BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Frankford Avenue Community - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Frankford Avenue Community Information Update Tuesday, September 1, 2020 1

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Project Background - Walking path begins at Frankford Avenue and Force Road and connects at Sinclair Lane. - Walking path has been in BGE plans for 15+ years and is located within BGE Right-of-Way (ROW). - BGE has met with the community and community leadership over the past several years about the walking path. - In early May 2020, letters were mailed out to the community to inform them that the installation of the walking path would begin in mid-May. The walking path installation was completed in mid-June. - Updated project signs have been installed along the ROW with project contact information. - As of today, wildflower planting beds are scheduled to be installed along the ROW in late September/early October 2020. - Working with Baltimore City, the options for the path restricted the use of impervious surface. In addition, a paved or concrete surface would not allow BGE to maintain its underground equipment in this area. 2

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Overhead Rendering of Fall 2020 Plantings 3

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Project Phase I: Install Gravel Walking Path 4

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Project Phase I: Install Gravel Walking Path 5

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Project Phase I: Install Gravel Walking Path 6

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Wildflower Plantings - BGE is listening to the community and being responsive to concerns. - Instead of planting flowers along the entire length of the walking path, we have now separated the plantings into individual planting beds. - In response to safety concerns, we have changed the flower bed mix so that most plantings won’t be above three feet in height. - We will use a seed drill or similar ‘no-till’ method to plant wildflower mix. - Community should expect wildflower maturity in three to five years. 7

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Wildflower Seed Mix Common Yarrow - up to 3ft Partridge Pea, PA Ecotype - Up to 2.9ft Lanceleaf Coreopsis - 1-2 ½ft Blackeyed Susan - 1-2ft Proposed Wildflower Seed Mix 8 AS OF 06.24.2020

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Wildflower Seed Mix Showy Milkweed - up to 3.3ft Aromatic Aster, PA Ecotype - Up to 3.3ft Butterfly Milkweed - 1- 2 ½ft Proposed Wildflower Seed Mix 9 AS OF 06.24.2020

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Wildflower Seed Mix Nodding Bur Marigold, PA Ecotype Yellow False Indigo - up to 3.3ft Cornflower (Bachelors Button) - 3.9ft Up to 3.3ft Purple Prairie Clover - Up to 3.9ft Proposed Wildflower Seed Mix 10 AS OF 06.24.2020

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Wildflower Seed Mix Annual Gaillardia (Indian Blanket) - 2ft Perennial Gaillardia (Blanket flower) - 2-3ft Scaly Blazing Star, VA Ecotype -Up to 3.3ft Hairy Beardtongue - Up to 2.9ft Proposed Wildflower Seed Mix 11 AS OF 06.24.2020

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path BGE Right-of-Way Maintenance - BGE will be solely responsible for maintenance. - Maintenance will include mowing around the perimeter of the wildflower planting beds and around tower structures. 12

BGE Frankford Avenue Walking Path Q & A Discussion 13