The Edgewood Community Council unveiled its new community concerns tracking form during Wednesday evening's monthly meeting, as leaders explained what they hope the new form will accomplish.
The tracking form has already been sent to elected officials in the area so they can be better informed about matters the Edgewood community feels are important, council chairman Jansen Robinson said.
The first month's list of concerns includes sections for the Sunrise East Condo and First Harford Square homeowners associations, as well as for "at-large community concerns."
Among the concerns listed are a need for road improvements in Sunrise East and for speed bumps on Harford Square Drive, as well as a general lack of community involvement.
The form also has a status column and an "addressed by" section, the latter so the community can keep track of which matters are being worked on and which council member or elected official took care of it, Robinson said.
Even when an issue is closed, Robinson added, it will remain on the list so the community has documentation of what government officials did and can reference the information during election season.
Trash station controversy
County Councilman Dion Guthrie briefly mentioned the proposed Joppa trash transfer station, after Robinson suggested that the Edgewood community stand with Joppa residents against the proposal.
In his report, Guthrie agreed with Del. Glen Glass, who also attended Wednesday's meeting, that the county administration should not be allowed to purchase land without the county council approving it first.
County Executive David Craig's administration paid $2.9 million in July for the planned transfer station site, a defunct golf center near the I-95/Route 152 interchange. Such purchases do not have to be approved by the county council but must go through the county's board of estimates, whose members include the county council president and a citizen chosen by the council.
Flu shots
Community council member Angela Lewis announced that Upper Chesapeake Medical Center is partnering with the Village at Lakeview Community Center to offer free flu shots in the community from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.
The next Edgewood Community Council meeting will be Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Edgewood Recreation and Community Center.