[a. Resolution 015-22 (Master Water and Sewer Plan Update Spring 2022)]
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GOOD EVENING CHAIR CALLS THE ORDER PUBLIC HEARING FOR RESOLUTION ZERO 15 DASH 22.
MASTER WATER AND SEWER PLAN UPDATE FOR SPRING 2022.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. DUNBACK.
HOW ARE YOU? VERY WELL, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, SIR.
MY NAME IS KRISTA HOME-EC I'M WITH THE HARPER COUNTY DIVISION OF WATER AND SEWER.
I'LL BE PRESENTING THE 2022 SPRING WATER AND SEWER MASTER PLAN.
THE FIRST PROVISION IS TWO TABLES AND GRIDS REVISION.
ONE IS THE ONLY REVISION IN THE SECTION IS LOCATED IN GRID C6 OF THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AREA MAPS.
IT IS IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL 3 81 ON TAX MAP, 66 AND LOCATED IN EDGEWOOD.
IT WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE FLYING POINT MARINA SUBDIVISION IDENTIFIED ON THE MAP BY THE GREEN SHADING, THE FLYING POINT, MARINA SUBDIVISION CONSISTED OF LOTS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND WAS APPROVED FOR 200 APARTMENT STYLE CONDOMINIUMS AND RETAIL SPACE.
THE PROJECT WAS NEVER DEVELOPED AND THE PRELIMINARY PLAN APPROVAL EXPIRED.
IN ADDITION, NO ACTIVITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRED SINCE EXPIRED.
THEREFORE, THE PROPERTY IS BEING MOVED FROM WATER AND SEWER THREE CATEGORY INTO THE WATER AND SEWER FIVE CATEGORY.
NEXT WILL BE A CHAPTER THREE, SECTION 3.13 ENTITLED PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS WAS REVISED TO REMOVE THE TIME POINT MARINA DEVELOPMENT AS PREVIOUSLY STATED THE PLANNING POINT MARINA DEVELOPMENT HAD PRELIMINARY PLANNING APPROVAL EXPIRE THE NEXT TWO PAGES IN THE WORKBOOK, UPPER TABLE THREE DASH ONE PLAN DEVELOPMENTS AND WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS FOR TWO PROJECTS, OMAR VILLAGE, RESIDENTIAL AND LOCUS VIEW.
IN ADDITION TO FLYING POINT, MARINA PROJECT IS ALSO BEING REMOVED FROM THE TABLE.
THE FINAL PAGE OF TABLE THREE DASH ONE SHOWS THE REVISIONS OF THE SUMMARY OF THE REMAINING RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIALLY ZONED UNITS WITH APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLANS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NET CHANGE IN THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WAS A REDUCTION OF 261 UNITS WITH 3,317 UNITS REMAINING.
THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE BUSINESS ZONE WERE INDUSTRIALLY ZONED ACREAGE.
NEXT IS TABLE THREE DASH EIGHT PLAN CAPITAL WATER PROJECTS.
THIS TABLE IS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE OVERALL OBSERVATIONS OF THE WATER SYSTEM PROJECT IN ACTIVITY AND AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF ABERDEEN.
THE TABLE IN HIS WORKBOOK INCLUDES ONLY THE PROJECTS WHICH CHANGES ARE PROPOSED A COMPREHENSIVE TABLE SHOWING ALL CAPITOL WATER PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY.
AND THE THREE MUNICIPALITIES CAN BE FOUND IN CHAPTER THREE OF THE OVERALL WATER AND SEWER MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT.
NEXT IS CHAPTER FOUR, TABLE FOUR DASH TWO PLAN CAPITOL SEWER PROJECTS WAS UPDATED TO REVISE THE CONSTRUCTION TIMING OF SEVERAL PROJECTS IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ABERDEEN.
IN ADDITION, SEVERAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED DUE TO PROJECT COMPLETION WHERE AN INACTIVITY THE TABLE IN THIS WORKBOOK INCLUDES ONLY THE PROJECTS WHICH CHANGES OUR COMPREHENSIVE TABLE, SHOWING ALL CAPITAL SEWER PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY.
AND THE THREE MINUTES CAPACITIES CAN BE FOUND IN CHAPTER FOUR OF THE OVERALL WATER AND SEWER MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT APRIL FOUR DASH THREE, DISCHARGE RECORDS OF SEPTIC HAULERS WAS DEVISED TO SHOW THE 2021 DATA BY MONTH FOR ALL SEPTIC HAULED SOD, RON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THIS REVISION IS A STANDARD REQUIREMENT FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF IRONMAN TO PROVIDE CURRENT DATA FOR EACH SPRAIN MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
THE FINAL SECTION OF THE WORKBOOK IS WRITTEN REQUESTS FROM THE CITY OF ABERDEEN PROPOSED REVISIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE REVISIONS TO THE 2022 SPRING WATER AND SEWER MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
UM, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME.
YOU AND MR. PATEEN TO MEET WITH ME EARLIER TODAY AND, UM, GO OVER A FEW THINGS.
AND THEN, UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN SEEING NONE, I GUESS THAT'LL BE THAT.THIS WILL CONCLUDE WITH I'M SORRY.
UM, BUT THEN WHAT ELSE SIGNED UP? THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR RESOLUTION 1522.
AND WE'LL NOW CLOSE THE HEARING AND START BACK UP AT SEVEN 30.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 22 DASH 0 1 1.I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE AVENUE PARENT WITH COUNCILMAN SHREDS, I PLEDGE AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF AMERICA AND TO STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR THE MANY GIFTS YOU'VE BESTOWED UPON US DAILY AND THOSE WHICH WE MAY NOT TAKE THE TIME TO NOTICE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FREELY COME TOGETHER, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT, THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING THAT MOST OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED BLESS US, THAT WE MAY RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY THESE, BUT MANY OTHER GIFTS THAT YOU PROVIDE US WITH, THAT WE MAY COME TO.
THANK YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOU DAILY IN YOUR NAME.
[4. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS]
JEN, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, APRIL 3RD THROUGH THE NINTH 2022, UH, COUNSEL, IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO WELCOME, UH, MARY HASSLER, UH, AND HER TEAM FROM THE LIBRARY, COUNSELOR TREASURY, GOING DOWN FROM GENTLEMEN, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.WHERE'S THE COSTUME WHERE WHEREAS LIBRARIES ARE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE PLACES THAT FOSTER A SENSE OF CONNECTION AND BUILD COMMUNITY.
THESE FACILITIES CONNECT PEOPLE TO TECHNOLOGY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO BROADBAND, INTERNET COMPUTERS AND TRAINING THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR ACCESSING EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
TODAY'S LIBRARIES AND THEIR SERVICES EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE FOUR WALLS OF A BUILDING.
AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO USE THEIR RESOURCES.
AND WHEREAS IN TIMES OF CRISIS LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS SERVE AN INVALUABLE ROLE IN SUPPORTING THEIR COMMUNITIES, BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY LIBRARY STRIVE TO DEVELOP, MAINTAIN PROGRAMS AND COLLECTIONS THAT ARE AS DIVERSE AS THE POPULATIONS THEY SERVE AND ENSURE EQUITY OF ACCESS FOR ALL TO ADAPT TO OUR CHANGING WORLD LIBRARIES, CONTINUE TO EXPAND THEIR RESOURCES AND CONTINUING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.
AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES HAVE LONG SERVED AS TRUSTED AND TREASURED INSTITUTIONS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, CREED ABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.
THEY ARE THE CORNERSTONES OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTING THE FREE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS FOR ALL.
AND WHEREAS LIBRARIES, LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY WORKERS ARE JOINING LIBRARY SUPPORTERS AND ADVOCATES ACROSS THE NATION TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
WE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND ON THIS FIFTH DAY OF APRIL, 2022 TO HEREBY SALUTE APRIL THREE THROUGH 9 20 22 NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, ALL RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONNECT WITH THEIR LIBRARY THIS WEEK BY VISITING IN-PERSON OR ONLINE TO ACCESS RESOURCES AND SERVICES.
PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO YOU.
I THINK THAT OUR LIBRARIES ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, NOT ONLY THE LIBRARIES THEMSELVES, BUT THE, UH, THE STAFF, UM, EVERYBODY'S INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
YOU HELP, UM, HELP EVERYONE, WHETHER IT'S A JOB APPLICATION, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SO MANY RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND WE JUST APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION OF ALL THE LIBRARIES AND YOUR ENTIRE STAFF, AND ALSO THE VOLUNTARY WORK DIRECTORS, UM, THE FOUNDATION FOR IT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALL THE AMAZING THINGS WE HAVE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, CONGRATULATIONS, AND THEN YOU HAVE A FEW THINGS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FEW FOLKS.
SO I, I DID BRING HIM, WE INVITED TO COME TONIGHT.
THESE ARE OUR HONOREES OF OUR MOST, UH, MOST IMPORTANT AWARD THAT WE GIVE OUT EVERY YEAR, EVERY WINDOW FARNEY AWARD.
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THIS FARNEY WAS ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL DIRECTORS BACK IN THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES.AND THESE YOUNG LADIES, I WILL SAY, YOUNG LADIES EXEMPLIFY THE AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT THAT THEY GIVE BACK TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE, WHATEVER DEMOGRAPHICS YOU HAVE, THEY WILL SERVE YOU AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE YOU WILL SEE EVER.
AND I'M EVEN SAYING THAT I'M A DISNEY FREAK AND I KNOW ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WHAT REALLY EXCELS.
SO LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO A FEW FOLKS I HAVE HERE, MELINDA CHASE SHE'S FROM OUR BEL-AIR LIBRARY ALSO IS MARY SHAM FROM OUR SILVER READER, OUR OUTREACH MOBILE.
THEN WE HAVE DEBRA WILTON FROM HER HAVRE DE GRACE LIBRARY.
AND THEN WE HAVE BETHANY VAN GRIN FROM OUR CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT AT THE BEL-AIR LIBRARY.
AND THEN OUR COORDINATOR OF ALL THIS IS LESLIE GREENLEY SMITH, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING FOR THE LIBRARY.
SO A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM.
I SEE A LOT OF BLUE HOUTS HATS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT SLOWLY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY, I HAVE A TRIVIA QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHAT INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION HAS MORE OUTLETS THAN MCDONALD'S OR STARBUCKS IN THIS COUNTRY? THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, YOUR TAXPAYER MONEY IS PUT THE EXCELLENT GOOD USE.
THIS IS OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK WE'RE CELEBRATING.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WE ARE SO THRILLED TO BE PART OF HARFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE WHAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHETHER IT'S YOUR LITTLE ONES, GETTING THEM READY FOR SCHOOL, OR IT'S OUR SENIORS WITH OUR SILVER READER.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY DURING LOCKDOWN, WE HEARD FROM SO MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS ABOUT THE FRONT DOOR SERVICE, OUR PICKUP SERVICE, THAT WE WERE YOUR LIFELINE DURING A VERY DARK TIME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.
AND THAT'S IT
OKAY, MR. WAGNER, I CAN'T SEE YOU.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE MARY WITH US HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.
UH, WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, ALL THE AMENITIES SHE BRINGS WITH HER DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO IT KEEPS A COUNCILMAN BUHL ENTERTAINED AGENDA ITEM
[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS]
NUMBER FIVE, UH, CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND NOMINATIONS COUNCIL APPOINTMENT HARTFORD, LIVING TREASURE HENRY AND BARBARA HOLLOWAY.MR. SCHROEDER, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CULTURAL ARTS BOARD NOMINATION OF HENRY AND BARBARA.
HOW I AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND TO APPROVE MR. MRS. HOLLOWAY FOR A HARVARD LIVING TREASURE.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS, MR. SCHROEDER'S? YES, JUST A FEW.
UM, A LOT OF US IN, IN RURAL HARFORD COUNTY, NO, UM, BARBARA AND HENRY, THERE ARE SO INVOLVED WITH THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, THE FOUR H THE FARM FAIR, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, UM, THEIR CHILDREN, THEY'VE ALL MADE IMPACT ON HARTFORD COUNTY AS WELL AS THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD NOMINATIONS THAT, UH, RUTH ANN POOL OF JARRETTSVILLE PUT TOGETHER TO NOMINATE THEM AND, UM, JUST, UH, WISH THEM THE VERY BEST IN THE FUTURE.
AND AT A LATER TIME, I'LL MAKE THE PRESENTATION OF THE HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE TO THEM.
ANYONE ELSE? COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT.
UM, MS. DICKSON PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAG, MR. BIOLA, IT BEING SIX VOTES AND INFORMATIVE ONE ABSENTEE APPOINTMENTS OF HENRY AND
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BARBARA HOLLOWAY AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURER HEREBY APPROVED EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES.I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, FOR THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF STEPHANIE SWARTZ AND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF, UH, ANDREA OR ANDREA BEACH LER, UH, TO THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BEULAH, MOVING A SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT AND THE REAPPOINTMENT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON, THE PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR.
ABSENT THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HERE BY APPROVED NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES, PUBLIC HEARING, MARCH 15TH, 2022, LEGISLATIVE DAY 20 DASH ZERO 10, MARCH 15TH, 2022, OR ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES THERE BEING NO CORRECTIONS.NUMBER EIGHT, INTRODUCTION CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS.
[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS]
UH, NINE INTRODUCTION OF BILLS, BILL 22 DASH 0 0 6.ZONING CODE, UH, MR. WAGNER BILL, A NUMBER 0 22 DASH 0 0 6, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WAGNER AND G AND GIORDANO AND ACTIVE.
ADD THE DEFINITION OF CIDERY TO SECTION 2 6, 7 DASH FOUR DEFINITIONS OF ARTICLE ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS APART, ONE STANDARDS AND TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS.
THE PERMITTED USE CHART USES CLASSIFICATION SERVICES, ALL OF CHAPTER 2 67 ZONING OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR A DEFINITION OF CIDERY TO DESIGNATE THE ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE A CIDERY SHALL BE PERMITTED IN GENERALLY RELATING TO ZONING BY THE COUNCIL, APRIL 5TH, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED AND PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON MAY 3RD, 2022 AT 7:00 PM.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, AGENDA,
[10. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT]
ITEM NUMBER 10, INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS AMENDMENTS TO BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3.PYRAMIND PENINSULA MORATORIUM.
UM, MR. WAGNER AMENDMENTS, THE BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 3.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BEULAH AMENDMENT.
NUMBER ONE ON PAGE TWO IN LINE 20 STRIKE IN PARENTAL PENINSULA AND SUBSTITUTE PER PENINSULA AS THE LINK DELINEATED ON THE ATTACHING MAP AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ON PAGE FOUR AFTER LINE NINE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING SECTION TO THE ATTACHED MAP IS INCORPORATED INTO THIS ACT AND DELINEATES THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PYRAMID PENINSULA, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM AMENDMENT.
NUMBER THREE ON PAGE FOUR IN LINE 10, STRIKE IN PARENTHS OR IN QUOTES.
SECTION TWO AND SUBSTITUTE SECTION THREE, AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE THREE IN LINE THREE, STRIKE DATE.
THIS ACT BECOMES LAW AND SUBSTITUTE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE ON PAGE FOUR IN LINE NINE, STRIKE BECOMES LAW AND SUBSTITUTE TAKES EFFECT AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX ON PAGE THREE, STRIKE BEGINNING WITH A QUOTATION MARKS A IN LINE 20 DOWN THROUGH PERMITS IN LINE 21 IN SUBSTITUTE ONE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
COUNCILMAN WAGNER, AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER 11 THROUGH 14.
WE HAVE NO BUSINESSES SEASONING 15 BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT.
WE'LL SKIP THAT JUST FOR A SECOND 16 BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH COUNCILMAN BEULAH TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. BUELL AND MR. WAGNER.
UM, NOW I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE WHOLE FERRYMAN PENINSULA, UH, SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN AND TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT IS THE BEST ROUTE FOR HARFORD COUNTY AND CERTAINLY FOR THE COMMUNITY OF PARAMIN IS ON ALL OF OUR MINDS, UH, EACH AND EVERY DAY, I BELIEVE FOR ALL OF US, UH, I I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME READING PAST DOCUMENTS AND THINGS THAT I HAVE AND HAVE GOTTEN, UH THAT'S.
I TOLD SOMEONE EARLIER BEFORE THE MEETING THAT SOME OF THIS DATES BACK TO 19 88, 89 IN TERMS OF, UH, THE TRAFFIC SITUATION BEING FORECAST AT THE TIME.
AND, AND THAT WAS WHEN IT FIRST GOT STARTED AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOW FOR WHAT ALMOST, UH, UH, 30 SOME ODD YEARS.
AND WE JUST HAVEN'T ARRIVED AT A PROPER SOLUTION YET.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE CAN ARRIVE AT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT AS A GOAL AND AN ACHIEVABLE GOAL.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR IS THAT, UH, THAT ACHIEVABLE GOAL THAT SATISFIES THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, IT DOESN'T, UH, PUT A DAMPER ON BUSINESS IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND IT, IT MOVES FORWARD.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING I TYPICALLY NEVER DO.
I HAD SOME SURGERY ON THURSDAY MORNING, UH, AND I, I'M GOING TO BE LEAVING YOU GUYS AT THIS
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POINT AND LET YOU ALL HAVE IT FOR THE EVENING.AND, UH, I'LL CHECK OUT WHAT THE COMMENTS WERE AT A LATER DATE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, JUST A FEW THINGS.
UM, FIRST I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I'M THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION CAME TOGETHER AND THEY DID A PRESENTATION TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL.
IT WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THEN ALSO BILL AMOS AND JEN WILSON WHO WORKED WITH THE PROGRAM, UM, DIRECTLY DAILY.
AND, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO REALLY THANK, UH, KRISTEN KIRKWOOD AND DEBORAH BOWERS WHO, UM, WE'RE BASICALLY THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS HAVE PROBABLY PUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW, 150 HOURS INTO THIS.
SO, UM, I THOUGHT IT WENT VERY WELL AND, UM, THEY WANT TO MEET WITH THE AG LAND PRESERVATION BOARD AND SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT PATH WE'RE, UM, TAKING FROM THERE.
SO, BUT JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR PARTICIPATING.
I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE STARLIGHT THEATRICALS RIBBON, CUTTING AND WHITE BIRD.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, IT'S JUST, THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO WAIT FOR PACKING COMPANY IS, AND THEY HAVE A STUDIO THERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING NINE WEEK CLASSES, SUMMER CAMPS, UM, FOR, UH, YOUTH AGES 12 THROUGH 18.
SO I WISHED THEM VERY WELL IN THAT ENDEAVOR.
THEY WERE ALL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, UM, WHAT THEY'VE BROUGHT TO WAIT FOR.
UH, THERE WAS A FEW PASSINGS, UH, JEAN GALBREATH, A FRIEND, DIANE MAHAFFEY, JUSTIN COLE, UM, ZACHARY PRONE AND A BARBER KIRCHNER.
SHE'S AN ARTIST FROM JARRETTSVILLE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAVEZ, MR. JANE JORDAN.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UM, MYSELF, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OTHER COUNCILMAN ATTENDED THE FLEET MAINTENANCE REHMANN CUTTING, UH, UP IN HICKORY.
SO THAT'S COLLABORATION OF HARTFORD COUNTY, GOVERNMENT AND HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THEM BOTH WORKING TOGETHER.
IT'S A $10 MILLION FACILITY THAT SHOULD, UH, SERVE US WELL IN THE FUTURE.
UM, MYSELF, A COUPLE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER UP AT RIPKIN STADIUM TO DEDICATE THE TWO, UH, NEW BASEBALL FIELDS UP THERE.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE ALL THE KIDS THAT WANT TO COME THERE.
I'VE GOT RELATIVES IN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY.
THEY CAN'T WAIT TO COME DOWN HERE AND PLAY AN F FACILITY.
IT BRINGS A LOT OF, UM, LINK BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
LOT OF J UH, GENERATES A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA.
IT FLOWS INTO THE, TO, UH, BELL AIR SURROUNDING AREAS.
I'VE MET PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME HERE TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PLAYING, THEY, THEY GO OUT TO EAT ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
IT REALLY DOES TRANSCEND THE WHOLE PART OF THE COUNTY THAT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE FOR A LONG WEEKEND.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO GO TO EAT.
THEY SEARCH ON GOOGLE, THEY GO OUT AND THEY GO TO THE RESTAURANT.
SO, UM, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT.
UM, ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, ANGEL ON HER GRAND OPENING OF STAY IN LINE OVER IN THE SHOPPING CENTER BY SAFEWAY.
UM, AND THEY HAVE BAR CLASSES THERE.
AND THEN, UH, ON SATURDAY I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND MY FIRST EAGLE SCOUT CEREMONY FOR JOSHUA BROWN.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS EAGLE SCOUT.
YOU HAVE TO BE, I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EAGLE SCOUTS.
THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING BEFORE.
THEY'RE 18, VERY FEW, UH, PEOPLE ARE EAGLE SCOUTS, SO THERE'S VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE AND, UH, JOSH WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND FINALLY, UM, ONE SUNDAY I WENT TO THE BEL-AIR WRESTLING TEAM BANQUET, UM, COACH REDDISH.
UM, NONE OF THEM WON THE STATE TITLES, BUT THEY ALL PLACED PRETTY HIGH AS A FELLOW WRESTLER AT A BEL AIR.
I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD TO GO SUPPORT THEM AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO TO HELP.
COUNCILOR GINGER DENIM, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
UM, I DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS, BUT I'M GONNA GIVE, UH, ONE SHOUT OUT TO SOMETHING THAT I ATTENDED.
UH, IT WAS THE WOMEN WOMEN OF TOMORROW EVENT THAT HONORED THE WOMEN PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE, UH, HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY.
AND IT WAS A YOUNG YOUNG WOMEN FROM SEVENTH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE THAT ARE DOING OUTSTANDING THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS.
SO IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PHENOMENAL, UM, EVENT.
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IS, UM, IS IN GOOD HANDS WITH THESE YOUNG LADIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE, UH, THE NEXT GENERATION, THE FUTURE.UH, SO I WAS VERY, VERY, UM, HAPPY TO HAVE, UH, UH, BEEN AT THAT EVENT.
SO, UH, UH, MOVING ON IT, UH, I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
UM, ALSO IT IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT, UH, FOR THAT AS WELL.
UH, FINALLY, UM, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN OFF FOR TWO WEEKS AND EVERYONE'S BEEN DIGESTING, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM, UH, FROM TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND, UH, I, I'M NOT SURE IF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS GOING TO MAKE MENTION OF THIS, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF COURSE, LOOKING TO SEE HOW LEGAL THIS IS WITH THE PARAMIN PENINSULA AND THE MORATORIUM.
UM, MY ISSUE WITH THE, THE, THE MORATORIUM AND WHETHER IT'S LEGAL OR NOT LEGAL IS SIMPLY BECAUSE, UM, JUST A YEAR AND SOME CHANGE AGO, UM, WE PLACED A MORATORIUM ON A PARTICULAR PRICE ON A PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
SO I THINK I NEED TO CHANGE, UH, MY TITLE FROM COUNCILMAN JOHNSON TO COUNCILMAN NOSTRADAMUS, BECAUSE I SAID BACK THEN THAT WE WOULD OPEN UP PANDORA'S BOX WITH MORATORIUMS, RIGHT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL, LIKE I SAID, I'M STILL DIGESTING THIS, UH, THE COMMUNITY, UH, NEEDS BETTER.
I KNOW THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO BETTER.
I CERTAINLY WANT BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT ONCE AGAIN, UH, THERE'S A LEGALITY ISSUE HERE.
UM, FINALLY, I'LL JUST SAY THIS AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WHOLE LEGALITY ISSUE IS, IS THAT, UM, I W I'M NOT QUITE CERTAIN WHERE THE LEGALITY ISSUE WAS FOR, UH, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, UM, UP NORTH WITH THE FARM BREWERY.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN, UH, THIS PROVERBIAL PICKLE, RIGHT, WHERE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, ONE'S NOT GOOD FOR THE OTHER AND SO ON AND SO FORTH THERE HAS.
AND I, ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW YOU GUYS HATE TO HEAR ME SAY THIS, BUT I'M A MILITARY GUY AND IN THE MILITARY WE HAVE STANDARDS, RIGHT.
AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE, THE N N YOU HAVE YOU HAVE IT ON PAPER AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S THE PATH THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE FORGING.
WE SHOULDN'T BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S MY ONLY ISSUE WITH A LOT OF STUFF THAT, THAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND I KNOW THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL PRESIDENT MAY SAY THAT WE'RE NOT PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS, BUT FROM MY STANDPOINT, NOT THE COUNCIL STANDPOINT, MY STANDPOINT IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE OPENED UP PANDORA'S BOX ONCE WE DO SOMETHING.
AND THEN WHEN SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN AND SAYS, LIKE THE TEAL HATTERS, I WON'T, I WILL NEVER CALL YOU GUYS BLUE HEADERS AGAIN, BUT WITH THE TIO HATTERS THAT, OKAY, IF, IF IT'S GOOD FOR, FOR THIS PERSON OVER HERE, THEN WHY ISN'T IT GOOD FOR THIS PERSON OR US OVER HERE? UH, AND, AND THAT'S PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE FOR OUR, FOR MY COMMUNITY, FOR THE, FOR THE 40 CORRIDOR, WE'RE ALWAYS GETTING THE BAD END OF THAT STICK.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, UM, I'M DIGESTING EVERYTHING THAT WAS, THAT WAS SAID FROM THE, UH, FROM THE, UH, MICROPHONE, UM, IN THE, IN THE REAR OF THE ROOM LAST WEEK.
AND, UM, I'LL HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS, UH, IF, AND WHEN IT COMES UP FOR A VOTE, BUT, UH, WITH THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'LL YIELD MY TIME BACK SHOE.
YOU'RE GOING TO AS BIG CHURCH.
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UM, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE'VE ATTENDED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UH, THE ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT IS OUR COMMUNITY IS FULL OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS.WHEN WE GO TO FIRE BANQUETS, UH, WE SEE THE COMMITMENT AND THE DEDICATION THAT THEY HAVE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
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THE COUNTIES, UH, WHEN WE GO TO THESE SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, A GROUP THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN JAN GIORDANO AND I BELONG TO THE PSYOP GROUP, UH, HAD A WONDERFUL GALA.AND THAT NIGHT WE GAVE $25,000 TO THE HARTFORD FAMILY HOUSE.
UH, AND THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY, AND THEY DO GOOD.
AND IT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES HARFORD COUNTY A SPECTACULAR AND WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMAN SRODES ON HIS EFFORTS WITH AG PRESERVATION AND BRINGING THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TOGETHER, ALONG WITH THE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, UH, TO MAKE US BETTER UNDERSTAND ALL COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP BAG PRESERVATION.
I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, FOR BEING A WILLING PARTNERS IN THAT MEETING.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE WOMEN OF TOMORROW WARD, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
UH, OUR FUTURES ARE BRIGHT AND IN GOOD HANDS.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, OUR ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR HARFORD COUNTY, UH, IS LOOKING VERY BRIGHT AS WELL, AND THE LIST IS LONG HERE.
UH, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS THIS PAST SATURDAY, I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SIT WITH THE CAUCUS OF AMERICAN AFRICAN OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS.
UH, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE SPOKE ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONCERNS THAT, UH, THEY HAVE A STRONG INTEREST IN OBVIOUSLY THE HEALTH OFFICER SEARCH, UH, WHICH IS SOON TO START THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, UH, LEGISLATION THAT'S BEFORE US NOW, UM, WHAT THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE WITH THREE VACANT SEATS, UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, UH, INTO THE FUTURE.
SO WE HAD, UH, A OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT THEY HAD AS WELL.
UM, AND LASTLY, I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE FISCAL YEAR 23 COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSION SCHEDULE, UH, THAT AGAIN WILL START MONDAY, APRIL 25TH, UH, IN THESE CHAMBERS, UM, TUESDAY 26, WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH, THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH.
THERE IS A SCHEDULE OF DEPARTMENTS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS AND DIRECTORS THAT WILL BE ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS.
AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDING.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE WORK SESSIONS, COUNCIL WILL HOLD, UM, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET.
THAT WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 4TH, 2022 HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS AT 7:00 PM AND WEDNESDAY, MAY 11TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM.
UM, AGAIN, UH, THEY WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR SURE.
UM, AND THAT SCHEDULE IS ALSO POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND WITH THAT, UM, I BELIEVE I'VE TOUCHED ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
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DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO.MR. PRECEDENT, WE HAVE 26 THIS EVENING.
UM, JUST, I WOULD ASK EVERYONE AS I ALWAYS DO, TO BE MINDFUL OF YOUR TIME AND RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER AND CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, JOHN MALLAMO FOLLOWED BY PAUL PALACCI, SIR.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES COULD EVEN USE, SIR.
YOU KNOW, I, I NOTICED MR.
MY NAME ENGINE A BOW, YOUR NAME ENDS IN A BOW.
YOU GET TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES AND ANDREW, A VOW.
YOU GOT A COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ITALIAN MAFIA, START YOUR COMMENTS, OR JOHN P MALLAMO 24 0 2 EAGLE VIEW DRIVE, REVIEWING THE ACTIONS OF THE CAR ARBOR COUNTY COUNCIL.
AND IN THIS SITUATION, THE COUNCIL CHANGED HIS ZONING CODE RELATED TO AIRPORTS FOR A SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP.
THE LANGUAGE IN THE REVISED COMMENT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE OPERATED GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT ISN'T PERMITTED USE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY.
HAVE ANY OF YOU FOUND A LOCATION THAT PROVES OTHERWISE THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION TO THE LEGISLATION AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WHY WOULD ANYONE, BUT THE AIRPORT OWNERS GROUP OBJECT TO A CHANGE, IT WOULD CLOSE THE AIRPORT.
THE LEGISLATION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
IT IS PAINFULLY APPARENT THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL HAD NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE DESIGN AND FUNCTION OF AIRPORTS.
THE SITTING COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO VOTED FOR THE CODE CHANGE, OPPOSED THE PROJECT PRESENTED BY THE HARTFORD COUNTY AIRPORT AND RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HEARING FOR FINAL ARGUMENTS.
THEN THERE IS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SPONSORED LEGISLATION CHANGING THE CODE.
WHO'VE ORDERED FOR THAT LEGISLATION WHO THEN VOTED AGAINST A HEARING EXAMINERS RECOMMENDED DECISION COULD BE NEITHER UNDERSTOOD THE DESIGN AND FUNCTION OF AIRPORTS OR LAWS REGARDING SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
BOTH THE CURRENTLY SITTING PRESIDENT AND A COUNCIL MEMBER PARTICIPATED IN THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE DRONE TEST FACILITY AND INDUSTRIAL USE THE CODE AND HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION.
SPECIFICALLY STATES NO INDUSTRIAL USES ARE PERMITTED ON HARPER COUNTY AIRPORT PROPERTY DID THEIR PARTICIPATION CONSTITUTES ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
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APPROVE OF THAT USE WAS OUR PARTICIPATION.I LEGITIMATE PART OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS PROCESS.
DO YOU BELIEVE ANY THE AIRPORT OWNERS, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, THE COUNTY COUNCIL STILL SUPPORT THE ZONING CODE CHANGE AND THE HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION.
PLEASE DO GET BACK TO ME ON THAT.
WHEN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION REVERSED THE DECISION AND ZONING CASE 58, 14, YOU TOOK NO VISIBLE ACTION.
WHEN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION DID NOT UPHOLD THE DECISION OF ZONING CASE 58, 14, AND THE CODE AT OUR COUNTY AIRPORT, YOU TOOK NO VISIBLE ACTION.
WHEN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION APPROVED ACCESSORY USES AT THE HARTFORD COUNTY AIRPORT, CONTRARY TO THE CODE, YOU TOOK NO VISIBLE ACTION.
WHEN THE AIRPORT EXTENDED THE COMMERCIAL OPERATION BEYOND THE PROPERTY AT BOUNDARIES AT 35 38, ALL DOWN A ROAD, YOU TOOK NO VISIBLE ACTION.
THE ANSWER QUESTIONS PRESENTED TO YOU, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE IRREGULARITIES SIDED, AS YOU DID NOT UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS, YOUR DECISION.
I JUDGE IT UNLIKELY THAT YOU WILL DO ANYTHING NOW, WHICH IS A FAIR OF BOTH TO MEET YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROPERTY PROPERLY.
EXERCISE YOUR AUTHORITY AS COUNCIL, PRESIDENT VINCENTE.
ALTHOUGH I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR FOR THE ANSWERS YOU AGREED TO PROVIDE, PLEASE DON'T BOTHER YOUR SILENCE IN THE MATTER IS SUFFICIENT AND TELLS ME MORE THAN YOUR ANSWERS.
DON'T PERHAPS YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE JOB.
YOU WERE ELECTED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ZONING AND LAND USE LAWS.
YOU PASS OWNERSHIP OF THE ZONING AND LAND USE DECISIONS YOU MAKE AND UPHOLD THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE DIRECT YOUR AND YOUR ENERGY TO THOSE AREAS.
DEMONSTRATE HOW GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE SHOULD WORK, NOT HOW IT WORKS IN HARFORD COUNTY TODAY.
GOOD EVENING, PAUL, FALAJI ANOTHER ITALIAN FOR THE, UH, AT THREE 20 MARINE AVENUE IN BERRYMAN.
UH, I JUST WANT TO START OFF WITH, UH, AN ADDRESS, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO HAVE COURAGE.
YOU GOTTA EVALUATE THE SITUATION AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
SO I WAS JUST HOPING ALL YOU GUYS, AS YOU EVALUATE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MORATORIUM, YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE WHOLE SITUATION AND THINK ABOUT IT.
AND YOU HAD WAREHOUSES IN THE BACKYARD ALREADY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN THE FRONT YARD.
DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS OUT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT.
I WAS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT TRAFFIC.
SO THERE'S TWO TRAFFIC REPORTS THAT CAME OUT, UM, BASED ON THE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT.
THERE WAS ONE FROM THE COUNTY, ONE FROM THE STATE, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
THE COUNTY HAD 15 ERRORS OR IMPROVEMENTS.
I WAS JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THREE OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT THE COUNTY DID NOT IDENTIFY AND WHY WE FEEL THERE SHOULD BE THIS MORATORIUM WITH A STUDY GROUP, BECAUSE MAYBE THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE EXPERTISE THAT THEY NEED ON THE DAC COMMITTEE.
SO NUMBER TWO, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARKING LOTS AND PARKING SPACES, SHOWING THEM THE SITE PLAN 3,773 PARKING SPACES, 2,178 TRAILER PARKING SPACES, A TOTAL OF 5,951 SPACES.
IT APPEARS THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATING TO BRING SIGNIFICANT VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC TO THE AREA.
AT PEAK HOUR TIMES, THAT SITE ONLY GENERATING 416 PEAK HOUR TRIPS AND 572 PEAK HOUR TRIPS IN THE PM.
PLEASE PROVIDE EXPECTS WHEN NATION WITH THIS VERY LARGE QUANTITY OF VEHICLE SPACES COMPARED TO THE TRIP GENERATION, IT DOESN'T MATCH LIKE WE'VE BEEN SAYING BEFORE 5,000 VERSUS FOUR OR 500, SO THAT THE STATE IDENTIFIED THIS, THE COUNTY HAS NOT NUMBER FOUR IN THIS STATE, UM, LETTER EXHIBIT NINE, EIGHT ST.
GENERATED TRAFFIC TRUCK TRIPS INDICATE 65% OF THE VEHICLES HEADED TO FROM RIVERSIDE PARKWAY TUBER FROM THE SITE, WHICH WE'LL TAKE MARYLAND 5 43 U S 42 SUSHIL ROAD.
HOWEVER, TRUCK'S OVER THREE QUARTER TONS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON SPECIE ROAD.
THIS APPEARS TO BE IN AN ERROR SINCE THE INTERSECTION.
NUMBER SIX SHOWS NEURO TRUCKS TURNING ON SPECIFIC ROAD.
AGAIN, NOT MENTIONED IN THE COUNTIES, 15 IMPROVEMENTS WE KNOW ABOUT SPECIFIC ROAD, RIGHT? NO TRUCKS AND SEIZURE ROAD.
NUMBER THREE IN THE STATE, UM, CORRECTIONS, WE NOTE THAT THE TRIP GENERATION RATES FOR DISTRIBUTION CENTERS USE THIS STUDY WERE DEVELOPED IN 1996.
ALTHOUGH THE COUNTY MAY HAVE PROVIDED THE TRIP GENERATION NUMBERS PROVIDED IN TIS 416 TRIPS IN THE MORNING AND 5 72, AGAIN IN THE EVENING IN 1996, THE NUMBER OF TRIPS PROPOSED IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE QUIET YIELDED THAT THEY HAD UTILIZED THE ITE 10TH EDITION.
ADDITIONALLY, THE DEVELOPER SHOULD UPDATE THE REPORT.
YOU LINE UTILIZING TRIP GENERATION NUMBERS THAT CORRELATE WITH SITE PLANS SUBMITTED AND RESUBMITTED FOR REVIEW.
SO AGAIN, ALL THREE OF THESE WERE NOT IN THE COUNTY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT TO HAVE A STUDY GROUP TO LOOK MORE INTO THIS.
LUCKILY, WE HAD PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO THE STATE AND THEY LISTENED TO US AND THEY PUT IT IN THEIR REPORT, SAME INFORMATION TO THE COUNTY AND IT WASN'T IN THEIR REPORT.
CHIP RILEY FOLLOWED BY NANCY POST.
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GOOD EVENING, SIR.GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN, CHIP RILEY PARK BEACH DRIVE.
PARAMIN I SPOKE MAINLY IN THE PAST ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NIGHTMARE FOR MITCHELL FARM PROJECT, BUT TONIGHT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BUSH RIVER.
I GREW UP ACROSS THE RIVER FROM PARAMIN AND LONG BAR HARBOR.
MY FAMILY WAS A MEMBER OF THE BUSH RIVER BOAT CLUB.
NOW LET'S CALL IT A YACHT CLUB.
THIS WAS DURING THE SIXTIES, SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES.
ACTUALLY, MY GRANDFATHER OWNED THE AREA WHEN IT WAS A GIRL'S CAMP.
DURING THE 1930S, I LEARNED TO WATER SKI ON THE BUSH, WHAT ELVIS WORN OR THE POLLUTION OF THE BORDER.
AND WE WERE ALWAYS TOLD DON'T SWALLOW THE WATER.
AND PLEASE TAKE A SHOWER IN THE BATH HOUSE BEFORE GOING INTO THE, INTO THE CLUBS POLE.
MOST OF THE POLLUTION WAS COMING FROM THE BETA SHOE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, WHICH WAS LOCATED WHERE WATER'S EDGE COMMUNITY IS NOW MANY OF THE EPA REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW WERE NOT IMPLEMENTED IMPLEMENTED YET.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT FIVE PRODUCTS FROM THE SHOEMAKING DUMPED INTO THE RIVER.
THE SURROUND THE AREA SURROUNDING THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY WAS A SMALL TOWN.
MOST OF THE TOWNS, PEOPLE WORKED AT THE SHOE COMPANY AND THERE WAS A SMALL DUMP FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT SMALL DUMP WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR WHERE THE WAREHOUSES ARE LOCATED NOW AT THE LOOP OF ROUTE 5 43 AND THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 40, WHICH MUD WITH MUCH OF THE BYPRODUCTS FROM THE SHOE MANUFACTURING AND THE DUMP ALONG THE SHORES OF THE BUSH RIVER.
IT DIDN'T HAVE A SHOT AND HELD TO SURVIVE AS SOMETHING WASN'T DONE.
WELL, IT DID IMPROVE WITH THE CLOSING OF THE SHOE MANUFACTURING PLANT AND CLEANING UP OF THE DUMP.
THE BUSH STARTED TO THRIVE AGAIN, AND THE WILDLIFE CAME BACK AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL NUMBERS HAVE IMPROVED.
THERE'S STILL MUCH ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT IT'S HAS GOTTEN BETTER OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.
WE, AS A COMMUNITY HAVE MENTIONED MANY TIMES OF A PARK OR BEACH COMPLEX FOR THE MITCHELL FARM AREA, NOT ANOTHER MEGA WAREHOUSE COMPLEX THAT WILL MOST DEFINITELY TURN THE TIDES FOR DESTROYING THE BUSH RIVER.
JUST WHEN THE POLLUTION LEVELS ARE IMPROVING.
THEY ARE IMPROVING SLOWLY BUT NOW, BUT WITH THE STRESS OF THE MEGA WAREHOUSE COMPLEX, IT WILL MOST LIKELY DAMAGE THE WATER QUALITY OF THE RIVER.
OH, BY THE WAY, I HAVE HEARD THAT THE SEVEN, 15 AND WOODLEY BRO CONNECTION.
ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON OR IF AT ALL, JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION THAT ONCE AGAIN.
AND MY INFORMATION IS ON FILE.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS HERE IN REAL TIME.
UH, WE WOULDN'T NEED SO MANY MORE TUTORIALS IF THE GRIDS HAD NOT BEEN, UM, UH, GREASED FOR THE BUILDERS AND IF THE COUNTY WASN'T OWNED BY THE BUILDERS, WHICH WE CAN SEE BY OUR CA THE, THE DESTRUCTION THAT THEY CAN DO, WHAT THEY WILL, UH, ALL THE CONCERNS OF PARAMIN PENINSULA HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THE ABINGDON WOODS ADVOCATES.
AND WE NEED TO HAVING THEM WOODS NOT TO BE THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB, UH, TO SATIATE THE APPETITE OF THE BUILDERS, BECAUSE AS YOU WERE HANDED A LOT OF INFORMATION LAST WEEK BY THE PRESIDENT OF
AND, UH, I DID SALT WATCH OVER THE WINTER AND JUST SALTING RAISES THE LEVELS IN THE WATER.
SO YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE WITH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, THERE'S LIKE THOUSANDS OF CARS AND TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE COMMUNITY, RIDING OVER THE HAHA, BRANCH, BRINGING POLLUTION.
AND IT WAS A LAUGHABLE, THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION THAT THE BUILDER PUT FORTH SHOWING THEIR LACK OF CONCERN, AND THE FACT THAT THEY PRES THEY PROVIDE A PLAN THAT THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO STICK TO.
GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN, AND WE KNOW, BUT WE NEED YOU TO REALLY GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEADS TO KNOW BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO TODAY DESTROYS IT FOREVER FOR THE GEN US AND THE GENERATIONS THAT COME.
AND THAT WILL BE ON YOUR RESUME TO THE DAY YOU DIE.
EVEN IF YOU ESCAPE HARFORD COUNTY AND THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN DONE HERE, IT WILL FOLLOW YOU BECAUSE IT'S
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WRONG.AND WE'RE AT, WE NEED YOU TO REPRESENT US NOT THE BUILDERS WE ELECTED YOU.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT OUR INTEREST IN HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO WRITE CALL, SPEAK TO HAVE YOU WORK FOR US? WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVATION TO PRIORITIZE THE WILL OF BUILDERS OVER US? WE CAN PRETTY MUCH TELL YOU WHAT THAT IS, BUT I WON'T NAME IT IN THIS MOMENT, BUT MONEY HAS TO BE THE DRIVING FACTOR BECAUSE WE'RE FIGHT, FIGHT FIGHTING AND 326 ACRES.
AND THE OTTER POINT CREEK AND THE CBE NER RESERVE IS IN DANGER BECAUSE OF INACTION.
IF YOU SAW THE CLIMATE REPORT YESTERDAY, THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
WE, WE HAVE TO PRESERVE EVERY LAST TREE AND OUR, AND IF YOU LIKE CLEAN WATER AND CLEAN AIR, DO THE RIGHT THING.
MA'AM BRITTANY RUSSELL FOLLOWED BY ELLEN CHANEL.
MY NAME IS ELLEN SHELLEY, AND THEN OF ALL.
UM, SO I WANT TO MENTION THAT LAST WEEK I RESPECTFULLY TOOK SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF A SIGN POSITIONED AT THE STREET'S EDGE, NEAR THE METAL FARM.
FUTURE SITE OF MITCHELL FARM STATE PARK.
I POSTED THIS PHOTO ON FACEBOOK ON APRIL 1ST.
IN FACT, MOST OF THE RESPONSES WERE FROM NAMES.
I'VE NEVER HEARD THE POST RECEIVED MANY THUMBS UP, MANY LOVE, MANY LOVES, AND LOTS OF LAUGHING OUT LOUD.
THERE WERE A FEW ANGERED BY THE INSINCERITY, DISAPPOINTED IT WAS A FIRST, BUT THE OVERALL FEELING WAS ONE OF HOPE.
THE HARTFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY WANTS THE FARM TO BE A PARK.
THEY WANT A PLACE TO HIKE, A PLACE TO FISH AND CRAB.
THEY WANT A PLACE TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN AND ENJOY NATURE.
THEY WANT TO REFUGE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE COUNTY IS RAMMING DOWN THEIR THROATS.
OUR SMALL COALITION IS FINDING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP.
WE ARE REACHING OUT TO RESOURCES FOR FUNDING.
THIS WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER IF THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE WITH ON OUR SIDE, THE COUNTY SIDE, THIS IS WHAT THE TAXPAYERS, THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT WANT.
WHY ARE YOU ALLOWING AN OUT OF COUNTY DEVELOPER DICTATE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FARM THAT THEY WILL NEVER SEE? THEY WILL NEVER COME AND VISIT THE WAREHOUSES.
THEY WILL NEVER SEE THE DESTRUCTION CREATED.
THEY WILL NEVER DRINK CONTAMINATED WATER OR BREATHE CONTAMINATED AIR.
INSTEAD OF CLOSING UP TO THE DEVELOPER, THE ONLY WINNER WITH THIS PROPOSED LAND USE THE COUNTY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE HOLDING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LANDOWNER.
THEY SHOULD BE OFFERING ALTERNATIVES.
THE COUNTY SHOULD BE FACILITATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE PARK.
THE LAND OWNERS HAVE ONE CHANCE AT CREATING A LEGACY.
LET'S HELP THEM MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
HARFORD COUNTY HAS THE MEANS AND CONNECTIONS TO BUY THE LAND AND RETURN IT TO THE BEAUTY ENCOUNTERED BY JOHN SMITH IN 1606 VERSUS WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS.
MA'AM KATE MACDONALD FOLLOWED BY JANINE.
KATE MACDONALD PARK BEACH DRIVE.
YOU NAMED PRESIDENT VICINITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR MORATORIUM ON MEGHAN WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT AND PYRAMID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE CREATION OF WEALTH FROM WHICH COMMUNITIES BENEFITS ARE REALIZED.
IT'S MORE THAN A JOBS PROGRAM.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN GROWING AN ECONOMY, ENHANCING THE PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AREA.
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OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS TO BUILD UP, NOT TO PICK THE POOREST MOST DISINVESTED PORTION OF THE COUNTY AND START DUMPING WAREHOUSES ON IT.THEN TAKING THAT INCREASED TAX REVENUE AND SPENDING IT ON LAND PRESERVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN AREAS MORE AND MORE AFFLUENT AREAS.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS MEANT TO BRING POSITIVE, EQUITABLE INVESTMENT TO THE AREA IN WHICH IT HAPPENS AND NOTHING POSITIVE OR EQUITABLE IS COMING TO PARAMIN WITH THIS PROJECT, NEITHER DEVELOPER, NOR THE LANDOWNER CAN GIVE YOU ONE POSITIVE IMPACT FOR THE PARAMIN RESIDENTS.
NOT ONE, IT DOESN'T EXIST FOR YEARS.
HARFORD COUNTY HAS BEEN DUMPING WAREHOUSES IN THE PYRAMID AREA WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT TO HOW IT'S IMPACTING THE RESIDENTS, THEIR PROPERTY VALUES THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY.
YOU'VE NOT TAKEN ANY OF THE ADDED REVENUE AND MADE INVESTMENT INTO MITIGATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE CREATED IMPAIRMENT TO BARRY GLASSMAN.
THIS IS AN ENTERPRISE ZONE, BUT TO US IT'S HOME.
FOR MANY OF US, IT WAS HOME LONG BEFORE IT WAS GLASSMAN'S ENTERPRISE ZONE.
WE ALL HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO USE, WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY AND AVAILABLE TO US, TO FIGHT FOR WHAT WE'VE BUILT IN PARAMIN.
WE'VE STOOD UP HERE FOR MANY TIMES, MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND TOLD EACH OF YOU THAT THESE ZONING PRACTICES AND POLICIES ARE IN FACT, DISPROPORTIONATE AND DISCRIMINATORY THE HARM AND INJUSTICE YOU ARE INFLICTING ON THE PYRAMID RESIDENTS THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS WRECKAGE ON A DAILY BASIS IS A REPARABLE AND NEEDS TO STOP.
IN FACT, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER REGIONS STARTING TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS AND THE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON THE MINORITY AND LOWER INCOME AREAS THAT ARE TARGETED BY DEVELOPERS.
I FEEL IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THIS COUNCIL TO DO THE SAME.
THE PEOP THE PEOPLE OF PERRY MEN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC OR ETHNIC STATUS, DESERVE THE SAME THOUGHT AND CARE YOU WOULD GIVE.
IF THIS HORRIFIC PLAN WAS TO BE BUILT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IF A MORATORIUM WAS LEGAL AND NECESSARY FOR SOMETHING AS SERIOUS AS A FARM BREWERY, THEN I CERTAINLY THINK IT'S WARRANTED HERE.
AND IN THIS CASE WHERE PEOPLE'S ACTUAL LIVES, HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE AT RISK.
MA'AM JANINE LIL CORE 1820 PARK BEACH DRIVE HISTORY TELLS US WHEN THERE'S AN IMBALANCE OF POWER, HUMAN BEINGS WILL ATTEMPT TO DOMINATE ONE ANOTHER.
IT HAPPENED TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA.
IT HAPPENED THROUGH SLAVERY AS COUNCIL PERSON JOHNSON SAID, WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF WINNERS AND LOSERS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS LEGAL.
WE HAVE A COUNTY THAT TOUTS ITS MASTER PLAN HARFORD NEXT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
YET, WHAT LEGACY CAN RESIDENTS OF PYRAMID PENINSULA PASS ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION? RECKLESS DEVELOPMENT IS ENDANGERING LIVES THROUGH UNSAFE ROADS, IMPAIRING WATERWAYS, AND DEVALUING PROPERTY.
IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER 30 YEARS BECAUSE THERE'S AN IMBALANCE OF POWER AS ACKNOWLEDGED BY COUNCIL PERSON, WAGNER 30 YEARS AGO, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LOOKED LIKE THE FARM-BASED CANNING OPERATION, STILL VISIBLE ON THE MITCHELL PROPERTY.
INDUSTRIAL IS 5.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET, A FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION TERMINAL, THE SIZE OF THREE M AND T BANK STADIUMS WITH ACCOMPANYING GASOLINE STORAGE ON LAND THAT DIRECTLY ABUTS TO THE BUSH RIVER.
MOST REASONABLE PEOPLE CAN SEE THE FLAWS IN THIS DESIGNATION.
OUR COUNTY'S PLAN IS FOCUSED ON PRESERVING COMMUNITIES, PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND LINKING TO THE PAST ALL STRONG POINTS WHO CAN DISAGREE.
I CAN, WHEN THE PLAN IS BASED ON WINNERS AND LOSERS, WHEN PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THOSE LIVING NEAR THE ROUTE 40 CORRIDOR, INCLUDING THE PARAMIN PENLAND SLA ARE SACRIFICED.
IT'S TIME TO PAUSE, TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND RECOGNIZE THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY WHO HAVE BEEN PROTESTING THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR 30 YEARS.
RATHER THE SYSTEM THAT PRODUCES SUCH AN IMBALANCE IS SIGNIFICANTLY FLAWED.
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE PARAMIN PENINSULA MORATORIUM.
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YOU.LIQOUR FOLLOWED BY LEE MADDIX.
GOOD EVENING, GREG GLENCORE, 1820, UH, PARK BEACH DRIVE.
WHAT ARE THESE LAST FEW MONTHS? I'VE LEARNED A LOT JUST FROM COMING HERE AND FROM MY COMMUNITY AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAMMERED AND HAMMERED AN HOUR.
THE GUY THAT NORMALLY SITS HERE IS NOT WHAT THIS DAY WITH RON, BUT HE'S BEEN HAMMERING AT US WITH THE SAFETY OF THE WATER.
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, I THOUGHT IT'S JUST, YOU TURNED ON THE WATER AND THE WATER CAME AND YOU GOT YOUR WATER.
I CAN REMEMBER MY FATHER TALKING TO MY MOM, TELLING HIM ABOUT THE HIGH TAXES AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO RUN WATER.
IT'S LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR WATER.
AND FROM THAT, MY MOM JUST SAID, PAY THE BILL.
NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M COMING BACK NOW OPPOSITE AGE, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT THE SAME DARN THING.
AND NOW I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THEY WANT TO PUT A GAS STATION ONTO THE PENINSULA.
AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS WATER IS NOT GOING TO BE DAMAGED.
THAT'S WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT SMART PEOPLE GETTING UP IN FRONT OF ME A LOT BETTER THAN ME, BUT GOSH, DARN I'M LEARNING.
LET'S GET THE STRENGTH AND WATER UNDER CONTROL.
RON'S NOT HERE TO LOWER THE MIC END OF THE WORLD.
CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THIS THING.
LEE MADDIX PROTECT PERIMAN PENINSULA.
1700 CHURCH POINT COURT PYRAMID.
RECENTLY, THIS COUNCIL WAS TOLD THREE BIG LIES CONCERNING THE MITCHELL FARM PROPERTY.
YOU WERE TOLD THAT IF YOU ACTED AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY, YOU WOULD BE OBSTRUCTING THE LAW.
IF IT WASN'T SUCH AN OVERT THREAT, YOU ALSO HEARD VEILED REFERENCES TO THE TAKINGS CLAUSE.
FINALLY, YOU HEARD SOME NONSENSE ABOUT THE ZONING.
THIS IS THE LIE I WILL ADDRESS TONIGHT.
H G WELLS ONCE SAID ADVERTISING IS LEGALIZED, LYING.
AND GENTLEMEN, I AM HERE TO REMIND YOU THE ZONING NONSENSE IS A SALES PITCH AND TO ASK YOU AND EVERYONE WATCHING NOT TO FALL PREY TO A DEVELOPER'S FALSE MANTRA, THE PROPOSED MITCHELL FARM PROJECT IS APPROPRIATE ONLY FOR INDUSTRIAL GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
THE MITCHELL FARM PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH AN AGRICULTURAL OVERLAY.
IT HAS BEEN A WORKING FARM FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HUNDRED YEARS.
IT FRONTS THE BUSH RIVER AND RESTS ON WELLHEADS CRITICAL TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY DRINKING WATER SUPPLY.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL, BOTH IN SCALE AND SCOPE.
ONE OF THE BUILDINGS IS MORE THAN A HALF OF A MILE LONG IF BUILT, IT WOULD BE THE SIXTH LARGEST DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN NORTH AMERICA.
THIS BUILDING COMBINED WITH THE OTHER FIVE AMOUNTS TO 5.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF CONCRETE, WHICH COMBINED WITH A VAST PAVED PARKING LOTS AND TRAILER.
PARKING IS 178 ACRES OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
THIS IS A FREIGHT TERMINAL, NOT A PERMITTED USE IN ALLY.
IT IS THE SIZE OF THREE M AND T BANK STADIUMS, WHICH ARE BUILT UP NOT OUT.
THE FIVE BUILDINGS WOULD COVER FOUR TIMES THE LANDMASS OF THE PENTAGON, ANY DEVELOPER OR ENGINEER WHO ASSERTS THIS PROJECT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE CURRENT ZONING IS ENGAGING AND FALSE ADVERTISING AT BEST AND OUTRIGHT DECEPTION AT WORST.
THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH IS THE PROJECT BEING PROPOSED FOR THE MITCHELL FARM IS APPROPRIATE ONLY FOR GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING, PLEASE.
PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY DO NOT PLAY INTO THEIR BIG LIE.
PLEASE PROTECT PARAMIN PENINSULA.
WELL, GRAHAM FOLLOWED BY STACY STONE.
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GOOD EVENING, SIR.UH, WELL, GRAHAM, I LIVE ON COOL SPRING ROAD IN BELAIR, UM, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DEFEND, UM, HAVING THE WOODS AND PARAMIN PENINSULA MITCHELL FARM PROPERTY.
UM, I'VE BEEN HERE TO A FEW OF THESE NOW OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND, UM, I SPOKE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I DOUBT ANYONE REMEMBERS, UM, ANYTHING THAT I SAID, ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD THREE MINUTE SLOW QUICK.
UM, I HAVEN'T WRITTEN ANYTHING DOWN TONIGHT BECAUSE, UM, I'M HERE, UH, OUT OF, UM, AN URGENT FEAR FOR THESE PROPERTIES, BUT OUR ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL, THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT, UH, THE, THE PLANETARY ENVIRONMENT, UM, WHICH WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS THAT WILL BY FAR SURPASS ANYTHING THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE IN HISTORY.
UM, IT SOUNDS DRAMATIC, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUOTES AND IT'S FROM A MAN NAMED PETER KALMUS, WHO IS A CLIMATE SCIENTIST AT NASA'S JET PROPULSION LAB.
HE SAYS, UH, AND HE'S AN AUTHOR AND I'VE BEEN READING SOME OF HIS STUFF.
HE SAYS, I USE SATELLITE DATA AND MODELS TO STUDY THE RAPIDLY CHANGING EARTH FOES, FOCUSING ON BIODIVERSITY, FORECASTING CLOUDS, AND SEVERE WEATHER.
I HAVE A PHD IN PHYSICS FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND A BA IN PHYSICS FROM HARVARD.
NUMBER ONE, GLOBAL WARMING IS HAPPENING WITH A RAPIDITY THAT LEAVES ME SPEECHLESS.
AND NUMBER TWO, WHEN WE LOSE THE EARTH, IF WE LOSE THE EARTH, OH, HOW DESPERATELY WE WILL LONG TO GO BACK TO HOW IT WAS, HOW WE WISH THAT WE HAD NOT TAKEN ALL THIS FOR GRANTED.
UH, THERE'S A GROUP CALLED SCIENTISTS WARNING WHO, UM, MADE A REPORT IN 19 92, 30 YEARS AGO.
IT SAYS WE, THE UNDERSIGNED SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE WORLD'S SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, HEREBY WARN ALL HUMANITY OF WHAT LIES AHEAD, A GREAT CHANGE IN OUR STEWARDSHIP OF THE EARTH AND THE LIFE ON IT IS REQUIRED.
IF FAST HUMAN MISERY IS TO BE AVOIDED.
AND OUR GLOBAL HOME ON THIS PLANET IS NOT TO BE IRRETRIEVABLY MUTILATED.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO OTHER PLANET.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO MARS WHEN WE DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT ON THIS PLANET AND WE ARE DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT ON THIS PLANET, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WRONG.
UM, THE EXAMPLES ARE INCAPACITATING.
UM, WHEN YOU GO TO LOOK AT THEM AND I KNEW THAT HARTFORD COUNTY CAN'T FIX THE PLANETARY CLIMATE, BUT WE CAN DO, WE COULD FIX, START TO FIX OUR LITTLE PIECE OF IT.
WE CAN BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO DO, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS DRAMATIC AND IT SOUNDS HYPERBOLIC, BUT IT IS DRAMATIC.
WE'RE KILLING OURSELVES AND WE'RE WHISTLING OVER THE CLIFF AND WE DON'T REALIZE IT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER WHEN THE ENVIRONMENT COLLAPSES.
SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION ON THIS.
SIX, A STONE 2106 PARK BEACH DRIVE.
UM, I'M GOING TO START BY POINTING OUT THAT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR WOMEN TO VOTE.
MY ANCESTORS WOMEN THAT CAME BEFORE AND WE FOUGHT FOR MY RIGHT TO BE HERE.
THEY WERE RIDICULED, THEY WERE RAPED.
SOMETIMES LAWS NEED TO BE CHANGED.
AND SOMETIMES WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE GUIDELINES AND RULES.
I'M ASKING YOU TONIGHT TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN ON THE MITCHELL FARM THROUGH THIS MORATORIUM OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS, SUBSTANTIAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN DONE IN THE PYRAMID PENINSULA TO SUPPORT THE NUMEROUS WAREHOUSES THAT HAVE COME INTO PLACE.
I WAS OUT TODAY ON PERRIMAN ROAD, LOOKING AT A PROBLEM, UM, THROUGH MY JOB, I LOCATED, UH, DRAINAGE COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS ON STATE HIGHWAYS.
AND, UM, I WAS OUT THERE LOOKING AT A PIPE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
UH, THE REASON IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IS IT IS A RELATIVELY SHALLOW PIPE THAT HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC, A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC BOUNCING OVER IT.
AND IT'S DAMAGING THE ROADWAY.
I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT THE AMOUNT OF TRUCKS OUT
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THERE ARE DAMAGING THE ROADWAYS ON THE PARENT PENINSULA.WE NEED THOSE TO BE CORRECTED FOR THE EXISTING TRAFFIC.
BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OUT ON THIS ROADWAY.
I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, TOUCH BIG REAL ESTATE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY UNDERESTIMATED THE EXISTING TRAFFIC THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND I DARE SAY THEY UNDERESTIMATED THE PRESENT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC, JUST BIG REAL ESTATE TRAFFIC INSPECT STUDY.
ALSO UNDER MESS, ESTIMATED GREATLY THE TRAFFIC, THE PROJECTED FUTURE TRAFFIC FROM THE EXISTING FACILITIES OUT THERE, BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, JUST BIG REAL ESTATE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY VASTLY UNDERESTIMATED THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC FROM THIS, THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING HERE.
I HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR FOUR 16 IN THE MORNING.
AND THE AFTERNOON 9 88 IS WHAT THE NUMBER IS.
WE'RE ASKING TO ALLOW US THE MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP TO HAVE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THINGS GET DONE RIGHT BEFORE SOMETHING'S DONE WRONG.
PAISANO FOLLOWED BY HOLLY MCCOMAS.
GREG DESANTO, 1826 PARK BEACH DRIVE, ABERDEEN, MARYLAND.
I HANDED OUT A LITTLE BROCHURE FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU GOTTEN A CHANCE TO GET DOWN TO THE PARAMIN AND LOOK AROUND.
I KNOW YOU HAVE CURTIS, UM, BUT YOU HAVE TWO PARKS AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE TWO PARKS.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS ON FORD'S LANE.
A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY USES THAT IT'S BASICALLY A, UH, LIKE A, A RING AROUND A SEDIMENT POND, BUT PEOPLE WALK IT AND IT'S, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S PAVED.
AND IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE ENJOYING USE.
UM, HARRY WEBSTER, HARRY WEBSTER HERE, UM, HE HELPS FACILITATE GETTING THAT, THAT SECOND PARK IT'S DOWN ON THE CLUBHOUSE ROAD DONE, AND THAT'S ALL ESTUARY DOWN THERE AND IT'S PROTECTED.
JUST ABOUT ANYTIME YOU GO PAST THERE DURING THE DAY, YOU'LL SEE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE, FISHING, CATCHING THINGS OUT OF THERE, THE WATER HEALTHY THERE FOR, FOR THE FISH.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE THOUGH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BASKETBALL COURTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY BASEBALL DIAMONDS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY SOCCER FIELDS, LACROSSE FIELDS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THERE THERE'S NOT A PLAYGROUND ON THE PENINSULA, NOT ONE.
AND, AND I, I LIVED IN BEL-AIR BEFORE THIS AND, YOU KNOW, I HELPED BUILD THAT THE ONE NEXT TO JOHN CARROLL AND THERE'S ANDY'S PLAYGROUND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S THE CROSSFIELDS AND, AND FOOTBALL FIELDS EVERYWHERE, BUT NOTHING DOWN ON THE PYRAMID PENINSULA.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAS COME IN FROM THOSE OTHER WAREHOUSES WERE BROUGHT IN.
NONE OF THAT MONEY GOT SPENT DOWN WITH US.
SO PUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THIS MORATORIUM OR, OR EVEN MORE EVEN THINKING ABOUT LETTING THE WAREHOUSES COME IN AT ALL.
PRESIDENT OF INSANITY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, HOLLY MCCOMAS, 1826 PARK BEACH DRIVE PYRAMID, IMAGINE 700 ACRES OF FERTILE FARMLAND, SURROUNDED BY A HUNDREDS OF HOMES DEVELOPED IRRESPONSIBLY DESTROYING THE WAY OF LIFE FOR HUNDREDS OF HARFORD COUNTY, FAMILIES AND RESIDENCES.
NOW IMAGINE 700 ACRES OF FERTILE FARMLAND TURN TURNED INTO PARKLAND.
IT CONTAINS EXERCISE TRAILS, BIKE PATHS, BOTCHY BALL COURTS.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LESS FOR SENIORS AND KIDS ALIKE, AN INCOME PRODUCING EVENT CENTER, WHICH WILL PRODUCE REVENUE FARMS IN HARFORD COUNTY ALREADY HAVE THESE EVENTS CENTERS THAT PRODUCE A LARGE REVENUE BEING RENTED FOR FIVE TO $8,000 A NIGHT.
IT WOULD HAVE A SMALL RESTAURANT
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THAT MAYBE WOULD HANDLE THE CATERING FOR THE EVENT CENTER, KAYAK AND CANOE RENTALS AND EAGLE CAM IN THE EAGLE NEST, STUDYING THE EAGLE AND HOW IT GROWS AND THE BABIES.AND FOLLOWING IT ALONG AN ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION CENTER, WHICH WOULD STUDY THE IMPACT OF HARFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ON THE ESTUARY, THE BUSH RIVER, AND ULTIMATELY THE CHESAPEAKE BAY A GARDEN LOT.
IMAGINE THAT A GARDEN LOT THAT THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AND SENIORS COULD TEACH THE CHILDREN HOW TO GARDEN AND PLANT VEGETABLES.
I LIKE THIS BEST OF ALL THE MITCHELL CANNING HOUSE EDUCATION CENTER AND MUSEUM PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE MITCHELL FAMILY AND THE HISTORY OF THE LAND.
THIS FOR HARFORD COUNTY WOULD PRODUCE GOOD PAYING JOBS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT.
IT WOULD GENERATE AN INCOME FOR HARFORD COUNTY AND SO MUCH MORE DON'T GET ME WRONG.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD STILL NEED IMPROVEMENT.
HOWEVER, THIS I ASK THAT YOU GIVE THIS PROJECT TIME TO BE THE BEST IT CAN BE FOR THE MITCHELL FAMILY, AS WELL AS HARFORD COUNTY.
PLEASE GIVE US THE TIME TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU, TIMOTHY VAN IN THEM AND FOLLOWED BY ROMMEL CRABTREE.
GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN, TIMOTHY VAN EMDEN LAST NAME ENDS IN A CONSONANT, SO WE'RE ALL GOOD.
UM, MY ADDRESS IS 1963 MITCHELL DRIVE.
OBVIOUSLY I'M IN PARAMIN THIS JOHNSON, YOUR MILITARY MAN.
I WEAR IT RIGHT HERE ON MY ARM.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 1.7 MILLION SQUARE FOOT MEGA WAREHOUSE AND A 1.7 MILLION SQUARE FOOT FREIGHT TERMINAL IS? YEAH, I CAN'T EITHER.
THE PROBLEM IS ONE ZONED ALLY.
ONE IS NOT, IF NOTHING ELSE, THAT ALONE SHOULD BE WORTH A MORATORIUM SO THAT WE CAN SIT THERE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WHAT, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ANSWER IT.
I LITERALLY JUST ASKED THE QUESTION.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AS WELL.
UH, THERE WERE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT CAME UP AND BASICALLY STATED THAT THE PROPOSAL LEGISLATION IS ILLEGAL.
GENTLEMEN, ONLY ONE GROUP IS DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY CHESAPEAKE REAL ESTATE GROUP.
THEY SENT OUT A BUNCH OF SPAM TEXT MESSAGES TODAY, WHICH IS IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 2004.
I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE MONEY.
WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T, IT'S ILLEGAL, IT'S WRONG.
I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO TALK, TO, TO TALK SPECIFICALLY TO BARRY GLASSMAN.
I HAVE SEVERE PROBLEMS WHEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL DUCKS AND SHIRKS HIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIVE MONTHS DUCKS HIS OBLIGATION TO MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS AND UNDERSTAND HIS CONCERN.
TO UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERNS, THEN GO ON LOCAL FOX NEWS AND SAY, OH, WE UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS.
HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND MY CONCERN, SIR? YOU'VE NEVER MET ME THAT IT'S COWARDICE AND IT'S PASSING FOR LEADERSHIP AND IT'S GOING TO STOP MYSELF FROM GOING TO SAY SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GET ME.
YOU DON'T NEED TO RAISE YOUR VOICE.
I JUST GET A LITTLE ANIMATED WHEN I SPEAK.
UM, BUT KNOW THAT THAT IS BEYOND UNACCEPTABLE.
AND IN ALL HONESTY, IT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
ESPECIALLY SEEING IS HOW WE HAVE THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HAVING FINDINGS THAT WEREN'T COVERED AT THE COUNTY.
CAUSE WE POINTED THIS OUT TO THE STATE.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO US AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
AND I KNOW YOU GENTLEMEN ARE, AND I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING HERE.
YOU'RE LISTENING TO US GENERALLY INTENTLY.
SOMETIMES I UNDERSTAND THINGS.
HE'S BEEN DUCKING US FOR FIVE MONTHS AT THIS POINT.
EMMA PELLER FOLLOWED BY ERICA PHELPS.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO START BY THANKING COUNCILMAN BEULAH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ADDRESS MY INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS AT THE PROTECT PYRAMID FUNDRAISER THIS PAST
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FRIDAY.I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO TALK TO ME ALSO, HOWEVER, I CAN'T HELP, BUT NOTICE COUNCILMAN WHAT'S CHAIRS EMPTY AGAIN TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK BY SAYING THAT THE LIBRARY AND ALL OF THEIR AMAZING STAFF HAS TRULY SHAPED WHO I AM.
I GREW UP GOING TO THE LIBRARY ONCE A WEEK, AT LEAST.
AND IT OPENED SO MANY DOORS FOR ME.
I'M SURE IT HAS FOR MANY OTHERS.
SO I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE AMAZING STAFF MEMBERS, THEIR SUPPORT, THEIR FIGHT TO UNIONIZE TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR ALL LIBRARY EMPLOYEES.
EVERYONE SHOULD CHECK OUT H C P L UNITED ON FACEBOOK TO LEARN HOW TO HELP THEM.
I KNOW I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE TODAY, BUT FINALLY, THIS BRINGS ME TO MY MAIN TOPIC TONIGHT, BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3, TO PLAY SOME MORATORIUM ON BUILDING THE PYRAMIDS TESLA.
AND SO WE WERE ASKING ALL OF YOU TO VOTE YES.
AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I'M EVEN MORE CONVINCED THAT AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS, THOSE WHO WILL BE MOST EFFECTED, WHO LIVE IN THIS COUNTY, WHO WORK HERE ARE AGAINST THESE WAREHOUSES AND THE INCREASING OVERDEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, WE DO NOT NEED MORE WAREHOUSES.
WHAT WE DO NEED IS GREEN SPACE.
WE NEED PLAYGROUNDS AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR.
YOU KNOW, I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU ALL HAVE TALKED A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT HELPING THIS NEXT GENERATION THAT'S COMING UP AND THEY ARE OUR FUTURE.
AND WE NEED TO HELP THEM BY GIVING THEM A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT BY GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, A PLACE TO BE IN NATURE AND CONNECT.
SO PLEASE HELP US AND VOTE TO PASS BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3.
OH, ERICA PHELPS, 1820 MITCHELL.
WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID, I SHOULD GO SIT DOWN REALLY? YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HEARD IT BEFORE.
UM, I W YOU KNOW, I, I'M KINDA TRYING TO STEP IN FOR RON A LITTLE BIT WITH THE DRINKING WATER.
HE, I TALKED TO HIM TODAY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE 90,000 RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS, JUST FOR THE DRINKING WATER.
THAT ALONE IS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AGAIN, AS RON STATED, HAS THESE 90,000 FOLKS BEEN TOLD, POTENTIALLY THEIR WATER MAY BE IMPACTED NEGATIVELY, PROBABLY NOT.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY IDENTIFY WHO EXACTLY THOSE 90,000 PEOPLE ARE EVERY WEBSITE OUT THERE? IT JUST BASICALLY SAYS 30% OF THE COUNTY IS GETTING THEIR WATER FROM THE PARAMIN WELLHEAD.
SO WHO ARE THESE 90,000 FOLKS? THAT'S YET ANOTHER REASON THAT WE SHOULD STOP AND SAY, MAYBE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO THESE 90,000 PEOPLE ARE AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, YOU KNOW, RON KEEPS, HE WANTED ME TO MENTION FLINT, MICHIGAN, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
UM, HE WANTED ME TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE SAME THING HE MENTIONED BEFORE IS WHEN JERRY POWELL BASICALLY SAID, WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, IF THE WATER'S IMPACTED WHILE WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT, WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE MINIMUM LAW THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
THAT'S IT, WHATEVER THE MINIMAL THING IS, IS ALL WE'RE GONNA ALL WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT.
SO THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL WILDLIFE.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO KEEP THEIR HOME, YOU KNOW, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE CAME AND SEEN THE PROPERTY.
CAN YOU DO IT AGAIN? THANK YOU.
MA'AM JILLIAN MILLER FOLLOWED BY LAUREN ANDERSON.
MA'AM GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN, COUNCILMAN ROADS.
THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ZACH PARONE.
HE WAS ONE OF MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYEES AND AN AMAZING GUY WORKING WITH ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
APRIL IS NATIONAL AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.
SO I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE RESOURCES, FOR OUR POPULATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERING ABILITIES.
IF THE COVID SHUTDOWN AFFECTED YOU SIGNIFICANTLY DUE TO LACK OF IN-PERSON
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INTERACTIONS, IMAGINE WHAT IT HAS DONE TO OUR POPULATION THAT ALREADY HAD LIMITED CHOICES IN ACTIVITIES AND INTERACTIONS.YOU HEARD THE LIBRARY REPRESENTATIVE SPEAK ON HOW THEY WERE SO, SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIFELINES.
AND I WISH THAT WAS FOR SO MANY MORE.
WHEN WE WERE TOLD TO STAY HOME, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST GET IN OUR CAR AND DRIVE AROUND.
SOME ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES DID NOT DUE TO LACK OF TRANSPORTATION IN HARFORD COUNTY.
WHILE WE COULD GO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES THAT HAD INSANE TIME LIMITS AND RESTRICTIONS ARE ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES COULD NOT PARTICIPATE DUE TO LACK OF ACCESSIBILITY AND TIME IN WHICH AN AID OR STAFF COULD ASSIST THEM TO GET TO THESE ACTIVITIES.
IN THE LAST COUNTY BUDGET, THERE WAS A VERY LARGE AMOUNT, A LOT OF TO RECREATIONS, BUT WHO WASN'T INCLUDED ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES PROGRAMS THAT WERE SET UP WERE NOT FRIENDLY OR ACCESSIBLE TO OUR ADULTS.
AND FURTHER CREATED A GAP OF INEQUALITY.
WE ARE NO LONGER IN THE TIMES OF ROSEWOOD WHERE I PERSONALLY PICKED UP ADULTS WHO WERE CHAINED TO BEDS WERE THROWN IN A FACILITY AND LEFT TO JUST SURVIVE AND HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS FILLED.
IT'S TIME FOR US ALL TO DO A BETTER JOB INTEGRATING.
AND IT TAKES ALL OF US TO DO THAT.
YOU GENTLEMEN ARE IN A POSITION TO GIVE INPUT AND SHOULD USE THAT TO ADVOCATE.
I'VE SEEN MOST OF YOU AT A NIGHT TO SHINE OR OTHER EVENTS FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES, BUT JUST SHOWING FACE IS NOT ENOUGH.
MY CURRENT PHYSICAL ADDRESS IS 31 1100 MILL ROAD, WHITEHALL, MARYLAND, FULL DISCLOSURE.
THAT IS ON THE BALTIMORE COUNTY SIDE, NOT THE HARTFORD COUNTY.
I'M A STONE'S THROW FROM THE BORDER.
SO YOU MAY BE ASKING, WHY AM I HERE THIS EVENING? YOU SEE, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PARAMIN AND ALTHOUGH A WOMAN USUALLY NEVER TELLS HER AGE, I FEEL AN IMPORTANT FOR THIS PURPOSE.
I SPENT THE FIRST 24 YEARS ON THIS EARTH, THAT 70.5% OF MY LIFE AND PYRAMID AT 1638 PYRAMID ROAD, WHERE MY PARENTS STILL RESIDE AND HAVE LIVED FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
THE MITCHELLS AREN'T THE ONLY GENERATIONAL FAMILY AND PERRY MEN.
I WAS BORN IN 1987 AND AS SUCH, I HAVE QUITE LITERALLY GROWN UP IN THE TRANSITION OF THE MITCHELL PROPERTY FROM ONCE AGRICULTURAL LAND INTO WAREHOUSES AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.
SO I AM BY DEFINITION, A MILLENNIAL, AND YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE PHRASE, THE GREAT RESIGNATION QUOTE FROM THE BLOOMBERG.
HAS US WORKERS QUITTING THEIR JOBS IN RECORD NUMBERS MORE THAN 24 MILLION DID.
SO FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER IN 2021, AND MANY ARE STAYING OUT OF THE LABOR FORCE.
A QUOTE FROM THE TIMES ECONOMISTS PREDICT THAT THE GREAT RESIGNATION IS ONLY GETTING STARTED, ESPECIALLY FOR GEN Z AND MILLENNIAL WORKERS WHO ARE POSITIONED TO FIND NEW JOBS TO EARN AN INCOME.
THE ONLY PRO I KEEP HEARING OVER AND OVER FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE PROSPECT FOR JOBS, BUT JOBS FOR WHO IT IS BECOMING STATISTICALLY PROVEN THAT THESE UPCOMING GENERATIONS DON'T WANT THESE TYPES OF JOBS.
ECONOMISTS ARE WORRIED THAT THE WORKER SHORTAGE WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING IS NOT A FAD, BUT RATHER THE EARLY ONSET OF A GENERATIONAL SHIFT OF WORKERS WHO ARE REDEFINING WHAT A GOOD SUSTAINABLE JOB IS, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z ARE CHOOSING PURPOSE OVER PROFIT.
I KNOW BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THEM.
IT IS THAT VERY PENINSULA THERE SURROUNDING BUSH RIVER IT'S FORCED, AND YES, EVEN IRONICALLY ENOUGH, OUR LITERAL NEIGHBORS, THE MITCHELL'S FARM FIELDS, SORRY, WHERE I GREW TO RESPECT AND LEARN THE IMPORTANT LIFE SUSTAINING CONNECTION BETWEEN WATERLAND AND PEOPLE SO MUCH.
SO THAT INSPIRED ME TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS AND NOT TO BRAG, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU, I MAKE MORE THAN WHAT A WAREHOUSE WORKER WILL MAKE.
SO YES, THERE ARE WELL PAYING JOBS FOR RESTORING THE ENVIRONMENT AND NOT DESTROYING IT.
AND I AM, BUT ONE OF MANY, PLEASE PASS BILL 2203.
LET'S BUILD SUSTAINABLY AND THEREFORE ECONOMICALLY WISELY FOR THE FUTURE.
MA'AM HARRY WEBSTER FOLLOWED BY JESSE MEEKINS.
MY, UH, FELLOW PARAMIN RESIDENTS ARE AMAZING, AMAZING PEOPLE, UM, THAT THEY'VE BEEN STUDYING, SEARCHING, REMEMBERING, ENVISIONING, AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BETTER FUTURE OF THIS SMALL VILLAGE CALLED PERRIMAN LOOKING FOR
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A DIFFERENT END THAN AN OVERSIZED MEGA WAREHOUSE PROJECT.I'M SURE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED, DISCOVERING CRITICAL GAPS IN SAFETY, TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND UNRELIABLE NEW ROAD PROPOSALS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
BASED ON FLAWED TRAFFIC STUDIES, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES, LAWS, THE IMPORTANCE THAT THEY ACCOUNT FOR COMES DOWN TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO WHAT SEEMS TO BE DISMISSED ALONG THE LINE COMES FROM THE DEVELOPERS.
IT'S A SINGULAR ENVIRONMENTAL FACT THAT THE CANNING HOUSE FIELDS ARE SQUARELY LOCATED IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED AND THE BUSH RIVER WATERSHED ON THE BUSH RIVER SHORELINE ALSO WELL DOCUMENTED IS THE FACT THE WELLHEAD RECLAMATION AREA WILL NOT BE PROTECTED, BUT IT WILL BE RECEIVING ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAREHOUSES ON THE EAST COAST WITH THE LARGEST IMPERVIOUS SURFACE CONSIDER ALL THAT CONCRETE SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF THE WELLHEAD RECLAMATION.
AND IT'S DELINEATED RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES.
THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT KEEPS THE CLEAN RAIN AND THE WATER FROM GOING DOWN INTO THE FIELDS, BECOMING PURIFIED AND ENTERING INTO THE AQUIFER.
I THINK YOU FIND OUT THAT OUR RESIDENTS FEEL OBLIGATED TO THE COUNTY IN SOME WAY TO PROTECT THIS VALUABLE WATER SUPPLY WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
OUR PERRIMAN RESIDENTS WANT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL THE RESIDENTS IN HARFORD COUNTY.
WE WANT YOU TO CONSIDER BEING BETTER STEWARDS OF THE LAND IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONSIDERING A MUCH DIFFERENT FUTURE USE THAN MEGA WAREHOUSES.
THE PARAMIN VILLAGE THAT WE ENVISIONED WOULD EMPHASIZE WALKING, HIKING, KAYAKING, AND BIKING, PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HABITAT.
WE CAN'T ACCEPT OPERATIONS THAT THREATENED THE COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY KILL OFF OUR WILDLIFE, POLLUTE THE AIR AND THE WATER AND OTHERWISE THREATENED.
WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LITTLE PLACES IN HARFORD COUNTY.
HELLO, JESSE MEEKINS ADDRESSES ON FILE.
UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SAID TONIGHT THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS YET.
NOT ONE OF YOU STOOD UP TO THE LOCKDOWNS THAT SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS, RESTAURANTS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
WHILE THE BIG BOX STORES REMAINED OPEN BIG BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS MADE RECORD PROFITS AND THE LITTLE GUY LOST, AND NONE OF YOU DID ANYTHING TO STOP IT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WHEN SANDY WAS, WAS RECENTLY ASKED, WHAT WOULD YOU DO AS OUR LAST LINE OF DEFENSE? IF LARRY HOGAN FORCED ANOTHER LOCKDOWN, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S ANSWER QUOTE, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN THE STATE COMES IN AND MANDATE CERTAIN THINGS IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING.
YOU RISK THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THE STATE THAT YOU DESPERATELY NEED TO EITHER RUN YOUR MUNICIPALITY OR YOUR COUNTY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU CAN DO AND QUIT.
OF COURSE, THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.
IT REQUIRES SOME GUTS, SOME COURAGE PUTTING MORALITY OVER MONEY, PUTTING YOUR CONSTITUENCY, OVERSTATE, LEADERSHIP, DONORS, AND DEVELOPERS.
IT REQUIRES STEPPING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND THE SAYING ONE, TWO LETTER WORD, NO, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SIMPLE ANSWER FOR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
NO HARFORD COUNTY WILL NOT BE LOCKING DOWN AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER TYRANNICAL MANDATES COMING OUT OF ANNAPOLIS.
AND WON'T THE SIDE WHO IS, AND ISN'T ESSENTIAL BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S ESSENTIAL PERIOD SELF.
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS UNWILLING TO STAND UP FOR THE CITIZENS, REAL HARTFORD COUNTY TO NOT BE FORCED INTO ANOTHER DEVASTATING LOCKDOWN THAT FORCED OUR KIDS TO BE UNEDUCATED, FORCED PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR JOBS, HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND LIVELIHOODS.
THEN WHY WOULD WE THINK THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO STAND UP AGAINST THE DONORS AND DEVELOPERS TO REPRESENT HIS CONSTITUENTS IN ABINGDON AND PARAMIN TO STOP THE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT THAT NOBODY WANTS OR NEEDS? I FIND IT DISCOURAGING THAT OUR SO-CALLED LEADERS AREN'T WILLING TO STAND UP FOR US.
THE CITIZENS, THEY COULD HAVE VOTED TO KEEP HAVING THE WOODS OUT OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONE, BUT THEY DIDN'T.
THEY COULD SAY THAT MANDATORY MASK WEARING IT.
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OVER IN HARTFORD COUNTY, SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILMAN TONY G SAID EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHEN HE SAID HE WAS DONE WITH MASS GLARING.BUT INSTEAD OF PUTTING YOUR MASK BACK ON THE VERY NEXT WEEK, LIKE TONY G2, YOU GUYS COULD BE LEADERS AND SAY NO MORE.
I UNFORTUNATELY DON'T HAVE MUCH FAITH.
AND YOU GUYS MIRACULOUSLY DOING THE RIGHT THING AND SAYING NO TO THE MANDATES AND NO TO THE OVER DEVELOPMENT, BUT WITH A LITTLE LUCK AND A LOT OF WORK, WE'LL HAVE SOME LEADERS THAT WILL THANK YOU.
TERRY ANDERSON FOLLOWED BY CHUCK MUSEUM.
TERRY ANDERSON, 1638 PERRIMAN ROAD.
THERE'S SUCH A DISPARITY GOING ON HERE.
THE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE AGAINST THE MORATORIUM MORATORIUM WERE ONLY HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING PAID TO DO SO.
WE DON'T CHARGE BY THE HOUR FOR OUR TIME EITHER WE HAVE SPOKEN FROM OUR HEARTS BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
NOT BECAUSE OF THE MONEY WE WILL BE MAKING FROM THIS DEAL, THE LOBBYISTS, THE LAWYER, THE DEVELOPER, THE ENGINEER, AND MOST OF ALL, THE LANDOWNER IS THAT IS, IS THIS WHAT IS MEANT BY GREATER HARTFORD, GREATER FOR WHO? WHY IS IT THAT THE LAND OWNER GETS TOP DOLLAR FOR HIS PROPERTY? BUT THE VALUE OF MINE GOES DOWN WHO WILL COMPENSATE ME FOR THE LOSS? WILL I GET A TAX BREAK? SOMEONE SPOKE OF THEIR FOND MEMORIES OF THE BUSH RIVER.
WE ARE THE ONES LIVING THERE NOW AND ARE STILL MAKING OUR MEMORIES EVERY DAY.
AND WE ARE THE ONES WHO WANT TO PROTECT THE BUSH RIVER FOR FUTURE MEMORIES TO BE MADE.
IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE FERTILIZERS FROM THE PAST FARMING WERE BAD.
SO CREATING ACRES AND ACRES OF IMPERVIOUS GROUND COVERED WITH ASPHALT AND CONCRETE IS BETTER.
I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THE TWO WRONGS.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE OUR NEW SLOGAN FOR HARFORD COUNTY WILL BE COME TO THE LAND OF THE UNPLEASANT LIVING, WHERE THE TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION ARE FREE AND REVENUES MEAN MORE THAN RESIDENTS.
UH, CHUCK MUSEUM, 50 YEAR RESIDENT AT PYRAMIND PENINSULA.
UM, AS YOU DID, AS YOU DID, I LISTENED TO IT OVER 50 SPEAKERS, THREE WEEKS AGO, EIGHT OF THOSE SPOKEN OPPOSITION TO THE MORATORIUM.
I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THOSE POINTS THAT THEY MADE FIRST IS THAT THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL 25 YEARS AGO.
AND THIS PROJECT FITS WITHIN THAT ZONING.
SO THE ENTIRE REASON WE ARE REQUESTING THIS MORATORIUM IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT CAN NOT COEXIST IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT PRESENTLY EXISTS, NOT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAD 25 YEARS AGO WHEN THIS ZONING WAS PUTTING IN PLACE 25 YEARS LATER WITH CHESAPEAKE REAL ESTATE GROUPS, FIVE MEGA WAREHOUSE PLAN PRESENTED TO US.
WE AS A COMMUNITY, SEE THAT IS CLEAR.
ERROR WAS MADE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.
EITHER THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF ALLY IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OR THE WAREHOUSE IS JUST A 5.2 MILLION.
AND THE FOREIGN LAND THAT'S THERE TODAY WITH ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN BUILT UP OVER THOSE 25 YEARS.
SO WE'RE ASKING TO MAKE THE PAUSE TO ENSURE THE PROPERTY STILL WARRANTS, THIS ZONING DESIGNATION AND WILL FIT A FIVE MEGA WAREHOUSE PROJECT.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN OR THE STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE TO THIS GROUP, UM, THAT WE ARE AGAINST THE MITCHELL FAMILY, SELLING THEIR PROPERTY.
THIS TO ME HIT ME THE HARDEST BECAUSE I'LL LIVE THERE FOR 50 YEARS.
THEY'VE WORKED WITH US IN THE COMMUNITY MANY, MANY YEARS, AND WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS ALONG THE WAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY NINETIES AND TWO THOUSANDS.
THEY WERE PART OF THAT PROCESS.
WE RESPECTED THE FAMILY GROWING UP.
AND JUST BECAUSE WE ALL DISAGREE WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT DOESN'T MEAN WE WANT TO TAKE THEIR RIGHTS TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY.
IN FACT, ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT PAST DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS PROPERTY, WE NEVER FELT A NEED TO BAND TOGETHER LIKE THIS TO FIGHT A PROJECT IN OUR COMMUNITY UNTIL THE ABSURDITY THAT CAME FROM THE CHESAPEAKE REAL ESTATE GROUP.
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THIS SAME LAND HAD A DEVELOPMENT PLAN PRESENTED TO US BY CLARK TURNER IN 2007, THAT PROPOSED PLAN WITH A MIXED USE PLAN.AND AGAIN, WE HAD CONCERNS, BUT GENERALLY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE PENINSULA LIKED OR WERE APPROACHABLE TO THE IDEA OF A MIXED USE CLUSTERED TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO I SPEAK FOR THE MANY RESIDENTS ON THE PENINSULA.
WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THE FAMILY SELLING THEIR LAND.
WE ARE HOWEVER OPPOSED TO THE CHESAPEAKE REALTY GROUPS, MEGA WAREHOUSE PLAN.
BRENDAN PATTERN FOLLOWED BY KEN SHANNON.
BRANDON PATTON, UH, 2054 PARK BEACH DRIVE.
UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS, UH, WHICH, UM, YOU SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH.
UH, IT IS, UH, PAGE 1 36 OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY ZONING CODE.
UM, IF EVERYTHING ON THIS PAGE IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE ALLY, YOU WERE ASKING COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ABOUT BLACK AND WHITE HERE.
IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS NOT PERMITTED IN ALLY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE.
I'M ACTUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE WITH WHAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED ON WOODLEY ROAD IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
IF YOU GO DOWN THERE NOW, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES BEING STORED ON THOSE PROPERTIES, CLEAR THAT, AND THAT PROPERTY IS ALL LOI THAT ALONG WOODLEY ROAD.
SO CLEARLY THERE'S ALREADY VIOLATIONS OF THE ZONING CODE HAPPENING.
NOW, HOW THOSE PROJECTS WERE APPROVED.
WHEN THE SITE PLANS SAID CLEARLY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO STORE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, YET THE ZONING PEOPLE SAID, THAT'S FINE.
WHEN RIGHT HERE ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER, IT SAYS YOU CAN'T DO IT.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE REASON FOR A MORATORIUM THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING PEOPLE ARE NOT ENFORCING THEIR OWN CODE.
SO EITHER YOU NEED TO GET WITH THEM AND STOP WHAT'S GOING ON AND JUST TELL THEM RIGHT UP FRONT THAT THIS MITCHELL PROPERTY CAN NOT BE USED IN THIS WAY, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT STORE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON IT.
BUT IF THAT CAN'T HAPPEN, THEN YOU NEED TO DO THE MORATORIUM.
I LIVE AT 2 0 4 4 PARK BEACH DRIVE IN PARAMIN.
I'M HERE TO ASK THAT THE COUNCIL PASS BILL NUMBER 22 DASH TWO YEARS OR THREE TO ESTABLISH A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON NEW BUILDING WITHIN THE PYRAMID PENINSULA.
I'VE LIVED IN PARAMIN FOR 19 YEARS.
SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT MAKES ME A NEW HOMEOWNER, BUT IT FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME TO ME.
MY TWO DAUGHTERS WERE TODDLERS WHEN MY WIFE AND I BROUGHT THEM TO PARAMIN.
NOW, ONE OF THEM IS STUDYING PUBLIC HEALTH AT HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS SERVING WITH THE ARMY IN SOUTH KOREA.
AND OUR WHOLE FAMILY WANTS A MORATORIUM ON NEW BUILDING.
SO THE COUNTY CAN UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT EXISTING WAREHOUSES ARE HAVING ON THE PEPPERMINT PENINSULA.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE LAST 19 YEARS, WHEN WE MOVED INTO OUR HOUSE, THERE WERE 1.6 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES IN PYRAMID 2020, THERE WAS 7.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF MEGA WAREHOUSES.
IN 2021 ALONE, OVER 3 MILLION ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET WAS ADDED FOR A TOTAL OF 10.6 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF MEGA WAREHOUSES AND FREIGHT TERMINALS IN PARAMIN.
AND NOW A DEVELOPER WANTS TO PUT AN ADDITIONAL 5.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF FREIGHT TERMINALS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PYRAMID COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE ALL BAD CHANGES FOR PERRYMAN AND SOUTH HARTFORD COUNTY.
THE CONGESTION ON THE ROADS HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY.
I DRIVE THERE, I'VE SEEN IT OVER THE LAST 19 YEARS.
THE CHANGES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF ALL THE NEW MEGA WAREHOUSES AND FREIGHT TERMINALS, SUCH AS EXTENDING WOODLEY ROAD TO ROUTE SEVEN 15 HAVE NOT HAPPENED.
THAT IS WHY WE NEED A MORATORIUM TO ADDRESS THE EXISTING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. BEFORE ANYONE BUILDS MORE FREIGHT TERMINALS, I'VE SEEN NEGATIVE CHANGES TO PARAMIN AS A RESULT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW OF THE EXISTING WAREHOUSES OF FREIGHT TERMINALS.
NO ONE HAS DEMONSTRATED ANY POSITIVE IMPACT FOR ME, MY FAMILY, MY NEIGHBORS, MY COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED A MORATORIUM.
WE NEED TO CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE CLAIMS THAT THESE WAREHOUSES BRING ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO HARTFORD COUNTY.
I'M A FORMER MILITARY MAN, LIKE YOU, I AGREE THAT STANDARDS ARE NEEDED AND SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.
THE HARTFORD COUNTY ZONING CODE IS A STANDARD THAT SAYS ON ITS FIRST PAGE THAT IS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF CURRENT WAREHOUSES OF FREIGHT TERMINALS ON PAIRING WITH PENINSULA IS NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE HEALTH,
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SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE PEPPERMINT COMMUNITY.I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 19 YEARS, THE MORATORIUM IS NEEDED TO ALLOW TIME TO UNDERSTAND HOW DEVELOPMENT AND PERMANENT PENINSULA CAN BE BROUGHT BACK IN LINE WITH THE PURPOSE AND DESIGN OF AN IMPORTANT STANDARD.
THE HARFORD COUNTY ZONING CODE.
PLEASE VOTE FOR BILL 22 DASH ZERO THREE TO ENACT A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON BUILDING ON THE PYRAMID PENINSULA.
AND MORE SPEAKERS MR. PRESIDENT WITH, UH, NO OTHER SPEAKER SIGNED UP.
THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE MEETING.