| Franchise - Cavalier IP TV, LLC |
| FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to Cavalier IP TV, LLC, to construct, operate, and |
| maintain a cable communications system in and across certain streets and public ways, subject |
| to certain terms, conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date. |
| Mayor's Commission on Disabilities - Members and Associates |
| FOR the purpose of modifying the qualifications required to serve as a member of the |
| Commission on Disabilities; modifying the agencies to be represented on the Commission by |
| non-voting associates; and generally relating to the composition of the Commission on |
| Disabilities. |
| Supplementary Special Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Housing and |
| Community Development - $8,000,000 |
| FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Special Fund Capital Appropriation in the |
| amount of $8,000,000 to the Department of Housing and Community Development (Account |
| #9911-600-858), to provide funding for the acquisition of various parcels of land; and |
| providing for a special effective date. |
| Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation - Mayoralty-Related - $5,000,000 |
| FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary General Fund Capital Appropriation in the |
| amount of $5,000,000 to the Mayoralty-Related (Account #9904-129-086), to provide funding |
| for school construction and renovation projects; and providing for a special effective date. |
| Supplementary Parking Enterprise Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of |
| Transportation - $2,400,000 |
| FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary Parking Enterprise Fund Capital |
| Appropriation in the amount of $2,400,000 to the Department of Transportation (Account |
| #9965-580-566), to provide funding for the acquisition and installation of multi-space parking |
| meters; and providing for a special effective date. |
| Leonard G. "Bud" Schuler, Jr. |
| Chair - Wage Commission |
| Lisa Harris Jones |
| Member - Wage Commission |
| Harold F. Scott |
| Member - Wage Commission - 6th District |
| Zoning - Group Homes - Nursing Homes - Emergency Shelters |
| FOR the purpose of specifying the districts within which group homes, nursing homes, and |
| emergency shelters are allowed as permitted uses, as conditional uses requiring approval by |
| the Zoning Board, or as conditional uses requiring approval by ordinance; defining or |
| redefining certain terms; conforming and modifying the schedule of off-street parking spaces |
| required for these uses; requiring the Zoning Administrator to provide reasonable |
| accommodation to certain persons; repealing provisions that require an ordinance to establish |
| certain health facilities; and generally relating to the zoning of group homes, nursing homes, |
| and emergency shelters. |
| Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2009 |
| FOR the purpose of providing the appropriations estimated to be needed by each agency of the |
| City of Baltimore for operating programs and capital projects during the fiscal 2009 year. |
| BUDGET OVERVIEW |
| See back of hearing schedule for entire list of agency briefings. |
| Annual Property Tax - Fiscal Year 2009 |
| FOR the purpose of providing a tax for the use of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for |
| the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009; and setting the semiannual payment service |
| charge for that period. |
| John P. "Buddy" Cefalu |
| Member - Wage Commission |
| Linda Toyo Obayashi |
| Member - Wage Commission - 11th District |
| Agency Briefings - Ordinance of Estimates for FY '09' |
| Today's budget briefings will be televised on Cable TV 25 |
| See back of hearing schedule for entire list of agency briefings |
| Overview - Cultural Bonds |
| The Planning Department will give the committee an overview of the General Obligation |
| Bonds Issues regarding Cultural Projects; hearings on these bills begin at 9:45 a.m. |
| Bond Issue - Baltimore Museum of Art Loan - $750,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to |
| Resolution II of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General Assembly |
| representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of |
| indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $750,000 from the sale of such |
| certificates to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, |
| advertising, attorneys' fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the |
| remainder of such proceeds to be used for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or any |
| other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and for |
| constructing and erecting, on said land or property, or on any land or property, new buildings, |
| structures and other auxiliary facilities, and for the renovation, alternation, construction, |
| reconstruction, installation, improvement and repair of existing buildings, structures and |
| facilities to be or now being used in connection with the operations, functions, and activities |
| of the Baltimore Museum of Art; and to equip all facilities authorized to be constructed, |
| renovated, altered or improved by the provisions hereof; the payment of any and all costs and |
| expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, |
| including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, |
| economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and other |
| professional services; and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in |
| connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; |
| authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of |
| Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this |
| Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the |
| General Election to be held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2008; |
| and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness in |
| accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, |
| and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor |
| and City Council of Baltimore. |
| Bond Issue - Everyman Theatre Loan - $500,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to |
| Resolution IV of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General Assembly |
| representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of |
| indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $500,000 from the sale of such |
| certificates to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, |
| advertising, attorneys' fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the |
| remainder of such proceeds to be used for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or any |
| other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and for |
| constructing and erecting, on said land or property, or on any land or property, new buildings, |
| structures and other auxiliary facilities, and for the renovation, alternation, construction, |
| reconstruction, installation, improvement and repair of existing buildings, structures and |
| facilities to be or now being used in connection with the operations, functions, and activities |
| of the Everyman Theatre; and to equip all facilities authorized to be constructed, renovated, |
| altered or improved by the provisions hereof; the payment of any and all costs and expenses |
| incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, including, |
| but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, economic |
| analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and other professional |
| services; and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in connection with or |
| pertaining to any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing the |
| issuance of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of Finance of Baltimore |
| City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this Ordinance to the legal |
| voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the General Election to be |
| held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2008; and providing for the |
| expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness in accordance with the |
| provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and by the municipal |
| agency designated in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of |
| Baltimore. |
| Bond Issue - Lyric Opera House Loan - $1,000,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to |
| Resolution I of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General Assembly |
| representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of |
| indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $1,000,000 from the sale of |
| such certificates to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, |
| printing, advertising, attorneys' fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, |
| and the remainder of such proceeds to be used for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, |
| or any other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, |
| and for constructing and erecting, on said land or property, or on any land or property, new |
| buildings, structures and other auxiliary facilities, and for the renovation, alternation, |
| construction, reconstruction, installation, improvement and repair of existing buildings, |
| structures and facilities to be or now being used in connection with the operations, functions, |
| and activities of the Lyric Opera House; and to equip all facilities authorized to be |
| constructed, renovated, altered or improved by the provisions hereof; the payment of any and |
| all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the things herein |
| mentioned, including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, |
| appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and |
| other professional services; and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in |
| connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; |
| authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of |
| Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this |
| Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the |
| General Election to be held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2008; |
| and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness in |
| accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, |
| and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor |
| and City Council of Baltimore. |
| Bond Issue - Maryland Zoo in Baltimore Loan - $300,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to |
| Resolution VIII of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General Assembly |
| representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of |
| indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $300,000 from the sale of such |
| certificates to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, |
| advertising, attorneys' fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the |
| remainder of such proceeds to be used for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or any |
| other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and for |
| constructing and erecting, on said land or property, or on any land or property, new buildings, |
| structures and other auxiliary facilities, and for the renovation, alternation, construction, |
| reconstruction, installation, improvement and repair of existing buildings, structures and |
| facilities to be or now being used in connection with the operations, functions, and activities |
| of the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore; and to equip all facilities authorized to be constructed, |
| renovated, altered or improved by the provisions hereof; the payment of any and all costs and |
| expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, |
| including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, |
| economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and other |
| professional services; and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in |
| connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; |
| authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of |
| Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this |
| Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the |
| General Election to be held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2008; |
| and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness in |
| accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, |
| and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor |
| and City Council of Baltimore. |
| Bond Issue - Maryland Science Center Loan - $400,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to |
| Resolution VI of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General Assembly |
| representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of |
| indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $400,000 from the sale of such |
| certificates to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, |
| advertising, attorneys' fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the |
| remainder of such proceeds to be used for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or any |
| other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and for |
| constructing and erecting, on said land or property, or on any land or property, new buildings, |
| structures and other auxiliary facilities, and for the renovation, alternation, construction, |
| reconstruction, installation, improvement and repair of existing buildings, structures and |
| facilities to be or now being used in connection with the operations, functions, and activities |
| of the Maryland Science Center; and to equip all facilities authorized to be constructed, |
| renovated, altered or improved by the provisions hereof; the payment of any and all costs and |
| expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, |
| including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, |
| economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and other |
| professional services; and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in |
| connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; |
| authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of |
| Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this |
| Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the |
| General Election to be held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2008; |
| and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness in |
| accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, |
| and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor |
| and City Council of Baltimore. |
| Bond Issue - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Loan - $300,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to |
| Resolution IX of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General Assembly |
| representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of |
| indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $300,000 from the sale of such |
| certificates to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, |
| advertising, attorneys' fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the |
| remainder of such proceeds to be used for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or any |
| other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and for |
| constructing and erecting, on said land or property, or on any land or property, new buildings, |
| structures and other auxiliary facilities, and for the renovation, alternation, construction, |
| reconstruction, installation, improvement and repair of existing buildings, structures and |
| facilities to be or now being used in connection with the operations, functions, and activities |
| of the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall; and to equip all facilities authorized to be constructed, |
| renovated, altered or improved by the provisions hereof; the payment of any and all costs and |
| expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, |
| including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, |
| economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying, and other |
| professional services; and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or expedient in |
| connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; |
| authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of |
| Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this |
| Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the |
| General Election to be held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2008; |
| and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness in |
| accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, |
| and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of the Mayor |
| and City Council of Baltimore. |
| Bond Issue - National Aquarium in Baltimore Loan - $500,000 |
| FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to |
| Resolution V of 2008 approved by the members of the Maryland General Assembly |
| representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of |
| indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $500,000 from the sale of such |
| certificates to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, |
| advertising, attorneys' fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith, and the |
| remainder of such proceeds to be used for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, or any |
| other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and for |
| constructing and erecting, on said land or property, or on any land or property, new buildings, |
| structures and other auxiliary facilities, and for the renovation, alternation, construction, |
| reconstruction, installation, improvement and repair of existing buildings, structures and |
| facilities to be or now being used in connection with the operations, functions, and activities |
| of the National Aquarium in Baltimore; and to equip all facilities authorized to be constructed, |
| renovated, altered or improved by the provisions hereof; the payment of any and all costs and |
| expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the things herein mentioned, |
| including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative, appraisal, |
| economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, |