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Board approves 20-year lease for police heliport at 1800 S. Clinton amid waterfront objections
Summary
The Board of Estimates approved a 20-year commercial lease at 1800 South Clinton Street for Baltimore Police aviation use, authorizing $17,868,799.20 for the lease; residents from waterfront condominiums raised concerns about flight patterns, enforcement and termination provisions and asked to review revised SOPs.
The Baltimore City Board of Estimates voted Feb. 4 to approve a 20-year commercial lease for a heliport at 1800 South Clinton Street with Clinton Street Marina LLC for use by the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), at a price listed on the agenda as $17,868,799.20.
Department of Real Estate representative Eric Evans and Deputy Chief of Staff Andy Smulyan presented the lease request and explained the operational rationale. Smulyan said upgraded helicopters and the ability to hot-refuel at the heliport make the site operationally advantageous compared with Martin State. "If they were to go there from the heliport, it would take about 5 or 6 minutes" to reach southern points…
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