BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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bed minimum security unit on the site.
In implementing this appropriation,
the State shall comply with the
following:

(I)    The design of the complex shall
be such that, (aa) through appropriate
architectural design, setbacks and/or
landscaping, Biddle Street is
aesthetically and securely buffered
from any structures used for the
housing of prisoners, and (bb) if any
new buildings of more than four
stories are constructed for the
housing of prisoners, they shall be
located as far on the site as
practicable from the nearby
communities;

(II)   Representatives of the nearby
communities and of the City of
Baltimore shall be afforded the
opportunity for meaningful and
appropriate input into the design and
operation of the facility;

(III)  Preference shall be given to
qualified residents living within a
half mile radius of the complex for
employment at the complex; and

(IV)   The State and the seller of the
property shall negotiate the price in
accordance with the terms of the lease
dated December 3, 1976, but the price
of acquisition shall not exceed
2,900,000. In the absence of any
court order barring or en-joining the
purchase of the property, the purchase
shall be consummated by October 1,
1977, and the State shall be
prohibited from making any further
payments under the terms of the lease
dated December 3, 1976 after October
1, 1977. After acquisition, the State
shall construct the improvements
necessary to convert the site to a
correctional complex, and may not
lease the site to any other person for
the purpose of having that person
making the improvements. At the date
the purchase is consummated. Second
Biddle Associates and any affiliates,
shall provide the Board of Public
Works with a complete and detailed
economic analysis of the financial
benefits received or anticipated to be
received from the lease and the sale