Call to Order

Invocation

Pledge of Allegiance

Showcase Baltimore

Kevin Pompey, Youth Perspective Photography Camp.

Roll Call

Approval of the Journal

July 11, 2022

Communications from the Mayor

Bills Signed by the Mayor

June 23, 2022

22-0236

Annual Property Tax - Fiscal Year 2023

For the purpose of providing a tax for the use of the Mayor and City Council of

Baltimore for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023; and setting the

semiannual payment service charge for that period.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

22-0237

Operating Budget for the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners for

the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023

For the purpose of approving the budget estimated to be needed for the Baltimore

City Board of School Commissioners for operating programs during Fiscal 2023;

providing for certification of the approved budget to the State Superintendent of

Schools; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

Bills Introduced

22-0254

Office of Aging - Independent Agency

For the purpose of establishing an Office of Aging as an independent agency; defining

certain terms; providing for the appointment of the Director of the Office; establishing

duties of the Office; providing for the staff and budget of the Office; requiring the

adoption of certain rules and regulations; requiring the Office to submit an annual

report to the Mayor and City Council; establishing the Commission on Aging to

advise and collaborate with the Office; providing for the appointment, structure, and

governance of the Commission; requiring the Commission to submit an annual report

to the Director; and requiring Commission members, the Director, and other staff of

the Office to file financial disclosures under the Ethics Code.

Sponsors:

Zeke Cohen, Sharon Green Middleton, Odette Ramos, Danielle N. McCray

ORDINANCE

ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

22-0255

Arson Offender Registration

For the purpose of requiring an individual who has been convicted of a specified

crime to regularly register certain information with the Police Commissioner for

Baltimore City; specifying location, timing, content, and form of the registration;

defining certain terms; and generally relating to arson offender registration.

Sponsors:

Kristerfer Burnett, John T. Bullock, Odette Ramos, Danielle N. McCray

ORDINANCE

PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

22-0256

Public Safety Apprenticeship Program Advisory Commission

For the purpose of defining certain terms; establishing the Baltimore City Public

Safety Apprenticeship Program Advisory Commission; providing for the purpose,

composition, and duties of the Commission; establishing terms, procedures, and

duties of the Commission; and generally relating to the Baltimore City Public Safety

Apprenticeship Program Advisory Commission.

Sponsors:

Kristerfer Burnett, Odette Ramos, Danielle N. McCray

ORDINANCE

PUBLIC SAFETY AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Resolutions Introduced

22-0121R

Informational Hearing - 2022 Primary Election Irregularities

For the purpose of inviting the Director of the Baltimore City Board of Elections and

the Director of the State Board of Elections to come before the Council to detail the

cause of voting irregularities during the 2022 primary election, potential impacts these

irregularities had on election results, and solutions to ensure that such errors do not

happen again.

Sponsors:

Odette Ramos

RESOLUTION

RULES AND OVERSIGHT COMMMITTEE

Consent Calendar

(See Section A at back of Agenda)

2R Second Reader

Economic and Community Development

22-0198

City Property - Naming the Baltimore City Health Department Building to

the Dr. Maxie T. Collier Health Department Building

For the purpose of naming the Baltimore City Health Department Building, located at

1001 East Fayette Street, to the Dr. Maxie T. Collier Health Department Building.

Sponsors:

Robert Stokes, Sr., John T. Bullock

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

22-0213

Street Encroachment - 420 East Randall Street

For the purpose of permitting, subject to certain conditions, the construction and

maintenance of a portion of a building, to project into the public right-of-way on the

east side of Henry Street on the property known as 420 East Randall Street; and

providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS

22-0215

City Streets - Closing - Two 10 Foot Alleys

For the purpose of condemning and closing of two 10 Foot Alleys bounded by East

23rd Street, Greenmount Avenue and East 22nd Street, as shown on a plat

numbered 303-A-19A, dated September 14, 2021, prepared by the Survey Section,

and filed in the Office of the Department of Transportation; and providing for a

special effective date.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS

22-0216

City Property - Grant of Easement

For the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to grant a

Perpetual Easement to the Maryland State Highway Administration for the installation

and maintenance of a traffic control device, sidewalk, and median in the vicinity of the

intersection of MD 1 (Eastern Avenue) and the entrance to East Point Mall, Baltimore

County, Maryland, as shown on Plat 59795 filed in the State Highway Administration

State Roads Commission; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

City Council President (Administration)

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

22-0244

City Streets - Closing - Three 10 Foot Alleys

For the purpose of condemning and closing: (1) a ten foot alley, extending from the

northwest side of Virginia Avenue Northwesterly 397 feet more or less, to the

southeast side of Woodland Avenue; (2) a ten foot alley extending from the northeast

side of Homer Avenue Northeasterly 150 feet more or less, to the southwest side of a

ten foot alley; and (3) a ten foot alley extending from the southeast side of Virginia

Avenue Southwesterly 290.7 feet more or less, to the northwest side of a fifteen foot

alley , as shown on a plat numbered 315-A-28A and filed in the Department of

Transportation; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Administration City Council

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

Rules and Oversight

22-0238

Charter Amendment - Inspector General - Advisory Board

For the purpose of altering the method by which individuals are selected to be

members of the advisory board that appoints the Inspector General; requiring a

member of the City Council to consider certain factors when nominating a candidate

for the advisory board; setting term limits and staggering certain terms; and submitting

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

Sponsors:

Odette Ramos, Phylicia Porter, Zeke Cohen, Mark Conway

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE WITH AMENDMENTS

22-0247

Obstructing Street - Racing or Stunt Driving

For the purpose of prohibiting the obstruction of public streets under certain

circumstances; establishing certain penalties; defining certain terms; and generally

relating to obstructing a City street.

Sponsors:

Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Phylicia Porter, Eric T. Costello, James Torrence, Antonio Glover,

Robert Stokes, Sr., Sharon Green Middleton, Mark Conway, Zeke Cohen

RECOMMEND FAVORABLE

Ways and Means

22-0212

Residential Retention Tax Credit - Amendment

For the purpose of amending application requirements for the portable homestead tax

credit; terminating the sunset of the credit; and generally relating to the portable

homestead property tax credit.

Sponsors:

Eric T. Costello, President Nicholas J. Mosby, Sharon Green Middleton, John T. Bullock,

Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, James Torrence, Robert Stokes, Sr., Antonio Glover

3R Third Reader

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

3rd Reader)

22-0198

City Property - Naming the Baltimore City Health Department Building to

the Dr. Maxie T. Collier Health Department Building

For the purpose of naming the Baltimore City Health Department Building, located at

1001 East Fayette Street, to the Dr. Maxie T. Collier Health Department Building.

Sponsors:

Robert Stokes, Sr., John T. Bullock

22-0238

Charter Amendment - Inspector General - Advisory Board

For the purpose of altering the method by which individuals are selected to be

members of the advisory board that appoints the Inspector General; requiring a

member of the City Council to consider certain factors when nominating a candidate

for the advisory board; setting term limits and staggering certain terms; and submitting

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

Sponsors:

Odette Ramos, Phylicia Porter, Zeke Cohen, Mark Conway

22-0244

City Streets - Closing - Three 10 Foot Alleys

For the purpose of condemning and closing: (1) a ten foot alley, extending from the

northwest side of Virginia Avenue Northwesterly 397 feet more or less, to the

southeast side of Woodland Avenue; (2) a ten foot alley extending from the northeast

side of Homer Avenue Northeasterly 150 feet more or less, to the southwest side of a

ten foot alley; and (3) a ten foot alley extending from the southeast side of Virginia

Avenue Southwesterly 290.7 feet more or less, to the northwest side of a fifteen foot

alley , as shown on a plat numbered 315-A-28A and filed in the Department of

Transportation; and providing for a special effective date.

Sponsors:

Administration City Council

Third Reader (for final passage)

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

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)

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)

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)

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