Jun 21, 2022 County Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING.

CHAIR CALLS THE ORDER.

LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 22 DASH ZERO 20.

HOW MANY ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE FOLLOWED BY THE NEW PRAYER BY COUNCILMAN WAGNER.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

THAT'LL BE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER.

WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS COUNCIL AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE ASSEMBLED HERE THIS EVENING.

WE, AS A COUNCIL, SEEK YOUR WISDOM THAT OUR ACTIONS WOULD REFLECT LAWFUL INTEGRITY GUIDE.

EACH OF US WATCH OVER THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY.

KEEP THEM SAFE.

AS WE BEGIN THIS SUMMER SEASON IN YOUR NAME, WE ASK THESE THINGS.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER.

THANK YOU.

UH, COUNSEL, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND RECOGNIZE DELEGATE, UH, TERESA RILEY IN THE AUDIENCE WITH A SISSY EVENING AND ALSO COUNCIL WOMAN LAND BACK.

UM, COUNCIL MAY HAVE GENERAL CONSENT TO SKIP OVER ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA AND RETURNED TO THE COMPLETION OF ITEM 12 ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU.

[6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]

UM, MR. BROWN.

GOOD EVENING.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.

GOOD.

ANY SIR, PLEASURE TO SEE YOU AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GIVE YOU OUR ANNUAL REPORT THIS YEAR.

IF YOU HAVE IT UP AND READY TO GO HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

VERY GOOD.

AND WITH ME, IS LISA BROWN, OUR SECRETARY RECORDING.

SORRY, PLEASE.

AND IT MIGHT SOUND OKAY FOR ALL OF YOU.

YES.

GREAT TO START OFF WITH THIS YEAR WAS KIND OF A DIFFERENT YEAR BRIDGE YEAR BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE REALLY WOULD WANT IT TO DO.

HOWEVER, WE DID SOME THINGS THAT WE HADN'T PLANNED ON DOING.

SO IT WAS A GOOD THAT WAY.

WE STARTED OFF THIS YEAR, UH, IN, UH, WITH OUR MEETINGS ONLINE USING MS TEAMS AND THEN SWITCHED IN OCTOBER.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO GO AND, UH, HAVE THOSE IN PERSON SHOWN IS THE AGENDA THAT I INTEND ON FOLLOWING.

UH, I THERE'S A LOT MORE INSIDE OF THE REPORT AND YOU, I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH.

LET'S START OFF WITH OUR MISSION AND VISION.

AND AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETINGS, WE, WE DO READ OUR MISSION AND VISION.

WE TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE MISSION REALLY COMES DOWN TO OUR WHAT THAT IS, WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON.

AND THEN THE VISION IS, IS THE WHY, WHY DO WE EXIST? WHY ARE WE THERE? SO WE SHOW THESE, WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THE ADVOCATE ADVOCATING FOR OUR VETERANS, AND THEN WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE, TO THOSE NEEDS.

AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? WHAT'S THE, HOW THEN THAT'S WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE CHARGED WITH DOING.

THIS IS THE HOUSE.

THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE LAID OUT WITHIN THE BYLAWS, UH, AND GO OVER BASICALLY FOUR AREAS.

THE RESEARCH ASSEMBLY ANALYZE, AS IT SAYS, MEETING THE NEEDS OF VETERANS OR FAMILIES, AND ALSO TO CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WITH THE VA AND WITH LOCAL AND STATE, A LOT OF THIS CHANGES, IT CHANGES QUITE FREQUENTLY.

SO WHAT WE DO IS GO OUT AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE EDUCATED OURSELVES SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE VETERANS.

AND THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.

ADDITION TO THAT IS TO ADVISING THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO SOME OF THOSE CHANGES.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S ONE CHANGE THAT KIND OF WENT A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE RADAR RIGHT NOW, BUT THE, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IS CONDUCTING A STUDY.

AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS THE USABILITY OF THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES.

AND ONE OF THOSE IS PERRY POINT.

SO AS PERRY POINT GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO FOR ROUTINE, OR IS THAT GOING TO BECOME MORE OF A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY IN RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT PERHAPS THAT WILL BE A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR HARFORD COUNTY, BUT FOR HARFORD COUNTY, THAT MEANS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A COMMUNITY-BASED ISLE BASED CLINIC HERE, SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE OTHER PLACES.

SO THAT WOULD CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF HEALTHCARE ALSO WOULD MEAN WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE, UH, THE LOCAL, THE UPPER CHESAPEAKE, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ALSO WOULD IMPACT IN THERE.

SO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE BRING TO ATTENTION TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON HARTFORD COUNTY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS, UH, THAT WE DO IS PLANNING THE APPROPRIATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF VETERANS.

AND, AND THROUGH THAT THROUGH DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE OUR MEMBERSHIP, UH, TO START OFF WITH, OF COURSE,

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A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST YEAR, LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS ART.

SIMON BALLARD TOOK THE PLACE OF COLONEL BOB APPLEBY, WHO HE HAS TWO HOMES.

NOW ONE'S IN RHODE ISLAND.

COULDN'T QUITE SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS HE HAD PLANNED TO ON THE VENDOR'S COMMISSION.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE BARBARA TRAVIS RECENTLY, AND HER NAME WILL COME UP BEFORE YOU, PROBABLY IN THE FALL AS THE NEW HARTFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE REP, UH, JANICE CASSIDY RETIRED FROM HCC.

SO BARBARA STAKING, A PLACE AND THE LAST AND BY NO MEANS THE LEAST IS A COLONEL JOHNNY CASIANO.

HE TOOK THE PLACE OF A COLONEL TIM JUUL, WHO YOU REMEMBER VERY ACTIVE AND COLONEL KASSIANOS EXTREMELY ACTIVE.

UH, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN HIM IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHAT HE DOES IS HE PROVIDES THAT LINK BETWEEN THE HARFORD COUNTY OF VETERANS AND APG, AND HE'S AT OUR MEETINGS ASKING HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT LINK, WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND WE ARE EXCHANGING INFORMATION ALONG WITH HIM.

HE ALSO NORMALLY BRINGS US PAO.

SO WE ARE ABLE TO USE HIS, UH, WEBSITES, THINGS LIKE THAT FOR OUR DIFFERENT EVENTS AND VICE VERSA TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

SO OUR MEMBERSHIP VERY ACTIVE IN, IN WHAT, AND WHAT WE DO LIKE TO DO NOW JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.

AND THE ONE WE'LL START OFF WITH IS A VETERANS RESOURCE FAIR.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT THIS YEAR.

IT WAS, WE CALL IT A HYBRID EVENT, UH, WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, WELL, THE THEME WAS VETERANS MENTAL HEALTH FROM AWARENESS TO ACTION.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS KIND OF, I SAY, SLIM DOWN, CUT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

THE NUMBER OF, OF, UH, WE CALL VENDORS OR THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THERE AND CONCENTRATE ON BENEFITS TO CONCENTRATE ON HEALTHCARE.

WE ALSO HAD FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WANT TO COME INSIDE, THERE WAS A DRIVE-BY.

WE WORKED WITH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE MARYLAND STATE MIRROR OF MARYLAND VA, UH, DEPARTMENT OF OUTREACH.

AND THEY PUT TOGETHER SOME GOODY BAGS FOR US INFORMATION, CYBER GOODIE BAGS, AND THEN WORKING WITH CINDY MUMBY AND HER EXCELLENT CREW.

THEY PUT THOSE BAGS TOGETHER.

SO WE HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED BAGS PUT TOGETHER AND WE HAD JUST ABOUT 350 PEOPLE COME THROUGH.

SO IT WAS, EVEN THOUGH WE CUT IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, THERE WERE STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT WENT ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID HAVE THE PHOTO GALLERY, UH, IN THE CENTER.

THERE IS, UM, WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR ASMA SIN.

HE IS A WORLD WAR TWO, A KOREAN WAR AND A VIETNAM WAR VET.

UH, STILL VERY ACTIVE, SAYS HE SWIMS EVERY DAY.

AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE COME OUT FROM ALL DIFFERENT GENERATIONS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.

IN ADDITION THIS YEAR, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UH, THAT WE HAD, WE PARTNERED WITH THE SUSKO HENNA CHAPTER OF THE MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA FOR A, WHAT IS A VETERAN CONTEST AND WHAT THEY, THEY PUT THAT ON.

AND WHAT, WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT WAS, OR POSTER CONTEST FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS, THE YOUNGER KIDS, AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DID AN ESSAY AND AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT BY, UH, THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF APG, AS WELL AS, UH, MR. GLASSMAN AND THE MOA.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF A GOOD ONE GOOD THING THERE TO INVOLVE, NOT ONLY JUST THE ADULT AND ALSO SOME OF THE KIDS AND BRING THEM OFF, DOES A BRILLIANT, YOU GOT A FANTASTIC THING THAT WE HAD THERE.

AND THERE WAS STILL A RAFFLE FROM THE APG FEDERAL CREDIT UNION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO DO OTHER ITEMS THAT WE HAVE IS THE WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA.

I THINK I SAW SOME OF YOU THERE AT THAT MOBILE MOBILE EVENT.

THAT WAS GREAT.

AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, VERY MOVING THAT EVENT WAS VERY, VERY MOVING IN THE REEF LANE AFTERWARDS, OUR MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES RECENTLY THAT WE JUST PUT ON WITH THE REEF PLANE BEL AIR 4TH OF JULY PARADE LAST YEAR.

ALSO THIS YEAR, WE PLAN ON PARTICIPATING AS WELL ON ABERDEEN RETIREE APPRECIATION DAY BACK IN PERSON THIS YEAR.

UH, WE WERE VERY GLAD TO BE THERE, TO HAND OUT INFORMATION, PROVIDE INFORMATION AND LEARN FROM THE RETIREES WHO ATTENDED THAT AT APG.

WE ALSO HELPED OUT WITH THE VETERANS COUNTY EMPLOYEES, VETERANS BREAKFAST, AND THROUGHOUT OUR MEETINGS.

WE DO HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS THAT COME IN AGAIN, HELP US EDUCATE US AND LET US KNOW KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE DIFFERENT REALM OF VETERANS.

WHAT, WHAT CAN BE DONE.

THERE WAS ALSO APG MILITARY APPRECIATION EVENT, THE, UH, SERGEANT ALFRED B HILTON BREAKFAST AND A DARLINGTON LION'S CLUB PRESENTATION.

SO THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WERE GOING ON DURING THE YEAR, BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY, UH, THE NEXT IS A LITTLE BIT IT'S SOMETHING I MENTIONED LAST YEAR.

IT WAS, IT WAS JUST STARTING OFF, BUT I LIKE TO EMPHASIZE IT NOW BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY GROWING.

UH, AND IT, AND IT, IT NEEDS TO GROW.

THE FIRST IS A MARYLAND VA GOVERNOR'S CHALLENGE TO PREVENT SUICIDE AMONG SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND OUR FAMILIES.

WE ARE ON THAT WORKING COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ARE DOING, ONE OF THE THINGS, THE WORK GROUP, IN FACT THAT I'M ON IS CALLED WHAT'S LOOKING AT ASK THE QUESTION, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE FIND IS WHEN PEOPLE GO OUT

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BUT IF YOU ASK THAT QUESTION, HAVE YOU OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER EVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY OR EVER SERVED THE NATIONAL GUARD OR THE RESERVE? THE ANSWER A LOT OF TIMES IS DIFFERENT.

THEY SAY, WELL, YES I HAVE.

AND A FOLLOWUP QUESTION THERE THEN IS, ARE YOU RECEIVING ALL THE BENEFITS THAT YOU DESERVE? SO THAT KIND OF OPENS THE DOOR TO GET PEOPLE IN IT, TO HELP PEOPLE OUT WITH MAYBE NOT HAVE BEEN REACHED BEFORE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE STATE AT THE GOVERNOR'S LEVEL.

THE NEXT IS A CRISIS INTERCEPT MAPPING PROJECT.

WE STARTED THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, AND WITH THE, AND THAT IS KIND OF GROWN RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE LOOKING AT AGAIN, ALONG WITH ASK THE QUESTION, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW ARE THEY WHEN SOMEONE IDENTIFIES, OR SOMEONE HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SUICIDE AWARENESS, THE VETERANS, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WHAT ARE THOSE NEXT, THOSE NEXT STEPS THAT ARE, THAT ARE TAKEN THERE? AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS.

IT LOOKED AT.

WE WERE HARFORD COUNTY WAS IN THE FOREFRONT WHEEL AND SELECTED AGAIN BY THE MARYLAND, UH, MARYLAND STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S GROWING AND WORKING WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES WITHIN THAT WITHIN THE COUNTY, THE HARTFORD COUNTY VETERANS COLLABORATIVES, UH, THE HARFORD COUNTY COLLABORATIVES ARE HELD QUARTERLY, AND THESE ARE OPEN TO ANY VETERANS OR ANY REALLY ANYONE AT ALL THAT WANTS TO JOIN IN.

AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC TOPICS OF INTEREST SUCH AS EDUCATION, VETERANS BENEFITS AND MENTAL HEALTH, THE FIRST ONE.

AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE, UM, HOW WE, HOW WE, WE GOT THIS.

AND WE WORK WITH THE HARTFORD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES ON THIS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A SEAL LIEUTENANT JASON REDMOND, AND HE'S A WORLDWIDE KNOWN AUTHOR TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT HIS JOURNEY, HIS JOURNEY FROM BEING SEVERELY INJURED AND WHERE HE IS AT NOW.

SO THAT WAS GREAT TO HAVE HIM ON IT.

AND AGAIN, THIS WAS, THIS WAS VIRTUAL.

AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER MEETINGS THAT GO ON WITH THE VETERAN STAKEHOLDER TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE VA.

AND RECENTLY THERE WAS A WOMEN'S VETERANS VIRTUAL CONFERENCE, AND DENISE PERRY SHOWN HERE.

SHE WAS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAD FROM THE VETERANS COMMISSION, TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT, UH, THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH HELP THE WOMEN VETERANS ASSISTANCE REQUESTS.

I WOULDN'T READ THIS WHOLE LIST UP HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE, UH, I'D SAY THE, THE RUN OF THE MILL, BUT IN MANY WAYS, THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THERE ARE A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR BENEFITS, BUT WHAT WE FIND WHEN WE ASK THAT BENEFITS AND DIG DEEP WITHIN THERE, WE FIND THE REASON SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED BENEFITS IS THAT MAYBE THEY'RE BEING THE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR RENT OR THEY'RE LOSING THEIR HOUSE, OR THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD.

SO THERE'S WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, WE LOOK AT IT, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THAT ONE ISSUE, BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? AND THAT'S WHERE WE INVOLVE OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTY, WITHIN THE STATE AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO HELP, TO HELP OUT AT THAT POINT.

UH, ALSO COVID-19 VACCINE INFORMATION.

WE FLIPPED THAT OUT, RENT, RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE.

WE'RE NOT DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T DO THAT LEGALLY.

WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT WE HAVE THE CONNECTIONS IF THEY PUT THAT VETERAN AND THE VETERANS FAMILIES IN TOUCH WITH THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN GET THE JOB DONE.

AND THAT'S, I THINK WE'RE WHERE WE REALLY STAND OUT IN THAT, THAT ABILITY.

SO HOW DO PEOPLE REACH US? WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS, COMMUNICATION, UH, FACEBOOK, AND I'LL JUST POINT OUT MR. R OUR CALF BACK THERE RUNS OUR FACEBOOK AND RUNS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

FANTASTIC JOB.

WE, WE GET SOMETHING.

IN FACT, THIS AFTERNOON, I HAD SOMETHING IN, ON A PROJECT OPPORTUNITY AND BOOM, IT WAS UP, IT WAS UP RIGHT AWAY.

ART REALLY HELPS US OUT THAT WAY.

THINGS COME INTO THE COMMISSION WEBSITE THROUGH, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S OFFICE AND RYAN COOK.

HE PROVIDES THOSE DESKS.

SO WE CAN QUICKLY JUMP ON TOP OF WHATEVER REQUESTS COME IN AND HELP PROVIDE HELP THE UPCOMING PROJECTS FOR 2022.

THE FIRST ONE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS A, I CONSIDER THIS A WIN, A VERY BIG WIN FOR HARTFORD COUNTY.

THIS IS THE BENEFITS AND HEALTH CLINIC AT HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THIS WAS JUST RECENTLY ANNOUNCED.

WE WERE LOOKING TO KICK THIS OFF RIGHT BEFORE COVID HIT OUT.

AND OF COURSE THAT FLIPPED THE END.

AND TO THAT, WHAT, WHAT THIS IS, IS, UH, IT'S JUST CONCENTRATED ON, ON HEALTHCARE AND ON BENEFITS WHERE IT'S BY INVITATION INVITATION ONLY, BUT BY REGISTRATION ONLY RATHER WHERE VETERANS CAN SIGN UP FROM APPROXIMATELY NINE IT'S BY NINE TO THREE O'CLOCK INTO.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE HARTFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AS IT, AS IT SAYS.

AND THEY CAN TAKE A VETERAN WITH ABSOLUTELY HAVE NEVER SUBMITTED A CLAIM BEFORE CAN TAKE THAT ALL THE WAY FROM THAT BEGINNING CLAIM UNTIL IT'S ALREADY PUT IN SOMEONE WHO HAS A CLAIM, THAT'S PARTLY ADJUDICATED.

THEY CAN GET THAT SOMEONE WHO HAS ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND WANTS TO CHECK ON THE STATUS CAN DO THAT.

SO THERE'D BE REGISTERED BEFOREHAND.

THIS IS PUT DOWN BY THE VETERANS ALLIANCE, WHICH IS PRIMARILY WITH THE STATE VA,

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SO THEY DO A LOT OF THE, REALLY THE HEAVY LIFTING, BUT THEY NEED TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY.

WE SAID THAT WE WOULD DO THIS, UH, I GUESS CARROLL COUNTY WAS THE FIRST ONE TO DO IT LAST MONTH.

WE WILL BE THE SECOND ONE.

THERE WERE A LOT OF COUNTIES THAT WANTED TO DO THIS, AND THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE SELECTED FOR THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING A LOT OF HELP WITH THE VA.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO KICK IN THIS OFF ON, ON SEPTEMBER 7TH SHOULD BE A GREAT DAY.

THE VETERANS RESOURCE FAIR AGAIN, THAT WILL COME OFF IN, UH, IN NOVEMBER 12TH AND OUR 4TH OF JULY PARADE, VETERANS DAY PARADE AND THE REESE ACROSS AMERICA.

AND WE HAVE OUR SAVE THE DATE FLYER THAT WILL JUST PUT UP WHAT I'VE DONE IS HOPEFULLY IT'S GIVEN YOU KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE ARE DOING.

SOME THINGS THAT WE PLAN ON DOING SOME OF THE RESULTS AND WHY AND WHY WE DO IT.

UH, AGAIN, WE ARE OUR MEMBERS GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THOSE REQUESTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING ALL OF YOU.

AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US DURING THE PAST YEAR.

SO SUBJECT TO YOUR QUESTIONS, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

ROBERT, LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR IN-DEPTH ANNUAL UPDATE AND FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE, UM, SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN, UH, OUR VETERANS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WITH THAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, THANK YOU, COUNCIL, PRESIDENT, UH, CHAIR BROWN AND SECRETARY BROWN.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

UH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION AND IT'S MAINLY FOR THE RECORD.

OKAY.

SO, UM, I KNOW MY THOUGHTS AND YOUR THOUGHTS ON, UH, VETERANS COURTS.

AND I JUST WANT IT ON THE RECORD.

SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS FOR VETERANS COURT? SINCE WE HAVE 19,000 VETERANS HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY, UM, COSMIN JOHNSON.

THAT'S A, A GOOD, VERY GOOD, A GOOD QUESTION.

I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE KICKED THAT AROUND.

I AM IN FAVOR OF THE VETERANS COURTS.

AND FOR THOSE, I THINK EVERYONE IS KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THE VETERANS COURTS.

IF I COULD JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT.

A LOT OF TIMES, UM, WHEN A VETERAN COMES BEFORE A COURT, THERE ARE OTHER EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, NOT THAT THIS SHOULD BE SHOVED ASIDE OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP THAT VETERAN OUT.

UH, THE EXAMPLE THAT I WAS GIVEN FROM THE STATE'S ATTORNEY A WHILE BACK WAS A VETERAN WHO WAS, AGAIN, COMPLETELY WRONG, 80 MILES AN HOUR DOWN THE ROAD.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU THROW THEM IN JAIL, BUT IS THAT GOING TO DO HIM ANY GOOD? NO, BUT WHAT THE VETERANS COURT DOES IS IT SAYS, OKAY, IF YOU COME BEFORE THIS COURT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

FIRST, YOU HAVE TO SAY YES, AND THE WORK WITH THE VA AND WORK WITH USO AS SIGN, I'M A COUNSELOR, HIM OR HER COUNSELOR.

AND THEY GET INTO A PROGRAM THAT LOOKS AT THE WHY BEHIND ALL THAT.

IF THEY COULD SAY, NOPE, SORRY, JUST WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO TO ME DO TO ME.

BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE.

I KNOW WE'VE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THERE'S NOT THAT MANY VETERANS, THERE'S NOT THAT MANY CASES, BUT IF THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT WOULD GET IN THAT AND ONE PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE SEE THE, THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH RATES AND THE SUICIDE RATES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, ONE PERSON THAT WE CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO OTHER COUNTIES.

I THINK WE HAVE FOUR OTHER COUNTIES RIGHT NOW.

BALTIMORE CITY DID IT.

AND THE VA I CONTACTED, UH, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DOWN THERE AND HE SAID, WE'RE READY IF HARFORD COUNTY IS READY, WE WILL COME UP.

WE WILL MEET.

WE WILL GET THAT TEAM TOGETHER.

WE ARE READY.

WE'RE READY TO HELP YOU OUT.

JUST LET US KNOW.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ON A VETERANS COMMISSION, ESPECIALLY UNDER Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I TELL YOU THAT WHEN CALLS COME INTO MY OFFICE OR EMAILS COME INTO MY OFFICE, I SEND THEM OVER TO THE VETERANS COMMISSION.

AND, UH, YOU, YOU ALL JUST JUMP RIGHT ON 'EM.

SO I TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THAT EVERYONE DOES ON THE VETERANS COMMISSION.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, COUNSEL, ANYONE ELSE MR. GINGER, DONNA, I HEARD TWO GOOD EVENING.

I HEARD YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, THE PRAIRIEVILLE VA FACILITY AND CHANGES OR ONGOING OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WITH THAT.

AND I DO KNOW THERE IS SPECIAL.

I KNOW MY FATHER GOES TO THE VA UP THERE.

UM, I KNOW IT'S A LONG RIDE, ESPECIALLY UP THERE IS THAT.

AND YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT MIGHT TURN INTO LONG-TERM CARE, WHERE WOULD THOSE PEOPLE THEN GO FOR THE REGULAR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND TREATMENTS ON THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE THEN MOVED SOMEWHERE INTO HARTFORD COUNTY? YES.

THAT WOULD BE THE, WHAT CALL IT A C POCKET AND I'LL BASE CLINIC AND WHERE THAT WOULD BE, BUT THAT WOULD BE

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THE IDEA IS THEY LOOKED AT IT CALLED THE ANIK, THE AIR COMMISSION.

I FORGET WHAT EXACTLY WHAT IT STANDS FOR.

AND AGAIN, THIS WAS, THIS WOULD NOT BE ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW.

IT'S GOTTA BE APPROVED BY CONGRESS, APPROVED BY, UH, THE PRESIDENT, SIMILAR TO BRAC, VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO BRAC.

UH, AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR THAT FACILITY.

AGAIN, THAT'S NOT, I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT PERRY POINT RIGHT NOW, AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW IS GROWING LIKE CRAZY.

I MEAN, IT IS TO GO UP THERE AND TO LOOK AT THAT AND THE HOME AND EVERYTHING, THE HOMES THAT THEY PUT IN THERE AND THE WAY THEY HAVE THE STEP UP FOR PEOPLE, FANTASTIC FACILITY.

IT'S JUST, THAT IS A BETTER WAY.

I THINK THE WAY IT WAS WORDED IS THAT A BETTER WAY TO HAVE PEOPLE GO WHERE THERE IS THE CENTER OF THE POPULATION IS IN BEL-AIR OR WHETHER IT BE EDGEWOOD OR SOMEPLACE ELSE INTO A CLINIC, OR TO GET UP TO PERRY POINT WITH THE KNOWN TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, YOU KNOW, TO GET UP, TO GET UP THERE WITH, TO THE LINK AND EVERYTHING GOES UP THERE, BUT IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT? SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, AND IT'S NOT JUST SHEAR.

IT'S ALSO ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

OTHER BETTER WAYS TO SERVE VETERANS.

IT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY BETTER, UH, SUPPORT IT'S TO WHAT IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT? OKAY.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GINGER, DAD.

ANYONE ELSE SEEING THEM? WHAT ELSE? THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR REPORT.

APPRECIATE IT.

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES, PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 14TH, 2022, LEGISLATIVE DAY 22 DASH ZERO 19, JUNE 14TH, 2022.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES THERE BEING NO CORRECTION SUBMITTED STAND APPROVED AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10.

WE HAVE NO BUSINESS THIS EVENING.

[11. CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS]

MR. WOODS.

GUESS WE'LL TURN THAT BACK ON, HUH? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I'D MOVED TO APPROVE A BILL 22 DASH 0 1 1.

YOU WANT TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS? UM, NO, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

OKAY.

UM, MAY I HAVE A SECOND PLACE? SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO SECOND AND TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH 0 1 1.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS MR. JANDER DENIM? THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

UM, I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE, UM, AREAS THAT WERE, UH, SOME OF THE STREAMS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT IN A CRITICAL AREA AND WANTED SOME STRONGER, I GUESS, DOCUMENTATION ON THAT.

I REACHED OUT TO JENNY, UH, JENNY KOSKI.

UH, SHE PROVIDED ME WITH SOME INFORMATION.

IT STILL WASN'T ENOUGH THAT I THOUGHT WAS SUFFICIENT.

UM, SHE DID AND THEN PROVIDE MAPS, LIDAR, AND EVERYTHING SHOWING THAT THE STREAMS WERE NOT STREAMS IN SPECIALLY IN TWO AREAS, UH, UH, OFF OF PHILADELPHIA ROAD AND SWAN CREEK.

I THINK THE OTHER TWO WERE, UM, ONE WAS AT ROCK STATE PARK.

UM, THEY DEFINITELY CLARIFIED THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT I HAD WITH THAT, UH, FELT LIKE IT WAS SUFFICIENTLY ANSWERED, UM, TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.

AND IT REALLY DID ACTUALLY MADE SENSE.

SO I DO APPRECIATE HER GETTING BACK TO THAT, TO ME ON THAT AND, AND GIVING ME ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION.

SO JUST WANT TO UPDATE EVERYBODY ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS ALONG WITH THAT, WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS THIS PAST WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF, UH, WITH, UH, THE GUNPOWDER RIVER KEEPER, UH, CHRISTIAN KIRKWOOD FROM HARTFORD LAND TRUST.

UH, I SPOKE WITH STEPHANIE FLASH FRIENDS OF HARTFORD THIS MORNING, AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WITH THESE SUPPORT LETTERS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE RIVERKEEPER AND THE LAND TRUST, I WENT A LONG WAY TO ANSWER A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT SOME OF THE CITIZENS HAD.

SO, UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, NOT ONLY, UH, THEIR INPUT AND THEIR TIME, UH, ADVOCATING FOR NOT ONLY, UH, THE CITIZENS, BUT FOR ALL OF US.

UH, BUT ALSO MR. CASKEY, I THOUGHT PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, STEPPED UP AND RESPONDED QUICKLY THOROUGHLY AND GOT US ALL THE ANSWERS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

UM, ONE LAST TIME, COUNSEL, ANYONE ELSE? MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. .

MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, I MEAN SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE, ABSENT BILL 22 DASH ZERO ONE.

ONE IS HEREBY APPROVED.

BILL 22 DASH ZERO 12.

ADOPTION CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM.

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I WAS PRESIDENT.

I MOVED THE APPROVED BILL 22 DASH 0 1 2.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. JAN, ANDREA, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO THE SECOND TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH 0 1 2.

ANY COMMENTS MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. JAMES DANNO, MR. SHREWS, MR. WAGON.

THEY'RE BEING SIX VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ONE, ABSENT BILL 22 DASH ZERO 12 IS HEREBY APPROVED.

BILL 22 DASH ZERO 13.

SUBDIVISION REGS CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM MAY HAVE EMOTION MR. WOODS.

AND YOU HAVE THIS PRESIDENT THAT I MOVED TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH 0 1 3.

I HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH ZERO 13.

AND HE COMMENTS MS. DIXON.

MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. CHANDRA DANNO.

MR. SHREWS, MR. WAGNER MEAN SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE.

ABSENT BILL 22 DASH ZERO 13 IS HEREBY APPROVED BILL 22 DASH ZERO 14 ASSESSORY STRUCTURES.

MR. SCHRUTE COUNSEL, PRESIDENT.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 1 4.

THANK YOU, MR. WOODS AND MOVED IN SECOND AND TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH ZERO 14.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS MR. SHREWS? YES.

IT'S SIMPLY PUT, THIS WILL ALLOW THE SIZE OF AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE NOT TO EXCEED 50% OF THE SIZE OF A DWELLING.

THANK YOU.

SUPPORT ANYONE ELSE, MR. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. JAMES DANNO, MR. SHREWS, MR. WAGNER, I MEAN SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE.

ABSENT BILL 22 DASH ZERO 14 IS HERE BY APPROVED BILL 22 DASH ZERO 15 REVISED PRIOR YEAR BOND BILLS.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION, MR. WAGON MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF BILL 22 DASH ZERO 15 REVISED PRIOR YEAR BOND BILL AND I HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. WOODS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH ZERO 15.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. CHANDRA DANNO, MR. SROS, MR. WAGNER, THEY'RE BEING SIX VOTES AND AFFIRMATIVE ONE ABSENT BILL 22 DASH ZERO 15 IS HERE BY APPROVED BILL 22 DASH ZERO 16.

BOND AUTHORIZATION, CPI, NAB EMOTION MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF BILL 22 DASH ZERO 16.

BOND AUTHORIZATION.

CPI.

THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER.

THANK YOU, MR. WOODS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED A SECOND TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH ZERO 16 OR ANY COMMENTS MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. JAMES JORDANA, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, YOU'RE BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE.

ABSENT BILL 22 DASH ZERO 16 IS HEREBY APPROVED BILL 22 DASH ZERO 17.

BOND AUTHORIZATION, WATER AND SEWER.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION, MR. WAGNER, IF YOU APPROVE IT, WE'LL BUILD 22 DASH ZERO 17 BOND AUTHORIZATION, WATER AND SEWER.

AND YOU HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. WOODS, MOVE TO SECOND TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH ZERO 17.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. JAMES .

MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, I MEAN SIX VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ONE ABSENT BILL 22 DEATHS.

17 0 17 IS HEREBY APPROVED BILL 22 DASH ZERO 18 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD AND CHARGING COMMITTEE MAY HAVE EMOTION.

MR. JANDER DANNA, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND POLICE KIND OF BUILDING BOARD AND CHARGING COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE A SECOND, SORRY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER MOOD AND SECOND, AND TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH ZERO 18.

IS THERE ANY COMMENTS MR. WAGNER? I THINK IT WAS SAID BACK AT THE TIME WE HAD IT IN FRONT OF US, A HEARING THAT NONE OF US LIKE IT, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S HANDED TO US FROM THE STATE.

WE'VE GOT TO DO IT.

UH, AND, AND THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN DO.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE APPROVAL, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT OUT OF IT.

SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WILL SERVE ON THAT AND, UM, WE'LL MAKE THE BEST OF IT UNTIL SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER.

AND, UH, AGAIN, WE MUST HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE BY JULY 1ST, UH, TO REPLACE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S

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ANYONE ELSE? MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. .

MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, IT BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE.

ABSENT BILL 22 DASH ZERO 18 IS HEREBY

[12. ENROLLMENT OF BILLS]

ZONING DEFINITIONS, CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM BILL 22 DASH ZERO 12.

ADOPTION CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM FILL 22 DASH ZERO 13 SUBDIVISION REGS CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM BILL 22 DASH ZERO 14 ASSESSED RESTRUCTURE BILL 22 DASH ZERO 15 REVISED PRIOR YEAR BOND BILLS BILL 22 DASH ZERO 16.

BOND AUTHORIZATION CPI BILL 22 DASH ZERO 17.

BOND AUTHORIZATION, WATER AND SEWER, AND BILL 22 DASH ZERO 18 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, BOARD AND CHARGING COMMITTEE, OR HERE CERTIFIED AS A TEXT.

FINALLY PAST

[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS]

MR. COUNCIL, PRESIDENT.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, YOU NEED TO NAME? YES.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE CHAIR, MR. JOHN LAN BECK, JR MEMBERS, MISS VICKY JONES, JOHN MCCOY, SEAN JACKSON, AND ALISON M HOFF.

ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. JAMES GIORDANO, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, THEY'RE BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ONE.

ABSENT.

THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HERE BY APPROVED.

I SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES IN THE AUDIENCE.

IF YOU WOULD STAND IN, PLEASE BE RECOGNIZED.

MR. LAMB BECK.

HELLO? YES, JOHN.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SERVING JEN ITEM NUMBER 13, UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

WE HAVE NONE

[14. NEW BUSINESS]

UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT UP AT ANOTHER DATE AND, UM, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM

[16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS]

AND I'LL START WITH MR. JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

UH, I'LL BE VERY BRIEFLY.

I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY AND SAFE, UH, SUMMER SEASON.

AND IF I DON'T SEE IT, UH, BEFORE THE FOURTH, UH, HAVE HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON AND MR. WOODS AS PRESIDENT.

I AGREE.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A HAPPY AND SAFE SUMMER AND I'D BE SAFE WHILE YOU'RE TRAVELING AND WATCH OUT FOR HURRICANE SEASONS RIGHT HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. WOODS, MR. .

THANK YOU.

THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

I WANT TO ECHO, UH, CATHERINE WOODS.

UM, EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES YOU THINK A HURRICANE MIGHT NOT DO ANY DAMAGE, PLEASE BE PREPARED.

UM, I, I'M ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT THE STORM COMING UP, CHESAPEAKE, EVEN IF IT'S JUST WIND.

SO, UH, IF WE GOT A LOT OF RAIN, IT'S CERTAINLY DOES SOME DAMAGE.

UM, OUR OFFICE WILL BE OPEN ALL SUMMER.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CALLS AND EVERYBODY HAS A SAFE SUMMER AND HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, MR. JINJA, DAN AND MR. SHREDS.

YES, JUST A FEW THINGS.

I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.

UM, JOHN SOURS, HIS HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE PROCLAMATION AT LIRIODENDRON THE OTHER DAY.

HE'S A WELL-KNOWN ARTIST IN THE AREA AND DOES SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE HARTFORD ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND THE HARTFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AMONG OTHERS.

UM, ALSO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE PASSING OF THE GAVEL FOR THE HARTFORD CHAMBER IN WHICH, UM, MARIANNE BOVARY BECAME THE NEW PRESIDENT AND, UM, AND IT WAS PASSED FROM WE TASTING.

AND I WANNA THANK HIM FOR ALL OF HIS WORK THAT HE'S DONE THROUGHOUT THIS PAST YEAR.

AND THEN TODAY BEN KURTZ WAS, UM, VOTED AS

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AND MALIA DALTON WAS VOTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE LADIES, AUXILIARY OF THE MARYLAND STATE FIREMAN'S ASSOCIATION.

SO JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM.

THIS IS A, IT'S A VERY PRESTIGIOUS AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, TWO MEMBERS OF BECOMING PRESIDENT THAT ARE BOTH FROM THE SAME FIRE COMPANY OF A CHARITY THOUGH.

IT HAPPENS TO BE SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

THEY'VE BOTH DONE SO OVER THE YEARS, UH, TO KEEP US ALL SAFE AND I WISH THEM WELL IN THEIR POSITIONS REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE STATE.

ALSO PLEASE KEEP MY DEAR FRIENDS, JIM AND JANET ARCHER, UM, JUST THINK ABOUT THEM.

THEY LOST THEIR BARN.

UM, YOU PROBABLY SAW ON THE NEWS, UM, THERE OF A FOND VIEW MANOR FARMS, AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT CAME OUT ON FATHER'S DAY AND BASICALLY SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY PUTTING OUT IN MAZING, HUGE BLAZE THAT CAUSED, UM, UH, $750,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.

SO, UM, THINK ABOUT THEM AND I KNOW IT'S CRAZY.

UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ARSON, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT CRAZY.

SO ANYWAY, UM, THEY'RE THEY SEEM TO BE DOING WELL.

I DID VISIT WITH THEM AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GET THROUGH THIS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT, UM, HAS HELPED THEM AND LASTLY, HAVE A GREAT SUMMER AND BE SAFE.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU, MR. SHREWS, MR. WAGNER, LAST WEEK, I THINK THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDED THE GRADUATION FOR MEGAN'S PLACE AT HARTFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

UH, IT WAS DEFINITELY A WORTHWHILE PROGRAM THAT, UH, UH, PUT THE, THE FAMILIES THAT DID GRADUATE ON A, ON A BETTER PATH, UH, FOR THEIR FUTURES.

AND THEN ON THIRD OR LATER THAT DAY, I ATTENDED A RETIREMENT FOR JOAN TURBOT, WHO CELEBRATED 35 YEARS OF A COUNTY EMPLOYMENT WITH THE FACILITIES DIVISION AND JUST WANT TO WISH HER WELL, AND CERTAINLY WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY AND SAFE 4TH OF JULY AND A HAPPY AND SAFE SUMMER AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR.

[15. BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT]

UM, WANT TO, UH, LET EVERYONE KNOW WE WILL BE HOSTING OUR ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES MEETING TOMORROW EVENING, 6:00 PM.

SECOND FLOOR HERE IN THE COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM.

UH, THIS PAST WEEK I HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF, UH, UH, HANDING, UH, MR. BRUCE ENGLAND, A PROCLAMATION, UH, RECOGNIZING HIM FOR HIS 37 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE ASSESSMENT OF WORKFORCE NETWORK AND, UH, THEY SERVICE BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES, UH, BOTH IN THE HARTFORD COUNTY AREA.

ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE NORTHEAST VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, UH, OVER THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR YOUNGEST VOLUNTEERS.

I BELIEVE HE WAS 22 YEARS OLD.

I WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE AND KILLED LAST NIGHT FOR YESTERDAY.

UH, AND THEN PERSONALLY, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES, UH, TO BOTH THE PETTY AND THE HAMILTON FAMILIES.

UH, SADLY YESTERDAY, JUST AFTER TWO O'CLOCK, UH, CHRIS HAMILTON LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCER, UH, 54 YEARS OLD.

SO SHE'S SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JIMMY SON, JAMIE DAUGHTER, SHELBY SON-IN-LAW, MATT, WHO RECENTLY, THEY WERE JUST MARRIED ALONG WITH HER SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NIECES, AND NEPHEWS AND JEANNIE.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO KEEP THE HAMILTON AND PETTY FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, AND, UM, HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.

HOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH.

UM, SO I BELIEVE IT IS THE 6TH OF JULY.

WE WILL BE HOSTING OR OUR FIRST OFFICIAL, UH, HEALTH OFFICER'S SEARCH COMMITTEE MEETING HERE, UH, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UM, AND I FORGET THE TIME SAM, WHAT TIMES 10 O'CLOCK, 10:00 AM.

AND, UM, WE WILL COME TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE COMMITTEE, UH, TO, UM, LOOK AT A PLAN AND PATH FORWARD, UH, TO WORK WITH, UH, HR, BOTH AT STATE LEVEL AND COUNTY LEVEL TO ADVERTISE THE POSITION.

THANK YOU, MR. CARNEY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? YES.

MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE NINE THIS EVENING WITH NINE.

AGAIN, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOUR TIME AND CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER.

KEN SHANNON FOLLOWED BY PAUL FALAJI.

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GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS KEN SHANNON.

I LIVE AT 2 0 4 4 PARK BEACH DRIVE IN PARAMIN SPEAKING TONIGHT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL ABOUT HOW THE PYRAMID COMMUNITY, EXCEPT FOR ONE FAMILY FEELS ABOUT ILLEGAL FREIGHT TERMINALS BEING BUILT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'VE BEEN SAYING SINCE THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING ON DECEMBER 1ST, THAT WE DON'T WANT MORE MASSIVE BUILDINGS AND THE POLLUTION NOISE, TRAFFIC AND DISRUPTION THAT COMES WITH THEM.

JANUARY 4TH, I SAID TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE PROPOSED MITCHELL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IS WRONG BECAUSE IT WILL SEVERELY DEGRADE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PERRYMAN RESIDENTS FOR THE MONTHS OR YEARS THAT THIS ENORMOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL TAKE, WHICH WE FOLLOWED BY CONSTANT CONGESTION, TRAFFIC NOISE AND POLLUTION.

I SAID THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS OUTRAGEOUS BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER SITE PLAN ESTIMATED THAT AT THE LARGEST SHIFT, IT WILL BE 2,910 EMPLOYEES.

THE REVISED SITE PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE DEVELOPERS ON MAY 24TH.

NOW SHOWS THAT THE LARGEST SHIFT IS 2,389 PEOPLE.

THAT'S STILL AS MANY PEOPLE AS THERE ARE IN THE ENTIRE TOWN OF PARIS.

ON JANUARY 18TH, I SAID TO THE COUNCIL THAT PERMIT ALREADY HAS 10.6 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE SPACE.

THEN OF THE 21.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF HARFORD COUNTY, WHERE HOW SPACE ONLY 21,000 OF IT IS IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NORTH OF I, 95 PERIMAN HAS THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATE IN THE MOST WAREHOUSE SQUARE FEET PER PERSON OF ANY COMMUNITY IN HARTFORD COUNTY PARAMIN HAS THE LOWEST MEDIAN INCOME AND THE MOST WAREHOUSE SQUARE FEET PER PERSON, COMMUNITIES WITH THE HIGHEST MEDIAN INCOMES BEL AIR FORCE HILL FALLSTON CHURCHVILLE HAVE NO LARGE WAREHOUSES ARE MARCH 5TH.

I ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL TO REMIND THEM THAT THE HARTFORD COUNTY ZONING CODE SAYS ON ITS FIRST PAGE, THAT IT IS PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF CURRENT MEGA WAREHOUSES AND FREIGHT TERMINALS ON PERRYMAN PENINSULA IS NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE PYRAMID COMMUNITY.

MARCH 15TH.

I TESTIFIED ON MORATORIUM BILL 22 DASH 0 0 3, POINTING OUT THAT ON PAGE ONE OF THE ZONING CODE, IT SAYS THAT PROVISIONS OF CODE SHALL NOT BE INTERPRETED.

SO AS TO INTERFERE WITH THE USE OF A PERSON'S HOME, WITH RESPECT TO THOSE USES COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENJOYMENT OF THE HOME.

I EXPECT THAT MEMBERS OF THE PERMIT COMMUNITY WHO LIVED 100 FEET AWAY FROM THE MITCHELL FARM AND THE PROPOSED 5.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF FREIGHT TERMINALS WILL NOT ONLY HAVE THEIR ENJOYMENT OF THEIR HOMES.

IT'S FEARED WITH.

THEY WOULD BE DEVASTATED BY THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

ON APRIL 12TH, I TALKED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS.

I SAID THAT THE MITCHELL'S ARE NOT BEING PREVENTED FROM SELLING THEIR PROPERTY.

THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE INTACT JUST AS THE MITCHELL'S ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS.

THE PEOPLE OF PERIMAN WANT THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS RESPECTED.

I LIVE IN ONE OF THE 400 HOMES THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHATEVER ENDS UP ON THE MITCHELL FARM.

I DON'T WANT IT TO BE THE HALF MILE LONG WAREHOUSE AS PROPOSED SURROUNDED BY FOUR OTHER MEGA WAREHOUSES.

THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE DEVELOPER SAID MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE SIM THAT THE BILLING OF WAREHOUSES ON THE MITCHELL PROPERTY IS PERMITTED BY THE CURRENT ZONING.

I ASKED THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE DECK NOT REALLY ALLOWED WHAT IS PERMITTED IN THE PROPOSED MITCHELL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT YOU ALL DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR PARAMIN THE BUSH RIVER AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.

LISTEN TO WHAT HARFORD COUNTY CITIZENS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, NOT WHAT DEVELOPERS FROM HANOVER WE'RE SAYING REPRESENT AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF HARFORD COUNTY CITIZENS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, PAUL.

KOLACHI A THREE 20 MARINE AVENUE IN PARAMIN.

I WAS GOING TO ELABORATE ON ONE OF THE AREAS THAT KEN TOUCHED ON AND IT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY ZONING CODE, UM, IN LIGHT OF ALL THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY, NOT ONLY IN PERRIMAN ABERDEEN, BEL AIR OFF 95, 5, AND, UH, ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

THERE'S MAJOR PLUMTREE ROAD, 9 24.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE CLEARING FARMS AND FORESTS EVERYWHERE.

AND, UH, ALSO, UH, ABINGTON WOODS.

SO HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND ZONING CODE CHAPTER 2 67 OF THE CODE 2 67 DASH THREE IS THE PURPOSE.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ZONING CODE IS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY MORALS, GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY BY REGULATING THE HEIGHT NUMBER OF STORIES, SIZE OF THE BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES.

THE PERCENTAGE OF THE LOT THAT MAY BE OCCUPIED, THE SIZE OF THE LOTS YARDS, OTHER OPEN SPACES AND OTHER LOCATION, AND USE OF BUILDING STRUCTURE AND LAND FOR BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND OTHER PURPOSES.

THE ZONING CODE IS ENACTED TO SUPPORT THE MASTER PLAN AND DESIGNED TO CONTROL TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON PUBLIC ROADS, PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT AND AIR TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION OF PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL LAND, TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING OF DIFFERENT TYPES THAT MEET THE