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[0:09] Good evening. Good evening. Today is August 27th, 2026 in the scheduled session of Howard County Board of Appeals. The board is before we begin with our
[0:19] main order of business board members. I'm sorry, let me first do a roll call because not all members are present in person.
[0:28] So, Ms. Harris, can you hear us and see us?
[0:35] Yes, I can.
[0:36] Okay, great, thank you.
[0:38] Okay, so all board members are attendance.
[0:41] A board members, you received the board meeting minutes,
[0:44] both open and closed for the meeting held on August 20th,
[0:47] 2026.
[0:48] Anybody have any questions or comments?
[0:51] Seeing none, can I get a motion to prove the open and closed
[0:54] meeting minutes for August 28th, 2026?
[1:01] I'll second it and a second by Miss Philips any discussion. Seeing none. I'm
[1:05] I'm sure you can please call the roll. Chair Ryan. Approved. Miss
[1:08] Philips. Miss Harris. Approved. Miss McCurdy. Approved. Miss
[1:13] Philips. Approved. Okay. See it's been approved and the
[1:17] meeting minutes for August 20th, 2026. The open and closed meeting are both
[1:22] approved. Before we move on to our main order of business firmers say they
[1:27] have anything? Okay. Based on the general provisions article, the annotated code of Maryland,
[1:33] there's a need to meet and close session in accordance with Section 3,
[1:37] dash 305 B7 to consult with Council to obtain legal advice. Is there any discussion from the
[1:44] board regarding the need for a close session? Seeing none, I moved the meeting to this meeting be close
[1:51] and accordance with section three, dash 305 B7 to consult with Council to obtain legal vise.
[1:57] The topic of the legal vise is documents to be incorporated by reference.
[2:03] Can I please get a second on the motion to enter into closed session?
[2:06] Samut.
[2:08] I second. Okay, we have a first second. Does anybody have any objection to proceeding
[2:13] closed session in accordance with three, dash 305 B7?
[2:17] seeing none. Madam, I'm sure can you please call the roll to close the meeting minutes.
[2:22] Sure, Ryan. I'm sorry to close the meeting. I apologize to you.
[2:24] Sure, Ryan. Yes, yes. Mr. Cole. Yes. Mrs. Harris. Yes. Ms. McCurdy. Yes. Ms. Phillips.
[2:39] Yes.
[2:43] Yes.
[2:43] Yes. The motion to close the meeting. Of course, there's three, four, three, five,
[2:48] be seven passes. We'll now adjourn, we'll now adjourn our session to go into close session.
[2:55] After the close session, the board will not return into open session. For those of you watching
[2:59] We'll be pausing our live stream now.
[3:01] Thank you.