Fwd: [Cheverly Ward 3 Newsletter] September 2024 Worksession and Updates

[AmyJean Chung Fry]

Neighbors, 

I was recently absent from the September Worksession due to a work obligation that had me abroad. I missed y'all at Cheverly Day due to that obligation but I heard it was a wonderful time.

Since I was not in attendance at the work session, I am forwarding Council Member Bryner's (Ward 3) wonderful update and newsletter from the September work session. If you aren't already, please consider signing up to her newsletter. While sometimes the information can be duplicative between our newsletters, it never hurts to have more information instead of less. Council Member Bryner's updates are very informative and you do not need to be a Ward 3 resident to subscribe, just like you don't need to be a Ward 6 resident to subscribe to my newsletter.

Our next Town Meeting is on Thursday of this week. Public Safety Day is this Friday.

Council is meeting this evening virtually for a closed meeting.

Hope to see you Friday!

Warmly,

Amy Jean Chung Fry

(301) 678 - 3796

beacons.ai/amyjeanchungfry

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From: Nicole Bryner <bryne...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Subject: [Cheverly Ward 3 Newsletter] September 2024 Worksession and Updates
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Hello Ward 3! A special shout out right at the top to everyone who helped make Cheverly Day such a great success! It was a beautiful day and it was so lovely to have neighbors and friends gather and celebrate all the good things about our town. It’s a small group of folks that achieve Herculean efforts, and we are so grateful to them for everything they do!

 

MEETINGS

September 26 Worksession

Agenda can be found here.

You can watch recordings of all town meetings here.

Audit

·      The audit for FY24 is almost complete; the preliminary review we received indicated that the town is in excellent financial health.

·      As in the past year or two; the high dollar amounts and long timeline of the construction of the new Public Works building has skewed the bottom line. Disregarding the budget activity related to that project, it is looking like the town finished FY24 $500k below budget. 

·      We should have the finalized audit this month.

 

Environmental Justice Action Team

·      Tad Aburn, former Director of Air Quality at the Maryland Department of the Environment, presented on the background and recent work of the Cheverly Environmental Justice Action Team and the Cheverly Hyper-Local Air Quality Monitoring Network. 

·      If you have any interest in local air quality, I encourage you to watch the recording of this presentation. I learned so much! You can also check out this website for more information.

·      The bottom line is that air quality in Cheverly has improved recently, thanks to the efforts of EJAT, the Air Quality Monitoring Network, UMD, MDE, EPA, and many other partners.

·      But there is still much to do! You can help by reporting air pollutants or issues such as truck idling to MDE at 410-537-3215 or mde.we...@maryland.gov  

 

Traffic Hot Spots

·      We reviewed the traffic issues that were identified last year to discuss progress and next steps. 

·      While improvements have been made, we still have some outstanding requests such as new/repainted crosswalks on Cheverly Ave, Inwood, and 63^rd Place; pedestrian safety measures at the intersection of 202/62^nd/Monroe Street; and speed mitigation on Laurel and Parkway.

·      If you know of an area in Ward 3 that you believe is in need of traffic calming measures, please let me know! 

 

Policy Review

·      Mayor & Council reviewed and discussed a draft of a policy concerning Mayor & Council attendance at conferences and other events, and mechanisms for ensuring that funds budgeted for these are distributed equitably. 

·      We also reviewed a draft policy creating a mechanism allowing town employees to bid on vehicles and other equipment that has reached the end of its useful life for the town. This would happen using the same platform through which members of the public bid on this kind of equipment; the policy simply gives staff a chance to bid on these items before the auction is opened to the general public.

·      Final versions of these policies will be voted on at our next Town Meeting.

 

Odds and Ends

Other ongoing items to keep an eye on:

·      Planning Board

o   Interested in local development? Join the Planning Board!

o   From the town website: “The Planning Board is a volunteer board of citizens of Cheverly who are approved and appointed by The Town Council. The Planning Board serves in an advisory role to The Council on various projects related to planning and development and other planning-related matters affecting the Town of Cheverly that come before The Council. The Board also actively makes recommendations to The Council for planning and development matters that positively impact the citizens of Cheverly.” 

o   The Planning Board usually meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 on Zoom, but this month they will be meeting on the second Tuesday (October 8).

o   I know that Cheverly residents have a wide range of skills, expertise, and interests. If you’d like to put those to good use for the town with a reasonably small time commitment, please consider joining. Let me know if you are interested and I can connect you to Planning Board Chair Aimee Olivo.

·      WSSC Work 

o   WSSC will be resuming their sewer work this week throughout Ward 3. This will impact Inwood, Parkway, Laurel, 64^thAve, 63^rd Ave, 63^rd Place, Jason, Wayne, and Cheverly Park. 

o   As always, if there is an issue with their work, the first step is to contact WSSC directly: 

§  Emergency Call Center: (301) 206-4002 or emergency...@wsscwater.com

§  David Wilkins, WSSC Customer Advocate: (301) 206-4371 or David....@wsscwater.com

§  Christopher Ball, Pipeline Construction Inspector: (202) 731-6850 or Christop...@wsscwater.com

§  Christopher Bush, WSSC Inspector: (202) 489-5681 or Christop...@wsscwater.com

o   If there isn’t a satisfactory resolution, please be in touch with town staff and me so that we can follow up.

 

 

Where to find me

Email: CMW...@cheverly-md.gov

Text, WhatsApp, Phone: 301.892.6384

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Have a neighbor who would appreciate these newsletters? Send them this link to sign up! 

 

Upcoming Events

For more information about these and other events, check out the town newsletter/en Español

 

 

Resident Appreciation Day: National Pizza Month

Wednesday, October 2

Noon

Town Hall

 

Youth Fall Movie Series: Scorch Trials

Friday, October 4

7pm

Town Hall

 

Cheverly Community Market

Saturday, October 5

8am-noon

Town Hall Parking Lot

 

Workshop: 5701 Landover Road

Saturday, October 5

1pm-3pm

5701 Landover Road Site

 

Town Meeting

Thursday, October 10

8pm

Hybrid

 

Public Safety Day

Friday, October 11

4pm-8pm

Town Park

 

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Town Offices and Public Works Closed

Monday, October 14

 

Cheverly Community Market

Saturday, October 19

8am-noon

Town Hall Parking Lot

 

Youth Fall Movie Series: Death Cure

Friday, October 25

 

Rec Council Halloween Parade

Saturday, October 26 (tentative)

 

Halloween

Thursday October 31

Trick or Treating unofficially starts around 6

Turn off your porch light if you don’t want folks to knock at your door

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