April 2021 Community Meeting Recap
If you missed the meeting, you can watch it here.
Guest Speakers
Roger Frissora and Tina Mullen, local beekeepers from the Howard County Beekeepers Association, discussed the importance of bees and other pollinators, and what you can do to help them.
Provide shelter, water and native plants or those high in pollen/nectar
Don’t use pesticides/insecticides
More info about plants, etc. on our website
For a list of honey suppliers in the area and for more information
Committee Reports
Accountability
Pascal Patin—treasurer@upperfellspoint.org
Treasurer’s report
Beautification
Lisa Knickmeyer—beautification@upperfellspoint.org
Finalization of tree bed mosaic medallions & fencing - seeking someone to work with on “Mosaic walk” flyer; Need to organize “ribbon cutting” event.
Umuganda/Mayor’s Clean Sweep/Earth Day - 4/24 9am-Noon (S Ann and Gough)
Sidewalk planter auction in May (details coming soon)
Community Garden
Jan Mooney—communitygarden@upperfellspoint.org
Now have beeswax candles for sale; visit the UFPIA online store
Media
Jan Mooney—newsletter@upperfellspoint.org
New sponsors - Cocina Luchadoras and Enchanted Nails & Spa
Please support all of our sponsors
Deadline for the May newsletter - 5/3 at 5pm.
Education
Mollie Fein—education@upperfellspoint.org
No news until May
Fund-raising
Chair is vacant
If anyone is interested in that or coordinating an event, contact Liz.
Land-Use
Jeff May—landuse@upperfellspoint.org
205 S Chapel and 1826 Bank
Jeff is writing the zoning board to outline the discussions between the UFPIA and the homeowner
Broadway corridor initiative
Million dollar grant proposal from Midway Community Development Corporation
Safety
Matt Barnes—safety@upperfellspoint.org
Pay attention and be vigilant, particularly at night
Safety Task force meeting with Councilman Zeke Cohen on 4/22 at 6:30pm
Contact safety@upperfellspoint.org if interested in becoming a block liaison
Traffic & Parking
Kurt Schiller—trafficparking@upperfellspoint.org
Continued discussion on traffic calming
Five steps to install traffic calming:
Planning
Understanding issues of location
Decide on location
Present to UFPIA
Determine funding
Requirements for installing traffic calming - Made You Look Tool Kit
Sample MOU (memorandum of understanding)
Co-design
Community input on design
Finalize design
Approval from the City (Send a map with lineage of the proposed installation)
Submit Installation & Maintenance Plan
Letters of support from homeowners at adjacent corners and the UFPIA
Receive documents to move forward
2-yr contract with Baltimore City
Present MOU to UFPIA
We can choose to sign or not sign
One-time $250 insurance fee covers all installations
Provide date(s) to the City
Can supply flex posts if we want them but we must cover cost
If approved, submit signed MOU, maintenance agreement and insurance certificate
Prep/Installation by DOT/UFPIA
UFPIA buys paint, materials, etc.
Create installation plan
Installation
Complete finishing documents
Celebrate
Vote on whether to enter into MOUs with the City on traffic calming measures in our boundaries:
Yes - 12; No - 19; Abstain - 6; Motion does not carry
May Officers Election
If interested in running, notify Tom K. by 4/30 at electionjudge@upperfellspoint.org and include 3 sentence bio of why running
May officers voting will be online ballot
Link and slate of candidates with bios in the May newsletter
Nominations from the floor:
Parliamentarian - Apryl Bancroft
One nomination for President - Brian Seel
New Business
Community Liaison – Nick Mosby’s Office
Shaakira Gill - Shaakira.gill@baltimorecity.gov or 410.925.0484
City Council Meetings 5/3, 5/17, 6/7, 6/14 and 6/21 @5pm; can be watched on Facebook baltcouncil, charmtv, or channel 25 on your TV
Board of Estimates Meetings 5/5, 5/12, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, and 6/30 @9 am
Suzanne Bailey (suebeebailey@yahoo.com) - contact for reachout to other communities for projects and getting to know each other and understand issues that our communities face that are similar and are different.
Food Social now open (formerly Canela Cafe - 1801 E Pratt)
No indoor service
Is providing free coffee to volunteers on 4/24 during UFPIA clean-up from 8am-1pm
Once get their liquor license will operate as Hygge
Fells Point Corner Theatre
Plan to open in Sept.
Working on installing new filtration system/HVAC
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