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'Amenities & Drainage Updates' - A msg from the Dir of Amenities and Operational Logistics

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

The following column was part of the summer 2020 Ocean Pines Report quarterly newsletter:

Colby Phillips

Happy summer everyone! As amenities start to slowly open with the weekly changes from Governor Hogan, the team has been working hard to make sure we open with a safe environment as well as an enjoyable one. We have appreciated everyone’s patience during this new experience for all of us.

The Racquet Center opened at the end of May to great results. Racquet Center Manager Tim McMullen and Tennis Pro Terry Underkoffler have been doing a great job overseeing the opening process. If you get a chance, stop by and see how beautiful the facility is looking these days! Thank you also to our many Racquet Center volunteers, especially Dick Schwartz, who seems to always be doing something to help!

The pools have reopened under a lower-than-normal capacity. Aquatics Director Kathleen Cook and Public Works staffers Clint Parks and Paul Jahn did a fantastic job having the pools ready for us to open knowing it could be at any time. Aquatics Program Supervisor Michelle Hitchens has been working hard to get exercise classes scheduled and those should be out at any time (if they are not by the time this comes out). With the changes happening weekly, we are hoping to be at full capacity at some point.

Drainage continues to be a primary focus. We have completed two live webinars in our ongoing educational outreach to the community on ways to tackle all types of stormwater and drainage issues. A big “thank you” to Kevin Wagner and Dave Guignet with MDE as well as to Walter McGuckin with FEMA for their flood information, and to Jennifer Dindinger, who is a watershed restoration specialist with UMD, for her information on rain barrels and rain gardens.

If you missed any of these webinars, please reach out to me and I will share the link and slides. Our next live webinar will be with Bob Mitchell, Deputy Director of the Department of Environmental Programs with Worcester County. We will also have Kevin Smith with Maryland Coastal Bays and Rich Polk with Vista Engineering. All topics will be covering water quality, stormwater, drainage, and ways we can make things better. Those dates and times will be coming out as soon as scheduled. Currently we are also working on tackling several drainage issues around the community. Info on those will come out as things start and progress.

Thank you all for your continued support of Ocean Pines and the team! If you have any issues or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at [email protected]. Have a great rest of the summer season!

Announcement

'Amenities & Drainage Updates' - A msg from the Dir of Amenities and Operational Logistics

Colby Phillips

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