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Glen Burnie resident says cricket hardball hit her at park, urges council action
Summary
Tanya Watts told the Anne Arundel County Council she was struck by a cricket hardball at a Glen Burnie park on July 12 and urged legislation to transfer ownership/control to the community association to address safety issues.
Tanya Watts, a Glen Burnie resident, told the Anne Arundel County Council on July 20 that a cricket hardball struck her on July 12 at a community park near Arundel Corporation Road and that the activity has made the park unsafe for neighbors, children and pets.
"As a matter of fact, I was struck by a cricket ball Sunday the 12th," Watts said during the meeting’s public-comment period, describing weekend play that she said runs from March through October and often occupies the park from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Watts criticized the county Department of Recreation’s guidance to "keep your head on a swivel" as inadequate and asked the council to "act immediately to protect our community by introducing legislation to enable full ownership of the community association" of the building and property affected by play.
Watts said the county installed a 22-yard by 10-foot cement cricket pitch in winter 2024 on a field she described as too small for the sport; she said that installation occurred without community input and has, in her view, effectively removed spontaneous safe use of the park on weekends.
The council did not take formal action during the meeting on Watts’s request; the public-comment period closed after several other speakers and council business moved forward. No online testimony had been received in advance for this item.
