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[1. Call to Order]
EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET FOR JANUARY 8TH, 2026.I HEREBY CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
I WILL CALL THE ROLE, AND THEN OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IN ATTENDANCE IS TOWN ADMINISTRATOR SLAINE GALLOWAY, TOWN CLERK GISELLE RICHARDS.
UH, AND I WILL CALL THE COUNCIL ROLE STARTING WITH WARD ONE.
PRESENT, WARD TWO, PRESENT WARD THREE, PRESENT WARD FOUR.
UH, LET ME MAKE SURE WE PROMOTE MR. OKAY.
SEEING FIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM SUFFICIENT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
THE FIRST ORDER BUSINESS IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, WELCOME EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
[3. Public Hearing]
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND SPECIAL MEETING IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE PROPOSED OR THE DRAFT CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION CR 1 26.UH, I WILL READ A PORTION OF THAT, BUT THE CRUX OF IT IS, IT IS TO EFFECTUATE THE ANNEXATION OF THE FORMER PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HOSPITAL LOCATION INTO THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION.
ONE DASH 26, COUNSEL OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET, MARYLAND, CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION 1 25, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HOSPITAL HILL.
THIS IS A CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CH ENLARGING THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF CH BY ANNEXING INTO THOSE CORPORATE LIMITS LANDS, CONTIGUOUS AND ADJOINING TO THE TOWN'S EXISTING CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
THAT PROPERTY IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS HOSPITAL HILL CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 44.1867 ACRES OF LAND IN TOTAL LOCATED GENERALLY, UH, GENERALLY KNOWN AS HOSPITAL HILL OR THE OLD CHEVROLET HOSPITAL SITE.
THAT IS THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION.
WE ARE HERE TO HEAR PUBLIC INCOME, UH, PUBLIC INPUT, UH, SO WE WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD.
UH, YOU WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FROM THE MICROPHONE, OR IF YOU'RE ONLINE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND THEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE, SHALL WE SAY LIVE INPUT, WE WILL HEAR ANY, UH, WRITTEN.
WE WILL READ INTO THE RECORD ANY WRITTEN INPUT THAT NEEDS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
SO LET US START IN THE ROOM, UH, AND THE FIRST IN LINE, PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, YOUR NAME AND WARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
OTHERS ARE WELCOME TO QUEUE UP AND WE WILL CHECK THE VIRTUAL ROOM AS WELL.
OKAY, SO, UH, SHEILA CELL OR TWO, UM, I DID SEND IN, UM, WRITTEN COMMENTS AND I HOPE THEY WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, I NOTE THAT IN THE FIRST IT'S TITLE WHERE IT SAYS COUNCIL SEVERAL, ET CETERA, UM, IT SHOULD BE RESOLUTION 1 26, JUST LIKE IT IS ABOVE.
OH, THE WIRELESS IS IN THE DRAWER.
GISELLE, IF YOU WANT, OH, I MEAN, IT'S IN THE, IF YOU WANT, WE MIGHT KILL THE BATTERY, BUT
SO, UM, I DID SEND IN WRITTEN, UM, COMMENTS AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION RATHER DETAILED.
UM, BUT JUST RIGHT NOW, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE IT SAYS COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF, SO THAT SHOULD BE RESOLUTION 1 26, JUST AS IT IS ABOVE.
AND, UM, I SEE WHEN YOU READ IT OUT, YOU CORRECTED THE, UM, THE SUMMARY, THE ABSTRACT, SO THAT IT'S AS GENERALLY KNOWN AS
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HOSPITAL HILL.UM, THE PART THAT REALLY WORRIES ME IS THAT IT SAYS THE ANNEXATION AREA IS DEPICTED ON THE EXHIBIT, WHICH WE STILL DON'T HAVE OF, OF 44.1867 ACRES.
NOW THAT'S THAT FIGURE IS THE FIGURE OF ACREAGE THAT, UM, WAS, UM, THAT WAS, UH, TRANSFERRED TO THE RDA, BUT, UM, ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE ACRES, I CAN'T REMEMBER OFFHAND, UM, OF THAT IS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF CHEVROLET.
SO IT SHOULD BE, UH, SUBTRACTED FROM THIS FIGURE.
AND THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY FOR NOW.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
ARE THERE OTHERS IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO QUEUE UP TO SPEAK AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC OR THAT NEEDS TO BE PROMOTED TO DO SO? COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC INPUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON THIS TOPIC AT THIS TIME? I DO.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WADE, TAKE IT AWAY.
UM, JUST AS I MENTIONED, UM, FROM THE GET GO, UM, UH, RAN ON THIS FACT OF US ANNEXING THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
UH, WE NEED SMART ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT ONLY IN SHELBY, BUT PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, UM, AS I HAVE EMPHASIZED IN THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING, UM, THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A TRUE PARTNERSHIP, NOT ONLY WITH, UM, THE TOWN, ITS RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE A OPEN, UH, FORM SUCH AS THIS.
WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS, BUT ALSO WITH THE, UH, DEVELOPERS, UM, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
UH, WHETHER THAT'S THE RDA ELECTED OFFICIALS AS A WHOLE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS TRULY A SUCCESS.
THIS CAN BE A, UH, THIS IS A PIVOTAL PART OF PIVOTAL POINT IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, BUT IT'S ALSO CAN BE A CONTINUED, UH, MAP AS WELL AS, UH, PROCESS ON HOW SMART ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT, WHERE WE SUPPORT BUSINESSES TO COME, THAT WE ARE BUSINESS FRIENDLY, BUT ALSO LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OF SHIRLEY, BUT ALSO THE RESIDENTS SURROUNDING AREAS AS WHOLE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED PROCESS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ANNEXATION, A YIELD BAT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO OFFER ANY INPUT ON THIS, UH, DRAFT ANNEXATION CHARTER AMENDMENT AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT COUNCIL MEMBER TANZIE HAS ARRIVED FROM WARD FOUR.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD ANY OF THE WRITTEN TESTIMONY? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE RULE ON THAT.
OR IS IT SIMPLY PART OF THE RECORD? PART OF THE RECORD? UM, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO, TO, TO SUMMARIZE IT? I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT, OH, HERE, IT'S, THERE WERE, UM, YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE SUBMITTED PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX PIECES OF INDIVIDUAL, UH, COMMENTARY, UH, THROUGH THE FRONT OFFICE OF THE TOWN, AND THOSE WILL BE PART OF THE RECORD AS WILL, UH, ANY SUBSEQUENT WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS MADE BY, UH, TOWN RESIDENCE.
ALRIGHT, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS, WE WILL ADD THEM TO THE, UH, WRITTEN RECORD.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL AT THIS TIME AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING? OH, VICE MAYOR, GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANY WARD THREE RESIDENTS, UM, ABOUT THIS TOPIC SPECIFICALLY, BUT THAT I WOULD WELCOME ANY INPUT.
UM, SO PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF YOU HAVE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO SAY EITHER FOR OR AGAINST.
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BE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE INPUT, UM, BUT ONLY IF YOU PROVIDE IT.SO PLEASE CONTACT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND ME, UH, IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS.
I WILL THEN JUST BRIEFLY DESCRIBE, UH, THE WAY FORWARD FROM HERE.
UH, THE, OF COURSE THE PUBLIC RECORD WILL REMAIN OPEN.
UM, THE CHARTER AMENDMENT WAS INTRODUCED AND WE HAD A FIRST READER OF IT LAST MONTH.
UH, AND WE WILL REMAIN IN DISCUSSION AND CONTINUE TO DISCUSS, UH, THIS TOPIC.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IT WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND THE RESIDENTS, UH, AT UPCOMING MEETINGS.
UM, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A FAST PROCESS BY, BY DESIGN.
UH, UH, I THINK, UH, I SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL WHEN WE SAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, UH, QUICKLY OR QUIETLY.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SOLICIT INPUT FROM ALL PARTIES, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM OVER THE NEXT MANY MONTHS, UH, UNTIL, UH, THIS COUNCIL CONSIDERS, UH, A SECOND READER AND A SUBSEQUENT THIRD READER AND AN ADOPTION OF ANY, UH, SUBSEQUENT FORM OF THIS RESOLUTION.
SO THIS WILL NOT BE A NEXT MONTH OR A MARCH THING.
THIS, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE AND HEAR ABOUT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER.
LAST CALL FOR THE COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, LAST CALL FOR THE GYMNASIUM.
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING? LAST NAME AND WARD THREE MINUTES.
IT MIGHT BE OUT THERE IN INFORMATION, BUT WHAT SORT OF, UM, IMPACT IN TERMS OF THE ANNEXATION AND OR THE POPULATION INCREASE TO THE TOWN? WOULD THIS HAVE, LIKE WHAT IMPACT WAS RELATED TO COUNTY RESOURCES OR STATE RESOURCES IN THE FUTURE? OR WHAT SORT OF EXPECTED IMPACT WOULD THAT BE? EITHER INCREASED, I GUESS, OR, UM, INCREASED COST, THANK YOU.
YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A VERY COMPLICATED QUESTION.
I THINK THESE NEIGHBORS ARE COMING TO THIS SITE, UH, AND, AND AGAIN, WE ALL WANT TO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT, UH, THAT WELCOMES A LARGE NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS, UH, TO THIS SITE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
UH, THE QUESTION BEFORE US TONIGHT IS WHETHER THOSE NEIGHBORS ARE CH RESIDENTS OR WHETHER THEY'RE NOT CH RESIDENTS.
UM, UH, SO EITHER WAY THEY WILL NEED SERVICES.
THEY WILL NEED TO BE GETTING SCHOOLS, UH, AND, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION FROM THE COUNTY.
THEY WILL BE GETTING FIRE AND EMS FROM THE COUNTY.
THAT WILL HAVE TO BE FACTORED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
UH, IF THEY ARE IN THE TOWN, UH, THEY WILL BE RECEIVING, UH, CH POLICE PROTECTION.
AND, UM, DEPENDING ON THE OWNERSHIP ARRANGEMENT OF THAT RESIDENTIAL UNITS, THEY WILL BE RECEIVING SOME KIND OF, OR SOME VERSION OF PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, UH, FROM THE TOWN.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO WORK OUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR YET WHAT, WHAT, WHETHER THEY'RE GETTING TRASH OR RECYCLING OR PLOWING OR, OR HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK BE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE, UM, LEGAL DESIGN OF THE, OF THE RESIDENCES.
BUT, BUT THEY, IF THEY'RE IN THE TOWN, THEY'LL BE GETTING TOWN SERVICES.
IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE TOWN, THEY'LL BE GETTING, UH, COUNTY SERVICES JUST AS THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AROUND THE TOWN CURRENTLY GET.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THAT A LITTLE BIT.
VICE MAYOR, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE ASKING FOR NUMBERS, BUT THE, UM, ESTIMATED POPULATION WOULD BE HALF OF THE CURRENT TOWN POPULATION OVER AGAIN.
SO IT WOULD BE ANOTHER 3000 AND POTENTIALLY GIVE OR TAKE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, SO THE TOWN WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER.
TO ALSO, UM, I'M NOT SURE THE NATURE OF THE QUESTION, BUT I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
UH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, IF WHEN THIS NSH DOES HAPPEN, THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS, UM, WELL WE, IF I'M ON THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME AND HOPEFULLY WHO ELSE IS ON THE COUNCIL, THAT WE WILL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE BUDGET, UM, ADHERES TO THE FACT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THOSE MANY EXTRA RESIDENTS AND NOT AT THE BURDEN OF THOSE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
SO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY WILL DEFINITELY BE KEY FOR GOING FORWARD AFTER THAT.
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AND I DON'T SEE ANY ONLINE, WHICH FRANKLY SURPRISES ME.SO LET ME JUST, LET US JUST PAUSE AND MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THE SCREEN RIGHT.
DO YOU SEE ANYONE? I DON'T SEE ANYONE.
SEEING NO ONE ONLINE, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON PURPOSE, UH, IN PERSON.
THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S HEARING.
UH, WE WILL RECONVENE IN ABOUT 12 MINUTES, I THINK FOR THE SEVEN 30 TOWN MEETING.