City of Baltimore Legistar System

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, President of the Council

Edward L. Reisinger, Vice President

District 1: James Kraft - District 2: Nicholas C. D'Adamo

District 3: Robert W. Curran - District 4: Bill Henry

District 5: Rochelle "Rikki" Spector - District 6: Sharon Green Middleton

District 7: Belinda Conaway - District 8: Helen L. Holton

District 9: Agnes Welch - District 10: Edward L. Reisinger

District 11: William H. Cole, IV - District 12: Bernard C. "Jack" Young

District 13: Warren Branch - District 14: Mary Pat Clarke

Carl Stokes, Chief Operating Officer,The Bluford Drew Jamison STEM Academy, speaking on

behalf of the Lab Rats C Robotics Team

General Fund Operating Appropriation Transfer - Department of Public

Works (Program 515 - Solid Waste Collection) to the Baltimore City Police

Department (Program 201 - Field Operations Bureau) - $3,546,000

FOR the purpose of transferring a General Fund Operating Appropriation in the

amount of $3,564,000 from the Department of Public Works - Program 515 (Solid

Waste Collection) to the Baltimore City Police Department - Program 201 (Field

Operations Bureau) to provide funding to pay for additional operating expenses in

Fiscal 2009; and providing for a special effective date.

Supplementary General Fund Operating Appropriation - Police Department -

$2,964,000

FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Operating

Appropriation in the amount of $2,964,000 to the Police Department - Program 201

(Field Operations Bureau), to provide funding to pay for additional operating

expenses; and providing for a special effective date.

Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Public

Works - $550,000

FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital

Appropriation in the amount of $550,000 to the Department of Public Works

(Account #9916-194-134), to provide funding for the removal of asbestos from

City-owned buildings; and providing for a special effective date.

Speed Monitoring Systems - Establishment

FOR the purpose of authorizing the certain speed monitoring systems, in certain

areas, and subject to certain standards, procedures, requirements, and limitations;

authorizing certain civil penalties for violations; defining certain terms; requiring

certain rules and regulations; mandating a certain period during which violations

may be enforced only by the issuance of warnings; and providing for a special

effective date.

Corrective Bill 2009

FOR the purpose of correcting certain technical errors and omissions in the City

Code; repealing certain obsolete or otherwise unnecessary provisions; correcting,

clarifying, and conforming certain language; and providing for a special effective

date.

Congratulations to Baltimore City Schools' 2009 Teacher of the Year

FOR the purpose of congratulating Nicholas Greer, a 9th grade Biology Teacher at

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, on being named Baltimore City Public Schools'

2009 Teacher of the Year on National Teacher's Day as part of City Schools'

weeklong Teacher Appreciation Week celebration; and providing for a special

effective date.

Public Safety Conservation Areas - Reconstitution

FOR the purpose of merging the Public Safety Conservation Area Advisory Board

and the Baltimore Urban Lighting Board (BULB) into a new, reconstituted board;

reviving the Public Safety Conservation Area Program; correcting, clarifying, and

conforming related provisions; and generally relating to promoting a crimefree

environment in neighborhoods.

Charter Amendment - City Council - Independent Counsel

FOR the purpose of authorizing the City Council to retain the services of

independent legal counsel; providing for the qualifications and term of that

counsel; specifying the duties of that counsel; providing for the counsel’s

compensation and expenses; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters

of the City for adoption or rejection.

Informational Hearing - Baltimore Economic Recovery Team

FOR the purpose of requesting the Co-Chairs of the Baltimore Economic Recovery

Team to report to the City Council on the procedures in place to monitor the funds

that Baltimore will receive through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act;

to present a list of stimulus activities presently determined eligible for funding; to

share how these projects and programs will serve Baltimore in the present and the

future; and to submit a schedule of regular reports planned for updates to the City

Council on BERT activities.

Informational Hearing - Recycling - Yard Waste

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Public Works, the Bureau Head of

Solid Waste, and the Recycling Coordinator to report to the City Council on the

feasibility of providing for the recycling of yard waste; the fiscal impact of

removing yard waste from the solid waste stream; and the estimated time needed to

convert to a new method of yard waste disposal throughout Baltimore City.

Unemployment Benefits - Debit Cards

FOR the purpose of requesting the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor,

Licensing and Regulation to report to the City Council on the efficacy of disbursing

unemployment benefits to new recipients through prepaid debit cards, to address

complaints that some recipients are being charged an ATM fee to gain access to

their funds, and to determine the availability of fee-free Citi network ATMs to

Baltimore City residents.

Zoning - Parking Lot District - Conditional Use Parking Lots - Block 3635,

Lots 17 and 17A

FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment,

maintenance, and operation of open off-street parking areas on the properties

known as Block 3635, Lots 17 and 17A (WS Maryland Avenue SWC 26th Street

and ES North Howard Street SEC 26th Street), as outlined in red on the

accompanying plat.

Sale of Property - the Former Bed of Diamond Street

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at

either public or private sale, all its interest in a certain parcel of land known as the

former bed of Diamond Street, extending from Fayette Street, northerly 195.2 feet,

more or less, and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special

effective date.

Sale of Property - the Former Beds of 2 10-Foot Alleys

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at

either public or private sale, all its interest in certain parcels of land known as the

former beds of (1) a 10-foot alley laid out in the rear of the properties formerly

known as Nos. 2203 through 2227 North Howard Street and (2) a 10-foot alley laid

out contiguous to the north outline of the property formerly known as No. 2214

Mace Street and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special

effective date.

City Council President (Administration)

Sale of Property - Subterranean Rights Under Pleasant Street

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at

either public or private sale, all its interest in a certain parcel of land known as the

subterranean rights under Pleasant Street, 23.35 feet east of St. Paul Place and

extending Easterly 26.00 feet and no longer needed for public use; and providing

for a special effective date.

City Council President (Administration)

REPORTED FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENT

Sale of Property - The Former Bed of Hunter Street

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at

either public or private sale, all its interest in a certain parcel of land known as the

former bed of Hunter Street, extending from the north side of a 10-foot alley laid

out in the rear of the properties known as 210 through 218/220-222 East Preston

Street Northerly 94.1 feet, more or less, to the south side of a 7-foot alley laid out

in the rear of the properties known as 209 through 217 East Mount Royal Avenue

and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date.

City Council President (Administration)

Urban Affairs and Aging

Baltimore City Landmark List - President Street Station

FOR the purpose of designating the President Street Station, 601 President

Street/801 Fleet Street, as a historical landmark.

City Council President (Administration)

Third Reader (to be held one meeting)

Planned Unit Development - Amendment 1 - Chesapeake Paperboard

FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the

Chesapeake Paperboard Planned Unit Development.

Third Reader (for final passage)

Sanitation - "One Plus One" Collection Program

FOR the purpose of amending the City Code to enable the City's "One Plus One"

Collection Program; defining and redefining certain terms; conforming varied

provisions governing the handling, placement, and collection of trash, garbage,

debris, and other mixed refuse; modifying the specifications for required

receptacles; repealing certain obsolete provisions; modifying and conforming

certain penalties; conforming, correcting, and clarifying related provisions;

providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the collection of

mixed refuse and recyclable materials.

City Council President (Administration)

Committee Announcements

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2009 , AT 5:00 P.M.

Cable Hearing Schedule

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M.

Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee, Councilmember Cole - Chair

09-0261 - Land Bank Authority