Thursday, December 6, 2012
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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Bernard C. "Jack" Young, President of the Council |
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District 1: James Kraft - District 2: Brandon M. Scott |
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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: Nick Mosby - District 8: Helen L. Holton |
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District 9: William "Pete" Welch - District 10: Edward L. Reisinger |
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District 11: William H. Cole, IV - District 12: Carl Stokes |
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District 13: Warren Branch - District 14: Mary Pat Clarke |
Meeting Agenda - Final
Call to Order
Invocation
Pastor Sandra M. Greene, New Waverly United Methodist Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Kevin Lindamood, Executive Director, Healthcare for the Homeless
Approval of the Journal
December 3, 2012
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
December 5, 2012
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Urban Renewal - Waverly Business Area - Amendment _ |
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FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Waverly Business Area |
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to add the property known as 3313-3319 Greenmount Avenue to those properties |
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designated for acquisition, by revising Exhibit 2, "Property Acquisition" of the Plan |
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and to add the property known as 3313-3319 Greenmount Avenue to those |
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properties designated for disposition by revising Exhibit 3, "Land Disposition" of |
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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. |
12-0074
Mary Pat Clarke and Robert W. Curran
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City Property - Grant of Easements |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to grant 3 |
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perpetual easements for the benefit of Mt. Vernon Mill, LLC, its successors and |
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assigns, across the Jones Falls in the area between the properties known as 3000 |
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and 3030 Falls Road (Block 3500, Lots 1 and 3) for the purpose of (1) installing |
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and maintaining a pedestrian footbridge over the property (Jones Falls) that is |
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required by the City of Baltimore as a second means of egress from the building at |
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3030 Falls Road, (2) permitting the continuation of an existing footbridge and the |
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maintenance of it over the property (Jones Falls) that was originally constructed in |
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1918, and (3) allowing certain existing piers located in the property (Jones Falls) |
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that support the structure at 3000 Falls Road and allowing the portion of the |
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structure that extends into the property (Jones Falls); and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
12-0090
City Council President (Administration)
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Supplementary General Fund Appropriation - Baltimore City Public Schools - |
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$12,922,862 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Appropriation in the |
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amount of $12,922,862 to M-R: Baltimore City Public Schools - Program 352 |
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(Baltimore City Public Schools), to provide funding for teacher pensions; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
12-0124
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Abell Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Abell Building, 329-335 West Baltimore |
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Street, as a historical landmark. |
12-0126
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Appold-Faust Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Appold-Faust Building, 307-309 West |
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Baltimore Street, as a historical landmark. |
12-0127
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Baltimore Equitable Society Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Baltimore Equitable Society Building, 21 |
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North Eutaw Street, as a historical landmark. |
12-0128
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Equitable Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Equitable Building, 10-12 North Calvert Street, |
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as a historical landmark. |
12-0129
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Old Town National Bank Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Old Town National Bank Building, 221 North |
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Gay Street, as a historical landmark. |
12-0130
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - St. Alphonsus Hall |
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FOR the purpose of designating St. Alphonsus Hall, 125 West Saratoga Street, as a |
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historical landmark. |
12-0131
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Terminal Warehouse Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Terminal Warehouse Building, 320 Guilford |
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Avenue, as a historical landmark. |
12-0132
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Turnbull Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Turnbull Building, 311-313 West Baltimore |
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Street, as a historical landmark. |
12-0133
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List: Public Interiors - St. Mark’s Evangelical |
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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: public interior. |
12-0134
Carl Stokes
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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 the specific disposition lot controls for those disposition lots identified on |
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Exhibit 2 of the Plan, to repeal a requirement that an easement be provided for the |
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Gwynns Falls Trail in Disposition Lots 1 and 2, and to amend Appendix A to |
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provide that the design and rehabilitation standards are applicable to all new |
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construction; 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. |
12-0144
City Council President (Administration)
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Code Enforcement Officers |
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FOR the purpose of redefining the persons authorized to issue environmental |
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citations; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and generally |
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relating to the designation of environmental control officers. |
12-0154
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Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Edward L. Reisinger, Carl Stokes, |
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President Young, Helen L. Holton, Brandon M. Scott, William "Pete" |
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Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, James B. Kraft, Robert W. Curran, Nick Mosby, |
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William H. Cole, IV, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector and Warren Branch |
Executive Appointments - Withdrawn
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Member - Inclusionary Housing Board - 6th District |
EA12-0100
Bills Introduced
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Old Douglass High School |
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FOR the purpose of designating Old Douglass High School, 1645 North Calhoun |
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Street, as a historical landmark. |
12-0173
Nick Mosby, Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry and Warren Branch
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URBAN AFFAIRS AND AGING COMMITTEE |
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FOR the purpose of requiring the creation, updating, and posting online of certain |
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information about proposed, ongoing, and completed agency audits; requiring |
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agencies to provide the Comptroller with this information for audits that the agency |
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itself arranges; defining certain terms; and generally relating to the maintenance of |
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an online database of agency audits. |
12-0174
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Nick Mosby, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, James B. Kraft, William |
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H. Cole, IV, Carl Stokes, Mary Pat Clarke and Edward L. Reisinger |
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TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
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Inclusionary Housing Board - Diversifying District Representation |
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FOR the purpose of expanding the size of the Inclusionary Housing Board by |
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adding 5 board members nominated by the Council President; requiring that the |
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Inclusionary Housing Board members nominated by the Council President reside in |
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different council districts; and generally relating to the composition of the |
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Inclusionary Housing Board. |
12-0175
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President Young, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, |
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Edward L. Reisinger, Carl Stokes, Bill Henry, Nick Mosby, William H. |
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Cole, IV, James B. Kraft, Brandon M. Scott and Sharon Green Middleton |
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HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day - December 21, 2012 |
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FOR the purpose of declaring December 21, 2012 as National Homeless Persons’ |
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Memorial Day in Baltimore City to bring attention to the struggle of people |
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experiencing homelessness, to mourn the passing of our neighbors who, in life, |
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lacked stable housing, and to rededicate ourselves to ending the conditions that |
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create and maintain homelessness. |
12-0081R
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President Young, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke, |
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Edward L. Reisinger, Bill Henry, Nick Mosby, James B. Kraft, William H. |
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Cole, IV, Sharon Green Middleton, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Carl Stokes |
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and Brandon M. Scott |
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Informational Hearing - Casino Community Hiring |
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FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the Mayor’s Office of |
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Employment Development (MOED) and the Baltimore Development Corporation |
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(BDC) to appear before the City Council to discuss the possible benefits of a job |
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development MOU with the Baltimore casino developers, what types of job |
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training and support can best be provided by both the City and developers on this |
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project, and what the next steps should be for ensuring that Baltimore is adequately |
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preparing its workforce for the employment opportunities that the casino will |
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create. |
12-0082R
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Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Bill Henry, Helen L. Holton, Sharon Green |
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Middleton, Nick Mosby, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward L. Reisinger, Carl |
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Stokes, Brandon M. Scott, William H. Cole, IV and Warren Branch |
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Request for Federal Action - Avoiding Sequestration |
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FOR the purpose of expressing the Baltimore City Council's support for allowing |
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Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy to expire, while balancing the Federal budget in a |
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way that will create jobs and strengthen our communities, and calling upon |
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Congress to draft or pass, and the President to sign, legislation that would do so. |
12-0083R
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Bill Henry, Carl Stokes, Mary Pat Clarke, Warren Branch and Brandon M. |
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Scott |
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Request for State Action - Community Development PILOTs |
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FOR the purpose of respectfully requesting that the Maryland General Assembly |
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pass, and the Governor sign, legislation allowing Baltimore City to enter into |
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PILOT agreements for deserving smaller community development projects outside |
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of the City's downtown and waterfront neighborhoods. |
12-0084R
Bill Henry, Carl Stokes, Mary Pat Clarke and Warren Branch
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Request for State Action - Recreation Maintenance of Effort |
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FOR the purpose of calling on the General Assembly and the Governor to act to |
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include a maintenance of effort provision in the State law setting aside table game |
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revenue in Baltimore for recreational facilities. |
12-0085R
Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Carl Stokes, Warren Branch and Nick Mosby
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Budget and Appropriations
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of |
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Transportation - $4,200,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $4,200,000 to the Department of Transportation |
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(Account #9950-901069-5912), to provide funding for additional capital projects; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
12-0140
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of |
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Transportation - $7,200,000 |
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FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital |
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Appropriation in the amount of $7,200,000 to the Department of Transportation |
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(Account #9950-903550-9509), to provide funding for additional capital projects; |
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and providing for a special effective date. |
12-0141
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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General Fund Appropriation Transfer - $1,551,566 - from Various City |
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Agencies to the Fire Department (Program 602) - $657,566 and to M-R: |
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Educational Grants (Program 446) - $894,000 |
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FOR the purpose of transferring General Fund Operating Appropriations in the |
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amount of $200,000 from the M-R: Civic Promotion (Program 590 - Civic |
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Promotion Grants), in the amount of $1,000,000 from the M-R: Office of |
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Information Technology (Program 805 - Enterprise IT Delivery Services), in the |
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amount of $175,000 from the M-R: Miscellaneous General Expenses (Program 122 |
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- Miscellaneous General Expenses), and in the amount of $176,566 from the |
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Department of General Services (Program 731 - Facilities Management) to the Fire |
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Department (Program 602 - Fire Suppression and Emergency Rescue) in the |
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amount of $657,566 and to the M-R: Educational Grants (Program 446 - |
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Educational Grants) in the amount of $894,000; and providing for a special |
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effective date. |
12-0150
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE
3R
Third Reader
Third Reader (for final passage)
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Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Ward 04, Section 10, Block 0620, Lots 4-51 - |
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"Lexington Square" |
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FOR the purpose of authorizing an economic development project to be known as |
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"Lexington Square", in order that the Board of Estimates of Baltimore City (the |
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"Board") may enter into a Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreement with Lexington |
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Square Partners, LLC, its successors or assigns (the "Developer"), for a project |
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encompassing approximately (i) 296 residential market rate rental units and (ii) a |
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structured parking facility containing approximately 650 parking spaces and related |
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improvements; generally relating to payments in lieu of taxes for the Lexington |
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Square development; and providing for a special effective date. |
12-0066
City Council President (Administration)
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment 2 - Northwest Plaza |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the |
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Northwest Plaza Planned Unit Development. |
12-0122
Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector
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Planned Unit Development - The District at Canton Crossing - Amendment 2 |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the |
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District of Canton Crossing Planned Unit Development. |
12-0146
James B. Kraft
Clearing of the Bill Status
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11-0003, 11-0005, 11-0006, 12-0011, 12-0017, 12-0018, 12-0026, 12-0028, 12-0029, |
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12-0062, 12-0075, 12-0080, 12-0081, 12-0082, 12-0083, 12-0089, 12-0094, 12-0101, |
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12-0104, 12-0105, 12-0106, 12-0107, 12-0108, 12-0005R, 12-0007R, 12-0008R, 12-0009R, |
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12-0012R, 12-0020R, 12-0027R, 12-0029R, 12-0031R, 12-0032R, 12-0035R, 12-0044R, |
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12-0047R, 12-0054R |
Committee Announcements
Announcements
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THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL |
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WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013, AT 5:00 P.M. |
Adjournment
Cable Hearing Schedule
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2013 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Housing and Community Development Committee, Councilmember Henry - Chair |
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LO12-0043 - Informational Hearing - Vacants to Value Initiative |
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Budget and Appropriations Committee, Councilmember Holton - Chair |
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12-0058R - City Agency Adoption of Recreation Centers |