Butchers Hill

Butchers Hill Association General Meeting Notes from 11/08/2008
(For the full General Meeting Notes go to http://butchershill.org/association/minutes.shtml)
Committee Reports
House Tour – Dee Lundelius – Thanks for the very successful House Tour this year. We had over 250 people on the tour and believe we made over $5,000. A special thanks to the people who had their houses on the tour. It could never be as successful as it is without the generosity of those people.
Holiday Pot Luck – Barry Glassman – the Holiday Pot Luck will be Sunday, December 7th. We still need some volunteers for set up and clean up – and other duties. If you are able to help, please let he (or Liz Elliott) know.
Other Business
CHAP – They will stop accepting postcards mid-November. Everyone should return the postcard that they got in the mail to vote whether or not the neighborhood should become a CHAP district.
(Update: Because the voting is almost dead even, we may ask CHAP to extend the cut off date – Barry)
2101 and 2103 E. Fairmont – There has been interest in these properties from the Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity. Does anyone have any other ideas of anyone that would want to bid on the property? If so, contact Barry.
Nominating Committee – Rich Hackett – presentation of the slate of officers to be voted on at the Jan. meeting:

City zoning law and the red line
If you have an interest in either of these things now is the time to give your input. Baltimore City is in the process of rewriting its zoning law. There have been 9 small working groups that reported on 11/17 on different aspects of the zoning code. The minutes from these small groups are available on line and if you want to add a thought or complaint you just need to go to www.transformbaltimore.net . You can send an email or use the interactive program which they are in the process of modifying.
The redline plan has become controversial in some of the communities through which it is proposed to run. There are 12 alternatives presented in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement ( DEIS) . The comment period on the DEIS is open until January 5, 2009. You can look at the alternatives and their analysis and give your comments on line at www.baltimoreredline.com. Click on Public Hearings, then public hearings brochure. There is a very nice summary of the options on pages 3-5 as well as a chart on page 8 which is an evaluation of alternatives.

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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

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Since this is clearly not practical, the city inspectors have agreed to focus enforcement of this code on those who feed the rat population by placing their trash out in bags the night before collection and not the morning of.
Use a covered can if you have easy or outside access to the street. If not, you may put out trash bags, but ONLY THE MORNING OF THE PICKUP. If you put out bags the night before, you will be fined, to say nothing of contributing to the rat problem. If you happen to put out trash on a non-collection day like election or Columbus day, get it off the street. Again, you will be fined if you don't. Let's all pitch in to do our part.
-Barry Glassman
President BHA

Yahoo! Groups
There are three Yahoo! Groups through which you may communicate with your Butchers Hill friends and neighbors:
Butchers Hill Yahoo Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButchersHill/
To post messages or ask questions of a general nature which are informative or at least interesting to most members.
BH_Chat Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BH_Chat/
To post messages which are limited to just a few. If you wish to chat with your friends or email your buddy or enemy or you wish to rant, scream, share funny sayings, preach, self-congratulate. yammer inanely or if you just need to see your words in print, we're here for you.
BH_Green Yahoo Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BH_Green
To discuss green issues within the Butchers Hill Community and the "voice" of our new committee."
With these three choices you should have no problem finding the correct audience.

crime prevention committee:
Two neighbors and I went to district court recently because of a car break in they witnessed a few months ago. I also wrote a community impact letter which will be presented to the judge at the time of sentencing. This type of action most often assures stricter sentencing. While it is an inconvenience, if want to get the best we can from our court system we need to do more of this. While our neighborhood has much less crime than many around us, we need to report all crime and follow up as best we can. Our committee is here to help. Officer Joe Tracy, our new community services officer, attended our last Crime Prevention Meeting and he reminded us that part of the reason we have less crime is many of us are vigilant and take the extra steps to follow up. He also reminded us that during the holiday season we need to be extra vigilant. Car and house break ins are generally up all over the district during this time. We also learned that Officer Tracy coaches one of the Banner football teams and lives in a neighborhood near us.
Carolyn Boitnott

reminders:
Place bagged leaves out on your SECOND weekly trash collection day – the city will collect unlimited bagged leaves on that second collection day. Use clear plastic bags or paper bags that are clearly marked as yard waste.
Keep the street gutters around your home clear of leaves and debris -- clogged gutters do not allow proper storm water run-off and contribute to flooding. In cold temperatures - this can mean ice on your street!

ST. ANDREW’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS COOKIE SALE
St. Andrew's Orthodox Church, corner of Chester and Lombard, will be holding it's annual Christmas Cookie Sale on Sunday, December 7th, beginning at 11:15 a.m. A wide variety of homemade cookies will be available in packaged gift tins. Why spend your valuable time baking when the ladies of St. Andrew's have done it for you? We sell out quickly, so please arrive early to make sure you get a tin for your Christmas entertaining.
All of our neighbors are welcome.

FOR SALE:
Brand new fold-up treadmill. Fully assembled. Less than half price at $300. You haul.
Call Dee at 410-558-1080

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