Meeting Notes
September 26, 2023
Meeting started at 7pm by Meg Murray
Delegate Robbyn Lewis is here
Melanie is Del. Lewis’ staffer, you can contact her with constituent requests
You can reach Delegate Lewis at robbyn.lewis@house.state.md.us and 410-841-3772
Responding to constituents is super important
District 46 contains almost 40 neighborhoods — includes all the neighborhoods that surround the harbor
Upcoming legislative session:
Begins in January, ends in April in Annapolis
Advance legislation
Public safety, criminal justice, environment, transportation
Del. Lewis has her masters in Public Health
Spent over 20 years working all over the world in projects to prevent infectious disease like malaria and tuberculosis
Focuses on health policy
Works to improve public health through transportation, environment because those are also public health issues
Working hard this year to pass bills that didn’t pass last year:
Expand and retain healthcare workers, homeware workers
Expand Medicaid to all Marylanders
Transit bills — improving bus service — kids use public buses to get to school, and if they can’t get there, we are failing them
Helping MTA enforce bus lanes
Focused on transit at a large scale — buses, bike lanes, pedestrians, etc.
Del. Lewis Questions:
Paula asked Del. Lewis to please also consider behavioral health in her work
The MD Legislature passed a bill to study how these services are covered and how we can improve; how we can increase the numbers of mental healthcare workers; a commission was established. This is a process that looks like the education Kiriwan Commission so we should have recommendations within a few years. We funded the results of the Kiriwan Commission at $6 billion.
Edward asked about the government shutdown.
Councilman Costello is here
Redistricting — needs to happen every 10 years, so we are in that process now
Traffic calming — working with DOT to get a four-way stop at East Fort and Battery, top of the priority list for traffic calming in 11th
Mayor’s Office
Ondoria Harmon, Senior Advisor to Mayor for Older Adults ondoria.harmon@baltimorecity.gov
443-721-5906
Upcoming FHSNA schedule for October/November
October 2023
Sunday, October 8: Pumpkin Decorating Festival @ St Ignatius 1pm - 5pm
Wednesday, October 18: FHSNA Monthly Happy Hour @ CSM 5:30pm - 8pm
No October Community Meeting -- HALLOWEEN
November 2023
Saturday, November 4: Community Dumpster Day 8am - 12pm
Wednesday, November 15: FHSNA Monthly Happy Hour @ CSM 5:30pm - 8pm
Tuesday, November 28: FHSNA General Community Meeting (hybrid) 7pm- 8pm
Baltimore’s Climate Action Plan will set the course to meet the ambitious and critical goal for a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (over 2007) and become carbon neutral by 2045, making the City a more resilient, healthier, safer place.
Two ways to get involved:
Attend the virtual public meeting on October 4th from 4-6 pm. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/baltimore-climate-action-plan-public-comment-virtual-meeting-tickets-663201131437?aff=oddtdtcreator
Review the draft plan and submit your comments between October 1 and October 31, 2023 at: https://www.baltimoresustainability.org/climate-action-plan-update
Environmental Resource Access Survey
survey link is as follows: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JrEsMa7Gwk-ADTGOZ5zmx5ma7yttCDBLkSWyHrShq9xUMkNQVVE1MTE1WjlWREFNTlcyNk9FRVg0Ny4u
South Baltimore Community Land Trust
Reset standards for renewable portfolio standards — sets standards for renewable energy — eliminate trash incineration
Trash incineration was ranked as a tier 1 “renewable resource”
This bill would just remove incineration from happening, just not benefit as a tier 1 resource
Meeting adjourned at 7:52pm EST