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          GOOD EVENING CHAIR CALLS THE ORDER. 
          LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 22 DASH 0 0 9. 
          I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE PRAYER WITH COUNCILMAN GINGER DANNA. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, FOR ALL LOVING GOD. 
          AS WE COME TOGETHER TONIGHT, WE PRAY FOR SUCCESSFUL MEETING AND HE FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE, WE PRAY FOR THE CITIZENS OF HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          WE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE FOR ALL THOSE SUFFERING OR AFRAID THAT YOU WILL BE CLOSE TO THEM AND PROTECT HIM. 
          WE PRAY FOR WORLD LEADERS FOR COMPASSION, STRENGTH, AND WISDOM TO GUIDE THEIR CHOICES. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
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COUNSEL, MAY I HAVE GENERAL CONSENT TO MOVE TO ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA AND RETURN BACK TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR THEREAFTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JEN. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND NOMINATIONS COUNCIL APPOINTMENT HARTFORD, LIVING TREASURE FRANK MARSTON, MAB EMOTION PRESIDENT. 
          MR. SCHROEDER. 
          I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FRANK MARSTON AS A HARTFORD LIVING. 
          TREASURE SECOND. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BUELLER, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE. 
          MR. MORRISON IS HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. 
          ANY COMMENTS MS. DIXON? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE, AYE. 
          BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE ABSENT THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANK MORRISON AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURES HERE BY APPROVED 
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AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS HARFORD, LIVING TREASURE FRANK MARSDEN. 
          UH, MR. SRODES WOULD YOU LIKE TO STEP DOWN? YES. 
          BREEDER YOU PLEASE COME ON UP AND YOUR FAMILY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. 
          WHEREAS FRANK MARSTON, THE THIRD RECEIVED THE HARTFORD COUNTY CULTURAL ARTS BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL RECOGNITION AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. 
          AND WHEREAS MR. MARSTON ARRIVED IN HARTFORD COUNTY AFTER LEAVING THE NAVY IN 1971 IN THE EARLY 1990S, FRANK VOLUNTEERED WITH THE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL AND HARTFORD GLEN TO DEVELOP A CANOEING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS. 
          FRANK ALSO SUPPORTED THE EARLY AND GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EFFORTS AND ORGANIZED ALL THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          HE RECEIVED THE ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE SUSKO HANA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER. 
          AND WHEREAS IN 1991, FRANK FOUNDED THE EATON MILL NATURES COMMITTEE. 
          HE GATHERED A GROUP OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND DEVELOPED A PLAN TO CREATE THE FIRST PUBLIC NATURE CENTER IN HARFORD COUNTY FOR 29 YEARS. 
          FRANK ASSUMED NUMEROUS ROLES AT THE NATURE CENTER, INCLUDING PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION HEAD INSTRUCTOR. 
          OVER 30 YEARS LATER, THE NATURE CENTER IS STILL A VITAL PART OF THE RECREATION ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION HE HAS GIVEN HIS TIME AND SUPPORT TO PROMOTE THE HARTFORD LAND TRUST AND ITS MISSION AND RECEIVED THE CONSERVATION AWARD IN 2009. 
          SINCE FRANK RETIRED FROM VOLUNTEERING AT EDEN MILL, HE CONTINUES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY LEADING HIKES AND OPENING UP THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS OF THE NATURAL WORLD. 
          AND FRANK SHARES HIS NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AND DONATES NUMEROUS FRAMED NATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHS TO MANY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          NOW, THEREFORE WE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND ON HIS EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH, 2022, DO HEREBY SALUTE FRANK MARS IN THE THIRD, A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE, AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN THAT HIS LIFETIME EXPERIENCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE A PERMANENT RECORD, WHICH WILL RECALL THE PAST INFORM THE PRESENT AND GUIDE THE FUTURE OF HARTFORD COUNTY AND HIS MEMORIES AND HISTORY WILL BE RECORDED BY THE HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          ORAL HISTORIAN WILL BECOME A PART OF THE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY. 
          FRANK. 
          I CAN'T, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY MORE DESERVING OF THIS THAN YOU YOU'VE PUT IN AVANT OF A PASSION AND SWEAT AND LOTS OF TIME IN TO EATONVILLE, ESPECIALLY. 
          AND I CAN'T IMAGINE ALSO WHAT HARFORD COUNTY WOULD BE LIKE WITHOUT HAVING EATONVILLE AND THE NATURE CENTER. 
          UM, THAT WAS YOUR BRAIN CHILD. 
          YOU GOT TOGETHER A GREAT COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO JUST SEE THAT TODAY AND THE ACTIVITIES AND, 
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AND SO MANY PEOPLE ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS, EATING MILL, IT'S JUST A TREASURE TO ALL OF US. 
          I KNOW THAT MY DAUGHTER, MADDIE, IT'S STILL THE FAVORITE CAN THAT SHE ATTENDS AND WE'VE PRETTY MUCH BOOKED HER WITH CAMPS EVERY SUMMER. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE CANOE TRIP AND THEN YOU, UH, TEACHING HER HOW TO IDENTIFY THE HOUSE AND YOUR FAMOUS WHISTLE. 
          I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU WANT TO TRY THAT OR FOR YOUTH THING, IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE THAT. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION. 
          AND I KNOW NOW THAT WE ALL SEE WILDLIFE AND, AND, AND THE SCENERY IN HARTFORD COUNTY THROUGH YOUR LENS. 
          AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE THAT, AND I KNOW THAT YOU DONATE A LOT OF THOSE WORKS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND, UM, JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, LIKE TO SAY I'M MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE OUT IN THE WOODS I FINISHED. 
          UM, I FEEL VERY HUMBLE TO GET RECOGNITION FOR ANYTHING I DID BECAUSE IT CAME ON THE SHOULDERS OF SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE, SOMEBODY VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY PUT THE EFFORTS INTO IT THAT LISTENED TO MY CRAZY THOUGHTS AND SAID, OKAY, LET'S DO IT. 
          UM, SO I, WHATEVER RECOGNITION I GET FROM THIS, OR EXCEPT FOR THIS, IT'S ACTUALLY FOR THE REST OF THAT. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT I'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO HELP HARFORD COUNTY BECOME WHAT IT IS. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. 
          I I'M VERY HUMBLED BY, BY THIS CAUSE I DID IT. 
          I DID IT TO BE SELFISH BECAUSE I ENJOYED EVERYTHING I DID, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. 
          SO IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL, WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE SERVICE, I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO COME AND LIVE WITH MY FAMILY THAT WAS VERY RURAL AND I'VE SEEN THE COUNTY GROW AND I SEE A LOT OF YOU HERE TO HELP IT GROW IN THE RIGHT WAY TONIGHT. 
          AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          AND ALL OF YOU, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU. 
           WAIT JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          I GOT THE HEIGHT OF MY STUFF. 
          I WAS TRYING TO GET MINE IN THERE, BUT THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          JEN ITEM NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. 
          WE HAVE DONE 
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SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES, LEGISLATIVE DAY 22 DASH 0 0 8 MARCH 1ST, 2022. 
          ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES THERE BEING NO CORRECTION SUBMITTED STAND APPROVED, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS. 
          WE HAVE NONE THIS EVENING. 
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AGENDA NUMBER NINE, INTRODUCTION TO BILLS. 
          MR. WAGNER, PLEASE READ HIM. 
          BILL 22 DASH ZERO ZERO BEFORE BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 4. 
          INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEEN SENT TO YOU AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND THE HIGHWAY'S FUND FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO COVER ESTIMATED EXPENSES INCURRED DURING FYI 2022 ATTRIBUTABLE TO AND, AND TWO ANTICIPATED RETIREMENTS BY THE COUNCIL MARCH 8TH, 2022 INTRODUCED READ FIRST-TIME ORDER POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON APRIL 12TH, 2022 AT SEVEN 15 IN THESE CHAMBERS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 14 TONIGHT. 
          WE HAVE NO BUSINESS AND I DO BELIEVE THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE LAST NIGHTS THAT THAT HAPPENS. 
          UM, 
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AGENDA NUMBER 15, BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT. 
          UM, IF I MAY, UM, SEVERAL OF US WERE AT THE 2022 ATHENA AWARDS AND WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE, IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A GREAT EVENT. 
          UM, UH, IT HIGHLIGHTS MANY OF OUR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN THE COUNTY. 
          UM, BOTH, UH, SOME THAT HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR YEARS AND SOME COMING ON. 
          UH, SO IT WAS VERY, UH, GREAT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SARAH KLEIN AS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD WINNER AND CLAUDIA ADAMS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL WORD WINNER. 
          UH, WE ALSO ATTENDED, UH, JERRY RYERSON'S RETIREMENT DINNER AFTER 43 YEARS OF SERVICE TO HARVARD COUNTY. 
          UM, THAT WAS AT, UM, I BELIEVE THE COUNTRY CLUB, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY AND IT WAS ALL FULL HOUSE. 
          I MEAN, HE'S JUST, JUST A GREAT GUY. 
          AND THE ONE THING THAT I CAN ALWAYS SAY AS A LIAISON TO SOCIAL SERVICES OR THE LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARD, WHENEVER WE HAD A QUESTION OR A CONCERN 
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FOR ANY FAMILY, ANY CHILD IN THE COUNTY, HE WAS ALWAYS A GO-TO. 
          HE WAS ALWAYS THERE AND WORK WITH OTHER PARTNERS IN THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOME SORT OF A SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE. 
          WE ALSO ATTENDED THE LEVEL VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, AWARD BANQUET, AND, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, CLINTON POLK, UH, WHO WAS RECOGNIZED AS FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, UM, NOLAN GALLON SENIOR, YES, FOR HIS SERVICE, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AND TO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. 
          UM, ALSO, UM, IT'S BOTH MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THE HONORABLE ANGELA EAVES THIS EVENING, UH, HARFORD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE, UH, ON HER NEW APPOINTMENT TO MARYLAND'S HIGHEST COURT, THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS, UH, UPON OUR CONFIRMATION BY THE MARYLAND STATE SENATE JUDGES WILL TAKE THAT SEAT IN ANNAPOLIS SOON. 
          UH, AND TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, THE LAST SITTING JUDGE FROM HARFORD COUNTY ON MARYLAND'S HIGHEST COURT WAS THE HONORABLE STEVENSON ARCHER WHO SAT ON THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS FROM 1823 TO 1844 AND BECAME CHIEF JUDGE 1844 TO 1848. 
          SO ALL HARFORD COUNTY AND SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT JUDGE EVES AS SHE IS SENDS, UH, TO THE COURT OF APPEALS IN TIME FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. 
          I MEAN, IT JUST, UH, JUST AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT ON HER BEHALF. 
          AND THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, COUNCILMAN JAN JORDANNA MAY SPEAK TO IT. 
          MAYBE JUST SPEAK TO THE MEETING WE HAD WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL TOWN OF BELL AIR WOULD THAT MR. JOHNSON AND MY TIME TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, 
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MR. JAMES ANDRIANA. 
          UH, SO HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF AMAZING WOMEN IN MY LIFE. 
          MY MOTHER, MY SISTER, MY GIRLFRIEND, UM, I THINK BEING AT THE ATHENA AWARDS, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT SPOKE, UM, TALKED ABOUT HIS MOTHER, UM, AND, UH, I COULDN'T TALK AFTER HE TALKED CAUSE I WAS GOING TO TEAR UP LIKE HE WAS SO, UM, I THINK EVERYBODY REALIZES IS THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW GREAT INFLUENCE OUR MOTHERS ARE TO US. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE AGAIN, SARAH KLEIN AND CLAUDINE ADAMS, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, FOR THEM ALSO. 
          AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE PATTERSON MILLS, UH, PATTERSON, MALE BOYS' BASKETBALL, THEY RECEIVED THEIR FIRST REGION TITLES SINCE 2018. 
          THEY WERE THE CLASS ONE EIGHT EAST REGION FINALS. 
          UH, THEY GOT TO THEIR CONGRATULATIONS TO KYLE SENIORS, KYLE LOOTING, TYREE WILSONS. 
          SO GO HUSKIES AND ALSO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO SEAM MILTON WRIGHT, SENIOR DEMETRIUS CORKER LUNAS WHO WON THE UCPC FOR HARTFORD AND CECIL, UH, TO A REGIONAL FINALS FOR WRESTLING. 
          HE, UH, HE WAS THE RUNNER-UP FOR THE  CHAMPIONSHIP, UH, FINALS WRESTLING LOSING THREE TO ONE, AND HE'S GONNA, UH, MAJOR IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. 
          UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE TOWN OF BEL AIR AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW, UM, SCHOOL, UM, AT WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD, WE HAD, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR US TO GET THOSE TWO TOGETHER FROM THE, FROM THE TOWN, UH, ABOUT POSSIBLE, UM, WORK BEING DONE BEFORE THE SCHOOLS BEING BUILT. 
          SO I THINK WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING, A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES BROUGHT UP. 
          SO, UM, WE THOUGHT IT'D BE BETTER TO MEET NOW, TRY TO GET THINGS IRONED OUT, SEE IF WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER, HELP THEM. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING FURTHER WITH THEM. 
          UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          SO THANK YOU  AND TO BE SPECIFIC, IT WAS THE ADMINISTRATION, NOT THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          SO, UM, SUPERINTENDENT WAS THERE AND ALL THE SHIT. 
          MR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE JERRY RYERSON ON HIS RETIREMENT. 
          AFTER 43 YEARS SERVING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, HE WAS, UM, A GOOD FRIEND AND WORKED VERY HARD AND PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT HE DID FOR ALL THOSE DECADES AND WISHES HIM WELL IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, CLAUDINE ADAMS, THE ATHENA AWARD WINNER AND SARAH KLEIN, THE YOUNG ATHENA, A WINNER. 
          AND ALSO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY WIFE WHO WAS A FINALIST FOR THE ATHENA AWARD. 
          UM, WE, LIKE YOU SAID, WE ATTENDED THE LEVEL OF VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OVER THE WEEKEND AND JUST WANT TO THANK AND CONGRATULATE. 
          NO, NO ONE GUY IN JR FOR THE 2021 EMS PERSON OF THE YEAR AND CLINTON POLK, THE 2021 FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR ALSO SENDING PRAYERS TO MY FRIEND, JEANETTE SOURS, THE WIFE OF OUR, UM, LOCAL ARTISTS, JOHN SOURS. 
          SHE IS RECOVERING FROM A FALL. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU MR. SHREWS, MR. WAGNER, UH, LAST WEEK, I THINK I SPOKE 
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TO EVEN MORE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THERE AND WE'VE, WE WERE KEEPING OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE ON THAT BECAUSE, UH, ANOTHER COMMUNITY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT, WITH THE CCRC OR LACK OF, OR WHERE IT'S GOING TO SHIFT AND CHANGE AND WHO'S GOING TO BE, UH, MOVING AHEAD OR NOT. 
          SO, UH, IN A WEEK'S TIME, WE'VE GOT NO UPDATES ON THAT. 
          IT'S STILL THE SAME STATUS QUO AS IT WAS. 
          AND, BUT WE ARE TALKING TO, UH, THOSE THAT SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FUTURE OF IT EACH AND EVERY, A FEW DAYS ACTUALLY. 
          AND CERTAINLY THE, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, A VERY LARGE VOLUME OF EMAILS CONCERNING, UM, UH, PROJECT, UH, ON THE PYRAMID PENINSULA THAT I JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN THEIR TIME TO CONTACT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BY EMAIL AND THAT YOUR INSIGHT AND YOUR COMMENTS ARE APPRECIATED AND TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          UH, WE DID LOOK INTO THE POSSIBLE CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THE CREEK SIDE, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING AND THAT'S, UH, WE THOUGHT WE HAD A CHURCH LOCATED CLOSE BY, SO IT DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO RICHMOND, RICHLAND BALLROOM. 
          AND, BUT, UH, I'M NOT SO SURE THAT'S GOING TO WORK OUT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HOLD QUITE ENOUGH. 
          AND THERE'S A THERE'S OBSTACLES, EVERY, EVERY STOP OF THE WAY FOR, UM, UH, TRYING TO SITE A CIM MEETING IN AND AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S BIG ENOUGH AND HAS HOURS ENOUGH THAT WOULD AFFORD THE COMMUNITY TO COME IN AND VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND BE THERE MOST OF THE EVENING, UH, ABERDEEN ACTIVITY CENTER, THE HARTFORD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THE CITY OF ABERDEEN ARE SEEKING CITIZEN INPUTS, UH, ON AMENITIES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEW ABERDEEN ACTIVITY CENTER COUNTY AND CITY OFFICIALS WERE HOST A LISTENING SESSION FROM SIX 30 TO 8:00 PM AT ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 68 NORTH PARK STREET ON THURSDAY, MARCH THE 10TH, TO HEAR WHAT YOUR CONCERNS WOULD BE AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE GO INTO THAT ACTIVITY CENTER AS IT'S NOT BUILT YET. 
          AND THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING THERE THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIQUE THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS OR AT LEAST WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE YOU MY TIME BACK. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, MR. BUELLER. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, JUST A FEW THINGS NOW. 
          UM, I, UM, MET OR, UH, SHALL WE SAY, HAD A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH MR. LYNN PARISH. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TO PUT TOGETHER A STUDY GROUP ALONG WITH MS. MILLER. 
          SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIMARILY ON THE FERRYMAN PENINSULA TO PROVIDE, UH, TRANSPORTATION FOR THEIR WORKERS AFTER THE HOURS, WHEN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, PRIMARILY THAT 11 TO SEVEN SHIFT TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET SOMETHING ILISE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO GET SOMETHING DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, BECAUSE, UM, LYNN PARISH, IN MY OPINION IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB, BUT IT TAKES A LOT. 
          IT TAKES SOME TIME TO GET A NEW ROUTE ONLINE AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT WE NEED SOMETHING DONE ON THAT NAIL. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE GETTING THAT STARTED. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY WANTS, YOU KNOW, HAS SOME INPUT COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN CONTACT ME. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S ONE THING A FOLLOW-UP ON THE, UM, I, WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY, WELL, THE I, OUR SORES ALONG THE ROUTE 40 QUARTER, I'VE TALKED WITH THE COUNTY, UH, RECENTLY, AND I'M SATISFIED WITH, UH, THE PROGRESS THAT THEY'RE MAKING ON THAT. 
          AND I EXPECT THOSE ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED OR AT LEAST THE FEW THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW AND PROBABLY MORE TO COME. 
          AND I WILL JUST SAY ON THAT, THAT IT'S AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. 
          UM, CHAPEL ROAD JUST STARTED ON THAT. 
          I'M GONNA, I'M TALKING WITH, UH, ACTUALLY MEET WITH, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FROM HEAVY GRACE, DAVID GLENN TOMORROW MORNING. 
          AND, UH, THAT ROAD IS OWN BY PART OF IT IS OWNED BY HAVING THE GRACE AND ANOTHER PART IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY. 
          SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THAT ROAD SQUARED AWAY BECAUSE IT IS IN BAD SHAPE. 
          I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY A TIMELINE IT'S PROBABLY ON THE SCHEDULE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY'LL GO OUT THERE AND DO THE REPAIRS ON THAT. 
          AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BILL. 
          AND IF I MAY REAL QUICK, UM, AS I SAT DOWN HERE THIS EVENING, UH, I SEE A NOTE FOR GENIE AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR REACHING OUT AND CHECKING ON HER. 
          UH, SHE'S DOING EXTREMELY WELL. 
          SHE GOT A GREAT VISIT, UH, FROM THE SURGEON LAST WEEK. 
          UM, SHE IS, UM, I BELIEVE PROGRESSING A LOT QUICKER THAN THEY EXPECTED. 
          SO, UM, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR THOUGHTS, PRAYERS CALLS, CARDS, UM, 
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AND WOULD THAT MS. DICKSON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? WE DO MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE 29 THIS EVENING. 
          VERY WELL AGAIN. 
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UM, AS I ALWAYS SAY, UM, PLEASE RESPECT EACH OTHER AND STICK TO YOUR TIME. 
          CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER. 
          THE SPEAKER HAS BEEN HEIZER FOLLOWED BY PAUL KOLACHI. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          BENJAMIN HEIZER. 
          AND MY INFORMATION IS ON FILE. 
          UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WASN'T AVAILABLE TO BE HERE UNFORTUNATELY, BUT, UM, UH, I NOTICED ON FACEBOOK, COUNCILMAN WAGNER, HE INTRODUCED A PIECE OF LEGISLATION LOOKING FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC BECAUSE THE PUBLIC DID COMMENT. 
          UM, AND HE WITHDREW THE LEGISLATION, WHICH IS AWESOME. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE ALL LOVE TO SEE OUT OF OUR, OUT OF OUR COUNCILMEN IS JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE AND SEEING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE IN MY DISTRICT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE'S FOUND OUT? MAYBE IT DIDN'T WORK OUT ALL THAT WELL FOR THE REST. 
          AND HE PULLED IT. 
          THAT WAS GREAT. 
          BUT THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT DURING THAT TIME, UM, COUNCILMAN SRODES, UM, HE WAS REASSURING THIS DISTRICT THAT HE WAS HANDLING IT. 
          WHAT HANDLING OF IT MEANT IS BEYOND ME. 
          UM, HOWEVER, AFTER, AFTER COUNCILMAN WAGNER, AFTER HE WITHDREW IT, COUNCILMAN SRODES, THEN DO, UH, HE DID A VICTORY LAP ON THE BACK OF COUNCILMAN WAGNER. 
          THAT IS UPSETTING TO ME. 
          IT IS VERY UPSETTING. 
          I REALLY DO APPRECIATE HOW EVERYONE HERE CONDUCTS THEMSELVES. 
          HOWEVER, UH, ROBERT WAGNER DID DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SEE THAT HE IS A COUNCILMAN HERE, AS WELL AS THE REST OF YOU ALL. 
          I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. 
          GOOD EVENING, PAUL KOLACHI, UH, PARAMIN MARYLAND. 
          I JUST WANT TO START WITH A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE WOMEN AND THE SALUTE TO THE WOMEN IN THE ROOM AND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. 
          UH, PYRAMID PENINSULA IS A MICROCOSM OF EVERYTHING THAT IS PART OF HARFORD COUNTY. 
          ALL WITHIN THE FIVE MILE RADIUS OF THE INITIAL FARM PROPERTY. 
          WE HAVE WATERFRONT HOMES TO MOBILE HOMES. 
          WE HAVE COMMUNITY BUSINESS OWNERS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, MAILMAN, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, TRUCK DRIVERS, HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTORS, MILITARY VETS, ANIMAL VETS, SOLDIERS FROM APG, AND MAY PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE SOLDIERS. 
          RECENTLY, WE EVEN FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL PART OF AMTRAK AS THE CLEANUP AND THE DERAILMENT ON THE FREIGHT TRAIN FROM SATURDAY MORNINGS, MISHAP, ANOTHER INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE PYRAMID AREA. 
          THIS PUT OUR LIVES AT HIGHER RISK THAN THE LIVES OF THE OTHER 99% OF THE COUNTY. 
          IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY IS UNIFIED TO KEEP ITSELF BEAUTIFUL, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP. 
          THE NORMAL RUMBLE OF THE TRAIN WAS A LITTLE LONGER AND LOUDER THIS PAST SATURDAY MORNING. 
          LUCKILY IT WAS ONLY COLD AND NOT METHANE BENZENE PHOSGENE OR OTHER DANGEROUS CHEMICALS THAT OFTEN ARE TRANSPORTED ON THE RAIL. 
          THE, UH, ALSO THANK GOD, NO ONE WAS HURT. 
          PARAMIN ROAD WAS ONLY ABOUT 25 FEET FROM THE TRACKS, SEVERAL POINTS. 
          AND THERE ARE HOMES THAT ARE JUST ANOTHER 25 FEET FROM THERE. 
          THE BANGS AND RATTLES OF THE ARTILLERY AND THE MUNITION TESTING ON MOST DAYS CAN BE HURT AND FELT BY ALL WHO LIVE IN THE PARAMIN PENINSULA. 
          THE TRAFFIC FROM SHIFT CHANGE AND LOST TRACTOR TRAILERS GOING DOWN A RURAL ROAD, KNOWING THEY'VE MADE A MISTAKE, BUT NOT SURE HOW OR WHERE TO TURN AROUND. 
          ONCE THEY PASS THE POINT OF NO RETURN AND USUALLY NEED HELP TO GET BACK OUT. 
          WE LIVE WITH ALL THESE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, GROWING PAINS, WAITING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROMISE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, SMART DEVELOPMENT WILL ADD NEW ROADS AND CONNECTING EXISTING ROADS TO STATE STATE ROUTES LIKE SEVEN. 
          THE INITIAL FARM IS OUR LAST FIELD OF DREAMS. IF THEY BUILD IT, THE NEW ROAD CONNECTIONS WILL COME WELL. 
          AFTER 20 YEARS, WE KNOW IT WILL NEVER COME UNLESS IT COMES FIRST TIME TO TAKE A BREAK AND LET THE INFRASTRUCTURE CATCH UP. 
          WE FINALLY SEE SOME SPARKS OF HOPE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE CAPITAL PLANS FOR SWISHER ROAD, EVEN A STATE BILL WITH SOME ENFORCEMENT RELIEF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ALSO NEED HELP ON OLD PHILADELPHIA ROW IN THE BUSINESSES THAT CAUSE TRUCK BACKUPS ON THE ROAD, NOT EQUIPPED FOR CURRENT LOADS WITH NO TURNING LANE OR SIDEWALKS OR APPROPRIATE SHOULDERS. 
          WE FEEL WE HAVE OUR FAIR SHARE OF MEGA FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. 
          WE WANT TO GET THE RIGHT GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESS LEADERS, COMMUNITY AND COUNTY LEADERS TOGETHER TO REEVALUATE THE ZONING CODE, PROVIDE A FALLACY, THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE FIVE MILE RADIUS, WHICH PROVIDES 30% OF THE DRINKING WATER TO THE COUNTY. 
          AN AREA THAT HAS NOT HAD PARKS AND REC INVESTMENT OR LAND PRESERVATION INVESTMENT EQUAL TO OUR NEIGHBOR, OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBORS. 
          WE JUST WANT TO BALANCE IT OUT WHEN GIVE PYRAMID OUR FAIR SHARE. 
          IF WE CAN HAVE 30% OF THE WAREHOUSES, 30% OF THE SOURCE FOR DRINKING WATER, PLEASE GIVE US THE OPEN SPACE. 
          THAT'S 30% FOR PARKS AND REC AND 30% OF LAND PRESERVATION. 
          WE WANT WATER ACCESS TO THE BUSH RIVER LIKE ABINGDON, EDGEWOOD, JOPPA, HAVING TO GRACE DARLINGTON. 
          THEY ALL HAVE RIVERFRONT ZIP CODES IN 
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HARTFORD COUNTY, EXCEPT FOR PAIRING IN ABERDEEN. 
          70% OF THE EARTH IS COVERED WITH WATER AND ONLY 1% IS DRINKABLE. 
          HELP US PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SAVE OUR DRINKING WATER, GIVE PARAMOUNT A CHANCE FOR TO PASS. 
          SO THERE'LL BE NO APPLAUSE PLEASE. 
          STELLA HEATERS FOLLOWED BY WILL GRAHAM. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MA'AM NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. 
          HI, STELLA PETERS. 
          AND YOU HAVE MY ADDRESS ON FILE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AFTER ALMOST TWO YEARS, OUR CHILDREN ARE FINALLY UNMASKED FOR THOSE WHO STOOD UP AGAINST THESE TYRANNICAL MANDATES. 
          I THANK YOU. 
          THE COVID 19 LOCKED DOWN, HAD A DISPROPORTIONATE DAMAGING, DAMAGING EFFECT ON THE LIVES, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          AND WE MUST NEVER ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. 
          AGAIN. 
          OUR YOUTH HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED IN POLICYMAKING AND THE NEEDS AND RIGHTS OF OUR CHILDREN MUST ALWAYS COME FIRST. 
          WE MUST ALWAYS PROTECT THEIR HEALTH, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR FUTURES. 
          IF WE DO NOT DO THIS, WE WILL LET DOWN A GENERATION OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE FALLOUT OF THIS ECONOMIC BURDEN, THE RIGHTS AND THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS HAVE BEEN IGNORED THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE CRISIS. 
          IT SADDENS ME TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO OUR CHILDREN. 
          THEY HAVE SUFFERED THE MOST AND OUR YOUTH LOST THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS. AND NOW WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO RESTORE THAT TONIGHT. 
          I AM ASKING YOU TO PRE PRESENT LEGISLATION IN OUR COUNTY TO NEVER LET OUR CHILDREN BE FORCED TO WEAR A MASK AGAIN, AND TO PROTECT THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS. 
          WE MUST WORK TO HELP THEM TO LIVE NORMAL LIVES WITHOUT FEELING THE FEAR OF A VIRUS, THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, BUT WITH GOD'S HELP, WE CAN HELP THEM RESTORE THEIR LIVES. 
          OUR WORLD IS IN CHAOS RIGHT NOW, AND THE FUTURE LOOKS GRIM. 
          WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE MUST GUARD THE FUTURE OF AMERICA AND OUR CHILDREN. 
          WE MUST REMEMBER THAT ONLY GOD CAN HELP US IF WE SEEK HIM AS JEFF KAY, ONCE SAID EVERY THOUGHTFUL CITIZEN WHO DESPAIRS OF WAR AND WISHES TO BRING PEACE SHOULD BEGIN BY LOOKING INWARD BY EXAMINING HIS OWN ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE POSSIBILITIES OF PEACE. 
          FIRST EXAMINE OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS PEACE OURSELVES. 
          TO MANY OF US, IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO MANY THINK IT IS UNREAL, BUT THAT IS DANGEROUS. 
          A DEFEATIST BELIEF. 
          IT LEADS TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WAR IS INEVITABLE. 
          THAT MANKIND IS DOOMED, THAT WE ARE GRIPPED BY FORCES. 
          WE CANNOT CONTROL. 
          WE NEED NOT ACCEPT THAT VIEW. 
          OUR PROBLEMS ARE MANMADE. 
          THEREFORE THEY CAN BE SOLVED BY MAN. 
          AND MAN CAN BE AS BIG AS HE WANTS. 
          NO PROBLEM OF HUMAN DESTINY IS BEYOND HUMAN BEINGS. 
          MANS REASON AND SPIRIT HAVE OFTEN RESOLVED THE SEEMINGLY UNSOLVABLE AND WE BELIEVE THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN. 
          AND SO MY FELLOW CITIZENS AS NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM GOOD. 
          EVEN SURNAME. 
          WELL, GRAHAM, AND, UH, JUST AS ON RECORD, I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT OUT OF A GRAVE CONCERN FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR PLANET'S ABILITY TO LITERALLY SUSTAIN LIFE. 
          AS WE KNOW IT, IT IS NOT OPINION THAT HUMAN ACTIVITY HAS CAUSED AND CONTINUES TO CAUSE CATASTROPHIC DETRIMENT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND CONSEQUENTLY TO OUR OWN HEALTH AND WELLBEING, THE FLINT, MICHIGAN WATER CRISIS, DEEP WATER HORIZON OIL SPILL, PACIFIC OCEAN GARBAGE PATCHES, THE DEGRADATION OF OUR TOP SOIL THROUGH THE USE OF CHEMICAL PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS EXTERMINATION OF OUR POLLINATING INSECTS BY THESE SAME CHEMICALS, A STUDY RELEASED JUST THIS WEEK IN THE NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE JOURNAL REPORTING THAT THE AMAZON RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION IS REACHING THE POINT OF NO RETURN FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT AND CLOSER TO HOME THE DEGRADATION OF OUR OWN CHESAPEAKE BAY, THE LARGEST ESTUARY IN THE UNITED STATES, TO WHICH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION ASSIGNED A HEALTH SCORE OF 32, A D PLUS IN THEIR LATEST STATE OF THE BAY REPORT OF 2020 DOWN ONE POINT FROM THEIR PREVIOUS 2018 REPORT, MEANING THAT THE HEALTH OF THE BAY IS ACTUALLY DETERIORATING, NOT IMPROVING ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND MANY MORE CAUSED BY HIM AND ACTIVITY, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE MORE SPECIFIC REASON FOR MY ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, YOU HAVING DONE BUSINESS PARK WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THERE'S CURRENTLY A 500,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE NEXT TO THE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, ROUTE SEVEN 15 GATE THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND VACANT FOR THE TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN PASSING BY TO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY. 
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THERE'S AN 860,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE. 
          ONE MILE WEST OF THAT ON ROUTE 40 AT OLD STEPNEY ROAD THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND VACANT FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. 
          THAT'S OVER 1.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES COMPLETED AND SITTING EMPTY WITHIN SIX MILES OF ABINGTON WOODS, JUST THAT I'M AWARE OF. 
          AND NOW UNCONSCIONABLY, THERE ARE EFFORTS TO BUILD EVEN MORE WAREHOUSES IN AN EXISTING FOREST. 
          THE HAVING THE BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT WILL DESTROY MORE THAN 320 ACRES OF EXISTING MATURE FOREST TO BUILD ANOTHER 2.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES. 
          THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS ADJACENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SPANS THE HOT BRANCH AND IT'S JUST OVER A MILE FROM OUTER POINT CREEK THAT FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO THE BUSH RIVER AND THEN DIRECTLY OUT TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. 
          THE DESTRUCTION OF THESE WOODS AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO ADD TO THE HUMAN DRIVEN DEGRADATION OF OUR BAY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT AND LARGE. 
          THE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY HAS NOTIFIED HUMANITY IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT WE ON THE PRECIPICE OF A GLOBAL CLIMATE DISASTER CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY. 
          THERE'S STILL TIME TO AVOID THIS DISASTER, BUT THAT WINDOW IS CLOSING. 
          PERFECT COUNTY CAN CHOOSE TO BE A LEADER IN THIS EFFORT, BUT WE MUST ACT PLEASE CHOOSE WISELY WHEN CONSIDERING TO APPROVE THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE FUTURES OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, AND BEYOND DEPEND ON OUR ACTIONS. 
          WE DON'T NEED MORE WAREHOUSES. 
          WE NEED MORE TREES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          MICHELLE WILLOUGHBY FOLLOWED BY NANCY POST. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MA'AM NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. 
          HI, MICHELLE WILLOUGHBY ADDRESSES ON FILE. 
          UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT TONIGHT. 
          ALWAYS AN IMPROMPTU THING. 
          I SIT AND LISTEN, UM, ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COUNTY AND THEN PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH ONE IS MOST PRESSING FOR ME AT THE TIME. 
          UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL STILL, BUT AS THE PERRY MAN, PEOPLE, UM, THERE'S ISSUES THROUGHOUT HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I MOVED UP HERE FROM BALTIMORE COUNTY AND I SEARCHED OUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I REALIZED BEFORE I PURCHASED MY HOUSE, THAT THE CLOSEST SUPERMARKET WAS 30 MINUTES AWAY. 
          THERE'S NO DELIVERY SERVICES, NO PIZZA, NO NOTHIN, UM, MAYBE A GAS STATION. 
          AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS IS GREAT. 
          THIS IS THE PLACE FOR ME. 
          THERE'S NO PEOPLE, THERE'S NO TRAFFIC, THERE'S NO RETAILS, UH, BUSINESSES. 
          AND I WANTED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HARFORD, COUNTY'S MOVING MORE TOWARDS URBANIZING OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, THE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT MANY PEOPLE LOOK AND WORK TWO AND THREE JOBS TO GET OUT, TO, TO GET AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTIES IN BETWEEN THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, IT'S MY FEAR OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WHAT I SEE AND HEAR THAT MORE AND MORE OF IT IS BEING BROUGHT INTO OUR COUNTY AND TO HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN I, I LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WANTED MY DAUGHTER TO GO TO A GOOD SCHOOL. 
          UM, I WANT IT TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE WASN'T MASS TRANSIT AND PEOPLE, AND YOU KNOW, THE INFLUENCES THAT I WORKED SO HARD TO GET AWAY FROM, I AM BY NO MEANS A RICH, I DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. 
          SO IT TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT TO WORK, TWO JOBS, TO FIND A PLACE IN AN AREA FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM EVERYBODY THAT I COULD AFFORD. 
          THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE GONE. 
          I MEAN, JUST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS UNBELIEVABLE. 
          PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY, THERE'S NO CRT IN SCHOOL WHERE THERE IS, IT'S JUST CALLED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE SAME THING. 
          IF YOU LOOK UP THE 16, 19, UM, PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TEACHING OUR KIDS THAT POLICE ARE BAD. 
          THERE MAY BE SOME POLICE, BAD POLICE OFFICERS, BUT AS A WHOLE, I DON'T THINK A SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULD BE TEACHING THAT OUR POLICE ARE BAD. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE PORNOGRAPHY IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE TEACHING RACISM. 
          YOU DO NOT FIGHT RACISM WITH MORE RACISM. 
          I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AMERICA IS INHERENTLY RACIST OR SYSTEMICALLY RACIST. 
          WE ARE THE MOST DIVERSE COUNTRY IN THE FRICKING LAND. 
          I MEAN, SORRY ABOUT THE FRICKING WORD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO UNITED STATES. 
          IF WE WERE INHERENTLY, UM, AND SYSTEMIC REALLY RACIST, THEN WHY WOULD PEOPLE COME FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND NATIONALITIES TO BE HERE? IF IT WAS SO BAD, WHY ARE WE TEACHING US IN SCHOOL? CAN WE GET BACK TO MATH, ENGLISH, SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL 
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STUDIES PLEASE. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          HOW DID YOUR NAME GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. 
          UH, NANCY POSTS. 
          NANCY, I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          UH, YEAH, DON'T START YET, PLEASE. 
          UH, FROM, UH, ON THIS NIGHT OR A DAY OF RECOGNIZING WOMEN, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MOTHER EARTH, UM, SHE SUSTAINS OUR LIVES AND MANY OF US ARE HERE TONIGHT AS HER VOICE AND ADVOCATES. 
          UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SOUTHERN HARTFORD HAS DETERIORATED. 
          I SHOULD TAKE THIS OFF, HAS DETERIORATED SINCE I MOVED HERE OVER 10 YEARS AGO, ROAD NOISE IS IN ESCAPABLE. 
          THIS IS WHAT I HEAR IN MY HOME AND THE CONSTANT FRIENDSHIP AREA. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S ROAD NOISE. 
          THAT'S WHAT I HEAR IN MY HOME MORNING TONIGHT. 
          THAT'S LIFE IN SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY BRINGING OVER 18 MORE HUNDRED CARS AND TRUCKS INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BY WAY OF ABINGTON BUSINESS PARK. 
          ACCORDING TO THE SITE PLAN WOULD ONLY EXASPERATE THE EXASPERATE. 
          THE PROBLEM ALONG WITH THE NONSTOP ROAR OF TRAFFIC COMES THE NONSTOP AIR PARTICULATE POLLUTION FROM EACH AND EVERY VEHICLE TAILPIPE, THE THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX, SIX ACRES OF TREES AND ABINGTON WOODS HELPS TO MITIGATE THAT AIR POLLUTION. 
          IN ADDITION TO PROTECTING THE OTTER POINT CREEK WATER BASIN ABINGTON BUSINESS PARK WOULD ELIMINATE MOST OF THE TREES IN ABINGDON WOODS, WHICH WOULD, UH, EQUATE TO MORE POLLUTION AND ITS RESULTING HEALTH CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA AND CANCER. 
          SOUTHERN HARTFORD IS BEING DESTROYED BY THIS BUILDER FRIENDLY COUNTY. 
          WE NEED RESIDENTS TO ALWAYS BE YOUR TOP PRIORITY. 
          YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT REPRESENT RESIDENTS, NOT DEVELOPERS. 
          THE GOAL SHOULD NOT BE TO PAVE AN OVERBUILD. 
          ALL OF SOUTHERN HARTFORD, HARTFORD DOESN'T NEED MORE LOW WAGE JOBS. 
          WORKERS ARE LEAVING LOW WAGE JOBS. 
          THE TAX RATE-ABLE CHASE BASED ON AN IS BASED ON AN UNREALISTIC MYTH. 
          YOU INCREASE TAXES, TAX MONEY COMING IN, BUT IT IS OUTWEIGHED BY, UM, THROUGH THE OVERBUILDING AND OVERPOPULATION, WHICH INCREASES THE, UH, BURDEN AND COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING WATER, ELECTRICITY, SEWER ROADS, SCHOOLS, FIRE, AND POLICE DEMANDS, OR DEMANDS ON THE FIRE AND POLICE, ET CETERA. 
          THIS EASILY OUTPACES TAX REVENUES TURNING 326 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS INTO A MOSTLY IMPERVIOUS SURFACE OF WAREHOUSES, UNNEEDED RETAILERS, ROADS AND PARKING LOTS WOULD BE AN UNFORGIVABLE SIN FOR THE RECORD. 
          I SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF ABINGDON WOODS. 
          THE GOALS OF THE PRESERVED HAIRY YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE TAKE OUR CONCERNS. 
          SERIOUSLY. 
          YES. 
          MA'AM AND MY PILLAR FOLLOWED BY KATE MACDONALD. 
          GOOD EVENING NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. 
          I'M A PILLAR BEL AIR. 
          MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. 
          HELLO COUNCIL. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. 
          I'D LIKE TO START BY RECOGNIZING THAT TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND GIVE THANKS TO ALL THE WOMEN WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR STATE, OR THEIR COUNTRY BETTER. 
          WE NEED MORE PROGRESSIVE WOMEN IN OFFICE. 
          NOW MORE THAN EVER. 
          HARFORD COUNTY IS 50.9% WOMEN. 
          YET OUR ENTIRE COUNTY COUNCIL COUNTY EXECUTIVE, ALL US AND STATE SENATORS AND ALL US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT THIS COUNTY, OUR MAIL, OUR COUNTY SHOULD NOT BE RUN BY A GROUP OF ONLY MEN. 
          THEY SAY THAT A WOMAN HAS TO BE ASKED TO RUN FOR OFFICE SEVEN TIMES BEFORE SHE WILL ACTUALLY DO IT. 
          CONSIDER ME SPEAKING HERE TONIGHT TO 
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BE ONE OF THOSE TIMES FOR ANY WOMAN WHO'S CONSIDERED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. 
          IT'S ALSO A GREAT TIME TO TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS WOMEN AROUND THE GLOBE. 
          CLIMATE CHANGE POSES, A THREAT TO ALL OF US AND SPECIFICALLY HERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY, THAT COMES IN THE WAY OF OVER DEVELOPMENT AND WAREHOUSE COMPLEXES THAT LEAD TO INCREASES IN WATER AND AIR POLLUTION. 
          IF YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN ESCAPE THE DAMAGE THAT THIS WILL COST TO OUR COUNTY, BECAUSE YOU LIVE AWAY FROM THE SITE OF DEVELOPMENT, YOU ARE WRONG. 
          THIS AFFECTS EVERYONE FROM DRINKING WATER THAT IS USED IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY TO DIESEL FUMES FOR MORE AND MORE TRUCKS ON THE WAY TO THE NEW WAREHOUSES. 
          THIS ROUTE HAS EVERY CITIZEN WHO CALLS HARFORD COUNTY HOME. 
          BUT HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS. 
          GENTLEMEN. 
          THERE'S A CHANCE COMING UP TO DO THE RIGHT THING, TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY BY VOTING, TO PASS THE MORATORIUM. 
          AND IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, IF THERE'S ANY DOUBT IN YOUR MIND, THERE'S PLENTY OF AMAZING WOMEN AND MEN HERE THAT WILL TELL YOU WHY YOU NEED TO STOP THESE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, MS. KATE MCDONALD, 2100 PARK BEACH DRIVE, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          LAST WEEK I SPOKE ABOUT DISPARATE IMPACT, WHICH MEANS THAT WHILE A PRACTICE PROCEDURE LAW, ET CETERA, IS NON-DISCRIMINATORY ON ITS FACE. 
          IT CAN HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE NEGATIVE EFFECT ON MEMBERS OF A LEGALLY PROTECTED GROUP IN LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. 
          TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ONE COMPONENT OF IT, ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE, DEFINED AS THE DISPROPORTIONATE EXPOSURE OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOWER TO POOR, TO LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES, TO POLLUTION AND ITS ACCOMPANYING EFFECTS ON ONE'S HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS UNEQUAL, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PROVIDED THROUGH LAWS, REGULATIONS AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS IN AN APRIL, 2021 PAPER AUTHORED BY A COLLABORATION OF STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS AND THE PEOPLE'S COLLECTIVE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AT COLLECTION OF DATA WAS USED TO ANALYZE OVER 3000 WAREHOUSES THAT WERE ABOVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET THAT COVER THE SOUTH COAST EIGHT AIR BASIN AND AREA COVERING NUMEROUS COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
          IT WAS FOUND THAT WAREHOUSES AND FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE LOCATED IN AREAS AND NEIGHBORHOODS OF LOWER MEDIAN, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES AND HIGHER LEVELS OF POVERTY. 
          SPECIFICALLY AS THE DISTANCES BETWEEN WAREHOUSES AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SHORTEN POVERTY RATES INCREASE AND SO DO MINORITY POPULATIONS AND MANY OTHER SOCIAL ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THESE ADVERSE IMPACTS, THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE ALSO SERVING UP A MASSIVE SOURCE OF POLLUTION BY ATTRACTING THOUSANDS OF POLLUTING TRUCK TRIPS, DAILY DIESEL TRUCKS EMIT DANGEROUS LEVELS OF NITROGEN OXIDE, PARTICULATE MATTER, CARBON MONOXIDE AND BENZENE, ALL OF WHICH CAUSED DEVASTATING HEALTH IMPACTS, INCLUDING ASTHMA, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY, PULMONARY DISEASE, CANCER AND PREMATURE DEATH. 
          AS A RESULT OF THOSE FINDINGS PHYSICIANS CONSIDER THESE POLLUTION BURDENED AREAS, DIESEL DEATH ZONES. 
          THAT IS AN OFFICIAL TERM, A TERM USED BY PHYSICIANS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO DESCRIBE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE EXPOSED TO A DISPROPORTIONATE VOLUME OF DIESEL FUEL. 
          THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING AND PERRY, BEN ABERDEEN, AND EDGEWOOD AND ABINGTON AMONG OTHER FINDINGS. 
          THE SCIENTISTS CONCLUDED. 
          IT WAS CLEAR AS IT IS HERE THAT BUILDING LARGE WAREHOUSES WITH NO CONSIDERATION TO PUBLIC HEALTH WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LOW INCOME AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          THIS IS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. 
          I URGE EACH OF YOU TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THESE ISSUES AND THE DATA WE'VE PROVIDED YOU SO THAT YOU WERE FULLY AND WILLFULLY AWARE OF THE IMPACTS YOUR DECISIONS HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO FURTHER OVER INDUSTRIALIZATION OF PARAMIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM CRABTREE FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY RUSSELL, HER NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE. 
          LITTLE CRAB TREE 8 0 1 CEDAR LANE BELLAIRE. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE MANY OF YOU AND GOOD EVENING TO THE AUDIENCE. 
          UH, MANY PEOPLE, UH, AROUND THE COUNTY NOAH, ONE OF MY MAIN ISSUES IS, AND THAT IS ILLEGAL SIGNS POSTED IN PUBLIC OF WAYS OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, WE'VE MANAGED TO GET RID OF MOST OF THOSE IN HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          AND IN FACT, I THINK WE'VE GOT THE BEST RECORD IN THE ENTIRE MID-ATLANTIC AT THIS POINT. 
          AND THAT'S DUE TO THE EFFORT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          WHO'VE WORKED HARD ON THIS ISSUE AND TAKEN A LOT OF RISKS, TAKEN A LOT OF GRIEF. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF PROUD OF OUR RESULTS. 
          FOUR YEARS AGO, I CAME IN HERE ANGRY ABOUT THE POLITICAL SIDES NOW POLITICAL SIGNS, 
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YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT THEM, WE NEED THEM AND THEY'RE THERE. 
          IT'S RIGHT TO HAVE, BUT POLITICAL SIGNS PLACED ILLEGALLY ARE A HORRIBLE INDICATION. 
          OKAY? IF YOU WANT TO BE A LAW MAKER, YOU GOTTA STOP BEING A LAW BREAKER. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. 
          NOW FOUR YEARS AGO, I WAS GOING TO GET INVOLVED IN A BIG WAY AND I BACKED OFF IN PART BECAUSE I WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN ELECTIONS IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION WHERE WE HAD TO GET RID OF A FEW PEOPLE. 
          NOW HE CAME HERE TONIGHT TO DELIVER A SHOT OVER THE BATTLE MESSAGE. 
          IF YOU'RE A POLITICIAN RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE IN HARTFORD COUNTY, AND I DON'T CARE WHAT SEAT, I DON'T CARE WHAT POSITION I DON'T CARE HOW HIGH UP I DON'T CARE HOW LOW DOWN WE'VE TAKEN INVENTORIES. 
          WE'RE STARTING TO CATALOG THAT. 
          WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE ILLEGAL POSITIONS AND WE'RE PREPARING CASES AND ARGUMENTS. 
          AND WE INTEND TO COME AFTER THE VIOLATORS. 
          SO THIS IS A WARNING TO NOT JUST THIS BODY, BUT ALL THE POLITICIANS THAT ARE RUNNING IN HARFORD COUNTY, THAT IF YOU DON'T CLEAN UP YOUR ACT, WE'RE COMING TO GET YOU AND WE'LL GET YOU BEFORE THE ELECTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOODNIGHT ON THAT. 
          ONE OTHER THING, TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOPIC. 
          I WANTED TO THANK THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, BARRY GLASSMAN IN PARTICULAR, AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THAT ADMINISTRATION, MRS. SRODES WAS HELPFUL WITH THE PROBLEMS MY NEIGHBOR HAD WHEN HER HOUSE BURNT DOWN. 
          IT WAS WONDERFUL HOW THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER ON THAT ISSUE AND THEY APPRECIATED IT. 
          I, AS THEIR NEIGHBOR APPRECIATED IT AND WE THANK THE HARTFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY FOR COMING THROUGH FOR THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD NIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS BRITTANY RUSSELL. 
          MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. 
          I LIVE IN PERRY, MAN. 
          GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN. 
          UM, YOU GUYS CAN SIT BACK AND RELAX AS THE PERSON I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT AND I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE CAMERA BECAUSE YET AGAIN, HE IS NOT HERE. 
          SO HELLO, MR. GLASSMAN, IT'S ME AGAIN. 
          AND HE HAD ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO CONTACT YOU. 
          I HAVE TO GO TO THESE PUBLIC FORUMS BECAUSE YOU ARE REFUSING TO SPEAK TO ME OR MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S EXHAUSTING. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UM, MY ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF TEAL HATS WOULD AGREE. 
          I HAVE TWO LITTLE BOYS AT HOME WHO WOULD MUCH PREFER THEIR MOMMY TO BE THERE READING THEM A BEDTIME STORY. 
          AND I THINK ALL OF THE PARENTS IN THIS ROOM CAN AGREE THAT TIME FLIES BY REALLY FAST WITH THEM. 
          AND THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE SO MANY NIGHTS THAT THEY ACTUALLY WANT ME TO READ A BEDTIME STORY TO THEM. 
          SO I'M REALLY SAD TO BE MISSING THAT, BUT I'M HERE FOR THEM BECAUSE MY JOB AS THEIR MOTHER IS TO PROTECT THEM. 
          IT IS TO KEEP THEM OUT OF HARM'S WAY. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT I AM HERE TO DO. 
          I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ROAD SAFETY ROADS THAT THEY TRAVELED DOWN EVERY DAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO TO SCHOOL BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL AND ROADS THAT THEY WILL TRAVEL AS THEY ARE OLDER AND TEENAGERS THINKING THEY ARE INVINCIBLE. 
          I AM HERE TONIGHT ALSO TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR PUBLIC DRINKING WATER, THE SAFETY OF THAT WATER AS THEIR MOM, AS I SAID, MY JOB IS TO PROTECT THEM. 
          AND MR. GLASSMAN, I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THAT SAME ROLE FOR YOUR CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE SAME JOB. 
          YOUR JOB IS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY. 
          KEEP US SAFE BY NOT ALLOWING INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC TO TRAVEL THE SAME ROADS AS RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC. 
          YOUR JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT THE WATER THAT HARPER COUNTY CITIZENS ARE DRINKING IS SAFE AND CLEAN. 
          CERTAINLY YOU WOULDN'T WANT ANOTHER FLINT, MICHIGAN ON YOUR HANDS. 
          MR. GLASSMAN, AS EXHAUSTED AS I MAY BE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE PERSON TO HELP US AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON TO HELP US BECAUSE IN OCTOBER OF 2018, YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT YOU WANT HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          AND I QUOTE TO GROW BEYOND BEING A WAREHOUSE COUNTY WITH DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. 
          THOSE ARE YOUR WORDS, MR. GLASSMAN, SINCE YOU MADE THAT COMMENT MORE THAN 3 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO PARAMIN ALONE, CERTAINLY YOU ARE OPPOSED TO ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 5.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES. 
          MR. GLASSMAN, THE TIME HAS COME TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE A MAN OF INTEGRITY. 
          A MAN WHO KEEPS HIS WORD, NOT JUST ANOTHER POLITICIAN WHO IS WILLING TO SAY ANYTHING JUST TO GET A VOTE. 
          WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR MR. GLASSMAN, MR. GLASSMAN, I'VE BEEN BUSY CONNECTING WITH MOMS ALL OVER HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES MOMS ANGRY OR THAT EVER MESSING WITH THEIR CHILDREN? AND TO HEAR THAT THE DRINKING WATER THAT YOU GIVE THEIR CHILDREN IS IN DANGER, MAKES THEM VERY UPSET. 
          I'VE MADE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THIS STOP. 
          MR. GLASSMAN, I INVITE YOU TO RETURN OUR CALLS AND OUR EMAILS. 
          I INVITE YOU TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US. 
          I TOLD 
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YOU LAST WEEK, WE'LL MEET YOU ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME. 
          I INVITE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING, PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY AND LEAVE OFFICE WITH INTEGRITY AND GRACE. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM BURNA WHITE TYLER, FIVE VERONICA CASTLING, MS. WHITE VIRTA LIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. 
          UM, I FULLY SUPPORT THE BILL 22 0 0 3 TO ESTABLISH A MORATORIUM ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASSIVE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. 
          UM, THANK YOU MR. BEULAH FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS BILL, BUT MOSTLY THANK YOU FOR THE PRE-MED COMMUNITY FOR MOTIVE, MOTIVATING HIM TO DO SO. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALSO TO THE COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING FRANK MARSTON, I CANOED THE 444 MILES OF THE SESCO HANNA RIVER WITH MR. MARSDEN. 
          AND AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TEACHER IN HARTFORD COUNTY HAS SPENT MANY, MANY WONDERFUL TIMES AT EDEN MILL WITH MY CLASS. 
          AND DID YOU KNOW THAT, UM, THIS COUNTY ALSO HAS ANOTHER TREASURE? IT'S THE OTTER POINT CREEK OTTER POINT CREEK NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE SYSTEMS. DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S ONLY 29 NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE SYSTEMS IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES? AND WE HAVE ONE IN HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF TO HAVE ONE OF 29 RESEARCH RESERVE STATIONS IN HARP IN THIS COUNTY. 
          AND WE SHOULD AS A COUNTY, AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A COUNCIL, DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PROTECT THAT RESEARCH RESERVE SYSTEM. 
          THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT HAHAHA BRANCH, WHICH FLOWS THROUGH ABINGTON WOODS, THE 330 ACRE NON-TITLE WETLAND FOREST. 
          IT GOES INTO OTTER POINT CREEK. 
          AND UM, IF ABINGTON WOODS IS TAKEN AWAY, THEN OTTER POINT CREEK WILL BE DESTROYED. 
          IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT OTTER POINT CREEK WAS SELECTED IN 1990. 
          IT WAS CHOSEN ACROSS THE NATION IN 1990, BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING FRESHWATER TIDAL MARSHES IN THE ENTIRE UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY. 
          IT'S IT'S ONE OF THE LAST ONES AND THE AREA WHERE HAHAHA BRANCH FLOWS INTO THE OTTER POINT CREEK FORMS A TIDAL MUD FLAT WITH EXCEPTIONAL HABITAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER ACTUALLY TAKEN YOUR KAYAK OR CANOE OUT THERE, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THE ANITA SEA LIGHT ESTUARY CENTER, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN IN A KAYAK OR CANOE AND GOING OUT THERE, YOU'RE MISSING ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THIS COUNTY. 
          AND TO THINK THAT WE WOULD TRADE THAT FOR A WAREHOUSE IS PRETTY HEARTBREAKING. 
          INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WHEN THE BUILDER SUBMITTED THEIR PLANS TO THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, TO SAY HOW THEY WERE GOING TO MITIGATE THE POLLUTION IN THE BUSH RIVER, THEY SAID THAT HAHAHA BRANCH FLOWS INTO THE BUSH RIVER, BUT THE HAHAHA BRANCH GOES INTO OTTER POINT CREEK. 
          THEY LEFT THAT PART OUT. 
          THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T TELL US THAT HAHAHA BRANCH GOES INTO OUTER POINT CREEK. 
          BUT OF COURSE WE ALREADY KNEW IT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT ABINGTON WOODS. 
          AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO HAVE THE COURAGE AND THE STRENGTH TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THIS COUNTY. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE ONE SECOND TO THANK ALL THE VETERANS BECAUSE IN THIS TIME THAT ALL OF US ARE WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE TV. 
          THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL HERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU, GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GLORY TO THE UKRAINE. 
          AND I HOPE WE CAN ALL GET SOME COURAGE FROM THOSE PEOPLE TO STAND UP AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND WHAT'S RIGHT, IS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HEALTH AND THE WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          MALLAMO FOLLOWED BY KEN SHANNON. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          SURE. 
          NOT JUSTICE. 
          JUST A BIT GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES. 
          JOHN P MALAMA 24 0 2 EAGLEVIEW DRIVE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION HAS TWO TASKS IN THIS SITUATION. 
          ONE TO PULL THE BOARD OF APPEALS DECISION IN CASE 58, 14 AND TWO ENFORCES ZONING CODE. 
          THE PRESIDING OFFICER AT THE DAC HEARING FOR THE HARTFORD COUNTY AIRPORT PROJECT TO CLARITY WAS NOT AN EXPERT ON AVIATION AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT AVIATION. 
          THAT STATEMENT ACCURATELY DESCRIBES ALL OF THE HARFORD COUNTY GOVERNMENT DECISIONS RELATED TO AIRPORTS AND AVIATION. 
          THE GLASSMAN ADMINISTRATION CANNOT APPROVE, MODIFY NOR REVOKES SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. 
          THEY CARRY OUT AND MINISTRATIVE DUTIES FOR THE BOARD OF APPEALS 
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AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS ZONING CASES. 
          THE APPLICATION FOR ZONING CASE 58, 14 WAS FILED 16, OCTOBER, 2013. 
          THE MAA APPROVED LAYOUT PLAN WAS NOT PART OF THAT APPLICATION. 
          THE STAFF REPORT DATED FIVE DECEMBER, 2013 RE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROACH AND LANDING PADS, ACCESSORY USES AND RUNWAY 10 28 WERE NOT CONSIDERED THE AIRPORT. 
          OWNERS GROUP REQUESTED EXACTLY WHAT THEY GOT QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          PARTICULARLY THE AIRSPACE WERE RAISED AT THE DAC HEARING. 
          THE PRESIDING OFFICER RESPONDED, QUOTING THAT INFORMATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE HEARING EXAMINER WHEN THE CASE WAS HEARD FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION. 
          IN FACT, THE APPROACH AND LANDING PAD IS DESCRIBED ON THE AIRPORT. 
          LAYOUT PLAN WERE NEVER PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS AND WERE THEREFORE NEVER APPROVED. 
          WHY DID THE DEPARTMENT APPROVE A SITE PLAN WITHOUT A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMERCIAL OPERATION OFFER THESE HYPOTHESES FIRST DESCRIBING THE APPROACH AND LANDING PATHS WOULD DEMONSTRATE THEIR EXTENSION BEYOND 35 38 AL DYNO AND INTO THE RR B2 AND B3 DISTRICTS. 
          AND THAT MORE THAN 50% OF THE LAND UPON WHICH THE COMMERCIAL OPERATION IS CONDUCTED ON IS IN THE AG DISTRICT. 
          SECOND, IT WOULD CONSTITUTE A TAKING FROM PROPERTY OWNERS BENEATH THE PASSED BY THE COUNTY CHARITABLY. 
          IT WOULD APPEAR THAT DECISION MAKERS AND PLANNING AND ZONING LACK EVEN A CASUAL UNDERSTANDING OF AIRPORT DESIGN AND FUNCTION OR THE ZONING CODE SINCE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION WAS GRANTED. 
          THE GLASSMAN ADMINISTRATION HAS IGNORED MARYLAND LAW REGARDING A NON-CONFORMING USE BROUGHT TO CONFORMITY AND DECLARED AT TIMES THE AIRPORT IS OPERATING IS NON-CONFORMING USE. 
          AND AT OTHER TIMES, OPERATING AS A PERMITTED USE, DISCREPANCIES WERE POINTED OUT TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. 
          HE RESPONDED THE LAW DEPARTMENT IS REVIEWING AND WE'LL BE BACK IN TOUCH UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR REVIEW. 
          I'M STILL WAITING, SEEMS THAT WHENEVER THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OR COUNTY COUNCIL IS CONFRONTED WITH AN ISSUE THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH, THEY WILL REVIEW AND GET BACK COULD BE THAT SECRET CODE FOR YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO ANSWER THAT. 
          AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTE, ALTHOUGH YOU DID NOT ANSWER MY ISSUES FROM LAST WEEK, I SUSPECT THAT WE BOTH KNOW THERE WAS NO SUCH AUTHORITY FOR THE ACTIONS OF THE OFFICIAL INVOLVED. 
          SIR, I COULD NOT HAVE SCRIPTED A BETTER EXAMPLE THAN THIS TO ILLUSTRATE HOW GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE AND THE SECRET CODE OPERATE IN HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          SILENCE NOTED, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          CAN I SHANNON 2 0 4, 4 PARK BEACH DRIVE. 
          PARAMIN I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC AROUND THE PYRAMIND PENINSULA. 
          I'VE ADDRESSED THIS COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY ABOUT HOW OVERWHELMED THE PYRAMID PENINSULA IS WITH TRACTOR TRAILER TRAFFIC. 
          DESCRIBE HOW I'VE CALLED THE ABERDEEN POLICE NON-EMERGENCY LINE FOR YEARS ABOUT THE TRUCKS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF ROUTE SEVEN IN FRONT OF THE CNS COMPANY PROPERTY. 
          AND FOR YEARS IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. 
          OTHER MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY HAVE ALSO SPOKEN TO THIS COUNCIL AND CALL THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES ABOUT THE TERRIBLE TRAFFIC ON ROUTE SEVEN. 
          AND NOW I CAN SAY THAT SOMETHING HAS FINALLY BEEN DONE. 
          THE SCROLLING SIGN THAT DIRECTS TRUCKERS TO DRIVE TO MERLIN HOUSE, TO WAIT UNTIL THEY CAN SAFELY ENTER THE BUSINESSES. 
          I THINK THE HARFORD COUNTY LEADERS FOR DRESSING THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DANGEROUS TRAFFIC SITUATION ON THAT ROAD, BUT THE NEXT DAY, PEOPLE WERE PASSING AROUND PICTURES OF TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS PARKED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCROLLING SIGN. 
          I USED TO RIDE MY BIKE FROM MY HOME IN PARLIAMENT TO WORK AT ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND. 
          IT'S A BEAUTIFUL RIDE. 
          IT BECAME TOO DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRUCKS ON ROUTE SEVEN. 
          SO I STOPPED DOING IT. 
          MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT ON THAT STRETCH OF ROUTE SEVEN. 
          THE EXPANDED LANES AT ROUTE 40 AND ROUTE SEVEN, 15 CIRCLE WAS OUT OF THE PYRAMID ROUTE, BUT THEY LEFT THE REST OF THE ROAD IS TOO NARROW AND MARKED LANES WITH NO SHOULDERS OVER 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE SPACE ON THAT STRETCH OF ROAD, ANOTHER HALF A MILLION SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEVEN 15, THAT HASN'T STARTED OPERATING YET, BUT NO ONE STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT A ROAD THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HANDLE TRAFFIC FOR OVER 1.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES SHOULD LOOK LIKE APG IS HARVARD COUNTY'S LARGEST EMPLOYER. 
          THE COUNTY HAS EMBRACED AND BENEFITED FROM THE THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERING JOBS THAT APGS PRESENT SPRINGS TO THE COUNTY. 
          THE COUNTY NEEDS TO EMBRACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. 
          IT NEEDS TO STOP AND THINK TO USE ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES FOR TRULY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT ALL THE NEW TRUCK TRAFFIC IS HAVING ON SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY AND TO NOT RELY ON TRAFFIC STUDIES PAID FOR BY DEVELOPERS. 
          THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAD AN ARTICLE ON JANUARY 27TH ON THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TRUCKS ON AMERICA'S ROADS. 
          IT DESCRIBED THE EQUIVALENT SINGLE AXLE LOAD OR E S A L FACTOR, WHICH IS THE DAMAGE OF VEHICLE WILL INFLICT ON PAVEMENT BY DRIVING OVER IT. 
          THE ARTICLE SHOWED THAT THE DAMAGE FROM A SINGLE AXLE LOAD OF A TYPICAL TRACTOR TRAILER IS EQUIVALENT TO THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY 5,000 
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PASSENGER CARS, STATE AND FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES ESTIMATE THAT TRUCKS WERE RESPONSIBLE 35 TO 40% OF HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE COST, EVEN THOUGH THEY ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 10% OF THE MILES DRIVEN THE COUNTY, JUST TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHO WILL PAY FOR THE INCREASING DAMAGE. 
          THAT MORE AND MORE TRUCKS ARE CAUSING SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY ROADS. 
          THE COUNTY COUNCIL NEEDS TO STOP AND THINK. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          TRACY WAIT, FOLLOWED BY LEE MADDOX. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MA'AM GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS TRACY. 
          WAIT SIX 17 FOX CROFT DRIVE. 
          BELLER MARYLAND. 
          I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT LESS THAN FIVE MILES FROM PYRAMIND PENINSULA LIES ANOTHER PLANNED E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT NAMED ABINGDON BUSINESS PARK, WHICH WILL BRING 2.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE SPACE TO THE SAME PORT OF HARFORD COUNTY. 
          AS PARAMIN PLEASE PICTURE FOR A MOMENT WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE GETTING ON AND OFF OF  AT EXIT 77, A AND B ONCE HARFORD COUNTY BRINGS IN A THOUSAND ACRES OF ADDITIONAL E-COMMERCE FACILITIES BETWEEN THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS. 
          IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WORKS AT THE EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL COMMAND PICTURE, WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE TO GETTING TO AND FROM WORK ONCE THESE BUILD-OUTS ARE COMPLETED. 
          I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, COUNTY RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS OF ABINGTON WOODS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THE DESTRUCTION OF ABINGTON WOODS, THE 326 ACRE FOREST. 
          AND WHAT ONE AREA, WHICH IS THE LARGEST UNPROTECTED FOR US LEFT IN SOUTHERN HARFORD COUNTY. 
          DURING THESE THREE YEARS, WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME SUPPORT FROM COUNCILMEN ANDRE JOHNSON, WHO WROTE TO THE OWNER OF ABINGTON WOODS TO ASK THAT THE OWNER INVESTIGATE PRESERVING THE FOREST INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING IT. 
          AND WHO WAS THE ONLY COUNCILMAN TO VOTE AGAINST THE EXPANSION OF THE EDGEWOOD JOPPA AND ZONE, WHICH WAS ESSENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPER TO GET A KEY PERMIT MUCH LATER, COUNCILMAN BEULAH AND JOHNSON, BOTH SUPPORTED OUR CAUSE BY SUBMITTING A PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THESE ACTIONS. 
          HOWEVER, THEY HAVEN'T YET MOVED THE NEEDLE ON ABINGTON BUSINESS PARK, WHICH INCHES CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION AND FARTHER FROM THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY BY THE DAY. 
          SO MY QUESTIONS TO THE COUNCIL, OR WHAT POWER DO YOU HAVE TO STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF E-COMMERCE SITES LIKE ABINGTON BUSINESS PARK AND PYRAMIND PENINSULA NEXT TO RESIDENTIALLY ZONED NEIGHBORHOODS, OR ONLY LISTEN TO OUR CONCERNS WITHOUT MAKING PLANS FOR HOW TO ACT. 
          AND IF YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPACT THESE PROJECTS, WHILE AREN'T WE HEARING YOUR IDEAS, I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING IF YOU WOULD SET UP A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MEETING WITH US WHERE WE CAN HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS. 
          I THANK YOU. 
          AND I THANK THOSE WHO ARE WEARING THE GREEN CLOTHS TODAY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE HATS, BUT THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT FOR ABINGTON WOODS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM GOOD EVENING. 
          MA'AM GOOD EVENING. 
          LEE MADDIX, 1700 CHURCH POINT COURT PERRIMAN, MARYLAND FOR MONTHS. 
          NOW, COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE STOOD BEFORE YOU AND ASTRON END TO DEVELOPMENT AND PARAMIN, WE HAVE CITED OUR CONCERNS FOR HARFORD COUNTY DRINKING WATER ACQUAINTING, OUR SITUATION TO THAT OF FLINT, MICHIGAN. 
          WE HAVE SPOKEN UP FOR THE HEALTH OF THE BUSH RIVER AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. 
          WE HAVE DOCUMENTED SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT TRUCKS AND INADEQUATE ROADS AND PROVIDED HORROR STORIES ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES AND BEING TRAPPED WHEN A SINGLE ROAD IS BLOCKED, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE DESPERATE IMPACT. 
          AND THE HARMS, THE PATTERN AND PRACTICES OF HARFORD COUNTY HAVE CAUSED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE HAVE ALSO VOICED OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE WILDLIFE AND WETLANDS. 
          WE HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT NOISE, POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION, AND LIGHT POLLUTION. 
          WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PARAMIN TO INCLUDE CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH POPULATIONS, THAT NATIVE AMERICANS, AND THE FACT THAT AFRICANS WERE HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL AND FORCED TO WORK THE LANDS AND SERVED WHITE MEN AS SLAVES. 
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WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT ZONING EXPLOITATIONS AND THE OUTDATED CODE. 
          AND FOR THE RECORD IN CASE THERE'S STILL ANY CONFUSION, THE COMMUNITIES REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE, LIVING IN PARIS AND DO NOT WANT ANY MORE WAREHOUSES. 
          WE DO NOT WANT 5.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES. 
          WE DO NOT WANT 5.1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES. 
          WE WANT ZERO SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL WAREHOUSES. 
          WE WANT NO MORE WAREHOUSES. 
          INSTEAD WE WANT THE REMAINING LAND PRESERVED. 
          WE WANT A PASSIVE PARK WITH NATURAL MEADOWS WHERE OUR WELL FIELDS CAN RECHARGE. 
          THE FIREFLIES CAN DANCE AT NIGHT AND THE POLLINATORS CAN NOURISH THEMSELVES AS THEY DID. 
          WHEN THE NATIVE AMERICANS ROAMED THE LAND AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH CAME A COLUMN. 
          WE WANT A PUBLIC SPACE WHERE CITIZENS CAN ENJOY SCENIC VIEWS OF THE BUSH RIVER, A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN AND ADULTS CAN LEARN ABOUT ECOLOGY AND HISTORY, A PLACE FOR HIKING AND PICNICKING. 
          THAT IS OUR VISION. 
          AND WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL THAT VISION IS MADE A REALITY. 
          OUR COMMUNITY DEEMS THE LANDS IN QUESTION SPECIAL. 
          THEY HAVE SCENIC VIEWS, CRITICAL HABITATS. 
          WHAT ARE ACCESS AND HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. 
          GIVEN ALL THAT PERRIMAN HAS BEEN THROUGH. 
          WE BELIEVE THE REDRESS OF LAND PRESERVATION TO BE APPROPRIATE AND JUSTIFIED. 
          NO MORE WAREHOUSES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM THE LANE LEWIS FOLLOWED BY CHARLES RILEY. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MA'AM HI, DELAINE LEWIS, 27 14 PEMBERTON RIDGE. 
          IT IS NOW BEEN SEVEN MONTHS AND 18 REGULAR COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT THE DISTRICT B REPRESENTATIVE FROM FALLSTON ABINGDON HAS NOT BEEN PRESENT. 
          WE HAVE HAD ZERO REPRESENTATION. 
          I HAVEN'T YET COUNTED UP HOW MANY VOTES THAT IS HON RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          BUT I WILL. 
          I THINK THAT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. 
          I BELIEVE IT IS ILLEGAL ALSO FOR US TO BE IN THIS CONTINUING SITUATION AND ZERO EFFORT BEING MADE BY ANYBODY TO ADDRESS IT. 
          AND IF THE COUNCIL IS NOT WILLING TO STEP UP AND PURSUE AVENUES THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO PARTICIPATE, THEN HE SHOULD RESIGN. 
          I DON'T, I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR HIM TO RESIGN FOR ANY REASON, OTHER THAN THE CIRCUMSTANCES NOW PREVENT HIM FROM REPRESENTING US IN ANY MEANINGFUL MANNER FOR SEVEN MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS OF ABSENCE. 
          HE'S NOT ELIGIBLE TO RUN AGAIN TO REPRESENT US BECAUSE HE'S NOT BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY. 
          I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE COUNCILMAN SHOULD RESIGN AT THIS POINT. 
          HE'S FORFEITED HIS JOB FOR LACK OF RESIDENCY UNDER 4, 4, 4, 8, AND FOUR 11 OF THE COUNTY CODE. 
          HIS ABSENCE HIGHLIGHTS A LARGER PROBLEM, WHICH IS THE LACK OF ACCESS FOR ALL CITIZENS TO THIS MEETING. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT REMOTE PARTICIPATION IS POSSIBLE. 
          IT SHOULD NOW BE THE STANDARD REQUIREMENT FOR ALL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          WITHOUT IT, I BELIEVE YOU WERE VIOLATING SECTION 95, 6 OF THE COUNTY CODE REGARDING PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION. 
          YOU HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO OFFER ACCESS THAT WILL ALLOW DISABLED CITIZENS AND THOSE WITHOUT MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ACCESS TO THEIR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THE ABILITY TO SHARE CONCERNS WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC FAILURE TO DO SO VIOLATES THE RIGHTS OF YOUR CITIZENS. 
          THE GENTLEMAN WHO COMES AND SPEAKS HERE EVERY WEEK ABOUT THE AIRPORT AND ALL THAT STUFF, 2013, DID HE SAY, UM, WE'LL REVIEW IT AND GET BACK TO YOU, BOY, ISN'T THAT FAMILIAR? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HEARD THAT, BUT I CERTAINLY HAVE HEARD THAT AND THEN JUST MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR. 
          NO, FOLLOW-UP NO RESPONSE. 
          WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO RESPOND. 
          I DON'T, I REALIZE I CAN'T FORCE YOU TO ACT BY SIMPLY SENDING YOU EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS OR ASKING FOR A RESPONSE. 
          I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT YOU DO, BUT I CAN CONTROL WHAT I DO. 
          AND I THINK A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WOULD SUPPORT ME IN WHAT I'M SAYING, WHICH IS THE WAY TO DO IT IS TO FILE A LAWSUIT. 
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AND I'M COMPLETELY PREPARED TO DO THAT AND SEEK OUT PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT BOTH THE PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION ASPECT AND PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF FALLSTON DISTRICT B, BECAUSE THIS, I BELIEVE WHAT IS HAPPENING IS ILLEGAL. 
          WE HAVE ZERO REPRESENTATION. 
          MS. LEWIS. 
          WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU SPOKE TO COUNSELOR WOODS? I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HIM IN PROBABLY THREE MONTHS. 
          THREE MONTHS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THE LAST EMAIL I SENT TO BOTH YOU AND TO HIM, I RECEIVED A FORM RESPONSE FROM YOUR OFFICE WITH ZERO FOLLOW-UP. 
          YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE A FORM RESPONSE. 
          YOU RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM MY LEGISLATIVE, A BUT NOT ADDRESSING ANYTHING CONTENT WISE IN THE EMAIL. 
          AND THEN THERE'S BEEN NO FOLLOWUP TO THAT. 
          SO, I MEAN, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          CHIP RALEIGH PARAMIN RESIDENT, UH, ADDRESS ON FILE AS IT RETIRED, FIRE MARSHALL, LET ME BE REAL CLEAR WITH THE COUNCIL AND EVERYONE WATCHING FIRE, EMS, POLICE AND SAFETY CONCERNS, THE PYRAMID PENINSULA CAN'T HANDLE ANY MORE WAREHOUSES. 
          THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY CAUSING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. 
          I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF OF ABERDEEN FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND HE HAD MANY CONCERNS THAT SAFETY ISSUES IMPAIRMENT, ONE BEING RESPONSE TIMES. 
          HE TOLD ME THAT RESPONSE TIMES AS THEY STAND RIGHT NOW ARE ABOUT 13 MINUTES, TWO AREAS IN PYRAMID COMMUNITY DURING NORMAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. 
          BUT DURING THE HOURS OF, FROM ABOUT 4:00 PM TO 7:00 PM, TRUCKS ROUTINELY ON BLOCK SOUTH PHILADELPHIA ROAD BETWEEN SEVEN 15 AND PARAMIN ROAD ROUNDABOUT. 
          SO RESPONSE TIMES COULD BE LONGER AND EVEN MORE DANGEROUS AT THESE TIMES. 
          THE CLOSEST FIRE APPARATUS WOULD BE COMING FROM THEIR MAIN STATION ON ROGER STREET, IN DOWNTOWN ABERDEEN. 
          THAT KIND OF RESPONSE TIME IN MY OPINION IS UNACCEPTABLE. 
          AND IT'S AS IF WE LIVED IN A RURAL AREA IN MONTANA OR WYOMING, BUT NO, WE LIVE IN PERRIMAN, MARYLAND, CHIEF MINER, WHO ALSO SAID THE WOODLEY ROAD AND ROUTE SEVEN, 15 CONNECTIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION IS DONE IN THE PARAMIN COMMUNITY. 
          HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT WAY. 
          BILL SNYDER, THE FIRE AND SAFETY PERSON ADVOCATE FOR DAC FEELS THE SAME WAY AS HE HAS BEEN REQUESTING THAT PROJECT BEEN DONE SINCE 2014, WITH PREVIOUS WAREHOUSING CONSTRUCTION, SLATED FOR PARENTING. 
          WELL, ALL I'M ALSO HEARING FROM SEVERAL HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS IN OUR COUNTY'S GOVERNMENT. 
          THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON. 
          AND IF IT DOES, IT WON'T BE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          THIS PAST WEEK, WE EXPERIENCED THE TRAIN DERAILMENT ON AMTRAK. 
          NEXT TO PERRIMAN ROAD. 
          AMTRAK IS STILL TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP. 
          IT WAS A BLESSING. 
          IT WAS ONLY COLD, BUT IF IT WAS A HAZMAT INCIDENTS, WHICH I'VE BEEN A PART OF MANY TIMES, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTERS TO THE LOWER PENINSULA, NO WAY IN AND NO WAY UP WHERE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, THE CHANCE OF A HAZMAT OR SEVERE LIFE SAFETY INCIDENTS ARE ALREADY TOO HIGH IN PERRIMAN COMMUNITY. 
          NO NEW WAREHOUSES TODAY. 
          NO NEW WAREHOUSES TOMORROW. 
          THANKS. 
          AND GOD BLESS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          GLENN DAUGHTER FOLLOWED BY HENRY GIBBONS. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GLEN DAUGHTER, 1806 PARK BEACH DRIVE ABERDEEN 2 1 0 0 1. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE ADJACENT OR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY COUNTY ORDINANCES. 
          I WILL SEE GUESTS JUST SIX FROM A LONG LIST. 
          NUMBER ONE, AIR POLLUTION FROM DIESEL ENGINES CONTAINS PARTICULATE MATTER. 
          THAT IS CARCINOGENIC IN THE LUNGS. 
          IT NEEDS TO REDUCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          CONSIDER THIS SIMPLE CONDENSED VERSION. 
          THE IDLING OF DIESEL ENGINES IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT FOR THAT, WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR STARTING AND STOPPING THE ENGINE. 
          NUMBER TWO LIGHT POLLUTION FROM EXCESSIVE LIGHTING AFFECTS HUMAN HEALTH AND WASTE. 
          CENERGY ALL OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A MODEL LIGHT AND LIGHT MODEL LIGHTING ORDINANCE PROPOSED BY FRIENDS OF HARVARD BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 
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OF ILLUMINATION ENGINEERS. 
          IT'S BEEN IGNORED SO FAR. 
          NUMBER THREE, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM TWO AGENCIES WHO HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE COUNTY NOISE ORDINANCE IS LARGELY UNINFORMED UNENFORCEABLE. 
          THIS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. 
          NUMBER FOUR PLANS APPROVED BY DAC CAN BE CHANGED IF THE CHANGE IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL, THE PROBLEM IS THE DEFINITION OF SUBSTANTIAL. 
          AND WHEN UNENDING MINOR CHANGES BECOME SUBSTANTIAL, THIS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. 
          NUMBER FIVE, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS, FOLLOWED DEVELOPMENT PLANS ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE TIME TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE TO THE PLANS THAT ARE APPROVED BY DAK FREQUENT INSPECTION REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE IS NECESSARY. 
          YOU UNDERSTAND WHY NUMBER SIX, LARGE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT GREATLY INCREASES TRAFFIC IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS SHOULD REQUIRE THE ENTIRE ROAD COMPLEX IN THE AREA TO BE CREATED, TO BE CONSIDERED AS A SYSTEM, AS AN EXAMPLE, PARAMIN PENINSULA, NO MATTER WHAT ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE, THERE WILL BE A HUGE INCREASE OF TRUCK TRAFFIC ON FERRYMAN ROAD FROM THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE TO CHELSEA ROAD. 
          THE WEST SIDE OF THIS ROAD IS RESIDENTIAL. 
          THIS INCREASE MUST BE PREVENTED OR ELSE A SECTION OF BERRYMAN ROAD NEEDS TO BE GREATLY MODIFIED OVER ITS ENTIRE LENGTH. 
          PROBABLY FOUR LANES IN THIS KIND OF A SITUATION, A SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION OF THE ROADS AND TRAFFIC IN THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD BE REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          YEAH, GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING, HENRY GIBBONS, 2,402 PAPAYA ROAD IN EDGEWOOD. 
          UM, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN BEULAH, UH, TO START WITH, UH, UH, FOR ADVOCATING THE STRENGTHENING OF THE, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT NETWORK IN HARTFORD COUNTY, ESPECIALLY OUT TO THE PARAMIN AREA. 
          I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO LOOK, TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE THE ABILITY TO GET PLACES IS FREEDOM. 
          THAT IS LIBERTY. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE HEARD EARLIER TODAY, SOMEONE ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATION BANNING THE MASKING OF, OF KIDS OR ADULTS OR WHATEVER, UH, IN THE, IN THE SCHOOLS, UH, AND ATTRIBUTING ARE THERE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES TO THAT? I LOOK TO LOOK AT THAT THE KIDS ARE FACING THEY'RE FACING BULLYING, TOXIC SOCIAL MEDIA SCHOOL, POSSIBILITY OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS PARENTS AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS WAR WITH THE RETURN OF MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION AND ECOLOGY UNRAVELING BEFORE THEIR EYES. 
          I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT MASKS ARE NOT THE CAUSE OF OUR KIDS' MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. AND WITH SOMEBODY WITH 24 YEARS OF OF RESEARCH AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 
          I ALSO ASSURE YOU THAT TAKING MASKING OUT OF OUR POCKET OF OUR ARMAMENTARIUM AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES IS A BAD IDEA BECAUSE THERE ARE OLDER AND FOWLER THINGS IN THE WORLD ARE IN THE DEEP PLACES OF THIS WORLD THAN COVID. 
          SO, BUT AS FOR ZONING CODES AND THAT SORT OF THING, THOSE REALLY ARE ONLY A PART OF THE ISSUE FOR YEARS. 
          YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMUNITY WHO'VE MOBILIZED AGAINST THESE PROJECTS AND I SPEAK OF THOSE. 
          WHO'VE BATTLED THE EBONY WOODS THREAT, AND THOSE WHO NOW ATTIRE THEIR HEADS IN TEAL AND BLUE, UH, TO BATTLE THE FORCE, THE INVADING FORCES OF RAVAGING COMMERCIALISM THAT THREATENED THEIR HOMELAND. 
          BOTH OF THESE BATTLES OCCUR AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, CURRENT LAWS, BOTH ZONING AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE, UH, STACK THE DECK AGAINST ORDINARY CITIZENS AND FORCE US TO MOBILIZE HEROICALLY AGAINST WELL-RESOURCED OLIGARCHS. 
          I MEAN DEVELOPERS, UM, WHO CAN SIMPLY WRITE CHECKS TO THEIR LOBBYISTS, THEIR LAWYERS, AND TO THE CAMPAIGNS OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO GET WHAT THEY WANT THIS IMBALANCE, THE STEMS STEMS DECADES OF NEGLECT OF ZONING LEGISLATION SO THAT THE CODES DON'T MEET CURRENT BUILDING PRACTICES. 
          THESE MUST ALSO BE CHANGED SO THAT THE ECOLOGICAL DEATHS ZONES NOT BE DEPOSITED IN SENSITIVITY SENSITIVE AREAS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTY, BUT THE LAWS GOVERNING CAMPAIGN FINANCING HAVE TO CHANGE AT ALL LEVELS OF OUR GOVERNMENT STARTING LOCALLY TO RESTORE BALANCE TO THIS GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THAT ALL VOICES FROM THE POOREST CITIZEN TO THE WEALTHIEST DEVELOPER CARRY EQUAL WEIGHT BEFORE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, ANYTHING LESS IT, THE BLIGHT ON OUR DEMOCRACY AND ON THE CONCEPT OF DEMOCRACY, FOR WHICH SO MANY OVERSEAS AT THIS VERY MOMENT ARE MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. 
          PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          JEANNE SIMMERS FOLLOWED BY 
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PAM DEEMER. 
          YEAH, THAT'S FINE. 
          MY NAME IS GENE SUMMERS, 3 24 JOPPA CROSSING WAY IN JOPPA. 
          I'M A RETIRED STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH 37 YEARS OF SERVICE. 
          UM, MY TEAM SUPERVISED FOR THE SEVEN ENGINEERING DISTRICTS AND WE'VE REVIEWED HUNDREDS OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES HARFORD COUNTY, BY THE WAY, WAS ONE OF MY AREAS. 
          I HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE ABINGTON WOODS AND I AM SHOCKED THAT IT'S REACHED THE LEVEL THAT IT HAS REACHED NOW IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS. 
          IT CONTAINS. 
          AND I, THIS IS MY MIKE TERM ENGINEERING MALPRACTICE WITH STOPPING VEHICLES OR COMING OFF OF I 95 STOPPING VEHICLES ON MARYLAND 24, JUST SO TRUCKS CAN EXIT OFF OF NORTHBOUND 95 TO MAKE A LEFT. 
          I CALL IT THE DENNY'S SIGNAL THAT IS REPREHENSIBLE. 
          THE TRAFFIC SPEEDS ALONG MARYLAND 24, HAVING INCREASED GREATLY SINCE THEY RECONSTRUCTED THAT INTERSECTION DOWN THERE, WHERE YOU GO TO BJ'S OR COSTCO. 
          UH, ONE OF MY, UH, ONE OF MY DUTIES THAT NOW THAT I'M RETIRED, I GO OUT AND DO SPEED STUDIES FOR COMMUNITIES. 
          I'M A ONE MAN UNIT. 
          I WENT OUT AND DID AN 85 PERCENTILE SPEED STUDY. 
          MONDAY EASTBOUND, MARYLAND 24. 
          TRAFFIC IS 85TH. 
          PERCENTILE IS 72 MILES AN HOUR COMING FROM BEL AIR TOWARDS EDGEWOOD. 
          NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS DOWN AT THIS UNWARRANTED SIGNAL, WHICH IS UNCONSCIONABLE TO APPROVE ON AN UNWARRANTED TRAFFIC SIGNAL. 
          JUST SO TRACTOR TRAILERS CAN MAKE A LEFT. 
          CAN YOU IMAGINE THE FORCE OF A VEHICLE OR TRUCK RUNNING INTO THE BACK OF A SCHOOL BUS FULL OF CHILDREN AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, IT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC. 
          NOW, ANOTHER THING IS THAT TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          MY WIFE AND I WERE COMING DOWN FROM HAVERTY GRACE THE OTHER DAY FROM A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT EAST. 
          AND WE WERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARYLAND SEVEN AND ABINGTON. 
          THERE WAS A MILE AND A HALF BACK UP AT 1230 IN THE AFTERNOON, EASTBOUND ON SEVEN FOR NO REASON, NO POS NO BY ACCIDENT, NO CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA IS, IS UNBELIEVABLE. 
          DON'T FORGET THE FACT THAT AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS ARE ON THE HORIZON. 
          THEY'RE OUT THERE TODAY, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TRACTOR TRAILERS COMING INTO THIS BUSINESS PARK AND YOU'LL HAVE NO WAY OF STOPPING THEM. 
          ANOTHER PART OF BEING A TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRE STUDY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO, WE HAD TO LOOK AT RIGHT AWAY, UTILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL. 
          NOW I'M NOT AN ENVIRONMENTALIST. 
          I JUST KNOW HOW TO USE A COMPUTER. 
          I PULLED OFF THE STATE WEBSITE, THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LIFE AND RARE, THREATENED ENDANGERED SPECIES OF HARFORD COUNTY. 
          WE HAVE 435 ITEMS ON THIS LIST OF WHAT'S 35 OR ENDANGERED SPECIES. 
          AND IF YOU READ THESE, THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS, YOU'LL SEE HAHAHA CREEK SWAN CREEK DEER OTTER POINT. 
          IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE TO ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO GO FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SIMMERS, DO YOU HAVE A CARD ON YOU? NO, I DON'T. 
          I, I WORK FOR MYSELF. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I, I, I HAVE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THE WALMART. 
          I WAS THE ONE WHO REVIEWED THE PROJECT DOWN THERE AND FOUND SAME, THE SAME TYPE OF, I CALL IT ENGINEERING MALPRACTICE, WHERE THEY SAY 10,000 CARS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE GENERATED. 
          AND IT'S REALLY 20,000. 
          YOU HANG TO THE END OF THE MEETING AND I'D LIKE TO GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. 
          SURE. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS PAM DEEMER. 
          I LIVE IN BEL AIR, MARYLAND. 
          I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF PERRY, MEN WHO ARE ASKING FOR A PAUSE ON THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT THE MITCHELL PROPERTY AS A MEMBER OF HARFORD COUNTY CLIMATE ACTION. 
          I AM ALSO SUPPORTING THE COALITION OF PEOPLE, ASKING FOR THE OWNER OF ABINGTON WOODS TO STOP THAT PROJECT AND INSTEAD SELL THE LAND TO BE PRESERVED AS A CORE FOREST, AS IT WAS NAMED IN THE HARTFORD COUNTY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WILL CAUSE MORE HARM TO OUR AIR, OUR LAND AND OUR WATER, ALL DONE IN THE NAME OF JOB CREATION. 
          AS WE ARE WATCHING THE EFFECTS OF A WARMING PLANET, THE WINDOW TO REDUCED THE WORST OUTCOMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS RAPIDLY 
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CLOSING, CUTTING DOWN FOR US AND PAVING OVER SOIL WILL INCREASE THE STORM WATER FLOWING INTO THE OTTER CREEK AND EVENTUALLY REACH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. 
          THIS LEADS TO MORE POLLUTION IN OUR WONDERFUL CHESAPEAKE BAY. 
          THE COUNCIL HAS A DUTY TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. 
          I HOPE YOU REALIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS AND THEIR LONG LASTING EFFECTS BY THESE PROJECTS. 
          PLEASE SAY THE ABINGTON WOODS AND PRESERVE PARAMIN PENINSULA. 
          OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN DESERVE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          HOLLY MCCOMAS FOLLOWED BY GREG LOW WHORE. 
          GOOD EVENING, HOLLY MCCOMAS, 1826 PARK BEACH DRIVE. 
          PARAMIN I COME TO YOU WITH A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. 
          UM, ALSO AS A FUNERAL DIRECTOR, SINCE 1996, I'VE TAKEN A LOT OF FUNERALS DOWN ROUTE 40 THIS PAST WEEK. 
          I TOOK A FUNERAL FROM OUR FUNERAL HOME IN ABINGDON TO, UM, HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHICH IS IN JAVA. 
          AND WE WENT DOWN ROUTE 40 AND WE WERE, WE WERE DODGING POTHOLES. 
          SO IF YOU IMAGINE YOUR FUNERAL PROCESSION THAT NORMALLY GOES SLOWLY AND STRAIGHT AND WE'RE DOING ONE OF THESE WEAVE THINGS AND WE'RE THOUGHT ACTUALLY DODGING POTHOLES. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT THE TRUCK TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED GREATLY ON ROUTE 40. 
          UM, I ASK YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE DO SOME ROAD IMPROVEMENT OR AN INVITE, THE ROADS TO GET IMPROVED. 
          IT'S GOTTEN REALLY BAD. 
          UM, BEING A FUNERAL DIRECTOR, I HAVE MY OWN HARFORD COUNTY LIVING TREASURE THAT I HAVE FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. 
          HE HAS CREATED, UM, THE DISASTER, THE MARYLAND STATE DISASTER TEAM FOR, UM, OUR STATE. 
          AND, AND I TRAINED IN THAT. 
          AND I'VE BEEN TRAINING IN THAT FOR MANY YEARS, 35 YEARS AGO, AS OF JANUARY, THERE WAS A BAD TRAIN ACCIDENT IN CHASE, MARYLAND. 
          THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY RESPONDED TO THAT EIGHT PEOPLE DIED. 
          I'M SORRY, 16 PEOPLE DIED AND 107 WERE INJURED. 
          I WANT TO JUST THANK GOD THAT THE TRAIN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN PARAMIN WAS NOT A PASSENGER TRAIN. 
          I LOOK AT WHERE THAT WAS IN CHASE AND HOW THE ROADS WERE. 
          YOU HAD A LOT MORE ROADS THERE THAN YOU DO IN PARAMIN WITH THAT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. 
          I'M SORRY WITH THAT TRAIN ACCIDENT. 
          IF THAT WAS A FATALITY MASS FATALITY, THE TRAINING THAT I HAVE, JUST, IT JUST, IT JUST LOCKS UP BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET YOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINED TO HANDLE THAT IN THERE. 
          AND THAT SAFETY THAT'S THAT'S EMERGENCY VEHICLES. 
          THAT'S YOUR MASS FATALITY TEAM THAT COMES IN TO HANDLE THAT WE'RE HERE FOR YOU, BUT WE'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO GET IN. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT AND, UM, TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS THIS PROJECT IS THOUGHT OUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, HERE WE GO. 
          GREG GLENCORE, 1820 PARK BEACH DRIVE. 
          UM, WE STARTED OFF TODAY, UH, RECOGNIZING THE WOMEN HERE FOR THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE MONTH. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I LET MY WIFE STAY HOME A LITTLE BIT, BUT I JUST WANTED IT'S EVERY DAY IT'S DAY, EVERY DAY THERE WE ARE. 
          BUT SHE DID SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL THAT I'M HOPING THAT EVERYBODY DID GET IT. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN IT, AND IT HAD A LOT OF THINGS. 
          IT WAS SAYING THAT THEY WEREN'T IMPLEMENTED OR AN IMPLEMENTED. 
          YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON TODAY. 
          JUST THE VOICES FROM EVERYBODY THAT HAS CONCERNS HERE, AND EACH ONE IS VALID AND EACH ONE OF THEM NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT. 
          SO PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME WITH THIS. 
          THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING. 
          WE'RE COMING UP HERE. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF OUR TIME, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MOMS HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          GOING OUT ON THE ROAD, THE PICKERING'S THAT, YOU KNOW, JUSTIN'S HERE A LOT. 
          I HAVE TO GO BY HIS HOUSE AND WATCH THEM WITH THEIR TWO KIDS, STRAPPING THEM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET OUT THE PARAMIN. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR THESE PEOPLE AND I APPLAUD ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING IT. 
          SO PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME FOR US. 
          UM, WE SPOKE ABOUT ANOTHER LIVING TREASURE. 
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UH, MS. BERTHA COPELAND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          UM, SHE DID FALL SHE'S OKAY. 
          SHE DID BREAK HER HEEL, BUT THE FIRST THING SHE DID, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE GOT SETTLED IN THE HOSPITALS CALLED AND JUST SAY, GREG, I CAN'T MAKE IT TUESDAY NIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE, 92 YEARS OLD, SHE WANTS TO GET HERE. 
          SO I WANTED TO LOOK AT A COUPLE THINGS THAT SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          I PARKED MYSELF AND I DID A LITTLE TRAFFIC STUDY, THREE 15 IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH ONE LIGHT, 37 LEGAL CARS FOR ILLEGAL KENTON FOR THE LIGHT FROM  ONTO ROUTE 40, 37 CARS MAKING IT THROUGH THREE TO FOUR. 
          YEAH. 
          THE FIRST ONE WAS NEGLIGIBLE. 
          YOU KNOW, IT WAS YELLOW POP ILLEGALLY GOING THROUGH. 
          SO NOW I START COUNTING THE NEXT GROUP 47 WEEKS TO GET THROUGH. 
          THIS IS REALITY FOR HER WHEN SHE'S TRYING TO TURN IN TO HER DRIVEWAY, AS SHE SAYS, SHE'S GOT TO TURN ON HER BLINKER. 
          NOW I UNDERSTAND IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE BOOKING DOWN THAT ROAD TO GET WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE, WHETHER THEY'RE FINISHED WITH WORK OR THEY GO INTO WORK, SHE'S IN A PANIC TO MAKE IT TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THAT 40 SECONDS BACK TO YOU, BUT THAT COULD BE FOR MY WIFE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          I SEE ME. 
          KIM'S FOLLOWED BY SUSAN BUYERS, JESSE MEEKINS. 
          MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. 
          I JUST WANT TO START BY ADDRESSING THE, UH, THE WHOLE BANNING OF THE MASKS. 
          NOBODY WANTS TO BAN MASKS. 
          THEY WANT TO MASK THE BAN, THE MASK MANDATES. 
          I THINK THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 
          SO ANYWAY, UM, THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM HARFORD COUNTY'S WEBSITE. 
          HARFORD COUNTY IS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AS THE POLICY DOCUMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING, WHICH HELPS PRIORITIZE THE PRESERVATION OF THE COUNTY'S MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AND VALUABLE LANDS. 
          PAGE SEVEN OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN STATES, QUOTE CORE AREAS CONTAIN FULLY FUNCTIONING, NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS AND PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY HABITAT FOR, FOR NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS. 
          CORE AREAS ARE THE MOST ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE PARTS OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK. 
          LARGE CORE AREAS ARE USUALLY MORE EFFECTIVE THAN SMALL AREAS FOR PROTECTING AQUIFERS AND WATERSHEDS SUSTAINING VIABLE POPULATIONS OF MOST INTERIOR SPECIES, PROVIDING CORE HABITAT AND ESCAPE FOR COVER FOR WIDE RANGING VERTEBRATES AND ALLOWING NATURAL DISTURBANCE REGIMENTS. 
          AND ON PAGE 20 OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, THERE'S A MAP OF HARFORD COUNTY SHOWING CURRENT UNPROTECTED LANDS RANKED BY CONGRESS. 
          CONSERVATION VALUE ABINGTON WAS AS BEING, BEING IN THE HIGHEST CATEGORY ON PAGE 8 28, SECTION 9.3 0.2. 
          IT LISTS ABINGTON WOODS AS ONE OF ONLY FIVE PATCHES IN HARFORD COUNTY DESIGNATED AS A CORE FOREST CORE, MEANING MOST ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE WITH ALL THIS. 
          THEN WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE BY OUR COUNTY COUNCIL OR COUNTY EXECUTIVE, WHOSE NAME IS JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE ON THE COVER PAGE OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN TO STOP THE DESTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY? NOT ONLY HAS IT NOT BEEN STOPPED, YOU GUYS VOTED FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE PUT INTO THE ENTERPRISE ZONE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FAST TRACK ITS DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT'S NOT TOO LATE. 
          HAVING THE WOODS IS STILL THERE ALONG WITH PARAMIN. 
          IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND STOP THIS OVER DEVELOPMENT. 
          I JUST ASKED THAT YOU GUYS PUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF THOSE HERE, THOSE HERE WHO COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE WAREHOUSES BUILT AS CLOSE TO 30 FEET FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE. 
          WOULD YOU WANT THAT FOR YOUR YOURSELF OR YOUR FAMILY? JUST LIVE BY THE GOLDEN RULE AND TREAT US AS YOU'D LIKE TO BE TREATED AND USE EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO STOP THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          GOOD EAR. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          SUSAN BYERS, 1,603 PERRIMAN ROAD IN PARAMIN COUNCILMAN SROS. 
          IF YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER TODAY, ONE WORD OF IT, THEN YOU NEED TO VOTE TO PASS AND PROTECT PERRY MEN. 
          AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PROTECTING OUR LANDS. 
          THERE ARE MANY PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS IN THE COUNTY, BUT FEWER LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN END. 
          WE THINK IT'S TIME FOR THAT TO CHANGE BOTH ABINGTON AND PARAMIN WE HAVE THE PERFECT PROPERTY, THE MITCHELL FARM IN PYRAMID, AND THE WORDS OF ONE NORTHERN HARFORD COUNTY FARMER, WHO WAS AT THE DOCK. 
          THE MITCHELL FARM HAS BEEN CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST FERTILE FARMS IN THE COUNTY AND THE, OUR FELLOW FARMERS ARE JEALOUS OF THAT LAND ALL THESE YEARS. 
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IF THIS ISN'T REASON ENOUGH, THE FACT THAT 30% OF HARTFORD DRINKING WATER IS SUPPLIED FROM THE WELLS ON THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE A REASON TO PRESERVE IT. 
          IN 2013, THE COUNTY COUNCIL WAS GETTING READY TO VOTE ON A RESOLUTION TO UPDATE THE COUNTY'S WATER AND SEWER PLAN. 
          DARRYL, IVAN'S A CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE WATER AND SEWER DIVISION BRIEF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS HE STATED, THE PERRY, MANUEL FIELDS CAPACITY WILL DECREASE TO 4.4 MILLION GALLONS DAILY BECAUSE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCREASE THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IN THE AREA, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE FIELD'S ABILITY TO RECHARGE ITS WATER SUPPLY. 
          ONE RESOLUTION WAS TO JUST BUY MORE WATER FROM THE CITY, 20 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. 
          WHY NOT? THE CITY SAID NO. 
          BILLY BONIFACE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT THE TIME WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE HAVE GOT OUR ISSUES WITH WATER, HIS SOLUTION, ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS SOLUTION ADD 7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES TO THE ALREADY 3.6 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES IN PERRIMAN. 
          REALLY THAT DOESN'T EVEN COUNT THE PARKING LOTS AROUND THESE BUILDINGS. 
          JUST KEEP PAVING OVER THE AQUIFERS OF THE DRINKING WATER. 
          WHY NOT? YOU WON'T BE HERE WHEN IT HAPPENS WHEN IT JUST HA THERE'S NO CLEAN WATER, 2016, ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT DARRELL IVAN'S IS BACK. 
          THIS AREA IS A LARGE VALUABLE SOURCE OF POTABLE GROUNDWATER AND HARTFORD COUNTY OVER AND OVER DAC MEETING. 
          AFTER DAC MEETING THE SAME THING AS BROUGHT UP WATER, TRAFFIC IT'S IGNORED. 
          PUT UP ANOTHER WAREHOUSE, ONE HERE, SOMETHING EVEN CRAZIER THAN JUST KEEP PAINTING OVER YOUR WATER SOURCE. 
          WHEN YOU'RE HAVING AN ISSUE, A PENINSULA IS A PERFECT PLACE TO PUT WAREHOUSES AND HAVE TONS OF TRAFFIC WHEN IT HAS ONE ROAD IN AND OUT REALLY WELL. 
          WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THAT AND THEY SAY, OH, WELL, WE HAVE PLANS FOR A ROAD 25 YEARS. 
          WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ROAD. 
          IT ISN'T COMING. 
          AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING LET'S GET APG, ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD EMPLOYER TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE HAVE POOR PLANNING, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE PLANNING. 
          IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, DO THE RIGHT THING AND PROTECT PARAMIN PROTECT ABERDEEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          STOP WORRYING ABOUT RE-ELECTION START WORRYING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          CHRISTOPHER BUYER'S FOLLOWED BY GLENN GILLIS. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER BUYERS'. 
          I LIVE AT 1 6 0 3 PYRAMID ROAD. 
          I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST WHAT I'M GOING TO REFER TO AS THE DEATH STAR DEVELOPMENT. 
          NOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A STAR WARS REFERENCE AND ON ONE SIDE BUILDING THE DEATH STAR TRYING TO BUILD THE DEATH STAR IS THE EVIL EMPIRE. 
          THE EVIL EMPIRE IN MY MIND REPRESENTED BY THE MITCHELL FAMILY, THE PIERCE FAMILY, CHARLES MASLIN, AND THE DEVELOPERS. 
          THEY ALL EXPECT TO RECEIVE OBSCENELY LARGE FINANCIAL WINDFALLS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE IS A SMALL REBEL ALLIANCE AS NOTED BY THE TIO HATS IN THE ROOM AND ALL THE PARAMIN RESIDENTS. 
          WE ARE SET UP TO SEE NOTHING BUT LOSSES, LOSSES, AND SAFETY DUE TO DANGEROUS ROADS LOSSES DUE TO PRECIPITATE PRECIPITOUS DROPS IN OUR HOME VALUES AND LOSSES TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. 
          I WANT TO WARN THE RESIDENTS OF HARFORD COUNTY THAT THIS DEATH STAR DEVELOPMENT ALSO REPRESENTS A DANGER TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR WATER SUPPLY. 
          THE DEATH STAR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IMPAIRMENT PLANS DIRECTIVE ARE 5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES AND OBLITERATE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS THAT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED FOR GENERATIONS AND HAVE SERVED AS A PRIME SOURCE OF REPLENISHMENT FOR THE CARPET COUNTY AQUIFER. 
          WE'RE NO STRANGER TO DEVELOPMENT HERE IN HARFORD CANYON. 
          WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BEING BUILT DIRECTLY ON TOP OF THE AQUIFER THAT 30% OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY USES FOR OUR DRINKING WATER THAT EQUATES TO 80,000 PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THIS AQUIFER FOR THEIR CLEAN DRINKING WATER. 
          THE DEATH STAR DEVELOPMENT WILL PLASTER AN AREA EQUIVALENT TO 450 FOOTBALL FIELDS OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, ASPHALT ROOFS, PARKING LOTS AND STORAGE AREAS. 
          AND THAT DOES NOT EVEN INCLUDE ALL THE NUDE ROADWAYS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED. 
          MOST EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE PLANS ARE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. 
          DRAINAGE'S THAT GUIDE ALL OF THAT CONTAMINATION RIGHT DOWN TO THE BUSH RIVER. 
          ONLY A FEW, SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS AWAY. 
          THE REST OF THE PROJECT PAVES OVER WHAT THE EPA SAID AT A COMMUNITY MEETING PYRAMID BACK IN 2020 WAS DESIGNATED AS A CRITICAL RECHARGE AREA FOR THE AQUIFER. 
          IT RELEASES BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER. 
          EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR SNOOZE, IF THERE'S NO RECHARGE HAPPENING IN PARAMIN AND A POLLUTION FROM ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND WILL MIGRATE FURTHER INTO THE AQUIFER UP TO NOW. 
          THERE'S BEEN A DELICATE BALANCE WHERE THEY HAVE KEPT THE CONTAMINATION WITHIN APG BOUNDARIES. 
          THIS WILL TOTALLY ALTER THAT BALANCE. 
          IF THIS PROJECT IS PERMITTED TO ADVANCE WITHOUT SERIOUS CHANGES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES ON OUR DRINKING WATER, WE COULD ALL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES FOR GENERATIONS. 
          I SUPPORT PRIVATE 
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PROPERTY RIGHTS, BUT THOSE RIGHTS END WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT THREATENS OUR RIGHT TO SAFE ROADS AND ALSO SAFE DRINKING WATER, WHICH IS USED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO THE RESIDENTS OF HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          I SAY, PLEASE REMEMBER THIS DEATH STAR DEVELOPMENT. 
          WHEN YOU'RE IN ABINGTON MAKING A CUP OF COFFEE, WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE USING THE WATER FOUNTAINS AT THE SCHOOLS, OR MAYBE WHEN ONE OF OUR MICROBREWERIES IS MAKING A BATCH OF BEER, OUR WATER SUPPLY IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE EMPIRE WITH THEIR MILLIONS AND PROFITS AND THEIR PROPOSED DEATHSTAR DEVELOPMENT. 
          PLEASE LISTEN TO THE REBEL ALLIANCE AND HELP STOP THE DEATHSTAR DEVELOPMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING, GLEN GILLIS PYRAMID, GIVEN THAT THIS IS THE LAST COUNTY MEETING BEFORE THE HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR WHAT PYRAMID, WHAT THE PARAMEDIC COMMUNITY WANTS. 
          NO MORE WAREHOUSES PERIOD. 
          WE ASSERT THAT THE EXISTING CODE DOES NOT ALLOW LARGE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS OF ANY SCALE, ESPECIALLY ONES WITH FIVE BUILDINGS TOTALLING OVER 5 MILLION SQUARE FEET WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WITH INSUFFICIENT ACCESS AND SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. 
          PERIOD. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THE EXISTING ZONING CODE IS BEHIND THE TIMES AND PURPOSELY VAGUE AS TO ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO BUILD THESE EGREGIOUS OPERATIONS WITHOUT ANY LIMITS AND AGAINST THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTERESTS PERIOD. 
          IF FURTHER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT GOES FORWARD, UNCHECKED, THERE WILL BE NO MORE SUBSTANTIAL PARCELS OF LAND AVAILABLE ON THE PENINSULA. 
          AND THERE WILL NEVER BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PLANNING OTHER OUTCOMES FOR THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED. 
          THE COUNTY WILL SET IN CONCRETE, LITERALLY THE HARMFUL FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY PERIOD. 
          THE PENINSULA CAN'T HANDLE THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, LET ALONE MORE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PERIOD. 
          WHEN YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, IT IS NOT TO SUPPORT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS. 
          IT IS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT. 
          PERIOD. 
          THE COUNTY HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY QUALITY OF LIFE, DISPARATE IMPACT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES POSED BY THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE PENINSULA. 
          IT IS CLEAR THAT EXISTING LAWS AND POLITICAL INFLUENCES NEED TO BE EXAMINED AND HOW THE EXISTING LAWS ARE IMPLEMENTED, NEEDS TO BE FIXED. 
          PERIOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          HARLEY A SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS RON . 
          I WAS VERY HOPEFUL THOUGH. 
          I GOT TO TELL YOU MAY THE FORCE BE WITH ME. 
          I'M VERY TIRED. 
          SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST. 
          AND I ROCKED THE JET-SKI THREE 19 MARINE AVE. 
          UH, JUST WANT TO REITERATE SOME OF THE POINTS I MADE THE OTHER DAY ABOUT, UH, WHAT FLINT MICHIGAN WENT THROUGH, JUST A SMALL TOWN, 81,000. 
          CONSIDERING OUR WATER SUPPLY GOES TO 80,000 OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          79 LAWSUITS FILED FOUR RESIGNATIONS FOR FIRINGS, 15 INDICTED, 16 MORE FACING CHARGES. 
          SEVEN OFFICIALS HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH 34 FELONIES AND SEVEN MISDEMEANORS. 
          TWO OFFICIALS THUS FAR BEEN CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. 
          12 RESIDENTS HAVE DIED. 
          87 ARE CURRENTLY STILL FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES AND OVER WHAT AGAIN, GOVERNMENT'S POOR DECISIONS ON A TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION AND IGNORED. 
          AND LET'S KEEP IN MIND SINCE 2020, AUGUST OF 2020, THERE'S BEEN A $641 MILLION AWARDED IN LAWSUITS TO THIS COMMUNITY. 
          WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR WHAT I BELIEVE NOW. 
          IT'S 11 WEEKS OF MEETINGS. 
          EACH TIME WE HAVE ABOUT 20 SPEAKERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY EQUATES TO ABOUT 200 SPEECHES, 10 HOURS OF TESTIMONY. 
          WE'RE TIRED. 
          WE ARE TIRED OF COMING HERE. 
          THE DEVELOPERS AND ENGINEERS WHO DON'T SEE AGAIN, MITCHELL'S DON'T SEE AGAIN, ZERO, ZERO SPEECHES AT THIS COMMUNITY MEETINGS, ACTUALLY ONE FROM BERNIE PAYER, BROWNIE PAIRS THREE MINUTES, TWO MINUTES ACTUALLY BENEFITED US AND BROWNIES, NOT WITH US. 
          AND WE DO MISS YOUR BROWNIE. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SEVENTH LARGEST BUILDING DUST STAR, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT IN NORTH AMERICA, ONCE IT'S ADDED TO THE WAREHOUSE, THAT'S ALREADY THERE, 12TH LARGEST IN THE WORLD. 
          IT'S ONLINE. 
          LOOK IT UP. 
          I CAN SHARE IT. 
          IF ANYBODY NEEDS IT. 
          I FIND IT IRONIC THAT THE DEVELOPER AND ENGINEER SCRAMBLED LAST WEEK TO GET PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY ON THEIR SIDE, 
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THEY SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO EVERYONE THAT SIGNED UP FOR THE CRM MEETING TO GET US, TO JOIN THEIR GROUP AND TO, UH, TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE. 
          THIS, THIS, THIS EMAIL CAME OUT FOUR DAYS AGO, WHICH IS IRONIC RIGHT BEFORE WE'RE HAVING OUR MEETING. 
          AND BEFORE NEXT WEEK'S VERY IMPORTANT MEETING. 
          THEY WANTED TO SHOW THE PLAN ENHANCEMENTS BECAUSE THEY'VE ANALYZED OUR, OUR NEEDS. 
          THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND STATE AND COUNTY AND POST REQUIREMENTS. 
          WHY? BECAUSE THERE ARE HARDLY ARE ANY IMPOSED REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY NEED TO DO FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY SAY IN THE EMAIL THAT THEIR PLANS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE THREE P GROUP. 
          WHAT THEY DIDN'T SAY IN THEIR MASS EMAIL WAS NEWSFLASH. 
          THREE P GROUP STILL DOES NOT APPROVE YOUR PLANS AND DOES NOT WANT YOUR WAREHOUSES TELL OUR COMMUNITY THAT MATT LAUER, FREDERICK WARD, EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED. 
          YOU SEE ME AND YOU HEAR ME, BARRY GLASSMAN. 
          YOU HEAR ME LAST BUT NOT LEAST. 
          I JUST WANT TO DIG INTO REAL QUICK DONATIONS. 
          46,000 GIVEN FROM THESE DEVELOPERS AND ENGINEERS THUS FAR TO PEOPLE INVOLVED, INCLUDING MR. GLASSMAN. 
          WE'RE NOT DONE FIGHTING AND I'M NOT DONE SPEAKING. 
          AND WE'LL BE HERE NEXT WEEK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          WITH NO ONE ELSE. 
          SIGN UP TO SPEAK. 
          WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. 
          THANK YOU.
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