Minutes of the 13 July 2024 Annual Community Meeting

 Greetings,

The minutes of our 2024 annual Campus Green Community Association meeting are available at this link.  Thanks to those who attended and to Paul and Joan Hemler for hosting.

Regards,

Emil Petruncio

Agenda for 2024 Community Meeting

We will hold our annual meeting at 3 pm on Saturday, July 13th on the lawn of the Hemler residence, 185 Via Dante (bring a chair and a cold drink).  

Agenda for 2024 Campus Green Community Association Annual Meeting

1.    Introductions – Officers, Board Members, and Community Members in Attendance

2.    Reading of the Minutes of Last Meeting

3.    Treasurer’s Report

4.    Announcements

a.      Mosquito Control

b.     College Parkway Safety and Operations Study

c.      Anne Arundel County Region 4 Development Plan (Bill No. 27-24)

5.    Old Business:

a.      Community Sign

b.     Community Clean Up and Dumpster

c.     Community Directory

d.     Mill Creek Stream / Outfall Restoration Project

e.     Broadneck Trail Phase 3

f.     Tommy’s Car Wash

g.    Traffic control during the school year

6.    New Business:

a.    Community Activities

b.    Officer and Board Nominations for 2024-2025

2024 Mosquito Control Program and Exemption Requests

Campus Green is enrolled in the Maryland Department of Agriculture Mosquito Surveillance and Control Program, which will be conducted between May 29th - October 1st 2024.  Our community is scheduled for fogging on Mondays, between 7 pm and 2:30 am, but treatments will be limited to disease case response and exceptionally high population density of adults, to be determined on a case by case basis. Monitoring the adult mosquito population before treatment is required, and treatment will only be carried out if an MDA employee has determined the need for it. Minimum thresholds which must be met for treatment to occur are as follows (any one of these is sufficient):

• Landing rate count of 3 mosquitoes attempting to bite in 2 minutes, OR
• 12 female mosquitoes collected overnight in an un-baited light trap, OR
• 24 female mosquitoes collected overnight in a baited light trap, OR
• Conditions that threaten public health, such as mosquito borne disease

Information on the products used is available here, and Standard Operating Procedures for the 2024 MDA Mosquito Control Program are available here. Further information on the Mosquito Control Program is available here.

To request exemption for your property from the spraying, you can download, print, and complete this form or request a hardcopy via email to CampusGreenAssoc@gmail.com. 

If you have previously requested exemption from spraying, your exemption remains on record, and you do not need to resubmit an exemption request.

If you have the capability to scan in your completed form, please email it to  mosquito.control@maryland.gov.  You can also send it by U.S. mail to:

Program Supervisor
Mosquito Control Section
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway

Annapolis, MD 21401

Minutes of the 5 August 2023 Community Meeting and updates

Hello Neighbors,

The minutes of our annual meeting held on August 5th are available at this link.  Thanks to Kathy Nucifora for writing them up!

To follow up on the discussion at our meeting on restricted visibility at our community sign, Harvey and Laura Hack, Kathy and Natalie Nucifora, and I began removing the oakleaf hydrangea from the area around the sign on August 11th, and then Cary Emery and I finished the job on August 12th. I laid down some mulch to prevent erosion, and we'll refrain from replanting anything for now. I think all will agree that visibility is significantly better now. Thanks to all who helped with this, and a special thanks to Cary for taking the remains of the hydrangea and some branches trimmed from the mulberry tree to the dump!

Please see my update on the post about the College Parkway Safety Study - there will be a meeting for public comment on September 19th, 6-8 pm, at Broadneck High School. See the note for further details.

Regards,

Emil Petruncio

College Parkway Safety and Operational Study - Public Meeting on 19 September

 The Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works is conducting a comprehensive traffic safety and operations study along College Parkway. The scope of the project includes the corridor from MD 2 (Ritchie Highway) to Cape Saint Claire Road, a total of approximately 5 miles.

The goal of this study is to develop recommendations to improve travel safety, mobility, accessibility, and efficiency for all road users. The recommendations will be formalized so that the County can generate actionable items that can be implemented or funded, ranging from low-cost quick-turnaround operations and maintenance activities to capital projects.

The team has completed their data collection on crashes, traffic volume, and traffic speed at all intersections along College Parkway, and is drafting recommendations to address problem areas. The study identified the traffic on College Drive exiting our community and the lanes exiting the community college as a very high volume during peak morning and afternoon hours, in both summer and fall.  A draft plan to ease this high traffic volume is to change the sequencing of the green lights for traffic entering College Parkway from Campus Green and the community college to be concurrent, rather than phased, and to lengthen the time of the green light.

The study will include a 4- to 5-week public comment period via their webpage, from late August through September, and will hold a public meeting at some point in the Fall. They hope to complete their technical report by November and then implement changes or seek funding for actions which require them. 

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PUBLIC MEETING: 19 September, 6-8 pm, at Broadneck High School.  See this note for details. Several of us have concerns about the draft plan to change the sequencing of the green lights at College Drive and College Parkway from phased to concurrent, especially since cars exiting the Community College have two left turn lanes. It's important for many voices to be heard as the Dept of Public Works considers ways to reduce the backups that occur at this intersection. 

Preliminary Draft Plan for Region 4 (Broadneck and Lake Shore Peninsulas)

Plan2040, the latest update of the Anne Arundel County General Development Plan, directs the County to prepare nine Region Plans. The Region Plans offer community members an opportunity to develop a shared vision for their future, and will build on the work of the previous Small Area Plans as well as Plan2040.

A preliminary draft plan for our region (Region 4) is available for review and comment until August 28th. This plan includes an evaluation of community assets and needs, a shared vision for the next 20 years, and specific recommendations for our region about land use, zoning, environmental protection, transportation improvements, public facilities, community design and other related topics. 

The Region 4 Planning Hub is here:

https://region-plan-hub-annearundelmd.hub.arcgis.com/pages/region-4

and general information about the regional planning process is here:

https://www.aacounty.org/departments/planning-and-zoning/long-range-planning/region-plans/index.html

A review drop-in session will be held at the Severna Park Library this Monday, August 7th, from 11 am to 7 pm. Residents are invited to drop in any time during that window to discuss the Preliminary Draft of the Region 4 Plan and Comprehensive Zoning Map with Office of Planning and Zoning Staff. 

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Campus Green Community Newsletter - Summer 2023

Dear Neighbors,

Use this link to view the newsletter that I will distribute in hardcopy on Monday, July 31st.

Hope to see you at our community meeting on Saturday, August 5th (details in the newsletter)!

Regards,

Emil Petruncio

President, Campus Green Community Assoc.