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SEE YOU.[1. Call to Order]
ALL RIGHT EVERYONE.GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE UH, NOVEMBER CHEVROLET TOWN MEETING.
I'M THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET.
I HEREBY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
OKAY? AND THE FIRST ORDER BUSINESS WILL BE TO CALL THE ROLE.
UH, I AM CHAIRING THE MEETING AS THE MAYOR.
THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR IS HERE.
THE ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS HERE.
THE ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE IS HERE.
UH, AND IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD ONE HERE PRESENT? COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD TWO? PRESENT WARD THREE.
ARE YOU ONLINE COUNCIL MEMBER GARCI? I DON'T SEE COUNCIL MEMBER GARIS YET.
I DON'T THINK I CAN SEE THAT SCREEN.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER GARCES IS PRESENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, ARE YOU PRESENT? PRESENT.
THAT IS ALL SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, PRESENT.
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING WILL BE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[3. Approval of Agenda]
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL MEMBERS, YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AN AGENDA WITH 21 AGENDA ITEMS ON IT.I BELIEVE, UH, THE ONLY CHANGE THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IS THAT ARE WE REMOVING NUMBER 11 WSSC TASK ORDER 2 0 1? THAT'S CORRECT MA'AM.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE REMOVAL? DO YOU WANT TO, IS IT WHERE YOU, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT OFF NOW? UM, SURE.
SO COUNSEL, WE WILL ALSO BE ADJUSTING THE CONSENT AGENDA TO REMOVE THE MINUTES FOR 9 25.
UH, IS IT 9 25? ONLY THAT ONE, UM, IS THERE, UH, AND WE WILL BE CONSIDERING, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES SEPARATELY AS A FOUR B ON THE AGENDA AND WE WOULD BE REMOVING 11.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DO THOSE THINGS? SO MOVED.
THE MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER LALO HECK.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION IN THE MOTION? UM, YES, MAYOR? YES, GO AHEAD.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF SOMEONE COULD EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE PULLING THOSE MINUTES OUT AND PUTTING THEM ON THE AGENDA SEPARATELY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE, THE MINUTES WERE NOT, UH, ADEQUATELY CORRECTED AND SO I JUST, I HAVE A CHANGE TO THE LANGUAGE IN THE MINUTES.
SO IT WAS DISCUSSED TO JUST SEPARATE THEM OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TO CONSIDER THEM SEPARATELY.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
THE MOTION PASSES TO SIX ZERO THE MEND.
THE AGENDA AMENDED AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
[4. Consent Agenda]
THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM FOUR IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.THIS CON, THIS CONSISTS OF THE TOWN MEETING OCTOBER 9TH MINUTES, AS WELL AS THE TOWN WORK SESSION OCTOBER 23RD MINUTES.
ANY COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, IT IS THUSLY APPROVED.
UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA THEN IS THE WORK SESSION MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 25TH.
COUNCIL MEMBER LALO HECK, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SEVERAL, UH, VERY SIMPLE AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND AMENDMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE ON THE FLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRINER, UH, I'M SORRY.
I THOUGHT THE TWO GRANT APPROVALS WERE ALSO A PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S BACK UP THEN.
THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF THE OCTOBER 9TH TOWN MEETING MINUTES, THE OCTOBER WORK SESSION, 23RD MINUTES, THE CPRC GRANT AND THE A SL COFFEE HOUSE GRANT.
THOSE FOUR ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY COMMENT ON THAT? HEARING NONE.
ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED.
UH, COUNCILMAN ECK, THE FLOOR IS YOURS FOR YOUR BRIEF SUCCINCT AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT
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MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 25TH WORK SESSION.I JUST HAVE, IT'S VERY SIMPLE, IS UNDER, UH, THE DISCUSSION ITEM.
UM, SO WHERE IT SAYS, UH, THE TOWN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GIC IS CURRENTLY LIMITED TO, WE ARE STRIKING EVERYTHING UP TO THAT POINT.
SO THE, THAT BULLET POINT WOULD JUST READ THE GIC IS THE TOWN'S GREEN TEAM FOR SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND CERTIFIED SMC PURPOSES.
ALRIGHT, SO THE, THE MINUTES UNDER DISCUSSION, THERE'S A BULLET POINT ON ONGOING RESEARCH AND THEN THE NEXT POINT WOULD READ THE GIC IS THE TOWN'S GREEN TEAM FOR SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND PURPOSES.
AND THEN THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH BULLET POINT AS DRAFTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRINER, UM, THIS IS MORE OF A GENERAL NOTE, UM, BUT I'D LOVE TO REVISIT MAYBE IN THE POLICY COMMITTEE, UM, THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT OUR MINUTES GO INTO, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS, UH, SORT OF, UH, A GROUP OF THOUGHT THAT SAYS THAT IT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO JUST C**S AND GOINGS AND VOTES, UM, AND NOT HAVE QUITE SO MUCH DETAIL THAT CAN BE SEEN AS SUBJECTIVE.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE MUCH MORE TOWARDS, TOWARDS A MORE OBJECTIVE MEETING MINUTE SITUATION.
YES, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, UH, WORK STREAM FOR THE POLICY COMMITTEE.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, UM, THOSE ARE WHERE THE SEPTEMBER 25 MINUTES STAND ARE, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE DRAFT? HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025 WORK SESSION? MINUTES AS AMENDED? I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AMENDED SEPTEMBER 25TH WORK SESSION MINUTES.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WADE SECONDED THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER AGLO HECK MADE THE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION OF, UH, JUST A AND I SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL SEE MY HAND.
COULD I GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ONTO WHAT THAT CHANGE WAS ABOUT? IT WAS MY WAY AND I DON'T HAVE THE DOCUMENTS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME SO THAT I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.
SO I TOOK YOUR QUESTION TO BE SIMPLY A, A LITTLE BIT OF MORE EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT THE NEED FOR THE CHANGE IS OR, OR WHAT THE MEANING OF THE DRAFT THAT NEEDED TO BE, WHAT IT IS ABOUT THE DRAFT THAT NEEDED TO BE HAVE ITS MEANING CHANGED.
UM, MY RECOLLECTION AND THE RECOLLECTION OF SEVERAL GIC MEMBERS WAS THAT THE DISCUSSION AT THE WORK SESSION WAS THAT THE G'S RESPONSIBILITIES WERE MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND AND NOT LIMITED TO THEIR ROLES WITH SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND.
AND COULD YOU, I'M SORRY ABOUT THIS.
COULD YOU REITERATE THE PART THAT WAS, THAT WAS STRUCK, STRUCK OR STRICKEN? SO THE, THE LINE READ THE TOWN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GIC IS CURRENTLY LIMITED.
THOSE WORDS WERE WELL, AND THE WORD TWO WERE STRICKEN.
SO THE LINE NOW READS, THE GIC IS THE TOWN'S GREEN TEAM FOR SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND CERTIFIED PURPOSES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN ACCURATE STATEMENT AT THIS TIME, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED WHERE THEY ARE AT.
AM I INCORRECT IN THAT? BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.
I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU MAKE A VALID POINT.
I GUESS THE QUESTION IS FOR PURPOSES OF THE MINUTES, WHAT POINT WAS MADE DURING DISCUSSION? I MEAN THERE, THIS SECTION HAS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 POINTS THAT WERE MADE DURING DISCUSSION.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEIR STATUS IS.
SO LIKE, DO, DO THOSE SIX POINTS NOW MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SAID DURING A FREE FLOWING DISCUSSION.
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OKAY.I, I GUESS I WOULD DEFER TO THE CLERK AS TO WHATEVER HER MINUTES WERE.
UM, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK FROM THE ACTUAL VIDEO.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? IT HEARING NONE? UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY? I WOULD SAY NAY AND JUST SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK BEFORE WE ACTUALLY, UM, APPROVE IT.
UM, ALSO BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE IN A TIME CRUNCH THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
COUNCILMAN REINER, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I DID.
UM, I THINK, AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE TENOR OF THAT DISCUSSION, UH, WAS WIDE RANGING I THINK DEPENDING ON WHO WAS SPEAKING.
AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY, WELL THAT WASN'T SAID OR THAT WAS SAID UNLESS WE'RE LOOKING AT A TRANSCRIPT.
AND SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT EITHER WE GO BACK AND, AND LISTEN TO THE MEETING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS WAS SAID, UM, OR WE STRIKE THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION SECTION.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OBJECTIVELY RECAP THAT KIND OF A DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER GARCI, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I CAN'T SEE THAT SCREEN.
NO, YOUR HAND'S NOT YOUR HAND'S DOWN.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS, UH, WERE ABLE TO HEAR MY, UH, MY STAND ON THAT SAID A OKAY.
UH, SO I COUNTED THREE VOTES AGAINST AND THREE VOTES FOR.
IS THAT ACCURATE? ANYONE DISPUTING? ANYONE DISPUTING THAT
UH, THEN I'M GONNA CAST THE FOURTH AFFIRMATIVE VOTE AND WE'RE GONNA PASS THE MOTION AND, UH, THE MINUTES ARE THUSLY AMENDED AND ADOPTED.
[5. Resident Input]
ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA'S RESIDENT INPUT.UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC, NOT UNDERLINED ON THE AGENDA, UH, FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES EACH.
SO PLEASE DO NOT SPEAK ABOUT THE ELY BUILDING, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, THE SNOW EMERGENCY PLAN HILL, ET CETERA.
AND, UM, IN RESPONSE TO TALK, TRY TRY THE MICROPHONE OR PUSH THE GROUP BUTTON, THE GREEN BUTTON ON 'CAUSE SHE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
I'M JAY JOINER FROM WARD ONE AND IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY INPUT REGARDING PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR WARD ONE, UM, THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY.
MY NEIGHBORS AT 55 22 AND 56 0 2 LUTON STREET HAVE COMPLAINED OF SNAKES AND STAIRWELLS AND ON THEIR PORCHES FROM THE OPEN STORM DRAIN ON VACANT LOT AT 5,600 LUTON STREET.
BELIEVE TOWN OF OWNS THE PERSON OF LAND AT 58TH PLACE ON NEWTON STREET TO PERFECT THE PERFECT LOCATION, UH, PAVED SIDEWALKS, BOARDED LINE STREETS, AND IS AWAY FROM HEAVY TRAFFIC, MATURE TREES, WELCOME PARK BENCHES AND BECKONS FAMILIES.
THE LOT AT 5,600 HAS AN OPEN STORM DRAIN TO INVITE CURIOUS LITTLE ONES AND A HAVEN FOR WILD ANIMALS.
THERE IS CONSTANT SOMETIMES HIGH SPEED THREE-WAY TRAFFIC AT INTERSECTION OF 56TH STREET AND NEWTON STREET NOW AND ULTIMATE ROAD FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT, TRACTOR TRAILERS, SERVICE VEHICLES, ET CETERA.
A PLAYGROUND AT 5,600 MAY DRAW YOUTH INTO TRAFFIC UNAWARE OF POTENTIAL DANGER.
IF ELIGIBLE, PLEASE CONSIDER THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM, CRP ADMINISTERED THROUGH USDA NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION, WHICH, UM, PAYS LANDOVER LANDOWNERS NOT TO FARM VICTORY GARDENS, THEIR LAND TO CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES, PREVENT, ET CETERA.
DOING SO SHOULD TAKE CARE OF LOT MAINTENANCE AND TAXES.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY VITAL TO CH BECAUSE 5,600 IS PART OF A FLOOD ZONE.
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THERE IS AN ACTIVE PETITION AGAINST THE PLAYGROUND CONSTRUCTION AT 5,600 METER STREET.AND, UH, I KNOW THAT MR. GALWAY AND COUNCIL MEMBER WADE WILL GET BACK TO YOU, UH, ON THAT IMPORTANT ISSUE.
IF SOMEONE IS ONLINE, PLEASE SOMEONE SHOUT IT OUT OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
UH, I THINK THAT TAKES US TO MS. SO BARBARA SOS WARD TWO, I COME NOT TO COMPLAIN, BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING.
AND I OFFER THESE COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF A NUMBER OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO CAME TOGETHER, UM, TO TRY TO PROBLEM SOLVE A COMMUNITY PROBLEM THAT ULTIMATELY INVOLVES MOST OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS TOWN.
I'M GOING TO READ A LETTER THAT IS EITHER HAS BEEN DELIVERED OR IS IN TRANSIT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TOWN.
DEAR MAYOR, CHIEF OF POLICE AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE CODE ENFORCERS INWARD TO COUNCILMAN, WE WOULD LIKE
THOUGH EFFORTS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED BY US TO RESOLVE THE EXCESSIVE NOISE COMING FROM ONE OF OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, IT IS ONLY THROUGH YOUR ATTENTION, PERSISTENCE, AND COMMITMENT THAT A FAIR RESOLUTION WAS FOUND.
YOUR ASSISTANCE HAS TRULY MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE FOR OUR BLOCK.
IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE LOCAL OFFICIALS TAKE RESIDENTS CONCERNS SERIOUSLY AND FOLLOW THROUGH UNTIL THE MATTER IS SETTLED.
PLEASE EXTEND OUR THANKS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN BRINGING THIS TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.
AND I CAN OFFER THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S NECESSARY.
IT'S PEOPLE THAT WERE, THAT LIVE ADJACENT TO THE, UM, DIFFICULT NEIGHBOR, SHALL WE SAY.
THANK YOU MS. SALT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM.
I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY ONLINE.
I THINK WE'RE STICKING WITH CREST AVENUE.
GOOD EVENING, JOYCE JONES, WARD TWO.
THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE PROVIDES MULTIPLE SERVICES TO THE TOWN.
IN ADDITION TO BEING THEIR DESIGNATED GREEN TEAM FOR SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND, OUR MEMBERS SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO THE TOWN BY CONSTANTLY ATTENDING ZOOM MEETINGS, WEBINARS, IN PERSON TOURS AND WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY A VARIETY OF GOVERNMENTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TOWN ADMINISTRATION THE MOST.
ON OCTOBER 8TH, I TOOK PART IN A TOUR OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, POPULATION 35,000 THAT WAS HOSTED BY SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND.
HERE ARE SOME OF THEIR GREEN INITIATIVES THAT WE MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER IN OUR TOWN.
ALL OTHER OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT IS NOW BATTERY OPERATED.
HEDGE TREMORS, CHAINSAWS, RIDE ON MOWERS, STAND ON MOWERS, LEAF BLOWERS.
THEY REPORT SAVING ON BOTH MAINTENANCE AND GASOLINE COSTS.
UH, THEY PURCHASED A BIODEGRADABLE FILM SYSTEM FOR REMOVING WEEDS AND CLEANING SIDEWALKS, WHICH HAS ELIMINATED THE USE OF ANY CHEMICAL HERBICIDES BETTER, BOTH FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR WORKER SAFETY.
AS OF JULY 1ST, 2025, IT BECAME MANDATORY IN LAW TO DIVERT ALL ORGANICS FROM THE WASTE STREAM.
HOMEOWNERS WERE PROVIDED WITH A KIT CONSISTING OF AN OUTDOOR CART CART WITH LOCKING LID, COUNTERTOP, COMPOST UNIT, AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
IN TOWNHOUSES, BIG BELLY SOLAR COMPACTORS WERE INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
THOSE UNITS ARE ROAD PROOF AND CAN ACCOMMODATE PIZZA BOXES AND OTHER MATERIALS IN ADDITION TO FOOD WASTE.
ON SEPTEMBER, I'M SORRY, OCTOBER 22ND, 2025, BOTH SHEILA S AND I ATTENDED ANOTHER TOUR HOSTED BY THE SANTA ROME.
THIS TIME IN HA GRACE POPULATION, 15,000.
THEIR GREEN TEAM IS A GRASSROOTS 5 0 1 C3 ORGANIZATION NOW IN ITS 15TH YEAR OF OPERATION.
THEY DESCRIBE THEIR MODEL AS VOLUNTEER LED AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED.
THEY USE A SERIES OF MOUS FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS DUE THEIR UNIQUE LOCATION NEXT TO THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AND THEIR LAND FOOTPRINTS.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF INITIATIVES THAT MAYBE WE COULDN'T ASPIRE TO, LIKE SOLAR FIELDS AND LIVING SHORELINES AND HUGE COMMUNITY GARDENS, UH, THAT PROVIDE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO RESIDENTS ELECTRONIC TR SYSTEM.
HOWEVER, THEY DO HAVE SOME TAKEAWAYS.
THEY ALSO HAVE A VERY ROBUST COMPOST, UH, PROGRAM.
THERE'S AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE CENTRAL LOCATION THAT ACCEPTS ALL TYPES OF FOOD WASTE, INCLUDING MEATS, UH, FATS, PIZZA BOXES.
TO DATE, THEY'VE DIVERTED OVER 250,000 POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE FROM LANDFILL.
AND FINALLY, DURING THE TOUR, THE MAYOR WAS VERY, UH, EFFUSIVE IN TALKING ABOUT HOW HISTORY AND BUDGET INCLUDES A $10,000 GALA END OF
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YOUR DINNER TO CELEBRATE AND THANK ALL VOLUNTEERS.HE STATED THAT THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE VOLUNTEERS IS JUST ENORMOUS.
LET'S CONTINUE HERE IN THE ROOM.
SHE WARD TWO, SOME RECENT ACTIVITIES OF THE SHELBY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE WAS FORWARDED A REQUEST FOR LA PRINCES GEORGE'S COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION SECTION FOR COMMENTS ON A HISTORIC AREA WORK PERMIT APPLICATION.
THE APPLICANT IS INSTALLING THE GEOTHERMAL HVAC UNIT AT THEIR HOUSE ADJACENT TO MOUNT HOPE ON HISTORIC SITE.
IT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GEO FAMILY WELLS WOULD BE, WOULD NEED TO BE DRILLED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF THE MOUNT HOPE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT HAD OBTAINED A COUNTY EASEMENT WITH THE OWNERS OF MOUNT HOPE, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS WORK.
THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS AND THE APPLICANT PRESENT PRESENTED THE PROJECT THAT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED BOTH HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AILMENTS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, FOUND NO OBSTACLE TO APPROVAL OF THE PERMIT AND SO REPORTED TO THE MAYOR ON COUNCIL.
WE EXPECT THIS PROJECT TO PROVIDE OVERALL BENEFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
IN ADDITION, THE EXPERIENCE OF THE APPLICANT WILL ADD TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE TO CH RESIDENTS.
NOW THROUGH A LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE CH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS REQUESTED THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS, CONDITION, AND FUTURE PLANS FOR THE JUDITH HOYER EARLY LEARNING CENTER.
IN C THE COMMITTEE IS CONCERNED SPECIFICALLY WITH THE GREEN SPACE, THE PLAYING FIELD, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROPERTY.
ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO SERVED ON THE COUNCIL AND WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN GETTING THE BUILDING RETROFITTED IMPROVED AND REOCCUPIED AS THE HOYA.
THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER RECALLS THAT THE TOWN SIGNED A 99 YEAR LEASE WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PLAYING FIELD PLAYGROUNDS AND OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURT.
THAT LEASE ALLOWED THE TOWN TO USE PROGRAM OPEN SPACE FUNDS TO IMPROVE ALL OUTDOOR SPACES, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF THE OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURT.
WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THAT THIS 99 YEAR LEASE WAS RECORDED IN THE COUNTY LAND RECORDS.
A COPY SHOULD BE FILED IN THE TOWN OFFICE.
THIS LEASE SHOULD HELP THE TOWN PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONS BY THE COUNTY REGARDING THE PROPERTY AS A WHOLE.
THE COMMITTEE FURTHER REQUESTS THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL KEEP RESIDENTS FULLY INFORMED AND PROVIDE REGULAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENT INPUT AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND FUTURE LOOSE USE OPTIONS.
NOW, THE COMMITTEE HELPED BRING THE WELL ATTENDED FORUM ON DATA CENTERS TO SHELBY ON NOVEMBER 6TH AND WILL BE ATTENDING THE NOVEMBER 20TH COUNTY CLIMATE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M CARLOS SER, OR RESIDENT OF WARD FOUR, UH, AND A MEMBER OF PROGRESSIVE CHEVROLET.
AND I'M HERE TODAY WITH SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF PROGRESSIVE CHEVROLET TO SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DEVELOP WHAT A PLATFORM FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TOGETHER WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, POLICY PRIORITIES THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE COUNCIL, BRING TO THE COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO ENACT, TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WE'VE COME UP WITH THREE SPECIFIC, UH, PLANKS OF THE PLATFORM THAT WE'RE GONNA SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR MEMBERS AND WE EVEN WENT TO SHOVEL DAY AND HAD DOZENS OF PEOPLE GIVE US FEEDBACK AS WELL, WHICH WE'LL SHARE IT ALSO.
UH, AND THEN THE HOPE IS THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE'LL DEVELOP SOME SPECIFIC.
SO TODAY WE'RE JUST GONNA GIVE YOU THE OVERVIEW AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL HAND YOU COPIES IN A MOMENT.
AND THEN, UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE'LL COME WITH A MORE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS, PRESENT THEM TO THE COMMUNITY, ADVOCATE FOR THEIR ENACTMENT AND, UM, AND WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS THAT.
SO I'M GONNA PRESENT THE PART OF THE PLATFORM THAT IS AROUND PROTECTING CH FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGGRESSION, WHICH, UM, IS, WAS A NO BRAINER AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS.
UH, THE THOUGHT WAS THAT, UH, WELL THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE SPECIFICALLY THE ROLE OF THE TOWN, GIVEN THE EFFECT THAT THIS HAS ON SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE THOUGHT THAT THE TOWN COULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PROTECT D DEFEND, AND EMPOWER THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD BEEN TARGETED AND SCAPEGOATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC IDEAS THAT WE WERE HOPING TO FOCUS ON.
ONE IS AROUND LOOKING AT WHAT I THINK IS STILL CURRENTLY OUR SANCTUARY
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CITY POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ENFORCED BY ALL OF OUR, UH, TOWN OFFICIALS AND WHATEVER INSTITUTIONS MIGHT BE RELATED.AND IF THEY, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ROBUST ONES, THEN THINK ABOUT WHERE WE NEED TO, UH, STRENGTHEN THEM.
A SECOND AREA IS CONNECT TARGETED POPULATIONS, ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS POPULATION AND FEDERAL WORKERS TO RELEVANT RESOURCES, INCLUDING REINVIGORATED MUTUAL AID NETWORKS THAT EMPOWER COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS CONCERNS TOGETHER.
AND AGAIN, I KNOW SOME OF THIS IS ALREADY HAPPENING, BUT THIS SEEMS LIKE SUCH A, A VALUABLE ROLE THAT THE TOWN COULD PLAY IN SORT OF A COORDINATING ROLE.
AND THEN FINALLY MONITORING THE, ANY KIND OF THREATENED FEDERAL AID AND PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE TOWN AROUND HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT OUR BUDGET.
AND SO WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY AMONGST THOSE THINGS, WHAT DO THEY THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT? AND WITH NO ONE WILL BE SURPRISED BY THIS, BUT THE SANCTUARY CITY ONE GOT THE MOST SUPPORT AND DOES SEEM LIKE A REALLY CRITICAL PIECE.
UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THERE WERE SEVERAL POLICIES THAT WERE ON THE PLATFORM FOR STRENGTHENING C'S DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.
HOWEVER, ONE STOOD OUT OVER FOR ITS OVERWHELMING POSITIVE RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE COMMUNITY AT C DAY, WHICH, WHAT IS RANK CHOICE VOTING NOW? THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE TWO CHANGES TO WHAT OUR CURRENT ELECTION SYSTEM WOULD BE TO ALLOW OUR, TO ALLOW OUR VOTERS TO RANK CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE AND TO MANDATE THAT ANY WINNING CANDIDATE WILL HAVE TO HAVE SECURED A MAJORITY OF THE VOTE.
AND THIS IS JUST GOING TO BRING THREE MAIN BENEFITS, JUST A MORE COMPETITIVE ATMOSPHERE, ALLOWING MULTIPLE, UH, MORE THAN TWO CANDIDATES TO RUN THE SAME ELECTION.
THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF CONCERNS OVER VOTE SPLITTING AND ENSURING THAT THE RESULTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW THE MAJORITY OF THE TOWN IS VOTERS WELL ARE LOOMING.
AND I HOPE THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD SOME PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHETHER TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE NATION AND IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH GREENBELT ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO IMPLEMENT THESE REFORMS TO OUR ELECTIONS.
I'M A MEMBER OF WARD ONE, RESIDENT OF WARD ONE.
SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR THIRD PLATFORM AND SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ALIGN WITH OUR VALUES.
AND, UH, THIS IS LOOKING AT, UM, THE INTEREST THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS IN DEVELOPMENTS THAT MEET, UH, OUR VALUES.
AND, UM, UH, WE'RE BASICALLY INTERESTED IN THE PRESERVATION AND IMPROVING GREEN SPACES ARE IN BETTER QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOCALLY INSTALLED RENEWABLE ENERGY AND, UM, SUPPORT FOR MORE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE DEVELOPED THESE IDEAS THROUGH A, A NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND, UH, WE REALLY HAD QUITE A, A NICE RESPONSE AT CH DAVE PEOPLE, UH, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, OUR IDEAS AND RESPONDING BY INDICATING WHICH ONES THEY, THEY WERE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN.
AND, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A LOT OF INTEREST IN TUXEDO ROAD REVITALIZATION AND IN, UH, THE JUDITH HOYER, UH, BUILDING, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND IS NO LONGER BEING USED AS A SCHOOL AND WAS KIND OF VACANT NOW WITH ITS ADJACENT, UH, FIELDS THAT, THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT.
SO, UM, OUR, OUR INTENTION REALLY IS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE VERY ACTIVELY INTERESTED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND.
UH, AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN KEEPING OUR PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT HEALTHY.
UH, WE'RE INTERESTED IN MAKING MORE AIR QUALITY BETTER FOR OUR KIDS, UH, SCHOOL BUSES AND TRUCKS GOING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, JUST TO, TO SAY THAT, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE IDENTIFYING THESE PARTICULAR AREAS IN PRECINCT EDUCATIONAL FORMS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, COME BACK WITH IDEAS THAT WE GET
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FROM THE COMMUNITY.ANY LAST CALL FROM THE AUDIENCE THEN? ALRIGHT, WE'RE
[6. Committee Reports]
GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM SIX.COMMITTEE REPORTS, STARTING WITH THE REC COUNCIL.
IS THERE A REPORT FROM THE REC? GO AHEAD.
YEAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.
UM, SO THE, UH, OCTOBER PARADE WAS A SUCCESS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TO THAT.
A COUPLE DATES THIS SATURDAY, SATURDAY, THE FLEA MARKET WILL BE HELD AT TOWN HALL, UM, SATURDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM I BELIEVE NOVEMBER THE 15TH.
MARK DOWN ON YOUR CALENDAR, PLEASE STOP BY, GET SOME GREAT, UM, THINGS FOR YOUR HOUSE.
UH, THE PEOPLE WILL BE SELLING VARIOUS, UH, ITEMS. THE, UH, ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY WILL BE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, UM, TENTATIVELY THE E EASTER EGG HUNT, UM, WILL BE SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH, AND THE PICKLEBALL SCHOLARSHIP TOURNAMENT WILL BE MAY 30TH, SATURDAY, MAY 30TH.
AND THE RAIN DATE FOR THAT IS THE NEXT DAY.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL FOR COUNCIL MEMBER WADE.
THANK YOU SIR CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE.
ANY REPORT? UH, I HAVE NO, NOTHING NEW TO REPORT AT THIS TIME.
2026 IS 9 26 26 9 26 26 WILL BE THE PARADE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER LOIC? HEARING NONE, MR. TANZI, THE PLANNING BOARD SINCE CARLOS WAS HERE.
I WAS GONNA HAVE CARLOS THERE.
UH, THE PLANNING BOARD MET, UH, YESTERDAY EVENING.
UH, OUR MEETING WAS FOCUSED ON SORT OF TWO MAIN TOPICS OF CONVERSATION.
THE FIRST ONE WAS AROUND, UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD DEVELOPED IN THE COUNCIL AND, AND, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATORS SENT TO THE, UH, CHEVROLET HILL DEVELOPERS.
UH, UM, AND TRYING TO DETERMINE SORT OF, ONCE WE GET ANSWERS BACK, UH, UH, HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THAT.
UM, OUR THOUGHT IS POTENTIALLY TO ASK MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD TO REVIEW THE ANSWERS AND, UH, AND SORT OF FLAG ANYTHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS MORE, ANYTHING THAT'S DESERVING OF SOME CONVERSATION.
AND THEN, UM, UH, HOPEFULLY IF THE COUNCIL'S INTERESTED, MAYBE PLANNING A JOINT MEETING OR WORK SESSION AT SOME POINT WHERE WE COULD LOOK THROUGH IT TOGETHER AND DISCUSS.
UM, AND ONCE WE KNOW THE TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.
THE OTHER THING WE TALKED ABOUT LAST NIGHT WAS AROUND, UH, SORT OF PRIORITIES FOR 2026.
A LOT OF US ARE NEW, WANTING TO SORT OF THINK ABOUT WHAT, UH, THE PLANNING BOARD COULD DO.
WE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS, BUT I'M SURE YOU DO TOO.
SO IF THERE ARE THINGS IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE PLANNING BOARD FOCUS OUR ENERGIES ON NEXT YEAR, PLEASE SHARE.
UH, DO I MISS ANYTHING? DID I THINK THAT COVERS IT? BUT WE DID HAVE, UH, CHUCK PARI, UM, IN THE MEETING YESTERDAY, AND THEY DID SEEM TO BE, UH, READY TO SUBMIT THEIR, UH, PPS, UH, SOON.
AND SO WE DO HOPE TO HAVE A, A SENSE OF THAT SINCE THAT THE TIMELINE STARTS ONCE THAT IS SUBMITTED AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE BOTH THE ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS AND SOME SENSE OF WHAT FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE, UM, IN SHORT ORDER AFTER THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL FOR CARLO OR DAVID? I THINK THE JOINT, I THINK THE JOINT MEETING IS A GREAT, I MEAN, HAVING THE PLANNING BOARD COME FOR AN HOUR OF A, OF A WORK SESSION IS A GREAT IDEA.
NEXT IS THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, VERY BRIEF REPORT, UH, THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS HAS BEEN MEETING THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, UM, TO IDENTIFY A WIDE VARIETY OF AREAS WE'D LIKE TO SEE IMPROVEMENT IN FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS.
UM, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION, PRIORITIZATION OF TOPICS.
WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING ALL OF OUR MATERIALS, THE, UH, BOARD ELECTIONS HANDBOOK, INTERNAL PROCESSES, THE TOWN CHARTER AND CODE REGARDING ELECTIONS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MARYLAND STATE CODE.
UM, WE HAVE NOT YET BROUGHT ANYTHING UP FOR AN OFFICIAL VOTE WITHIN THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS, AS WE ARE STILL VERY MUCH ENTRENCHED IN A RESEARCH STAGE.
UM, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME DECISIONS MAY BE MADE AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING, UH, WHICH WILL BE DECEMBER 9TH VIA ZOOM.
UM, AND IF SUCH DECISIONS ARE MADE AND OFFICIAL VOTES ARE
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TAKEN, UM, AFTER THAT WE PLAN TO BRING UP OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UM, A TOWN WORK SESSION, UM, PROBABLY THE SUBSEQUENT ONE IN DECEMBER OR POSSIBLY JANUARY, UH, TO START BRINGING FORTH SIMILAR IDEAS THAT ARE, UM, AREAS FOR TOWN COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW.UM, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE EXTENT OF MY REPORT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
UH, NEXT IS THE ETHICS COMMISSION, MR. RULE.
UH, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, GREAT TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, FROM AFAR, I'VE, I'VE GOT KID DUTY THIS EVENING OR ELSE I'D BE THERE IN PERSON.
UM, JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN ON WHERE WE ARE AS AN ETHICS COMMISSION.
UH, 2025 HAS BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR US.
UH, AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE, UH, NEW ETHICS CODE WAS, UH, PASSED, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
UH, GREAT DEAL OF PROGRESS THERE.
UM, AND THAT, UH, ON THE 20TH OF OCTOBER, WE ADOPTED, WE AS A COMMISSION ADOPTED OUR INTERNAL OPERATING GUIDELINES.
UM, AND SO AS OF NOW, UH, WE ARE FULLY IN THE GOOD GRACES OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
UM, AND WE'RE FULLY OPERATIONAL AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT, UH, UM, THAT, THAT WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY OVER THE PAST, UH, 18 MONTHS OR SO.
UH, AND ON THAT NOTE, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UH, DAVID LAVOY, ED TERRY, UH, DION DOBBINS, UH, TINA JONES, VIDA RICHARDSON, AND TANYA PARKER GATES, UH, FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY'VE PUT INTO, UM, UH, PUTTING IN A GREAT DEAL OF PROGRESS WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS COMMISSION.
UM, ALSO, UH, SUBSEQUENT TO, UH, ADOPTING THE GUIDELINES FORMALLY, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE A FORMAL VOTE FOR, UH, THREE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN THE COMMISSION.
UM, UH, TANYA PARKER GATES IS OUR VICE CHAIR.
AND, UH, UH, FOR REASONS THAT I CAN'T FATHOM, THEY PUT THEIR FAITH AND TRUST IN ME FOR ANOTHER YEAR, UH, AS THE OFFICIAL CHAIR AND, UH, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS.
SO I'M VERY PLEASED, UH, ABOUT THAT AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE WORKING WITH, UH, WITH THESE GREAT FOLKS.
UH, OUR NEXT MEETING IS GONNA BE THE 19TH OF JANUARY.
UH, THAT WILL BE A, UH, A HYBRID TOWN HALL AND ZOOM MEETING.
UM, AND, UH, I HAVE, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE PENDING ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ETHICS COMMISSION? ALRIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE THE REMINDERS THAT WE KNOW YOU WILL BE GIVING US FOR OUR ANNUAL REPORTING, WHICH I THINK IS AROUND, UH, UH, THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM, WHICH I THINK IS DUE AROUND THE TURN OF THE YEAR, UH, FOR MAYOR AND COUNT FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO, UH, THAT, THOSE, UH, THOSE ARE DUE ON THE 30TH OF APRIL.
SO WE'LL BE ISSUING THOSE PROBABLY IN THE FEBRUARY TIMELINE.
WE APPRECIATE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, FRIENDLY REMINDERS, UH, SO THAT WE KEEP IN COMPLIANCE.
AND PLEASE DO CALL US IF THERE'S ANY, UH, ISSUES, UH, AS WE ALL SEVEN OF US, US WANT TO REMAIN ON THE GOOD SIDE OF THOSE RULES.
NOT HEARING ANY, THAT TAKES US TO OUR LAST COMMITTEE REPORT, WHICH IS HOMETOWN HEROES.
MR. GALLOWAY, IS THIS YOU? I DON'T SEE MR. BELL.
UH, THE EXCEPTION OF THAT WOULD BE NOMINATION OF THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING.
SHE, SHE CAN HEAR, PATTY CAN HEAR PAT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN'T HEAR.
NO UPDATE AT THIS MEETING, HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE AN UPDATE AT THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING.
UH, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL THAT TAKES US TO ITEM
[7. Swearing In]
SEVEN, THE SWEARING IN.AND WE WILL START WITH MR. CARNEY, I BELIEVE.
AND THEN COUNSEL, IF YOU WANT, MAYBE WE SHOULD GET A PICTURE WITH MR. CARNEY.
WE SWEAR HIM IN TO MAKE SURE YOU SIGN THE RIGHT ONE SO YOU DON'T BECOME A POLICE OFFICER.
ALRIGHT, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
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I STATE YOUR NAME.DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
I WILL BEAR FAITHFUL, I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE.
I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF.
I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT.
I RULE TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT.
DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF YOUTH, TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE TOWN OF CH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND FOR THE TOWN OF PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND.
WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE.
WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE.
OF THIS STATE AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF, AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF.
SO YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, NO STATE, YOU HAVE TO SIGN THIS.
SIGN AND DATED AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE.
WHAT'S TODAY? TODAY IS THE 13TH, 11, 13.
ALRIGHT MOM, DO YOU WANNA COME OFF JOSH? I GET, NO.
AND THEN IF YOU GET 1, 1, 2, 3.
THE BACKDROP WILL BE RIGHT HERE SO THAT DURING SWEARING IN THE BACKDROP IS THERE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING BUT YEAH, THAT'S
[8. Swearing In]
ALRIGHT.WE HAVE TWO MORE SWEARING INS TO JUNE.
YOU ARE STAGING THIS MR. GALL.
MAKE SURE, UH, LET'S START WITH MR. TEON UNDER, BECAUSE WE GOTTA START WITH SOMEBODY.
RIGHT HERE FIRST THE TV AND THEN THIS.
NO, WE DON'T WANT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TV.
ALRIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU STAND HERE AND I'LL STAND HERE.
YOU WORDS ARE THE SAME, BUT I'M GONNA READ THIS ONE ANYWAY.
IF YOU AT THOSE WORDS, BUT YOU GONNA REPEAT AFTER ME.
WHAT DO YOU NEED US TO DO? THIS THE WHOLE THING.
BY THE WAY, CAN WE TAKE THE WHOLE WHOLE THING CITED OVER THIS WAY? OH, WHY NOT? THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, ARE YOU READY? YES SIR.
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AYE, AYE.DO ONE T DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT DO SO SWEAR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE MEDICINE OF AMERICA.
I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
I'LL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.
THERE I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT, I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT.
DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF POLICE OFFICER FOR THE TOWN OF CH, EXECUTE AN OFFICE OF POLICE OFFICER FOR THE TOWN OF CH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE, WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE.
ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THIS STATE AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET.
YOU SIGN AND DATE AND THEN I'LL SIGN 1113.
YOU WANT WAIT FOR PICTURES? YEAH.
WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN A MINUTE.
OFFICER WALKER, HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.
YOU CAN READ HIS IF YOU NEED TO.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
I'LL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF.
I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT, I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILLS AND JUDGMENT.
DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF POLICE OFFICER FOR THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET, THE OFFICE OF POLICE OFFICER FOR THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET.
PRAISE GEORGE COUNTY MARYLAND.
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE, WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE.
ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THAT THE STATE AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET AND CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CH.
WHY DON'T WE GET IN FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE 1, 2, 3.
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AND THEN DO YOU WANNA HAVE THE OFFICERS, MR. GALLOWAY, DO YOU WANNA HAVE THE OFFICER'S FAMILIES ONE? ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S[9. Closed Meeting Summary]
JUMP BACK INTO IT 'CAUSE I HAVE A VERY, UM, TEDIOUS ITEM NINE TO GET THROUGH, WHICH IS THE READING OF THE FAIR SUMMARY FROM THE CLOSED MEETINGS OF OCTOBER 16 AND NOVEMBER 5TH.I WILL PROCEED WITH THAT NOW AND THEN WE WILL, UH, MOVE ON WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS AFTERWARDS.
ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2025, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CONVENE A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO MARYLAND CODE 3 1 0 1 OF THE GENERAL PROVISION ARTICLE, OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CONVENED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SPECIAL MEETING AT SIX 15 BY MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR.
BRIER VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS BY THOSE PRESENT TANZI LALO HECK, WADE FRY AND BRIER TO HOLD A CLOSED SESSION.
THE REASON CITED UNDER THE LAW WERE 3 3 0 5 B ONE TOOK TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE, DEMOTION, COMPENSATION, REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM THIS PUBLIC BODY HAS JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS.
ALSO 3 3 0 5 B THREE TO CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE AND MATTERS DIRECTLY RELATED THERETO.
THE THIRD REASON CITED WAS 3 3 0 5 B SEVEN TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE.
AND THE FOURTH REASON CITED WAS 3 3 0 5 B EIGHT TO CONSULT WITH STAFF ABOUT PENDING OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
THOSE PRESENT IN THE CLOSED SESSION WERE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER GARZA ENTERED THE MEETING AT 6:40 PM TOWN ADMINISTRATOR DELAINE GALLOWAY, TOWN ATTORNEY JASON DELOACH AND TAD, AND FOR PART OF THE MEETING TOWN ATTORNEY TODD POUNDS, ESQUIRE.
DURING THE CLOSED MEETING, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL RECEIVED A REPORT FROM MR. GALLOWAY AND MR. POUNDS ADDRESSING MULTIPLE PROPERTIES IN CH FOR POTENTIAL ACQUISITION.
MR. GALLOWAY AND MR. POUNDS ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ATTORNEY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON PENDING LITIGATION AND PROVIDED LEGAL ADVICE ON ANNEXATION.
MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED UPDATES ON MULTIPLE PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES.
MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON A POTENTIAL NEW PERSONNEL POLICY INVOLVING A PROCESS
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FOR HANDLING STAFF COMPLAINTS.ATTORNEY DELOACH PROVIDED LEGAL ADVICE ON THAT POLICY.
MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON OBTAINING A STAFF CONSULTANT.
NO ACTIONS WERE TAKEN DURING THIS CLOSED SESSION.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE CLOSED MEETING WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR BRINER.
THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE CLOSED SESSION ENDED AT 7:44 PM ON OCTOBER 16, CLOSED SESSION SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025.
ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CONVENE A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO MARYLAND CODE 3 1 0 1 OF THE GENERAL PROVISION ARTICLE, OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CONVENED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SPECIAL MEETING AT 7:38 PM BY MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR BRINER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE.
THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS BY THOSE PRESENT TANSY LEG HECK, WADE AND MAYOR WATSON TO HOLD A CLOSED SESSION.
THE FIRST ITEM CITED UNDER THE LAW WAS 3 3 0 5 B ONE TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE, DEMOTION, COMPENSATION, REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES, EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM THIS PUBLIC BODY HAS JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL.
THE SECOND REASON CITED UNDER THE LAW IS 3 3 0 5 B SEVEN TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE.
THOSE PRESENT IN THE CLOSED SESSION WERE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, EXCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, WHO WAS EXCUSED, VICE MAYOR BRINER FOR PART OF THE MEETING TOWN ADMINISTRATOR DELAINE GALLOWAY TOWN ATTORNEY JASON DELOACH, CARROLL COUNTY SHERIFF JAMES DEWE AND ATTORNEY DEVON MILLER AS WELL AS DEPUTY CHIEF KRAUS FOR PART OF THE MEETING.
DURING THE CLOSED MEETING, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL RECEIVED A REPORT FROM SHERIFF DEIS ON THE PROCESS AND STATUS OF THE PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION ON THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING AND THE TIMELINE OF THE OVERALL RESOLUTION OF THAT MATTER.
THE SHERIFF FIELDED QUESTIONS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
ATTORNEY MILLER BRIEFLY CONFIRMED THE PROCESS EXPLAINED BY SHERIFF DEIS AND OFFERED OTHER TECHNICAL ISSUES REGARDING OFFICER WRIGHTS.
SHERIFF DEIS LEFT THE MEETING AT 7:58 PM AND ATTORNEY MILLER LEFT AT 8 0 1.
AFTER THEIR REMARKS, AFTER THEIR DEPARTURE, DEPUTY CHIEF KRAUS PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON A RECENT DEPARTURE OF AN EMPLOYEE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EXPLAINED THE DETAILS OF THE DEPARTURE.
DEPUTY CHIEF KRAUS LEFT THE MEETING AFTER HER REPORT AT 8:18 PM MR. GALLOWAY REPORTED THAT THEN ON EFFORTS TO RETAIN A CONSULTANT TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL SENSITIVE PERSONNEL ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED, ATTORNEY DELO PROVIDED A BRIEF UPDATE ON ONGOING ANNEXATION LITIGATION.
THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL DISCUSSED WITH MR. GALLOWAY HIS BENEFITS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF UTILIZING THEM.
ATTORNEY DELO AND THE MAYOR DISCUSSED A LETTER RECEIVED ON BEHALF OF A FORMER EMPLOYEE, BOTH DISCUSSED THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDING IT.
NO ACTIONS WERE TAKEN DURING THE CLOSED SESSION.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE CLOSED MEETING WAS MADE BY VICE MAYOR BRIER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GAR GAR, EXCUSE ME, THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE CLOSED SESSION ENDED AT 9:13 PM ON NOVEMBER 5TH.
AND THOSE BOTH OF THOSE MINUTES WILL BE APPENDED TO THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING.
[10. Proclamation]
10 PROCLAMATIONS.WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT.
ONE ON MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WORKS MONTH AND ONE ON A, UH, PROCLAMATION HONORING MR. HAGERMAN.
SO I WILL START WITH MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WORKS MONTH PROCLAMATION FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WORKS MONTH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CH PROCLAIMED NOVEMBER TO BE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WORKS MONTH, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF CH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1913.
AND WHEREAS MARYLAND IS HOME TO 157 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, AND WHEREAS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
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REPRESENTS THE MOST RESPONSIVE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, ALLOWING CITIZENS TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS.AND WHEREAS IN AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR PARTICIPATION, THE TOWN OF CHEV IS PROUD TO PROMOTE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AWARENESS.
AND WHEREAS MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ENHANCED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE RESIDENTS, MAINTAINING NATURAL AND HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES, AND HELPING TO MAKE MARYLAND A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND EXPLORE.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CHEV MARYLAND HEREBY JOIN THE MARYLAND MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IN DECLARING NOVEMBER TO BE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WORKS MONTH IN THE TOWN OF CHEV.
SIGNED THIS 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025.
ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL ON THIS PROCLAMATION? I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS, SO I'M SIMPLY GONNA CIRCULATE IT FOR YOUR SIGNATURES.
IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LOLO HECK HAS GENEROUSLY AGREED TO READ THIS SO THAT YOU CAN STOP HEARING MY VOICE.
PROCLAMATION, HONORING THE SERVICE OF CHARLES CHUCK HAMAN, PRESIDENT RECREATION COUNCIL.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET RECOGNIZES THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE WHO DEDICATE THEIR TIME, LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS CHARLES CHUCK HAGERMAN HAS BEEN A PROUD RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET SINCE 2001 AND HAS REMAINED DEEPLY COMMITTED TO FOSTERING A WELCOMING, ACTIVE, AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS CHUCK JOINED THE CHEVROLET RECREATION COUNCIL IN 2016, INITIALLY AS PART OF THE MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM.
AND THROUGH HIS DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP GREW TO TAKE ON EXPANDED RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE COUNCIL.
AND WHEREAS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, CHUCK HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE CHEVROLET RECREATION COUNCIL, PROVIDING STEADY GUIDANCE, THOUGHTFUL COLLABORATION, AND SUSTAINED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND WHEREAS DURING HIS PRESIDENCY, CHUCK CONTINUED AND STRENGTHENED THE RECREATION COUNCIL'S BELOVED SIGNATURE EVENTS, INCLUDING THE CHEVROLET EASTER EGG HUNT, THE HALLOWEEN PARADE, AND THE DECEMBER HOLIDAY CELEBRATION, BRINGING JOY, TRADITION, AND UNITY TO FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES.
AND WHEREAS CHUCK HELPED LAUNCH THE ANNUAL CHEVROLET RECREATION COUNCIL PICKLEBALL SCHOLARSHIP TOURNAMENT, A COMMUNITY CENTERED EVENT PROMOTING RECREATION CONNECTION AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR YOUTH.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP AND HANDS-ON COMMUNITY EFFORTS, TEENS HAVE COLLECTIVELY EARNED OVER 500 VOLUNTEER SERVICE HOURS GAINING VALUABLE EXPERIENCE, MENTORSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF CH AND WHEREAS CHUCK'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, GENEROSITY, AND SERVICE EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF VOLUNTEERISM, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC PRIDE.
NOW THEREFORE, I MICHAEL WATSON, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET, MARYLAND ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS OF CH DO HEREBY EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND COMMENDATION TO CHARLES CHUCK HAGERMAN FOR HIS EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP, DEDICATED SURFACE AND ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIFE, SPIRIT AND COMMUNITY TRADITIONS OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET.
PROCLAIMED THIS 13 DAY, 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 IN THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET, MARYLAND.
MR. HAGERMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH? AND, UH, WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? I KNOW MR. WADE, THIS WAS YOUR IMPETUS.
UH, EXCUSE ME, EVERYBODY, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, MY VOICE IS, IS ALMOST GONE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO, UH, CONGRATULATE MR. HAGERMAN ON HIS
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LEADERSHIP.IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH HIM, UM, TO GUIDE THESE FLAGSHIP EVENTS AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO, UM, START THE PICKLEBALL, UH, TOURNAMENT, UH, WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE LEVEL OF IMPACT THAT THE SCHOLARSHIPS HAS PROVIDED FOR CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA AS A PERSON WHO HAS, UH, YOUNG, UH, TWO BOYS THAT SEE THE IMPACT, UH, FROM CHUCK, UH, DRESSING UP AS SANTA CLAUS TO, UM, EASTER EGG HUNTS AS THE BUNNY.
UM, BUT THE HARDWORKING DEDICATION, A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS NOT, UM, UH, THAT NOT SPOKE UPON, UH, DIRECTLY, BUT THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF SHELBY AND ALL THAT'S DONE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AND, UH, YOU WILL BE MISSED, BUT WE WILL BE CALLING ON YOU FOR SUPPORT.
[12. Cheverly Hill Update]
WE ARE ON TO ITEM 12.THIS IS THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
UH, THAT INCLUDES RESIDENT INPUT.
SO WE WILL HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM HOME TEAM FIVE AND THEN HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL AND THEN HEAR ANY RESIDENT, UH, INPUT ON WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM HOMET FIVE AND FROM THE COUNSEL SPECIFICALLY.
YEAH, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY UP.
AND I THINK, UH, ATTORNEY BILL SHIP IS GOING TO BRIEF US ON A REQUEST, UH, FOR COUNSEL OR TOWN SUPPORT, COUNSEL SUPPORT FOR, I'M GONNA USE THE WRONG WORD, I'M GONNA CALL IT A DEPARTURE ON THE, UH, ZONING FOR TOWNHOUSES.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.
I'M THE ATTORNEY WITH O'MALLEY MILES NOW AND GILMORE WITH OFFICES IN GREEN BELT HERE BEHIND ME.
I HAVE MEMBERS OF THE HOME TEAM, FIVE CREW, UH, WHO ARE THE DEVELOPERS OF THE PROPERTY, ALONG WITH, UH, A WHOLE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO COMING TO THE TOWN FOR REGULAR BRIEFINGS AND, AND, UM, CONSULTATIONS ON ISSUES THAT MIGHT INVOLVE THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT AND USE OF THE PROPERTY AT BEVERLY HILL.
UM, THIS, UH, ISSUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW DEALS WITH THE LAYOUT OF ALLEYS FOR TOWNHOUSE PODS.
UH, TOWNHOUSES ARE ALLOWED IN THE ZONE AS PART OF THE MIXED USE, UH, CONCEPT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE NEW ZONING ORDINANCE.
BUT AS WE FOUND ON MANY PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING FORWARD UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE, YOU RUN INTO LITTLE GLITCHES HERE AND THERE THAT THAT JUST, UM, MAY NOT HAVE BEEN, UH, PICKED UP AS HOW THEY MIGHT IMPACT, UH, A LAYOUT.
AND I THINK YOU SEE A DIAGRAM UP THERE.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THAT IN LINE BY LINE, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS THAT IN A URBAN MIXED USE CONTEXT, THE TOWNHOUSE LAYOUT IS, UH, SERVED BY AN ALLEY, WHICH WILL, UH, PROVIDE THE PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWNHOUSES.
THE, THESE ARE GOING TO BE HIGH LEVEL, HIGH QUALITY UNITS WITH TWO CAR GARAGES, SO THEY TAKE UP MOST OF THE BACKYARD OF THE BUILDING.
UH, THE CONCEPT HERE IS THAT WE FOCUS ON THE STREET PRESENTATION, UH, THAT BOTH CREATES A NICE AESTHETIC FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, ELIMINATES ITS SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE DRIVEWAYS THAT CUT THROUGH, UH, THE FRONT, UH, ROAD, AND YOU YOU'RE TRYING TO WALK DOWN THE SIDEWALK AND YOU'RE HITTING A DRIVEWAY EVERY FIVE FEET.
AND SO THIS PUTS ALL THAT KIND OF BACK OF HOUSE ACTIVITY IN, INTO AN ALLEY.
THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES A REAL YARD
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SETBACK.AND IN THE TRADITIONAL TOWNHOUSE ZONE, THERE IS A NOTE THAT STATES, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A STATED SETBACK AMOUNT, I THINK IT'S 20 FEET IN THE, THE REGULAR ZONE, UM, THAT THAT CAN BE REDUCED DOWN TO ALL THE WAY TO ZERO IN AN ALLEY CONTEXT.
SO THAT REALLY, IT DEEMPHASIZES THE REALLY YARD SO THAT YOU HAVE THIS NICE AESTHETIC FRONT YARD AND, UH, FRONT FACING, UH, STREET APPEAL, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT'S DEVELOPED.
THAT FOOTNOTE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ZONE THAT WE'RE IN, WHICH IS A CGO ZONE.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH PARK AND PLANNING AS PART OF, UH, THE COMMENTS AND REVIEW ON THE, THE PLAN THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SUBMIT, UH, HOW TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR FLEXIBILITY WITH THEM.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEIR HELP AND ASSISTANCE, AND IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TO KNOW THAT, THAT WE COULD GO IN WITH SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN TO WORK ON THE ISSUE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO ENDORSE ONE SOLUTION OR ANOTHER YET.
WE'LL COME BACK WITH FULL PLANS, BOTH A PRELIMINARY PLAN AND SITE PLAN.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE EXACT LAYOUT.
UH, BUT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THIS ISSUE.
UM, THE, THE REALLY, UH, ADVERSE EFFECT OF THIS CAN BE SEEN IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, ONE IS THAT IT INCREASES IF WE WERE TO HAVE TO PUT THE FULL 15 FEET IN THE REAR ALLEY.
I, I WAS SAYING BEFORE THAT THE DRIVEWAY TAKES UP MOST OF THE REAR BECAUSE IT'S A TWO CAR GARAGE THAT'S INTEGRAL TO THE UNIT.
SO THAT'S JUST GONNA LENGTHEN THE AMOUNT OF PAVEMENT, WHICH IS GONNA INCREASE THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, WHICH I KNOW, UM, IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE HERE IN SHOVEL AND IN THE COUNTY IN GENERAL TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
IT ALSO WOULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE, UM, PARKING, UH, IN FRONT OF THE UNITS BECAUSE ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT HAD BEEN SUGGESTED WAS, WELL, YOU COULD JUST ELIMINATE SOME OF THE, UM, ROLE OF PARALLEL PARKING THAT WE HAVE ON THE PUBLIC STREET BUILT INTO THIS CONCEPT.
UH, WELL THAT'S MEANT TO PROVIDE, UH, GUEST PARKING AND ALSO GENERAL PARKING CLOSE TO THE RETAIL CORE, UH, THAT WOULD SERVICE THIS NEW COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE EXISTING CHEVROLET COMMUNITY IS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING IN THE NEW CHEVROLET HILL SO THERE'S NOT AN OVERFLOW SITUATION.
SO WE REALLY ARE LOW TO, TO ELIMINATE PARKING.
UH, THE OTHER OPTION OF, OF FINDING SPACES TO REDUCE THE VILLAGE GREEN.
AND WE DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA EITHER, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SERVICE BOTH TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AND TO THE TOWN AS A WHOLE.
UH, ONE LAST IMPACT THAT IS, UH, SOMEWHAT SALIENT BUT IMPORTANT IS IN ONE OF THE PODS, THE TOWNHOUSE IS BACKS UP TO THE EXISTING CH COMMUNITY.
THE EFFECT OF HAVING US TO ESSENTIALLY WIDEN THE AREA FOR THE ALLEY TREATMENT IN THE BACK WOULD BE TO PUSH THE FRONTS OF THOSE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE EXISTING TOWN.
WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE AS MUCH OF A BUFFER AS WE CAN FROM THE EXISTING, UH, COMMUNITY.
UH, NOT BECAUSE WE ARE HIDING, BUT BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE BUFFER FROM EXISTING RESIDENCES, UH, IN, IN A NICE DESIGN.
UH, SO FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION, UH, TO THIS ALLEY QUESTION.
UM, THERE'S A BUNCH OF TECHNICAL WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IT COULD INCLUDE VARIANCES, COULD INCLUDE, UM, LOOKING AT FLEXIBILITY UNDER THE SUBDIVISION REGS.
UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH PARK AND PLANNING, BUT WE WANTED TO BRIEF THE TOWN AND BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAD, UH, BRIEFED YOU AND THAT WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING DOWN TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
AND, AND WE'LL COME BACK AGAIN AND KEEP REPORTING AS MUCH AS YOU'D LIKE US TO.
UH, IS THE, IS THIS PROPOSAL ONLY AFFECTING THE TOWNHOUSES IN THE ONE POD THAT'S, THAT'S SURROUNDED BY THE ORANGE? NO, ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT POD IS MEANT TO ILLUSTRATE, UM, THE ISSUE OF, UH, BACKING UP TO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY.
BUT SOME OF THE OTHER PODS HAVE THE, THE EXACT SAME TREATMENT.
THERE MAY BE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE, THE TIGHTNESS OF, OF THE, THE LAYOUT, BUT WE FRANKLY THINK IT'S A BETTER LAYOUT, UH, TO HAVE THE, UH, SHORTER REAR YARD AS OPPOSED TO SHORTENING UP THE FRONT YARD.
UM, SO IT WILL APPLY IN OTHER PLACES.
COUNSEL, ANY COMMENTS, UH, AT THIS POINT FROM COUNSEL OR QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE MY
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HEAD RAISED.UH, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE POINT.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, A LOT OF THIS REALLY DEALS WITH WARD ONE.
UM, AND I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR BECAUSE OF THE FACT OF THE MORE GREEN SPACE, BUT IN PARTICULARLY THAT THOSE TOWN HOSTS, THE HOUSES ARE NOT, UM, DIRECTLY, UH, BASED OFF THE, THE DIAGRAM ARE, UH, CONNECTED, WELL NOT CONNECTED, BUT UM, CLOSER TO, UM, JASON, UH, LOCKWOOD AS WELL AS PART ALMOST PARTS OF INWOOD THERE.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT'LL BE MORE SPACE.
IT'LL BE A BUMPER OF, OF GREENERY SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO VERSUS THE ORIGINAL, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
YOUR, THE, UM, THE FRONT, THE FRONTS OF THE HOUSES WILL BE FARTHER FROM THE EXISTING CH HOMES.
ANYTHING, UH, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER, WADE? NO, YOU'LL BET.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GARCE OR VICE MAYOR FRY, PLEASE SHOUT OUT ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE BECAUSE I CANNOT SEE THE SCREEN.
UH, LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TANZI.
I JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE APRON IS, IS THAT WHERE THE GARAGES ARE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BEHIND THE, THE GARAGES? NOT, I MEAN, I'M, I'M CURIOUS EITHER WAY, BUT THE SECOND QUESTION IS 36 FEET IN THE PROPOSED DESIGN INCLUDES THE APRON.
SO IS THAT STILL EASILY NAVIGATED BY PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PULLING INTO THESE GARAGES? YES.
THIS IS A DESIGN, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE GARAGES ARE INTEGRAL TO THE UNIT INTO IT.
THEY, THEY ACTUALLY ARE PARKED GROUND FLOOR.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE FLUSH WITH THE UNIT.
UH, AND, AND THIS LAYOUT IS NOTHING, LET ME SAY THAT.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY THIS PRODUCT IS LAID OUT IN OTHER TOWNHOUSE ZONES IN THE COUNTY.
IT'S, I THINK, A PECULIARITY IN HOW THEY CARRIED IT OVER WHEN THEY ADDED IT TO THE CGO ZONE, WHICH IS GETTING PRETTY TECHNICAL, BUT I'M HAPPY TO GO IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS YOU WANT.
BUT, UM, WE'RE NOT ASKING TO DO A PRODUCT OR A DESIGN THAT IS SUBSTANDARD.
WE, WE ARE JUST ASKING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF FLEXIBILITY THAT'S ALLOWED IN THE OTHER TOWNHOUSE ZONES IN THE COUNTY.
SO IT IS BECAUSE OF THE, THE UNIQUE ZONING AND IT NOT TRANSLATING OVER.
SO LIKE IF YOU GO TO WHERE BUSBOY AND POETS IS, THOSE TOWN HALLS HAVE WHAT, AT LEAST TO ME, LOOKS LIKE THIS TYPE OF SIMILAR HAT.
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YES.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP COUNCIL MEMBER? GO AHEAD, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE THE, THE BREAKDOWN DIMENSIONS OF THAT 36 FEET AS TO HOW MUCH THE APRONS ARE LIKE, OR THE DRIVEWAY ITSELF IS, WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACTLY DIMENSION YET BECAUSE THIS IS, THAT IS REALLY A SITE PLAN ISSUE.
WE'RE DEALING WITH THE LOTS, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING NOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
UH, SO, BUT, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, DRIVEWAY, UM, UNDER THE TYPICAL DESIGN WOULD BE MORE LIKE FIVE FEET LONG.
AND SO INSTEAD OF 15 FEET, YOU WANTED TO LEAVE YOUR CAR IN YOUR DRIVEWAY, WOULD IT BE STICKING OUT INTO THE ALLEY? YEAH, NO, YOU WOULD BE PUTTING IT IN THE GARAGE.
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LEAVE IT ON THE DRIVEWAY.
THE, THE ALLEYS BY THE WAY, WILL NOT BE, UH, CITY OWNED.
IT WILL BE PRIVATE AND WILL BE MAINTAINED BY, UH, HOA REGULATIONS.
AND WOULD THAT BE WHERE TRASH WOULD BE PICKED UP FROM? YES.
AND THE, THE COUNTY STANDARDS FOR ALLEYS ANTICIPATE TRASH, TRUCKS, FIRE SERVICE, YOU KNOW, LARGE TRUCK MOVEMENTS.
AND WE ARE, WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH THAT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, THEN, UH, I WILL ASK FOR PUBLIC INPUT THEN, IF THERE ARE ANY RESIDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPOSAL OR ASK QUESTIONS FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES.
UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO USE MR. SHIP'S MICROPHONE.
AND I, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, I, WE WILL FIND YOU NAME AND WORD PLEASE.
SHE SILENT WROTE TO I JUST ONE.
AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION AND THEN A STRANGE OTHER QUESTION.
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UM, SO THE AREA THAT WOULD NOW BE 24, 24 FEET INCHES, UM, ADJOINING TOWN OF SHOVEL, UM, IS THAT GOING TO BE LANDSCAPED OR WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE? I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA SAY THIS FOR SOME, FOR SOME FUTURE TIME, BUT IN GENERAL WE MUST HAVE SOME IDEA ABOUT IT.WE CAN THANK AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AND YOU DID ANTICIPATE PARTLY MY ANSWER, WHICH IS THAT IS REALLY A SITE PLAN QUESTION.
I I THINK GENERALLY IT WILL APPEAR LIKE THE FRONTS OF UNITS THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
SO THERE WILL BE LANDSCAPING AND GRASS AND SIDEWALK, UH, ENTRANCES TO THE UNITS.
BUT ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS IS THAT IT'S NOT THE BACK OF A TOWNHOUSE FACING NO, IT'S, IT'S THE FRONT, UH, WITH, WITH THE, UH, FRONT FACADE ACTUALLY FACING.
SO COULD YOU SET THE FRONT YARD TOO? YES.
THAT WOULD BE THEIR FRONT YARD.
THAT WOULD BE THEIR FRONT YARD AS WELL AS THIS PART MS. YOU THE S WHERE THE ALLEYS WILL BE AND, AND THE ALLEYS WON'T BE MUCH OF A I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MS. THIS YES, YOU'RE CORRECT.
IT'S HARD TO SEE, UM, WHERE THE LITTLE WITH THE GREEN STRIPS RIGHT.
IS WHERE THE FRONT YARDS WILL BE.
STREET THAT PEOPLE COULD SPILL OVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY SPILL OVER.
PEOPLE COULD PUT THEIR NO, THE, THE LOTS THAT BARBECUE IS IN THERE.
WELL, LET ME, UM, LET ME TRY THAT.
I'M SAYING I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
UM, THE LOT LINES WILL BE THE LIMIT OF PEOPLE'S REGULAR ALLOWED ACTIVITY.
THE HOA PARCELS WILL BE CONTROLLED BY THE HOA, WHICH WILL HAVE REGULATIONS AND YOU KNOW, WHILE I CAN'T GUARANTEE THERE'S NEVER GONNA BE VIOLATIONS OF SOMETHING, THERE WILL BE A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO SAY YOU CAN'T PARK YOUR BOAT THERE, YOU CAN'T DO GRILLS AND, AND OTHER PICNIC ACTIVITIES UNLESS IT'S DESIGNED AS A PARK FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS A NON ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTION.
UM, I DON'T SEE HOW THE PEOPLE, HOW THE MAILMAN IS GOING TO DELIVER THROUGH DELIVER MAIL.
I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE BIG, BIG BOXES OF, YOU KNOW.
YOU CANNOT DRIVE TO THE FRONT DOOR.
RIGHT? NO, I WAS JUST CONFERRING QUESTION.
ALL, UM, MOST LIKELY THERE'LL BE A CENTRALIZED MAIL DROP OFF, UH, LOCATION.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A DETAIL THAT COMES LATER WHEN WE LAY OUT THE HOUSES.
AND I'M SURE YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT'S YEAH.
IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE TO MY TOWNHOUSE, YOU WILL BE DRIVING TO MY GARAGE, NOT TO MY FRONT DOOR.
'CAUSE THERE WILL BE NO VEHICULAR ACCESS.
YOU COULD WALK TO MY FRONT DOOR ON THE SIDEWALK.
WELL, EVERYBODY'S FRONT DOOR DOESN'T MATTER.
OR, OR PARKED ON THE PUBLIC STREET.
AND AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT, MR. MURDER, THE FRONTS ARE REALLY MEANT TO BE MORE PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED.
ACTIVATE THE FRONT OF IT AS AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC, UH, INPUT AND I'M NOT SEEING ANY ONLINE.
MS. RICHARDS, ARE YOU SEEING ANY ONLINE? NO.
UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL ABOUT THIS IDEA FOR THE PRESENTATION? UH, OKAY.
IS THERE, UH, APPETITE ON THE COUNCIL FOR A VOTE THIS EVENING TO SUPPORT, UM, THE, THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT VERSUS THE, I GUESS THE ZONE, UH, ZONE REQUIRED ALIGNMENT OR ZONE, UH, DEMANDED ALIGNMENT? I MEAN, I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE US TO SUPPORT IT.
UM, BUT COUNCILS, VICE MAYOR, BRENER, UH, ARE YOU ASKING FOR A MOTION MAYOR OR JUST ASKING A QUESTION? I THINK I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION.
UM, BUT, UH, I, YES, BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC INPUT.
UH, I THINK A MOTION WOULD BE GREAT AND THEN WE CAN DEBATE THE MOTION.
CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION OF THE
UM, I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT IT, BUT I ALSO AM AWARE OF MY OWN IGNORANCE.
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THE URGENCY ON YOUR PART? YEAH, IT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE AS I SAID, THE ACTUAL LAYOUT OF THE UNITS AND THE SIDEWALKS AND AND RELATED, UM, HARDSCAPE COMES WITH A DETAILED SITE PLAN, WHICH IS THE NEXT PHASE.BUT IF YOU DON'T DESIGN THE LOTS CORRECTLY NOW AT THE PRELIMINARY PLAN PHASE, THE WIDTH OF THE ALLEY AND THE DEPTH OF THE LOT TO WHICH IS INFORMED BY WHAT THE, THE REAR YARD SETBACK WILL BE, YOU'RE GOING TO HIT AN ISSUE AT SITE PLAN THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, TO ADDRESS.
SO THE POINT IS TO TRY TO HEAD THIS OFF NOW, UM, RATHER THAN HAVE IT BE A BIG SURPRISE LATER.
AND, AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IS, UH, THE TOWN'S SUPPORT TO, UM, HELP WITH THE SEEKING A FLEXIBILITY FOR THE REAR YARD SETBACK, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY PLAN AND THE SITE PLAN.
UM, AND YOU ARE GONNA SEE BOTH THOSE PLANS MANY TIMES.
YOU GOOD? I, I THINK I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH SUPPORTING THAT.
THEN, UH, OH, VICE MAYOR BRIAN.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, EXPRESS AND COMMUNICATE OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS SETBACK AS OUTLINED IN THE DOCUMENTS.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND.
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY VICE MAYOR BRIER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI COUNSEL, INCLUDING MR. GALLOWAY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? NO, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS MAYOR.
UM, UH, I ENCOURAGE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND AFFIRMATIVE OF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS IN DISCUSSION OR HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION.
JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, JUST EMPHASIZE THIS IS, UH, WILL BENEFIT WARD ONE WHERE THE TOWN HOMES ARE NOT CLOSER TO THE ESTABLISHED, UH, HOUSES AND, UH, THAT ARE ADJACENT TO IT IN WARD ONE.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M IN FAVOR WITH IT AND OTHER REASONS.
I ALSO THINK IT WILL, UM, IT'LL BENEFIT ALL OF THE PROPERTY LINES, UH, ALL OF THE TOWN, ALL OF THE CHEVROLET PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO FACE, UH, ANY OF THE TOWNHOUSES, INCLUDING I, I THINK A HANDFUL IN ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PROJECT THAT FACE, UH, WAR II.
SO I'M INCLINED TO AGREE WITH YOU.
ANY, UH, FURTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? UH, ALL THOSE IS, UH, I'M LOOKING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER FRY SO THAT SHE CAN VOTE.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALRIGHT, THE MOTION, UH, PASSES.
WE VERY MUCH VALUE THE COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE TOWN.
[13. Keller Update]
THAT TAKES US ITEM 13, WHICH IS THE, UH, UPDATE FROM KELLER CONSTRUCTION ON, UH, THE ELY BUILDING.SHALL, UH, ARE YOU LEADING THIS OR NO? I'M GOING TO, UH, TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO, UH, KELLY WALLACE WITH KELLER.
WE ALSO HAVE ROBIN BARNHART HERE FROM CPJ, WHO THE TOWN HAS HIRED AS A CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST THE TOWN WITH THIS PROJECT.
WITH ALL FURTHER DUE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOEY.
SO, UM, I'LL START WITH SOME GOOD NEWS ON A COUPLE OF FRONTS.
UH, THE FIRST IS, WE DID RECEIVE A TEMPORARY UNO FOR THE ELECTRICAL, UH, PORTION OF THE INSPECTIONS.
UH, A COUPLE OF MINOR COMMENTS FROM THE INSPECTOR.
UM, NOTHING, UH, NOTHING REALLY TERRIBLE.
UM, THE SECOND BIT OF POSITIVE IS THE GRADE ISSUE AT THAT CENTER, UH, INLET BETWEEN THE SOCCER FIELDS AND THE BUILDING TRACK AND THE BUILDING AND THE TRACK, NOT TO MENTION THE, THE CONCRETE, UM, TOPS TO THE INLETS.
WE'VE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO, UH, TO LOWER THOSE TOPS.
UH, BASICALLY BURY THEM, UH, WITH ENOUGH SOIL TO SUPPORT SIDE SO IT WOULD BLEND INTO THE ADJACENT AND IT WOULD LOOK, UM, LIKE YOU JUST BASICALLY HAVE AN INLET
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IN THE GRASS, WHICH IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL, UH, DESIGN INTENT WAS.UH, BY DOING ALL OF THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SMOOTH OUT THE, THE GRADE CHANGE THAT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IS, UM, UH, STEEPER THAN THE, THE REST OF THE AREA AROUND IT.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE PRESENTING SOME SKETCHES TO THE TOWN, UH, NEXT WEEK, IF NOT TOMORROW, ON, ON SOME PRELIMINARY.
I, YOU KNOW, THE PRELIMINARY IDEA.
I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE ENGINEERS AND THE CONTRACTORS TO COME UP WITH THIS PLAN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE POSSIBLE TO, UH, TO SOLVE BOTH THE GRADE PROBLEM AS WELL AS THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM.
UM, SO THOSE TWO POSITIVES, UH, THE ONE NEGATIVE THAT I HAVE, YES, SHELLEY J UH, JUST WITH THAT, I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED BY WHAT HE JUST EXPLAINED.
I THINK SO, BUT I JUST NOTED THAT, UH, YOU WILL BE PRESENTING, UH, THOSE DESIGNS NEXT WEEK.
SO I, I'D WANT TO SEE THOSE TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT, UH, ADDRESSES OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE UTILITY OF THE FIELD FOR, UH, YOUTH SPORTS AS, AS PUT IN THE, THE DESIGNS.
I, I ASSUME, ROBIN, THAT YOU'LL HANDLE THE COMMUNICATION OF THE STUFF THAT I GIVE TO THE TOWN, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, THE, THE ONE NEGATIVE THAT I HAVE TO REPORT IS THE, THE ACTUAL FULL UNO DATE WE HAVE TO PUSH TO THE FOLLOWING WEEK FROM THE WEEK THAT IT WAS IN BEFORE, UH, NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER 12TH, RIGHT NOW IS, UH, OUR BEST, UH, PLAN FOR FULL UNO.
UH, WE'VE RUN INTO THREE MAIN AREAS OF, OF TROUBLE.
ONE IS, UH, ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT ADDED BY SEVERAL INSPECTIONS TO INCLUDE SOME FIRE ALARM DEVICES, EXIT SIGNS THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED, AND THEN PROGRAMMED INTO THE FIRE ALARM CONTROL.
UH, SECONDLY, UM, I'M HAVING AN INCREASINGLY HARD, UH, TIME WITH, UM, SUBCONTRACTORS NOT BEING RESPONSIVE, ESSENTIALLY.
UM, WE, WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE ISSUING, UM, NOTICES OF, UH, DEFAULT IN ORDER TO TRY TO GET SOME PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO FINISH THE JOB.
UH, ESSENTIALLY, UM, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE TO DO IS SO MINOR IN THEIR WORLD THAT THEY CAN'T SEEM TO PUT AS THE PRIORITY THAT THEY NEED TO PUT ON IT, UH, AT, AT TIMES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO RAMP UP THE, UH, THE PRESSURE ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN THIRDLY, UH, WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF CHANGE ORDERS OVER THE, UH, CALL IT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WHERE EQUIPMENT WAS ADDED.
AND WE ARE NOW DISCOVERING, UH, THAT WE MISSED A FULL INSTALLATION ON SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT.
SO WE'RE FINDING MISSING PARTS THAT WE HAVE TO TRACK DOWN, UH, AND, AND INSTALL IN ORDER TO GET FINALS.
AND JUST AS A SMALL EXAMPLE OF THAT, A WA A WASHER AND DRYER WERE ADDED A YEAR AGO TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
THE WASHER AND DRYER WERE DELIVERED AND INSTALLED.
THE PLUMBING TO THE WASHER WAS INSTALLED.
THE ONE THING THEY FORGOT TO DO WAS PUT THE DRYER VENT IN.
SO WITHOUT THE DRYER VENT, THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR CAN'T PASS THE INSPECTION.
AND SO THAT, IT, IT, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST NOW DISCOVERING, UM, TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST CLEAN UP THE TASKS.
UM, SO FOR THOSE REASONS, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HAVING TO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE DELAYED A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS, A COUPLE DAYS THERE, UH, INTO NEXT WEEK, UM, WHICH ISN'T HELPING AS, AS I THINK EVERYBODY PREDICTED, UM, WHEN I FIRST GOT INVOLVED.
SO, UM, FOR THE MOST PART, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY REPORT, UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
ROBIN, ANYTHING TO ADD AT THIS POINT? UM, NOTHING SPECIFIC.
UM, THERE ARE SOME MINOR DETAILS THAT WE ARE, UH, WORKING WITH KELLY ON AND, AND KEEPING TRACK OF, BUT, UM, NOTHING AS SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
UM, IF YOUR CONTRACTORS AREN'T COMING OUT, UM, THEN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WELL, AND THIS RECENTLY HAPPENED WITH THE SUB, UH, UH, ON CONCRETE.
WE, CONTRACTUALLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO JUST DO THE WORK FOR THEM, UH, UNTIL WE DEFAULT THEM.
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IS TO, TO ISSUE A NOTICE OF DEFAULT, WHICH WE ARE DOING AND HAVE DONE.UM, AND ONCE THEY FAIL TO SUPPLY EITHER THE EQUIPMENT, THE LABOR OR THE MATERIAL OR, OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEIR CONTRACT SAYS, UH, AT THAT POINT WE CAN THEN GO OUT AND HIRE A REPLACEMENT FOR THEM TO DO THE WORK.
WE HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY TO, TO DEDUCT THAT MONEY THAT WE WOULD THEN PAY THE NEW SUB FOR, UH, FOR THE WORK FROM THE EXISTING CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE DEFAULTED, UH, SUBCONTRACTOR.
UH, JUST YESTERDAY, UM, I GOT A, UH, RESPONSE FOR A CONCRETE SLAB REPAIR FROM A TRADE THAT'S BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS NOT ANSWERING MY CALLS, UH, BECAUSE WE THREATENED TO DEFAULT HIM.
AND SO THEN HE DECIDED TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TO SEND US A RESPONSE.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL REALLY START LIGHTING SOME FIRES AND, AND GETTING SOME, UH, UH, SOME FINAL RESOLUTIONS TO THESE, WHAT I CONSIDER REALLY SMALL ITEMS, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO THE INSPECTORS TO, TO CAUSE SOME, SOME ISSUES.
SO WITH THAT, IF, IF I STILL HAVE THE FLOOR BEAR, UH, ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME OF A DEFAULT? BECAUSE JUST ASSUMING, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID ONE CONTRACTOR REACHED OUT TO YOU, BUT HOW MANY CONTRACTORS HAVE YOU SENT DEFAULT LETTERS TO AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DEEM SOMEONE DEFAULT WITH YOUR COMPANY? IT'S 72 HOURS.
YOU GIVE THEM THREE DAYS TO REPLY, RESPOND, OR, OR, UH, TO, TO DO WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO DO.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN PULL, UM, AND, AND HIRE ANOTHER SUB THREE DAYS.
WHAT TRADES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? UH, WELL RIGHT NOW IT WAS, IT WAS CONCRETE, IT WAS UTILITY, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'VE SENT THE LETTERS OUT TO THEM.
HAS IT BEEN 72 HOURS SINCE WE'VE SENT, WELL, THEY RESPOND DEFAULT.
SO, UH, AND THAT WASN'T ACTUALLY A-A-U-N-O QUESTION THAT WAS MORE JUST A, UM, A CONCRETE REPAIR THAT WAS, UH, BEING DISCUSSED IN, IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE COVERED PARKING AND THE BUILDING ITSELF ON, ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THAT CONCRETE SLAB THAT'S IN BETWEEN HAS SOME CRACKS AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT, AND THEY FINALLY REPLIED WITH THE PLAN.
SO, UM, THAT WASN'T A UNO QUESTION, BUT IT WAS A, UH, SUBCONTRACTOR THAT WASN'T, UM, COMPLYING.
WITH ALL THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, HOW DECEMBER THE 12TH? YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DATE THAT WE HAVE HERE NOW.
AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
AND WE HAVE, UH, A LIST DEVELOPING.
UH, ROBIN'S BEEN ASKING POLITELY FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW FOR A COMPLETION LIST, WHICH WE SHOULD GET OVER, UH, THIS WEEK.
UM, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S REQUIRED IS NOT NECESSARILY A UNO QUESTION, UH, QUITE A BIT OF IT, UM, CAN BE DONE AFTER UNO.
HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT THE PLAN.
UM, I ONLY SAY THAT TO, TO SAY THAT YES, THE LIST MIGHT HAVE A BUNCH OF ITEMS ON IT, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY ONLY A, A SMALL FEW THAT ARE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO, TO DRIVE THE, THE UNO INSPECTIONS.
IF I COULD ADD TO THAT THOUGH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH KELLY AND REASON WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS LIST IS TO UNDERSTAND, WHILE THEY MAY, THEY MAY NOT AFFECT THE UNO, IT MAY AFFECT THE DESIRE OF THE TOWN TO FULLY MOVE INTO THE SPACE IF THERE'S STILL THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON, AND WE NEED THAT LIST FROM KELLY TO DO SO.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THERE.
SO, ROBIN, I'M SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHO ARE YOU PUSHING FOR THE LIST? KELLY? UH, KELLY.
WHY HAVEN'T YOU ALL GAVE HER THE LIST AND WHEN SHE ASKED FOR IT ORIGINALLY? YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.
I'M, I'M, I'M PLANNING TO SEND THE LIST TOMORROW.
SO, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE DECEMBER 12TH IS THE BEST CASE U AND O DATE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY EVEN A MOVE IN DATE BECAUSE THE UNO DATE IS NOT, UH, LIKELY TO BE THE CH YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS TOWN MOVE IN DATE.
I, I WOULD SAY THE BUILDING CAN BE USED FOR A MEETING LIKE THIS, UM, FAIRLY EASILY AFTER UNO, BUT FOR A FULLY OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY WITH OFFICES AND, AND ALL OF THAT, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY NOT.
BUT AGAIN, THE LIST THAT ROBIN'S GONNA GET TOMORROW AND THE MEETING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE
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DIRECTLY AFTER THAT TO SORT OF COORDINATE EFFORTS, AT SOME POINT IT WILL BECOME, UM, AGREED THAT YEAH, MAYBE IT'LL BE A PAIN, BUT WE COULD MOVE IN AT THIS POINT ALONG THE STAGE RATHER THAN THIS POINT.THERE'S GOING TO BE A, A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S THE RIGHT MIX BETWEEN UNDONE ITEMS AND THE CITY, UM, MAINTENANCE MOVING, MOVING IN.
SO HERE'S MY CONCERN BASED ON HOW THIS PROCESS HAS PLAYED OUT SO FAR.
UM, MY WORRY IS THAT WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON THIS UNO DATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE UNO DATE, BUT HAVE MOST THINGS NOT DONE, AND THEN NOT HAVE THAT UNO DATE TO KEEP YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO ACTUALLY FINISH THE WORK.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS BIG GOAL AS THE UNO DATE, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, AS YOU SAID, WE'RE ALL REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND I THINK I WANT THAT TO MEAN A LOT MORE COMPLETED THAN JUST THE BARE MINIMUM FOR US TO GET IN THERE AND DO OUR MEETINGS.
'CAUSE THAT BUILDING IS NOT FOR US TO DO OUR MEETINGS.
THAT BUILDING IS FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO DO THEIR WORK.
YEAH, AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO MINIMIZE THE, THE PUBLIC WORKS MOVING IN AND WE ARE TRACKING TWO LEVELS OF WORK.
ONE IS UNO AND THE, THE DETAILS FOR INSPECTIONS, BUT WE HAVE AN EQUALLY, UM, LARGE PUSH TO FINISH THE WORK AS WELL.
TO INCLUDE PUNCHLESS COMPLETION ITEMS THAT STILL NEED TO BE INSTALLED, LIKE THE DRYER VENT THAT I MENTIONED AND, AND SO FORTH.
UM, WE HAVE NOT LET OFF THE GAS AT ALL ON WHAT I WOULD CALL THE REGULAR COMPLETION WORK AS OPPOSED TO THE THE UNO INSPECTION WORK.
UM, OUR INTENTIONS ARE TO BE, UH, AS COMPLETE AS IS POSSIBLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT WE STILL, WE DO WANNA GET THE UNO AS SOON AS WE CAN, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THE REST OF THE BUILDING FINISHED.
I I WOULD EVEN SAY THAT I, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS IN THE GYM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC WORKS GETS USE OF THAT BUILDING.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT THE PRIORITY IS PUBLIC WORKS, EVEN THOUGH SORT OF PUBLICLY IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING IN THE BUILDING AND HEY, THE BUILDING IS OPEN, BUT IF PUBLIC WORKS CAN'T USE IT, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE NEED.
I MEAN, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, WE NEED THE UNO, BUT THE, THE UNO IS NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT IN ORDER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET THE KEYS TO THE BUILDING AND MOVE IN AND MAKE IT FUNCTIONAL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY TRADE OFF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE ON THAT CHAMBER ROOM, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, IS COMING AT THE EXPENSE OF GETTING THE FIRST FLOOR DONE.
UM, THAT, THAT, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
I JUST MEAN, I JUST MEAN OPTICS WISE, I FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE A MEETING IN THERE NOW, BUT THE OPTICS OF, OH, WE HAD OUR MEETING IN THE ROOM AND SO NOW THE BUILDING IS OPEN, IS NOT, NOT THE VIBE, NOT THE END OF THE STORY.
YEAH, I ALSO JUST WANNA ADD THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALSO ASKED KELLY, THAT HE'S WORKING ON WITH PROVIDING THIS LIST IS TO TAKE THE PROJECT SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE, WHICH RIGHT NOW ENDS AT THE UNO DATE, BUT TO EXTEND THAT OUT TO ACTUAL PROJECT COMPLETION DATE OF EVERYTHING DONE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT KELLY IS ALSO WORKING ON, UH, PREPARING AND, AND HE NEEDED TO GET THIS LIST FINISHED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO US TO FULLY FLESH THAT, UM, SCHEDULE OUT.
BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE MONITORING AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO AS WELL.
UH, COUNSEL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR, OH, MR. TANZI? JUST A QUICK QUESTION, UH, REALLY FOR ROBIN, BECAUSE YOU SPOKE ROBIN LAST TIME ABOUT THE, UH, USE OF THE FIELDS, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR SENSE OF THE GRADE CHANGE IDEAS, ASSUMING, UH, THEY'VE BEEN SHARED WITH YOU, AND HOW THAT WILL AFFECT THE UTILIZATION OF THE FIELD AS A, AS A SPORTS FIELD.
SO THE LOWERING OF THE MANHOLE LIDS, UM, ACTUALLY TAKES IT TO WHAT THE DESIGN INTENT WAS ON THE PLANS.
UM, IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP EASE THE TRANSITION OF THE GRADING, UM, THAN WHAT'S SHOWN OUT OR WHAT IS SEEN OUT THERE ON THE FIELD RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT DESIGN INTENT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
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A ASPECT OF THE FIELD USE THAT WE ARE STILL LOOKING INTO, UM, AND THAT'S FOR THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE FIELD.UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S 190 FEET THAT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HAD SAID THAT THEY NEED FOR THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD.
UM, I WENT OUT, UM, AS I TOLD YOU ALL LAST TIME, UM, WHEN WE CAME HERE, IS THAT I HAD PULLED DISTANCES OFF THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING TO APPROXIMATE WHERE THE EDGE OF THE FIELD WOULD START, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF ANY OF THE SIGNIFICANT GRADING SLOPE THERE, WHICH IT IS.
AFTER THAT COUNCIL MEETING, I WENT OUT AND THEN PULLED A DISTANCE FROM THAT POINT 190 FEET TO THE OTHER SIDE TO VERIFY IT ALL FIT WITHIN THE FULL CIRCLE OF THE TRACK, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING TRACK ON THE OPS OPPOSITE SIDE.
UM, THERE IS, MOST OF IT DOES APPEAR TO FIT, THERE IS ONE CORNER THAT IS TIGHT THAT, UM, BECAUSE I'M JUST PULLING A TAPE MEASURE ACROSS THERE, UM, IT'S NOT AS ACCURATE.
SO, UM, I MADE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE GET THE FIELDS, THE CORNERS OF THE FIELD STAKED OUT IN THE FIELD, SO WE KNOW ABSOLUTELY FOR SURE THAT IT'S GONNA FIT.
UM, I KNOW THAT KELLY HAS BEEN TALKING WITH THE DESIGN ENGINEERS TO GET, UM, BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND WORKING THROUGH THAT WAY.
UM, BUT THAT IS STILL, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION ULTIMATELY IS WE, WE NEED TO HAVE IT SURVEY TO CONFIRM THAT 190 FOOT, UH, LENGTH.
SO THAT PART IS STILL IN PROCESS, BUT THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE MANHOLES AND THE, THE, THE IDEA OF HOW THEY'RE DOING IT, UM, I AGREE IS THE PROPER WAY OF DEALING WITH THAT.
THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT AGAIN.
UH, ARE THERE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR EITHER ROBIN OR KELLY? YES, MR. GALLOWAY, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, THE PROJECT COMPLETION DATE IS DIFFERENT THAN A UNO DATE, AND I KNOW ROBIN, YOU HAD MADE MENTION TO THAT.
UH, WHEN WILL WE RECEIVE THE PROJECT COMPLETION DATE? IS THAT TOMORROW THAT WE RECEIVE THE PROJECT COMPLETION DATE? YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE THE REST OF THE JOB PAST UNO.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN TALK IN, IN OUR CATCH UP MEETING ABOUT THE ACTUAL DEFINITION AND WHAT'S INCLUDED.
SO I MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE TASKS BECAUSE SOME OF THE TASKS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR PROJECT COMPLETION AFTER, YOU KNOW, ARE ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE AND IT'S THINGS LIKE O AND M MANUALS TRAINING LIKE WE DID WITH THE, UM, AUDIO OR THE LIGHTING SYSTEM THE OTHER DAY AND, AND SO FORTH.
SO IF YOU WANT ALL OF THOSE THINGS INCLUDED, IT MIGHT BE NEXT WEEK THAT WE GET THE FULL ADMIN STUFF, BUT TOMORROW IT'LL BE THE, THE, THE WORK ITSELF BEING FINISHED GOT SORE.
SO AS IT RELATES TO THAT, UM, WELL COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TOPIC.
UM, THE CONCRETE PORES, OKAY, WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE CONCRETE PORES THEY WERE CRACKING.
AND THERE ARE A TON OF CRACKS.
UM, ARE YOU ALL GONNA REMOVE THE CONCRETE AND RAPPORT OR, I MEAN, WHAT'S YOUR SOLUTION TO THAT? BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY CRACKS THERE, UM, TO WHERE I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ACCEPTING, UH, THAT BUILDING UNTIL YOU ALL, UH, HAD SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION THAT CPJ AND I WOULD AGREE WITH.
WELL, THAT, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CONCRETE SUB AND COMING TO DO THE REPAIRS TO THE SLAB BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE COVERED WALKWAY.
SO THAT PLAN I GOT TODAY, I'LL PRESENT TOMORROW BEFORE OUR MEETING.
I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL AND THEN WE CAN, UM, TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANNA SEE AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE PLAN.
BUT THEY ARE PREPARED TO CUT OUT, UH, CUT OUT THE SLABS AND REPLACE THE CONCRETE WHERE THE CRACKS ARE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ROBIN OR KELLY? WELL, I MEAN, I
UH, I, I, I, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, I THINK DECEMBER 12TH IS LIKE 13 WORK DAYS FROM NOW.
UH, SO I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A REALISTIC DATE FOR ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONCRETE I'M CONCERNED, I, I REALLY AM CONCERNED, AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE WINTERTIME.
AND IF I'M NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THE BUILDING AND THE PROPERTY WITH CRACKS THERE, SO CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT WON'T OPEN UP AGAIN UNTIL WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS OF WARM WEATHER.
SO THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING TO ME.
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I NEEDED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.WINTER CONCRETE IS NOT A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY IN THIS, UM, AREA.
THERE ARE CONCRETE POURS ALMOST EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, UH, IN TOWN.
THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS HAVE METHODS FOR DEALING WITH CO UH, COLD WEATHER, WARM, UH, WARM WATER, UH, AD MIXTURES.
UM, THERE'S METHODS YOU CAN USE TO, UH, TO KEEP THE CONCRETE FROM BEING, UH, AN ISSUE IN COLD.
THERE'S BLANKETS YOU INSTALL AFTERWARDS THAT KEEPS THE HEAT IN.
UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE ANY, UM, INPUT OR QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC BEFORE I GIVE MY CONCLUDING COMMENTS? YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
IS YOUR GREEN LIGHT ON? IS YOUR GREEN LIGHT ON? OH, YES, IT'S
UM, SO, OKAY, TELL ME IF I'M WRONG AT SOME POINT, UM, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE UNO DATE IS THE DATE THAT TELLS US WHEN THE FENCE CAN COME DOWN.
I, RICK, DID I HEAR IT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
OH, IF I CAN WAIT, IF I CAN CLARIFY, THAT'S THE, THE CHAIN LINK SECURITY FENCE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE DOWN THE, UM, EROSION CONTROL, WHICH IS THE SMALLER BLACK FABRIC FENCE, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THAT, PUT IN THE GROUND BY STAKES THAT IS, UH, CONTROLLED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTOR.
AND THERE'S SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS HOW MUCH GRASS IS GROWN, HOW LONG IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED, WHETHER IT'S BEEN CUT OR NOT, ESSENTIALLY THAT IT'S IN A, IT'S CONDITION THAT WILL ALLOW FOR IT TO NOT SOIL THE ROAD.
AND THAT INSPECTION, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CONTROL OVER, UH, NATURE HAS TO GROW THE GRASS, AND THEN ONCE WE GET IN FINAL INSPECTION FOR THAT, WE CAN TAKE THE, UH, SOIL EROSION CONTROL FENCING DOWN.
BUT AS FAR AS THE SECURITY FENCING GOES, ONCE WE GET UNO YES, THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE PLAN IS TO START TAKING THE CHAIN LINK, UH, CHAIN LINK DOWN.
AND, AND THE UNO MEANS THE SECURITY FENCE CAN COME DOWN, WHICH MEANS WE GET OUR, UH, VEHICLE CHARGERS BACK, CORRECT? YES.
THAT'S, THAT IS A KEY CONNECTOR THERE.
UH, ANY OTHER PUBLIC INPUT OR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE? UM, SO I, I'M NOT GONNA PUT ANY STOCK IN, IN DECEMBER 12TH.
UM, COUNSEL, WE'RE NOT PLANNING AN OPEN HOUSE AT THIS POINT.
UM, IT WILL PROBABLY, AN OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD AND IT WILL COME TOGETHER, UH, QUICKLY PROBABLY, BUT IT WILL NOT BE IN 2025.
UM, I'M STILL OPTIMISTIC THAT IT CAN HAPPEN IN 2026 IN JANUARY.
I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC IT COULD HAPPEN IN JANUARY.
UM, BUT WE WILL, WE WILL PLAN THAT AND EXECUTE THAT PROBABLY PRETTY QUICKLY, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC.
UH, AND THAT WILL BE KIND OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING, UH, TOUR OF THE BUILDING.
UM, COUNSEL WOULD STILL OUR INTENTION TO HAVE THE JANUARY 15TH P-G-C-M-A MEETING THERE, WHICH I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY MANAGE, UH, EITHER WAY.
UM, BUT WE WILL, UH, AS A TEAM MAKE THAT DECISION.
SO WE WILL STILL BE HOSTING NO MATTER WHAT.
AND I AM, UH, CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC WE CAN HOST IN THE BUILDING ON THE 15TH OF JANUARY.
UM, BUT WE WILL NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION AS A TEAM A FEW DAYS AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, I I WOULD SAY I'M, I'M, I JUST, I REMAIN VERY DISAPPOINTED AND VERY CONCERNED.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER REPORT, UH, IN TWO WEEKS ON DECEMBER 4TH.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT I AM MADE TO FEEL BETTER OR GIVEN HEAR SOMETHING THAT GIVES ME MORE CONFIDENCE THAT WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND WITH THAT, UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE WILL SEE YOU KELLY IN UH, TWO ROBIN.
PLEASE JOIN US IF YOU'RE ABLE.
AND THEN, UM, I KNOW MR. GALLOWAY IS IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH YOU BOTH.
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LET US MOVE NOW TO ITEM 14, THE SNOW EMERGENCY PLAN EXCEPTIONS.UH, THIS COUNSEL, THIS WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA SO THAT HEADING INTO THE WINTER MONTHS, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE SMALL NUMBER OF PLOWING EXCEPTIONS
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THAT ARE ON THE, THAT, THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE THERE AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE CONSISTENTLY, THOSE EXCEPTIONS.SO GENERALLY CHEVROLET, WE IN A SNOW EMERGENCY, WE PARK ON THE ODD NUMBERED SIDE OF THE STREET.
UH, AND, UM, WE DON'T PARK ON THE EVEN NUMBERED SIDE OF THE STREET.
I HAD TO THINK ABOUT MY OWN STREET TO GET IT RIGHT.
WE PARK IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, WHICH IS AN ODD NUMBER.
WE DON'T PARK ACROSS THE STREET, GENERALLY SPEAKING BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE ON AN EXCEPTION STREET.
THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION IN WARD TWO.
UH, THERE IS ONE, AT LEAST ONE EXCEPTION IN WARD ONE, AND I THINK THERE'S ONE IN WARD THREE.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MR. CARD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CASTLE.
SO THE REASON WE, UH, REQUEST THE PEOPLE TO PARK ON THE ODD NUMBER IS TO, ESPECIALLY ON 3,200 BLOCK OF TREEMAN AVENUE AND 5,700 BLOCK OF, UH, BLOCK OF LOCKWOOD ROAD, IS THAT WHEN WE ARE PLOWING AND THEN WE MAKING THAT TURN LEFT ON 3,200 BLOCK OF TREEMAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY SHARP.
AND THEN WE MAKING THAT LEFT, THE, THE PLOW PRETTY MUCH THE TRUCK SLIP BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE, THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND, AND HOW SHARP IS THE, THE, THE TURN THERE.
SO WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAUTIONED WHEN WE MAKING THAT TURN.
IF IT'S A, IF THERE'S A VEHICLE PARKED THERE, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO MAKE THAT TURN.
SO WE, WE HAVE TO GO AROUND AND COME BACK AND PRETTY MUCH MAKE THE RIGHT TURN WHEN IT, WHEN IT BECOMES DIFFICULT AGAIN TOO ON, UH, 5,700 BLOCK ON LOCKWOOD WHEN YOU MAKE THAT RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO MAKE THE TURN.
SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ASKED YOUR PEOPLE TO PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, UH, 3,200 BLOCK TREEMONT.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY OPEN AND MAKE THAT TURN TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT.
IT CAN ALSO ADD THAT, I THINK WE ALSO INDICATED WELL BEFORE THAT THERE ARE SOME BLACK ICE THAT'S THERE.
SOMETIMES FROM EITHER SOME, UM, GROUND WATER OR FROM JUST WATER COMING DOWN THAT HILL THERE.
SO IT MAKES IT CHALLENGING JUST FOR THE OPERATIONS TEAM TO MAKE THAT TURN.
THAT IS A TIGHT TURN WHENEVER YOU ARE IN THE SNOW PLOW.
AND ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, SHOVEL, THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF MAKING IT LOOK EASY WHENEVER THEY'RE DRIVING THE SNOW PLOW.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE REASON AND WE'LL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR ON THE PLOWING EXCEPTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER WADE? YEAH, JUST, UM, ONE, THANK YOU ALL FOR ADDRESSING THIS.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS REGARDING THIS AS MENTIONED, THE TWO THAT'S IN WARD ONE, UM, PARTICULARLY THE THIRD 200 BLOCK OF TREMONT.
UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, IT IS REALLY MORE OF A SAFETY HAZARD THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
THE FACT THAT FOR THE, UM, THE SNOWPLOW TO BE ABLE TO MANEUVER, UH, DURING THAT SIDE OF, OF, OF GOING OVER THERE FROM THAT STANDPOINT, UM, ARE THERE ANY POSSIBILITIES OF ANY EXCEPTIONS, UM, THAT CAN BE MADE? AND IF NOT, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT JUST WANTED TO ASK, MAKE SURE NO EXCEPTIONS MADE JUST DUE TO THE TRICKINESS OF, UH, UH, DRIVING THE ACTUAL VEHICLE AND THAT IN THAT, IN THAT AREA, WE WERE WANT ALL VEHICLES TO PARK THERE, UM, IN THEIR DESIGNATED LOCATION.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HANDFUL OF EXCEPTIONS? I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO COUNT THEM.
I KNOW THERE'S ONE ON 59TH AVENUE IN WARD TWO, SO I'M NOT GONNA COUNT THEM, BUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, OKAY.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SNOW PLOWING EXCEPTIONS? ALRIGHT, NOT SEEING ANY,
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WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR THE TRENT STREET CAMERAS.WHAT I AM, UH, GOING TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE KICK THIS TO THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING.
UH, THE, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF AND THE LIEUTENANT AND I, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH OTHER VENDORS AND WE THINK THAT WE FOUND, UH, SOME COMPETITIVE PRICING.
UM, SO IF YOU GIVE US TILL DECEMBER,
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UH, WE WILL ALSO TRY TO MANAGE THE EXPECTATIONS WITH, UH, THE OLD WARD FOUR AS WELL.UM, WE THINK WE MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO, UH, INSERT BETTER PRODUCTS IN THOSE AREAS, UM, AT A CHEAPER COST.
SO, UM, IF YOU CAN GIVE US TO THE DECEMBER 11TH MEETING OR WHENEVER THAT MEETING WILL BE, WE'LL HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR YOU ALL SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND VOTE ON THAT OVER COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU? SURE.
I UNDERSTAND WE WANNA HAVE A COMPETITIVE BIDS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR EXISTING, UH, CAMERAS.
WHAT I DON'T WANNA HAVE HAPPEN IS TO HAVE WHAT HAPPENED FIVE YEARS AGO HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO OUR, HOW ARE YOU TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE PUT IN REMAINS RELIABLE AND USEFUL TO US? WELL, YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT WHEN WE GOT THOSE CAMERAS INSTALLED, THEY WERE INSTALLED BY BUSINESSES THAT WERE FLY BY THE NIGHT BUSINESSES.
OKAY? ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ARE VERIFIED AND CERTIFIED AND DO A LOT OF BUSINESS, BUSINESS WITH OTHER, UH, POLICE AGENCIES, NOT JUST WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
SO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH, WE ARE VERY IN IMPRESSED WITH, UH, THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, SHOWN US.
AND THEY WILL BE INTEGRATED IN A WAY SO THAT CHEVROLET POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN MONITOR THEM EASILY.
LIKE, I DON'T WANT SOMEONE'S JOB TO NOW BE SWITCHED TO CHANNEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN SEE ALL OF IT LIVE AS, AS IF IT WAS THE SAME SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THE OLD SYSTEM THEY HAD ACCESS TO VIEW ON THEIR PHONE AND THEN WHEN WE HAD ACCESS TO VIEW INSIDE OF THE POLICE STATION.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE SAME CAPABILITIES MOVING FORWARD.
ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THE A PERSPECTIVE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO BUY CAMERAS FOR TRENT STREET? SEEING NONE AND SEEING NO OTHER, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? WE WILL DULY BUMP THIS ITEM, UH, TO THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING.
MR. GALLOWAY, THAT TAKES US TO YOUR ADMINISTRATOR REPORT, MA'AM.
COUNSEL, DO YOU MIND IF I YIELD TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN PROVIDE THEIR REPORTS AND THEN I'LL PROVIDE MINE AFTERWARDS? UH,
[17. Police Report]
YES, I DO WANT TO DO A LEAD IN FOR THE POLICE REPORT.SO DO YOU WANT TO DO POLICE FIRST? YES, THAT'S FINE.
OKAY, THEN I WILL MAKE, UM, I'M SIMPLY GONNA OFFER A, A, A SHORT, UH, NON UPDATE ON, UH, THE INVESTIGATION THAT'S UNDERWAY.
UM, AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, YY MOST OF YOU, UH, PROBABLY HAVE HEARD THAT OUR POLICE CHIEF DAVE MORRIS, UH, WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN LIMITS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.
UH, HE IS DOING WELL, UH, BUT IS OBVIOUSLY EMOTIONALLY IMPACTED, UH, DURING THE MANDATORY AND INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
HIS DUTIES ARE RESTRICTED, BUT HE REMAINS OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.
UH, DEPUTY CHIEF JENNIFER KRAUSE HAS GRACIOUSLY, UH, AGREED TO STEP UP AS ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE.
HER STANDARD PROTOCOL IN ALL OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS AND INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED IN THIS CASE BY THE MARYLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THAT INVESTIGATION MUST BE RELEASED BY THAT OFFICE.
THIS MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY AND WE WILL UPDATE THE PUBLIC AS WE ARE ABLE AND WITH THAT ACTING CHIEF GROUSE.
OKAY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, MINE WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET TONIGHT.
AS YOU SEE, WE SWORN TWO OFFICERS.
WE HAVE A FEMALE RECRUIT CHRISTIE IN, UM, SESSION 1 54 WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE.
OVER HALFWAY DONE NOW SHE'S MADE IT THROUGH THE MOST CRITICAL AREAS OF HER TRAINING THAT FIREARMS DRIVING IN EMS, SO WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF HER.
WE CHECK ON HER, UH, REGULARLY AND MAKE SURE SHE'S DOING IT WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE ONE MORE OFFICER IN COMPARATIVE COMPLIANCE, AND HE'S DUE TO BE OUT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, SO WE'LL BE SWEARING HIM IN AT THE NEXT MEETING, HOPEFULLY.
UM, HISTORICALLY, THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS HANDLED INVESTIGATIONS WITHIN THE TOWN OF CH MEANING CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS AND CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY OR FOR PROPERTY.
IT'S BEEN SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS NOW SINCE THE CHEVROLET POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS HANDLED ANY OF THEIR OWN INVESTIGATIONS.
UM, I'M PROUD AND VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, SERGEANT JACKSON HAS TAKEN ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES AS A PATROL SERGEANT IN THE TOWN
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OF CHEVROLET TO HANDLE, UM, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY, OUR PROPERTY CRIMES.SO YOUR THEFT FROM AUTOS, YOUR THEFTS, AND YOUR STOLEN VEHICLES.
HE'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB SETTING UP, UM, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES IN PLACE.
WE NOW TRACK EVERY ONE OF THE CRIMES IN THE TOWN OF CH AND MOVING FORWARD JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR, 2026, WE WILL HANDLE ALL PROPERTY CRIMES IN THE TOWN OF SHE.
UM, WE, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PLAN SINCE WE STARTED, AND I I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE AT THAT POINT.
UM, IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OF A PROPERTY CRIME IN THE TOWN, UM, WE DON'T, UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR GOAL IS TO PREVENT THESE CRIMES, BUT WITH, UM, SERGEANT JACKSON, HE DOES NUMEROUS FOLLOW UPS AND MATTER OF FACT, IN THE LAST SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS, HE'S MADE HIM AND OUR OFFICERS HAVE MADE SEVEN TO EIGHT ARRESTS FOR PROPERTY CRIMES THAT HAVE OCCURRED, THE THEFT FROM AUTOS, AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THAT.
UM, AGAIN, JANUARY 1ST, 2026, WE'LL BE TAKING OVER PROPERTY CRIMES AND THEN IF WE DO HAVE CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS, WE WILL HAVE A DESIGNATED SERGEANT THAT WILL HAND IN HAND WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE AND, AND DAY-TO-DAY UPDATES, NOT HAVING TO TRACK IT DOWN TO FIGURE IT OUT, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CASE.
AND, UH, SO, SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT PATROL AND TRAFFIC INITIATIVES, UM, UPDATE ON THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS FOR COLUMBIA PARK AND ROUTE 50 POWER SUPPLY FROM PEPCO WAS INSTALLED LAST WEEK, AND THE CAMERAS WILL BE OPTION, UH, UH, UP AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1ST, 2025.
SO IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THEY WILL BE WORKING.
AND AGAIN, WE COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THE CPD UH, HOSTED OUR SECOND ANNUAL HALLOWEEN EVENT OVER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAUNTED HOUSE.
I CAN'T THANK THE MAYOR COUNCIL, THE TOWN, TOWN HALL STAFF, PUBLIC WORK STAFF, AND EVERYONE WHO CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS SUCH A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
UH, WE ESTIMATE OVER 2000 RESIDENTS, UM, CAME OUT FOR THIS AND IT'S SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING NOW EVERY YEAR DID, DIDN'T ANTICIPATE IT WOULD BE THAT POPULAR, BUT VERY PLEASED THAT IT WAS.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US IN THAT EFFORT.
I THINK WE HAVE, I THINK EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME.
SO, AND FINALLY, UM, NEXT WEEK ON, I THINK IT'S THE YEP, 18TH AT 1930 HOURS, 7:30 PM TO 9:00 PM WE WILL BE HOSTING THE PUBLIC SAFETY FORUM HERE IN TOWN HALL.
UM, SO ANYONE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIRECTION THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GOING IN CRIME OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE WILL BE HERE FOR THAT.
UH, ACTING CHIEF, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, THE CAMERA'S UP AND RUNNING ON THE BRIDGE MM-HMM
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY ISSUING WARNING.
SO IF I GO OUT THERE AND RUN THE RED LIGHT TONIGHT, I WILL GET A WARNING AND THEN STARTING DECEMBER 1ST, IF I DO IT, I WILL BE ISSUED A CITATION.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, MR. GALLOWAY? I THINK SO.
WE HAVE TO PUT THE, THE NOTICE IN THE PAPER RIGHT IN THE NOTICE OUT ON THE WEBSITE, BUT YES, THEY SHOULD BE RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, ISSUING WARNINGS.
AND THEN DECEMBER 1ST, LIVE DECEMBER 4TH.
BUT I, I DIDN'T, THAT IS TOTALLY UN UNDERSTANDABLE.
I'M VERY EXCITED THAT IF YOU DO IT THIS WEEKEND OR OVER THANKSGIVING, YOU WILL BE GETTING A NASTY GRAM IN THE MAIL.
IT WILL SIMPLY NOT BE, IT WILL NOT BE A CIVIL CITATION THAT CARRIES A MONETARY PENALTY, BUT IT WILL BE A MEAN LOOKING AND SOUNDING LETTER, WHICH IS AWESOME.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? MR. ECK? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN LOVE THIS REPORT MORE AND THEN, AND WHICH PART I LOVE THE MOST.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT, WELL, I, I LOVE THE CAMERA, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AND THE, OUR NEW OFFICERS JOINING THE FORCE AND THE HAUNTED POLICE STATION WAS BY FAR WITH THE WICKED RICHARD OVER THERE.
UM, GOOD JOB ALL AROUND BY A GREAT POLICE FORCE, AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER FRY AND THE CHILDREN OF COUNCILMAN OR VICE MAYOR BRIER FOR ADDING TO THE, UH, TERRIFYING EFFECT, IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD?
UM, SO IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT, I MEAN, NOT BY ME, BUT BY THE REST OF THE TEAM.
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QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. TANZI? UH, THERE WAS A POST ON THE CHEVY EXCHANGE RECENTLY ABOUT, UH, SOMEONE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK INTO CARS AND THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, RING CAMERA OR SOMETHING FOOTAGE CAPTURED.WHAT IS THE STANDARD PRACTICE FOR GETTING THAT TO YOU? THE STANDARD PRACTICE WOULD BE TO CALL 9 1 1 LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, BUT IF IT COMES IN THAT WAY, UH, SERGEANT JACKSON DOES ALL THAT FOLLOW UP AND, AND THEY CAN EMAIL IT DIRECTLY TO THE ON ONLINE, UM, THE CIVIC ONLINE OR ONLINE FORM SUBMITTAL FOR THE CHEVROLET POLICE DEPARTMENT, OR WE'LL GO OUT TO THEIR HOUSE AND RETRIEVE IT.
WHATEVER'S MOST CONVENIENT FOR THEM.
AND THAT, UH, CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE PD WEBSITE? YES, SIR.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, UH, SEEING, SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
[18. Public Works Report]
YOU'RE UP.SO THE PHASE ONE OF THE COMPOST PROGRAM, SORRY, PHASE ONE OF COMPOST PROGRAM, PHASE ONE OF THE PILOT COMPOST PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE CONCLUDED AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.
THE FINAL PICKUP WILL TAKE PLACE NOVEMBER 26TH, 2025.
WE ENCOURAGE ALL C RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE SIGNING UP IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING YOUR PARTICIPATION.
HELP US COLLECT VALUABLE DATA TO INFORM FUTURE COMPOSTING INITIATIVE FOR THE TOWN.
AND THE SECOND, SECOND, PRETTY MUCH ANSWER THE FIRST, UH, LINE ITEM, UH, SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND ACTION GRANT, THE, THE TOWN OF HAS APP APPLIED FOR THE SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND ACTION GRANT, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE PILOT COMPOST PROGRAM THROUGH FYI 26.
WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE A, A RESPONSE IN DECEMBER.
UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE MATERIAL FOR THE GYM FLOOR.
THE START OF THE RENOVATION OF THE GYM WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 2025.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. CALLAWAY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT THE GYM WILL BE CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYONE ENTERING THE GYM UNTIL DECEMBER THE SIXTH.
NOVEMBER THE 20TH THROUGH DECEMBER THE SIXTH.
WE GAVE TWO EXTRA DAYS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THANKSGIVING AND THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? MR. TANZI?
I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND HE INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY WILL ADJUST.
OKAY,
UM, CAN I CLARIFY ABOUT THE COMPOST PROGRAM? BECAUSE I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT IT.
SO, AFTER NOVEMBER 26, THERE WILL BE NO HICCUPS FOR A WHILE UNTIL, IF AND WHEN WE GET THIS GRANT FROM SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND.
AND BUT YOU, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, YOU THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT WE'LL GET THE GRANT PEOPLE REALLY LOVE THIS PROGRAM? YES, MOST LIKELY.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY REGARDING THE, UM, THE GYM.
ARE WE, OR IS IT JUST THE FLOORS OR ALL THE, ALSO THE BLEACHERS ARE BEING RE UM, REDONE THE BLEACHERS ALSO.
SO THE, WE WILL HAVE NEW FLOORS AND BLEACHERS.
SO, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE BLEACHERS WILL BE DONE AT, AT, AT THIS TIME.
WE DO HAVE MONEY TO GET THE BLEACHERS.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT I'LL HAVE WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, POSSIBLY AT THE NEXT TOWN MEETING.
HOWEVER, REMOVING THE BLEACHERS IS NOT A HEAVY LIFT.
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UM, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA PULL THE BLEACHERS OUT IN ORDER FOR WE, FOR US TO INSTALL THE FLOORING, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO SOME INTERNAL THINGS AS WELL WHILE WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.WE'RE GONNA DO SOME CLEANING OF THE BRICKS IN HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO REPAINT SOME OF THE AREAS IN HERE WHERE WE CAN PAINT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SPRUCE IT UP FROM THE INTERNAL SIDE OF THINGS WHILE THE FLOOR IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT OUT OF THE WAY.
SO, UM, BUT, BUT, BUT THE BLEACHERS, UH, WE DO HAVE $50,000 ALLOCATED FOR BLEACHERS AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT SOME, SOME NICE BLEACHERS.
SO I'LL HAVE TO ASK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ABOUT ADDING SOME MONEY TO UH, UH, GET THOSE ENHANCED BLEACHERS OVER.
DID THAT IT? YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT MS. COUNCIL MEMBER? WADE, YOU'RE GOOD? YES, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? ALRIGHT, SEEING
[16. Town Administrator Report]
NONE, MR. GALLOWAY, YOUR REPORT.ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE TOWN OF CH JUST A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE TAX EXCEPTIONS FOR DISABLED VETERANS.
UM, THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, THE, THE, THE TOWN HOSTED A SUCCESSFUL, UH, GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND LAYOFF RESOURCE FAIR.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE STAFF FOR BRINGING THE IDEA ON, BUT ALSO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE ATTENDED TO HELP THEM MAKE THAT EVENT SUCCESSFUL.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I'M JUST EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HOST AN EVENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, WE WILL HAVE A BUSINESS ROUND TABLE ON NOVEMBER THE 19TH AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON.
WE'RE INVITING ALL OF THE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CH TOWN LIMITS IN THE GREATER CHEVROLET AREA TO, UH, ATTEND THIS BUSINESS ROUND TABLE.
UH, THE TOWN WILL HOST THE TURKEY DRIVE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST AT FIVE 30 AND THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT AND AT THE CHEVROLET STATION PARKING LOT, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, I WILL, UH, UH, BEG FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO HELP US PASS OUT TURKEYS ON THOSE DAYS.
WE'VE ALREADY INDICATED THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BE CLOSED.
UM, CHO UP IN COLA RECEIVED A CLASS B BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR LICENSE.
UM, AS WE AGREED WITH THEIR ATTORNEY, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR SECURITY PLAN AND, UM, ATTORNEY POUNDS IS IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.
I MET WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT OWNS THE CRAFTSMAN BUILDING TO DISCUSS SPECIAL TAXING CONSIDERATIONS.
SHOULD THE SECRET SERVICE OCCUPY THE PROPERTY? WELL, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT A SECRET SERVICE.
UH, DURING THE MEETING, I ALSO REITERATED OUR REQUEST FOR AN EASEMENT BEHIND THE BUILDING TO CRAFTSMAN CIRCLE FOR A FUTURE BIKE TRAIL.
I'M CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE.
COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, I KNOW YOU, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO THAT ABOUT THE DHS COMING IN? DHS, THE SECRET SERVICE UNDER DHS.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CRAFTSMEN? UM, YEAH, CRAFTSMEN.
ARE THEY NOT UNDER DHS, LIKE HOME LOAN SECURITY? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY WILL NOT BE BRINGING ANY SORT OF ICE TYPE FACILITIES IN THE AREA KNOWING THAT THEY RECENTLY PUT OUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL, I GUESS LIKE AN RFP LOOKING FOR SPACE WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF HYATTSVILLE.
UM, I MEAN, THEY CAN TELL US ONE THING, BUT HOW DO WE GUARANTEE, SO LIKE I LOVE THE IDEA OF SOMEBODY FILLING UP CRAFTSMAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE IDEA OF HAVING SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOMETHING THAT'S SO CONTRARY TO OUR CH VALUES TO BE THAT CLOSE TO US.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THAT? ALRIGHT.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE FIREWORKS DEBRIS, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND I MET WITH THE, UH, FIREWORKS VENDOR TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT WE ENCOUNTERED THIS YEAR.
UH, WE AGREED ON IMPROVING THE FIREWORK PLACEMENT AND CHANGING THE TYPE OF FIREWORKS AND ENSURE A SMALLER FALLOUT RADIUS.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE MATTER WILL BE RESOLVED FOLLOWING OUR DISCUSSION.
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HAPPY TO SAY THAT, UH, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CAME TO A MEETING AT HOSPITAL HILL WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL MEETING WITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WADE AND LALO FOR ATTENDING.
AND MAYOR, I, I THOUGHT THAT THE OVERALL, UM, MEETING WAS SUCCESSFUL.
WE GOT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE, UH, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND GAVE HER A CH BASEBALL CAP.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST A FEW THINGS FOR YOU.
ALL THE P-G-C-M-A MEETING, I'VE REGISTERED YOU ALL FOR THIS EVENT SCHEDULED FOR THE DECEMBER 11TH AT 6:00 PM WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHAT TIME OUR DECEMBER MEETING WILL BE.
UH, SO JUST AS A NOTE THERE, THE STATE OF THE MUNICIPALITY IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER THE FOURTH, UH, FROM 8:30 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE GOVERNOR CALVERT HOUSE.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, PLEASE LET MS. RICHARDS KNOW SO THAT, UH, SHE CAN MAKE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR YOU.
AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION TODAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN ILLEGAL TAR DUMPING AND THE BEAVER DAM CREEK AREA.
UH, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT ACCESS TO MDE SO THAT, UH, THEY CAN PROCEED WITH THE REMOVAL.
UM, REGARDING CELL COVERAGE, I'VE SHARED OUR CONCERNS WITH ALL OF THE MAJOR CARRIERS, UM, THAT WE ARE EXPANSION THESE ISSUES WITH.
I AM PROPOSING THAT WE HOLD A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WITH T-MOBILE, AT AND T, VERIZON AND CROWN CASTLE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR APPROACH TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH, UM, THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UM, AND, AND PRESSING, UH, THESE PHONE AGENCIES BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO COME HERE.
UH, WE HAD A WALK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BRINER, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE CARRIER TRIED TO PUSH WAS, WELL, THEY NEED TO HAVE BETTER INTERNET.
WE NEED TO SELL 'EM INTERNET, OR WE NEED TO SELL 'EM THIS.
NO, WE DON'T NEED TO SELL 'EM ANYTHING.
THIS IS A MATTER OF SECURITY WHEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOUSE IN A FEW BLOCKS UP TO CALL 9 1 1.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE GOTTA DO MOVING FORWARD.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BY, I DO SEE YOU WITH YOUR HAND UP? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, ONE OF MY RESIDENTS, UH, WAS WITHOUT INTERNET FOR THREE DAYS THIS PAST WEEK AND LITERALLY HAD TO DO JUST WHAT YOU SAID, WALK OUT THE DOOR AND WALK TWO BLOCKS UP THE HILL IN ORDER TO CALL VERIZON TO TELL THEM THEY DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET SO THAT VERIZON COULD COME AND KNOW TO FIX IT.
AND SO IF THERE HAD BEEN AN EMERGENCY, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CALL 9 1 1 FROM THEIR HOUSE.
UM, MY REQUEST IS JUST THAT, UH, ANY ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM, UH, OCCUR NOT DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE, UM, WOULD BE WORKING DURING BUSINESS HOURS AND IF SO, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO IT OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS HOURS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF JANUARY AND THE EVENING, SO PREFERABLY A 7:00 PM TYPE OF MEETING.
JUST TO PROVIDE A BRIEF CHEVROLET STATION UPDATE, UM, IN THE BACK OF YOUR REPORTS MAYOR AND COUNSEL, YOU'LL SEE A WE ISSUE 69 VIOLATIONS AND WE, UM, HAVE FINE THEM $6,900.
BUT ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS IN THE, IS IN THE FINE PRINT THERE.
IF YOU GO TO THE KEY TAKEAWAYS AND READ THE LAST TAKEAWAY, CAMERAS WERE SUPPOSED TO BEING INSTALLED BY JUNE 1ST.
WE WERE CHARGED WHILST MANAGEMENT $500 PER DAY DATING BACK TO JUNE 1ST, TOTALING $82,500 AS OF TODAY.
SO WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, WITH THAT.
AND, UM, THERE'S ONE MORE THING THAT I DO WANT TO ADDRESS AS IT RELATES TO TOWN PARKS AND FACILITIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME RESIDENTS CONCERNS REGARDING THE SPECIAL EVENT HELD LAST MONTH AT TOWN PARK.
EARLIER IN THE YEAR, A RESIDENT SUBMITTED A SPECIAL EVENT REQUEST WHICH WOULD UTILIZE LANDFILL AT TOWN PARK.
RESIDENTS WERE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE
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THAT ONLY THE TRACK AND LANDFILL WOULD BE CLOSED FOR ONE DAY.ALL OTHER PARK AMENITIES, INCLUDING THE PLAYGROUND AND COURTS REMAIN OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE.
THE RESIDENT HOSTING THE EVENT FOLLOWED ALL TOWN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
THEY SUBMITTED THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE 90 DAY REQUIREMENT AND HELD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH STAFF TO REVIEW THE NATURE OF THE EVENT WHAT WAS PERMITTED AND THE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING PARK MANAGEMENT.
THE RESIDENT REACHED OUT TO CUMC TO USE THEIR PARKING LOT AND WAS WILLING TO PAY THE REQUIRED STAFFING FEES UNDER THE FACILITY USAGE POLICY DUE TO TOWN RESOURCES BEING STRETCHED.
DURING HALLOWEEN EVENTS, CERT MANAGED PARKING AND RESIDENTS MADE A DONATION TO CERT AND APPRECIATION OF THEIR ASSISTANCE.
THE FACILITY USAGE POLICY GOVERNS ALL TOWN FACILITIES, INCLUDING PARK FIELDS AND ESTABLISHED A TIERED SYSTEM FOR RENTALS.
OUTDOOR RESIDENTS RENTALS ARE CONSIDERED FOURTH TIER, MEANING THAT TOWN EVENTS AS WELL AS OFFICIAL PROGRAMMING SUCH AS THE SHOVEL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB EVENTS TAKE PRIOR PRIORITY OVER EVENTS.
ALL OF THESE RULES WERE REVIEWED DURING THE SPECIAL EVENTS PROCESS AND THE EVENT DID NOT CONFLICT WITH ANY EXISTING PROGRAMMING.
RESIDENTS MUST INITIAL THAT SPECIAL EVENT FORM ACKNOWLEDGING ANY EVENT EXCEEDING 75 PEOPLE MUST BE CLASSIFIED AS A SPECIAL EVENT.
BECAUSE THE PAVILION CAPACITY IS LIMITED TO 75 PEOPLE, THIS ENSURES PROPER VENTING FOR ALL REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING INSURANCE SAFETY, STAFFING, AND COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS.
THE RESIDENT COMPLIANT WITH COMPLIED WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS, SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT HOLDERS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ANY VIOLATIONS OF TOWN CODES, PARK RULES, REGULATIONS, OR LAWS WILL TERMINATE THE PERMIT AND FORFEIT ALL FEES AND DEPOSITS.
THE RESIDENT FULLY COMPLIED WITH ALL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND COORDINATED WITH STAFF AND CERT GIVING US PLENTY OF TIME TO PROPERLY NOTICE THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS.
AND THAT'S REGARDING SOME CONCERNS THAT HAD BEEN, UH, BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
I JUST WANTED THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT THAT RESIDENT DID FOLLOW ALL PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO, UH, HAVE THAT RENTAL.
JUST TO CLARIFY, WE DO RENT OUT FACILITIES LIKE, UH, INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES, BUT WE DON'T RENT OUT ENTIRE PARKS.
IS THAT FAIR? YOU CAN RUN OUT THE PARK ACCORDING TO THE OH, OKAY.
AND THAT WOULD AFFECT IF YOU DID THAT AT TOWN PARK OR I GUESS IF YOU DID THAT AT BOYD PARK, THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY DENY PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE PLAYGROUND.
WELL, OR AM I MIXING APPLES AND ORANGES? YOU, YOU COULD STILL HAVE, YOU STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE PLAYGROUND AND TO THE COURTS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE COURTS WERE NOT CLOSED AND THE, AND THE PLAYGROUNDS WERE NOT CLOSED.
I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE, A LARGE SOURCE OF THE CONFUSION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT HIS REPORT? ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I THINK COUNSEL, WE ARE ALMOST AT THE FINISH LINE THAT TAKES
[19. Review the Nov/Dec joint work session agenda and future requests, and Town Administrator Galloway will offer a forecast of the agenda.]
US TO THE WORK SESSION AGENDA, UH, FUTURE REQUESTS AND, UM, THE CLARIFICATION OF OUR DECEMBER TOWN MEETING.UH, COUNSEL, WE ARE GOING TO MEET IN TWO WEEKS, UH, ON THE 4TH OF DECEMBER FOR THE COMBINED NOVEMBER DECEMBER WORK SESSION.
UM, I HAVE ON THAT AGENDA SO FAR, UH, A FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OR, OR, OR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S GONNA PRESENT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR 57 0 1.
UH, AND FOR THE NEXT STEPS ON THAT, I HAVE KELLER, THE AUDIT, UH, PEPCO AND WSSC DID, WHAT DID I FORGET OR ARE THERE OTHER ITEMS? COUNSEL OR INCLUDING MR. GALLOWAY? UM, MI MR. WADE HAS HIS HAND UP.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WE, UM, MAKE SURE WE ARE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING, UH, FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO USE TOWN FACILITIES, UH, TOWN STAFF REGARDING AN
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EVENT THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE CHEVY RESIDENTS.UM, UH, PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA AT SOME, UM, TIME IN THE IMMEDIATE NEAR FUTURE REGARDING THAT.
IS THAT A, IS THAT A WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM OR IS THAT A POLICY COMMITTEE, AGENDA ITEM? UM, I'M ASKING FOR, I'M ASKING FOR, UH, A WORK SESSION I ASPECT, UM, WELL POLICY, I, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD GO TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND THEN IT WOULD BE BROUGHT FORTH TO A WORK SESSION.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ANY CHANGES CAN GO THERE, BUT I JUST DON'T WANNA PUSH IT BACK ANY FURTHER.
ESPECIALLY, UH, FOR FUTURE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SHELBY.
VICE MAYOR, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST GONNA SAY EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WADE SAID.
SO I WILL ADD IT TO THE NEXT POLICY AGENDA AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO A WORK SESSION.
UM, PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION 'CAUSE IT'S IN TWO WEEKS.
UM, BUT UH, THEN ONE AFTER THAT MR. GALLOWAY.
AND THEN MR. GALLOWAY, I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS POINT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN, UH, VICE MAYOR BRINER, WHEN IS AGAIN, WHAT IS THE DATE FOR THE NEXT POLICY MEETING? UM, I THINK IT'S USUALLY THE FIRST, WHAT IS IT? ACTUALLY, I THINK IT CONFLICTS WITH OUR NEXT WORK SESSION 'CAUSE IT'S, OUR NEXT WORK SESSION IS OFF, UM, JUST THE FIRST THURSDAY SCHEDULE.
YEAH, IT'S USUALLY THE FIRST THURSDAY, WHICH IS WHEN OUR WORK SESSION IS.
UM, SO I WILL GET WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE TO SEE WHEN WE CAN RESCHEDULE THAT FOR OKAY.
AND COULD YOU JUST PLEASE LET MAYOR COUNCIL KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
ANY OTHER, MR. GALLOWAY, ARE WE BACK TO YOU? YEAH.
SO ONE THING WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM.
AND, AND THAT COMMITTEE, UH, TWO, UM, I JUST WANT POINT OF CLARIFICATION, AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH CLARIFYING THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN UTILIZE PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, ALL, WE'RE SPELLING IT OUT, CORRECT IT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE ASK IS BECAUSE I, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN FACILITIES, BUT YES, THAT'S PART OF IT.
IT'S FACILITIES, UH, STAFF TIME, IT'S CHAIRS, IT'S TABLES, IT'S TRANS, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTING THOSE ITEMS. GOT IT.
UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, UH, WHAT, WHAT IS, UH, INCLUDED IN YOUR, UH, IN BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER AND WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED.
IF ANYBODY DISAGREES, UH, WITH THAT, UH, BLUFF, LET ME KNOW.
SO ANYBODY, ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE DECEMBER 4TH COMBINED WORK SESSION AGENDA? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING.
UM, COUNSEL, WE WILL BE HAVING A CLOSED MEETING AS WELL, HOPEFULLY IN EARLY DECEMBER.
UM, WE CAN COMBINE IT WITH THE FOURTH, BUT I'LL BE IN TOUCH ABOUT THAT.
UM, THAT WILL BE ALSO TO DISCUSS THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT THAT, UH, AS, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, NONE OF YOU HAVE COMPLETED YET.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO COMPLETE THAT, UH, AND, AND SEND IT TO ME, UM, BY THANKSGIVING OR OVER THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A CLOSED MEETING IN DECEMBER, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE DISCUSSION, THAT DISCUSSION, BUT ALSO ALL, SOME OTHER, UH, ITEMS, UH, INCLUDING, UH, PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND OTHER ITEMS. AND WE WILL FIND A DATE FOR THAT, UH, IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF DECEMBER.
UM, COUNSEL THEN, UM, ARE THERE, LET, LET, LET'S DISCUSS THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, SO, UH, MR. GALLOWAY HAS ALREADY SECURED, UH, COUNSEL SEATS OR A TABLE FOR THE P-G-C-M-A EVENT THAT IS 6:00 PM ON THE 11TH OF DECEMBER.
UM, IS THERE A DESIRE TO MEET IN DECEMBER AFTER THAT? LIKE AF LITERALLY RIGHT AFTER THAT DINNER? OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT ON A DIFFERENT DATE? AND WHAT DATE IS THAT? ANY OPENING BIDS FOR THAT? MR. GALLOWAY, YOU HAVE A BID? YEAH.
I MEAN, WHAT WOULD YOU BE OPPOSED TO MEETING EARLIER THAT DAY? 4:00 PM 5:00 PM NO.
I I WAS JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
NO, I I, I MEAN I WAS SHORT SOME OF MR. BACKER WORKING.
I DIDN'T HEAR A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THAT.
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IT'S ONLY SEVEN DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.UM, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DECIDE NOW SO THAT WE CAN NOTICE IT.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PUT OUT A TEASER PERHAPS THAT IT, ALL OF THE DECEMBER MEETINGS COULD BE A HUNDRED PERCENT VIRTUAL GOING ONCE I'M GETTING A THUMBS UP FROM THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE FOURTH AND WHATEVER OTHER DAYS WE MEET, UH, ENCLOSED OR OPEN SESSION.
DOES ANYONE HATE THE IDEA OF DECEMBER 18TH? I I CAN DO THE 18TH.
WE KNOW PG CMA IS NOT MEETING BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR MEETING NIGHT, BUT THEY CAN'T SEEM TO STICK TO IT, SO, UM, ALRIGHT.
PENDING ANY, ANY, UH, UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS? LET US HAVE OUR REGULAR TOWN MEETING IN DECEMBER ON THE 18TH AT SEVEN 30 AND LET US JUST DO IT ON ZOOM, UH, DECEMBER 4TH WORK SESSION WILL ALSO BE ON ZOOM.
AND THEN ANY CLOSED MEETING THAT WE HAVE WHENEVER WILL ALSO BE ENTIRELY ON ZOOM.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? I, I, I QUESTION MAYOR? YES SIR.
WHY COULDN'T WE MOVE THE MEETING TO DECEMBER THE 10TH? I'M JUST CURIOUS TO A WEDNESDAY? YEAH.
I, I HEARD RICK SAID NO, HE CAN'T DO IT.
IT WOULD BE, IT'S VIRTUAL, RIGHT? OKAY.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD.
DO WE NEED AUDIO VISUAL SUPPORT FIRST? FOR NOT FOR VIRTUAL.
DOES ANYONE PREFER THE 10TH OVER THE 18TH? THE MOM CAN DO IT.
IT IS 10:12 PM YEAH, WE NEED IT ON TV.
I'M NOT AVAILABLE THE 10TH THIS FY.
SO, UH, THAT I THINK WE'RE OKAY.
DOES ANY, OKAY, SO THE TOWN MEETING IS GONNA BE ON THE 18TH OF DECEMBER AT SEVEN 30.
I HAVE THE TRENT STREET CAMERA BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT THERE IS A PRESSING DESIRE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE ON THAT AGENDA? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE.
I THINK THAT CON YES, MR. TIM, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO ACT ON THE TRENT STREET CAMERAS BY THAT TIME.
YOU JUST SAID THAT AT THAT MEETING OR? YES.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I LITERALLY, THE ONLY THING I HAVE ON THE AGENDA.
UM, THE SECOND THING I HAVE ON THE AGENDA, MR. GALLOWAY, IS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENT.
AND THAT'LL BE AFTER THE 13TH, SO MAYBE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER TOO.
I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE WILL BE MEETING VIRTUALLY AND NOT IN THIS BUILDING OR THAT BUILDING.
UH, LET'S, THAT IS THE VIRTUAL VIRTUE OF MEETING VIRTUALLY.
YOU DIDN'T GIMME THE RIGHT WEEK.
I EXPECT IN ON DECEMBER 18TH, WE WILL INTRODUCE A CHARTER AMENDMENT, UH, FOR ANNEXING THE HOSPITAL HILL PROPERTY.
IT'S REALLY QUIET IN HERE ALL OF A SUDDEN.
I THINK, I THINK THAT INC CONCLUDES THE BUDGET.
UH, I'M SORRY, THE AGENDA DISCUSSIONS.
[20. Mayor and Council Announcements]
WE ARE ON TO ITEM 20, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.IT IS 16 MINUTES UNTIL THE DEADLINE.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, ANYTHING I'D LIKE TO.
COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, YOU ARE ONLINE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS MEETING? UH, JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO MY BOYS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT, BUT FOR THEIR, UH, SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYBODY IF YOU CELEBRATE.
UH, ANYONE IN THE ROOM? WANNA GO? COUNCIL MEMBER
UM, SO I WOULD ONE PASS THREE MINUTES.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL, ALL RESIDENTS, NOT JUST MY FRIENDS IN WARD II, UH, TO JOIN ME AT MY SECOND, UH, TRIANGLE TALK ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH AT TWO O'CLOCK.
I'M ALSO INVITING MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OF COURSE OUR MAYOR, UH, HIMSELF OR OR TWO RESIDENT TO JOIN US AS WELL.
UH, WE WILL MEET AT THE, UH, GREENLEAF VALLEY FOREST TRIANGLE.
UH, I'LL ALSO SPEAK WITH OUR GREAT TOWN STAFF
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TO SEE IF, UH, ANYONE IS AVAILABLE TO ATTEND, TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES, UM, THAT THEY MAY HAVE, THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE.UH, IF NOT, FEAR NOT, I WILL BRING YOUR ISSUES, UH, AND CONCERNS TO THEM AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO RESOLVE THEM QUICKLY.
UH, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE TOWN AND THE STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
IT HAS SHOWN FOR FURLOUGHED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, OF WHICH I WAS ONE UNTIL TODAY.
UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE EFFORTS AT IT'S FAIR, WHICH TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK FOR BOTH, UH, FURLOUGHED FEDS AS WELL AS THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE UNCEREMONIOUSLY SEPARATED FROM THEIR POSITIONS.
THIS YEAR, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME TO BE A FELLOW EMPLOYEE, BUT, UM, WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
WHAT TIME ON THAT GREENLEAF? THE TIME.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER? TANZI PASSED.
UH, VICE MAYOR BRINER PASSING.
COUNCIL MEMBER GARCI, ARE YOU ALSO PASSING? I AM PASSING.
SORRY, I COULDN'T FIND THE UNMUTE BUTTON.
I THINK THAT TAKES US TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
WELL, FIRST I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO LEVON CARNEY FOR, UH, VOLUNTEERING TO BE OUR AWARD SEX, UH, YOUTH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND, UH, A LITTLE SAD HE WASN'T ABLE TO DO IT WITH THE REST OF THE, THE GROUP, BUT ALSO HE KIND OF GOT, UH, INDIVIDUALIZED, UH, SWEARING IN, WHICH WAS NICE.
UM, I'M GOING TO READ A STATEMENT THIS EVENING.
I HAVE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT THIS MOMENT FOR QUITE SOME TIME ABOUT WHEN I CAN SPEAK TO THE ACCUSATIONS AND THE SPREAD OF DISINFORMATION THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO BE A CH COUNCIL MEMBER.
WHILE WORKING FOR A COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER, I ADDRESSED THE SITUATION, NOT FOR THOSE WHO SAT AROUND BREAKFAST TABLES CONSPIRING TO UNCC OUR FIRST BLACK MAYOR AND FINDING WAYS TO DRAG DOWN THOSE WHO SUPPORT HER.
I DO NOT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE FOR THE ONES WHO ILLEGALLY PUT LETTERS IN NEIGHBORS MAILBOXES, STALKED DOORWAYS IN HOPES TO DEFAME MY CHARACTER, WHO PUT DISINFORMATION ON CAMPAIGN LITERATURE, WHO ALLOWED THEIR CAMPAIGNS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ABHORRENT BEHAVIOR.
THOSE WHO HARASSED OUR BOARD VOLUNTEERS AND SPOKE ILL OF THEM WHO USED FEAR TACTICS ON ELECTION DAY OR LEFT LETTERS IN MY MAILBOX TELLING ME I SHOULD RESIGN, STAY HOME AND FOCUS ON BEING A MOTHER.
I ADDRESSED MY SITUATION WITH THE GRATEFUL HEART TO MY HUSBAND AND FAMILY, FRIENDS, THE MANY, MANY NEIGHBORS WHO REACHED OUT THE VOLUNTEERS ON OUR ETHICS BOARD, BOARD OF ELECTIONS, THE TOWN STAFF WHO HAD TO ENDURE THE SCRUTINY, THE DOUBT, BORDERLINE HARASSMENT BEHAVIORS, AND VERY UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS DUE TO A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS IN CH THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION PERIOD.
AND EVEN TODAY, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO FORMER MAYOR CASEY, COUNCIL MEMBER BRINER, COUNCIL MEMBER GARIS, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JOSEPH KER, AND MANY OTHER NEIGHBORS WHO'VE HAD TO DEFEND MY NAME IN ROOMS THAT I WAS NOT IN.
LASTLY, I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY AMAZING BOSS COUNCIL MEMBER JOLENE IVY, WHO STOOD BY ME THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE ATTACK AND TO THE ATTORNEYS AT WILLIAMS AND CONNOLLY WHO TRAVERSE THE MUDDY WATERS OF A COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND APPEAL.
SO THIS EVENING, I'M PROVIDING AN UPDATE BECAUSE I FINALLY CAN.
THE MATTER IS CLOSED AS OF OCTOBER 26TH, 2025.
THE CH ETHICS COMMISSION, QUOTE UNQUOTE, CONSIDERS THIS MATTER CLOSED AS OF OCTOBER 22ND, 2025.
THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY OFFICE OF ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, THE OEA HAS CLOSED MY SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT APPROVAL FORM AS CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THE SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT OF COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE TOWN OF SHE AND I QUOTE FROM THEIR EMAIL, THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF YOUR AGENCY SLASH DEPARTMENT HEAD'S APPROVAL OF YOUR SECONDARY SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT FORM REGARDING YOUR CASE.
APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS INCLUDING ADHERENCE TO THE AT LARGE SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT POLICY ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EXIST.
THIS RESUBMISSION WAS REQUESTED BY THE OEA ON THE HEELS OF THE FINDING OF THE COURT THAT AFFIRMED THE PROCEDURAL PROCESS OF THE HEARING, WHICH WAS PROLONGED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING A NO-SHOW BY THE OPPOSING LAWYER.
ON MY COURT DATE, THROUGHOUT MY TENURE AS CHIEF OF STAFF, I HAVE HAD THIS SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT FORM REVIEWED AND
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APPROVED WITHOUT ISSUE BY THE OEA MULTIPLE TIMES AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY.THE OEA IS AN AGENCY THAT'S CREATED TO SAFEGUARD THE COUNTY AND PROVIDE PROPER FEEDBACK AND ADVICE TO GUIDE EMPLOYEES TO ACT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE CHARTER.
AT NO TIME PRIOR TO THIS INVESTIGATION, THAT WAS BASED ON A FICTITIOUS COMPLAINT, THAT'S A DIRECT QUOTE PER THE FINDING OF FACTS PRESENTED BY THE, UH, OEA DID THE OEA EVER STATE THAT THE GUIDELINES PROVIDED IN MY APPROVED SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT FORMS AS DEFICIENT OF STRUCTURE OR POLICY FOR MY EMPLOYMENT.
I HAVE FOLLOWED EVERY RULE AND EVERY GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY'S OEA, THE COUNTY'S BOARD OF ETHICS, CH ETHICS BOARD, AND THE CH TOWN ATTORNEY.
SO WHEN THE BOARD OF ETHICS FINDINGS STATED THAT THERE WAS NO QUOTE UNQUOTE STRUCTURE, MY OFFICE CREATED A POLICY THAT WAS COURT APPROVED TO ADD TO THE GUIDELINES THAT THE OEA INITIALLY PROVIDED AND APPROVED.
THIS IS WHAT CONTINUES TO BE PART OF OUR OFFICE POLICY TODAY.
AS MY POSITION HAS CHANGED SINCE THIS WAS INITIATED AND THE MEMBER I SERVE NOW REPRESENTS THE FULL COUNTY AND NOT JUST DISTRICT FIVE, I WANNA NOTE THAT IT IS ON THE RECORD THAT THE JUDGE STATED, THE LADY, WHICH IS ME IN THE COURT'S OPINION, ACTED WITH PARTICULAR CAUTION TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OR NOT APPEARANCE, ANY ACTUAL IMPROPRIETY AS TO HER POSITION WITH BOTH THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET AND COUNCIL MEMBER IVY.
THERE WAS NO RECORD THAT THE LADY HAD ACTED INAPPROPRIATELY IN ANY INSTANCE OR THERE WAS ANY NE NEFARIOUS ACTIVITY BY THE LADY OR INTENTION TO MISLEAD THE BOARD.
STATE AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIVES HAVE SERVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES WORKING FOR THE COUNTY.
LONG BEFORE MY TENURE, THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OEA WAS ONCE A MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER SERVING IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, INCLUDING IN A COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE LIKE I AM.
THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND IT IS NOT UNUSUAL.
I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A WARD SIX COUNCIL MEMBER WITH COMPASSION AND CARE JUST AS I HAVE SINCE BEING ELECTED IN 2019.
THIS HASN'T CHANGED AND IT WON'T, AND THAT'S REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR ME.
MY COMMITMENT REMAINS TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT EVERY RESIDENT IN WARD SIX AND TO ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE TOWN.
AND IN THAT EFFORT, WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO SO, I WILL CONTINUE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM VOTES AS I'VE DONE BEFORE.
AS YOU WILL NOTE, I DO NOT VOTE ON GRANTS FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
THAT IS IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT GRANTS HAD BEEN AWARDED PRIOR TO MY TENURE ON COUNCIL AND PRIOR TO HIS TENURE ON THE BOARD, MY RECUSAL DOES NOT MEAN THERE IS NO VOICE FROM MY RESIDENCE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS BODY OFTEN ACTS THROUGH CONSENSUS.
A RECUSAL IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENCY AND SHOWING CARE AND CAUTION AND SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC THAT NO SHADOWS CAN BE CAST ON THE DECISIONS WE ARE MAKING AS A BODY.
I DO WANNA NOTE, I'M GOING OFF SCRIPT HERE.
EARLY IN THE MEETING, THERE WAS A VOTE THAT HAD TO DO WITH HOSPITAL HILL.
UM, I STEPPED AWAY TO SPEAK TO A RESIDENT, UM, BECAUSE ON THE AGENDA IT NOTED THAT IT, THERE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A VOTE.
UM, TYPICALLY WHEN THERE'S ACTION TO BE TAKEN, IT'S, UH, THERE'S AN ASTERISK ON THE AGENDA.
HAD I'VE BEEN SITTING IN THIS SEAT THOUGH, I WOULD'VE RECUSED MYSELF THIS PAST WEEKEND DURING OUR COUNCIL RETREAT, I SHARED WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT OVER THESE PAST SIX MONTHS AND MORE, I SEE WHO THEY ARE AND I HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TO WHO, TO THEM WHO I AM AND WHERE I STAND.
I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER FROM WHERE WE ARE INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.
AND I WANNA SAY THE SAME TO OUR COMMUNITY.
MY SIX AND A HALF YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS TOWN HAVE SHOWN ME EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE, AND I THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME YOUR, YOUR AUTHENTIC SELVES.
THERE WAS MUCH TO BE LEARNED FROM THIS PAST ELECTION SEASON AND IT HAS TAKEN ME MANY, MANY MONTHS TO FULLY PROCESS IT ALL.
I REFUSE TO ALLOW THE ACTIONS OF A FEW TO TAKE AWAY MY HEART FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I'M HERE WITH THOSE LESSONS LEARNED AND I HOPE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY REFLECTS AND DOES THE SAME BECAUSE IT IS IN THOSE MOMENTS THAT YOUR CHARACTER WAS REVEALED AND IT IS YOUR CHOICE WITH WHAT YOU DO WITH THOSE LESSONS.
MY DOOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN OPEN AND IT CONTINUES TO BE.
I RESPOND TO EMAILS, CALLS, AND TEXTS.
I REMAIN COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT C IS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL WANT IT TO BE DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE, AND WELCOMING FOR EVERYONE.
MY FOCUS RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IS ON OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BEING KIDNAPPED, DISENFRANCHISED WITHOUT UNEMPLOYMENT OR BASIC NECESSITIES.
AND I'M VERY FOCUSED ON MAKING
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SURE THAT I CAN BRING RESOURCES NOT JUST TO OUR TOWN, BUT TO THE NEIGHBORS AROUND OUR TOWN.AND THAT'S ALL IN EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT CH THRIVES AND THAT EACH ONE OF US ARE SAFE.
SO I WANNA THANK THIS BODY FOR ITS TIME, AND TO THE NEIGHBORS WHO'VE REACHED OUT, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED TO SUPPORT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP CHEVROLET SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY.
UH, I HAVE A FEW QUICK ITEMS. I WILL GET THROUGH THEM IN THE TIME ALLOTTED.
I WANNA FIRST, UH, HUGE THANKS TO STAFF FOR PULLING OFF THE, UM, THE RESOURCE FAIR LAST WEEK.
UH, BOTH THE FRONT OFF THE FRONT OFFICE STAFF, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, REALLY CAME TOGETHER TO PULL THAT OFF, UH, RELATIVE VERY QUICKLY.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE THE START OF AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT WE WILL CONTINUE, UH, WITH FOLKS IN TOWN, UH, WHO ARE AFFECTED BY FEDERAL CUTBACKS.
SO THANK YOU, UH, TO THE TEAM FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
I WANNA SAY, UH, JUST POINT OUT THAT THE, UM, THAT CHEVROLET STATION APARTMENTS, WE HAVE AWARD WALK.
UM, I, I'LL SAY IT ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER GARAS AND COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
I BELIEVE IT IS STILL SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY THE 19TH.
UH, AND SO INVITE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO JOIN.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GARAS HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE RING LEADER THERE, SO DOUBLE CHECK WITH HIM TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL HAPPENING.
BUT IT IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY THE 19TH.
I THINK IT STARTS ABOUT SIX 30, UH, IN THE EVENING.
OKAY, I'M GETTING A NOD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
UH, I WILL BE HOLDING MAYOR'S HOURS DURING THE NOVEMBER 22ND, UH, MARKET.
THAT IS THE THANKSGIVING MARKET.
UH, IT WILL BE IN THE GYM, UH, AND I WILL BE DOING MAYOR'S HOURS, UM, ON ZOOM WITH A SL, UH, DURING THE MARKET HOURS TO MAXIMIZE ATTENDANCE.
UM, SINCE WE ARE DISCUSSING THE AUDIT.
NEXT, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING, MR. GALLOWAY HAS, UH, GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO GIVE US UPDATED BUDGETS, UH, TO REFLECT THE AUDITED NUMBERS AND THE APPROVED COUNSEL APPROVED 2026 NUMBERS.
UM, WE COUNSEL CONTINUE TO OWE MR. GALLOWAY OUR TOP FIVE PRIORITIES.
UH, SO THAT'S MY REMINDER TO DO THAT.
I ALSO NEED TO DO IT, AND I PROMISE I WILL DO THAT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
UH, AND THEN I'LL CONCLUDE, UH, TONIGHT BY SIMPLY MAKING A NOTE OF APPRECIATION FOR, UH, FORMER TOWN ATTORNEY RICHARD RISI.
UH, MANY OF YOU KNEW HIM OVER MANY YEARS.
UH, HE WAS THE TOWN ATTORNEY FOR SEVERAL DECADES, UH, AND WAS I IMPORT A PART, A VITAL PART OF A NUMBER OF, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TOWN INITIATIVES.
HE PASSED AWAY, UH, ABOUT, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO.
UH, AND SO, UH, I'M CERTAINLY REMEMBERING HIM AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TOWN AND HOPE THAT YOU DO THE SAME FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GAR.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? IT PASSES SIX ZERO.