June 2021 Board of Directors Minutes

Board of Directors Meeting Agenda 

June 15, 2021

7:00-7:10pm: 

• Introduction & Attendance

• • Meeting ground rules

1. Richard Parker 
2. Jane Shaab 
3. Abigail Breiseth
4. Ashley Valis
5. David McGill
6. George Kleb 
7. Jane Buccheri 
8. Kelleigh Eastman
9. Kris Hoellen 
10. Laura Dykes 
11. Donnell Nance
12. Dorothy Page
13. Heather Kangas
14. Scott Kashnow  
15. JR Lee 
16. Chuck Callahan
17. Greg Herlong
18. Edith Gilliard

• Jane first, Edith second

• Minutes Approval 
  • May Minutes correction: Remove Kelleigh and Jane B.

7:10-7:25pm: Community Updates

1. Barre Circle
2. Franklin Square
3. Hollins Roundhouse
4. Mount Clare
5. Pigtown
6. Poppleton
7. Union Square

7:25-7:40pm: Committee Updates

• Commercial: Entrepreneurship Conference, Aug 21, 2021
• Governance: Regarding the letters in Poppleton, last Governance Committee meeting made a Recommendation for the Board to make a motion to either table letters or to send them. 
  • Heather Kangas made a motion to support the recommendation from George
    1. Scott seconded the motion, Laura third
    2. The Letters in question: 
       • 1st letter developed by Historic preservation asking City to put moratorium on non-urgent demolition in the Poppleton
       • 2nd letter is request for Poppleton Housing Initiative Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to be renewed before December 2021
       • 3rd letter was a revised version of the original letter of support of La Cite
  • Heather amends motion to separate the letters to discuss and vote on separately, and is seconded by Scott

1) Motion to send demolition letter

1. Richard Parker – Against
2. Jane Shaab – For
3. Abigail – For
4. Ashley Valis – For
5. David McGill – For
6. George Kleb – For
7. Jane Buccheri – For
8. Kelleigh – For
9. Kris Hoellen – Abstain
10. Laura Dykes – For 
11. Donnell – Against
12. Dotie – Abstain
13. Heather – For
14. Scott Kashnow- For
15. JR Lee – Abstain
16. Chuck – For
17. Gregg – Abstain
18. Edith – Abstain

• Tally Results: Motion passes
  • 11 For
  • 2 Against
  • 5 Abstentions

2) MOA Letter- Second letter is read and discussion ensues about whether Sarah Ann street homes are protected or not. Letter remains unchanged, except for updating the date.

1. Richard Parker – For
2. Jane Shaab – For
3. Abigail – For
4. Ashley Valis – For
5. David McGill – For
6. George Kleb – For
7. Jane Buccheri – For
8. Kelleigh – For
9. Kris Hoellen – Abstain
10. Laura Dykes – For
11. Donnell – For
12. Dotie – Abstain
13. Heather – For
14. Scott Kashnow – For 
15. JR Lee – Abstain
16. Chuck – For
17. Greg – Abstain
18. Edith – Abstain

• Tally Results: Motion passes
  • 13 For
  • 0 Against
  • 5 Abstentions

3) CenterWest Letter of Support

• Issue raised by Sonia about not being consulted on this letter, which is against the Board request for consultation with Sonia and others before coming back to the Board. 
• Discussion ensued around the desire to approve a revised letter, but not in the current form.
• Heather raised the question: Where did the original letter go, what was it used for?

1. Richard Parker – Against 
2. Jane Shaab – Against
3. Abigail – Against
4. Ashley Valis – Against
5. David McGill – Against
6. George Kleb – Against
7. Jane Buccheri – Against
8. Kelleigh – Against
9. Kris Hoellen – Against
10. Laura Dykes – For
11. Donnell – Against
12. Dotie – Against
13. Heather – Against
14. Scott Kashnow – For
15. JR Lee – Abstain
16. Chuck – Against
17. Greg – Abstain
18. Edith – Against

• Tally: Motion fails
  • 14 against
  • 2 For
  • 2 Abstentions

• Historic Preservation
  • The UMBC Poppleton Tour moved to Friday, June 25 at 4:30pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-place-called-poppleton-walking-tour-tickets-159506116087
• Housing – Heather was planning to cancel the July meeting, however inquired about how to resolve the letter of support to La Cite, given that Board members still wanted to revise it. Discussion ensued about who should own the next steps. The original group for consultation was George, Sonia, Dan Bythewood, and Scott Kashnow. George asked to be removed from the redrafting process. The consensus was to refer the matter to Housing for them to come back to July Board meeting to make an updated motion on how to proceed with the Letter to LaCite
• Vibrant Streets – June 26 at 11am will be the last streetscaping charrette

 

7:40-8:15pm: President’s Remarks 

• Monthly Community Meetings: Union Square – Monday, August 30th at 7:30pm
• Request for Board Approval of recommendations to the Lord Baltimore Board. 
  • Catherine Neely
  • JR Lee
  • Roger Wood
• Votes: 
  • Motion made by Richard, second by Edith

1. Richard – For
2. Ashley – For
3. George – For
4. Kris – For
5. Chuck – For
6. Dotie – For
7. Gregg – Abstain
8. Jane B. – For
9. Edith – For
10. Abigail – Abstain
11. David – Abstain
12. Donnell – Abstain
13. Heather – Abstain
14. Jane S. – For
15. JR Lee – For
16. Kelleigh – For
17. Laura – For 
18. Scott – For

• Tally: Motion is approved
  • 13 For
  • 5 Abstains

 

8:15-8:30pm: Executive Director Report

• Office of Inspector General (OIG)
  • SWP never charged a fee to apply for tax sale certificates. We do split interest if redemption occurs after purchase. That isn’t an application fee.
  • The matter related to the State is that if we used State funds to purchase a property there is a formula that recaptures 10% of a developers profit if they make windfall. This concern about windfall profits was a concern for the City as well, so we included it in our agreements.
  • Everything that was done was done with full disclosure to the Housing Department and Comptroller’s Office of Real Estate, including review of our legal documents, and couldn’t have moved forward without their permission.

8:30-9:00pm: Open Forum

• Kris – Thursday Farmers Market continues

• • George – CommunityWorks is having a financial wellness workshop (identity theft)

• Jane B. – Hollins Roundhouse having Summer Fun series

9:00pm: Adjournment

• Motion to adjourn – Chuck, seconded by Jane B.