AAC GDP Comments: CHAPTER SIX – QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES

The BCC recommends that:
• Data be included in the GDP to indicate where services are insufficient or lacking.

LIBRARY SERVICES
The BCC recommends that:
• Library services should be available seven days per week (p. 88)

POLICE PROTECTION
The BCC recommends that:
• The fifth police district should be located in the Broadneck area since this geography is resident to over forty thousand citizens of this County. It is also the location of the Rte #50 corridor east of the Severn River Bridge. There is no County or State police facility in this critical area (p.99)

EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN
The BCC recommends that:
• The County mandate that Emergency Evacuation Plans be developed, particularly for the Broadneck region, and incorporated into the GDP. (p.99)

The Broadneck area is bounded by bridges on the west, east and south side of its geography. Natural and manmade disasters will result in total gridlock. This needs to be mitigated by an adopted, published emergency plan.

• As mandatory recycling is necessary to achieve environmental goals, a plan should be established that can be implemented in the next 10 years. (p.103)

Jordan Park
The BCC recommends that:
• The GDP include a specific recommendation for the county to purchase the Jordan property off of Rt.2 in Arnold to function as an Arnold Trail Park.

The park would solve the current parking problem at Arnold Station and create a picnicking/rest area that hikers, bikers, seniors and handicapped could access from the trail. Public restrooms that are “ecologically green” should be provided. This site is centrally located for use by trail users and would be easily accessible to Rt.2. (p.86)