[ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS]
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GOOD EVENING CHAIR CALLS TO ORDER ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CASE FOR NUMBER 59 60.
MR. JOHN WHITNEY ALLEN, UH, GENTLEMEN, MR. YOUNG, MR. ALLEN.
UH, AS IN THE PAST, YOU'LL EACH HAVE 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT AND YOU MAY WANT TO RESERVE SOME TIME AT THE END FOR ANY REBUTTAL AND, UH, MR. ALLEN, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, WE'D LIKE TO START WITH YOU, SIR.
UM, I CAME TO, UM, CHALLENGED SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE LAST HEARING ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UP HERE TO TESTIFY.
I BELIEVE THE ALLEGATIONS WERE FALSE.
I LIKE TO START WITH THE RESIDENT AT 39 19 LAW COURT.
YOU SAID MY CAR PARKED ON THE FORT WAS HIS ONLY VIOLATION, WHICH IT ISN'T, AND IT'S NOT EVEN A PARKING VIOLATION.
IT HAS HAD, IT HAS INSURANCE AND TAGS.
IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO PARK IT THERE.
HE ALSO STATED THAT HIS PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED BY THE MAIL TRUCK THAT DELIVERS MAIL THERE.
I TALKED TO THE MAIL PERSON AND, UH, OBJECTION TO ANYTHING THAT ANY OTHER PERSON SAID, THAT'S NOT AN EVIDENCE.
I KNOW IT'S HEARSAY, BUT ONCE SHE DELIVERS MAIL TO MY HOUSE AND THE PARCEL IS TOO BIG TO FIT IN THE MAILBOX, SHE GETS OUT OF THE MAIL TRUCK AND WALKS IT UP AND LEAVES IT AT THE HOUSE.
IF SHE COULDN'T ACCESS HIS MAILBOX, HE WOULD GET OUT OF THE MAIL TRUCK AND PUT HIS MAIL IN HIS BOX.
AND I COULDN'T SEE ANY DAMAGE TO HIS PROPERTY FROM THE MAIL TRUCK, DRIVING UP TO DELIVER HIS MAIL.
THEN THERE'S THE LADY AT, UH, 39 0 7.
UM, SHE SAID I SPILLED DIESEL FUEL, WHICH I DIDN'T DO.
THERE WAS AN ISSUE ABOUT SOME METAL SHAVINGS THAT GOT LEFT ON THE ROADWAY, WHICH I CLEANED OFF AFTER I HAD BEEN WORKING ON MY TRUCK THERE.
UH, SHE ALSO STAYED AT THAT, UH, ON A HAZARD WHEN I DRIVE AROUND THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, CHILDREN AND PETS ARE IN DANGER AND THAT'S NOT TRUE EITHER.
I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 1998, AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY INCIDENT, ANY DANGER TO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
FROM THE WAY I DRIVE MY TRUCK THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT, I HAVE A GOOD WORK HISTORY AND, UM, I HAVE A GOOD SAFETY RECORD.
THEN THERE WAS THE RESIDENCE AT 39 11.
UM, THEY'RE CLAIMED THAT I BRING TRAILERS HOME REGULARLY, WHICH I DON'T.
I BROUGHT A TRAILER THERE ONE TIME TO DELIVER SOME FENCE PANELS THAT I HAD GONE TO THE HOME DEPOT TO PURCHASE.
I BROUGHT THEM HOME IN A 20 FOOT CONTAINER.
THERE WERE EIGHT OF THEM AND I'LL OFFLOAD IT ON MYSELF AND STACKED THEM.
AND THEN, UH, WHEN I WAS ABLE TO, UH, INSTALL THEM AROUND THE FENCE PRIOR TO DOING THAT, I GOT A FENCE FROM IT.
AND, UM, THAT I PUT THE FENCE PANELS UP THERE TO PREVENT MY NEIGHBORS FROM LOOKING IN MY BACKYARD AND TAKING SHOTS AT MY PETS, WHICH ARE BACK THERE WITH SOME KIND OF A WEAPON, WHICH I TOOK ONE OF MY CATS, CATS TO THE VET.
AND ONE OF THEM HAD BEEN SHOT WITH A PELLET GUN.
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, THOSE PEOPLE AT 39 11 WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
THEY'RE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HOSTILE EVER SINCE I'VE LIVED THERE.
UH, I WAS EVEN ASSAULTED BY THE RESIDENT, UH, THAT LIVES AT 39 11.
AND WHEN HE WAS HERE LAST TIME HE TESTIFIED FIRST.
HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T ASSAULT ME.
SO WHAT, SO HIS ATTITUDE IS, IS I JUST DO WHAT I WANT AND THAT'S NOT TRUE.
UM, I I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE 1998 AND I DO MY BEST TO GET ALONG WITH EVERYBODY.
I DO HAVE THE TRUCK PARK THERE IT'S NECESSARY FOR ME TO PARK MY TRUCK THERE, TO GET BACK AND FORTH, TO WORK.
I'M JUST THERE TO EARN A LIVING.
AND, UM, I'VE, I'VE KEPT THE MORTGAGE CURRENT AND ALL THE BILLS ARE CURRENT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAD SUFFERED THROUGH SOME DOWNTIME, BUT I'VE MANAGED TO BRING MY MORTGAGE CURRENT.
AND THAT'S WHY I PARKED THE TRUCK THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING THERE.
AND I'M NOT THERE TO CAUSE ANY TROUBLE OR AN I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN TO AVOID CONFRONTATION WITH THE RESIDENTS AT 39 11, THERE WAS A CONTRACT FOR CONFRONTATION UP AT THE FOOD LINE ONE DAY.
AND THE AFTERMATH OF THAT, I WENT UP TO HIM AND I SPOKE TO HIM AND I SAYS, I SAID TO HIM, I DON'T LIKE YOU, YOU DON'T LIKE ME.
YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME, I'LL STAY AWAY FROM YOU.
AND HE SAID, IS THAT HOW YOU WANT IT? AND I SAID, YEAH.
AND EVER SINCE THEN, THERE'S BEEN A FRAGILE PIECE IN THE COURT.
AND I'M ASKING THAT THE, UH, THE COUNCIL, THE HARVARD
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COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING WOULD GRANT THE VARIANCE THAT I'VE APPLIED FOR.SO THAT PIECE CAN BE SOME PIECE CAN BE MAINTAINED DOWN THERE AND THERE WAS NO CONFRONTATIONS AND THERE'S NO KIND OF, UH, PHYSICAL CONFRONTATIONS, WHICH I'M DETERMINED TO AVOID FROM HERE ON OUT.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO BE DRAWN INTO ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION BECAUSE OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE RESIDENCE AT 39 11 WOLF COURT.
ANYTHING ELSE MR. ALLEN YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES AND 58 SECONDS LEFT IN YOUR TIME.
IF YOU DO WANT TO ADDRESS ANYTHING.
MR. YELL, GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, AGAIN, RENEW MY OBJECTION TO ANYTHING THAT WAS NEW AND NOT CONTAINED IN THE RECORD, AS I BELIEVE MOST OF THAT WAS WE'RE HERE FOR A VERY LIMITED PURPOSE.
AND THAT IS THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT MR. ALLEN'S R TWO LOT SHOULD BE PERMITTED, UH, THROUGH A VARIANCE TO BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE, UH, AS A B3 USE OF STORING, UH, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, UM, UNIQUENESSES REQUIRED FOR A VARIANCE TO BE GRANTED.
AND MR. ALLEN HAS GIVEN NO INDICATION THAT THERE IS A UNIQUENESS TO HIS PROPERTY.
IN FACT, UM, ON PAGE 20 OF THE TRANSCRIPT, I ASKED MR. ALLEN, IS YOUR HOUSE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER HOUSES THAT ARE SHOWN ON THERE? MEANING THE, UM, THE AFT REPORTS EXHIBIT SHOWING THE AERIAL IMAGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MR. ALAN'S RESPONSE WAS BASICALLY, YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE RECORD.
THIS UNIQUE, THE EXAMINER WAS CORRECT IN HIS DETERMINATION.
THERE'S NO MENTION OF UNIQUENESS ANYWHERE IN THE RECORD, NO BASIS FOR THE SUPPORT TO OVERTURN THE HEARING EXAMINER AND ACCORDINGLY, HE MUST BE UPHELD.
THANK YOU, MR. YOUNG, YOU HAVE 14 MINUTES LEFT.
IF NEEDED, MR. ALLEN, ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, SIR, WITHIN THIS RECORD, OTHER COMMERCIAL OTHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PARKED IN DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THERE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE, THERE WERE OTHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PARKED IN THE CRESTWOOD ACRES DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST MINE.
SO I THINK THAT THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING SHOULD ENFORCE ALL THE ZONING LAWS, NOT JUST SOME, THANK YOU, SIR.
ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN.
UM, WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLE ARE YOU DRIVING, SIR? I DRIVE A TRACTOR TRAILER.
YES, BECAUSE THE TRACTOR, JUST THE TRUCK, I JUST PARKED THE TRUCK IN THE DRIVEWAY.
UM, ON, ON SOME OCCASIONS I BROUGHT A TRAILER HOME FOR THE PURPOSE OF, UH, DELIVERING, LIKE I SAID, FENCE PANELS OR REMOVING MOVIES IN FURNITURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION? YES.
UH, SO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE AND THAT A PERSONAL VEHICLE? YES.
AND SO, UM, DO WE KNOW WHERE, UH, YOU CAN PARK THE VEHICLE? IS THERE, IS THERE A DESIGNATED SPOT? UH, AT TH I THINK YOU SAID B2 B3, UH, THAT HE CAN PARK THE VEHICLE IS PRINCIPALLY PERMITTED USE IN THE B3 ZONE, IN THE B3 ZONE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, THE RECORD REFLECTS THAT IT'S A KENILWORTH CAB AND THAT HE ALSO HAS A CARGO VAN AND A SEDAN AUTOMOBILE THAT ARE AT THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S THREE VEHICLES IN THE TENT AND THE TRANSCRIPT REFLECTS THAT TWO OF THEM CAN BE KEPT IN THE DRIVEWAY, BUT THE THIRD ONE HAS TO BE PARKED ON THE COURT.
SO MR. YOUNG IS, IS THERE, WHAT STATE, WHAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU WANT THAT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKED THERE? IF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT YOU TO WHEREVER IS NECESSARY TO, TO PARK, TO GO OUT OF THE COMMUTE.
I HAVE TO COMMUTE TO THE PORT OF BALTIMORE EVERY DAY.
AT HOME, SOMETIMES THAT COMMUTE CAN BE LENGTHY DEPENDING ON IF I GET UP EARLY ENOUGH.
IF I LEAVE MY HOUSE AT 5:00 AM, I CAN MAKE IT TO THE PORT OF BALTIMORE BY SIX, AND THAT THEY OPENED AT SIX 30.
SO THAT'S, MY GOAL IS TO GET DOWN THERE EARLY ENOUGH, AND THEN I'M GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE PORT OF BALTIMORE, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING.
THERE'S A, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN, UH, YOU HAVE TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE PORT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TRANSPORT, A UNIT ATTACK, AND ALL THAT HAS TO BE KEPT UPDATED.
AND THEN THE TRAFFIC, WELL, 9 95 AT 5:00 AM, UH, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM HARFORD COUNTY, UH, 5, 7 30 BY SEVEN 30, UH, IT'S A PARKING LOT.
SO GETTING THERE EARLY IS IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO, AND THEN SOMETIMES IN THE EVENING COMING HOME, IT CAN BE A TWO HOUR COMMUTE.
SO HAVING TO, UH, PARK MY TRUCK SOMEWHERE AND COMMUTE, THAT WOULD ADD MORE TIME TO THAT COMMUTE.
AND I REALLY HAVE A LIMITED HOUR HOURS OF
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SERVICE THAT I, THAT I'M LIMITED TO.AND, UM, SO IT IT'S A BRUTAL JOB, RIGHT? AND IT'S, UH, IT'S TOUGH.
AND THEN WITH, WITH THE WAY MY NEIGHBORS ARE, IT MAKES LIFE REALLY DIFFICULT JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR ATTITUDE.
AND I KNOW THEY HATE, I KNOW THEY'RE JUST DO, AND, UH, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT THEY'VE NEVER EXHIBITED ANY KIND OF A FRIENDSHIP OR ANY KIND OF, UH, THEY'VE NEVER REACHED OUT.
I EVEN TRIED TO APPROACH THE RESIDENTS AT 39 11 TO MEDIATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND THEY WERE NON-RESPONSIVE AND THEY'VE BEEN HOSTILE EVER SINCE I'VE LIVED THERE.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE LIKE THEY HAVE A REDNECK MENTALITY AND THEY LOOK AT ME, HE'S A HIPPY TRUCK DRIVER AND THEY JUST HATE ME.
THAT'S THE ONLY, THEY HATE ME FOR THAT REASON ALONE.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY UNFAIR THEIR, THEIR WHOLE ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO IT.
I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 1998 AND, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, CONFLICT AND ANIMOSITY.
IT'S JUST, IT NEVER ENDS MS. TROT DUMPED AND I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN DO TO AVOID ANY CONTACT WITH THEM AS A WOMAN AT 39 0 7 NOW.
I, I, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S, THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD DISPUTE ISSUE HERE GOING ON, BUT, UH, AS FAR AS THE VEHICLES CONCERNED, SO IT'S MORE OF A CONVENIENCE ISSUE FOR YOU RATHER THAN, UM, ANYTHING ELSE, CORRECT? WELL, I WOULD SAY I'M HALF AND HALF.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, BUT OKAY.
IF I'M IN COUNSELING JOHNSON DESK TRANSCRIPT ON PAGE 14 AND 15, UH, MR. ALLEN TESTIFIED THAT HE WORKS 12 TO 16 HOUR SHIFTS, SIX DAYS A WEEK.
HE COMES HOME FOR EIGHT TO 10 HOUR BREAKS IS MANDATORY IN HIS PROFESSION.
AND THEN HE'S RIGHT BACK OUT AGAIN.
HE SAID THAT HE NEEDS TO HAVE THE TRUCK ON SITE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT SHORT SCHEDULE AND THAT HE PERFORMS MAINTENANCE AND THE DRIVEWAY, AS WELL AS I BELIEVE HE, UM, REITERATED IN SOME OF HIS COMMENTS TONIGHT THAT ECHOED WHAT HIS TESTIMONY WAS THAT THE HEARING THERE'VE BEEN SOME DISPUTES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AS A VIOLATION CASE, AND IT IS A DIFFICULT INDUSTRY, NO ARGUMENTS AS TO THAT.
UM, HOWEVER, IT'S THE SAME FOR ALL TRUCK DRIVERS.
AND THERE'S NOTHING UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROPERTY OR MR. JOHN, I'M SORRY, MR. ALLEN JUICE.
ANYONE ELSE? UH, THANK YOU GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THIS WILL BE RE, OR THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT A FUTURE MEETING.
THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE ZONING APPEAL CASE FOR 59 60.
AND, UM, WE'LL TAKE A RECESS UNTIL SEVEN 30.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
CALLS ORDER LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 22 DASH 0 21.I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE CVS OPENING PRAYER.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES HERE AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING ASKING FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND YOUR GUIDANCE.
AS WE CONDUCT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING, WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEADERS.
WE ASK THAT YOU BE PRESENT IN THEM AND GUIDE THEM EACH AND EVERY DAY.
LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER OUR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND PARENTS, AS THEY RETURNED TO SCHOOL TODAY, WE HOPE THAT THEY ARE BLESSED WITH A HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ASKED YOU TO BE PRESENT WITH A WATCHFUL EYE OVER OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE AND EMS PARTNERS, AS THEY CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR COUNTY SAFE.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND GRACE, ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME, LORD.
JEN ITEM NUMBER FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.
[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
JEN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES, LEGISLATIVE DAY 22 DASH ZERO 20 JUNE 21ST, 2022.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES I'M GONNA STAND APPROVED.
[8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS]
EIGHT INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS, MR. PRESIDENT, OR MR. VICE-PRESIDENT PLEASE READ RESOLUTIONS ZERO 20 DASH 22 AND 21 DASH 22 INTO THE RECORD PLEASE.RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO 20 DASH 22.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAVE BEEN SENDING IT TO REQUEST THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE MASTER WATER
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AND SEWER PLAN FALL 2020 TO UPDATE A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERE TOO.AND FOR SUBMISSION OF THE PLAN TO THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT FOR ITS APPROVAL AND IMPLEMENTATION PURSUANT TO TITLE NINE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CODE ARTICLE OF THE MARYLAND ANNOTATED CODE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH AT 6:00 PM, RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 22 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL, PRESIDENT PATRICK BEN SINNY RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 11 DASH 8 0 1 OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND APPROVING THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF BOARDING FEES FOR INMATES THAT ARE SENTENCED TO THE HARFORD COUNTY DETENTION CENTER FOR NON-CONSECUTIVE PERIODS OF 48 HOURS OR LESS PER WEEK IN PARENTS WEEKEND INMATES, PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO PUT AN UP AS TO WHETHER THAT'S ACTUALLY SECTION NOT, UM, SORRY.
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH AT 6:00 PM.
[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS]
YOU, JEN.ITEM NUMBER NINE, INTRODUCTION TO BILLS.
MR. REINER, PLEASE REBUILDS 22 DASH ZERO IN 19 THROUGH 22 DASH 0 21 INTO THE RECORD BILL NUMBER 22 DASH ZERO 19 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEN SENT YOU AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND EMERGENCY ACT TO AGAIN, RENEW A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY ZONING CODE RELATED TO SETBACKS PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
TEMPORARY USES SIGNS, OUTDOOR STORAGE AND DISPLAY AND SEATING CAPACITY WITH REGARD TO USES THAT INCLUDE NIGHTCLUBS BARS, BREWERIES, AND RESTAURANTS BY THE COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED OCTOBER THE FOURTH, 2022 AT 6:00 PM.
BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 20 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEEN SENDING IT TO REQUEST THAT COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ACTIVE REPEAL.
AND RE-ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS SECTION TWO EIGHT DASH ONE, VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM, SUBSECTION B AND SECTION 28 DASH TWO SERVICE BENEFITS, SUBSECTION A SUBSECTION B AND SUBSECTION C OF ARTICLE ONE PENSIONS OF CHAPTER 28 OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO CHANGE THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE BENEFITS AND TO ADJUST THE BENEFIT AMOUNT AND GENERALLY RELATING TO FIRE, AMBULANCE, AND RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS BY THE COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2022 AT 6:00 PM.
BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 21 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, UH, JEN ITEMS, 10, 11, 12, AND 13.
[14. NEW BUSINESS]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14, NEW BUSINESS EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT, EXTENSION OF ACTING DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT.UM, MR. RYDER, MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I WOULD MOVE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF STEPHANIE WAYLON AS ACTING DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT.
THANK YOU, MR. BUELLER, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MS. WHALEN AS ACTING DIRECTOR.
ANY COMMENTS COUNCIL MEMBERS, MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOOD, MR. CHANDRA DANNO, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WANG, MR. BULOW IT BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND NONE IN A NEGATIVE.
THE APPOINTMENT OF STEPHANIE WAYLON IS ACTING DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR MONTHS AS PROVIDED IN THE CHARTER SECTION THREE 14, TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS IS HEREBY APPROVED.
[16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS]
UH, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO SKIP 15 AND GO TO BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, 16, MR. JOHNSON, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.I JUST SAID, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, I, I, I'M HAPPY TO SEE EVERYBODY BACK HEALTHY AND SAFE, UH, AFTER THE, UH, THE SUMMER.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MOVING ON AND HAVING A GREAT PRODUCTIVE, UH, UH, SESSION, UH, THIS UPCOMING SESSION.
SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, I'LL YOU ONE TIME BACK.
THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, EVERYONE.
HAVE YOU HAD A SAFE SUMMER? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. WOODS, MR. CHANDRA DENNA.
SO, UM, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
UM, JUST WANT TO DO A CONGRATULATE, UH, JESSE BANES RETIRING FROM POSITION AS TOWN ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, WE HAD THE HONOR OF PRESENTING HIM WITH A PROCLAMATION, UH, FOR A SERVICE
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COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR ALL THE YEARS.SO, UM, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALSO, UH, ALL THE KIDS, UM, MADE IT BACK TO SCHOOL AND I WISHED THEM THE BEST OF LUCK, THE TEACHERS, STAFF, PARENTS.
SO IT WAS A PRETTY, UH, IT WAS ALSO A PRETTY BUSY SUMMER.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OF GRAND OPENINGS, PHOENIX SPEECH THERAPY, TOMMY ON MAIN, AND I'M GLAD THAT OUR KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL WITHOUT MASKS, NOT LIKE PG COUNTY.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, MR. D'ANDRE DAN AND MR. SHIRTS, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE WELCOME BACK AND, UH, HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT SUMMER COURSE.
I WISH ALL THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THE VERY BEST IN THEIR YEAR TO COME.
UH, I GOT TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER MADDIE TO SCHOOL.
IT WAS A LITTLE RAINY FOR THE BUS.
SO, UM, SHE'S IN SEVENTH ALREADY.
SO I WISH HER AND EVERYONE, UM, A VERY, A GREAT 2020 2, 23 SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT WE'RE ALL WEARING RIBBONS AND SINCE NOBODY SAID IT, I'M GOING TO TELL EVERYONE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
SO, UM, WE'RE WEARING THIS AND AWARENESS OF THAT AND THE ADDICTION THAT OUR, UH, COMMUNITY AND, AND ALL ACROSS THE WORLD IS FACING.
BUT I DO THINK WE'RE DOING GREAT THINGS HERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND DO THE BEST WE CAN.
I MEAN, MR. SCHROEDER'S MR. WAGNER, I BELIEVE WE ARE DOING GREAT THINGS IN HARTFORD COUNTY WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, UH, ADDICTIONS AND COUNSELING AND, UH, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP OUR YOUTH SAFE AS WE CAN.
UH, AND ON THAT NOTE, WHILE WE WERE ON BREAK, WE DID HAVE AN OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING OF THE CLUBHOUSE IN ABERDEEN, WHICH IS A PART OF ASHLEY.
AND IT'S A, IT'S AN EFFORT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND ASHLEY AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, TO GET HELP FOR YOUTH, UH, THAT NEED SOME MENTORING AND WHATEVER THEY MAY NEED.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE RESOURCES, UH, YOU KNOW, MR. SCHROEDER DON'T BE ASHAMED OR DON'T BE AFRAID TO REACH OUT AND FIND THOSE RESOURCES, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES IN HARTFORD COUNTY, THEY'RE WITHIN YOUR REACH.
AND AS WE HEARD, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING IN THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, COVID REALLY DID A NUMBER ON OUR YOUTH AND ON THE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN AND SET THEM BACK QUITE A WAYS.
SO, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO THE AGENCIES AS YOU NEED IT, AND THEY'RE THERE TO HELP YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, FINISHING UP THIS SESSION.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, MR. BUEHLER.
UH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY, UH, BACK.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S BACK SAFE AND SOUND AND I HOPE THE SUMMER WENT WELL.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS THE STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS AND PARENTS, I WILL, UH, PRAY FOR THEM FOR A PROSPEROUS AND PRODUCTIVE SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, BECAUSE THE LAST COUPLE OF HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT, SOME OF WHAT WAS MENTIONED ALREADY.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
[15. BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT]
UM, AND I TOO WANT TO, UH, WELCOME EVERYONE BACK TO SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY, UH, MY GRANDSON, JAKE, HE STARTING HIS FIFTH GRADE AT DARLINGTON ELEMENTARY AND, UM, WISH HIM ALL THE BEST AS WELL AS ALL THE STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY EDUCATORS, UM, STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, THE ENTIRE GROUP.UM, WE MAY HAVE BEEN, UH, I GUESS ON BREAK, BUT WE REALLY WEREN'T.
UH, EACH ONE OF US WORKED DILIGENTLY THROUGHOUT THE PAST TWO MONTHS, UH, WITH MEETINGS WITH, UH, DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS AND GROUPS, UM, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UM, AND, UH, ALSO WE HAVE HAD TWO PRIOR MEETINGS FOR OUR HEALTH OFFICER SEARCH TOMORROW.
UH, WE WILL, UM, MORE THAN LIKELY TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR MOST OF THAT, BECAUSE WE WILL BE REVIEWING OUR CANDIDATES THAT HAVE, UH, HAVE FILED FOR THAT POSITION.
UM, SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UH, TOMORROW, AND, UH, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS SUNDAY IS NINE 11 AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP EVERYONE IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO AGENDA ITEM 17.
[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]
DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. PRESIDENT? WE HAVE FOR THIS EVENING.AND, UM, BEFORE I, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE A THREE MINUTE LIMIT AND WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE NOT ONLY YOU'RE SIGNING IN WITH NAME AND ADDRESS, BUT ORALLY AT THE MIC AS WELL.
I KNOW WE RELAXED IT FOR AWHILE, BUT WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING OUR, UH, COUNCIL, UH, OPEN MEETINGS, RULES AND PROCEDURES.
SO WE WILL, WE REQUIRE THAT AGAIN.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, UM, YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER.
JOHN MALLAMO FOLLOWED BY KATE MACDONALD.
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SIR.GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, JOHN
HOPEFULLY YOU WERE ABLE TO RELAX ON YOUR RECESS.
IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING SUMMER, PARTICULARLY THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
I SPENT MY TIME AND PURSUIT OF TRIVIAL ACTIVITIES.
MS. CATHERINE ANN SPENT HER TIME SCOLDING ME FOR MY SILLINESS AND MY MISCHIEF CHOOSE TAKING THAT ON AS A FULL TIME JOB.
AND SHE'S PRETTY PROFICIENT AT IT.
ONE SET SCOLDING IS MY COMMENTS TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
SHE ASKED IF I COULD SOFTEN MY CRITICISM AND FIND A WAY TO ALLOW YOU TO SHOW YOUR BETTER SELVES TO THAT END.
I WILL DONATE $1,000 TO THE CHARITY OF CHOICE IN THE NAME OF WHICHEVER ONE OF YOU CAN CONCLUSIVELY PROVE BY THE END OF THE 20 SEPTEMBER, 2022 COUNCIL MEETING THAT THE HARTFORD COUNTY AIRPORT CAN OPERATE A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT AS A PERMITTED USE AT ITS PRESENT LOCATION AND COMPLY WITH ALL OF PART, ONE OF THE PRESENT ZONING CODE, THE HEARING EXAMINERS CONDITIONS AND ZONING CASE 58, 14, AND ALL OF THE FAA, AND THEN A REQUIREMENTS FOR A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT.
I WILL DONATE ANOTHER $500 UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS TO WHICH WHENEVER EVER ONE OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY ANY LOCATION IN HARTFORD COUNTY THAT WILL MEET ALL OF PART, ONE OF THE PRESENT ZONING CODE AND THE HEARING EXAMINERS CONDITIONS AND ZONING CASE 58, 14, AND ALL OF THE FAA AND MAA REQUIREMENTS FOR A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT.
I SENT YOU EACH A COPY OF THE MAA APPROVED AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN, THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS SITE PLAN VERSUS ONLY CASE 58, 14, AND THE EXHIBIT LABELED OPERATIONS EXHIBIT AND LEGAL INTERPRETATION OF OPERATIONS IN A TRAFFIC PATTERN.
THOSE DOCUMENTS, ELDEST RATE, THE FAA AND MAA REQUIREMENTS FOR A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT, THE HARFORD COUNTY ZONING REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT.
AND DESCRIBE THE OPERATION AND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.
PLEASE DO, LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DOCUMENT YOU NEED.
MA'AM KATE MCDONALD, 2100 PARK BEACH DRIVE.
ABERDEEN, MARYLAND ENTERPRISE ZONES ARE DEFINED AS AN IMPOVERISHED AREA IN WHICH INCENTIVES SUCH AS TAX CONCESSIONS ARE OFFERED TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT JOBS AND REVITALIZATION TO THE AREA.
HOW THEY WORK IS THAT A STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY IDENTIFIES AN AREA, EITHER BLINDED OR IN DISTRESS.
AND THEY WORK TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESSES AND VARYING INDUSTRIES TO COME TO THAT AREA WITH OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS JOBS, SERVICES, RESTAURANTS, SHOPPING, ET CETERA.
THOSE MUNICIPALITIES IN TURN ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THOSE ADDED TAX REVENUE AND SALES REVENUE TO INVEST AND REINVEST THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE AREA EFFECTIVE.
AND IN THE WAY OF SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PARKS, OPEN SPACES, TRANSIT SERVICE, ORIENTED BUSINESSES, ET CETERA.
THIS COLLECTIVE EFFORT IS WHAT'S WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HELP ATTRACT EVEN MORE DESIRABLE BUSINESSES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH TO REVITALIZE THAT AREA AND HELP INCREASE A PRESERVE PROPERTY VALUES.
THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.
ACCORDING TO THE HARPER COUNTY PLAYBOOK, HARFORD COUNTY IDENTIFIED THE AREAS THAT WANTED TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE AND LOCATED THE ENTERPRISE ZONE AND THE LOWER INCOMES OF HARFORD COUNTY ABINGDON, ABERDEEN, EDGEWOOD, HARTFORD, A HABIT OF GRACE, THE EASY WAS NOT CREATED IN HARTFORD COUNTY TO CREATE, TO WAS NOT CREATED TO REVITALIZE SOUTH HARTFORD COUNTY.
IT WAS CREATED TO KEEP UNWANTED DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS LARGE FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION CENTERS OUT OF THE BEL-AIR FALLSTON AND CHURCHVILLE AREAS SINCE ITS CREATION, ANY DESIRABLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, SHOPPING ART CENTERS, NEW RECREATIONAL CENTERS, PARKS HAVE BEEN STEERED NORTH OF
IN OVER 10 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
I'VE SEEN ALMOST NO REINVESTMENT INTO THE AREA THAT WOULD ATTRACT BUSINESSES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SERVE THE PURPOSE OF AN ENTERPRISE ZONE.
NO NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, NEW, NEW PARKS, NO NEW SIDEWALKS.
AND ROUTE 40 IS STILL THE SAME RUNDOWN HIGHWAY WITH DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS, OLD HOUSES FALLING DOWN SKETCHY AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DIESEL TRUCKS DESTROYING THE ROADS AND POLLUTING OUR AIR.
THE ROUTE FOUR, ROUTE 40 CORRIDOR HAS BEEN SO NEGLECTED BY YOU GUYS, HARTFORD COUNTY, THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH SOME OF IT, YOU THINK IT'S STILL 1965, AND THAT IS A SAD SITUATION.
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IT NEEDS NEW LEADERSHIP AND A DIFFERENT PATH FORWARD.SO GET WITH IT AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS OF HARTFORD COUNTY.
MA'AM WILLIAM MARTINO FOLLOWED BY PAUL FALAJI.
BILL MARTINO, 1,270 FOOT ROAD STARTED COMING TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
ONE OF THE SOMEWHAT MY EXPERIENCES, I WATCHED HIS LIBERTY MIND.
HIS CITIZENS PROTESTED THE TYRANNICAL VIEWS OF THE HARFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SUPPORTERS OF BUSH SHY TOLD US HOW SELFISH WE WERE FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THESE POTENTIAL MANDATES.
WELL, THE RESULTS ARE IN AND THE FULLY VACCINATED OR TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE UNVACCINATED AND ARE EQUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE.
HOWEVER, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL WHEN KILLING OUR HEALTHIEST CITIZENS AS HUGE INCREASES IN DEATHS OF STUDENT ATHLETES, MILITARY PERSONNEL, AND YOUNGER AGE GROUPS SWIPED IN 2021.
SO KUDOS TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR ACTION TO REMOVE BY SHY.
HOWEVER, IS HEADED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THIS COUNTY.
I DON'T THINK YOU ADEQUATELY DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
I SAT HERE AND WATCHED THIS COLIN WARD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE OPERA OF UPPER CHESAPEAKE LIE TO THIS COUNCIL THAT ALL PATIENTS COMING INTO THE HOSPITAL WERE OUR COPE FOR COVID WERE UNVACCINATED.
AT THE TIME, HE SAID THAT THE DATA WAS SAYING THAT 60% OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WERE VACCINATED.
I GUESS THERE MUST BE A MAGIC BUBBLE AROUND HARTFORD COUNTY TO PROTECT THE FACTS, BUT ONLY IN NORTHEAST, MARYLAND, HE WAS LYING TO YOU GENTLEMEN, ABOUT THIS AND OTHER ISSUES AND YOU NEVER CHALLENGED HIM.
I WITNESSED AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TELL THE COUNCIL THAT THEY ARE OVERWHELMED WITH EMERGENCY CALLS.
THEY'LL AIR HOSPITAL WAS ON CODE RED EVERY DAY DURING THE PANDEMIC, AS WE ARE RETIRING HARFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
WHY WE NEED A SECOND HOSPITAL IN THIS COUNTY? I'M SURE UPPER CHESAPEAKE WILL BE HAPPY TO COME HERE AGAIN AND LIE TO YOU THAT WE DON'T NEED THE SECOND HOSPITAL.
WILL YOU BE PREPARED FOR IT? I ALSO WATCH IT.
THIS COUNCIL ALLOWED OVERDEVELOPMENT OF THE PERRIMAN AREA THAT WILL RUIN THAT CUBAN.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
LAST MONTH, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS PROPOSING NEW PROCEDURES TO LIMIT PARENTS ABILITY TO SPEAK TO THEM.
THEY WENT FROM MAY ASKING US TO TRY TO MUZZLING US.
THIS ISSUE HASN'T BEEN SETTLED YET, BUT IT IS LEANING TOWARDS FREE SPEECH.
I DO WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR NEVER SILENCING OR LIMITING THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO ADDRESS THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
I REMEMBER BEING HERE ONE NIGHT AS 90 CITIZENS REGISTERED TO SPEAK OVER THE FIRING OF DR.
SHY, AND YOU PATIENTLY LISTENED TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
YOU REFUSE TO EVEN THINK ABOUT SILENCING US LIKE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PROPOSING TO DO SO.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK THEIR MIND.
UH, PAUL KOLACHI THREE 20 MARINE AVENUE IN, UH, PERRIMAN, MARYLAND, WHERE I WAS GOING TO, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ENTERPRISE ZONES ALSO THIS EVENING.
UM, HARTFORD COUNTY IS ENTERPRISE ZONES IN ABERDEEN.
HAVING A GRACE IN EDGEWOOD JOPPA ARE DESIGNATED TO FAX FROM THE, UH, THE CODE ENCOURAGED CREATION OF WELL-PAYING JOBS, ENSURE RETENTION AND SPUR EXPANSION OF RESIDENT BUSINESSES, PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPANCY OF VACANT, UNDERUTILIZED LAND AND BUILDINGS, ENTERPRISE ZONE, JOB CREATION, QUALIFICATION FOR TAX BREAKS FOR BUSINESSES.
YOU HAVE TO CREATE FIVE JOBS THAT WORK AT LEAST 35 HOURS PER WEEK AT 1875, AN HOUR.
MINIMUM WAGE IN MARYLAND IS 1250, SO 1875 PER HOUR, BUT ONLY HALF OF THOSE HOURS NEED TO BE IN THE NEW ENTERPRISE ZONE AREA ITSELF.
UM, IN, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2017, THE COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED TO ADD THREE PARCELS OF LAND IN PARAMIN TO THE ENTERPRISE ZONE FOR THE ABERDEEN HAVRE DE GRACE AREA.
TWO PARCELS, 14 ACRES ON CHELSEA ROAD AND 28 ACRES ON PERRIMAN ROAD.
AND I JUST WANTED TO END WITH A QUESTION.
I WAS WONDERING FOR THE COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT F IF DID YOU ASK ANYONE FROM PERRIMAN BEFORE YOU VOTED FOR THE ADDITION OF THIS, UM, ENTERPRISE ZONES, BESIDES THE PROPERTY OWNERS,
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MR. PHILOSOPHER, HE'S NOT GOING TO RESPOND BACK TO YOU TONIGHT.THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS MR. PRESIDENT, THAT NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP.
THIS MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED.