City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0092R

• File #: 08-0092R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Lighting Quality and Wattage
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 11/17/2008
• In control: Community Development Subcommittee
• Final action: 4/20/2009
• Title: Informational Hearing - Lighting Quality and Wattage FOR the purpose of requesting the Director and the Chief of the Maintenance Division of the Department of Transportation to report to the City Council on the number, quality, and wattage of street lighting in Baltimore City; the adequacy of current lighting placement to ensure the safety of City residents, visitors, and workforce; and plans for revamping the City’s infrastructure to meet future needs for economic, adequate, and efficient lighting.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Edward Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Belinda Conaway, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/20/2009	0	City Council	Adopted
2/23/2009	0	Community Development Subcommittee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
11/20/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/20/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/20/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/17/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
11/17/2008	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
Title
Informational Hearing - Lighting Quality and Wattage

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director and the Chief of the Maintenance Division of the Department of Transportation to report to the City Council on the number, quality, and wattage of street lighting in Baltimore City; the adequacy of current lighting placement to ensure the safety of City residents, visitors, and workforce; and plans for revamping the City’s infrastructure to meet future needs for economic, adequate, and efficient lighting.
Body
Recitals

The legislation creating the Baltimore Urban Lighting Board (BULB), in 2001, stated: “As seen from above, Baltimore City is sure to resemble the patchwork quilt for which it has been given the “Patchwork Quilt of Neighborhoods” nickname. Unfortunately, far from the bright homey image this nickname evokes, the real patchwork quilt is made up of far less colorful patches. The colors of this quilt range from the bright white lights of the Inner Harbor and more affluent environs, through the dull yellow glow of industrial areas, to the shadowy grays and deepest blacks of the poorest inner city neighborhoods.”

The Maintenance Division of the Department of Transportation is responsible for the illumination of the City and for maintaining and preserving a safe and well-lit transportation network, road maint...