►
From YouTube: Ask Jim Smith July 7th, 2010
Description
In the July 7 edition, County Executive answers resident's questions on getting traffic calming options in neighborhoods, street repairs from the blizzard, Wal-Mart coming to Randallstown and more.
A
Paul
McKenna
does
have
a
traffic
calming
program
to
help
communities
to
slow
down
traffic
in
their
neighborhoods,
and
we
use
such
things
as
circles,
pedestrian
islands
but
outs
actually
and,
of
course,
the
the
speed
bumps
and
all
those
are,
the
various
ways
that
we
try
to
slow
down
traffic
or
narrow
the
roadway.
In
order
to
slow
down
traffic,
you
can
a
neighborhood
can
apply
to
traffic
engineering
and
then
that
application
will
be
reviewed.
A
I
will
tell
you,
there
are
qualifications
for
the
traffic
calming
program
and
those
qualifications
and
requirements
have
to
be
met
by
a
neighborhood
but
and
as
far
as
getting
those
individual,
specific
site,
specific
information
I
would
suggest
that
you
go
online
to
traffic
calming
at
bottom
of
county
md
gov
or
you
can
call
for
10
887
2554
for
over
the
next
two
years.
We
have
really
budgeted
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
traffic
calming
in
various
neighborhoods,
so
I
hope
you'll
follow
up
on
a
thank
you
for
your
question.
A
A
We
ever
rediscover
your
neighborhood
downtown
program,
which
really
highlights
our
main
streets
throughout
throughout
the
county.
So
we
really
believe
that
that
promotes
the
county,
promotes
tourism
in
the
county
and
and
is
a
great
service
to
the
people
who
live
here.
Who
can
make
a
choice
among
both
public
and
private
events,
for
whatever
really
suits
their
their
their
families?
Entertainment
needs
so
I.
Thank
you
for
for
your
question.
I.
Also
thank
you
for
your
subscription
to
the
county
connection
and
I
hope
you'll
encourage
others
to
subscribe.
A
Our
final
question
comes
from
Pat
in
randallstown,
and
actually
it's
a
number
of
questions
pet
that
wants
to
know
if
she
can
pray
pay
her
property
tax
bill
in
a
monthly
basis.
She
wants
to
know
is
the
walmart
really
coming
to
randallstown
and
she
wants
to
know
if
the
County
crews
are
out
fixing
the
potholes
that
resulted
from
the
tremendous
blizzards
that
we
had
this
past
winter
with
regard
to
the
property
tax
bills
pad
it
can't
pay
them
monthly.
A
We've
looked
into
that
and
it
just
prohibitively
expensive
to
to
try
to
collect
property
tax
that
way,
but
you
can
pay
at
semi
animal
annually
and
many
residents
do
pay
in
two
payments,
rather
than
the
one
payment.
With
regard
to
walmart
I'm
as
excited,
you
are
about
Walmart,
coming
to
the
randallstown
community
and
they
are
coming.
A
With
regard
to
the
potholes,
we
are
out
repairing
potholes.
You
can't
really
do
that
in
the
winter
time
for
with
any
great
success
because
of
the
material
you
have
to
use,
but
we
have
started
now
that
the
spring
and
summer
are
here
doing
that
and
if
you
have
a
particularly
bad,
pothole
or
potholes
that
you
know
about
call
them
in,
because
we
try
to
get
to
them
within
48
hours
of
our
being
notified
and
that
would
be
4
10
887
3560.
Thank
you
for
your
question
and
this
concludes
another
edition
of
ask
Jim
Smith.