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1 STATE OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 2 MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION34 BaltimoreLink Public Hearing5678 8133 Sandpiper Circle Nottingham, Maryland 21236 9 January 9, 2017 10111213141516 KEVIN QUINN, Hearing Officer17 ELENI FLANNERY, Hearing Secretary 18192021222324 Proceedings recorded by electronic sound recording; 25 transcript produced by Free State Reporting, Inc.FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-19021 I N D E X 2 Page3 Opening by Mr. Quinn 34 Rules and Procedures by Ms. Flannery 4 5 Statement by:6 Ms. Olszewski 7 7 Ms. Bull 108 Ms. Dickens 119101112131415161718192021FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 31 P R O C E E D I N G S2 MR. QUINN: Okay. All right. We'll go ahead 3 and get started. Let the record show it is now 5 p.m. on4 the 9th of January 2017. I call to order this public 5 hearing conducted by the Maryland Transit Administration,6 as required by Title 7 of the Maryland Transportation 7 Article. 8 The Maryland Transit Administration, also known9 as MTA, is a transportation business unit of the Maryland10 Department of Transportation. 11 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Kevin 12 Quinn, the MTA's director of Planning and Programming, 13 serving as the Hearing Officer this evening. The Hearing14 Secretary today is Eleni Flannery.15 I welcome you to this public hearing and I 16 thank you for taking the time to attend. If you have not17 already done so, please silence your cell phones now.18 The purpose of this hearing is to accept 19 testimony pertaining to the Maryland Department of 20 Transportation's Maryland Transit Administration's 21 proposed service changes for the next phase of FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 41 implementation of the BaltimoreLink transit network 2 design. The proposed changes would become effective on 3 or about Sunday, June 18, 2017. Full details of the 4 proposed changes are presented in a two-volume document 5 available at the registration table. 6 The role of the Hearing Officer and the 7 Secretary is strictly to take testimony. We are unable 8 to answer questions while this hearing is in progress. 9 Please address any questions you may have to the MTA 10 representatives just outside of this room. 11 The Maryland Transit Administration is 12 committed to ensuring no individual is excluded from 13 participation in or denied the benefits of its transit 14 services and programs on the basis of race, color, or 15 national origin, as protected by Title 6 of the Civil 16 Rights Act of 1964.17 Ms. Eleni Flannery will now state the rules and18 procedures for this hearing.19 MS. FLANNERY: Good evening. The procedures 20 for this hearing are as follows. Individuals desiring to21 testify should register in the lobby area. Speakers are FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 51 required to provide their name and address. If 2 representing a group, its name and address should also be3 provided. For this hearing, all statements should be 4 directed to the Hearing Officer, and must be related to 5 the subject matter of the hearing as outlined in the 6 proposal. 7 Questions should be addressed to the MTA 8 representatives outside of this room. The Hearing 9 Officer cannot responds to questions while the hearing is10 in progress. Speakers are required to limit their 11 statements to three minutes. These proceedings are 12 recorded by a court stenographer. 13 Prepared statements or literature pertaining to14 the subject of the proposal may be submitted to the 15 Hearing Officer or to the MTA Office of Customer and 16 Community Relations. 17 For those who prefer to submit comments in 18 writing, rather than verbally, comment forms are 19 available at the registration table. MTA staff is 20 available to offer assistance. Comment forms can also be21 downloaded by visiting www.BaltimoreLink.com. FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 61 Written statements may be submitted -- excuse 2 me -- for the hearing record by submitting to MTA staff 3 at the registration table, mailing to the address listed 4 on the comment form, or emailing comments to 5 [email protected] with written testimony 6 as the subject heading. 7 All testimony received by the February 21st 8 2017 deadline will be considered before the proposals are9 finalized. 10 MR. QUINN: Notices regarding this hearing were11 published in 2016 as follows: on December and December 12 12th in the Baltimore Sun. On December 27th in the 13 Jeffersonian. On December 28th in the Towson Times. On 14 December 29th in the Dundalk Eagle and the East County 15 Times. On December 30th in the Sun's Weekend and El 16 Tiempo Latino. 17 Notices published in 2017 include, on January 18 4th, in the City Paper. On January 6th in the AFRO 19 American, the Sun's Weekend, the Baltimore Times, and the20 Jewish Times. On January 9th in the Baltimore Sun, and 21 on January 11th, in the Catonsville Times, and the FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 71 Arbutus Times.2 At this time, I would like to invite elected 3 officials to comment. Are there any elected officials 4 here at this time? Okay. 5 We will now move to those who have registered 6 to provide testimony. When I call your name, please step7 up to the microphone, state and spell your name, and 8 provide your address for the record. And you have three 9 minutes to provide you testimony.10 The first name that we have is Renee -- hi, 11 Renee. Would you like to come up, Renee? How do I say 12 your last name? 13 MS. OLSZEWSKI: Just say Renee. 14 MR. QUINN: Okay. Make -- we invite you to 15 come up to the microphone and provide your name, and your16 address to provide testimony so it's on the record. 17 Thank you.18 MS. OLSZEWSKI: Okay. My name is Renee 19 Olszewski. I live at 48 -- Court. I'm a resident of the20 Nottingham Avenue. I live on Dunfield Road. 21 Not quite sure what my testimony should be. I FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 81 came here because, once again, coincidentally, I happen 2 to find out about this meeting. I contacted the 3 senator's office. She knew nothing about it. I 4 contacted Christian Neal's (ph.) office. He knew nothing5 about it. 6 So again, I'm disappointed in that with the 7 MTA. And that I happen to have to find out about these 8 meetings by coincidence. So I am here because I am 9 representing by neighborhood. I want to see what's going10 on with the MTA situation. 11 From my understanding, nothing is going to 12 change regarding the 102; however, what has changed is 13 the name, from what I understand, is the name that's on 14 the front of the bus; that it no longer says express, but15 it is now using the word Towson. I don't know if that's 16 correct or not, but from what I understand, it is. So 17 again, I am here to just let the MTA know that the 18 community does have our eyes and ears on you.19 MR. QUINN: Thank you. I think we have some 20 representatives who can speak to our communication with 21 elected officials, and folks outside with the proposal FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 91 that can answer any questions you have about proposed bus2 service. Okay. And that was on the -- 3 (Asides.)4 MR. QUINN: Would anyone else like to provide 5 testimony at this time? Okay. For now, this concludes 6 the list of individuals who have registered to speak. 7 Let the record show that it is now 5:08 p.m., and I 8 hereby recess this hearing until someone wishes to 9 testify, or until 5:20 p.m. -- oh, or until 8 p.m. Sure.10 I'll recess -- how about this -- so I will recess until 11 5:20, or until someone wishes to testify. Thank you.12 (Off the record.)13 (On the record.)14 MR. QUINN: Okay. Let the record show it is 15 now 5:22 p.m. I hereby recommence this hearing and will 16 now call for statements from those who have registered.17 As your name is called, please step up to the 18 microphone and begin by stating your name and address for19 the record. I'd like to call Amanda Bell -- Bull. Yeah.20 Amanda Bull up to provide testimony at this time.21 MS. BULL: Good evening.FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 101 MR. QUINN: Good evening.2 MS. BULL: My name is Amanda Bull, B-u-l-l. 3 And I live at 1 Duncroft Place which is in the Alta 4 Apartments on Walther Boulevard. 5 And so I am really benefitting from the service6 from the new 102 line. And that's one of the things I 7 wanted to say because some of my neighbors in some of the8 housing areas are opposed to having the couple of bus 9 stops that there are to serve that area. And it's 10 critical. It gets people to Towson. It gets me to work 11 in half the time that it took when I was taking the 58 12 and transferring to the 55. 13 I don't have a car. I'm trying to get by 14 without a car. And between the 58 and the 102, that's 15 how I take care of all my doctor appointments. That's 16 how I take care of all my personal business. So it has 17 been a real boom. I couldn't say enough nice things 18 about your drivers. And it is a real convenient route. 19 It takes me to a lot of different places.20 MR. QUINN: That's great.21 MS. BULL: Okay, thank you.FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 111 MR. QUINN: Thank you very much. Let the 2 record show I'm happy to hear that. Okay. Would anyone 3 else like to provide any comments? Okay. 4 This concludes the list of individuals who have5 registered to speak. Let the record show it is now 5:24 6 p.m., and I hereby recess this hearing until 5:40 or 7 until someone wishes to testify. Thank you.8 (Off the record.)9 (On the record.)10 MR. QUINN: Okay. Let the record show it is 11 now 7:37 p.m., and I hereby recommence this hearing and 12 will now call for statements from those who have 13 registered.14 As your name is called, please step up to the 15 microphone and begin by stating your name and address for16 the record. 17 I have down here, I'd like to Josephine Dickens18 to provide testimony. 19 MS. DICKENS: Yeah, I had concerns. This has 20 been going on for a while, because I work for the Health 21 Department. And I had a lot of concerns about the MTA, FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 121 their hygiene. I see a lot of people wiping their nose, 2 sneezing and so forth, touching the poles, handicap 3 people. I've actually seen some blood and stuff. 4 I was suggesting that they should have hand 5 sanitizers. The hospitals have it. And people think 6 that the hospitals are very clean, but they're really 7 not. You're picking up what people are going in. So I 8 just wanted to just suggest hand sanitizer.9 MR. QUINN: Okay.10 MS. DICKENS: Okay.11 MR. QUINN: All right.12 MS. DICKENS: Thank you.13 MR. QUINN: Thank you very much. All right. 14 This concludes the list of individuals who have 15 registered to speak. Let the record show it is now 7:38.16 (Off the record.)17 (On the record.)18 MR. QUINN: Let the record show it is now 19 8 p.m. and this concludes this public hearing. Thank 20 you, ladies and gentlemen for participating. The 21 comments you provide are valuable and will be considered FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 131 before the proposed changes are finalized. Good night.2 (Whereupon, the Public Hearing concluded at 3 8:00 p.m. on January 9, 2017.)4 56789101112131415161718192021FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947 141 C E R T I F I C A T E2 This is to certify that the attached 3 proceedings before the Maryland Transit Administration in4 the matter of: 5 BaltimoreLink Public Hearing6 PLACE: Baltimore, Maryland7 DATE: January 9, 20178 were held as herein appears, and that this is the 9 original transcript thereof for the file of the 10 Agency.1112 ______Tim Atkinson, Reporter 13 FREE STATE REPORTING, INC.1415161718192021FREE STATE REPORTING, INC. Court Reporting Transcription D.C. Area 301-261-1902 Balt. & Annap. 410-974-0947

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