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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="10-646" title_number="10" title_name="Statewide Development Resources and Revenue Authorities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Maryland Stadium Authority">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before any bonds are issued to finance improvements to a Baltimore City public school facility:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a four–party memorandum of understanding that meets the requirements of this section shall be entered into and signed by the Authority, Baltimore City, the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, and the Interagency Commission on School Construction; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners shall submit a long–term educational facilities master plan to the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee and the budget committees, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In the case of a dispute between the parties relating to the provisions to be included in the memorandum of understanding, the State Superintendent of Schools shall facilitate resolution of the items in dispute.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The memorandum of understanding shall be agreed to by the parties on or before October 1, 2013, and may not go into effect until it is approved by the Board of Public Works.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The memorandum of understanding shall authorize the Authority to design and improve, or contract for the design and improvement of, a Baltimore City public school facility.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The authority granted to the Authority under paragraph (1) of this subsection is subject to the rights and responsibilities of the Interagency Commission on School Construction for the design and construction of a Baltimore City public school facility.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The memorandum of understanding shall require:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>specific parameters regarding the roles, rights, and responsibilities of each party with respect to the process for and management of program development, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, design, construction administration, capital equipping, and maintenance of improvements to a Baltimore City public school facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>specific parameters regarding the authority of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners over educational programs and issues relating to the Baltimore City Public Schools’ 10–Year Plan, including educational specifications, feasibility studies, and design elements of educational buildings, which shall provide that at the completion of schematic design, all parties shall agree to project scope, schedule, and budget;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>specific parameters for a review and comment period for any proposed amendments to the Baltimore City Public Schools’ 10–Year Plan, as referenced in § 10–645(a) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>specific procedures related to the role of the Interagency Commission on School Construction related to improvements to a Baltimore City public school facility financed under this subtitle, which shall provide for efficiencies in cost, schedules, and processes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a process for determining which planned projects for improvements to Baltimore City public school facilities will proceed as planned or will be postponed or canceled;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a pledge by Baltimore City, subject to annual appropriation, to deposit the following into the Baltimore City Public School Construction Financing Fund:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>all revenues and receipts from the beverage container tax imposed by Baltimore City Ordinance No. 12–45, enacted June 26, 2012; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>10% of the participation rent paid to Baltimore City by the operator of the video lottery facility located in Baltimore City;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a partnership between the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, the Baltimore City Department of Planning, Housing, Recreation, and Parks, and the Mayor of Baltimore City to coordinate new investment in Baltimore City public school facilities with the community development goals of Baltimore City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a plan for any new or substantially renovated Baltimore City public school facilities to be available for recreational opportunities for the community;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>a plan to present all architectural plans for all major renovation and new public school construction buildings and sites to the Baltimore City Planning Department’s Urban Design and Architectural Review Panel for schematic and final design review;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>a process developed and agreed to by Baltimore City and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to expedite the closure of public school buildings as provided in the Baltimore City Public Schools’ 10–Year Plan approved on January 8, 2013, and to arrange for the productive use of the closed buildings through the surplus process;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>a plan developed by the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners and approved by the Interagency Commission on School Construction for preventative and ongoing maintenance for existing, new, and renovated Baltimore City public school facilities, including funding sufficient to implement the plan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>a plan developed by the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners and approved by the Interagency Commission on School Construction providing for minimum school utilization standards;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>the creation of a “Stat” program for the Baltimore City Public Schools’ 10–Year Plan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>specific parameters for Baltimore City public school facilities financed under this subtitle regarding:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>property management, maintenance plans and standards, annual inspections, and property insurance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any claims, losses, or damages arising from the Authority’s improvement of any Baltimore City public school facility;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>a process to resolve disputes and revise the memorandum of understanding, if necessary; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="16">
      <text>an allocation of the public school improvements to be undertaken by the Authority and the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, respectively.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
