[1.Call to Order]
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I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE OCTOBER EIGHT, 2026 TOWN MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF CHEVERLY.
I'M THE MAYOR, MICHAEL WATSON.
UH, OUR TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, DELAINE GALLOWAY, IS FINISHING UP HIS CLASS, BUT HE WILL BE HERE SHORTLY.
UH, I WILL NOW CALL THE ROLE FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM WARD ONE HERE? PRESENT.
WARD THREE, I BELIEVE THE VICE MAYOR WAS RUNNING, GOING TO BE RUNNING LATE AND THEN WAS GOING TO BE PRO - LIKELY VIRTUAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING.
SEEING, UH, FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SIX ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM SUFFICIENT 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.
[3.Approval of Agenda]
COUNCIL, IN REVIEWING ITEM THREE, THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, THERE IS A REQUEST FROM THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO DEFER ITEM 10, THE ETHICS COMMISSION RESOLUTION TO THE OCTOBER 22ND WORK SESSION.ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE OCTOBER EIGHT AGENDA? HEARING NONE FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE STAFF, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA WITH THE AL - WITH THE DEFERMENT DEFERRAL OF ITEM 10, ETHICS COMMISSION RESOLUTION? MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.
IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRY.
IT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER LEGLOCK.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL OF THE MOTION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA SAY AYE.
ANY O - ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES 5-0.
THE VICE MAYOR IS ABSENT FOR THAT VOTE.
[4.Consent Agenda]
IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS TONIGHT COUNCIL OF THREE ITEMS, THE TOWN MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 10TH, THE CPRC GRANT REQUEST, AND THE CHEVERLY VILLAGE GRANT REQUEST.COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, ARE YOU ABSTAINING FROM THIS, UM, ITEM BECAUSE OF CPRC? I'M ABSTAINING FROM THE CPRC, YES.
IS THERE, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? MAYOR, EXCUSE ME.
WE WILL RECORD THAT IN THE MINUTES.
UH, IS THERE ANY, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTING OF THESE THREE ITEMS? MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.
IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, ARE YOU ABSTAINING? YES.
UH, THEN I GOT FOUR YESES, ZERO NOS, AND ONE ABSTENTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WADE BECAUSE HIS WIFE IS THE PRESIDENT OR CHAIR OF CPRC.
WITH THAT, THE MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
CONGRATULATIONS, CPRC AND VILLAGE ON YOUR GRANTS.
[5.Resident Input]
FIVE IS RESIDENT INPUT.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY ISSUE THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT PEPCO AERIAL FIBER CABLE, THIS IS NOT YOUR TIME.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ISSUE, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR WARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, ANDRE ROBINSON, AWARD SIX.
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TALK ABOUT TRASH, UH, GARBAGE IN PARTICULAR.UM, I DO MOST OF THE COOKING IN MY HOUSEHOLD AND WITH THE HOLIDAYS APPROACHING, I THINK OFTEN ABOUT HOW MUCH FOOD WASTE I THROW IN THE TRASH CAN.
AND SO I'M, UH, ASKING, UM, CHEVY CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF ENTERING INTO A CONVERSATION WITH A COMPANY CALLED MILL RECYCLER THAT I'VE ACTUALLY STARTED SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH.
UH, THE MILL RECYCLER ALLOWS YOU TO THROW FOOD WASTE, GARBAGE, MEAT, AND OTHER THINGS INTO IT AND, UM, CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF, UH, METHANE GAS THAT GOES INTO, UH, THE ATMOSPHERE WHEN WE SEND IT TO A LANDFILL.
UM, I STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF RECYCLING PROGRAMS WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
UH, THE RECYCLER ITSELF IS A RATHER EXPENSIVE UNIT.
THEY ALSO HAVE ALREADY A $200 DISCOUNT OFF OF IT, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO ACTUALLY, UH, DISCOUNT THAT FURTHER IN TALKING TO THE MUNICIPALITY ABOUT MAKING IT MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE.
SO THAT'S MY REQUEST IS THAT, UM, I CAN PUT, UH, WHOEVER THE APPROPRIATE PERSON IN, IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH AT MILL AND, UM, AND SEE WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS, THE RESIDENTS WOULD CONSIDER.
THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
UH, MR. ROBINSON, PLEASE MAKE SURE MR. HUNTER GETS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT.
UH, HE IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR.
I THINK HE'D BE, LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? I CAN'T SEE ONLINE.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO MS. SALO FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE, BACK TO THE PODIUM.
YOUR NAME, YOUR WARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MS. SALO.
UH, FALL IS PURELY HERE AND OUR BELOVED TREES HAVE BEGUN TO SHED YOUR LEAVES.
THE TOWN HAS PUBLISHED ITS LEAF COLLECTION S- SCHEDULE, SO I GUESS IT'S TIME FOR A REMINDER THAT YOU HAVE OPTIONS FOR RECYCLING THOSE LEAVES.
THE TOWN'S MULCH PROGRAM IS STILL ON HOLD, I UNDERSTAND.
THE ST - TOWN STILL VACUUMS UP YOUR LEAVES, BUT WILL NOT RETURN THEM AS MULCH.
YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF TIME AND INCREASE YOUR LAWN'S HEALTH BY LEAVING YOUR LEAVES RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE.
LEAVES ARE A PART OF YOUR TREE'S NATURAL CYCLE.
THEY ARE FREE MULCH, THEY REDUCE THE NEED FOR FERTILIZER, AND THEY PREVENT ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION OF METHANE GAS.
AS A BONUS, THEY ARE BENEFICIAL TO SMALL ANIMALS AND INSECTS LIKE SWALLOW, TAIL BUTTERFLIES, AND BUMBLEBEES.
YOU CAN MOW YOUR LEAVES, JUST USE YOUR MOWER TO MULCH THE LEAVES.
YOU CAN COMPOST YOUR LEAVES, PILE THE LEAVES INTO A COMPOSTING BIN, ADD CUT GRASS OR FOOD SCRAPS FOR NITROGEN, SOAK THE MIX TO ENCOURAGE IT TO BREAK DOWN.
CHECK OUT THE HELPFUL VIDEO AND LINKS AT WWW.GREENCHEVROLY.ORG.
CLICK ON ACT LOCALLY ON THE SIDEBAR.
UH, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UH, WH- WHAT IS THE...
UH, WHAT'S THE PLANS THERE? I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S LIKE A, UH, IT'S JUST TERRIBLE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST OPEN FIELD AND, AND NOTHING'S, IT'S, UH, WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S OVERGROWTH, IT LOOKS JUST, JUST UNSIGHTLY.
HAS ANY, ANY, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE WITH THAT? IS THAT PRIVATELY OWNED LAND? ARE, DO YOU...
MAYOR, YOU UNDERS - ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH - WHAT, WHICH PROPERTY? 63, 6300 BLOCK OF JOCELYN? YES.
GOING DOWN THE HILL ON, IT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THEN ON THE LEFT.
IT'S, IT'S THE CONTI PROPERTY.
I'M SORRY? IT'S, IT'S THE CONTI PROPERTY.
WAS THE, WAS THE CITY OR THE TOWN CHARGED FOR CLEARING THAT, UH, WAS THAT TO THE, UH, OWNER? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY, BUT IF YOU LEAVE YOUR, UH, PHONE NUMBER WITH THE TOWN CLERK, THE T - WE CAN HA - ASK THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR TO GIVE YOU A CALL ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, FINALLY, UM, ADDRESSING THE ISSUE, UM, I'M THE LAST, I'M THE OLDEST, UH,
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OWNER ON MY BLOCK, UH, OF THE ORIGINAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND A LOT OF OUR SENIORS HAVE LEFT BECAUSE OF TAXES.UM, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING FROM OTHER SENIORS ADDRESSING THE, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF, UH, I MEAN, PROPERTY TAXES IN OUR TOWN? SO, OKAY.
DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO.
UH, I WILL SAY, I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE A PROPERTY TAX DISCUSSION EVERY YEAR.
UM, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP GOING INTO THE BUDGET, AND I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER DALLAKER WHO LED THE COUNCIL TO CREATE A, UM, SMALL, ALBEIT SMALL, PROPERTY TAX REBATE FOR SENIORS IN TOWN.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? THAT SOUNDS RIGHT TO ME.
UM, BUT, UH, WE CAN ASK THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ONLINE? I DON'T SEE ANYONE.
MY NAME IS ABBY HOWELL, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WARD ONE.
I'M HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR A TOWN-LED TRAFFIC STUDY RELATED TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ON CHEVERLY HILL.
I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER WADE RAISED THIS AT A RECENT WORK SESSION SO THE TOWN CAN MAKE EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS.
THE DEVELOPER'S NOVEMBER 2024 TRAFFIC STUDY PROVIDES USEFUL INFORMATION, BUT IT SERVES THE DEVELOPER'S GOALS.
A DEVELOPER HAS AN INTEREST IN KEEPING THE PROJECT MOVING, WHICH CREATES AN INCENTIVE, EVEN AN UNINTENTIONAL ONE, TO UNDERSTATE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. OF THE EIGHT STUDY INTERSECTIONS, ONLY TWO WERE ON CHEVERLY'S NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
THE STUDY ASKED WHETHER ROADS WILL FUNCTION, AND WHAT MATTERS ALSO TO THE REST OF US IS HOW ADDED TRAFFIC SPREADS ACROSS THE WHOLE TOWN, AND HOW INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS COMMUNITY LIFE.
IF WE UNDERSTAND THOSE IMPACTS NOW, WE CAN DESIGN FOR THEM IN ADVANCE RATHER THAN HAVING TO REACT TO THE ISSUES LATER.
SO I'D ASK THE TOWN TO CONDUCT ITS OWN STUDY, LOOKING AT THE THINGS THE DEVELOPER'S TRAFFIC STUDY FAILED TO EXPLORE, LIKE MEASURING CHEVERLY'S OWN NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, INCLUDING ON WEEKENDS.
IT SHOULD ALSO MODEL WHAT HA - WOULD HAPPEN, UH, WHEN MARYLAND 202 AND THE RAMPS BACK UP, HOW MUCH TRAFFIC WOULD DIVERT ONTO NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, AND WITH EACH NEW CONNECTION OPEN, CLOSED, OR OPENED ONLY TO WALKERS AND BIKERS.
AND WE'D LIKE THE STUDY TO MODEL PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE SAFETY AT CONNECTION POINTS AND ROADS WITH PROPOSED MEASURES TO MITIGATE RISKS.
I'D ALSO ASK THAT THE STUDY GO BEYOND JUST THIS.
THE SHUT - STUDY SHOULD ASK WHAT INCREASED VEHICULAR INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD COST IN COMMUNITY COHESION, NOT ONLY WOULD IT WOULD SAVE IN TRAVEL TIME.
FINALLY, I'D ASK THAT THE STUDY EXPLORE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE LINK BETWEEN LOCKWOOD AND GRAND AVENUE, A SMALL POCKET PARK AND SPLASH PAD WITH A WALKING AND BIKING CONNECTION RATHER THAN A PASS-THROUGH ONLY ROAD.
WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR TRAFFIC, FOR SAFETY, AND FOR HOW RESIDENTS CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER? I RECOGNIZE THAT TRAFFIC STUDIES ARE TYPICALLY AN ENGINEERING EXERCISE, AND SOCIAL COHESION ISN'T THE REALM OF ENGINEERS.
BUT LUCKY FOR YOU, MANY CHEVERLY RESIDENTS RESEARCH SOCIAL DIS - UH, SOCIAL DYNAMICS ALONGSIDE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO ADVISE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THAT PART OF THE STUDY.
AND TO FINISH, MY HUSBAND MENTIONED DURING THE LAST ME- MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI ASKED FOR HIS STATEMENT IN A HAIKU, AND HE DID NOT DELIVER, BUT I AM HERE TO DELIVER.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SAY QUIET STREETS ARE OWN, STUDY FIRST, THEN CHOOSE THE PATH.
POCKET PARK, NOT ROAD, NEIGHBORS WALKING, TALKING, A TOWN MADE OF TIES.
AND, UH, A REMINDER THAT WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON DECEMBER 1ST WHERE THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR WILL PRESENT, UH, HIS RESEARCH ON OPPORTUNITY, OR THE OPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR A TOWN-LED OR TOWN-DIRECTED TRAFFIC STUDY.
MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? HI THERE.
UH, THIS IS CARLOS SILPIGER, UM, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WARD FOUR.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE THOUGH
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ON THE BUDGET PROCESS.I KNOW THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING THE BUDGET PROCESS, UM, LATER ON THIS EVENING.
UH, I WAS, UH, AT SEVERAL OF THE BUDGET MEETINGS AND ALSO, UM, WATCHED MANY OF THEM ONLINE, AND I HEARD MANY OF YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE HOPING TO IMPROVE UPON THE, UH, PROCESS THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO I HAVE THREE SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGES THAT CAN BE MADE THAT I THINK WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
UH, FIRST OFF, UH, IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE BUDGET PROCESS IS NOT JUST ABOUT SETTING FINANCIAL AMOUNTS FOR THE YEAR TO COME.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT EVALUATING LAST YEAR AND SEEING WHERE WE DID WELL AND SEEING WHERE THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF WANT TO SHIFT PRIORITIES.
UM, AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SORT OF SPLIT THE BUDGET PROCESS INTO TWO PARTS, SPEND SOME TIME STARTING BY ASKING STAFF TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT'S BEEN GOING WELL, WHAT'S WORKING, WHERE DO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED A CHANGE, AND ASKING COMMUNITY TOO, UM, WHERE HAS POLICING WORKED? WHERE HAS IT NOT? WHERE HAS GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE WORKED? WHERE HAS IT NOT? AND SORT OF LOOK AT THAT BEFORE A BUDGET IS BUILT, SO WE CAN BUILD A BUDGET AROUND THE PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED.
UH, I HAVE DONE SOME POLICY WORK IN DC FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND THEY DO TWO ROUNDS, FIRST AN OVERSIGHT ROUND AND THEN A BUDGET ROUND, UH, FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, AND IT WORKS REALLY WELL.
AND I THINK WE COULD, UM, UH, USE THAT TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
SECOND SUGGESTION IS THAT I THINK EVERY BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT STAFF MAKES NEEDS TO INCLUDE A POWERPOINT.
UH, IT NEEDS TO COMPARE THE NUMBERS THEY'RE SUGGESTING THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR, AND EVEN TO EARLIER BUDGET ER - ITERATIONS.
THEY NEED TO DESCRIBE WHY THEY'RE SUGGESTING A CHANGE OR NO, OR NO CHANGE, AND WHAT EACH BUDGET ITEM MEANS.
I S - I WAS AT SEVERAL MEETINGS LAST YEAR WHERE, UH, WE WERE WALKING THROUGH BUDGET DOCUMENTS THAT HAD A LINE ITEM AND A NUMBER, AND IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR ME, AND I'M GUESSING FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SORT OF FOLLOW THE REASONING AND WHAT'S INCLUDED IN EACH ONE.
AND I THINK GIVEN HOW IMPORTANT THE BUDGET PROCESS IS, IT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL TO HAVE THESE THINGS ON A PRESENTATION AND HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT TO IT.
AND MY LAST SUGGESTION IS THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO FRAME ALL DECISIONS AS A CHOICE BETWEEN OPTIONS.
IF THE COUNCIL ASKS THE PUBLIC, "SHOULD WE RAISE TAXES?" EVERYONE'S GONNA SAY NO, OR MOST PEOPLE WILL SAY NO.
BUT IF WE SAY, "DO WE WANNA RAISE TAXES OR LOWER THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT," THEN WE'LL HAVE A MORE INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US, AS WE'RE BUILDING THIS BUDGET, TO THINK OF EVERYTHING AND SHARE EVERYTHING IN THE FORM OF, "HERE'S THE GAP, SO WE CAN EITHER RAISE TAXES THIS AMOUNT OR CUT THESE POSITIONS, AND THEN LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THOSE OPTIONS.
HAPPY TO DISCUSS FURTHER IF HELPFUL." THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. SOBIGER, AND WE WILL, IF YOU'RE ABLE, WE WOULD ENJOY ANYONE, UH, WHO'S ABLE TO STICK AROUND FOR ITEM 12 TO TALK ABOUT THE CALENDAR THAT THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR HAS PROPOSED.
PLEASE, YOUR NAME, YOUR WARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS YVONNE HOOD, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WARD SIX.
IN JUNE, I RECEIVED A NOTICE ON MY DOOR REGARDING GEOTECHNICAL TESTING BEHIND HOMES AT THE S - ON THE 6400 BLOCK OF FOREST ROAD, WHICH IS WHERE I LIVE.
I DID SOME RESEARCH, BUT I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, AND I SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORS REGARDING EROSION BEHIND SEVERAL HOMES.
SUBSEQUENTLY, I REACHED OUT TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
SHE WAS VERY RESPONSIVE AND HELPFUL.
AS I STATED TO HER, THIS IS CONCERNING TO ME AND RESIDENTS THAT ARE AFFECTED.
I UNDERSTAND THE TESTING WAS COMPLETED.
IF SO, WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME AND AN EXPLANATION AS TO HOW THE EROSION IS ONLY OCCURRING BEHIND CERTAIN HOMES AND SKIPPING OTHERS IN THE CHEVERLY GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD, LOWER BEAVER DAM CREEK WATERSHED.
THEREFORE, IF THE NOTICES WERE PLACED ON THE DOORS FROM THE ONSET, THEN I AND OTHER RESIDENTS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF EVERY PROCESS AND/OR RESOLUTION.
IF RESIDENTS HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR HOMES, WHO SHOULD BE THE POINT OF CONTACT? EROSION AFFECTING ANY HOME IN CHEVERLY, REGARDLESS OF ITS LOCATION, SHOULD CONCERN US ALL.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BRINGING THAT INFORMATION.
AND WE HAVE, I THINK, ON THE OCTOBER 22ND WORK SESSION AGENDA, UH, AN ITEM ON EROSION IN YOUR BLOCK.
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WILL HAVE THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR REACH OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY, UH, TO FOLLOW UP.IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH IS GOOD.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER RESIDENT INPUT? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE
[6.Youth Council Swearing In]
ON TO ITEM SIX, YOUTH COUNCIL SWEARING IN.IF YOU WANNA STAND JUST, JUST RIGHT HERE, JESSICA.
I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL TODAY.
I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED TO NOW HAVE A COMPLETE YOUTH COUNCIL WITH ONE YOUTH TO REPRESENT EACH WARD, AND THEN TWO YOUTH ADVISORS.
TODAY, WE WILL BE SWEARING IN AMIRA, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
AMIRA ADIDJARI, IF YOU WANNA COME UP HERE.
SHE IS THE WARD FIVE YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLIE GARCES IS STILL RECOVERING, SO HE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I TOLD HIM MAYBE I COULD CROP IN, IN THE PICTURE SOMEHOW.
ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE? YES.
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.
THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR ALLEGIANCE.
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 WARD FIVE YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER.
THE OFFICE OF WARD FIVE YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER.
FOR THE TOWN OF CHEVERLY, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND.
FOR THE TOWN OF CHEVERLY, 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 CHEVERLY.
OF THIS STATE AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHEVERLY.
CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER.
[7.Committee Reports]
TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS COMMITTEE REPORTS.AND MAY WE START WITH THE REC COUNCIL? YES.
UH, WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST, UH, MEETING SINCE THE SUMMER BREAK.
HAD A GREAT, GREAT MEETING, SOME GREAT IDEAS.
UM, THE CHEVERLY WEEK, UH, CORNHOLED,
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UH, TOURNAMENT WAS A BIG SUCCESS.A LOT OF FOLKS CAME OUT FOR THAT.
UM, THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY, HALLOWEEN PARTY AND PARADE WILL BE SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 24TH.
AS YOU KNOW, WE WILL START AT CHEESE PARK.
UH, WE SUGGEST THAT YOU GET THERE AT 10:15 WITH THE LITTLE ONES.
AND THEN OUR, UH, AWESOME POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL GUIDE US DOWN TO TOWN HALL.
SO IT'LL BE A PROMPT START, UH, AT 10:30 AND, UH, BUT GET THERE AROUND 10:15 SO WE ALL CAN BE TOGETHER AND GO DOWN TO THERE AND GET ALL THE GOODIES AGAIN THAT WILL BE AT CHEESE PARK.
UM, OUR HOLIDAY PARTY WILL BE SATURDAY THE 5TH, UM, UH, OF DECEMBER.
UH, LOOK OUT FOR THAT AS WELL FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO REVIVE THE TURKEY TRACK.
UM, SO STAY IN TUNE, UH, TOUCH FOR THAT.
AND, UH, WE ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALS COME WITH NEW IDEAS AND BE A PART OF THE REC COUNCIL, UH, FOR ENGAGEMENT IN THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT.
WE BEAT THE LAST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.
ANY QU - COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE REC COUNCIL? HEARING NONE, CHEVERLY DAY COMMITTEE? YES.
SO, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, CHEVERLY DAY WAS A WEEK OR SO AGO.
UM, DESPITE THE RAIN, WE HAD A GREAT DAY.
UM, AND DESPITE THE RAIN, WE ARE STILL GONNA HAVE SOME FIREWORKS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED TO THE 30TH OF, UH, THIS MONTH, AND THEY WILL COINCIDE WITH OUR FANTASTIC BEST IN THE COUNTY, BEST IN THE STATE, BEST ANYWHERE HAUNTED POLICE STATION.
UH, AND SO, COME OUT FOR THE HAUNTED POLICE STATION ON THE 29TH AND THE 30TH, AND THEN THAT WILL COINCIDE WITH OUR, UH, FIREWORKS ON THE 30TH.
SO, THERE WILL BE LOTS OF ENTERTAINMENT ON THE 30TH.
UH, FIREWORKS, I BELIEVE, WILL BE AT 8:30.
AND SO, COME OUT TO ENJOY THAT.
THANKS FOR A GREAT PARADE, UH, MAYOR AND MY MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME IN, UH, JUDGING ALL OF THE VARIOUS ACTS IN THE PARADE, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT CHEVERLY DAY NEXT YEAR AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO 100 YEARS OF CHEVERLY IN FIVE YEARS.
AND DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON WHEN YOU WILL HAVE A DATE FOR 27? PROBABLY BY DECEMBER.
OH, DO YOU HAVE ONE? IT'S, I THINK IT'S - I BELIEVE IT'S IN SEPTEMBER THIS NEXT YEAR.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHEVERLY DAY? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, PLANNING BOARD? SO, THE PLANNING BOARD IS NOT MEETING UNTIL NEXT WEEK, SO, UH, WE WILL BE TALKING SOME ABOUT THE UPDATES IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, INCLUDING WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH, UH, PEPSICO, UM, AND GETTING AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE HOYER BUILDING AND PGCPS'S PLAN FOR THAT.
BUT IT WAS, IT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK.
UH, WE SHOULD HAVE PGCPS COMING ON DECEMBER 1ST, UH, TO BRIEF ON THE DEMOLITION PLAN FOR HOYER.
UH, WE SEEM TO BE IN A RELATIVELY GOOD PLACE ON, ON DEVELOPMENT, ON THE DEVELOPMENT FRONT.
I WOULD SAY WE'RE ON A RELATIVELY GOOD PLACE WITH THE WALGREENS DEVELOPMENT, THE ACE HARDWARE.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT MS. ULRICH IS ABOUT TO ASSUME OWNERSHIP OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS DOUBLY GOOD BECAUSE SHE WILL ALSO BE THE OPERATOR, FINGERS CROSSED, OF THE ACE HARDWARE.
UH, WE, ON, ON OLD LANDOVER ROAD, THE WOULD BE RESTAURANT DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF ALDI'S LOADING DOCK RECEIVED THEIR DEPARTURE FOR THEIR PARKING, BUT THAT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, SO NOW, BY RIGHT, THEY CAN DEVELOP A RESTAURANT.
THEY SAY THEY WANNA DEVELOP A RESTAURANT, SO WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
IT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE THE TOWN, JUST NORTH OF THE ALDI LOADING DOCK.
UM, BUT BY RIGHT, THEY CAN BUILD AN OP - A RESTAURANT, OBVIOUSLY.
YOU NEED A LOT OF APPROVALS TO OPEN A RESTAURANT, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES I HAD.
OH, AND WE DID, THANKS TO THE CLERK, WE DID SUBMIT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, UH, ADVICE THAT, UH, PHOEBE, ELDRIDGE, AND THE PLANNING BOARD HAD PREPARED FOR THE TOWN.
UH, THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO PARK AND PLANNING.
I CAN PROVIDE ANYONE A COPY OF THAT, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE IT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI OR THE PLANNING BOARD COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, UH, IS THERE AN UPDATE FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS? OKAY.
I KNOW THAT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ARE IN, UH, UM,
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VIGOROUS CONVERSATION WITH, UH, THE TOWN ATTORNEY REGARDING THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, WHICH IF ALL GOES WELL, WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER 12TH TOWN MEETING FOR FIRST READING REGARDING, UH, CANDIDATE PROHIBITIONS.BUT I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ABOUT HOW THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING.
MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING WILLING TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM.
UH, THERE'S NO MICROPHONE HERE.
DO YOU MIND PUTTING IT BACK? THANK YOU.
UM, UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU.
UH WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF OUR, UH, UH, THREE-YEAR TERMS, ALL SEVEN OF US.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I DON'T THINK IT'S ON.
IS THE GREEN LIGHT ON? NO, IT'S ON.
UH, IS IT LIVE OR IS IT MEMOREX? ALL RIGHT.
SO AS I WAS SAYING, UH, THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ARE, UH, COMING TO THE END OF OUR, UH, THREE-YEAR TERM.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REAPPOINTMENTS COMING UP HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING ON THE 19TH OF OCTOBER, UH, TO ELECT OUR TOP THREE POSITIONS WITHIN THE COMMISSION.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE NO BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME.
PENDING ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ETHICS COMMISSION? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
WE ARE, WE HAVE DEFERRED THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT, SO I HOPE THAT THAT STILL MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO MEET ON THE 19TH IF, GIVEN THAT WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO VOTE UNTIL THE 22ND.
I GUESS WE CAN SORT THAT OUT, OR MR. DELOACH AND YOU CAN SORT THAT OUT.
I APOLOGIZE AND I, WE APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, ALL RIGHT, HOMETOWN HEROES, ANY UPDATE? NO UPDATE AT, AT THIS MOMENT.
AND I, MS. WHITE, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THE YOUTH BEYOND TONIGHT'S FESTIVITIES? NO.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR COUNCIL ON HOMETOWN HEROES OR THE YOUTH PROGRAM? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, THAT TAKES US TO ITEM
[8.Pepco Aerial Fiber Cable Installation]
EIGHT, THE PEPCO AERIAL FIBER CABLE INSTALLATION.MR. GALLOWAY, IS THIS YOU? SURE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND BRING PEPCO TO THE, UM, PODIUM TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION REGARDING THE AREA FIBER CABLE INSTALLATION.
AS YOU KNOW, PEPCO WILL BE DOING A PROJECT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON IT.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, PLEASE COME PEPCO.
PLEASE TURN THE GREEN LIGHT ON AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL FIBER ENGINEER FOR DEMOVER POWER AND PEPCO.
STEVE MCALLISTER, SENIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER FOR DELMO EVERPOWER AND PEPCO.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THIS IS A, A PROJECT THAT WILL, IS BASICALLY A CONTROL CABLE BETWEEN THE SUBSTATIONS OF LANHAM AND TUXEDO.
UM, THE EXISTING CABLE WE HAVE IS AN UNDERGROUND CABLE.
IT'S QUITE OLD AND IT'S BEGINNING TO GET TO THE END OF ITS LIFE CYCLE AND ITS CAPACITY, MEANING WE HAVE A QUITE A BIT OF CIRCUITS THAT RIDE THROUGH THAT.
UH, THE CONTROL CABLE JUST DOESN'T CONTROL THE SUBSTATION ITSELF.
IT, IT HAS YOUR SMART METERS FOR ALL YOUR HOMES ON IT.
IT HAS OUR DEVICES IN THE FIELD.
UM, IT HAS OUR CORPORATE TRAFFIC THAT RUNS THROUGH IT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, A CONTROL CABLE FOR THE SUBSTATION, WHICH IS QUITE CRITICAL FOR OUR OPERATIONS, BUT IT INCREASES OUR RELIABILITY ACROSS OUR GRID.
SO THE MORE WE CAN UPGRADE AND PROVIDE, IN THIS CASE, A DIVERSE PATHWAY, SO IN CASE WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE EXISTING CABLE, THEN WE HAVE A DIVERSE AND FOLLOW-UP BACKUP WHERE NO SYSTEMS OR SERVICES WILL BE, UH, INTERRUPTED OR DISRUPTED AT ALL.
UM, THE PROJECT IS ABOUT 6,600 FEET LONG.
UM, I DO BELIEVE YOU WERE GIVEN ALL THE MAPS OF WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE.
UM, WE'RE EXPECTING THE PROJECT TO TAKE ABOUT 10 OR SO DAYS TO COMPLETE - WEATHER PERMITTING.
W - THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE NEVER KNOW HOW WE'RE, HOW IT'S GONNA REACT TO US, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 10 WORKING DAYS.
THERE WILL BE A FOLLOW-ON PEPCO SPLICE
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TRUCK THAT WILL COME IN BEHIND US.THERE ARE THREE SPLICE LOCATIONS WHERE WE, WE MAKE QUITE A BIT OF NUMBER OF TURNS AND WE'LL HAVE TO PUT A SPLICE ON THE POLE.
THE CABLE WILL ALMOST BE INVISIBLE TO YOU.
IT'LL BE ABOVE OUR NEUTRAL INTO WHAT WE CALL OUR POWER SPACES.
UH, WE WON'T MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE POLES AT ALL.
WE WON'T BE OFF THE ROADS AT ALL.
THERE'LL BE PROBABLY TWO TO FOUR TRUCKS INVOLVED.
TRAFFIC CONTROL BY REGULATIONS IS NOT ALLOWED TO STOP TRAFFIC AT ALL UNLESS WE ARE BACKING UP OR BLOCKING TRAFFIC TO MOVE ONE OF OUR VEHICLES AROUND.
TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL BE IN PLACE AT ALL TIMES AND IT WILL ADHERE TO THE COUNTY AND STATE REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE.
UM, WE ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC CONTROL, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A DANGEROUS OPERATION FOR US, WE ALLOW THE CONTRACTORS TO HAVE EXTRA CRASH ATTENUATORS OUT THERE AND TRAFFIC CONTROL AS, AS NECESSARY.
AND WE BLANKET APPROVE THOSE REQUESTS FROM OUR CONTRACTOR.
UH, WE WILL HAVE ONE OF OUR FIELD REPRESENTATIVES ON SITE, WHETHER IT'LL BE MYSELF, STEVE, OR OUR FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, ONE OF US WILL BE AROUND ALL, AT ALL TIME.
UM, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS. WE DO THIS MANY TIMES.
IT WON'T BE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BLOCK A STREET FOR A, A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AS WE PROGRESS DOWN THE STREET AND WE ATTACH THE CABLE TO THE POLE, WE WILL BOUND FORWARD AND TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL BOUND WITH US.
SO WE WILL NOT DISRUPT ANY PARTICULAR AREA FOR ANY GIVEN, ANY LENGTH OF TIME.
UM, WE'RE HOPING F- FOR THE BEST.
SOMETIMES WE CAN PULL CABLE, UH, AS SHORT AS THIS AT 6,600 FEET IN A VERY QUICK PURP - UH, PRO - YOU KNOW, TIMEFRAME, BUT WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE GIVEN THE WEATHER AND TRAFFIC PERMISSION, UH, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
SO WE MAY SLOW DOWN IF WE HAVE HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME, WE'LL TAKE OUR TIME, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL SETUPS ARE, ARE PERFECT BEFORE WE CONTINUE.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY, IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT WE PROPOSE AND WHAT THE CABLE IS ACTUALLY FOR.
UM, WE'RE CERTAINLY AMENABLE TO OFF HOURS AND WE'LL ADHERE TO THE, TO THE CITY'S HOURLY.
WE TYPICALLY PERFORM THINGS LIKE THIS BETWEEN 9:00 AND 3:00, AND WE ARE CLEANED UP AND OFF THE ROAD BY 3:00 PM.
SO UNLESS THERE IS ANYTHING COMING FROM THE CITY, WE WOULD ADHERE TO THAT.
IF THE CITY WOULD ASK FOR OFF HOURS, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY, UM, APPLY FOR THAT IF, IF YOU'D LIKE US TO DO IT OFF HOURS, MEANING SOMETIMES AFTER THE EVENING RUSH HOUR TO 5:00 AM, WE, WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR CITIES THAT REQUESTED THAT, UM, TO MINIMIZE ANY SERVICE DISRUPTIONS TO THE TOWN.
BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY OF SERIOUS DISRUPTIONS IN THIS CASE.
WE ARE MAKING NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE ELECTRIC GRID.
WHAT DID YOU SAY WAS THE START DATE? UM, THE START DATE IS DEPENDING ON THE COUNCIL AND THE APPROVAL OF THE PERMITTING.
UM, WE HAVE ALREADY APPRO - UH, APPLIED AND HAVE RECEIVED OUR PERMITS FROM THE COUNTY.
SO WE WOULD GIVE YOU A FIVE-DAY NOTICE BEFORE WE BEGIN WORK ONCE THE PERMIT IS ISSUED, AND THEN A THREE-DAY WARNING, LIKE BEFORE THREE DAYS OUT, WE'LL CALL AGAIN TO CONFIRM THAT EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO FOR US, AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED, UM, AT YOUR DISCRETION.
UH, IS THERE, UM, MR. HUNTER OR DEPUTY CHIEF, ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD AT THIS TIME? NO.
COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PEPCO AERIAL FIBER CABLE INSTALLATION? OKAY.
UH, COUNCIL, YOU'LL GET ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE.
IF YOU WANNA, UM, STAND BY, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THEIR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING.
SO IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE PEPCO WORK PROPOSAL, UH, JUST G - PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME, YOUR WARD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, MY NAME IS JOHN FIERCE, UH, WARD SIX.
UM, IN OUR WARD, OUR ELECTRIC, UH, WIRING IS UNDERGROUND, AND I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS MAYBE PEPCO HAD PUT DOWN THESE ORANGE DOTS PAINTINGS ON THE, ON, UH, MY DRIVEWAY.
DOES IT - MARK OUTSIDE THE MARKET.
IS THAT PART, IS, IS - SOMETIMES IT PROCEEDS - OKAY.
N- N - GUYS, YOU HAVE TO TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
DO YOU GUYS WANNA COME BACK IN RESPONSE SO THAT THE TRANSLATOR CAN, CAN TRANSLATE?
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WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO ARE, ARE WHAT WE CALL MARK OUTS.WE, WE DO, PERIODICALLY, WE'LL MARK OUT WHERE THE ELECTRIC GRID RUNS ON YOUR PROPERTY OWNERS SO THAT IT'S CLEARLY VISIBLE.
UM, SOMETIMES IT PR - IT PROCEEDS ACTUAL WORK BEING CONDUCTED, ALTHOUGH THEY SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED YOU IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY GONNA DIG OR DO ANYTHING THERE.
SO THEY WON'T PROCEED WITH ANY WORK UNTIL YOU'RE NOTIFIED AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
SO SOMETIMES IF THEY HAVE A JOB COMING UP IN A, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THEY'LL DO THAT.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'RE JUST MARKING THAT OUT FOR YOU.
NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE THOSE OF US THAT LIVE IN THE PARTS OF TOWN THAT ARE 100% AERIAL, IT'S AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE.
IT, IT, IT ALSO, IT ALSO COULD BE ANOTHER, LIKE, IT COULD BE A COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT ACTUAL COLOR THE MARKS ARE.
IF THEY'RE RED, THEY, THEY WOULD BE PEPCO.
IF THEY'RE ORANGE, THEY WOULD BE COMMUNICATIONS.
THEY'RE ORANGE, THAT'S COMMUNICATIONS, THAT'S PROBABLY A THIRD PARTY, MAYBE VERIZON, OR WHATEVER YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER IS THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CITY.
MR. HUNTER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, THE, UH, WHILE YOU ALL ARE TRAVERSING THIS DISTANCE TO 6600 FEET, MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT YOU ALL, WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER TREES, THAT THERE IS A, UH, A PROXIMITY FOR WHICH THE TREES CAN'T ENCOUNTER THOSE LINES.
UH, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY GUESS.
UM, THE QUESTION IS, WHILE YOU'RE RUNNING THIS LINE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IF THERE IS AN INFRINGEMENT ON THAT PROXIMITY, THAT WOULD BE CORRECTED AS YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE BOOM LIFTS WORKING TO RUN THE WIRES? TYPICALLY, IN THE, THE CITY OF DC, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANY TREE TRIMMING, UM, AT ALL.
UH, IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR US TO ACTUALLY PRUNE THE TREE.
WE CAN RUN THE CABLE BETWEEN LIMBS.
IT'S DESIGNED TO TAKE QUITE A BIT OF PUNISHMENT, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE TO, BECAUSE IF YOU DO HAVE A STORM AND THAT LIMB COMES DOWN, IT COULD TAKE OUR CABLE WITH IT.
UM, WE WOULD ASK FOR THE COUNCIL'S OPINION ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO DO.
TYPICALLY, WE WOULDN'T PRUNE TREES WITHOUT HOMEOWNERS OR THE CITY'S APPROVAL TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA OVERSTEP OR, OR PROVIDE TOO MUCH PRUNING AND THEN IT, IT LOOKS ON SLIGHTLY FOR THE HOMEOWNER.
SO IF WE DID, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND ASK FOR A GUIDANCE ON EXACTLY HOW YOU WOULD WISH US TO PROCEED.
IF WITHOUT ANY, WE WOULD NOT PRUNE THE TREE AT ALL AND WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THE CABLE UP THERE WITHOUT DOING ANY MODIFICATION TO THE TREE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
IF, IF THERE IS A T- TREE IN THE BOX THAT YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WOULD RECOMMEND TRIMMING, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO GIVE MR. HUNTER A CALL AND THEN HE CAN FACILITATE A CONVERSATION.
IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO EVERYONE TO HAVE THE TRIMMING DONE, BUT YEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, GIVE HIM A QUICK CALL, UM, THAT WILL PROBABLY GET THE RESIDENT INPUT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
OKAY, MR. MAYOR, THAT IS OUR PROCEDURE AND WE WOULD - PERFECT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? MR. GALLOWAY, HELLO.
HELLO, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY.
I'M SORRY TO BE JOINING AS A MEMBER OF THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IN AN EFFORT IN MAKING TODAY'S STUDENTS INTO TOMORROW'S LEADERS AND WORKING WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY A YOUTH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, UM, REGARDING PEPCO.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOW THE YOUTH COUNCIL TO COME AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS BECAUSE, UH, THOSE CONCERNS SHOULD BE TAKEN, UM, AS WELL, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AND LIGHTING.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL HAVE THE YOUTH COUNCIL FROM WARD ONE COME AND PRESENT, UH, TO, UH, PEPCO SOME OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT, UH, SHE HAS.
I'M PART OF THE YOUTH TOWN COUNCIL.
AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE STREETLIGHTS ON CHEVERLY AVENUE, AND THEY'RE, LIKE, DARK, YOU CANNOT SEE A THING.
SO IT'S LIKE YOU'RE WALK - YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COMING DOWN AND IT'S JUST PITCH BLACK.
AND IT'S LIKE A SA - LIKE, YOU KNOW, A SAFETY HAZARD.
UM, IT'S LIKE, SO IMAGINE I, I GOT A NEW PUPPY, SO IMAGINE I'M WALKING HIM AND, YOU KNOW, ME AND MY FAMILY, WE'RE WALKING DOWN, AND THEN THERE'S, LIKE, SOMEBODY YOU JUST CAN'T SEE THEM ON THE SIDE.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SEE THEM.
AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BE BAD
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AND TRYING TO HARM US, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BAD.AND I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN, SO, YOU KNOW, STREETLI- STREETLIGHTS COULD BE FIXED AND ACTUALLY, LIKE, SHINE AND YOU CAN SEE THEM, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT.
SO JUST FOR THE, THE INTEREST OF COMMUNICATING, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS, IF YOU ALL ARE FIXING STREETLIGHTS, BUT WE HAVE, UM, REPORTED THE STREETLIGHT THAT SHE'S REFERRING TO, TO THE APP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH ONE OF YOU TO GET IT TO THE APPROPRIATE PERSON.
WE'RE NOT STREETLIGHTS, BUT, UH, YEAH, IF YOU REFER THAT TO, TO ME, WE WILL DEFINITELY TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON TO GET THAT TO.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL OR PEPCO ABOUT THE AERIAL FIBER CABLE INSTALLATION? I DON'T SEE ANY ONLINE.
COUNCIL, UH, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM YOU ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL OR THE PROJECT? AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO, UM, CONGRATULATE THE, UM, YOUTH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE MS. RICHARDS FROM WARD ONE TO DO THAT.
YOU HAVE ADULTS WHO CAN'T, UM, PUBLIC SPEAK, SO I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT THAT, AND ALSO, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO MY RESIDENTS, UM, ABOUT MEETING WITH THE PEPCO RESIDENT, UM, POINT OF CONTACT, MS. UH, MC- MCNEIR, RONNIE MCTEER, UH, DOING A DRIVE, DRIVE AROUND IN WARD ONE.
SO IF YOU'RE ANY WARD ONE RESIDENTS, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT ANYTHING, UH, CONCERNS, AS WAS ELOQUENTLY S- STATED BY MS. RICHARDS.
WE'LL BE DOING THAT AT THE END OF THE MONTH, SO, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ANYTHING FURTHER? MR. GALLOWAY OR, UH, MR. HUNTER, DEPUTY CHIEF, ANYTHING? GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR COMING BY.
WE APPRECIATE THE DIRECT FACE-TO-FACE, UH, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, TACKLING THIS PROJECT.
[9.Closed Meeting Summary]
WE'RE ONTO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS THE CLOSED MEDIUM, ME -SO LET ME FIND THAT, AND THEN I WILL READ IT INTO THE RECORD, AND IT WILL BE APPENDED TO THE MINUTES OF THIS OCTOBER 8TH MEETING.
CLOSED MEETING SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 10, 2026.
ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2026, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CONVENE A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO MARYLAND CODE 3101 OF THE GENERAL PROVISION ARTICLE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CONVENED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGULAR MEETING AT 9:55 PM BY MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR BREINER.
IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI, AND THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS TO HOLD A CLOSED SESSION.
THE MEETING WAS CLOSED FOR FOUR REASONS UNDER THE STATE LAW, B1, TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE, DEMOTION, COMPENSATION, REMOVAL, RESIGNATION, OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES, EMPLOYEES, OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM THIS PUBLIC BODY HAS JURISDICTION, OR FOR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL.
ALSO UNDER B1, TO DISCUSS THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND MATTERS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT ACQUISITION.
OH, EXCUSE ME, B7, WHICH IS THE THIRD ITEM, TO DISCUSS WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE, AND B8, THE FOURTH, UH, REASON, CONSULT WITH STAFF, CONSULTANTS, OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS ABOUT PENDING OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION.
THOSE PRESENT IN THE CLOSED SESSION WERE THE ENTIRE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, EXCEPT COUNCIL MEMBER GARCES, WHO WAS EXCUSED, POLICE CHIEF DAVE MORRIS, TOWN ADMINISTRATOR DELAINE GALLOWAY, ROBIN BARNHART FOR PART OF THE MEETING, AND JASON DELOACH, ESQUIRE, THE TOWN ATTORNEY FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING.
DURING THE CLOSED SESSION, MS. BARNHART PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON A TOWN PROJECT WITH LEGAL IMPLICATIONS, AND ATTORNEY DELOACH PROVIDED LEGAL ADVICE ON THE MATTER.
MS. BARNHART WAS EXCUSED AFTER THAT DISCUSSION.
CHIEF MORRIS DISCUSSED AN ISSUE POTENTIALLY IMPACTING FUTURE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING.
ATTORNEY DELOACH PROVIDED LEGAL GUIDANCE ON THE ISSUE.
CHIEF MORRIS DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL IM - FISCAL IMPACT ON A NEW LAW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MUST COMPLY WITH REGARDING UNIFORMS. ATTORNEY DELOACH
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PROVIDED ADVICE ON THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THAT LAW.MR. GALLOWAY BRIEFED THE COUNCIL ON A PERSONNEL ISSUE INVOLVING THE TENURE OF A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE.
MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON A POTENTIAL REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
THE MEETING WAS DESER - WAS ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AT 11:24 PM.
NO ACTIONS WERE TAKEN DURING THE MEETING.
AND AS I SAID, TH- THAT SUMMARY WILL BE APPENDED TO THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR THE RECORD.
[11. Request for Variance & Special Exception*]
COUNSEL, WE ARE ON TO ITEM 11 ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE REQUEST FOR VARIANCE AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A PROPERTY ON FOREST ROAD IN WARD ONE.MR. GALLOWAY? OKAY, MAYOR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, VICE MAYOR IS ON AND HAS BEEN ON BEFORE 8:00 PM.
UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS KNOWN ON THE RECORD.
SO JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE 6000 FOREST ROAD, THE, UH, FENCE SPECIAL EXEMPTION REQUEST, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AT 6000 FOREST ROAD HAVE REQUESTED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF A FOUR-FOOT FENCE ALONG FOREST ROAD AND A SIX-FOOT FENCE ALONG HAWTHORNE STREET WITH PORTIONS OF THE PROPOSED FENCING LOCATED WITHIN THE BUILDING RESTRICTED RESTRICTION LINE.
UNDER THE TOWN'S FENCE ORDINANCE, THE PROPOSED FENCE PLACEMENT WITHIN THE BRL BUILDING RESTRICTION LINE REQUIRES APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL EXCEPTION BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF FENCE PLACEMENT ISSUE PREVIOUSLY RAISED IN THE, IN DIFFERENT, UM, UH, FENCING THROUGHOUT TOWN, WHICH PROMPT THE TOWN TO AMEND ITS ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS FOR SUCH REQUEST.
AS PART OF THE APPLICATION REVIEW, STAFF REQUESTED CL- CLARIFICATION OF THE PROPOSED FENCE LOCATION RELATIVE TO THE PROPERTY LINE, THE BUILDING RESTRICTION LINE, PUBLIC SIDEWALKS ALONG STREET VIEW, ILLUSTRATIONS TO BETTER ASSESS THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS.
UH, THE, ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER THE 7TH, MYSELF ALONG WITH A CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND WALKED THE SITE TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED FENCE PLACEMENT.
DURING THE VISIT, UH, WE EXPRESSED CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROXIMITY OF THE PROPOSED FENCING TO THE SIDEWALK AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RESTRICTED SIGHT LINES OR BLIND SPOTS ALONG HAWTHORNE STREET AND NEAR THE DRIVEWAY SERVING THE DETACHED GARAGE.
THE RESIDENT EXPLAINED THAT THE SIX-FOOT FENCE ALONG HAWTHORNE STREET IS IMPORTANT FOR PRIVACY BECAUSE THE RESIDENT SITS AT A LOWER ELEVATION THAN THE STREET AND SIDEWALK PEDESTRIANS CAN SEE DIRECTLY INTO PORTIONS OF THE HOME.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESIDENT'S PRIVACY CONCERNS WHILE EMPHASIZING THE NEEDS TO MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FROM THE SIDEWALK AND VISIBILITY NEAR THE DRIVEWAY.
UH, WE BOTH AGREED, UH, THAT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION SHOULD BE APPROVED.
THE FENCE SHOULD BE SET BACK AT LEAST ONE FOOT FROM THE SIDEWALK ON HAWTHORNE STREET OR FARTHER WHERE PRACTIC- PRACTICABLE TO AVOID OBSTRUCTING PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT AND REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR INCIDENTAL DAMAGE TO THE FENCE FROM THE SIDEWALK.
UH, SO AS FAR AS THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THIS FENCE EXCEPTION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE DO NOT, UH, WE DO NOT OBJECT, UM, THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION OF THE, OF THE PROPOSED FENCE.
SO, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT TO APPROVE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
THE EXCEPTION IS FOR THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE OR THE LOCATION? THE LOCATION.
AND, AND, AND THE EXCEPTION, THE, THE PROBLEMATIC LOCATION, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, IS ON FOREST ROAD? IT'S ON FOREST ROAD, YES, BECAUSE FOREST ROAD WOULD BE CONSIDERED THEIR FRONT YARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER WADE? ANY INPUT? NO.
UM, THE PARTICULAR RESIDENT CAME, UM, TO ME REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST, UM, EARLIER, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO.
THEY DID GO THROUGH THE PROPER STEPS, UH, CORRECT ME IF I' WRONG, MR. GALLOWAY, WITH THE COUNTY AS
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WELL.UM, SO, UM, I THINK THAT BASED ON THAT AND BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING, OTHER EXCEPTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE THAT...
AND OF COURSE, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, UH, UH, VARIANCE, UM, SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE PROPERTY AT FOREST ROAD.
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. TANSEY.
UM, I TRIED TO FIGURE THIS OUT FROM THE DESIGN.
OR IS THERE A SETBACK? IT WOULD BE A TWO-FOOT SETBACK THERE ON FOREST.
SO THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S FAIRLY UNUSUAL TO HAVE THE FENCE RIGHT ON - IT'S A CORNER LOT.
AND THE, THE PERSON CATTY-CORNER TO THEM, UM, AT FOREST AND LAKE, UM, AT LEAST USED TO HAVE A FENCE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS MUCH MORE SETBACK.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SIX OR EIGHT OR WHATEVER FEET SETBACK.
BUT YOU DON'T, YOU, YOU THINK TWO FEET IS, IS APPROPRIATE, THAT THAT'S NOT...
YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT INCIDENTAL DAMAGE AND WHATEVER.
I GUESS FOR ME, IT, IT'S MORE ABOUT FEELING IMPOSING, BUT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE LETTER'S POINT THAT THEIR FRONT FACES THE DIAGONAL.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE LINE WE CARE ABOUT.
BUT YOU THINK THE, THE LOCATION ON FOREST ROAD IS APPROPRIATE? YES.
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER BRYANT.
AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON THE CORNER LOT, I 100% UNDERSTAND THIS, UH, ISSUE, ALTHOUGH WE NEVER GOT AROUND TO THINKING ABOUT A FENCE OR ASKING FOR A VARIANCE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS, THE COUNTY DRAWING, THERE'S A BOX THAT SAYS THE LOCATION WHERE THE FOUR-FOOT HIGH FENCE IS REQUIRED IS IN YELLOW, BUT IT'S A BLACK AND WHITE COPY.
IS THE WHOLE FENCE SIX FEET OR ARE PARTS OF IT FOUR FEET? OH, THE, THE SIDE ON FOREST ROAD, UM, IS FOUR FEET.
THE TRANSITION FROM FOUR TO SIX, IS THAT, IS THAT THE, IS THAT THE POINT? I THINK THEY WOULD CONNECT IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, ACTUALLY, SO...
ANYTHING FURTHER, VICE MAYOR? NO, THAT'S IT.
UH, COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION...
LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC INPUT BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? UH, WOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING THIS VARIANCE AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST?.
SEEING NO PUBLIC INPUT, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL? YES.
I MOVE THAT THE MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, CAN VOTE TO, UH, APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE AND SPECIAL EX- EXCEPTION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6000 FOREST ROAD.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WADE AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL? IT'S OKAY TO DISCUSS THE MOTION, IF ANYONE WANTS TO DISCUSS IT.
HEARING NO DISCUSSION, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE, UH, ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY EX - ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, I THINK I HEARD IT PASS SIX-ZERO IF EVERYONE WAS VOTING.
UH, THE VARIANCE AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION ARE, ARE APPROVED.
[12. FY28 Budget Calendar]
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 12, THE FY28 BUDGET CALENDAR.THE BUDGET SEASON DOESN'T SEEM TOO FAR AWAY NOW.
UM, SO, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST TO PROVIDE AN...
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WE ARE IN THE ENDING OF THE AUDIT AND INTEND ON HAVING THAT COMPLETED AND PRESENTED HERE SOON.I WILL, UM, PUT THAT ON THE SCHEDULE AS SOON AS I'M AWARE THAT EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED, OKAY? UM, AS WE'RE EVALUATING RIGHT NOW FISCAL YEAR 27, UM, IN YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING, YOU WILL SEE FISCAL YEAR 28 BUDGET CALENDAR.
AND I AM ASKING EVERYONE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH SCRUTINY, UH, TO THE CALENDAR AS NECESSARY, UM, AS THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN PRODUCING THE TOWN'S BUDGET.
SO, UM, WE WILL GET STARTED WITH HAVING ALL DEPARTMENT BUDGETS DUE TO ME BY FRIDAY, JANUARY THE 29TH.
UM, THIS GIVES THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS TO EVALUATE WHERE WE ARE, UM, AFTER THE FIRST SIX MONTHS AND TO MAKE PROJECTIONS AS TO WHAT THEY WILL FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, FEBRUARY 22ND THROUGH THE 26TH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES WILL BE DUE TO ME.
AND THIS WILL ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS, UH, WITH, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS YEAR WHENEVER WE'RE GOING OVER THE BUDGET, NO ONE IS UNAWARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE EITHER PUT IN.
UM, SO I DON'T WANT ANY SURPRISES, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE THIS AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.
EARLY MARCH, WE USUALLY GET THE CONSTANT YIELD MEMO EITHER THE END OF FEBRUARY TO THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU ALL SHOULD RECEIVE THAT CONSTANT YIELD ASSESSMENT THEN.
AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO OUR BUDGET MEETINGS, UM, THURSDAY, MARCH THE 7TH.
UH, THAT WOULD BE THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND OUR REVENUE.
WE WILL HAVE THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
APRIL THE 8TH, WE WILL HAVE THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET, UH, PRESENTATION.
THURSDAY, APRIL 15TH, THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET REVIEW FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
AND ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH, WE INTEND ON HAVING AN ALL DEPARTMENT BUDGET REVIEW.
AND IF NECESSARY THE VERY NEXT DAY, HAVE THE CONSTANT YIELD HEARING IF IT'S THE WILL TO INCREASE TAXES.
ON THURSDAY, MAY 13TH, UH, THAT WILL BE THE FINAL BUDGET REVIEW AND THE FIRST READER OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27TH, THE SECOND READER OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE.
AND THURSDAY, JUNE 10TH, FINAL READER OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE AND PASSAGE.
SO ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO THE CALENDAR AS OUTLINED BELOW? SO THE FIR - MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, IF WE HAVE A CONSTANT YIELD TAX HEARING ON THE 6TH OF MAY, WHEN DO WE VOTE ON THE TAX RATE? BECAUSE WE HAVE IN RECENT YEARS HAD A SEPARATE VOTE ON THE TAX RATE AND WE HAVE CONSIDERED IT GOSH TO VOTE RIGHT AFTER THE TAX, CONSTANT YIELD TAX HEARING.
UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE TONIGHT, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADOPTING THE CALENDAR TONIGHT, BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO BUILD IN ANOTHER WEEK SOMEWHERE THERE TO HAVE THE TAX HEARING, WHICH WE ALMOST CERTAINLY NEED TO HAVE BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY UNLIKELY THAT WE WOULD EVER CHOOSE TO LOWER THE TAX RATE TO ACHIEVE CONSTANT YIELD.
UM, THAT'S, THAT WOULD REQUIRE...
IN ORDER TO HIT CONSTANT YIELD, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO LOWER THE RATE FROM 60 CENTS TO SOMETHING AROUND 56 AND A HALF CENTS.
I'M SPITBALLING HERE, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT WE WOULD DO THAT.
SO WE WILL NEED TO HAVE A CONSTANT RATE HEARING.
UH, AND THEN I DON'T WANT TO VOTE AN HOUR LATER ON THE RATE, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE RATE VOTE BEFORE THE FIRST READER, SIR.
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YES, WE COULD HAVE IT BETWEEN THE 6TH AND THE 13TH.I THINK, I THINK THAT'S FINE IF YOU WANNA CHECK THE CALENDARS.
IT CAN BE A STANDALONE, YOU KNOW, 45 MINUTE TO THREE HOUR MEETING, DEPENDING ON THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RATES.
I SHOULD SAY RATES, BECAUSE WE WILL ALSO BE SETTING THE MULTIFAMILY RATE AS WELL AS THE SINGLE FAMILY RATE.
UM, I THINK EARLY MAY MAKES SENSE OFF THE CUFF.
MY SECOND POINT, AND THEN I'LL TURN TO OTHERS.
UM, YEAH, I THANK YOU FOR BUILDING IN THE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS.
UH, I THINK THOSE CAN OCCUR ANYTIME IN FEBRUARY, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO REACH OUT, EACH OF US, SEVEN, TO REACH OUT TO THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR TO SET THOSE UP AND LET THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE HIM TO BRING THE DEPUTY CHIEF, THE CHIEF.
BY THEN, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LIKELY BE QUITE NEW IN THE JOB.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE HIM TO BRING ANYONE ELSE FROM THE STAFF, PLEASE LET THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR KNOW SUFFICIENTLY SO THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIAL CAN HAVE ONE, YOU KNOW, ONE, UH, EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE MEETING WHERE ALL THEIR QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED, WHICH I, I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE SPIRIT OF THAT ON AND PUTTING THAT ON HERE.
AND, AND MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UH, I KNOW, UH, VICE MAYOR BREINER HAS HER HAND UP, BUT I, I WILL SAY, ANYTIME...
I, I JUST DON'T WANT TO LIMIT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS THE WEEK OF THE FEBRUARY 22ND THROUGH THE 26TH.
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME, I'M WILLING TO MEET.
JUST LET ME GET THROUGH THE JANUARY 29TH ASPECT OF IT, UH, BECAUSE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, YOU KNOW, IS CHIEF ON? I'M JUST KIDDING.
IT'S JUST LIKE
UM, I, I'LL JUST ASK IF YOU LET ME GET PAST JANUARY THE 29TH AND THEN WE CAN MEET ONE-ON-ONE AS MUCH AS WE NEED TO UP UNTIL THE, THE PASSAGE OF THE BUS - BUDGET, SO.
UM, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, WHERE DOES ELECTION DAY AND SWEARING IN OF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS FALL, UM, IN MAY? I COULD PROBABLY TRY TO GOOGLE IT.
UM, I ACTUALLY THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER MEETING IN HERE BEFORE THE BUDGET REVIEW ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH, UM, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IS WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS ABOUT THE SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, AND THEN THEY BRING IT ALL BACK TO A BUDGET REVIEW ON MAY 5TH, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY IS THE CONSTANT YIELD TAX HEARING.
SO ANY FURTHER FEEDBACK THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ISN'T ABLE TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE ALL OF A SUDDEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TAX RATE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE WILL HAVE THE CONSTANT YIELD CONVERSATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, SO WE KIND OF HAVE A GOAL OR, OR AT LEAST AN IDEA OF WHERE WE NEED TO GET TO.
UM, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MISSING THIS PAST YEAR WAS ANOTHER CHANCE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE AS A WHOLE BEFORE WE GOT TO THE CONSTANT YIELD TAX HEARING.
AND I THINK WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT THE MAY 5TH MEETING IS STRUCTURED CORRECTLY, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ONE DAY BEFORE THE CONSTANT YIELD TAX HEARING.
ELLA, WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK AND TRY TO STRETCH THE CALENDAR A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SORRY, YOU HAD OTHER ITEMS, VICE MAYOR? IT WAS JUST MY QUESTION ABOUT WHEN, WHEN ELECTION DAY AND SWEARING IN OF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS FALLS IN THIS CALENDAR.
IT'S ON THE 3RD OF MAY? AND THE SWEARING IN IS ON THE 13TH.
AND, AND THEN THERE'D BE A 10-DAY, YOU KNOW, TRANSITION JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE CALENDAR FALLS AND THE SWEARING IN WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY THE 13TH.
WHEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S THE TOWN MEETING.
UH, UNLESS WE CHANGE THE CHARTER TO PUSH THE DATE.
WHAT? UH, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE...
OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE NEW COUNCIL'S IN JUNE, THIS IN MAY.
I MEAN, WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR THAT.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION.
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UH, SO MR. GALLOWAY, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE COME IN AFTER ALL THE RESIDENT INPUT WAS DONE, BUT, UM, A WARD FOUR RESIDENT DID HAVE SOME POINTS THAT I THINK ARE WORTH, UH, LOOKING AT IN, IN THE NOTES.UM, ONE, HE SAID, UH, THAT WE SHOULD SPEAK TO THE STAFF AND COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT SO WE CAN GET A SENSE FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY WANT IN THE BUDGET.
SECOND, HE ASKED FOR POWERPOINTS WITH THIS YEAR AND PREVIOUS YEAR'S COMPARISONS AND WHAT EACH BUDGET I - BUDGET ITEM MEANT BECAUSE HE SAID IT WAS SOME OF THE THINGS WERE HARD TO FOLLOW LAST YEAR.
AND HE ASKED US TO FRAME DISCUSSIONS AS A CHOICE.
SO RATHER THAN JUST RAISE TAXES OR LOWER TAXES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TAXES VERSUS HIS EXAMPLE WAS THE S - THE SIZE OF THE POLICE FORCE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HEARD IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD POINT THAT DOES REQUIRE SOME, UM, STRUCTURING.
I AGREE WITH THE VICE MAYOR THAT THE EARLIER WE GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE BUDGET IS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO BE RELATIVE TO COSTS, THE BETTER, BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT, UM, DISCUSSIONS ARE MORE PRODUCTIVE IF WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT SCALE WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, BEFOREHAND.
IS COUNCILMEMBER FRYE, IS YOUR HAND UP? IT IS.
UM, I KNOW AT THE END OF THE LAST BUDGET SEASON, UH, ONE OF THE REQUESTS THAT I HAD MADE WAS THAT WE HAVE A, I GUESS A...
I DON'T WANNA SAY IT'S A HEARING PER SE, BUT, UM, THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A HEARING WHERE WE CAN PRESENT WHAT WE THINK IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE, UM, AHEAD OF TIME, EARLY ENOUGH WHERE AS RESIDENTS HAVE, UM, DIFFERENT CONCERNS OR SUGGESTIONS, WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM.
UM, AND I, AND I BELIEVE WE WERE DISCUSSING DOING THAT TOWARDS THE BEGINNING, NOT TOWARDS THE END, SO THAT IT'S NOT MAKING LAST MINUTE CHANGES AND MORE WORK LIKE WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED THIS PAST SEASON.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE AND I DON'T THINK I SEE SOMETHING THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT THAT REQUEST WAS ASKING FOR.
AND WAS THAT SOMETHING MORE LIKE AKIN TO A COMMUNITY MEETING OR LIKE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WHERE WE WOULD INVITE NOT ONLY C - ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT ALSO RESIDENTS TO SPEAK GENERALLY ABOUT AT WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THE BUDGET? UM, NO, ACTUALLY, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT, UH, WHAT DOES OUR, UM, WHAT DOES OUR BUDGET LOOK LIKE IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE'RE AT? WHAT DO WE THINK WOULD BE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION REGARDING OUR TAXES? AND THEN LAYING THAT OUT SO THAT WE KNOW KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, AND THEN WE GO AND KIND OF DISSECT THROUGH EVERYTHING, UM, SO THAT YOU ALREADY KIND OF SET THE TONE.
BECAUSE WITH THE CONSTANT YIELD HEARING, THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF FIGURED OUT WHERE THE TAXES SORT OF NEED TO BE, AND THEN WE HAVE THIS TAX HEARING AND EVERYONE FEELS LIKE THEY'RE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WAS TO TRY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION EARLIER.
PERHAPS, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF FEBRUARY ON THIS, ON THIS CHART, WE HAVE A GENERAL BUDGET KIND OF...
A PRESENTATION FROM THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR TO SAY, "HEY, WE'RE NOT DIVING INTO SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS AND WE'RE NOT GONNA HEAR SPECIFIC, LIKE, DETAILED DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS, BUT HERE IS, HERE ARE THE FIRST FIVE PAGES OF THE BUDGET IN A HIGH LEVEL, YOU KNOW, PROPOSAL.
WE PUT THAT OUT 48 HOURS AHEAD OF THAT, THAT MEETING, AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO THAT AT THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT IT IS AT, THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT?" UM, YEAH, I MEAN, IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR JUST...
I THINK THAT, UM, TOWN LEADERSHIP FOR, LIKE, OUR, OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS MAY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY NEED.
UM, I THINK TO WHAT, UM, CARLOS WAS SAYING TOO, LIKE, THEY, THEY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE BUDGET, RIGHT? THEY DO LOOK BACK AND THEY THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY DIDN'T OR DIDN'T NEED, AND THEN THAT'S HOW THEY KIND OF MAKE THEIR BUDGET MOVING FORWARD.
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IT WOULD BE THAT KIND OF PRESENTATION OF THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY, THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEED, UM, AND LETTING US KNOW WHERE THAT PUTS US, UM, AT WHERE WE NEED TO BE REGARDING OUR TAX RATE.AND THEN THAT CONVERSATION, UM, WHICH I APPRECIATED CARLOS SAYING TOO, IS WHERE WE CAN FRAME IT AS CHOICES, RIGHT? SO IF PUBLIC WORKS IS SAYING THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, THREE MORE TRASH TRUCKS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TAX RATE-WISE? OKAY, WELL, IF THEY DON'T GET THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT, UM, DISCUSSION, BUT IT KIND OF SETS THE TONE OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE IF WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE THINGS.
AND, AND BASED ON THIS CALENDAR, DOES THAT SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE IN LATE FEBRUARY, LIKE IT WOULD BE BEFORE MARCH 4TH? MORE MEANINGFUL? I, I DO THINK IT WOULD MAYBE AROUND THAT TIME, BUT IF WE GO INTO MAY AND CLOSER TO THE TAX HEARING DATE, I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE SO PRESSED UP AGAINST TIME THAT THAT'S WHEN WE START SCRAMBLING.
SO EARLIER IS PROBABLY BETTER IN MY MIND, BUT I MEAN, I'M OPEN.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE KIND OF INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE, THE BUDGET CALENDAR EVERY YEAR, THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY REALIZES THIS IS A CONVERSATION THEY NEED TO COME TO.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL THAT UNTIL THEY GET TO THE CONSTANT YIELD HEARING AND THEN THEY'RE MAD BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, "YOU GUYS ALREADY MADE YOUR DECISION." SO HOWEVER WE NEED TO FRAME THAT CONVERSATION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO OVERALL, YOU JUST WANT A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE INTEND ON PROPOSING, IS THAT CORRECT? NOT NUMBERS, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO EVEN GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE OF NUMBERS, CONSIDERING THAT I DON'T GET CONSTANT YIELD NUMBERS UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY TO THE BEGINNING OF MARCH SOMETIMES.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT MAKING A PROPOSAL TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEEDS OF, UH, WHAT WILL BE PROPOSED WILL BE BENEFICIAL.
AND I DON'T MIND INCLUDING THIS AN HOUR BEFORE THE WORK SESSION IN FEBRUARY IF WE WANNA BUILD THAT IN AS A KIND OF A SPECIAL MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE THAT IDEA BACK.
I THINK, I TH - I, I SEE A WAY FORWARD ON THAT.
AND MAYBE IT HAS SOME ROUGH NUMBERS, RIGHT? LIKE, I THINK THE POLICE BUDGET'S GONNA BE ABOUT $3.2 MILLION.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA...
WE KNOW IT'S ONLY FEBRUARY, SO WE HAVE TO ASSUME THERE'S, LIKE, A 10% VARIANCE, UH, AS, AS YOU'RE T- TURNING THE PENCILING, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO, THIS IS PROBABLY WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE.
SO LET'S, LET'S TAKE THAT BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A FORMULATION FOR THE SECOND HALF OF FEBRUARY, UM, FOR THE NOVEMBER TOWN MEETING WHEN WE'LL ADOPT...
WHEN DO YOU ALL WANNA ADOPT THE CALENDAR? AT THE NOVEMBER TOWN MEETING? NOVEMBER IS FINE.
I MEAN, I THINK WE USUALLY DO IT IN DECEMBER.
I, I THINK HAVING THE, THE, THE DIALOGUE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE THE, UH, SEASON GETS STARTED IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, SO VICE MAYOR.
UM, YEAH, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER FRY BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT, WHICH IS THAT WE GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF, UM, BUT WE DON'T SEE THE FULL TOTALITY OF THE BUDGET UNTIL TOWARDS THE END.
UM, AND SO WE'RE GETTING THESE SORT OF JUSTIFICATIONS PIECEMEAL, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVING TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO I THINK EVEN HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT DOES THE TOWN NEED AND, AND WHAT ARE THE DEPARTMENTS ASKING FOR, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CONSTANT YIELD NUMBERS YET, WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO AT LEAST START WITH KNOWING WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO GET WHAT OUR LEADERS THINK WE NEED, AND THEN GOING FROM THERE.
I JUST, I JUST REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY BEING ABLE TO SEE SORT OF A BIGGER PICTURE AND TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE JUMPING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE LINE ITEMS. ABSOLUTELY.
MR. WADE, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO MR. TANSEY.
YEAH, JUST REGARDING ADOPTING A BUDGET CALENDAR, I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE THE PUBLIC AT LEAST ONE MORE
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TOWN MEETING, UM, TO VOICE ANY OF THE CONCERNS, SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS.AND YOU SAID, MR. GALLOWAY, THAT WE USUALLY DO IN DECEMBER ANYWAY, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO GIVE THEM AT LEAST, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST TO GIVE THEM AT LEAST ONE MORE.
AND IT, IT'S ALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO FULL TRANSPARENCY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGAGEMENT TO DISCUSS EXACTLY WHAT THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR VOICES ARE REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT VERSUS GIVING THEM LESS THAN A MONTH TO, UM, JUST AS WE'LL VOTE THIS IN A MONTH VERSUS WAITING ANOTHER TO DECEMBER TO GET IT DONE.
AND WE'LL MAYBE HAVE SOME DIF - YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT IDEAS AFTER OCTOBER 22ND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 27 BUDGET AND THE AUDIT FOR 26.
JUST A SMALL ADDITION TO WHAT, UH, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER FRY SAID.
UM, I THINK HOPEFULLY WE CAN SAY THIS IS THE ESTIMATED BUDGET PER DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THIS IS HOW MUCH CONSTANT YIELD WOULD HAVE TO HAVE GONE UP FOR THAT TO BE ADEQUATE, RIGHT? AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A SENSE IF THAT'S PRACTICAL, RIGHT? SO IF WE CAN HAVE THOSE TYPE OF TOTAL NUMBERS, THEN EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CONSTANT YIELD NUMBER, WE CAN SAY, "OKAY, THAT IS NOT A REASONABLE, UH, PROJECTION," RIGHT? AND WE CAN START PLANNING AROUND THAT.
AND I THINK IT ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE, UNDERSTANDING, UH, MORE CLEARLY THAT WE ARE MAKING CHOICES.
I THINK FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXERCISE, WE'LL JUST USE OUR CURRENT NUMBERS.
AND THEN, I MEAN, CONSTANT YIELD WILL JUST BE A PLUS - YEAH.
SO WE'LL JUST USE THE CURRENT YEAR'S NUMBERS OF, OF REVENUE AS A BASE, UM, FOR THIS EXERCISE.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BUDGET CALENDAR? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
THANK YOU, MR. GALLOWAY, FOR GETTING US STARTED EARLY.
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US TO ITEM 13, YOUR TOWN ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.SO, UH, MAYOR, I'M VERY REMINDED OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD LAST...
YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT THE PROBLEM.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE THE SHEVERLY BUSINESS MEETING ROUND TABLE ON OCTOBER THE 14TH, UM, AND A REMINDER OF CLOSED SESSION ME- MEETING THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER THE 13TH AT 6:30 PM.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE TWO BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD? THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION ISSUES ALONG COLUMBIA PARK ROAD HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY, UM, FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION TO BE ADDRESSED, ALONG WITH THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION ALONG 202 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO SHA.
UM, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE, UH, IN HANDLING, UH, THAT OVERGROWN VEGETATION IS ADDRESSED.
UM, ONE THING THAT I DO WANNA ADDRESS BEFORE, UH, LEAVING OFF TODAY IS THE...
DUE TO A FORMATTING ISSUE WITH THE TOWN NEWSLETTER, UH, THE LEAF COLLECTION SCHEDULE FOR THE 5600 BLOCK OF HAWTHORNE STREET WAS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED.
UM, THE FIRST SCHEDULED LEAF VACUUM COLLECTION FOR THIS BLOCK WILL BE DECEMBER THE 18TH.
UM, THIS WAS, THIS WAS NOT DONE INTENTIONAL.
IT WAS JUST AN HONEST MISTAKE, UH, IN THE FORMATTING OF GETTING THE CALENDARS ON THE ACTUAL NEWSLETTER.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, RESIDENTS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THEIR, UH, LEAF COLLECTION, PLEASE LET MYSELF OR PUBLIC WORKS KNOW, AND WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT.
AS IT RELATES TO - MR. LEGLOCK, YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS PART OF WARD TWO? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT, AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND BOTH THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR AND THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF FOR VERY QUICKLY RESPONDING.
I HAD A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO ME WHEN THEY NOTICED THAT THEIR STREET HAD BEEN OMITTED FROM THE FIRST PASS OF THE, UH, LEAF COLLECTION, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THEIR QUICK RESPONSIVENESS TO GETTING THAT CORRECTED.
UH, REGARDING 6498, UM, THE DEPUTY CHIEF AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE POTENTIAL LANDOWNER
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OF THE, UH, POTENTIAL ACE HARDWARE TODAY.UM, NOT SURE IF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE, BUT THERE WAS A SERIES OF DUMPING, UM, THAT HAVE, THAT, THAT, THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
UH, UH, THE DEPUTY CHIEF PROVIDED SOME, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS SOME TIME AGO, AND TODAY WE'RE GLAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.
SO, UM, WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL PREVENT ANY MORE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, UH, RIGHT NOW, THE STREET SWEEPER, WE'RE IN FINAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY OF HYATTSVILLE.
UM, AFTER THIS AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED, I INTEND ON HAVING, UM, OR WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO CREATE A SCHEDULE, UH, TO HAVE THE STREET SWEEPER COME TO THE TOWN OF CHEVERLY AND PERFORM THOSE SERVICES.
BUT LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I DO WANNA PROVIDE THIS UPDATE REGARDING THE BIKE TRAIL, MARYLAND 202 UPDATE, THAT THE, UH, BIKE TRAIL EXTENDED FROM MARYLAND 450 TO 57TH STREET WAS RECENTLY ADVERTISED AND EXPECTED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS FALL.
THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS CONTINUED PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CONNECTIVITY AND OVERALL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA.
SO, UM, IT'S BEGIN - IT'S SET TO BEGIN SOON.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? COUNCIL, QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT HIS REPORT? THANK YOU.
UH, MR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LEGLOCK AND COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, WE WILL LET YOU...
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE RDA MEETING, UH, TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY FREE TIME TO JOIN US.
WE ARE GONNA GO OUT TO THEIR OFFICE IN LARGO AND SIT DOWN WITH THEIR MAP AND GO OVER WITH THEM, UM, WHERE THEIR LAND IS AND THE PART OF THEIR LAND THAT WE ARE ASKING THEM TO WORK ON, AND THE PART OF THEIR LAND WE ARE ASKING THEM TO NOT WORK ON.
UM, AND IN THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO WORK ON THE BOUNDARY AREAS, THE NORTHERN END OF THE HAWTHORNE LOTS AND THE WESTERN END OF THE INWOOD, JASON, AND LOCKWOOD LOTS.
WELL, NOT SO MUCH LOCKWOOD, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF LOCKWOOD.
MOST OF THE VEGETATION IS FURTHER SOUTH TOWARDS JASON AND INWOOD.
BUT WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS SCHEDULED, UM, AND THANK YOU, UM, MR. GALLOWAY, FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP THOSE CONVERSATION LINES OPEN.
AGAIN, COUNCIL, YOU ARE ALL INVITED, UH, TO THE BUSINESS MEETING, UH, NEXT WEEK AT NOON, UM, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO JOIN.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING - JUST, JUST ONE MORE THING.
LAST, LAST FRIDAY, AS I MENTIONED TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I DID TAKE THE FIRST HALF OF THE, UM, STAFF OUT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
WE HAD AN AWESOME TIME, OKAY? UM, TOMORROW IS, IS PHASE TWO, WHERE THE SECOND HALF OF STAFF WILL GO, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND JUST WANTED TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF.
UM, A LOT OF BONDS WERE CREATED THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CREATED INSIDE OF THE OFFICE OR IN OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING, UM, FLEXIBLE AND WILLING TO ALLOW, UH, THE TEAM TO, UM, ENGAGE IN THESE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO THAT.
AND VICE MAYOR, I HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS I SPOKE WITH THIS WEEK SAID THAT THEIR FAVORITE MUSEUM USED TO BE THE NATIVE AMERICAN MUSEUM AND IS NOW THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM BECAUSE OF THIS VISIT.
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THAT TA -CAN I HEAR FEEDBACK? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M GONNA START WITH PATROL AND TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES.
UM, WE DID HAVE AN ARMED ROBBERY, UH, THE DAY OF THE PARADE ON CHEVERLY DAY.
IT WAS IN THE 5600 BLOCK OF LANDOVER ROAD, SO ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO CHAMPAGNE LIQUOR STORE FOR THE REPORT OF TWO PERSONS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT.
AS WE WERE ARRIVING IN THE AREA, THE SUSPECT WAS QUICKLY, UH, LOCATED IN THE 6500 BLOCK OF ANNAPOLIS ROAD AND, AND APPREHENDED WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT.
OUR DETECTIVE, SERGEANT JACKSON, IS HANDLING THE ENTIRE ARREST AND UH,
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HE DID HAVE PRIORS FOR ARMED ROBBERY AS WELL.ALL JURISDICTIONS RESPONDING, MULTIPLE ALLIED AGENCIES WERE ON SCENE.
UH, WE'VE BEGUN STOP SIGN ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN WITH A FOCUS ON THE WARD ONE, WARD TWO, WHERE THE LINE MEETS AFTER RECEIVING COMPLAINTS ABOUT STOP SIGNS OR INDIVIDUALS RUNNING STOP SIGNS.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT FOR BOTH DAY AND NIGHT FOR A 30-DAY STINT.
UM, AND I'LL HAVE NUMBERS BY THE END OF OCTOBER FOR YOU.
CPD HAS IMPLEMENTED HOURLY PATROLS DURING THE OVERNIGHT SHIFTS FOR BOTH HOSPITAL HILL AND THE SHOPPING CENTERS LOCATED ALONG 202.
FOR PERSONNEL STAFFING AND TRAINING, WE ARE IN THE FINAL BACKGROUND PROCESS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES AND 54 OTHER APPLICANTS ARE CURRENT IN THE GUARDIAN SYSTEM.
CPD IS HOSTING ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE TRAINING ON NOVEMBER 2ND AT JUDITH HOYER.
SEVERAL OTHER, UH, MUNICIPALITIES ARE ADJO - AND ADJOINING AGENCIES WILL BE COMING OUT FOR THAT, UM, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE IF THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIO WITHIN THE TOWN, IT WOULD BE ALL THE JURISDICTIONS RESPONDING.
SO WE NEED TO WORK ON ALIGNING THAT TRAINING.
WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE, BUT WE'RE ADDING TO IT.
WE'RE ALSO HOSTING TACTICAL TRAINING ON NOVEMBER 18TH, SAME THING, SEMUNICENCE TRAINING WITH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AT JUDITH HOYER.
AND AGAIN, INVITING ALL OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO COME.
CPD HAS SCHEDULED A CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY COMMENCING THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER 2026, SIX WEEK PROGRAM, EITHER MONDAY OR TUESDAY EVENING FROM 1800 TO, UH, 9:00, WELL, 21:00.
THIS ACADEMY IS DESIGNED TO GIVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY REAL WORLD PERSPECTIVE ON POLICING AND WILL BE FILLED WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES AND, AND, UH, LOTS OF ACTIVITIES.
SO WE'LL BE POSTING THAT ON THE WEBSITE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS HERE VERY SHORTLY.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, AS WE DISCUSSED, UH, THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY CPD WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR WHAT'S CALLED A VIPS PROGRAM, VOLUNTEERS IN POLICE SERVICES.
WHERE INDIVIDUALS IN THE TOWN THAT ARE RETIRED OR HAVE TIME, UH, WE WANT THEM TO COME INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN DOING AND ASSISTING.
SO IT GIVES THEM A BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE DO ADMINISTRATIVELY AND, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY MORE WITH WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THE PD.
AND THEN FINALLY, PREPARATIONS ARE IN FULL SWING FOR THE UPCOMING HAUNTED POLICE STATION AND ALL THE OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES.
AND WE'RE, UM, INVITING, UH, VOLUNTEERS AT THIS POINT FOR THE ACTUAL HAUNTING ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
AGAIN, WE'LL PUT SOMETHING OUT ON BOTH SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
SO ANYBODY INTERESTED, FEEL FREE TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S IT FOR OUR REPORT UNLESS ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ALSO TO CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING FOR THE TRUNK OR TREAT ON HALLOWEEN.
THE MORE VOLUNTEERS WE GET, THE LESS STAFF HAVE TO BE HERE WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE AT HOME, GETTING THEIR OWN KIDS READY FOR TRICK OR TREATING.
SEVERAL OF US, UM, OUR EMPTY NESTERS ARE, ARE NOT INVOLVED IN PREPARING CHILDREN TO TRICK OR TREAT ANYMORE.
SO, UH, I WILL, I WILL BE VOLUNTEERING.
THAT'S THE TRUNK OR TREAT THAT'S BEFORE, UM, BEFORE THE TRICK OR TREATING.
UH, BUT PLEASE CONSIDER DOING THAT.
AND COUNSEL, I'LL JUST SAY, UH, AUTUMN IS A GREAT TIME TO DO A POLICE RIDE ALONG.
UH, AND I WILL BE DOING ONE BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH, UH, WITH WILL AND JEN, UH, AND, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO IT.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? WHAT IS...
ARE YOU ABLE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH GENOPTIC ON THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT? SURE.
UH, THEY BOTH TO BE, THEY BOTH SEEM TO BE MOVING, UH, PROGRESSIVELY FORWARD.
AND, UH, WE HOPE, UH, TO HAVE SOMETHING EXECUTED AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE BY THE NOVEMBER TOWN MEETING.
ANY FINAL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CHIEF MORRIS? NOTHING TO ADD.
[15. Public Works Report ]
US TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.OKAY, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
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AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE HERE.UH, I BELIEVE WITH THE 64TH AVENUE BRIDGE, WE, WE, WE'VE DISCUSSED WHERE WE STAND WITH, UH, THE ITERATIONS OF TASK ORDER ONE AND TWO.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ANY UPDATES THAT THEY HAVE PRIOR TO, UH, SEEKING APPROVAL FOR ANYTHING MOVING FORWARD, UH, IN THAT REGARD.
UH, WSSC, UH, I AM IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH, UH, CHARLIE GRIFFITH WITH LIDC.
UH, I AM ALSO ACCEPTING, UH, CONTINUED, UH, RESIDENT FEEDBACK ON, UH, ANY INCIDENCES THAT'S OCCURRING EITHER AT THEIR RESIDENCE OR IN, UM, THE GENERAL VICINITY.
OF COURSE, I'M, UH, UH, KEEPING RECORD OF THOSE AND THEN HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UM, WITH, UH, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DO HAVE A, UH, WALKTHROUGH THAT IS TENTATIVE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMPANY THAT ORGANIZATION AS WE, UH, SEEK TO, UH, KIND OF MOVE PROJECT 201 FORWARD AND ADDRESS ALL RELATED ISSUES.
I'M GONNA SKIP OVER THE PARKS AND COME BACK TO THEM.
UH, THE LEAF COLLECTION, UH, TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, MR. GALLOWAY, ALREADY SPOKE TO THAT.
I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE IN THAT, UH, PMI PHASE, SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE STRATEGY AND MAKING SURE THERE'S NO, UH, SURPRISES WITH VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT.
IN TERMS OF THE PARKS, UH, I WAS HOPING MY COLLEAGUE WOULD BE BACK SO THAT I COULD GIVE HER SOME PUBLIC RECOGNITION BECAUSE THIS IS THE AREA THAT SHE'S, UH, LED, UH, AND, AND BEEN INVOLVED IN QUITE EXTENSIVELY.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, REALLY WANTED TO THANK THE PUBLIC FOR THE FEEDBACK.
WE DID GET THE FINAL ON THE RESURFACING PROJECT AND WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE.
UH, THE BOYD PARK GATE IS OPEN.
WE SEE THAT EACH DAY WHEN WE DO OUR FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEWS WITH THE, THE TEAMS WORKING ON GROUND.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE, UH, CHIEF GILBERT JONES JR.
UH, THAT'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT OFFICIAL, UH, RIBBON CUTTING FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 16TH AT 1500 HOURS OR 3:00 PM.
DID WE HAVE THE KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE BIKE GRANT OR WAS THE, WAS THE KICKOFF MEETING SCHEDULED? I KNOW THAT SHA WAS LOOKING TO SCHEDULE IT.
YEAH, THE EMAIL HAS BEEN SENT.
UM, YOU WERE COPIED ON THAT EMAIL EARLIER TODAY, MAYOR, ALONG WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THANKS FOR GETTING THE VEHICLE CHARGERS OPEN.
UM, SO IF I'M A USER OF TOWNE PARK OR LANGFIELD, WHEN CAN I USE, WHEN CAN I EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO USE THE BATHROOMS? SO CURRENTLY - IN THIS...
THE, THE, THE BUILDING, THE TWO PUBLIC BATHROOMS THAT FACE THE TRACK.
UH, CURRENTLY, THE LAST DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD ARE, WE ARE STILL MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS NOT A RESIDENT OR ANYONE THAT WOULD HAVE AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING THOSE LOCK UPGRADES.
UM, I CAN PROVIDE THOSE, BUT, UH, WE HAD A CALL TODAY ABOUT MAKING SURE THOSE LOCKS WERE UPDATED, ET CETERA.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S STILL THOSE COIN LOCKS THAT WE DON'T WANT FOLKS TO BE SURPRISED.
SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ON CHEVROLET DAY, WE HAD SOMEONE ASSIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT THE CONTROL WAS, UH, THERE WAS SOME CONTROL IN THE ENTERING AND EXITING.
SO, UH, MORE TO COME AND LOOKS LIKE, UH, TOWN ADMINISTRATOR HAS MORE TO ADD THERE.
THIS IS A MATTER THAT WILL PROBABLY BE DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL AT A LATER DATE, BUT I WILL SAY, UM, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE BATHROOMS WILL BE OPEN THIS CALENDAR YEAR, OKAY? UM, I ANTICIPATE RECEIVING, UM, UH, UH...
MY PREFERENCE AT THIS POINT IS TO PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE UNO BEFORE HAVING THOSE BATHROOMS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION LATER ON.
MAYBE WE DON'T NEED PORTABLE BATHROOMS. I KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THEM FOR CHEVERLY DAY.
WE WOULD HAVE THEM FOR ANY OTHER BIG EVENT THAT WE PLANNED.
BUT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHETHER WE NEED ANY BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN IT TRULY GETS COLD AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE NON-FUNCTIONAL.
A- AND A, AND A PORTA JOHN WOULD BE NONFUNCTIONAL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T LIKE THAT THE, THAT THE LOWER, THAT THE PARK, THE LOWER PARK AND THE FIELD HAVE NO RESTROOM FACILITIES.
UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS OF HEAVY SER - EXCUSE ME, SIX WEEKS OF HEAVY USE OF THE FIELD AND THE LOWER PARK AHEAD OF US BEFORE THE WINTER REALLY STARTS, MAYBE EIGHT WEEKS.
UM, OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY
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QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? OKAY.SEEING NONE, I THINK WE'RE ON ALL THIS.
UM, THIS IS, UH, JUST SOMETHING TO ASK FOR RESEARCH INTO, UM, BUT I GOT AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT ON THE 3100 BLOCK OF PARKWAY, WHICH IS THE BLOCK, UM, NORTH OF CHEESE PARK, UH, SOUTH OF KILMER.
UM, AND THEY HAD WSSC, UM, COME AND THEY DID MILLING ON THEIR BLOCK ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, WHICH WAS A WEEK AGO MONDAY.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BACK TO DO THE REST OF IT.
AND SO THEY ARE WONDERING, UM, WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE FINISHED.
THAT BLOCK IN PARTICULAR HAS HAD A LOT OF HALF FINISHED WSSC PAVING, UH, EXPERIENCES IN THE PAST.
AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WSSC IS GONNA COME BACK AND FINISH, BUT I CAN TAKE THAT ANSWER LATER.
UH, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, IN SPEAKING, I DID SPEAK WITH THE SUPERVISOR ABOUT THAT, UH, I WOULD SAY ON MONDAY, AND THEIR INTENTION WAS TO CONTINUE DOWN PARKWAY.
AS YOU NOTICE, THEY FINISHED THAT FIRST PORTION AROUND THAT, UH, 3109, 3107.
THEY DID SAY THAT THEY STOPPED BECAUSE, UH, THERE WAS A BIT OF CONCRETE REPAIR THAT THEY FELT NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED RIGHT THERE.
THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, SO I WOULD EXPECT THEM TO ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULE AND CIRCLE BACK AROUND TO THOSE SECTIONS.
IF SOMEONE'S TALKING, FOLKS ON THE ZOOM CAN'T HEAR YOU.
[16. Review the October work session agenda and future requests, and Town Administrator Galloway will offer a forecast of the agenda]
SO WE'RE ON TO ITEM 16, FUTURE AGENDAS.AND COUNCIL, WE ARE GONNA MEET TOGETHER AGAIN IN FIVE SHORT DAYS AND, UH, FOR A CLOSED MEETING AT 6:30 PM.
MR. GALLOWAY, SHALL THIS MEETING BE ENTIRELY VIRTUAL? ANY OBJECTION? GOOD.
SO THAT MEETING WILL BE VIRTUAL.
THAT, OF COURSE, WILL BE OPEN.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHY WE'RE CLOSING, HAVE A VOTE TO CLOSE.
IF WE HAVE FOUR VOTES TO CLOSE, THE MEETING WILL BE CLOSED AND WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, AND THEN THE MEETING WON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC OPEN PORTION AFTERWARDS.
THEN WE ARE MEETING ON THE 22ND FOR OUR REGULAR WORK SESSION.
FOR THAT AGENDA, I NOW HAVE THE ETHICS RESOLUTION, VERIZON, FOREST ROAD EROSION, THE BENGAL CONSTRUCTION BRIDGE OF 64TH AVENUE, DEFERRED COMPENSATION, THE FEE SCHEDULE, AND A BUDGET AND AUDIT UPDATE.
MR. WADE, DID YOU HAVE AN ADDITION? YEAH.
WE NEED TO, UH, REVISIT THE ELE...
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT, THE ELECTION, UM, CYCLE WHEN, UH, THE SWEARING IN OF, UM, NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE ELECTED.
SHOULD THAT CHANGE? UM, WHEN SHOULD THAT CHANGE IF IT DOES CHANGE? AND - RIGHT.
WE WERE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION AT A WORK SESSION BEFORE WE ASKED MR. DELOACH TO MOVE OUT ON THE LEGALITIES OF IT.
WHAT SHOULD WE CALL THAT? ELECTED OFFICIAL...
ELECTION, ELECTION, UH, CALENDAR? ELECTION SEQUENCING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? TIMELINE.
BUT WE'RE NOT ENTERTAINING CHANGING THE ELECTION DATE, JUST TO BE CLEAR, FROM MAY 3RD OR WHENEVER THAT MONDAY FALLS.
UM, THIS WOULD BE THE SEQUENCING OF THE SWEARING IN VIS-A-VIS THE BUDGET.
SO WE'LL ADD THAT FOR THE 22ND.
IF IT GETS TOO FULL, WE'LL BUMP AN ITEM, BUT I HAVE THAT ON THERE.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCIL MEMBER WADE? NO.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE 22ND, INCLUDING MR. GALLOWAY? WE'RE GOOD? MADAM CLERK, YOU'RE GOOD? SIR? YEAH.
WHEN'S THE EXPECTED, UH, DATE REGARDING, UM, THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC, UH, IMPACT STUDY? I THOUGH YOU'D NEVER ASK.
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OH, YOU KNOW I'M GONNA ASK.UM, AND I HAD ELECTION AND SWEARING IN TIMING FOR DECEMBER 1ST.
DO YOU WANNA DO IT ON OCTOBER 22ND? WELL, LET'S KEEP IT ON THE 22ND.
YES, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, WE ASKED...
WE GAVE MR. GALLOWAY A DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 1ST TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNCIL OPTIONS FOR A TOWN-DIRECTED TRAFFIC STUDY.
SO HE IS GOING TO PROVIDE US SOME WRITTEN MATERIALS AND BRIEF US ON DECEMBER 1ST ON A COUPLE OF OPTIONS FOR HOW TO PROCEED.
IDEALLY, WE WILL SELECT ONE AND ADOPT IT ON DECEMBER, UM, 10TH, WHENEVER THE MEETING IS, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AT, AT THE, AT THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING, WE WILL DIRECT HIM TO PURSUE ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS AND GET IT DONE EXPEDITIOUSLY, SIR.
THAT'S A VOTE THOUGH, RIGHT? YES.
I THINK WE WOULD VOTE ON THE 10TH...
WELL, AT, AT THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING.
I DON'T HAVE THE CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME.
SO DO WE ACTUALLY REALLY NEED TO FURTHER DISCUSS IT UNTIL WE GET INFORMATION FROM MR. GALLOWAY? CORRECT.
AND WE WOULD BE VOTING AT THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING TO DIRECT THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR TO MOVE OUT TO REQUISITION, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, ONE OF THOSE STUDY OPTIONS.
FINGERS CROSSED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE DECIDE TO EMPLOY CAN GET IT DONE IN 60 DAYS OR SOME QUICK TIMELINE.
GRANTED THAT IT'S THE HOLIDAYS, IT'S WINTER, BUT HOPEFULLY WE DON'T DECIDE...
I HOPE WE DON'T DECIDE ON A 180-DAY OPTION, BUT THAT'S JUST ME AND, AND WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF MR. GALLOWAY'S RESEARCH.
UM, TO WHAT ONE OF MY RESIDENTS CAME TO SPEAK ABOUT EARLIER REGARDING MILL, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT ONTO PROBABLY ONE OF OUR WORK SESSIONS.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN, BECAUSE, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF LEGWORK AND RESEARCH, BUT PERHAPS, UM, DAMIEN, WHEN YOU REACH OUT TO HIM, YOU AND I CAN CHAT AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST BRING WHATEVER INFORMATION WE FIND, UM, TO THE FULL BODY, UM, AT A WORK SESSION.
BUT I IMAGINE IT WON'T BE THE NEXT ONE, OR MAYBE EVEN THE NEXT ONE.
SO, BUT I JUST WANT IT TO BE ON THE RADAR.
I MEAN, OUR, UNFORTUNATELY, OUR ONLY OPTIONS ARE THIS CALENDAR YEAR WOULD BE DECEMBER 1ST OR OCTOBER 22ND, BUT OKAY, WELL NOTED.
I THINK SHE'S REFERRING TO THE JOCELYN QUESTION WE HAD, NOT THE EROSION QUESTION.
THE EROSION, IT WAS THE MILL, MILL, THE COMPOSTING THING HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
ANDREA CAME IN HE WANTED - FOOD WASTE.
AND MAYBE I WROTE IT DOWN WRONG.
SO THERE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE A WORK SESSION DISCUSSION ON OPTIONS FOR...
I MEAN, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST YEAR AND WE DIDN'T FUND IT, BUT WE HAD A PILOT FOR CURBSIDE COMPOSTING.
THIS IS SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD IS L- LIGHTLY AWAKENING.
WE COULD RESURRECT THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, LIKELY NOT FOR THE 22ND, BUT MAYBE FOR DECEMBER 1ST.
UM, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT MR. HUNTER AND HIS TEAM WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH.
SEEING THE NO, SEEING NO OTHER, NO OTHER REQUESTS FOR OCTOBER 22ND.
UM, NOVEMBER, WE HAVE A TOWN MEETING ONLY.
WE'RE ONLY MEETING ONCE, HOPEFULLY, IN NOVEMBER.
THAT WILL BE THE GIC MOU AND THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ON CANADA PROHIBITIONS.
MADAM CLERK? IS THAT WHEN YOU ALSO WANNA DO THE ETHICS RESOLUTION? I THINK IF WE HAVEN'T DONE IT, IF WE DON'T DO IT ON OCTOBER 22ND, YES, MA'AM.
BUT I THINK WE CAN VOTE ON OCTOBER 22ND, UNLESS YOU ALL OBJECT.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A WORK SESSION, IT'S A NON-CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION, THE ETHICS COMMISSION MEMBERS.
BUT YES, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE DO
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NOT LET US LEAVE NOVEMBER 12TH WITHOUT HAVING DONE IT IF WE DIDN'T DO IT ALREADY.AND WE DO WANT TO GET THOSE VERY GENEROUS VOLUNTEERS REAPPOINTED BEFORE HALLOWEEN WHEN THEY TURN INTO, SAY IT, PUMPKINS.
AND THEN OUR LAST, UH, WORK SESSION IS THE 1ST OF DECEMBER.
I HAVE THE HOYER DEMOLITION, UH, THE MAGRUDER SPRING RENAMING PROPOSAL ALTERING THE HILL TRAFFIC INFORMATION BROUGHT BY MR. GALLOWAY, AND PERHAPS AN UPDATE ON THE PITTS CHURCH CONSTRUCTION, WHICH MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE SHOULD REGROUP TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT.
NO LONGER CALLED THE PITTS CHURCH, I APOLOGIZE, AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE YEAR.
COUNCIL, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE ON ANY OF THOSE, UM, ITEMS UP TO THE DECEMBER TOWN MEETING? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE,
[17. Mayor and Council Announcements]
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 17, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.WHO WOULD LIKE TO START OFF? MR. WADE.
UM, I WANT TO, UH, CONGRATULATE MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES TO THE RIGHT, AS WELL AS ANAJ AND MYSELF.
UM, I'M GRADUATING FROM THE, UH, ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ON SUNDAY THE 27TH.
AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, US TAKING THESE CORE CLASSES THAT HELP US IN A POSITION WE ARE IN NOW, HENCE THE REASON OF G - ATTENDING MML, UM, TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO AS WELL AS OUR FELLOW, UH, OTHER GRADUATES AS WELL ON THAT.
UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, THE GILBERT JONES JR.
UH, 5701 LANDOVER ROAD RIBBON CUTTING WILL BE OCTOBER THE 16TH AT 3:00 PM.
UM, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST EVER PARK ON THE, UH, WEST OF BALTIMORE WASHINGTON PARKWAY.
UM, THIS WAS A DUMPING SITE FOR SO - FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
WE'VE HAD TO HAD SO MANY KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO, UH, BE A PART OF THIS, SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
AND GILBERT JONES IS NAMED AFTER HIM BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, UH, HE LIVED OVER THERE IN WARD ONE, AS WELL AS, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, 25 PLUS YEARS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FIRST, AND THEN BECAME A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IS ALL THE WAY UP TO BEING THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO BE THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET.
UM, I AM A, UM, BEEN PLEASED TO BE ELECTED AGAIN TO THE PGCMA BOARD, UM, A- A- A LARGE MEMBER.
PGCMA IS ALL 27 MUNICIPALITIES IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
AND, UM, DURING OUR RETREAT, UM, I CAME UP WITH IDEAS TO HAVE SOCIAL MIXERS IN ORDER FOR US TO BUILD A BETTER RAPPORT WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
IT'S TRULY IMPORTANT THAT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE DONE HERE NOT ONLY AFFECT THE TOWN OF CHEVY, BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES.
SO, UH, WITH THAT IDEA, UM, TOMORROW I WILL BE HOSTING ALONG WITH, UH, THE PGCMA BOARD, UM, A MIXER AT, UH, STATION 202, UM, NOT ONLY TO BRING US TOGETHER, BUT OF COURSE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE IN, UH, THE TOWN OF CHEVY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN WARD ONE.
UH, WE WELCOME POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ANYONE COME OUT IS FROM 6:00 TO 9:00, UM, TOMORROW, FRIDAY FOR THAT.
UM, AGAIN, THE HALLOWEEN, UH, ON THE 30TH, UH, AS WELL AS 20 - THE 30TH, THE 29TH AND THE 30TH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING THEIR AMAZING HALLOWEEN.
EVEN MY YOUNGEST, WHO'S ALWAYS SCARED, BUT HE STILL DOES IT, WHICH I LOVE.
I WILL BE, UH, SPONSORING, UH, ONE OF MY PHOTO BOOTHS FOR IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LASTING MEMORIES ON THE 30TH.
SO PLEASE COME BY, UM, STOP, STOP AND TAKE SOME PICTURES, AS WELL AS WE KNOW THAT THIS IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, MY MOM PASSED AWAY FROM BREAST CANCER.
ALSO, HER BIRTHDAY WOULD'VE BEEN THIS PAST, UM, MONDAY, THE 5TH, SHOULD'VE BEEN 76.
SO PLEASE, UM, I'M WEARING THE PINK TODAY, UH, FOR THAT, SO JUST PLEASE BE AWARE OF GETTING TESTED.
IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE PERSON, BUT, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS THAT, SO JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS WELL.
AND LAST BUT LEAST, FOR ALL MY COWBOYS FANS TONIGHT, I GOT MY PINK HAT.
WE'RE ALL IN FOUR, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO GET OUR FIRST VICTOR TONIGHT.
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GO BUCKS.OH, SO DELOACH, UH, YOU OWE ME, YOU OWE ME DINNER AFTER THIS ONE IF THAT'S, UH, INSIDE ETHICS, OKAY?
UH, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? LET ME PUT THIS RIGHT HERE FOR HIM, PLEASE.
I ALWAYS LET HIM GO FIRST AND HE TAKES WHAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT.
UM, BUT I WILL POINT OUT IS THAT, UH, CHEVERLY DAY 2027 WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH, SO MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND SAVE YOUR DATE.
UM, SO I WAS ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PGCMA SOCIAL TOMORROW AT STATION 202, WHICH I WILL BE THERE BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
BUT I WILL SAY, ALSO, YOU CAN SAVE YOUR DATE FOR THE HOLIDAY DINNER FOR PGCMA, WHICH WILL BE ON DECEMBER 17TH OF THIS YEAR.
UH, I AM HELPING TO ORGANIZE THAT EVENT, SO PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
AND I ALSO WAS GOING TO EXPRESS MY CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH THE MAN ON MY LEFT AND THE MAN ON MY RIGHT FOR, UH, PERSEVERING THROUGH THE ACADEMY FOR, UH, EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AS WE, UH, AS HE NOTED, WE GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY ON S - UH, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, WHICH WAS A GOOD WRAP UP TO OUR CHEVERLY DAY, CHEVERLY WEEK, CHEVERLY MONTH EVENTS FOR ALL OF US.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUST GO AND SAY, UH, THERE ARE TWO - I HAVE MY HAND RAISED.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, UH, JOINING US AS GRADUATES OF THE ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE.
UM, THIS IS EITHER, UH, FIVE OR SIX OUT OF SEVEN OF US, I BELIEVE, AND WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST MAJORITY OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT HAS EVER HAD THE CERTIFICATION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT, BUT I'M GUESSING HERE.
UM, AND I WANTED TO THANK MY RESIDENTS FOR THEIR PATIENCE.
I USUALLY LIKE TO BE AT MEETINGS, UH, IN PERSON, BUT I HAVE HAD A VERY BIG WORK PROJECT LATELY- LATELY THAT HAS TAKEN A LOT OF MY TIME.
UM, GOOD NEWS IS IT OPENS NEXT WEEK, AND I'D LOVE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO COME AND SEE IT.
UM, IT'S, UH, AN EXHIBITION AT THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY ENTITLED TO HEAR HER SPEAK, UH, 400 YEARS OF BLACK WOMEN AND SHAKESPEARE.
SO IT EXPLORES THE WAYS THAT BLACK WOMEN HAVE, UM, BEEN INSPIRED BY AND ALSO, UH, MADE SHAKESPEARE'S WORDS OF THEIR OWN OVER THE LAST 400 YEARS.
UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE, UM, JUST A COUPLE QUICK ITEMS. THERE'S TWO MORE MARKETS IN OCTOBER.
THERE WERE THREE THIS MONTH, SO IT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL, BUT THE COMMUNITY MARKETS WILL BE ON THE 17TH AND ON THE 31ST, SO IN CASE YOU'RE CONFUSED, THERE IS A HALLOWEEN...
THERE IS A COMMUNITY MARKET ON HALLOWEEN MORNING, WHICH WILL ONLY BE 12 HOURS AFTER THE END OF THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
AND, AND 12 HOURS AFTER THE FIREWORKS.
SO A BIT OF A LOG JAM THERE HERE AT TOWN HALL, BUT, UH, PLEASE DO ATTEND, UH, BOTH OF THOSE IF YOU'RE ABLE.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? MR. GALLOWAY.
MAYOR, JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION REAL QUICK.
VERIZON HAS TO BE ON DECEMBER THE 1ST.
THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER THE 22ND.
UH, I'LL, I'LL MOVE THAT THEN.
THAT'S, UH, PROBABLY FREEZES UP A LITTLE BIT.
MADAM CLERK, CAN I MAKE ONE REQUEST FOR YOU? AND THAT IS, CAN YOU PROVIDE TO THE COUNCIL MAYBE BY OCTOBER 20TH OR SO, SO THAT WE HAVE IT FOR THE WORK SESSION, OUR, ANY CUR - ANY SPENDING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR CONFERENCES, UH, BECAUSE I WANNA JUST SEE WHERE WE ARE TO SEE WHO NEEDS TO BORROW MONEY FROM EACH OTHER LIKE THAT.
UH, SO IF YOU COULD JUST EMAIL US EACH ONE'S BALANCE, UH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND THEN PLEASE, MADAM CLERK, LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR DEADLINE IS, BOTH FOR THE PGCMA DINNER AND FOR THE EARLY DECEMBER MM CONFERENCE IN BALTIMORE.
UH, JUST LET US KNOW WHEN YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM US, AND WE WILL OBEY THOSE DEADLINES IN ORDER TO SAVE YOU MONEY.
THERE'S NO CHARGE FOR THE DINNER IN DECEMBER.
JOHN SAYS THERE'S NO CHARGE FOR THE DINNER IN DECEMBER.
JOHN JUST GOT OUTVOTED THREE TO ONE.
ALSO, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, MADAM CLERK, THERE IS AT, AT THE FALL MML, THERE...
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RECEPTION ON THAT THURSDAY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE - AT THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY.IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING OR NOT.
I REGISTERED TWO PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED AND BOTH WERE REGISTERED FOR THE EVENT.
UH, SO DID I, DID WE ALREADY MISS YOUR DEADLINE? MISSED THE EARLY BIRD DEADLINE.
I'LL GET BACK TO YOU, I PROMISE.
ANY, OKAY, ANY CLARIFICATIONS WITH WHAT I SAID, MR. TANSEY? UH, JUST AN EXTRA, UH, NOTE SINCE VERIZON'S NOT COMING.
IF ANYONE HAS VERIZON AND FEELS LIKE DOING A RIDE AROUND TOWN, UH, WITH ME, THERE IS AN F- FCC APP CALLED THE FCC MOBILE SPEED TEST APP THAT ALLOWS US TO CHALLENGE THE MAP THAT ANY PROVIDER, UH, LISTS.
SO IF THEY SAY THIS IS A COVERED AREA AND WE SHOW UP WITH ENOUGH CELL PHONES AND SAY, TEST THIS AREA AND IT DOESN'T WORK, UH, THAT GETS REPORTED TO THE FCC.
SO I'M, WE'VE BEEN WAITING LONG ENOUGH FOR THIS.
IF THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERIZON AND ARE FRUSTRATED, I'M HAPPY TO HELP COORDINATE RIDES AROUND TOWN TO FIND DEAD SPOTS AND MAKE SURE WE GOT ENOUGH PEOPLE REPORTING THAT.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MADAM CLERK, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US KEEP OUR SPENDING, UM, IN LINE AND WELL KNOWN.
HEARING NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE'RE ON THE ITEM 18 ADJOURNMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LEGLOCK TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR BREINER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE - HE'S SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.
HEARING NO DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? IT PASSES SIX TO ZERO.
WE'LL SEE YOU ALL IN FIVE DAYS.