Charles Village Community Benefits District Management Authority

Board Meeting

February 12, 2008

2434 St Paul Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Present:

Ron Griffin Steve Gewirtz

Derek Demaree Rob Books

Dana Moore Dawna Cobb

Gary Letteron

Invited Guest: David Hill

The meeting was called to order at 7:20 pm with no quorum present.

In the absence of a quorum, no actions were taken but the following information was shared.

Ron Griffin shared some information concerning Delora R. Sanchez, an employee of the JHU, who has been offered by JHU to sit as a non-voting member of the board.

Executive Director’s Report- Mr. Hill

CVCBD’s fundraising effort has raised $3735 to date. These are donations to the foundation but ear-marked for the CVCBD.

The CVCBDMA office moved into the new space on the first weekend of February and in a week or so, the office will be settled.

The Public Forum on Safety that was held on 2/9 produced a low turnout; a total of 20 in the two sessions. The public safety survey used at the forum was circulated via e-mail to the community contact list of 500 and 50 responses have been received, though more are expected.

The CVCBDMA has sold almost 700 recycling bins through the CVCBDMA, mostly at the Waverly Market on Saturday’s. The City has ordered lids for the big recycling cans; the CVCBD will sell these when they become available.

Jessica Cubeta, our Webmaster for over a year, terminated her contract with us effective mid-February. Mr. Hill is searching for a new web master. He has a meeting with a potential candidate and is contact with three others to get bids. In the meantime there may be a lag getting information up on the web.

The conference room in the new office space will be made available to the community for meetings. Interested groups need only call the CVCBDMA to see if the space is available during the day or evening. The table seats 14-18.

Committee Reports

Finance Committee- David Hill made the report. He described the projected sources of income and cash disbursements for FY08 (as of the end of December, 2007). He explained how the official approved budget has gotten skewed as a result of certain accounting rules. For example, federal law requires that funds must be reported in the fiscal year they are received. Therefore, our Goldsekker grant for $35,000 which is being expended in this fiscal year was reported in FY 2007 because it was received in June 2007. Despite these complications, the projected income and cash disbursements statement shows however that the CVCBD is staying within budget as of December 2007.

Executive Committee-Ron Griffin reported that he and Robin Truiett-Theodoroson have completed interviews of key staff members related to program evaluation. No findings have been made, but an official report will be issued in the near future. The Board was unable to elect its officers because of a lack of quorum.

Governance committee-Ron Griffin reported that revisions on by-laws will be voted on at the next meeting. March 1 is the board retreat. Conflict of interest forms need to be completed. Committee assignments will be circulated by e-mail by Ron Griffin.

Safety and Sanitation- Rob Books reported that the Safety forum was held on 2/9 as already reported. This committee will meet at the end of the month to review the survey results and will form a recommendation a safety program for the budget.

Communications and Outreach-Rob Books is chairing in Susanna Riveles’ absence. He reported that the news letter went out and that preparations are being made for the next one.

Katie Beltz will start visiting neighborhood associations to talk about the kiosk concept.

Other Business:

Ron Griffin reported that he will circulate information regarding the motion made by Joan Floyd related to a tax sale of her property for failure to pay the surtax. This information is privileged and confidential and cannot be distributed. Ron handed out a hard copy of the e-mail that was sent to executive committee and Mr. Hill. Attached to it is information received from our attorney. Board members are asked to let Mr. Griffin know if they concur with the recommendation of our attorney by the end of this week. Board members not present at the meeting have until Monday, 2/18 to respond to Ron.

Public comment: Daniel Raphael Hernandez- Acosta was present but did not have any comment.

Announcements: None

The meeting adjourned at 7:59 pm

Minutes prepared by Dawna Cobb, Secretary