Monday, February 23, 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 - Draft
Call to Order
Invocation
Reverend Richard Holland, Redemption Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
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Patricia Granata-Eisner, Executive Director, National Foundation for Teaching |
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Entrepreneurship, Inc. (NFTE) and Keenen Geter, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, will present |
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student projects from the 2009 Student Entrepreneurship Fair. |
Approval of the Journal
February 9, 2009
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Signed by the Mayor
February 17, 2009
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Building Addresses - Placement |
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FOR the purpose of requiring the address number of a building to be affixed or |
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otherwise placed, in a certain manner, at the rear of the building as well as at the |
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front; increasing the penalty for a violation of the laws governing building |
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addresses; providing for alternative enforcement by environmental citation; |
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conforming, correcting, and clarifying related language; providing for a special |
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effective date; and generally relating to the numbering of houses and other |
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buildings in the City of Baltimore. |
08-0092
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Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Mary Pat Clarke, Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, |
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James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President |
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Rawlings-Blake, Agnes Welch, Belinda K. Conaway, Sharon Green |
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Middleton and Edward L. Reisinger |
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Sale of Property - Map 96 Parcel 340, Baltimore County, Maryland |
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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 property known as Map 96 |
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Parcel 340, Baltimore County, Maryland and no longer needed for public use; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
08-0136
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Saint Paul Community Baptist Church |
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FOR the purpose of designating Saint Paul Community Baptist Church, 1901 East |
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Federal Street, as a historical landmark. |
08-0138
City Council President (Administration)
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City Streets - Opening - Certain Streets Lying Within the Area Bounded by |
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Patterson Avenue - Parr Avenue - Spring Avenue and the CSX |
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Transportation, Inc. Railroad Right-of-Way |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and opening (1) Vincennes Avenue, extending |
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from Patterson Avenue, Northwesterly 505.0 feet, more or less, to Ridge Avenue, |
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(2) Ridge Avenue, extending from the Armstrong Avenue, Northeasterly 275.6 |
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feet, more or less, to Vincennes Avenue, and (3) Armstrong Avenue, extending |
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from Ridge Avenue, Northwesterly 475.0 feet, more or less, to Spring Avenue, as |
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shown on Plat 114-A-30 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
08-0152
City Council President (Administration)
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City Streets - Closing - Certain Streets or Portions of them Lying Within the |
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Area Bounded by Patterson Avenue, Parr Avenue, Spring Avenue, and the |
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CSX Transportation, Inc. Railroad Right-of-Way |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing certain streets or portions of them |
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lying within the area bounded by Patterson Avenue, Parr Avenue, Spring Avenue |
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and the CSX Transportation, Inc. Railroad Right-of-Way, as shown on Plat |
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114-A-30A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
08-0153
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Mount Calvary Church |
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FOR the purpose of designating Mount Calvary Church, 816 North Eutaw Street, as |
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a historical landmark. |
08-0172
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - St. Mark’s Evangelical 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. |
08-0173
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Scottish Rite Temple |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Scottish Rite Temple, 3800 North Charles |
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Street, as a historical landmark. |
08-0174
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Nazarene Baptist Church |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Nazarene Baptist Church, 1201 Harford |
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Avenue, as a historical landmark. |
08-0176
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - St. Stanislaus Kostka Church |
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FOR the purpose of designating St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, 700 block of South |
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Ann Street, as a historical landmark. |
08-0178
City Council President (Administration)
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Sale of Properties - 916, 1016, and 1018 North Arlington 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 certain properties known as 916, |
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1016, and 1018 North Arlington Avenue and no longer needed for public use; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
08-0192
City Council President (Administration)
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City Streets - Opening - Callendar Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and opening Callendar Street, extending from |
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Baltimore Street, Southerly 137.4 feet, more or less, to Booth Street, as shown on |
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Plat 114-A-45 in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for a |
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special effective date. |
08-0197
City Council President (Administration)
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City Streets - Closing - Callendar Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing Callendar Street, extending from |
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Baltimore Street, Southerly 137.4 feet, more or less, to Booth Street, as shown on |
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Plat 114-A-45A in the Office of the Department of Public Works; and providing for |
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a special effective date. |
08-0198
City Council President (Administration)
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City Streets - Closing - A Portion of Baltimore Street |
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FOR the purpose of condemning and closing a portion of Baltimore Street, |
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contiguous to the south side thereof and extending from Fremont Avenue, Westerly |
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247.0 feet, more or less, as shown on Plat 111-D-55 in the Office of the |
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Department of Public Works; and providing for a special effective date. |
08-0200
City Council President (Administration)
Bills Introduced
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Metropolitan District of Baltimore County - Extension 158 |
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FOR the purpose of consenting to and approving a petition to extend the |
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Metropolitan District of Baltimore County to a certain tract of land; and providing |
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for a special effective date. |
09-0286
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Public Works |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Metropolitan District of Baltimore County - Extension 160 |
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FOR the purpose of consenting to and approving a petition to extend the |
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Metropolitan District of Baltimore County to a certain tract of land; and providing |
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for a special effective date. |
09-0287
City Council President (Administration)
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At the request of: Department of Public Works |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Burglar Alarms - Registration Fees |
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FOR the purpose of repealing the authority to impose certain registration and |
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related fees on users of burglar alarm systems; and generally relating to the |
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registration and regulation of burglar alarms. |
09-0288
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Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Robert W. Curran, Mary Pat Clarke, Helen L. |
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Holton and Nicholas C. D'Adamo |
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TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
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Foreclosure Chattels - Notice of Dispossession |
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FOR the purpose of extending, for certain types of foreclosed properties, the period |
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for providing prior notice of the execution of a writ of possession; providing for a |
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special effective date; and providing for the automatic termination of the Ordinance |
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on a certain date. |
09-0289
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Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda K. Conaway, Helen L. Holton and |
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Nicholas C. D'Adamo |
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JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE |
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Simulated Slot Machines - Zoning - Licensing and Regulation - Admissions |
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and Amusement Tax |
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FOR the purpose of modifying certain limitations on amusement devices as |
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accessory uses in certain zoning districts; defining certain terms; modifying the |
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license fee for certain amusement devices; exempting certain amusement devices |
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from the admissions and amusement tax; providing for an award program for |
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persons reporting unlicensed or unregistered amusement devices; providing for a |
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special effective date; and generally relating to the zoning, licensing, regulation, |
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and taxation of amusement devices. |
09-0290
Robert W. Curran and President Rawlings-Blake
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TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
Resolutions Introduced
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2009 Resolution on the Spending of Federal Economic Renewal Grants to |
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Baltimore City, Maryland |
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FOR the purpose of supporting the intent of the United Steel Workers and the |
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Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO Unions to maximize the creation of |
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American jobs and restore economic growth and opportunity by spending |
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economic recovery plan funds on products and services that both create jobs and |
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help keep Americans employed. |
09-0110R
Robert W. Curran and President Rawlings-Blake
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Erroneous Tax Sale Notices - Special Benefit District Property |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Finance and the Chief of the Bureau |
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of Revenue Collections to report to the City Council at a public hearing on what |
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caused many taxpayers to receive erroneous tax sale notices, and alley and what |
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procedures can be put in place to avoid this situation in the future. |
09-0111R
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Mary Pat Clarke, William H. Cole, IV, Helen L. Holton, Belinda K. |
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Conaway and President Rawlings-Blake |
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TAXATION, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE |
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Informational Hearing - Badger Public Safety Video System |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the President/CEO of Electronic Technology |
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Associates to present to the City Council information on the Badger Video/Geo |
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Location system and the possible application of video, GPS and communications |
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technology in support of public safety activities in the City of Baltimore. |
09-0112R
Bernard C. 'Jack' Young and President Rawlings-Blake
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
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Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Government - Automated External |
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Defibrillators |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Finance, the Baltimore City Health |
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Commissioner, and the Baltimore City Fire Commissioner to report to the City |
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Council on the fiscal efficiency and public health efficacy of placing Automated |
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External Defibrillators in City-owned buildings. |
09-0113R
Bernard C. 'Jack' Young and Helen L. Holton
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE |
Consent Calendar
(See Section A at back of Agenda)
2R
Second Reader
Executive Appointments
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Member - Mayor's Commission on Disabilities - 8th District |
EA09-0158
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
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Director - Department of Planning - 14th District |
EA09-0161
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
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Retail Business Districts - Sanitation and Public Safety |
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FOR the purpose of including sanitation and public safety activities to the |
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management services that may be provided by a Business Association within a |
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Retail Business District; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; |
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and generally related to the purposes and operations of Retail Business Districts. |
08-0203
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Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert W. Curran, James B. Kraft, Warren |
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Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Belinda K. Conaway, Helen L. Holton, |
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Sharon Green Middleton, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Agnes Welch, Edward |
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L. Reisinger and Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector |
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
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Baltimore City Sustainability Plan |
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FOR the purpose of establishing a Sustainability Plan for the City of Baltimore; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
09-0272
City Council President (Administration) and James B. Kraft
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
Labor
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In Support of B-More United |
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FOR the purpose of expressing support for the B-More United Campaign of the |
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cooks, housekeepers, servers, and banquet staff at the Sheraton Baltimore City |
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Center Hotel and their boycott of the hotel in demand of adequate rights, job |
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security, decent wages, affordable health care, and a pension plan. |
08-0083R
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Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, |
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William H. Cole, IV, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Helen L. Holton, President |
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Rawlings-Blake, Warren Branch, Agnes Welch, Belinda K. Conaway, |
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Robert W. Curran, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Sharon Green Middleton and |
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Edward L. Reisinger |
REPORTED FAVORABLE
Taxation, Finance and Economic Development
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Parking Authority of Baltimore City - Advertising Revenue |
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FOR the purpose of requesting the Executive Director of the Parking Authority of |
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Baltimore City to address the City Council on the feasibility of selling advertising |
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and marketing space in City-owned garages, as a means of generating new revenue. |
08-0071R
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President Rawlings-Blake, Sharon Green Middleton, Bernard C. 'Jack' |
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Young, Robert W. Curran, Warren Branch, Helen L. Holton, William H. |
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Cole, IV, Edward L. Reisinger, James B. Kraft, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, |
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Belinda K. Conaway and Agnes Welch |
REPORTED FAVORABLE
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Tax Credits - Historic Restorations and Rehabilitations |
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FOR the purpose of extending the period within which applications may be |
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accepted for the tax credit for historic restorations and rehabilitations; and |
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providing for a special effective date. |
09-0263
City Council President (Administration)
REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT
Urban Affairs and Aging
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In Support of State and City Capital Investment in the Green House |
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Residences at Stadium Place |
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FOR the purpose of expressing support of State and City capital investment in the |
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Green House Residences at Stadium Place, Maryland’s first Green House |
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long-term care facility, a model of sustained independence and respectful care for |
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frail, elderly adults, proposed for Stadium Place in Baltimore City and in service to |
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the entire Region: It’s Not a Nursing Home. It’s the Newest “Miracle on 33rd |
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Street”. |
09-0098R
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Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Robert W. Curran, |
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Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector, Sharon Green |
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Middleton, Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, |
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Edward L. Reisinger and Belinda K. Conaway |
REPORTED FAVORABLE
3R
Third Reader
Third Reader (to be held one meeting)
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Planned Unit Development - Amendment - 1950 East Fayette Street, 1951 East |
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Fayette Street, and 1921-1939 Orleans Street |
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FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Planned Unit |
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Development for 1950 East Fayette Street, 1951 East Fayette Street, and 1921-1939 |
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Orleans Street. |
08-0165
James B. Kraft and Warren Branch
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Planned Unit Development - Designation - Sinai Hospital-Levindale |
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FOR the purpose of repealing the existing Development Plan for the Sinai Hospital |
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Planned Unit Development and approving a new Development Plan for the Sinai |
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Hospital-Levindale Planned Unit Development. |
08-0206
Sharon Green Middleton
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Planned Unit Development - Westport Waterfront (Corrective) |
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FOR the purpose of amending Ordinance 07-609 to include parcel height limits that |
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were previously approved and referenced on an unpublished exhibit but that were |
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inadvertently omitted from the published text of the Ordinance. |
08-0215
City Council President (Administration)
Third Reader (for final passage)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Raffel Building |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Raffel Building, 107 West Heath Street, as a |
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historical landmark. |
08-0137
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Four Bay House |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Four Bay House, 1733 Aliceanna Street, as a |
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historical landmark. |
08-0170
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Dr. Giering House |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Dr. Giering House, 3906 Parkside Drive, as a |
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historical landmark. |
08-0171
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Melvin Cade Armory |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Melvin Cade Armory, 2620 Winchester Street, |
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as a historical landmark. |
08-0175
City Council President (Administration)
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Baltimore City Landmark List - Harford Commons (William Fuld Company) |
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FOR the purpose of designating the Harford Commons (William Fuld Company), |
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1508 Harford Avenue, as a historical landmark. |
08-0177
City Council President (Administration)
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Sale of Property - Portion of the Former Bed of Callendar 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 a portion of Callendar Street, contiguous to the east side thereof and |
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extending from Baltimore Street, Southerly 137.4 feet, more or less, to Booth Street |
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and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. |
08-0199
City Council President (Administration)
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Sale of Property - Portion of the Former Bed of Baltimore 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 a portion of Baltimore Street, contiguous to the south side thereof |
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and extending from Fremont Avenue, Westerly 247.0 feet, more or less, and no |
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longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date. |
08-0201
City Council President (Administration)
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City Property - Renaming 2 Schools - Woodbourne Center #372 and Central |
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Career Center at Briscoe #451 to New Hope Academy #345 |
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FOR the purpose of changing the names of schools, Woodbourne Center #372 and |
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Central Career Center at Briscoe #451, both located at 900 Druid Hill Avenue, to |
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New Hope Academy #345. |
08-0217
City Council President (Administration)
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Waterfront Management District - Supplemental Tax |
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FOR the purpose of providing that property tax credits applicable to the regular, |
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citywide property tax do not apply to the Supplemental Tax imposed in the |
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Waterfront Management District; and providing for a special effective date. |
08-0219
City Council President (Administration)
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City Streets - Naming an Unnamed Alley Gascony Lane |
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FOR the purpose of naming an unnamed alley, located between West Northern |
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Parkway and St. Georges Road and parallel with Roland Avenue and Falls Road, |
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Gascony Lane. |
08-0222
Rochelle 'Rikki' Spector
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Zoning - Conditional Use - Amending Ordinance 02-355 |
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FOR the purpose of amending Ordinance 02-355 to amend a certain condition and |
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to amend the street address of the property. |
08-0223
Bernard C. 'Jack' Young
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Motor Vehicle Fund Capital Appropriation Transfer - Department of Public |
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Works (Account #9958-526-994) to Department of Recreation and Parks |
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(Account #9936-475-755) - $500,000 |
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FOR the purpose of transferring a Motor Vehicle Fund Capital Appropriation in the |
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amount of $500,000 from the Department of Public Works (Account |
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#9958-526-994) to the Department of Recreation and Parks (Account |
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#9938-475-755); and providing for a special effective date. |
09-0264
City Council President (Administration)
Bills Withdrawn
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Ticket Sale Regulations - Exceptions |
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FOR the purpose of excepting certain Internet transaction, subject to certain |
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conditions, from certain licensing and price-limitation requirements; and generally |
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relating to ticket agencies and ticket sales. |
08-0228
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, MARCH 2, 2009, AT 5:00 P.M. |
Adjournment
Cable Hearing Schedule
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2009 AT 5:00 P..M. |
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Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee, Councilmember Kraft - Chair |
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08-0163 - Live Entertainment - Licensing and Regulation - Hospitality Services - Promotion |
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and Coordination |
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MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Land Use and Transportation Committee, Councilmember Reisinger - Chair |
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08-0018 - Maritime Industrial Overlay District - Extending "Sunset" - Owner Opt-0ut |
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. |
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Education Committee, Councilmember Clarke - Chair |
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08-0062R - Information Hearing - Baltimore City public School System - Anonymous Call |
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Hotline |
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08-0068R - Baltimore City Public School Teachers - Gang Related Violence Training |