City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0131R

• File #: 09-0131R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Baltimore Economic Recovery Team
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/1/2009
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 7/13/2009
• Title: Informational Hearing - Baltimore Economic Recovery Team FOR the purpose of requesting the Co-Chairs of the Baltimore Economic Recovery Team to report to the City Council on the procedures in place to monitor the funds that Baltimore will receive through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; to present a list of stimulus activities presently determined eligible for funding; to share how these projects and programs will serve Baltimore in the present and the future; and to submit a schedule of regular reports planned for updates to the City Council on BERT activities.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, President Young, William H. Cole, IV, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes Welch, Bill Henry, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2009	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
7/13/2009	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Recommended Favorably
7/13/2009	0	City Council	Adopted
6/8/2009	0	Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/4/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/1/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
6/1/2009	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: President Rawlings-Blake

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore Economic Recovery Team

FOR the purpose of requesting the Co-Chairs of the Baltimore Economic Recovery Team to report to the City Council on the procedures in place to monitor the funds that Baltimore will receive through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; to present a list of stimulus activities presently determined eligible for funding; to share how these projects and programs will serve Baltimore in the present and the future; and to submit a schedule of regular reports planned for updates to the City Council on BERT activities.
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The Baltimore Economic Recovery Team (BERT) is a multi-agency team created to coordinate, maximize, and monitor the funds that will come to Baltimore through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) passed by the President and Congress to address these hard economic times by creating or retaining 3.5 million jobs nationwide, by providing funds for transit projects, infrastructure improvements, affordable housing and school modernization, and by increasing funding for workforce training and public safety.

The State of Maryland is expected to receive $3.8 billion dollars from ARRA, and it is estimated that 66,000 jobs will be created or saved across the State. BERT will monitor the funds Baltimore receives and maximize t...