Mary Pat Clarke Room 550, City Hall 100 N. Holliday St. Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 410-396-4814 Home Phone: 410-366-2023 Cell Phone: 410-294-3022 Fax: 410-545-7585 E-mail: mclarke@baltimorecitycouncil.com, mpclarke@bcpl.net Committees: Chair, Education; Judiciary and Legislative Investigations; Land Use and Transportation; Highways and Franchises Subcommittee.

I ran again for City Council in 2003, after Question “P” created smaller single-member districts. At first I opposed this change, but I heeded the overwhelming vote of Baltimore City voters --- and resolved to help this "P" change work, to make City Council accessible and responsive in helping citizens be heard.

I live in the new 14th District, where I take my stand. No matter how small our corner of Baltimore City, we have the power to change the City, by joining together and demanding the best for our children, our neighborhoods and our schools.

As we go, so goes the City.

Biography

Mary Pat Clarke represents the 14th District of the Baltimore City Council, a North Central Baltimore district of 46,000 residents. The 14th District is a diverse and keystone community, extending (east to west) from Belair to Falls Roads and (north to south) from Coldspring Lane/Argonne Drive to 25th/29th Streets.

Mary Pat is a Democrat who previously served for 16 years in the City Council. From 1975-83, she represented the old 2nd District (along with Clarence “Du” Burns and Nathan C. Irby). From 1987-95, Mary Pat served as the first woman ever elected President of the Baltimore City Council, a citywide elective position.

After losing her bid for Mayor in 1995, Mary Pat resumed her teaching career, as adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University, UMBC and Maryland Institute College of Art.

When Baltimore voters approved single-member City Council districts, Mary Pat ran again for office, to ensure attention and help for neighborhoods of the new 14th District — and for the City as a whole. She was elected in November 2004 and sworn into office on December 9, 2004.

Legislative Accomplishments/ Milestones
Mary Pat and then-Councilman Kweisi Mfume co-sponsored the City’s first Charter amendment to reduce class size in the Baltimore City Public Schools, in 1982. Also as a 2nd District representative, Mary Pat successfully sponsored Tenants Right of First Refusal and Residential Permit Parking legislation. As President of the City Council, Mary Pat was the lead sponsor on the nation’s first “Living Wage” law, enacted in 1994.

Community Associations/ Experience
In the late 1960's and early 1970's, Mary Pat Clarke served as a founding board member, then president and executive director of the Greater Homewood Community Corporation, an umbrella coalition of neighborhoods representing a North Baltimore area of 44,000 residents. As president of Greater Homewood, she participated in:
- organizing the first Baltimore City Fair,
- establishing Action in Maturity (AIM), still serving hundreds of retirees in North Baltimore, and
- leading the PUSH effort to win United Way funding of grassroots non-profit organizations.

Involvement on Boards of Directors
Mary Pat currently serves on:

the Advisory Boards of the House of Ruth, the YMCA at Stadium Place, The Community School in Remington and Lake Clifton’s Entrepreneurial Training University (ETU);

the School Involvement Teams (SIT’s) of Doris M. Johnson High School #426 and Waverly Elementary/ Middle School #51;

the Board of St. Mary’s Rolandview Towers (senior 202 housing at 3838 and 3939 Roland Avenue in Hampden;

as a City Council appointment to the Board of the Charles Village Community Benefits District Management Authority (CVCBDMA).

Education
Mary Pat earned her A.B. degree in English Literature from Immaculata College in 1963 and her M.A. in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. She successfully completed numerous Ph.D.courses in Writing at the University of Pennsylvania.

Personal/ Family
Mary Pat and Joe have lived on Cloverhill Road in the 14th District since 1967. They are the proud parents of four children and the doting grandparents of eight grandchildren. The Clarke children attended Roland Park Elementary/ Middle School #233, Western Senior High School, Gilman and St. Paul’s. Two of their grandchildren attend Mount Washington Elementary #221.

Professional
From 1983 - 87, Mary Pat worked as the administrator, Division of Geriatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, at Hopkins Bayview. From 1995 - 2004, Mary Pat taught undergraduate and Odyssey courses in writing, public speaking and urban affairs as an adjunct faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University School of Professional Studies in Business and Education (SPSBE), at UMBC and at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).

At MICA, Mary Pat helped develop the Master’s Program in Community Arts (MACA), the first of its kind in the nation. Every summer, these MICA/MACA graduate students teach art to children at seven neighborhood sites in and nearby the 14th District.

14th District Issues

FOR OUR YOUTH & BALTIMORE’S FUTURE:
a major private/public investment to establish a coordinated network of relevant, consistent and enriching AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER-LONG YOUTH ACTIVITIES in every one of our neediest neighborhoods and schools. Such positive engagement is our best alternative to gang affiliation — and our best hope of inspiring each child’s hopes for a bright and inclusive future; and,

QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS for every neighborhood, with safe and positive surroundings, in which principals, teachers and families have fair access to the resources which make each individual school successful and accountable to the community

AFFORDABILITY FOR FAMILIES in trying to raise children and grandchildren, pay the mortgage, rent, insurance, utilities — and keep a roof over the heads of our next generation and their elders.

FOR SAFETY AND LIVABILITY:
a strategic plan for the recruitment, training, retention and community-based assignment of uniformed police personnel. All of Baltimore’s police districts, including Northern and Northeastern, have been understaffed for years. For any “crime strategy” to work we need ENOUGH UNIFORMED PERSONNEL TO DO THE JOB; and,

a coordinated, interagency effort to successfully ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE assaults on neighborhoods, including speeding traffic, loud/late noise, vacant houses, illegal dumping, rat infestation, drug-dealing (especially in-and-out of “corner stores”) and illegal commercial activities (including sale and repair of vehicles in residential neighborhoods).

Please add your “primary issues” and some solutions to this list by contacting me at mclarke@baltimorecitycouncil.com.

Information about the 14th District

NEIGHBORHOODS that fall within the 14th District
Abell, Belle Terre in Waverly, Better Waverly, Charles Village, Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello (CHM), Darley Park, Ednor Gardens/ Lakeside, Greater Homewood, Guilford, Guilford on Greenmount, Hadley Square, Hampden, Harwood, Hillen, Hoes’Heights, Keswick (aka Alonsoville), Mayfield, Medfield, Oakenshawe, Original Northwood, Pen Lucy, Remington, Roland Park, Roland Springs, Tuscany Canterbury, Waverly Improvement, Wyman Park, Wyman Park South, York Courts.

FIRE STATIONS in the 14th District
Fire House 31, 3123 Greenmount Avenue in Waverly
Fire House 21, Union & Roland Avenues in Hampden

POLICE DISTRICTS serving the 14th District
Northeastern District 410-396-2444 (Major Antonio Rodriguez)
Northern District 410-396-2455 (Major Michael Pristoop)

SCHOOLS in the 14th District

PUBLIC elementary/ middle schools
Abbottston Elementary School #50
1300 Gorsuch Avenue 21218 (443-984-2685):
Principal Angela Faltz

Coldstream Park Elementary School #31
1400 Exeter Hall Avenue 21218 (410-396-6443):
Principal Tracey Thomas

Green School #332, 335 West 27th Street 21211 (410-366-2152/53/54)--- charter school::
Principal Kate Primm

Hampden Elementary/ Middle School #55
3608 Chestnut Avenue 21211 (410-396-6004):
Principal Margarett Shipley

Montebello Elementary - Junior Academy #44
2040 East 32nd Street 21218 (410-235-4801):
Principal Camille Bell

The Stadium School #15
1300 Gorsuch Avenue 21218 (443-984-2682):
Director Ronald Shelley

Waverly Elementary/ Middle School #51
3400 Ellerslie Avenue 21218 (410-396-6395):
Principal Brenda Abrams

PUBLIC high schools

Baltimore City College
3220 The Alameda 21218 (410-396-7420):
Principal Timothy Dawson

Doris M. Johnson High School #426
2801 St. Lo Drive 21213 (410-396-6643):
Principal Tricia Rock

Heritage High School #425
2801 St. Lo Drive 21213 (410-396-6637):
Principal Karen Lawrence

Harbor City East
2555 Harford Road 21218 (410-396-6241):
Principal Margie Reyment

Laurence G. Paquin High School #457
2200 Sinclair Lane 21213 (410-396-9399):
Principal Dr. Rosetta Stith

Mergenthaler High School #410
3500 Hillen Road 21218 (410-396-6496):
Principal Dr. Irby Miller

PRIVATE schools

Baltimore Christian School
505 East 42nd Street 21218 (410-435-5072), K-5:
Principal Susan Weiss.

Robert Franklin Stokes Christian School
4220 York Road (443-524-2996), K-8:
Principal Pastor Barbara Dixon.

St. Elizabeth School
801 Argonne Drive 21218 (410-889-5054):
Principal Dr. Christine Manlove.

St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School
3710 Roland Avenue 21211 (410-889-4618), PreK-8:
Principal Sister Marie Rose.

The Community School, Inc.
2939 Huntingdon Avenue 21211 (410-467-4920 ) --- GED:
Principal Tom Culotta.

The Greenmount School
501 West 30th Street 21211 (410-235-6295), 1st- 8th:
Principal Ron Stephens.

14th District Branch Library
Waverly Branch of the Enoch Pratt Library, Barclay & East 33rd Streets (410-396-6053):
Director Ann Marie Lalmansingh
To be involved, please contact:
Ms. Melinda Smith, president, Friends of Waverly Library at melgibson1@verizon.net

PARKS in the 14th District

Clifton Park
To be involved in the master plan and rejuvenation of this great urban park, please contact:
Ms. Jea Chapman, president, Friends of Clifton Park at jchapstk@hotmail.com.

Herring Run Park
To be involved in the maintenance and improvements for this great urban park, please contact:
Ms. Mary Robey, director, the Herring Run Watershed Association at Mrobey@herringrun.org.

Linkwood/ Stoney Run Park
Citizen volunteer activist is Keswick resident Mr. Jerry Henger at jhenger@msn.com.

Wyman Park
From University Parkway to West 33rd Street, the Wyman Park Community Organization keeps tabs on this revered park. Contact is WPCO President Kathleen Talty at ktalty@kruchkoandfries.com.

Below 33rd Street, contact Mr. Gabriel Goodenough, president of Wyman Park South at gabegood@erols.com.

For Wyman Park Dell, contact Ms. Marcia Holden at mholden@parkschool.net.

LANDMARKS in the 14th District
Officially designated* or not, the landmarks most people cite when giving directions or identifying a general location in the 14th District (from east to west) are:

Lake Montebello
(East 32nd Street & Hillen Road.)
This popular area for people to jog, bike and walk is under reconstruction to provide a safer and more attractive location for outdoor activities along its circular roadway.

Clifton Mansion
( just north of The Alameda entrance to Clifton Park).
Under restoration, this mansion was originally the home of Johns Hopkins and currently serves as the HQ of Civic Works and a focal point for the restoration of Clifton Park itself.

Baltimore City College*
(East 33rd Street & The Alameda).
“The Castle on the Hill” is officially recognized as a locally and nationally designated historic landmark, plus one of the oldest and most prestigious high schools in the United States.

Johns Hopkins University at Eastern
(900 block East 33rd Street)
The former Eastern High School, an historic public school for girls, was sadly closed in the early 1980's and purchased by Hopkins in 1997. Comprised of 26 acres in the Better Waverly neighborhood, Eastern was purchased in 1997 from the City and occupied in 2001. Hopkins preserved the original building and welcomes community use for meetings and conferences.

Stadium Place
( 900 East 33rd Street).
Still a “Miracle of 33rd Street,” the former site of Memorial Stadium is now the home of the Jeannette and Harry Weinberg YMCA and GEDCO’s affordable housing complex for elderly citizens. On its premises is another landmark, the Community Built Playground, a large and unique play area built by over 4,000 volunteers in recognition of the community’s stake in the history of this Memorial Stadium location.

Waverly Farmers Market
(East 33rd Street just west of Greenmount Avenue).
The only year-round farmer’s market in Baltimore City, Waverly Farmers Market features fresh produce and local crafts every Saturday morning on a municipal parking lot where people converge to shop and socialize from all over the 14th District.

Charles Village “College Town” Center
(St. Paul Street & North Charles Streets, East 30th to East 33rd Streets).
A combination of shops and restaurants which serve local residents while also catering to a large population of Hopkins students and faculty, “College Town” has recently added a new Barnes & Noble Bookstore, a Starbucks, undergraduate living quarters and new market-rate condominiums. Meanwhile, Eddie’s, Donna’s and other reliable stand-by’s are part of the synergy.

Baltimore Museum of Art
(10 Art Museum Drive).
The Baltimore Museum of Art is internationally renowned for its collection of 19th century, modern and contemporary art — including the largest collection of works by Henri Matisse in the world — and welcomes 250,000 visitors each year with free general admission, as well as a variety of dynamic exhibitions and innovative programs presented in a grand historic building designed in the 1920's by the celebrated American architect John Russell Pope on land donated by The Johns Hopkins University.

Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus
(3400 North Charles Street).
Comprised of 150 acres, Hopkins Homewood has a student population of 13,360, including a fulltime population of 4,500 undergraduates and more than 1,600 graduate students; and, a parttime population of 430 undergraduates and 6,830 graduate students. Hopkins moved to the Homewood Campus in 1916. The land was donated by William Wyman in 1898.

The Rotunda Shopping Center
(711 West 40th Street).
Scene of one of Baltimore City’s first adaptive uses of an historic office building (Monumental Life) for commercial purposes, The Rotunda has been purchased by Hekemian which is planning a major commercial/ residential redevelopment, beginning in 2007.

“The Avenue” in Hampden
(800 - 1100 blocks of West 36th Street).
An urban shopping center which has retained its neighborhood flavor and promotes locally-owned art galleries, antique shops, boutiques and restaurants, with products displayed on porch fronts and on the pavements. Scene of the annual Hon Fest and other well-attended festivals.

Roland Park Water Tower
(intersection of Roland Avenue and West University Parkway).
A long-unused property of the City’s Public Works Department, this Water Tower is located on the edge of Hoes’ Heights and Roland Park, both of which will be involved in the Tower’s private sector restoration as neighborhood association offices and meeting rooms and a gallery displaying historic documents and photographs of neighborhood history.

To add your landmark choices to the list, please email me at mclarke@baltimorecitycouncil.com.

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS in the 14th District
(Please email me at mclarke@baltimorecitycouncil.com for contact information.)
Abell Improvement Association
Action in Maturity (AIM)
Adopt-A-House, Inc.
Baltimore Algebra Project
Belle Terre in Waverly
Better Waverly Community Organization (BWCO)
Calvert Court Cooperative
Carrollton Condominium Association
Charles Village Community Benefits District
Charles Village Business Association
Charles Village Civic Association
Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity
Civic Works
Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello Community Corporation (CHMCC)
Coldstream Senior Citizens
Darley Park Neighborhood Improvement Association
Ednor Gardens/ Lakeside Civic Association, Inc.
Ednor Residents Council at Stadium Place
Elijah’s Youth Outreach
Friends of Clifton Park
Friends of Clifton Mansion
Friends of the Waverly Library
Friends of Wyman Park Dell
Gardens of Guilford
Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO)
Greater Homewood Community Corporation (GHCC)
Greater Homewood Interfaith Alliance
Greenway Community Association
Guilford Association
Guilford on Greenmount Association
Hadley Square Neighborhood Association
Hampden Community Council
Hampden Family Center
Hampden Village Merchants Association
Harwood Neighborhood Association
Heathbrook Community Organization, Inc.
Herring Run Watershed Association
Highfield House Condominiums
Hoes’ Heights Improvement Association, Inc.
John 30th Community Outreach
Keswick Improvement Association
Medfield Improvement Association
Mill Valley Community Association
North Baltimore Neighborhood Association
NECO
Northeast Development Alliance (NEDA)
Northeastern District Police Community Affairs Council
Northern District Police Community Affairs Council
Oakenshawe Improvement Association (OIA)
Original Northwood Association (ONA)
Pen Lucy Neighborhood Association, Inc.
Pen Lucy Action Network (PLAN)
Quality of Life
Remington Neighborhood Alliance (RNA)
Residences at the Colonnade
Ridgemede/ Ridgewood Condominiums
Roland Park Civic League
Roland Park Place
Roland Springs Homeowners Association
St. James Condominium Association
The Thursday Club (Hampden Senior Citizens)
Tudor Arms Apartments, Inc.
Tuscany Canterbury Neighborhood Association (TCNA)
Tuscany Lombardy Community Corporation
University One Condominiums
Waverly Improvement Association
Waverly Main Street Advisory Board
Weinberg Court Residents Council at Stadium Place
Winthrop House Condominium
Wyman Park Community Association (WPCO)
Wyman Park South
York Courts of Guilford
York Road Partnership Community Association

SCHOOLS OF HIGHER EDUCATION in the 14th District
Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus
3400 North Charles Street 21218
President is William Brody at wbrody@jhu.edu
Community Liaison is Mr.Salem Reiner at sreiner1@jhu.edu.

LARGE EMPLOYERS in the 14th District
Johns Hopkins University
Union Memorial Hospital
Zurich Insurance