City Council  
City of Baltimore  
City Hall, Room 408  
100 North Holliday Street  
Baltimore, Maryland 21202  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Public Health & Environment Committee  
Wednesday, May 13, 2026  
10:00 AM  
Virtual/Du Burns Council Chamber, 4th floor, City Hall, Phone:  
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LO26-0044 - B'more Healthy Babies Strategy and Bill 26-0161 - Natural Resources -  
Forest and Tree Conservation - Conforming Amendments  
CALL TO ORDER  
INTRODUCTIONS  
ATTENDANCE  
5 - Phylicia Porter, Mark Parker, James Torrence, John Bullock, and Odette Ramos  
2 - Mark Conway, and Ryan Dorsey  
Present  
Absent  
ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING  
LO26-0044  
B’more Healthy Babies Strategy  
For the purpose of inviting representatives from the Baltimore City Health  
Department and other interested parties to appear before the City Council  
to discuss maternal health in Baltimore City and the B'more for Healthy  
Babies Initiative's 5-year Strategic Refresh, including priority health issues  
identified by the Initiative.  
LO26-0044 - Hearing called to recess.  
26-0161  
Natural Resources – Forest and Tree Conservation – Conforming  
Amendments  
FOR the purpose of amending the Forest and Tree Conservation  
provisions of Article 7 of the Baltimore City Code to comply with new State  
requirements; and providing for a special effective date.  
26-0161 - Hearing recessed; to reconvene later.  
ADJOURNMENT