June 2023 Community Meeting Recap
Note: Any changes to the minutes should be directed to secretary@upperfellspoint.org.
Virtual Meeting
Welcome/Introductions
Thanks to our volunteers who cleaned the streets to celebrate Juneteenth before our meeting. (Note: Juneteenth is a holiday celebrated on June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US.)
Guest Speakers
Joshua Espinoza, UFPIA Land-Use Committee, presented a proposed Land-Use Rubric on behalf of the Land-Use Committee. After discussion, there was a vote (details on vote below).
Wendy Bozel, UFPIA President, and attorney Thiru Vignarajah discussed the safety concerns of the new BGE gas regulators. (BGE has threatened to discontinue service if residents refuse new, external regulators.)
Votes
Motion: To adopt the proposed Land-Use Rubric as presented by the Land-Use Committee and to grant the Committee the ability to write a letter according to the score resulting from the Rubric; motion passed.
Officer Reports
Treasurer: The Billie Holiday Bebop Dinner raised $1,700; thanks to everyone who participated.
Committee Reports
Beautification
Mallory Kuehn—beautification@upperfellspoint.org
Another dumpster was filled at the June Dumpster Day/Cleanup; $70 was raised from the scrap metals which were recycled (proceeds to the Beautification Committee).
Everyone was reminded to water a tree near you if there is no rain (Note: Each tree needs at least 5 gallons of water for every inch in diameter of the trunk on a weekly basis and twice a week if it is a small or newly planted tree.)
Community Garden
Jan Mooney - communitygarden@upperfellspoint.org
A Honey Happy Hour will be held at the garden on August 19th from 4-6pm. There will be food, beverages, a raffle and a guest speaker.
Education
George Croom — education@upperfellspoint.org
No news
Land-Use
Mark Hoffmann - landuse@upperfellspoint.org
A draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sweet Carolina Liquors was discussed. We will continue the discussion at our July meeting and there may be a vote.
Safety (sub-committee)
Chris Moad safety@upperfellspoint.org
If you are interested in having café lighting installed on your block, contact Wendy at president@upperfellspoint.org.)
Amy Zemanick, UFPIA Secretary’s presentation of the results of the UFPIA’s Safety Survey was postponed and will be presented at our July meeting.
Media
Jan Mooney - newsletter@upperfellspoint.org
The deadline for the July newsletter is July 2nd at 5pm.
Traffic & Parking
Kurt Schiller - trafficparking@upperfellspoint.org
Approval of the art work for the ROWArt project was granted. We are waiting for BGE to finish the impacted streets so hope to work on the installation in early to mid fall.
New Business
None
To vote on issues at a meeting, you must have paid your current dues (based on calendar year beginning in January), attended 2 of the preceding 11 meetings, live in our boundaries and be age 18 and/or attended UFPIA sponsored events/activities per our Meeting & Voting Regulations.
