Baltimore City Council met June 25.
Here is the agenda provided by the Council:
Call to Order
Invocation
Reverend Sam Park of Saint Moses Church
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Showcase Baltimore
Joni Holifield, Founder & President of HeartSmiles
Approval of the Journal
June 11, 2018
Communications from the Mayor
Bills Withdrawn
18-0260 Charter Amendment - Charter Commission Recommendations for City Council and Mayor Articles For the purpose of eliminating existing council district lines as a criteria for City Council redistricting; clarifying the Mayor’s powers as conservator of the peace; clarifying certain inherent responsibilities arising from the Mayor’s executive duties; deleting a redundant clause relating to the holding over of municipal officers; deleting a redundant clause relating to the prohibition on holding dual offices of profit; setting a special effective date; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0261 Charter Amendment - Charter Commission Recommendations for Comptroller Article For the purpose of clarifying the process for disposing of City property; simplifying language related to the allowed uses of proceeds from the sale of City property; removing carrying out the industrial and economic development powers vested in the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by the provisions of subsection (15A) of Article II as an approved use for the proceeds from the sale of City property; requiring the Comptroller to appoint a Deputy City Auditor who would serve as acting City Auditor under certain specified circumstances; clarifying the City Auditor’s responsibility to report suspected fraud, waste, or abuse to the Inspector General under certain circumstances; requiring the City Auditor to adopt rules and regulations to carry out the powers, functions, and duties of the Department of Audits; changing the scheduling of required biennial audits of certain principal City agencies; removing the Baltimore Development Corporation from the list of principal City agencies required to be audited every 2 years to take into account the Baltimore Development Corporation’s separate auditing requirements; clarifying and conforming related provisions; setting a special effective date; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0262 Charter Amendment - Charter Commission Recommendations for Board of Estimates Article For the purpose of modernizing various public notice provisions, including removing mandatory requirements for notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Baltimore City; creating a process for the Board of Estimates to set the thresholds for contracts required to be formally advertised or be approved by the Board of Estimates; equalizing the requirements for both bids and proposals sought by the City; allow for earlier notice of City contracts; increasing the Board of Estimates flexibility in opening and awarding contracts; establishing a process to allow for more varied forms of bid security rather than just bid bonds; removing certain provisions from the Charter relating to bonding for City employees and the submission of plans to the Board of Estimates that are more appropriately handled by regulation; allowing for the State’s Attorney of Baltimore City to be covered by the Compensation Commission for Elected Officials; setting a special effective date; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0263 Charter Amendment - Charter Commission Recommendations for Office of the Inspector General For the purpose of repealing certain obsolete transition provisions; establishing an Office of the Inspector General headed by an Inspector General; providing for the establishment of an ad hoc board of the Office of the Inspector General to make recommendations regarding the appointment and removal of the Inspector General; allowing the Mayor and the City Council President to jointly appoint or remove the Inspector General after receiving recommendations from an ad hoc board of the Office of the Inspector General; establishing the powers, duties, and administration of the Office of the Inspector General; allowing the Inspector General to issue subpoenas; generally relating to the Office of the Inspector General; setting conditions for the initial Inspector General to assume office under the Charter; setting a special effective date; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
Bills Signed by the Mayor
June 20, 2018
17-0119 RPP Area 9 (Federal Hill) - Exception for 819 and 821 Light Street
For the purpose of amending the Parking Management Plan for RPP Area 9 to add an exception to the Plan’s general permit allotments for dwelling units.
Sponsors: Eric T. Costello
18-0181 Zoning - Conditional Use Conversion of a Single-Family Dwelling Unit to 2
Dwelling Units in the R-8 Zoning District - 824 North Carrollton Avenue For the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the conversion of a single-family dwelling unit to 2 dwelling units in the R-8 Zoning District on the property known as 824 North Carrollton Avenue (Block 0090, Lot 009), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat.
Sponsors: John T. Bullock
18-0193 Food Desert Incentive Areas - Expenditure Requirements for Tax Credit
For the purpose of establishing a new minimum expenditure requirement for substantially renovated supermarkets that is lower than the expenditure requirement for newly constructed supermarkets; and generally relating to the qualifications for a tax credit granted to certain supermarkets in a Food Desert Incentive Area.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0196 Environmental Citations - Default Penalty
For the purpose of modifying the procedures for and maximum amounts of the default penalty imposed under an environmental citation on a person cited who neither pays the citation’s prescribed prepayable fine nor requests a hearing on the violation cited or who, having requested a hearing, fails to appear at the designated hearing; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; and generally related to the enforcement of environmental citations.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0201 Waterfront Management District - Exemption from Supplemental Tax
For the purpose of allowing the Waterfront Management Authority to exempt certain mixed use properties from the supplemental tax; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the Waterfront Management District.
Sponsors: Zeke Cohen
18-0204 Dangerous Knives - Commercial Display to Minors
For the purpose of prohibiting the commercial display of certain dangerous knives to minors; conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the commercial display of dangerous knives.
Sponsors: Sharon Green Middleton, President Young, John T. Bullock, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Kristerfer
Burnett, Bill Henry, Zeke Cohen, Robert Stokes, Sr., Shannon Sneed, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Eric T. Costello, Brandon M. Scott, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer
18-0206 City Streets - Opening - Eastbourne Avenue and a 10-Foot Alley
For the purpose of condemning and opening Eastbourne Avenue, extending Westerly 284 feet, more or less, from a 10-foot alley to the westernmost extremity of it, and a 10-foot alley, extending Westerly 56.4 feet, more or less, from Elrino Street, as shown on Plat 336-A-34 in the Office of the Department of Transportation; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0207 City Streets - Closing - Eastbourne Avenue and a 10-Foot Alley
For the purpose of condemning and closing Eastbourne Avenue, extending Westerly 284 feet, more or less, from a 10-foot alley, to the westernmost extremity of it, and a 10-foot alley, extending Westerly 56.4 feet, more or less, from Elrino Street, as shown on Plat 336-A-34A in the Office of the Department of Transportation; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0208 Sale of Property - Former Bed of Eastbourne Avenue and a 10-Foot Alley
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 bed of Eastbourne Avenue, extending Westerly 284 feet, more or less, from a 10-foot alley, to the westernmost extremity of it, and a 10-foot alley, extending Westerly 56.4 feet, more or less, from Elrino Street and no longer needed for public use; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0211 Bond Issue - Affordable Housing Loan - $10,000,000
For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to General Assembly House Resolution IV and Senate Resolution II of 2018 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 $10,000,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness 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 or in connection with planning, developing, executing, and making operative the Affordable Housing Program of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, including, but not limited to, the acquisition, by purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege therein, in the City of Baltimore; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with or incidental to the acquisition and management of the land or property, including any and all rights of interest therein hereinbefore mentioned; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with relocating and moving persons or other legal entities displaced by the acquisition of the land or property, or any of the rights or interest therein hereinbefore mentioned, in the City of Baltimore; the development or redevelopment, including, but not limited to, the comprehensive renovation or rehabilitation of, any land or property, or any rights or interests therein hereinbefore mentioned, in the City of Baltimore, and the disposition of land and property for such purposes; costs related to the rehabilitation and new construction of and operation of rental and homeownership developments, such costs to include but not be limited to relocation assistance, rental payment and home purchase assistance, housing counseling and buyer education assistance, and activities to support the orderly and sustainable planning, preservation, rehabilitation, and development of economically diverse housing in City neighborhoods; the elimination of unhealthful, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, lessening density, eliminating obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare or otherwise removing or preventing the spread of blight or deterioration in the City of Baltimore; the demolition, removal, relocation, renovation or alteration of land, buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements, and for the construction, reconstruction, installation, relocation or repair of buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements; 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 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 6th day of November, 2018; 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.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0212 Bond Issue - School Loan - $38,000,000
For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to General Assembly House Resolution II and Senate Resolution IV of 2018 approved by the members of the Maryland General Assembly representing Baltimore City) to create a debt, and to issue and sell, at any time or from time to time and in one or more series its certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not exceeding $38,000,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys’ fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith ( which may include the proportion of the compensation of employees and general administrative expenses of the Department of Finance reasonably allocated to the issuance of the bonds); and the remainder of such proceeds shall be used for the acquisition, by purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and demolishing, constructing and erecting on said land or property, or on any land or property now or hereafter owned by the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners and/or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, new school buildings, athletic and other auxiliary facilities including community health and recreation facilities, and for additions and improvements to, or the modernization or reconstruction of, including the inspection, removal, encapsulation, management, containment and abatement of asbestos from existing facilities, and for equipment for any and all new or existing facilities authorized to be constructed, erected, added, improved, modernized or reconstructed 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, including, without limitation, services relating to planning for future projects of the same general character which may be constructed out of future loans; 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 certain powers upon the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; imposing certain conditions in connection with the expenditure of the proceeds derived from the sale of said certificates of indebtedness; 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 Election to be held on Tuesday, the 6th day of November, 2018, 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.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0213 Bond Issue - Community and Economic Development Loan - $47,000,000
For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to General Assembly House Resolution III and Senate Resolution I of 2018 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 $47,000,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness 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 or in connection with planning, developing, executing, and making operative the community, commercial and industrial economic development programs of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, including, but not limited to, the acquisition, by purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege therein, in the City of Baltimore; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with or incidental to the acquisition and management of said land or property, including any and all rights or interest therein hereinbefore mentioned; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with relocating and moving persons or other legal entities displaced by the acquisition of said land or property, or any of the rights or interest therein hereinbefore mentioned; the development or redevelopment, including, but not limited to, the comprehensive renovation or rehabilitation of any land or property, or any rights or interests therein hereinbefore mentioned, in the City of Baltimore, and the disposition of land and property for such purposes; the elimination of unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions, lessening density, eliminating obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare or otherwise removing or preventing the spread of blight or deterioration in the City of Baltimore; the creation of healthy, sanitary, and safe, and green conditions in the City of Baltimore; the demolition, removal, relocation, renovation or alteration of land, buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements and for the construction, reconstruction , installation, relocation or repair of buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements; making loans and grants to various projects and programs related to growing businesses in the City; attracting and retaining jobs; providing homeownership incentives and home repair assistance; making loans and grants to various projects and programs related to improving the cultural life and promotion of tourism in Baltimore City; and the lending or granting of funds to any person or other legal entity to be used for or in connection with the rehabilitation, renovation, redevelopment, improvement or construction of buildings and structures to be used or occupied for residential or commercial purposes and 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; all such land or property shall be acquired, developed, redeveloped, renovated, rehabilitated, altered, improved, held or disposed of, as provided by law; 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 6th day of November, 2018; 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.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0214 Bond Issue - Recreation, Parks and Public Facilities Loan - $65,000,000
For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to General Assembly House Resolution I and Senate Resolution III of 2018 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 $65,000,000 from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys’ fees, and all other incidental expenses connected therewith (which may include the proportion of the compensation of employees and general administrative expenses of the Department of Finance reasonably allocated to the issuance of the bonds); for the development of the buildings and facilities owned or controlled by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the Enoch Pratt Free Library, and the development of public park and recreational land, property, buildings, structures or facilities including but not limited to, the acquisition by purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and constructing and erecting on said land or property, or on any land or property, new buildings, structures, and auxiliary facilities; and for the renovation, alteration, construction, reconstruction, installation, improvement and repair of existing buildings, structures or facilities, to be or now being used for or in connection with the operations, functions and activities of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the Enoch Pratt Free Library, at public parks and recreation and related property, buildings, structures or facilities; the demolition, removal, relocation, renovation or alteration of land, buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements, and for the construction, reconstruction, installation, relocation or repair of buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, including information technology infrastructure, and other structures or improvements; for the acquisition of trees or for tree planting programs; and for the acquisition and installation of equipment and fixtures for any and all facilities authorized to be constructed, erected, altered, reconstructed, renovated, installed 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 6th day of November, 2018; 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.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0231 RPP Area 24 (Greenway) - Plan Amendment
For the purpose of amending the Parking Management Plan for RPP Area 24 to prohibit parking without an area 24 permit or visitor pass from 7:00 a.m. through 12 midnight, Monday through Saturday; correcting related language; and setting a special effective date.
Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke
18-0235 Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation - Health Department -
$239,511 For the purpose of providing a Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $239,511 to the Health Department - Service 720 (HIV Treatment Services), to provide funding to facilitate the integration of Ryan White Services within the City; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0236 Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation - Health Department -
$465,000 For the purpose of providing a Supplementary State Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $465,000 to the Health Department - Service 303 (Clinical Services), to provide funding for the development of the Sexual Health and Wellness Center that will house Ryan White, STI, and other programs, which provide early intervention services to individuals and families living in Baltimore with, affected by, or at high risk of HIV infection; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
18-0237 Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation - Health Department -
$1,059,448 For the purpose of providing a Supplementary Federal Fund Operating Appropriation in the amount of $1,059,448 to the Health Department - Service 720 (HIV Treatment Services), to provide funding for a demonstration project for HIV/STD prevention programs to help implement a systems-wide organizational trauma-informed approach and cultural shift to support client health and well-being; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
Bills Introduced
18-0268 Ordinance of Estimates Fiscal Year 2019 Capital Contribution to the
Operating Budget of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for Fiscal Year 2019 For the purpose of stating that Baltimore City’s Capital Budget contribution to Baltimore City’s Public Schools Capital Budget, as shown in Ordinance 18-139, is $19,000,000, instead of what was stated in Resolution 18-07, the Operating Budget for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION At the request of: Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
18-0269 Rezoning - 5601 Eastern Avenue
For the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 5601 Eastern Avenue (Block 6694, Lot 028), as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the I-2 Zoning District to the C-3 Zoning District.
Sponsors: Zeke Cohen
ORDINANCE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
18-0270 Planned Unit Development - Designation - 5601 Eastern Avenue
For the purpose of repealing the existing Development Plan for the 5601 Eastern Avenue Planned Unit Development and approving a new Development Plan for the 5601 Eastern Avenue Planned Unit Development.
Sponsors: Zeke Cohen
ORDINANCE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Resolutions Introduced
18-0090R Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Board of Liquor License
Commissioners For the purpose of calling upon the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City (BLLC) to prepare for and participate in a requested public hearing on the crucial issues raised by a coalition of North and Northeast Baltimore City community associations, including the need for improved Police Department-BLLC interagency communications and joint enforcement efforts to terminate Baltimore City liquor license establishments violating the safety and wellbeing of the neighborhoods where they are located.
Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Kristerfer Burnett, John T. Bullock
RESOLUTION JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS
Consent Calendar
2R Second Reader
Executive Appointments
EA18-0147 Quintin Lathan
Member - Board of Licenses for Towing Services - District 7
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
EA18-0148 Thomas Showalter
Member - Board of Licenses for Towing Services - District 10
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
EA18-0149 James H. Fields
Member - Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals - District 3
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
18-0199 Charter Amendment - Office of the Inspector General
For the purpose of creating an independent Office of the Inspector General headed by an Inspector General; establishing the process for appointing and terminating the Inspector General; establishing the powers and duties of the Office of the Inspector General; appointing the Inspector General to serve as the Executive Director of the Board of Ethics; granting the Inspector General the authority to cancel or suspend certain contracts with the concurrence of the City Solicitor; setting a minimum guaranteed funding level for the Office of the Inspector General; setting a minimum guaranteed compensation level for the Inspector General; granting the Inspector General the power to issue subpoenas; requiring the Office of the Inspector General to issue an annual public report; requiring City employees and officials to forward certain types of complaints to the Office of the Inspector General; requiring the Office of the Inspector General to keep the identities of complainants confidential to the extent allowed by law; establishing procedures to transition the existing Office of the Inspector General in the Law Department into the newly created independent Office of the Inspector General; generally relating to the Office of the Inspector General; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Bill Henry, Shannon Sneed,
Mary Pat Clarke, Brandon M. Scott
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS
18-0200 City Property - Renaming Radecke Park to Ralph Sears Fields at Radecke
Park For the purpose of changing the name of Radecke Park, located at 5602 Radecke Avenue, to Ralph Sears Fields at Radecke Park.
Sponsors: Brandon M. Scott, Mary Pat Clarke
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE
18-0216 City Property - Renaming Ambrose Kennedy Park to Henrietta Lacks
Educational Park For the purpose of changing the name of Ambrose Kennedy Park, located at 1002 Harford Avenue, to Henrietta Lacks Educational Park.
Sponsors: Robert Stokes, Sr., President Young, Bill Henry, Ryan Dorsey, John T. Bullock,
Kristerfer Burnett, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Edward Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke, Zeke Cohen, Sharon Green Middleton, Brandon M. Scott
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE
18-0222 Charter Amendment - Equity Assistance Fund
For the purpose of authorizing the establishment of a continuing, nonlapsing Equity Assistance Fund, to be used exclusively to assist efforts that reduce inequity based on race, gender, or economic status in Baltimore; requiring that the annual Ordinance of Estimates include a specified appropriation for the Equity Assistance Fund; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: Brandon M. Scott, Bill Henry, Ryan Dorsey, John T. Bullock, Kristerfer Burnett, Shannon
Sneed, Sharon Green Middleton, Robert Stokes, Sr., Mary Pat Clarke
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS
18-0223 Equity Assessment Program
For the purpose of providing for the implementation of an Equity Assessment Program for Baltimore City, to be developed and overseen by the Department of Planning; requiring City agencies to assess existing and proposed policies and practices for disparate outcomes based on race, gender, or income and to proactively develop policies, practices, and investments to prevent and redress those disparate outcomes; defining certain terms; providing for the adoption of rules and regulations to carry out this Program; requiring certain notices and reports; and generally relating to the goal of eliminating structural and institutional racism and other forms of discrimination based on immutable characteristics.
Sponsors: Brandon M. Scott, Shannon Sneed, Bill Henry, President Young, Ryan Dorsey, John T.
Bullock, Kristerfer Burnett, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Zeke Cohen, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward Reisinger, Robert Stokes, Sr., Mary Pat Clarke, Eric T. Costello
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS
18-0229 Charter Amendment - Fair Election Fund
For the purpose of authorizing the establishment of a continuing, nonlapsing Fair Election Fund, to be used exclusively to administer a public financing option for political campaigns for Baltimore City elected offices; authorizing the Mayor and City Council to dedicate revenue to the Fair Election Fund by ordinance; establishing a Fair election Fund Commission to administer the Fund; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: Kristerfer Burnett, Bill Henry, Ryan Dorsey, John T. Bullock, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Brandon
M. Scott, Zeke Cohen, Shannon Sneed, Mary Pat Clarke
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS
18-0251 Obstructing Traffic in an Intersection - $125 Fine
For the purpose of changing the fine for obstructing or impeding the free flow of traffic within an intersection or a marked crosswalk from $250 to $125; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to fines for obstructing or impeding the free flow of traffic.
Sponsors: President Young, Ryan Dorsey, John T. Bullock, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Zeke Cohen, Mary
Pat Clarke, Robert Stokes, Sr., Sharon Green Middleton, Shannon Sneed, Brandon M. Scott, Kristerfer Burnett, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE
18-0259 Fire Code - Repealing Appendix D
For the purpose of amending the City Fire Code to repeal Appendix D {“Fire Apparatus Access Roads”}; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: Ryan Dorsey, President Young, John T. Bullock, Bill Henry, Zeke Cohen, Sharon Green
Middleton, Shannon Sneed, Mary Pat Clarke, Brandon M. Scott, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Robert Stokes, Sr., Kristerfer Burnett
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS
18-0264 Charter Amendment - Charter Commission General Recommendations
For the purpose of increasing the City’s record keeping flexibility; repealing an obsolete provision regarding the City’s official time; improving the City’s legislative and administrative flexibility by removing redundant Charter provisions and language more appropriate for ordinances or regulations; removing Charter provisions found to simply restate applicable State law; requiring the Department of Finance to employ at least 1 Certified Public Accountant to perform certain duties; allowing certain agencies to be designated by law to approve the withdrawal of City monies from depositories; removing certain formal lien requirements from the Charter; clarifying that the review of disciplinary matters by the Board of Fire Commissioners is at the request of the Fire Chief; clarifying the authority of the Mayor to appoint the Board of Recreation and Parks; modernizing various public notice provisions, including removing mandatory requirements for notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Baltimore City; simplifying requirements related to the City’s Master Plan; removing certain penalties relating to the Department of Planning from the Charter; conforming to State law requiring alternate members be made available for the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals; allowing the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals to change its rules internally; removing the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals’ authority to appoint employees other than its Executive Secretary; updating the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals’ powers for reviewing paving assessments and other matters; conforming a provision relating to appeals from Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals’ decisions to State law; replacing the Board of Legislative Reference with an ad hoc board appointed by the Mayor, the President of the City Council, and the Comptroller; allowing the newly restructured ad hoc Board of Legislative Reference to make recommendations regarding the hiring of a Director of Legislative Reference; removing the Civil Service status of the Director of Legislative Reference; making the Director of Legislative Reference removable for any reason rather than just for incompetence or neglect of duties; allowing the Mayor and the President of the City Council to jointly appoint and remove the Director of Legislative Reference; allowing the President of the City Council to recommend 1 of the 3 Civil Service Commissioners; updating the required qualifications for Civil Service Commissioners; formally transferring many of the powers formerly belonging to the Civil Service Commission to the Department of Human Resources to improve administrative flexibility; allowing the Department of Human Resources to transfer employees into and out of the Civil Service by regulation, and to adjust Civil Service protections administratively, to increase flexibility in personnel management; updating the required qualifications for the Director of Human Resources; removing certain penalties relating to the Civil Service Commission from the Charter; adding the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City to the list of elected officials covered by the Compensation Commission for Elected Officials; removing certain obsolete provisions regarding street railways, trackless trolleys, and advertising from the Franchises Article; establishing a procedure for regularly appointing Charter Review Commissions to review the Charter and make recommendations as to the necessity for deleting, adding to, or revising any portion of its contents; requiring the appointment of a Charter Review Commission at least once every 10 years; requiring that the Charter Review Commission publically report on its findings to the Mayor and City Council; clarifying and conforming related provisions; setting special effective dates for the proposed Charter amendments; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS
18-0080R Traffic Light Synchronization
For the purpose of calling on the Department of Transportation to ensure that traffic lights city-wide are properly synchronized prior to the start of Baltimore’s “Don’t Block the Box” program.
Sponsors: President Young, Bill Henry, Kristerfer Burnett, Brandon M. Scott, Isaac "Yitzy"
Schleifer, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Eric T. Costello, John T. Bullock, Edward Reisinger, Zeke Cohen, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Robert Stokes, Sr., Shannon Sneed
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE
Taxation, Finance, and Economic Development Committee
18-0215 Maryland Department of Transportation - County Transportation Revenue
Bonds - Series 2018 For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the “City”) to enter into an agreement with the Maryland Department of Transportation in connection with the participation by the City in the proceeds derived from the sale of certain bonds, to be known as Department of Transportation of Maryland County Transportation Revenue Bonds, Series 2018 or as otherwise designated by the Secretary of Transportation and to be issued pursuant to Title 3, Subtitle 5 of the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended; authorizing certain officials of the City to take certain actions in connection with the City’s participation in the proceeds of the sale of such bonds; providing for the pledge of the City’s share of Highway User Revenues to the payment of such bonds; providing that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the City shall be pledged to the City’s payment obligations under the Participation Agreement identified herein; providing for the severability of the provisions of this Resolution; providing that this Resolution shall be liberally construed; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE
18-0228 Issuance of Revenue Obligations - Stormwater Projects
For the purpose of authorizing the issuance, sale and delivery from time to time by the City of revenue obligations that may be issued by the City to finance or refinance stormwater facilities; prescribing that the maximum aggregate principal amount of such revenue obligations that may be outstanding at any one time is $202,000,000; authorizing the Board of Finance of the City to specify, prescribe, determine, provide for, approve, and amend the form, terms, provisions, manner or method of issuing and selling, the time or times of issuance, and all other details of the revenue obligations and any other matters necessary or desirable in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, and payment of these revenue obligations; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the issuance and payment of revenue obligations.
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
RECOMMEND FAVORABLE
Clearing of the Bill Status
17-0005, 17-0031, 17-0032, 17-0047, 17-0107,17-0113, 17-0116, 17-0118
17-0018R, 17-0028R
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