Board approves right-of-entry with Baltimore City Community College to pursue health clinic relocation and temporary library space

The Board of Estimates on May 21 approved a right-of-entry agreement allowing the city to access Baltimore City Community College property for a planned relocation of the Druid Health Clinic and a temporary library branch, city staff said.

Jackson Gilman Forlini of the Department of General Services told the board the Health Department’s Druid clinic at 1515 North Avenue has outlived its useful life. The state approved a $2 million capital grant in fiscal 2023 intended to support the clinic relocation; a grant condition requires a use agreement when the city does not hold title to the property where grant funds will be invested.

“For this case there needs to be a right of entry, or some other type of use agreement between BCCC and the city,” Gilman Forlini said. He described urgency in executing the right of entry so the city can proceed with the state grant agreement and avoid potential deauthorization of the funds.

Eric Evans, the city’s real estate officer, joined the presentation. Board members moved and approved the right-of-entry item during the nonroutine agenda; the board did not alter the grant or change program funding at the meeting.

City staff said executing the right-of-entry is required before the grant agreement can be finalized and construction or relocation work can be funded by the state grant.