March 29, 2006 Meeting Recap |
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Committee Meeting Wednesday, March 8, 2006 7:00-9:00 p.m. Overlea-Fullerton Community Senior Center Agenda Review Role of Advisory Committee Discussion of results of Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (S.W.O.T) exercise Meeting Schedule for future Advisory Group Meetings Review of Draft Work Program Questions/Comments/New Business |
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March 8, 2006 Meeting Minutes Overlea-Fullerton Community Plan Advisory Group Meeting Attendees: Jack Airey, Donna Bethke, Kim Eddinger, Marilyn Fisher, Bud Herb, Bob Mekolon, Carroll Pupa, Brian Reagan, Gail Ritgert, Marcus Ritgert, Ginny Student, Todd Schuler, Mitch Graham, Laurie Hay, Nkechi Hislop – Baltimore County Planning Office Agenda Discussion: Laurie Hay opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. and began by having advisory group members introduce themselves. A packet of information was distributed to each advisory group member containing: an agenda, contact information for each advisory group member, results of the 2/22/06 S.W.O.T exercise, suggestions for proposed subcommittees, a zoning definition handout, tentative schedule of future meeting dates, and an article published by Brookings Institutution on older suburban communities. The group collectively reviewed the results of the S.W.O.T. exercise and offered clarifications/ additions/deletions to each category. Planning staff will revise the S.W.O.T results based on the comments from the discussion and forward them to advisory group members. The S.W.O.T results will be included in the appendix of the plan document. The group then turned to the suggested subcommittees, discussed the topics/issues that would potentially be investigated by each subcommittee, and the following individuals volunteered to chair the subcommittees. Zoning, Land Use, and Development – Laurie Hay, (Kim Eddinger will participate) Residential Revitalization, Code Enforcement, and Community Character – Marcus Ritgert Streetscape and Commercial Revitalization – Carroll Pupa Capital Improvements and Infrastructure – Ginny Student Recreation, Parks and Open Space – Bud Herb Transportation – Pete Definbaugh Marketing and Community Outreach – Brian Reagan, Marilyn Fisher, Bob Mekelon The group agreed that many of the public safety issues related to the work of other subcommittees and could be addressed through those committees. A tentative calendar was reviewed, and it was decided that the next meeting of the advisory group would take place on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 so as not to compete with the next streetscape meeting scheduled by SHA on Thursday, March 23, 2006. The next meeting will be devoted to developing a vision statement for the plan, and potential goals and objectives for each subcommittee. Additional Discussion Several members of the advisory committee questioned the amount of assistance/guidance they would receive for leading the subcommittee work. Staff responded by stating that a list of resources and contacts will be provided by the Planning Office and/or other county agencies to each subcommittee chair, as well as assistance with facilitating those contacts. Donna Bethke suggested that advisory group members solicit interest from other stakeholders in the community to broaden the composition of the subcommittees and increase representation beyond residents. There was a request for the roster of attendance from the initial community wide meeting so that subcommittee chairs could get names of individuals who may be interested in serving on a subcommittee. That list will be provided to all advisory group members as part of the packet of information distributed at the upcoming March 29th meeting. Since the plan area includes several neighborhoods, advisory group members clarified the boundaries of Linover, Overlea, and Elmwood for staff. There is a residential area north of the Beltway that is currently not represented on the advisory group. Planning staff will work with the council office to get a contact for that association to ensure their input. Staff also discussed the possibility of setting up an electronic bulletin board so that advisory group members could communicate via the internet to exchange information and update one another on issues of interest/information as the plan progresses. The Planning Office staff is exploring this option with our Office of Information and Technology and will report back to the group at the March 29th meeting. The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:00 p.m. The next meeting will be Wednesday, March 29th, 7:00 p.m. at the Overlea Senior Center. |
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near the bus
As
we continued down on the east side of Belair Road we looked at the
surplus parking lot opposite St. Michael’s and also the Church parking
lot and noted the aesthetic possibilities. But since our walk on April
30, St. Michael’s has started their beautification project outside with
a new black wrought iron looking
fence and it would be great to carry it over to the other lot. It was
helpful throughout the tour that the community groups provided the
Project Team with local perspective knowledge.