City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0321R

• File #: 11-0321R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of St. Casimir Students’ Efforts to Safeguard the Chesapeake Bay
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/26/2011
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 9/26/2011
• Title: In Support of St. Casimir Students’ Efforts to Safeguard the Chesapeake Bay FOR the purpose of expressing support for the ideas put forth by the students of St. Casimir Catholic School with the goal of improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay and other local water sources, specifying the strategies suggested by these students, and calling upon leaders in Baltimore City and in the State of Maryland to focus their efforts on this critical issue.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Carl Stokes, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Mary Pat Clarke, President Young, Belinda Conaway, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/26/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
9/26/2011	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
9/26/2011	0	City Council	Adopted

* 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 Kraft



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of St. Casimir Students’ Efforts to Safeguard the Chesapeake Bay

FOR the purpose of expressing support for the ideas put forth by the students of St. Casimir Catholic School with the goal of improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay and other local water sources, specifying the strategies suggested by these students, and calling upon leaders in Baltimore City and in the State of Maryland to focus their efforts on this critical issue.
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WHEREAS, The students of St. Casimir Catholic School, located in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore City, have worked diligently to draft legislation to make Baltimore City a better place.

WHEREAS, The students determined that the health of the Chesapeake Bay and other local water sources is of critical importance to the well-being of Baltimore residents.

WHEREAS, As the result of an in-depth review process the students have offered a comprehensive list of strategies, including:

· Making proper disposal of waste more accessible by providing additional trash and recycling bins, especially near the water, and increasing collection for these bins;

· Designating officers to patrol for problem behaviors such as littering;

· Creating a community clean-up organization;

· Utilizing volunteers to clean the water on a regularly scheduled basis;

· Build...