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12-0067
| 0 | | Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013 | Ordinance | Ordinance of Estimates for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013
FOR the purpose of providing the appropriations estimated to be needed by each agency of the City of Baltimore for operating programs and capital projects during the fiscal 2013 year. | | |
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12-0023
| 0 | | Charter Amendment - Municipal Elections | Mayor and City Council Res. | Charter Amendment - Municipal Elections
FOR the purpose of providing for the election of the Mayor, the Comptroller, and the President and Members of the City Council in 2016 and in every succeeding fourth year; adjusting the terms of office for those elected in 2011; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection. | | |
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12-0031
| 0 | | Employees’ and Elected Officials’ Retirement Systems - Modifications | Ordinance | Employees’ and Elected Officials’ Retirement Systems - Modifications
FOR the purpose of updating the regular interest and other economic assumptions used to evaluate benefits under and the level of City funding for the Employees’ and Elected Officials’ Retirement Systems; modifying certain provisions relating to the method of financing the Elected Officials’ Retirement System; removing the separate account structure for retiree and active funds of the Elected Officials’ Retirement System; reducing prospectively the rate of interest credited on member contributions; repealing certain obsolete restrictions on investments by the Employees’ Retirement System and the Elected Officials’ Retirement System; modifying time periods within which members of the Employees’ and Elected Officials’ Retirement Systems must apply for retirement; repealing an obsolete time limit for Trustees to take their oaths of office; correcting, conforming, and clarifying related provisions; and providing for a special effective date. | | |
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12-0033
| 0 | | Beverage Container Tax - Repealing "Sunset" - Modifying Amount of Tax | Ordinance | Beverage Container Tax - Repealing "Sunset" - Modifying Amount of Tax
FOR the purpose of repealing the automatic termination of Ordinance 10-343 ("Beverage Container Tax"); modifying the amount of the tax on non-reusable beverage containers; providing for special dates; and generally relating to the taxation of beverage containers. | | |
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12-0050
| 0 | | Sales to Minors in Proximity of Liquor Store | Ordinance | Sales to Minors in Proximity of Liquor Store
FOR the purpose of prohibiting persons in close proximity to a liquor store from selling any food, goods, wares, or merchandise to any person under the age of 21; defining certain terms; imposing certain penalties; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to preventing minors from accessing alcoholic beverages. | | |
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12-0051
| 0 | | Rezoning - 1220 South East Avenue | Ordinance | Rezoning - 1220 South East Avenue
FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the property known as 1220 South East Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the M-2-2 Zoning District to the R-8 Zoning District. | | |
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12-0054
| 0 | | Zoning - Conversion of Single-Family Dwellings - Coldstream Homestead Montebello Urban Renewal Area | Ordinance | Zoning - Conversion of Single-Family Dwellings - Coldstream Homestead Montebello Urban Renewal Area
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the conversion of buildings used for single-family dwellings in the Coldstream Homestead Montebello Urban Renewal Area, unless expressly authorized in the Urban Renewal Plan for that Area. | | |
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12-0061
| 0 | | Baltimore City Hispanic Commission - Voting Members | Ordinance | Baltimore City Hispanic Commission - Voting Members
FOR the purpose of increasing the number of voting members on the Commission from 9 to 13, all to be appointed by the Mayor; conforming the number of members required to meet certain qualifications; providing that 1 of the members shall be a member of the City Council, nominated by the City Council President; and generally relating to the Baltimore City Hispanic Commission. | | |
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12-0068
| 0 | | Annual Property Tax - Fiscal Year 2013 | Ordinance | Annual Property Tax - Fiscal Year 2013
FOR the purpose of providing a tax for the use of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013; providing for estimated billings pursuant to State law; and setting the semiannual payment service charge for that period. | | |
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12-0084
| 0 | | Midtown Community Benefits District and Management Authority - Renewal Through June 30, 2016 | Mayor and City Council Res. | Midtown Community Benefits District and Management Authority - Renewal Through June 30, 2016
FOR the purpose of renewing and continuing the Midtown Community Benefits District and Management Authority; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the activities and authority of the Midtown Community Benefits District and Management Authority. | | |
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12-0088
| 0 | | Employees', Elected Officials', and Fire and Police Employees' Retirement Systems - Technical Revisions | Ordinance | Employees', Elected Officials', and Fire and Police Employees' Retirement Systems - Technical Revisions
FOR the purpose of providing that the Employees', Elected Officials', and Fire and Police Employees' Retirement Systems need comply only with a "reasonable good faith interpretation" of Internal Revenue Code § 401(a)(9); expanding the vehicles into which eligible distributions from these Systems can be rolled over, to include qualified defined benefit plans, § 403(b) tax-deferred annuity plans, certain § 457(b) plans, and Roth IRAs; permitting non-spouse beneficiaries of Systems members to make rollovers; removing a restriction on rollovers by surviving spouses of members of the Employees' and Elected Officials' Systems; clarifying the availability of the non-line-of-duty death benefit for members of the Fire and Police Employees' System who are on military service; applying cost-of-living adjustments to increase the $160,000 limit on annual Fire and Police Employees' Retirement System benefits under § 415 of the Internal Revenue Code and applying those cost-of-living adjustment | | |
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12-0091
| 0 | | Operating Budget for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013 | Mayor and City Council Res. | Operating Budget for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013
FOR the purpose of approving the budget estimated to be needed for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for operating programs during Fiscal 2013; providing for certification of the approved budget to the State Superintendent of Schools; and providing for a special effective date. | | |
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12-0092
| 0 | | Charter Amendment - Stormwater Utility | Mayor and City Council Res. | Charter Amendment - Stormwater Utility
FOR the purpose of establishing a financially self-sustaining stormwater utility; authorizing supplemental legislation to implement the provisions governing water, sanitary wastewater, and stormwater utilities; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; providing for a special effective date; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection. | | |
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12-0093
| 0 | | Charter Amendment - Minority Party Representation on Boards and Commissions | Mayor and City Council Res. | Charter Amendment - Minority Party Representation on Boards and Commissions
FOR the purpose of allowing voters registered as unaffiliated or as third party members to sit on City boards and commissions as minority party representatives; defining a certain term; generally relating to minority party representation on City boards and commissions; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection. | | |
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EA12-0068
| 0 | | James S. Clack
| Executive Nomination | James S. Clack
Chief - Baltimore City Fire Department | Assigned | |
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EA12-0076
| 0 | | Raymond J. Ehrlich | Executive Nomination | Raymond J. Ehrlich
Member - Commission on Sustainability | Assigned | |
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12-0109
| 0 | | Franchise - Private Pedestrian Bridgeways Above and Across and Private Tunnels Under and Across a Portion of Marion Street Right-of-way | Ordinance | Franchise - Private Pedestrian Bridgeways Above and Across and Private Tunnels Under and Across a Portion of Marion Street Right-of-way
FOR the purpose of granting a franchise to CB Fayette Street Baltimore, LLC, to use and maintain two existing private pedestrian bridgeways above and across and two existing private tunnels under and across a portion of Marion Street right-of-way, subject to certain terms, conditions, and reservations; and providing for a special effective date. | Assigned | |
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12-0110
| 0 | | Public Ethics Law - Gifts to Elected Officials | Ordinance | Public Ethics Law - Gifts to Elected Officials
FOR the purpose of expanding certain provisions to prohibit elected officials from soliciting or accepting certain gifts from any person who does or seeks to do business with the City, engages or seeks to engage in an activity regulated or controlled by the City, or is or recently has been a lobbyist; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to ethics in the public sector. | Assigned | |
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12-0111
| 0 | | Charter Amendment - Vetoes | Mayor and City Council Res. | Charter Amendment - Vetoes
FOR the purpose of modifying the vote by which the Council may override a mayoral veto; repealing the mayoral authority to veto “items of appropriation”; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection. | Assigned | |
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12-0112
| 0 | | Charter Amendment - City Council - Reduction in Size | Mayor and City Council Res. | Charter Amendment - City Council - Reduction in Size
FOR the purpose of reducing the size of the City Council; providing for certain members to be elected at large; requiring that the Council Vice-President and the Council’s representative to the Planning Commission be at-large members of the Council; clarifying, correcting, and conforming certain language; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection. | Assigned | |
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12-0113
| 0 | | Charter Amendment - Ordinance of Estimates | Mayor 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. | Assigned | |
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12-0114
| 0 | | Charter Amendment - Term Limits | Mayor and City Council Res. | Charter Amendment - Term Limits
FOR the purpose of providing that a person who has served a certain number of elected terms of office as Mayor, Comptroller, President of the City Council, or Member of the City Council is ineligible to succeed her- or himself for the immediately following term; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection. | Assigned | |
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12-0115
| 0 | | Fire Suppression and Prevention - Closings | Ordinance | Fire Suppression and Prevention - Closings
FOR the purpose of requiring a public hearing to be held and certain other actions to be taken before consolidating, relocating, or closing any fire suppression company or unit, emergency medical care company or unit, or truck company or unit; clarifying, conforming, and correcting certain language; conforming certain statutory provisions to subsequent Charter amendments; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the adoption and implementation of the City Comprehensive Fire Protection Plan and to the procedures for the consolidation, relocation, or closing of fire companies and units. | Assigned | |
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12-0058R
| 0 | | City Agency Adoption of Recreation Centers | City Council Resolution | City Agency Adoption of Recreation Centers
FOR the purpose of requesting that the Director of Recreation and Parks, the Housing Commissioner, the Director of Transportation, the Police Commissioner, the Director of Public Works, the Director of General Services, and the Director of Finance appear before the City Council to discuss the status of the City’s recreation centers and the feasibility of creating interagency partnerships to allow each of the City’s five largest agencies to sponsor two recreation centers each to continue operations of the recreation centers slated for closure or private partnerships after the 2012 summer season. | Assigned | |
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12-0059R
| 0 | | Vital Signs: Measuring Progress Towards a Better Quality of Life in Every Neighborhood | City Council Resolution | Vital Signs: Measuring Progress Towards a Better Quality of Life in Every Neighborhood
FOR the purpose of endorsing the Vital Signs project, an initiative of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute of the University of Baltimore. The purpose of the Vital Signs Project is to use indicators to promote, support, and help people make data-driven decisions to improve the quality of life in Baltimore City neighborhoods. These indicators reflect the diverse conditions of neighborhoods and provide the basis for a system of tracking progress toward a shared vision and agreed-upon outcomes that will result in stronger neighborhoods, improved quality of life, and a thriving City. In 2012, the Alliance released Vital Signs 10, which marks a decade’s worth of neighborhood indicators that can be used to both measure success and serve as an input into planning the City’s future. | Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day | |
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12-0059R
| 0 | | Vital Signs: Measuring Progress Towards a Better Quality of Life in Every Neighborhood | City Council Resolution | Vital Signs: Measuring Progress Towards a Better Quality of Life in Every Neighborhood
FOR the purpose of endorsing the Vital Signs project, an initiative of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute of the University of Baltimore. The purpose of the Vital Signs Project is to use indicators to promote, support, and help people make data-driven decisions to improve the quality of life in Baltimore City neighborhoods. These indicators reflect the diverse conditions of neighborhoods and provide the basis for a system of tracking progress toward a shared vision and agreed-upon outcomes that will result in stronger neighborhoods, improved quality of life, and a thriving City. In 2012, the Alliance released Vital Signs 10, which marks a decade’s worth of neighborhood indicators that can be used to both measure success and serve as an input into planning the City’s future. | Adopted | |
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12-0060R
| 0 | | Informational Hearing - Auditing Best Practices | City Council Resolution | Informational Hearing - Auditing Best Practices
FOR the purpose of calling on representatives from the from the Department of Audits to appear before the Council to discuss how the Department currently performs its Charter mandated duties, the best practices in municipal and government auditing, and how audits of City agencies can be made more regular, frequent, and effective. | Assigned | |
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12-0061R
| 0 | | Investigative Hearing - Fire Department - Company Closures and the Comprehensive Fire Protection Plan | City Council Resolution | Investigative Hearing - Fire Department - Company Closures and the Comprehensive Fire Protection Plan
FOR the purpose of calling on the Fire Chief, the Director of Finance, and the City Solicitor to report to the City Council on the effect of the proposed disbandment of three fire companies and the effect of that policy on the delivery of fire suppression and rescue services to City residents; the status of the positions identified for demotion in the Fiscal Year 2013 budget in conjunction with the disbandment of fire companies; the levels of compliance with national standards for training, safety, and response to fire emergencies; and to furnish the City Council with copies of the current Comprehensive Fire Protection Plan and a detailed plan for future development of the required Comprehensive Fire Protection Plan. | Assigned | |
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EA12-0060
| 0 | | Deborah Moore-Carter | Executive Nomination | Deborah Moore-Carter
Labor Commissioner for Baltimore City - 7th District | Confirmed | |
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EA12-0062
| 0 | | Donna A. Cypress | Executive Nomination | Donna A. Cypress
Member - Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation - 7th District | Confirmed | |
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EA12-0063
| 0 | | Miriam Avins | Executive Nomination | Miriam Avins
Member - Commission on Sustainability - 14th District | Confirmed | |
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EA12-0064
| 0 | | Frances Flanigan | Executive Nomination | Frances Flanigan
Member - Commission on Sustainability | Confirmed | |
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EA12-0065
| 0 | | Earl Johnson | Executive Nomination | Earl Johnson
Member - Commission on Sustainability - 12th District | Confirmed | |
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EA12-0066
| 0 | | Geraldine Cook Okwesa | Executive Nomination | Geraldine Cook Okwesa
Member - Commission on Sustainability - 7th District | Confirmed | |
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EA12-0067
| 0 | | Cindy Parker | Executive Nomination | Cindy Parker
Member - Commission on Sustainability - 12th District | Confirmed | |
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12-0028R
| 0 | | Informational Hearing - Supporting Efforts to Bring City Year to Baltimore | City Council Resolution | Informational Hearing - Supporting Efforts to Bring City Year to Baltimore
FOR the purpose of inviting representatives from Baltimore City Public Schools and City Year to appear before the Council to discuss the mission of City Year and the feasibility and logistical requirements of bringing City Year Programming to the Baltimore City Public School System. | Adopted | |
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12-0049R
| 0 | | Investigative Hearing - Municipal Composting | City Council Resolution | Investigative Hearing - Municipal Composting
FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Public Works, and the Chief, Bureau of Solid Waste to report to the Council on the Department’s progress toward creating a comprehensive Municipal Composting Program; to provide a fiscal impact statement of creating the program, and; an estimated time line for citywide implementation of municipal composting. | Adopted | |
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12-0053
| 0 | | Biennial Agency Audits | Ordinance | Biennial Agency Audits
FOR the purpose of requiring all City agencies to have their operations audited every second fiscal year; defining certain terms; specifying who may conduct the audits; requiring certain reports; providing for a stagger in undergoing the audits; and generally relating to the biennial audit of City agencies. | Amended | |
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12-0053
| 0 | | Biennial Agency Audits | Ordinance | Biennial Agency Audits
FOR the purpose of requiring all City agencies to have their operations audited every second fiscal year; defining certain terms; specifying who may conduct the audits; requiring certain reports; providing for a stagger in undergoing the audits; and generally relating to the biennial audit of City agencies. | Advanced to 3rd Reader, for Final Passage | |
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12-0069
| 0 | | Real Estate Transactions - Disclosure of Heavy-Industrial and Railroad Operations | Ordinance | Real Estate Transactions - Disclosure of Heavy-Industrial and Railroad Operations
FOR the purpose of requiring the seller of real property to disclose to the buyer certain information about the possibility of nearby heavy-industrial and railroad operations; defining certain terms; conforming, correcting, and clarifying certain related provisions; and providing for a special effective date. | Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report | |
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12-0100
| 0 | | Solid Waste Management Plan for Baltimore City - Amendment | Mayor and City Council Res. | Solid Waste Management Plan for Baltimore City - Amendment
FOR the purpose of amending the Solid Waste Management Plan for Baltimore City to add Chesapeake Compost Works to the descriptions of waste disposal facilities locations that are included in the Plan and to the list of recycling companies and facilities that are included in the Plan; and providing for a special effective date. | Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report | |
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12-0019
| 0 | | Comprehensive Rezonings - Amendments | Ordinance | Comprehensive Rezonings - Amendments
FOR the purpose of excepting amendments to comprehensive rezoning bills from certain rules that govern amendments to multi-property rezoning bills; defining certain terms; and generally relating to the processing of comprehensive rezoning bills. | Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report | |
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12-0030
| 0 | | Zoning - Conditional Use - Amending Ordinance 97-208 | Ordinance | Zoning - Conditional Use - Amending Ordinance 97-208
FOR the purpose of amending the maximum bed capacity for the nonprofit home and transitional housing facility for the care and custody of homeless persons on the property known as 3500-3502 Clifton Avenue; adding a certain condition, and correcting and conforming certain references. | Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report | |
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12-0072
| 0 | | Zoning - Conditional Use - Amending Ordinance 11-459 | Ordinance | Zoning - Conditional Use - Amending Ordinance 11-459
FOR the purpose of amending Ordinance 11-459 to reflect the lot consolidation that occurred after Ordinance 11-459 was enacted, by amending the property address of the housing for the elderly, formerly known as 4309-4311 Pimlico Road, to 4311 Pimlico Road. | Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report | |
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12-0096
| 0 | | Zoning - Conditional Use Second-hand Store - 5702 Bellona Avenue | Ordinance | Zoning - Conditional Use Second-hand Store - 5702 Bellona Avenue
FOR the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a second-hand store on the property known as 5702 Bellona Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat. | Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report | |
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12-0053
| 0 | | Biennial Agency Audits | Ordinance | Biennial Agency Audits
FOR the purpose of requiring all City agencies to have their operations audited every second fiscal year; defining certain terms; specifying who may conduct the audits; requiring certain reports; providing for a stagger in undergoing the audits; and generally relating to the biennial audit of City agencies. | | |
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12-0072
| 0 | | Zoning - Conditional Use - Amending Ordinance 11-459 | Ordinance | Zoning - Conditional Use - Amending Ordinance 11-459
FOR the purpose of amending Ordinance 11-459 to reflect the lot consolidation that occurred after Ordinance 11-459 was enacted, by amending the property address of the housing for the elderly, formerly known as 4309-4311 Pimlico Road, to 4311 Pimlico Road. | Approved and Sent to the Mayor | |
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12-0100
| 0 | | Solid Waste Management Plan for Baltimore City - Amendment | Mayor and City Council Res. | Solid Waste Management Plan for Baltimore City - Amendment
FOR the purpose of amending the Solid Waste Management Plan for Baltimore City to add Chesapeake Compost Works to the descriptions of waste disposal facilities locations that are included in the Plan and to the list of recycling companies and facilities that are included in the Plan; and providing for a special effective date. | Approved and Sent to the Mayor | |
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12-0013
| 0 | | Rezoning - 2801-2841 Remington Avenue | Ordinance | Rezoning - 2801-2841 Remington Avenue
FOR the purpose of changing the zoning for the properties known as 2801-2841Remington Avenue, as outlined in red on the accompanying plat, from the B-3-2 Zoning District to the R-7 Zoning District. | Approved and Sent to the Mayor | |
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