Sep 10, 2026 Town Meeting

WARD SIX PRESENT.

ALRIGHT, SEEING, UH, PLEASE DO LET US KNOW WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE JOINS AND PROMOTE HIM IF NEED BE.

SEEING SIX OF THE SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR THE TOWN OF CH PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS 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, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ITEM THREE IS THE

[3. Approval of Agenda]

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

COUNSEL, WE NEED TO ADD TWO SUB-BULLETS UNDER ITEM EIGHT PROCLAMATION SO THAT WE HAVE HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION.

WE NEED THE SEPTEMBER 11TH RECOGNITION PROCLAMATION AND THE PROCLAMATION HONORING LATONYA TINA JONES GIVING US THREE BULLET POINTS UNDER ITEM EIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA? HEARING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER LALO HECK AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

FOUR IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS ONLY OF THE TOWN MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 13TH.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

ITEM

[4. Consent Agenda]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT WAS MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE.

CHEVROLET WEEK PROJECT FOR THE TOWNS 95TH ANNIVERSARY.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO ITEM FIVE, RESIDENT

[5. Resident Input ]

INPUT.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO OFFER ANY COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM NOT UNDERLINED ON THE AGENDA.

SO NOT CHOP UP ENTERTAINMENT AND NOT THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT APPROVAL.

BUT ANY OTHER ITEM YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR WARD.

YOUR WARD.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND I HOPE OTHERS WILL HELP ME LOOK FOR INDIVIDUALS ONLINE AS WELL.

PLEASE GO AHEAD, NOT AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.

UM, SHEILA SLO, WARD TWO.

THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WAS PLEASED TO DONATE TO THE PURCHASE OF FOUR WAYNE STREET LOTS BY FRIENDS OF LOWER BEAVER DAM CREEK.

THESE LOTS ARE ADJACENT TO MAGRUDER SPRING PARK AND THE TWO LOTS RECENTLY PURCHASED BY THE TOWN.

YOU MAY RECALL THAT THESE LOTS WERE SAVED FROM POOR DEVELOPMENT IN 2017 THROUGH A CAMPAIGN WHICH DREW THE TOWN TOGETHER WITH THIS PURCHASE, MORE OF THE LAND'S HOUSING WOODWORTH TRAIL WILL BE PRESERVED AS A NATURAL WOODED AREA AS RECOMMENDED IN THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.

IN RESPONSE TO A TOWN REQUEST, THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE TOWN SUPPORT, REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CHEVROLET COMMUNITY VEGETABLE GARDENS IN BOYD PARK, THE GARDENS EDUCATE ABOUT GARDENING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN GENERAL, FULFILLING A RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.

AS WITH ALL RECOMMENDATIONS, IT IS UP TO THE TOWN WHETHER TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND OF COURSE, CH DAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AS WE REPORTED LAST MONTH.

YOU'LL NOW FIND QR CODE PLAQUES AT OUR TOWNS PARK ENTRANCES.

THIS IS THE

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FIND THE PLAQUES ON THE RIGHT HAND UPRIGHTS OF THE ENTRANCE SIGNS OR AS FREESTANDING SIGNS NEARBY.

SCANNING THE CODES WILL TAKE YOU TO DESCRIPTIONS FOR EACH PARK FOUND ON THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WEBSITE, WWW.GREEN CHEVROLET.ORG.

THE DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDE HISTORIES OF THE NATURAL AREAS AS WELL AS WHAT FLORA AND FAUNA YOU MAY EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER.

DON'T FORGET TO VISIT THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE TABLE ON CHEVROLET DAY AND PICK UP A MAP OF THE PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS.

COME BY AND TELL US WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PARKS.

GOT PHOTOS YOU CAN SEND THEM TO GREEN SHELY@GMAIL.COM.

NEXT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER GAR HAS JOINED US.

SO ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOW PRESENT.

IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE SEEKING TO MAKE ANY RESIDENT INPUT? SEEING NONE, MATT, GO AHEAD.

MY NAME IS MATT WILL AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS AN I'M FROM WARD ONE.

I'M HERE TO DISCUSS A PETITION FOR A POCKET PARK AT THE END OF 5,600 BLOCK OF LOCKWOOD.

BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WADE FOR CREATING SPACE FOR RESIDENTS TO BRING IDEAS LIKE THIS FORWARD.

I ALSO THINK THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, BUT THE ANNEXATION, UM, I THINK I'VE VOICED THIS BEFORE THAT WENT FORWARD.

THIS WAS OUR BEST OPTION AND I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR MOVING THAT FORWARD AS WELL AS THE PLANNED BIKE PATH.

THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THERE ALL GREAT INITIATIVES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

306 NEIGHBORS SIGNED IN SUPPORT OF A SMALL POCKET PARK AND SPLASH PAD AT THE END OF 5,600 BLOCK OF LOCKWOOD.

THAT'S 217 UNIQUE RESIDENTS ACROSS ALL SIX WARRANTS, NOT JUST OUR BLOCK.

64 IN WARD, 1 53 IN WARD 2 49 IN WARD FOUR.

GROWTH SLOWED IN AUGUST WHILE MOST OF US WHO WERE ORGANIZING WE WERE ON VACATION AND WE QUIT TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT, BUT WE EXPECTED TO CLIMB AGAIN NOW THAT WE'RE ALL BACK, BACK HOME.

HERE'S WHY THIS MATTERS.

AS CHEVROLET WELL BRINGS NEW NEIGHBORS TO TOWN, LOCKWOOD ROAD IS A SCENE BETWEEN OLD CHEVROLET AND NEW DEVELOPMENT.

THE SURGEON GENERAL HAS RECENTLY HAS CALLED LONELINESS A PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIC AND NAMED SHARED GREEN SPACE AS ONE OF OUR BEST TOOLS TO FIX IT.

WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN ALREADY.

FOR EXAMPLE, ON OUR BLOCK EVERY NIGHT DURING THE WORLD CUP, WE WERE OUT THERE NOT BEING LONELY.

UM, WHEN THE FINAL MATCH HAPPENED, 50 OF US CAME OUT TO WATCH AND CHEER AND ENJOY OUR EACH OTHER'S COMPANY AND WE'RE IN THE STREET.

THIS IS THE VERY THING THAT BEVERLY HILL IS PROMISING TO CREATE, BUT IT'S EXACTLY WHAT A PASS THROUGH STREET THREATENS TO KILL.

THIS ISN'T JUST A FEEL GOOD ASK, IT MAKES ECONOMIC SENSE TOO.

QUALITY AND WALKABLE.

GREEN SPACE PROTECTS AND INCREASES PROPERTY VALUE.

THERE'S RESEARCH ABOUT THIS CLAIM.

THIS WILL ONLY HELP OUR TAX BASE.

SO OUR ASK TONIGHT IS SIMPLE DIRECT STAFF TO FORMALLY EVALUATE THE SITE AS PART OF A BEVERLY HILL PLANNING PROCESS AND COMMIT TO A WORKING SESSION WITH RESIDENTS ON DESIGN AND TAKE LEADERSHIP IN THIS.

BRING YOUR RESIDENTS INTO SUPPORT THIS AS YOUR AGENDA, NOT SOMETHING WE'RE PUSHING.

THE INTEREST IS REAL IN TOWN WIDE AND WE'RE READY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

WE RECOGNIZE THIS WON'T BE EASY.

THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPER'S INTENT IS CLEAR AND THE COUNTY DYNAMICS ARE TRICKY, BUT RESIDENTS HAVE VOICED FOR YEARS INCLUDING A PERCEPTION SURVEY TWO YEARS AGO THAT SHOWED CLEAR PREFERENCE FOR WALKABLE BIKEABLE CONNECTIONS.

AND OTHER THAN A FEW PEOPLE, LIKE I KNOW, I KNOW DAVID TANZI OR OR COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI HAD REFERENCES, UM, IN MAKING A DECISIONS FOR ANNEXATION, THAT SURVEY HAS GONE UNNOTICED FOR THE MOST PART.

SO LET'S NOT BE IGNORED WITH THIS ANYMORE.

NOW I WANNA SPEAK AS A PROFESSIONAL.

I HAVE A PHD IN MASTER'S DEGREE IN DEVELOPMENT.

I'VE WORKED IN THE FIELD FOR OVER 25 YEARS NEGOTIATING SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX GLOBAL SITUATIONS, INCLUDING WITH TERRORIST GROUPS WHO HAD BECOME, UM, GOVERNMENTS.

I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SITUATION, BUT LEMME SAY ONE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE.

THAT WAS MY THREE MINUTES.

I'M TAKING 10 SECONDS.

ONE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE, IF YOU CAN BUILD ON WHAT'S PRESENT, LIKE A COMMUNITY THAT WANTS CONNECTION, RATHER THAN TEARING DOWN AND THINKING YOU'RE GONNA BUILD SOMETHING NEW, WILL BE IN A BETTER PLACE.

SO BUILD ON WHAT WE HAVE INWOOD, WHICH IS CONNECTION.

DON'T TEAR IT DOWN.

WE HAD A BLOCK PARTY, AND FROM THE BLOCK PARTY WE STARTED DANCING UNDER THE FOUR TEAMS IN THE QUEENS AND BOY PARK.

THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. PRICE.

GO AHEAD.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK ONLINE WHILE YOU'RE SPEAKING.

FIRST PLACE WARD FOUR.

UM, BACK DURING THE PANDEMIC,

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WE'VE MADE A MOVEMENT FROM BOY PARK AND WE'RE NOW UP AT THE AMERICAN LEGION ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.

WE, WE HAVE VISITORS THAT COME IN FROM WORLDWIDE, UH, WORLDWIDE IN THAT, UH, TOMORROW WE GONNA BE IN THE TOP OF PAVILION.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE PLEASE COME BY AND SEE US AND IT'S GONNA BE TRAFFIC.

WHAT MR. PRICE? YES, SIR.

COULD YOU, SIR? SORRY, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE MIC AND TELL US WHAT TIME TOMORROW COULD YOU STARTS AT 11 UNTIL THE STREET LIGHTS COME ON.

11 O'CLOCK UNTIL THE STREET LIGHTS COME ON.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I CAN'T GO OUT THIS WAY.

NO.

IS THERE ANY OTHER RESIDENT WISHING TO OFFER RESIDENT INPUT AND I DO NOT SEE ANYONE ONLINE.

ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES RESIDENT INPUT.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX

[6. Committee Reports]

COMMITTEE REPORTS.

AND THE FIRST ITEM IS THE REC COUNCIL.

MR. WADE? YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING.

AS YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THE BREAK, UH, BREAK OVER THE SUMMERTIME.

FIRST MEETING WILL BE THIS TUESDAY THE 29TH, AND WE WILL DISCUSS THE UPCOMING, UM, EVENTS.

I THINK THE FIRST ONE, OF COURSE, DIRECT COUNCIL WILL BE PART OF CH DAY.

WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE, UH, PARADE AND, AND GIVING OUT CANDY.

SO LOOK US ON THE PARADE.

UM, WE PROBABLY WILL BE TABLING FOR THAT DAY, FOR SHELBY DAY AS WELL.

BUT THEN AFTER THAT, OF COURSE IS THE, UH, OCTOBER HALLOWEEN, UM, UH, TRICK OR TREAT EVENTS AS WELL.

YOU JOHN, FOR, UH, REACHING OUT THE OVERWHELMING REACHING OUT OF WARD FIVE AND WARD SIX.

YOU GO BACK.

COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WADE TO TAKE BACK TO THE REC COUNCIL? HEARING NONE CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE, WAIT.

THAT'S COMING UP.

UM, CHEVROLET DAY 9 26 26.

GET YOURSELVES READY.

UM, IT IS A PARADE YEAR IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PARADE.

UH, THERE WILL BE LOTS OF PEOPLE LET OFF BY OUR VERY YOUNG MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR 100 AND 4-YEAR-OLD CHEVROLET RESIDENT ALSO IN THE PARADE WITH US, AS WELL AS LOTS OF OTHER, UH, PEOPLE AND GROUPS IN OUR PARADE THIS YEAR.

UH, THIS IS ALSO, AS PEOPLE KNOW, OUR 95TH ANNIVERSARY.

SO IT IS A FULL CH 95 WEEK OF EVENTS, UH, STARTING OFF WITH, UH, FRIDAY NIGHT FOOD TRUCKS ON THE 18TH OF SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN ON THE 19TH WE WILL KICK OFF THE FULL WEEK OF EVENTS WITH THE CHEVROLET EAST WEST SOFTBALL GAME.

AND THEN EACH NIGHT, THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THERE WILL BE ALL KINDS OF EVENTS GOING ON FOR THE, EXCUSE ME, THE FULL WEEK, UH, THROUGHOUT.

THERE'S WHISKEY AND CIGARS TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY UP AT THE LEGION.

IT'S, UH, YOU CAN CHECK THE CH DATE, UH, WEBSITE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL RESIDENTS OF CHEVROLET AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE AND TO OUR WONDERFUL TOWN STAFF TONIGHT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUTTONHOLE JOHN FOR ANY REMAINING CHEVROLET DAY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

OH, VICE MAYOR, GO AHEAD.

UM, IF A RESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, HOW SHOULD THEY DO THAT? UH, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE.

THEY CAN CERTAINLY GET IN TOUCH WITH ME AND I WILL PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE PROPER PEOPLE TO GET THEM.

GREAT.

UH, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE CHEVROLET DAY WEBSITE AND YOU CAN GET SOME GREAT CHEVROLET SWAG.

UH, THERE ARE GREAT TUMBLERS, WHICH I HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE THIS LARGE.

THIS IS 24 OUNCES OF YOUR FAVORITE LIQUID.

UH, AND THERE'S ALSO T-SHIRTS.

UM, THE CHEVROLET DAY SHIRT, WHICH HAS, UH, FOR MANY YEARS BEEN DESIGNED BY OUR VERY OWN.

PAT NELSON IS A RECREATION OF A SHIRT FROM ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO.

IT IS THE, UM, THE FORMER NEW YORKER COVER, WHICH A VIEW OF THE WORLD, AND IT IS CHEVROLET AVENUE ALL THE WAY OUT WEST.

SO, AND THAT WILL BE ON SALE AT THE C MARKET AND ADDITION TO BEING ON SALE AT THE CHEVROLET DAY EVENTS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOHN, SIR? MR. GARCIA? YEAH, I JUST WANNA, UM, JUST, UH, I GUESS EXPRESS MY, MY, UH, APPRECIATION FOR CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE AND

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UM, IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE.

UM, I HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE JUST COMING OUT ASKING ME ABOUT IT AND YOU KNOW, HOW TO GET THERE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST STRAIGHT DIRECTING TO CHEVROLET DAY, UM, WEBPAGE.

SO HONESTLY, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

ALRIGHT, ONTO THE PLANNING BOARD THEN.

MR. TANZI? SIR, THE PLANNING BOARD MET YESTERDAY, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY ONE OF OUR OWN, UH, YOUTH, PHOEBE ELDRIDGE ON THE A DU LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED AT THE STATE LEVEL, UH, LAST YEAR.

AND THE DEADLINE FOR, UH, COMMENT ON, UH, FOR THE COUNTY, UH, TO THE COUNTY BEFORE IT MAKES ITS, UM, DECISIONS OF WITHIN, UH, THOSE REQUIREMENTS AUTHORIZING ADUS IS OCTOBER 1ST.

SO WE HAD A SECOND MEETING TO GO OVER THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD HAD MADE WHEN WE FIRST DEBRIEFED AFTER PHOEBE'S PRESENTATION AND TO, UH, FIRM THOSE UP.

SO, UM, THE COUNTY DID PUT OUT A QUESTIONNAIRE, SO WE WERE GOING OVER OPTIONS THAT THE COUNTY OFFERED AND THE PLANNING BOARD WAS GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF ALLOWING DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADUS AND GIVING HOMEOWNERS FLEXIBILITY WHILE RECOMMENDING LIMITS ON SIZE AND HEIGHT, UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A DETACHED A DU WHILE RECOMMENDING, SORRY, UM, WHILE ALSO REQUIRING OWNER OCCUPANCY SOMEWHERE ON THE PROPERTY AND NO ADDITION NOT REQUIRING ADDITIONAL OFF STREET PARKING AND ADDING OCCUPATION LIMITS BASED ON THE UNIT SIZE.

THESE WERE ALL OPTIONS THAT THE, THE COUNTY OFFERED.

UH, THE PLANNING BOARD DID NOT REACH CONSENSUS ON WHETHER OR NOT A DU SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

THE DOCUMENT WAS JUST SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, EARLIER TODAY.

SO THE HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GO OVER IT AND ASSUMING THERE'S NO, UM, CONCERN FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF OCTOBER 1ST.

THE BOARD AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, SO WE WOULD ASK YOU TO FINE TWO NEW MEMBERS, UM, FOR OUR NEXT YEAR COUNCIL ELECTION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DAVID? ALRIGHT.

I THINK ON THE A D MY INTENTION WOULD BE TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU AND, AND MR. GALLOWAY TO SEND ME AND DAVID, ANY CONCERNS YOU HAVE ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, COMMENTS THAT WERE PREPARED BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND BY PHOEBE.

UH, AND UNLESS YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS, I WILL TRANSMIT THOSE TO THE COUNTY, UH, UNDER A BRIEF SIGNATURE.

SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW, LET DAVID AND ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS.

AND JUST FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, THE, UH, STATE LEGISLATION DOES REQUIRE THAT ALL COUNTIES, UH, ALLOW THEM.

SO THERE'S NO SAYING NO TO THAT, BUT THERE ARE SOME GUIDELINES ON WHAT THEY CAN LIMIT.

UM, AND THAT INCLUDES SIZE, HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, SETBACKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED.

PHOEBE AGAIN, GAVE A GREAT, VERY GOOD PRESENTATION AND SHE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE, UH, IN COLLEGE PARK IN GREENBELT, SOMEONE WITH, UH, THE PLANNING, UH, THE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD.

SO IT WAS A VERY INFORMED PRESENTATION TO US AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SHE GETS THE RIGHTFUL SHOUT OUT.

SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OR FOR DAVID ARE, IS THERE ANY REPORT FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS AND CLAIRE FRANK , BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISOR? UM, WE MET THIS TUESDAY.

THIS BETTER? YEAH, WE MEET EVERY TUESDAY, EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00 PM ON ZOOM.

SO ANYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US ON ZOOM ANYTIME.

WE, UH, ALMOST ARE FINISHED UPDATING ALL OUR FORMS. UM, OF COURSE NEW DATES FOR NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION, BUT ALSO CLARIFYING ASPECTS THAT WE HAD NOTICED LAST YEAR THAT WE'RE NOT ALWAYS CLEAR TO EVERYBODY.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO UPDATE OUR HANDBOOK AND PROCESSES.

UM, WE'RE GETTING READY TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE.

ALSO NEW DATES AND CLARIFYING THINGS WE'LL BE AT THE DAY.

SO WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THAT, UM, TO DO VOTER REGISTRATION, BUT ALSO INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT THE 2027 COUNCIL ELECTIONS, ENCOURAGE POSSIBLE CANDIDATES, INFORM OUR VOTERS.

UM, WE'LL BE WORKING REVIEW, REVIEWING THE AMENDMENTS THAT WAS DISCUSSED, UM, AT A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

UM, AND MAYBE A MOST IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL.

WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS STEPPING DOWN AFTER MANY YEARS ON

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COUNCIL, ANY QUESTION FOR THE SUPERVISORS? SEEING NONE, IS THERE AN UPDATE FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION? I WILL JUST SAY FOR COUNCIL'S SAKE, MR. GALLOWAY IS GOING TO ADDRESS IN HIS REPORT LATER THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE ELECTION COM, UH, ETHICS COMMISSIONERS, HOMETOWN HEROES.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN UPDATE.

IF MR. GALLOWAY DIDN'T LEAVE ONE, WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ONE.

AND THAT TAKES US TO THE YOUTH.

SOMEONE'S ON, SOMEONE'S ONLINE FOR HOMETOWN HEROES, TOM ETHICS COMMISSION.

NO.

TOM, DID YOU WANNA OFFER AN UPDATE ON THE, FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION? TOM, YOU ARE ABLE TO TALK IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE.

YEAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

OKAY, WONDERFUL.

UH, YEAH, UH, VERY BRIEF FROM THE, UH, ETHICS COMMISSION.

UH, NOTHING, UH, NO REAL NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, UH, JUST A MOMENT AGO ABOUT, UM, UH, TERMS FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.

UH, THOSE ARE COMING UP HERE I THINK IN NOVEMBER, UH, IF MY MEMORY SERVES CORRECT, SO I'LL DEFER TO MR. GALLOWAY ON THAT.

UM, WE, UH, THE ONLY THING OF NOTE IS THAT WE'VE HAD TWO REQUESTS FOR, UH, OPINIONS, UH, THIS YEAR.

UH, WE'VE ADJUDICATED ONE, UH, THE OTHER ONE IS PENDING.

BOTH OF THOSE REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL.

UM, BUT UH, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ETHICS COMMISSION CHAIR? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, THANK YOU TOM.

I THINK WE DO ALRIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

I THINK WE DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE ON HOMETOWN HEROES.

UM, SO THAT TAKES

[7. Youth Council]

US TO CH YOUTH.

UH, MS. WHITE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THIS BIG EVENT WE'RE DOING? I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING IN ADDITION.

I'M JUST OVERJOYED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE 20 26 20 27 YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL AND, UM, WE WILL BE DOING THE SWEARING IN IN OATHS OF OFFICE.

I WOULD ASK MAYOR IF YOU CAN COME DOWN HERE AND, UM, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE RESPECTIVE WARD WANTS TO ALSO STAND ASIDE THE MAYOR AS THE, UM, RESPECTIVE YOUTH TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

UM, WE HAVE MADE JUST HUGE STRIDES IN THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND, UM, GETTING THE YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, GETTING THEM TO PAY ATTENTION TO THINGS THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON IN THEIR WARDS, UM, STARTING NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE GOING TO FULLY ADVERTISE AND TAKE OFF.

UM, AND WE HAVE HAD A MORE THAN FANTASTIC SUMMER IN CH YOUTH.

WE HAVE HOSTED OVER 10 MOVIE NIGHTS, UM, MULTIPLE OTHER EVENTS.

WE HAVE GOTTEN UP TO 88 YOUTH AT ONE EVENT, WHICH IS BY FAR A HUGE RECORD.

UM, AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL TO OUR PAST YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL.

I'M SO GRATEFUL TO OUR FUTURE YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL AND EACH, EACH TEEN IN CH WHO SPREADS THE WORD AND TELLS PEOPLE TO GATHER SO THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE SPACE TO HANG OUT.

UM, WE HAD A HUGE BLOCK PARTY WHERE WE HAD VOLLEYBALL AND WE HAD LASER TAG AND WE HAD GRILLING NEXT TO THE CH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND REALLY ALL THE DEPARTMENTS OF CH AND THE YOUTH JUST CAME TOGETHER AND WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME.

WE HAD A BARBER GIVING FREE HAIRCUTS.

IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.

SO BY ALL MEANS, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS THAT MIGHT MAKE FOR A FUN EVENT, I'M YOUR GIRL.

REACH OUT TO ME.

AND WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START THESE OATHS OF OFFICE AND GET THEM OFFICIALLY SWORN IN FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

UM, AND YEAH, I'M SUPER EXCITED TO, FOR YOU ALL TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND REPRESENTATION IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS PODIUM.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

AND WE'RE GONNA END WITH GAVIN.

I THINK, IS THAT GOOD? WELL, YOU GO AHEAD.

YOU'RE BETTER AT THIS.

IF I CAN TROUBLE THE CAMERA POSITION TO CHANGE, I'D LOVE TO BE IN THIS, IN THIS VIEW.

AND IF I COULD HAVE YOU ALL COME, COME TO THE SIDE RIGHT NEXT TO THE DAIS HERE, THAT'D BE AWESOME.

JUST FOR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO MAY BE VIEWING ONLINE, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND OF THE DAIS RATHER THAN A WHITEBOARD, I BELIEVE.

PERFECT.

OKAY, WONDERFUL.

SO, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH PENELOPE

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SO WE'RE GONNA GO ONE THROUGH SIX AND THEN DO THE TWO, UM, YOUTH ADVISORS AT THE END.

COUNCIL MEMBER WADE IS ONLINE, SO, UM, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THE, WE SHOULD HAVE THE FAMILIES COME UP IF YOU'D LIKE HERE AS THEY'RE COMING UP.

AND SO AFTER YOU DO THE OATH AND THE SWEARING IN, WE'LL HAVE THE FAMILIES COME UP.

WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK.

SUPER.

YOU READY TO TAKE THE OATH? ALRIGHT, I'LL READ THE OATH AND YOU REPEAT AFTER ME.

UH, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

PENELOPE RICHARDS, I, PENELOPE RICHARDS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTIONS AND THE LAWS THEREOF THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT.

DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF WARD ONE YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER, THE OFFICE OF BOARD, ONE YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE TOWN OF CH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND FOR THE TOWN OF CH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND.

WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE, WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CH ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTION CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE AND THE CHA CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CH.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY OUT OF TOWN FOR THIS MONTH.

UM, AND I KNOW AS COUNCIL MEMBER WADE IS ONLINE, WHICH IS HERE.

SO GRATEFUL.

UH, IF YOU WANNA TAKE A QUICK SURE.

ALL SMILE.

YOU WANT ME TO GIVE THIS TO YOU? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, BEATRICE, NICE.

HAVE PREP.

I'LL GIVE YOU CONGRATULATIONS.

DO YOU WANNA COME UP? SURE.

I WANT AN EXTRA TION.

NO, I'M ALL RIGHT, .

I GOT IT ALL IN HERE.

ALRIGHT, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, BEATRICE DE YEAGER, I BEATRICE DEGER, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT? DO SOLEMNLY, SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES? I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE.

THAT I'LL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS THEREOF THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF WARD TWO YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER OF WARD TWO YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE TOWN OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, FOR THE TOWN OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND.

WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE, WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CH OF THIS STATE AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CH.

CAN YOU SIGN FIRST AND THANK YOU THE 10TH.

DO YOU WANNA HOLD THIS BEATRICE AND THEN GIVE IT TO YVONNE WHEN YOU'RE DONE.

YOU SQUEEZE IT OUT HERE.

TALL GUYS IN THE BACK.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I COLEMAN BONDS, I COLEMAN BONDS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION

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OF THE UNITED STATES.

I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE, THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF.

AND TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE LAWS THEREOF.

THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF WARD THREE YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER, THE OFFICE OF WARD THREE YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE TOWN OF CH, FOR THE TOWN OF CH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE, WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE AND LAWS OF THIS STATE, AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CH AND THE CHARTER OF TOWN OF CONGRATULATIONS.

HOW ABOUT YOU GO NEXT.

1, 2, 3.

ALL RIGHT.

EVAN STALLINGS, COME ON DOWN.

YOU READY? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, EVAN STALLINGS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR I EVAN STALLINGS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT, OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE.

I'LL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS THEREOF.

THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF SKILL AND JUDGMENT.

DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF WARD FOUR YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER, THE OFFICE OF WARD FOUR YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE TOWN OF CH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND FOR THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND.

IT'S THE 10TH.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA SIGN IT AND THEN YOU HOLD IT UP AND GIVE IT TO YVONNE WHEN WE'RE DONE.

I'M GONNA SAY 'EM ON THIS SIDE AND THEN WE COME TO THE SIDE.

ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE OATH? YES.

DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I ASARA SCHOLA AKANDE.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

THAT I'LL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT.

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EXECUTE DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF WARD SIX YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER, THE OFFICE OF WARD SIX YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE TOWN OF CH PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND FOR THE TOWN OF PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND.

WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE.

WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE, AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET, AND LAWS OF THE STATE.

AND THE CHARTER, CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET.

I'LL SIGN IT AND THEN YOU HOLD IT UP FOR THE PICTURE AND THEN GIVE IT TO A FILE.

NOW WE WILL SWEAR IN OUR TWO YOUTH ADVISORS.

LET US START WITH STEPHEN ALBERT, YOU READY TO TAKE THE OATH? YEP.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

STEPHEN ALBERT, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM I, STEPHEN ALBERT, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE, THAT I'LL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ADVISOR THE OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ADVISOR FOR THE TOWN OF CH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, FOR THE TOWN OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND.

TODAY'S THE 10TH.

YEP.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA SIGN IT AND THEN YOU HOLD IT UP FOR THE PHOTO.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR YOUTH ADVISOR, GAVIN, OUR SECOND YOUTH ADVISOR.

I SHOULD SAY RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, GAVIN GETTO.

PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, MARYLAND.

GAVIN GETTO.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES? THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE, THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT.

DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ADVISOR, THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ADVISOR FOR THE TOWN OF PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MARYLAND.

TO THE TOWN OF YOUTH, WAIT FOR THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET PRINCE, GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND TO THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET, PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY.

MARYLAND WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE.

ACCORDING TO THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION.

CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF STATE AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET.

AND THE CHARTER OF THE LAW OF THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET.

THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CH.

YEAH, THAT

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I WAS NERVOUS.

I, THAT'S A LOT OF, THAT'S A LOT OF LEGALISM THERE.

I'M GONNA SIGN THIS AND THEN YOU HOLD IT UP FOR THE PHOTO.

ALRIGHT, COME ON OVER.

PLEASE STOP.

CAN YOU COME ON THIS SIDE? COME ON THIS SIDE.

WE WILL TAKE ONE FINAL PICTURE WITH EVERYONE.

SURE.

I'M JUST GONNA SAY ONE MORE THING.

UM, IF YOU ALL DIDN'T NOTICE, I HAVE SEVEN YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THERE'S TWO YOUTH ADVISORS AND SIX WARDS IN CH I'M MISSING A WARD, I'M MISSING WARD FIVE.

I DON'T HAVE A YOUTH TO REPRESENT WARD FIVE.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE WARD FIVE IS THE CHEVROLET STATION APARTMENTS.

AND IF I HAVE ONE VOICE IN THERE, THEN I HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT ALL THE EVENTS AND GET PEOPLE THERE.

SO IF ANYONE KNOWS SOMEONE IN WARD FIVE, A HIGH SCHOOLER, I WILL EVEN TAKE, YOU KNOW, AN EIGHTH GRADER MIDDLE SCHOOLER WHO IS WILLING TO STEP UP AND REPRESENT THEIR WARD.

I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLIE'S WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES AND OUR PAST YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBER MARIO IS ALSO WORKING TO HELP ME FIND SOMEONE TO REPRESENT WARD FIVE.

AGAIN, THAT'S JUST SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING SOMEONE.

ON A LITTLE LATER YOU'LL HAVE ONE MORE OATH OF OFFICE, OFFICE TO LISTEN TO , BUT IF EVERYONE COULD COME UP, UM, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD COME TAKE A QUICK GROUP PICTURE, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

THEN TO ITEM EIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBER GARCES, UH, WHICH PROCLAMATION WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK US OFF WITH? LET'S, UH, LET'S DO THE RESIDENT.

YES, I DO REMEMBER WHEN THERE WASN'T WHEELS ON THIS.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON

[8. Proclamation]

COUNCIL MEMBER GAR IS GONNA READ A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HONORING CHEVROLET RESIDENT LATONYA JONES.

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UM, THIS PROCLAMATION IS RECOGNIZING LATONYA TINA JONES, UH, FOR HISTORIC LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY SERVICE, ADVOCACY, COMPASSION AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OTHERS.

WHEREAS LATONYA, TINA JONES, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS TINA, WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON DC AND LIVED IN CAPITOL HEIGHTS IN BLADENSBURG BEFORE MAKING SHELBY MARYLAND HER HOME FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS.

SORRY, WHERE SHE WAS, WHERE SHE BUILT STRONG CONNECTIONS WITH HER NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS TINA HAS BECOMING A FAMILIAR AND TRUSTED PRESENCE IN HER COMMUNITY, KNOWN FOR LISTENING TO HER NEIGHBORS, OFFERING GUIDANCE, LENDING A HELPING HAND, AND STANDING UP FOR OTHERS WHEN CHALLENGES ARISE.

AND WHEREAS TINA IS A COURAGEOUS ADVOCATE AGAINST INJUSTICE, WHO BELIEVES IN FAIRNESS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ENSURING THAT THOSE WHO MAY NOT ALWAYS HAVE A VOICE ARE HEARD.

WHEN AN ISSUE DESERVES ATTENTION, SHE REMAINS COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING UNTIL IT IS ADDRESSED.

AND WHEREAS TINA MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO SERVE ON THE ETHICS COMMISSION REPRESENTING WARD FIVE, STEPPING FORWARD TO FILL A SEAT, THEY HAVE REMAINED VACANT FOR YEARS IN HELPING STRUGGLING THE REPRESENTATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENTS WITHIN COMMUNITY HAWAII.

BREATH DAMN W HAS TINA'S COMMITMENT TO SHIRLEY EXTENDS BEYOND HER CIVIC SERVICES, THROUGH CALLOUS ACTS OF KINDNESS TOWARDS HER NEIGHBORS, FAMILIES AND CHILDREN'S FROM CREATING ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL MOMENTS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, CHILDREN TO AND SPECIAL MOMENTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN TO OFFERING SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO THOSE IN NEED.

AND WHEREAS DURING THANKSGIVING, TINA AND HER WIFE CANDY HAS SOUGHT OUT LOCAL TURKEY GIVEAWAYS TO PROVIDE TURKEYS TO NEIGHBORS WHO WERE STRUGGLING OR UNABLE TO TRAVEL, REFLECTING HER BELIEF THAT NO ONE IN THE COMMUNITY SHOULD FEEL FORGOTTEN.

AND WHEREAS TINA CONTINUES TO GIVE HER TIME, ENERGY, RESOURCES, AND COMPASSION WITHOUT SEEKING RECOGNITION IN RETURN, DEMONSTRATING RESILIENCE AND GENUINE COMMITMENT TO HELPING OTHERS EVEN THROUGH DIFFICULT TIME.

AND WHEREAS TANYA, TINA JONES HAS SHOWN THAT MEANINGFUL LEADERSHIP IS FOUND NOT ONLY IN THE POSITION WE HOLD, BUT IN THE WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN, ADVOCATE, HELP A NEIGHBOR, ENCOURAGE A CHILD, AND STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT LATONYA TINA JONES IS HEREBY HONORED AND RECOGNIZED FOR HISTORIC LEADERSHIP, DEDICATED COMMUNITY SERVICE, ADVOCACY FOR JUSTICE, COMPASSION FOR OTHERS, AND WAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY SHE SERVES.

BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED THAT TINA'S RECOGNIZES THE BLAZER ADVOCATE, COMMUNITY LEADER AND ROLE MODEL WHOSE HISTORIC SERVICE ON THE ETHICS COMMISSION, DEDICATION TO HER NEIGHBORS, GENEROSITY TOWARDS CHILDREN AND FAMILY AND WILLINGNESS TO SPEAK UP FOR OTHERS EXEMPLIFIES THE VERY BEST OF COMMUN LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC SERVICES AND WITNESS.

WHEN IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE LATONYA TINA JONES FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION, HISTORIC SERVICE AND LASTING IMPACT ON HER COMMUNITY, AND EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR THE MANY WAYS SHE CONTINUES TO SERVE AND SUPPORT THOSE AROUND THERE.

CHRISTINA, TAKE A TAKE A THANK YOU.

WE GONNA SIGN COPY SIGN THERE.

GONNA SIGN IT REAL QUICK.

MEMBERS, SURVIVORS, FAMILIES, AND ALL THOSE AFFECTED, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THIS DAY WITH REMEMBRANCE, SERVICE AND UNITY.

I GOT, THANK YOU.

DO YOU WANNA KEEP GOING OR DO YOU WANT ME TO DO NINE 11 AND THEN FINISH ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE? YEAH, LET'S, ALRIGHT, I'LL DO, UH, I WILL READ THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, UH, PROCLAMATION AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GARIS WILL FINISH OFF WITH A MORE PO ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE WITH HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 11 AS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE TO, TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001 TO RECOGNIZE THE COURAGE AND SACRIFICE THEIR FIRST RESPONDERS, SERVICE

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WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001, NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES IN TERRORIST ATTACKS IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE PENTAGON, AND ABOARD UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93 IN PENNSYLVANIA.

AND WHEREAS THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11 FOREVER CHANGED OUR NATION AND LEFT AN ENDURING IMPACT, IMPACT ON THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OF THOSE WHO WERE LOST ON SURVIVORS AND ON COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND WHEREAS FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, PUBLIC SERVANTS AND ORDINARY CITIZENS RESPONDED WITH EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE, COMPASSION, SELFLESSNESS AND SELFLESSNESS IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY.

AND WHEREAS IN THE DAYS AND YEARS THAT FOLLOWED COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTED TO SERVE THROUGH RESCUE, RECOVERY, REBUILDING MILITARY SERVICE, PUBLIC SAFETY, CHARITABLE WORK AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE FOREVER CHANGED.

AND WHEREAS REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11 PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THOSE WE LOST, RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE AND REAFFIRM THE VALUES OF COMPASSION, RESILIENCE, COMMUNITY AND UNITY.

AND WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 11 IS OBSERVED NATIONALLY AS PATRIOT DAY AND A NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS TO HONOR THOSE WHO WERE LOST AND TO CARRY FORWARD A SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND UNITY, NOW THEREFORE BE A PROCLAIMED.

WE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CH DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026 AS SEPTEMBER 11 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IN THE TOWN OF CH.

AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO PAUSE IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LIVES LOST, TO HONOR THOSE WHO SERVED AND SACRIFICED, AND TO REFLECT UPON THE STRENGTH FOUND IN SERVICE TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED THAT WE HONOR THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED, RECOGNIZING, RECOGNIZE THE BRAVERY OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL WHO CAME TO THE AID OF OTHERS, AND EXTEND OUR CONTINUED RESPECT AND SUPPORT TO SURVIVORS, FAMILIES, SERVICE MEMBERS, AND ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THE EVENTS AND AFTERMATH OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001.

MAY WE CARRY FORWARD THEIR MEMORY THROUGH ACTS OF SERVICE, COMPASSION, AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

AND WE WILL, UH, THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. GALLOWAY AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, BE HAVING A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY.

TOMORROW MORNING, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH AT 9:00 AM IN LEGION PARK WHERE WE WILL READ THE RESOLUTION AGAIN.

COUNCIL MEMBER GARCI, YOU ARE TASKED WITH READING A MORE UPLIFTING, I HOPE, PROCLAMATION OF HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE MONTH.

ALL RIGHT, HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE MONTH, MSA LATINA, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026 TO OCTOBER 15TH, 2026, RECOGNIZING HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE MONTH IN AND CELEBRATING THE HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF HISPANICS AND LATINOS IN THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HISPANIC AND LATINO COMMUNITIES HAVE MADE TO ENRICH THE TOWN OF.

WHEREAS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS AN OFFICIAL CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WHOSE ANCESTRY CAN BE TRACED TO SPAIN, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEANS.

A RECOGNITION THAT STARTED AS A WEEK LONG CELEBRATION IN 1968 BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IS NOW CELEBRATED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND WHEREAS THE START OF THE HERITAGE MONTH, SEPTEMBER 15TH, IS SIGNIFICANT AS SEVERAL LATIN AMERICANS COUNTRIES CELEBRATE THEIR INDEPENDENCE ON THIS DAY, INCLUDING COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, MEXICO, AND CHILE ALSO CELEBRATE THEIR DEPENDENCE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AND 18TH RESPECTIVELY.

AND WHEREAS 20 YEARS LATER, THE CELEBRATION WAS EXPANDED TO DEDICATE A FULL MONTH TO RECOGNIZING THE GENERATIONS OF HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE POSITIVELY INFLUENCED AND ENRICHED OUR SOCIETY.

AND WHEREAS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH UPLIFTS A CULTURAL LEGACY THAT REFLECTS RICH AND DIVERSE TRADITIONS, A DEEP COMMITMENT TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND ENDURING WORK ETHICS, RESILIENCE, CREATIVITY, SERVICE, AND PERSEVERANCE.

AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS TO CREATE AWARENESS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PEOPLE OF HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE TO AMERICAN CULTURE.

MANY PEOPLE OF HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE SERVE AS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, POLITICIANS, TEACHERS, JOURNALISTS,

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FIRST RESPONDERS, ARTISTS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, ATHLETES, INVENTORS, ENTERTAINERS AND MORE.

AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PEOPLE OF HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE TO AMERICAN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY.

PEOPLE OF HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE SERVE AS A CIVIL, AS SERVE AS CIVIL RIGHT LEADERS COMMUNITY.

DID I JUST READ THAT FOR SERGEANT HEALTHCARE PROFESSION? OH WAIT, WE'RE GONNA SKIP THAT.

WHEREAS IN KEEP WITH WHEREAS IN KEEPING WITH THE 2026 NATIONAL THEME, WE NEED THOSE SOMO MA TOGETHER WE ARE MORE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE DIVERSE HISTORIES, CULTURES, AND EXPERIENCE OF HISPANIC AND LATINO COMMUNITIES ARE UNITED BY SHARED VALUES.

AND THAT OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH GROW WILL UP.

WE UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER, INVEST IN FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A STRONGER AND MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICANS CONTINUE TO PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE NATION'S WORKFORCE.

AN ECONOMY WITH APPROXIMATELY 35.2 MILLION HISPANIC OR LATINO PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE AS OF JULY, 2026.

AND WHEREAS HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICANS ARE INTEGRATED AND DEDICATED MEMBERS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING, UM, INCLUDING THE JUDICIARY, CONGRESS, STATE LEGISLATURE, UH, STATE LEGISLATORS, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICES.

AND WHEREAS MEMBERS OF HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICAN COMMUNITIES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A TOWN OF THROUGH DIVERSITY AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPATION AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, TOWN STAFF, VOLUNTEER BOARD, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

AND WHEREAS HISPANIC AND LATINO COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES INCLUDING DISCRIMINATION, FEAR, FAMILY SEPARATIONS IN THIS DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, MAKING IT ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR COMMUNITY UPHOLDS DIGNITY, SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND HUMANITY AMONG ALL OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND WHEREAS THE CHALLENGE FACING HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICANS REMINDS US THAT HISPANIC HERITAGE MARCH IS NOT ONLY A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE AND ACHIEVEMENT, BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT VOICES, DEFEND RIGHTS, ALSO UNDERSTANDING AND STRAIGHT IN SIMILARITY WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW THEREFORE, BEING PROCLAIMED THAT THE TOWN OF CH TOWN COUNCIL DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026 THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, 2026 AND HISPANIC AND LATINO HERITAGE MONTH IN THE TOWN OF CH, WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR COLLECTIVE PROGRESS SHARED WITH HISPANIC AND LATINO COMMUNITIES, LEARN FROM THE STRENGTH OF THAT THEY RISE FROM THEIR DIVERSITY, HONOR THEIR HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS, AND EMBRACE A SHARED SPIRIT OF UNITY, SELF-DETERMINATION, DIGNITY AND RESPECT FOR CULTURE, HERITAGE, THE EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

LET US, UM, REPRINT THAT RESOLUTION WITH, WITH THE FIFTH AND SIXTH, THE WHEREAS CLAUSES COMBINED.

TO ITEM NINE, CHOP UP ENTERTAINMENT.

AND THEN WE CAN S RESIGN IT.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GARCI.

NO PROBLEM.

WE ARE NOW ON

[9. Chop Up Entertainment]

AND I THINK, UH, MR. GALLOWAY, ARE WE GOING DIRECTLY TO A REPORT FROM MR. EDDIE POUNDS? YES.

UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL ATTORNEY POUNDS, UH, SHOULD BE ON.

THERE HE GOES.

HELLO, MAYOR AND AND COUNCIL, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING.

HELLO.

GO AHEAD AND IF YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY, I HAVE AIRPODS IN JUST GIVE A YES.

I'LL BE BRIEF TONIGHT.

UM, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, MR. GALLOWAY FOR HIS ASSISTANCE AND, UM, PROVIDING WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE, UH, THAT WENT OUT TO THE LIQUOR BOARD TODAY, UM, TO, TO REQUEST THAT, UH, THE LIQUOR BOARD'S INSPECTIONS STAFF, UM, CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE BASED ON, UH, A COMPLAINT THAT WAS LODGED BY COUNCILMAN, UM, CONCERNING A, A NOISE COMPLAINT AND OPERATING BEYOND OURS.

UM, AND ALSO, UM, RELATED TO CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT PARKING AND OVERFLOW PARKING AT, UH, IN A ADJACENT APARTMENT COMPLEX.

UM, I HAVE MADE COUNSEL, UH, UH, FOR CHOP UP, UH, AWARE THAT THE COUNSEL, UH, WOULD LIKE, UH, BOTH HIS AND HIS CLIENT'S PRESENCE, UH, AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING ON OCTOBER 1ST.

UH, COUNSEL IS AVAILABLE, BUT HE IS CONFIRMING HIS CLIENT'S AVAILABILITY.

AND, UM, I SHOULD HEAR SOMETHING WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS ABOUT, UH, BOTH, UH, PARTIES AVAIL AVAILABILITY, UM, SO THAT I CAN REPORT BACK TO MR. GALLOWAY AND MR. MAYOR,

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UH, AND COUNSEL.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, IF YOU HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ATTORNEY EDDIE POUNDS ON, UH, THE CHOP UP LOUNGE ON LANDOVER ROAD? YES, VICE MAYOR BREINER.

UM, SO WAS THE SURVEILLANCE CONDUCTED AND IF SO, WHAT WAS THE RESULT? THE, THE SURVEILLANCE HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCTED JUST YET.

UM, I DID MAKE, UH, UH, THE CHIEF INSPECTOR FOR, UH, THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS AWARE OF, UH, THE COMPLAINT.

UM, BUT BOTH THE INSPECTOR AND DIRECTOR FOR ON THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS JUST ASKED THAT WE SUBMIT OUR, UM, OFFICIAL REQUEST IN WRITING TO WHICH WE COMPLIED.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HICK.

I, UM, I THINK, UM, DID WE GET A DATE ON THAT, ON THAT INVESTIGATION OR ON THAT, UH, SURVEILLANCE YET? IS THERE A DATE, SPECIFIC DATE FOR THAT OR WAS JUST A, I DON'T THINK THAT THE BOARD HAS GIVEN MR POUNDS A TIMELINE FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION.

THEY'RE JUST NOW FORMULATING THE INVESTIGATION.

AND ALSO, I MEAN, I HAVE TWO RESIDENTS HERE FROM WARD FIVE ALSO THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AS WELL, WHENEVER IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU, MR. LELO.

SO THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC INCIDENT OR A SPECIFIC COMPLAINT, IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? AND SO THEREFORE THE SURVEILLANCE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IS TO TRY AND SEE IF THIS ACTIVITY IS CONTINUING AND WE'RE TO THEN BRING IT TO THE NEXT STEP.

THAT IS CORRECT.

CORRECT.

THE, THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF OF THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS WILL INVESTIGATE TWO BUCKETS OF COMPLAINTS, IF YOU WILL, ONE OPERATING HOURS AND ONE CONCERNING PAR UH, DISALLOWED PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT'S SHOULDN'T BE USED FOR PARKING.

AND THEN THEY WILL, UM, THEY WILL PRODUCE A REPORT AND THEN, UM, PROVIDE THAT REPORT TO THEIR OWN BOARD AND THE TOWN, MY INTENTION IS TO HAVE THE TOWN PARTICIPATE, UH, IT E ACCORDING TO MR. POUND'S RECOMMENDATION, UM, IN THE BOARD OF LICENSED COMMISSIONERS DELIBERATIONS ON THE FINDINGS OF THAT INVESTIGATION.

COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CAN WE OPEN? OKAY.

SO LET US OPEN NOW TO, UH, RESIDENT INPUT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.

AND AGAIN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ANY INPUT THAT YOU HAVE ON THE OPERATION OF THE CHOP UP RESTAURANT, UM, AND ITS IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

UH, YOUR NAME AND YOUR WARD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I AM LATANYA JONES AND I'M THE ETHICS COMMISSIONER FOR WARD FIVE.

UM, ONE WAS ALREADY ADDRESSED AS FAR AS THE PARKING ON THE, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY OF THE VISITOR SPOTS.

AND THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS AS IS ON THE VISITORS OF SPOTS WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO PARK IN THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN THE AREA AND TAKEN UP FROM RESIDENCE SPOTS.

SO IT CREATES EVEN MORE TRAFFIC THERE.

IT'S CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO THE MARIJUANA HAS BEEN VERY PROMINENT THERE, WHEREAS THAT THEY ALL OUT FRONT WITH IT AND ALL ON THE BACKSIDE AND EVERYTHING.

SO, AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE STORE, IT IS LIKE BOOM, RIGHT IN YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE CHILDREN AROUND HERE THIS TIME OF NIGHT AND ADULTS, I DON'T WANNA SMELL IT EITHER, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S LIKE, THAT'S ANNOYING.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THERE.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

TO A STORE RUN AND THEY WERE WIDE OPEN.

WE WILL ADD THAT, UH, TO OUR LIST OF CONCERNS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ABOUT, UH, THE OPERATION OF CHOP UP, WHICH I WILL SAY THE TOWN SUPPORTED FOR THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE? GO AHEAD.

HI, MY NAME IS SARATA TORRES.

I GO BY CANDY.

UM, THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SEEING RECENTLY IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT'S HANGING OUT, WHICH CREATES A LOT OF TRAFFIC BACK AND FORTH WHERE IT'S RIGHT ON THE LINE WITH THE PROPERTY VISITOR PARKING, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE AT 1130.

LAST NIGHT WE CAME BACK AT ONE O'CLOCK FROM GOING

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THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE NOW YOU GOT RIFF WRAPS HANGING AROUND AND WE DON'T WANT THAT ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

Y'ALL GONNA DO AN INVESTIGATION, IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO IT LIKE LATE, LATE TO CATCH 'EM.

'CAUSE EVEN THE RESTAURANT WAS OPEN AND WE WERE SURPRISED.

IS AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT APPROVAL.

I THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

MR. GALLOWAY, ANYTHING TO ADD ON CHOP UP? I'LL JUST SAY PRELIMINARY.

EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN STATED TODAY, UM, HAS BEEN ACCURATE.

UM, WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE ON OUR END AS WELL.

I DO KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, NUMEROUS CALLS TO, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR VARIOUS MATTERS THERE.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE LOOKER BOARD AS THEY INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER, UM, AND HOLD THIS BUSINESS ACCOUNTABLE.

UH, INITIALLY WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE BUSINESS.

IT APPEARED TO BE A BUSINESS THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT.

HOWEVER, UH, WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE AWAY OUR SUPPORT IF NECESSARY.

SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR MR. POUNDS, FEEL FREE, COUNSEL, ANYTHING FURTHER FROM MR. ATTORNEY, EDDIE POUNDS OR MR. GALLOWAY? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER AND WE WILL LOOK, UM, SO WE WILL ADD CHOP UP, WE'LL GO OVER THE AGENDA DURING LATER, BUT I'M WRITING IT DOWN FOR THE OCTOBER 1ST WORK SESSION.

WE WILL, UH, COUNSEL WILL HAVE TO, WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT NIGHT, BUT, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT, SO WE WILL, WE'LL WE WILL MANAGE OUR TIME.

WE'LL MAKE A COUPLE DECISIONS, UM, IN A FEW MINUTES WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ITEM A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

UH, ITEM 10 ON THE AGENDA

[10. Automated Enforcement Contract Approval]

UM, MR. GALLOWAY, OR YES, DEPUTY CHIEF ACTING CHIEF.

SO I DO HAVE CHIEF MORRIS AVAILABLE AS WELL.

AND CHIEF MORRIS WILL TAKE IT.

UM, FROM HERE AT THE END OF THE EVENING, WE WILL BE MAKING A, A RECOMMENDATION, UM, FOR, TO ALLOW ME TO NEGOTIATE, UH, WITH THE VENDOR WHO THE CHIEF WILL, UH, BE RECOMMENDING.

SO, UH, CHIEF MORRIS, IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING.

YES, SIR.

WELL, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS, UH, RATHER, UH, UM, COMPLEX BUT IMPORTANT ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO THE RFP ON OUR AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT.

UH, I WANNA REMIND THE, THE MAYOR COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS, UH, SINCE A PRESENTATION THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID A NUMBER OF MONTHS BACK WITH REGARDS TO, UH, AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY, UH, WITH A EMPHASIS ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

I ALSO WANNA REMIND FOLKS THAT AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT IS JUST, IS NOT JUST AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT, IT'S ALSO RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT.

AND IF THE OPTION WERE CONSIDERED, UH, FOR STOP SIGN ENFORCEMENT.

SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE RFP, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT SUBMITTED BID PROPOSALS HAD THE ABILITY TO MEET ALL OF THE NEEDS OF THE TOWN.

AS IT RELATES TO AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT, THE, UH, RFP WENT LIVE BACK IN JULY.

UH, ALL OF THE BIDS WERE DUE, UH, BY THE, UH, UH, EARLY SEPTEMBER, END OF AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER.

AND THE TOWN RECEIVED FIVE BIDS.

UH, WITH REGARDS TO, UH, THE PROPOSAL FOR THE, UH, AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT STAFF DID AN ANALYSIS OF THOSE RFPS.

WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAS, UH, RESPONSIVENESS AND END TO END ACCOUNTABILITY.

UH, WE WERE LOOKING FOR LOCAL EXPERIENCE, BOTH IN MARYLAND AS WELL AS PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

UH, WE CERTAINLY CONSIDERED MAINTENANCE AND UPTIME AND THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGING, UH, TO INCLUDE THE TECHNOLOGY AND, UH, EQUALLY IMPORTANT, UH, SECURITY AND DATA CONTROLS.

AND FINALLY, FINANCIAL STRUCTURE.

UH, WE DID NOT LOOK SOLELY AT COST AS A PROVISION, UH, AS WHICH IS THE HIGHEST OR THE LOWEST.

UH, WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS THE TOTALITY OF THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED.

UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED UPON THAT ANALYSIS IS THAT, UH, WE CONS, WE SHOULD CONSIDER GEN OPTIC.

GEN OPTIC, UH, PROVIDED THE BEST OVERALL PROPOSAL BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS AND HAD, UH, THE STRONGEST COMBINED RECORD OF, OF THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND I CAN CERTAINLY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

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ALRIGHT, LET'S GO WITH MR. TANZI AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN MCG GARS.

SO I, UM, I APPRECIATE THE SORT OF WAY YOU RANKED THOSE.

UH, JUST SO IT'S CLEAR, DID YOU DISCUSS THE RED LIGHT CAMERA OPTION AT ROUTE 50? AND IS THAT THE KIND OF THING THAT THEY COULD HANDLE IF WE MOVE FORWARD ON IT? UM, BUT ALSO MORE GENERALLY, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, HOW THE COST STRUCTURE COMPARES TO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

UH, SO WE HAVE SOME SENSE OF THE RELATIVE, UH, COST AND ESPECIALLY IF THIS THE WAY WE ARE CHARGED IS, IS DIFFERENT.

SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, TO YOUR, TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, PART OF THE RFP, UH, WAS, UH, INCLUSIVE OF LANGUAGE THAT, UH, IF THE TOWN IS LOOKING TO, UH, ADD AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE TOWN, THAT THEIR, WHAT'S THEIR CAPABILITY OF PROVIDING THAT? UH, SO OBVIOUSLY ROUTE 50 IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS.

ROUTE 50 COLUMBIA PARK.

PART OF THAT, AS YOU WELL KNOW, IS GONNA BE CONTINGENT UPON THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE, UH, POWER TO THAT LOCATION, UH, AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO SET UP A CAMERA IN A, IN A LOCATION THAT CAN CAPTURE THE VIOLATIONS.

UM, SO THE LANGUAGE WAS IN THERE.

ALL OF THE PROVIDERS, UH, NONE OF THE PROVIDERS INDICATED ANY CONCERNS WITH, UH, AN INABILITY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE PROVIDED THAT THAT SERVICE PROVIDED THAT THEY HAVE THE, UM, THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE TOWN EXISTS.

UH, TRYING TO, AS YOU, THE, THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, FOR EXAMPLE, AT 2 0 2 AND KILMER AS WELL AS 2 0 2 AND CHEVROLET AVENUE ARE, ARE POLE MOUNTED AND THEY CAPTURE THE, UH, AND THEY CAPTURE THE VIOLATIONS.

THAT'S GONNA PROVE TO BE A CHALLENGE, UH, ON, UH, UH, ON COLUMBIA PARK, AT LEAST FOR SOME OF THE LOCATIONS.

UH, THE, PROBABLY THE ONE THAT'S WAS THE PRIMARY CONCERN, WE THINK HAS BEEN MITIGATED TO A LARGE DEGREE WITH THE BALLARDS.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE, UM, VEHICLES WERE RUNNING THE RED LIGHT GOING, UM, FROM, UH, THE AMAZON AREA, A CABIN BRANCH TOWARDS CHEVROLET AVENUE.

UH, AND WERE RUNNING AT RED LIGHT THERE AT THE EXIT RAMP FOR ROUTE 50.

SO, UH, DOES THAT ANSWER THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU.

AND AS FAR AS THE, UH, PRICING STRUCTURE, THE, UH, ALL OF THEM CAME IN, UM, IN A, WHAT WE DID, SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK, UH, TWO MONTHS WORTH OF DATA, UM, BASED ON THE CURRENT, UH, THE, THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS AND WHAT THE PRICING STRUCTURE WAS FOR THE CURRENT PROVIDER.

AND WE PAIRED THAT TO THE PRICING STRUCTURE OF THE OTHER PROVIDERS THAT A BID.

AND THEY ALL CAME IN RELATIVELY CLOSE AS FAR AS, UM, THE AMOUNT THAT IT WOULD COST THE TOWN VERSUS THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING TO THE PROVIDER AS IT RELATES TO THE PRICING STRUCTURE.

IN 2014, JUST A HISTORY LESSON PRIOR TO 2014, THE PRICING STRUCTURE WAS VERY SIMPLE.

IF THE VIOLATOR PAID THE CITATION, THE TOWN RECEIVED A PERCENTAGE AND THE VENDOR, THE, THE, THE CONTRACT PER VENDOR RECEIVED A PERCENTAGE.

IN 2014, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHANGED THE LAW.

THEY FELT THAT THAT WAS A BOUNTY SYSTEM.

SO NOW THE PROVIDERS HAVE ONE OF TWO OPTIONS, ONE OF THREE OPTIONS.

THEY CAN EITHER CHARGE A PRICE PER CAMERA, THEY CAN CHARGE A PRICE PER LOOKUP OF THE CITATION, OR THEY CAN GIVE A HYBRID.

UH, MOST OF THEM GAVE A HYBRID, SOME ONLY GAVE A COST PER CAMERA OR A COST PER CITATION.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PRICING STRUCTURE WAS RELATIVELY CLOSE, UH, RELATIVELY CLOSE.

UM, THERE WERE SOME, THERE WERE SOME OUTLIERS, BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO, UH, THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A CONCERN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER GAR, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE COST OF IT AS WELL AND ANSWER MY QUESTION.

OH, THANK.

BUSINESS, THIS CONTRACTOR USES THE FIRST TYPE OF CAMERA OR THE SECOND, AND IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY OF THE SECOND KIND OF CAMERA THAT IS ALWAYS RECORDING BEING USED IN CH OR ALREADY BEING USED IN CH YEAH.

THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IS THAT THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF CAMERAS.

THERE'S THE KIND OF CAMERA THAT TAKES A PHOTO OR VIDEO THAT IS TRIGGERED WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS LIKE SPEEDING OR RUNNING A RED LIGHT.

AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER CAMERAS THAT ARE RECORDING ALL THE TIME.

UM, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THE COMPANY FLOCK, WHICH USES THE SECOND TYPE OF CAMERA.

UM, SO MY QUESTION IS WHETHER THIS

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SO, UH, THANK YOU, UM, UH, MAD VICE MAYOR.

SO, AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS ARE, ARE DIFFERENT THAN LICENSE PLATE READERS, LPRS OR APRS.

UM, SO I WANTED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TWO.

AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT ACTIVATES WHEN IT'S TRIGGERED.

SO THE AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT ACTIVATES WHEN THE VEHICLE, WHEN A VEHICLE EXCEEDS 12 MILES PER HOUR, MORE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT.

THE, AND, AND IT IS A, THEY ARE STILL PHOTOS.

THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ACTIVATE WHEN A VEHICLE TRAVERSES PAST A STOP LINE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION ON A RED PHASE SIGNAL.

THAT IS A VIDEO, BUT IT IS A VIDEO THAT IS SHORT IN DURATION AND JUST CAPTURES A VIOLATION FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.

UM, THAT DATA BELONGS TO US, THE TOWN, UH, ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS, UM, UH, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE BIDS RECOGNIZE THAT.

UH, SO IT'S OUR DATA.

IT'S NOT THEIR DATA, AND WE DON'T RELEASE THE DATA FOR ANY OTHER REASON.

AND FOR COURTROOM PURPOSES AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, LPRS, WE DO NOT USE FLOCK LPRS.

UH, AND IN FACT, AS I INDICATED IN A, UH, EMAIL TO COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI WHO EXPRESSED A SIMILAR CONCERN, WE DISCONTINUED A CONVERSATION WITH FLOCK OVER A YEAR AGO WHEN I, I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THE CONVERSATION WAS GOING, SO I'M NOT A PROFIT.

BUT THAT WAS PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD DECISION BASED UPON WHAT I'VE SEEN.

UM, AND, AND THE, UH, THE ISSUE WITH FLOCK ISN'T THE VALUE OF THE SYSTEMS AS IT RELATES TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.

THE PROBLEM THAT, UM, THAT, THAT SEEMS TO BE IDENTIFIED MOST PREVALENTLY WITH FLOCK IS THAT THEY SELL THE DATA.

AND, UH, WE WON'T, WE WON'T WORK WITH A COMPANY THAT SELLS THE DATA.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT, UH, AS, UH, ASSUAGES ANY CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

UM, YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.

UM, I HAVE SEEN, UM, OTHER REFERENCES TO COMPANIES THAT ARE NOT FLOCK, THAT ARE STARTING TO RAISE CONCERNS SORT OF MORE GLOBALLY.

AND ONE OF THOSE IS AXON.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, I KNOW THAT, UM, EVERYONE IN TOWN IN LEADERSHIP IS VERY AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND, AND KEEPING TABS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING.

UM, WAS THERE ANY CONVERSATION OR WAS THERE ANY PART OF THE RFP, UM, ABOUT OTHER KINDS OF AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT BEYOND RED LIGHT OR SPEED CAMERAS THAT ALREADY EXIST, OR THE ONE ON COLUMBIA PARK ROAD, IF WE, WE LIMITED IT TO RED LIGHT SPEED AND STOP SIGN.

IF THE MAYOR COUNCILS, UH, WILL, WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROCESS.

UH, WE'VE, WE'VE NOT HAD ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, WITH MAYOR COUNCIL ON THE STOP SIGN CAMERAS, UH, IN .

GREAT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION.

ALRIGHT, OTHER, OTHER COUNSEL, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE CHIEF? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, LET US OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC THEN.

ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY RESONANT INPUT ON THE CONTRACT APPROVAL FOR THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT COMPANY? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE ONLINE OR IN PERSON, MR. GALLOWAY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THE COUNSEL TO DO APPROVAL FROM, FROM THE MAYOR COUNCIL TO GIVE ME THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH OP AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT AFTER LEGAL REVIEW? IS THERE, SHOULD WE PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE ON THIS OR DOLLAR UPPER LIMIT ON THIS CONTRACT? NO, THE, THE, THE DOLLAR FIGURE RIGHT NOW IS REAL COMPETITIVE.

I'M TRYING TO GET A BETTER DOLLAR FIGURE, UH, FOR THE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

COUNSEL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? IS THERE A MOTION TO GIVE THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE A AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT WITH GEN OPTIC PENDING LEGAL APPROVAL? JOHN, UH, I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.

SECOND.

IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER LEG AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.

THE MOTION IS,

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IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION MOTION TO GRANT THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR THAT AUTHORITY? HEARING NONE.

IS THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORTS.

ANY OPPOSED? AYE.

ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

ITEM 11

[11. Town Administrator Report]

UH, MAY, YES.

UM, I WOULD HAVE TO PLEASE EXCUSE MYSELF.

I WILL TAKE THE REST OF THE MEETING ON VIRTUAL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YES, SIR.

GOOD TO SEE YOU TONIGHT.

UH, OKAY.

ITEM 11 IS THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT, AND I HOPE DURING THE REPORT YOU'LL INTRODUCE THE GENTLEMAN TO YOUR RIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT NOW.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S A PLEASURE.

UM, HOPE YOU ALL HAVE HAD A GREAT SUMMER.

WELCOME BACK.

UM, THE GENTLEMAN I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, TO MY RIGHT, HIS NAME IS DAMIEN HUNTER.

HE'S CAME IN TO BE THE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

UM, HE'S BEEN HERE NOW FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AND HAVE DONE A EXCEPTIONAL JOB.

SO THIS IS DAMIEN.

FEEL FREE TO, UH, MEET WITH HIM OR HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM AT YOUR LEISURE.

SO MA'AM, COUNSEL, JUST A FEW THINGS TO REPORT ON THIS EVENING, UM, AND TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, MR. THE MARYLAND ENERGY ADMINISTRATION GRANT OPPORTUNITY.

UM, I HAD A MEETING WITH STAFF AND WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT FOR THE SOLAR PANELS FOR THIS BUILDING.

UH, THAT IS OUR INTENT.

UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL LATER ON TO, UH, UH, DISCUSS IT IN MORE DETAIL.

UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, MEDIUM DUTY AND HEAVY DUTY ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE GRANT PROGRAM, WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR, UM, GOLF CARTS, UM, ELECTRIC GOLF CARTS FOR THE TOWN, UM, THROUGH THIS GRANT.

AND WHILE WE'RE STILL ON GRANT, UM, THERE WILL BE, UH, A FEDERAL GRANT TRAINING THAT STAFF MAY GO TO, DEPENDING UPON THE OUTCOME, THE OUTCOME OF ANOTHER THANK YOU OF ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT, UH, WILL BE HAD LATER.

SO, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE THERE.

UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE HOYER VEGETATION OVERGROWTH.

JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND IN FACT, UH, WE'VE HAD DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

UM, THEY ARE ON IT, AND WE HOPE TO SEE, UM, IT, WE HOPE IT THAT IT'S MITIGATED.

UM, NEXT WEEK, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING THE FALL, MML, JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS YEAR, IT'S DECEMBER THE SECOND THROUGH THE FOURTH AND BALTIMORE, PLEASE LET GISELLE KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN REGISTER YOU ALL FOR THE EARLY REGISTRATION FEE.

UM, THE MARYLAND FAMILY PROGRAM, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, ADOPTED BY THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, UH, FOR, UM, A MARYLAND FA UH, FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT.

UM, THIS WILL HAVE BUDGETED IMPLICATIONS TO THE TOWN THAT WE WERE UNAWARE GOING INTO THIS BUDGET CYCLE.

UM, I WILL HAVE SOMEONE FROM LEGIT, OR MML COME AND DO A PRESENTATION TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DIANE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON THE BUDGET THIS FISCAL YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS AS WE, UM, AS AS WE GO HERE? OKAY.

UH, CHIEF GILBERT JONES RIBBON CUTTING WILL BE OCTOBER THE NINTH AT NOON.

UH, I'M SORRY, OCTOBER THE NINTH.

WE'RE GONNA PUSH IT BACK TO 3:00 PM IT IS, IT'S IN FACT ON FRIDAY.

IT'S ON FRIDAY.

THE BEGINNING.

THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S WEEKEND.

AND YOU'RE GONNA DO IT AT 3:00 PM YES.

UNDERSTOOD.

QUESTIONS.

FINANCIAL ADVISOR, UH, MICHAEL BURLEY.

UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

I WILL HAVE CHIEF AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH

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UM, HE HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND COUNTIES AS IT RELATES TO FINANCIAL ADVISING AND, UM, DEFERRED COMPENSATION.

UM, OUR CURRENT PROVIDER, UH, IT'S TIME TO DO SOME EVALUATION AND COMPARE TO OTHER, OTHER, UH, ENTITIES.

UH, WE BELIEVE THAT FROM THE STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT THE STAFF HAS CHARGED ME TO DO WAS FIND BETTER COMPANIES, UM, WITH LESS FEES AND SOMEONE THAT STAFF CAN SPEAK WITH ABOUT FINANCIAL PLANNING.

UM, SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT, UM, MR. BURLEY.

I PLAN ON HAVING HIM COME IN EITHER THE OCTOBER WORK SESSION OR THE SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION, JUST TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT EVENTUALLY I WILL ASK THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL TO APPROVE ME, UH, TO TRANSITION TO ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, 4 57 RETIREMENT PLAN OR ANY OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

SOON YOU WILL SEE A HOSPITAL HILL, UH, SIGNAGE THAT SAYS, WELCOME TO CH UH, WE HAVE ORDERED SIGNS SO THAT WE CAN PUT UP THE CLAIM TERRITORY, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER WARD OF CLAYSBURG.

BUT, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE THERE.

UM, AS FAR AS REAL QUICKLY, YES.

UH, ADMINISTRATOR GALLOWAY, UM, YOU'VE ALREADY ORDERED THEM SO THE SIGNS ARE, ARE COMING.

THE ONLY, UH, QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK, UH, IS, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO INDICATE THAT THE ROADS ARE OR WILL BE, UM, GOVERNED BY THE TOWN'S RULES? I'M TRYING TO INCLUDE, I'M TRYING TO MAKE LOCAL BUSINESSES AWARE THAT ONCE HOSPITAL DRIVE IS REDONE BY THE DEVELOPER, IT, IT FALLS UNDER OUR, UH, RULES AND WE CAN SET LIMITATIONS LIKE NO THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I WANT PEOPLE TO START TO BECOME AWARE OF THAT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S DELICATE 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THEM REDO THE ROAD YET, BUT I, SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, ROADS UNDER, UH, GOVERNANCE OF THE TOWN OR SOME, SOME GENERAL LANGUAGE THAT, THAT MAKES THE BUSINESSES WANT TO CALL TOWN HALL AND SAY, HEY, WHAT OTHER RULES? UM, MOSTLY 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE COMING INTO THE AREA THINKING THAT THAT CAN CONTINUE TO BE USED AS SORT OF PASS THROUGH AS IT IS USED BY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WE WILL WORK ON THAT AND WE CAN GET SIGNAGE UP THERE AS WELL.

WE'LL COORDINATE WITH YOU AS WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND TO YOUR FIRST POINT ABOUT THE, UM, ENERGY ADMINISTRATION GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, ANY CHANCE WE CAN, UH, INCLUDE TRANSITIONING FROM SOME OF OUR GAS, UH, LAWN AND EQUIPMENT TO BATTERY, LAWN AND EQUIPMENT? SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN ME OVER THE PAST YEAR SAYING THAT THEY'D LOVE TO SEE A TRANSITION FROM, UH, THE GASOLINE BASED EQUIPMENT.

SO IF THAT GRANT EXISTS, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT, IF IT IS BROAD ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT.

YEAH, IT IS.

AND WE MOST CERTAINLY CAN.

MORRIS, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF KRAUS AND LIEUTENANT GLEASON FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY WORK TO, UM, BRING JOY STRONG, UH, TO PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

UM, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

FOLLOWING THE RECENT STORM, UH, TOWN STAFF RESPONDED TO DOWN TREES AND LIMBS, WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE, DEBRIS, AND OTHER STORM RELATED ISSUES WHILE CONTINUING TO MANAGE THE TOWN'S NORMAL OPERATIONS.

SO, UM, JUST WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR, UH, PUTTING IN AN OVERDRIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT DAY'S WORTH OF WORK AND AFTERWARDS WAS COMPLETED.

UM, JUST AN UPDATE TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE MAYOR AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW REPRESENTATIVE.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO EXCHANGE SOME IDEAS AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE REVO, WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

UM, I WANNA FORMALLY RECOGNIZE CHIEF

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ALTHOUGH IT WAS HOSTED IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, IT WAS, IT WAS HELD IN PRINCE GEORGE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

IT WAS HOSTED BY THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET.

AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO BE, UM, A MEMBER OF THE TEAM.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS MADE NATIONAL NEWS.

IT, IT MADE THE LOCAL NEWS AND, AND THE TOWN THAT I GREW UP IN.

SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK IN MAKING JOY A CHIEF OF POLICE AND ALSO, UH, RECOGNIZING THE SISTERN MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AS WELL.

THEN I SWEAR IN JOY IN, UM, I DO KNOW THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS, UM, THE CURRENT MEMBERS ON THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET BOARD OF ETHICS WERE APPOINTED IN OCTOBER OF 2023, AND THEY SERVE THREE YEAR TERMS. UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, MY CHARGE FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT AS TO, UH, UH, IS TO BRING, UM, YOUR NAMES TO THE NEXT WORK SESSION MEETING SO THAT TOWN STAFF CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, UH, THE, UH, THE PAPERWORK THAT WE NEED TO FOR THE TOWN MEETING.

UH, THE NOMINATIONS WILL BE AT THE NEXT TOWN MEETING AND, UM, THEY CAN BE REAPPOINTED OR YOU CAN APPOINT SOMEONE NEW.

THEY CAN BE REAPPOINTED, THEY CAN BE A REAPPOINTED OR, YES, IT JUST HAS TO GO THROUGH THE FORMAL VOTING PROCESS.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS THERE? ON OCTOBER THE 14TH AT NOON IN THE CHEVROLET COMMUNITY CENTER GYM, UH, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER BUSINESS MEETING.

I INVITE YOU ALL TO COME TO THE, TO THE, UH, BUSINESS.

WE WILL INVITE ALL OF THE, UH, BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

SO, UM, PLEASE, UH, ATTEND, IF YOU CAN, OUR ANNUAL WSSC WALKING TOUR WITH, UH, GENERAL MANAGER, MS. KEISHA POWELL.

UM, WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 17TH AT 9:30 AM IF YOU HAVE ANY WSSC MATTERS, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN COORDINATE OUR ROUTE FOR THAT DAY.

MR. I'M SORRY, MR. GALLOWAY, UH, WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THAT AND THE TIME? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED.

IT'S ON THE BEST FOUNDER DAY IN THE WORLD ON NOVEMBER 17TH, .

I GOTCHA.

YOU ARE WELCOME INTO THAT ONE.

THANK YOU SIR.

MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ME? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FRY? I APOLOGIZE.

I HAVE STEPPED OUT FOR THIS.

SO, UM, WITH THE SIGNAGE FOR HOSPITAL HILL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? DID YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT WAS GONNA BE LIKE? I CAN SEND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL A, UM, IMAGE OF WHAT WE HAVE APPROVED, UM, TO BE PUT UP AND THE COST THAT WENT INTO THAT.

THE, UH, I CAN SEND THAT AS WELL.

UM, ONE OF THE REASONS I ASK IS THAT IT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR, UH, PROBABLY SINCE 2019 FOR A FORMER MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CASEY WHO HAD BEEN WANTING ASSIGNED FOR THE OLD FOURTH WARD.

AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GONNA PRIORITIZE A NEW SECTION OF TOWN, THAT WE SHOULD ALSO BE PRIORITIZING SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO'VE BEEN HERE, UM, AND WHO'VE BEEN WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FELT THAT PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT THE OLD FOURTH WORLD WAS A PART OF CH UM, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN IT'S BEEN OVERLOOKED, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ALSO PRIORITIZED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IN MANY BUDGET CONVERSATIONS SHE WOULD BRING THAT BACK UP AND THEN SHE WOULD REMOVE IT BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WOULD TAKE THAT PLACE.

SO, UM, I LOVE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT THERE SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF CHEVROLET, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OTHER PARTS OF TOWN THAT ARE ALSO PART OF CHEVROLET ARE RECOGNIZED IN THE SAME WAY.

TEMPORARY SIGNS THAT WE WILL BE USING THERE.

COMPLETELY AGREE.

UM, THESE SIGNS ARE THE ONES THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE GROUND OURSELVES.

THEY'RE NOT THE, THE HUGE SEVERALLY SIGNS.

I GET IT.

UM, BUT YEAH, THE, THESE ARE THE ONES, THESE ARE MORE, MORE SO

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WELL THEN, UM, MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER DOING TEMPORARY SIGNS THERE AS WELL.

WE CAN DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN JUST KIND OF KEEP REMINDING OURSELVES THAT WHEN IT'S TIME FOR NICER OR BIGGER, WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IT'S GIVEN THE SAME PRIORITY.

THE CHEV POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE CAN ORDER ANOTHER AND, AND PUT IT THERE.

YOU GOT THAT.

GOT IT.

UH, ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR ON HIS REPORT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. GALLOWAY.

WE'RE ON TO

[12. Police Report]

UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

GOOD EVENING CHIEF.

UM, DUE TO THE INCREASE IN JUVENILE TAKEOVERS AND VEHICLE POP-UP RALLIES, CPD IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE AND ALLIED AGENCIES, MSP AND MCA TO MONITOR UPCOMING CAR RALLY EVENTS.

WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN THIS IN THE TOWN OF CH AND IN IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS, INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING THESE EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN A SEIZURE OF FIRE ALARMS AND NARCOTICS FROM BOTH PARTICIPANTS AND SPECTATORS.

DURING A RECENT SITUATION IN WHICH OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS FOR A NEARBY EVENT, A MOTORCYCLIST SPRAYED OC SPRAY IN THE FACE OF A PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY OFFICER, WHO WAS SEATED IN THE FRONT SEAT OF HIS POLICE CAR WITH HIS WINDOW DOWN.

UM, FOR THOSE THAT ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE EFFECTS OF OC SPRAY, IT IMMEDIATELY AFFECTS THE EYES RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND SKIN CAUSING TEMPORARY VISION LOSS OR SEVERELY BLURRED VISION FOR 20 TO 90 MINUTES.

WHEN OC SPRAY IS DEPLOYED, DECONTAMINATION MEASURES ARE IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED.

SO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE TRAINED TO USE OC SPRAY AS A LESS LETHAL OPTION TO DEESCALATE A SITUATION.

WHEN USED AGAINST OFFICERS, IT'S INCAPACITATING EFFECTS POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO THE OFFICER'S SAFETY AS THEN THEY CAN'T SEE IF SOMEBODY'S ATTACKING THEM OR TAKING THEIR WEAPON.

THIS UNPROVOKED FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AGAINST THE OFFICER DEMONSTRATES THE VOL, HOW, JUST HOW VIOLENT THESE EVENTS CAN BECOME.

AND SO WITH THIS, WE WANNA REMIND ALL OF OUR MAYOR, COUNCIL AND OUR STAFF, UM, OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE THAT WE DON'T ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO OBSERVE OR GET INVOLVED IN THIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

BUT INSTEAD, CALL 9 1 1.

AND I'LL GO ONE FURTHER.

IF YOU OUT HEAR LOUD MUSIC IN THE TOWN, IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST A PARTY OR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BUSINESSES.

IT CAN VERY MUCH BE ONE OF THESE POPUP RALLIES LIKE IT WAS JUST LAST WEEKEND.

SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE US A CALL, CALL 9 1 1, AND WE WILL CHECK THERE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND ON SEPTEMBER 25TH AND 26TH.

DON'T WORRY, I KNOW IT'S CH DAY, BUT LATER ON THAT EVENING, UH, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT ITS 2026 BLUE LIGHT NIGHTS SEPTEMBER ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE.

THIS IS A COUNTYWIDE INITIATIVE WITH THE COUNTY POLICE AND ALL OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES THAT GET TOGETHER TO COMBAT CRIME ALL AT ONCE.

THIS IS A PROACTIVE MEASURE AND STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.

THE OPERATION WILL RUN FROM FIVE O'CLOCK TO THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, BUT WE HAVE OUR PRIORITY HERE CH DAY FIRST.

SO IT'S BOTH NIGHTS.

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT AN INCREASED, UM, POLICE PRESENCE THROUGHOUT AND AROUND THE TOWN.

OUR INVESTIGATIVE SECTION CPD MAINTAINED A 78% CLOSURE RATE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

I'LL REMIND EVERYONE AGAIN, THAT'S OVER 50% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, WHICH IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST WE HAD 18 TOTAL INVESTIGATIONS, WHICH HAVE ALREADY YIELDED 14 CASE CLOSURES.

SO, UM, SERGEANT JACKSON'S DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB IN THE INVESTIGATIVE SECTION.

CPD COMMAND STAFF WILL ATTEND THE ANNUAL MARYLAND CHIEFS OF POLICE MARYLAND SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE FROM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD.

SERGEANT JACKSON IN IS THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENT OF THE CPA'S EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AWARD AND WILL RECEIVE THAT AWARD.

DURING THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THAT CONFERENCE, UM, I NOMINATED HIM.

SO I'M VERY HONORED THAT THEY SELECTED HIM FOR THIS AWARD.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYONE ATTENDING OR WHOEVER CAN ATTEND CPD UNITS, CONTINUE TO CONDUCT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON COLUMBIA PARK AND ROUTE 50 INTERCHANGE STAFF MEETS BIWEEKLY WITH THE COUNTY AND OTHER STATE OFFICIALS TRYING TO LOOK FOR A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM.

UM, WE HAVE SEEN A BIT OF A, A CHANGE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS UP THERE.

NOT AS

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MANY PEOPLE RUNNING THE RED LIGHT NOW THAT THEY PUT THE BOWERS UP.

UM, BUT WE STILL CONTINUED TO DO ENFORCEMENT THERE TO PREVENT THEM FROM CIRCUMVENTING THOSE, THOSE, UM, PRECAUTIONS.

WE'VE ADDED AN HOURLY LATE SHIFT FOR, FOR OUR OFFICERS WORKING THE LATE SHIFT, AN HOURLY PATROL AT HOSPITAL HILL OR BEVERLY HILL AND THE INDUSTRIAL PART ONE IN RESPONSE TO THE CAR RALLIES THAT SOMETIMES TAKE PA PLACE OR THE MEETUPS BEHIND THE OLD OR AMAZON BUILDING, BUT ALSO TO CIRCUMVENT ANY ACTIVITY THAT WILL COME TO HOSPITAL HILL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

UM, MR. GALLOWAY ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT IT, BUT THE JOEY STRONG EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THE WORK THAT LIEUTENANT GLEASON PUT INTO THIS.

THIS WAS HIS THING FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE EXPECTED IT TO GROW TO THE MAGNITUDE THAT IT DID.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST A SIMPLE HONORING.

UM, INSTEAD IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING QUITE REMARKABLE AND SHOWS WHAT CAN BE DONE WHEN A COMMUNITY GETS TOGETHER AND MULTIPLE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT THE LIEUTENANT DID AND THE, THE, THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MAYOR COUNCIL, EVERYONE ELSE WHO PARTICIPATED, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

AND FINALLY, AS ALL APPROACHES, WE ARE EXCITED TO BEGIN THE PREPARATIONS FOR OUR ANNUAL CH POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAUNTED POLICE STATION.

UH, SO WE'LL BE SENDING OUT, UM, CORRESPONDENCE SOON, REQUESTING VOLUNTEERS AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO PART PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT.

SO, NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

I'M DONE.

COUNSEL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? HE THERE ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, LET US GO

[13. Public Works Report]

TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

RESIDENTS OF CHEVROLET TO PLEASE TELL ONLINE AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR POLL TO DECIDE ON DESIGNS FOR THE NEW COURTS.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

I'LL BE, UH, REPORTING FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, THE CHIEF IS, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THE, UH, ACTING, UH, UH, PERSON IN CHARGE THERE.

BUT NONETHELESS, UM, I'LL, I'LL START REVIEWING WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

OKAY? OKAY.

UH, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSED TODAY, UH, AS INDIVIDUAL EVENTS, UH, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE COMFORT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT NONE OF THIS, UH, TAKES PRECEDENT OVER OUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO BE PROPERLY PREPARED FOR C WEEK.

AND THEN OF COURSE CHEVROLET DAY FOR WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT GO INTO DETAILS THERE.

UM, THE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU, THE, UH, ELITE BUILDING, UH, THOSE CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS THERE.

MR. MAYOR, I KNOW YOU'RE A PART OF THAT AND ARE, UH, UP TO SPEED ON THE LATEST, UH, THERE.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE 64TH AVENUE BRIDGE, UH, WE DO HAVE A DESIGN PLAN SUBMITTED.

OF COURSE, THERE'S AN ISSUE PAPER, UH, SOME FOLKS REFER TO AS A WHITE PAPER.

UH, WE DO HAVE THE DESIGN PLAN, BUT OF COURSE, UH, THERE WON'T BE ANY DISCUSSION THERE, UH, OFFICIAL DISCUSSION THERE, UH, FROM BENGAL GROUP UNTIL THE, UH, NEXT WORKSTATION.

BUT THAT ISSUE PAPER WILL AT LEAST, UH, REVIEW WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSITION, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AT THIS TIME.

UM, I THINK EARLY WE MADE MENTION OF, UH, THE WALKS WITH WSSC.

UH, OF COURSE, UH, UH, THE TEAM WILL BE, AS THEY CONTINUE AROUND THE CITIES, WE'LL BE MONITORING THE CITIES THAT WHICH WE TRAVERSE IN THE EVENT THAT WE SEE SOME PROACTIVELY.

WE CAN DOCUMENT THOSE THINGS AND BE BETTER PREPARED TO DISCUSS THIS.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FRY AT SOME POINT INITIALLY.

I MEAN, EVENTUALLY IN TERMS OF, UH, BEING ABLE TO DO THAT LAST WALK AND POINT OUT ALL THOSE ISSUES.

SO WE'LL BE PROACTIVELY WORKING TOWARD THAT, UH, IN ADVANCE IN TERMS OF, UH, THE BOARD MARKER RESURFACING AND THE BOARD PART GATE.

I AM GOING TO, UH, REFERENCE MY COLLEAGUE HERE TO THE RIGHT, UH, AS SHE HAS MORE SPECIFICS.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU PUT AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT ON THE GROUNDBREAKING OF, UH, THOSE WORKS IN TERMS OF RESURFACING ON THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THE TENNIS COURTS OF SEEING WHERE THEY'VE GONE IN, UH, AND DONE THE GROUNDBREAKING AND THERE ON SOME CONCRETE TO REINFORCE THE STRUCTURES THERE.

BUT FOR MORE SPECIFICS WITH, UH, BOY PARK ELEMENTS AS WELL AS THE, UH, KIM LAMPER NEWS GRANT, I DEFER TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUE HERE, AJA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY ONLINE? SO I JUST WANTED TO REALLY BRIEFLY GO OVER WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH BOYD PARK AS FAR AS OUR UPDATES ARE CONCERNED.

WITH THE RESURFACING PROJECT, WHICH DID BREAK GROUND ON TUESDAY, UM, THERE IS GOING TO BE A 30 DAY TIME PERIOD WHERE REALLY NOTHING WILL BE HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE'S A CURE.

SO WHILE WE'RE HAVING THAT 30 DAY TIME PERIOD, I'M GOING TO ASK THE

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UM, THESE DESIGNS WILL INCLUDE THE MULTIPURPOSE COURT, WHICH WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR.

AND YES, A HOPSCOTCH AND, UH, A MARBLE RING ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE DESIGNS.

AND ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF DESIGN OPTIONS AS FAR AS COLORS ARE CONCERNED FOR THE BASKETBALL COURTS AND FOR THE TENNIS SLASH NEW PICKLEBALL INSTALLMENT ON THE DOUBLE TENNIS COURTS.

SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST GOING TO CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE, WE PLAN TO LAUNCH IT TOMORROW.

UM, AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, UM, LAN MARIN AND TANYA JONES, AND ALSO YVONNE WHITE FOR ALL OF THEIR HEALTH AND COORDINATION ON ROLLING THAT OUT VERY, VERY QUICKLY FOR ME.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM THAT I CAN COVER FOR YOU ALL? OKAY.

WHAT, WHAT IS THE WEBSITE? IT'LL BE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE.

AND WE'LL HAVE A POPUP ON THE WEBSITE WHEN YOU GET ON THE PAGE, LIKE SIMILAR TO WE DID WITH, UM, THE CPP PROJECT FOR BOY PARK PLAYGROUNDS, SO THAT IT'LL REDIRECT YOU STRAIGHT TO WHERE THE POLL IS LOCATED, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE.

AND THEN WITH THE GATE, WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE REPAIR VENDOR AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO COME OUT SOMETIME WITHIN THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK.

I'M STILL WAITING FOR A FINALIZED UPDATE ON THAT, BUT I EXPECT IT TO BE DONE BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

KIM PHE.

SO WE DID FINALLY RECEIVE, UM, OUR CONTRACT FROM MDO.

I'M IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THAT RIGHT NOW, AND I'LL BE SUBMITTING SOME AMENDMENTS BACK TO THEM AND THEN SENDING OVER TO MR. DELOACH FOR A LEGAL REVIEW AS WELL.

FOLLOWING THAT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH OUR VENDOR AT YOUR PERMISSION, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE BIKE WAYS ARE CONCERNED, OR, OR THE GATE? NOPE.

UH, I'LL JUST CLOSE OUT WITH, UH, THE LAST TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, WITH THE SUMMER TRASH SCHEDULE, NOW THAT THE HEAT WAVE HAS PASSED, AND WE'LL BE MOVING BACK TO THE, UH, SEVEN 30 TIME IN THE MORNING.

AND, UH, LASTLY, UH, THE CELEBRATION, UH, THIS STEVE RAYMOND APPRECIATION DAY.

THAT IS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 12TH AT NOON.

AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, UH, NATALIE CRUZ A SHOUT OUT, PARTICULARLY WITH ALL THE WORK AND PLANNING, UH, THAT SHE'S PUT INTO MAKING IT A SUCCESS.

SO, OF COURSE, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, UH, WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE.

I KNOW I'LL BE THERE IN SUPPORT AS WELL.

I'M SORRY.

OH, OKAY.

LIKELY.

UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER FRY IS, WHERE'S ROOM 2 0 4? IS THIS ROOM 2 0 4? THIS IS ROOM 2 0 4.

THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE HERE.

YEAH, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND I KNOW THAT I THINK MAYBE WE WERE LOOKING AT NINE 11 INITIALLY 'CAUSE IT WAS A WORKDAY.

AND SO WE HAVE A FULL TEAM OF PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS HERE.

DO WE KNOW IF THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAMS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO BE HERE ON SATURDAY? 'CAUSE THAT'S LIKE THEIR DAY OFF, LIKE, UH, WHICH ON NINE 11? WELL, SO, SO NOW THAT WE MOVED IT TO THE 12TH, THAT'S NOT A DAY OF WORK FOR THEM TYPICALLY.

SO WILL THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF? SO WILL THE TEAM YEAH.

STAFF BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE TRIAL? THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE HERE, BUT IT WILL BE IN A SUPPORTING STEVE BRAMAN CAPACITY.

WE, WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING SET UP.

WE'LL BE, AND I'LL BE TACKLING THAT AS WELL.

UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, UH, HAVE NO, HAVE SOMEBODY WORK ON THAT DAY.

I, AND I JUST WANTED THEM TO BE HERE FOR THE CELEBRATION.

OH, YES, YES, THEY HAVE.

UM, I BELIEVE WE'VE CONFIRMED 11 TO GIVE YOU A GOOD NUMBER, UH, IS UH, WHAT WE EXPECT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? I, I DID HAVE AN OVERSIGHT THOUGH, AN OVERSTEP I WOULD SAY, UH, WE DO HAVE ROBIN ON THE LINE THAT CAN GO THROUGH, UH, THE DETAILS OF THE, OF THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE SITTING IN NOW.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ROBIN.

LET US DELVE INTO THE ILLEGAL BUILDING.

ROBIN, HOW ARE YOU? ? I'M DOING WELL, MAYOR.

SUBCONTRACTOR DIDN'T HAVE THE CORRECT FITTING.

UM, SO, UH, UPDATE WISE FOR THE ELY BUILDING, UM, THE SWALE THAT'S LOCATED BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE FIELD, UM, YOU ALL PROBABLY HAD SEEN THAT WE DID GET THE WORK.

UH, THEY'RE DONE WITH THE UNDER DRAIN.

THE, IT'S BEEN, UH, COVERED IN SOD.

UM, THERE, THERE WAS, UM, ONE ISSUE WITH THAT, THAT THE

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THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE CONNECTION TO THE UNDERGROUND STORM DRAIN PIPE USING AN ALTERNATE METHOD, UM, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE UP THE EXCAVATION.

BUT WE DO HAVE TO GET, OBTAIN APPROVAL OF THAT BY THE DESIGN ENGINEER AND THE COUNTY.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT APPROVAL IS IN PROCESS AND COORDINATION.

UM, THE KELLER TEAM HAS TO DO THAT.

UM, IF IT'S NOT APPROVED, THEN AT SOME POINT A CORRECTION WILL HAVE TO BE MADE, BUT THAT'LL BE AT A FUTURE DATE, UH, AFTER CH WEEK, AFTER CH DAY, THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT, UM, IT'S AT LEAST SODDED RIGHT NOW, IT'S BEING WATERED.

SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF CHEVROLET WEEK AND CHEVROLET DAY, UM, THAT WILL BE THERE FOR THAT.

AND THE, THE METAL FENCE HAS BEEN REMOVED.

UM, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF AN EYESORE FOR QUITE A WHILE.

UM, THE OTHER WORK IN THE BUILDING, UH, THE, THE MAIN BULK OF THE WORK THAT ROMANIA BE DONE, UM, AS I'VE REPORTED PREVIOUSLY, IS PENDING ON GETTING A PERMIT REVISION, UM, THAT IS STILL IN PROCESS ISH OR THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.

UM, SO WE DO NOT HAVE IT.

SO THAT WORK HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE, UH, PROGRESSED YET.

UM, BUT WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF THEM, PUSHING THEM, UH, TO CONTINUE TO GET THIS DONE AND KEEPING AN EYE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE, UM, APPROPRIATELY AND CORRECTLY.

UM, WE ALSO, IN OUR REGULAR STATUS MEETINGS WITH THEM, WE TALK ABOUT SEVERAL DAYS.

SO THAT AGAIN, WE HAVE THE ACCESS TO THE FIELDS THERE, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN RESTORED AND WE'RE WORKING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TWO RESTROOMS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FIELD AREA THAT WILL BE IN SERVICE DURING DAY FESTIVITIES AS WELL.

UH, OKAY.

SO THE FENCE IS NOT COMING BACK, CORRECT.

UM, , HOPEFULLY NOT.

THAT'S A GOOD LAUGH.

BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BLACK AND WHITE, IS IT? IT'S NOT BLACK AND WHITE.

AND IF IT'S, IF AN AREA DOES NEED TO BE FENCED, WE, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.

UM, IF, AS YOU RECALL THERE, THERE USED TO BE WHAT, UM, SOME PEOPLE CALL SNOW FENCE.

I CALL IT ARM BLAZE FENCE WITH THE TOP OF THE HILL.

THEY DO MAKE A FENCE LIKE THAT THAT'S IN A GREEN COLOR, SO IT'S NOT AS GLARINGLY BRIGHT.

UM, SO IF AN AREA DOES NEED TO BE FENCED, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE THAT MAYBE THEY COULD USE SOMETHING LIKE THAT INSTEAD.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, THE ISSUE WITH THE FENCES IS ALWAYS SAFETY.

SO WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE SAFETY TAKES TOP PRIORITY OVER THAT.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK WITH THEM AND MAKE YOU ALL AWARE IF THAT, UH, THOSE SITUATIONS SHOULD OCCUR THAT WE ALREADY NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF FENCING BACK IN.

UM, SO OKAY.

WELL I I WILL SAY THE COMMUNITY DEFINITELY IS MUCH HAPPIER TODAY WITH THE FENCING DOWN AND THE TRACK ACCESSIBLE.

I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME WATER HOSES ACROSS THE TRACK.

THOSE NEED TO NOT BE THERE LIKE REGULARLY BECAUSE THEY'RE A TRIP HAZARD ON THE TRACK.

UM, I THINK, UH, SO THE BATHROOMS ARE STILL NOT OPEN, BUT THEY WILL BE OPEN FOR CH DAY.

IS THAT THE IDEA THAT WE WILL COME UP WITH A, WITH A, WITH A TEMPORARY FIX FOR THE INDOOR LOCK, THE INTERIOR LOCKING DOOR? YEAH, THE, THE INTERIOR LOCKING DOOR, UM, IS, IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE.

THAT'S FINE.

THE REASON THEY'RE NOT FULLY ACCESSIBLE RIGHT NOW AND IN FULL USE RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE EXTERIOR DOOR, UM, LOCKS, WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING, THERE'S A PART THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE IN THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO MAGNETIC LOCKS THAT NEED TO GO ON THOSE EXTERIOR DOORS SO THAT THEY CANNOT BE, UM, ACCESS, YOU KNOW, DURING LIKE THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OFF HOURS RIGHT.

AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN INSTALLED.

BUT THE, THE DOORS WOULD BE FUNCTIONAL AND THAT SORT OF THING THAT THEY COULD BE, UH, THE, THEY COULD BE MANUALLY UNLOCKED SO THAT THEY COULD BE USED DURING CH DAY.

PLEASE ASK ABOUT EV CHARGING STATIONS.

YES, I WAS, I DID ACTUALLY 'CAUSE THE, THOSE, THOSE UNWELCOMING SIGNS ARE STILL ON THE EV CHARGERS.

DO WE HAVE A, A DATE FOR UNFETTERED PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE EV CHARGERS? IF I AM NOT AWARE OF THE STATUS OF, OF THAT, THOSE HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE I STARTED WITH THE PROJECT.

I'LL NEED TO TALK WITH THE TOWN STAFF ON THAT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN THAT COULD BE REOPENED.

ALRIGHT,

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DID YOU HAVE MORE? GO AHEAD.

NO, WE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION, ESPECIALLY KELLER, THAT THAT'S PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE UNTIL WE GET A FULL UNO, THOSE ORDER REMAIN CLOSED JUST DUE TO TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT.

THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT TOPIC IS THE UNO.

SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A SEPTEMBER UNO UM, WE HAVE A 90 DAY EXTENSION UNTIL DECEMBER THE FIRST.

SO, ALRIGHT, WE WILL REMAIN OPTIMISTIC OVER THE NEXT, UH, TWO AND A HALF MONTHS THEN YOU REMEMBER MY PREDICTION IN, IN JUNE.

WHICH JUNE DID YOU MAKE A PREDICTION? JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

OH, EXCELLENT.

UM, RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM? UH, ABOUT THE ELY BUILDING? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ROBIN, FOR STAYING ON TOP OF IT.

UH, PLEASE DO LET US ELECTED OFFICIALS KNOWS.

ELECTED OFFICIALS KNOW IF YOU NEED TO DEPLOY US IN SOME WAY.

MR. GALLOWAY, MAY I FORGOT TO, UH, GO OVER JUST A FEW ITEMS. ONE BEING DOG PARK, UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, IF YOU CAN, AT ONE POINT, UM, THE DISCUSSION OF A DOG PARK WAS, WAS, UH, VERY, UH, APPARENT AND IN FACT I THINK THE DOG PARK INITIALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LOCATED IN THE SPACE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OCCUPYING FOR IN THE ELY BUILDING OR SOMEWHERE NEAR HERE.

UM, SO I'M ASKING YOU IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY LOCATIONS IN YOUR WARD SO THAT, UH, WE CAN BEGIN THAT DISCUSSION AGAIN.

WELL, WELL, IF THERE ARE AREAS IN YOUR WARD THAT MAY BE FEASIBLE FOR A DOG PARK, UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERY WARD HAS A LOCATION, BUT IF YOU DO, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS HERE OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS ABOUT, UH, DOG PARK.

THE SECOND THING, UM, WOULD BE REGARDING THE CHEVROLET DAY SHIRTS.

UM, IF YOU CAN REPLY BACK WITH YOUR SHIRT SIZE, UM, WITH FROM THE FILL THAT, THAT I SENT EARLIER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T CONGRATULATE COUNCIL MEMBER GAR ON, UM, MARRYING HIS, HIS PRIDE, UM, UH, CONGRATULATION COUNCIL MEMBER.

GAR QUESTION ABOUT THE SHIRTS.

UM, ARE THERE WOMEN'S CUTS, WOMEN'S FIT, OR ARE THEY ALL TAILORED FOR MEN? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND I CAN ANSWER TOMORROW.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? OH, COUNCILMAN FRY FOR THE DOG PARK SUGGESTION LOCATIONS.

ARE WE DOING THAT IN ADDITION TO THE STUDY THAT THEY DID A FEW YEARS AGO WITH THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THEY HAD IN MIND? WERE THEY REMEMBER LIKE THE, I THINK WAS IT THE UNIVERSITY WITH PLANNING DID IT SOME SORT OF STUDY AND THEY LOOKED AT VARIOUS PLACES? UM, IS THIS BACK IN 29? 2020? IT WAS, IT WAS WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANY OF OUR WARDS GREW IN SPACE BESIDES WARD ONE AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PREEXISTING, UM, PLAN FOR, UM, THE HOSPITAL AREA.

BUT, 'CAUSE THERE WAS THAT REPORT AND IT DID KIND OF GO OVER, UM, POSSIBILITIES OF THE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.

UM, BUT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD WANT US TO FIND SOMETHING BIGGER OR IN ADDITION TO, AND LIKE WHAT SIZE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S NOW GOING TO BE THE OFFICER GIL GILBERT PARK, LIKE THAT WAS ONE OF THE SITES THAT THEY HAD ALSO LOOKED AT TO SAY, WHAT ABOUT LIKE A, LIKE AN URBAN DOG PARK WHERE IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE SMALLER, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF PARKING, THAT KIND OF THING.

MM-HMM .

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA BRING THAT BACK TO, INTO THE CONVERSATION AND I JUST DO WANNA REMIND RESIDENTS THAT WE DO HAVE A DOG PARK THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE WHILE IT'S NOT IN THE TOWN OF CHEV.

I MEAN WE CAN CONSIDER ANNEXING OUT TO THAT POINT, BUT, UM, IT ISN'T FAR.

AND SOME OF THE KIDS PLAY BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL THERE WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

IT'S A PRETTY NICE DOG PARK.

IT HAS BOTH A BIG AND A SMALL DOG AREA.

SO, UM, YEAH, I MEAN I KNOW IT'S NOT IN CH BUT IT IS, IT'S COLUMBIA PARK ROAD PRETTY CLOSE.

IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MONT HEIGHTS.

SO IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE GO VISIT THERE.

UM, BUT UM, MAYBE WE CAN ALL, 'CAUSE WE HAVE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RECIRCULATE THAT STUDY.

THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.

UM, JUST SO

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I JUST SENT IT TO EVERYONE.

IT WAS FROM 2023.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF ANNEXATION, SO .

ANY OTHER, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN? ANY OF THE TOWN DEPARTMENTS? HEARING NONE, LET'S GO ON TO

[14. Review the September worksession agenda and future requests, and Town Administrator Galloway will offer a forecast of the agenda]

ITEM 14.

REVIEW OF THE WORK SESSION AGENDAS, UH, OR UPCOMING AGENDAS.

COUNSEL, WE'RE NOT MEETING AGAIN IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

OUR SEPTEMBER QUOTE UNQUOTE WORK SESSION IS OCTOBER 1ST AS WE AGREED UPON A MONTH AGO.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS ON THAT AGENDA, SO IT'S PROBABLY UNREALISTIC TO HAVE ALL THESE ITEMS. BUT THE ITEMS ARE BENGAL CON BENGAL ENGINEERING FOR THE 64TH STREET BRIDGE.

UH, A CHOP UP UPDATE, UH, FROM MR. EDDIE POUNDS.

UH, WE AGREED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HILL TRAFFIC, CHEVROLET HILL HOSPITAL HILL TRAFFIC.

UH, WE DISCUSSED A BUDGET AND AN AUDIT UPDATE AND WE DISCUSSED THE G-I-C-M-O-U.

SO I AM LOOKING FOR VOL.

SO, SO LET JUST, LET ME JUST SAY WE'RE GONNA MEET ON OCTOBER 8TH.

THAT'S THE TOWN MEETING.

WE'LL GO OVER THAT IN A MINUTE.

WE DO HAVE AN OCTOBER WORK SESSION ON THE 22ND OF THE MONTH AND THEN WE HAVE ONE OTHER WORK SESSION, THE COMBINED NOVEMBER, DECEMBER WORK SESSION AND TOWN MEETINGS OF COURSE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

SO I'M LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE UP THEIR SEAT ON THE OCTOBER 1ST FLIGHT, POSSIBLY FOR THE 22ND.

MR. HICK, UM, WE HAD HAD AT SOME POINT A TO A PLANNED DISCUSSION ON THE FEE SCHEDULE, RIGHT? FEE SCHEDULE IS ALSO ON MY LIST FOR OCTOBER 1ST.

I WAS HOPING YOU WERE VOLUNTEERING YOUR SEAT.

UH, DO YOU WANT TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRY? GO AHEAD.

UM, I'M ADDING TO IT, SO .

ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S ADD BEFORE WE SUBTRACT.

GO AHEAD.

UM, WOODWAY, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME SORT OF UPDATE ON WOODWAY, UM, BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS THERE ARE NOT JUST SINKING BUT THE WATER AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THERE.

SO THAT ONE, UM, THE UPDATE FOR FOREST ROAD AND THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE THERE.

AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF MR. GALLOWAY OR EVEN THAT YOU REMEMBER, UM, BUT BACK LAST FALL THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF ONCE THE FENCE CAME DOWN TO PUT UP A BENCH RIGHT ON FOREST AND LIKE 64TH KIND OF WHERE THE SCHOOL BUS IS.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO REVISIT THAT 'CAUSE I THINK WE SAID WE WOULD DO IT.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ONCE THE FENCE COMES DOWN, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

SO IF WE CAN REVISIT THAT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO ON THE AGENDA PER SE, BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO BRING THAT ONE BACK UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

THAT'S WHERE LIKE THE BUS STOP IS AND A LOT OF KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY END UP KIND OF JUST HANGING OUT THERE AND A LITTLE TRASH CAN WOULD BE NICE TOO.

I, I KNOW THAT THE DOGGY POOPY ONE IS NOT FAR, BUT, ALRIGHT.

YOU DO THAT.

I'M GONNA LEAVE THAT OFF THE AGENDA.

UM, IT SOUNDS, BUT IF WE NEED IT BACK ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN WHAT IS THE FOREST ROAD STUDY? THE EROSION, THE WATER.

OH, I SEE, OKAY.

THE EROSION STUDY AND THEN WOODWAY.

OKAY, GOT IT.

ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO PUT ON A WORK SESSION AGENDA THIS FALL THAT YOU KNOW OF RIGHT NOW? OKAY, SO I THINK THIS IS UNREALISTIC FOR OCTOBER 1ST.

ANYONE JUST WANNA DO LIKE A FIVE HOUR MEETING AND PLOW THROUGH IT? NO.

I GOT ONE.

NO.

AND A LOT OF OTHER SILENT NOS.

SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KICK OFF THE AGENDA? UH, OR I SHOULD SAY KICK TO OCTOBER 22ND OR THE DECEMBER WORK SESSION? NOVEMBER DECEMBER WORK SESSION.

DO YOU WANT TO, IS GIC READY TO GO? NOT YET.

WE ARE WAITING FOR AN UPDATE FROM, UM, TOWN ATTORNEY AND SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF THE, THE STATUS UNTIL WE'VE GOTTEN THAT UPDATE.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET IT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

SO OUR, OUR HOPE IS THAT THAT'S COMING IN TOMORROW, BUT THE UPDATE MIGHT BE I NEED MORE TIME OR WHATEVER, BUT IF, IF IT CLEARLY CAN'T MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOU PROMPTLY.

IS THERE ANY HARM IN MOVING IT? NO.

WELL, WELL I I MEAN I I'M, IT IS NOT BOUND BY ANY, UH, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME.

, LET'S MOVE THIS FEE SCHEDULE TO THE 22ND.

SO IF, IF THERE, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BOUND BY A TIMEFRAME, THEN I THINK YOU COULD PRIORITIZE THEM.

UH, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO KICK IT DOWN.

SHALL WE MOVE PERPETUITY? I GOT YOU.

SHALL WE MOVE THE FEE SCHEDULE?

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MR. GALLOWAY, WOULD YOU BE OKAY MOVING THE BUDGET AND AUDIT UPDATE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF THE WAY THAT HE APPROACHES DAY TO DAY? ABSOLUTELY.

YOU SAID A HIGH LEVEL FOOTBALL ONE BASKET.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S NOT THE RESPONSE I WAS EXPECTING.

DO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO MOVE IT TO THE 22ND OF OCTOBER? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S FINE.

IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S FINE.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT YOU TELL ME IF IT'S NOT, BUT I THINK THAT, I THINK, I MEAN THAT'S ONLY THREE WEEKS.

I THINK WE'RE STILL OKAY.

CAN WE MOVE IT, MOVE IT TO THE TOWN MEETING ON THE EIGHTH? UP TO YOU.

LET'S DO THAT BECAUSE OKAY.

THAT'S GOING TO GET US CLOSE TO THE DEADLINE THE 22ND AND AT LEAST YOU ALL WILL HAVE AN UPDATE.

WELL LET'S MOVE IT TO OCTOBER EIGHT TOWN MEETING.

AND EITHER ON THE EIGHTH OR THE 22ND, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IT RELATED TO THAT PROVIDING US A, OH WAIT, I'LL GET THERE.

FORGET IT.

I THINK THIS MAY BE MANAGEABLE NOW.

WE'LL LEAVE GIC ON FOR THE FIRST AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

SO THEN ON THE EIGHTH WE HAVE A TOWN MEETING.

IT'S ONLY A WEEK LATER.

UM, NOPE.

I'M GONNA CROSS THAT OFF.

WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

I WROTE G-I-C-M-O-U APPROVAL.

UH, VERIZON, SHOULD WE DO THAT IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER? I'D LOVE TO TALK TO SOMEONE AT VERIZON ABOUT CELLULAR SERVICE, RIGHT? YEAH.

YOU WANNA TRY TO DO IT OCTOBER 8TH? SURE.

THE, THE, ALRIGHT, UH, I HAVE THE APPROVING THE BENGAL ENGINEERING ITEM.

ETHICS COMMITTEE, RELU RESOLUTION.

I'M SEEING SOME NODS.

THAT'S VERY QUICK ITEM.

AND THEN I WROTE BUDGET OR AUDIT FOR THE EIGHTH TOWN MEETING.

AND THEN ON THE 22ND, UH, I DON'T NEED THIS.

I WROTE FEE SCHEDULE AND THE BUDGET CALENDAR FOR THE COMING BUDGET YEAR.

WELL, 4 57 WE CAN BRING MIKE.

DEFERRED COMP.

DO YOU WANNA DO IT ON THE 22ND OF OCTOBER? 22ND OF OCTOBER IS FINE.

DEFERRED COMP.

OKAY, SO THAT'S DEFERRED COMP.

THE FEE SCHEDULE AND THE BUDGET CALENDAR.

SO THAT'S PRETTY LIGHT SO FAR.

COMPENSATION TO BEFORE YOU THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD.

UH, COUNSEL, WE NEED TO DECIDE, OKAY, WE HAVE A TOWN MEETING ON THE 12TH THAT'S PRETTY LIGHT SO FAR.

JUST THE CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR THE CANDIDATE PROHIBITION.

AND THEN WE NEED TO DECIDE WHEN WE'RE HAVING THE NOVEMBER GALLOWAY, WE NEED TO DECIDE WHEN WE'RE HAVING THE DECEMBER NOVEMBER WORK SESSION.

WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE IT ON THE THIRD.

MR. GALLOWAY, YOU WERE GONNA SUGGEST MOVING IT BECAUSE OF MML OR YOU DID YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF FALL.

MML COUNSEL, DO YOU WANT TO KEEP IT ON THURSDAY THE 3RD OF DECEMBER? OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO MOVE IT TO TUESDAY, DECEMBER THE FIRST.

ANY OBJECTION? TAKE A MOMENT.

GREAT.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS RIGHT? SO THIS IS THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NOVEMBER SLASH DECEMBER WORK SESSION.

IT'S OUR LAST WORK SESSION OF THE YEAR.

WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE IT ON THE THIRD, BUT THAT THURSDAY FALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF FALL MML ONLY EVERY FOURTH YEAR.

'CAUSE OF THE WAY THE CALENDAR WORKS, I MEAN THE CALENDAR THAT MML AND MAKO CHOOSE.

ALRIGHT, LET'S PLAN ON THE FIRST TUESDAY, I HAVE A OFFER FROM PG CPS TO DISCUSS THE HOYER DEMOLITION.

SO I WILL SEE IF THE EXPERT IS STILL AVAILABLE ON DECEMBER 1ST AND THEN THAT WILL LOCK THAT IN.

BUT I WILL SEND THAT EMAIL TOMORROW AND ASK HER IF SHE'S AVAILABLE.

COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE ON MEETING AGENDAS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR THAT YOU KNOW OF SO FAR? OKAY.

HEARING

[15. Mayor and Council Announcements ]

RUN THAT TAKES US ITEM 15, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? WADE? COUNCIL WADE HERE? YEAH.

OR MR YEAH, GO AHEAD.

START US OFF.

WADE.

YEAH, SORRY FOR THE NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND.

I'VE BEEN AT WORK ALL NIGHT, SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I'M NOT THERE.

BUT, UH, FIRST THING IS THE, UM, THE FOR ANNUAL SHELBY WARD ONE, WARD TWO,

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UM, BLOCK PARTY, UM, THAT WILL BE WITH ME AND OF COURSE WITH MR. JOHN LALO.

THERE'LL BE THIS SUNDAY FROM TWO TO 4:00 PM WE PUSHED IT UP AN HOUR BECAUSE OF, UH, SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMANDERS FAN.

THAT GAME WILL, UH, CONFLICT WITH THAT.

SO YOU'LL BE BACK IN TIME TO WATCH THE GAME.

THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THIS IS ALT NUMBER ONE, OF COURSE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT HOSPITAL HILL.

UM, THE, UH, THE ROAD ACCESS AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.

AND ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY IS A BIG ISSUE, UH, THAT DISCUSSED.

SO THANK YOU TO, UH, DC UH, CROSS WILL BE THERE, UH, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES YOU HAVE, UH, WITH THAT, OF COURSE WSSC, PEPTO, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO, UH, PLEASE COME OUT, FEEL FREE TO SHARE, UH, MILL OR TWO, UH, WITH YOUR, YOUR, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORS IN THAT REGARD.

BUT WE THANK YOU TO HOME TEAM FIVE FOR COMING OUT AS WELL.

THEY'LL BE THERE AS WELL AS SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HEADLINING THE, UM, ARE PUSHING FOR, UM, A PARTICULAR PLOT AT THE END OF LOCKWOOD AS WELL.

THEY'LL BE THERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU, UM, ABOUT MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR PETITION WITH THAT, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY.

UM, ALSO THIS SATURDAY IS CHEV PROM.

UM, UH, LIKE LAST YEAR I WILL BE SPONSORING THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.

PLEASE COME OUT SUPPORT, UM, THAT EVENT.

SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL FROM LAST YEAR FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WARD ONE, UM, COUNCIL, UH, YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBER, AS WELL AS THE TWO, UM, ADVISORS WHO ARE ALSO WARD ONE RESIDENTS.

I APOLOGIZE I WAS NOT THERE.

BUT, UH, DEFINITELY WATCH THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY REGARDING THAT.

I WILL ALSO BE SPONSORING, UH, CHEVY DAY AS I DID LAST YEAR AND I ALSO WILL HAVE A TABLE FOR INFORMATION TO COME OUT FOR THAT.

SO PLEASE COME OUT FOR CHEVY DAY IN THAT REGARDS AS WELL.

AND I YIELD BACK.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY 2, 3, 4, 5, 2.

GO AHEAD.

WELL, I WILL CERTAINLY IN PERSON, UH, INVITE EVERYONE TO THE WARD ONE, WARD TWO COMMUNITY DAY ON SUNDAY FROM TWO TO FOUR.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT, IT ALWAYS A GREAT TIME TO HANG OUT WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER WADE.

UM, SO PLEASE I INVITE ALL MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR TO COME OUT AND, UH, OUR GREAT TOWN STAFF.

UH, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WADE SAID, OUR CHEVROLET POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE OUT THERE TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS THAT OUR, UH, FRIENDS AND WARDS WON AND BOARD TWO HAVE, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 25TH AS PART OF THE CHEV WEEK 95 EVENTS, UH, THE ST.

ALBERT MEN'S CLUB WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SWING THE STICKS, UH, PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR THE, UH, GOLF TOURNAMENT ON THE 25TH.

AND OF COURSE, UH, THE REST OF THE WEEK EVENTS, UH, YOU CAN AGAIN CHECK THE WEBSITE ON THE DAY WEBSITE FOR ALL OF THE GREAT EVENTS THAT'LL BE TAKING PLACE DURING THAT WEEK.

AND OF COURSE, CHEVROLET DAY ON THE 26TH AND, UH, WITH THE PARADE AND FIREWORKS TO WRAP UP OUR 95TH ANNIVERSARY.

UH, I ALSO OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, MY, UH, WARD TWO COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, UH, YOUTH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE.

UH, I HAVE THE, UM, FORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT I HAD MULTIPLE CANDIDATES TO CHOOSE FROM THIS YEAR.

SO I INTERVIEWED ALL OF MY GREAT CANDIDATES AND, UH, UH, MADE MY SELECTION BASED ON AFTER TALKING WITH ALL OF THEM.

AND I ENCOURAGED ALL OF THE OTHER ONES THAT I DID NOT SELECT TO STAY INVOLVED.

AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

UM, AND JUST FINALLY ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AS A FORMER NEW YORKER, I THINK ABOUT, UH, TOMORROW AND WHEN, UH, WHAT I WAS DOING 25 YEARS AGO.

AND I JUST, UH, TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO NOT FORGET WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT DARK DAY 25 YEARS AGO.

AND I WILL THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THAT LOST THEIR LIVES, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT WAS A DAY THAT I WILL NOT FORGET EVER.

WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, ESCALATE, YOU KNOW, THE NEED TO GET CSA BACK ON.

ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER, OH, COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.

UM, I WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO THE TOWN STAFF, OUR POLICE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS JUST FOR THE RESPONSE WITH THE STORM.

UM, THERE WERE LOTS OF THINGS JUST IN THE ROAD, LOT OF TREES.

UM, CSA WAS WITHOUT POWER FOR I THINK ALMOST A FULL DAY.

UM, AND IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT I THINK COUNTYWIDE IT WAS LIKE 80,000 RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER, I THINK, UM, COLLECTIVELY

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UM, THERE'S A NEW BUILDING OR PROPERTY MANAGER, UM, WHO WE GOT TO MEET.

AND WHILE I WAS THERE, UH, SERGEANT BLUNT SHOWED UP TOO AND THEY WERE, UM, JUST ASSESSING ALL OF THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

UM, 'CAUSE ONE OF THE BUILDINGS HAD SOME SEVERE DAMAGE ON THIS SIDE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I FEEL LIKE IN TIMES OF CRISIS WE'RE REALLY, REALLY JUST RESPONSIVE AND WE DO OUR BEST.

AND I FEEL THAT THE RESIDENTS REALLY FEEL THAT.

UM, ALSO WITH THOSE CAR MEETUPS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHEVROLET HILL AREA, I THINK WE'VE IDENTIFIED THREE TO FIVE PLACES THAT IT JUST KIND OF TENDS TO HAPPEN.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

'CAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS LOSING MY MIND THE OTHER DAY 'CAUSE I FELT THE BASE IN WHILE I WAS TAKING MY EVENING BATH .

AND THEN, UM, THEY WENT TO THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND COULDN'T FIND IT AND THEN ULTIMATELY FOUND ANOTHER LOCATION, WHICH THEY WERE AT.

SO I WASN'T GOING CRAZY, BUT IT'S HAPPENING.

AND I KNOW WITH THE TEAM MEETUPS, UH, THAT'S AN ISSUE AND I'M HEARING SOME MORE, LIKE EVEN IN LAUREL, THEY'RE HAVING THOSE KIND OF ISSUES THERE.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND JUST FOR COMMUNICATING THAT INFORMATION.

ALSO, UM, OUR RESPONSE TO HAVING, UM, REPORTS OF ICE AT THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT, UM, AND JUST OUR RESPONSE, WELL WE, UM, IT'S COUNTY, COUNTY LAND, SO, BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP AND I THINK OUR, OUR, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, LEADERSHIP'S RELATIONSHIP WITH PGPD, I THINK WAS VERY HELPFUL, UM, IN GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO THEM QUICKLY.

AND SO THEY RESPONDED AND, UM, WERE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE FOLKS OUT OF AT LEAST THE GENERAL AREA.

UM, SO JUST A BIG THANK YOU.

'CAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES THINGS CAN GET REALLY DAUNTING.

UM, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTICE ALL OF THE LITTLE AND BIG THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO, UM, TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES EASIER.

AND LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATS TO CHARLIE AND ARISTA.

UM, I GOT TO WATCH IT ON THE VIDEO, UH, AND IT WAS, IT WAS JUST VERY SWEET AND SO, UM, CONGRATS TO HIM AND HER AND, UM, YEAH, I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER AT MORE EVENTS.

NO PRESSURE, BUT THAT'S IT.

GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. GALLOWAY MESSAGE FROM ATTORNEY DELOACH BECAUSE HE'S HAVING SOME, UM, UH, SOME ISSUES WITH THE SOUND.

HE WANTED ME TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT HE DID SEND, UH, THE STUFF REGARDING THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.

UM, AND HE ALSO JUST SENT IT TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LOLO AS WELL.

SO, UM, IT, IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR EMAILS.

WE GOT IT, BUT THANK YOU.

HEARING NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNSEL AND HAVING NONE MYSELF, LET US MOVE ON TO ITEM 16.

ADJOURNMENT.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY AND SECONDED BY THE VICE MAYOR.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT COUNSEL, AFTER WE VOTE THEN UH, WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN CONVENE OUR OPEN TO CLOSED MEETING.

UH, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL BE IN THE CLOSED MEETING.

WE WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO OPEN SESSION.

ALL THOSE IN.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION TO ADJOURN? HEARING NONE.

ALRIGHT, I'M CALLING TO ORDER A SPECIAL MEETING IN THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CH.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? IT PASSES.

SIX.

NOTHING.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU

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TODAY IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2026 AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO CONSIDER A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

UH, FIRST I WANT TO ASK MR. GALLOWAY AND MR. DELOACH TO CONFIRM THAT THESE ARE THE THREE AND

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ONLY THE THREE REASONS THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE THE MEETING.

CAN YOU STATE THE REASONS PLEASE? YES.

OH, SURE, I WILL.

IT'S, UH, DISCUSS AND RECEIPT.

WELL, LET ME GET THE RIGHT PARTS OF THE LAW.

UH OH.

YEAH, I GUESS THAT IS THEM.

UH, ONE, THREE AND SEVEN.

SO EMPLOYMENT ISSUES, UM, ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AND CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE.

UH, I'M OKAY WITH THAT THEN.

SO I WILL THEN ASK THE , I'M SORRY.

YES, THERE'S SOMETHING ON THERE WITH CONSULTANTS TO RECEIVE ADVICE FROM CONSULTANTS AS WELL.

THERE IS NOT, SO LET ME FIND THAT IT .

UM, A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT VERY, UH, RELEVANT.

ARE THEY? 4, 5, 6, 7.

WE'RE DOING EIGHT IS TO CONSULT WITH STAFF, CONSULTANTS OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS ABOUT POTENTIAL LITIGATION.

YOU WANNA DO THAT ONE? OOH, THAT SOUNDS FUN.

ALRIGHT, SO THEN COUNSEL, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING PURSUANT TO 3 1 0 1 OF THE GENERAL PROVISION ARTICLE OF THE MARYLAND CODE? SPECIFICALLY FOR REASON ONE TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE, DEMOTION, COMPENSATION, REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES, EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM THIS PUBLIC BODY HAS JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS.

AND NUMBER THREE, TO CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND MATTERS DIRECTLY RELATED THERE TO AND SEVEN, TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE AND EIGHT, TO CONSULT WITH STAFF, CONSULTANTS OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS ABOUT PENDING OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION.

DO WE KNOW WHO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THIS MEETING ARE? UH, YOU COULD COLLUDE THAT IN YOUR MOTION.

SO, UH, WOULD YOU ALSO COUNSEL CONSIDER INCLUDING IN YOUR MOTION THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MEETING? ALL SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR DELAYING GALLOWAY, THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE, JENNIFER KRAUS, UH, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, DAVID MORRIS AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY JASON DELOACH, ESQUIRE AND CPJ ENGINEER ROBIN BARNHART.

POINTING THAT OUT.

IS THERE SUCH A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL? SO MOVED.

THE MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRINER.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.

AGAIN, LET ME CLARIFY THAT.

UH, THE MOTION IS TO CLOSE THE MEETING UNDER 3, 3 0 5 B 1, 3, 7 AND EIGHT TO INCLUDE THE SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS, GLEE, KRAUSS, BARNHART, AND MORRIS AND DELOACH.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THAT MOTION? HEARING NONE.

UH, LET US DO A ROLL CALL.

VOTE IS COUNCIL MEMBER WADE PRESENT.

THE MEETING IS NOW CLOSED.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER OR INDIVIDUALS JOINING THE MEETING REMOTELY, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, PLEASE USE THE OTHER LINK, UH, AND WE WILL RECONVENE IN THREE MINUTES ON THAT LINK.

WE WILL NOT RETURN TO OPEN SESSION.