[0:03] We're going to start out with a public hearing um which is a discussion of

[0:06] ordinance 561 which is an ordinance to mend the zoning code to include and

[0:11] regulate accessory dwelling units. >> So Mr. Ror

[0:19] got it covered. >> So I kind of doubt there's going to be

[0:22] any public comment. >> We went over this uh last month when we

[0:26] introduced it. Basically, this is to uh meet the requirement of a new Maryland

[0:31] law that uh requires jurisdictions to um authorize the being able to build

[0:40] accessory dwelling units on uh parcels with uh single family dwellings on them.

[0:47] While they set the minimum requirements, they do allow the local jurisdictions to

[0:52] expand or modify these requirements basically to fit our conditions. Um, so

[0:58] what we did is we took the guidelines that they had, we drafted an ordinance

[1:02] that we feel fits the existing conditions in Hamstead. I worked on it,

[1:06] Christina worked on it. U, we worked I think with Tom Devil a little bit and we

[1:11] worked a lot with Tom McCarron, our attorney, on it. Some of the things that

[1:15] we discussed um and we included in there is is definitely requirements about lot

[1:22] size. Uh we state that the property either in the principal dwelling or the

[1:27] accessory dwelling must be owner occupied. Uh where the where the ADU can

[1:32] go and the size of the ADU, what the ADU can look like that basically that it has

[1:38] to fit the character of the surrounding neighborhood. Uh we also address parking

[1:43] in there and additional uh off-road parking requirements.

[1:49] Um so we feel like we we we did a lot of

[1:53] homework. Um I think we we drafted something that fits the the feel and

[1:58] character of Hamstead and also some of the

[2:03] existing conditions in Hamstead and what can be done and what can't. So, we

[2:08] introduced it last month and um I got some feedback actually from Wayne um

[2:15] about it. If you look in your packet, you have two different uh ordinances.

[2:20] 561, you have the one that was introduced and then you have one up the

[2:24] top that in red says amended. And basically, uh, Council Member

[2:30] Thomas's, uh, suggested amendment was just the first sentence in the new code.

[2:37] Basically, it it's the same gist. It just makes it a cleaner version of what

[2:42] I had, and it adds that a non-conforming use has has to be a recognized

[2:47] non-conforming use. Um, Councilman Thomas, anything that I'm missing there?

[2:52] » Good job. >> Okay. Thank you.

[2:55] Draft two was good. >> Yes, draft [snorts] two was good. Um,

[3:00] [clears throat] so, um, that's just basically the

[3:04] explanation behind why we did the ordinance, how we did the ordinance, and

[3:08] hopefully later on tonight we can adopt an ordinance.

[3:13] All right, having that explanation, having two people in attendance, is

[3:17] there any comment to the proposed ordinance?

[3:22] All right, seeing none, we'll close the public hearing.

[3:25] » [clears throat] >> and we'll move right into the council

[3:28] meeting. Please rise for the prayer and the nash and the pledge of allegiance.

[3:34] [clears throat] Dear Lord, we submit ourselves to you as your servants and

[3:36] the servants of the people of Hamstead who've placed their trust in us. Please

[3:40] allow your work, every word that is spoken and every action taken to be in

[3:44] the best interest of Hamstead and for everyone gathered here tonight to be a

[3:47] stabilizing influence in these unsettled times. The Lord bless this meeting and

[3:51] our town. Amen. Amen.

[3:55] I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[4:00] republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and

[4:06] justice for all. [clears throat]

[4:10] » Jim roll. >> Mayor Nevin

[4:12] » here. >> Council member Barrett

[4:14] » here. >> Council member Payer

[4:15] » here. >> Council member Thomas

[4:17] » here. Council member >> here. Council member Zman

[4:20] » here. >> Thank you. Minute approvals from August

[4:24] 11th. >> So moved.

[4:26] » Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor?

[4:29] » I. >> Anyone opposed? Thank you.

[4:33] » All right, Jim, when you're ready. >> Righty. Um, as always, we start with the

[4:37] water system project. Um, Koago continues to send submitts in to our

[4:43] engineering firms for their review and approval.

[4:46] Very slowly, they're being approved. Um, we're having a lot of issues getting the

[4:50] manufacturers to submit complete and accurate BABA compliance certification.

[4:55] Um, I had a conversation with uh Kowalago today. I'm going to reach out

[5:01] to MDE and talk to Matthew Marshall down there, see if he can give us some better

[5:05] guidance on how to get this moving again.

[5:09] Um, so that's where we stand on that. Uh, as far as projects, this is good

[5:16] news. At the September 23rd Hamstead Planning and Zoning Commission meeting,

[5:20] Tractor Your Supply Company and the Weiss Gas and Go will both be seeking

[5:24] final plan approval. Both plans have been approved by all county and state

[5:28] reviewing bureaus. All comments of town submitted have also been addressed.

[5:33] After the plans received P&Z approval, next step is a legal package process

[5:38] where myars are assigned or myars are signed. all necessary easements are

[5:42] established and a public works agreements are drafted and executed. Um

[5:47] on these most of them you'll need a PWA with the town and you also need one with

[5:52] the county. Uh also Robertsfield 3 which is a small three house subdivision on

[5:58] Hamshshire Lane. It's currently basically we sign the mylars. Sharon's

[6:03] supposed to be in hopefully tomorrow to sign it and we'll get them back to the

[6:07] county. So, they're a little bit further ahead. If all goes smoothly with the

[6:12] legal process, construction could start on these three projects by the end of

[6:15] the year. Finally, especially TSC, that took a while. Um, so one thing the town

[6:23] staff is researching, exploring right now is possible addition of a water

[6:27] efficiency analysis requirement and any new development projects where the

[6:31] estimated water usage would be greater than 2,000 gallons per day. While the

[6:36] town has we're very healthy water system and available water is not an issue. Uh

[6:43] we feel a need to protect the resource. Although planning uses they they use

[6:48] planning uses water allocation numbers and the town pride has some verbiage

[6:53] town pride the town code has some verbiage uh regarding daily water use

[6:58] and well production minimums. There's nothing really in the code that requires

[7:02] developers to use any water saving strategies. This analysis would require

[7:07] the developer to minimize portable water consumption through many different ways

[7:13] water reducing technologies be it water recycling or the use of non-potable

[7:18] water sources. Um so we're just looking into that now and uh I will let you know

[7:24] I will update you next month on that. So, uh, CJ Miller, who was awarded the

[7:29] contract to mill and overlay several town roads, expects to begin the project

[7:33] by the end of the month. The roads to be repaved include Britney Lane, North

[7:37] Carol Street, Dogwood Drive, Sycamore Drive, and Boxwood Drive. Residents of

[7:42] those streets will be notified in advance before the construction begins.

[7:46] As far as uh the finance department, auditors were on site last week

[7:50] gathering information for the fiscical year 26 audit. DNA is working closely

[7:55] with them and providing assistance where needed. They will return for a few days

[7:59] if needed, but they'll continue to work remotely until the report is complete.

[8:04] Uh coming up next month, and I know Dave will have a lot more on this probably,

[8:08] but Hamstead Main Street Partnership uh will be holding uh Fall Fest. They're

[8:13] currently wrapping up their planning for it. Fall Fest will be held on October

[8:17] the 10th. The event will feature live music vendors, fall-based activities for

[8:22] kids, a hay ride in a beer garden. The event will take place on the grounds of

[8:26] the War Memorial Park, St. John's Church, Matthews Tire, and also go down

[8:31] behind the Snow Bar and Monument Southern properties with the vendors.

[8:37] Um, Nissap Scarecrow contest. So last year was a big hit and so because of

[8:44] that Nissan is once again overseeing a Main Street scarecrow contest to raise

[8:49] funds to help those less fortunate in our community. Hamstead merchants and

[8:53] organizations are asked to design and construct a scarecrow that pertains to

[8:57] their business. Each entry will be assigned a lamp post on Main Street to

[9:01] which they will attach their scarecrow. Um I never heard back about when they

[9:06] were looking to put these scarecrows up and take them down. So, I don't really

[9:10] know for sure. I would assume hopefully it's around the Fall Fest and they're up

[9:14] for Fall Fest. >> Um, I'll try and reach out again and

[9:17] make sure that they are aware that October 10th is Fall Fest.

[9:22] » So, and then lastly, uh, town offices will be closed on Monday, October 12th,

[9:29] and observance of Columbus Day. Uh, trash pickup will be on the normal

[9:33] schedule that week. So, >> okay, that's it.

[9:38] Thank you. Any questions for Jim? >> Scarecrows were great last year. They

[9:42] were really a lot of fun. >> Yeah. So, I I I hope that they realize

[9:45] that they can they need to move to get these up by October the 10th. So,

[9:52] it's amazing how time flying. >> Speaking of time flying, only two more

[9:56] to go. >> Three more. Three more.

[9:58] » Three more. Okay. Yes, there are three more Saturdays remaining in this year's

[10:01] market season. The last day will be September 26th. We have had several

[10:06] pop-up vendors over the past few weeks, including woodworks, painted craft

[10:10] works, floral arrangements, cupcakes, and hot sauces. This gives sellers an

[10:16] opportunity to try out our market without making a full season commitment

[10:20] right away. If they decide to become a vendor during the same season, the fees

[10:24] that they paid as a one-time vendor get applied toward the full season fee.

[10:29] August 29th was the last day for Ginger Jefferson of Ginger's Jams and More. She

[10:34] has been a vendor since the market was founded in 2010 and so she just decided

[10:39] that it was time to retire. They will undoubtedly be missed by their longtime

[10:44] customers as well as newer ones. We thank Ginger, her husband Bob, and their

[10:49] helpers for participating as vendors from the beginning and we wish them

[10:53] well. >> Going to miss the fry pies,

[10:57] » coconut pound cake. What else? Jams, >> cupcakes.

[11:00] » The cupcakes. >> We do have a new cupcake vendor. They

[11:03] just joined us, but uh Ginger will definitely be missed.

[11:06] » All right, Wayne. >> Uh the Hamstead Train Station Committee

[11:10] is um sponsoring Music in the Park. We had Mark and the Sharks a couple weeks

[11:14] ago. They were very well accepted. Very good band. Uh considering to have him

[11:19] back next year. And of course uh this coming Saturday, we have uh Blue Moon

[11:23] Big Band coming September 12th, 6 to8 War Memorial Park. It's a 20 piece

[11:28] orchestra, so we're looking forward to having a good turnout for that. Um, last

[11:32] year was about three or 400 people, so should be a good time. Uh, tree

[11:36] commission, uh, we just received a grant of $6,854

[11:41] for Westwood Park restoration area. Uh, there's a couple areas in in Westwood

[11:46] Park where their tree restoration, a lot of the trees have passed away and so

[11:51] we're going to uh replace those trees and we're working on a uh a grant for

[11:57] next spring. So, got a lot going on. Very good.

[12:02] » Deb, >> um, [clears throat] excuse me. The

[12:05] planning and zoning commission met on Wednesday, August 26th, and as Jim had

[12:09] stated, they did review and recommend ordinance 561 for ADU to council for

[12:16] adoption. Um, we received the copy of the ordinance with the specific

[12:21] guidelines that Jim had mentioned and obviously recommended it to a council.

[12:27] Um, the Carol County Department of Planning had a public hearing on

[12:32] September 3rd about ADU. So, I don't know what

[12:36] » transpired with that and that was it. >> All right.

[12:40] » It looks like next month we'll have more. It'll be busy

[12:43] » tractor supply. >> All right.

[12:46] » Can HOAs make more restrictions on the ADUs uh as well?

[12:51] » Not really. In fact, basically it can't even count in an in an HOA for any

[12:56] density numbers. And they have to treat that ADU as a separate lot, separate

[13:03] voting voice. >> And all of those have cluster boxes, so

[13:06] they have to have their own mailboxes. >> Uhu.

[13:11] Okay. >> It's good. You're getting interesting in

[13:14] planning is only with state involvement. Dave.

[13:17] » So, as Jim was saying about the Main Street Partnership, we're going to have

[13:20] the uh Fall Fest. It's going to be on the 10th of October from 10:00 to 3. Um,

[13:26] with the addition of those spaces that we got behind the snow bar and the real

[13:30] estate office, we actually got up to 71 spaces this year. We've already filled

[13:35] 61. And these are all jured ones that we're we're deciding who's going to be

[13:39] there. So, we actually got more applications in, but we've went through

[13:42] them, decided who's going to be there and who's not going to be there. So,

[13:45] we're going to give them a better quality than we've had before. Um, we

[13:48] also have some big surprises coming uh for this event, which I can't reveal yet

[13:53] because they're not completely settled yet, but we're having a meeting next

[13:57] Monday and um it's going to be a big one, a big surprise coming. Um, also

[14:02] with um the Richard's uh family cemetery, um, I'm going to reach out to

[14:07] the town, so this is I haven't told the town this yet, but um, we actually a

[14:12] couple years ago um, someone that run the man that runs the um, Sons of the

[14:17] Revolutionary War here in Carol County had reached out about putting a plaque

[14:21] up there a few years ago for Richard Richards who actually served in the

[14:26] Revolutionary War in Hamstead, which I didn't know that. So, and it was

[14:30] interesting, but he actually So, they had bought a goodsiz

[14:35] monument from Eli, which they're going to have installed all on their don um

[14:41] goodlook good-looking monument. Uh explaining what he did in the war and

[14:45] and um and there's contribution to that. Uh tenatively, it's going to be should

[14:50] be the first weekend or two in November. They'd like to do it. They're going to

[14:54] have it installed and uh we want to have like a little uh ceremony there. So, I'm

[14:58] going to reach out to the town. Hopefully, we can kind of come up with

[15:01] something to add to it. So, >> is it going back by the the black iron

[15:06] fence >> by the fence? It'll be in the cemetery

[15:08] itself. >> It will be in the cemetery.

[15:09] » That's my understanding. Yeah. So, >> all right.

[15:13] » Ben. >> Okay. [laughter]

[15:15] » That

[15:19] Sorry. >> That's all right. August um 2026 water

[15:25] usage was 341,000 gallons per day compared to August last year was which

[15:31] was 364,000 gallons per day. So the water leak system and tracking that has

[15:38] been helping. >> Plus it rained

[15:39] » plus August was pretty dry last. >> Yeah. [clears throat]

[15:45] And then September this year was 347,000 gallons per day. And last year was

[15:49] 367,000 gallons per day. So it's almost 20,000 gallons per day that were

[15:56] actually less, which is pretty good. >> All right.

[16:00] » Anything to say on that, Kevin? >> Well, I can give you a fun fact. Um the

[16:04] 341,000galon average for August of this year, you

[16:09] have to go back to 1992 to find an average that was lower than

[16:14] that. >> Wow.

[16:15] » In 1992, there was about a third of the houses and

[16:20] are here now. So, um it it says a lot about our continued efforts to find,

[16:28] detect, and uh shut off leaks, get them fixed.

[16:33] uh infrastructure, the the improvements we've made to infrastructure have just

[16:38] brought these numbers down incredibly and it gives us capacity for moving

[16:43] forward for Hampton to grow in the future.

[16:45] » Wow, that's great. Thank you guys. Last uh was there's rainfall in August, more

[16:50] than we've had in a long time. >> That helped cut into the number a little

[16:54] bit. >> Yeah, 4.72 in and September so far is

[16:58] just over half an inch, but 0.55 in. But I will add to that as well. Um, we had

[17:05] our well levels run by the county to come out and they download the

[17:08] transducers. Um, July's numbers for our observation wells. We have three

[17:14] observation wells in the town that we've been doing for a long time. They are at

[17:18] new historic lows. I don't know if you know, but Pretty Boy Reservoir is now

[17:23] closed off to all boats. Um although we're getting rain to keep the

[17:29] grass and the trees and everything, >> we are not getting enough rain to

[17:35] recharge the groundwater or the or the reservoir. So

[17:38] » we need rain day long rains >> and it's still only moderate drought

[17:43] category. We're not >> We are moderate. Yeah. But I expect that

[17:47] to go back up all of a sudden now it's getting a little dry again.

[17:51] » It is. Yes. And then you guys uh public works also continues to work on the

[17:56] storm inlets. Uh seven have been completed so far and two more are in

[18:00] construction. Sycamore Drive and Boxwood Drive.

[18:03] » Yes. In anticipation of payment. >> Good job. All right. Thanks, Chief

[18:09] Petta.

[18:17] » Thank you. >> Thank you, Mayor.

[18:20] All

[18:23] right, for a report for uh our August report of uh 2026.

[18:28] So, and this was uh I was here the whole month, so this is definitely all one me.

[18:32] » Congratulations. >> Thanks. Thank you. Um we'll start out

[18:36] with traffic safety. Uh we had uh 11 accidents. Um three of them were um

[18:41] actual action accident investigations. Um

[18:46] for the 282 traffic circle, we had three 482.

[18:51] » Sorry, 482. What did I that that makes up the transpose numbers? I apologize.

[18:54] Yeah, 482 traffic circle wave three. Uh none none of them will have to be a full

[18:58] investigation. Just a um information exchange for traffic enforcement. Um our

[19:03] patrol officers wrote 124 citations, three repair orders, and issued 171

[19:08] warnings and also had 361 patrol checks. All right. So, for crime, um, our major

[19:15] incidents, um, we had a missing 5-year-old. Was a pretty stressful

[19:19] couple hours, but she was located. It was great. Um, hiding in a closet. Got

[19:24] missed a couple on the first couple checks, but so it was good. It all ended

[19:27] well. Stressful couple hours, but all ended well. Um, our catalytic converter

[19:31] thefts, you guys have heard that. Um, so we had three in our town. Um,

[19:38] Westminster also had four and there's one right outside of town. So obviously

[19:42] somebody came in and hit um detective man has been assigned to cases. He's

[19:45] been working other jurisdictions. So hopefully we'll have some good leads um

[19:49] in the next couple weeks as we're hoping for. But uh but we're you know it all

[19:53] happened right on um the 20th and 21st on those two nights. So we've been in

[19:57] contact with all with all of our victims and trying to follow up on lead trying

[20:00] to get some more with it. Um we've had a couple assault cases, couple more

[20:04] frauds. Um I'll get into those a little bit later. Um, but we had about nine

[20:08] deaths total. Um, and some of our uh Weiss had a couple, but Detective Man,

[20:13] I'll be getting on. He's actually doing a great job of closing some of those

[20:16] cases out. [clears throat] Um, so the arrests, so

[20:20] I'm getting ahead of myself, uh, arrests picked up compared to uh, July. Um, we

[20:26] had, um, a couple felony arrests. We had a first-degree burglary arrest, but it

[20:29] ended up being actual an ex-girlfriend. Um so it was you kind of domestic

[20:34] related um burly arrest but the um officer buck got some charges working

[20:38] with the state's attorney's office. We had a um three domestic arrests two of

[20:42] them actually are first degree um so we're working with the state's

[20:44] attorney's office on those as well. Uh couple theft arrests and a couple

[20:48] frauds. I'll go into um traffic our traffic arrests I told our traffic was

[20:54] up. Our traffic arrests were up for August. Uh six DUIs went from zero in

[20:58] July to six in August. So the so our guys are out there. Um and uh there was

[21:04] al also um driving without insurance we had five suspended drivers uh three and

[21:10] driving without license. I'm sorry suspended drivers four and driving

[21:14] without license three. So these are major traffic offenses. So um trying to

[21:18] hold people accountable hopefully they get anything everything straight away in

[21:20] the courts. Um so our community events um we had national night out right at

[21:26] the beginning of the month. Um we've had music in the park and um the farmers

[21:31] markets every every uh every every Saturday making sure we have officers

[21:35] there. I know I've been there spending plenty of money. Um but but it's good

[21:39] that's a great event. Um our and most important are back to school. Um we've

[21:44] been at the schools every day uh from beginning um drop off and uh and pick

[21:49] up. So we've had an officer, you know, and we're hitting and all three of our

[21:52] schools have been covered um you know the uh two elementary schools and the

[21:56] middle school. So, the school's been very happy with us. All right. Um, some

[22:01] of our major cases, I know I mentioned about the catalytic converter cases that

[22:05] we're working on, but uh, Detective Man, you know, obviously he's becoming an

[22:09] expert when it comes to our frauds. Uh, that, um, sort he had identity theft.

[22:13] One of our residents, um, knew all these credit card companies all open up on

[22:18] him. He actually took some leads and found out it was an ex-girlfriend. So,

[22:22] uh, but go ahead charges on that. And that case is, uh, is within our court

[22:26] system. Um, also there was uh our liquor stores um got hit for for frauds as

[22:32] well. Um our two liquor stores uh Hamstead Liquors and um

[22:39] » Street Main Street. >> Thank you. Thank you. Main Street

[22:41] Liquors. Thank you. Um they were they were hit. Um Detective Man was working

[22:46] on did some very good following some leads in two suspects were identified.

[22:50] They're both New York residents. So, it look like they're coming up and down the

[22:53] east coast and we have active charges on them and uh the warrant has the warrant

[22:57] has been approved and extradition has been approved too. So, hopefully they'll

[23:00] get picked up and be held accountable. Um, also the Dollar General counterfeit

[23:04] case, I don't know if you guys mentioned, I mentioned that last last

[23:07] month. Um, but he has identified a suspect and they are also a New York

[23:10] resident coming down and doing um frauds and so that case is in our court system

[23:14] as well. So, so it's really good he's following up on it and um our our

[23:18] residents are being victimized by people out of state. know and we're going to

[23:22] bring them back and hold them accountable. Um, so as we're mentioning

[23:25] the cal the calic converter thefts, we got a good run of them. So we're going

[23:28] to that in the uh the last case we had. Unfortunately, one of our residents

[23:33] passed away with a preliminary investigation, possible fatal overdose.

[23:37] So Detective Man has been working on that case as well. Um, so that is

[23:41] basically our report for uh August of 2026. Does anybody have any

[23:47] questions? You you want to put out the fact that we're recruiting and we got a

[23:50] bonus. >> Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. We have a

[23:53] we've been advertising um we're hiring we're looking at minimum two going to

[23:58] hire at least two officers. Um we we have a um a $10,000 sign on bonus for uh

[24:04] for any lateral or entry level entry level applicants. So we uh we have a

[24:08] process going on. We have oral boards next week for applicants, but bring on

[24:13] as many applicants as we can. Get our pool in and uh hopefully hire some good

[24:17] good candidates next couple months. Looking forward

[24:22] » questions for chief >> specific model of car they're targeting

[24:26] for the cate. >> Um so there so looking at all the

[24:28] reports there were three. Um, tell you exact I know was a Prius.

[24:36] I know the Econol line. The Econoline truck was one.

[24:41] Uh, so Toyota Prius, Honda Civic, and the Econoline. Those were the three

[24:45] vehicles um for all those. So it was so Westminster had four, we had three plus

[24:50] the one right outside the town. So yeah, those were the three vehicles. All those

[24:54] » with us. >> Yeah.

[24:57] » Usually goes in sports like you won't have it for a while then all of a

[24:59] sudden. So, so we're just trying to identify as someone coming through, you

[25:03] know, coming through the area and then they're hitting, you know,

[25:06] » we'll find out. >> So,

[25:08] » all right, Chief. Thank you. Appreciate it.

[25:10] » Thank you. Thank you, Chief. >> Thank you, everyone.

[25:15] » Just keep your eyes up. If you see something, say something. Um, my report.

[25:21] Um, so we heard from Carol County Board of Elections. During the primary, we

[25:24] didn't have anything locally here, either early voting site or a dropbox.

[25:29] So, we worked with the board of elections and we now have a Dropbox site

[25:32] at least at the Carol um senior center up at North Carol Plaza. Um so, those

[25:38] who want to mail in votes and that opt options available to them. Uh at the end

[25:43] of last month, the the um Merchants Association had a cornhole tournament

[25:46] and we had a couple of teams in it. My thanks to Christina Swisser for

[25:50] partnering up with me that night. We finished runners up to the to the pros.

[25:54] So, but it was it was a fun night with the merchants association. Jim and I

[25:58] have met with Wind Development of the Hamstead Residences. Uh they've managed

[26:02] it for years. Now they're taking more of an ownership interest, but they're

[26:05] re-uping the low-income housing tax credits. Um so they've talked to us

[26:09] about continuing subordinate the small loan that we have in a fourth position,

[26:13] I think. >> Yes.

[26:14] » Which, you know, we've been in since the since the project started, but it's you

[26:18] know, obviously was a great project for Hamstead. So we look forward to

[26:21] continuing that. Um Dave and I have a Maryland Municipal League board retreat

[26:25] where we're going to update our strategic plan. That's uh sort of this

[26:29] Thursday. Uh and then on Thursday evening, we're all going to Westminster

[26:33] for the Carol County chapter, the Maryland Municipal League. And since

[26:36] we're close by in Howard County, I think several folks from the state level are

[26:40] going Whoops. going to be up there in Westminster as well. So at the New

[26:45] Wakefield Event Center. So looking forward to that. And then last but not

[26:49] least, um I noticed uh um a long time a long ago and longtime mayor of

[26:55] Westminster passed away last week or I guess passed away in the end of August.

[26:58] Ken Yowen um he had uh several different positions through um Westminster

[27:04] government and he was the mayor from 1994 to um sometime in ' 01 about six

[27:09] and a half years. So during my first couple terms as mayor back in the day,

[27:13] um you know, he was a great a good man and did a lot of good things for

[27:16] Westminster and and uh served as a mentor for a young guy who was just

[27:20] starting out. Um so um he will be missed, but I wanted to to mention Mayor

[27:25] Yowen. Um and uh you know, a good man and he deserves recognition and he and

[27:31] he did a good job for Westminster. So that's my report. New business. We

[27:37] have an award of contract for the water distribution um system improvements.

[27:42] And Jim, >> so uh the low bid, it was very close,

[27:47] but uh White Pine Construction came in the low bid at $212,495.

[27:54] Uh White Pine Construction, we're very familiar with them. They've done several

[27:58] projects around town recently. Uh most recently they ran the new waterline down

[28:03] Gil Avenue to the mill for their um reconstruction or remodel. Um they've

[28:10] been around for over 60 years. It's a Kibler family. Like I said, we're very

[28:13] familiar with them. We have no qualms with their work. Um so staff recommends

[28:19] the award of contract to White Pine Construction in the amount of $212,495.

[28:25] » So moved. >> Second.

[28:27] » Second by Dev. Any further discussion? All those in favor?

[28:32] » Anyone opposed? All right. Then under ordinances

[28:35] resolution, we have the adoption of ordinance 561,

[28:39] which was the to amend the zoning code to include and regulate accessory

[28:44] dwelling units. >> I make a motion to adopt.

[28:48] » Second. >> Amen.

[28:51] » Motion to amend. >> Yes. Motion to amend.

[28:54] Um, as Jim stated, um, I, uh, I rewrote the first sentence, um, to read, "An

[29:01] accessory dwelling unit, ADU, may be allowed as a conditional use in any

[29:06] zoning district where a single family detached dwelling is either

[29:10] [clears throat] a principal permitted use or exist as a recognized

[29:14] non-conforming use." That makes the first uh, sense more clear.

[29:21] So that's my amendment. >> Proposed amendment. Is there a second?

[29:25] » Second. >> Second by Deb.

[29:28] » Thank you. Any further discussion? All those in favor of ordinance 561 as

[29:33] amended? >> I.

[29:35] » Anyone opposed? All righty.

[29:39] » Easy enough. Um, public comments. >> I'd like to thank you from the bottom of

[29:45] my heart for approving the White Oak Court Uline improvements. I've spent a

[29:50] lot of cold nights down there, a lot of holidays. So, thank you so much

[29:54] [laughter] for

[29:58] » try. We'll try to make your water breaks more temperate. How's that?

[30:02] » The last one was like two days. >> Yeah.

[30:04] » Three days. >> At least it was warm.

[30:07] » Down. Well, White Oak, you were down there like the week between Christmas

[30:10] and New Year's. Yes. >> When it was 0 degrees and you're out

[30:12] there at midnight or frostbite. >> Got a [laughter] Christmas party down

[30:16] there. I missed the Thanksgiving down there.

[30:19] I'm thrilled to see new pipe go to the ground.

[30:25] » All good. All right. We have We're going to go into a close session um under

[30:30] statutory authority to close a session on article 3-305B1

[30:34] to consider the acquisition of real of real property for a public p purpose and

[30:39] matters directly related there too. Is there a motion to go into close session?

[30:44] uh amendment to bring the town manager and the assistant zoning administrator

[30:49] meeting. >> Okay.

[30:51] So move >> second.

[30:53] » All those in favor? >> Anyone opposed? All right. Thank you.

[30:57] Thanks for hanging out with us.

Hampstead Town Council Meeting 9-8-2026

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