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          WELL, 
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GOOD EVENING CHAIR CALLS THE ORDER, AUDITORS UPDATE, UH, 
          [AUDITOR UPDATE]
COUNSEL, WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME MS. BROOKS HERE THIS EVENING COUNTY AUDITOR. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          YOU ALL KNOW I'M CRYSTAL BROOKS, THE COUNTY AUDITOR. 
          I AM HERE TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN MY OFFICE TO LET YOU KNOW THE STATUS OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING, ANSWERING QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, AND I'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO IT. 
          SO YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF MY UPDATE. 
          THESE ARE THE AUDITS THAT WERE IN OUR AUDIT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
          UM, THIS YEAR WE HAD 13 PROJECTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE AUDIT PLAN. 
          12 OF THEM ARE DONE. 
          ONE IS IN PROGRESS AND ONE HAS BEEN POSTPONED. 
          THERE WAS A NATURAL ONE ADDED TO THE LIST THIS YEAR. 
          UM, SO STARTING AT THE BEGINNING, WE DIDN'T AUDIT THAT IS A FOLLOW-UP TO PRIOR AUDIT FINDINGS. 
          IN THIS PROJECT, WE LOOK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'VE MADE IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. 
          UM, WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE 11 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE CLOSED AND THERE ARE 12 THAT WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR FOLLOWUP. 
          UM, WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF WATER AND SEWER BILLING. 
          THIS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BILLS THAT THE COUNTY HAD SENT OUT FOR WATER AND SEWER, IT SEEMED TO BE IN THE CORRECT AMOUNTS THAT PAYMENTS WERE APPLIED TO THE CORRECT ACCOUNTS. 
          UM, WE FINISHED THAT PROJECT IN NOVEMBER AND THERE WERE NO RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THAT AUDIT. 
          UM, AT THE TIME WE WERE JUST LOOKING TO SEE THAT THE AMOUNTS BILLED WERE CORRECT, AND THEY WERE THE COUNTIES IMPLEMENTING A NEW WATER AND SEWER BILLING SYSTEM. 
          AND SO IN OUR NEXT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR, 2023 AUDIT PLAN, WE WILL REVIEW THAT NEW SYSTEM. 
          WE LAST SUMMER TOOK A LOOK AT PETTY CASH ACCOUNTS. 
          WE LOOKED AT FIVE OF THEM FOR A SIDE RUN, THE JURY COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, UH, TO HAVE HER DEGREE SENIOR CENTER MCFALL SENIOR CENTER AND BELAIR AND, UM, AMUSEMENT PARK TICKET SALES. 
          THERE WERE NO ISSUES RELATED TO ANY OF THOSE ACCOUNTS. 
          ALL OF THE PETTY CASH ACCOUNTS HAD EITHER CASH OR RECEIPTS THAT TOTAL TO THE AMOUNT WE EXPECTED, THOSE FUNDS TO BE. 
          UM, THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITS WERE COMPLETED, UM, IN OCTOBER, UH, FOLLOWING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BEING AUDITED, THERE'S ALSO A SINGLE AUDIT. 
          IT'S THE AUDIT OF THE COUNTIES, FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. 
          UM, THERE WAS ONE FINDING INCLUDED IN THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT. 
          IT WAS RELATED TO A CARE ZACK GRANT REIMBURSEMENT THAT WAS REIMBURSED IN THE CORRECT AMOUNT IT'S SINCE BEEN CORRECTED AND THE OVERPAYMENT WAS REPAID. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE COUNTIES AFFILIATED AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETED. 
          THAT INCLUDES, UM, THE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES, THE FIRE AND EMS ASSOCIATION AND FOUNDATION. 
          UH, WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE HERFORD CENTER, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIBRARIES AND THE SCHOOLS, EVEN THOUGH THOSE DO ROLL UP INTO THE COUNTY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 
          WHAT WE NOTED IS THAT FOR THE AFFILIATED AGENCIES, UM, A LOT OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES JUST DON'T COMPLETE THEIR FINANCIAL REPORTING ON TIME. 
          UM, AND SO THAT REMAINS AN ISSUE. 
          UH, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF THE ONES FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 THOUGH. 
          SO THAT PROJECT IS CLOSED. 
          WE DID AN AUDIT OF THE COUNTY'S PAYROLL CONTROLS, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THAT WAS TO DETERMINE THAT ESSENTIALLY ALL EMPLOYEES WERE BEING PAID, THE AMOUNTS THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, THAT THE CALCULATIONS LOOKED CORRECT BASED ON PAY RATES THAT PAY ADJUSTMENTS WERE CORRECT. 
          WE LOOKED TO SEE THAT LEAVE PAYOUTS WERE CORRECT, AND THAT BENEFIT DEDUCTIONS WERE CORRECT FOR EMPLOYEES. 
          THERE WAS ONE FINDING RESULTING FROM THAT AUDIT. 
          IT WAS RELATED TO BENEFIT DEDUCTIONS. 
          THERE WERE A FEW EMPLOYEES WHO WERE, UM, IN EITHER THE PAYMENT RATE FOR PLANS THAT WERE FOR EXAMPLE, UH, INDIVIDUAL COVERAGE OR AN INDIVIDUAL AND SPOUSE, INSTEAD OF THE PERSON BEING IN A FAMILY PLAN OR AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS HIRED, EXCUSE ME, AN EMPLOYEE THAT WAS HIRED BEFORE 2010 BEING PAID OR CHARGED THE RATES FOR EMPLOYEES WHO WERE HIRED AFTER 2010, THOSE SORT OF THINGS. 
          UM, MANAGEMENT ADVISED THAT THERE WERE REASONS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR FEW THAT WE FOUND IT WAS BECAUSE OF A MANUAL PROCESS. 
          THE NEW, UM, PROCESS THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR FOR BENEFIT SELECTIONS IS AUTOMATED. 
          SO THAT EMPLOYEES ARE GOING THROUGH AND REVIEWING THEIR BENEFITS, SELECTIONS, AND THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE GONNA COME OUT OF THEIR CHECKS AND THAT INFORMATION WILL POST AUTOMATICALLY TO THE PAYROLL SYSTEM. 
          SO, UH, THEY ADVISED US THAT THE ISSUE WAS CORRECTED. 
          WE HAVE NOT REVIEWED THAT YET, BUT WE WILL, WHEN WE GET BACK TO OUR STATUS OF PRIOR AUDIT FINDINGS, WE ALSO IN THAT PROJECT BECAUSE THERE WAS AN OUTAGE IN THE TIMEKEEPING SYSTEM FOR A FEW MONTHS, UM, WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE SOME PROCEDURES THAT WE COULDN'T COMPLETE AT THAT TIME. 
          SO WE'D PLAN TO GO BACK AND CHECK AND SEE THE ISSUES THAT HADN'T, THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TEST. 
          UM, WE 
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ADDED THAT PROJECT TO OUR AUDIT PLAN AND WE COMPLETED THOSE PROCEDURES, UM, JUST LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY, UM, THE PAYROLL CONTROL SUPPLEMENTAL AUDIT, THERE WERE NO FINDINGS RESULTING FROM THAT PROJECT, BUT WE WENT THROUGH AND MADE SURE THAT EMPLOYEES LEAVE BALANCES WERE CORRECT. 
          AND THAT THE ACCRUAL RATES FOR PAID LEAVE WAS CORRECT. 
          SO NO ISSUES THERE. 
          UM, IN THE FALL LAST YEAR, WE AUDITED THE COUNTY'S PROCUREMENT PRACTICES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE GUIDELINES AND THE COUNTY'S PROCUREMENT CODE HAD BEEN FOLLOWED FOR LARGE PURCHASES. 
          UH, WE FOUND THAT GENERALLY THE COUNTY FOLLOWS THE PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES. 
          THERE WAS ONE FINDING, UM, RELATED TO THE MONITORING OF SPENDING. 
          UH, THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE IS A SMALL DEPARTMENT AND THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER AND THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO REALLY DELVE INTO HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING WITH A PARTICULAR VENDOR, UNLESS IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION. 
          THEY LOOK AT HIGH LEVEL SPENDING, BUT THEY CAN'T CAPTURE NECESSARILY A VENDOR WHO WE'VE SPENT MORE THAN $25,000 WITH IF THAT SPENDING IS AGGREGATED ACROSS DEPARTMENTS OR ACROSS SEPARATE CONTRACTS. 
          SO OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PROCUREMENT NEEDS MORE STAFF. 
          UM, AND SO WE'D HOPE THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT THAT WHENEVER THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE. 
          UM, WE DID AN AUDIT OF THE COUNTIES, UH, REAL PROPERTY TAX BILLING AND COLLECTION CONTROLS THAT AUDIT LOOKED AT WHETHER OR NOT THE BILLS THAT WE SENT OUT TO TAXPAYERS WERE CORRECT AND COMPLETE. 
          AND ALSO THAT THEIR PAYMENTS WERE RECEIVED CORRECTLY AND COMPLETELY LATE CHARGES WERE ASSESSED WHEN THEY NEEDED TO BE. 
          AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES IN THAT AUDIT. 
          IT WAS COMPLETED WITH NO FINDINGS, UM, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. 
          PROPERTY TAXES, THE COUNTY'S LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE. 
          THE NEXT PROJECT WAS AN AUDIT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE COUNTIES, AFFILIATED AGENCIES, UH, FOR THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO A DEGREE, THE LIBRARIES, WHEN THERE ARE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THOSE AGENCIES, THEY CHOOSE THEIR VENDORS, THEY PAY THEIR VENDORS, AND THEN THEY REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE COUNTY FOR THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO SEE THAT THE AMOUNTS THAT WE HAD PAID TO THEM HAD UNDERLYING SUPPORT. 
          SO WE WENT TO THOSE AGENCIES, UM, LOOK TO SEE WHAT THEIR INVOICES LOOK LIKE AND THAT THEY AGREED TO WHAT THE COUNTY HAD REIMBURSED. 
          UM, THERE WERE NO ISSUES RELATED TO THAT. 
          ALL THOSE THINGS TIED OUT THE WAY WE EXPECTED. 
          UH, JUST RECENTLY, ACTUALLY TODAY WE FINISHED AN AUDIT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, BILLING AND COLLECTION CONTROLS. 
          THIS IS RELATED TO, UH, MONEY THAT IS COLLECTED AT THE LANDFILL AND ALSO COLLECTED BY MARYLAND ENVIRONMENT, SERVICE, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, UH, FOR TRASH THAT IS HAULED TO BALTIMORE COUNTY'S WASTE TRANSFER STATION. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, HOLLERS WERE LICENSED BY THE COUNTY, THAT THEY HAD SUBMITTED ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION TO BE ALLOWED TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY. 
          IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE BEING INVOICED THE RIGHT AMOUNTS AND PAYING THE CORRECT AMOUNTS. 
          AND THAT, THAT MONEY WAS THEN BEING SENT OVER TO THE COUNTY FROM MURAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, UH, TIMELY AND COMPLETELY. 
          UH, WE ALSO LOOKED TO SEE THAT, UH, FOR PRIVATE VEHICLES AT THE LANDFILL, THAT IT SEEMED LIKE ALL OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS WERE CAPTURED. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT VIDEO TO SEE HOW MANY CARS CAME IN AND OUT. 
          UH, WERE WE ABLE TO VERIFY THAT THOSE LINED UP WITH TRANSACTIONS THAT HAD BEEN PROCESSED IN THEIR SYSTEM? UM, ULTIMATELY OUT OF THAT AUDIT, THERE WAS ONE ISSUE THAT WE REPORTED. 
          IT WAS RELATED TO FUNDING FOR HOLLERS. 
          THERE WERE FIVE TRUCKS FOR TWO VENDORS SEPARATELY THAT HAD LICENSES WITH THE COUNTY FOR THEIR TRUCKS, BUT THAT WE COULDN'T FIND APPROPRIATE. 
          UM, INSURANCE FINDING INFORMATION ON FILE, UH, MANAGEMENT ADVISED US THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RETRAIN THE STAFF INVOLVED AND ADD AN EXTRA REVIEW SO THAT THERE'S BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MES AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BONDS ARE FULLY CAPTURED BEFORE THE LICENSES ISSUED. 
          UM, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST ISSUED THAT REPORT TODAY. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO FOLLOW UP, TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAS BEEN FULLY COMPLETED YET. 
          UM, I THINK THEIR EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 1ST FOR THAT, WE DID AN AUDIT OF CASH RECEIPTS. 
          THIS PROJECT WAS INTENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEND MONEY TO THE COUNTY, WHETHER IT'S FOR WATER BILLS OR TAX BILLS OR TICKETS PARKING TICKETS, THAT THAT MONEY WAS CAPTURED EITHER AT THE WINDOW OR THROUGH WHATEVER ELECTRONIC MECHANISM THAT THE MONEY WAS POSTED TO IRRELEVANT, UM, UH, RELEVANT REVENUE SYSTEM. 
          SO IF YOU SENT MONEY THROUGH 
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AN ELECTRONIC PAYMENT THAT IT WOULD POST TO YOUR WATER ACCOUNT, IF THAT'S WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO, OR YOUR SEWER OR YOUR, EXCUSE ME, PROPERTY TAX ACCOUNT, UM, ESSENTIALLY WE FOUND EVERYTHING LOOKED THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD FOR THAT. 
          UM, THE MONEY THAT IS COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY'S BANK GETS TO THE COUNTY. 
          IT'S GOT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES TO THE RIGHT ACCOUNTS. 
          UM, WE PLAN TO DO AN AUDIT OF FLEET MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT, UM, AND AT MANAGEMENT'S REQUEST, WE HAVE POSTPONED THAT TO THE FALL. 
          SO THAT'LL BE IN OUR AUDIT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE POSTPONED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK IN OUR PROJECT OF, UH, THE PAYROLL CONTROL SUPPLEMENT, WHICH I ALREADY MENTIONED. 
          UM, THEN LAST ONE, WELL, ACTUALLY TWO MORE. 
          UM, WE DID AUDITS OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR, FOR LOCAL HOTEL OPERATORS THIS LAST MONTH. 
          UH, WE LOOKED AT THE HAMPTON INN AND ABERDEEN, THE LAKITA AND IN SUITES AND EDGEWOOD EXTENDED STAY AMERICA AND BELAIR AND THE SPENCER SILVER AND IN HAVRE DE GRACE, WE WANTED TO SEE THAT THE, THAT THE PAYMENTS THAT THE HOTEL OPERATORS WERE SENDING TO THE COUNTY WERE SUPPORTED BY THEIR OPERATING RECORDS. 
          SO, UM, HOTEL OPERATORS ARE SUPPOSED TO COLLECT THE 6%, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FROM THEIR GUESTS, AND THEN IN TURN, SEND THAT MONEY TO THE COUNTY. 
          UM, BUT THEY JUST PROVIDE A REPORTING FORM SAYING BASICALLY HERE'S MY REVENUE FOR THE MONTH. 
          HERE'S WHAT 6% ISN'T WITH A CHECK. 
          UM, SO WE WENT TO ALL THOSE HOTELS. 
          WE LOOKED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE STAYED AT THE HOTEL FOR WHATEVER DAYS, WHAT WERE THE RATES, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE, WHAT THE COUNTY WAS GETTING MADE SENSE, UH, THERE WERE NO ISSUES FOR ANY OF THOSE HOTELS. 
          UM, LASTLY, OUR AUDIT OF PURCHASE CARD CONTROLS IS IN PROGRESS. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          AND SO BECAUSE, UH, THE LAST PURCHASE CARD TRANSACTIONS FOR JUNE, WON'T BE POSTED UNTIL JULY OR AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST. 
          UH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT ON PURCHASE CARDS IN AUGUST, BUT THAT PROJECT IS IN PROGRESS. 
          SO THE ONLY THING OTHER THAN THOSE THINGS THAT I WOULD NOTE RELATED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 22 AUDIT PLAN IS THAT, UH, WE MEET WITH THE AUDIT ADVISORY BOARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          AND WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE LAST MEETING WAS MAY 24TH, BUT OUR NEXT MEETING IS AUGUST 23RD. 
          THOSE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM ON THE COUNTY AUDITOR WEBPAGE. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT RELATED TO THE CURRENT YEAR AUDIT PLAN. 
          I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAS BEFORE I JUMP INTO WHAT'S IN OUR PROPOSED AUDIT PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          THANKS CRYSTAL. 
          UH, MR. CHANDRA, DENNIS. 
          THANKS, CRYSTAL. 
          GOOD. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING. 
          SO QUESTION GOING BACK TO HO HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND THE 6%, UM, ARE THEY CHARGING 6% IF SOMEBODY IS USING A VOUCHER OR, UH, BEING PAID FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT THEY'RE GETTING IN THE ROOM, IS THERE ANY WAY TO TRACK THAT? BECAUSE I, UH, DO YOU MEAN LIKE IF SOMEBODY WAS STAYING AT A HOTEL AND THEIR EMPLOYER WAS PAYING FOR IT, I MEAN, LIKE IF YOU'VE GOT REWARDS AND YOU'VE BUILT UP YOUR REWARDS AND YOU HAVE A ROOM THAT THAT ROOM SHOULD BE TAXED FOR THAT DAY OR FOR THOSE TWO DAYS OR FOR THREE, THOSE THREE DAYS, IS THERE ANY WAY TO CHECK ON THAT? UH, WE LOOKED TO SEE, WELL, NO, IT, YOU, THEY WOULDN'T PAY TAX ON IT, SO THEY WOULDN'T PAY TAX. 
          YOU PAY TAX ON THE AMOUNT THAT THE HOTEL IS CHARGING YOU TO SAY. 
          SO THEY MIGHT STILL COLLECT THE OCCUPANCY TAX, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GETTING A NIGHT FOR FREE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BIG, MIGHT NOT REPORT IT IN A WAY TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. 
          WELL, A HOTEL WOULDN'T CHARGE WOULDN'T COLLECT IT IF THEY WEREN'T CHARGING YOU ANYTHING, BECAUSE IT'S GOTTA BE 6% OF THE ROOM RATE. 
          IF THE ROOM RATE IS ZERO THERE'S NO, THEY ALWAYS CHARGE IT. 
          EVEN IF YOU HAVE A ROOM RATE, THAT'S ZERO AND YOU'VE GOT A ROOM COMP, THEY STILL CHARGE YOU THE, THAT IN OTHER STATES, THEY STILL CHARGE YOU THE TAX, THE USAGE TAX AND EVERYTHING. 
          THE ROOM RATE MIGHT BE FREE, BUT THE TAX THEY'RE STILL COLLECTING. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD DETERMINE WHAT THE BASIS WAS FOR THAT TAX. 
          I MEAN, WE DIDN'T LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL. 
          WE DIDN'T LOOK TO THAT DEGREE. 
          WE LOOK TO SEE WHAT WAS THE REVENUE, SHOW US ALL THE REVENUE, WHAT 6% OF THAT, UM, 6% LESS ANYONE WHO STAYED LONGER THAN 30 DAYS. 
          SO WE LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE PROCESSES WERE FOR BACKING OUT THAT INCOME. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE REDUCTIONS IN THEIR REVENUE. 
          SO I'VE BEEN IN OTHER STATES WHERE THEY STILL CHARGE, YOU USE TAXI, STATE TAX AND SALES TAX, EVEN THOUGH THE ROOM IS COMPED, THEY'RE STILL CHARGING YOU THOSE BASE RATES. 
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I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE DOING THAT OR NOT DOING THAT, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO WE CHECK THAT? I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER'S RECEIPT AND FOR THE PROCEDURES THAT WE DID, WE WOULD NOT HAVE CAPTURED THAT IF THEIR RATE WAS ZERO, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ZERO. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S FAIR. 
          AND THEN I, ONE OTHER THING YOU, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE BILLING AND COLLECTION CONTROLS, THERE WAS VEHICLES THAT DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE. 
          IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAYING THAT THEY HADN'T SUBMITTED A BOND TO THE COUNTY? SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY A $2,000 BONDS AT THE COUNTY. 
          THEY DID HAVE INSURANCE. 
          THAT'S A SEPARATE REQUIREMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GINGER, DAN AND MR. JOHNSON. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          UM, GOOD EVENING, MS. BROOKS, UH, JUST, UM, CAVEAT OFF OF, UH, UH, TONY GS OR COUNCILMAN TONY. 
          JEEZ, I CAN'T SAY HIS LAST NAME ALL THE TIME. 
          UM, UM, QUESTIONS. 
          SO, UH, FOR THE HOMELESS, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU DUG DOWN ON THAT, LIKE DURING THE WINTER, WHEN THE HOMELESS FOLKS ARE STAYING AT THESE HOTELS, ARE WE AT THE COUNTY OR ANY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS? ARE THEY PAYING THAT? NOT AS BEEN SOMETHING WE WOULD'VE LOOKED AT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IF THE COUNTY WAS BUYING A HOTEL ROOM FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS UNHOUSED, UH, IF THEY PAID A CERTAIN RATE, THEY SHOULD PAY THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          I CAN'T THINK THAT THERE IS A, ANY SORT OF WAIVER OF IT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WAS PAYING FOR IT. 
          UM, THERE ARE A SET OF, UH, A SET OF PURCHASE CARD NUMBERS, CREDIT CARD NUMBERS. 
          THAT'S IN A RANGE THAT THE STATE ALLOWS HOTEL TAX TO BE WAIVED FOR. 
          SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE, WHETHER COUNTY EMPLOYEES, CREDIT CARDS FALL ON THAT LIST, BUT I CAN CHECK AND FOLLOW UP. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND S UH, SECONDLY, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PROCUREMENT. 
          UM, WHEN WAS THIS BROUGHT TO PROCUREMENT'S ATTENTION, AS FAR AS NEEDING, NEEDING MORE STAFF? OH, THEY'VE KNOWN, THEY KNOW, AND THEY WOULD LIKE MORE STAFF. 
          I THINK THE MATTER BECOMES IT'S BUDGET, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOTTA BE PUT IN A BUDGET AND IT'S GOTTA BE FUNDED. 
          SO IT HAS SO, SO IN ESSENCE, IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED, CORRECT. 
          UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES IN PROCUREMENT SINCE WE FINISHED THE AUDIT. 
          'CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR, YOUR AUDIT UPDATE IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE PRIOR TO THE BUDGET, SO THAT WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET AND PROCUREMENT'S SITTING IN FRONT OF US, AND THIS ISN'T FOR YOU, THIS IS JUST FOR, FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF THE PEOPLE. 
          BUT THIS IS SOME, THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED PRIOR TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUR STAMP OF APPROVAL ON THE BUDGET. 
          BECAUSE IF, IF PROCUREMENT KNOWS THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM, UM, THE COUNTY AUDITOR KNOW THAT KNOWS THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM AND CONTINUOUSLY BRINGS THIS PROBLEM UP. 
          THEN WE, AS A COUNCIL SHOULD GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS FIXED. 
          SO, UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, COUNSEL PERSONALITY, OR MY TIME BACK, THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, ANYONE ELSE MR. WAGON TO MR. JOHNSON'S POINT? UM, THAT WOULD YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT WE NEED A BETTER WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE BUDGET COMING OVER HERE, BECAUSE WHEN WE FIND OUT AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'VE LOOKED FOR ADDITIONAL HELP FOR SOME TIME, FOR OTHER REASONS, TOO. 
          THERE'S PROCUREMENT AGENTS THAT ARE OVERWORKED AND WAY TOO MANY, UH, ACCOUNTS FOR EACH ONE. 
          BUT IF WE HAD A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WHERE THE COUNCIL AND THE, THE ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AND DEVISED A BUDGET THAT WE WERE ALL MORE ACCEPTABLE OF AND KNEW THE PROBLEMS GOING INTO IT, THEN WE COULD CRAFT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, COMING UP AT THE 11TH HOUR, IN A BUDGET SESSION, FINDING THAT OUT. 
          WE'VE GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT, UNLESS THE EXECUTIVE WANTS TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          I'LL STEP UP AND GIVE YOU THREE MORE PEOPLE IN PROCUREMENT. 
          IT JUST, IT THERE'S A WHOLE REVAMPING OF HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE TO MAKE IT WORK BETTER, THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP, MR. JOHNSON. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS TO WHAT YOU ALL JUST SAID. 
          SO ONE, UM, I CAN, AS I'M GOING THROUGH AND DOING BUDGETING ANALYSIS, I WILL TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND MAKE SURE THAT I THROW IN THINGS THERE INTO THE BUDGET ANALYSIS, THAT YOU ALL KNOW WHERE THERE WERE PRIOR AUDIT FINDINGS. 
          WE'D DONE IT IN THE PAST, AND IT DIDN'T SEEM SUPER HELPFUL AT THE TIME. 
          SO, BUT WE CAN ADD THAT BACK. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT, SO WHILE PROCUREMENT NEEDS MORE STAFF, THEY ARE GETTING ALL OF THEIR BASIC DUTIES DONE. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY EFFICIENT GROUP. 
          UM, BUT THEY ARE SMALL 
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AND MIGHTY, I GUESS. 
          UM, AND SO THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, IT'S THE MONITORING OF THE OVERALL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THE DETAILS. 
          YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE WHOLE FOREST. 
          UM, THEY TRY TO GET SOME OF THAT DONE, BUT THEY CAN'T GET DOWN TO THE DETAIL OF LIKE THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE POINTED OUT TO THEM, UM, BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH. 
          AND THOSE AREAS ARE GONNA BE PLACES WHERE IF THE COUNTY IS SPENDING MORE WITH A VENDOR, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRY TO GET BIGGER VOLUME DISCOUNTS. 
          AND THEY, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH REALLY, TO DO AS MUCH OF THAT AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO. 
          SO, MR. WAGNER, ANYONE ELSE YOU TO MOVE ON? YEAH. 
          SO, UH, ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, YOU ALL WILL HAVE A RESOLUTION RELATED TO PERFORMANCE AND OPERATIONAL AUDITS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. 
          SO I WANTED TO WALK YOU ALL THROUGH WHAT OUR PROPOSED AUDIT PLAN LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE PLAN. 
          UM, AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE A COUNTY WIDE RISK ASSESSMENT WHERE WE LOOK AT ALL THE BUSINESS PROCESSES THAT THE COUNTY HAS. 
          UM, WE LOOKED TO SEE WHAT CAN GO WRONG IN THOSE BUSINESS PROCESSES, IF SOMETHING WENT WRONG, UM, HOW SIGNIFICANT WOULD THE PROBLEM BE? UM, AND HOW WIDESPREAD WITH THE PROBLEM BE WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE AND THE IMPACT OF A PROBLEM. 
          UH, ONCE WE'VE DONE THAT, THEN WE SAY, OKAY, WELL, SOME PROCESSES ARE GOING TO BE RISKY OR SOME ARE GOING TO BE MORE CRITICAL TO THE COUNTY'S FUNCTIONING. 
          UM, WE PRIORITIZE THEM AND LOOK TO SEE, WELL, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THIS PROCESS AUDITED, EXCUSE ME. 
          WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT PROCESS WAS AUDITED? UM, WHAT WERE OUR RESULTS FROM PRIOR AUDITS AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT MOST CRITICALLY? UM, THE COUNTY CHARTER REQUIRES THAT AUDITS THAT HAVE, UH, OPERATIONAL AND PERFORMANCE AUDIT PROCEDURES RELATED TO THEM, NEEDS THE COUNCIL TO SIGN OFF. 
          THAT'S WHY YOU ALL WILL HAVE A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          UM, BUT OUR AUDIT PLAN, AS WE LOOK AT THE RISK ASSESSMENT AND FIGURE OUT WHICH THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE, WE'RE TALKING TO YOU ALL, WE'RE TALKING TO THE AUDIT ADVISORY BOARD. 
          WE TRY TO TALK TO, UM, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES OFFICE OR THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICE TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE. 
          SO WE DESIGN A PLAN THAT INCLUDES THINGS, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE TIME FOR TRAINING PAID TIME OFF BECAUSE PEOPLE GET SICK. 
          UM, MAKING SURE WE HAVE TIME TO ATTEND COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          IF WE NEED TO THAT WE HAVE TIME FOR BUDGET ANALYSIS AND FISCAL NOTE, UH, PREPARATION. 
          UH, THEN THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. 
          UM, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT IS COMPLETED. 
          THERE'S AN EXTERNAL FIRM THAT DOES THAT, BUT MY OFFICE IS REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. 
          UM, WE AUDIT PETTY CASH ACCOUNTS EVERY YEAR, NOT EVERYONE, BUT A SAMPLE OF THEM. 
          WE ARE GOING TO BE AUDITING HOTEL TAX, UH, EVERY YEAR PURCHASE CARDS EVERY YEAR, FOLLOWING UP ON PRIOR AUDIT FINDINGS EVERY YEAR. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE ALWAYS DO. 
          THE THINGS THAT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY ADDING TO THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 INCLUDES, UM, A FLEET MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROJECT, WHICH I MENTIONED, UH, WE'RE PUSHING BACK BECAUSE MANAGEMENT ASKS US TO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT RECRUITMENT AND HIRING PRACTICES. 
          WE'LL LOOK AT THE NEW WATER AND SEWER BILLING SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT ITS CONTROLS OPERATE THE WAY THAT THEY'RE EXPECTED TO. 
          WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT BANKING AND INVESTMENT CONTROLS. 
          INVENTORY CONTROLS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, BECAUSE THIS YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR. 
          SOME OF YOU ALL WILL BE LEAVING OFFICE, BUT ALSO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WILL BE LEAVING OFFICE. 
          SO WE WILL DO EXIT AUDITS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS, AS IT SHOULD BE. 
          UM, FOR ANY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR WHO IS LEAVING COUNTY SERVICE. 
          IN ADDITION TO, WE'LL BE REVIEWING ALL OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR ALL OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHETHER YOU'RE STAYING OR GOING. 
          SO, UM, THAT'LL HAPPEN RIGHT AROUND THE TIME, UM, OF INAUGURATIONS. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT GRANT AND AID MONITORING CONTROLS. 
          WE WILL LOOK AT LICENSE ISSUANCE AND BILLING. 
          WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT ZONING REQUESTS AND THOSE ARE THE BIG PROJECTS. 
          SO IT'S A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          THERE WERE A FEW NEW THINGS IN THERE. 
          UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT'S ALSO IN THE RESOLUTION IS JUST THAT IT DIRECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING AND EXTENT AND NATURE OF THE AUDIT PROCEDURES THAT WE DO WILL BE BASED ON, UM, AUDITOR JUDGMENT AND CUMULATIVE NODDED AUDIT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, SO HOW WE DO OUR WORK AND I CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ABOUT THE AUDIT PLAN OR THE PROPOSED AUDIT PLAN. 
          THANK YOU, CRYSTAL. 
          ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND YOU SAY THE NEXT AUDIT ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS ON THE 23RD, AUGUST 23RD QUESTIONS. 
          ANYONE THANK YOU, CRYSTAL FOR YOUR UPDATE. 
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AND I BELIEVE NOW THAT WE'RE PAST THE SEVEN O'CLOCK, UH, 
          [PUBLIC HEARING ]
TIME PERIOD, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 1 1 22 DASH 0 1 2 22 DASH 0 1 3. 
          COUNCIL. 
          WE HAVE MISS ALLEGED WITH US THIS EVENING. 
          UM, MS.  AND MR. GALLON, GALEN GALLAHUE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. 
          COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, WE'VE GOT THREE BILLS AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. 
          WE'VE GOT 22 DASH ZERO 11 DASH ZERO 12 AND ZERO. 
          WE'RE 13. 
          IT WITH YOUR PERMISSION, COULD WE DO 22 DASH ZERO 12 AND 22 DASH ZERO 13 FIRST AS THEY ARE THE PROCEDURAL KIND OF CLEANUP BILLS AND THEN THE LARGE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CHANGE IN PROGRAM UPDATE. 
          HE'S IN CONTAINING 22 DASH ZERO 11. 
          NO JACKSON COUNCIL. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO BILL 22 DASH ZERO 12 IS THE UPDATE TO CHAPTER 1 69 OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 1 69 IS THE CODE THAT, UM, SETS FORTH THE MASTER PLAN. 
          SO ALL WE'RE DOING WITH THIS REVISION IS BASICALLY DECLARING THAT THIS YEARS, 2022, UH, CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM, AND THE MAPS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT AND THE MANUAL THAT ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, THEY ARE ADOPTED AND THEY ARE DECLARED OFFICIALLY AS THE HARFORD COUNTY MASTER PLAN AS PART OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY MASTER PLAN. 
          IF BILL 22 DASH ZERO 11 IS ADOPTED BY THIS COUNCIL. 
          SO THAT'S ALL THAT BILL 22 ACTUALLY WROTE 12 IS DOING BILL 22 DASH ZERO 13 IS A CLEANUP. 
          WE SLIGHTLY CHANGED THE NAME OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM, UM, TO CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM. 
          SO IN THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, WHICH ARE FOUND IN CHAPTER 2 68 OF HARFORD COUNTY CODE IN 2 68, 10, THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO THE OLD NAME. 
          SO ALL WE SIMPLY ARE DOING IN BILL 22 DASH ZERO 13 IS MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S NAME IS CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CODE. 
          SO THAT'S THE MINOR CHANGE TO BILL 22 DASH 0 1 3. 
          SO THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE TWO PARTICULAR BILLS? I'LL TAKE THEM AT THIS TIME COUNSEL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND BUILD 22 DASH ZERO 11 IS THE LARGE BILL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION, THE LENGTHY BILL, IT IS A CHANGE TO THE ACTUAL ZONING CODE. 
          THE REASON IT'S SO LENGTHY IS I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT PROCEDURALLY ABOUT THAT IS BECAUSE CURRENTLY OUR CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA REGULATIONS ARE CODIFIED IN 2 67, 63 OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY ZONING CODE. 
          WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE RESTRUCTURED THAT ANYBODY WHO HAS LOOKED AT THAT HAS SEEN, IT'S NOT VERY, USER-FRIENDLY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. 
          IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THE STAFF TO INTERPRET AND ADMINISTER THAT AND ALSO FOR THE CITIZENS. 
          SO WE WENT AHEAD AND WE DELETED THAT ENTIRE SECTION AND ARE REPLACING IT. 
          WE'RE NOT REPLACING MUCH SUBSTANCE. 
          AND MR. GALLAHUE, WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE SUBSTANTIVELY, BUT 70 PAGES OF THE BILL IN FRONT OF YOU IS SIMPLY A REPRINTING OF THE EXISTING CODE SECTION. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN BRACKETED OUT AND DELETED. 
          THE CAPITALIZED PORTION OF COURSE, IS THE NEW CODIFIED SECTION, WHICH WILL BE 2 67 63 THROUGH 2 67 63 0.21. 
          SO WE'VE REORGANIZED AND RESTRUCTURED IT TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE USER-FRIENDLY UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. GALLAHUE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING, AND HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SLIDESHOW AND THE SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE ACTUAL PROGRAM AND THE CODE AT THIS POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, ALONG WITH MR. , WHO'S WORKED VERY HARD TO HELP THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BRING THESE BILLS FORWARD, JOINED BY PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR, CHAR KOSKI, ALSO MATT CROP, AND, UM, DAN FERMIN, OUR NEW PLANNER WHO'S SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH CRITICAL AREA, UM, AT, UH, IN HIS ROLE. 
          UM, MY NAME IS JOEL CALLAHAN. 
          I'M THE CHIEF OF LONG RANGE PLANNING. 
          WE'RE HERE TO COMPLETE A STATE MANDATED PROCESS WITH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA. 
          SO TO START US OUT, THIS PICTURE THAT'S BEEN UP ON THE SCREEN IS OF FOSTER BRANCH. 
          AND THIS IS A STREAM THE COUNTY RESTORED WITH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. 
          AND IT ALSO, THIS HAPPENS TO BE IN THE HARTFORD COUNTY CRITICAL AREA. 
          AND AS I SAID, THE STATE REQUIRES US TO HAVE A CRITICAL AREAS, ZONING CODE, OVERLAY MAP, AND A PROGRAM DOCUMENT. 
          WE MUST UPDATE THIS ON A CYCLE OF ABOUT 10 YEARS, ALL JURISDICTIONS MUST. 
          THIS DID HAVE, UM, FRONT HAVE SHORELINE WITH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, HAVING A GRACE JUST DID THIS. 
          UM, JUST WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          I NOTICED DENTON AND EASTON, UH, WERE BEFORE THE COMMISSION A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE WILL, UH, ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK THROUGH THESE THREE BILLS. 
          IF THEY'RE APPROVED, WE MUST THEN GO TO 
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THE STATE CRITICAL AREA COMMISSION AND GET THEIR FINAL APPROVAL. 
          WE HAVE FOR THAT REASON, BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE STATE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS FOR OVER THREE YEARS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE CHANGES, THAT THEY WILL SUPPORT. 
          UH, SO THAT THEY'RE SHOWING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE HERE. 
          UH, THE BILL IS ADDRESS CHANGES TO ZONING SUBDIVISION CODE, AS WELL AS THE ZONING MAP. 
          UM, THEY REFINE THE PROGRAM MANUAL. 
          SO PROGRAM MANUAL IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THERE'S VERY MANY DETAILS TO THE CRITICAL AREA, TOO MANY TO REALLY FIT IN THE CODE. 
          SOME OF THESE CAN BE VERY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE TIMBER HARVEST OR AGRICULTURE AND SO FORTH. 
          SO, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THESE PAST THREE YEARS. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL GO TO THE COMMISSION IN OCTOBER. 
          UM, SOME OF THE DETAILS OF HAVE, UM, LIKE I SAID, WORK WITH THE COMMISSION STAFF AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE PROCESS FROM 2011, WHEN IT LAST CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS THAT THE COMMISSION WORKED TO LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ORDINANCES ACROSS THE STATE AND THEY DEVELOPED A MODEL ORDINANCE AND THEY ASKED US TO LOOK AT HOW WE COULD FIT THE MODEL ORDINANCE INTO OUR CODE. 
          SO WE WORK WITH THEM TO NOW SOME THINGS DON'T FIT EXACTLY. 
          IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, HARTFORD COUNTY ZONING ARTS HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING, UM, ALIGNS WITH OTHER DEFINITIONS THAT MIGHT BE APPLIED IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CODE AND SO FORTH. 
          BUT, BUT WE WORKED WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE. 
          UM, SO I REALIZED, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH ZONING, BUT I WANT TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION USEFUL TO ANYONE WHO'S NEW TO THE CRITICAL AREA. 
          AND, UM, JUST SHARE A FEW QUICK SLIDES TO SHOW HOW IT WORKS OVERALL. 
          UM, IT'S A ZONING THAT ONLY APPLIES TO SOME PROPERTIES. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE, A VIEW OF THE OTTER POINT AREA, THERE'S A FEW LOCATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT'VE VISITED. 
          UM, ACTUALLY ON SATURDAY I WAS AT THE NITA LIGHT CENTER. 
          I THINK I SAW ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE. 
          SO, UM, THERE'S, UH, A FEW LOCATIONS THAT SOME OF YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN HERE. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, YOU CAN SEE THE REGULAR BASE ZONING. 
          EVERY PROPERTY HAS, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ZONING FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, SEE THOSE, UH, UM, LIGHTER BROWN AND ORANGE COLORS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND RED WITH COMMERCIAL AND PURPLE WITH INDUSTRIAL. 
          UM, SO EACH ONE OF THESE HAS THE BASE ZONE, BUT ONLY SOME PROPERTIES HAVE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA. 
          AND WHAT YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THIS PICTURE IS THE ZONES SEEM TO FOLLOW THE PROPERTY LINES. 
          IN MOST CASES, I THINK WITH THE BUSINESS ZONES, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE CASE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY FOLLOW THE PROPERTY LINES. 
          BUT THE CRITICAL AREA IS A DIFFERENT, UH, CRITICAL AREA FOLLOWS THE NATURAL BOUNDARY, WHICH IS THE MEAN HIGH TIDE LINE OR AVERAGE HIGH TIDE LINE. 
          AND IT GOES BACK A THOUSAND FEET FROM THAT. 
          SO YOU SEE WITH THOSE YELLOW AREAS, THE CRITICAL AREAS GOING INTO THE NITA LIGHT CENTER, IT INCLUDES THE, THE, UM, YACHT CLUB, OTHER PROPERTIES LIKE THAT. 
          SO, UH, IT BECOMES LIKE AN OVERLAY. 
          SO THERE'S NEW RULES THAT ARE APPLIED TO THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT THOUSAND FOOT PUFFER. 
          AND SOME OF THE OVERALL RULES COME IN THE FORM OF THE LAND USES OF THE CRITICAL AREA. 
          THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT LAND USES IDA LDA AND RCA, UM, INTENSELY DEVELOPED AREAS. 
          IDA, THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE THERE'S ALMOST NO NATURAL HABITAT. 
          THEY WERE INTENSELY DEVELOPED BEFORE THE CRITICAL AREA LAW TOOK EFFECT IN 1984. 
          THIS DIAGRAM IS UP AT THE TOP OF THE DIAGRAM. 
          YOU SEE THE AREA THAT LOOKS KIND OF URBAN. 
          THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IDA, UM, LIMITED DEVELOPMENT AREAS OR AREAS WITH SOME HABITAT AMONGST DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, THEN DIAGRAM THAT SORT OF IN THE LOWER LEFT, IT WAS, LOOKS LIKE A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WITH SOME HOA PROPERTY, OPEN SPACE, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          AND THEN RESOURCE CONSERVATION AREAS. 
          THOSE FOR LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, MOSTLY NATURAL HABITAT, AND THAT AREA, THE DIAGRAM LOOKS LIKE A PARK OR PERHAPS A FARM. 
          SO LET'S PUT IN SOME LOCAL CONTEXT HERE, WE SEE WATER'S EDGE. 
          THIS IS IDA INTENSELY DEVELOPED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA IS A MIXED USE WITH A CONFERENCE CENTER THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN TO OR RESIDENTIAL WAREHOUSES. 
          WHY IS THAT IDEA? WELL, IT WAS A SHOE FACTORY BEFORE THE CRITICAL AREA. 
          SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY THEY MAPPED IT THAT WAY. 
          LDA ON BOAT CALLED ROAD. 
          WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF LIMITED DEVELOPMENT AREA OR LDA. 
          THE PICTURE DEMONSTRATES MEDIUM TO LOW DENSITY HOUSING, UH, TYPICAL OF THE LTA CATEGORY. 
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AND THEN ALONG THE BUSH, ROBERT RIVER NEAR CRANBERRY RUN, YOU CAN SEE AREAS MAPPED AS RESOURCE CONSERVATION AREA. 
          THIS IS FOR VERY LIMITED DEL DEVELOPMENT PARKS, LOW DENSITY. 
          UM, THE, UM, GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE SWAN HARBOR, UM, UH, TIDINGS PARK THAT'S SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE. 
          SO HOW DID THE MAPS CHANGE? WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE DID AS PLANNERS? THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, EVERYTHING IN THE CRITICAL AREA IS THE AVERAGE HIGH TIDE LINE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE TITLE CHART IN THIS PICTURE OF THE BUSH RIVER FROM, UM, EARLIER LAST MONTH, THE PEAKS IN THE CHART ARE HIGH TIDES MEASURED IN FEET. 
          SO STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS WENT OUT DURING THE SIMILAR PEAKS OF HIGH TIDES AND FIELD CHECK WHERE THE WATER LINE STOPPED DURING HIGH TIDE. 
          UH, THEY ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER NATURAL FEATURES THAT ARE INDICATIVE OF TITLE LINES, LIKE THE SPECIES OF PLANTS AND SO FORTH, UH, AND, UH, MARKED THE LOCATIONS USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, WHICH COLLECT GEOGRAPHIC DATA, PUT IT INTO A COMPUTER. 
          UM, THIS IS A LOT MORE HIGH-TECH THAN, UH, THAN IT WAS BACK IN 1972 WHEN THE PHONE CORD COULDN'T EXACTLY REACH THE BEACH. 
          UM, THERE'S PRESENTLY 4,751 PROPERTIES IN THE HARTFORD COUNTY CRITICAL AREA WITH THE NEW MAP, THERE'LL BE 4,799 PROPERTIES IN THE CRITICAL AREA. 
          SO THE MAIN REASON FOR THE INCREASE WAS PUBLIC LAND. 
          IF A CRITICAL AREA OF THE CRITICAL AREA WAS ON STATE OR COUNTY PARKLAND, WE OFTEN EXPANDED ALL THE WAY TO THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. 
          SO IF IT, IF IT WAS A CHANGE, WE JUST WENT TO THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. 
          UM, SO THE INCREASE IN THAT CASE WAS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE CATEGORY RCA. 
          SO WE WERE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF RCA AND OUR OVERALL INVENTORY. 
          UH, STATE ALSO REQUIRED THE TIDAL WETLANDS BE MAPPED RCA. 
          THAT WASN'T THE WAY IT WAS DONE BEFORE THESE AREN'T DEVELOPABLE, BAYER DEVELOPABLE AREAS. 
          ANYWAY, THEY WEREN'T THEN, AND THEY ARE NOW, UM, SO THE IMPACT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS WAS MINIMAL. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU ON A SHORT TOUR OF WHERE THE CHANGES IN THE MAP OCCURRED. 
          UM, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE MOSTLY MINOR CHANGES. 
          THEY TOUCH ABOUT 500 PROPERTIES IN THE COUNTY. 
          IT'S ABOUT 11% OF THE PROPERTY THAT IT'S IN THE COUNTY CRITICAL AREA, NEARLY ALL OF THE PROPERTIES HAD SOME CRITICAL AREA ALREADY ON IT. 
          UM, THE STATE HANDLED THE OUTREACH TO EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER AND THEY SENT CARDS TO ADVISE THEM OF THE MAP CHANGE WITH CONTACT INFORMATION. 
          THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WE ADDRESSED EACH ONE OF THEM THERE. 
          IT WAS USUALLY JUST, THEY WANTED TO SEE THEIR PROPERTY ON THE MAP AND KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT. 
          SO SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT, LIKE I SAID, UM, IF YOU START LOOK UP IN THE DEER CREEK AREA, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE, UM, AND WE'LL LOOK AT SOME CHANGES IN THE SWAN CREEK, UH, OAKINGTON AREA AND FINISHED WITH SOME OF THE BUSH RIVER TRIBUTARIES. 
          SO UP IN THE AIR CREEK, DEER CREEK, ELBOW BRANCH DRAINAGE. 
          SO IT'S JUST LIKE IF YOU'RE TALKING ROADS CRAIG'S CORNER STAFFORD ROAD, UM, WHY ARE WE ALL THE WAY UP HERE? UH, IF YOU FISH, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY LICENSE IS REQUIRED DOWNSTREAM FROM THE BRIDGE. 
          SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE TITLE IMPACT IS. 
          SO, UM, AN AREA ONE, WE MAPPED FROM THESE TITLE AREAS TO CERTAIN AREAS OF, LIKE I SAID, AT THE STATE BOUNDARIES. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A, AN OPAQUE, UH, GREEN COLOR. 
          AND THEN THERE'S MORE OF A TRANSLEASE BLUES AND GREEN COLOR. 
          THE OPAQUE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, UM, UH, EXISTING RCA THAT'S MAPPED TODAY. 
          AND THEN THE TRANSLUCENT IS WHERE WE EXPANDED IT. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S A LARGER AREA, AND I'M NOW LOOKING IN THE, UM, UH, SWAN CREEK CREEK AREA. 
          YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT, 'EM ALL THREE DIFFERENT AREAS SHOWN. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THAT, THAT OPAQUE GREEN, UM, TO TRANSLUCENT GREEN REPRESENTING THE RCA, BUT YOU ALSO SEE PINK, WHICH, UH, OVER IN THIS AREA AND THERE'S A LITTLE MARGIN THERE OF INCREASED IDA. 
          AND, UH, THEN THE YELLOW, I SHOULD'VE BOUGHT THE 2.5, BUT AT SOMEWHERE OVER HERE, READING GLASSES, BUT AT SOMEWHERE OVER HERE, THERE'S A YELLOW CHANGE THAT, UH, IT EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT AND I CAN FOLLOW UP IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
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UM, MOSTLY NORTH OF 40 IN THE GRACE RUN AREA. 
          SO LIKE PHILADELPHIA, SOUTH STEPHANIE ROAD, A WEEKEND, WE CAN SEE, UH, AIR. 
          THIS IS AREAS OF OUR EXISTING RCA, NEW RCA, EXISTING IDEA, NEW IDEA IS EX EXISTING LDA, NEW LDA. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE PRIVATE PROPERTIES WHERE THE LIMIT EXPANDED, UM, WE PUT THE RCA ON EXISTING FOREST CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, UM, OPEN SPACE AREAS RATHER THAN, UM, WE USED, WE USED, TRIED TO AVOID HAVING IMPACT TO EXISTING PROPERTIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND I'M IN THIS AREA HERE AGAIN, UH, CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE EXPANDED CRITICAL AREA. 
          THESE ARE, THESE ARE NEW LDA HERE SURROUNDING BECAUSE THESE ARE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. 
          SO WE APPLIED THE LDA. 
          IN THIS CASE, WE APPLIED THE RCA BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY HAS SOME TYPE OF EASEMENT CONTROLLING IT, MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE CRITICAL AREAS, UH, IS THE BUFFER, UM, WHICH IS MOSTLY A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE HIGH TIDE LINE, BUT IT CAN BE DIFFERENT LIKE IN GABLER SHORES. 
          GOOD EXAMPLE, CRITICAL AREAS INTENDED TO, UM, OFFER IS INTENDED TO LESSEN THE IMPACT OF PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING WITHIN THE WATERSHED. 
          SO IN HERE AND HAVING THE BEACH ROAD ON THIS PICTURE, UM, PARTS OF BAKER AVENUE, YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING BARBER BUFFER IS IN YELLOW HERE, AND, UM, THE SALMON COLOR REPRESENTS THE MODIFIED BUFFER. 
          SO, UM, WHEN YOU SEE DEVELOPMENT IN THE BUFFER THAT EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IT'S GRANDFATHERED, NEW DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND DISTURBANCE ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE BUFFER. 
          SO, UM, SOME PARTS OF THE BUFFER ARE CHANGING. 
          AND, UH, SO THERE, THESE MAPS SHOW AREAS WHERE THOSE CHANGES ACROSS THE COUNTY, UM, IN, ON THIS MAP WHERE THE TEAL GREEN FOR THE REGULAR BUFFER AND THE MORE FUCHSIA COLOR FOR THE MODIFIED BUFFER. 
          SO AGAIN, WE MADE ALL THOSE CHANGES ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE IN THE REVIEW OF THE MAPS. 
          SO WE REVIEWED THE MAPS, UM, FIELD CHECK, THE STREAMS, SOME STREAMS DON'T FLOW REGULARLY ANYMORE. 
          UM, IN THOSE CASES, THE RESTRICTIONS WERE RELAXED AND, OR AT LEAST MADE NO STRINGENT, NO MORE STRINGENT AND BEFORE. 
          UM, SO THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE HERE. 
          UM, IN OAKINGTON MANOR AREA OF SWAN CREEK, THIS IS HAVING A GREAT ZIP CODE. 
          UM, THERE'S A STREAM THAT ISN'T FLOWING REGULAR ANYMORE. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS YELLOW LINE, UM, THIS IS THE, UM, FROM THE HYDROLOGY MAPS, BUT WE'RE NOT. 
          WHEN THEY WENT OUT THERE AND SAW THAT LOOKED AT THAT STREAM, THEY WERE NOT OBSERVING IT FLOWING ANY LONGER. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUFFER. 
          AND IN CASE, LIKE I SAID, WE USE MODIFIED BUFFER, WHICH IS A LESS RESTRICTIVE AND ALLOWED BY THE COMMISSION. 
          UM, IN CASES WHERE YOU HAVE A PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE BUFFER PUT ARE ALREADY OCCUPIED WITH RESIDENCES SOMETIMES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          SO THIS IS FOREST KNOLLS AREAS, SPRINGDALE COURT, AND THE FOSTERS BRANCH COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE USE MODIFIED BUFFER. 
          SO WE WOULDN'T BE HOLDING THEM TO THE STRICT, NO DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE REGULAR BUFFER. 
          SO THERE ARE MANY CHANGES TO THE CODE, BUT LIKE I SAID, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, WE FOLLOWED THE STATE MODEL ORDINANCE. 
          UM, WHEREVER WAS POSSIBLE. 
          NOW, IF WE COULDN'T FOLLOW IT EXACTLY, WE MET WITH THEM AND WE WENT OVER THE CHANGES AND GOT SOME UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE YOU GUYS APPROVE, UH, A LAW CHANGE AND THEN HAVE IT GO TO THE COMMISSION, HAVE THEM HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT. 
          CAUSE THEN IT WOULD JUST COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          SO IT WASN'T IN OUR INTEREST TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF A SITUATION. 
          SO LIKE MEGAN HAD SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STRUCTURE, THE CODE IS MUCH, MUCH EASIER TO FOLLOW. 
          WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, PLAIN LANGUAGE IS GOING TO HELP HOUSE, UH, ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE BETTER AND PEOPLE BE ABLE TO FOLLOW IT BETTER. 
          UM, THE VIOLATION PROCESS IS CLARIFIED. 
          UM, THE CONTENT NOTIFICATE CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION LETTERS. 
          WE ARE NOT LETTING PEOPLE GO FORWARD WITH OTHER PERMITS, LIKE BUILDING PERMITS, OCCUPANCY PERMITS UNTIL THEY RESOLVE THEIR CRITICAL AREA ISSUES. 
          WITH THIS CHANGE TO THE CODE 
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MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS ARE CLARIFIED. 
          VARIANCES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE CODE, THE LANGUAGE, UM, WE INCREASED FAN LOAD. 
          IT HADN'T BEEN CHANGED IN YEARS AND YEARS. 
          UM, ACTUALLY I HAD A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES WHERE SOMEONE, I ASKED THEM TO SEND THEIR ESTIMATES FROM, UH, THE LANDSCAPING COMPANY. 
          AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT DEFI AND LOU JUST ABOUT RIGHT. 
          IT AVERAGED OUT TO BE ABOUT THE SAME PRICE AS WHAT THEIR, UH, CONTRACTORS HAD BUDGETED WHEN WE HAD THE CLARIFICATION OF STAFF RULES IN THE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS. 
          SO I'M GETTING NEAR THE END HERE, BUT, UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF MITIGATION, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND THE CRITICAL AREAS, SOMEWHAT DAUNTING. 
          LET'S SAY YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHED ON YOUR PROPERTY AND YOU LIVE IN A CRITICAL AREA. 
          SO THIS, UM, IN ORDER TO DO THIS SHED, IT'S 200 SQUARE FEET. 
          SO WE GO TO A TABLE, UH, WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT GIVES SPECIFICATION FOR HOW YOU CAN MEET THAT MITIGATION OF 200 SQUARE FEET. 
          SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES AND YOU CAN SEE IN THAT TABLE TREES AND, UM, SHRUBS TO PROVIDE THEIR MITIGATION. 
          SO YOU SEE THE HOMEOWNER THERE, SHE'S, SHE'S WORKING ON HER MEDICATION AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD IN MY PREPARED NOTES. 
          SO I HANDED IT BACK TO THE PRESIDENT OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DIRECTION. 
          SO THANK YOU, JOE. 
          UM, MEGAN, WHILE WE'RE TALKING, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THEO TODAY? THE RIVERKEEPER? UM, YEAH, I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE SPECIFIC CHANGES IN THE SUBSTANCE TO THE ACTUAL ZONING CODE REGULATIONS, MR. GALA, YOU JUST SPOKE GENERALLY TO THOSE, UM, SPECIFICALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, UM, FOR THE FIELD LIEU. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE IN THE CURRENT CODE, IT'S A DOLLAR 40 PER SQUARE FEET, AND I THINK WE INCREASED IT TO $4. 
          SO, AND REMEMBER, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY CODIFIED IN 1985, SO, AND THAT HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE THAT TIME. 
          SO A $2 AND 60 CENT INCREASE IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, I DON'T THINK IS, IS A LOT CONSIDERING IT'S BEEN ALMOST 30 YEARS SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, WE CHANGED THE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES IS ANOTHER THING THAT WAS CLARIFIED. 
          SO WE HAVE SPECIFIC ITEMS IN THERE THAT HAVE TO GO INTO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION IF SOMEONE IS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE, UM, THE LETTER. 
          SO IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN THERE WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING WOULD NEED TO PUT IN THAT VIOLATION NOTICE AND THE PROCEDURES THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE FOLLOWED AS FAR AS RESTORATION AND MITIGATION. 
          UM, WE, AS MR. GALLAHUE SAID, IT SPECIFICALLY INDICATES IN THERE THAT IF YOU'VE GOT A CURRENT VIOLATION, YOU CAN'T COME IN AND APPLY FOR A PERMIT. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ISSUE THAT PERMIT UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLIED, CLEANED UP, MITIGATED, RESTORED, WHATEVER IT IS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          UM, WE PUT OUT, WE ALSO ADDED SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT IN THE MANUAL, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE STAFF. 
          THE LANGUAGE WAS REALLY BROAD ABOUT JUST THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. 
          SO WE SPECIFIED IN THERE, YOU KNOW, CHIEF OF LONG RANGE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER, UM, SO PEOPLE KNOW WHO TO GO TO. 
          IF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW WHO, WHO CAN THEY TALK TO ABOUT THIS WHO'S GOVERNING AND HANDLING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS CODE. 
          WE SPECIFIED THOSE STAFF ROLES AND TITLES. 
          UM, THAT'S ANOTHER CHANGE THAT WAS MADE. 
          UM, AS FAR AS SOME OF THE OTHER REALLY TECHNICAL CHANGES, UM, WE DID CHANGE. 
          WE USED TO HAVE TERMINOLOGY BUFFER, EXEMPT AREA. 
          WE CHANGED THAT LANGUAGE TO MODIFIED BUFFER AREA. 
          MICHELLE, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE GETTING CONFUSED THINKING THE WORD EXEMPT MEANS IT DOESN'T APPLY TO ME. 
          WELL, THAT WAS NEVER THE CASE. 
          IT WAS JUST LESS RESTRICTIVE FOR THE REASONS HE INDICATED SUCH THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE DEVELOPMENT THERE. 
          YOU ALREADY HAVE A RESIDENCE THERE. 
          UM, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE EXEMPT FROM THE REGULATIONS. 
          SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS CONFUSING. 
          LANGUAGE CHANGED THAT IN THE CURRENT BILL TO CALL IT THE MODIFIED BUFFER AREA. 
          I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE TO THE CITIZENS. 
          UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THE STAFF HAS BEEN ADMINISTERING THIS PROGRAM FOR 25 YEARS. 
          THIS IS NOT A NEW PROGRAM TO THE COUNTY. 
          SO THEY'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOW IT SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED, BUT THIS HELPS THE PUBLIC, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, THERE WAS SOME MITIGATION CHARTS AND TABLES THAT, AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WAS IN THE SLIDE THAT IS NOW PART OF THE CODE, SO PEOPLE CAN CLEARLY SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO MITIGATE, UH, WHAT KIND OF TREE, WHAT KINDS OF THRONES, UM, TREES HAD TO BE REPLACED. 
          THERE WAS NOTHING SPECIFIC IN THE BILL. 
          I THINK THAT TALKED ABOUT SHRUBS BEING REPLACED, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON ANY OF THESE TECHNICAL. 
          UM, SO WE, WE SPECIFICALLY PUT IN THERE THAT IF YOU TAKE OUT A SHRUB, YOU'VE GOT TO MEDICATE AND REPLACE A SHRUB. 
          UM, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, THERE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS FOR, UM, UH, KOMARR SECTIONS, NATURAL RESOURCE ARTICLE SECTIONS HAVE ALL BEEN UPDATED WITH THE STATE LAW. 
          UM, THOSE WERE SOME OTHER CHANGES, THE VARIANCE PROCESS. 
          SO THERE IS A VARIANCE PROCESS WITHIN THE CRITICAL AREA SECTION OF THE CODE. 
          THERE WAS ALSO, THERE IS THE PROCESS IN THE GENERAL ZONING CODE, 2 67 11. 
          WE MADE SURE THAT THOSE PROCESSES ARE CONSISTENT. 
          WE ALWAYS HAD A VARIANCE PROVISION. 
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UM, KUMAR HAS THAT IN THEIR CODE. 
          SO IT ALLOWS YOU TO, AS AN APPLICANT TO APPLY FOR A VARIANCE, THOSE PROCEDURES ARE SET FORTH MORE CLEARLY, AND THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CODE. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER CHANGE. 
          UM, THAT THAT'S REALLY THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. 
          LIKE I SAID, THE MAJORITY OF THIS WAS SO THAT HOPEFULLY IT IS EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND ALL CHANGES COMPLY WITH KAMAR AND THE STATE LAW AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO. 
          THANK YOU, MEGAN, MR. GINGER, DENNIS. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          JOEL. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, MAJOR QUESTION HERE. 
          NUMBER 22 SLIDE WHEN STREAM NO LONGER FLOWS, BUFFER REMOVED. 
          SO HOW MANY STREAMS NO LONGER FLOW? WHICH ONES ARE THEY? UM, AND WHY ARE THEY NO LONGER FLOWING? WAS THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION DONE SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT CUT THE STREAMS OFF. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME HERE IS THAT THIS STREAM NO LONGER FLOWS, BUT IT STILL MIGHT BE IN A HUNDRED YEAR OR 500 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN BECAUSE THAT AREA DOESN'T GO AWAY. 
          AND NOW WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS IT'S GOING TO GET REMOVED SO THAT SOMEBODY CAN BUILD ON IT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, THE FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS DIDN'T CHANGE THE FLOODPLAIN, THE BUFFERS BEING REMOVED SO THAT, THAT CAN BE BUILT ON, CORRECT. 
          THE BUFFER IS BEING REMOVED IN THAT PLACE PER THE RYAN'S THE BUFFER BEING REMOVED. 
          WHY DOESN'T IT JUST STAY THERE? I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SAYING THAT STREAM IS NO LONGER THERE, IF IT RAINS OR SOMETHING HAPPENS, WHATEVER THAT STREAM WAS A STREAM, IT'S STILL, IT STILL COULD BE IN A FLOOD PLAIN, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD NOW ON THAT, THAT NO LONGER IS YOUR STREAM. 
          WELL IT'S BECAUSE THIS, THIS TYPE OF ZONING IS MAP BASED UPON A NATURAL FEATURE. 
          AND SO IF THE NATURAL FEATURE ISN'T THERE, YOU DON'T MAP TO ZONING. 
          OKAY. 
          WHO, WHO PUT THIS IN AT THIS BUFFER IS REMOVED? IS THAT THE STATE, IS THAT, IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WHO, WHO DID THAT? IT WAS THE INITIAL, UH, WELL, THE MAP WAS PREPARED BY THE STATE. 
          AND THEN WE WENT OUT AND FIELD, CHECKED IT WITH THEM. 
          WE DIDN'T COME TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS HERE. 
          WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGE. 
          IT WASN'T, IT WAS A PROCESS OF THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNERS PREPARING THE MAPS. 
          H HOW MANY STREAMS ARE NO LONGER FLOWING IN THE COUNTY? DO YOU KNOW? I KNOW I'M SITTING HERE. 
          I CAN'T TELL YOU, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE WERE TOO MANY EXAMPLES, BUT WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE WE DON'T, WE CAN SPECULATE WHY, BECAUSE THERE WAS BUILDING GOING ON AND THERE COULD BE OTHER STREAMS THAT COULD ALSO FIND THIS FATE. 
          IF OTHER BUILDING IS GOING ON, THAT THE STREAMS WILL NO LONGER FLOW AND THE BUFFER WILL BE REMOVED. 
          AND BUILDINGS WILL BE BUILT IN FROM, FROM MY GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THIS, THE CYCLE OF REVIEWING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA. 
          WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND DO THIS IN THE INTERIM. 
          SO IT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER DECADE BEFORE WE'D BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO LOOKING AT WHICH STREAMS ARE FLOWING AND MAKING SURE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I LOOK AT THIS AND I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT YOU REMOVE THE BUFFER FOR A STREAM THERE'S A HUNDRED OR 500 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN, REGARDLESS. 
          AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THAT. 
          I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT. 
          SO I NEED MORE ANSWERS ON HOW MANY STREAMS, WHICH ONES ARE THE STREAMS, UM, ARE THESE IN FLOOD PLAINS OR NOT IN FLOOD PLAINS? OKAY. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WOODSON. 
          I THINK HE WAS PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND IN THE PACK OF THE OUTSTANDING. 
          I, I AGREE WITH, UH, THE STRANGER DANNO. 
          WAS THERE ANY TIMELINE THAT WAS PUT ON ANY OF THIS DREAMS OR DRAINAGE'S THAT HOW LONG IT'S BEEN RUN DRY OR HOW LONG IT HASN'T FLOWED BEFORE THE BUFFER WAS REMOVED IT AGAIN, IT WAS, UH, THIS WAS, THIS MAPPING WAS DONE BY THE STATE. 
          SO I DIDN'T GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF IT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMEONE WE CAN REACH OUT TO? I KNOW JESSICA MADE THE, THEY TRIED LOOKING TO FIND OUT SOME PEOPLE THAT THEY COULD TALK TO ABOUT THAT THEY HAVE NOTES ON THE MAPPING PROCESS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE. 
          CERTAINLY BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH THAT. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY THE COUNSELING, YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE SWIFT WATER TEAM FOR THE COUNTY, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF DRY DRAINAGE'S AROUND THE COUNTY WHERE WE'VE RESCUED PEOPLE OUT OF THERE'S ZERO CHANGES TO THE FLOOD PILLING MAP AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BUIL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UM, IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, UH, TONY G AS YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE CRITICAL AREAS COMMISSION. 
          SO I KNOW THERE WAS A PROCESS THAT THE STAFF WENT THROUGH TO THE DETERMINE, UH, WHETHER A STREAM SHOULD BE REMOVED AND THERE WAS A TIMELINE AND I'LL, YOU CAN LOOK INTO THAT, JOEL, AND I'LL LOOK INTO IT TOO, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTENTION OVER THAT BECAUSE SOME WAS ADDED AS I REMEMBER, SOME STRINGS WERE ADDED, BUT SOME WERE REMOVED, BUT I'LL, YOU CAN LOOK INTO IT, DID IT, THE BUFFER DID GO FURTHER UP, SOME STREAMS BASED UPON, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT, YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE CRITICAL AREA COMMISSION AT THE STATE LEVEL ON THAT. 
          AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, 
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FOR THE JOB THAT YOU'VE DONE YET. 
          WE GOT TO LOOK AT THIS STREAM ISSUE, BUT I KNOW THE STATE WAS WORKING ON THIS. 
          WE WERE WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS. 
          SO I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THIS AND IT HADN'T BEEN UPDATED IN OVER 30 YEARS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE THING PERFECTLY CLEAR. 
          I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC HERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE CRITICAL AREA HARFORD COUNTY. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. 
          SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S NOT THE STATE. 
          IT IS HARTFORD COUNTY. 
          THAT'S THE, ARE SUBJECT TO AUDITS BY THE COMMISSION, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          BUT W YOU KNOW, BUT AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT LEAVING THAT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          I HAVE CANTERBURY, MR. BEAL, MR. JOHNSON. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UH, GOOD EVENING. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I GOT, UH, UH, UH, ABOUT THREE OR FOUR QUESTIONS. 
          AND, UM, SO, UM, TO COUNCILMAN, UH, TONY G'S, UM, UH, QUESTION CAN A, CAN A STREAM BE DAMNED SO THAT IT HAD CUT OFF THAT, THAT ACTUAL STREAM AND THEN BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CRITICAL ERIK? BEAUTIFUL. 
          UM, I, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A CONDITION THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE BEFORE THEY DID THIS MAPPING AND THE IMPOUNDMENT OF, YOU KNOW, OF WATER IS SUBJECT TO A WHOLE OTHER SET OF REGULATIONS. 
          SO, UM, I, I THINK THAT IF YOU DON'T SEE IT, IT'S PRETTY UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH THE STATE. 
          UM, BUT, UH, I SUPPOSE ANYTHING THAT COULD AFFECT THE HYDROLOGY, YOU KNOW, WOULD, COULD HAVE IMPACTED THESE MAPS, BUT THAT WAS, UM, THOSE ARE THE FACTORS THAT WENT INTO THE MAPPING WITH THE STATE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, SO LET'S GO BACK. 
          YOU SAID, UH, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PARAMIN PENINSULA AREA, UM, YOU, YOU GAVE A DEFINITION OF THE, UH, CRITICAL AREA PER PROGRAM. 
          WHAT WAS THAT DEFINITION AGAIN? UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE, WHAT SECTION I WAS TIME, BUT DICK RECLARIA IS BASICALLY DESIGNED TO ALLOW US TO LIVE WITH NATURE ADJACENT TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. 
          SO THAT'S, SO THE BUFFER IS, IS KIND OF THE LAST, UM, PART OF IT. 
          IT'S A, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVING THIS NONDISTURBANCE AREA WITH TREES IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THE CAPACITY OF TREES TO WICK WATER UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, INSTEAD OF IT WASHING, YOU KNOW, INTO THE BAY DIRECTLY WITH POLLUTANTS AND SPEED AND HEAT, AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS IS, IS, IS WHAT'S CAUSING POLLUTION AND ISSUES IN THE BAY. 
          SO, SO THE PLANNERS THAT INVENTED THE CRITICAL AREA, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE LATE SEVENTIES INTO THE EIGHTIES WANTED THAT BUFFER IN PLACE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, AS YOU KNOW, FROM HAVING LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS, PEOPLE ALREADY LIVE THERE. 
          AND SO THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH STRATEGIES. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE THERE'S DIFFERENT LAND USES. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE BUFFER AND THE MODIFIED BUFFER. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THEN ON, SO I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE HEAVY LIFTING OF THE CRITICAL AREA IN TERMS OF MAPPING, IT WAS IN THE VERY FIRST ROUND THAT THIS COUNCIL WENT THROUGH IN 84 OR 85, WHEREVER WE DID IT. 
          UM, MOST OF THE, MOST OF IT SINCE THEN HAS BEEN PRETTY MINOR. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE, WE'VE ADAPTED IT TO THE PRESIDENT AVERAGE TIMELINE. 
          UM, AND, UH, SO, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, AND THAT DIDN'T YIELD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF CHANGE IF I GAVE YOU THE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT WERE AFFECTED, BUT IT'S, UM, I THINK THAT FOR THE MOST PART, THE TOOL HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 85, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH INTACT AND ANYTHING WE DID OR WE'RE DOING HERE IS BECAUSE THE STATE HAS DIRECTED US TO DO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU, UH, THREE, THREE OTHER THINGS AND SEE IN SYNC ONCE, UH HOW TO, HOW DO COMPLAINTS COME INTO YOUR OFFICE? UH, THE ENFORCEMENT ARM. 
          DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS, UH, FOR YOUR ENFORCEMENT ARM? UH, FINES. 
          WHAT ARE THE FINES AND WHAT IS THE KOMARR SECTION? OKAY. 
          UH, I'M GOING TO WORK WITH THE ALLEGED YOUNG MRS. LIG ON THE LAST PART, BUT THE YOUNG, OKAY. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          BUT THE, UM, UH, WE HAVE ZONING ENFORCEMENT STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMPLAINTS DO COME IN SOMETIMES DIRECTLY TO ZONING ENFORCEMENT STAFF. 
          SOMETIMES THEY COME TO, UM, THE PLANNERS THAT WORK WITH THE CRITICAL AREA, AND SOMETIMES THEY COME TO THE CRITICAL AREA COMMISSION STAFF, UH, UH, UM, I SUPPOSE THEY MIGHT COME IN TO LIKE, SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, OTHER TYPES OF GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS, 
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BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WOULD BE OUT KAYAKING AND THEY NOTICED SOMETHING AND THEY CALL IT IN. 
          AND SO WHAT HAPPENS FROM THERE? SOMETIMES WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IS SOMEBODY WHO'S FOLLOWING A PERMIT AND THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED. 
          UM, SOMETIMES THEY DO SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S IN VIOLATION. 
          AND THE MAIN WAY THAT THIS, THIS CODE ENFORCES IS GO BACK TO THAT EXAMPLE OF THE SHED, WHERE YOU HAVE TO PLANT TREES FOR A 200 SQUARE FOOT SHED, CERTAIN NUMBER OF TREES WHILE WHEN IT'S A VIOLATION. 
          IF YOU WENT OUT THERE AND BUILT THAT SHED WITHOUT A PERMIT FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF MITIGATION. 
          SO THAT'S HOW THIS CODE REALLY GETS YOU IS. 
          AND, AND IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR SOME, SOME PEOPLE. 
          AND SO WHAT I, SINCE I HAVE A MIKE AND I'M IN A PUBLIC MEETING, I'M GOING TO REMIND PEOPLE, THE BEST THING TO DO IS GIVE US A CALL AND WE'LL WORK WITH YOU. 
          THE PERMITS DON'T COST A THING, AND WE'LL HELP YOU GET THROUGH THE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO FOUR TIMES THE MITIGATION. 
          UM, BUT, UM, THAT DIDN'T QUITE ANSWER, ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          AND I GOT A LITTLE SIDETRACK THERE, BUT WELL, THE, THE, UH, THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT, THAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW TOO, IS IS THAT THE FINE, LIKE WHEN, WHEN DOES, WHEN DOES IT BECOME A MONETARY FINE, YOU KNOW, FIRST YOU GET, YOU KNOW, A NASTY GRAM AND THEN NEXT TIME YOU GET A FINE OR, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS DEFINED AND WHO, WHO PRESENTS THAT FINAL, OR HOW DOES A PERSON GO ABOUT, OKAY, SO IT DOESN'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE CIVIL, UM, AUTHORITY TO GIVE THE TICKETS LIKE YOU WOULD GET FOR A PARKING VIOLATION, SO TO SPEAK. 
          SO IT HAS TO GO TO COURT TO ASSESS THOSE FINES. 
          SO PRIMARILY WE WORK WITH PEOPLE WITHIN, BEFORE IT GOES TO COURT IN TERMS OF THE MITIGATION, AND WE USE OUR POWER TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING OTHER PERMITS AS A WAY TO KEEP, GET THEM TO PROCESS THE CALMER SECTION. 
          WELL, IT'S TITLED 27. 
          I'LL GET TO THIS SPECIFIC SECTION, BUT IT'S TITLED 27 ON CO-DEVELOP REGULATIONS IS THE TITLE THAT GOVERNS DNR DNR IS THE STATE STATUTE THAT GOVERNS THIS. 
          SO IT'S 27.01 AND FOUR OTHER SUBTITLES I'LL GET TO THE EXACT SECTION, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED, BUT THAT IS THE OVERALL TITLE. 
          SO EVERYTHING ENTITLED 27 OF KUMAR COVERS A CRIMINAL AREA. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WAS TRYING TO STREAMLINE, CORRECT? YES. 
          ALL OF THOSE PROVISIONS HAVE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR LOCAL CODE. 
          SO WE, AND THAT'S BEEN THE CASE SINCE AGAIN, 1985. 
          UM, AND EVERY TIME THAT GETS UPDATED, WE GET UPDATED. 
          BUT IN ADDITION TO WHAT MR. CALLAHAN TALKED ABOUT FAR, AS FAR AS THE ENFORCEMENT GOES, WE HAVE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, AS I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE, AS FAR AS OUR ZONING ENFORCEMENT GOES, THIS ISN'T ANY DIFFERENT. 
          SO JUST LIKE IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE ZONING CODE, BECAUSE THIS IS INCORPORATED INTO THE ZONING CODE, WE HAVE, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY CRIMINAL PARTS. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT JAILABLE, BUT THERE ARE FINES THAT WILL BE SET BY THE COURT. 
          SO WE DON'T IMPLEMENT THAT, BUT WE WOULD TAKE ACTION TO FILE CHARGES. 
          THEY WOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CRITICAL AREA, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD, COULD BE PROSECUTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF ANY OTHER SECTION. 
          SO IT'S THE SAME THING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, JOE, YOU MENTIONED 500 AND SOMETHING PROPERTIES IMPACTED 51 ON BEING COUNTY PROPERTIES. 
          WHAT ABOUT STATE PROPERTIES? WHAT ABOUT PERSONAL PROPERTY? UM, PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          YEAH, THE, A NUMBER OF THOSE WERE STATE BECAUSE THEY'RE SUSKO HANNA STATE PARK. 
          UM, BUT WHEN I GET BACK TO, UM, THE OTHER COUNCILMAN'S QUESTIONS, I'LL JUST GET YOU THE COUNT. 
          THANKS MR. JAMES DAN. 
          HEY, JOEL. 
          THANKS. 
          IS THAT, UM, WELL THAT GIVE US THE ADDRESSES OF ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BUFFER ZONE TO, WELL, I DON'T THINK ANY PROPERTY WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED. 
          I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS YOU SAW THE LINE MOVE A LITTLE BIT ON THE PROPERTY, LIKE, OH, YOU MEAN THE BUFFER? I'M SORRY. 
          WELL, THAT LIST AND SHOW US WHERE THAT'S AT IN THE ACREAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, THAT MIGHT BE SOME ANALYSIS TO GET TO THAT. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG, HOW LONG THAT WOULD TAKE AND WHERE IT'S AT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, HOW MANY THERE ARE. 
          LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          YEAH. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE COUNSELED MR. TROVES? YES. 
          JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT ALSO TAKE IT TO MEET WITH US. 
          AND NOT ONLY YOU MEGAN, BUT, UM, UH, MR. KOSKI, JOEL, MATT, UM, TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH US, MYSELF PERSONALLY. 
          UM, HOW ARE THE FOLKS THAT I GUESS PRIMARILY THE RCA THAT WAS ALL PARK PROPERTY. 
          WE, WE WENT OVER THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT THE, UM, THE OTHER PROPERTIES, LIKE THE LDA SPECIFICALLY, UM, IF, IF THEY WERE ADDED INTO AN AREA WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE, WHERE THEY CONTACTED, DID THEY HAVE TIME TO, THEY WERE GET BACK TO YOU AND MAYBE MEET ON 
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SITE ON THE FIELD BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT THEM. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO MAYBE DO THINGS THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IF IT WAS EXPANDED. 
          I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE OPPOSITE OF THAT, WHERE MAYBE A BUFFER WAS REMOVED, BUT, UM, OF COURSE THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN BECAUSE IT MAY OPEN, OPEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT IN THE CASES WHERE IT'S NOW MORE RESTRICTIVE, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DID THAT PROCESS GO? UM, WHAT WE, IN ANY CASE, THEY GOT A CARD THAT SAID THE CHANGES THAT WERE HAPPENING AND THEY WERE INVITED TO CONTACT, UM, THE STATE OFFICIAL ACTUALLY TO SO, UM, THEY, THEY HANDLED IT DIRECTLY CAUSE IT KIND OF GETS BACK TO THE, WHO DID THE MAPPING WHILE IT WAS REALLY THE STATE THAT DID THE MAPPING. 
          WE WENT OUT AND FIELD CHECKED IT WITH THEM, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ABILITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          LIKE YOU SHOULDN'T SHOULDN'T MAP THIS HERE OR THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A SCIENTIFIC PROCESS. 
          REALLY IT'S LIKE THE HIGH TIDE LINE WENT UP. 
          SO THE MAP MOVED IT HERE. 
          THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT SHORE. 
          AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME MAPPING CAPABILITIES THAT WE DO IN HARFORD COUNTY, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE, WE'VE GOT VERY GOOD MAPPING CAPABILITIES IN HARTFORD. 
          I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR GIS SYSTEM AND THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REALLY DRILL DOWN. 
          DO YOU HAVE, DO THEY HAVE THE SAME RESOLUTION? YEP. 
          YEP. 
          THEY USE THE SAME SOFTWARE. 
          UM, THEY'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE CAPABLE WITH THE REMOTE SENSING AND DOING THE, YOU KNOW, THE ALGORITHMS TO CALCULATE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW, UM, CERTAIN, UM, AND GEOMORPHOLOGY IS BEING REPRESENTED IN THE MAP. 
          SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD THAT THEY DID THE MAPPING. 
          PROBABLY, PROBABLY THEY, WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT AS A ZONING TOOL. 
          LIKE AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING THE DECISIONS ABOUT SHORELINE AND IT'S REALLY BETTER TO HAVE A SCIENTIST DO THAT. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE IT ALL STARTED WITH THE STATE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I'M TRYING TO THINK. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NOW, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO VISITING, UM, YOU KNOW, TO DO A LITTLE FIELD, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL PROPERTIES POTENTIALLY TO BE DETERMINED, REAL STRANGE OR NOT? UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I GUESS SOMETHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT THE PRIOR MAPS, MAYBE WEREN'T FIELD TRUTH, THAT THEY WEREN'T FIELD CERTIFIED. 
          AND THEY WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE GIS MAPS AND NOT ACTUALLY GOING OUT THERE AND WALKING THESE CREEK VALLEYS AND WETLANDS. 
          WHEN I WAS A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PLANNER, THAT'S WHAT I DID. 
          AND, UM, WHEN THAT PLAN CAME IN, YOU WENT OUT AND YOU, YOU FEEL VERIFIED, YOU MADE SURE IT WAS EITHER THERE OR NOT THERE, WHETHER IT WAS WITH A SOIL PROBE OR, OR JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GIVING YOU ONE SET OF INFORMATION AND YOU PRINT OUT YOUR OWN SET OF GIS MAPS AND YOU, YOU PRETTY MUCH MARCH OUT THERE WITH YOUR, YOUR MUCK BOOTS, UM, ANDRE, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE WHETHER IT'S THERE OR NOT. 
          AND POSSIBLY WHEN WERE THE LAST MAPS, THIS WAS ALL DONE IN 1972, THEY WERE WORKING WITH MYLAR BLACK AND WHITE, UH, IMAGERY, IMAGERY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE IMAGERY, THE LIDAR, ALL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TODAY, THEY DID NOT HAVE IN 1972, OBVIOUSLY. 
          AND PERHAPS THEY DID NOT GO OUT AND DO THE GOOD WORK THAT WE DO. 
          I MEAN, BACK IN 1972, HOW MANY PLANNERS DID WE HAVE? DID WE EVEN HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNERS THAT WENT TO SCHOOL AND STUDIED ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING? THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN STATE OFFICIALS MAPPING THE HIGH TIDE LINE. 
          AND THEN LATER ON, THEY CAME THROUGH AND APPLIED IT RIGHT IN THE EIGHTIES TO THIS PARTICULAR INSTRUMENT, BUT IT'S, UH, UM, BUT THEY DIDN'T GO BACK THEN. 
          AND DOUBLE-CHECK EVEN IN THE EIGHTIES, THEY JUST USE THAT 1972 SURVEY. 
          I MEAN, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SURVEYED WERE, YOU KNOW, FISHING CATCH INFORMATION, YOU'RE BASICALLY TAKING MEASUREMENTS FROM A MAP THAT WASN'T THAT CLEAR. 
          I MEAN, YOU TAKE MAPS BACK INTO EARLIER GENERATIONS. 
          THEY DON'T EVEN REALLY, BASICALLY YOU HAD A CARTOGRAPHER THAT DID THESE AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE, I THINK IT WAS A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS BASED UPON THE INFORMATION THEY HAD AVAILABLE. 
          BUT LIKE IN THIS CASE HERE, UM, THAT'S ALREADY A DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND IT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHERE IT MAY OPEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT, LIKE IF THEY WANTED TO BUILD A SHED IN THE BACKYARD, LOOKS LIKE THIS, THIS EXAMPLE, I MEAN, DID IT REALLY, IT DOESN'T LOOK TO ME. 
          I COULD CREATE IT ANY BUILDABLE, LOTS OR ANYTHING. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE 
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THEIR BILLS IT'S ALREADY BUILT. 
          IT JUST MAY IMPACT IF THEY WANTED TO PUT A SHED IN OR A POOL OR WHATEVER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I GUESS. 
          BUT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO MEET US OUT THERE ON SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, PLACES LIKE THIS, WHERE, UM, THE BUFFER WAS TAKEN AWAY, THAT'S WHERE THE REAL CONCERN SEEMS TO BE? WELL, I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO VISIT IN THE SITE AND DOUBLE-CHECK THINGS PROBABLY WOULD WANT A COMMISSION MEMBER STAFF WITH PRESENT ALSO. 
          BUT THE, UH, I THINK THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED IS TO PROVIDE THE EXAMPLES AND THE CHANGES AS, AS, UH, PAPERWORK OR, YOU KNOW, RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL DO THAT RIGHT AWAY AND SEE WHERE WE ARE IF THERE'S STILL QUESTIONS. 
          AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO JUST MIGHT BE HELPFUL OR THINGS. 
          ONE THING ON SITE WITH THE MAPS AND SAY, THIS IS WHERE THIS IS SHOWN, AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING AWAY AND WALKING IT NOW. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S PERHAPS NOT THERE, OR MAYBE WE'LL DETERMINE IT IS THERE, OR MAYBE IT'S ONLY THERE WHEN YOU HAVE A FLASHY STORM. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT COULD BE A DITCH ANYWAY, PROBABLY TALK, GET ME GOING. 
          I CAN JUST KICK OUT. 
          HE DIDN'T KICK ME THOUGH. 
          I DIDN'T KICK YOU NOW, BUT I WANTED TO, UM, ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON, MS. DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? WE DO. 
          MR. PRESIDENT. 
          WE HAVE EIGHT THIS EVENING. 
          KATE MCDONALD FOLLOWED BY NANCY POST, JUST AS REMINDER OF YOUR THREE MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          HI, KATE MCDONALD, 2100 PARK BEACH DRIVE. 
          UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO JUST VOICE CONCERN OVER THE THREE BILLS, 22, 11, 12, AND 13. 
          THEY'RE ALL VERY COMPLEX WITH SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA THAT IMPACT AVIDAN PARAMIN ALONG WITH OTHER AREAS, ABUTTING THE BUSH AND GUNPOWDER RIVERS IN HARFORD COUNTY. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND THAT I GRASPED EVERYTHING I READ BECAUSE IT JUST KIND OF WAS OVERWHELMING. 
          SO I APPRECIATE STAFF'S PRESENTATION HERE BECAUSE THEY DID ADDRESS A LOT OF MY CONCERNS. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO LIE THE SMELLED LIKE A BARRY GLASSMAN SPECIAL. 
          WHEN I FIRST READ IT THAT HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO SNEAK IN SOME, UM, LOOPHOLES AND, UH, OPTIONS FOR VARIANCES TO THE DEVELOPERS OUT THERE. 
          SO I HOPE THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 
          AND IF IT, IN FACT IS JUST FOLLOWING STATE REGULATIONS THAN HAPPY TO SEE SOME CONCERNS. 
          SO WHEN THE BUSH RIVER ENDS UP BEING SIX INCHES DEEP AND A FEW YEARS THAT WE HAVE THOSE SAME CONCERNS. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. 
          BASICALLY, THANK YOU, STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM GOOD EVENING. 
          NANCY POSTS. 
          MY INFORMATION IS ON FILE. 
          HARFORD COUNTY CITIZENS NEED MORE TIME TO READ AND DIGEST OVER 500 PAGES, THEN PREPARE THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS WHILE WE WORK IN HANDLE LIFE'S RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          I DO NOT APPROVE OF THE BILLS. 
          22, 0 11, 0 12 AND 13 AS WRITTEN, THERE ARE ERRORS AND MISSING INFORMATION. 
          SOME CONTENT AND CHANGES ARE BASED ON QUESTIONABLE INACCURATE OR OUTDATED FOUNDATIONS. 
          HARFORD COUNTY CITIZENS DESERVE BETTER THAN HAVING THESE BILLS RUSHED INTO ACCEPTANCE TO POSSIBLY FURTHER GREASE THE SKIDS FOR DEVELOPERS AND ALL THOSE WHO PROFIT FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF HARFORD COUNTY'S NATURAL RESOURCES, ACTIONS THAT ARE, WOULD BE 180 DEGREES AWAY FROM WHAT THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT SHOULD BE CLIMATE CHANGE IS ONLY DEBATABLE IN POLITICS, BUT NOT IN SCIENCE OR REALITY. 
          RISING COASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE PAST ANY MEAN HIGH TIDE DEMARCATION MADE TODAY. 
          THEREFORE NOT ONLY SHOULD THE PROTECTED CRITICAL AREAS BE EXPANDED, THEY SHOULD BE DOWN ZONE TO LDA AND MORE PRACTICALLY TO RCA. 
          THERE SHOULD BE NO PERCENTAGE CAP CAP ON RCA PARCELS. 
          THERE SHOULD BE A CAP ON IDA PARCELS. 
          THE MAPS ARE TOO VAGUE. 
          THEY ARE MISSING ACREAGE DIMENSIONS, PERVIOUS, SURFACE COVERAGE, ET CETERA. 
          THE HABITATS OF LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE MAP ON PAGE EIGHT OF BILL 22 0 12 IS MISSING THE BLUE SHADED HABITAT. 
          DOES DESIGNATION SHOWN IN THE LEGEND. 
          THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE MAP, THE CRITICAL AREAS PROGRAM IN HARFORD COUNTY IS UNDERSTAFFED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS OF COUNTY LEA LEADERSHIP MANDATE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS COUNTY-WIDE HAS LEFT REMAINING EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTING TO DO 
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THE WORK OF TWO OR MORE FULL-TIME POSITIONS. 
          IMPORTANT WORK IS SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS, ESPECIALLY THE HARFORD COUNTY CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREAS PROGRAM, WHICH IS UNABLE TO ENFORCE CRITICAL AREA REGULATIONS VIOLATIONS GO UNPUNISHED. 
          HARTFORD COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE TO MONITOR AND ENFORCE COMPLIANCE. 
          THIS CAMP AND SERVICES DEMONSTRATES THE LOW PRIORITY GIVEN TO THE PROTECTION OF WATER, QUALITY, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE COMMUNITIES WHO LIVE AND TAKE PART IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE TITLE WATERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM KATHY BAKER BRAS FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE FLASH. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          NICE TO SEE YOU BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE BUFFER AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF INTERMITTENT STREAM, WHICH THIS COUNCIL VOTED TO CHANGE. 
          IS THAT PART OF YOUR COMMENTS? OKAY. 
          IN 2018, BILL 18 DASH 0 3 6, I BELIEVE. 
          AND THAT IS PROBABLY WHY THAT HAS BEEN RECLASSIFIED. 
          SO THINK ABOUT CHANGING THAT TO MAKE IT PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          MY NAME IS CATHY BAKER, DR. 
          KATHY BAKER BRUSH BEL AIR. 
          I'M THE PRESIDENT OF AUTO POINT CREEK ALLIANCE, THE CRITICAL AREAS, BOUNDARY LINES ON THE MAPS AND BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 1 2 ARE INACCURATE IN SOME PLACES BY HUNDREDS OF FEET AND MUST BE AMENDED BY THE STATE CRITICAL AREAS COMMISSIONED BEFORE THEY ARE APPROVED. 
          THE MEAN HIGH TIDE LINE ALSO CALLED THE STATE WETLAND LINE IS USED TO DRAW THE CRITICAL AREAS. 
          BOUNDARIES LINE, THAT A TEAM FROM THE STATE AND COUNTY DETERMINED THE STATE WETLAND LINE. 
          HOWEVER, THE LINE IS NOT ACCURATE IN AREAS THAT WERE DIFFICULT FOR THE TEAM TO ACCESS, PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY WERE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND INACCESSIBLE ON FOOT. 
          AND PERHAPS BECAUSE THE WATER WAS NOT AT HIGH TIDE AT THE TIME, THE TEAM VISITED COUNCIL MEMBERS DO NOT APPROVE THE BILL IN ITS FORM. 
          THE MAPS MUST BE AMENDED BY THE STATE CRITICAL AREAS, COMMISSION, THE LINE REDRAWN ACCURATELY, AND THE HABITAT PROTECTED THAT IS ENTITLED TO BE PROTECTED. 
          MY CONCERN LIES CHIEFLY WITH OTTER POINT CREEK HARFORD COUNTY SITE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE. 
          IT IS THE LARGEST AND ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING FRESHWATER TIDAL MARSHES IN THE NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY PORTIONS OF OTTER POINT CREEK ARE LISTED IN BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 1 2 AS SIGNIFICANT HABITATS CONTAINING RARE SPECIES. 
          THE OTTER POINT CREEK RESERVE AS THE SITE OF DECADES OF RESEARCH AND ESTUARY SCIENCE, ESTUARY EDUCATION, AND RECREATIONAL WATERS FOR THE PUBLIC AS SUCH IT AS DEEPLY STUDIED. 
          AND WELL-KNOWN BY SCIENTISTS AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS, FAMILIAR WITH THE TITLE REACHES ACRES OF WETLANDS AND FOREST BUFFER AND HUNDREDS OF FEET OF TITLE STREAM CHANNEL NEED TO BE ADDED TO BE AFFORDED THE PROTECTION OF THE CRITICAL AREAS PROGRAM. 
          ONE OF THE SPECIES AT THE AUTO POINT CREEK RESERVE TITLE ARROWHEAD IS ON THE LIST OF RARE, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF HARFORD COUNTY. 
          AND IT GROWS IN THE TITLE MARSH HABITAT IN THE CHANNEL OF HAHAHA BRANCH. 
          THE HABITAT IS SUBMERGED AT HIGH TIDE AND EXPOSED AT LOW TIDE, WHICH IS ALSO ACCOMMODATING TO WILD RICE AND MANY SPECIES OF WAITING BIRDS, DUCKS, AND MIGRATING SHOREBIRDS TITLE ARROWHEAD DUE TO ITS DESIGNATION ON THE LIST REQUIRES A PROTECTION PLAN AS STATED IN HARTFORD COUNTY'S CRITICAL AREAS PROGRAM BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 1 2 CHAPTER NINE, HABITAT PROTECTION AREAS. 
          PAGE NINE DASH FOUR. 
          THIS STATE RARE PLANT IS CURRENTLY THREATENED WITH POLLUTED STORM WATER DISCHARGE FROM PROPOSED UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT. 
          A PROTECTION PLAN IS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY. 
          I REQUEST THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE APPROVE THE BILL. 
          AS IT STANDS, ASK THE MARYLAND CRITICAL AREAS COMMISSION TO AMEND THE MAPS, TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL MEAN HIGH TIDE LINES SPECIFICALLY IN HAHAHA BRANCH, WHICH IT SHOWS A HIGH TIDE LINE SOUTH OF ROUTE 40. 
          IT IS ACTUALLY NORTH OF THE TRAIN TRESTLE. 
          THIS WILL INCREASE THE CRITICAL AREAS BUFFER AROUND THE OTTER POINT CREEK RESERVE AND HELP TO PROTECT ITS WATER QUALITY. 
          I REQUESTED HARFORD COUNTY CRITICAL AREAS. 
          TEAM CREATE A PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR THE STATE REAR PLANT TITLE ARROWHEAD. 
          THE CRITICAL AREAS COMMISSION IS AWAITING YOUR COMMENTS AND EVENTUAL APPROVAL. 
          THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO REQUEST ACCURATE MAPS, TO BETTER PROTECT THE HABITAT OF AUTO POINT CREEK AND THE CITIZENS AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          STEPHANIE FLASHED WITH FRIENDS OF HARVARD. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE THREE LEGISLATIVE BILLS REGARDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA. 
          UH, FRIENDS OF HARFORD IS AS YOU KNOW, DEDICATED ADVOCATING FOR CITIZENS, QUALITY OF LIFE IN HARFORD COUNTY, THROUGH RESPONSIBLE LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES. 
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WE DO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE AND WE THANK THE STAFF FOR PRESENTING TONIGHT OF UPDATING LANGUAGE IN THE AREA PROGRAM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE AND THE KUMAR AND THE NEED TO REVIEW LAND, USE POLICIES, POLICIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THESE CRITICAL AREAS. 
          BUT AS YOU CAN HEAR TONIGHT, THE CITIZENS FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE POLICIES THAT IMPACT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HARFORD COUNTY'S NATURAL RESOURCES MUST BE PART OF THIS DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP SIMILAR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN HELD IN 2016, UM, TO ASSIST CITIZENS AND UNDERSTANDING THE CHANGES AND TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES AS STATED ALSO THE PAY THE BILLS, AS YOU KNOW, ARE 500 PAGES COMBINED. 
          AND THE MAP IS DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT WERE DISCUSSED. 
          THE INTENSELY DEVELOPED AREAS, THE LIMITED DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AREAS. 
          IF OUR MEMBERS FROM THE REGIONAL CRITICAL AREA COMMISSION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, NICK KELLY AND MR. HARRIS, ALONG WITH MATT KROPP FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING COULD EXPLAIN THESE IN DETAIL FOR THE CRITICAL BAY AREA CHANGES. 
          I THINK MANY CITIZENS WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION JUST BEYOND A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SO AT A MINIMUM, PLEASE PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE MAP WITH GREATER DETAILED INFORMATION ON A LARGER SCALE FOR THE CITIZENS TO REVIEW THE SHIFTS IN THE CRITICAL ERROR BOUNDARIES. 
          AT THIS POINT, WE ASKED FOR AN AMENDMENT AND FOR A WORKSHOP TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, GLENN DOUBTER FOLLOWED BY BILL TIM. 
          NICK. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN, GLENN DAUGHTER, 1806 PARK BEACH DRIVE, ABERDEEN, MARYLAND. 
          UM, WHEN I LOOKED OVER THE SIZE OF THE BILL, I'M SURE, UH, I WAS SOMEWHAT STUNNED BY ITS COMPLEXITY AND BY ITS EXTENT, AND I WOULD ASSUME YOU ARE TOO. 
          AND A LOT OF IT, UH, I DIDN'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO DEAL WITH. 
          SO I JUST LOOKED THROUGH IT OVER AGAIN AND PICKED OUT THINGS THAT I DO HAVE EXPERTISE IN. 
          AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I NOTICED WAS THAT, UH, AREAS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO FOREST INTERIOR DWELLING BIRDS, SPECIES FIBS, UM, IS LISTED AS IMPORTANT. 
          BUT WHAT IT STRUCK ME IS THAT, UH, OH, AND ALSO A COLONIAL NESTING BIRTH, BUT WHAT STRUCK ME IS WHY NOT MARSH BIRDS IN MY AREA, THE BUSH RIVER, WE'VE GOTTEN MARSHES AND THEY'RE THINGS THAT, THAT NEST AND LIVE IN THOSE MARSHES LIKE RAILS AND BITTERS AND SOME WRENS, UH, WHY AREN'T THEY AND INCLUDED THAT. 
          AND, UH, I WOULD NOT AGREE THAT THESE MARSHALS ARE WELL PROTECTED. 
          UM, SECOND I NOTICED THAT, UH, IN AN AGILE MISS FISH, THE STURGEON WASN'T MENTIONED, AND THERE MAY WELL BE STREAMS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR STURGEON, UH, SPAWNING NORTH OF, UH, HAVERTY GRACE, EVEN SOUTH OF HOWARD GRACE. 
          SO IT SEEMS TO ME, AT LEAST IN THE COUNTY BILL THAT SHOULD BE MENTIONED, AND IT'S, IT'S SENSITIVE TO ME BECAUSE THERE'S A COUNTY OVER IN EASTERN SHORE. 
          THAT'S TRYING TO DO ITS BEST TO DESTROY A STURGEON SPAWNING STREAM, UM, FOREST THROUGH A FOREST AND CRITICAL AREA AND BUFFER CAN, UH, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUIT CIRCUMSTANCES BE, UH, DEVELOPED BY PERMIT AND MITIGATION. 
          AND I KNOW THIS IS A HOLD OVER FROM THE PAST. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN WETLANDS THAT, AND FORESTS THAT BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY ARE AND THE FUNCTION THAT THEY PERFORM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT IN A CRITICAL AREA, ARE TREMENDOUS BUFFERS TO CRITICAL AREAS. 
          AND I OFFER EXAMPLE IS, UH, THE, UH, ABINGTON WOODS PROJECT. 
          THAT AREA IS, UH, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO, UH, OTTER POINT CREEK, NOT FRESHWATER MARCH. 
          THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED. 
          UM, AS FAR AS ERRORS, I FOUND THE SAME ERRORS TOO. 
          AND, UH, I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING UP ALL THE ERRORS THAT I, I SAW BECAUSE FEAR OF, OF BEING NITPICKING. 
          SO JUST LOOKING AT THE NORTH PART OF, UH, BUSH RIVER, I SEE THAT THE SUSKO HADDON RIVER IS A TRIBUTARY OF THE BUSH, UH, AND THAT DOES NEED TO BE CORRECTED, OR IF THAT'S THE LABEL OF A ROAD, I THINK ANOTHER LABELED ROAD MIGHT BE BETTER LIKE GOLDEN RINGER. 
          UM, SO FINALLY GENTLEMEN, GIVEN THE EXTENT OF THIS, UH, WE NEED SOME TIME AND WE NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE INPUT AND THAT'S ALREADY 
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BEEN, UH, SUGGESTED. 
          SO I'LL STOP AT THIS POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          HEY COUNCIL, PRESIDENT CAMPBELL, COUNCIL MEMBERS, BILL TIME MAKE 4 25 LATIMER ROAD JOPPA. 
          I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT I LIVE IN A CRITICAL AREA. 
          UM, I SUSPECT I'VE DONE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG BECAUSE NOBODY EVER TOLD ME, UM, THAT WHAT A CRITICAL AREA OF HIM WAS. 
          I KNOW I PUT IN A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT NOBODY SAY ANYTHING ABOUT, I KNOW WHAT IT WAS SHED. 
          IT WAS PERMITTED, BUT I KNOW NOBODY ASKED ME TO REPLACE TREES. 
          UM, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE NEWSLETTER, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          HERE'S WHAT I'LL GO OVER. 
          I THINK THE PLANNING HAS BEEN WELL DONE. 
          I THINK THE PLANNING NASSCO THE PUBLIC TO FIND OUT IF IT'S RIGHT AND THE WAY I THINK HE SHOULD GO TO THE PUBLIC IS CRITICAL AREA BY CRITICAL AREA, BY CRITICAL AREA, DEER CREEK, SWAN HARBOR OAKINGTON OTTER POINT JOPPA. 
          UH, THEN PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THE MAP WITH THE PLANNERS AND SAY NO, OR YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN A POSITION OF, IF YOU COULD GO WITH THIS WITHOUT TAKING IT TO THE PUBLIC, YOU'LL BE DICTATING THAT LEADING. 
          AND I THINK LEADERSHIP IS WHAT'S NEEDED ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          RON, STUCZYNSKI FOLLOWED BY BRITTANY RUSSELL. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THREE 19 MARINA AVENUE, ABERDEEN, MARYLAND. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I DO APPRECIATE, UM, THE EXPLANATION TONIGHT. 
          I DO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE MORE ON WHAT, UM, WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 
          TONY G. 
          GREAT QUESTION ABOUT REMOVING BUFFERS. 
          UM, I MEAN, IF WE'RE SPEAKING TO REMOVING BUFFERS, BECAUSE STREAMS ARE NO LONGER FLOW OR VICE VERSA, WHAT CAUSES STREAMS NOT TO FLOW BESIDES BUILDING. 
          UM, AND IF WE'RE SHOWING LINES HAVE MOVED OVER YEARS, HOW DO WE KNOW IN 10 YEARS LINES, WON'T MOVE AGAIN AND REMOVE MORE TRIBUTARIES, SAY FROM THE BUSH RIVER, ET CETERA. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT, UM, AND WHAT'S STOPPING YOU. 
          AND FROM FIVE YEARS FROM REMOVING BUFFER ALONG POSSIBLE WAREHOUSE SLASH FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION IS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT. 
          WHAT'S PROTECTING THOSE BUFFERS. 
          LIKE HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? AND I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS WHAT IMPACT DOES BUILDING MEGA DEVELOPMENTS UP AGAINST LDH HAVE ON THE CBCA THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND BRITTANY PASSES ON OUR TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? AARON? NO MORE SPEAKERS. 
          MR. PRESIDENT. 
          THANK YOU WITH NO MORE SPEAKERS. 
          THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          AND UH, I'M SURE WE'LL BE TALKING VERY SOON HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS THREE GOOD EVENING. 
          CHAIR CALLS ORDER LEGISLATIVE SESSION 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
DAY 22 DASH ZERO 18. 
          I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE OPENING PRAYER BY COUNCILMAN SCHROEDER. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BLACK ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE STAND BEFORE YOU CONSCIOUS OF THE EMPOWERMENT YOU HAVE GIVEN US AND AWARE THAT WE ARE. 
          WE GATHER HERE IN YOUR NAME TONIGHT, WE WENT TO REMEMBER OUR VETERANS WHO HAVE DEFENDED OUR FREEDOMS AS AMERICANS, THAT WE ENJOY THIS WEEK. 
          MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE FROM OUR SCHOOLS. 
          I ASK YOU THAT YOU LOOK OVER EACH ONE OF THEM AS THEY ENTER A NEW PHASE OF THEIR LIFE, GUIDE US BY HER WISDOM AND SUPPORT US BY YOUR POWER. 
          AS WE GATHER IN YOUR NAME, MAY WE TEMPER JUSTICE WITH LOVE SO THAT OUR DECISIONS MAY BE PLEASING TO YOU AND EARN THE REWARD PROMISE TO GOOD FAITHFUL SERVANTS. 
          AMEN. 
          AND THEN COUNCILMAN 
          [5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS (Part 1 of 2) ]
GENERAL CONSENT TO MOVE TO ITEM FIVE A ON THE AGENDA AND RETURN BACK TO AGENDA. 
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ITEM FOUR A THEREAFTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND NOMINATIONS, HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE. 
          JOHN P CRARY. 
          JR. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOTION, MR. BULOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          I MOVED TO APPROVE THE HARTFORD COUNTY CULTURAL ARTS BOARD RECOMMENDATION THAT JOHN P CARRERA JR. 
          BE RECOGNIZED AS A HARTFORD COUNTY LIVING TREASURE SECONDHAND. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WOODS. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE MR. CAREER AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURER. 
          ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS MR. WOODS? SURE. 
          WHY NOT? WELL BEING THE OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSON IN THE ROOM, UM, I LOVE SEEING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS TAKE CARE OF THIS, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VOICE OF REASON AND SOMEONE I COULD LEAN TO AND CALL ME IF SOMETHING'S GOING ON. 
          SO WELL-DESERVED AND MY FULL SUPPORT HERE WITH US, I THINK. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          ANYONE ELSE MR. SCHROEDER? I ECHO COUNCILMAN WOODS. 
          HIS THOUGHTS. 
          UM, MR. CRARY YOU, YOU SHOW UP HERE QUITE OFTEN. 
          YOU, YOU, I KNOW YOU LOVE OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY HAVING GRACE, THE FIRE SERVICE. 
          UM, I REALLY DON'T REMEMBER YOU NOT BEING INVOLVED. 
          UM, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOREVER AND, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR GREAT COUNTY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          YOUR GREAT LIVING TREASURE. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SRODES. 
          ANYONE ELSE GREW? WELL, MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. . 
          MR SHREDS, MR. WAGNER, MR. BIOLA BEING SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN A NEGATIVE THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN P CRARY JUNIOR AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURER IS HEREBY APPROVED 
          [4. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS HARTFORD, LIVING TREASURE, JOHN P CRARY JR. 
          MR. BUEL TO PRESENT, WOULD YOU PLEASE GO DOWN MR. WAGNER? WHEREAS JOHN P CRARY JR. 
          THE HARTFORD COUNTY CULTURAL ARTS BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO THE HARFORD COUNTY COUNCIL THAT HE BE RECOGNIZED AS A HARTFORD HART, HARTFORD COUNTY LIVING TREASURE. 
          AND WHEREAS MR. CAREER, HE IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF HARTFORD COUNTY AND LIVES IN HAVRE DE GRACE WITH HIS WIFE, LINDA HE'S A GRADUATE OF THE LEONARD HALL, JUNIOR NAVAL ACADEMY, THE JOHN CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE WHERE HE EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. 
          AND WHEREAS MR. CARRERA HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND VARIOUS LEADERSHIP ROLES. 
          HE WAS PROUD TO FOLLOW IN HIS FAMILY'S FOOTSTEPS BY JOINING THE FIRE AND EMS SERVICE AND HAVING A GRACE, MR. CRARY CONTINUES TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, THROUGH THE PARTICIPATION ON NUMEROUS BOARDS, INCLUDING THE CITIZENS CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER AND THE HAVRE DE GRACE AMBULANCE CORPS, WHERE HE IS A TRUSTEE. 
          MR. KOREA IS A PAST MEMBER OF THE HARTFORD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          HE SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF HAVRE DE GRACE FROM 2005 TO 2007 AND WAS A FORMER COACH FOR THE HAVERTY GRACE LITTLE LEAGUE, THE HABIT OF GRADES HIGH SCHOOL AND JOHN CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS. HE IS ALSO A LIFELONG MEMBER OF ST PATRICK'S CHURCH. 
          AND WHEREAS JOHN CAREER HAS MEMORIES OF LIFE IN HARFORD COUNTY REMAIN VIBRANT AND WILL BE RECORDED FOR POSTERITY. 
          NOW, THEREFORE WE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND ON THIS SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE, 2022, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JOHN P CRARY JR HARTFORD, LIVING TREASURE, AND BE A FURTHER KNOWN THAT HIS LIFETIME EXPERIENCES AND CONTRIBUTION 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 HIS MEMORIES AND HISTORY WILL BE RECORDED BY THE HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY OR HISTORIAN AND WILL BECOME PART OF THE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY. 
          JOHN, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET THIS ONE DONE. 
          NOBODY IS MORE DESERVING OF THE LIVING TREASURE THAN YOU ARE HARTFORD COUNTY LIVING TREASURE. 
          AND I AM HONORED AND BLESSED TO CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND BECAUSE YOU'VE GIVEN ME ADVICE OVER THE LAST SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR ELECTION, UH, YOU'VE BEEN A SOUNDING BOARD AND A REALLY, UH, CHERISH FLINT. 
          AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT, BUT, UH, I KNEW A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DID. 
          I KNOW I GO TO HAPPY GRACE IN, UH, UM, CITY HALL AND I SEE THE LIST OF THE PICTURES OF THE MAYORS. 
          AND YOU'RE JUST THERE TWICE. 
          AND I, THAT YOU DID NOT AGE BIT IN 
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15 YEARS. 
          YES. 
          AND I MEAN, JUST 50 YEARS, 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO HAVE ANY GRACE IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN. 
          I JUST LOOKED AT IT. 
          AND I MEAN, A LOT OF THEM ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, BUT 35 YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, UH, YOU KNOW, I GOT TWO PAGES OF STUFF HERE, THREE, YES, LET ME SEE HOW WISE KEEP US, BUT, UH, REALLY IT'S AN HONOR TO, UH, PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION AS A HARTFORD COUNTY LIVING FRAZIER, BECAUSE YOU ARE TRULY A TREASURE ANYWHERE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR HARFORD COUNTY. 
          HAVE ANY GRADES LIVED IN HAVING TO GO SELL ALL YOUR LIFE TO, YES, I KNOW. 
          SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU NOW. 
          I KNOW, I KNOW. 
          OH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I GOTTA THANK THE DEAR LORD THAT I'M EVEN HERE AT PAST THE 70 MILE, 70 YEARS, UH, BACK IN OCTOBER AND I GOT THIS PHONE CALL AND UH, I SAID, I SAID, GEEZ, WHAT'D I DO TO GET THIS? AND THEY SAID, WELL, YOU JUST TURNED 70 THEN. 
          BUT ANYWAY, I, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS TRULY, I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE SELFISH ON THIS AND IT'S BECAUSE I'VE RECEIVED A FEW HONORS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THIS ONE HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I IS IN MY HEART. 
          UM, HOWARD GREYSON, HARBOR COUNTY. 
          UM, I JUST LOVE IT. 
          I COULDN'T LEAVE IT. 
          IT'S MY HOME. 
          UH, IT'S MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, LINDA. 
          I GOTTA THANK HER. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I GOT TO THANK EVERYBODY UP HERE, AS WELL AS FOR ROADING ON, IN THE KIND WORDS CURTIS, FOR, FOR THE CALL AND MR. WAGNER. 
          BUT I WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN AMAZING. 
          THE CHANGES IN THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN, BECAUSE HONESTLY I GO BACK TO WHEN THE COMMISSIONERS RAN HARFORD COUNTY, UM, ONE OF THEM WAS MY NEIGHBOR, MR. ABE DAVIS. 
          THEN ONE WAS THE FIRST MAYOR THAT I SERVED WITH INHERITED GRACE. 
          FRANK HUTCHINS CAME UP AND, UH, THIS COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEHIND ME, HE, HE KNOWS A LOT OF THE SECRETS. 
          I THINK HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BODIES ARE BURIED. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT ANYWAY, I GOT TO THANK YOU ALL. 
          I GOT TO THANK MY FAMILY. 
          I GOT MY FIRE FAMILIES HERE. 
          THIS IS RUSTY AIR FROM HARTFORD COUNTY FIRE ASSOCIATION HERE. 
          UM, MY SISTER, PATRICIA IS HERE, UH, DOWN ON THE OTHER END IS MY COUSINS AND MY SISTER-IN-LAWS, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW JOHN BLEEDS AND MY NEPHEW STEVEN. 
          AND WE HAVE DEAR, VERY DEAR FRIENDS HERE, JOHN AND MIKE AND MARY COON DREAD. 
          BUT THE ONE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING IS THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. 
          SHE'S GOT ME THROUGH MANY CHALLENGES IN MY LIFETIME AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT HER. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I JUST HAVE TO SAY I THANK HIM FOR BEING A VOLUNTEER BECAUSE 48 YEARS AGO, I WAS A YOUNG NURSE COMING OUT OF HARFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND HE WAS A VOLUNTEER EMT AND HE WAS THERE TO PICK UP A PATIENT, BUT I THINK HE PICKED UP ME IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL TO MY LOVE FOR HIM. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET TOO MUCH OF THE STORY HERE BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. 
          SO YOU CAN GET TO THE LIBRARY AND READ IT. 
          BUT ONE THING I GOT TO SAY RIGHT NOW, ALL THIS WAS STARTED, GAVE ME THE FOUNDATION TO GET INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY AND IN MY SURROUNDING LIFE WHERE MY MOM AND DAD, MY FATHER, JOHN PAUL, SR, UM, MY MOM, CATHERINE CRUISE FRUIT MARKET, WHERE I MET A TON OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS AND DELIVERING IT TO ALL KINDS OF PLACES. 
          BUT I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY AUNT, BARBARA AND OCA, HARRY WESTER, UH, MY SISTER, MARGARET, HER HUSBAND, THEY'RE ALL IN THE MIDDLE OF GRADUATIONS WHERE THEIR GREAT GRANDKIDS AND GRANDKIDS. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          I LOVE YOU BACK TO YOU. 
          I CAN'T SEE ANYMORE. 
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SO YOU WANT TO COME DOWN HERE ON THIS END? YUP. 
           CAN I COME IN AND JUST WE'LL GET A LITTLE TOUGH. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          I KNOW, I KNOW SHE DID A GOOD JOB. 
          I'M PROUD. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
            CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER COUNCIL FOR THAT COUNSEL, MAY I HAVE GENERAL CONSENT TO SKIP OVER CONSIDERATION OF AGENDA ITEMS FOR B AND FOR C UNTIL AFTER COMPLETION OF AGENDA ITEM 14, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS. 
          WE HAVE NONE SEVEN 
          [7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES, LEGISLATIVE DAY 22 DASH ZERO 17 MAY 24TH, 2022. 
          ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES THERE BEING NO CORRECTIONS, THE MINUTES STAND APPROVED, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, 
          [8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS]
INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS. 
          MR. VICE-PRESIDENT PLEASE READ RESOLUTION ZERO 18 DASH 22 AND ZERO 19 DASH 22 INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO 18 DASH 22 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL, PRESIDENT BEN, CINDY, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN OPERATIONAL AND PERFORMANCE AUDITING PROCEDURES. 
          I'M SORRY TO CONDUCT OPERATIONAL AND PERFORMANCE AUDITING PROCEDURES INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 2023 ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO 19 DASH 22. 
          INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAVE BEEN SENDING YOUR RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A SEARCH COMMITTEE TO SECURE AN INTERVIEW APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION OF THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER. 
          IN ORDER THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL MAY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE SECRETARY OF MARYLAND, THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS RESOLUTION ZERO IN 19 DASH 22, IT WILL BE CONSIDERED A SEASONING. 
          SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION MR. WAGON MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ZERO 19 DASH 22. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAY I HAVE A SECOND CHECK? THANK YOU, MR.  MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION ZERO IN 1922. 
          ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS MS. DIXON, YOUR PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. CHANDRA DANNO, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. VIOLA SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ZERO IN A NEGATIVE RESOLUTION ZERO 19 DASH 22 IS HERE BY APPROVED AGENDA ITEMS NINE. 
          I MADE 18 DASH 22 3 CONSUMER DEBIT. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE THROUGH 13, THERE IS NO BUSINESSES SEASONING 14 
          [14. NEW BUSINESS]
NEW BUSINESS CHARTER AMENDMENT BALLOT LANGUAGE. 
          MR. WAGNER, WE HAVE, UM, TWO BILLS THAT REQUIRE, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE LANGUAGE HARFORD COUNTY BALLOT QUESTION REGARDING BILL 22 DASH 0 0 5. 
          QUESTION A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY CHARTER COMMUNICATION BY COUNCIL TO OBTAIN INFORMATION, TO AMEND THE HARFORD COUNTY CHARTER, TO PERMIT THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH COUNTY EMPLOYEES 
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AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO OBTAIN INFORMATION. 
          AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS A BILL NUMBER 22 DASH ZERO, OR BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 7. 
          QUESTION B OR B PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY CHARTER REMOVAL OF COUNCIL MEMBER TO AMEND THE HARTFORD COUNTY CHARTER TO ESTABLISH THE GROUNDS AND THE PROCESS TO REMOVE A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON BILL 22 DASH 0 0 5. 
          I WOULD HAVE MOVED FOR THE APPROVAL OF, UH, THE, THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US FOR BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 5. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GENDER DAD, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH 0 0 5. 
          ANY DISCUSSION IT'S ACTUALLY THE LANGUAGE FOR OH FIVE WITHOUT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CARNEY. 
          SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A MOTION TO, FOR THE PROPOSED BOUT LANGUAGE. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THE PROPOSED BAD LANGUAGE. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD, MR. PRESIDENT. 
          MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOOD, MR. JAN GIARDINO MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. BEULAH, THERE'S SEVEN VEGGIE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE THE PROPOSED BALLOT LANGUAGE TO BUILD 22 DASH 0 0 5 IS HEREBY APPROVED. 
          NOW A LANGUAGE FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 0 7 MAY HAVE EMOTION. 
          SO MOVED. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WEIDENER MAY HAVE A SECOND. 
          CHECK-IN THANK YOU, MR. . 
          IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE BATTLE LANGUAGE FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 0 7. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MR. IT WAS FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 
          FOLLOW-UP ON WHAT MR. KEARNEY HAD SAID EARLIER. 
          THE, UM, THE BILL'S 22 DASH 0 0 5 AND 22 DASH 0 0 7. 
          WE'RE IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL SOME TIME AGO. 
          WE DID APPROVE THEM. 
          THIS IS JUST A FORMALITY THAT WE HAVE TO APPROVE LANGUAGE THAT WE'LL BE GOING ON THE BALLOT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION AND FOR THE VOTERS TO SELECT WHICH WAY THEY WANT TO GO ON IT, BECAUSE IT IS A CHARTER AMENDMENT. 
          AND THIS IS JUST A MATTER OF A BLESSING, THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE HERE AND SENDING IT DOWN TO THE STATE FOR THEM TO APPROVE IT AS WELL. 
          CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          IT DID IT TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AND THEN THEY WILL REVIEW IT. 
          AND ASSUMING THAT THEY'VE READ THE LANGUAGE WOULD BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOOD, MR. . 
          MR SHREDS, MR. WAGNER, MR. BEULAH, THERE'S SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE THAT PROPOSED BALLOT LANGUAGE TO BUILD 22 DASH THERE. 
          ZERO SEVEN IS HEREBY APPROVED FISCAL YEAR 23. 
          COUNCIL CONTRACTS COUNCIL. 
          YOU HAVE, BEFORE YOU A COPY OF THE FISCAL 23 CONTRACTS FOR MR. ROBERT K HO, OR IS THERE ANY HEARING EXAMINER LISA SHYANNE OR ASSOCIATES ZONING HERE? EXAMINER BRIAN YOUNG PEOPLE'S COUNSEL AND ANDREW  ASSOCIATE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL. 
          THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THESE CONTRACTS. 
          MAY I HAVE GENERAL CONSENT TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 23 CONTRACTS? THANK YOU. 
          HEARING NO OBJECTIONS TO FISCAL YEAR 23 CONTRACTS ARE HERE BY APPROVED COUNCIL PERSONNEL COMMITTEE, MR. WOODS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT COUNCIL, BACK WHEN WE VOTED TO MAKE COUNCIL A MEMBER, THEN WAGNER COUNCIL VICE-PRESIDENT. 
          HE ASSUMED THAT MY DUTIES ON THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE WENT WITH THAT. 
          APPARENTLY I WAS WRONG. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO RESIGN FROM THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE AND I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY APPOINT THE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT AS THE NEW MEMBER. 
          SO MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED TO A POINT COUNCIL, VICE PRESIDENT WAGNER TO THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ANDREW GHANA. 
          IT'S MADE IT A SECOND TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT WAGNER TO THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE MR. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. CHANDRA DANNA, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. BIOLA, UH, SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO NEGATIVE. 
          THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. 
          WE WILL NOW MOVE BACK 
          [5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS (Part 2 of 2) ]
TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE, B AND FIVE C, AND THEN AFTER RETURNED TO AGENDA ITEM 15, AGENDA ITEM FIVE CONSIDERATION PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, 
          [01:50:01]
AND NOMINATIONS, HARFORD COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER SEARCH COMMITTEE. 
          MR. WOODS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED TO APPOINT THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS TO THE HARFORD COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER SEARCH COMMITTEE, COUNCIL, PRESIDENT PATRICK CONSIGNEE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANDRE JOHNSON PERSONNEL COMMITTEE COUNCIL, VICE PRESIDENT, ROBERT WAGNER PERSONNEL COMMITTEE, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OR DESIGNEE DR. 
          RUSSELL MOYA, HARFORD COUNTY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, COMMUNITY, VERY KLEIN HARTFORD, HARTFORD COUNTY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OR COMMUNITY DR. 
          KATHERINE FEEDER FEED FIELDMAN STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, MARY NES SUDA HARFORD COUNTY, RESIDENT, AND VICKY JONES, HARFORD COUNTY RESIDENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MAY HAVE A SECOND. 
          SECOND, MR. WAGNER, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE HEALTH OFFICER SEARCH COMMITTEE. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING THEM? MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. . 
          MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. BIOLA, IT BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN A NEGATIVE, THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER SEARCH COMMITTEE ARE HERE BY APPROVED EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS. 
          LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARD MAY HAVE EMOTION, MR. WOODS. 
          I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT ONE. 
          I THOUGHT YOU WERE MOVING SOME THAT MR. WAGNER MOVE FOR THE LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARD APPOINTMENT OF CORA L WHERE SCOTT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BILL. 
          I JUST NEED A SECOND TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT TO THE LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARD. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NONE MR. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. . 
          MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. BIOLA, SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE. 
          THE APPOINTMENT IS HERE BY APPROVED PUBLIC LIBRARY, BOARD TRUSTEES, MR. SHREWS COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TURNING TO IT. 
          THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE DAVID SANDBERG TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAY I HAVE A SECOND SECOND, MR. WAGNER, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT TO THE PUBLIC BOARD PUBLIC LIBRARY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. . 
          MR. SROS, MR. WAGNER, MR. BEULAH SEVEN VOTING AFFIRMATIVE ZERO ON A NEGATIVE. 
          THE APPOINTMENT IS HERE BY APPROVED 
          [15. BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT]
AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 15 BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT. 
          UM, I NEED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEXT ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES. 
          ADVISORY BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 16TH, AT 6:00 PM IN THE SECOND FLOOR COUNTY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM. 
          UM, THIS WILL BE ADVERTISED AGAIN, I'M SURE ON THE WEBSITE AND WE WILL ADVERTISE IT AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO GO BACK IF I MAY, UH, TO THE, UM, HEALTH OFFICER SEARCH COMMITTEE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE ADDED SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE LISTENED TO SOME OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY IN THE PAST, UH, HAVE A DESIRE TO WANT TO PARTICIPATE. 
          UM, AND WE LISTENED TO THEM AND HAVE APPROVED SOME OF THEM, UH, TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM, UM, THIS PAST WEEK OR THIS WEEK, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY, UH, WE STARTED BOTH LAST WEEK WITH GRADUATION HCC, AND THEN THIS WEEK WITH HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UM, ALL OF US HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THESE GRADUATIONS AND, UM, TOMORROW I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE ATTENDING MY GRANDSON'S GRADUATION AND HAVE DEGREES LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WITH MY FAMILY. 
          SO, UM, WE ALSO HAD TOURS, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITY OR EXCUSE ME, DIFFERENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE DID THE HARTFORD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY TOUR, UH, WITH BRIAN WAYNE WAINWRIGHT. 
          UH, WE VISITED A HIGHLAND SCHOOL TODAY, AND THEN THIS PAST SATURDAY WE HELPED CELEBRATE THE THIRD ANNUAL SHORT-HAUL CORRAL FOR HOPE, UH, WITH MR. DEREK HOPKINS AND HIS, UH, CHARLOTTE FAMILY WAS AN OUTSTANDING EVENT BEAUTIFUL DAY. 
          UM, AND, UH, I'M SURE, UM, THEY WILL BE HERE WITH US, UH, FOR A LONG TIME, UH, TAKING CARE OF THOSE 
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PEOPLE IN NEED. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, 
          [16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS]
MR. JOHNSON, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          I JUST BE VERY SHORT TONIGHT. 
          I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE, UH, THE GRADUATING SENIORS FROM OUR, FROM OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FROM THE COLLEGE. 
          UH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST COMING OUT OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          UH, I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO SOME OF THE, THE, OR, OR THE GRADUATING CLASS OF, OF JOPPA TOWN. 
          THEY'VE HAD, UH, 4.5 GRADUATES. 
          THEY'VE HAD, UH, KIDS GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, GEORGIA ALL THE WAY TO, UH, HBC USE. 
          SO, UH, JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO ALL THE KIDS, UH, ALL THE KIDS, ALL THE YOUNG ADULTS, UH, THAT ARE GRADUATING NOW IN, UH, FROM OUR, FROM OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          SO WITH THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'LL YIELD MY TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS THAT HELPED THEM GET THROUGH THIS ALSO TO THE PARENTS THAT SUPPORTED THEM ALONG THE WAY. 
          THIS IS NOW THE RAINY SEASON, AND WE'RE GOING INTO HURRICANE SEASON. 
          SO PLEASE, UH, TAKE CAUTION. 
          DON'T DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER, AS I ALWAYS SAY, TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. 
          AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WOODS, MR. JAMES, YOUR DATA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID YESTERDAY WAS THE 78TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY. 
          UM, WE DO HONOR ALL THOSE WHO, UH, CALL DUTY THAT DAY OF SERVICE. 
          WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET. 
          WE KNOW THERE'S STILL A WAR GOING ON, UH, OVER IN UKRAINE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MORE OF A WAR OF JUST A, AN OCCUPATION AND PEOPLE ARE DYING. 
          SO PLEASE KEEP THOSE PEOPLE IN YOUR, IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEN SERVICE WOMEN THAT HAVE, UM, CERTAINLY, UM, LOST THEIR LIVES. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, UM, I LIKE TO CONGRATULATE, UH, CLASS 22, WENT TO PATTERSON MILL GOING TO BEL-AIR TOMORROW AND SEE MILTON RIGHT ON, I THINK, THURSDAY AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO SERGEANT PHILLIPS HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RAISING MORE THAN 5,000 FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY BECAUSE OF HIS FUNDRAISING. 
          SERGEANT PHILLIPS WAS JOINED BY THEIR MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUNDAY DURING THE BELLER TOWN RUN AND RAN WELL SUITED UP IN TACTICAL GEAR WHILE CARRYING RAMS, AS HE PROMISED ON AS, UH, TO THEIR DONATE, DONATE HER. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, BELLAIRE POLICE OFFICER TARYN AGREED. 
          HE, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO OFFICER FIRST-CLASS WITH THE BELLAIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE JOINING IN 2020. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          THANK YOU, MR.  AND MR. SCHROEDER, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE SHARP FOUNDATIONS, ANNUAL FUNDRAISER AND HATS OFF TO EVERYONE THAT MAKES, UM, UH, PULLS THAT OFF WITH SUCH GREAT SUCCESS IN COMBATING ADDICTION AND A FARM KIND OF ATMOSPHERE. 
          SO HATS OFF TO MY FRIEND, DEREK HOPKINS, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL THOSE THAT MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          UM, THERE WAS ALSO A CENTER FOR THE ARTS FUNDRAISER OVER THE WEEKEND, HELD IN HUNT VALLEY. 
          I KNOW THEY RAISED A LOT OF MONEY FOR THEIR CAUSE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM ON THAT. 
          UM, UM, GRADUATIONS, OF COURSE, THIS WEEK I'VE ATTENDED, UM, ALL OF THEM SO FAR PLAN TO ATTEND THE REST THAT ARE COMING A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO MY NEPHEW, PATRICK, WHO GRADUATED FROM NORTH HARTFORD THIS EVENING. 
          AND I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN ALL OF HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS, CONGRATULATIONS TO NIMS, NORTHEAST, MARYLAND, SELECT ACROSS. 
          THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY, AND THAT WAS FOUNDED BY, UM, FRIENDS OF MINE. 
          UH, THE MCCUES THEIR FATHER, JIM. 
          UM, HE GOT STARTED ALONG WITH MANY VOLUNTEERS THAT MAKE THAT HAPPEN A YEAR IN, YEAR OUT, UM, BASICALLY YEAR ROUND. 
          SO IT DOES GREAT THINGS AND PREPARES, UM, OUR, OUR YOUNGSTERS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPETITIVE ATHLETICS IN LACROSSE, UM, WHEN, UH, UH, PASS CONDOLENCES ON TO MY LEGISLATIVE AID OR RORA ON THE PASSING OF HER UNCLE. 
          AND LASTLY, ON A HAPPIER NOTE, I WANT TO WISH MY DEAR FRIEND GENE STREET, DR. 
          STREET OF BOYD, AND FULFORD DRUG STORE A HAPPY 92ND BIRTHDAY TODAY. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WELL, ON A SAD NOTE, I DO WANT TO PASS ALONG THE BETTY FIFE. 
          UH, HER MARRIED NAME IS LOU BECKER, UH, BUT WE ALL KNEW HER AS BETTY FIFE WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL OFFICES FROM 1981 AND RETIRED IN 1995. 
          UH, SHE SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COUNCIL. 
          SHE PASSED ON MAY 27TH, 2022, AND THERE WILL BE A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE HELD ON JUNE THE 11TH AT 11:00 AM AT BETHEL TEMPLE IN EAST JOPPA ROAD, BALTIMORE. 
          UH, THIS COMING SATURDAY IS THE SECOND SATURDAY'S MASSIVE BLOCK PARTY IN ABERDEEN FESTIVAL PARK. 
          AND THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED 
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FOR THAT. 
          UH, THE CITY OF ABERDEEN IS WORKING WITH THE AMERICAN RAMP COMPANY TO BUILD A STATE-OF-THE-ART SKATE PARK AT NORTH DEAN PARK. 
          AND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN SURVEYS FOR THIS IF AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE CITY OF ABERDEEN'S WEBSITE, UM, AIRY OR NOT. 
          ERIC ROBBIE FOWLER, UH, RETIRED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION AFTER I BELIEVE IT WAS 20, 23 YEARS. 
          I THINK IT WAS, UH, LAST WEEK. 
          AND THEN WE'VE ATTENDED BAKERSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAMILY NIGHT, AND WE'VE CERTAINLY ATTENDED TO SOME OF THE GRADUATIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUT THERE AND, AND WISH ALL THE GRADUATES THE VERY BEST. 
          UH, THIS PAST WEEK I MET WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, CORE SERVICE AGENCY OF HARFORD COUNTY AND LIEUTENANT, UH, REIBER FROM ABERDEEN TO DISCUSS, UH, HOMELESS ISSUES AND ADDICTION PROBLEMS AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON THAT'S, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT ARE STILL GOING ON. 
          AND WHEN WE GET A LITTLE BIT PAST, UH, GET A LITTLE BREATHER, I'M GOING TO START BACK UP WITH SOME MORE MEETINGS AND ADD SOME MORE DIRECTION TO WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON WITH THE ADDICTION SIDE, THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE, AND ALSO WITH THE HOMELESS COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, I DID GO TO HALLS CROSSROADS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THE OTHER WEEK, AND, UH, THAT WAS FOR THEIR CAREER AND, UH, A COLLEGE, UH, THING WITH FOURTH GRADERS. 
          AND, UH, ALL THE, ALL THE CHILDREN HAD TO ASK ME. 
          I MEAN, IT STARTED OUT AND WANTING TO KNOW WHEN YOU WALK IN WITH A SUIT, ARE YOU THE PRESIDENT? NO. 
          DO YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT? NO. 
          AND THEN I MENTIONED THE FARM AND THAT JUST TOOK THINGS OFF TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT I GREW UP ON A FARM AND THAT JUST EVERYTHING ELSE THERE FOR THAT WAS ALL FARM RELATED. 
          SO I GOT A THANK YOU NOTE BACK FROM THEM AND IT CERTAINLY, IT WAS A GREAT TIME TO SEE ALL THE CHILDREN AND VISIT THE CLASSROOMS AND TALK WITH THEM. 
          AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD TIME. 
          IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE YOU WHAT THEY CAN COME UP WITH SOMETIMES IN QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, MR. BUELLER, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          UM, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2022 AND TO ALL THE EDUCATORS AND THE PARENTS, THE GRANDPARENTS, AND THE GUARDIANS THAT HELP TO GET THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO THIS POINT IN THEIR LIFE. 
          UM, AND I WILL BE ATTENDING, UH, EVERYBODY'S GRADUATION. 
          I THINK IT'S TOMORROW MORNING AT NINE. 
          AND ALSO, UM, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OUR VETERANS AND, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILMAN TONY G THAT STATED YESTERDAY WAS THE CELEBRATION OF D-DAY. 
          AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER, UH, THE SACRIFICE THAT ALL THESE YOUNG MEN MADE ON THAT DAY AND ALL THE VETERANS THAT, UH, SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES, MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE SO THAT WE COULD ENJOY THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UM, MR. GINGER JORDANNA YEAH, VERY SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I ACTUALLY DROVE TO, UH, NORTH CAROLINA, WENT TO A GRADUATION AT 8:00 AM FOR MY GIRLFRIEND'S DAUGHTER, UH, SHELLEY ROSE. 
          SO, UH, IT WAS DEFINITELY A LONG TRIP, BUT VERY WELL WORTH IT. 
          AND BEST OF LUCK TO HER AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THERE WAS QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 
          [17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]
17, COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM A TEDX CITIZENS. 
          MS. DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP MR. PRESIDENT? WE HAVE SIX THIS EVENING. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, JUST REMIND EVERYONE OF YOUR TIME CONSTRAINTS THREE MINUTES AND CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER NANCY POST FOLLOWED BY VERNA WHITE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MA'AM GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, AGAIN, MY INFORMATION IS ON FILE AVENUE. 
          WOODS IS THE LAST LARGE CONTIGUOUS STAND OF UNPROTECTED FAR SOUTH OF ROUTE 95 AND OTTER POINT CREEK WATERSHED AREA. 
          ABINGTON WOODS IS SURROUNDED BY OVERDEVELOPMENT THE HAHAHA BRANCH ORIGINATES NORTH OF ROUTE 95 AMONG OVERDEVELOPMENT PROTECTING THE HAHAHA BRANCH THAT TRA TRAVERSES AVENUE WOODS IS CRITICAL IN LESS THAN 0.5 IN LESS THAN HALF A MILE SOUTH OF WHERE THE HAHAHA CROSSES ROUTE SEVEN. 
          IT EMPTIES INTO THE OTTER POINT CREEK ESTUARY FORCE, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY BY PROVIDING NATURAL FILTERING AND MORE PERVIOUS LAND AREAS, RECHARGE WATER AQUIFERS. 
          GOD FORBID, WE ARE HIT WITH A MULTI-DECADE DROUGHT LIKE OUT WEST. 
          YES, OUR TURN COULD COME AND THE STREAMS COULD DRY UP. 
          WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAVE OVER MOST OF OUR WATER SOURCES. 
          WE NEED TO THINK AND PLAN NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT FOR THE IMPACT FELT A DECADE, A DECADE OR MORE INTO THE FUTURE AVENUE WOODS NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN, IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA 
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PROGRAM. 
          AS A CRITICAL WATERSHED HABITAT. 
          IT WAS FAULTY JUDGMENT AT BEST THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE THAT DESIGNATION ALREADY. 
          SOUTHERN HARTFORD IS SATURATED WITH IMPERVIOUS SURFACES INSTEAD OF DESTROYING GOD, GIVEN NATURAL HABITAT REDEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO OCCUR IN SHUTTERED BUSINESS AREAS. 
          THE CUMULATIVE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF BAD JUDGMENT AND DECISION-MAKING IS DEVASTATING, ESPECIALLY TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          WE MUST BE SELFLESS STEWARDS OF THE NATURAL HABITAT. 
          WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE AROUND US, BESIDES ON THESE WAREHOUSES EXISTING IN HARTFORD COUNTY, OVER SEVEN BUSINESSES IN THE PARAMIN PENINSULA WAREHOUSE DISTRICT HAVE HELP WANTED SIGNS POSTED. 
          HARTFORD DOES NOT NEED MORE WAREHOUSES OR LOW WAGE JOBS. 
          WHY WAS THE MORATORIUM AND CHANGING LAWS TO PROTECT 15 ACRES FROM A SMALL FARM BREWERY IN NORTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY? OKAY. 
          BUT THERE WAS AN UNWILLINGNESS TO FIGHT WITH EVEN 5% OF THAT EFFORT TO PROTECT 1037 ACRES FROM MANY MEGA WAREHOUSES IN SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY, SOUTHERN HARTFORD NEEDS NATURAL AREAS AND LESS WATER AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION. 
          WHAT TRUMPS ARE PLEASED TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          WE NEED HARFORD COUNTY OFFICIALS TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR HARTFORD CITIZENS TODAY, TOMORROW AND DECADES TO COME. 
          I WANT TO, UH, ALSO APPLAUD. 
          I HAVE A LITTLE TIME, UH, COUNCILMAN G'S CONCERN REGARDING, UH, DRY STREAMS THAT IS ALARMING. 
          WE NEED THAT NOT TO HAPPEN TO THE HAHA BRANCH OR ANY OTHER STREAMS. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. 
          UM, ALSO THE MITIGATION FOR DESTRUCTION, NOT ALL TREES AND PLANTS ARE PRO UH, PROVIDE THE SAME VALUE, LIKE ICE CREAM AND SALAD. 
          THEY PROVIDE THE SAME VALUE. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN A CHECK BARK MARK. 
          WE NEED TO PLANT TREES AND, UH, PLANTS THAT ARE PROVIDE CRITICAL RESOURCES AND THEY NEED TO SURVIVE PAST THEIR PLANTING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DO NOT SEE MRS. WHITE, GREG. 
          LIQOUR FOLLOWED BY KATE MACDONALD. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING, GREG. 
          LIQOUR 1820 PARK BEACH DRIVE. 
          PARAMIN UM I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS NAF A LITTLE BIT OVER SIX MONTHS, TAKING A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF, GOES TO THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT I'VE HAD. 
          I'VE WATCHED YOU ALL TONIGHT. 
          I THINK IT WAS SEVEN TIMES VOTED RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          VERY EASY. 
          MORATORIUM CAME, UH, CAME UP FOR A VOTE. 
          HE GAVE IT SEVEN RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          REALLY NICE AFTER THAT DAY, NOTHING. 
          BUT WE DID HEAR FROM A COUNCILPERSON THAT WASN'T A LOCAL PUB TELLING SOMEBODY THE NEXT DAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 
          IT WAS JUST A SHELL. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT. 
          BUT THEN THIS HIGHLIGHTS, THIS TAR AND THE CHIP AND TARS THAT WAS PUT IN OUR AREA OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, IS THAT PROPER? IS THAT THE RIGHT PAVEMENT? SO ANTIQUATED. 
          IS THIS WHAT PARAMIN IS GOING TO BE GETTING TONIGHT? I LEARNED THAT COUNCILMAN IS ON THE CRITICAL WITH THE GOVERNOR HOGAN. 
          WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ADDINGTON WOODS? AND PARAMIN I LIKED YOU TO LIKE, AND TO BRING THAT BACK TO US THROUGHOUT THIS TIME, I TRIED BEING RESPECTFUL. 
          I WAS TOLD BY A COUPLE PEOPLE HERE DON'T BRING UP ELECTIONS. 
          DON'T YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          GET CALLS FROM THE PERSON LYING TO ME, BUT I'LL GO ALONG WITH THEN SOMEBODY UP HERE LABELED OUT COMMUNITY, A BUNCH OF EDUCATED IDIOTS, I GUESS WHAT, WHERE YOU ARE EDUCATED. 
          OKAY. 
          WE REALLY ARE. 
          WE'LL GOING FORTH. 
          NOW. 
          I KNOW THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS WORRIED ABOUT A LAWSUIT. 
          LAWSUITS CAN BE DROPPED ANY DAY, RIGHT? ANY DAY WE'RE NOT DONE. 
          WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR PARAMIN ADDINGTON WOODS? I LIKE TO LIKE MY CONTACTS, CALL GOVERNOR HOGAN AND FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY SUCCESS STORIES THERE, BECAUSE THERE IS AN ELECTION COMING UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
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DID HE REMAIN GOOD EVENING? KATE MACDONALD, 2100 PARK BEACH DRIVE TONIGHT. 
          I'M GOING TO ADDRESS BY COMMENTS TO THE PEOPLE OF PERRIMAN, THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF ABERDEEN, ABINGDON, AND EDGEWOOD, WHO ARE ALL THE VICTIMS OF THESE EGREGIOUS ZONING POLICIES AND PRACTICES. 
          AND FOR ALL THOSE ALL OVER HARFORD COUNTY, WHO'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE THREE P FIGHT FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS. 
          WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          PLEASE DO NOT GET DISCOURAGED. 
          THIS FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER WHILE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO GET THE TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE AND COMPLETELY LEGAL MORATORIUM TO BE ABLE TO FURTHER STUDIES AND MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR WATER SUPPLY WE'RE BEING SAFE. 
          THE COUNCIL CHOSE TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE DEVELOPER AND DO BATTLE WITH THE PEOPLE THEY WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT. 
          THEY ALL COMPLETELY FELT THIS IN MILITARY TERMS, INSTEAD OF STANDING ON THE WALL AND PROTECTING US, YOU JUMPED OFF OF IT AND HID BEHIND IT. 
          VERY DISAPPOINTING. 
          OUR MORATORIUM WAS NO MORE ILLEGAL THAN THE ONE PASSED A YEAR BEFORE FOR THE FARM BREWERY. 
          IT WASN'T, WE ALL KNOW THAT, BUT WE MUST MOVE FORWARD. 
          IF WE QUIT NOW, THEN THEY'LL DEFINITELY TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUALLY DEGRADE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR BENEFIT BY ALLOWING UNFAVORABLE DISPROPORTIONATE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH SOUTH HARFORD COUNTY, WHILE ENACTING LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THEIR OWN BACKYARDS, WE MUST DRAW OUR LINE IN THE SAND AND FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE ON THIS ISSUE. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO JOIN US AND HELP US GO TO WWW PROTECT PARAMIN.COM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM KATHY MCGILL FOLLOWED BY RON . 
          HI, MY NAME'S KATHY MIGUEL. 
          MY INFORMATION IS ON FILE. 
          I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY. 
          I I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. 
          MIDTERMS ARE COMING UP 2024 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. 
          I JUST WATCHED 2000 MURALS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS WATCHED IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NEFARIOUS PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TATAR OR ELECTIONS ARE FAIR ELECTIONS. 
          I WENT TO EMAIL STEPHANIE TAYLOR AND I WENT TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS LAST MONTH AND I FOUND OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF. 
          ONE IS WE HAVE NO VIDEO TAPE FROM THE DROP BOXES, UM, BY MARYLAND LAW. 
          WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THOSE VIDEOTAPES FOR 24 MONTHS. 
          I WAS UNAWARE OF THAT. 
          UM, I FOUND OUT THAT WE HAVE NO SIGNATURE VERIFICATIONS ANYMORE. 
          SO BASICALLY MARILYN HAS DESTROYED ANY SAFEGUARDS AGAINST FAIR ELECTIONS. 
          WE HAVE NO VOTER ID. 
          WE HAVE NO SIGNATURE VERIFICATION. 
          WE HAVE UNSECURE DROPBOXES WE HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS ON MAIL IMBALANCE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE AN ELECTION DAY. 
          WE HAVE AN ELECTION WEEK AND SEESAW, OR I JUST CAME OUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND SAID THAT THE ELECTION MACHINES CAN BE HACKED. 
          SO WE DO NOT HAVE SECURE ELECTION MACHINES. 
          SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE POLITICIANS ARE GOING TO IN THIS ROOM ARE GOING TO DO TO HELP THAT YOU CAN FACE ME AND SAY THAT THIS MIDTERM AND 2024 WILL BE SECURE. 
          HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT TO ME, KNOWING THAT ALL THESE SAFEGUARDS ARE, HAVE BEEN DESTROYED? WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENED TO MARYLAND? I FEEL LIKE I LIVE IN A BANANA REPUBLIC. 
          I REALLY DO. 
          WE HAVE NO SAFE ELECTIONS ANYMORE. 
          WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PUSH BACK ON THIS AS POLITICIANS? ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO THE ELECTION BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB AND WHO, WHO IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE MARYLAND MALL? I HAVE STEPHANIE TAYLOR'S EMAIL HERE AND IT'S IT STATES THAT SHE HAS NO VIDEOTAPE. 
          HE'S GOING TO GET FIRED OVER THIS. 
          THIS IS A MIRROR WHEN WALL AND, UM, I JUST HOPE THAT YOU'VE LISTENED TO THE CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU PUSH BACK ON THIS AND, AND, AND HELP US HAVE FAIR ELECTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MA'AM 
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GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING, RON. 
          STUCZYNSKI THREE 19 MARINA AVENUE, ABERDEEN, MARYLAND. 
          UM, I'M UP HERE I GUESS, TO, UH, PONY UP ON WHAT GREG WAS SAYING, THE DISAPPOINTMENT, WHICH I KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN, THE COUNCIL TODAY AND PYRAMID. 
          UM, PARTICULARLY, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR COUNCILMAN AGAIN. 
          UM, MR. BEULAH, AND 147 DAYS SINCE JANUARY 11TH ON THAT COUNT, THAT STATEMENT THAT YOU GAVE UP THERE, UM, FIRST WAS YOU GOTTEN MORE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY COMPLAINTS FROM THE PARAMEDIC COMMUNITY AND ALL THE REST OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS COMBINED. 
          AND NOW I'M JUST ASKING YOU AND YOU CAN GET BACK TO US WHEN YOU CAN, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE? WHAT'S CHANGED IN THE SEVEN YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE. 
          THAT'S HELPED US AS A COMMUNITY, BECOME SAFER. 
          TRAFFIC WISE, ANYTHING DOWN THERE. 
          ALSO, YOU TOLD US THAT WE DIDN'T NEED ANY MORE OF WE'RE WAREHOUSES ON APARTMENT PENINSULA. 
          YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO MEET WITH A COUNCIL LAWYER TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PROTECT OUR PENINSULA. 
          AND I'M ASKING YOU AGAIN, SIX MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS LATER, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE? LIKE WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COUNCIL LAWYER TO HELP US? BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU REPRESENT US NOT THE DEVELOPERS, EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK LESS THAN 24 HOURS FOR BARRY GLASSMAN TO VETO IT AND SEND IT DOWN. 
          AND EVERYBODY KNEW IT WAS NOT A GOOD MORATORIUM. 
          WE ALL KNEW THE GAME. 
          WE KNEW, WE KNEW THE GAME THAT WAS COMING. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, NOW THE GAME IS GOING TO BE LONGER, MORE DRAWN OUT AND IT'S GOING TO COST EVERY TAXPAYER IN HARTFORD COUNTY MONEY IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE OF THE COUNTY LAWYER HAS TO REPRESENT YOU. 
          THEN HE HAS TO REPRESENT ALL OF US. 
          AND IT'S SAD. 
          IT'S SAD THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          BARRY GLASSMAN STILL HASN'T TALKED TO US. 
          IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS, BUT I'LL BE BURIED IN THAT. 
          AND BARRY, I I'M SURE I WILL SEE YOU AT EVENTS COMING UP AND I WILL TRY AND TALK TO YOU. 
          UM, BUT I STILL WANT TO KNOW AT WHAT POINT DO THE RESIDENTS COME FIRST? THAT'S ALL A YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO ANSWER ANY OF MY QUESTIONS, THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS MR. PRESIDENT WITH NO OTHER SPEAKERS. 
          THIS MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED.
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