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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmembers Henry, Clarke
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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The Baltimore City Youth Development Task Force
FOR the purpose of establishing a citywide task force to work with the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, and the Family League to provide substantive direction on how best to expand and allocate resources being spent on positive youth-centered activities for Baltimore’s communities.
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WHEREAS, In fiscal year 1990, Baltimore spent $37 million on Recreation and Parks; and
WHEREAS, In fiscal year 2010, we are poised to spend $31 million; and
WHEREAS, Recreation centers, libraries, youth employment programs and other after-school activities are the best tools that City government has available to prevent not just crime, but the creation of the criminals themselves; and
WHEREAS, Youth development isn’t another priority in competition with public safety; it is public safety.
SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That there is established the Baltimore City Youth Development Task Force, a citywide task force to work with and advise the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, the Family League, and the Department of Finance on how best to expand and allocate resources being spent on...
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