GRIA Community Meeting 08/21/2019
Board Members Present: Leah, Phong, Emma, Candace, Nellie, Jed, Cory, Bill, Aaron
Total Attendees: 41
Start: 7:08pm
End: 8:09pm
Community Announcements
- Dumpster day was a success.
- Water bills are coming out, please get in contact if you do not receive one by the end of the month, please contact Shannon.Conway@baltimorecity.gov
- Some residents may qualify for assistance
- Codex Club is opening on Saturday, September 7th at 10am
Agenda
- Clean Water Action – to talk about sewage back-up issues in the city
- 5000 sewage backups a year
- Much of the time, the city is liable for backups
- Even the new consent decree limits a lot of people from access to repair funds
- Very restrictive rules
- 8% or less claims are processed and closed
- Updates on JHU Public Safety and Security
- Several community leaders were invited to talk about the JHU police force
- GRIA’s Phong and Carrie attended
- VP of security, Melissa Hyatt has left JHU
- Position is required to move forward
- Met the hiring committee for this position
- Asked for input about the attributes that would qualify the position.
- Talked in general terms about the private police legislation
- MOU is defined between the Police and JHU
- Looking for feedback on 3 key things:
- Key Qualifications
- Key Experiences, Key Background
- How would we like to be introduced to this person
- Please send feedback to info@griaonline.org
- More information can be found at https://publicsafetyinitiatives.jhu.edu/
- Several community leaders were invited to talk about the JHU police force