Honorable President Brandon Scott and Members of the Board of Estimates c/o Clerk, Board of Estimates 204 City Hall 100 N. Holliday Street Baltimore, MD 21202

Protest RE: BDC – Port Covington TIF Financing Agreements

Dear President Scott and Members of the Board of Estimates:

I write on behalf of the ACLU of Maryland, and its approximately 4,300 members who reside in the City of Baltimore, as well as other undersigned organizations, to protest the inclusion of the Funding Agreement, and other documents related to issuance of the first tranche of Tax Increment Finance (TIF) bonds, for the Port Covington project on the routine agenda of the Board of Estimates (BOE) for June 16, 2020. We believe the Port Covington project and TIF financing is neither fiscally responsible nor consistent with the City’s race equity policies, and urge you to postpone consideration of this item.

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