[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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EVENING CHAIR CALLS OR LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 23-15. I WOULD ASK TO YOU TO PLEASE JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE OPENING PRAYER BY COUNCILMAN RILEY. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE PROBLEM. VAL, YOUR HEADS. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS YEAR. EVERY BREATH WE TAKE IS A GIFT FROM YOU. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR NO MATTER WHAT WE FACED THIS YEAR WITH YOUR HOPE WILL BE ABLE TO ENDURE OVERCOME. AND ALSO TO PREVAIL. I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR STRENGTH. AND THE ENERGY THAT YOU WILL SUSTAIN OUR DAYS. YOUR WISDOM THAT WILL GUIDE US IN YOUR PIECE THAT WILL FILL US IN THIS YEAR CONTINUED TO BE FILLED WITH SO MANY BLESSINGS, MIRACLES AND ANSWERED PRAYERS AND WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR PRESENTATION PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE NONE THIS EVENING. FIVE CONSIDERATION OF
[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS]
PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION ON VETERANS AFFAIRS, MR PENMAN. COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOVED TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS TO THE JAMES V. CAPTAIN JIM MCMAHON COMMISSION ON VETERAN AFFAIRS. THE APPOINTMENTS. ROBERT BROWN, JOSEPH BODIFORD COLONEL WAR. LYN BRYANT RETIRED. DENISE CARNEGIE . OH COLONEL JOHNNY CASINO, ROBERT CINDERELLA, J. L AND B. TIMOTHY FARMER, JOHN FAVRE, BRIAN KELLY, DENISE MILLER. THOMAS KNAPP. EXCUSE ME, DENNIS MILLER. SORRY. THOMAS KNAPP.JAMESPORT BARBARA TRAVERS AND KIRK VOLCANIC. THANK YOU, MR PEMON IS OUR 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU, MR GINGER, JENNA. IT'S BEEN MOVING SECONDARY TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF VETERAN AFFAIRS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SENDING THIS TO WORK ON HIS ITALIAN. MS DICKSON. MR. PRESIDENT MR GUTHRIE, PENMAN NOW , MR RILEY, SADDLES MR BENNETT BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, 01 AND NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HEREBY APPROVED. ARE THERE ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IN NEW YORK SINCE THIS EVENING, MISS CARNAGE, GEO. I C U J I C U I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION MAY HAVE EMOTION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVED TO APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF WENDELL BAXTER JR AND A MILLION NEGRON, CHRISTINA, PRESBURY AND MARIE PRAYERFULLY, MELINDA VALEZ AND THE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF JESSICA FESSLER, JOSHUA. GAIMAN CORDELL HUNTER. MAR VIA MELENDEZ DAVIS, PATRICK MULLIN, KIMBERLY NEWTON SAMIL PENDA. JANSEN ROBINSON AND CYNTHIA SION CANYON. MAY HAVE A SECOND SECOND. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. MOVEMENT SECRETARY APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENTS AND NEW APPOINTMENTS TO HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS DICKSON, MR. PRESIDENT MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN GIORDANO, MR. RILEY SADDLES, MR BENNETT. THEY'RE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ZERO AND NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HEREBY APPROVED AGAIN. ARE THERE ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE? DR HUNTER. THANK YOU FOR COMING. LOOK NOW GENERAL NUMBER SIX SPECIAL
[6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]
PRESENTATIONS. UM COULD I HAVE VOICES OF HOPE? COME FORWARD RACHEL. DENISE. DANCE. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT VANZETTI. EVERYBODY HEAR ME, OKAY? YES THANK YOU, MISS DIXON FOR ALLOWING US ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION OF VOICES OF HOPE, MARYLAND. I WANT TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT OUR 2022 DATA. TO NOT ONLY COUNCIL MEMBERS BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY OF HARFORD COUNTY. MY NAME IS[00:05:04]
AARON. RIGHT I AM CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM IN DATA MANAGER FOR VOICES OF HOPE, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST. I WAS A HEROIN ADDICT FOR 23 YEARS. AND SINCE JANUARY 2ND OF 2015, I HAVE NOT FOUND A NEED TO PUT A DRINK OR A DRUG IN MY BODY. WITH THAT. OKAY THANK YOU. IF I MAY ALLOW, MY COLLEAGUES INTRODUCED THEMSELVES AS WELL. MY NAME IS RACHEL PETTERSSON. I'M ALSO, UM PERSON IN LONG TERM RECOVERY SINCE APRIL, 27TH 1997 UM I'M ALSO THE HARFORD COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR VOICES OF HOPE. AND MY NAME IS JASON AND THEIR WOUND CARE NURSE . I COVERED BOTH CECIL AND HARFORD COUNTY'S I'M A RESIDENT OF HARFORD COUNTY, AND I AM NOT IN LONG TERM RECOVERY AND ONE OF THE FEW THAT WORKED FOR VOICES. UM THERE MIGHT BE THREE OF US, SO I THINK I'M KIND OF THE ODDBALL AND LUCKY TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY. BUT HE IS A MIRACLE. NONETHELESS ALSO WITH US IS MR DON MATHIS AND HIS LOVELY WIFE, FOX. DON HAS ASSERTED. AS A CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALISTS AT OUR HARTFORD LOCATION. SO TODAY WE WAS ONE OF THE SHOWS SOME OF THE DATA AND KIND OF EXPRESS HOW WE ADD VOICES OF HOPE, KIND OF ENGAGED INDIVIDUALS. SO FIRST LET ME READ OUR MISSION. OUR MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISORDER PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY RESOURCES. ELIMINATE THE STIGMA OF ADDICTION THROUGH OUTREACH, EVENTS, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT ALL PATHWAYS OF RECOVERY. SO HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT OUR VISION IS TO END THE CYCLE OF ADDICTION, HE'LL FAMILIES AFFECTED BY ADDICTION AND CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF ADDICTION FOR ALL. SO HOW DO WE DO THIS? I ACTUALLY HAD THE HONOR OF BEING WITH DR DI CLEMENTE, ONE OF THE CREATORS OF THE STAGES OF CHANGE HIM AND PROTEST SKA FOR THREE DAYS. SO HE, UH THOROUGHLY TRAINED US ON HOW TO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY THE STAGES OF CHANGE, BUT ALSO MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES ON HOW TO MOVE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THOSE STAGES. SO THIS IS HOW WE KIND OF BASED OUR PROGRAM CALLED VOICES OF HOPE AND ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. SO FIRST WE HAVE OUR HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM AND I WANT YOU GUYS. EVERYBODY TONIGHT, GUYS. EXCUSE ME. I WANT EVERYBODY TO REALIZE THAT IN OUR HARTFORD LOCATION, WE HAVE HARM REDUCTION AND ALL OF OUR SERVICES AND ONE LOCATION. IT IS DIFFERENT IN CECIL COUNTY WHEN WE HAVE SEPARATE LOCATIONS, BUT IN HARFORD COUNTY, IT ALWAYS IN ONE LOCATION, SO HARM REDUCTION . OUR LOCATION IS LOCATED AT SIX. ABERDEEN SHOPPING PLAZA ABERDEEN, MARYLAND, 21001. AND WE HAVE PEER DELIBERATE SERVICES, WHICH MEANS ALL THE SERVICES WHICH I'LL GO OVER. WE CAN DELIVER. WE ALSO ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS ON OUTREACH WALKS WHERE SO EDGEWATER VILLAGE WE DO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MATTER WHAT WE DO ON SATURDAY. PERRY WOODS TRAIN STATION WE DO ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND WE HAVE OUR EXPLORATORY WALKS ON TUESDAY. SO IN THE PRE CONTEMPLATION WHEN EVERYBODY KIND OF THINK OF ACTIVE USE, RIGHT, SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT BE IN CHAOTIC USE? THEY MIGHT BE IN USE, THEY MIGHT BE DEPENDENT MIGHT HAVE A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. SO THIS IS HOW WE REALLY ENGAGE THOSE INDIVIDUALS . WE HAVE OUR HARM REDUCTION ENCOUNTER. SO 5096TH OF THE YEAR 2022. WE HAVE ENGAGED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OUTREACH. PURE DELIVERY SERVICES IN OUR FIXED SITE. WE ALSO HAVE A SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAMS. SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAMS WHERE WE GIVE OUT STERILE SYRINGES, COOKERS, COTTON'S TOURNIQUETS. ANYTHING THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS C AND HIV. RIGHT OR CUT DOWN ON MAYBE POSSIBLE VEIN HEALTH. AND WOUNDS , BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO KIND OF REALIZE THAT WHY WE REALLY DO THIS AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE ONLY HAD 84 SSP ENCOUNTERS OUT OF HARM REDUCTION THAT IS 1.6. THAT'S A VERY LOW NUMBER. WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR ORGANIZATION THAT WE JUST REALLY THREE STAGES TO A WALK THE FIRST STAGES WHERE WE CAN KIND OF ENGAGED AND BUILD TRUST WITH YOUR LOCAL MOMS AND POPS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. RIGHT THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS LIKE HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU AFFILIATED WITH ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT? UM RELIGIOUS SECT. THAT'S THAT SORT OF THING. THE SECOND STAGE IS WHERE WE ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS. THAT HAVE LOVED ONES WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AND YOU CAN SEE BY THIS DISTRIBUTION OF NARCAN 8234. THAT'S NOT JUST FOR ACTIVE USERS. THOSE ARE FOR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES WHO HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. OUR THIRD STAGE IS WHERE WE'RE REALLY ENGAGED, ACTIVE USERS, AND THIS TRUST IS BUILT OVER TIME, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. TO BUILD THAT TRUST. AND I WANT EVERYBODY HERE TO BE VERY FRANK WITH EVERYBODY. A SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM, RIGHT, HANDING OUT SYRINGES. I WAS A HEROIN ADDICT. AND I VE HEROIN ADDICT[00:10:06]
FOR 23 YEARS. THIS IS SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE TO DO. WE DON'T LIKE TO DO. YOU KNOW? THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE DON'T LIKE EITHER, AND THAT'S GOING THROUGH THESE WALKS. I GET WATER VILLAGE AND HAVING 12 YEAR OLDS TUG ON MY SHIRT AND SAY, HEY, MISTER, CAN YOU SHOW ME HOW TO USE NARCAN? BECAUSE SOMETIMES I CAN'T WAKE MOM OR DAD UP. AND WHEN I REALLY DON'T LIKE DOING IS GETTING AN OVERDOSE REPORT IN MY INBOX. HEY GOD, WHAT IF I HAD TO OPEN IT THAT IT'S NOT A FATALITY? AND THEN PRAYING SOME MORE THAT I DON'T KNOW THEIR MOM, THEIR DAD, THEIR BROTHER, THEIR SISTER. GOD FORBID THEIR KIDS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE LIKE TO DO. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO. BECAUSE HE'S INDIVIDUALS ARE RECLUSIVE, ISOLATED IF I CAN JUST GET THEM IN FRONT OF A CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALISTS WHO LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT'S WHERE THE MIRACLE HAPPENS. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE EXCUSE ME ABOUT ONE OF THE VERY CANDID ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT. SO WITH THAT, IN A HARM REDUCTION. WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED 974 BASIC WOUND CARE KITS. UM AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, WE DO HAVE JASON HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. WE ALSO DISTRIBUTE 867 SAFER USE SUPPLIES, CONDOMS, DENTAL DAMS, THAT SORT OF THING. SO THIS IS HOW WE ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PRE CONTEMPLATION STAGE. AND HOW WE KIND OF MOVE THEM. THROUGH THE PRE CONTEMPLATE STAGE AS YOU CAN SEE OUR OUTREACHES OF OUR TWO SEPARATE THE ACTUAL ENCOUNTER SO THROUGH OUTREACH, MEANING WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE'S 2 22 183 ENCOUNTERS. WE ALSO ENGAGE HOMELESS POPULATIONS OR HOUSING CHALLENGE POPULATION, SO WE HAD 309 OF THEM. AND JASON OVER HERE, PROVIDED WOUND CARE FOR 36. 36 TIMES. IN RS SP RETURN RATE, MEANING WE ALSO COLLECT THE SYRINGES THAT WE GIVE OUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S LOW AND WITH 27.53% THE REASON WHY THAT NUMBER IS NO, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T START OUR SSP PROGRAM UNTIL JULY 1ST OF LAST YEAR. SO LIKE I SAID , THIS IS A PROCESS AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO BUILD THIS TRUST. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR AVERAGE RATE IN CECIL COUNTY IS 167. SO WE DON'T PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND THAT. WE'RE JUST PASSING THESE SYRINGES OUT. WE ARE NOT. WE DO PRIDE OURSELVES IN COLLECTING THEM AS WELL. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A WOMAN CALLED WON'T CARE PROGRAM. I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THESE IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING THE SUMMER I WILL TRY TO BE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. AND AGAIN. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL TRY TO REFER YOU TO JASON. BUT I WILL TRY TO DO THIS JUSTICE. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE DRUG SUPPLY NOW IS CALLED SILENCING. HAS BEEN FOUND AND EVERYTHING AS FAR AS OPIATES AND EVEN METHAMPHETAMINES AT THIS POINT SOME OF THE REACTIONS FROM ZILLA SCENE. OR WHAT YOU SEE HERE, SO THIS IS THE PICTURE OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S HANDS. NOW IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AT THE INJECTION SITE. APPARENTLY THIS SUBSTANCE HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN. IT CAN BE AT THE INJECTION SITE. IT CAN BE NOT AT THE INJECTION SITE IT CAN IT CAN BE FROM SNORTING, SMOKING OR INJECTING. IT DOES NOT MATTER. SO THIS IS WHAT THE INCEPTION WAS. AFTER SEEING JASON AND HIS MIRACLES THAT HE DOES. THIS IS TWO WEEKS LATER, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WOUNDS TEND TO FORM AND COAGULATE ON THEIR OWN. 18 FORMAT HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN, REALLY, AND I'M NOT PROBABLY DOING THIS JUSTICE JASON PROBABLY DO SO MUCH BETTER. WHAT DID YOU CAN SEE? IT'S MOVING. THIS IS TWO WEEKS LATER. THIS IS TWO WEEKS LATER. SO WITHIN TWO MONTH PERIOD, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING. AND IF I WERE TO GIVE YOU A RATIO OF ONE BEING NEITHER BAND AID AND 10 BEING NEEDED AMPUTATED. THIS IS BETTER. WHAT JASON IS 677. SIX OR SEVEN. SO WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUALS NEEDING AMPUTATIONS FROM THIS NEW DRUG FINDING AS OTHERS AND THEY'RE CALLING IT TRANQ DOPE NOW. AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT IT HASN'T REALLY INFILTRATED HARFORD COUNTY IN THE PAST MONTHS OF PAST YEARS, BECAUSE I THINK THE DRUG SUPPLY IS COMING FROM BALTIMORE MORE BUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING NOW IS IT HAS NOW INFILTRATED HARFORD COUNTY. I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH PARTICIPANTS ASKING FOR WOUND CARE. I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE RIGHT, SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT WITH THE PARTICIPANT ASKING FOR WOUND CARE, SAYING THAT THE PHILLY DRUG SUPPLY IS STARTING TO TRICKLE OVER THE BRIDGE. IT HADN'T UNTIL, UM PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, SHE SAID. SHE'S STARTING TO SEE IT. THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AND THE TOLLS WHERE AMAZING BLOCK UNTIL RECENTLY. SO IT THE WORST WOUND I'VE SEEN A VOICES HAS BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY. UM IT'S THE FIRST WOUND I SAW IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND REQUIRED AMPUTATION, AND HE WAS A VETERAN. AND, UM. THAT SAME HOUSE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING TRUST. THAT SAME HOUSE WAS THE ONE THAT CALLED? IT WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE. THEY REMEMBERED ME FROM THEN ASKING FOR ONE CARROT JUST LITERALLY IN THE PARKING LOT BEFORE WE COME CAME IN. WE COULDN'T ASK FOR, LIKE CRAZY OR TIMING. THANK YOU, JASON. SO WE ENGAGE THESE INDIVIDUALS A MIRACLE KIND OF HAPPENS. EVEN THOUGH THE PERSON THAT WE'RE SERVICING DOESN'T[00:15:02]
EVEN KNOW WE PLANT A SEED. BECAUSE WITH EVERY SYRINGE, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT JUST TO HELP CUT BACK WHEN HIV HEPATITIS C VEIN CARE. IT'S NOT. THAT IS OUR CUP OF COFFEE. THAT IS OUR CUP OF COFFEE, AND WE PLANT THIS LITTLE SEED. RIGHT BECAUSE WE WERE THERE ONCE TOO. THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO KIND OF GO BY AND KNOW THAT THERE'S HOPE AND WE WATER IT EVERY TIME WE SEE HIM, SO THE MORE WE SEE THESE INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TELL YOU I'M GOING TO BE VERY HONEST. THERE IS AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES PER DAY AND ANY ONE PERSON THAT'S AN ACTIVE USE THAT THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT CHANGE. BUT BEING THERE IN THOSE FIVE MINUTES IS WHAT'S KEY. BECAUSE WE KNOW ONCE THEY WANT TO CHANGE. WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO GET THEM TO THE NEXT PROCESS OF CHANGE. OR THEY MIGHT NOT MAKE IT BACK. SO HOW WE KIND OF GET THEM TO THE CONTEMPLATION THINKING ABOUT IT. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT WE'VE HAD 62 UNIQUE MEANING NOT DUPLICATED SERVICES.SO THERE WAS A 62 INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY ON OUR SSP PROGRAM HERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY. 18 UNIQUE WERE GIVEN WOUND CARE. SO THERE'S 18 CURRENT RESIDENTS HERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY, RECEIVING WOUND CARRIAGE FROM JASON WALLING THAT DID RECEIVE WOUND CARE IN 2022. AND THAT ARE FIXED SITE SUPPORT GIVEN. SO WHAT? THIS IS AS INDIVIDUALS THAT COME IN HERE FOR THE SUPPLIES. WE ACTUALLY SIT THEM DOWN FROM APPEAR WE OFFER THEM WHAT ARE WE OFFER THEM COFFEE? HOW ARE YOU DOING? DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE A DRUG TESTING PROGRAM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE DRUG SUPPLY NOW? DID YOU KNOW HOW TO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? USE INJECT SAFELY. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS? DID YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU KNOW TO COME IN HERE? SO IT'S MORE OF AN ENGAGEMENT. NOW WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS. SO I WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT 27 OF THOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THOSE 60 PEOPLE OF THOSE 62 PEOPLE GOT THAT SUPPORT. SO IT'S NOT JUST HERE.
THANK YOU. GOODBYE, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE VERY SCARED. AND IT'S HARD TO BUILD TRUST WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMING TO US. AND THIS IS VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS AND CECIL COUNTY ONLY ENGAGE WITH US ON OUTREACH WHERE IT WAS SAFE ON THEIR HOMES WHERE THEY COULD DUCK AROUND CORNERS. BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT 57 SSP ENCOUNTERS ON OUTREACH. 27 WALKED IN. 27 PEOPLE OUT OF 57 WALKED INTO LITERALLY WHERE HELP IS THIS FAR AWAY WHERE TREATMENT IS THIS FAR AWAY? WHERE A RIDE THE TREATMENT IS THIS FAR AWAY? SO 47 ALREADY IT TOOK US THREE YEARS TO GET THAT IN CECIL COUNTY. 47 OF 47% OF THE INDIVIDUAL WERE COMING TO OUR LOCATION, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF THE CARIBBEAN. THERE WERE LATE WITH ENGAGING, YOU KNOW THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF CONTRAST WITH CECIL COUNTY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DARK PURPLE IS FOR HOW MANY TIMES THAT CECIL COUNTY HAS COORDINATED TREATMENT. THE DARK RED IS FOR HOW MANY TIMES HARFORD COUNTY HAS COORDINATED TREATMENT, BUT WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE LIGHT PURPLE AND THE LIGHT RED. IS HOW MANY TIMES HARM REDUCTION HAS REFERRED INDIVIDUALS TO TREATMENT. SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE MOVING THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL BE VERY HONEST, I CAN PUT A NEON SIGN ON 22 RIGHT NOW THAT SAYS FREE TREATMENT COORDINATION I'LL THROW IN ICE CREAM AND A TIRE ROTATION AND NOBODY'S GONNA COME NOBODY'S GOING TO COME. THIS IS HOW WE ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS AND MOVE THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS. GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT RESPECT.
COUNTY IS ON THE LEFT. HARFORD COUNTY IS ON YOUR RIGHT SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY HARM REDUCTION FOR ALS ENGAGING THOSE INDIVIDUALS DOES DO MORE TREATMENT NAVIGATION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HARFORD COUNTY THERE ON THE AVERAGE 4.6 PER MONTH LATE TO 6.8 AVERAGE PER MONTH TREATMENT NAVIGATION. SO THE MORE HARM REDUCTION ENCOUNTERS WITH PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS MORE ACTIVELY USERS WE ENGAGE WITH MORE TIMES WE PLANT THAT LITTLE SEED AND WATER IT EVERY DAY. THE MORE TREATMENT NAVIGATION WILL HAVE SO THEN KIND OF MOVING THROUGH THE PRE CONTEMPLATION, CONTEMPLATION, SIDES, UH, STAGE GETTING READY FOR THE PREPARATION. WE HAVE OUR CENTER RIGHT, WHICH IS LOCATED UNITS HAVE AN ABERDEEN THIS IS OPEN A 30 TO 8 P.M. WEEKDAYS AT 8:30 A.M. TO FIVE P.M. ON WEEKENDS. SO THE SERVICE THAT WE ALSO DO THERE'S PEER SUPPORT THAT CAN BE IN PERSON THAT CAN BE BY TEST MEASURES. EMAIL PHONE CALL. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, TREATMENT, NAVIGATION. WE ARE 97% EFFECTIVE IF SOMEONE COMES IN FOR TREATMENT, NAVIGATION THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM ON THEIR WAY IN TWO HOURS. IF NOT 15 MINUTES. REDUCING THE BARRIER.
IF YOU HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. YOU DON'T HAVE I D. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVE INSURANCE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WE FIGURED OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE USED TO USE AS AN EXCUSE, AND WE ELIMINATE THOSE THINGS. OKAY SO ALSO WE HAVE RECOVERY. HOUSE NAVIGATION , SHELTER. NAVIGATION IF THE NEEDS SHOULD CALL FOR IT, AND WE ALSO FUND I SO HARFORD COUNTY.
YOU GUYS ARE VERY RECOVERY RICH . I BELIEVE THE LAST NUMBER I SAW WAS 68 RECOVERY HOUSES. SO WE DO HAVE TO RECOVERY HOUSE IN CECIL COUNTY. BUT WE FUND ANYBODY FROM HARFORD COUNTY TO BALTIMORE, WHEREVER YOU ARE. IF FUNDING IS AN ISSUE, WE WILL FUND YOU. ALSO IN PERSON SUPPORT MEETINGS. WE DO HAVE FOUR SUPPORT MEETINGS A WEEK. WE HAVE N A N A SMART RECOVERY AND ALL
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PAIRS RECOVERY, WHICH IS A NON ABSTINENCE BASED MEANING IF YOU'RE ON METHADONE, SUBOXONE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR THAT AS WELL. SO IN THE ACTION STAGE WHEN THEY ARE READY, SO I WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT HARFORD COUNTY HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS, MEANING WHEN WE ENGAGED INDIVIDUALS, 50 OF THEM. 50 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE REFERRED TO A HIGH LEVEL OF CARE THAT COULD BE JUST SEEING JASON FOR WOUND CARE OR IT COULD BE TREATMENT, NAVIGATION OR A NUMBER OF THINGS. SO 50 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE DIRECTLY REFERRED TO A HIGH LEVEL OF CARE. THEY'VE ALSO COORDINATED 70 73 TIMES IN 2022. THOSE WERE 73 TREATMENT NAVIGATION, SO THEY'RE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY IN THE ACTION. STAGE OF RECOVERY ALSO DONE 91 TRANSPORTATIONS AND WE SAY, TRANSPORTATIONS THAT COULD BE APPEAR. IF WE'RE AVAILABLE. WE KNOW THE VALUE OF APPEAR BUT SOMETIMES APPEARS NOT AVAILABLE, SO WE WILL PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUAL WITH TAXI TRANSPORTATION. SO THEN WE GET TO THE MAINTENANCE STAGE. SO YOU PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 4240 SERVICES AT THE LOCATION IN 2022 . THAT'S HOW MUCH SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDED IN THAT LOCATION.FOR 1392 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. BUT 81% 3427 OF THOSE WERE FOR PEER SUPPORT. EXCUSE ME. SORRY SORRY ABOUT THAT. WE'RE FOR A PEER SUPPORT. 81% OF THE SERVICES THAT THAT ENTIRE LOCATION DID WAS FOR A PEER SUPPORT. ALSO 1766 INDIVIDUALS DID ATTEND. OUR MEETINGS ARE SUPPORT MEETINGS IN 2022. SO WHAT'S THE AVERAGE DAY LOOKED AT IT IN HARFORD COUNTY? WE HAVE AT LEAST 15 HARM REDUCTION ENCOUNTERS. WE GIVE OUT THREE BASIC WOUND. CARE SUPPLIES. WE DISTRIBUTE 24 DOSES OF NARCAN. PROVIDE 12 SERVICES FOR FOUR UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS AND 10 OF THOSE ARE FOR JUST PEER SUPPORT, AND FIVE PEOPLE COME TO OUR RECOVERY SUPPORT MEETINGS EACH DAY. SO ON BEHALF OF VOICES OF HOPE WE THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. OF HARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL COUNCIL MINISTRATIONS IN AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY QUESTIONS AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER HIM. THANK YOU. SO HERE, LET ME THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL FOR YOU AND RACHEL AND DON FOR THE MEETING THAT WE HAD A FEW WEEKS AGO. UM VERY ENLIGHTENING . I APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE THOSE IN NEED. I'M SURE ALL MY COLLEAGUES DO BUT I'M SURE THEY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL. MR GUTHRIE? YEAH. WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE JOB DOING THAT GUY SITTING BEHIND YOU DON MATHIS. I'M SURE HE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH HOW SUCCESSFUL YOU ARE. I SERVED WITH HIM ON THE GOVERNMENT WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD FOR CECIL COUNTY FRONT. AND HOW MANY YEARS I KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 25 YEARS MYSELF. HE'S PROBABLY GOT MORE THAN ME. BUT HE DOES A GREAT JOB AND WE APPRECIATE HIM . ALSO I LIKE THE ASK YOU A QUESTION. THAT MIGHT BE, UH, YOU DIDN'T TOUCH ON THAT, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY HERE AND EVERYBODY WATCHING WOULD WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOU WERE ON THEIR 23 YEARS, RIGHT? YES I WAS A HEROIN ADDICT FOR 23 YEARS. CORRECT THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU GOT OFF. OFF OF THIS STUFF WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT. GUIDE THEM. TRY TO KEEP MY STORY VERY BRIEF. SO IF I CAN PAINT YOU A PICTURE, I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE STREETS OF KENSINGTON HOMELESS. FOR MANY YEARS. AFTER THREE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND PROBABLY 17 OVERDOSES. I FINALLY GIVEN UP OF GIVING UP I MEAN, FOR ME TRYING TO KILL MYSELF, RIGHT? DIDN'T EVEN WORK. SO WHAT VALUE DID I HAVE? AND IT WASN'T ME. THERE WAS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ME. THERE WAS A PLAY HERE BECAUSE SOMEHOW I FOUND MYSELF IN RISING SUN. AND WHEN I FOUND MYSELF IN RISING SUN DETOXING, OR 50 MG OF METHADONE RIGHT, STILL ADDICTED TO BENZOS STILL ADDICTED TO HEROIN. MY MOM SAID ONE THING, SHE SAID. YOU HAVE TO GET OFF ALL THE SUBSTANCES OR YOU CAN'T STAY HERE. SO AFTER TWO WEEKS I COULDN'T GET OFF THE BENZOS BY MYSELF. SO SHE SENT ME DOWN THERE TO MY MEDICAL INSURANCE WOULD ONLY BE IN PHILADELPHIA. SO I SAT MYSELF IN KENSINGTON HOSPITAL. FOR THREE DAYS WITH ONLY BENZOS IS MY SYSTEM AT THIS TIME BECAUSE ALL THE OPIATES HAD HAD PASSED THROUGH MY SYSTEM AND THE GENTLEMAN SAID TO ME WHAT? I'M SORRY. WE CANNOT DETOX YOU JUST ON BENZOS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE PRESCRIBED TO YOU. SO AFTER THREE DAYS OF SITTING ON A CHAIR LIKE THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S NO BEDS. I KNEW WHAT TO DO AS A GOOD ADDICT BECAUSE I HAD $30 IN MY POCKET AND I SAID, WELL, IF YOU NEED SOMETHING ELSE IN MY SYSTEM, I'LL GET SOMETHING ELSE IN MY SYSTEM. SO I WENT I GOT ANOTHER THINGS TO MY SYSTEM, AND I WENT BACK. AND I WAS GOING TO INJECT MYSELF WITH OPIATES. AND AS I'M SITTING THERE IN A DARK ALLEY AND A TORN TORN HOUSE, AND I DON'T MEAN TO TRIGGER ANYBODY.
BUT IT WAS A VERY COLD NIGHT. THIS WAS IN DECEMBER. 4015. AND, UM, AS I WAS DOING IT AND GOT
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ALL MY STUFF READY. I HAD THREE SWEATSHIRTS ON AND I GOT ALL MY STUFF OUT AND I WENT TO DRAW IT THROUGH THE SYRINGE AND IT WAS FROZEN. AND THE REASON I'M TELLING YOU IS BECAUSE THERE'S A VERY GOOD STORY. IT WAS FROZEN AND AT THAT POINT BECAUSE I HATED GUY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN MOLESTED. I'VE HAD A ROUGH CHILD ON THEM. YOU KNOW, MY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I HAD A LOT OF REASONS TO HATE GOD. RIGHT? AT THAT MOMENT I LOOKED UP AND I SAID, REALLY MY LAST ONE. REALLY. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO. AND THOUGH I HEARD FOOTSTEPS BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK, LIKE I SAID, IT'S WINTERTIME, BUT IT'S DARK AND IT'S COLD. AND I KIND OF DUCKED BACK BEHIND THE CORNER AND LO AND BEHOLD, I SEEN A MOM WALKING TWO LITTLE GIRLS. AND THE CLOSEST LITTLE GIRL SHE HAD TO BE THREE YEARS OLD. I'M TONY MAN WHEN SHE LOOKED IN MY EYES. I SAW THE DEADBEAT FATHER WATCHING MY DAUGHTER. TURNED NINE BIRTHDAYS AND FEDERAL PRISON. I SAW MY MOM'S COUNTLESS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. PROBABLY WISHING I WAS DEAD BUT PRAYING THAT I WASN'T I SAW THE PERSON.THAT I'D BECOME AND AT ALL, AND THAT INSTANT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. I DIDN'T USE BECAUSE I HAD SOMETHING ELSE IN MY SYSTEM THAT I HAD USED PREVIOUSLY BEFORE GETTING THE OPIATES AND I WALKED INTO THE HOSPITAL. AND AFTER THAT HOSPITAL, I CALLED MY MOM AND SHE SAID, HEY, LISTEN.
HERE'S THE DEAL. YOU CAN SPEND THE NIGHT ON MY COUCH. FOR EVERY AND A MEETING. YOU GO TO. AND I'M NOT GONNA LIE. IT TOOK THE TRIBE OF A 12 STEP FELLOWSHIP. AND THE GOD OF MY UNDERSTANDING TO SAVE ME FROM 23 23 YEARS OF TRYING TO KILL MYSELF. THANK YOU FOR THAT EFFORT. MR PAEMEN.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. ERIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONIAL. UM YOU KNOW, HAVING A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, 12 OF IT IN NARCOTICS INVESTIGATIONS IN THE LAST FIVE AND JUST AN OUTREACH PROGRAMS, JUST PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES. I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY OF TRYING TO PULL SOMEONE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION INTO RECOVERY.
IT'S A IT'S EVERYDAY STRUGGLE FOR THEM. IT'S EVERY EVERYDAY STRUGGLE FOR YOUR PROGRAM, SO I JUST WANTED TO APPLAUD YOU FOR THE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. THANK YOU, MR PERRIMAN. ANYONE ELSE? MR BENNETT. UM THANK YOU, UM, AS THE SON OF AN ADDICT, UM, THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, I SAT IN THE BACK OF PLENTY OF A MEETINGS GROWING UP. UM YOU KNOW, SMOKING IS NO LONGER ALLOWED INSIDE, BUT I GREW UP IN A TIME WHERE I KNEW ABOUT THAT INDOOR CLOUD THAT EXISTS IN A MEETINGS. UM AND, UH. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO SOME ABOUT WHAT IS THERE OUT THERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN OF ADDICTS AND RECOVERING ADDICTS? YOU KNOW WHAT IS THERE AND I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT'S IN THE SCOPE OF YOUR WORK. BUT WHAT IS THERE OUT THERE FOR THOSE CHILDREN? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION AND MUCH NEEDED SERVICE AS WELL. RIGHT WE NEED IT ON ALL SIDES. WE NEED PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND OBVIOUSLY MAINTENANCE FOR RECOVERY. SO THE ONLY SERVICES THAT I KNOW. AND I WILL TRY TO PASS THIS TO RACHEL IS THE ASHLEY HAS A ADOLESCENT CLUBHOUSE MHM, AND THERE'S ALSO ALUNAN AND NOR NON, BUT THEY ARE GEARED MORE TOWARDS SPOUSES AND MORE NOT CHILDREN. BUT THAT IS A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE. AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO RACHEL. SHE KNOWS OF THE OTHERS. SO NOT REALLY LIKE, HE SAID. THE CLUBHOUSE IS USUALLY WHERE WE REFER PEOPLE TO WHEN THEY COME IN ASKING US, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY. AND I WILL SAY, AND SHE'S PROBABLY IF SHE'S WATCHING. SHE PROBABLY GONNA HATE ME. BUT I KNOW LINDA WILLIAMS FROM A CR WAS TALKING ABOUT A RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL. UM SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT PLUG IN THERE. LINDA. HI WHERE I'M ON CAMERA. BUT, YES, IT IS A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE. AND IF THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO SUPPORT IT.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. TONIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON. THANK YOU. AGENDA NUMBER SEVEN
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES. PUBLIC HEARING MAY 2ND 2023 LEGISLATIVE DAY 23-0 14 MAY 2ND 2023. FISCAL YEAR. 24 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING MAY 4TH 2023 ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES?[8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS]
BEING NO CORRECTIONS MINISTER AND APPROVES MR DANGER DANGER. PLEASE READ RESOLUTION ZERO THREE 3-23 0 THREE 4-23 INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION, PLEASE RESOLUTION ZERO THREE 3-23 BELLER ANNEXATION ZONING WAIVER INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT JANG GIORDANO AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTI A RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL WAVING THE FIVE YEAR WAITING[00:30:01]
PERIOD. CONTAINING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARTICLES SECTION 4-4 16, A ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND IN ORDER TO ADMIT TO PERMIT PROPERTY CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 2.671 ACRES AND EXPLOITED TANA BEL AIR, LOCATED AT 304308 AND 3, 10, SOUTH TOLLGATE ROAD, BEL AIR, MARYLAND TO 10, 14 AND P. 061 15. BALTIMORE PIKE, BEL AIR MARYLAND. 21014 WHICH IS CURRENTLY ZONED HARTFORD COUNTY B TWO COMMUNITY BUSINESS ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO RESUMED UNDER THE TANA BEL AIR'S B THREE GENERAL BUSINESS ZONING CLASSIFICATION PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR RESOLUTION ZERO THREE 3-23 ON JUNE 13TH 2023 AT SIX P.M. IN THE EAST CHAMBERS.RESOLUTION ZERO THREE 4-23. PUBLIC NECESSITY. BELLAIRE SOUTH CONDEMNATION INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENT THEATER CREST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, APPROVING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY AND COMMENCEMENT OF CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE A PERMANENT DRAINAGE IN UTILITY AND ROAD IMPROVEMENT EASEMENT AREA CONTAINING 1828.8. SQUARE FEET OR 0.42 ACRES. MORE OR LESS A PERMANENT DRAINAGE IN UTILITY AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT EASEMENT AREA CONTAINING 6444.34 SQUARE FEET OR 0.14 ACRES, MORE OR LESS A DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT AREA CONTAINING 2300 AND 11.94 SQUARE FEET OR 0.53 ACRES, MORE OR LESS AND A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AREAS CONTAINING 3026 SQUARE FEET OR 0.70 ACRES, MORE OR LESS FROM THE BEL AIR SOUTH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLATION, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PROJECTS . BELLAIRE SOUTH PARK, WE HAD TOLD GEAR TOLLGATE ROAD RUNABOUT PROJECT PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR RESOLUTION 033-23 ON JUNE 13TH 2023. AT SIX P.M. IN THE EAST CHAMBERS. THANK YOU, UM. MR
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GENDER DINNER. PLEASE READ BILLS 23-0 20 THROUGH 0 24-23 INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION 23 DANCE 0 TO 0 REVISED PRIOR YEAR BOND BILLS INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTI AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ACTOR REVISED PRIOR BOND LEGISLATION DUE TO THE REDUCED COST. FOR SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION FOUR A BILL NUMBER 17-10 AS AMENDED TO REPEAL AND REACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION THREE BILL 19-14 AS AMENDED TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION TWO OF BUILD NUMBER 20-14 AS AMENDED. TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PROPORTIONS OF SECTION TWO BILL NUMBER 21-8 AS AMENDED TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION SIX BILL NUMBER 21 DASH YEAR 08 AS AMENDED TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH THE AMENDMENTS, CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION ONE A BILL NUMBER 21-9 AS AMENDED. TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION ONE OF BILL NUMBER 22-15 AS AMENDED TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION TWO A BILL NUMBER 22.15 AS AMENDED AND TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION ONE. A BILL NUMBER 22-16 AS AMENDED. PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR BILL 23-20 ON JUNE 13TH. 2023 AT SIX P.M. IN THE EAST CHAMBERS. I'M TAKING A SHIP. TAKE YOUR TIME. THIS IS LONG. YEAH. BILL 23 DAYS. YOU'RE 2021 BOND AUTHORIZATION. C P. I INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTI OF YOUR QUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BILL TO AUTHORIZE AN EMPOWERED HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND TO BORROW ON ITS FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND ISSUE AND SELL ITS BANDS AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS, INCLUDING THE LEASE FINANCING IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 94,090,000. PRINCIPAL AMOUNT. THE PROCEEDS THERE THERE OF TO BE USED FOR THE EXPANSION RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN PROJECTS, AS DESCRIBED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE. BILL NUMBER 23 DASH YOUR 14 AS AMENDED FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH 2024, AS DESCRIBED IN HIS BILL. MM HMM. AND ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 24 OF THE CHARTER OF HARFORD COUNTY AND SECTION 1 $23.40 OF THE CODE OF HARFORD COUNTY OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND COUNTY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION THAT SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE FORM OF INSTRUMENT BY WHICH ANY INDEBTEDNESS IS TO BE EVIDENCED THE MANNER BY WHICH BARNES AND ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS MAY BE SECURED AND RATE OF INTEREST TO[00:35:02]
BE PAID AND GENERALLY FOR SUCH OTHER MANNERS HAS MADE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL IN CONNECTION THERE WITH AN AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL BY ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER TO DETERMINE THE FORM OF VARIOUS DOCUMENTS AS ARE NECESSARY TO DESCRIBE THE IMPLEMENT TO THE SUPPORT DESIRABLE, DESIRABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE FINANCING AUTHORIZED HERE IN THE MANNER OF ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF ANY BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS, THE PAYMENT OF ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES AND A CONNECTION HERE WITH THE METHOD BY WHICH BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE SOLD, MATURITY, SCHEDULE AND REDEMPTION PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN AGENTS AND OTHERWISE GENERALLY RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE, DELIVERY AND PAYMENT OF BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT BONDS OR ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE ISSUED UPON THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND TAXING POWER OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND.PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, ANTICIPATION NOTES. HMM OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS UPON ADOPTION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL, APPROVING THE INTEREST RATE OR RAGE TO BE BORN , THEREBY FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED HERE WE'RE HERE IN FOR WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF SALE OF THE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE SHALL BE USED, PROVIDING THAT AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND ANTICIPATION, NOTES OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS OR ANY OTHER RENEWAL THERE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHOW AUTHORIZED THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY, SAID BARON ANTICIPATION, NOTES. OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT UPON WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL , OR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HERE IN INTENDED TO BE UTILIZED FOR PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS FOR MANAGING, PRODUCING, TREATING, RECAPTURING ABATING OR CONTROLLING. NON PROFIT SOURCES . POINT NON POINT. SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION, INCLUDING STORMWATER OR SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE WATER, INCLUDING AMONG THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE OF THIS BILL MAY BE INCURRED PURSUANT TO LOANS FROM THE MARYLAND WATER QUALITY FINANCING ADMINISTRATION. PROVIDING FORWARD DISPERSEMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF BONDS OR OTHER INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HERE IN AND FOR THE LEVYING OF CHARGES, ASSESSMENT AND ALL THE TAXES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF AND PREMIUM IF ANY INTEREST ON BONDS OR OTHER FORMS OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MATTERS MAY BE DETERMINED. BY RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, OR MAYBE RESERVED ONTO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AS PRESCRIBED BY SUCH RESOLUTION PROVIDING THE METHOD OF FIXING THE INTEREST. RATES TO BE BORN BY SUCH BONDS IN GENERALLY PROVIDING FOR AND DETERMINING VARIOUS MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH AND GENERALLY RELATING TO FUNDING OF THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED HERE IN PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR BILL 23-21 ON JUNE 13TH 2023 AT SIX P.M. IN THE EAST CHAMBERS. SENTENCE. BILL 23-22 BOND AUTHORIZATION, WATER AND SEWER INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTI AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. THE BILL TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND TO BORROW AND IT'S FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND ISSUE AND SELL ITS BOMBS, BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS, INCLUDING LEASE FINANCING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,500,000. ANSELMO MOUNT THE PROCEEDS THEREOF TO BE USED FOR THE EXPANSION, RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT. OF CERTAIN WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS AND DESCRIBED AS DESCRIBED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION. ORDINANCE BILL NUMBER 23-14 AS AMENDED FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH 2024 AS DESCRIBED IN THIS BILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 24 OF THE CHARTER OF HARFORD COUNTY.
AND SECTIONS 1 23-40 AND 2 56 TEXT 26 OF THE CODE OF HARTFORD COUNTY OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION THAT SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE FORM OF AN INSTRUMENT BY WHICH ANY INDEBTEDNESS IS TO BE EVIDENCE. THE MANNER BY WHICH BONDS OR ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS MAY BE SECURED AND THE RATES ADVENTURES TO BE PAID. AND GENERALLY FOR SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL IN CONNECTION THERE WITH AN AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL BY ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION OR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER TO DETERMINE THE FORM OF VARIOUS DOCUMENTS AS
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ARE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE FINANCING AUTHORIZED HERE IN THE MANNER OF ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF ANY BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS, THE PAYMENT OF ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES IN CONNECTION HERE THERE WITH THE METHOD BY WHICH BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE SOLD, MATURITY, SCHEDULE AND REDEMPTION PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING THE. APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN AGENTS AND OTHERWISE GENERALLY RELATING TO THE ISSUE IN SALE, DELIVERY AND PAYMENT OF BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT BONDS OR ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE ISSUED UPON THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND TAXING POWER. HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND. PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, ANTICIPATION NOTES OR OTHER FORMS OF INDEBTEDNESS UPON ADOPTION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL , APPROVING THE INTEREST RATE OR RAGE TO BE BORN, THEREBY FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE PRODUCTS JUST PROJECTS DESCRIBED HERE IN FOR WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF SALE OF THE BOND ANTICIPATION NODE SHALL BE USED, PROVIDING THAT AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND ANTICIPATION, NOTES OR OTHER FORMS OF INDEBTEDNESS OR ANY RENEWAL THERE OF THE COUNTY COUNCILS, OUR AUTHORIZED THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY SAID BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OR OTHER FORMS OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT UPON WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL. ALL OR A PORTION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HERE IN MAY BE INCURRED PURSUANT TO LOANS FROM THE MARYLAND WATER QUALITY FINANCING ADMINISTRATION , PROVIDING FOR DISBURSEMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF BONDS OR OTHER INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HERE IN AND FOR THE LEVYING OF CHARGES ASSESSMENT. AND ALL TAXES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND A PREMIUM, IF ANY INTEREST ON BONDS OR ANY OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MATTERS MAY BE DETERMINED BY RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, OR MAYBE RESERVED ONTO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AS PRESCRIBED BY SUCH RESOLUTION PROVIDING THE METHOD OF FIXING THE INTEREST RATES TO BE BORN BY SUCH BONDS AND GENERALLY PROVIDING FOR AND DETERMINING VARIOUS MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH AND GENERALLY GENERALLY RELATING TO FUNDING OF THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED HERE IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR BILL 23-22 ON JUNE 13TH 2023 AT SIX P.M. IN THE EAST CHAMBERS. BILL 23-23 CIVIL PENALTIES INTRODUCED BY COUNTY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTE THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS SECTIONS 1-23 GENERAL PENALTY OF ARTICLE TWO MISCELLANEOUS OF GENERAL MISCELLANEOUS HAVE CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE HARFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED.AND TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS SECTION 2 67-14 AND PENALTIES OF ARTICLE TWO.
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT PART ONE STANDARDS OF CHAPTER 2 67 ZONING OF THE HARFORD COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL PENALTY PROCESS FOR ADDRESSING INFRACTIONS OF THE CODE. RESOLUTIONS LOCAL LAW, RULE REGULATION OR ORDER AND GENERALLY RELATING TO CIVIL PENALTIES. PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR BILL 23-23 ON JUNE 13 2023 AT SIX P.M. IN THE EAST CHAMBERS. TAKE A BREAK. DRINK. GOOD IDEA. I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DRINK. BILL 23-24 ZONING CERTIFICATE INTRODUCED BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTI AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS. SUBSECTIONS A B C, D E G H AND I OF SECTION 2 67-8 ZONING CERTIFICATES, ALL OF ARTICLE TWO AND MINISTRATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT ALL APART ONE STANDARDS OF CHAPTER 2 67 ZONING OF THE HARFORD COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT A SEPARATE ZONING CERTIFICATE AND PAYMENT HAVE A SEPARATE ZONING CERTIFICATE, FISH ON HAPPY REQUIRED FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT OR USE OF ANY LOT OR PORTION THEREOF, OR BUILDING STRUCTURE, IMPROVEMENTS OR PORTION THEREOF , WHERE A BUILDING PERMIT IS ALSO REQUIRED TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES OR HOUSEKEEPING UNITS BE INCLUDED ON THE ZONING CERTIFICATE APPLICATION INSTEAD REQUIRED THAT THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL OR BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL UNITS BE INCLUDED. AND TO PROHIBIT THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FROM ISSUING A ZONING CERTIFICATE AND TONE APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND ALL FEES PAID AND GENERAL RELATING TO ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR BILL 23-24 ON JUNE 13TH.
2023 AT SIX P.M. IN THE EAST CHAMBERS. THANK YOU, MR JAN GIORDANO. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10
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INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE NONE. 11 CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS.[11. CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS]
BUILD 23-9 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FEES MAY HAVE EMOTION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOVED TO APPROVE BILL 23-9 2ND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. THEY MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE BILL 23-9. ANY DISCUSSION. MR PYM. AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, I AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ADVOCATED AGAINST TAX INCREASES, AND I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A FORM OF ATTACKS UNDER THE TITLE FEE AT A TIME WHEN INFLATION IS UP, AND PROPERTY REASSESSMENTS ARE UP. LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED A PROPERTY TAX PRODUCTION, AND NOW THAT IS SLOWLY BEING TAKEN AWAY UNDER THE COVER OF FEES. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IS WHY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SO IMPORTANT. TO OFFSET THOSE COSTS, WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY BEEN IMPACTED BY RECENT INITIATIVES. AND MAYBE WHY WE'RE DISCUSSING RAISING FEES ALTOGETHER. I'M CONCERNED HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THE WALLETS OF HARDWORKING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ALONG WITH THE BUSINESSES ACROSS OUR COUNTY, WHICH WILL INEVITABLY BE PASSED DOWN TO THE CONSUMER AGAIN WITH ALL THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MR. PRESIDENT THANK YOU, MR PEMON MEMORY ELSE MISSILES. I'M OPPOSED TO BUILD 23-9 THE IMPOSITION OF THIS FEE ON SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FUSES A TANTAMOUNT TO ATTACKS ON OUR CITIZENS. IN THESE TIMES OF ECONOMIC DIFFICULTY. WE SHOULD BE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO HELP OUR CITIZENS NOT IMPOSING MORE FINANCIAL BURDENS ON OUR FAMILY . THIS BILL DOES JUST THAT IT IMPOSES MORE COSTS AND, UM, THAT THAT WILL INCREASE WHAT FAMILIES HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. SO THEREFORE I CAN'T SUPPORT IT.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. UM. HEARST AM PERSONALLY, I'M GONNA VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS FEE INCREASE. I MEAN, THE PRESENTATION WE HAD ON IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. IT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE INCREASED COST TO THE WORK WE DO TO GET SOLID WASTE OUT OF HARTFORD COUNTY. UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID IT IS JUST I THINK WORF, NOTING THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS BEEN SENDING OUT TEXTS AND SENDING OUT, UH, PHONE CALLS TO PEOPLE AND ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, MY NEIGHBORS AND SAYING DON'T LET THE COUNTY COUNCIL RAISED TAXES. WE DON'T WANT TAXES RAISED. BUT THEN HE'S SENDING THESE FEE ADJUSTMENTS OVER TO US. AND I JUST I HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS AND ONE HAND. UM HE'S MAKING THE CLAIM AGAINST US THAT WE'RE THE ONES INTERESTED IN RAISING TAXES AND THEN THE OTHER HAND, HE'S COMING TO US AND SAYING, HEY, PLEASE SUPPORT ME IN THESE EFFORTS TO RAISE FEES. UM SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THE CONTRADICTION THERE AND I FIND THAT CONTRADICTION FRUSTRATING. AND I WISH THAT THERE WAS MORE CLARITY FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO, BECAUSE WHAT HE'S HAVING HIS PEOPLE COME AND CALL US AND EMAIL US AND ASK US TO DO IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE'S REQUESTING FROM US THROUGH THIS ACTION. UM SO THAT BEING SAID, WELL, I SUPPORT THIS BILL . I JUST WISH THERE WAS SOME CLARITY COMING FROM THE EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE AND WHAT HE DESIRES BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING TWO DIFFERENT MESSAGES. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. AND I TOO I MEAN, I SUPPORT THE BILL AS WELL. IT IS NOT A TAX. IT IS A COST OF DOING BUSINESS. UM I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS BILL OR TIPPING FEES HAVE NOT BEEN INCREASED SINCE. 2014 THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE CAME INTO OFFICE IN 2014. AND REALIZED THAT THE WATER AND SEWER FUND WAS NEARLY DEPLETED AND HAD NOT BEEN TOUCHED IN 20 YEARS. SO IT IS A IT IS A NECESSARY STEP IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS. MR JANE SUDAN. SO UH, I'VE GOT QUITE A FEW, PROBABLY ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN COMPANIES THAT DO REFUSE COLLECTION. THEY WONDERED FOR A LONG TIME WHEN THE FEES WERE GOING TO INCREASE. UM THEY ALL KNEW IT WAS COMING. THEY EXPECTED IT. THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL OKAY WITH IT FROM THE ONES THAT I'VE THAT I DEAL WITH. SO I KNOW THAT MIGHT BE NOT OF YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY NOT MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH IT. BUT I DO SUPPORT IT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ANYONE ELSE, MR GUTHRIE? YEAH I SUPPORTED ALSO AND AGAIN THERE.
UH IF YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TAX THAT WAS CUT THAT WAS MADE IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, WE ALL KNOW WHY THE TAX CUT CAME IN COMFORT POLITICAL REASONS. UNFORTUNATELY, UM AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A TAX INCREASE. I AGREE. IT'S A FEE. AND BEING ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE, UH AND IT'S HAPPENING IN 2014 HADN'T RAISED SINCE THEN. THAT'S WHEN I LEFT THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF 2014, BUT WE HAD A LOT GOING ON BACK THEN WHEN WE HAD AN INCINERATOR PLANT ON 1 52. IF YOU REMEMBER
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THAT BIG INCINERATOR PLANT IT CROSSES ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS AND EVERYTHING WITH PEOPLE GETTING CANCER DOWN THERE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET RID OF THAT , UH, AND TO TEAR DOWN THAT CENTER AERATOR PLANT STOP GREG HARKINS FROM BUILDING A NEW INCINERATOR PLANT WHERE COLES NOW IS BECAUSE THAT WAS AN EMPTY PLANT AND THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD ANOTHER INCINERATOR PLANT AND WE WERE ABLE TO COUNSEL WAS ABLE TO STOP THAT. AND UM THEY WERE GOING TO TEAR THAT DOWN AND BUILDING THE SURVEY POINT THERE. INSTEAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET COLDS COME IN, TOOK OVER 600,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND INCREASE IT TO A MILLION SQUARE FEET. AND THAT'S A GREEN COMPANY AND, UM AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO. WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSFER ALL THE SOLID WASTE IN HARFORD COUNTY, EXCEPT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE UP TO THE TO THE SCARBOROUGH FACILITY ITSELF. WE REALLY WILL TAKE ALL THE SOLID WASTE ALL YOUR TRASHED. NOW LEAVES HARFORD COUNTY AND GOES THE BALMER COUNTY AND IN A LANDFILL, WE NOW DO NOT DEPOSIT ANY TRASH THAT'S HAULED OUT OF YOUR POEMS AND EVERYWHERE ELSE IN HARFORD COUNTY ANYMORE GOES TO BOMBER COUNTY. I'M PROUD OF THAT, BECAUSE I WAS VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH PREVIOUS COUNTY EXECUTIVE. UNFORTUNATELY, HE PASSED AWAY WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE FOR GOVERNOR AND HELPED ME GET THAT DONE. UM SO I'M PROUD OF THAT, AND THAT'S WHY I THAT'S WHY I WILL SUPPORT THIS BILL. THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. SEEING NO ONE ELSE. MISS DIXON PRESIDENT, MR GUTHRIE PENMAN? NO. MR JAN GIORDANO, MR RILEY SADDLES? NO, MR BENNETT. THEY'RE BEING FIVE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. TWO AND THE NEGATIVE. BILL 23-9 IS HEREBY APPROVED. AGENDA NUMBER 12 ENROLLMENT OF BILLS BILL 23-9[12. ENROLLMENT OF BILLS]
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FEES IS CERTIFIED AS BEING THE TAX FINALLY PASSED. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE HAVE NONE. 14 UNFINISHED. EXCUSE ME NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]
NONE. 17 COMMENTS FOR AN INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS. MR PRESIDENT, WE HAVE ONE THIS EVENING, JOHN MILAM. OH HERE WE GO. GET YOUR WINGS OUT. NAME AND ADDRESS, SIR. IN MY ONE THE ONLY ONE GRACIOUS ME. FORTUNATELY, JOHN KEY MALAMBO 24 02 EAGLE VIEW DRIVE. BELLAIRE, MARYLAND.THERE WAS A DARK HEARING ON FIVE NOVEMBER 2014 MR. SHAYNE GRAHAM, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT STATED. THE PROPOSED AIRPORT EXPANSION IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION OF BOARD OF APPEALS CASE NUMBER 58 14. NOW ONLY 11 RUNWAY IS PERMITTED. NO ACCESSORY USES ARE APPROVED, FUELING AIRCRAFT SERVICE MUST BE CONDUCTED IN A FULLY ENCLOSED BUILDING.
GASOLINE STORAGE OR SAIL ON THE PROPERTY IS NOT PERMITTED. ACCESSORY USES ARE LIMITED, NO ACCESS TO NOR USE OF APPROACH AND LANDING PAST. THIS IS HOW THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FROM ZONA CASE 58 14 WORDS HARFORD COUNTY AIRPORT WAS OPERATING LEGALLY, IS AN EXISTING NON CONFORMING USE ZONING CODE DID NOT APPLY THE AIRPORT OWNERS REQUESTED AND RECEIVED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
OPERATED GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT. AS A PERMITTED USE WHEN THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS GRANTED , THEIR SUBJECT USE BECOMES A PERMITTED USE MARYLAND LAW AND CHANGING A NONCONFORMING USED TO CONFIRMING USES FOUND INSURANCE VERSUS DRAPER, GRANTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION EXTINGUISHES THE PREVIOUS NONCONFORMING USE. THE NONCONFORMING USES BROUGHT TO CONFORMITY THE USE OF THE NONCONFORMING USE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE ISSUES WITH COMPLIANCE. THEIR USE OF THE NONCONFORMING USE CANNOT BE REVIVED BY MARYLAND LAW. THE SAME USE ON THE SAME PROPERTY CANNOT BE BOTH PERMITTED USE AND A NONCONFORMING USE, AND THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION MUST BE STRICTLY CONFUSED. CONSTRUED WITH THAT SPECIAL EXCEPTION, THE AIRPORT OWNERS HAD A RIGHT TO EXPAND. THEY GOT ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT THE AIRPORT PRESENTED IN THE SITE PLAN, AND ONLY THE SITE PLAN. A SPECIAL EXCEPTION WAS NOT GRANTED TO EXPAND THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT DESCRIBED IN THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN WAS NEVER PRESENTED AND WAS THEREFORE NEVER APPROVED. ADDITIONALLY ONCE THE AIRPORT OWNERS PURSUED THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, THEY DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY WERE ABANDONED IN THE USE OF THE NONCONFORMING USE WITH NO INTENTION OF RESUMING THAT USE THE LAW AND PUREST VERSUS DRAPER AND COUNTY COUNCIL. ZONING CODE HAPPY YEARS BY LAUDA AND CODE, THE OPERATING OPERATING FACILITIES PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED AS NOT CONFORMING USE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL BECAUSE IT DID NOT CONFORM TO THE ZONE CODE. WHICH IS WHY IT WAS A NONCONFORMING USE. ONLY AFTER
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SOON THE MEETING ALL APART ONE OF THE ZONING CODE COULD LAWFULLY BE OPERATED. NOW DO YOU BELIEVE THAT MR GRIMM IS SERIOUS ABOUT THE AIRPORT EXPANSION SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF ZONING CASE 58 14. YOU SUPPOSE THAT MR GRIMBLE NOW ENFORCE THE CODE AND CONDITIONS OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION GRANTED AND ZONING COAST 58 14. YOU COULD ASK HIM AND GET BACK. GENERAL[16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ]
NUMBER 16 BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR GUTHRIE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT, A COUPLE OF THINGS OF INTEREST. IT'S NOT BY HARVARD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HEAD WAS HAVING A MEETING OVER AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND EDGEWOOD'S GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THERE. I GRADUATED FROM HARVARD LEAR SHIP ACADEMY YEARS AGO. I WAS PROUD TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME. ALSO FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO GET OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY RECENTLY JUST, UH UM, GOT A NEW ROOF PUT ON THEIR BUILDING AND ALL NEW TILE ON THE FLOORS, AND THEY REALLY DID A NICE JOB REALLY LOOKS REALLY GOOD. AH ALSO, JUST JUST AS YOU COME OUT OF BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB YOU CAN LOOK LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD AND SEE ALL THE COMPROMISE. AND UM, UH, GOING ON WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING THE EIGHT UH, SPORTS FIELDS. THEY ALREADY GOT A LOT OF THE, UM, PARKING LOTS ALL DONE IN THERE. IT'S REALLY LOOKING GOOD. I GOT A LOT OF EQUIPMENT. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE ASKED ME TO TAKE HIM AROUND ON TOUR TO EDGEWOOD AND JOPPATOWNE. AND SO I DID THAT YESTERDAY, I SHOWED HIM THE DENTAL CLINIC THAT WE HAVE THERE . UM RIGHT, RIGHT. ONE EDGEWOOD ROAD IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH PROUD OF HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE? FORTUNATELY DIDN'T KNOW THEY CLOSE EARLY TO CLOSE AT 3 30. SO WE 4 30, SO WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO GO INTO IT AND THEN WENT TO THE COPPER. AND THEN WE WENT DOWN TO, UM THE PARK DOWN BY THE WATER TO SHOW THEM THAT THE AREA WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE NEED TO CUT SOME CUT SOME PATHS AND FOR THE KIDS SO THEY CAN GET DOWN TO THE TO THE WATER'S EDGE WITHOUT HAVING DRAWN THEIR BIKES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, AND, UH, ALSO WALK IN THE MIDDLE OF STREET IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. WE ALSO THEN WENT TO THE JOB OF TOWN AND WE LOOKED ABOUT SOME AREAS FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER. AND ALSO WE WENT UP AND LOOKED AT COPENHAGEN PARK, WHICH WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES UP THERE BECAUSE THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS JUST BEEN CAUSING ME ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE. THAT ONE ON 1 52 THAT HUGE DEVELOPMENT FROM THERE, THEY PUT ALL THE WATER AND SEWER PIPES ALL THE WAY DOWN. THEY HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO JOPPATOWNE. IF YOU KNOW WHERE COPENHAVER PORK IS PIPES AND ALL HAD TO COME DOWN AND BACK OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD COME DOWN IN FRONT OF IT. GO ALL THE WAY AROUND AND CONNECT INTO THAT, UH, OF FOOTBALL. INTERNET WATER SWORD PLACE, AND WHEN THEY DID IT, THEY HAD THERE WAS A BIG DRAIN THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOOTBALL FIELD. WHERE THE WATER RAN DOWN, IT WOULD RUN OFF AND GO OVER INTO THE STREAM. THEY CUT. THEY CUT THE PART OUT THAT DID THAT, AND NOW THEY GOT IT.NOW THE LAND IS STRAIGHT IN AND IT GOES ALL THE WATER RUNS DOWN THE HILL AND GOES IN THE FOOTBALL FIELD GETS FLOODED, AND THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS GOT TOGETHER. EVERY TIME WE CAN'T PLAY A GAME. IT'S GOT RAIN OR NOTHING RAINING. THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE, UM, PUMPS PUT IN. THEY BRING THEM THEM THEIR OWN. AND GOT GENERATORS PUMP THE WAR OUT, SO THEY CAN. UM UH SO YOU CAN PLAY FOOTBALL SO THE COUNTY IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID, AND THEY GOT A THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THEM BACK AND MAKE THEM FIX THAT. SO WE'LL BE HAPPY, IN FACT , GETS DONE MORE CLEANUP IN MARYLAND POINT PARK. I'M GOING TO THANK PARKS AND REC, PAUL MAGGOTS AND TERRY HANLEY. BOTH OF THEM WERE, UH, GOT THIS PROJECT GOING AND GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE. PEOPLE FROM PARKS AND REC. GO DOWN THERE AND DO A CLEANUP OF VERY IMPORTANT PARK, WHICH USUALLY FIRST PARTY YEAR. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. UM UH, NOBODY'S MENTIONING YET, BUT YOU KNOW, SUNDAY'S MOTHER'S DAY. SO I THOUGHT, I'D JUST SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT MOTHER'S DAY. I SAW I SAW A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MADE BY, UM TWO YEAR OLDS, UM ABOUT MOTHERS. AND YOU KIND OF LIKE THEIR ANSWERS. FIRST QUESTION CAME UP. WHY DID GOD MAKE MOTHERS YOUR TWO YEAR OLD'S COMMENTS, OKAY? UM ONE. SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS WHERE THE SCOTCH TAPE IS. TO MOSTLY TO CLEAN THE HOUSE. THREE TO HELP US OUT THERE WHEN WE WERE
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GETTING BORN. I'LL DO GOD MAKE MOTHER HOW DID GOD MAKE MOTHER EXCUSE ME? MOTHER'S HE USED DIRT, JUST LIKE THE REST OF US. TWO MAGIC PLUS SUPERPOWERS AND A LOT OF STRING. GOD MADE MY MOTHER JUST THE SAME AS HE MADE ME A GOOD COMMENT. COUPLE MORE. WHAT INGREDIENTS ARE MOTHERS MADE OF GOD MAKES MOTHERS OUT OF CLOUDS AND ANGEL HAIR AND EVERYTHING NICE IN THE WORLD AND ONE DAB OF MEAN. TO THEY HAD TO GET THEIR START FROM MEN'S BONES , THEN MOSTLY STRING, I THINK UM , ALSO LOOKED UP SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF LOT OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO GO BACK AND IN HISTORY AND TRY TO LOOK UP WORDS, WORDS ALL COME FROM SOMEWHERE, AND I KIND OF LOOK, LOOK UP AND LOOK UP DIFFERENT THINGS TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE WELL, I LOOKED UP. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND I LOOKED UP WHERE MOTHER'S DAY CAME FROM. I THOUGHT I READ THIS TO YOU HOW MOTHERS THEY GOT STARTED. THE NOUR OF THE ORIGINAL ORIGINATION OF MOTHER'S DAY BELONGS TO A MISS AND JARVIS OF PHILADELPHIA . HER MOTHER DIED IN 19. OH, SIX ON SUNDAY, MAY 9TH 19 OH, SEVEN.SHE TOLD HER FRIEND WHO SHE INVITED TO REMEMBER HER WITH HER AND ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH OF HER MOTHER, AND THEN HER DESIRE TO DEDICATE A DAY TO ALL MOTHERS BEFORE THE NEXT ANNIVERSARY GAME, SHE HAD INTERESTING INSTANCES, MANY INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE OBSERVANCE OF A SECOND SUNDAY OF MAY AS MOTHER'S DAY. EVERY RESULT AS A RESULT OF HER EFFORTS, PHILADELPHIA OBSERVED THAT DAY MAY 10TH 19 OH, EIGHT. MISS GEORGE THEN BEGAN THE MISSIONARY OF THE IDEA. SHE WROTE THOUSANDS OF LETTERS TO INFLUENTIAL MAN IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE. SHE INTERVIEWED MANY PUBLIC MEN AND PLEADED FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF THE DAY. SINCE 1912, THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, HAD OBSERVED THE DAY BY PARDONING NUMBER OF PRISONERS ON THAT DAY. STATE AFTER STATE HAS ADOPTED ITS ITS OBSERVANCE IN MAY. 3RD 1913 PHILADELPHIA BECAME. MADE IT A STATE HOLIDAY OR MAY 10TH 1913 RESOLUTION PASSED THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE THE SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY, A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. DEDICATED TO THE MEMORIES OF THE BEST MOTHERS IN THE WORLD. YOUR MOTHER NOW YOU KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED. GOD BLESS ALL THE MOTHERS COMING MOTHER'S DAY. I KNOW I HAVE MY CHORES SAID AHEAD OF ME SINCE MY 97 YEAR OLD MOTHER IN LAW WHO LIVES WITH US, SHE WILL BE 97 SATURDAY. GOOD LUCK TO HER. THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. MR PENMAN. I DON'T KNOW HOW I TOP THAT ONE. DON'T DON'T TRY AND LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE WAREHOUSE MORATORIUM, WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED A FEW WEEKS AGO TO ALLOW A STUDY TO REVIEW THE IMPACT OF THE WAREHOUSES BEFORE WE DISCUSS A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE PERMITTED USES IN THE ZONING CODE THAT MAY RESULT IN MULTIPLE LAWSUITS IN THE COUNTY. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE STUDY PROCESS AND RESULTS TO EVALUATE THE OUTCOMES. OF THE STUDY ON COUNTY ECONOMICS, ALONG WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC ASPECTS, THAT'S ALL MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR PENMAN.
MR GINGER DOWN. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, THIS MORNING. I AM. ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, UM, FOR THE FALLEN DEPUTIES, UM AT 2100 ROCK SPRINGS ROAD FOR STILL. SO UM, THAT WAS WHERE THE FIRST DEPUTY SHERIFF IS BURIED FROM 18 92 18 92. SO, UM. ALSO THIS PAST WEEK WAS THAT TOURISM HOSPITALITY BREAKFAST IN, UH, IN BEL AIR, THE NEW HILTON GARDENS OVER THERE, SO, UH, WE HAD A BUNCH OF THE PEOPLE THERE FROM THE STATE.
WE HAVE SOME EXCITING EVENTS COMING UP. WE HAVE A BALLOON FESTIVAL. WE HAVE THE LARGEST MARYLAND ITALIAN FESTIVAL, SO A LOT OF LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
TODAY, I DID THE GRAND OPENING OF HARTFORD RETIREMENT PLANNERS , WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO MY OFFICE ON MAIN STREET IN BEL AIR, SO WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THEY REFURBISHED AND THEY ADDED ON LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING OTHER PEOPLE MOVE IN THE AREA AND THEN, UM, ALSO ATTENDED THE HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF, CORRECTIONS, GRADUATION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE CORRECTIONS. UH DEPUTIES GRADUATED. AND I THINK TOMORROW I'VE GOT A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF BEL AIR. AND I'LL BE HEADING TODAY.
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THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR GORDON. AND MR RILEY. YES, I DID A SITE VISITOR, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND ABERDEEN. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR BEHAVIOR HEALTH THERE, SO I WISH HIM THE BEST ON THAT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, SIR.THANK YOU. UM I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER ON BEHALF OF UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND AT THEIR ANNUAL PROJECT CONNECT EVENT. UM IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THERE WERE 60 LOCAL NONPROFIT PARTNERS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES TO 297 INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES. UM I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO ALL THE STATS, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO HIT ON WHERE, UM, UM, WE WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE 12 CLIENTS WITH DMX. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT FROM SARK 100 PEOPLE ACCESS TO SERVICES AT THE CLIENT FAMILY HARTFORD CRISIS CENTERS, SO JUST A HUGE, HUGE EVENT. VERY GREAT TURNOUT, AND I WAS HAPPY TO BE A PART OF IT. THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR ALICE. MR BENNETT. HELLO UM, HAVE DEGREES HAD ITS CITY ELECTION LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS AN EXCITING EVENT, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THEY NEED TO PUT A CHARTER AMENDMENT IN THE CITY THAT I THERE SHOULDN'T BE SO MANY PERSONAL FRIENDS OF MINE RUNNING BECAUSE IT MADE IT VERY HARD TO VOTE FOR THREE PEOPLE. UM THAT BEING, SAID JASON ROBERTSON WON REELECTION AND JOHNNY BOWKER AND VICKI JONES WILL BE JOINING IN THEIR FIRST TERM ON THE CITY COUNCIL. UM I ALSO WANT TO THANK DAVE MARTIN AND CAROLYN'S INNER FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UM FOR ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T KEEP TO CLOSE THE TABS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UH AH, COUNT COUNCILMAN ELECT JONES AND, UH AND, UM COUNCILMAN MARTIN'S TOTAL WAS TWO VOTES. TWO VOTES BETWEEN BEING ON THE COUNCIL AND NOT I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT MOTIVATES YOU TO SHOW UP IN A LOCAL ELECTION, IT'S THAT UM, HAVING DEGREES LIKE THEY'RE CLOSE FINISHES IN ELECTIONS. THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED. UM BUT ON THE SAME LINES, THERE WAS FIRST FRIDAYS THIS PAST WEEK, THE 1ST 1ST FRIDAY. SO IF ANYBODY WAS A FAN OF AMERICAN CHOPPER, I'M SURE YOU WERE THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A BRAND NEW MOTORCYCLE FROM, UH, PEOPLE FROM THAT SHOW, WHICH WAS FUN, AND IT WAS ALSO REALLY NICE. MY WIFE AND I WERE SITTING ON A BENCH EATING OUR DINNER. AND CONSTITUENT CAME UP AND JUST THANKED US FOR SOME OF THE CONSTITUENT SERVICES WORK WE HAD DONE TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH A REALLY TOUGH SITUATION.
HORRENDOUS SITUATION. THEY WERE CAUGHT IN AND I KNOW I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR DOING TOO MUCH.
UM, WE DROPPED OFF SOME STUFF THAT WE HAD AT OUR HOUSE, AND WE GOT THEM CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE WHO COULD HELP THEM AND YOU KNOW , MOVE ON. YOU KEEP HELPING CONSTITUENTS OUT, BUT FOR THEM TO RECOGNIZE THE SOUND OF MY VOICE BASED ON OUR PHONE CALLS WE HAD HAD TO STOP BY OUR BENCH AND TO THANK US. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT BEING ON COUNTY COUNCILS ABOUT. THERE'S A LOT OF THE BIG STUFF, BUT YOU KNOW THE BEING ABLE TO PERSONALLY IMPACT ONE PERSON'S LIFE IN A POSITIVE WAY WAS JUST A MEANINGFUL CONNECTION, AND IT MADE FIRST FRIDAYS A LOT OF FUN. UM SATURDAY WAS VERY BUSY AND STAFF HAD THE ROBOTICS SKILLS CHALLENGE HAVING DEGREES HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HAVING TO GREECE AND C. MILTON WRIGHT COMPETED IN DIFFERENT ROBOTICS COMPETITIONS . UM THEY ACTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR GET TO MAKE CUSTOM BUILT ROBOTS THAT YOU ALL SORTS OF COMPETITIONS AND GAMES. UM AND THEN THEY GET TO COMPETE DOWN IN BALTIMORE AGAINST SCHOOLS FROM ALL ACROSS THE REGION. AND IF THEY GO BEYOND THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY GO TO GLOBAL'S, WHICH JOHN CARROLL HAS DONE IN THE PAST. BUT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS TRYING TO EXPANDING AND GET TO THAT POINT, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS DOING SOMETHING. UM THAT WAS CONSTRUCTIVE AND FUN AND FUTURE FOCUS, YOU KNOW, LEARNING A SKILL THAT CAN DRIVE FOR THEM. IT WAS PLAYING ROBOTIC GAMES WHEN THE FUTURE THAT MIGHT BE THEIR PATHWAY TO BUILDING SOMETHING THAT MAKES THE WORLD A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE OR SOLVE THE PROBLEM OR MAKES THINGS STREAMLINED AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY FUN TO WATCH THAT I GOT TO GO TO THE GOLD CEREMONY FOR ELIANA AND SYDNEY AND HEAR ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT THEY DID , UM, SUPPORTING THOSE WITH DIFFERING ABILITIES AND ALSO TRAINING WOMEN IN SELF DEFENSE, AND THAT WAS REALLY GREAT AND INSPIRING TO BE A WITNESS TO THEM AND THEIR COMMUNITY AS THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY SUPPORT THAT DAY. GOT TO GO TO THE DECOY MUSEUM OR DECOY FESTIVAL.
APOLOGIES AND SEE OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT WORK. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL HAVE A TAKE YOUR COUNCIL INTO WORK DAY SO WE CAN SEE WHAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE NOT HERE ON TUESDAY NIGHTS. IT WAS FUN TO SEE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND HIS ELEMENT AROUND ALL ALL OF THE DECOYS AND HIS FRIENDS.
AND TO JUST SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF WHAT YOU DO WAS A REWARDING EXPERIENCE FOR ME. UM AND THEN I WENT TO THE ART GALA. IT WAS GREAT. COUNCILMAN GUTHRIE AND I SAT TOGETHER. UM, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL EVENT, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT THEY DO AS THEY CONTINUE TO
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FUNDRAISE TO INCREASE THEIR FLEET SERVICES AND TO GET MORE PEOPLE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY CONNECTED, JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD WANT TO BE, UM CONTINUING TO HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS ABOUT THE BUDGET CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS ABOUT OUR ZONING, UM, WORKING ON ALL THOSE THINGS I WILL SAY LIVING INHABITED GRACE . I CAN'T GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WITHOUT A NONPROFIT OR TOURISM GROUP, STOPPING ME AND SHARING THEIR CONCERNS THEIR STRESSES THEIR WORRIES ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE TOURISM MONEY. IT'S NONSTOP FOR ME, UM I'M THANKFUL THAT I AM SURROUNDED BY SO MANY GREAT TOURIST DESTINATIONS, BUT I AM ALSO HEARTBROKEN FOR THE STRESS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. AND I HOPE THAT OUR EXECUTIVES ADMINISTRATION CAN SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OUR LEGACY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THAT MONEY YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU KNOW IF ANY APPLICATION IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE DUE TO THIS CHANGE THAT WE GUIDE EVERYBODY THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT WORK BASED ON UH, FILLING OUT EVERYTHING CORRECTLY BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF THE WORRIES. IS THIS DRASTIC CHANGE IN THAT, UM AND THEN LASTLY, YOU KNOW, I ALREADY RELEASED A PUBLIC STATEMENT. I SPOKE TO SOME OF THIS EARLIER TONIGHT. BUT WE'RE GOING THROUGH A REALLY STRESSFUL SEASON. RIGHT NOW, WITH DIFFERING OPINIONS ON PRIORITIES AND ON WHAT NEXT STEP SHOULD BE . AND THAT'S FINE. WE ALL GOT ELECTED BY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE. WE ALL GOT ELECTED BECAUSE OF OUR DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, AND THAT HELPS GIVE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION. THAT BEING SAID , IF WE'RE NOT ALL TAKING ACTION , BASED ON THE SAME BASIC FACTS AND REALITY. UM I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE PROGRESS, AND I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE UM, THE PERP. WHAT I SEE IS PURPOSEFUL MISINFORMATION AND MISLEADING FACTS BEING FED OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO CAUSE DIVISION AND DISTRESS. WHEN IT'S UNNECESSARY, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN OPINION THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. BUT BASED IN REALITY, AND IF YOU'RE CORRECTED ON A FACT THAT YOU SHARE THAT IS INCORRECT. CORRECT THE STATEMENT AND MOVE ON, BUT TO DOUBLE DOWN TO TRIPLE DOWN, UM TO CAUSE PERSONAL ATTACKS TO USE THESE PRACTICES THAT WE SEE IN WASHINGTON, D C OR AN ANNAPOLIS WERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY WERE LOCAL WHEN YOU CONTACT YOUR VOTERS. YOU'RE CONTACTING OUR NEIGHBORS. YOU'RE CONTACTING THE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW. I TAUGHT THEIR GRANDKIDS AND NOW THEY'RE SAYING, UH, I GOT A TEXT FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RAISE TAXES. WHAT'S GOING ON? AND I HAVE TO CONFRONT THAT WITH PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT WHEN IT'S NOT EVEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN THESE CHAMBERS. AND I JUST WISH THAT MOVING FORWARD. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE DIFFERING STANCES ON THINGS FINE, BUT LET'S LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION.LIKE ADULTS. WITH BEARINGS AND REALITY SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BEST WE CAN BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT FIGHTING TO WIN. IT'S ABOUT FINDING COMMON GROUND TO MOVE FORWARD, AND UNTIL WE CAN YOU KNOW, ACT LIKE ADULTS AND MOVE FORWARD LIKE ADULTS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY . SO I HOPE MOVING FORWARD THAT WE CAN ALL MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF TRUTH BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. UH UM. AGENDA I
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AM 15 BUSINESS FROM PRESIDENT. UM I HAVE TO. UH, ACCORDING TO MR CARNEY ANNOUNCED THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING TOMORROW EVENING. IN THESE CHAMBERS AT SEVEN. PM UM, SO IF YOU ARE COMING, PLEASE SIGN UP EARLY TO COME IF YOU PLAN ON SPEAKING A LOT OF THE EVENTS AND, UH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON OVER THE PAST WEEK, MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALREADY SPOKE TO HIM. I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN BENEFIT, TAKING THE TIME TO COME BY THE DECOY FESTIVAL. THEY GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK HIM AROUND AND GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK FIRSTHAND TO SOME OF OUR LOCAL CARVERS WITHIN HIS DISTRICT, WHICH HAS USED AS YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME. I HAVE A DEGREE, SAYS THE DECOY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD PROBABLY HAS MORE OF CARVERS. PER POPULATION AND THE OTHER AREA. AROUND THE EAST COAST. SO THANKS FOR COMING BY THERE WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED. I WANT TO THANK GENIE FOR ATTENDING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE GRADUATION FOR THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND ALSO FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES AWARDS. I APPRECIATE HER TAKING THE TIME TO GO BECAUSE WE WERE ALL RUNNING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. UM BACK TO THE DECOY FESTIVAL BECAUSE OF THE ANGST AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT[01:15:04]
TOURISM GRANTS ARE BEING HANDLED , OR STAFF AT THE MUSEUM AND VOLUNTEERS DID HAVE A LITTLE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT THEY ASKED EACH ATTENDANT TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY CAME FROM TO FIND OUT IF THEY WERE STAYING IN HARFORD COUNTY, AND IF THEY WERE STAYING MULTIPLE NIGHTS AND THE NUMBERS I DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT, BUT THERE THERE ARE A LOT LARGER THAN I ANTICIPATED IN DEBATE. SO UM, THE ARK MISS HARRIS WENT FOR US AS SHE ALWAYS DOES. SHE IS SHE IS MY MINI ME WHEN IT COMES TO THE ART, UH, LIAISON POSITION. SHE'S THERE MORE THAN I AM. AND I APPRECIATE HER TAKING THE TIME AND GOING, UM OR SIA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY LAST NIGHT WAS EXTREMELY WELL ATTENDED. THE STUDENTS WERE UNBELIEVABLE. 4.5 . GREAT AVERAGE, RIGHT? YEAH SUMMER SIX SCHOLARSHIPS. SO, UM AND THEN, UM, AGAIN AS MR JAN JANICE SAID, WE CHANGED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOLLOWING A MEMORIAL SERVICE THIS MORNING, WHICH NOT ONLY HONORED HIM AND MEMORIALIZED OUR DEPUTIES, BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT , LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN, UM , IT IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, EDUCATORS. IN MANY CASES, THEY SPEND MORE TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN THAN PARENTS DID. SO IT IS NOT TO BE LOST. UM AND WITH THAT, I THINK I PRETTY WELL COVERED EVERYTHING. UM. BUT NOTHING ELSE. THEN WE'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THANK YOU.