City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0255R

• File #: 11-0255R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Fees - Public Use of Reservoirs
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/28/2011
• In control: Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee
• Final action: 11/14/2011
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Fees - Public Use of Reservoirs FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Public Works to report to the Council on recreation activities at the Lock Raven, Prettyboy, and Liberty Reservoirs; to detail the average usage per season by activity; to report on any fees currently charged for recreational activities; and to compare the fees charged by Baltimore City with the fees charged by surrounding jurisdictions and the State of Maryland for the same or similar usage.
• Sponsors: Bill Henry, Robert Curran, James B. Kraft, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/14/2011	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably
11/14/2011	0	City Council	Adopted
10/17/2011	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/26/2011	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/3/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/3/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/3/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/28/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
2/28/2011	0	City Council	Assigned

* 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 R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Henry

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Fees - Public Use of Reservoirs

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Public Works to report to the Council on recreation activities at the Lock Raven, Prettyboy, and Liberty Reservoirs; to detail the average usage per season by activity; to report on any fees currently charged for recreational activities; and to compare the fees charged by Baltimore City with the fees charged by surrounding jurisdictions and the State of Maryland for the same or similar usage.
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The Baltimore City Department of Public Work’s website Safequarding Our Reservoirs, states in part that Baltimore has the best-tasting, cleanest, purest drinking water in the country and is committed to keeping it that way. The Department oversees the operation of the watersheds of Loch Raven, Prettyboy, and Liberty Reservoirs, protecting these vital supplies of our drinking water and providing a natural environment for recreation.

The Department of Public Works, together with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, oversees 477 square miles of watershed. Within the reservoirs there are 44 species of fish, and boating and fishing on our reservoirs are favorite pastimes for many. The responsibilities of those using the reservoirs are contained in a booklet for anglers and boaters called the Pocket Guide to B...