The largest issue of the year, packed with membership forms, approved budgets, recreation dates and meeting schedules. If you are wondering how to obtain a new automobile decal, or are hot to reserve the beach for your special event this summer – you will find the answers in the combined January/February 2019 Sea Breeze!

Enjoy!

HSIA General Membership Meeting Please attend our January General meeting scheduled for Thursday, Jan 10, at 7 pm at Key School Katharine Hall. Along with Committee reports, we will also discuss the FY2020 budget, Security, and the Harbor Drive rain garden project.

In accordance with Anne Arundel County law, the proposed Special Community Benefit District budget for Hillsmere Shores Improvement Association for the next fiscal year must be printed in the Sea Breeze and distributed to all property owners prior to adoption. All proposed budgets will be presented at the HSIA General Meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm at Key School Katharine Hall. In case of inclement weather, we will present the proposed budgets at the board meeting scheduled for January 31, 2019 at The Key School Science & Library Center.

• SCBD Budget FY2020 Draft
• General Fund Budget FY2020 Draft
• P&H Budget FY2020 Draft
• Pool Budgets FY2020 Draft

All proposed budgets were printing in the November and December Sea Breeze. 

Now available for your viewing pleasure…November 2018 Sea Breeze!

October 2018 Sea Breeze available online! 

To view archived copies, visit the Sea Breeze page.

MARINA CLEANUP!– SATURDAY 9/29 10AM to NOON

LET’S TRY THIS AGAIN!

The continuing flow of Conowingo Dam debris has hit Duvall Creek and the Hillsmere Marina again. We have already hauled out and accumulated lots of debris.

Please come out Saturday morning, September 29, from 10 a.m. to noon and help clean up the larger chunks of debris that have washed onto the Marina rip-rap and grass, and into the Marina. The goal is to remove larger pieces of debris and plastic from the area. HSIA has hired a firm to remove the debris to either the County landfill or a to-be-provided County dumpster. We need to haul debris off the rip-rap and grass, and out of the Marina waters, and stack it in multiple piles at the edge of the gravel roadway.

Please bring boat hooks, heavy rakes, and GLOVES! Yard Waste bags may help, too! 
The two dozen of you who showed up on August 4th proved that many hands make light work! We need an hour of your time again! THANKS!

What is your vision for the Hillsmere Beach?

The Beach Committee is in the process of developing a strategic plan, and would like your input!

Please join the Hillsmere Beach Strategic Planning Work Group, or any of the Work Group’s meetings to share your thoughts and ideas for how to preserve and improve Hillsmere Shores’ greatest asset.

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Meeting 1: Preservation

DATE: Tuesday, Sep 25

TIME: 7:30 – 8:30 pm

PLACE: Classroom #101 of the Key School’s Science and Library Center*

FOCUS: Beach, swim area, open spaces, and rain gardens

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Meeting 2: Promenade and Party

DATE: Tuesday, Oct 2

TIME: 7:30 – 8:30 pm

PLACE: Classroom #101 of the Key School’s Science and Library Center*

FOCUS: Walking paths, pavilions, parking, and port-a-potty

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Meeting 3: Play

DATE: Tuesday, October 16

TIME: 7:30 – 8:30 pm

PLACE: Classroom #101 of the Key School’s Science and Library Center*

FOCUS: Playgrounds, volleyball, and shower

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*DIRECTIONS: Science & Library Center, Room 101, parking available in 2nd parking lot off of Carroll Drive. Click for Key School campus map.

For more information, or to submit your ideas via email instead of attending a meeting, please contact Hillsmere Board Member Robin Clark Eilenberg at [email protected]

Available online September 2018 Sea Breeze. Hard copies to be delivered via postal mail within the next 7 business days.

Our combined July/August edition of the Sea Breeze is now available online. Hard copies should arrive via postal mail in the next several days. Enjoy!

Great news! All but one of the beaches had bacteria levels that were within acceptable limits this past week! With little to no rain in the forecast, this trend will likely extend into the weekend. The only beach that exhibited high bacteria levels was that at Broadview Estates/Preserve at Broad Creek. The site near Pine Whiff’s outfall pipe and the pre-restoration site at Crab Creek also, not surprisingly, had high bacteria levels.

On Wednesday, July 11th, South River Federation staff collected water samples at the locations listed on the chart. Feces from geese and dogs, as well as leaky septic tanks are the top contributors to high bacteria results. The acceptable concentration of Enterococci bacteria for swimming and other direct water contact is less than 104 (cfu) colony forming units/100ml. Anne Arundel County has a 48 hour no swimming/recreational guidance of water ways after a rain event. Please remember that it is not recommended to rain within 48 hours of a rain event of 1 inch or more.

Have a fun and safe weekend!

Jesse Iliff, South Riverkeeper
South River Federation, Edgewater, MD