Your Support Requested at Annapolis City Hall Hearing on April 8 at 7 p.m.
Your Support Requested at Annapolis City Hall Hearing on April 8, 2025 @ 7 pm
By the St. Anne’s Facilities Committee
St. Anne’s must obtain approval from the Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) to receive FEMA funding and move ahead with installing a back-up generator at the Parish House/PASA preschool and securing the fence at Church Circle. The HPC will meet on April 8 @ 7 pm at Annapolis City Hall, and your attendance at the hearing and support of the projects is requested. The grant and application is fully supported by St. Anne’s Rector, Wardens, and Vestry.
As part of the grant application process, the Anne Arundel County Police Department prepared a security assessment in January 2024. The assessment identified security measures St. Anne’s could take at the Church and Parish House to provide additional protection to occupants of those locations, including mitigating harm from acts of violence, natural disasters, and other difficult-to-predict events.
The application to install a backup power generator at the Parish House is described in a fact sheet here. When power is interrupted downtown and the PASA preschool is in session, all the children must be sent home. This is highly disruptive and has occurred many times in 2023 and 2024. This could be avoided by installing a backup generator.
In addition, at the Church, we are applying to install a total of six (6) perimeter site bollards at the walk gates and the driveway gates. The existing iron gates will be repaired and adjusted for ease of opening, closing, and securing.
A hi-tensile strength, 3/8-inch diameter, stainless steel cable will be secured to reinforce the existing wrought iron fence approx. 10-inches above existing ground level with durable ground anchors.
If you are interested in attending the hearing, or have further questions, please email Bob Biddle, the Facilities Committee Vestry Liaison, BobBiddle@Stannes-annapolis.org, or text or call Bob at 410-570-5962.