May 2021 Community Meeting Recap
No Guest Speaker due to the UFPIA officer elections. Newly elected Officers are:
President - Bill Miltenberger
Vice President - Brian Megali
Secretary - Lynnie Moad
Treasurer - Marla Hallacy
Parliamentarian - Erik Franklin
Congratulations to our new officers! And thanks to everyone who voted; to Lynnie and Tom for developing the online ballot; to Tom for being our Election Judge; and to our outgoing Board members.
Committee Reports
Beautification
Lisa Knickmeyer—beautification@upperfellspoint.org
Tree bed mosaic medallion project almost complete; need input on map for Discovery Walk
Planter Auction raised $100
6/5 is World Environment Day
If want a City tree must complete City tree request form; contact Lisa for more info
Ooze tubes available for watering trees
Reminder to water a street tree near you; it’s been extremely dry and no rain in sight
Dumpster day is 5/22 from 9am-12pm or until full; S Ann and Gough
Community Garden
Jan Mooney—communitygarden@upperfellspoint.org
Cicada sculpture at the garden and others on Channel 2 news 5/18
Broken pipe for garden water hydrant is being repaired; water is turned off
Now have beeswax candles for sale; visit the UFPIA online store
Media
Jan Mooney—newsletter@upperfellspoint.org
New sponsors - Jaz Erenberg; local mural artist
Fell’s Point Corner Theatre - offering summer workshops
Please support all of our sponsors
Deadline for the June newsletter - 6/1 at 5pm.
Education
Mollie Fein—education@upperfellspoint.org
No news
Fund-raising
Chair is vacant
If anyone is interested in being chair or coordinating an event, contact Bill.
Land-Use
Jeff May—landuse@upperfellspoint.org
1900 E Pratt - Zoning hearing to be held on 6/1; wants to convert to 2-units; no parking
205 S Chapel - Zoning hearing moved to 6/15
Safety
Matt Barnes—safety@upperfellspoint.org
Need volunteers to help plan National Night Out on August 3
Need block captains/liaisons; will post role of liaisons
Pay attention and be vigilant, particularly at night
If interested in cafe lighting on your block, contact Matt
traffic & parking
Kurt Schiller—trafficparking@upperfellspoint.org
T&P Committee wants to make a presentation on traffic calming at the June UFPIA meeting
Gave a short presentation on bump out process and timeline
Need your feedback, thoughts, ideas on traffic calming - https://padlet.com/mlbresnahan/jalewv7s9008g3ey
NEW BUSINESS:
Claire Shibelski - Councilmember Cohen's office - send any questions or concerns to claire.shibelski@baltimorecity.gov or Councilmember Cohen zeke.cohen@baltimorecity.gov
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