City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0125R

• File #: 06-0125R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Is Comcast of Baltimore, L.P. in Compliance with Baltimore City's MBE/WBE Participation Guidelines?
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 1/23/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/20/2006
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Is Comcast of Baltimore, L.P. in Compliance with Baltimore City's MBE/WBE Participation Guidelines? FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Governmental and Legislative Affairs of Comcast Baltimore to report to the City Council on the cable company's compliance with the minority business participation guidelines that were agreed to as part of the franchise agreement of December 2004.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, President Dixon, Paula Johnson Branch, James B. Kraft, Edward Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: COMCAST, MBE-WBE, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/20/2006	0	City Council	Withdrawn
1/26/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/23/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
1/23/2006	0	City Council	Assigned
1/23/2006	0	Economic Development and Public Financing Subcommittee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

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

CITIES OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton, President Dixon, Councilmember Branch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Investigative Hearing - Is Comcast of Baltimore, L.P. in Compliance with Baltimore City's MBE/WBE Participation Guidelines?

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Governmental and Legislative Affairs of Comcast Baltimore to report to the City Council on the cable company's compliance with the minority business participation guidelines that were agreed to as part of the franchise agreement of December 2004.
Body Recitals

Section 7 of Ordinance 04-885, that awards Comcast the cable lucrative cable televison franchise to provide cable services to the citizens of Baltimore City, provides specifically that the company will abide by the City's MBE/WBE business participation policies as follows:

EMPLOYMENT AND PURCHASING

7.3 MBE/WBE. Franchisee agrees to comply with the City's statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding participation by minority business enterprises ("MBEs") as if it were a contractor receiving funding from the City provided that enforcement of this Section shall be exclusively by way of liquidated damages and in no event shall the City seek to suspend or rescind the Franchise for any violation of this Section and women's business enterprises ("WBEs"). The Franchisee shall use reasonable, good faith efforts to meet a goal for participation by MBE and WBE for purchases and construction contracts as established by the City's Minority and Women's Business Opportunity Office ("MWBOO"). M...