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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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Sharon Guida, CVCA Safety Committee<BR>
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In a message dated 12/8/2011 1:12:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, jdydee@verizon.net writes: <BR>
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Subj: <B>Northern District Meeting </B> <BR>
Date: 12/8/2011 12:50:20 PM Eastern Standard Time <BR>
From: <A HREF="mailto:SLG2700@cs.com">SLG2700@cs.com</A> <BR>
To: <A HREF="mailto:chat@charlesvillage.info">chat@charlesvillage.info</A> <BR>
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All interested neighbors:<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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 <A HREF="mailto:safety@charlesvillage.org">safety@charlesvillage.org</A> . 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. <BR>
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Please feel free to contact me directly for any questions or concerns you have leading up the meeting at <A HREF="mailto:diana@charlesvillage.org">diana@charlesvillage.org</A>.<BR>
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Northern District is located at 2201 W.Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209<BR>
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Diana Mitchell<BR>
Coordinator Community Safety Programs<BR>
Charles Village Community Benefits District<BR>
2434 St. Paul St, Baltimore MD 21218<BR>
410-235-4411 ext 16<BR>
410-235-5544 Fax<BR>
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