* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill
Introduced by: Councilmember Burnett
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
title
City Property - Renaming a Trail
For the purpose of changing the name of the Ridge Trail, located between the Norman Reeves Trail and the Old Spring Trail in Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park, to be the Heide Grundmann Trail.
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By authority of
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section 20-2
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
Heide Grundmann has provided over 30 years of exemplary commitment and service to Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park. In her early years as a neighboring resident, she became involved with a group, which opposed the park route for the interstate expressway and ultimately prevailed, thus sparing the park. She was one of the founding members that helped transform that group, from its anti-expressway origins, to become the Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park. She has often served as an officer and represented it on countless occasions when matters related to the park were involved.
Her passion for the park has been fueled by her love for the park’s history, its natural environment, and the opportunity it offers for recreation, especially hiking. She continues to pursue her love of nature by walking each month with a naturalist and passing along to children her curiosity, on such occasions as Second Sundays in the park. Always one to love quiet walks along woodland trails, she has led, for many years, a loyal, committed group through a variety of park settings. To honor her by renaming a portion of the Ridge Trail, which lies between the Norman Reeves Trail and the Old Spring Trail, is a fitting way to recognize the special contribution that Heide Grundmann has made to Baltimore’s largest woodland park.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Ridge Trail, located between the Norman Reeves Trail and the Old Spring Trail in Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park, is named the Heide Grundmann Trail.
Section 2. And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.