City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0266R

• File #: 15-0266R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - One Card - Youth Identification Card and Access Card to City Services
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 9/21/2015
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 7/18/2016
• Title: Investigative Hearing - One Card - Youth Identification Card and Access Card to City Services FOR the purpose of exploring the efficacy of instituting a single identification card system to make accessing services easier and more convenient for young Baltimore City residents; examining the mechanism of the D.C. One Card system; and estimating the cost of implementing a similar system in Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: Brandon M. Scott, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Eric T. Costello, Bill Henry, Carl Stokes, Mary Pat Clarke, William "Pete" Welch, Rochelle Spector, Nick Mosby, Robert Curran, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: City Services, Identification Card, Investigative Hearing, One Card, Youth

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/18/2016	0	City Council	Withdrawn
11/19/2015	0	Education and Youth Committee	Conducted Public Hearing
10/19/2015	0	Education and Youth Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/24/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Pratt Library
9/24/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore City Public School System
9/24/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
9/24/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Recreation and Parks
9/24/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Information Technology
9/21/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
9/21/2015	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 Scott

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - One Card - Youth Identification Card and Access Card to City Services
FOR the purpose of exploring the efficacy of instituting a single identification card system to make accessing services easier and more convenient for young Baltimore City residents; examining the mechanism of the D.C. One Card system; and estimating the cost of implementing a similar system in Baltimore City.
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Recitals

On April 10, 2008, the District of Columbia Office of the Chief Technology Officer announced, in collaboration with the Department of Parks and Recreation and the D.C. Public Libraries, the launch of the D.C. government ?One Card?, a new picture ID consolidated credential designed to give adults and children access to all the D.C. government facilities and programs they need to use.

The One Card initially granted borrowing privileges at D.C. libraries and provide access to recreation centers throughout the city and later grew in capability, becoming a student ID and an access card for all D.C. government buildings and programs. One Cards also include Metro access capabilities as well.

The D.C. Chief Technology Officer believes that the One Card is easier to replace than library cards and other D.C. government ID cards because the cardholder can go to any District facility for a replacement. The citywide consolidation of ...