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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Mayor Martin O'Malley
[mailto:mayor@baltimorecity.gov]<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 11, 2004 6:31
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Neighborhood News Flash:
June 11, 2004</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>June 11, 2004</span></font></b>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'><a href="#lead">An
Important Update on the City's Budget</a></span></font></b> <br>
<font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Facing
the financial challenges.</span></font> <br>
<b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'><a href="#nf">Neighborhoods First: The 2004 African American
Heritage Festival June 18-20, 2004</a></span></font></b> <br>
<font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Save
next weekend for one of the largest east coast celebrations of its kind.</span></font>
<br>
<b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'><a href="#gn">Good News: We Like the Urbanite</a></span></font></b>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>At
last, a magazine for and about Baltimore's neighborhoods.</span></font> <br>
<b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'><a href="#mgn">More Good News: GBCA Hosts Symposium Monday</a></span></font></b>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Entitled
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>10 Ideas for Baltimore,</span></i> join the
cultural enthusiasts as they brainstorm.</span></font> <br>
<b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'><a href="#q">Quote of the Week</a></span></font></b> <br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><a name=lead></a><b><font size=4 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:
bold'>Dear Community Leader:</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>As I’m sure you’ve heard, our city
has financial challenges to deal with this year.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Some of this is the result of
State cuts – about $8 million this year, on top of last year’s cuts. Some of it
is a result of having to pay for necessary things like a summer jobs programs
without federal TANF dollars. Some of it is the new unfunded mandate of
Homeland Security in these dangerous times – including $3.3 million in the
first three quarters of this year to support city employees that are on active
military duty. Some of it is a 4% cap on assessments that prevents the city
from reaping the benefit of property values that have nearly doubled over the
last four years. And some of it simply is the lingering effect of being a poor
city with the greatest population loss in America during the 1990s.</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>We began this budget cycle $68
million in the hole, based on the increased costs of things like retirees
health insurance, debt service, and retirement contributions. By making $28
million in cuts, we got that gap down to $40 million.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>In July 2000, members of the
Greater Baltimore Committee and the Presidents’ Roundtable presented us with a
report detailing 265 separate recommendations for improving efficiency and
producing cost savings in seven major areas – Fire, Health, Public Works,
Recreation and Parks, Housing, Citywide Management, and Information Technology.
Today, 83 percent – or 221 – of the recommendations have been implemented or
are in various stages of implementation.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>And this year, after two years
improving service and holding the line – and two decades of cutting non-public
safety city-funded employees from 9,500 in 1980 to 3,500 today – we have very
little to cut but public safety and Recreation and Parks, which we have tried
to protect since it already has been cut from 1,300 employees to 290 employees
since 1980.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>This leaves us in a position where
we are no longer looking at job cuts, but, instead, service reductions to
balance the budget: reducing police protection by 180 officers, closing four
fire stations daily, reducing trash collection from twice to once per week,
reducing library hours, and eliminating recycling collection.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>To prevent this from occurring –
and to continue our progress in making Baltimore a safer, more prosperous city
– we are asking the people who live and work in Baltimore to invest in our
city’s comeback.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Unlike 13 other counties,
Baltimore did not raise taxes last year in response to State cuts.
Allegheny, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Dorchester, Frederick,
Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Talbot, Washington and Wicomico all raised
taxes last year. 6 counties raised property taxes. Six raised income taxes. And
8 raised transfer or recordation taxes.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>We will not raise property or
income taxes. All that is left are consumption taxes and the recordation tax. 7
other counties have recordation taxes of $5 per $500. And we’re proposing to
join them. And we’re bringing the telecommunications fee in line with the
reality of our society. Years ago, when Baltimore’s phone fee was implemented,
there were no cell phones. We simply are proposing to treat them like other
phones – as other Maryland counties and many cities have done. We don’t like to
do either. But there are no good options. We’ve tried to do this in a way that
is fair and keeps Baltimore competitive.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Here is where that funding will
go:</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>According to youth advocates, the
State has cut $8 million in Baltimore from programs for children and youth:
minus $5 million for after-school, minus $1.7 for Success By Six, and minus $1
million for Summer Jobs. We propose using $3 million to keep after-school
programs from closing, and to prevent the elimination of summer jobs.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>According to the State Department
of Legislative Services, the State has cut $5.4 million from the City’s
Department of Recreation and Parks through Program Open Space in two years. We
propose using $1.3 million to keep Recreation Centers from closing due to these
cuts.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The remaining
new investment will prevent:</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Reducing Police protection, laying
off 126 Police Officers;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Reducing Fire protection,
eliminating all Fire Department overtime, which would require closing 4 Fire
units daily;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Reducing Library hours;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Reducing trash collection, laying off
139 DPW Solid Waste employees, further depleting the staff responsible for
keeping the city clean; and</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Eliminating recycling collection.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I realize that
no one likes to pay any more in taxes or fees. We have done everything we can
over the past four years to make government more efficient and effective, and I
wish there was another way. I hope, based on the results you have seen from our
efforts together over the past four years, you will support what I think is a
necessary investment to continue our momentum.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Our long-term solution to our
city’s fiscal difficulties remains growth: a growing population, growing
neighborhoods, growing real estate values. With the average home sales price
hitting $120,000 – almost doubling in four years; with neighborhoods springing
to life; with nation leading crime reduction; with our kids achieving at higher
and higher levels each year; and with $2 billion in ongoing new development –
and almost the same amount in the pipeline, we are getting closer every year.</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The purpose of these new revenues
is to continue to improve Baltimore's quality of life - making our city safer,
cleaner, and a better place to grow up.</span></font> <br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><a name=nf></a><b><font size=4 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:
bold'>Neighborhoods First: The 2004 African American Heritage Festival June
18-20, 2004</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Once again, the African American
Heritage Festival will bring it’s joyful celebration of African American
history, culture, education, heritage and arts to the city of Baltimore.
Beginning June 18th, through June 20th, Marylanders and people from all over will
converge onto the grounds of Camden Yards stadium to partake in a weekend of
festivities that promote the rich and diverse spirit of cultural education,
arts, and entertainment.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>During the weekend festivities,
national and local talent will have a chance to highlight their craft to
thousands of people. Some of this years performers include: Ashford &
Simpson, Gerald Levert and LL Cool J. Past performers have included Eryka Badu,
Nancy Wilson, and Baltimore’s own, Dru Hill. In addition, educational and
historical exhibits will be complemented by a children’s interactive area, as
well as a strong representation by hundreds of vendors, merchants, and
community organizations.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>With an average of over 300,000
spectators in a three-day period, the African American Heritage Festival will
prove to attract an enormous turnout for yet another year! If all of the above
is not enticing enough, admission to the event is FREE! In keeping with the
City of Baltimore’s commitment in neighborhood solidarity, the BelieveMobile
will be on hand to provide educational and support services. However,
volunteers are still needed. For more information on the becoming a volunteer,
or all other inquiries on the African American Heritage Festival, please visit:
<a href="http://www.aahf.org/geninfo.html">http://www.aahf.org/geninfo.html</a>.
For more information or a schedule of upcoming BelieveMobile events, call (410)
396-1809. See you there!</span></font> <br>
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bold'>Good News: We Like the Urbanite</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>You've
probably already noticed Baltimore's newest publication in cafes, stores and
other haunts around town. With the third issue already out, I am happy to say
that the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Urbanite</span></i> is reborn and
better than ever. I just wanted to take the opportunity to welcome the free
magazine to our streets, and compliment editor Tracy Ward Durkin and her
colleagues for undertaking such a colossal effort. The Urbanite is unique
publication which shares conversations with native luminaries and insightful
commentary that extends local awareness of all things Baltimore - things
familiar, and things to learn. Issues are often themed to provide perspectives
on different subject areas. The May/June issue explores immigration in our city
and is a must read for all good Baltimoreans. We look forward to more and thank
the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Urbanite </span></i>for the attention
given to our city's most noteworthy asset: its neighborhoods.</span></font> <br>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><a name=mgn></a><b><font size=4 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:
bold'>More Good News: GBCA Hosting Symposium Monday</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>This Monday morning, June 14th,
the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance will be hosting a Symposium Entitled <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>10 Ideas for Baltimore</span></i>. "The
symposium will generate - through a collaborative process like a charette – ten
ideas that can readily be implemented in Baltimore." Participants will be
given chapter 16 of the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Rise of the Creative
Class</span></i>, by Richard Florida, and the Americans for the Arts Monograph
on the Creative City. This event compliments the City's own efforts to
galvanize Baltimore's cultural assets to affect a better quality of life while
providing another catalyst for local economic development. The cost of $25
includes coffee, donuts and lunch. For more information, visit <a
href="http://www.baltimoreculture.org/">http://www.baltimoreculture.org/</a></span></font>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><a name=q></a><b><font size=4 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:
bold'>Quote of the Week</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>"We can
decide to let our trials crush us, or we can convert them to new forces of
good." – Helen Keller</span></font> <br>
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src="http://www.baltimorecity.gov/images/believeT2.gif" alt=BELIEVE NOSAVE><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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