* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING [a. Bill 22-004 (Appropriation Special Pays)] CHAIR CALLS OVER PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 0 4. APPROPRIATION SPECIAL PAYS, UH, COUNSEL THE SEATING WE HAVE MR. ROB SANLESS WITH US FOR COUNTY TREASURER. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, SIR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, ROBBY SAN LOUIS COUNTY TREASURER. WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ASKING FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION, UH, TO THE PERSONNEL MATTERS SECTIONS OF BOTH THE GENERAL AND THE HIGHWAY'S FUNDS. THIS IS TO COVER EMPLOYEE SEPARATION, PAY OUTS, LARGELY FOR RETIREMENTS. UM, THE AMOUNTS ARE 2.6 MILLION ADDITIONAL FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND 400,000 FOR THE HIGHWAYS FUND FOR THAT A TOTAL OF 3 MILLION. HOW WE HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE COUNCIL THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH THIS LEGISLATION, UH, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE IN THE LATE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, WAS GROWING, UM, BY, UH, BY, UM, UH, BY A LARGE AMOUNT AND HIRING NEW EMPLOYEES. AND A LOT OF THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE NOW HAVE REACHED, UM, RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY. AND THEN WITH THAT, THAT IS WHERE WE WERE HAVING THEM, UH, TO MAKE THESE PAYMENTS FOR THEIR, UM, UH, FOR THEIR ANNUAL LEAVE OR SICK LEAVE THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES. THANK YOU, MR. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? UM, ROBBIE, ANY IDEA HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WERE ANTICIPATING THIS YEAR? UM, I DO HAVE A LIST HERE. MOST OF THEM HAVE ALREADY, UH, GIVEN THEIR, THEIR NOTICE. UM, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT COUNT. I CAN SAY THAT, UM, OF THE AMOUNTS ABOUT TWO THIRDS ARE, ARE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND THEN WHEN YOU INCLUDE THE SHERIFF'S AND THE STATE, UH, STATE'S ATTORNEY IN THE JUDICIAL, UM, UH, THEY COMPRISE ABOUT 80% TOTAL IN THE, IN THE GENERAL FUND. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THE, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY A LOT OF THESE NAMES I KNOW YOU ALL WOULD, WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE A FEW THAT, UM, HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY MADE THEIR RETIREMENT, BUT THEY'VE INDICATED TO US THAT THEY ARE. AND SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PROVIDING SOME, SOME CUSHION HERE IN CASE THAT THEY DO RETIRE, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAPPENS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR OR NEXT, BUT OF THE ONES THAT WE DO KNOW THAT ARE RETIRING. WHAT'S THE NUMBER, HOW MANY I'D HAVE TO COUNT IT UP HERE? I DON'T HAVE THE, UH, THE LIST, BUT I'LL GET THAT TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNSEL. ONE MORE TIME. ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS, MS. DIXON, WE HAVEN'T SIGNED UP WITH NO ONE SIGNED UP. THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 0 4. THANK YOU. UH, WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS AND START AGAIN AT SEVEN 30, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. CHAIR [1. CALL TO ORDER] CALLS THE ORDER. LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 22 DASH 0 1 2. UH, COUNCIL. THIS EVENING, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE MEMBERS OF PAC 5 64 FROM ST. MARGARET'S, LUKE AND HAYDEN. THEY'RE GOING TO COME FORWARD AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. SO IT ASKS YOU ALL TO PLEASE STAND AND FOLLOWED BY THE, UH, WITH THE PRAYER FROM COUNCILMAN WAGNER, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, PHIL'S TO THE FLAG AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU DECEIVING SEEKING GUIDANCE AND CIVILITY. AS WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE ISSUES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, GRANT US THE COURAGE, THE COMMON SENSE, AND THE REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO BE CONVICTED. THAT EACH DECISION THAT WE RENDER IS IN OUR HEARTS, THE BEST FOR THE CITIZENS THAT WE EACH REPRESENT, HELP US TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASKS THAT ARE BEFORE US, AND TO ALWAYS BE MINDFUL OF YOUR SPIRIT IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. YEAH. [5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS] COUNSEL, MAY I HAVE GENERAL CONSENT TO MOVE TO ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA AND RETURN BACK TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR THEREAFTER. SO THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND NOMINATIONS COUNCIL APPOINTMENT HARTFORD, LIVING TREASURE DOUGLAS WASHBURN MAY HAVE EMOTION. MR. SHIRTS. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CULTURAL ARTS BOARD NOMINATION OF DOUGLAS WASHBURN AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE MAY OF SECOND, SECOND DAY. THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, MOVED A SECOND TO APPROVE, UH, THE APPOINTMENT, A HEARTFUL LIVING TREASURE FOR MR. WASHBURN. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS MS. DICKSON? HI, MR. JOHNSON, THE WAGNER THERE'S SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE [00:05:01] AND ZERO AND A NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT OF DOUGLAS WASHBURN HAS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURES HERE BY APPROVED AGENDA [4. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS] ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS, HARVARD LIVING TREASURE DOUGLAS WASHBURN COUNCIL MATURES. YOU WANT TO STEP DOWN FROM MR. WASHBURN, BRANDY ONE THAT YOU LIKE WITH YOU, PLEASE. THAT'S IT. GENTLEMEN, PLEASE GO RIGHT AHEAD. WHEREAS DOUGLAS WASHBURN RECEIVED THE HARFORD COUNTY CULTURAL ARTS BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNITION AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. AND WHEREAS DOUG HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL, SWEETHEART, MARY LOUISE STEWART FOR 54 YEARS IN THE 1970S AND 1980S. HE COACHED HIS DAUGHTER AND SON SPORTS TEAMS FOR HARTFORD COUNTY PARKS AND REC. AND IN 2001, DOUG RETIRED FROM HIS 34 YEAR CAREER IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BEGAN A 20 YEAR CAREER IN GENEALOGY AND HISTORY. AND WHEREAS DOUG HAS WRITTEN FOR HARVARD HISTORICAL, BULLETIN'S PUBLISHED THREE LOCAL. HIS HISTORIES PROVIDED SIZABLE RESEARCH FOR A BOOK ON EDEN MILL DIGITIZE THE BEL AIR TOWN MEETING RECORDS AND DIGITIZED PHOTOS FOR THE HISTORIC HARFORD PROGRAM THAT AIRED ON THE HARTFORD CABLE NETWORK. SINCE 2007, DOUG HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAIR FOR THE HARTFORD. NOW I'M SORRY FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF HARFORD COUNTY. AND WHEREAS MR. WASHBURN HAS CONDUCTED THE HARTFORD LIVING TREASURES INTERVIEWS FOR HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SINCE 2002 AND WRITTEN HISTORICAL ARTICLES FOR COUNCILMAN SRODES NEWSLETTER, THE NORTHERN ZONE SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2015. NOW, THEREFORE WE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND ON THIS 12TH DAY OF APRIL, 2022, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DOUGLAS WASHBURN, A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE, AND BE A FURTHER KNOWN THAT HIS LIFETIME EXPERIENCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY WILL PROVIDE A PERMANENT RECORD, WHICH WILL RECALL THE PAST INFORMED THE PRESENT AND GUIDE THE FUTURE OF HARFORD COUNTY WITH HIS MEMORIES AND HISTORY WILL BE RECORDED BY THE HARTFORD HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, ORAL HISTORIAN, AND WILL BECOME PART OF THE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY. MR. WASHBURN HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR ARBOR COUNTY BY DOCUMENTING OUR HISTORY. UM, YOU KNOW, FOR 20 YEARS HE'S BEEN THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTING ORAL HISTORIES FOR OUR LIVING TREASURES THAT WE HEAR ALL THE TIME. SO WHEN, WHEN THOSE ARE PUT AWAY INTO THE VIBRATORY RECORDS FOREVER, IT'S, IT'S HIS INTERVIEW OF THEM. THAT IS ALSO A PART OF THAT. SO I THOUGHT, WHAT BETTER THAN TO NOMINATE YOU AS A HARVARD LIVING TREASURE? NOT ONLY FOR THAT, BUT AGAIN, LIKE WAS READ IN ALL THE PUBLICATIONS THAT YOU'VE DONE DOCUMENTING OUR HARPER COUNTY HISTORY AND HERITAGE AND GENEALOGY. I MEAN, REALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BECOME YOUR PASSION AND WE APPRECIATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COME UP? AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE NONE SEVEN [7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] APPROVAL OF MINUTES, PUBLIC HEARING, APRIL 5TH, 2022, LEGISLATIVE DAY 22 DASH ZERO 11, APRIL 5TH, 2022. [00:10:01] ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES THERE BEING NO CORRECTIONS TO MINUTES, STAND APPROVED, [8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS] AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, INTRODUCTION CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION ZERO 15 DASH 22, MASTER WATER AND SEWER PLAN UPDATE SPRING 2022. MR. WOODS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 15 DASH 22, MASTER WATER AND SEWER PLAN UPDATE SPRING 2022. WE HAVE A SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. JAN, ANDREW NANA, LET'S MOVE TO SECOND. AND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 0 15 22. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. FOR BIOLA, I THINK SEVEN VOTES IN EFFORT OF ZERO IN A NEGATIVE RESOLUTION, ZERO 15 DASH 22 IS HERE BY APPROVED AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. WE HAVE NONE 10 [10. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS] INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS AMENDMENTS TO BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3 PARAMIN PENINSULA MORATORIUM AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH SIX TO BUILD 22 0 0 3 WERE INTRODUCED ON APRIL THE FIFTH AND WILL BE CONSIDERED THIS EVENING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? YES. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MR. BUELLER. YES. I MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH SIX TO BUILD 23 0 0 3. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. JANITOR, DENNIS, MOVING A SECOND TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH SIX. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS MR. BILL? THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UM, AMENDMENTS ONE AND TWO, JUST, UH, DELINEATE WHAT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PARAMIN PENINSULA IS BY ADDING A MAP AMENDMENTS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE CHANGE THE START DATE OF THE COMMITTEE FROM THE DATE THAT THE BILL BECOMES LAW TO THE, UH, 60 DAYS LATER WHEN THE BILL TAKES EFFECT AND BILL SIX, I MEAN AMENDMENT SIX REMOVES THE HARTFORD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS, LICENSING AND PERMITS AND INSERTS, A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS DANNO. MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGON, THE VIOLA THEY'RE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN A NEGATIVE AMENDMENTS, ONE THROUGH SIX TO BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3 ARE HEREBY APPROVED. MR. WAGNER, PLEASE READ IN AMENDMENTS SEVEN THROUGH 15 INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION, AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BEULAH ON PAGE THREE IN LINE FOUR, STRIKE TIME, UNLESS FURTHER EXTENDED AND SUBSTITUTE TIME. AMENDMENTS. NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH 15 ARE INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BEULAH, WAGNER, AND G AND GIORDANO AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE TWO AND LINE 19 STRIKE AND EXPANSION AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE ON PAGE TWO AND LINE 20 STRIKE STRUCTURES AND SUBSTITUTE BUILDINGS FOR EITHER A BUSINESS OR INDUSTRIAL USE AMENDMENT. NUMBER 10 ON PAGE THREE IN LINE ONE, STRIKE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR RESIDENTIAL AND SUBSTITUTE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL MEHMET. NUMBER 11 ON PAGE THREE IN LINE TWO. AFTER PENINSULA INSERT THIS MORATORIUM SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE IMPROVEMENT OR EXPANSION OF ANY EXISTING INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL BUILDING OR STRUCTURE AMENDMENT. NUMBER 12 ON PAGE THREE, STRIKE BEGINNING WITH APPROVAL IN LINE FIVE DOWN THROUGH RESIDENTIAL IN LINE SEVEN AND SUBSTITUTE APPROVAL OR BUILDING PERMITS RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY NEW COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL AMENDMENT. NUMBER 13 ON PAGE THREE AND LINE EIGHT AFTER COUNTY INSERT PROVIDED. HOWEVER THAT THIS MORATORIUM DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE CONTINUED PROCESSING OF ANY SUBMITTED, AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED APPLICATION, SHORT OF FINAL BUILDING PERMIT OR FINAL SITE PLAN ISSUANCE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION. ANY APPLICATION REFERENCED IN THE JANUARY 19TH, 2022 DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES, AMENDMENT NUMBER 14 ON PAGE THREE AND LINE 10, STRIKE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL, OR RESIDENTIAL AND SUBSTITUTE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL AMENDMENT. NUMBER 15 ON PAGE THREE AND LINE 12, STRIKE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL, OR RESIDENTIAL AND SUBSTITUTE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL. THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, THESE AMENDMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT A FUTURE MEETING AGENDA ITEMS 11 THROUGH 14. WE HAVE NONE OF [15. BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT] 15 FROM THE BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT. [00:15:01] UM, JUST AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSION SCHEDULED IN FRONT OF US MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH THROUGH THE 28TH. UH, THOSE, UH, SESSIONS WILL BE AUDIO LIVE STREAMED AND ARCHIVED ON OUR WEBSITE. UH, IN ADDITION TO WORK SESSIONS, THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD TO FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4TH HERE IN EAST CHAMBERS AT 7:00 PM. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11TH IN THESE CHAMBERS AT 7:00 PM. UH, BOTH BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AND ARCHIVED ON THE COUNCIL WEBSITE. [16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS] UM, WITH THAT, MR. JOHNSON, THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'LL YOU'LL MY TIME TONIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. MR . THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT COUNCIL THIS WEEK, I'D LIKE TO, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR HEROES BEHIND THE HEADSETS, A BETTER NINE 11 CENTER THIS WEEK MARKS THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK AND THIS TIME THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE AND, AND, UH, REACH OUT AND TELL HER HER GRATITUDE AND THANK OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS THAT RUN OUR EOC IS OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS AND OUR NINE 11 CENTER. SO THEY ACTUALLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS IN PUBLIC SAFETY. EVERYONE THINKS THAT EVERYONE OUT IN THE FIELD, OUR FIELD PROVIDERS HAVE THE HABIT ROUGH. I'M TELLING YOU OUR NINE 11 DISPATCHERS, OUR CALL TAKERS AND EVERYONE AT THE EOC HAS IT ROUGHER. IT'S HARD TO SIT BEHIND THAT CONSOLE AND HEAR SOMEONE CRY FOR HELP. AND KNOWING THAT THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS HOPE THAT THE FIELD PROVIDERS WOULD GET THERE FAST ENOUGH. UM, SO ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THE HEROES THAT THEY ARE. AND I'VE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY DOING PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, WE HAVE THE BEST IN THE NATION. WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORKERS, OUR NINE 11 OPERATORS OR DISPATCHERS OR CALL TAKERS, THEY ARE SOME OF THE BEST I'VE EVER WORKED WITH. AND I'VE BEEN IN DISASTERS ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY. WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEY TRULY ARE THE FIRST RESPONDER, UH, MR. GINGER DENNA. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UM, TODAY I ATTENDED THE GRAND OPENING OF FERRARI FRAMES AND DESIGN ONE MAIN STREET, UM, TRISH FERRARI. SO THEY DO MORE THAN JUST YOUR NORMAL FRAMES. UM, LIKE IF YOU HAVE A JERSEY OR A BANNER, I HAVE A 2001 OR TWO UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BANNER AND SHE CAN BOX THAT. SO IT'S RIGHT, THE OLD DARNELL JEWELRIES. UH, SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO, THEY USED TO BE AN ARMORY MARKETPLACE, SO STOP IN AND SAY HI, AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THEM, THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANKS VERY MUCH CASH PRESENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SHREDS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. OVER THE WEEKEND, WE DID CELEBRATE AT THE LIBRARY GALA AND IT'S ALSO THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY AND THERE'S SEVERAL OF US WERE THERE THAT NIGHT. AND I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT TO PULL OFF THAT EVENT, UM, THROUGH THE FOUNDATION AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. AND I KNOW IT MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL THEN I'M SURE IT WAS DONE WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER WAS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY RAISE MONEY FOR THINGS OUTSIDE OF WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TAXPAYERS WOULD WISH TO PAY FOR. SO IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT AND HATS OFF TO THEM. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY ALSO, UM, FOR COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS, THEY HOSTED, UH, BOOTS OUT FOR BUTTERFLY. IT'S KIND OF A NICKNAME FOR LELA VON ROWAN, WHO IS UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR KIDNEY CANCER, AND THAT WAS HELD AT THE GROVE. SO, UM, THANKS FOR EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND CONTRIBUTED WITH A GREAT EVENT. SO I'LL HAVE THE NIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND ALL THE, THE WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM THE LIBRARY DID PULL OFF A VERY, UH, ENJOYABLE EVENING THERE AT THE ABINGTON LIBRARY. THAT'S A, IT WAS HELD UP FOR TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. AND FINALLY, WE GOT IT IN AND, UH, I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER ONE SCHEDULED FOR BELIEVE NOVEMBER COMING UP. SO, UH, AND THEY DO RAISE MONEY FOR GOOD CAUSES. THEY, UH, HAD A CHECK THERE THAT EVENING FOR MORE THAN $300,000 FOR THE DARLINGTON LIBRARY BRANCH. UH, SO CERTAINLY THAT'S A WORTHWHILE CAUSE IF ANYBODY WOULD WATCH IN THE FUTURE AND WANT TO ATTEND. UM, WE HAD A PASSING IN THE CHURCH HILL NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS OF SOMEBODY WHO'S VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAS BEEN ALL HIS VERY LONG LIFE. I BELIEVE HE WAS 96 WHEN HE PASSED IT WAS EARL MACINTYRE. UH, THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A FARMER ALIVE IN HARTFORD COUNTY THAT, UH, DIDN'T KNOW OF EARL OR HAD USED EARL OR SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE BECAUSE HE WAS PROBABLY THE TOP, UH, AGRICULTURAL MECHANIC ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY. AND, UH, WE, WE CERTAINLY WERE ALL SADDENED TO HEAR OF HIS PASSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RAGLAND, MR. BUEL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, THIS EVENING. UH, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE, UH, PAYING ATTENTION SENATE BILLS, UM, 6 42 PATHS, THE LEGISLATION SESSIONS, UM, JUST RECENTLY THIS YEAR, THIS IS THE, UH, HEIGHT MONITORING, UH, THE VEHICLE HEIGHT MONITORING SYSTEM [00:20:01] THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET ON ROAD, OLD, STEPHANIE AND, UM, MITCHELL. AND THIS WILL, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, ELIMINATE SLOW DOWN, ELIMINATE THE 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC ON THOSE ROADS. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY A THANK YOU TO SENATOR BOB CASTLEREAGH AND, UM, THERESA RILEY AND THE ENTIRE DELEGATION OF HARFORD COUNTY FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK DELEGATE FOR REESE RALEIGH AND THE ENTIRE DELEGATION FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK IN DOING THIS, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THEY, UH, REALLY HAD THEIR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL, BUT THEY ACCOMPLISHED A LOT. SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM. ALSO, I'VE BEEN, UH, RECEIVING A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UM, CHAPEL ROAD. UM, AND I DID REACH OUT TO BOTH THE, UH, CITY OF HABIT GRACE IN HERE, UH, AT THE COUNTY TOO. AND CHAPEL ROAD IS JOINTLY OWNED BETWEEN BLEND THEM. I BELIEVE IT'S PRONOUNCED PLENUM ROAD AND BULLY ROCK PARKWAY. IT'S JOINTLY OWNED BY THE CITY OF HEAVY GRACE AND THE COUNTY. AND THEN THE REST IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY. AND AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO PLANS TO REPAY THAT ROAD. UH, SO I WILL KEEP, UH, PUSHING THE ISSUE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT MOVED UP BECAUSE I WENT DOWN THAT ROAD AND IT DOES NEED TO BE REPAVED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BUIL, UM, [17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS] AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17. MS. DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? YES. MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE 24 THIS EVENING. OKAY. UH, AGAIN WITH THAT MANY SPEAKERS THAT WE REMIND EVERYONE TO BE PROMPT WITH YOUR TIME AND RESPECTFULLY EACH OTHER, CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, JOHN MALAMA FOLLOWED BY PAUL PALACCI. OKAY. NEXT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, SIR. SURE. GOOD EVENING TO YOU OR YOUR COLLEAGUES. THE WATER HASN'T CHANGED. JOHN PIMA LLAMO 24 0 2 EAGLE VIEW DRIVE BEL AIR BEL AIR, MARYLAND GENTLEMEN. THE ENTIRE POINT OF ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS IS TO REVIEW GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE IN HARTFORD COUNTY. THE SITUATION AT THE AIRPORT ACCURATELY DESCRIBES HOW YOU OPERATE AND HOW THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OPERATES. IT IS ABOUT YOU AND HOW YOU DO YOUR JOB. THE ENTIRE SORTED MESS STARTS IN THESE CHAMBERS WITH YOU. OTHER LAND USE ISSUES, NOT CONFRONTING. YOU ARE SIMILARLY THE RESULT OF COUNCIL ZONING AND LAND USE ACTIVITIES. IN EVERY CASE, WHEN IN VOTING FOR THE ISSUE AT HAND, THERE WAS NO CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES REQUIREMENTS AND RESOURCES TO ADEQUATELY SUPPORT THESE DECISIONS. IS, IS THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO LOOK BEYOND THE DIOCESE AND CONSIDER HOW YOUR ACTIONS WOULD AFFECT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA OR AS THE JOB BECOMES SO ROUTINE THAT YOU SIMPLY STAMP APPROVED ON THE PAPER WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION OF HOW YOUR CONSTITUENTS WILL BE IMPACTED FOR ONE CURRENT ISSUE, ZONING CHANGES WERE MADE IN 1997, THEN COUNCILMAN GLASSMAN SAT ON THAT COUNCIL, NO MENTION OF ANY INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS. THEN AS A STATE DELEGATE AND THEN A STATE SENATOR, AND CURRENTLY AS THE EXECUTIVE, HE DID NOT PROVIDE MUCH OF A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS WITH THOSE ONLY CHANGES. SOME OF YOU WERE ON THE SAME TRAIN WITH MR. GLASSMAN. WHEN YOU ARRIVED AT THE HARPER COUNTY STATION, STOP AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE, SOME WERE ALREADY WAITING AT THE COUNTY COUNCIL. NONE OF YOU DID ANYTHING UNTIL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. IT APPEARS THAT THE GESTATION PERIOD FOR SOLUTIONS AT HARPER COUNTY, THAT IS THE TIME DURATION BETWEEN CONCEPTION OF A PROBLEM AND BIRTH OF A SOLUTION IS 25 YEARS AND, AND APPROACHING ELECTION COUNTER SOLUTION. STUDY THAT PROBLEM FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. IT'S BEEN THIS WAY FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S GOOD FOR THE COUNTY. MORE OF THE SAME. THANK YOU FINALLY, A GRADE ON YOUR EFFORTS IN ZONING AND LAND USE AND HOWARD REFLECTS ON GOVERNANCE BY THE HARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL CREDIBILITY, NONE OBSERVED RESPONSIBILITY, NONE OBSERVED ACCOUNTABILITY, NONE OBSERVED TRANSPARENCY, NONE OBSERVED HONESTY, NONE OBSERVED INTEGRITY, NONE OBSERVED MORAL COURAGE, NONE OBSERVED MENTAL ACUITY, NONE OBSERVED. I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THESE SORTED EPISODES IN THEIR ENTIRETY, YOU WERE MAKING AND BEGAN IN THESE CHAMBERS. IT IS ALL WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW, RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY. THE, THEY ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT, A DISGRACE, AND A DISGUSTING MESS. YOU FAILED AS A COUNTY COUNCIL, PARAPHRASING POGO, A CLARA CARTOON CHARACTER WHO LIVED IN THE O'KEEFFE PINOCCHIO SWAMP. WE HAVE MET THE PROBLEM AND IT IS YOU. YOU ARE A FRAUD, A HUMBUG, AND A POX UPON THIS COUNTY, GENTLEMEN, THIS ENTIRE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE THE SWAMP, AND THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS IN HARTFORD COUNTY. AND YOU JUST DON'T CARE. GOOD NIGHT. [00:25:07] GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. UH, PAUL FALAJI PERIMAN MARYLAND AND 19 YEAR RESIDENT OF HARTFORD COUNTY. UH, I ASKED YOU TO VOTE FOR THE MORATORIUM TO GIVE THE PYRAMID COMMUNITY IN HARTFORD COUNTY. SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO FORM A TEAM OF EXPERTS, POLITICIANS, AND REPRESENTATION FROM THE COMMUNITY. SOME A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, A LITTLE TIME BEFORE THE LARGEST E-COMMERCE FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION PROJECT AND HARTFORD COUNTY PAVES OVER A 711 ACRE FARM, AN AREA OF GREATER THAN THREE M AND T BANK STADIUMS ALL ON ONE STREET IN ONE COMMUNITY, FOR REASONS WHY NUMBER ONE, DRINKING WATER IN OCTOBER, 2000, THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT DID A SOURCEWATER ASSESSMENT FOR THE PYRAMID WEALTH FIELD. IN THE SUMMARY, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT PARAMIN WEALTH FIELD IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF GROUNDWATER IN HARTFORD COUNTY. THE PERMANENT WEALTH FIELD SUPPLIES, 30% OF THE WATER DEMAND TO THE TOTAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. 22 YEARS SINCE THE LAST ASSESSMENT TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME IN 1997, THE MASTER PLAN WHEN THIS AREA WAS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, A SECOND ENTRY EXIT WAS DESIGNATED VIA WOULD BE ROASTED ROUTE SEVEN 15 SINCE THE ZONING CHANGE, 10 FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS WITH 10 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO BE BUILT WITHOUT THE COMPLETION OF THAT CONNECTION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE DAC COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WARNING THAT THE RESPONSE TIME TO THE WAREHOUSES IN PAYMENT COMMUNITY ARE NOT ADEQUATE SINCE 2016, A SECOND ENTRY EXIT IS REQUIRED. DAC HAS NOT FOLLOWED THE ADVICE FOR EIGHT YEARS. NUMBER THREE, DESPERATE IMPACT AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE TO THE LOWER INCOME AREAS. SOUTH OF THE INDUSTRIALIZATION TO COMMUNITY SOUTH OF EXPOSED THOSE COMMUNITIES TO HIGHER TRACTOR TRAILER RISK, HIGHER POLLUTION RISK FROM INDUSTRIAL PLANTS, HIGHER POLLUTION, RESTROOM, DIESEL TRUCK FUMES, HIGHER RISK FROM TRUCK ACCIDENTS, HIGHER RISKS FROM TRUCK STANDING PARKING ONLY ON ROUTE 40, BUT ALSO RURAL ROADS LIKE PAIRING THE ROAD OLD PHILADELPHIA ROAD AND ILLEGALLY DRIVING DOWN COUNTRY ROADS. NOT BOTH FOR TRUCKS LIKE SHOW ROAD, THANKS FOR BOTH SIX 40 TO 25 YEARS OF ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION. NUMBER FOUR, HISTORIC IMPACT THE PRAIRIE NEW COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THE NATIVE HOME OF THE IROQUOIS TRIBES OF DISTRUSTFUL HAMMOCK. WHEN CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH SAILED IN THE BUSH RIVER IN 1608 IN 1671 ST. GEORGE PARIS, THE SHISHA CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED. AND AS MARYLAND'S OLDEST EPISCOPALIAN PARISH IN 1920 FO MITCHELL AND SONS ARE, WAS IT 200 TONS OF CORN DAILY AS PERRIMAN AND ABERDEEN WERE THRIVING. CANDY INDUSTRY OVER 400 YEARS OF HISTORY NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED PROPERLY, NOT PAVED OVER ON THE BACKSIDE. THERE'S A MAP OF THE AREA FOR YOU. GENTLEMEN. THE MORATORIUM ASKS FOR 150 DAYS FOR STUDY GROUP OF EXPERTS TO REVIEW IT. THE DAC PROCESS THAT HAS NOT LISTENED TO ITS FIRE TREE FOR EIGHT YEARS TO REVIEW YOUR DRINKING WATER ASSESSMENT. THAT IS 22 YEARS OLD TO REVIEW A DAC PROCESS THAT HAS ALLOWED FOR ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION FOR 25 YEARS. JUST GET SOME FOR A FEW MONTHS TO REVIEW OVER 400 YEARS OF HISTORY, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION IS NOT EVEN PART OF THE DAC PROCESS. THANKS. THANK YOU, SIR. NANCY POST FOLLOWED BY KATE MACDONALD. GOOD EVENING. MA'AM HELLO, NANCY POST. MY INFORMATION IS ON FILE PARAMIN PENINSULA FOLKS HANDED LEGISLATION LEGISLATION TO THE COUNCIL THAT INCLUDED CREATING A MORATORIUM FOR ABIM WOODS AND PARA PARAMIN PENINSULA. SINCE THEN ABBINGTON WOODS WAS STRIPPED FROM THE BILL DESPITE OUR NONSTOP PETITIONS TO KEEP ABIM WOODS INCLUDED IN THE LEGISLATION. ADD ABBINGTON WOODS BACK INTO THE SYDNEY CITIZEN INITIATED MORATORIUM DRIVE OUT MEGA WAREHOUSE DEVELOPERS IN SOUTHERN HARTFORD. LIKE YOU WILLINGLY DROVE OUT FARM BREWERIES IN NORTHERN HARFORD MAY, 2021. MR. WAGNER INTRODUCED BILL 21 0 12, QUOTE, AN EMERGENCY ACT TO ESTABLISH A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL OF SITE PLANS AND ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FARM BREWERIES WITHIN THE COUNTY. MR. WAGNER'S 2021 BILL WAS IN RESPONSE TO A SMALL GROUP OF RESIDENTS ALONG WAVERLEY DRIVE IN HIS NORTHERN HARFORD DISTRICT. AND NOT FAR FROM HIS HOME. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 ACRES, 22 TIMES SMALLER THAN ABBINGTON WOODS AND 47 TIMES SMALLER THAN PARAMIN PENINSULA PER THE BELLS TEXTS. HARFORD OFFICIALS MODIFIED BILL 15, 0 39 DATED FEBRUARY, 2016. THE BILL CLAIMED QUOTE EXPERIENCE HAS [00:30:01] REVEALED VARIOUS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ARISING FROM THE COMMERCIAL OPERATION OF SOME OF THE THREE CURRENT FARM BREWERIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC FOR THE ADJACENT ROAD TYPE, AN EXCESSIVE NOISE, DISTURBING RESIDENCES RESIDENCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH WERE NOT ANTICIPATED BY THE FARM BREWERY, ENABLING LEGISLATION. THE BILL STATED NEED TO STUDY THE PLACEMENT CONSTRUCTION, MINIMUM ACREAGE, AND OPERATION OF FARM BREWERIES FOR THE PEACE AND ORDER OF THE PUBLIC TO LESSEN THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS, WHICH ARISE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS OF THE FARM BREWERY FOR AGRICULTURALLY ZONED PROPERTY. IN OTHER WORDS, NORTHERN HARTFORD, SINCE 2019 CITIZENS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING THE DESTRUCTION OF ABINGDON WOODS 326 ACRES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABINGDON BUSINESS PARK PER THE SITE PLAN. IT WILL HAVE PARKING SPOTS FOR 1,752 CARS, 97 TRAILER TRUCKS AND 314 TRAILER DROPS. SINCE 2021 CITIZENS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING THE DESTRUCTION OF PARAMIN PENINSULA, 711 ACRES WITH THE MITCHELL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PER THE SITE PLAN. IT WILL HAVE PARKING SPOTS FOR 2,178 TRACTOR TRAILERS AND 3,773 CARS. HARTFORD OFFICIALS SHOULD REALIZE THAT OVERBUILT SOUTHERN HARTFORD CANNOT HANDLE THIS MASSIVE INFLUX OF VEHICLES ON OUR RESIDENTIAL ROADS BASED ON COMMON SENSE AND EXPERIENCES SHARED BY US CITIZENS. MAN, PLEASE BRING YOUR COMMENTS TO A CLOSE. OKAY. HARTFORD HAS A POTENTIAL TO BE SUED IF TIME'S UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. CONSIDER US LIKE YOU CONSIDER THE BUILDERS. GOOD EVENING. MA'AM SIR. NO CLONES, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU REMOVED. THANK YOU. HI, KATE MCDONALD PARK BEACH DRIVE PERRY MEN. GOOD DEMIAN. THANK YOU. I'VE LIVED IN HARTFORD COUNTY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. WE MOVED HERE FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR MY HUSBAND'S CAREER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND INITIALLY SETTLED IN BEL-AIR, BUT QUICKLY MOVED TO SOUTH HARTFORD COUNTY AND AUSTIN. I WAS A LAND DEVELOPER DEVELOPER FOR 20 YEARS BUILDING AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. AND NOW I WORK IN REAL ESTATE. THIS, THIS EFFORT IS NOT TO TRAMPLE ON THE MITCHELL'S PROPERTY RIGHTS, BUT TO PROTECT OURS, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENJOY OUR PROPERTY, TO BE SAFE AND HEALTHY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO PRESERVE OUR PROPERTY VALUES FOR SOME, THIS IS AN AGE OLD AND LIFELONG BATTLE AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AND TO BE TREATED EQUALLY AND GIVEN THE SAME PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO OTHERS BY OUR GOVERNING BODIES, REGARDLESS OF THE SKIN, OUR SKIN COLOR INCOME LEVEL OR GEOGRAPHIC REGION, WHO ARE WE WE'RE REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS WE'RE OF EVERY ETHNICITY, WE ARE POOR AND NOT SO POOR. WE'RE PROBABLY THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN ONE SETTING THAT I COMPLETELY AGREE ON THE SAME ISSUE THAT I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED IN MY LIFE. AND THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING, NOT THE WHOLE PROJECT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE ALL AGREE, WE HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO KNOCK ON OUR NEIGHBOR'S DOORS AND TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE WITH THIS PROJECT, THE ONES BEFORE IT. AND WE ARE ALL OVERWHELMINGLY TOGETHER IN THIS FIGHT, REGARDLESS OF WHO AND HOW MANY ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THESE MEETINGS. THIS IS THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AND THE CONTINUED OBLITERATION OF THE PARAMIN AREA WITH MEGA WAREHOUSE, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, TRUCK, TRAFFIC, AND POLLUTION. THAT'S THE CRUX OF IT. IT'S A FIGHT TO GET HARTFORD COUNTY TO SEE HOW DISPROPORTIONATE THE ZONING HAS BEEN AND HOW IT'S CREATED SPIRIT IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE OF PYRAMID. WE ALL AGREE THAT PARAMIN THE PYRAMID AREA WAS TARGETED BECAUSE OF OUR SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHICS AND THAT OUR AREA HAS BEEN SYSTEMICALLY NEGLECTED BY THE COUNTY WITH REGARD TO INVESTMENT OR DISINVESTMENT IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YEARS, WHETHER WE'VE LIVED IN PERRY EVEN FOR A HUNDRED YEARS OR TWO YEARS, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WHETHER WE LIVE ON THE WATER OR IN THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. REGARDLESS OF OUR, REGARDLESS OF THIS PROPERTY WAS ZONED IN 1800 BC OR 1997. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH REGARDLESS OF OUR ETHNICITY OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH IT'S TIME FOR HARFORD COUNTY LEADERSHIP TO STEP IT UP WITH REGARD TO PERRIMAN AND THE RESIDENTS OF PYRAMID, JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING SOMETHING UNCHECKED FOR YEARS, DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT LEGAL OR JUSTIFIED. EVERYONE HAS THEIR BREAKING POINT AND WE HAVE REACHED OURS. SO PLEASE HELP US. THANK YOU, [00:35:01] WILLIAM GRAHAM FOLLOWED BY LEE MADDIX. GOOD EVENING, SIR. HELLO. MY NAME IS WILL GRAHAM ALONE. COOL. SPRING ROAD AND BELAIR. UM, AND I'M HERE AGAIN TO SPEAK AS I DID LAST WEEK, UM, TO DEFEND ABINGDON WOODS AND THE PARAMIN PENINSULA FIELDS. UM, I'M NOT SURE WHY WE DON'T SPEAK MORE OR, OR DISCUSS MORE, UM, ABOUT THE, UM, ONGOING ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE, UM, DISASTER THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING GLOBALLY RIGHT NOW. UM, POLAR ICE SHELVES ARE MELTING CORAL REEFS, DESTRUCTION, EXTINCTION OF SPECIES, AND R WE'RE GOING TO SUFFER FROM THIS, BUT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE GOING TO SUFFER EVEN MORE. UM, UNBELIEVABLY, I KNOW IT SOUNDS DRAMATIC AS I SAID LAST WEEK, BUT I'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO, UM, A LOT OF SITES OF, UH, SCIENTIFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS. UM, AND I HAVE A QUOTE, WHICH I THINK, UM, IS REPRESENTATIVE OF MOST OF THE ONES I'M SEEING FROM A GROUP CALLED SCIENTISTS' REBELLION. UM, IT'S A LETTER OF DEMAND FROM OVER 200 SCIENTISTS THAT SAYS INCREASINGLY SEVERE HEAT WAVES, DROUGHT AND NATURAL DISASTERS ARE OCCURRING YEAR AFTER YEAR. WHILE SEA LEVELS MAY RISE BY SEVERAL METERS. THIS CENTURY DISPLACING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN COASTAL AREAS. THERE'S A GROWING FEAR AMONGST SCIENTISTS THAT SIMULTANEOUS EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN MAJOR AGRICULTURAL AREAS COULD CAUSE GLOBAL FOOD SHORTAGE, THUS TRIGGERING SOCIETAL COLLAPSE. UM, THAT'S PRETTY SCARY. AS I SAID LAST WEEK, I KNEW THAT HARTFORD COUNTY, UM, CAN'T SOLVE THIS GLOBAL PROBLEM BY ITSELF. HOWEVER, UM, IN THE 2022, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE STATE OF MARYLAND PASSED THE, UH, CLIMATE SOLUTIONS NOW ACT. UM, AND HERE'S A QUOTE FROM THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION. CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION IS PLEASED. THE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS NOW ACT HAS BEEN ENACTED FOLLOWING GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN, HIS DECISION TO ALLOW IT TO BECOME LAW WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE. THIS LANDMARK NEW LAW WILL PUT MARYLAND AMONG THE LEADING STATES WORKING TO ADDRESS HARMFUL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM BURNING FOSSIL FUELS THAT ARE CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE IN MARYLAND, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM VEHICLES, POWER PLANTS AND BUILDINGS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH IS CAUSING STRONGER STORMS, SEA LEVEL RISE AND INCREASED FLOODING. THE THREATENED COMMUNITIES IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THESE SYMPTOMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE LEADING TO ADDITIONAL POLLUTION FROM INCREASING STORM WATER RUNOFF, HIGHER WATER TEMPERATURES AND CHANGES IN WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTION. MAYLANDS BECOME A LEADER IN THIS EFFORT TO HELP STOP GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. THE COUNTY NOW JUST HAS TO FILE THE STATE OF MARYLAND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU, SIR. DID HE HAVE ANY MA'AM GOOD EVENING, LATE MADDIX, 1700 CHURCH POINT COURT PYRAMID. I HAVE LIVED IN PERRIMAN FOR 24 YEARS. MY DAD FOUND MY PLACE FOR ME WHILE HE WAS ALIVE. I FREQUENTLY THANKED HIM FOR FINDING MY FOREVER HOME. I FIND IT INTERESTING TO LEARN HARFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS AND THE COUNCIL ARE UNDER SIEGE BY AN OUT OF TOWN DEVELOPER, CLAIMING TO KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR PYRAMID. IN FACT, THEY'RE SO CERTAIN OF BEING RIGHT. THEY THINK IT IS OKAY TO THREATEN THIS BODY WITH LITIGATION, INCLUDING PERSONAL LIABILITY. IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE. AS A CAPTAIN WITH THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW OFTEN PEOPLE THREATENED TO SUE ME AND THOSE UNDER MY COMMAND. IN MY EXPERIENCE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THESE THREATS WERE MOSTLY BLUFFS FROM DESPERATE PEOPLE. THE DEVELOPERS ARE CLAMMING THE MORATORIUM LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU IS ILLEGAL. SO LET'S START WITH THAT. LAND USE. MORATORIUMS ARE NOT PER SE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THEY ARE SUBJECT TO A RATIONAL REVIEW WITH THE PRESUMPTION OF VALIDITY. IF REVIEWED THE LOCAL JURISDICTION SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHOW THE MORATORIUM IS RE REASONABLY RELATED TO A PROPER PUBLIC PURPOSE CONCERNS FOR DRINKING WATER, [00:40:01] INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLLUTION ALL WOULD SEEM TO QUALIFY AS A PROPER PUBLIC PURPOSE. THE DEVELOPERS ARE ALSO THREATENING TO SUE YOU PERSONALLY. PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHEN ACTING ON DISCRETIONARY ISSUES ARE GRANTED THE DEFENSE OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR NON-MALICIOUS ACTS. THIS MEANS YOU ARE ALL PROTECTED FROM ALL BUT EVIL MOTIVE, INTENT TO INJURE ILL WILL OR FRAUD ESTABLISHING THE MORATORIUM AS LEGAL AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR PROTECTION AGAINST PERSONAL LIABILITY. BY QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. THE LOGICAL FALLACY BEING USED BY THE DEVELOPER THEN BECOMES OBVIOUS. THIS LOGICAL FALLACY IS SO OFTEN USED BY THOSE DESPERATE TO WIN. IT HAS A NAME ARGUMENTUM AD BACULUM OR APPEAL OF FORCE. I URGE YOU ALL NOT TO FALL HOSTAGE TO THIS FALSE ARGUMENT. THE MORATORIUM IS NOT ILLEGAL. YOU ARE NOT ACTING WITH ACTUAL MALICE OR FRAUD, AND YOUR ACTIONS DO NOT IMPERIL THE QUALIFIED IMMUNITY EXTENDED TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS. YOUR YES, VOTE WILL PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THOSE YOU SERVE. YOU CAN HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH IN THE LIGHT OF DAY WHEN YOU VOTE. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM STEPHEN. ALLCOCK FOLLOWED BY MATT LAUER WAY. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. APOLOGIES FOR THE CLAPPING. DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS A PROBLEM. FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN THIS COURT. SO GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STEVE ALLCOCK. I AM A RESIDENT OF BEL AIR AND DESPITE MY ENGLISH ACCENT, I AM ALSO A CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY. UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER REJECTING THE APPLICATION FOR ABINGDON BUSINESS PARK AND ITS DEVELOPMENT, AND TO SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM ON THE PYRAMID PROJECT. THE DAMAGE TO OUR SOCIETY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT IS AT STAKE. IF WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW RAMPANT UNCHECKED DEVELOPMENT AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR NATURAL WORLD, I HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN FOUR COUNTRIES OVER THE YEARS. SO I SPEAK FROM GREAT EXPERIENCE AND IN THOSE COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT IS WELCOMED JUST AS IT IS HERE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, IS THAT IT'S NO LONGER WELCOMED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH WE ALL TREASURE. THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT. IN FACT, MANY OF THOSE COUNTRIES NOW HAVE A POLICY OF BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT FIRST, WHICH MEANS BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION OF ANY NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WOULD EVEN BE CONSIDERED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT REDEVELOPMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT EXISTS HERE. I'M NOT SURE. SO SOME OF YOU MIGHT THINK THAT I'M A HIPPIE OR SOME NEW WAVE ECO WARRIOR, AND I'LL LET YOU MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION ABOUT, UM, HOWEVER, I WOULD POINT OUT TO YOU. THAT'S, I'M A BUSINESSMAN AND I'VE SUCCESSFULLY RUN A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY HERE IN MARYLAND FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS. SO I AM NOT NAIVE TO THE SEDUCTION OF PROFITS. YOU WILL HAVE HEARD MANY REASONS FOR THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS, FROM MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE TONIGHT, WATER POLLUTION, AND THE IMPACT OF THE QUALITY ON THE COMMUNITY'S DRINKING WATER CONCERNS ABOUT OVERDEVELOPMENT OF THE WAREHOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE INCREASING RESPONSE TIMES FOR A FIRE ENGINE IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENTS ON HOW THE INCREASED AMOUNT OF TRUCKS GOING TO AND FROM THESE PLACES WILL IMPACT PEOPLE IN LOWER INCOME AREAS, SOUTH OF 95, ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION, HABITAT DESTRUCTION, SPECIES DESTRUCTION. YOU MAY HAVE EVEN HEARD OF A VAGUE AND TENUOUS ARGUMENT ABOUT AN ENGLISH CAPTAIN IN THE EARLY 16 HUNDREDS AND THE CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS THAT WOULD HAPPEN AS AN OUTCOME EVENT. THE REALITY, HOWEVER, IS FAR SIMPLER THAN THESE COMPLEXITIES. THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE TODAY SHOULD BE MADE IN THE INTEREST OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, NOT FOR A COMPANY AND ITS DIRECTORS PROFITS MORE FOR THE TAX REVENUES THAT HARFORD COUNTY WILL BENEFIT FROM. IF THE DEVELOPERS, WHEN YOUR ROLE AS A DECISION-MAKER OF THIS COUNTY AND ITS COMMUNITY IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE TODAY ON THESE MATTERS ARE OFTEN TERMED AS SOCIETAL IMPACTING EVENTS BECAUSE OF THE PERMANENT NATURE INVOLVED WITH THE CHANGE IT'S PROPOSED. IF THEY WERE TO HAPPEN AS REPRESENTATIVES, YOU ARE ALSO GUARDIANS AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT FOR THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. THAT'S YOUR DUTY. SO I WILL CLOSE WITH THE FOLLOWING. THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME, NOR IS IT ABOUT YOU. IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT COME AFTER US AND WHAT WE LEAVE TO THEM. YOUR NAMES CAN EITHER [00:45:01] BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DECIMATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE ALL LIVE SIMPLY FOR PROFIT OR WITH THE FIGHT TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN IT. YOUR ACTIONS ON THESE VERY IMPORTANT DECISIONS WILL ECHO THROUGH TIME. I TRUST YOU AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO RAISE MY CONCERNS WITH YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. UH, MATT LARAWAY. MY DRESS IS ON FILE AND EVENING COUNCIL, PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M WITH CHESAPEAKE REAL ESTATE GROUP, AND WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE EVERYONE AS TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. AS WE, AS WE TRACK TOWARD THE MORATORIUM BOAT, OUR TEAM HAS RECEIVED ALL REQUIRED COMMENTS FROM HARFORD COUNTY AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND THAT WE, THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE OUR DOCK SUBMISSION ON DECEMBER 22ND AND THE SUBSEQUENT BACK MEETING ON JANUARY 19TH, THE COMMENTS THAT CAME IN SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND THE REST WERE THOSE RELATED TO TRAFFIC AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT. FIRST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, I WANTED TO QUICKLY EXPLAIN HOW THE TRAFFIC STUDY WORKS. THE DEVELOPER MEETS WITH HARFORD COUNTY AT A SCOPING MEETING AT WHICH TIME THE COUNTY DEFINES THE PARAMETERS OF THIS STUDY, INCLUDING WHAT ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS WILL BE STUDIED PEAK HOURS TO BE OBSERVED. AND THE ACTUAL COUNTING METHOD THAT THEY WILL REQUIRE US TO UTILIZE. IT IS AFTER THIS MEETING THAT THE COUNTY AND THE DEVELOPER ENTER INTO AN OFFICIAL SCOPING AGREEMENT. UM, WE COMPLIED ENTIRELY WITH THE TERMS OF THE SCOPING AGREEMENT DURING OUR TRAFFIC STUDY, WE RECEIVED OUR COMMENTS ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY ON MARCH 4TH, FROM HARFORD COUNTY AND OUR MARCH 18TH FROM MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. NONE OF THE COMMENTS IDENTIFIED THERE'S A PROBLEM. THE COMMENTS SIMPLY ASKED FOR AN EXPANSION FROM THE AGREED UPON SCOPE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION OF THE SCOPING AGREEMENT AT A VERY IRREGULAR PRACTICE. IN SPITE OF THIS, WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND ARE UPDATING THE TRAFFIC STUDY TO INCLUDE ALL THE DATA REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. WE KNOW THE DATA'S IMPORTANT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE THE ACCOMMODATION. WE EXPECT TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED SHORTLY AND ARE READY FOR OUR RESUBMISSION PACKAGE. THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS WORKING PROPERLY IN HARTFORD COUNTY PLANS AND STUDIES WERE SUBMITTED. QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS WERE RAISED AND FURTHER STUDY IS TAKING PLACE ALL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE ALREADY AGREED UPON ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. TO GO ABOVE THIS, WE CONTACTED THE STATE POLICE AS PERRIMAN ROAD AS A STATE ROAD TO REQUEST DATA ON TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS. SINCE 2013, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS ON PERRIMAN ROAD, AN AVERAGE OF 0.5, FIVE PER YEAR. IN FACT, THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 39 TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE ON PERRIMAN ROAD IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, THAT IS STRAIGHT FROM THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE. WE'RE WAITING FOR THE SAME DATA FROM THE HARTFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THE COUNTY ROADS IN THAT AREA. SEEING AS THERE THERE'VE BEEN MINIMAL COMPLAINTS OVER THE YEARS, NO PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY EXISTS OR PREVENT PRODUCED BY US PROTECT PARAMIN OR ANYONE ELSE THAT SHOWS THE TYPES OF TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT ARE BEING REPRESENTED BY THE PYRAMID GROUP. IF THIS WAS A MAJOR ISSUE PRIOR TO OUR PROPOSAL, IT WOULD HAVE COME UP PHOTOGRAPHS AND FACEBOOK POSTS DO NOT SHOW THE FULL STORY. THEY SHOW A MOMENT IN TIME. INEVITABLY, WE'VE ALL BEEN STUCK AT A LIGHT ON 9 24, 1 52 24, ANY OTHER ROADS IN THE COUNTY ON OUR WAY TO, OR FROM THIS MEETING. IN FACT, AT CERTAIN TIMES A DAY, TRAFFIC HAPPENS. IT'S A FACT OF LIFE. IT WOULD BE DISINGENUOUS TO TAKE A PICTURE POSTED ON FACEBOOK AND DEMAND THAT A MORATORIUM BE INSTITUTED ON PROJECTS THAT BRING JOBS AND ECONOMIC VALUE TO THE COUNTY. DUE TO THAT ONE MOMENT IN TIME, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THIS COUNTY COUNCIL ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO RUN ITS COURSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. KEN SHANNON FOLLOWED BY ROMMEL CRABTREE. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KEN SHANNON. I LIVE AT 2 0 4 4 PARK BEACH DRIVE IN PARAMIN. I OPERATE A SMALL BUSINESS AND PYRAMID THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES. I'M ALSO A SENIOR CITIZEN AND A VIETNAM ERA VET THAT'S CRA NOT E R R O R AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AS A SENIOR, AS A VETERAN, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY AS A HARTFORD COUNTY CITIZEN AND RESIDENT OF PARAMIN. I ASKED THAT THE HARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL VOTE YES ON BILL 22 DEATHS. THERE WAS THERE A THREE, THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON NEW BUILDING PERMITS ON PERRYMAN PENINSULA. THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN SPAMMING HARTFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS SAYING THE NEW HOMEOWNERS WANT THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO PREVENT THE MITCHELL FAMILY FROM SELLING THEIR LAND AND EXERCISING THEIR RIGHTS AS PROPERTY OWNERS. THAT IS NOT TRUE VERSUS THE PEOPLE WORKING TO PROTECT PERIMAN. CAN'T BE CHARACTERIZED AS NEW HOMEOWNERS. AS I MENTIONED TO TESTIMONY LAST WEEK, I'VE LIVED IN PARAMIN FOR 19 YEARS, ALONG WITH MY WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS. THAT'S TOTAL OF 76 YEARS COMPARED TO THE SMALL NUMBER OF HOURS [00:50:01] THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS SPENT THE PYRAMID AND MY FAMILY. AND I WILL STILL BE IN PYRAMID AFTER THE DISASTROUS PROJECT HAS SPOILED THE COMMUNITY WITH CONGESTION, AIR POLLUTION, NOISE, AND DISRUPTION. SECOND, THE MISSILES ARE NOT BEING PREVENTED FROM SELLING THEIR PROPERTY. THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE INTACT, AND ME AND MY NEIGHBORS UNDERSTAND PERFECTLY THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DISPOSE OF THEIR PROPERTY. AS THEY WISH WHEN A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WAS PROPOSED FOR THE FARM AROUND 2007, MY PYRAMID NEIGHBORS AND I HAD RESPECTFUL MEETINGS WITH THE DEVELOPER I WASN'T AT COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND A BALL CAP OR CARRYING A PROTEST SANIBEL AIR OR LEAF LETTING NEIGHBORHOODS AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS. THE DIFFERENCE IS WHAT WAS PROPOSED AT THAT TIME WAS NOT OUTRAGEOUS, UNFAIR, AND WRONG. LIKE THE CURRENT WAREHOUSES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, THE MEGA WAREHOUSES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED JUST AS THE MITCHELL'S ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS, THEIR NEIGHBORS, AND PERIMAN WANT THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS RESPECTED. I LIVE IN ONE OF THE 400 HOUSES THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHATEVER ENDS UP ON THE MITCHELL FARM. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A HALF MILE LONG WAREHOUSE THAT IS PROPOSED SURROUNDED BY FOUR OTHER MEGA WAREHOUSES CHAPTER 2, 6, 7 OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE. THE ZONING CODE. THIS WAS POSTED TO PROTECT PROPERTY RIGHTS BY IDENTIFYING THE PERMITTED USES OF PROPERTY FOR THE VARIOUS TYPES OF ZONING. OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING IS WRONG. IF A HALF MILE LONG BUILDING WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF EXISTING HOMES. THAT IS WHY WE NEED A MORATORIUM TO ARRIVE AT PROPER DEFINITIONS FOR WHAT THINGS LIKE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FREIGHT TERMINAL AND WAREHOUSE MEAN. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE ZONING CODE TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROMMEL CRAB CRABTREE 8 0 1 CEDAR LANE, BEL AIR. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL, PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, UH, SIGNS PART THREE, UNBELIEVABLE. UH, PART ONE WAS SIGNS IN PUBLIC, RIGHT OF WAYS PLACED ILLEGALLY. THERE ARE MORE NOW THAN THERE WERE WHEN I STARTED AND IT'S GETTING WORSE. UH, THAT BEING SAID THERE'S SOME OF YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, MAN. THE COOPERATION HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SIGNS THAT WERE MISTAKENLY PLACED ILLEGALLY WERE IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. AND SOME OF YOU NEVER EVEN HAD TO MOVE ANY. THAT'S AN EVEN BETTER JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE MAKING IT WORSE, I MEAN, I, I JUST CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR BRAIN IS. GET YOUR SIGNS OUT. IT'LL RIGHT AWAY, PLEASE. OKAY. PART TWO IS EVEN MORE AMAZING. I THOUGHT I HAD SIGNS ON PUBLIC ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN I'D EVEN BOTHER THIS. THE PEOPLE THAT OWN IT. IF IT'S OKAY TO PUT A SIGN THERE, THAT'S THEFT. OKAY. THAT'S PRETTY BAD. PART THREE IS EVEN MORE INTERESTING IF NOT QUITE AS AMAZING. AND THAT IS WHILE GOING DOOR TO DOOR. I'M FINDING BUSINESSES WHERE THE OWNERS GAVE PERMISSION TO PUT THE SIGN. AND THEN THE CANDIDATE WENT OUT FRONT AND STUCK THE SIGN IN STATE RIGHT AWAY. THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU GOT PERMISSION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT YOU DIDN'T PUT THE SIGN. WHEN I PERSON'S PROPERTY. YOU PUT IT IN A STATE RIGHT AWAY, ILLEGALLY AND LEFT IT THERE. AND THERE'S STILL A BUNCH OF THOSE OUT THERE. AND WE NEED YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND POLICE YOUR SIGNS. GET IT RIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO BE A LAW MAKER, YOU CAN'T BE A LAW BREAKER. I MEAN, YOU WANT US TO ABATE LAWS, YOU, RIGHT? THIS IS BLACK LETTER LAW. IF YOU CAN'T OBEY IT, GET OUT AND I'M EATING. IF YOU CAN'T OBEY THE LAW, YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE HERE. YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE IN ANNAPOLIS. YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE IN ANY POWER OVER THE REST OF US AT ALL, PERIOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. WITH MCQUAIG FOLLOWED BY JEAN SIMMERS. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS WHIT MCQUAIG. I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR CHESAPEAKE REAL ESTATE GROUP TO DATE. WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY OF THIS PROJECT, WE'VE REFERRED PRIMARILY TO THOSE THAT LIVE ADJACENT AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MITCHELL FARM PROPERTY. TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOME PEOPLE HOLDING UP SIGNS AS YOU CAME IN. THEY'RE HARD TO MISS. THEY'VE GOT HIGH VISIBILITY WORK WHERE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND THEY'RE PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. THEY SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. THE PEOPLE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MIGHT NOT LIVE NEXT TO THE PROJECT. THEY WILL NONETHELESS BE EFFECTED BY IT. SAY CONTRACTORS, CONCRETE AND STEEL WORKERS, ENGINEERS, LABORERS, LANDSCAPERS, [00:55:01] MATERIAL, MANUFACTURER WORKERS, FACILITY, STAFF, AND MANY, MANY OTHER PLAYERS IN THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WILL BE EFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT. THESE PROJECTS ARE HOW THESE PEOPLE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY FEED THEIR FAMILIES. THEY PUT CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS. THEY MAKE UP THE HARDWORKING COMMUNITIES THAT THIS COUNTY IS KNOWN FOR. OUR GROUP HAS BEEN A DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF WORK FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. FOR DECADES. WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OUR ROLE, AND WE ARE PROUD TO STAND UP WITH THOSE WHO WE WORK WITH. OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS DIVERSE. OUR PROJECTS, EMPLOYEE AND SUPPORT A WORKFORCE AND SMALL BUSINESSES FROM DIVERSE RACIAL, SOCIOECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS. WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH WOMEN VETERAN AND MINOR MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND WORKERS. IT'S OUR HONOR TO BE PROVIDING GOOD PAYING JOBS FOR FOLKS WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET A COLLEGE DEGREE WHERE I'VE HAD A HARD TIME FINDING WORK TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. I'M ON CONSTRUCTION SITES EVERY DAY. I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT WERE OUTSIDE. I'M FRIENDS WITH THEM. I CONSIDER THEM MY TEAMMATES. YOU ALL MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THAT. AND THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. I'M NOT HERE TO CONVINCE YOU WHAT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IS THAT WE PROVIDE THOUSANDS OF JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON THESE PROJECTS. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE, REAL THAT LIVE IN COMMUNITIES. THIS COUNCIL REPRESENTS TOGETHER. WE BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PUTS THE PACKAGES ON YOUR DOORSTEPS, PUTS JOBS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND TAX MONEY INTO THE BUDGET TO MAKE THE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS. THAT BENEFIT ALL RESIDENTS OF HARTFORD COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. UM, I'VE ALWAYS, UH, GENE SUMMERS, 3 24 CHOP ACROSS THE WAY IN JAVA. I VOICED MY OPPOSITE OPPOSITION TO ABINGTON AND THE PARAMIN PROJECT BASICALLY BECAUSE I WERE 37 YEAR TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. AND I SAID, BOTH PROJECTS ARE SEVERELY FRAUD AND SEVERE HAVE SEVERE TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES. AND I'M DIGGING INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN GETTING FACEBOOK ADS FROM A GROUP CALLED PARAMIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THEY VERY GOOD ADS. WHOEVER PUT THEM TOGETHER REALLY WERE VERY GOOD AT IT. UM, AND THEN YESTERDAY IN THE MAIL, MY WIFE BRINGS IN FROM THE MAILBOX, A REALLY NICE MAILER. OH, IT'S REALLY GOOD. UM, PERRY MEN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. SO I ASKED HER, I LOOKED AT IT AND I KNEW WHAT IT WAS. I ASKED HER, I SAID, WHO DO YOU THINK SENT THIS? AND MY WIFE WHO ABSOLUTELY KNOWS LESS ABOUT POLITICS THAN SHE DOES. BASEBALL SAID, OH, I THINK THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN PAIRING MEN WHO MUST WANT THAT PROJECT. SO WITH A BIG GRIN ON MY FACE, I WENT ON TO GOOGLE AND I GOOGLED THE PERRIMAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 1343, ASHTON ROAD, SUITE B. HM. TURNS OUT THE CHESAPEAKE REAL ESTATE GROUP IS LOCATED AT 1343, ASHTON ROADS. NOW WHY WOULD THE CHESAPEAKE REAL ESTATE GROUP, HALF THE HIDE THAT THEY WERE SENDING OUT THE FACEBOOK ADS AND THIS, WHY WOULDN'T THEY JUST OWN UP PEOPLE PROUD OF THEIR WORK AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT NO, THEY SEND THIS OUT UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE'S SO MANY FALLACIES IN THIS REPORT AS WELL. SO I WANT TO KNOW WHY DID THE CHESAPEAKE RE A REAL ESTATE GROUP? WHY ARE THEY TELLING US THAT THIS IS GOOD FOR US? SO I WENT IN ON THE REDFIN. THE REASON THEY DON'T CARE IS BECAUSE THE TOP THREE PEOPLE, ONES HERE TONIGHT LIVE IN PROPERTIES, ALMOST WORTH $6 MILLION WHERE THEY LIVE ARE THE HEAD OF THE MR. WRIGHT HOUSE OR LIVES IN A $3.80 MANSION, SOMEWHERE DOWN. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE ADDRESS AND WITH THE UNPROFESSIONAL. SO THEY LIVE IN MANSIONS. THEY LIVE IN BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS, BUT THEY TELL US WE'RE OKAY WITH A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. I CHECKED NONE OF THEY, NONE OF THOSE GENTLEMEN LIVED NEXT TO A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AS FAR AS PERRIMAN IS CONCERNED. THIS IS JUST, THIS IS THE PROBLEMS THERE IS. AND I DIDN'T HIT ON IT. LAST TIME WE ARE LOOKING AT AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS, THEY'RE ON THE ROAD TODAY. I MEAN, THIS ISN'T SOME WISH STREAM. SO THE PEOPLE LIVE IN PARAMOUNT. THE PEOPLE LIVE IN ADDINGTON THINK ABOUT [01:00:01] TRACTOR TRAILERS, BOX TRUCKS AT THREE, FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. AND AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC ISSUE IS CONCERNED, IT'S REALLY DISINGENUOUS TO SAY, THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. I THINK YOU SAYING THAT IS A VERY DISHONEST AND UNDER REPRESENTED. SO SIMILAR AS YOUR TIME IS UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. HOLLY MCCOMAS FOLLOWED BY SANDRA HERTRICH. HERTRICH. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. HOLLY MCCOMAS, 1826 PARK BEACH DRIVE. PARAMIN THE 17 HUNDREDS. THAT'S WHEN MY FAMILY ARRIVED FROM SCOTLAND, HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, RIGHT UP THE BUSH RIVER. MY DISTANT COUSIN, JAMES MCCOMAS AT AGE 40 WAS ONE OF THE SIGNERS OF THE BUSH DECLARATION. THAT WAS ON MARCH 22ND, 19, SORRY, 1775. HE DIED IN 1791 AT THE AGE OF 56. MY FAMILY HAS CARED ABOUT THIS COUNTY SINCE THE 17 HUNDREDS. WE'VE CARED ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR LAND, OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR ROADS, WHICH WERE MUCH DIFFERENT BACK THEN. BUT WE CARED ABOUT THEM. I'M VERY INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY. I HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY AND HOPEFULLY A FAMILY FUTURE HERE. OUR CONCERN FOR THIS PROJECT IS NOT OUT OF ILL WILL OR MEANNESS. THAT IS NOT US. WE ARE VOICING OUR CONCERNS USING THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY ARE ACCUSTOMED TO. THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE OF PARAMIN. PEOPLE OF PARAMIN ARE PART OF HARFORD COUNTY AS WELL. I DRIVE ON OUR ROADS AND I WAS COMING FROM FOREST HILL EARLIER THIS WEEK AND I WAS BEAUTIFULLY PAVED ROAD, THE WHOLE ROAD PAVED, AND I WAS DRIVING HOME. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND I'M DRIVING DOWN OUR ROADS THAT HAVE PATCHES OF ASPHALT IN PLACES THAT I DIDN'T EVEN THINK NEEDED FOR PEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SECTION OF OUR ROAD THAT IS ALWAYS IN NEED OF REPAIR, AND IT'S GOT A CUT OUT AROUND IT, BUT IT JUST SITS THERE. OUR ROADS NEED IMPROVEMENT. THE PROJECTS, THE WAREHOUSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT IN THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ROAD PROJECTS. THEN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DONE. WE'RE STRUGGLING. PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE US MORE TIME TO PASS THIS MORATORIUM. JUST TO GIVE US TIME TO STUDY CORRECTLY. WHAT'S GOING ON IN PARAMIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN, SANDRA HERRICK, 1900 PERRIMAN ROAD ABERDEEN. ONE DAY I'D BEEN OUT ALL DAY AND I WENT HOME AFTER THE MEETING HERE THAT I HAD ENJOYED THAT EVENING. MY DAUGHTER SAYS MOM, THEY'D GLASSMAN WAS ON OUR PORCH TODAY. I WANT TO EXCUSE ME. WHAT, WHAT DID HE NEED? HE WANTED TO KNOW IF HE COULD GO HIGH. IT WAS EITHER DEAR OR TURKEYS ON THE BACK OF OUR PROPERTY. AND I SAID, WELL, YOU EXPECT SHE'S A MOM. I TOLD HIM RIGHT AWAY, IT'S WETLANDS BACK THERE. YOU CAN'T GO BACK THERE. I SAID, NO, ISN'T IT IRONIC THAT HE WANTS TO HUNT TURKEYS OR DEER IN PERRIMAN WHERE HE JUST CANNOT WAIT TO PAVE ALL OF OUR LAND, ERADICATE ALL THE DEER AND TURKEYS AND THE REST OF THE WILDLIFE. SO NO ONE COULD EVER POSSIBLY HUNT HERE. AGAIN. I SAID, LOOK AT THE 48 ACRES ACROSS THE STREET. IT USED TO BE BEAUTIFUL. WE HAD DEER AND TURKEYS THERE AND NOW WE'RE 149 FEET FROM MY FRONT DOOR. I HAVE A DROP AND HOOK LOGISTICS BUILDING. LUCKY ME, [01:05:02] NO DEER, NO ANIMALS AT ALL OVER THERE. JUST LOTS OF NOISE, LOTS OF TRAFFIC, LOTS OF EMPTY CONTAINERS. AND I KEEP GETTING TOLD HOW WONDERFUL IT IS AND HOW GOOD IS. AND I GOT ONE OF THOSE FLYERS IN THE MAIL TELLING ME WHAT A GREAT IMPROVEMENT I HAVE TROUBLE NOTICING THE IMPROVEMENT IN MY FRONT YARD. I DON'T KNOW MAYBE IT'S ME, BUT I HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT UNLESS YOU'D LIKE IT IN YOUR FRONT YARD. IT'S NOT THAT GREAT AN IMPROVEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MA'AM DAGMAR SACKS FOLLOWED BY RON STU CHESKY NAVY, MAN. HOW IS YOUR WIFE DOING BY THE WAY? SHE'S DOING MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU. DAGMAR SAKS, 1808 PARK BEACH DRIVE PYRAMID TO THE FELLOW RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF HARFORD COUNTY. YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED THE RECENT BARRAGE OF MISINFORMATION VIA TEXT AND SNAIL MAIL THAT YOU'VE BEEN SUBJECTED TO BY THE PYRAMID IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THE COVER FOR THE CHESAPEAKE REAL ESTATE GROUP, THIS DEVELOPER FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY IS VOICING OPPOSITION TO BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3. IN REGARDS TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE MITCHELL FARM. THESE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE OVER 7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF CONCRETE METAL AND ASPHALT ON WATERFRONT PROPERTY. THAT IN WHAT HAS BEEN A FARMING AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ON THE BUSH RIVER FOR OVER A CENTURY, THESE DEVELOPERS ARE HIDING BEHIND OUTDATED COUNTY PLANS. 20 YEAR OLD IMPACT STUDIES. THEY GET ZONING CODES AND BLATANTLY FALSE STATEMENTS TO MISLEAD THE PUBLIC AND FILL THEIR WALLETS. AT OUR EXPENSE, THEY CALL THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR WETLANDS AND BALD EAGLES, NESS IMPROVEMENTS. THEY DON'T CARE. THEY DON'T LIVE HERE. THEIR PROJECT WOULD PAVE OVER THE AQUIFER THAT CONTAINS 30% OF HARTFORD. COUNTY'S WATER SUPPLY. YES, THAT'S OUR DRINKING WATER, BUT THEY DON'T CARE. THEY DON'T LIVE HERE TO DATE. NO INDEPENDENT COUNTY OR STATE COMMISSION STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE THAT SUCH DEVELOPMENT WOULD WRECK ON OUR FRAGILE CHESAPEAKE WATERSHED. BUT AGAIN, THE DEVELOPERS DON'T CARE. THEY DON'T LIVE HERE. WHAT THESE DEVELOPERS FAIL TO MENTION IS THAT UPDATED STUDIES, WHICH WOULD BE PERFORMED DURING THE 150 DAY MORATORIUM PROVIDED BY BILL 22 DASH ZERO THREE WERE ALSO EXPOSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THAT THE PAST 20 YEARS OF UNCHECKED AND UNCHALLENGED DEVELOPMENT HAS ALREADY CAUSED TO THE PYRAMID PENINSULA. GOD FORBID THAT SOME OF US RESIDENTS SHOULD RE EXECUTE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY QUESTIONING THE SO-CALLED PYRAMID IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. OKAY. WE DO CARE. WE LIVE HERE TO ALL OF OUR FELLOW HARTFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS, INCLUDING OUR COUNTY COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE BARRY GLASSMAN. LET ME ASK YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU WITHOUT QUESTION SUPPORT THE EQUIVALENT OF THREE M AND T STADIUMS ON ROUTE 1 65 IN NORTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY. WOULD YOU WITHOUT QUESTION, EXCEPT 2018 WHEELERS PER WEEK ON JARRETTSVILLE ROAD OR GR SEVILLE PIKE. THAT'S ONE SEMI-TRUCK POD MINUTE ON A NARROW WINDING COUNTRY ROAD DURING THE SINGLE SCHOOL DAY. IMAGINE ALL THOSE TRUCKS ON MOUNTAIN ROAD DURING YOUR DAILY COMMUTE, WOULD YOU WITHOUT QUESTION APPROVE THE POLLUTION WITH NOISE, SAFETY, HAZARDS, AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT IT WOULD BRING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE EFFECTS ON YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY OR YOUR CHILDREN'S. IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN DON'T FORCE IT ON PARENTING, THEN WHY SHOULD IT, WHY SHOULDN'T ANY OF US QUESTIONED THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF PAINTING OVER 30% OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY'S WATER SOURCE? THINK ABOUT IT. NEARLY ONE THIRD OF THE COUNTY MIGHT GO WITHOUT HAVING SAFE DRINKING WATER, WHICH 30% OF US SHOULD BE FORCED TO GIVE UP SAFE WATER. PLEASE TELL ME, BUT THE DEVELOPERS DON'T CARE. THEY DON'T LIVE HERE. OKAY. WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO APPROVE A MODEST PERIOD TO STAY THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF THIS ERA OF VOCABLE CHANGE. PLEASE APPROVE BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3. THANK YOU. ANGIE LANE. JUST WANT TO CHECK SOMETHING REAL QUICK, RON. THIS IS WHY FRONZ IS WHY I WAS LATE TO THE TRUCK. THREE 19 MARINA AVENUE, NEWER WATERFRONT HOMEOWNER ABERDEEN HARFORD COUNTY RESIDENT 51 YEARS MIGHT WANT TO [01:10:01] UPDATE YOUR MAILINGS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION. I KNOW YOU MISSED ME LAST WEEK AND I MISSED YOU GUYS, BUT I WATCHED EVERYTHING AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL AGAIN, TAKING TIME TO HEAR US AND EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED. I'M KIND OF STUCK TONIGHT ON WHAT TO SAY. I'VE REPEATEDLY TOLD YOU GUYS ABOUT OUR WATER SITUATION. DAGMAR SUMMED IT ALL UP AND HER SPEECH. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, AND TO STUDY 22 YEARS AGO THAT WE HAD BY DAVID DRUMMOND AND MR. RICHARD JOHNSON, WHAT ARE FROM SEVERAL OF THESE WELLS WAS CONTAMINATED. THEY HAD NITRATE CONCENTRATES, EXCEEDING EPA, MAXIMUM CONTAMINATION LEVEL FOR DRINKING WATER. AND IN 1992. NOW THIS IS FROM TWO RAUL'S SHOWED IT EXCESSIVE CONCENTRATE OF CHARCOAL WITHIN THAT ALSO EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINATION LEVELS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY FERTILIZER, DISCHARGED FROM ONSITE SEPTIC POSSIBLE SOURCES OF NITRATE, MILITARY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SOURCES OF TCE, THE LAND SURFACE AREA. THEY WERE, THEY SAID THAT PROVIDES RECHARGED TO A WELLS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO RESOURCE MANAGERS, BECAUSE ANY CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE SPILLED OR RELEASED IN THAT AREA MIGHT EVENTUALLY MIGRATE INTO THE WELLS. THESE GROUPS TRIBUTING AREAS MUST BE PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION OR DONORS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR CONTAMINATION OF THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. AGAIN, THIS WAS 22 YEARS AGO BEFORE THERE WAS ALREADY 10 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE HAS PUT IN OUR PENINSULA. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHILE I HAVE A MINUTE, A FEW MISREPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY OTHER GROUPS, FICTIONS SHUTTING DOWN BUSINESSES. IN FACT, WE SUPPORT ALL BUSINESSES, SMART AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ONES FICTION, VIOLATING PROPERTY RIGHTS. SO WE SUPPORT ALL PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING OUR OWN. WE HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS AS WELL. FICTION PROJECTS STARTED BY MARYLANDERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT THAT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE STATE. THEY LOVE IN FACT STARTED BY OUT OF TOWN. DEVELOPERS NOT WANTED IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND STATE WITHOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR PENINSULA AND DESTRUCTION OVER OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. IF THEY LOVE THIS PROJECT SO MUCH, WHY NOT LOVE IT IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD FICTION? WHAT? TO STOP ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION ON PENINSULA. THE FACT WE WANT TO STOP YOUR 5.2 MEGA MILLION WAREHOUSE SQUARE FOOT PROJECT, WHATEVER IT IS WE WANT TO STOP YOUR DESTRUCTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, YOUR CONTAMINATION OF THE DRINKING WATER FOR 90,000 RESIDENTS, YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CONSTRUCTION THAT IS NOT COMMITTED IN ALLYSA AND PENINSULA THAT WE LIVE IN AND LOVE, WHICH COULD MEAN WE FAIL TO PUT THE ALLY IN YOUR EDS. FINALLY, FRICTION, A SMALL GROUP OF WATERFRONT HOMEOWNERS IS TRYING TO STOP THE PROJECT FACT. OUR ENTIRE PENINSULA IS TRYING TO STOP IT. AS WELL AS HARTFORD COUNTY, WE HAVE 1100 FACEBOOK MEMBERS. YOU HAVE 13, WE HAVE 1800 SIGNATURES ON A PETITION. YOU HAVE A ZERO. WE HAVE 943 SUBMISSIONS TO OUR COUNCIL. WE'RE POSTING PROJECTS AND SUPPORTING THIS MORATORIUM. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR MORATORIUM. THANK YOU. ANGIE LANE FOLLOWED BY STACY STONE. GOOD EVENING, ANDREW LANE. MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. I AGREE THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IMPAIRMENT WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL JOBS. HOWEVER, I CHALLENGED THIS BEING A BENEFIT TO HARFORD COUNTY. IF YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE 1000 PEOPLE IN HARFORD COUNTY LIVING WITHOUT OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE SEND THEM MY WAY. I'VE BEEN AN HR DIRECTOR FOR OVER 15 YEARS IN SOUTHERN, IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTY. MY PLANT AND BELL CAMP IN AN APPROPRIATELY GIA ZONED AREA IS JUST UNDER 200,000 SQUARE FEET. WE HAVE 300 EMPLOYEES OVER THREE SHIFTS. MY BUILDING IS 20 TO 26 TIMES SMALLER THAN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OUT OF MY 300 EMPLOYEES. ONLY 56% RESIDE IN HARTFORD COUNTY. 44%. THE MAJORITY OF THEM COME FROM BALTIMORE. I HAVE 32 OPEN POSITIONS THAT I'M STRUGGLING TO FILL. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME LABOR SHORTAGES. WE ALL SHARE THE SAME LABOR POOL OF EMPLOYEES, AND THEY QUICKLY GO ACROSS THE STREET FOR AN EXTRA 25 CENTS. HOW MUCH MORE WAGE INCREASES CAN BE TOLERATED BEFORE BUSINESSES ARE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PRODUCE. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL, IF THIS DEVELOPMENT GOES THROUGH AND 1000 NEW AND EXCITING JOBS ARE CREATED, WHAT HELP IS PLANNED FOR THE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT WILL LOSE 1000 CURRENT EMPLOYEES? WHAT AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE, OR RATHER TAXPAYER DOLLARS [01:15:01] WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE COMPANIES WHO WILL BE KILLED DUE TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, OR EVEN A BETTER QUESTION. WHAT IF BUSINESSES AND GROWTH, I'M SORRY, OR EVEN A BETTER QUESTION OF BUSINESSES AND GROWTH ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNTY. WHAT IS BEING DONE NOW TO HELP FILL LOCAL JOBS? WHY ISN'T THERE AS MUCH PROACTIVE ACTION TOWARDS WHAT EXISTS TODAY IN THE COUNTY, AS THERE IS IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE HARDSHIPS FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES BY INCREASING COMPETITION FOR LABOR, THERE IS ALREADY PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN HARTFORD COUNTY. STOPPING THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT KILL JOBS. IT WILL PROTECT EXISTING BUSINESSES AND PROVIDE A FAIR LABOR MARKET. I AGREE THAT HARFORD COUNTY SHOULD SUPPORT BUSINESSES. PLEASE CONSIDER THOSE THAT CURRENTLY EXIST AND HOW YOUR DECISIONS MAY IMPACT THEIR OPERATIONS. THANK YOU. MA'AM DO YOU REMEMBER IN ENDING GENTLEMEN, STACY STONE, 2106 PARK BEACH DRIVE TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO GET PERSONAL ABOUT MYSELF. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AT LEAST ONE STORY IN DETAIL OF WHO RESIDES ON THE PYRAMID PENINSULA. 54 YEARS AGO, I WAS BORN TO AN UNWED MOTHER, A FATHER FROM A PROMINENT FAMILY WHO DIDN'T WANT CHILDREN AND ABANDONED ME BEFORE I WAS BORN. I WAS RAISED WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, UM, THE VIOLENCE IN THE HOME, UM, BUT BY A LOVING MOTHER AND SOME WONDERFUL GRANDPARENTS, MY MOTHER MARRIED MY STEPFATHER WHEN I TURNED 18, THAT WAS THE LOSS OF MY FINANCIAL MONEY-BASED FINANCIAL AID. I STRUGGLED PUT MYSELF THROUGH COLLEGE, GOT A MASTER'S DEGREE, ALL WHY HAVING TWO CHILDREN, I HAVE TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN. MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER IS GOING TO COLLEGE FOR FORENSICS. MY SON IT'S ABOUT TO TURN 26 AND COME OFF MY HEALTH INSURANCE. HE'S BEEN SUFFERING WITH LYME DISEASE SINCE HE WAS EIGHT. MY HOME, ALL THE SPLITTED, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT I PUT INTO BUILDING THAT HOME AS A SINGLE MOTHER, MYSELF, IS BEING THREATENED. THE VALUE OF THAT HOME IS BEING THREATENED. A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, $200,000 MIGHT NOT MEAN MUCH TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT FOR THE LONG-TERM SECURITY OF MY SON, THE PLAN IS TO SELL MY HOME WHEN I DIE. SO HE CAN AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF. THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE IS PARTIALLY DISABLED THAT WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD OR NEVER BE ABLE TO WORK FULL TIME AND SUPPORT HIMSELF. SO MY SOB STORY IS I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN SO THAT MY CHILD CAN LIVE OUT THE REST OF HIS DAYS WITHOUT HAVING TO RELY ON A SOCIAL NET THAT REALLY ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A PERSON. SO MY PERSONAL STORY, IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME THAT MY PROPERTY VALUES DO NOT GO DOWN. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS MORATORIUM SO WE CAN PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT THE MITCHELLS CAN MAKE MONEY OFF OF, BUT DOES NOT DRIVE MY PROPERTY VALUES DOWN BY 25%. THANK YOU, JILLIAN MILLER FOLLOWED BY MELINDA MAGUIRE. GOOD EVENING. MA'AM I'M SURE. GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN. UM, APRIL IS NATIONAL KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL MONTH. SO I'M GOING TO GET ON THE TEAL TRAIN A LITTLE BIT. IT REALLY MAKES ME THINK ABOUT THIS ONGOING DISPUTE TO BUILD ANOTHER LARGE WAREHOUSE IN THE PYRAMID AREA. I WAS THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED TO SEE THE LINE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THOUGH. I'M SURE THEY WERE WELL-PAID WITH ANTI MORATORIUM SIGNS OUTSIDE THIS EVENING. I'M SURE NOT ONE OF THEM LIVES IN PARAMIN AND NOT ONE ONCE A LARGE WAREHOUSE IN THE AREA WHERE THEY LIVE. I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY NEEDS A JOB, BUT I'VE WATCHED CONSTRUCTION ON 95 FOR 21 YEARS WHILE LIVING IN HARTFORD COUNTY. SO WORK IS MORE THAN AVAILABLE TO THE DEVELOPERS. I JUST PRAY FOR YOUR CONSCIENCE BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD IS MY TEMPORARY JOB IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR PERMANENT HOME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BEULAH FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW BILL THAT HAS PASSED IN REGARDS TO HEIGHT MONITORING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PYRAMID PENINSULA GET SOME SORT OF MONEY IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET FOR BEAUTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT. ON ANOTHER NOTE, I'M HERE AGAIN, TO REQUEST FOR YOU ALL, TO OFFER SOME SORT OF TOWN HALL WHERE WE CAN HAVE RESPECTFUL INTERACTIONS AND GET ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS THOUGH. I APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO COME HERE AND VOICE MY OPINION. A ONE-SIDED CONVERSATION IS NOT TRULY A CONVERSATION. WHAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR IS THAT WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF PHOTO OPS AND [01:20:01] GRAND OPENINGS, WHERE YOU ALL CAN COME IN AND SPEAK WITH THE CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE NOT POLITICALLY AWARE OR HAVE QUESTIONS, YOUR INTERACTIONS MATTER. WE HAVE HEARD YOU ALL SAY THAT YOU HEAR US, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ACTION. A COUNCIL MEMBER'S JOB DESCRIPTION INCLUDES ENACTING PUBLIC LAWS AND HEALTH AND SAFETY. THIS WAREHOUSE SITUATION IS A HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERN, NOT JUST FOR PARAMIN RESIDENTS, BUT FOR ALL OF US WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY ENJOY A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP IN CASE YOU FORGOT. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA PEOPLE THAT NEED JOBS, EVEN THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, I'VE, UH, I'VE INTERVIEWED 35 PEOPLE IN THE LAST MONTH AND I HAVE NOT HIRED ONE. I HAVE 17 OPENINGS. THANKS. GOTCHA. GOOD EVENING, MAN. GOOD EVENING. MELINDA MAGUIRE, PERRIMAN, MARYLAND. UM, FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT I REPRESENT FIVE PARCELS OF PROPERTY, MY FAMILY AND MYSELF, THAT EXTENDED FAMILY HAVE, UM, PROPERTY DOWN IN PERRIMAN. UM, SOME OF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY SINCE WORLD WAR TWO. SO THERE ARE OWNERS WE'VE BEEN DOWN THERE SINCE ALMOST 80 YEARS, NOT MYSELF, BUT UM, FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE IN PROPERTY ACTUALLY IN PERRIMAN AND SOME OF THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE MITCHELL PROPERTY. UM, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN THAT, UM, MR. GLASSMAN DISCUSSED BACK IN 2001, UM, IT WAS SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2001, THE BALTIMORE SUN REPORTED ON THE PERRY MEN AND HOW THE WAREHOUSES WERE BEING BUILT AND WHATEVER, UM, THE PROBLEMS THAT WE WERE HAVING AT THE TIME. I'D LIKE TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO 2001 AND READ THIS TO YOU HERE IN LIES THE PARAMIN PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTY, STATE AND COMMUNITY. THE STATE CAN'T AFFORD THE ROADS, WHICH WOULD COST AT LEAST 150 MILLION THAT WAS OVER 20 YEARS AGO TO ACCOMMODATE THE SCALE OF GROWTH. THE RESIDENTS AND COUNTY PLANNERS AGREE. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THE LAND LOST UNDER THE CRUSH OF TRACTOR TRAILERS AND SUPERSIZE WAREHOUSES. THIS IS OVER 20 YEARS AGO, THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS WORK TOGETHER LAST FALL ON A PARADIGM AND TRANSPORTATION STUDY. WHAT THEY FOUND SAID DON HOG, AGAIN OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WERE SOME SOLUTIONS THAT WERE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR US TO COMMIT TO. AND FRED WARD WENT ON TO SAY, WE ARE JUST PART OF THE PROCESS. AND, AND THAT WAS BETTY PIERCE'S, UM, BROTHER FREDERICK MITCHELL, AND HE WAS 68 AT THE TIME. SO TURN A YEAR, 20 YEARS LATER, I GUESS FRED'S 88. UM, WE'RE TO DO WHAT'S PROPER. OUR INTENT IS PERRIMAN WILL BE A NICE PLACE TO LIVE. NOW, 20 YEARS AGO, WE HAVE 20 YEARS FORWARD. HERE WE ARE. UH, I DON'T SEE ANY ROADS IMPROVED. I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE A LONG TIME. AND APPARENTLY THE STUDIES SOMEHOW MAGICALLY, THEY GOT FIXED. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED, BUT, UM, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE FLYER THAT CAME OUT. I'M A RESIDENT AND LANDOWNER IN PERRIMAN. WHAT THE CRAIG COMPANY DEVELOPERS PUT OUT SAID THAT WE WERE BULLYING YOU GUYS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A DEMOCRACY. AND I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD A RIGHT TO EXPRESS OURSELVES AND LET YOU KNOW OUR CONCERNS. BUT APPARENTLY ACCORDING TO THE PERRY MAN PROJECT, THAT THE CRAIG'S, UM, DEVELOPER PUT OUT THERE SAYING, WE'RE BULLYING YOU GUYS. AND THAT'S NOT OUR INTENT. OUR INTENT IS TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY THAT WE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR. I KNOW WE'RE NOT A MILLIONAIRES AND FRED WAR, FRED MITCHELL, PLEASE BRING YOUR COMMENTS TO A CLOSE. PLEASE VOTE. YES. GIVE US SOME TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM LAURA ANDERSON FOLLOWED BY EMMA PELLER CORRECTION. LAUREN ANDERSON ADDRESS IS 31 11 HUNTER MILL ROAD, WHITEHALL, MARYLAND JOBS, PART OF THE DEVELOPER. SO NOT MY ESTIMATION. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 1000 PLUS JOBS, LITTLE VAGUE, BUT EVEN SO YES, AT A QUICK GLANCE, 1000 [01:25:01] JOBS SOUND GREAT, RIGHT? BUT WITH THE DEVELOPER, SO STRATEGICALLY LEFT OUT IN THEIR FLYER WAS THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT. 5.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. SO QUICK. SO OKAY. NOT SO HARD. MATH DIVIDE, 5.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET BY A THOUSAND JOBS. AND THAT'S ONE JOB PER 5,200 SQUARE FEET. WHAT IS THE SIZE OF YOUR HOUSE? AND DON'T INCLUDE THE LEVELS OF YOUR HOUSE, JUST THE PARAMETER, THE FOOTPRINT OF YOUR HOUSE. HOW MANY OF YOUR HOUSES AND PEOPLE LIVING UNDER YOUR ROOF CAN FIT INTO 5,200 SQUARE FEET TO FURTHER PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE. THE ABINGDON WEGMANS GROCERY STORE IS 122,000 SQUARE FEET. YOU CAN QUITE LITERALLY FIT 42.62 WEGMANS IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION CENTER. THAT'S 42 WEGMANS. THE ABINGDON WEGMAN HAS A, UH, PROVIDES 170 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, WHICH DOESN'T SOUND INITIALLY LIKE A LAB. BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE TWO AREAS, THE WEGMAN PROVIDES SEVEN TIMES MORE JOBS THAN THE PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE CENTER. UM, SO DOES 1000 JOBS PER 5.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET. SOUND GREAT. NOW FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, DOES IT SOUND LIKE A GREAT SELLING POINT BREATH WE'RE REWARD RATIO IS A PHRASE OFTEN USED IN ALL FACETS OF BUSINESS TO COMPARE, COMPARE THE POTENTIAL PROFIT OF A TRADE TO POTENTIAL LOSS IS THE RISK REWARD RATIO OF TRAINING 700 ACRES OF PERVIOUS AREA, WHICH OVERLAYS A PARCEL OF LAND PROVIDING DRINKING WATER TO UP TO 30% OF HARFORD COUNTY, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 90,000 RESIDENTS INTO IMPERVIOUS AREA WORTH. THE RISK IS IN AMBIGUOUS 1000 JOBS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CREATED YET. THAT'S JUST A NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN KILL JOBS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CREATED YET. UM, WORTH THE RISK OF POLLUTING 90,000 RESIDENTS, CLEAN DRINKING WATER. I RESPECT PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO YOU, YOU DO NOT OWN THE WATER. YOU DO NOT OWN THE AIR. LET'S PROVIDE JOBS, BUT LET'S DO IT IN SUCH THAT WE GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, LOW RISK AND HIGH BENEFITS. PLEASE VOTE FOR BILL 2203. HELLO, EMMA PILLAR. BEL-AIR. MY ADDRESS IS ON FILE. HELLO COUNCIL. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I LEFT MY TEAL HAT HOME, BUT I AM HERE TO ASK YOU AGAIN, TO VOTE, TO PASS BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3. MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT WHEN YOU RESORT TO NAME CALLING AND BULLYING, YOU'VE ALREADY LOST. IF THAT'S TRUE, THAT IS UNFORTUNATE FOR THE SO-CALLED PYRAMID IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND CHESAPEAKE REAL ESTATE GROUP TO THAT GROUP. THIS IS MY MESSAGE. SENDING TEXTS AND POSTCARDS TO INSTILL FEAR ABOUT A MORATORIUM THAT MANY CITIZENS SUPPORT IS NOT A GOOD LUCK. THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF DEVELOPERS DOING WHAT THEY WANT WITHOUT A CARE ABOUT US. THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY, THEY HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WE DO. MAYBE MORE RESOURCES AND MORE CONNECTIONS, BUT WE, THE PROTECT PYRAMID PENINSULA GROUP HAVE WHAT THEY DO, NOT PASSION AND THE SUPPORT OF THE CITIZENS WHO WILL BE AFFECTED. THIS IS WHY WE NEED YOU AS THE COUNCIL TO STAND FOR US, TO PUT PEOPLE OVER PROFITS, TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO LIVE HERE AND VOTE FOR YOU AND WHO YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT, NOT JUST THOSE WHO PAY. YOU ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT AN ARGUMENT. I'VE HEARD A LOT RECENTLY THAT THE AREA HAS BEEN ZONED THIS WAY FOR 25 YEARS OR THAT THE WATER WILL BE SAFE BASED ON THE 22 YEAR OLD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THOSE 22 PLUS YEARS, WHO WOULD HAVE SEEN THESE MEGA WAREHOUSE COMPLEXES WITH MILLIONS OF SQUARE FEET. THEN WHO CAN SAY THAT THE WATERSHED HAS NOT CHANGED IN THAT TIME, IF NOTHING WOULD HAVE CHANGED IN THOSE 22 PLUS YEARS, I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. 22 YEARS IS A LONG TIME. SO IT DESERVES A SECOND. LOOK, IT DESERVES TIME TO GET IT RIGHT. IT DESERVES A MORATORIUM. THAT IS WHY YOU MUST VOTE. YES. ON BILL 22 0 0 3. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM SHELLY MUSEUM FOLLOWED BY TERRY ANDERSON. DID HE MEAN, UM, BEFORE IT STARTED ON INTO US FOR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR OUR, OUR GOOD FRIENDS, GREG AND JANINE, THE CORE, UM, GREG [01:30:01] IS RECOVERING FROM AND BACK INJURY. AND ALSO NORIN GLEN DAUGHTER. AREN'T HERE. THEY USUALLY GREET US AS THE DOOR AND, UM, GLEN IS ALSO RECOVERING FROM AN INJURY. SO CERTAINLY KEEPING OUR, KEEPING THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. I LIVE AT 18, 12 PARK BEACH DRIVE, AND I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 24, VERY HAPPY YEARS. UM, I WROTE A POEM AND IT'S CALLED PROTECT PYRAMID ANOTHER TUESDAY NIGHT. AND HERE WE ARE FIGHTING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT AGAINST WHAT IS GONE TOO FAR TO SELL YOUR LAND IS A RIDE THAT SHOULD BE HOWEVER, THIS PLAN MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY TO LEAVE A LEGACY FOR THE BUSH RIVER FOR THE BAY, FOR THE ECOSYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LAST FIELD IS PAVED AND THE FINAL WELL UNUSED LAND WE SHOULD HAVE SAVED WILL BE SO-CALLED IMPROVED. LET'S USE COMMON SENSE. LET'S EXAMINE THE PLAN, A PROJECT. THIS IMMENSE IS SO CRAZY, MAN. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR HELPING HAND BECAUSE IT'S QUITE A TASK TO SAVE PRECIOUS. PARAMIN THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS, MR. PRICE. SORRY. GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. I'M NOT SAYING TERRY ANDERSON, 1638 PYRAMID ROAD FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS. MY COMMUTE TO WORK HAS TAKEN ME FROM PYRAMID TO ROUTE 40 ALL THE WAY DOWN, 5 43 TO FOREST HILL. THE 95 INTERCHANGE IN BELL CAMP HAS BECOME A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE. EVERY DAY I SEE CARS AND TRUCKS EXITING 95 BLOCKING ALL LANES OF TRAFFIC. AS THEY TRY TO GET OVER TO TURN LEFT ON ROUTE SEVEN. THIS AREA IS ALREADY BURDENED WITH MORE TRAFFIC THAN IT CAN HANDLE. ADD TO THAT, THAT NEW TOWNHOUSE COMPLEX, THE ROYAL FARM STORE AND THE MITCHELL PROJECT. AND YOU HAVE A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THIS INTERSECTION. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 14 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS THAT A CAR TRUCK CAN GO IN 14, WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR THE BUILD IT NOW INFRASTRUCTURE LATELY MENTALITY. HOW CAN THESE ROADS HANDLE ANY MORE TRAFFIC? THESE ISSUES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED NOW BEFORE ANY MORE BUILDING IS DONE, IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN THAT OUR GROUP IS ANTI-BUSINESS WELL, NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. MANY PEOPLE IN THIS GROUP OWN AND OPERATE THEIR BUSINESSES RIGHT HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY. WE ARE THE ONES WHO GO OUT TO EAT HERE, GO TO CHURCH HERE, GROCERY SHOP HERE, GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKETS. AND FIRST FRIDAYS WE HIKED THE TRAILS AND OUR PARKS KAYAK ON THE RIVERS AND CREEKS AND VOLUNTEER OUR TIME TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. THERE WAS JUST AN ARTICLE WRITTEN ABOUT THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT, STATING THAT IT WAS FOR THE WAREHOUSE WORKERS. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE PAY FOR THESE WAREHOUSE WORKERS? THESE WORKERS ARE MOSTLY PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF HARFORD COUNTY. THEY WORK THEIR SHIFTS AND RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES IN CECIL COUNTY, BALTIMORE COUNTY AND PENNSYLVANIA. THERE WAS ALSO A DISCUSSION ABOUT SEEING THINGS IN BLACK AND WHITE. YOU MISS TOO MUCH. IF YOU DO THAT, LIFE IS MEANT TO BE SEEN IN COLOR THE GREENS OF THE GRASS AND TREES, THE BLUES OF THE SKY, SHADES OF BROWN FROM A FAMILY OF DEER GRAZING IN THE FIELDS. AND MOST OF ALL, A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET. IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT WHEN FACED WITH THE TRUTH, WHICH PATH ONE MIGHT TAKE, SOME OF US HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD WHILE OTHERS HAVE CHOSEN THE LOW DON'T, LET BLACK AND WHITE BE THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE SEE NO MORE ASPHALT, NO MORE CONCRETE NUMBER TRUCKS AND NO MORE WAREHOUSES. THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS MR. WITH NO OTHER SPEAKERS. THIS MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.