[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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CHAIR CALLS THE ORDER LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 23-0 17. I WOULD ASK YOU ALL PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE OPENING PRAYER BY COUNCIL MEMBER BENNETT. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE EYE. STATES OF AMERICA AND FOR WHICH IS SAYING ONE NATION INDIVIDUAL. HEY GOD. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US ANOTHER DAY TO COME TOGETHER AND PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS FOR ALL OF OUR SHORTCOMINGS AS WE DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. AND FOR GUIDANCE AND VISION AND KNOWING WHAT WILL BE BEST TO COME NEXT. UM I THANK YOU FOR THE EXAMPLE TONIGHT IN WHICH MY PANTS WERE NOT BROUGHT TO ME IN THE DRY CLEANING, BUT I HAD MY KHAKIS TO PUT ON THAT YOU REMIND US THAT EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE MISSING, AND NOT AS THEY BELONG, THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY TO SUPPLEMENT AND MAKE WHAT CAN BE DONE DONE. UM JUST GUIDE US TONIGHT'S THAT WE DO OUR BEST AND EASILY AND IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WE CONTINUE TO FINISH OUT UM, UH, REMAINING SESSIONS BEFORE SUMMER AND ALLOW US TO BE THE BEST OF WHO WE CAN BE IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN.
GENERAL NUMBER FOUR PRESENTATION PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE NONE FIVE CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS,
[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS]
APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS. COUNCIL APPOINTMENT , HARVARD TV ADVISORY BOARD MAY HAVE EMOTION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT . I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID ANDERSON TO THE HARTFORD TV ADVISORY BOARD. THANK YOU MAY HAVE A 2ND 2ND. IT'S BEEN MOVING A SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF DAVID ANDERSON. UM GLAD TO SEE HIM IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US THIS EVENING. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I KNOW IT IS. MS DICKSON. MR. PRESIDENT, MR GUTHRIE. HI PENMAN . MR RILEY SADDLES. MR BENNETT. I. BEING SIX. VOTING INFIRMARY VCI ONE ABSENT. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. MR ANDERSON. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.IT'S UNDERWEAR. YES. SO I'LL BE . THANK YOU. AND MR ANDERSON IS NO, UM HE IS EXTREMELY FAMILIAR TO THE COUNCIL FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE EGYPT SO THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT. AGENDA
[6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]
NUMBER SIX SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS HOMECOMING PROJECT INCORPORATED COUNCIL. IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO WELCOME CAITLIN. SHEPHERD THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY. GOOD EVENING, LADIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US PULL THAT MICHAEL CLOSER. THERE YOU GO. YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND LIKE YOU JUST SAID, I MEAN, IS CAITLIN SHEPHERD. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HOMECOMING PROJECT, AND I'M ALSO A PERSON IN LONG TERM RECOVERY AND I'VE BEEN IN RECOVERY SINCE JUNE. 22ND 2014 AND THIS IS ZOE, WHO MAY INTRODUCE HERSELF AS WELL. HEIDI I MY NAME IS ZOE HUDSON. UM I AM NOT. I AM IN LONG TERM RECOVERY AS WELL. AND I NOW WORK AND WORK AS A PROGRAM MANAGER AT HOMECOMING. UM SO YEAH. PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION TO TEACH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOMECOMING AND WHAT WE DO. UM, SO HOMECOMING PROJECT. WE ARE 501 C THREE. WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HERE IN BEL AIR IN HARFORD COUNTY, AND WE ARE AN EIGHT BED YEARLONG ABSOLUTE SPACE RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR WOMEN AND THAT ARE STRUGGLING FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE. WE WERE FOUNDED IN 2006 BY ROBIN KEENER. WHICH YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING ROBIN KEENER. UM IT STARTED IN ABINGDON. UM MANY YEARS BEFORE THAT, AND SHE TOOK THE PROGRAM INTO HER OWN AND UPDATED IT AND MADE IT INTO AN ACTUAL PROGRAM THAT HELPED WOMEN TO RECOVER FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE. UM THE MISSION STATEMENT IS TO PROVIDE WOMEN WITH A COMPREHENSIVE, FAMILY ORIENTED PROGRAM OF RECOVERY FROM HOMELESSNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN A SUPPORTIVE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS A 501 C THREE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE JESSICA BOIL SADDLES ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH[00:05:03]
FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE. SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY HOMECOMING IS NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT. THE EPIDEMIC OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THIS COUNTRY IN MARYLAND AND IN THIS COUNTY AS WELL, SO I PUT TOGETHER SOME STATISTICS THAT ARE NOT SUPER FUN STATISTICS TO TALK ABOUT. UM, THIS ISN'T A GREAT TOPIC TO TALK ABOUT, UM I LIKE TO SAY. I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A JOB THAT I COULD WORK MYSELF OUT OF A JOB, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON. ON THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON HEALTH, ESTIMATED THAT OVER 43 MILLION PEOPLE AGED 12 AND OLDER NEEDED SUBSTANCE CITIES TREATMENT IN 2021. AND 2799 PEOPLE IN MARYLAND DIED FROM UNINTENTIONAL INTOXICATION IN THE YEAR 2020. UM 84 OF THOSE DEATHS OCCURRED IN HARTFORD COUNTY IN 2020. WE HAVE A LITTLE LAG IN STATISTICS THAT COME OUT ABOUT THESE DEATHS AND WHAT IS GOING ON? IT LOOKS LIKE IN HARTFORD COUNTY. SPECIFICALLY THE DEATHS HAVE DECREASED SINCE 2020. BUT THE DATA THAT'S COMING OUT SHOWS THAT THEY ARE INCREASING A LITTLE BIT. AS WELL. IF YOU COMPARE THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 2020 2021 SO WHILE WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT , RECOVERY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS WORK GOING AND MOVING FORWARD AND TO KEEP SAVING LIVES. UM, SO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND SOCIETY. IT AFFECTS US FINANCIALLY SPIRITUALLY EMOTIONALLY. IT AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE PART OF OUR LIVES. IF ANYONE HAS HAD PEOPLE IN THEIR IN THEIR LIFE FOR THEMSELVES THAT HAVE STRUGGLED WITH US, THEY KNOW AND, UM SO DATA FROM A SAMSUNG SURVEY IN 2018 SAID THAT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER COST $118.5 BILLION ANNUALLY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS 207 BILLION IN PRODUCTIVITY LOSS AND NINE $88 BILLION IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. SO A LOT OF MONEY IS GOING INTO THIS PROBLEM, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, BASICALLY, SO , ACCORDING TO THE NIH 40 TO 60% OF THESE PEOPLE THAT GO INTO TREATMENT RELAPSE AFTER THEY GET OUT. SO THESE AREN'T GREAT STATISTICS FOR JUST GETTING INTO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. AND WHILE THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT START INTO THE PROCESS OF MOVING ALONG IN YOUR LIFE AND GETTING BETTER. WE'VE LEARNED THAT CONTINUING TREATMENT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO WITH THAT KIND OF STATISTIC, WHICH, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AROUND TO GET ACTUAL NUMBERS FOR THIS, WHICH IS ANOTHER DIFFICULT THINGS TO DO, AND IT SAYS UP TO 85% OF PEOPLE RELAPSE AFTER AN INPATIENT TREATMENT. SO WHAT HOMECOMING DOES WE ARE AN AFTERCARE PROGRAM AFTER PEOPLE GO TO AN INPATIENT TREATMENT. SO WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE LONGER PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO STAY IN TREATMENT, THE BETTER. THE CHANCE OF THEIR OUTCOME IS THAT THIS ISN'T A PROBLEM THAT JUST GOES AWAY IF YOU CAN GET THESE SUBSTANCES OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM, IT'S A BEHAVIOR CHANGE PROCESS.IT TAKES TIME. IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT. IT TAKES A LOT OF LEARNING HOW TO LIVE LIFE WITHOUT THESE SUBSTANCES IN YOUR SYSTEM, AND I'M THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO AFTER THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE PHYSICALLY HEALTHY IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO TO KIND OF COMPARE, UM WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONALLY. AND YOU KNOW FINANCIALLY WITH HOMECOMING PROJECT, THE AVERAGE SUCCESS RATE OF RESIDENTS COMPLETING HOMECOMING IS 80% STAYING IN RECOVERY. IT'S ONLY 20% RELAPSE AFTER THAT. AND THE COST PER DAY TO KEEP RESIDENTS IN HOMECOMING IS $130 PER DAY, AND THAT INCLUDES FOOD, SHELTER AND LOTS OF SERVICES THAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE. SO WHO DOES HOMECOMING HELP? AS I WAS JUST TELLING YOU THAT WE ARE A CENTER FOR WOMEN.
SO ANY WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 18 WITH THE PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. THE MAJORITY OF THESE WOMEN HAVE GONE TO AN INPATIENT TREATMENT CENTER. SO THEY'RE DETOX. THERE ARE NO LONGER USING DRUGS OR DRINKING ALCOHOL. MOST OF THESE PEOPLE LIKE 85% COME FROM, YOU KNOW TREATMENT CENTERS LIKE ASHLEY OR HARBOR GRACE WHERE THEY STAY IN THERE FOR ABOUT 28 DAYS. SOMETIMES DEPENDING ON YOUR INSURANCE. YOU GET FIVE DAYS, 10 DAYS 14 DAYS, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IT WAS WE KNOW THE LONGER YOU STAY IN TREATMENT, THE BETTER YOUR OUTCOMES IS UM SOME OF OUR OTHER RESIDENTS COME FROM HOSPITALS, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OR JUST FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, REFERRING THEM TO US. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO HOMECOMING ABOUT 85% ARE EITHER FROM HARFORD COUNTY OR FROM TREATMENT CENTERS WITHIN HARFORD COUNTY. IF THEY'RE NOT FROM THIS AREA, THEY'RE USUALLY FROM SURROUNDING AREAS OR HAVE FAMILY OR OTHER TIES TO THE COUNTY. AND THEN WE DO AN INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH EVERY PERSON THAT COMES IN DETERMINING WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE IN RECOVERY. IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THE WORK THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO COMPLETE A PROGRAM LIKE OURS. OUR PROGRAM IS NOT A SHORT
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PROGRAM, AND IT'S NOT AN EASY PROGRAM. SO WE KIND OF TALKED TO THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE AND IF THEY ARE A GOOD FIT FOR OUR PROGRAM. AND WE AVERAGE ABOUT 16 TO 22 RESIDENTS A YEAR WE HAVE EIGHT BEDS. SO DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE STAY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE GRADUATE THAT'S KIND OF THE AVERAGE IN THERE. AND THEN TO DATE WE'VE HELPED OVER 300 WOMEN TO 1006. SO IT'S UM SPECIAL ABOUT HOMECOMING IS WE PROVIDE THE DAILY STRUCTURE THAT WOMEN NEED AN EARLY RECOVERY. WE'VE LEARNED THAT JUST KIND OF LETTING PEOPLE GO INTO TREATMENT AND COME OUT AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO DOESN'T REALLY HAVE GREAT OUTCOMES. PEOPLE NEED STRUCTURE THAT NEED TO BE GUIDED AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING EACH DAY THEY NEED HELP. THEY NEED SUPPORT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE STAYING IN RECOVERY. SO WE ENGAGE RESIDENTS IN SERVICES RECONNECT THEM WITH SOCIETY BECAUSE USUALLY ADDICTION IS A VERY ISOLATING DISEASE. PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY HAVE BEEN SURVIVE THEMSELVES. THEY'VE BEEN HOMELESS, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF SITUATIONS THAT PEOPLE COME INTO THE PROGRAM WITH AND SO WE TRY TO RECONNECT THEM WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITY WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEIR SELF ESTEEM. SO WE PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT, LIFE SKILLS, GROUPS AND EDUCATION SESSIONS AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER SUPPORTS, INCLUDING GETTING THEM CONNECTED WITH IN PERSON COUNSELING AS WELL. AND THEN OUR PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED INTO LEVELS. SO A RESIDENTS COME IN ON A BLACKOUT PERIOD WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO PHONES . UM, THEY DON'T HAVE VISITATION FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL THEY GET SETTLED INTO THE HOUSE TO GET A JOB. YOU GET A SPONSOR IN A 12 STEP PROGRAM AND ARE WORKING THOSE STEPS. AND SERVICE POSITIONS IN THE 12 STEP PROGRAM AS WELL. SO THEY KIND OF GAIN MORE FREEDOMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS THEY MOVE UP THROUGH THESE LEVELS IN THE PROGRAM. AND I'M NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE WITH HOMECOMING AS WELL LIKE THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS THAT RESIDENTS GO THROUGH TO MOVE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE 24 7, SO THEY'RE NOT UNATTENDED IN THE HOUSE. WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. UM AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE AFTERCARE AND RELAPSE PREVENTION AND SUPPORT TO ALUMNI AFTER THEY GRADUATE PROGRAMS. AND SO TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CASE MANAGEMENT. UM IT'S A WEEKLY CASE MANAGEMENT SESSION AND ZOE IS OUR CASE MANAGER. SO THEY MEET FACE TO FACE OUR OFFICES ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. UM SO WE SIT DOWN WITH EACH RESIDENT WHEN THEY COME IN AND FIGURE OUT BASICALLY WHAT MESS THEY HAVE GOING ON THAT THEY NEED TO WORK THROUGH.WHETHER IT'S COURT. DO YOU HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE? DO YOU HAVE CUSTODY ISSUES WITH YOUR CHILDREN? DO YOU HAVE FAMILY STUFF, AND WE PRIORITIZE THAT AS TO WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO WORK THROUGH? THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE GO INTO TREATMENT. WITH A HUGE PILE OF MESS AND THEY COME OUT AND THAT'S STILL WAITING FOR THEM WHEN THEY GET OUT, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS AND THEY RELAPSE. SO WE KIND OF SIT DOWN WITH EVERY PERSON AND HELP THEM WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND ALSO ARE TEACHING THEM. HOW WE'RE DOING THAT, SO THEY LEARN HOW TO DO THAT ON THEIR OWN AND GAIN THOSE SKILLS IN ORDER TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN DO THAT FOR THEMSELVES. AND WE COORDINATE COUNSELING SESSIONS WITH THEM. WE HELP THEM TO GET JOBS WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH THAT THEY'RE THERE. THANKFULLY SINCE WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 16 YEARS NOW WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD REPUTATION WITH A LOT OF BUSINESSES WERE LOCATED RIGHT BY THE HOSPITAL. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE SOMETIMES EVEN CALL US WHEN THEY NEED EMPLOYEES AND BECAUSE IF THEY STAY HOME FROM WORK AT HOMECOMING AND MAKE THEM STAY IN BED SO IF YOU'RE TOO SICK TO WORK, YOU'RE TOO SICK TO BE OUT OF BED. SO YOU STAY IN BED. SO OUR EMPLOYEES THEY ARE RESIDENTS SHOW UP TO WORK USUALLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO STAY IN BED. UM SO IT'S REALLY TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL. AND THAT HELPS THEM LEARN THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING THESE THINGS. SO GETTING THEM INTO DOCTORS OF APPOINTMENTS. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD CHECK UPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO GETTING HEALTHCARE NEEDS, UM SETTLED.
AND WORKING THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF STUFF, AND IT'S STRESSING ME OUT JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS. BUT UM AND THEN, AS THEY GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM A LITTLE LONGER AND HAVE ESTABLISHED SOME SAVINGS. WE HELP THEM WITH DEBT MANAGEMENT AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR CREDIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN OUR LIFE SKILLS GROUP IS ALSO A WEEKLY SESSION AND THAT'S RUN BY A LICENSED COUNSELOR. AND THAT WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY MICKEY THOMAS, WHO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ADDICTION RELAPSE PREVENTION COUNSELORS IN THE COUNTRY AT ASHLEY. AND SHE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER A WHOLE PROGRAM THAT WORKS THROUGH DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ABOUT EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS, SELF ESTEEM, SPIRITUALITY, RELATIONSHIPS, ALL THESE THINGS THAT REALLY MOST OF US IN GENERAL STRUGGLE WITH BUT ESPECIALLY PEOPLE IN RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE STRUGGLE WITH THESE THINGS ARE A LOT OF STUFF THAT PEOPLE GET HUNG UP ON AND CAN CAUSE RELAPSE. SO WE'RE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, LET'S WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS AND LEARN
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HOW TO DO THEM IN A HEALTHY WAY AND GET SOME COPING SKILLS AND TOOLS TOGETHER, SO YOU CAN DO THIS WHEN YOU'RE NOT LIVING IN THE HOUSE. AND THEY ALSO COME BACK TO THAT GROUP FOR SIX WEEKS AFTER THEY GRADUATE THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE EDUCATION SESSIONS AS WELL, WHICH IS ANOTHER DAY OF THE WEEK. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. USUALLY SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT ANYONE OF YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND JESSICA'S COME. PAT HAS COME AS WELL. AND WE HAVE DINNER WITH THE RESIDENTS OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY GET TO MEET THE RESIDENTS, BUT THE MAIN GOAL OF IT IS TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY, SO THEY GET TO LEARN DIFFERENT SKILLS.PEOPLE TEACH RESUME BUILDING. UM WE DO ACUPUNCTURE, EQUINE THERAPY WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN THAT TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOSE A CHILD FROM ADDICTION TO THEY CAN GET THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. AND IT'S REALLY GET THEM INTO CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM AND TEACH THEM SKILLS, SO IT'S A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY. AND THEN TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF OUR FINANCES. SO OUR GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET HERE IS $360,000. SO WITH THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ALL OF THOSE SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS, PAYING ALL THE HOUSEHOLD BILLS AND, UM WE'RE ALSO EMPLOYING MYSELF. WE HAVE A GRANT WRITER, AND WE HAVE ZOE AS OUR CASE MANAGER AS WELL AND THEN WE HAVE HOUSE MANAGERS. SO ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND MOST OF OUR INCOME IS OBTAINED THROUGH GRANT WRITING. SO YOU WRITE A LOT OF GRANTS. UM WE. DO ALL OF THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE RENT LOW FOR THE RESIDENTS AS WELL, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO PAYING THEIR BILLS, BUT ALSO THAT IT'S NOT COSTING THEM A LOT OF MONEY. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE NOT PROBABLY, WE ARE THE LOWEST RENT. FOR A RECOVERY HOUSE IN THE COUNTY. SO MOST PLACES IT'S GOING TO COST THEM 1 61 80. THAT'S NOT INCLUDING FOOD OR ANY KIND OF SERVICES AT ALL. AND WE PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AS WELL AS FOOD AND UTILITIES FOR 1 25 A WEEK AND, UM SO WE DO THAT, AND WE WRITE GRANTS, AND MOST OF OUR MONEY ACTUALLY COMES FROM ALL OF YOU FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT. AND UM WE ALSO GET GOVERNMENT GET MONEY FROM PRIVATE GRANTS AND FROM DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO FROM OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, WHICH I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED AS WELL. UM THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THAT RENT TO SAY WHOA! AND ALSO IT HELPS THE COMMUNITY BE INVOLVED IN WHAT'S GOING ON AT HOMECOMING. THE MAIN THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT SUPPORT AND WHY WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT SUPPORT. AS WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET FEDERAL OR STATE SUPPORT FOR HOMECOMING BECAUSE WE ARE AN ABSTINENCE BASED PROGRAM, MEANING THAT WE DON'T HAVE SUBOXONE OR METHADONE OR ACTIVE OPIOIDS IN THE PROGRAM. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO MAINTENANCE AND MEDICATED DECISION TREATMENT. I HAVE BEEN ON THOSE MEDICATIONS PERSONALLY. UM BUT I WAS ALSO TOLD BY SEVERAL PHYSICIANS THAT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT BEING ON THOSE MEDICATIONS AND HOMECOMING TAUGHT ME THAT I COULD I'VE BEEN IN RECOVERY FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS WITHOUT ANY OF THOSE MEDICATIONS NOW. SO I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TEACH PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE LEVEL OF FREEDOM THAT I HAVE TODAY AND THAT THEY CAN DO THAT WITH THE SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE THEM. BUT THAT IS RIGHT NOW THE MAIN FORM OF RECOVERY THAT'S BEING PROMOTED AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL SO THAT DISCOUNTS US FROM GETTING FUNDING FROM THOSE PLACES. SO THANK YOU. HARPER COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT US. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT? I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE PAYING IN RENT.
THEY PAY AN INTAKE PAIN WHEN THEY COME IN, AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR COORDINATION WITH PLACES LIKE ADDICTION, CONNECTION RESOURCES, VOICES OF HOPE. DIFFERENT CHURCHES IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY HELP WITH PAYING THAT INTAKE RENT AS WELL AS OUR OWN SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT WE HAVE FOR RESIDENTS. WE NEVER WANT. FINANCES TO BE A BARRIER FOR RESIDENTS TO GET INTO HOMECOMING. AND WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALUMNI WHEN THEY GRADUATE THE PROGRAM, SO IF THEY COME IN, AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH FOOD IF THEY HAVE KIDS AND THEIR SINGLE PARENTS, WHICH IS USUALLY THE CASE HELP PROVIDE THEM WITH FOOD WITH HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES IF THEY NEED IT, AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE AND BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH LOW INTEREST LOANS FOR THINGS THAT THEY NEED, AND ALSO WITH MONEY FOR SCHOOL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION. AND, UM WITH THAT. PROFESSOR OF ALUMNI, SO 80% OF OUR GRADUATES REMAIN CLEAN AND SOBER AND IN RECOVERY , SO WE GET TO WATCH THESE WOMEN COME INTO HOMECOMING WITHOUT ANYTHING COMPLETELY BROKEN HOMELESS FOR THE MOST PART. AND PUT THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER AND WHAT THEY DO AFTER THEY GET OUT OF HOMECOMING, AND THAT'S WHERE THE REAL MAGIC IS, UM WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE EDUCATION, BUT A LOT OF THEM CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION REGARDLESS OF OUR SUPPORT. SIX
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HAVE BECOME NURSES. ONE IS FINISHING A MASTER'S DEGREE AS A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER.THREE HAVE COMPLETED MASTER'S DEGREES IN SOCIAL WORK AND NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER ONES IN GRADUATE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. QUITE A FEW OTHER ONES ARE GETTING THEIR BACHELOR'S DEGREES AND A DEGREES AT HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. UM MOST OF THEM THAT HAVE CHILDREN WHEN THEY COME INTO THE PROGRAM THAT HAVE LOST CUSTODY REGAINED THAT CUSTODY OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE LIVING WITH THEM. UM, IT'S EMOTIONAL ACTUALLY, BUT IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL THING. WE'VE HAD WOMEN, ONE OF WHICH IS HERE PURCHASED A HOUSE. WE'VE WATCHED PEOPLE GET MARRIED, HAVE CHILDREN AND RECOVERY AND BECOME AMAZING MOTHERS. UM 15 OF OUR GRADUATES ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE RECOVERY OF MENTAL HEALTH FIELD, ONE OF WHICH IS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. UM SO THESE PEOPLE ARE THEY COME IN FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WITH WITH CHARGES THAT THEY'RE TAKING FROM SOCIETY, AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS WHEN PEOPLE GO THROUGH A PROGRAM LIKE HOMECOMING AND GET INTO RECOVERY, THEY WANT TO GIVE BACK A LOT OF THEM ARE WORKING IN FIELDS THAT GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND I'M GETTING INVOLVED. AND THAT IS THE REST OF MY PRESENTATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND FOR LISTENING. AND THAT'S ALL THAT. ZOE WILL LIKE WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? UM ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, IS THAT TRULY IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TODAY, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR A PROGRAM LIKE HOMECOMING. UM SO I'M TRULY JUST HONORED AND BLESSED. SO I THINK YOU GUYS FOR A LONG US TO COME. ABSOLUTELY SO, CAITLIN, UM IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE JENINE I VISITED AND HAD DINNER WITH YOU AND THE RESIDENTS, BUT IT WAS A VERY, VERY MOVING EVENING. WE GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE INVOLVEMENT THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND HOW YOU HELP THEM. GET ON THEIR FEET AND GET MOVING. WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THEM OUT IN THE PUBLIC SENSE, AND THEY RECOGNIZED ME BEFORE I RECOGNIZE THEM AND SPEAK AND APPRECIATE THAT SO UM. IT IS LIKE YOU SAID YOU, YOU YOU HELPED THEM LIFT THEM UP. GET THEM ON YOUR FEET, GET THEM MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UH, I THINK WHEN WE WERE THERE, TWO OF THE RESIDENTS WERE MOVING OUT AND GETTING AN APARTMENT TOGETHER, UM, FINDING JOBS AND, UM I JUST THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT MISSILES. THANK YOU, CAITLIN AND ZOE. UM I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE NOT JUST THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT HOW? HOW YOU GUYS RUN THE HOMECOMING PROJECTS AND TO GO THERE AND HAVE DINNER AS AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID. IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE. UM JUST TO MEET EVERYONE AND JUST WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS AMAZING. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU. MR PENMAN. CAITLYN. ZOE THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM THE NUMBERS YOU YOU MENTIONED WERE INCREDIBLE. 300 LIVES THAT YOU AND YOUR PROGRAM HAVE TOUCHED AND CHANGED IS REALLY GOD'S SENSE. SO UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PEER SUPPORT AND THE FOLLOW THROUGH AND RECOVERY THAT YOUR PROGRAM DOES . AND, UM, THIS YEAR TO HELP IN ANY WAY SUPPORT YOU, UM HAS WITH THE BUDGET JUST COMING OUT. HAS YOUR BUDGET BEEN AFFECTED? DO YOU KNOW ON THE PROJECTIONS FOR FY 24 YES, IT HAS HAD A DECREASE OF ABOUT $20,000. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR PENMAN. MR. BENNETT, UM ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID, UM, I THINK YOUR PRESENTATIONS SHOWED VERY WELL. THAT'S CHEAPER TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE THAN NOT. UM AND I, YOU KNOW, BEYOND THE DOLLAR COST IS LIVES, YOU KNOW, AND, UH AND I'M JUST SO APPRECIATIVE OF THAT WORK ALONG THOSE SAME LINES. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S GRANTING AID IS RESTORED. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO TAKE A PENNY FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO DO THIS WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'VE MADE THAT CLEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS HEARD ME SAY IT'S A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR US TO GIVE IT THE VERY LEAST WHAT YOU GOT LAST YEAR AND THAT GOES FOR THE OTHER 13 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOU WHO DO THIS COMMUNITY WORK. UM SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO MATTERS. IT MATTERS TO ME. UM AND YOU KNOW WHAT MATTERS TO ALL OF US. SO JUST THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. MR GROSSMAN. THANK YOU, ZOE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO, AND I DO KNOW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO CAME THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND THEY? THAT'S ALL THEY TALK ABOUT , AND THEY'RE THEY'RE GREAT IN THE COMMUNITY AND DOING A GREAT JOB. UM ONE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU SEE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT.
2007 AND 99 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM INTENTIONAL TOXIC ATION IS THAT ALL WOMEN OR JUST MEN AND
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WOMEN? OR IS THAT JUST PEOPLE ALTOGETHER TOGETHER, AND I GUESS UNINTENTIONAL MEANS THEY JUST KEPT DRINKING. NOT THINKING EVER GONNA DIE. IS THAT WHAT WILL IT MEANS? IT'S SEPARATED FROM STATISTICS ABOUT SUICIDE. SO IT'S UNINTENTIONAL AND PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST GOING ABOUT THEIR DAY OF IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT USES DRUGS OR DRINKS ALCOHOL, AND THEY PASSED AWAY FROM DIRECTLY FROM THAT USE AND WHAT THAT WASN'T THEIR INTENTION. IS IT PARTICULAR MIXING THE TWO OR JUST ALL ALCOHOL? LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THOSE STATISTICS ARE FROM A COMBINATION. UM I WAS GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM THE OPIOID OPERATIONAL COMMAND CENTER, AND THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF COMPILING DATA ON OVERDOSE DEATHS AND AS WELL AS INTOXICATION DEATHS. AND UM, IT DOES LOOK LIKE A LOT OF THEM ARE FROM COMBINATIONS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, BUT THEY BREAK IT DOWN TO HOW MANY WERE FROM EACH DRUG SPECIFICALLY AND IN COMBINATION OF THEM. THAT NUMBER IS ALL OF IT. OR ARE YOU? I AM FINE. IF YOU ARE. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT OUR THE MARIJUANA SITUATION IS GOING AND I PREFER TO SAY MARIJUANA. EVERYBODY ELSE HAS THESE OTHER FANCY NAMES.MARIJUANA, YOU KNOW. UM HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE COMMUNITY. AND THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. YEAH.
UM. SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE LEGALIZED FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY AS A PERSON IN RECOVERY. ALCOHOL IS LEGAL AS WELL. SO I TELL MYSELF AS A PERSON THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S LEGAL DOESN'T MEAN I CAN SAFELY USE IT. UM I DO SEE IT AS AN ISSUE THAT PEOPLE DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. SO I THINK GOOD EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT IT IS , IS IMPORTANT HOW TO USE IT SAFELY IS IMPORTANT. UM I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IT. UM IN TERMS OF LEGALIZATION. I THINK THAT IT COULD BE MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ISSUES BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S UNAVOIDABLE. RIGHT? I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE BECAUSE I COME FROM A BUSINESS AGENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNION AND HAD PEOPLE KNOW THAT GET BOB TO ME. LIKE CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA GOT THE MOST LIBERAL MARIJUANA LAWS IN THE NATION, YOU KNOW, THEY SAW IT. ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. YOU HAVE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AS TO THE THAT GETS IN A SYSTEM AND IT'S THERE FOR LIKE ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 60 DAYS. UM IT'S DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE. BUT JUST THE FACT THAT YOU GO OUT PARTYING OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEN GO TO WORK MONDAY. I MEAN, IT'S IT ISN'T LIKE ALCOHOL. ALCOHOL MOSTLY GETS OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM IN 24 48 HOURS, BUT MARIJUANA DOZENS. IT'S 30 DAYS TO 60. THEN THEN YOU REALLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MORE IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE. NO YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY CHECK ON YOUR JOB. BECAUSE IF YOUR JOB DOESN'T PERMIT YOU TO COME TO WORK IN A TOXIC AIDED OR DRUG CONDITION, UM THEN YOU CAN VERY WELL BE FIRED MONDAY MORNING WHEN YOU WALK ON A JOB IF THEY TAP YOU ON THE SHOULDER AND AT THIS HAPPENING SOME OF MY UNION GUYS TAP YOU ON THE SHOULDER AND SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO GO TAKE A DRUG TEST. YOU FAIL. YOU'RE OUT OF A JOB. SO EVERYBODY. ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE. YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT THAT. VERY SERIOUSLY. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR SITUATION IS COMING ON THE JOB, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU'RE PLAYING WITH AND STUFF OVER THE WEEKEND, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. ANYONE ELSE? CAITLIN'S OH, WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR GROUP FOR COMING THIS EVENING AND FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR HEALTH
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UPDATE SPRING 2023 MAY 16TH 2023 PUBLIC HEARING MAY 16TH 2023 LEGISLATIVE DAY 23-0 16 MAY 16TH 2023 ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? BEING NO CORRECTIONS ADMINISTRATION APPROVED IN COUNCIL BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER. IF I MAY. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER MISS JONES FROM THE CITY OF HARVARD DEGREES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. GENERAL NUMBER EIGHT INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE NONE NINE INTRODUCTION OF[10. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS]
BILLS. WE HAVE NONE. 10 INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS. UM MR PENMAN.PLEASE READ IN AMENDMENTS, ONE THROUGH 15 TO BUILD 23-0 10 AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH 15 TO BUILD 23-0 10 ZONING CODE AMENDMENT HOMESTEAD CHICKENS INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS PENMAN BULL SANDALS RILEY, GUTHRIE AND BENNETT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ON PAGE ONE AND LINE 14 STRIKE HOMESTEAD. REMEMBER NUMBER TWO ON PAGE ONE AFTER LINE 15 INSERT HOMESTEAD CHICKEN
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AND DOMESTICATED HAND ACCESSORY TO THE RESIDENTIAL USE. THE MEMBER NUMBER THREE ON PAGE TWO ON LIVE ONE STRIKE AND A MAXIMUM OF 1.99 ACRES OR IN SUBSTITUTE IS MEMBER NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE TWO. IN LINE NUMBER THREE STRIKE 50 SUBSTITUTE 25 REMEMBER NUMBER FIVE ON PAGE TWO. STRIKE TWO.BEGINNING WITH THIS IN LINE FIVE DOWN THROUGH THE VARIANCE IN LINE SIX. ON PAGE NUMBER TWO, STRIKING THEIR ENTIRETY ALLIANCE SEVEN THROUGH 13 INCLUSIVE AND, UH, SUBS SUBSTITUTE ZONING CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS AND ISSUED ZONING CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF ANY COUPE RUN PEN FREE RANGE AREA AND FENCE NUMBER TO A STATE OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL POULTRY REGISTRATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH HIS OWN INSERT CERTIFICATE APPLICATION. A MEMBER NUMBER SEVEN ON PAGE TWO STRIKE, BEGINNING WITH COOP AND LINE 15 DOWN THROUGH PROPERTY IN LINE 16 SUBSTITUTE COUPE MEMBER NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE TWO, STRIKING BEGINNING WITH B IN LINE 18 DOWN THROUGH THE GROUND AND LINE 19 SUBSTITUTE HAVE FLOORING IN REMEMBER NUMBER NINE ON PAGE TWO AND THREE, STRIKING BEGINNING WITH LIGHT AND LINE 20 ON PAGE TWO THROUGH CLEANING IN LINE ONE ON PAGE THREE AND SUBSTITUTING LOT, A MEMBER NUMBER. 10 ON PAGE THREE STRIKE IN THEIR ENTIRETY LINE SEVEN THROUGH 12 INCLUSIVE.
MEMBER NUMBER. 11 ON PAGE THREE IN LINE SIX. STRIKE THE LOT AND SUBSTITUTE LOTS LESS THAN TWO ACRES. AMENDMENT NUMBER 12 ON PAGE TWO AND LINES 14 AND 17 STRIKE D E RESPECTFULLY AND SUBSTITUTE C AND D, RESPECTIVELY . AMENDMENT NUMBER 13 ON PAGE THREE, ALIGNS TWO AND FIVE, STRIKE F AND G RESPECTIVELY AND SUBSTITUTE E AND F RESPECTIVELY. REMEMBER NUMBER 14 ON TITLE PAGE AND THE FIRST LINE AFTER COUPE STRIKE THE COMMA INSERT AND HOMESTEAD CHICKEN. MEMBER NUMBER 15 ON PAGE ONE IN LINE NUMBER TWO AFTER COUPE INSERT AND HOMESTEAD CHICKEN THANK YOU, MR BEVAN. UM MR RILEY. PLEASE READ AMENDMENTS. 16 TO BUILD 23 DASH DESERVES 10. I'M PUTTING THIS AMENDMENT IN FOR COUNCILMAN. GIORDANO ON PAGE TWO ON LINE ONE. STRIKE ONE ACRE AND SUBSTITUTE 1.5 ACRES. THANK YOU. UM. AMENDMENTS TO BUILD 23 DANCE. 0 13 WILL NOT BE READ IN TONIGHT. THEY'RE STILL UNDER REVIEW. THE GENERAL NUMBER 11 CALL FOR FINDING READING OF
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BILLS. BILL 23-0 12 ALSO WILL NOT BE MOVED TONIGHT. IT'S ON HOLD THAT WE'VE HAD A FEW ISSUES , UH, ARISE AND WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. UM. 13 EXCUSE ME, BILL OR AGENDA NUMBER 12 ENROLLMENT OF BILLS. THERE ARE NONE. 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS WE HAVE DONE 14 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. EXCUSE ME. 14 NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE NONE. 17 COMMENTS FROM ATTENDING[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]
CITIZENS, MISS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT. WE HAVE TO THIS EVENING. JOHN MALAMBO, FOLLOWED BY KEN SHANNON. GOOD EVENING, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES. JOHN PEMA LHAMO 24 02 EAGLE VIEW DRIVE. CONTINUING WITH THE DRY DOCK MEETING.QUESTION HOW MANY EASEMENTS WERE REQUIRED? AND IF THEY HAD BEEN SECURED ANSWER, NOT AWARE OF ANY OBLIGATED EASEMENTS. QUESTION TO ATTENDEES DOES AIRPORT HAVE AN EASEMENT OVER THEIR PROPERTIES? BOTH RESPONDED. NO QUESTION IS A SITE PLAN COMPLETE ANSWER SITE PLAN WAS PREPARED IN THE COUNTY HAS ASKED FOR REVISIONS. QUESTION IS A SITE PLAN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS FINAL ANSWER. THE SITE PLAN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS HAD CONDITIONS QUESTION HOW MUCH PLAN REVISION WOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER HEARING ANSWER CHANGES HERE TO THE HEARING EXAMINERS CONDITIONS THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER HEARING. ANOTHER ATTENDEE STATED THAT THE PROPOSED SITE WOULD CHANGE THEIR AIR PATTERN AROUND THE AIRPORT. HE'S LIVED WITH THE AIRPORT SINCE THE 19 FORTIES, HE FELT THE EXTRA LENGTH OF RUNWAY WILL RESULT IN BIGGER PLANES, WHICH WILL REQUIRE A DIFFERENT AIR PATTERN. IT WILL REFLECT AFFECT HIM AS FAR AS NOISE AND LIVELIHOOD. HE THOUGHT THE AIR PART OF THE PROJECT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, MR DAVENPORT'S EXPLAINED. THE PROJECT WAS NOT A PERMITTED USE BY RIGHT AND WAS REQUIRED TO GO TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF APPEALS. THEY HAVE ISSUED A DECISION THAT THE COUNTY IS OBLIGATED TO UPHOLD. WHO ADDED THE PROJECT HAS BEEN APPEALED TO THE CIRCUIT COURT ATTENDED DID NOT FEEL THAT THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS WERE BEING UPHELD BECAUSE THE PROPERTY DID NOT STOP ON THE GROUND BUT WENT UPWARDS AS WELL. MR DAVENPORT'S ADDED THAT
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INFORMATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE HEARING EXAMINER WHEN THE CASE WAS HEARD FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION. SITE PLAN S 14 1 23, THE SUBJECT OF THE DECK HEARING WAS APPROVED ON 21 JANUARY 2015 AND COUNTERSIGNED ON 28 JANUARY 2015 SIGNED BY MR SHANE GRIM, THEN BOARD OF APPEALS ON SITE PLAN REVIEW CHEE MR ANTHONY MCLUHAN, THEN CHIEF CURRENT PLANNING DIVISION AND THE AIRPORT OWNER, DEVELOPER. THE APPROVAL LETTER CLEARLY STATED. ALL CONDITIONS OF THE BOARD APPROVAL REMAIN APPLICABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT. THERE WAS NO RELIEF FROM THE ZONING CODE OR ANY CONDITIONS OF THE ZONING CASE. 58 14 FROM ZONING CASE 58 14 AND THE SITE PLAN. WE NOTE ONLY ONE RUNWAY, NO APPROACH AND LANDING PADS ON THE SITE PLAN A AND FAA APPROVED APPROACH AND LANDING PADS ARE REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT FUELING SERVICES MUST BE CONDUCTED IN A FULLY ENCLOSED BUILDING. AND NO ACCESSORY USES ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE SITE PLAN.GOOD NIGHT. THANKS, SIR. GOOD EVENING, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. KEN SHANNON 2044 PARK BEACH DRIVING PERRIMAN. I'VE LIVED IN PERRIMAN FOR 20 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME. MY WIFE AND I HAVE ENJOYED LIVING IN PARLIAMENT AND RAISING OUR CHILDREN THERE. ALSO HAD SOME HARD TIMES THERE. EVEN DISASTROUS TIMES. WHAT DISASTER WAS HURRICANE ISABEL IN 2003, WHICH FLOODED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 4 FT. DEEP. IT WAS MORE RECENT DISASTER WHEN IT TRAINED DERAILED IN PERRIMAN, NEAR THE AMTRAK BRIDGE. MOST DISASTROUS THING THAT'S HAPPENED IN PARLIAMENT. WHILE MY FAMILY HAS BEEN LIVING THERE IS THE CONTINUING OVER INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY. WATER FROM THE FLOOD RECEDED. THE DRILL TRAIN WAS EVENTUALLY REMOVED AND THE SITE CLEANED UP. BUT THE TRACTOR TRAILER TRAFFIC, NOISE, POLLUTION AND CONGESTION. FROM OVER INDUSTRIALIZATION CONTINUES AND GETS WORSE. WHEN WE MOVED INTO OUR HOUSE, THERE WERE 1.6 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSES IN PERRIMAN. BY 2020.
IT WAS 57.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET. FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHILE WE HAVE THIS MORATORIUM, WAITING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS ABOUT EXISTING CONDITIONS, SIR. FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO SPEAK ABOUT. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T EXPECT CHANGE. WE EXPECT IT TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMUNITY. BACK IN 2006. WHEN A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WAS PROPOSED AND MERRIMENT. FOREST GREEN PERRIMAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CREATED THE COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE PARLIAMENT PENINSULA. AND SHARED THAT DOCUMENT WITH THE COUNTY IN 2008. FIRST RECOMMENDATION OF THE DOCUMENT. WAS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PRIMARY PENINSULA ACCESS ROAD CONNECTING THE NEWLY PROPOSED A PG BOUNDARY ROAD FROM ROUTE 7 15 TO CANNING HOUSE ROAD. THE REPORT NOTED THAT THE ROAD HAS BEEN PROPOSED IN MULTIPLE FORUMS AND CORRESPONDENCE BY THE FOREST GREEN PYRAMID COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. SINCE 1996. I ASKED THE COUNCIL AND EVERYTHING YOU DO TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAS GONE WRONG. RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN HARFORD COUNTY. AND HOW YOU CAN MAKE THAT BETTER IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS, MR PRESIDENT.
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WE'LL GO TO AGENDA NUMBER 16 BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR GUTHRIE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM NUMBER OF ISSUES GOING ON THE LAST WEEK. PLACES WHERE I ATTENDED, UH, NICE THURSDAY ATTENDED TO THE MILITARY APPRECIATION LUNCHEON. HONORING THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES AT THE TOP OF THE BAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS CHERYL ROLES THAT I KNOW WELL, SHE'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VETERAN'S BENEFIT ADMINISTRATION. AND IT'S AT THE TOP OF THE BAY. ANYBODY'S BEEN THERE. IT'S VERY NICE FACILITY. UM AND I KIND OF LIKE GOING TO EVENTS THERE SINCE I GOT MARRIED HERE 33 YEARS AGO. MY WIFE BY THE WAY. UH, NO, I DID I WE GOT MARRIED. MY DAUGHTER GOT MARRIED THERE AND THEN I HAD A, UH, A BOWL THERE ALSO SO TAMPA BAY IS A LOT OF MEMORIES. UM ON FRIDAY , THE 19TH ATTENDED, UH, CHOOSE WHOM WOMAN'S CENTER IN EDGEWOOD , UH, ALONG WITH PRESIDENT PETROV SENT TO WE HAD A TOUR FACILITY SOLELY WAS FORMALLY CALLED THE EPIC CENTER, WHICH WHEN I WAS ONLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTUALLY GOT THEM, UH, GOING WITH THE WITH THE, UH, SOME PERMITS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, AND MARRIED ELAINE JAMES[00:40:06]
HELPED WITH SOME MONEY FROM THE STATE AND GOT THAT PLACE OPEN AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.THE WOMAN THAT STEPHANIE, UH 80 AJ, SHE'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SHE GAVE BOTH ME PET AND PETS ATE A TOUR OF THE PLACE AND IT'S MAINLY FOR RECOVERING WOMEN, AND THEY JUST DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB THERE AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT PLACE. CLEAN AND NEAT. UM I. IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE, CLEAN AND NEAT THAT PLACES AND I ASKED THEM IF THEY HIRED OUT, BUT THEY SAID, NO, THEY DON'T. THEY DON'T HOW, UM, ALSO THAT NIGHT I ATTENDED THE, UH, THE ANNUAL ROCK AND ROLL RECOVER RECOVERY OYSTER ROAST HOSTED BY THE VOICES OF HOPE AND RUSSIAN BALLROOM. THAT FUNDRAISER THERE , UM, JACOB AND MYSELF ATTENDED THAT. THAT EVENT, AND THEY RAISED A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT.
FROM THAT FUNCTION. UM, ON SATURDAY, UH, AH, MYSELF AND JACOB WERE ALSO WE WERE GUESTS TODAY AVERAGE IMPROVING GROUNDS FOR THEIR RECEPTION FOR THEIR LIVE FIRE DEMONSTRATION FIRING DEMONSTRATION. AND THEY WERE SHOWING US A NUMBER THERE. WHICH THEY ALL LOOK LIKE TANKS, BUT THEY CALL THEM THEY GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THEM, AND THEY ACTUALLY SHOWED HIM FIRING AND HITTING, UH, HITTING THEIR TARGETS, AND, UH, THEY PRESENTED . IT MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 1000 PEOPLE THERE, IF NOT MORE, SO IT WAS QUITE AN EVENT AND IT WAS QUITE SOMETHING TO SEE ALL THOSE UP. YOU CAN BELIEVE YOUR COUNTRY IS IN GOOD SHAPE, PARTICULARLY WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING TRAINED AT ABERDEEN. BUT SOME OF THOSE UH, SOME OF THOSE TANKS AND ALL THOSE SHOOTING THOSE, UH, BAZOOKAS OFF. I DON'T KNOW HOW IN THE WORLD SOLDIERS STAY INSIDE THEM AND LISTEN TO THAT NOISE. I MEAN, IT IS TREMENDOUS NOISE. THANK GOD HE GAVE US, UH, PLUGS FOR OUR EARS. AH AND TODAY I HUSTLED OVER AND PETS THAT TOLD ME TO HUSTLE BECAUSE GORE TO INTO HIGH SCHOOL AT SIX O'CLOCK TONIGHT, AND, UH AH PRESENT SOME SUITS SUITS LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM CERTIFICATES TO WHERE OUR EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE AGAIN. BRO PROGRAM AND THE CLASS THAT GRADUATED. I THINK 38 STUDENTS. I WAS PROUD TO DO THAT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE THAT'S PROGRAM GOT STARTED OVER THERE AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY SAY IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS IN THE ENTIRE NATION.
SO ANYBODY IN THERE AND IT'S REALLY A TOUGH PROGRAM TO GO THROUGH A LOT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE FAIL AND FLUNK OUT OF THAT. DON'T GET THROUGH IT. BUT THERE ARE SOME GREAT KIDS AND THAT REALLY MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD WHEN YOU SEE THESE KINDS OF KIDS THAT ARE GRADUATING FROM SCHOOL.
UH ALSO, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING ABOUT THE, UH. THE CAPITAL BUDGET FROM. HARFORD COUNTY FROM THE STATE CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT HARFORD COUNTY GOT FROM. THAT PIECE OF THE BUDGET. THEY GOT $33,988,000. DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING 10 PROJECTS. 4 MILLION FOR THE NEW DISTRICT COURT 3,593,000 FOR THE BLAIR LIBRARY RENOVATIONS. 5,915,000 FOR THE HARFORD COMMUNITY. COLLEGE CHESAPEAKE WELCOMING SENATOR RENOVATIONS. 802,000 FOR THE ABERDEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. 6,698,000 FOR THE HARFORD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. $10 MILLION FOR THE NEW HAVING THE GRACE SURFACE EQUIPMENT AND AUTUMN MOVE AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE FACILITY. 1,230,000 FOR HAVE ANY GRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 1 MILLION FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA STATE PARK TRAIL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT 600,000 FOR THE CAMP ORDER WASTEWATER SYSTEM. $150,000 FOR THE HAVING GRACE. NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS FOR YOUR PICKLE BALL COURTS. THE.
AND I THINK I BRING THAT UP TO YOU DON'T WANT TO CRY TO BLUES HERE, BUT IF YOU NOTICE THERE'S 33,988,000 AND NONE OF IT SPENT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. SO WE GOTTA SCRAPE AND CLAW FOR EVERYTHING. WE GET DOWN THERE BECAUSE IT'S A WE CAME AND GET FROM THE STATE SO BUT I HOLD OFF THAT FINAL. UH COMMENT UNTIL I SEE THE OTHER BUDGET, THE OPERATING BUDGET FROM THE STATE AND SEE WHAT THAT THAT'S WHAT BRINGS US. ALSO UM TONY CALLED ME. OH A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO,
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AND HE'S ABOUT HALFWAY HOME. YOU WENT TO VEGAS AND LOST ALL HIS MONEY IS WALKING ABOUT HALFWAY HOME, SO WE. I SENT HIM A PAIR OVERNIGHT. I SENT HIM A PAIR OF TENNIS SHOES. I FIGURED MIGHT NEED THEM FINISH HIS WALK. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. I THINK MR PENMAN WHEN HE GETS HERE. MR PENCIL. I HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING BILL 23 12 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VOTED ON THIS EVENING IN THE UNAUTHORIZED AND ILLEGAL TRANSFER OF $7 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BUDGET. THIS UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFER OF FUNDS IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE HARFORD COUNTY CHARTER. ARTICLE FIVE SECTION 5 16 IN HARFORD COUNTY CODE SECTION 123 17. THE COUNTY CHARTER. CLEARLY STATES THAT ANY TRANSFER APPROPRIATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS MUST HAVE THE HARFORD COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVAL . BILL 23 12 WAS INTRODUCED ON APRIL 18TH AND SCHEDULED TO BE VOTED ON AGAIN THIS EVENING. DURING THE COUNTY TREASURER'S PRESENTATION ON ON TO THE COUNCIL ON MAY 16TH REQUEST WAS MADE TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER AND THAT E. M S HAD NOT EXCEEDED THEIR APPROPRIATIONS TODAY DURING AN AUDIT REQUEST, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE HARFORD COUNTY ADMINISTRATION HAD ALREADY TRANSFERRED THAT $7 MILLION ON MAY 2ND THREE WEEKS AGO AND TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY PHYSICALLY CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL REQUESTING THE FUNDS. TO SEE THERE WAS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD THE COUNCIL OR THE VERY LEAST DISPLAY OF INCOMPETENCE. WHEN QUESTIONED, THE ADMINISTRATION INDICATED THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE THEY WERE GOING TO TRANSFER BACK IF NOT APPROVED, AND ONLY DID SO TO SHOW NEW AMOUNT IN A REPORT FOR THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, THAT AGENCY THAT HAS NO BUDGETARY COMPLIANCE STANDARDS OR AUTHORITY OF THE HARFORD COUNTY TREASURER. AFTER THE TRANSFER WAS DISCOVERED. THE $7 MILLION WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND TODAY. THIS IS A FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT AND REQUIRES A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION WHILE VIOLATIONS OF THE COUNTY CODE IN THE CHARTER OR IN THE PURVIEW OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO INVESTIGATE DUE TO THE POSSIBLE CONFLICT. THE SHERIFF HAS REQUESTED THE OFFICE OF THE STATE PROSECUTOR TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION. SHIRLEY. MORE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW ON THIS. ON OTHER NEWS ALSO CONCERNING THE NEW EMS SYSTEM. I HAVE LEARNED OF ANOTHER CLEAR AND PRESENT ISSUE TAKING PLACE, WHICH HOPEFULLY CAN FIND A QUICK RESOLUTION. WHEN THE COUNTY TOOK OVER E M S OPERATIONS. THEY COMPLETED THE MOU WITH THE LOCAL FIRE COMPANIES FOR CERTIFIED VOLUNTEER PARAMEDICS TO OPERATE COUNTY OWNED E M S VEHICLES. DURING THE LAST WEEK, ONE OF THOSE VOLUNTEER OPERATORS WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY MINOR ACCIDENT WITH SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE . SUBSEQUENTLY THE COUNTY INFORMED THE VOLUNTEER COMPANY THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE ON THE COUNTY VEHICLE , HOWEVER, DO THE INSURANCE GUIDELINES, THE INDIVIDUAL FIRE COMPANIES INSURANCE PROVIDERS ON UNABLE TO COVER WHILE DRIVING A COUNTY VEHICLE. THEREFORE ALL VOLUNTEER PARAMEDICS OPERATING UNDER THE MOU OR NO LONGER ABLE TO RIDE IN COUNTY AMBULANCES.FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. THIS HAS CREATED EXTREME HARDSHIP ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE IS I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS CAN BE FIXED AND I PLAN TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ON OTHER NEWS. EXCUSE ME WITH THAT AT ALL. ACTUALLY ONE MORE SORRY. DUPLICATE. UM MM HMM. YES. NO, NO. HMM. ALRIGHT, HAVE THE WRONG PAPER TO WORK. GOOD. THAT'S ALL HAPPENED. MR RILEY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT FIRST OFF. I HOPE EVERYBODY GETS THE PRIVILEGE OF, UH WISHING OUR PRESIDENT HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAD A BIRTHDAY OVER THE WEEKEND. FINALLY HE SAID HE WAS 39, BUT SAME CORRECTED HIM. HE'S 30. FORTIES SO CONGRATULATIONS, MR PRESIDENT, REACHING 40 YEARS OF AGE. ALSO I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING TWO SCHOOLS ONE IT WAS DARLINGTON. THE OTHER ONE WAS CHURCH CREEK. AND WHILE WE'RE AT CHURCH CREEK, THERE'S YOUNG MAN COME UP AND TOLD HER PRESIDENT LOOK DAPPER. I THOUGHT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE TERM. HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE HIS TIRE ON.
BUT THE NIGHT HE HAS HIS TAIWAN , SO, MR PRESIDENT, YOU LOOK MORE DAPPER THAN YOU DID TODAY.
ALSO, I ALSO WAS THAT VOICES OF HOPE. UM, AND THE RECREATION RIBBON CUTTING WHICH IS WHERE IF YOU HAVE STRESS YOU GO OUT. YOU PAY 50 BUCKS AND YOU GET TO THROW PLATES AT A WALL SO ANYBODY HERE HAS ANY STRESS ON THE BOARD. YOU CAN GO OVER THERE, AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF YOU FOR RELIEVING YOUR STRESS ALSO WENT TO THE TRAUMA REBOOT AND REBOOT.
ADVANCED CLASS GRADUATION. NO GROVE, AND I APPRECIATE O GROVE, PUTTING THAT ON. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. MISS IDOLS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. UM ON SATURDAY NIGHT, A TERRIBLE FIRE OCCURRED IN THE HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY THAT DAMAGED OR DESTROYED EIGHT HOMES LEFT OVER TWO DOZEN PEOPLE HOMELESS. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE. HOMES CAN BE REPLACED.
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PEOPLE CAN'T UM, THE PRESIDENT OF HOLLYWOOD'S H O HAS STARTED A GO FUND ME TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO CAN TO DONATE ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE ON THE SCENE. UM CERTAINLY , WITHOUT THEIR AVERAGE RESPONSE IS TRAGEDY COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. ON A LIGHTER NOTE. I WILL BE ATTENDING THE GRAND OPENING OF FRESH START FURNISHINGS TOMORROW IN ABERDEEN. THEY PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY FURNITURE FOR DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES AND PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS , SO I'LL BE PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION. AND I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATES WHO WILL BE CELEBRATING THEIR COMMENCEMENT THIS WEEK, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE HAVE A GREAT MEMORIAL DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHARLES. MR BENNETT. UM YEAH, I JUST LIKE TO RE, UH REITERATE WHAT COUNCILMAN BOIL SADDLES JUST SHARED IN THE HOLLYWOOD'S COMMUNITY. UM YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL COLLECTING MONEY THROUGH THE GO FUND ME YOU CAN FIND THE LINK ON MY OFFICIAL, UM, COUNCIL FACEBOOK PAGE. UM AS OF TODAY, THEY HAVE RAISED OVER $10,000 TO HELP THOSE EIGHT FAMILIES DISPLACED. UM WHICH I JUST THINK IS TREMENDOUS OVER 100. PEOPLE HAVE DONATED TO SUPPORT THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE COMMUNITY CAN DO IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS TO HELP ONE ANOTHER. UM AND I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO DO SO, UM , YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO GET SUPPORT THE DAY AFTER SOMETIMES HARDER THE WEEK AFTER THE MONTH AFTER AND YOU KNOW IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK FROM A FIRE LIKE THAT, SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PLEASE SUPPORT ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN. UM THEY WERE OVERWHELMED OF PHYSICAL SUPPLIES. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MONETARY SUPPORT, GIFT CARDS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS BUT, UM AS COUNCILMAN GOT THREE SHARED. WE HAD A WEEKEND TOGETHER. WE WENT TO A VOICES OF HOPE, WHICH WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. IT WAS GREAT TO CELEBRATE THAT ORGANIZATION. ALL THAT THEY DO, UM AND AT DEMO DAY AT A P G . I WAS THERE TO MAKE SURE COUNCILMAN GUTHRIE PUT HIS EAR PLUGS IN WHICH TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONVINCE HIM TO DO SO. BUT HE DID, WHICH IS WHY HE CAN HEAR ME TODAY. UM BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THEY DO. ON AVERAGE, IMPROVING GROUND. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WHO LIVES INHABITED. GRACE KNOWS THE FACEBOOK POST OF WHAT WAS THAT BANG AND NOW I KNOW AND BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS , WE'RE SO LUCKY AS A COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT BASE. THEIR UM, YOU KNOW, AND TO HAVE A BASE THAT CAN DO WORK ON THE LAND AND THEN IN THE WATER AND TO BE ABLE TO TEST SO MANY MATERIALS IN A SINGLE DAY THAT WAY, IT'S JUST UNIQUE. IT MAKES THEM A VERY UNIQUE BASE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, UM IN THE PAST WEEK, I VISITED MEADOWVALE AND HAVE DEGREES ELEMENTARY AND THEIR PATRIOT PROGRAM, UH, TO CELEBRATE THOSE STUDENTS, UM NOT TO BRAG, BUT I THINK I'VE TAUGHT MORE PATRIOT COMPLETAR ZEN. ANY OTHER COUNCILMAN HERE AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS AND SEE THEIR FAMILIES AND TO CELEBRATE THE WORK THAT THEY DID BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVED THAT, UM, ALSO VISITED ROY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY AND ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL WITH ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL WITH COUNCILMAN BOIL SADDLES TO, UM, TO HEAR ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE SUPPORT THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. UM AND THEN TODAY, YOU KNOW, I WAS RUSHING TO OUR MEETING AT 7 30 BECAUSE I GOT TO THE COUNCIL BUILDING THAT 3 45 HAD MY FIRST MEETING AT FOUR AND DID NOT STOP HAVING MEETINGS UNTIL 7 18 WHEN I REALIZED I FORGOT MY PANTS, SO THANK THANKFULLY I HAD OTHER PANTS THAT I WAS WEARING THROUGHOUT ALL THOSE MEETINGS, BUT IT DID MAKE FOR AN EVENTFUL FEW MINUTES ON MY WAY DOWN HERE. SO ANYWAY, I I'M ALWAYS THANKFUL FOR THE WORK I'M ABLE TO DO AS A COUNCILMAN AND IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS AND IN MOMENTS OF CELEBRATION IS JUST GOOD TO BE THERE WITH MY COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT[15. BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT]
. AGENDA ITEM 15 BUSINESS FROM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I TOO WANT TO UM, CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND VOLUNTEERS, THE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT FORTH ON OUR BEHALF EVERY DAY IS REMARKABLE. UM SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE. HOLLYWOOD'S. UH UM. SUNDAY NIGHT IN, UM EDGEWOOD. UH TONIGHT AS WE WERE COMING IN HERE TO SIT DOWN ON THE DAIS, WE GOTTA FIVE COMPANIES ALERTED TO A POSSIBLE FOR AT FOSTER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO WITHOUT HIM AND CAN'T SING THEIR PRAISES ENOUGH AND TRULY APPRECIATE. ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, SO I ALSO WANT TO ADVERTISE THE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. WEDNESDAY JUNE 21ST 2023 4 32ND FLOOR COUNTY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM. UM I WANT. TO[00:55:11]
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE VISITED BOTH NORRISVILLE M BEL AIR SATURDAY MORNING AS THE SUN WAS COMING UP TO SEND OFF OUR FIRST MEDICAL CREWS. E M S CRUISE AT THOSE TWO COMPANIES, UM, EXTREMELY WELL ATTENDED, CONGRATULATE THEM LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. UM I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ROBIN TO MEXICO AND HER GREAT TEAM AT HARTFORD FAMILY HOUSE FOR AN AMAZING EVENT ON A SHORT OF THE SUSQUEHANNA. UM THE HOLY EVENT. UH, JEANNIE AND I WERE THE HONORARY CHAIRS. UM JUST A GREAT EVENT. AND, UH, I GOTTA CONGRATULATE AND, UH SHOUT OUT TO MY BROTHER ELIO SCOTCH, EO FROM, SAY, EVERYONE HIS JOB SINGING JUST JUST AN AMAZING AMAZING VOICE. PATRIOT PROGRAMS WE DID CHURCHVILLE. JEANNIE ACTUALLY DID CHURCHVILLE FOR ME WHILE I WAS AT ANOTHER EVENT. WE DID DARLINGTON'S PATRIOT PROGRAM AS WELL. TOMORROW MORNING, JARRETTSVILLE LOOK FORWARD ALL THOSE WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATIONS. STARTING WE WILL ATTEND. I WILL ATTEND EVERY GRADUATION. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. TODAY WE DID HAVE A TOUR OF CHURCH CREEK ELEMENTARY. THE PRINCIPAL, MR MAINE. DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. UM AND THEN FINALLY, GENE, AND I WISH TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE KEHOE FAMILY. AND ALSO ALL OF US HERE. I WANT TO SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO MR ROURKE.OH, FOR THE LOSS OF HER HUSBAND. UM AND BOB KEHOE, HIS BROTHER. AH WE ASK THAT YOU ALL KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS THROUGHOUT THIS DIFFICULT TIME. SO WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THANK YOU
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