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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-6 Board of Directors.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-6" heading="Board of Directors.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The Authority shall be governed by and administered through a Board of Directors (the “Board”).</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Interim Board.">
      <para num="(1)">The interim Board of the Authority shall be those individuals whose names are set forth below, of whom, certain individuals shall serve in the capacity identified:<para num="(i)">Nicholas Cohen, Chair of the Interim Board;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Camille Kashaka, Vice Chair of the Interim Board;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Lee Tawney, Secretary of the Interim Board;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">Steve Johnson, Treasurer of the Interim Board;</para>
        <para num="(v)">Unique Robinson;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">Kevin Daniels;</para>
        <para num="(vii)">Oge Olkoli;</para>
        <para num="(viii)">Sam Wilson;</para>
        <para num="(ix)">Joelle Johnson;</para>
        <para num="(x)">David Lapides;</para>
        <para num="(xi)">Fritz Meyer;</para>
        <para num="(xii)">Kevin Griffin Moreno;</para>
        <para num="(xiii)">Omar Hamza;</para>
        <para num="(xiv)">Jack Danna;</para>
        <para num="(xv)">Alan D. Robinson;</para>
        <para num="(xvi)">Mary Ann Henderson;</para>
        <para num="(xvii)">Colleen Stanley;</para>
        <para num="(xviii)">Chris Lamb;</para>
        <para num="(xix)">Rekea Williams;</para>
        <para num="(xx)">Kristin Speaker;</para>
        <para num="(xxi)">Nicholas Roberts;</para>
        <para num="(xxii)">Mark Longhurst;</para>
        <para num="(xxiii)">Krista Green; and</para>
        <para num="(xxiv)">Zachary Blanchard</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The interim Board shall be responsible for:<para num="(i)">drafting the bylaws of the Authority;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">recommending a full Board for the Authority to the Board of Estimates; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">preparing a proposed operations plan and Financial Plan.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Number and appointment.">
      <para num="(1)">The number of voting members of the full Board may not be less than 14, excluding vacancies, and may not be more than 25.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The Board has full authority to increase or decrease its membership, within the limits specified in this subsection.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Term.">
      <para num="(1)">The terms of the members are staggered, as required by the terms of the members first appointed.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In the event of a member’s resignation, expiration of term, or removal in accordance with the bylaws of the Authority, successors shall be elected by the remaining members of the Board.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Composition.">
      <para num="(1)">The Board comprises the following voting members:<para num="(i)">1 member appointed by the Mayor;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">1 member shall be a member of the City Council appointed by the President of the City Council;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">at least 2 members from each of the following constituent organizations within the District:<para num="(A)">Charles-North Community Association;</para>
          <para num="(B)">Bolton Hill Community Association;</para>
          <para num="(C)">Madison Park Improvement Association, Inc.; and</para>
          <para num="(D)">Mt. Vernon-Belvedere Improvement Association; and</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(iv)">4 at-large members, 1 from each of the following communities comprising the District:<para num="(A)">Charles-North;</para>
          <para num="(B)">Bolton Hill;</para>
          <para num="(C)">Madison-Park; and</para>
          <para num="(D)">Mt. Vernon-Belvedere.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The Board may contain additional members from the following constituent groups, as determined by the Board from time to time:<para num="(i)">up to 3 voting members from the organizations within the District that make voluntary contributions to the District, which include:<para num="(A)">the Maryland Institute College of Art;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the University of Baltimore; and</para>
          <para num="(C)">the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University; and</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">up to 6 voting members representing constituencies that the Board determines will enhance the Authority’s success in furthering the broad objectives of improving and enhancing public services throughout the District, including, by way of example only:<para num="(A)">retail merchants;</para>
          <para num="(B)">major employers;</para>
          <para num="(C)">professionals practicing in the District; and</para>
          <para num="(D)">residential tenants.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">At least 2/3rds of the Board shall be property owners or representatives of property owners subject to the tax imposed by this subtitle.</para>
      <para num="(4)">Consistent with the encouragement of partnerships between the Authority and property owners exempt from the tax imposed by this subtitle, the Board is encouraged to consider representation of exempt partners on the Board.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Exercise of Authority powers.">All powers of the Authority shall be exercised by and through the Board, unless delegated by the Board to 1 or more officers thereof or to the Administrator.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Bylaws.">
      <para num="(1)">The Board may adopt such bylaws as it deems necessary to carry out the powers of the Authority, so long as the same shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this subtitle or of &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="II|§(63)"&gt;City Charter Article II, § (63)&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)">All bylaws shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Estimates.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The Board may establish its own procedures relating to the internal administration of the Authority, except as may be restricted by &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="II|§(63)"&gt;City Charter Article II, § (63)&lt;/cite&gt; or this subtitle.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Officers.">
      <para num="(1)">The Board shall select from among its members individuals to serve as the Authority’s:<para num="(i)">chair;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">vice-chair;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">treasurer; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">secretary.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">These officers serve at the pleasure of the Board.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The Board may delegate to these officers those responsibilities that the Board considers appropriate.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §266</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 95-613</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-432</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §267</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §268</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §269</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §270</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §271</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §272</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §273(a), (b)(1), (b)(3)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §273(b)(2), (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §273(d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §273(e)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-672</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §273(f)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §274</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §275</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §276</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §277</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §278</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By a series of enactments (the most recent being Resolution 20-017), the Mayor and City Council has continued the Authority and District through June 30, 2024.</annotation>
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