City of Baltimore - File #: 13-0273

• File #: 13-0273
• Version: 0
• Name: City Property - Naming the Building in Leon Day Park to be the Betty Hawkins Community Center
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/7/2013
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/12/2014
• Enactment #: 14-197
• Title: City Property - Naming the Building in Leon Day Park to be the Betty Hawkins Community Center FOR the purpose of naming the building in Leon Day Park, the Park being located south of Franklintown Road and east of the Gwynns Falls stream and the Western Maryland Railroad, to be the Betty Hawkins Community Center.
• Sponsors: William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: City Property, City Property - Renaming, Naming

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/12/2014	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
2/3/2014	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
1/27/2014	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
1/27/2014	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report
12/5/2013	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/10/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/10/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/10/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/10/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/7/2013	0	City Council	Introduced
10/7/2013	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

Introduced by: Councilmember Welch
At the request of: Leon Day Foundation, Inc.
Address: c/o Richard K. Harris, 8663 Hayshed Lane, Columbia, Maryland 21045
Telephone: 443-825-8893

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
City Property - Naming the Building in Leon Day Park to be the Betty Hawkins Community Center

FOR the purpose of naming the building in Leon Day Park, the Park being located south of Franklintown Road and east of the Gwynns Falls stream and the Western Maryland Railroad, to be the Betty Hawkins Community Center.
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BY authority of
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section 20-2
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

Recitals

Betty Hawkins, a longtime resident of the Rosemont Community, passed away in July 2012, at the age of 84. She was one of the people instrumental in the renovation and renaming of Bloomingdale Oval Park to Leon Day Park in honor of Leon Day, the Hall of Fame Negro League baseball player who resided in the Rosemont community.

The Leon Day Park was important in her life. In addition to being one of the founders who established the Leon Day Foundation and who served as treasurer of the Foundation for ten years, she secured Park permits each year for the Leon Day Family Festival and also represented the Foundation in its Leon Day Park partnership with the Department of Recreation and Parks on its cleanup and maintenance program. She, along with several of her neighbors, was diligent in se...