Fells Point West

09/26/2016

50th Annual Fell’s Point Fun Festival Helping the Ellicott City Restaurant Employees Baltimore, MD (September 22, 2016):

The Fell’s Point Fun Festival celebrates its rich history in its 50th Annual Event, which will take place this year from September 30th - October 2nd.

In Fell’s Point Main Street’s and the Fun Festival’s continuing efforts to help surrounding communities in need, we have reached out to the restaurant employees of Ellicott City who were displaced as a result of the disastrous flooding of July 30, 2016 which ravaged Ellicott City’s Historic District. We have invited them to be our guest bartenders at our Main Broadway Square Beer Garden, thus, allowing them to supplement their lost income.

We call on all Festival attendees to support these bartenders and their families who have been so financially devastated the last couple of months. Fell’s Point Main Street Fell’s Point Main Street (formerly the Fell’s Point Development Corporation) was established in 2003 to proactively generate the revitalization of Fell’s Point’s commercial and historic districts. Our mission is to promote, strengthen and revitalize the commercial district for businesses and residents alike.

Fell’s Point Main Street entered into an agreement in 2013 to organize and manage the Fell’s Point Fun Festival for the benefit of The Preservation Society of Fell’s Point and Federal Hill.For more information visit – www.fellspointfest.ne

09/06/2016

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/politics/bs-md-ci-jim-kraft-20160906-story.html

Outgoing City Councilman James B. Kraft is withdrawing as a candidate for Baltimore Circuit Court judge, a campaign spokesman said Tuesday.

08/29/2016

http://patch.com/maryland/annapolis/passing-school-bus-maryland-laws-fines

The fine for illegally passing a Maryland school bus that is stopped with flashing lights can be anywhere from $125 up to a whopping $570.

08/24/2016

The following was posted on several websites this afternoon if you are a friend of a resident near this location please share this information.

2030 ALICEANNA ST is back, 100 foot building will be allowed. If you are near Eastern Ave and S Chester St, say good by to your water front views. The lawyer for the property has reintroduced the C-2, 100 foot heigh amendment.

Here are the emails for the members of the Land Use Committee that will be voting on this issue:(copy and paste)

Edward Reisinger , Mary Pat Clarke , Bill Henry , James Kraft , Warren Branch , Sharon Middleton , Nick J. Mosby , Jack Young , Jennifer Coates

Also posted was the following by a Fells Point resident who found out her property was rezoned from commercial to residential without her knowledge (along with many other residents on Fleet Street)

Remember this petition in March. Well if Transform Baltimore goes thru, this is coming within the Designated Historical area of Fells Point and along our waterfront.

Please look at some of the proposed map amendments that will be voted on Sept. 7th.

One of them is:
Unique ID -----M3

STREET ADDRESS ---2030 ALICEANNA ST.
PROPOSED ZONING---C-2

This PROPOSED ZONING-C-2 will allow the same type of building that we fought to stop just last year.

Also upsetting is that this and other proposed amendments have misinformation.

HOW CAN CITY COUNCIL VOTE ON THIS? The process has not been open and transparent.

M3- states that the CURRENT ZONING IS C-1.
CURRENT ZONING IS R-8

OPPOSE to Land Use and Transportation Committee thru [email protected] by Sept. 1st.

08/18/2016

08/18/2016

Dear community members,

It is critically important that you check the attached proposed amendments to see if your property will be impacted. If so, you need to email Emily Sherman ([email protected]) immediately to state what it is YOU want for YOUR property. It should be noted that an amendment to change zoning on Fleet Street from 1800 -2200 blocks from C-1 to R-8 was submitted by a resident, in many cases without the knowledge of these property owners. Councilman Kraft has been responding to individual requests to remain C-1 as indicated in Transform Baltimore.

Please share this information with your neighbors who are NOT on this email list.

In an email, Emily Sherman from Councilman Kraft's office said : Councilman Reisinger just announced that the first map voting session will be on Wednesday, September 7th at 5PM, here at City Hall. The committee will start with the first district and will work its way through. If they do not complete all 14 districts, then other voting sessions will be announced.

Some of you may note that this is the same date as the Baltimore Link public meeting at the Southeast Anchor Library. Unfortunately, we did not have any say in the scheduling of either of these meetings.

If you or anyone you know would like to submit comments on the map amendments proposed (attached again for reference), then please be sure to email me no later than September 1st. Please note that this is a voting session, not a public hearing, so no testimony will be taken. The hearings and testimony occurred last fall and winter.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about these amendments, please take note of the unique ID number (M1, M2, M3 etc.) and send me or Councilman Kraft an email with your comments. He will take all opinions into consideration before voting. This ends the information from Emily.

Additionally, it is recommended that all comments and questions should becopied to: Coates, Jennifer ([email protected]), andPlymouth, Paul ([email protected],)


I hope that this information is helpful to you.

Joanne Masopust
President, Fell's Point Community Organization

08/10/2016

Municipal Can Distribution Complete

Baltimore – Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudy S. Chow, P.E., today announced that the initial phase of the Municipal Trash Can distribution is complete. DPW will now turn its attention to bringing trash cans to residences that were not accounted for in the initial distribution. These are scheduled for delivery this month.

Late last year the City arranged with Schaefer Systems of North Carolina to deliver durable cans with attached, tight-fitting lids and wheels to every single-family residence that receives trash service from DPW. The contract called for 171,000 cans. Most of them are 65 gallons, though several thousand 35-gallon cans were delivered.

Director Chow extended his thanks to citizens for their support and patience during the startup phase as crews distributed cans and addressed concerns and requests for smaller cans. “We’re optimistic that these cans will help our citizens keep trash contained and rodents at bay,” he said. “It is far easier, and far less expensive, for us to take trash out of trash cans than to pick it up from alleys, lots, and woods when it is illegally dumped or spilled.”
DPW is now moving into the maintenance phase of program. Citizens should contact 311 if they have not yet received a can or to report other concerns such as damaged or stolen cans. Citizens who purchase a City home that does not have a Municipal Trash Can may also call 311 to request one.

As a reminder, the cans are the property of Baltimore City and assigned specifically to each address. The cans should remain at the assigned property location, even if the resident moves.
The Municipal Trash Can Program is just one initiative among several DPW has in place to reduce illegal dumping and rodents in our neighborhoods. Other initiatives now underway include proactive rat abatement, mechanical street sweeping in neighborhoods and bulk trash removal.

07/26/2016

Under the plan, a typical water bill for a residential customer could increase from $233.12 per quarter to $275.53 by 2019.

Baltimore residents would pay about 33 percent more for water — and be charged two new fees — under a three-year plan under consideration by city officials.

07/12/2016

A message from the Deputy Director, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods

06/30/2016

City-Wide Zika Prevention & Response Plan

Under the direction of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Commissioner Wen and the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) have worked in concert with city, state, and federal agencies to develop a comprehensive, city-wide plan in response to the Zika virus. BCHD has convened over 20 city agencies to focus on source reduction, surveillance, education, and the public health response to locally acquired cases. BCHD will continue to work with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to stay abreast of any new information or potential incidents of the disease within and around Maryland. The city-wide plan is based on a three-pronged approach: 1) Mosquito Surveillance, 2) Case Investigation and 3) Public Education.

For more information visit health.baltimorecity.gov/zika-virus.
Information courtesy of the Baltimore City Health Department