Sep 05, 2023 County Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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EVENING CHAIR CALLS THE WATER LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 23-0 22. I WOULD ASK YOU TO STAND WITH US FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE OPENING PRAYER BY COUNCILMAN RILEY. MHM. MY PLEASURE LEAVING THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU. REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION.

WRONG. PLEASE PULL YOUR HEADS. HEAVENLY FATHER. THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTY. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE OUR COUNCIL AS THE MEETING TO DISCUSS MATTERS WITH REGARD TO OUR COUNTY. I PRAY THAT THEIR MOTIVATION EVERYTHING WANT TO DO IS FOR GOOD OF THE PUBLIC AND NOT THEIR OWN. I PRAY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SOLVE OUR COUNTY'S PROBLEMS AND MAKE GOOD POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THEM. HELP US TO BE COMPETENT EXCELLENCE AND OUR GOVERNANCE. HELP US TO LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL. HELP US TO SPEAK WITH CLARITY AND RESTRAINT. AND GIVE US A SPIRIT OF SERVICE IS IN YOUR MOST BLESSED NAME. I PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. UM IF I CAN REAL QUICK, I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO YOUR CHAMBERS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR AHEAD OF TIME FOR BEING RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER IN THIS CHAMBER, RESPECTFUL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND AGAIN, UM WE'VE BEEN ON A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK AS FAR AS LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING EVERY DAY ON YOUR BEHALF. AND WITH THAT AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER FOUR PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS, COUNCILMAN

[4. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS]

COACH I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. WHAT AN AMAZEMENT. AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT FOR YOU AS A COACH AND THE PLAYERS AND THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TO WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP. UM AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO GET THOSE PLAYERS TO THE GAMES. UH AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE THAT ARE NEEDED SO AND PFOSTEN COMMUNITY WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE BOSTON WRECK, UM, ASSOCIATION. UM SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. WE DO HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION THAT READS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AT THE COOPERSTOWN COOPERSTOWN DREAMS PARK IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK. WE COMMEND THE TEAM AND COACHES FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK THAT LED THEM TO BECOME THE FIRST HARFORD COUNTY TEAM TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND IT'S 27 YEAR HISTORY WITH A FLAWLESS 10 AND ZERO RECORDS. IT'S VERY NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED. UM THE BOYS DIDN'T INCREDIBLE JOB. IT'S A IT'S YOU STAY IN A BARRACKS FOR SIX DAYS ALTOGETHER, BUNK BEDS, NO AIR CONDITIONING, SO, BUT IT WAS. IT WAS A INCREDIBLE BONDING EXPERIENCE. AND I THINK, UH, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT EACH OTHER ON THE FIELD, AND THEY REALLY WORKED HARD TO GET THERE. SO I'VE SAID SINCE THEN, IT WAS REALLY NO ACCIDENT THAT WE DID SO WELL BECAUSE THEY WORKED REALLY HARD. THAT'S RIGHT. HAVE YOU ALL IN THE FRONT.

THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

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WHILE WE'RE WAITING JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO COME IN. THOSE OF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN OUR CHAMBERS BEFORE. UM I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVES A LITTLE GROUND RULE.

AS I SAY. I WANT YOU ALL TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER. THERE WILL BE NO APPLAUDING, NO YELLING OUT. UM SO WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY SPEAKERS WE HAVE. WE TYPICALLY GIVE EACH THREE MINUTES WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE LEGISLATION.

THAT IS, UM. ACTIVE TONIGHT AS FAR AS BEING INTRODUCED, SO AND PLEASE, UM CELL PHONES. SHUT THOSE OFF IF YOU CAN. PLEASE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE

[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS]

COUNCIL APPOINTMENT AUDIT ADVISORY BOARD MAY HAVE EMOTION, PLEASE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MOVED TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF KIMBERLY BAUER WEEKS. WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR PERRIMAN. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF MISS WEEKS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR PRESIDENT, MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN MR. JAN GIORDANO, I RILEY. MRS BULL SADDLES, MR BENNETT. THEY'RE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS DIRECTORS DEPUTY DIRECTORS COUNCIL. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS TOGETHER. MAY HAVE EMOTION, PLEASE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS OF BRAS GOLD, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BARBARA RICHARDSON, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. SUSAN AFLAC BAUER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. KEVIN GREENWALL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. KAREN MYERS, DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF PROCUREMENT, AND MARCUS WILLIAMSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR. PROCUREMENT. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. UM IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT A COUPLE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING, AND, UM MR GINGER DOWN. YOU WANT TO SPEAK? UM, ANYONE? DIXON MR. PRESIDENT MR. GUTHRIE PENMAN GIORDANO, MR. RILEY SADDLES, MR BENNETT. TO THE SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ZERO AND NEGATIVE I WOULD ASK THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT TO PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD MAY HAVE EMOTION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENTS HAVE D GALLOWAY AND VICKI JONES. EVERY SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR RILEY.

MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF MISS GALLOWAY. MISS JONES. IS THERE

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[6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]

THE ODDS VIA XDA. CHAIR OF WE CONSERVE. PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR. WITH YOUR BOARD MEMBERS? ABSOLUTELY, YES. WHERE DO YOU LIKE THAT? RIGHT UP FRONT RIGHT IN THE HOT SEAT. YES. ZACHARY.

BRING US UP TO DATE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE INVITING REMARKS WHEN WE CAN SERVE MOVEMENT. ISN'T HONOR TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU. CAN YOU PULL THOSE MIX IN PLACE? JUST ONE UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR INVITING REMARKS FROM THE WEEKEND SERVED MOVEMENT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU AND SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF ALL THESE BOARD ADVISORS WHERE WE CAN SERVE WE HAVE GLORIA IN SYDNEY HERE. ZACHARY VIASA, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ADVISORS FOR WE CAN SERVE AND WE CAN SERVE BRING SWISS SOLUTIONS TO CHILDREN, INDEED, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE HAPPINESS AND HAVE TO WAIT. OUR ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN 2012 BY GRACE CALL WOULD SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR CANCER AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, QUICKLY REALIZED SHE COULD BRING HAPPINESS TO CHILDREN WHO FIND THEMSELVES INSIDE SITUATIONS THAT ARE NOT THEIR FAULT. OUR TEAM AND ADVISERS WHO ARE ALL BETWEEN THE AGES OF EIGHT AND 18 BRAINSTORM PLAN AND EXECUTE OUR PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES TO BRING HAPPINESS TO CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FIGHTING CATASTROPHIC ILLNESSES AND WHO ARE IN THE FOSTER CARE GROUP HOMES, ORPHANAGES. WE ALSO EXTEND OUR SERVICES ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS TO CHILDREN FIGHTING FOOD INSECURITY. AND CHILDREN'S WHOSE FAMILY LIVES SEVERELY BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS OR ORGANIZATION HAS SERVED MORE THAN 26,000 CHILDREN IN HARTFORD, CECIL AND BALTIMORE COUNTY'S BALTIMORE CITY AND IN OHIO, DELAWARE AND THREE COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS HAVE INCLUDED CAMP HAPPY A FREE SUMMER ENRICHMENT DAY CAMP FOR CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT WE STARTED IN 2015 LLAMA LA MAGNIFIQUE BOUTIQUE, WHICH WE OPENED AT A CROSSROADS IN BEL AIR FOR TEEN GIRLS IN THE FOSTER CARE GROUP HOME. THREADS OF HOPE CLOSET, WHICH IS BASED AT HALLS CROSSROAD ELEMENTARY TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND BRUNCH BAGS, WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF A PROGRAM WE CREATED IN 2016 TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY. THIS INITIATIVE PROVIDES FOOD BANKS HCPS PERSONNEL FOR CHILDREN FACING FOOD INSECURITY. WE HAVE DELIVERED ACTIVITY KITS, INCLUDING EXTRA SPECIAL EASTER BAG KITS, BEACH IN A BUCKET, KIDS AND COMIC BOOK MAKING KITS TO MORE THAN 4000 CHILDREN AT NINE HOSPITALS, INCLUDING THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, SINAI, JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER, AND WE HAVE PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED ITEMS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 5200 PAIRS OF SOCKS. AND MORE THAN 2700 TOILETRY KITS TO 10, HOMELESS CULTURES AND TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE EAST SIDE FAMILY EMERGENCY SHELTER IN ROSEDALE IN HIS HOUSE IN BEL AIR, THREE FOSTER CARE GROUP HOMES AND THREE ORPHANAGES , INCLUDING THE CHILDREN'S HOME , AND CATONSVILLE AND SAINT ALICIA ORPHANAGE IN CINCINNATI. AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SAFE HOUSES IN BEL AIR AND DUNDALK. SINCE 2020. WE HAVE WORKED WITH ANNA'S HOUSE ON OUR SPORTS INITIATIVE, WHICH IS WE CAN SERVE PROVIDES PACKAGE BOXES OF FRESH INGREDIENTS SIMILAR TO BLUE APRON OR HELLO, FRESH FOUR FAMILIES LIVING AT THE FACILITY SPORTS HAS INVOLVED INTO OUR NEWEST PROJECT ON THE MOVE WITH WE CAN SERVE, WHICH IS AN EDUCATIONAL TV SHOW THAT PREMIERED ON HARTFORD TV ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. THE SHOW ADDRESSES TOPICS SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS, ANTI HUNGER ADVOCACY, UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AND CRITICAL ILLNESS AND HOW WE CAN SERVE ALL YOUTH BOARD ADVISORS CREATES PROJECTS INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. EACH EPISODE WILL INCLUDE A YOUTH LED SPORT COOKING TUTORIAL. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE RECENT EPISODE, GLORIA DID HERE, WHICH SHOWS HOW TO MAKE THE HEALTHY MEALS THAT ARE PACKAGED AND DONATED TO FAMILIES AT ANNA'S HOUSE. OUR GOAL IN THE SHOW IS TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY WHAT THE YOUTH ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHEN I FIRST BECAME INVOLVED WITH WE CAN SERVE IN EARLY 2022 . I QUICKLY LEARNED HOW A GROUP OF COMMITTED YOUTH CAN MAKE A

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PRESIDENT MORE IMPRESSIVE ONE GOD. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES. PUBLIC

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS]

PARENTHESES FOR DASH PRINT C SEVEN AS AMENDED AND TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS.

SUBSECTION B PARENTHESES. THREE NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SECTION 2 67-1 26. ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES OF ARTICLE. 25 GROWTH MANAGEMENT OF PART TWO MISCELLANEOUS 15 ARTICLE 15 GROWTH MANAGEMENT OF PART TWO MISCELLANEOUS ALL OF CHAPTER 2 67 ZONING TO CLARIFY THE PUBLIC FACILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE SATISFIED BEFORE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND APPROVALS AND BY RE APPEALING AND RE ENACTING WITH AMENDMENTS PERMITTED USE CHARTS. 19 SEMI COLON, 2019 SEMICOLON OR COLON 21 BY AMENDING COMMITTED USE CHARGE ATTACHMENTS. 19 COLON 20 THE FREIGHT TERMINAL ROW BY

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PARENTHESES FOR PARENTHESES, A PARENTHESES FOR IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER APPLICABLE CONDITIONS UNDER CHAPTER TO 67 ZONING AS AMENDED. KARMA ALL TO READ AS FOLLOWS AND GENERALLY RELATING TO ZONING PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 2ND AT 6 P.M. IN THESE CHAMBERS.

BILL 23-027 APARTMENTS, B THREE GENERAL BUSINESS BUSINESS DISTRICT INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENT YOU TO REQUEST TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AN ACTOR, REPEAL, REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS SECTION TO 67 TO 74 GARDEN AND MEN RISE APARTMENT DWELLINGS, GM A PARENTHESES OF ARTICLE SEVEN DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SPECIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND SECTION OKAY? ARTICLE EIGHT DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SPECIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND SECTION 2 67-88 SPECIFIC STANDARDS SUBSECTION F RESIDENTIAL USE OF ARTICLE NINE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND THE PERMITTED USE CHART UNDER SECTION 2 67-50 TO REMOVE GARDEN APARTMENTS, MID RISE APARTMENTS AND HIGH RISE APARTMENTS. AS PERMITTED USE IN THE B THREE GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT UNLESS APPROPRIATELY INTEGRATED INTO A PLAN FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AS PERMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 67-76 AND TO REPEAL AND RE ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS TABLE 59-3 TO ELIMINATE THE ROAD LABEL DEPARTMENTS FROM THE TABLE. ALL SUCH AMENDMENTS BEING RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF APARTMENTS WITHIN THE B THREE GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND MADE TO GENERALLY PROHIBIT THE DEVELOPMENT APARTMENTS WITHIN B THREE GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT UNLESS BEING UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO AN APPROVED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, ALL AS GENERALLY RELATING TO ZONING. PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 2ND AND 6 P.M.

IN THE EAST CHAMBERS. BILL 23-28 CHARTER AMENDMENT TERM LIMITS INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT JAN GIORDANO, COUNCIL MEMBERS RILEY AND DION AND GUTHRIE AND ACTOR APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE TWO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE HARFORD COUNTY CHAPTER CHARTER AS AMENDED BY REAL APPEALING AND RE ENACTING WITH AMENDMENTS SECTION 206. TERM OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PROVIDE FOR TERM LIMITS FROM COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THE LEGALLY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF HARFORD COUNTY FOR THEIR ADOPTION OR REJECTION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 905 OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CHARTER PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FROM MONDAY, OCTOBER 2ND AT 6 P.M. IN THE EAST CHAMBERS. THANK YOU, MR DANIEL DENNETT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER, 10 INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE NONE. CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS. WE HAVE NONE. ENROLLMENT OF BILLS, NONE 13

[14. NEW BUSINESS]

HOWEVER UH MANY OF THESE DEALS THAT WE APPROVED THE 12 FARMS. SEVERAL OF THEM ARE A RACING LOTS. UH AND PUTTING THE REST OF THE FARM IN THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING THOSE ONCE USED TO BE

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THREE MR PENMAN. MR. JAN GIORDANO. HI MR RILEY. SADDLES, MR BENNETT. SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE THE EXECUTIVE REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF SETTLEMENTS, HIS APPROVED THANK YOU, MR AMOS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ABSOLUTELY WITH THAT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE

[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]

I'M GOING TO STRESS THAT WE HAVE . I BELIEVE 27 SPEAKERS ARE MORE RIGHT NOW. I AM GOING TO STICK WITH THE THREE MINUTES. BUT I AM GOING TO BE VERY, VERY STRICT ON WHAT YOU SPEAK ABOUT. I SAID A PUBLIC HEARING ON A SEPARATE NIGHT SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE ALL NIGHT IF NEEDED TO DISCUSS THESE THREE BILLS. SO TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU PLEASE, NOT TO STRETCH INTO THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION. BECAUSE IF YOU DO, I'M GOING TO STOP YOU. AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. SO MISTAKES AND IF YOU'RE READY TO CALL YOU FIRST SPEAKER MR PRESIDENT. WE HAVE 24 SPEAKERS IS THE EVENING. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DIANA SADOWSKI, FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH SCHREIBER.

GOOD EVENING, MA'AM NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. DIANA SADOWSKI 11 13 STRUMPF CO DRIVE. FALLSTON, MARYLAND. UM WE CAN STAND HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT HORRIBLE TRAFFIC, INCREASED CRIME, OVERCROWDING OF SCHOOLS AND DESTRUCTION OF WETLANDS STRAINS ON THE HOSPITAL AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. BUT IF I AM THE REST OF US STAY SILENT, AND WE DON'T VOTE IN REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE OUR BACKS AND HAVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE INTERESTS AT THE FOREFRONT . WE ALL MIGHT AS WELL MOVE AWAY. I PERSONALLY WILL NOT MOVE AWAY FROM THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTY AND WILL BE A VOICE FOR HER AND HER PRESERVATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. HARFORD COUNTY'S APPEAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE BECAUSE IT'S RURAL COUNTIES. NATURAL PROGRESSION SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH MAINTAINING THAT RURAL NATURE NOT BE MADE TO ADAPT TO THE WANTS OF MAN AND CALLING IT PROGRESS MENTIONED BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE THE COUNTY ROAD SHOULD NOT BECOME CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAYS AS THEY DON'T HAVE A NATURAL PLACE HERE. NEWS ALERT WERE EXPERIENCING A LATE SUMMER HEATWAVE. HOW ABOUT WE PLANT MORE TREES INSTEAD OF MORE BUILDINGS? SCIENCE STATES THAT TREES HAVE A NATURAL COOLING AND CLEANING EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. SCORE ONE FOR TREES, ZERO FOR BUILDINGS. IN LIGHT OF THE OBVIOUS OVERDEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY. I BET MANY CONSTITUENTS ARE WRESTLING WITH VOTERS REMORSE. THERE'S A FEELING THAT'S BECOME PALPABLE THAT LOCAL REPRESENTATION IS LACKING. THERE'S MORE FOCUS ON AN AGENDA OF TERM LIMITS MEL ALIGNING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AGAIN AND AGAIN ON LOCAL NEWS, RATHER THAN PRESERVING THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTY AND A GERMAN OF A COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN.

HERE'S THE QUOTE THAT'S BEEN THROWN OUT TO ME. QUOTE IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD TRUE URBAN SPRAWL AND HARFORD COUNTY. MR. PENMAN, THAT'S YOUR QUOTE. FROM MY VIEWPOINT, MY VIEWPOINT . I'M SURE MANY OTHERS IT SURE LOOKS LIKE IT'S HAPPENING. BECAUSE OF OVERDEVELOPMENT ARE BEAUTIFUL COUNTY IS TURNING INTO A CHEAP PIECE OF COSTUME JEWELRY, ALL IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS. IF THIS IS PROGRESS, WE DON'T WANT IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S CUSTOMARY THAT 11 TALKS THE TALK AND HE OR SHE WALKS THE WALK. THAT ISN'T HAPPENING. SO YOU NEED TO CHECK YOUR FIGURES AND CAN RESPONSES TO PLACATE THOSE WHO SHOW UP AT MEETINGS OR EMAIL . SEND EMAILS. WE MAY NOT BE PART OF THE POWERS THAT BE, BUT WE'RE NOT STUPID. I FEEL THAT MY REPRESENTATION DOES NOT HEAR THE MANY SMALL VOICES OF THE CONSTITUENTS. HOWEVER ON A SUMMER FRIDAY AND PFOSTEN THE MANY SMALL VOICES BECAME A SOUNDING ROAR OF WHERE OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTY NEEDS TO GO . YES, I'M DISAPPOINTED, AND I AND OTHERS WILL NOT BE SILENCED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. SCHREIBER, 11 14 STRUCK DR BOSTON, MARYLAND. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MR VINCENTE FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY

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MY NAME IS I GO BY TOM. SO DIXON IS MY OFFICIAL NAME I GO BY TOM 1005 STRONG CO DRIVE IN FALLSTON. SO MY CONCERN THAT I BRING TO YOU IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY, WHICH IS JUST OVER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTY. I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 23 YEARS, SO I'M I CONSIDER MYSELF A NEWCOMER COMPARED TO MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. BUT WHAT I DID SEE WHEN I WAS YOUNG, GROWING UP IN PERRY HALL. WAS THE RAMPANT DESTRUCTIVE OVERDEVELOPMENT OF WHAT WAS ONCE A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHAT PERRY HALL USED TO BE IS WHAT PLACES LIKE FALLSTON AND OTHER AREAS ARE NOW. BUT I WATCHED YEAR AFTER YEAR AS THE ROADS GOT WIDER. THE BUILDINGS WENT UP. PEOPLE MOVED IN. THE QUALITY OF LIFE WENT DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN. AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO FALLSTON, MARYLAND. AND I FELT LIKE I HAD MOVED TO HEAVEN. I HONESTLY DID.

THE COMMUNITY WAS CLOSE. THEY WERE AMENITIES FROM MY FAMILY FOR MY CHILDREN. I EVEN RECALL THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE SUN PAPER SON PAPER SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THAT SAID FALLSTON. THE HIDDEN GEM. THE BEST KEPT SECRET. AND FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS, I THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING. BUT AS TIME WENT BY MY LIFE STARTED TO GET A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT COMMUTE GOT LONGER SCHOOLS GOT MORE CROWDED. THINGS WERE JUST NOT AS PLEASANT AS THEY USED TO BE. I CAN HEAR CARS AND TRAFFIC IN PLACES THAT THEY'RE USED TO NOT BE. LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE IN FALLSTON, I'M A VOLUNTEER. I ALSO WORK AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN THE FALLSTON SCHOOLS.

I HAVE HAD KINDERGARTEN CLASSES WHERE I HAD WELL OVER 30 LITTLE KIDS. CAN YOU IMAGINE ME AN OLDER GUY TRYING TO CONTROL 35 LITTLE KIDS RUNNING AROUND THE ROOM? THAT WAS JUST WAY TOO MANY. AND THE MESSAGE THAT I'M TRYING TO GET OFF WITH THAT ROOM WAS JUST MUCH TOO CROWDED. UM THE COMMUTE FROM 95 TO MY HOME USED TO TAKE 10 MINUTES. SOMETIMES IT TOOK 40 MINUTES IN MORE RECENT YEARS, 40 MINUTES TO COME DOWN 1 52. THIS IS NOT A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE. THIS IS THE WAY THE COUNTY IS CHANGING RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES. SO ALL I WANNA DO IS I WANT TO APPEAL TO YOU, THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE HERE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. TO HEARKEN TO THE WORDS OF COUNCILMAN RILEY'S PRAYER THAT YOU ARE HERE TO SERVE THE BETTERMENT OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY. NOT THE FEW, BUT ALL OF US. WE DEPEND ON YOU. WE LOOK TO YOU FOR THIS LEADERSHIP, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN DO THAT. AND LEAD HARFORD COUNTY INTO A PLACE THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF. AND YOU CAN BE PROUD OF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MR DIXON. MR DIXON. ARE WE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OUR LIVE FEED? OKAY? AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S NO CONNECTION BETWEEN MRS DICKSON AND MR DIXON WHATSOEVER. GOOD EVENING, SIR.

NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD , PLEASE. NAME IS ROLAND ASKED, AND I LIVE ON NINE POPULAR GROVE AVENUE IN PERRIMAN. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. I DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW I WAS GOING TO SPEAK UNTIL I WALKED INTO THIS ROOM, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED, BUT I HAVE ACTUALLY, REALLY, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS ASK ALL OF YOU GUYS. THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR HELP. I'M GONNA TELL YOU A QUICK STORY. A COUPLE OF SATURDAYS AGO . MY UH, MY 11 YEAR OLD NEPHEW WITHIN MY HOME IN PERRIMAN, AND HE HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. HE HAD SEIZURES. I CALLED 911. AND

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THINK ABOUT MY NIECE. ALL OF US WHO LIVE IN PERRIMAN. AND THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO. I CAN'T WAIT. 40 MINUTES FOR NO, UH FOR THE AMBULANCE TO COME , AND IF MAJOR DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, AND THERE IS ANOTHER EMERGENCY WHAT IS THAT 40 MINUTES GOING TO BECOME AN HOUR THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. NOW ONE I WILL SAY THAT I'M OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERRIMAN. BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT THE FIRE CODE AND F P A ONE IS THE FIRE CODE THAT MARYLAND HAS ADOPTED CHAPTER 15. NOBODY READS CHAPTER 15 IS CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICE CONCURRENCY EVALUATION. PLEASE LOOK AT THAT. WHAT IT REALLY SAYS, IS ANY MAJOR DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED. IT'S GOT TO BE STUDIED AND MAKE SURE THAT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES WHETHER IT'S FIRE EMERGENCY SERVICES. AMBULANCES IS NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED. AND IF IT IS, HOW DO WE FIX THAT? AND IF WE HAVE TO FIX THAT, HOW IS THAT PAID? TO WORK AND ALL THAT SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT IS EVEN YOU KNOW, STARTED OR OR APPROVED , SO PLEASE LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC THING THAT HAS TO BE ASKED FOR BY THE AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTIONS. WHICH ARE YOU GUYS SO PLEASE HELP ME. HELP MY DAUGHTER. HELP US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE DATE OF YOUR CALL. MY DATA. MY CALL WAS EITHER TWO OR THREE SATURDAYS AGO. I HAD TO LOOK THAT UP. MR RICHARDSON. YOU GOT THAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

JANINE LOOK OR FOLLOWED BY SARAH WOULD RING. EVENING, MA'AM NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. JANINE LOOK OR 18, 20 PARK BEACH, DRIVIN PERRIMAN. AND UM, TONIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE. UM I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A COUNTY FOR COORDINATION OF EFFORT. AND UM, AN AIR.

OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT LOTS OF CONCERNS IN PERRIMAN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT IS HOW DEVELOPMENT IS COORDINATED BETWEEN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS LOCAL JURISDICTION.

THERE FOR EXAMPLE, IN ABERDEEN. UM OUR ROADS ARE ALREADY. UM, UNSAFE. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS INADEQUATE. BUT YET THE TOWN OF ABERDEEN IS TALKING ABOUT, UM ADDING TO AN EXISTING ROUNDABOUT. THAT IS REALLY INADEQUATE. UM AND THAT'S AN OLD PHILADELPHIA ROAD. AND THERE'S TALK ABOUT PUTTING A RHETORIC TRUCK STOP. UM WHICH IS ONLY GOING TO ADD MORE, UM TO THAT FAILING ROUND ABOUT UM, SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ASK THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL? UM LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE MORE OUTREACH WITH THE SURROUNDING TOWNS. UM BECAUSE THERE'S ARE THE PARTS THAT IMPACT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING TO PYRAMID. IT'S NOT JUST UM WITHIN THE PENINSULA.

IT'S EVERYTHING THAT'S FEEDING IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT SPEAKER, MS DIXON SARAH WOODWARD. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. MY NAME IS SARAH WOODRING AND I LIVE AT 530 STRATFORD ROAD. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. UM SO I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE

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UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE ONLY ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM AMY SHAPIRO'S INCIDENT, WHICH KIND OF DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE VIBES OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH SO MUCH I LOVED AND I GREW UP IN, SO WE MADE THE TOUGH DECISION TO MOVE TO HARTFORD COUNTY TO ESCAPE THE OVERCROWDING. WE LOOKED FOR AN AREA WITH GOOD SCHOOLS GREEN SPACE AND HAD HOPES THAT ARE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMAN WOULD LISTEN TO US. WE MOVED INTO THE WOODCREST NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING OVERDEVELOPMENT ALL OVER AGAIN. HERE. I'M SO DISAPPOINTED. AS A NURSE IN THE COMMUNITY. I'VE LEARNED THAT HARTFORD MEMORIAL WILL BE CLOSING NEXT SPRING. IT'S THE ONE OF TWO HOSPITALS IN HARFORD COUNTY. THE HOSPITAL HAS 82 INPATIENT BEDS. THE BEL AIR BED TOWER EXPANSION AND UPPER CHESAPEAKE HAS PROPOSED IT'S ONLY ADDING 72 BEDS. SO THAT'S ABOUT 10 INPATIENT BEDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE. NOT ONLY HAS STAFFING BEEN AN ISSUE WITH EFFORT, CHESAPEAKE, BUT WE'RE LOSING OUR MUCH NEEDED PATIENT CARE SPACE. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. WITHOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT WILL CREATE MAJOR PATIENT SAFETY ISSUES FOR THE COMMUNITY. I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED. AS A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. I WAS ASTONISHED TO FIND THAT MY DAUGHTER IS IN ONE OF NINE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES, AND MY SON IS IN ONE OF EIGHT. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS BETTER SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE A SAFE AND HEALTHY PLACE TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES. PERIOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. JOHN MALLAMO, FOLLOWED BY DAVID ANDERSON. GOOD EVENING, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A TRAFFIC JAM RIGHT THERE. COME ON A COUNTY. JOHN PEMA LHAMO 24 02 EAGLE VIEW DRIVE. SURE I WONDER. CAN WE GET A PODIUM BACK HERE? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE QUITE AS ELEGANT AS THE LAST ONE. BUT SOMETHING. WHEN WE LEFT OFF, THERE WERE MULTIPLE ANSWERS ON THE ZONING STATUS OF THE HARPER COUNTY AIRPORT. NOW I'M CONFUSED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THESE CURIOUS EVENTS. LET ME REVIEW THE HARP AIRPORT OWNERS REQUESTED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO OPERATE A JOURNAL AVIATION AIRPORT ON 11 OCTOBER 2013. THAT REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ON 16 APRIL 2014. THE HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION WAS ADOPTED AND RATIFIED AS ITS OWN BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS. 16 SEPTEMBER 2014. MR SHANE GRIM AT THE DOCK HEARING ON 5 NOVEMBER 20TH. 14 DECLARED. THE PROPOSED AIRPORT EXPANSION IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF BOARD OF APPEALS CASE. 58 14. MR MILTON DO DAVENPORT'S AT THAT SAME HEARING STATED THE PROJECT WAS NOT A PERMITTED USE BY RIGHT AND WAS REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF APPEALS. THEY HAVE ISSUED A DECISION THAT THE COUNTY IS OBLIGATED TO UPHOLD. ON 14 APRIL 2015 AT JUDICIAL REVIEW, HARPER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE AFFIRMED THE HEARING EXAMINER'S DECISION ON 1 MARCH 2017 MR MILTON DAVENPORT'S IN A LETTER TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO MR KILLIAN'S AFFIDAVIT STATED THAT THE AIRPORT WAS AN EXISTING LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE. ON 16 MARCH 2017. MR KILLIAN, THEN DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING AND A SWORN AFFIDAVIT, BEARD, HARFORD COUNTY AIRPORT WAS GRANTED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO OPERATE A JOURNAL AVIATION AIRPORT AND ATTACHING THE RESULTS OVERVIEW CONDUCTED BY HIS OFFICE ON THE ZONING STATUS OF THE HARFORD COUNTY AIRPORT. MR DAVENPORT'S LETTER ON 20 APRIL 2017. THE COUNTY LAW DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THEY AGREED WITH THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY. OF MR DAVENPORT'S LETTER ON 22 DECEMBER, 2017, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY STATED THAT THE AIRPORT WILL OWNERS HAD BEEN GRANTED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. NOW CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN HOW THE SAME USE ON THE SAME PROPERTY AT THE SAME TIME BOTH A NONCONFORMING USE AND THEY PERMITTED USE BECAUSE UP. DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT COULD FIND THAT THE HARPER COUNTY AIRPORT WAS OPERATING AS AN ILLEGAL NONCONFORMING USE? OR THE LAW DEPARTMENT AGREE WITH THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY OF THAT BINDING. IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT BOTH AGENCIES CONSIDERED THE AIRPORT

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GOOD NIGHT. CALL YOU NEXT SPEAKER, MS DIXON. DAVID ANDERSON, FOLLOWED BY PAUL PHILOLOGY. GOOD EVENING, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. YES GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. IT'S DAVID ANDERSON 39 NORTH VICTORY AVENUE, BILLER, MARYLAND. UM AGAIN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M HERE TO TALK IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TOPIC. I WORKED FOR THE TOWN OF BEL AIR AND THE MEDIA AND UM, PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST AND I REPRESENT THE TOWN ON THE HARFORD COUNTY TO 50TH ANNIVERSARY STEERING COMMITTEE. AND SO I'M JUST HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR ONGOING PROJECT. IT'S CALLED PIECING TOGETHER HARVARD'S HISTORY. THIS IS A COMMUNITY SOURCED LARGE SCALE MOSAIC THAT WILL BE INSTALLED AT ITEM RUN PARK. IT'S A PUBLIC ART PROJECT DEPICTING THE HISTORY, PERSONALITY AND CULTURE OF THE COUNTY BY INCORPORATING MATERIAL FROM THE COMMUNITY INTO A PIECE OF ART FOR ALL TO ENJOY. UH AND FOLKS FROM ALL THE COUNTY CAN CONTRIBUTE. UM REALLY? JUST A SMALL PIECE OF ART PROBABLY NO BIGGER THAN ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR FIST. UH IT CAN BE A PEBBLE FROM YOUR DRIVEWAY, A BROKEN PLATE FROM THE PAST CELEBRATION LAPEL PIN RECOGNIZING YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. THE ITEM DOES NOT NEED TO BE RECOGNIZABLE TO ANYONE ELSE. IT JUST NEEDS TO SYMBOLIZE YOUR STORY. UH SO WHAT? WE'RE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A COLLECTION BOX. BOXES AT ALL, ALL OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY LIBRARY BRANCHES . UH SO YOU CAN JUST GO IN DURING LIBRARY HOURS. UH TALK TO THE STAFF. UH AND DROP OFF YOUR PIECE. UM THE DEADLINE TO DO. THIS IS OCTOBER. 1ST UH SO THE DEADLINE IS COMING UP. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION HAD OF TIME I DID SEND THESE FIRES TO, UH, COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU SHARE THIS WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. UH, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE FURTHER INFORMATION YOU CAN VISIT THE HARTFORD TO 50 CELEBRATION PAGE ON FACEBOOK. UM AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AS WE CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVE. GOOD EVENING, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. PAUL PALOCCI, PERRYMAN, MARYLAND. 3. 20 MARINE AVENUE. PERRIMAN, MARYLAND. WHEN I TALK ABOUT ENTERPRISE ZONES TONIGHT. WHAT ARE THEY ENTERPRISE ZONES? WHAT ARE THEY ADVERTISED TO DO BY THE HARPER COUNTY GOVERNMENT WEBSITE NUMBER ONE ENCOURAGE CREATION OF WELL PAYING JOBS TO ENSURE RETENTION AND SPUR EXPANSION OF RESIDENTS. BUSINESSES THREE PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTARY OF VACANT UNDERUTILIZED LAND AND BUILDINGS. ENTERPRISE ZONES. WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY DO? SPURRED TEMPORARY JOBS FOR TAX INCENTIVES AND EXPOSED COMMUNITIES CAUGHT IN OR NEAR THE ENTERPRISE ZONES TO HIGHER LEVELS OF POLLUTION. PROXIMITY TO HARRIS, JUST WASTE ONCE THE COMPANIES ARE OUT OF THE 10 YEAR JOB CREATION QUALIFICATION PERIOD, THEY TEND TO REDUCE EMPLOYEES OR WORSE. TO QUALIFY FOR TAX BREAKS COMPANIES WITH ANY BUILDING LOCATED WITHIN ENTERPRISE ZONE ONLY HAVE TO CREATE FIVE JOBS THAT WORKED 35 HOURS PER WEEK AT 18 75 AN HOUR BUT ONLY HALF OF THOSE HOURS NEED TO BE ACTUALLY WORKED IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE. HERE'S A RECENT EXAMPLE. OCTOBER 6 2016 X P O LOGISTICS, GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS PROVIDER WITH MORE THAN 1400 LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE, EXPANDING INTO HARTFORD COUNTY AND PLANTS CREATE UP TO 400 NEW JOBS. ONLY GOT UP 276 JOBS OF WHICH 50% LIVED OUTSIDE OF HARFORD COUNTY. HEADQUARTERED IN GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A RESIDENT BUSINESS. THIS SUMMER X P O LOGISTICS CONTRACT BUSINESS CALLED G XO ANNOUNCED THE LAYOFF OF 176 PEOPLE. AND PLAYING TO CLOSE THEIR BUSINESS AND HARFORD COUNTY'S WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER ON CHELSEA ROAD. BASED ON THE DATA FROM THE 2020 CENTS HAS PROVIDED AN EPA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SCREENING TOOL. THREE AND THREE ITEMS THAT SHOW ENTERPRISE ZONES HAVE NOT HELPED. PERRIMAN CONTINUES TO HAVE THE LOWEST INCOME AND HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT , HARFORD COUNTY AND THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF THE OVER INDUSTRIALIZATION CAUSED BY ENTERPRISE ZONES. GLOW INCOME 67% OF THE U. S. IS HIRING HIM THAN THOSE THAT LIVE IN PERRIMAN. HAZARDOUS WASTE PROXIMITY 82% OF THE U. S HAS LESS EXPOSURE IN PERRIMAN UNEMPLOYMENT. 94% OF THE U. S. HAS HIRE UNEMPLOYED RESIDENTS.

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ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT HERE TONIGHT MOSTLY WENT TO VOICE THEIR OPPOSITION TO OVERDEVELOPMENT. WE RELY ON YOU ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HELP US TO HEAR US AND ACT FOR US. I LIVE IN WOOD, THE WOODCREST COMMUNITY JUST OFF MOUNTAIN ROAD IN PFOSTEN. THE TRAFFIC IS HORRENDOUS. IT'S DIFFICULT AND QUITE FRANKLY SCARY TO TRY TO GET OUT ONTO MOUNTAIN ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR. A NEW YOUNG DRIVER WAS AHEAD OF A NEIGHBOR OF MINE AND RIGHTFULLY SO WAS BEING VERY CAREFUL TO EXIT STRATFORD BREWED 1 TO 1 52. MY NEIGHBOR SAT FOR 24 MINUTES BEFORE THE YOUNG DRIVER COULD SAFELY LEAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN HE COULD PROCEED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS, IT HAS BECOME UNSAFE. ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA WOULD MAKE AN ALREADY SERIOUS TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE INTO AN UNSAFE DEATH DEATH TRAP. I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE TAXPAYING HOMEOWNERS. AND TRAFFIC OR APPROVING ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT IN OUR BELOVED THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. BRIANNA COLEMAN, FOLLOWED BY LAUREN HEUSER. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. MY NAME IS BRIANNA COLEMAN. I LIVE AT 23 47 ANGLE ROAD IN FOSTER. UM I'M NEW HERE. THIS IS MY FIRST COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING AND I'M WONDERING WHERE I CAN GET ONE OF THOSE BLUE HATS. BUT IN ORANGE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR ROLES AND EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR TIME.

HOWEVER THE REASON MANY OF US ARE HERE IS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT SOME OF YOU ARE NOT FULFILLING YOUR ELECTED DUTIES. HARFORD COUNTY IS FACING THE CONSEQUENCES OF PAST COUNCIL DECISIONS AND FASTING IS SUFFERING FROM A LACK OF REPRESENTATION ON THIS COUNCIL.

AS WE HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS WITH OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES WE'RE HERE TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO RIGHT THE WRONGS AND I LIKE MR PENMAN TO DO A

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IT'S TIME TO PRIORITIZE OUR CHILDREN OVER DEVELOPERS. ADDITIONALLY I'D LIKE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY ADVISORY BOARD, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE. THE BOARD HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED OR HELD A MEETING SINCE 2021. AND LASTLY, I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN BOIL SADDLES, OZARK COMMUNITY AN APOLOGY FOR HER INSENSITIVITY REGARDING THE RECENT MURDER ON THE MA AND PA TRAIL. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM NAME AND ADDRESS HIGH. I'M LAUREN HEUSER. MY ADDRESS IS 2087 STEWART DRIVE AND FALSE HIM. AND I'M ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL OUT OF CONCERN DUE TO THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE APPROVED, PROPOSED AND BEING PLANNED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SCHOOL CAPACITY FORECASTING IS ALMOST A YEAR BEHIND WHEN IT IS PUBLISHED EACH JUNE. PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTING HUNDREDS OF UNITS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN FORECASTING UNTIL PERMITS ARE ISSUED. EVEN THEN, THE APPLIED PEOPLE YIELD IS WILDLY INACCURATE, IN PARTICULAR IN SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUCH AS PFOSTEN. THE SAME FIGURES ARE USED ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. AND WE CAN LOOK TO CASE STUDIES IN BOSTON THAT SHOULD THE PEOPLE YIELD AS MUCH HIGHER IN OUR COMMUNITY. AT A MINIMUM UPDATED SCHOOL FORECASTING SHOULD BE PRESENTED AT DARK MEETINGS WHEN NEW PROJECTS ARE CONSIDERED SO THAT THE IMPACT OF THE SCHOOLS CAN BE ADDRESSED PRIOR TO THE PRELIMINARY APPROVALS. THE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES ORDINANCE IS NOT SERVING OUR COUNTY. ALLOWING A SCHOOL TO REACH 110% CAPACITY, WITH ADDITIONAL PERMITS ALREADY APPROVED. NO PLANS FOR EXPANSION , REDISTRICTING OR NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN PLACE BEFORE ENACTING A BUILDING MORATORIUM AND HALTING PERMANENCE IS COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE. PLEASE CONSIDER LOWERING THIS TO 100% THIS WAS STILL ALLOWED FOR SLOWER SMALL SCALE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION TAKE PLACE IN OUR COUNTY CAN GROW AT A MORE REASONABLE RATE. FURTHERMORE ALLOWING MUNICIPALITIES TO OPERATE WITH DIFFERENT ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITY ORDINANCES IS NOT A REASONABLE EXPECTATION. IF THEY'RE NOT FUNDING, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION INDEPENDENTLY, THEY SHOULD ALSO FOLLOW THE COUNTY GUIDELINES. SPEAKING OF CAPITAL FUNDING FOR NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION. HARFORD COUNTY HIRED AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO DEVELOP OUR SCHOOL IMPACT FEES IN 2004. THAT FIRM WHO I CALLED SAID THAT THEY SHOULD BE REASSESSED EVERY FIVE YEARS. IT'S BEEN 19. IN THAT TIME CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF DOUBLE IF YOU LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION COSTS, INFLATION FROM 2004 TO 2023. OUR FEES WERE SUPPOSED TO INCREASE IN 2006 AND 2007. COUNCIL INTRODUCED EMERGENCY LEGISLATION TO ROLL THOSE FEES BACK IN 2009. SO WE STILL ASSESS THE SAME 2004 IMPACT THESE TODAY. BENCHMARKING AGAINST OTHER COUNTIES. HARFORD COUNTY IS QUITE APPEALING TO DEVELOPERS. AND OUR STUDENTS SUFFER AS A CONSEQUENCE. FOR INSTANCE, THE 184 APARTMENT UNITS BEING BUILT IN HICKORY.

THIS SENDS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS INTO A SCHOOL THAT'S ALREADY AT CAPACITY. IN HARTFORD COUNTY. WE CHARGED $1200 PER UNIT IN SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COSTS ALMOST $60 MILLION.

THAT'S IF WE ALREADY OWN THE LAND. WHICH WE DON'T IN THIS CASE IS SO $1200 TIMES. 184 UNITS EQUALS 220,800. I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME. BUT IN AND AROUND OAK COUNTY, THAT SAME COMPLEX WOULD GENERATE 2.2 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ROADS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. FREDERICK COUNTY 1.6.

MILLION WOULD GO TOWARDS SCHOOLS MONTGOMERY COUNTY 3.1 MILLION FOR THE SAME SIZE COMPLEX. PG COUNTY SPRINGER COMMENTS TOO CLOSE WOULD CHARGE 3.65 MILLION PER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU,

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT . A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT THE MASTER LAND USE PROCESS AND FUTURE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REVIEW. LOCALLY LAND USE AND ZONING DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL. THESE FOLKS ARE ELECTED EVERY FOUR YEARS, MOST RECENTLY IN 2 2022. I SUGGEST YOU THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY. GET TO KNOW ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THE DEVELOPERS DO. FOR SOME COUNCIL REACTION, PLEASE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY WILL CALL EMAIL AND MEET FREQUENTLY DEVELOPERS ARE IN THEIR EAR INFLUENCING DECISIONS THAT IMPACT US. AND OFTEN CREATE LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE ZONING CODE ON THEIR OWN BEHALF. IN FACT, ZONING CODE CHANGES APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS. HAVE ENHANCED THE USE OF NON AGRICULTURAL USES IN AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES.

NONBUSINESS USES IN BUSINESS ZONING. AND LOOPHOLES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT, MAKING ZONING, MURKY MESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THEIR ANCILLARY BUSINESSES. DURING THE LAST MASTER, LAND USE AND COMP ZONING REVIEW BACK IN 2016 AND 2017. I PERSONALLY MET WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE IMPACTS OF UP ZONING AND PFOSTEN. THE ONLY ONE STILL HERE IS MR VINCENT. I BELIEVE THE 2017 UP ZONING OF OVER 57 ACRES AND PFOSTEN, PLUS EXPANSION OF THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE AT ROUTE ONE AND ROUTE 1 52 IN 2016 HURT EFFORTS AT RESTORATION AND POSSIBLE REVITALIZATION OF EXISTING OLDER AREAS IN HARTFORD COUNTY.

CONTINUED UP ZONING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES NEAR AND OUTSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE HAS A DEFLATING EFFECTS ON EFFORTS OF AG PRESERVATION. THESE ACTIONS SEND A MESSAGE TO THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY THAT HARFORD COUNTY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AS A CONSEQUENCE, AGRICULTURAL LANDOWNERS ARE POTENTIALLY DISSUADED FROM CHOOSING AG, LAND PRESERVATION AND THE FARMS START TO DISAPPEAR. CHANGES DO NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. SLOWLY DELIBERATELY AND INTENTIONALLY, THE LANDSCAPE CHANGES. AS HARFORD COUNTY BEGINS THE EIGHT YEAR CYCLE OF COMPREHENSIVE REZONING REQUESTS. IT IS VITAL FOR THIS COUNCIL TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT ITS LAND USE PRIORITIES. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS COUNCIL LISTEN TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS OR RISK SENDING A MIXED MESSAGE THAT WILL PERMIT THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF SPRAWL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CALL YOU NEXT SPEAKER KATIE. GONNA KNOW, FOLLOWED BY TIM VAN EMDEN. GOOD EVENING, MAN. NAME AND ADDRESS. PLEASE CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT RIGHT. THAT'S LIKE ONE IN THREE. OH GREAT. KATYA NANO 23 20. FRANKLIN'S CHANCE. COURT FOSTER MARYLAND TO TOWN 47. CAN YOU STEP INTO THAT MICROPHONE, MA'AM? YES SORRY, OUTSPOKEN, BUT I ALWAYS GET NERVOUS. UM FIRST, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE HARFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. UM I SORRY. I'VE LIKE DROPPED, LIKE CHANGE NOTES. A LOT. UM I WOULD LIKE TO AGREE WITH MY FELLOW HARTFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS ABOUT OVERDEVELOPMENT. UM IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECOSYSTEM. TWO OF MY THREE CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MY THIRD GRADER AND IS A CLASS OF 31. UM AND AS MUCH AS I DO ENJOY HARRY POTTER. I DO NOT WANT MY NOW THREE YEAR OLD TO BE ATTENDING KINDERGARTEN IN A ROOM CLOSET IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. UM I WANTED TO TALK SOME ABOUT FALLSTON AND ALSO HARFORD COUNTY , UM, IN TERMS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL WETLANDS THAT SERVED AS IMPORTANT HABITATS FOR A DIVERSE RANGE OF PLANT. AND ANIMAL SPECIES POINT OUT OUR BELOVED CRABS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. UM BUT THEY ALSO PERFORM AN ESSENTIAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES SUCH AS WATER FILTRATION, FLOOD CONTROL AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION . HOWEVER IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE WITNESSED AN UNSETTLING INCREASE. IN LAND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND ENCROACH UPON THESE FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS. THE

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THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SANDY MAGNUS 2010 WHITE HOUSE ROAD BEL AIR LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH THE COUNCIL. UM I HAVE SAT IN THIS COUNCIL OFFICE AND LISTEN TO TONS OF LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS, AND I'VE COMMENTED I'M JUST ASKING THAT DOES COUNSEL BE TRANSPARENT, SAT IN THIS. CLAP WHOLE AREA WHERE WHEN QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED. THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE EVEN DEPARTMENT HAD HAVE SAD WHILE WE HAVE TO DEFER TO SOMEONE ACROSS THE ROAD, SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'VE GOT TO GET THEIR ANSWERS. FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. I WANT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY WITH ALL OF YOU. REGARDLESS OF WHAT AREA YOU'RE REPRESENTING. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN HARTFORD COUNTY RIGHT NOW. WE'VE HAD THE MURDER ON THE MA AND PA. I'VE LISTENED TO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES GOING IN HERE CRYING. I PASSED BY THEM EVERY DAY. THE ONES ACROSS DIAGONAL FROM ROAF.

OH WE HAD A HIGHER FOR MURDER THERE. SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO COME IN A MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. BUT AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME. WE NEED TO RESOLVE OUR ISSUES BEFORE WE DO ANY MORE DEVELOPING IN THIS COUNTY. I LOOK AT ROUTE 1 20 TO 1 50 TO 1 36 AND 5 43 WITH ALL OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN DONE. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT WORKING. IT HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED. WE AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE FARMING COMMUNITY. I AM PART OF THAT FARMING COMMUNITY. TRANSPORTING ANIMALS TO A BUTCHER SHOP. TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE TRAFFIC IS A NIGHTMARE. AND WE HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE OUR TIMES WHEN WE LEAVE THE FARM AND WHEN WE COME HOME JUST BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE TRAFFIC ALONE. TODAY I WAS NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER TEACHER. THAT THEY, UM TEACHERS. UM, ACADEMY. THAT IS BEING DONE CURRENTLY AT THE VOTE TECH SCHOOL THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THAT PROGRAM NOW, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS T A. M. THE TEACHERS ACADEMY OF MARYLAND. THEY ARE NOW GOING. THOSE KIDS WILL GRADUATE. BUT STARTING THIS COMING YEAR APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO ONLY BE DONE FROM FOR EDGEWOOD AND NORTH HARFORD BECAUSE THEY ARE MOVING THAT PROGRAM FROM VOTE TECH. THEY MOVED. ANIMAL SCIENCE PROGRAM FROM BIOTECH TO ALLOW THE T M A TO COME IN. THE TAM PROGRAM TO COME IN. SO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH VOTE TECH? I'M LISTENING TO MORE AND MORE KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE WANTING TO GET INTO THOSE TRADES AND THEY CAN'T GET IN. BUT VOTE TECH HAS NOT GROWN. WE HAVE AN ADDED TO IT. WE HAVEN'T SUPPLEMENTED IT. BRING YOUR COMMENTS TO A CLOSE.

THAT'S A CONVERSATION. WE NEED TO HAVE IT ANOTHER TIME, THOUGH. THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

BUT I'M JUST ASKING TRANSPARENCY , PLEASE. THANK YOU, SANDY. TAMMY WAINWRIGHT, FOLLOWED BY

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AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. IS DESCRIBED AS INSTITUTIONAL RULES. REGULATIONS POLICIES OR GOVERNMENT AND OR CORPORATE DECISIONS THAT DELIBERATELY TARGET IMMIGRANT, POOR AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES. WHICH ARE ALREADY OVERBURDENED. AND UNDERSERVED. THIS RESULTS IN DISPROPORTIONATE EXPOSURE TO UNSAFE DRINKING WATER, ELEVATED AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH ISSUES. THE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE THAT HAS BEEN PERPETRATED UPON THE PERRIMAN COMMUNITY. IT IS SHAMEFUL. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THE CONTINUAL APATHY OR DISREGARD FOR OUR WELL BEING, ACCORDING TO TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS OF 1964 EXECUTIVE ORDER 12,008 98. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BASIC ELEMENTS OF A PEACEFUL, POLLUTANT FREE EXISTENCE. CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND FRESH AIR. I IMPLORE YOU TO THINK OF THE GENERATIONS BEHIND US. HOW WILL WE ENSURE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE? WHAT WILL YOUR LEGACY TO THE COUNTY AND COMMUNITY B? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. REBECCA GARDNER , 31 45 EAST NOBLES MILL ROAD, DARLINGTON. HAVE YOU ALL RECEIVED THE PAMPHLET THAT I GAVE THE LOVELY WOMAN AND THE POLKA DOT DRESS WHO SAID THAT YOU WOULD EACH GET ONE. UM SO, UH, I'M SYMPATHETIC TO WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO ENDORSE THE BACK FROM THE BRINK. AH CONSIDERATIONS, UH, TO DIMINISH THE LIKELIHOOD OF ARE ALL DISAPPEARING OR BEING NAMED BY A NUCLEAR BOMB. UM THE DANGER OF NUCLEAR WAR IS REAL AND GROWING. GEOPOLITICAL INSTABILITY IS INCREASING AND GLOBAL TENSIONS ARE RISING. THE U. S AND OTHER NUCLEAR ARMED STATES ARE IN THE MIDST OF A NEW ARMS RACE, DIVERTING RESOURCES THAT COULD INSTEAD HELPED TO CONFRONT MANY OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED TONIGHT.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS. DO NOT KEEP US SAFE. IT CAN BE ARGUED. THEY ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS TO OUR SECURITY. CURRENT CURRENT POLICIES ARE BRINGING US TO THE BRINK OF A CATASTROPHE THAT THREATENS ALL OF HUMANITY. AND I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE THIS FINE COUNCIL TO PLEASE PASS A RESOLUTION. TO ENDORSE THIS BACK FROM THE BRINK. WHICH ADVOCATES FOR ACTIVELY PURSUING A VERIFIABLE AGREEMENT AMONG NUCLEAR ARMED STATES TO ELIMINATE THEIR NUCLEAR ARSENALS. NUMBER TWO RENOUNCING THE OPTION OF USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS FIRST. THREE ENDING THE SOUL UNCHECKED AUTHORITY OF ANY U. S PRESIDENT TO LAUNCH A NUCLEAR ATTACK. FOR TAKING US NUCLEAR WEAPONS OFF. HAIR TRIGGER ALERT, THUS DECREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION AND WAR DUE TO INSTRUMENT OR HUMAN ERROR. AND FIVE, CANCELING THE PLAN TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE U. S NUCLEAR ARSENAL WITHIN HANCE TO WEAPONS . I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE READ THIS. AND, UM, CONSIDER ENDORSING THIS AS THE. 70 PLUS MUNICIPALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES ALREADY HAVE AND AS THE OVER 400 FAITH BASED ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ALSO ENDORSED IT. WE NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT OURSELVES . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

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THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK. AS YOU'VE HEARD, AND HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES. PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, PEOPLE OF HARTFORD COUNTY ARE BEING USED AND ABUSED. BY OUR ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS. THE PEOPLE OF HARVARD COUNTY OR TIRED OF OUR TAX DOLLARS BEING MISUSED BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THE PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY OR TIRED OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THINKING THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. WITH NO RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE THEY HURT. NO AND NOT HAVING TO FACE RAMIFICATIONS FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR. WELL, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU NOW. THAT THAT THINKING IS WRONG WHEN YOU'RE APART IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK. THE FOLLOWING IS A PARAPHRASE OF THE PREAMBLE TO OUR BEAUTIFUL UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION'S YOU. WE THE PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY IN ORDER TO REFORM OUR ONCE PERFECT UNION WANT TO REESTABLISH JUSTICE? ENABLED DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE. RE PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE. AND REESE AND RE SECURE THE BLESSINGS AND LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY. WE THE PEOPLE OF HARVARD COUNTY DO PROCLAIM AND WILL REESTABLISH OUR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION FOR THE PEOPLE OF HARTFORD COUNTY. WE, THE PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY WILL NO LONGER STAND FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR COUNTY AND ITS COMMUNITY.

BLATANT DISREGARD FOR OUR SAFETY , FEEBLE EXCUSES THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. THE ASSAULT ON OUR COUNTY'S BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT. THE CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR OUR CHILDREN. OUR REPRESENTATIVES ALLOW EDUCATORS TO ROB THEM OF THEIR INNOCENCE AND PURE HEARTS.

THE INDIFFERENCE, OUR REPRESENTATIVE SHOW AND PEOPLE THEY WORK FOR. WE, THE PEOPLE.

COME TO SPEAK, EXPRESSED CONCERNS. AND ASKED FOR HELP. WE THE PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY WILL NO LONGER STAND FOR SEEMINGLY UNINTERESTED AGENCIES , BOTH COUNTY AND STATE. THAT WOULD RATHER FOLLOW THE ILLEGAL MANDATES. OF WOKE STATE LEADERS RATHER THAN FOLLOWING OUR CONSTITUTION, WHICH YOU ALL SWORE TO UPHOLD. WE THE PEOPLE OF HARFORD COUNTY WILL STAND TOGETHER UNITED IN THE PURSUIT OF OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHTS OF PROPERTY, FREEDOM AND LIBERTY.

WHAT YOU DO NOT COME FROM YOU. YOU WERE GRANTED YOUR SEATS ON THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE OF US. WE THE PEOPLE. YOU WOULD NOT BE THERE, IF NOT FOR US, AND JUST AS WE VOTED TO PUT YOU IN THOSE SEATS. WE WILL VOTE TO TAKE YOU OUT OF THEIR SEATS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM NAME AND ADDRESS. MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL LEE MADDOX. 1700 CHURCH POINT COURT, PERRIMAN. WATER WATER EVERYWHERE, NOT A DROP TO DRINK. FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS.

PEOPLE FROM MY COMMUNITY AND PERRIMAN HAVE BEEN RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT HARFORD'S DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND THE BUSH RIVER WATERSHED. ALL OF THE STUDIES IN THIS AREA ARE GROSSLY OUT OF DATE. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I HAD A CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY WITH AN EMPLOYEE FROM THE HARFORD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. THE TOPIC OF WATER QUALITY CAME UP. AND THE EMPLOYEES STATED IN ME. YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW. THE COMMENT WAS A BIT ALARMING BECAUSE WE REALLY DO WANT TO KNOW. AND IN FACT, WE NEED TO KNOW WE HAVE ASKED OUR COUNCILMAN JACOB BENNETT TO WRITE THE GOVERNOR. FOR HELP ON THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HARFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. TO DATE. NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ESTIMATES AS TO WHEN THESE IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES WILL BE REPLICATED. IN FACT, AT THE TOWN HALL, THREE P HELD JUST LAST WEEK. THANK YOU, MR VINCENTE AND MR BENNETT FOR ATTENDING. PODCAST LEE FIELDED A QUESTION ABOUT THE WATER STUDIES AND NOTED THE WATER STUDIES HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED BECAUSE OF THE EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF TIME THE

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THERE ARE GRANT MONIES AVAILABLE BY THE EPI, A AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS TO STUDY AND MITIGATE ANY CONTAMINATION. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN PERRIMAN WHO GET THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM PRIVATE WELLS. WE ALSO HAVE A WHOLE INDUSTRY WHO DEPEND ON THE HEALTH OF THE BUSH RIVER FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD. NOT TO MENTION THE PEOPLE WHO CONSUME THE SEAFOOD. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO TAKE A FATALISTIC APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO DRINKING WATER. AND THE HEALTH OF OUR RIVERS. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW BAD THINGS ARE SO WE CAN TAKE STEPS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. PLEASE HELP US AND REQUESTING A CURRENT PERRIMAN WELL FIELD STUDY A NEW BUSH RIVER WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN AND A NEW BUSH RIVER WATERSHED CHARACTERIZATION STUDY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND GREAT LOVE TO FALLSTON KEEP COMING BACK. THANK YOU, LEE.

FRANK WINTER, FOLLOWED BY MATT CHANDLER. SPEAKER AGAIN. FRANK WINTER, FOLLOWED BY MATT CHANDLER. MATT. GOOD EVENING. CERTAIN NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. SURE UH, MATT CHANDLER 8, 41 RIPPLE STREAM COURT AND JOPPA, MARYLAND. I GREW UP IN HARTFORD COUNTY. I RODE MY BIKE ON 1 52 TO MY FIRST JOB AT ACME. THAT SOUNDS CRAZY. DOESN'T IT WAS 29 YEARS AGO? I WENT TO FALLSTON SCHOOLS. I HAVE THREE KIDS ALL IN FALSE IN SCHOOLS, ONE IN USE BENEFIT ONE IN FALSE, THE MIDDLE AND ONE IN FALLSTON HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ALL PLAY FALSE IN SPORTS, INCLUDING JV VOLLEYBALL, TRAVEL, SOCCER, TRAVEL, BASEBALL AND REC. SOCCER VOLUNTEERING AT DBS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH, INCLUDING TOMORROW WITH THE SECOND GRADE TEAM AND P T, A MEMBER WHERE I GOT THIS AWESOME OR INSURED I CONSIDER MYSELF A DEEP PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I LOVE IT. LAST MONTH. I SPOKE TO THE COMMUNITY AND OTHERS ABOUT MY CONCERNS FOR THE FUTURE OF BOSTON WITH THE HIGH MEDIUM DENSITY DEVELOPMENT WITH A FOCUS ON TRAFFIC. I MENTIONED THAT ARE I WAS CONCERNED BY BOTH WITNESSING AND HEARING OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS IN OUR MAIN QUARTER ON 1 52. THIS PAST THURSDAY AT 9 55 WAS COMING BACK FROM A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. TRAVELING NORTH ON 1 52 TOWARDS THE HARVEST FAIR SHOPPING CENTER. THERE WAS A MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME WHERE MY CAR WAS ALMOST TOTALED. THE CAR SIDESWIPED AN SUV BUT TRAVELING AT SIGNIFICANT SPEED SUV. WENT UP ON TWO WHEELS HEADED TOWARDS THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. SLAMMED ON ITS SIDE AND CONTINUE DIRECTLY TOWARDS ME AS I HEADED OFF THE ROAD. I SAW THE PERSON THROWING ABOUT THE SUV AND THE AIRBAGS, DEPLOYING CALLED 911 AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE WHO DID NOT ANSWER THE CALL. 911 CAME BACK A FEW MINUTES LATER AFTER LISTENING TO THE RINGING AND ASKED ME TO CALL BACK LATER WITH THAT SOMEONE WOULD PROBABLY BE THERE. I WISH I COULD TELL YOU. THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. IT'S NOT OUR COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITH RECKLESS ABANDON OR INFRASTRUCTURE CAN'T HANDLE IT. THE INCREASED LOAD AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVEN OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OR SOMETIMES STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP. ON AUGUST 11TH. I SPOKE TO THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER MEMBERS ABOUT MY CONCERNS FOR THE FUTURE OF BOSTON WITH HIGH AND MEDIUM DENSITY DOMINATE, WITH A FOCUS ON SCHOOLS. AS I MENTIONED I HAVE THREE KIDS AND FALSE IN SCHOOLS AND I SEE I STAYED HERE FOR THEM. USE BENEFIT WAS BUILT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, AND IT'S ALREADY OVER CAPACITY. SO AS RED PUMP, SO IS HIM SAID WEAK FIELD RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM HERE, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. ALL SCHOOLS THAT ARE EITHER CURRENTLY DID OR DO FEED INTO FALSE IN. THIS IS PROBABLY WELL KNOWN. BUT WHAT'S NOT WELL KNOWN AS YOU SPEND IF IT'S TURNING A TURNING A STORAGE CLOSET AND TEACHER PLANNING ROOM INTO A KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM AND OTHER NON CLASSROOM SUFFERING THE SAME FEET. IN 2020 HCPS CAPACITY.

ENROLLMENT DATA ESTIMATED THAT 1103 CHILDREN AND ENROLLMENT FOR YB S FOR 2023. IT WAS 2023 AND GUESS WHAT? THAT NUMBER IS 11 40. THAT'S 1.5 CLASSROOMS WORTH OF CHILDREN THAT WERE NEVER ACCOUNTED FOR. NO WONDER WE'RE TURNING TO THESE UNCONVENTIONAL ROOMS INTO CLASSROOMS. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS WHEN ANOTHER 1.5 CLASSROOMS ARE NEEDED. WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO COME FROM? I DON'T KNOW. ARE THEY GONNA MOVE KIDS FROM 100 AND 4% CAPACITY 215% CAPACITY. BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. OUR COMMUNITY CAN'T HANDLE. UH THIS CONTINUED

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THANK YOU AND MR CHANDLER, ARE YOU GONNA BE HERE AFTER THE MEETING, OK. OKAY? THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS, MR PRESIDENT. OKAY, UM. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UH THINGS THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT ARE VERY CONCERNING TO ME FOR SURE, AND WILL BE ADDRESSED TOMORROW. UM, WITH THAT WILL GO INTO AGENDA. NUMBER 16 BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS , MR GUTHRIE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING A LOT OF THOSE GOOD COMMENTS BEFORE US. I LIKE TO COMMENT ON ONE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART FROM WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE A P F L I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF FALSE AND PEOPLE HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER IN THE EARLY 2000 THE AP FO WAS 120% REMEMBER THAT IT WAS 100 AND 20% AND YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, WHATEVER THE PERCENT, IS THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT THE BUILDERS ARE BUILDING AND AROUND THAT TIME WE'RE BUILDING ABOUT 2000 HOMES A YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY A LOT BUT THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING AT 110, OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER BY THEN 100 AND 20. THAT THE BUILDERS ARE PUTTING THEIR HOMES IN THE PIPELINE AND THE NUMBERS GOING UP, YOU KNOW, 100 AND 1215 100, EIGHTEEN'S GETTING CLOSE TO 120. WHEN THEY SEE IT GETTING THERE THEN THEY POP IN A WHOLE BUNCH JUST BEFORE IT REACHES 120 BECAUSE THERE WHEN THEY PUT THE HOMES INTO THE PIPELINE TO BE BUILT THEY? THEY'RE ON. THEY HAVE A TWO YEAR WAIT WHERE THEY CAN BUILD, EVEN THOUGH NOW ACROSS 120% BECAUSE THEY BUILT ALL THE OTHER ONES, AND THEY'RE BUILDING THEM. SO THE 120 GOES TO 128 130 140 AT THE TIME. UM AND GOD BLESS HER, UH, RONNIE, GENTLE WITH WHO SAT RIGHT HERE ALONGSIDE OF ME. HUMAN EYE. HER AND I BATTLED RIGHT AND LEFT BECAUSE MY VERY FIRST BILL WHEN I GOT ON THE COUNCIL IN 2020 UM, TO 2002 WAS TO REDUCE THE 120% A P F 0 TO 100. WELL HARKINS WAS ACROSS THE STREET AND HE BLEW HIS MIND. HE WAS SO TICKED OFF AT THAT BILL. HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR AT THE TIME WHEN WE REALLY HAD IN EGYPT WHEN YOU GOT ONE, NO MORE. BUT IT USED TO BE A MEMBER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAPER. WE USED TO GET BOTH SIDES AND WE COULD DO IT. PEOPLE COULD DO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND THE WHOLE THING. WELL ARKANSAS THE LETTER TO THE EDITOR AGAINST THAT BILL, AND HE TOOK UP THE ENTIRE PAGE. AND I HAVE A COPY OF A GOOD SHOW IT TO YOU. AND I SAID OKAY, HE DID THAT. WELL GUESS WHAT? I'M GOING TO WRITE A LETTER BACK TO IT. AND I TOOK UP THE ENTIRE PAGE AND THEY AND THEY PUT IT IN THERE. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BUILDERS AND ALL WERE BEATEN UP PARKINS OVER THIS BILL BECAUSE THEY KNEW IF THIS BILL GETS PASSED, THEY'RE NOW GOING TO BE LOCKED OUT OF BUILDING ANY MORE HOMES UNTIL THAT PERCENTAGE RATE GOES DOWN. SO MY BILL GRIN WHEN IN AT 100 MEMBERS, BATTLES FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS OVER THIS BILL, AND WE EVENTUALLY SETTLED FOR 105% WITH HIS SUNSET CLAUSE 210. SO THAT'S HOW IT GOT TO 110 RIGHT NOW. IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED TO RE ADDRESS THAT ALL OVER. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN THAT PAST WHEN THAT DROPPED FROM 120 TO 100. 5% 18 BUILDING DISTRICTS IN THIS COUNTY WERE SHUT DOWN. THEY SHUT DOWN. HE COULDN'T TAKE ANYMORE.

UM BUILDING NOBODY COULD SUBMIT ANYMORE BUILDING PROJECTS AND ALL INTO THOSE 18 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO WHAT IT FORCED WHAT IT DID WAS, IT FORCED THE COUNTY TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER WAY TO HANDLE THAT, UH, HANDLE THAT SITUATION. WHAT THE ONLY WAY THAT THEN HARKINS WENT OUT AND CRAIG, COME IN. YOU HAVE MUCH HE DIDN'T LIKE THE BILL EITHER, BUT BUT WHAT HAPPENED? THE PRESSURE GOT PUT ON THE ADMINISTRATION TO BUILD MORE SCHOOLS. AND BIGGER ONES. AND IF YOU RECALL, WE TOUR

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IT WAS WELL, THAT WAS ALL OVER $100 MILLION. UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GET TO JOPPATOWNE BEFORE I LEFT OFFICE IN 2014, WHERE WE'RE UM GREG HAD TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD A BRAND NEW JOPPATOWNE HIGH SCHOOL AND MAKING THE MIDDLE. UH, MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN TAKE A MAGNOLIA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TURN THAT INTO A VOTE TECH SCHOOL THAT WAS GOING TO BE OUR VOTE TECH SCHOOL, WHICH IS PERFECT RIGHT BETWEEN JOPPATOWNE EDGEWOOD AS A PERFECT PLACE TO HAVE A VOTE TECH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL. ONLY TWO SCHOOLS IN THE WHOLE COUNTY TO HAVE THAT. SO UM, MAYBE WE NEED READDRESS THAT TALK TO PAT 20 BURGERS. HE'S ON THAT COMMITTEE AP FO COMMITTEE. UM UH, MAYBE WE NEEDED TO READDRESS THAT AND GET IT FROM 110 TO 100 BACK TO 100 WHENEVER GOT 200 BECAUSE AH, WELL, LET ME TELL YOU ONE MORE STORY REFUSED IF YOU FROM FORCING, ALL REMEMBER USED TO HAVE MEETINGS AT THE BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL. REMEMBER THAT? WELL REMEMBER, RONNIE IS HERE AND SHE HAD HER CANE AND SHE BETTER BEAT ON THIS TABLE. IF YOU REMEMBER THAT I WILL NEVER VOTE TO LOWER THE AP FO IF I LIVE HERE TO BE 100, AND SHE BEAT ON THE TABLE WELL, I SAID THE ONLY WAY TO GET HER ONBOARD WAS I CAME TO YOUR MEETINGS. AT THE FALLSTON HIGH SCHOOL, AND I TOLD YOU ALL THIS WHAT I JUST SAID. AIRLINES AND RONNIE. I SAID, RONNIE IS AGAINST THAT BILL, I SAID, AND YOU NEED TO CONVINCE HER TO VOTE FOR IT. BECAUSE THEN YOU CAME HERE LIKE THIS. AND YOU GOT UP ON THAT MICROPHONE. AND YOU TOLD HER SHE HAS TO SUPPORT MY BILL. SO FINALLY, WHEN WE GOT AROUND TO VOTING FOR A BILL, WOULD SHE DO YES. DO YOU WANT FOR IT? THAT SOME OF THE HISTORY I GUESS WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN.

JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. UH THE SOUTHERN COUNTY TASK FORCE. UM IS GOING TO HAVE A MEETING AT SIX PM ON THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH AT THE EDGEWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER. UM I WANT TO.

I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR CREATING THE SOUTHERN COUNTY TASK FORCE. UM SO UNFORTUNATELY, SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY HAS BEEN LOOKED OVER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. FOR SOME REASON, WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANY HARDLY ANY MONEY PUSHED IN THAT AREA, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WITH THIS TASK FORCE AND ALL THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS CREATED THAT THINGS WILL IMPROVE, AND I'M SEEING SOME IMPROVEMENTS AS AS WE SPEAK. ON AUGUST 24TH. I WENT TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THEY HAD A GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS, THEIR SOME OF THEIR COMPUTER STUDENTS, AND CERTAINLY IT WAS PROUD TO BE THERE. THE OTHER. THE OTHER BIG PROJECT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT IS THE COPPER MINE. UH, NO COMPANY THAT ARE BUILDING EIGHT SPORTS FIELDS RIGHT THERE BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. YOU THINK ABOUT EIGHT SPORTS FIELD? UH YOU SAY IT FIRST. DON'T SOUND LIKE VERY BIG, BUT YOU TAKE EIGHT SPORTS FIELD. JUST TAKE A FOOTBALL FIELD. LOOK HOW BIG A FOOTBALL FIELD IS BUILDING A SPORTS FIELD. THEY'RE ALL TURF.

THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE LIT UP. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE DAY AND NIGHT SPORTS. THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE BATHROOMS ARE GOING TO HAVE FOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE THERE. AH THE WE'VE MET MYSELF AND PATENT AND THE NUMBER AND BOB GASOLINE. WE'VE MET WITH THE CEO OF THAT COPPER MINING IS A VERY NICE GUY . VERY VERY COOPERATIVE. HE PREDICTS THAT HE'S GOT SEVERAL THESE SPORTS COMPLEXES AROUND THE STATE. HE PREDICTS THAT WHEN THAT GETS AN OPERATION, AND IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS JUST OVER THERE TOGETHER, DATA REALLY MOVING ALONG PRETTY GOOD. IF YOU GET OVER THAT AREA OVER EVERYBODY, EDGEWOOD BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TAKE A LOOK. YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. UM THEY EXPECT TO BE OPEN EARLY NEXT YEAR AND START START THERE. SPORTS PROGRAM, AND HE SAYS THIS IS HIS QUOTE, HE SAYS WHEN THEY GET, UM , GONE FOR OPERATION THAT THEY EXPECT ANYWHERE FROM FROM ABOUT 6000 PEOPLE ON THE SIDE ALREADY AND HIS 6000 PEOPLE ON THE SUNDAY AND THEY USUALLY DON'T COME IN FRIDAY AND STATE OR SUNDAY, SO THE HOTELS ARE GOING

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ONE PARTICULAR INITIATIVE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON PRIOR TO THE SUMMER SESSION MYSELF.

COUNCILMAN GUTHRIE AND COUNCILWOMAN JESSICA BO SADDLES MET WITH DR BOLSON AND HIS STAFF MEMBERS TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE INAPPROPRIATE MATERIALS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES. UH DR BOLSON, HIS STAFF WERE RECEPTIVE TO FORMING A COMMITTEE. TO DISCUSS THE STANDARD OR POLICY FOR APPROPRIATE MATERIALS, SO THAT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED. WE'VE MET A FEW TIMES IT CONSISTS OF MYSELF, REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL, ALONG WITH THE BOARD OF ED MEMBER AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL STAFF AS WELL AS PARENTS, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING YOU A SOLUTION. A POLICY TO REVIEW MATERIALS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES. KEEP IN MIND THE SCHOOL LIBRARY SHOULD BE CURRICULUM BASED. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS A DIFFERENT STORY REGARDING THE PROPOSED APARTMENTS THAT ARE PROJECTED FOR 3 17 MOUNTAIN ROAD TOMORROW , THE WORK GROUP WILL MEET, UM, AND DISCUSS THE ALTERNATIVE IDEAS FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE IN THE CHAMBERS THIS EVENING THAT ARE GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT WORK GROUP. ALONG WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS OR EXPERIENCED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, WHETHER IT'S PLANNING AND ZONING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AS WELL AS WADE SOUL FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO WE'RE GONNA MEET TRY TO DISCUSS DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OR IDEAS FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE DEVELOPER TO, UM, DISCUSS THOSE IDEAS WITH HIM. HE IS X ED THAT HE'S OPEN TO DIFFERENT IDEAS, SO WE'RE HOPING TO BRING THEM TO HIM. I'M OPTIMISTIC ON THAT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN PRODUCE SOME CHANGE, BUT A REPORT WILL BE COMING ON BACK FROM THAT SOON AFTER. ON THE LAST THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON. I WAS APPROACHED BY THE FOSTER AND SWIM CLUB IN THE SPRING ABOUT INTRODUCING LEGISLATION FOR NONPROFIT TAX EXEMPTION SWIM CLUBS. THERE'S ABOUT FOUR MAJOR SWIM CLUBS IN THE COUNTY. PFOSTEN BEING THE LARGEST. WE HAVE FOUNTAIN GREEN . YOU HAVE ABERDEEN AND YOU HAVE NORTH HARFORD. I THINK THERE'S ONE INHABIT AGREES TO, SO THERE'S FOUR OF THEM THERE. SO WE'RE WORKING ON LEGISLATION TO POSSIBLY INTRODUCED THAT TO HAVING A TAX EXEMPTION FOR NONPROFITS, SWIM CLUBS. SO WITH THAT, UM, I HOPE TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR NEXT WEEK.

THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MR. DANZA DENNIS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UM DIANE JUST WANT TO CORRECT YOU. IT'S BEL AIR, NOT BLAIR. SO ONE OF THESE DAYS, YOU'RE GONNA LEARN AND I'M GOING TO REMIND YOU SO LIKE LIKE BALTIMORE. WELL, MORE SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING TONIGHT. UM LOOK FORWARD WHO, UM, PUBLIC HEARING ON MONDAY. UM IN OCTOBER TO GO OVER EVERYTHING, SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY SUMMER WORKED ON A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT A LOT OF GRAND OPENINGS, SOME BACKUP PIZZA RIA SHAMROCK PARK EXPORTING GOODS AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY TOOK AWAY THE GUNS AND THE AMMO THERE. PEOPLE AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THAT. UM SO, BUT, UH, GREEN DROP ALSO OPENED UP AND BASICALLY I'M GONNA KEEP IT SHORT. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THANKS THANK YOU, MR CHANDRA. DINNER. MR RILEY? YES I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST EAGLE SCOUTS. NICHOLAS CHENEY AND JUSTIN DAVIS AND TROOP TO 65 INJURED. STILL I HOPE EVERYONE HAD AN ENJOYABLE SUMMER WISH THE TEACHERS AND ALL THE STUDENTS A GREAT YEAR. I WOULD JUST SAY TO THE PFOSTEN RESIDENTS APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE TONIGHT, BUT PYRAMIDS BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. AND YOU HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF YOU. SO I WISH YOU THE BEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR RILEY, MISS SADDLES. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND GIVING YOUR INPUT. IT REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT. UM I WAS ABLE TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE SUMMER I MET WITH SOME OF THEM. MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME OVER THE SUMMER, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE SEASON. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR ALLISON. MR BENNETT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FIRST, I JUST WANT TO

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SHE'S GONNA BE ADDED TO THE COUNTY PLAQUE AND PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION LATER THIS MONTH TO CELEBRATE HER. UM, IT HAS BEEN A BUSY SUMMER. I'VE BEEN, UH WORKING NEARLY EVERY DAY WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS ROOM AND, UH, THAT WORK IS COMING TO FRUITION IN THE IN THE COMING WEEKS. UM FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO BE UP TO DATE ON WHAT I'M DOING EACH MONTH. UH WE SEND OUT BY MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT JUST BY EMAILING ME AND GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, AND I'LL ADD YOU TO THE LIST. THERE'S ALSO A LINK ON MY WEBSITE. IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL LAST WEEK, UM, WHICH AS AN EDUCATOR, AND AS THE HUSBAND OF AN EDUCATOR, UM I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE WORKERS IN OUR COUNTY FROM FACILITIES TO OUR CUSTODIAL CRUISE TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR EDUCATORS WHO PUT IN THE WORK TO GET THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED. I KNOW PERSONALLY BEING AT SCHOOL PAST MIDNIGHT GETTING MY CLASSROOM READY FOR MY KINDERGARTNERS. UM JUST WHAT A SACRIFICE IT TAKES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES ALWAYS IN EACH ACTION. I TAKE WHAT IS THE FIRST POINT OF MIND? UM YOU KNOW, AND THEN I SOMEBODY DID TONIGHT SPEAK ABOUT THE RUDDER'S COMING TO THE CITY OF ABERDEEN. AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE. YOU KNOW ON THAT ISSUE AND ON THE ISSUE OF OLD PHILADELPHIA ROUTE AND MANY OTHERS I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'VE MET IN THEIR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WITH THEM, AND I'VE EXCHANGED EMAILS . SO I'M AWARE OF THOSE ISSUES AND UH, BUILDING COMMUNICATION ON THOSE ISSUES, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS SLIPPING PAST MY ATTENTION AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF PERRIMAN, UM WITH THAT BEING SAID. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO EMAIL TO ASK FOR PHONE CALLS, UM , TO ASK FOR MEETINGS IN PERSON , YOU KNOW, COMING HERE AND SPEAKING IS NOT THE END OF THE ROAD FOR COMMUNICATION, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TAKE THOSE FOLLOW UP STEPS BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE WAY THAT WE VOTE IN THE WAY WE AMEND BILLS. THAT COMMUNICATION MATTERS A WHOLE LOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I MEAN, THIS IS YOUR CHAMBER. THIS IS YOUR PLACE TO COME IN THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO ANY OF YOUR ISSUES OR CONCERNS, AND WE WELCOME THAT. AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE ASK THAT WHEN YOU COME IS THAT YOU'RE RESPECTFUL NOT ONLY TO EACH OTHER, BUT TO THIS COUNCIL AS WELL. WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU. I'M GONNA HAVE TO REACH OUT TO MR VAN AND ED. AND AFTER THIS MEETING TONIGHT BECAUSE I WANT HIM TO UNDERSTAND. WE WANT TO LISTEN TO FACTS, NOT RUMORS. FACTS. UM AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON LEGISLATION AND MATTERS EVEN WHILE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON BREAK IF YOU WILL. EVERY DAY WE WORKED ON LEGISLATION THAT WE PROMISED YOU THAT WE WOULD BRING BACK FIRST MEETING AND WE'VE DONE THAT. WE'VE WE'VE LISTENED TO THE CITIZENS. WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. UM AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE FACT THE WAY THE BILL WAS HANDLED ORIGINALLY ALLOWED THIS TO MOVE FORWARD ALLOWED ALL OF YOU TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK YOUR MIND AND FOR US TO LISTEN AND I DO BELIEVE THAT'S A POSITIVE THING. UM WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK ON ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WITH HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISSUES WORKED WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS TO HANDLE ANY TYPE OF ISSUES THAT WERE IN OUR PERSPECTIVE DISTRICTS OR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS. UM I, TOO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF HARFORD COUNTY'S NEWEST CENTRAL CLUB MEMBERS, WHICH IS CLAY CATCH MORE. AND SHE'S 100 AND 101 RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE AND GOT TO VISIT HER HOUSE PRESENT HER WITH THE RECOGNITION AND, UM LISTEN TO SOME OF HER STORIES, WHICH

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AND AGAIN WE KNOW THIS IS A, UH AN ISSUE SERIOUS ISSUE FOR MANY PEOPLE, AND WE WERE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY, AND THAT'S WHY WE SET A ONE NIGHT ASIDE TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS AND HOPEFULLY NOT CUT ANY OF THE TIME OUT. SO WITH THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.