§ 19-10. MoU on baseline City services.

(a) Agreement to maintain.

The Authority shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Mayor regarding the level of services to be maintained by the City as the City's obligation to the Authority and the District.

(b) Scope of agreement.

This memorandum of understanding shall:

(1) describe the existing levels of service within the District;

(2) commit the City to the maintenance of those levels of service; and

(3) detail the process by which the City will expend that portion of the local impact grant funds that:

(i) are provided to the City under State Government Article § 9-1A-31(a)(1)(i); but

(ii) are not transferred directly to the Authority under § 19-3(c)(2) of this subtitle and § 9-1A-31(b)(3) of the State Government Article.

(1) In general.

The maintenance of existing services shall be governed by the following principles.

(2) No decrease in existing services; Exceptions.

Existing services may not be decreased except:

(i) as part of an overall decrease in services necessitated by changes in funding, policy, or resources; and

(ii) only in proportion to the decreases implemented elsewhere in the City.

(3) Citywide increases to be matched.

Any increase in services generally throughout the City shall be matched with increases in those services within the District, in proportion to the increases implemented elsewhere in the City.

(4) Services provided by indirect local impact grants.

Services provided by local impact grant funds that, as described in subsection (b)(3) of this section, are not transferred directly to the Authority under § 19-3(c)(2) of this subtitle do not constitute baseline City services.