City of Baltimore - File #: 12-0041R

• File #: 12-0041R
• Version: 0
• Name: Approving the Submission of an Application to the State of Maryland for the Renewal of Baltimore City’s Modified Consolidated Enterprise Zone and its Focus Areas
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/16/2012
• In control: Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee
• Final action: 5/7/2012
• Title: Approving the Submission of an Application to the State of Maryland for the Renewal of Baltimore City’s Modified Consolidated Enterprise Zone and its Focus Areas FOR the purpose of approving the submission of an application to the State of Maryland to renew Baltimore City’s modified Consolidated Enterprise Zone and its Focus Areas.
• Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
• Indexes: Application, Enterprise Zone, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/7/2012	0	City Council	Adopted
5/7/2012	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
4/23/2012	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/16/2012	0	City Council	Introduced
4/16/2012	0	City Council	Assigned
4/12/2012	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Baltimore Development Corporation)
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Approving the Submission of an Application to the State of Maryland for the Renewal of Baltimore City’s Modified Consolidated Enterprise Zone and its Focus Areas

FOR the purpose of approving the submission of an application to the State of Maryland to renew Baltimore City’s modified Consolidated Enterprise Zone and its Focus Areas.
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WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the State of Maryland established an Enterprise Zone Program to focus State and local resources on the encouragement of economic growth in economically distressed areas and employment opportunities for the unemployed; and

WHEREAS, It is now time for renewal of Baltimore City’s Consolidated Enterprise Zone, and the State has requested, for renewal purposes, that the overall size of the zone be reduced to minimize the residential areas currently included, yet capture as much commercially zoned properties throughout the entire city; and

WHEREAS, The City of Baltimore and representatives of the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) have been working towards this end; and

WHEREAS, The City of Baltimore, through the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC), used data from the 2006-2010 Community Survey from the U.S. Census to determine the census tracts that met the eligib...