Coming out of our August recess, the Council resumes Monday with a regular Council meeting. There are two pieces of legislation up for a public hearing, one is my Ordinance that would prohibit new drive-thrus, which emulates other jurisdictions and seeks to make our community safer for pedestrians and cyclists. This will also be the first meeting for our newest Council-member, Harry Huntley, who was appointed by the Annapolis Democratic Central Committee as Ward 1 Alderman, replacing Alderwoman Elly Tierney, who has moved out of the area.

September Town hall meeting

Alderman Arnett and I are holding a joint Ward7/8 town hall meeting on Thursday, September 12^th, 7pm at the Eastport volunteer fire company, at 914 Bay Ridge Ave. I’ll send more on this later, but please mark your calendars.

Stay healthy and stay safe,

 Rob

At tomorrow’s Council meeting, we will be holding a public hearing on a new piece of legislation that would establish a Tenant Displacement Fund, to help relocate lower income residents when/if their units are deemed unfit for human habitation. Also, we have two new pieces of legislation being introduced: one would help us become a Bird City, and the other would move forward with condemning an old gas station site at West St & Monticello so that the city can acquire it and install hopefully a public park and some affordable housing.

Also, we will be having a final vote on our Annapolis Plastic Bag Reduction Act, which mostly copies the County’s legislation at this point. And we will also be voting on a Resolution showing our support of the Eastport Choice Neighborhood Initiative Transformation Plan that would redevelop some older public housing as well as the old Spa Rd Public Works property into mixed use housing.

Lastly, just a reminder that the Council will be in recess during the month of August, so I may be slower than normal in getting back to you.

Stay healthy and stay safe,

Rob