Baltimore City Code
Article 14. Special Benefits District, Subtitle 6. Charles Village Community Benefits District

Section 6-6. Board of Directors

(a) In general.
The Authority shall be governed by and administered through a Board of Directors (the "Board"). The Board shall be subject to the following requirements.
(b) Interim Board.
(c) Term.

3. In the event of resignation, expiration, or other departure from the Board, or removal in accordance with the bylaws of the Authority, of any member of the Board, successors shall be elected by the remaining members of the Board.

(d) Number and appointment
The number of members of the full Board must be at least 14, excluding vacancies, and no more than 27.
(e) Minimum representation
The following minimum representation shall be present on the full board, except during periods of temporary vacancies:

  1. One voting member shall be appointed by the Mayor;
  2. Two members shall be members of the City Council appointed by the President of the City Council
  3. At least eight (8) voting board members shall be from the following constituent organizations within the District: The Abell Improvement Association; The Charles Village Civic Association; The Old Goucher Community Association; and The Harwood Community Association.
  4. At least six (6) voting board members shall be from the following constituent organizations within the District: The Better Greenmount Alliance, The Old Goucher Business Alliance, Inc., and The North Charles Village Business Association.
  5. The Board may contain additional members from the following constituent groups:
    a. Four (4) non-voting members from the neighborhood associations bordering the district;
    b. Two (2) non-voting members from the Midtown Churches, Inc. and the various non-profit organizations within the District;
  6. The Board may contain four (4) at-large voting members.
  7. At least a majority of the Board shall be composed of owners or representatives of property owners subject to the tax imposed by this subtitle. A voting member of the board must be eligible to vote in the election under section 6-15 of this subtitle.
  8. The Board shall endeavor to maintain representatives on the Board from professionals practicing in the district, the retail merchants within the District, and the tenants of properties in the District; however, no minimum representation shall apply; and
  9. Consistent with the encouragement of partnerships between the authority and property owners exempt from the tax imposed by this subtitle, the Board is encouraged to consider representation of such partners on the Board.

 

Section 6-15. Election approval process:

 

(b) Eligibility criteria.
The following persons are eligible to vote subject to the limitations that no person may have more than 1 vote:

1.         owners of property within the District which is subject to tax under Section 6-8; and

2.         voters registered to vote within the District.

 

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Voting Board Members

 

Board Member

Method of Appointment

Date 1st Joined Board

District Property Owner or Agent

Reg.  Voter

Board Role

Ron Griffin

Elected, Quad 3 Representative

June 2005

Owner

Yes

President

Robin Truiett-Theodoroson

Appointed, Abell Improvement Assoc.

April 2007

Owner

Yes

Vice President

Jeffrey Millard

Appointed, Letter from President,  Charles Village Civic Assoc.

May 2006

Owner

Yes

 Treasurer & Chairman Governance Committee

Dawna Cobb

Appointed – Mayor of Baltimore

October 2006

Owner

Yes

 Secretary

Derek Demaree

Appointed – Old Goucher Community Association

January 2007

Owner

Yes

At-Large Member        Executive Committee

Rob Books

Elected, Quad 1 Representative

January 2008

Owner

Yes

Chairman, Program Committee

Kirsch Jones

Elected as Quad 4 Representative

January 2008

Owner

Yes

 Member

Jason Pyeron

Appointed, President Old Goucher Community Association

January 2008

Owner

Yes

 Member

Allan Garske

Appointed, Abell Improvement Assoc

February 2009

Renter

Yes

Member

Jay Orr

Elected, Quad 2 Representative

June 2007

 Owner

Yes

 Member

Jennifer Ericson

President, Charles Village Civic Assoc

October 2009

Owner

Yes

Member

Gary Letteron

Appointed, President of Harwood Community Association

January 2006

Owner

Yes

Member

Walter Glaze

Appointed, President of Harwood Community Association

January 2009

Owner

Yes

 Member

Terence Dickson

Appointed, Letter from President, Old Goucher Business Assoc.

April 2009

Owner

Yes

Member

Bowen Nelson

Appointed, Letter from President, Old Goucher Business Assoc.

April 2009

Owner

Yes

Member

Jennifer Burdick

Appointed, Letter from President

North Charles Business Assoc.

September 2009

Owner

Yes

Member

Non-voting Board Members

 

Board Member

Method of Appointment

Date 1st Joined Board

Board Role

Mary Pat Clarke, Councilwoman

Appointed by Baltimore City Council President

 

Non-voting Member

Belinda Conaway, Councilwoman

Appointed by Baltimore City Council President

 

Non-voting Member

Delora Sanchez, Nonprofit Representative

Appointed by the Johns Hopkins University

March 2008

Non-voting Member

 
This page last updated: 10/27/2009

 

Charles Village Community Benefits District, 2434 St Paul Street, Baltimore MD

410.235.4411