Baltimore City Council
File #: 24-0507    Version: 0 Name: Study and Report - Infrastructure and Urban Meadows
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 4/8/2024 In control: Public Safety and Government Operations
On agenda: Final action:
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Title: Study and Report - Infrastructure and Urban Meadows For the purpose of requiring the Baltimore City Administrator, the Baltimore Office of Sustainability, and the Baltimore Commission on Sustainability to submit a report to the Mayor and City Council assessing the costs and benefits of installing and maintaining 100 acres of low-maintenance and self-sustaining native plant communities (otherwise known as “urban meadows”) and mapping vacant lots and existing areas with packed dirt that could be transformed into urban meadows; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: Mark Conway
Indexes: Infrastructure, Reports, Study, Urban Meadows
Attachments: 1. 24-0507~1st Reader

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City of Baltimore
Council Bill

Introduced by: Councilmember Conway


A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
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Study and Report - Infrastructure and Urban Meadows
For the purpose of requiring the Baltimore City Administrator, the Baltimore Office of Sustainability, and the Baltimore Commission on Sustainability to submit a report to the Mayor and City Council assessing the costs and benefits of installing and maintaining 100 acres of low-maintenance and self-sustaining native plant communities (otherwise known as “urban meadows”) and mapping vacant lots and existing areas with packed dirt that could be transformed into urban meadows; and providing for a special effective date.
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Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That:

(a) No later than 120 days from the enactment of this Ordinance, the Baltimore City Administrator, in consultation with the Baltimore City Office of Sustainability and the Baltimore Commission on Sustainability, shall submit a report, as fully described in subsection (b) of this section, to the Mayor and City Council assessing the costs and benefits of installing and maintaining 100 acres of otherwise known as “urban meadows” and mapping vacant lots and existing areas with packed dirt that could be transformed into urban meadows.

(b) The report required by this section shall include:

(1) a cost and benefit an...

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