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Friday’s Recycling Collection Postponed Until Saturday Wednesday March 31st, 2010 Join FHNA Today! April Hillsider In Neighborhood Stores this Weekend   Early copies of the April edition of the Hillsider will be available this weekend at Steve’s Lunch in Cross Street Market, Regi’s, the Hill, Metropolitan, M Salon and other fine neighborhood merchants.  FHNA’s dedicated block captains will also be delivering the Hillsider to mail slots throughout the neighborhood. The upcoming issue features articles about unsung heroes in our neighborhood as well as information on how the City’s budget deficit is likely to affect Federal Hill.  Also, look for more information on how the Parking Authority and its T2 system have failed our neighborhood.  In 2009, under the T2 system, the Parking Authority appears to have issued 60% more Visitor Permits for Area 9 than the average for the preceding 5 years! The Investigative Voice has also been covering this story online.  Be sure to check out the comment posted by the Vice President of T2 Systems.  She states that ” change is often times a painful experience” – it certainly is when “change” means you can’t find a place to park.   If you haven’t paid your membership dues for 2010 please do so now on the FHNA website.  Joining is easy and just a click away.  FHNA relies on members like you to keep the association running and for just $15 a year you can continue to receive eHillsider notifications and stories about real issues that have a direct affect on our neighborhood Recycling Collection Postponed Until Saturday The Department of Public Works offices will be closed on Good Friday (2nd April), which will mean recycling will not be collected in Federal Hill.  Instead, crews will be in our area on Saturday (3rd April) morning for a make-up collection.  Next week’s collection will revert back to Friday as normal.   There will no Bulk Trash collection on Friday and all citizen drop-off centers will also be closed.   However, all parking meters will operate on Friday as per their usual hours.   Jason Tyler – Area 9 Community Representative Federal Hill Neighborhood Association   eMail Jason

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Tuesday – March 23rd, 2010 Area 9 Parking Permit Renewal Still Delayed - Current Permits Extended Until April 30th With the deadline to make the necessary fixes to the Parking Authority’s computer system occurring less than a week before the expiration of our current Area 9 permits, the Director of the Parking Authority has confirmed that the orange Area 9 permits for 2009-2010 will be honored until the end of April.   Obviously extending the permits for another month is less than ideal, but without time to troubleshoot the new “fixes” to the system it would seem imprudent to move ahead with the renewals at this stage.  The situation is still fluid and both of our Council Representatives, William Cole and Ed Reisinger, together with Council President Jack Young, are working hard on behalf of our neighborhood.    It is a shame that our elected officials and our fellow South Baltimore community reps are being forced to spend so much time and energy reacting to these problems that have originated from within the Parking Authority, rather than taking proactive actions to make our city a better place.  Rest assured that FHNA will continue to work closely with our Councilmen to try to generate the best outcome for Federal Hill.   In the meantime the Parking Authority will issue temporary permits to new residents or to old residents who have new cars.  All permits will have to be purchased at the Parking Authority office at 200 W. Lombard Street, as the online registration option is not currently operational. Jason Tyler – Area 9 Community Representative Federal Hill Neighborhood Association   eMail Jason

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