May 07, 2024 County Council

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THREE. GOOD EVENING CHAIR CALLS ORDER BOARD OF HEALTH UPDATE QUARTER HEALTH UPDATE SPRING

[a. Board of Health Update Spring 2024]

APRIL 16TH. THE EXERCISE WAS HELD AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WITH AGENCY PARTNERS AND LED BY RICK AYERS, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR HARTFORD COUNTY. ON APRIL 17TH. THE EXERCISE WAS HELD AT HARTFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND LED BY LISA SWANK, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CORN COORDINATOR FOR THE HARTFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE INCOMPARABLE IN THEIR FIELDS, AND I KNOW I FEEL BETTER KNOWING THAT THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND PREPAREDNESS. LISA IS RIGHT OVER THERE IN THE CORNER. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING UP MONITORING AND DEON DECONTAMINATION CENTERS.

THIS PART OF THE EXERCISE WAS HELD AT HARTFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AS MAD IS A STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNER IN OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT STAFF WHO WOULD ASSIST WITH THE OPERATION OF A COMMUNITY RADIOLOGICAL RECEPTION CENTER. ROUTINE TRAINING IS PROVIDED TO STAFF REGARDING THE OPERATION OF MONITORING EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE USED TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF CONTAMINATION. IN A REAL EVENT, POTASSIUM IODIDE IS PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS AT A RADIOLOGICAL RECEPTION CENTER IF IT HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER DURING AN EVENT. ALSO IN A REAL EVENT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TWO MONITORING AND DECONTAMINATION CENTERS OPEN ONE AT HCC AND ONE AT FOLSTON HIGH. IN APRIL, OUR HEALTHY FAMILIES AMERICA PROGRAM CELEBRATED PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. PIN WHEELS WERE PLANTED THROUGHOUT THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OUR EDGEWOOD LOCATION. THE PINWHEEL ALWAYS CHOSEN BY PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA AS A NATIONAL SYMBOL TO REPRESENT THE PLAYFULNESS, YOUTHFULNESS AND INNOCENCE OF CHILDHOOD. STAFF PLANTED THESE PINWHEELS TO HONOR THE PC A'S MISSION TO MAKE SURE ALL CHILDREN ARE SAFE AND WELL CARED FOR. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE USED A SIMILAR SYMBOL FOR OUR MEGAN'S PLACE PROGRAM AS A REMINDER, MEGAN'S PLACE IS A SAFE SPACE FOR PREGNANT POSTPARTUM WOMEN WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS WHERE THEY CAN GATHER IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. RECEIVE RESOURCE INFORMATION AND CARE CO ORDINATION TO MEET THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS. OUR POPULATION HEALTH BUREAU. WE HAVE OUR IU. WE MATTER. YOU SYMPOSIUM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BOYS COMING UP. THIS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY MAY 18TH FROM 11 TO 3:30 P.M. AT THE WORLD Y IN ABINGDON. INCLUDED IN THIS FUNNY BAN OR GAME FOOD PRIZES, SCAVENGER SCAVENGER HUNT, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND MORE. AND AS ALWAYS, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WORLD Y IN ABINGDON, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HOLDING THIS EVENT FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. WE STILL HAVE SLOTS OPEN, SO SPREAD THE WORD WE CAN ACCOMMODATE 100 STUDENTS, AND YOU ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AS WELL. THIS WAS A GREAT EVENT. UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CELEBRATED MINORITY HEALTH MONTH WITH DOCTOR BK EDMOND, ANESTHESIOLOGIST AND AUTHOR, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN UPPER CHESAPEAKE. WELCOME DR EDMOND ON THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH FOR A VITAL DISCUSSION ON BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH. DOCTOR EDMUND EMPHASIZED THE CRUCIAL ROLES OF MIDWIVES AND DOULAS IN ENSURING HEALTHY BIRTH OUTCOMES AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY WELLNESS. DOCTOR. EDMUND LED THE DISCUSSION THAT INCLUDED VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND HEALTH FACILITIES AND DELVED INTO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH. IS IMPACTFUL WORK EXTENDS TO THE REALM OF LITERATURE WITH TWO NOTABLE BOOKS NANA AND THE BUSHMAN BUSHMAN AND THE QUILT MAKERS WHERE HE SHEDS LIGHT ON BREAST CANCER AND BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH. WHILE THE EVENT HAD A SHORT PAUSE DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, RANIA CAME TO THE TECHNICAL RESCUE WHILE FELICIA HOPKINS STOOD TO THE MICROPHONE AND FOR AN UNPLANNED RENDITION OF MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN AND DOCTOR EDMOND WAS JOINED IN, JOINED HER IN HER SONG, AND IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS. WE ADDED THE SLIDE BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS SO BROAD AND CAN SERVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS.

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SINCE JANUARY, STAFF AUTHORITY RECEIVED HAVE ALREADY INVESTIGATED 100 COMPLAINTS, AND HERE'S THE PROCESS AND INVESTIGATION IS CONDUCTED OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND OF STAFF DETERMINE THE CONTENTS OBSERVED IN SOLID WASTE. THEY ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION.

STAFF WILL RE REINSPECT THE PROPERTY AFTER THE DEADLINE OUTLINED IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION. AND IF SOLID WASTE HASN'T BEEN REMOVED, THEY WILL ISSUE A REFERRAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. DPW WILL ISSUE A NOTICE OF A ABATEMENT. IF THE SOLID WASTE IS NOT REMOVED BY DPWS ABATEMENT DEADLINE, DPW WILL REMOVE THE SOLID WASTE FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND PLACE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. THIS IS THE MOST COMMON METHOD FOR RESOLUTION IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT COMPLY. OUT OF OUR 230 AVERAGE SOLID WASTE COMPLAINTS PER YEAR ONLY ABOUT 25 PER CENT ARE REFERRED TO DPW. AND ONE MORE SLIDE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CONTENT WITH THE COUNTY CONTINUES AS WE MAKE PROGRESS IN OUR TRANSITION TO THEIR ENTERPRISE PERMITTING AND LICENSING SYSTEM. FORMERLY KNOWN AS EN GOV. THIS IS A SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING, TRACKING AND MAINTAINING BUILDING PERMIT AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUSINESS PRACTICE BUSINESS PROCESS APPLICATIONS.

THE COUNTY IS SUPPORTED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BY PURCHASING COMPUTER SOFTWARE LICENSES FOR OUR OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF AND TABLET COMPUTERS. AN MOU WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY ON MAY 9TH 2023 AND THINGS HAVE PROGRESSED SINCE THEN. WE'RE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NOW ENTERING BUILDING PERMITS AND INSPECTION REPORTS INTO THE SYSTEM, ALLOWING FOR A MUCH MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS ON OUR END AND FOR THE COUNTY. AND THIS IS JUST THE TIMELINE THAT I WON'T READ BECAUSE I DID READ THAT AT THE BUDGET HEARING. SO HERE'S OUR VINYL RECORDS. WE HAVE A NEW LOOK THERE IN THE IN THE VINYL RECORDS DEPARTMENT DUE TO THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR WALK IN BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATE REQUESTS, VITAL RECORDS HAS EXPANDED AND IMPROVED ITS WAITING ROOM. PREVIOUSLY WE HAD CLIENTS LINED UP IN THE LOBBY AREA, SO IT MADE FOR A VERY UNPROFESSIONAL LOOK, WE CONTINUE TO SEE MARYLAND RESIDENTS FROM ALL COUNTIES BECAUSE BECAUSE OF OUR MUCH APPRECIATED WALK IN SERVICE. AND THIS, UM WE HAVE GREAT NEWS. UM YOU CAN NOW PAY YOUR BILL ONLINE. THIS MAKES IT CONVENIENT FOR OUR CLIENTS AND OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC AND OUR CLINICAL HEALTH CLINIC PROGRAMS TO MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS. AND SO NOW, I'D LIKE TO BRING UH DOCTOR SIBEL UP, DOCTOR, JAMIE SIBEL. SHE'S OUR MEDICAL DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER, AND SHE'S GONNA GIVE A CLINICAL UPDATE OF OUR CLINICAL SERVICES PROGRAM. AND ALSO I WANNA WISH ALL THE NURSES UM, A HAPPY NURSES WEEK THIS WEEK. THANK YOU, MARCY. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I AM JAMIE SIBEL, A PREVENTIVE MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AND THE MEDICAL DEPUTY HEALTH OF HEALTH OFFICER AT THE HARPER COUNTY

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IN THE FALL. 85 VACCINATIONS WERE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS IN NEED. A SIMILAR CLINIC WILL BE HOSTED IN EDGEWOOD THIS THURSDAY EVENING. YEP. YEP. THIS ONE. YOU'RE GOOD. THE HARPER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WOODBRIDGE LOCATION HAS EXPANDED OUR FAMILY PLANNING ST I AND PREEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS CLINICAL SERVICES TO INCLUDE TWO EVENINGS A MONTH WITH ENHANCED SPANISH TRANSLATION ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY OUR BILINGUAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT. THIS HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES STAND AS ONE OF THE GREATEST PUBLIC HEALTH ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. THROUGH VACCINATION. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AND IN SOME CASES ELIMINATED MANY DEADLY DISEASES. BY ENSURING THAT CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY ARE VACCINATED. WE NOT ONLY PROTECT THEM FROM ILLNESS, BUT ALSO PREVENT INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR VACCINES FOR CHILDREN OR VFC PROGRAM PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN PROMOTING HEALTH EQUITY BY PROVIDING VACCINES TO CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES MAY FACE FINANCIAL BARRIERS. THIS PROGRAM AVAILABLE AT OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT ENSURES THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO THE VACCINATIONS THEY NEED, REGARDLESS OF THEIR INSURANCE.

OR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE MOST UPDATED IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE FROM THE CDC REGARDING THE VACCINE SCHEDULE. AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE ADHERE TO THESE GUIDELINES AND PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE VACCINATION SERVICES. OUR NURSES METICULOUSLY REVIEW MEDICAL RECORDS AND ENSURE THAT EACH CHILD RECEIVES THE APPROPRIATE VACCINES AT EVERY VISIT. THIS INCLUDES ADHERING TO THE RECOMMENDED VACCINES FROM BIRTH TO SIX YEARS AND BEYOND, AS OUTLINED IN THE SCHEDULE. FOR INSTANCE, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO NOTE THAT CHILDREN ENTERING KINDERGARTEN RECEIVE SEVERAL DOSES OF DTAP, POLIO, MMR VARICELLA AND HEP B VACCINES, AS REQUIRED BY MARYLAND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL ENTRY. HERE WE SEE THE RECOMMENDED VACCINES FOR AGES. 7 TO 18 YEARS. FOR EXAMPLE , 11 AND 12 YEAR OLDS ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE THE T, DAP AND MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO RECEIVE THE HPV VACCINE. WE PROVIDED THESE VACCINES THAT ABERDEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ENSURING THAT OUR RISING SEVENTH GRADERS ARE PROTECTED AGAINST PREVENTABLE DISEASES. I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME VACCINE DATA FROM THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. SO FAR WE HAVE VACCINATED 541 CHILDREN AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH 292 OF THEM BENEFITING FROM THE VFC PROGRAM. NOTABLY OUR EFFORTS HAVE REACHED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY WITH 39% OF OUR CLIENTS REQUIRING BILINGUAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY OUR SPANISH SPEAKING STAFF. OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL, PARTICULARLY DURING OUR FALL 2023 BACK TO SCHOOL WELLNESS FAIR WHERE WE PROVIDED VACCINATIONS ALONGSIDE OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FROM THE TITLE. ONE SCHOOLS. AND OUR MASS FLU CLINIC AT PATTERSON MILL, WHERE WE PROVIDED OVER 200 FREE OF CHARGE INFLUENZA VACCINES. LET'S NOW ADDRESS RECENT CONCERNS REGARDING THE H FIVE N ONE VIRUS , ALSO KNOWN AS BIRD FLU OR AVIAN INFLUENZA. WHILE THIS VIRUS POSES A RISK TO FARM ANIMALS, INCLUDING OUTBREAKS IN CATTLE IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE HAVE BEEN NO KNOWN REPORTED HUMAN TO HUMAN TRANSMISSIONS. NATIONWIDE DATA INCLUDE ONE HUMAN CASE THIS YEAR , NINE STATES WITH OUTBREAKS IN CATTLE AND 36 DAIRY HERDS AFFECTED ALL STATES HAVE BLUE BIRD FLU IN WILD BIRDS, AND ALMOST ALL STATES HAVE HAD POULTRY OUTBREAKS. AT PRESENT, THERE ARE NO KNOWN CASES OF H FIVE N ONE INFECTED, UH, IN IN FARM ANIMALS OR IN HUMANS IN MARYLAND. NEVERTHELESS IT IS CRUCIAL TO ADHERE TO SAFETY PROTOCOLS SUCH AS PASTEURIZING MILK TO MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL RISK. SEEN HERE IS THE H FIVE N ONE GUIDANCE FOR FARM WORKERS, WHICH INCLUDES PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO FOLLOW HARPER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAYS UPDATED ON THIS AND OTHER EMERGING TRENDS THROUGH FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. AND NOW

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WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM FOR SENIORS. THE UM GERIATRIC PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE NEUROCOGNITIVE SCREENINGS AND IS FOR EVERYONE AGED 60 UP. IT IS A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ONGOING PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY SESSIONS AND POTENTIAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC TESTING. CUSTOMIZED INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT NEEDS. PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS A SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH GROUP. FOCUSED ONLY ON FEMALES AGED 60 ABOVE. THIS YEAR , OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BUREAU BEGAN PROVIDING THE INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AND ADOLESCENTS AGED 13 TO 17. THE IO INCLUDES SIX PLUS HOURS OF IN PERSON. WEEKLY GROUP, AND THEY MEET ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM 430 TO 645, A STEPPED DOWN TO A WEEKLY LEVEL ONE VIRTUAL OUTPATIENT ETH AND ADOLESCENT GROUP IS AVAILABLE UPON COMPLETION OF THE IOP, IN ADDITION TO THIS ARE FREE TO BE GROUP FOR LGT BT Q, PLUS TEENS AGES. 12 TO 17 CONTINUES TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS WITH OVER 20 STUDENTS NOW ATTENDING THIS GROUP MEETS ONCE A MONTH. AND I HOPE THIS IS A SURPRISE. BUT HERE WE GO, FINALLY. AND I HOPE WE PULLED THIS OFF. UM I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF. THANK INEZ DUNMIRE FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK SHE HAS DONE FOR THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE HER HUSBAND AND SON ARE IN THE AUDIENCE. UM, AND MAYBE A FRIEND KELLY KELLY NELSON. AND MANY OF HER CO WORKERS, INEZ HAS A TRUE PUBLIC HEALTH SPIRIT AND ONLY THINKS OF OTHERS. WE WILL BE LOSING HER TO THE STATE OF TEXAS , WHERE SHE WILL BE MOVING WITH HER HUSBAND AND SON TO LIVE NEAR THEIR DAUGHTER, SON IN LAW AND HER LITTLE GRAND BABY LUNA. AND AS HAS ONLY BEEN WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE SHORT YEARS, BUT WHAT SHE HAS DONE BOTH AT WORK AND AFTER HOURS IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING. INEZ HAS DEMONSTRATED UNPARALLELED PASSION FOR HER WORK IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BUREAU. IN ADDITION TO HER DUTIES THERE SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, OUTREACH EFFORTS AND CONTINUOUS CARE CO ORDINATION EFFORTS FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S NEW ERA COMMUNITY DOT PROGRAM, WHICH CONSISTS OF A TEAM OF PASSIONATE BILINGUAL STAFF DEDICATED TO HELPING THE LATINO COMMUNITY. HER WORK WITH THIS COMMUNITY HAS GONE WELL BEYOND HER REGULAR WORK HOURS AS SHE HAS HELPED PLAN AND PARTICIPATE IN NUMEROUS AFTER HOURS EVENTS TO SUPPORT THE POPULATION. THIS IS HER PASSION, AND WE SEE IT EVERY DAY. SHE THANKS US ENDLESSLY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THIS POPULATION, BUT WE SEE IT DIFFERENTLY. WE THANK HER HER DEDICATION TO HARTFORD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BEHAVIORAL

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GOOD, SIR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? OH, I'M USUALLY THE ONE GIVING THE SURPRISES. THIS IS SHOCKING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY SECOND FAMILY. THAT'S HOW I SEE YOU ALL. UM THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION. UM PEOPLE LIKE YOU. KELLY. BUT UM I JUST NEED TO BE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND MY GRAND BABY. UM BUT I DEFINITELY ENJOY EVERY SECOND EVERY MINUTE. THAT I SPEND WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU BECAUSE IN MY INTERVIEW TO ANDREA, THE FIRST INTERVIEW, I SAID, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ADDICTIONS.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT MY, UM PEOPLE . THE POPULATION OF HARTFORD COUNTY DO SUFFER FROM ALL THOSE CONDITIONS. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ACCESS. SO IF YOU PROMISE ME THAT YOU WILL WORK ON THAT. I'M YOURS. AND I'VE BEEN THERE FIVE YEARS. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THE NEXT AMAZING JOB GIVING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY, UM, TO SOME OF OUR, UM, POPULATION, SO UM, THAT'S A REWARD I GET. I DON'T CARE IF I WORK 15 HOURS. I DON'T CARE. I JUST HAVE COMPLETELY ABSOLUTELY

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ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COST YOU AWAY. SO WE HAVE A BOARD OF HEALTH APPOINTMENT OFFICE ON MENTAL HEALTH CORE

[b. Board of Health Appointment i. Office on Mental Health/Core Service Agency of Harford County]

[a. Resolution 009-24 (Authorization for Application to SSTAP)]

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO REQUEST ON BEHALF OF HARTFORD COUNTY. YOUR SUPPORT A REV. RESOLUTION 009-24, WHICH IS AUTHORIZING HARTFORD COUNTY TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FROM THE MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR STATEWIDE SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. BASICALLY THIS IS, UM UM, A RESOLUTION ALLOWING THE HARFORD TRANSIT UM ON BE OF HARTFORD COUNTY TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING THAT SUPPORTS OUR HARTFORD TRANSIT LINK BUS SYSTEM. SO THE CURRENT APPLICATION THAT WE WANNA SEND OVER TO THE STATE WOULD REQUEST ABOUT 100 AND $75,000 IN DEMAND RESPONSE FUNDING, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE 4.8 MILLION IN FEDERAL AND STATE OPERATING FUNDS FOR FIXED ROUTES IN AD, A, UM PARA TRANSIT SERVICE AND $900,000 IN FEDERAL AND STATE CAPITAL FUNDING FOR MAINTENANCE OF TRANSIT FLEET. AND IF YOU SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION, AS OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES BECOME AVAILABLE, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW, UH, HARTFORD COUNTY TO APPLY FOR ANY GRANTS THROUGH THE STATE. THE FEDS. THANK YOU, MS RICHARDSON. AND RIDERSHIP IS STILL A MAJOR PART OF THIS, RIGHT? YES AND RIDERSHIP IS

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THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. JUST A QUESTION. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR. UH STATES , UH, FOR TRANSIT PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR, 24 HARFORD COUNTY EXPECTS TO RECEIVE 3.5 MILLION IN STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS REQUIRING A LOCAL MATCH OF 5.4 MILLION UH, THAT LOCAL MATCH HAD TO DO WITH SOME BIGGER BRANDS THAT WE WERE HAD RECEIVED IN YEARS PAST AND THAT WAS GOING TO GO TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUILDING OF A NEW, UM, CENTER DOWN IN A NEW TRANSIT CENTER. UM WE ARE NO LONGER THAT PROJECT HAS PUT IN PUT ON HOLD. SO WE WILL HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. UM AND I I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR THIS GRANT I. I YOU KNOW I AM. UH, I YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE HAVE TO MATCH, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS A DISCUSSION DURING THE BUDGET HEARINGS ABOUT THE LIBRARY. UH NOT BEING KNOW. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A PRETTY INCREDIBLE GRANT BECAUSE OF THE MATCH FUNDING. SO IF, BY CHANCE COULD YOU PROVIDE, UH, A MORE DETAILED LIST OF WHAT THE GROUP MATCHING GRANT WOULD BE TOTAL. CAN I WILL SORT OF GET THAT TO YOU AT A LATER DATE. THAT'S HOW AM I? A TRANSIT ADMINISTRATOR, MR BINS? WHO IS THE, UH, WHIZ WITH THAT? UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT MATCH NOW IS GOING TO GO WITH IT WAS ALREADY FUNDED. SO I THINK IT I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO GO TO PURCHASE NEW BUSES. OUR FLEET IS VERY OLD. WE HAVE A LOT OF AGING BUSES SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT MONEY, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY AND A MORE DETAILED THANK YOU, MISS RICHARDSON. THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE? UM IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP? THERE IS NO SPEAKERS, MR PRESIDENT. THIS WILL GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION 009 24, AND, UH, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT A LATER MEETING. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO BILL 24-0 10 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT, MR

[b. Bill 24-010 (Floodplain Management)]

THAT, UH, ELEVATE SERVICE EQUIPMENT, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY HB A AND EQUIPMENT. UH, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND BOXES ABOVE THE FLOODPLAIN ELEVATIONS. UM OUR CURRENT PROGRAM. ALLOWS

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SO IT DOES IS. IS THAT INCORPORATED INTO THE MUNICIPALITIES THIS OR ARE THEY GONNA FILE SOMETHING DIFFERENT? I'M GONNA ASK MATT C. SORRY. IT'S OK. IT'S ALL RIGHT. MATT IS OUR FLOODPLAIN MANAGER WITH THE DEPARTMENT PLANNING ZONING. UM THEY'VE CHANGED AROUND FLOOD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND BASE FLIGHT ELEVATION, AND NOW THEY DON'T LOOK AT THAT SO MUCH AS HOW CLOSE YOU ARE TO THE TO THE SOURCE OF THE WATER. UM, AND IT'S BECOME A COME A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM FOR SOME PEOPLE WITH THE WITH THE RATES FOR FLOOD INSURANCE. YEAH. SO EACH, UH, MUNICIPALITY IS ITS OWN COMMUNITY IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. SO THIS THIS CODE CHANGE ONLY APPLIES TO HARTFORD COUNTY. IT I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ASK THE SAME THING FOR HAVE GRACE TO DO. AND THEY PROBABLY WILL BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THE CREDIT ALSO. SO IT'S JUST FOR HARFORD COUNTY, NOT NOT THE MUNICIPALITIES DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN ELEVATION CERTIFICATE? UM GOING FORWARD BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ELEVATION CERTIFICATES SO THEREFORE, IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN ELEVATION CERTIFICATE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET THE 15% CREDIT CORRECT. ELEVATION CERTIFICATES ARE REQUIRED BY US. AND FOR ALL SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, S, SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED STRUCTURES AND NEW STRUCTURES.

YES AND THE COST OF AN ELEVATION CERTIFICATE HAS GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. THEY USED TO RUN SOMEWHERE IN THE $700 RANGE, AND THAT HER LIKE UP AROUND 15 TO $1800. SO ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, WELL, THAT THAT'S A BIG INCREASE. I. I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU KNOW, SO THAT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE CLEAR ON WHAT THAT WHAT THAT DOES. I MEAN, I'M I'M OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE GET THE CREDIT. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SEE IF THEY HAD TO HAVE THE ELEVATION CERTIFICATE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE FROM PRIOR GRANDFATHERED IN DIDN'T NEED ELEVATION CERTIFICATES. UM, AND THERE'S ALSO SOME PLACES THAT DIDN'T GET ELEVATION CERTIFICATES AND PLACES IN HAVER GRADES. THEY DIDN'T GET THEM AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEM ON SOME OF THESE CONDOS, AND IT'S BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE. OK? THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE? OR ANYONE SIGNED UP. NO. NO ONE SIGNED UP, OK? THIS WILL GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL FOR BILL 24-0 10 AND IT ALSO BE TAKEN UP AT A LATER DATE. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE

[c. Bill 24-011 (Sediment Control)]

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THAT'S GOING TO SINK SOONER OR LATER AND IT'S GOING ON THE BOTTOM. AND THEN WE GOT TO DREDGE IT. AND NOW WE'RE AT A MILLION DOLLARS AND THIS GUY GETS FINED 20,000 CHUMP CHANGE TO HIM. YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE FALLING. IT'S LIKE FOLLOWING OR OR SUING TRUMP FOR 20,000.

EXCUSE ME, AND I'M GOING TO GET INTO POLITICS. BUT UM UH, THE, UH THE BA, UH, DEBATE JOURNAL REPORT ON OCTOBER, THE 27 2023 SAID IN IN THEIR IN THAT PICTURE IS NOT UP THERE. BUT THERE'S THE MUD BATH OF THE COMING DOWN AND GUNPOWDER. IT SAYS MARYLAND RIVER TURNS ORANGE FOR ALARMING REASON TO POLLUTION FROM THIS SITE IS SO BAD YOU CAN SEE IT FROM OUTER SPACE. IN MARYLAND.

MUDDY RUNOFF FROM CONSTRUCTION SITE SEEM TO BE SUFFOCATING THE ONCE LAVISH UNDERWATER PRAIRIE LIKE ECOSYSTEM, ENDANGERING THE FISH AND OTHER ADEQUATE AQUA ANIMALS. WHAT'S HAPPENING? THE MARYLAND GUNPOWDER RIVER, PART OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHIP SHED WAS ONCE HOME OF A LAVISH SUBMERGED GRACES THAT HOSTED, UH, MU MUCH WILDLIFE, INCLUDING FISH AND CRABS. NOW THE UNDERWATER PRAIRIE HAS BUT DISAPPEARED AND ONCE CLEAR WATER HAS TURNED INTO MUCKY ORANGE COLOR, AS THE BAY JOURNAL REPORTS. THE APPARENT CORPORATE MONEY RUNOFF FROM THIS LARGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CALLED UH, RICHLY RESERVE MORE THAN 100. ACRES OF TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION WERE CLEARED THERE. EARLY IN 2022 THE EXPO SOIL WITH NOTHING TO HOLD IT DOWN, NOW RUNS DOWN THE RIVER WITH AND WHEN SNOW MELTS OR IN RAINFALL. NEXT NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A STREAM. AND THAT'S COMING RIGHT THROUGH. UH UM RIGHT THROUGH OUR AREA. LET ME CUT JOB. THAT'S ABOVE COPENHAGEN PARK, WHICH IS, UH, THAT PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN OCTOBER. UH, 22.

THAT THE PHOTO JUST BELOW IT. UM THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE THE, UH UH THE PIPING THE WATER AND THE SEWER LINES HAVE COME DOWN. THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM ORIGINALLY RESERVED BY THE WAY IS IT'S ON 152 NEAR ROOF 40. THEY HAVE TO COME DOWN THERE AND THEY COME DOWN THE BACK CORNER,

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THEY DIDN'T DO A THING TO FIX THAT. OR OR PUT THE GRASS BACK OR OR PLAN ANYTHING. AND THAT'S WHERE, UH, ALSO, A LOT OF THE RUNOFF CAME FROM. THAT PASSES THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WHAT THEY DID ALSO , THERE WAS A DRAINAGE THERE AND THAT DRAINAGE WAS WHEN IT RAINED AND ALL THE WATER RAN DOWN THE DRAINAGE AND RAN INTO THE CREEK, WHICH RAN INTO THE TO THE, UH UH UH RUMSEY ALLEN J OF TOWN WATER WATER, BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE ANY OF THE MUD WITH IT. WHEN THEY DID THIS, THEY TOOK THAT. UH UH. UH, THAT DITCH OUT BASICALLY, AND THEN WHEN IT RAINED, THE WATER RAN ALL OVER THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND ENTIRE FOOTBALL FIELD GOT FLOODED. THEY COULDN'T PLAY FOOTBALL AND THE GUYS RUNNING THE PROGRAM DOWN THERE. THEY BRING THEIR OWN GENERATORS AND PUMPS AND ALL TO BRING IT OVER TO PUMP THE WATER OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD. SO THEY COULD PLAY FOOTBALL. UH I'VE GOT THE I GOT THE ADMINISTRATION ALL TO GO DOWN THERE AND TAKE CARE OF THAT , AND THEY GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF. SO NOW THE WATER RUNS OFF. CORRECTLY. UH, NEXT PHOTO. NOW THIS IS THE TOP PHOTO. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT FOR A MINUTE. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

COMING RIGHT OUT TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT IS THE IS THE GUNPOWDER RIVER COMING OUT INTO THE OPENING PART AND TO THAT ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK, WHICH YOU CAN HARDLY SEE IS THE IS THE, UH, A BRIDGE THE RAILROAD BRIDGE. THAT'S WHAT IT NORMALLY LOOKS LIKE. NEXT PHOTO. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT RAINS. WATER FROM THE FOSTER BRANCH AS IT MERGES WITH TOWN CREEK IN THE MOUTH OF THE LO GUNPOWDER. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE BRIDGE BEHIND IT. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS WHAT OUR STREAMS NORMALLY LOOK LIKE. UH, BEFORE HACKLEY RESERVE DID THEIR THING.

NEXT PHOTO. AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. NEXT ONE. MORE OF THE SAME STREAM. ALL THAT RUNNING RIGHT DOWN INTO THE GUNPOWDER RIVER. GOODS. SAME HERE. ONE MORE. NOW, THE NEXT PHOTO GO TO THE NEXT ONE, AND THEN WE'LL HOLD UP THERE. THIS THIS IS A PHOTO I'VE JUST TAKEN TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS COMING DOWN 152 AND I SAW THIS. THEY'RE NOW CLEANING ALL THIS OTHER AREA TO BUILD MORE HOUSES. UM AND YOU NOTICE THE ONLY PLACE YOU'D SEE ANY. ANY FENCING IS RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM. MAYBE 2030 FT. THAT WHOLE AREA IS CLEARED OUT ON BOTH SIDES AS YOU NOTICE, AND THAT IS NOTHING BUT CLAY AND MUD AND WHEN IT RAINS, YOU KNOW IT'S ALL GONNA WASH DOWN. NOBODY'S DOING ANYTHING THE FORCE THEM TO PUT UP THE FENCING THAT NORMALLY YOU HAVE TO PUT ON BOTH SIDES OF A OF A PROJECT LIKE THAT. THAT'S JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. NEXT PHOTO. NOW RIGHT IN SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE THERE, YOU SEE THE 120 SOME ACRES THAT THEY CLEARED ALL AT ONE TIME. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE OUT THE 20 ACRE. GRATING UH, REQUIREMENT. UH UH, WITH THAT 100 AND SOME ACRES, YOU WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO DO 20 ACRES AT A TIME OR FIVE OR SIX TIMES, YOU'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THAT'S WHY IT HELPS THE SMALLER GUY BECAUSE THE SMALLER GUY THE CONTRACTOR, HE ONLY HAS 20 ACRES OR SO TO BUILD, UH, HE CAN BE ON PAR WITH THE BIG CONTRACTOR LIKE THIS NOW , DID THEY NOW THAT THE COUNTY GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO DO THAT THEY WHEN THEY TOOK THE 20 ACRES OUT, THEY DIDN'T EVEN PUT ANYTHING ELSE IN IT JUST REMOVED THE 20 ACRES. THEN YOU PUT 30 OR 40 OR 50 OR 100. IT'S NOTHING SO YOU CAN YOU CAN NOW GRADE AND HARFORD COUNTY. YOU CAN GRADE ANY AREA YOU WANT, NO MATTER HOW BIG IT IS, AND THERE'S NO UM, UH , NO REQUIREMENT FROM THE COUNTY FOR YOU TO STOP THAT. UH, DEFINES AREN'T ENOUGH. IT'S PEANUTS. UH UH UH. AND AND BEFORE THAT THEY HAD A THEY HAD WHAT THEY CALL A NRD IN PLACE A NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT, AND THEY ALLOWED THE CONTRACTOR TO DECIDE THAT, UH, YOU CAN HAVE AN IN LARGE DIS DISTRICT, WHICH IS NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT. WELL IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE COUNTY'S PAPERWORK, THE NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT IS A DISTRICT THAT HAS A STREAM RUNNING THROUGH IT AS DEER JUMPING OVER IT. TURTLES

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EXCUSE ME THAT THAT'S THE RIVER BRIDGE THAT GOES ACROSS THE GUNPOWDER RIVER AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT, DOWN IS BALTIMORE COUNTY AND ALL THAT MUD AND IS RUNNING DOWN THERE AND THEY ARE THEY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SITUATION, SO UH, I ONLY HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOK AT THIS AND UNDERSTAND ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE OF US ACTUALLY HAVE, UH UM IN DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE, IT'S PROBABLY A BIG, BIGGER CONCERN TO US THAN ANYBODY OUTSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUILD THAT MANY HOUSES IN A, UH UH, IN A 20 YEAR OR 100 ACRE PLATE. YOU CAN ONLY DO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THERE. THEY'RE THEY'RE SPREAD OUT. BUT UH, WHEN YOU GET INTO AREAS LIKE THIS AND IN DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN HAVE. IF YOU DON'T PROPERLY DEVELOP YOUR COUNTY AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. IF WE ALLOW THIS, 20 THIS NON 20 ACRES TO, UH, STAY IN IN THE LAW IN HARTFORD COUNTY. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. UH, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR PEN? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UM MR GUTHRIE I. I UNDERSTAND. UM THE CONCERN. UM I UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THE LEGISLATION, BUT AND I. I JUST WANT TO TRY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE LEGISLATION IN THE FULL IMPACT OF THE LEGISLATION. SO BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE, UM DO WE HAVE CURRENT REGULATIONS IN CODE THAT WOULD REQUIRE UM, WHEN THEY'RE EXCAVATING LAND TO PUT UP THE RETENTION SO WE DON'T HAVE THE RUNOFF. UH THERE IS. YES THERE IS. THERE'S SOME IN THERE. BUT WHEN YOU AND BUT THAT THAT ALL THOSE LAWS THAT ARE, IN FACT ABOUT, UH, RETENTION AND, UH, CONTROLLING THE WATER AND ALL THAT WERE DEVELOPED FOR 20 ACRE PLOTS NOT FOR 100 AND 100 AND 20 ACRE PLOTS THAT WHAT IS IN PLACE NOW WILL NOT CONTROL WHEN THE CONTRA CONTRACTOR COMES IN AND CLEARS 100 ACRES AT A TIME. IT'S

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EVERYTHING'S COMING FROM THAT SITE. 90% OF ANYWAY, I I'M JUST I'M JUST RELYING ON HIM AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT THAT SAYS THEY USE DRONES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT TO DETERMINE THAT MOST OF IT WAS COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION THAT THAT JUST KIND OF RELYING ON THAT NOW, SO JUST MOVING ON GEOGRAPHICALLY, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. THE ONLY WAY FOR IT TO COME ANOTHER DIRECTION IS WAY OUT THERE TO THE UPPER LEFT. YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TO GET OUT TO THE BAY AND COME DOWN, UH, BUSH RIVER AND COME UP AND TALK TO SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVED THERE FOR 58 YEARS AND A BOATER MYSELF. SO I KNOW THAT ALL THAT ENTIRE AREA LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND. AND THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE FOR IT TO COME FROM, EXCEPT RIGHT THERE. WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A STRUCTURE, THE FOOTPRINT OF A STRUCTURE IS LARGER THAN 20 ACRES. LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A MANUFACTURER, MANUFACTURER AND BUILDING BEING BUILT. AND THAT STRUCTURE IS LARGER THAN 20 ACRES. HOW HOW WOULD THIS WORK THEN? I I, UH UH, STRUCTURE ISN'T ISN'T. UH, UH, IS IN A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. UH, WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT BEFORE, AND WE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS AS LONG AS THAT 20 ACRES WAS IN PLACE. SO UH UH, THEY THIS ISN'T JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS JUST FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT WHATSOEVER. CORRECT. SO IF YOU HAD YOU KNOW? A MANUFACTURING BUILDING. OR TECH JOBS, AND THAT STRUCTURE IS LARGER THAN 20 ACRES. HOW WOULD HOW WOULD WE WORK AROUND THAT? WHERE WOULD YOU GET HOW BIG OF A BUILDING WOULD YOU NEED TO COVER 28? WELL I I'M I'M JUST GOING FROM THE CONVERSATION WITH. SO NOW I KNOW THE WAREHOUSING WAS CHANGED, BUT THEY'RE STILL OPEN TO, UM

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I'M SURE THAT DOESN'T TAKE 20 ACRES BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ALL ALL THOSE BUILDINGS I'VE SEEN FROM FROM THE PICTURES, UH, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PERRYMAN. UH UH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT WHOLE UH I DON'T HAVE MAYBE, UH BE. HE COULD TELL US HOW MANY ACRES THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT UP THERE. UH, BUT I DON'T. I DON'T. I DON'T THINK IT EQUATES TO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING 388 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR BIG TOWN HOMES AND SINGLE FAMILY. SPEAKING OF, YOU KNOW, UH, EXPERTS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW. UH YOU SPOKE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND, UH, THEY'RE RIGHTFULLY CONCERNED. BUT HAVE YOU SPOKE TO ANY PROFESSIONALS IN THE SITE? WORK EPI EPI. EXCUSE ME.

EXCAVATION CONTRACTORS IN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OR ENGINEERS TESTIFY TONIGHT. UM WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL ENGINEERS IN OUR, UH, RUMSEY ISLAND RESIDENT. UH, ASSOCIATION. I'M ON THE BOARD. UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO TEST THE WATER ALL THE TIME PROFESSIONAL TESTERS TO DECIDE WHETHER WE CAN LET OUR GRANDCHILDREN OR CHILDREN SWIM IN IT, AND IT'S AND IT'S POLLUTED AND IT WILL WORK. YOU YOU YOU'RE GONNA HEAR SOME OF THAT TESTIMONY SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND. UM LET'S JUST SAY YOU HAVE THIS 100 ACRE, SO THEY'RE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO 20 ACRES AT A TIME. BUILD THE HOMES COMPLETELY WITH, YOU KNOW, ASPHALT, UM, STRUCTURES AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 20. ACRES. IS WOULD THAT BE RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS FOR GENERATIONS HERE. ANY PROBLEMS THE CONTRACTORS BROUGHT IN YEARS. ALL THE WAY BACK. AS FAR AS WE KNOW, NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT BILL THAT'S BEEN IN THE BILL UP TO 2017 TILL A PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION TOOK IT OUT. OH, AGAIN. I'M I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT YOU KNOW, UM, JUST THINKING ABOUT THE CONCERNS OF, UM THE IMPACT WHERE THEY USE DIRT FROM ONE SIDE AND PUSH IT TO THE OTHER. UH SO THEY HAVE PROPER DRAINAGE, SO IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE FULL SCALE AND PUSH THAT DIRT, UH, TO LEVEL THINGS, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE EROSION ISSUES IN THE FUTURE. UM YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ONE CONSIDERATION THAT THAT POPPED IN MY MIND. AND THEN THE OTHER, JUST I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS IS JUST THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. RIGHT.

SO WHAT IS COST AND HOW YOU KNOW ON EACH DEVELOPMENT TO PROLONG THIS THING, THE DEVELOPER IS NOT GONNA EAT THE COST. IT'S GOING TO BE THE CONSUMER. AND IF THE IF THE COST MORE FOR THE HOUSES BEING BUILT, THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE MORE. SO NOW WE HAVE AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW, WHERE THE COST OF LIVING IS GROWING RIGHT? AND PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD HOMES. AND IF WE ADD THIS COST ON TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM IT'S GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT, AND IT'S GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN HARFORD COUNTY, AND WE'RE ALREADY HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT STRETCHING EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAX AND, UM, INCOME IN TAX. SO YOU YOU HAVE. SO WHAT I'M GETTING FROM YOU IS YOU HAVE NO CONCERN ABOUT THE ABOUT THE WATER OR THE CLIMATE OF OUR COUNTY. BECAUSE IF YOU YOU HAVE NOT HAD A MI A PROBLEM IN OVERALL 100 YEARS IN THE COUNTY WE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS . AND AGAIN I'VE LIVED IN JPA TOWN FOR 58 YEARS. I'VE BEEN ON THE WATER FOR 42. YEARS OF THAT WE'VE NEVER NEVER HAD AAA FLOOD OR A BROWNING OF THE WATER LIKE THAT EVER IN THE WHOLE 50 YEARS I HIT 58 YEARS I'VE LIVED HERE UNTIL THAT DEVELOPMENT CAME.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? THEY'RE ALLOWING TO CLEAN, CLEAR 100 AND 20 ACRES VERSUS 20 ACRES. YOU CLEAR. 20 ACRES YOU CAN TAKE CHARGE IT. YOU CAN TAKE CONTROL OF IT. YOU CAN'T CONTROL 100

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EVERY TIME IT RAINS, YOU CAN'T PUT THE HOUSES UP QUICK ENOUGH. THE COVER THAT LAND SO IT WON'T DRAIN. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S CHEAPER FOR THEM TO GO AND CLEAR ALL THAT YET. DO THEY MAKE IT? LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. I DIDN'T SEE THEM PUT THEIR THAT SAVINGS THAT THAT DEVELOPER GOT, UH, FROM CLEAR THAT LAND. UH, THOSE HOUSES WERE ALL 34 $500,000 II. I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY . UH UH, DOWNGRADING OF, UH, THE COST OF THE HOMES IT IT'S ALL THERE. UH, YOU YOU, UH, HOW YOU CAN EQUATE AND COMPARE CLEARING 100 AND 20 ACRES COMPARED TO 20 ACRES. YOU YOU? YOU GOTTA KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTROL THAT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. THANK GOD SALVO PROPERTY SOLD THEIR PROPERTY TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF THAT. THAT'S ANOTHER 120 19 ACRES THAT WAS GOING TO BE BUILT WITH, UH, HOMES. GUESS WHAT THEY CAN CLEAR IT. THERE'S ANOTHER 120 ACRES RIGHT UP. UH UH UH, UH , ABOVE. UH, UH, 924 AND 24 RIGHT UP THERE. THAT'S UH UH UH UH, GONNA BE DEVELOPED SOMEHOW OR THE OTHER AND WE DON'T KNOW YET. THERE'S A LOT OF ARGUMENTS ABOUT GOING ON. WHAT'S GONNA GO UP ON THAT PROPERTY? THAT'S ANOTHER. THEY COULD GO. BUT THEY START TOMORROW. THEY CAN CLEAR THAT WHOLE 120 SOME ACRES, BOY, LET ME TELL YOU, IT'D BE MORE STREAMS AND WATER RUNNING DOWN THE COUNTY HILLS THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. NO, I'M NOT ADVOCATING, UH, FOR RUNOFF AND THIS PROPERTY OWNER DEVELOPER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. OR THE IMPACT THEY'VE HAD ON OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT. UM MIKE, MY QUESTIONS ARE YOU KNOW IF THE REGULATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON CODE WERE ENFORCED? UM THEN WITH THIS HAVE EVEN HAPPENED AND YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTY. UH, WHEN THIS IS DONE, YOU KNOW, LARGE PLOTS OF LAND ARE DEVELOPED AND CLEARED. YOU KNOW WHAT MEASURES ARE? THEY ARE THEY FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES OF THE CODE IN THE REGULATIONS TO WHERE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN. BUT BECAUSE THIS , YOU KNOW ONE DEVELOPMENT. UH, YOU KNOW, UM WAS CAVALIER ON. UM YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CLEARED THIS LAND, YOU KNOW? THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. BUT ACROSS THE BOARD, IS IT A PROMINENT PROBLEM ? THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. SO WITH THAT I'LL CLOSE FOR THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE'S JUST YOU AND A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS. UH IT AND THE COUNTY FIND THEM. THE STATE'S BEEN ON THEM.

THEY'VE BEEN SHUT DOWN, YOU NAME IT, IT'S HAPPENED. BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THIS BIG WITH THIS LARGE OF A CONTRACTOR, THIS DEFINED HIM 20,000 PEANUTS. PEANUTS NOW, MY BILL DEVELOPED, UH, DOUBLES ALL THE FINES. UH, ALSO THAT'S IN THE BILL. UH, BUT EVEN AT THAT YOU YOU COULD QUADRUPLE AND IT AND IT IT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH. UH UH, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH , YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS TO DREDGE THE, UH, GUNPOWDER RIVER WHEN IT'S WHEN IT'S TIME TO DREDGE IT, WHICH IS NOW GOING TO BE A LOT SOONER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT MUD COMES IN THERE AND YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT IT DOES TO THE ECONOMY. HERE'S WHAT IT'S DONE TO THE ECONOMY. YOU FEEL THAT WHOLE RIVER UP, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT MUD STOPS ALL BOATING. THERE'S PROBABLY 1000 BOATS. YOU KNOW IN THAT AREA AND THE REASON IT STOPS BOATING IS BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT HAS A BOAT KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING OUT THERE AND YOU GOT YOUR MOTORS RUNNING IN A BOAT. IT SUCKS UP THE WATER. THAT'S GOT ALL THIS MONEY IN IT, AND IT GOES RIGHT THROUGH YOUR AND YOU PUMP IT OUT THE BACK THROUGH THE EXHAUST THAT MUD DROPS IN YOUR ENGINE. AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ALL KIND OF ENGINE PROBLEMS. UH UH, ON TOP OF THAT, THE MARINA THERE UH, JUST CLOSED . MAY 1. THEY SHUT DOWN THE MARINA THERE IN J IT TOWN, THEY SAID BECAUSE, AND I TALKED TO THE GUY THAT HANDLES ALL THAT REAL ESTATE FOR ALL MARINE, MAX, AND HE SAID, WELL, HE'S TIRED WITH THE BRIDGE SITUATION. OF COURSE. THAT MIGHT BE, UH, FIXED BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA REPLACE ALL THE RAILROAD BRIDGES AND FROM NEW YORK TO BALTIMORE. UH, BUT HE SAID HE'S TIRED OF THAT, AND HE'S TIRED OF THE MUD COMING THROUGH THERE FOR, HE SAID. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THEY'VE TAKEN A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION.

UH, IN THEIR INCOME, BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN THAT MUD COMES DOWN LIKE IT'S BEEN COMING DOWN, VOTERS ALL STOP BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO DO TO THEIR ENGINES. IF THEY TAKE IT OUT THERE AND PUMP ALL THAT MUDDY WATER THROUGH THEIR THROUGH THEIR, UH UH, THROUGH THEIR ENGINES. NOT ONLY THAT, UH, THEY'RE NOT SELLING GAS. THEY SELL GAS THERE. BOOTS AREN'T

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SUFFOCATING OUR SEA GRASS. UM, KILLING OUR BIO. DIVERSITY AND MAKING IRRE. ALMOST IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE. UM TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, SO I JUST THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE NOT SO CAVALIER IN THAT CONVERSATION OF OH, WE'LL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. ARE YOU GONNA GO AND SCOOP OUT ALL THE SOIL AND MAKE SURE THE WATER IS CLEAN AGAIN? BECAUSE THE COUNT, YOU KNOW MONEY ISN'T GONNA MAKE MY WATER CLEAN. BUT PREVENTION IS GONNA KEEP MY WATER CLEAN. SO I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT THIS, UM IN A WAY THAT GOES BEYOND DOLLARS AND CENTS, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A LEGITIMATE DOLLAR AND CENTS CONVERSATION TO HAVE THANK YOU, MR BENNETT. MR JORDANA. THANK THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UM DION. THANK THANKS FOR THIS INFORMATION. I, I THINK AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE

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YOU WANT BECAUSE WE PLAY BY THE RULES. HERE'S AN OUT OF STATE OR THAT'S NOT PLAYING BY THE RULES.

SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, UH, COUNCILMAN HO. HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THESE FINDS? CAN CAN WE INCREASE THEM? I DOUBLE ALL OF THEM. I KNOW YOU DOUBLED THEM, BUT CAN WE TRIPLE THEM? CAN WE QUADRUPLE? PUT AN AMENDMENT. I'LL SUPPORT IT, MAKE IT ANY NUMBER YOU WANT. I'M WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. UH AND I AGREE, BECAUSE THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS, UH, YOU KNOW, TO STRAIGHTEN OUT A MESS LIKE THIS. IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, AND $20,000 FINES, YOU KNOW? WELL, A GUY YOU KNOW, TAKES OUT HIS BUDDIES AND THE GOLF TOURNAMENT AND SPENDS THAT MUCH MONEY SO THAT'S WHY I NEVER TOOK UP GOLF. UM MISS DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FROM THE PUBLIC REASON WE DO, MR PRESIDENT? WE HAVE 14 THIS EVENING. CAN YOU CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER AND PLEASE, UH, REMEMBER TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER, AND YOU HAD THREE MINUTES. MONICA MCHALE, FOLLOWED BY TRACY WAITE. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. HI MY NAME IS MONICA MCHALE. MY ADDRESS IS 2103 WYNDHAM COURT. BEL AIR MARYLAND, 21015. UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR GETTING HERE LATE, BUT I WAS TRYING TO LISTEN IN. UM YOU'RE

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UM AND I WANNA MAKE A SUGGESTION. UM I DON'T KNOW AS AN AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE BILL.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF 20 ACRES AS OPPOSED TO CLEARING A UNLIMITED LAND. UM BUT THEY CAN DEVELOP.

SO I WOULD EVEN LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER SUGGESTION. THAT'S JUST TO WAIT UNTIL THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROCESS IS APPROVED NOT TO ISSUE THE GRADING PERMITS BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING THERE , UM, IN RESPECT TO CADDY FARMS, UM, THE FARM LANDS OF CADY FARMS THAT WAS CLEARED TWO YEARS AGO, AND I STILL SEE GEESE AND SMALL WILDLIFE ON THERE NOT AS MUCH NOW BECAUSE IT'S CLEARED, BUT THAT WAS CLEARED TWO YEARS AGO. AND THANKFULLY, NOTHING YET HAS BEEN PUT ON IT. UM I'VE HEARD RUMORS OF COSTCO AND I DON'T WANNA START RUMORS. UM BUT I SAW TRAFFIC CAMERAS WHEN I CAME UP LAST WEEKEND. AROUND THE PERIMETER. FIVE CAMERAS.

APPROXIMATELY FIVE WHICH I KNOW IS PRETTY HEFTY, CAUSE I CHECKED THE COST JUST FOR ONE BACK WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PERRYMAN. UM SO I JUST I REALLY WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER WRITING ON GIVING THE PERMITS TO DO THE GRADING. AND THEN ONCE YOU DO HAVE THE GRADING TO DO IT BY SECTION SO THAT YOU CAN MANAGE THE WASTE RUNOFF AS IT OR THE SOIL EROSION RUN OFF AS IT'S HAPPENING, BUT WHEN THEY DO THE STABILIZING CAUSE I'VE I'VE EVEN LOOKED AT ABINGDON WOODS. I SEE THAT THE STABILIZING THAT THEY PUT DOWN NOW LOOKS LIKE GRAVEL. AND WHEN I BROUGHT UP TO THE BOB CASSY AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION. I WAS TOLD THAT IS A FORM OF STABILIZATION, AND IT'S JUST VERY HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE IN MY MIND WHEN I COME EVERY WEEKEND, I SEE THE PROJECT, ADVANCING FURTHER, INSTEAD OF STABILIZING IT WITH PLASTIC AND BEING LESS INVASIVE IN THE STABILIZATION, BUT I KNOW THAT'S STILL A FORM OF STABILIZATION. SO UM I JUST I WISH THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE RUNOFF DOESN'T HURT OUR WILDLIFE AND THAT WE DO IT IN RESPECT TO HAVING THE PROCESS FINALIZED AND NOT REALLY STARTING IT IN ADVANCE OF THE PROJECT OF AND KNOWING WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE. UM SO, UM, AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, UM I BELIEVE THAT GRADING PERMITS SHOULD NOT BE ISSUED PRIOR TO FINAL PLAN APPROVALS AND NOT STARTED IN ADVANCE OF PROJECTS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS , PLEASE. HELLO TRACY, WAIT. 617 FOXCROFT DRIVE. BELLA MARYLAND, UM, COUNTY COUNCIL, PRESIDENT, COUNTY COUNCILMAN COUNTY COUNCIL , LADY, UM, I AM IN SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMAN GUTHRIE'S BILL WITH TWO AMENDMENTS. UM BUT I'LL SPEAK ABOUT ONE. I STRONGLY SUPPORT RESUMPTION OF A SMALLER 20 ACRE MAXIMUM. I WITNESSED THE FAILURE TO MANAGE STORMWATER RUNOFF AND CONTROL SEDIMENTATION OF THE HUB BRANCH FOLLOWING CLEARING OF 70 ACRES AT ABINGDON. ABINGTON WOODS. RIGHT AT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MUDDY STREAM RUNNING INTO OTTER, POINT CREEK AND FILLING UP O POINT CREEK AND THE BUSH RIVER. SO HARTFORD COUNTY HAS REALLY CONTRIBUTING A LOT OF MUD TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. HAD BEEN LIMITED TO 20 ACRES THROUGH SOME SPECIFIC NUMBER OF RAIN EVENTS GREATER THAN ONE INCH. THE IMPACT OF THE CLEARING COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER ASSESSED BEFORE MORE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO CRITICAL LOCAL WATERWAYS. I ALSO SUPPORT THE BILL BECAUSE IT INCREASES FINES. UM HOWEVER, I'M OPPOSED TO SECTION J ONE LINES EIGHT THROUGH 10 ON PAGE THREE. WOULD STATE THAT THE FINES COLLECTED QUOTE SHALL BE USED TO CORRECT DAMAGE. THAT IS THE RESULT OF THE FAILURES TO IMPLEMENT OR MAINTAIN EROSION OR SEDIMENT CONTROLS. WHY WOULD THE COUNTY ISSUE A FINE AS A DETERRENT TO SHODDY WORK? I USE THAT MONEY TO REPAIR SOME OF THE DAMAGE DONE

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MICHAEL CHARLTON, FOLLOWED BY SALLY LABARRE. GOOD EVENING, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MICHAEL CHARLTON TWO OR THREE TERRACE VIEW COURT.

CHURCHVILLE, MARYLAND. IN 2017, THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT CHANGED THE DEFINITION IN SECTION 26.17 0.01 OF A GRADING UNIT FROM A MAXIMUM OF 20 ACRES TO THE MAXIMUM CONTIGUOUS AREA ALLOWED TO BE GRADED AT A GIVEN TIME. REMOVING THE 20 ACRE REFERENCE ALLOWS THE LOCAL SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND MD E THE FLEXIBILITY NEEDED TO LOOK AT LARGE PROJECTS HOLISTICALLY. THEY RECOGNIZE THAT FORCING EVERY PROJECT TO A 20 ACRE LIMIT WOULD NOT ALWAYS THE BEST FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. A 20 ACRE LIMIT. CREATED SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE CONSTRUCTION WAS PROLONGED DUE TO EARTH, MOVING MULTIPLE TIMES FROM EACH 20 ACRES INSTEAD OF JUST ONCE. THIS MEANT THERE WAS MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SEDIMENT TO BE RELEASED FROM THE SITE. WITH CONSTRUCTION TAKING LONGER THERE WOULD BE POTENTIALLY MORE RAIN EVENTS THAT CAN CAUSE A RELEASE OF SEDIMENT. NOT ONLY COULD THE SETTLEMENT POLLUTION BE GREATER WHEN FORCED INTO SMALLER GRADING UNITS, BUT EACH TIME DIRT IS MOVED. HEAVY MACHINERY POLLUTES THE ATMOSPHERE WITH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. MOVING DIRT MULTIPLE TIMES EQUALS MORE AIR POLLUTION. THIS ALSO MAKES ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSING. AFFORDABILITY IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW, AND THIS ADDS COST TO A NEW HOME. IT ALSO ADDS COST TO NEW SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS WILL ALSO INCREASE. THE COUNTY JUST APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF PART OF ELMAR FOR A NEW SCHOOL. THIS LEGISLATION WILL MAKE THAT SCHOOL MORE EXPENSIVE. IN SUMMARY. THIS LEGISLATION MIGHT DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD TO THE ENVIRONMENT. BUT IT WILL MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS. PLEASE UM I AM SALLY LABARRE AND I REPRESENT FRIENDS OF HARTFORD. OUR ADDRESS IS PO BOX. 294 ABINGDON, MARYLAND 21009. FRIENDS OF HARTFORD SUPPORTS THE SEDIMENT CONTROL BILL AS DESCRIBED, UH IT REVERSES. UH A BILL FROM BEFORE THAT EASE THE CONTROL OF OUR SET OF SEDIMENT INTO OUR WATERWAYS.

THAT BILL ELIMINATED THE GRADING LIMIT. IT PERMITTED DEVELOPERS TO USE THEIR DISCRETION. IN DETERMINING THE SIZE AND EXTENT OF A CONTIGUOUS AREA TO BE GRADED AT ANY GIVEN TIME. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS LACK OF CONTROL LED TO NOTABLE NEGATIVE SEDIMENT ISSUES, AS SHOWN ON THE PICTURES. WE SHOULD NOT BE. UM FAMOUS NATIONALLY FOR THIS DISASTER. ANY CONSEQUENCE.

IMPOSED. FOR A AGAINST ANY TO CONTROL ANY BEHAVIOR. MUST BE TARGETED. IT MUST BE IMMEDIATE AND IT MUST BE PAINFUL ENOUGH SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO CHANGE THAT BEHAVIOR IMMEDIATELY. A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE. WE CAN'T AFFORD. NO ONE CAN AFFORD THE DEVELOPER. THE HOMEOWNERS.

NO ONE CAN AFFORD THE TRUE COST OF CLEANING UP A DISASTER LIKE THAT. IT WAS ABOMINABLE TO BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN TO BEGIN WITH. WE'RE GLAD THAT IT RACIST. THE FINE. WE'RE GLAD THAT IT RAISES THE INDIVIDUAL, CIVIL FINE AS WELL. WE'RE GLAD THAT IT REDUCES THE TIME REQUIRED, UH, IN BETWEEN IMPOSING THOSE FINES BECAUSE OF BEHAVIOR, REFUSING TO CHANGE. WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS, UH PASSES. UH FRIENDS OF HARVARD SUPPORTS IT. UM I DO HAVE A BIT OF INFORMATION. SOME PUT THINGS INTO CONTEXT. BASED ON MISTER PENCE. PENMAN'S, UH, QUESTIONS. THESE ARE JUST SOME CALCULATIONS . AN AVERAGE WAREHOUSE SIZE IS 17,000 SQUARE FEET. A LARGE WAREHOUSE IS CONSIDERED TO BE ABOUT 100,000 SQUARE FEET. THE MAJORITY OF WAREHOUSES ARE BETWEEN 10 AND 25,000 SQUARE FEET. ONLY A VERY FEW ARE A HALF A MILLION SQUARE FEET. A HALF A MILLION SQUARE FEET. IS LESS

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GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. NANCY PO FOR 11 GREENTREE CIRCLE, ABINGDON. UH, I NEEDED A COMPLETE REWRITE. CAN'T DO IT IN REAL TIME. I WANNA, UH THIS IS BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUTHRIE FOR YOUR EFFORTS, UH, IT IMPACTED YOUR HOME. SO UH, SO YOU UNDERSTAND? WE'VE BEEN MOURNING. THE CA, UH, THE GOVERNMENT HERE FOR YEARS BEFORE THE FIRST SHOVELS HAVE GONE IN THE GROUND THAT THIS IS WHAT WE FACED WITH THE FAVORING OF DEVELOPERS OVER RESIDENTS AND JUST BUILD, BUILD, BUILD. HOW YOU KNOW, JUST HAND THE CANDY OUT TO THE DEVELOPERS. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT PERMITS ARE BEING ISSUED WHERE THEY SHOULD NOT BE AND HOW THEY SHOULD NOT BE. THAT'S THE ROOT CAUSE AND, UM, MONITORING IS HIT OR MISS, UH, YOU SAY THERE'S NOT ENOUGH EMPLOYEES EVERY THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING THE PERMITS, SO NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THEY ARE NOT VIOLATED. IT SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UP TO US. BUSY CITIZENS TRYING TO, UH, DO EVERYONE ELSE'S JOB IN ADDITION TO HER OWN JOBS, SO, UM THE FINES NEED TO BE HEAVIER. UH, SO THAT THEY FEEL THE PINCH AND THEY SHOULD BE FINED AS MANY TIMES AS THEY VIOLATE IF THEY DON'T VIOLATE. THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE AND WITH ALL THE OVER BUILDING OF HARTFORD COUNTY OVER THE DECADES, UH YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN IT IN THE LAST OVER DECADE. I'VE BEEN HERE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE STREAMS POLLUTED TO THIS EXTENT.

BUT WHEN THE LIMITS GO OFF THE DEVELOPERS, THEN WE SEE THESE SORTS OF PROBLEMS. AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY, UM THE DEVELOPERS AND ABINGDON WOODS HAVEN'T BEEN FINED FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO THE HA HA BRANCH. AND WE'RE GONNA, UNFORTUNATELY IF IT CONTINUES, SEE PICTURES LIKE THAT OF A PERMANENT DESTROYED OTTER POINT CREEK ESTUARY CENTER. UH, I DON'T THINK GOD PUT THESE THINGS IN PLACE FOR US TO DESTROY, UM, JUST FOR MONEY. AND GREED AND POWER. UH, SO? SO I ASK ALL OF YOU, UH, AS IF IT WAS YOUR HOME BEING DESTROYED AND IT WILL OUR WATER AND OUR FOOD IS AFFECTED IF YOU EAT CRABS AND WHATNOT, UH SO IF IT HASN'T HIT YOUR HOME YET IT WILL. BUT IT'S HITTING OUR HOMES AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE NOW, SO PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND SUPPORT THIS BILL AND EVEN MAKE IT STRONGER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM.

NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. AMY DIPIETRO 3445, A BOX HILL CORPORATE CENTER DRIVE.

ABINGDON, MARYLAND. UM GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UM I'M A LICENSED ENGINEER WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DESIGNING , UM, LAND DEVELOPMENT SITES, INCLUDING STORMWATER AND MANAGEMENT AND SEDIMENT CONTROL. I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS WITH BILL 24-011. THOUGH WELL INTENDED, LIMITING DEGRADING UNITS IN HARTFORD COUNTY TO 20 ACRES OR LESS WILL NOT ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULTS OF DECREASE SEDIMENT RUNOFF. IN FACT IT MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT REMOVED THE 20 ACRE LIMIT IN 2016. 617 BECAUSE MD E THEMSELVES RECOGNIZE THAT THE LIMIT WAS CAUSING DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO THE LAND BEING MORE VULNERABLE, VULNERABLE TO RUNOFF AND EROSION. ISSUES. HARD FOR COUNT COUNTY FOLLOWED SUIT. SEDIMENT CONTROL IS ALL ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND CONSTANT MAINTENANCE. THE CONTROLS APPROVED BY THE STATE FOR USE ON CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY. I NEED TO BE INSPECTED AND MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF A PROJECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. STATE AND COUNTY REGULATIONS, AND THE SEQUENCE OF A CONSTRUCTION

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DENUDED AREAS NEED TO BE STABILIZED WITH VEGETATION WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, NOT LEFT OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS FOR MONTHS. ADHERING TO THE 20 ACRE GRADING UNIT WILL ONLY DRIVE UP CONSTRUCTION COSTS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CREATE LEGISLATION THAT FOCUS ON FOCUSES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SITE CONSTRUCTION. THERE ARE NUMEROUS PROJECTS OF THIS SIZE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT DON'T HAVE THESE SAME ISSUES. PLEASE DON'T PUNISH THE MANY FOR THE ACTIONS OF A FEW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

BILL TNK, FOLLOWED BY GLORIA MOON. GOOD EVENING, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. BILL T 425 LATIMER ROAD, JPA, MARYLAND. I THINK I SENT YOU SOMETHING IN WRITING ALREADY. BUT I WANT TO JUST ADDRESS SOME OF MR PENMAN'S CONCERNS. FRANKLY, UM AT LEAST THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST SEVEN SHUTDOWNS OF THIS SITE. PRIMARILY IT'S BECAUSE WHEN IT RAINS, THE SILT FENCES GET CRUSHED. BY THE RUNOFF. I'VE GOT PICTURES GOING BACK FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING TO THE SEWER LINE BEING PUT IN SECOND, MRS. SAYS OTHER WATERS FLOW INTO THAT AREA. HE'S ACTUALLY RIGHT. BUT THOSE WATERS. DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I WAS DRIVING. UP ROUTE SEVEN. FROM BALTIMORE ACROSS THE BIG AND LITTLE GUNPOWDER. THEY WERE FINE. THEY WERE IT WAS AFTER HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE. THEY WERE FULL. BUT THEY WERE NOT DIRTY. GOT TO THE FOSTER BRANCH. IT'S ORANGE AGAIN. ALL OF THE RED OR ORANGE WAS COMING IN FROM FOSTER BRANCH GOING INTO THE REST OF THE RIVERS. AND THEN THE TIDE PUSHES IT BACK IN. SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM OTHER RIVERS. BUT IT'S COMING FROM MARS AND GOING BACK IN SO UM PROBABLY TWO THIRDS OF THOSE PICTURES THAT GO BACK ARE MINE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS FOR FIVE YEARS. UM AND THERE'S BEEN NO CONTROL. THERE'S BEEN ESSENTIALLY NO FINES. UM AND IT I THINK THE PROBLEM IS MOST DEVELOPERS KNOW MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE, AND SO THEY CAN'T DO IT. I LIKE I THINK THE IDEA OF THE MANDATORY FINES THAT THE COURT DECIDES AND THE COURT DOESN'T NECESSARILY KNOW ANYBODY . IT COULD BE OBJECTIVE THINGS HARD FOR LOCAL FOLK TO FIND LOCAL FOLK. IT SURE HAS SURE HASN'T HAPPENED BASED ON $20,000 OF FINE SINCE 2022 I THINK THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, SHE IN TROUBLE. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS , PLEASE. GLORIA MOON 2519 JERUSALEM ROAD IN MUDDY JAA, UM, IN IN 2017. THIS BILL CAME UP TO REDUCE UM THE INSPECTIONS AS WELL AS TAKING OFF ALL OF THE CONTROLS ON RESTRICTING THE AMOUNT OF GRADING UM, I'M SURE BACK THEN. WHAT HAPPENED WAS AND THE AND THE VOTE WAS 6 TO 1 COUNCIL DISTRICT. A MIONE VOTED AGAINST IT. ALL THE REST OF THE COUNCIL SAID THIS IS FINE. UH I'M SURE THE CONTRACTORS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND TOLD THE COUNCIL. WELL, YOU KNOW , THIS IS OUR COUNTY. WE'RE NOT GONNA MESS IT UP. WE'RE GONNA BE GOOD GUYS. WE'RE NOT GONNA LET THAT DIRT GO OFF INTO THE WATER. IT TOOK FIVE YEARS, BUT THE DIRT'S OFF IN THE WATER. NOW YOU CAN BLAME AN OUT OF COUNTY OUT OF STATE DEVELOPER BUT THERE IS NO RULE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COUNTY DEVELOPER. SO I WOULD SAY IF YOU REFUSE THIS BILL, TURN IT DOWN. WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AGAIN IN FIVE YEARS. ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES THAT MR GUTHRIE ANNOUNCED AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB BY THE WAY. THEY KEPT THE 20 YEARS. WHY SHOULD WE BE DIFFERENT? LET'S GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS. I SEE NO REASON NOT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOHN MOLAMO, FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH CHAMBERLAIN. YOU'RE THINKING I KNOW HOW TO USE THIS. GOOD EVENING, SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE THERE, PLEASE.

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THE DEVELOPER SIGNED IT, WHO SIGNED THE DRAWING. FIND OUT AND GO TO THOSE PEOPLE. NOW IN GENERAL, I SUPPORT THIS BILL, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S REQUIRED. YOU GOTTA EVALUATE THE SITE. YOU GOTTA FIGURE OUT THE COMPLEXITY. THE GROUND THE SURFACE. EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. AND WHEN YOU SAY OK, WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP IT. AND WE'RE GONNA RIP 100 ACRES. YOU GOTTA HAVE AN ADEQUATE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND LIKEWISE WITH THE CONTRACTOR. YOU GOT LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL.

ANYBODY HERE FROM PETER KIEWIT? BECHTEL. LAURA. MORRISON KNUDSON. NO. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT WITH THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE 100 ACRES. YOU'LL GET A LOCAL OR A REGIONAL CONTRACTOR. AND THOSE ASSETS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. NOW. WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THE FINES IT'S TOO LATE. YOU'RE ALREADY IN A RECOVERY MODE. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T SAY WE'RE GONNA FIND THESE PEOPLE AND IT'S GOING TO BE OK. IT WON'T TO YOUR POINT, MR G AND J, ADA. YOU GET A BOND. NO CONTRACTOR WANTS TO HAVE THE BOND CALLED NONE OF THEM.

BECAUSE IT ADDS TO THEIR CONTINUING COST. AND SO YOU PUT THE BOND TOGETHER SO THAT THE COUNTY CAN CALL THE BOND. AND HE CAN DO THE WORK TO REMEDIATE THE SITE. THAT'S HOW YOU GET THE ATTENTION OF THE CONTRACTORS. AND YOU REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO POST BOND. BECAUSE ONCE THE GROUND CONTRACTOR IS DONE WITH THE DIRT WORK, HE'S GONE. HE DOESN'T STICK AROUND. AND IT'S LEFT TO THE DEVELOPER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX ANYTHING THAT'S LEFT. SO GET THE DEVELOPER AND THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S DOING THE DIRT WORK TO POST THE BOND. AND THE BOND SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT.

THE REMEDIATE THE SITE. AND BRING IT BACK. TO A CONDITION THAT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE RUNOFF THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU DO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. ELIZABETH CHAMBERLAIN. 173 GLENVIEW TERRACE. UM I ASKED TONIGHT I URGE EACH OF YOU, UH, TO VOTE FOR PASSAGE OF THIS BILL. IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. IT MOVES US FORWARD. TO A SLIGHTLY MORE PROTECTED POSITION, WHICH IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UM, ALSO AND UNANIMOUS VOTE ON THIS ISSUE FROM OUR COUNCIL WOULD REALLY HELP THIS COUNTY RIGHT NOW. I WOULD ASK FOR STRONGER MEASURES PERSONALLY, UM, MUCH STRONGER, SUCH AS, UM, STOP KILLING THE NATURAL SYSTEMS OF ROOTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE THAT STOP EROSION. MIGHTY EFFECTIVELY, UM, REPLANT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED IN AREAS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE. AND I'M GLAD YOU TOUCHED ON SOME MORE INJUNCTIVE MEASURES. UH, WHEN A VIOLATION HAPPENS, UM, BUT IF YOU'RE OFFERING FORWARD PROGRESS I FOR 1 A.M. GLAD TO IT. UH I WOULD BE GLAD FOR US ALL TO UNITE AROUND THIS AND TO SEE OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES DO THE SAME. UH AND I DON'T I. I WANTED TO ADD ON SOMETHING BECAUSE MR PENN WAS ASKING. IS THIS HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES, OR IS IT JUST THAT SITE AND IT'S HAPPENING IN MANY OTHER PLACES? UM THIS IS, UH, SORRY FOR THE SMALL VIDEO. I CAN SUBMIT IT IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT IT'S A LONG DEER CREEK AND I MY FAMILY AND I, WE FISH A LOT. WE CRAB WE BOAT. WE DO ALL THOSE THINGS AND, UM, DEER CREEK IS, UM, THAT'S A DEVELOPMENT WHERE THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE OUR FAVORITE TROUT FISHING SPOT IS. AND, UM ONE DAY WE WENT THERE, AND THIS HAD ALL BEEN CLEARED OUT AND MUD WAS RUNNING INTO THE CREEK AND WE ALL THE FISHER PEOPLE HAD TO MOVE WAY DOWNSTREAM. THE BEST SPOT WAS DESTROYED. AND DEER CREEK. I. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SPOT IS IN THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE. I'M NOT SURE. BUT UM, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT IS IN THE STATE OF

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GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KALI PILLARI. AND MY ADDRESS IS 712 SOUTH SHAMROCK ROAD, BELLA. UM I'M ALSO HERE TO SUPPORT BILL 24-11 ON SEDIMENT CONTROL. UM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GUTHRIE FOR INTRODUCING THIS IMPORTANT BILL.

I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE 20 ACRE GRADING CAP. COME BACK. UM, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN

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THE IDEA IS THAT NO ONE WILL HAVE TO PAY IT. UM, BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL FOLLOW THE RULE.

SO AND I WOULD ALSO, UM, SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL UH, ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS ON RUNOFF THAT WERE SUGGESTED BY SOME PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, SUCH AS TAKING ABINGDON WOODS OUT OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONE ENTIRELY. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SABATINO FOLLOWED BY THEO LAGARD.

MY SAL SABATINO. I LIVE OVER IN BARRINGTON VILLAGE OFF A 924. BEING SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED UP HERE SINCE 99. AND RUN AROUND THIS COUNTY. BACK IN THE SIXTIES. AND WATCH THE GROWTH.

AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE HEARINGS THAT I'VE COME TO YOU GUYS HAVE A HARD SLOG TO KEEP THINGS UNDER CONTROL, BUT WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE SAID. THE DEVELOPMENT. ISSUES ARE NOT FOLLOWED AS CLOSELY AS THEY SHOULD BE. AND LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID THE DEVELOPER AND THE CONTRACTOR. ARE NOT THE FRIENDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE ONCE THEY BUILD THEY'RE GONE. THEY TAKE THEIR MONEY. THEY TAKE THEIR JOBS. THEY GO TO THE NEXT PLACE. WHEN CADY HOMES. LEVEL THAT GROUND DOWN WHEN 924. IT WAS LIKE IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, AND THE REASON IS THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T DO RIGHT BY THE CITIZENS OF HARTFORD COUNTY. THESE HEARINGS. SHOULD BE PUT ON THE INTERNET AND TELEVISED FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T GET OUT TO COME OVER AND HEAR ABOUT IT. AND HAVE TO WAIT FOR SIX MONTHS TO FIND OUT WHY CADY HOLMES LEVELED ALL THOSE TREES. AND OVERNIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT. AND I MEAN, THAT'S JUST PART OF WHAT I THINK HAS TO BE TALKED ABOUT. MR SCOTT, IT WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY. BEING SOMEBODY WHO LIVED ON IT ON ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WHEN I WAS A KID IN THE MAGA RIVER. I CAN TELL YOU WHEN IT WAS FIRST. AND AFTER A COUPLE OF HURRICANES NOT ANYMORE. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW TO US AND NEW TO YOU GUYS. YOU YOU'VE YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING IT. YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT. NOW IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

AND, YES, BONDING WILL PUT A STOP. ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR BY EVERYBODY. SO JUST HAD MY TWO SONS. THIS IS A GREAT COUNTY. IT'S GOT TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE JUST TOO MUCH IS CHANGING TOO FAST AND MONEY IS GOD. NOT NOT MY LIFE. SO PLEASE. I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME. APPRECIATE THE

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GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNSEL. UH, MY NAME IS THEO LARD. I SERVE AS THE GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SCOUTS ARE HERE. BECAUSE THE AXIOM FOR THE SCOUTS IS BE PREPARED. AND TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT FROM AND MAYBE IN RETORT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE 2017. UH REMOVAL OF THAT GRADED UNIT AT MD E. THERE WERE ONLY FIVE ENTITIES THAT SPOKE AND PROVIDED COMMENTS STATEWIDE IN REMOVAL OF THAT 2017 GRADING UNIT. NOT ALL WERE FOR, UH IN FACT, I AM A MEMBER OF WATER KEEPERS, CHESAPEAKE THAT HELPS ALL OF THE WATER KEEPERS AND RIVERKEEPERS IN THE BAY REGION, ALL 18 OF US.

UH, DO A LOT OF POLICY AND ADVOCACY WORK DIRECTLY WITH MD E, BUT OF THE LIST THAT ALSO SPOKE TO THE IDEA OF REMOVAL. AND IT WASN'T MANY. IT WAS PRINCE GEORGE'S SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD, THE MARYLAND BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND THE UTILITY SCALE SOLAR ENERGY COALITION. IN ADDITION TO, UM, A COALITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WAS COUNTED AS ONE COMMENT. UM IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT A GRADING UNIT WOULD LOOK LIKE. FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, HAVING THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF TAKING MY SKIFF THAT WE USE FOR MONITORING FOR BACTERIA AND MICROPLASTICS FROM DUNDEE MARINA , JULY, 3RD OF 2022 AND SEEING A MUD LINE STARTING AT MAXWELL POINT AT A PG AND FOLLOWING IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE AMTRAK LINE UP TO FOSTER'S BRANCH. THAT MONDAY. ACTUALLY IT WAS TUESDAY BECAUSE MONDAY WAS THE HOLIDAY OBSERVED. I SPOKE TO AN MBE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL AND SAID HOW COULD IT BE THAT THIS MUCH LAND WAS GRADED AT ONE TIME, AND THEY POINTED TO THIS 2017 RULE CHANGE. SO WITH CERTAINTY I CAN ASSURE THAT HARVARD COUNTY THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS, THE STATE AND THE COUNTY HAS UNDERGONE THE NUMBER OF STOP WORK ORDERS THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS BEING SUBJECT TO, AND CORRECTIVE ACTION ORDERS. THE STATE IS NOT GOING TO HELP HARTFORD COUNTY. ONLY HARTFORD COUNTY WILL HELP HARTFORD COUNTY ONLY YOUR COUNSEL FOLKS WILL HELP. THE CITIZENS AND THE 26 SPECIES OF FINNISH THAT SPAWN AND USE THE TITLE GUNPOWDER AS A NURSERY GROUND. IN THE FALL. MOST YEARS WE HAVE CRABBING BOATS COME UP FROM CRISFIELD. TO CRAB, THE TITLE GUNPOWDER. THEY HAVEN'T DONE SO IN TWO YEARS. WHEN VIRGINIA AND STUDENT MARINE SCIENCE CALLED ME MIDSUMMER LAST YEAR, AND THEY SAID, DID YOU KNOW YOU'VE LOST 30% OF THE SAV THE SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION IN THE TIDAL GUNPOWDER WHEN ALL THE OTHER BAY AREAS ARE INCREASING 10 TO 15. AND YOU KNOW WHY THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. AND I SAID, I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA. LET'S LOOK AT SOME SATELLITE PHOTOS, SO I DIDN'T TREAT ALL OF YOU TO READ THE BAY JOURNAL ARTICLE. IT'S VERY SHORT. IT'S VERY SUCCINCT, MAYBE MORE SO THAN I AM TONIGHT, BUT I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. THAT DION GUTHRIE HAS PUT TOGETHER IT'S 24 0 11, AND I DO THINK IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND I DO THINK THAT HARTFORD COUNTY NEEDS THIS KIND OF IMPROVEMENT IN PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS, MR PRESIDENT.

WITH NO OTHER SPEAKERS. THIS WILL CONCLUDE, UM THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 24 AND 11, AND THE DROP DEAD DATE ON THIS LEGISLATION IS JUNE 5TH, SO THIS WILL BE LOOKED AT AT A FUTURE MEETING. WE WILL GO AHEAD OR. GD EVENING CHAIR CALLS TO ORDER LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 24-0 14

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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LEAD US IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, HELPING US TO SEEK THE BEST RESULTS AND DECISIONS FOR ALL.

WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER ALL OUR MILITARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS. KEEP THEM SAFE AND OUT OF HARM'S WAY. FATHER WE ASK THESE THINGS AND MORE IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. PRESENTATION OF

[4. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS]

GOOD WORKING WITH YOU.

I WANNA BE CLEAR. THIS IS NOT HIS LAST DAY FOR WORK. UH, HE AGREED TO BE AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF MORE YEARS. SO AT LEAST, UM, FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE. WE COULDN'T LET IT GO BY. WE ALSO MIGHT WANNA WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I HAVE TO SAY THAT. OH, YEAH. WE ALSO WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO. SO, UM, BUT I VERY HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, NOT ONLY AS SOMEONE THAT WORKS WITH YOU, UH, BUT SOMEONE THAT HAS KNOWN YOU MORE THAN THIS 40 YEARS. UM I WAS A I WAS A VERY YOUNG FELLOW WHEN I MET YOU THE FIRST TIME. A VERY YOUNG FELLA.

BUT LISTEN, UM WE WANNA BRING UP A FEW OTHER PEOPLE TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THOSE THAT WORK CLOSER WITH YOU THAN I DO, OR ANY ELSE. ANYONE ELSE. UH, DOTTIE, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE? SURPRISED. SHOT. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME. I'M DOTTIE SMITH. AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH BOB FOR 40 YEARS. 40 YEARS. I COULDN'T HAVE WISHED FOR A BETTER WORK ENVIRONMENT A BETTER BOSS. MORE EXCITING. WORK. I MEAN, ZONING HEARINGS ARE LIKE THEY'RE REALLY ROCKING SO FAB. THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR BEING A GREAT FRIEND AND BOSS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS BOB.

AND UM I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER MENTOR. AND UM, THE LEADER THAT YOU ARE HARD WORKING , FAIR, HONEST AND CONGRATULATIONS. YOU DESERVE THIS. THANK YOU. WELL, I KNOW WE

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CONGRATULATIONS. UM I ONLY HAD A SHORT TO WORK WITH YOU. BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE. AND I TICKLED TO DEATH THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE AROUND FOR A WHILE LONGER BECAUSE WE NEED THAT NOW.

AND DOTTIE MADE SURE, TWO OR THREE TIMES THAT I SAID. CORRECTLY AND NOT SOMETHING ELSE . SO YOU TALK BUT BOB, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND AS AS THEY WERE ALLUDING TO THE FACT OF THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU BRING WITH YOU TO EVERY ZONING HEARING. UH, II. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, DOWN THE ROAD. WHEN YOU DECIDE IT'S TIME TO GO TO ROCK HALL FULL TIME, SO, BUT, UH, I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES. YEP. I WILL. THANK YOU, UH, FOR COUNCILMAN AND JESSICA COUNCIL MET COUNCILWOMAN UP SO I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. I DIDN'T DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE IT WAS 40 YEARS. I GUESS WE HAVE DOTTIE TO THANK FOR THAT. RIGHT THE COUNTING UP THOSE ALL THOSE MANY, MANY YEARS. SO I START WITH JOHN HARDWICK WAS COUNSEL PRESIDENT. SO I'VE SEEN A FEW COUNCILS COME AND GO. SOMETIMES THEY'RE GONE. NOT TOO EASILY. BUT THEY WERE, UH AND I HAVE TO SAY JOB AND I'M SITTING HERE AS OBSERVERS OF WHAT YOU ALL DONE. JOB HAS GOTTEN MUCH MUCH, MUCH HARDER. I MEAN, THIS IS A IS LIFE. YOU ALL HAVE A PROFESSIONAL LIFE YOU HAVE HERE IN EXISTENCE IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO. AND UH, I RESPECT WHAT YOU DO. UH, IT'S GOTTA BE JUST EX. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. UM NOTHING WAS VIDEOTAPED BACK.

THEN THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE COUNCILMAN WOULD SHOW UP.

AND COUNCIL EIGHTIES BECAUSE WE HAD WE'VE HAD FEMALES ON THE COUNCIL THROUGHOUT THESE 40 YEARS, I BELIEVE UH, THEY'D SHOW UP MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO FOR THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS THEIR WORK WEEK. THEIR WORK WEEK IS A COUPLE OF HOURS. SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT. UM I'VE SEEN IT CHANGE. UH, IT'S JUST GOTTEN A LOT MORE DIFFICULT, AND I WOULDN'T WANT YOUR JOB FOR ANYTHING. SO I RESPECT WHAT YOU DO. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS. THIS HONOR THANKS VERY MUCH. GUYS WANNA COME ON THE FLOOR OR YOU WANNA.

OK? ABSOLUTELY. SO. YEAH. HEY, BOB. HAVE YOU COME FORWARD ONE MORE TIME. A FEW YEARS AGO. UH, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UH, DECIDED TO HAVE IN THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR DECIDE TO HAVE A COIN MADE A SPECIAL COIN. THEY'RE NUMBERED.

WE'VE ONLY GIVEN OUT A FEW. AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU HAVE THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. YES, THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. RIGHT? YOU DONE?

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

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COUNCIL APPOINTMENT. HARFORD TV ADVISORY BOARD, MISS SADDLES. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF DONALD WAYNE MATHIS. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR RILEY. AND MOVED IN SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF DON MATHIS. ISRAEL DISCUSSION.

MS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT, MR GUTHRIE. MY PLEASURE. DON I MR. PENMAN MR. JORDANO MR RILEY, MY PLEASURE. ALSO, MRS BALSO. HI, MR BENNETT. I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN AFFIRMATIVE. ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED, MR MASS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT, HARFORD TV ADVISORY BOARD AND THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF CINDY MUMBY. MAY I HAVE A 2ND? 2ND? THANK YOU, MISTER JAN.

COMMUNITY SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF MS BUMBY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT. MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN MR. CHANGE GIORDANO, MR. RILEY BALAD. HI, MR BENNETT.

BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES STUDENT APPOINTMENT, MS. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE STUDENT APPOINTMENT OF ELLIE HANSEN. HAVE A SECOND THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. THEY MOVED A SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF ELLIE HANSEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT, MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN MR. JAN GIORDANO. MR RILEY, MRS. POSADOS. HI, MR BENNETT. BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ZERO AND NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. IS MISS HANSON IN THE AUDIENCE. OH, THANK YOU.

HARFORD CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MR BENNETT MAY HAVE A MOTION MR PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF LISA SNODGRASS AND CHARLES KELLY JUNIOR TO THE HARTFORD CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THANK YOU MAY HAVE A 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU, MR J, AND IT'S BEEN MOVING A SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF SNORES, MR KELLY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. DIXON MR. PRESIDENT MR. GUTHRIE HI, MR PENMAN. MR. JAN GIORDANO. MR RILEY, THIS IS BSO.

HI, MR BENNETT. THE SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HEREBY APPROVED. AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD . MR JORDANA COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM B, AMOS THANK YOU MAY HAVE A SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR RILEY. MAYBE SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF BILL AMOS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS MADE FROM MR AMOS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS HE SERVED, UH, WORKING WITH AG PRESERVATION. I DON'T SEE HIM IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I WANNA THANK HIM FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE. AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT HE'S STILL STAYING IN TOUCH AND SERVING ON THE ADVISORY BOARD. MS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT, MR. CAFFREY MR. PENMAN MR. JORDANO MR RILEY? ABSOLUTELY MISS FALSO. HI, MR BENNETT. I DO SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING. MR JORDANO MAY HAVE A MOTION COUNCILOR PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF FREDERICK CIRCUS AND THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF HEATHER MURPHY. ARLENE CALENDAR.

SUSAN HAVILAND, CRYSTAL PATTON, TINA HOFFENBERG, KIMBERLY COOK AND KATHERINE CLIP. THANK YOU.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR PENMAN. MOVE THE SECOND TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENTS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MR JORDANO? SO I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT, UH, FRED? UM DOCTOR FRED, AS HE IS, HE'S HE'S WORKED AT. UM UM STELLA MARRIS. I THINK FOR

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[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS]

UH UH. JUST NEED A MOTION, MR GUTHRIE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER. 0 1024. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR JAN GIORDANO. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECONDED. TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION'S YEAR. 1024 NOW, MR GUTHRIE, IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION, UH, JUST, UH, BRIEFLY. YOU'LL BE HAPPY. I SAID THAT, UM UH, WHAT? WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT, UH WE HAVE, UH UH, A RAILROAD BRIDGES, BOTH CO COVERING THE GUNPOWDER AND THE BUSH RIVER. AND THERE IS A UM WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS ALL THE RAILROAD BRIDGES FROM, UH, BALTIMORE CITY TO NEW YORK, UH, ARE BEING REPLACED, UM, AT $1.9 TRILLION PROJECT WITH THE T. UM THE GUNPOWDER RIVER BRIDGE IS GOING TO COST 30 MILLION. AND UH THE, UH, BUSH BRIDGES GOING ACROSS ABOUT 18 MILLION, UH, THERE WERE 100 AND 25 YEARS OLD, SO IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT TIME.

THEY DID, UH, SOMETHING WITH THEM, BUT WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT SINCE THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING THEM, UM WE WANT THEM TO RAISE THEM UP A LITTLE HIGHER. SO UH, BOATS IN TODAY'S WORLD CAN GET UNDER THEM. UH, WHEN IT WAS BUILT 100 AND 25 YEARS AGO, UM THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THEIR CANOES AND ROWBOATS WASN'T TOO MANY PARA BOATS GOING UNDER THEM BRIDGES THEY CLEAR ABOUT 12 FT UNDER A REGULAR TIDE, BUT WATERS ARE RISING IN, UM WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT KIND OF CLEARANCE. UH UH, MORE OUT THERE. AND SINCE EVERY GONNA BE REPLACING THE BRIDGE THIS YEAR. THIS UH, RESOLUTION AND SPELLS OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF WAREHOUSES. WHICH THE, UH PROPER PEOPLE WILL READ. UM UH WE ARE REQUESTING THEM ON THE THEREFORE I'LL READ IS, UH, THE COUNTY COUNCIL. HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, HEREBY URGES AMTRAK TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE REPLACEMENT BRIDGES FOR THE BUSH RIVER AND THE GUNPOWDER RIVER AS POD BY THE COMMUNITY WITH THE HIGHEST PRACTICAL HEIGHT. UH, UH, PRINCE AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 10 FEE. PREFERRED IN ORDER TO OPEN UP THE ACCESS TO THE UPPER PART OF CHESAPEAKE BAY TO MORE PEOPLE ANYTIME THEY DESIRE, AND, UH, THAT'LL HELP OUT THE JOB OF TAM MARINE. UH, MARINA ALSO, I'M SURE THAT THERE'LL BE A PEOPLE.

UH, ONCE WE KNOW HOW HIGH THEY'RE GONNA RAISE THAT, HOPEFULLY, UH, THERE'LL BE SOMEONE TRACKED TO BUY THAT MARINA AND OPEN IT BACK UP FOR THE PEOPLE, UH, AND WHEN THE BUSH RIVER AND THEY'RE QUITE UPSET. THEY GOT TWO YACHT CLUBS UP THERE. PLUS A MARINA PROBABLY HAVE 1000 VOTERS AND ALONE BETWEEN THOSE THREE PLACES. AND THE BUSH RIVER. THEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA RAISE THE BUSH RIVER BRIDGE. ONLY 3 FT. FROM ITS WHERE IT IS NOW. WELL THAT'S ACTUALLY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE BUSH RIVER BRIDGE OPENS GUNPOWDER BRIDGE.

DOESN'T THE BUSH BRIDGE OPENS? UH FRIDAY'S ONCE A SATURDAYS IN THE MORNING AND THE EVENING AND SUNDAY, UM AT ON EVENING SO AND BOATS CAN GO IN AND OUT, AND THEY CAN BE AS TALL AS THEY WANT

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THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR GUTHRIE. UM MISS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT, MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN MR. JAN JORDANO. MR RILEY , MRS. BALSO. HI, MR BENNETT. I BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE RESOLUTION, 0 1024 IS HEREBY APPROVED. UM BEFORE WE RE BILL 24 0 15 INTO THE RECORD. UH SHABIHA. DID ANYONE ASK ANSWER CRYSTAL'S QUESTIONS TODAY. NO.

RIGHT SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE IT ANYWAY. BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS WE NEED

[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS]

[10. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS]

JUNE 24TH JUNE 4TH 2024 AT 6:45 P.M. IN EAST COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. PLEASE READ AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH THREE TO RESOLUTION 007-24 INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION, PLEASE.

AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ON THE TITLE PAGE AND LINE. 14 AFTER UPDATE INSERT AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ON PAGE ONE IN LINE SIX. STRIKE UPDATE AND SUBSTITUTE. UPDATED AS AMENDED.

AN AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE ON PAGE ONE STRIKE BEGINNING WITH THE IN THE LINE NINE DOWN THROUGH INTRODUCTION. IN LINE 10 AND SUBSTITUTE. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, AND THE APPROVAL OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS WILL AFFECT TAX BACK 33 PARTIAL 28, LOCATED AT 308, EAST YEARS FOR ROAD AND FOREST HILL. IT'S BEING ADDED TO THE SEWER SERVICE AREA AND PLACED IN THE S3 CATEGORY. THE PROPERTY IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS BEING IN THE FUTURE BEST INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM IS PRESENTLY LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE PROPERTY ALSO AFFECTS TAX MAP. 33 PARTIAL 283. LOCATED AT 310 EASTERS FOR ROAD IN FOREST HILL. IT'S BEING ADDED TO THE SEWER SERVICE AREA AND PLACED IN THE S3 CATEGORY. THE PROPERTY IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS BEING IN THE FUTURE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT. THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM IS PRAISING LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS JARRETTSVILLE ROAD FROM AN ADJACENT PROPERTY PARCEL HAS ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR RILEY. MISTER JORDAN AND PLEASE READ A MEMES ONE THROUGH 14 TO BILL 24-009 THE RECORD AMENDMENTS 1-14 TO BILL 24-009 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VICENTE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ON PAGE TWO. IN LINE 22 STRIKE, 1000 FT OF AND SUBSTITUTE 500 FT OF PRE EXISTING AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ON PAGE THREE AND LINE FOUR.

STRIKE PARK OR AND SUBSTITUTE PARK. IN PARENTHESES. AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE ON PAGE THREE IN LINE FIVE. STRIKE FOUR. ANY OTHER CANNABIS DISPENSARY AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE THREE. AFTER LINE FIVE INSERT BE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION A ABOVE NO LOT ON WHICH SUCH

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OR PARK OR AND SUBSTITUTE PARK, OK? AMENDMENT NUMBER 10 ON PAGE FOUR IN LINE 16 STRIKE ANY OTHER CANNABIS DISPENSARY AMENDMENT NUMBER 11 ON PAGE FOUR. AFTER LINE 16 INSERT EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION A ABOVE NO LOT ON WHICH SUCH ESTABLISHMENT IS LOCATED, SHALL BE WITHIN ONE HALF MILE FROM ANY OTHER CANNABIS DISPENSARY AMENDMENT NUMBER 12 ON PAGE FOUR IN LINE 17 STRIKE B AND SUBSTITUTE C AMENDMENT NUMBER 13 ON PAGE FOUR. IN LINE 22 STRIKES C AND SUBSTITUTE D AND THEN 14 ON PAGE FIVE IN LINE FOUR STRIKE D AND SUBSTITUTE E AMENDMENTS TO BILL 24-009. CANNABIS. DISPENSARY. THANK YOU, MR JORDANA. NUMBER 11 CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS.

WE HAVE NONE. 12 ENROLLMENT BILLS. WE HAVE NONE 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE HAVE

[14. NEW BUSINESS]

DUE TO SECOND TO APPROVE MR TULASI, ASSOCIATE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON. MR PRESIDENT, MR. GUTHRIE MR. PENMAN MR. JAN GIORDANO. MR RILEY. MRS FADO, I MR BENNETT I FOR BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE OF FISCAL YEAR. 25 CONTRACT FOR ANDREW COWS. ASSOCIATE PEACE COUNCIL IS HEREBY APPROVED.

ANDREW THANK YOU FOR STAYING HERE ALL EVENING. I SAW YOU COME IN EARLIER. UH, WE APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE US. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. JUDGE EMERY PLITT JUNIOR ALTERNATE ZONING HEARING EXAMINER, MR JORDANO COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 25 CONTRACT FOR EM. EMORY PLATT JUNIOR ALTERNATIVE ZONING HEARING EXAMINER. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR PENMAN. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE, MR PLITT. UM, MR KEARNEY. CAN YOU? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THIS? YES UH, MR K, UH, RIGHT NOW HAS A CONFLICT IN A ZONING CASE THAT WAS SCHEDULED PREVIOUSLY TO APPEAR IN FRONT OF HIM, AND HE REALIZED THAT I BELIEVE ON THE DAY OF THE HEARING, UM SO WE NEEDED TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO COULD HEAR THE

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[17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]

IF I HAVE, UM I'M IN HARTFORD COUNTY CLIMATE ACTION GROUP. I STARTED AN INVASIVE, UM, VINE CUTTING, UM, THE VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT WE GO OUT A FEW TIMES A YEAR AND GET PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND HELP US. UM WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING. THE REASON I'M HERE SPEAKING TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THE THIS SPRING WHAT I'VE SEEN IS SHOCKING AND THIS IS THE MOST URGENT SITUATION. I KNOW. WE HAVE LOTS OF OTHER URGENT SITUATIONS THAT WE FACE. I KNOW WE HAVE A BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS AND THIS IS NOT A BEL AIR PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT A HARTFORD COUNTY PROBLEM. IT'S NOT A STATE OF MARYLAND PROBLEM. I'M GONNA BE RIGHT INTO THE STATE. MY STATE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TOMORROW ABOUT THIS. THESE VINES ARE GOING TO DESTROY EVERY SINGLE TREE, UH, IN WOODS THAT WE HAVE EVENTUALLY IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT, BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AND IT'S NOT JUST FINES. IT'S SOME UNDERBRUSH. THERE'S UM UH, UH, MULTI FLOOR ROWS BUSHES, WHICH ARE DESTROYING THE ECOSYSTEM. UM THE THEY THEY COVER THE GROUND, AND NOTHING CAN GROW SO THE THERE'S BARE DIRT ON THE GROUND, AND THIS BARE DIRT IS WHEN IT RAINS IS ERODING DOWN INTO THE RIVERS AND THE STREAMS IN THE BAY. DEER CREEK GUNPOWDER RIVER, ALL OF IT. SO I'VE I'VE I'VE DRAWN UP SOME DOCUMENTS. UM SEE WHAT THEY ARE, IF YOU LIKE. I CAN GIVE YOU THIS DOCUMENT AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. UM YOU CAN AND SEE A I PUT THE WHAT THE MAJOR INVASIVE S ARE HERE IN

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GOOD EVENING, BILL WHALEN, 415 CEDAR SPRINGS ROAD. BEL AIR MARYLAND, 21015. FIRST I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MISTER KO AND I DID FOR HIS 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO HARTFORD COUNTY. I THANK THEM AS WELL BECAUSE I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE ZONING CODE AND LAW BY READING HIS DECISIONS ON ZONING APPEAL CASES. UH, I ACTUALLY LOST THE CASE TO HIM ON A VERY END, BUT FOUND IT WAS A VERY, VERY DECISION. AS A HEAR AN EXAMINER FOR THE BOARD OF APPEALS, WHICH IS THE COUNTY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE HE HAS DEMONSTRATED HONESTY, INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, IMPARTIALITY, TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS. IN EVERY CASE, UH, HE HAS MADE A FINAL DECISION ON I'VE SET IN ON A LOT OF HIS CASES AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE, HE LISTENS PATIENTLY TO CITIZENS, I MIGHT SAY WITHOUT TIME LIMITS, PROVIDING THEIR PERTINENT TO THE CASE. MR KO FOLLOWS THE LAW, THE COUNTY CHARTER, THE COUNTY CODE AND ZONING CODE WHILE EXERCISING COMMON SENSE AND FAIRNESS IN HIS DECISION. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ HIS FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW THAT LEAD HIM TO HIS FINAL CONCLUSION ON ALL CASES BEFORE HIM. SELDOM HAS HIS CASE HAS BEEN APPEALED OR OVERTURNED. YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT SEE CITY AS A COUNCIL IN THESE NEXT FEW YEARS. MANY CASES

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WHAT WE NEED A STRONG ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW CODE AND DECISIONS MADE. THANK YOU, MR WHALEN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, UH, IN REFERENCE TO MR CAO AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE VALUE THAT HE BRINGS TO THE COUNTY. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS. MR PRESIDENT. AGENDA NUMBER 16 BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL

[16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ]

I SPENT MY MORNING SPREADING MULCH. UM AND THEN MY EVENING CLEANING MY SHOES AFTER SPREADING MULCH. UM BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT, AND IT WAS NICE TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY HELPING EACH OTHER. UH, THAT SAME DAY I ATTENDED THE FRIENDS OF HARFORD ANNUAL MEETING. UH WHICH I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR AND IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR. THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO TALK WITH, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WORK. WHAT WORK NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE DONE. UM LASTLY, I ATTENDED THE RETIREMENT CELEBRATION OF PASTOR NORMAN. UH, FROM, UH, HAVE DEGREES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. UM IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE IN COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATION OF ALL THAT HE'S DONE FOR THE CITY OF HALF DEGREES. HIM AND HIS FAMILY . UM AND JUST THE IMPACT THAT THEY'VE HAD IN THEIR DECADE PLUS SERVING, UH, THE CITY OF HAVE GRACE AS THEY GET READY TO MOVE ON TO BE WITH FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA. UM, IT WAS JUST NICE TO BE THERE REPRESENT. OUR WHOLE COUNCIL AND RECOGNIZING THEM, UM AND ALL THAT THEY DO BEYOND SUNDAY MORNING TO TAKE CARE OF

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JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS. UH, HARTFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S AWARD AND ALSO THE CORRECTIONAL DEPUTIES. UH, GRADUATION. SO UH, ON TOP OF THAT THE FALLEN HEROES TODAY AT THE NORTHERN PRECINCT, AND I DID DO THE SHARK BOWL ROAST ON FRIDAY, ALONG WITH C A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, SO IT'S JUST BEEN, UH, ALONG WITH BUDGET HEARINGS. UH, BUDGET WORK SESSIONS. WE HAD, UM, TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT JUST, UH, BEEN A BUSY WEEKS, AND WE'VE GOT SOME, UH SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS TOMORROW AND THE REST OF THE TIME. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, MR JAMES JORDANO, MR PENMAN. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE ANNUAL FALLEN HEROES MEMORIAL TODAY, UH, TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. THERE HAS BEEN 282 NATIONALLY, UH, FALL, OFFICERS ADDED TO THE MEMORIAL DOWN AT DC, UH, AS WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SEVEN FALLEN OFFICERS HERE, UH, JUST WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SO, UH, IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO AND THAT, UH, WITH A LEVEL OF SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, UH, I KNOW TOMORROW WE HAVE, UH, THE BUDGET HEARINGS PUBLIC, UH, BUDGET HEARINGS, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THAT. UH AND THEN FORMULATING . UH MY RESPONSE, UM TO THE BUDGET AND RECOMMENDATIONS GOING FORWARD, AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR PEN. AND MR GUTHRIE. UH, THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. UH, THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE ABOUT THE TREES. UM THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE I GOT OH, MY DRIVE DOWN JOB REFORM ROAD. I TURNED DOWN SHORE DRIVE AND THAT ABOUT A MILE THERE. IT'S ALMOST THROUGH A PARK. SETTING A LOT OF TREES ON BOTH SIDES, AND IT'S BOTHERED ME THAT I'VE SEEN I. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS SUCH A ACADEMIC EPIDEMIC OR SOMETHING GOING THROUGH THE COUNTY, BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TREES THAT HAVE ALL THIS VINE STUFF GROWING UP ON IT REALLY CONCERNS ME A LOT.

I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING AN ELECTRIC DRILL ELECTRIC SAW OR SOMETHING GOING IN THERE AND CUT THOSE WEEDS DOWN, BUT THEY ARE REALLY GROWING UP THOSE TREES. THAT GUY'S RIGHT. UM UH, I CAN'T SEE NOTHING BUT THESE TREES THAT WILL ENSURE DRIVE THAT THAT'LL PROBABLY, UH UH, DIE IN RECENT IN THE COMING YEARS. IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, UM THE WRITER. WE DO HAVE A BUDGET HEARING TOMORROW. UH AND THEN THE NEXT ONE NEXT WEEK ON 513, BOTH HERE IN CHAMBERS AT AT THE 7 P.M. I, UH I TENDED THE PROJECT CONNECT TO AT EDGEWOOD EPIC CENTER IN IN, UM, IN EDGEWOOD AND AN EPIC CENTER THAT I HAD THE HONOR OF, UH, CUTTING THE RIBBON ON MANY YEARS AGO. UM WHEN WE GOT THE FUNDING FOR THAT OPEN, AND THEY THEY DO A GREAT JOB THERE. ALSO TENDED TO HARTFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S AWARDS . UH IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL THOSE DEPUTIES. I GET THOSE AWARDS FOR WHAT THEY DO. UH, ALSO, UH, FRIDAY WAS AT SUSQUEHANNA WORKFORCE BOARD. UH NETWORK I I'M ON THAT BOARD FOR HARFORD AND CECIL COUNTY. UH, IT, UM THEY THAT BOARD DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF FINDING JOBS FOR PEOPLE IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND CECIL COUNTY. UM, WE PROBABLY GET IN AVERAGE A YEAR. WE PROBABLY GET, UH, ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 5000 PEOPLE. JOBS OVER AT THE PERIOD OF TIME WAS ALSO AT THE FRIENDS OF HARTFORD MEETING. I'D SEE GLORIA IS STILL HERE. I'M SURPRISED SHE'S UP THIS LATE. UH UH. BUT THAT WAS A REAL GOOD MEETING OF, UM, WITH MR BENNETT AND PAT VICENTE, WHO'S ALSO THERE. AN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE CAME AND GAVE A SPEECH FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. LAST NIGHT. WE HAD THE EDGEWOOD J OF TOWN, UM JPA COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. OUR UM UH, GUEST SPEAKER, WHICH I GOT FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE NIGHT WAS, UH, ALEX

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[15. BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT]

UM I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TYPE OF ATTENDANCE WE WILL HAVE, UH, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE LIMITED ON SPACE, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE. TIME AND SPACE FOR THOSE SPEAKERS. UM EVEN IF WE HAVE TO MOVE SOME SPEAKERS OUT AFTER THEY PARTICIPATE, UM SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES, UM AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. WE'VE HAD OUR BUDGET WORK SESSIONS. THEY MOVED ALONG JUST FINE. I THOUGHT THE DIRECTORS AND OTHER PRESENTERS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. UM UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SHERIFF AWARD CEREMONY. THE CORRECTIONS GRADUATION FRIENDS OF HARFORD'S ANNUAL MEETING. UH, THE ABERDEEN ROTARY BULL ROAST. HUGE SUCCESS. NEARLY 500 PEOPLE, UH, THAT MONEY GOES TO SUPPORT ABERDEEN ROTARY AND A LOT OF THE OTHER NONPROFITS AND THINGS THAT THEY BENEFIT. WE ALSO ATTENDED NATIONAL LAW DAY AT THE COURTHOUSE OF THIS PAST WEEK.

AND THEN THIS WEEKEND, THE HAVE A GRACE DECOY FESTIVAL. UH UNFORTUNATELY FOR MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES IN HARTY GRACE, THEY HAD TO BE CANCELED DEFENDERS DAY AND THE FIREWORKS CELEBRATION AND SOME OTHER THINGS BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, BUT, UH, THE SHOW BENEFITED FROM IT. IT PUT PEOPLE INSIDE, DUCKS FLOAT DUCKS FLOAT. UH IT IT PUT PEOPLE INSIDE. WE HAD A GREAT CROWD, AND I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT HOW FAR PEOPLE COME TO OUR EVENTS HERE IN THE COUNTY, UH, FROM, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE STATES TO ATTEND THESE EVENTS, UH, NOT JUST THE DECOY FESTIVAL, BUT OTHER EVENTS. SO, UM AND WITH THAT, I BELIEVE, UH AGAIN. I WANNA I WANNA THANK UH, MR KEHOE AND ALL OF OUR OTHER OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THEY GIVE, GIVE THIS COUNCIL AND, UH, THE COUNTY ITSELF THE CITIZENS, SO, UM, WITH THAT,

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