RAWLINGS-BLAKE TRANSITION TEAM REPORT Table of Contents ________________________________________________________________________ Letter .................................................................................................................................... iii Agencies Reviewed by Committees ..................................................................................... v Transition Team Co-Chairs, Counsel and Staff ................................................................. vii Membership, By Committee* ........................................................................................... .viii ______________________________________________________________________ Transition Team Report Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 3 Summary of Major Recommendations ................................................................................ .6 Increase Efficiency and Effectiveness ...................................................................... 6 Ensure Transparency and Ethical Conduct ............................................................. 10 Increase Intra- and Intergovernmental Collaboration ............................................. 10 Promote Public-Private Partnerships ...................................................................... 11 Inspire Leadership and Capacity Building .............................................................. 13 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 15 ________________________________________________________________________ Appendices Committee Reports Public Safety and Essential Services Report ...................................................................... .A Economic Development and Jobs Report ............................................................................ B Education Reform and Youth Services Report .................................................................... C Community Development and Neighborhoods Report........................................................ D Health and Human Services Report ...................................................................................... E Arts and Culture Report ........................................................................................................ F *Committee member biographies included in reports. ii MAYOR STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE TRANSITION TEAM March 19, 2010 The Honorable Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Mayor of Baltimore City Hall 100 Holliday Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Dear Mayor Rawlings-Blake: The members of your Transition Team are pleased to submit this final report. We are grateful for the opportunity to have examined the missions and operations of some 49 City agencies, and to give you our best thinking as to ways these agencies and the City as a whole can both reduce costs and improve services. Like you, we recognize the extreme constraints the economic downturn and budgetary limits place on City government. We also see, as you do, the opportunities these constraints offer. We greatly appreciated the responsiveness of City officials and employees who provided us extensive written and oral presentations, and responded to numerous additional inquiries. Staff provided invaluable assistance while simultaneously performing many other important jobs. They did all this despite the two back-to-back blizzards that greeted your first days as Mayor. As City residents, we were heartened by their knowledge, professionalism and commitment to Baltimore. It was exciting to watch the 150 individuals on the Transition Team eagerly accept your challenge. They met dozens of times, plunged into voluminous reports, debated vigorously and have given you the benefit of their fresh ideas and diverse perspectives. The many recommendations in this report were made over just a few short weeks, and will require more research and refinement. We realize that, even if you agree with every one of them, it is impossible for you to accomplish everything within a short period of time. We stand ready to assist you and your Administration in sorting out the priorities and any other challenging tasks. We trust that you will not hesitate to call upon us. Sincerely, Eleanor M. Carey, Co-Chair Nina R. Harper, Co-Chair Shale D. Stiller, Co-Chair Kenneth L. Thompson, Co-Chair iii iv AGENCIES REVIEWED BY COMMITTEES Public Safety and Essential Services Committee Police Department Fire Department Department of Public Works Department of Transportation Department of General Services Department of Finance Department of Law Department of Human Resources Mayor’s Office of Information Technology Mayor’s Office on Criminal Justice Baltimore Economic Recovery Team Economic Development and Jobs Committee Baltimore Development Corporation Mayor’s Office of Employment Development Department of Planning Department of Housing and Community Development Parking Authority of Baltimore City Visit Baltimore Baltimore Convention Center Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development Baltimore Economic Recovery Team Education Reform and Youth Services Committee Baltimore City Public Schools Department of Recreation and Parks Enoch Pratt Free Library Baltimore Reads, Inc. The Family League of Baltimore City, Inc. Department of Health Department of Housing and Community Development Mayor’s Office on Criminal Justice Mayor’s Office of Employment Development Police Department Department of Social Services v Community Development and Neighborhoods Committee Department of Housing and Community Development Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods Department of Transportation Department of Planning Department of Recreation and Parks Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals Parking Authority of Baltimore City Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore Development Corp. Baltimore Homeless Services Commission on Aging and Retirement Education Department of Public Works Enoch Pratt Free Library Environmental Control Board Department of Health Police Department Health and Human Services Committee Department of Health Fire Department Commission on Aging and Retirement Education Baltimore Homeless Services Mayor’s Commission on Disabilities Department of Social Services Arts and Culture Committee Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Visit Baltimore Department of Planning Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore Development Corporation vi TRANSITION TEAM CO-CHAIRS Eleanor Carey, Partner, Synergies Consulting Group, a prominent Maryland attorney and Partner with Synergies Consulting Group, served as Deputy Attorney General of Maryland for eight years. After several years in private practice, she became Senior Counselor to Governor Glendening, and later President of the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board. She subsequently served as a Committee Co-Chair for Governor O’Malley’s Transition Team. Ms. Carey currently provides leadership development and management consulting services to public and private clients in the Mid-Atlantic region. As a member of the Bethel Outreach Center Board, Ms. Carey was instrumental in its successful capital campaign. She now serves on the Baltimore Homeless Services Leadership Advisory Group, the Baltimore Judicial Selection Commission and the Governor’s Pre-K to 20 Commission. Nina R. Harper, Executive Director, Oliver Community and Economic Development Corporation, is a life-long resident of East Baltimore and has worked in the community for more than 30 years. Prior to working for the Oliver community, Ms. Harper worked with AT&T in various management positions and provided consulting services to non- profits, churches and community organizations in community development. She is a graduate of St. Frances Academy and has a B.A. degree in Business Management from Sojourner Douglass College. Ms. Harper serves on several boards and has received numerous meritorious awards from churches and community organizations. Shale D. Stiller, Partner, DLA Piper LLP; Adjunct Professor at University of Maryland School of Law is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation and current Board Member at Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Stulman Foundation, Crane Foundation, Bright Star Foundation, Dahan Foundation, Hittman Foundation, and East Baltimore Development Inc. Mr. Stiller holds a graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and law degree from Yale Law School. Kenneth L. Thompson, Partner, DLA Piper, is experienced in toxic tort defense and personal injury tort litigation. He has acted as shared counsel for petrochemical companies in the defense of work-place exposure cases and represents major US automobile manufacturers in the defense of asbestos brake lining cases. In addition, he has represented various cigarette manufacturers over the years in connection with individual personal injury claims, and engages in governmental relations work with state and municipal entities. Mr. Thompson has represented a large number of corporations in federal and state court in contract and ERISA related claims and is experienced in white collar criminal investigations. In 2007, Mr. Thompson received the Maryland Daily Record's Leadership in Law