
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Zoning - Noncomplying Rowhouses - Expansions |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing certain expansions of noncomplying attached or |
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semi-detached dwellings; establishing procedures and standards for the review, |
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approval, and disapproval of applications for expansion; authorizing the imposition |
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of conditions on the approval of an expansion; requiring compliance with those |
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conditions; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to |
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noncomplying attached or semi-detached dwellings. |
09-0366
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
Taxation, Finance and Economic Development
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Sale of Property - The Former Bed of Oakhill 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 a certain parcel of land known as the |
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former bed of Oakhill Avenue, extending from 20th Street, Northerly 90.0 feet, |
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more or less, to a 15-foot alley laid out in the rear of the properties known as 800 |
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through 928 East 20th Street and no longer needed for public use; and providing for |
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a special effective date. |
09-0297
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
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Sale of Property - the Former Beds of Two Portions of Penn 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 certain parcels of land known as the |
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former beds of two portions of Penn Street and no longer needed for public use; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0361
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Urban Affairs and Aging
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Urban Renewal - Park Heights - Amendment _ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Park Heights to create a |
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new disposition lot, to amend Appendix A to add certain properties for clearance |
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and redevelopment, to amend Appendix B to add the new disposition lot, and to |
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revise certain exhibits to reflect the 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. |
09-0371
Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector and Sharon Green Middleton
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
3R
Third Reader
Third Reader (to be held one meeting)
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Rezoning - Certain Properties in the Reisterstown Plaza Transit Station Urban |
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Renewal Area |
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FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for certain properties or portions of them |
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in the Reisterstown Plaza Transit Station Urban Renewal area: as outlined in blue |
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on the accompanying plats, from the B-3-1 Zoning District to the B-2-1 Zoning |
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District; as outlined in green on the accompanying plats, from the R-6 Zoning |
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District to the O-R-2 Zoning District; as outlined in pink on the accompanying plats |
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from the M-1-1 Zoning District to the O-R-2 Zoning District; as outlined in yellow |
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on the accompanying plats from the R-6 Zoning District to the B-2-2 Zoning |
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District; and as outlined in purple on the accompanying plats from the M-1-1 |
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Zoning District to the B-2-2 Zoning District. |
09-0279
City Council President (Administration)
Third Reader (for final passage)
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Urban Renewal - Reisterstown Plaza Transit Station - Renewal Area |
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Designation and Renewal Plan |
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FOR the purpose of repealing the existing Reisterstown Plaza Urban Renewal Plan |
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and replacing it by designating as a "Renewal Area" an area situated in Baltimore |
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City, Maryland known as Reisterstown Plaza Transit Station, bounded generally by |
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Northern Parkway on the south and east, Reisterstown Road on the north, and the |
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western Baltimore City boundary line on the west; approving a Renewal Plan for |
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Reisterstown Plaza Transit Station; establishing the objectives of the Plan; |
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establishing permitted land uses in the Renewal Area; providing that where there |
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may be a conflict between the provisions of the Renewal Plan and the provisions of |
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any Planned Unit Development, the provisions of the Planned Unit Development |
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control; providing for review of all plans for new construction, exterior |
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rehabilitation, change in use, or demolition of any property; providing that the |
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provisions of the Zoning Code apply to the properties in the Project Area; |
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providing for the term of the Plan; approving an Appendix and certain exhibits to |
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the Plan; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the |
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provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this |
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Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
09-0278
City Council President (Administration)
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Zoning - Conditional Use Housing for the Elderly - 3020-3026 Garrison |
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Boulevard and 3801 and 3803 Bonner Road |
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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 properties known as |
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3020-3026 Garrison Boulevard and 3801 and 3803 Bonner Road, as outlined in red |
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on the accompanying plat. |
09-0332
Sharon Green Middleton and President Rawlings-Blake
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Zoning - Conditional Use Parking, Open Off-Street Area - the Properties to be |
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Known as 1731 North Gay Street (Block 1462, Lot 1) and 1650 North |
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Patterson Park Avenue (Block 1462, Lot 20A) |
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FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, |
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maintenance, and operation of a parking, open off-street area on the properties to |
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be known as 1731 North Gay Street (Block 1462, Lot 1) and 1650 North Patterson |
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Park Avenue (Block 1462, Lot 20A), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. |
09-0350
City Council President (Administration)
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Supplementary Revenue Bond Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of |
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Transportation $17,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Revenue Bond Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $17,000,000 to the Department of Transportation |
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(Account #9965-580-068), to provide funding for the construction of the Front |
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Street Garage; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0374
City Council President (Administration)
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Supplementary Revenue Bond Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of |
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Transportation - $17,000,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Revenue Bond Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $17,000,000 to the Department of Transportation |
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(Account #9965-580-069), to provide funding for the purchase of the McHenry |
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Row garages; and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0375
City Council President (Administration)
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Supplementary Federal Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of |
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Transportation - $1,590,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $1,590,000 to the Department of Transportation |
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(Account #9950-904663-9508), to provide funding for the purchase of a ferry boat |
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and to make pier improvements at Key Highway; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
09-0376
City Council President (Administration)
Committee Announcements
Announcements
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THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL |
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WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009, AT 5:00 P.M. |
Adjournment
Cable Hearing Schedule
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Land Use and Transportation Committee, Councilmember Reisinger - Chair |
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08-0157 - Rezoning - Properties in Canton |
