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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
EVENING CHAIR CALLS TO ORDER LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 22 DASH 22.PLEASE JOINING US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE OPENING PRAYER BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I PLEDGE ALLEG TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TWO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, ALL HEADS ABOUT LAURA.
WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT, THANKING YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY.
WE ASK THAT BEFORE WE GO TO TO BED TONIGHT, LORD, WE ASK THAT, UH, WE, THAT YOU PREPARE US FOR TOMORROW AND SOFTEN OUR HEARTS, ALLOW US TO KISS OUR LOVED ONES AND NEVER TAKE ONE SECOND OF OUR LIVES FOR GRANTED BECAUSE TOMORROW'S NOT PROMISED NOW, BLESS OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COUNTY, AND ALLOW US TO WORK TOWARDS A MORE BETTER UNION.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS.
WE HAVE NON, UH, COUNSEL AT THIS TIME, UH, WILL ACT AS A ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AND RETURN BACK TO LEGISLATURE.
[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS]
AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND NOMINATIONS CASE NUMBER 59 60 JOHN WHITNEY ALLEN, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022.WE HEARD FINAL ARGUMENT ON THIS CASE, 59 60 MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO UPHOLD THE, UH, ZONING EXAMINER'S RULING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND TO UPHOLD THE DECISION RECOMMENDED BY THE ZONING EXAMINER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
THERE'RE BEING SEVEN VOTES AND AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN AND NEGATIVE.
THE DECISION TO UPHOLD THE ZONING HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION IS APPROVED.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES.ZONING APPEAL, CASE NUMBER 59 60 JOHN WHITNEY ALLEY, WHITNEY ALLEN, I'M SORRY.
LEGISLATIVE DAY 22 DASH YEAR 21, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES SEEING NONE THE MINUTES STAND APPROVED
[8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS]
GEN KNIGHT ON NUMBER EIGHT, INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS, UH, COUNSEL P OR EXCUSE ME, VICE PRESIDENT WAGNER, PLEASE READ IN RESOLUTION 0 22 22 INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 22 DASH 22 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WAGNER, A RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL WAIVING THE FIVE YEAR WAITING PERIOD CONTAINED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARTICLE SECTION FOUR DASH FOUR 16 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND IN ORDER TO PERMIT PROPERTY CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 9.062 ACRES NX BY THE CITY OF ABERDEEN, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ZONED HARTFORD.COUNTY'S AG AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT IN PERENS ZING CLASSIFICATION TO BE ZONED UNDER THE CITY OF ABERDEEN'S INTEGRATED BUSINESS DISTRICT IN PERENS I IBD ZONING CLASSIFICATION, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH AT 6:30 PM IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS]
AGENDA NUMBER NINE.PLEASE READ THESE IN BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 2 3 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENT TO REQUEST THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ACTIVE REP APPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS SECTION 29 DASH ONE HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PENSION PLAN OF CHAPTER 29 HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PENSION TO ADD A DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PROGRAM BY THE COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2022.
INTRODUCE RED FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED ON PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 11TH, 2022 AT 6:30 PM.
BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 24, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GANO AND ACTIVE APPEAL ON REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS.
THE DEFINITION OF DAYCARE CENTER IN SECTION 2 67 DASH FOUR, DEFINITIONS OF ARTICLE ONE STANDARDS OF CHAPTER 2 67, ZONING OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT A DAYCARE CENTER MAY INCLUDE A KINDERGARTEN AS A SUPPLEMENTARY USE AND GENERALLY RELATE RELATING TO ZONING BY THE COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2022 INTRODUCED READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED AND PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2022 AT 6:30 PM.
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AND THEN BILL 22 0 22.YEAH, AND I DON'T THINK I'M YOU GOT IT.
AND BY THE INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEN SENDING THE REQUEST, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ENACT TO REP APPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENT SECTION 1, 2, 3 DASH FOUR, 6.5 TAX CREDIT FOR ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS AND VETERANS OF ARTICLE TWO REAL PROPERTY TAX CREDITS OF CHAPTER 1 23, FINANCE AND TAXATION OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL TO INCLUDE ACTIVE DUTY, RETIRED OR HONORABLY DISCHARGED MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WITH DISABILITIES AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS SURVIVING SPOUSE TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION TO THE TERM DISABILITY, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF YEARS.
AN INDIVIDUAL MAY BE GRANTED THE TAX CREDIT TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ASSESSED VALUE OF THE DWELLING ELIGIBLE FOR THE TAX CREDIT AND GENERALLY RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX DISCOUNTS AND CREDITS BY THE COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2022, INTRODUCE RED FIRST TIME ORDERED, POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 11TH, 2022 AT 6:30 PM.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER COUNSEL, PRESENT MR. JOHNSON.
I, I, I, UM, ASKED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS PARTICULAR BILL AND I DON'T SEE, UH, MY NAME ON THIS BILL.
SO I, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS BILL.
WE'LL UH, WE'LL UH, TALK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND SEE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
MM-HMM
UH, AGENDA ITEMS, NUMBER 10 THROUGH 14.
[14. NEW BUSINESS]
EVENING.I DO HAVE A POINT FOR NEW BUSINESS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
UH, UNDER NEW BUSINESS, UH, I PROPOSE THIS COUNCIL AMEND THE COUNCIL RULES, A PROCEDURE TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENTS TO OPENLY STATE ONE'S HOME ADDRESS.
WHEN RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL UNDER COMMENTS FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS.
I'LL SECOND THAT IT HAS TO BE INTRODUCED.
IT HAS TO STAY FOR A WEEK AND IT CONTAINED IN SEVERAL SECTIONS.
SO WOULD BE BETTER IF I ACTUALLY DRAFTED THE AMENDMENTS.
EVERYBODY HAS IT IN FRONT OF THEM.
WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING ON, WHERE THEY'RE REMOVING IT FROM.
WE, IF I MAY, WE'VE GOT A MOTION THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR, UM, IF COUNCIL MEMBERS WANNA DISCUSS IT, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE COULDN'T.
AND THEN WE SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE.
AND YOU CAN DRAFT IT UP AFTER THAT, RIGHT? THESE RULES MAY BE AMENDED BY MAJORITY VOTE COUNCIL IN OFFICE AT ANY REGULAR SESSION WILL NOTICE OF THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED AT A SESSION AT LEAST SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAID, YOU HAVE TO THANK YOU.
I HANG OUT THERE FOR A WEEK, RIGHT.
SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT YOU LET CHARLIE WRITE IT UP AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK AT AND FORGO DISCUSSION THIS EVENING.
SO THEN YOU WANT ME TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION IN A SECOND AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO COME BACK.
[16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ]
SO I'LL SKIP 15 AGENDA NUMBER 16 BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. JOHNSON, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.UH, ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY, UH, TONIGHT IS, IS THAT, UH, JUST, UH, TWO DAYS AGO WAS, UH, THE ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11.
AND, UH, 3000 OF OUR, UH, OF OUR CITIZENS WERE, UH, KILLED ON THAT DAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM THE SOUND OF MY, UH, WITH THE SOUND OF MY VOICE THAT CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF MY VOICE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT NEVER FORGET, UH, THAT DAY THAT WE'RE ALL AMERICANS, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
AND, UM, A LOT OF TIMES, UH, THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE, UH, HAS US AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS, BUT JUST KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WANT TO DO HARM TO US AS AMERICANS.
SO, UH, LET'S, UH, LOOK TO UNITE AND STAY TOGETHER AS, AS A, UH, AS A NATION.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL YIELD MY TIME BACK.
THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TODAY, UH, ACTUALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH MR. PENMAN AND WENT THROUGH THE COUNCIL OFFICE TODAY.
WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO NICE TRANSFER OF POWER TO THIS OFFICE.
YOU HAVE MORE ELECTION, BUT HE'S UNOPPOSED, BUT YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE NICE.
WE, UH, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT ATTRIBUTED WENT OUT AND PLAYED A PART OF ALL THE NINE 11 REMEMBRANCE
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ON SUNDAY.THERE WAS A LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY AND ALL THE MEMBERS THAT WENT OUT AND STOOD ALONG ALL THE, UH, THE ROADS FOR THE, THE DRIVE-BYS.
IT WAS GREAT ATTENDANCE AS ALWAYS.
THANK YOU, MR. WOODS, MR. JAN, ADAM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
UM, I TOO WANT TO, UH, REMEMBER NINE 11, UH, 21 YEARS ON SUNDAY.
I HAD FAMILY MEMBERS IN NEW YORK.
I HAD FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN NEW YORK AND, UH, A MEMBER THAT WENT BACK AFTER THE, UH, THE TOWERS CAME DOWN.
UM, I HAD FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAD TO GET ALL THE WAY BACK OUT TO LONG ISLAND.
I, I REMEMBER THAT REMEMBER WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THEM AND WORRIED TO DEATH.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE PASSED AWAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW A FEW PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY PASSED AWAY IN, IN THE TOWERS TOO.
SO, UH, UH, GROWING UP IN, UH, NORTH JERSEY, UM, I DID HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THE AREA, SO I'M GLAD I DON'T WANT TO EVER FORGET.
UM, ON, ON BETTER NOTE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, MIKE GRIFFITH, BRADOW OVER GEORGE ROBERTSON ON THE, ON THE, UH, OPENING OF THEIR NEW OFFICE ON MAIN STREET CAM CANVAS BANK TITLE IN ESCROW.
UH, WE DID THE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING LAST THURSDAY, A COUPLE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE THERE AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND THEN, UM, THE, UH, ER, TOWN OF COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO, UH, APPOINT EDDIE HOPKINS, UH, TO THE POSITION OF TOWN ADMINISTRATOR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EDDIE.
I ACTUALLY SAW HIM TODAY DRIVING DOWN.
UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET TOGETHER IN A WEEK OR SO ONCE HE GETS, UH, SETTLED IN.
UM, I ALSO, UH, MYSELF COUNCIL, PRESIDENT ENTI, UH, HARTFORD VISIT HARTFORD ANNUAL MEETING TODAY.
AND I WANT TO THANK MATT SCALES FOR, UH, CONTINUING WHERE GREG POTO LEFT OFF.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING EVENTS COMING TO HARTFORD COUNTY.
AND THEN, UM, SOMETHING ELSE PRETTY CLOSE TO ME.
MY IT'S GONNA BE NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BEGINS ON OCTOBER 15TH AND I'LL, UM, GO TO I'M SORRY, BEGINS ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.
AND WE'LL GO TO OCTOBER 15TH TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF A HISPANIC AMERICAN CHAMPIONS.
WHO'VE INSPIRED OTHERS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS.
AND MY GIRLFRIEND ELLA IS FROM PERU.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JAMES VAN, MR. SHS.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE VIRTUAL, UH, HARFORD COUNTY PRETOR TRANSPORTATION MEETING WITH M DOT AND CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVEMENTS OF RHODE ROAD SAFETY IN, UH, DISTRICT D.
AND, UM, THE, UM, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE, UH, SEPTEMBER 26TH, UH, THE ACTUAL TOUR MEETING, AND THAT WILL BE HELD HERE THAT DAY.
ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE EAGLE SCOUT, ALEX GICH FROM TROOP 2 30, 8 OF HICKORY WHO CELEBRATED HIS COURT OF HONOR CEREMONY LAST THURSDAY EVENING, JUST AN INCREDIBLE YOUNG PERSON.
WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE, UH, SUCH GREAT SCOUTING IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND THOSE THAT GET BEHIND THEM, THE SCOUT LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS THAT AND FAMILIES THAT GET BEHIND THEM.
UM, THEY REALLY ARE OUR FUTURE.
UH, ALSO ATTENDED ROBINSON STOVER AND CANVAS BACK TITLE, ESCROW, THEIR NEW OFFICE HERE ON BE AIR.
AND, UH, LASTLY OR NOT QUITE LASTLY, UM, THE BLACK HORSE FOUR H CLUB HOSTED AND ALL YOU CAN EAT SPAGHETTI DINNER FRIDAY AT CITIZENS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.
AND THOSE PROCEEDS WENT TO THE ARCHER FAMILY OF PSK WHO LOST THEIR FARM.
IF YOU'LL REMEMBER LAST, UM, FATHER'S DOWN JUNE 12TH AND I ECHO ALL THE SEDIMENTS ABOUT NINE 11.
I JUST, UM, EVERY NINE 11, I, I JUST WATCHED THE TV AND, AND JUST REMEMBER, LIKE, YOU CAN REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE AND SEEING THOSE EVENTS AND EACH TIME IT JUST, IT DOES, IT JUST HITS YOU THERE.
I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO FORGET.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST TOO REAL.
IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW HORRENDOUS IT WAS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'LL NEVER FORGET, BUT YOU, YOU ALL SAID IT MUCH BETTER THAN ME RIGHT THEN, SO THANK YOU.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
I MEAN, 21 YEARS AGO, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS JUST, UH, IN, IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR BY A COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU KNOW, IT IT'S, UH, IT'S CLEAR IN EVERYBODY WHO DID EXPERIENCE THAT IT'S, IT'S CLEAR IN EVERYBODY'S MIND, UH, THE GREAT LOSS THAT DAY AND THE ATTACK THAT WAS ON, UH, OUR, OUR SOIL HERE.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T FORGET, BUT HOPEFULLY GENERATIONS TO COME WILL, UM, WE'LL LEARN ABOUT IT, UNDERSTAND AND, AND NOT FORGET IT AS WELL.
UH, AND ON ANOTHER NOTE THERE, UH, I KNOW IT'S A SISTER COUNTY TO HARTFORD COUNTY, BUT WE NEED TO AT LEAST REMEMBER THE, UH, THE FRIENDS, FAMILY, THE STUDENT FRIENDS, AND THE TEACHERS, AND EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THE FAMILY IN CECIL COUNTY THAT, UH, UH, WERE ALL TRAGICALLY, UH, UH, DIED, UH, THIS PAST WEEK.
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YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SOMEBODY'S GOING THROUGH.
AND THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT I SAID LAST TUESDAY, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH AND, AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS REACH OUT TO IT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A DIRTY SHAME THAT, UH, A FAMILY HAD TO PERISH, UM, IN THE WAY THAT THEY DID, BUT WE'LL KEEP THEM IN OUR PRAYERS.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, MR. BU, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I TOO, UH, SHARING THE SENTIMENTS REGARDING NINE 11.
YOU KNOW, THAT DAY WE LOST, UH, WHAT WAS IT? 2,996, UH, LIVES, BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE AFFECTED, I MEAN, THIS WAS JUST FELT ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND IT WAS TRAGIC.
AND I KNOW WILL LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN WAGMAN SAID, WE'LL ALL REMEMBERED.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT JEAN AND I WERE DOING, WHERE WE WERE.
WE WERE IN REHOBOTH, UH, AT A CONDO GETTING READY TO GO TO THE BEACH AND WE NEVER MADE IT TO THE BEACH THAT DAY.
UM, LAST WEEK AT COUNCIL MEETING, UM, MR. PAUL LAC ASKED A QUESTION REGARDING THE THREE PARCELS OF LAND THAT WAS PLACED IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE IN, UH, 2017.
AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
UH, YES, I DID SPEAK WITH A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND I DID HAND OUT LITERATURE AND I NEVER SPOKE WITH THE OWNERS OR THE DEVELOPERS PRIOR TO THE VOTE.
AND I'M REALLY RESEARCHING MY, UH, RECORDS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SPOKE TO 'EM AT ALL.
UM, AND, UH, JUST IN LOOKING BACK AT THE RECORDS, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, PROPERTIES THAT WERE PLACED IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE AND MY DISTRICT, I CAN ONLY RECALL ONE OWNER THAT I SPOKE TO, AND THAT WAS AFTER THE PROPERTY WAS SPA, UH, PLACED IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE.
THERE'S NO NEED TO SPEAK TO 'EM.
SO, AND ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, UH, I'VE BEEN GETTING A NUMBER OF CALLS REGARDING ABINGTON WOODS NOW.
UM, A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS OF COURSE, ARE AFFECTED BY ABINGTON WOODS, BUT TO CLARIFY TO ALL OF THOSE OUT THERE, ABINGTON WOODS IS NOT LOCATED IN DISTRICT F IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN DISTRICT A THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND, UM, JUST A QUICK NOTE, UH, FROM ME, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I TRU TRULY DO, UH, APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMMENTS FOR NINE 11 AND STAND WITH YOU.
UM, BUT ALSO WANTED TO, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, THE ADMINISTRATION'S ALREADY SENT A MESSAGE AND THEY WELCOME ALL OF US TO, UH, BE A PART OF THAT TAX CREDIT.
SO CHARLIE MAKE THE RECORD OF THAT MAKE THIS MODEL, UM, AND WITH THAT, UH,
[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]
GENDER ITEM, 17 COMMONS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS COMMAND SIGNED UP.YES, MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SEVEN THIS EVENING.
GREG, PASANO FOLLOWED BY KEN SHANNON.
I'M GOING SEVEN BACK TO THE DAYS OF 47.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 2 44 PARK BEACH DRIVE IN PERRYMAN IT'S PERRYMAN.
I HAVE NO ISSUE STATING MY ADDRESS.
I'M PROUD TO BE FROM PERRYMAN.
I'M WEARING A THREE P COALITION HAT FOR PROTECT PERRYMAN PENINSULA.
I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF IN REGARDS TO UNWANTED AND INAPPROPRIATE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PERRYMAN AND THE PROPOSED MITCHELL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT.
ACCORDING TO THE POST OFFICE, MY ADDRESS IS IN ABERDEEN, BUT I ACTUALLY LIVE IN PERRYMAN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THERE IS A PER THE GIANT REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, CB R E REDUCED A LIST OF WAREHOUSE, MEGA WAREHOUSE OF FREIGHT TERMINALS IN HARTFORD AND CECIL COUNTIES.
THEY SHOWED 28 OF THE BUILDINGS IN ABERDEEN, BUT WHEN WE ANALYZED THE ADDRESSES TURNS OUT 15 OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY IN PERRYMAN.
THE 15 BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS IN PERRYMAN ACCOUNTED FOR OVER 9 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF TOTAL SPACE.
THERE'S TWICE AS MUCH WAREHOUSE MEGA WAREHOUSE AND FREIGHT TERMINAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IN PERRYMAN THAN ABERDEEN.
IN FACT, ALMOST HALF OF ALL THE WAREHOUSE, MEGA WAREHOUSE AND FREIGHT TERMINALS SQUARE FOOTAGE IN HARFORD COUNTY IS IN PERRYMAN.
NOW AN OUT OF COUNTY DEVELOPER WANTS TO BUILD 5.2 MILLION MORE SQUARE FEET OF FREIGHT TERMINALS ON THE MITCHELL FARM IN PERRYMAN.
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THE COUNTY COUNCIL SITS BY QUIETLY, ALMOST LIKE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF PERRYMAN.YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO OVERRIDE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES, VITO OF THE MORATORIUM ON THE MITCHELL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT.
AND NO ONE ON THE COUNCIL SAID A WORD, MR. PRESIDENT, MAY I ADDRESS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT F NO, YOU MAY NOT.
PERRYMAN IS IN DISTRICT F AND WE HAD, AND CONTINUE TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL WILL ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PERRYMAN.
BUT JUST LIKE IN THIS MEETING, HE SAYS NOTHING AND DOES NOTHING TO HELP PERRYMAN.
THERE IS A CANDIDATE IN THE UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION FOR DISTRICT F WHO WILL ACT IN PERRY'S BEST INTEREST.
JACOB BENNETT RECOGNIZES THAT THE PEOPLE OF PERRY SHANNON HAVE BEEN MR. SHANNON, THERE IS NO CAMPAIGNING IN THIS CHAMBER.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME MR. PRESIDENT, I LOOKED AT THE RULES, UM, FOR, I PREPARED MY SPEECH TONIGHT.
I DID NOT SEE, UM, ANY RULE LIKE THAT.
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHICH RULE THAT IS MR. KEARNEY? THERE THERE'S NO CAMPAIGNING ON, ON ANY COUNTY PROP OWN PROPERTY, BUT BY ANY, WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO THE RULE ON THAT MR. LAC HE'LL ADDRESS, MR. SHANNON DO AN EMAIL, BUT YOU WILL NOT DO ANY CAMPAIGNING IN THIS CHAMBER.
RON STU CHESKY FOLLOWED BY HOLLY MCCOMAS.
RON STU CHESKY THREE 19 MARINA AVENUE, ABERDEEN, MARYLAND PRAIRIE, PENINSULA.
UM, I HAD A SPEECH PREPARED TONIGHT, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, IT'S I GUESS, WITHOUT KNOWING THIS RULING, I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND NEXT TIME WE, WHEN WE'RE HERE NEXT WEEK, IF WE COULD GET THE EXACT WORDING ON WHAT THIS, UM, RULING IS, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT JUST SO WE KNOW.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
MR. TI STU CHINKY, MR. KEARNEY WILL SEND THAT OUT IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
MA'AM GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, THE CITIZENS AND RESOURCE, I'M SORRY.
HOLLY MCCOMAS, 1826 PARK BEACH DRIVE PERRYMAN.
MA'AM THE CITIZENS AND RESOURCES OF THIS GREAT COUNTY ARE AT RISK WITH ANOTHER PROPOSED FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION C CENTER.
THE PURPOSE OF HYDROLOGY STUDY COMPLETED BY THE M D IN 1997.
AND THE SOURCE WATER ASSESSMENT DONE IN OCTOBER OF 2000 WAS TO PROTECT THE GROUNDWATER SUPPLY FROM CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION IN 1992 ANALYSIS OF THE WATER FROM TWO PERIMAN WELLS CONCENTRATE HAD A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF TCE THAT EXCEEDED FEDERAL STANDARDS.
AND IN 1994, THE WATER OF MANY OF THE WELLS EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM NITRATE LEVELS FOR DRINKING WATER.
TCE IS KNOWN AS A FOREVER CHEMICAL CAR OXYGEN, TOXIC TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LIVER IMMUNE SYSTEM AND REPRODUCTIVE PROCESS IN BOTH MALES AND FEMALES.
THE 1997 REPORT ALSO REFERENCES A REPORT BY CH TWO M HILL, WHICH OUTLINES A PLAN WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNTY AND THE OCTOBER, 2000 ASSESSMENT STATES, UH, QUOTE, NEW DEVELOPMENT MAY INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES TO THE WATER.
IT WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PAVED SURFACES IN THE AREA AND MAY REDUCE THE RECHARGE TO THE WELLS.
THIS IS WHY THREE P HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR AN UPDATE OF THESE STUDIES AND ASSESSMENT OF THE PERRYMAN WELLHEADS, BECAUSE NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO MAKE, MAKE THESE CHANGES IN MARCH 9TH, 2003, AN ARTICLE IN THE BALTIMORE SUN COUNTY COUNCIL, PRESIDENT ROBERT WAGNER STATED IT IS THE, THE STUDY IS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD AND WE HAVE DONE NOTHING WITH IT.
THE ARTICLE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT A PROPOSED UPDATE WELLHEAD PROTECTION PROGRAM WOULD SEEK TO ENSURE WATER QUALITY BY CONTROLLING DEVELOPMENT ALLOWED BY THE WELLHEAD AREA.
WE ARE NOW ALMOST 20 YEARS OUT AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO FURTHER JEOPARDIZE THE WATER STUDY OVER 12 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE PERIMAN AREA ALONE.
THAT'S NOT COUNTING ANY AREA OUTSIDE
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OF THE PERIMAN AREA.THIS RIDICULOUS NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE I'M SORRY.
UH, PARKING AREAS WHERE TRUCKS SIT LEAKING FUEL OIL, HYDRAULIC FLUIDS, WHILE SITTING OVER THE WELLHEADS.
AGAIN, EVERY SQUARE INCH JEOPARDIZES THE RECHARGE OF THE WELLHEADS AND PUTS SAFE DRINKING WATER AT RISK OF CONTAMINATION, SIMPLY OVERLAYING AN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ZONE TO SKIRT AROUND THE DM.
THE MDE REQUIREMENTS DOES NOT ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER FOR THE COUNTY.
YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO UPDATE THESE REPORTS AND STOP FURTHER DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THOSE STUDIES ARE COMPLETE FOR OUR HEALTH.
MA'AM OUR LAST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS BRITTANY RUSSELL.
SOMEBODY ELSE SIGN UP BESIDES HER.
IF SOMEBODY SIGN UP BESIDES WE DO HAVE TWO MORE GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, MY NAME IS BRITTANY RUSSELL.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 1828 PARK BEACH DRIVE, ABERDEEN AND MARYLAND PERRYMAN.
UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DISTRICT F DISTRICT F ENCOMPASSES ABINGDON CRESWELL, RIVERSIDE BELL, CAMP PERRYMAN, ABERDEEN, THE ABERDEEN PORTION OF APG, AS WELL AS AD GRACE.
IT IS MADE UP OF OVER 44,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN.
WE HAVE DOCTORS, LAWYERS, TEACHERS, ENGINEERS, PARENTS, MILITARY PERSONNEL, POLICE OFFICERS, RETAIL WORKERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, NURSES, AND TRUCK DRIVERS, AND STUDENTS.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF HARPER COUNTY AND WE DESERVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS THOSE OTHER MEMBERS OF HARTFORD COUNTY AND REPRESENTATION THAT IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THIS HAPPENS.
WE DESERVE SOMEONE FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL TO PROTECT US, TO PROVIDE US WITH SAFE ROADS, PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE, CLEAN AIR, TO BREATHE AND CLEAN WATER TO DRINK.
OUR CHILDREN DESERVE SAFE BUS STOPS AND PLAYGROUNDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DESERVE REPRESENTATION THAT WORKS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER, AND THAT TAKES ACCOUNTABILITY.
UH, MAYOR, BILL MARTIN AT ONE POINT FOR POST REDISTRICT REDISTRICTING.
SO THAT REPRESENTATIVES LIVED IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND I BELIEVE IF OUR REPRESENTATIVE LIVED IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND FACED THE OBSTACLES THAT WE FACED CHANGES WOULD HAPPEN.
BILL WAYLAND FOLLOWED BY PAUL LAC.
GOOD EVENING, MR. FETT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, BILL WAYLAND, FOUR 15 CEDAR SPRINGS ROAD BE MARYLAND 2105.
I DON'T ATTEND EVERY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I TRY TO WATCH, UH, MANY, UH, DURING THE WEEK AFTER THE FACT, UH, THE ONE THING I AM PLEASED THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO OPEN EVERY MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND AN OPENING PRAYER.
I HOPE THAT ALWAYS IS THE CASE TONIGHT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO SOME COMMENTS MADE IN THESE CHAMBERS BY CITIZENS REGARDING COVID 19.
THEY SAID THINGS SUCH AS THE VACCINE IS A POISON IT'S EXPERIMENTAL.
IT'S KILLING OUR MOST HEALTHY CITIZENS.
THERE'S HUGE INCREASE DEATH OF STUDENT ATHLETES, 20 TO 21.
THERE ARE MORE COVID CASES OF VACCINATED THAN UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.
I'LL NEVER WEAR A MASK OR CONSIDER BEING VACCINATED.
ALL OF THIS IS AGAINST MY FREEDOM AND RIGHTS.
FIRST OF ALL, I DISAGREE WITH ALL THOSE STATEMENTS, EXCEPT IT'S A PERSONAL CHOICE TO BE VACCINATED OR NOT BE VACCINATED.
AND I RESPECT ONE'S CHOICE, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH IT.
THIRD, I THANK GOD THAT A VACCINE WAS DISCOVERED AND PRODUCED FOR CONTAINING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
I WOULD HATE TO THINK WHERE WE WOULD BE IF THERE WAS NO VACCINE FOURTH, I THINK ALL THOSE WHO WERE VACCINATED AND CONTINUE TO BE VACCINATED.
I'VE HEARD SO MANY STATS AND NUMBERS, BUT THE ONES THAT ALWAYS STOOD OUT THE MOST TO ME AND I ROUNDED THESE OFF 1.2 MILLION CONFIRMED CASES IN STATE OF MARYLAND.
1.1 MILLION OF THESE CASES ARE 92% WHERE AGES ZERO TO 69, THE BALANCE OR 8% WERE AGES 70 AND UP.
HOWEVER, THERE'S 15,000 CONFIRMED DEATHS FROM COVID 10,000 OF THESE DEATHS WHERE PEOPLE AGE 70 AND UP THAT REPRESENTS 67%.
SO AS OLD FOLKS, WE DON'T GET COVID AS MUCH AS THE YOUNGER ONE, BUT WHEN WE DO ONE OUT OF THREE OF US DIE, LET ME CONCLUDE WITH THIS PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED CAN STILL GET COVID 19.
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FACT.THERE'S NO GUARANTEES WHEN YOU GET A SHOT, YOU'LL NEVER GET A COVID, BUT HERE'S THE IMPORTANT PART.
IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO GET COVID, THEY'RE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE SYMPTOMS THAN THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED.
I BELIEVE VACCINATIONS A CRITICAL TOOL FOR CONTAINING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
IT'S STILL WITH US AND IT'S GONNA BE A THREAT TO OUR WELLBEING.
COVID 19 VACCINES HAVE PROVEN TO BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AND A GREATLY REDUCED THE RISK OF SEVERE ILLNESS, HOSPITAL, AND DEATH.
DID SHE CALL ME? I DID MR. LAC BEFORE MR. BILL WHALEN.
PAUL LAC, UH, PERRYMAN, MARYLAND THREE, UH, ADDRESSES, UH, 30, 20 MARINA AVENUE.
UM, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT ENTERPRISE ZONES.
UH, AGAIN, UM, ENTER HARFORD COUNTY'S ENTERPRISE ZONES IN, UH, ABERDEEN HAVE GRACE AND EDGEWOOD JAPA AREA ARE DESIGNATED TO ENCOURAGED THE CREATION OF WELL PAYING JOBS, ENSURE RETENTION AND SPUR EXPANSION OF RESIDENT BUSINESSES PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPANCY, VACANT UNDERUTILIZED LAND AND BUILDINGS.
UH, THE, UH, MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENT OR PAY FOR THE MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENT IS 150% ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE.
MINIMUM WAGE IN MARYLAND IS 1250.
SO MY QUESTION TO ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL IS DO YOU THINK 1875 IS A GOOD PAYING JOB? A WELL PAYING JOB IS THAT'S THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR, UM, AN ENTERPRISE ZONE IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
MAYBE I CAN GET THAT ANSWERED NEXT WEEK.
UM, I KNOW WHAT ENTERPRISE ZONES HAVE BROUGHT TO PERRYMAN AND, AND ABERDEEN IS IT'S BROUGHT MORE TRAFFIC, UH, TRAILER, TRAFFIC, TRAILER, TRAFFIC, UM, IT'S, IT'S REDUCED, UH, RESPONSE TIMES EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES IT'S PUT OUR DRINKING WATER AT RISK AND IT HAS ALSO CAUSED MORE POLLUTION TO THE BUSH RIVER.
SO I, THE, THE PEOPLE OF PERRYMAN AND DISTRICT F DO NOT WANT EXPANDED ENTERPRISE ZONES.
WE WANT REDUCED, UH, ENTERPRISE ZONES.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHO YOU TALK TO IN, UH, THE PER IN THE DISTRICT F BUT I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO EXPAND THE OTHER THAN THE OWNERS OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONES.
THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS MR. PRICE, ARE YOU SURE? I AM POSITIVE THERE.
SIGNED UP THIS MEETING AS ADJOURNED.