* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Call to Order] [00:00:12] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M GONNA CALL TO ORDER THE MARCH TOWN MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF CH. THE TIME IS 7 33, AND THE FIRST ITEM WILL BE THE ROLL CALL FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. I'M MAYOR MICAH WATSON. I'M HERE, THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND THE TOWN CLERK ARE ALSO PRESENT. IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WARD ONE. PRESENT. PRESENT. WARD TWO, PRESENT THREE. PRESENT FOUR. PRESENT IS COUNCIL MEMBER GARCES ONLINE. I CAN'T, I DIDN'T LOG IN YET. UM, CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBER GARIS? WELL, LET'S FI OH, FINISH REAL CALL FOR A SECOND. OKAY. HE'S NOT HERE. UM, AND THEN, UH, WARD SIX PRESENT. OKAY. SEEING, UH, UH, SIX OF THE TOWNS OF SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE PRESENT, A QUORUM IS PRESENT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS COUNCIL VICE MAYOR BRINER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? UH, MOTION TO EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, IT'S BEEN MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE IS EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING. THE, UH, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. EXCELLENT. OKAY, ITEM THREE [3. Approval of Agenda] IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. COUNSEL, I AM AWARE THAT WE ARE LIKELY TO WANT TO REMOVE ITEM 11, UH, 11 57 0 1 LANDOVER ROAD. UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE AGENDA, MR. GALLOWAY? ANY YES IF WE CAN REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 10 AS WELL, CHARTER AMENDMENT CAR 2 26. THIS IS AT THE REQUEST OF, UH, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AS WELL. WE CAN REVISIT THAT IN A WORK SESSION. EXCELLENT. UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, OKAY, WE WILL PLAN TO PUT IT ON THE MARCH WORK SESSION AGENDA. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER TONIGHT, I GUESS. UH, ALRIGHT, THAT'S TWO ITEMS. COUNSEL. ANY OTHERS? COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? MINUS, UH, ITEMS 10 AND 11. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY VICE MAYOR BRIER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. ITEM FOUR ON THE AGENDA IS THE [4. Consent Agenda] CONSENT AGENDA. TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ONLY TWO ITEMS, THE TOWN MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026, AND THE WORK SESSION MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 26TH, 2026. COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ECK AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR BRINER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF FIVE ZERO. ITEM FIVE [5. Grant Requests Approvals] ON THE AGENDA IS GRANT REQUEST APPROVALS. COUNSEL, THIS IS THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THAT IS UNDERLINED, MEANING THAT WE WILL OPEN THE PODIUM TO RESIDENT INPUT, UH, ON THESE ITEMS. MR. GALLOWAY, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO STRUCTURE THIS? UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE CAN GO THROUGH EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL GRANTS. UM, I GAVE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FIRST ONE, THE CH VILLAGE. AND, WELL, I THINK WE DO HAVE SOMEONE HERE IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE IF THEY WANNA SPEAK. YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THE, ON THE GROUND FOR VILLA? YES. YES. UH, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, YOUR [00:05:01] NAME AND WARD AND, YES, GO AHEAD. LEI WARD ONE. UM, I, I AM NOT CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BUT I CAN SPEAK, UM, OF THIS GRANT REQUEST AND THAT IT IS PURPOSEFULLY BELOW THE 2000 THRESHOLD BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS VERY DELIVERABLE AND THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU TO SHOW THE GOOD THAT IT'S DONE FOR THE EFFORT. AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITH OUR NEXT ASK. SO, UM, THE, UM, THIS WAS WRITTEN BY RUDY, WHO ALSO WAS HERE TO TESTIFY AT THE LAST WORK SESSION AND WAS VOTED ON AND PUT FORWARD BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. RENATA RAMEL BEING THE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GALLOWAY OR FOR THE VILLAGE ABOUT THIS GRANT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO GO THE OTHERS AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT THE, HOW THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MOTION? SURE. CAN I HAVE YOU TO STAY THERE FOR THE NEXT ONE AS WELL? AND THAT'S THE WOMEN'S CLUB. THANK YOU. YES. UM, THE WOMEN'S CLUB, UM, HAS PUT FORWARD A GRANT REQUEST FOR THE AMOUNT OF $2,000, 1500 OF THAT TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND THE PA PASS LEVEL ALONG PROGRAM. THAT PROGRAM YOU ARE MOST AWARE OF IT FROM THE PA FROM THE PACKAGES THAT YOU RECEIVE, BUT THOSE PACKAGES ACTUALLY GO OUT THROUGHOUT COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED A LIFT, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH CHALLENGING TIMES TO CELEBRATE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. AND THEN ALSO $500 FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, A HISTORY PROJECT TO SHARE HISTORY AND TO WORK WITH YOUNGER RESIDENTS IN TOWN. TO ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB'S PERSONAL STORIES HAVE INTERSECTED WITH DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS IN HISTORY, UM, WITHIN MARYLAND AND BEYOND. AND THAT, THAT SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN YOUR PACKET. I HAVEN'T SEEN, IS THAT ATTACHMENT IN HERE THIS EVENING? I JUST CAME IN. SO, UH, CAN I JUST SAY, WAS THE VILLAGE FOR 1800, YOU SAID IT WAS LESS THAN 2000? YES, THE VILLAGE IS, UM, IT'S LISTED IN HERE. I WANNA SAY IT IS LESS THAN 1800. I JUST NEED TO FIND IT. I DON'T TRUST MY MEMORY FOR THESE THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO MANY, BUT I KNOW IT IS LIST IT WAS LISTED IN HERE. I HAVE IT LISTED AS $1,125. YEAH. THANK YOU. 1, 2, 5. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE WOMEN'S CLUB OR FOR MR. GALLOWAY ABOUT THAT $2,000 GRANT REQUEST? MR. WADE, JUST, CAN YOU GO WITH THE AMOUNTS AGAIN? I'M SORRY, WHICH ONE WAS 1001 25. FOR WHICH ONE? 1,125 FOR CHEVROLET VILLAGE. 2000 FOR THE CH WOMEN'S CLUB. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE WOMEN'S CLUB APPLICATION? ALRIGHT, MR. GALLOWAY, THAT LEAVES US THE MARKET. OKAY. UM, THIS IS A GRANT THAT THE MARON COUNCIL SUPPORTS ON A YEARLY BASIS. UH, MARON COUNCIL. THEY'RE ASKING FOR $2,000 FOR PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH PROGRAMMING SUCH AS INSUR INSURANCE, PERMITS, SQUARE FEES, UM, ET CETERA. AND THEN OUTREACH SUCH AS THE ADVERTISING AND SOME OF THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT THEY HAVE ON THE ACTUAL DAYS OF THE MARKET. UH, SO THEY ARE REQUESTING $2,000. UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHEVROLET COMMUNITY MARKET APPLICATION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE FROM THE COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO OFFER ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THESE GRANT REQUESTS? YOU MAY HAVE ONE PASS OF UP TO THREE MINUTES. MA'AM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND YOUR NAME. AND WARD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES SINCE I JUST CAME. I THINK I'M FROM THE WOMEN'S CLUB AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE HEARD FROM THE WOMEN'S CLUB, BUT I DO HAVE SOME THINGS TO ADD IF I YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD MORE TIME. OKAY. JOYCE LANG WORKS. WHAT? THIS IS KIND OF, YEAH. OKAY. THIS IS KIND OF ALMOST PART OF THE GRANT ISSUE. UH, AND GOES FURTHER. WE HAVE SOME NEW IDEAS FOR 2026 THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE TOWN AND ASK THE TOWN TO INPUT AND ADD TO WHAT THE THINGS I'M GOING TO SAY THAT I'LL REMEMBER TO SAY. [00:10:01] WE ARE GOING TO, SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD PARTS OF THIS. WE ARE GOING TO PLANT SEEDS OF PEACE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING IN OUR TOWN. WE ARE THERE. WE CAN GO EVEN FURTHER AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA TAKE A GREATER PART IN DOING AND INVITE EVERYBODY IN TOWN TO JOIN US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IT. SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THE IDEAS I'VE BROUGHT. I'VE GOT LOTS ALREADY. WE HAVE LOTS OF MATERIALS AND IDEAS FOR YOU TO LEARN AND TO PICK UP ON. SO YOU HAVE MY CONTACT, IT'S IN THE NEWSLETTER EVERY MONTH. THE TOWN. I'M GONNA TELL THE TOWN OFFICE IF ANYBODY SAYS THEY'D LIKE TO CONTACT ME AND DOESN'T HAVE MY CONTACT, FEEL FREE TO GIVE IT TO THEM AND WE'LL JUST GO ON AND TAKE IT FROM THERE. WE'RE GOING TO PLAN ON DOING SOME THINGS AROUND THE HISTORY. WE HAVE A WRITTEN HISTORY THAT WAS DONE YEARS AGO BY LAYLA AND FRED PRICE. WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT THAT WE WE'LL PUT IN A KIND OF A, WE THINK WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS, A LENDING LIBRARY FORM SO THAT OTHER GROUPS IN TOWN, OTHER INDIVIDUALS, OTHER FAMILIES WHO ARE, MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE OLD FOURTH WARD. IT'S VERY INTERESTING. YOU CAN LEND LIBRARY A COPY HOME AND HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, AND LEARN FROM IT. WE HAVE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT AND INTERESTED IN SHARING, PARTICULARLY WITH TEENAGERS. THEY NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY AND THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER THINGS. I WON'T TAKE THE TIME NOW TO TELL YOU, BUT BE IN TOUCH WITH US. TELL ME ABOUT THE BASKETS. OH YEAH, ON THE WAY IN, WE, WE WENT TO THE OLD BUILDING AND SO WE SAW ALL THE BASKETS. THERE'RE IN THE OLD BUILDING IN THE LOBBY, SO YOU HAVE TO, TO LET BEVERLY KNOW. THAT'S FROM THE WOMEN'S CLUB BEVERLY JONES. AND THAT COMES IN PART FROM THE, UH, GRANT MONEY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE, UH, BASKETS. UH, SEEING SOMEONE HAVE THEIR LAPTOP OPEN. . THANK YOU. WHERE IS THE ECHO COMING FROM? OKAY. OKAY, WE WILL SOLDIER ONWARD BY SPEAKING SLOWLY. COUNSEL, SINCE I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC INPUT, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL FOR ONE OR TWO OR ALL THREE OF THESE GRANTS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE UH, CHEVROLET VILLAGE, CHEVROLET WOMEN'S CLUB AND CHEVROLET COMMUNITY MARKET GRANT REQUEST. SECOND. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR BRIER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? I JUST WAS WANT TO ASK MR. GALLOWAY, WE'RE STILL UNDER OUR 15,300 I THINK IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS. YES SIR. OKAY, EXCELLENT. UH, THEN WE ARE STILL ON BUDGET FOR THIS LINE ITEM, WHICH IS 5 3 5 1 2 5. COUNSEL, ANY OTHER POINTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO, THE THREE GRANT REQUESTS ARE APPROVED AND WE ARE ON TO ITEM SIX ON [6. Resident Input] THE AGENDA, WHICH IS RESIDENT INPUT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TO OFFER INPUT ON ANY OF THE FOUR ITEMS, REMAIN ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE FOUR REMAINING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE UNDERLINED. OKAY. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT THE FINANCIAL UPDATE, THE KELLER BUILDING THE HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT OR HB 1142, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. WE ARE GONNA DO THREE MINUTES AND THERE WILL BE NO HMM. UH, CAN'T SEE MY TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE? NO, THERE WILL BE NO, UH, THERE WILL BE NO RETURN TRIPS TO THE BUFFET THIS EVENING. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. UH, DAN SMITH FROM, UH, WARD ONE. UH, SO WITH, IN THIS TIME OF YOU KNOW OF GRAVE CONCERN FOR GLOBAL NATIONAL COUNTY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES [00:15:01] THAT ARE COMING FROM THIS, UH, EXTREMELY AUTHORITARIAN AND, UH, OVERREACH AND, AND PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE ALL VERY MUCH AWARE OF, SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY NEIGHBORS HAVE COME TOGETHER AND ARE OFFERING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND BE POSITIVE, UM, TO DEMONSTRATE OUR SHARED AMERICAN AND CHEVROLET VALUES. SO ON SATURDAY 10:00 AM TO 12 IN LEGION PARK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY SING A NO KINGS CAROLING. UM, WE'RE INSPIRED BY SOME OF THE, UM, REALLY UPLIFTING, UH, POSITIVE RESPONSE THAT OCCURRED IN MINNEAPOLIS TO THE TRAGEDIES THAT OCCURRED THERE. AND, UM, UM, ALICE GOLDBERG HAS CURATED QUITE A, A NUMBER OF SONGS, SO WE'LL BE HAVING A NO KINGS CAROLING EVENT. SO WE'LL MEET THERE AT 10 AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME. THIS IS A UPLIFTING AND POSITIVE EVENT AND IT'S TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE NATIONAL NO KINGS DAY. SO IT'S A GOOD WAY TO, UM, BUILD COMMUNITY AND FIND OUT ABOUT WAYS TO PARTICIPATE THERE. WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING A, UM, UH, COLLECTING, UM, FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR THE ROUTE ONE, UM, UH, GROUP THAT IS HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED RIGHT NOW. AND SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION, I THINK, CIRCULATING ONLINE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS, UH, AWARE OF THIS AND, UM, UM, KNOWS. AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE OTHER, IS THERE OTHER RESIDENT INPUT ON ITEMS? NOT THOSE FOUR. NAME? UH, WARD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, CAN YOU TURN ON THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? MICROPHONE, PLEASE. YEAH, SORRY. THE, UH, COULD START, START OVER PLEASE. OKAY. SHEILA SLO WARD TWO MARCH HAS COME IN LIKE A LION. NO, IT'S NOT THE WEATHER, IT'S THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WHICH HAVE GAINED AN INTENSITY. CHEVROLET HILL IS HEADING TO THE COUNTY HEARING ON ITS PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SUBDIVISION. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHEVROLET PLANNING BOARD AND CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO GET THEIR COM RECOMMENDATIONS READY. THOSE WERE POSTED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE FOR YOUR REVIEW. THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET IN 20 20 11, IDENTIFIED A NETWORK OF NATURAL AREAS WITHIN CHEVROLET AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOIL, WATER, VEGETATION, ANIMAL USE, LAND, ANIMAL LIFE, LAND USE, AND OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT. MEMBERS OF THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAVE SINCE 2021, ATTENDED THE MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS DEVOTED TO PLANNING FOR THE FORMER GEORGE PRINCE GEORGE'S HOSPITAL SITE, AND HAVE HAD INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ATTENDED THE MEETING OF THE COUNTY SUBDIVISION REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMITTEE AND HAVE REVIEWED THE MEETING SUMMARY AND MEMOS FROM ITS CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES. THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE'S OWN RESEARCH AND CONSULTATIONS WITH EXPERTS ALSO INFORMED THIS RECOMMENDATION IN 2021. THE COMMITTEE PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, WHICH TOGETHER WITH THOSE OF THE CH PLANNING BOARD AND THE TOWN OF CH, WERE MADE MANDATORY FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. THE CH PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAN ADDRESS, OPEN SPACE, BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS, AND TRAFFIC. THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS OVERLAP WITH THE CHEVROLET PLANNING BOARDS ON OPEN SPACE AND SPACE AND PATHWAYS, BUT ALSO ADDRESS BROADER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, WOODLANDS, PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAILS, AIR QUALITY STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, ALL ARE COVERED IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN PREPARING NOTES ON A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR 58 0 1 ANNAPOLIS ROAD, STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES. AMONG THE CONSIDERATIONS IS THAT THE PROPERTY IS VERY CLOSE TO AN EXISTING GAS STATION, A SITUATION WITH POTENTIAL SERIOUS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES FOR THE DEV FOR THE DEVELOPMENT'S FUTURE RESIDENTS. AT THE SAME TIME, TOGETHER WITH EE, WE ARE STUDYING VULCAN MATERIALS PROJECT FOR A CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT AT 3 13 0 1 CLA BRINK ROAD. WE ALSO WILL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE COMING HEARINGS ON THE PORT TOWNS [00:20:01] SECTOR PLAN AND THE PRO MASTER PLAN OF TRANSPORTATION REVISION FOR THOSE PRO PROJECTS POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON CHEVROLET. END OF STORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. UH, VERY HELPFUL OVERVIEW. ARE THERE ANY OTHER RESIDENT INPUT AT THIS TIME? DOES ANYONE SEE ANYONE ONLINE? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ONLINE. PLEASE NAME WARD. DID SHE LEAVE IT ON? YES, SHE DID. BETH LAAL. UM, WARD THREE, JUST SINCE WE'RE DOING ANNOUNCEMENTS ANYWAY, THE GARDEN CLUB'S, UM, SEED LIBRARY IS LOCATED ON THE OTHER BUILDING FACING THE POLICE STATION AND I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT IT IS STOCKED AND I TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I THINK MOST, YOU KNOW HOW TO FIND ME IF YOU DON'T ASK SOMEBODY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON, NO ONE ONLINE AND NO ONE ELSE IN THE ROOM. THAT CONCLUDES RESIDENT INPUT FOR MARCH. LET US MOVE NOW TO COMMITTEE [7. Committee Reports] REPORTS ITEM SEVEN. AND WE'LL START AS ALWAYS, WITH THE RECREATION COUNCIL. UH, REC COUNCIL. WE ARE UPCOMING SUNDAY. WE HAVE THE, A ADULT GAME NIGHT, UH, FROM 3:00 PM TO 9:00 PM WE WILL HAVE VARIOUS GAMES INSIDE THE, UH, THE GYM WILL WILL BE PICKLEBALL AND THE WAITING AREA, UH, WILL BE, UH, SEVERAL CARD GAMES AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER THINGS. PLEASE COME OUT FOR THAT. UM, THE MONTHLY MEETING IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MARCH 23RD AT SEVEN 30, EITHER SEVEN OR SEVEN 30. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO YOU ALL. EASTER EGG HUNT WILL BE SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH AT 11:00 AM I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER GAR, UH, THE, THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, RECORD COUNCIL. KERRY ASKED FOR ME TO REACH OUT TO HIM TO TRANSLATE THE, UH, FLYER INTO SPANISH. UM, SO HE ACTUALLY, UH, DID THAT VERY AND RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY WITH THAT. SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GARZA FOR THAT. OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR MEMBERS. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY THREE NEW MEMBERS, I BELIEVE. SO, UH, WE'RE GETTING THERE. AND FINALLY, A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ROB FOR HIS MEMBERSHIP FROM WARD ONE. BUT DEFINITELY COME OUT TO THE MEETING, GET INVOLVED, AND WE ARE GONNA CONCENTRATE NOT JUST ON YOUTH, BUT ALSO ADULT ACTIVITIES, UH, THROUGH OUR REC COUNCIL, I YIELD BACK. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE REC COUNCIL? SEEING NONE. CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE. YES. GOOD EVENING. UM, SO CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE IS MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR FULL WEEK OF ACTIVITIES FOR, UH, CHEVROLET DAY CHEV, WEEK 95. UH, IF YOU ARE A GROUP OR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO HOST AN EVENT DURING CHEV WEEK, YOU CAN CONTACT JOANIE BELL. SHE IS, UH, FURIOUSLY PUTTING TOGETHER A FULL LIST OF EVENTS FOR THAT WEEK. UH, AND OBVIOUSLY SINCE THIS IS OUR 95TH ANNIVERSARY, WE ARE HAVING A PARADE. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANYTHING FLOATS, BICYCLES, WALKING, ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE PARADE, UH, PLEASE AGAIN, REACH OUT TO CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE AND GET YOURSELF IN THE PARADE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THE PARADE, BE ON THE SIDELINES TO WATCH US AND CHEER US ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND MR. GALLOWAY, CAN WE ASK YOU, SINCE WE'RE SIX MONTHS OUT TO NOTIFY METRO BUS, I'M, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT CALLED METRO BUS ANYMORE, BUT, AND ALSO WHOEVER ELSE WE NEED TO TELL THAT WE'RE CLOSING A PORTION OF CHEVROLET AVENUE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE? SEEING NON PLANNING BOARD, UH, PLANNING BOARD CONTINUED, UH, TO COMMENT ON THE, UH, PPS, UM, LETTER THAT WE ARE PREPARING. THEY HAD SOME NOTES THAT I BROUGHT FOR OUR, OUR LATER DISCUSSION. THEY ALSO, UH, HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 58 0 1, UH, TOWN HOME, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT, UM, I THINK WILL INFORM FUTURE, FUTURE DISCUSSION. SO I KEPT THE NOTES ON THAT. UH, THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS HERE. I WAS GONNA ASK IF CARLO COULD, UM, ADD UPDATES. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE FOR THE RECORD. ABSOLUTELY. THERE WE GO. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. CARLOS SILBIGER, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD AND RESIDENT FOUR. UM, I WILL JUST ADD A COUPLE THINGS, UH, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO THE CHEVROLET HILL DEVELOPMENT. WE, WE SPENT A GOOD PORTION OF THE LAST SIX MONTHS DOING A LOT OF DEEP DIVE INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT. UH, REVIEWING THE PRELIMINARY PLAN, MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM SEVERAL TIMES, SENDING QUESTION AND ANSWERS BACK AND FORTH, UH, HEARING FROM MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, A JOINT MEETING [00:25:01] WITH THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. WE SENT THE COUNCIL COMMENTS ON FEBRUARY 28TH BY EMAIL, UM, THAT, UH, PUT TOGETHER SORT OF THREE SETS OF INFORMATION. UM, ONE WAS, UH, SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAN THAT WE THINK ARE WORTHY OF TOWN ADVOCACY DURING THIS PROCESS. THE SECOND ONE IS INFORMATION RE, UH, THAT THE DEVELOPER SHOULD BE PROVIDING TO THE TOWN SO THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT ALIGNS WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS. AND THE THIRD ARE TOPICS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDE IN THE PRELIMINARY PLAN, BUT WILL BE COMING UP IN FUTURE PLANS AND FUTURE PROCESSES THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT. UM, AND SO WE, UH, ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. IT'S IN THE PACKET FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING AS WELL, STARTING ON PAGE 38. UM, AND, UM, IF THE COUNCIL HAS SUGGESTIONS, IDEAS, THINGS YOU'D LIKE US TO FOLLOW UP ON RELATED TO ANYTHING IN THAT LETTER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. UM, AND I HAVE SOME SPECIFIC THOUGHTS FROM LAST NIGHT'S MEETING ON THE TOWN'S DRAFT, BUT I'LL COME BACK WHEN THAT ITEM COMES UP LATER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU. PLEASE PASS OUR THANKS ON TO THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER WORK. MR. TANZI. ANYTHING FURTHER? NO, THAT'S IT. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PLANNING BOARD? OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE HERE. I OKAY. NOT SEEING THE BOARD. I DO BELIEVE THAT MR. RULE, THE CHAIR OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION INTENDED TO BE HERE. IS HE ONLINE? MR. RULE? GO AHEAD. YOU CAN'T HEAR HIM? HE'S TALKING NOW. UM, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU, SIR. LET'S, WE'LL TRY TO GET YOUR AUDIO, UH, UP HERE IN THE ROOM. TOM, TRY AGAIN TO SAY SOMETHING. I DO YOU WANNA TURN YOUR SPEAKER ON? LET'S TRY THAT. AH, GO AHEAD. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO, AS I WAS SAYING, UH, GOOD EVENING. NOW, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOUND RULE WITH THE CIVIL ETHICS COMMISSION. UH, THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT COURT AT THIS TIME. UH, WE'VE HAD NO NEW, UH, CORRESPONDENCE, UH, OR ANY OTHER ACTIONS, UH, SINCE WE APPROVED OUR, UH, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS BACK IN, UH, NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. UH, I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE ANNUAL, UH, FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS OUT. I HAD TO MAKE SOME TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PDF, UH, THAT THOSE REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED ON. UH, HOPEFULLY IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO USE, A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, UH, MY INTENT IS TO GET THAT OUT BY MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. AND EVERYONE WHO, UH, IS REQUIRED TO FILL THAT OUT, WE'LL HAVE 30 DAYS, UH, TO COMPLETE IT. AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, UH, MOVE OUT FROM THERE, UH, STANDING BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MAYOR COUNCIL OUR REPORTS AND SUBMIT THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. SO AGAIN, OUR APPRECIATION TO THE COMMISSION, UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE. OKAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. UH, HOMETOWN HEROES. MR. GALLOWAY, IS THERE ANY UPDATE OR IS MR. BELL ONLINE? I DON'T THINK HE HAS. YEAH. JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON HOMETOWN HEROES. UM, THIS IS FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THEIR BANNER TO BE HUNG BY JULY 4TH. WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION BY JUNE 4TH. ANYTHING ACCEPTED OUT OF JUNE AFTER JUNE 4TH WILL BE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR JANUARY OF 27. EXCELLENT. AND THIS JULY IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SOME OF THE BANNERS WILL COME UP AT FURTHER ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO SOME MAY COME DOWN IF THE FAMILY DECIDES NOT TO RENEW THEM? CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GALLOWAY ABOUT THE PROGRAM? MR. WADE? JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO THE, UH, AFTER THE ONE YEAR THERE IS RE THERE IS A RENEWAL FEE? YES, IT IS. IT'S IS IT THE SAME PRICE? YES, IT IS. FOR THE TWO 50. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S, ISN'T IT 75 THE SECOND YEAR? WE'LL CHECK. OKAY. WE'LL LET WE, WE, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW NEXT MONTH, BUT THERE IS A RENEWAL FEE IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T PAY BEYOND THE TWO 50, THEN YOU GET YOUR BANNER BACK. IT, IT, IT GOES TO YOUR FAMILY, BUT IT DOESN'T STAY UP ON THE POLE. WELL, I DO LIKE THE LATTER NUMBER, BUT [00:30:01] I MEAN, IT COULD BE 75. I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE CASE. . AND AT ANY RATE, WHEN YOUR, WHEN YOUR TERM OF OF DISPLAY IS OVER, IT BECOMES, IT'S THE PROPERTY OF THE FAMILY. CORRECT. BECAUSE THEY PURCHASED IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT HOMETOWN HEROES? OKAY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOUTH COUNSEL. DO WE HAVE A YOUTH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE? YES. WE'LL DO THAT LATER. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. WE WILL DEFER THAT, UH, UNTIL LATER IN THE MEETING. THEN I WILL MOVE TO ITEM [8. Closed Meeting Summary] EIGHT ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE FAIR MEETING SUMMARY FROM MARCH 5TH. THE MOST RECENT TIME THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HELD A CLOSED MEETING THERE. IT'S CLOSED MEETING SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5TH, 2026. ON MARCH 5TH, 2026, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CHEV VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CONVENE A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO MARYLAND CODE 3 1 0 1 OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CONVENED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SPECIAL MEETING BY MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR BREINER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS TO HOLD A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. B ONE, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE, DEMOTION, COMPENSATION, REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES, EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM THIS PUBLIC BODY HAS JURISDICTION OR FOR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS. AND B THREE TO CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURS PURPOSE AND MATTERS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION. AND B SEVEN TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE. THOSE PRESENT IN THE CLOSED SESSION. WERE THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL MEMBERS, DELAINE GALLOWAY, JASON DELO, ESQUIRE, TODD POUNDS, ESQUIRE FOR PART OF THE MEETING. PATRICK MCANDREW, ESQUIRE FOR PART OF THE MEETING POLICE CHIEF DAVID MORRIS FOR PART OF THE MEETING. AND DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF KRAUSE FOR PART OF THE MEETING. NO. OKAY. I WILL READ THAT SECTION AGAIN. UH, TO REMOVE THE ERROR, THOSE PRESENT IN THE CLOSED SESSION. WERE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOWN ADMINISTRATOR DELAINE GALLOWAY TOWN ATTORNEY JASON DELOACH, ESQUIRE TOWN ATTORNEY TODD POUNDS, ESQUIRE FOR A PORTION OF THE MEETING. ATTORNEY PATRICK MCANDREW FOR PART OF THE MEETING. AND CH POLICE CHIEF DAVID MORRIS FOR PART OF THE MEETING. DURING THE CLOSED SESSION AT ATTORNEY MCANDREW UPDATED THE COUNSEL ON THE RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION INVOLVING A TOWN EMPLOYEE ATTORNEY DELOACH PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON A LEGAL MATTER INVOLVING A FORMER EMPLOYEE AND PROVIDED ADVICE ON THAT MATTER. MR. GALLOWAY UPDATED THE COUNSEL ON THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PERSONNEL RELATED MATTER, IMPACTING ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND HOW CERTAIN PROCESSES WILL MOVE FORWARD AS A RESULT. MR. GALLOWAY ALSO DISCUSSED SPECIFIC ISSUES RELATED TO TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC. MR. GALLOWAY UPDATED THE COUNSEL ON A LONGSTANDING LEGAL MATTER INVOLVING A RESIDENT AND THEIR PROPERTY ATTORNEYS AND DELO PROVIDED ADVICE ON HOW TO PROCEED. ATTORNEY PROVIDED LEGAL ADVICE ON HOW CERTAIN FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE TOWN CAN BE USED. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE FROM ATTORNEY ON ITS OPTIONS REGARDING POTENTIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS IN THE TOWN. MR. POUNDS ALSO UPDATED THE COUNCIL ON AN ONGOING LEGAL MATTER INVOLVING A ZONING MATTER. THAT CONCLUDES THE FAIR SUMMARY OF THE MARCH 5TH, 2026 MEETING. THE NEXT ITEM [9. Proclamations] ON THE AGENDA IS PROCLAMATIONS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. DOES ANYONE BESIDES ME WANNA READ THIS OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ IT? I WOULD BE HAPPY TO READ IT. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. PROCLAMATION, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, [00:35:01] WHEREAS EVERY MARCH WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE GENERATIONS OF REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY WHO HAVE PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLES IN SHAPING OUR NATION'S PROGRESS AND CHARACTER. AND WHEREAS THE 2026 WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH THEME, EMBRACING EQUITY, WOMEN LEADING CHANGE ACROSS GENERATIONS CELEBRATES THE COLLECTIVE STRENGTH, RESILIENCE, AND INFLUENCE OF WOMEN WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO EDUCATION, MENTORSHIP AND LEADERSHIP SHAPING THE MINDS, OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURES OF ALL GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A POWERFUL CATALYST FOR CHANGE, AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT DRIVING THIS TRANSFORMATION FROM CLASSROOMS TO BOARDROOMS, WOMEN, EDUCATORS AND LEADERS HAVE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN NURTURING MINDS AND INSPIRING ACTION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THESE CONTRIBUTIONS, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE EDUCATION IS MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER. AND WHEREAS WOMEN'S HISTORY IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS WOMEN. AND IT IS PARAMOUNT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL WOMEN, INCLUDING TRANSGENDER AND GENDER DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF MOVEMENTS FOR EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. AND WHEREAS WOMEN FROM DIVERSE RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS HAVE MADE INDELIBLE MARKS ON OUR NATION'S HISTORY, OFTEN IN WAYS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY ACKNOWLEDGED OR RECORDED. AND WHEREAS WOMEN HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ADVOCATING FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND DRIVING MOVEMENTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, INCLUDING SUFFRAGE, CIVIL RIGHTS, LABOR RIGHTS, LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS AND MORE, YET THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERVALUED AND MARGINALIZED. AND WHEREAS IN CH WOMEN CONTINUE TO MAKE REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, SERVING AS EDUCATORS, VOLUNTEERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, PUBLIC SERVANTS AND LEADERS IN CIVIC, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES, STRENGTHENING THE TOWN AND INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS AND WHERE IS IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO NOT ONLY CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN, BUT ALSO CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE, INCLUDING REGRESSIVE LEGISLATION THAT THREATENS TO ERODE THE HARD WON GAINS OF THE PAST CENTURY. AND WHEREAS AS WE COMMEMORATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, LET US RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR GENDER EQUITY AND JUSTICE, RECOGNIZING THAT TRUE EQUALITY CAN ONLY BE ACHA ACHIEVED WHEN THE RIGHTS OF ALL WOMEN, PARTICULARLY THE MOST MARGINALIZED AMONG US, ARE UPHELD AND PROTECTED. AND NOW THEREFORE, THE CH MAYOR AND COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT MARCH IS DESIGNATED AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN CH MARIN, MARYLAND AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, SHALL WE VOTE TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION? I DON'T THINK WE USUALLY VOTE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO. DO WE? NO, I THINK YOU CAN ASSUME IT HAS OUR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT. VERY WELL. MOVING ON [12. Financial update] TO ITEM OLD, ITEM 12, WHICH IS THE FINANCIAL UPDATE. WE WILL HAVE RESIDENT INPUT ON THIS ITEM, UH, IF THE RESIDENTS WANT, BUT THE FLOOR NOW GOES TO MR. GALLOWAY AND MS. MOCK IT IS MS. MOCK ON? YES. YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MS. MOCK. UH, UH, I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST GOING TO GO OVER FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY OF 2020. BUDGET ACTUALLY GOING IN AND OUT. YOU HEAR ME? COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? YOU'RE HAVING SOME CONNECTION ISSUES. IS THAT, IS THAT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HEAR ME? IT'S STILL DOING THE SAME THING. OKAY. UH, DO YOU WANT TO DISCONNECT MS. MOCK AND TRY TO RECONNECT? OH, THERE, WELL WE CAN SEE YOU. I CAN TRY. I CAN TRY. GO AHEAD. LET ME DISCONNECT. LEMME DISCONNECT. OKAY. UM, I WANTED TO ASK MR. GALLOWAY FOR NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE PUTTING THE CART A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE HORSE, BUT WE HAVE A REVENUE MEETING A WEEK FROM TONIGHT. [00:40:02] YES. THAT'S A REVENUE IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT. REVENUE IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT. OKAY. SO COUNSEL, BE READY FOR THAT. I WANTED TO ASK FOR JUST A PRINTED COPY 'CAUSE I'M OLD SCHOOL, UH, OF THE ADOPTED 26 BUDGET. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. UH, THE WHOLE THING, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF TREES, AT LEAST FOR ME. OTHERS CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. UH, OKAY, I GOT ONE MORE HERE. UH, AND JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, LAID OUT AS THE ADOPTED BUDGET, THE ONE WE TO REFLECT WHAT WE VOTED ON. ANY PREDICTIONS YOU WANNA PUT IN THERE IS THAT YOUR DISCRETION? IF YOU DON'T WANNA PUT ANY IN, THAT'S FINE, UH, AT THIS POINT. BUT, UM, THAT'LL AT LEAST GIVE US THE BASELINE TO START THAT 27 DISCUSSION. SIR, ARE YOU BACK, MA'AM? GIMME A TRY. IS THAT BETTER? IS THAT BETTER? I THINK IT'S BETTER. GO AHEAD. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. UM, I, WE HAVE THE BOOKS CAUGHT UP THROUGH FEBRUARY 20, 26 AND WE HAVE THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL REPORT FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF MAYBE THE, UM, IMPORTANT ITEMS IN, IN THAT PERIOD OF, OF TIME FOR YOU. THE, THE REVENUES LOOK PRETTY GOOD. THEY ARE COMING IN, UH, PRETTY CLOSE TO BUDGET. UH, SOME OF THE REVENUES ARE ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT RECEIVED AS OF NOW. FOR EXAMPLE, REAL ESTATE TAXES AND OTHERS WILL GET HEAVIER THE, THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE, LOCAL INCOME TAX AND HIGHWAY USER TAX USUALLY COMES IN THIS LATTER PART OF THE YEAR. SO I THINK WE'RE OKAY ON THE REVENUE SIDE. UM, THE RED LIGHT AND THE SPEED CAMERA NUMBERS ARE COMING IN, UM, OKAY WITH THE BUDGET. UM, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THIS YEAR THAN, UM, THAN THE BUDGET. SO THAT, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF EXPENSES THAT, UM, ARE, UH, COMING IN HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED. UH, THE FIRST OF THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS IS THE RETIREMENT. UH, THE CURRENT RETIREMENT FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, UH, IS ABOUT $83,000. THE EXPENSE IS $83,000 MORE THAN WE BUDGETED. THE OTHER ONE IS, IS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEIRS IS ABOUT $185,000 MORE THAN BUDGET. UH, MR. GALLOWAY AND I ARE GOING TO TALK WITH THE STATE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, AMOUNT. THAT WAS THE BILL THAT WAS PRESENTED TO SEE IF THAT IS A GOING TO BE A REOCCURRING AMOUNT OR IF THAT WAS JUST A CATCHUP ADJUSTMENT. WE'RE NOT SURE ON THAT, BUT THAT'S A LARGE VARIANCE OVER WHAT WE BUDGETED. UM, THE OTHER ITEMS ARE, ARE LOOKING GOOD. UH, SALARIES ARE IN LINE WITH THE, WITH THE BUDGET AND THE TIME OF YEAR WE'RE GOING THROUGH. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF EXPENSES THAT WERE, UM, PUT IN THIS PAST, UM, MONTH THAT, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A GRANT FOR AND WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE A BUDGET AMENDMENT COME, UH, NEXT MEETING. ONCE, UH, WE FIGURE OUT IT'S FOR THE GYM FLOOR AND THE BLEACHERS. SO RIGHT NOW THE REVENUES EXCEED EXPENDITURES BY 1,171,000. NOW WE WILL, WE'RE GOING INTO MARCH, APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE WHERE WE DO SPEND MORE THAN YOU RECEIVE. SO THAT SHALL, THAT EXCESS WILL DISAPPEAR OVER TIME. YOUR CASH BALANCE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS 6.5 MILLION. THAT'S CASH IN THE BANK CASH IN THE MARYLAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL. THAT IS THE TOTAL THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S ABOUT, UH, 600,000 MORE THAN IT WAS AT YEAR END. UM, FUND BALANCES, WE'RE WATCHING THOSE. THERE'S BEEN SOME EXPENSES FOR HIGHWAY USER, UH, MONEY, UH, THERE. WE'VE USED UP A LITTLE BIT OF THE FUND BALANCE ON HIGHWAY USER, ABOUT 170,000. UM, THE ELY BUILDING IS STILL WORKING DOWN ITS FUND BALANCE THAT IT HAD BROUGHT FORWARD TO JUNE, UH, FROM JUNE 30TH OF [00:45:01] 25. AND SO, UM, THINGS LOOK ON TRACK EXCEPT FOR THE ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OH, GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF THERE'S A QUESTION. QUESTION. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. GALLOWAY. ANYTHING TO ADD AT THIS POINT? NOT AT ALL. COUNSEL, QUESTIONS FOR MS. MOCK? UH, MY, MY ONLY QUESTION, ONLY QUESTION IS, UH, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET, WE WERE EXPECTING TO BE ABOUT 384,000 SHORT. UH, HOW CLOSE DO YOU THINK WE ARE TO BEING 384,000 SHORT FOR THE, UH, I SHOULD SAY FOR THE, UM, HERE WE'RE RIGHT NOW GENERAL FUND? UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK. UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, I THINK THE REVENUES WILL, UH, HIT THEIR MARK. UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE, THE RETIREMENT EXPENDITURES, UM, HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. UM, SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WATCH THAT TO SEE IF WE MAKE THAT UP IN ANY OF THE REVENUE SOURCES. UM, SO I STILL THINK THAT'S A GOOD, UH, NUMBER, UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. MM-HMM . I AM HEARTENED TO LEARN THAT WE DO NOT SEEM TO BE DRIFTING TOO FAR AWAY FROM THAT NUMBER. UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. LEG. UH, YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. MOCK FOR THAT, UH, PRESENTATION. SO YOU STARTED OFF BY SAYING, SO THAT BY MY READING OF THIS REVENUE IS AT 62% OF OUR INCOME, AND YOU SAID THAT THERE'S ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 5 MILLION YET TO BE REALIZED, AND YOU SAID YOU HAVE NO CONCERNS AT THIS POINT THAT, UM, THAT IS NOT EXACTLY, UM, YOU CAN'T USE THAT PARTICULAR PERCENTAGE. I, I, I DON'T MEAN BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF REVENUE SOURCES THAT YOU HAVE TO RECALL. THERE WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO GONNA PROPOSE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO GET RID OF ONE OF THE REVENUE SOURCES IS 1,400,000, UM, DOLLARS, AND THAT PARTICULAR REVENUE SOURCE WAS RECOGNIZED IN FY 25, BUT IT ALSO HAS AN EXPENDITURE. SO WE WILL BE GETTING RID OF THE REVENUE AND WE WILL BE GETTING RID OF THE EXPENDITURE. UM, SO I DON'T THINK THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PERCENTAGE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS REALLY VERY ACCURATE TO USE IS MY POINT. UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE IN THE TOTAL REVENUES, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER INTERGOVERNMENTAL, THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS, IF YOU RECEIVE THEM, MOST OF THEM ARE EXPENDITURE DRIVEN GRANTS. SO IF YOU GET THE REVENUE, YOU SPEND THE EXPENSE. UM, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT ALL THOSE ARE GOING TO COME IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, BUT IF YOU DON'T GET THOSE REVENUES, THEN YOU WON'T BE SPENDING THE MONEY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IN OTHER WORDS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE $5 MILLION LEFT TO RECEIVE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT, LIKE THE 1.4 MILLION WAS ALREADY RECOGNIZED IN FY 25. WE NEED TO TAKE THAT OFF AND WE NEED TO TAKE OFF THE EXPENDITURE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES ARE GOING TO MATERIALIZE IN 2026. UH, OKAY. UM, YES. MY OTHER CONCERN IS THAT, SO UNDER THE TAXES, AS FAR AS PROJECTIONS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF LOWERED INCOME TAXES, YOU SAID THAT INCOME TAXES HAVE NOT YET COME IN. IS THERE ANY SPECULATION, WORRY, OR CONCERN ON YOUR PART THAT THE THAT NUMBER WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED? UM, THAT IS ONE ITEM THAT I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH. I SPOKE WITH MR. GALLOWAY THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. UM, I REALLY WANTED TO GO BACK TO TAKE A LOOK TO SEE HOW THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET NUMBER WAS DERIVED AT. WE SHOULD BE, UM, YOU MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE ARE NOT REAL HEAVY MONTHS OF RECEIPTS. SO I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ON THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. THANK YOU. YES. COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR MS. MOCK HEARING? NONE. IS THERE ANY RESONANT INPUT ON THE FINANCIAL UPDATES? YOU UH, YES. MAY SPEAK? YEAH, GO AHEAD. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, NAME WARD AND, UH, EACH PERSON MAY SPEAK ONCE FOR [00:50:01] THREE MINUTES. ONLY THREE. OKAY. SEAN PATRICK MCGUIRE. UH, OH, WAR II. HE'S A BLOODY NEIGHBOR ANYWAY. MAYBE. OKAY. SORRY. LAST MA'AM. I WALKED IN LATE. UM, I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT, UH, STATED FIGURE OF BEFORE FYI GUESS BUDGET YEAR BEFORE JULY 1ST ABOUT, I GUESS, UH, MARCH OF LAST YEAR OF 6.8 MILLION. BUT I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF UNDER OVER EXPENDING. UH, WELL, IT'S A WALKING LATE, SO I WISH YOU COULD, I GUESS QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE REVENUE FOR UNRESTRICTED ACCOUNTS AGAIN, I GUESS FOR THE TOWN OF SHOVELING AND THEN I GUESS PROJECT A EXPENDITURE FOR I GUESS FY 26 JULY 1ST TO, AND BEFORE I GUESS JUNE 30TH OF CALENDAR YEAR 25 TO 26, I THINK. 2026. COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? REPEAT QUESTION. OKAY. I WALKED IN LATE. UM, I'M TRYING TO LEARN ON TO FLY. CAN YOU GIMME REVENUE FOR I GUESS PRESENT YEAR AND I GUESS YOUR IDEA OF EXPENDITURES, YOUR OPINION, UH, THAN I THINK THE, UH, THE, UH, IT WAS OVERESTIMATE OF REVENUE VERSUS EXPENDITURES. I THINK, SO IT'S A HIGHER DEFICIT FOR THIS, FOR FY 26. BUT SECOND QUESTION IS, WHAT WAS REVENUE BEFORE JULY 1ST CALENDAR YEAR FOR LIKE MARCH OF 2025? WHAT WAS THE REVENUE OF UNRESTRICTED ACCOUNT? OKAY. IS THAT, IS THAT YOUR INPUT IS THEN WE'LL ADDRESS THE, CAN I GET AN ANSWER FOR HER, PLEASE? WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT I PROVIDE ALL OF YOUR INPUT. ANSWER IT. I MEAN, SHE'S THE AUDITOR, RIGHT? UH, SHE'S NOT THE AUDITOR. SHE'S THE TREASURER, BUT, UM, OH, THE TREASURER, UH, IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER INPUT? I WAS SPEAKING TO THE AUDITOR. I WAS SERGEANT BOSS. OKAY. I WAS SPEAKING TO THE, EXCUSE ME, UH, MAYOR, I WAS SPEAKING TO THE AUDITOR. I WAS TRYING TO GET FIGURES ON THE FLY. I HEARD 6.8 MILLION, $24, 6 MILLION, 800,000, $24 UNRESTRICTED ACCOUNT BEFORE JULY 1ST CALENDAR YEAR. SO, AND THEN I HAD, I HAD LOOKED AT THE NEWSLETTER, LATEST NEWSLETTER. THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE OF FIGURES. SO I WAS CURIOUS. SO WHAT DO YOU, UH, 1,000,002 SOMETHING. SO I WAS JUST MY, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT UNDERESTIMATING REVENUE AND HIGHER EXPENDITURES AS THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED NOW AT THIS PRESENT. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, I WILL OFFER ONE ANSWER AND THEN I'LL TURN TO MS. MOCK. UM, WE STARTED THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, SO WE'RE NINE MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, ROUGHLY. WE'RE IN OUR NINTH MONTH. WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH A FUND BALANCE, GENERAL FUND BALANCE OF 5.142 MILLION. AND THE BUDGET THAT WE ADOPTED FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 26, UH, WAS FOR A DEFICIT OF ABOUT 384,000. SO WE WERE RESIGNED FOR LACK OF A BETTER VERB, UH, TO ENDING THE FISCAL YEAR, JUNE 30TH, 2026 WITH ROUGHLY $4.8 MILLION IN THE FUND BALANCE. MS. MOCK, THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING IF REVENUES COME INTO WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING AND EXPENDITURES COME INTO WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING, THEN YOU WOULD END UP WITH A FUND BALANCE OF 4.8 AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE DO HAVE SOME EXPENDITURES WE ARE SEEING THAT ARE OVER BUDGET AND WE POSSIBLY MIGHT HAVE, UM, REAL ESTATE TAXES UNDER BUDGET. BUT I THINK YOU HAVE SOME OTHER AREAS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE UNDER BUDGET, UM, IN EXPENDITURES. SO RIGHT NOW, MY STILL THINK, BEST GUESS IS YOU'RE GOING TO HIT YOUR DEFICIT OF 800, EXCUSE ME, 384,000. SO YOUR FUND BALANCE WOULD BE RIGHT WHERE YOU JUST SAID 4.4 MILLION 800,000, AND THEN INPUT ON THE MARCH FINANCIAL UPDATE ANY ONLINE. OKAY. SEEING NONE. COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS FOR MS. MOCK? OKAY. SEEING NONE, UH, WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS LUCKY 13. THANK YOU MS. MOCK. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU MS. MOCK. WE APPRECIATE IT. SURE. UH, LUCKY [13. Keller Update] 13 IS THE KELLER UPDATE. I SEE YOUR HAND IN THIS. UM, UH, SO PERHAPS WE'LL TURN IMMEDIATELY TO, UH, THE KELLER TEAM, UH, AND GET FEEDBACK TO THAT REPORT FROM [00:55:01] THE CPJ TEAM AND THEN TURN BACK TO MR. GALLOWAY'S TEAM TO BRING IT HOME. PLEASE GO AHEAD, INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. I'M SURE THIS IS BEN FRY, VICE PRESIDENT AT KELLER CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU. SO GO AHEAD THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. SORRY. UH, SO OUR UPDATE THIS EVENING, UH, WE COMPLETED A PUNCH LIST WALK FOR THE OFFICE SPACE, UH, EARLIER TODAY. UH, GENERALLY WENT WELL. WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT WE'LL COORDINATE WITH, UM, STEVE, UH, BRAMAN AND HIS TEAM. BUT WE ARE ON PACE FOR, UH, THOSE OFFICES TO BEGIN, UH, MOVE IN FOR, UH, MONDAY AS, UH, TARGETED AT THE LAST, UH, MEETING, WE, UH, STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO COMPLETE IN THE, UH, ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE AV COMPONENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WRAPPED UP HOPEFULLY TOMORROW BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS. UM, AND THEN WE'LL SET UP TRAINING HOPEFULLY WITH THE TOWN, UM, NEXT WEEK. UH, SO THE DAY ASK ROOM AND EVERYTHING IS, UH, FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND HOPEFULLY READY FOR, UH, THIS NEXT TOWN MEETING IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, IF NOT BEFORE, UH, FIELD UPDATE. UH, WE'VE ENGAGED WITH OUR SITE CONTRACTOR TO DO THE MODIFICATIONS AT THE FIELD. UM, THROUGH THAT PROCESS THIS WEEK, WE DISCOVERED A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS AND DETAILS THAT WE NEEDED TO GET ENGINEERING ON THAT WE'RE FLUSHING OUT, UH, HOPEFULLY BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS TOMORROW WITH THE TARGET OF HAVING THE WORK, UH, BEGIN AT THE FIELD, HOPEFULLY BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. UH, PENDING RESOLUTION OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, ALSO THE GARAGE AREA AND THE CONCRETE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THOSE GARAGE AREAS THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING, UH, REMEDIATED. UH, THE DEMO OF THAT CONCRETE SHOULD BE DONE AT THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH THAT BEING, UH, POURED BACK IN PLACE, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPEC, UH, BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK OR EARLY THE FOLLOWING WEEK. UM, AND THEN WE ARE FLUSHING OUT SOME OF THE LAST, UH, DETAILS ON THE GARAGE EQUIPMENT, UM, AND THE LOCATION OF THAT. SO WE'RE STILL TARGETING THAT EARLY MAY DATE. THE TURNOVER, UH, THE REST OF THE BUILDING. I, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO DID I, I THINK I HEARD IN THERE THAT MR. BRAHMAN'S TEAM WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE OFFICE SPACE ON MARCH 26TH. IS THAT WHERE WE'RE AT? ACTUALLY, WE ARE HEADING FORWARD NEXT WEEK. SO MARCH 16TH IS THE DATE WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO START MOVING IN. EXCELLENT. SO I, I, I SUGGEST GIVE US A COUPLE DAYS AS WE MOVE IN, AS WE TRANSITION FROM THE TRAILER, BUT YES, WE WE'RE, WE'RE ON TRACK FOR, FOR THE MOVE NEXT WEEK. AND THIS IS ONLY THE FRONT PART OF THE BUIL, THE OFFICE AREA AND KITCHEN AREA, NOT THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. MORE IT'S, IT'S THE OFFICE AREA. THE HIGH BAY AREAS ARE, ARE, ARE NEED, NEED SOME ADDITIONAL WORK BOTH INSIDE AND ALSO, UM, UH, MR. FRY, UH, RELAYED THE, UH, THE CONCRETE. IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE BIG PAD OF CONCRETE'S HALFWAY CHIPPED UP. IT NEEDS REPLACED AND THEY'RE REPLACING IT. AND THAT WORK, ALL OF THAT WORK. THE, THE LAST THREE FIFTHS OR, OR, UH, SO OF THREE FOURTHS OF THE BUILDING WILL BE DONE BY MAY 8TH. WHAT IS OUR TARGET DATE? YEAH, WE WERE SHOOTING FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY. UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE TEAM AS WE WORK THROUGH THE, UM, LAST MINUTE DETAILS OF SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL, UH, ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING IN BASED ON THE LOCATION OF GARAGE EQUIPMENT, BUT STILL HOPING AND FEELING THAT THAT IS FEASIBLE. ALL RIGHT. MOTHER'S DAY DELIVERY THEN HOW WONDERFUL. UH, OKAY. UH, MS. BARNHARD, ANYTHING TO ADD AT THIS POINT? UM, NOT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE. I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIGHTING AND DARK SKY COMPLIANCE. SO TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT, UM, THE TEAM IS CURRENTLY EXPLORING THAT AND LOOKING INTO IT. UM, THE LIGHTING FOR THE SITE WAS DESIGNED AND APPROVED TO MEET COUNTY REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME THAT THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED AND PERMITTED. THE FIXTURES THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, AND ON THE PLANS ARE CONSIDERED CUTOFF LIGHTS, MEANING THAT THE FIXTURE SENDS THE LIGHT DOWNWARD AND NOT HORIZONTALLY OR UP INTO THE SKY DIRECTLY. UM, HOWEVER, THERE ARE COMPONENTS THAT DO NOT MEET THE FULL DARK SKY COMPLIANCE, UM, AS THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. BUT THE TEAM IS EXPLORING OPTIONS TO, UH, HOPEFULLY IMPROVE COMPLIANCE, UH, INCLUDING LOOKING AT POTENTIAL OF ADDING [01:00:01] SHIELDS TO THE LIGHTS. UH, ALSO WE ARE EXPLORING, UH, SEPARATING THE LIGHTS ONTO DIFFERENT CIRCUITS SO THAT THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS AND TURNING THEM OFF AT CERTAIN TIMES AND PERIODS, UH, CAN BE EXPLORED, WHICH IS ALSO A COMPONENT OF DARK SKIES AS WELL. SO IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE TEAM TO FULLY EXPLORE THIS AND UH, WORK THROUGH IT, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M, I, I'M THINKING THAT THIS, THE DARK SKIES COMPONENT WILL BE SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO INCREMENTALLY TO GET THERE. MR. BRAMAN? WELL, I'M HOPING THAT SOME DO, UM, LIKE ADDING ADDITIONAL SHIELDING TO THE LIGHTS. UH, WE ALSO, THIS CIRCUITRY I WAS ALREADY PLANNING ON TRYING TO SEE IF WE COULDN'T DARKEN THE ENTIRE NORTH SIDE. UM, PARKING LIGHTS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. UM, BUT THEN ALSO TOO, WE HAVE TO MAKE IT ALL DARK FOR, UM, FIREWORKS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY DONE. SO, UM, IN LOOKING AT THAT, WE THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CUT SERIOUSLY, CUT BACK THE LIGHTING. UM, EXACTLY. UM, WELL AS ROBIN SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE STRIVING TO GET CLOSER TO WHAT DARK SKY REQUIREMENTS WOULD, UH, WOULD BE THERE AND AS WE GO THROUGH IT, WE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH IT, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION. CAN YOU UPDATE US ON THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES NORTH OF THE BUILDING? BROADLY SPEAKING, ARE THEY ONLINE FOR T-BALL, A SOCCER? THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE, AS I SAID AS SAID LAST TIME, INCREASING EXPONENTIALLY BY THE WEEK NOW. UM, I RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, I BELIEVE THEY START UP IN APRIL. UM, MR. FRY IS TRYING TO ACTUALLY GET THE WORK DONE, UM, IN BETWEEN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THE LOD FENCE, UM, HOPEFULLY STARTING NEXT WEEK AND DONE WITHIN A WEEK. SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT IN MARCH. THERE ARE SOME VARIABLES, BUT UM, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT, UM, COMPLETED AND THEN WE DO HAVE A CONTINGENCY IF WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT, UH, QUICKLY. UM, THEN WE'D PROBABLY BE ABLE TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, UNFETTERED ACCESS TO THE BATHROOMS IF WE'RE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THAT QUICKLY. UM, WE DID DISCUSS SOME, SOME, UH, WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REARRANGE THE FENCING, BUT WE'RE, I THINK, BUT, BUT WHEN THEY'RE WORKING IN THAT AREA, FENCING HAS TO BE UP. SO THE GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO GET THAT WORK COMPLETED, KNOCKED OUT. UM, I THINK BEN ACTUALLY MADE A, UH, GOOD STRIDE WITH THE UH, UH, UH, UH, PRE PREFORMED, UH, CONCRETE COMPANY, UH, TODAY THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO LOWER THE MANHOLES WAS WAS, WHICH WAS A BIG, UH, CONTENTION POINT. SO WE'RE HOPING WE CAN WRAP THIS UP IN MARCH AND, AND FREE UP THE FIELDS EVEN MORE SO FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, THAT IS BETTER NEWS THAN I HAD STEELED MYSELF FOR. I DO WANT US TO BE OPEN IF NECESSARY TO UH, OBTAINING PORTABLE BATHROOMS. UH, AND THEN, UH, WE WILL DEAL WITH THE COST OF THAT DOWN THE ROAD. UH, IF THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE BEFORE WE CAN OPEN THOSE BATHROOMS. YES SIR. UM, I HAD, OH, THE LAST QUESTION WAS THE, THE VEHICLE CHARGERS, ARE THOSE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE NOW? UM, PARDON ME? THE VEHICLE CHARGERS, ARE THEY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE? UM, NOT YET. UM, OKAY. WELL AS IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK OUT BACK WHERE WE'RE GONNA PARK ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES, THAT'S THAT CONCRETE PAD THAT'S BEING TORN UP RIGHT NOW, IT'S GONNA BE REPORTED AND THEN IT'S GONNA HAVE TO CURE. SO WHILE WE'RE MOVING IN, IT IS GONNA BE A HYBRID SYSTEM FOR A WHILE WHERE MOST OF OUR TRUCKS ARE STILL EITHER GONNA BE OUT BY THE TRAILER INSTEAD OF USING UP THE PARKING SPACES RIGHT HERE. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, UM, EVOLVE WITH. BUT ONCE WE CAN MOVE BACK THERE AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WHEN OUR TRUCKS ARE IN THERE, PEOPLE DO FROM TIME TO TIME, AS YOU MAY RECALL, PARK AT THOSE CHARGERS IN VERY AWKWARD, UH, POSITIONING. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN GETTING OUR VEHICLES IN AND OUT. SO I ANTICIPATE THOUGH, HOPEFULLY, UM, IN APRIL THEM BECOMING COMPLETELY OPENED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. WE WILL AWAIT, UM, WE WILL AWAIT THAT. I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD LOVE TO GET A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT AS SOON AS THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THOSE. OH, THEY WILL. THANK YOU. JUST AS WE, WE, THEY, PEOPLE COME DOWN, THEY WANT TO CHARGE, WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO GET 'EM TO IT. ALRIGHT, MR. TANZI HAD HIS HAND UP COUNSEL, OTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. YEAH, JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION. SINCE UM, T-BALL SEASON BASEBALL SEASON'S COMING UP, WHERE WILL THOSE PUBLIC WORKS BUILD, SORRY, VEHICLES BE ON THE WEEKEND BECAUSE PEOPLE DEFINITELY GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL IF THEY CAN. WILL [01:05:01] THOSE, WHAT PARKING WILL BE AVAILABLE THERE ON THE WEEKEND WHEN YOU KNOW UNTIL THE CONCRETE CURES? UM, WELL CERTAINLY THE DIAGONAL PARKING AND I BELIEVE ALSO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARK ALONGSIDE THE, UH, ON THE SIDES OF THE DRIVEWAY UP AGAINST THE ORANGE FENCE. I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO PARK UP AGAINST AND, UM, THERE MAY BE SOME, WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN'T HAVE SOME PARKING SPACES, YOU KNOW, DOWN FARTHER. UM, SO BETWEEN THE DIAGONAL, THE DRIVEWAY AS I CALL IT ON THE WAY DOWN AND SOME PARKING UP AT THE TOP, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY WITH THE, WITH THE MISSION TO TRY TO GET OUTTA THEIR WAY EVEN MORE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT I GUESS, I MEAN, OTHER PEOPLE CAN SPEAK TO THIS, I MIGHT BE FORGETTING SOMETHING, BUT, UM, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO MOVE SOME VEHICLES TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER PARKING LOT OVER THE WEEKEND SINCE WE'D HAVE A NEW PARKING AREA JUST OUTSIDE THE, UH, ELY BUILDING THAT I SUSPECT THAT THE T-BALL FAMILIES WOULD LOVE TO USE. UM, WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR MEETING, FOR MEETING NIGHTS LIKE TONIGHT, WE, WE HAVE BEEN MOVING THE TRUCKS UP THERE, SO WE ARE AWARE OF THAT AND THAT IS ONE WAY FOR US TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. UM, RIGHT NOW THOUGH, WE DO HAVE A, UH, CONSTRUCTION FENCE BLOCKING OFF THE PARKING BACK HERE, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO TALK TO THE TEAM ABOUT, CAN WE OPEN THAT UP? HOW SOON CAN WE OPEN THAT UP? UM, WE DO HAVE THE, THE, THE GATE HAS BEEN INSTALLED BACK HERE, SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO OPEN THAT UP QUICKER. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET BACK INTO AREA. NO, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THAT GATE, WHICH IS A PERMANENT FEATURE OF THE BUILDING, HAS BEEN INSTALLED. IT'S NOT THE TEMPORARY FENCE, IT'S A PERMANENT GATE THAT WILL RESTRICT THE PUBLIC FROM PARKING ON THE WEST END OF THE BUILDING. CURRENTLY THOUGH, DOESN'T HAVE THE MOTOR TO IT, BUT OKAY. IT WILL SOON , BUT YES SIR. YOU, YOU ARE SEAT PARK COMA VOID. ANYONE ELSE? MR. WADE, JUST WANNA CONFIRM ALSO THE, THE PORTABLE BATHROOMS WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING THE SEASON, CORRECT? THE PORTABLE BATHROOMS AT, AT A MINIMUM. UM, WE'RE HOPING TO ACTUALLY GET THE, THE BATHROOMS THAT ARE PART OF THE LOWER PART OF THE BUILDING THAT ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING OPENED UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO IF WE HAVE THOSE, THOSE BATHROOMS ARE VERY NICE. UM, THOSE SHOULD SUFFICE TO REPLACE THE TWO THAT WERE THERE BEFORE. HOPEFULLY THERE WON'T BE A NEED FOR PORTABLE BATHROOMS AFTER THAT. THERE STILL MAY BE A NEED FOR ONE UP, UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL WHERE WE'VE HAD ONE, SO WE ALREADY HAVE SOME EXTRA PORTABLE BATHROOMS HERE IN, IN THE FIELD, BUT WE'LL BE FLEXIBLE WITH THAT. THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR MR. FRY OR MR. BRAMAN AND MR. GALLOWAY? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU THEN FOR THAT UPDATE. UH, WE WILL HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS. UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 14. OH, I'M SORRY. WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC, ANY RESIDENT INPUT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ELY BUILDING NAME WARD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES GREEN LIGHT'S ON. THERE YOU GO. IT WAS . UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE, UH, TRACK, UM, THE STATUS OF THE TRACK, IS IT FULLY REPAIRED AND OPENED OR WHAT'S THE ESTIMATE? THANK YOU. UM, THE FENCING THAT IS SURROUNDING THE WORK AREA THAT, UM, IS STILL NEEDED TO BE DONE, NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR THAT WORK. SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO OPEN UP THE NEW PART OF THE, UH, OF, OF THE TRACK. SO WE'RE STILL DIVERTING PEOPLE AROUND THE FENCE. UM, AGAIN, I WOULD HOPE THAT IN APRIL OR UM, BEGINNING OF APRIL WE'RE OPENING THAT FULLY UP. THANK YOU FOR THAT LAYLA AZI WORD ONE FIRST. THANK YOU. I, I APPRECIATE GETTING A RESPONSE ON DARK SKY COMPLIANT, UM, LIGHTING AND I, I WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT WE NOT TRY TO GET CLOSE THAT WE ACTUALLY GET TO DARK SKY COMPLIANT LIGHTING. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP WHEN TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CONVERSATION OF HANDLING THE GRADE RELATED, YOU KNOW, COMING UP TO THE TRACK AND WHAT HAS BEEN, WHAT HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS SURROUNDING THAT. AND TO ENCOURAGE THAT WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH, UM, RESIDENTS WHO ARE WELL-INFORMED AND CAN PROVIDE, UM, SOME INPUT ON WHAT MIGHT BE GOOD APPROACHES AND, AND [01:10:01] IF WE ARE NOT WILLING TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY ON SITE WHO HAS THE DIRECT EXPERIENCE FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK. I ALSO WANTED TO ENCOURAGE, AND THIS IS LESS PROBABLY FOR KELLER AND MORE FOR, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SINCE WE'RE COMING UP ON BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, THAT THERE, THERE WOULD BE GREAT BENEFIT TO HAVING INDIVIDUALS IN TOWN THAT ARE STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE TRAINING ON HOW TO HANDLE, AS WE'RE INCREASINGLY LOOKING AT RAIN GARDENS, INCREASINGLY LOOKING AT, UM, SPILL POOLS, DIFFERENT THINGS ALONG THE WAY THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF, AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO. I'M HAPPY TO BE CORRECTED, UM, WHO ARE CERTIFIED HAVE COMPLETED, AND THERE'S A COST FOR THAT AND FOR THAT TO BE BUDGETED FOR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT, THAT'S MONEY WASTED. UM, IT LOOKS GOOD IN THE BEGINNING. IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THROUGH. AND THEN ALSO I, I'D LIKE TO LEARN, AND MAYBE THIS IS A, A COLOR QUESTION. UM, HOW LONG WILL THE RAIN GARDENS, UH, ALONG THE, THE PROJECT HERE, UM, BE MAINTAINED UNDER THE AGREEMENT WITH KELLER? OR IS THE TOWN IMMEDIATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM? AND I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I DO APPRECIATE ANSWERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT. UH, ANY MR. FRY OR MR. BRAMAN, ANY OF THAT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS AT THIS TIME? WE HAVE AN OVERALL ONE YEAR WARRANTY, UH, WITH KELLER. UM, AND SO THAT WOULD AT LEAST APPLY TO, I BELIEVE, THE VIABILITY OF THE PLANTS. BUT, UM, AS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF IT, THAT'S GONNA IMMEDIATELY FALL ON US. UM, SO ON THE ONE SIDE, THE MAINTENANCE IN THE BEGINNING IS NOT AS MUCH. UM, WE DO HAVE PLANS TO, UH, UM, UH, TO, TO BRING, UH, STAFF MEMBERS UP TO TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE AS, UM, AS, AS WE GO ON. SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE IN, IN A GOOD POSITION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. FRY, ARE YOU STILL ON? IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH, YEAH. NO, THAT'S GOT IT. GOT RIGHT ON. RIGHT ON. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT. UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER RESIDENT INPUT ON THE KELLER CONSTRUCTION? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, UH, COUNSEL, LET US MOVE TO ITEM 14, HOSPITAL [14. Hospital Hill Update] HILL. UM, CH HILL UPDATE. AS YOU NO DOUBT KNOW, UH, WE HAVE A DEADLINE OF MARCH 20TH TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE PPS, THE PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SUBDIVISION, UH, TO PARK AND PLANNING. UH, HUGE THANKS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE FOR PREPARING, UH, EXTENSIVE COMMENTS. UH, IT IS MY INTENTION TO INCLUDE THOSE COMMENTS VERBATIM, UH, AS ATTACHMENTS TO THE LETTER THAT WE SUBMIT. UH, IT IS MY INTENTION THAT WE IN SUBMIT A RELATIVELY TIGHTLY FOCUSED LETTER OF TWO OR THREE PAGES TO TRY TO HIT THE, UH, MOST IMPORTANT POINTS. UM, I VIEW THIS AS OUR CHANCE TO DOCUMENT WHAT WE WANT THE DE DETAILED SITE PLAN TO HAVE IN IT WHEN IT IS WRITTEN IN X NUMBER OF MONTHS FROM NOW. UM, UH, AND OF COURSE THESE ALL, ALL THAT, ALL OF THAT SUBMISSION. SO I THINK WE'RE UP TO LIKE 25 PAGES TOTAL NOW. ALL OF THAT WILL BE EXTENSIVELY REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING STAFF, UH, AT THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AND, AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THEM. COUNSEL, I HAVE ALREADY FIVE OR SIX ITEMS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE CHANGED IN THE LETTER SO WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS, OTHER ITEMS YOU HAVE. UH, AND THEN, UH, YOU CAN EITHER MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW MR. GALLOWAY AND I TO FINISH THE LETTER, OR IF YOU PREFER, WE CAN REWRITE IT AND VOTE ON A VERSION AS AN AGENDA ITEM NEXT THURSDAY WHEN WE'RE ALREADY MEETING ANYWAY, TO DISCUSS REVENUE. UM, ANY ANYONE ON COUNSEL WANNA LEAD US OFF OR SHALL I GO THROUGH THE HANDFUL OF ADDITIONS THAT I HAVE? GO AHEAD, MR. TANZI. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I GET ON RECORD WHAT, UH, CAME UP IN THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING YESTERDAY, UM, BEFORE LANE. CAN YOU READ IT OUT SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR IT FIRST? THE LETTER? YEAH. WELL, EVERYONE HAS THE LETTER IN THEIR PACKET. YES, I HOPE SO. OKAY. YEAH. SO, UM, GO AHEAD. FORTUNATELY, [01:15:01] THE PARAGRAPHS, UH, START WITH, UH, EASY TO FIND WORDS LIKE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH. SO I'LL REFERENCE THE PARAGRAPHS BY BY THAT. SO THE ONE STARTING WITH FIRST, UH, TALKS ABOUT, UM, RETAIL, RIGHT, AND . UM, AND THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT, WE TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY CAN BE HELD TO. 'CAUSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT HIGH QUALITY, UH, RETAIL, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE MORE OF AN EXPECTATION OR A DEMAND RATHER THAN SOMETHING WE'RE ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO GET, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT COME. UM, IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH THAT STARTS WITH SECOND, UM, THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT SORT OF THE LEGAL STRENGTH OF THE WORD SHOULD AFTER THEN THE LAST SENTENCE, THE PREFERRED BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ADEQUACY PROJECT ALONG PEPSI PLACE SHOULD BE SELECTED. I SAID WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WRITING SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES THAT THEY DO THAT OR THAT WE'RE MAKING IT CLEAR THAT WE, WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO DO THAT. AND THAT SHOULD BE, UH, CONDITIONAL, NOT, UM, NOT A SUGGESTION. UM, THERE WAS ALSO THE TERM, UH, SECOND TO LAST SENTENCE THAT SAYS, TRAILS SHOULD BE EASY TO USE AND BUILT WITH NATURAL SURFACES. UM, THEY SAID THAT IS A VERY PRECISE TERM IN, UH, THIS WORLD. AND USUALLY MAY MEANS, YOU KNOW, WELL, COULD MEAN THAT YOU'RE GETTING DIRT TRAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH MIGHT NOT BE WHAT, WHAT WE WANT. THEY HAD SUGGESTED LANGUAGE. MAKE SURE THEY ARE A DA ACCESSIBLE AND MADE WITH, UM, MATERIALS LIKE PERSONAL, UH, WITH LIKE PERMEABLE PAVEMENT SO THAT YOU'RE NOT YEAH, OF COURSE, SAYING A SPECIFIC THING. YOU'RE GIVEN A A, A TYPE, A CATEGORY OF, OF PRODUCT. UM, IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH, UH, IMPACTED BY ADDED TRAFFIC, UH, IS A HIGH BAR. SO IF WE SAY IMPACTED, IT CAN MEAN UNLESS WE SAY THE ROAD IS NO LONGER SUFFICIENT, THEY, THEY CAN ARGUE IT, IT HAS NOT BEEN IMPACTED. SO, UM, FINDING LANGUAGE LIKE, UM, INCREASED TRIPS, UM, TO, UH, TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT MM-HMM . UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANY MEANINGFUL INCREASE, NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT, THAT RAISES A, YOU KNOW, A, IT'S NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL KIND OF BAR. UM, THEY DID SAY CLOSING THE ROADS ENTIRELY IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE HAPPEN. UM, SO HE RECOMMENDED EMPHASIZING ROAD IMPROVEMENTS LIKE BUMP OUTS, UH, THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN GET THE DEVELOPER TO, UH, COMMIT TO, TO FUNDING. BUT ONCE YOU OPEN 'EM, CLOSING THEM ENTIRELY IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BRIAN SPEAKING WHO HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS STUFF. SO, UM, HE DIDN'T GO INTO GREAT DETAIL, BUT HE SAID SOMETHING THAT IS, IS ACTIONABLE IS THE ROAD DIET TYPE, UH, UH, INSTALLMENTS. AND THAT WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE THAT IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH. IT SAID, LEAD IS A PRIVATE COMPANY. THERE ARE OTHER GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS. WE SHOULD USE LANGUAGE LIKE HIGHEST GREEN, STANDARD EEG, LEAD PLATINUM, SO THAT IF THEY FIND AN EQUIVALENT THAT IS OKAY. UM, THEY SAID THAT THE BEST WAY TO ENHANCE THE BUS USE IS TO BUILD BETTER BUS STOPS. SO HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BUS STOPS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ALL THE BUS STOPS SHOULD HAVE SHELTERS AND TRASH CANS AND BENCHES AND RETI, REAL TIME ARRIVAL INFORMATION, SOME LIST LIKE THAT. UM, I THINK THAT IS IT FOR THE, THE PLANNING BOARD. UH, NOTES. CARLO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? CAN WE BRING CARLO UP? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN. HELLO? OKAY, GREEN? YES. GREEN MICS WITH NO SOUND. TRY AGAIN. TURN IT OFF AND ON. YEAH. HELLO? HELLO. CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR AUDIO PLEASE? AUDIO PLEASE. HELLO. IT'S NOT USED AUDIO. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE AUDIO. AHA, HERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. UM, I, I, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI TOOK ALL [01:20:01] OF MY COMMENTS EXCEPT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE THING ON THE LAST POINT. THE POINT AROUND THE TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, I THINK ONE KEY ISSUE IS NOT JUST CLARIFYING WHAT NEEDS TO BE AT THE BUS STOPS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE USED, BUT THAT THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER. THAT THE DEVELOPER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN THE TOWN AND THE DEVELOPER CAN WORK TOGETHER TO GET MORE BUS TRIPS AND THINGS, BUT THAT IT SHOULD BE ON THEM TO ACTUALLY PUT AN INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNSEL. UM, MAYBE I'LL, MAYBE I'LL GO OVER THE COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT I WROTE DOWN FROM SPEAKING WITH OTHER FOLKS. SOME OF THEM ARE FROM THE PLANNING BOARD. I DID HAVE THE NATURAL SERVICES. UM, ADEQUACY DOES NOT EQUAL IMPACT, UH, IS NOT THE SAME AS IMPACT REGARDING THE STREETS. UM, I WROTE A NOTE THAT WE SHOULD MENTION THE PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON THE BUSINESS PART THAT THEY CAN ENCOURAGE THE BUSINESSES. UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DEVELOPER WORKING WITH THE TOWN AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WE DIDN'T SAY THAT IN THE LETTER, WE SHOULD SAY THAT. UM, WHILE YOU'RE READING THIS LETTER, YOU SHOULD ALSO READ THE PLANNING BOARD AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMENTS. UM, WE DIDN'T SAY THAT. UH, I WROTE DOWN A NOTE, I SHOULD SAY. THE LETTER SHOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT CELL TOWERS AND CELL SERVICE. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT IT SHOULD SAY, BUT IT SHOULD SAY THAT WE CAN WORK ON THAT. AND THEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUILDING IS THE OTHER NOTE THAT I WROTE TO MYSELF. UH, WE DON'T CURRENTLY DISCUSS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUILDING, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. UM, COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE OTHER ITEMS? GO AHEAD, MR. WADE. YEAH, FIRST JUST THANK THE, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, FOR COMING TO A CO CONSENSUS, UH, ON A SHORT NOTICE. I KNOW THE DATE WAS ORIGINALLY THE 10TH, BUT TO THE 20TH, UH, REGARDING THAT. UM, THE THIRD PARAGRAPH IS VERY MUCH, UH, IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE LANGUAGE WE SAID HERE, LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPERS IN FUT IN THE FUTURE TO IMPLEMENT LONG TERM CONFIGURATIONS THAT PROTECT THE RESIDENTS. SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT ASPECT OF THINGS. AND, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, I ALWAYS MENTION THE FACT OF COMING TO A VOTE REGARDING THE VEHICULAR ACCESS REGARDING THAT AS WELL, I YIELD BACK. OKAY. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, ANYTHING? OKAY. ANYONE ELSE AT THIS POINT DO, OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT? WE CAN GO TO RESIDENT INPUT AND THEN COME BACK. ARE THERE ANY, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE LETTER OR ITS ATTACHMENTS? UH, NAME AND WORD AND YOU HAVE A SINGLE BLOCK OF THREE MINUTES? I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T NEED ALL THAT IF I'M STILL GOING HERE. , SHEILA CELL WAR II. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE, UM, VARIOUS DOCUMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN WHAT IS, WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAD CALLED IN ANOTHER DOCUMENT. THE COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL SET ASSESSMENT HAVE NOW BEEN, UM, PROVIDED. SO WE CAN TAKE THAT OFF OUR WISHLIST. UM, , THESE INCLUDED THE FOREST DELINEATION REPORT, THE WETLAND, UM, DELINEATION REPORT AND THE SOIL REPORT. THEY'RE VERY INTERESTING. SO IT'S VERY NICE TO TO HAVE THEM. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE WILL REMOVE THAT BULLET POINT FROM PAGE TH TWO OF THE LETTER AS A VIC EARLY VICTORY NAME WARD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. YES, I SHOULDN'T, I SHOULDN'T NEED THAT. UM, LAYLA AZI WARD ONE. UM, I, UH, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THIS FROM HERE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT THE MAYOR BE GIVEN, UM, SUPPORT TO COMPLETE THE LETTER WITH, UM, MR. GALLOWAY WITH THE TOWN ADMINISTRATORS SUPPORT, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT'LL BE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY JUST AS YOU KNOW, WHAT DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. AND JUST TO EMPOWER THE MAYOR TO DO THIS, BECAUSE IF, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO REVIEW EVERY LITTLE THING, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING ACROSS, UM, THE DIOCESE, THAT THERE IS A CONSENSUS ON THE, THE TONE, THE DIRECTION, AND THE ITEMS HERE. SO PLEASE, UM, DO SUPPORT THAT SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE BEST PRODUCT. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY IN ALL OF THIS IS, UM, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE BE SOMEBODY FROM THE TOWN AT THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, MEETING. UM, BECAUSE WHEN THEY ASK FOR SOMEONE FROM CH AND THERE ISN'T SOMEONE FROM CH THERE, THAT JUST [01:25:01] ISN'T THE TONE THAT WE WANT TO SET. SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE MAYOR TO BE PRESENT, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. UM, UH, IF, IF NOT FOR THE MAYOR TO HAVE THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, UM, THERE, I THINK IT'S, IT IS CRITICAL FOR ONE OF YOUR VOICES TO BE THERE. UM, AND BEYOND THAT, THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MAYOR INCLUDING TO WORK WITH THE TOWN. AND IF YOU COULD EVEN ADD TOWN AND COMMUNITY, UH, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY BECAUSE THERE IS THAT OFFICIAL BODY. AND THEN THERE, THERE ARE THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. ARE THERE, IS THERE OTHER PUBLIC INPUT ON THE LETTER OR THE PLAN? NAME AND WARD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WON'T NEED THREE MINUTES. QUITE QUICK COMMENT ACTUALLY. JOYCE JONES, WARD TWO. UM, I'M GONNA REITERATE SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE, OF THE, THIS AGENDA ITEM. I'LL JUST QUOTE FROM THE MAYOR'S LETTER ACTUALLY. WE ALSO EXPRESS OUR DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS DONATED BY THE CH PLANNING BOARD AND THE CH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE TO THIS PROJECT OVER THE PAST DECADE AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS OF THIS LETTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU, THE COUNCIL AND THE TOWN STAFF FOR RECOGNIZING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TRULY THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT VOLUNTEERS WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THE TOWN PUT INTO IT. UM, SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, THAT IS APPRECIATED. IS THERE OTHER PUBLIC, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE? I CAN'T SEE ANYONE. DO YOU SEE ANYONE? NO. UH, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ONLINE OR IN PERSON SEEKING TO MAKE PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS PROCESS. COUNSEL, UH, LET'S GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL. MR. LEG HECK. AND THEN VICE MAYOR IS YOUR HAND UP? YES, GO AHEAD. UM, THANK YOU. UH, SO I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UH, I THINK THE LETTER IS GREAT. I THINK THE TWO EXTRA DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO OUTSTANDING. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, UM, I THINK THAT AS YOU SAID, UH, THE MAYOR SAID THAT IF WE CAN HAVE A DIRECTED COMMENT SOMEWHERE IN OUR LETTER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLANNING BOARD DOCUMENT AND THE GIC DOCUMENT ARE HIGHLIGHTED, THAT WHAT THEY HAVE SAID IS IMPORTANT TO US AS MUCH AS THE LETTER THAT WE HAVE WRITTEN AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE THREE DOCUMENTS SHOULD ALSO BE GIVEN EQUAL WEIGHT IN THE, UH, BEFORE THE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD. AND THEN, UH, JUST PICKING UP ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WADE SAID, UH, THAT ANYTHING REGARDING ROAD ACCESS IS NOT FINALIZED AT THIS POINT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE A DECISION AND THAT THAT PROCESS CONTINUES, THAT NOTHING IS BEING FINALIZED AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR BRIER, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO MR. TANZI. OKAY. TWO THINGS. ONE, UM, JUST TO PICK UP ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER LEGA HECK WAS SAYING, WHAT WE ARE DOING ON OUR SIDE OF THE ROADS IS NOT FINALIZED, BUT ACCORDING TO THIS LETTER AND THE PPS GOING FORWARD, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THE ROADS AS OUT. OKAY, GREAT. YES. UM, MY QUESTION IS TRULY A QUESTION. NOT SURE IF THIS, IF THE LETTER IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THIS, BUT LAST WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO, WE WERE HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, LIKE, UH, HO HOAS AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS AND WHETHER THOSE WERE GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER THERE'S A SCENARIO WHERE THOSE AREN'T A PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THE TOWN SORT OF FILLS THAT ROLE, UM, INCLUDING WHATEVER PROGRAMMING IS HAPPENING IN PUBLIC SPACES. UM, QUESTION IS, IS THIS LETTER A VENUE TO BRING THAT UP OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT GETS SORT OF HASHED OUT LATER IN THE PROCESS? UH, I THINK IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD TACKLE IT NOW, UH, IN ORDER TO TACKLE IT AGAIN LATER. I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY, IN, SO THIS COULD BE NAIVE, BUT IN MY VIEW, THE ANNEXATION DISCUSSION IN PARA IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, UH, OBVIATES THE NEED, IT JUST SORT OF SHUTS DOWN THE IDEA OF AN HOA OR WHATEVER THE OTHER THING IS. BUT IF YOU WANT TO TACKLE IT HEAD ON, I THINK WE SHOULD. I THINK WE'RE UNANIMOUS THAT WE DON'T LIKE THAT. I THINK WE ALSO TRIED TO SAY MAYBE NOT [01:30:01] EXPLICITLY ENOUGH THAT WE EXPECT EVERYTHING THAT'S AVAILABLE THERE TO BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY PUBLICLY. BUT IF IT'S NOT, GO, GO AHEAD. I, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT PREMISE IS CORRECT. I THINK THE WAY THAT EVERYONE WAS TALKING LAST TIME, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION THAT EVEN IF WE WERE TO ANNEX THAT THERE WOULD STILL BE THIS, UM, INSTITUTION OR, OR ORGANIZATION OF SOME KIND. UM, AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE AS EXPLICIT AS, AS WE CAN BE WITHOUT RUFFLING TOO MANY FEATHERS. YEAH, NO, I AGREE. AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE EXPLICIT THAT WE EXPECT IT NEVER NOT TO BE RAISED OR INSTITUTED. UM, HOWEVER, TO SAY THAT DIPLOMATICALLY MR. WADE, YEAH. NOT MEAN TO CALL ANYONE OUT. I SAW THE, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD. I FORGOT YOUR LAST NAME. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT BY CHANCE? SORRY TO CALL YOU OUT, BUT I SAW YOUR REACTION, CARLOS, IF THAT IFS IF THAT, IF THAT IS OKAY. MAYOR, YES, GO AHEAD. I, I ONLY WAS, UM, CARLOS SILBIGER WORD FOUR. I'M JUST WATCHING YOU. I'M SORRY. YEAH, NO, NO, NO PROBLEM. I I, I WAS ONLY BECAUSE THIS CAME UP AT THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND THE DEVELOPERS. I REMEMBER THAT IT WAS MENTIONED THAT, UM, DECISIONS RELATED TO THE HOA WOULD BE IN SUBSEQUENT, UH, PORTIONS OF THE PROCESS AND NOT THIS ONE. WHICH DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T INCLUDE THE COMMENT NOW, OF COURSE, BUT JUST WHEN IT'LL BE ADDRESSED. UM, YEAH, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE, UH, ANYTHING FURTHER, MR. NO, I, I I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE SHOULD LAY IT OUT UPFRONT IN MY OPINION. SO WE, THERE'S A HARD STANCE ON YEAH. WHERE WE, WHERE WE ARE. SO, WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME FREE SPACE NOW ON PAGE TWO SINCE WE DELETED THAT, THAT, SO THAT, THAT MIGHT BE THE REPLACEMENT TEXT. UH, BULLET POINT. MR. TANZI, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. UM, THANK YOU. UH, SO MARGINS TWO THINGS. ONE ON, UH, EACH OF THE MAIN ISSUES RAISED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER WADE. UM, SO FIRST FOR THE THROUGH STREETS, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DIS WE DON'T HAVE TO DISCUSS THE HISTORY EXACTLY, BUT WE ADDRESS THE HISTORY OF THIS DEBATE. AND THE, THE BIGGEST TALKING POINT, I THINK IS THAT THE, THE DATA WE DID COLLECT SAID THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORT OF THE THROUGH STREETS IS CONTINGENT ON ANNEXATION. AND I WOULDN'T USE THE WORD CONTINGENT IN, IN OUR LETTER, BUT WE WANT TO TIE THOSE TOGETHER. UM, AND IF ANYTHING, TO SHOW THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY SHOWED THE COMMUNITY THAT WE, WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT REALITY, THAT WE HOPE THAT THIS IS GONNA BECOME PART OF CH AND THAT WE WANT TO BE CONNECTED TO WHAT IS GONNA BECOME PART OF CH. UM, AND SO I THINK THERE'S A, A WAY TO WEAVE THAT IN SO IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS JUST HAPPENING BY DEFAULT. AND IT IS A, A, SOMETHING WE'VE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND MOVED FORWARD WITH ON THE HOAS, ET CETERA. UH, THE ONLY ASTERISK I'M GOING TO ADD TO THAT IS I, I HAVE BEEN IN OTHER MEETINGS WHERE THE DEVELOPERS ARE PRESENTING TO DIFFERENT GROUPS AND THEY, THEY ADDRESS THEIR SORT OF ACTIVITIES GROUP AS VERY MUCH A SORT OF A RECRUITMENT GROUP THAT IT'S HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO WANT TO MOVE HERE? HOW DO WE HAVE ACTIVITIES? SO YOU THINK WHEN YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR RESIDENTS HERE, YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR FRIDAY MOVIE NIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T WRITE IT IN SUCH A RIGID WAY THAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT GONNA LET YOU DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THAT THEY, THE WAY THEY SPEAK ABOUT IT IS THEY FEEL IS ESSENTIAL TO ATTRACTING YEAH. PEOPLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT. NO, I UNDERSTAND. WHICH I THINK IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HOA AND TALKING ABOUT HOW LONG THE GRASS CAN BE AND KIND OF STUFF. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN SPEAK TO MORE FORCEFULLY. UM, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I THINK THAT IS EAS THAT SECOND POINT IS EASIER THAN THE FIRST POINT. I THINK WE CAN ADDRESS THAT, UM, THE, ON YOUR FIRST POINT. YEAH, I, I MEAN, LET ME KNOW IF YOU THINK THAT IN THE PARAGRAPH THAT STARTS WITH THIRD, YOU THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO DIRECTLY CONNECT THE DISCUSSION OF THE, SO TO SPEAK, THE DISCUSSION OF THE ROADS WITH ANNEXATION. I MEAN, WE ADDRESSED ANNEXATION AND OUR INTENT TO DO SO IN THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH, BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE SECOND PAGE, MAYBE YOU LOST THE THREAD AND, AND THE, AND THE, UH, CONNECTION IS NOT AS DIRECT. WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW OR SATURDAY, SEND ME AN IDEA IF YOU WANT THAT THIRD PARAGRAPH TO MORE EXPLICITLY MAKE THE, OKAY, I'LL TRY TO FIND A WAY TO PUT IT IN THERE. IN, IN THE WAY I'M, OKAY, I'M TRYING TO DESCRIBE THAT. THAT DOESN'T [01:35:01] PUT US IN A BIND. UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS? ALRIGHT, THEN SEEING NONE, WE WILL FINISH WITH THE COUNCIL AND THAT WILL BE MR. WADES. YEAH. THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI FOR THE, UH, THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS. UM, I WOULD BE REMISS TO SAY THAT THE DATA ALSO SAYS THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS, UH, DO, DO NOT WANT THE, UH, THE THROUGH STREETS AS WELL. SO, UM, THE DATA DOES ALSO SAY THAT AS WELL. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE ANY POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY ADDITIONAL DATA BASED POINTS, UH, IN IN THE THIRD IN THAT PARAGRAPH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. VICE MAYOR, DID YOU WANNA COME IN? UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS JUST ABOUT NEXT STEPS, UM, AND FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN EMPOWERING THE MAYOR AND THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS, BUT STILL INCORPORATING COUNSEL INPUT WHERE POSSIBLE. YEAH, I THINK, UM, I'M FINE WITH EITHER OPTION. UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TWO ALTERNATIVES, THE TWO OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL ARE TELL MR. GALLOWAY AND UH, AND ME TO FIGURE IT OUT AND WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT AND GET A LETTER SENT BY, UH, THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK. UM, AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE A COUPLE DAYS TO SEND US INPUT AND WE WOULD FIGURE IT OUT. THE SECOND OPTION IS YOU, WE, YOU SEND US WHAT YOU WANT BY SUNDAY AND THEN BY MONDAY I GIVE IT TO THE TOWN CLERK. SHE PUTS IT IN AT A FINISHED LETTER IN THE PACKET FOR THURSDAY AND WE SPEND 30 MINUTES OF NEXT THURSDAY'S MEETING AS AN AGENDA ITEM ADOPTING THE LETTER. THAT'S STILL, THAT'S THE 19TH. IT WILL TAKE US AN ADDITIONAL HOUR TO GET IT TRANSMITTED AND WE'LL MEET THE DEADLINE. SO IT'S WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS, AND I'VE ASKED THIS A FEW TIMES BEFORE, IS THIS, IS THIS A VOTE? ARE WE VOTING ON THIS OR I MEAN, I THINK THAT HOW DOES IT, HOW, HOW ARE WE DOING? YEAH, I MEAN I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD VOTE SO THAT IT DOESN'T REPRESENT JUST THE IDEAS OF THE MAYOR, BUT IT IS, IS THE CONSIDERED IT IS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO IS THAT VOTE, IS THAT VOTE TODAY OR IS THAT VOTE OR DOES IT DEPEND ON WHICH PATH WE GO ON? IF YOU CHOOSE OPTION ONE, EITHER, IF YOU CHOOSE OPTION ONE, YOU WILL BE VOTING TODAY. IF YOU CHOOSE OPTION TWO, YOU CAN VOTE NEXT THURSDAY ON A FINISHED LETTER. I'D BE INTERESTED IN THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S RECOMMENDATION ON THAT. MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY, TONIGHT, SO, ALRIGHT, SO, OKAY. UH, IS THERE ANY, IS ANYONE ELSE FEEL STRONGLY OR EITHER WAY, EVEN 55% ONE WAY I PREFER NEXT THURSDAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE TWO AND A HALF. LIKEWISE. LIKEWISE. OKAY. SO LET US THEN, MR. GALLOWAY ADD SINCE NEXT THURSDAY'S A MEETING, IT'S NOT STRICTLY A LIMITED TO THE BUDGET, SO WE WILL HAVE AN AGENDA FOR NEXT THURSDAY'S MEETING. IT WILL START AT THE TIME IT'S SUPPOSED TO START, AND THE OTHER SECOND AGENDA ITEM WILL BE ADOPTING THIS LETTER. I, YES, IT'S A, SINCE IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING, I THINK WE NEED TO MESSAGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT IT'S COVERING MORE THAN JUST THE BUDGET. WELL, YES, WE'RE GONNA RELEASE THE, UH, AGENDA PROBABLY TOMORROW FOR THURSDAY'S MEETING. GREAT FOLLOW UP. YES. SO SINCE THIS WE'RE VOTING ON THAT, WILL THERE BE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING IT, THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE? UH, YEAH, IT'LL BE UNDERLINED ON THE AGENDA. UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE PUBLIC COMMENT AVAIL ALLOWED ON THE REVENUE DISCUSSION AS WELL. RIGHT. UM, I'D LIKE US JUST TO VOTE UP AND DOWN ON THE FINISHED DOCUMENT AND NOT CONSIDER NEW PARTS OF IT. UM, UNDERSTOOD. BUT YES, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS? YOU'RE GOOD WITH THIS MR. GALLOWAY? JUST A REMINDER, I WILL BE VIRTUAL ON THAT THURSDAY, SO. OKAY. I THINK THAT, UH, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. I THINK, COUNSEL, YOU HAVE ABOUT 48 HOURS TO GET ME INPUT FOR CHANGING THE LETTER, AND I WILL GET YOU A DRAFT PROBABLY SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. AND THEN WE WILL GET MS. RICHARDS A FINAL DRAFT MONDAY MORNING FOR THE THURSDAY PACKET. MOVING ON TO ITEM 15 [15. Maryland House Bill 1142] ON THE AGENDA, MARILYN HOUSE BILL 1142. COUNSEL, I WILL READ THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THIS PIECE OF PENDING STATE LEGISLATION AND THEN ASK, UH, FOR A MOTION FROM YOU TO ADOPT IT. UH, RESOLUTION R 2 26, A RESOLUTION OF THE MARON COUNCIL OF CH MARYLAND IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE BILL 1142, ESTABLISHING THE TASK FORCE TO MODERNIZE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL REVENUE SOURCES. WHEREAS THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET PROVIDES ESSENTIAL FRONTLINE SERVICES TO ITS RESIDENTS, INCLUDING 24 7 POLICE PROTECTION [01:40:01] TWICE A WEEK, TRASH PICKUP, CURBSIDE RECYCLING PICKUP, AND COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, ALL OF WHICH RELY ON STABLE AND DIVERSIFIED REVENUE STREAMS. I'LL SKIP AHEAD NOW, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CH MARYLAND. THE TOWN FORMALLY SUPPORTS THE PASSAGE OF EIGHT HOUSE BILL 1142 AND URGES THE HOUSE WEIGHS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AND THE SENATE BUDGET AND TAXATION COMMITTEE TO ISSUE YOU A FAVORABLE REPORT AND A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO SENATOR AUGUSTINE, DELEGATE FENNELL DELEGATE IVY, THE, UH, TOWN COUNCILS OF THE DISTRICT, 47 MUNICIPALITIES, AS WELL AS THE STAFF OF THE MARYLAND MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT OR COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? OKAY. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THE TOWN'S ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT OF HOUSE BILL 1142. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, UH, COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. UH, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WADE TO ADOPT R 2 26. IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND THAT. EXCELLENT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR WOULD YOU LIKE TIME TO READ IT? GO AHEAD. WHAT DOES THIS GET US? WHAT DOES SUPPORTING IT GET US? YES. UH, WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY THE MARYLAND MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TO, UH, SUPPORT THE BILL. UM, THE BILL WOULD, WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A TASK FORCE THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY LEAD TO A REVOLUTION WITHIN THE STATE OF MARYLAND ON HOW, UH, THE STATE SHARES ITS MANY REVENUES WITH ITS 162 CITIES AND TOWNS AND SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS. UM, I WILL SAY MARYLAND HAS ONE OF THE MOST DRACONIAN, UH, REVENUE SHARING ARRANGEMENTS IN THE COUNTRY. UH, AND, UM, MUNICIPAL ALLIES HAVE TRIED FOR MANY YEARS TO GET A TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED, UH, THAT WOULD OVER A YEAR OR TWO DRAFT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD, UH, FRANKLY REQUIRE THE STATE TO BETTER SHARE ITS REVENUE WITH CITIES AND TOWNS. UH, IT'S ALSO, I WILL BE CANDID, MORE IMPORTANT FOR DISTRICT 47 MUNICIPALITIES THAN SOME OTHERS BECAUSE OUR LEGISLATORS, UH, SIT ON, HAVE OUTSIZED VOICES ON THIS ISSUE. CORRECT. ANY OTHER, UH, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED TO ADOPT R 2 26. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADOPT R 2 26, SAY, AYE. ANY OPPOSED, ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED, AND WE WILL, MS. RICHARDS AND I WILL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS SENT WHERE WE SAID WE'D SEND IT. ITEM 16 ON THE [16. Town Administrator Report] AGENDA IS THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. MR. GALLOWAY, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, I'LL BE BRIEF WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING. UM, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I'LL JUST SAY THAT MY HEART AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA, MICHIGAN, AND TEXAS AS THEY GO THROUGH WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION GOING ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND TRY TO DO RIGHT BY PEOPLE. BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET INTO MY, UH, REPORT, UH, JUST MAYOR AND COUNSEL REGARDING THE KIM LAPIER BIKEWAY GRANT. UH, WE HAVE SUBMITTED AN MOU TO PARK AND PLANNING, JUST WAITING ON THEM TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, AND AFTER IT IS EXECUTED, WE'LL BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS A REMINDER THAT TOMORROW WE DO HAVE A BUSINESS ROUND TABLE MEETINGS SCHEDULED AT NOON. UM, IT WILL BE IN THE, UH, GYM. SO IF YOU CAN MAKE IT, I WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO, AND THIS IS FOR ANY AND ALL BUSINESSES FOR, FOR THE TOWN OF CHEV, OUR SURROUNDING AREA. THIS IS OUR SECOND BUSINESS MEETING, AND I WOULD SAY OUR FIRST BUSINESS MEETING WAS THE DELIGHT. LANDOVER CARRYOUT WILL BE SPONSORING TOMORROW'S EVENT AS [01:45:01] WELL. JUST THE YOUTH UPDATE OPEN GYM NIGHTS RESUME ON THE FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS YOUTH STUDY HALL WILL ALSO BE HELD IN THE LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM ON FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS. UH, STAY TUNED FOR SPRING BREAK POP-UP EVENTS WITH THE C YOUTH, UM, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. I KNOW THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE A DUMPSTER DAY, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL. SO THAT'S SCHEDULED NOW FOR APRIL THE 25TH. AND I KNOW WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH SCHEDULING THE SHREDDING COMPANY, UM, FOR PRIVATE DOCUMENTS. UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT HAD TO BE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE DATE. SO, UH, THAT WILL NOW BE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 2ND. ALL OF THIS WILL BE PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR. YES. CAN YOU GO OVER THE, UH, GUESS THE RULES OF THE DUMPSTER DAY AND SHREDDING DAY? I KNOW THERE'S AN AMOUNT YOU CAN DUMP SO I CAN LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THOSE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THOSE IN ADVANCE. THANK YOU. YES, I MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I THINK I EMAILED YOU ALL ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AND IN THE REPORT, THE PORT TOWN SECTOR PLAN. UM, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR MAY THE 11TH AT 6:00 PM AT THE WAYNE CURRY ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING. I ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SECTOR PLAN, UH, BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE TOWN OF CHEV, BUT ALSO, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR BIKE TRAIL. SO LET'S ENSURE THAT, UM, THERE'S PROPER CONNECTIVITY IN THAT SECTOR PLAN. UH, JUST ANOTHER REMINDER ABOUT THE EXPUNGEMENT FAIR THAT WILL BE HELD NEXT SATURDAY. UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND THE LAST THING THAT I'LL END ON IS, UM, I WANT TO GIVE JUST A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO CHIEF MORRIS. UM, WE ALL KNOW SINCE SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, HE'S, UM, BEEN DEALING WITH A MATTER, BUT JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PRESENCE BECAUSE SINCE THAT DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO REMAIN STEADFAST AND, AND YOUR ROLE HERE. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. UM, WE DID PUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OUT LAST WEEK, SO, UM, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF WAS RULED LEGALLY JUSTIFIED IN SELF-DEFENSE, SO HATE THAT YOU EVER HAD TO BE IN THAT POSITION. BUT, UM, CHIEF, JUST WE APPRECIATE YOU HERE AT THE TOWN OF SEVERAL AND, AND MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR? COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, MR. GALLOWAY, AND I THINK YVONNE JUST WALKED OUT SO MAYBE SHE KNOWS, BUT THE TIMES FOR THE FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY FOR THE YOUTH EVENT OR FOR THE GYM NIGHTS AND THEN FOR THE STUDY HALLS. DO WE HAVE TIMES FOR THOSE? JUST, SHE JUST STEPPED OUT. I CAN ASK HER LATER. I JUST CURIOUS 'CAUSE THE DATE DATES ARE GREAT. I JUST NEEDED TO KNOW. WE'LL MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLIC OKAY. WHEN SHE COMES BACK IN, I PROMISE. EXCELLENT. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR? UH, THE ONLY ONE I HAVE IS, UM, DO WE HAVE A DATE YET FOR HEAD SHOTS? DO SURE. LET ME WORK ON THE NEXT WORK SESSION. PHOTOGRAPHS WHAT? KRA. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOUR SERIOUSNESS ON THIS. LET ME WORK FOR THE NEXT WORK SESSION. YES. . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR? DO IT ON BEER HOUSE. YES. W COUNCIL MEMBER WADE NEEDS ADVANCED NOTICE. YES. THIS IS WHY I BROUGHT IT UP. YES, EXACTLY. . ALRIGHT, UH, SEEING, UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, WE ARE ONTO [17. Police Report] THE POLICE REPORT. CHIEF MORRIS OR DEPUTY CHIEF KRAUSE, THANK YOU FOR BOTH, FOR BEING HERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, WE'LL TAG TEAM. THIS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT IS IN YOUR PACKET. SO I'LL JUST HIT A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM MAYOR COUNCIL AND INFORMATION MAY BE OF VALUE OR IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. UH, ON FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK, AFTER NINE VERY LONG MONTHS, STUDENT OFFICER CHRISTIE WHITEHOUSE WILL BE GRADUATING FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY. I'M SURE SHE FEELS IT [01:50:01] WAS PROBABLY CLOSER TO NINE LONG YEARS, UH, HAVING BEEN THERE MYSELF. UH, THE GRADUATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT GLEN ARDEN IN UPPER MARLBORO AND MARION COUNCIL. YOU'RE CERTAINLY INVITED TO ATTEND IF YOUR SCHEDULES PERMIT AS ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE PR VERY PROUD OF STUDENT OFFICER WHITE HOUSE. SHE'S PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO BEING ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATE FROM A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT PROGRAM. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, SO WE'LL BE SWEARING IN STUDENT OFFICER OR OFFICER WHITEHOUSE AS WELL AS OFFICER JONES AT THE NEXT REGULAR TOWN MEETING. HE'S ALSO COMPLETED HIS EXPERIENCED POLICE OFFICER TRAINING. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HOST A CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS CLASS, A THREE DAY CLASS APRIL 20TH THROUGH 22ND HERE IN THE TOWN THAT, UH, WE ARE ACCEPTING VOLUNTEER ROLE PLAYERS, UH, NO ACTING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED, ALTHOUGH WE SUSPECT THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME THAT WILL BE, UH, FUTURE, UH, UH, ACTORS. UH, SO ANYWAY, AND THAT, THAT ALSO EXTENDS TO THE COMMUNITY. UH, THE MORE THE, UH, THE MORE ASSISTANCE WE HAVE, THE MORE ROLE PLAYS WE CAN SET UP AND THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE STUDENTS. AND I'M GONNA TURN OVER THE, TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF, THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE YOUTH EXPLORER PROGRAM AND A PUBLIC SAFETY EVENT NIGHT THAT'S COMING UP WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, WHERE ARE WE HERE? OH, YEP. CPD. WE ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNING A YOUTH EXPLORER PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOUTH AGES 14 TO 20 YEARS OLD. UM, WE'RE DOING THIS TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THEM IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT PROVIDE AN INSIDE LOOK AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOPEFULLY DEVELOP OUR YOUTH HERE IN THE TOWN TO BE THE FUTURE GENERATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE IN THE TOWN. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. MAY 1ST WE'LL STAND UP THE PROGRAM AND WE'VE SELECTED OFFICER BROWN TO COORDINATE THE EFFORTS SINCE HE DOES MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT. YEAH, I THOUGHT SO. , WHERE ARE WE HERE? UM, BLUE LIGHT. OH, THE BLUE LIGHT NIGHTS PATROL AND TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVE. CPD WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORT. BLUE LIGHT NIGHTS ON FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH AND SATURDAY MARCH 21ST. THIS IS COORDINATED THROUGH THE FRENCH GEORGES COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENTS OPERATIONS COMMAND CENTER. AND AGENCIES FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MARYLAND, AND VIRGINIA ARE ALL ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE, AIMING FOR A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN HIGH VISIBILITY POLICING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THOSE TWO DAYS. THE DMV HAS A STRONG HISTORY OF WORKING TOGETHER ON DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE RELATIONSHIPS AND FOSTER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUNGER OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE VALUABLE CONNECTIONS THAT WE ALL HAVE PREVIOUSLY. AND THEN I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHIEF TO WRAP IT UP. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DAY HAS BEEN SET FOR FRIDAY, JUNE THE FIFTH. THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION FORTHCOMING ON THAT, BUT, UH, WE'RE IN THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING STAGES AND THAT'LL CONCLUDE OUR REPORT. CERTAINLY. WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MAYOR COUNCIL OR THE COMMUNITY? JUNE. THANK YOU. JUNE 5TH IS A, IS A GREAT DATE AND, AND I HOPE LONG, LONG ENOUGH IN FRONT OF CHEVROLET DAYS TO NOT, UH, IS TO BE ABLE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MANAGEABLE FOR THE TOWN STAFF. UM, ALSO THANK YOU FOR TWO THINGS. UH, ONE, THE DIRECT OFFICER ENFORCEMENT THAT'S BEING CONDUCTED AT COLUMBIA PARK ROAD IN CHEVROLET AVENUE IN THE MORNING. UM, I, I WALKED PAST THERE MORE THAN ONCE ON THE WAY TO THE METRO AND IT IS, UH, EFFECTIVE AND APPRECIATED. UM, NUMBER TWO. THANK YOU. AN ADVANCE CHIEF. I THINK YOU AGREED TO BE THE GUEST OF HONOR AT THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE COFFEE HOUSE COMING UP GONNA BE, UH, SERGEANT BLUNT. SERGEANT BLUNT. BUT WE THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING, BUT WE LOT OF PRESENCE THERE. YES, SIR. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? I WANTED TO ASK, UH, FOR A QUICK STATUS UPDATE ON THE COLUMBIA PARK ROAD BRIDGE CAMERAS. WOW. AMERICAN COUNCIL, YOU'LL BE, UH, WE WILL BE PRESENTING AN RFP AT THE TOWN WORK SESSION FOR THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THIS MORE BROADLY. WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE AMERICAN COUNCIL TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING PERHAPS OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT AND THE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THE QUALITY OF THAT SERVICE THAT THE TOWN SHOULD BE RECEIVING THAT WE HAVE CONCERNS WITH. SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT RFP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN TWO WEEKS. OKAY. [01:55:01] SO IT'LL BE ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA. OKAY. YES, SIR. EXCELLENT. TODAY, IF ONE WERE TO BREAK THE RULES THERE, THERE, THERE IS AT LEAST ONE OPERATING CAMERA. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND IT IS GENERATING A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS INCLUDING FROM TOWN RESIDENCE, I WOULD WAGER. I'M SURE IT IS. AND WE'VE, UH, AND, AND IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING OUR, OUR TRAFFIC OR, UH, OUR OFFICERS HAVE YIELDED OVER A HUNDRED TRAFFIC STOPS JUST IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA. SO CLEARLY THERE'S A DEFINED NEED FOR BETTER, MORE EFFICIENT ENFORCEMENT AND THAT'S PART OF THE PURPOSE OF AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE IT'S, UH, INDISCRIMINATE IN ITS NATURE AND IT ALSO IS MORE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF OUR STAFFING RESOURCES. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OH, MR. GALLOWAY, YOU HAVE AN ADDITION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST TWO MORE THINGS. IF THE, UH, RED LIGHT CAMERAS DON'T GET YOU, OUR OFFICERS WILL. UM, AGAIN, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN LESS THAN, UM, EIGHT DAYS SINCE THEY STARTED A TRAFFIC INITIATIVE AND HAVE YIELDED WELL OVER A HUNDRED STOPS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT, MS. OFFICER O HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR DAY WORK STAFF AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING PARKING VIOLATIONS IN THE TOWN. HE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PUTTING TOGETHER A SORT OF CHEAT SHEET FOR TOWN CODE AND PARKING ENFORCEMENT FOR OUR YOUNGER OFFICERS. SO WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT DOING MORE PARKING ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU. THAT IS GREAT NEWS. MR. BRAMAN, YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? NO, SIR. I'M TRYING TO GET PRIMED FOR THE NEXT OH, I SEE. OKAY. UH, ANY HEARING? NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MR. BRAMAN AND MR. CARDENAS? GO AHEAD. THANK YOU MR. [18. Public Works Report] MAYOR, TOWN COUNCIL AND TOWN OF CHEVROLET. UM, THE FIRST ITEM, UM, MR. MAYOR, YOU ASKED FOR A, UH, COLORFUL PLANTING PLAN. AND SO, UM, ACTUALLY WE HAVE, UH, DR. TOLBERT FEATHER IS WITH US, UH, THIS EVENING. I SOLICITED HIS, UH, HELP, UM, YOU HAVE COPIES OF IT, BUT I BELIEVE HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO SHARE HIS SCREEN AND WALK US THROUGH IT. UM, THERE HE IS. GOOD EVENING, TOLBERT. THANK YOU, STEVE. STEVE, UM, UM, SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY, UM, IN THE MEETING TONIGHT. AND, UH, STEVE HAD ASKED US TO MAYBE COME UP WITH A COLOR PLAN FOR THE TOWN. UM, AND, UM, THERE'LL BE ANNUAL FLOWERS. UM, THERE ARE R UH, OH, I DUNNO IF I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO SHARE OR NOT. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU SEE IT? YES, SIR. OKAY. THE, THE FOUR AREAS IN NUMBERED AREAS IN RED ARE, UM, EXISTING BEDS. THEY CAN JUST BE PLANTED RIGHT AWAY. THE, UH, BLUE LETTERED AREAS ARE, UM, BEDS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CUT, UM, PREPARED WHERE YOU TAKE, UM, UH, THE EXISTING VEGETATION OUT AND, UM, MAYBE TILL THE SOIL AND GET IT PREPPED. UM, SO THERE'D BE AROUND 1200 PLANTS IF YOU DID THE WHOLE PLAN. UM, UNLESS IF YOU DID THE, UH, THE AREAS THAT ARE READY. UH, WHAT I'M PROPOSING, UM, SINCE THE WE'RE HITTING THE BICENTENNIAL IS TO, UM, USE RED, WHITE AND BLUE WAVE PETUNIAS. WAVE PETUNIAS ARE SPREADING PETUNIAS THAT ARE, UM, DROUGHT TOLERANT. AND UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN STILL GET RED, WHITE AND BLUE, BUT I HAVE A SUPPLIER IN, UH, [02:00:01] GLENWOOD, MARYLAND THAT I CAN ASK, UH, IF THEY HAVE 'EM AVAILABLE AND PROBABLY PLANTED, UM, PROBABLY, UH, EARLY TO MID-MAY WOULD BE A TIME TO DO IT. UM, IT CAN BE AS LATE AS LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE AS WELL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PROPOSAL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK, UM, THIS IS GREAT. I THINK WE WOULD NEED A WORK SESSION DISCUSSION IF WE WANT TO GO WITH MORE, A MORE EXPANSIVE, LIKE THE LETTER PLAN. I THINK, UM, MY INITIAL INTENTION AND, AND IF WE WANNA DO THAT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. MY INITIAL HAD INTENTION HAD BEEN BASICALLY THE RED NUMBERS PLUS, UH, LETTER F INCLUDED UP NEAR LETTER F WOULD INCLUDE THE STONE SIGN AT CH AND 2 0 2. SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS GREAT FOR THAT. IF, IF, IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN DOING MORE EXTENSIVE WORK WITH SOME OF THESE BUMP OUTS AND OTHER AREAS, I THINK WE'D NEED TO DISCUSS IT AT A WORK SESSION. IF YOU THINK, IF YOU WANT, WE CAN JUST PROCEED WITH, UM, THAT, THAT FIRST PART OF THE PLAN. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. AND I LEAVE THE TIMING TO YOU. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GROW ANYTHING. SO . , OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU MR. TOLBERT. UM, VICE MAYOR TO WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. TOLBERT, NO, THIS IS FOR MR. BRAMAN. JUST THAT, UM, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE A, A LARGE VARIETY OF COLORS. UM, A RAINBOW OF COLORS. SO IF WE WERE THINKING ABOUT WHERE TO GO IN TERMS OF THAT, I KNOW SO, SO BEYOND RED, WHITE, AND BLUE MAYBE. OKAY. UH, WE CAN DO THAT TOO. THAT WAS JUST, UH, ALRIGHT. I WORKED FOR THE AIRPORT AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. MR. WADE, YOU HAD SOME FLOWER IDEAS. I DO HAVE SOME. UH, THANK YOU DR. TOLBERT. THANK YOU MR. BRAMAN FOR, UM, JUST ALSO SUGGESTING THE OTHER PART OF WARD ONE. UM, I KNOW WE OWN A PART OF 58TH PLACE IN LANDOVER. RIGHT? THE BE, UH, BEGINNING PART OF THAT PARCEL BY THE PARKWAY MM-HMM . UM, AND THAT IS ALSO, AS I ALWAYS MENTIONED, THE, UH, INVITATION IN THE BEGINNING OF SHELBY FROM THAT SIDE. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT SIDE. SO, UM, IN DISTANT NEAR FUTURE, MAYBE LOOKING AT THAT AREA AS WELL SINCE WE HAVE A PARCEL IN OVER THERE AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE OLD, THE OLD PALM READER PROPERTY, RIGHT? I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A, UH, PLANTING BED THERE, BUT, UM, WE, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT EITHER IN THIS FIRST PHASE OR CIRCLING BACK AROUND ON THAT. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE IT GETS A LOT OF VISIBILITY, UH, EXITING FROM THE PARKWAY AS WELL. THAT IS CORRECT. ALRIGHT, MR. BRAMAN, GO AHEAD. ALRIGHT, SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, DR. FEATHER FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. UM, YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF MY REPORT, UNFORTUNATELY, I FORGOT THE LIST THAT THE SECOND BULLET IS ON. 57 0 1 LANDOVER ROAD. SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT, UH, MR. CARDENAS HAS, UH, UH, SUCCESSFULLY STARTED VARIOUS TASKS THAT THE CNPP GROUP HAS ASKED US TO, UH, DO AT THAT PARK. UM, AND, UM, ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE EMAILS THAT HAVE COME IN, UH, THERE'S SOME COMPLIMENTS AND SO, AND THERE'S, UM, DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE GROUP AND, UH, UH, MR. CARDENA. SO, UM, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS THERE. SO I THINK THAT WAS, UH, AN ITEM THAT, UM, CMPP AS WELL AS SOME OF YOU ALL MAY HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE US, UH, MOVE FORWARD ON. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, WE'VE ALSO SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED, UH, NO PARKING SIGNS AND, UH, UM, LIDDELL, WHICH IS IN THE, UH, CHEVROLET INDUSTRIAL PARK. SO OVER THERE THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH PARKING AND THAT. AND SO HOPEFULLY THESE SIGNS WILL HELP OUT. UM, THEY CERTAINLY SEEM TO HELP OUT TO A DEGREE ON OAK WHEN WE PUT THOSE IN. SO, UH, UM, WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT GIVING, GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, UM, BUT UH, THAT JOB IS, UH, IS COMPLETED. YEP, YEP, YEP. SO THAT SHORT REPORT, BUT BRIEF, CONCISE, AND I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS. NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE, UM, BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DEPARTMENTS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. UM, LET'S GO TO MR. WADE AND THEN MR. GALLOWAY. ALRIGHT, JUST WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ALSO CMPP THIS PAST SATURDAY. WE HAD A, THEY HAD A CLEANUP THERE, UH, AT 57 0 1, UM, LANDOVER ROAD, UH, DIANE BEETLE, UH, ALSO, UH, ANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY WAS THERE AS WELL AS THE YOUTH AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. DEMOCRATIC YOUTH ASSOCIATION, UH, WAS A BIG CLEANUP, UH, FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS. I HAD A CHANCE TO STOP BY THERE, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN, UM, LUIS, FOR THE FOLLOW UP AND, UH, FOR [02:05:01] US CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD, OF COURSE, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. BRAMAN. AND OF COURSE, MR. GALLOWAY, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. GALLOWAY. NO, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THOSE NEW PARKING SIGNS UP. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO TOMORROW IS HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION ABOUT PARKING OVER IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. OKAY. AND I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME ISSUES HAVE ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, SO WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE IN THE CODE SO THAT IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIVE. BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY THERE. SO WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, YOU'LL GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE THREE OF US OR THE FOUR OF US AS IT RELATES TO, UM, PARKING AND THE INDUSTRIAL PARK OVER. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES. THE, THAT ENTIRE PEPSI PLANT INTERSECTION IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE, ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR GATEWAYS TO OUR HALF A BILLION DOLLAR DEVELOPMENT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? OKAY. HEARING NONE, COUNSEL, WE ARE ONTO [19. Review the March work session agenda and future requests, and Town Administrator Galloway will offer a forecast of the agenda.] THE, UH, AGENDA REVIEW. UM, SO NEXT THURSDAY WE ARE MEETING, I THINK IT'S AT SEVEN 30. DON'T QUOTE ME ON THE TIME TO DISCUSS, UH, THE BUDGET REVENUE. UH, THAT MEETING WILL BE ENTIRELY VIRTUAL OR ARE WE DOING IN HYBRID NEXT WEEK? WHAT DO YOU THINK? VIRTUAL? VIRTUAL. I GOT A VIRTUAL, I GOT A VIRTUAL IN PERSON. IN PERSON ONLY. OKAY. TO ONE, ONE CONTRARIAN VIEW TO MY LEFT. THIS IS THE 19TH. THIS IS THE 19TH. ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU THINK MR. GALLOWAY? HE'S GONNA BE VIRTUAL. I HEARD HIM SAY THAT. SHALL WE JUST MEET VIRTUALLY? VIRTUALLY IS OKAY, THAT AGENDA. SORRY. DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE THE TIME IN FRONT OF YOU OR, I DON'T REMEMBER. SIX 30. SIX 30. SIX 30, THANK YOU. SO AT SIX 30, UH, ON THE 19TH WE WILL MEET ENTIRELY VIRTUALLY, OF COURSE WITH OUR A SO INTERPRETER. UH, AND THERE WILL BE TWO MAJOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. ONE IS, UH, THE HILL LETTER AND THE OTHER IS A REVENUE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT DISCUSSION FOR THE FY 27 BUDGET. THE WORK SESSION WILL BE ON THE 26TH OF MARCH. WE ARE GONNA HEAR FROM KELLER CONSTRUCTION AGAIN. WE WILL, UH, DISCUSS THE POLICY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, REGARDING, UM, COUNTS, ELECTED OFFICIALS USE OF TOWN RESOURCES. UH, WE WILL DISCUSS CHARTER AMENDMENT 2 26 ON THE ELECTION PROVISION. MR. GALLOWAY, WILL IT BE READY IN A WEEK OR SHALL WE WAIT A MONTH? LET'S WAIT A MONTH. ALRIGHT. STRIKE THAT. LET'S, LET'S KICK THAT TO APRIL. WE'LL DO THAT AT THE APRIL WORK SESSION. UM, THE CHARTER MEETING YES. FOR THE ELECTIONS? YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT TO APRIL. UH, WE ARE GONNA DISCUSS A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. I LEARNED ONLY RECENTLY NEXT THURSDAY. IS THAT RIGHT? FOR THE FLOOR? NO, NOT NEXT THURSDAY. THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT DOWN MEETING. OKAY. UH, OKAY. UH, AND THEN, UM, IS THERE AN RFP WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS NEXT THURSDAY. OKAY. AND THE OTHER ITEM I WROTE DOWN, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE HEARING IT, IS COMP IT IS IN TWO WEEKS. YES, SIR. ON THE 26TH OF MARCH. THANK YOU. WELL, IT'S, UM, THANK YOU. UH, SO COULD YOU, COULD YOU BRING FOR US, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY MARCH, AND I KNOW MS. RICHARDS HAS US ON A DEADLINE FOR MML SUMMER CONFERENCE, CAN YOU BRING US A ITEMIZED READOUT OF WHAT ALL SEVEN OF US HAVE SPENT IN OUR CONFERENCE ALLOCATION AND THEN WE CAN MAKE, UH, JUDGMENTS OR, OR, AND OR OFFER EACH OTHER SOME OF OUR ALLOCATIONS AS BEFITS OUR PLANS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR? ABSOLUTELY. I, I INTEND ON SENDING THAT OUT, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. UM, THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST FOR THAT ALREADY AND WE'RE JUST, WE SHOULD GET THAT OUT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. OKAY. I KNOW PERSONALLY, MY, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY PERSONALLY FOR THE MAYOR, I'VE ALREADY USED UP A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE I WENT TO THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, SO I KNOW MY NUMBER'S GONNA BE RELATIVELY HIGH. UH, AND [02:10:01] MAY NOT, AND, AND MML SUMMER CONFERENCE MAY WELL NOT FIT UNDER THE CAP, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR CONVERSATION. YOUR ALLOCATION IS DIFFERENT THAN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REMEMBER THAT, SO FAIR POINT. YEAH, FAIR POINT. OKAY. UH, COUNSEL, ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR EITHER THE 19TH OR THE 26TH OF MARCH, MR. WADE? 26TH? I HAVE A COUPLE. UM, UM, I DID SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL REGARDING REQUESTS FOR THE, UH, COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THE DRAFT, THE SECOND DRAFT, UH, REVISION, LISA A WEEK IN ADVANCE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE TIME TO REVIEW IT SO WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE DAY OF. SO IF THAT IS POSSIBLE, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT BY CHANCE. IS THAT POSSIBLE? YEAH, I RESPONDED TO YOUR EMAIL WITH A THUMBS UP. OKAY. I DIDN'T, UM, I'M NOT USED TO THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE AN EMAIL, BUT THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, NO, THERE IS A DRAFT. IT'S BEING REVIEWED BY THE, UH, ATTORNEY RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AWESOME. SO WE HAVE THAT AND MAYOR AND COUNSEL, ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE PUBLIC THE DAY OF DURING THE WORK SESSION OR NO? YES, IT'LL BE, IT WOULD BE MY INTENTION THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE MEETING PACKET THAT'S RELEASED USUALLY TUESDAY. OKAY. UH, 58 0 1 ANNAPOLIS ROAD. ANY, WILL WE HAVE ANYTHING TO TALK, TALK ABOUT THAT FOR ANY UPDATES? I KNOW THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO HAD A LOT OF STUFF NOT FOR THAT. OKAY. 57 0 1 LANDOVER ROAD. UM, ANYTHING UPDATES REGARDING THAT? TALK ABOUT THAT. THIS IS FOR MARCH 26TH. SHOULD WE HAVE A WORK SESSION DISCUSSION OF THE FENCE? BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT THEN WE DIDN'T, WE PUSHED THAT BACK. SO, UM, ARE WE GONNA HAVE DISCUSSION GROWING UP? WELL, WE CAN DECIDE NEXT WEEK, BUT I'M, I'M INCLINED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AS A DISCUSSION UNLESS WE YEAH. BUT WE'LL, WE CAN TALK AND MAKE A DEC AND ANNOUNCE A DECISION ABOUT THAT AGENDA NEXT THURSDAY WHEN WE MEET. SO, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES. WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS? I GUESS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS TODAY, BUT IT WAS PUSHED OFF. I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS WHAT OUR FENCE OPTIONS ARE OR WHAT FENCE WE ARE SELECTING, UH, AND WHAT FUNDS WE'RE USING TO PAY FOR IT. OKAY. BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING QUOTES. IT'S THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO REMOVE IT OFF OF THE AGENDA TODAY. SO, UM, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPROACH YOU WITH A FEW QUOTES. UH, ONE QUOTE THAT I'VE RECEIVED SO FAR IS BELOW THE, UM, $10,000 SPENDING, UH, PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENT. SO, UM, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. HOWEVER, UM, I DO WANT TO REVIEW ALL THE QUOTES AND THEN PROVIDE 'EM TO YOU ALL. SO IF WE DO HAVE THEM AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, I WILL CERTAINLY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDING THAT TO THE AGENDA. UM, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO KICK IT AGAIN. GOT IT. THANK YOU. ANOTHER ITEM IS THE METRO BUS SHELTERS. I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE PAST, UH, UPDATE WITH, UH, ADA REGARDING THAT. WE HAVE SEVERAL LOCATIONS THAT I CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT. I, IT'S NOT METRO, IT'S ACTUALLY THE COUNTY. UM, WE'VE PUT IN A REQUEST TO, UH, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION. AND I HAD MEETINGS WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH, UM, OUR DISTRICT FIVE LIAISON, UM, FROM THE OFFICE ABOUT THIS MATTER. UM, SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME AND DO A SITE VALUATION, UH, TO DEEM IF IT'S NECESSARY TO ADD THOSE COVERS. UM, I HAVE MADE THE REQUEST FOR THOSE, BUT THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED. SO WHEN I RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, I'LL FORWARD IT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND PROVIDE A COMMUNITY UPDATE. THANK YOU, MR. GALLOWAY AND I, AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONES I, BECAUSE I, I WAS LOOKING AT, THERE WERE A COUPLE DRIVING BY, UM, THAT WOULD, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE ON YOUR LIST, SO I'LL SHOOT YOU EMAIL REGARDING THOSE REPORTS. I ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER TAN'S, UH, POINT EARLIER ABOUT THE INCORRECT SIGNS. SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME OUT AND MODIFY THOSE AS WELL, SO. OKAY. AND THE LAST, WELL, ONE IS THE, UH, I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS IN MY COMMENTS, BUT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORK SESSION 58TH PLACE IN NEWTON, UM, AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAD AN INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND WHERE WE HAD A, UM, UH, CAR THAT WAS DUMPED THERE FRIDAY MORNING AND, UH, LITERALLY JUST LEFT THERE FOR TWO DAYS ALMOST. IT'S A HIDDEN AREA BACK THERE. SO I WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF AND THE DC FOR BRINGING OUT, UM, SERGEANT BLUNT AND OFFICER JAIL FOR, UH, THEY CAME OUT, ASSESSED IT AND GOT IT TOWED. UH, BUT THEY DID MENTION THAT IS A LOT [02:15:01] OF, OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE JUST STAYING THERE, UNFORTUNATELY. CAUGHT A COUPLE IN THE CAR HAVING PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES LATE AT NIGHT. THERE ARE A LOT OF CARS OUT THERE. IT'S A, IT IS, I, I BROUGHT THIS UP SEVERAL TOWNS BEFORE, BUT, UM, IT, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMERTIME, IT WOULD BE MORE INDIVIDUALS THERE. SO LOOKING AT POSSIBILITIES OF, OF LIGHTED AREA. UH, , YOU SAID WHAT? NO FIGHTING, JUST KIDDING ? NO. SO, YEAH, SO DEFINITELY, UM, IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE FOR THE RESIDENTS OVER THERE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE WOODS THERE. UM, EVEN WALKING THE AREA, WE HAD TIRE DUMPING THERE BEFORE, BUT ALSO, UM, NOW THAT IT IS CLEAR FROM THE SNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DUMPING, UM, BEING DONE THERE. SO, UM, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT DISCUSS AS FAR AS LIGHTING. THERE'S NO LIGHTING AT ALL OVER THERE. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I HAVE ON MY, ON MY PLATE. SO DO YOU WANT TO, SHOULD WE HAVE A AGENDA ITEM? YES. 58TH AND NEWTON. 58TH. BECAUSE I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS THAT UNDER THAT UMBRELLA, PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, TOWN AND COUNTY COORDINATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE HALF THE STREET IS COUNTY AND YEAH. NO, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL US. NO, I KNOW, BUT LIKE A BLOCK AWAY. RIGHT? OKAY. SO, SO THE, SO THE DUMPING IS, UM, HARD TO POLICE SIMILAR TO THE ISSUES. IT'S FEDERAL. IT'S FEDERAL. THE AREA'S FEDERAL. OKAY. YEP. BUT IT'S NOT. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? UH, OKAY. UM, THEN, UH, I BELIEVE THAT TAKES US [20. Mayor and Council Announcements] TO ITEM 20, WHICH IS MAYOR AND COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO START? NO. ANYONE, MR. LEG. HECK AHEAD. SO THIS IS MY SHAMELESS PLUG PERIOD. SO TOMORROW AT ST. AMBROSE THERE WILL BE A FISH FRY, A LENTEN FISH FRY FOR ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED AND OBSERVING, UH, FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM UH, ADULTS FOR $13, KIDS ARE $9. TAKEOUT IS ALSO AVAILABLE. UH, FISH, MAC AND CHEESE. THIS NEW THIS YEAR. UH, FRENCH FRIES, GREEN BEANS, AND, UH, THE BEST COSTCO SHEET CAKES YOU'LL EVER HAVE. SO, UH, COME DOWN FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM UH, TOMORROW AT, UH, ST. AMBROSE IN FANON HALL. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. WADE. BUSY TODAY. BUSY. VERY BUSY. , UM, WE, THE P-G-C-M-A AS AS MENTIONED, I'M ON THE BOARD FOR THE PG CMA WE THIS EARLY THIS WEEK. WE HAD OUR SECOND MEETING WITH COUNTY EXEC, UH, UH, BRA BOY. UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, UH, FOR PROVIDING COUNTY, UH, ISSUES. WE DISCUSSED TRANSPORTATION ROAD SAFETY. SO AGAIN, HE MENTIONED ABOUT COLUMBIA PARK ROAD. THE, UH, DPWT DIRECTOR WAS THERE, ALONG WITH A LOT OF HER LEGISLATIVE STAFF, A LOT OF HER HIGH MEMBERS. AND, UH, THEY DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT THE STATE AND COUNTY ARE WORKING TO SYN THE LIGHTS THERE. SO I NOTICED SOMETHING THAT MR. GALLOWAY BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME FOR, BUT AGAIN, TO BE IN THAT ROOM TO EMPHASIZE THAT I THINK THE COUNTY EXEC, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE KNOWN THAT THE COUNTY EXEC HAS REALLY REACHED OUT TO HAVE A, UM, AT LEAST A QUARTERLY MEETING WITH THE, UH, THE, THE 27 MUNICIPALITY REPRESENTATIVES THERE. SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. KUDOS TO THEM. WE ALSO DISCUSSED, UH, BETTER PEDESTRIAN BIKE PATHS AND LIGHTING ALONG AMAZON, UH, FROM THE AM COLUMBIA PARK ROAD, FROM THE AMAZON METRO SHELBY AVENUE AS WELL. AND, UM, THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL HAVE, WE'LL DISCUSS UTILITIES. THE UTILITY COMPANIES, AS YOU KNOW, THE RATES ARE GOING UP AND HAVE THE COMPANIES THERE AS WELL AS SHA, UH, REPRESENTATION THERE. UM, SHE DID HAVE A BUDGET RELEASE, UH, MEETING TO TODAY. UM, AND SHE ALSO EMPHASIZED, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH COUNTY-WIDE CLEANUP INITIATIVES. SO THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOWN OF SHELBY TO PARTNER WITH HER, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO TO ONE OF HER INITIATIVES. SHE MENTIONED ABOUT THE, SHE HAD TWO EXECUTIVE ORDERS AROUND ICE. THE FIRST WAS PLACING A MOR MORATORIUM ON PERMITS FOR ALL DETENTION CENTERS AND A SAFE SPACE IN INITIATIVE WHERE ICE CANNOT CONDUCT ANY BUSINESSES, ANY OF THE COUNTY OFFICES AND BUILDINGS. UM, THE SCHOOLS DO NOT FALL UNDER THAT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT SHE'S DISCUSSING MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. AND SHE MENTIONED 'EM ABOUT THE PREAKNESS. NOT SURE IF THEY KNOW THE PREAKNESS IS, UM, IT WILL BE IN LAUREL THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING ON IN BALTIMORE. AND, UM, THE EMPHASIS ON PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, UH, DOING VARIOUS INITIATIVES OR CELEBRATIONS OF THAT FOR THAT DAY. SO IF YOU KNOW ANY BUSINESSES THAT CAN DO THAT SUPPORT, UM, DEFINITELY WE HAVE THAT. SO WE POSSIBLY CAN BRING THE PREAKNESS OFFICIALLY TO PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY FOR THAT. UM, I'M GONNA START A INITIATIVE EVERY MONTH TO DO A WARD ONE RESIDENT OF THE MONTH TO HIGHLIGHT THE [02:20:01] CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOR THE RESIDENTS IN WARD ONE FOR THE TOWN, UM, HIGHLIGHT THEIR BUSINESSES, THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. THE SELECTION PROCESS WILL BE DONE BY, UH, THE FELLOW RESIDENTS, WARD ONE. UM, AND THEN THIS WILL ALSO BE A PRIZE, UH, PROVIDED BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. SO AGAIN, JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE, THE RESIDENTS AWARD ONE FROM THAT. AND I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH MY DAY JOB TO WORK WITH THE ART OF PRINCE GEORGE'S. THEY HAVE RECEIVED A GRANT. I TALKED TO, UH, MS. LE RAZI ABOUT THIS WITH OUR SENIORS TO PROVIDE FREE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM, UM, THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. UM, I'M NOT SURE THE TURNAROUND TIME THAT JUST HAPPENED THIS WEEK. I WILL GET OUT THE WORD. I WILL WORK WITH SHELBY V VILLAGE, UH, WOMEN'S CLUB, UH, TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET MORE APPLICANTS IN. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT FULLY, BUT I WAS TALKED WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GOING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER? COUNCIL MEMBER FRY. UM, THANK YOU. SO I WANNA ADD ON A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WADE WAS SAYING IN REGARDS TO THE MORATORIUM ON DETENTION CENTER. DETENTION CENTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, UNLESS THEY'RE RUN BY PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. UM, SO THE UNO IS ON ANY SPACES THAT MAY APPEAR TO HAVE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD SEE AT A DETENTION CENTER. UM, AND BECAUSE OF THE, THE DEFINITION THAT'S IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT A LOCATION UP IN HYATTSVILLE. I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALL ARE, OR MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE, 6 5 0 5 BE CREST, AND IT'S TO EXPAND BASICALLY THE OPLA OFFICE. UM, MY QUESTION TO THE OFFICE OF LAW WAS THEY ARE NOW DETAINING PEOPLE IN OFFICES. SO DOES THAT THEN KIND OF CHANGE WHAT THAT IS? AND I WAS JUST TOLD THAT DEEP, I HAS A BROAD DISCRETION, UM, UPON THEIR INSPECTION. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK THEY'RE ON THEIR SECOND OR THIRD FAILED INSPECTION. UM, ONE OF THEM WAS A NO ENTRY, SO THEY DIDN'T GO IN ON THAT. BUT, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK ALL OF COUNTY COUNCIL'S BEEN WORKING ON. AND I, I DO WANNA, AND I HAVE TO SHOUT OUT MY, MY BOSS BECAUSE IT WAS HER CONVERSATION WITH, UH, COUNTY EXECUTIVE BRAVE BOY THAT LED TO THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. UM, BECAUSE LEGISLATION JUST TAKES TOO LONG AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING RUMORS AND STUFF. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO HIS IMPORTANT POINT. AND THEN ALSO, JUST IF YOU'RE HEARING ANYTHING IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY, UM, JUST THAT MAY MIGHT HAVE CONCERNS, MAY KNOW SOMEBODY WHO, A LOVED ONE WHO'S BEEN TAKEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME. UM, JUST BECAUSE MY OFFICE AND MY DAY JOB, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY TO LIAISE RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LEARNING AND REALIZING THAT A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS MIGHT NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, KIND OF JUST REPORTING THINGS OR IN GENERAL. SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO AS NEIGHBORS, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY IN TOWN WHO'S DOING THE, UM, INDIVISIBLE MUTUAL AID WHO'S PICKING UP, SO THAT'S ON THE LISTERV, WHICH IS GREAT. AND, UM, ASSISTING, I THINK ABOUT A HUNDRED FAMILIES PER WEEK ON FOOD. UM, SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT. BUT ALSO THERE ARE WAYS, UM, AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS A LITTLE DOOMS DAY-ISH, AND I, I DON'T LIKE TO SAY IT, BUT I DO WANT OUR NEIGHBORS PREPARED. AND THERE ARE NONPROFITS WHO WILL DO TRAININGS ON SAFETY DEPARTURE PLANS, MEANING LIKE, MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS IN ORDER JUST IN CASE YOU ARE TAKEN. OR WHAT IS A WAY FOR YOU TO SAFELY DEPART BECAUSE YOU ARE UNDOCUMENTED. UM, SO YES, JUST WHATEVER WE CAN DO ON THAT FRONT. I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THERE ARE RESOURCES OUT THERE WHILE WE ARE LIMITED IN SOME OF THE STUFF WE CAN DO, UM, WE JUST ALL NEED TO PULL TOGETHER ON THAT ONE. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION, UH, AND IT'S JUST A CONGRATULATIONS ON A HAPPIER NOTE. UM, I KNOW THAT MOST OF US KNOW THE RUDDY FAMILY, UH, JOSEPH, UH, C RUDDY II UH, LAST FRIDAY WAS SWORN IN AS ONE OF OUR NEW, UH, ASSOCIATE JUDGES IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. HE IS A CH I BELIEVE, BORN, UH, HIS, UH, FATHER'S BEEN, OR WAS, UH, PART OF CH FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, I THINK. SO THE REDDY FAMILY HAS DONE SIGNIFICANT THINGS FOR, UM, CH FOR CH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WHICH USED TO BE CH BOYS CLUB UNTIL, UH, JOE REDDY THE SECOND, UM, HAD THAT CHANGED. SO IT'S, UM, NICE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE THAT WE CAN TRUST IN POSITIONS OF, UM, IN POWER THAT REALLY CAN INFLUENCE THINGS HAPPENING TO, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HIM AND SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THEIR FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. [02:25:01] AND THAT IS, THAT IS GREAT NEWS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ABOUT, ABOUT JOE RUDDY. SO, UH, I WILL PUT THAT IN THE, UH, MAYOR'S, UH, NOTE FOR THE APRIL NEWSLETTER. I'LL GET SOME INFORMATION ON IT. UH, ANY OTHER, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, I JUST, JUST TWO QUICK ITEMS. ONE IS THE, UH, FOURTH WARD CIVIC ASSOCIATION, UH, HAS NOT MET IN A COUPLE MONTHS, UH, BUT THEY ARE MEETING, UH, ON MONDAY THE 16TH, THIS COMING MONDAY AT SEVEN O'CLOCK ONLINE. UH, SO IF YOU LIVE IN WARD, WHEREVER YOU LIVE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN. IF YOU LIVE IN, IN WARD FOUR, THEN YOU CAN, UH, VOTE ON ITEMS. BUT IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD DISCUSSION. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, EXCITING, UH, PROJECTS, UM, TO DISCUSS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE FOURTH WARD. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, I'LL HAVE MY MARCH MAYOR'S HOURS THIS COMING WEDNESDAY THE 18TH. UH, IT'S FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT 30, HYBRID IN PERSON AND ONLINE WITH A SL INTERPRETATION, SEEING NO OTHER MAYOR AND COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE ARE AT ITEM 21. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOTION. AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, COUNSEL? HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE WILL SEE YOU IN A WEEK. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.