LIVE BLOG: Coffee With Kevin Perry Hall Edition

11:15 a.m.— Perry Hall Improvement Association president now addressing the crowd. We'll have a recap of the meeting up shortly. Stay with Patch. 

11:12 a.m.— The last question was about over-developing industrially zoned properties. 

"We're mindful of it. Manufacturing is a large part about it," Kamenetz said. 

11:11 a.m.— Make a wish. 

11:08 a.m.— Switching gears, the (second) last question is about the intersection of parks and recreation, education and county government. 

"It seems the more power you give them, the more they take it," an attendee said. 

The issue centers on use of county school fields for recreation, but more on that later. 

11:02 a.m.— "You're not bad for a Democrat," said a young man named Eric from Dundalk. 

[Laughter -- from the crowd]

Eric went on talk about his opposition of the gas tax and the red line through Perry Hall.

"If the red line goes to Perry Hall, mark my words, those thugs that Del. Pat McDonough talked about won't be in the Inner Harbor. They'll be here." 

11 a.m.— Supporters say that they could do the project for $40,000, but are dismayed that they would have to go through country contractors. 

"Not county contractors. County standards," Kamenetz said. 

He jokingly mentioned that a project that would be estimated to cost $100,000 should not be built for $40,000. 

"You get what you pay for," he said. 

"I'm going to work with you. I'm going to be honest with you. It's not happening today. I'm aware of the issue and we're going to try our best to move it along," Kamenetz said. 

10:57 a.m.— Supporters have raised $20,000 for the park. "But why does Perry Hall have to be the only area to pay for its own dog park?" the supporter asked. 

Kamenetz: "I recognize your program is very important to you and it has value. ... It's not just people who want to dog park. Other people want physical facilities." 

The question is, Kamenetz said, (again) where will the money come from?

Kamenetz explained that a million dollar project was deferred to fund a dog park in Dundalk, which is why that project came through, despite the fact that it came after a formal request from Perry Hall. 

"If we could have $50,000 we could do it," Vicki Rummel, a Perry Paw Dog Park supporter said. "Chump change in the long run." 

Kamenetz: "I can't tell you the money is there today." 

10:51 a.m.— A brief detour back to sign code enforcement, before Kamenetz himself says he wants to hear from the Perry Paw Dog Park supporters. 

"It must be very low on the priority list," a dog park supporter said of the County Executive's parks and rec plans. "The dog park must be even lower."

10:50 a.m.— The woman interrupts Kamenetz who was going on about the decision the county will have to make over the next 10 years. 

"I'm not the Department of Education. ... Again, I'm the banker," Kamenetz said. 

10:47 a.m.— Kamenetz deferred to stats that show that parents want to move to Perry Hall for the schools and that projections show over-crowding at the high school level won't be a major issue over the next seven years. 

10:45 a.m.— "Overcrowding in Perry Hall schools is truly an issue," says a woman in the back. "... I think Perry Hall needs a new high school." 

Kamenetz: "We recognize that we're going to have to get more seats. The question is, how are we going to pay for it?" - Said Dance is researching a 10-year plan. 

"I'm the bank. You're the depositors," Kamenetz said. 

Perry Hall High School is currently 5 percent over-capacity. 

"The real question is, what is the most efficient use of our tax dollars?" Kamenetz.

10:40 a.m.— Pierce isn't letting up about the sign issues.

Kamenetz: "Mike, you can be jury and the executioner. There is a balance to everything we do in the county. ... But it is worthy of more conversation." 

10:39 a.m.— The first question comes from a man named Mike Pierce. He's asking about code enforcement for an illegally "scrolling" lit sign on Belair Road. 

"Why won't code enforcement, enforce the code?" - Pierce

Kamentez: "I think it's really important to get some data from the police department in terms of accidents caused [by the signs]. ... Time change. ... I think at first we were worried about these Vegas-style signs. But if there is a violation there is a violation." 

10:36 a.m.— Turns to crowd questions. 

10:35 a.m.— Kamenetz is talking a lot about schools, particularly in the Towson area and the southeast. There a mumbles from a table with three Perry Paw Dog Park supporters talking about having to leave soon. 

First specific mention of Perry Hall during this meeting: the shooting at Perry Hall High School. 

10:30 a.m.— County priorities: public safety, public education, infrastructure, Kamenetz said. 

10:27 a.m.— He just mentioned that he's planning for a conversation with Superintendent Dallas Dance about school overcrowding issues. He acknowledged that a number of schools are over capacity, "but a number of schools are also operating under capacity," Kamenetz said.

Does that mean redistricting?  

10:25 a.m.— Kamenetz says part of the plan is to get overs in authoritative positions to adopt his managerial style: consolidation, preserving pensions and enhancing technology. Specifically he was talking about the Baltimore County Public Schools system. 

10:20 a.m.—Kamenetz touches on how he has tried to preserve the pension system after speaking about his office's consolidation efforts across county departments. — Nothing specifically about Perry Hall yet. 

10:15 a.m.—"That challenge forced us to face certain challenges financially ... but we're the only jurisdiction in the state that avoided furloughs and firings," Kamenetz said of the harsh economy he has encountered when he took office two years ago. 

ORIGINAL—County Executive Kevin Kamenetz just arrived at the Double T Diner in Perry Hall for the third Coffee With Kevin community meeting. 

Councilman David Marks, Perry Hall Improvement Association president Dennis Robinson, Perry Hall Business Association president Lynn Richardson, a group of Perry Paw Dog Park supports and about 20 other Perry Hall, Overlea-Fullerton and Parkville community members and leaders are in attendance. 

"We really just want to figure out what's going on in the community," Kamenetz said. 

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