Monday, February 25, 2008
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 - Draft
Call to Order
Invocation
Reverend Lois Nehmer, Pastor, Luther Memorial Lutheran Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Thomas Saunders, President, Renaissance Productions and Tours
Approval of the Journal
February 11, 2008
Communications from the Mayor
Executive Nominations - Withdrawn
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Member - Commission on Sustainability |
EA08-0007
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Member - Commission on Sustainability |
EA08-0009
Executive Nominations
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Director - Department of Human Resources - 10th District |
EA08-0024
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Commissioner/Executive Director - Department of Housing and Community |
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Development - 11th District |
EA08-0025
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Director - Department of Planning - 4th District |
EA08-0026
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Executive Director - Commission on Aging and Retirement Education - 11th |
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District |
EA08-0027
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Board of Trustees, Employees Retirement and Elected Officials |
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Retirement Systems - 5th District |
EA08-0028
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Public Art Commission - 4th District |
EA08-0029
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Public Art Commission - 11th District |
EA08-0030
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Public Art Commission - 7th District |
EA08-0031
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Public Art Commission - 5th District |
EA08-0032
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Public Art Commission - 14th District |
EA08-0033
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Chair - Public Art Commission - 14th District |
EA08-0034
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Public Art Commission - 14th District |
EA08-0035
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
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Member - Public Art Commission |
EA08-0036
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
Bills Introduced
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"Dirt Bikes" - Unregistered Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles - Forfeiture |
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Proceeding |
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FOR the purpose of requiring a person who owns, controls, possesses, or has |
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custody of a dirt bike or an unregistered motorcycle or similar vehicle to |
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immobilize that vehicle while in Baltimore City; modifying certain restrictive |
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provisions relating to published notice of a forfeiture petition; repealing certain |
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provisions authorizing repossession of a vehicle pending a decision on forfeiture; |
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prohibiting a secured party from selling a forfeited vehicle to the owner or other |
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person from whom it was seized; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related |
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language; and generally relating to dirt bikes or unregistered motorcycles or similar |
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vehicles. |
08-0047
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Law |
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
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Charles Village Community Benefits District - Supplemental Tax |
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FOR the purpose of expressly stating the applicability of the Homestead Property |
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Credit to the Supplemental Tax imposed on properties in the Charles Village |
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Community Benefits District; clarifying, conforming, and correcting certain |
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language; and generally relating to operations of the Charles Village Community |
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Benefits District. |
08-0048
Mary Pat Clarke
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TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
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City Trees - Protective Measures |
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FOR the purpose of extending certain laws for the protection of trees along public |
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ways to apply also to trees in parks, squares, and other public places; prohibiting |
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excessive or unnecessary cutting, trimming, or pruning of public trees; authorizing |
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the City Arborist to adjudicate complaints of unauthorized or improper treatment of |
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public trees and to impose civil penalties and remedies for violations; redefining |
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certain terms; increasing certain criminal penalties; conforming agency references |
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to reflect reallocations established by prior enactments; correcting, clarifying, and |
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conforming related language; and generally relating to trees, shrubs, and other |
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plants in the public ways and in the parks, squares, and other public places of the |
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City. |
08-0049
Mary Pat Clarke
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LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE |
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Animal Control - Penalties |
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FOR the purpose of increasing the prepayable citation penalties for certain animal |
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control offenses. |
08-0050
James B. Kraft
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
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Sanitary Maintenance - Penalties |
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FOR the purpose of increasing the prepayable citation penalties for certain sanitary |
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maintenance offenses; and correcting certain cross-references to those offens |
08-0051
James B. Kraft
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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FOR the purpose of increasing the criminal and prepayable citation penalties for |
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certain littering offenses. |
08-0052
James B. Kraft
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Baltimore City's 10 -Year Plan to End Homelessness - A Call to Action |
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FOR the purpose of calling upon the citizens of Baltimore City to join the Mayor in |
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attaining the goals set forth in The Journey Home: Baltimore City's 10 - Year Plan |
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to End Homelessness; urging faith-based, student, fraternal, sororal, civic, youth, |
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and other service organizations to identify the specific contributions they will |
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provide to address the plight of the homeless; and encouraging all private citizens |
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to volunteer their time, talent, and tangible resources to the action plan to end |
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homelessness in Baltimore City by 2018. |
08-0053
Helen L. Holton
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MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION |
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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The Restoration of Federal Funding to the HOPE VI Program |
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FOR the purpose of expressing support for the restoration of funding to the HOPE |
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VI program, and calling upon the Honorable Members of the Maryland Delegation |
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to the 110th Congress to secure such funding. |
08-0019R
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James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert W. Curran, Rochelle 'Rikki' |
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Spector, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda K. Conaway, Helen L. Holton, |
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Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry and Bernard C. 'Jack' Young |
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In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 533 and House Bill 1242 - |
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Creation of a Task Force to Study How to Improve Financial Literacy in the |
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State |
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FOR the purpose of showing support for Senate Bill 533 and House Bill 1242 that |
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provide for the creation of a Task Force to Study How to Improve Financial |
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Literacy in the State; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate |
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Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee to give the bill a |
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favorable report; requesting the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore |
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City Senate and House Delegation to the 2008 Maryland General Assembly to |
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support passage of the legislation; and entreating the Governor to sign the |
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legislation into law. |
08-0020R
Robert W. Curran
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Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprise Coordinating Group |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the inclusion of a $3 million line item in the |
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2008-2009 City budget for the Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprises Investment Fund to |
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expand the number of individual Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprises in Baltimore City. |
08-0021R
Mary Pat Clarke
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Support for Baltimore City Experience Corps |
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FOR the purpose of requesting Experience Corps funding in the 2008-09 City |
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Budget so as to sustain this intergenerational academic program in the 20 BCPSS |
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elementary schools it serves so effectively. |
08-0022R
Mary Pat Clarke
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Informational Hearing - Building a Skatepark in Baltimore City |
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FOR the purpose of requesting that the President of The Skatepark of Baltimore, |
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Inc., brief the Council on the rapid growth of skateboarding across the country, the |
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impact that this trend has on Baltimore City, the necessity for building a skatepark |
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in Baltimore City, the current status of grants and donations that The Skatepark of |
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Baltimore, Inc., has obtained, and the status of its goals to raise funds, build |
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partnerships, secure a location, design, and begin construction of a skatepark in |
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Baltimore City. |
08-0023R
Mary Pat Clarke
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Executive Appointments
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 5th District |
EA08-0004
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 11th District |
EA08-0005
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability |
EA08-0006
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability |
EA08-0008
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 6th District |
EA08-0010
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 12th District |
EA08-0011
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 11th District |
EA08-0012
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 14th District |
EA08-0013
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 1st District |
EA08-0014
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability |
EA08-0015
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 10th District |
EA08-0016
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 7th District |
EA08-0017
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 11th District |
EA08-0018
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 1st District |
EA08-0019
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Member - Commission on Sustainability - 14th District |
EA08-0020
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
Committee Announcements
Announcements
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THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL |
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WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008, AT 5:00 P.M. |
Adjournment
Cable Hearing Schedule
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee, Councilmember Holton - Chair |
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08-0010R - Informational Hearing - Report of the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee on Taxes |
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and Fees |
