[Chat] Northern District Meeting

[SLG2700 at cs.com]

Judy:

No, it is a special meeting set up just yesterday by CVCBD between the 
Northern District and the community associations within CVCBD boundaries, i.e., 
Abell, Charles Village, Harwood, and Old Goucher regarding the prostitution 
problem in various parts of the Greater Charles Village area.  Problem areas 
identified by residents so far are: below 25th Street between Guilford and 
Howard Streets, Calvert and 27th Streets, and the 2500-2600 blocks of 
Maryland and Howard Streets. Complaints are old and ongoing below 25th Street and 
in 2011 areas north of 25th Street have seen an increase in activity which I 
fear may be a result of the increased enforcement efforts below 25th 
Street, i.e., moving the problem around instead of resolving it.

At the October 19th Charles Village Safety Meeting, Major Tapp-Harper 
advised us that the Northern District had a plan for enhancing enforcement 
efforts to rid the area of prostitution which included sending written warning 
notices to the homes of the johns, and other examples of directing the 
enforcement toward the customers.  The Major is holding this additional meeting 
because the complaints continue to come from residents but when she checks the 
911 calls they are not as numerous as the complaints she is receiving in 
community meetings. Therefore, she is offering the residents this additional 
opportunity to provide the Northern District with more detailed information 
about the location and severity of the activity.  That is the reasons residents 
are being asked to submit specific questions and/or reports of activity 
with details prior to the meeting.

The Northern District Community Council meetings are held on the 3rd 
Wednesday of each month at the Northern District Office at 6 PM which is the same 
date as the CVCA Board Meetings so the CVCA has been looking for a volunteer 
to gather community concerns from the CVCA Safety Committee, to attend 
those meetings and report back to the CVCA Safety Committee each month.  If 
anyone is interested in assisting the community with that, please let me know.

Sharon Guida, CVCA Safety Committee

In a message dated 12/8/2011 1:12:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jdydee at verizon.net writes: 
> Is this the same as the community council meetings?    judy


Subj:   Northern District Meeting   
Date:   12/8/2011 12:50:20 PM Eastern Standard Time 
From:   SLG2700 at cs.com  
To: chat at charlesvillage.info    

All interested neighbors:

Please Join us Tuesday, December 13th at Northern District at 6 PM as we 
meet with Major Tapp-Harper and other members of Northern District to hear 
about their action plans for helping the neighborhood combat the prostitution 
issue.

This meeting is an opportunity for residents to present their concerns to 
Northern District and allow for Northern District to address some major 
concerns of residents.

We are facilitating this meeting in a different fashion from other or past 
meetings. We are asking that you submit questions or concerns in a written 
format. Questions can be sent to safety at charlesvillage.org . We are 
organizing this meeting in this fashion so that we can address as many questions as 
possible. Receive detail answers in return and streamline the meeting in an 
orderly fashion. 

Please feel free to contact me directly for any questions or concerns you 
have leading up the meeting at diana at charlesvillage.org.

Northern District is located at 2201 W.Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 
21209

Diana Mitchell
Coordinator Community Safety Programs
Charles Village Community Benefits District
2434 St. Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218
410-235-4411 ext 16
410-235-5544 Fax



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