[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          FIVE. FOUR. THREE. GOOD EVENING. CHAIR. CALLS TO ORDER. LEGISLATIVE SESSION. DAY 24 ZERO 22. I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE JOIN US FOR STANDING WITH THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THIS EVENING'S PRAYER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. FATHER, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING TONIGHT. 
          GUIDE US IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS, HELPING US TO SEEK WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL. WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IN HUMILITY, FAITH, ANTICIPATION, AND EXCITEMENT AS OUR CHILDREN START A NEW SCHOOL YEAR. LORD, WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER ALL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, BUS DRIVER AIDES, ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED IN OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. LORD, WATCH OVER OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS IN OUR LIVES AND FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US. 
          WE ASK THESE THINGS AND MORE IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME, LORD. AMEN. AMEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          [5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS]
PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE NONE. FIVE CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS. APPLICATIONS APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS. COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS. POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF TERESA WALTER. 
          MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE MISS WALTER FOR THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. PRESIDENT? MR. PENMAN. I JUST WANT TO SAY, CHIEF WALTER, HAS BEEN, A BLESSING FOR THIS COUNTY. SHE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST LEADERS I'VE EVER WORKED FOR, IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND WHILE IT HURTS ME NOT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE YES FOR HER, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICTS. BUT, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ROLE ON ON THIS BOARD. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HARFORD COUNTY. THANK YOU, MR. KEVIN. ANYONE ELSE? MR. BENNETT, I JUST WANT TO THANK HER FOR DOING SOMETHING WITH HER RETIREMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY. WHEN I RETIRE, I WILL BE WATCHING TV, BUT, YOU KNOW, ALSO, ON A SERIOUS NOTE, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER ANYTHING COMES UP WITH CHIEF WALTER, IT'S ABOUT HOW WELL SHE RAN HER STAFF, HOW WELL SHE TRAINED HER STAFF, HOW WELL HER STAFF HAS SUPPORTED OUR COMMUNITY SINCE FOREVER. SO I THINK SHE'S A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS BOARD TO HELP SUPPORT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. ANYONE ELSE? CHIEF, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING YOU FOR QUITE SOME TIME. YOU'VE BEEN OUTSTANDING IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, AND WE WELCOME YOU AS LONG AFTER THIS VOTE IS TAKEN. WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME YOU TO THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD. MISS DIXON. MR. PRESIDEN. HI, MR. GUTHRIE. HI, MR. PENMAN. ABSTAIN. MR. GIORDANO. AYE. MR. RILEY. AYE. MRS. BORSODI. MR. BENNETT? AYE. WITH SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE ABSTENTION, THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. CONGRATULATIONS, MISS WALKER. 
          HARTFORD TV BOARD. THIS EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING THAT. WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH THE APPOINTEE. NOT LIVING IN HARFORD COUNTY. SO THAT IS, ONE OF THE GUIDELINES THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY BE REVISITING THAT AT ANOTHER TIME. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION FOR WOMEN. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF ALLISON IMHOFF. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. 
          IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MISS IMHOFF. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MISS DIXON. MR. PRESIDENT. HI, MR. GUTHRIE. HI, MR. PENMAN. HI, MR. GIORDANO. 
          HI, MR. RILEY. HI, MRS. I MR. BENNETT. I THERE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. MISS IMHOFF, ARE YOU IN HERE? OH CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. I SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED YOU. HARFORD COUNTY CULTURAL ARTS BOARD, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF WENDY BODELL. HAVE A SECOND. 
          SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. THIS IS SECONDED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MISS BODLE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MISS DIXON. MR. PRESIDENT, I, MR. GUTHRIE. AYE. MR. PENMAN. 
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AYE. MR. GIORDANO. AYE. MR. RILEY. AYE MR. AYE. MR. BENNETT? AYE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. MISS BODLE. 
          HARFORD CENTER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF VICTORIA SIMONE AND THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF SUE RATMAN AND PATRICK SPICER. MR. BENNETT, YOU SECOND THAT? YEP. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. BENNETT? I LOVE BEING ON THE HARFORD CENTER BOARD. AND, YOU KNOW, SUE AND PATRICK ARE AMAZING TO WORK WITH AND SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE TEAM, AND I'M EXCITED FOR VICTORIA TO JOIN US. IT'S A VERY SPECIAL ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. ANYONE ELSE? MISS DIXON? MR. MR. PRESIDENT. HI, MR. GUTHRIE. HI, MR. PENMAN. HI, MR. GIORDANO. HI, MR. RILEY. HI, MRS. TITLES. HI, MR. BENNETT. I SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 
          ZERO OR NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HEREBY APPROVED. OR ANY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOUSE. THANK YOU. JAMES V CAPTAIN JIM MCMAHON. COMMISSION ON VETERANS AFFAIRS MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTINE MILLER LANE. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. PENMAN. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE NEW APPOINTMENT FOR THE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DIXON? MR. PRESIDENT. HI, MR. GUTHRIE. AYE. MR. PENMAN. AYE. 
          MR. GIORDANO. AYE. MR. RILEY. AYE. MRS. BOYLE SADDLES. AYE. MR. BENNETT? AYE. BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, ZERO IN THE NEGATIVE. THE APPOINTMENT IS HEREBY APPROVED. HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THAT THIS WEEK. THEY WILL BE BRINGING ANOTHER NAME FORWARD AS WELL. NEXT WEEK. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA. THEN SIX 
          [6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. COUNCIL, WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HARFORD COUNTY FOUR H CAMP, MISS KASTNER WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD. PLEASE. 
          MR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. GOOD EVENING. ON BEHALF OF THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR H CAMP AND DEER CREEK OVERLOOK IN ROCKS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US JOIN YOUR MEETING TONIGHT, ALONG WITH ME ARE OUR CAMP BOARD PRESIDENT, KATIE HILLIARD. AND SCOTT SHANE DEITZ, OUR VICE PRESIDENT. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. AND MYSELF, I'M MARTHA KASTNER. I'M THE SALES AND EVENTS COORDINATOR AND WORK IN THE OFFICE. SO THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR H CAMP, THIS JULY 12TH 10TH IS GOING TO BE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS, WHICH WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. WE ARE A FACILITY RUN BY A UNIQUE PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H CLUBS, INC, AND IT IS MANAGED BY A 13 VOLUNTEER CAMP BOARD. WE ARE ACA CERTIFIED FACILITY, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION. WE'VE JUST RECEIVED OUR CURRENT, REEVALUATION FOR THAT. AND WE ARE NOW CERTIFIED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE CAMP RELIES ON EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS, AS WELL 
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AS THE GENEROSITY OF THE PUBLIC, TO CONTINUE TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR COMMUNITY. WHEN POSSIBLE. OUR VOLUNTEERS ALSO SEEK OUT GRANTS AND STATE PROGRAMS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE CAMP FACILITY PROVIDES A PLACE FOR YOUR YOUTH TO LEARN AND GROW. THE MISSION OF THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H CLUBS, INC. IS TO SUPPORT THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H PROGRAM THROUGH ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H CLUBS, INC. IS COMMITTED TO GENERATING PRIVATE FUNDS TO MEET OUR YOUTH NEEDS, AND WE MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE CAMP FACILITIES FOR THE VISITORS. IT SERVES. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP TODAY'S YOUTH BECOME TOMORROW'S LEADERS BY PROVIDING QUALITY EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, OUR CAMP HISTORY AS WE CURRENTLY HAVE 182 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY WHICH WAS TRANSFERRED TO HARFORD COUNTY, FOUR-H CLUBS ON JULY 9TH. I WAS ONE DAY OFF 1925. THIS WAS THE START OF THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H CAMP AT THE ROCKS AND THE FOUR-H. THE FIRST FOUR-H CAMP WAS HELD THAT YEAR. THE CAMP IS THE OLDEST FOUR-H CAMP IN MARYLAND, AND ONE OF THE OLDEST CONTINUOUS USE FOUR-H CAMPS IN THE COUNTRY. WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVE TREE FARM OF 150 ACRES ADJACENT TO THE ROCK STATE PARK AND DEER CREEK, AND WE WERE AWARDED THE HARFORD COUNTY TREE FARM OF THE YEAR MULTIPLE TIMES. THE OLDEST STRUCTURE CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY IS THE SPRING HOUSE. THE KEY FALL FOR FAMILY LED THE EFFORT TO BUILD THE FIRST LARGE CAMP BUILDING, WHICH STILL STANDS TODAY AND IS USED AS A STORAGE BUILDING. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A DORMITORY FOR BOTH OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CAMPS, AND ANOTHER BUILDING WAS BUILT LATER ON, CURRENTLY KNOWN AS THE KRAFT BUILDING. ROCKS LODGE WAS BUILT IN 1950 AND SERVED AS THE CAMP DINING HALL UNTIL THE DEER CREEK OVERLOOK WAS BUILT IN 2008. DEER CREEK OVERLOOK CURRENTLY SERVES AS OUR CAMP DINING HALL. THE SWIMMING POOL ORIGINALLY SPRING FED AND LOCATED WHERE THE CURRENT DALTON PAVILION STANDS, WAS MOVED TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION IN 1960 AND IT WAS RENOVATED IN 2018. THE CARETAKER'S HOME WAS ADDED ON A SEPARATE PARCEL OF LAND IN THE LATE 60S. IT SHARES A DRIVEWAY WITH THE FOUR-H CAMP. THE CAMP CARETAKER RESIDES HERE AND WATCHES OVER THE CAMP WHILE ASSISTING WITH THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF CAMP AND CAMP MAINTENANCE. THE CAMP SERVED AS THE LOCATION FOR THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H FAIR FROM 1961 TO 1987. THE FAIR UTILIZED THE BUILDINGS AND PAVILIONS. THE DORMITORIES SERVED AS THE INDOOR EXHIBIT HALL AND THE DINING HALL SERVED MEALS TO THE FAIR ATTENDEES. THE CURRENT FERNCLIFF PAVILION WAS A SHOW RING WITH A DIRT FLOOR AND THE CURRENT ARCHERY PAVILION SERVED AS HOUSING FOR LIVESTOCK. THERE WAS A WHITE WOODEN FENCE UNDER THE WALNUT TREES NEAR THE SHOW PAVILION FOR TYING LARGER LIVESTOCK. THE OPEN FIELD NEAR THE MAIN ENTRANCE ALSO HAD A WHITE BOARD FENCE, SHOW RING. AIR FACILITIES OF DEER CREEK OVERLOOK IS CLIMATE CONTROLLED. IT IS AN EVENT VENUE THAT WE AND A BANQUET HALL, IT IS A CONFERENCE ROOM ALSO WITHIN THE BUILDING. IT INCLUDES BANQUET HALL FOR UP TO 240 GUESTS, A CONFERENCE ROOM FOR 45 PEOPLE, AND A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN WITH THE CATERERS OF YOUR CHOICE AND RESTROOMS. ROCKS LODGE IS A SEASONAL VENUE RENTALS FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER ONLY, AND OFFERS A RUSTIC LOCATION WITH A FIREPLACE. IT INCLUDES A WARMING KITCHEN, BANQUET HALL, SEATING OF UP TO 150, AND RESTROOMS. THIS IS A RUSTIC INDOOR SETTING FOR GROUPS. WE ALSO HAVE AIRCRAFT BARN WITH THE NURSES STATION. IT IS A 32 BY 84 FOOT WOODEN BUILDING FOR INDOOR ACTIVITIES AND INCLUDES A NURSES STATION WITH OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS. WE HAVE THE DALTON AND THE FERNCLIFF PAVILIONS, WHICH ARE OPEN SIDED AND HAVE A ROOF, AND IT DOES HAVE A CEMENT. BOTH OF THEM DO HAVE A CEMENT FLOOR WITH ELECTRIC AND WATERING ON SITE, 
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ALONG WITH A CHARCOAL GRILL BEING AVAILABLE. IT HAS 28 PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES AND EACH ONE WILL HOLD 165 PEOPLE. THERE IS A VOLLEYBALL COURT AND A GAGA COURT AT THE FERNCLIFF PAVILION. OUR DORMITORIES ARE THE HIGHLAND HALL, HIGHLANDS HALL, FEDERAL HILL A AND B, AND CHROME HILL A AND B. THEY ARE. WE HAVE 265 PERSON CAMPING AND 132 PERSON CAPACITY. WE HAVE SHOWERS AND RESTROOMS ATTACHED TO THE ADJACENT OF EACH. WE HAVE THE ARCHERY BARN, WHICH IS A FEATURES A COVERED PAVILION WITH A DIRT FLOOR AND IS OPEN ON ALL SIDES AND HAS A TARGET AREA AND BACKSTOPS. OUR FACILITIES ALSO HAVE FIRE CIRCLES. WE HAVE AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN, WE HAVE A SWIMMING POOL, CONCESSION STAND, A CABANA, ATHLETIC FIELDS, HIKING TRAILS AND WE DO HAVE AVAILABILITY FOR HIPCAMP SITES AS WELL. IN 2023, OUR SUMMER YOUTH CAMPS WERE HELD AND WE HAD THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H INTERMEDIATE AND JUNIOR AND CLOVER CAMP. WE HAD THE BOYS LACROSSE CAMP, GIRLS LACROSSE CAMP, CECIL COUNTY, FOUR-H CAMP, AND HARFORD MUSIC AND ARTS THEATER CAMP. OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS INCLUDE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H CAMP, COUNSELOR WEEKENDS, CECIL COUNTY FOUR-H CAMP COUNSELOR WEEKENDS, GIRL SCOUT TROOP WEEKENDS, MARYLAND FOUR-H ENGINEERING CAMP CLUB MEETINGS, HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H MEAL APPEAL, HARFORD COUNTY ACHIEVEMENT NIGHT, AND HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H RALLY DAY. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES OF OUR DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT GO ON DURING THE SUMMER WITH OUR CAMPS. WE ALSO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. WE HAVE TWO ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO DESERVING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR APPLICANTS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED AT THE CAMP AND WORKED AS A CAMP COUNSELOR. THE CAMP SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIPS ALSO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH CAMPERS SO THEY CAN ALSO BE INVOLVED IN OUR CAMPING PROGRAM REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. CAMP HOSTED EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H CLUBS HOST FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE HOSTED EVENTS HAVE BEEN TEEN CLUB FOR TEENS BREAKFAST, BREAKFAST WITH SANTA, BREAKFAST, EASTER EGG HUNT WITH THE EASTER BUNNY, STARGAZING NIGHTS, BINGO NIGHTS, TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT, BARN DANCES, AND AN ANNUAL BULL ROAST THAT WE HOLD IN MARCH. JUST SOME MORE FUN PICTURES OF THE CAMP AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H CAMP IS RENTED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS EVENTS AS WELL AS WE ALSO DO HOST SEVERAL NONPROFIT GROUPS TO COME IN. YEP. THAT'S FINE. WE HAVE, SOME OF THE SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN A HIKING TRAIL AND INFORMATIONAL KIOSK, A GAGA BALL PIT, A RETAINING WALL, AND STEPS NEAR ROCKS LODGE. REJUVENATED DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE AND THE POOL AND CONCESSION STAND GARDENS. 
          OH, THE FOUR-H CLUB HAS TAKEN ON THAT AS WELL AS OTHER FOUR-H CLUBS THAT WE ARE GETTING TO HELP US WITH DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND THE CAMP. SINCE HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H CLUB INC, WE ARE VOLUNTEER OPERATED NONPROFIT AND WE NEED ALL THE HELP THAT WE CAN GET. DONATIONS OF ALL KINDS ARE WELCOME AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. SMALLER DONATIONS ALLOW US TO ALLOCATE OTHER FUNDING TO LARGER CAMP IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. YOU CAN GIVE YOUR TIME BY ADOPTING A VENUE OR GARDEN SPACE, GIVING A BASIC MAINTENANCE AND BEAUTIFICATION. VOLUNTEERING FOR CAMP CLEANUP DAYS. CAMP POSTED, HOSTED EVENTS. WE HAVE SKILLED HELP WHICH NEEDS TRADESMEN WILLING TO DONATE THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TOWARDS ONGOING MAINTENANCE REQUIRED TO KEEP THE CAMP OPERATIONAL, AND WE SHARE EVENTS AND POSTS FROM THE CAMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT OUR CAMP HAPPENINGS. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US WITH ONE OF OUR CAMP COMMITTEE, WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO WELCOME ANYONE. AND OF COURSE, WE DO NEED SUPPORT OF MONETARY DONATIONS, CORPORATE 
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SPONSORSHIP, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, AND SKILLED HELP. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT 100 YEARS. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING TOGETHER A 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN JULY, WILL BE OUR BIG EVENT. WE'LL HAVE OTHER EVENTS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE GLADLY INVITE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO COME VISIT US AT THE FOUR-H CAMP. I WOULD BE HONORED TO GIVE YOU A TOUR ANYTIME. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I THINK I MEAN, FOR ME, I THE QUESTIONS HE HAS, BUT I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PLEASURE TO VISIT. THE FOUR-H AREA, THE PAVILION ON MANY OCCASIONS. IT'S AN OUTSTANDING FACILITY, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S UTILIZED, BUT WHEN I GO BY, IT LOOKS QUIET SOMETIMES. 
          SO THE MORE THAT YOU CAN PROMOTE IT, THE BETTER OFF I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE IT, MR. JORDAN. SO GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT VENUES, SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. EVEN THOUGH I KNEW ABOUT IT AND PROBABLY SEEN IT YEARS AGO, I PROBABLY HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE IN A WHILE. SO IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE ALL THIS AVAILABILITY AND TO RENT OUT. BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT SUMMER CAMPS IN 2023. DID YOU NOT HAVE SUMMER CAMPS THIS YEAR? WE DID. WE HELD FIVE SUMMER CAMPS IN 24. WE HAVE FIVE THAT ARE RETURNING IN 25. I JUST HAD ANOTHER INQUIRY TODAY FOR ANOTHER SPORTS CAMP, AND IF WE FILL THAT ONE, WE'LL HAVE ABOUT FOUR WEEKS OPEN, WHICH WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO FILL, THEY RENT THE CAMP FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. WE HAVE BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND CHILDREN THAT SPEND, SPEND THE NIGHT AND BOTH ON AND OFF SITE, THEY COME IN FOR THE DAY AND THEY DO THE DAY PROGRAM AND GO HOME. SO WE DO HAVE THE DORMS. WE HAVE A FULLY STAFFED KITCHEN STAFF, KITCHEN. AND WE DO SERVE THEM ALL THREE MEALS DURING THE DAY. WHEN IS THE I SAW YOU GUYS HAD 2023 ACROSS CAMP WENT IS THAT I ASSUME THAT'S ALL HELD IN THE SUMMERTIME. YES. THEY THEY TAKE TWO WEEKS. TWO. YEAH. THEY'VE BEEN IN FOR 40 SOME YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN THERE. WOW. THEY COME IN FOR TWO WEEKS. THE BOYS COMES IN A WEEK. THE GIRLS COME IN A WEEK. WE DO A HARFORD COUNTY FOUR-H CAMP, WE DO CECIL COUNTY. AND WE BROUGHT IN, CAMP CHESAPEAKE THIS YEAR, AND THEY HAVE BOOKED WITH US FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND WE DO HAVE AN ROTC CAMP COMING IN IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE WEEKEND, IN JUST COMING UP IN ANOTHER WEEKEND. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD SOME BAD LUCK WITH SOME LOSSES THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. HOW'S EVERYTHING WORKED OUT? WE'RE TRYING. WE WERE WE WERE ABLE TO, UTILIZE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME LOGGING THAT HAS KIND OF STABILIZED OUR BUDGET AND THEN ALLOWED US TO, TO REFOCUS, TRY TO GET BACK ONTO THE CAMP IDEA, YOU KNOW, GETTING GETTING EIGHT WEEKS OF CAMP DURING THE SUMMER IS IMPORTANT TO US. WHAT'S THE NEXT, RENOVATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON DOING? WHAT HAS TO BE RENOVATED NEXT? AND WHAT'S WHAT'S THE APPROXIMATE COST OF THAT? WHEN DO YOU PLAN ON DOING IS REALLY THE PARKING AND THE DRIVEWAYS, PARKING AND DRIVEWAYS. YEAH. SO PROBABLY LIKE 35 FOR THE PARKING AND DRIVEWAY. WE'RE GOING TO USE MILLINGS OR ARE YOU GOING TO PAVE MILLINGS. YOU'RE GOING TO USE MILLINGS. YEAH. OKAY. LET ME WHEN ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING THAT, AS SOON AS YOU GET SOME MONEY. WE'RE WAITING. THERE'S A COUPLE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR TO SEE IF THOSE COME THROUGH, YOU KNOW? SO I'VE GOT EVERYTHING LINED UP. SO WHEN? WHEN FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE. OKAY, I'LL WORK ON SOMETHING. TIM. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE, MR. GUTHRIE, YEAH. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO THERE, AND WE APPRECIATE IT. I WAS WONDERING, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT DO YOU DO ANYTHING FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS IN HARFORD COUNTY? THE ARK PEOPLE OR SOMETHING? YOU CAN BRING THEM IN FOR A DAY, OR WE ABSOLUTELY CAN. YES WE ARE WORKING. WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY NECESSARILY SPECIAL NEEDS, BUT WE WORK WITH RHYTHMIC KIDS. THEY ARE NEW TO AIR CAMP THIS YEAR. THEY COME IN ONE SUNDAY A MONTH AND THEY OFFER ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES AT NO CHARGE. AND WE DO THEM. WE GIVE THEM THE CAMP FOR NO CHARGE FOR THAT. AS WELL, I AM REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WITH THE, SPECIAL NEEDS AND THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT WE CAN BRING IN THERE AS WELL. AND TO WELCOME THEM. YES. IN THE ARCTIC, YOU GO TO SOME OF THE ARK HOMES AND ASK THEM, YES, WE WILL BE, YES, YOU GOT TO, YOU GOT TO I HAVE A GRANDSON THAT'S GOOD IN THE ARK. AND HERE IN BEL AIR. SO. YES. 
          GREAT. THEY'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN SOME PROGRAM. I THINK THEY WOULD. THEY WOULD LOVE IT OUT THERE. OH, YEAH THEY WOULD. BEAUTIFUL. THEY'RE OUT IN NATURE AND THERE'S SO MUCH THEY CAN DO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR. GUTHRIE. MR. RILEY, YES, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION I APPRECIATE IT. I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU. 
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I'VE BEEN THERE MANY TIMES, BUT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU OFFER. AND SO I'LL BE TAKING THAT TOUR THAT GOOD. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL THREE OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. HELLO, FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE SON HAS COME TO YOUR CAMP THREE SUMMERS IN A ROW NOW AND HAS LOVED IT. EVEN THE YEAR THERE WAS A BIG STORM WHILE HE WAS AWAY, AND HIS MOTHER WAS VERY SCARED, IT WAS GREAT. AND HE HAD A GREAT TIME AND CAME BACK THE NEXT YEAR. SO, AND I GREW UP GOING TO CAMP. MY DAD WAS A CAMP COUNSELOR. I GREW UP TO BE THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT BROAD CREEK. 
          SO I'M VERY AWARE OF THE OPERATIONS OF CAMP IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND HOW IT'S CHANGED. SO MUCH IN THE PAST 50 YEARS. EXACTLY YES. AND I KNOW THAT'S A IT'S A BATTLE TO PRESERVE YOUR WEEKS RIGHT, TO KEEP OPERATING AS MANY WEEKS AS YOU ONCE DID, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW YOU GUYS HAVE, FLEXED AND CHANGED OVER TIME. 100 YEARS IS A REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE CAMP INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF CAMPS HAVE COME AND GONE IN 100 YEARS. SO THAT'S A HUGE TESTAMENT TO YOU ALL. AND A BIG CELEBRATION, RIGHT? YEAH I MEAN, I HAVE A MEANINGFUL HEART FOR THIS BECAUSE MY FATHER WENT TO CAMP THERE. I WENT TO CAMP THERE. MY CHILDREN WENT TO CAMP THERE. AND I JUST IT BREAKS MY HEART TO THINK THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO IT. AND I AM THERE FIGHTING AS HARD AS I CAN, THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. MR. PENMAN. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDEN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AMAZING FACILITY AND GREAT PROGRAMS THAT I WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF. SO IT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT RESOURCE, FOR THE HERITAGE OF HARFORD COUNTY. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A GROWING, AND LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE. GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. JORDAN. CAN WE GET A COPY OF YOUR PRESENTATION? YOU HAVE IT. YOU HAVE IT. DIGITAL COPY YOU HAVE. OH, YOU HAVE IT. OKAY. I ALSO HAVE SOME PAMPHLETS HERE. IF ANYBODY WANTS A DIGITAL COPY, SO. SURE. AND CARDS. OKAY. I HAVE SOME PAMPHLETS AND THINGS WITH ME. THANK YOU, IF, IF I MAY, I WANT TO THANK MRS. GUNTHER, WHO'S SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION AND INTRODUCING ME TO KATIE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY COUNCIL, NEXT WE HAVE WITH US, DIRECTOR CARL ANDERTON FROM THE RURAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY. GOOD EVENING, SIR. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. TAKE YOUR TIME. WE'RE GOOD. ABSOLUTELY. NO PROBLEM. I HAVE NO SLIDE PRESENTATION. THAT WAS A PHENOMENAL SLIDE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. OF ALL THE SLIDE PRESENTATIONS I'VE SEEN, THAT ONE IS IN MY TOP FIVE. ALL OF YOUR SLIDES. TODAY HAS BEEN BETWEEN HARFORD AND CECIL. YES IT HAS SIR. 
          ABSOLUTELY. AND I THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO MEET WITH ME EARLIER. ABSOLUTELY. THE DAY OF A MEETING. I KNOW THAT WAS VERY, WE'VE HAD A LOT GOING ON, BUT IT WAS, ABSOLUTELY WORTHWHILE. YEP I APPRECIATE IT. AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES UP HERE. AND GOOD TO SEE YOU DELEGATE. YES, SIR. AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, MY NAME IS CARL ANDERTON. I WAS BLESSED TO SERVE MY CONSTITUENTS IN WICOMICO COUNTY IN THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE PAST DECADE, UP UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WHEN THE GOVERNOR REACHED OUT TO ME AND ASKED ME TO TAKE ON A NEW VENTURE, SO, GOVERNOR MOORE, WHEN HE WAS CANDIDATE, GOVERNOR MOORE, SPOKE WITH ME AT SEVERAL EVENTS AND WAS ASKING ABOUT THE FEELING THAT WE HAVE IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE OF KIND OF BEING LEFT OUT, KIND OF NOT FEELING LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE MATTER AS MUCH AS OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE, WHETHER THAT'S TRUE OR NOT. IT IS A FEELING THAT A LOT OF US HAVE HAD OVER THE OVER THE YEARS. AND YOU KNOW, HE IS HE WAS AWARE OF IT AND IS STILL AWARE OF IT. AND HE SAID HE WANTED TO BREAK THAT FEELING. AND SO IN CONVERSATIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR, HE WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO FOCUS, TO HAVE MORE OF A VISUAL PRESENCE, MORE OF A EYES AND EARS IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE, ESPECIALLY PERTAINING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO HE ASKED IF I'D BE WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS VENTURE. AND WITHOUT HESITATION, I SAID, ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, I THINK COMING, YOU KNOW, FROM A VERY CENTRALIZED PART OF THE STATE, SALISBURY ON THE LOWER SHORE, YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE, YOU KNOW, TWO HOURS FROM EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT RURAL FEELING, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW KIND OF OUR MINDSET OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO MORE THAN JUST GET BY AND TO THRIVE AND TO BE THAT CENTERPIECE THAT WE ALL DESERVE. AND SO I AGREED TO TAKE THIS ON, AND, AND I WAS ABLE TO BRING MY PARTNER, KENDALL CAVA. 
          SHE'S LISTENING, WATCHING RIGHT NOW. SHE LIVES IN HARFORD COUNTY. SO THIS COUNTY IS VERY 
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NEAR TO NEAR VERY NEAR. AND DEAR TO HER HEART BECAUSE THEY ARE STARTING THEIR FAMILY HERE. HER AND HER HUSBAND, MICHAEL, IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, I THINK, THEIR FAMILY WILL BEGIN HERE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS VENTURE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HER AS WELL. AND SO MY GOAL IS WORKING THROUGH THE GOVERNOR TO BE HIS EYES AND EARS, TO MEET WITH YOU, TO MEET WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, KAREN HOLT, WHO IS YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEADER HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY. SHE SPENT THE DAY WITH ME, IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND FILLING IN, FILLING ME IN ON THE GROWTH AND POTENTIAL GROWTH AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GROW AND WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO GROW. AND, AND ALL THE ECONOMIC DATA. ANY QUESTION I HAD, SHE HAD AN ANSWER FOR, I'D NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE SO FAR IN THIS TOUR, EVEN I WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME QUESTIONS, I'M LIKE, I GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT. SHE SHE HAD THE ANSWERS RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD. THAT WAS TRULY AMAZING. YOU GOT A REAL GEM THERE. I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT, BUT FOR ME, YOU KNOW, THE POINT IS, IS TO BE IS TO BE THE GOVERNOR'S EYES AND EARS TO BE VISUAL, OUR GOAL WAS TO BE IN HARFORD COUNTY MONTHLY, YOU KNOW, FOR FAR TOO LONG, WE FELT LIKE US ON THE LOWER SHORE. I'M SURE YOU FELT IT THE WAY HERE, THAT WHEN A GOVERNOR OR SOMEBODY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WILL ROLL THROUGH, YOU, LIKE, OKAY, THEY'RE HERE TO TAKE A TOUR AND WE'LL SEE THEM, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT CONFERENCE THE NEXT SUMMER, THE NEXT VISIT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH YOUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH MUNICIPALITIES, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH EVERYBODY TO GATHER INFORMATION THAT PERTAINS SOLELY TO HARFORD COUNTY AND TAKE IT BACK AND PUT IT ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS. AND SO THE GOAL IS TO GET THE GLEAN INFORMATION FROM YOU, WHERE YOU SEE THAT YOU'RE THRIVING WELL, WHERE YOU SEE YOU'D LIKE TO THRIVE BETTER AND TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE GOVERNOR AND TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY THIS ADMINISTRATION IS VERY CENTRIC ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE, FROM WESTERN MARYLAND TO SOUTHERN MARYLAND. I'VE BEEN TO GARRETT COUNTY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO MY HOME WHERE I WAS RAISED IN SOMERSET COUNTY. WE'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE BEEN IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND. AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE ROTATING THE STATE AND MEETING WITH EVERYBODY THAT HAS ANYTHING POSSIBLY TO DO WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND ALONG THOSE LINES, IF YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH STATE AGENCIES WHEN IT PERTAINS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH OR ANYTHING, MD STATE HIGHWAY, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION. WHEN WE WERE IN THE HOUSE, THAT WAS THE THAT WAS MY FORTE, WAS TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF MY PEOPLE WHEN IT CAME TO WORKING WITH AGENCIES. AND SO YOU'RE NOW MY PEOPLE. AND SO I WANT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT YOU'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE MET TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON, ON SOME THINGS TOGETHER. AND SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT WHEN IT WHEN IT COMES TO AN ISSUE WITH, YOU KNOW, NOT GETTING AN ANSWER YOU WANT FROM STATE HIGHWAY OR MD, THESE SECRETARIES TRY TRY THE HARDEST. BUT A LOT OF TIMES INFORMATION GETS LOST. AND SO WE CAN BE THAT REINFORCEMENT FOR THEM FOR YOU TO THEM. AND SO THAT'S OUR GOAL. BUT BUT I WANT TO BE HERE AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. LIKE I SAID MONTHLY AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR IS LISTENING, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DAYS OF HARFORD AND WICOMICO AND GARRETT SOMERSET BEING LEFT BEHIND ARE OVER. YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE TOOLS, THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT, SO YOU CAN HAVE THE ECONOMY AND THE QUALITY, THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT YOU FEEL YOU AND THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE DESERVE. SO AND SO. I JUST WANTED TO STOP BY AND SAY HELLO, MR. PENMAN. ANY QUESTIONS, NOT REALLY NECESSARILY A QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND DISCUSSING WITH US BECAUSE, ECONOMIC STRATEGY IS MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS THAT WE CAN HAVE IN OUR COUNTY SO THAT WE CAN OVERCOME SOME OF THE BUDGET CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. AND MANY OF THE OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS OUR STATE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU USING YOUR EXPERIENCE. AND CREATING STRATEGIES SO WE CAN BETTER SERVE HARFORD COUNTY ON AN ECONOMIC BASIS. SO I WELCOME YO, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER BUDGET PROCESS GOING FORWARD, IN THE YEARS TO COME. NO. ABSOLUTELY. SURE. AND MY GOAL IS TO TAKE THE IDEAS FROM YOU AND PUT THOSE TO PAPER FOR THE GOVERNOR. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE WAY WE'LL DO THIS. IT'S YOUR IDEAS. AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL TAKE THAT TO ANNAPOLIS. THANK YOU. MR. RILEY, CARL, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY, AND I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH MY WIFE DOWN THERE IN ANNAPOLIS. ABSOLUTELY, MAYBE YOU AND I AND MY COLLEAGUE OVER HERE IN DISTRICT C, WE CAN SIT 
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DOWN TOGETHER, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ECONOMIC ISSUES OVER CIGARS. SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE. 
          I WAS AT YOUR LOUNGE TODAY. I SAW YOUR NAME ON THE WALL IN THERE, BROTHER. THANKS FOR COMING UP. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. MR. BENNETT, AS YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THE STATE AND VISITING OTHER COUNTIES, CAN YOU POINT TO ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE AS ECONOMIC SUCCESS IN THE EASTERN, WESTERN, SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE AS FAR AS WHERE, YOU KNOW, REAL GROWTH IS HAPPENING, REAL FINANCIAL, SUCCESS AND STABILITY IS HAPPENING. IT'S HAPPENING HERE. 
          I SEE, YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED TODAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, I MEAN, THE THINGS THAT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING HERE AND YOU'RE LOOKING TO MOVE, MOVE INTO MANUFACTURING AND THE TECH SECTOR. AND I MEAN, IT'S HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S WASHINGTON COUNT, THE GROWTH OUT THERE ALONG I-81 AND WASHINGTON COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THE OCEAN CITY AND WORCESTER COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THE BEITZEL COMPANY OUT IN GARRETT COUNTY WHO, IS AN AMAZING FACILITY IN GARRETT COUNTY. THEY HAVE 600 EMPLOYEES. AND THEY THAT IS THE THAT IS THE PLACE TO GO WHEN YOU NEED SOMETHING MADE TO MAKE SOMETHING. I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY DO OUT THERE. I MEAN, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SUCCESSES EVERYWHERE. BUT I WILL SAY, AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING IT BECAUSE I'M HERE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TONIGHT, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT I HEARD THIS AFTERNOON, YOU GUYS ARE DOING PHENOMENAL, BUT THE GOAL IS, IS TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THE NEEDLE IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO TRAVEL, BUT THEIR SUCCESS IS EVERYWHERE. YOU KNOW, THE PAST FEW YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GROWTH, AND YOU KNOW, SO THE GOAL IS, IS TO CONTINUE THAT TREND AND EVEN FASTER. AND WOULD YOU SAY WHEN YOU VISIT OTHER COUNTIES, THERE'S ANY THREADS OR THEMES THAT YOU FIND IN THOSE SUCCESSES OF, YOU KNOW, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU SEE BLANK INDUSTRY OR BLANK TYPE OF BUSINESS OR BLANK PROJECT THAT'S PULLING A COMMUNITY INTO FINANCIAL SUCCESS. SO, YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT STARTS, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH TAKING WHATEVER IS WILLING TO COME. LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO GET INTO MANUFACTURING AND TECH. IT'S THE SAME SCENARIO IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND DOWN WHERE I'M FROM IN WICOMICO COUNTY. I MEAN, IT'S A COMMON THREAD OF TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD INTO, YOU KNOW, INTO AN EMBRACE. THE 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOW A QUARTER WAY THROUGH THIS CENTURY. AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE AND TOGETHER, I MEAN, YOU CAN FEEL IT ALL ACROSS THE STATE THAT EVERYBODY WANTS THE SAME THING. 
          BUT THE GOAL IS TO PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS STRENGTH HERE. BEING ON THE I-95. YOU KNOW, HAVING HAVING I-95 RUN RIGHT THROUGH YOUR COUNTY, YOU KNOW, AND YOU HAVE ACCESS TO WATER. I MEAN, YOU HAVE SOME TREMENDOUS STRENGTHS HERE THAT SHOULD HELP THAT TO BECOME MORE FEASIBLE. AND I GUESS THE GOAL IS TO SEE WHAT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE STATE WE CAN DO TO EITHER, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZE OR PROMOTE OR OR MAKE IT EASIER FOR BUSINESSES LIKE THAT TO COME HERE BECAUSE THIS IS A DESTINATION FOR THEM, FOR SURE. AND SO WE NEED TO ACCENTUATE THAT AS BEST WE CAN, THANK YOU. SURE, COUNCIL TOMORROW OR THURSDAY, MISS HARRISON, I WILL BE DRAFTING A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR MR. ANDERTON. AND THE STATE, IN REFERENCE TO THE MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELD, HE'S ASKED FOR A FULL LETTER FROM COUNCIL, AND I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. SO IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA NEXT WEEK, I'LL DO MY LETTER IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. WE'LL DO A FULL COUNCIL LETTER AT THE NEXT MEETING IF APPROVED. I APPRECIATE THAT. I MEAN, THAT WAS THE YOU KNOW, THE DELEGATION HAD REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT, LOOKING FOR SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S A VERY VIABLE PROJECT THAT IS A FUTURE ECONOMIC HUB. IF YOU BRING IN THOSE TOURNAMENTS TO THAT BALL FIELD AND SO YOU NEED THE FACILITIES TO MATCH THAT. AND I CAN'T PROMISE ANYTHING OTHER THAN I'LL TRY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I HAD SAID BEFORE, WHEN I WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE ON THE COMMITTEE OF JURISDICTION, SOMETIMES IT TAKES A YEAR, TWO YEARS TO GET SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET IT IN THE QUEUE. AND, AND, AND I THINK IT'S A VIABLE ENOUGH PROJECT FOR ME TO GO TO THE MAT FOR IT. ABSOLUTELY. MR. CARL, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET YOU, BUT, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THIS ROLE? WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT A MONTH? A MONTH? SO. SO NO RESULTS YET. BUT, HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE HIS EAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU, I DON'T WANT TO BRING UP QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS I HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT I. BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY, LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU, YEAH, WE CAN DO IT NEXT TRIP OUT HERE. ABSOLUTELY. AND I WAS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND SOMEBODY WHO TALKS TO 20, 20 BUSINESSES ON A DAILY BASIS, ALONG WITH INDIVIDUALS. I'M HEARING A LOT FROM SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND MID-SIZE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR PAINS, WHICH I HAVE NO PROBLEM SHARING BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY THEY'RE VERY DIRECT WITH ME ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKETPLACE, EVERYTHING FROM, RESTAURANTS, SMALL MANUFACTURING, 
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CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, I JUST I HEAR IT EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ASKING ME QUESTIONS EVERY DAY, TOO, SO TO BE ABLE TO GET IN SOMEBODY'S EAR TO, TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE GROUND FLOOR, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM MOST PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THAT. THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE TO TALK TO PEOPLE EVERY DAY THAT, CONFIDE IN ME. THAT'S GOOD. 
          LET'S DO THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND WE DO HAVE A SMALL SUCCESS ALREADY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND. 
          THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH A LARGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. HAD TO STOP DUE TO SOME GEOMETRIC CHANGES NEEDED TO STATE HIGHWAY, THEY WERE NOT GETTING THE ANSWERS THEY WANTED, SO I TOOK THE SUGGESTION, TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE. AND TWO WEEKS LATER, THEY'RE MEETING ON IT NOW AND GETTING IT WRAPPED UP SO THEY CAN CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION. SO AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS I'M I'M ON THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS BOARD FOR THE A AND B INSURANCE MARKET. AND I THINK IF EVERYBODY HAS JUST SEEN SOME OF THE REPORTS OUT THERE THAT SAID, MARYLAND IS NOW THE HIGHEST STATE FOR CAR INSURANCE, I SAW THAT, YEAH. I DON'T KNOW HOW ACCURATE THAT IS. I HAVE SOME OTHER DATA THAT DOESN'T SAY, WELL, FLORIDA IS USUALLY NUMBER ONE, BUT OUR HOME COSTS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO UP EXPONENTIALLY, MOST LIKELY DUE TO A LOT OF THE STORM CHASERS AND REPAIRING THE ROOFS AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT PEOPLE ARE PUTTING OUT FOR THE ROOFS. SO WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO FIND A SOME WAY TO LOOK AT THAT SITUATION DOWN THE ROAD. AND, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S GOING TO GET OUT OF HAND IF IT'S NOT ALREADY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. RIGHT YEAH. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST LAYER AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FOR PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, MR. GUTHRIE, CARLSON, I'D LIKE YOU TO, I HAVEN'T GOT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IN ON, BUT I GOT JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE WE GOT. WE HAVE RESOLUTION, UNANIMOUS FROM THIS COUNTY FROM THIS COUNTY COUNCIL. 
          WE GOT THE TWO STATE SENATORS SIGNED ON. WE GOT DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER SIGN ON, COUNTY EXECUTIVE FROM HERE, COUNTY EXECUTIVE FROM BALTIMORE COUNTY. ALL TO DO WITH THE BRIDGES THAT THERE, THERE THE TRAIN BRIDGES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE REBUILDING FROM. I'VE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT THAT TODAY FROM BALTIMORE ALL THE WAY UP TO NEW YORK, WHERE WE'RE CONCERNED WITH IN MARYLAND HERE, THE GRACE BRIDGE IS NOT A PROBLEM. IT'S ALREADY 60FT IN THE AIR, AND IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. BUT THE ISSUE OF THE OTHER TWO TRAIN BRIDGES, ONE OF THEM GOING ACROSS THE GUNPOWDER, THE OTHER GOING ACROSS THE RIVER, EVERYBODY HAS WRITTEN LETTERS AND EVERYTHING, TO AMTRAK ABOUT WHEN THEY REPLACE THOSE, THOSE TRAIN BRIDGES, THEY'VE RAISED THEM RIGHT NOW THAT THERE ISN'T A THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THAT, BUT WE'VE INUNDATED THEM WITH AMTRAK WITH LETTERS AND EVERYTHING FROM EVERYBODY. WE LIKE THE GOVERNOR TO JOIN IN. ALSO SOMETIME IN THE LATTER PART OF THIS FALL, WE'RE DUE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH AMTRAK ON THE BRIDGES. THE THEY'RE ESTIMATING THAT THE GUNPOWDER RIVER BRIDGE WILL COST 30 MILLION, AND THE BUSH RIVER IS GOING TO COST 20 MILLION. AND THE BIG ONE IN HAVING GRACE, I THINK, IS 1.9 BILLION. YEAH, I HEARD THAT TODAY. THAT'S THAT'S A BIG ONE. THAT'LL TAKE A LONG TIME, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS GOING ON IN BOTH THE BUSH AND THE AND THE GUNPOWDER, A LOT OF BOATERS IN THERE, PARTICULARLY ON THE BUSHES, A LOT ON BUSH, BECAUSE THERE'S TWO YACHT CLUBS AND THEY. AND AND A MARINA THERE. WE HAVE A MARINA IN THE JOPPATOWNE, WHICH BASICALLY IS SHUT DOWN THIS PAST MAY FOR PROBLEMS, TO DO WITH RUNOFF, MUDDYING THE WATERS AND CAUSING THEM ALL KIND OF FINANCIAL. THEY ARGUED THAT AND ALSO THE BRIDGES AND OUT THERE, THOUGH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING THEM. IT'S GOING TO TAKE MANY YEARS TO DO THAT, AND THEY HAVEN'T AGREED YET. THEY TALKED ABOUT RAISING THE BUSH RIVER BRIDGE ABOUT 3 OR 4FT. BUT BUT THAT'S MAKING THEM PEOPLE UNHAPPY BECAUSE THEY ALREADY OPENED THE BRIDGE FOUR TIMES A WEEKEND. YOU KNOW, ALL SUMMER. SO THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, AT LENGTH, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF SAILBOATS UP THERE. AND SO TAKING THAT UP 3 OR 4FT AND GOING TO WORK, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S PROBABLY EASY 2000 BOATERS IN THAT BUSH RIVER. 
          EASY. AND HERE WE ARE IN THE GUNPOWDER REALLY HURTING BECAUSE THEY SHUT DOWN THE GUNPOWDER. 
          MARINA, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S FOR SALE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KIND OF COMPLICATIONS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE, BUT IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE RAISE THOSE BRIDGES. WE HOPE WE'RE TALKING 8 TO 10FT. TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE BOATERS, BECAUSE THE OTHER PROBLEM WE HAVE ALSO IS THE WATER LEVEL IS RISING. SO THE HEIGHT OF THE BRIDGE IS, IS CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I MEAN, EVERY TIME I GO OUT, I'VE GOT I'VE GOT ONE 
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THAT GOES TO 11, THREE TO THE MIDDLE OF MY BRIDGE AND THE CLEARANCE IS 12 FOOT AT NORMAL TIDE. OKAY. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY LATELY. WE HAVE HIGH TIDES ALMOST ALL THE TIME. I CAN ALWAYS TELL BY LOOKING OUT THE PIER EVERY MORNING. WATER IS REALLY HAS BEEN HIGH BECAUSE IT'S RAISING. SO ANYWAY, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO TALK TO THE GOVERNOR AND GET HIM ON BOARD. 
          SEND A LETTER IN TO. DO YOU HAVE. DO YOU DO YOU HAVE THE LETTERS FROM THOSE FOLKS THAT YOU MENTIONED? YES, YES. SO, I KNOW KENDALL IS WATCHING, SO SHE KNOWS THAT SHE'S GOING TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL, TO ASK YOU IF YOU TOUCH BASE WITH MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE, DEB BUTTON RIGHT HERE IN THIS IN THE CHAMBERS. SHE HAS ALL THAT INFORMATION AND SHE CAN PROVIDE IT FOR YOU. WE WILL SEND IT TO THEM. ABSOLUTELY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GUTHRIE. ANYONE ELSE? CARL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN HARFORD AND CECIL COUNTY. 
          YES, SIR. THANK YOU, BROTHER. AND, YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM US SOON. YEAH. WE'LL SEE Y'ALL REAL 
          [7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
SOON. THANK YOU. YES SIR. PLEASURE MEETING YOU. YOU TOO. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          APPROVAL OF MINUTES. LEGISLATIVE DAY 20 4-0 21 JUNE 18TH, 2024. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? SEEING NO CORRECTIONS, THE MINUTES WILL STAND. APPROVED ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, CASE 6006 MR. SHIFFLETT JULY 16TH, 2024. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, THE MINUTES STAND APPROVED. MR. JAN GIORDANO, PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD. RESOLUTION ZERO 14 
          [8. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS]
DASH 24, RESOLUTION ZERO 14, DASH 24 MASTER WATER AND SEWER FALL 2024 UPDATE INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT THE REQUEST OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE MASTER WATER AND SEWER PLAN. FALL 2024 UPDATE, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND FOR SUBMISSION OF THE PLAN TO THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR ITS APPROVAL AND IMPLEMENTATION PURSUANT TO TITLE NINE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE OF MARYLAND ANNOTATED CODE. PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AT 6 P.M. IN 
          [9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS]
THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS, PLEASE READ IN BILLS 24, DASH 25 THROUGH 24 DASH 30, BILL 20 4-0 25. ZONING. TOWING BUSINESS AND STORAGE. INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUTHRIE. AN ACT TO AN ACT TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS, SUBSECTION C TWO OF SECTION 267, DASH 60, C, I, L, I, AND G I. INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS. DISTRICTS OF ARTICLE SEVEN DISTRICT REGULATIONS AND TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS TO PERMITTED USE CHART FOR THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND RELATED SERVICES. USE CLASSIFICATION OF ALL OR PART ONE STANDARDS OF CHAPTER 267 ZONING OF THE HARFORD COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE THAT TOWING BUSINESSES AND STORAGE FACILITIES SHALL BE PERMITTED IN THE GI DISTRICT AND GENERALLY RELATED AND GENERALLY RELATED RELATING TO ZONING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AT 6 P.M. IN THE EAST COUNCIL CHAMBERS BILL 20 4-0 26 ZONING, OUTDOOR DINING MORATORIUM EXTENSION INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PENMAN. COUNCIL MEMBERS BENNETT, JAN GIORDANO, BOYLE SADDLES GUTHRIE AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT VICENTE. AN ACT TO CONTINUE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF HARFORD COUNTY ZONING CODE RELATED TO SETBACKS, PARKING REQUIREMENTS, TEMPORARY USES, SIGN, OUTDOOR STORAGE, DISPLAY AND SEATING CAPACITY WITH REGARD TO USES THAT INCLUDE NIGHTCLUBS, NIGHTCLUBS, BARS, BREWERY AND RESTAURANTS. PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AT 6 P.M. IN EAST COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          BILL 24 DASH 27, REVISED PRIOR YEAR BOND BILLS INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENT REQUESTED THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AN ACT TO REVISE PRIOR BOND LEGISLATION DUE TO THE REDUCED COST OF SOME 12 CAPITAL PROJECTS TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS, CERTAIN PORTIONS OF 13. SECTION ONE OF BILL NUMBER 19 DASH 013 TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS 14, CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION THREE, A BILL, NUMBER 20 1-008, TO REPEAL AND REENACT, WITH 15 AMENDMENTS, CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION SEVEN, A BILL, NUMBER 20 1-008, TO REPEAL AND 16 REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION ONE OF BILL 20 1-01, 1017 TO REPEAL, REPEAL AMENDED. 
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OH, IT DOESN'T SAY AS AMENDED, 17 TO REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE OF BILL 18, NUMBER 23, DASH 20 TO REPEAL AND REENACT, WITH AMENDMENTS, CERTAIN PORTIONS OF 19. SECTION FOUR, BILL NUMBER 23. DASH 22 TO REPEAL AND REENACT, WITH AMENDMENTS, 20 CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION SIX OF BILL 20 3-0 20 TO REPEAL AND REENACT, WITH 21 AMENDMENTS, CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION NINE OF BILL 23, DASH 20, AND TO REPEAL 22 AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION ONE, A BILL, NUMBER 23, DASH 23 021. PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AT 6 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. BILL 24 DASH 28 BOND AUTHORIZATION CPI INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VICENTE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. A BILL TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND TO BORROW ON ITS FULL FAITH AND CREDIT, AND ISSUE AND SELL ITS BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS, INCLUDING LEASE FINANCING, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 84,000,030. 84,030,000. PRINCIPAL AMOUNT. 
          THE PROCEEDS THEREOF TO BE USED FOR THE EXPANSION, RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENTS OF CERTAIN PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE BILL NUMBER 20 401 14, AS AMENDED, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025, AND AS DESCRIBED IN THIS BILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 524 OF THE CHARTER OF HARFORD COUNTY AND SECTION ONE, 23, 40 OF THE CODE OF HARFORD COUNTY, OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION THAT SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE FORM OF INSTRUMENT BY WHICH ANY INDEBTEDNESS IS TO BE EVIDENCED. THE MANNER BY WHICH BONDS AND ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS MAY BE SECURED, AND THE RATE RATES OF INTEREST TO BE PAID, AND GENERALLY FOR SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL BY ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION OR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER TO DETERMINE THE FORM OF VARIOUS DOCUMENTS AS ARE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE FINANCING AUTHORIZED HEREIN. THE MANNER OF ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF ANY BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS. THE PAYMENT OF ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THE METHOD BY WHICH BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE SOLD AT MATURITY. SCHEDULE AND REDEMPTION PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN AGENTS AND OTHERWISE GENERALLY RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE, DELIVERY AND PAYMENT OF BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT THE BONDS OR ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE ISSUED UPON THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND TAXING POWER OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS. UPON ADOPTION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVING THE INTEREST RATES OR RATES TO BE BORNE THEREBY FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED HEREIN FOR WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF SALE OF THE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE SHALL BE USED, PROVIDING THAT AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS OR ANY RENEWAL THEREOF, THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY, SAID BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT UPON WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, ALL OR A PORTION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HEREIN INTENDED TO BE UTILIZED FOR PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS FOR MANAGING, PRODUCING, TREATING, RECAPTURING, ABATING OR CONTROLLING NON-POINT SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION, INCLUDING STORMWATER OR SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE, WATER, INCLUDING AMONG THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE OF THIS BILL, MAY BE INCURRED PURSUANT TO THE LOANS FROM THE MARYLAND WATER QUALITY FINANCING ADMINISTRATION, PROVIDING FOR DISBURSEMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE BONDS OR OTHER INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HEREIN AND FOR THE LEVYING OF CHARGES, ASSESSMENTS AND ALL TAXES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF AND PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON BONDS OR ANY OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MATTERS MAY BE DETERMINED BY RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, OR MAY BE RESERVED ONTO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AS PRESCRIBED BY SUCH RESOLUTION. PROVIDING THE METHOD OF FIXING THE INTEREST RATES TO BE BORNE BY SUCH BONDS, AND GENERALLY PROVIDING FOR AND DETERMINING VARIOUS MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND GENERALLY RELATING TO FUNDING OF PROJECTS DESCRIBED HEREIN. 
          PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AT 6 P.M. IN THESE CHAMBERS. I WANT TO TAKE A BREAK. I'LL TAKE A SIP OF WATER. OKAY WATER RATE. BILL 24 DASH 29. ZERO 29 BOND 
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AUTHORIZATION. WATER AND SEWER. INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENT AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. A BILL TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, TO BORROW IN ITS FULL FAITH AND CREDIT, AND ISSUE AND SELL ITS BONDS OR OTHERWISE EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS. LEET FINANCE, LEASE FINANCE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 16,050,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE PROCEEDS THEREIN TO BE USED FOR THE EXPANSION, RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS AS DESCRIBED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE BILL NUMBER 2414, AS AMENDED, FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2025, AND AS DESCRIBED IN THIS BILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 524 OF THE CHARTER OF HARFORD COUNTY AND SECTIONS ONE, 23, DASH 42, 56, DASH 26 OF THE CODE OF HARFORD COUNTY, OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNTY OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND. THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION THAT SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE FORM OF INSTRUMENT BY BY WHICH ANY INDEBTEDNESS IS TO BE EVIDENCED. THE MANNER BY WHICH BONDS AND ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS MAY BE SECURED, AND THE RATES OF INTEREST TO BE PAID, AND GENERALLY FOR OTHERS FOR SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH, AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL BY ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION, OR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER TO DETERMINE THE FORM OF VARIOUS DOCUMENTS AS ARE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE FINANCING AUTHORIZED HEREIN. THE MANNER OF ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF ANY BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS. THE PAYMENT OF ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THE METHOD BY WHICH BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE SOLD. 
          MATURITY SCHEDULE AND REDEMPTION PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN AGENTS AND OTHERWISE GENERALLY RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE, DELIVERY AND PAYMENT OF BONDS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS. PROVIDING THAT BONDS OR ANY OTHER INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE ISSUED UPON THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND TAXING POWER OF HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OR ANY OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS. UPON ADOPTION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVING THE INTEREST RATE OR RATES TO BE BORNE THEREBY FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED HEREIN FOR WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF SALE OF THE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES SHALL BE USED, PROVIDING THAT AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OR ANY OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS OR ANY OTHER RENEWAL THEREOF, THE COUNTY COUNCIL SHALL AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY SAID BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT UPON WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, ALL OR A PORTION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HEREIN MAY BE INCURRED PURSUANT TO LOANS FROM THE MARYLAND WATER QUALITY FINANCING ADMINISTRATION, PROVIDING FOR DISBURSEMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF BONDS OR OTHER INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED HEREIN, AND FOR LEVYING OF CHARGES, ASSESSMENTS AND ALL TAXES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF ANY PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND ANY INTEREST ON BONDS OR OTHER FORM OF INDEBTEDNESS, PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MATTERS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE RESOLUTION OF COUNTY COUNCIL, OR MAY BE RESERVED ONTO COUNTY EXECUTIVE AS PRESCRIBED AS PRESCRIBED BY SUCH RESOLUTION. PROVIDING THE METHOD OF FIXING THE INTEREST RATES OR TO BE BORNE BY SUCH BONDS, AND GENERALLY PROVIDING FOR AND DETERMINING VARIOUS MATTERS AND MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND GENERALLY RELATING TO FUNDING OF THE PROJECTS DESCRIBED HEREIN. 
          PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AT 6 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. BILL 24, DASH 30, HARFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AND REPAIR FUND, INTRODUCED BY COUNTY BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENT REQUESTED THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ENACT TO ADD A NEW ARTICLE NINE OF THE HARFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AND REPAIR FUND TO CHAPTER ONE, 23, FINANCE AND TAXATION OF THE HARFORD COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, TO CREATE A FUND FOR RECEIPT OF REVENUE FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND PURSUANT TO THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND ALCOHOL, BEVERAGE AND CANNABIS. 
          ARTICLE ONE 322 AND USE FOR PURPOSES OUTLINED THEREIN AND GENERALLY RELATED TO FINANCE AND TAXATION. PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AT 6 P.M. IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB MEGAN, I WAS HOPING YOU'D INTERRUPT ME ONCE OR TWICE AND TELL ME I SAID SOMETHING WRONG. TONY DOESN'T PROVIDE CIGARS. OKAY. AGENDA ITEM TEN. 
          INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE NONE. CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS. 
          WE HAVE NONE UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE HAVE NONE. NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE NONE. 17 
          [17. COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS]
COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS. MISS DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? WE DO, MR. PRESIDENT. WE HAVE THREE. PEN SHANNON, FOLLOWED BY GLENN. DAUGHTER ANYTHING? GOOD EVENING SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. I'M KEN SHANNON, 2044 PARK BEACH 
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DRIVE AND PERRYMAN. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A NICE SUMMER. HAD A CHANCE TO RELAX. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF THIS. I LEFT THE HOUSE IN A RUSH TONIGHT AND GRABBED MY HARFORD LAND TRUST HAT INSTEAD OF MY £0.03 HAT, BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I'LL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE HARFORD LAND TRUST. AS PRESIDENT VICENTE NOTED IN TONIGHT'S PRAYER, AND AS COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, BENNETT CERTAINLY KNOWS, TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN HARFORD COUNTY. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I'D GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING I KNEW AT THE END OF THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR HAD DIMMED FROM MY MEMORY. WITH THAT IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO RECAP THE NEED TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE IN HARFORD COUNTY AND TO KEEP MEGA WAREHOUSES OUT OF PYRAMID. PERRYMAN HAS MORE THAN 10,000,000FT■!S OF WAREHOUSES, MORE WAREHOUSE SPACE THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IN HARFORD COUNTY. PERRYMAN HAS 3971FT■!S R PERSON, 20 TIMES MORE THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTY. THE PERRYMAN COMMUNITY FOUND OUT IN NOVEMBER 2021 THAT THE CHESAPEAKE REAL ESTATE GROU, OR CRAIG AND THE MITCHELL COMPANY, PLAN TO PUT FIVE POINT 2,000,000FT■!S OF MEGA WAREHOUSS ON A FARM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PERRYMAN COMMUNITY. NEARLY 400 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING FOR THE MITCHELL PROPERTY IN OPPOSITION TO THAT PLAN, NEARLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION TO OPPOSE WAREHOUSES ON THE MITCHELL FARM. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN IN THIS COUNCIL MEETING AND SENT CORRESPONDENCE TO THE CURRENT AND PREVIOUS COUNTY EXECUTIVES AND THEIR STAFFS TO OPPOSE WAREHOUSES ON THE MITCHELL FARM, DESPITE ALL THE KNOWN OPPOSITION TO MEGA WAREHOUSES ON THE MITCHELL FARM. IN AUGUST 2022, CRAIG QUIETLY CHANGED THE PLAN TO MAKE THE MEGA WAREHOUSES 66% TALLER. THEY WENT FROM 40FT TO 65FT HIGH. THE VOLUME OF THE MEGA WAREHOUSES INCREASED BY 130,000,000 CUBIC FEET. THAT PLAN IS STILL POSTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING WEBSITE. IT WAS NOT ANNOUNCED NOR DISCUSSED WITH THE NEIGHBORS. THE PERRYMAN COMMUNITY, NOR THE COUNCIL. I THANK MY COUNCILMAN JACOB BENNETT AND PRESIDENT VICENTE, COUNCILMAN GUTHRIE, COUNCILMAN JOE GIORDANO AND COUNCILMAN RILEY FOR ALL BEING IN FAVOR OF THE WAREHOUSE. BILL 20 3-0 26, WHICH LIMITED THE SIZE OF MEGA WAREHOUSES TO 250FT■!S IN LEE CRAIG'S ORIGINAL PLAN, EVERY ONE OF THEIR WAREHOUSES WERE LARGER THAN THAT, SOME MULTIPLE TIMES. ONE OF THEM WAS ALMOST FIVE TIMES AS BIG AS THAT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A HALF MILE LONG. CRAIG STILL HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE MITCHELL COMPANY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PERRYMAN COMMUNITY. GIVEN THEIR COVERT ACTIONS TO INCREASE THE VOLUME OF THE WAREHOUSES. I DON'T THINK THEY CAN BE TRUSTED TO ABIDE BY BILL 23. DASH ZERO 26 I BELIEVE THEY STILL WISH TO INDUSTRIALIZE PERRYMAN PENINSULA, WHICH WOULD BRING MORE NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION, CONGESTION AND DISRUPTION BEYOND WHAT PERRYMAN CURRENTLY EXPERIENCES. THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED FOR PERRYMAN IS THAT THE MITCHELL FARM IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THE MARYLAND THOROUGHBRED RACING OPERATING AGENCIES HORSE TRAINING FACILITY. THIS IS THE CHANCE TO KEEP FURTHER INDUSTRIALIZATION OUT OF THE PYRAMID COMMUNITY AND TO BRING OTHER, MORE COMPATIBLE LAND USES. PLEASE BRING YOUR COMMENTS TO A CLOSE. THE HARFORD LAND TRUST HAS SAID THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO TARGET OPEN SPACE PARCELS IN THE DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE FOR PARKLAND ACQUISITION. THE MITCHELL FARM IS EXACTLY THAT TYPE OF PROPERTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD EVENING SIR. GOOD EVENING PLEASE, GLENN DUTTER, 1806 PARK BEACH DRIVE IN PERRYMAN, ABERDEEN. GOOD EVENIN, OVER THE PAST 23 YEARS, FORMER COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS LISANTI AND SLUTZKY URGED THE COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN THE COUNTY WATER SUPPLY AND TO PLAN FOR FUTURE NEEDS. AND OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE PERRYMAN COALITION £0.03 HAS URGED THE COUNCIL TO EVALUATE THE CONDITIONS OF THE PERRYMAN WELLFIELD TO DETERMINE CURRENT WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY IN THE AREA GIVEN TO CHANGES IN DEVELOPMENT. NEW INFORMATION. 
          SUCH AN EVALUATION COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS OR MAKE FEWER MISTAKES. ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ARE EXAMPLES. WHAT CONTAMINANTS ARE NOW IN THE WELLFIELD AND HOW IN THE HOW AND WHY ARE THEY GETTING IN THERE AND WHAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THIS? WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH THAT WITHDRAWAL OF WELFARE WATER CAN 
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PULL IN CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER FROM OUTSIDE THE CONTRIBUTORY. HOW MUCH WITHDRAWAL AND OR INFILTRATION REDUCTION CAUSES SUCH AN INTRUSION? HOW HAVE PAST ACTIONS TO REDUCE INTRUSION, SUCH AS THAT AFFECT THE PROBLEM CURRENTLY? HOW HAVE PAST CONTAMINATION PROBLEMS AND NEW DEVELOPMENT AFFECTED WELL WATER SUPPLY? WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAINTAIN WELL WATER SUPPLY AND REDUCE CURRENT CONTAMINATION AND POSSIBLE FUTURE PROBLEMS? NOTICE HOW ALL THESE ARE INTERRELATED. 
          SUPPLY, DEMAND, CURRENT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A RATHER COMPLICATED THING, IF CURRENT CONTAMINATION WATER CANNOT BE REDUCED, WHAT WILL BE NEEDED TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT UNCONTAMINATED WATER? AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS, SUPPOSE PERRYMAN IS SELECTED FOR THOROUGHBRED RACEHORSE TRAINING. 
          HOW WILL THE HORSES BE ASSURED THE VOLUME OF CLEAN WATER THEY WILL NEED ONCE AGAIN PROTECT PERRYMAN PENINSULA £0.03 URGES THE COUNTY TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH EVALUATION OF THE PERRYMAN WELL FIELD AND ITS CONTRIBUTING AREA PRIOR TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA SERVED BY THE WETLAND. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR PAUL FALACCI. GOOD EVENING SIR. NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. 
          GOOD EVENING PAUL FALACCI, 320 MARINA AVENUE AND PERRYMAN, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WELCOME BACK FROM THE SUMMER BREAK. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD SUMMER, I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A DISTURBING TREND WE SEE DEVELOPING ON THE MEGA WAREHOUSE FRONT IN PERRYMAN IN SOUTHERN HARFORD COUNTY. THE TEN YEAR USEFUL LIFESPAN OF SOME OF THESE MEGA WAREHOUSES. THERE ARE NOW THREE OF THESE FIVE OVER 500 SQUARE FOOT MEGA WAREHOUSES THAT ARE VACANT AFTER THEIR ENTERPRISE TAX ZONE CREDITS HAVE EXPIRED. THE OLD XPO LOGISTICS BUILDING ON CHELSEA ROAD IS STILL VACANT SINCE LAST YEAR, AFTER THE LOSS OF THE 170 JOBS FROM THE ENTIRE BUILDING BEING LAID OFF. THERE'S ANOTHER VACANT 650 SQUARE FOOT MEGA WAREHOUSE ON 500 OLD POST ROAD THAT CBR E HAS ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A 577,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE ON 1501 PERRYMAN ROAD, OWNED BY PROLOGIS. THAT'S ALSO AVAILABLE, THERE'S A LOCAL BUSINESS. I WON'T MENTION. THE NAME RIGHT NOW IS IN TALKS TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR 650 MEGA WAREHOUSE ON CHELSEA ROAD THAT THEY JUST MOVED INTO IN 2015 TO CONSOLIDATE, AUTOMATE AND REDUCE JOBS TO A NEW 800,000 SQUARE FOOT HIGH CUBE WAREHOUSE. THEY WANT TO BUILD, WHICH IS ILLEGAL THANKS TO THE BILL 23 DASH 26 THAT THE COUNCIL AND KEN HIGHLIGHTED WHO VOTED FOR THAT LAST YEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE THESE BUILDINGS THAT TAKE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO RUN FOR UNDER $20 AN HOUR, JOBS AND WAGES ARE NO LONGER NEEDED IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE, AND THEY'RE ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX INCENTIVE PERIOD OF TEN YEARS EXPIRE. GLAD THE COUNCIL VOTED AGAIN IN 2023 FOR BILL 2326 TO KEEP ANY NEW MEGA WAREHOUSES FROM BEING BUILT IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, GENERAL INDUSTRIAL AND THE CY AREAS. LET'S FILL THE EMPTY ONES FIRST AND END THE ENTERPRISE ZONES. 
          TAX BREAKS FOR THE UNDEVELOPED LAND IN PERRYMAN AND ABERDEEN. LET'S USE ENTERPRISE ZONES TAX CREDITS TO PUT BUSINESSES INTO EXISTING BUILDINGS THERE. THERE ARE PLENTY AVAILABLE. THIS CAN LEAVE MORE LAND FOR WATER AQUIFERS AND WATER SOURCE PROTECTION AREA IN PERRYMAN TO FILL WITH WATER THAT IS FILTERED THROUGH GRASS, SAND AND FARMLAND VERSUS MEGA WAREHOUSE ROOFS, TRUCKS AND PARKING LOTS. NOT SURE ABOUT YOU, BUT THAT DOESN'T SOUND VERY THIRST QUENCHING TO ME. NOR DOES IT SEEM TO BE GOOD FOR THE QUALITY OF THE WATER REACHING OUR SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. A RECENT ANALYSIS BY £0.03. IN-HOUSE CIVIL ENGINEER STACY SUTTON REVEALED THAT THE CURRENT WATER SOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY AREA HAS 3343 ACRES, 1385 OF THOSE ACRES ARE CONTROLLED BY HARFORD COUNTY AND 850 THAT IS CURRENTLY IMPERVIOUS. ACRES COVERED BY BUILDINGS, PARKING LOTS OR ROAD ROADS. THAT'S A 61% WHEN THE LAW STATES ONLY 50% OF ANY INDIVIDUAL LOT CAN BE IMPERVIOU. HOW CAN THAT BE EXCEPTIONS AND BAD MATH? THE OVERLAY ALSO ONLY CURRENTLY COVERS ABOUT HALF OF THE MITCHELL FARM. LET'S EXPAND THE AREA TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE FARM SO WE CAN PROTECT THE VITAL REFRESHED AREA THAT SUPPLIES WATER TO 30% OF HARFORD COUNTY. 
          THE SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER IS ONE OF THE BIG ATTRACTIONS FOR A POSSIBLE HORSE TRAINING FACILITY. WE NEED TO HAVE AN UPDATED SOURCE WATER ASSESSMENT FOR THE PERRYMAN WELL FIELD, WHICH SINCE DONE IN 2000 AND AN UPDATED HYDRIC HYDROGEOLOGY AND ESTIMATION OF GROUNDWATER CONTRIBUTION STUDY THAT WAS LAST DONE IN 1997. THANKS THANK YOU, MR. FALACCI. THERE ARE NO MORE 
          [16. BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS]
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SPEAKERS, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. WITH NO MORE SPEAKERS, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16, BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. MR. GUTHRIE, THANK YOU, MISTER PRESIDENT, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS HEARD ABOUT ABINGTON WOODS AND THE RECENT, SCRAPPING OF THE PLANS TO REBUILD THOSE THOSE WAREHOUSES THERE ON ON THAT PROPERTY, I THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR BEING ABLE TO KILL THAT PROJECT THERE AND, AND GET AN AGREEMENT OUT OF THEM THAT THEY WILL STABILIZE THE, THE LANDS THERE THAT THEY CLEARED 70 ACRES, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT THE 20 ACRE BILL MINE WASN'T IN EFFECT AT THE TIME WHEN THEY STARTED CLEARING THAT LAND. SO THEY GOT TO CLEAR 70 ACRES TO THE 20 ACRES. SO, SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BE SUCH A BIG PROBLEM. BUT, THEY CLEARED, 70 ACRES AND THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO REPLENISH THAT, MANAGE THE STORMWATER AND ON SITE PLANT TREES AND PLANT TREES. ALSO, ANY NEW DEVELOPER TO BUILD AN ABINGTON WOODS WILL HAVE TO START ALL OVER FROM SCRATCH. AND WHICH IS GOOD ABOUT THAT IS THAT THE 20 ACRE BILL IS IN PLACE. AND ANYBODY THAT COMES INTO ABINGTON WOODS TO DO SOME KIND OF PROJECT, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR 20 ACRES AT A TIME, WE HAD A PASSING HERE IN THE COUNTY THAT, REALLY AFFECTED A LOT OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED, LYDIA BRENNAN WAS A LEGISLATIVE AIDE HERE. LAST TIME WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL, AND SHE WAS MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE, I WAS THE ONE THAT HIRED HER IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S HAD A BATTLE WITH CANCER FOR TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS. AND SHE LOST HER BATTLE, AND SHE PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST THE 10TH, 2024. 
          SHE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE MISSED BY EVERYBODY. SHE SHE WAS OUT IN MICHIGAN AT THE TIME BEFORE SHE TRANSFERRED HERE. SHE DIDN'T TRANSFER HERE. HER HUSBAND WAS TRANSFERRED TO ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS. HE WASN'T A SOLDIER, BUT HE WAS A CONTRACTOR. CONTRACT TRANSFER THERE. SO SHE CAME WITH HIM, AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB. SHE DID WORK FOR A SENATOR OUT THERE IN MICHIGAN. AND HER JOURNEY IN PUBLIC SERVICE BEGAN IN 2012. HERE, WHEN SHE BECAME MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE, REPRESENTING DISTRICT A, SHE WORKED CLOSELY, CLOSELY WITH MYSELF. AND WE BECAME VERY GOOD FRIENDS. AND WITH THEIR FAMILY ALSO. AND WE HAD THEM OVER TO HOUSE MANY TIMES WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN, WENT SWIMMING IN THE POOL. WE REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME. BUT, 48 YEARS OLD, CERTAINLY, IS VERY YOUNG TO DIE OF CANCER, SHE HAD A HECK OF A BATTLE. ONE THING THAT A LOT OF US HERE WERE AT THE FUNERAL AND, AT THE CHURCH, THE THREE CHILDREN WHO WERE YOUNG, STILL VERY YOUNG CHILDREN. SHE WROTE THREE LETTERS TO ALL THREE OF THEM. 
          AND THE THREE KIDS HAD TO GET UP ON THE MICROPHONE AND THEY'D READ THE LETTER AND, THERE WASN'T A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. SO, SHE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED. SHE WAS AN OUTSTANDING AIDE OF MINE, SHE DIDN'T. AFTER I LEFT THE COUNCIL, SHE WENT TO WORK FOR, COUNCILMAN, CURTIS BUEHLER. AND AFTER THAT, SHE LEFT THE COUNCIL, AND THEN, FOUGHT A LOSING BATTLE, THEY THEY DID, SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT THE SCHOOLS OPENING AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, ABOUT THE SCHOOL BUS LAW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY WITH PEOPLE PASSING SCHOOL BUSSES. WHEN THEY STOP, YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PENALTY IS, MARYLAND STATE LAW SAYS DRIVERS MUST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT LEAST 20FT FROM THE SCHOOL BUS WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING RED AND IT STOPPED AND THE STOP ARM IS EXTENDED, UNLESS SEPARATED BY A PHYSICAL BARRIER. A BARRIER SUCH AS A MEDIUM. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR A MOTORIST TO PASS A SCHOOL BUS FROM ANY DIRECTION UNTIL THE STOP SIGNALS ARE OFF, AND THE BUS HAS BEGUN TO MOVE. THE FINES CAN BE UP TO $570. NOW SO, THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU PASS THAT SCHOOL BUS, BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE CAMERAS ON THERE, A LOT OF SCHOOL BUSSES THAT TAKE THE PICTURE OF YOUR, LICENSE PLATE, AND YOU CAN GET A $570, BILL, BUT IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN DRIVING PAST A SCHOOL BUS AND HAVE A CHILD WALK OUT AND YOU ACCIDENTALLY HIT THEM, ONE FINAL 
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IS, IF EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE PLECKER PROPERTY IN ROUTE SEVEN, I THINK WE FINALLY GOT SOMETHING SETTLED. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE PLECKER PROPERTY. IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE NOW, VACANT FOR OVER 12 YEARS. THE COUNTY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, OVERPAID FOR IT AT THE TIME, AND IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE ALL THIS TIME BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T SELL IT. SO I SAT DOWN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION LAST WEEK AND, AND NEGOTIATED, SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY THERE'S MONEY IN THE BUDGET ALREADY FOR IT, BEFORE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE I THINK IT'S ABOUT 24, 25 ACRES. THEY'RE GOING TO SPLIT IT IN HALF, IT'S GOING TO BE A DOG PARK ON ONE SIDE AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S GOING TO BE FOR PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR, SHRUBBERY AND TREE LIMBS AND THAT STUFF. 
          NOT A TRASH TRANSFER STATION. DON'T GET THAT STARTED. BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF BATTLES WITH THAT THE LAST GO AROUND. BUT NO, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A PLACE TO PUT YOUR SHRUBBERY. AND THE OTHER SIDE, A DOG PARK. I KNOW GLORIA MOON WOULD BE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT, THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. GUTHRIE. MR. PENMAN. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES BACK FROM THE SUMMER RECESS. I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY. THAT SAID, THE SUMMER WENT WAY TOO QUICKLY, I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK IN SESSION AS WE INTRODUCE AND EVALUATE ALL THE SYSTEMATIC LEGISLATION AS WELL AS THE NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE FALL AND THE WINTER SESSION, MORE LEGISLATION WILL COME TO BE INTRODUCED ONCE IT'S VETTED AND FINALIZED, JUST A COUPLE NOTES ON EVENTS, IT'S A VETERANS EVENT WE ALL SERVED HIKE TO PROMOTE HEALTHY CONNECTIONS FOR VETERANS, ACTIVE MILITARY FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. TAKING PLACE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 9 A.M. TO NOON AT THE POPLAR GROVE PARK AT 3519 CONEWANGO ROAD. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, VET COMMISSION AT HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND.GOV. HERE'S THE FLIER. I'M SURE IT'S ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, SEPTEMBER IS ALSO RECOVERY MONTH AND THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVENTS I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH JUST A FEW OF THEM, INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS VIGIL WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 31ST BY VOICES OF HOPE RIPKEN FAMILY RECOVERY NIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, SOFTBALL FOR SOBRIETY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, SOFTBALL FOR SOBRIETY AGAI, COMPETITIVE DAY ON SEPTEMBER 14TH AND THE HOMECOMING GALA ON SEPTEMBER 12TH. SO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR SOME EVENTS FOR RECOVERY MONTH, I ALSO WELCOME, ALONG WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT, STUDENTS BACK FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL SESSION. I WANT TO THANK THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE INVITATION TO HELP WELCOME MANY OF THE STUDENTS BACK THIS MORNING. IT WAS FUN AND EXCITING TO SEE MANY, MANY SMILES AND ALSO SEE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WITH POMPOMS IN HIS HANDS, SHAKING THEM AROUND, JUST A COUPLE DIFFERENT UPDATES AS THE COMPREHENSIVE REZONING PROCESS CONTINUES, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS IN THE NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCEDURE. THE APPLICATION PROCESS HAS OPENED AND CLOSED, AND APPROXIMATELY 66 COMPREHENSIVE REZONING REQUESTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. OVER THOSE 66, TEN OF THOSE INCLUDE UP ZONING REQUEST IN THE DISTRICT B AREA. THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS WILL BE CRITICAL IN DETERMINING WHAT APPLICATIONS ARE MOVING FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE HARFORD COUNTY COUNCIL. CURRENTLY, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, PARTICULARLY THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, ARE CAREFULLY EVALUATING THOSE APPLICATIONS AND WILL HOLD PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE. 
          EVENTUALLY, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING INPUT, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WILL SUBMIT LEGISLATION THAT WILL RECOMMEND ZONING CHANGES TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR EVALUATION AND CONSIDERATION. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT NOT ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECOMMENDED BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THEREFORE NOT SENT TO THE COUNCIL FOR REVIEW. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, MY OFFICE WILL REMAIN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENSURE THE BEST DECISION IS MADE FOR DISTRICT B IN HARFORD COUNTY AS A WHOLE. EACH APPLICATION RECOMMENDED FOR DISABILITY WILL BE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED AND THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC BALANCE WILL BE MEASURED. AS ALWAYS, IF ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, I ENCOURAGE THEM TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIO. IN ADDITION, AS MANY KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE CLOSURE OF THE BRANDON SHORES POWER PLANT, BGA HAS BECOME TASKED WITH INCREASING POWER CAPACITY BY INSTALLING ADDITIONAL TOWERS ALONG APPROXIMATELY 37 MILES OF TRANSMISSION LINES WITHIN THEIR EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, SPANNING FROM HARFORD COUNTY, BALTIMORE COUNTY AND ARUNDEL COUNTIES. MANY OF THESE RIGHT OF WAYS TRAVERSE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, DIRECTLY IMPACTING DISTRICT B AND MANY OTHER RESIDENTS. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH BGA AND NUMEROUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGARDING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE BRANDON SHORES RETIREMENT MITIGATION PROJECT AND WANT TO PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON THE PROJECT. BGA MUST SECURE STATE AND LOCAL REGULATORY PERMITS FOR 
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THIS PROJECT ON JULY 11TH, BGA APPLIED FOR THOSE PERMITS. AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THE PERMITS CAN TAKE UP TO 16 TO 24 MONTHS, AND NO GROUNDBREAKING WORK ON THOSE PROJECTS CAN COMMENCE UNTIL THOSE PERMITS ARE APPROVED, I SHOULD NOTE THAT BGA IS HOSTING AN OPEN HOUSE AT FALLSTON HIGH SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 5TH FROM 6 TO 730, HERE IS THE FLIER ON THAT, SO THEY'LL HAVE DIFFERENT STATIONS THAT YOU CAN COME AND ASK QUESTIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN. I WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FROM THAT OPEN HOUSE, I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS OR COMMENTS, AND IN CLOSING, I WANT TO EXTEND AGAIN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IMPACTED BY THE TRAGEDY ON ARTHUR WOODS DRIVE IN BEL AIR, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE RESCUE AND THE CLEANUP. SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT THE UPDATE ON THE CLEANUP, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME INITIAL CLEANUP HAS BEGUN. BUT THERE ARE STILL LEGAL AND INVESTIGATIVE CONCERNS THAT HAVE DELAYED THE IN-DEPTH CLEANUP. I UNDERSTAND THIS CREATES A HARDSHIP FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT I KNOW THE COUNTY WILL BE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO CONDUCT THE CLEANUP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BE SOON. WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. PENMAN. MR. JORDAN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK FROM SUMMER VACATION, IT REALLY WASN'T A SUMMER VACATION, MOST OF US ARE CONTINUALLY WORKING ALL SUMMER LONG. SOMETHING'S GOING ON. I KNOW COUNCIL PRESIDENT DOES THAT. RELIGIOUSLY. I MEAN, A LOT OF US, WE ALSO HAVE OTHER DUTIES. 
          WE'RE ANSWERING. CONSTITUENTS EMAILS, TALKING TO PEOPLE. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO EVENTS WE, YOU KNOW, MOST A LOT OF US DID, 4TH OF JULY PARADES, BUT JUST WE CONTINUE TO WORK. WE JUST DON'T HAVE MEETINGS. SO I JUST WANT TO BE BE CLEAR ON THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS JUST UP, I WANT TO COMMENT ON DIONNE'S ABOUT THE SCHOOL BUSSES AND, AND PEOPLE STOPPING FOR THE SCHOOL BUSSES. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE TODAY, ACTUALLY, THAT TALKED ABOUT MIAMI DADE COUNTY. 
          THEY HAD, 13, 11,500 SCHOOL BUS VIOLATIONS, WHICH IS 1600 PER DAY SINCE SCHOOL STARTED. THEY CHARGED $225 A POP. SO THAT'S $2,587,500 IN FINES. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY, DO NOT PASS THE SCHOOL BUSSES BECAUSE WE'VE GOT CAMERAS AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND YOU AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT POINT GETS THROUGH, I THINK THAT'S IT. I KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, AARON TALKED ABOUT, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HOMES OVER THERE. I WAS THERE THE NEXT DAY, I DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT I HAD INSURED OVER THERE, AND THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF THEIR HOMES SINCE THEN. SO, AND THEN THAT BLAST DID RADIATE, AND THERE IS A LOT OF HOMES THAT ARE DAMAGED NOT FAR FROM THERE. 
          SO WE'LL SEE WHAT, WHAT GOES ON WITH THAT. BUT MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE DISPLACED AND LOST EVERYTHING, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GIORDANO. MR. RILEY. YES JUST FOUR THINGS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW EAGLE SCOUTS FROM TROOP 777. THERE WAS EIGHT OF THEM AND ONE PARTICULAR EVENT. ONE OF THEM HAPPENED TO BE MY GRANDSON, MASON. SO CONGRATULATIONS, MASON. ALSO, THE KNOXVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY CELEBRATED ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY, I WANT TO AGAIN WELCOME MEGAN. I KNOW SHE'S NOT, SHE'S BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS WHILE WE'VE BEEN OFF, BUT IN ANY CASE, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THE, THE LEGISLATION. AND IT'S ALSO GLAD TO BE BACK. AND WELCOME TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. RILEY. MISS ADAM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL SUMMER. AND, MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES ALREADY SPOKE TO WHAT I WAS SPEAKING TO TONIGHT. IT IS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH, AND THE COUNTY WILL BE SHOWING SUPPORT BY LIGHTING UP PURPLE, AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE NEW SEASON, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING SESSIONS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY BRING. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ADAMS. MR. BENNETT, HELLO. 
          GOOD EVENING, FIRST, I JUST WANT TO HONOR THE LIFE OF DAVE WEISSERT OR AS I KNEW HIM, RANGER DAVE, WHO WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE DARLINGTON FIRE COMPANY. FORMER FIRE CHIEF, AND ALSO SPENT OVER 40 YEARS AT BROAD CREEK, WHERE HE FIRST WORKED WITH MY DAD AND WENT TO COLLEGE WITH MY DAD AT WEST VIRGINIA, AND THEN WENT ON TO WORK WITH ME 40 YEARS LATER, STILL AT BROAD CREEK, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO COMMITTED HIS WHOLE LIFE TO HARFORD COUNTY, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO CAN SAY THEY BECAME A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE OF BEING AROUND DAVE, IT'S A HUGE LOSS TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT LESS JOKES, WITH DAVE NOT 
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AROUND, AND SO IT'S A SAD TIME, BUT IT'S ALSO A GOOD TIME TO HONOR HIM AND EVERYTHING THAT HE DID FOR HARFORD COUNTY, ALSO ON THE TOPIC OF WATER, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE REPORTING THAT'S COME OUT ABOUT THE PFAS CHEMICALS BEING FOUND IN HARFORD COUNTY WATER SUPPLIES, SPECIFICALLY IN TESTING SITES. YOU KNOW, I'VE BROUGHT UP PFAS CHEMICALS. IT'S WILD TO THINK THAT, I CAN SAY YEARS AGO, BUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR TIME ON THE COUNCIL TOGETHER, AND MY CONCERNS OVER THOSE AND MY PREDICTION THEN THAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IT MORE AND MORE IN OUR WATER SUPPLY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE AND MORE FROM THE EPA ABOUT IT, AND NOW THAT'S HAPPENING TWO YEARS LATER, I JUST THINK WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT. WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING, FOR INSTANCE, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, SUING THE MANUFACTURERS OF THOSE CHEMICALS TO HELP PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET IT OUT OF THEIR WATER SUPPLY AND TAKE SERIOUSLY THE IDEA OF PROTECTING OUR DRINKING WATER, A FEW THINGS. EVERYONE'S VERY BUSY OVER THE SUMMER, AND I WON'T SAY EVERYTHING I DID, OR ELSE IT WILL BE SUMMER AGAIN. BUT, I DID GET TO ATTEND THE LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS TOWN HALL THAT HAPPENED THIS SUMMER, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME THE LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS HAS EVER COME TO HARFORD COUNTY, WHICH WAS A REALLY, YOU KNOW, HISTORICAL MOMENT AND COOL TO BE A PART OF. I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION COMING TO BELCAMP, A LONG PROMISED FIRE STATION THAT'S FINALLY COMING. AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO BE THERE WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND CELEBRATE THAT. AND THEN ALSO JUST WANT TO UPDATE AS BOARD OF ED LIAISON, I'VE BEEN AGAIN ADVOCATING NOW FOR YEARS FOR HARFORD COUNTY TO CHANGE THEIR READING CURRICULUM, TO ONE THAT MATCHES BEST PRACTICES AND KNOWN SCIENCE OF HOW CHILDREN LEARN. WHEN YOU GET READING RIGHT. THAT'S THE FIRST STEP TO GETTING EVERYTHING ELSE RIGHT, AND ADVOCATING AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE STATE BOARD OF ED HAS NOW INTRODUCED, POLICY THAT WOULD REQUIRE COUNTIES LIKE HARFORD COUNTY TO CHANGE THEIR READING CURRICULUM WITH OUR NEW STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUSHING FOR THAT, AND THEY'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH. SO WE SHOULD KNOW BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER ON IF THAT PASSES OR NOT. AND IF IT DOES, WE SHOULD BE SEEING SOME PRETTY DRAMATIC CHANGE IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS FAR AS WHAT MATERIALS ARE USED IN THE CLASSROOM TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO READ. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING. A LOT OF YEARS OF PROGRESS PUSHING FOR THAT AND TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION, AND THEN THE LAST UPDATE FROM MY OFFICE IS COME MARCH, I'LL BE A DAD. SO MY WIFE AND I ARE EXPECTING OUR FIRST CHILD. AND THAT'S VERY EXCITING NEWS. JUST IN TIME FOR BUDGET SEASON. AS IF IT WASN'T BUSY ENOUGH. SO, THAT WILL BE VERY EXCITING. SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, TO BOTH OF YOU. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL 
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PRESIDENT, AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE'VE HAD A VERY, VERY STEADY SUMMER, I AM GOING TO TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS THAT I BELIEVE ARE IMPORTANT, AS MR. PENMAN TALKED ABOUT TODAY, FIRST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THE KIDS. IT WAS AMAZING. KIDS WERE EMBARRASSED. IN SOME CASES. I THINK THAT WE WERE ALL THERE, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO GO TO JOPPATOWNE HIGH SCHOOL, MAGNOLIA MIDDLE, AND DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY. AND THEN ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WANT TO, RECOGNIZE MY GRANDSON, JAKE, WAS ABLE TO START SCHOOL AGAIN TODA, SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE HIT AND MISS THINGS. SCHOOL IN HOUSE. AND THEN ALSO AT HOME WITH, A TUTOR WHILE HE STILL CONTINUES TO DO HIS REHAB, BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, THE HARFORD COUNTY FARM FAIR. I WANT TO THANK THE PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE THEY PROVIDED THERE FOR, ALL OF OUR FARM BUREAU AND FOUR-H KIDS, LIVESTOCK SALE AGAIN, WAS FANTASTIC, MR. TIBBS. ALWAYS VERY BUSY THERE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR, AND THEN MOST OF US, IF NOT ALL OF US, I BELIEVE, WENT TO MAKE A MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES CONFERENCE. AND IT'S ALWAYS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR REACHING OUT, SEEING OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS, TALKING WITH THEM, WITH LEGISLATION THAT CROSSES OVER BORDERS, THEY CAN GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT TO HOW THEY'RE HANDLING CERTAIN THINGS THERE, BUT WHILE I WAS GOING, I HAVE TO THANK MY WIFE, JEANNIE FOR ATTENDING THE HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. GRADUATING CLASS L 39, WHICH PRODUCED ANOTHER 17 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HERE IN HARFORD AND CECIL COUNTY, AND THEN MISS HARRIS ATTENDED A COUPLE OF OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WHILE I WAS GOING. 
          YOU HEARD, MR. RILEY TALK ABOUT EAGLE SCOUTS, I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT 9 OR 10 TOTAL ACROSS THE COUNTY ON SUMMER BREAK, WE I WENT TO THE OPENING DAY AT THE MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELD, TODAY WE 
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WERE THERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED AT THAT SITE, ALONG WITH DELEGATE GRIFFITH, AND, TOM WALLS. AND, THIS WEEK WE ALSO WILL GO TO CELEBRATE THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE LIGHTS NEXT WEEK. IS IT NEXT WEEK FOR THE NEW LIGHTS THAT ARE ON THE FIELDS THERE? AND THEN, SADLY, OVER THE SUMMER, WE HAVE LOST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW AND WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THE GELATI FAMILY. THE BRENNAN FAMILY, WILLIAMS FAMILY FROM CECIL COUNTY, WAS A PAST ELECTED OFFICIAL OVER THERE. A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, REG TREBON, WHO WAS VERY ACTIVE IN FOUR-H IN THE FARM FAIR, ALSO A HARFORD LIVING TREASURER, HAROLD HUBBLE, REVEREND HUBBLE, ALSO A HARFORD LIVING TREASURER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, HE DEDICATED 11 YEARS AS A MEMORIAL CHAPLAIN FOR HARFORD AND CECIL COUNTY'S VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STARTING THE CHAPLAINCY PROGRAMS FOR HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BEL AIR POLICE DEPARTMENT, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS COMMAND, AND SERVED AS THE LEAD CHAPLAIN, HE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH THE FARM FAIR, WHERE HE SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PRAYER BREAKFAST FOR 14 YEARS, THE NARDUZZI FAMILY, THE D4 FAMILY, COUNCILMAN BENNETT MENTIONED DAVE WEISSERT, PAST CHIEF OF DARLINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, AND THEN SHARON BLEVINS, SERVED 28 YEARS AT DOAK. SO JEANNIE AND I AND MY COLLEAGUES WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THANK YOU.
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