Acting City Solicitor Response
Case 20-0027-1

CITY OF BALTIMORE

DEPARTMENT OF LAW
DANA P. MOORE, ACTING CITY SOLICITOR
100 N. HOLLIDAY STREET
SUITE 101, CITY HALL
BALTIMORE, MD 21202

BERNARD C. “JACK” YOUNG

Mayor

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Inspector General Isabel Cumming
Acting City Solicitor Dana P. Moore
September 21, 2020
The Honorable Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young
The Honorable City Council President Brandon Scott
Chief of Staff Kimberley Morton, Office of the Mayor
Chief of Staff Michael Huber, Office of the President

Dear Inspector General Cumming:
The Honorable Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young, the Honorable City Council President Brandon Scott and
the Law Department are all in receipt of your August 14, 2020, Report of Investigation (ROI) into
concerns referred to your office regarding the Master Lease Agreement between the City of Baltimore
and Grant Capital Management, Inc. Your office requested an official response. This is that official
response, and is submitted on behalf of Mayor Young, City Council President Scott and, my office.
The ROI in this matter, styled "Case #20-0027-1," details actions on behalf of
Capital Management and its executive leadership that appear to fall below the
standards and expectations. The ROI also reflects actions by a person within City government.
actions seem to give the appearance of impropriety and, might call into question the integrity
City’s procurement process.

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The appropriate response to the documented actions of Grant Capital Management and its executive
leadership is to determine whether additional investigation by the Law Department is in order and then,
to recommend certain actions to the Board of Estimates. These recommendations will include that
Grant Capital Management’s current bid for the City’s Master Lease Agreement (“MLA”) be rejected,
that the most recent award be revoked and, that the Board be asked to decide whether proceedings be
instituted to determine whether the company and/or its executive leadership should be barred
from doing business with the City of Baltimore. The Law Department will undertake these
considerations, actions and recommendations. Appropriate action has been taken with respect to the
City personnel involved. That person is no longer with the City.

Sincerely,

Dana P. Moore

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Dana Petersen Moore, Esq.
Acting City Solicitor