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[a. Bill 23-006 (Amendment to Section 267-62 (F) Development Adjustment Natural Resource District) ]
EVENING CHAIR CALLS TO ORDER PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 23 6.AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2 67 62 F DEVELOPMENT ADJUSTMENT NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT, UH, COUNSEL.
THIS EVENING WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN GUTHRIE, AND THEN, UH, MAYBE WITH MS. UH, BOLES.
THIS IS A BID, A BILL TO PROTECT PEOPLE, UH, IN OUR COUNTY WHO BUY A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND EXPECT TO LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME DISTRICT.
UH, THEY PAY THREE, FOUR, $500,000, WHAT IT IS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND THEY EXPECT TO LIVE IN THAT KIND OF A DISTRICT.
UH, THEY DON'T EXPECT TO TURN AROUND AND SOMEBODY COME UP WITH A TERM THAT, UM, UH, ALL MY RESEARCH CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE WHERE IT'S, IT'S FACTUAL, BUT THEY, THEY, THEY COME UP WITH A TERM OF NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT, AND THAT WAY IF THEY DO THAT, THEY CAN APPLY THAT IN AN R ONE DISTRICT AND THEN GET A BUMP UP FROM ANYWHERE TO 30 TO 50% TO THE NEXT BUILDING CODE.
WELL, THERE'S BASICALLY RESIDENTIAL.
YOU CAN BUILDING SOME OTHER CODES, BUT BASICALLY IN RESIDENTIAL, THERE'S FOUR BUILDING CODES.
THERE'S R ONE, THERE ARE TWO R THREE ON R FOUR.
THERE'S PLENTY OF BUILDING CODES FOR SINGLE FOR, UH, UM, TOWN HOMES.
R TWO, R THREE AND R FOUR ARE ALL BUILDING CODES FOR SINGLE, FOR, UH, TOWN HOMES.
THERE'S ONLY ONE BUILDING CODE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THAT'S R ONE.
NOW, UH, THAT WAS SET IN SUPPOSEDLY IN GRANITE, BUT YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S IN GRANITE IN IN POLITICS.
UH, IT, IT WAS THAT, UH, UH, IN R ONE YOU COULD ONLY BRING, BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
BUT BACK IN, UH, TWO, 2014 OR 15, THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT PUT IN THAT, UH, TOOK AN R ONE DISTRICT AND CHANGED IT.
UM, THAT IF IN FACT, UM, IT WAS PART OF A, UH, A NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT, THEN, UH, IT COULD BE BUMPED UP TO 30 TO 50%, UH, INTO, UH, THE NEXT, UH, CRITERIA, WHICH IS THEN YOU CAN MIX A BUNCH OF TOWN HOMES IN WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND NOT TELL THE PEOPLE WHO JUST SPENT THREE OR FOUR, 500,000 FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT THERE'S A BUNCH OF TOWN HOMES COMING BUILT IN.
ME AND MY WIFE LIVED IN TWO OF 'EM IN OUR LIFETIME.
AND NOW WE LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND WE LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT.
NOW WHAT I WANNA SHOW YOU IS, IS, UM, UH, THE, WE PUT THE PHOTO UP, PHOTO UP ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY AND IN THEIR BOOK RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS NINE, UH, 2022, LAND PRESERVATION PARKS AND REC CLAN RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S A PICTURE UP THERE IF YOU SEE THAT'S UP, UP, UP THERE.
NOW, UH, THAT IS WHAT THE COUNTY DESCRIBES AS A NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT, AND I AGREE WITH IT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IF IN FACT, YOU WERE GONNA DEVELOP SOME PROPERTY IN THAT AREA, YOU CAN'T DEVELOP IN THE STREAM OR IN AROUND THE STREAM.
IT HAS TO BE FAR AWAY FROM THAT, UH, WHERE IT'S ALLOWED.
SO CONSEQUENTLY, SINCE YOU CAN'T BUILD THERE, THEN YOU'RE ALLOWED A BUMP UP TO MAKE UP FOR THE, UH, THE HOMES THAT YOU CAN'T BUILD THERE.
THAT'S A NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT.
OKAY, NOW, I WANT TO, UH, I WANNA READ IN THE, IN, IN THE, UH, BOOK CHAPTER THREE OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE BOOK, UM, FROM PARKS AND REC.
AND IT SAYS, GOAL, EXCUSE MY, I'M MY THROAT AIN'T QUITE CLEARED OF YOU.
GOALS FOR NATURAL RESOURCE, UH, CONSERVATION NATURAL RESOURCE LANDS PROVIDE MANY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.
THE CITIZENS IN HARFORD COUNTY STREAMS, WETLANDS, FLOOD PLANS, FOREST RARE HABITATS, STEEP SLOPES OR NATURAL AREAS THAT ARE WORTHY OF PRES PRESERVATION.
AND ALL THESE AREAS ARE HIGHLY IN HABITAT VALUE.
FOREST CAN BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE LAND COVER FOR CERTAIN AREAS.
LARGE FOREST AREAS THAT PROVIDE HUBS AND, AND CORRIDORS AND WILDLIFE OFTEN HAVE HIGH, HIGH WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE AND BIODIVERSITY VALUES.
THESE AREAS ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR TARGETING PROTECTION AND RESTORATION EFFORTS.
AND I LIKE THIS OTHER PARAGRAPH.
THERE ARE ALSO MANY SOCIAL BENEFITS TO PROTECTING AIR.
NATURAL RESOURCES LANDS BY CALLING SOMETHING THE NATURAL RESOURCE.
THEN YOU WANNA PROTECT THOSE LANDS ACCORDINGLY.
OKAY? AND IT SAYS, NATURAL RESOURCE AREAS PROVIDE CITIZENS, OUTDOOR RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS HIKING, KAYAKING, CAMPING, FISHING, AND BICYCLING ARE JUST
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A FEW EXAMPLES.MATURE FORESTS CAN PROVIDE SHADE AND, AND HEADWATER STREAMS AND REDUCE SETTLEMENT LOADS.
FOREST RIP RACK AND BUFFERS ARE, ARE, UH, IMPORTANT TO MAINTAINING AND IMPROVED WATER AND AIR QUALITY.
NOW, UM, NOW, UH, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT, UM, AND, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, CAN'T, UH, UH, NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT CAUSE IT'S ALREADY, UH, IN THE PROCESS.
BUT I WANNA SHOW YOU THIS, UH, UM, PUT THE NEXT PHOTO UP.
THIS IS WHAT THIS BUILDER THINKS A NATURAL RESOURCE IS.
THAT'S A NATURAL RESOURCE, OKAY? THAT'S A AREA WHERE YOU CAN HAVE HIKING, KAYAKING, CAMPING, FISHING, BICYCLING, UH, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
THAT AREA THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE R R ONE.
R ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THAT AREA, IT'S 300 SOME ACRES.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE MAXIMUM OF 300 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
BUT SINCE SOMEHOW THEY STUCK A NATURAL RESOURCE ON THIS, THOUGH, THERE ISN'T ONE INCH OF THAT LAND THAT I CAN, CAN, CAN.
AND I'VE WALKED IN AND LOOKED AT IT AND TAKEN PICTURES OF IT.
UM, THAT EVEN COME CLOSE TO WHAT THE DIAGRAM IS OR EX EXPLANATION HERE IN THIS, UH, BOOKLET FROM, FROM, FROM PARTS AND REC.
THE, UM, UH, IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT'S RIGHT OFF 1 52, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE SOUTHERN POLICE POLICE STATION IS AND THE, AND THE, UH, UM, UH, THE, UH, CHICKEN PLACE WITH SELL
IT, AND IF YOU NOTICE IT GOES UP, IT ACTUALLY GOES BEYOND THEM TREES AND DOWN OVER THE OTHER SIDE.
AND, UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SHOULD BE 300 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, IS CHANGED WITH THE BUMP UP.
THEY BUILD, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD 200 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND 188 TOWN HOMES.
AND NOW ALSO, UH, IN THE AREA, I DIDN'T HAVE A PICTURE OF IT, BUT THE ONE ENTRANCE.
AND RIGHT NOW I ONLY SEE ONE ENTRANCE.
WHAT HAPPENS IS ALSO, LET ME GO BACK ON, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS.
YOU GO FROM, UH, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE ABOUT, UH, 300 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND YOU MULTIPLY BY THE ANTICIPATION OF HOW MANY CARS PER HOUSEHOLD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ABOUT THREE, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, OVER 600 CARS.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU BUMP IT UP AND YOU PUT IN ALL THESE TOWNHOUSES, UH, THAT'S 600 GROWS TO ALMOST A THOUSAND.
SO RIGHT THERE ON 1 52, WHICH IS ALSO ALREADY A, A VERY HIGH, UM, UH, UH, AREA AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IS CONCERNED.
UH, SOMEHOW A THOUSAND CARS ARE GONNA BE IN THERE AND SOMEHOW THEY GOTTA COME OUT.
AND THE, THE ONLY EXIT OR ENTRANCE I SEE RIGHT NOW IS ON, UM, IS ON 1 52.
AND, AND IF YOU LOOK, UH, UM, THE YELLOW, UM, MARKER UP TO THE LEFT, THAT'S, UH, MOUNTAIN ROAD 1 52, ROUTE 40 RIGHT ABOVE THAT, AND THE ROAD COMES STRAIGHT DOWN THERE.
YOU NOTICE IT'S THAT HIGH CLUMP OF, OF HOUSES IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER THERE.
THAT'S CRAMMED 188 TOWN HOMES IN THAT AREA, 200 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ARREST WHEN THE AREA SHOULD ONLY, UM, UH, PROVIDE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO THAT THIS BILL, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY IT, UH, UH, IT, IT GOT GOING BEFORE I GOT BACK IN OFFICE.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
BUT, UM, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF THIS BILL, WHICH WON'T, IT WON'T COME UP AND GET VOTED ON TONIGHT, BUT THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF THIS BILL IS TO PROTECT A R ONE DISTRICT FOR THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY WHO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR BUY A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN AN NORWIN DISTRICT.
THE ENTRANCE ON THIS PROPERTY ON 1 52, THERE'S A BIG SIGN THERE, SAYS, COMING SOON, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
GUESS WHAT? THE SIGN DOESN'T EVEN MENTION.
DOESN'T EVEN MENTION THAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD TOWN HOMES IN THE AREA.
GO ON AND BUY THE HOMES, AND THEY TURN AROUND AND THERE'S 188 SINGLE, UH, UH, TOWN HOMES IN THE AREA.
AND WHERE IN THE HELL ALL THESE CARS ARE GONNA EXIT, YOU KNOW, IS, IS ANYBODY'S GUESS.
UM, BUT I MOST, I CAN SEE THERE MIGHT BE ONE OTHER ENTRANCE, UM, WITHOUT A HOLDING OTHER COMMENTS, HAVING A MS. BOYLE HAS, UH, UH, SOME, UH, SOME COMMENTS ALSO CUZ SHE HAS THE SAME THING HAPPENING IN HER DISTRICT.
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YOU MR. PRESIDENT.UM, THIS BILL HAS TWO AIMS. IT'S, IT'S TO REINSTATE THE 30% THRESHOLD THAT USED TO BE IN THE CODE.
IT'S CURRENTLY 25% AND WE'RE AIMING TO GO BACK TO THE 30% STANDARD AS WELL AS TO FORBID TOWN HOMES IN THE R ONE DISTRICT UTILIZING THE BUMP UP.
R ONE LOTS ARE INTENDED TO BE LARGER LOTS WITH A LARGER SCALE HOUSING PRODUCT, ABLE TO RELY UPON THEIR ZONING AND THE ZONING OF ADJACENT OR NEARBY PROPERTIES WHEN THEY BUY THEIR LAND.
DEVELOPERS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUBVERT THOSE EXPECTATIONS AND RELIANCE BY CHANGING THE LOT SIZES AND UTILIZING THE N R D BUMP UP TOWNHOMES ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ANY R ONE ZONED PROPERTY.
AND MITT WOULD PRESERVE MORE NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICTS AND HABITAT PROTECTION DISTRICTS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WILL BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL TO HARTFORD COUNTY AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, MR. GUTHRIE, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, NO.
I HAVE NOTHING MORE ADD AT THE MOMENT.
UM, JUST A FEW CONSIDERATIONS OR QUESTIONS.
UM, MR. GUTHRIE, UM, MS. SOTO, THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS NOT, UH, UH, MORATORIUM OR EMERGENCY, UH, MORATORIUM.
IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PER THE DESIGNATED R ONE ZONING CODE.
IN ADDITION, THIS LEGISLATION WILL NOT AFFECT THIS PROJECT HERE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE RECEIVED DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND THE SITE PLANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED ON THIS PROJECT HERE.
CUZ THIS BILL IS NOT A MORATORIUM BILL.
THIS BILL IS A, A BILL TO PREVENT ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE.
ALRIGHT, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MR. PENMAN AND ANYONE ELSE.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT GOOD EVENING, SIR.
I LIVE AT 1803 STAFF ROAD, UM, AND PROJECTS SO THAT HEART FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, UM, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS BILL.
THE ISSUE WITH THE NRD ADJUSTMENT IS THAT IT'S AN AUTOMATIC UP ZONE PROPERTY TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
UH, AND IT BYPASSES PROCESS SO THERE'S NO COUNSEL IN MOTION, THERE'S NO ANALYSIS, UH, WHETHER THIS UP ZONE MAKES KIND OF SENSE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO IT SHOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THIS BECAUSE IT'S BYPASSING IN FROM THE CITIZENS.
SO, I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO EVA MAR.
IT WAS OUR EXPECTATION WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA GET R ONE SIMILAR SIZE LOTS, AND LO AND BEHOLD, THE PLANS COME OUT AND THEY'VE GOT THIS BUMP UP TO R TWO LOT SIZE.
UM, AND WE FIND OUT THAT THE THRESHOLD WAS LOWERED FROM 35, 30% TO 25% TWO DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC TO MAKE THIS QUALIFIED.
SO, UM, THIS IS NOT INCONSEQUENTIAL.
SO IF WE DO THE MATH ON THE EVENOR PROJECT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE PROBABLY, IF, IF, IF ALLOWED TO GO FULLY THROUGH, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT 240 HALF AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE 160.
NOW YOU'RE PLANNING A ZONING DIRECTOR, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR SMART GROWTH AND THERE'S ALL THESE GOALS.
THE REALITY IS IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
UM, THOSE LASTED EVEN MARK FROM THE DEVELOPER TO THE HOME BUILDER, UM, FOR 180,000 EACH, 180,000 EACH TIMES 80, THAT'S $14 MILLION WORTH THE, WITH JUST THE 80 HOMES ADDITIONAL CUZ OF THE BUMP UP.
AND THEN THE HOME BUILDER, HE GETS TO BUILD 80 ADDITIONAL HOME MAKING ANOTHER HUNDRED.
NOW, THE ISSUE FOR US IS CITIZENS, THE DEVELOPER, THE HOME BUILDER, THEY'RE ALL GONNA RETIRE IN FLORIDA WITH THEIR 14 MILLION AND WE'RE GONNA BE THE ONES LEFT.
WE'RE GONNA BE THE ONES LEFT HOLDING THE BAG.
SO WE GOT 80 ADDITIONAL HOMES, RESULTS IN 800 TRIPS PER DAY FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, PUT OUT ONE OF THE INTERSECTION OF 5.3, WHICH IS ALREADY BAD.
WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE IN EVEN MORE, THEIR KIDS ARE SITTING THREE TO A SEAT ON THE BUS.
WE GOT TRAILERS AT THE SCHOOL AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUT MORE HOUSES IN BY WAY OF THIS ADJUSTMENT.
SO IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
IT SHOULD BE HARD TO GET AND IT CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T BESTOW MORE BENEFIT TO THE DEVELOPERS THAN WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE.
UM, THERE'S A SECONDARY ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS PROPERTY.
THIS IS A RARE BILL ACTUALLY THAT FAVORS US AND NOT DEVELOPERS.
I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN 10 YEARS.
THE SINGLE BILL COME THROUGH FROM THIS COUNCIL THAT BENEFITS US, NOT THE DEVELOPER.
MR. PRESIDENT, THIS WILL WITH NO MORE.
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IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE SIGNED UP.OH, I HAD HER FOR THE AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION FOR MS. FLASH.
UM, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS OF THE BOX 2 94, ADDING, AS YOU KNOW, FRIENDS OF HARTFORD IS AN ORGANIZATION, UM, TO ENSURE THAT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR HARTFORD AND PROTECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT.
AND I THANK YOU TO THE FOUR MEMBERS INTRODUCING THIS LEGISLATION.
PROTECT THE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENT AND UNDERSTANDING THE THERE IS ENOUGH TO ADJUST THE ZONING CODE AND PROVE THE GUIDELINES.
WE BELIEVE BY PROHIBITING THE, AND THE 30% HELPS PROTECT QUALITY FROM QUALITY ISSUE FRIENDS OF HARTFORD TO PROACTIVE WITH MEASURES.
ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS, MR. PRESIDENT.
THIS WILL CONCLUDE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL TAKE THIS UP AT A LATER DATE.
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AND COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS NEXT PUBLIC HEARING FOR RESOLUTIONS ZERO FOUR DASH 23 THROUGH 15 DASH 23.AND I WOULD ASK THAT WE ALLOW, UH, MR. AMOS TO MAKE HIS PRESENTATION ON ALL THE PROPERTIES, AND WE'LL HOLD OUR QUESTIONS TO THE END.
IT'S A REALLY PLEASURE, PLEASURE TO BE OVER HERE.
I MOST OF THE TIME, I, WE GET TO COME ONCE A YEAR, BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE NEXT ROUND OF FARMS TO ENTER OUR PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE, UH, OUR, UH, TREASURER, UH, MR. SANDIS WITH US AT THE TABLE IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, REVENUE COMING IN, ITEMS LIKE THAT AND, UH, PROJECTIONS.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO, UH, AS MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, JEN WILSON IS A PLANNER THREE, JUST LIKE I AM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING.
WE WORK TOGETHER ON THE LAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM, THE TWO OF US.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REC, UM, ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND AND THANK THE, UH, BOY SCOUTS FOR SHOWING UP, UH, BEHIND US AND ALSO SOME OTHER AGRICULTURAL, UH, LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR, UH, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IN THE NEXT 12 FARMS COMING INTO THE PROGRAM.
UH, BEFORE I START, I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION, UH, MANY TIMES PEOPLE HEAR THIS, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 30 YEARS NOW, AND SAY, BILL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST BE REAL SPECIFIC.
SO I'M GONNA START OFF BY BEING REALLY SPECIFIC TO THE GENERAL LAYMAN IN THE AUDIENCE AND ALSO AT HOME.
WE'RE TAKING A AGRICULTURAL COUNTY, HARRE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL TRANSFER TAX OF A HALF A PERCENT.
THAT CERTAINLY HAS INCREASED OVER TIME, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
AND WE WORK WITH LANDOWNERS TO GET APPLICATIONS FROM THEM AND PURCHASED THEIR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND PERPETUITY.
WE STRIP AWAY THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO REG RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVIDE THEIR FARMS, OR FOR ANY OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY, AND ALSO ONLY ALLOW AGRICULTURAL USES, UH, NO COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, UH, OR INSTITUTIONAL USES FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.
MOST OF THE TIME, OUR SETTLEMENTS, ONCE YOU, ONCE THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVES THEM, TAKES ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.
WE REQUIRE THE LANDOWNER TO COME UP WITH A UPDATED SURVEY, UH, AND THAT EXACTLY WE KNOW IT'S IN RECORDED IN THE COURTHOUSE, ALONG WITH A DEED OF EASEMENT, UH, IN PERPETUITY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE, THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO.
WE, WE WILL CERTAINLY TOUCH BASE WITH THE LAND OVER TIME, TOUCH BASE, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PROPERTY, UPDATE IT AND STUFF, BUT WE NEVER HAVE TO DO THIS DEAL AGAIN.
THOSE PROPERTIES ARE SOLD, WHETHER IT'S A YEAR LATER OR 20 OR 30 YEARS LATER.
UH, BUT THAT RESTRICTION ALWAYS GOES, UH, WITH THE PROPERTY AND STAYS IN PERPETUITY.
SO WE'LL GET STARTED ON OUR, UH, POWERPOINT.
SO WE WANTED TO START OFF WITH, UM, KIND OF A HISTORY OF OUR PROGRAM.
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TO GET THIS MIC BACK IT UP.I'LL TRY TO GET, UM, WE WANTED TO BRING KIND OF A TWO-STEP APPROACH OF HOW WE, HOW THIS PROGRAM WAS, HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME.
AND WE LOOK BACK AT OUR MASTER PLAN IN HARTFORD COUNTY, UM, ALL THE WAY BACK, YOU KNOW, LONG-TERM PLANNING, FUTURE GROWTH AREAS, PUBLIC SERVICE, WATER AND SEWERS AREAS.
AND IT'S UPDATED EVERY SEVEN YEARS.
WE SAW 1969 WAS OUR FIRST COUNTY PLAN IN 1977 WHEN WE SAW THE DE THE FIRST DESIGNATION OF DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE WAS IT, WHICH HAS ONLY CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
AND IN 1988, ALL THE SUCCESS OF PEOPLE WANTING TO MOVE TO OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTY.
WE STARTED HEARING AND DISCUSSIONS OF HOW HARFORD COUNTY INDIVIDUALLY COULD HELP CREATE OUR LAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
UH, WE DID FASHION IT AFTER A STATE MOUTH PROGRAM, UM, AND OTHER EFFORTS OF OUR OWN SENATOR JAMES HAD CREATED IT DOWN IN ANNAPOLIS.
AND IN 1993, WE FOLLOWED BY THE ROLE PLAN ACTUALLY OUTLYING THE PDR PROGRAM, A POSSIBLE TDR PROGRAM AND A MANDATORY CLUSTERING.
SAD TO SAY THOSE, THE FULL-BLOWN TDR PROGRAM AND CLUSTERING PROVISION WAS NEVER ADOPTED, BUT OUR PDR WAS, AND IT CONTINUES TODAY, IT'S A 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
UH, WE'VE PRESERVED OVER 36,000 ACRES IN THAT ONE PROGRAM.
AND SO THAT'S AN AVERAGE, YOU COULD SAY, OF THOU OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS I THOUSAND ACRES A YEAR.
AND WE CONTINUE THAT TODAY IN BRINGING, BRINGING THOSE FARMS TO YOU TO TONIGHT IN 2016, UM, IT WAS OUR LAST HARTFORD NEXT, AND IT SET A GOAL OF 75,000 ACRES BY 2040, WHICH WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH.
AND TODAY WE'RE OVER RIGHT AT 62,000 ACRES CURRENTLY PRESERVED WITH ALL OUR PROGRAMS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.
WE ALSO HAVE A HIGHLIGHT, WE PUT IN HERE A TIME LAPSE TO REALLY SHOW YOU THE PROGRESSION OF OUR CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAMS OVER TIME.
AND IT DOES INCLUDE THE COUNTY PROGRAM IN PURPLE.
THE ORANGE COLOR IS OUR MOUTH PROGRAM, AND THE LIGHT BLUE IS OUR RURAL LEGACY PROGRAM.
AT THE SAME TIME, OR ACTUALLY I SHOULD BACK UP AND SAY IT BEFORE, OUR OWN SENATOR JAMES WAS DOING WORK IN THE, IN THE SIXTIES ON HOW CAN WE COME TO LANDOWNERS AND CREATE A PROGRAM, UH, AT FIRST BEING DONATED TO SET A STAGE AND BE ABLE TO RECORD A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THAT LAND AND IT ALWAYS BE PRESERVED.
ONE OF HIS FARMS WAS PRESERVED.
HE WAS HIS FIRST ONE IN NOVEMBER OF 77, FOLLOWED BY MRS. MRS. MICHAEL'S PROPERTY IN 1979.
AS WE ALL KNOW, IN WHEEL ROAD AND FOUNTAIN GREEN, THAT 300 ACRE FARM WAS DONATED EASEMENT THROUGH A MERRI THROUGH THE MARYLAND ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST.
FINALLY, SENATOR JAMES WAS ABLE TO KEEP, CREATE FUNDING, UH, THROUGH PROGRAM OPEN SPACE AND CREATE THE MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION FOR FOUNDATION, WHICH WE CALL MOUTH FOR SHORT.
WE HAVE SOME ACRONYMS IN OUR TERMINOLOGY, OUR, OUR BUSINESS.
UH, AND, UM, WE ALWAYS, UH, SEND DOWN EIGHT TO 10 FARMS EVERY YEAR BY JULY 1ST OF EACH DEADLINE, AND TRY TO COMPETE WITH ALL THAT STATE MONEY.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRIMARY PURPOSES FIRST.
AND THEN WE GO AFTER THE COUNTY MONEY IN 1992.
IN THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS, UM, THE MONEY WAS, UH, HELD OFF, UH, THEN BY THEN WILLIAM DONALD SCHAFFER TO BALANCE THE STATE BUDGET.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE EASEMENT PROGRAMS, AND SO FOR THEREFORE, WE CREATED OUR OWN COUNTY PROGRAM AND THE FUNDING MECHANISM, UH, THE HALF A PERCENT REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX, OF COURSE, THE 1% HALF OF IT GOING TO THE PROGRAM AND HALF GOING INTO THE, UH, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE SCHOOLS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.
AND IN 2000 THEN GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR GLEN DENNING CREATED THE RURAL LEGACY PROGRAM, AND THAT CONTINUES TODAY AS WELL.
WE'RE ONE OF THE TOP FUNDED GRANT, UH, RECIPIENTS EACH YEAR, AND THAT IS DESIGNATED IN THE, IN THE DEER CREEK RURAL LEGACY AREA.
THE MANOR CONSERVANCY ALSO HAS A, UH, RURAL LEGACY AREA IN THEIR SECTION OF THE COUNTY, WHICH ALSO GOES INTO BALTIMORE COUNTY.
SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS. OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO OUTREACH AND GET AS MUCH FUNDING AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL OUR PROGRAMS AS WE DID A, UH, MARYLAND FOREST LEGACY FEDERAL MONEY THROUGH THE STATE, DOWN TO THE BOY SCOUT CAMP.
AND WE PRESERVED OVER 600 ACRES AT THE BOY SCOUT CAMP, ALONG WITH OUR MATCH FROM THE COUNTY PROGRAM.
AND AT TONIGHT, WE'RE HOPING TO FINISH THAT MATCH FOR THE REST OF THE 1600 ACRE PROPERTY.
WE ALSO GRABBED SOME U S D A FARM AND RANCH PROTECTION MONEY OVER THE YEARS, UH, LOCAL LAND TRUST HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
HARTFORD LAND TRUST WORKS WITH THE ARMY FOR, UH, FORCES BA BUFFER PROGRAM.
AND AS I SAID IN THE MATTER, CONSERVANCY WORKS WITH OUR, WITH THE, UM, RURAL LEGACY
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PROGRAM.OUR NEXT SLIDE, AND, UH, WE SHARE THIS WITH YOU AND, AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE MEETING WITH ME AND JEN IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT, UM, SHARES WITH YOU THE PROGRESS OVER THE YEARS OF OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND YOU SEE IN 1992, WE STARTED WITH OUR COUNTY PROGRAM.
PRIOR TO THAT, ALL THOSE EASEMENTS OVER, UM, 7,570 ACRES WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH EITHER MOUTH OR THE M E T PROGRAM.
AND OVER TIME, AS YOU CAN SEE, CONCLUDING, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, UH, WE'RE UP TO 61,791, BUT WE HAVE JUST, UH, RECENTLY CONDUCTED, UH, TWO OR THREE SETTLEMENTS, UM, THROUGH THE MOUTH PROGRAM AND GETTING VERY CLOSE.
WE JUST DID ONE THROUGH ROLL LEGACY.
SO THAT ACREAGE IS RIGHT UP THERE WITH 62,000 ACRES.
SO AGAIN, WHAT'S THE LAND PRESERVATION BENEFITS? HOW DOES IT HELP THE CITIZENS? HOW DOES IT HELP THE LANDOWNERS? AND HOW DOES IT HELP THE FARMING ECONOMY? IT PROVIDES OPTIONS TO LANDOWNERS TO RECEIVE EQUITY FROM THEIR LAND INSTEAD OF SELLING TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS.
THAT WAS A GREAT LEAD IN OF WHAT WE JUST SAW BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S DOING BEFORE IT GETS ZONED.
WE'RE TRYING TO GRAB IT AND, AND ERASE THOSE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT'S ON IT NOW.
BUT REMEMBER, ONCE OUR EASEMENTS ARE RECORDED, THEY NEVER CAN REZONE WHETHER IT'S 50 OR A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW.
IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT, WE RECORD A DEED IN THE COURTHOUSE ASSIGNED TO THAT PROPERTY AND PERPETUITY EXPLAINING TO EVERYONE IN ALL THE FUTURE BUYERS THAT, THAT THE PROPERTY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.
SORRY, MR. SEK, WHY DON'T YOU FIND A SEAT? OKAY.
IT'S A MASTER PLAN TOOL TO LIMIT SUBURBAN SPRAWL AND PERPETUITY.
IT'S A COST EFFECTIVE TOOL TO LIMIT GROWING NEED FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND BE MORE SUSTAINABLE.
IT PROTECTS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
IT PROTECTS VAST AMOUNTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY VIABILITY AND PERPETUITY.
AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE SEEN THAT, UH, THE ADVANCES OF, UH, FARMS THAT HAVE THAT, THAT ARE PRESERVED AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PUT BACK INTO THEM.
UH, THE, ALL THE NEXT GENERATIONS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD WITH NEW AND UPDATING FARMING OPERATIONS, BOTH AT THE LARGE SCALE AGRICULTURE AND THE VALUE, ADDING THE SMALLER SCALE AGRICULTURE IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT.
AND MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS, UH, IT PROTECTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE OPEN SPACES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOR ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS AND PERPETUITY.
WE ALWAYS, UH, PUT THIS, UM, INVENTORY SHEET UP AND THIS IS OUR BEST, UH, ESTIMATE, UH, ON PLANNING.
UH, IN THE TERMS OF LAND PRESERVATION, UH, WE WERE ROUGHLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, 281,000 ACRES WE DEDUCT FOR APG.
WE DEDUCT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE, AND IT'S ALREADY EXCLUDED.
TWO BIG FARMS, WELL, A COUPLE OTHER FARMS AS WELL THAT HARFORD LAND TRUST AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PRESERVED AS WELL AT THE DUCKS.
OVER 75,000 ACRES, NON AG ZONED OR DEVELOPED, DEVELOPED ALREADY LAND IN THE AG ZONING, UM, AREAS DEDUCTING 11,000 ACRES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OWNED LAND N 61,847.
AL MISS 62 NOW FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS LEADS YOU WITH A NUMBER OF 16,000 ACRES, EXCUSE ME, MINUS AN ADDITIONAL 16,000 ACRES WITH DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, BUT NOT MEANING HOW MANY CRITERIA.
THAT LEAVES US ROUGHLY WITH ABOUT 23,000 ACRES TO TARGET FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE, UH, HAVE, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT 28 FARMS, UH, UH, APPLICATIONS TODAY, WE ACTUALLY GOT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE, SIX MORE, UH, RECENTLY FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THOSE LANDOWNERS.
OKAY, SO THE PROGRAM APPLICANTS AS OF DECEMBER 1ST, WHEN WE STOP, UH, TAKING IN NEW APPLICATIONS AND MOVE FORWARD OUR 28 FARMS OF THOSE 28 FARMS, WE, UH, TALKED WITH TREASURY TO SEE HOW MUCH WAS ALLOW ALLOCATED AND USED LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO DOWN TO 13 FARMS. HOWEVER, NUMBER EIGHT PASSED, WHICH HE CERTAINLY HAD THE, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO PASS, AND THAT LANDOWNER CERTAINLY WANTS TO COME INTO THE NEXT ROUND.
UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HUGE DECISION.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN'T, UH, ONCE YOU GO INTO, YOU CAN'T GET BACK OUT OF.
UM, SIR, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE TOP 12 TONIGHT AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO FOR EVERYBODY, UH, HOPE THIS, UH, HELPS THROUGH THE PROCESS, UNDERSTANDING THE PROGRAM, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ALVIN, WHICH IS OUR COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT IS, UM, BUILT IN-HOUSE.
BRUCE JOHNSON WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP THAT.
HE ACTUALLY GOT A NATIONAL AWARD FOR THAT.
IT'S AUTOMATED PROCESS OF TAKING ALL THE FACTORS IN,
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INCLUDING GIS, UH, ANALYSIS, MAPPING DATA FOR PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS, AND PRODUCES OUR RANKING AND OUR EVALUATION WORKSHEETS.UH, IT CERTAINLY IS FASTER AND MORE ACCURATE, AND IT'S CERTAINLY HELP, HELPS ON OUR, UH, ANNUAL AUDITING PROCESS.
UM, FOR THE PROGRAM, IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN A BIG HELP, UM, TO HAVE ALL THOSE, UM, IN PLACE.
UH, TWO THINGS WE WANTED TO GO OVER.
FIRST IS A RANKING SHEET, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE NEVER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PICK EVERYBODY UP THAT WANTS TO APPLY THE PROGRAM.
THERE CERTAINLY IS CRITERIA, UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FIRST ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S SOUL'S SIZE CRITERIA.
BUT IN THE RANKING SHEET AS WE RANK THESE, UH, THIS RANKING IS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL, UH, HAS BEEN TWEAKED OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS.
UM, SMALL AREAS, BUT IMPORTANT AREAS.
SO TODAY, THIS IS OUR CURRENT, UH, RANKING APPROVED RANKING SHEET.
UH, THE LAST CHANGE WAS IN 2020.
UM, A THIRD OF THE POINTS ARE A HUNDRED OF THE HUNDRED OF THE 300 POINTS IS A SOIL PRODUCTIVITY SCORE, UH, AGAIN, CALCULATED BY ALVIN WITH THE LATEST LISA PROGRAM OR THE SOLE PRODUCTIVITY SCORE OF THAT FARM.
IT GOES INTO OTHER THINGS LIKE FARMLAND CAPABILITY, UH, THE, UH, PERCENTAGE OF CROPLAND AND PASTURE, UH, IN THE, IT GIVES A REWARD FOR THE LESS.
HYDRICK SOS CURRENTLY, UH, UNDER THREE LAND USE CAPABILITIES, LOOKS AT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS CUZ THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR.
UH, PROXIMITY, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE CHANGES BACK IN 2020 TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE.
TO GET INTO THE PROGRAM SIZE, SIZE DOES MATTER.
UH, PRESERVING A FARM, A 200 ACRE FARM WILL TAKE JUST AS MUCH TIME, UM, AS A PRESERVING A 20 ACRE FARM.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE DO TRY TO CHERRY PICK AND GO AFTER THOSE BIG, BEAUTIFUL, PRODUCTIVE FARMS, UH, IN OUR RANKING SYSTEM.
THINGS LIKE PRODUCTIVE, UH, PROTECTION IS A FARM NEXT DOOR ALREADY PRESERVED, MAKES A BIG IMPACT.
UH, WHETHER THE SOIL CONSERVATION PLANS APPLIED OR NOT, DO THEY HAVE ONE? GIVES US ASSIGN POINTS, OWNERSHIP CONTRIBUTION TO AGRICULTURE AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
THOSE LAST TWO POINTS ARE ASSIGNED BY THE AG PRESERVATION BOARD THAT REVIEWS ALL THE ITEMS AND RANKING THAT WE DO.
THEY, THEY'RE THE FINAL SALE ON THE RANKING IN THE, IN THE PRICING.
UM, AND GONNA GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF YOU'RE A YOUNG FARMER, YOU'D PROBABLY GET A AND YOU CAN PROVE THAT AND YOU GET THE 10 POINTS.
AND I KNOW SOMEBODY'S GONNA ASK ME WHAT'S AN AGE OF A YOUNG FARMER? UM, AND OTHER THINGS THAT PRESSURE, THINGS THAT, THAT ARE COMING ON MIGHT BE ASSIGNED IN THOSE, IN THAT SECTION RANKING DETAIL.
SO THIS IS A SUMMATION OF OUR, UH, UH, 13 FARMS OR 12 FARMS MOVING ON, EXCUSE ME, UH, DETAIL.
WE SHARED THAT WITH YOU IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS AS WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER THESE FARMS AND THE AREAS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT, YOU CAN SEE FILLED IN.
AND, UM, WE MAKE OFFERS, UH, STARTING WITH THE HIGHEST RANKING AND MOVE ON DOWN UNTIL WE RUN OUTTA MONEY.
UH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO DOWN TO 13, UH, 12 FARMS THIS, THIS TIME.
UM, OKAY, SO THAT'S THE RANKING.
UH, THE NEXT PART IS THE VALUATION SHEET.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PAY, UH, WHERE'S THAT VALUE COME AT? WE USE A POINT SYSTEM.
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO COME UP WITH A POINT SYSTEM.
AND THERE'S MANY THAT HAVE ADOPTED OUR SYSTEM HAVE, OF COURSE HAVE TWEAKED IT TO THEIR OWN AREAS.
IT IS, IT IS A POINT SYSTEM DRIVEN ON DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, SOIL QUALITY AND OTHER, UH, CONSIDERATIONS OF ONE OF THOSE AREAS.
IF YOU HAVE A FULLY IMPLEMENTED SOIL CONSERVATION PLAN OR NOT, THOSE POINTS ARE DERIVED AND, UH, MULTIPLIED BY A BASE MULTIPLICATION FACTOR.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GROUP OF 20 OR 30 FARMS AND LOOKING ALSO EACH YEAR AT, IN TALKING WITH APPRAISERS AND GETTING THAT NUMBER OF THE MEDIUM AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL, UH, THAT'S, UH, PRODUCING.
WE TRY TO HIT AROUND A 50, 50, 40 TO 50% OF FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY, MINUS ANY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND WE GET PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER.
UM, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THE MOUTH PROGRAM IS AROUND 60, 70% OF FAIR MARKET VALUE, MINUS ANY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE'RE ALL ALWAYS THE DISCOUNTED ONE MOUTH.
TYPICALLY, YOU ALWAYS TRY TO HAVE THOSE FIGURE, THE, THOSE LANDOWNERS GET THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF MONEY, THEN US AND THEN SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THAT IS ROLE LEGACY.
UM, SO THESE, THIS, ONCE THIS POINT SYSTEM IS, UH, DERIVED AND THAT FORMULA VALUE IS, UM, CALCULATED.
THERE'S TWO OTHER CAPS THAT PLAY IN THAT COME INTO PLAY, AND IT'S A LESSER OF THE THREE.
THAT'S A FIGURE THAT NO MATTER WHAT, WE WON'T PAY ANY MORE THAN THAT SET PRICE.
CURRENTLY, $6,500 AN ACRE THAT'S BEEN IN, THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE FOR THE PAST THREE
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YEARS.WE'RE WATCHING THE NUMBER OF, NUMBER, NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AND ALSO THE MARKET VALUE.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD CAP IS THE PER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT VALUE CAP.
AND THAT'S ESTABLISHED FOR PARTICULARLY IN FARMS THAT MIGHT HAVE ALREADY TRANSFERRED SOME OF THEIR RIGHTS, NOT AN AVERAGE DENSITY.
AND THAT'S A REALLY, UH, A FAIRER WAY TO CAP THAT.
IT'S NOT RIGHT TO, IT'S NOT FAIR TO PAY THEM, UH, THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS SOMEBODY HAS ALL THEIR RIGHTS OR AN AVERAGE AMOUNT OF RIGHTS.
SO WE LIMIT THAT AND YOU'LL SEE THAT PL COME INTO PLAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL FARMS. AND SOME IN A SUMMATION.
UH, BEFORE WE GO TO THE CHART, UH, WE WANTED TO SHARE THE LIMITATIONS AGAIN, OFFERED BASED ON THE LESSER OF THE THREE CALCULATIONS, EITHER THE FORMULA VALUE, THE CAP PER ACRE, MAX VALUE, WHICH IS, UH, CONTINUING TO BE 6,500 AN ACRE OR THE PER DEVELOPMENT RATE CAP OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DEVELOPMENT RATE PER PARCEL.
AND THAT'S TAKING EFFECT SENATE BILL 2 36.
AND THEN THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OF VERY SIMILAR TO THE RANKING.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE VALUE.
UH, AND AS YOU FOLLOW OVER, UH, WE'LL SEE ONE COLOR FOR THE FORMULA VALUE, ONE FOR THE PER ACRE CAP AND ONE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT RATE CAP.
AND IT'S WHICHEVER IS THE LESS OF THE THREE WE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.
YOU CAN CARRY THAT NUMBER OVER AND SEE IF THERE'S A BONUS AREA, INCENTIVE AREA THAT WAS ADOPTED BACK, UH, BY FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO.
UH, THOSE DESIGNATED AREAS, UM, WE PAY AN EXTRA A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ACRE.
AND I THINK WE'VE ALREADY MADE SOME DISCUSSIONS ON HOW WE MIGHT IMPROVE THAT TO BE FAIRER, UH, IN THE NEXT LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, COMING, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS OF MAKING SOME TWEAKS TO THE CURRENT LEGISLATION.
AS YOU CARRY THAT OVER, YOU'LL SEE THE FINAL EASEMENT OFFER AND, UH, THAT WORKS AT, UH, UH, EASEMENT OFFER PER ACRE.
OKAY? UM, AND AGAIN, THE PAYMENT STANDARDS CURRENTLY, UH, ALL CASH AT SETTLEMENT OR A 10 OR 20 YEAR IPA, UH, WE'VE ABLE TO GO 25% CASH AT SETTLEMENT OR DOWN TO 1% IF YOU, IF YOU WANT, DEPENDING ON YOUR CAPITAL GAINS CONCERNS.
UM, AND AGAIN, THERE'S A THOUSAND CASH, UH, PER ACRE FOR THE BONUS AREA.
I THINK, UM, IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT'S NEXT ROUND OR THE FOLLOWING ROUND, WE'LL CERTAINLY THINK ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE STANDARD IPA.
UH, AS INTEREST RATES RISE, ONE OF THE REASONS WE WENT TO CASH WAS IT WAS HARD TO LOCK SOMEBODY IN FOR 10 OR 20 YEARS AT LESS THAN 1% INTEREST RATE.
UM, ALSO GIVES US A LOT MORE BUYING POWER.
THE HIGHER THEIR INTEREST RATE, THE MORE BUYING POWER WE CAN GET, SPREAD THAT MONEY OUT.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, AND, AND ROBBIE MIGHT ADD ON TO THIS, IS THAT, THAT THE, UM, THE REVENUES, YOU KNOW, SLOWING DOWN COMPARED TO WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN USED TO THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO THE COUNTY EASEMENT OFFERS.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA COVER, UH, EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL 12 PROPERTIES COMING INTO THE PROGRAM.
SO THIS MAP IS JUST SHOWING, HIGHLIGHTING THE SPREADING OF WHERE THESE PROPERTIES ARE COMING INTO THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE THAT SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO, WE ARE GOING OFF THE RANKING, NOT THE BILL NUMBERS.
UM, AND, UH, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY, THAT'S WHAT WE TYPICALLY ARE USED TO.
UM, SO RESOLUTION 0 0 8 DASH 23 IS, UH, MRS. BEVERLY'S PLACED 187.55 ACRES.
AS YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, AT THE PRIOR TO SETTLEMENT, THE SURVEY'S TURNED IN.
WE PAY WHERE THE SURVEYED ACREAGE, UH, NOT WHAT S STAT SAYS.
AND THEY'RE ALWAYS TYPICALLY DIFFERENT.
UH, IT'S A LOT TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY.
SOME OF THESE FARMS WERE SURVEYED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
UH, THAT HAS, UH, A BIG PLAY INTO THE FACT WE'RE ALSO ADDING, UH, IN EACH OF THESE FARMS, WHICH, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT ARE IN, WHICH WAS A GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS OF OUR, UH, MEETINGS WITH, WITH ALL OF YOU.
UM, AND MR. PERLE'S PLACE IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT E SIX 15 SHUCKS ROAD, BEL AIR, UH, 12 DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TWO PARCELS.
THE MAP'S REALLY POINTING OUT HOW CLOSE THAT DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE IS.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS CLOSE TO THE PARK, NEXT TO A MOUTH EASEMENT IN ORANGE AND CLOSE TO SEVERAL, UM, COUNTY EASEMENTS, AS WELL AS MRS. MICHAEL'S PROPERTY, UH, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FIRST M E T DONATED EASEMENTS.
UH, SO THE TOTAL RANKING SCORE IS 246.94.
IT HAD A REALLY HIGH SOIL PRODUCTIVITY SCORE, UH, 167
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ACRES OF CROPS IN PASTURE LAND, NINE ACRES OF ESTABLISHED FOREST, AND OVER 4,600 LINEAR FEET OF STREAMS TO BE PROTECTED.AND FINALLY, UM, BESIDES THESE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES THAT ARE UP HERE, UH, IS THE HOW WE'RE PAYING, AND, UH, THIS IS THE LESSER OF THE THREE IS BASED ON THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT RIGHT CAP VALUE.
IT WORKS OUT TO ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER, UH, $1,050,000.
UM, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT WILL BE A BONUS.
SHE'S IN THE BONUS AREA, SO IT'LL BE A BONUS PAYMENT OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS AN ACRE.
UH, ONE THING I FORGOT TO POINT OUT AND, UH, NO, YOU GUYS KNOW, IS THAT THE, UM, ACREAGE IN YOUR LEGISLATION, WE BUMP IT UP BY 10%.
UH, THAT WAY IT PROTECTS US IN CASE THEY GET MORE ACREAGE THAN THE STE UH, STE, UH, RECORDS SHOW.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE PAYING WHATEVER SURVEYED ACREAGE.
UH, WE'LL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THIS STE ACREAGE WE FEEL.
UH, BUT WE JUST WANNA ALWAYS PUT THAT CUSHION IN.
I HAD TO COME OVER HERE TWO OR THREE TIMES YEARS AGO AND EXPLAIN THAT.
SO WE SAID FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, ADDING 10%.
AND, AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE THIS PROPERTY COME IN, LIKE ALL OF THEM ARE.
UH, AND I MUST SAY, UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MRS. BEVERLY FOR OVER 30 YEARS TO TALK HER INTO IT.
SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE HER COME INTO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE THANK HER.
OKAY, OUR SECOND FARM, UH, RESOLUTION 5 23.
THIS IS ANOTHER, ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS STORY.
THIS, THIS FARM WAS THE CAST FARM.
IT WAS FOR SALE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
UH, MANY DEVELOPERS WERE LOOKING AT IT.
AND OUR, OUR OWN, UH, BRAD MILTON, UH, BRAD'S PRODUCE, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, UH, 500 ASBURY ROAD IN CHURCHVILLE, WAS ABLE TO BUY IT, UM, IN THIS PAST NOVEMBER.
UH, SO HE'S COMING IN AND PLACING IN THE PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP HIM PAY DOWN HIS MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, IT'S GOT 18 DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? AGAIN, 188 PLUS ACRES.
YOU CAN SEE IT LOCATED NOT TOO FAR FROM THE BEVERLY FARM.
UH, SOME HIS, HIS PARCEL THAT WAS CARVED OFF THAT FARM ORIGINALLY WHERE THE, THE FARM STAND IS.
WE USED THE MOUTH PROGRAM YEARS AGO, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OTHER FARMS AROUND HIM.
THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, WHETHER THE COUNTY OR THE STATE PROGRAM WE'VE USED TO PRESERVE THOSE FARMS. SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THIS PROPERTY COME IN.
TOTAL RANKING SCORE, AGAIN, PRETTY HIGH, 237.62, ANOTHER HIGH SOIL SCORE, 145 ACRES OF CROP AND PASTURE LAND.
AND ON THIS FARM, IT'S ALL CROPS.
UH, 38 ACRES OF FOREST AND OVER 3,100 LINEAR FEET OF STREAMS. AND FINALLY, UH, HE AGAIN, HIT THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT CAP VALUE, UH, LITTLE DIFFERENT CALCULATIONS AS YOU SEE THE RESULT, IT WORKS OVER, UH, ALMOST 1.2 MILLION.
UM, AND AGAIN, HE'S IN THE BONUS AREA, SO HE'LL GET ANOTHER THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ACRE SURVEYED ACREAGE.
SO ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS STORY.
STARK FARM, UM, UH, AND CONTRACT PURCHASER OF TIM AND DONNA MULE.
UH, THIS IS FARMS HAVE BEEN FOR SALE ON THE MARKET FOR TWO YEARS.
UH, THANKS TO THE, THE, THE LANDOWNERS, THE STARK FAMILY AND OUR OWN TIM HOPKINS, HOPKINS STREET, HOPKINS REALTY, WHICH IS A BIG, BIG HELP IN THIS TO GET THE FUTURE OWNERS AND ALL INTERESTED PEOPLE IN PURCHASING THE FARM TO COME INTO THE LAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
UH, WE CERTAINLY COULD HAVE LOST THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, A LOT.
EVEN, EVEN, UH, UH, THE, UM, TWO 18 COOLEY MILL ROAD.
IT IS IN DISTRICT D, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR MAP, UH, 21 DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
UM, AND IT'S BACKED UP BY SOME COUNTY EASEMENTS, UH, WORTHINGTON DID YEARS AGO, AND SOME RURAL LEGACY EASEMENTS AS WELL.
IT'S RIGHT OFF OF ONE FIFTY FIVE, A HUNDRED FIFTY ACRES OF CROPS.
UM, NO PASTURES ON CROP LAND, 18 ACRES OF FOREST AND OVER 4,800 LINEAR FEET OF STREAMS TO BE PROTECTED AND FI FINALLY, FOR THIS FARM, IT SHOWS YOU THAT THE LESSER OF THE THREE WAS $6,500 CAP PER ACRE.
OKAY, OUR NEXT FARM, UH, WHICH WE HAVE SO MANY AUDIENCE, UH, IN INDIVIDUALS AND AUDIENCE TO SUPPORT, IS THE CONCLUSION OF PRESERVING THE REST OF THE BOY SCOUT CAMP UP AT BROAD CREEK.
WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT OVER THE YEARS OF ALL THE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE CAMP AND THE GREAT, GREAT, UM, HELP THAT IS BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE EFFORT THERE.
IT'S OVER A THOUSAND ACRES WE'RE
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REMAINING, UH, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT THROUGH S STAT AND GIS.UH, IT WILL HAVE TO BE A SURVEYED.
IT'S BEING SURVEYED AS WE SPEAK.
IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING IF ANY SPREAD, IT'S GONNA BE THIS PROPERTY, IT MIGHT COME BACK 800, IT MIGHT COME BACK 900 WHEN YOU GET THOSE UPS AND DOWNS SO MUCH.
AND SO, AND IT WAS CREATED IN THE 30 20TH, THIRTIES AND FORTIES.
SO SOME OF THOSE DEEDS WERE PRETTY GOLD.
UM, HEADQUARTERS IS 1929 SUSQUEHANNA ROAD UP IN WHITEFORD AND DISTRICT D UM, SEVEN PARCELS OVER 107 DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
WE TRY TO SHOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S LOCATED UP IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
THE GREEN SHOWS THE FOREST LEGACY MONEY WE USED YEARS AGO TO PRESERVE PART OF IT.
THE BLUE, I MEAN THE PURPLE SHOWS, THE COUNTY PORTION WE PRESERVED.
UM, WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS EASEMENT WILL DO IS IT REQUIRES SURVEY OF ALL THE PROPERTY EXCEPT THE ALREADY BEEN SURVEYED BY THE COUNTY PROGRAM.
UH, THEN WE'LL DEDUCT OUT THE FOREST E FOREST LEGACY PROGRAM, AND THEN THAT WILL BE BASED ON OUR PAYMENTS, UH, TOTAL RANKING SCORE AT 220.
THEY DO HAVE A, UH, FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SELECT HAR HARVESTING OF FOREST ON THE BOY SCOUT CAMP THAT HELPS WITH THEIR INCOME OVER, UH, AGAIN, OVER, UH, 990 ACRES OF FOREST AND OVER 25,000 LINEAR FEET OF STREAMS. AND AS THE PHOTOS SHOW, UH, NOT ONLY THE, THE FOREST, BUT ALSO THE LAKE AND MANY OF THE ACTIVITY AREAS THAT THE SCOUTS ENJOY, THE LESSER OF THE THREE WAS $6,500, UH, PER ACRE.
AND THEY ARE NOT IN A BONUS AREA.
AND WE GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS OF THE CA OF THE CAMP.
OUR NEXT PROPERTY IS BACK IN BEL AIR, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, NINE DASH 23 SID BEVERLY, 72 ACRES.
UH, THIS IS THE SUN OF, UH, MRS. BEVERLY.
UH, IT'S BACK IN DISTRICT, UH, E 7 0 4 SHUCKS ROAD.
THIS IS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE, UM, WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR US TO HELP FORM A BUFFER AREA AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE.
IT ONLY HAS ONE EXTRA DEVELOPMENT RIGHT REMAINING, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE AND ERASE.
UM, GOOD, GOOD TOTAL RANKING SCORE OF 265 ACRES OF CROPS, LITTLE BIT OF PASTURE, EIGHT ACRES OF FOREST, AND OVER 2000 LINEAR FEET OF STREAMS. AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE OUR DEVELOPMENT RIGHT CAP KICKS IN.
SO WE WILL ONLY PAY, UH, MR. BEVERLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, TO COME INTO THE PROGRAM.
UH, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE IT LIMITS WHAT YOU KNOW, UH, DION, YOU WERE MENTIONING IN YOUR, THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
IT WON'T ALLOW FUTURE REZONINGS IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT UP AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO COME IN OKAY WITH THAT RESOLUTION.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JEN.
THIS IS THE SHIVERS FAMILY, 68 ACRES.
THIS IS OFF OF POOL ROAD IN DARLINGTON, DISTRICT D.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP IT IS ADJACENT TO SEVERAL PRESERVED PROPERTIES ALREADY.
IT WAS BASICALLY THE HOLE IN THE DONUT THERE WITH OUR PRESERVED PROPERTIES.
THERE'S FIVE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE 35 ACRES OF CROPS, 25 ACRES OF FOREST, AND A TOTAL RANKING SCORE OF 188 POINTS.
AND WITHIN THAT, UH, 25 ACRES OF FOREST IS OVER 2000 LINEAR FEET OF STREAMS. AGAIN, ON THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY OTHER PRESERVED LAND.
AND NOW WE START, UH, HITTING SOME FARMS THAT ARE USING THE FORMULA VALUE TO, UH, TO BE THE LESSER OF THE PRICING.
SO THIS FARM FORMULA VALUE IS $6,125 75 CENTS PER ACRE.
UP NEXT IS RESOLUTION 11 DASH 23, THE JERSEY AND ANGUS LLC.
THIS FAMILY ACTUALLY OWNS, UH, TWO PROPERTIES YOU SEE TONIGHT, AND WE'RE TREATING THEM AS TWO SEPARATE EASEMENTS.
THEY'RE SEPARATED BY THE ROAD.
WE JUST DESIGNATE THEM SIMPLY AS WHICH SIDE OF THE ROAD THEY'RE ON.
SO THIS IS THE NORTH SIDE, 45 ACRES.
IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHERRY HILL ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION WITH EMORY CHURCH ROAD AND STREET, RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF DISTRICT D.
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AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP IT BACKS UP TO LOTS OF OTHER COUNTY EASEMENTS.AND IT INCLUDES ONE PARCEL WITH THREE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, AND THEN FOUR RECORDED LOTS THAT WILL BE ERASED FOR A TOTAL OF SEVEN DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
THAT WILL BE ERASED WITH A HAVE ANOTHER RANKING SCORE OF 188 POINTS, 25 ACRES OF CROP LAND, 15 ACRES OF FOREST, AND A LITTLE BIT OF STREAMS ON THE PROPERTY.
SEE THAT NICE VIEW ALONG CHERRY HILL ROAD.
AND THIS HITS THE FORMULA VALUE OF $6,454 25 CENTS PER ACRE.
UP NEXT IS RESOLUTION 11 DASH 23.
TOMMY AND MICHELLE SHIREMAN, 42 ACRES.
THEY RUN THIRD WAY FARM DOWN IN HAVERTY GRACE AT 6 0 6 ROBIN HOOD ROAD, AND THIS IS DISTRICT E, RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF DISTRICT F.
IT'S NICE TO KIND OF GET DOWN IN THAT AREA OF THE COUNTY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE.
SO THEIR FARM BACKS UP TO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF HAVERTY GRACE.
AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER PROPERTY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT WE HOPE TO BRING IN IN A FUTURE ROUND.
SO THIS PROPERTY BACKS UP TO CHAPEL ROAD, UH, PARK.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE 42 ACRES, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY'RE ADJACENT TO THE PARK.
THEY HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT, A TOTAL RANKING SCORE OF 177 POINTS, 26 ACRES OF CROPS AND PASTURE, AND 14 ACRES OF FOREST.
AND THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY COOL STUFF WITH, UH, AGRO FORESTRY AND, UH, UTILIZING THE, THE PROPERTY DOWN THERE TO RAISE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT LIVESTOCK.
AND THE, THE ANIMALS YOU'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION ARE ACTUALLY FROM THEIR FARM.
SEE, THERE'S TOMMY WITH THE SHEEP.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE HIT THE FORMULA VALUE, $6,007 50 CENTS PER UP.
NEXT WE HEAD TO THE OTHER END OF THE COUNTY WITH MICHAEL AND TIFFANY SCH LUNER, 24 ACRES CROOKED CREEK FARM.
THIS IS ON GREYSTONE ROAD IN PYLESVILLE.
SO DISTRICT B HEADING TOWARDS THE PENNSYLVANIA LINE.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THEY ARE ADJACENT TO SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY EASEMENTS.
SO AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE LESS THAN 50 ACRES, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY TIE INTO THOSE OTHER FARMS. TWO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
THE PROPERTY'S ACTUALLY BISECTED BY THE BPG AND E TRANSMISSION LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE AREA.
IT'S AN IN FEE PIECE OF LAND THAT CUTS THE PROPERTY IN HALF.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THEY HAVE OVER 1100 LINEAR FEET OF STREAMS THAT WEAVE THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY AND THEN CROSS OVER THE PG E RIGHT OF THE LINE, RIGHT OF WAY AND KEEP GOING.
THAT'S ACTUALLY BROAD CREEK AND IT IS, UH, THE PROPERTY ABOUT 12 ACRES OF PASTURE AND 12 ACRES OF FOREST.
SO AGAIN, THE LESTER OF THE THREE IS THE FORMULA VALUE WITH $6,169 AND 75 CENTS UP.
NEXT RESOLUTION FOUR DASH 23 IS JAMES AND MELISSA TAYLOR, 25 ACRES.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A, UH, REPEAT FROM LAST ROUND.
THEY HAVE SOME, UH, SUBDIVISION WORK THAT THEY NEED TO GET DONE, BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE IT IN TIME FOR, UH, SETTLEMENT OF, UH, THE LAST ROUND BEFORE WE HIT THE DEADLINE.
UH, AND LUCKILY THEY HAD TO, THEY HAD TO RESTART, BUT LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THEM AN OFFER THIS ROUND.
AGAIN, THIS IS THOMAS BRIDGE ROAD AND STREET DISTRICT D AND AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THE JERSEY AND ANGUS LLC EASEMENT THAT WE JUST SAW.
IT'S SURROUNDED BY OTHER PRESERVED LAND, AND THEY WILL BE ERASING THREE RECORDED LOTS AND CONSOLIDATING IT WITH A PORTION, UM, OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY, THREE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BEING ERASED.
ON THE AERIAL PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LOTS THAT ARE BEING ERASED AND THE PORTIONS OF THE LAND, UH, BEING CONSOLIDATED.
TOTAL RANKING SCORE OF 174.9 POINTS, 19 ACRES OF CROPLAND, SEVEN ACRES OF FOREST, AND A SMALL PORTION OF STREAMS ON THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
AND AGAIN, THIS DRAINS DIRECTLY INTO DEER CREEK, WHICH YOU COULD SEE ON THE PREVIOUS MAP WAS THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND FOR THE LESSER OF THE THREE VALUES WAS THE FORMULA VALUE, $6,195 AND 50 CENTS FREE.
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RESOLUTION 13 DASH 23 JAMES SMITH, 67.49 ACRES.SO THE OTHER FAR END OF THE COUNTY, WE, WE MANAGED TO STRETCH FROM THE, THE WESTERN EDGE ALL THE WAY TO THE EASTERN SIDE, NORRISVILLE ROAD AND DISTRICT E.
THIS IS 67 ACRES WITH FIVE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE ADJACENT TO SOME OTHER EASEMENTS IN THE AREA, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF WORK THAT COULD STILL BE DONE NEARBY.
TOTAL RANKING SCORE OF 174.73 POINTS.
THERE IS ABOUT 24 ACRES OF CROPLAND THAT'S BEING FARMED BY THE FAMILY NEXT SHORE AND 43 ACRES OF WOODLAND.
AND WITHIN THE WOODS, WE HAVE OVER 1500 LINEAR FEET OF STREAMS. AGAIN, WE HIT THE FORMULA VALUE OF $5,893 AND 50 CENTS PER, AND THE LAST RESOLUTION IS 12 DASH 23.
AGAIN, THE JERSEY ANGUS LLC, SOUTH SIDE OF CHERRY HILL ROAD, ALMOST 71 ACRES.
THEN WE ARE IN, UH, DISTRICT D.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THEY ARE ERASING FOUR CURRENTLY RECORDED RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND CONSOLIDATING IT WITH A REMAINDER PARCEL FOR NINE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT ARE BEING ERASED.
THIS PROPERTY IS MOSTLY CROP LAND.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S THE TOTAL SCORE OF 173 POINTS, 58 ACRES, UH, A SMALL PORTION OF 10 ACRES OF FOREST AND 1300 THE NEAR FEET.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE HIT THE FORMULA VALUE OF $5,502 AND 50 CENTRE.
WE HAVE YOU TAKE YOUR QUESTION.
SO IF I MAY, UM, I GOTTA SAY THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IN DEPTH, UH, REPORT FOR AG PRESERVATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.
I MEAN, YOU'VE COVERED EVERYTHING.
UM, I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO COME OVER AND MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AND LAY EVERYTHING OUT FOR THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, AND WITH THAT, UM, COUNSEL QUESTIONS.
MR. PENMAN, THANK YOU, UM, BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
IT WAS A, A VERY THOROUGH, UH, PRESENTATION.
A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND YOU ANSWER THEM.
UM, MR. SANLESS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, I KNOW OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS YOU KIND OF MET WITH A NUMBER OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KIND OF EXPLAIN, THIS IS A LOT NEW TO A LOT OF US.
SO, UH, IT WAS, UH, APPRECIATIVE CUZ I SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AND I THINK IT LAYS THE FOUNDATION, UM, FOR A CAREFUL BALANCE OF ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION.
UH, ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM IS IT SUPPORTS PROPERTY RIGHTS BECAUSE EACH OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE MADE THEIR OWN DECISION, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
UH, JUST THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE THAT, UH, WASN'T ANSWERED THOUGH, UM, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE SPOKEN AT GREAT LENGTHS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF HARFORD COUNTY.
I UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTY TAX IMPACT OF THESE FARMS, UH, PRODUCED FOR THE COUNTY, UH, WHICH ARE AND WILL BE INCREASING BASED ON THE REASSESSMENTS.
BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTED INCOME TAX THAT THESE FARMS COULD HAVE ON THE COUNTY BUDGET GOING FORWARD? I'LL, I'LL BE GLAD TO.
I, I KNOW WE TALKED BRIEFLY, UM, BUT I GOT THIS REPORT, UH, THANKS TO JASON GALLIAN, HER SENATOR, UH, THROUGH ANDY NESS, WHICH CAME OUT OF MARBIDCO.
MAR BICO DID A RECENT STUDY ON ALL THE COUNTIES, UH, AGRICULTURAL, LEGAL WISE, AND THE TOTAL AG ECONOMY ACTIVITY IN HARTFORD COUNTY, INCLUDING THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT OTHER WORDS, SUPPORTING INDUSTRIES TO AGRICULTURE.
UH, AND I TOTALED IT UP AND I CAN CERTAINLY SEND YOU THE EMAIL OR THE, AT LEAST THE LINK TO MARBIDCO.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE STUDY, UH, CURRENTLY IS $972 MILLION ANNUALLY IN OVER 4,000 JOBS.
AMAZING AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
SO YEAH, TO THE EXTENT THAT, UM, INCOME IS GENERATED AND THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS EARNING INCOME, UH, LIVE IN THE COUNTY, THEY WOULD GENERATE, UM, UH, A LOCAL INCOME TAX WHICH WOULD COME TO THE COUNTY.
I THINK THE BIGGEST, UH, NET ECONOMIC POSITIVE WITH, UM, WITH AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION IS THAT THERE'S VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF SERVICES THAT ARE REQUIRED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE FIELDS DON'T, DON'T REQUIRE SCHOOLS, THEY DON'T REQUIRE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE SAME AMOUNT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT, WHILE THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY GENERATE, UM, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF ADDITIONAL, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TAX REVENUE VERSUS OTHER, OTHER USES, UH, THEIR AMOUNT OF SERVICES IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.
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COUNSEL.ANYONE ELSE? MR. JAMES? MY MIC COUNSEL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING.
UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I EVER GOT A CHANCE TO COME OVER TO YOUR OFFICE, SIT IN THE, UH, IN THAT ROOM WITH THE BIG TV SCREEN AND WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO CLICK ON THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES AND GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THAT, WHICH I THOUGHT MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE FROM PREVIOUS TIMES.
AND I KNOW WE'VE WORKED ON SOME OTHER LEGISLATION TRYING TO TIE THIS STUFF UP, BUT IT WAS REALLY, UM, IT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.
AND WE WENT THROUGH EACH OF THE, EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT ONES ON THE SCREEN, UM, ON THE BIG SCREEN AND SHOWING DIFFERENT AREAS AND, AND THE THINGS YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO CLICK ON.
IF NONE OF MY OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH COMING TO YOU TO SEE THAT AS OPPOSED TO YOU COMING TO US.
UM, NOT, NOT SURE IF YOU CAN DO IT IN OUR OFFICE.
AND THEN, UM, AND I DO WANT TO BRING UP JUST THE ONE PROPERTY, THE STARK FARM LLC, MULTI-FAMILY.
AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, BUT WE KNOW ON THAT PROPERTY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT, THAT THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE PUTTING, UM, A, UH, CONTRACTING OFFICE IN THERE OF THE FOUR ACRES.
SO DOES THAT F THAT, SO HOW DOES THAT MEET WITH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL? SURE.
UM, THE, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE A PROPERTY THAT'S NOT IN LAND PRESERVATION AND AS YOU'RE GOING INTO IT, INCLUDING IN YOUR RANKING AND PRICING, YOU WANT TO EXCLUDE A CERTAIN ACREAGE OUT.
AND WE DID THIS, UH, UH, ONLY A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
UM, WE'RE REQUIRING THIS SURVEY TO SURVEY OUT WHATEVER THEY WERE ASKING.
TYPICALLY IT'S FOUR ACRES, FIVE ACRES, UH, THAT WILL BE HELD OUT OF THE EASEMENT.
WE WILL NOT PAY THAT TO THEM, WILL, WILL NOT BE A RESIDENTIAL LOT.
ALL THE DEVELOPMENT RATES WE'RE TAKING AWAY, IT'S GONNA BE SHOWN ON THE RECORDED PLAT IN THE REFERENCE, IN THE DEED OF EASEMENT.
THAT FOR YOU KNOW IN PERPETUITY THAT FOUR OR FIVE ACRES WILL BE LEFT OUT OF THE EASEMENT.
UH, THEIR NEXT STEP WOULD BE COME IN AFTER THEY SETTLE WITH US TO COME IN.
AND SOME HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEY COME INTO THE EASEMENT PROGRAM.
THAT'S REALLY UP TO THE THEM, UM, TO GET A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW A CONTRACT AND BUSINESS ON THAT PROPERTY, WHICH IS ALLOWED UNDER THE ZONING CODE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR SO THAT IN CASE ANYBODY SAW THAT AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE, THAT YOU WERE PULLING OUT FOR THE ACRES AND, AND THAT WAS POSSIBILITY IN CASE SOMEBODY CAME BACK AND SAID, HEY, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DID BRING UP TO MYSELF AND, UH, MY LEGISLATIVE AID.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF THAT TOO, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
I WANTED YOU TO BRING THAT UP.
UH, AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I HAVE NO OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OTHER THAN I JUST, UH, AS TIME GOES BY, I APPRECIATE THE PROGRAM MORE AND MORE, UM, FOR WHAT IT'S DOING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE AUTOMATICALLY GET THE MONEY IN AND IT'S SPLIT AND, UH, AND I'VE HEARD, UH, AND I'VE SEEN GOOD THINGS.
I, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN FACT, THAT WE DID GET THE BOY SCOUT CAMP.
UH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING UP AND EVERYTHING, WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THAT CAMP.
IT'S GREAT FOR OUR YOUTH HERE IN NORFORD COUNTY.
SO I APPRECIATE THE BOY SCOUTS AND YOU WORKING ON GETTING THAT DONE.
MR. GUTHRIE, UH, JUST TO FINISH UP, UH, UH, YES, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OVER.
EVEN THOUGH I HAD 12 YEARS ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE, I NEVER SAW AN IN-DEPTH, UH, STUDY IN DEPTH PRESENTATION LIKE THAT.
AND, AND NOW I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I GOT THIS BIG POSTER IN MY OFFICE OFF LAND PRESERVATION
CAUSE I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE IT TO SOME OF MY COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
AND, AND I'M CERTAINLY, THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE APPRECIATIVE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, I'M, I AGREE WITH THE SCOUTS.
SO, UH, WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, I WENT UP THERE, WENT CAMPING WHEN I WAS, AND THEY REALLY HAD DIRT THERE WHEN I WAS THERE.
AND, UH,
UM, I ENJOYED SCOUTING VERY MUCH.
WHEN ON MY WAY UP AND THE LAKE, I GOT UP, I GOT UP TO A, A, A FIRST CLASS AND I GOT, I GOT ABOUT, UM, TW 22 OR 23 EAGLES EAGLE, UH, UM, MERIT BADGES.
BUT I DIDN'T GET, I THINK 80, 30 SOMETHING, IS IT? I DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE.
AND MY, MY PROBLEM WAS I WAS IN A SCOUTS IN A, IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND, UH, THEY HAD WHAT THEY CALLED THE CYO ALSO THERE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I GOT A LITTLE OLDER, I GOT A LITTLE MORE INTERESTED WHAT THEY HAD GOING ON IN THE CYO AS SCOUTS.
SO I NEVER GOT MY EAGLE BADGES.
AND, UM, OUR DISCUSSIONS EARLY
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ON ABOUT THOSE MAPS PER DISTRICTS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE YOU CAN PHYSICALLY SEE THAT PRESERVATION IS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
UM, MS. DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? WE DO.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TWO THIS EVENING.
KRISTEN KIRKWOOD, FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE FLASH.
MY NAME'S KRISTEN KIRKWOOD AND I RESIDE AT 26 HALL.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I OFFER MY COMMENTS TONIGHT AT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HARTFORD LAND TRUST, HARTFORD'S ONLY COUNTYWIDE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO LAND PRES HARTFORD LAND TRUST STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TONIGHT.
BUT FIRSTLY, I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE LANDOWNERS AND ESPECIALLY THE BOY SCOUTS HERE GO ALL, GET A BADGE FOR BEING HERE THIS WHOLE TIME FOR PRESERVING, EXCUSE ME, THEIR PROPERTIES.
IT'S REALLY NOT AN EASY DECISION.
AND WE SINCERELY THANK YOU ALL.
IN THE UNITED STATES, WE LOSE ROUGHLY 200 ACRES OF NATURAL LAND AND FARMLAND EVERY HOUR.
MOST OF THE LOSS IS DUE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, MEANING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON BIG LOTS.
AND WHILE MANY WOULD CONSIDER THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM, IT IS SORT OF DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS WHEN YOU THINK BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN HARTFORD COUNTY ALONE, WE'RE PROJECTED TO LOO ABOUT 10,000 ACRES TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BY 24TH.
THIS IS USING UP OUR FINITE LAND RESOURCES FOR A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF HOMES THAT DEMAND A LOT OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND GENERATE VERY LITTLE TAX REVENUE.
AND AS ALL OF THE FOLKS HERE IN PERRYMAN KNOW, ONCE THAT LAND IS GONE, WE CAN'T GET IT BACK.
WITH EVERY LAKER ACRE OF LAND LOSS TO POORLY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WE WIPE OUT FAMILY FARMS, DIMINISH OUR CONNECTION TO NATURE, DESTROY VALUABLE WILDLIFE HABITATS, AND ROB FUTURE GENERATIONS LIKE ALL THE BOY SCOUTS HERE OF ACCESS TO THAT NATURE, LAND PRESERVATION.
AND THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY IS OUR BEST TOOL FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY IS THRIVING WHILE ALSO AVOIDING HAPHAZARD SPRAWL.
IN ADDITION TO THE NEARLY 972 MILLION IN ANNUAL VALUE AND THE 4,000 JOBS CREATED IN HARTFORD COUNTY FROM OUR FARMS, LAND PRESERVATION ALSO CREATES A HOST OF OTHER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY.
AND THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN PENMAN ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE ACTUALLY GIVEN MS. DIXON A, UM, AN INFORMATION SHEET ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT LAND PRESERVATION IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AS AN EXAMPLE, JUST THIS WEEK, THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BALLOON FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED IT'S MOVING TO HARFORD COUNTY.
THIS WILL BRING 20,000 VISITORS TO THE COUNTY OVER JUST THREE DAYS.
IN AUGUST, THE FOUNDER OF THE FESTIVAL SET IN HIS PRESS RELEASE.
WHEN WE EVALUATED WHERE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BALLOON FESTIVAL SHOULD BE.
THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY QUESTION THAT HARFORD COUNTY WAS THE ANSWER.
THE VALUE HARTFORD PLACES ON PRESERVING THEIR AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE AND SUPPORT FOR AGRITOURISM WAS A NATURAL FIT WITH OUR MISSION.
THIS WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE INVESTMENT THE COUNTY HAS MADE IN LAND PRESERVATION OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS.
IN CLOSING, HARTFORD LAND TRUST STRONGLY ENCOURAGES THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE PRESERVING FARMS AND FORESTS AS IT'S ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE IN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE FUTURE OF HARTFORD COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
I DON'T THINK MS. FLASH IS SPEAKING.
I HAVE SEE HER SHAKING HER HEAD.
MR. PRESIDENT, UM, BEFORE I CONCLUDE THIS PUBLIC HEARING, I MUST SAY, MS. KIRKWOOD, THEY, WE DON'T HAVE BADGES FOR 'EM TONIGHT, BUT MY COLLEAGUES AND I DO HAVE COUNSEL PINS FOR 'EM TONIGHT.
SO, UM, THIS WILL CONCLUDE THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION 0 0 4 DASH 23 THROUGH 15 0 15 THROUGH 23.
UH, AND WE'LL BE TAKEN UP AT A LATER DATE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE GOOD TO ROLL? GOOD TO ROLL.
NO, THEY'RE DOING PLEDGE OF LEAVINGS.
MIKE DOING PLEDGE OF MR. KEARNEY.
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GOOD EVENING.CHAIR CALLS THE WATER LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 23 DASH 10, UH, TONIGHT, COUNSEL, UH, WE HAVE THE GREAT PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO HAVE, UH, TROOP
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1 24 WITH US THIS EVENING.WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL OF THEM COME FORWARD AND HELP LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
AND I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE OPENING PRAYER, UH, BY COUNCIL WOMAN'S IDOLS JUST SPREAD RIGHT ACROSS THE DAY AS FELLAS KEEP GOING.
THERE IS A LEADER RIGHT THERE.
I CAN SEE THAT IF NEED TO MAKE TWO ROWS.
SCOOT ON DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER.
FELLAS ON DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER.
PUT ALL SCOUTS AND SCOUT UNIFORMS. PLEASE PUT THEIR SCOUTS, SALUTE, SALUTE ALL OTHERS.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE TO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR WHICH IS HANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE LIBERTY.
GENTLEMEN, TAKE THESE WITH YOU AND PASS THEM AROUND.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
IN HUMILITY AND FAITH, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND STRENGTH.
OPEN OUR HEARTS AND OUR EYES TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY AS YOU WOULD'VE US TO SEE IT.
GIVE US THE PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING TO FACE ALL THE CHALLENGES WITH GRACE.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME.
COUNSEL, MAY I HAVE GENERAL CONSENT TO MOVE TO ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA AND RETURN BACK TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, THEREAFTER SHALL AGENDA
[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS (Part 1 of 2) ]
ITEM FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND NOMINATIONS, EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.UM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MR. GREG DEWART.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE GREGORY DEWART AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
LET'S MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE MR. DEWAR AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
EVERYTHING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRM OF ZEROING AND NEGATIVE.
THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED PUBLIC WORKS' ADVISORY BOARD.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF STACEY STONE, JACQUELINE LUGWI, AND THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF LINDA SU COMER.
AMY DE PETRO AND DONALD SAMPLE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE, UH, THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE PUBLIC WORKS ADVISORY BOARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
THERE'RE BEING SIX VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE.
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APPROVED.ARE ANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE, MR. THANK YOU.
COULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED? THANK YOU.
PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF, UH, WESLEY BRANCH OWEN LANDIS, SR.
RICHARD HICKS, FRANK MARSDEN, LUCY GODFREY, VICKI JONES AND SARAH COLEMAN.
AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
THERE'RE BEING SIX VOTES IN THE, IN AFFIRMATIVE, ZEROING AND NEGATIVE.
THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HEREBY APPROVED OR ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT? MR. GUTHRIE? UH, ILL GO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEPARATE THE, UH, INCUMBENTS FROM THE, UH, NEW, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOMINATED.
MR. THREE, MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OR EXCUSE ME? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? WAS THAT A MOTION? I ALREADY MADE A MOTION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN, SECONDED TO APPROVE, UH, THE REAPPOINTMENTS SEPARATE FROM THE NEW APPOINTMENTS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION YOU NEED TO READ THEM? OKAY.
MR. GUTHRIE, COULD YOU READ THE REAPPOINTMENTS PLEASE? THE, UH, THE REAPPOINTMENTS.
R GET ME WHEN I GET THESE NAMES.
T UH, HOW MANY PRONOUNCE THAT TELL YOU NAME? GARMAN.
UH, DANIEL SPIKER AND ROLAND BECKMAN SECOND.
IS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE RE REPORTS, SIR? YES.
I WAS LOOKING FOR ALL THE NAMES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
MR. BOALS AYE, BEING SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ZEROING AND NEGATIVE, THE, UH, APPOINTMENTS ARE HEREBY APPROVED.
UH, NOW MR. GUTHRIE, UH, UH, AS PRESIDENT, I, UH, UH, MOVED TO APPROVE VERONICA CALEY, UH, FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.
IT'S BEEN FOR, UH, MOVED AND SECOND TO APPROVE MS. CALEY TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT ABSTAIN.
THERE BEING FIVE VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE? ONE ABSTENTION.
THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED.
MR. GUTHRIE, UH, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE SARAH COLEMAN AS FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE MS. COLEMAN TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
THERE'RE BEING SIX VOTES INFER ZERO IN NEGATIVE.
THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED.
MR. GUTHRIE, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF LYNN FAULKNER TO NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.
I'M SORRY, I THINK YOU HAVE A WRONG NAME.
I BELIEVE SHE'S LISTED UNDER THE REAPPOINTMENTS MS. FAULKNER AND SALLY LABBER.
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APPOINTMENTS? THEY WERE NEW APPOINTMENTS LISTED UNDER, UNDER THE NEW APPOINTMENTS.I'M NOT SURE IF THEIR NAMES ON THIS LIST AS NEW.
THERE IS REAPPOINTMENT ON MY LIST.
SO IF THERE ARE REAPP APPOINTMENTS, THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED ALREADY, CORRECT? NO.
ANY, ANY, THE NAMES THAT HE READ OUT AND MOVED HAVE BEEN APPROVED YET UP TO THIS POINT.
THEY'RE ON THE WRONG PLACE ON MY PAGE.
SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF SARAH COLEMAN.
ARE WE READY TO SARAH JACQUELINE? SINCE, SINCE OUT, YES.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND.
MR. GUTHRIE BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE OR EXCUSE ME, TO MOVE OR APPROVE THE, THE APPOINTMENT.
HIS ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
MRS. BULL SADDLES AYE BEING SIX VOTES IN AFFIRMED ZERO IN NEGATIVE MS. HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THAT NAME? CHEL IS APPROVED.
MR. GUTHRIE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON MY, UH, CO COUNCIL PRESENT.
I MOVED TO APPROVE, APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF DANIEL SPIKER.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU.
BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE MR. SPIKER TO ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
AYE BEING SIX VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE, THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED.
WE GOT COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS, AUDITED ADVISORY BOARD.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT.
JEFF OF JEFF CORDELIA, CHUCK HUNTER AND A REAPPOINTMENT OF PAM HECKLER.
MR. RILEY, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE THE AUDIT ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS IS ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
MRS. BULLS AYE THEY'RE BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ZERO AND IN NEGATIVE THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HEREBY APPROVED.
AND ARE THEY ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE? THANK YOU MA'AM.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE LARSON SAYER AS HARTFORD LIVING TREASURER.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE, UH, THE APPOINTMENT OF LARSON SARAH AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURER.
UM, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
MRS. BULL SADDLES AYE REMAIN SIX VOTES, AFFIRMATIVE AND ZERO IN A NEGATIVE.
THE APPOINTMENT OF LARSON SARAH IS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURER IS HEREBY APPROVED PRESENTATION
[4. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS ]
OF PROCLAMATIONS HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE.MR. SAYER, CAN YOU MEET ME DOWN FRONT PLEASE? WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS? YES, I KNOW, BUT I GOTTA MY OLD MAN, I NEED YOU RIGHT HERE.
I WOULDN'T TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT WITH A CAN HIS HAND.
WHEREAS LARSON, SARAH RECEIVED THE HARTFORD COUNTY
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CULTURAL ARTS BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO HARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNITION AS A HARTFORD LIVING TREASURER.AND WHEREAS LARSON HAS BEEN RAISING ANGUS CATTLE SINCE 1960.
HE GREW UP WORKING ON THE FAMILY FARM IN THOMAS REN VALLEY AND RAISED HIS FAMILY ON THE WAFFLE HILL FARM.
HE BEGAN USING ROTATIONAL GRAZING IN THE 1980S AND HELD OFFICES WITH THE MARYLAND ANGUS ASSOCIATION, MARYLAND CATTLEMAN'S ASSOCIATION, MARYLAND BEEF INDUSTRY COUNCIL AND AMERICAN ANGUS ASSOCIATION, AND THE ANGUS HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
AND WHEREAS AS MANY AWARDS INCLUDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AWARDS FROM BOTH THE NATIONAL CATTLEMAN'S ASSOCIATION AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION, LAND STEWARDSHIP AWARDED FROM THE ANGUS ASSOCIATION AND CONSERVATION AWARD FROM HARTFORD LAND TRUST.
LARSON WAS A BOARD MEMBER OF DEER CREEK WATERSHED ASSOCIATION AND THE HARTFORD COUNTY FARM BUREAU.
HE ALSO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY SOIL CONSERVATION, HARTFORD LAND TRUST AND CHURCHVILLE COMMUNITY PLANNING COUNCIL.
NOW THEREFORE, WE THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND ON HIS 21ST DAY OF MARCH, 2023, DO HEREBY SALUTE LAWRENCE SAER HARTFORD LIVING TREASURE AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN THAT HIS LIFETIME EXPERIENCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY WILL PROVIDE A PERMANENT RECORD, WHICH WE'LL RECALL THE PAST, INFORM THE PRESENT AND GUIDE THE FUTURE OF HARTFORD COUNTY, AND THAT HIS MEMORIES IN HISTORY WILL BE RECORDED BY THE HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY ORAL HISTORIAN AND WILL BECOME A PART OF THE ORAL HISTORIAN COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY.
I'M HOPING IT'S YOU WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I HAD TO, UH, TELL THIS FELLA HERE A LITTLE STORY TO GET HIM HERE TONIGHT.
I FIRST MET HIM, UH, IN THE EIGHTIES, I GUESS, UH, WHEN, OR ACTUALLY EVEN BEFORE THAT, BUT ACTUALLY GOT CLOSE TO HIM IN THE EIGHTIES WHEN I WAS APPOINTED TO THE CHURCHVILLE UH, PLANNING COUNCIL.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME TO THE COUNTY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
AND, AND I GOT TO GET CLOSE WITH, UH, GRAND EL HERE AND, UH, SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH HIM.
AND, AND I ALWAYS KNOW WHEN I'M IN TROUBLE OR IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WHEN I GET OUTTA MY HOUSE WITH A CUP OF COFFEE AND I WALK OVER TO MY OFFICE AND HE'S SITTING IN THERE WAITING ON ME.
HE'S THE ONE, SHE'S GOT PROBLEMS
BUT, UM, I WANNA PRESENT YOU THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE THROUGHOUT HARFORD COUNTY AND AROUND THE WORLD ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN YOU'VE BEEN TO NEW ZEALAND WITH THE ANGUS SOCIETY AND OTHERS.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO AND WHAT YOU STAND FOR.
BUT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND THEY'LL BE AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE.
YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I KNOW YOU'RE A MAN OF A LOT OF WORDS.
NO, I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND WE THANK THE LORD EVERY DAY FOR THE GREAT ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH AND FOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH THE AG PRESERVATION PROGRAM, IT'LL, ONE OF THE GREATEST THING THE COUNTY'S DONE FOR PRESERVE THIS FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
SO THESE KIDS HAVE A LITTLE LOCAL FOOD TO EAT, BUT WE THANK YOU ALL.
SO I'VE ASKED, UH, MR. SCH STRADS, WHERE ARE YOU? COME ON UP HERE.
SO THE LAST TIME YOU GOT PRESENTED WITH, UH, UH, RECOGNITION, MR. STRADS AND I WERE ABLE TO DO IT ON THE BACK HILL OF YOUR THAT'S RIGHT.
HIS FARM IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
I, WELL, FIRST PAT, I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING ME TODAY.
I I, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING, BUT WHEN I, MY DEAR FRIEND WAS, UH, I DIDN'T EITHER.
BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COUNTY.
YOU'RE ONE OF OUR FINEST STEWARDS.
YOU WERE AROUND WHEN OUR LAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM STARTED IN THE COUNTY.
YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE HARTFORD LAND TRUST, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT IS, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND I FEEL ONE TAPPING ME ON THE BACK.
AND WE WANT YOU TO GROW UP AND BE A STRONG MAN, JUST LIKE YOUR GREAT-GRANDFATHER RIGHT HERE WAS.
AND UM, IT MEANS A LOT TO BE HERE TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
AND THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND ALL THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO IT.
WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL, I REACHED
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OUT TO YOU MANY, MANY TIMES ABOUT MANY ISSUES AND UH, I KNOW PAT DOES TOO, BUT WE ALL THINK A LOT OF YOU, CONGRATULATIONS.I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER LIVING TREASURE.
UM, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THE STORY THAT, UH, THAT YOU'RE GONNA TELL TO THE ORAL HISTORIAN THAT'S GOING TO BE RECORDED FOREVER AND KEPT FOREVER.
SO, UH, HE AND HIS WIFE JANIE RAISED ANGUS STEERS AND SOME OF THE FINEST AROUND FOR YEARS.
BUT THIS HAS GOT TO DO WITH THIS STORY,
SO THEY CAME BY THE HOUSE ONE YEAR AT CHRISTMAS AND I WAS BAKING COOKIES.
AND, UH, THEY BROUGHT ME, OR I GAVE THEM SOME COOKIES.
THEY CAME BACK WITH SOME RIBEYE STEAKS,
AND ABOUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS LATER JANIE SAID, WELL, HOW WERE THOSE STEAKS? I SAID, THEY WERE GOOD.
BUT, UH, JUST GREAT, GREAT FAMILY ALL THE WAY AROUND.
WE'RE GONNA GET A COUPLE PICTURES NOW.
DOESN'T HE LOOK LIKE AN OLD JAR HEAD? YES, HE DOES.
THE OLD CORE WHO, WHO ELSE? RIGHT HERE BEHIND YOU.
JUST A COUPLE YEARS BEHIND YOU.
THANKS FOR THANK YOU FOR COMING.
ALWAYS, ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU COMING TO ALL THESE MEETINGS STANDING THERE IN A PACK.
IS HE GONNA CHEW ME OUT THIS MEETING?
[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS (Part 2 of 2) ]
SO COUNSEL, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.WE MISSED TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE SALLY LABBER AND LYNN FAULKNER AS A REAPPOINTMENT, UH, TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APP APPROVE.
APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF SALLY LABBER AND LYNN FAULKNER AND LYNN FAULKNER.
IT'S BEEN MOVED A SECOND TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS OF REAPPOINTMENTS OF LYNN FAULKNER AND SALLY LABBER TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
THERE BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
THE APPOINTMENTS ARE APPROVED.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES.SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 23 DASH 0 0 8.
PUBLIC HEARING, MARCH 14TH, 2023.
LEGISLATIVE DAY, 23 DASH ZERO NINE.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? THERE BEING NO CORRECTIONS? THE MINUTES STAND APPROVED AGENDA
[8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION 0 21 DASH 23.HOUSING ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN, VETERANS PREFERENCE.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION
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21 DASH 23 MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 21 DASH 23.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
THERE'RE BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE RESOLUTION 0 21 DASH 23 IS HEREBY APPROVED.
MR. DANDAN, PLEASE READ RESOLUTION 0 23 DASH 23 INTO THE RECORD.
RESOLUTION 0 23 DASH 23 ANNEXATION ZONING WAIVER GILBERT ROAD INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BOYLE SOLES AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTI A RESOLUTION BY COUNTY COUNCIL WAIVING THE FIVE YEAR WAITING PERIOD CONTAINED IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARTICLE SECTION FOUR DASH 416 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND TO PERMIT PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS LOXLEY MANOR AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE WETLANDS GOLF COURSE CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 206.35 ACRES ANNEXED BY THE CITY OF ABERDEEN LOCATED ON GILBERT ROAD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ZONED HARTFORD COUNTY'S AG AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO BE ZONED UNDER THE CITY OF ABERDEEN'S INTEGRATED BUSINESS DISTRICT I B D AND THE RESIDENTIAL R ONE ZONING CLASSIFICATION INTRODUCED RED FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED AND A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 18TH, 2023 AT 6:30 PM IN EAST COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS ]
BILL 23 DASH ZERO NINE INTO THE RECORD PLEASE? BILL 23 DASH ZERO NINE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FEES INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCE SANTI AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AN ACT TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENT SECTION 1 57 DASH TWO E FEES FOR DEPOSIT OF SOLID WASTE AT A COUNTY DISPOSAL FACILITY OF ARTICLE TWO FEES OF CHAPTER 1 57 LICENSE AND PERMITS OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED AND GENERALLY RELATING TO SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FEES INTRODUCED RED FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED IN A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 18TH, 2023 AT 6:30 PM IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION AMENDMENTS.
[11. CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS ]
CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS BILL 23 DASH ZERO FOUR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD AMENDMENTS MR. PENMAN, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED TO APPROVE BILL 23 DASH 0 0 4 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD AMENDMENTS, MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE BILL 23 DASH 0 0 4.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION GENTLEMEN? MS. DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT? AYE.
MRS. BULLIT AYE, YOU'RE BEING SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN A NEGATIVE BILL.
23 0 4 IS HEREBY APPROVED ENROLLMENT
[12. ENROLLMENT OF BILLS ]
OF BILLS BILL 23 DASH ZERO FOUR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD AMENDMENTS IS CERTIFIED AS BEING THE TEST TEXT FINALLY PASSED.[14. NEW BUSINESS ]
14.NEW BUSINESS EXECUTIVE ORDER 23 DASH ZERO SIX REORGANIZATION, DIVISION OF FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS TO TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, WE RECEIVED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON MARCH 16TH.
UH, THIS ORDER WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE PER THE CHARTER SECTION FOUR 13, UH, FOR REORGANIZATION, UH, ON MAY 15TH, 2023 UNLESS DISAPPROVED BY A VOTE BY THIS COUNCIL.
MS. FOLEY, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? SO, FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS HISTORICALLY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF D P W.
IT WAS ONLY RECENTLY MOVED OUT OF D P W DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS DONE AS A POLITICAL STRATEGY TO MOVE FACILITIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION.
BEFORE THAT, FOR OVER 20 YEARS, FACILITIES FELL UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN WHAT IS CONSIDERED A FACILITIES PROJECT AND WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CAPITAL PROJECT.
THEREFORE, BOTH SHOULD BE UNDER THE SAME DEPARTMENT AND DIRECTOR IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION AS TO WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT PROJECT.
MAINTAINING FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS SEPARATE FROM D P W CREATES CONFUSION, DOUBLED WORK, MISSED WORK, AND CAN LEAD TO EXTRA MONEY BEING SPENT.
BOTTOM LINE, THIS CHANGE IS BEING DONE TO DEPOLITICIZE THE PROCESS AND ORGANIZE DEPARTMENTS SOLELY IN THE INTEREST OF GOOD GOVERNANCE, NOT POLITICS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO ADDRESS AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS ]
NUMBER 17, COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS.MS. AND DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? WE DO.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE FIVE THIS EVENING.
AND BEFORE YOU CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER AGAIN, JUST BE MINDFUL OF YOUR TIME, UH, AND AGAIN, RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER.
AND WE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING TO BILL 23 0 0 5 TONIGHT.
NOT UNTIL AFTER THE VOTE IS TAKEN AND FOLLOWING THE WEEK AFTER, UH, CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER.
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JAY ROFF, FOLLOWED BY JOHN MALMO.CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER AGAIN.
CALL YOUR SECOND SPEAKER JOHN MALMO.
OH, WHO'S HERE? GOOD EVENING, SIR.
EVENING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES.
JOHN P MILAM 24 0 2 EAGLEVIEW DRIVE.
THIS IS A STORY OF LAND USE PRACTICES, GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
THE STORY DOES NOT BEGIN ONCE UPON A TIME, AND IT MAY NOT END HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS.
I'M JUST THE NARRATOR, ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE SOME PARTICIPATION.
CHAPTER ONE, WHEN THE CODE DOES NOT FIT, CHANGE THE CODE.
HARFORD COUNTY AIRPORT OWNERS GROUP SUBMITTED A PLAN, THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN FOR AN AIRPORT TO THE MARYLAND AVIATION AUTHORITY.
THAT PLAN WAS APPROVED BY THE MAA ON OR ABOUT 25 MARCH, 2013.
THE PLAN INCLUDED AN EXPANDED FACILITY AND EXTENSIVE OPERATION IN THE AG DISTRICT, WHICH WAS NOT ALLOWED BY THE EXISTING ZONING CODE.
THERE'S NO RECORD THAT REQUIRED APPROVAL FROM THE HARFORD COUNTY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS WAS GRANTED TO CONSTRUCT THAT AIRPORT.
THE OWNERS COULD NOT SEEK APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT AS AN ENLARGEMENT, EXTENSION, OR INTENSIFICATION UNDER THE EXISTING CODE.
SCOPE WAS TOO LARGE AND REQUIRED ACCESS TO THE AG DISTRICT, WHICH WAS NOT PERMITTED.
THE AIRPORT OWNERS START A CHANGE TO HARTFORD COUNTY ZONING CODE TO ALLOW OPERATION AS A PERMITTED USE.
BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION BILL 13 FOUR APPROVED SEVEN MARCH, 2013, EFFECTIVE SIX MAY, 2013 CHANGED THE CODE WITH ACCESS TO THE AG DISTRICT, ALBEIT WITH RESTRICTIONS EVEN MORE SEVERE THAN THE PREVIOUS VERSION.
YOU VOTED FOR THAT BILL AFTER THE CODE HAD CHANGED.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE HARPER COUNTY AIRPORT OWNERS GROUP IS QUOTED IN THE LOCAL DRAPER ON ONE MARCH, 2013, STATING HE ASKED THE COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT TO QUOTE, TWEAK SOME OF THE LANGUAGE TO LET US COMPLETE OUR FACILITY ON THE CURRENT AG ROUND.
AND THE QUOTE, READING FROM THE SAME ARTICLE, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING TALKED ABOUT THE BILL AT THE FEBRUARY 17TH HEARING, WHICH DID NOT DRAW ANY SERIOUS CONCERN FROM THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
HE SAID AFTER THE HEARING, THE BILL WAS PROMPTED SPECIFICALLY BY THE DYNO AIRPORT.
INSTITUTION'S, ORGANIZATION'S, BUSINESSES ALL SEEK TO ENTER TO OPERATE IN A STABLE AND CONSISTENT ENVIRONMENT.
WHEN THEY SEEK TO GROW OR START UP, THEY LOOK FOR AREAS THAT OFFER INCENTIVES IN ACCOMMODATION.
NEGATIVE REGULATIONS AND ZONING OR STUDIES DO NOT DETER SUCH ENTER ENTITIES FROM LOCATING IN HARFORD COUNTY.
THOSE ENTITIES HAVE OBSERVED THAT THE HARFORD COUNTY COUNCIL CONSISTENTLY OFFERS THE ACCOMMODATION THEY SEEK.
I WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY SPECULATE THAT THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND GUMDROPS LOLLIPOPS AND JELLYBEANS PRODUCE ACCOMMODATION IN HARFORD COUNTY.
THE PEOPLE THEY HIRE TO CLOSE THEIR DEALS ARE MANY OF THE SAME PEOPLE THE COUNCIL RELIES UPON FOR ADVICE ON ZONING AND LAND USE.
NOW TELL ME, WHAT KIND OF ENTITIES ARE YOU ATTRACTING? HOLLY MCCOMBS FOLLOWED BY STACY STONE.
THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS COUNTY DOES NOT SUPPORT WHAT TRAFFIC WE HAVE NOW.
UM, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, UM, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S A DISASTER.
UM, MARYLAND STATE POLICE, AS WELL AS HARTFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAVE BOTH TOLD US THEY CANNOT UPHOLD THE LAW BECAUSE THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THAT ABILITY.
TRACTOR TRAILERS ARE A CONCERN OF MINE.
WE DID A TRAFFIC SURVEY IN OUR AREA.
93% OF THOSE SURVEYED DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING ON OUR ROADS.
87% HAVE CHANGED THEIR DRIVING HABITS.
69% DO NOT FEEL THE TRAFFIC AT THE CIRCLE OF OLD PHILADELPHIA ROAD AND PERRYMAN ROAD CAN HANDLE THE TRAFFIC AS IT IS NOW.
94% HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE YIELD
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FROM SPIA ROAD ONTO PERRYMAN ROAD.95% HAVE DIFFICULTIES MAKING A LEFT ONTO SPIA ROAD FROM PERRYMAN ROAD.
68% THINK CANNING HOUSE ROAD IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR THE CURRENT TRAFFIC SITUATION.
ALTHOUGH WE DON'T WANT THAT CHANGE BECAUSE BEING A LITTLE MORE NARROW SLOWS TRAFFIC DOWN.
I WAS ALMOST DRIVEN OFF THAT ROAD TWO DAYS AGO.
A TRUCK WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
YOU YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH, YOU SAY A PRAYER, YOU BLAST YOUR HORN AND HOPE THEY LOOK UP FROM THEIR DISTRACTED DRIVING TO TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
85% THINK THE BRIDGE OF CLUBHOUSE ROAD CONNECTING THE PERRYMAN LAKE PRESERVE TO THE BUSH RIVER IS NOT SAFE.
96% FEEL THE INTERSECTION AT WOODLEY ROAD AND EAST.
MICHAELS FIELD ROAD IS NOT SAFE.
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT SAFE.
PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE IS BUILT.
THIS IS A MATTER OF OUR LIFE AND YOURS AND YOUR FAMILIES AND YOUR, YOUR LOVED ONES, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR FATHER, YOUR WIFE, YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR CHILDREN.
UM, MY NAME IS STACY STONE, 2106 PARK BEACH DRIVE.
I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY.
UM, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING A TRACTOR TRAILER AND A BICYCLE ON SHORT LANE ROUTE 40 IN ABERDEEN.
UM, THAT TRAGEDY, UM, HIT HOME A BIT.
THIS IS SOME, AN ACQUAINTANCE OF MY MOTHER.
MY MOTHER REACHES OUT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWN UNDER THE LUCK AND HELPED THEM OUT.
AND SHE HAD HELPED THIS GENTLEMAN, UM, PREVIOUSLY.
UM, SO REALLY AS, AS I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR WELL OVER A YEAR NOW, IT'S, IT, THE TRAFFIC IS NOT SAFE.
I WANTED TO, UM, KIND OF POINT OUT OR REITERATE THAT A A RE PART OF THE REASON WHY THINGS ARE NOT THAT SAFE IN PERRYMAN AND LONG PERRYMAN ROAD IS THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS STUDIES.
UM, THE, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WAS GAINED OVER A COURSE OF YEARS WAS NOT REALLY APPLIED TO THOSE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES.
SO SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC IS LESS THAN, UM, THE REALITY.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT RECTIFIED WITH THIS NEW ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, BUT IN REALITY, THERE IS 12 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE SPACE WHERE THE, THE TR TRUCK TRAFFIC IS NOT, UM, ESTIMATED ACCURATE.
AND WE SEE IT, WE SEE THAT EVERY DAY.
UM, STATE HIGHWAYS OUT THERE THIS EVENING, OR THAT THIS WEEK FOR THE LAST COUPLE DAYS WITH ONE LANE CLOSED AND WE HAD A 50 CAR AND TRACTOR TRAILER BACK UP, YOU KNOW, LASTING MILES, HAVING THAT LANE CLOSED.
SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN ON OUR ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT ROAD, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? UM, WE'VE EXPERIENCED ROAD, COMPLETE ROAD CLOSURES IN THE PAST IN PERRYMAN, AND WE WERE STUCK AND PEOPLE COULDN'T GET HOME.
IT'S NOT A SAFE SITUATION OUT THERE.
I I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REACH OUT TO THE COUNCIL AND, AND ASK YOU, UM, MAYBE TO HELP ME A BIT IN COMMUNICATING WITH STATE HIGHWAY AND THE COUNTY AND, UM, THE SEAT OF ABERDEEN TO GET SOME CHANGES MADE.
UM, SOME RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVELY.
SOME ARE GONNA BE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
UM, BUT WE WANNA SEE THESE THINGS MADE BEFORE ANY ADDITIONAL TALK TRAFFIC IS ADDED THERE.
ASK FOR YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP FACILITATE THAT.
OUR LAST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS RON STUCZYNSKI.
RON STUCZYNSKI, THREE 19 MARIN AVENUE, ABERDEEN, MARYLAND.
UM, PAT, I WANTED TO ASK YOU BEFORE WE STARTED, ARE WE DEFINITELY DOING ADDRESSES OR HOW DID YOU FIGURE WE'RE DOING ADDRESSES? I'VE ADDRESSED THAT TOO FROM LAST WEEK, SO, OKAY.
UM, DO I GET FOUR MINUTES? I GUESS I WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LAST WEEK'S MEETING, BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHAT YOU DON'T WANT ME TO DO, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MR. BLOOMQUIST WHO MENTIONED A SUPREME COURT'S RULING IN 2002.
UH, THE LAKE TAHOE FIFTH AMENDMENT CASE, LAKE
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TAHOE.IT'S ACTUALLY MY FIANCES AND MINE'S FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH TO GO.
UM, IN APRIL, WILL YOU WILL ACTUALLY BE TAKING OUR, WE BELIEVE OUR 30TH, 32ND TRIP THERE AND WE'RE GETTING MARRIED THERE IN JULY.
UM, A FEW GUYS HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OUT THERE.
IT, IT REALLY IS HEAVEN ON EARTH.
ARE YOU INVITING US TO YOUR WEDDING? SLOW DOWN
WE'RE ALREADY HAVING ENOUGH ROUNDS WITH THAT.
UM, I JUST WANNA GIVE MY PERSONAL, LIKE, NON-POLITICAL ADVICE, AND THIS IS JUST FOR ME.
BE WHAT YOU'RE ELECTED TO DO UNDER A HARFORD COUNTY CHARTER AND OUR CODE.
DON'T JUST READ WHAT OTHERS MAY RE WRITE FOR YOU TO READ OR SAY WHAT THEY TELL YOU TO SAY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK AND IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUS WHEN THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS ROOM TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, DO AND SAY WHAT'S RIGHT FOR HARFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT, THAT SIT UP THERE.
AND ALSO THE ONES THAT YOU SIT UP THERE TO, TO HAVE A VOICE TO REPRESENT.
UM, SO TONIGHT, MYSELF, MY NEIGHBORS, AND THE REST OF HARFORD COUNTY, WELL WAIT PATIENTLY, UM, FOR DISCUSSION ON WHAT LAST WEEK WAS.
UM, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY WE'D HAVE A, AN A SITUATION WITH WORKING WITH EACH OTHER AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN, CONSIDERING THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND YOU GUYS WORK FOR US AND WITH US.
UM, AND I ALSO WANNA REITERATE WHAT HOLLY AND STATES WERE SAYING ABOUT OUR SAFETY.
THIS, THIS MONTH IN MARCH, WE'VE HAD THREE HELICOPTERS LAYING ON ROUTE 40 OR LIBE SCHOOL.
UM, AND THREE FATALITIES IN OUR AREA.
ONE WAS THE CEMENTED TRUCK LAST NIGHT WITH A BICYCLIST, AND I'M NOT, I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE WHAT THE THIRD WAS, BUT IT IS DANGEROUS AND WE DO NEED HELP OUT THERE.
UM, I THINK ACTUALLY A COUPLE PEOPLE LAST WEEK THAT WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE ACTUALLY SAID THE ROADS IMPAIRMENT DO NEED TO BE LOOKED AT.
IT'S BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING.
THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS, MR. PRESIDENT.
[16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ]
16, BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.UM, MS. SADDLES, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
UM, THIS WEEK I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TOURING THE LDR MANSION AND MEETING WITH ARTAN MCCLUEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE LERA DUNGEON FOUNDATION.
I WAS ABLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO RAISE 150,000 FOR THE MUSEUM.
CURRENTLY, THE MUSEUM ROOM IS A SERIES OF UNLABELED PHOTOGRAPHS, WHICH TELL THE STORY OF THE MANSION AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN IT.
UM, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND A PLAN ON INCLUDING BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR LABELED PHOTO PANELS, ARTIFACT DISPLAYS, AUDIO CONTENT.
AND, UM, I WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THE DESIGN PLAN AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT.
UM, THEY'RE CELEBRATING 125 YEARS AND THEY PLAN ON HAVING A SUMMER SW RAY TO RAISE THE MONEY FOR THE NEW MUSEUM, AND I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
UH, FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TWO NEWEST EAGLE SCOUTS, AIDEN PORTER AND JEREMY WEBB FROM TROOP 2 65 OF MADONNA.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF CELEBRATING WITH THEM THEIR, UH, COURT OF HONOR ON SUNDAY.
AND ALSO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS THAT ARE COMING INTO, UH, MY OFFICE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE COUNTY, WE GOTTA CONTACT.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE OF THEM.
UM, I JUST WANT TO, UH, UH, THANK EVERY JUDGE TODAY AND, UH, ERIC, ROBERT.
UM, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE, UH, WITH HER ABOUT THE, UH, UPCOMING, UH, SCHOOL BUDGET.
SO JUST TO APPRECIATE HAVING A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH HER.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, JOHN RESK AND DUSTIN AND LILY AND OVER AT THE, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, WE DID TWO INSPECTIONS THIS PAST WEEK.
UM, THEY BOTH WENT REALLY WELL.
IT WAS GOOD TO BE THERE TO, UH, OBSERVE, UM, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
ONE WAS A BRAND NEW FACILITY AND ONE WAS OPENING, UH, REOPENING OF ANOTHER FACILITY.
UM, GONNA LOOK AT SOME, UH, LEGISLATION TO HELP THEM SUPPORT, UM, CITATIONS THAT THEY GIVE OUT TO EXISTING, UH, FACILITIES THAT THEN DON'T FOLLOW UP ON ANYTHING.
SO, UH, IT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE WE'RE GONNA SIT DOWN WITH ONE OR TWO OF THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THESE RESTAURANTS ARE, UH, TAKEN CARE OF UP TO SHAPE, THAT THEY'RE COMPLIANT WITH, UH, THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, PEST CONTROLS, OTHER, OTHER SAFETY ISSUES.
AND THEN, UH, WORKING WITH CHARLIE, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE, UH, SHERIFF DEPUTIES CAN ISSUE TICKETS IN FIRE LANES, AND I THINK, UH, GONNA GET SOMETHING FROM CHARLIE THAT WE CAN THEN SEND OVER TO, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE SO THAT THEY CAN START ISSUING TICKETS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKED IN THE FIRE LANES.
SO I DO APPRECIATE, UH, CHARLIE
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LOOKING INTO THAT AND FINDING OUT THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY WITH DOING THAT.THE SIGNATURE PETITION FOR THE TERM LIMIT WAS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTION AND APPROVED.
SO WE'LL BE STARTING TO COLLECT THOSE SIGNATURES, UH, VERY SOON.
IN ADDITION, I ALSO WANNA SPEAK ON SUPPORTING CRITICAL FUNDING NEEDED FOR THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAINTAIN A PROFICIENT BODY-WORN CAMERA PROGRAM.
I KNOW WE ARE MOVING INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY THE ESSENTIAL FUNDS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENTS AND MANDATES ADDED BY THE MARYLAND STATE LEGISLATURE.
IT'S MORE DIFFICULT THAN EVER TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, WHETHER IT'S HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, CENTRAL PRECINCT OR TRAINING CENTER, OR THE RESOURCES NEEDED FOR THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE NEED TO HELP THEM, UH, BE EFFECTIVE.
UH, I CAMPAIGNED ON SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO ON EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, FIRST, UH, I, I, I THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, ALL OUR, UH, STAFF SENT ME MY LITTLE CARE PACKAGE HOME WHEN I'M SIT THERE RECUPERATING WITH THIS STRIP THROAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HAD IT, BUT I DON'T RECOMMEND IT.
WELL, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW ENEMIES.
I MIGHT WISH IT ON, BUT, UH, UM, I'M FINALLY COMING DOWN OFF OF IT, BUT IT, UH, LITERALLY LAID ME UP ABOUT EIGHT, 10 DAYS.
SO IT, IT WAS, UH, BUT THE CARE PACKAGE CUP GOOD WITH THE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP AND THE CHOCOLATE, UH, DONUTS, WHICH WERE REALLY, UH, CHOCOLATE CHIP DONUTS.
AND, UM, UH, THAT WAS VERY GOOD.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE, BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY.
UM, ALSO, UH, A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF CUTE.
I'M GONNA, EVEN THOUGH I MIGHTN'T BE EMBARRASSED WITH IT, I'M GONNA TELL IT ANYWAY.
UH, THE EDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD THEIR ANNUAL, UH, CAREER DAY.
THAT'S WHEN, UH, UH, THEY GET, THEY GET DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO GO TO, TO THE, UH, SCHOOL AND SIT DOWN AT A, AT A TABLE AND HAVE ALL THE KIDS COME OUT AND THEY GO FROM TABLE TO TABLE, PICK UP LITERATURE ON, ON POSSIBLE, UH, CAREERS THEY MIGHT DO IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, UH, SO THEY ASKED ME TO COME MY DISTRICT.
AND, UH, THEY WANTED ME TO, TO TELL ABOUT THE COUNCIL AND ABOUT AN ELECTED BEING BECOME AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
I BOUGHT, UH, LOTS OF STUFF TO GIVE OUT.
AND ALSO, UH, I WAS SITTING THERE AND, UH, IT WAS ABOUT A, UM, EIGHTH OR NINTH, EIGHT OR NINE YEAR OLD, UH, A YOUNG MAN COME UP.
AND, UH, HE SIT THERE AND HE'S, AND I'M TALKING TO HIM AGAIN PAST TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, COPPER MINE FIELDS THAT WERE ACROSS THE STREET.
AND, UH, HE'S JUST KIND OF KEPT LOOKING AT ME AT MY FOREHEAD, YOU KNOW.
AND I SAID, UH, UH, AND THEN HE FINALLY SAID, UH, SIR, UH, UH, CAN, UH, UH, CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING? I SAID, SURE, ASK ME ANYTHING YOU WANT.
HE SAYS, WELL, HE SAYS, YOU WON'T GET MAD AT ME.
I SAID, NO, I WON'T GET MAD HERE.
HE SAYS, WELL, WHAT IS ALL THAT SPACE? MY HAIR ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD,
AND I SAID, SON, LET ME TELL YOU THIS.
SO YOU GO HOME AND LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND LOOK AT HEAD OF HAIR YOU GOT, I SAYS, AND WHEN YOU GET MY AGE, OF COURSE I WON'T BE AROUND, BUT WHEN YOU GET MY AGE, UH, LET ME KNOW IF YOU STILL GOT IT.
UM, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR IT TO UPDATE THE NEW HOPE, UH, OUTREACH MINISTRY.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH A LARGER SPACE OPERATION, BUT THEY NEED HOPE, HELP AND, AND HOPE TO REOPEN IT, UH, SO THEY CAN GET OPEN EARLY SUMMER OF 2023.
INDIVIDUAL GROUPS ARE WELCOME TO VOLUNTEER.
UH, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN EMAIL JACKIE MCNALLY, UM, AND HER EMAIL ADDRESS IS JACKIE MC ONE 17 GMAIL.COM.
UM, ALSO, UH, UH, I TALKED ABOUT THE COPPER MINE FIELDS, UH, THAT THEY ARE NOW FINALLY, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THEY'RE FINALLY IN FULL CONSTRUCTION.
I'VE BEEN OVER THERE A COUPLE TIMES ALREADY, AND, UH, THEY GOT LOTS OF, UH, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OVER THERE.
UH, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILDING EIGHT SPORTS FIELDS.
UH, THEY'RE INTO IT PRETTY GOOD.
THAT'S THE SAME COMPROMISE, UH, COMPANY WHO IS, UH, INVESTING, WHO WANNA BUY THE VAL BLAIR, UH, ATHLETIC CLUB.
UH, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.
WE'VE HAD MYSELF AND THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE IN INCLUDING TIDE HAVE MET WITH, UH, THE PEOPLE AND THE HEADS OF IT.
AND, UH, THEY ARE VERY COOPERATIVE.
SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE VERY LUCKY WHEN THAT GETS FULL OPERATIONS.
IT'S GONNA BRING A LOT OF, UM, UH, GUESTS AND PEOPLE INTO OUR COUNTY.
UH, THEY'RE ESTIMATED THAT, UH, WHEN THEY GET THAT FULL GO FULL BOAR WITH GAMES COMING
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IN, UH, THEY, THEY BRING TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, THE STATE AND OTHER STATES.AND THEY SAID THEY EXPECT THAT THEY'LL HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 6,000 PEOPLE COME ON A WEEKEND, OH, NO, PER SATURDAY AND 6,000 MORE ON A SUNDAY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD.
UH, ALSO, UH, UH, EDWARD EDGEWOOD BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A FEW YEARS WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FINALLY HAVING SOME RESULTS AND PUTTING IN A NEW ROOF ON THE, THE, THE, UH, CLUB AND, UH, INSTALLING SOME NEW FLOORING.
SO THAT'S GONNA LOOK REAL GOOD.
AND THAT'S RIGHT THERE, LOOKING RIGHT AT THESE FIELDS.
THERE'S A LOT GOING OVER THERE.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO ASK EVERYBODY AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL ABOUT POSSIBLY A, A BILL WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
UH, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO GET INPUTS ON IT, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT ALREADY AROUND SOME DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
TWO OTHER COUNTIES HAVE DONE IT, AND THEY'VE PUT A BAN ON PLASTIC BAGS.
NOW IT'S A CON CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT WITHOUT QUESTION.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, THESE PLASTIC BAGS, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, UH, THERE'S AN AREA IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, UM, WHERE BECAUSE OF TIDES AND, AND, AND EVERYTHING, AND THE WAY THE WATER RUNS IT, IT PUSHES EVERYTHING INTO ONE BIG, MASSIVE COLLECTION OF PLASTIC JUNK.
AND IT, RIGHT NOW, THAT GOOGLE DO.
AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THAT, THAT THAT COLLECTION OF JUNK IS THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
AND THAT'S ALL FROM BOTTLES AND GLASS CUPS AND STUFF.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TO OUR, OUR, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR ECONOMY.
I MEAN, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR, OUR WORLD.
SO, UM, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT.
UH, UH, IT'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT PHASES OF IT AND PHASING IN OVER, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS, MAYBE A YEAR.
UM, BUT I THINK, UH, I THINK WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
SO LET US KNOW YOUR FEELINGS ON IT.
EMAIL US, YOU KNOW, HOW TO GET AHOLD OF US.
UM, IF I MAY REAL QUICK, UM, TOUCHED ON JUST A, A FEW MINUTES AGO, BUT, UH, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, WITH 50 SOME SPEAKERS, UM, DID NOT CATCH ALL OF THE ADDRESSES, UH, AS SOME OTHERS DID.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
MY STAFF, UH, MADE PHONE CALLS TODAY, GOT ALL OF THE ADDRESSES ON FILE AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION.
ALSO, UH, HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK WITH MS. DIXON TODAY AND OUR IP DEPARTMENT, UH, GEORGE, THEY HAVE ASSURED US THAT THE CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY, UH, ALMOST READY TO GO AS WE SPEAK TONIGHT.
UM, THEY WERE ACTUALLY WORKING ON IT AGAIN TODAY, AND IT'S JUST NOT QUITE THERE.
SO, UH, BUT IT IS VERY, VERY CLOSE, UH, TO, UH, BEING ON, ON LIVE.
SO, UH, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVENTS THIS WEEK.
UH, YESTERDAY MORNING I HAD, UH, UH, THE HONOR AND, UH, PLEASURE TO JOIN THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IN, UH, MATT SCALES FROM VISIT HARTFORD AND OTHERS, UH, AT THE, UH, CEDAR LANE SPORTS FACILITY TO, UM, PROMOTE THE UPCOMING CHESAPEAKE BALLOON FESTIVAL AS, UH, MS. KIRK WOOD SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER TONIGHT.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE TAKING PLACE IN AUGUST, I THINK, AUGUST 4TH THROUGH SIXTH.
UM, THIS IS THE SEVENTH YEAR FOR THAT EVENT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'LL BE IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
LAST YEAR IT WAS IN TALBOT COUNTY.
AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT COULD BRING AS MANY AS 25,000 PEOPLE TO THE COUNTY FOR THOSE THREE DAYS, UM, AND, AND HELP ALL SORTS OF, UH, PIECES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, COUNCILMAN PAM AND I ATTENDED THE HARVARD COUNTY LEADING WOMEN AWARDS EVENT.
UH, IT'S VERY NICE, A LOT OF YOUNG WOMEN.
UH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY AFTERNOON, UH, TO TAKE PHOTOS WITH THREE OF THE RECIPIENTS TODAY, UH, HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE ALSO ATTENDED THE ARMY ALLIANCE, UH, BREAKFAST, OUR ANNUAL MEETING, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY.
UH, SEVERAL OF US DID FACT, I THINK ALL OF US DID PRACTICALLY.
SO, UM, AS A PART OF THAT EVENT, UH, THEY RECOGNIZED THEIR 2023 DEFENSE COMMUNITY CHAMPION, AND THEY HONORED, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, COUNCILMAN OR CURTIS BUK, UH, AND, UH, WITH HIS EFFORTS WITH THE AFRO B HILTON, UH, ORGANIZATION, AND ALSO THE COLORED TROOPS.
SO I WAS VERY WELL DONE, UM, OUTSTANDING EVENT, AND I WAS HONORED AND, AND PLEASED TO BE THERE.
UM, SOME SAD NEWS TODAY, JEANIE AND I WISH TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE LAUDER AND CARE FAMILIES, UH, FROM HAVE GRACE, UH, AND HER FRIENDS, UH, DUE TO THE SUDDEN PASSING OF MARGARET LAUDER.
UH, PERSONALLY, I'VE HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO KNOW MARGARET FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, AND SHE WAS A VERY LOVING AND CARING INDIVIDUAL, AS WAS HER MOTHER AND FATHER,
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AND ALL, ALL OF HER FAMILY.UH, SHE WILL BE SORELY MISSED AND I'D ASK YOU ALL TO KEEP, YOU, KEEP HER OR KEEP HER IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS OR KEEP THEM IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
SO, UM, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND WITH THAT, UM, NOTHING ELSE.