City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0207R

• File #: 15-0207R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Park and Open Space Policies
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/9/2015
• In control: Recreation and Parks Committee
• Final action: 7/20/2015
• Title: Informational Hearing - Park and Open Space Policies FOR the purpose of inviting all interested government officials, institutional leaders, and citizens to appear before it to discuss the status of all activities and planning underway in the city that might contribute to either maintaining the current open space estate or improving and expanding upon it, and to raise issues and questions about a governance paradigm for public open space that will ensure that Baltimore has a great and expansive system of public open spaces for the 21st century, one that is of no less vision and grandeur than that which the city had at the beginning of the last century.
• Sponsors: Carl Stokes, Eric T. Costello, Mary Pat Clarke, Brandon M. Scott, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, President Young, Helen L. Holton, Sharon Green Middleton, Warren Branch, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger, Nick Mosby, William "Pete" Welch, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Informational Hearing, Open Space, Parks, Policy

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/20/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
7/20/2015	0	Recreation and Parks Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
4/22/2015	0	Recreation and Parks Committee	Conducted Public Hearing
3/23/2015	0	Recreation and Parks Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/12/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Recreation and Parks
3/12/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
3/12/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Planning
3/9/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
3/9/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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 Stokes



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Park and Open Space Policies
FOR the purpose of inviting all interested government officials, institutional leaders, and citizens to appear before it to discuss the status of all activities and planning underway in the city that might contribute to either maintaining the current open space estate or improving and expanding upon it, and to raise issues and questions about a governance paradigm for public open space that will ensure that Baltimore has a great and expansive system of public open spaces for the 21st century, one that is of no less vision and grandeur than that which the city had at the beginning of the last century.
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All of the current park estate, approximately 6000 acres, is proposed for designation as open space inside the new Transform Baltimore code, awaiting formal approval by the Baltimore City Council. Several questions of policy, procedure and regulatory practice accompany this designation, including how public open spaces will be created, managed, maintained, secured ? both for its assets and patrons ? and prevented from being undermined by conversion to incompatible uses or neglect.

Realizing a goal of creating and maintaining a great system of common and open spaces for Baltimore will be require a complete, thorough, and accurate assessment of the status of open spaces in...