[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING CHAIR CALLS THE ORDER.LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 22 DASH ZERO 15.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, ALL HANDS BOW, PLEASE.
LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, THANKING YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WILL DO.
NOW, LORD, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THE SICK AND SHUT-IN AND ALLOW US TO WORK IN YOUR IMAGE.
OR WE ASK YOU TO PUT YOUR HEDGE OF PROTECTION OVER THOSE WHO PROTECT US.
LET US NEVER FORGET THAT WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD.
LET US WORK TO THE BETTER AND NOT, AND NOT DIVIDED INCREASE RATHER THAN BE DIVISIVE.
LORD ALLOW US TO WORK FOR LOVE RATHER THAN HATE ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME.
[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATION]
MAY HAVE GENERAL CONSENT TO MOVE TO ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA AND RETURN BACK TO AGENDA FOR THEREAFTER.AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND NOMINATION EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HARTFORD CENTER.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, FOR THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF NICOLE BAKES AND CHRISTINE CLIMB TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HARTFORD CENTER.
THANK YOU, MR. BUELLER, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF NICOLE BIGS AND KRISTIN KLEIN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR.
MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. VIOLA.
HI THERE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE.
THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HEREBY APPROVED, HARFORD LIVING TREASURE ALICE WATSON HARLAN REMSBERG MAY HAVE EMOTION.
MR. SCHROEDER COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALICE WATSON HARLAN REMSBERG AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE AS APPROVED BY THE HARTFORD COUNTY CULTURAL ARTS BOARD.
THANK YOU, MR. BUIL, MOVING SECOND TO APPROVE ALICE WATSON HARLIN RENSBURG AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. CHANDRA DANNO, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. BIOLA, I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ALICE WATSON HARLAN RENSBURG AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE IS HEREBY APPROVED AGENDA
[4. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS HARFORD LIVING TREASURE.MR. SHREDS, MR. REMSBERG WOULD YOU AND YOUR FAMILY COME FORWARD? PLEASE ARE FRIENDS
MR. WAYNE, WHEREAS ALICE WATSON HARLAN REMSBERG RECEIVED THE HARTFORD COUNTY CULTURAL ARTS BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNITION AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE.
AND WHEREAS ALICE WAS RAISED ON A FARM IN FALLSTON ATTENDED AND STATE TEACHER'S COLLEGE DIDN'T WORK AT HARLEY TAN GAS, THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
AFTER HAVING THREE SONS, SHE FORMED A HOME-BASED BUSINESS AND BECAME A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AT USE BENEFIT SCHOOL.
AND WHEREAS ALICE WAS A FOUNDING TRUSTEE OF HARTFORD FRIENDS SCHOOL MEMBER OF THE FALSE AND UPPER CROSSROADS BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE AND TREASURER OF LITTLE FALLS FRIENDS MEETING HER FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL HISTORY HAS BEEN SOUGHT AFTER BY GENEALOGISTS,
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HISTORIANS AND AUTHORS.SHE WAS ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE GATEWAY AND ASSISTED IN A REPUBLICAN AND DISTRIBUTION OF AN OLD REFRAIN.
ALICE HAS LOANED HISTORIC ARTIFACTS TO EX EXHIBITIONS AT THE HARTFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, JERUSALEM MILL, AND NUMEROUS OTHERS.
RECENTLY, SHE WAS FEATURED IN FALLSTON MAGAZINE FOR ARTICLES ON USE BENEFIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE CHIMNEY CORNER CLUB.
AND WHEREAS ALICE WAS A DOCTOR, A DECENT, SORRY, AT DOCENT AT LEDOUX.
YOU ALMOST GOT TO BE A DOCTOR DOCENT AT LEDOUX GARDENS, HARFORD COUNTY FOUR H CLUB MEMBER LIFE MEMBER OF THE FOUR H ALL-STARS AND PARTICIPANT IN THE HARTFORD COUNTY FAIR AND FOUR H CAMP.
SHE WAS A JUDGE AND VOLUNTEER AT THE HARTFORD COUNTY FAIR, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE FOUR H CAMP AND JUDGED FOUR H COUNTY PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTESTS FOR MANY YEARS.
THEREFORE WE, THE COUNTY EXEC THE COUNTY COUNCIL HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND ON THIS 10TH DAY OF MAY, 2022 DO HEREBY SALUTE ALICE WATSON HARLAN.
REMSBERG A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE AND BE A FURTHER NOTE THAT HER 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 AND THAT HER MEMORIES AND HISTORY WILL BE RECORDED BY THE HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, ORAL HISTORIAN, AND WILL BECOME A PART OF THE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY.
IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO PRESENT THIS TO ALICE.
SHE'S ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS AND WE GO BACK A LONG, LONG TIME.
IT GOES BACK TO OUR WORK WITH, UH, MT.
SOMA, WHICH WAS PART OF THE AMOS FAMILIES, UH, ORIGINAL PROPERTY IN HARFORD COUNTY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE DONE SO MANY THINGS AND OF COURSE, UM, I ALSO, UM, REMEMBER YOU AND, AND YOUR SISTER, JUDY HARLAND, AND, UM, AND YOUR HELP WITH THE BELVEDERE FARM AND THE FLOWERS AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR THIS COUNTY, AS IT WAS READ AND TO READ THE APPLICATION THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER.
I MEAN, IT'S, YOU'VE DONE A LOT.
I MEAN, WE COULDN'T PUT IT ALL INTO A PROCLAMATION.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR HARFORD COUNTY AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN YOUR FUTURE.
THAT'S ALSO A VERY MUCH A PART OF HARFORD COUNTY.
AND THIS HAS BEEN A SURPRISE HERE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE HE'S FIXING THE RIGHT BECAUSE HER SON HAD HIS LIKE FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER
[6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]
AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, UH, COUNSEL.WELCOME MR. ROBY, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I FOLLOW THAT PRESENTATION, BUT WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT HERE.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, ERIC ROBY, DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THE HARTFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, UH, REPRESENTING SHERIFF TAYLOR, WHO IS THE LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED CHAIR OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.
AND I'LL LET THEM FINISH UP IN THE BACK.
SO TONIGHT, UH, WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD UPDATE OUR ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL, UH, BRINGING YOU UP TO SPEED ON THE MISSION, VISION AND PLANS FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY, STARTING WITH THE BILL 2115, SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN CHAD.
SRODES THIS, UH, THIS BILL CHANGED THE MAKEUP AND COMPOSITION OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY
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TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.WE WENT FROM 19 MEMBERS TO 21 MEMBERS.
WE ADDED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, HEALTHY HARTFORD AND BIKE HARTFORD TO JOIN THE BOARD.
UH, ALSO LAST YEAR DURING THE, UH, DURING THE FIVE-YEAR INTERIM PLAN, THE HARTFORD COUNTY STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN WAS WRITTEN AND APPROVED.
YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLAN.
THE HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN IS MODELED AFTER THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.
THEY USE HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY AS A BENCHMARK, AS A BEST PRACTICE FOR LOCAL AND STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATIONS TO PUT TOGETHER PLANS THAT FOCUS ON SPECIFIC NEEDS AREAS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE HARTFORD COUNTY PLAN, WE WROTE OUR FIRST HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN IN 2011.
WE WERE ACTUALLY THE FIRST JURISDICTION IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF MARYLAND TO HAVE A LOCAL HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.
WE'VE UPDATED THE PLAN IN 2015, AND WE HAVE THE UPDATE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THAT IS THE 2021 THROUGH 2025 UPDATE.
UH, JUST, UH, JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PLAN.
UM, WHAT THIS IS GOING TO FOCUS ON IS EMPHASIS AREAS.
SO IN HARFORD COUNTY, WE FOCUS ON FOUR EMPHASIS AREAS.
WE CALL IT THE FOUR E'S ENGINEERING ENFORCEMENT, EMS AND EDUCATION.
SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THERE TAKES AN AVERAGE OF WHAT, WHAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES, UH, INDIVIDUALS RUNNING OFF THE ROAD.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL THAT DATA COMPILED FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
UM, AS YOU'LL SEE ON, UH, IF YOU TURN TO PAGE NUMBER NINE, TALK ABOUT, SO DURING THIS TIME PERIOD OF 2015 TO 2020, WE AVERAGE 19 FATALITIES A YEAR ON HARPER COUNTY ROADWAYS.
I'M PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT FROM 2021, THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF 2022, IN 2021, WE HAD NINE FATALITIES.
SO THAT'S A REDUCTION, A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION.
AND IN 2022, WE HAVE SO FAR SIX FATALITIES ON OUR ROADWAYS.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THESE NUMBERS COME DOWN, WHICH IS A, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD SUMMIT.
IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU LOOK FURTHER, UH, WE TALK ABOUT DRIVERS IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
SO HERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY, 4.5%.
SO WHAT THAT NUMBER MEANS IS OF THE ENTIRE STATE OF MARYLAND 4.5% OF ALL DRIVERS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD HAVE LICENSE AND LIVE HERE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
BUT IF YOU LOOK DOWN FURTHER AT THE ACCIDENT NUMBERS, ONLY 2.9% OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND ARE ACTUALLY HARTFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS.
SO AGAIN, SHOWS THAT OUR EDUCATION, OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ARE, UH, ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE COUNSELING.
SO WE ARE ON PAGE WE'RE ON PAGE SIX, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT PAGE SIX, PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION, YOU'LL SEE THERE 4.5% OF ALL LICENSED DRIVERS IN MARYLAND COME FROM HARFORD COUNTY.
AND YET ONLY 2.9% OF HARFORD COUNTY ONLY COUNTS FOR 2.9% OF ALL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE STATE OF NOW.
SO IF YOU'RE REVEALING FURTHER, UH, TURNING TO PAGE EIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THERE, WE DO A BREAKDOWN THROUGH PAGE 11 ON ACCIDENT, DATA AND RELATED CAUSES OF THESE CRASHES, SPEED IMPAIRMENT, DISTRACTED DRIVING AND INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED ACCIDENT CAUSES, OR WHAT WE'RE MEASURING HERE.
AND AS YOU'LL SEE THE MAJOR, THE MAJOR MAJOR CAUSES OF WITH THESE ACCIDENTS RELATE TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, CHALLENGES, AND DISTRACTED DRIVING.
SO THESE ARE TWO AREAS OF EMPHASIS THAT, UH, THAT HARPER COUNTY WILL BE FOCUSING ON 2021 THROUGH 2025 IN THE PLAN.
AND FINALLY, UH, JUST BRIEFLY, IF YOU TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 13, INTERESTING STATISTIC THAT WE FOUND HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, YOU'LL SEE THAT FATAL ACCIDENTS.
SO ALMOST ACTUALLY IT'S A LITTLE OVER A THIRD OF ALL FATAL ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
THE INDIVIDUAL HAS NOT BEEN THE INDIVIDUAL THAT UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY WAS WEARING A SAFETY RESTRAINT WHEN THEY WERE IN THAT ACCIDENT WHEN THEY WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.
AND THEN IF YOU FURTHER LOOK DOWN AT THE CHART, YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALL INJURY RELATED ACCIDENTS
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IS IT'S LESS THAN 5% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS DID NOT HAVE A SAFETY RESTRAINT ON.SO IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE, UH, THE DATA SUPPORTS WEARING SEATBELTS IN HARTFORD COUNTY, UM, AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
ALSO, UH, AS A NOTE, ONE, ONE THING WE DID FIND WE DO A SEATBELT SURVEYS FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND THE STATE AVERAGE IS AROUND 90% HARFORD COUNTY WAS JUST BELOW THAT AT 87%.
SO THAT'S ONE THING I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE END OF THIS MONTH WE'LL BE DOING A BIG SEATBELT OPERATION, UH, IT'S CALLED BORDER BORDER.
SO YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE DEPUTIES AND BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS AT THE HARPER COUNTY, BALTIMORE COUNTY BORDER THAT WILL BE CHECKING FOR, UH, CHECKING TO MAKE SURE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND WEARING THEIR SAFETY BELTS WHEN THEY'RE OUT DRIVING THEIR MOTIVE.
SO THAT'S JUST A BRIEF, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE 20 21, 20 25 PLAN.
UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE CERTAINLY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THINGS, BUT WE ALSO TAKE A, WE PLAY A BIG PART IN THE EDUCATION SIDE OF, OF TRAFFIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENT.
SO A COUPLE OF INITIATIVES THAT THE TSXV AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE PARTNERING WITH, UM, SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM CAMERAS.
WE CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND EXPLAINED TO YOU THIS PROGRAM THAT HAD BEGUN A PILOT PROGRAM, THAT PILOT PROGRAM IS STILL ONGOING.
THERE'S TWO ADDITIONAL VENDORS THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ARE EXPLORING.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM CAMERA PROGRAM, WE RECENTLY JUST CONDUCTED A MOCK CRASH AT PATTERSON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT WAS A IN PART WITH THE CHESAPEAKE REGIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL.
SO THAT WAS A DEPICTED, A MOCK CRASH WHERE A TEENAGER WAS DISTRACTED BY USE OF A CELL PHONE.
UH, WE HAD OUR FRIENDS FROM THE BELL AIR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MARYLAND STATE POLICE, MARYLAND, TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PARTNERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT EXERCISE TO SHOW STUDENTS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE.
SOME OTHER INITIATIVES WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IF YOU HAVE FACEBOOK OR YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN OUR GOOD TRAFFIC SERGEANT JERRY EATON.
HE HAS THIS TRAFFIC TIP TUESDAY.
SO THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION INFORMATION AND STATISTICS TO RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY ABOUT HOW TO STAY SAFE WHEN THEY'RE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CAR, UH, RADAR REQUEST LIST.
NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN HARFORD COUNTY IS SOMEBODY SPEEDING THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S THE WORST SPEEDING PROBLEM IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
AND CERTAINLY WE, UH, WE DO KEEP A RADAR REQUEST LIST AND THAT IS USED FOR OUR, UH, OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DEPUTIES, WHICH WE HAVE SERGEANT A CORPORAL AND THREE DEPUTIES THAT WORK TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, HARFORD COUNTY, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND GET AN IDEA OF THE AREA, THE PROBLEM AREAS WHERE WE'RE SEEING, WHERE WE'RE SEEING EXCESSIVE SPEEDS, RECKLESS DRIVING, AND, UH, VIOLATIONS OF TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS OF TRAFFIC LAW.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE HARTFORD COUNTY TRAFFIC TASK FORCE, UH, THIS HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW.
UH, SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE CONDUCTED 11 ENFORCEMENT DETAILS.
PARTNERING WITH THE ABERDEEN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE A GREASE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, UH, MARYLAND STATE POLICE, BEL AIR BARRACKS, AND MSP JFK BARRACKS.
DURING THESE 11 OPERATIONS, UH, WE'VE INITIATED OVER A THOUSAND STOPS AND ISSUED A NUMBER OF CITATIONS AND ALSO MADE 20 ARRESTS STORING THESE DETAILS, EVERYTHING FROM CDS TO GUN POSSESSIONS.
SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.
UH, AGAIN, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD MEETS MONTHLY AGAIN, CHAIRED BY THE SHERIFF OF HARPER COUNTY.
WE THANK COUNCILMAN SRODES FOR HIS WORK IN ESTABLISHING THE LEGISLATION TO SET UP THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.
AND HE'S A STRONG, SUPPORTIVE MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. ROBY.
UH, MR.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THAT THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS IS DISTRACTED DRIVING CELL PHONES AND TEXTING.
UM, AND THAT THAT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR ABOUT THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
UM, SO I CAN TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY THAT THAT IS NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS.
UM, NUMBER TWO, UH, SERGEANT EATON ACTUALLY DID A, UM, A STUDY, A PILOT STUDY FOR ME, UM, BASED ON FLASHING STOP SIGNS.
HE DID IDENTIFY FOUR STOP SIGNS FOR FOUR WAYS, STOPS SIGNS VALE ROAD AT RED PUMP PROSPECT MILL AT THOMAS RUN ROSS ROAD AT MEADOW ROAD AND PERRY AVENUE AT HORN BEAM.
AND WHAT I HAD ASKED HIM TO DO WAS LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF INSTALLING STOP SIGNS WITH FLASHING LEDS THAT
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WERE SOLAR POWERED.UM, ALONG THOSE, I DID BRING THAT UP TO THE BUDGET HEARING.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND GET A PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE IMPLEMENTED, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE HERE AND I'M GOING TO BRING THAT UP TO YOU.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT DOING.
UM, I JUST SAW THE OTHER DAY WHERE THERE WAS A SPEED SIGN THAT WAS WITH RADAR THAT WAS USING SOLAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COSTS, BUT I'M THINKING THAT IF WE CAN FIND THAT SOMEWHERE IN THE BUDGET, SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
AND I TOLD MR. UH, SERGEANT EATON THAT I WOULD KEEP, CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
SO THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO GET THAT PROGRAM OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT THOSE.
I THINK, UH, UM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
I WOULD, ESPECIALLY WITH TRAFFIC AND SAFETY AND BEING IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS.
THANK YOU, MR. GINGER AND MR. SHREWS, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
ERIC HAS BEEN A GREAT WORKING GROUP.
THIS IS A, A GROUP THAT COMES TOGETHER AND EVERYONE INVOLVED THERE.
THEY'RE THE DECISION MAKERS AND IT'S NOT JUST THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT ALL THE MUNICIPALITY, UH, POLICE AGENCIES INVOLVED.
WE GOT STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEERS.
WE HAVE, UH, COUNTY ENGINEERS.
WE HAVE RESIDENTS, WE HAVE, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, REPRESENTED.
UM, MOST RECENTLY WE ADDED, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ADDED THE, UM, SEVERAL, BUT, UM, WE WERE HEARING FROM THE, THE BICYCLE GROUP.
SO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WERE COMING TO THE MEETINGS, BUT WE MADE THEM OFFICIAL.
SO THEY NOW HAVE A VOICE THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, BE THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ONE OF THE, UM, I'M PROUD OF THIS.
WE WERE THE FIRST TO FORM A LOCAL GROUP LIKE THIS AND THE ENTIRE STATE.
AND WE HAVE WON AWARDS FOR OUR HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANS IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND LIKE, UM, MR. ROBEY SAID IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
ANYONE CAN COME AND I ENCOURAGE, UM, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT GROUP.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEP DOING GREAT THINGS BY COMING TOGETHER AND COLLABORATING AND COMMUNICATING AND GETTING EVERYONE IN THE SAME ROOM.
SO I THINK IT'S BEEN, UH, A VERY GOOD GROUP.
THANK YOU, MR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE MOBILE UNITS OR THE STATIC UNITS THAT I THINK THE, THE STATIC SIGNS WHERE YOU HAVE THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN, AND THEN UNDERNEATH THERE IS A, THERE'S A RADAR DETECTOR.
THIS, THIS WAS A NEW ONE THAT I JUST SAW.
AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE I SAW IT, BUT IT WAS A, UH, ELECTRONIC STOP SIGN WITH, UH, WITH AN LED UNIT ON TOP THAT WAS JUST INSTALLED PERMANENTLY INSTALLED.
SO I DON'T REMEMBER IT'S I KNOW IT'S IN BELAY OR SOMEWHERE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE IF THAT WAS DONE BY THE, UH, BELLER POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING, BUT I DID SEE THAT AND I, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THERE WAS THE LED IDEA I HAD, UM, WITH SPEED, BUT I WANTED IT WITH THE STOP SIGNS.
UM, ANYONE ELSE, MR. BILL? YES.
UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND A GOOD PRESENTATION, MR. ROBEY.
UM, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT, UH, AS FAR AS THE STATS, THE MAJOR CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS, SPEEDING CELL PHONES, BUT YOU MENTIONED STRUCTURE.
UM, COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? SURE.
SO THESE ARE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL FIND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT A STUDY A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, WHERE THERE WAS A COMMUNITY OUT ON THE WEST COAST THAT THEY HAD LOTS OF ROADS WITH HEAVY CURVATURES.
SO LOTS OF CURVES IN THE ROAD, AND THEY WERE FINDING THE MAJORITY OF THEIR ACCIDENTS.
WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT ACCIDENT, DATA IN THOSE AREAS WERE VEHICLES THAT WERE RUNNING OFF OF THE ROAD.
SO THEY ACTUALLY PUT PAVEMENT MARKINGS DOWN.
THEY PUT RUMBLE STRIPS IN PLACE TO TRY TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN.
SO AREAS OF AREAS WHERE THERE'S ROADWAYS, UH, WHETHER IT'S A, IT'S AN INTERSECTION, WHETHER IT'S A CURVATURE IN THE ROAD, WHETHER IT'S THE DESIGN OF THE ROAD, UH, THAT DOESN'T, THAT THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIFICITY SPECIFICATIONS WOULD, WOULD NOT LEND TO, UM, PROPER TRAFFIC FLOW.
THESE ARE THOSE AREAS THAT, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT AND THAT WE, WE MEET WHEN WE MEET WITH OUR, THAT'S WHY THE PARTNERSHIP IS BRINGING TOGETHER ALL THOSE PARTNERS.
SO WE'RE BRINGING TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND WE'RE BRINGING STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AREAS OF CONCERN IN THE COUNTY.
I KNOW COUNCILMAN, SRODES A NUMBER OF TIMES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EAST WEST HIGHWAY AND SOME OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS THERE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT CAN WE DO FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION, BUT ALSO FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, DO WE NEED TO PUT IN MORE TRAFFIC CIRCLES? DO WE NEED TO PUT IN MORE PAVEMENT MARKINGS? UM, DO WE NEED TO RECONFIGURE THE DESIGN OF THE ROADWAY? BECAUSE THE, THE DESIGN OF THE ROADWAY DOESN'T ALLOW FOR, UM, YOU KNOW,
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ISN'T AS SAFE AS IT COULD POSSIBLY BE.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS, UH, WHICH WOULD COME UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO HELP US FACILITATE MAKING THOSE CHANGES AND FIXES WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT IN SPECIFIC AREAS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.
EACH, EACH TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY MEETING, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRESENT THEIR NEW PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN WE'D LOOK AT AND MATCH IT WITH, UH, WITH ACCIDENT DATA, TO SEE IF THERE'S, TO SEE IF THERE'S AREAS WHERE WE COULD FOCUS ON AND, AND PUSH THOSE TOWARDS PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE ROADWAYS THERE AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS.
THAT'S ALL THAT COUNTS TAKING MR. BILL.
ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, MR. ROY.
[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES.PUBLIC HEARING MAY 3RD, 2022, LEGISLATIVE DAY 22 DASH ZERO 14, MAY 3RD, 2022.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES THERE BEING NONE, THE CORRECTIONS AND NOTE BEING NO CORRECTIONS MINUTES, STAND APPROVED, AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION RESOLUTIONS.
[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS]
NUMBER NINE, INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.UH, MR. WAGNER, PLEASE READ IN BILL'S 22 DASH ZERO 14 THROUGH 22 DASH ZERO 18 IS RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION, BILL NUMBER 22 DASH THREE OR ONE FOUR, AND INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL, PRESIDENT SRODES AND ACTIVE REPEAL.
AND RE-ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS, SUBSECTION, EXCUSE ME.
THEY DID EVERYBODY GOT PROMOTED TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, SROS, I'M SORRY.
AND RE-ENACT WITH AMENDMENT SUBSECTION C ONE OF SECTION 2 6, 7 DASH TWO SEVEN.
ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES OF ARTICLE FIVE, SUPPLEMENTED SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS APART, ONE STANDARDS OF CHAPTER 2, 6, 7, ZONING OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SHALL NOT EXCEED 50% OF THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE USABLE SPACE OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE.
SO LET'S SEE WHICH ONE PLEASE I COULD HAVE AND ACT TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENT SUBSECTION C ONE OF SECTION 2 67 DASH TWO SEVEN ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES OF ARTICLE FIVE, SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS OF PART ONE STANDARDS OF CHAPTER 2 67, ZONING OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SHALL NOT EXCEED 50% OF THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OR 1000 SQUARE FEET.
WHICHEVER IS GREATER TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SHALL NOT EXCEED 50% OF THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OR 2,500 SQUARE FEET.
WHICHEVER IS GREATER FOR PROPERTIES GREATER THAN FIVE ACRES IN THE AG DISTRICT, AND GENERALLY RELATING TO ZONING BY THE COUNCIL MAY 10TH, 2022.
WE INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POST-IT AND PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON JUNE 14TH, 2022 AT 6:00 PM.
22 DASH 0 1 5 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAVE BEEN SENDING IT TO REQUEST THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ACTIVE REVISE PRIOR BOND LEGISLATION DUE TO THE REDUCED COSTS FOR SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENT SEC, CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION ONE OF BILL NUMBER ONE, TWO DASH THREE, SIX AS AMENDED TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS, CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION ONE OF BILL NUMBER 20 DASH OH 12 AS AMENDED BY THE COUNCIL MAY 10TH, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON JUNE 14TH, 2022 AT 6:00 PM.
BILL NUMBER 22 DASH OH 16, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENT.
HE AT THE REQUEST, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, A BILL TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND TO BORROW ON ITS FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND ISSUE AND SELL ITS BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS, INCLUDING LEASE FINANCING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 123 MILLION, $60,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT.
THE PROCEEDS THERE OUT TO BE USED FOR THE EXPANSION RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN PROJECTS AS DESCRIBED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.
BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 9 AS AMENDED FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023.
AND AS DESCRIBED IN THIS BILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 24 OF THE CHARTER OF HARFORD COUNTY AND SECTION 1, 2, 3 DASH 40 OF THE CODE OF HARTFORD COUNTY, OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND.
AND PERRINS THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION
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THAT SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE FORM OF INSTRUMENT BY WHICH ANY INDEBTEDNESS IS TO BE EVIDENCED THE MANNER BY WHICH BONDS AND ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS MAY BE SECURED AND THE RATE OR RATES OF INTEREST TO BE PAID, AND GENERALLY RELATING GENERALLY FOR, I LOST MY PLACE FOR SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE CONNECTION THERE WITH AN AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL IN CONNECTION THERE WITH AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL BY ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION OR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PURINES THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER TO DETERMINE THE FORM OF VARIOUS DOCUMENTS AS ARE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE FINANCING AUTHORIZED HERE IN THE MANNER OF ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF ANY BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS, THE DATE, THE PAYMENT OF ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THERE WITH THE METHOD BY WHICH BONDS OR EXPENSES OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE SOLD MATURITY SCHEDULE AND REDEMPTION PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN AGENTS AND OTHERWISE GENERALLY RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE SALE DELIVERY AND PAYMENT OF BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS PROVIDING THAT BONDS OR ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE ISSUED UPON THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND TAXING POWER OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES, OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS UPON A DOC ADOPTION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVING THE INTEREST RATE OR RATES TO BE BORN THEREBY FOR ALL, OR A PORTION OF THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED HERE IN FOR WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF SALE, THE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES SHALL BE USED PROVIDING THAT AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND PERRINS OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS OR ANY OTHER FOR ANY RENEWAL THERE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY SET BOND ENTITY NOTES AND PERRINS OR OTHER FORM OF MUDDINESS.DEBTEDNESS PROVIDING THAT UPON WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL OR A PORTION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HERE AND INTENDED TO BE UTILIZED FOR PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS FOR MANAGING, PRODUCING, TREATING RECAPTURING ABATING OR CONTROLLING NON-POINT SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION, INCLUDING STORM WATER, OR SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE WATER INCLUDED AMONG THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE OF THIS BILL MAY BE INCURRED PER PURSUANT TO FROM THE MARYLAND WATER QUALITY FINANCING ADMINISTRATION PROVIDING FOR DISBURSEMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF BONDS OR OTHER INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HERE IN, AND FOR LEVYING OF CHARGES ASSESSMENTS AND ALL TAXES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF AND PREMIUM.
AND PERRINS IF ANY, AN INTEREST ON BONDS OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MATTERS MAY BE DETERMINED BY RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, OR MAYBE RESERVED ON TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AS PRESCRIBED BY SUCH RESOLUTION, PROVIDING THE METHOD OF FIXING THE INTEREST RATE TO BE BORNE BY SUCH BONDS AND GENERALLY PROVIDING FOR AND DETERMINING VARIOUS MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH IN GENERALLY RELATING TO FUNDING OF THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED HERE IN, BY THE COUNCIL MAY 10TH, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED AND PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 14TH, 2022 AT 6:00 PM.
BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 17, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEN, CINDY AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, A BILL TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND TO BORROW AND ITS FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND ISSUE AND SELL ITS BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS IN PERRINS INCLUDING LEASE FINANCING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,965,000 IN PARENTHS THAT IS STATED IN THE NUMERICS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE PROCEEDS THERE HAVE TO BE USED FOR THE EXPANSION RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS AS DESCRIBED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.
BILL NUMBER 22 DASH ZERO NINE AS AMENDED FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023.
AND IT IS AS DESCRIBED IN THIS BILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5, 2, 2, 4 OF THE CHARTER OF HARFORD COUNTY AND SECTIONS 1, 2, 3 DASH 40 AND 2 5 6 DASH TWO SIX OF THE CODE OF HARTFORD COUNTY, OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, AND BRUINS, THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION THAT SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE FORM OF INSTRUMENT BY WHICH ANY INDEBTEDNESS HAS TO BE EVIDENCED BY THE MANNER BY WHICH BONDS AND ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS MAY BE SECURED AND THE RATE OR RATES OF INTEREST TO BE PAID
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AND GENERALLY RELATE GENERALLY FOR SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL IN CONNECTION THERE WITH AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL BY ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION OR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND IMPRINTS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER TO DETERMINE THE FORM OF VARIOUS DOCUMENTS AS ARE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE FINANCING AUTHORIZED HERE IN THE MANNER OF ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF ANY BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS, THE PAYMENT OF ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THERE WITH THE METHOD BY WHICH BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS BE SOLD MATURITY SCHEDULE AND REDEMPTION PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN AGENTS AND OTHERWISE GENERALLY RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE SALE DELIVERY AND PAYMENT OF BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS PROVIDING THAT THE BONDS THAT BONDS OR ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE ISSUED UPON THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF AND TAXING POWER OF HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND PERRINS OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS UPON ADOPTION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVING THE INTEREST RATE OR RATES TO BE BORN THEREBY FOR ALL, OR A PORTION OF THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED HERE IN FOR WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF SALE OR THE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES SHALL BE USED PROVIDING THAT AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND PERRINS OR OTHER FORM INDEBTEDNESS OR ANY RENEWAL THERE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHOW AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS THROUGH PAY SAID BOND, ANTICIPATION NOTES, IMPRINTS, OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS PROVIDING THAT UPON WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMEND SINGULAR WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, ALL OR A PORTION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HERE AND MAY BE INCURRED PURSUANT TO LOANS FROM THE MARYLAND WATER QUALITY FINANCING ADMINISTRATION PROVIDING FOR DISBURSEMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF BONDS OR OTHER INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HERE IN AND FOR LEVERAGING OF CHARGES ASSESSMENTS AND ALL TAXES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF, AND PREMIUM AND PARENTS, IF ANY, AN INTEREST ON BONDS OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MATTERS MAY BE DETERMINED BY RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL WHERE MAY BE RESERVED ON TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AS PRESCRIBED BY SUCH RESOLUTION, PROVIDING THE METHOD OF FIXING THE INTEREST RATES TO BE BORNE BY SUCH BONDS AND GENERALLY PROVIDING FOR AND DETERMINING VARIOUS MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, AND GENERALLY RELATING TO FUNDING OF THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED HERE IN, BY THE COUNCIL MAY 10TH, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON JUNE 14TH, 2022 AT 6:00 PM.BILL NUMBER 22 DASH ZERO 18, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEN, CINDY AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND EMERGENCY ACT TO ADD NEW SECTION NEW ARTICLE 22 HARTFORD COUNTY POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD AND NEW ARTICLE 22, A HARFORD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGING COMMITTEE TO PART THREE AUTH AUTHORITATIVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF CHAPTER NINE, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COUNCILS AND AGENCIES OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO ESTABLISH THE HARTFORD COUNTY POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD TO ESTABLISH THE MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES OF THE BOARDS TO ESTABLISH A CITIZEN COMPLAINT REGARDING POLICE MISCONDUCT, TO ESTABLISH THE HARTFORD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGING COMMITTEE, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS TO ESTABLISH THE MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE IN GENERALLY RELATING TO POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BY THE COUNCIL MAY 10TH, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME OR POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON JUNE 14TH, 2022 AT 6:00 PM.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 INTRODUCTION IN CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS, WE HAVE NONE
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AGENDA ITEM OF OR 11 CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS, BILL 22 0 0 6 COUNSEL.WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THIS DECEIVING AS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS LOOKING AT, UH, A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS TO IT.
SO WE WILL HOLD IT UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
UM, AGENDA NUMBER 12 ENROLLMENT OF BILLS.
WE HAVE NONE UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
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AND IF I MAY, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON UNDER 16 BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO START WITH YOU.UM, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF TONIGHT.
UM, SO, UM, I JUST ALWAYS SAY, WHAT DOES RIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE MILITARY? WHAT DOES RIGHT LOOK LIKE? AND, UM, I PRIDE MYSELF ON ALLOWING THAT TO BE MY BEACON, UH, MY SIGNPOST AND LAST WEEK, UM,
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I FAILED TO DO THAT BECAUSE, UM, I SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN OUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE PYRAMID PENINSULA ABOUT THE VETO OVERRIDE.UM, I TRULY APOLOGIZE BECAUSE, UM, IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I CAN DO FROM THIS DIOCESE IS THAT I CAN BE THE VOICE, EVEN IF I CAN'T GET ANYTHING PASSED OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UH, I CAN AT LEAST BE THE VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY.
SO FOR THAT, I TRULY APOLOGIZE.
I TELL MY KIDS ALL THE TIME THAT, UH, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG, UH, ACCEPT IT, OWN IT AND DO BETTER.
AND I PROMISE YOU THAT, UH, THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
UM, I WILL NOT MAKE ANY EXCUSES FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT SPEAKING OUT LAST WEEK BECAUSE WE CAN ALL HAVE, WE ALL HAVE EXCUSES AND WE CAN ALL MAKE EXCUSES, BUT EVERYONE HAS AN EXCUSE.
I WILL JUST, UH, I WOULD JUST MAKE THE CHARGE TO YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WILL DO BETTER, UH, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT COUNTY DESERVE BETTER FROM THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO WITH THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'LL YIELD MY TIME BACK.
THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS THINKING IS PRESIDENT NOTHING FOR ME TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. WOODS, MR. GINGER
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UM, CANDLE ROMAN MAIN STREET, UM, CHANGED OWNERSHIP.
WE WENT TO A RIBBON CUTTING LAST WEEK, A WISH DON MESSING, UM, ALL HIS ENERGY.
UM, THIS ACTUALLY YESTERDAY LAST EVENING ATTENDED THE, UH, SOCIETY OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN'S, UH, SCHOLARSHIP DINNER, WHERE THEY GAVE OUT $15,000 WORTH OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO SEVEN DIFFERENT, UH, PEOPLE.
THE MAIN AWARD IS DUE TO THE FOUNDER OF IT, WHICH IS THE MARK DART JOSIE AWARD, WHERE ONE PERSON GETS A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO HARTFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR A FULL YEAR.
THE AWARD WINNER WAS ARIANA GLORIOSO.
UM, SO, UH, IT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY THEY CAN APPLY.
UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE BACK IN DOING FULL, UM, I GUESS, UH, AWARDS IN SEVEN.
I THINK IT'S GOING UP FROM THERE.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, MR. GINGER, DAN AND MR. SCHROEDER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND.
UM, I ATTENDED THE ABINGTON FIRE BANQUET WHERE WE RECOGNIZED MANY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND JUST WANT TO THANK THEM AGAIN FOR THEIR GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COUNTY.
UM, ALSO THE OTHER DAY, YOU AND I ATTENDED, UM, THE, UH, EMERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PATRIOT ASSEMBLY.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT, BUT THOSE KIDS WORK REALLY HARD AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY TRUE PATRIOTS AND HAVE, UH, A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COUNTRY AND THAT FREEDOM IS ON FREE AND, UM, THEY JUST DID AN AMAZING JOB.
AND LASTLY, AS YOU KNOW, UM, UM, IT HAS BEEN, WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT TO THE JARRETTSVILLE LIONS CLUB CARNIVAL AND SPEND LOTS OF MONEY.
IT'S OUR MAIN FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR, AND WE GIVE IT DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND SOME OTHER, UH, UM, CAUSES AS WELL.
AND THEN FINALLY, I KNOW WE'RE ALL MISSING, UM, TRAFFIC JAM, JIMMY.
UM, I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF MEETING HIM, UH, TWO YEARS AGO WHEN, UM, I PLANNED, UH, I GUESS A CORE OF FARM EQUIPMENT TO RECOGNIZE NORTH HARVARD, SENIORS.
HE CAME UP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HE'S THE TYPE OF GUY.
YOU MEET HIM ONE TIME, HE'S YOUR FRIEND FOREVER.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST, I THOUGHT OF HIM AS BEING THE SPIRIT OF BALTIMORE IN OUR REGION.
YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES YOU TURN ON THE NEWS, YOU SEE LOTS OF NEGATIVE THINGS AND, AND, AND SUCH ON TV, BUT WHAT HE DID IS HE, UM, HE SHOWED THE GOOD AND THE GOOD AND OUR PEOPLE AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE GOING TO MISS HIM.
IT JUST HASN'T BEEN THE SAME TO NOT BE ABLE TO TUNE IN TO HIM IN THE MORNING TO SEE HIM.
HE WAS JUST A GREAT, GREAT PERSON, GOOD CHARACTER, FUN GUY TO BE AROUND.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT NOW THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE, I MISS HIM.
SO MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
THANK YOU, MR. SRES, MR. WAGNER, UM, IF WEATHER PERMITS, UH, SECOND SATURDAY DOES BEGIN THIS WEEKEND AT ABERDEEN FESTIVAL PARK, A FARMER'S MARKET, LOCAL VENDORS, MUSIC AT THE PAVILION.
AND THAT EVENING THERE'LL BE A MOVIE NIGHT, THAT'S UNDER
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THE STARS.SO ANYBODY'S LOOKING TO ATTEND, BRING A CHAIR OR A BLANKET, A 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL WAS THIS SATURDAY, MAY 14TH AT 3:00 PM.
AND THEN THE ABERDEEN BEING A TRAIN STATION HAS AN OPEN HOUSE COMING UP ON MAY 21ST, ONE TO FOUR, UH, WEST BEL AIR AVENUE IN ABERDEEN.
THEY'RE MAKING SOME GREAT STRIDES TO, UH, TO WORKING ON GETTING THAT, UH, INTO, UH, UH, SHAPE, UM, FROM THE DISTRICT.
WELL, WHAT KIND OF A DISARRAY THAT IT WAS IN, UH, THE FRIENDS IS WHAT THEY CALL THEMSELVES A NONPROFIT THAT'S WORKING ON, UH, REHABILITATING THAT, UH, THAT BNO, UM, A RAIL STATION.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S ONLY ONE OF MAYBE TWO OR THREE THAT ARE STILL, UM, IN EXISTENCE, UM, FROM 1885 OR BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THE FRANK FURNACE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS THE ARCHITECT AND DESIGNED IT.
AND, UH, IT WAS QUITE THE STRUCTURE IN ITS DAY.
AND CERTAINLY THE ABERDEEN WAS A MAIN HUB, UH, HERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY TO, UM, THE EAST COAST IN THE UNITED STATES TO, IN TERMS OF THE CANNING INDUSTRY THAT EXISTED IN, IN ABERDEEN AND AROUND IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
SO, UH, ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP, UH, PROMOTE THE, UH, THE REHABILITATION OF THE TRAIN, UH, WHICH IT'S GOING TO BE A MUSEUM EVENTUALLY IS WHERE THEY WANT TO GO WITH THIS AND POSSIBLY SOME OTHER USES, BUT IT WILL BE, UH, A REAL, A GREAT, UH, UH, PLACE TO HAVE THE, THE BOOT.
ONCE YOU START INTO IT DOWN BEL-AIR AVENUE AS A GATEWAY, GOING INTO THE CITY OF ABERDEEN, WHEN IT'S FINISHED, IT'LL BE QUITE, UH, QUITE THE PIECE.
SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UH, COMING AROUND, THEY'VE GOTTEN SOME GRANTS AND, UH, THEY'RE THEY'RE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO, TO, UH, GETTING SOMEPLACE.
THAT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE HERE SHORTLY.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, MR. BILL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
UM, FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MORATORIUM FOR THE PARAMIN PENINSULA.
THE COUNTY COUNCIL HIRED OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO DETERMINE THE LEGALITY OF THE, UH, MORATORIUM.
THE REPORT CAME BACK AND THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THE MORATORIUM WAS ILLEGAL.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THERE WAS NO REAL SUPPORT TO OVERRIDE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES VETO.
UM, AND FAR AS SPEAKING LAST WEEK, I WASN'T PREPARED TO SPEAK ON IT.
I DON'T LIKE TO SHOOT FROM THE HIP.
I LIKE TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ALL THE FACTS BEFORE I SPEAK ON SOMETHING BECAUSE EVERY WORD COUNTS AND THE FACTS COUNT.
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BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 15 BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT, UH, TOMORROW EVENING IN THESE CHAMBERS, WE WILL HOST THE FINAL FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:00 PM.UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO, UH, AS KATZMAN SCHRODE SAID, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE, UH, EMERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PATRIOT PROGRAM.
AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING WHERE THEY HAD 15, FIFTH GRADE PATRIOTS AND THOSE 15 CHILDREN, UH, KNEW GOING INTO THIS PROGRAM, THAT THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE THE SAME CELEBRATION THAT THEY'VE HAD IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF CODE.
AND THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE A TRIP.
THEY WERE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO DO IT.
AND ALL 15 SIGNED UP AND WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM IN ITS ENTIRETY.
AND OF COURSE, AT THE END OF THE DAY YESTERDAY, THEY WERE SURPRISED BY A TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC.
SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND THEIR PARENTS, THEIR TEACHERS, UH, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED THEM GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ONE PATRIOT PROGRAM AND OUR CHILDREN, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY PARTICIPATE.
SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING THOSE, UH, TODAY.
UM, I HAD THE HONOR TO ATTEND, UH, THE FALLEN HEROES, MEMORIAL SERVICE, UH, FOR THE HARTFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND, UM, AS A PART OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE GET TO REMEMBER AND HONOR OUR FALLEN, BUT TODAY WAS KIND OF SPECIAL BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR A 49 YEAR, UH, SERVICE MEMBER, UH, FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT, TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
AND, UM, HE'S ALSO A BALTIMORE CITY POLICE OFFICER RETIRED FROM THERE, JOINED THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, AND NOW IS STEPPING DOWN FROM THERE.
AND MANY OF YOU WILL RECOGNIZE MIKE DUNN FOR HIS PART AND ROLE IN HONORING OUR FALLEN ACROSS THE STATE.
UH, HE'S BEEN IN HARTFORD COUNTY A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT HE KNOWS ALL OF THE DETAILS AND PRETTY MUCH, UH, HEADS UP ALL OF THESE, UH, REMEMBRANCES.
AND SO, UH, WE WISH HIM A GREAT RETIREMENT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, UH, I BELIEVE
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THAT'LL BE THE END OF COMMENTS, MS. DIXON, UH, UNDER[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]
COMMENTS FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS.DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? YES.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TWO THIS EVENING, VICKY JONES FOLLOWED BY LAUREN ANDERSON.
MA'AM NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, THERE'S A GROUP IN HARFORD COUNTY CALLED MOMS FOR LIBERTY MOMS FOR LIBERTY HAS CHAPTERS NATIONWIDE.
THIS GROUP STARTED MAKING THE NEWS LAST YEAR AND IT'S FINALLY HIT OUR COUNTY.
IT DISCUSSED AND DISAPPOINT ME, DISAPPOINTS ME THAT OUR COUNTY CONTINUES TO BE A HAVEN, UM, FOR THESE HATE GROUPS AND THAT THE ONLY LEADERS I'VE HEARD IN THE COUNTY FLAT OUT IN KNIGHTS, DENOUNCED GROUPS LIKE THIS IS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
INSTEAD, MANY OF YOU SOCIALIZE AND SPEND TIME WITH THEM ON YOUR PERSONAL TIME.
AND I ASK YOU, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE ARE YOU SETTING BY DOING THIS MOMS FOR LIBERTY SAYS THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT FAILING STUDENTS, INAPPROPRIATE CURRICULUM, SEXUAL EXPLICIT BOOKS, EDUCATION, LOSS, AND INCREASED VIOLENCE.
THEY WANT TO EMPOWER PARENTS WITH EFFECTIVE WAYS TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST WHAT THEY FEEL IS THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR YOUTH.
ONE OF THE ADMINS FOR THIS LOCAL GROUP IS STELLA PETERS.
WE ALL KNOW STELLA IS THE ONE WHO POSED WHAT THE PROUD BOYS AND WHO HELPED TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF HOSTILITY AND CHAOS.
AT THE AUGUST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
THIS MOMS GROUP WAS MEETING AT ST.
MARK'S CHURCH TOMORROW, BUT AFTER REPEATED CALLS, THE CHURCH CANCELED IT.
NOW THEY'RE PLANNING ON MEETING AT FIVE 10 GIANNIS, AND I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT FIVE 10 IS PROBABLY GOING TO CANCEL THAT TOO.
MARK PARISH WAS SCHEDULED TO HOST A MEETING TOMORROW EVENING REGARDING CERTAIN AREAS OF CONCERN WITH HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED THE PARISH AND THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE DO NOT ENDORSE THE AGENDA OF THE MOMS FOR LIBERTY ORGANIZATION.
AS OF YESTERDAY, THERE WERE 189 MEMBERS OF MOMS FOR LIBERTY.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE PART OF THAT GROUP OR, AND OR THEY'RE RUNNING FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND COUNCIL SEATS AS WELL.
THIS MOMS GROUP HAS ALSO TAGGED AND VISITED PRIVATELY WITH SEVERAL HIGH RANKING ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING MEN ON THIS COUNCIL.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH PASSION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CHILDREN, BUT SPREADING MISINFORMATION, STOKING FEAR AND PROMOTING PREJUDICES IS NOT THE WAY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR OUR KIDS.
WE, THE NAACP WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE STOP RACISM IN ITS TRACKS.
LASTLY, PLEASE VOTE RESEARCH EACH CANDIDATE BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR VOTE AND ASK QUESTIONS, WHATEVER YOU DO, MAKE SURE THE PERSON THAT YOU CHOOSE IS INTERESTED IN PROGRESS AND EQUITY.
MA'AM NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
LAUREN ANDERSON ADDRESS IS ON FILE.
THE NOT ONLY LACK OF VOTE LAST WEEK, BUT THE COMPLETE LACK OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF BILL 22 DASH OH THREE AS A WHOLE WAS YET AGAIN, ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE PEOPLE AT PARAMIN COUNTY EXECUTIVE GLASSMAN VETOED BILL 2203, STATING THAT IT AS AMENDED THREATENS THE RIGHTS OF ALL HARFORD COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS.
ALL OF WHICH TO MY KNOWLEDGE DID NOT ADDRESS HOW THE BILL THREATENED THE RIGHTS OF A PROPERTY OWNER IN ANY WAY.
AND THEN ON TOP OF IT, REASON, FOUR STATED THAT FINALLY INSTITUTING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM TO STUDY SUCH ISSUES SUCH AS EIGHT GRID, BUILDING SIZE TRAFFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IS ILLEGAL IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE CURRENT LAW REQUIRES ALL OF THOSE ISSUES TO BE REVIEWED AND ADDRESSED PRIOR TO APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
NUMBER FOUR IS MY FAVORITE DUE TO THE TINGE OF HYPOCRISY OF IT.
ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS THEMSELVES HAVE STATED ALONE, MR. DAVENPORT, AT THE DAC MEETING ON JANUARY 19TH, THAT THESE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS WERE PREDICATED ON WOODLEY ROAD EXTENDING TO SEVEN 15.
THERE ARE NOT ONE, BUT EACH RD BUILT WAREHOUSES BACK ON WOODLEY ROAD IN CHELSEA ROAD WITH NO CONNECTION TO SEVEN 15 YET.
AND LAST I CHECKED THE PROPOSED PLANS FOR THE ADDITIONAL 5.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF DISTRIBUTION CENTERS HAS NO CONNECTION PROPOSED.
AND THE WORD ON THE STREET FROM PEOPLE IN THIS VERY BUILDING, DESPITE WHAT MR. DAVENPORT SAID AT THAT DAC MEETING, THAT IT'S NOT A ACTUALLY ALMOST THERE BECAUSE THE STATE CAN'T AFFORD AND, OR DOESN'T LOOK PART IN THE CONNECTION.
FURTHERMORE, YOU HAVE THE STUDY
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FROM SHA STATING THAT THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL DEFICIENCIES IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY PROVIDING 22 COMMENTS, ILLUSTRATING THE STATE TO NOT CONCUR WITH THE REPORT FINDINGS.AND YET THE DEVELOPER STANDS UP HERE WITH REASONS OF WHY THAT THOSE ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THEM, AND THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THEM.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE TOLD DEVELOPERS CAN EXCEED THE 50% IMPERVIOUS COVER WITHIN THE PYRAMID WEALTH FIELD.
HOWEVER, WE KNOW THIS NOT TO HOLD TRUE EITHER BECAUSE ZONING APPEAL CASE NUMBER 59, 49 FOR 1500 WOODLEY ROAD, WHICH I BELIEVE ENDED UP BEING THE WAYFAIR WAREHOUSE, THE DEVELOPER REQUESTED AND WAS GRANTED A VARIANCE TO EXCEED THE 50% IMPERVIOUS SURFACE CAP BY 3.4%, WHICH ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 166 AND 400 SQUARE FEET ON TOP OF THE ALREADY 1 MILLION PLUS SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR OFFERING AN ADDITIONAL 278 PARKING SPACES.
THE RESIDENTS WERE SEEKING A MORATORIUM BECAUSE THE ISSUES DO NOT ONLY NOT GET RESOLVED PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PROJECTS, THE PROJECTS STILL SOMEHOW GET PUSHED FORWARD.
PARAMIN IS TIRED OF THE BROKEN PROMISES AND FRANKLY, THE DISREGARD OF THE SO-CALLED RULES AND REGULATIONS AND LAWS THAT YOU SO CLAIMED TO UPHOLD THESE PROJECTS ARE QUITE OPPOSITE OF AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE PYRAMID AREA AS THE COUNTY AND THE DEVELOPER CLAIM THEM TO BE, TO QUOTE THE SMART AND WITTY JUDGED JUDY DON'T PEE ON MY LEG AND TELL ME IT'S RAINING.
MA'AM THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS MR. PRESIDENT WITH NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP.
THIS MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED.