Baltimore City Council
Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/16/2016 5:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Du Burns Council Chamber, 4th floor, City Hall
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12-0113 0 Charter Amendment - Ordinance of EstimatesMayor and City Council Res.Charter Amendment - Ordinance of Estimates FOR the purpose of authorizing the City Council to amend the Ordinance of Estimates to increase items of appropriation or add items for new purposes, subject to certain limitations; deleting the requirement that supplementary appropriations be recommended by the Board of Estimates; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.Vetoed by MayorFail Action details Not available
15-0479 0 Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - CompositionMayor and City Council Res.Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - Composition FOR the purpose reconstituting the Board of Estimates to comprise the Mayor, Comptroller, and City Council President; correcting, conforming, and clarifying related provisions; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.Vetoed by MayorFail Action details Not available
16-0668 0 Operating Budget for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017Mayor and City Council Res.Operating Budget for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017 FOR the purpose of approving the budget estimated to be needed for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for operating programs during Fiscal 2017; providing for certification of the approved budget to the State Superintendent of Schools; and providing for a special effective date.Assigned  Action details Not available
16-0669 0 Port Covington Development DistrictOrdinancePort Covington Development District FOR the purpose of designating a "development district" to be known as the "Port Covington Development District"; providing for and determining various matters in connection with the establishment of the development district; creating a special, tax increment fund for the development district; allocating certain property taxes to that fund; making certain findings and determinations; providing for a special effective date; and generally providing for matters relating to the designation and operation of the development district, the establishment and use of the special, tax increment fund to provide for the payment by or reimbursement to the City for debt service, which the City is obligated to pay or has paid (whether such obligation is general or limited) on any special obligation bonds or notes issued by the City, the authorization of a pledge by the City, subject to appropriation, of the tax increment revenues, pursuant to a Contribution Agreement (defined herein), to provide for the payment by the State Issuer (defined herein) of the principaAssigned  Action details Not available
16-0670 0 Port Covington Bond IssuanceOrdinancePort Covington Bond Issuance FOR the purpose of authorizing the issuance of special obligation bonds and the pledge, subject to appropriation, of Tax Increment Revenues and Special Tax Revenues (as such terms are defined herein) to the payment of debt service thereon; authorizing the pledge by the City, subject to appropriation, of the Tax Increment Revenues and Special Tax Revenues pursuant to a Contribution Agreement (defined herein) to provide for the payment by the State Issuer (defined herein) of the principal of and interest on the applicable State Obligations (defined herein) and other related costs; providing that such bonds or State Obligations may be issued from time to time and in one or more issues or series in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $660,000,000 for the purpose of financing infrastructure improvements and related costs, including, without limitation, the Project (defined herein), and other necessary improvements to, from, or within the development district, and certain other infrastructure improvements permitted by the Acts (defined herein); providAssigned  Action details Not available
16-0671 0 Port Covington Special Taxing DistrictOrdinancePort Covington Special Taxing District FOR the purpose of designating a "special taxing district" to be known as the "Port Covington Special Taxing District"; providing for and determining various matters in connection with the establishment of the special taxing district; creating a special fund for the special taxing district; providing for the levy of a special tax on all taxable real and personal property located in the special taxing district; providing for a special effective date; and generally providing for matters relating to the designation and operation of the special taxing district, the establishment and use of the special fund to provide for the payment by or reimbursement to the City for debt service, which the City is obligated to pay or has paid (whether such obligation is general or limited) on any special obligation bonds or notes issued by the City, the authorization of the pledge, subject to appropriation, of the special tax revenues, pursuant to a Contribution Agreement (defined herein), to provide for the payment by the State Issuer (defined herein) of the priAssigned  Action details Not available
16-0672 0 Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - Local, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise ProgramMayor and City Council Res.Charter Amendment - Board of Estimates - Local, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program FOR the purpose of authorizing the waiver or modification of certain procedures in order to assist local, small, or disadvantaged businesses; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.Assigned  Action details Not available
16-0673 0 Parking Tax - Rate ModificationOrdinanceParking Tax - Rate Modification FOR the purpose of modifying the rate of the parking tax; deleting an obsolescent provision; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the imposition and collection of a parking tax.Assigned  Action details Not available
16-0674 0 Transit and Traffic - No Camper or Mobile Home Parking on Residential StreetsOrdinanceTransit and Traffic - No Camper or Mobile Home Parking on Residential Streets FOR the purpose of prohibiting extended parking, standing, or stopping of camping trailers, mobile homes, motor homes, or travel trailers on residential streets; providing certain exceptions; setting certain penalties; and generally relating to the parking, standing, and stopping of camping trailers, mobile homes, motor homes, or travel trailers on City streets.Assigned  Action details Not available
16-0675 0 Public Development Subsides - Fair Development StandardsMayor and City Council Res.Public Development Subsides - Fair Development Standards FOR the purpose of establishing a framework to guide the approval, rejection, modification, and creation of publicly subsidized economic and community development plans and projects in Baltimore; expressing the intent of the City of Baltimore that economic and community development subsidies provided by the City shall not be provided to private interests unless certain standards are met; and setting a special effective date.Assigned  Action details Not available
16-0676 0 Planned Unit Development - Amendment 1 - Montgomery Park Business CenterOrdinancePlanned Unit Development - Amendment 1 - Montgomery Park Business Center FOR the purpose of approving certain amendments to the Development Plan of the Montgomery Park Business Center Planned Unit Development.Assigned  Action details Not available
16-0304R 0 Informational Hearing - BCPS CEO Search ProcessCity Council ResolutionInformational Hearing - BCPS CEO Search Process FOR the purpose of requesting that members of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners appear before the Council to discuss the secret search process conducted to hire a new CEO, and answer questions regarding how the search was conducted, how candidates were vetted, and how the decision on the new CEO was made.Assigned  Action details Not available
16-0639 0 Late-Night Commercial Operations - Extended ScopeOrdinanceLate-Night Commercial Operations - Extended Scope FOR the purpose of extending the licensing, regulation, and related requirements governing late-night commercial operations to the B-3 Business Zoning District.Advanced to 3rd Reader, for Final Passage  Action details Not available
15-0495 0 Zoning - Conditional Use Conversion of a 1-Family Dwelling Unit to a 2-Family Dwelling Unit in the R-8 Zoning District - 926 Newington AvenueOrdinanceZoning - Conditional Use Conversion of a 1-Family Dwelling Unit to a 2-Family Dwelling Unit in the R-8 Zoning District - 926 Newington Avenue FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the conversion of a 1-family dwelling unit to a 2-family dwelling unit in the R-8 Zoning District on the property known as 926 Newington Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat.Advanced to 3rd Reader, to be held one meeting  Action details Not available
15-0572 0 Zoning - Conditional Use Conversion of a Single-Family Dwelling Unit to 4 Family Dwelling Units in the R-7 Zoning District - Variances - 1715 Spence StreetOrdinanceZoning - Conditional Use Conversion of a Single-Family Dwelling Unit to 4 Family Dwelling Units in the R-7 Zoning District - Variances - 1715 Spence Street FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the conversion of a single-family dwelling unit to 4 family dwelling units in the R-7 Zoning District on the property known as 1715 Spence Street, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat; and granting variances from certain lot area coverage and floor area ratio requirements.Advanced to 3rd Reader, to be held one meeting  Action details Not available
16-0622 0 Repeal of Ordinance 02-299 - Flag House Court Hope VI Planned Unit DevelopmentOrdinanceRepeal of Ordinance 02-299 - Flag House Court Hope VI Planned Unit Development FOR the purpose of repealing Ordinance 02-299, which designated certain properties as a Residential Planned Unit Development known as Flag House Court Hope VI; and providing for a special effective date.Advanced to 3rd Reader, to be held one meeting  Action details Not available
16-0633 0 Planned Unit Development - Designation - Canton CrossingOrdinancePlanned Unit Development - Designation - Canton Crossing FOR the purpose of repealing the existing Development Plan for the Canton Crossing Planned Unit Development and approving a new Development Plan for the Canton Crossing Planned Unit Development.Advanced to 3rd Reader, to be held one meeting  Action details Not available
16-0638 0 Urban Renewal - Hilton North Business Area - Amendment _OrdinanceUrban Renewal - Hilton North Business Area - Amendment _ FOR the purpose of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for Hilton North Business Area to amend Exhibit 4 of the Plan to reflect the change in zoning, upon approval by separate ordinance, for the properties known as 3000-3052 West North Avenue; waiving certain content and procedural requirements; making the provisions of this Ordinance severable; providing for the application of this Ordinance in conjunction with certain other ordinances; and providing for a special effective date.Advanced to 3rd Reader, for Final Passage  Action details Not available
16-0299R 0 Investigative Hearing - Fuel Fund of Maryland Local PartnershipsCity Council ResolutionInvestigative Hearing - Fuel Fund of Maryland Local Partnerships FOR the purpose of calling on the Fuel Fund of Maryland to maintain its partnerships with nonprofit agencies throughout Central Maryland, and especially in Baltimore City, to assist Baltimore's most fragile population with preventing power terminations and securing power restorations; and inviting representatives of the Fuel Fund of Maryland, its local non-profit partners, and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) to appear before the Council to discuss how the City and BGE can help the Fuel Fund retain its ties with these partners and breathe new "energy" into a pre-eminent program adopted nationwide but requiring an infusion of renewed commitment here at home.Adopted  Action details Not available
16-0647 0 Supplementary State Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Transportation - $2,000,000OrdinanceSupplementary State Fund Capital Appropriation - Department of Transportation - $2,000,000 FOR the purpose of providing a Supplementary State Fund Capital Appropriation in the amount of $2,000,000 to the Department of Transportation (Account # 9950-903550-9509), to provide funding for resurfacing neighborhood streets; and providing for a special effective date.Approved and Sent to the Mayor  Action details Not available