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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Conaway
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Cross Street Market
FOR the purpose of requesting that representatives from Baltimore Public Markets Corporation appear before the Council to provide it with information about vendors at the Cross Street Market since 2005.
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Baltimore's iconic public markets are an important City asset that play a key role in our community's commercial and civic life. For this reason, City government has played a central role in ensuring that they remain vibrant and functional exchanges for more than two centuries.
The ability of these markets to stay relevant as the neighborhoods around them change is essential to maintaining continuity and stability in these communities. However, the public is not always aware of how these spaces are being managed and how the market vendors relate to the entities that manage the markets for the City.
In particular, the Cross Street Market in Federal Hill has been faced with challenges by the changes in that neighborhood in recent years. The public has a right to know how this important public asset has responded to these changes.
Information about the vendor mix and rent terms over the past half decade or so would be especially helpful in evaluating this market's evolution. Accordingly, the Council would like the Cross Street Market's management company, Baltimore Public Markets Corporation, to provide it with information about what vendors have paid rent since 2005, what their lease terms and payment schedules have been over that period, and whether these vendors have been adhering to those terms.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That representatives from Baltimore Public Markets Corporation are requested to appear before the Council to provide it with information about vendors at the Cross Street Market since 2005.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the Mayor, the Executive Director of Baltimore Public Markets Corporation, and the Mayor's Legislative Liaison to the City Council.
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