Dec 19, 2023 County Council

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EVENING CHAIR CALLS ORDER PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR RESOLUTION 0 4023 COUNCIL. WE HAVE MR LEHRER RICHARDSON FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WITH US TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX CREDIT. MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. LAWRENCE A.

RICHARDSON JR OVER HALF OF HARFORD COUNTY. AH HERE TONIGHT. THERE ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. ONE RESOLUTION 040 TO THREE AND ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX CREDIT FOR 2007 SEATER DRIVE IN EDGEWOOD. OTHER RESOLUTION IS 041-23 ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX CREDIT. 755 CHELSEA ROAD IN THE ABERDEEN PERRIMAN AREA. THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE PART OF A PROCESS BEING SET FORTH BY BOTH COUNTY AND STATE LAW. FOR THE PURPOSE TO ATTRACT, RETAIN AND ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS OF STATE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS BY INCENTIVIZING CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION THROUGH REAL PROPERTY AND TAX CREDITS. SO PUT FORWARD THAT SECTION 5702 A THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE, THE MARIJUANA ANNOTATION CODES.

THIS IS A STATE DRIVEN MATTER THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. WE'RE NOT FOCUSING ON THE INCOME TAX CREDITS. OUR PURPOSE HERE IS THE REAL PROPERTY TAX CREDITS. GENERAL CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION FOR BUSINESSES, UM 0.10, OR FEWER. FULL TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES. THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST $100,000 OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT ABOVE THE BASE LEVEL. BUSINESSES EMPLOYING 11 OR MORE EMPLOYEES THAT THAT NUMBER BECOMES $125,000 ADDITIONAL CRITERIA AS SET FORTH BY THE STATE. THE PRIMARY BUSINESS ACTIVITY IS CONDUCTED ON THE PROPERTIES IS IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST AND CONSISTENT WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. AT LEAST NINE DIFFERENT AREAS, WHICH INCLUDES RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MANUFACTURING, FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY. WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION. TOURISM ACTIVITIES. NUMBER OF OTHERS. I CAN GET YOU THE FULL LIST OF THE NEEDED UM PART OF THE PROCESS TO UNDERSTATE LAW.

IT ALSO MAKES NOTE THAT, UM, STATE SHALL REMIT TO EACH COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE HALF OF THE FUNDS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AT THE PROPERTY TAX CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION HAD NOT BEEN GRANTED. SO THE COUNTY DOES GET A BIT OF A REBATE BACK FROM THE STATES PROCESS. OKAY THIS PROGRAM IS NOT A PROGRAM THAT SUBJECT TO SUBJECTIVE, SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA OR ACTION. FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THE COUNTY SIMPLY SERVES AS A CONDUIT FOR APPLYING FOR THE FINE ENTITY. TO THE STATE WHO IS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY IN THIS APPLICATION PROCESS. I MEAN, THAT'S SET FORTH, UM, SET FORTH IN THE PRIDE AND THE TAX PROPERTY ARTICLE, THE MARYLAND ANNOTATED CODE, IT NOTES THE GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY. OR OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL GRANTED TAX CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION AGAINST THE PROPERTY TAX IMPOSED ON THE ELIGIBLE ASSESSMENT OF QUALIFIED PROPERTY. SO HARFORD COUNTY UNDER OUR HARFORD COUNTY CODE, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS SET UP. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ARE PRESENTED BASICALLY TO INCLUDE THE FORMATION OF A COMMITTEE. WHICH WILL CONSIST OF THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE TREASURER. THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO REPRESENTS THE COUNCIL DISTRICT, IN WHICH MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE ARE LOCATED, WHO SHALL REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROPERTY QUALIFIES AS A TEXT CREDIT? THE COMMITTEE FINDS THAT THE PROPERTY QUALIFIES FOR THE TAX CREDIT. IT SHALL FORWARD ITS FINDINGS TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL, WHICH BY RESOLUTION SHALL APPROVE THE OWNERS APPLICATION DEFINES PROPERTY QUALIFIES FOR THE CREDIT. THAT'S CHAPTER 123 FINANCE TAXATION SECTION OF CODE SECTION 123-43 0.8 ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX CREDITS, SO THAT'S RIGHT OUT OF OUR COUNTY CODE. UM ON 14 NOVEMBER, UM, THE DIRECTOR OF OUR OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FARENTHOLD. ROBERT SAMUELS, HARPER COUNTY TREASURER. COUNCIL MEMBER DION GUTHRIE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB BENNETT DISTRICT F, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. UM MET THE COMMITTEE MEDICINE COMMITTEE PURSUANT THIS TO DISCUSS THE MATTER. FOLLOWING DISCUSSION. THE VOTE WAS TAKEN AT THAT TIME, MISS HOLT. MR. SANDERSON COUNCIL MEMBER GOT THREE VOTED TO APPROVE COUNCIL MENTOR MEMBER BENNETT HAD ABSTAINED AT THE TIME BECAUSE HE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE NEEDED TO GET ANSWERED FOR HIM.

UM MR SANDERS PROVIDED THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE 15TH OF NOVEMBER. AND ON NOVEMBER 16TH FOLLOWING REVIEW BY THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COUNCIL MEMBER BEN IT NOTED HIS AFFIRMING HIS AFFIRMATION OF THE VOTES CAST THE VOTE IN FAVOR AS WELL. WE JUST WANT THE FINAL. SHOULD WE KNOW THAT SINCE AT LEAST 2013. THIS IS NOT A NEW PROCESS SINCE 2013 THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 47 APPLICATIONS FOR THIS CREDIT THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, PROCESSED AND FORWARDED TO THE STATE SO ALL THE WAY FROM 2013 UP UNTIL 2022.

UM, THERE HAVE BEEN 47 OF THE USE THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL AND MOVE TO THE

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APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. MR GUTHRIE. YEAH I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON FORWARD THAT HE'S PROBABLY TAXED PARTICULARLY ONE WITH AN ACTUAL ON THE COPPER MINE. ATHLETIC FIELDS. UH I THINK WOULD WITHOUT QUESTION THAT'S THAT'S AN AREA OVER 35 ACRES THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED. THEY'VE GOT FROM THE LAST NUMBERS I'VE GOT. I'VE GOT OVER $12 MILLION THEIR SELF INVESTED. UM THEY EXPECTED TO REALLY TURN OVER BIG TIME STARTING IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR IS COMING HERE. UM THERE ARE ESTIMATES. THERE ARE ESTIMATES WHEN THEY GET ALL EIGHT OF THESE FIELDS JUST ABOUT DONE AS FAR AS IT CONSTRUCTIONS CONCERN WHEN YOU GET FULLY OPERATIONAL THEY'RE TALKING LIKE . 12,000 PEOPLE WEAKENED. THAT'S THEIR NUMBERS, NOT MINE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH ALL THOSE PEOPLE. AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO FEED THEM ALL BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR 12,000 PEOPLE GOT TO EAT SOMEWHERE AND I AM SURE THAT WHEN IT GETS GOING THAT INVESTMENT AND PEOPLE WHEN WE LOOKING ABOUT OPENING MORE RESTAURANTS AND MORE HOTELS, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH BUT TO GIVE THEM A TAX CREDIT FOR THE INVESTMENT THEY'VE MADE IS CERTAINLY WELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT AND I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO REAP. BIG DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE. ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING AND INVESTING AND EATING AND STAYING IN HOTELS. AND GIVING US ALL THAT HOTEL TAX THAT WE ARE BEATING UP AND DOWN AROUND THE BUSHES RIGHT NOW. UM SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS CERTAINLY HAS MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MR JACOBS IN THE AUDIENCE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING, MR PERRIMAN. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM MR RICHARDSON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I FULLY SUPPORT THE ENTERPRISE ZONES. UM I THINK IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES OR TOURISM TO MARK COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD DO THAT. I DO FIND IT. IRONIC THOUGH, THAT ONE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE ENTERPRISE ZONES IS IN THE PYRAMID PENINSULA. CHELSEA A ROAD UM, TO A POINT WHERE THE COUNTY HAD LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AND PASS TO LIMIT COMMERCIAL USES. IN THE PYRAMID PENINSULA TO REDUCE THE SIZE AND FOOTPRINT OF THESE BILL BUSINESSES. AND NOW WE'RE PASSING LEGISLATION, WHICH I SUPPORT FOR ENTERPRISE ZONES, THE BRING BUSINESSES DOWN ON THE PYRAMID PENINSULA. AND IF I MIGHT REMEMBER, UH THIS LEGISLATION THAT WAS INTRODUCED

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FOR THE CHELSEA ROAD PROPERTY. PROJECTED JOB CREATION 32 FULL TIME OF COURT TIME AND PART TIME EMPLOYEES. THEIR INVESTMENT RIGHT NOW. THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, UM IS AT LEAST 20 MILLION AT THIS POINT, AND WHO'S THEY? THEREFORE PHO ONE CHELSEA LLC THAT IS THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY. SO UNDER THE STATE UNDER STATE REGULATIONS, THEY MEET THAT CRITERIA. AS I SAID, THEN WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE SUBJECTIVE. ON THIS IF YOU IF YOU MEET ABC YOU DOT YOUR I'S ACROSS YOUR TEETH. THAT FALLS UNDER THE RULES OF THE STATE THAT GOES TO THE STATE AND THE STATE CAN MAKE THAT. MAKE THAT DECISION TO GRANTED TAX CREDIT. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. MR GENSCHER DOWN, LARRY. WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THEIR WHAT DO THEY BUILD? WHAT DO THEY MAKE? YOU TOLD US THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT FACILITY? ACTUALLY DOES? I THINK MAYBE MR RILEY, COUNCILMAN RILEY WAS LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT DETAILED. THEY'VE GOT THESE EMPLOYEES. BUT WHAT DO THEY DO THERE? DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD? NO, I DON'T. BUT I CAN FIND OUT WHAT YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MR. BENNETT WAS A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE AT THAT PROPERTY YET. AND WE DID ASK, UM , THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS FOR OUR AH, FOR ROBBIE CHAMBLISS WAS, UM YOU KNOW IF THIS IS MANUFACTURING, HOW WOULD THAT CHANGE ARE EXPECTED REVENUES VERSUS YOU KNOW THE COST OF GIVING THE TAX CREDIT IF THIS WAS BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION WAS FOR WAREHOUSING, BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THE GOAL OF THE COUNTY IS NOT LOOKING FOR WAREHOUSES LOOKING FOR MANUFACTURING. SO HOW WOULD THAT CHANGE THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL JOBS? HOW WOULD THAT CHANGE? UM YOU KNOW THE REVENUE BROUGHT IN FROM THE PROPERTY THE POTENTIAL NOW OF HOMEOWNERS FROM THE PROPERTY, THE AVERAGE UM INCOME LEVEL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD WORKED AT THE PROPERTY, AND THAT WAS A BIG POINT OF CONVERSATION DURING THAT MEETING . UM BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT TO TREAT THE APPLICATION AS IS UNDERWEAR HOUSING, KNOWING THAT IT COULD VERY WELL BE MANUFACTURING, NOT WAREHOUSING GOING THERE. JUST LET ME JUST DRIFT BACK TO MY EARLIER REFERENCE SECTION 913 H. OF TAX CREDIT ENTERPRISE OWNED STATE BUDGET UNDER THE TAX PROPERTY ARTICLE, MARYLAND TOAD WHAT THEY FOR THE AMONG THE CRITERIA THAT THEY INDICATE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA. I'LL GIVE YOU THE FULLNESS OF WHAT THEY WERE.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICES , MANUFACTURING FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY. WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION. SERVICES EXCLUDING MINI STORAGE AND SELF STORAGE FACILITIES, RETAIL EMPLOYING FIVE OR MORE PERSONS AND EXCLUDING CONVENIENCE STORES, GASOLINE STATIONS AND FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS. TOURISM ACTIVITY ACTIVITIES, HOSPITALITY SERVICES , PROFESSIONAL OR PERSONAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES, SO UNDER STATE LAW, ANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES YOU QUALIFY. IT'S JUST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ESTIMATED EMPLOYEES. THAT ESTIMATION CHANGES A LOT, DEPENDING ON THE INDUSTRY THAT ENDS UP GOING AT THAT PROPERTY, SO I WAS JUST CLARIFYING THAT THAT THERE IS NO UNDERSTANDING THAT SUCH AND SUCH COMPANY WILL BE ON THAT LAND NEXT YEAR. BUT AGAIN ALSO TO GIVEN THOSE CRITERIA AS WELL AS THE CRITERIA WITH THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, HAVING MET BOTH OF THOSE QUALIFY UNDER STATE LAW. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. MR RILEY. WE UNDERSTAND

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SIR. NO. IT WILL MAKE SENSE. COMPARABLE. NO, UM MR JACOBS FROM COPPER MIND IS HERE, RIGHT THERE. THERE HE IS. ALEX. HE'S ALWAYS THERE. ALWAYS HE'S ALWAYS VERY AVAILABLE. DEMOCRAT. IT DO YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT LADY'S BACK? DO YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT LADY'S BACKYARD FOR ME? THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. ANYONE ELSE? MS DICKSON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? WE DO, MR PRESIDENT, UM, WE HAVE SIX THIS EVENING. AGAIN. YOUR FIRST SPEAKER. I'M SURE. FOR RESOLUTION 0 40-23? YES. UM, CHUCK MIZAN. GOOD EVENING, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, CHUCK.

MEDIAN 1812 PERSON TO DRIVE ABERDEEN, MARYLAND. YOUR SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS. 4023 ENTERPRISE.

DON'T TAX CREDIT 07 2007 SUPER LANE NETWORK. MARYLAND ADOPTED ENTERPRISE ZONE IN 1982. TO HELP STIMULATE WELL PAYING JOBS IN ORDER INDUSTRIAL AREAS. THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO HELP ADDRESS DORMANT AND DECLINING RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, SPURRING REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND ATTRACTING LAND NEW TENANTS AND THAT THESE AREAS THE NEW COPPER MINE YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY MILITARY APARTMENT DEVELOPED BACK IN THE FIFTIES. IT WAS ABANDONED BY THE MILITARY IN 1994. THE COUNTY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 2000 AND CLEAN UP THE SITE FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

BUSINESSES LIKE COPPER MINE ATHLETIC FIELDS OR THE TYPE OF PROPERTIES AND BUSINESSES. THE ENTERPRISE ZONE WAS INTENDED TO ATTRACT. WASHINGTON COURT PARTNERS LLC HAS MADE A LARGE INVESTMENT TO REDEVELOP PROPERTY IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE LOCAL EDGEWOOD AREA BY PROVIDING LOCAL JOBS. ATTRACTING TOURISM VIA WEEKEND TOURNAMENTS. AND PROVIDING VALUABLE RECREATIONAL SPACE THAT CAN BE RENTED AND USED BY LOCAL YOUTH AND ADULT ORGANIZATIONS BEING A 12 YEAR SOCCER COACH FOR YOUTH SPORTS I REALIZED HOW VALUABLE THESE FIELDS ARE FOR COMMUNITIES. THIS DEVELOPMENT, FOSTER SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION AND SUITABLE AREAS. UNFORTUNATELY OVER THE YEARS, HARVARD COUNTY IS MISUSED THIS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM IN PLACE LARGE, PREVIOUSLY UNDEVELOPED, DENSE WOODLAND. ACREAGES LIKE EVERYTHING WOODS AND EXTENSIVE OPEN FARMLAND LIKE MITRAL FARM INTO THESE ENTERPRISE ZONES. THESE UNDEVELOPED IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS SHOULD NOT BE USED. PROMOTE THE CONCRETE OF LAND WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT PRESENT AND THEN GRANT THE LANDOWNER A TAX CREDIT FOR DESTROYING THE OPEN SPACE. SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN ENTERPRISE ZONE IN HARFORD COUNTY AND REALIZE WHAT A GOOD PROJECT WHAT A GOOD PROJECT IS AND WHAT IT MEANS WHEN IT'S AN ENTERPRISE SENATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. LEE MADDOX, FOLLOWED BY KEN SHANNON. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE MADDOX 1700 CHURCH POINT COURT, PERRIMAN. I AM HERE TO DISCUSS WHY WE MUST SUPPOSE RESOLUTION NUMBER 41-23 THIS RESOLUTION, THOUGH PHYSICALLY ENTICING, OVERLOOKS THE GREATER VALUE OF OUR GREEN SPACES, FARMS AND FORESTS. RESOLUTION NUMBER 41-23 OFFERS TAX CREDITS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AT 755 CHELSEA ROAD, IT MOVE THAT RISKS ARE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE IT MAY BRING SHORT TERM FISCAL GAINS, IT FAILS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LONG TERM ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS PRESERVING GREEN SPACES. THESE AREAS, INCLUDING FARMS AND FORESTS ARE NOT JUST ECOLOGICAL ASSETS, THEIR VITAL FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH, TOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN HERE

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PERRIMAN'S FUTURE SHOULD NOT BE COMPROMISED FOR SHORT LIVED ECONOMIC STRATEGIES. WE NEED DEVELOPMENT THAT RESPECTS OUR GREEN SPACES SUSTAINS OUR FORMS AND FORESTS AND FOR FOSTERS A HEALTHY, CONNECTED COMMUNITY. IN CLOSING. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO REJECT RESOLUTION 41-23. LET'S COMMIT TO A VISION OF PERRIMAN THAT VALUES GREEN SPACES, FARMS AND FORESTS AS MUCH AS ECONOMIC GROWTH. OUR DECISIONS TODAY WILL DETERMINE THE LEGACY WE LEAVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING A PATH THAT TRULY BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY. AND BEFORE I STEP AWAY FROM THE MIC. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST WHAT THE BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE DOING.

TODAY TOMORROW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW IT'S WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE. AND IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEING REDEVELOPED AND REENERGIZED IF IT'S A PERFECTLY GOOD FARM, IT'S A PERFECTLY GOOD FOREST. IF IT'S A PERFECTLY GOOD WETLANDS, WHY WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY TO BUILD OVER TOP OF THAT? WHEN OUR SPACE IS SO LIMITED? SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING, KEN SHANNON, 2044 PARK BEACH, DRIVIN PERRIMAN. I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO RESOLUTION 041-23 THE ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX CREDIT FOR 755 CHELSEA ROAD. UM I SUBMITTED A DOCUMENT THAT, UM DESCRIBES THE. MARYLAND ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM.

PURPOSE, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES. MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS BEING INCENTIVIZED.

UM, YOU SEE HOW THE DOCUMENT THAT I PROVIDED A PICTURE? OF THE 755 CHELSEA ROAD SITE.

THERE'S 10 PIECES OF HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT THERE. THERE'S MORE THAN A DOZEN AT THAT SITE THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE OCTOBER. SEE ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE SHOWS WHAT LOOKS TO BE THE FLOOR OF A MEGA WAREHOUSE ALREADY IN PLACE. MY QUESTION IS, WHY WOULD THE COUNTY AND STATE TAXES BE SPENT ON PAYING A BUSINESS TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING? THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY FR P EIGHT A ONE CHELSEA LLC. IT'S CURRENTLY ASSESSED 897.

1000 ON THEIR 17.77 ACRE SITE. YOU SAW IN THE DOCUMENT THAT I PROVIDED, UM TWO WEEKS AGO IN THE COUNCIL MEETING. THAT PROPERTY WAS LAST SOLD FOR ONE AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS IN SEPTEMBER. 1ST 2021. THAT ASSESSMENT IS 28% BELOW THE RECENT SALE PRICE. AND IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THAT WORKSHEET EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE MEGA WAREHOUSES AND PERRY MINT OR ASSIST BELOW THEIR RECENT SALE PRICE LESS THAN FIVE YEARS AGO. RESPECT, MAYBE SUMMER. HIGHER SOME LOWER EVERY ONE OF THEM IS BELOW FROM 22 TO 63. WHY WOULD THE COUNTY AND THE STATE PROVIDES FURTHER TAX BREAKS TO A COMPANY THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE? HMM.

PURPOSE OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONE, ACCORDING TO THE HARFORD COUNTY GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. IS TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF WELL PAYING NEW JOBS. WAREHOUSE JOBS AREN'T WELL PAYING THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED. IT'S ALSO TO ENSURE THE RETENTION AND SPUR EXPANSION OF RESIDENT BUSINESSES. 55 CHELSEA IS NOT A RESIDENT BUSINESS DEVELOPERS FROM OUTSIDE HARFORD COUNTY. IT'S TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPANCY A VACANT UNDER UTILIZED AND UNDERUTILIZED LAND AND BUILDINGS . THERE ARE NO VACANT OR UNDERUTILIZED BUILDINGS AT 755, CHELSEA. ANOTHER PURPOSE OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONE. HARFORD COUNTY'S SUPPORT THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO REVITALIZING OLDER INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF HARVARD COUNTY. 755 CHELSEA IS NOT AN OLDER INDUSTRIALIZED AREA. NONE OF THE NEIGHBORING FREIGHT TERMINALS ARE MORE THAN 15 YEARS OLD. MR RICHARDSON HAS POINTED TO THE STATE REGULATIONS, SAYING THAT THIS IS A DONE DEAL. BUT THE. GREAT THE RESOLUTION THAT IS PERTINENT. HIS NUMBER. 003-06 WHICH BROUGHT THE LAND AT 755 CHELSEA INTO THE ABERDEEN UNDER PRESIDENT OF 2006. AT THAT TIME, THE COUNCIL BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD INCREASE THE OVERALL ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THE AREA. MEANWHILE, PERRYMAN HAS THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATE AND LOWEST MEDIAN INCOME IN HARFORD COUNTY. WHY WOULD THE COUNTY GRANT TAX CREDITS TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT THAT

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GOOD EVENING, POWERFUL ACHY. 320, MARINA AVENUE AND PERRIMAN. I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO RESOLUTION 4123 ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX CREDIT 755 CHELSEA ROAD AND TALK HAVE DONE SOME STUDIES AND SOME RESEARCH ON THE ENTERPRISE ZONES HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY IN THE ABERDEEN HAPPY DEGREES. ENTERPRISE ZONES HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD FOR PERRIMAN. TODAY'S HEARINGS ABOUT TAX CREDITS FOR ANOTHER NEW MEGA WAREHOUSE BEING BUILT IN PERRIMAN ON CHELSEA ROAD. OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT OTHER MEGA WAREHOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED SIMILAR TAX CREDITS FOR BUILDINGS ASSESSED BETWEEN 29 MILLION FOR THE CHELSEA ROAD RIDER MEGA WAREHOUSE TO THE 44 MILLION EASTGATE WAYFAIR MEGA WAREHOUSE. OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD ESTIMATE 23.5. MILLION TAX CREDITS HAVE BEEN GRANTED BY BY THIS COUNTY COUNCIL. THAT TAX LOSS IN TAX REVENUE SPLIT 5050 WITH THE STATE. INCOME LEVELS AND EMPLOYMENT HAVE NOT IMPROVED.

DESPITE 398 MILLION IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION COSTS SINCE 2007 IN THE ABERDEEN HAVE DEGREES ENTERPRISE ZONES RIGHT OFF THE YOKE. COUNTY WEBSITE. HMM PERRIMAN DATA FOR THE E P, A SITE BASED ON 2020 CENSUS DATA. LOW INCOME 67% OF THE U. S HAS HIGHER INCOME THAN THE RESIDENTS OF PERRIMAN. ENTERPRISE ZONES, NOT HELPING HIM OUT. HAZARDOUS WASTE PROXIMITY. 82% OF THE U. S HAS LESS EXPOSURE THAN PERRIMAN RESIDENTS. THE HAZARDOUS WASTE UNEMPLOYMENT 94. OF THE U. S IS HIGHER EMPLOYED RESIDENTS THAN PERRIMAN ENTERPRISE ZONE IS NOT HELPING OUT THE RESIDENTS OF PERRIMAN. DONE SOME STATEWIDE ANALYSIS TO SHOWS THAT OUT OF THE 34 ENTERPRISE ZONES IN MARYLAND, THE SECOND LARGEST ZONE IS THE ABERDEEN HAVE A DEGREE SOON AT 9797 ACRES, ONLY SECOND TO BALTIMORE CITY. HOWEVER HARFORD COUNTY IS ONLY THE EIGHTH POPULIST STATE.

COUNTY IN THE STATE. THE AVERAGE SIZE OF THESE ENTERPRISE OWNERS IS 2436 ACRES. SO ABERDEEN HABIT OF GRACE ENTERPRISE ZONE IS FOUR TIMES THE STATE AVERAGE. WHY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT USING OLD BUSINESSES WERE TAKING FARMLAND AND WOODS AND OPEN SPACE. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE 10 YEAR CAPITAL INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT ENDS OR THE 10 YEAR INCOME JOB CREATION TAX CREDITS EXPIRE. WE CAN LOOK TO THE RECENT ACTIONS OF THE X P O LOGISTICS AND PERRIMAN, WHICH LAID OFF 170 WORKERS. WHICH WAS ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE 240 WHEN THEY HAD THEIR TAX CREDIT SUMMARY BUT NEVER GOT UP TO THAT NUMBER. THIS PAST SUMMER OVER AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN THE NEW BUILDING. 170 WORKERS WERE LAID OFF. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS SO REALLY ENTERPRISE ZONES OR JUST A TEMPORARY JOB PROGRAM FOR TAX CREDITS FOR THE X P O LOGISTICS OF THE WORLD. WITH THEIR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT. ESTIMATED COSTS FOR MUCH NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. IMPAIRMENT PROPER TRAFFIC SIGNS $50,000 SIDEWALK FOR SUSHI, A ROAD TO PERRIMAN GROCERY STORE 1.2 MILLION ROUNDABOUT. IT'S SUSHI ROAD AND PERRIMAN ROAD 2.4 MILLION A ROAD. IMPROVEMENTS. 5.7 MILLION. WOODLEY ROAD CONNECTION TO 715 7.5 MILLION THAT ADDS UP TO ABOUT 17 MILLION LESS THAN THE 21.5 MILLION THAT WE'VE GIVEN TO GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT. SO LET'S INVEST BACK IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND NOT SEND TAX CREDITS TO GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT. THANKS.

THANK YOU, SIR. BRENDAN PATTON. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING, COUNSELOR. BRENDAN PATTON, 2054 PARK BEACH DRIVE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TONIGHT TO RESOLUTION 41-23 THE ENTERPRISE TAX ZONE FOR 755 CHELSEA ROAD. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND 755 CHELSEA ROAD WAS A 17 ACRE FARM FIELD. UM IT'S NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH 250,000 SQUARE FOOT MEGA WAREHOUSE. DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN SPRING OF 2024. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM 755 CHELSEA ROAD ISN'T EMPTY XP OH, JUST IX WAREHOUSE 570,000 SQUARE FEET EMPTY. SO. THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION IS THE FISCAL IMPACT NOTE WHICH ACCOMPANIES THE RESOLUTION. FISCAL NOTE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE DUE TO THE WAREHOUSE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH MAKES THIS FISCAL NOTE USELESS. I EMAILED THE COUNTY AUDITOR WITH MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE FISCAL NOTE.

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[c. Bill 23-036 (Human Relations Commission Membership)]

I AM. MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, LAWRENCE RICHARD FROM JR ON BEHALF OF HARPER COUNTY GOVERNMENT. UM BEFORE YOU TODAY YOU HAVE BUILT 23-036. SIX TO DO A MODIFICATION TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION. CURRENTLY AS A LITTLE READS SHELBY, A HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS, 14 QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE COUNTY ONE MEMBER WHO IS A CURRENT COUNTY STUDENT, 16 THROUGH 18 YEARS OF AGE. WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO IS TO, UM UM CHANGE THAT TO MAKE IT 15 QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE COUNTY.

SO WOULD NOT BE A STUDENT MEMBER . BUT JUST, UM, A REGULAR MEMBER. PART OF THE REASON HAS BECOME IS THAT IS WE UNDERSTAND IT. THERE HAS BEEN SOME DIFFICULTY IN GETTING A MEMBER TO FILL THAT ROLE. AND CLEARLY ONCE THEY TURN 18. THEY'RE OFF FROM THAT CAPACITY. THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER BODY TO GET IN. WE NEED TO KEEP IT KEEP SOME CONSISTENCY AND VIABILITY GOING WITH THIS COMMISSION. THAT'S WHY THE CHARM SUGGESTION HERE IS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO TAKE IT BACK TO WHAT IT WAS AND MAKE IT JUST 15 MEMBER 15 QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE COUNTY. THANK YOU COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MR BENNETT. WHAT UM LIKE ADVOCACY WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO FIND 16 TO 18 YEAR OLDS TO FILL THAT ROLE. I MEAN, WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM HIGH SCHOOLERS TONIGHT WHO ARE WORKING HEAVILY AND FINANCE EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL LIKE, SO WHAT'S THE WORK THAT'S

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[1. CALL TO ORDER]

ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE , WITH NEVER ANY INJUSTICE STRONG. ABOUT YOUR HEADS. LET'S PRAY THAT IN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, PEOPLE COME TOGETHER. PEACE REPLACE PIECE REPLACES HATE AND LOVE CONQUERS ALL AMEN. AND I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS, A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL. AGENDA NUMBER FOUR PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS WE HAVE NONE

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

THIS SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY. JIM YOU DOMINATED HIM, SO YOU AGREE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BEFORE WE VOTE. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. ANYONE ELSE? IF I MAY. I'D LIKE TO ALSO NOT ECHO ALL THOSE COMMENTS FOR SURE. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE HIS HEAD ANY BIGGER THAN WHAT IT IS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE AVAILABILITY OF COUNCILMAN GINGER DONNA. HE'S ALWAYS THERE TO PICK UP THE

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NOBODY ELSE WANTED. APPARENTLY NOT. UM MS. DICKSON MR. PRESIDENT MR GUTHRIE. OK I MR PENMAN. I GUESS YOU'RE MR JAN GIORDANO. I MR RILEY, MRS. BALL SADDLES. I MR BENNETT BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ZERO AND NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT STANDS APPROVED.

CONGRATULATIONS I THINK I THINK, UM THE HARFORD CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MR BENNETT HAVE EMOTION. PLEASE MR PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED MICHAEL HAGEN TO BE ADDED TO THE HARFORD BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HARVARD CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THANK YOU HAVE A 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN MOVING A SECOND TO APPROVE MR HAGEN TO THE HARVARD CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR ANY DISCUSSION. MR BENNETT. IT'S JUST BEEN A LONG TIME COMING TO GET OUR BOARD COMPLETE AT THE HARTFORD CENTER TO, UH, TO HAVE OUR SEATS FILLED. UM AND YOU KNOW, HARTFORD CENTERS WORKED REALLY HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT WOULD MEET THE DESIRES OF OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE BUT ALSO MEET THE MISSION AND VISION OF THE HARTFORD CENTER. AND I THINK MR HAGEN'S CLOSE CONNECTION TO THE HARTFORD CENTER HAVING A FAMILY MEMBER WHO USES THEIR SERVICES AND PARTICIPATES IN THEIR PROGRAMMING IS REALLY EXCITING. AND I'M JUST EXCITED FOR OUR BOARD. HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER, SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT IN THIS BOAT. OH YOU ARE HERE. VERY GOOD. VERY NICE. DON'T SAY THANK YOU YET. WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET. YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? MS DICKSON.

MR PRESIDENT, MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN. MR JAN GIORDANO. MR RILEY. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE, SIR. I MRS BELL SADDLES, MR BENNETT BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED THIS TRAINING. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED? THANK YOU. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT FOR HARFORD TV WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY

[6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]

MR. PENMAN MET HIM IT ONE OF OUR EVENTS, UM, AND GOT TO TALK. AND HE SAID, HEY, LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME. I SAID THAT'D BE GREAT. ALWAYS WANT TO PROMOTE, UM SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO IT AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND BEING ALARM WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. SO THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. UM MY NAME IS CHUCK HUNTER. I'M THE COORDINATOR OF THE ACADEMY OF FINANCE AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

UM IT'S A, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE RUN. UM IT'S A THREE YEAR PROGRAM. IT'S NOT A MAGNET PROGRAM. SOME OF YOU GUYS MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM AND ADVERTISE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH ACADEMY. THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE MAGNET PROGRAMS WHERE SIGNATURE PROGRAM MEANING WE OPERATE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO, UM, THANK YOU, UM STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO APPLY FOR BOUNDARY EXCEPTION, BUT, UH, WITHIN OUR PROGRAM IT IT'S CONTAINED JUST AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. SO, UM JUST COVERED THAT WE DO HAVE 350 STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED, UM, IN OUR PROGRAM, WHICH IS A BIG NUMBER. WHERE IT ABOUT 1400 STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL, SO WE GOT A PRETTY GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THEM. IT'S A THREE YEAR PROGRAM. SOPHOMORE JUNIOR SENIOR YEAR. UM WE DO HAVE THAT INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM WHERE, UM, STUDENTS CAN CAN BE INVOLVED IN BOTH. SO IT WORKS OUT REALLY WELL. UM AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GROW AND TO BETTER THEMSELVES AS SO WHEN THEY LEAVE. UM THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHERE NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WOULD BE, UM, WONDERING THE NATIONAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION. AH WHICH IS OUR IT'S A NATIONAL PROGRAM. OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE PATHWAYS AND UH, FINANCE? UH ENGINEERING. UM HOSPITALITY. WE'RE THE ONLY, UH,

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UM WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT BUSINESS TEACHERS MYSELF INCLUDED, UM SO YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO GROW. UH SO I'VE SEEN SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, WHICH IS GREAT. UM AND IF YOU YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY GRADUATES ARE AT BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WORKING, UM AND, YOU KNOW, SPREADING THE NAME OF WHAT WE DO. UM JUST COURSES THAT WE OFFER THROUGH OUR PATHWAY. INTRO TO FINANCE UM , ACCOUNTING ETHICS, ECONOMICS, GLOBAL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP PLANNING INSURANCE. THINGS LIKE THAT STUDENTS TAKE, UM ALL THOSE COURSES OR SOME COMBINATION OF THOSE COURSES AS THEY MOVE THROUGH IN THOSE THREE YEARS. UM WHICH OBVIOUSLY, FINANCIAL LITERACY IS A BIG PUSH. WE LIKE TO THINK WE GO BEYOND THAT. OBVIOUSLY OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE FINANCIALLY LITERATE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF STEPS BEYOND THAT AS WELL ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM OUR PROGRAM.

UM JUST SOME BENEFITS. UH WE DO HAVE A STUDENT RUN CREDIT UNION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL. WE PARTNER WITH A P G. F. C YOU SO IT'S OPEN TWO DAYS A WEEK. WE TAKE DEPOSITS. WE ALLOW WITHDRAWALS.

WE OPEN ACCOUNTS, ALL THE SAME THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AT A LOCAL, UM, CREDIT UNION. WE DO RIGHT THERE FOR, UM FACULTY STAFF AND STUDENTS AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAVE MEMBERSHIPS. UM AP GFC YOU HARK! OH FREEDOM! THEY ALL COME IN THE SPRING AND YOU KNOW TO OUR SENIORS AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY TRY TO GET HIM TO APPLY AND INCOME WORK BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND THEY'VE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THEY TRAINED THEM JUST LIKE REGULAR TELLERS THAT WORK AT A P G. F C YOU SO IT'S A IS THE FULL EXPERIENCE. UM A COUPLE OF CLASSES ARE WEIGHTED SO STUDENTS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM THAT BUMP IN THEIR G P. A UM, WE DO MORE PROJECT BASED LEARNING AS OPPOSED TO STANDARD, YOU KNOW, TRUE FALSE MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS LIKE THAT. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF, UM, REAL WORLD EXAMPLES. REAL WORLD WORLD WORK AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING SO THAT THE STUDENTS GET A CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT THEY KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO JUST HAVING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UH LOTS OF GUEST SPEAKERS.

MS. BROOKS HAS BEEN IN A WHOLE BUNCH WE HAVE, YOU KNOW FROM ALL OVER, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS, ALUMNI, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT, UM COME IN AND JUST SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES. SOMETIMES THEY'LL TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC SUBJECTS. SOMETIMES THEY'LL JUST SAY, HEY, I OWN THIS BUSINESS IS HOW I GOT HERE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS HOW I GOT TO WHERE I AM. NOW. THIS IS THE PATH THAT I TOOK SO UM, THE WORK BASED LEARNING PART OF OUR PROGRAM, I THINK IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS GET THAT MOST STUDENTS DON'T GET FROM COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS OR FROM YOU KNOW, FROM FROM SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DO WHEN THEY GO THROUGH. UM THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY. SO UM, WE HAD A PROFESSIONAL DAY. TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD BUSINESS 15 DIFFERENT BUSINESS PARTNERS COMING IN WORKING WITH RESUME PREP MOCK INTERVIEWS. UM PRESENTATIONS ON PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION AND BUSINESS ETIQUETTE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, WE OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS. WE HAVE OUR OWN. AND THEN WE ALSO PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH SOME OF THE OTHER, UM LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITIES, BUT OUR SCHOLARSHIPS AS WELL, UM, WE ARE GOVERNED BY OUR ACADEMY OF FINANCE ADVISORY BOARD. UM MR BROOKS IS OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT.

WE HAVE OVER 30 BUSINESS BUSINESSES THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD. THEY HELP, UM WITH PLANNING FOR EVENTS TO HELP WITH LETTING US AS A SCHOOL AT THE SCHOOL BASED TEAM, KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR. WHAT? THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND HARVARD COUNTY. UM YOU KNOW WHAT THE TRENDS ARE? WHAT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO IT HELPS US SORT OF STEER. UM OUR INSTRUCTION AS WE GO THROUGH WITH OUR STUDENTS, UM SO BIG PIECE, THREE PIECES OF THE STUDENT, THE EMPLOYER AND THE EDUCATOR. WE TAKE THOSE THOSE BUSINESS PARTNERS AND WE TAKE WHAT THEY TELL US. AND WE USE THAT TO HELP MAKE IT SO THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE MORE MARKETABLE WHEN THEY COME OUT WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE OR IF THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF WORK. WE LIKE THEM TO BE 23 STEPS AHEAD OF YOUR AVERAGE, UM, PLAY SCHOOL GRADUATE. SOME OF OUR CURRENT SPONSORS GOT ALL KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE UP THERE THAT YOU'RE GONNA KNOW OF. SO

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SADDLES ATTENDED THE EVENT. AND WE'RE BOTH IMPRESSED, AND WE BOTH WANTED YOU TO PRESENT HERE SO WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT THERE AND IN OTHER STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE, BECAUSE REALLY, THE REALITY OF IT IS THIS SHOULD BE IN EVERY SCHOOL. I THINK SO. I KNOW THAT IT'S YOU KNOW, NOT EASY TO DO, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE AN ASSET ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTY. WE WE'VE. WE'VE AS WE'VE GOTTEN BIGGER THAT WITHIN OUR PROGRAM AT OUR SCHOOL. THAT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION LIKE BECAUSE YOU REALIZE MY WIFE WORKS AT C. MILTON WRIGHT, AND IT'S YOU KNOW, YOU TALK TO WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR CLASSES IN BUSINESS, AND THAT'S NOT A KNOCK ON WHAT THE OTHER SCHOOLS DO, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOOD TEACHERS TO BUT JUST THE CONTENT. THE CURRICULUM IS SO FAR BEYOND BEHIND WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND SO FOR OUR STUDENTS, IT'S ALMOST UNFAIR. WE SAY TO OURSELVES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THIS WHEN THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY DON'T AND I AGREE IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE WITH THE ECONOMY THE WAY IT IS. KIDS NEED TO KNOW THIS STUFF. THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THIS MORE THAN THEY PROCEDURES. HOLD YOUR EAR.

BUT YOU KNOW YOU YOU NEED THIS MORE THAN YOU NEED SHAKESPEARE LIKE THIS. THIS IS YOU KNOW, IT'S EVERYDAY STUFF, RIGHT? EXACTLY SO LET JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU AND YOUR PROGRAM. I SURE WILL. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME IN AND SPEAK, SO I'LL SAY WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU, CRYSTAL. YEAH I'LL USE THIS ONE PROBLEM. YEAH SO ADDING TO WHAT MR HUNTER SAID, UM, I WOULD NOTE AS A BUSINESS PARTNER FOR THE ACADEMY AND SERVING ON THE ACADEMY BOARD. UM I FIND THAT ONE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP OUT STUDENTS, AND THAT'S A GREAT THING. UM BUT THEN ALSO THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS TO MEET WITH STUDENTS FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WHAT THEY NEED AND THEY'RE LEARNING. UM MR HUNTER MENTIONED THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND I WAS TALKING TO KIDS THAT WE WERE FOCUSING ON REVIEWING RESUMES. BUT WE ALSO TALKED THROUGH YOU KNOW WHAT JOBS HAVE THEY HAD IN THE PAST? WHAT IF THEIR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN? WHAT CAN THEY TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED IN OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES TO MOVE TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT THEY EXPECT TO BE THEIR CAREER. UM BUT ALSO, HOW CAN THEY IMPROVE UPON WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, SO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THAT NEXT LEVEL? UM AND THEN, OF COURSE, INTERNSHIPS ARE GREAT, AND YOU WILL SEE AN INTERN IN OUR OFFICE. MOST SUMMERS AND THEY'RE GOOD KIDS. THEY'RE EAGER TO LEARN. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THEM AROUND. SO, UM, CERTAINLY.

ME AND THE REST OF THE ACADEMY BOARD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL CAN DO TO HELP THE BOARD. THANK YOU. CRYSTAL MR. JANE JORDANA. SO, MR HUNTER, UM THANKS. GLAD YOU'RE HERE. I WORK WITH DR HILL MYSELF AND MY SISTER DID WITH THE INSURANCE PART GETTING THAT OFF THE BOARD AND PUTTING THAT ON AND THEN WE ACTUALLY GOT HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE NOW TO DO DO THAT, WHERE WE SAW A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE

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HELLO UM, MY WIFE ACTUALLY TEACHES A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM THE BANK AS THE DANCE TEACHER.

EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. YES BUT SHE LOVES THE BANK AND TALKS ABOUT HOW SNOW STAFF WILL SAVE THEIR BIRTHDAY CHECKS AND CHRISTMAS CHECKS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE KIDS. AND UM IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. HOW UNIQUE IS IT TO HAVE A BANK IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGH SCHOOL? UM AND SO I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE YOU IN THE CREATIVITY OF YOUR PROGRAM AND FLEXIBILITY OF YOUR PROGRAM, REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR KIDS AND TO BE ABLE TO PRIDE PROVIDE FOR THEM SUCH AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF EDUCATION? UM I JUST THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF TEACHERS THAT WILL STILL COME BY, AND THEY'LL PUT $5 IN JUST TO GIVE THE KIDS THE EXPERIENCE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW THEY THEY DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. BUT THERE ARE THEY'LL TAKE $5 JUST SO THE KIDS CAN WORK AS TALENTED KIDS CAN DO THE THINGS THAT NORMAL, YOU KNOW, TALIGENT CREDIT YOU CAN GET TO DO SO. IT'S A REAL IT IS REALLY COOL. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. ANYONE ELSE? MR GUTHRIE? I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE 4014 WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON A LOT OF THAT STUFF, AND ALL THAT PROGRAMS AGAIN KICKED OFF LIKE YOU SAID, YOU, 99 YOU HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE. UM WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET THAT BANKING BACK ON WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ABOUT THE BANKING THING THAT SAYS, SO IT'S A LOT OF THE KIDS CAN LEARN HOW TO GO UP AND MAKE A DEPOSIT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A NORMAL THINGS OF LIFE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET EDUCATED AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT SIMPLE THINGS YOU KNOW, TO LEARN HOW TO BANK LEARN HOW TO MAKE CHECKS. LEARN HOW TO WRITE A CHECK. YOU KNOW ALL THIS STUFF SEEMS SMALL, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S ALL PART OF AND I WAS GLAD THAT WE COULD GET A LOT OF PROGRAMS STARTED BACK IN THE EIGHTIES 2008 GRADE BECAUSE YOU'RE 100% RIGHT THAT THERE'S STUDENTS WILL BE VERY SKEPTICAL.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? AN A. P B S YOU RIGHT NOW THE PROMOTION THEY PUT $50 INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. I COULDN'T TELL YOU. THE NUMBER OF TIMES ARE MARKETERS ARE STUDENTS HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT? NO IT'S NOT A SCAM. NO, THIS IS A REAL THING. ALL YOU DO IS OPEN AN ACCOUNT. THIS IS A BANK ACCOUNT, OR, UH, SHARE ACCOUNT AT A CREDIT UNION. THIS MEANS THIS MONEY'S HERE. IT'S SAFE. WHAT HAPPENS WITH MY WALLET? HOLD ON FOR YOU, AND FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS. THEY DON'T HAVE ACCOUNTS. THEY'VE NEVER HAD A COUNCIL NEVER HAD THAT EXPOSURE. SOMETIMES THEIR PARENTS HAVEN'T EVEN SO, TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CREDIT UNIONS, STUDENTS THAT THEY BELIEVE MAYBE WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE NOW THEY HAVE A COUNCIL WHEN THEY GRADUATED THAT ACCOUNT THAT ACCOUNT AND IT'S ACTIVE THEY JUST FOR THE RECORD BREAKING YESTERDAY, THEY NOW HAVE SHARE ACCOUNT AT A GREAT IS YOUR MOMMY WITH MY GRANDSON WAS LITTLE FIVE OR SIX YEARS OLD WHERE IT WAS. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO TAKE HIM. TAKE HIM OUT. TAKE HIM DOWN TO THE BEACH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE BEACH, HE SAYS WHAT'S THE BEACH? AND THAT'S WHAT STRIKES YOU. YOU SAID. WELL WAIT A MINUTE. YOU KNOW THIS IS NORMAL STUFF THAT NOBODY ACTUALLY KNOWS. SOONER OR LATER YOU GOT TO TEACH THEM HOW TO DO ALL THIS STUFF THAT THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT BEACH WAS. IT WAS A SHOCKER, BUT I'LL ADD THAT AS PART OF THE RAM BRANCH, THE STUDENTS ARE WELL WITH SUPERVISION. OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE

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WE APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT THERE AND ANYTHING THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN DO TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS. PLEASE LET US KNOW . AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING THIS EVENING, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. GENERAL NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES LEGISLATIVE DAY 23 DEATHS HERE 32 DECEMBER

[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

[8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS]

RESOLUTION 0 42-23 NOTICE OF SALE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES A MAY HAVE EMOTION, MR PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT GROUP GO AHEAD, MR BATTERY. GO AHEAD. YOU OKAY? I MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE BOND ZERO. FOR 0-23 ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX CREDIT FOR THE WRONG THAT'S THE WRONG RESOLUTION, MR GUTHRIE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. UM MAY HAVE EMOTION FOR RESOLUTIONS HERE FOR 22-23 PRESIDENT MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 0 42-23 NOTICE OF SALE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES A THANK YOU MAY HAVE A 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU, MR JAN. DRAWDOWN. IT'S MOVED A SECOND TO APPROVE.

RESOLUTION 0 42-23. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING MISS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT. MR GUTHRIE. MR PENMAN. MR. JAN GIORDANO, MR RILEY SADDLES MR BENNETT BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZEROING AND NEGATIVE RESOLUTION. 0 42-23 IS HEREBY APPROVED RESOLUTION 0 43-23 NOTICE OF SALE REFUNDING BONDS. SERIES B. MAY I HAVE A MOTION COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 043. THANK YOU HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR PENMAN. MOVING A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS HERE. 43-23 ISRAELI DISCUSSION. MS DICKSON. MR PRESIDENT, MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN MR. JAN GIORDANO. MR RILEY, THIS IS BULL SADDLES, MR BENNETT HIGH BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND NEGATIVE RESOLUTION. 0 43-23 IS HEREBY APPROVED. RESOLUTIONS HERE, 440-23 ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX CREDIT. 2007 SEATER DRIVE, EDGEWOOD, MR GUTHRIE. NOW I'LL GET IT. MR PRESIDENT. I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 040-23 ENTERPRISE ZONE FOR 2007 CEDAR DRIVING EDGEWOOD. THANK YOU MAY HAVE A 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU, MR JAN JORDANA. IT'S BEEN MOVING, SECONDED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION. 0 40-23. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS DICKSON. MR. PRESIDENT MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN. MR JAN GIORDANO. MR. RILEY I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. HI. MRS BALL SADDLES, MR BENNETT. TO BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND NEGATIVE RESOLUTION 40-23. IS HEREBY APPROVED. RESOLUTION 0 41-23 ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX CREDITS 755 CHELSEA ROAD ABERDEEN, MR BENNETT AH, MR PRESIDENT. I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 41-23. THANK YOU MAY HAVE A 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU, MR PENMAN. MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 0 41-23. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR BENNETT. UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I DON'T LIKE NECESSARILY HOW THE ENTERPRISE ZONE HAS BEEN USED IN HARFORD COUNTY. HISTORICALLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT. WHEN IT COMES TO MY PARTICULAR VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION, IT REALLY JUST COMES DOWN TO MY UNDERSTANDING OF STATE LAW AND MAKING SURE WHERE FOLLOWING THAT LAW. I DO WANT TO JUST NOTE FOR LIKE PUBLIC RECORD

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YOU KNOW, UM, WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING OUT ON WHO IS THE POSSIBLE TENANT? OR DO THEY NOT HAVE A TENANT OR THEY SPEC BUILDING IT, OR, UM, THAT MR PRESIDENT? YES, SIR. YEAH I DID CONFIRM THAT RIGHT NOW. THE BUILDING IS A IS, UM, DOES NOT HAVE AN IDENTIFIABLE TENANT TO DATE THEY ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW. THE APPROACH THAT THEY'RE TAKING IS LIKE MANY CONSTRUCTIONS OF THIS TYPE. THEY'RE LOOKING TO FIND THE BEST TENANT TO GO. COULD BE A SINGLE TENANT. IT COULD BE THE BUILDING CAN THEN BE RECONSTRUCTED INTERIOR EARLY TO FIT MULTIPLE TENANTS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE MAXIMUM, UM, OCCUPATION OF THE BUILDING AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF YOU KNOW, PRODUCTION COMING OUT OF THAT BUILDING RIGHT NOW, IS IT IS IT SPEAK BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT BEFORE THE SHOW. IT CAN BE A WAREHOUSE OR IT CAN BE MANUFACTURING. IT'S NOT LIMITED TO WHAT IT CAN BE BECAUSE OF THE TIME FRAME OF WHEN THEY PUT THEIR PERMITS IN AND WHEN IT COULD BE RIGHT. OKAY LIKE I SAID , I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TAX CREDIT. UM I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH JACOB. UM ON THIS AND I HAVE MY CONCERNS, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR AND APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE. THANK YOU, MR JANITOR, DAN AND MR GUTHRIE. WHAT I AM DISAPPOINTED IF BUSINESS OR COMPANY WHEREVER IT IS LOOKING FOR A TAX CREDIT FROM THIS COUNCIL. UM I THINK THEY RELEASED YOUR HEAD. SOMEBODY HERE. WE'LL SEE YOU HAVE THE GENTLEMAN HERE FROM EDGEWOOD. AH FOR THE COMPROMISE PROJECT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IF SOMEBODY WAS HERE LOOKING FOR A TAX CREDIT, UM, WHICH IS GOING TO PUT MONEY? BASICALLY, IT'S GOING TO PUT MONEY IN THEIR POCKET. COULDN'T BE HERE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. SINCE THERE WERE SO MANY QUESTIONS ACROSS THE COUNCIL. AND THAT WE COULDN'T GET ANSWERED BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HERE TO ANSWER IT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DISAPPOINTED ABOUT. THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. MR JAN JORDANA, MR RICHARDSON 11 OTHER QUESTION IF THEY DON'T GET THE TAX CREDIT AND WE DON'T APPROVE IT THIS YEAR. THEY WOULD REAPPLY FOR IT NEXT YEAR. CORRECT. OR IS IT HAVE TO BE BEFORE IT'S BUILT? I DON'T THINK SO. RIGHT NOW. MY UNDERSTANDING IS IMPORTANT. UM THERE COULD BE A RE APPLICATION. UM THERE COULD ALSO BE A REVIEW AND SENSE OF THIS PROCESS OF THAT THEY MEET THE CRITERIA. AND THIS COUNCIL CHOSE NOT TO MOVE THIS MATTER FOR OKAY? MR CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM I SUPPORT THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONES. TO RECRUIT AND ATTRACT THE BEST BUSINESSES FOR HARFORD COUNTY. UM TO STIMULATE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, SO I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. AH BUT I, YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE I JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD AGAIN. THE HYPOCRISY ON THIS IS INCREDIBLE. WE JUST WENT THROUGH A LONG PROCESS TO TAKE AWAY DEVELOPMENT ON THE SAME PENINSULA, AND NOW WE'RE INCENTIVIZING IT AND I REALLY BELIEVE THIS OPENS THE

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THANK YOU, MR RILEY. ANYONE ELSE? MS DICKSON. MR. PRESIDENT MR GUTHRIE? NO, PENMAN, JAN GIORDANO. ARE WE DOING? YOU WANT TO PASS FOR ANY PASS, OKAY? MR RILEY, BALL SADDLES I MR BENNETT HIGH MR JAN GIORDANO. I. THEY'RE BEING FIVE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN THE NEGATIVE RESOLUTION, 0 41-23 IS HEREBY APPROVED. MR JANJALANI, PLEASE REBUILD 23-0 37 INTO THE

[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS]

APPENDIX ONE TO THE HARTFORD COUNTY CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL CRITICAL AREA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MANUAL ENTITLED HABITAT PROTECTION AREAS FOR HARFORD COUNTY CRITICAL AREA AND TO REPLACE ALL CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM, MAPS AND PROGRAM. MANUAL MAPS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. INTO HARTFORD COUNTY CODE UNDER SECTION 1 69-1 A OF THE CODE.

GOOD MORNING 11, A ONE OF THE CODE, WHICH WERE REVISED ONE AS A RESULT OF AN UPDATED NATURAL RESOURCE INFORMATION FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER CARTOGRAPHIC BASE LAYER INFORMATION AND TO IN ORDER TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE OF MARYLAND PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED JANUARY 16TH AT 6:45 P.M. IN THE EAST CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 10 INTRODUCTION CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS 11 CALL FOR FINAL READING THE BILLS 12 ENROLLMENT OF BILLS 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 14 NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE NO BUSINESS

[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]

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PROPER MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL BECAUSE WHEN RAINWATER RUNS OFF CONCRETE AND ASPHALT, IT DOESN'T JUST DISAPPEAR. IT CARRIES WITH IT. A COCKTAIL OF POLLUTANTS, OILS, HEAVY METALS AND SIGNIFICANTLY NUTRIENTS LIKE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS. WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY HARMFUL TO OUR CHESAPEAKE BAY. BUT THERE'S MORE . OUR WATERS FACE CONTAMINATION FROM DANGEROUS CHEMICALS LIKE FAST AND P. FOSS THESE ARE MANMADE SUBSTANCES THAT DON'T BREAK DOWN EASILY AND POSE SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS LIKE CANCER. THESE POLLUTANTS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN AND AROUND OUR PERRYMAN WELL FIELD. WHICH SUPPLIES WATER TO 30% OF HARFORD COUNTY. THIS CONTAMINATION IS A DIRECT RESULT OF INADEQUATE MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT. NOW LET'S TALK HISTORY. HARFORD COUNTY'S RECORD WITH M S FOUR AS FAR FROM STELLAR AS FAR BACK AS 2009 AND EPA AUDIT FOUND THE COUNTY IN VIOLATION OF ITS M S FOUR PERMIT. THIS ISN'T JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE. IT'S A LEGAL AND ETHICAL ONE. WE HAVE LAWS AND COMMUNITY COMMITMENTS IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. YET THEY'RE BEING OVERLOOKED. AND PERRIMAN. WE'VE RAISED OUR VOICES. WE'VE SHOWN EVIDENCE WE'VE MADE REPORTS, BUT THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN UNDERWHELMING. IT'S NOT JUST THE LACK OF ACTION. IT'S DISRESPECT FOR COMMUNITIES, HEALTH AND WELL BEING. THIS ISSUE EXTENDS BEYOND PERRIMAN. THE DECLINE OF UNDERWATER GRASSES AND THE GUNPOWDER RIVER. ESSENTIAL FOR AQUATIC HABITATS MIRRORS OUR STRUGGLES, UNCHECKED DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESULT OF NUTRIENT RICH RUNOFF ARE CLOUDING OUR WATERS AFFECTING THE BENEFIT AFFECTING LIFE BENEATH THE SURFACE THAT IS VITAL TO OUR BASE HEALTH. SO I URGE YOU ALL TO STAND WITH ME. THIS IS MORE THAN JUST CLEAN WATER. IT'S ABOUT PRESERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE NEED TO DEMAND ACTION, ENFORCE EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND ENSURE OUR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD AND HEEDED. IMAGINE A PERRIMAN WITH THRIVING RIVERS AND A HEALTHY BAY, A PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN PLAY WITHOUT THE SHADOW OF POLLUTION. THIS DREAM COULD BE OUR REALITY, BUT ONLY IF WE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THREE P HAS DONE RESEARCH ALSO ON HEALTH DISPARITIES FOR BREAST CANCER AND FEMALES. PERRIMAN IS THIRD OF 10 TRACKS REPORTING AND HARFORD COUNTY. MY FRIENDS IS FIRST OF 24 COUNTIES REPORTING AND BALTIMORE CITY. PLEASE DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING BLEND UTTER 1806 PARK BEACH DRIVE ABERDEEN COMMUNITY. IN. DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF UM.

PERRY MANUEL FIELD. THERE'S A FEW THINGS I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY, UH, I FIND OTHER PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED ABOUT AND. PERHAPS IT WILL HELP YOU IN THE DECISION MAKING UM THIS SIMPLE LITTLE EQUATION JUST SAYS THAT THE SUPPLY OF AH, GROUNDWATER IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY. IS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INPUT OR INFILTRATION. AND WITHDRAWAL OR OUTFLOW. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO

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UM. THE REQUEST TO REDO THIS USING THIS AS A BASE AND BUILD ON IT HAS TAKEN ON INCREASING PORTON. SO NOW THAT BP HAS DETECTED THE PER FLOOR. FOR FOUR AND POLLY FLORA ALC. IT'S IN THE GROUNDWATER OF A PG, UH, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, AND IT WON'T GO ANY FURTHER ACCEPTABLY SHORTCHANGES. P F A S IS THAT OFTEN CALLED OR CORRELATED WITH INCREASES IN OBESITY, HORMONE DISRUPTION, INFERTILITY, THYROID DISEASE, CANCER AND HYPER CHOLESTEROL. WHY THIS TELLS ME THAT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT THIS HYDROLOGY IS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR.

JANINE LOOK OR FOLLOWED BY PAUL FEEL ACHY. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING LOOK OR 1820 PARK BEACH DRIVE, PERRIMAN. UM I WANTED TO COMMENT TONIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, UM PROTECT PERRIMAN PENINSULA. IS A BIG PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM AND, UM YOU'RE HEARING THINGS.

THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW. UM THAT ARE DECADES. COMING. AND NOT EVEN DECADES COMING THERE CENTURIES COMING WE KNOW THAT IN HISTORY 1776 THE CENSUS. THERE WERE 790 PEOPLE IN THAT, UM, IN OUR AREA, AND, UM, IT WAS NEARLY 5050 BETWEEN WHITE AND ENSLAVED. 55% WERE WHITE. AND 45% WERE ENSLAVED. AND THOSE NUMBERS HAVEN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH. IN OUR CURRENT CENSUS, THERE STILL IS A MUCH GREATER MINORITY POPULATION IN THE PERRIMAN PENINSULA. THEN, UM. AND IT'S MORE THAN TWICE THAT OF HARFORD COUNTY OVERALL. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND WE'RE HEARING GLENN TALK ABOUT, UM HIGHER INCIDENT RATES OF CANCER. WE HAVE, UM UM, THE GROUNDWATER.

BEING AFFECTED OUR WELLHEADS. AND THERE'S A DISREGARD FOR THE, UM PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU HAVE LARGER MINORITY POPULATIONS. IT'S VERY EASY TO JUST IGNORE THAT POPULATION AND DISREGARD THEM. AND THAT TRULY IS WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE CENTURIES HERE IN PARIS AND PENINSULA, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY TIME THAT MORE SERIOUS ACTIONS BE TAKEN. UM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HARFORD COUNTY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY AND PERRYMAN IS WHERE HARFORD COUNTY BEGAN. BUT YET OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS ARE BEING, UM THEY'VE BEEN BULLDOZED. THE HISTORY JUST GETS PAVED OVER. AND EVEN OPPOSITION CHURCH, WHICH IS THE OLDEST PRINCIPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. IS IN DISREPAIR. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY.

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AND NOW WE HAVE, UM 1501 PERRIMAN ROAD, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE PAVING DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE CHURCH. SO WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE TRUCKS RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT CHURCH, AND I THINK IT'S JUST A COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR THE HISTORY AND THE PEOPLE AND THE PYRAMID PENINSULA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. HMM. EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING, PAUL VALACHI 320 MARINA AVENUE, PERRYMAN PENINSULA. UM FIRST I WANT ONE POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT, UM WHEN BILLS OR, UM, RESOLUTIONS COME UP THAT MAYBE PEOPLE ARE NOT, UM, ETHICALLY AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD THEY CAN'T VOTE ON THEIR CONSCIENCE. BESIDES YES OR NO, YOU CAN ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE. I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION AS A POSSIBLE VOTE SOMETIMES. UM, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT MY OTHER TOPIC IS UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. THE IMPERATIVE INCLUSION. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS A PIVOTAL CONCEPT THAT UNDERPINS UM GOVERNOR MORRIS MOTTO NO ONE LEFT BEHIND. SIMPLY PUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT ALL COMMUNITIES REGARDLESS OF RACE, INCOME OR SOCIAL STANDING, HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO CLEAN, SAFE LIVING ENVIRONMENT. IT AIMS TO REDRESS THE DIS APPROPRIATE EXPOSURE OF POLLUTION, INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIMITED ACCESS TO GREEN SPACES OFTEN EXPERIENCED BY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. PERRYMAN STANDS AS A GLARING EXAMPLE OF THIS OVERSIGHT. WELL, THAT'S SWATHS OF MARYLAND REVEL IN NATURAL BEAUTY AND RESOURCES. PYRAMID RESIDENTS GRAPPLE DAILY WITH POLLUTION, THE ROAR OF TRAFFIC TRAILERS AND THE ABSENCE OF SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVED PARK SPACES. AND ANSWERED IT. IN ESSENCE, PERRIMAN IS BEING LEFT BEHIND. IMAGINE A YOUNG BOY WHO LIVES IN PERRIMAN, WHERE SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS ARE ABSENT. THE TRACTOR TRAILER TRAFFIC HAS SEARCHED WHILE EVERY BREATH FROM HIS ASTHMA INHALER HE'S REMINDING OF THE PRESIDENT, PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES THAT PLAGUE HIS COMMUNITY. THOUGH THE BUSH RIVERS TANGIBLY CLOSE, HE HAS NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO FISH.

EXPLORE ITS BANKS OR FEEL IT'S FRESH BREEZE. HE DREAMS OF NEARBY PLACE TO PLAY. THAT DOES NOT AGGREGATE HIS ASTHMA, A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN CLIMB TREES AND CONNECT WITH THE WORLD AROUND HIM. THE LACK OF LOCAL PARKS IS NOT JUST INCONVENIENT. IT'S AN AFFRONT TO JUSTICE AND EQUALITY PARK SERVICE MORE THAN JUST OPEN SPACES THEY FUNCTION AS AN AS NATIONAL CLASSROOMS FOR CHILDREN, UNSTRUCTURED PLAY IN STATE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES IRRESPONSIBLE LESSONS ABOUT ECOLOGY, BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION. LESSONS KIDS IN PERRYMAN IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, CURRENTLY DENIED UH, AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, IN MY TALK ABOUT THE, UH ENTERPRISE ZONES HAZARDOUS WASTE. MS. PROXIMITY TO HAZARDOUS WASTE IS 95% MORE WHEN COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE US POPULATION. UM. WE HAVE A HIGH EXPOSURE TO, UM. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS HANDLE SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE. WE HAVE THERE'S A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROCESS OFTEN RELEASES FOUL ODORS, AIRBORNE PRODUCT PARTICLES AND POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT. THAT THIS PATTERN WE'RE TOXIC FACILITIES ARE PLACED NEAR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. UNFORTUNATELY COMMON PERPETUATING RACIAL DISPARITIES AND MAKING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND PRESSING CONCERN FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE PERRIMAN. HAVING SUCH A FACILITY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY MEANS GREATER, LIKE LIKELIHOOD OF EXPOSURE TO POLLUTANTS AFFECTING BOTH THE HEALTH. AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE. SO WE WOULD LIKE, UM, LIKE I SAID, SAID EARLIER. SOME INVESTMENT IN PERRIMAN, NOT JUST IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE REVERSE ROBIN HOOD EFFECT. WE STEAL FROM THE FROM THE POOR AND GIVE TO THE RICH PARTS OF THE COUNTY. UM AND WE'D LIKE TO REVERSE THAT AND PERRIMAN, MAYBE BUILD UP THE PARKS. BUILD UP THE CROSSWALKS.

IMPROVE THE ROADS. THANKS. THANK YOU, SIR. HOLLY MCCOMAS, FOLLOWED BY JOHN MALAMBO. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MR PRESIDENT. POLLY MCCOMAS, 1826 PARK BEACH DRIVE ABERDEEN. I

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IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME OR THE SECOND TIME OR THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE. IT HAS TO BE REQUESTED TO MAKE THIS STUDY DONE, AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET IT DONE, SO I ENCOURAGE THAT IT BE REQUESTED AND GET THIS STUDY DONE. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ROAD SAFETY THIS MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK. I WITNESSED THAT THERE WERE TWO TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS AT ROUTE 40 INSTA SUSHI ROAD. AND THAT ROUTE 4543. THESE ACCIDENTS WERE NOT CAUSED BY EXTERNAL FACTORS LIKE ICY OR FOGGY WEATHER CONDITIONS, BUT RATHER IF I HAD TO GUESS, BY POOR OR RECKLESS DRIVERS IT IS DEEPLY CONCERNING TO ME OF THE THAT THERE IS SUCH A FREQUENT RATE OF ACCIDENTS ON OUR ROADS. AND THE RISKS THEY POSE TO THE SAFETY OF OUR DRIVERS, PASSENGERS AND PEDESTRIANS. AS A DRIVER MYSELF. I AM DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY ON OUR ROADS. I AM SURE MANY OTHERS HAVE THE SAME CONCERN. WE NEED TO TAKE CONCRETE STEPS TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER. THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY A COMBINATION OF MEASURES SUCH AS STRICTER TRAFFIC LAWS. BETTER ROAD DESIGN AND MORE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR ROADS ARE SAFE FOR EVERYONE WHO USED THEM. WHETHER THEY'RE DRIVERS, CYCLISTS OR PEDESTRIANS. I URGE AUTHORITIES. TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT FOR MORE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION. AS A COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER, PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF OUR ROADS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO USES THEM IS PROTECTED. THANK YOU AND MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEGE. COULD I JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO FIX THIS? YES, SIR. LOVELY PART OUTSIDE MY SKILL SET. WE KNOW THAT, SIR. ARGUMENT THERE WITH WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE APARTMENT.

SURE. GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOGNITION. JOHN PEMA LHAMO 24 02 EAGLE VIEW DRIVE. BELLAIRE, MARYLAND. AND LOOKING AT THE SITUATION, I WONDER. DOES THE ZONING CODE APPLY TO ZONING CASE 5814 OR THE CONDITIONS OF THE HEARING EXAMINER? IF NOT WHY , IF SO, WHEN THERE ARE SIMPLE WORDS THAT COULD BE USED TO DESCRIBE THE SITUATION AT HAND FRAUD, MISREPRESENTATION, MISTAKE, CORRUPTION LIES, NO DOUBT THAT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT MIGHT APPLY. I BELIEVE THAT THE SITUATION IS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED. RECALLING PLATO'S REPUBLIC REVIEWING THE ALLEGORY ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE OCCUPANTS IN THE CAVE WERE FORCED TO LOOK AT THE WALL AND SO I ONLY SHADOWS. BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW OTHERWISE THEY BELIEVE THE SHADOWS TO BE REALITY. COUNTY RESIDENTS COMING INTO THESE CHAMBERS WITH THEIR PLEASE SEE THE SHADOWS OF GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNMENT. THE REALITY IS THAT THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNMENT ARE CONDUCTED ELSEWHERE WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONDUCTED CULTIVATED ACCESS AND ACQUIRED INFLUENCE. THOSE PEOPLE INFORMED THE DECISIONS AND SHAPE THE ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE. THEY DO NOT COME INTO THESE CHAMBERS. THEY HAVE NO NEED TO AS LONG AS RESIDENTS BELIEVE THE SHADOWS ARE REAL. LOOKING AT A MORE MODERN PHILOSOPHERS AND REFERRING TO NO LESS A GREAT PHILOSOPHER THAN FORREST GRUMP. STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES. THAT BIT OF WISDOM IS PROFOUND AND ITS SIMPLICITY AND REQUIRES NO EXPLANATION. A FUNDAMENTAL GOAL FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT GOVERNING BODIES IS TO EARN AND HOLD TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE AREAS OF CONCERN THE PERSONAL CHARACTER, HONESTY, INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPONSIBILITY AND MENTAL ACUITY OF THOSE IN PUBLIC OFFICE IS CRITICAL TO SUCCESS. THOSE THE POPULATION EVALUATES, ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AGAINST THOSE TRAITS. 3 65 24 7, WHAT LEVEL OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS PLACING YOU ALL OF THIS IS IMPORTANT WHEN

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GOODNIGHT. GOODNIGHT, SIR. KEN SHANNON, FOLLOWED BY TAMMY TAMMY WAINWRIGHT AND ELLEN DAUGHTER.

ELEANOR DAUGHTER SORRY. GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING, KEN SHANNON 2044 PARK BEACH DRIVING PERRIMAN. IT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. DIDN'T THINK I WAS GONNA BE HEARING ABOUT PLATO'S CAVE TONIGHT. UM AMEN. EXCELLENT SPEECH BY MR MILANO. I'M GOING TO TALK INFORMALLY EXTEMPORANEOUSLY ABOUT. TURNING THE TIDE, WHICH IS THE DOCUMENT THAT THREE P IS PRODUCED RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WE BELIEVE THAT ALL OF YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, AND I WANTED TO UM. TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN PERRYMAN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA COUNTY, WHICH AFFECTS ALL OF HARFORD COUNTY. UM. WE MET AND STARTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INCIDENCE OF CANCER DOWN TO SOUTHERN HARFORD COUNTY.

ONE OF THE, UM OPPORTUNITIES THAT EMERGED FROM THIS REPORT IS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE E P A AND M D E AND ALSO WITH THE MARYLAND PERMANENT HEALTH AND THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, POINTED. TO THE MARYLAND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH TRACKING DATA PORTAL. UM WE LOOKED AT DATA INSIDE THAT PORTAL. FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND JUST TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

TO WHAT? LEE? UM POINTED TO WE SAW THE CANCER BY ALL CAUSES IN HARFORD COUNTY IS THIRD OF ALL.

20 COUNTIES REPORTING AND BOTH THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. PERRIMAN WAS EIGHTH OF 49 CENSUS TRACTS REPORTING. WE ALSO FOUND THAT LUNG CANCER. UM HARFORD COUNTY, REPORTED SEVENTH OF 17 COUNTIES IN BALTIMORE. PERRIMAN WAS FIFTH OF 32 CENSUS TRACTS, MOST ALARMINGLY. BREAST CANCER IN HARFORD COUNTY'S FIRST OF 24 COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. HARRIMAN WAS THIRD OF 10 TRACKS THAT WERE REPORTING. HAVE YOU WHEN YOU LOOK FURTHER INTO THE TURNING THE TIDE DOCUMENT, YOU'LL SEE THIS RECEPTION IN THERE. ABOUT E. J SCREEN, WHICH IS, UH, UM, TOOL FOR MERGING ENVIRONMENTAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. AND. WHAT WE FOUND IN NORTHERN HARFORD COUNTY , AND THIS HAS BEEN SPOKEN TO BY OTHER PEOPLE TONIGHT AND OTHER MEETINGS. NORTHERN PERRIMAN IS IN THE 95TH PERCENTILE FOR SUPER FUN SITE PROXIMITY. UM. OZONE IS A 97 PERCENTILE IN NORTHERN HEARTLAND NORTHERN PERRIMAN. HE'S A PARTICULAR MATTER. IS IT 82ND PERCENTILE? AND ALONG WITH THESE ALARMING ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS. THE NON WHITE POPULATION OF NORTHERN PERRIMAN IS 82. AND 90 180TH PERCENTILE FOR LOW INCOME. SO I'M HOPING THAT WHEN YOU GET TIME, YOU CAN LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS DOCUMENT, AND ALL IT TELLS US TELLS ALL OF US ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND MAYBE WE COULD THINK ABOUT WAYS TO MAKE THAT BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. HOLD ON A MINUTE. YES, SIR. GOD. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. TAMMY WAINWRIGHT. 11TH SUSHI, A ROAD ABERDEEN, MARYLAND. THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE. THAT FARM. RATHER THAN URBAN MANUFACTURING. MORE LIKELY ENSURE THE

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ATTEMPTING TO PRACTICE COOCHIE JUGGLE LEAH. COMMITMENT AND PRACTICE THAT DEMANDS THAT WE AS AN AFRICAN PEOPLE DEFINE, DEFEND AND DEVELOP OURSELVES INSTEAD OF ALLOWING OR ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO DO IT. THIS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. AFTER THE COMPROMISE OF 1877. BARRIERS WERE ONCE AGAIN PUT IN THE WAY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS SEEKING SELF DETERMINATION. IN THE FIGHT FOR PERSONAL WEALTH AND FREEDOM. JIM CROW AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS RESTRICTING OUR PURCHASING POWER. THROUGH DOCUMENTED UNFAIR LENDING LAWS. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND TERRORIST THREATS BY HATE GROUPS. HARFORD COUNTY LIKES TO THINK IT WAS IMMUNE. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT IN 1900 THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 2512 FARMS IN HARFORD COUNTY. 2315. OWNED OR OPERATED BY WHITES. AND ONLY 197 WERE OWNED OR OPERATED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS. BY 1925. MORE THAN 85% OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FARMERS OF HARFORD COUNTY HAD LOST THEIR LAND. LAND LOCATED ON THE PERRIMAN PENINSULA. AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE PERFECT COUNTY HAVE NEVER RECOVERED FROM THIS. THE 2017 ACCENTS IS THE MOST RECENT DATA AVAILABLE. SHOWS THAT THERE ARE NO AFRICAN AMERICAN FARMERS IN HARFORD COUNTY. AND THERE ARE ONLY THREE NATIVE AMERICAN OR NATIVE ALASKAN ALARMS HERE IN THIS COUNTY. INEQUALITY HAS BEEN THE MAINSTAY OF PERFECT COUNTY SINCE ITS FOUNDING. THE LACK OF MINORITY LAND OWNERSHIP. OPEN SPACES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. IN OUR COMMUNITIES. CONTINUES TO BE AN INJUSTICE. THANK YOU AND HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME IS ELEANOR DAUGHTER ARE I LIVE IN 1806 PARK BEACH DRIVE. ON THE SHORES OF THE BUSH RIVER. I'VE BEEN IN THAT RESIDENCE THERE FOR 25 YEARS, AND HER FAMILY HAS BEEN IN RESIDENCE FOR 99 YEARS, AND THEY'RE STILL ONLY ONE ACCESS ROUTE. I STARTED A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM ON THE PENINSULA IN 2015, BUT NEW PROTOCOLS BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN 2018 MADE CONTINUING IT UNTENABLE FOR ME. I CONVERTED THAT EFFORT TO WHAT I CALL PENINSULA CONCERNS WHICH LAST TODAY AND HAVE DEALT WITH ILLEGALLY PARKED SOME EYES NOTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. ROAD CLOSURES LOST AND FOUND PETS AND EVEN SPOTTED LANTERN FLIES AND MORE. THE MOST FREQUENT CONCERN WAS TRACTOR TRAILER TRAFFIC, ONCE SUSHI ROAD , OLD STEPHANIE ROAD AND PERRY MONROE. I HAD TRIED TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ROADS AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO GET BETTER SIGNS BUT WAS TOLD WE HAD ENOUGH SIGNS AND THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. WHEN THE SIGNS SAYING NO TRUCKS ON SPECIFIC SUSHI ROAD AT ROUTE 40 WAS FLATTENED FOR AT LEAST THE FIFTH TIME, MAYBE 15TH TIME. I QUIT CALLING TO HAVE IT REPLACED. I CONTINUE TODAY TO GET CALLS ABOUT TRACTOR TRAILER TRAFFIC AND ROAD BLOCKAGES BOTH NIGHT AND DAY AND OUR COMMUNITY COALITION THREE P IS ATTEMPTING TO BRING ABOUT IMPROVED SIGNAGE.

THAT ALONE WILL NOT STOP THE RENEGADE DRIVERS OR DRIVERS THAT CANNOT SPEAK OR READ ENGLISH.

MOST LOST DRIVERS THAT WE TRY TO HELP HAVE THAT PROBLEM. AND THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR PROBLEM IS. WHAT IS NEEDED OR ROAD CHANGES AND IMPROVED DEVELOPMENT DESIGNS SINCE INCREASED TRACTOR TRAILERS WILL ONLY INCREASE THE PROBLEMS. THE COUNCIL CAN HELP. ONE CONVEY

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THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU WITH NO OTHER SPEAKERS WILL MOVE TO A GENERAL NUMBER 16, MR GUTHRIE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. COUPLE OF THINGS. UM ENJOYED SATURDAY NIGHT OVER AT QUARTERS, ONE IN ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS, UH AND HAVING A HOLLY RECEPTION WITH THE MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT EMERSON AND HIS WIFE, ELIN, WITH THE SECOND TIME WE EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH THAT PERSON TO AND UM, BOB CASTLE. WE HAD DINNER OVER THERE, SO IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. VERY NICE PLACE. VERY NICE PEOPLE AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE WAS THEIR OLD ALSO WHEN REPRESENTED FROM COUNCIL CONGRESSMAN HARRIS'S OFFICE. UM. AH AND ONE THING THAT HE THAT HE SAID THERE, HE ASKED US TO, UH TO TRANSFER TO EVERYBODY IS THAT. AND COME OVER AND, UH, AN EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THEY GOT OPENINGS ON ON THE FACILITY AND THE AVERAGE SALARY THERE NOW IS $180,000. THE AVERAGE SALARY ONLY PG RIGHT NOW , ALL THE DIFFERENT JOBS. IT'S 100 AND 8000. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB THAT'S GOING TO PAY YOU 100 GRAND. GO OVER THERE AND I'M MAKING APPLICATION. UM I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ALSO ABOUT DEBRA HANLEY. UH THE REASON THAT, UM, NAME WAS PAUL HIS BECAUSE SHE GOT OUT OF HOSPITAL. UM UH, JUST RECENTLY WITH THE KNEE REPLACED AND SHE COULDN'T COME OVER. SHE WANTED TO COME OVER AND AH, VISITING THE COUNCIL PAPERS THAT MAY MAY WANT TO INTERVIEW HER AND SHE COULDN'T DO IT. SO I'M SURE THAT THAT NAME WILL PROBABLY COME UP IN THE FIRST YEAR. UM, UH, ONE OTHER ISSUE. UM AND I KNOW WE'VE HEARD THIS A LOT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS AND THAT WE'RE NOT TRANSPARENT. YOU KNOW ABOUT, UH, AMENDMENTS AND ALL AHEAD OF TIME, SO I JUST WANTED TO RUN THIS ONE BY IT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS BUT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO ALL OF THEM. UM BUT THE ISSUE WITH THE HOTEL TAX THERE, THERE'S UH, THIS THING GOING BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROGRAM OR THAT PROGRAM. AND SO I'VE BEEN KICKING AROUND A WAY TO TRY TO FIX THAT. SO DISTRICT GEGEN CAN HAVE THE SAME . AH! BENEFITS AS A DISTRICT E AND F HAS AS FAR AS 50% AND 5050. INSTEAD OF CUTTING US TO 25. ANYWAY THE IDEA IS TO RAISE THE HOTEL TAX FROM 6% TO 7% LITERALLY 99% OF THE COUNTY DOESN'T PAY IT, SO IT'S OUTSIDE. PEOPLE PAY IT. UM THAT AND I'M GONNA ASK THE COUNTY ORDER TO THE DOUBLE CHECKED THIS FOR ME. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT THIS RIGHT, BUT I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO HER. BUT I BELIEVE THE 1. CALCULATES TO ABOUT $650,000. PERCENT ON A HOTEL BILL. I MEAN, IF THE BILLS 500 HOURS, IT'S FIVE BUCKS. IT'S $1000. IT'S ONLY $10 WHO'S GOING TO CARE ABOUT PAYING THAT, YOU KNOW. UM UH, THE AND TAKEN TO 7% THAT'S ABOUT THE AVERAGE IN THE STATE OF ANALYZED ALL CRIME WITH ULTIMATE INFORMATION. ATTORNEY GAVE ME ALONE CHECKING ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES IN THE STATE, THE HOTEL TAXES AND ALL THE OTHER.

COUNTIES ON AN AVERAGE IS ANYWHERE FROM 5% TO 10% SO 7% IS ABOUT FIGURES ABOUT AVERAGE EVEN, UM. GIVE ME A HIGH NOODLES, BIG COUNTY LIKE BALMER COUNTY. BORN AND WE CAN CHANGE IT. IT'S NOT RIGHT TO CHANGE THAT. THAT QUESTION CAME UP. WALMART COUNTY HAS CHANGED THERE THREE TIMES. THEY STARTED OUT AT 8. AND THEY WENT TO 10. AND NOW THEY'VE SETTLED AT 9.5. ONCE YOU KNOW IT'S A BIG COUNTY. IT'S A 860 SOME 1000 PEOPLE LIVE. THERE'S VERSUS 266 HERE. AH,

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UM ON SEPTEMBER 8TH THE SHERIFF, DID A M P I A REQUEST. UM FOR ANY DOCUMENTATION FOR MAN, MW STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE, IF YOU RECALL, UH, THIS WAS THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM THAT THE COUNTY USED TO SCRUTINIZE THE ORIGINAL HEAT CENTER PRECINCT. UM BUT IN THAT, UM P I A FIRST IT WASN'T FILLED WITHIN 30 DAYS, WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW. IT ACTUALLY TOOK TILL NOVEMBER 15TH WHEN THE SHERIFF REACHED OUT TO THE STATE ON BUD ZEMAN TO ENCOURAGE THEM THE COUNTY TO COMPLY, BUT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY THEN IN THE EMAIL, JEFFERSON BLOOMQUIST INDICATED THERE WAS NO THERE WAS ONLY ON SPECIFIED REFERENCE TO NEARBY PROPERTIES. BUT IN THAT EMAIL. THERE WAS A SITE PLAN. NOW THIS SITE PLAN. WAS DEVELOPED BY THE MW STUDIOS, UM AND IS PROJECTED TO COST $330 MILLION AND IT HAS ABOUT 21 BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE PLAN THAT THE COUNTY IS ENTERTAINING PUTTING IN OUR COUNTY. NOW THIS SITE PLAN IS IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A COMPLETE WITH E. M S TRAINING FACILITY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TRAINING FACILITY, SOME TRAINING BUILDINGS. AND IT'S LIKE A TAJ MAHAL OF TRAINING CENTERS. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A TAJ MAHAL TRAINING CENTERS FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, HOW ON EARTH CAN WE AFFORD $330 MILLION. FOR EMERGENCY OPERATION TRAINING CENTER, AND WE TURNED DOWN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVITALIZE REDEVELOP A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS COUNTY OWNED FOR $28 MILLION. THERE'S MORE TO THIS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT WAS USED TO SCRUTINIZE A PROJECT THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL AND AGAIN UPHELD THROUGH RESOLUTION.

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THEY MAKE ALL THEIR OWN YOGURT. THEY HAVE ALL THEIR OWN COWS. UM, A LOT OF IT'S ORGANIC. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED IT, UM IT'S SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE THAT NOBODY ELSE DOES WHAT THEY DO, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SAMPLE SOMETHING THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. I HAVE TO SAY THAT UM MYSELF.

COUNCILMAN PENMAN COUNCILMAN VINCENTI, UM AND WE SUBSTITUTED FOR COUNCILWOMAN JESSICA BOILS AND DID THE PICKLE BALL FACTORY GRAND OPENING ON FRIDAY WITH KEITH AND KATHY RAWLINGS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM ALSO WAS AT THE QUARTERS ONE WITH GENERAL EDMONDSON. UM AND OF COURSE, HE HAD TO ASK ME ABOUT AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT. IF THE FOOD WAS ANY GOOD, AND I MIGHT KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. UM SO I DID TELL HIM THAT AND THEN FRIDAY NIGHT WAS THE END OF HANUKKAH. SO I WANT TO WISH ALL MY JEWISH PEOPLE. I HOPE THEY HAD A, UH BLESSED HANUKKAH 12 DAYS, LIGHTS AND MY HEART AND MY, UM RESOLVE IS STILL WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND IN THEIR IN THEIR BATTLE OVER THERE, AND HOPEFULLY THEY GET ALL THEIR HOSTAGES BACK . UM THERE'S BEEN SOME THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY AND, UH UH, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT OF DEATH OF ANYBODY, BUT YOU KNOW THE WAY THE HOSTAGES WERE TAKEN AND MURDERED. UM PAUL, THAT THAT'S STILL SO, UM. MS MCCOMAS, I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S ATROCIOUS. UM EVER SINCE COVID AH, DISTRACTED DRIVING IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF CLAIMS PEOPLE ON PHONES, PEOPLE TEXTING, UM, STATE FARM LAST YEAR AND LOOK IT UP HAD A 13.2 BILLION UNDERWRITING LOSS IN THEIR AUTO WHICH RESULTED IN A LIKE ABOUT AN 8 BILLION LOSS IN THEIR OVERALL PORTFOLIO.

THEY'RE NOT ALONE. UM THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY HAS TAKEN MASSIVE HITS, UM, AND PROFITS WITH UNDERWRITING LOSSES. AND NOW AND FOR THE PAST YEAR OR TWO PEOPLE ARE SEEING THAT THEIR RATES ARE GOING UP ON AUTO INSURANCE, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOSE $13 BILLION. IT'S TREMENDOUS NOW THEY CAN. THEY CAN HANDLE THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE 138 BILLION IN POLICYHOLDER SURPLUS, BUT IT CERTAINLY DOES TAKE A CHUNK OUT OF IT, AND THEY DON'T SEE THINGS GETTING ANY BETTER. SO DRIVING IS HORRIBLE. PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING, NO DISREGARD FOR. THEY PASS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE UP HERE AND PEOPLE ARE EVEN PASSING THE BUSSES. WITH THE KIDS NOW THAT WE HAVE THE CAMERAS ON THERE, BUT, UM, YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME, SO AND I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO THANK YOU. I WISH EVERYBODY A GREAT HOLIDAY AND HAPPY NEW YEARS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT MY RED IN FOR THE LAST MEETING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR DANIEL DENNETT, MR RILEY. YEAH, I HAVE THREE EAGLE SCOUTS FROM TROOP 811 ELECTED GRADUATE JONATHAN GALVAN AND ETHAN. WAS QUOTE OF ON OUR CEREMONIAL SATURDAY. UM.

ALSO CAN I DIDN'T GET THAT BOOKLETS HAVE BEEN GIVE ME THAT BOOKLET. I'D APPRECIATE IT. AND I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE IS SAFE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. MISS POLE SADDLES. YES THANK YOU. UM TOMORROW DECEMBER 20TH FROM 430 TO 9 IS THE HARTFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHOP WITH A COP EVENT. THEY WILL BE MEETING AT ABINGDON PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 430. KIDS WILL MOTORCADE WITH THE DEPUTIES TO WALMART, AND THEY WILL HAVE AN EVEN THEIR EVENING ENDING WITH A FULL DINNER PHOTO STATION CRAFT STATION WRAPPING. AND EACH KID

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ON THE NOVEMBER 14TH. WE MET AS A COMMITTEE. MY INITIAL RESPONSE WAS TO ABSTAIN MY VOTE UNTIL I COULD GET MORE INFORMATION ON NOVEMBER 15TH. I UH, SPOKE VIA EMAIL WITH A MEMBER OF THE THREE PIECE STEERING COMMITTEE WHO IN THAT EMAIL SAID, I AM NOT OF THE POSITION THAT THIS PROPERTY SHOULDN'T GET THE TAX CREDIT. BUT WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE CRITERIA THAT IS USED TO DETERMINE IF THEY QUALIFY. WHICH MY OFFICE AT THAT TIME PROVIDED THAT CRITERIA. AND THEN AFTER ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS ON NOVEMBER 16TH CHANGED, MY, UM, VOTE ON THAT COMMITTEE TO A YES FROM ABSTAINING TO A YES, AND BETWEEN NOVEMBER 16TH IN TONIGHT , I'VE HAD MANY MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. EMAILS PHONE CALLS IN PERSON MEETINGS. UM I'VE ALSO MET WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING THE ENTERPRISE ZONE. UM FIXING THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONE AND ADDRESSING THESE PROPERTIES THAT WERE IMPROPERLY PUT IN WITHOUT COMMITTEES BEING FORMED IN THE PAST. UM, SO YOU KNOW. I VOTED TONIGHT BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF STATE LAW, BUT, UM, BEYOND THAT, IT'S NOT THAT ANYTHING'S CHANGED. I'VE BEEN VERY OPEN AND CONSISTENT ABOUT MY COMMUNICATION ON THIS. AND, UM AND YOU KNOW, I HOPE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT THERE ARE THE ENTERPRISE ZONE. BUT MY VOTE TONIGHT IS JUST A REFLECTION OF MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROPERTY QUALIFIED BASED ON THE RULES THAT THE COMMITTEE LOOKED AT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I VOTED THE WAY I VOTED. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM. COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT BUSINESS FROM THE

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QUESTIONS IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER EVERY NIGHT FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF TWO YEARS, BUT I APPRECIATE THIS IS I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME. THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE COUNTY THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME AND EXPRESS YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS TO THIS COUNCIL. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. MAYBE NOT ALWAYS AGREE. BUT THIS IS THE VENUE THAT YOU HAVE FOR THAT PURPOSE. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND A GREAT START TO THE NEW YEAR SAFE AND GREAT START. THANK

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