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Harford County Jarrettsville/Norrisville Community Advisory Board met May 9.

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Harford County Jarrettsville/Norrisville Community Advisory Board met May 9.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

Call To Order And Pledge Of Allegiance: 6:30 pm

Dave Seman

Reports From Agencies And Elected Officials:

Lt. Dunlop:

- Crime Report, Crime remains down in Jarrettsville and Norrisville.

- The heroin epidemic remains a concern for Harford County.

- The Jarrettsville Volunteer Fire Department will conduct a control burn on May 12, 2018 at 4530 Harford Creamery Rd.

- Please see the Harford County Sherriff’s Office website for information regarding the 2018 Citizen’s Police Academy.

Aurora Kahoe:

- Distributed County Council President Dick Slutzky’s “Highlights from the County Council Meetings” for Sue Sapp who is on vacation.

- Councilman Shrodes is currently attending the Harford County budget meeting tonight.

Nancy Reynolds:

- The Harford County Board of Education is currently still searching for a new Superintendent. They are also working on their budget, June 30th is their deadline for budget approval.

Old Business:

Madonna Highs Gas Leak:

Dave Seman:

- Susan Boyle from MDE states she has contacted all involved property owners regarding testing. If you have not been contacted then MDE does not consider your property at risk but you may complete testing at your own expense.

Stop Transource Power Lines Harford County:

Jim Torre:

- Please continue to support your neighbors by helping fight Transource’s proposal.

- Representatives from Stop Transource Power Lines Harford County will be meeting with a representative from Governor Hogan’s office and the Maryland Secretary of Agriculture on May 29th in Annapolis.

- The Maryland General Assembly have passed 3 bills related to overhead power line construction, that were sponsored by Harford County legislators.

- This new legislation is a victory for 1 part of the Stop Transource fight; to prevent future for profit companies the right to take private property through eminent domain. The 2nd part is convincing the Public

Service Commission that this project should not continue.

- Transource filed their application with the Maryland Public Service Commission on 12-27-17.

- Public Service Commission will hold hearings in Harford County during the months of September and

November 2018. Please consider being present at these meetings as the number of people who turn out in support will affect the PSC’s decision.

- Pennsylvania is currently having their Public Utility Commission hearings.

- Please sign up for important notices by emailing, stoptransourceiec@gmail.com

- Follow the group on Facebook, Stop Transource Power Lines Harford County, MD

Speaker:

John Vananzo:

- State Highway Administration District 4 covers Baltimore and Harford Counties.

- Jarrettsville and Norrisville are both low roadway volume areas. There are no current construction plans.

- The Jarrettsville intersection of 23 and 165, they would like to make the left turn lane better.

- The intersection of 23 and Troyer Rd has been evaluated and request has been made for improvements regarding the minimal visibility.

- A community member questioned the intersection of Shuster and 146.

o SHA has not looked into this intersection at this time but Mr. Vananzo will look into the crash history information and get back to our CAB.

- Harford County has an online customer care line for reporting road repairs, “You Click, We Fix”. Please visit,

http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/1737/You-Click-We-Fix

- Please also visit the Maryland State Highway Administration site at,

http://www.roads.maryland.gov/home.aspx

- Please contact John Vananzo, State Highway Administration, Transportation Engineer Team Leader, District

4 Traffic at jvananzo@sha.state.md.us with any further questions or concerns.

Adoption Of Miunutes From Previous Meeting:

Dave Seman:

- Minutes from our April 11, 2018 meeting were approved by the Executive Board members.

- Our past meeting minutes can be viewed on the County website at,

http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/1634/Jarrettsville-Norrisville

- We also email minutes to our email list. Please let us know if you would like your email added to our mailing list.

New Business:

Dave Seman:

- The new Harford County Extension Office is having their grand opening May 5th, 2018.

- The 2018 Gubernatorial Primary voting dates

o Election Early Voting: Thursday, June 14th – Thursday, June 21st from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

o Election Day: Tuesday, June 26th, 2018 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

- Mamma Maria’s in Jarrettsville will be closing June 3rd, 2018.

Bernie Scriber and Wayne Tebow:

- Forest Hill will be starting a Community Advisory Board.

DAC and Parks & Rec Report:

- DAC

o Nothing to report for March

- Parks & Rec

o Nothing new to report

Upcoming Events:

- The Jarrettsville Carnival will be held June 4 – 9, 2018.

o *Update* The Jarrettsville Carnival will be held June 19 – June 23, 2018 *

2018 Candidates in Attendance:

- Diane Adkins- Tobin; running for Circuit Court Judge

- Judge Kreis; running for re-election to Circuit Court Judge

- Judge Ishak; running for re-election to Circuit Court Judge

- Donna Hines; running for Maryland State Senate District 7

- Bud Hines; running for County Council President

- Dave Seman; running for State Delegate District 7

Upcoming Meetings: Wednesday June 13, 2018, 6:30 pm at the Norrisville Volunteer Fire Company

Adjournment: Dave Seman made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:55 p.m.

http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_05092018-946

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