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Family Night Dinners

These evenings, held the fourth Thursday of each month, promote community with our neighbors in public housing and include some performance or craft activity followed by a dinner. Last December Santa arrived on a fire truck to the great delight of all ages.

Thursday, September 22, the dinner will be about "Healthy Starts." Adults and children will learn about Zumba and there will be healthy breakfast choices for dinner! All are welcome.

For more information, contact Jane Lawrence at jwlawrence2@verizon.net.

ECA General Membership Meetings
meetings are usually the third Thursday, every other month
7:30 p.m., Eastport Elementary School, 420 Fifth Street

Next Meetings

March 15
May 17
Annual Picnic - August 16
September 20
November 15

And remember the 2012 Home & Garden Tour will be Sunday, June 10

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Brief Report from the November ECA General Meeting
Eastport Elementary
Jan. 19, 2011

Called to order at 7:30 p.m. by President Jackie Wells.
Minutes of November 17, 2011 meeting were unanimously approved as presented.

Treasurer's Report
Cash on hand is $5670. Recent expenditures include $500 to the Eastport Fire Dept. to go towards a plow equipped truck, and $100 to Dante Butler to thank him for organizing the meeting room. Please send your membership renewal in!

Architecture & Zoning Committee
Eric Pilka is the new Committee Chair. Joyce Roper delivers welcome bags – please let her know if have new neighbor. Also let her know if you are a business and want to put info in the bags.

Eco-Action
Karen Jennings is the new Committee Chair.

Home & Garden Tour
Jenny Kottler and Tricia Kirk are Co-Chairing the 2012 Home and Garden Tour, planned for Sunday, June 10th and featuring houses in the area between Boucher Ave. and Spa Creek. The Committee will need docents and other volunteers on day of event. Please use the resource directory from last year – every company in it was recommended by ECA members. Ads in the Tour program start at $125, ads in the resource directory are only $25. Discount for ECA or EBA members.

Sharon Durland, Neighborhood Watch
Annapolis at historic low in crime since 1975. Please don't leave stuff on the seat of you car. Eastport has higher theft from vehicle rate than other neighborhoods.

Mayor Josh Cohen, City of Annapolis
Mayor Cohen spoke about the city budget, economic development goals, streamlining permits, improving public transportation, City Dock, and the Market House.

David Jarrell, Director, Department of Public Works, City of Annapolis
Spoke about sidewalks, the solid waste managed competition, Market House, Water and Sewer fees, and Street resurfacing.

Both Mayor Cohen and Mr. Jarrell answered questions from the audience.

Alderman Ross Arnett
Alderman Arnett will be holding a town hall meeting Thursday, January 26th at 7pm at the Eastport Fire Department. He spoke about the zoning process streamling, budget issues, the chicken ordinance, City Dock, the proposed garage on Compromise Street, and rooftop dining.

Announcements
Meeting adjourned at 9:00pm.

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At the Maritime Museum

Open Thursdays - Sundays, noon to 4 p.m.
Click for more information

Winter Lecture Series
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Museum members $10, non-members, $15. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.

Thursday, January 26 - Stephen R. Brown, Tidewater: the Chesapeake Bay in Photographs
Washington, D.C., photographer Stephen R. Brown shares his experiences sailing the Bay. Images from the book will be on exhibit in the Buchanan Bay Room.

Thursday, February 2 - Dave Gendell, Schooner America
Annapolis writer Dave Gendell reveals the history and mystery of the world’s most famous schooner, from her launch in 1851 to her tragic demise in Eastport in 1942.

Thursday, February 9 - Jane Cox, Findings at Pig Point
Archaeologist Jane Cox reviews Anne Arundel County’s Lost Towns Archaeology Project exciting discoveries at the prehistoric site known as Pig Point on the Patuxent River’s Jug Bay.

Thursday, February 16 - Peyton Robertson, NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts
Peyton Robertson, Director of the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, reviews the federal government’s collaborative efforts to restore the Bay through environmental education, habitat and fisheries restoration, and data collection.

Thursday, February 23 - Cece Donovan, Poplar Island: Vanishing Island Restored
Cece Donovan of the Maryland Environmental Service talks about the Poplar Island project, which is using dredged material to restore an island that nearly disappeared due to erosion.

Thursday, March 1 - George Daughan, 1812: The Navy’s War
Award-winning naval historian George C. Daughan tells the astounding story of the War of 1812, when a tiny, battle-tested team of American commanders, seamen, and privateers took on the haughty skippers of the mighty royal Navy, defeated them time and again, and played a key role in winning the conflict that cemented America's newly won independence.

Thursday, March 8 - Capt. John P. Hamill, Maryland Pilots Association
Maryland pilots have been guiding ships up and down the Bay since the 1640s. Capt. Hamill tells the stories of ships, shipwrecks, and the vessels at anchor in Annapolis Roads.

Thursday, March 14 - Lt. Greg Bartles, The history of the Natural Resources Police
The Area 8 Commander of the Maryland Natural Resources Police tells the fascinating history of the NRP, which began in 1868 as the State Oyster Police Force, and reveals the story behind the visiting exhibit featuring a relic of the Oyster Wars: an 1868 cannon that battled “piratical Virginia oyster crews.”

Thursday, March 22 - Barbara Tagger and Orna Garnett, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Orna Garnett gives a stirring living history interpretation of the “Moses” of runaway slaves, while Barbara Tagger discusses the new Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park Initiative on the Eastern Shore. This program is a partnership with the Chesapeake Children’s Museum and the Four Rivers Heritage Area. As part of the Four Rivers’ Maryland day celebration, admission to this program is only $1 per person.

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The Tall Ships are Coming 2012!

coast guard's eagle

According to Eastport's own SpinSheet, Operation Sail (OpSail) will partner with the U.S. Navy to celebrate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the “Star Spangled Banner” with a journey of tall ships from more than 25 countries to New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Baltimore and Boston. The fleet will sail into the Chesapeake Bay in June 2012. Click here to read the January issue of SpinSheet. The article begins on page 16.

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City Council

Regarding City Council Meetings

The Annapolis City Council, which consists of the Mayor and eight Aldermen and Alderwomen, meets on the second Monday of the month for its Regular Meeting at 7:30 p.m. and the fourth Monday of the month for its Special Meeting at 7 p.m. in City Council Chambers, City Hall, Second Floor, 160 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401.

The Regular Meeting allows the public to make petitions, reports, and other communications directly to the Council. The Council takes legislative action and holds public hearings at both meetings. As required from time to time, the Council also holds additional special meetings to consider legislative and policy matters in depth.

Additionally, the Council holds work sessions the third Thursday of each month at 1:15 p.m. in City Council Chambers.

City Council Agendas are generally posted on this website about five days prior to the hearing. City Council meetings are generally televised live and re-run at a latter date. (See COA-TV) The meetings can be viewed on channel 99/100 for Comcast subscribers and channel 34 for all Verizon subscribers.

For additional information, please contact Seth B. Zirkle, Esq., Legislative and Policy Analyst with the Office of Law, at 410-263-1184 or sbzirkle@annapolis.gov or see www.annapolis.gov/Government/Council.aspx

Your alderman is Ross Arnett. He can be reached at aldarnett@annapolis.gov.