Call to Order

Invocation

Pledge of Allegiance

Showcase Baltimore

Roll Call

Approval of the Journal

June 27, 2022

Communications from the Mayor

Bills Signed by the Mayor

June 30, 2022, July 7, 2022 and July 11, 2022

21-0047

Charter Amendment - Dante Barksdale Career Technology Apprenticeship

Fund

For the purpose of establishing a continuing, non-lapsing Dante Barksdale Career

Technology Education Fund, to be used exclusively to supplement pre-apprenticeship

programs and other workforce development programs; requiring a minimum monthly

appropriation to this Fund; authorizing the Mayor and City Council, by ordinance, to

provide for the oversight, governance, and administration of this Fund; and submitting

this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.

Sponsors:

President Nicholas J. Mosby, Sharon Green Middleton, Kristerfer Burnett, John T.

Bullock, Odette Ramos, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, James Torrence, Mark Conway, Robert

Stokes, Sr., Zeke Cohen, Danielle N. McCray, Antonio Glover, Ryan Dorsey, Phylicia

Porter, Eric T. Costello

21-0094

Public Safety Apprenticeship Program - Establishment (The Hometown

Heroes Act)

For the purpose of providing for the establishment and implementation of a Public

Safety Apprenticeship Program for Baltimore City; providing for the development and

oversight of the Program by the Baltimore City Fire Department in partnership with

certain other public safety agencies in Baltimore City; establishing the purposes of the

Program; and requiring that the Baltimore City Fire Department report annually

certain information to the Mayor and City Council and requiring the report to be

made available on the Department’s website.

Sponsors:

Kristerfer Burnett, Zeke Cohen, Ryan Dorsey, John T. Bullock

21-0156

Zoning - Conditional Use Parking Lot - 1207 and 1209 E. 43rd Street and

1204 Springfield Avenue

For the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the establishment,

maintenance, and operation of an open off-street parking area on the properties

known as 1207 and 1209 E. 43rd Street (Block 5208 Lots 004 and 005) and 1204

Springfield Avenue (Block 5208, Lot 012) as outlined in green on the accompanying

plat; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

President Nicholas J. Mosby

22-0191

Homeless Shelters and Transitional Housing Units - Human Trafficking

Notice Requirements

For the purpose of requiring homeless shelters and transitional housing units within the

City of Baltimore to place a notice regarding a certain human trafficking prevention

hotline in certain locations; providing that the required human trafficking notices may

be obtained from the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Blue

Campaign website; providing for certain penalties; and generally relating to human

trafficking notice requirements for homeless shelters and transitional housing units.

Sponsors:

Kristerfer Burnett, Sharon Green Middleton, Phylicia Porter, John T. Bullock

22-0209

Sale of Property - 620 North Caroline Street

For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to sell, at

either public or private sale, all its interest in certain property that is located at 620

North Caroline Street (Block 1280, Lot 003) and is no longer needed for public use;

and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Robert Stokes, Sr.

22-0222

Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Technical Amendments

For the purpose of amending provisions of the Fire and Police Employees’

Retirement System law pertaining to the definition of regular interest for valuation

purposes; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the Fire and

Police Employees’ Retirement System of the City of Baltimore.

Sponsors:

Administration City Council

22-0234

Police Accountability

For the purpose of establishing the Baltimore City Police Accountability Board;

providing for the membership, staffing, budget, and procedures of the Board;

requiring the Board to deliver a certain annual report; establishing the Administrative

Charging Committee for the City; providing for the membership, staffing, budget, and

procedures of the Committee; requiring a member of the Committee to maintain

confidentiality; requiring the Committee to deliver a certain annual report; requiring the

Director of the Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights to adopt rules and

regulations to carry out this Ordinance; defining certain terms; requiring certain

individuals assigned to either the Board or the Committee to file certain financial

disclosures; and generally relating to police accountability.

Sponsors:

Mark Conway, John T. Bullock, Phylicia Porter

Bills Introduced

22-0252

Commercial Vehicle Monitoring System

For the purpose of modifying the maximum number of operational cameras authorized

to enforce Baltimore City’s commercial vehicle monitoring system.

Sponsors:

Danielle N. McCray, Mark Conway, John T. Bullock

ORDINANCE

RULES AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

22-0253

City Property - Renaming Barclay Elementary/Middle School to Gertrude S.

Williams Barclay School

For the purpose of changing the name of Barclay Elementary/Middle School (School

54), located at 2900 Barclay Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, to Gertrude S. Williams

Barclay School.

Sponsors:

Robert Stokes, Sr., Odette Ramos

ORDINANCE

ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Resolutions Introduced

22-0117R

Informational Hearing - Baltimore Public Sanitation - Homeless

Encampments

For the purpose of inviting representatives from the Department of Public Works, the

Department of Housing and Community Development, the Baltimore City Health

Department, the Baltimore City Police Department, and the Mayor’s Office of

Homeless Services to brief the City Council on potential strategies for mitigating

waste left by homeless encampments, including a discussion regarding the

procurement of a contracted service to clear hazardous waste from such

encampments.

Sponsors:

Phylicia Porter, John T. Bullock, Sharon Green Middleton

RESOLUTION

HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

22-0118R

Investigational Hearing - Prostitution - Diversion and Treatment

For the purpose of inviting representatives from the Baltimore City Health

Department, the Baltimore City Police Department, and the Mayor’s Office of

Children and Family Success to discuss current and proposed strategies to deter and

treat prostitution in Baltimore City, including a review of diversion programs and

services in use in other jurisdictions that may assist Baltimore City communities

struggling with prostitution.

Sponsors:

Phylicia Porter, Sharon Green Middleton

RESOLUTION

PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

22-0119R

Park and Recreation Professionals Day

For the purpose of proclaiming July as Park and Recreation Month and July 15 as

Park and Recreation Professionals Day and encouraging all citizens to recognize the

importance of park and recreation services and celebrate the dedicated service of

Baltimore’s park and recreation professionals.

Sponsors:

Kristerfer Burnett, John T. Bullock, Sharon Green Middleton

RESOLUTION

IMMEDIATE ADOPTION

22-0120R

Resolution of Council Support - Neighborhood Revitalization Project - 1743

Park Avenue

For the purpose of formally recognizing the City Council’s support for the ongoing

neighborhood revitalization project at 1743 Park Avenue (block 0355, lot 034)

undertaken by the Bolton Hill Community Association and Midtown Community

Benefits District.

Sponsors:

Eric T. Costello, James Torrence, Sharon Green Middleton

RESOLUTION

IMMEDIATE ADOPTION

Consent Calendar

(See Section A at back of Agenda)

2R Second Reader

Education, Workforce and Youth

22-0211

City Employees and Retirees - Healthcare Reform

For the purpose of establishing the Employee and Retiree Health Benefits Program

for Baltimore City employees; defining certain terms; providing for the administration

of the Program; establishing membership, procedures, and duties for the City Health

Insurance Committee; requiring certain reports and the provision of certain data; and

generally relating to healthcare for City employees, retirees, their spouses, and their

dependents.

Sponsors:

Robert Stokes, Sr., Phylicia Porter, James Torrence, Antonio Glover

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

Rules and Legislative Oversight

22-0248

Charter Amendment - Baltimore City Police Department - Local Control -

Establishment

For the purpose of creating a Baltimore City Police Department as an agency and

instrumentality of the City of Baltimore; and submitting this amendment to the qualified

voters of the City for adoption or rejection.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration), Danielle N. McCray, John T. Bullock, Sharon

Green Middleton

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

22-0230

Bond Issue - Public Infrastructure Loan - $72,000,000

For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to

General Assembly House Resolution IV and Senate Resolution IV of 2022 approved

by the members of the Maryland General Assembly representing Baltimore City) to

create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof,

and proceeds not exceeding SEVENTY-TWO Million Dollars ($72,000,000.00)

from the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the cost of issuance,

including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys’ fees, and all other

incidental expenses connected therewith (which may include the proportion of the

compensation of employees and general administrative expenses of the Department of

Finance reasonably allocated to the issuance of the bonds); for the development of

the public infrastructure owned or controlled by the Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore and the Enoch Pratt Free Library, and the construction and development of

streets, bridges, courthouses, city office buildings, police stations, fire stations, solid

waste facilities, information technology, public park and recreational and related land,

property, buildings, structures or facilities including but not limited to, the acquisition

by purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or

any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and constructing and erecting on said land

or property, or on any land or property, new buildings, structures, and auxiliary

facilities; and for the renovation, alteration, construction, reconstruction, installation,

improvement and repair of existing infrastructure, buildings, structures or facilities, to

be or now being used for or in connection with the operations, functions and activities

of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the Enoch Pratt Free Library, the

demolition, removal, relocation, renovation or alteration of land, buildings, streets,

highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other structures or improvements, and for

the construction, reconstruction, installation, relocation or repair of buildings, streets,

highways, alleys, utilities or services, including information technology infrastucture,

and other structures or improvements; for the acquisition and installation of trees or

for tree planting programs; and for the acquisition and installation of equipment and

fixtures for any and all facilities authorized to be constructed, erected, altered,

reconstructed, renovated, installed or improved by the provisions hereof; the payment

of any and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of

the things herein mentioned, including but not limited to, the costs and expenses of

securing administrative, appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing,

architectural, surveying and other professional services; and for doing any and all

things necessary, proper or expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or all of

the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing the issuance of refunding

bonds; conferring and imposing upon the Board of Finance of Baltimore City certain

powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this Ordinance to the legal voters of

the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the General Election to be

held in Baltimore City on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 2022; and providing for

the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of indebtedness in

accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore, and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of

Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

22-0231

Bond Issue - Community and Economic Development Loan - $36,000,000

For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to

General Assembly House Resolution III and Senate Resolution III of 2022 approved

by the members of the Maryland General Assembly representing Baltimore City) to

create a debt, and to issue and sell its certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof,

and proceeds not exceeding THIRTY-SIX Million Dollars ($36,000,000.00) from

the sale of such certificates of indebtedness to be used for the cost of issuance,

including the expense of engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys’ fees, and all other

incidental expenses connected therewith (which may include the proportion of the

compensation of employees and general administrative expenses of the Department of

Finance reasonably allocated to the issuance of the bonds); and the remainder of such

proceeds to be used for or in connection with planning, developing, executing, and

making operative the community, commercial and industrial economic development

programs of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, including, but not limited to,

the acquisition, by purchase, lease, condemnation or any other legal means, of land or

property, or any right, interest, franchise, easement or privilege therein, in the City of

Baltimore; the payment of any and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with

or incidental to the acquisition and management of said land or property, including any

and all rights or interest therein hereinbefore mentioned; the payment of any and all

costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with relocating and moving persons

or other legal entities displaced by the acquisition of said land or property, or any of

the rights or interest therein hereinbefore mentioned; the development or

redevelopment, including, but not limited to, the comprehensive renovation or

rehabilitation of any land or property, or any rights or interests therein hereinbefore

mentioned, in the City of Baltimore; and the disposition of land and property for such

purposes; the elimination of unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions, lessening

density, eliminating obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare or

otherwise removing or preventing the spread of blight or deterioration in the City of

Baltimore; building from strength; stabilizing middle neighborhoods, strengthening

neighborhood retail corridors, the creation of healthy, sanitary, and safe, and green

conditions in the City of Baltimore; the demolition, removal, relocation, renovation or

alteration of land, buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other

structures or improvements and for the construction, reconstruction , installation,

relocation or repair of buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and

other structures or improvements; making loans and grants to various projects and

programs related to growing businesses in the City; attracting and retaining jobs;

providing homeownership incentives and home repair assistance; making loans and

grants to various projects and programs related to improving the cultural life and

promotion of tourism in Baltimore City; and the lending or granting of funds to any

person or other legal entity to be used for or in connection with the rehabilitation,

renovation, redevelopment, improvement or construction of buildings and structures

to be used or occupied for residential or commercial purposes and the payment of

any and all costs and expenses incurred for, or in connection with, doing any or all of

the things herein mentioned, including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of

securing administrative, appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing,

architectural, surveying, and other professional services; and for doing any and all

things necessary, proper, or expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or all of

the matters or things hereinbefore mentioned; all such land or property shall be

acquired, developed, redeveloped, renovated, rehabilitated, altered, improved, held

or disposed of, as provided by law; authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds;

conferring and imposing upon the Board of Finance of Baltimore City certain powers

22-0232

Bond Issue - School Loan - $38,000,000

For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to

General Assembly House Resolution II and Senate Resolution II of 2022 approved

by the members of the Maryland General Assembly representing Baltimore City) to

create a debt, and to issue and sell, at any time or from time to time and in one or

more series its certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not

exceeding THIRTY-EIGHT Million Dollars ($38,000,000.00) from the sale of such

certificates of indebtedness to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense

of engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys’ fees, and all other incidental expenses

connected therewith (which may include the proportion of the compensation of

employees and general administrative expenses of the Department of Finance

reasonably allocated to the issuance of the bonds); and the remainder of such

proceeds shall be used for the acquisition, by purchase, lease, condemnation or any

other legal means, of land or property, or any rights therein, in the City of Baltimore,

and demolishing, constructing and erecting on said land or property, or on any land or

property now or hereafter owned by the Baltimore City Board of School

Commissioners and/or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, new school

buildings, athletic and other auxiliary facilities including community health and

recreation facilities, and for additions and improvements to, or the modernization or

reconstruction of, including the inspection, removal, encapsulation, management,

containment and abatement of asbestos from existing facilities, and for equipment for

any and all new or existing facilities authorized to be constructed, erected, added,

improved, modernized or reconstructed by the provisions hereof; the payment of any

and all costs and expenses incurred for or in connection with doing any or all of the

things herein mentioned, including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of

securing administrative, appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing,

architectural, surveying, and other professional services, including, without limitation,

services relating to planning for future projects of the same general character which

may be constructed out of future loans; and for doing any and all things necessary,

proper or expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or

things hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds; conferring

certain powers upon the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners; imposing

certain conditions in connection with the expenditure of the proceeds derived from the

sale of said certificates of indebtedness; conferring and imposing upon the Board of

Finance of Baltimore City certain powers and duties; authorizing the submission of this

Ordinance to the legal voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or

disapproval, at the Election to be held on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 2022,

and providing for the expenditure of the proceeds of sale of said certificates of

indebtedness in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City

Council of Baltimore, and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance

of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

22-0233

Bond Issue - Affordable Housing Loan - $14,000,000

For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (pursuant to

General Assembly House Resolution I and Senate Resolution I of 2022 approved by

the members of the Maryland General Assembly representing Baltimore City) to

create a debt, and to issue and sell, at any time or from time to time and in one or

more series its certificates of indebtedness as evidence thereof, and proceeds not

exceeding FOURTEEN Million ($14,000,000.00) from the sale of such certificates

of indebtedness to be used for the cost of issuance, including the expense of

engraving, printing, advertising, attorneys’ fees, and all other incidental expenses

connected therewith (which may include the proportion of the compensation of

employees and general administrative expenses of the Department of Finance

reasonably allocated to the issuance of the bonds); and the remainder of such

proceeds shall be used for or in connection with planning, developing, executing, and

making operative the Affordable Housing program of the Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore, including, but not limited to, the acquisition, by purchase, lease,

condemnation or any other legal means, of land or property, or any right, interest,

franchise, easement or privilege therein, in the City of Baltimore; the payment of any

and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with or incidental to the acquisition

and management of said land or property, including any and all rights of interest

therein hereinbefore mentioned; the payment of any and all costs and expenses

incurred for or in connection with relocating and moving persons or other legal entities

displaced by the acquisition of said land or property, or any of the rights or interest

therein hereinbefore mentioned, in the City of Baltimore; the development or

redevelopment, including, but not limited to, the comprehensive renovation or

rehabilitation of, any land or property, or any rights or interests therein hereinbefore

mentioned, in the City of Baltimore, and the disposition of land and property for such

purposes; costs related to the rehabilitation and new construction of and operation of

rental and homeownership developments, such costs to include but not be limited to

relocation assistance, rental payment and home purchase assistance, housing

counseling and project financing comprised of loans(including forgivable or fully

amoritizing) or grants or other related activities and buyer education assistance, and

activities to support the orderly and sustainable planning, preservation, rehabilitation,

and development of economically diverse housing in City neighborhoods; support for

the Affordable Housing Trust Fund; the elimination of unhealthful, unsanitary or unsafe

conditions, lessening density, eliminating obsolete or other uses detrimental to the

public welfare or otherwise removing or preventing the spread of blight or

deterioration in the City of Baltimore; the demolition, removal, relocation, renovation

or alteration of land, buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and other

structures or improvements, and for the construction, reconstruction, installation,

relocation or repair of buildings, streets, highways, alleys, utilities or services, and

other structures or improvements; the payment of any and all costs and expenses

incurred for, or in connection with, doing any or all of the things herein mentioned,

including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of securing administrative,

appraisal, economic analysis, engineering, planning, designing, architectural, surveying,

and other professional services; and for doing any and all things necessary, proper or

expedient in connection with or pertaining to any or all of the matters or things

hereinbefore mentioned; authorizing the submission of this Ordinance to the legal

voters of the City of Baltimore, for their approval or disapproval, at the General

Election to be held in Baltimore City, on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 2022;

and providing generally for the issuance and sale of such certificates of indebtedness

in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore, and by the municipal agency designated in the annual Ordinance of

Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

Third Reader

Third Reader (requires invocation of CC Rule 12-1 for same day advance from 2nd to

3rd Reader)

22-0248

Charter Amendment - Baltimore City Police Department - Local Control -

Establishment

For the purpose of creating a Baltimore City Police Department as an agency and

instrumentality of the City of Baltimore; and submitting this amendment to the qualified

voters of the City for adoption or rejection.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration), Danielle N. McCray, John T. Bullock, Sharon

Green Middleton

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