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Thank you, Mr. Mayor. May we legislate this evening with wisdom, patience, and respect.

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Thank you.

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I play a Julie Jones to the flag of the United States.

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So through the Republic, we would understand one nation, undergar individual, with liberty and justice,

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Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

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Sir, mayor Bobbley?

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Yes.

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Alderman Hattley.

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Here.

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Alderman O'Neill.

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Present Alderman Pendell Charles.

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Erol, are the one from Laison, President Alderman Sandomyer, Alderman Gay, Alderman Savage,

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Alderman Arnet.

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Councillor interjecting.

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Councillor interjecting.

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The first item on the agenda.

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Yes, sir, the first item on the agenda is approval of the agenda.

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This time I entertain a motion of approval the agenda, as amended to postpone, ceremonial

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items, City Council's citation, I-D-1425, citation andapolis's Santa Run, until Monday,

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February 10th, 2025. I'm going to get a motion on that.

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Second. Second. All those in favour? So aye.

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Aye. Aye. Opposed.

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Thank you.

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Mr. City Attorney, please present the next on me agenda.

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So the next item agenda is petitioners reports and communications beginning with update from

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the Mayor. That's great, because my update's not quite here yet, so can I go through in the

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council? We were just reading it through in the other room and she's reprinting it.

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We start with the City Council, please.

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It's a negative 20 minutes tonight.

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It's okay, it's only about 30 minutes long, so we'll be right here.

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Audemoiselle Amire.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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Economic matters cancelled.

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It's January meeting.

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We will be reconvening on February 19th at 6.30 p.m.

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Thank you.

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Audemoiselle O'Neill.

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Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor.

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Transportation committee meeting will take place on February 12th, the next one at

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4 p.m. That will be a virtual meeting on line. Thank you.

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Thank you. On the savage. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I give my report the last meeting.

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So our next meeting is February 13th at 3 p.m. I don't know if it's virtual or in person.

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I think it's in person. Okay, it's in person. Thank you. And the agenda is not finalized,

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But I do recall, I believe public works are going to be presenting on an update on the stormwater fee their annual report to us.

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Thank you.

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I'm on my net.

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You had to hand up and then I don't have a standing committee.

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I saw you hand up.

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I apologize.

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I was pointing to an old man on my way to the old man Huddly.

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He is the finance chair.

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Where America, is it, is it the,

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the housing human welfare committee is scheduled to meet the 17th, but that's a holiday.

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So, once we find out the TV studio's availability, we will reschedule our February meeting.

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Thank you.

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It's actually not happening to me, the city is reserving the President's day that day.

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Thank you.

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The Finance and Committee recommended favorably both a supplemental appropriation and a fund transfer at our last meeting.

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The supplemental appropriation 2425 provides $500,000 for a grant program to address environmental restoration with the Just Big Bay Trust.

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And I'm really excited about that one, I think that's cool.

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I had some great questions.

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I apologize to our urban forester who walked into that meeting for

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we're running into my wheelhouse and having to answer a bunch of detailed questions.

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But then our fund transfer was just moving some money around in the Reck and Parks budget.

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So they're able to do some repairs of one of their pools.

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Finally, we did consider for our third or fourth time.

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Our 5324 changes to the executive pay ranges.

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is we decided to postpone that until the final-

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Committee meeting on February 19th, our next meeting with the understanding that at that meeting, we either need to have some amendments or we're going to recommend it unfavorably. So our next meeting again is February 19th. Thank you. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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The rules and City Government Committee met on the 3rd of January, and I gave the report at the last meeting.

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Our next meeting will be on Friday, February 7th, 1 o'clock, here in Council Chambers.

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I will invite it to attend.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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The Public Safety Standing Committee will be meeting on this coming Thursday, and you will worry the 30th at 630.

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And at that time, we will have presentations from NAMM and No Harm, Office of Emergency Management,

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Fire Department, Police Department, and at that time, we will be presenting data from 2024 and

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other pieces of information.

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But we also this year will be focusing per month on award.

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So we're focusing on award one this coming week and we'll be taking inquiries from award

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one residence in person and Alden Huntly, I've conferred with him and so he's aware that we also have two piece of legislation to consider.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you, everybody.

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And thanks for bearing with me in reverse order here.

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So let's let the give you guys an update. Good evening, everyone.

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Last week, last week I intended the annual Mayor's Winter Conference in Washington, D.C.

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I always relish the opportunity to meet with other mayors from across the country, hear

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their issues and learn from their ideas.

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When we are together, we don't ask about party affiliation, we just try to help each

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other and learn from each other.

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Mayors and local councils do not have the luxury of worrying too much about politics and ideology.

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We have to get on with the job of fixing local problems and ensuring our communities have

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what they need.

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That is why I was proud to present on the Hillman Garage P3 and the City Doc project

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at the conference.

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The level of interest was outstanding.

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We had a packed audience and almost all the questions afterwards were about how did we do

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it here in the City of Annapolis.

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So many communities need to finance infrastructure and resilience and the costs are staggering.

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We are all looking for innovative ways to get there and anapolis can be proud that we

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are ahead of the curve.

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So many big ideas have come from this community, the Hillman P3, the resilience authority

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for an example.

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And I'm always delighted and proud to share with these, with other mayors, because we are

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working together on how to solve problems.

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Speaking of big audiences, as I noted at our last meeting, the City Doc Resilience Plan

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developed over four years with the community and with stakeholders, with the oversight

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of this Council has been approved by the Planning Commission and also approved by the Historic

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Preservation Commission, but as I said last week, there are some who are clearly seeking

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to prevent this project, designed with the community and for the community from being

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completed.

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I find it interesting that many of the critics say I support the park and the resilience

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and then go on to object to almost every aspect of the park and the resiliency.

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We've heard objections to the Fountain, which was an idea first put forward in the jointly

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authorized CityDoc Action Plan published in 2020 and which was received an overwhelming

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positive feedback from across the community. We've heard objections to the raised covered

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area that can act as a stage when needed, even though the need for performance space

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was all so first outlined in the CityDoc Action Plan. And there's essential for so many

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events that are there and censored at CityDoc for the community.

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While here in the city we are going to invest in place making to create a park that is

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welcoming and an inviting place for everyone, a place where kids' conspiration are found

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in the summer, or skate and a rink in the winter if we make that happen, a park where we

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can all gather and listen to the great Isles perform and the singer's songwriter festival

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or where we can continue to enjoy the amazing annual boat show, a park where we can sit in

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the shade, walking the sun, access the water and learn about some of the lost history

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of anapolis that hasn't been widely valued before now. We've heard objections based

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on the maintenance cost. As though the city doesn't already have a recreation and parks

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department or a public works department that already undertakes.

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This kind of maintenance all across the city. These concerns for future maintenance costs

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would be far more believable if the individuals who also showed the same concern for the

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staggering costs to the city of flooding events, and that happens more frequently each year.

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The costs for our public safety teams, our public works teams, are huge, and we will save

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those costs when we finally build out this project. Even more telling is the fact that these

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These objectives never once acknowledge the costs to our businesses from this ongoing

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flooding, apparently these costs aren't worth mentioning.

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That is why there is a resolution before us on 2nd Reader tonight because this project

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is urgent and we cannot let a small group of narrow, special interests derail all the work

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that we've done over the past five years.

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That is why we changed our legal strategy and instead of opposing the state brought about

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by an anonymous complaint that we have asked the court to expediate the legal review because

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we know the merits of this case and this project will speak for itself.

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So thank you.

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I just need to get that off my chest.

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In February, we will celebrate Black History Months another chance to showcase the stories

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that have not always been acknowledged.

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As we have each year, we will fly the flags of the African diaspora's on Main Street and

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we will host our weekly series of State and Black and Atlas events in partnership with

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the Michael E. Bush Library. The speaker series organised by the Mayor's Office of African

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American Outreach team will feature local experts and historians on topics related to African

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American culture and life and the enduring contribution of African American residents, past and present.

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The content is suitable for all ages and each week a free dinner will be provided by Black

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area. Each event is free and open to the public. Please go to our website, www.anabust.gov and

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learn more about this amazing program. Another event we are excited to host in

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February is the Crown Affair, a key to the City Award weekend ceremony to honour our own

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homegrown celebrity hairstylist, Kendall Dorsey, for his success working in the entertainment

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and fashion industry with some of today's top music and fashion celebrities. Kendall Dorsey

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was born and raised in Annapolis, graduated from Annapolis Public Schools, including Annapolis

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Middle and Annapolis High. His talent has led him to work professionally in New York, Los

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Angeles and Miami, and abroad and has also been featured in New York Fashion Week, Good Morning America,

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Vogue Magazine, Essence Magazine, and more. Kendall is truly a hometown hero and a force to be

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with in the professional hair and beauty industry. We look forward to honouring him with a key

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to the city on February the 16th. Again, you will find details on our website. And this week,

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we will reach an important milestone in our planning for the cars of Tonya Heritage Park.

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Our Recreation and Parks Department in conjunction with the Resilience Authority will host a series

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of community listening sessions to hear directly from you. What do you know one to see in this

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New Park. These sessions will be held from Thursday and Friday at 5 p.m. and 6.30 p.m.

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and on Saturday at 9 a.m. and on Saturday starting at 10.30 a.m. There will be special

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sessions, youth workshops, to hear directly from young residents about what they would

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like to see in our New Park on Edgewood Road. All sessions will be at the PIP MoIA Rec Centre,

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please also go to the City website to find out about those events.

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And finally, I want to say thank you to our recs and parks and OEM staff for standing

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up the stands and a warming shelter for our most vulnerable residents and making arrangements

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for a daytime location so folks could get in from the extreme cold last week.

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It's been a hard time in Annapolis with a run of extreme cold weather.

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We haven't seen it in many years.

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They also want to commend our staff and our partners, including our State Elected Officials

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and Housing Authority and Appless, for their efforts to ensure power was restored

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promptly to Robin Wood Residence last Saturday.

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It has truly been a team effort to see vulnerable residents safely through this cold period

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and we truly feel for them.

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We are going to be—I will not kneel as asking for some heads to roll at BGN, so we will

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be following up on that—well done to all the work that everybody was putting thank you

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for the notifications that came from all the Council and all the work that you all put

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in over the weekend.

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I truly appreciate it.

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It was a great team effort, and so thank you, everybody, and now let's get on with

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the meeting.

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Mr. Chair, the next item in the agenda is comments from the general public.

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First up, Tim Leahy.

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Tim Leahy, one ten, Archwood Avenue. I have lived in Annapolis for 39 years, and was also on the Historic Preservation Commission for 14 years. My wife also wanted me to inform you that I have a degree in architecture and an MBA and worked in construction management for 30 years, so I wasn't going to bring that up. Just so you know, I want to comment on the resolution for

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for the city doc. I'm glad I wrote down everything I wanted to say because I follow on what I thought was but somewhat disrespectful commentary there, Mr. Mayor.

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But I do thank you for all the hard work that you do and I know sometimes it's a thankful thankless job, but I really do thank all of you.

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Surprise, I'm here to support the resolution.

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I agree with all of my hon.

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least amendment.

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I would further strengthen the focus on flood resiliency by just deleting last phrase,

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which just as well as deliver other amenities and services.

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I think the focus needs to be on flood protection.

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And no one has argued with us for years and years.

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So let's just keep on that focus.

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To that end, I request more detail on the lump sum, the $63.5 million dollar lump sum in the budget.

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It should be broken down to separate out the costs for floodgates, barriers, and walls that separate those out from the amenities, the other amenities.

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Such as the burglars, the chairs, and the game tables.

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In my opinion, it would be prudent to evaluate the costs of these and the ability of the city to pay for them over time.

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I think we might gain more traction with a smaller budget.

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Another question just in general, the $72 million budget is not short includes the compromise

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street aspect of this, which was budgeted separately, and I don't see it, it's progress.

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It was approved years ago, permitted I believe, and it still was waiting for funding.

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I think I saw it in the capital improvement plan in July, so that's just kind of missing.

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So, where is that?

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It's 72 million plus what's going on on compromise.

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It's an important part of the flood resiliency.

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It's going to fail if we don't have that.

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I, final budget question.

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Autumn and Hundley, thank you for responding today.

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The ongoing maintenance costs are important.

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We can't just ignore them.

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And I just think that there's no reason to not approve this resolution

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because of that.

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It just needs to be defined and the public needs to be included.

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One amenity, which I fully support is the Prince George Street Park.

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It's a major flooding problem, and I'm very happy that it's going to be named after my late friend, Vince Leggett.

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It's very good to see that that's the start for the important heritage interpretation that we're going to have over the next decade, I hope.

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Okay.

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All right, thank you, appreciate it.

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The project team has done a great job over the years with public outreach.

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I've participated in at least five meetings.

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But I'm still disappointed that some basic practical changes have not been incorporated

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in my one practical change.

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I know I'm not taking a page out of your book.

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I know I'm not supposed to talk about the MWC, but just simple things like the bathroom

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locations so far away from where the bus drops off has been brought up over and over again.

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So that could be moved into one of the vacant buildings and at least.

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So these creative ideas have not been incorporated.

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We see the same design over the last year.

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On a more savage, I can hear the frustration in your voice at the last meeting like where

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are these people and what are the concerns.

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So those are my concerns, my major concerns at this point.

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So, in summary, I think you should amend and approve this resolution, and then ask the

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project team to focus on taking the flood aspects of this and breaking the budget out, possibly

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it can get moving with a smaller scope, while you can turn it might be able to get going

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if it wears smaller.

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Finally, I have to address the assertions that there's a small group of people blocking this

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project.

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There are many reasons this project is behind schedule, not the least in which is the FEMA funding and so it is not fair

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To say a smaller group of people are blocking this project. It's complicated. It's expensive

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So please stop blaming people and let's try and solve the problem together. Thank you

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Thank you for supporting the resolution. Next up, Tim Towne?

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Tim Towne, 8 Taney Avenue.

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I'm here to say a lot of what Tim just said, so maybe I can keep it shorter than I had planned here. I'm a supporter of resiliency, a hundred percent. I feel so badly for the businesses and residents, downtown around city doc, but I do have concerns,

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they send around the other amenities and services that Tim mentioned there.

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And they center around financing.

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I do not consider myself part of the small group of narrow special interest.

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I consider myself a taxpayer, okay?

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And it scares the heck out of me that we're talking about proceeding before 100% of the financing is definitive.

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I do not believe that it is.

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I think that we're depending on FEMA, and I think that's a very dynamic organization today, even more so now than just a couple of months ago.

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So, last week our new president talked about eliminating FEMA, 100%, okay, and in the last three weeks FEMA has received over 68,000 claims or applications from the fires out in California.

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That certainly is going to play on their financing, and for us to think that that won't have an impact potentially on our FEMA funding I think is not a smart move.

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Atop that we've got state money and our state's facing a multi-dillion dollar deficit.

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And so all the stuff that we're expecting from other levels of government, I think are less

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definite than they were a couple months ago there.

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And then secondly, the amenities and services that were mentioned and that are in the resolution

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there, it scares me that these are not wants, these are not requirements, these are not

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not things that we need.

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These are things that would be nice to have, okay?

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They're the extras there.

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And to talk about putting in a splash pad,

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sure it would be a blast and great for kids,

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but very expensive to put in, extremely expensive to maintain,

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and over half of municipal fountains in the US

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are decommissioned or inoperable within five years, okay?

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And that number is even higher in northern climates

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where we get freezes, okay?

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So for us to put money into that,

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That, when we don't have 100% of the financing lined up for this project, I think it's scary as a taxpayer there.

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We're going to be saddling the taxpayers with some long-term operational maintenance for the new project there.

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Which is expected, I understand that, but I think that those exact operating expenses that we're going to have long-term have not been shared, have not been identified in dollars and cents, or at least I haven't been able to find them.

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And I don't even know if they're 100% identified there.

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So 100% for Presidency and scared to death about the actual add-ons that would be nice to have that are not requirements.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you for your support.

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Anybody else like to come forward and speak?

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Please come forward.

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Can everyone hear me?

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Hi, good evening. Rachel Robinson from Historic Annapolis, 18 Pinkney Street.

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I'm here to state for the record, once again, historic Annapolis's full support of resiliency at Citidoc through flood barrier protection.

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Within our portfolio of historic properties, HA is the steward of five buildings, four owned by the state of Maryland and one we own that are within view of Citidoc and susceptible to flooding worsened by climate change.

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H.A. was the city's partner in the City Doc Action Committee, and we have been active in the protection of City Doc for more than a decade, and the main proponent of preservation in Annapolis for nearly 75 years.

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To question H.A.'s commitment to the resiliency of City Doc is unfounded.

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As is the accusation that we are attempting to slow down this project, we have skin in the game with our buildings. Why would we do that?

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Our main criticism of the project is and has been the size of the proposed maritime welcome center.

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That application, as you know, is currently going through the review process at the Historic Preservation Commission.

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We are watching it closely and preparing testimony.

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The maritime welcome center is not part of resiliency and disagreements over the proposed building should not be an impediment to realizing critical hazard mitigation at city doc.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your support.

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Anybody else like to come forward to speak?

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Please.

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Yeah, I'll get you. Please come forward. Thank you. Do you want to? We might have Rachel might have a question for you, sorry. I'm just curious in what capacity he worked with historic Annapolis.

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I'm sorry, do you mind repeating that? What's your role with historic Annapolis? Vice President of historic preservation. Okay, thank you. And Rachel, can I just ask you, the historic Annapolis don't support the fountain?

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The fountain has already been approved as we understand it, we do not have a problem with the fountain or the park.

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No problem with the fountain.

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No problem with the fountain that has been approved, that is not our main concern of criticism.

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Stage area, so approve the stage area.

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Sir, we do not have a problem with anything that has been approved thus far.

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Thank you so much, thank you.

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Please come forward, thank you.

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Oh man, the attitude there took a turn. Hello everyone, I'm going to keep it light and positive.

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This is up a Brock 13 or six president street.

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I wanted to give a few positive shout outs to city officials.

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I've had interactions with over the last couple of weeks.

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Hopefully I'll see you guys again soon.

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I wanted to first thank out the boys in green.

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The team I saw a couple of weeks ago.

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Finally getting rid of the hatefully planted spy trees in the Wells

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Cove easement that was blocking public access.

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Now the only thing publicly blocking our access to the water is your

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We're aptitude and desire to move forward with ensuring riparian rights and actual access to the waters of the fight goes on.

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One to two. That would be public works and planning and zoning. We're behind that. Thank you guys.

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The people on this council that recommended strong towns to me. I'm loving it. You know who you are.

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Department of planning and zoning code enforcement, chief code enforcement, Mr. Manassah, and also Ms. Minker in that office wanted to thank you guys.

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if you listen or are here, I doubt you are. For your help in addressing the issue of snipe

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signs, proliferating in our neighborhood and being, you know, pasted aboard public utilities.

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I don't want to waste my time here. I will talk on the issue of premium parking like I'm

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enforcement on compromise street. Many of you guys are in those emails. Please take them seriously

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and accident will occur. It will be your negligence that maybe causes that if you don't address it.

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Wanted to quickly address the last thing. I don't have as well prepared remarks on the

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Resiliency Project although I'm generally in favor of it and I really do hope that we get a nice beautiful large welcome center

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The public can access like a public yacht clubs view of our beautiful seven river out across the base something

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We don't really have it just like level at city doc as it is right now with all those nasty parking

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You know spots that will turn into a park

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But what I just wanted to really say

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Was from historic Annapolis you heard that they are maybe not okay with these sides

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and location of this proposed welcome center

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and so much of their funding comes from the people

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that own the lot downtown that have

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that huge hideous pest control billboard.

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And I also oppose the nasty size and location

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of that billboard.

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And you guys give that a pass if you're planning

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and zoning or whoever department because you're

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meant to regulate that a non-compliant sign

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come into code compliance if it is to be changed if it was grandfathered in. So every time they

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change the appearance of that sign, you could do something immediately to beautify downtown and just say

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that billboard is not allowed and should come down. So please consider that something that would make

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everyone so happy. It's been so ugly in there since I was a child and it shouldn't be and just get

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And that has nothing to do with that project, but it, you know, you know, thank you.

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Thank you.

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Anybody else like to come forward and speak?

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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I declare comments by the general public closed.

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Mr. City City, please present an excellent agenda.

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So the next item on the agenda is business and Mr. Laney's items beginning with appointments.

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And the first one is AP 4424, a reappointment of Mr. Robert Ruby, building board of appeals.

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I can get a motion to approve AP 44-24.

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Second.

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All those in favour say aye.

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Abstain.

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Mr. Senate attorney please present the next item agenda.

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The third item agenda is AP 45-24 reappointment of Mr. John J. Swartz building board of a piece.

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I can get a motion.

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Second.

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Okay.

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Cool.

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All those in favour say aye, aye, opposed? Oh, sorry. I'm just curious. Is the code had limits on how long a member can serve on a commission?

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Nope. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thought you guys had a sick, have you had a sick?

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No, no, no.

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Okay.

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Mr. City attorney please present the next on agenda.

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The next item on the agenda is supplemental appropriations.

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$50,000 and above.

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Beginning with SA2425,

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Reforestation Fund Planning and Zoning, FY2024,

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Reforestation Fund Balance Contractual Services.

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Thank you, could you get a motion on that please?

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Assembly.

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Second.

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Second.

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Thank you. All those in favour say aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Thank you, Mr. City Attorney, please present the next on agenda.

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Mr. Chair, the next item is fund transfer beginning with FT625, the general Department of Recreation

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and Parks, who contracts with services, supplies and other.

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Thank you. Could I get a motion, please?

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So moved.

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Second.

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All those in favour say aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Thank you, Mr. City Attorney, please present the next on agenda.

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Yes, the next item of the agenda is the public hearing beginning with ordinance O 225 WR and R radio tower lease with the city

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Would anybody like to come forward and speak on the radio tower?

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Right on the gate. Thank you. Just for clarity all they want to do is just put it back to use for the same exact building correct

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I believe so. Thank you

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And if I can add one other thing on the gate

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Okay, I think it's really important to note that the lease is as is so it does not obligate the city to maintenance costs.

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I'm sorry, you said the city is obligated?

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The city is not obligated, but the lease is as is.

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Thank you.

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Okay, all those, sorry, it's a public hearing, is there?

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I declare the public hearing closed.

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Mr. City Attorney, please present the next item, agenda.

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Sir, the next item of the agenda is legislative action beginning with items of second reader,

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You're beginning with ordinance 031-24, a mobile food service vendor's signage.

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It's a motion to adopt O-31-24 and second reader.

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Second, Aldman Savage has an amendment.

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Yeah, I'd like to move that.

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Yeah, I'd like to move amendment one.

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That was the second.

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Second, thank you.

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I'm a guy then, I'm a gentleman.

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Thank you, I just have concerns with the legislation in general.

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I'll address quickly because I know we have a short agenda tonight, but I just think it's kind of unfair to the food truck in particularly because this was created just out of concern for a few spots in the city.

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And I think a food truck, typically at this point inapolis are only really utilized around events in private parking spaces, things that are already heavily regulated.

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And so I get the concern, but I'm just worried about what that may do to the industry.

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It's obviously not an expensive change, but it's a change nonetheless.

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I still vote for it, but I just wanted to echo the concern.

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Thank you, old Michelle, thank you, smare.

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So I'm going to address amendment one, which might reduce some of your concerns.

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The main concerns from the food trucks that I've spoken to, Smashburgers, Food Truck,

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or Zaskers, copy truck had been around the sandwich board regulations.

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Amendment one had been a very good compromise that had swayed a lot of their concerns on the

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sandwich board issue.

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with

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that passing, most of them went from being very against this to a shrug and whatever.

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Question, just two very quick questions.

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One, I'm wondering if some of the amendment is redundant.

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Size non-tastic, if you ever move the store when the food truck is not in operation.

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I feel like that's sandwich boards are those little, yeah, the ones that we do downtown.

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now. And so they are, isn't there's a code already speak to the use of sandwich

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boards and requirements to remove or replace them during business hours and operations?

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The old one, so have a gentleman to that.

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It does only for downtown.

446
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And so this, this part of the amendment, there was some concern from the food trucks

447
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:50,140
that was on the Shannemiah alluded to. They wanted to still be able to put a sandwich

448
00:34:50,140 --> 00:34:52,980
board signs up and the original version was a bit too restrictive.

449
00:34:52,980 --> 00:34:57,340
It's a plan and zoning recommended this, and they just wanted to, they recommended this

450
00:34:57,340 --> 00:34:59,920
because they wanted to make sure that there wasn't a proliferation.

451
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:06,620
Any question of like, you know, dozens of these signs, and they want to make sure they have blocks, sidewalks, and egress that kind of thing.

452
00:35:06,620 --> 00:35:11,300
Lastly, no more than three movable signs are omitted to be displayed per vehicle.

453
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:24,640
Does that include marketing materials, which is signage, how are you enforcing that?

454
00:35:24,740 --> 00:35:26,780
I'm just curious, which provision?

455
00:35:27,380 --> 00:35:32,080
This is no more than three removable signs are permitted to be displayed per vehicle.

456
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:40,660
I mean, would an amendment to that, or would you maybe add to that sentence during operation?

457
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,880
If you have marketing materials that are on the vehicle, that shouldn't count.

458
00:35:45,260 --> 00:35:48,280
That won't count, because they've been considering permanent sign.

459
00:35:48,460 --> 00:35:50,980
These are just removable, gotcha.

460
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:51,360
Okay.

461
00:35:53,980 --> 00:35:54,460
Thank you.

462
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:55,580
Armin on that.

463
00:35:56,540 --> 00:35:57,560
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

464
00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:05,520
I'd like to point out having been the author of signed legislation that the legislation for

465
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:14,720
food trucks is much more lenient than the legislation for bricks and sticks, kinds of buildings.

466
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:24,960
I think the concern that this legislation is addressing is sort of the visual pollution of flashing lights and

467
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:30,220
abundance of lights, and I personally find it to be quite a good compromise.

468
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:35,040
So I'm certainly supporting the amendment and the ordinance as amended.

469
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:37,000
Thank you.

470
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:38,080
On one new.

471
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:39,480
Thank you very much, Mr. Samar.

472
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,160
I have two questions in regards to that.

473
00:36:41,580 --> 00:36:44,300
I know of at least one food truck that currently has flashing lights.

474
00:36:46,860 --> 00:36:52,880
Banner, not to call them out, but this is the food truck that's on Bay Ridge at the gas station right before true value when you're heading out.

475
00:36:53,580 --> 00:37:09,060
So would they be in non-compliance and have to remove that sign, it appears to be part of their truck, and well that's my first question.

476
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:37,500
I mean, that particular sign is what triggered this for me because I drive by it all the time or bike by it all the time, but yeah, presumably they haven't spoke to them as far as how they would handle it, but presumably they could just turn it off if they can't remove it from the vehicle, but the fact that it's flashing would be prohibited in the proposed code.

477
00:37:38,860 --> 00:37:44,660
So it would be very different from, I mean, how does it differ from the across the street,

478
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:51,300
the highs or pantry, whatever it is that has the flashing lot of sign in that.

479
00:37:53,480 --> 00:38:01,540
Well, I don't know if that's in the, so those signs are minor signs that prohibited currently.

480
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:02,140
Okay.

481
00:38:02,220 --> 00:38:05,760
Because there's a prohibition in the code for brick and mortar stores, and when I brought

482
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:11,980
that to the attention of staff they said well we can't apply that code to the food trucks because

483
00:38:11,980 --> 00:38:18,020
they're on wheels or something like that and so it turned out they have no regulations on their

484
00:38:18,020 --> 00:38:26,400
signs and where my attention is I don't personally just don't want to see those types of flashing signs

485
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:32,880
proliferate all the way down the road it's not to I haven't been in my business I do need to stop

486
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,560
by and try and put something personal against them,

487
00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:37,280
I just brought some attention.

488
00:38:37,740 --> 00:38:39,260
Okay, and then my last question is,

489
00:38:39,340 --> 00:38:40,380
who's in charge of enforcement?

490
00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:44,680
It's DR Code Enforcement Office in Plano, Zoning.

491
00:38:45,980 --> 00:38:47,420
Thank you, onman Huntly.

492
00:38:48,380 --> 00:38:50,820
So I just want, on the record, onman 7,

493
00:38:51,300 --> 00:38:54,100
this is not about any particular business, correct?

494
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:55,680
This is a general provision.

495
00:38:56,220 --> 00:38:56,640
Thank you.

496
00:38:57,260 --> 00:38:58,820
Thank you, on the guy.

497
00:38:59,500 --> 00:39:01,380
I had a question from the public.

498
00:39:01,380 --> 00:39:12,960
So, if the business currently has the sign that now will be legal, will the city compensate them for what they've already invested in the business?

499
00:39:16,890 --> 00:39:21,410
Probably not, I'm not aware of that type of practice happening.

500
00:39:22,130 --> 00:39:27,230
I don't think the legislation's not written that way, so I don't think there is any plan for that.

501
00:39:27,230 --> 00:39:36,570
Yeah, again, I think that's why I think this could have been a policy thing really with you know with planning and zoning or something like that

502
00:39:37,310 --> 00:39:42,150
Because like the unintended consequences sometimes even with these tiny businesses, you know

503
00:39:42,830 --> 00:39:50,590
LED signs, you know, $2,500 and so they've saved up to invest in this sign and it's helping attract ask to the business

504
00:39:52,530 --> 00:39:58,190
You know, but I honestly take your point valid and so that's why I still support it.

505
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:29,680
Thank you. Okay. All those in favour? Please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay. Could I get a motion to adopt O-31-24, as amended on second reader? All those in favour? Say aye. Aye. And then a motion on third reader. Second. Madam City Clerk. Yes, sir. Mayor Buckley. Aye. All the way to Lisa. Aye. All the way to Santa Mayer. Aye.

506
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:39,460
All the men get all the savage all the men are not all the men hunt me all women on the oil and all women in the trials

507
00:40:46,620 --> 00:40:53,380
Mr. City Tony please present the next on agenda. The next item agenda is ordinance 035 24 fair cannabis

508
00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:55,300
important practices, and there will be an amendment.

509
00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:00,980
So, thank you, and I believe amendments coming up,

510
00:41:01,420 --> 00:41:02,200
Alderman Savage.

511
00:41:02,820 --> 00:41:07,000
Chairman, I speak to the legislation, or can you move the amendment?

512
00:41:07,260 --> 00:41:08,480
Can you move the amendment line?

513
00:41:09,540 --> 00:41:09,980
Thank you.

514
00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:13,160
And then can you give us some background please?

515
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:23,180
Yes, so this started, so what this legislation does is prohibit testing for

516
00:41:23,180 --> 00:41:50,580
for cannabis, particularly testing employees for pre-screening, so when we go to hire, but also for his testing for cannabis, so current employees, and it would exempt any positions where there's a state or federal law that over rules, such as US Department of Transportation or the state policing laws, but concerns that were brought to my attention by law office, and that's what we worked it into exempt those.

517
00:41:50,580 --> 00:42:19,700
And so my rationale is that the current policy, and this is an issue with a number of jurisdictions, including the county, but the policies have not kept pace with the legalization of recreational and medical marijuana and just as an example, the current policy states that if an employee is found tested positive for cannabis that they have to go through a full drug rehabilitation program.

518
00:42:19,700 --> 00:42:23,760
Or if they're safety sensitive, they're subject to immediate termination.

519
00:42:24,460 --> 00:42:31,700
And so the problem with that is the testing utilize, there's no biological testing that can detect whether or not somebody's impaired.

520
00:42:33,460 --> 00:42:46,240
The city and the county use urine testing and urine testing can't actually detect the very component, the psychotropa component of THC that actually makes you impaired.

521
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,460
It can't actually detect that.

522
00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:53,560
And so the test is flawed, which is why it's often overruled

523
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:54,520
and people challenge it.

524
00:42:55,380 --> 00:42:59,920
And so since there is no, so the problem with the test again

525
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:02,400
is it detects usage possibly months ago.

526
00:43:03,100 --> 00:43:05,940
And so again, we're penalizing, preventing, basically,

527
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,920
if you're an employee, you can't even partake in legal,

528
00:43:10,540 --> 00:43:12,380
recreational, responsible use of cannabis,

529
00:43:12,780 --> 00:43:15,040
because it could be in your bloodstream for months.

530
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,900
And I think that's a bit overreach.

531
00:43:18,260 --> 00:43:23,160
I don't think we should begin involved with what employees do responsibly, while they're off duty.

532
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:28,520
And so this just limits that test, prevents the city from testing.

533
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:34,420
However, it does also clearly prohibit on duty use.

534
00:43:34,820 --> 00:43:43,920
This does not allow on duty use of cannabis, it's going to be up to the supervisors to determine if somebody's impaired, be a cannabis or some other substance.

535
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,500
And so, there's still going to be that checks and balance.

536
00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:53,280
What we heard in some of the committees is that there's data from some institute in particular.

537
00:43:53,920 --> 00:44:01,220
Well, one in Canada who did research to show that the best deterrent is just having a supervisor be aware instead of testing.

538
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:13,480
We also have states that have had legal marijuana to one degree or another for well over a decade, and they've not had any increase in all due to usage of cannabis.

539
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:18,540
They also have not had any kind of increase in workplace incidents.

540
00:44:19,020 --> 00:44:20,000
Overdose, those are deaths.

541
00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:23,860
Yeah, no deaths, those kind of things that have been documented.

542
00:44:24,180 --> 00:44:29,120
So I feel pretty good about this, and also I should say, I was working on this for

543
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:29,940
probably about two years.

544
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:37,260
I couldn't quite figure out how to craft the language until I came across Governor Moore's executive order.

545
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:42,460
And it was just those simple and common sense that I ended up copying it.

546
00:44:42,460 --> 00:44:45,460
that we use the definitions from the executive order.

547
00:44:46,140 --> 00:44:48,140
His executive order just applied to state employees,

548
00:44:48,980 --> 00:44:51,680
but it essentially just declassified cannabis

549
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:53,340
as a controlled danger substance,

550
00:44:53,940 --> 00:44:57,220
which means you have a lot more nuance as far as how you manage it.

551
00:44:57,580 --> 00:44:59,540
Because controlled danger substance are.

552
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:28,540
By name, dangers, and we want to make sure we keep those under control. But, anyway, I want to thank the governor for providing the inspiration and the way forward on this. And that's kind of my summary. Specifically amendment and how many amendments are there? The amendment is something that the city manager and human relation, I sorry, human resources recommended. And just to clarify, to give them some more comfort with those particular provisions.

553
00:45:28,540 --> 00:45:31,160
Then we can't, I do support them, and then.

554
00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:43,340
Yeah, what it does is it focuses the definition of impairment, or it broadens the definition of impairment as a general condition.

555
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:49,980
And then narrows it where it's most appropriate, which is when you're talking about discipline.

556
00:45:51,540 --> 00:45:56,800
People can be impaired for all kinds of different reasons that's not necessarily going to lead to discipline.

557
00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:21,160
And so it clarifies those relationships, and I think leaves us with then code that really can speak to that question that Alderman's savagery is earlier of impairment, training of supervisors, and some of that, which is obviously a longer term discussion.

558
00:46:22,740 --> 00:46:34,840
And Mr. Refag, just clarify too, we hear testimony and just to be clear that this other jurisdictions have taken similar approaches, including Atlanta,

559
00:46:36,060 --> 00:46:47,820
Bernalillo County in Albuquerque, Cleveland, District of Columbia, Philadelphia, St. Louis and several states have also adopted similar workplace protections, including California,

560
00:46:47,820 --> 00:46:51,320
in Connecticut, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island.

561
00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:54,380
So it's nothing out of the unusual.

562
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,120
Thank you, Owen Pindel-Charles and Owen Gaye.

563
00:46:57,380 --> 00:46:58,140
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

564
00:46:58,580 --> 00:47:00,000
I just want to make sure I'm clear.

565
00:47:00,220 --> 00:47:04,880
Someone who's impaired as a result of cannabis versus alcohol,

566
00:47:05,140 --> 00:47:07,600
they're going to be treated the same way, is that correct?

567
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:20,280
So yes and no, the question of impairment on the job regardless of why you might be impaired

568
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:24,600
is something that the city should respond to.

569
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:32,880
The issue at hand here and the reason why it's both yes and no is that there currently

570
00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:45,680
are no tests that are correlated with impairment for cannabis the way there are currently tests that are correlated with impairment for alcohol.

571
00:47:45,820 --> 00:47:46,580
How about medications?

572
00:47:47,940 --> 00:48:03,300
So, yeah, the screening that the city contracts for does detect some kinds of prescription medications.

573
00:48:04,860 --> 00:48:05,620
Okay.

574
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:12,280
Yeah, but this is in some ways why the change in the definition for us is was something that we wanted to see.

575
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:18,200
Because impairment, as you allude to, can be the result of any variety of things.

576
00:48:19,740 --> 00:48:28,220
And when you're talking about safety, impairment in general is something we should be paying attention to regardless of source.

577
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:35,620
The question of discipline being a somewhat related but separate question, I guess I'm looking at equity.

578
00:48:35,620 --> 00:48:51,510
So the legislation from my perspective does not differentiate why you might be impaired, right?

579
00:48:51,870 --> 00:48:55,110
The question of, you shouldn't be impaired on the job.

580
00:48:56,630 --> 00:49:00,310
That is a through line with the legislation.

581
00:49:00,430 --> 00:49:02,430
That doesn't change with this legislation.

582
00:49:04,290 --> 00:49:16,550
The question of, are you going to do testing for cannabis the answer to that given that

583
00:49:16,550 --> 00:49:21,790
there are no tests right now that are correlated with impairment?

584
00:49:22,470 --> 00:49:29,730
You would not test for cannabis because you don't have a test available that's correlated

585
00:49:29,730 --> 00:49:30,490
with impairment.

586
00:49:30,490 --> 00:49:35,440
But I'm still looking at the issue of equity, but thank you.

587
00:49:36,140 --> 00:49:36,900
Thank you.

588
00:49:37,020 --> 00:49:37,320
Oh, my God.

589
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:39,280
Thank you so much.

590
00:49:41,100 --> 00:49:47,600
Just quickly, first I want to say I'm incredibly proud of Alderman Savage for introducing

591
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:53,320
this, getting the votes and finally bringing this to fruition is something I also been passionate

592
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:53,720
about.

593
00:49:53,720 --> 00:49:59,580
in 2020 when Brendan Scott signed an executive order that will that allows

594
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:28,840
So, ultimately, the ultimate city employees to consume cannabis in their personal time, responsibly. I thought we could have done the same thing immediately. And we linked up on this and he's just really cared to ball for us. So, I'm incredibly proud of him for that. To your point, as we were just sharing, there is equity in this and the fact that nine times out of 10, the individual, regardless of the fact that we know that,

595
00:50:29,700 --> 00:50:41,000
that African-Americans and Caucasians probably use cannabis around the same rate, African-Americans are more likely to be punished for their use.

596
00:50:41,260 --> 00:50:55,420
And so for me, the important thing in this was making sure that you're exactly right, that equity is there across the border and that the city is deterring punishment for something that is completely legal.

597
00:50:55,420 --> 00:51:07,720
And so that and also I share your concern as well that for years, you know, somebody can get off of work at 430 and drink a case of Hanukkah or whatever their preference is.

598
00:51:07,720 --> 00:51:11,480
And show up to, hey, listen, that's how some people do.

599
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:20,320
Case, bottle, whatever. And show up to work the next day, but you couldn't get off of work and, you know, use vape or THC or whatever you did.

600
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:23,080
And, you know, come in, and that's just a huge problem.

601
00:51:23,260 --> 00:51:26,160
So I think we solved the equity in this.

602
00:51:26,660 --> 00:51:32,240
Lastly, I just on the amendment, I think that impaired.

603
00:51:32,460 --> 00:51:35,500
Why are we striking that results from use of drugs?

604
00:51:35,500 --> 00:51:37,460
I call cannabis a controlled danger substance.

605
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:43,140
That wasn't really making sense to me as it relates to the definition.

606
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:46,700
It says impaired means reducing the cognitive or physical ability.

607
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:49,300
And then we strike why they would be impaired.

608
00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:56,100
I see the director

609
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:00,060
of HR is walking it as well.

610
00:52:00,940 --> 00:52:01,440
Do you want to come up?

611
00:52:02,380 --> 00:52:04,660
Yeah, you can jump into.

612
00:52:05,100 --> 00:52:05,960
Thank you, Trish.

613
00:52:06,340 --> 00:52:11,520
We've gone through a couple of iterations of this amendment.

614
00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:19,720
An earlier version of this had simply moved to that from the definition down to the bottom.

615
00:52:19,720 --> 00:52:29,060
But after consultation with Office of Law, we ended up settling on this particular language.

616
00:52:30,060 --> 00:52:43,420
So the, I understand your question, in this case impaired as a definition is

617
00:52:45,660 --> 00:52:46,220
about your

618
00:52:46,220 --> 00:52:50,320
condition, not necessarily why you're there, right?

619
00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:52,080
That's something that comes.

620
00:52:52,580 --> 00:52:57,020
Can you later, or either of you just maybe put my mind to ease on this.

621
00:52:57,020 --> 00:53:02,620
The reason that I ask that is because it says impaired means reduced to cognitive or physical ability.

622
00:53:03,060 --> 00:53:10,620
And then we're replacing the new definition prohibits the city from taking to disinary or taking dismay action against an employee found to be impaired while on duty.

623
00:53:11,460 --> 00:53:20,200
And so again, there's as the all the women are saying, there's a difference in, you know, maybe me coming to work under the influence of or impaired by cannabis.

624
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:29,480
and impaired by, you know, with something that's still very, very legal, like cocaine, okay?

625
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:35,240
You know, and so you would want to be able to discipline them for being impaired on that substance.

626
00:53:35,420 --> 00:53:39,240
And so why would we strike control dangerous substances?

627
00:53:39,700 --> 00:53:40,240
Oh, no, no.

628
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:47,040
So the way that that, so nothing in this section prohibits the city from taking disciplinary,

629
00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:59,820
So what this says is that this, that if someone is found to be impaired, the city has the right to pursue disciplinary action.

630
00:54:00,460 --> 00:54:11,020
So may I offer a little bit more to that, Dr. Shahapkin's Human Resources Manager, the definition of impairment isn't general section of human resources.

631
00:54:11,020 --> 00:54:18,980
So what we're trying to do is just corral the language in the cannabis-related pieces of that.

632
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:21,380
It really wasn't to, like, take it away.

633
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:30,980
That's really the gist of our conversation with Alderman Savage that we really weren't trying to remove that or not acknowledge that.

634
00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:32,660
We just want to put it in the right location.

635
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:38,600
And then what also, you know, we clearly want to make sure that we're not,

636
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:42,480
But we always make sure that we do proper investigation.

637
00:54:43,020 --> 00:54:51,480
We're going to always do that evidentiary piece that's necessary before you ever even consider taking the disciplinary action.

638
00:54:51,820 --> 00:54:59,000
We're not trying to even make all of this look like it's in that unique direction of carrying out disciplinary action.

639
00:54:59,000 --> 00:54:59,980
We're just trying to keep-

640
00:55:00,050 --> 00:55:28,790
In paramount general, because it's in a general definition section, and then when we talk about those things that we're not going to do, or that we're not sanctioning, which is because we are clearly having to comply with federal law, which is creating a drug-free workplace as well as a safe workplace, we're trying to make sure that areas that we would address that are in the proper sections of the code. And that's really the only intent with that change.

641
00:55:30,430 --> 00:55:31,150
Thank you.

642
00:55:31,370 --> 00:55:33,110
I don't want to apologize and I don't want to kneel.

643
00:55:33,170 --> 00:55:40,630
Just one commentary, I guess I think back on some of the people who've been released

644
00:55:40,630 --> 00:55:44,050
from their duties or relief from their duties due to alcohol.

645
00:55:47,410 --> 00:55:52,590
And seems kind of unfair, I guess that's my equity piece, we're going back a ways.

646
00:55:52,590 --> 00:56:03,730
I mean, I support the amendment, but it's really, for some it's too little too late, I guess that's my whole point.

647
00:56:05,610 --> 00:56:06,450
I'm sorry.

648
00:56:08,010 --> 00:56:09,570
No, I didn't say that.

649
00:56:10,250 --> 00:56:16,330
All I'm saying is just seems just my course is that, but anyway, thank you.

650
00:56:16,590 --> 00:56:17,050
You're welcome.

651
00:56:17,190 --> 00:56:18,590
Thank you.

652
00:56:18,590 --> 00:56:22,750
Mr. Mayor, I had a constituent that had reached out to me today, and I just want to make a clarification.

653
00:56:23,230 --> 00:56:28,050
So he had said that all the focus lately has been on employee rights.

654
00:56:28,690 --> 00:56:35,070
And what rights do employers have to protect the businesses brand and the other employees.

655
00:56:35,570 --> 00:56:38,930
But what I'm hearing from you is that's exactly what this is doing.

656
00:56:39,150 --> 00:56:46,870
It's allowing the city to still uphold his example.

657
00:56:46,870 --> 00:56:53,150
is they've consumed off duty in their private home or in their cars on their way to work,

658
00:56:53,390 --> 00:56:56,930
but then they're coming to work impaired technically or could be.

659
00:56:58,050 --> 00:57:04,070
So I just wanted that clarification that we've answered that correct with your explanation.

660
00:57:04,750 --> 00:57:05,550
Yeah, that was the intent.

661
00:57:05,990 --> 00:57:06,390
Thank you.

662
00:57:08,010 --> 00:57:09,930
Thank you, Autumn and Savage.

663
00:57:10,930 --> 00:57:13,730
Yeah, and just there's a couple of clarifications.

664
00:57:15,090 --> 00:57:41,490
One of the things that I guess calls me to be supportive of this amendment was during our conversations with HR and risk management, they gave an example of a lifeguard, and I said, well, that's a good point, because really we don't want a lifeguard impaired in aiming, or it doesn't matter if it's cannabis, or if they're too tired, as somebody who used to be a lifeguard.

665
00:57:41,490 --> 00:57:43,910
You have to be alert, right?

666
00:57:44,650 --> 00:57:50,230
And so that's where it comes back to supervisor, my mind doing what a supervisor should be,

667
00:57:50,590 --> 00:57:53,870
is making sure that their employees doing their job as best they can.

668
00:57:54,730 --> 00:57:57,530
Doesn't matter how they're impaired, they need to be doing their job well.

669
00:57:58,390 --> 00:58:11,010
And again, that's, I just want to reiterate that the research that's out there has not shown any kind of increase in on the job usage or on the job impairment.

670
00:58:11,010 --> 00:58:16,470
when the laws are made to be more fair like we're proposing.

671
00:58:17,250 --> 00:58:24,650
There's been, I know some people are hesitant because the concern employees will show up stone, but it just hasn't proven out in the data.

672
00:58:26,760 --> 00:58:28,900
Thank you, Autumn Finlayson.

673
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:30,380
Yeah, so thank you, Mr. Mayor.

674
00:58:30,580 --> 00:58:32,740
First of all, I'd like to be added as a sponsor please.

675
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:40,460
My question is from Ms. Hopkins, how are employees prepared?

676
00:58:40,460 --> 00:58:50,880
We often times set policies and make all sorts of changes, but it never gets down to the people who are directly impacted.

677
00:58:51,660 --> 00:58:55,700
So how do the employees know about their rights?

678
00:58:57,830 --> 00:59:02,790
So in orientation, we go over all of our policies with incoming employees.

679
00:59:03,130 --> 00:59:10,210
All of our policies are online as well, and individuals have access to them through our employee self-service

680
00:59:10,210 --> 00:59:15,430
So that it's an ongoing access point for them with this change.

681
00:59:15,670 --> 00:59:23,910
I imagine that we're going to need to clarify shift in direction as a result of this ordinance

682
00:59:24,630 --> 00:59:31,070
as if it passes and changes the code tonight, so we would need to make sure that we're providing

683
00:59:31,070 --> 00:59:32,890
that kind of guidance to employees as well.

684
00:59:32,890 --> 00:59:42,090
We are already set up to not test individuals who would be exempted under this legislation.

685
00:59:42,350 --> 00:59:49,210
So we've already been contacting our vendor that we work with for a drug and alcohol testing.

686
00:59:50,110 --> 00:59:55,690
And we are poised to make the appropriate changes to our policy, and that would be redistributed to our employees.

687
00:59:55,690 --> 00:59:59,810
I hope we take every possible

688
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:28,180
All opportunity to educate our employees, as opposed to expecting them to just go read the policy, you know, and to let them know that we're following the same guidelines that the state's following. So we're not, because this can be misinterpreted, you know, on under the exemptions. And if you don't read the nothing in this section, please, you miss that.

689
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:32,540
Because the next part is the most important.

690
01:00:33,220 --> 01:00:38,000
So to make sure that, and I don't know why that couldn't be highlighted in such a way.

691
01:00:38,140 --> 01:00:48,400
So we know that nothing in this section prohibits disciplinary action if an employee is employed or impaired on the job.

692
01:00:49,800 --> 01:00:57,340
But anyway, I would hope that we would make an extra effort to give the employees the level of comfort in knowing what this does.

693
01:00:57,340 --> 01:00:58,740
That's how this impacts them.

694
01:00:59,520 --> 01:00:59,880
Thank you.

695
01:01:00,020 --> 01:01:00,460
You're welcome.

696
01:01:01,040 --> 01:01:01,500
Thank you.

697
01:01:01,700 --> 01:01:01,940
Okay.

698
01:01:02,380 --> 01:01:03,360
Let's vote on the amendment.

699
01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:06,460
How many amendments are there, please?

700
01:01:06,780 --> 01:01:07,080
Just one.

701
01:01:07,460 --> 01:01:07,840
Just one.

702
01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:08,540
Okay.

703
01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:11,080
All those in favour say aye.

704
01:01:11,500 --> 01:01:11,640
Aye.

705
01:01:12,740 --> 01:01:13,220
Opposed?

706
01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:16,720
May I get a motion as amended, please?

707
01:01:17,340 --> 01:01:17,800
So moved.

708
01:01:18,020 --> 01:01:18,200
Second.

709
01:01:19,240 --> 01:01:20,860
All those in favour say aye.

710
01:01:21,300 --> 01:01:21,460
Aye.

711
01:01:21,660 --> 01:01:21,900
Aye.

712
01:01:22,460 --> 01:01:22,940
Opposed.

713
01:01:23,660 --> 01:01:25,380
I'm going to get a motion on third reader.

714
01:01:25,620 --> 01:01:26,000
So moved.

715
01:01:26,260 --> 01:01:26,560
Second.

716
01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:27,820
Thank you.

717
01:01:28,240 --> 01:01:29,340
Q, Madam City Clerk.

718
01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:30,200
Please call the roll.

719
01:01:30,860 --> 01:01:31,220
Yes, sir.

720
01:01:31,280 --> 01:01:31,760
Mayor Buckley.

721
01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:32,140
Aye.

722
01:01:32,560 --> 01:01:33,360
All the way to Lacey.

723
01:01:33,700 --> 01:01:34,020
Aye.

724
01:01:34,500 --> 01:01:35,360
All the way to Shana Mayer.

725
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:35,620
Aye.

726
01:01:35,980 --> 01:01:36,480
All the way to Gay.

727
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:36,980
Aye.

728
01:01:37,220 --> 01:01:37,880
All the way to Savage.

729
01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:38,260
Aye.

730
01:01:38,560 --> 01:01:39,340
All the way to Arnett.

731
01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:39,660
Aye.

732
01:01:40,180 --> 01:01:41,000
All the way to Lacey.

733
01:01:41,140 --> 01:01:41,320
Aye.

734
01:01:41,860 --> 01:01:42,880
All the way to O'Neill.

735
01:01:43,020 --> 01:01:43,120
Aye.

736
01:01:43,460 --> 01:01:44,420
And all the way to Pindelcho.

737
01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:44,860
Aye.

738
01:01:45,220 --> 01:01:45,640
Thank you.

739
01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:46,640
Congratulations.

740
01:01:47,020 --> 01:01:47,520
Thank you.

741
01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:53,740
Mr. City, please present the next item agenda.

742
01:01:53,900 --> 01:02:00,520
Yes, sir, the next item of agenda is Resolution R325, city doc was easy project.

743
01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:01,800
Could I get a motion, please?

744
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:02,720
So moved.

745
01:02:03,040 --> 01:02:03,180
Second.

746
01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:05,260
I think we have an amendment.

747
01:02:05,540 --> 01:02:05,960
Is it right?

748
01:02:06,120 --> 01:02:06,240
Yes.

749
01:02:08,100 --> 01:02:13,700
So amendment one, what you have before you, is really not meant to change the resolution.

750
01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:15,440
Can you just move it and get a second?

751
01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:15,820
Oh, I'm sorry.

752
01:02:16,360 --> 01:02:16,680
Second.

753
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:17,100
Yeah.

754
01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:17,820
Thank you.

755
01:02:17,820 --> 01:02:31,740
I'll move to that. Thank you. Yes, a member one is now meant to change the resolution at all as I understand it was always the intention for this really just to be about phase one which has already gotten all the approvals.

756
01:02:32,300 --> 01:02:40,720
My hope here is just to make that even more clear and I think particularly because we're saying here that the council commits to it.

757
01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:44,640
But I want everybody to know exactly what we're committing to.

758
01:02:45,060 --> 01:02:52,040
I hope that this does not make any of my colleagues feel like we're trying to shut out.

759
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:55,000
The Maritime Welcome Center said that that is opposed.

760
01:02:55,640 --> 01:03:04,240
And it's current form, it's just saying that it's just making even more clear that this resolution is about the part that's already gotten all of the city approvals.

761
01:03:05,340 --> 01:03:08,280
Okay, the parking, the flood protection, and all the approvals that it has already.

762
01:03:08,580 --> 01:03:09,000
Thank you.

763
01:03:09,320 --> 01:03:10,540
Any questions on that?

764
01:03:11,960 --> 01:03:12,820
On the Shantama.

765
01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:16,820
I think Mr. Mayor, I think that's fair because the Maritime Welcome Center is a totally

766
01:03:16,820 --> 01:03:19,580
separate piece of the project, and this clarifies that.

767
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:21,060
So, good idea.

768
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:22,220
Thank you.

769
01:03:22,520 --> 01:03:22,760
Okay.

770
01:03:22,860 --> 01:03:23,500
All those in favour?

771
01:03:23,720 --> 01:03:24,100
Say aye.

772
01:03:24,420 --> 01:03:24,580
Aye.

773
01:03:25,660 --> 01:03:26,140
Opposed?

774
01:03:27,020 --> 01:03:27,460
Thank you.

775
01:03:27,620 --> 01:03:28,200
Can I get a motion?

776
01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:29,660
As amended, please.

777
01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:30,860
So moved.

778
01:03:31,300 --> 01:03:34,060
So, Mr. Mayor, I should have been listed as a sponsor.

779
01:03:34,060 --> 01:03:43,080
and I'd like to thank you on my copy that I'm looking at is this R324 for a

780
01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:47,560
streeter when I click that it does click through the 325 but I don't know if that

781
01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:53,700
needs to be changed if somebody were trying to search for it Gina yeah it is

782
01:03:55,180 --> 01:03:59,920
The legislation is our 325, we'll make sure it's correct.

783
01:04:00,060 --> 01:04:03,760
Boarding on 325, yes, okay, I've got some hands up here.

784
01:04:03,860 --> 01:04:06,160
We've got a first and a second on the go, then on on the agenda.

785
01:04:06,480 --> 01:04:11,040
Thank you, two questions, because I just want to clarify for the.

786
01:04:11,620 --> 01:04:19,040
When people keep mentioning that the city can lease a space downstairs or

787
01:04:19,040 --> 01:04:21,820
or downtown from vacant buildings.

788
01:04:22,800 --> 01:04:29,940
One, have we done a feasibility study on that by any chance and just what it would cost to lease.

789
01:04:30,980 --> 01:04:34,660
For the foreseeable future as opposed to building and owning our own.

790
01:04:36,500 --> 01:04:40,240
You know, maintenance included in that, obviously upkeep,

791
01:04:42,640 --> 01:04:47,180
I'm just curious if we've actually looked into that, not that I am a fan of leasing.

792
01:04:47,180 --> 01:04:57,020
I think is donkey backwards to lease an old building when you have an opportunity to create a state of an art facility for your visitors in residence.

793
01:04:57,360 --> 01:04:59,980
So, curious if that has been done in the-

794
01:05:00,460 --> 01:05:29,700
Action committee. It has been done. We've asked various property owners if the properties are for sale. We know that some of the properties are for lease. And I think it's been assessed, you know, as are the right locations. I mean, I'm sure most of us would agree that the Mission Barbeque location would be a terrible place to put a harbour master. We'd all agree. And then I would think that many of us might agree that to lease a building just to put toilets in.

795
01:05:29,700 --> 01:05:40,680
is probably not the best idea. Maybe the visit anapolis might support share that

796
01:05:40,680 --> 01:05:45,800
use, but I haven't had any interest from them. I think we've all been through this two,

797
01:05:46,140 --> 01:05:52,620
three-year process of time for people to put in, put those ideas forward and none of those

798
01:05:52,620 --> 01:05:55,600
These ideas have been divided and that's why we're here today.

799
01:05:55,760 --> 01:05:57,480
That's not relevant to this resolution.

800
01:05:57,800 --> 01:05:58,500
Yeah, yeah.

801
01:05:58,860 --> 01:06:08,320
Well, yeah, again, the way it is, my last question also or just comment actually, there is no city.

802
01:06:08,740 --> 01:06:15,520
And we talked about this at lunch, but I know of that has, you know, 40,000 or over 40,000 residents.

803
01:06:15,740 --> 01:06:19,260
That doesn't have some sort of city center space.

804
01:06:20,820 --> 01:06:33,320
And you know, one of the things that just obsessed me about this and some of the public comment that we've been hearing is, you know, it's, it's not, they're against revitalizing the downtown.

805
01:06:34,120 --> 01:06:47,000
I want people to, for a quick second, if you have an opportunity on Friday or Saturday or even during the week, look at the Annapolis Town Center and then look at downtown Annapolis, close at 8 o'clock, not a single soul walking around.

806
01:06:47,000 --> 01:06:57,140
the town center's pact, they're hosting events, they've got skating rings out there, hot chocolate things, all of these things that we could be doing on a new

807
01:06:57,960 --> 01:07:05,140
downtown that protects our businesses, but also serves our residents and helps us state economically viable.

808
01:07:05,620 --> 01:07:14,380
I feel like that's the most important thing, if we don't have that, we don't have a city really, that's where our money comes from, so I support this and can't wait for the project to take off.

809
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:20,660
Thank you, Onwyn Savage. I think we're sorry, it was next and then. On Michelle Maiden, Onwyn Huntly, sir.

810
01:07:22,140 --> 01:07:30,200
So, thank you, Ms. Mayor. Yeah, just a quick thought. Based on some of the testimony I've heard and read over the past few days or weeks.

811
01:07:31,340 --> 01:07:41,160
You know, there's been opposition on some of the public amenities that we've been proposing to add. And those, I think are, I mean, what makes the most exciting is that we're actually finally

812
01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:47,320
I try to do some resilience and protect our city doc, which has been very, very long time coming.

813
01:07:48,820 --> 01:07:52,140
But the public amenities also just make me very excited.

814
01:07:52,260 --> 01:07:54,000
I'm really glad that we've looped those in.

815
01:07:55,040 --> 01:08:08,780
I'm a firm believer of those because what I don't understand about some of the concern that we've heard some people about the amenities is that what's there now is a parking lot.

816
01:08:09,640 --> 01:08:12,240
And it would cost money to put a parking lot back.

817
01:08:12,620 --> 01:08:17,900
So why not just spend that money to put in an actual public amenity that's going to draw people downtown?

818
01:08:18,820 --> 01:08:26,600
That I think it's worth the investment to make it more lively as Alderman stated, so 100% behind it.

819
01:08:26,600 --> 01:08:28,480
And thanks for getting those things in that project.

820
01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:34,460
I'm sure when they say to me in other cities, I like them, I don't know why they wouldn't work here, you know.

821
01:08:35,380 --> 01:08:37,180
Alderman, channel my-

822
01:08:37,180 --> 01:08:37,740
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

823
01:08:39,320 --> 01:09:04,740
I'm reading this book called for the love of cities, and it stresses how building a place for people to connect with each other and with the place that they live in and have a date creates this genuine emotional connection to their city, and that boosts civic engagement, that boosts economic activity.

824
01:09:04,740 --> 01:09:14,460
that boosts community pride and I see that in these public amenities that we

825
01:09:14,460 --> 01:09:20,100
want to put in in city doc and when people reach out to me and ask how do I

826
01:09:20,100 --> 01:09:25,680
feel about the park and all the amenities that we put in that's what I tell

827
01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:36,900
them. I want this to be a place of awe. I don't want to spend tens of millions to hundreds

828
01:09:36,900 --> 01:09:43,320
of millions of dollars raising a parking lot. I think that would be a waste. If we are

829
01:09:43,320 --> 01:09:48,580
going to put that much money into it, let's do something that we can be proud of on some

830
01:09:48,580 --> 01:09:55,680
of the best real estate on the east coast, and I had some people actually reach out to

831
01:09:55,680 --> 01:09:56,400
me today.

832
01:09:56,660 --> 01:09:59,960
They did oppose the fountain, but even when I drove down into...

833
01:10:05,280 --> 01:10:19,240
And I do encourage them if they're listening to comment and suggest what some of those may be. But even they came in and saying, well, here's some alternative suggestions. But if someone is just going, no, let's spend all this and just raise a parking lot, that's.

834
01:10:21,620 --> 01:10:29,640
It's silly. And there's really no other way to phrase it. This is going to be a.

835
01:10:29,640 --> 01:10:39,540
project that generations after we are gone will be with. Let's spend the money on

836
01:10:39,540 --> 01:10:41,720
something we are going to be proud of.

837
01:10:44,270 --> 01:10:45,810
Our names are going to be attached to

838
01:10:45,810 --> 01:10:51,450
this and I want to be proud of that and that's not going to be lifting a

839
01:10:51,450 --> 01:10:56,290
parking lot. It's going to be in a park that I can show my children that they

840
01:10:56,290 --> 01:10:57,690
could potentially show their children.

841
01:11:00,570 --> 01:11:03,950
Let's go for it. Let's get this done. I'm

842
01:11:03,950 --> 01:11:05,390
I'm very excited for this resolution.

843
01:11:05,690 --> 01:11:09,570
I'm very excited to get a shovel in the ground for this resiliency, for this park.

844
01:11:10,170 --> 01:11:10,870
Let's do it.

845
01:11:11,730 --> 01:11:14,010
Thank you, Unmenhutley, and Donald Pindel-Charles.

846
01:11:14,290 --> 01:11:17,110
Thank you, Unmenhutley, and Donald Pindel-Charles.

847
01:11:17,210 --> 01:11:17,850
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

848
01:11:19,090 --> 01:11:21,230
This is a personal note.

849
01:11:21,750 --> 01:11:26,210
When I was a child, my mom and I, and my dad would bring us, because my mom wasn't driving.

850
01:11:26,730 --> 01:11:28,490
Would bring us downtown every Saturday.

851
01:11:29,410 --> 01:11:34,650
We go to Reynolds tab and where the old library was, listen to some stories, and we go shopping.

852
01:11:35,170 --> 01:11:38,290
We saw people in our community all the time.

853
01:11:38,730 --> 01:11:43,370
My aunt worked downtown and quite a few people that from my church worked downtown.

854
01:11:43,550 --> 01:11:48,790
So there were a lot of people that I knew from our community, especially from parole, who

855
01:11:48,790 --> 01:11:51,710
came downtown every Saturday and during the week as well.

856
01:11:53,050 --> 01:12:00,810
I was on a task force, I guess, about 15 years ago, when Kirk Schmoke wasn't charged my

857
01:12:00,810 --> 01:12:01,270
old boss,

858
01:12:03,580 --> 01:12:04,580
you can't hear me.

859
01:12:06,680 --> 01:12:06,980
Okay.

860
01:12:07,580 --> 01:12:11,520
And so at that time, we talked about the city doc as well.

861
01:12:11,640 --> 01:12:14,800
That was on the hearts and minds of everyone.

862
01:12:16,920 --> 01:12:25,660
About a year or so ago, I was at one of Alderman Arnett's town halls of an East Point and a gentleman

863
01:12:25,660 --> 01:12:32,580
stood up and asked me point blank, how can we get more people to come downtown?

864
01:12:33,180 --> 01:12:39,480
I knew what the question was. And I told the gentleman, as far as I'm concerned,

865
01:12:39,480 --> 01:12:41,900
and he was talking I guess about parole.

866
01:12:42,820 --> 01:12:44,540
I told him I really didn't know.

867
01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:47,180
But I thought about it later.

868
01:12:48,140 --> 01:12:53,120
I thought about what we've been trying to do with downtown

869
01:12:53,120 --> 01:12:55,720
over the past several years.

870
01:12:57,020 --> 01:12:59,720
And I do believe, and this is my belief,

871
01:13:00,760 --> 01:13:05,220
that with these amenities, we can actually draw people

872
01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:07,760
who live here downtown,

873
01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:23,300
all sorts of people. You can go downtown now. Someone was telling me recently that they don't recognize, they said here for four hours, he and his wife and they're well known, I'm not going to mention their names, they've been here a long, long time.

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01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:31,540
They don't know anybody, no residents, nobody looks familiar, they comes downtown. And so we have to do something.

875
01:13:31,540 --> 01:13:41,400
And if it draws people from our communities, from every community to come downtown, for me it's well worth it.

876
01:13:41,600 --> 01:13:53,400
Because the same people pay the taxes, whoever they are, wherever they live, but not taking advantage of it because there's nothing that they feel close to to come downtown or.

877
01:13:54,340 --> 01:13:59,180
So I know we've had a lot of iterations and we've talked about different things.

878
01:13:59,180 --> 01:14:03,400
But I think it's really important for us to think about the residents.

879
01:14:03,840 --> 01:14:05,460
We know the visitors are going to come.

880
01:14:05,980 --> 01:14:12,760
But there needs to be something downtown that brings the residents downtown that's really important to me.

881
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:19,920
I remember when it was a lot of fun coming downtown, and I saw people that I knew, but I don't see them anymore.

882
01:14:22,080 --> 01:14:27,240
But that's really, I guess, as far as gump state, that's all I got to say about that.

883
01:14:29,180 --> 01:14:33,520
But no, I think we really need to do this thing.

884
01:14:33,720 --> 01:14:34,960
It's been going on much too long.

885
01:14:35,300 --> 01:14:38,520
The one other thing I thought about too recently,

886
01:14:39,380 --> 01:14:43,540
the trauma that our businesses go through every time

887
01:14:43,980 --> 01:14:48,300
we have a flooding event, that's clinically traumatic.

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01:14:48,580 --> 01:14:51,540
I'm not a clinician, but I would venture to say

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01:14:51,540 --> 01:14:53,100
it's got to be clinically traumatic.

890
01:14:53,820 --> 01:14:57,080
To have them go through this over and over and over again.

891
01:14:57,080 --> 01:14:59,840
So, that's my three.

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01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:02,400
It's worth. Thank you. Thank you.

893
01:15:04,540 --> 01:15:29,420
Okay. I want to thank everybody for supporting this. This is happening because of this city council here. So we, you know, whatever we do in our future lives, we'll always be able to look back on this and know that we built a city dock for the next generation and we protected the downtown. And you know, it's clearly it's not an easy thing to do. And that's why no one has attempted it before us. So I want to thank everybody for their support.

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01:15:29,420 --> 01:15:33,320
Gordon, I'd like to do a roll call for this thank you.

895
01:15:33,660 --> 01:15:34,520
Mayor Buckley?

896
01:15:34,720 --> 01:15:34,880
Yes.

897
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:38,100
Alderman Felacin?

898
01:15:38,880 --> 01:15:39,020
Aye.

899
01:15:39,800 --> 01:15:40,920
Alderman Shannemeyer?

900
01:15:41,060 --> 01:15:41,280
Aye.

901
01:15:42,280 --> 01:15:42,880
Alderman Gay?

902
01:15:43,180 --> 01:15:43,960
And then Fatick?

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01:15:44,280 --> 01:15:44,420
Aye.

904
01:15:45,440 --> 01:15:46,340
Alderman Savage?

905
01:15:46,560 --> 01:15:46,740
Aye.

906
01:15:47,660 --> 01:15:48,480
Alderman Arnett?

907
01:15:48,700 --> 01:15:48,900
Aye.

908
01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:50,620
Alderman Huntley?

909
01:15:50,900 --> 01:15:53,420
I like Alderman Gays, I'm Fatick Aye.

910
01:15:54,520 --> 01:15:55,280
Alderman O'Neill?

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01:15:55,560 --> 01:15:55,680
Aye.

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01:15:56,520 --> 01:15:57,420
And Alderman Fendelter?

913
01:15:57,420 --> 01:15:59,300
I'm having what Gay and Huntly are having.

914
01:16:01,080 --> 01:16:02,400
Your resolution passed.

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01:16:02,860 --> 01:16:03,840
Thank you.

916
01:16:05,960 --> 01:16:08,100
So, Tony, please present the next on the agenda.

917
01:16:08,500 --> 01:16:09,420
The agenda is complete, Mr. Mayor.

918
01:16:09,940 --> 01:16:11,600
Okay, anything else for good order?

919
01:16:11,740 --> 01:16:12,500
I want to kneel.

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01:16:12,740 --> 01:16:13,420
Thank you very much.

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01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:18,800
I know you said it earlier, but I wanted to give a huge shout out to

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01:16:18,800 --> 01:16:20,320
Dr. Simmons of OEM.

923
01:16:21,580 --> 01:16:27,900
I don't know about you all, but my text came through at 105 AM on

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01:16:27,900 --> 01:16:35,420
Saturday morning, I happened to hear the buzz go off, so he started working on it prior to that.

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01:16:35,960 --> 01:16:41,760
Didn't stop until he was sure that every single one of our residents was safe and

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01:16:41,760 --> 01:16:45,000
had a warm meal in their belly.

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01:16:45,320 --> 01:16:52,340
So I wanted to just shout out to Director Simmons and his staff for taking care of our residents once again.

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01:16:53,500 --> 01:16:56,120
There were a lot of directors on the call.

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01:16:56,340 --> 01:16:58,060
We were on the phone a lot all weekend.

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And so for the public, I think it was nearly 50, 40 or 30 residents were without power.

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In this cold, freezing cold weather, the power went out overnight.

932
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The utilities, people left the job, didn't finish the job, didn't come back to the next morning

933
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some of our residents were without heat.

934
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And then, with our ability to cook food, we found food, we found shelter, and we got through it, but it must have been harrowing for all the people that lived there when I think Oldman gave his input there.

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I'm just jumping a blessed inset to, because they were at the warming center then jumping on this and getting the meals.

936
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And so I think these are times where we're grateful that we live in a close knit small city that we're people able to rely on their city government, so thank you.

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01:17:57,060 --> 01:18:01,160
I just want to say publicly a big thank you to public works.

938
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We had a water bane break in my neighborhood last Wednesday and specifically thank you

939
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to Warren who came out quickly and helped fix the issue in the middle of a freezing cold

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night.

941
01:18:13,140 --> 01:18:16,180
Thank you Warren, thank you public works emergency response team.

942
01:18:16,700 --> 01:18:17,960
You guys work hard.

943
01:18:18,040 --> 01:18:23,180
I know all the recent cold and snow you've been getting it hard from everybody including

944
01:18:23,180 --> 01:18:28,160
us, but you do work hard and you do work effectively. So, thank you, team.

945
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:35,880
To add to that, you know, it's easy for us to find fault in government.

946
01:18:36,160 --> 01:18:42,380
It seems to be the flavor of the month now. But, you know, we're not the people down those whole, you know,

947
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those deep holes in the freezing cold night trying to connect to Maine.

948
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And if you've seen that kind of work, it's not easy. And it's not easy in the night.

949
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And there's been a lot of it because of these extreme conditions.

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Because 15 degrees that night, so thank you, Warren.

951
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Something also very important, somebody just reminded me I've been getting a lot, a lot, a lot of calls and concerns about ice.

952
01:19:06,760 --> 01:19:14,700
And you know, in particular when I represent a school in Tyler Heiss as a 98% Hispanic and Latino population.

953
01:19:16,040 --> 01:19:20,040
And I would hope that in the next few weeks,

954
01:19:20,040 --> 01:19:25,900
May we could get a close session together with the police department, Office of Emergency Management,

955
01:19:26,680 --> 01:19:31,100
and any individual that needs to be involved, because we don't have a plan in place.

956
01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:38,860
If I shows up to our community schools and start trying to rip families apart.

957
01:19:39,140 --> 01:19:45,620
And so I would hope that we could be diligent in that as well and try to get some plan together.

958
01:19:45,620 --> 01:19:49,620
If the city already has a plan, then I would hope that we could share it with the council.

959
01:19:49,860 --> 01:19:54,060
So we're working on getting a post-snow debrief work session.

960
01:19:54,280 --> 01:19:56,220
Nice, nice, nice, all the way to the council.

961
01:19:57,280 --> 01:19:59,560
Oh, sorry, sorry.

962
01:20:02,340 --> 01:20:04,680
You can tell where my mind is.

963
01:20:07,640 --> 01:20:18,960
I'm sorry, my mind went to the right. Did I get a motion to adjourn some moves? Second, all those in favour say aye, aye. Meeting adjourned, so

964
01:20:35,180 --> 01:20:46,160
receded the pumps kicked in when it was the level that they could handle and we were back in business. And so we've got some people back in their feet but we need to get everybody

965
01:20:46,160 --> 01:20:50,720
everybody back in their feet, because the business community is just a bigger part of the

966
01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:55,200
community than the residential community in the city, and we want to support them.

967
01:20:55,720 --> 01:21:00,200
We want to be there for them, and they know that the state, the county and the city have

968
01:21:00,200 --> 01:21:01,700
their back, so we

969
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appreciate you all being there.

970
01:21:06,330 --> 01:21:07,050
Thank you so much.

971
01:21:07,150 --> 01:21:07,430
Thank you.

972
01:21:07,630 --> 01:21:07,870
Thank you.

973
01:21:07,950 --> 01:21:08,190
Thank you.

974
01:21:08,330 --> 01:21:12,590
And I do have the names of all of our speakers printed out for you so you get the spelling

975
01:21:12,590 --> 01:21:19,230
right? We also have a flyer with the QR code for folks to get to the to the

976
01:21:19,230 --> 01:21:22,510
application. Thank you. Thank you.

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If you care about something, and you've got a little love in your heart, there is nothing that you can't do. And this team has got some of the best players in Maryland. All we need know is the people who are in our place, is to love this team as much as we do.

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01:26:28,760 --> 01:26:40,720
There you are, Kellermann, is there anything I can help you with? You know what? You can just get everybody to come out to the opening game for the blues. Hopefully we see everybody out at home or not, and maybe stay there on June thoughts.

979
01:26:53,700 --> 01:26:57,300
Need to check which roads have been salted or plowed during a snowstorm?

980
01:26:57,880 --> 01:27:03,280
With snowpads, you can access real-time updates on winter road maintenance, right from your

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device.

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Simply visit the City of Annapolis website and click on the snowpads portal.

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01:27:09,560 --> 01:27:14,400
From there, you'll see an interactive map showing the current status of winter road maintenance

984
01:27:14,400 --> 01:27:16,180
of road-salting and snowplowing.

985
01:27:16,180 --> 01:27:22,040
Zoom in to your neighborhood or commute route to see exactly which roads have been

986
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treated and which ones are in progress. Click on a road segment to see when it

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01:27:27,280 --> 01:27:32,520
was last serviced. Snow paths work seamlessly on both desktop and mobile

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01:27:32,520 --> 01:27:40,000
devices so you can get updates on the go. Stay informed, stay safe and plan your

989
01:27:40,000 --> 01:27:44,820
essential travel during snow emergencies with real-time updates from snowpads.

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01:27:45,920 --> 01:27:49,900
Visit Annapolis.gov slash snowpads this winter.

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01:28:08,260 --> 01:28:11,060
Hello, I'm Ken White with the Annapolis Fire Department.

992
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This week's theme for Fire Prevention Week is, Surf of Safety in the Kitchen.

993
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So this holiday season, here are some tips from the Annapolis Fire Department that can help

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01:28:20,340 --> 01:28:22,760
you surf of safety in the kitchen.

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01:28:22,760 --> 01:28:30,440
Tip 1. When frying, boiling, or simmering, stay in the kitchen. Never leave the home and

996
01:28:30,440 --> 01:28:36,300
always use a timer. Tip 2. If a grease fire starts, never try to extinguish with water.

997
01:28:36,840 --> 01:28:42,600
Use a lid to cover over the pot. Turn the burner off and wait until the pan cools down.

998
01:28:43,460 --> 01:28:49,560
Tip 3. Always keep your cleaning and cooking surfaces free of any clutter.

999
01:28:49,560 --> 01:28:56,940
and tip four, remember to always keep a three-foot distance around the cooking

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01:28:56,940 --> 01:29:02,420
area, a three-feet kids zone as I like to call it. And remember, if you're

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01:29:02,420 --> 01:29:07,160
unable to control the fire, get out of your house and dial 911 immediately.

1002
01:29:08,080 --> 01:29:12,320
And never forget, every month, to test your smoke alarms, have an escape plan

1003
01:29:12,320 --> 01:29:17,400
and practice your escape plan. Unattended cooking is the leading cause of home

1004
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fires and home fire injuries. For more information on tips on how you can

1005
01:29:22,460 --> 01:29:28,720
serve up safety in the kitchen, visit www.firepreventionweek.org. Stay safe

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01:29:28,720 --> 01:29:29,960
Annapolis. Good

1007
01:29:39,630 --> 01:29:40,090
afternoon.

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01:29:42,520 --> 01:29:45,420
At first, I would like to acknowledge three special

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01:29:45,420 --> 01:29:51,600
guests here to our program, which is the parole Rosenwald School Historical

1010
01:29:51,600 --> 01:29:56,880
Ceremony, dedication, signing, unveiling, and celebration here on Friday,

1011
01:29:56,880 --> 01:29:59,960
May 10th at Mallall of African Methodist Episcopal.

1012
01:30:29,350 --> 01:30:35,530
Local government meeting. Local government meeting. Local government meeting.

1013
01:30:35,530 --> 01:30:39,030
Heritage Area, formerly the Four Rivers Heritage Area.

1014
01:30:39,270 --> 01:30:41,150
Thank you so much, Carol, for being here.

1015
01:30:43,700 --> 01:30:47,680
At this time, we will sing with Valerie's accompaniment,

1016
01:30:48,080 --> 01:30:52,340
the official parole school song which was written by Mr. Walter

1017
01:30:52,340 --> 01:30:56,460
S. Mills, the principal, and it's entitled, I Love O Parole,

1018
01:30:56,760 --> 01:30:59,080
and it's printed on the back of your program.

1019
01:32:50,020 --> 01:32:50,860
Thank you so much, Valerie.

1020
01:32:51,920 --> 01:32:54,540
Prayer and scripture, Reverend Dana A. Swan,

1021
01:32:54,680 --> 01:32:56,480
who's the assistant pastor here at Mount

1022
01:32:56,480 --> 01:32:58,620
out of African Methodist Episcopal Church.

1023
01:32:59,420 --> 01:33:00,780
Reverend Swan, pass this one.

1024
01:33:05,070 --> 01:33:06,470
Thank you, greetings to all.

1025
01:33:06,590 --> 01:33:07,390
Welcome to Mount Olive.

1026
01:33:07,570 --> 01:33:09,650
Welcome to this great event here today.

1027
01:33:10,970 --> 01:33:13,090
Today here and for all, we are at a place of history,

1028
01:33:13,270 --> 01:33:16,750
a place of understanding in the necessity of teaching.

1029
01:33:17,350 --> 01:33:19,910
And so from that scripture that I lift up

1030
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is what the Psalmist said in Psalm 111 in verse 10,

1031
01:33:24,130 --> 01:33:26,530
it says, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

1032
01:33:26,670 --> 01:33:29,570
a good understanding, have all that do his commandments,

1033
01:33:29,570 --> 01:33:34,850
is praise and doerth forever. That is to say that we are here because of a landmark celebration

1034
01:33:34,850 --> 01:33:39,630
of a building which had to do with teaching. And as we review the history, we think of the wisdom

1035
01:33:39,630 --> 01:33:43,610
and we therefore ask for that to stay. And this is my prayer for you, let us pray.

1036
01:33:44,230 --> 01:33:47,370
Almighty God, we are thankful for this day which you have given to us.

1037
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The evidence is found in the sign of the rising of the sun, even behind the clouds and above the

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01:33:52,810 --> 01:33:57,850
rain we've experienced today. The evidence is found in the signs of the changing of the seasons

1039
01:33:57,850 --> 01:34:03,590
in the air even in the pollen we breathe from the grass, the trees and the blossoming flowers.

1040
01:34:04,450 --> 01:34:09,090
The evidence is in the sign of the beating of our hearts which echo the drum beat of the words

1041
01:34:09,090 --> 01:34:14,750
of the hymn which says, and are we yet alive and see each other's faith. In a great and global way

1042
01:34:14,750 --> 01:34:20,250
evidence is found as we observe the signs of the times and they are changing where we must daily seek

1043
01:34:20,250 --> 01:34:25,870
individually and collectively to address the challenges of life with all of the opportunities and tools

1044
01:34:25,870 --> 01:34:31,050
we possessed. Therefore, Almighty God, we need your help and your guidance. As we today

1045
01:34:31,050 --> 01:34:36,210
dedicate a sign at Hicks and Dorsey Avenue's in Perollin and Appless, may it remind us

1046
01:34:36,210 --> 01:34:42,230
all of the history represented by this parole-rosan-wall school building. May those who see this sign pause

1047
01:34:42,230 --> 01:34:47,650
and reflect on the historic place in the seeking of knowledge. May we from it know to continue

1048
01:34:47,650 --> 01:34:53,050
to seek the wisdom from the years gone by. May we now be wise enough to embrace it with conviction,

1049
01:34:53,870 --> 01:34:56,210
courage, compassion, and commitment for us to do.

1050
01:34:56,810 --> 01:34:58,490
May we have the knowledge and understanding

1051
01:34:58,490 --> 01:34:59,870
to tell the incredible story.

1052
01:35:04,460 --> 01:35:11,640
As we continue to write the new stories in this present moment, and indeed to those who are in the future generations.

1053
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So today, Almighty God, we thank you. At the parole, Rosenwald School building a dorsi in Hicks Avenue, and here hosting at Mount Aleth, there will be a sign. May we faithfully remember the words of Scripture for in this moment we seek wisdom, understanding, how to live, and how to do the right.

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work given to our hands. May we also remember the words of the hymn by Harry Fostick,

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01:35:36,160 --> 01:35:41,340
God of grace, God of glory, grant us wisdom, grant us courage for the facing of this hour,

1056
01:35:41,800 --> 01:35:47,600
for the living of these days, that we fail not man nor the throughout Lord Christ. Amen.

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01:35:57,820 --> 01:36:05,900
Thank you so much. Where the head and the heart built heroes. Again, good afternoon.

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01:36:05,900 --> 01:36:12,300
him. Julius Rosenwald was born in Springfield, Illinois. He never finished high school, but

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he rose to become president of the retail giant Sears Roboc Company. And as a result,

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he amassed a fortune serving as president and part owner of Sears. Rosenwald was influenced

1061
01:36:23,940 --> 01:36:29,540
by the writings of fame, Tuskegee educator, Booker T. Washington, writings that emphasized

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the education of African Americans. Subsequently, these two men became friends, and Rosenwald

1063
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Walls Philanthropy took a dramatic turn after reading accounts by African-American thinkers.

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Additionally, Booker T. Washington's accomplishments paralleled what Roosevelt had achieved. Washington

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approached Roosevelt in 1912 to assist in funding a program in line with Washington's

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belief of self-help for African-American southerners that emphasized economic advancement

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through vocational education.

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01:37:00,400 --> 01:37:06,460
As a result, this Jewish philanthropist and this African-American educator joined forces

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01:37:06,460 --> 01:37:11,680
without African-American communities during the Jim Crow South and established a fund

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to build new state-of-the-art school buildings for African-American children living in the

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rural south.

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Between 1917 and 1932, the Julius Rosenwald Fund was responsible for the construction of

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more than 5,300 new schools in the United States,

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from Texas to Maryland.

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However, one of the stipulations to building these schools

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was that the African-American community

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would provide a certain amount of sweat equity

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in the process which they readily did.

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All the Rosenwald School buildings

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used the same building format and template.

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For example, the windows facing the outside

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were strategically positioned to face ease

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so that the rising of the sun in the morning

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will provide sunlight into the school building.

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In 1940, 23 of Anoronder County's 32

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black schools were Rosenwald buildings.

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The Rosenwald school building program

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advanced African-American education

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to a level unmatched and unprecedented

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until the decision in 1954

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01:38:16,020 --> 01:38:19,380
in the US Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education,

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01:38:19,520 --> 01:38:21,620
which declared the end of segregation.

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01:38:21,620 --> 01:38:29,980
Inspired by the Jewish ideals of the DACA charity, and took on Olam, repairing the world,

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01:38:30,420 --> 01:38:36,960
and a deep concern of a racial and equality in America, Julius Rosenwald used his wealth

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01:38:36,960 --> 01:38:40,920
to become one of America's most effective philanthropists.

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Because of his modesty, Rosenwald's philanthropy and social activism are not well known today.

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01:38:47,380 --> 01:38:54,640
He gave away $62 million in his lifetime and so today we salute some of these

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01:38:54,640 --> 01:38:59,700
parole walls and wall school heroes who still reflect upon this building

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01:38:59,700 --> 01:39:05,100
which still stands in our community today and these heroes are here today to

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01:39:05,100 --> 01:39:10,260
tell their stories and to recount their memories. Also today it is especially

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01:39:10,260 --> 01:39:15,920
apropos in this year and at this moment in time and at this time in the world

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01:39:15,920 --> 01:39:21,860
that we recognize the over 100 year century long relationship between the

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01:39:21,860 --> 01:39:26,860
Jewish community and the African American community. And so out of this very

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01:39:26,860 --> 01:39:34,360
modest building that was built here in 1923, 101 years ago, the head of Booker

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01:39:34,360 --> 01:39:39,620
T. Washington and the heart of Julius Rosenwald like rise resulted in heroes

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01:39:39,620 --> 01:39:43,880
being built here. Thank you and may God continue to bless us all.

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01:39:49,140 --> 01:39:50,100
At this time we

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01:39:50,100 --> 01:39:54,740
We will have remarks by the honorable Gavin Buckley who is our mayor of the city of Annapolis.

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01:39:55,060 --> 01:39:59,960
Then our state senator Sarah Elveth, who has to leave a little bit.

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01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:28,940
We did it early, and we all know why, and we are happy for that. Then, Delegate Henson or her representative, Ms. Burrell Downs, who's our state delegate. Delegate Dana Jones, unfortunately, could not be here today. She had a prior engagement. She was available the last, the first time we planned this program, but she's unable to be here today. Then, Lisa Brandigan-Rodbyen Esquire, who's our county councilwoman, District 6.

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01:40:28,940 --> 01:40:36,400
which serves Annapolis and several surrounding contiguous areas then Dr. C. Jane Cox,

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01:40:36,640 --> 01:40:41,060
Administrator of Cultural Resources Section of Historic Preservation Program,

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01:40:41,580 --> 01:40:46,860
and one of the county planning and zoning department, then Dr. Joanna Bates-Toban,

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01:40:47,120 --> 01:40:51,140
and one of the county board of education, District 6 Annapolis, Ms. Burrell Downs,

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01:40:51,140 --> 01:40:55,720
who's the acting president of the Greater Probe Community Association, Ms. Alice K. Wright,

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01:40:55,720 --> 01:41:01,000
our end president community health center parole incorporate the parole health center and then

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01:41:01,000 --> 01:41:07,120
Ms. Lindra Pratt Marshall Heritage and Cultural Preservationist Rosenwald School Project

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01:41:07,120 --> 01:41:13,640
coordinator and Booker T. Washington and Rosenwald School's documentary film project coordinator.

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01:41:14,060 --> 01:41:21,600
Thank you so much and one secret I want to provide to you about Ms. Lindra who is also my cousin

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01:41:21,600 --> 01:41:32,160
that she was contacted recently by the father, by Beyonce's father, to do a

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01:41:32,160 --> 01:41:40,020
documentary for him. So we have, we have a lot of great people in this room, but

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01:41:40,020 --> 01:41:46,220
unfortunately she's been so busy she had to turn down the invitation. But anyway,

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So, anyway, in that order, everyone, please come up.

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01:41:52,920 --> 01:41:53,880
Thank you all so much.

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01:42:02,460 --> 01:42:06,440
So, I want to welcome everybody here to the Cecil B. DeMille's

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01:42:06,440 --> 01:42:09,320
Rondapindel Charles event for the Rosenwald School.

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01:42:11,660 --> 01:42:13,240
Great to be here with all my cousins.

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01:42:16,900 --> 01:42:20,820
I want to thank everyone Rondapindel Charles for organising today's

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01:42:20,820 --> 01:42:24,980
dedication, and I want to recognise all of you who worked on this

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01:42:24,980 --> 01:42:32,180
project to install a historic marker here. It will help current residents, descendants

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01:42:32,180 --> 01:42:39,280
of past residents and future generations to understand the importance of this site.

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01:42:40,520 --> 01:42:48,780
It looks like a typical residential structure, doesn't it? In the early part of the 20th

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01:42:48,780 --> 01:42:55,200
century, it was anything but typical. As a Rosenwald school, this site was one of more

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01:42:55,200 --> 01:43:06,040
than 5,000 such Rosenwald school constructed between 1917 to 1932. Only about 10% remained

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01:43:06,040 --> 01:43:12,440
standing today. What was important about what Julius Rosenwald, the owner of Sears Robux

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01:43:12,440 --> 01:43:19,000
department store and author and educator Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute

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01:43:19,000 --> 01:43:26,200
built was just a uniform design structure, although it was a pretty cool design back in

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01:43:26,200 --> 01:43:32,680
the day. I'll talk about that in a minute. What was impressive about it, of course, was

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01:43:32,680 --> 01:43:40,260
the mission and the mission was education. Rosenwald and Washington believed that the path to

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01:43:40,260 --> 01:43:46,740
a better future for African-American children was throughout the American South with public

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01:43:46,740 --> 01:43:47,540
education.

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01:43:48,420 --> 01:43:54,480
Rosenwald schools did not challenge segregation, but had a tremendous impact on the literacy

1143
01:43:54,480 --> 01:43:57,580
rate among black Americans in the South.

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01:43:58,420 --> 01:44:04,340
Notable graduates of the Rosenwald schools, which typically stopped at 8th grade include Dr.

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01:44:04,340 --> 01:44:11,420
Charles Drew, author, Ralph Ellison, Zyra Nolan Hurston, and of course James Baldwin,

1146
01:44:12,400 --> 01:44:17,720
poets Maya Jaangelo, Langston Hughes, and civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis,

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01:44:18,580 --> 01:44:21,500
plus scientists, artists, and others.

1148
01:44:22,180 --> 01:44:27,160
The impact of the Rosenwald School on the development of black intellectuals in the mid and late

1149
01:44:27,160 --> 01:44:30,080
20th century can never be overstated.

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01:44:30,080 --> 01:44:40,380
The building is all shared a similar blueprint north of the south facing windows to maximize light because most lacked electricity.

1151
01:44:41,260 --> 01:44:50,260
Cream or egg shell paint on the walls to encourage learning a plane exterior that helps schools avoid unwanted attention.

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01:44:50,260 --> 01:44:59,900
Each, where one classroom or when more than one classroom was separated by a partition, the schools were always staffed with highly

1153
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:07,820
Quality, qualified and dedicated teachers. In 1954, the Supreme Court decision, brown, versus

1154
01:45:07,820 --> 01:45:14,160
the Board of Education, integrated public education, in a short amount of time, roles and world

1155
01:45:14,160 --> 01:45:21,460
schools were obsolete. Of the 20 known sites in Anoron, County, only about 10 remain standing,

1156
01:45:22,060 --> 01:45:29,060
including this one. And that is why we're so thrilled that this work is coming to fruition

1157
01:45:29,060 --> 01:45:32,260
and that this structure will never be torn down.

1158
01:45:33,400 --> 01:45:38,200
Those that have survived and have been restored are primarily used now today as community

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01:45:38,200 --> 01:45:38,660
centres.

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01:45:39,180 --> 01:45:44,680
I've said a lot of positive things about the Rosemore School, but they were born of

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01:45:44,680 --> 01:45:50,140
an unequally, an unequally American system of education or pathide.

1162
01:45:50,840 --> 01:45:56,940
It's a difficult chapter to say anything positive about that chapter in American history, that

1163
01:45:56,940 --> 01:46:03,440
we know influences so much of our society functions even to this day. Recognising that history

1164
01:46:03,440 --> 01:46:10,680
helps us understand it was wrong. Recognising our history, even the ugly parts, help us move

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01:46:10,680 --> 01:46:17,860
forward together as a nation. Again, I thank the organisers for putting this event together

1166
01:46:17,860 --> 01:46:23,660
and for helping future generations understand exactly what happened right here,

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01:46:23,660 --> 01:46:29,560
their imperial and the significance of this simple yet elegant structure.

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01:46:30,260 --> 01:46:32,700
Now I'd like to pass it over to my senator, Elthruth.

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01:46:33,000 --> 01:46:33,520
Thank you all.

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01:46:39,150 --> 01:46:51,750
Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and thank you to all the woman, Pindel Charles, for your tireless, tireless effort to make sure that we know exactly the history of not just the parole community but the history of the entire city of Annapolis.

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01:46:52,230 --> 01:46:57,530
And more importantly, how that history reflects on our legacy today.

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01:46:57,530 --> 01:46:59,350
And the work we still have ahead of us.

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01:46:59,830 --> 01:47:01,750
I also want to thank Ms. Lindra and Ms. Lindra.

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01:47:01,850 --> 01:47:04,270
I can't help but think of Ms. Gertrude right now.

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01:47:05,770 --> 01:47:09,650
And think about the fact I believe Interundal County

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01:47:09,650 --> 01:47:11,810
has more standing, Rosenwald schools

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01:47:11,810 --> 01:47:14,110
than any other community in the entire country.

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01:47:14,630 --> 01:47:16,030
And that's not an accident.

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01:47:17,210 --> 01:47:20,370
That's because people have fought to preserve

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01:47:20,370 --> 01:47:24,250
that history, to tell that history, to celebrate that history.

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01:47:24,590 --> 01:47:26,330
And so that's why it's particularly important

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01:47:26,330 --> 01:47:27,130
that we're here today.

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01:47:28,570 --> 01:47:32,490
In all my spare time lately, I've been reading a lot

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01:47:32,490 --> 01:47:34,490
and thinking a lot about another partnership.

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01:47:35,130 --> 01:47:37,750
Rhonda mentioned partnerships between Lincoln

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01:47:37,750 --> 01:47:40,950
and another great Marylander, Frederick Douglass.

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01:47:41,510 --> 01:47:45,810
And the promise that reconstruction could have had.

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01:47:46,250 --> 01:47:50,390
Had he lived and had that vision for rebuilding

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01:47:50,390 --> 01:47:53,070
this country, repairing the wounds of this country,

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01:47:53,490 --> 01:47:54,430
actually come to fruition.

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01:47:54,430 --> 01:48:00,290
Unfortunately, that never occurred, and we spent decades in the darkness with government

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01:48:00,290 --> 01:48:05,270
not doing what it should have done in terms of lifting up all of its citizens and making

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01:48:05,270 --> 01:48:10,610
sure education, as we know it to be the great equalizer, actually could repair those wounds.

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01:48:11,290 --> 01:48:13,730
And instead it took decades in a different partnership.

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01:48:13,870 --> 01:48:18,970
It took Mr. Rosenwald and Mr. Washington to come together and see this vision of 5,000 schools

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01:48:18,970 --> 01:48:20,050
across this country.

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01:48:20,430 --> 01:48:22,530
That let's be clear, the government did not build.

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01:48:22,530 --> 01:48:52,510
It did not build and yet that vision and that seed that was planted had so many blossoms and so many trees and so much fruit in each of our communities and that is why it's important that we're here today and important to reflect on that history because we cannot see where we need to go if we do not recognize where we came from and so I'm so grateful to be here to reflect on take a moment this morning on a rainy Friday and reflect on our

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01:48:52,510 --> 01:48:57,690
history collectively and reflect on our responsibility collectively to do

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01:48:57,690 --> 01:49:00,890
better and we can only do that by knowing where we came from and so I'm

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01:49:00,890 --> 01:49:03,570
particularly grateful for this morning. Thank you very much.

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01:49:14,580 --> 01:49:20,000
Delegate Henson is being in addition to being a legislator you all know that

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01:49:20,000 --> 01:49:26,660
she's an attorney so court was on the schedule this morning and so on behalf

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01:49:26,660 --> 01:49:30,880
Catholic Delegate Henson, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

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01:49:31,160 --> 01:49:33,860
Much has been said about the Rose and Wall School.

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01:49:34,540 --> 01:49:36,720
I want to tell you a little bit about parole.

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01:49:37,820 --> 01:49:45,740
History, education, service, and dedication are the pillars that this community stands on.

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01:49:46,100 --> 01:49:48,580
It is the foundation of this community.

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01:49:49,180 --> 01:49:55,160
Many in this room, I see promote that.

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01:49:56,200 --> 01:49:59,960
I'm going to tell you just a little bit of

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01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:06,860
We talk about our Greater Parole Community Association, which Ron Dimension, I'm the acting chair.

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01:50:08,700 --> 01:50:26,500
But one of the things that we talk about when we talk about the Greater Parole Community Association is preserving our past, promoting our present, and protecting our future. We understand how important that is.

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As I look at, out at many of the pillars of this community, I thank you for your service, I thank you for making education important, I thank you for your dedication and I thank you for your faithfulness.

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Thank you.

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01:50:40,820 --> 01:50:41,780
Good

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01:50:50,420 --> 01:50:54,560
afternoon. I'm Lisa Radvian and I'm the county councilwoman for Anne Radell County Council.

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01:50:55,160 --> 01:50:57,680
Anne Radell County District 6, which includes the City of Annapolis.

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01:50:58,320 --> 01:51:00,780
It's really my honor and privilege to be here today.

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01:51:01,240 --> 01:51:05,900
I'm going to sort of scratch my remarks because all the woman Pindell Charles actually took

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01:51:05,900 --> 01:51:07,340
most of what I intended to say.

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01:51:08,640 --> 01:51:13,780
But I think there's still, I think one of the things about the Rosenwald schools is that

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01:51:13,780 --> 01:51:18,760
there are so many different lessons to learn and that is one of the reasons why the history

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01:51:18,760 --> 01:51:20,720
is so important for us to keep.

1224
01:51:21,580 --> 01:51:24,300
First off, as Senator Alfred said,

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01:51:24,480 --> 01:51:26,060
if you don't know where you've come from,

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01:51:26,280 --> 01:51:28,360
how are you going to figure out where to go next?

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01:51:29,300 --> 01:51:31,360
But before I came here this morning,

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01:51:31,580 --> 01:51:35,500
I looked up a couple different folks

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01:51:35,500 --> 01:51:40,580
that I think really reflect and embody one of the things

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01:51:40,580 --> 01:51:44,040
that really started the Rosenwald schools.

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01:51:44,040 --> 01:51:45,220
And that's allyship.

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01:51:45,960 --> 01:52:00,280
The idea that Booker T. Washington and Julius Rolzenwald could come together and both see the need and both understand how deeply important education was and that it was not something that should be narrowed, that it should be expanded.

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01:52:02,280 --> 01:52:04,820
I'm going to put on my glasses so I can read my notes here for a second.

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01:52:07,800 --> 01:52:13,980
A suffragette, Frances Ellen Watkins-Harper, an African-American woman born in Baltimore

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01:52:14,370 --> 01:52:22,700
who worked alongside many people to help get the right to vote said, we are all bound

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01:52:22,700 --> 01:52:29,650
up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and

1237
01:52:29,650 --> 01:52:34,070
the feeblest of its members without receiving a curse in its own soul.

1238
01:52:35,370 --> 01:52:41,330
And I think this is something that not many people understood in the time that the

1239
01:52:41,330 --> 01:52:45,290
Rosenwald schools began, the way Julius Rosenwald and the way Booker T.

1240
01:52:45,450 --> 01:52:46,490
Washington understood.

1241
01:52:47,270 --> 01:52:51,670
I feel like more individuals are starting to learn this, but I think it's something we all

1242
01:52:52,090 --> 01:52:57,170
need to continue to remember that as we are lifted up and as we grow ourselves,

1243
01:52:57,170 --> 01:53:01,930
we need to continue to turn and look for others that need to be lifted up.

1244
01:53:02,650 --> 01:53:07,830
And not just be the savior that comes in but to really work alongside

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01:53:07,830 --> 01:53:11,870
because really our community is all tied together.

1246
01:53:12,270 --> 01:53:15,830
Even the people in your community that you might dislike the most.

1247
01:53:16,190 --> 01:53:17,310
We are connected to them.

1248
01:53:18,050 --> 01:53:25,610
Mayor Buckley joked at the beginning of his remarks that he was saying hello to all of his cousins.

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01:53:26,430 --> 01:53:31,550
I used to teach world history and I would start on the day, the first day of class saying,

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01:53:31,950 --> 01:53:35,990
I want to introduce you to all of your cousins, because we really are.

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01:53:36,650 --> 01:53:40,210
We are all, we are all from the same family tree.

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01:53:41,330 --> 01:53:47,510
And we need to continue to lift up our whole family tree and bring in those that might

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01:53:47,510 --> 01:53:53,310
have gone astray and say, we love you, you are part of us, and continue in that path.

1254
01:53:53,310 --> 01:53:56,510
And I think that's what Julius Rosenwald was doing.

1255
01:53:56,950 --> 01:53:59,350
And I think that's what Booker T. Washington was doing.

1256
01:53:59,690 --> 01:54:02,210
And I think that's what this community was really about.

1257
01:54:02,590 --> 01:54:07,830
Was lifting people up so that we could continue to move forward as a single family.

1258
01:54:08,250 --> 01:54:09,130
Thank you very much.

1259
01:54:09,450 --> 01:54:09,830
Happy

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01:54:16,870 --> 01:54:18,010
preservation month.

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01:54:19,370 --> 01:54:21,190
Isn't it appropriate that we're here today?

1262
01:54:22,210 --> 01:54:23,990
I'm Jane Cox with Anorondal County.

1263
01:54:24,270 --> 01:54:25,350
I'm thrilled to be here today.

1264
01:54:25,450 --> 01:54:28,010
Thank you for inviting me to this, including me.

1265
01:54:28,010 --> 01:54:32,350
I'm the administrator for the county's historic preservation program and I just want to

1266
01:54:32,350 --> 01:54:36,690
note thank you for the honorary PhD but to my mother's sugar and I only have a master's.

1267
01:54:38,210 --> 01:54:43,130
So I started the county's historic marker program four years ago with a goal of recognizing

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01:54:43,130 --> 01:54:45,510
the historic sites that are of local significance.

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01:54:46,190 --> 01:54:51,330
Most preservation programs, a site must meet this national standard of significance to be protected.

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01:54:51,670 --> 01:54:57,110
And what I saw happening across the board was that these community landmarks were at these

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01:54:57,110 --> 01:54:59,970
simple vernacular buildings. I mean, you drive by the Rosenwald's

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01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:28,920
And not blink an eye and not think, oh, it's the William Pekahouse. But these sites, perhaps, they've seen better days. They were being tossed aside, disregarded, neglected, forgotten by the system. And these were the places that I heard time and time again from citizens, were places that mattered locally. They were so important to the fabric of community. They were the places that literally formed these historic communities. So I wanted to find a way to raise awareness about these places that were forgotten, hidden, marginalized.

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01:55:28,920 --> 01:55:31,580
those places that we drive and walk by every day.

1274
01:55:32,240 --> 01:55:36,660
And I realize that naming a thing is the first step to protecting it and remembering it.

1275
01:55:37,260 --> 01:55:42,920
So our sign program, four years in, now recognizes more than 60 historic sites across the county.

1276
01:55:43,240 --> 01:55:48,980
These include both these brown roadside markers with a date on them, but also more elaborate interpretive signs.

1277
01:55:49,480 --> 01:55:52,400
And the process keeps building as Lindra knows.

1278
01:55:53,180 --> 01:55:58,460
So, from buildings like the Rosenwald School to archaeology sites to historic cemeteries,

1279
01:55:58,780 --> 01:56:03,360
this program has raised awareness about community history and hopefully has made people

1280
01:56:03,360 --> 01:56:06,660
more curious about the rich local stories that are around every corner.

1281
01:56:07,640 --> 01:56:12,340
So, early on with Lindra's encouragement, we placed the Rosenwald Schools in Anorondo

1282
01:56:12,340 --> 01:56:14,980
County at the top of our list for signage and recognition.

1283
01:56:15,640 --> 01:56:22,260
So, based on the latest research by Lindra, 23 were built in the county, at least 12

1284
01:56:22,260 --> 01:56:27,240
remain standing two or three maybe more, which is a pretty astounding preservation level.

1285
01:56:28,420 --> 01:56:32,800
And today we have placed signs, brown roadside marker signs, at almost every single

1286
01:56:32,800 --> 01:56:33,580
Rosenwald school.

1287
01:56:34,140 --> 01:56:37,140
So I challenge you to go for a drive, see if you can find them all.

1288
01:56:38,360 --> 01:56:42,940
So recognizing these schools, though, is bigger than just celebrating this single building

1289
01:56:42,940 --> 01:56:44,560
or the architecture of a structure.

1290
01:56:45,100 --> 01:56:49,660
These school buildings were and remain the center and the heartbeat of significant historically

1291
01:56:49,660 --> 01:56:50,440
black communities.

1292
01:56:50,440 --> 01:56:53,140
And it's an important chapter of our local history.

1293
01:56:53,520 --> 01:56:55,000
I'm excited to see it brought forward.

1294
01:56:55,240 --> 01:56:56,820
I hope these signs help lift it up.

1295
01:56:57,320 --> 01:57:00,580
And I hope these signs really help make sure people know

1296
01:57:00,580 --> 01:57:01,960
that this is an important place.

1297
01:57:02,200 --> 01:57:02,740
So congratulations.

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01:57:03,280 --> 01:57:03,540
Thank you.

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01:57:45,680 --> 01:57:46,300
Good afternoon.

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Good afternoon.

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Good afternoon.

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Malice Wright, President of the Community Health Center

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at Perot Ead.

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And thank you all the women chose for giving me this opportunity.

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Well, my story may be a little different

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from everything that has been said this morning. So I'm going to say real quickly, that's

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where it started for me. And many, many children in the many, many African-American children

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in the parole community. Parole school is where we went and went, we went to learn where

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there were teachers that taught us, taught us English arithmetic. You don't even use the

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for the arithmetic nowadays, arithmetic, spelling.

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We went to parole school to learn.

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And thanks be to God for the teachers

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that took the time and made sure that we learned.

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They taught us discipline, respect, love for the community.

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But most of all, they prepared us for the future.

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So I say today, I thank God for those teachers

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because of those teachers given us a beginning and a start.

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I am here where I am today because of the education that was given to us back in the day.

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And when you went to school, you went to school to learn.

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You were disciplined.

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If you didn't do it right, you got to tap on the fingers on the hand.

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And the parents didn't come to school to fight with the teachers because you got to tap.

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You got another tap when you got home.

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So parole school was an instrument of just helping and providing and teaching and preparing

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the students for tomorrow, today, where we are even though some of us are not here.

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I can say it was decades ago that I attended parole school.

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So we're just grateful for that, we're grateful for the love and we really appreciate you

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doing that, Grande, and to all the teachers that have gone on and principal

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mills. Thank you. Thank you for loving us enough to give us a chance to God be

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the glory.

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Good afternoon. Again, I am Linda Pratt Marshall, and I'm the coordinator of the Rosenwald School Project. But I want to begin by thanking

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cousin Ronda for organizing this event. I don't know how she can pull it off, but she did. I think it's been what nine months now. We have been working on this. And finally, thank

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guide it's happening today. And I want to thank all the participants who end

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guests who's here today because without you, we wouldn't have extra footage

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for our video. Many thanks to Pastor Owens and the trustees of this great

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church, Matt Olive, African American, African Methodist Episcopal Church,

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for

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I really bring you greetings, not from parole, but from the Galesville Community Center

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Organization Inc., where we are good stewards of another Roosevelt School in South County.

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In 2022, we were awarded a grant from the Maryland Heritage Area Authority to conduct research,

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document and conduct or accounts of the history of the former school houses here in Anoronder County.

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But today I can't stand here and just say it's all about me because it's not like to

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introduce the team that's behind this Mr. Roger Marshall who's the act and president of the

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Galesville Community Center Organization,

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Mr. Valentino Owens, who is the photographer

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for this project and many others.

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And so, as Mr. Anthony Smith,

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who's a videographer for this project,

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but we couldn't do it alone.

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And so we have trusted colleagues,

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such as Mr. Jane Pots, Heather Earths and Dr.

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thank

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you.

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Dr. Carl Bedson, thank you. If it wasn't for you all, we could not do the

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work that we do. Yes.

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Also want to thank, we had many team members, leaders that supported

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this project. Every county had a team leader and so we want to thank all of them, which

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include Kazimonda for the plural school. And we also want to thank the brave students

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that when we called on them they said yes. And so we have Miss Cropper, we have three siblings,

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cousin Betty, cousin Alfrida, cousin Alfred, all from the Brown family.

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We also have Miss White and Mr. Harris, Mr. Harris, and yeah, I call her first, huh?

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And so they will be meeting us after this program downstairs to give their full account of their

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experience with the Rosewald schools, okay?

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So thank you so much.

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We greatly appreciate this and cousin Rhonda. I don't have to bother you about this anymore, right?

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Because we will incorporate today's event in what the documentary. Thank you.

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Thank you all so much. Just a couple of other

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observations. I do want to recognize Heather earths from a visit in Annapolis, Annamonda county, and she's been a great

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supporter and a blessing for for our efforts as well. Thank you, Heather.

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I want to let everyone know that Dr. Reverend Dr. Ronald Owens, who's our pastor here at

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Mount Olive, is away at his daughter's graduation.

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So otherwise he would be here.

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He would have been here.

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We had the first date, but he wanted me to let you all know that.

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I am not a product of the Rosenwald School here on the corner, but my dad is a product

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Like M.

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That school, and my mother, who's from the enclave of Queenstown in the severing community, attended the Queenstown Rosenwald School. So I feel like at least I'm an emeritus member, I guess, of the Rosenwald School family. But I just want to thank everybody for being here now. This time, of course,

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and we're trying to figure out how to unveil this sign but what I think we will do, Ms.

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Stevenson, we're going to unveil that sign right here virtually and we'll all, I guess,

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at the count of three, raise our hands and pull our hands down and simulate what we would

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do if we were pulling the sign down. But at some point, I guess even after this, maybe

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that we some of us can walk over and do the official signing unveiling.

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So unless anyone else has a better suggestion,

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I'm all ears, just let me know.

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But at this time, we will do the five, four, three, two, one, unveil.

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And at this time, Reverend Swan will give us the blessing of the sign, the virtual sign,

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and the documentary as well as the benediction.

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Thank you all again, so very, very, very much.

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Thank you all to one of the Charls and to all the distinguished persons who are here, protocol

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being established.

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I won't call all the names.

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I just want to know, representing a pastor and Mount Alvarso Glad that you all are here

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and a part of our community, whether you're physically here or not, you very much are,

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and we appreciate all that you've done and your presence here today.

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There will be those of us who will virtually go out there and it virtually means in

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truth, then in truth, there will be those of us who will go out there and will be able

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to do that as well.

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But in here, sheltered from the storms on the outside, we come for some encouragement and

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I have it in the words of prayer and benediction, let us pray.

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Father, we thank you for this opportunity and the blessings of this day.

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We pray now that you grant your blessings upon these people as we go out into the world

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that's out there.

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But thank you for a few moments of reflection here and words of encouragement, words of fellowship

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and words of joining together even all the more to do great work that you have for our hands

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to do.

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And now Lord, we ask that you bless these people.

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And as we be dismissed to carry on the conversations, may we not just share them with ourselves but

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share them with one another and share them with a world out there that needs to continue

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to tell the story but because we have the details maybe be willing to share as well

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as to work.

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And now the benediction may the Lord bless you and keep you, cause his name, cause his face

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to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

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The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace now and always

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God bless you today, glad that you are here.

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to a shopping center.

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It's about connecting all of these places, looking at the entire city as a place that you should be able to get around without a personal vehicle safely. And to do that, we need more mobility options.

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Mobility is a foundational theme of the Naples Head 2040 Comprehensive Plan and it's a

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distinguishing element of this comprehensive plan in comparison to all of our past comprehensive

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plans, including the one from just 10 years ago. But why is that? Well, there's a recognition today

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that mobility has an oversized impact, positively affecting the whole range of bigger issues in

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and anapolis from a public health, safety and well-being,

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equitable access to opportunities,

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economic development, community development,

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and environmental sustainability and resilience.

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When you add up all of these things,

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dollar for dollar, the investments we make

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in our mobility infrastructure will pay huge dividends

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across all of these outcomes here in anapolis.

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When we talk about our mobility network,

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we're talking about our roadways

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and the vehicles we use to get around,

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and both of these can be significantly improved to benefit our health, our communities,

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and ultimately environment. We spend so much time on roadways getting around

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anapolis, they should be as safe and comfortable as possible for all users,

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whether you're driving, walking, riding a bike, or taking transit.

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They also connect communities to commerce, to school, to jobs, to parks.

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One, we need a complete sidewalk network, says, you leave your home on foot to go somewhere.

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You can get there on a connected sidewalk network that is adequately wide.

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We need bike infrastructure that allows you to bike around the city in a way that makes you feel comfortable and safe.

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Today, the city has a variety of different bike infrastructures including straight lanes,

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shared lane markings, signage, we have some off-street trails.

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At the future, we knew a city where you can get around by bike no matter what type of a

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cyclist you are and feel safe doing it.

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The mobility vision of Annapolis Head 2040 Comprehensive Plant is not necessarily something that will

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take years to implement.

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In fact, many of the key pieces are being set in motion today.

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Our downtown circulator shuttle has been rebranded with improved wayfinding.

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It's still free, and we've seen increased ridership as a result.

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We recently launched our first micro-mobility program in Annapolis, which includes an e-bike

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and e-scooter share system.

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If we can implement these kinds of new ideas in a connected way, we're going to have a transportation

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system in Annapolis that is both safe and comfortable and efficient and

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ultimately environmentally responsible for the city as a whole.

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Mobility can truly be a vehicle for the future success of Annapolis and

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I'm excited for you to see how this is communicated. Annapolis has a 2040

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comprehensive plan. I'm Eric Lyszynski, Chief of Comprehensive Planning for the

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So evenapolis, thank you for watching.

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I am pleased to announce the launch of our new complaint and compliment portal, where members

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of the public can make a complaint or compliment the exemplary work of the five minute women

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send out notifications to a complaint through email or text messaging when a complaint moves

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to different stages of an investigation, when the investigation is concluded, or when there

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of finding in the investigation. You can access the new portal by going to our webpage

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www.anapolis.gov-police. At the top of the page, click on the words complaint and compliment

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portal. You will then be directed to the portal. Once you are at the portal, click create a new entry

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and follow the directions for submitting a complaint or compliment.

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Chief Jackson would like the citizens of Annapolis to know that we take all

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complaint seriously and that they are handled in a professional and careful

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manner. We also love hearing from you when you are pleased with the performance

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of our officers while they're protecting and serving you in Annapolis.

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Thank you.

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Visit anapolis.gov slash snow paths to track your roads in real time.

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I'm Eric Lishinsky, chief of comprehensive planning for the city of Annapolis. I've

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been working on Annapolis ahead 2040 on comprehensive plan update over the last

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years. I'm excited to finally release a draft plan for your review and comment.

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The comprehensive plan is specific to the Annapolis of today, but it sets the

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vision for the Annapolis of tomorrow. In fact, the next 20 years. What you'll find

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in the plan is a wide range of goals, recommended actions to make Annapolis a

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02:18:08,930 --> 02:18:13,230
better place, covering every imaginable aspect of the city you live in.

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We'll

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June 15th at the planning commission's regularly scheduled meeting, Thursday evening, starting at 7pm.

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But there will be many ways to participate in reviewing and providing comments on the comprehensive plan.

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The best way is to go to naplesshead2040.com where you'll find special website with information about the plan,

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02:18:40,190 --> 02:18:46,490
ways of providing comments, information about every chapter in the plan, and

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02:18:46,490 --> 02:18:51,250
ways to contact planning staff if you have questions. Throughout that 98

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02:18:51,250 --> 02:18:55,770
comment period, we'll be doing many presentations to different boards and

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commissions. We have a series of webinars scheduled and we'll be doing in-person

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meetings at four locations across the city to try to reach any resident that

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wants to participate in this process. I think you're going to love this plan and I hope you'll

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help us make it as great a plan as possible by reviewing the draft and submitting your comments

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to an Apple's Head 2040.com. Thank you.

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02:19:28,040 --> 02:19:30,880
Nice to meet you everybody. Thank you for being here today.

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Amazing. That's all. My English is not the best but my Spanish is beautiful.

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02:19:37,460 --> 02:19:41,680
8, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.

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One can wipe with the Annapolis Fire Department. This week's theme for Fire Prevention Week is,

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02:22:27,730 --> 02:22:31,990
serve of safety in the kitchen. So this holiday season, here are some tips from the Annapolis

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02:22:31,990 --> 02:22:38,910
Fire Department that can help you serve of safety in the kitchen. Tip 1. When frying,

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02:22:39,410 --> 02:22:44,870
boiling, or simmering, stay in the kitchen, never leave the home and always use the time.

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02:22:45,510 --> 02:22:51,410
Tip 2. If a grease fire starts, never try to extinguish with water. Use a lid to cover

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02:22:51,410 --> 02:22:56,270
over the pot, turn the burner off and wait until the pan cools down.

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02:22:57,050 --> 02:23:03,070
Tip 3 Always keep your cleaning and cooking surfaces free of any clutter.

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02:23:05,640 --> 02:23:11,640
And tip 4 Remember to always keep a 3 foot distance around the cooking area a 3 feet

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kids zone as I like to call it.

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02:23:14,380 --> 02:23:20,700
And remember if you're unable to control the fire, get out of your house and dial 911 immediately.

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02:23:20,700 --> 02:23:24,360
and never forget that every month to test your smoke alarms,

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02:23:24,720 --> 02:23:27,320
have an escape plan and practice your escape plan.

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02:23:27,880 --> 02:23:32,580
Unattended cooking is a leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries.

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02:23:33,000 --> 02:23:37,140
For more information on tips on how you can serve up safety in the kitchen,

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02:23:37,400 --> 02:23:41,320
visit www.firepreventionweek.org.

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Stay safe, Annapolis.

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02:23:52,540 --> 02:23:55,580
Hey Annapolis, it's go time.

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02:23:58,380 --> 02:24:01,440
On Demand Transit that takes you where you want to go.

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02:24:03,600 --> 02:24:08,460
It's fast, it's easy, and it's an affordable way to get around the nephilis.

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02:24:09,000 --> 02:24:14,920
Going to the doctor, it's go time, going shopping, it's go time, exploring a nephilis,

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02:24:15,300 --> 02:24:16,020
it's go time.

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02:24:16,500 --> 02:24:18,060
It's easy to schedule your ride.

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02:24:18,880 --> 02:24:27,160
Use the app or call transportation dispatch at 410-263-7964.

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02:24:27,760 --> 02:24:31,780
Set your pick up and your destination, and we'll be right there.

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02:24:32,540 --> 02:24:38,180
simply track the bus on the F so you'll know exactly when we'll be there to pick

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02:24:38,180 --> 02:24:43,580
you up. Hey, once you're on the bus, just two dollars per ride and only one

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02:24:43,580 --> 02:24:49,620
dollar for seniors, or you can use your daily, weekly, monthly, or annual bus

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02:24:49,620 --> 02:24:54,040
pass. Getting around a necklace is easy with a necklace

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02:24:54,040 --> 02:24:58,180
Let's go time. On-demand transit. See you on board.

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02:25:42,420 --> 02:25:47,780
Yo el capitán zapalta del cuerpo de bomberos aquí de la ciudad de Nápolis. En esta semana

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02:25:47,780 --> 02:25:52,520
está Mábalano de prevención de incendios en la cocina. La causa principal de incendios

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02:25:52,520 --> 02:25:58,760
en casa proviene del uso de la cocina. La causa principal de incendios en la cocina es

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02:25:58,760 --> 02:26:05,220
falta de su previsión. Punto número 1. Con usted cocinando, use un reloj al arma automático.

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02:26:06,320 --> 02:26:12,400
Punto número 2. Siempre mantenga una tapa cerca o a la mano con usted cocinando. Si está

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Está cocinando con aceite o manteca y toma fuego, ponga la tapa sobre el sartén y espere

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02:26:18,100 --> 02:26:19,480
que se enfrié.

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Punto número 3, aseguro acceder de mantener una área limpia y organizada cuando esté cocinando.

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02:26:26,720 --> 02:26:34,880
Y punto número 4, este seguro que mantenga una zona libre de niños o lo menos de tres pies

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o un metro.

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02:26:35,780 --> 02:26:43,770
Por su caso, hay un ensenio que está fuera de su control, llame a 9 o 11 inmediatamente.

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02:26:44,350 --> 02:26:49,290
Acuérse de probar sus detecores de humo mensualmente, hago un plan de escape también,

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02:26:49,730 --> 02:26:54,090
y practiclo. Mantente seguro anápolis. Muchísimas gracias.

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02:27:45,460 --> 02:27:48,120
Es que lo lo amo a este team, mucho más que a vida.

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02:27:58,020 --> 02:28:00,500
¡Mare, yo soy Kelly, es el que me puedo ayudarnos.

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¿Casi nos puedo ayudar a todos a hacer la oscuridad en la abogadilla?

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02:28:06,220 --> 02:28:08,320
Obviamente, todos los los teníamos todos en la abogadilla y no,

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02:28:08,460 --> 02:28:10,260
se nos quedan en un lugar con Juno Tops.

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02:28:38,430 --> 02:28:39,610
¡Hey, se ahí!

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02:28:40,150 --> 02:28:42,790
Looks like you have to do proper trash, pacient and training again.

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If you put your trash out, please place it into a bag

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and tie the bag up and place it into a watertight receptacle

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with your address placed on it so they can be seen from the street

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02:28:54,960 --> 02:28:57,140
at the end of your property for proper road collection.

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02:28:58,600 --> 02:29:01,500
As a matter of fact, this recycle is done all wrong also.

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If you decide to place your recycling in a bag,

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please bring your bag to the receptacle

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02:29:06,120 --> 02:29:08,660
and take all items out of the bag and place them into the can

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02:29:09,100 --> 02:29:10,880
and make sure the lid is closed, please.

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02:29:11,900 --> 02:29:13,360
Let's bring back in the trash monster

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para ver las cosas que no son recyclables.

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Esto es 40% de naram recyclable ahora.

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02:29:21,060 --> 02:29:22,360
Esto es naram recyclable.

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Esto es naram recyclable.

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02:29:24,000 --> 02:29:25,480
El metal retenso es naram recyclable.

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please be mindful of your trash

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and recycle placement to avoid fines.

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02:31:07,060 --> 02:31:11,320
Lo he hecho para hacer una capacitación sobre cómo vamos a colocar bien la basura.

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Primero, levantamos todo y lo colocamos dentro de la bolsa de basura, luego lo atamos y lo colocamos dentro del contenedor de basura. Lo tapamos ya que estamos aprovechamos y miramos también el reciclado. Esta bolsa no tiene que estar en el reciclado y vaciamos todo esto nuevamente colocamos la capa

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así que vamos a pedir que vuelva nuestra monstruo de la basura y vamos a

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mirar que tiene para ver si se puede reciclar o no esto de metal acá abajo no se

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puede reciclar todo este plástico finito de las bolsas de basura tampoco entran

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en reciclado este cuchillo de metal tampoco por favor tome en cuenta que cuando

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02:32:00,210 --> 02:32:04,830
saca su basura estas son las formas de poder hacerlo para poder evitar que les

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de navizos o que le hago en una multa.

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02:32:12,250 --> 02:32:19,030
Necesita comprobar que carreteras han sido tratadas con sal o barridas durante una tormenta

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02:32:19,030 --> 02:32:25,050
de nieve, con snow paths, puede acceder a actualizaciones en tiempo real sobre el mantenimiento

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02:32:25,050 --> 02:32:29,410
de carreteras en invierno, directamente desde su dispositivo.

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02:32:29,790 --> 02:32:36,410
Simplemente visite el sitio web de la ciudad de Anapolis y haga clic en el portal snow path

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02:32:36,410 --> 02:32:43,270
Desde allí verá un mapa iterativo que muestra el estado actual del mantenimiento de carreteras

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02:32:43,270 --> 02:32:50,950
en invierno ya sea con sal o quitado de nieve. Agas Zoom en su vecindario o ruta de viaje

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para ver exactamente qué caminos han sido tratados y cuáles están en progreso. Agas clic en un segmento

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de camino para ver cuándo se le dio servicio por última vez.

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Snowpads, funciona perfectamente tanto en dispositivos móviles como de

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escritorio. Usted puede obtener las solicaciones y entras viaj.

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02:33:14,510 --> 02:33:18,850
Mantengas informado, mantengas seguro y planifique sus viajes

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02:33:18,850 --> 02:33:24,590
esenciales durante emergencias de nieve con actualizaciones en tiempo real

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02:33:24,590 --> 02:33:33,530
de Snowpads. Visite anápolis.gov para Snowpads este invierno.

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Thank you so much for being here. Over here we have the waterfront. Anapolis is one of the most beautiful

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waterfront cities in America. This water that brings so many people here is one of our greatest assets,

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02:35:28,080 --> 02:35:34,340
one of our biggest economic drivers, but also it's one of our greatest threats. We saw that on Tuesday.

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02:35:34,880 --> 02:35:40,140
On Tuesday I've been standing a step down there. The water would have been up to my waist. It went

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around the market house and took out some of our most valuable businesses in the city.

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Our businesses are used to this, they have a strategy, but when you get the third worst

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flooding event in recent history in the city coming to you, we have to find ways to help

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them. We have great partners at the state and at the county to help us get these businesses

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back on their feet. Senator Alfred texted me the other day about an idea which we could

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activate if we declare a state of emergency. It will unlock funds that these businesses

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can use, and I'll let them elaborate as they come to the microphone. I want to say we

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have a great team here. We have Christchurch here. We have our emergency management team here,

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02:36:29,620 --> 02:36:33,760
many of the people from that. We have our economic development people here that are going to help

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the businesses, get to these resources as soon as possible.

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02:36:37,840 --> 02:36:41,080
This makes the case for protecting the city.

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We are at the state right now asking for the last $3 million of the $18 million at the

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state that's committed to this amazing project.

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02:36:50,400 --> 02:36:53,840
We are doing a $19 million revitalization of downtown.

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02:36:54,560 --> 02:37:02,240
That not only is building a garage for us but it is building a barrier against sea level

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weather event and creating a great public space, a park, a city

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02:37:07,280 --> 02:37:10,980
dock, a spray park, things for people to do when they come down here.

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So making this city resilient at the same time we're making this city more

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attractive. So we want to thank the state for their support on that, especially

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this tight budget that's coming up now. And I'm going to now hand it off to the

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county to let you know where to go to access this money. And I want to thank the

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businesses for their patients through this time. It was a tough thing to go through.

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We know that they have veterans at this, but I think this one hurt particularly bad, so

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we want to make sure we get them back on their feet as soon as possible. Thank you, Amy.

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02:37:44,080 --> 02:37:49,780
Thank you, Mayor. I'm Amy Gowen, President and CEO for Anorundal Economic Development Corporation,

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and for those that don't know, our organization exists to help the business community in Anorundal

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county and within the city of Annapolis, so whether it's to help them start up or grow

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or unfortunately in situations like this, we're here to help businesses.

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02:38:05,300 --> 02:38:10,300
So when Mayor Buckley called me yesterday and when Senator Alfred reached out and said,

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can you deploy some grant funding that is available?

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It was a resounding yes from both myself and county executives to your pitman.

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So I just wanted to say thank you so much to Senator Alfred and Delavio Jones for their leadership

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last session to make the state's video lottery terminal funds available for disaster situations

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like this. And our organization is nimble and can deploy them quickly. And so we are in the

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process of standing up our grant program. It is a disaster relief program. We will offer up

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to $50,000 for businesses that have damage due to flooding so it can be used for things like

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equipment, property damage, and some income loss.

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We will have information on our website today.

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02:38:58,160 --> 02:39:04,940
You can visit that at a-a-e-d-c.org or mya-rundle-biz.org,

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and we will be taking applications starting on Tuesday.

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So again, thank you very much.

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We stand ready to support the businesses of this city,

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and I am going to now turn it over to delegate Jones

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02:39:19,540 --> 02:39:27,400
say if you. Thank you so much. Thank you all for being here. Again, my name is Delegate Dana Jones.

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02:39:28,280 --> 02:39:34,120
I am in the House of Delegates here for Annapolis, and I just really want to thank the incredible

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02:39:34,120 --> 02:39:39,700
work of my friend, Chief Simmons, the Annapolis Office of Emergency Management, as well as emergency

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02:39:40,760 --> 02:39:47,220
responders Countywide. With over five feet of storm surge, over 17,000 left without power in

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02:39:47,220 --> 02:39:52,800
the region, these heroes once again stepped up as they always do and answered the call.

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02:39:53,060 --> 02:39:58,800
From the storm, water rescues to ensuring infants had the equipment they needed.

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The community is indebted to you and I sincerely thank the Office of Emergency Management. As many of you know, this week in the legislature we kicked out the 446 legislative session, bringing in additional 185 legislators and countless staff to my district, district 30A for the next 90 days. This storm in the flood waters brought by it really struck many of my colleagues and showed them firsthand the importance of the work that we are doing in the legislature to protect

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our communities from future storms, with the mayor's emergency declaration, as Amy just explained,

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02:40:36,400 --> 02:40:41,680
anapolis mall businesses and nonprofits are now able to receive vote funding for up to 50,000

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02:40:42,340 --> 02:40:47,400
in aid to mitigate damage from this week's storms. I want to thank my friend, Mayor Buckley,

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02:40:48,420 --> 02:40:54,300
his leadership in unlocking these funds and my partners and friend who I stand shoulder to shoulder

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02:40:54,300 --> 02:40:59,060
with on both days like this and bad ones, Sarah Elfrith.

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02:40:59,480 --> 02:41:02,460
I am forever grateful to my friend who I work with every day.

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02:41:03,660 --> 02:41:09,520
We in 2022 authored and passed legislation that will allow the flexibility for funds

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to be used this way.

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Tragically, localized severe flooding and wind events were the exact disasters that the

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02:41:17,280 --> 02:41:21,060
senator and I considered when writing this legislation three years ago.

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02:41:21,060 --> 02:41:30,500
We stood in parole, shoulder to shoulder, and help that community clean up after an EF2 tornado.

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02:41:31,300 --> 02:41:36,960
And today we're here again, heartbroken by the damage to our community, our small businesses, and so many others.

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02:41:37,760 --> 02:41:49,080
In addition to the funding to help businesses recover from storms like this, we must also invest in resiliency projects to help stop damage from rising flood levels prior to it happening.

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02:41:49,080 --> 02:41:54,540
This week we saw compromise streets stay open for hours longer than it normally would have.

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02:41:55,400 --> 02:41:59,720
Just because of the early deployments of storm and water management and infrastructure.

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I'm so proud to have worked with my district partners to bring millions of dollars home and state funding that will go towards permanent city doc resiliency infrastructure to prevent future flooding and I am eager to see the city complete this project in the coming years. I'm so proud of everything you all have worked on.

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02:42:15,520 --> 02:42:21,320
With that, I want to introduce my dear friend, my partner, in the Senate on so many issues

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02:42:21,320 --> 02:42:25,280
affecting Annapolis and Anorondle County, Senator Sarah Elfroth.

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02:42:27,540 --> 02:42:28,500
Good morning.

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I have the great privilege of representing you in the State Senate, but I also stand here

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02:42:33,580 --> 02:42:34,880
as a neighbor downtown.

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I live just right behind us.

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And so whenever we anticipate rising seas and storms, my first thought is always going

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02:42:42,240 --> 02:42:47,520
to be to my neighbors right here, to Ryan and to Alice and to the big cheese and to the

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02:42:47,520 --> 02:42:50,980
those who are most affected whenever we have a large storm.

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02:42:51,740 --> 02:42:53,100
Now, climate change is happening.

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I share it with my colleagues on the Senate floor regularly.

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02:42:56,640 --> 02:42:58,780
And it's happening right here in the city of Annapolis

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between tornadoes and flooding.

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02:43:01,660 --> 02:43:05,220
We are going to continue to see these natural disasters impact

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our communities.

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That's the bad news.

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02:43:07,540 --> 02:43:10,660
But the good news is with every tornado and every flood,

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we get better.

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02:43:12,020 --> 02:43:13,580
We get better at cutting the red tape.

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02:43:13,980 --> 02:43:15,420
We get better at responding.

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We get better at being there for our neighbors.

1718
02:43:18,240 --> 02:43:22,320
And so we learned lessons with every ensuing disaster after the tornado that devastated

1719
02:43:22,320 --> 02:43:26,060
parole and Alderman rounded Pindale Charles's district.

1720
02:43:26,660 --> 02:43:32,600
After we see in the record floods destroy Alderman elitirides district, we learned what went wrong

1721
02:43:32,600 --> 02:43:33,740
and what we can do better.

1722
02:43:34,240 --> 02:43:39,240
And we learned that we needed a more nimble response and our state law did not allow at that

1723
02:43:39,240 --> 02:43:41,660
time for that nimble response.

1724
02:43:41,660 --> 02:43:57,500
We needed a state state of emergency, and so we changed the law to say when we have these localized micro storms, these natural disasters and a small scale that don't meet the level of the state of emergency, but are still devastating for local communities, we need to be more responsive.

1725
02:43:57,620 --> 02:44:09,000
We changed the law so that we could open up those precious economic development dollars, not just to our small businesses impacted, but also to our nonprofits that are so important to our community.

1726
02:44:09,000 --> 02:44:13,820
So, in the last flood, and I've had a couple since I've been your senator, the Maritime

1727
02:44:13,820 --> 02:44:18,440
Museum over in East Fort took on nearly two feet of water, and we're not eligible for

1728
02:44:18,440 --> 02:44:18,960
this funding.

1729
02:44:19,160 --> 02:44:23,600
We changed the law in order so that they could avail themselves of this support.

1730
02:44:24,120 --> 02:44:28,820
We cannot hold back the tide, but we can be more responsive to our neighbors on their worst

1731
02:44:28,820 --> 02:44:29,080
days.

1732
02:44:29,580 --> 02:44:33,320
I'm so grateful to the City of Annapolis and especially the Office of Emergency Management

1733
02:44:33,320 --> 02:44:38,180
to the County Economic Development Team, to the Governor's Office, who took a dozen

1734
02:44:38,180 --> 02:44:39,680
calls for me over the last few days.

1735
02:44:40,180 --> 02:44:45,020
We might have gabbled in the legislative session, but I was on the phone with Ryan and Alice in

1736
02:44:45,020 --> 02:44:49,600
the governor's office about every hour over the last three days to make sure they had everything

1737
02:44:49,600 --> 02:44:54,120
they need, and so we can cut through this bureaucratic red tape and make sure our small businesses

1738
02:44:54,120 --> 02:44:58,440
and our nonprofits get everything they need to recover and reopen.

1739
02:44:58,840 --> 02:44:59,960
And with that, I'm proud.

1740
02:45:05,200 --> 02:45:06,180
Thank you.

1741
02:45:09,610 --> 02:45:31,590
Thank you, Sarah. I'm very much on so many levels, Alice, Estrada, and I represent the Annapolis Maritime Museum in the community of Eastport. When City Doc floods, we flood. We took an 18 inches of water in this last event in the building. We were able to elevate all our contents, so no content loss.

1742
02:45:31,590 --> 02:45:42,490
But still, 18 inches of water in the building will involve days and days of drying, and sanitizing, and drying, and sanitizing.

1743
02:45:42,730 --> 02:45:49,330
As we all know, water can be so damaging both to the health of the building and the infrastructure.

1744
02:45:50,350 --> 02:45:56,990
I really do want to commend Senator Alfred and delegate Jones because the last flooding event in October of 2021,

1745
02:45:56,990 --> 02:46:01,370
one, I was so frustrated and disappointed that I was ineligible for these funds.

1746
02:46:02,030 --> 02:46:06,450
And sure enough, you know, they told me we're going to get that changed and sure enough

1747
02:46:06,450 --> 02:46:07,150
they did.

1748
02:46:07,550 --> 02:46:12,270
Unfortunately, I have another flooding event to make this available.

1749
02:46:12,450 --> 02:46:17,330
But I also want to thank them because they also sponsored a bond bill for us to figure out

1750
02:46:17,330 --> 02:46:22,670
some short-term and long-term solutions for sea level rise at the Annapolis Maritime

1751
02:46:22,670 --> 02:46:23,290
Museum.

1752
02:46:23,290 --> 02:46:26,050
If you don't know, we are a beloved community anchor.

1753
02:46:26,690 --> 02:46:31,450
We want to figure out a way that we can stay viable,

1754
02:46:31,770 --> 02:46:34,110
but these flooding events that are happening

1755
02:46:34,110 --> 02:46:37,650
more and more often is not sustainable for us.

1756
02:46:37,850 --> 02:46:40,530
It's very, very expensive for us to recover,

1757
02:46:40,750 --> 02:46:43,750
as I'm sure I speak for all the nonprofits.

1758
02:46:44,570 --> 02:46:47,290
Nonprofits are businesses too, they just take their proceeds

1759
02:46:47,670 --> 02:46:49,370
and put them back into their mission.

1760
02:46:49,370 --> 02:46:56,890
but yeah, I feel the pain of all of my neighboring businesses downtown and I just

1761
02:46:56,890 --> 02:47:02,330
want to say thank you again for the support and the widespread city support as

1762
02:47:02,330 --> 02:47:03,170
well. Thank you.

1763
02:47:08,250 --> 02:47:11,170
Good morning. My name is Stephen Rice from the economic

1764
02:47:11,170 --> 02:47:16,310
development manager for the city of Annapolis. I just want to take a minute to talk

1765
02:47:16,310 --> 02:47:20,150
very briefly about the negative economic impact that a flood can have on a

1766
02:47:20,150 --> 02:47:25,810
business. When flooding happens, you can have property damage, you can have

1767
02:47:25,810 --> 02:47:31,190
equipment loss, you can have inventory loss, and the longer that a business is

1768
02:47:31,190 --> 02:47:35,450
closed, you have a loss of revenue. So there are four different kinds of

1769
02:47:35,450 --> 02:47:40,370
negative financial impacts that can happen to a business when you have an event

1770
02:47:40,370 --> 02:47:45,210
such as this. There are also some other issues when flood

1771
02:47:45,210 --> 02:47:52,450
the water's rise. And in particular, of course, businesses have to clear out the water, and they have to clean up the debris.

1772
02:47:53,390 --> 02:48:01,810
But in addition to that, they may have repairs that require, if they're significant in particular, an actual city building permit.

1773
02:48:02,510 --> 02:48:06,590
And the city is committed to expediting those permits as quickly as possible.

1774
02:48:07,750 --> 02:48:17,130
The other thing from a health and an environmental standpoint is that when floodwaters rise, you can have a sewage backup.

1775
02:48:17,690 --> 02:48:26,590
Sometimes it releases fuel and other solvents, cleaners, and other chemicals that these businesses have on their premises.

1776
02:48:27,550 --> 02:48:35,490
The other potential hazard is that when the flood water's rise, water coming in from the creek,

1777
02:48:36,010 --> 02:48:40,710
you don't know exactly what's in that water. So you don't know what that water is bringing into the business

1778
02:48:40,710 --> 02:48:44,930
in addition to not knowing how it's impacting what's already inside the business.

1779
02:48:46,230 --> 02:48:53,370
So a couple things just, I would like to say, it's important obviously for all of us to work together.

1780
02:48:53,370 --> 02:49:00,650
And I think this is an example of city, county, and state cooperation.

1781
02:49:01,550 --> 02:49:07,630
When this event happened, the county was on site within about 30 minutes.

1782
02:49:08,390 --> 02:49:12,130
The city had pre-gamed the event before it even happened.

1783
02:49:12,730 --> 02:49:19,350
And we have obvious state support that has come in to make funds available for these impacted

1784
02:49:19,350 --> 02:49:19,810
businesses.

1785
02:49:19,810 --> 02:49:29,830
So I'm going to stop here, the last thing I want to say though is that we want these businesses to be up and running as soon as possible.

1786
02:49:30,230 --> 02:49:37,910
That is our goal. And we also want to get this right so that these businesses patrons are also protected.

1787
02:49:38,550 --> 02:49:46,810
At this point, I'd like to introduce Mr. Ryan Lamy. He's the owner of Pips Quick Plug. Pips has excellent hot dogs.

1788
02:49:48,150 --> 02:49:49,930
And it's right over there.

1789
02:49:55,000 --> 02:49:55,980
Good morning everybody.

1790
02:49:56,940 --> 02:49:57,900
Please bear with me.

1791
02:49:57,940 --> 02:49:58,720
I'm not a public speaker.

1792
02:49:58,860 --> 02:49:59,920
I just make delicious chili dogs.

1793
02:50:04,020 --> 02:50:10,220
Just, where do you begin? We've been here 15 years. We've dealt with nuisance flooding. That's

1794
02:50:10,220 --> 02:50:15,740
just something we deal with here on Dox Street, greatly looking forward to the revitalization

1795
02:50:15,740 --> 02:50:22,320
of Dox Street with what we dealt with on Tuesday. I don't think any of us were prepared for it.

1796
02:50:22,320 --> 02:50:32,920
So, we lost more than half of our equipment inside product, the revenue that we'll lose.

1797
02:50:33,100 --> 02:50:40,380
It's looking like we could be closed a week, maybe two weeks, the, you know, we've got

1798
02:50:40,380 --> 02:50:40,760
employees.

1799
02:50:41,140 --> 02:50:44,060
And I'm speaking on behalf of all the small businesses downtown, it's not mine.

1800
02:50:44,980 --> 02:50:47,040
We've got employees that depend on us.

1801
02:50:49,380 --> 02:50:51,840
It's just, we put everything we have into these businesses.

1802
02:50:57,400 --> 02:50:58,780
It's just I

1803
02:51:00,890 --> 02:51:02,390
can't bear with me just

1804
02:51:05,040 --> 02:51:05,960
thank you very much

1805
02:51:06,720 --> 02:51:08,160
You know for the mayor to

1806
02:51:08,760 --> 02:51:10,320
Senator Alfred's

1807
02:51:10,320 --> 02:51:14,460
Just this is it'll be a huge burden lifted off of us

1808
02:51:14,460 --> 02:51:18,980
Just knowing that this this financial aid is gonna be made available

1809
02:51:20,500 --> 02:51:25,420
It's just it's a lot it's a lot to deal with it's it's it's our entire lives and again

1810
02:51:25,420 --> 02:51:30,140
I speak only half of everybody here on Doc Street in the downtown area

1811
02:51:31,060 --> 02:51:40,180
And again, thank you to the community, there's been a lot of outreach, I'm just coming in, saying, you know, just asking how we're doing, it means a lot.

1812
02:51:41,500 --> 02:51:45,060
And you know, again, just thank you very much, greatly appreciate it.

1813
02:51:50,990 --> 02:51:57,370
And so if the city doc had been complete on Tuesday, none of these businesses would have been flooded.

1814
02:51:57,370 --> 02:52:03,010
So, we are looking to make this happen sooner rather than later.

1815
02:52:03,210 --> 02:52:05,230
We start construction at City Dock.

1816
02:52:05,790 --> 02:52:11,330
It's not a case of if there's going to be the next Isabelle, or will there be?

1817
02:52:11,770 --> 02:52:12,550
It is going to come.

1818
02:52:12,830 --> 02:52:13,770
There's no question.

1819
02:52:14,310 --> 02:52:17,090
We just had the hottest year on record for the planet.

1820
02:52:17,950 --> 02:52:21,910
Catastrophic weather events are going to be a way of life and we have to deal with it.

1821
02:52:21,910 --> 02:52:27,190
We want the state capital of Maryland, we want a napless to be the resilience capital

1822
02:52:27,190 --> 02:52:27,810
of America.

1823
02:52:27,950 --> 02:52:29,970
We want to lead the way on this project.

1824
02:52:30,950 --> 02:52:33,070
But we have to come up with a short-term solutions.

1825
02:52:33,870 --> 02:52:38,890
Another solution besides the barrier that we deployed next week is we're going to work with

1826
02:52:38,890 --> 02:52:44,090
a delegate manager Jones and Senator Alfred on getting some money for an idea called

1827
02:52:44,090 --> 02:52:47,030
these door dams, a Dutch door dams.

1828
02:52:47,030 --> 02:52:54,190
For around $5,000 we could fit out a lot of these doorways and they would have some protection

1829
02:52:54,190 --> 02:52:55,730
up to a certain point.

1830
02:52:56,070 --> 02:53:02,210
We have to sort of check the vulnerabilities of that but we think we could probably provide

1831
02:53:02,210 --> 02:53:04,370
10 or 20 businesses with that kind of thing.

1832
02:53:04,590 --> 02:53:11,270
We could provide the Maritime Museum with that kind of thing and it might be a way to get

1833
02:53:11,270 --> 02:53:13,010
them to stay up longer.

1834
02:53:13,010 --> 02:53:17,870
The barrier was great because we kept traffic flowing for four extra hours yesterday, the

1835
02:53:17,870 --> 02:53:22,670
main artery into the city for Eastport. So I want to thank you for covering this because

1836
02:53:22,670 --> 02:53:28,890
these businesses are so important. Pips is an institution. Everybody loves this man and everybody

1837
02:53:28,890 --> 02:53:34,830
loves our restaurant. So I'm looking forward to getting in there and getting my next hot dog.

1838
02:53:35,750 --> 02:53:38,750
We are open for questions. If you have any questions of any of us,

1839
02:53:38,750 --> 02:53:43,270
there are people here from the county, state, city, please go ahead

1840
02:53:47,110 --> 02:53:48,710
I will

1841
02:53:48,710 --> 02:53:53,910
ask you if you might know that this is uh thank

1842
02:53:56,020 --> 02:53:57,580
you this is Chris Jacobiac

1843
02:53:57,580 --> 02:53:58,940
Department of Planning and Zoning

1844
02:54:05,220 --> 02:54:12,360
17 of renotuses were posted roughly 13 are

1845
02:54:12,360 --> 02:54:18,340
still posted so we've worked the department is working in coordination with the

1846
02:54:18,340 --> 02:54:21,040
County Department of Health to move those forward.

1847
02:54:25,570 --> 02:54:27,090
Some of the damage is extensive.

1848
02:54:27,870 --> 02:54:36,490
Equipment failures, wet floors obviously, wet carpets, the walls and foundations

1849
02:54:36,490 --> 02:54:41,590
internal to the buildings are absorbing of water. Some water is still standing in

1850
02:54:41,590 --> 02:54:45,910
some structures. That's the typical set of damage we're seeing.

1851
02:54:45,910 --> 02:54:46,530
and

1852
02:54:51,170 --> 02:54:55,610
I know that there's some work that needs to be done on the hill so if you

1853
02:54:55,610 --> 02:54:59,290
need specific questions for Senator Alpha Earth, Delegate Dana Jones.

1854
02:55:00,000 --> 02:55:02,620
Let us know, because they told me they were on a tight schedule today.

1855
02:55:10,040 --> 02:55:35,000
We'll watch it until we're expecting 3.5 to 4 feet of title surge. And everybody knows that our problem here is title surge. It is water pushing up the bay into the storm drains and up through the greats and then into the businesses or under compromised street stopping traffic. So that's our problem more than rain. It is title surge. So we are going to watch to see if we're going to

1856
02:55:35,000 --> 02:55:40,340
need to deploy it. We believe it's going to happen earlier in the morning when it's not

1857
02:55:40,340 --> 02:55:46,000
such a heavily traffic time, so we're still making that call, so it's still a fluid assessment.

1858
02:55:52,220 --> 02:55:54,360
So we're waiting on a big FEMA grant.

1859
02:55:56,940 --> 02:56:01,200
So the question was, is all the funding secured

1860
02:56:01,560 --> 02:56:08,180
for the CityDoc project? We need every dollar, so we need and those dollars come in millions

1861
02:56:08,180 --> 02:56:14,580
of dollars. We're doing a $90 billion project here to reimagine this whole area, add additional

1862
02:56:14,580 --> 02:56:19,340
parking out in the garage. The garage is finished. We start working on the utilities here

1863
02:56:19,340 --> 02:56:24,180
this year and then we move forward. After boat show to fence off that area and raise city

1864
02:56:24,180 --> 02:56:31,660
dock and then button it up at the end of the middle of 26. We're nearly there but we need

1865
02:56:31,660 --> 02:56:34,840
our state partners, we need our federal partners to really make it happen.

1866
02:56:37,690 --> 02:56:44,210
I think, you know, in the range of 10 to 20 something like that, but we're pretty close

1867
02:56:44,210 --> 02:56:50,910
and we feel we have the relationships and we had a lot of legislators show up and couldn't

1868
02:56:50,910 --> 02:56:54,990
get into their hotels on Tuesday night because it was flooded in front of the hotel there.

1869
02:56:55,410 --> 02:57:00,590
So I think that makes the case for us and that's going to help our delegation go to bat

1870
02:57:00,590 --> 02:57:01,830
for us like they always do.

1871
02:57:01,830 --> 02:57:02,750
So,

1872
02:57:31,840 --> 02:57:37,080
we're definitely not expecting it to be anything like was sorry, yeah,

1873
02:57:50,710 --> 02:57:52,750
we are not

1874
02:57:52,750 --> 02:57:55,870
expecting that to be an issue with this upcoming storm.

1875
02:57:56,390 --> 02:58:02,230
We think that the ground water is receded so we will be okay through this as long as it

1876
02:58:02,230 --> 02:58:06,230
doesn't do anything we don't expect, so 3.5 will be okay too.

1877
02:58:06,790 --> 02:58:11,510
So that is on the ground water question, on access to the funds I'll let someone from

1878
02:58:11,510 --> 02:58:14,190
from the county come and speak to that or?

1879
02:58:17,980 --> 02:58:20,060
Great, so I think in answer to that question,

1880
02:58:20,220 --> 02:58:22,880
if there were to be another state of emergency declared

1881
02:58:23,780 --> 02:58:25,760
for this upcoming storm, then yes,

1882
02:58:25,920 --> 02:58:27,580
those funds would be available.

1883
02:58:27,900 --> 02:58:28,940
But as the mayor just indicated,

1884
02:58:29,140 --> 02:58:31,140
he doesn't expect there would be another emergency situation.

1885
02:58:39,650 --> 02:58:40,610
Correct, that is correct, yes.

1886
02:58:48,730 --> 02:58:49,670
We'll get someone to look.

1887
02:58:49,890 --> 02:58:53,590
Okay, the question was, how long will the state of emergency last?

1888
02:58:53,750 --> 02:58:54,830
My name is David Mandel.

1889
02:58:54,930 --> 02:58:56,890
I'm Deputy Director of the City of Annapolis Office

1890
02:58:56,890 --> 02:59:03,330
of emergency management by city code and state statute I understand the declaration of emergency

1891
02:59:03,330 --> 02:59:06,150
last 30 days, unless renewed by Council.

1892
02:59:09,340 --> 02:59:09,400
Councillor interjecting.

1893
02:59:09,400 --> 02:59:13,560
And I can't say enough about the team that were out here in the rain on that night.

1894
02:59:14,160 --> 02:59:18,700
And the way they cleaned up afterwards, if you came to the city of Annapolis, you would think

1895
02:59:18,700 --> 02:59:19,580
nothing happened.

1896
02:59:20,000 --> 02:59:23,740
The only way you would know anything happened in this city is if you happened to press your

1897
02:59:23,740 --> 02:59:28,600
nose up against the window and see the damage that some of these businesses have been affected

1898
02:59:28,600 --> 02:59:36,380
by. But the team were out in full force. We relocated residents from a homeless shelter.

1899
02:59:36,600 --> 02:59:40,220
We moved them across town because they had a fire in the middle of the storm. We were

1900
02:59:40,220 --> 02:59:46,980
located 40 to 50 people. We got the water moved out of here by the afternoon. So receded

1901
02:59:46,980 --> 02:59:52,960
the pumps kicked in when it was the level that they could handle. And we were back in business.

1902
02:59:53,280 --> 02:59:58,360
And so we've got some people back in their feet, but we need to get everybody back in their

1903
02:59:58,360 --> 02:59:59,900
because the business...

1904
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:13,000
The community is just a bigger part of the community than the residential community in the city, and we want to support them. We want to be there for them, and they know that the state, the county and the city have their back, so we

1905
03:00:16,550 --> 03:00:32,590
appreciate you all be there. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And I do have the names of all of our speakers printed out for you to get the spelling, right? We also have a flyer with the QR code for folks to get to the application. Thank you.

1906
03:00:32,590 --> 03:00:33,750
Thank you.

1907
03:00:33,750 --> 03:00:33,990
Thank you.

1908
03:00:34,490 --> 03:00:34,790
Eric

1909
03:02:03,140 --> 03:02:05,980
Lyszynski, Chief of Comprehensive Planning for the Sea of Annapolis.

1910
03:02:07,780 --> 03:02:12,480
Making Annapolis a more walkable place is one of the foundational goals of Annapolis

1911
03:02:12,480 --> 03:02:15,320
Head 2040, the Comprehensive Plan, update.

1912
03:02:18,280 --> 03:02:22,480
Many of the most desirable neighborhoods in the city are highly walkable.

1913
03:02:22,620 --> 03:02:26,260
Think about downtown Annapolis, or Eastport, or Interwest Street.

1914
03:02:30,180 --> 03:02:33,060
Let's remember Annapolis's identity to begin with.

1915
03:02:33,060 --> 03:02:37,620
Anapolis, from its very beginnings, has been a walkable place when you think of downtown

1916
03:02:37,620 --> 03:02:39,540
Annapolis or Eastport.

1917
03:02:39,800 --> 03:02:43,880
These were places where people could get around very easily without a car.

1918
03:02:44,180 --> 03:02:48,240
In the 20th century, as anapolis expanded, it became less walkable.

1919
03:02:48,440 --> 03:02:53,700
Think of Forest Drive or Upper West Street as examples of what that kind of city looks like.

1920
03:02:54,000 --> 03:02:59,900
These are places that have a surface parking lot next to the sidewalk that may not have adequate

1921
03:02:59,900 --> 03:03:05,000
shading from street trees, the sidewalk may be very narrow and have lots of

1922
03:03:05,000 --> 03:03:10,700
obstructions. There's no activity next to the sidewalk that generates interest

1923
03:03:10,700 --> 03:03:16,780
whether it's an active storefront or a cafe. So let's get back to the why. What we

1924
03:03:16,780 --> 03:03:21,540
heard from residents for the most part was this desire to be able to walk to

1925
03:03:21,540 --> 03:03:26,760
places in their community whether it's a restaurant, a grocery store, a job, a school,

1926
03:03:26,760 --> 03:03:31,480
doctor's office and thing. To go to any of these places on foot allows residents

1927
03:03:31,480 --> 03:03:36,020
to meet their neighbors to split little businesses. From a planner's perspective,

1928
03:03:36,040 --> 03:03:40,300
we're able to address all of the bigger issues, whether it's traffic congestion,

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economic development, addressing climate change. So how do we get there? Anapolis,

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like most of these United States, has a zoning code that guides most of our

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development. Today, our zoning code limits what we can do to encourage walkable

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places. You need buildings that are closer to the street that have adequate sidewalks,

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even if they're set back from the street 10 feet, 20 feet, that that space is space for

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a cafe. And if they're pushed up to the street, that's where you may have an active storefront.

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Those are the kind of things that we can put into our zoning code. And the way we do that is

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there's something called a form-based code. But essentially what that means is the zoning code provides

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more guidance for how buildings should create a street scape that is more

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walkable. What we've been talking about today is this one part of an Apple's

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Head 2040, our comprehensive plan update. To get a more complete view of the plan

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and the whole process leading up to it, go to the seas website and check out the

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webpage for an Apple's Head 2040. On that website you can find a link to

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form-based code and a number of other pieces of the plan. Stay tuned for other

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video snapshots, thank you for joining us.

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In anapolis, winter weather can make it hard to plan your day, but with snowpads, the city's new GPS tracking system, you can get ahead of the storm. With snowpads, you can track the city's road, salting, and plowing operations in real time. See which streets have been cleared, which routes were in progress, and plan your day with confidence. Whether you're commuting to work, running errands, or keeping your family safe, snowpads let you know when your streets are being treated, so you can make better decisions for

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your travels. Available on the City of Annapolis website, snowpads is easy to use and designed

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with you in mind. Simply check the map to see real-time updates on snowplow and salting

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activity in your area. Stay informed on city efforts to keep roads safe and be prepared

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before heading out during a snow emergency. Stay safe and stay informed with snowpads.

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Visit our website to learn more and check your roads during snow events.

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For real time, see what streets have been clean, what routes are in progress and plan your day with confidence.

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It is already clear that you are traveling to work, doing tasks, or maintaining security to your family.

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No Fats allows you to know when you are cleaning your streets so that you can take better decisions for your trips.

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No pass, available in the city of Annapolis City, is easy to use and is designed thinking about you.

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Simply consult the map to see actualizations in real time about the retirement of the snow and the departure of the snow in its area.

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Keep informed about the forces of the city to keep safe roads and prepare before going out during an emergency.

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Keep safe, connected and informed with snowpads.

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Visit our website to get more information and check out their roads during snow events.

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I'm Eric Lachinsky, Chief of Comprehensive Planning for the State of Annapolis. Making anapolis

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a more walkable place is one of the foundational goals of Annapolis Head of 2040,

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the Comprehensive Plan, update.

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Many of the most desirable neighborhoods in the city are highly

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walkable. Think about downtown Annapolis, or Eastport, or Interwest Street.

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Let's remember Annapolis's identity to begin with. Annapolis, from its

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Very beginnings has been a walkable place.

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What do you think of downtown Annapolis or Eastport?

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These were places where people could get around very easily

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without a car.

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In the 20th century, as Annapolis expanded,

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it became less walkable.

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Think of Forest Drive or Upper West Street

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as examples of what that kind of city looks like.

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These are places that have a surface parking lot

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next to the sidewalk that may not have adequate shading

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from street trees, a sidewalk, maybe very narrow and have lots of obstructions.

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There's no activity next to the sidewalk that generates interest whether it's an active

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storefront or a cafe. So let's get back to the why. What we heard from residents for the most

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part was this desire to be able to walk to places in their community, whether it's a restaurant,

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a grocery store, a job, a school, a doctor's office, a thing. To go to any of these places on foot

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allows residents to meet their neighbors, to explore local businesses, from a planner's perspective,

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we're able to address all of the bigger issues, whether it's traffic congestion, economic development,

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addressing climate change. So how do we get an app for us like most cities and the United States

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has a zoning code that guides most of our development. Today our zoning code limits what we can do to

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encourage walkable places. You need buildings that are closer to the street that have adequate

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sidewalks, even if they're set back from the street 10 feet 20 feet, that that's

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space is space for a cafe. And if they're pushed up to the street that's where

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you may have an active storefront. Those are the kind of things that we can put

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into our zoning code. And the way we do that is do something called a form-based

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code. Essentially what that means is the zoning code provides more guidance for

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how buildings should create a street scape that is more walkable. What we've been

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What I'm talking about today is this one part of the NAPLOS Head 2040, our comprehensive

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plan update.

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To get a more complete view of the plan and the whole process leading up to it, go to

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the city's website and check out the web page for a NAPLOS Head 2040.

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On that website, you can find a link to form-based code and a number of other pieces of the plan.

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Stay tuned for other video snapshots.

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Thank you for joining us.

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Necesita comprobar que carreteras han sido tratadas con sal o barridas durante una tormenta de nieve con snow paths.

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Puede acceder a actualizaciones en tiempo real sobre el mantenimiento de carreteras en invierno,

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directamente desde su dispositivo.

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Simply visit the website of the city of Annapolis.

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Y haga clic en el portal Snow Pad, desde allí, verá un mapa iterativo que muestra el estado actual del

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mantenimiento de carreteras en invierno ya sea con sal o quitado de nieve. Agas Zoom en su vecindario

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o ruta de viaje para ver exactamente qué caminos han sido tratados y cuáles están en progreso.

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haga clic en un segmento de camino para ver cuando se le dio servicio por última vez.

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Snowpads, funciona perfectamente tanto en dispositivos móviles como de escritorio.

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Usted puede obtener actualizaciones mientras viaja. Mantengas de informado,

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mantengas de seguro y planifique sus viajes esenciales durante emergencias de nieve con

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con actualizaciones en tiempo real de Snowpats.

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Visite anapolis.gov para Snowpats este invierno.

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Las tormentas invernales en anapolis pueden ser impredesibles,

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pero con Snowpats siempre estarás a un paso por delante.

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Snowpats te brinda actualizaciones en tiempo real

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sobre las condiciones de la carretera

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ya sea que estés en casa o mientras viajas. Compruebe que calles han sido tratadas con sal o

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barridas de nieve para saber cuando es seguro viajar. Planificar su día es fácil con Snow Bad,

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ya sea que se dirija el trabajo o haga recados sepa que rutas están despejadas antes de partir.

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Snow Bads te actualiza en tiempo real mostrando que te anives activos, trabajando en tu área y

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que caminos son rutas de emergencia.

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Mantengas de seguro o es de invierno con Snowpads.

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Vícite anapolis.gov para Snowpads

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para realizar un seguimiento de sus carreteras en tiempo real.

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En anapolis, el clima en Bernal puede dificultar la panificación del día,

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pero con Snowpads, el nuevo sistema de seguimiento GPS de la ciudad

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supuedes adelantarte la tormenta.

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Con Snow Fats, usted puede realizar un seguimiento de las operaciones de colocación de sal

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y despejado de nieve en las carreteras de la ciudad en tiempo real.

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Vea qué calles se han limpiado, qué rutas están en progreso y planifique su día con confianza.

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Ya sea que esté viajando al trabajo, a cientos recados o manteniendo segura a su familia,

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snowpads, le permite saber cuándo se están limpiando a sus calles para que usted pueda

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tomar mejores decisiones para sus viajes. snowpads, disponible en el sitio web de la ciudad de

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anápolis, es fácil de usar y está diseñado pensando en usted, tinclamente con suerte

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el mapa, para ver actualizaciones en tiempo real sobre el retiro de nieve y el esparcimiento

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de sal en su área. Mantengas ha informado sobre los esfuerzos de la ciudad para mantener las

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carreteras seguras y prepárese antes de salir durante una emergencia por nieve. Mantengas

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es seguro, conectado e informado con Snow Fats. Visite nuestro sitio web para obtener más

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información y revisar sus carreteras durante eventos de nieve.

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el tranzo que tiene que ver, donde quieras.

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Es fácil, es fácil, y es en la forma de fortalecer a la navega.

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Going to the doctor, es go-time.

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Going shopping, es go-time. Exploring a la navega, es go-time.

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Es easy a schedule your ride.

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Use the app, or call transportation dispatch,

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410-263-7964

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Set your pickup

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and your destination

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and we'll be right there.

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Simply track

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Get the bus on the F. So you'll know exactly when we'll be there to pick you up. Hey, once you're on the bus, just $2 per ride, and only $1 per seniors. Or, you can use your daily, weekly, monthly, or annual bus pass. Getting around a necklace is easy with a naturalist go time. On-demand transit. So you on board. No

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coach, if you care about something and you got a little love in your heart, there is nothing.

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that you can't do. Yep. And this team has got some of the best players in Maryland.

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All we need now is the people who are in our place, is to love this team as much as we do.

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Mayor, you're killing me. Is that anything I can help you with?

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You know what? You can just get everybody to come out to the opening, going for the blues.

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Hopefully we see everybody there, or hallmark, and maybe stay there on June 5th.

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Good afternoon.

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At first I would like to acknowledge three special guests here to our program which is

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the parole Rosenwald School Historical Ceremony, dedication, signing, unveiling, and celebration here on

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Friday, May 10th at Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church to his avenue, the church on the hill.

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Ms. Valerie Mills Cooper, who is the daughter of principal, parole principal, Walter S. Mills.

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Ms. Mills Cooper is a retired vice principal in Anna-Ronda County Public Schools, and she's on keyboard today as well.

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Ms. Debbie Odom, our war three community liaison, who's on route.

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And Dr. Carol Benson, who is the executive director of the Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area,

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of formerly the Four Rivers Heritage Area.

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And thank you so much, Carol, for being here.

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At this time, we will sing with Valerie's accompaniment,

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the official parole school song, which was written

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by Mr. Walter S. Mills, the principal, and it's entitled,

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I Love Old Parole, and it's printed on the back of your program.

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Prayer and scripture, Reverend Dana A. Swan, who's the assistant pastor here at Mount

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Al-African Methodist Episcopal Church. Reverend Swan, pastor Swan.

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Thank you,

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greetings to all. Welcome to Mount Olive. Welcome to this great event here today.

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Today here and for all, we are at a place of history, a place of understanding in

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the necessity of teaching. And so from that scripture that I lift up is what the

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The Psalmist said in Psalm 111 in verse 10,

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it says, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

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a good understanding, have all that do His commandments,

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His praise and do earth forever.

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That is to say that we are here

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because of a landmark celebration of a building

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which had to do with teaching.

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And as we review the history, we think of the wisdom

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and we therefore ask for that to stay.

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And this is my prayer for you, let us pray.

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Almighty God, we are thankful for this day

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which you have given to us.

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The evidence is found in the sign

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of the rising of the sun, even behind the clouds and above the rain we've experienced today.

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The evidence is found in the signs of the changing of the seasons in the air,

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even in the pollen we breathe from the grass, the trees, and the blossoming flowers.

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The evidence is in the sign of the beating of our hearts which echo the drum beat of the words

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of the hymn which says, and are we yet alive and see each other's faith? In a great and global way,

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evidence is found as we observe the signs of the times and they are changing,

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where we must daily seek individually and collectively

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to address the challenges of life

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with all of the opportunities and tools we possessed.

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Therefore, Almighty God, we need your help and your guidance.

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As we today dedicate a sign at Hicks and Dorsey Avenue's

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in parole and anapolis,

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may it remind us all of the history represented

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by this parole, Rosenwald School building.

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May those who see this sign pause and reflect

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on the historic place in the seeking of knowledge.

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May we from it know to continue to seek

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the wisdom from the years gone by, may we now be wise enough to embrace it with conviction,

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courage, compassion, and commitment for us to do. May we have the knowledge and understanding

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to tell the incredible stories of a school whose teaching is rooted in the lives of those who are

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yet present here today, as we continue to write the news stories in this present moment,

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and indeed to those who are in the future generations. So today, Almighty God, we thank you

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At the parole, Rosenwald School building at Dorsey in Hicks Avenue, and here hosting at Mount

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Aleth, there will be a sign. May we faithfully remember the words of Scripture for in this moment

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we seek wisdom, understanding how to live, and how to do the work given to our hands.

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May we also remember the words of the hymn by Harry Faustick, God of grace, God of glory,

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grant us wisdom, grant us courage for the facing of this hour, for the living of

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these days, that we fail not man, nor thee, through our Lord Christ. Amen.

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Thank you so much.

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Where the head and the heart built heroes. Again, good afternoon. Julius Rosenwald was born in

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Springfield, Illinois. He never finished high school, but he rose to become president of the retail

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giant Sears Robot Company, and as a result he amassed a fortune serving as

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president and part owner of Sears. Rosenwald was influenced by the writings of

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famed Tuskegee educator Booker T. Washington, writings that emphasized the

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education of African Americans. Subsequently, these two men became friends, and

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Rosenwald's philanthropy took a dramatic turn after reading accounts by

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African-American thinkers. Additionally, Booker T. Washington's accomplishments

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Parallel what Rosenwald had achieved. Washington approached Rosenwald in 1912 to assist in funding a program in line with Washington's

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belief of self-help for African American southerners that emphasized economic advancement through vocational education. As a

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result, this Jewish philanthropist and this African-American educator joined forces without African-American communities during the Jim Crow

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South and established a fund to build new state of the

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The art school buildings for African American children living in the rural south. Between 1917 and

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1932, the Julius Rosenwald Fund was responsible for the construction of more than 5,300 new schools

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in the United States, from Texas to Maryland. However, one of the stipulations to building

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these schools was that the African American community would provide a certain amount of sweat

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03:30:26,180 --> 03:30:31,700
equity in the process which they readily did. All the Rosenwald School buildings used

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03:30:31,700 --> 03:30:37,800
the same building format and template. For example, the windows facing the outside

2135
03:30:37,800 --> 03:30:42,740
were strategically positioned to face east so that the rising of the sun in the morning

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03:30:42,740 --> 03:30:49,800
would provide sunlight into the school building. In 1940, 23 of Anoronder County's 32 black

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03:30:49,800 --> 03:30:56,160
schools were Rosenwald buildings. The Rosenwald School Building program advanced African-American

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03:30:56,160 --> 03:31:03,540
and education to a level unmatched and unprecedented until the decision in 1954 in the U.S. Supreme

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03:31:03,540 --> 03:31:09,560
Court case, Brown v. Board of Education, which declared the end of segregation. Inspired

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03:31:09,560 --> 03:31:17,380
by the Jewish ideals of Zedaka charity, and took on Olam repairing the world and a deep

2141
03:31:17,380 --> 03:31:24,340
concern of a racial and equality in America, Julius Rosenwald used his wealth to become one

2142
03:31:24,340 --> 03:31:27,460
of America's most effective philanthropist.

2143
03:31:27,860 --> 03:31:29,220
Because of his modesty,

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03:31:29,680 --> 03:31:32,240
Rosenwald's philanthropy and social activism

2145
03:31:32,240 --> 03:31:33,840
are not well known today.

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03:31:34,360 --> 03:31:37,760
He gave away $62 million in his lifetime.

2147
03:31:38,660 --> 03:31:41,460
And so today, we salute some of these parole,

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03:31:41,760 --> 03:31:46,180
Rosenwald school heroes who still reflect upon this building

2149
03:31:46,180 --> 03:31:48,620
which still stands in our community today.

2150
03:31:49,300 --> 03:31:52,620
And these heroes are here today to tell their stories

2151
03:31:52,620 --> 03:31:54,380
and to recount their memories.

2152
03:31:55,060 --> 03:32:01,400
Also today it is especially apropos in this year and at this moment in time and at this

2153
03:32:01,400 --> 03:32:08,140
time in the world that we recognize the over 100 year century long relationship between

2154
03:32:08,140 --> 03:32:11,500
the Jewish community and the African American community.

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03:32:12,240 --> 03:32:20,180
And so out of this very modest building that was built here in 1923, 101 years ago the head

2156
03:32:20,180 --> 03:32:27,080
of Booker T. Washington and the heart of Julius Rosenwald, like rise resulted in heroes being built

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03:32:27,080 --> 03:32:30,400
here. Thank you and may God continue to bless us all.

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03:32:35,660 --> 03:32:38,120
At this time we will have remarks by the

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03:32:38,120 --> 03:32:44,820
honorable Gavin Buckley who is our mayor of the city of Annapolis, then our state senator Sarah Elveth

2160
03:32:44,820 --> 03:32:52,220
who has to leave a little bit early and we all know why and we are happy for that. Then delicate

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03:32:52,220 --> 03:32:57,560
Duncan Henson or her representative Ms. Burrell-Downs, who's our state delegate.

2162
03:32:58,700 --> 03:33:01,580
Delegate Dana Jones, unfortunately, could not be here today.

2163
03:33:01,720 --> 03:33:02,680
She had a prior engagement.

2164
03:33:03,140 --> 03:33:07,780
She was available the last, the first time we playing this program, but she's unable

2165
03:33:07,780 --> 03:33:08,700
to be here today.

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03:33:10,120 --> 03:33:17,060
Then Lisa Brandigan-Rodvin Esquire, who's our county councilwoman, District 6, which serves

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03:33:17,060 --> 03:33:22,880
Annapolis and several surrounding contiguous areas, then Dr. C. Jane Cox,

2168
03:33:23,140 --> 03:33:27,540
Administrator of Cultural Resources, Section of Historic Preservation Program,

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03:33:28,080 --> 03:33:33,340
Antwerwanda County Planning and Zoni Department, then Dr. Joanna Beish-Toban,

2170
03:33:33,740 --> 03:33:37,700
Antwerwanda County Board of Education, District 6 Annapolis, Ms. Burrell Downsons,

2171
03:33:37,780 --> 03:33:42,220
the Acting President of the Greater Probe Community Association, Ms. Alice K. Wright,

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03:33:42,220 --> 03:33:47,540
our end president community health center parole incorporate the parole health center and then

2173
03:33:47,540 --> 03:33:53,620
Miss Lindra Pratt Marshall Heritage and Cultural Preservationist Rosenwald School Project

2174
03:33:53,620 --> 03:34:00,140
coordinator and Booker T Washington and Rosenwald School's documentary film project coordinator.

2175
03:34:00,540 --> 03:34:05,440
Thank you so much and one secret I want to provide to you about

2176
03:34:05,440 --> 03:34:15,100
a Miss Lendra who is also my cousin, that she was contacted recently by the father,

2177
03:34:15,360 --> 03:34:23,780
by Beyoncé's father, to do a documentary for him. So we have, we have a lot of great

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03:34:23,780 --> 03:34:30,500
people in this room, but unfortunately she's been so busy she had to turn down the invitation.

2179
03:34:30,500 --> 03:34:32,720
But anyway,

2180
03:34:35,780 --> 03:34:40,500
so anyway in that order everyone, please come up. Thank you all so much.

2181
03:34:48,860 --> 03:34:55,820
So I want to welcome everybody here to the Cecil B. DeMille's Ronda Pindell Charles event for the Rosenwald School.

2182
03:34:58,100 --> 03:34:59,720
Great to be here with all my cousins.

2183
03:35:08,040 --> 03:35:15,860
I want to thank all of you who worked on this project to install a historic marker here. It

2184
03:35:15,860 --> 03:35:22,900
will help current residents, descendants of past residents and future generations to understand

2185
03:35:22,900 --> 03:35:25,780
the importance of this site.

2186
03:35:27,000 --> 03:35:31,640
It looks like a typical residential structure, doesn't it?

2187
03:35:33,180 --> 03:35:38,160
In the early part of the 20th century, it was anything but typical.

2188
03:35:38,880 --> 03:35:45,540
As a Rosenwald School, this site was one of more than 5,000 such Rosenwald School constructed

2189
03:35:45,900 --> 03:35:49,440
between 1917 to 1932.

2190
03:35:49,440 --> 03:35:57,180
only about 10% remain standing today. What was important about what Julius Rosenwald,

2191
03:35:57,340 --> 03:36:03,140
the owner of Sears Roadbuck's department store and author and educator Booker T. Washington

2192
03:36:03,680 --> 03:36:11,520
of the Tuskegee Institute, was just a uniform design structure, although it was a pretty

2193
03:36:11,520 --> 03:36:17,480
cool design back in the day. I'll talk about that in a minute. What was impressive about

2194
03:36:17,480 --> 03:36:25,200
of course was the mission and the mission was education. Rosenwald and Washington believed

2195
03:36:25,200 --> 03:36:32,180
that the path to a better future for African-American children was throughout the American South

2196
03:36:32,180 --> 03:36:39,080
with public education. Rosenwald schools did not challenge segregation but had a tremendous

2197
03:36:39,080 --> 03:36:46,320
impact on the literacy rate among black Americans in the South. Notable graduates of the

2198
03:36:46,320 --> 03:36:52,440
Rosewood schools, which typically stopped at 8th grade include Dr. Charles Drew, author

2199
03:36:52,440 --> 03:37:01,320
Ralph Ellison, Zara Nolan Hurston and of course James Baldwin, poets Maya Jaangelo, Langston

2200
03:37:01,320 --> 03:37:07,980
Hughes and civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, plus scientists, artists and others.

2201
03:37:08,580 --> 03:37:13,660
The impact of the Rosewood school on the development of black intellectuals in the mid and late

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03:37:13,660 --> 03:37:16,580
20th century can never be overstated.

2203
03:37:17,640 --> 03:37:23,880
The building is all shared a similar blueprint, north of the south facing windows to maximise

2204
03:37:23,880 --> 03:37:30,340
light because most lacked electricity, cream or egg shell paint on the walls to encourage

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03:37:30,340 --> 03:37:40,000
learning, a plane, exterior that helps schools avoid unwanted attention, each where one classroom

2206
03:37:40,000 --> 03:37:45,900
or when more than one classroom was separated by a partition, the schools were always staffed

2207
03:37:45,900 --> 03:37:53,520
with highly qualified and dedicated teachers. In 1954, the Supreme Court decision brown

2208
03:37:53,520 --> 03:37:59,500
versus the Board of Education, integrated public education, in a short amount of time,

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03:38:00,100 --> 03:38:05,860
roles in world schools were obsolete. Of the 20 known sites in Anne Rotterdam County,

2210
03:38:05,860 --> 03:38:09,440
only about 10 remain standing, including this one.

2211
03:38:10,820 --> 03:38:15,580
And that is why we're so thrilled that this work is coming to fruition

2212
03:38:15,580 --> 03:38:18,700
and that this structure will never be torn down.

2213
03:38:19,900 --> 03:38:23,700
Those that have survived and have been restored are primarily used now

2214
03:38:23,700 --> 03:38:25,160
today as community centres.

2215
03:38:25,740 --> 03:38:28,960
I've said a lot of positive things about the Rosenwald School,

2216
03:38:29,440 --> 03:38:32,740
but they were born of an unequally,

2217
03:38:32,740 --> 03:38:36,660
an unequally American system of education and pathide.

2218
03:38:37,080 --> 03:38:42,580
It's a difficult chapter to say anything positive about that chapter in American history

2219
03:38:43,000 --> 03:38:47,780
that we know influences so much of our society functions even to this day.

2220
03:38:48,660 --> 03:38:52,140
Recognising that history helps us understand it was wrong.

2221
03:38:53,180 --> 03:39:00,160
Recognising our history, even the ugly parts help us move forward together as a nation.

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03:39:00,160 --> 03:39:16,040
Again, I thank the organisers for putting this event together and for helping future generations understand exactly what happened right here in parole and the significance of this simple yet elegant structure.

2223
03:39:16,660 --> 03:39:20,040
Now I'd like to pass it over to my senator, Elthruth. Thank you all.

2224
03:39:20,040 --> 03:39:20,780
Well,

2225
03:39:26,130 --> 03:39:30,410
thank you, Mr. Mayor, and thank you to all the woman, Pindell Charles, for your

2226
03:39:31,870 --> 03:39:36,610
tireless effort to make sure that we know exactly the history of not just the parole community

2227
03:39:36,610 --> 03:39:42,410
but the history of the entire city of Annapolis, and more importantly, how that history reflects

2228
03:39:42,410 --> 03:39:45,830
on our legacy today and the work we still have ahead of us.

2229
03:39:46,250 --> 03:39:48,250
I also want to thank Ms. Lindra and Ms. Lindra.

2230
03:39:48,330 --> 03:39:50,750
I can't help but think of Ms. Gertrude right now.

2231
03:39:52,150 --> 03:39:57,330
And think about the fact, I believe Interundal County has more standing

2232
03:39:57,330 --> 03:39:59,930
Rosenwald schools than any other community in the int-

2233
03:40:00,880 --> 03:40:29,740
And that's not an accident. That's because people have fought to preserve that history, to tell that history, to celebrate that history. And so that's why it's particularly important that we're here today. In all my spare time lately, I've been reading a lot and thinking a lot about another partnership, Rhonda mentioned partnerships between Lincoln and another great Marylander, Frederick Douglass. And the promise that reconstruction

2234
03:40:31,100 --> 03:40:38,800
could have had, he lived and had that vision for rebuilding this country, repairing the wounds

2235
03:40:38,800 --> 03:40:43,120
of this country, actually come to fruition. Unfortunately, that never occurred, and

2236
03:40:43,120 --> 03:40:48,880
we spent decades in the darkness with government not doing what it should have done in terms

2237
03:40:48,880 --> 03:40:54,160
of lifting up all of its citizens and making sure education, as we know it to be the great

2238
03:40:54,160 --> 03:40:59,720
equalizer, actually could repair those wounds. And instead, it took decades and a different

2239
03:40:59,720 --> 03:41:03,800
partnership. It took Mr. Rosenwald and Mr. Washington to come together and see this vision

2240
03:41:03,800 --> 03:41:08,920
of 5,000 schools across this country. That let's be clear the government did not build.

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03:41:10,060 --> 03:41:20,540
It did not build. And yet that vision and that seed that was planted had so many blossoms

2242
03:41:20,540 --> 03:41:24,980
and so many trees and so much fruit in each of our communities. And that is why it's important

2243
03:41:24,980 --> 03:41:29,240
that we're here today and important to reflect on that history because we cannot see where

2244
03:41:29,240 --> 03:41:31,620
where we need to go if we do not recognize where we came from.

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03:41:32,440 --> 03:41:37,540
And so I'm so grateful to be here to reflect on, take a moment this morning on a rainy Friday,

2246
03:41:38,160 --> 03:41:43,060
and reflect on our history collectively, and reflect on our responsibility collectively

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03:41:43,620 --> 03:41:44,440
to do better.

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03:41:44,820 --> 03:41:46,800
And we can only do that by knowing where we came from.

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03:41:46,940 --> 03:41:49,020
And so I'm particularly grateful for this morning.

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03:41:49,280 --> 03:41:49,960
Thank you very much.

2251
03:41:50,200 --> 03:41:50,580
Thank you so much.

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03:42:01,180 --> 03:42:06,780
Delegate Henson is being, in addition to being a legislator, you all know that she's

2253
03:42:06,780 --> 03:42:07,280
an attorney.

2254
03:42:07,280 --> 03:42:17,320
So court was on the schedule this morning, and so on behalf of delegate Henson, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

2255
03:42:17,620 --> 03:42:20,380
Much has been said about the Rosenwald School.

2256
03:42:20,760 --> 03:42:23,220
I want to tell you a little bit about parole.

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03:42:25,020 --> 03:42:32,220
History, education, service, and dedication are the pillars that this community stands on.

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03:42:32,480 --> 03:42:35,080
It is the foundation of this community.

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03:42:35,080 --> 03:42:46,240
many in this room. I see promote that. I'm going to tell you just a little bit

2260
03:42:46,240 --> 03:42:51,380
about our Greater Parole Community Association which Rhonda mentioned. I'm

2261
03:42:51,380 --> 03:43:01,520
the acting chair kind of. But one of the things that we talk about when we talk

2262
03:43:01,520 --> 03:43:07,160
about the Greater Parole Community Association is preserving our past, promoting our present,

2263
03:43:07,400 --> 03:43:16,680
and protecting our future. We understand how important that is. As I look at, out at many of the

2264
03:43:16,680 --> 03:43:23,340
pillars of this community, I thank you for your service. I thank you for making education important.

2265
03:43:23,800 --> 03:43:27,260
I thank you for your dedication and I thank you for your faithfulness. Thank you.

2266
03:43:27,260 --> 03:43:28,200
Good

2267
03:43:36,880 --> 03:43:44,140
afternoon. I'm Lisa Radvian and I'm the county councilwoman for Anoradal County Council, Anoradal County District 6 which includes the City of Annapolis.

2268
03:43:44,800 --> 03:43:47,240
It's really my honor and privilege to be here today.

2269
03:43:47,700 --> 03:43:53,800
I'm going to sort of scratch my remarks because all the woman Pindal Charles actually took most of what I intended to say.

2270
03:43:54,800 --> 03:44:02,200
So but I think there's still, I think one of the things about the Rosenwald schools is that there are so many different lessons to learn.

2271
03:44:02,200 --> 03:44:07,180
And that is one of the reasons why the history is so important for us to keep.

2272
03:44:07,880 --> 03:44:12,500
First of all, as Senator Alfred said, if you don't know where you've come from,

2273
03:44:12,740 --> 03:44:14,820
how are you going to figure out where to go next.

2274
03:44:15,800 --> 03:44:25,820
But before I came here this morning, I looked up a couple different folks that I think really reflect and

2275
03:44:25,820 --> 03:44:30,540
embody one of the things that really started the Rosenwald schools.

2276
03:44:30,540 --> 03:44:31,680
and that's allyship.

2277
03:44:32,420 --> 03:44:38,580
The idea that Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald could come together and both see

2278
03:44:38,580 --> 03:44:44,320
the need and both understand how deeply important education was and that that was not something

2279
03:44:44,320 --> 03:44:46,760
that should be narrowed, that it should be expanded.

2280
03:44:48,700 --> 03:44:51,280
I'm going to put on my glasses so I can read my notes here for a second.

2281
03:44:54,340 --> 03:44:59,960
A suffragette, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, an African-American woman born and

2282
03:45:07,140 --> 03:45:29,980
We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving a curse in its own soul. And I think this is something that not many people understood in the time that the Rosenwald schools began, the way that they were able to do so.

2283
03:45:30,540 --> 03:45:32,940
in the way Booker T. Washington understood.

2284
03:45:33,800 --> 03:45:36,540
I feel like more individuals are starting to learn this,

2285
03:45:36,740 --> 03:45:40,060
but I think it's something we all need to continue to remember

2286
03:45:40,060 --> 03:45:43,560
that as we are lifted up and as we grow ourselves,

2287
03:45:44,160 --> 03:45:46,900
we need to continue to turn and look for others

2288
03:45:46,900 --> 03:45:48,420
that need to be lifted up.

2289
03:45:49,060 --> 03:45:52,460
And not just be the savior that comes in,

2290
03:45:52,800 --> 03:45:54,280
but to really work alongside

2291
03:45:55,060 --> 03:45:58,320
because really our community is all tied together.

2292
03:45:58,320 --> 03:46:03,800
Even the people in your community that you might dislike the most, we are connected to them.

2293
03:46:04,600 --> 03:46:12,060
Mayor Buckley joked at the beginning of his remarks that, you know, he was saying hello to all of his cousins.

2294
03:46:12,960 --> 03:46:22,460
I used to teach world history and I would start on the day, the first day of class saying, I want to introduce you to all of your cousins, because we really are.

2295
03:46:23,100 --> 03:46:39,780
We are all from the same family tree and we need to continue to lift up our whole family tree and bring in those that might have gone astray and say we love you, you are part of us and continue in that path.

2296
03:46:40,080 --> 03:46:45,800
And I think that's what Julius Rosenwald was doing and I think that's what Booker T. Washington was doing.

2297
03:46:45,800 --> 03:46:54,300
and I think that's what this community was really about, was lifting people up so that we could continue to move forward as a single family.

2298
03:46:54,740 --> 03:46:55,580
Thank you very much.

2299
03:47:03,020 --> 03:47:04,480
Happy preservation month.

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03:47:05,800 --> 03:47:07,660
Isn't it appropriate that we're here today?

2301
03:47:08,660 --> 03:47:10,460
I'm Jane Cox within Rundle County.

2302
03:47:10,740 --> 03:47:11,800
I'm thrilled to be here today.

2303
03:47:11,920 --> 03:47:14,460
Thank you for inviting me to this, including me.

2304
03:47:14,800 --> 03:47:17,380
I'm the administrator for the county's historic preservation program.

2305
03:47:17,680 --> 03:47:20,680
And I just want to thank you for the honorary Ph.D.

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03:47:20,680 --> 03:47:23,120
But to my mother's chagrin, I only have a master's.

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03:47:24,680 --> 03:47:29,540
So I started the county's historic marker program four years ago with a goal of recognizing

2308
03:47:29,540 --> 03:47:32,000
the historic sites that are of local significance.

2309
03:47:32,660 --> 03:47:37,800
Most preservation programs, a site must meet this national standard of significance to be protected.

2310
03:47:38,120 --> 03:47:43,460
And what I've saw happening across the board was that these community landmarks were at

2311
03:47:43,460 --> 03:47:47,080
these simple vernacular buildings, and you drive by the Rosenwald School and not blink

2312
03:47:47,080 --> 03:47:52,540
and I, and not think, oh, it's the William Pekahouse, but these sites perhaps they've seen

2313
03:47:52,540 --> 03:47:57,620
better days. They were being tossed aside, disregarded, neglected, forgotten by the system.

2314
03:47:58,140 --> 03:48:02,140
And these are the places that I heard time and time again from citizens were places that

2315
03:48:02,140 --> 03:48:06,520
mattered locally. They were so important to the fabric of community. They were the places that

2316
03:48:06,520 --> 03:48:11,500
literally formed these historic communities. So I wanted to find a way to raise awareness

2317
03:48:11,500 --> 03:48:16,940
about these places that were forgotten, hidden, marginalized. Those places that we drive

2318
03:48:16,940 --> 03:48:22,000
and walk by every day, and I realize that naming a thing is the first step to protecting

2319
03:48:22,000 --> 03:48:23,080
it and remembering it.

2320
03:48:23,760 --> 03:48:29,020
So our sign program, four years in, now recognizes more than 60 historic sites across the

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03:48:29,020 --> 03:48:29,360
county.

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03:48:29,720 --> 03:48:34,460
These include both these brown roadside markers with a date on them, but also more elaborate

2323
03:48:34,460 --> 03:48:38,840
interpretive signs, and the process keeps building as Lindra knows.

2324
03:48:40,080 --> 03:48:44,920
So from buildings like the Rosenwald School to archaeology sites to historic cemeteries,

2325
03:48:44,920 --> 03:48:53,120
This program has raised awareness about community history, and hopefully has made people more curious about the rich local stories that are around every corner.

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03:48:54,160 --> 03:49:01,460
So early on with Lindra's encouragement, we placed the Rosenwald schools in Anorondo County at the top of our list for signage and recognition.

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03:49:02,120 --> 03:49:13,700
So based on the latest research by Lindra, 23 were built in the county, at least 12 remained standing, two or three maybe more, which is a pretty astounding preservation level.

2328
03:49:13,700 --> 03:49:19,260
and today we have placed signs brown roadside marker signs at almost every single

2329
03:49:19,260 --> 03:49:23,440
Rosenwald school so I challenge you to go for a drive see if you can find them

2330
03:49:23,440 --> 03:49:28,620
all so recognizing these schools though is bigger than just celebrating this

2331
03:49:28,620 --> 03:49:32,980
single building or the architecture of a structure these school buildings were and

2332
03:49:32,980 --> 03:49:36,380
remain the center and the heartbeat of significant historically black

2333
03:49:36,380 --> 03:49:40,900
communities and it's important chapter of our local history I'm excited to see it

2334
03:49:40,900 --> 03:49:44,880
brought forward. I hope these signs help lift it up and I hope these signs really help

2335
03:49:44,880 --> 03:49:49,200
you know make sure people know that this is an important place. So congratulations.

2336
03:50:32,140 --> 03:50:34,080
Good afternoon. Good afternoon.

2337
03:50:36,100 --> 03:50:43,620
Malice, right, president of the Community Health Center at Perot. And thank you all, the woman chose for giving me this opportunity.

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03:50:45,080 --> 03:50:59,440
Well, my story may be a little different from everything that has been said this morning. So I'm going to say very quickly, that's where it started for me. And many, many children in the many, many African-American children in the Perot community.

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For all school is where we went and went, we went to learn where there were teachers that

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03:51:06,240 --> 03:51:11,000
taught us English, arithmetic.

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03:51:11,380 --> 03:51:15,820
You don't even use the word arithmetic nowadays, arithmetic, spelling.

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We went to parole school to learn.

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And thanks be to God for the teachers that took the time and made sure that we learned.

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03:51:24,560 --> 03:51:31,060
They taught us discipline, respect, love for the community, but most of all they prepared

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03:51:31,060 --> 03:51:32,120
us for the future.

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03:51:32,660 --> 03:51:38,920
So I say today, I thank God for those teachers because of those teachers given us a beginning

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03:51:38,920 --> 03:51:39,780
and a start.

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03:51:40,260 --> 03:51:46,020
I am here where I am today because of the education that was given to us back in the day.

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03:51:46,640 --> 03:51:48,760
And when you went to school, you went to school to learn.

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03:51:49,220 --> 03:51:50,280
You were disciplined?

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03:51:50,960 --> 03:51:54,380
If you didn't do it right, you got to tap on the fingers on the hand.

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03:51:55,020 --> 03:51:58,160
And the parents didn't come to school to fight with the teachers because you got to tap.

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03:51:58,640 --> 03:52:00,660
You got another tap when you got home.

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03:52:01,640 --> 03:52:10,380
So parole school was an instrument of just helping and providing and teaching and

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03:52:10,380 --> 03:52:17,260
preparing the students for tomorrow today, where we are even though some of us are not here.

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03:52:17,260 --> 03:52:20,720
Here I can say it was decades ago that I attended parole school.

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03:52:22,020 --> 03:52:27,700
So we're just grateful for that, we're grateful for the love and we really appreciate

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03:52:27,700 --> 03:52:28,680
you doing that, Ronda.

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03:52:29,160 --> 03:52:35,120
And to all the teachers that have gone on and principal Mills, thank you, thank you for

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03:52:35,120 --> 03:52:38,800
loving us enough to give us a chance to God be the glory.

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03:53:05,160 --> 03:53:05,940
Good afternoon.

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03:53:07,220 --> 03:53:15,640
Again, I am Mindra Pratt Marshall, and I'm the coordinator of the Rosenwald School Project.

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03:53:16,540 --> 03:53:21,960
But I want to begin by thanking Cousin Ronda for organizing this event.

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03:53:22,220 --> 03:53:24,680
I don't know how she can pull it off, but she did.

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03:53:26,040 --> 03:53:28,360
I think it's been what nine months now.

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03:53:28,880 --> 03:53:33,280
We have been working on this, and finally, thank God it's happening today.

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03:53:33,280 --> 03:53:40,060
And I want to thank all the participants who, and guests, who's here today because

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03:53:40,060 --> 03:53:44,320
without you, we wouldn't have extra footage for our video.

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03:53:45,620 --> 03:53:53,560
Many thanks to Pastor Owens and the trustees of this great church, Mount Olive, African

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03:53:53,560 --> 03:54:00,620
American, African Methodist Episcopal Church, for allowing us to use this space today.

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03:54:00,620 --> 03:54:09,420
I really bring you greetings, not from parole, but from the Galesville Community Center

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03:54:09,420 --> 03:54:17,580
Organization, Inc., where we are good stewards of another Roosevelt School in South County.

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03:54:18,100 --> 03:54:27,040
In 2022, we were awarded a grant from the Maryland Heritage Area Authority to conduct research,

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03:54:27,040 --> 03:54:37,880
document and conduct or accounts of the history of the former school houses here in Anoronder County.

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03:54:39,160 --> 03:54:47,080
But today I can't stand here and just say it's all about me because it's not like to

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03:54:47,080 --> 03:54:54,980
introduce the team that's behind this. Mr. Roger Marshall who's the act and president of the

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03:54:54,980 --> 03:54:57,300
Galesville Community Center Organization,

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03:54:57,720 --> 03:54:59,600
Mr. Valentino Owens.

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03:55:00,000 --> 03:55:08,020
Who is the photographer for this project and many others? And so, as Mr. Anthony Smith, who's

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03:55:08,020 --> 03:55:15,620
a videographer for this project, but we couldn't do it alone. And so, we have trusted colleagues,

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03:55:15,620 --> 03:55:23,240
such as Ms. Jane Pots, Heather Earths, and Dr.

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03:55:26,320 --> 03:55:27,340
thank you.

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03:55:30,380 --> 03:55:37,300
Dr. Carl Bedson, thank you. If it wasn't for you all, we could not do the work that we do.

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03:55:38,800 --> 03:55:39,140
Yes,

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03:55:42,410 --> 03:55:50,210
I also want to thank we had many team members, leaders that supported this project.

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03:55:50,210 --> 03:55:56,810
every county had a team leader and so we want to thank all of them which include

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03:55:56,810 --> 03:56:07,570
Kazimanda for the plural school and we also want to thank the brave students that

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03:56:07,570 --> 03:56:14,650
when we called on them they said yes and so we have Miss Cropper we have three

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03:56:14,650 --> 03:56:24,070
siblings, cousin Betty, cousin Alfrida, cousin Alfred, all from the Brown family.

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03:56:24,710 --> 03:56:34,570
We also have Miss White and Mr. Harris, and yeah, I call her first, and so they will

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03:56:34,570 --> 03:56:41,230
be needing us after this program downstairs to give their full account of their experience

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03:56:41,230 --> 03:56:43,770
with the Rosewood schools, okay?

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03:56:44,210 --> 03:56:45,390
So thank you so much.

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03:56:45,610 --> 03:56:48,810
We greatly appreciate this and cousin Rhonda,

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03:56:49,010 --> 03:56:50,730
I don't have the body or about this anymore.

2396
03:56:52,070 --> 03:56:54,870
Because we will incorporate today's event

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03:56:55,370 --> 03:56:57,510
in what the documentary, thank you.

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03:57:03,700 --> 03:57:04,920
Thank you all so much.

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03:57:05,180 --> 03:57:07,980
Just a couple of other observations.

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I do want to recognize Heather Earths

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03:57:10,240 --> 03:57:12,440
from a visit in the Napa Santa Ronda County

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03:57:12,440 --> 03:57:14,540
and she's been a great supporter

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03:57:14,540 --> 03:57:17,380
and a blessing for our efforts as well.

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03:57:17,560 --> 03:57:18,120
Thank you Heather.

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03:57:19,740 --> 03:57:22,500
I want to let everyone know that a doctor,

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03:57:22,760 --> 03:57:26,320
Reverend Dr. Ronald Owens, who's our pastor here at Mount Olive,

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03:57:26,820 --> 03:57:29,080
is away at his daughter's graduation.

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03:57:29,540 --> 03:57:31,320
So otherwise he would be here.

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03:57:31,400 --> 03:57:32,120
He would have been here.

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03:57:32,240 --> 03:57:35,440
We had the first date, but he wanted me to let you all know that.

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03:57:36,100 --> 03:57:41,020
I am not a product of the Rosenwald School here on the corner,

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03:57:42,720 --> 03:57:49,080
But my dad is a product of that school and my mother who's from the

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03:57:49,080 --> 03:57:54,100
enclave of Queenstown in the severing community attended the Queenstown

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03:57:54,100 --> 03:57:59,280
Rosenwald School. So I feel like at least I'm an emeritus member I guess of

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03:57:59,280 --> 03:58:03,900
the Rosenwald School family. But I just want to thank everybody for being here.

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03:58:04,020 --> 03:58:08,960
Now at this time of course, Miss Mitchell-Stevens and our public

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03:58:08,960 --> 03:58:13,040
information officer and I were trying to figure out how to unveil this sign but what

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03:58:13,040 --> 03:58:19,020
I think we will do Miss Stevenson, we're going to unveil that sign right here virtually.

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03:58:20,140 --> 03:58:26,620
And we'll all, I guess at the count of three, raise our hands and pull our hands down and

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03:58:26,620 --> 03:58:30,300
simulate what we would do if we were pulling the sign down.

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03:58:30,700 --> 03:58:36,860
But at some point, I guess even after this, maybe we, some of us can walk over and do the

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03:58:36,860 --> 03:58:45,100
official signing unveiling. So unless anyone else has a better suggestion, I'm all ears.

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03:58:45,440 --> 03:58:59,400
Just let me know. But at this time, we will do the five, four, three, two, one, unveil.

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03:59:06,470 --> 03:59:14,970
And at this time, Reverend Swan will give us the blessing of the sign, the virtual sign,

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03:59:15,430 --> 03:59:18,190
and the documentary as well as the benediction.

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03:59:19,410 --> 03:59:22,090
Thank you all again, so very, very, very much.

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03:59:29,790 --> 03:59:33,890
Thank you all to one of the Charls and to all the distinguished persons who are here, protocol

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03:59:33,890 --> 03:59:34,570
being established.

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03:59:34,570 --> 03:59:35,830
I won't call all the names.

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03:59:35,970 --> 03:59:40,090
I just want to know, representing a pastor, and now, we're so glad that you all are here

2431
03:59:40,090 --> 03:59:44,110
and a part of our community, whether you're physically here or not, you very much are,

2432
03:59:44,430 --> 03:59:46,970
and we appreciate all that you've done and your presence here today.

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03:59:47,630 --> 03:59:52,590
There will be those of us who will virtually go out there, and a virtually means in

2434
03:59:52,590 --> 03:59:56,690
truth, then in truth, there will be those of us who will go out there, and we'll be able

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03:59:56,690 --> 03:59:57,550
to do that as well.

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03:59:57,550 --> 03:59:59,970
but in here, sheltered from the...

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04:00:00,000 --> 04:00:29,240
Forms on the outside, we come for some encouragement, and I have it in the words of prayer and benediction. Let us pray. Father, we thank you for this opportunity and the blessings of this day. We pray now that you were granted your blessings upon these your people as we go out into the world that's out there. But thank you for a few moments of reflection here and words of encouragement, words of fellowship and words of joining together even all the more to do great work that you have for our hands to do. And now Lord, we ask that you bless these your people.

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04:00:29,240 --> 04:00:32,140
And as we be dismissed to carry on the conversations,

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04:00:32,400 --> 04:00:34,100
may we not just share them with ourselves,

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04:00:34,340 --> 04:00:35,520
but share them with one another,

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04:00:35,900 --> 04:00:37,140
and share them with a world out there

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04:00:37,140 --> 04:00:39,480
that needs to continue to tell the story.

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04:00:39,900 --> 04:00:41,220
But because we have the details,

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04:00:41,220 --> 04:00:43,620
may we be willing to share as well as to work.

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04:00:44,060 --> 04:00:46,200
And now the benediction may the Lord bless you and keep you,

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04:00:46,560 --> 04:00:51,220
causes face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

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04:00:51,600 --> 04:00:53,620
The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you

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04:00:53,620 --> 04:00:55,360
and give you peace now and always.

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04:00:55,880 --> 04:00:57,420
Everybody say amen.

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04:00:57,420 --> 04:00:59,920
God bless you today. Glad that you were here.

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04:01:12,550 --> 04:01:16,470
I'm Rhonda McCoy, professional standards manager for the Annapolis Police Department.

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04:01:17,110 --> 04:01:21,250
I am pleased to announce the launch of our new complaint and compliment portal, where

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04:01:21,250 --> 04:01:25,570
members of the public can make a complaint or compliment the exemplary work of the five

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04:01:25,570 --> 04:01:27,690
minute women of the Annapolis Police Department.

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04:01:28,270 --> 04:01:33,190
A key feature of the new portal is that it will automatically send out notifications to

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04:01:33,190 --> 04:01:38,210
a complaint through email or text messaging when a complaint moves to different stages

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04:01:38,210 --> 04:01:44,010
other investigation when the investigation is concluded or when there's a finding in the investigation.

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04:01:44,530 --> 04:01:52,510
You can access the new portal by going to our webpage www.anapolis.gov backslashpolice.

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04:01:52,970 --> 04:01:59,370
At the top of the page, click on the words complaint and compliment portal. You will then be directed

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04:01:59,370 --> 04:02:08,990
to the portal. Once you are at the portal, click Create a New Entry and follow the directions

2461
04:02:08,990 --> 04:02:11,270
for submitting a complaint or compliment.

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04:02:13,660 --> 04:02:15,920
Chief Jackson would like the citizens of Annapolis

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04:02:15,920 --> 04:02:22,060
to know that we take all complaints seriously and that they are handled in a professional

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04:02:22,060 --> 04:02:29,900
and careful manner. We also love hearing from you when you are pleased with the performance

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04:02:29,900 --> 04:02:33,440
of our office serves while they're protecting and serving you in anapolis.

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04:02:33,840 --> 04:02:34,800
Thank you.

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04:02:55,440 --> 04:02:58,320
Hello, I'm Ken White with the Annapolis Fire Department.

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04:02:59,080 --> 04:03:01,140
This week's theme for Fire Prevention Week is

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04:03:01,140 --> 04:03:02,620
serve of safety in the kitchen.

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04:03:03,180 --> 04:03:06,560
So this holiday season, here are some tips from the Annapolis Fire Department

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04:03:06,560 --> 04:03:09,980
that can help you serve of safety in the kitchen.

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04:03:10,640 --> 04:03:14,680
Tip 1. When frying, boiling, or simmering,

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04:03:14,980 --> 04:03:18,620
stay in the kitchen, never leave the home and always use the time.

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04:03:18,620 --> 04:03:25,180
Tip 2. If a grease fire starts, never try to extinguish with water. Use a lid to cover

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04:03:25,180 --> 04:03:29,880
over the pot, turn the burner off, and wait until the pan cools down.

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04:03:30,740 --> 04:03:36,800
Tip 3. Always keep your cleaning and cooking surfaces free of any clutter.

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04:03:39,360 --> 04:03:45,980
And tip 4. Remember to always keep a 3 foot distance around the cooking area a 3 feet kids

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04:03:45,980 --> 04:03:52,220
zone as I like to call them. And remember, if you're unable to control the fire, get out of

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04:03:52,220 --> 04:03:58,080
your house and dial 911 immediately. And never forget, every month to test your smoke alarms,

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04:03:58,500 --> 04:04:05,060
have an escape plan and practice your escape plan. Unattended cooking is a leading cause of home fires

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04:04:05,060 --> 04:04:10,900
and home fire injuries. For more information on tips on how you can serve up safety in the kitchen,

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04:04:10,900 --> 04:04:15,080
visit www.firepreventionweeks.org.

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04:04:15,480 --> 04:04:16,340
Stay safe, Annapolis.

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04:09:03,980 --> 04:09:09,460
Capitan Zapata, del cuerpo de manveros, aquí de la ciudad de Nápolis. En esta semana está

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04:09:09,460 --> 04:09:14,840
más blano de prevención de incendios en la cocina. La causa principal de incendios en casa proviene

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04:09:14,840 --> 04:09:21,540
del uso de la cocina. La causa principal de incendios en la cocina es falta de su previsión.

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04:09:22,140 --> 04:09:29,920
Punto número 1. Con usted cocinando, use un reloj arma automático. Punto número 2. Siempre mantenga

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04:09:29,920 --> 04:09:36,620
una tapa cerca o a la mano cuando esté cocinando. Si está cocinando con aceite o manteca y toma fuego,

2489
04:09:37,140 --> 04:09:42,960
ponga la tapa sobre el sartén y espere que se infrien. Punto número 3, aseguro

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04:09:42,960 --> 04:09:49,280
de mantener una área limpia y organizada cuando esté cocinando. Y Punto número 4,

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04:09:50,580 --> 04:09:57,180
esté seguro que mantenga una zona libre de niños por lo menos de tres pies o un metro.

2492
04:10:00,000 --> 04:10:06,500
En ese caso, hay un inseño que está fuera de su control, llame al 9.11. inmediatamente. Acuérse de

2493
04:10:06,500 --> 04:10:11,400
probar sus detecores de humo mensualmente, hago un plan de escape también, y

2494
04:12:09,320 --> 04:12:27,900
practiclo. Mantente

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04:12:27,900 --> 04:12:30,880
es una de los más grandes asesos, las más grandes economías de las vías,

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04:12:30,880 --> 04:12:34,140
pero también es una de los grandes asesosos.

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04:12:34,220 --> 04:12:35,900
Hemos visto eso por el día de la日na.

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04:12:36,040 --> 04:12:37,760
En el día de la日na hemos estado haciendo un paso

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04:12:37,760 --> 04:12:40,120
del gobierno de la subvención que el gobierno se llevó a mi height.

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04:12:40,700 --> 04:12:45,180
Se ha llegado a la marca del trabajo y ha llegado a los más voluidos

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04:12:45,180 --> 04:12:46,460
en la ciudad.

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04:12:47,280 --> 04:12:49,100
Los propios propiosos son los de esto.

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04:12:49,460 --> 04:12:51,860
Se han dado un par de los servicios, pero cuando llegan la tercienda

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04:12:51,860 --> 04:12:55,260
la tercienda es una vez en un evento de la visión de la ciudad.

2505
04:12:55,260 --> 04:12:58,900
La gente que viene para ellos, tenemos que encontrar los cambios de su propia house de trabajo.

2506
04:13:00,020 --> 04:13:05,020
Tenemos afectaciones de la Comunidad y de la Universidad de El FEREF, para poder nos dedicarles

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04:13:05,020 --> 04:13:06,500
a las negocios de la empresa aquí en el廈 delante.

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04:13:07,920 --> 04:13:13,520
Senator Elfroth textó a mí el día de que, una idea en una queernesses,יכamos

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04:13:13,520 --> 04:13:18,360
a la actividad si accedemos a la economía de la Comunidad, se捏jen las caras de las negocios

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04:13:18,360 --> 04:13:20,080
que estos deinos yazos pueden usar. Y me

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04:13:20,080 --> 04:13:23,400
voy a sacar los estudios, produce como que seleton entre los documentos de la conspiratura.

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04:13:23,400 --> 04:13:26,680
y yo quiero decir, tenemos un gran equipo aquí,

2513
04:13:27,260 --> 04:13:30,520
estamos en Christianquibia, estamos en our emergency management team,

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04:13:30,740 --> 04:13:31,960
aquí hay muchas de las personas de eso,

2515
04:13:32,260 --> 04:13:33,720
estamos en la economía de las personas,

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04:13:33,920 --> 04:13:35,620
que van a ayudar a las discusiones,

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04:13:36,020 --> 04:13:37,140
llegan a estas asociaciones,

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04:13:37,260 --> 04:13:38,200
como siempre es posible.

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04:13:39,240 --> 04:13:42,240
Esto hace el caso para proteger el sitio.

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04:13:43,060 --> 04:13:45,280
Estamos en el estado, ahora,

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04:13:45,480 --> 04:13:49,000
volviendo a dar $3,000,000 de las $18,000,000

2522
04:13:49,000 --> 04:13:50,780
en el estado que ha comido a este proyecto increíble.

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04:13:50,780 --> 04:13:51,100
el proyecto.

2524
04:13:51,460 --> 04:13:55,220
Estamos haciendo un $19 mil y $1 mil de la situación del mundo.

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04:13:55,540 --> 04:14:01,960
Eso no solo ha habido un gran barrio, pero ha habido un barrio, un barrio, un barrio,

2526
04:14:02,000 --> 04:14:08,200
el próximo catastrophic weather evento y ha habido un gran espacio publico, un park en

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04:14:08,200 --> 04:14:12,180
CityDark, un park spray, de cosas para personas cuando llegan a ir.

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04:14:12,320 --> 04:14:17,500
Así, ha habido la ciudad de Resilienta en el mismo tiempo que ha habido la ciudad más atractiva.

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04:14:17,500 --> 04:14:20,100
So we want to thank the state for their support on that,

2530
04:14:20,280 --> 04:14:22,540
especially this tight budget that's coming up now.

2531
04:14:23,360 --> 04:14:25,200
And I'm going to now hand it off to the county

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04:14:25,200 --> 04:14:29,240
to let you know where to go to access this money.

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04:14:29,360 --> 04:14:31,500
And I want to thank the businesses for their patience

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04:14:32,060 --> 04:14:32,700
through this time.

2535
04:14:32,700 --> 04:14:34,280
It was a tough thing to go through.

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04:14:34,800 --> 04:14:36,560
And we know that they're veterans of this,

2537
04:14:36,720 --> 04:14:38,860
but I think this one hurt particularly bad.

2538
04:14:38,860 --> 04:14:40,620
So we want to make sure we get them back

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04:14:40,620 --> 04:14:41,840
on their feet as soon as possible.

2540
04:14:42,200 --> 04:14:42,720
Thank you.

2541
04:14:43,220 --> 04:14:43,520
Amy.

2542
04:14:45,320 --> 04:14:46,120
Thank you, Mayor.

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04:14:46,780 --> 04:14:51,000
Ami Gowen, Presidente y CEO de Anorando Economic Development Corporation.

2544
04:14:51,580 --> 04:14:56,040
Y para los que no saben, nuestra organización existe para ayudar a la comunidad

2545
04:14:56,040 --> 04:14:58,540
en Anorando County y en la ciudad de Anapolis.

2546
04:14:58,540 --> 04:14:59,960
So whether it's

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04:15:00,000 --> 04:15:29,820
So I help them start up or grow, or unfortunately, in situations like this, we're here to help businesses. So when Mayor Buckley called me yesterday, and when Senator Alfred reached out and said, can you deploy some grant funding that is available, it was a resounding yes from both myself and county executives to your pitman. So I just wanted to say thank you so much to Senator Alfred and Velligit Jones for their leadership last session to make the state's video lottery terminal funds available for

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04:15:29,820 --> 04:15:36,120
disaster situations like this and our organization is Nimble and can deploy and can deploy them quickly

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04:15:36,840 --> 04:15:43,460
and so we are in the process of standing up our grant program it is a disaster relief program

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04:15:43,460 --> 04:15:50,960
we will offer up to $50,000 for businesses that have damage due to flooding so it can be used for

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04:15:50,960 --> 04:15:58,360
things like equipment, property damage and some income loss. We will have information on our website

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04:15:58,360 --> 04:16:08,460
right today. You can visit that at A-A-E-D-C.org or myaRundalbiz.org. And we will be taking applications

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04:16:08,460 --> 04:16:16,040
starting on Tuesday. So, again, thank you very much. We stand ready to support the businesses

2554
04:16:16,040 --> 04:16:21,260
of this city. And I am going to now turn it over to delegate Jones to say a few.

2555
04:16:21,700 --> 04:16:22,780
Thank you so much.

2556
04:16:24,420 --> 04:16:30,900
Thank you all for being here again. My name is Delegate Dana Jones. I am in the House

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04:16:30,900 --> 04:16:36,040
of Delegates here for anapolis and I just really want to thank the incredible work of my

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04:16:36,040 --> 04:16:40,900
friend, Chief Simmons, the Annapolis Office of Emergency Management as well as Emergency

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04:16:41,820 --> 04:16:48,280
Respondor's Countywide. With over 5 feet of storm surge, over 17,000 left without power

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04:16:48,280 --> 04:16:54,000
in the region, these heroes once again stepped up as they always do and answered the call.

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04:16:54,260 --> 04:17:01,240
From the storm, water rescues to ensuring infants had the equipment they needed, the

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04:17:01,240 --> 04:17:05,320
community is indebted to you and I sincerely thank the Office of Emergency Management.

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04:17:05,920 --> 04:17:12,720
As many of you know, this week in the legislature, we kicked out the 446 legislative session,

2564
04:17:12,720 --> 04:17:21,080
bringing an additional 185 legislators and countless staff to my district, district 30A for the next 90 days.

2565
04:17:21,780 --> 04:17:32,680
This storm and the flood waters brought by it really struck many of my colleagues and showed them firsthand the importance of the work that we are doing in the legislature to protect our communities from future storms.

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04:17:32,680 --> 04:17:38,540
With a mayor's emergency declaration, as Amy just explained, anapolis mall businesses

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04:17:38,540 --> 04:17:44,560
and nonprofits are now able to receive vote funding for up to 50,000 in aid to mitigate

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04:17:44,560 --> 04:17:46,020
damage from this week's storms.

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04:17:46,580 --> 04:17:52,500
I want to thank my friend, Mayor Buckley, his leadership in unlocking these funds and my partners

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04:17:52,500 --> 04:17:59,420
in friend who I stand shoulder to shoulder with on both days like this and bad ones.

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04:17:59,420 --> 04:18:03,660
Sarah Alfred, I am forever grateful to my friend who I work with every day.

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04:18:04,520 --> 04:18:11,620
We in 2022 authored and passed legislation that will allow the flexibility for funds to be used this way.

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04:18:13,260 --> 04:18:19,100
Tragically, localized severe flooding and wind events were the exact disasters that the Senator and

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04:18:19,100 --> 04:18:22,260
I considered when writing this legislation three years ago.

2575
04:18:22,260 --> 04:18:31,700
We stood in parole, shoulder to shoulder, and help that community clean up after an EF2 tornado.

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04:18:32,480 --> 04:18:38,120
And today we're here again, heartbroken by the damage to our community, our small businesses and so many others.

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04:18:38,940 --> 04:18:50,240
In addition to the funding to help businesses recover from storms like this, we must also invest in resiliency projects to help stop damage from rising flood levels prior to it happening.

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04:18:50,780 --> 04:18:55,720
This week we saw compromise streets stay open for hours longer than it normally would have.

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04:18:56,580 --> 04:19:00,860
Just because of the early deployments of storm and water management infrastructure.

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04:19:01,600 --> 04:19:05,900
I'm so proud to have worked with my district partners to bring millions of dollars home and

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04:19:05,900 --> 04:19:11,340
state funding that will go towards permanent city dock resiliency infrastructure to prevent future flooding.

2582
04:19:11,340 --> 04:19:14,920
And I am eager to see the city complete this project in the coming years.

2583
04:19:14,920 --> 04:19:16,700
I'm so proud of everything that you all have worked on.

2584
04:19:16,700 --> 04:19:26,420
With that, I want to introduce my dear friend, my partner, in the Senate, on so many issues affecting Annapolis, and Anorondle County, Senator Sarah Elfrath.

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04:19:28,800 --> 04:19:29,680
Good morning.

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04:19:30,480 --> 04:19:36,040
I have the great privilege of representing you in the State Senate, but I also stand here as a neighbor downtown.

2587
04:19:36,380 --> 04:19:37,980
I live just right behind us.

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04:19:38,080 --> 04:19:48,200
And so whenever we anticipate rising season storms, my first thought is always going to be to my neighbors right here, to Ryan and to Alice and to the big cheese.

2589
04:19:48,200 --> 04:19:52,120
and those who are most affected whenever we have a large storm.

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04:19:52,920 --> 04:19:54,300
Now climate change is happening.

2591
04:19:54,720 --> 04:19:57,380
I share it with my colleagues on the Senate floor regularly,

2592
04:19:57,800 --> 04:19:59,920
and it's happening right here in the city of Annapolis.

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04:20:02,500 --> 04:20:29,220
We are going to continue to see these national disasters impact our communities. That's the bad news. But the good news is, with every tornado and every flood, we get better. We get better at cutting the red tape. We get better at responding. We get better at being there for our neighbors. And so we learned lessons with every ensuing disaster after the tornado that devastated parole and Alderman-Ronda Pindell Charles' district. After we see in the record floods,

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04:20:32,060 --> 04:20:34,920
We learned what went wrong and what we can do better.

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04:20:35,460 --> 04:20:37,900
And we learned that we needed a more nimble response.

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04:20:38,460 --> 04:20:42,820
And our state law did not allow at that time for that nimble response.

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04:20:43,040 --> 04:20:45,080
We needed a state state of emergency.

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04:20:45,580 --> 04:20:49,460
And so we changed the law to say when we have these localized microstorms,

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04:20:49,460 --> 04:20:54,060
these natural disasters and small scale that don't meet the level of the state of emergency

2600
04:20:54,060 --> 04:20:57,040
but are still devastating for local communities.

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04:20:57,040 --> 04:20:58,700
we need to be more responsive.

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04:20:58,860 --> 04:21:01,760
We changed the law so that we could open up

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04:21:01,760 --> 04:21:03,780
those precious economic development dollars,

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04:21:03,780 --> 04:21:06,280
not just to our small businesses impacted,

2605
04:21:06,720 --> 04:21:09,500
but also to our nonprofits that are so important

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04:21:09,500 --> 04:21:10,180
to our community.

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04:21:10,720 --> 04:21:12,100
So in the last flood,

2608
04:21:12,460 --> 04:21:14,140
and I've had a couple since I've been your senator,

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04:21:14,600 --> 04:21:16,000
the Maritime Museum over in East Fort,

2610
04:21:16,180 --> 04:21:17,900
took on nearly two feet of water,

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04:21:17,900 --> 04:21:20,140
and we're not eligible for this funding.

2612
04:21:20,340 --> 04:21:22,860
We changed the law in order so that they could

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04:21:22,860 --> 04:21:24,800
avail themselves of this support.

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04:21:24,800 --> 04:21:29,780
We cannot hold back the tide, but we can be more responsive to our neighbors on their

2615
04:21:29,780 --> 04:21:30,280
worst days.

2616
04:21:30,920 --> 04:21:34,520
I'm so grateful to the City of Annapolis and especially the Office of Emergency Management

2617
04:21:34,520 --> 04:21:39,380
to the County Economic Development Team to the Governor's Office, who took a dozen

2618
04:21:39,380 --> 04:21:40,860
calls from me over the last few days.

2619
04:21:41,240 --> 04:21:46,000
We might have gavled in the legislative session, but I was on the phone with Ryan and Alice

2620
04:21:46,000 --> 04:21:50,520
in the Governor's Office about every hour over the last three days to make sure they had

2621
04:21:50,520 --> 04:21:51,200
everything they need.

2622
04:21:51,200 --> 04:21:54,940
and so we can cut through this bureaucratic red tape and make sure our small

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04:21:54,940 --> 04:21:59,660
businesses and our non-profits get everything they need to recover and re-open.

2624
04:22:00,360 --> 04:22:05,460
And with that I'm proud to welcome my partner, Alice Estrada, the CEO of the

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04:22:05,460 --> 04:22:07,340
Naples Maritime Museum. Thank you.

2626
04:22:10,790 --> 04:22:13,790
Thank you Sarah, I'm very much on so many

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04:22:13,790 --> 04:22:19,370
levels, Alice Estrada, and I represent the Naples Maritime Museum in the

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04:22:19,370 --> 04:22:23,130
community of these port, when city dock floods we flood.

2629
04:22:23,890 --> 04:22:28,530
We took an 18 inches of water in this last event in the building.

2630
04:22:28,950 --> 04:22:32,730
We were able to elevate all our contents, so no content loss.

2631
04:22:33,370 --> 04:22:39,770
But still, 18 inches of water in the building will involve days and days of

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04:22:39,770 --> 04:22:43,670
drying and sanitizing and drying and sanitizing.

2633
04:22:43,670 --> 04:22:50,530
As we all know, water can be so damaging both to the health of the building and the infrastructure.

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04:22:51,790 --> 04:23:02,570
I really do want to commend Senator Alfred and delegate Jones because the last flooding event in October of 2021, I was so frustrated and disappointed that I was ineligible for these funds.

2635
04:23:03,190 --> 04:23:08,330
And sure enough, they told me we're going to get that changed and sure enough, they did.

2636
04:23:08,330 --> 04:23:14,230
it. Unfortunately, I have another flooding event to make this available. But I also want

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04:23:14,230 --> 04:23:19,230
to thank them because they also sponsored a bond bill for us to figure out some short-term

2638
04:23:19,230 --> 04:23:25,290
and long-term solutions for sea level rise at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. If you don't

2639
04:23:25,290 --> 04:23:32,610
know, we are a beloved community anchor. We want to figure out a way that we can stay viable,

2640
04:23:32,610 --> 04:23:38,830
But these flooding events that are having more and more often is not sustainable for us.

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04:23:39,290 --> 04:23:44,930
It's very, very expensive for us to recover as I'm sure I speak for all the nonprofits.

2642
04:23:45,690 --> 04:23:47,250
Nonprofits are businesses too.

2643
04:23:47,390 --> 04:23:50,550
They just take their proceeds and put them back into their mission.

2644
04:23:51,110 --> 04:23:58,770
But yeah, I feel the pain of all of my neighboring businesses downtown and I just want to say thank

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04:23:58,770 --> 04:24:03,750
Thank you again for the support and the widespread city support as well.

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04:24:03,970 --> 04:24:04,430
Thank you.

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04:24:09,450 --> 04:24:10,090
Good morning.

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04:24:10,330 --> 04:24:14,710
My name is Steven Rice from the Economic Development Manager for the City of Annapolis.

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04:24:15,670 --> 04:24:20,590
I just want to take a minute to talk very briefly about the negative economic impact that a flood

2650
04:24:20,590 --> 04:24:21,670
can have on a business.

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04:24:22,750 --> 04:24:27,670
When flooding happens, you can have property damage, you can have equipment loss,

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04:24:30,770 --> 04:24:31,350
you can

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04:24:31,350 --> 04:24:34,330
that a business is closed, you have a loss of revenue.

2654
04:24:35,030 --> 04:24:42,210
So there are four different kinds of negative financial impacts that can happen to a business when you have an event such as this.

2655
04:24:43,310 --> 04:24:47,930
There are also some other issues when flood waters rise.

2656
04:24:48,750 --> 04:24:53,670
And in particular, of course, businesses have to clear out the water, and they have to clean up the debris.

2657
04:24:53,670 --> 04:24:59,950
But in addition to that, they may have repairs that require, if there's

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04:25:02,260 --> 04:25:10,140
And the city is committed to expediting those permits as quickly as possible. The other thing

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04:25:10,140 --> 04:25:17,320
from a health and an environmental standpoint is that when flood waters rise, you can have

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04:25:17,320 --> 04:25:24,740
a sewage backup, sometimes it releases fuel, and other solvents, cleaners, and other chemicals

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04:25:24,740 --> 04:25:27,780
vehicles that these businesses have on their premises.

2662
04:25:28,720 --> 04:25:35,600
The other potential hazard is that when the flood water is rise, water coming in from

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04:25:36,140 --> 04:25:39,060
the creek, you don't know exactly what's in that water.

2664
04:25:39,280 --> 04:25:43,180
So you don't know what that water is bringing into the business in addition to not knowing

2665
04:25:43,180 --> 04:25:46,120
how it's impacting what's already inside the business.

2666
04:25:47,340 --> 04:25:54,100
So a couple things just, I would like to say, it's important obviously for all of us to work

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04:25:54,100 --> 04:26:01,840
together, and I think this is an example of city, county, and state cooperation.

2668
04:26:02,740 --> 04:26:08,820
When this event happened, the county was on site within about 30 minutes.

2669
04:26:09,600 --> 04:26:15,520
The city had pre-gamed the event before it even happened, and we have obvious state support

2670
04:26:15,820 --> 04:26:21,020
that has come in to make funds available for these impacted businesses.

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04:26:21,020 --> 04:26:31,020
So I'm going to stop here, the last thing I want to say though, is that we want these businesses to be up and running as soon as possible.

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04:26:31,420 --> 04:26:39,120
That is our goal. And we also want to get this right so that these businesses patrons are also protected.

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04:26:39,740 --> 04:26:47,980
At this point, I'd like to introduce Mr. Ryan Lamey. He's the owner of Pips Quick Plug. Pips has excellent hot dogs.

2674
04:26:47,980 --> 04:26:51,120
And it's right over there.

2675
04:26:56,160 --> 04:26:57,220
Good morning, everybody.

2676
04:26:58,480 --> 04:26:59,100
Please be with me.

2677
04:26:59,120 --> 04:26:59,900
I'm not a public speaker.

2678
04:27:00,100 --> 04:27:01,340
I just make delicious chili dogs.

2679
04:27:05,260 --> 04:27:06,680
Just where do you begin?

2680
04:27:07,020 --> 04:27:08,180
We've been here 15 years.

2681
04:27:08,800 --> 04:27:10,220
We've dealt with nuisance flooding.

2682
04:27:10,940 --> 04:27:13,360
That's just something we deal with here on Dox Street.

2683
04:27:14,340 --> 04:27:17,780
Greatly looking forward to the revitalization of Dox Street.

2684
04:27:19,100 --> 04:27:20,880
With what we dealt with on Tuesday.

2685
04:27:20,880 --> 04:27:29,540
today. I don't think any of us were prepared for it. We lost more than half of our equipment

2686
04:27:29,540 --> 04:27:37,320
inside product, the revenue that we'll lose. It's looking like we could be closed a week,

2687
04:27:37,420 --> 04:27:38,260
maybe two weeks.

2688
04:27:41,040 --> 04:27:44,200
We've got employees, and I'm speaking on behalf of all the small businesses

2689
04:27:44,200 --> 04:27:48,220
downtown. That's not mine. We've got employees that depend on us.

2690
04:27:50,610 --> 04:27:51,690
It's just we put everything

2691
04:27:51,690 --> 04:27:53,050
we have into these businesses.

2692
04:27:58,860 --> 04:27:59,920
It's just I

2693
04:28:02,030 --> 04:28:02,970
can't bear with me.

2694
04:28:06,100 --> 04:28:07,160
Just thank you very much

2695
04:28:07,920 --> 04:28:15,600
again for the mayor to Senator Alfred's just this is it'll be a huge burden lifted off of us

2696
04:28:16,120 --> 04:28:22,880
just knowing that this this financial aid is going to be made available. It's just it's a lot

2697
04:28:22,880 --> 04:28:29,460
it's a lot to deal with. It's it's it's our entire lives and again I speak only half of everybody here

2698
04:28:29,460 --> 04:28:35,000
on Doc Street in the downtown area and again thank you to the community. There's been a lot

2699
04:28:35,000 --> 04:28:41,440
of outreach just coming in saying you know just asking how we're doing it means a lot.

2700
04:28:42,700 --> 04:28:46,080
And you know again just thank you very much. Great way to share.

2701
04:28:52,270 --> 04:28:53,790
And so if the city doc had been

2702
04:28:53,790 --> 04:29:00,910
complete on Tuesday none of these businesses would have been flooded. So we are looking to make

2703
04:29:00,910 --> 04:29:08,290
this happen sooner rather than later. We start construction at City Dock. It's not a case of

2704
04:29:08,290 --> 04:29:14,970
if there's going to be the next Isabelle or will there be. It is going to come. There's no question.

2705
04:29:15,510 --> 04:29:20,890
We just had the hottest year on record for the planet. Catastrophic weather events are going to be

2706
04:29:20,890 --> 04:29:25,210
a way of life and we have to deal with it. We want the State Capital of Maryland.

2707
04:29:28,730 --> 04:29:30,890
We want a

2708
04:29:31,550 --> 04:29:34,310
So, but we have to come up with the short-term solutions.

2709
04:29:35,050 --> 04:29:39,890
Another solution besides the barrier that we deployed next week is we're going to work

2710
04:29:39,890 --> 04:29:45,310
with a delegate manager Jones and Senator Elfrith on getting some money for an idea called

2711
04:29:45,310 --> 04:29:53,210
these door dams, a Dutch door dams, for around $5,000 we could fit out a lot of these doorways

2712
04:29:53,210 --> 04:29:56,910
and they would have some protection up to a certain point.

2713
04:29:56,910 --> 04:29:59,130
and we have to sort of check, you know.

2714
04:30:00,000 --> 04:30:29,640
The vulnerabilities of that. But we think we could probably provide 10 or 20 businesses with that kind of thing. We could provide the maritime museum with that kind of thing. And it might be a way to get them to stay up longer. The barrier was great because we kept traffic flowing for four extra hours yesterday. The main artery into the city for export. So I want to thank you for covering this because these businesses are so important to us. Pips is an institution. Everybody loves this man.

2715
04:30:29,640 --> 04:30:33,540
and everybody loves that restaurant so I'm looking forward to getting in there

2716
04:30:33,540 --> 04:30:39,320
getting my next hot dog we are open for questions if you have any questions of

2717
04:30:39,320 --> 04:30:44,460
any of us there are people here from the county state city please go ahead

2718
04:30:48,330 --> 04:30:49,790
I

2719
04:30:49,790 --> 04:30:55,110
will ask you if you might know that this is uh thank

2720
04:30:57,220 --> 04:30:58,020
you this is Chris

2721
04:30:58,020 --> 04:31:00,180
Jakubiak Department of Planning and Zoning

2722
04:31:06,460 --> 04:31:09,220
17 of renotuses were posted

2723
04:31:11,990 --> 04:31:18,650
roughly 13 are still posted so we've worked the department is working in

2724
04:31:18,650 --> 04:31:22,190
coordination with the County Department of Health to move those forward.

2725
04:31:26,820 --> 04:31:27,140
Some of

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04:31:27,140 --> 04:31:34,840
the damage is extensive, equipment failures, wet floors obviously, wet carpets,

2727
04:31:35,600 --> 04:31:41,520
the walls and foundations internal to the buildings are absorbing of water. Some

2728
04:31:41,520 --> 04:31:47,120
water still standing in some structures. That's the typical set of damage we're seeing.

2729
04:31:52,280 --> 04:31:57,340
I know that some work that needs to be done on the hill. So if you have any specific

2730
04:31:57,340 --> 04:32:02,520
questions for Senator Alvaro, Delegate Dana Jones, let us know because they told me they

2731
04:32:02,520 --> 04:32:03,800
were on a tight schedule today.

2732
04:32:11,230 --> 04:32:17,250
We'll watch until we're expecting 3.5 to 4 feet of tidal

2733
04:32:17,790 --> 04:32:20,550
and everybody knows that our problem here is tidal surge.

2734
04:32:20,610 --> 04:32:23,690
It is water pushing up the bay into the storm drains

2735
04:32:23,690 --> 04:32:25,690
and up through the greats and then into the businesses

2736
04:32:25,690 --> 04:32:28,170
or under compromised street stopping traffic.

2737
04:32:28,330 --> 04:32:29,970
So that's our problem.

2738
04:32:30,030 --> 04:32:33,130
More than rain, it is tidal surge.

2739
04:32:33,410 --> 04:32:36,470
So we are going to watch to see if we're going to need

2740
04:32:36,470 --> 04:32:37,350
to deploy it.

2741
04:32:37,750 --> 04:32:40,890
We believe it's going to happen earlier in the morning

2742
04:32:40,890 --> 04:32:43,090
when it's not such a heavily traffic time.

2743
04:32:43,450 --> 04:32:45,230
So we're still making that call.

2744
04:32:45,230 --> 04:32:47,190
so it's still a fluid assessment.

2745
04:32:53,080 --> 04:33:00,180
So we're waiting on a big FEMA grant, so the question was,

2746
04:33:00,500 --> 04:33:08,600
is all the funding secured for the CityDoc project? We need every dollar, and those dollars

2747
04:33:08,600 --> 04:33:14,680
come in millions of dollars. We're doing a $90 billion project here to re-imagine this whole area,

2748
04:33:15,180 --> 04:33:20,120
add additional parking out in the garage. The garage is finished. We start working on the utilities

2749
04:33:20,120 --> 04:33:25,360
here this year and then we move forward after vote show to fence off that area and raise city

2750
04:33:25,360 --> 04:33:32,840
dock and then button it up at the end of 20 in the middle of 26. We're nearly there but we need

2751
04:33:32,840 --> 04:33:36,780
our state partners, we need our federal partners to really make it happen. Thank you.

2752
04:33:38,800 --> 04:33:39,900
I think you

2753
04:33:39,900 --> 04:33:46,960
know in the range of 10 to 20 something like that so but we're pretty close and we feel you know we

2754
04:33:46,960 --> 04:33:52,420
We have the relationships and we had a lot of legislators show up and couldn't get into

2755
04:33:52,420 --> 04:33:56,160
our hotels on Tuesday night because it was flooded in front of the hotel there.

2756
04:33:56,800 --> 04:34:01,780
So I think that makes the case for us and that's going to help our delegation go to bat

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04:34:01,780 --> 04:34:03,000
for us like they always do.

2758
04:34:32,900 --> 04:34:37,660
So we're definitely not expecting it to be anything like we're expecting

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04:34:51,190 --> 04:34:55,370
that to be an issue

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04:34:55,370 --> 04:34:57,070
with this upcoming storm.

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04:34:57,070 --> 04:34:59,950
We think that the ground water is

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04:35:00,000 --> 04:35:14,600
As is receded, so we will be okay through this as long as it doesn't do anything we don't expect. So 3.5 will be okay too. So that is on the groundwater question. On access to the funds, I'll let someone from the county come and speak to that.

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04:35:19,040 --> 04:35:32,360
Great. So I think in answer to that question, if there were to be another state of emergency declared for this upcoming storm, then yes, those funds would be available. But as the mayor just indicated, he doesn't expect there would be another emergency situation.

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04:35:32,360 --> 04:35:33,220
Correct,

2765
04:35:41,090 --> 04:35:41,830
that is correct, yes.

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04:35:49,930 --> 04:35:51,130
We'll get someone to look out.

2767
04:35:52,570 --> 04:35:54,750
The question was how long will the state of emergency last?

2768
04:35:54,970 --> 04:35:55,990
My name is David Mandel.

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04:35:56,130 --> 04:36:00,970
I'm Deputy Director of the City of Annapolis Office of Emergency Management by city code

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04:36:00,970 --> 04:36:02,010
and state statute.

2771
04:36:02,010 --> 04:36:07,350
I understand the declaration of emergency last 30 days unless renewed by council.

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04:36:10,580 --> 04:36:14,740
And I can't say enough about the team that we're out here in the rain on that night.

2773
04:36:15,140 --> 04:36:19,400
And the way they cleaned up afterwards, if you came to the City of Annapolis, you would

2774
04:36:19,400 --> 04:36:20,780
I think nothing happened.

2775
04:36:21,140 --> 04:36:24,940
The only way you would know anything happened in this city is if you happen to press your

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04:36:24,940 --> 04:36:29,780
nose up against the window and see the damage that some of these businesses have been affected

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04:36:29,780 --> 04:36:30,100
by.

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04:36:30,280 --> 04:36:32,320
But the team were out in full force.

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04:36:32,780 --> 04:36:37,540
We relocated residents from a homeless shelter.

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04:36:37,760 --> 04:36:40,800
We moved them across town because they had a fire in the middle of the storm.

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04:36:41,200 --> 04:36:43,060
We relocated 40 to 50 people.

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04:36:43,540 --> 04:36:50,020
We got the water moved out of here by the afternoon, so receded the pumps kicked in when

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04:36:50,020 --> 04:36:55,040
it was at the level that they could handle, and we were back in business and so we've

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04:36:55,040 --> 04:36:59,940
got some people back in their feet, but we need to get everybody back in their feet because

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04:36:59,940 --> 04:37:04,560
the business community is just a bigger part of the community than the residential community

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04:37:04,560 --> 04:37:10,300
in the city and we want to support them, we want to be there for them and they know that

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04:37:10,300 --> 04:37:14,120
that state, the county, and the city have their back, so we

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04:37:17,740 --> 04:37:18,660
appreciate you all being there.

2789
04:37:18,780 --> 04:37:19,520
Thank you so much.

2790
04:37:19,600 --> 04:37:19,900
Thank you.

2791
04:37:20,060 --> 04:37:20,360
Thank you.

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04:37:20,420 --> 04:37:20,660
Thank you.

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04:37:20,800 --> 04:37:25,180
And I do have the names of all of our speakers printed out for you so you get the spellings,

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04:37:25,260 --> 04:37:25,360
right?

2795
04:37:25,820 --> 04:37:32,040
We also have a flyer with the QR code for folks to get to the application.

2796
04:37:33,140 --> 04:37:33,800
Thank you.

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04:37:34,440 --> 04:37:35,240
Thank you.

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04:39:25,130 --> 04:39:30,310
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04:40:00,000 --> 04:40:24,160
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04:40:39,920 --> 04:40:44,260
Hey, get out of here. Looks like after due proper transportation and training again.

2808
04:40:44,260 --> 04:40:52,200
If you put your trash out, please place it into a bag and tie the bag up and place it

2809
04:40:52,200 --> 04:40:56,260
into a watertight receptacle with your address placed on it so they can be seen from the

2810
04:40:56,260 --> 04:40:58,600
street that the end of your problem for proper road collection.

2811
04:41:00,080 --> 04:41:02,960
As a matter of fact, the recycle is done all wrong also.

2812
04:41:03,740 --> 04:41:08,080
If you decide to place your recycling in a bag, please bring your bag to the receptacle and

2813
04:41:08,080 --> 04:41:12,020
take all items out of the bag and place them into the can and make sure the lid is closed.

2814
04:41:12,240 --> 04:41:12,360
Please.

2815
04:41:13,160 --> 04:41:17,220
Let's bring back in the trash master, so I can show you things that are not recyclable.

2816
04:41:18,760 --> 04:41:20,660
She's 40% non-recyclable right now.

2817
04:41:22,760 --> 04:41:25,120
This is non-recyclable, this is non-recyclable.

2818
04:41:25,480 --> 04:41:26,960
The metal utensils are non-recyclable.

2819
04:41:28,380 --> 04:41:32,060
Please be mindful of your trash and recycle placement to avoid fines.

2820
04:41:38,430 --> 04:41:40,870
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2824
04:41:55,330 --> 04:41:59,890
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04:41:59,890 --> 04:42:04,570
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2826
04:42:04,570 --> 04:42:09,970
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04:42:09,970 --> 04:42:16,930
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Imagine the future of anapolis

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04:42:27,350 --> 04:42:34,690
as a place where you can walk safely from your home to a shopping center. Imagine being able to bike

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04:42:34,690 --> 04:42:40,870
to a job from one end of the city to the other comfortably. Imagine choosing to take public

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04:42:40,870 --> 04:42:47,630
transit even though you own a car just because the service is that good. That's the city we want

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04:42:47,630 --> 04:42:54,530
to move towards and to do that we need to think about both policy in terms of how we guide our

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04:42:54,530 --> 04:43:00,690
transportation investments. They're also the design of those, how they're integrated with the city.

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04:43:01,350 --> 04:43:07,190
It's about connecting all of these places looking at the entire city as a place that you should be

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04:43:07,190 --> 04:43:15,490
able to get around without a personal vehicle safely and to do that we need more mobility options.

2837
04:43:16,290 --> 04:43:21,310
Mobility is a foundational theme of the NAMPLUS head 2040 Comprehensive Plan and it's a

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04:43:21,310 --> 04:43:26,910
distinguishing element of this comprehensive plan in comparison to all of our past comprehensive

2839
04:43:26,910 --> 04:43:32,810
plans including the one from just 10 years ago. But why is that? Well there's a recognition today

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04:43:32,810 --> 04:43:38,910
that mobility has an oversized impact positively affecting the whole range of

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04:43:38,910 --> 04:43:43,310
bigger issues in anapolis from a public health safety and well-being,

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04:43:43,770 --> 04:43:49,050
equitable access to opportunities, economic development, community development,

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04:43:49,430 --> 04:43:53,750
and environmental sustainability and resilience. When you add up all of these

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04:43:53,750 --> 04:43:58,670
things, dollar for dollar, the investments we make in our mobility infrastructure

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04:43:58,670 --> 04:44:03,210
will pay huge dividends across all of these outcomes here in Annapolis.

2846
04:44:03,690 --> 04:44:05,450
When we talk about our mobility network,

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04:44:05,470 --> 04:44:09,050
we're talking about our roadways and the vehicles we use to get around,

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04:44:09,590 --> 04:44:13,990
and both of these can be significantly improved to benefit our health,

2849
04:44:14,350 --> 04:44:16,630
our communities, and ultimately environment.

2850
04:44:17,170 --> 04:44:20,650
We spend so much time on roadways getting around Annapolis,

2851
04:44:21,110 --> 04:44:25,270
they should be as safe and comfortable as possible for all users,

2852
04:44:25,510 --> 04:44:27,690
whether you're driving, walking, riding a bike,

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04:44:27,690 --> 04:44:34,450
taking transit. They also connect communities to commerce, to school, to jobs, to parks.

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04:44:35,290 --> 04:44:42,250
One, we need a complete sidewalk network. It says, you leave your home on foot to go somewhere,

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04:44:43,350 --> 04:44:48,850
you can get there on a connected sidewalk network that is adequately wide. We need

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04:44:48,850 --> 04:44:55,250
bike infrastructure that allows you to bike around the city in a way that makes you feel comfortable

2857
04:44:55,250 --> 04:44:59,850
and safe. Today's city has a variety of different bike infrastructures.

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04:45:15,060 --> 04:45:29,980
The mobility vision of Annapolis Head 2040 comprehensive plan is not necessarily something that will take years to implement. In fact, many of the key pieces are being set in motion today. Our downtown circulator shuttle has been rebranded with improvements. The mobility vision of Annapolis Head 2040 comprehensive plan is not necessarily something that will take years to implement.

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04:45:29,980 --> 04:45:34,720
way-finding, it's still free and we've seen increased ridership as a result.

2860
04:45:35,000 --> 04:45:38,860
We recently launched our first micro-mobility program in Annapolis which

2861
04:45:38,860 --> 04:45:44,440
includes an e-bike and e-scooter share system. If we can implement these kinds of

2862
04:45:44,440 --> 04:45:48,980
new ideas in a connected way, we're going to have a transportation system in

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04:45:48,980 --> 04:45:55,380
Annapolis that is both safe and comfortable and efficient and ultimately

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04:45:55,380 --> 04:46:02,060
environmentally responsible for the city as a whole. Mobility can truly be a

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04:46:02,060 --> 04:46:06,360
vehicle for the future success of Annapolis and I'm excited for you to see

2866
04:46:06,360 --> 04:46:10,920
how this is communicated in Annapolis in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. I'm Eric

2867
04:46:10,920 --> 04:46:14,560
Lachinsky, Chief of Comprehensive Planning for the City of Annapolis. Thank you

2868
04:46:14,560 --> 04:46:15,020
for watching.

2869
04:46:26,920 --> 04:46:31,120
Nice to meet you everybody. Thank you for being here today. Amazing.

2870
04:46:31,120 --> 04:46:40,380
So my English is not the best, but my Spanish is beautiful, A-2-3-4-6-7-A.

2871
04:48:29,800 --> 04:48:35,100
We cover it, since we are taking advantage of it, and we look at the recycling.

2872
04:48:35,600 --> 04:48:38,440
This bag does not have to be in the recycling.

2873
04:48:39,340 --> 04:48:42,700
And we empty all this, again we place the cap.

2874
04:48:43,880 --> 04:48:46,920
So we are going to ask you to return our garbage monster.

2875
04:48:48,560 --> 04:48:51,820
And we are going to look what it has to see if it can be recycled or not.

2876
04:48:52,120 --> 04:48:54,860
This, in the end, can not be recycled.

2877
04:49:43,160 --> 04:49:53,620
Hi, I'm Eric Lachinski, Chief of Comprehensive Planning for the City of Annapolis, and I've been working on Annapolis ahead in 2040 on comprehensive plan update over the last few years.

2878
04:49:53,620 --> 04:49:58,660
I'm excited to finally release a draft plan for your review and comment.

2879
04:49:59,100 --> 04:49:59,960
The comprehensive...

2880
04:50:00,000 --> 04:50:29,880
The plan is specific to the Annapolis of today, but it sets the vision for the Annapolis of tomorrow. In fact, the next 20 years. What you'll find in the plan is a wide range of goals, recommended actions to make Annapolis a better place, covering every imaginable aspect of the city we live in. We'll be kicking off the 90-day public review and comment period on June 15 at the planning commission's regularly scheduled meeting Thursday evening, starting at 7 p.m.

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04:50:29,880 --> 04:50:35,020
But there will be many ways to participate in reviewing and providing comments on the

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04:50:35,020 --> 04:50:35,940
comprehensive plan.

2883
04:50:36,360 --> 04:50:43,920
The best way is to go to naplesshead2040.com where you'll find special website with information

2884
04:50:43,920 --> 04:50:50,140
about the plan, ways of providing comments, information about every chapter in the plan,

2885
04:50:50,680 --> 04:50:54,020
and ways to contact planning staff if you have questions.

2886
04:50:54,780 --> 04:50:59,940
Throughout that 90-day comment period, we'll be doing many presentations to different

2887
04:50:59,940 --> 04:51:04,940
boards and commissions. We have a series of webinars scheduled and we'll be doing

2888
04:51:04,940 --> 04:51:10,940
in-person meetings at four locations across the city to try to reach any resident that

2889
04:51:10,940 --> 04:51:15,760
wants to participate in this process. I think you're going to love this plan and I hope

2890
04:51:15,760 --> 04:51:21,120
you'll help us make it as great a plan as possible by reviewing the draft and submitting

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04:51:21,120 --> 04:51:24,960
in your comments to nappleshead2040.com.

2892
04:51:25,200 --> 04:51:25,820
Thank you.

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04:51:33,140 --> 04:51:34,800
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04:51:34,800 --> 04:51:36,580
salted or plowed during a snowstorm?

2895
04:51:37,240 --> 04:51:40,280
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04:51:46,480 --> 04:51:48,260
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04:51:48,880 --> 04:51:51,760
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2901
04:51:53,740 --> 04:51:55,480
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2902
04:51:55,480 --> 04:52:01,340
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04:52:01,340 --> 04:52:03,740
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04:52:04,140 --> 04:52:07,680
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2905
04:52:08,600 --> 04:52:14,540
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04:52:15,800 --> 04:52:22,280
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04:52:22,280 --> 04:52:24,200
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2909
04:52:24,200 --> 04:52:29,220
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2910
04:52:30,820 --> 04:52:33,940
Nice to meet you everybody. Thank you for being here today.

2911
04:52:34,840 --> 04:52:40,520
Amazing to tell you my English is not the best, but my Spanish is beautiful.

2912
04:52:40,780 --> 04:52:44,760
A-2-3-4-6-7-8

2913
04:52:44,760 --> 04:52:46,020
Professional

2914
04:53:55,720 --> 04:53:58,040
Standards Manager for the Annapolis Police Department.

2915
04:53:58,640 --> 04:54:02,300
I am pleased to announce the launch of our new complaint and compliment portal

2916
04:54:02,300 --> 04:54:09,280
where members of the public can make a complaint or compliment the exemplary work of the five-minute women of the Annapolis Police Department.

2917
04:54:09,820 --> 04:54:17,660
A key feature of the new portal is that it will automatically send out notifications to a complaint through email or text messaging

2918
04:54:17,660 --> 04:54:25,560
when a complaint moves to different stages of an investigation, when the investigation is concluded, or when there's a finding in the investigation.

2919
04:54:25,560 --> 04:54:34,100
You can access the new portal by going to our web page, www.anapolis.gov, backslashpolice.

2920
04:54:34,600 --> 04:54:39,040
At the top of the page, click on the words Complaint and Compliment Portal.

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04:54:39,640 --> 04:54:42,000
You will then be directed to the portal.

2922
04:54:43,120 --> 04:54:51,220
Once you are at the portal, click Create a New Entry and follow the directions for submitting

2923
04:54:51,220 --> 04:54:52,820
a complaint or compliment.

2924
04:54:54,260 --> 04:54:59,640
Cheat Jackson would like the citizens of Annapolis to know that we take all

2925
04:55:05,680 --> 04:55:16,660
We also love hearing from you when you are pleased with the performance of our officers while they're protecting and serving you in anapolis. Thank you.

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04:55:41,080 --> 04:55:49,020
Hey, get out of here. It looks like I have to do proper trash placement and training again. If you put the trash out, please place it into a bag.

2927
04:55:51,340 --> 04:55:55,700
And tie the bag up and place it into a water tight with some school with your address

2928
04:55:55,700 --> 04:55:57,540
Let's place it on it so they can be seen from the street

2929
04:55:57,540 --> 04:55:59,720
that the end of your property for proper road collection.

2930
04:56:01,200 --> 04:56:04,080
As a matter of fact, the cycle is done all wrong also.

2931
04:56:04,840 --> 04:56:06,760
If you decide to place your recycling in a bag,

2932
04:56:07,080 --> 04:56:08,700
please bring your bag to the receptacle

2933
04:56:08,700 --> 04:56:10,360
and take all items out of the bag

2934
04:56:10,360 --> 04:56:11,240
and place them into the can.

2935
04:56:11,960 --> 04:56:13,460
And make sure the lid is closed, please.

2936
04:56:14,560 --> 04:56:15,980
Let's bring back in the trash monster

2937
04:56:15,980 --> 04:56:18,300
so I can show you things that are not recyclable.

2938
04:56:19,880 --> 04:56:21,760
Seats 40% non recycled right now.

2939
04:56:23,840 --> 04:56:26,240
This is non recyclable, this is non recyclable.

2940
04:56:26,240 --> 04:56:27,920
The metal utensils are now recycled.

2941
04:56:29,400 --> 04:56:33,200
Please be mindful of your trash and recycle placement to avoid fines.

2942
04:56:49,020 --> 04:56:52,200
In anapolis, winter weather can make it hard to plan your day.

2943
04:56:52,600 --> 04:56:56,080
But with snowpads, the city's new GPS tracking system,

2944
04:56:56,420 --> 04:56:57,700
you can get ahead of the storm.

2945
04:56:58,060 --> 04:57:00,480
With snowpads, you can track the city's road,

2946
04:57:00,760 --> 04:57:03,120
salting, and plowing operations in real time.

2947
04:57:03,500 --> 04:57:06,180
See which streets have been cleared, which routes were in progress,

2948
04:57:06,580 --> 04:57:08,400
and plan your day with confidence.

2949
04:57:08,400 --> 04:57:14,220
Whether you're commuting to work, running errands, or keeping your family safe, snowpads

2950
04:57:14,220 --> 04:57:18,900
let you know when your streets are being treated so you can make better decisions for your

2951
04:57:18,900 --> 04:57:19,400
travels.

2952
04:57:19,740 --> 04:57:25,540
Available on the City of Annapolis website, snowpads is easy to use and designed with you

2953
04:57:25,540 --> 04:57:26,020
in mind.

2954
04:57:26,380 --> 04:57:31,660
Simply check the map to see real-time updates on snowplow insulting activity in your area.

2955
04:57:32,100 --> 04:57:38,020
Stay informed on city efforts to keep roads safe and be prepared before heading out during

2956
04:57:38,020 --> 04:57:45,000
a snow emergency. Stay safe and stay informed with snow paths. Visit our website to learn

2957
04:57:45,000 --> 04:57:48,280
more and check your roads during snow events.

2958
04:58:30,570 --> 04:58:35,910
we cover it, since we are taking advantage of it, if we look at the recycling.

2959
04:58:36,550 --> 04:58:39,270
This bag does not have to be in the recycling.

2960
04:58:40,230 --> 04:58:45,910
We empty all this, again we put the cap so we are going to have to

2961
04:58:45,910 --> 04:58:52,730
return our garbage monster and we are going to look what it has to see if it can be recycled or not.

2962
04:58:52,970 --> 04:58:56,690
This, in the end, can not be recycled. All this plastic,

2963
04:58:56,690 --> 04:59:00,210
of basura bones are not in the recyclable.

2964
04:59:00,350 --> 04:59:04,190
This metal knife is not in the case either.

2965
04:59:04,230 --> 04:59:07,010
Please take into account that when you take out your basura,

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04:59:07,010 --> 04:59:08,870
these are the ways to be able to do it,

2967
04:59:08,990 --> 04:59:10,030
so you can avoid them,

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04:59:10,430 --> 04:59:12,750
that they are Christmas or that they make a wall.