June 22
Agenda
Messed up the recording sorry everyone - we’ll have it in HD starting next month!
Attendance
Rochelle Carpenter (MTA)
Thomas Freeman
Nancy McCormick
Melanie Scheirer
Jose Resendez
Jason (BGE)
Ben Senkus
Janet Knapp
Abby
Louis Williams III
Gregorio Trejo
Edwin Ventura
Dwayne London - Councilmans Office
Michelle Berkley-Brown - Lifebridge Health
Howard Hughes
Peter Lall
Online
Eric James
Larry Alston (BC Health Dept)
Tawanna Kane
Nicole McDonald
Patricia Ofori - Make Space - makespace23@gmail.com
Officer Davis
Meghan Cardoso
MTA Red Line Presentation (6.9 MB)
Rochelle Carpenter and group did a presentation of where future Red Line will go (Edmondson Village down MLk to Pratt) and other various places. It will be a bus route with its own lane. It was very detailed presentation.
Tawanna - intersection with Amtrak West Baltimore MARC Project?
Baltimore Health Department Sharps Disposal Presentation (1.6 MB)
Health Dept discussed sharps disposal boxes for needles dropped on street, in parks or school grounds, etc. The need for boxes is determined by the number of 3 11 calls for complaints of needles Other places are rec centers and fire stations Other places mentioned are Mennonite Church, Traci Atkins and Faith Center.
BGE Presents about Operation Pipeline
West side of Monroe to Carey St, Pratt to Ramsay St.
4 crews going to 8
Gas meters once street work done, inside or outside. Need 500 new meters in Mount Clare.
Need 3’ access to gas meter, Jason meets with property owners.
water issues on mchenry st need dpw coordination
relocated water line at ramsay & woodyear
A group from BGE did presentation of work being done in Mount Clare to replace old gas line piping. After new lines are put in, they will go house to house to connect gas line to new. You have a choice to have regulator inside or outside of home.
trish ofori 238 s stricker st
did research back to 50s
1969 turned into produce market
various markets on corner markets and midblock
trish is on mchenry st
make space office on vincent st
fruit trees on multiple properties down mchenry and calhoun
african american preservation grant request (contact Trish for info)
food pantry and preparation workshop in the basement
sit down restaurant with simple menu
archive center for recipes
training program for cook staff
asking for 250k grant on a 1.1m project
make space is a 501c3
basement has a lot of work for storage or commercial space
next thursday summer program literary series
every thursday 4 thursdays in a row at the mchenry & vincent plaza
talked to mia & daniel
Patricia Ofori presented request for letter of support for property at 238 S Stricker Stteet. It has much history as a store run by black community. Want to restore it into apartments and a cooking school. It wll cost $1.1 million to restore the building.
howard safety walk Wednesday
louis black yield volunteer day saturday presenting next meeting
Treasurer Report (529.3 KB)