2024-03-26T14:12:18-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 521945861 UPPER FELLS POINT IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION INC UPPE 5857474212 PO Box 38315 Baltimore MD 21231 Nancy Hoffmann Treasurer 5857474212 2024-03-26 Nancy Hoffmann 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 X X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X www.upperfellspoint.org X X 92441 X 89266 3175 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92441 0 0 0 0 0 4176 76357 80533 11908 22839 0 34747 22839 34747 0 0 0 0 22839 34747 0 0 22839 34747 X Community Organization State of Maryland Community Safety Grant Spending (see Schedule O) Cafe lights $10,990 Camera Purchase and installation $43,255 traffic calming and row art $2525 Includes checks $41 and contractor expenses 0 64326 Traffic and Parking (See Schedule O) Flex Post installation 0 5534 Newsletter printing and PO Box (See Schedule O) 0 4176 Other Program Services (See Schedule O), includes community garden, land use and beautification of neighborhood 0 6456 80492 Benjamin Miller President 4 0 0 0 Brent Temeng Vice-President 3 0 0 0 Amy Zemanick Secretary 3 0 0 0 Nancy Hoffmann Treasurer 4 0 0 0 Stephen Porter Parliamentarian 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD Nancy Hoffmann PO Box 38315 Baltimore MD 212318315 5857474212 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 11869 10409 5763 12385 89266 129692 0 0 0 0 0 0 11869 10409 5763 12385 89266 129692 129692 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129692 14425 1 1 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 15 Printing Newsletters for distribution to all Upper Fells Residents on a monthly basis: $3982 PO Box rental fee: $194 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Part 1: Line 16 Other Expenses:$76,357 Program Services: $74,494 Insurance $1340 Website expenses $482 Management total $41(checks) Expense Summary 99.95% Program Service Expenses (line 32) $76,357 ;.05% Management Expenses ($41 Checks);0% Fundraising Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line (28-31) Part III, Line 28 Maryland Community Safety Works Grant UFPIA received the State of Maryland Community Safety Works Grant in the sum of $80,000. Not all money has been spent but plans are in place to exhaust the funds by June of 2024. The money has been used to install café lights on seven different blocks in our neighborhood. The café lights provide light and safety to our streets. Lighting was added to a significant mural on South Durham Street also known as Lady Day Way. Fifteen safety cameras were purchased and are currently being installed in areas of crime and at busy intersections. These cameras will act as a deterrent to crime and will aid in the conviction of criminals. Flex posts were installed to aid in traffic calming near Wolfe Street Academy. This project included row art on the street corners of Ann and Pratt and Wolfe and Pratt streets. These measures have led to traffic calming and greater safety for our residents. Part III, Line 29 Traffic and Parking Activities The primary goal for the Traffic and Parking committee is to look at ways to make the streets of the community safer for all users, pedestrians, bicyclists, scooter riders and people in cars. The committee has received funding for the traffic calming Right of Way Art project through two grants. The first grant was from the John Hopkins neighborhood Fund and was received in 2022 and a partial grant through the MD Safety Fund was received in 2023. The committee hired subcontractors to install thermoplastic lines and flex posts to define the Right of Way areas for community art. The community members installed horizontal art in the newly defined spaces along with planters to add some greening to the corners. The T&P committee and community volunteers spent 242 hours completing the Art in the Right of Way project at two intersections. The T&P Committee worked with the Garden committee to host the annual Oktoberfest fundraiser in the community garden, (22 hours). The T&P committee spent 37 hours working with the MD Department of Transportation with the ongoing discussions for the Red Line Transit initiative. There was much discussion on heavy rail, light rail, and rapid bus transit. The discussion revolved mainly on ridership projections, cost, and the time to complete the different options. Light rail appears to be the most favored of the three options. Part III, Line 30 Media /Communications Our newsletter is delivered to all residences and businesses in our neighborhood, regardless of membership, to communicate information regarding the Assoc., issues, school, businesses, social activities, City-wide activities, voter registration/elections, and government taxes, regulations and resources. We provide contact information for all of our officers and committees, City council members/president and state general assembly members; and detailed trash/recycling information, including items allowed, storage, pickup/drop-off times/locations. In 2023, we promoted local businesses and featured those that help fund our newsletter (61% of our printing costs were funded by their ads). We also provided a Spanish translation of our newsletter. We promoted many activities including: Black History month; local artists; traffic calming measures to ensure safe walking, biking, etc.; the Fell's Point farmers' market and the Baltimore farmers' market/bazaar; Bike to Work week; National Pride Month, the Creative Alliance's Great Halloween Lantern Parade and Day of the Dead Parade; and Cranksgiving, a scavenger hunt/food drive for Moveable Feast, a local food bank. We held several social events including a National Night Out event in Aug. to promote police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie; a Honey Happy Hour with a local beekeeper to inform residents of the importance of bees; a Billie Holiday bebop dinner where neighbors socialized with neighbors and learned about Ms. Holiday, who used to live in the neighborhood; an Oktoberfest to celebrate fall; and an adult Halloween costume contest to encourage neighbors to engage with kids and others when giving out candy. We beautified the neighborhood by holding monthly cleanups to pick-up trash, leaves, etc.; provided four dumpsters for residents to get rid of their bulk trash, reminded residents to keep the areas in front of their house free of snow, trash, and other debris and our certified TreeKeepers pruned several street trees. We gave tips on how to reduce waste and encouraged residents to use curbside compost pickup and installed extra lighting and safety cameras to help in reducing crime. Also, our website (www.upperfellspoint.org) enhances communications with our residents and fully discloses our regulations and financials. Committees have news/events pages and current/past newsletters are posted. An electronic newsletter (e-blast) is provided monthly, or when needed, and includes important items that need to be communicated. We are also on Facebook and Nextdoor, and post to a Google calendar to provide information and important notices to area residents. We accept online payments for membership dues, donations, fund-raisers and events, as well as for newsletter ads and garden dues. One member composed 11 issues of four-page newsletters which were printed by a local business and 19 volunteers distributed 1,200 copies for 11 months, requiring a total of 271 volunteer hours in 2023. One Association member contributed an additional 98 volunteer hours to electronic media efforts in 2023. Part III, Line 31 Other Program Services Beautification: Potted plant project was undertaken to use plants to hide BG & E regulators. Plants were sold to residents at minimal cost. Tree pits were maintained and mulched. Fencing was provided around several tree pits. Monthly clean-ups of trash and leaves were accomplished in the neighborhood with the aid of many volunteers. Trees were pruned to help with tree health. All these measures benefit all who live and pass through Upper Fells Point. Land Use: Land use committee spent many volunteer hours working on an MOU for a Liquor store requesting to expand their hours. A sidewalk survey was done and with the help of Zeke Cohen's office, sidewalk repairs were made. Safety: Light bulbs were purchased as replacements for café lights Mural Repair: A mural on Lady Day Way (South Durham Street 200 Block) was repaired.