SBNA Meeting Minutes – June 2025
These are the approved minutes of the South Baltimore Neighborhood Association general membership meeting.
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: AJ's On Hanover, 2nd Floor, 1500 S Hanover St
South Baltimore Neighborhood Association
General Membership Meeting
DRAFT
June 10, 2025
Attendees:
Justin Lane; Christine Dettelis; Jonathan Deprosse; Clausen Ely III; Tara McNulty; Ryan McEaneney;
Caroline McEaneney; Max Reason; Rebecca Bielamowicz; Brandy Savarese [City Council’s 11th District];
Locchanan Sreeharikesan [Federal Hill Neighborhood Association]; Sean Burnett [Chief of Planning,
Baltimore City Department of Transportation]; Mike Murphy; Lisa Danaczko; Jen Eastman; Woody Wood;
Kit Stone; Noah Williams; Delegate Luke Clippinger [46th Legislative District]
Introductions – 6:35
BPD – 6:38 – Sgt. Rivera; Ofc. D. Wiggins
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Issue w/homeless guy @Ostend & Leadenhall – he has moved locations
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William?
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11
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District in touch
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Ostend & Charles – Jonathan – issue
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Specials attracting that type of crowd – March 2026 – we would need to protest – Tara
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BCFD can issue citations for them – shut them down, not permanently
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Brandy Savarese – Social Club Task Force can issue
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BPD meets with Liquor Board
Safety - Clausen Ely, Vice President & Public Safety Chair
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Public Safety Walk tomorrow cancelled - assuming that Nigel & Guy had a conflict
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Locchanan says that Nigel has stepped down from FHNA’s Board
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HOA paid [this is likely Clausen’s]
Entertainment District - Tara McNulty, President
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We’re doing the research now - sure that CM Blanchard will reconvene that meeting
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People are reaching out to Tara
Secretary’s Report - Justin Lane, Secretary
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Introduces General Membership Meeting Minutes from April 2025 & May 2025
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Minutes from April 2025 & May 2025 unanimously approved by the General Membership
Treasurer’s Report - Tara McNulty, President [on behalf of Peter Bartels, Treasurer]
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We are in good standing - new certificate.
Design & Development - Tara McNulty, President
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The owner of 15 E. West St presented earlier this spring but has not reached out to us since
Communications - Justin Lane, Secretary
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Peninsula Post entries discussed
Gateway Partnership - Mike Murphy
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No updates
Parking Committee - Mike Murphy
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No updates
Liquor Board - Tara McNulty
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Matt Achhammer (Liquor Board) plans to attend the July meeting.
Clean & Green - Ryan McEaneney, Chair
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Last scheduled Dumpster Day (May 31) was cancelled
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We will push the rescheduled date out as soon as those get scheduled - probably toward the end
of July - whenever one of the last two Saturdays is; same with late Oct. / early Nov.
Block Party - Ryan McEaneney
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Caroline McEaneney wants to reinvigorate the neighborhood block party
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South Baltimore Gateway Partnership - we could get a grant from them
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Let the McEaneneys / the Board know if anyone is interested in helping plan / organize
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Looking at Early Spring 2026 with Swann Park as the potential venue; this would get us on the
grant cycle
DOT - Sean Burnett, DOT - 7:02pm
Sean:
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Charles & Ostend already in queue for installation in Fall 2025
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Concerns from community –
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Right now – unless a project that Traffic’s already undertaking – we aren’t undertaking that
FHMS project – can check and see where else in the queue that is
Tara: FHMS applied for grant – Locchanan says they didn’t get that
Brandy: Want DOT to talk about their process
Sean:
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311: We prioritize these intersection reviews by the number of accidents – lots of sideswipes,
etc. Those go to the top of the queue. Traffic Div. prioritizes those.
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A lot more 311 requests than that.
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When gets $, will be able to start this process
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FY26 begins on 07/01 – doesn’t get the $ 07/01 – that’s when he can get a Consultant Contract
together and start going through
Jonathan Deprosse, 311 Chair:
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crosswalks, traffic calming, & stop sign requests for Race & Ostend – 311 w/the petition
submitted – request for some type of these
Sean:
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High-speed – entering community – are those on radar
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Prioritization Network
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Limited resources w/a lot of these
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Where to invest resources
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Vision Zero Action Plan – High Injury Network – a map of the most dangerous areas, not just of
those areas, but of the City
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Prioritization will focus on those with a lot of hits happening
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When we get requests, all neighborhoods get thrown into a matrix
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Flex posts will be replaced as reported knocked down
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Flex posts vastly less expensive than hardscapes
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Flex posts are meant to be run over to a certain capacity by large vehicles (heavy trucks, etc.)
which need to deliver
Mike talks about the timeline that it takes to install hardscape
Locchanan talks about the methodology
Sean:
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DOT doesn’t have money for hardscapes – design, drainage, etc.
Lisa asks about the direction of conversation.
A general discussion of transportation policy ensues
Sean:
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This is the standard, because nobody has enough $ to do unlimited hardscapes
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We keep track – keep data – of the impact, etc.
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Reach out directly through City Council or DOT – let know that have identified priority
intersections and sources of money – could this be included in the budget? Could somebody
from DOT liaise on this? Bring DOT in from the beginning so that implementation and budgeting
go smoothly.
Lisa asks about capacity.
Sean says he needs employees.
Kit says the biggest issue is City buses – the most dangerous vehicle on the road. They travel at
unbelievable speeds. Have you considered putting governors on those buses. Roads aren’t structurally
built for 30-35 mph on roads. If we can do a governor on scooters downtown, we should be able to put
them on buses as well in residential neighborhoods. How would I raise that up the ladder?
Brandy says Circulator is City. MTA is State.
Someone [likely Sean] says that the neighborhoods can’t get enough $ to pour concrete.
Locchanan says FHNA was required to pour concrete.
Luke Clippinger, State Delegate - 7:38pm:
Del. Clippinger gave an update on the Legislative Session for 2025 (Jan. - April).
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Legislative Session Summary
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Judiciary Committee Summary – email him
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Jonathan asks about governors on à Environment & Transportation | Mark Edelson is a member of
the Appropriations Committee; Del. Lewis on ET Committee – looking to make streets & sidewalks
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Jen Eastman: Issues with DJS – huge issue w/juvenile crime & no accountability; anything we can
gear up on for the next Legislative Session?
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LC: Guardrails around juvenile justice last session. The number of arrests has risen – including the
number of juvenile arrests and the number of complaints. There’s now an intake problem. Will the kids
be brought into the system? Misdemeanors – can’t detain. But multiple misdemeanors might be looked
at. Intake process itself is a problem. Hopeful that next DJS Secretary, Betsy Tolentino, will look into this.
We need a clear direction to those
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. We come back almost every year and tweak juvenile justice policy.
That makes it difficult to have a coherent policy.
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Ryan: Juvenile Justice Reform: There’s a lot of frustration. A few times: I don’t see a lot being done or
even spoken about re: holding parents responsible.
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LC: That’s largely unconstitutional.
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RM: Could charge with neglect? BPD can’t do those actions?
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LC: There are some parents who aren’t engaged at all. Sometimes, in foster care. Parents don’t
always know what’s going on. Neglect goes to fostering or creating conditions where the child isn’t
physically sound – in the neglect statute. You could potentially make a civil argument about destruction
to property.
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RM: Have had conversations about with school. In Texas, parents can get in trouble if you don’t go to
school.
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LC: We have laws that say that parents can be held criminally liable if they actively fail to send kids to
school.
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Tara: It takes a long time to get through the Schools, etc.
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LC: When started in AACo, there were cases. How do you focus on truancy? How do you encourage
those kids to go to school, and track those kids who are chronic truants? Del. Edelson wanted to have a
pilot program in different parts of the state.
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Mike: We’ve been having these conversations for 5-7 years. System used to be so opaque – no sense
of
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. Protecting child’s privacy, but allowing info to come out of system – effect reasonable reforms.
What are you starting to see flowing out of the system?
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LC: Several different pieces of the puzzle
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we consolidated those. People from foster care, people
from the schools, etc. Different silos – bringing them together in one group. Starting to gather that data.
How often do they come back? How quickly do they come back? Trending down from 2013-23, but up
again – but that’s partly because the State’s Attorney here is filing complaints and charging.
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JE: Analyzed & audited.
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LC: Yes, available online. Email me. Senate went first. Then he came to the House and had a few
questions.
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LC: Again, end of session letter:
New Business - Kit Stone - 7:56pm
Kit asks if anyone interested in trash pickup walk? Up from SBNA to FHSNA to FHNA? Ryan McEaneney
has coordinated with
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. After work. KS. Down to try it out.
Locchanan will talk with Tara about the Peninsula MOU process.
Adjournment - 7:58pm