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[1. Call to Order]
I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE JUNE, 2026 TOWN MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF CH MARYLAND.I AM THE MAYOR, MICAH WATSON, OUR TOWN CLERK.
GISELLE RICHARDS IS HERE, OUR TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, DELAINE GALLOWAY.
OUR DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, LOUISE CARDENAS IS ALSO HERE.
I AM NOT ON THE MEETING YET, BUT I WILL JOIN ELECTRONICALLY.
IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL CALL THE ROLE FOR THE ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD ONE.
PRESENT WARD FIVE AND WARD SIX.
SO WE WILL, RECOGNIZING THERE ARE FIVE OF THE SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT, THERE'S A QUORUM SUFFICIENT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
THE MEETING WILL PROCEED AND THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[Additional Item 1]
VICE MAYOR BRIER FOR A MOTION.I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBER FRY FROM THIS MEETING.
IT IS HER DAUGHTER'S GRADUATION TONIGHT.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE MOTION? SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? AM I RECOGNIZING? OKAY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I FEEL THAT IT IS MY MOST IMPORTANT JOB, IS ONE OF MY MOST IMPORTANT JOBS, IS TO ADOPT A BUDGET FOR THIS TOWN.
AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE INTERVENES AND THAT THERE IS CIRCUMSTANCES BY WHICH YOU CANNOT BE HERE, THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE OF CONNECTIVITY, THERE IS NO REASON THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE MADE IT AVAILABLE.
I THINK THE MAYOR HAD MADE IT AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRY THAT SHE COULD HAVE, UH, WE COULD HAVE MADE IT, UH, POSSIBLE FOR HER TO HAVE DIALED IN OR CONNECTED TO THIS MEETING TO HAVE HER BEEN ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS BUDGET.
UM, SO JUST FOR THAT REASON, I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST EXCUSING HER FOR THIS MEETING.
IS THERE VICE MAYOR BRIER, GO AHEAD.
I JUST THINK, UM, HER DAUGHTER'S MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATION ONLY HAPPENS ONCE.
AND, UM, I THINK WE ARE ALL HUMANS AND PEOPLE AND PARENTS, AND I CANNOT IMAGINE A SITUATION WHERE SITTING IN AN AUDITORIUM FOR MY DAUGHTER'S MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATION, I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE TRYING TO ZOOM INTO A MEETING IN THAT WAY.
IS ANYONE ELSE COUNCIL MEMBER, WADE? YEAH, I, I ACTUALLY WORK AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I WAS OUTTA MIDDLE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATIONS TODAY.
UM, I'M A PARENT VERY MUCH, UM, VERY PRESENT.
UM, BUT IF THE MAYOR DID PROVIDE A OPPORTUNITY JUST TO STEP OUTSIDE AT HER CONVENIENCE FOR HER TO VOTE ON IT, BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR, THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE ON THE RECORD.
BUT I DO RESPECT THE FACT THAT, UH, HER BEING THERE, BUT IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO STEP OUT AT A CERTAIN TIME TO UH, JUST SAY CAST A VOTE ON IT, JUST SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING ON THE RECORD, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE BUDGET FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA AFFECT A LOT OF STUFF GOING FORWARD.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? OKAY, I WILL JUST SAY, I CAN, FOR MY PART, GO AHEAD AND TEXT HER AND SEE IF SHE CAN JOIN FOR, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, THE, THE, THE ONE OR TWO MOST CRUCIAL OF THE VOTES BEING THE BUDGET AND PERHAPS ANNEXATION.
AGAIN, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HER SCHEDULE IS, BUT I CAN DO THAT.
UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
I'LL CALL THE, SORRY, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YES, GO AHEAD.
UM, AS A MOTHER, UM, AND SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED REALLY HARD TO BALANCE BEING A MOTHER WITH PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, AND A FULL-TIME
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JOB, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE TO BE AT MY DAUGHTER'S GRADUATION AND RECEIVE A TEXT SAYING, HEY, BUT YOU NEED TO HOP ON THIS ZOOM.UM, AND I FEEL LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
I AM JUST SURPRISED BY MY COLLEAGUES, UH, COMMENTS ON THIS MATTER.
UM, I THOUGHT WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT WE ARE PARENTS AND PEOPLE FIRST.
UM, I DON'T THINK HER BEING HERE IS GOING TO ENDANGER ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TONIGHT OR IN THE TOWN, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO TEXT HER, YOU CAN FOLLOW UP.
THE LAST THING I'D SAY, I'M A FATHER OF 3 27 9 AND SOON TO BE 6-YEAR-OLD.
UH, MY WIFE IS ON ACTUALLY TRAVEL FOR WORK.
I WAS IN THE CAR DOING WORK TO PREPARE FOR THIS.
AS WE GOT HERE, WE SIGNED UP FOR THIS.
NO ONE, NO ONE TOLD US THAT WE HAD TO DO THIS.
THIS IS VOLUNTARY WORK, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED IS THE PEOPLE FROM HER WARD THAT SHE REPRESENTS.
AGAIN, UM, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BUDGET.
UM, UH, IMPORTANT THING THAT WE SHOULD DO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS VOTE ON THE BUDGET.
WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH BUDGETS THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND SEE WHAT'S THE EFFECTS OF THAT AS, AS A WHOLE.
SO THIS AFFECT US AS A WHOLE TO, NO DISRESPECT HER BEING A MOTHER, BUT AS A FATHER, VERY ACTIVE FATHER.
UM, WE HAVE TO MANAGE THAT AND WE KNOW THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE ARE HAVE AS BEING A REPRESENTATIVE, OUR PARTICULAR WARDS AND OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR FELLOW NEIGHBORS.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S VERY, THAT, THAT LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE, UH, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
BUT AGAIN, I, I DO RESPECT THE FACT OF HER BEING THERE FOR, UH, HER DAUGHTER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
AND I'LL, I'LL SAY A, A WORD ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER GAR.
UM, ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, HEARING NO OTHER COMMENTS.
I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO EXCUSE.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? I ABS UH, ABSTAIN.
I WILL SAY COUNCIL MEMBER GAR LET ME KNOW THAT, UH, HIS PARTNER HAS HAD A MEDICAL SITUATION THAT HE IS HELPING HIS PARTNER TEND WITH, TEND TO, AND HE WILL HOLLER IF HE GETS ON THE ZOOM OR WHEN HE GETS ON THE ZOOM IF HE'S ABLE, BUT THEY'RE AT URGENT CARE, SO FORTH.
SO, ALRIGHT, LET US MOVE FORWARD.
[3. Approval of Agenda]
THREE ON THE AGENDA.COUNSEL, I'M ONLY AWARE OF ONE CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED, WHICH I THINK WE WOULD CALL SEVEN B.
AND THAT IS, UH, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROCLAMATION BROUGHT TO US BY, UH, LONGTIME WARD II RESIDENT.
MRS. PRUDENT, IS THERE A BETTER NAME FOR THIS THAT I SHOULD WRITE DOWN FOR THE AGENDA? OKAY.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROCLAMATION.
UM, THAT WOULD BE SEVEN B RIGHT BEFORE THE JUNETEENTH AND PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATIONS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? EIGHT OR SEVEN? SEVEN B DO YOU WANNA MAKE IT EIGHT B? YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATIONS UNDER EIGHT.
OKAY, WE'LL ADD IT UNDER EIGHT THEN.
HOW ABOUT THAT EIGHT B? ANY OBJECTION TO EIGHT TO THAT? SO WE'LL DO JUNETEENTH PRIDE MONTH AND THEN WE'LL TURN TO MRS. PRUDENT HEARING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? VOTE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.
IT'S BEEN MOTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LEG HECK.
AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.
[4. Consent Agenda]
ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.COUNSEL, THIS INCLUDES THREE SETS OF MINUTES, UM, THE MINUTES IN YOUR PACKET FOR MAY 21ST AND MAY 28TH.
AND THE REVISED MINUTES FOR MAY 14TH THAT ARE NOT IN THE PACKET.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL OR IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THOSE THREE ITEMS? AGAIN, THE MAY 14 MINUTES IN YOUR PACKET ARE NON-OPERATIVE.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GAR IS ON ONE.
WE NOW HAVE SIX OF OUR SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS.
HECK, ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THAT, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE A SORT OF A
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YES THERE WERE.UH, SO ABOUT HIS COMMENT? YEAH, I'M CONFUSED ON WHAT HE, WHAT DID HE SAY? I THINK HE'S REACTING TO THE EARLIER FAILED MOTION.
I, I DON'T KNOW MORE THAN THAT.
SO, COUNCILMAN LAG LOICK, WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE MINUTES? UH, THAT I KNOW THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, ARE, ARE THE MINUTES THAT ARE IN OUR PACKET, DOES THAT REFLECT ALL OF THE LATEST CHANGES? NO, NOT JUST FACT MINUTES.
THE SEPARATE MINUTES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED.
THANK YOU MADAM CLERK FOR GETTING ALL THOSE CORRECTIONS DONE.
SO IT'S THE 21 IN THE PACKET, THE 28 IN THE PACKET, AND THE 14 THAT'S LOOSE.
DO YOU HAVE THE LOOSE, DO YOU WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT MINE? IT SHOULD SAY CORRECTED IN THE WATERMARK.
YEAH, WE CAN COME BACK TO IT IF WE WANT.
DO YOU WANT A MINUTE? DOES ANYBODY WANT A MINUTE? ALL RIGHT.
SO THEN THERE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA CONTAINING THE THREE SETS OF UPDATED MINUTES? RECORDING IN PROGRESS? SO MOVED.
COUNCIL MEMBER WADE HAS MADE, MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LALO HECK.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ARE YOU VOTING COUNCIL MEMBER? I BELIEVE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GARCI IS NO LONGER WITH US, SO I THINK THE MOTION PASSES.
[5. Resident Input]
INPUT.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY TOPIC, NOT UNDERLINED ON THE AGENDA.
SO NOT THE PROCLAMATIONS, NOT THE BUDGET ORDINANCE, NOT ANNEXATION, NOT THE WAYNE PLACE.
LOTS AND NOT THE NAMING OF 57 0 1.
ANY OTHER TOPIC? AND I WILL TRY TO KEEP AN EYE ONLINE, BUT I APPRECIATE FOLKS HELP IN MONITORING THE ONLINE ATTENDEES.
AGAIN, IF YOU'RE ATTENDING ONLINE, UM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND USING THE ZOOM RAISE HAND FUNCTION.
MA'AM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I WANNA THANK THE COUNCILMAN FROM WARD II AND FOUR FOR, UH, NOT EXCUSING.
MY APOLOGIES FOR, UM, YOUR OBJECTION REGARDING THE ABSENCE OF COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD SIX.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, GIVEN THAT AT THE BUDGET HEARING, SHE HAD THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS TURNOUT TO SPEAK IN REFERENCE TO THIS MATTER.
NOT ONLY IS SHE NOT AVAILABLE TO VOTE ON THAT, BUT I SEE THAT THERE IS THE ANNEXATION ISSUE ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
UM, MY, MY QUESTION IS HOW MANY EXCUSED ABSENCES ARE GRANTED AND BASED ON WHAT SHE HAD NOT MENTIONED THAT AT ALL DURING THE HEARING.
AND AS A TEACHER, I KNOW THAT GRADUATIONS ARE ON THE CALENDAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT IT'S CONVENIENT.
AND THESE ARE TWO MAJOR ITEMS. SO, MR. MAYOR, WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT PLEASE? THANK YOU.
THERE'S JUST PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, THERE'S NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT AN COUNCIL MEMBER OR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL CAN BE EXCUSED FROM.
THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE CHARTER AND POSSIBLY AN ORDINANCE REGARDING UNEXCUSED ABSENCES THAT CAN LEAD TO PROBLEMS FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT NOT, UH, NOT EXCUSED ABSENCES.
I'M GONNA TURN NOW TO MR. PRICE AND THEN WE'LL GO TO MS. SALLOW.
MR. PRICE, ARE YOU ABLE TO UNMUTE WITH YOU? HAVE YOUR HAND UP?
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OH FOUR, FOUR AND UH, OH FOUR FOR YOU? I THINK YOU GOT THE GO AHEAD, SIR.I HOPE THAT BROKE UP SOME, I THINK, SIR, YOU WERE EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT THE REMOVAL FROM THE BUDGET OF FUNDS FOR THE OLD FOURTH WARD, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, I, I'M REQUIRED TO RECOGNIZE YOUR POINT OF ORDER.
UM, SO I GUESS THERE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSION, UM, REGARDING COUNCIL MEMBER GAR.
I GUESS HE WAS LUMPED IN REGARDING THE EXCUSING OF COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO RETRACT THAT SINCE IT WAS EMERGENCY, TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
ON THE FLOOR TO, UH, EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBER GAR.
NOW I DON'T AGREE ON THE RECORD OF COMING ON AND STATING IN THAT PARTICULAR MATTER YOUR FRUSTRATION, BUT BASED ON THE FACT THAT HE HAD A LAST MINUTE EMERGENCY FOR HIM TO, I WANT A MOTION TO, FOR HIM TO BE EXCUSED, UM, FROM THE MEETING BASED ON THE LAST MINUTE.
SO CAN WE NOT DO A MOTION FOR THAT? CAN WE, CAN WE DO IT AFTER RESIDENT INPUT? NO PROBLEM.
BUT, BUT DON'T LET ME FORGET I JUST TOLD YOU.
YOUR NAME, YOUR WARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF I TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD LEAVE THE LAWNMOWER IN THE SHED WHILE MANAGING STORM WATER AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR BIRDS, BENEFICIAL INSECTS AND OTHER WILDLIFE? THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EXTENSION SERVICE PROVIDES SOME GREAT TIPS ON REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF LAWN IN YOUR YARD.
YOU CAN REPLACE TURF GRASS WITH GROUND COVERS AND NATIVE GRASSES.
YOU CAN START WITH SMALL GARDEN BEDS OR ISLANDS OF NATIVE SHRUBS, ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, FLOWERS AND OR EDIBLE PLANTS.
ADD NATIVE PLANTS THAT PROVIDE NECTAR AND POLLEN, BERRIES, SEEDS, AND BIRD NESTING SITES.
YOU CAN PLANT A TREE TO PROVIDE SHADE AND REDUCE HOME ENERGY COSTS.
PROVIDE PRIVACY AND ADD VALUE TO YOUR PROPERTY.
REDUCE AIR POLLUTION, STORE CARBON, AND HELP CONTROL STORM WATER EROSION.
I AM ASSURED THAT CHEVROLET'S TREE PLANTING PROGRAM IS STILL IN EFFECT.
CHEVROLET'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL PLANT A TREE IN YOUR YARD.
THE TREE AGREEMENT FORM WITH A LIST OF NATIVE TREES IS ON THE TOWN WEBSITE.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIGHT THE MOSS, WHY NOT EMBRACE IT? MOSS HAS AESTHETIC AND ECOLOGICAL VALUE AND MAKES A SUITABLE GROUND COVER THAT PREVENTS SOIL EROSION.
YOU CAN SIMPLY LET THE MOSS SPREAD NATURALLY FOR AREAS OF AT LEAST 250 SQUARE FEET.
YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CONSERVATION LANDSCAPING RAIN CHECK REBATE.
SEE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST WEBSITE? IS IT LEGAL? A 200 TH 2021 STATE LAW FORBIDS COMMUNITIES FROM PROHIBITING POLLINATOR GARDENS, RAIN GARDENS, AND ZERO ESCAPING.
IF YOUR LANDSCAPE IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE WATER, LOWER MAINTENANCE COSTS, PROVIDE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CREATE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE, YOU ARE GOOD TO GO.
WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBORS THINK? WHETHER YOUR YARD IS LAWN, AN ORNAMENTAL GARDEN, OR A NATURALISTIC SPACE, YOU CAN PREVENT YOUR PLANTS FROM ENCROACHING ON YOUR NEIGHBORS OR PUBLIC SPACE.
SIGNALING YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE YARD SIGN IS A GOOD WAY TO KEEP THE PEACE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC INPUT ON ANY ITEMS? NOT UNDERLINED ON THE AGENDA AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE ONLINE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND UP OR SHOUT IT OUT.
YOUR NAME, YOUR WARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN, AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE STAFF.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION BETWEEN THE ANNEXATION VOTE, UH, THE BUDGET.
APPARENTLY THERE'S NO WAR BETWEEN MOTHERS AND FATHERS.
UM, JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
I WANNA THANK SPECIFICALLY MY COUNCIL PERSON FOR, UM, ALWAYS BEING VERY RESPONSIVE, GREAT NEWSLETTERS, GREAT INFORMATION.
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AND I DO HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR GOVERNMENT THIS EVENING.I LEFT A DENTAL APPOINTMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND WAS SITTING THERE WITH MY, MY FACE FROZEN.
AND I WAS DICTATING THE LAST MINUTE, UH, EMAIL TO JOHN AND MICAH AND, UH, ASKING FOR CORRECTIONS TO THE MAY 14TH MINUTE AND, UH, MINUTES.
UM, BECAUSE I WANTED TO THEM TO ACCURATELY REFLECT MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE MAY 14TH BUDGET HEARING, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT THE COMPOST PROGRAM OF $45,000, WHICH WAS, UM, ACCOUNTED FOR 6% OF THE POPULATION, BUT ALMOST 19% OF THE ENTIRE SANITATION BUDGET.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR REMOVING THAT ITEM.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SHOWN TO BE FREE, THAT WAS ONLY WHEN IT WAS A PILOT PROJECT.
WE'VE ALREADY SPENT 15,000 THIS YEAR.
WE WOULD'VE SPENT ANOTHER $45,000 AND THAT $45,000 WOULD BE A HALF CENT OF OUR PROPOSED 5 CENT INCREASE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR REMOVING THAT.
AND JUST REITERATING, UH, THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE SPENDS MANY HOURS GOING AND VISITING SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND TOWNS.
AND WE'VE BEEN TO MANY OF THEM THAT HAVE COMPOST PROGRAMS. ANYBODY AT ANY TIME, PUBLIC WORKS, TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, UH, COUNCIL, PEOPLE WHO REALLY LOVE THE COMPOST STUFF, FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
WE'D LOVE TO SPEND MANY MORE HOURS BRINGING YOU GREAT IDEAS ON HOW YOU COULD GET LOW COST OR OTHER PROJECTS IN TOWN.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTIONS, OUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO, UH, TOWN CLERK GISELLE RICHARDS FOR SPEEDING TO THE RESCUE THERE SEVERAL TIMES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC INPUT ON ANY ITEM? NOT ON THE AGENDA.
[Additional Item 2]
RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WADE FOR A MOTION.I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBER GAR, BASED ON A UNEXPECTED, UM, UH, INCIDENT WITH HIS, UH, SPOUSE OR GIRLFRIEND.
UM, AS I GUESS THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE FROM TODAY'S MEETING.
THERE'S A MOTION TO EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBER GARIS FROM THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S MEETING.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER LALO HECK HAS SECONDED THE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION TO EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBER GARIS? HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.
[6. Committee Reports]
AND WE WILL START WITH THE RECREATION COUNCIL.UM, THIS PAST SATURDAY WE HAD OUR ANNUAL PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT AS WELL AS OUR SCHOLARSHIP.
UH, THAT DEFINITELY CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. V, WHO HELPED IS THE MAIN COORDINATOR OF THAT WELL AS HER, HER TEAM, AND THE ENTIRE REC COUNCIL.
THANK YOU TO, UM, MR. GALLOWAY AND STAFF FOR, UH, SUPPORTING THAT AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS DONE IN A, UH, PROFESSIONAL AND TIMELY MATTER.
UH, WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE FIVE RECIPIENTS TO RECEIVE $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS FROM REC COUNCIL AND THE ADDITIONAL 1000 FROM DELEGATE JULIAN IVY.
SO THANK HIM AS WELL FOR THAT.
AND JUST A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO SOPHIA RICHARDS.
MISS, UH, WARD ONE, UH, RESIDENT AS WELL AS, UH, WARD ONE YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBER.
SHE'S ATTENDING YOLA COLLEGE IN NEW ORLEANS AND WE HAD TWO OTHER MEMBERS, UH, THAT ARE ATTENDING OR AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK.
ONE IS AT UMBC AND ONE IS AT FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY.
UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AS ME BEING THE LIAISON, WE HAVE SEEN THE LEVEL OF THIS BEING GROWN AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL INVOLVED AND TO THE RECIPIENTS I YIELD BACK.
THAT TAKES US TO THE CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE.
MR. DEANGELO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM? COUNCIL MEMBER ECK, ANYTHING TO, OR YOU WANNA FOLLOW HIM OR, UH, WELL, MR. DEANGELO IS HERE AT THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR 'CAUSE THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT SOME BUDGETARY AMOUNTS FROM LAST YEAR AS WELL AS THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, I WILL LEAVE IT TO, UH, MR. DEANGELO TO TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME OUTSTANDING BUDGET ITEMS FROM LAST YEAR AND ANY REQUESTS FOR THAT THE CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE MIGHT MAKE FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A, A REQUEST, SO I'LL START OFF WITH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR, UH, THE BUDGETARY STATUS.
UM, BASED ON THE STATUS LAST YEAR, THE CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST YEAR, WE KNEW WE WERE GOING INTO A TIGHT BUDGET AND WE OPTED TO KEEP OUR IMPACT AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AS MY UNDERSTANDING, WE DON'T HAVE BUDGET VISIBILITY, BUT WE'RE MAKING, WE PLAN TO MAKE
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NO REQUEST TO THE TOWN IN ADDITION TO THE EXPENSES THEY SPEND ON THAT, THAT LINE ITEM.SO WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING MAKING A, A FURTHER DRAW ON THAT.
ARE WE ALL OKAY? ARE WE ALL SQUARED AWAY ON CHEVROLET DAY 2025, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN PAID FOR WITH THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR? I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT OVER? DO WE KNOW IN THAT LINE ITEM? I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BONE.
IS THAT YOUR RECOLLECTION? THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION.
AND THEN, UM, THIS COMING YEAR FOR THE 95TH CELEBRATION, WHICH WILL BE SEPTEMBER 26TH, SEPTEMBER 20, YOU'LL GIVE US THE FULL BRIEFING ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT I, I THINK WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT THE BUDGET, THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE, UH, ALLOCATING IN THE FY 27 BUDGET SHOULD COVER THE FIREWORKS AND NOT MUCH MORE.
IS THAT EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING? OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL ABOUT ANY PART OF THAT OR JOHN, ANYTHING TO ADD? I'M JUST LOOKING AT TOWN ADMINISTRATOR GALLOWAY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, SO THE MAJORITY OF THAT BUDGET LINE IS FIREWORKS AND POSSIBLY GOLF CARTS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, WE, UM, WENT TO FRANKLIN'S ON TUESDAY TO GET ICE CREAM TO RA HELP RAISE MONEY FOR CHEVROLET DAY, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT FUNDRAISER.
WE SAW LOTS OF CHEVROLET FOLKS THERE.
I WAS CURIOUS WHAT OTHER FUNDRAISING EFFORTS ARE GOING ON AROUND C DAY FOR THIS YEAR? YEAH, SO WE, WE, UM, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
UH, CHEVROLET HOME IMPROVEMENT HAS STEPPED FORWARD WITH A VERY GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION.
UM, A COUPLE OF OTHERS HAVE ALSO STEPPED FORWARD.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS YET.
WE DON'T, IT'S, THEY'VE, THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF VERBAL COMMITMENTS, BUT WE WAIT UNTIL THE FINAL, UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE REACH OUT TO THE, THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, THE RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BUSINESSES, UM, AND WE ASK PEOPLE TO GO CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE, CONTACT US IN PERSON.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR, OUR IS THE REGION, THE BUSINESSES IN THE REGION TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS.
I JUST CHECKED THE BUDGET ON PAGE 45 AND THE ALLOCATION, HOPEFULLY THAT WE WILL ADOPT TONIGHT IS FOR 20,000 FOR CHEVROLET DAY, WHICH IS PROBABLY JUST ABOUT THE FIREWORKS AND NOT MUCH MORE, I THINK.
YOU WANNA GIVE US A QUICK RUNDOWN OF 9, 9 26? YEAH.
SO, UH, THIS YEAR IS THE 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING INCORPORATION OF OUR GREAT TOWN.
UH, SEPTEMBER 26TH, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING IT.
THIS IS A PARADE YEAR, RIGHT? SO, UH, TOWN ORGANIZATIONS, UH, NEIGHBORS, TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
ARE YOU GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE? YOU CAN PUT TOGETHER A FLOAT.
YOU CAN HAVE A TOWN ORG THAT, UH, WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION STANDS FOR.
BUILD A, PUT TOGETHER A FLOAT OR JUST WALK IN THE PARADE.
THE CLASSIC, UH, HOW MANY FLOATS ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN IS THE QUESTION I'M GONNA ASK YOU.
SO, REACH OUT TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, BUILD A FLOAT, PUT IT TOGETHER, AND THEN, UH, WE CAN, WE'LL HAVE A, YES, THERE WILL BE A TRACK BEHIND SO THAT YOU CAN GO BACK AND JOIN THE SECOND FLOAT THAT YOU MAY BE A PART OF.
SO, UM, AND THEN WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, COME OUT AND VIEW YOUR NEIGHBORS DOING THE QUICK SHUFFLE.
RIGHT? SO 95TH ANNIVERSARY, SEPTEMBER 26TH.
GO TO THE WEBSITE CHEVROLET DAY.ORG.
YOU CAN SIGN UP TO BE IN THE PARADE.
YOU CAN SIGN UP TO HAVE A TABLE, UM, OR YOU CAN SIGN UP TO, UH, MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO OFFSET THE COSTS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE, MR. WADE? SO REGARDING THE FLOAT ASPECT, IS THAT ON THE WEBSITE? SO FOR FOLKS? YES.
UH, YOU CAN SIGN UP AND WE'LL REACH OUT AND IT, IT'S A CONVERSATION, RIGHT? IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST SIGN UP AND YOU'RE IN IT.
YOU SIGN UP AND PRESENT WHAT KIND OF FLOAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADVERTISE.
AND WE'LL GET YOU ON THE LIST AND GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE? ALL RIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
SO THE PLANNING BOARD DID NOT MEET YESTERDAY BECAUSE,
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UM, THE LEADERSHIP WAS NOT AVAILABLE.SO WE ARE MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY.
UH, WE ARE DISCUSSING THE RECENT, UM, OR CURRENT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS AND, UM, SOME MORE ABOUT THE PORT TOWN'S PRELIMINARY PLANS.
AND, UM, I'M PROVIDING THEM UPDATES ON THE CHEVY HILL DEVELOPMENT, THE PILOT TERMS, ET CETERA, DISCUSSING, UH, CDBG GRANTS SO THAT IT'S ON THE PLANNING BOARDS, UM, SORT OF RUNNING AGENDA TO SEE WHAT, WHAT, UH, OPTIONS IN THE TWO PARTS OF TOWN THAT QUALIFY FOR THEM COULD, UM, COULD BE EXPLORED AND HOPING TO GIVE A, UH, KIM LAMP PIERCE BIKE, UH, GRANT UPDATE.
BUT I WILL HAVE TO GET THAT FROM THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR BEFORE I CAN GIVE IT TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
OH, AND CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED AT THE OLD CHURCH SITE IN THE OLD WARD FOUR.
SO NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT IT WILL BE DISCUSSED NEXT WEEK.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PLANNING BOARD LIAISON? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A REPORT FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A REPORT FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION? NO.
UH, MOVING ON TO HOMETOWN HEROES, ONE OF WHICH I BELIEVE WE HAVE IN THE ROOM WITH US RIGHT NOW.
UM, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THE HOMETOWN HEROES COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED AND VERIFIED SEVERAL NEW BANNER APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL.
THE FIRST ONE BEING ANTHONY GUSTAVO.
RUBIO IS HONORABLY SERVING AS AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND WAS NOMINATED BY HIS MOTHER, LOUISE MARIEL SALAZAR.
AND THIS IS THE PICTURE, UM, MAYOR COUNSEL, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO, UM, UH, MR. RUBIO.
ALRIGHT, UH, THE SECOND, UH, NOMINEE THAT WE HAVE IS LINWOOD KEYS JR.
HONORABLY SERVED, UH, AS A RETIRED VETERAN OF THE US AIR FORCE AND WAS NOMINATED BY, UH, MS. BELINDA MAYS AND THE CHEVROLET REC COUNCIL.
UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, PRESENTING HIM WITH A REC COUNCIL HOMETOWN HEROES AWARD THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HE'S MADE TOWARDS, UH, THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY.
MORE SPECIFICALLY HERE IN CH UH, THIS IS MR. LINWOOD KEYS, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO MR. KEYS.
UH, THE NEXT PERSON THAT WE HAVE IS JOSEPH B JO HONORABLY, SERVED AS A VETERAN OF THE US NAVY AND WAS NOMINATED BY HIS SON, PAUL, UH, JOKO, FORMER CHEVROLET COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL.
YES, FORMER, FORMER CH COUNCIL MEMBER.
OKAY, NEXT QUESTION IS MICHAEL PATRICK BENTON.
HE HONORABLY SERVED AS A VETERAN OF THE US NAVY AND WAS NOMINATED BY PAUL JO AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO, OKAY.
HONORABLY SERVED AS A RETIRED VETERAN OF THE US ARMY AND WAS NOMINATED THROUGH, UH, FAMILY.
THIS IS PAULA HAWKINS, MAYOR COUNSEL, SUB C SUB C, AND THEN, UM, FREDERICK WILLIAM MURPHY.
HONORABLY SERVED IN THE US ARMY AND WAS 21 YEARS OLD WHEN HE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND OUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, COUNTRY IN VIETNAM.
HE WAS NOMINATED BY HIS WIFE, UH, DONNA R. MURPHY.
AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF MR. MURPHY.
AND LASTLY, UM, MY FRIEND AND OUR VERY OWN CHIEF OF POLICE.
DAVID SEYMOURS IS A VETERAN OF THE US NAVY AND WAS NOMINATED BY THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET AND RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND CONTINUED DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
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YOU'RE HERE.HERE, UH, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ALL SEVEN APPLICANTS.
THE BANNERS HONORING RAYMOND CLAY, MOSLEY, MICHAEL CLAUSES, AND JOSEPH STEPHENSON HAVE BEEN RENEWED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
RENEWAL NOTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE REMAINING APPLICANTS WHOSE BANNERS WERE ORIGINALLY HUNG IN JULY OF 2025.
IF BANNERS ARE NOT RENEWED, THE BANNER WILL BE TAKEN DOWN AND RETURNED TO THE APPLICANT.
THE HOMETOWN HERO COMMITTEE IS PLANNING A RECOGNITION CEREMONY ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 9TH, 2026 AT 6:30 PM AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE 18 HONOREES TO BE HONORED OVER THE YEAR LONG SPAN OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, SO CAN I GET YES, MR. WADE, GO AHEAD.
IS OR IS THAT WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY? I THOUGHT WE THOUGHT WAS THURSDAY BEFORE THE TOWN MEETING.
IT SHOULD BE ON THAT THURSDAY BEFORE THE TOWN MEETING.
SO THAT DATE WILL BE, IT'S THURSDAY, JULY 9TH, 2026.
THAT IS THE TOWN MEETING, CORRECT? YES.
UH, SO MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IF I CAN ASK YOU ALL TO APPROVE THE NOMINEES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION ON THESE SEVEN NOMINATIONS? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEVEN NOMINATIONS? WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL SEVEN NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING OUR AMAZING CHIEF.
UH, TO BE HUNG BEFORE 4TH OF JULY.
THAT BIG MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WADE AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LALO HECK.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.
MR. GALLOWAY, FOR YOUR COORDINATION EFFORTS.
WE ARE NOW ONTO THE C YOUTH COUNCIL.
IS THERE A REPORT? I KNOW THEY WERE MEETING IN TOWN HALL.
OKAY, WE CAN UM, WE CAN COME BACK TO IT IF, UH, MR. GALLOWAY, YOU OR MS. WHITE WOULD LIKE HER TO GIVE A REPORT.
YEAH, SO I'M GONNA, UM, THANK YOU.
[7. Closed Meeting Summary]
UM, SEVEN, WHICH IS THE CLOSED MEETING SUMMARY.SO I WILL READ THAT AND THEN WE WILL START OUR PROCLAMATIONS, I BELIEVE WITH MR. WADE.
SO THE CLOSED SESSION SUMMARY FOR MAY 28TH, 2026.
ON MAY 28TH, 2026, THE MARYLAND COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CONVENE A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO MARYLAND CODE 3 1 0 1 OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE, OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CONVENED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SPECIAL MEETING AT 6:36 PM BY MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRINER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.
THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS TO HOLD A CLOSED SESSION.
THE MEETING WAS CLOSED FOR THREE SPECIFIC REASONS UNDER THE LAW.
3 3 0 5 B ONE TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE, DEMOTION, COMPENSATION REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM THIS PUBLIC BODY HAS JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MANNER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS.
THE SECOND REASON UNDER THE LAW IS, WAS 3 3 0 5 B SEVEN TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE.
AND THE THIRD REASON UNDER THE LAW WAS 3 3 0 5 8.
CONSULT WITH STAFF CONSULTANTS OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS ABOUT PENDING OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
THOSE PRESENT IN THE CLOSED SESSION WERE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TOWN ADMINISTRATOR DELAINE GALLOWAY TOWN ATTORNEYS, JASON DELOACH, ESQUIRE, AND TODD POUNDS, ESQUIRE FOR PART OF THE MEETING.
STEVE BRAMAN FOR PART OF THE MEETING.
AND CONSULTANT ROBERT BARNHART OF CHARLES P. JOHNSON AND ASSOCIATES CPJ FOR PART OF THE MEETING.
DURING THE CLOSED SESSION, MR. GALLOWAY UPDATED THE COUNSEL ON THE POTENTIAL LEGAL IMPACT OF A CHANGE IN LAW ON PARTICULAR EMPLOYEES.
MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON AN EMPLOYEE STATUS GOING FORWARD.
MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON HIS DELIVERABLES AS AN EMPLOYEE TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE MAYOR BROUGHT A CONCERN OF HIS REGARDING A POTENTIAL PERSONNEL ISSUE TO THE COUNCIL HE FOUND CONCERNING.
THE MATTER WAS DISCUSSED AMONGST THE COUNCIL AND ATTORNEY.
DELOACH PROVIDED ADVICE ON THE ISSUE.
MR. POUNDS DISCUSSED AN ISSUE ABOUT AN ALLEGED AGREEMENT REGARDING A REAL ESTATE
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MATTER AND ITS LEGAL IMPLICATIONS WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE ISSUE.
ROBIN BARNHART, MR. GALLOWAY, MR. BRAMAN AND MR. DELOACH DISCUSSED THE STATUS OF AN ONGOING MATTER THAT MAY LEAD TO POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE CLOSED MEETING WAS MADE BY VICE MAYOR BRENER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.
THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE CLOSED SESSION ENDED AT APPROXIMATELY 7:31 PM NO ACTIONS WERE TAKEN IN THE CLOSED MEETING AND THAT SUMMARY WILL BE APPENDED TO THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING WHEN THEY'RE PUBLISHED.
[8. Proclamations]
EIGHT, THE PROCLAMATIONS.AND WE WILL START WITH THE JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION.
READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER WADE PROCLAMATION.
NO, WE MADE EIGHT B WE MADE IT.
WE HAD AN ATTEMPT THE YEAH, YEAH, SORRY.
WE'RE GONNA DO JUNETEENTH PRIDE MONTH AND THEN MRS. PRUDE TO FACILITATE THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION OBSERVATION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM THROUGHOUT AMERICA.
THIS WILL BRING THE SHE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMON BOND OF FREEDOM.
THIS HAS BEEN A AFRICAN AMERICAN ANNUAL CELEBRATION TRADITION SINCE JUNE 19TH, 1886.
THE YEAR'S NATIONAL THEME IS JUNETEENTH BRINGS BALANCE TO AMERICA'S CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM.
THE 4TH OF JULY, FREED THE 4TH OF JULY, FREED THE LAND.
WHEREAS OUR COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE FROM ALL NATIONALITIES WHO ARE DECLARED EQUAL NOT ONLY IN FREEDOM, BUT ALSO IN JUSTICE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR A HEALTHY HUMAN CIVILIZATION.
AND WHEREAS OUR NATION HAS CONCEIVED ON JULY 4TH, 1776 WITH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE CLASSIC STATEMENT BEING WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT.
THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.
THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN INABLE RIGHTS.
THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE LIBERTY IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH ATE JUNE 19TH, 1865, THE DAY WHEN NEWS OF EMANCIPATION REACHED ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GALVESTON, TEXAS MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE INSURANCE OF THE EMACIATION EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
AND WHEREAS TEXAS BEGAN THE CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH IN 1886.
1866 GENERATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SINCE THEN HAVE CONTRIBUTED IMMEASURABLE TO THE CULTURAL, CIVIC, ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR NATION, DESPITE CENTURIES OF SLAVERY, SEGREGATION, DISCRIMINATION, INJUSTICE.
AND WHEREAS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY HAS GONE UNRECOGNIZED, NOT DISCUSSED, AND OR COVERED UP.
THE CIVIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, ALSO KNOWN AS CACO, IS HONORED TO PRESENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF SHELBY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES RELEVANT AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVATION AND RECOGNITION OF JUNETEENTH.
THE HISTORICAL LEGACY OF JUNETEENTH ILLUSTRATES THE VALUE OF NEVER GIVING UP HOPE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES.
NOW THEREFORE, WE CHEVY MAYOR AND COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 20TH, 2026 AS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION DAY IN THE TOWN OF CH AND TO BE CELEBRATED AND COMMEMORATED WITH THE RAISING OF THE JUNETEENTH FLAG AT SHELBY TOWN HALL.
BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIM THAT WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO BUILDING COMMUNITIES GROUNDED IN JUSTICE, COMPASSION, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE.
LET US CONTINUE TO WORK IN HONORING THE PAST, WHILE STRENGTHENING THE FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
PRESENTED THIS 20TH DAY OF JUNE 26TH, 2026 IN CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH AND THE ENDURING PURSUIT OF FREEDOM.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THE TOWN'S JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION? YOUR NAME AND YOUR WORD PLEASE? JOYCE JONES.
I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CHALLENGING POLITICAL TIME, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCIL MEMBER WADE TO THE, YOU KNOW, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE STAFF FOR NOT BEING AFRAID TO SPEAK UP AND, AND SPEAKING THIS TRUTH AND RECOGNIZING IT AND CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE IN THIS TOWN.
I GREW UP IN BALTIMORE CITY AND UH, WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE LOOKING FOR, FOR UM, HOMES AND WE DROVE THROUGH CHEVROLET, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE BOUGHT A HOME HERE WAS THE DIVERSITY THAT WE SAW.
SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR, UM, NOT BEING AFRAID TO SAY SOMETHING IN THESE POLITICAL TIMES.
'CAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE AND TO BE AWARE OF AS RIGHTS ARE BEING STRIPPED FROM ALL OF US LEFT AND RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
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VICE MAYOR BRENER.I THINK WE'RE TURNING TO YOU FOR THE PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION.
A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH IN CH MARYLAND AND TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND LIBERTY.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF CH IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING A WELCOMING COMMUNITY, ENSURING THAT OUR TOWN IS AN EXCEPTIONAL PLACE FOR ALL TO LIVE, LEARN, WORK, PLAY, AND RAISE A FAMILY.
AND WHEREAS OUR COMMUNITY IS COMMITTED TO REALIZING A SET OF PRINCIPLES THAT AFFIRM THAT EVERY PERSON IS EQUAL, HAS RIGHTS TO THEIR LIFE, LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, AND SHALL BE ACCORDED THE FULL RECOGNITION AND PROTECTION OF LAW.
AND WHEREAS OUR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER LGBTQ PLUS NEIGHBORS ARE A DIVERSE, ENGAGED, AND VITAL PART OF THE CH COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTING TO ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND SERVING AS ACTIVE AND VISIBLE LEADERS, THEREBY STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS OUR NATION IS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE, YET MANY AMERICANS CONTINUE TO BE DENIED THE FULFILLMENT OF THAT PROMISE.
AND WHEREAS WE ARE WITNESSING ONGOING CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS THAT STRIVE TO BRING MARGINALIZED GROUPS INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF AMERICAN SOCIETY WITH MUCH WORK REMAINING TO ENSURE JUSTICE AND EQUITY FOR ALL.
AND WHEREAS NEARLY 55 YEARS AGO, THE STONEWALL UPRISING BECAME A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT WHERE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY ROSE UP IN PROTEST AGAINST THE INJUSTICE OF A POLICE RAID AT THE STONEWALL INN IN GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK CITY.
AND WHEREAS WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE LEGACIES OF TWO TRANSGENDER WOMEN OF COLOR, MARSHA P JOHNSON AND SYLVIA RIVERA, WHO HELPED IGNITE THE LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE STONEWALL INN.
AND WHEREAS WE CONTINUE TO WITNESS THAT FATAL VIOLENCE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS TRANSGENDER WOMEN OF COLOR, PARTICULARLY BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMEN.
AND THAT ACCORDING TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, THE INTERSECTIONS OF RACISM, SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, AND UNCHECKED ACCESS TO GUNS DEPRIVED THESE INDIVIDUALS OF EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, AND OTHER NECESSITIES.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF RECOGNIZES THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ALL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY, FEEL VALUED, SAFE, EMPOWERED, AND SUPPORTED BY THEIR PEERS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
AND WHEREAS CH IS STRENGTHENED BY AND THRIVES UPON THE RICH DIVERSITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY OF ETHNIC, CULTURAL, RACIAL, GENDER, AGE, AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES OF ITS RESIDENTS, ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE VIBRANT CHARACTER OF OUR TOWN.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF HEREBY PROCLAIM AND RECOGNIZE JUNE AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER LGBTQ PLUS PRIDE MONTH IN THE TOWN OF CH AND THE FIRST SATURDAY OF JUNE AS A DAY TO RAISE A PRIDE FLAG AT THE TOWN HALL FLAGPOLE.
AS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF CH, WE URGE TOWN RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY TO ENCOURAGE OUR LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH TO STAND PROUD ALL YEAR LONG, TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY AND LIBERTY AND TO REJECT PREJUDICE AND BIAS IN ANY FORM.
AND THIS WAS ORIGINALLY READ ON SATURDAY JUNE 6TH BY THE MAYOR.
THANK YOU ALSO TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRY FOR COMING OUT TO THE PRIDE FLAG RAISING.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, HAVING JUST ONE SUPPORTIVE ADULT IN THEIR LIVES DRAMATICALLY INCREASES THE MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR L-G-B-T-Q YOUTH AND DRAMATICALLY DECREASES THEIR RISK OF SUICIDE.
UM, AND I THINK MENTAL HEALTH NOW IS ON A LOT OF OUR MINDS AND I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SUPPORT EVERYONE IN THEIR LIVES, BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR FOR WHO THEY ARE.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THE TOWN'S PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION? JOYCE JONES, WARD TWO.
UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BRENER FOR THAT ELOQUENT STATEMENT.
AGAIN, JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT I SAID TO, UH, CHRISTOPHER WADE, COUNCIL MEMBER WARD.
WARD ONE THAT, UM, I'M PROUD OF BEING A TOWN THAT, UH, RECOGNIZES THESE ISSUES, CONFRONTS THEM, STATES, THEM PUBLICLY, PUTS 'EM ON OUR WEBSITE.
I KNOW THAT OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, UM, AND HIS, THE, HIS TRAINING AND THE WAY HE RUNS THE, THE, UM, THE DEPARTMENT IS VERY AWARE OF THESE ISSUES BECAUSE AS YOU SAY, THEY'RE OFTEN, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO SAY YOU,
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PARDON? KEEP GOING.UM, LGBTQ PLUS IS NOT ANYTHING NEW.
ALL THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, WAYS TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND EXPRESS THEIR SEXUALITY AND GENDER.
THEY'RE SOMETIMES CALLED THIRD, UM, THREE SPIRIT PEOPLE IN OTHER CULTURES.
THIS IS RECOGNIZING THE DIVERSITY OF HUMAN SPIRIT.
AND THANK YOU TO FOR, FOR GOING ALONG WITH THAT AND FOR CELEBRATING IT.
UH, MS. PUTIN, DO YOU WANNA TAKE THE PODIUM AND DISCUSS THE RECOGNITION THAT CH HAS RECEIVED FROM PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY? I DO.
I'M IN WARD TWO AND, UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT 'CAUSE I'M ALSO A COMMISSIONER ON OUR COUNTY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
ON MAY 21ST, WE HAD OUR ANNUAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION RECEPTION.
AND AT THAT RECEPTION, UM, THE DONNA SCHNEIDER, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, UH, PRESENTED US WITH, UM, A DOCUMENT HERE.
AND SHE, I WANNA READ HER COMMENTS BECAUSE WE HAD VERY FEW PEOPLE FROM THE TOWN THERE.
UM, SO THE CHEVROLET HISTORIC DISTRICT WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ON JULY 5TH, 2024.
THE DESIGNATION RECOGNIZES CHEVROLET'S HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT ENCOMPASSES THE OLDEST DWELLINGS AND THE FIRST 11 PLATTED SECTIONS OF THE TOWN.
IT WAS A FIVE-YEAR PROCESS TO GAIN THIS RECOGNITION AND IT IS A TESTAMENT OF THE COMMUNITY'S EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE ITS HISTORY.
THE DISTRICT'S SIGNIFICANCE IS AS AN INTACT EARLY 20TH CENTURY SUBURB OF WASHINGTON DC THAT DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF CAREFUL AND CONTROLLED PLANNING EFFORTS AND GREW IN RESPONSE TO REGIONAL POPULATION GROWTH.
CH ADDRESSED THE AREA HOUSING SHORTAGES OF THE PERIOD AND HAD CONVENIENT COMMUTER ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS.
IT ALSO HAS A SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATION OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE UNITED BY PHYSICAL AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND VISUAL CONTINUITY.
DUE TO RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, CHEVROLET BEGAN AS AN EXCLUSIVE WHITE SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT.
BUT IN THE 19 AND IN THE MID MID 1950S, UPPER MIDDLE AND PROFESSIONAL CLASS, AFRICAN AMERICAN HOME BUYERS BEGAN TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY IN CHEVROLET'S FOURTH WARD.
THE FOURTH WARD BECAME A CENTER OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM THAT PRODUCED A NUMBER OF LOCAL AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICIANS TO ADD TO ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR ITS ROLE IN THE DESEGREGATION OF SUBURBAN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
THE CHEVROLET HISTORIC DISTRICT HAS ALSO BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CONTAINING THE LARGEST KNOWN COLLECTION OF KIT HOUSES IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
THE SOCIETY WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE CHEVROLET HISTORIC DISTRICT FOR ITS NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PLACE DESIGNATION WITH A ST.
HERE'S OUR THING, AND I'M GONNA READ IT.
IT SAYS, THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO CH HISTORIC DISTRICT IN RECOGNITION OF MERITORIOUS EFFORT IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE HERITAGE OF OUR COUNTY, IN RECOGNITION OF ITS NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DESIGNATION.
GIVEN THIS 21ST DAY OF MAY, 2026 IN RECOGNITION OF ST.
GEORGE'S DAY BEING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, 23 APRIL, 1696, SIGNED BY DONNA SCHNEIDER, PRESIDENT, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL DISPLAY THAT IN A PLACE OF HONOR, EITHER IN THIS BUILDING OR IN TOWN HALL.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MRS. PRUDENT? YES, VICE MAYOR.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THAT, UM, BODY AND REPRESENTING TREVOR
[9. Budget Ordinance 2026-01]
THE FINAL READING AND ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE 22 20 26 0 1.UM, WHERE TO BEGIN? WELL, I WILL READ THE ORDINANCE A, A FAIR READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND THEN I'LL GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW AND THEN, UH, WE SHALL SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC INPUT AND UH, THEN WE'LL HAVE A MOTION.
SO WE ARE DISCUSSING, UH, THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET ORDINANCE 2026 DASH ONE, THE UN CODIFIED BUDGET ORDINANCE COVERING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027.
THE FISCAL YEAR RUNS FROM JULY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2027.
WHEREAS ARTICLE SEVEN, SECTION C 23, A TWO OF THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET GRANTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE POWER TO APPROPRIATE AND EXPEND FUNDS FOR ANY PURPOSE DEEMED TO BE PUBLIC.
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OF THE TOWN COMMENCES ON JULY ONE AND ENDS BY THE FOLLOWING JUNE 30, PURSUANT TO C 32 OF THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN.AND WHEREAS THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL HAVE PRIOR TO EACH FISCAL YEAR ADOPTED A BUDGET TO GOVERN THE APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND WHEREAS AFTER NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS AND MEETINGS, THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL HAVE PREPARED A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 CONTAINING ANTICIPATED REVENUES AND PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR.
AND WHEREAS SAID BUDGET AS DESCRIBED AT NUMEROUS PUBLIC MEETINGS BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A.
ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD ACCESS TO A VERY THICK PDF WITH THE, UH, TILED PICTURES ON THE FRONT.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF CH AND REGULAR SESSION ASSEMBLED THAT THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 CONTAINING ANTICIPATED REVENUES AND PROPOSED EXPENDITURES OF THE TOWN, WHICH BUDGET IS HERETO ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A AND IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE B AND HEREBY IS ADOPTED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO TAKE EFFECT JULY 1ST, 2026 UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2027 AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED THAT THIS BUDGET SHALL GOVERN THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS BY THE TOWN DURING FY 27 AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE FISCAL YEAR AMEND THIS BUDGET BY MOTIONS MADE, DISCUSSED, AND CARRIED.
SO LONG AS ANY ACTION REGARDING THIS BUDGET IS TAKEN AT PUBLIC MEETING AFTER NOTICE AND A PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND THE AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR DO NOT INCREASE THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES BY MORE THAN 10% OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES FIGURE APPEARING ON EXHIBIT A, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON JULY 1ST, 2026.
HOWEVER, PROVIDED THAT A FAIR SUMMARY OF THE ORDINANCES PUBLISHED AT LEAST ONCE IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET, INTRODUCED BY THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL AT A REGULAR MEETING ON MAY 21ST, 2026, AT WHICH COPIES WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR INSPECTION, ET CETERA.
LET ME NOW JUST BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE AND THEN I'LL TURN TO MR. GALLOWAY FOR ANY CORRECTIONS OR COUNSEL FOR ANY COMMENTS.
BUT THE IN SUMMARY, UH, THE TAX RATES ARE 60 CENTS AND 103 CENTS, UH, FOR REAL PROPERTY, I SHOULD SAY REAL PROPERTY FOR THE COMING YEAR.
ANTICIPATED REVENUES ARE $11,397,000.
ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES ARE $11,537,000 FOR AN ANTICIPATED DEFICIT OF $140,590.
UM, WE ARE STILL WRESTLING WITH THE FY 26 DEFICIT.
IT IS GOING TO BE, WE THINK SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 384,500 70,000, UM, DEFICIT FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT ONLY HAS THREE WEEKS LEFT IN IT.
UM, MR. GALLOWAY, ANYTHING TO ADD? COUNSEL? ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE BEFORE WE TURN TO THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THE UN CODIFIED BUDGET ORDINANCE? YOUR NAME, YOUR AWARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
OKAY, SEAN, PATRICK, WHAT DO YOU GUYS LIKE TO SPEND YOUR MONEY OR, UH, TAXPAYER'S MONEY? OKIE DOKE.
CAN YOU QUANTIFY OR QUANTIFY EXACTLY 300 TO WHAT? 570 WHAT? 1000 FOR 2026 I FOR EXACT FIGURES, PLEASE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPEND THREE MINUTES OTHER THAN YOU GUYS LIKE TO SPEND MONEY.
WE HAD ANTICIPATED A DEFICIT OF F FOR FY 26 OF 384,000 AND CHANGE, UH, HOWEVER THE WILD, SO THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ACCURATE BASED ON ITSELF.
HOWEVER, THE WILD CARD IS THE UNANTICIPATED SHORTFALL IN REAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FROM THE APARTMENTS, WHICH COULD BE AS HIGH AS $200,000.
SO THAT'S WHY I PROVIDED THAT RANGE OF NUMBERS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC INPUT ON THE UN CODIFIED BUDGET ORDINANCE FOR FY 27?
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SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL? MR. TANZI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? SURE.I MOVE TO APPROVE THE, UH, BUDGET AS READ.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI HAS MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET ORDINANCE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND THE BUDGET ORDINANCE.
IT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LALO.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COUNCIL? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET ORDINANCE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE BUDGET ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO NOTHING.
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ITEM 10, ANNEXATION CHARTER AMENDMENT CAR 1 26, FINAL READING AND ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER AMENDMENT.I WILL NOT BE RE UH, READING EXHIBIT A, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
CHARTER AMENDMENT, RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 26, COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CH MARYLAND CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION ONE DASH 26 HOSPITAL HILL, A CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CH ENLARGING THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF CH BY ANNEXING INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF LANDS, CONTIGUOUS AND ADJOINING TO THE TOWN'S EXISTING CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS HOSPITAL HILL CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 44.1867 ACRES OF LAND IN TOTAL, GENERALLY KNOWN AS HOSPITAL HILL, AKA, THE OLD CHEVROLET HOSPITAL SITE.
AND ATTACHED IS EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED BY THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET AND WHICH ELABORATES AND I MEAN ELABORATES THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF IN 38 DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
THE GEOGRAPHIC LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ANNEXATION AREA ALSO PROVIDED IS THE, AS REQUIRED BY LAW IS THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET'S HOSPITAL HILL ANNEXATION PLAN, WHAT YOU CAN FIND AT THE END OF YOUR PACKET.
COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS NOW BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? NONE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THE ANNEXATION CHARTER AMENDMENT? PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, YOUR NAME AND WORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
AS EVERYONE KNOWS, I'M A STAR SUPPORTER OF ANNEXATION, BUT I STILL HAVE, UM, I WILL DEAL WITH ONE MAJOR QUESTION THAT REMAINS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF CAR 1 26 IN NOV IN DECEMBER, 2025.
I HAVE ASKED REPEATEDLY WHY THE ACREAGE TO BE ANNEXED INCLUDES PARCELS WHICH HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE TOWN'S BOUNDARIES SINCE THEIR ANNEXATION IN 1958 AND 1998.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED THE LONG AWAITED EXHIBIT A, WE CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO TEXTS.
THE ACREAGE TOTAL SHOWN IN THE ORDINANCE IS 44.1867.
WHILE THAT'S SHOWN IN THE MEETS AND BOUNDS IS 39.98.
THE LETTER IS CLOSER TO AN ACCURATE FIGURE EXCLUDING THE PREVIOUS ANNEXATIONS.
PLEASE PROVIDE ASSURANCE THAT THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION EXCLUDES THE PREVIOUS ANNEXATION LANDS.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE AND PROPERTY DESCRIPTION MUST MATCH IT IS THE BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION THAT IS DEFINITIVE.
IF THEY CONFLICT THE DISCREPANCY CAN INVALIDATE THE ANNEXATION.
THE CORRECTION SHOULD BE MADE IN THE ORDINANCE TEXT BEFORE ADOPTION.
THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT.
SO THE ACTION POINTS FIRST, MAKE SURE MY INFORMATION IS CORRECT, THAT THE BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION TAKES PRECEDENCE.
TWO, MAKE SURE THAT THE BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION EXCLUDES PARCEL 180 1 AND THE CAPITAL VIEW LOTS.
THREE, CHANGE THE ORDINANCE TEXT TO MATCH THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.
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ALL THE PLACES WHERE IT SAYS 44 ACRES, ET CETERA.UM, ON PAGE 31, THAT IS WITHIN THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION, UM, THERE'S A REFERENCE TO SPRING HILL EDITION.
WE STILL DO NOT INDICATE WHERE, WHERE THIS, UM, FIRE ENGINE, BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCE PERSONNEL AND MEDIC PERSONNEL COME FROM HERE.
IT'S STILL SAYING CHEVROLET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IMAGINE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
SO IT HAS TO SAY IT BLADENSBURG OR WHEREVER IT'S SUPPOSED TO COME FROM.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SO WE NEED, WE NEED, THANK YOU.
BUT WE, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT, THAT THE PREVIOUS ANNEXATION LANDS ARE EXCLUDED.
SO WE NEED TO, TO, UM, TO CHANGE THE TOTAL ACREAGE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE MAGNET INFORMATION IS CORRECT AND WE NEED TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION BEFORE WE ADOPT THE, UM, THE ORDINANCE.
CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY TELL ME WHERE IS THE CHEVROLET MILL SPRING? IT'S, IT'S, WHERE IS THE MILL ITSELF? NO, I MEAN, WHICH PAGE? OH, PAGE 31.
IT REFERS TO THE SPRING HILL EDITION.
THAT'S, THAT'S A LEGAL, OH, IT'S SPRING MILL EDITION.
AT, UM, OKAY, LET ME PROPOSE TWO THINGS.
FIRST, COUNSEL, WE COULD, UH, ALTER THE ANNEXATION PLAN TO SAY, UM, BLADENSBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THAT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE A LOGICAL AND EASY CHANGE THAT'S ON PAGE TWO OR 38 OF THE PACKET.
UM, WE CAN CHANGE PAGE 31 TO IN PARAGRAPH SEVEN TO SPRING MILL EDITION AND THEN, OKAY.
AND THEN, UH, LET ME GO BACK AND
SO, SEC, BECAUSE THIS WAS ADDED AT THE SECOND READER, I THINK THE ANNEXATION SET FORTH HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.
THE TOWN OF CH HEREBY AGREES TO ACCEPT AND SHALL NOT REVISE, PARTICIPATE, OR INTERFERE WITH ANY PILOT PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES THAT IS AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER SLASH OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
SO EFFECTIVELY, HOME TEAM FIVE AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE, REPRESENTED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
TO THIS END, THE TOWN OF CH AGREES TO PROVIDE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL TAX TREATMENT AS AUTHORIZED IN THE MARYLAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 4 4 0 5.
THE TOWN OF CH AGREES THAT THE ANNEXATION AREA SHALL BE SUBJECT TO AN ADJUSTED MUNICIPAL TAX RATE THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ANY PILOT AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO WITH THE COUNTY, BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE DEVELOPER.
FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY USES SUCH THAT THE APPLICABLE MUNICIPAL TAX RATE SHALL RESULT IN AN AGGREGATE REAL PROPERTY TAX BURDEN ON THE MULTI-FAMILY OR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES THAT IS NO GREATER THAN THE AGGREGATE REAL PROPERTY TAX BURDEN PRIOR TO THE ANNEXATION AFTER CONSIDERATION OF THE PILOT WITH THE COUNTY, THIS SPECIAL TRACK TAX TREATMENT, THIS SPECIAL TAX TREATMENT IS WITHDRAWN UPON THE SALE OF ANY PORTION OF THE ANNEXATION AREA TO ANY HOMEOWNER OR 15 YEARS FOLLOWING FINAL APPROVAL OF ANY USE AND OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL OR MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES.
THE TOWN OF CH INTENDS TO ENTER INTO AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR TO PROVIDE
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FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL TAX RATE FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.SO BRIEFLY, I'LL SAY WHAT IS ON THE TABLE WITH THE, BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE DEVELOPER IS A 25% PILOT OF THE COUNTY TAX RATE ON THE NON OWNERSHIP PARTS OF THE PROJECT FOR 15 YEARS.
NOT, THIS DOES NOT AT ALL INVOLVE THE TOWNHOUSES.
THIS DOES NOT IN ALL INVOLVE THE OWNERSHIP CONDOMINIUMS. THIS IS WHAT ANY APARTMENT BUILDING THAT MIGHT BE BUILT, ANY HOTEL THAT MIGHT BE BUILT, PERHAPS THE 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL THAT MIGHT BE BUILT.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHEN THE BUILDING IS OWNED, WHEN THE, ANY OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE OWNED BY A COMPANY OR OR INDIVIDUAL ENTITY, THEY WILL PAY 25% OF THE COUNTY TAX RATE.
OR YOU MIGHT SAY 24 CENTS BECAUSE THE COUNTY TAX RATE IS 96 CENTS.
OKAY, NOW, IN, IN THE COUNTY TAX RATE IN A MUNICIPALITY IS 84 CENTS.
THE COUNTY LOSES 12 THAT 12 CENTS BECAUSE AS A RECOGNITION THAT PROPERTY TAX PAYERS IN A MUNICIPALITY ARE PAYING A MUNICIPAL TAX, SO THE COUNTY ONLY TAKES 84 CENTS INSTEAD OF 96.
SO THE COUNTY WILL GET THE 21 CENTS.
AND IN THAT EXAMPLE, CH WILL ONLY GET THE 3 CENTS.
I WANNA BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS.
SO I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS ON THE METRO TODAY.
IF YOU HAVE A BUILDING, LET'S SAY IT'S, AND I'M GONNA, THIS IS PROBABLY A LOW BALL FIGURE, BUT IF YOU HAVE A BUILDING, LET'S SAY AN APARTMENT BUILDING, A RENTAL BUILDING, MULTIFAMILY, AND IT'S FIRST YEAR ASSESSMENT AS PRIVATELY OWNED, IS $10 MILLION, PROBABLY A LOW FIGURE, BUT LET'S SAY IT'S $10 MILLION, THE TOWN WILL ONLY GET $3,000 IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FROM THAT BUILDING.
THE FIRST YEAR, 3 CENTS, THE COUNTY WON'T DO MUCH BETTER.
AND THAT WILL BE TRUE, JUST IN THE INTEREST OF FULL TRANSPARENCY.
NOW THEIR ASSESSMENT WON'T BE 10 MILLION FOR 15 YEARS, THEIR ASSESSMENT WILL GO UP.
BUT IF IT WAS $10 MILLION, THAT WHATEVER IT IS, THAT WILL CONTINUE THAT, THAT LITTLE BIT OF MONEY WILL BE WHAT'S COMING TO CH FROM THAT BUILDING FOR 15 YEARS.
AND THE COUNTY WILL GET ITS LITTLE PIECE, IT'S 21 CENTS OF, WHAT IS IT, HOPEFULLY AN ESCALATING OR RISING ASSESSMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO HAVING SAID THAT, LET'S GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER PUBLIC INPUT ON THE ANNEXATION RESOLUTION.
AWARD TO, UH, SEAN, SHOW ONLY.
WHY WAR TWO? MARY? I WAS ELEGANT AND IT WAS COMPLETE THOUGHT AND I THOUGHT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CHANGE THE EQUATION AND MADE IT 6% FOR THE TOWN AND, AND, AND THE COUNTY GOT AN EXTRA BUMPED UP? WHY DON'T YOU CHANGE THE EQUATION? WOULD THAT CONFUSE THINGS? LESS MONEY FOR THE DEVELOPER, MORE MONEY FOR THE DEVELOPER? CHANGE THE EQUATION A LITTLE BIT MAYBE AT THE LAST MOMENT.
WAS THAT A DIFFICULTY OR WAS THAT BREAKING SOME CONTRACT ON IT? SO TOWN GETS 6% OR 7.2% INSTEAD OF 3% AND THE COUNTY WOULD GET A BUMP UP 4%.
SO CHANGE THE EQUATION AT THE LAST MINUTE QUESTION.
IS IT POSSIBLE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.
LET ME JUST MAKE SURE, I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND, I'M TALKING ABOUT CENTS, NOT PER CENTS.
SO WHEN I SAY 21 CENTS 4 CENTS, IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE.
IT WI WISH IT WERE A PERCENTAGE, BUT IT'S ONLY CENTS.
AND, AND THE 25%, UH, PILOT WITH THE COUNTY IS NOT SET IN STONE, AND CHEVROLET IS NOT A PARTY TO THAT NEGOTIATION.
SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WILL NOT BE INKED AT 25%.
I'M SIMPLY PROVIDING THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME.
AGAIN, THAT AGREEMENT, IN MY OPINION OR ESTIMATION, WILL BE MADE IN THE NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS BETWEEN THE COUNTY, WHICH OWNS THE LAND AND THE DEVELOPER AND THE TOWN OF IS ESSENTIALLY ON ALONG FOR THE RIDE ON SECTION THREE VICE MAYOR.
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I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT, UM, MS. SALE'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE, UM, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ONE ACREAGE AND THE OTHER ACREAGE, AND WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT? SURE.SO I HAVE, I HAVE EXEC, I HAVE GONE OVER THIS QUESTION, UH, WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY.
UH, AND HE IS CONFIDENT THAT THE SURVEYOR AND THE MEETS AND BOUNDS ARE CORRECT IN THE DOCUMENT.
SO HIS ADVICE TO THE TOWN HAS BEEN TO I IS TO THIS BODY TO, UH, PROCEED WITH, WITHOUT PUTTING WORDS IN HIS MOUTH, TO PROCEED WITH, UH, THE ANNEXATION AS DESCRIBED IN THESE DOCUMENTS.
'CAUSE YOU'RE A REPEAT CUSTOMER.
HOW ABOUT 60 SECONDS? REPEAT THIS? NO, NO, NO.
I, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
THE ATTORNEY SAID GO WITH THE DOCUMENT, BUT WHICH ONE? BECAUSE THEY, THEY CONFLICT WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH, SO HE SHOULD REALLY SAY GO WITH THE MEETS AND BOUNDS.
RIGHT? I THAT'S, IS THAT WHAT HE SAID? THAT'S PROBABLY ACTUALLY WHAT HE SAID.
SO THERE ARE THREE INSTANCES AS I JUST WENT THROUGH THREE INSTANCES WHERE IT SAYS 44.1867.
AND EACH OF THOSE SHOULD BE CHANGED 39.98 AND THOSE OCCUR ON 20, PAGE 27, 28 AND 35 OF THE CURRENT.
HE IS, HE IS CONFIDENT IN THE 44 FIGURE.
HE'S NO, HE'S, I UNDERSTAND YOUR VIEW ON THIS, ON THIS TOPIC.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC INPUT BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? DO YOU WANNA OH, THANK YOU.
WILL THIS DEVELOPMENT END UP LIKE, UH, UH, ADDISON ROW AND CHEVROLET OVER ON TON WHERE, UH, THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE PUTTING IN HOUSING AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL AREA.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT HOSPITAL HILL CAN, UH, PUT IN THE HOUSING AND THEN WAIT 15 YEARS TO PUT IN THE, UH,
I DON'T WANT TO DELVE TOO MUCH INTO THE PROJECT BECAUSE THAT'S A SEPARATE DISCUSSION FROM THE ANNEXATION OF THE ACREAGE.
UM, I WILL JUST BRIEFLY SAY, UH, THAT ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE CURRENT, AGAIN, THE PLAN AS OF JUNE 11TH, 2026 IS TO START WITH TOWNHOUSES, UH, AND THEN PROCEED AS IT AS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PROJECT.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE COMMERCIAL, THE PROMISE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IS NO GREATER THAN 40,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO, SO THAT IS, THAT IS THE PROMISE, UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, WHICH IS NOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SPACE.
SO I WANNA MANAGE EXPECTATIONS ON THAT.
BUT, UH, I THINK IF THERE'S INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY IN HAVING A CONVERSATION THIS AUTUMN ABOUT THE PROJECT, WE CAN HAVE THAT AS A SEPARATE CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT THOUGH, MS. JONES.
UM, I'M GONNA SPEAK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO'S VERY MODEST AND PROBABLY WISHES I WASN'T UP HERE, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT CHILA SALLOW CONTRIBUTES TO THIS TOWN IN MANY WAYS, BUT ESPECIALLY AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS STILL AN EXTREMELY ROBUST ORGANIZATION WITH OVER 40 MEMBERS WITH A CHOCKFULL OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE.
AND YOU SEE, UM, THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT SHE BRINGS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE WITH A SPECIFIC ACREAGE OR WHATEVER SHE'S DOING THE WORK SHE'S DOTTING THE, I'S THE CROSSING THE T'S.
AND MIGHT ALSO ADD IN TERMS OF ANNEXATION, UH, ATTORNEY PE, UM, WAS THE BENEFIT OF COUNTLESS HOURS OF HER RESEARCH, MUCH OF WHICH, MOST OF WHICH, UH, WAS IN HIS LETTER TO WHEN THERE WAS THE BIG FIGHT WITH BLADENSBURG.
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THOUGH MSS HAS BEEN FORTUNATELY BEEN VILIFIED MUCH IN THE PAST, I'M HOPING THAT THOSE DAYS ARE BEHIND US AND WE CAN REALLY FULLY RECOGNIZE HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TOWN ON THIS AND MANY OTHER THINGS.THANK YOU FOR THOSE, UH, COMMENTS.
I THINK SINCE YOU WERE, YOU WERE UP HERE ALREADY, WEREN'T YOU? WELL, ONE QUESTION.
YOU HONOR THE LAWYER, MAKE, IF THE LAWYER'S WRONG, HE'S NEW TO THE JOB.
LET'S JUST SAY THE NEW EMPLOYMENT.
IF HE'S WRONG, HE SCHEDULES THE DEAL.
IF HE'S WRONG, YOU'RE BASICALLY CALLING A MS SOLO, UH, MAKING A GREAT ARROW.
LET'S JUST SAY A NICE WAY OF SAYING IT.
BUT BASICALLY IF, IF YOU ARE, WELL, IF SHE'S RIGHT, SHE WARNED YOU AND YOU'RE NOT LISTENING, BUT SHE'S WRONG.
YOU'RE NOT LISTENING AND THIS SKY THE DEAL OR WHATEVER, PLAY GAMES WITH THE LAST MINUTE, LAST MINUTE.
IT'S MUDDLING THE, THE LAW BASICALLY.
ALRIGHT, SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, COUNSEL, WELL, HE'S NOT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
YOU DON'T WANNA MAKE A MOTION FIRST.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SORT OF REVISIT, I WANT TO PARSE OUT THE PILOT QUESTION TOO.
'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
UM, SO AGAIN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT'S A, IS IT'S A 15 YEAR AGREEMENT, RIGHT? AND BUT THAT ENDS IF THE PROPERTY SELLS, OR IS THAT, IS THAT IF IT, IF IT'S SOLD OR TRANSFERS IT, UM, THAT ONLY APPLIES TO THE OWNER.
THE SALE, THE IT STOPS WHEN IT GETS SOLD PROVISION APPLIES TO THE OWNERSHIP UNITS.
SO THE TOWNHOUSES AND THE CONDOMINIUMS ARE TECHNICALLY PART OF THE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THEY'RE PART OF THE PILOT, BUT THEY WON'T BE MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS UNTIL, YOU KNOW, JACK AND JEFF RESIDENT BUY IT.
AND THEN WHEN THEY GO TO SETTLEMENT, UH, THAT THEIR TOWNHOUSE GOES ON THE TAX ROLLS 100%.
AND THAT 15 YEARS OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T START UNTIL SOMEONE'S LIVING THERE.
UH, IT STARTS WITH A USE WHEN THEY ARE GRANTED THE USE AND OCCUPANCY PERMIT.
WHICH ARE HARD TO GET IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
BUT YES, THAT'S, THAT'S, IF THE CLOCK DOES NOT START THE CLOCK, THE CLOCK DOES NOT START UNTIL THE UNO PERMIT IS ISSUED.
AND THEN THAT CONTINUES FOR 15 YEARS.
AND THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE FULLY ON THE NON OWNERSHIP ELEMENTS.
SO THE COM WHATEVER, THE 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL, IF THERE'S A HOTEL, A HOTEL, IF THERE'S A MULTIFAMILY RENTAL BUILDING, A, A, A MULTIFAMILY RENTAL BUILDING, AND WHATEVER RATE IS SET THAT IS SET FOR THE 15 YEARS, THERE'S NO RENEGOTIATION TIME.
THE PERCENTAGE, THE PERCENTAGE WILL BE AG WILL BE AGREED FOR 15 YEARS.
THE 25%, WHICH IS THE NUMBER I KEEP THROWING AROUND, BUT IS NOT SET IN STONE.
AGAIN, THE COUNTY'S TAX RATE COULD GROW BEYOND 96 CENTS.
BUT I THINK THEY'D HAVE TO OVERTURN TRIM, BUT SO POSSIBLY, RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY THE 24 CENTS IS NOT SET IN STONE, BUT I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF SET IN STONE BECAUSE OF TRIM.
IF IT, IF IN FACT THE 25% IS WHAT'S IN THAT SIGNED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE DEVELOPER.
SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC INPUT, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION ONE DASH 26? MAYOR, IF I CAN, SIR, I'VE ASKED, UH, ATTORNEY TO GET ON TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING ON MOMENTARILY.
IS THERE A MOTION WE CAN HOLD THE VOTE OPEN FOR HIM, BUT IS THERE A MOTION SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DISCUSS IT? I MOVE TO ADOPT ANNEXATION CHARTER AMENDMENT CAR 1 26.
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ECK.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE COUNCIL? I'LL START, UM,
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AND SAY, JUST SAY, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.I, UM, THINK IT IS, UH, A COMPLICATED ISSUE AND THERE ARE DOWNSIDES TO IT THAT I WANNA PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE.
UM, THERE ARE RISKS IN ANNEXES AND THERE ARE RISKS IN ANNEXING THIS LAND.
UH, I THINK THE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES OF IT BEING IN, IN THE TOWN FAR EXCEED THE RISKS.
UM, WHETHER YOU LOOK AT FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS OR 15 YEARS, REGARDLESS OF YOUR TIMELINE, UH, I THINK THE REWARDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF TOWN RESIDENTS FAR EXCEED THE SHORT TERM RISKS.
I, I DON'T, I DO WANNA, UH, BE HONEST ABOUT THE REVENUE CHALLENGES THAT THE PILOT WILL PRO WILL POSE.
UM, I THINK, UH, WE WILL HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME AS A COUNCIL, UH, AND INCLUDING MR. GALLOWAY, OUR NON-VOTING MEMBER, UH, PLANNING FOR HOW TO NAVIGATE THE PROVISION OF SERVICES THAT WE WOULD BE PROVIDING TO THESE CH RESIDENTS, UH, WHILE THE NON OWNERSHIP UNITS ARE PAYING A, UM, TRYING TO THINK OF A POLITE TERM, A REDUCED AMOUNT OF, UH, OF, UH, TAX REVENUE FOR, UH, FOR THOSE 15 YEARS.
UM, COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I GO TO MR. P VICE MAYOR? UM, YES.
ALONG THAT SAME VEIN, UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UM, VOTE IN A LOT OF WAYS.
UM, THERE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE TIMES IN THE FUTURE WHERE FUTURE COUNCILS LOOK BACK AND SHAKE THEIR FISTS AT THIS COUNCIL AND SAY, WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO US? UM, IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT THIS COUNCIL DOES THAT FOR DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE PAST AS WELL, UM, FOR ME, UM, THE RISKS THAT THE MAYOR REFERENCED ABOUT ANNEXATION ARE DEFINITELY WORTH IT, PARTICULARLY, AND, AND THIS IS NOT, UM, SORT OF PART OF THE CONVERSATION VERY MUCH, BUT IN TERMS OF HAVING PEOPLE LIVING NEAR US, BEING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I LOOK AT PLACES LIKE THE CH STATION APARTMENTS, UM, AND OTHER AREAS BORDERING ON CH WHERE THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING FOLKS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND INSTEAD WE HAVE THESE, UM, SORT OF PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES, UM, AND AREAS THAT WERE NOT ANNEXED AT THE TIME.
UM, AND IT'S HARD AND IT, IT, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO FEEL LIKE A COHESIVE COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO US, AND IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO WELCOME THEM INTO CH AND TO HAVE THEM BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BUILD SOMETHING WITH THEM TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO I AM EXCITED ABOUT ANNEXATION, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE MAD AT ME LATER.
UM, MR. POUNDS, I'M GONNA COME TO YOU AFTER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WADE.
UM, I RAN ON THIS, I RAN ON SMART ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ONE OF MY PILLARS WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PART OF THAT WAS THE ANNEXATION.
UM, IN THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, WE DO NOT HAVE SMART ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS WILL BE A LONG PROCESS.
UM, THERE WILL BE POSITIVE NEGATIVES REGARDING THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO BRING IT WITHIN THE FOLD OF CHEV IF WE WANT IT TO BE DONE CORRECTLY.
UH, IF WE ALLOW IT OUTSIDE, THEN IT WOULD BE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE NO CONTROL, UM, OF IT, AS WELL AS WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOLD IT INTO THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL LIVE IN NOW.
UM, WE NEED TO MAKE THIS EXAMPLE TO EVERYONE, NOT JUST, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, AREA WITH THE ENTIRE REGION THAT, UH, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY CAN DO SMART ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
UM, BUT WITH THE INDIVIDUALS HERE, EVEN IF I'M NOT SITTING IN THIS SEAT, I THINK WE WILL, WE HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION, UM, FOR IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND, BUT ULTIMATELY, UM, IT RELIES ON US AS A WHOLE.
THAT INCLUDES YOU ALL OUT THERE TO HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE.
UH, WITH THAT, UM, DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPERS THAT SOME OF 'EM ARE HERE.
UH, WITH THAT, IT'S, IT'S STILL, IT IS A COMPROMISE IN MANY WAYS.
I'M NOT IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH THE FULL PALLET, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT, UM,
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THAT, THAT, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE, UM, SOME SAAC SACRIFICES OR CONCESSIONS, I SHOULD SAY, REGARDING IT.BUT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE, FROM MY STANDPOINT, HAVE BEEN OPEN AND HONEST, UH, WITH, UH, WORKING WITH US AND BEING, BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO, BUT AS A PERSON WHO LIVES ON THE QUOTE UNQUOTE OTHER SIDE OF WARD ONE, I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT FEELS.
UM, WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOME, UM, MY, UH, COUSIN LIVED HERE, RAISED HER FAMILY HERE, LIVED IN THE MAIN PART OF SHELBY.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT RECOMMENDED IT.
UH, NOT KNOWING THAT, UH, ONCE MY KIDS WERE BORN, I GOT MORE INVOLVED IN SHELBY, THAT BEING OR THE OTHER SIDE HAS UNFORTUNATELY HAS THAT TRAIN TRACK MENTALITY AND IS BEING FROM THE SOUTH, I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
BUT IT'S UP TO YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT, AND US AND ME IN THE SEAT TO SEEK TO EMBRACE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE HERE GOING FORWARD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, CONTINUING TO ROLL UP MY SLEEVES.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY AS ME BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF WARD ONE, WE STILL HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS, UH, REGARDING THIS.
UM, THAT EVEN INCLUDES THE, UH, OPENING OF THE STREETS.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT GOING FORWARD.
BUT, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BEING A SUCCESS AND AN ALL IN REGARDING IT, AND I YIELD ARE BACK.
UH, MR. POUNDS, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO WAIT ONE MORE MINUTE, UH, AND GIVE THE FLOOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI FIRST.
UM, SO THE ANNEXATION FIGHT, UH, WITH BLADENSBURG IS A LOT OF WHAT INSPIRED ME TO RUN BECAUSE, UH, I WAS HERE AS A KID.
UH, AND THIS IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY WE'VE HAD FOR DEVELOPMENT, UM, IN MY LIFETIME.
AND I DID, I SAID I, I COULD NOT LIVE WITH MYSELF IF I DIDN'T DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO BE PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE ALSO SAID SINCE THE CAMPAIGN THAT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS NOT THIS DEVELOPMENT COMING, IT'S THIS DEVELOPMENT FAILING.
AND I THINK BY HAVING IT AS PART OF THE TOWN, WE CAN DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO HELP IT SUCCEED.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER WADE SAID, MOLD IT, UM, AS, UH, PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT IS, UM, VERY MUCH IN THE INTEREST OF THE TOWN.
THE PILOT TERMS ARE UNFORTUNATELY BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE STANDARD PRACTICE.
UM, SO I, REASON I SAY THAT IS, WHILE IT IS UNFORTUNATE FOR THE REVENUE STREAM, THAT'S JUST A REALITY.
AND SO THE, THE REAL QUESTION IS, DOES THE TOWN BENEFIT FROM HAVING THE DEVELOPMENT BE IN THE TOWN OR NOT? BECAUSE THERE, THERE IS NO VERSION WHERE PILOT DOESN'T EXIST.
UM, SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE ARE MOVING TO ANNEX IT.
AND AGAIN, AS COUNCIL MEMBER, WADE SAID THAT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN WITH US AND WILLING TO, UH, ENGAGE WITH THE TOWN LEADERSHIP.
SO I THINK THAT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WILL IN TIME, UH, TURN INTO A DEVELOPMENT THAT EVERYONE SEES AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TOWN.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. POUNDS.
WE MADE, UM, I GUESS WORKING BACKWARDS, WE MADE A MINOR EDIT TO PAGE TWO OF THE ANNEXATION PLAN TO CHANGE CH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BLADENSBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN MOVING FORWARD AGAIN, ON PAGE 31, WE CORRECTED THE SPRINGHILL EDITION MENTION IN PARAGRAPH SEVEN TO SPRING MILL EDITION.
UM, WOULD YOU, SO I'M, THAT'S JUST IN CASE YOU WEREN'T ON, I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT AND THEN, UM, WELCOME YOU ANY REACTION YOU HAVE, BUT ALSO WOULD ASK YOU TO ADDRESS THE ACREAGE QUESTION BETWEEN 39 AND 44 ACRES.
FOR THE, SO THE FIRST TWO, UM, UH, ARE, UH, ARE PRO SLEEVE FINE.
THOSE ARE JUST, UH, EDITS AND THOSE ARE PARTICULARLY, UM, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THAT'S NORMAL.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE THE THREE READINGS IS TO HAVE THESE EDITS AND CHANGES AS FURTHER DISCUSSIONS COME ALONG.
BUT, UM, BUT BASICALLY THE, UM, UH, THE ACREAGE ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE BASED UPON WHAT THE, UM, SURVEY SAYS AND THE, IN THE ACTUAL SQUARE FOOTAGE AS INDICATED IN THE SURVEY.
SO, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MY LAST, YOU KNOW, QUICK REVIEW OF THE FINAL, FINAL OF ALL THESE DOCUMENTS, AND I DID SEE THERE WAS
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A 39 ON THE SURVEY, WHEREAS, UH, UH, A 44 IN THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION.SO WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT EDIT TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
AND, AND I WOULD, WHATEVER IS ACTUALLY, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS AS STATED ON THE SURVEY, IS WHAT SHOULD BE STATED IN THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE THAT NUMBER HAS CHANGED A NUMBER OF TIMES.
BUT WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, THAT'S, THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT'S, THAT IS THE FINAL SURVEY.
SO IF WE COULD MAKE THAT CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY, IF THERE IS A CHANGE TO THE RESOLUTION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
AND YOU BELIEVE THE SURVEY SAYS 39? WELL, WHATEVER THE SURVEY, I, I, I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IF, IF SOMEBODY COULD LOOK AT THE LAST PAGE OF THE SURVEY, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, THAT SHOULD BE THE NUMBER.
UM, BECAUSE BEFORE, I THINK THERE WAS SOME CITIZENS OF CHEVROLET WHO WERE NOT DOING IT ON THE SURVEY, WHO WERE DOING IT UNDER THEIR OWN CALCULATIONS, AND THAT SURVEY HAS CHANGED A COUPLE OF TIMES.
UM, SO THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FINAL SURVEY IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE BASED ON.
ALRIGHT, UM, UH, OKAY, SO, UH, WHAT, OKAY, SO I THINK THE RELEVANT PASSAGE IS IN PARAGRAPH 38 ON PAGE 34, OR IT SAYS DESCRIPTION, UH, PAGE FOUR OF FOUR OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED.
UH, IT IS THE FINAL ITEM ON THAT PAGE NUMBER 38, CONFUSING NUMBER 38, WHICH SAYS SOME THINGS ABOUT A POINT AND THEN 4 39 0.98 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS.
SO, AND, AND, AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THAT NUMBER HAS CHANGED A FEW TIMES.
UH, UH, BUT THAT IS THE FINAL SURVEY NUMBER, THE FINAL FINAL WITH ALL THE CHANGES.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE, HAVE TO BE THE NUMBER WE'RE GOING WITH.
SO WE WILL BE THEN THE, THE MOTION IS TO, UH, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION WITH THE 39.98 ACREAGE WHEREVER IN THE RESOLUTION IT NEED BE.
AND THE OTHER, UM, EDITS, I THINK IT'S IN THE RAZ CLAUSE ON THE TOP OF PAGE 38.
IT IS AN EXHIBIT OF 39.98 ACRES OF LAND TO BE ANNEXED, ET CETERA.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, YOU FOR THAT.
DO YOU AGREE MR. HICK? UH, I AGREE.
SHEILA WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING.
UH, ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DEBATE FROM THE COUNCIL OR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN ATTORNEY? ALRIGHT, I WILL JUST SAY AS A FINAL POINT OF, UH, DEBATE NUMBER ONE, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE VOTING YES.
IF I HAD A VOTE, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE VOTING YES IF I HAD A VOTE.
NUMBER TWO, THANK YOU MS. SALO FOR KEEPING US HONEST.
UH, AND FOR, UH, UH, AND, AND ALSO TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT JOYCE SAID, UM, AND, UH, THIRD TO THANK MR. POUNDS AND EVERYONE ELSE, UH, INCLUDING MR. GALLOWAY WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS PROPOSAL TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DEBATE OR SHALL I CALL THE QUESTION? SEEING NONE? I'LL CALL THE QUESTION ON COUNCIL MEMBER TANZIS, MOTION TO ADOPT CHARTER AMENDMENT RESOLUTION ONE DASH 26.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO CONGRATULATIONS, CHEVROLET
[11. Environmental Protection of the Lots on Wayne Place]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE LOTS ON WAYNE PLACE.UH, THE END OF THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, UH, TO DIRECT THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR AND MR. POUNDS, THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTIONS REGARDING THE ACQUISITION OF TWO LOTS ON THE PAPER.
WAYNE PLACE, UH, SOUTH OF ARBOR STREET, UH, THE TWO LOTS BEING CURRENTLY OWNED BY MR. LER, WHO'S HERE WITH US.
UM, AGAIN, THAT THAT MOTION WHEN IT'S MADE WILL DIRECT THEM TO PREPARE A DEED, OBVIOUSLY TO BE JOINTLY AGREED TO
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BY MR. LER, THE SELLER, UH, THAT THE TOWN WILL ACQUIRE THE LOTS AND PRESERVE THEM IN PERPETUITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES WRIT LARGE.UH, COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC? OKAY.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THE COUNCIL'S PROPOSAL AND INTENTION TO ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE THESE TWO LOTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES? YOUR NAME, YOUR WARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
JOHN PATRICK MCGUIRE, WARD TWO.
ONLY I SEE ACQUISITIONS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT ANY OTHER THAN I WON'T SUPPORT THE, THE TWO PURPOSE COMBINED, WHATEVER AS A TRANSFER.
BUT YOU, WITH THE COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO, YOU, YOU CAN SAY THIS IS DESIGNATED FOR PARK, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT DESIGNATED AS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INSTEAD OF INDUSTRIAL ONE AND TWO, THE COUNTY, WE STILL LIVE IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.
THAT IS PART OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
THERE'S SOME LEVEL, CALL IT BUREAUCRACY LAWS, BUT LAWS, SO GREEN, DESIGNATED GREEN IN THE CODE FOR THE COUNTY.
SO THEY CAN SAY WE DESIGNATE AS GREEN, NOT INDUSTRIAL, NOT INDUSTRIAL, WHATEVER THE HELL.
SMALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT.
UM, YOU DID, YEAH, YOU MADE ME THINK OF ONE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO ADD, WHICH IS THAT THE, THE TOWN WILL OWN THE LOTS IN PERPETUITY.
UM, BUT THE DEED THAT WE ARE, THAT WE WILL DIRECT MR. GALLOWAY AND MR. POUNDS TO NEGOTIATE WILL BIND THE HANDS OF FUTURE COUNSELS FOR WHAT, AGAIN, THE COUNCIL IS THE OWNER ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN.
WHAT, WHAT FUTURE COUNSELS COULD POSSIBLY DO WITH THE LAND BECAUSE THE DEED WILL CONTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
SO IF SOME FUTURE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WANTED TO INCLUDE IT AS PART OF A LARGER MULTIFAMILY LIVING DE DEVELOPMENT THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S HANDS WOULD BE TIED.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS PROPOSAL? JOYCE JONES.
WARD II HADN'T PLANNED TO GET UP AT ALL TONIGHT, BUT WHAT THE HELL? UH, ONE MORE INSTANCE OF MENTIONING A MODEST PERSON WHO I'M SURE DOESN'T WANNA HAVE A SPOTLIGHT PUT ON THEM, BUT I WILL.
ANYWAY, I WANNA THANK GABE LER FOR NOT JUST THIS, UH, BEING ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THIS, BUT THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT HE PUTS IN THE TOWN, UH, WITH LOWER FRIENDS WHERE
UM, THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT, THAT SOMEHOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET IN THEIR MIND TO BUY SOMETHING UP AND COME RUSHING TO THE TOWN AND HAVING THEM PAY FOR IT.
AND THAT'S REALLY NOT HOW IT WORKED.
UM, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE CAME OUT QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO TO SAYING THEY WANTED TO PRESERVE THIS LAND.
EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY AGREED ON IT, NOTHING WAS DONE.
AND MANY, MANY STEPS INCLUDING MEETING WITH THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR.
AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY BY ZOOM, I BELIEVE, UM, LED TO THIS.
SO IT WASN'T SOMETHING OUT OF THE BLUE, IT WASN'T SOMETHING UNAUTHORIZED, IT WASN'T SOME DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT WAS SET.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA THANK MR. LER AND HIS FAMILY FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION.
UM, SHEILA ELLA, WARD TWO AGAIN.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF I DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS, UM, THE, UH, ACQUISITION OF THE LOTS AND, UM, IT'S THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
THEY'RE PART OF A MUCH LARGER, UH, SPACE THAT WE ARE HOPING WILL, UM, ALSO, UH, HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
UM, WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED ZONING, UM, IF THESE LOTS CAN BE, UM, REZONED TO RESERVED OPEN SPACE.
UM, THIS IS NOT CALLED BINDING, IT'S CALLED OPENING TO A DIFFERENT USAGE.
SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC INPUT ON THE ISSUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? YES, I MOVE THAT WE INSTRUCT, UH, JASON AND TODD, THE TOWN ATTORNEYS TO HAVE A DEED PREPARED FOR GABE'S LOT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TOWN TO CON CONTAIN RESTRICTIVE LANGUAGE THAT THE PROPERTY IS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES OR TO ENHANCE PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES AND
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RELATED USES.ALRIGHT, THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU MR. GALLOWAY AND MR. POUNDS FOR PROCEEDING EXPEDITIOUSLY ON THIS, ON THAT ITEM, WE ARE ON TO ITEM 12 57 0 1
[12. 5701 Landover Rd Park Naming]
LANDOVER ROAD PARK NAMING, UH, MR. WADE OR MR. GALLOWAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY, ANY FRAMING ON THIS ITEM? UH, YEAH, THIS IS A, A PLACE, UM, ON THE FAR, UH, WEST SIDE OF, UH, WARD ONE ON THE SIDE THAT I LIVE ON, UM, THAT, UM, WAS BROUGHT TO ATTENTION BY MS. DIANE BEETLE AND HER ENTIRE, UM, ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS THE HELP FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS AWS TO CLEAN UP.IT WAS A DUMPING SITE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UM, TOOK A LONG TIME FOR IT TO BE CLEANED UP.
UM, NOW IT IS A WALKABLE SMALL PARK TRAIL THAT, UM, IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, UM, FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COME TOGETHER AS A WHOLE.
UM, I BROUGHT IT TO THE TENSION BEFORE OF, UM, MY PREVIOUS NE NEIGHBOR WHO LIVED RIGHT BEHIND ME BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY, WHO SERVED THIS TOWN BASED ON IT, HIM BEING VETTED THAT, UH, HE SERVED THIS TOWN STARTING OFF IN THE PUBLIC THANK YOU TO PREVIOUS MAYOR, MOSTLY FOR BRINGING TO ATTENTION THAT HE WAS AT, UH, NOT ONLY A RESIDENT FOR 40 YEARS, BUT HE ALSO STARTED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN WITH HIS DUE DILIGENCE, HE WORKED IN TO BE A, UH, CORPORAL IN THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WORKED HIS WAY UP TO BE CHIEF AND I BELIEVE IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES.
UM, AND, UM, NOT ONLY WAS HE A RESIDENT, BUT HE LIVED OVER THERE, BUT HE SERVED THE TOWN OF CHEV, UM, IN THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS OF BEING THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THAT IS MR. GILBERT JONES, JR.
UM, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT HONOR FOR HIM, FOR HIS LEGACY AS SOMEONE THAT LIVED OVER THERE, UH, WAS A RESIDENT, WORKED IN TWO DEPARTMENTS, DILIGENTLY AND SACRIFICED HIS TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEGACY OF CHEVY IS TODAY WHAT IT IS NOW.
UM, SH SHALL I GO AHEAD AND PUT A MOTION FOR THAT OR NO? LET'S WAIT, UM, JUST A MOMENT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC INPUT.
UM, BUT, BUT LET, RIGHT, SO JUST TO REITERATE OUR, JUST TO REITERATE, OUR INTENTION IS TO PROPOSE MR. JONES CHIEF JONES, UH, AS THE NAMESAKE FOR THE PARK.
SO THAT IS WHAT YOU WOULD BE PROVIDING ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT ON THAT IDEA? YOUR NAME, YOUR AWARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I THINK, UH, RECOGNIZING CHIEF JONES IS A FANTASTIC IDEA.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE COMMUNITY.
HE IS, UM, UH, JUST A STELLAR EXAMPLE OF, OF THE CARE AND SERVICE THAT, THAT, THAT PEOPLE BRING TO CH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING HIS NAME FORWARD IT, I HOPE YOU WILL ALL SUPPORT IT.
MAYOR MOSLEY, YOUR NAME, YOUR AWARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WADE FOR NOMINATING, I GUESS IS THE WAY WE SHOULD SAY IT.
UM, GILBERT JONES FOR THIS HONOR, UM, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER FRED PRICE.
WHEN GILBERT PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE POSTED ON THE EXCHANGE THAT HE WISHED MORE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT GILBERT'S LIFE AND HIS EARLY BEGINNINGS AND WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN HIS LIFE.
THE AGENDA THAT I SAW SAID THIS WAS UP FOR A VOTE TONIGHT, OR IS IT? AM I CONFUSED? WE'RE GONNA VOTE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC INPUT ON THE PROPOSAL TO NAME THE 57 0 1 LANDOVER ROAD PARK AFTER CHIEF JONES? SEEING NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I WOULD PROBABLY, AND IT'D BE AN HONOR TO MAKE A MOTION
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TO NAME THE PARK AT 57 0 1 LANDOVER ROAD AFTER OUR FORMER CHIEF MR. GILBERT JONES JR.COUNCIL MEMBER WADE VICE MAYOR BRINER SECONDED THE MOTION.
IS THERE DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COUNCIL ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE, UH, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON NAMING THE PARK AFTER CHIEF JONES.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.
MR. GALLOWAY, THIS TAKES US TO ITEM 13.
YOUR, OH, I'M, OH, MR. PRICE, I'M SORRY IF I OVERLOOKED YOU.
DID YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT? YOUR HAND'S DOWN NOW? BUT GO AHEAD.
JOB WELL DONE, HONOR, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I BELIEVE MR. PRICE WAS THANKING THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY FOR TAKING THIS STEP TO NAME THE PARK AFTER CHIEF JONES.
UM, AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH HIM.
UH, OKAY, THAT TAKES US TO, TO, UH, MY TIME HAS EXPIRED, SO
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I YIELD TO THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR FOR HIS, FOR HIS REPORT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN TOWN OF CHEVROLET.
UM, TONIGHT HAS BEEN A GREAT NIGHT.
WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT ACCOMPLISHED.
UH, I HAVE THIS HAT THAT I FORGOT TO BRING.
IT SAID BUDGET SEASON SURVIVOR.
UH, SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR ADOPTING THE BUDGET, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ALSO ON MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, THE CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR ANNEXATION.
UH, ONE THING ABOUT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, UM, AND SPEAKING TO THE DEVELOPERS EARLIER, THIS ISN'T IN MY REPORT, THEY INDICATED TO ME THAT BASED OFF OF THE LAST PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SUBDIVISION, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MEETING THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE, UH, BASED ON THE REQUIREMENT FOR FROM MARYLAND NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK IN PLANNING.
SO THAT MEETING WILL PROBABLY TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF JULY, TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST.
SO PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR, UM, A MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER COORDINATION WITH THE DEVELOPER OCCURS.
ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THAT? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT THE PPS? GO AHEAD.
AS IT RELATES TO CH STATION DEPARTMENTS, ROSS MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM CHEV STATION DEPARTS AND ROSS MANAGEMENT RECENTLY MET WITH TOWN OFFICIALS.
UM, IT WAS ABOUT ONGOING MATTERS OF THE PROPERTY WHO WERE IN, IN ATTENDANCE OF THE MEETING WAS MYSELF, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, DEPUTY CHIEF COUNCIL MEMBER GARIS, COUNCIL MEMBER FRY ATTORNEY DELO, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE ROSS MANAGEMENT TEAM, MEMBERS OF THE OWNERSHIP TEAM.
SINCE THE MEETING, ROSS MANAGEMENT HAS REMAINED IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TOWN AND HAS TAKEN SEVERAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.
THESE INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PLAYGROUND, SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE COUNTY INSPECTION FOR THE SWIMMING POOL, AND THE COMPLETION OF SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTY RELATED CORRECTIONS.
ROSS MANAGEMENT HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN MEETING WITH THE TOWN REPRESENTATIVES AT THE END OF THE SUMMER TO REVIEW PROGRESS AND DISCUSS ANY REMAINING CONCERNS.
OVERALL, THE MEETING WAS PRODUCTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE.
ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL? NO, SIR.
NEXT MATTER I'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD IS REGARDING THE CRAFTSMAN BUILDING REDEVELOPMENT.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI TO EXPLORE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CRAFTSMAN BUILDING AND MARKET THE PROPERTY TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AN INNOVATIVE FOCUS ORGANIZATION SIMILAR TO NEW LABS.
AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI AND I MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL CONCEPTS FOR THE SITE AND HOW ITS REDEVELOPMENT COULD BENEFIT THE STATE, THE REGION, AND ULTIMATELY CHEVROLET.
DURING THESE DISCUSSIONS, WE LEARNED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER TO REALTY, A NEW YORK BASED COMPANY, IS CONSIDERING MODIFICATIONS TO THE BUILDING, HOWEVER, TO, HAS INDICATED THAT IT WOULD ONLY PURSUE BUSINESS ARRANGEMENT WITH AN ENTITY WILLING TO LEASE THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
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ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT AMAZON MAY HAVE, MAY BE A POTENTIAL TENANT AND COULD BE IN CONTENTION TO SIGN A LEASE WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS.UH, STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS AND KEEP THE COUNCIL INFORMED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD TO COUNCIL MEMBER TENANCY TO SEE IF HE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
I THINK THAT COVERS, UM, MOST OF IT.
UM, SO JUST A TINY BIT OF BACKGROUND.
THE BUILDING WAS REBUILT BY A TAPCO, UH, PROPERTIES.
IT WAS SOLD TO TORENO, WHICH IS AN REIT IN, UH, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, UM, IN DECEMBER, 2025.
UH, THEY ARE A BIG BUSINESS, $6 BILLION BUSINESS, AND THEY MOSTLY DO LOGISTICS.
I AM, UH, UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT LOGISTICS IS NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THAT PROPERTY.
IT IS LESS THAN A MILE TO THE METRO.
IF WE OPENED UP BELMONT FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, YOU COULD WALK THERE.
AND, UH, I'VE ALSO WITH, UH, TOWN ADMINISTRATOR GALLWAY MET WITH THE COMMERCIALIZATION TEAM AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TO ASK WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE ENGINEERING SPINOFFS THAT NEED INDUSTRIAL LAND.
THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY DO AND THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE INDUSTRIAL SITES FOR THEM.
SO I AM TRYING TO ENCOURAGE, UH, THE DIRECTION OF PLACEMENT.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY LARGE BUILDING.
IT IS 180,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH MEANS IT IS FOUR ACRES INSIDE AND, UH, IT HAS 45 DOCKING BAYS.
SO THE WORRY IS THAT IF AMAZON OR AN EQUIVALENT, UH, OPERATOR TOOK CONTROL OF IT, WE WOULD BE HAVING VERY POSSIBLY HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS GOING THROUGH THERE EVERY DAY.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS, UH, ITS OWN MATTER.
I CARE ABOUT THAT, BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MY POINT TO THE STATE IS THAT THE BEST USE OF THE SITE FOR THE STATE, FOR THE COUNTY, AND FOR THE TOWN IS AS SOMETHING A HIGHER MARGIN BUSINESS THAT IS NOT BASED ON LOGISTICS, BECAUSE IT BRINGS IN MORE JOBS, HIGHER PAYING JOBS, AND MORE TAX REVENUE BECAUSE PROPERTY VALUES WOULD GO UP.
IT ALSO COULD PROVIDE US WITH A DAYTIME POPULATION TO SUPPORT THE RETAIL EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA.
I SAY ALL OF THIS TO SAY THAT I AM, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ANTI-BUSINESS.
I'M TRYING TO FIND THE BEST BUSINESS FOR WHAT IS, UH, FUNCTIONALLY THE LAST CLASS A, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION SHELL COMPLETE, BUT OTHERWISE VACANT PROPERTY THAT IS METRO ADJACENT IN THE ENTIRE CAPITAL REGION.
LIKE THIS IS IT FOR A METRO ADJACENT INDUSTRIAL.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FACT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET THE STATE TO RECOGNIZE THAT FACT SO THAT IT SEES THIS AS A SCARCE STATE ASSET AND NOT AS JUST ANOTHER BUILDING THAT THE MARKET WILL RESOLVE, UH, AS IT, UH, SEES FIT, WHICH WOULD BE TO A LOGISTICS SITE LIKE AN AMAZON OR UPS OR FEDEX, ALL OF WHICH WOULD CREATE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN THE BUILDING CLOSEST TO THE RESIDENTIAL PART OF TOWN.
ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THAT? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, UM, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
THIS IS A REMINDER THAT CACO WILL HOST IT ALONG WITH THE TOWN WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ON JUNE 20TH AT THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT.
UM, EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO COME.
IF YOU RECEIVE THE INVITATION, PLEASE UM, ATTEND AN RSVP WITH MS. BROWN.
UH, THIS YEAR'S EVENT WILL FEATURE, UH, THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS AND THE CARIBBEAN SCRUBBER PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR ATTENDEES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, JUNE 20 JUNE OF 2020, UH, CH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FEW TOWNS TO ACKNOWLEDGE JUNETEENTH AS A TOWN.
SO SINCE THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, YOU ALL HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED IT AND, UH, GAVE THE DAY TO EMPLOYEES TO TAKE OFF TO, TO CELEBRATE.
SO, UM, I DO CONCUR WITH, UM, MS. JOY SCH STATEMENT OF, UH, IT BEING A GREAT COMMUNITY, A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING A STEP FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION?
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MR. GALLOWAY, CAN YOU SAY, JUST SAY A WORD ABOUT THE SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING, UH, IN LIGHT OF THE JUNE 19TH FRIDAY TOWN HOLIDAY FOR THE REFUSE COLLECTION? AND I, YES.BUT TOWN OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THE 19TH.
TOWN OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THE TOWN, RECOGNIZES IT IN OUR CODE AS A HOLIDAY.
THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE PUBLIC, BY THE ACTING, BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, LATER AS IT RELATES TO THE MARYLAND MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, UH, THE CONFERENCE BEGINS ON SUNDAY.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS OR CONFERENCE LOGISTICS, PLEASE CONTACT THE TOWN CLERK.
MS. RICHARDS, UH, THE CONFERENCE ATTIRE, YOU ALL WILL RECEIVE A TAN SHIRT AND A GRAY SHIRT.
WE ASK THAT YOU WEAR THE TAN SHIRT ON MONDAY AND THE GRAY SHIRT ON TUESDAY.
AND JUST FOR SIMPLE LOGISTICS AND COORDINATION PURPOSES, UM, I WILL DELIVER THOSE SHIRTS TO YOU ALL, UM, ON SATURDAY.
I, I KNOW WE HAD TO GET WHAT WAS AVAILABLE.
SO, I MEAN,
REGARDING, UM, THE LOGISTICS OF THE CONFERENCE, I WILL WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TO, UH, THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATIVE MEETING.
I RECENTLY MET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO DISCUSS SEVERAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
TOPICS INCLUDING ROADWAY LIGHTING, OUTAGES, GUARD RAIL REPLACEMENT, AND VEGETATION OVERGROWTH ALONG STATE MAINTAIN ROAD AS A RE AS A RESULT OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, SHA IS DEVELOPED A PLAN TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING PROGRESS ON THESE IMPORTANT MATTERS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE, UH, MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS WITH NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY TO DISCUSS SIMILAR ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF COLLABORATION.
UH, THESE CONVERSATIONS WILL HELP ENSURE CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THAT? WE DID TALK ABOUT ANY AND ALL OF THE HIGHWAYS THAT SHA OWNS, AND NOT JUST THE HIGHWAYS, BUT EVERYTHING AS IT LOOKS AESTHETICALLY TO THE TOWN.
UH, LET ME JUST ADD BRIEFLY THAT MR. GALLOWAY, THAT I ATTENDED A MAYOR'S MEETING WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND HER STAFF, AND I TOLD THEM, I HOPE IT'S OKAY THAT YOU, THAT YOU AND I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THEM ABOUT WINTER AN MOU FOR SNOW AND ICE, UH, ON NEARBY ROADS.
THOSE ARE EACH GONNA BE INDIVIDUALLY NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE LAWYERS, BUT THE COUNTY EXEC'S OFFICE WILL LIKELY BE REACHING OUT TO YOU, MR. CARDENAS, UH, TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS IN THE FALL SO THAT THEY'RE READY FOR THE WINTER.
I JUST SAID WE WOULD TAKE THE CALL.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MAYOR COUNCIL.
CHOP UP RESTAURANT AND COOL LOUNGE AT 64 31 LANDOVER ROAD.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, I RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM THE OWNER OF CHOPPED UP COOLER AND RESTAURANT LOCATED AT 64 31.
UM, AS COUNCIL MAY RECALL, THE TOWN APPROVED A LIQUOR LICENSE, UH, APPLICATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT IN OCTOBER.
THE OWNER HAS RECENTLY APPROACHED THE TOWN REGARDING A FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE.
AT THIS TIME, THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN ADVISED THAT NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL FURTHER DISCUSSION OCCURS WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, TO FACILITATE THE DISCUSSION, THE TOWN'S LIQUOR BOARD ATTORNEY MR. 80 POUNDS, WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND THE COUNCILS, UH, JULY WORK SESSION TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LICENSE PROCESS AND POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS.
UM, I DENIED IT FROM THE START OF THE CONVERSATION, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S BEST FOR THEM TO COME IN AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION, UH, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR IT AS WELL.
UM, UNTIL A DISCUSSION IS HELD WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY INPUT IS RECEIVED, CONSIDERATIONS OF THIS REQUEST WILL REMAIN ON HOLD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT? UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME? COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR? ALL RIGHT, I DON'T, NOT
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HEARING NONE.[14. Police Report]
REPORT AND LET ME JUST START OFF BY, BY THANKING THE CHIEF AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF FOR THE, FOR, FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE EVENTS AT TOWN HALL THIS WEEK.UM, I HAVE TO TELL YOU JUST PERSONALLY OR I, I HAVE TO SHARE AS MAYOR THE AMAZING COORDINATION WORK THAT THIS TEAM DID.
UH, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE CHIEF APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MINUTES AFTER THIS PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY OCCURRED.
UH, HE WAS ALREADY ON THE CALL ON THE PHONE WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR.
HE HAD ALREADY TALKED TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE AND ASKED HER TO HEAD IN, AND HE WAS ON THE WAY TO THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S HOME TO PICK HIM UP SO THAT THEY COULD COME IN AND COORDINATE THE RESPONSE.
UH, AND THIS IS ALL WITHIN SEVEN TO 10 MINUTES OF THE INCIDENT.
SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY, UM, NOT ONLY RESPONSE, BUT ALSO EMPATHY, UH, TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY IN THE DAYS AFTERWARDS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S GOOD TO BE A PART OF A GOOD TEAM.
UH, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND, UH, CERTAINLY A CHALLENGING NIGHT, BUT, UM, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, NOT NEARLY AS CHALLENGING FOR US AS IT IS FOR THE FAMILY.
AND, UH, THE DEPUTY CHIEF AND I WERE ABLE TO MAKE A PERSONAL NOTIFICATION OF THE FAMILY THAT EVENING AS WELL.
UH, THE REPORT THIS EVENING IS A COMPILATION OF LAST MONTH'S AND THIS MONTH'S, UH, REPORT.
SO I'LL JUST HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, THE HOMICIDE IN SIX 200 BLOCK OF MONROE, I THINK MOST, I KNOW THE MAYOR COUNCIL ARE AWARE OF IT.
THE APPREHENSION WAS MADE ON SCENE AT, AT THE, AT THAT EVENT, AND THERE WAS NO THREAT, FURTHER THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, INTERESTINGLY, IRONICALLY, OR EVEN STRANGELY, IF YOU WILL, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO SAY THAT, UH, 40 SOME YEARS OF POLICING AND, UH, THE APPREHEND SUSPECT ON THE SCENE.
BUT NOT ONLY DID HE GIVE A FULL CONFESSION, BUT HE WROTE A FULL APOLOGY TO THE FAMILIES AND, UH, THE, THE OFFICERS AND THOSE THAT HAD TO, UH, EXPERIENCE THAT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS, UM, TREMENDOUS FOR SOMEONE WHO JUST HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, THE OTHER INCIDENTS YOU JUST MENTIONED, AND, UH, THAT'S STILL AN OPEN INVESTIGATION ONLY FROM THE SENSE OF THEY HAVE TO CLOSE THINGS OUT WITH, UH, WITH BALTIMORE.
UM, AND, UH, BUT WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT OCCURRED.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND REMARKS.
UH, THE, UH, WE HAD THE SEXUAL ASSAULT ON MAY THE 20TH THAT OCCURRED AT BOYD PARK.
UH, THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS KNOWN TO THE VICTIM, SO THAT WAS NOT A STRANGER ON STRANGER INCIDENT.
DOESN'T MINIMIZE THE TRAUMA THAT THAT 14-YEAR-OLD VICTIM WAS SUBJECTED TO.
BUT THAT INDIVIDUAL'S ALSO IN CUSTODY, UM, THANKS TO THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT UNIT.
UM, JUST HIT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE DID CONDUCT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS POORLY ATTENDED, WE DID CONDUCT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS PROGRAM.
AND WE'LL TRY THAT AGAIN LATER ON.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE ASSISTANCE OF THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT CAME OUT, UH, THAT FOR THAT EVENT.
UH, ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE FRONT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST COMPLETED THEIR AUDIT WITH MARYLAND STATE POLICE FOR THE NCIC UH, ACCESS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S A SECURITY AUDIT.
WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THROUGH PROOFS THAT ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE ACCESS IS VALIDATED FOR A CRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSE.
UH, THAT'S INTENDED TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEMS AND THAT THE INFORMATION THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE ACCESS TO IS NOT ABUSED.
SO THOSE AUDITS ALSO INCLUDE A REVIEW OF OUR DISCIPLINARY POLICY FOR SECURITY VIOLATIONS AND NEW MEASURES THAT REQUIRE US TO FINGERPRINT AND BACKGROUND CHECK ANYONE THAT MAY HAVE ACCESS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUILDING THAT GOES UNESCORTED.
SO KIND OF THINK CUSTODIAL PERSONNEL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT, UH, WE GOT THE AUDIT RE REPORT BACK AND WE'RE IN A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANT.
SO, UM, UH, THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UM, THE DEPUTY MAYOR MENTIONED, UH, KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH, UH, EARLIER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO ENGAGE IN A BIENNIAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT THAT WAS PASSED AS PART OF THE MENTAL POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT BACK IN 2021 UNDER SENATE BILL 71.
AND, UH, ALL OF OUR OFFICERS ARE DUE FOR THAT.
I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE, UH, CLINICIAN THAT DOES OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING FOR HIRING, AND WE'LL BE SCHEDULING ALL OF OUR OFFICERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
THIS WILL BE THE SECOND GO ROUND.
I, SO I, I'VE PARTICIPATED IN IT MYSELF, AND I'VE FOUND THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL AND ALL OF IT BEING CONFIDENTIAL.
THE ONLY NOTIFICATION THAT I GET BACK AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS THAT THE OFFICERS, UH, MADE THE APPOINTMENT AS IT WAS SCHEDULED.
AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY DISCUSS, THEY'RE FREE TO DISCUSS, BUT IT'S ALL CONFIDENTIAL
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UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, REQUIRES A NOTIFICATION TO ME THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MAY BE PLANNING HARM TO THEMSELF OR OTHERS, WHICH I'M NOT CONCERNED WITH.UH, UM, THE LAST THING I WANT TO SPEAK TO IS, UH, THIS EVENING, AS I WAS REVIEWING THE HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION INTELLIGENCE REPORT FROM A MEETING THAT I PARTICIPATED IN EARLIER WITH NO LESS THAN 10 PLANNED, KNOWN, PLANNED RALLY TAKEOVER CAR TAKEOVERS, UH, BETWEEN PRINCE GEORGE'S MONTGOMERY AND RANDALL AND BALTIMORE COUNTY AND DC AND AT ABOUT 20 AFTER SIX, LIEUTENANT LISA WALKED INTO MY OFFICE AND SAID, CHIEF, WE GOT A PROBLEM.
AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT DO WE GOT? HE SAID, WE'VE GOT A CAR TAKEOVER OF ALL CRAFT.
WELL, IT WASN'T CARS, IT WAS ABOUT 150 MOTORCYCLISTS, UH, MOST OF 'EM WITHOUT TAGS, MOST OF 'EM WITHOUT HELMETS, UM, ENGAGED IN RECKLESS BEHAVIOR, UH, THAT, UH, WE MONITORED THAT SITUATION.
LIEUTENANT GLEASON, WORKING IN CONCERT WITH THE COUNTY, STAYED BEHIND THOSE MOTORCYCLISTS.
THEY WENT ALL THE WAY UP KENWORTH AVENUE OUT GREEN BELT ROAD DOWN GLENDALE, UH, TO FOUR 50 OUT INTO BOWIE, DOWN THROUGH BOWIE, BACK OUT ONTO 50.
AND WE WERE HOPING THAT THEY WOULD GO EAST.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WENT WEST, CAME BACK IN THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE AREA.
UH, THEY WENT INTO DC UH, DC PICKED IT UP, AND THEN THEY CAME BACK INTO THE COUNTY AND THEN OVER INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE THESE ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE PREVALENT AND THEY'RE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
THESE MOTORCYCLISTS, UH, LIEUTENANT LEASON WAS REPORTING.
I PROVIDED VIDEO FOOTAGE TO MR. GALLOWAY OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITY.
UH, THEY'RE RIDING ON SIDEWALKS, UH, UPPER CURBS, UM, CUTTING PEOPLE OFF, UH, AIMING TOWARDS PEDESTRIANS.
AND DURING THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION THIS EVENING, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, COUNTY UNITS REPORTED THAT WHILE THE INDIVIDUALS, THESE 150 SOME MOTORCYCLISTS SPREAD F ACROSS ROUTE 50 FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING, ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1 97, UH, THAT THE MOTORISTS WERE TRYING TO TAKE THEM OUT, UM, WHICH DEMONSTRATES UNFORTUNATELY, THE LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION, UH, THAT THE MURDERING PUBLIC IS, UH, IS SEEING.
SO, UH, I SHARE THAT TO SAY THESE ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
UH, THESE CAR RALLIES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE PROBLEMATIC.
UH, THE, UH, MR. GALLOWAY ATTENDED A CHIEFS MEETING WITH ME AT THE MARYLAND COORDINATION FUSION CENTER UP IN BALTIMORE COUNTY YESTERDAY IN MARYLAND.
STATE POLICE GAVE A DETAILED, UH, ACCOUNT OF THE, UH, TASK FORCE THAT'S IN PLACE WITH THE MARI STATE POLICE, WHICH WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN WITH THEIR TRAINING.
AND THEY, THEY, WHAT THEY SHOWED WAS THE SHEER NUMBER OF WEAPONS AND DRUGS AND HOMICIDES THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT THESE EVENTS.
SO I WILL SHARE THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, THESE ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, STARTING TO BUILD IT IS A NINE ONE ONE CALL IT, PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO ENGAGE THESE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, THEY ARE, THEIR, THEIR BEHAVIOR IS RECKLESS AND DANGEROUS.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WE'RE MONITORING NO LESS THAN 10 IN THE COUNTY BETWEEN THE COUNTY, MONTGOMERY AND ARUN, BALTIMORE CITY AND, AND DC OVER THIS WEEKEND.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY'S AWARE OF IT, AMERICAN COUNCIL'S AWARE OF IT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR ALLIED PARTNERS WITH, UH, AND WITH MCAC TO MONITOR THESE EVENTS AND ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE 'EM TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE.
AND THAT'LL CONCLUDE THE REPORT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MAYOR.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE? VICE MAYOR? HOW IS YOUR STAFF DOING? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED FROM US? IT'S BEEN A REALLY ROUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS, MONTHS, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE, UH, EXTENSIVELY DEBRIEF OUR STAFF.
UH, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES NECESSARY IF THEY FEEL THE NEED.
THE, UH, UM, YEAH, IT'S BEEN, BEEN ABOUT, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH SIX WEEKS, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, SOME SEASONED VETERANS AND SOME NEW OFFICERS, AND THAT HAS BEEN AN ADVANTAGE TO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEADERSHIP IS TO KNOW YOUR PEOPLE AND TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE, THEY MAY BE STRUGGLING AND, UH, AND HENCE THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS THAT DO, UH, IS, IS TIMELY FOR US, BUT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES WHENEVER WE NEED 'EM.
AND THE OFFICERS ARE AWARE OF IT TOO.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS AGO THERE WAS A, I WILL TELL YOU, THERE WAS A STIGMA ATTACHED, AND THAT STIGMA HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REMOVED.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY
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REMOVED, BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.BUT I'D SAY THAT OFFICERS ARE, ARE DOING FINE, AND THEY, UH, THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THIS JOB AND ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THEY ALSO KNOW THAT THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS PARAMOUNT TO MYSELF AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF.
SO, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT TOMORROW IS A DEPUTY CHIEF'S BIRTHDAY.
UH, HOWEVER, SHE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE HER AND HER HUSBAND JUMPED ON A PLANE TO HEAD TO LAS VEGAS TODAY SO THAT SHE COULD SEE HER NEWEST GRANDSON, UH, WHO WAS BORN ON MAY THE 11TH.
UH, SO SHE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK.
I KNOW SHE DID THIS TO AVOID HER BIRTHDAY BEING, UH, HERE IN TOWN.
AND HEY, UH, MY, UH, MY NEWEST GRANDDAUGHTER AND HER NEWEST GRANDSON WERE BORN ON THE SAME DAY.
UH, SO HOW COOL WAS THAT? UH, AND, AND, AND I DO WANNA THANK THE STAFF AND MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, FOR THE EARLIER RECOGNITION, UH, IT'S, IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE DEPUTY CHIEF AND MY WIFE WERE PART OF A LARGER CONSPIRACY.
UH, THERE'S AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY TO IDENTIFY THE CULPRITS, UH, SO THAT I CAN TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION AS NECESSARY.
THE, UH, TO, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT, I'LL JUST SAY THIS, THE STATE HIGHWAY HAS, UH, THREW US A LITTLE BIT OF A CURVE BALL IN THE SENSE THAT THEY'RE NOW UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE COUNTY OWNS THE ROADWAY FROM, UH, UP, UP TO THE RAMP AND JUST PASSED THE RAMP.
AND I EVEN ASKED THE QUESTION, I SAID, WE'RE TALKING 25 FEET.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ARGUING OVER 25 FEET.
UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, THE, THE APPROACH TO THE RAMPS COMING FROM THE AMAZON BUILDING UP, UH, THE, UH, WE'VE AGREED TO MEET BIWEEKLY.
UH, WE'RE SCHEDULING ANOTHER ONSITE VISIT SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WHAT I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR WAS, UH, ADDITIONAL SIGNALING AND MARKING, UH, AND THE CONSIDERATION OF BALLARDS TO ELIMINATE THE TRAFFIC COMING UP THE RIGHT HAND LANE, AND THEN CUTTING ACROSS AND GOING THROUGH THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
UH, POWER CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM, UH, AS IT RELATES TO BEING ABLE TO, UH, UTILIZE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS.
OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, LET US NOW GO TO THE PUBLIC
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WORKS DEPARTMENT.UH, BEFORE I TURN TO MR. CARDENAS, I WANNA SAY A WORD ABOUT STEVE BRAMAN, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
UH, WE HAVE TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATED HIS SERVICE TO THE TOWN OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
UM, AND HE HAS BEEN A REAL ASSET IN, IN, UH, THE THINGS THAT I AND ALL OF MY PREDECESSORS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO, UH, TO MAKE THE TOWN, UH, CLEANER, HEALTHIER, UH, MORE, MORE BEAUTIFUL, ET CETERA.
UH, I HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MR. BRAMAN WILL BE DEPARTING.
UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ROLE EFFECTIVE IS JULY 1ST.
UM, TH I'M SORRY, THIRD, THE END OF THE, THAT FIRST WORK WEEK, JULY 3RD, BECAUSE THE FOURTH IS THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
UH, THE JULY 3RD WILL BE MR. BRAHMAN'S LAST DAY AS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, EFFECTIVE HIS DEPARTURE, MR. CARDENAS WILL BE OUR ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
UM, AGAIN, LET ME JUST SAY THAT WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE, UM, STEVE SERVICE TO THE TOWN AND WE WILL BE DOING A COUNCIL PROCLAMATION IN THE FUTURE.
WE WILL HAVE A STEVE RAYMOND DAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE WILL HAVE A CAKE AND A CELEBRATION OF HIS MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN.
UM, WITH THAT SAID MR. CARD, GO AHEAD.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
FIRST, I WANNA SAY THAT TO BE PATIENT WITH ME, I'M NOT A PUBLIC PERSON.
I WILL DO MY BEST AND I WILL CONTINUE SERVING THE TOWN, UH, WORKING WITH MR. GALLOWAY AND THE CHIEF, UH, LEARNING FROM THEM.
AND I WILL, LIKE, I ALWAYS DO, I WILL ALWAYS GIVE MY A HUNDRED PERCENT EVERY DAY.
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WANT TO THANKS, UH, MR. BRAMAN.UM, I LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM TOO.
UM, SO, AND ALSO WITH THE RESIDENTS, BE PATIENT WITH ME.
UM, I WILL DO MY BEST AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND HOPEFULLY THINGS, UH, GOOD FOR THE BEST.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE FIRST, THE FIRST ONE I WANTED, UH, TO DO IS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, UM, MAYOR, IS THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF JUNETEENTH 19 JUNETEENTH, UH, WILL BE, UH, ALL TOWN OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED.
SO WE WILL BE CONDUCTING, UH, TOWN WIDE AND BULK TRASH COLLECTION ON THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH.
ANY QUESTION THEN NOW WE MOVE TO, UH, AV AND UPDATE TOWN CONTRACTOR.
VMP HAS BEEN PERFORMING ROAD IMPROVEMENT WORK, INCLUDING ASPHALT PAVING, CONCRETE REPAIRS, CURB AND GUTTER REPLACEMENT AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION, SIXTY TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF THE INWOOD STREET, 2,800 TO 3,100 BLOCK OF 63RD AVENUE, 2,800 TO 3000 BLOCK OF LAUREL AVENUE, INTERSECTION OF 5,700 BLOCK OF FOREST ROAD AND 2,800 BLOCK OF CREST AVENUE.
UH, MAY, THIS IS THE NEW SIDEWALK THAT WAS REQUESTED.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE DRIVE HAS BEEN THERE, BUT JUST TO, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S BEING COMPLETED.
ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, UH, UH, TALK ABOUT 2,500 BLOCK OF WIND PLACE.
I KNOW THAT THAT SECTION OF 2,500 BLOCK WAS IN A REALLY BAD CONDITION.
SO THAT'S WAS ONE OF OUR, UH, PRIORITIES TO, UH, TO GET DONE.
AND, UH, THAT WAS THE FIRST, UM, STREET THAT WE REPAID.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, ANY, UH, WELL, ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SITE? YEAH.
WAS THE 6,200 BLOCK OF INWOOD STREET WAS PAVED? THE STREET ITSELF? I JUST HAD A, I HAD A OKAY.
NO, THAT, THAT JUST, UH, CURB AND GOT HER.
THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE REPAID, UH, THROUGH WSSE.
DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT? NO, NOT YET.
UH, WE, WE, WE STILL ON THAT DISCUSSION.
I, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT ROAD HAS HAD MANY SINKHOLE, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT FROM A RESIDENT.
UH, LAST CORPORATE OPERAT COMPOST PROGRAM UPDATE THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY REACHED FOOD SERVICE TO 70 RESIDENTS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL THE END OF THE PHYSICAL YEAR, AT WHICH TIME THE PROGRAM WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE FULL PAYMENT BY PARTICIPATING RESIDENTS ALL FEES AND CORRESPONDENCE WILL ADMINISTERED BY COMPOST CREW DIRECTLY COMPOST CREW HAS SENT EMAILS TO THE CURRENT PARTICIPANTS REQUESTING PAYMENT METHODS TO BE ADDED BY JUNE 30 TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM, IF THEY HAVE ANY, IF, IF THEY HAVE NOT DONE IT YET ALREADY.
THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM ALLOWS BEVERLY RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE THIS DISCOUNTED SERVICE.
THE PUBLIC WORKS WEBSITE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REDIRECT INTERESTED RESIDENTS TO THE COMPOST CREW WEBPAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION TO SIGN UP.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR. WADE? YEAH, I JUST WANNA ECHO, UH, MY APPRECIATION TO, UH, MR. MR. DIRECTOR BRAMAN FOR HIS, UH, SERVICE TO THE, UM, TOWN.
LOOK FORWARD TO THE FESTIVITIES FOR HIM AND, UM, DEFINITELY WELCOME.
UH, I'VE, UH, HAVE ULTIMATE UTMOST RESPECT, UH, FOR YOU, UM, YOUR DEDICATION.
UM, I'LL JUST SAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES, BUT ONE THING THAT IS A SUPERPOWER IS THAT YOU REALLY CARE FOR WHERE YOU WORK AT, AND I KNOW THAT'S THE CASE FOR YOU.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU IN THAT ASPECT.
UM, WE HAD, UH, LOCKWOOD, UH, A SMALL SINKHOLE, UM, WAS THAT REPAIRED, UM, THROUGH WSSC HAD A MAJOR, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL.
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AS WELL AS, UH, THE STAFF FOR, WE HAD A MAJOR, UH, UH, PIPE BURST IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.SO WE WERE OUT, WE OUT, UH, WATER FOR ENTIRE DAY.
SO, UM, STILL DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT, AND THEY DID REPAVE IT, BUT IT'S UNEVEN.
SO IS THAT, WILL SOMEONE COME IN AND REDO THAT PATCH OR IS THAT YEAH, THEY WILL COME EVENTUALLY.
THEY WILL COME BACK AND, UH, AND REDO THE, OKAY.
IT'S MY, IT'S MY FRONT OF MY HOUSE, SO I'LL BE VERY MUCH PARTICULAR TO THAT.
I KNOW THE RESIDENTS AT LAKE AVENUE HAS MAJOR CONCERNS.
WERE BROUGHT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SPEED HUMP THAT'S THERE AFTER THEY, UH, THE NEW, UM, HOME THAT WAS BUILT, THEY TOOK IT OUT.
SO, UH, IS THERE, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT BEING REPLACED TO THE ORIGINAL SPEED HUMP SIZE THAT IT WAS, UM, BEFORE THAT? UH, IT'S, IT WAS DONE OVER THERE, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO.
THE CONCERN IS THAT THE SPEED HUMP, UH, IT'S TWO SPEED HUMPS THERE.
IT'S NOT OF THE SAME, UM, LACK OF BETTER WORDS, INFLUENCE OR STOPPING OF VEHICLES.
SO PEOPLE STILL CAN NOW STILL JUST RUN OVER THE SPEED HUMP VERSUS THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS PUT THERE ORIGINALLY.
YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO COME TO A STOP AND AS YOU KNOW, LAKE AVENUE GOES DOWNHILL.
SO THE IS A MAJOR CONCERN REGARDING THAT AS WELL.
UH, I WANTED TO ADD THAT, UH, EVERY SPEED HUMP OR EVERY SPEED BUMP, WE GO BY THE COUNTY STANDARDS AND BOTH OF THEM ARE PG COUNTY STANDARDS, BUT I'LL WORK, UH, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND THEN, UH, GIVE YOU A FEEDBACK ON, ON.
AND IT'S JUST, LIKE I SAID, THE MAJOR THING IS THAT THE TWO SPEED HUMPS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY THERE, THEY WERE THE SAME TYPE, WHATEVER THE, THE, THE, THE SAME EFFECT, I SHOULD SAY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS PARTICULAR ONE DOES NOT HAVE, EXCUSE ME, THE SAME EFFECT, WHICH IS TO STOP THE VEHICLES FROM, UM, GOING OVER WITHOUT THAT.
ARE YOU BACK, UM, MY QUESTION IS JUST ABOUT WATERING, UH, GET, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE HIGH HEAT, OR HOW ARE WE DOING? OR ARE WE OKAY ON THE WATERING? MY TWO BIG PROBLEM AREAS HAVE BEEN 57 0 1 LANDOVER ROAD AND THE KILMER STREET PARK IN ARBORETUM, UH, GO AHEAD.
WE WATER IT EVERY, UH, EVERY TUESDAY.
UM, BETWEEN SEVEN, BETWEEN EIGHT, EIGHT IN THE MORNING, UM, UNTIL 1:00 PM SO WE, UH, I, WE SEND A CREW THERE AND, UM, WATER PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE MORNING.
UH, WE ALSO DO KILMER, UH, WE WATER, UH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, ABOUT 60, UH, TREES THAT WE WATER, AND WE DO THAT EVERY, UH, EVERY OTHER DAY.
AND YOU HAVE THE, YOU HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT.
I MEAN, WE DON'T NEED TO GET YOU ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, THAT TAKES US TO, OH, SORRY.
I THINK THE SUB ITEM HERE IS A KELLER UPDATE.
UH, LUIS AND ROBIN, DID YOU WANNA COME IN ON ANYTHING? UH, ROBIN WILL BE TAKING OVER.
UH, SO SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE WITH YOU, GIVING YOU A FORMAL UPDATE, KELLER HAS REMOVED FENCE AND INSTALLED POD AT THE TOP OF THE HILL BY TOWN HALL AND ALONG THE DRIVEWAY DOWN TO THE FIELD.
HYDRO SEEDING OF SOME OF THE AREAS WERE MADE TO BE DONE, HELLER IS WATERING DAILY AS WHAT THEY PULLED US.
SOME BROWN AREAS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS.
I'M GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE HEARING THAT SAYING
UM, BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT ONCE THE PROJECT'S COMPLETE AND THE TOWN OFFICIALLY ACCEPTS THE PROJECT, THERE WILL STILL BE A ONE YEAR WARRANTY TO ENSURE THAT THE GRASS IS WELL ESTABLISHED.
UM, ADDITIONAL ITEM I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS THAT THE CORRECTIONS FOR THE UNDERGROUND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE FIELD IS TENTATIVELY TO SCHEDULE TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK.
SO YOU WILL SEE SOME CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ARRIVING ON SITE TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
THE WORK AREA IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE METAL CONSTRUCTION FENCE ALONG THE BALL FIELD.
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THAT THAT METAL FENCE IS GONNA RELOCATE OR CHANGE LOCATION THERE, UM, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT SOME OF THE PARKING SPACES, UH, IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING NEAR THE FRONT DOOR MAY BE INACCESSIBLE DURING THIS TIME TO ALLOW THE CONTRACTOR TO ACCESS THAT WORK AREA.WE HAVE REQUESTED A SKETCH FROM THEM OF WHAT AREA WOULD BE INACCESSIBLE, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT YET.
UH, WE WILL BE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THIS PROCESS AND FIXED, UH, TO ENSURE THAT IT IS COMPLETED CORRECTLY.
UM, I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH MR. BRAMAN EARLIER THIS EVENING AND, AND DISCUSSED THAT, AND HE ACTUALLY HAD THE IDEA OF, AND GAVE ME PERMISSION TO ACTUALLY USE THE CONFERENCE ROOM DOWNSTAIRS, UM, AS AN OFFICE SPACE FOR MYSELF TO WORK REMOTELY FROM.
AND THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON IT BY BEING ABLE JUST TO WALK OUTSIDE, UM, MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND KEEP AN EYE ON IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, KEEPING THE COST OF THE TOWN MINIMIZED, UH, IN THAT.
SO I JUST WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE, UM, REMAINING DILIGENT ON HOLDING KELLER AND TRYING TO GET THIS PROCESS COMPLETED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT THIS, THIS IS ONLY ONE ASPECT THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON WHILE WE STILL HAVE TO WORK REGARDING THE GR FINISHING THE GARAGE.
UM, BUT I DO NOT HAVE, UH, A SCHEDULE UPDATE REGARDING THAT YET.
UM, KELLER HAS TO COORDINATE WITH THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS AND DESIGN TEAM, UM, AND THERE ARE SOME REVISIONS TO THE BUILDING PERMIT THAT HAVE TO BE PROCESSED AND APPROVED BY THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THAT WORK.
UM, SO WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SCHEDULE REGARDING THAT, ALTHOUGH WE ARE CONTINUALLY DISCUSS THAT WITH THEM IN OUR WEEKLY STATUS MEETINGS, UH, TO TRY TO DRAW OUT THAT SCHEDULE.
BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING SPECIFIC YET.
SO, UM, WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF IT, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THOSE.
MR. TANZI, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
UH, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW LONG THAT WORK THAT'S GONNA START NEXT WEEK ON THE FIELD AND STORM WATER AND REGRADING AND EVERYTHING IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE? UM, ORIGINALLY THEY TOLD US ONE WEEK, ORIGINALLY THEY HAVE NOW SINCE TOLD US IT'S GONNA TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACTOR SCHEDULES, UH, COMING TO THAT.
BUT I DO NOT HAVE A DEFINITIVE ON THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM IS WHEN THE, ONCE THE, THE WORK ON THE UNDERGROUND STRUCTURE IS COMPLETE AND THE GRADING WORK IS COMPLETE AND STABILIZED, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT INSTALL SOD THERE.
WE'VE ASKED WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION FENCE WILL BE ABLE TO BE REMOVED TO ALLOW THE, THE FIELD OPEN FOR PLAY.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A, A CONCRETE ANSWER ON THAT, UM, YET EITHER.
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. BARNHART? MR. GALLOWAY, ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, I'LL JUST SAY THIS.
UM, I, I WANT TO THANK MS. BARNHART FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES, UM, AND HELPING US KEEP, UH, KELLER ACCOUNTABLE.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, TODAY WE HAD TO PURCHASE THESE AIR CONDITIONED UNITS THAT YOU SEE BECAUSE THE AIR CONDITION WENT OUT ON THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR, UM, HERE ON THE TOP FLOOR AND ON THE BOTTOM LEVEL.
UM, SO YEAH, WE DEFINITELY WELCOME MS. BARNHART TO COME HERE AND WORK REMOTELY, UM, JUST TO KIND OF BE THE, THE PROJECT MANAGER THAT, UM, KELLY NEEDS.
UM, YEAH, THERE, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THERE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF LEVELS OF DISAPPOINTMENT THERE.
AGAIN, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO REITERATE THIS.
THERE WERE PROMISES MADE TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD BE IN THE BUILDING LAST APRIL, MAY OR JUNE.
THERE WERE EVEN PROMISES MADE IN OPEN MEETING THAT WE WOULD'VE BEEN IN THE MEETING BEFORE THANKSGIVING OF 2025 FULLY WITH THE FULL U ONE O.
UM, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, MEET WITH THEM AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I JUST ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE PATIENT WITH STAFF.
WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS.
ROBIN IS DOING THE BEST THAT SHE CAN DO, UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS FORWARD.
AND THANK YOU, UM, ROBIN AND LUIS FOR, AND STEVE FOR CONTINUING TO SHEPHERD THIS VERY DIFFICULT PROJECT.
UH, OKAY, COUNSEL, SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM
[16. Review the July Town Meeting agenda and future requests, and Town Administrator Galloway will offer a forecast of the agenda.]
16, REVIEW OF THE JULY TOWN MEETING AGENDA AND FUTURE REQUESTS.COUNSEL, A REMINDER THAT WE DO NOT HAVE
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A JUNE WORK SESSION.UH, THE NEXT MEETING OF THIS BODY WILL BE JULY 9TH.
THE VICE MAYOR HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO CHAIR THE MEETING FOR US.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, ITEMS FOR JULY 9TH ON THE AGENDA? I DON'T HAVE ANY WRITTEN IN MY SCRATCH PAD HERE.
UH, OKAY, MOVING ON TO GO, GO AHEAD.
UM, JUST WONDERING AGAIN ABOUT GETTING VERIZON BACK HERE AFTER WE DID NOT HAVE THEM SPEAK AT THE MAY 14TH MEETING.
WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, YES, WE CAN MAKE AN EFFORT TO HAVE THEM HERE FOR THAT.
AND I DO WANT TO GIVE A, A BIKE TRAIL UPDATE AS SOON AS I'M ABLE TO, SO I'M HOPING THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT BIKE TRAIL UPDATE AT THE JULY TOWN MEETING.
UH, DAVID, JUST A QUICK NOTE, I WILL ALSO NOT BE HERE JULY 9TH.
I WILL BE AT CAMP ROSS WITH UH, CUBS SCOUT PAC 2 57.
UH, OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE JULY WORK SESSION, WHICH SHOULD BE THE 23RD OF JULY.
I HAVE, UH, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE.
I HAVE, UH, ARE WE GOING TO REVISIT THE ELECTED OFFICIAL SPENDING QUESTION? THAT'S UP TO YOU, COUNSEL.
UH, I HAVE ON HERE THE ELECTION DATE.
I BELIEVE MR. WADE IS GOING TO GET WITH MR. DELOACH AND, AND, UH, HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HIM IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.
AND THEY WILL COME TO THE JULY 23RD WORK SESSION, UH, WITH SOME THOUGHTS ON THE TOWN ELECTION DATE.
UH, AND THEN I WROTE DOWN MR. EDDIE POUND'S CHOP UP ENTERTAINMENT, UM, BRIEFING, UH, ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR JULY 23? UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EITHER THE JULY OR THE SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION TO HAVE THE FOLKS FROM THE RIGHT CHOICE VOTING GROUP COME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM DOING IT ON THE JULY 23RD IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
SHALL WE SHOOT FOR THAT? IF THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN MOVE IT.
WE AGAIN, DO NOT HAVE A, WE ALL, WE DO NOT HAVE A WORK SESSION ALSO IN AUGUST.
SO OUR WORK SESSIONS ARE JULY 23RD AND THEN THE SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE.
LOOKING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER FIELD IN SEPTEMBER'S WORK SESSION.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WRITTEN DOWN FOR SEPTEMBER TOWN MEETING YET.
FOR THE, FOR THE WORK SESSION, I HAVE FEE SCHEDULE.
I THINK WE AGREED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE FEE SCHEDULE.
I WROTE DOWN BUDGET AND AUDIT UPDATE.
SO THIS IS PART NOT ONLY AN UPDATE ON HOW THE AUDIT FOR FY 26 IS PROCEEDING, BUT ALSO I WANT TO HAVE MORE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS EARLIER.
SO WE'LL TALK KIND OF A MIXTURE OF 26, 27 AND THEN I WROTE DOWN PILOT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, UM, PROMISED A RESIDENT THAT WE WOULD DO IS HAVE REGULAR CHECK-INS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ON THE STATUS OF THE PILOT NEGOTIATIONS.
I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE AS THRILLED AS I AM TO HAVE A, SOME PROGRESS TO REPORT BY THE SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION, BUT WE WILL PUT IT OUT TO THEM AND, AND TRY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
JUST THROWING AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING WITH, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
WOULD YOU ALL BE OPPOSED TO HAVING THAT MEETING AN HOUR PRIOR TO THE WORK SESSION MEETING IN JULY? I THINK IN AUGUST, HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD THAT MEETING VIRTUALLY, UH, THE TOWN MEETING VIRTUALLY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NO WORK SESSION MEETING IN AUGUST AND YOU KNOW, THAT CAN KIND OF PREPARE US FOR STAFF NOT TO COME IN FOR AN ACTUAL TOWN MEETING, UM, FOR THAT MONTH.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE ALL FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE AUGUST TOWN MEETING BEING VIRTUAL.
UM, WERE YOU SAYING THAT JULY 23RD HOME TEAM FIVE WANTS TO COME AS A DATE THAT I CAN COORDINATE WITH THEM? YES, SURE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK THAT'S NOT JUST ON THE PILOT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY ON THEIR WORK TOWARDS THE PPS AND THE LARGER PROJECT, I THINK.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE YOU'RE SEEING ON THE HORIZON FOR AGENDA ITEMS? HEARING NONE, UH, LET US GO ON TO
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL[17. Mayor and Council Announcements]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, MR. LEG? HECK? UM, I WOULD INVITE EVERYONE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL PUBLIC WARD, TWO RESIDENTS, ANYBODY WHO'S BORED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AROUND THREE O'CLOCK.
I WILL BE HOLDING MY NEXT TRIANGLE TALK AT THE TRAFFIC TRIANGLE AT GR UH, GREENLEAF VALLEY AND FOREST, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME OUT AND HARANGUE ME ABOUT WHATEVER ISSUE IS, UH, ON YOUR MIND AT THE, AT THAT TIME.
SO SATURDAY, UH, JUNE 13TH, THREE O'CLOCK, UH, I WILL HAVE SNACKS AND WATER AND COME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT WHATEVER'S ON YOUR MIND.
UH, ANY MEMBERS OF THE TOWN STAFF WOULD LIKE TO COME BY AND THIS COMING SATURDAY, TWO DAYS FROM NOW, THREE O'CLOCK.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE MR. WADE, DO YOU HAVE ITEMS? YEAH, A COUPLE ITEMS. UM, FIRST OF ALL, WANT TO WISH MY BELOVED YOUNG MONSTER OF A KID MAVERICK, HIS OR EARLY SIXTH BIRTHDAY NEXT WEDNESDAY.
UM, SO WE'LL CELEBRATE IN, UH, AT MML AS WELL, SO I'LL BE BUSY, BUT WE'LL FIND A WAY TO GET SOME CAKE.
UM, BUT WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE FOURTH ANNUAL, UH, SHELBY WARD, ONE COMMUNITY DAY WILL BE JULY THE 18TH, UM, WHICH IS A SATURDAY NOON TO THREE.
UH, WE WILL HAVE TONS OF, UM, AGENCIES THERE AS WE ALWAYS DO, AT LEAST ABOUT 40 TO 50 FROM THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL.
AGAIN, THESE ARE AGENCIES THAT CAN ASSIST YOU WITH VARIOUS ISSUES THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND OF COURSE, THAT YOUR TAX DOLLARS PAID FOR COME OUT THAT WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF GIVEAWAYS TO PROVIDE AS WE DID LAST YEAR, UH, WITH THE RAFFLE.
UM, A LOT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE, THE, UH, KIDS AND THE YOUTH AS WELL.
AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT FULLY ENGAGEMENT.
IT IS A WARD ONE TITLE, BUT IT IS OPEN UP TO EVERY RESIDENT AND IT'S SURROUNDING AREA.
WE, AGAIN, FED ABOUT, UH, 200 PEOPLE LAST YEAR WITH FREE FRESH PRODUCE AND WE PLAN TO DO THAT AGAIN.
UM, ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO BE ELECTED TO, AGAIN, TO THE P-G-C-M-A MEMBER AT LARGE, UH, UH, SEAT.
UM, THAT IS THE ORGANIZATION WHERE ALL 27 MUNICIPALITIES IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
SO, UH, WE HELP SET THE AGENDA FOR, TO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE ALL MUNICIPALITIES WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, UM, GOVERNMENT AS WHOLE.
AND, UM, I WILL FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'LL BE RUNNING FOR THE MML, WHICH IS A STATEWIDE AT LARGE POSITION AS WELL, UM, NEXT WEEK.
SO LUCK, UH, WISHES AND PRAYERS TO ME REGARDING THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MR. BRAMAN AGAIN ON HIS WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT.
UM, I KNOW THAT HE'S GOING TO SPEND IT WELL, UM, AND I AM EXCITED FOR HIM AS MUCH AS WE WILL MISS HIM.
BUT I'M ALSO, UH, EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH LUIS, WHO HAS, UH, BEEN A GREAT PARTNER SO FAR AND I KNOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE TOWN.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE, UM, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED EARLIER THE HOMICIDE LAST MONTH ON MONROE STREET, UM, WHICH WAS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE.
AND WE HAVE, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY CH POLICE WAS AMAZING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING, UM, AND DESERVES ALL OF THE ACCOLADES, UM, AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT.
UM, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND SO I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR MRS. BRENDA WHEELER, UM, WHO WAS THE VICTIM.
UM, SHE WAS A LOVELY WOMAN AND SHE WAS MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET FOR 12 YEARS.
UM, SHE WAS UNFAILINGLY KIND, UM, AND GENEROUS AND JUST REALLY LOVELY.
UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THERE'S A HORRIFIC SITUATION LIKE THIS, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE, AGAIN, THE PERPETRATOR AND THE VIOLENCE AND NOT ABOUT THE VICTIM.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THAT MRS. BRENDA WHEELER WAS A LOVELY PERSON AND I KNOW MY FAMILY WILL MISS HER.
UM, AND WE SEND OUR, OUR GOOD WISHES TO HER FAMILY.
MME. WEISS, MAYOR, MAY I PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR SAYING WHAT SHE SAID.
UH, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT NEEDED TO BE SAID.
ANYONE ELSE? I THINK WE HIT EVERYONE.
ALRIGHT, I'LL JUST FINISH UP BY SAYING, UH, THERE'S A MARKET ON SATURDAY, EIGHT TO 12.
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STAFF FOR GETTING THE PARKING LOT AND THE FACILITY PREPARED.IT IS ALWAYS A TALL ORDER AND MR. GALLOWAY'S TEAM, UH, EXECUTES IT VERY WELL EVERY TIME.
AGAIN, 8:00 AM TO 12 NOON SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH AT 64 0 1 FOREST ROAD.
DO NOT PARK IN THE PARKING LOT OR YOU WILL BE TOWED.
UH, PLEASE PARK ON THE HILL OR ON, UH, THE SURROUNDING STREETS.
I WILL HAVE, UH, MAYOR'S HOURS FROM NINE 30 TO 11.
UH, USUALLY PATTY ASSIST ME WITH THE A SL SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION AND I WILL LIKELY BE, UH, AT THE PAVILION HEAT, DEPENDING ON THE HEAT, UH, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND MEET FOLKS.
AND OF COURSE, AVAILABLE ON ZOOM WITH PATTY DOING THE INTERPRETATION.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER WADE HAS MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
IT HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ACK.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE AYES HAVE IT.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND A GOOD MONTH.