Feb 12, 2026 Town Meeting

THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE STREETS AND UTILITIES IN THE SUBDIVISION TO THOSE OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS, UTILITIES, AND OTHER, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPING, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, WOODLAND CONSERVATION, PARKING FACILITIES, SITING AND SIGNS SHOULD BE COVERED IN THE DETAILED SITE PLANTS TO COME LATER.

NAME AND WARD.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

SHEILA SOLO WARD TWO.

ON JANUARY 26TH, THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND CHEVROLET PLANNING BOARD HELD A JOINT MEETING WITH THE CHEVROLET HILL DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

THIS PROJECT IS THE BIGGEST TO COME BEFORE THE TOWN IN YEARS AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

AND OUR INTEREST AS ENGAGED TOWN RESIDENTS IS REFLECTED IN THE ATTENDANCE.

AT THE MEETING, WE HAD 47 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING THREE MEMBERS OF OUR TOWN COUNCIL.

THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO REVIEW THE PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SUBDIVISION AHEAD OF THE COUNTY'S ACCEPTING IT FOR REVIEW BY THE TOWN PLAN BY THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

A PLAN OF THE SUBDIVISION DIVIDES A PIECE OF LAND INTO PARCELS OR LOTS.

IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE ADEQUACY OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPACTS TO SERVE NEW DEVELOPMENT.

IT COVERS THE DESIGN OF INTERNAL STREETS AND UTILITIES OF THE SUBDIVISION AND THE RESULTING LAYOUT OF LOTS AND BLOCKS.

[00:05:01]

THE LIMITATION AND SCOPE DID NOT STOP OUR NEIGHBORS FROM ASKING BROADER QUESTIONS.

IN FACT, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IS BUILT INTO THE PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SUBDIVISION SHARED AT THE MEETING.

QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS AS WELL AS COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEMBERS COVERED TIMELINES FOR PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION.

OPEN SPACE USES TREE CONSERVATION, BIRD STRIKE AVOIDANCE, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, AIR QUALITY AND NOISE STUDY, HOUSING TYPES, OWNERSHIP VERSUS RENTAL, RETAIL TRANSPORTATION, SOLAR ENERGY BUILDING STANDARDS AND COMMUNICATION WITH CURRENT RESIDENTS.

THE PLAN AND VISIONS DIVISION OF THE 44 ACRE PROPERTY INTO 16 BUILDING PARCELS OF THOSE TWO ARE PLANNED FOR AN OFFICE BUILDING AND PARKING GARAGE, SEVEN AS MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, TWO AS CONDOS, TWO GARAGES, ONE COMMUNITY CENTER AND ONE OPEN SPACE.

EIGHT.

FURTHER PARCELS ARE DESIGNATED AS OPEN SPACE FIVE AS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND SEVEN AS PRIVATE ALLEYS.

WE HOPE TO HAVE FUTURE MEETINGS TO CLARIFY PARTICULAR PLAN ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN TRAILS.

THE DEVELOPER HAS PROMISED MORE INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP US STUDY THE PROJECT.

IF YOU MISSED THE JANUARY 26TH MEETING, YOU CAN FIND THE VIDEO ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, UNDER TOWN MEETINGS, ARCHIVED VIDEOS.

TO ITEM SIX ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

THANK YOU MS. SALLOW FOR THAT RECAP OF THAT VERY IMPORTANT MEETING AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON IT.

IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC INPUT? IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC INPUT ON ANY ITEM? NOT ON THE AGENDA.

HEARING NONE.

WE WILL GO ON TO MOVE ON

[6. Committee Reports]

AND AS ALWAYS, WE WILL START WITH THE RECREATION COUNCIL.

YES MA'AM.

OBJECT LAW.

WHY NOT? PLEASE MAKE SURE THE GREEN LIGHT'S ON.

UM, ON THE PO ON THE, OH, FANCY.

JUST WANNA WELCOME CARRIE.

SHE'S ACTUALLY OUR NEW PRESIDENT AND, UH, SHE'S HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, SO I APPRECIATE HER LEADERSHIP IN STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, REC COUNCIL.

HELMETS AND TALK ABOUT, UM, BIKE LANES AND, AND HOW BASIC BICYCLE USE AND MAINTENANCE.

HI, Y'ALL.

Y'ALL KNOW ME.

UM, I'VE TAKEN OVER REC COUNCIL SINCE CHUCK RESIGNED.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO IN MY COMMITTEE REPORT, BUT 2025 WAS VERY FULL OF ACTIVITIES.

I THINK THE REC COUNCIL IS REALLY TRYING TO MOVE FROM OUR NORMAL KIND OF CHILD BASED FOCUS TO INCLUDING A LOT MORE ADULT ACTIVITIES IN TOWN.

WHAT, WHAT AM I, AM I SUPPOSED TO LOOK THAT WAY? OH, JESUS CHRIST.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR NORMAL REC COUNCIL THINGS THAT WE DO EACH YEAR, INCLUDING THE EASTER EGG HUNT, THE HOLIDAY PARTY, AND, UH, THE HALLOWEEN PARADE THAT WE DO.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT AND DO MORE ADULT EVENTS.

I THINK OUR PROBLEM IS, AND AS IS PROBABLY EVERYTHING IN TOWN, THAT VOLUNTEERISM IS VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY DOWN AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO PUT ON THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE WANT.

FOR INSTANCE, WE DID THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, UM, WITH BASICALLY TWO ADULTS.

RIGHT.

UM, AND OUR SANTA THANK YOU MAYOR FOR PLAYING THE SANTA, BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO PUT ON A LARGE SCALE EVENT.

OH, YOU WERE THERE TOO.

SORRY.

SPOILER ALERT.

YEAH, I'M NOT SAYING GIVE YOU CREDIT.

I'M SAYING I I DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW.

I WAS STILL LIVING, SO SORRY.

AND MY CHILDREN ARE HERE, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND ANYWAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE.

AND I RECRUIT HEAVILY AMONGST OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN TOWN AND THEY ARE REALLY GREAT, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ADULTS VOLUNTEERING.

I WOULD LOVE TO DO THINGS THIS YEAR.

I HAVE THOUGHT OF DOING A CH PORCH FEST WHERE WE PUT OUT A MAP AND WE DO MUSICAL LIKE MUSICAL NUMBERS ON PORCHES AND COMEDY FROM PEOPLE'S PORCHES, JUST LIKE TACOMA PARK DOES.

AND WE TRAVEL AROUND TOWN TO SEE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ACTS HIGHLIGHTING THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN CH THAT HAVE DIFFERENT TALENTS.

I WANNA DO A BIKE DAY WHERE WE DO BIKE SAFETY AND, YOU KNOW, HANDOUT

[00:10:01]

I ALSO HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING AND BRINGING BACK THE TURKEY TROT HOSTED BY REC COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A HUGE, UM, FUNDRAISER FOR NOT ONLY OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND, BUT ALSO POSSIBLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO WITH, IT'S A, UM, A TURKEY DRIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS ON THE AGENDA FOR 2026.

UM, ON MARCH 21ST, UM, MS. VALINDA, VALINDA MAYS IS HOSTING AN ADULT NIGHT, OUR FIRST HERE IN THE GYM ON MARCH 21ST, WHERE WE'RE GONNA DO GAMES OUT IN THE HALLWAY AND THEN PICKLEBALL INSIDE.

WE HOPE TO DO THAT AND MAKE THAT A REGULAR OCCURRENCE.

WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING BINGO, BUT WE JUST CAN'T DO IT.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL IS TO PUT A CALL OUT.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE FACEBOOK PAGES AND YOU SEND OUT, UM, PUBLICATIONS TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

I TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN ACTIVE, BUT IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD.

SO MAYBE IF YOU CAN DO A SHOUT OUT TO REC COUNCIL, UM, INDICATING THAT WE'RE LOOKING JUST FOR A COUPLE EXTRA PEOPLE TO HELP US DO THESE GREAT EVENTS, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. WADE, ANYTHING? DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA READ OUT THE OTHER EVENTS OR YOU WANT ME? I CAN SAY SO, YES.

SO THE OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, AND, I MEAN I CAN LOOK INTO THE FUTURE, BUT THERE ARE EVENTS.

THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE OF THE YEAR IS, LIKE I SAID, THE MARCH 21ST GAME NIGHT.

ON APRIL 4TH, WE'RE DOING THE EASTER EGG HUNT.

THAT IS THE DAY BEFORE EASTER.

WE WILL HAVE THE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS USUALLY ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

I THINK MS. MAYS MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND MOVED IT TO THE WEEKEND OF JUNE 6TH.

THAT IS ALSO WHEN WE WILL GIVE OUT OUR SCHOLARSHIPS.

I HAVE POSTED THE SCHOLARSHIP LINK, UM, ON THE LIST SERVE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO PASS IT TO YOU.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING GREAT.

I WILL PUT IN THE NEWSLETTER.

UM, IT'S A SIMPLE GOOGLE DOC THAT I CREATED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE GOING OFF TO COLLEGE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET THE SCHOLARSHIP AND WE'VE BEEN GIVING FOUR TO FIVE A YEAR OUT.

UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE ROLL INTO THE HALLOWEEN PARADE, WHICH IS GONNA BE ON THE 24TH, UM, OF OCTOBER.

AND THEN OUR REC COUNCIL CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE DECEMBER 5TH OF THIS YEAR.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THE YEAR, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'D LOVE TO ADD MORE EVENTS.

WE JUST NEED MANPOWER.

RIGHT.

AND JUST A MENTION OF THE, UM, THE PICKLEBALL, UH, EVERY FIRST SUNDAY, UM, ONE TO FIVE HERE AT, UH, TOWN, UM, COURT HERE.

AND THEN JUST WANT TO THANK KERRY ALSO, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, SHE TOOK THE TIME TO PUT, UM, BYLAWS TOGETHER.

I KNOW WE APPARENTLY NEVER HAD IT OFFICIALLY BEFORE, BUT THANK YOU, UH, FOR DOING THAT.

AND I BELIEVE WE'LL BE VOTING ON THAT IN THE NEXT MEETING.

UH, LINCOLN THE YEAR.

CHAT GPT TAKE FULL CREDIT FOR IT.

WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELEVATION.

MY LAWYERLY BACKGROUND AND FOUR YEARS OF TUITION AT LAW SCHOOL.

ALRIGHT, WELL WE THANK YOU THOUGH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.

YES.

ANYTHING ELSE? YES.

UM, HAVE YOU, UH, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO REACH WARD FIVE? THE APARTMENTS, UH, CHEVY STATION APARTMENTS FOR VOLUNTEERS? SO I JUST USE THE LISTSERV SO IF THEY'RE REVIEWING THE LIST SERVE, I MEAN I WOULD LOVE WARD FIVE VOLUNTEERS.

ALRIGHT.

UM, I JUST WANNA REMIND THE COMMITTEES AND ANY TYPE OF COUNCIL THAT, UM, WARD FIVE DOES EXIST.

CHEVROLET STATION APARTMENTS IS FULL OF KIDS AND, AND ADULTS THAT ARE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER.

IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THE, UM, HOW TO REACH OR CONNECT WITH THEM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.

UH, I'LL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO PUT YOU ON WITH THE, UM, PROPERTY MANAGERS AND SO THEY COULD SEND, UH, BLAST EMAILS.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YOU AND I MEAN, WE ALWAYS DO OUR FLYERS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND WE WOULD LOVE IF WE COULD EVEN POST OUR FLYERS FOR THE EVENTS AT THE APARTMENTS.

OH YEAH, DEFINITELY.

I MEAN, UH, EVEN MYSELF, IF YOU NEED HELP PASSING OFF THOSE FLYERS, JUST PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.

THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.

UHHUH .

MM-HMM .

CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE.

DO YOU HAVE SOME PROPS FOR US THIS EVENING? I DO.

SO HERE, UH, IN FRONT OF ME, I DO HAVE TWO OF OUR SWAG GOING FORWARD FOR CHEVROLET DAY.

UM, WE HAVE 95 YEAR, UH, STADIUM CUPS, UH, WHICH WILL GO TO EVERY MEMBER SITTING HERE AT THIS TABLE.

UM, SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL EACH HAVE A 95 CHEVROLET DAY STADIUM CUP AT THE END OF THE EVENING.

UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, 9 26 26 IS DAY FOR THIS YEAR.

AND AS HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED EARLIER, CHEVROLET DAY WILL NOT JUST BE ONE DAY ON THE CALENDAR THIS YEAR IT WILL BE C WEEK

[00:15:01]

AND THE EVENTS WILL BEGIN THE SATURDAY BEFORE.

UH, MOST OF THE SPORTS EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE, UH, WITH, UM, I THINK THE PICKLEBALL, UH, TOURNAMENT AND THE SOFTBALL GAME WILL TAKE PLACE THE SATURDAY BEFORE.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, A VARIETY OF EVENTS BEING SCHEDULED BY VARIOUS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.

I'M SURE REC COUNCIL AND VARIOUS THINGS WILL BE DOING ALL SORTS OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, UH, WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, A SENIOR EVENT OR A, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBOR RECOGNITION EVENT.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE WEEK.

AND THEN, UH, THE ST.

AMBROSE MEN'S CLUB GOLF TOURNAMENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE AND THEN CH DAY 95 WITH A PARADE AND FIREWORKS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, 9 26 26.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER LEG LOHA? COUNCIL MEMBER GAR? YEAH.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, UM, HOW CAN I SAY IT? SO WITH THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OUTREACH TO CHEVY STATION APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN VERY MINIMAL.

UM, JOHN, LET'S, I'M SORRY.

IT'S MM-HMM .

UM, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN VERY MINIMAL.

THEIR OUTREACH TO, UH, CHEVROLET STATION APARTMENTS.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WHETHER IT'S THE LACK OF LIKE, ENTRY TO THE BUILDINGS OR, OR WHATEVER IT IS.

UM, I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST, UH, WELL, HOW CAN I SAY IT? I WOULD LIKE TO BE PARTIES LEAST, UH, IF I COULD COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS OR IF, IF, IF YOU GUYS WERE HAVING ME SO I COULD ADVISE HOW TO APPROACH CHEVROLET STATION APARTMENTS.

UM, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALSO IF, IF IT'S, IF YOU COULD JUST RELATE BACK TO THAT, UM, UM, AMIDST THE WHOLE ICE SITUATION THAT'S GOING ON, UM, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING TO DO REGARDING THAT? HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU GUYS STARTED TALKS WITH, UH, UM, C POLICE DEPARTMENT? YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT IS PRETTY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S KIND OF NOT REALLY EASY TO OVERSEE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOME THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TALKED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AND HOW WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PROTECT OR ADVISE RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER CHEVROLET.

NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, PRIMARILY, UH, YOU KNOW, WARD FIVE, WHICH IS, UH, PRIMARILY MADE OF A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS.

UM, SO IF, IF IS THERE ANY WAY THAT I COULD, YOU KNOW, JUST COME IN, TALK TO, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

JUST LIKE, ADVISE ON HOW WE COULD PROCEED WITH ACTUALLY OUTREACH AND HOW WE COULD, UM, HOW YOU GUYS COULD PROCEED WITH, UM, WITH MAKING OUR RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE.

ABSOLUTELY.

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

AND, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEETS REGULARLY.

WE MEET EVERY MONTH AND I WILL MAKE SURE, I WILL SPEAK TO, UH, NICK DEANGELO WHO SENDS OUT, WE MEET ON ZOOM AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET YOU THE ZOOM INVITATION.

YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN US.

ONE, UM, JUST, UH, THINKING ABOUT, UH, MS. WELLS WELLES' CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR REC COUNCIL AND THE FEELING THAT THERE IS A, A DEARTH OF VOLUNTEERS RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THIS SETTING THIS UP AS A WEEK LONG EVENT WILL TAKE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE'RE SIMULTANEOUSLY TRYING TO GET FOLKS TO VOLUNTEER AND THINKING ABOUT TOWN CAPACITY.

'CAUSE I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A SITUATION WHERE WE PLAN THIS WHOLE LONG WEEK AND DON'T GET THE VOLUNTEERS WE NEED AND THEN STAFF HAS TO PICK UP THE SLACK.

UM, SO I FEEL LIKE A WET BLANKET SAYING THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT OUT LOUD.

ALSO.

COULD I HAVE A BLUE CUP? THANK YOU.

YOU MAY.

WE WERE GONNA LET, UH, OUR BIRTH, YES.

WE WERE GONNA LET OUR BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, PICK FIRST, BUT WE DO HAVE FOUR OF EACH COLOR WITH US.

GREAT.

UH, THEY ARE NOT, THEY'RE I'LL.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT AT THAT LEVEL.

UH, ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER LELO? JUST COMMENT.

I BELIEVE MY, UH, NOT A SHAMELESS PLUG, BUT A AWESOME PLUG.

MY WARD, WARD ONE RESIDENT SARAH STYLES ACTUALLY DID THE LOGO FOR THIS.

SO WE WANT TO THANK HER AND SHOT HER OUT FOR, UM, MAKING THIS AMAZING LOGO FOR THAT WARD ONE ROCKS.

AND I, WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT, SO WE ARE WORKING ON PUTTING THIS LOGO ON ALL SORTS OF SWAG.

IT WILL BE ON A SHIRT, THERE WILL BE OTHER SHIRTS COMING.

WE WILL HAVE OTHER SORTS OF SWAG, WHETHER IT'S MUGS, HATS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON HOW WE CAN APPROPRIATELY MERCHANDISE THIS LOGO.

NOW TO RESPOND TO, UH, VICE MAYOR ER'S QUESTION.

WE ARE KEENLY AWARE THAT THE CHEVROLET AID COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF VOLUNTEERS AND A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALL MADE UP OF VOLUNTEERS.

AND WE DO NOT WANT TO WEIGH TO HEAVILY

[00:20:01]

ON TOWN STAFF.

WE ARE KEENLY AWARE OF THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY ANY ORGANIZATION THAT COMES TO US WITH AN EVENT, IT WILL BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT THAT EVENT ON FROM A TWO Z AND THAT WILL BE MADE PLAINLY CLEAR.

MR. GALLOWAY, WOULD YOU LIKE THE LAST WORD ON THIS? SURE.

I, I'M GONNA BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE, UH, CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE MOVING FORWARD.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY.

I DID GET THE EMAIL ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING THAT I'LL BE JOINING BY ZOOM.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETINGS.

COUNCIL MEMBER WADE? YEAH, JUST ALSO, UM, JUST, AND I THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN LOIC.

REGARDLESS, WE HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET.

SO, UM, ONE SPECIALTY THAT I CAN OFFER IS, AND I, I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF IS GETTING MORE SPONSORSHIP OUT WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THAT, UM, WITH THE IS AS WELL AS WITH THE COMMITTEE, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT'S DOING IT, THAT I CAN ASSIST WITH THAT AS WELL.

BUT I JUST KNOW THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING A WEEK NOW, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S DONE CORRECTLY, WE SUPPORT IT.

BUT WITH THE, UH, BUDGET SITUATION WE HAVE AS WELL, I SUPPORT THAT.

UH, PLANNING BOARD.

SO AS, UH, SHEILA SAID EARLIER, THERE WAS A JOINT MEETING, UM, FEW WEEKS AGO WITH THE DEVELOPER.

IT WAS DETAILED PRESENTATION WAS THOROUGH.

UM, I THOUGHT IT LEFT EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WELL INFORMED ABOUT WHAT THE PARTICULARS WERE.

THE PLANNING BOARD THEN MET, UH, YESTERDAY TO GO OVER THE NOTES THAT THEY HAD TYPED UP FROM THAT MEETING.

UH, THEY'RE STILL FINISHING THOSE, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE BY, UH, NEXT WEEK OR CERTAINLY BEFORE THE WORK SESSION SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW IT.

THE PPS HAS BEEN, UH, APPROVED.

SO, UH, THEY WILL, THIS, THE NOTES ACCEPTED THEY'RE PREPARING ARE TO, UH, SUGGEST WHAT THE TOWN SHOULD COMMENT ON IN THE PPS PROCESS.

THAT'S IT.

VICE MAYOR BRIER.

UM, TWO THINGS.

ONE, I THINK WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONES WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING.

'CAUSE A SL IS HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING.

UM, AND TWO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR PLANS ARE IN TERMS OF PROVIDING COMMENT FOR THE PPS.

I THINK THAT, UM, THE CLOCK HAS STARTED NOW, SO WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

UM, AND I WOULD LIKE US TO, UH, MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS AND ALSO HAVE ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENT INPUT.

UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THAT, BUT, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S ON EVERYONE'S RADAR.

AS MUCH AS I DON'T WANT TO GET, I DON'T WANNA DERAIL THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT, UM, WHEN, WHEN HE GIVES IT LATER UNDER ITEM 11, BUT I THINK OUR INTENTION WAS AS PART OF THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT TO AGREE ON THE NEXT TWO STEPS REGARDING THE HOSPITAL HILL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD BE SOME KIND OF PUBLIC MEETING, AND THEN AT LEAST AN OUTLINE OF WHAT, UH, CHEVROLET'S FORMAL NEXT ACTION IS IN THE PROCESS.

SO UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT TONIGHT.

BEFORE WE GO, BEFORE WE FINISH TONIGHT, UM, ALBEIT A SLIGHT DEVIATION FROM THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.

GREAT.

IS THERE OTHER QUESTION? ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR PLANNING BOARD LIAISON? MAYOR.

MAYOR, IF YOU, IF I CAN, YES.

UH, WE FORWARDED AN EMAIL TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FROM THE, UH, MARYLAND NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, HERE JUST RECENTLY, UM, LETTING YOU ALL KNOW OF THE SCHEDULED HEARING THAT THE SDRC HEARING IS TOMORROW.

UM, AND IT HAS THE INFORMATION ATTACHED TO IT.

SO WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT THIS ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT, UH, RESIDENTS CAN, UH, ATTEND STARTS IN THE MORNING AT 9:30 AM UM, AND IT IS A VIRTUAL MEETING, SO, UM, IT, IT'S THERE AVAILABLE FOR YOU AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT IT AND THE, UH, TOWN ADMINISTRATORS REPORT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE MEETING FOR TOMORROW.

THE PHOTOGRAPH AND THE, ALL THE INFORMATION.

WE WILL DISCUSS THAT, UH, A LITTLE BIT LATER 'CAUSE THAT IS UNEXPECTED THAT THERE IS A MEETING TOMORROW.

SO WE WILL, UH, WELL, WE'LL COME UP WITH A PLAN BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT.

THANK

[00:25:01]

YOU FOR THAT.

HEADS UP, UH, ON TO THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS AND I SEE CHAIR KAY ONLINE.

HELLO.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

HELLO.

UM, I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF REPORT ON WHAT THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS HAS BEEN WORKING ON IN RECENT MONTHS.

UM, BACK IN THE FALL, I HAD REPORTED TO YOU THAT WE HAD AMASSED A LARGE LIST OF TOPICS FOR ELECTION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WAKE OF LAST YEAR'S ELECTION.

AND, UH, WE HAVE SINCE BEEN CHIPPING AWAY AT THAT LIST, DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND DUE DILIGENCE, UH, REACHING OUT TO OTHER RESOURCES, UM, COUNTY AND STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, UH, TO GATHER INFORMATION.

UH, WE'VE BEEN MEETING TWICE A MONTH, UH, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

UM, WORKING ON ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENT TOPICS, UH, WE HAD CATEGORIZED THE TOPICS INTO FOUR PARTS.

UM, THERE ARE THINGS, ASPECTS OF THE ELECTION THAT, UH, WE WORK WITH THE TOWN EMPLOYEES.

UM, SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE WANT TO DO TO IMPROVE, UH, THINGS THAT THE TOWN EMPLOYEES WERE VERY OVERBURDENED WITH DURING THE ELECTION.

UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT WITH THE COUNTY, NAMELY, UM, SOME OF THE MISMATCHES IN OUR WARD DATA WITH THE COUNTY RECORDS.

UM, THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, AND WE SHOULD BE FILING OUR UPDATES TO THE COUNTY THIS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

UM, WE HAVE A VERY LONG LIST OF INTERNAL PROCESSES, UH, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UM, AND ALSO MAYBE, UM, INCORPORATING SOME NEW IDEAS IN THE WAY IN WHICH WE RUN ELECTIONS.

UM, SO THAT'S THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

AND THEN THERE ARE ASPECTS THAT ARE, UH, CODE RELATED.

UH, AND WE HAD THREE TOPICS THAT WE CLASSIFIED INTO THAT CATEGORY, ONE OF WHICH WE KNEW FOR SURE WAS AN ISSUE.

UH, WITH THE LAST ELECTION, IT EXPOSED A LOOPHOLE AND THERE WERE TWO OTHER KIND OF SIMILAR, UM, ITEMS THAT WE WERE NOT SURE ABOUT AND DID RESEARCH ABOUT.

AND WE DETERMINED THAT, UH, THESE ITEMS ARE COVERED BY STATE CODE AND NO COUNCIL, UH, NO TOWN CODE OR CHARTER AMENDMENTS WERE NECESSARY.

UM, SO WE WERE HAPPY TO HAVE A COUPLE BOARD MEMBERS BRING YOU TO YOUR WORK SESSION.

THE ONE ITEM THAT WE DEEMED WE NEEDED, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL'S, UH, ASSISTANCE WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION TO CLOSE A LOOPHOLE THAT WAS EXPOSED, UH, WITH THE LAST ELECTION.

UM, IT SEEMS THAT OUR, UM, DESIRE TO BE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR TIME AND ONLY BRINGING THE ONE ITEM TO YOUR MEETING.

IT MADE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE NOT DOING MUCH OTHER THAN THAT.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE THE REPORT FULLY, UH, TO DEPICT THAT WE ARE QUITE BUSY WORKING ON MANY TOPICS.

WE ONLY BROUGHT THE ONE TO YOU THAT REQUIRED YOUR ASSISTANCE.

UH, AND I'M HAPPY, UM, THAT YOU ALL ARE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN, UM, ADDRESSING THAT PART OF THE CHARTER THAT, UH, IT NEEDS CLOSING.

UM, AGAIN, WE MEET, UH, TWICE A MONTH.

ONE IS INTERNAL MEETING, ONE IS THE PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH IS THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, UM, AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ATTEND AND GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS WELCOME.

UH, TUESDAY, SECOND TUESDAY AT 7:00 PM AND YOU CAN FIND THE ZOOM LINK ONLINE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS? ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

TAKE CARE.

YOU TOO.

NEXT IS THE BOARD, SORRY, THE ETHICS COMMISSION.

AND I DO NOT SEE CHAIR RULE ONLINE.

IS THERE ANYONE TO GIVE AN ETHICS COMMISSION REPORT? HEARING NONE, MR. GALLOWAY, IS THERE A HOMETOWN HEROES UPDATE? NO UPDATE THIS EVENING.

EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT, THEN, UH, WE WILL MOVE

[7. Proclamations ]

ON TO ITEM SEVEN.

SO A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, I DID HAVE A CONSTITUENT ASK ME HOW DOES ONE SUBMIT A NAME FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE HOMETOWN HEROES PROGRAM? AND I WASN'T SURE, SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT THERE'S AN ONLINE FORM THAT THEY CAN, UH, COMPLETE AND FILL OUT.

YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, UM, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S, IT'S REALLY DRIVEN BY THE FAMILY OR THE NOMINATOR.

UH, THEY ARE THE ONE THAT PAY, UH, TO ULTIMATELY HAVE IT DONE.

THEY'RE THE ONE THAT PROVIDE

[00:30:01]

SO THE FORM IS THERE, BUT PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT YOU NOMINATE SOMEBODY TO THE TOWN AND THE TOWN RUNS WITH IT.

UH, THEY ARE, THEY ARE DOING 90% OF THE WORK, BUT WE ENCOURAGE NOMINATIONS.

WE MOVE ON, THAT THE TOWN IS, UH, PLANNING A BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION ON FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH AT 7:00 PM UH, THANKS TO OUR TOWN ADMINISTRATOR AND OUR TOWN CLERK, UH, WE ARE PLANNING AN EVENT, UH, THAT WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO BRING CHEVROLET'S YOUNG PEOPLE INTO.

WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS PROCLAMATIONS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WADE IS GONNA RE READ OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION, AND THEN I'M GONNA, UM, ADD A QUICK NOTE, UH, ON THE OUR THE TOWN'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH, UH, CELEBRATION ON FEBRUARY 25TH.

COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, YEAH, EXCUSE ME, IN ADVANCE, A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER, SO I'LL TRY TO SPEAK UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

UH, BLACK HISTORY PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICANS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND RECOGNIZING THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.

WHEREAS CARTER G WOODSON ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED A NEGRO HISTORY WEEK IN 19 26, 6, TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AND AFRICAN AFRICAN-AMERICANS HEREAFTER BLACK IN AMERICAN SOCIETY.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH GREW FROM NEGRO HISTORY WEEK IS A ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF ACHIEVEMENTS BY BLACK AMERICANS.

EACH FEBRUARY SERVES AS A TIME FOR THE NATION TO REMEMBER AND RECOGNIZE THE ROLE OF BLACK AMERICANS IN US HISTORY.

SINCE 1976, EVERY US PRESIDENT HAS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING CANADA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, ALSO DEVOTE A MONTH TO CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY.

WHEREAS OUR COMMUNITY IS MADE UP OF DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE, AND SPECIFICALLY 54% WHO IDENTIFY AS BLACK AMERICANS.

WHEREAS THE TOWN OF SHELBY CONTINUES ITS EFFORTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS PAST WHILE BEING FORWARD THINKING FOR ITS FUTURE.

THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, SHELLY HAS REMOVED SYMBOLS OF SUPREMACY FROM HIS TOWN SALE PASS IN THE DEFENSE OF BLACK LIVES RESOLUTION, ESTABLISHED A CIVIC AFRICAN AMERICAN COMEDIC ORGANIZATION, ALSO KNOWN AS CACO AND HONOR.

HISTORICALLY, BLACK ORGANIZATIONS IN INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE FOURTH WARD CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND CHEVY DIVINE NINE.

WHEREAS BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY.

WHILE SOME BLACK AMERICANS EXPERIENCE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS, WEALTH, AND OPPORTUNITY, MANY STILL STRUGGLE TO REALIZE AMERICA'S PROMISE.

THE TOWN OF CHEVY RECOGNIZED THAT AC ACKNOWLEDGING THIS MAKES THEM A STRONGER MUNICIPALITY, POISED TO ADEQUATELY MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL RESIDENTS AND NOT JUST SOME.

WHEREAS THE TOWN OF SHELBY HAS EMBRACED EFFORT TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND REPRESENTATIONAL IN GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP.

IN JULY OF 2021, SHELBY GAINED ITS FIRST BLACK MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN, CASEY YE, WHO IS A PROUD MEMBER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

ADDITIONALLY, DELAINE GALLOWAY SERVES AS THE TOWN'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TOWN ADMINISTRATOR AND IS ALSO A MEMBER, A MEMBER OF OMEGA SCI-FI WHATEVER.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTOPHER WADE, A MEMBER OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS CAPITAL ALPHA SIDE FRATERNITY INCORPORATED.

IN THE PAST YEARS, SHELBY HAS SIGNED A PROCLAMATION.

I WAS WAITING FOR THAT POINT THERE.

AS YOU SEE, I THE PAST YEARS, SHELBY HAS SIGNED A PROCLAMATION FOR JUNETEENTH, HAS ITS FIRST REPRESENTATION IN MARYLAND BLACK MAYOR'S ASSOCIATION NAMED A TOWN STRUCTURE AFTER THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WITH THE WILLIAM E. LEE JUNIOR BUILDING, AND THE ROBERT TUCKER SENIOR TOWN PAVILION.

AND ENGAGED IN RECONCILIATION EFFORTS THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE, THE MOUNT HOPE COMMISSION AND THE FORUM.

WHEREAS THE NATIONAL THEME OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2026, A CENTURY OF BLACK HISTORY ATIONS HONORS THE A HUNDRED YEAR LEGACY THAT BEGAN WITH WOODSON'S ESTABLISHMENT OF NEGRO HISTORY WEEK, AND RECOGNIZES THE PROFOUND IMPACT THAT A CENTURY OF REMEMBRANCE, SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HAS HAD ON TRANSFORMING HOW BLACK HISTORY IS UNDERSTOOD AND VALUED IN THE UNITED STATES.

WHEREAS THE TOWN, THE TOWN OF SHELBY, HAS NEVER PROFFERED A PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY.

MONTH BEFORE 2021, THE TOWN WELCOMED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A LEADER FOR SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES.

IN CELEBRATING FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE TOWN OF SHELBY APPLAUSE, GOVERNOR HOGAN'S FIRST PROCLAMATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND IN 2021.

WHEREAS THE TOWN OF SHELBY IS HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY MOMENT OF WESTMORE BECOMING MARYLAND'S FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR ON JANUARY 18TH, 2023, SERVING AS THE 63RD GOVERNOR OF THE STATE, AND THE THIRD ONLY BLACK PERSON ELECTED AS GOVERNOR OF ANY US STATES AS A WHOLE.

AND AS OF 2023, THE ONLY INCUMBENT BLACK GOVERNOR IN THE US STATE.

NOW THEREFORE, THE SHELBY MAYOR AND COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE TOWN OF SHOVELING TO BE CELEBRATED AND COMMEMORATED WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS, CEREMONIES, AND ACTIVITIES.

I YIELD BACK.

THANK YOU, SARAH.

I WANT TO ADD, UH, BEFORE

[00:35:01]

UH, WE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO SHARE AND SHOWCASE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY, THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED IN SCHOOL THAT HIGHLIGHT BLACK HISTORY, CULTURE ACHIEVEMENTS, OR INFLUENTIAL FIGURES.

WE FEEL THAT FEBRUARY 25TH IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUTH TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, CREATIVITY, AND HARD WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHILE HELPING US HONOR THE LEGACY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.

PROJECTS MAY INCLUDE ESSAYS, ARTWORK, PRESENTATIONS, POSTERS, OR OTHER SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS RELATED TO BLACK HISTORY.

WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE VOICES AND TALENTS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND LOOK FORWARD TO RECOGNIZING THEIR EFFORTS AS PART OF THIS MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY EVENT.

PLEASE SUBMIT THOSE MATERIALS BY 5:00 PM ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS WEDNESDAY THE 25TH, 2026.

IT WILL BE HERE AT TOWN HALL OR POSSIBLY IN THE ELY BUILDING.

IT WILL BE ON THIS PROPERTY AT 64 0 1 FOREST ROAD.

UH, AND WE WILL START AT 7:00 PM THANK YOU.

HEY, MAYOR, CAN I ADD? YES.

SO SOMETHING TO THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE NEED TO ADD TO IT THAT I THINK WE MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, UH, DIDN'T KNOW MAYBE, BUT THE FOUNDER OF BLACK HISTORY, UH, WAS CARTER G WOODSON, WHO WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF OMEGAS PHI FRATERNITY INCORPORATED.

SO I THINK IT'S BEST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR A MAN OF OMEGAS PHI BLACK HISTORY MONTH, PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED.

COULD NOT HAVE MADE THAT CORRECTION BETTER MYSELF.

MAKE IT SO COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.

I I THINK IT WOULD GREAT BE GREAT TOO IF WE COULD, UH, MAKE SURE WE ADD THAT.

UM, MS. MARTOS, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WARD ONE, WAS THE FIRST BLACK COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WARD ONE AS A FIRST, IF WE'RE PUTTING FIRST IN HERE AS I'VE NOTED THAT WE DID.

SO ARE YOU ASKING, YOU ARE ASKING THE CLERK TO REPRINT THE PROCLAMATION AND WE CAN RESIGN IT LATER? YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, PLEASE.

THAT THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET HONORS JOYCE SIPPA FOR HER EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO TOWN PLANNING AND EXTENDS HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER MANY YEARS OF GUIDANCE, COMMITMENT, AND EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE PROCLAIMED THIS 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 IN THE TOWN OF CH MARYLAND.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, ADDITIONS TO THE PROCLAMATION DESIRED BY THE COUNCIL? OKAY, THEN WE WILL HOLD THIS OVER AND SIGN IT IN A WEEK OR TWO WHEN WE, UH, MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE CLERK.

NO, NO, NO.

ALL SEVEN OF US ARE SIGNING, ALL SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE GONNA SIGN THE PROCLAMATION WHEN IT IS FINALIZED.

ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL, THE CLERK WILL LET US KNOW WHEN WE CAN PRESENT OURSELVES FOR SIGNATURE.

UH, I AM GOING TO THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SECOND PROCLAMATION.

AND THEN UNLESS THE COUNSEL OBJECTS, WE WILL TAKE A, A FIVE TO 10 MINUTE, FIVE TO NINE MINUTE BREAK AFTER AFTERWARDS FOR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS AND CUPCAKES.

SO LET ME MOVE ONWARD TO SEVEN B THE PROCLAMATION HONORING OUR PLANNING BOARD, UH, CHAIR EMERITUS PROCLAMATION HONORING JOYCE SEPA FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

WHEREAS JOYCE SIPPA HAS SERVED THE TOWN OF CH WITH EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, NOTABLY THROUGH HER MANY YEARS AS CHAIR OF THE CH PLANNING BOARD, PROVIDING INVALUABLE LEADERSHIP AND CONTINUITY DURING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT TOWN PLANNING WORK.

AND WHEREAS FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF CHAIR AMY OLIVOS TENURE IN FEBRUARY, 2025, JOYCE ONCE AGAIN STEPPED FORWARD TO SERVE AS INTERIM CHAIR, ENSURING A SMOOTH TRANSITION WHILE NEW LEADERSHIP WAS IDENTIFIED AND SAFEGUARDING THE CONTINUITY OF THE BOARD'S ESSENTIAL DUTIES.

AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HER SERVICE, JOYCE HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN MAJOR LONG RANGE PLANNING INITIATIVES, INCLUDING SUBSTANTIAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE MASTER PLAN OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TRAIL CONNECTION STUDIES CONTRIBUTING HER INSIGHT AND EXPERTISE TO PROJECTS CRITICAL TO CHEVROLET'S FUTURE.

AND WHEREAS HER COMMITMENT, INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY, AND ABILITY TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY ACROSS NUMEROUS PLANNING CYCLES AND LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS HAVE BEEN AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO THE TOWN OF CH ENSURING THAT LONG-TERM PLANNING EFFORTS REMAIN THOUGHTFUL, CONSISTENT, AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED.

NOW THEREFORE, THE MAYOR, THE CH MAYOR AND COUNCIL DO HEREBY EXTEND OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO JOYCE SIPPA FOR HER LONGSTANDING SERVICE, HER LEADERSHIP, AND HER UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIM

[00:40:01]

AND COUNSEL, I WILL PASS YOU THE RESOLUTIONS TO SIGN.

UH, AND, UH, UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION, WE WILL RECONVENE AT 8 21.

UH, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR OR RECOGNIZE THE TWO BIRTHDAYS THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING TODAY.

UH, THE, THE, THE FIRST IS OUR, UM, ALWAYS HARDWORKING, UM, AND ALWAYS FRIENDLY SERVICE ORIENTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF PUBLIC WORKS.

LUIS CARDENAS, YOU THOUGHT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU LOOKED SURPRISED, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR.

AND SECOND, UH, WE ARE CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBER, AMY JEAN CHUNG FRY FROM WARD SIX.

WELL, WELL SHE IS, SHE'S NOT A SENIOR CITIZEN, BUT SHE'S THE LONGEST SERVING OF THE SIX OF YOU.

THE MOST TENURED.

ALRIGHT, UH, NINE MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE FOR THE KELLER UPDATE.

HAVE FUN.

ALRIGHT, WE ARE GONNA RE RECONVENE THE MEETING.

UH, AND, UH, ITEM

[8. Keller Update ]

EIGHT ON THE AGENDA IS THE KELLER UPDATE.

SO, UM, MR. GA, UH, GALLOWAY, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND PASS IT DIRECTLY TO BEN FRY.

AND THEN, UH, I WILL ASK YOU AND ROBIN BARNHART IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, ADDITIONS.

MR. FRY, UH, THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE ELY BUILDING.

SURE.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, BEN FRY, VICE PRESIDENT WITH KELLER.

UM, OUR LATEST UPDATE, WE PROVIDED A DRAFT SCHEDULE TO THE TEAM EARLIER TODAY.

UH, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS HAVING THE ENTIRE BUILDING TURNED OVER WITH THE PUNCH LIST COMPLETE AND OTHER REMAINING ITEMS, UH, COMPLETE AND READY FOR OCCUPANCY EARLY MAY.

UH, WE HAVE YET TO KIND OF SIT DOWN WITH YOUR TEAM TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT SCHEDULE, BUT BASED ON THE PLANNING WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, FEEDBACK FROM SUBCONTRACTORS ON THE WORK LEFT TO DO, UM, THAT IS OUR CURRENT TARGET WITH HOPES OF TRYING TO TURN OVER, UM, THE OFFICE AREAS A LITTLE BIT SOONER IF POSSIBLE, AS WE FOCUS ON THE GARAGE AND SOME OF THE EXTERIOR AREAS, UM, LATER INTO THE MONTHS OF APRIL.

AND, UH, GET US INTO EARLY MAY.

VICE MAYOR FRY, MAYOR BRIER, UM, I'M SORRY, MR. FRY.

UM, I DIDN'T HEAR THE, THE TIMING.

WHAT WAS THE TIMING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT HANDING OVER THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BUILDING? UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL TARGET GOAL OF TURNING OVER THE FULL FACILITY OF EARLY MAY.

UH, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO TURN OVER THE OFFICE PORTION, PORTION, WHICH WOULD EXCLUDE THE GARAGE AREAS, HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN THAT, MAYBE IN THE NEXT FOUR TO THE FOUR TO SIX WEEKS AS THE, UH, PUNCH LIST IN THOSE AREAS IS RELATIVELY, UH, MINOR.

UM, AND OUR GOAL BE TRY TO GIVE THOSE SPACES OVER TO THE TOWN SOONER, UH, RATHER THAN LATER.

SO THOSE PLACES COULD BE, UM, YOU GUYS COULD START USING THOSE AREAS.

SO POTENTIALLY APRIL 1ST, YOU COULD TURN OVER THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, OR IS THERE SOME PORTION OF THE GROUND FLOOR THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN WHAT YOU JUST SAID? UH, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE OFFICE SECTION, SO THE, THE FIRST TWO FLOORS THAT WOULD BE THE OFFICE AREA, THE DIAZ ROOM.

UH, WE'RE STILL EXPECTING THE AV EQUIPMENT THAT WAS ORDERED, UH, LATE LAST YEAR TO BE IN BY THE MIDDLE OF MARCH.

A LOT OF IT IS ALREADY ARRIVED AND A LOT OF IT'S ALREADY STARTED TO GET INSTALLED.

THERE'S A FEW COMPONENTS THAT ARE LAGGING.

UH, BUT OUR HOPE WOULD BE TO GET THAT ALL TURNED OVER TO YOU, UM, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

UH, I GUESS I'M CONFUSED.

FLOORS, THE FRONT SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WE WERE, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING TO GET THAT TURNED OVER TO YOU SOONER THAN LATER.

I MEAN, I, MAYBE IT FEELS LIKE I'M, I'M, I GUESS I'M JUST CONFUSED.

SO THE, THE FIRST FLOOR IS A LITTLE BIT OF OFFICES AND A WHOLE LOT OF NON-OFFICE GARAGES AND BAYS.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT SORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS BUSINESS END OF THE FIRST FLOOR IS NOT GOING TO BE READY APRIL 1ST.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE OFFICE PORTION, WHICH IS, I'M CALLING IT TWO

[00:45:01]

THE BACK SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE GARAGES ARE LOCATED, THAT IS WHAT'S GONNA TAKE US PROBABLY INTO, UM, THE FIRST PART OF MAY.

SO 30, 30 OR 30 OR 40 ADDITIONAL DAYS CORRECT.

FOR THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

AND WHY DO YOU NEED THOSE 30 OR 40 DAYS FOR THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING? UH, THERE'S STILL SOME ITEMS THAT WE'RE WAITING ON, UH, TO COMPLETE IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE LONGER LEAD TIME ITEMS. UM, THERE'S SOME CONCRETE CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN FRONT OF THE CON THE, UM, GARAGE BAYS, WHICH WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE TEMPERATURES ARE CORRECT AND THE WEATHER'S BETTER.

UM, SO, SO A LOT OF THOSE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE GONNA BE LAGGING WHERE WE CAN GET THE OFFICE AREAS, THE TOUCH UP, UM, THE FINISHES THAT ARE ON THE PUNCH LIST, UH, FOR THE OFFICE COMPLETED MUCH SOONER.

UM, AT THIS POINT, UH, MS. BARNHART, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD AS THE TOWN'S CPJ CONSULTANT? UM, YEAH.

THE ONLY OTHER, UH, ITEM I KNOW THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE COUNCIL'S, UM, CONCERNS IS ABOUT THE FIELDS IN THE BACK.

UM, SO KELLER HAS WORKED WITH, UH, THEIR DESIGNER, KCI HAD 'EM SURVEY IT, SO KCI IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING OPTIONS.

UM, AND THE, THE POINTS THAT THEY COLLECTED TO FIGURE OUT THE FIELDS, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION YET, BUT THAT IS IN PROCESS.

SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN.

IT'S ON THE LIST THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, MR. BRAMAN OR MR. GALLOWAY, ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE I TURN BACK TO THE COUNCIL? UM, YES, SIR.

MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, SO I JUST WANT TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT I'VE, WELL THIS, THE EARLIER THIS WEEK WE HAD OUR FIRST REAL WORKING MEETING, UH, MR. FRY.

MR. FRY HAS HAD AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, UH, TO GO THROUGH.

UM, I WAS ASKED ABOUT CHANGING PROJECT MANAGERS LONG AGO AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT, UH, WASN'T GOING TO INTRODUCE, UH, MUCH OF A, UM, UM, UH, WRENCH IN THE GEARS.

UH, BUT NOW THAT THERE'S BEEN TWO, UM, APPARENTLY THAT, UM, HAS, HAS REQUIRED A LOT OF SORTING OUT ON, ON HIS PART.

UM, AND SO, UH, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT NOW HE, UH, HAS A MUCH BETTER, UH, PERSPECTIVE OF THE, YOU KNOW, GLOBAL, UH, ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT.

AND SO, UH, UM, MS. BARNHART AND I PLAN TO CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK WITH 'EM BOTH, UH, THROUGH OUR REGULAR MEETINGS, BUT ALSO HANDS ON, UM, HOPEFULLY GETTING A, UH, OUR, OUR HANDS AROUND OR OUR ARMS AROUND THIS BETTER AS WELL.

AND CERTAINLY TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SPEED UP THAT TIMELINE.

ALRIGHT, I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, MR. GALLOWAY, ANYTHING TO ADD? ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, FOR KELLER VICE MAYOR? UM, SO WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING, UM, AND THAT'S PRETTY LATE.

AND SO I WAS WONDERING NOW THAT YOU HAVE, LIKE MR. BRAVEN SAID A A BETTER PERSPECTIVE ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT AND EVERYTHING, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN POINT TO TO SAY WHY THIS HAS TAKEN SO LONG OR, OR WHAT THE ISSUE WAS? OR WAS IT REALLY JUST A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS? YEAH, I, I DON'T THINK IT WAS ONE SPECIFIC ITEM.

UM, I THINK THERE, THERE'S MANY, IT'S, I'M DOING MY OWN KIND OF FORENSIC AUDIT.

I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH CLER FOR A YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY THIS JOB WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BEFORE THAT.

UM, AND I'M POURING THROUGH LIKE, LIKE MR. BRAMAN MENTIONED, UM, SO MUCH CORRESPONDENCE ACROSS MULTIPLE TEAM MEMBERS TO PULL THINGS TOGETHER SO THAT THERE'S, THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF, OF THINGS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PROCESS AND DURATION OF THIS PROJECT THAT HAVE, HAVE GOTTEN US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

UM, AND SO, UM, THAT GIVES ME GREAT CONCERN, UH, AND, AND, AND A AND A HIGH LEVEL OF DISAPPOINTMENT.

I GUESS MY CONCERN AT THIS POINT, WHEN YOU SAID THE WORD MAY, AND I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL THE VICE MAYOR SAID IT AGAIN, IS NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO A VERY ACTIVE FIELD USE PERIOD OF TIME.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT CONSTRUCTION IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, BUT, UM, THE ACTIVITY IN THE PARK IS ACCELERATING, YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK STARTING KIND OF AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, FRANKLY THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.

[00:50:01]

UM, BUT I, I THINK MY QUESTION IS MAYBE FOR THE CHEVROLET OPERATIONS TEAM IS WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THE IMPACTS WILL BE ON THE FIRST PART, UH, OF THE SPRING OR ON THE SPRING ACTIVITIES, UH, IN THE PARK? BOTH, LIKE, LET'S SAY SORT OF FROM THE STAGE WEST? I MEAN, DO WE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TRACK'S GONNA LOOK LIKE WHEN THE WEATHER'S WARM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BALL FIELDS LOOK LIKE WHEN THE WEATHER'S WARM.

CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT? UM, IF I CAN TAKE A SHOT AT THAT, UH, WE DID DISCUSS THAT, NOT THE FINAL SOLUTION, BUT POTENTIALLY SOME ALTERNATIVES.

AT OUR MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK, I DID STRESS THAT THE ACTIVITY WAS GONNA BE INCREASING AND WE NEEDED TO MEET THAT, UM, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED TO WANNA WORK WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ON POTENTIALLY SOME TEMPORARY, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ALTERNATIVE FIELD LAYOUTS THAT, THAT, UH, MAY, MAY, UH, UH, ALLOW THEM TO GO FORWARD.

UM, I'M ALSO GOING TO BE ASKING MR. FRY TO SEE IF HE CAN'T, UH, FIND A WAY TO GET, YOU KNOW, ACCELERATE THE FIELDS BEING, UH, ON, ON THE PUNCH LIST AND GETTING THEM READY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO, UM, THAT'S, I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE REVIEWED, UH, AS, UH, POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES, UM, TO AT LEAST TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE SPRING ACTIVITIES AS BEST WE CAN.

IF I, I'M SORRY.

I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION ABOUT BATHROOMS, BUT I'LL GO TO VICE MAYOR BRIER FIRST.

I THINK STEPPING BACK FROM TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE FIELDS, UM, NOT HAVING A PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING HAS HAD CERTAINLY AN IMPACT ON OUR STAFF, UM, AND I ASSUME ALSO A FINANCIAL IMPACT, UM, AND DEFINITELY AN IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE TOWN.

AND SO I'M WONDERING, MR. BRAMAN, IF THERE'S A WAY TO SORT OF CALCULATE WHAT THAT IMPACT HAS BEEN IN TERMS OF LOST PRODUCTIVITY BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING A BUILDING IN TERMS OF, UM, SORT OF STAFF NEEDING TO WORK AROUND THINGS, UM, AND THEREFORE TAKING LONGER AND NEEDING TO DO OVERTIME.

IT, LIKE, IT FEELS PRETTY COMPLICATED, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO SORT OF QUANTIFY WHAT THIS IS DOING RIGHT NOW? UM, I'M NOT SURE I COULD DO THAT RIGHT AT THE MOMENT.

UM, I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY TALK WITH MY TEAM IN, IN MORE DETAIL, UH, FROM, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS TO HOW, HOW IT'S HINDERED US.

UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TIMES WHEN WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME REPAIRS ON SOME THINGS THAT CERTAINLY A GARAGE WOULD'VE HELPED.

UM, WE HAVE MANAGED THOUGH, TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE REPAIRS DONE.

UM, BUT, UH, YES, THESE NEW ACCOMMODATIONS ARE, ARE SOMETHING THAT, UH, I, I BELIEVE WILL ENHANCE OUR EFFICIENCY.

SO I, I, I THINK YOU'RE ONTO SOMETHING THERE.

I JUST DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT I CAN QUANTIFY IT.

I'LL ALSO INDICATE THAT, UM, MR. GALLOWAY HAS HAD DISCUSSION WITH ME, WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, BRINGING IT UP TOMORROW ABOUT, UM, THE PROS AND CONS OF ACCELERATING, UH, PUBLIC WORKS MOVING IN INTO THE BUILDING.

UM, THAT CONCRETE ISSUE IS, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE, I THINK WE MAY OR DO WELL, I THINK WE MAY NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MOVE EQUIPMENT IN, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT WILL BE CERTAINLY SOMETHING, UH, UH, TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, UH, STARTING TOMORROW.

AND I WILL CERTAINLY KEEP IN MIND TRYING TO QUANTIFY AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN MORE DETAIL OR BETTER.

YEAH, AND ONE THING I, I MEANT TO SAY AS WELL, WHEN WE'RE THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THIS IS REALLY HOW DISAPPOINTING IT WAS DURING THIS STORM, WHICH WAS EPIC AND REQUIRED SUCH AN EPIC CONTRIBUTION FROM OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF TO NOT HAVE THAT SPACE THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED SO THAT WHEN THERE WAS SOME EVENT LIKE THAT, THAT REQUIRED THEM TO STAY OVERNIGHT AND WORK, THAT THERE WOULD BE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT WERE COMFORTABLE AND THAT WOULD HELP THEM DO THEIR WORK BETTER.

AND INSTEAD, UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT OF A TRAILER WHEN THERE'S LIKE CONCRETE SNOW ALL OVER THE TOWN.

UM, AND I IMAGINE THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES AS WELL.

I'M, YEAH, I'M, I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO DISPUTE THAT.

UM, I WOULD SAY THOUGH THAT THE TEAM HASN'T COMPLAINED AS OF YET, SO I, I I, I GIVE KUDOS TO, UH, UH, TO THE TEAM FOR, UM, FOR WORKING THROUGH THAT.

UH, I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, MR. BRAMAN, OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE HOW, UH, YOUR TEAM DIGS IN AND GETS

[00:55:01]

THE JOB DONE.

UM, MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE ON BATHROOMS, AND AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL START.

WELL, I'LL START BY SAYING THE LACK OF THE BUILDING BEING AVAILABLE PREVENTS THE PUBLIC WORK STAFF FROM HAVING ADEQUATE BATHROOM FACILITIES, NUMBER ONE.

UM, BUT NUMBER TWO WAS A QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, I, AND AGAIN, IT'S AN OPERATIONAL QUESTION, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE SPACE TO ASK IT, AND THAT IS WHEN WE START RENTING THE PAVILION, UM, THERE WILL BE BIRTHDAY PARTIES, THERE WILL BE WHATEVER'S STARTING AS SOON AS THE WEATHER GETS WARM, MORE PEOPLE ARE USING, UH, THE GAZEBO, MORE PEOPLE ARE ON THE FIELDS.

IS IT TRUE THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE ANY ACCESS TO RESTROOMS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T USE THE ELY BUILDING RESTROOMS ON, ON THAT? UH, BUT WE, WE ADD A SPECIFIC HARDWARE CONCERN WITH THE DOORS ON, ON THE BATHROOMS. I BELIEVE MR. FRY INTRODUCED A SOLUTION TO THAT, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, THAT DID SEEM TO ADDRESS THAT.

UM, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD, BUT THAT WILL BE A QUESTION, UH, BROUGHT UP TOMORROW AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE, UH, CAN, CAN OPEN THOSE, UM, UH, SOONER THAN RATHER THE, THE, THE ENTIRETY.

SO, UM, THERE IS THOUGH THE, UH, UH, THE LOD, WHICH IS THE, UH, LIMITS OF DISTURBANCE, THERE IS THE FENCING AND THERE ARE THE FIELD CONDITIONS THAT ARE ALL GONNA BE IN THAT AREA.

SO, UM, I'LL JUST SAY, WE'LL, WE'LL BE TRYING TO THINK CREATIVELY ON HOW WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT.

UM, IN THE PAST WE'VE ACCOMMODATED IT, OR DURING, DURING THIS, UH, UH, TIME WHEN WE, WE HAVE HAD ADDITIONAL, UH, PORTA BODIES DOWN THERE.

UM, I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE THOUGH TO, UH, OUR, OUR PARK GOERS AND USERS TO HAVE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY NICE BATHROOMS THAT THEY'RE GONNA SEE, CERTAINLY COMPARED TO THE OLD ONES.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, AND AGAIN, I I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CREATIVITY AND WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO USE IT SO MUCH ON THIS SITUATION.

UH, MR. GALLOWAY? YES.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I TRIED NOT TO, BUT I AM, I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.

I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.

AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS BUILDING A YEAR AGO IN SEPTEMBER.

WE WERE TOLD, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD BE IN THERE BY THANKSGIVING.

IT'S FEBRUARY THE 12TH, AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY.

SOMETIMES THERE ARE IMAGINARY DATES THAT CONTINUE TO GET THROWN OUT, AND WE DON'T KNOW.

UM, I AM READY TO GET THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND THE BUILDING TO BEGIN OPERATIONS.

I NEED A DATE TOMORROW TO LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF CAN MOVE INTO THAT BUILDING SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN BEGIN USING OR AT LEAST VISITING THE BUILDING.

THE CRACKS THAT ARE ON THE CONCRETE THAT ARE OUTSIDE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STAFF WORKING ON THE INSIDE.

SO LESS, DON'T EVEN MIX THAT UP.

SOMEONE CAN WORK INSIDE WHILE YOU ARE WORKING OUTSIDE.

UM, I HAVE HEARD COMPLAINTS OF THE TEAM WORKING IN THE TRAILER, AND IN FACT, IN THIS, IN THIS PREVIOUS, UH, SNOW STORM, THE BATHROOMS DIDN'T WORK EFFICIENTLY OR THERE WASN'T EFFECTIVE RUNNING WATER.

IT IS TIME I'M BEYOND FRUSTRATED WITH THIS, AND YOU ALL NEED TO HEAR THAT FOR THE RECORD.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYTHING FURTHER? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, MR. UH, SORRY.

UH, MR. FRY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND, UH, MS. BARNHARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED, UH, ASSISTANCE, UH, TO THE TOWN OF CH ON THIS PROJECT.

AND WE WILL, MR. FRY, LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU, UH, IN TWO WEEKS AT THE WORK SESSION.

IF THEY PARTICIPATE ON THE 26TH.

UH, ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH,

[9. 5801 Annapolis Rd]

50 0 1 ANNAPOLIS ROAD.

UH, THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S GONNA GIVE US AN UPDATE AGAIN, UH, JUST TO FRAME THIS CONVERSATION.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY ON ANNAPOLIS ROAD AT 57TH AVENUE, UH, NORTH OF THE HOTEL.

UH, AND KIND OF, UH, WRAPPING AROUND TO THE SOUTH OF THE GAS STATION.

UM, IT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FOUR 50 ANNAPOLIS ROAD FROM THE PHOENIX APARTMENTS AND CADDY CORNER TO THE MEXICO LINDO SHOPPING CENTER.

UM, MR. GALLOWAY, TAKE IT AWAY.

MAYOR, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE OF THE MEETING THAT WE ALL HAD FIRST.

OH, SURE.

YES.

UH, MR. GALLOWAY AND COUNCIL MEMBER

[01:00:01]

WADE AND I MET WITH DR.

HARRY SINGH, WHO IS THE, UH, DEVELOPER OF THE PROJECT THAT'S PLANNED FOR THE SITE.

UM, HIS PROJECT, RIGHT? HIS PLAN RIGHT NOW, UH, IS FOR ROUGHLY 30 TOWNHOUSES OR TOWNHOUSES IN THE NUMBER OF THE LOW THIRTIES, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

UH, NUMBER OF TOWNHOUSES, UH, AGAIN, IT IS A SITE THAT IS SHAPED ODDLY AND HAS, UM, TOPOGRAPHICAL CHALLENGES.

UM, HE ENVISIONS EGRESS AND INGRESS KIND OF TO THE WEST AND THE EAST, NOT ONTO ANNAPOLIS ROAD BECAUSE THE GAS STATION IS IN THE WAY.

AND ANYWAY, IT'S TOO SHARP OF A DROP DOWN TO ANNAPOLIS ROAD.

SO HE IMAGINES THE INGRESS AND EGRESS TO HIS PROPERTY BEING TO THE HOTEL DRIVEWAY TO THE EAST AND 57TH AVENUE TO THE WEST.

UM, HE, UH, HAD ONE, UM, KIND OF INFORMATIONAL COMMUNITY MEETING LAST MONTH.

UM, AND, UH, OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT HE HAS DONE TO DATE.

UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO REMIND FOLKS THAT THE TOWN OF CH OWNS, UH, I THINK IT'S TWO TENTHS OF AN ACRE, UH, ROUGHLY.

UM, I GUESS THAT'S THE SAME AS A FIFTH OF AN ACRE, UH, JUST IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF THE GAS STATION, A A RECTANGULAR PLOT OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY ONE FIFTH OF AN ACRE TO THE EAST OF THE GAS STATION.

UM, SO THE, THE REST OF THE LAND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OWNED BY MS, BY DR.

SINGH'S COMPANY.

IT HAD, FOR MANY YEARS BEEN OWNED BY THE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THEY PARTED WITH IT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

UH, AND THAT IS HOW MR. SINGH, UM, GOT ONTO THE SCENE AND IS NOW SEEKING TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.

UM, IT IS OUR INTENTION, I BELIEVE, TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING, I WON'T CALL IT A HEARING, A PUBLIC MEETING, UH, IN PERSON IN THIS BUILDING, UH, IN TWO WEEKS TIME, UH, AT 6:30 PM SO AN HOUR BEFORE THE WORK SESSION.

UH, IT IS, UH, MR. GALLOWAY HAS INVITED THE CITY OF BLADENSBURG, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THEIR STAFF.

UH, IT IS OUR INTENTION TO, UH, INVITE THE UNINCORPORATED NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS WELL AS THOSE NE THOSE CHEVROLET RESIDENTS IN WARD ONE THAT LIVE WEST OF THE PARKWAY.

UM, AND OTHERWISE MAKE IT A LARGER THAN JUST THE TOWN OF CHEV GATHERING AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE HOSTED HERE BY THE TOWN OF CH, UH, ON THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY AT SIX 30.

UH, AND WE HAVE INVITED DR.

SINGH AND HIS COMPANY TO COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION AND HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE CH AND NEIGHBORS COMMUNITY.

ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, MR. GALLOWAY? THAT I FORGOT THAT, WAS IT COUNCIL MEMBER WADE? IS THAT, YEAH, HE ALSO DISCUSSED THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 14TH.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE, UH, RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT.

UM, I KNOW I HAD ANOTHER MEETING AT THE TIME, SO I WAS ON MY PHONE WITH IT, BUT HE MENTIONED THREE THINGS, WAS THE TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS, TIDINESS OF THE SITE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

UM, NOT ONLY WITH THE, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE TOWN OF SHELBY, BUT SURROUNDING, UH, COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND AGAIN, I JUST HOPE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE ASPECT OF HAVING THAT ONE FIFTH ACRE OF THAT PROPERTY AND TO MAKING SURE THAT THE, UH, PARTNERSHIP IS, UH, DONE IN A, IN A, IN A, UH, SMART AND UH, UH, WELL DONE MANNER.

SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD THIS UPCOMING MEETING, UM, WITH HIM, UM, HE SEEMED RECEPTIVE, BUT, UH, WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO REGARDING THAT AND THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO KEEP THAT PROPERTY OR TO, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT.

UM, AND ALSO REGARDING, UM, AS ASPECTS OF THE PLAYGROUND OR SURROUNDING AREA, UM, FOR THAT SIDE OF TOWN.

AS YOU KNOW, THAT SIDE OF TOWN, WHICH I LIVE ON, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OVER THERE TO, UH, FOR THE YOUTH AS WELL AS ENGAGEMENT ON THAT SIDE.

SO I YIELD BACK.

AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE KEPT THE HOSPITAL HILL, CHEVROLET HILL, CH HILL DEVELOPERS AND THE RELEVANT COUNTY AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, INFORMED OF WHAT DR.

SINGH HAS PLANNED FOR THIS SITE.

BECAUSE AS YOU CAN, IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP, YOU CAN TELL IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 80 YARDS FROM THIS PROPERTY AS THE CROW FLIES, UH, DOWN ACROSS THE PARKWAY, ONE BLOCK TO, UH, BEVERLY HILLS.

SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND THEY ARE ALSO GONNA BE WATCHING THIS DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, I WOULD NOT BE AT ALL SURPRISED

[01:05:01]

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS OR NEXT, UH, PLANNING ON 58 0 1.

ALRIGHT, UH, HEARING, OH, I'M SORRY.

SO I FORGOT TO ASK FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.

ARE THERE, IS THERE ANY RESIDENT INPUT? AND I ALSO FORGOT THAT FOR KELLER, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO, UM, UH, BACKTRACK AND OFFER ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THE BUILDING, 4 58 0 1, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ITEM 10, THE WINTER STORM FERN RECAP.

APOLOGIES FOR THAT.

HEARING NONE.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO

[10. Winter Storm Fern ]

UH, THE COUNSEL, MOST OF THIS DISCUSSION ITEM WILL BE THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR AND HIS TEAM PRESENTING, UM, AN AFTER ACTION REPORT.

I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE TWO, YOU KNOW, POINTS UPFRONT.

UM, NUMBER ONE IS THAT, UM, CLEARLY WE HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE IN PLANNING AND EXECUTION.

UM, THAT'S NUMBER ONE, AND THAT'S EASY TO SAY AND SIMPLE TO SAY.

THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, UH, I THOUGHT, UH, MADE A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HONEST, UM, AND, UH, STATEMENT THAT WAS FULL OF INTEGRITY, UH, TO THE PUBLIC ON THIS POINT.

AND, UH, I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND I THINK THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WILL MAKE.

THE SECOND, UM, POINT I WANNA MAKE IS I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT UNDERSTANDS THE DEEP APPRECIATION THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE FOR THEIR WORK, UH, OVER THE PAST MONTH.

UM, I THINK IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE THE STORM, BUT, UM, THEY PUT THEIR OWN PERSONAL HEALTH AND THEIR OWN PERSONAL SAFETY ON THE LINE FOR THE BETTER PART OF 10 STRAIGHT DAYS.

UM, AND AGAIN, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW THEY HAD TO PUT ASIDE THEIR OWN PERSONAL LIVES, THEIR OWN FAMILIES WHO ALSO NEEDED HELP DIGGING OUT, ET CETERA.

UH, THEY PUT ALL THAT ON THE SHELF FOR CH UM, AND AT GREAT PERSONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RISK TO THEMSELVES.

UH, THEY UNDOUBTEDLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, AND WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT BEFORE MR. GALLOWAY BEGINS HIS REPORT.

THANK YOU FOR THE COMMON WORKS MAYOR, AND THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

SO, AS WE GET STARTED WITH WINTER STORM FERN, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I WILL BE PROVIDING AN AFTER ACTION REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL, UM, REMOVING SNOW CREEK AND SNOW FROM ROADS AND FROM PUBLIC SPACES.

SO ONCE THAT'S DUE, UM, AND WE CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, GIVE THIS DOCUMENT WHAT WE NEED TO GIVE IT, THEN I'LL BE SURE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL.

BUT JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, THIS STORM WAS A UNPRECEDENTED STORM.

UM, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL FOLLOWED, FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN AND A LONG PERIOD OF LOW TEMPERATURES THAT PROLONGED THE ICY CONDITIONS.

UM, NOT ONLY DID THIS STORM, UM, MAKE THINGS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR US, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY, OKAY? UM, DESPITE EXTREME EVOLVING CONDITIONS, EMERGENCY ACCESS WAS MAIN MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT, UH, THE TOWN.

NOW, I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THERE NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, TWO WAYS TO PASS, BUT OUR PRIORITY AT, AT A CERTAIN POINT AFTER IT BECAME ICE, BECAME MAKING SURE THAT THAT WAS A PASSABLE WAY FOR, UH, VEHICLES.

SO BEFORE I GET INTO ALL THE, THE DETAILS OF THIS, I DO WANT TO GIVE, UM, UH, DIRECTOR BRAMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CARDENA, CHIEF MOORES, AND, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF KRAUSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON WHAT THEIR OPERATIONAL RESPONSE WAS AND WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE, BECAUSE THERE WERE TIMES IN WHICH OUR PRIORITY HAD TO CHANGE, OKAY? AND OUR GUYS WORKED HOURS ON IN SHOVELING, PLOWING SNOW.

AND IF YOU'VE NEVER PLOWED SNOW BEFORE, OR IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN A VEHICLE PLOWING SNOW, WHEN IT'S SNOWING, YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.

OKAY? THE MANAGEMENT

[01:10:01]

OF DRIVING A PLOW AND DOING IT IN THOSE CONDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

WE HAD EMPLOYEES THAT PUT THEIR HEALTH AT RISK, I WOULD SAY.

UM, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND YIELD TO DIRECTOR BRAMAN TO PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEN WE'LL COME THROUGH TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN I'LL WRAP THIS DISCUSSION UP.

SO, DIRECTOR BRAMAN, IF YOU WILL.

UM, THANK YOU MR. GALLOWAY.

AND, UM, LOOK, THIS, THIS IS A PUBLIC WORKS ITEM, ALTHOUGH, UH, UNPRECEDENTED COOPERATION WITH THE, UH, POLICE AND ADMINISTRATION OCCURRED, UH, DURING THIS EVENT.

BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON, UH, THIS EVENING.

I HAD A, UH, MEDICAL PROCEDURE TODAY, MINOR, BUT IT'S NOT AGREEING WITH ME YET.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, UM, I THINK WE DID.

WE, WE, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SOME COMPLIMENTS, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE RECEIVED SOME CRITICISM.

THERE ARE SOME LESSONS TO BE LEARNED.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I, I, I HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE FOR, UM, NOT HAVING THOSE LESSONS ALREADY LEARNED.

UM, THIS WAS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING.

THE, THE, THE TEAM THAT PUT IN, UH, UH, ENORMOUS HOURS.

UM, AND, AND AS WE'VE BEEN REMOVING THE, THE, UH, UH, SNOW CREEK, UM, THEY'VE EVEN HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO NECESSARILY, UH, JUDGE WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO HOME, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE IN A SECTION AND WE'RE NEAR IT, WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF TO DO.

WE'VE BEEN PUSHING THROUGH AND CLEARING IT.

AND WHILE OUR OPERATIONS ARE, UM, WRAPPING UP ON THAT, UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE DID HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, PRE-DEPLOYMENT, RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF OUR STAFF, STAGGERED AHEAD OF THE STORM.

UM, WE DID HAVE EFFECTIVE, UH, UH, CLEARING OF THE, UH, ROADS FOR THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY, UH, VEHICLES AS MR. GALLOWAY INDICATED.

UM, SIDEWALK MANAGEMENT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE MAINLY DOING IT, UH, MANUALLY.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM SOME EFFECTIVE TOOLS, BUT IT IS A SLOW PROCESS.

WE HAVE.

UM, ALSO AS WELL, UM, MR. CARDENAS AND I WERE ABLE TO, UH, LEVERAGE OUR RELATIONSHIP, UH, WITH OUR ASPHALT CONCRETE CONTRACTOR, VMP, TO JUMP AHEAD OF THE LINE, TO GET, UH, UH, SOME EQUIPMENT IN TO ASSIST US, UM, IN, IN DIGGING OUT.

UH, THAT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY'RE CHARGING US.

BUT THAT WAS VERY, UH, APPRECIATIVE.

UM, AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS COORDINATION.

UM, I'VE NEVER, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST EIGHT YEARS.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT EVER REACHED OUT AND SAID, HEY, LET US HELP.

AND THEY DID.

AND IT WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL HOW THEY, UH, BLOCKED OFF AREAS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR MORE EFFECTIVELY AND KEEP THE DELIVERY TRUCKS AND, AND FOLKS, UH, OUT OF OUR WAY.

UM, I DO CERTAINLY WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITIZENS, UH, STEPPED UP AND, AND SUPPORTED US, UM, WITH THE FOOD AND, AND, AND OTHER THINGS.

UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO LEAN ON THAT, THE, THE AFTER, YOU KNOW, THE CLEANUP, I, I BELIEVE OUR CLEANUP IS UNPRECEDENTED AS WELL.

UM, AND WHILE WE HAVE HAD SOME CRITICISM ON, ON, YOU KNOW, HOW FAST OR HOW SLOW THAT HAS BEEN, UH, I BELIEVE WE ARE CLEARING MORE EFFECTIVELY AND MORE, UH, UH, DILIGENTLY THAN, THAN, UH, MOST OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT I'VE SEEN.

UM, I THINK THERE WAS A, A, A PARTICULAR TIME WHERE, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT FROM OUR LESSONS LEARNED IS THAT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, A TEAM A AND A TEAM B, AND WE NEED TO BE SWITCHING OUR TEAMS OUT.

I THINK THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN OUR TEAMS HAD GONE KEEPING THAT ONE LANE OPEN, UH, AND HAD THE REST, AND THE TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY CAUGHT UP WITH US AT THAT POINT.

UM, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO ANALYZE THAT.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, THOUGH, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I, UH, I'M, I'M YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD.

I'M YOUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CRITICISM, UH, UH, UH, STOPS WITH ME, UH, THE COMPLIMENTS THAT GO TO THE TEAM.

UM, AND AS WE STILL, YOU KNOW, DIG THROUGH THIS, UH, NO PUN INTENDED, UH, TO, UH, UH, COME UP WITH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE AFTER ACTION REPORT, UM, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT INTERNALLY.

UH, SOME OF MY LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES HAVE INDICATED THEY'VE, THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN CHEVROLET.

UM, YOU KNOW, MR. CARDONAS AND I HAVE, HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE, ARE KNOWN FOR HAVING GREAT SNOW REMOVAL, AND THEY EVEN HAD, UH, UH, ISSUES AS WELL.

UM, WE'RE KNOWN FOR GREAT SNOW REMOVAL AS WELL.

UM, THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND, UM, SO I, I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE.

UH, WE HAVE HAD TO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SEE, UH, SOME COLLECTIONS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

I'LL GO OVER THAT IN MY REPORT, HOW WE'RE TRYING TO

[01:15:01]

RE, YOU KNOW, GET BACK IN LINE WITH THAT.

UH, BUT THIS, UH, THIS IS A, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'VE DONE SOME GREAT THINGS, UH, THROUGH THIS STORM.

AND WE'VE ALSO, UM, NEED TO CAPITALIZE UPON, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE, UH, LEARN THESE LESSONS AND LEARN THESE LESSONS WELL.

SO, AS THE STORM PROGRESSED, CONDITIONS SHIFTED FROM SNOW REMOVAL TO ICE MITIGATION, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE THE ICE ACCUMULATION REDUCED THE ABILITY TO WIDEN ROADWAYS AND CONDUCT SECONDARY CLEANUP.

YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT PAUSED FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE OUR, BECAUSE OF OUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT OUR FOCUS WERE AT THE TIME.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE EQUIPMENT STRAIN INCREASE AND MECHANICAL FAILURES OCCURRED DURING PEAK HOURS.

SO, SOME NOTABLE OPERATIONAL CHA CHALLENGES INCLUDED SALT CLUMPING DUE TO MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURE, FLU FLUCTUATIONS, MECHANICAL FAILURES INCLUDED SPREADER MALFUNCTIONS AND BURST OF HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS ON TRUCKS.

UH, REDUCED EFFECTIVENESS OF PLOWING ONCE ICE BUILD UP.

YOU CAN'T PLOW ICE AFTER IT'S BUILT UP.

, UM, UH, THE NEED TO SECURE ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS SUPPORT FOR SNOW CREEK FOR HEAVY, UH, SNOW REMOVAL.

SO WITH WHAT WE HAD THE EQUIPMENT, WITH WHAT WE HAD, WE DID THE BEST WITH WHAT WE HAD, AND TO THE POINT OF SOME THINGS WERE BROKEN.

UM, SO I'LL, I'LL MOVE FORWARD DOWN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. GALLOWAY.

UH, MAYOR COUNSEL, I'LL BE BRIEF AND I'LL JUST KEEP IT HIGH LEVEL RATHER THAN DIVING INTO THE WEEDS, BECAUSE THERE IS AN AFTER ACTION REPORT THAT'S FORTHCOMING.

POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PRIORITY WAS OBVIOUSLY THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE TOWN OF, AS WELL AS WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST THEM BY BLOCKING OFF ROADWAYS SO THAT THEY COULD MORE EFFECTIVELY CLEAR THE ROADS IN A WAY THAT, UH, ALLOWED THEM TO CONTINUE TO MOVE OUR, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DIDN'T WAIT FOR THE STORM TO HIT.

THE OPERATIONAL PLANNING WAS CONDUCTED AND PERFORMED BY THE STAFF WELL IN ADVANCE.

WE MONITORED THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, THE CHANGING STORM PATTERN, AND SHIFTED OUR PLANS ACCORDINGLY.

WE HAD, IN ADDITION, WE MAINTAINED COMMUNICATION AND COMMAND CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION, THE SHARING OF INFORMATION INTELLIGENCE WITH ALL OF OUR ALLIED AGENCIES AND PARTNERS TO INCLUDE THE COUNTY THROUGH THE EOC.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT CONSIDERING THE NATURE OF THIS STORM, I THINK THE, UH, WE FARED FAIRLY WELL COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.

IF I CAN KICK IT TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF TO TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER MATTERS THAT WE DID DURING THAT TIME AS WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING AND MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT.

AND OUR COMMUNITY AWARE OF IT AS THIS STORM, THE, THE FORECAST OF THE STORM PENDING AND THE TEMPERATURES BEING SUBFREEZING.

OUR DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, MORE OR LESS CREATED A RELATIONSHIP OR A BOND WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS IN OUR TOWN THAT ARE UNHOUSED.

AND WE THOUGHT IT CRITICAL THAT WE FIND THEM HOUSING FOR THIS STORM SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE LEFT OUT IN THE ELEMENTS, AND WE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SUFFERING THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT.

SO, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT OUR ENTIRE AGENCY DID.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, OR TAKING THE LEAD WAS LIEUTENANT GLEASON, SERGEANT BLUNT, AND THEN THEIR SQUADS.

AND TO INCLUDE VINNY RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

UM, WE LOCATED THESE INDIVIDUALS, PUT THEM IN A HOTEL, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS TOOK US UP ON A MORE PERMANENT HOUSING SITUATION.

UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING ONE THAT IS TACTICAL AND COMPASSIONATE TO THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE IN CH AND I THOUGHT IT IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

UM, AND THEN I WILL SAY I WAS NOT HERE FOR THE STORM, AND I DID COME BACK SIX DAYS LATER, SIX DAYS TO AN UNTOUCHED DRIVEWAY, AND EVERYBODY ELSE WAS DIGGING OUT.

BUT I WILL SAY I DROVE ALL AROUND THE STATE TO GET TO GET BACK TO CH AND ONCE I GOT HERE, I WAS IMPRESSED AT HOW CLEAR THE ROADS WERE COMPARED TO EVERYWHERE ELSE I HAD TRAVELED.

AND, UM, FOR THAT, I CAN'T THANK LUIS ENOUGH BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE OUT THERE DOING IT FOR ALL THOSE HOURS, HIM AND HIS TEAM.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY TO, TO SEE THE WORK THAT THESE GUYS PUT IN.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AROUND WITH SOME OF THE OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS AND CHIEF, UM, AND SAW FIRSTHAND HOW PEOPLE WERE ON THE ROAD THAT PROBABLY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD.

UM, A FEW THINGS I'LL TALK ABOUT.

AS FAR AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN COORDINATING WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND WITH PUBLIC WORK STAFF TO ENSURE THAT, UM, ALL WERE SAFE.

UM,

[01:20:01]

WE WENT TO CVS TO CHECK ON THE CVS STAFF THERE, AND SOMEONE COMES IN TO TRY TO GET THEIR PICTURES DEVELOPED.

THIS WAS A STATE OF EMERGENCY, OKAY? AND WE HAD TO DEPLOY RESOURCES IN OTHER WAYS THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE, LIKE, PUSHED PEOPLE OUT OF DRIVEWAYS THAT KIND OF SWERVED IN A DRIVEWAY.

AND THE CHEVROLET POLICE DEPARTMENT DID THINGS LIKE THAT THE ENTIRE TIME.

SO I DEFINITELY WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT.

AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY AND, AND COORDINATION AS FAR AS THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED, I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB OF SENDING OUT NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PUTTING THINGS OUT AND INACCURATE TIME SO THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY COULD BE NOTIFIED.

ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO POINT YOU ALL TO IS THE SNOW FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

OKAY? THOSE SNOW FAQS WERE DESIGNED A FEW YEARS AGO, AND EVEN IN THE WORST OF TIMES, THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET STILL FOUND A WAY TO BE TRAILBLAZERS, BECAUSE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD IN THERE WAS ABLE TO BE EITHER TRANSFERRABLE OR TAILORED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AROUND US.

SO WHEN I TOLD OTHER OF MY COLLEAGUES, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE, THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND PUT THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT WAS GOOD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT FOUNDATION.

NOW, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES HERE, AND AS DIRECTOR BRAMAN SAID, AND MAYOR, YOU SAID EARLIER, AND I TAKE FULL, I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN THE OLD FOURTH WARD.

IT SHOULDN'T HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.

FULL STOP.

IT SHOULD NOT HAVE NE EVER HAPPENED.

BUT WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, WE TOOK CARE OF IT, AND THE STAFF, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE STREETS BETTER.

SO, UM, I DO APOLOGIZE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE OVER IN THE OLD FOURTH WARD FOR, UM, UH, FOR THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD.

AND JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

NOW, STAFF GOT HERE ON SATURDAY AS EARLY AS 1:00 PM OKAY? SOME OF THEM DIDN'T LEAVE UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT OR EVEN TUESDAY MORNING, TAKING NAPS INSIDE OF THE TRAILER, NOT REALLY BEING ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET AWAY FROM DRIVING JUST DUE TO, YOU KNOW, STAFF BEING TRAINED.

SO, ONE OF, ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WILL SEE IN THE AFTER ACTION REPORT, WE'LL BE HAVING MORE STAFF TRAINED FOR THESE TYPE OF EVENTS.

IF THIS WAS SNOW, WE WOULD'VE KNOCKED THIS OUT OF THE PARK, OKAY? BUT BECAUSE THIS WAS ICE, THIS COMPLETELY CHANGED THE GAME, AND JUST THE EQUIPMENT AND CAPACITY LIMITATIONS.

SO JUST A FEW MORE THINGS, AND, YOU KNOW, I PROMISE, YOU KNOW, , THIS WILL BE IT.

BUT REAL TIME TRACKING IS GOING TO BE ESSENTIAL, UH, FOR THESE TYPE OF STORMS MOVING FORWARD.

WE WILL HAVE AN EOC EMERGENCY OPERATING CENTER, AND IT WILL BE AT THE EVENING BUILDING.

AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS HAVE MEETINGS.

WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE DANCING AND DOING NEVERMIND, BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EOC THAT THAT'S GONNA BE EFFECTIVE, AND THAT ANYONE FROM THE TOWN CAN CALL IN AND ASK QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN HELP OUR RESIDENTS OUT.

UM, THIS CAUGHT EVERYONE COMPLETELY OFF GUARD, OKAY? UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE ADVOCATING FOR FUNDS TO GET, UM, SOME OF THE CA BUDDHA, IF I'M MENTIONING IT RIGHT, UH, KUBOTA, THERE WE GO.

KUBOTA, THOSE KUBOTAS, THOSE SKID STEERS HELPED US OUT WITH GETTING ICE OFF THE ROAD, OFF THE SIDEWALK AND OFF OF TOUGH PLACES THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE ADVOCATING FOR FUNDS FROM, UM, THE STATE SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET THOSE FUNDS MOVING FORWARD.

AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL WILL SEE IN THE REPORT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO CONCLUDE AND SAY I STAND WITH MY STAFF ON THIS, RIGHT? I THINK WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THAT WERE GREAT WITH SHOVELING, UH, DRIVEWAYS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE

[01:25:01]

BEFORE, I MADE AN EXCEPTION TO DO THIS, JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL HAD TO GO TO DOCTOR'S OFFICE APPOINTMENTS AND DIALYSIS APPOINTMENTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS.

STAFF DID A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, OKAY? AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE OVERLOOKED IN MY REPORT.

AND I, I, AND IN MY REPORT, I HAVE A SHOVELING PROGRAM THAT, UM, , I WANT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH.

IT'S A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT WE CAN GET VOLUNTEERS OR WHOEVER YOU DELEGATE, UM, TO BE A VOLUNTEER TO HELP EVERYONE OUT.

UM, AS IT RELATES TO THIS, WE CAN FORM SOME TYPE OF FORMAL POLICY, BUT THIS WAS REALLY A STRAIN ON THE STAFF.

THE TOWN STAFF DID THE BEST THAT THEY COULD WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAD, AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WILL CONCLUDE AT THAT POINT, AND WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE AS IT RELATES TO WINTER STORM FERN.

SILVER SHOVEL, SILVER SHOVEL THING FOR THE COUNTY, AND IT, IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, FILLED UP SO FAST.

MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, IS THE BAT IS THE WATER RUNNING IN THE TRAILER YET AGAIN? IS THE PLUMBING FIXED IN THE TRAILER? I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO, UH, AS SHE'S ON THAT, UM, MR. CARDONA, ARE YOU ABLE TO GIVE AN UPDATE? AS OF TODAY, WE STILL DON'T HAVE WATER.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY ON THAT.

I, I, AND AGAIN, I SAY THIS PLACING THE BLAME FOR ALL OF THIS ON KELLER, BECAUSE WE SHOULD NOT BE IN A TRAILER.

YOU SHOULD NOT BE WORKING IN A TRAILER.

YOU SHOULD BE WORKING IN THE ELY BUILDING WHERE I CAN ATTEST THE WATER DOES WORK.

UM, BUT I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE.

UH, AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE UP HERE THAT IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF WORK IN A BUILDING, PUTTING ASIDE THE BLIZZARD FOR A SECOND, WORK IN A BUILDING WHERE THE PLUMBING DOES THAT ONLY HAS ONE BATHROOM, AND THAT BATHROOM DOES NOT HAVE RUNNING WATER IN IT.

AND MORE TO THIS POINT DID NOT DURING THE BLIZZARD, AGAIN, THE TRAILER WAS KIND OF WHERE THEY WERE LIVING FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

I'LL LET YOU PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER, BUT IT'S NOT OKAY.

AND I'LL STOP THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT ANYBODY HERE'S FAULT.

SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SO I'M, I'LL JUST MOVE ON AND ASK THE COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO GO FIRST.

VICE MAYOR BREER.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOROUGH REPORT.

UM, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THERE IS, UH, WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY ROBUST LIST OF LESSONS LEARNED, UM, AND WAYS TO IMPROVE FOR THE FUTURE.

UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE ON STAFF HEARS THIS.

AND I THINK IF THINK IT WAS MS. BARBARA SALT ON THE CH EXCHANGE WHO SAID, THIS WAS NOT A SNOWSTORM, THIS WAS A NATURAL DISASTER, THIS WAS NOT IN ANY WAY NORMAL.

AND I THINK WHAT OUR STAFF WAS ABLE TO DO WAS HER HEROIC.

I THINK IT WAS PHENOMENAL.

UM, I THINK GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I FEEL SO PROUD TO HAVE THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND TO HAVE RECEIVED THE NUMBER OF, UH, COMPLIMENTS AND KUDOS THAT AT LEAST I HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AND THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO APOLOGIZE IN THE WAY THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE.

UM, I THINK WE'RE ALL REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE ALL OF YOU.

UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS STORM, WE'RE KEEPING IN MIND THAT IT WAS A NATURAL DISASTER AND THAT WE DON'T PLAN FOR IT AS IF IT'S GOING TO BE AN ANNUAL EVENT.

UM, I HOPE IT'S NOT AN ANNUAL EVENT, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE LEARNED LESSONS AND THAT THOSE WILL HELP US MOVING FORWARD, BUT I THINK THERE'S A KNEE JERK REACTION TO SAY, WE MUST BE FULLY PREPARED FOR THIS EXACT EVENT AGAIN.

AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT HAPPENING AGAIN, HOPEFULLY IS NOT SUPER HIGH.

LIKE, I DON'T WANT US TO BE PREPARED FOR A ZOMBIE ATTACK BECAUSE A ZOMBIE ATTACK MIGHT HAPPEN, RIGHT? LIKE THIS WAS VERY RARE,

[01:30:01]

VERY UNPRECEDENTED.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE THINKING IN TERMS OF OUR CAPACITY AND WHAT MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF WHERE TO PUT OUR RESOURCES.

AND ALSO, UH, JUST BEING REALLY PROUD OF OURSELVES FOR THE WORK THAT WE DID AND THE WAY THAT WE HANDLED THAT STORM.

SO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ECK.

UM, WELL, I, JUST TO SORT OF ECHO ON, UH, VICE MAYOR BRIAN'S WORDS, I REALLY, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR ENTIRE TOWN STAFF FOR THEIR GREAT WORK, UH, LEADING UP TO DURING AND AFTER THIS EXTRAORDINARY STORM.

UH, IN MANY WAYS, THE STORM WAS THE WORST THAT I'VE SEEN IN, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS IN THAT WE HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRECIPITATION CULMINATING WITH THIS LAYER OF ICE.

AND WE ALL LEARNED A NEW WORD THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ERASE FROM MY VOCABULARY OF SNOW CREEK.

UM, THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL DAYS OF BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES, WHICH MADE IT HARD TO WIDEN THE STREETS SIDEWALKS, AND KEEP ROADS CLEAR AND FREE OF ICE.

UM, WERE THINGS PERFECT? MAYBE NOT, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HEARD MORE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WENT WRONG THAN THE THINGS THAT WENT RIGHT.

BUT I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL WARD TWO SENIOR CITIZENS WHO, AS HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE CONTACTED, THEY CONTACTED ME AND THEY WERE NEED OF ASSISTANCE.

THEY HAD TO GET OUT THE TOWN INSTITUTED SORT OF THIS AD HOC POLICY ON THE FLY TO HELP OUR SENIORS, WHICH IS AN OUTSTANDING SERVICE, AND ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INSTITUTED AS A POLICY.

SO I DO HAVE A, OUR OWN SILVER SHOVEL POLICY FOR THE TOWN, WHICH I'D LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD.

UM, AND I SAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AROUND AND PLOW WITH DIRECTOR BRAMAN.

AND, AND AGAIN, I, I COMMENTED TO DIRECTOR BRAMAN WHEN I WAS OUT IN THE PLOW.

WE WENT OUT ON 2 0 2, AND I'M LIKE, HOW IS IT THAT WE ARE SO GOOD AT WHAT WE DO? AND THE COUNTY IS SO MESSED UP AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING.

AND IT'S, I MEAN, YES, WE HAVE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTY, BUT IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT HERE, FOLKS.

AND THE FACT, AND AS WARD TWO RESIDENT BARBARA SALT SAID THIS WAS A NATURAL DISASTER.

WE CAN'T PLAN FOR EVERY SINGLE EVENT LIKE THIS, BUT WE CAN BE READY FOR WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS DO COME AND WE CAN HAVE IT IN OUR POCKET AND BE READY FOR WHEN THEY COME NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, WADE, I JUST REALLY WANT TO REITERATE, UH, WHAT WAS SAID, UM, BY MY, UH, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, MR. GALLOWAY AS WELL AS HIS ENTIRE STAFF.

UH, REGARDING THIS.

I, I HAVE ABOUT 25 STEPS TO MY HOUSE, AND I LITERALLY PROBABLY SHOULD BE LOCKED UP 'CAUSE I USED MY EIGHT AND 5-YEAR-OLD TO COME OUT AND HELP ME OUT BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY, UM, CRAZY.

BUT, UM, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, I THANK MR. BRAMAN, UM, TO GO OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS STORM AND JUST TO SEE NOT ONLY MY SIDE OF WARD ONE, BUT GO TO, LIKE YOU SAID, 2 0 2 AS WELL AS THE OTHER SIDE.

AND NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THE DIFFICULTIES OF DIFFICULTIES OF, UH, USING THE PLOW 'CAUSE IT'S CARS ARE STILL PARKED, MAKING SURE NO ONE'S CAR HIT.

UM, BUT ALSO THE LEVEL OF, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE DO A GREAT JOB.

UM, WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER.

BUT TO, IN, TO EMPHASIZE WHAT, UH, COUNCILOR MILLER, GLORIA SAID, THAT WE ARE THE, UM, EXAMPLE I WOULD SAY IN THIS COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO MY WIFE MANY TIMES.

I LOVE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, BUT IF I PROBABLY DIDN'T LIVE IN CHEV, I WOULD NOT BE HERE.

SO, UH, AND JUST TO SEE AS A PERSON THAT WORKS IN THE COUNTY AND SEE ALL OUR STUDENTS OUT FOR OVER A WEEK, UH, BECAUSE OF SNOW, UM, SECOND YEAR STRAIGHT, THERE'S NO SHOTS AT ANYONE, UM, ADMINISTRATION.

BUT TO BE THE, THE FACT OF LIVING IN A AMAZING PLACE SUCH AS CHEVROLET TO DO THAT.

AND TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT WE, THOSE SENIORS WHO DID, UM, WHO I REACHED OUT TO MR. GALLOWAY AND HIS TEAM WHO WENT OUT AND ASSISTED ONE GENTLEMAN, LITERALLY SAID, I CANNOT EVEN PUSH MY DOOR OUT TO GET OUT MY HOME.

AND I'M A SENIOR.

I'M 81 YEARS OLD.

AND THEY WENT OVER THERE AND HE FOLLOWED UP.

THEY CAME BY AND CLEARED IT OUT.

ARE WE PERFECT? NO.

UM, DO WE HAVE IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE REGARDLESS? YES.

BUT, UH, IT JUST SHOWS THE FACT OF BEING CHEVY STRONG AND, AND WORKING TOWARDS THIS.

SO IT IS.

AND, UM, I'M ALONG WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN LALO REGARDING OUR SENIORS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF POLICY OR PROGRAM TO, UH, SUPPORT THEM REGARDLESS.

'CAUSE WE DID SEE THE SILVER SENIOR THING,

[01:35:01]

SO IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT AS WELL.

I YIELD BACK.

MR. TANZI, JUST A QUICK NOTE.

OBVIOUSLY ECHOING WHAT MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE SAID, UH, SOMETHING I, UH, THINK COULD BE ADDED TO THE PLAN, UH, THAT I THINK WOULDN'T ADD TOO MUCH, UH, WORK TO THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO EASILY AS, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS BUG THE RELEVANT AGENCIES ABOUT CLEARING ROADS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE IN TOWN.

SO I, ONCE I REALIZED THAT, I STARTED CALLING THE SHA NUMBER, THE MDOT NUMBER, BECAUSE THEY CONTROL A LOT OF THE MAJOR ROADS AROUND US.

AND SO I REPORTED 2 0 2 AND FOUR 50 AS DANGEROUS.

I REPORTED, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER PLACES LIKE THE, THE SIDEWALK TO THE METRO, UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CALL SOMEONE ELSE IF YOU WANT TO REPORT TO THE COUNTY.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF WE COULD BE DOING AT HOME.

SO IF THAT COULD BE PUT IN THE NOTE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, I'D KNOW, I'D BE HAPPY TO SAY, HEY, LET ME CALL IN THE MAIN, THE MAIN THOROUGH AFFAIRS THAT EVERYONE USES.

AND THAT'S A EASY THING TO GET IT ONTO OTHER PEOPLE'S DOCKET.

WELL, AND WHAT YOU JUST MADE ME THINK OF IS WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT THIS SUMMER AND THIS FALL.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IT'S ONE THING TO CALL SHA WHEN IT'S STILL, WHEN IT'S ACTIVELY SNOWING AN INCH EVERY HOUR.

BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHY I CAN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SHA THIS SUMMER SAYING, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN IN WRITING, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR THE BRIDGE WHEN, AND, YOU KNOW, IN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES DO YOU DEPLOY SHOVELERS? DO YOU DEPLOY PLOWS? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO TELL ME WELL, BEFORE THE TEMPERATURE DROPS.

MR. GALLOWAY, WERE YOU REACHING FOR YOUR MIC? YEAH, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REGIONAL MANAGER WITH SHA, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM.

UH, DURING THIS STORM, THEY DID OPEN UP THE, THE, UH, SALT DO DOME IN TUXEDO.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FOR A FEW DAYS.

UM, ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T GET TO MENTION EARLIER THAT I WILL MENTION NOW WITH THE SALT, WITH THE SNOW, THERE WILL BE POTHOLES.

WHENEVER YOU SEE THESE POTHOLES COMING UP, PLEASE PUT THEM IN CLIP AND 3 1 1, I'M SORRY, C CLICK FIX.

WE DON'T HAVE A 3 1 1 JUST FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD, THE PUBLIC, WE C CLICK FIX.

SO , IF YOU CAN PUT 'EM IN C CLICK FIX, UH, THAT WILL GIVE PUBLIC WORKS A PRIORITIZATION AS TO WHAT CAME IN FIRST AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE.

UH, BECAUSE TYPICALLY AFTER THESE TYPE OF STORMS, THERE WILL BE MAJOR POTHOLES.

ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO TALK TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL ABOUT WAS THE SIDEWALK REMOVAL OF THE ICE.

I HAD TO HAVE SOME GRACE IN THIS TIME, OKAY? FOR A FEW REASONS.

IF YOU TRIED TO GO TO THE STORE TWO DAYS TO TRY TO GET SALT OR SAND, THERE WERE, THEY WERE SOLD OUT.

OKAY? I DON'T WANT EVERYBODY THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO DAMAGE OUR SIDEWALKS THAT WE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR.

OKAY? SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN, PATIENT LETTERS HAVE BEEN PUT ON DOORS, BUT WE HAVE REMINDED RESIDENTS THAT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS NEED TO BE DONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, LET US KNOW.

WE'LL GO BY AND GIVE THEM ANOTHER REMINDER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO NOT WANT OUR SIDEWALKS TO GET DAMAGED, UM, JUST BY SOMEONE NOT KNOWING.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE FAQS COME IN IS, UH, 'CAUSE AS A HOMEOWNER, I'M THINKING I SHOULD SHOVEL THE SIDEWALK, CONSULT IT.

BUT IF YOU HAVE BETTER GUIDANCE THAN, THAN I, AS A HOMEOWNER, I WOULD READ THE GUIDANCE, UH, AND, AND DO IT THAT WAY.

AND I DO APPRECIATE, UM, THOSE NOTES, UH, BOTH ON THE CARS THAT ARE PARKED ON THE WRONG SIDE AND ON THE DISHEVELED SIDEWALKS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, TO HOLD OUR NEIGHBORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE THINGS.

COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I DID.

I WAS, I WAS WORKING 10 HOURS A DAY ANSWERING SNOW ISSUES IN THE COUNTY.

UM, I WANNA JUST SIMPLY SAY ONE THING IS THAT, UM, CH DID AN AMAZING JOB PERIOD.

UM, I HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE AS I SAT WORKING FROM HOME, UH, IN FRONT OF MY WINDOW WATCHING LUIS AND SOME OTHER PUBLIC WORKS, PEOPLE GOING UP AND DOWN OUR STREET, UM,

[01:40:01]

SO I GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT A MESS, UM, OR HEAR FIRSTHAND WHAT A MESS.

UM, IT WAS ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL, I THINK I WAS STILL GETTING COMPLAINTS THIS PAST MONDAY.

SO THERE ARE AREAS, UH, IN THE COUNTY THAT STILL WERE NOT TOUCHED BY A PLOW OR SALT UP UNTIL THIS PAST MONDAY.

UM, I GOT TO EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND THE ANGER AND UPSET BECAUSE THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION WITH OPERATION SILVER SHOVEL, AND IT DID NOT MEET THE EXPECTATION THEY HAD TOO.

UM, TOO MANY REQUESTS, NOT ENOUGH CONTRACTORS.

UH, IT WAS INSANELY EXPENSIVE.

UM, THEY JUST COULDN'T GET TO EVERYBODY IN TIME, AND THEY STILL HAD PEOPLE LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS, UH, JUST BECAUSE IT DID FILL UP SO FAST.

AND ALSO PUTTING UP A PROGRAM LIKE THAT KIND OF LAST SECOND, UM, AND THEN ASKING SENIORS TO UPLOAD THEIR ID AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION IS JUST NOT REASONABLE.

UM, I THINK THE IDEA WAS A VERY, A VERY GOOD ONE.

UM, AND IF YOU CAN PREPARE FOR IT AHEAD OF TIME, HAVING THE CONTRACTORS, HAVING EVEN STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WILLING TO GET SERVICE HOURS, THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH I THINK I, YOU KNOW, I SAW GENERALLY, UM, AROUND THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO IT, IT COULD BE SOMETHING, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PLAN FOR RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? LIKE EACH OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN IDENTIFY WHO ARE THE HIGH RISK, WHO ARE THE SENIORS, WHO ARE THE FAMILIES THAT WE KNOW, UM, MAY NEED TO GET SHOVELED OUT FIRST BECAUSE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIALYSIS, OR THEY HAVE A CHILD WHO NEEDS THESE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, IDENTIFYING WHO CAN ALSO HELP, YOU KNOW, IN OUR WARDS.

UM, AND, AND HAVING THAT SOMEWHERE.

AND I THINK WHAT I HEARD TOO, JUST AT THE COUNTY LEVEL WAS AT SOME POINT, DPW AND T HAD THAT LIST.

THEY HAD, THEY, THEY KIND OF KNEW AND THEY WOULD MAKE THAT A PRIORITY.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO IN HINDSIGHT, THESE ARE THINGS THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT SAYING, OH, WELL, WE, THESE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO BE PREPARED.

AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND HAVING A CERT IN TOWN, NOBODY WANTS TO THINK ABOUT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR.

AND IT'S, THEY'RE THERE TO HELP US KIND OF PREPARE FOR THAT.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALL TRY TO BE MORE PREPARED FOR THAT.

BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN THE STORM CAME, IT WAS STILL A MESS, AND THE RESPONSE WAS PRETTY BAD.

I THINK THIS YEAR THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE BETTER IN THE RESPONSE BECAUSE THE COUNTY WAS TEAMING UP WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS GIVING THEM SOME OF THEIR VEHICLES.

AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE NEW VEHICLES AT DPW AND T, AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE MORE CONTRACTORS.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THEN YOU HAD ALL THE ICE.

SO WHAT I THINK THEY WERE INITIALLY, UM, PREPARED FOR WOULD'VE WORKED.

BUT FOR THEN WE HAD THIS CATASTROPHIC KIND OF ICE THING GOING.

UM, SO THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF LESSONS WE CAN LEARN.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DIDN'T EVEN WANNA POST A PICTURE OF MY STREET BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA MAKE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CH FEEL BAD, BECAUSE I'M SITTING HERE DEALING WITH THESE PEOPLE COMPLAINING, AND I'M LOOKING AND I CAN SEE PAVEMENT, YOU KNOW, BY MONDAY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE BRAG ABOUT IT BECAUSE CH CH DOES A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB, EVEN WHEN WE MAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE CHALLENGES OR MAKE MISTAKES HERE AND THERE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALWAYS CIRCLE BACK.

WE HAVE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE LISTEN TO EACH OF OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, AND THAT'S A BENEFIT OF BEING IN A MUNICIPALITY.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT OF COURSE, WE WANNA SEE EVERYWHERE.

UH, BUT I JUST THINK THAT, YES, WE LEARN FROM EVERYTHING, UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN WE DO THINGS WELL.

AND THIS WAS DONE WELL, Y'ALL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

WE KNOW HOW MANY HOURS YOU GUYS WERE OUT THERE BACK TO BACK TO BACK.

UM, AND SO LIKE, I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE AND I DIDN'T, BECAUSE I'M FROM CALIFORNIA, I DON'T DRIVE IN THE SNOW.

UM, SO FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF JUST SITTING INSIDE AND WATCHING THIS, BUT IT, IT WAS REALLY WELL DONE HERE.

SO, AND MR. RAYMOND, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOUR TEAM AND OUR OFFICERS, LIKE ALL OF Y'ALL, JUST FOR BEING OUT THERE.

UM, EVEN MR. GALLO, I KNOW YOU WERE OUT THERE SHOVELING TOO, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF OURSELF, UM, AND BE GLAD THAT WE DON'T RELY ON COUNTY SERVICES.

I WANT TO QUICKLY ASK IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON WINTER STORM FERN BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

TO ITEM 11 ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.

SEEING NONE, UH, IF ALL HEARTS ARE CLEAR, WE WILL MOVE

[11. Town Administrator Report ]

[01:45:01]

ALRIGHT, MAYOR, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AGAIN.

BUT I, I DO WANT TO ADD SOMETHING AS FAR AS THE WINDHAM HOTEL, THEY TREATED THE TOWN STAFF AND EVERYONE THAT WE SENT OVER THERE, LIGHT GOLD.

WHATEVER THE THURSDAY IS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD MEALS PREPARED FOR, UH, THE STAFF FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER.

THEY WENT OVER AND BEYOND, UH, FOR THE TOWN STAFF.

SO AT A CERTAIN MEETING, I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE THEM HERE FOR AND, AND GIVE THEM SOME TYPE OF PROCLAMATION OR SOMETHING.

SO JUST PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING OFF OF THE STORM, I DO WANNA START OUT WITH A REPORT WITH A TON OF GOOD NEWS.

UM, I'M HA I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I WAS INFORMED YESTERDAY, UM, THAT THE TOWN HAS RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL FEDERAL EARMARK FOR THE AMOUNT OF $650,000 FOR THE MARYLAND 2 0 1 BIKE TRAIL.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WANT, UH, THE COMMUNITY TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORK WORKING ON BIKE TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF MY TIME HERE, .

SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING STEPS ONE DAY AT A TIME, SO WE'RE JUST SO PLEASED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BE SELECTED FOR THOSE FUNDS.

AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE $450,000 THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR FROM THE STATE.

SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, JUST AS A FEW REMINDERS, UH, THE EXPUNGEMENT FAIR, UH, IS SET FOR MARCH THE 28TH.

UH, THOSE TIMES WILL BE, UH, RELEASED TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AFTER WE CONFIRMED THEM WITH, UH, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

UH, MAYOR, YOU DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT THAT WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 25TH AT THE WILLIAM ELEY BUILDING, BE GIVEN BEGINNING AT 7:00 PM UM, THE CH BUSINESS MEETING FOR MARCH.

UH, WE HAVE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, MARCH THE 13TH.

UM, AND THAT THOSE MEETINGS BEGIN AT NOON.

SO MAYOR AND COUNSEL, WE WILL, UH, SEND OUT A MESSAGE LETTING YOU ALL KNOW IF THAT'S FINAL, BUT WE HAVE TENTATIVELY PUT THE DATE FOR MARCH 12TH.

WE'RE WAITING ON SOME FEEDBACK FROM, UH, SOME BUSINESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE THAT DATE WORK.

OKAY, I'M SORRY.

THE EXPUNGEMENT FAIR IS ON MARCH 21ST, 58 0 1 ANNAPOLIS ROAD COMMUNITY MEETING.

WE WILL HOST AS MAYOR.

YOU INDICATED A JOINT MEETING WITH, UH, THE TOWN OF BLADENSBURG AND THEIR COUNCIL.

AND WE WILL ALSO INVITE THEIR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN COME TO A MEETING WITH US AS WE HAVE THESE COMM, THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF 58 0 1 ANNAPOLIS ROAD.

UM, MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL HILL, UH, PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SUBDIVISION.

IT WAS ACCEPTED.

UM, AND I WILL KICK THIS OVER TO YOU AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS.

BUT THE PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SUBDIVISION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHEVY HILL HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY MARYLAND NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION.

THIS IS STILL THE VERY EARLY STAGE OF THE PROCESS.

UH, WE WILL WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER ON SCHEDULING A COMMUNITY MEETING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY PERTAINING TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THE PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SUBDIVISION IS IMPROVED.

AND AS I NOTED EARLIER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE MEETING IS TOMORROW MORNING AT NINE 30 IN THE MORNING.

WE EMAILED, UH, THOSE DETAILS TO YOU ALL, AND A TOWN WIDE NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENT HAS WENT OUT WITH SUCH INFORMATION.

UM, MAY I DO KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS? AND I THINK AT THIS TIME WE, WE CAN THANK YOU.

UH, YES.

SO, UH, MY THOUGHT BEFORE I KNEW ABOUT TAMARA'S MEETING, UH, WAS THAT WE SHOULD DO A SPECIAL COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION WITH THE DEVELOPER, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UM, ON THURSDAY, MARCH 3RD,

[01:50:01]

NO, IT MUST BE THE FIFTH BECAUSE THE 12TH IS A THURSDAY.

SO, UH, WE DON'T, WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY HAVE A MEETING THAT NIGHT.

WE HAVE A MEETING ON FEBRUARY 26TH, ON MARCH 12TH AND MARCH 26TH.

UH, I THOUGHT MARCH 12TH WAS TOO LATE.

I AM.

I I, WE ALL, WE HAVE A LOT ON THE AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 26TH.

SO MY THOUGHT WAS TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE FIFTH IS ARE THERE OTHER, UH, BRIGHT IDEAS FROM THE COUNCIL? VICE MAYOR? CAN WE JUST CLARIFY, WHEN ARE OUR COMMENTS DUE? LIKE WHEN DO WE NEED TO SUBMIT THEM? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I WILL FIND OUT AND LET YOU KNOW.

SO, YEAH, I MEAN, AGAIN, YES, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

AND, UM, AND I THINK BRAD OR OR MR. POUNDS PROBABLY KNOW, UM, UH, I THINK, UM, WE WILL LIKELY NEED TO PRODUCE SOME SORT OF WRITTEN DOCUMENT FROM THIS BODY, UH, PROVIDING OUR GREATEST CON TOP, TOP FIVE GREATEST CONCERNS OR HOWEVER WE WANNA STRUCTURE IT.

AND, UH, WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN THAT IS DUE.

AND I DO NOT WANNA WRITE THAT UNTIL WE'VE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING.

UM, AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD HOLD MARCH 5TH WITH A RECOGNITION THAT WE MAY NEED TO MOVE IT UP.

UM, DEPENDING ON THE ANSWER TO THE VICE MAYOR'S QUESTION, I THINK, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY, WELL, YEAH, AND, UH, WE MAY HAVE TO SCRAMBLE AND WE MAY HAVE TO SCHEDULE A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH ONLY A FEW DAYS NOTICE, OR WE MAY HAVE TO HIJACK OUR FEBRUARY 26TH WORK SESSION AND DEVOTE THAT TO THIS.

AND THAT'S OKAY IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

OTHER THOUGHTS? OKAY.

UM, MR. GALLOWAY, DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT YOUR SHOVELING PROGRAM? AND YOU, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EARMARK AND THE ROOF? YEAH, JUST, UM, SHOVELING PROGRAM.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE NEW SHOVELING PROGRAM, WE WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE PROVIDED WITH FIVE SHOVELS AND SAFETY VEST TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING VOLUNTEERS WITHIN THEIR AWARD DURING WINTER STORM EVENTS.

VOLUNTEERS MUST BE TRAINED PRIOR TO RECEIVING ANY MATERIAL.

ONCE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE IDENTIFIED VOLUNTEERS, PLEASE SUBMIT THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE TOWN CLERK FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES.

AND THIS WAS BEFORE I SPOKEN WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAIC AS FAR AS WITH THE SHOVELING PROGRAM.

SO WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED THE SHOVELS, WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED THE VEST.

UM, SO I THINK THAT IN PREPARATION OF THE NEXT EVENT, UM, IF YOU IDENTIFY PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN YOUR WARD THAT YOU CAN STRATEGICALLY, UH, GET TO, UH, SOME OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS OR SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE SHOVELED OUT, UM, THAT WOULD BE COMMUNITY HELPING COMMUNITY.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW? OKAY.

UM, AND THE LAST THING, UM, JUST DUE TO THE SNOW, THE ICE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING SOME LEAKS OVER IN THE, ON THE ROOF IN THE TOWN HALL SIDE.

SO, UM, WE'VE CALLED SOME CONTRACTORS TO COME OUT, UH, TO, UH, EVALUATE IT.

UM, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK YET, BUT WHEN WE DO, UM, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WILL NEED TO, UH, CORRECT.

UM, AND THAT'S IT FOR, FOR ME TODAY, COUNSEL.

QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR.

OH, MR. LEG, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEST RECEIVE MY CHEVROLET SILVER SHOVEL PLAN? LET'S TALK.

'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD PROBABLY PUT SOMETHING IN POLICY JUST SO THAT IT'S THERE AND SO THAT WE CAN THEN DISCUSS IT IN A WIDER AUDIENCE.

YEAH, IN A WIDER PLAN.

AS SHE'S ALREADY EARNED A QUARTER OF HER PAYCHECK, UH, WE TOOK DELIVERY OF AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR, A ED.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR? HEARING NONE THAT TAKES US TO

[12. Police Report]

THE POLICE REPORT.

GOOD EVENING, GOVERNOR COUNCIL, I'LL BE BRIEF.

I'M JUST GONNA HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE REPORT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY FILLED A CIVILIAN POSITION THAT HAD BEEN VACANT, UH, FOR MOST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

UH, IN THE SHORT TIME THAT THAT CIVILIAN HAS BEEN IN A POSITION HAS SAVED THE DEPARTMENT OVER $8,000 IN FEES THAT WERE JUST DISMISSED BY MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION WITH REGARDS TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION.

[01:55:01]

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S A ED HAD BEEN EXPIRED, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THAT THROUGH A GRANT DONATION THROUGH RESCUE ONE TRAINING FOR LIFE AND MISSION 10 42.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'VE OFFERED TO TRAIN OUR STAFF AS CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS FOR CPR.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

UH, IN ADDITION, UH, OFFICER BROWN RECENTLY COMPLETED A 40 HOUR CRISIS NEGOTIATION TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WAS OFFERED THROUGH THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER OUR OWN PROGRAM TO TRAIN ALL OF OUR OFFICERS, UH, NOT TO POUR SALT INTO THE WOMB, BUT IN, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE ELA BUILDING WILL BE ANOTHER DECADE BEFORE IT'S COMPLETED AND USABLE.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE TO DELAY THE TRAINING.

UH, DUE TO A LACK OF A LOCATION, THE, UH, PATROL AND TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES ARE OUTLINED.

AND WE WANT TO, UH, THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THE MARYLAND SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

IT WAS HELD DESPITE THE COLD, WINDY WEATHER.

AND, UH, WE WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS WAVE, WHO BRAVED THE COLD, BUT DID NOT BRAVE THE COLD WATER.

BUT HE WAS STILL THERE, UH, WITH US THAT DAY.

SO, UH, AND, UH, THE LAST THING I JUST WANNA MENTION IS THAT, UH, THE CHEVROLET POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIKE MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE OUTER VEST CARRIERS, SAY, POLICE ON THE BACK, UH, NOT TO GET INTO ANY POL POLITICS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE SEE ON TV.

UH, SO WE'VE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE VESTS REDONE AND, UH, TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY, WHEN THEY SEE OUR OFFICERS ON THE STREET, ARE NOT CONFUSED.

SO IT SAYS, SHOVEL POLICE, SO MINIMAL COST FOR, UH, WHAT WE THINK IS, UH, IMPORTANT, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT WOULD CONCLUDE, CONCLUDE OUR REPORT.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? HEARING NONE.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, MR. BRAMAN

[13. Public Works Report]

AND MR. CARD.

YOU'RE UP.

YES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UM, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW, UH, SOME OF OUR SERVICES.

AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE SNOW, WE'VE HAD TO, UH, CHANGE SOME THINGS.

UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO RESUME AS MANY OF THOSE AS WE CAN NEXT WEEK.

UH, MONDAY'S THE HOLIDAY, UH, PRESIDENT'S DAY.

SO WE'LL BE DOING TOWN WIDE TRASH, UM, ON, UH, TUESDAY, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE RE-IMPLEMENTING YARD WASTE, UH, COLLECTION AS WELL, WHICH IS TOWN WIDE.

UM, RECYCLING WILL BE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TOWN WIDE TRASH COLLECTION AND YARD WASTE ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, TOWN WIDE RECYCLING.

THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR EAST SIDE TRASH COLLECTION, BULK TRASH ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

IT'LL BE WEST SIDE TRASH COLLECTION AND BULK TRASH.

UM, I JUST WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT THAT WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE A NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENT THAT, UH, I BELIEVE IS GOING OUT TOMORROW.

UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE BACKDOOR TRASH PICKUPS, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

I JUST STILL NEED TO PUT THE CAVEAT, LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE RAIN, UH, SA OR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S GONNA CLEAR, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING OR MOST THINGS UP.

BUT, UM, THE BACKDOOR TRASH, UH, WE, WE, IF, IF OUR, UH, IN BULK TRASH, WE DON'T HAVE CLEAR ACCESS TO IT, UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, BYPASS PICKING IT UP.

UM, CURBSIDE LEAF COLLECTION UPDATE, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD TO SUSPEND THAT.

MANY OF THE LEAVES ARE PROBABLY IN THOSE SNOW CREEK PILES.

UH, BUT, UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO RESUME THIS, UH, BY THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, HOPEFULLY EARLIER NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GONNA BE ASSESSING AND WORKING ON THE SCHEDULE AND THEN LOOKING TO, UH, RELEASE THAT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE TO, UH, GET, GET BACK AND, AND GOING, BUT ALSO GIVE THE RESIDENTS SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY GET SOME LEAVES TO THE, TO THE, UH, CURBSIDE.

UM, I GUESS A, UH, POSITIVE POINT ON THE ELY BUILDING, WE DID RECEIVE A $25,000 INCENTIVE CHECK, UM, BECAUSE OF OUR, FROM PEPCO, BECAUSE OF OUR ENERGY SAVINGS, UM, WITH THE NEW BUILDING AND THE NEW EQUIPMENT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S PART OF THAT EMPOWER FEE THAT YOU, UH, SEE ON, ON YOUR BILL, UH, BILLS FROM TIME TO TIME.

UM, STREETLIGHTS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UM, I GUESS YOU, YOU, THE, UH, STREETLIGHT PROGRAM IS MOVING FORWARD, BUT AT A SNAIL'S PACE.

UH, WE HAVE WORKED WITH PEPCO TO REVIEW OUR INVENTORY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND THEY'VE HAD INITIALLY STATE HIGHWAY AND, AND OTHERS HAVE DENIED, UH, ACCEPTING A LOT OF LIGHTS.

WE'RE PUSHING BACK ON THAT.

WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR STREETLIGHTS.

UH, MANY OF THEIR STREETLIGHTS, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT.

THEY CAN'T EVEN, THEY, THEY GIVE US, UH, UH, GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES RATHER THAN THE, UH, UH, POLL NUMBER.

SO, UM, AND, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN ACCURATE ALL THE TIME, BUT WE'VE, SO FAR, UH, ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS, WE HAVE 463 MUNICIPAL STREETLIGHTS THAT WE'VE CONFIRMED.

[02:00:01]

THERE'S 18 THAT ARE STILL IN, UH, THAT WE'VE REJECTED, THAT WE BELIEVE ARE EITHER IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY OR STATE HIGHWAY.

SO FOR INSTANCE, COLUMBIA PARK ROAD, PAST THE METRO.

WE BELIEVE THAT'S THE, UH, COUNTY, UH, COUNTY STREETLIGHTS THERE.

THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP FOR US TO, UM, GET AN AGREEMENT OR AS BEST WE CAN WITH, UH, PEPCO IN ORDER TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND HAVE PEPCO, UH, GIVE US A, UH, UH, PRICING, UH, FOR, FOR OUR LIGHTS.

UM, SO I KNOW THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THIS PROJECT'S TAKING LONGER, BUT, UM, WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS.

UM, THE FOREST ROAD, THE STATE GRANT THAT WE GOT, WE, WE HAVE, UH, UH, WORKED WITH, UH, ECHO SITE.

WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE ARE DOING SOME BORING AS PART OF A, UH, UH, COMPACTION AND OR EROSION, UH, TESTING FOR THE, UH, FOREST ROAD PROPERTIES AS PART OF THAT, UM, UH, EROSION, UH, GRANT THAT WE, UH, RECEIVED FROM THE STATE THAT WAS $500,000.

AND SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD, UM, AS WE GET SOME MORE DATA BACK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME, UH, MORE DETAILED, UH, INFORMATION, UM, IN THE BOYD PARK GATE.

UH, WE WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION ON THAT.

IT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL.

ALSO, THERE'S SOME TRAINING, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GOAL IS, IS THE PARK HOURS ARE DUSTED ON.

SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO PROGRAM THE, UH, UH, GATE ACCORDINGLY.

UM, AND SO IT WILL BE OPENING AND CLOSING APPROXIMATELY 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM I KNOW THAT THAT CHANGES WITH THESE SEASONS, AND WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, ADDRESS THAT WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PROGRAM.

SO THAT IS MY REPORT.

I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND OR OTHER THINGS.

AND LET ME JUST SAY A CONCLUSION.

CONCLUDING REMARK, I DO APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE MESSAGES THAT WE WILL DELIVER BACK TO THE, UH, TROOPS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE STORM RESPONSE.

YES, SIR.

UH, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? UH, SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE GATE.

UM, YOU WERE, ARE WE WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM PEPCO? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS GATE FOR A LONG TIME.

I MEAN, THIS THING'S GOTTA BE MADE OUTTA GOLD AND, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF SPACE H POLYMER AT THIS POINT.

WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT THAT.

SOME OF IT'S BEEN THE COORDINATION.

UM, UH, JUST RECENTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN USING OUR, UM, WHAT I CALL OUR TOWN ELECTRICIAN, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH PEPCO.

NO, WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM HERCULES THAT IT'S, UH, UP AND RUNNING FULLY INSTALLED, UH, HAS BEEN TROUBLESHOT AND, UH, UH, THE TRAINING IS, IS, IS PENDING FOR US TO GET TRAINED ON THAT.

UM, SO IT'S WITH THE, UH, WITH THE COMPANY THAT, UH, WE, WE PURCHASED THE GATE FROM IS THE LAST STEP.

UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MR. REDDICK HAS CANCELED THE FOURTH WARD CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR MONDAY.

I DON'T BELIEVE HE HAS.

I KNOW HE, I KNOW HE CANCELED IT FOR DR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE TOWN TO, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, GIVE THE FOURTH WARD CIVIC ASSOCIATION AN UPDATE ON THE BOYD PARK GATE.

I WAS HOPING THAT SOMEONE WOULD DO THAT ON MONDAY, BUT APPARENTLY MR. REDDICK, PRESIDENT REDDICK HAS, UH, POSTPONED THE MEETING FOR THE HOLIDAY.

AND THAT'S, UM, O OKAY.

BUT I, I WOULD LIKE, UH, THE TOWN TO GET HIM AND AN UPDATE THAT HE CAN DISSEMINATE, UH, NEXT WEEK IF POSSIBLE, SIR.

YES, SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI WANTS TO COME IN ON THIS.

I'LL BE WORKING WITH HIM OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.

'CAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO PLAN THIS SPRING EVENT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING I SEND TO HIM IS TO SEND OUT TO THE WARD FOR CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

SO I'M HAPPY TO BE CC'D ON THAT SO I CAN GET IT TO HIM ASAP.

YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

I'M ALSO HOPING THAT IT WILL BE THE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE THAT THE GATE IS WORKING .

TO ITEM 14, WHICH IS THE FEBRUARY WORK SESSION AGENDA, AGAIN PENDING, UM, A PLAN THAT WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE ON THE FLY REGARDING THE HOSPITAL HILL DEVELOPMENT I HAVE FOR

SO WE'LL LET, UH, THE TOWN COMMUNICATE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI TO COMMUNICATE THAT, UH, THAT WORKS FOR ME.

COUNCIL, ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? OKAY.

HEARING NOTHING.

THANK YOU BOTH.

AND WE WERE ON, WE WERE ON, WE ARE ON

[14. Review the February work session agenda and future requests, and Town Administrator Galloway will offer a forecast of the agenda.]

[02:05:01]

THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY ON THE AGENDA SO FAR, OF COURSE, THE SIX 30, UH, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION WITH DR.

SINGH ABOUT 58 0 1.

UH, WE ARE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OR PRESENTATION BY THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR OF HIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR 57 0 1 LANDOVER ROAD, UH, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE TOWN.

UH, WE WERE GOING TO CHECK IN WITH MR, WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY, MR. DELOACH, TO SEE IF HE COULD, IF HE WAS GOING TO HAVE READY ON THE 26TH THE CHARTER AMENDMENT DRAFT PROPOSED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS.

UH, WE WERE GOING TO HEAR FROM, OR I GUESS MAYBE JUST HAVE KIND OF AN OPEN COUNCIL DISCUSSION ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER USE OF RESOURCES AND WHAT THAT POLICY WOULD LOOK LIKE.

UM, WE WERE GOING, UH, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, WHAT I'M CALLING THE DISCUSSION OF THE VULCAN PROPERTY, UM, THE VULCAN INDUSTRIES.

I THINK THE EJET AND SOME OTHERS WERE GOING TO SHARE, UM, SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH IT.

UH, THAT PROPERTY, WHICH I THINK IS ON CLAY BRICK ROAD, BUT I COULD HAVE THE ROAD WRONG.

UM, THAT'S ROAD .

YEAH, BUT IT'S VULCAN.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, I THINK, YEAH, I THINK I WAS USING THE WORDS INTERCHANGEABLY, MAYBE INCORRECTLY, MAYBE CORRECTLY.

UH, WE WERE GONNA TRY TO TALK ABOUT OUR, UH, NARROW OUR LIST OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.

UM, I WANTED, UH, MR. GALLOWAY TO GET, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO BE ON THE AGENDA, BUT MAYBE YOU WERE GONNA JUST PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE PROLOGIS MONEY FOR THE 26TH.

UM, I WROTE DOWN PROLOGIS $10,000 AND THEN COUNSEL, PERHAPS THAT WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, THE INTERVENING, WE ARE GONNA, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A CLOSED MEETING.

UM, SO I ALSO INVITE YOUR IDEAS ABOUT WHETHER YOU'D RATHER JUST HAVE ONE LONG EVENING OR WHETHER YOU'D LIKE TO BREAK IT UP AND MEET ON SOME NIGHT.

THAT'S NOT THE 26TH.

AND YOU, WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT LIKELY WE SHOULD HAVE A CLOSED MEETING BEFORE, LIKE THE FIRST WEEK IN, IN MARCH, JUST TO CATCH UP ON A FEW ITEMS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN, UM, FOR THE 26TH.

DO OTHERS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ITEMS, UH, MR. WADE AND THEN VICE MAYOR BRIAN? YEAH, JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE, THE COUNCIL, UH, CONVERSATION, COUNCIL RESOURCES.

IS IT, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE THE COMMITTEE PRESENT SOMETHING FOR US, OR ARE WE JUST HAVING A GENERAL DISCUSSION? I, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE FORMER, NOT THE LATTER, BUT DOES IT, UH, DO, DOES ANYONE, UH, WELL, VICE MAYOR, WHY DON'T YOU JUST JUMP INTO THAT AND THEN YOUR ITEM.

SURE.

UM, SO LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE SORT OF DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR THAT KIND OF A POLICY.

UM, SO MY PLAN WAS FOR THE POLICY COMMITTEE TO GENERATE A LIST OF DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS AND POTENTIAL DIRECTIONS IN WHICH TO GO FOR EACH OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS FOR US TO DISCUSS.

DOES THAT SOUND LIKE THE, ARE WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE? I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

WHAT, WHICH US THAT WHAT YOU MEAN, WHICH US? THE US AS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OR THE US OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE.

THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ALRIGHT.

IT'S CLOUDY DOWN THERE, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UH, VICE MAYOR, DID YOU HAVE OTHER ITEMS? UM, I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF THINGS FOR THE FEBRUARY WORK SESSION.

AND IF WE ALSO WIND UP HAVING TO TALK ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SUBDIVISION, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER ALL OF THOSE AGENDA ITEMS STAY ON THE AGENDA.

UM, SO WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT PRIORITIES IN THAT SENSE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

UH, SO WE MAY HAVE TO BOUNCE A FEW ITEMS, AND SO WE MAY MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS TO SEE, UH, IF COUNCIL MEMBERS WANNA ARGUE FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS STAYING ON VERSUS OTHERS.

UH, AND THEN I WROTE DOWN FOR MARCH 12TH, UH, MR. GALLOWAY, YOU AND I DISCUSSED A FINANCIAL UPDATE WITH, UH, DIANE, UH, TO GO OVER THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN PREPARATION FOR THE BUDGET MEETING THAT I THINK WE HAVE THE WEEK AFTER, LIKE THE 19TH OR SOMETHING OF MARCH.

[02:10:01]

UM, ANYTHING ELSE, MR. GALLOWAY? ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE TRACKING? OKAY.

UH, WE WILL AGAIN STAY TUNED ON HOSPITAL HILL.

LET US THEN MOVE TO ITEM

[15. Mayor and Council Announcements]

15, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WHO WANTS TO START? IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER.

FRY, ANYTHING? UM, NO, NOT REALLY.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, OUR POLICE TEAM.

UM, Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB.

Y'ALL WORK TOGETHER REALLY WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU KEEP US INFORMED.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, VICE MAYOR.

LET'S JUST GO THIS WAY.

I WANNA SAY HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TWO OF, UH, THE MOST WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.

UM, MR. CARDIAN, UH, IS A GIFT, I THINK, TO ALL OF US AND TO THE TOWN AND HAS BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB, UM, IN HIS ROLE, AND I REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH HIM.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FRY IS ALSO A GIFT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SHE WORKS TIRELESSLY FOR EVERYONE.

SHE IS A MODEL AND AN INSPIRATION FOR ME IN THE BEST WAYS TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND I WANNA SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE HER AND I AM GLAD SHE WAS BORN.

COUNCIL MEMBER WADE IS GONNA DO IT.

WE'LL JUST GO RIGHT DOWN THERE THEN.

UH, JUST A REMINDER, NEXT WEEK, THE P-G-S-M-A MONTHLY MEETING IS AT GLEN ARDEN ON THURSDAY THE 19TH FROM SEVEN TO 10.

PLEASE SUPPORT.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HOSTED LAST LAST MONTH, SO IF YOU CAN'T COME OUT AND MAKE IT, PLEASE MAKE THAT.

AND JUST A SHOUT OUT TO MY DAUGHTER, SHE WILL BE TURNING 26 ON SUNDAY.

SAVANNAH, WE LOVE YOU DEARLY AND VERY, EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU.

I YIELD BACK.

THANK YOU, MR. LEG.

HECK, I WAS SURPRISED.

I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA SAY HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO HIS WIFE.

SO I HAVE TO SAY, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO MY WIFE, THE HOLIDAYS OVERRATED .

MY, MY FATHER WHO WAS BORN IN FRANCE, ALWAYS USED TO GET OUT OF IT, BE SAYING THEY DON'T CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY IN FRANCE.

SO HE NEVER CAME HOME WITH FLOWERS OR ANYTHING FROM MY MOTHER.

UM, BUT A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME TONIGHT THAT IT'S ALSO, IT'S DEPUTY CHIEF KRAUSE'S WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY.

OH.

SO GOT MARRIED IN A BLIZZARD ON VALENTINE'S DAY.

UM, BUT I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SHAMELESSLY PROMOTE THE ST.

AMBROSE MEN'S CLUB SPAGHETTI DINNER, WHICH WILL BE ON SEPTE ON FEBRUARY 22ND IN FANIN HALL AT ST.

AMBROSE CHURCH FROM THREE TO 7:00 PM UH, FOR $13 FOR ADULTS, $9 FOR KIDS, KIDS UNDER FIVE WILL EAT FREE.

UH, TAKEOUT WILL BE AVAILABLE ALSO FOR $13.

YOU WILL GET PASTA SAUCE, SAUSAGE, MEATBALLS, SALAD, GARLIC BREAD, ALL YOU CAN EAT, DESSERT DRINKS, BEER, WINE.

THERE WILL BE VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN SAUCE.

THERE WILL BE GLUTEN-FREE PASTA, WHOLE WHEAT PASTA, GIRL SCOUT COOKIES WILL BE FOR SALE.

WE WILL HAVE RAFFLE BASKETS, WHICH ARE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING, AND WE WILL HAVE A 50 50 RAFFLE.

THERE WILL BE THE MONEY WHEEL.

WE WILL HAVE TEAR OFFS.

IT IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS WINTER SEASON HERE IN CHEVROLET.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BEFORE, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? IF YOU'VE BEEN BEFORE, YOU KNOW, AND I WILL SEE YOU THERE ON SUNDAY THE 22ND.

THAT WAS SHAMELESS.

I SAID THAT WAS SHAMELESS.

YOU WERE, YOU, YOU, YOU WEREN'T, UM, UH, MR. TANZI ANYTHING.

OKAY, SO THAT LEAVES IT, THAT, THAT LEAVES THE BALL IN MY COURT.

UM, I FIRST WANT TO, UM, UH, PLUG THE 55 AND UP BRUNCH THAT'S TOMORROW, AND THANK THE STAFF AND, UH, EVERYONE WHO HAS DONE THE PREPARATION FOR THAT.

THAT IS AT 12 NOON ON FRIDAY, THE 13TH OF FEBRUARY, UH, IN THIS ROOM AT 12 NOON.

CORRECT.