[Chat] Fwd: FW: Taking Care of Business: September 21, 2005

Sun Sep 25 00:19:27 EDT 2005

News -- some of which shows why it is a good idea to
have flood insurance even when one is pretty sure that
they are safe from flooding.

> From: James, Tiffany R. (Mayor's Office)
> [mailto:TiffanyR.James at baltimorecity.gov] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:51 PM
> To: James, Tiffany R. (Mayor's Office)
> Subject: FW: Taking Care of Business: September 21,
> 2005
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> Tiffany James
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> Neighborhood Liaison, North/Northeast Baltimore
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> Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods
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> 100 N. Holliday St., Room 628
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> Baltimore, MD 21202
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> (443) 984-1082
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http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/moon/index.html
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<http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/moon/index.html>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mayor Martin O'Malley 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:38 PM
> Subject: Taking Care of Business: September 21, 2005
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>  Taking Care of Business
> <http://www.baltimorecity.gov/images/tcb/tcb2.jpg> 
> 
> September 21, 2005 
> 
> Loch Raven Dam: Area Landmark is Now Stronger, Safer
> 
> Baltimore City and Baltimore County team together to
> complete 3-year
> project. 
> TCB Brief: New Life for the Chesapeake 
> Years of neglect are finally ending as a promising
> future takes shape. 
> Quote of the Week 
>   
> 
> leadDear Business Leader: 
> 
>  dam press conference
>
<http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/dpw/images/lrd1.jpg>
> Baltimore's
> Loch Raven Dam is 100 feet high and 650 feet long,
> holding back 23 billion
> gallons of water and transferring that through a
> seven-mile tunnel to the
> Montebello Water Treatment Plant.  From there, our
> reservoirs provide
> approximately 200 million gallons of water a day to
> 500,000 residents in the
> Baltimore metropolitan region. 
> 
> Almost 30 years ago, following Hurricane Agnes the
> federal government
> instituted the Federal Dam Safety Act establishing
> stricter and more
> rigorous safety requirements that dams like Loch
> Raven must meet in order to
> protect their surrounding areas. Our Loch Raven Dam
> was classified as a
> "high hazard" structure - which meant its failure
> could lead to significant
> loss of life and property, in addition to the
> disruption of water supplies
> to our entire metropolitan area. 
> 
> Over three years ago, the City of Baltimore and
> Baltimore County made a
> commitment - a $30 million dollar commitment using
> all local dollars, 60%
> from the city, and 40% from county - to ensure that
> the dam meet federal
> requirements and would withstand any foreseeable
> natural disaster for our
> region. 
> 
>  dam unveiling
>
<http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/dpw/images/lrd2.jpg>
> We kicked off this project in September 2002, and
> now 3 years later, and
> five months ahead of schedule, our region is safer,
> our citizens safer, and
> our water supply is more secure. During the last
> three years, with 200,000
> hours of labor, we've nearly doubled the mass of the
> dam, reinforcing the
> structure with over 73,000 cubic yards of concrete. 
> 
> There's nothing like this month's tragic events to
> point out just how
> important it is to stabilize structures holding
> bodies of water. Spending on
> infrastructure improvements is never sexy or fun to
> do (unless you're a
> civil engineer), but it is vital to maintaining safe
> and essential city
> services.  Our citizens can be assured that our Loch
> Raven Dam is now
> designed to withstand the worst storm that we are
> likely to encounter in our
> lifetimes.  A special thanks to the surrounding
> community and Baltimore
> County for working with the City of Baltimore to
> bring this project to
> fruition and for ensuring its timely completion. 
>   
> 
> tcbTCB Brief: New Life for the Chesapeake 
> 
> If you've often wondered what a shame it is to pass
> commercial property in a
> terrific location, but sitting dormant and shuttered
> for dozens of years,
> you're not alone.  In fact, there has been
> significant interest from
> neighboring occupants of the Station North Arts and
> Entertainment District
> in the former Chesapeake restaurant, which corners a
> major thoroughfare just
> North of Penn Station, along Charles Street.  Well,
> Baltimore City is poised
> to turn that corner. 
> 
>  great signs
>
<http://www.baltimorecity.gov/images/nnf/snadsign.jpg>
> Early
> last week, The Baltimore Development Corporation
> announced the area's latest
> plan to compliment the ongoing energy in our midtown
> arts district.  Station
> North Development Partners, LLC (Michael and Alan
> Shecter; Tower Hill
> Development & Consulting, LLC; The Miller Group; and
> Stephen A. Masciola)
> have been selected to redevelop the property. 
> 
> The group's proposal entitled "Chesapeake Square"
> will be a mixed-use
> project that includes the renovation of the former
> Chesapeake Restaurant
> building, as well as new construction.  The project
> will combine residential
> units, retail, office space, parking, and artists'
> lofts and townhouses.  An
> additional building replacing an existing parking
> lot at the corner of North
> Charles and Lafayette Street would contain an ice
> cream shop, a gallery,
> studio and office space for the Schuler School of
> Fine Arts. 
> 
> This is an exciting mixed-use project that will
> bring new life to the
> southern gateway of the city's Station North Arts
> and Entertainment
> District.  As we celebrate more successes like
> these, Station North is
> witnessing a wave of sustainable economic growth,
> with new development and
> businesses, visiting cultural audiences, and new
> resident artists - becoming
> another one of Baltimore's great comeback spots. 
>   
> 
> qQuote of the Week 
> 
> "Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou
> but thine." - John
> Milton 
> 
>  BELIEVE
> <http://www.baltimorecity.gov/images/believeT2.gif> 
> 
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