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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Public Works)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Franchise - Private Communications Ductbanks Under the Beds of North Wolfe Street and Ashland Avenue
FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to Forest City - New East Baltimore Partnership, LLC, to construct, use, and maintain private communications ductbanks under and across the 900 block of North Wolfe Street, the 800 block of North Wolfe Street, and the 1900 block of Ashland Avenue, subject to certain terms, conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date.
Body
BY authority of
Article VIII - Franchises
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
Recitals
An overall plan for portions of East Baltimore near Johns Hopkins Hospital is under construction for creation of a biotechnological and residential redevelopment, known as the East Baltimore Development Initiative. As part of the redevelopment, Forest City - New East Baltimore Partnership, LLC, will be participating in Phase I of the New East Baltimore Community.
Forest City - New East Baltimore Partnership, LLC, owns property located on opposite sides of N. Wolfe Street and Ashland Avenue.
Forest City - New East Baltimore Partnership, LLC, wishes to link data and voice networks through a fiber optic cable connection from its building and throughout Phase I of the New East Baltimore Community.
Portions of the private communications ductbanks will be located beneath the beds of the 900 block of N. Wolfe St...
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