My son is a senior.
I think
» We'll call this uh meeting of the mayor
and council to order. As a courtesy to
everyone, please take a moment and
silence any devices that may interrupt
me. Do that myself.
» Good evening and welcome to this meeting
of the mayor and common council of
Westminster incorporated on February
5th, 1819. We're gathered here at
historic city hall, originally an estate
built in 1842 by Colonel John K.
Longwell. The city acquired this
building in 1939 and it has since been
the venue where the mayor and council
conducts the city business city's
business. Now we'll begin as we do every
meeting the pledge of allegiance
followed by a moment of silence. That is
in the back of the room
to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, and liberty and forible.
» Thank you very much.
One interesting fact about Westminster
is Carol County sat on a crossroads
during an era of slavery bordered by
free state of the north and deeply tied
to Maryland's divided loyalists. While
firm documentary evidence of organized
underground railroad stations here are
elusive, as was by design, the entire
network operated in secrecy. The
historical record suggests that freedom
seekers passed through this county on
their way north and that some residents
quietly aided them. The Historic Society
of Carroll County has noted the presence
of abolitionist Quakers in Union Bridge
as evidence of some of the local
residence that some local residents may
have sheltered freedom seekers. A
striking episode was recorded in 1859 in
the Carol County newspaper. A man named
William Boyd was arrested near New
Windsor while transporting an enslave an
enslaved husband hidden in a secret
compartment behind a black curtain in
his wagon. Boyd had been passing through
the area passing through the area
multiple times before and witnesses
noted he deliberately traveled through
rough terrain rather than main roads to
avoid detection. He was charged with
abduction of enslaved people and was
taken to Javal in Washington DC. That
single incident hints at a broader
hidden history. Maryland as a whole was
the most active state act active state
for self-emancipation
and Carol County positioned just miles
from the Pennsylvania border was almost
certainly part of that story. Even
though the foroot remains buried in
careful silences of those who risk their
lives to keep it secret. Moving on,
council typically convenes on the second
and fourth Monday each month. Please
note that these meetings are open to the
public here at city hall and are also
streamed live on the city's YouTube page
as well as the community media center
channel and website. We extend our
gratitude to the media center for their
partnership and ensuring public access
to these meetings. Copies of tonight's
agenda and the entire information packet
that the council will be using are
available online at the city's website.
Hard copies of the agenda are available
here in the filling room for those in
attendance. Our first order of business
this evening is a note about a mayoral
proclamation honoring 50 years of Govas
to go and 20 years serving in the
Westminster community. The mayor and I
and possibly some other council members
will be attending their celebration on
Sunday and will actually read the full
proclamation at that time. We will not
be reading it this evening. Next up, as
it has been the tradition for a number
of years now under the leadership of
President Jaskin, McDaniel has since a
representative to our council meetings
during a year of Florida a close and
meaningful relationship with the city.
This evening we welcome David Sears, the
vice president of institutional
advancement from Michigan Seers.
» How are you?
» It is institutional advancement, right?
That
» Is correct.
» Thank you. uh I can give you the uh top
nine things that have been happening at
the uh college. So first of all u great
news the college received an upgrade for
its S&P bond rating. Um that means that
the S&P uh bond raers believe that uh
McDaniel is strong financially has been
using its resources well our enrollment
has been steady and our philanthropy has
been phenomenal. So um we are very
pleased to note that only Lyola and
John's Hopkins universities in Maryland
have a better rating than McAdam.
» Slightly more notorious and bigger
institutions
» Just slightly. Um enrollment is at 500
undergraduate and transfer students uh
new students for this year. Uh today was
the first day of classes. So uh you may
see an increase in students uh in the
downtown area. Now, um, our nursing
program, uh, is now at Carol Hospital.
On September 17th, we'll have a event
recognizing the Coll Foundation for
their philanthropy to make that, uh,
nursing, uh, center possible.
We have a new provost, Caroline Sherman.
Uh, she has degrees from Harvard and
Princeton, and she came to us from
academic leadership at Catholic univers
uh, Catholic University of America. We
also have a new dean. Uh this dean will
be uh creating our new school of
business and technology. It'll be the
first school that McDaniel has ever had.
Uh his name is Dr. Leonard Arby and he
was the chair of finance at Salsbury
University. So a great gift uh for
McDaniel.
Uh note that the college has partnered
with Frederick County Public Schools on
a grant to provide debt-free
certifications for special ed teachers
which are desperately needed. We have a
new men's basketball coach. Uh sadly
Kevin Curley had passed away uh in the
spring and uh his successor is TJ Jordan
who was the basketball coach at Notredam
of Maryland University. And finally,
since I'm the head of advancement, I
have to let you know how our
philanthropy is going. Our campaign has
now exceeded 54.7 million uh two years
ahead of schedule and exceeding our $50
million goal. Our focus now is funding
the school of business and technology,
residence hall renovations,
scholarships, and experiential learning
for our students.
» Thank you.
» Need a little job security. That's nice.
» Absolutely. That's great. Thank you very
much.
» Welcome.
» Anyone have any questions for the
college?
Um, now we'll consider the approval of
previous meeting minutes. We have one
set of minutes to approve this evening.
Minutes from the mayor and council
meeting of August 10th, 2026. May I have
a motion to approve the minutes? Motion
to approve. Thank you, Mr. Day. Officer
second.
» Second.
» Thank you, Mr. Bayer. Is there any
discussion related to the approval of
these minutes? Hearing none. All those
in favor of approval, please signify by
saying I.
» Any opposed? The eyes have it and the
minutes are approved. We have five items
on the consent calendar this evening. Is
there a motion to approve the consent
calendar? So moved.
» Thank you, Mr. Bayer. Thank you very
much for that second, Mr. Petro.
All those in favor of approval of the
consent calendar, please signify by
saying I.
» I.
» Any opposed? The eyes have it. And the
consent calendar is approved. Now we'll
move on to a report from the mayor.
Madame Mayor.
» Uh, thank you, Mr. President. I just
have a few things, excuse me, to comment
on. Um, on Friday, August 14th, um,
along with several members of the
council, I attended the movie Fresh,
which was at the Carol Arts Center as a
fundraiser for Carol County Food
Sunday's veggie voucher program. Um, the
movie was about where our food comes
from, where it's sourced from. Uh and it
was followed by a panel discussion um
who discussed and answered several
questions from the audience um
concerning where our theme comes from.
On Sunday, August 16th, uh Billy Live
and Find Your Purpose held their annual
back to school drive. Uh this is a
little bit more than a back to school
drive. Um again, Carol County Food
Sunday is represented there. They
provide haircuts
um for the uh school students who come.
Uh the weather moved the event inside
the Boys and Girls Club. Normally this
is held in the city park. Um it was a
little bit more crowded in the Boys and
Girls Club. I think council member
Dehoff can also attest to that. Um the
line stretched around the corner down
onto Longwell. Um but it was a really
great event as that always is. On
Tuesday, August 18th, the city hosted
the Estonian violin group, uh, Match
Springs, prior to their concert at the
Arts Center later that evening. Uh, if
you were able to attend the concert, you
were treated to an absolutely amazing
evening of traditional Estonian music,
classical music, jazz, that was one of
my favorite pieces of the evening, and
pop music. Uh and then Saturday we
welcomed about 500 first year students
to Westminster in the Westminster
welcome. Uh this event is popular with
our downtown merchants. Students arrived
to the library lawn around 10:00 a.m. I
think most of us met on the council met
the um students along with President
Jasin
uh at Genie Birds on that block. Um, and
so we got to the library lawn around
10:00 a.m. There were a few comments and
students were still on Main Street by
two 12:30 when I left. Um, I think one
of the things with this event that has
been popular is that the city provides
every student with a $10 voucher uh in
their swag bag that they get that day.
And so they can use them for lunch. Uh,
in fact, they're encouraged to have
lunch in town that day. They can use
them in any of the retail shops on Main
Street. And I know the farmers market
was packed because they also take them
at the farmers market. Um, this event
has just grown in popularity each year
and conversations with the downtown
merchants on Saturday um just
continually um
proves that. Thank you. Um we also held
I won't thank Council Member Day Hall
for this. Um I also hosted a uh
Wakefield Valley Trail preview. um at
the Wakefield uh Valley Event Center.
This over this event went over the plans
for the trails that are being renovated
this year. Um it's about a 15 to 18month
project. Um and hopefully uh will begin
shortly in the fall. And then finally,
yesterday I attended my favorite event
of the late summer, which is the uh
Westminster Municipal Band concert in
Belgrove Square. Uh there was a great
crowd for it. The weather was perfect
and the band as always is just
phenomenal. And they're doing a
documentary on the Westminster Municipal
Band. Um a couple who retired from
Maryland Public Television through the
Carol Media Center. So um be on the
lookout to see them at the future
events. That's all, Mr. President.
» Thank you very much, Madame Mayor. I
appreciate that. Of course, we're just
going to continue right on with you
because now we're moving on to committee
reports and yours is the first one for
the arts council.
» Uh I have no report from the arts
council.
» Thank you very much. Mr. Huff is not
present from economic and community
development. Mr. Pepper, do we have
anything in his absence? I don't.
» We had a had a good good meeting the
other day. Good conversation about
future planning opportunities
conversations.
» Great. Thank you. Uh finance committee,
Mr. Guerrero.
» Uh the finance committee has not met
since uh the last meeting.
» Thank you very much. Personnel
» Brother is personnel
» Busy
» Public safety. I do have a report. Over
the past two weeks, our newest K9 team
PF PFC Brandon O'Neal and K9 Odin have
assisted with nine investigations,
including eight vehicle scans and an
assist to the Hamstead Police
Department. These operations resulted in
the recovery of illegal narcotics and
several arrests. Odin has already is
already demonstrating his value not only
as an asset to the Westminster Police
Department, but as a regional resource
supporting our law enforcement partners
throughout Carol County. Also, this past
week, our criminal investigation bureau
has identified a suspect responsible for
multiple fraud check fraud cases
involving two victims in the city. The
suspect attempted to defraud the victims
of a combined $19,000 to a checkwashing
scheme. Although the subject is a
Florida residence, our detectives were
able to identify the individual through
solid traditional investigated work.
Criminal tropics are pending and the
investigation remains ongoing. So, we're
very proud of them. That's uh often
those types of crimes go almost
unattended to or certainly not closed
and it sounds like they did some
wonderful work there. Um now we'll move
on to public works, Mr. Bayer.
» Um I don't have nothing to report but we
have a meeting later this month.
» Thank you very much.
» Or in September, excuse me.
» Thank you, sir. Recreation and parks. I
do not have a report this evening.
Technology committee, Mr. Deha,
» No report, sir. Thank you. And
intergovernmental Mr. Huff again not
able to be with us this evening by the
way. He's feeling a little un
nothing too bad. Um Mr. Temporar have
anything for intergovernmental? Sorry.
» Thank you very much. Now we'll move on
council comments and discussion
temporarily.
» I have nothing.
» Thank you Mr. Dehoff.
» Um I visited the mural project the other
day at a lot and it's coming along and
we're really excited about it. As a
matter of fact, um, Mr. Bear told me
about possible locations for some
edition
murals. Perhaps he could fill this in at
a later point in time as our discussion.
Uh, that'll be all my report, sir. Thank
you.
» Thank you very much, sir. Mr. Mayor,
» Just a couple things. I wanted to follow
up. The mayor talked about magical
strings and she forgot Alba and Elvis.
» I did forget Alba. You're right. But u
they did like a medley of songs and of
course they were very good and um they
were only in town about 24 hours but
they had dinner with the mayor council.
They did two concerts both at um the
Carol Theater as well as Carol lives in
village and they loved it just as much
as the mayor did when she went to the to
the concert. Um, the one thing that the
mayor didn't touch on, uh, and I'll just
say something here that the kindness
stroll kicked off the other day and the
mayor made remarks. I made some remarks
there and, um, I think they have
40 to 50 different locations in in
Westminster where people can look at the
signs and people have kids have made and
can vote on it. So, you can go online
and find that. I know the mayor's posted
the map.
» Um, and take stroll the street and and
check it out. Um, I did I did say
something at the meeting. You know, when
I first got involved with Tina and Eric
Miller, I thought be kind was just about
a sign and they invited me to a workshop
that I ended up sponsoring and I
realized quickly that it was really much
more than signs. But over time, be kind
has become like an icon in the city just
much like city hall, Huffman's Ice
Cream, the clock tower, McDaniel
College. And wherever you go, you
realize that. So the one thing I I did
challenge the group that um a great
mural would be a be kind mural in
Westminster. I said, I don't know where.
I don't know how it will get done, but
I'll help be the first sponsor to make
that happen. So, uh, I'm going with Eric
this week to go look at, um, the one
they did in Union Bridge, Mr. Mystic
Brainstorm. So, that's something that's
kind of, uh, kind of kicking around. Um,
at, um, Saturday at the McDaniel was,
the first time I attended as council
member, I had so much fun talking to the
kids, walking around. you go to town on
Bay Page, I could just see kids just
going in the store constantly. So,
everybody was happy as far as the
business community went. And then one
final comment because Tony was talking
about the Underground Railroad. Of
course, we know that the person that
organized that was Harriet Tubman from
Maryland. What a lot of people don't
know about Harriet Tubman is that she
also served during the Civil War down in
the South kind of like an MI capacity.
She was never officially in the
military, but she performed very
important functions. And a couple years
ago, the legislature
uh changed the law and allowed um
citizens to be able to be given a a
military rank, a Maryland military rank.
So that law passed and here within the
last year or so Harriet Tublin was made
a honorary brigadier general in the
Maryland National Guard to recognize the
the great service she did. So that's all
I have to say. Sir,
» Did she give her did she get that rank
in intelligence?
» No, it's just a it wasn't not no branch.
Okay. It was just um of course to
recognize everything she's done, but
» I couldn't have picked a better person
to be the first one.
Thank you very much, Mr. B. Thanks for
that add-on to the history bid. I have
no comments, so we'll move on to
ordinances and resolutions. We have two
this evening. Our first ordinance, I'm
sorry, resolution this evening is
resolution 2614,
Whitworth.
» Good evening, Mr. President. The first
ordinance for your consideration is the
adoption of resolution 26-14,
a resolution of the mayor and common
council of Westminster, honoring the
life and legacy of Kenneth Allen Yoan,
84, May 3rd, 1942
to August 10th, 2026, who served as the
Westminster mayor from 1994 to 2001.
» Thank you very much, Mr. Woodworth.
Let's go ahead and uh get this uh on the
floor and then I know some of my
colleagues who knew former mayor and I
did not. Um I'm sure we'll want to make
some comments. Um so I have a motion to
approve this resolution.
» So thank you Mr. Mayor. Second and Mr.
Peekarero. Thank you for the second. Now
that it's on the floor, I want to go
ahead and open it up and allow my
colleagues to make comments. So we'll
start off. Mr. Peerro, I'll show you
first. So, thank you very much, Mr.
President. I um you know, first I want
to say, you know, it's it's wonderful to
have, you know, Mayor Yan's grandson.
Good with Stephen B to hear this. Um I
had the opportunity to serve on the
council. Uh Clint Ken first became
mayor. Um he council president uh was
elevated to being mayor on the election
of mayor as uh may then mayor Brown as
county commissioner and then proceed to
you know serve the remainder of that
term as well as a full term after that.
Um I took Ken's seat on the council um
you know when he when he moved up and uh
it was a great honor to serve on him. I
think it's fair to say that if you look
at Westminster before, you know, Ken's
years on the council, you know, city
government was very different. You know,
city government was very different. You
know, the voter pool very small. You had
there were like, I think about 300
people who were registered to vote in
the city and you had to be, you know,
you had to show up on the second Tuesday
of the month when the moon was full and
hope that the city clerk was in his
office and got registered to vote. And
then the state passed a law changing it
to, you know, universal registration. If
you registered in state elections, you
would be registered in city elections
all over the state as well. And and a
real sea change happened in Westminster
because that and a whole new group of
people got elected to the council, Ken
amongst them.
» And and I think that that really set the
city on an entirely different path. U
the path I think we're still on today.
Those are those council members who came
on then subsequent mayors and councils
have shared a vision of the city you
know of a of a progressive community
that tries to meet people's people
people's needs and anticipate what's
going on in the in society and you know
generally improve the quality of life
here in the city and I think there's
nobody that played a bigger role that
happened during those years there so
it's honor to serve with him you He was
a friend and a mentor as well as a
colleague and you know we are very sad
to hear his pass you know thank you very
much for coming want you to know that
your family to know how high
» Thank you Mr. President
» Thank you Mr. Before we move on, can you
introduce yourself? I'm sorry. I've
Yeah.
» Yeah. I'm Mike Yens. Uh Ken's grandson,
» Right?
» This is my wife, Sarah.
» That's what I figured. You better
introduce your wife. Yeah. Right.
» Thank you for being here. So, uh uh Mr.
Day off.
» Well, Mr. Mayor, you go with
» Okay,
» That's okay.
» That's fine with me. You're just more
senior on counsel on me. I'll I I'll
yield my time to Mr. Bay.
» So, uh my situation is a little bit
different because I didn't serve with
him. I actually worked for him.
» It's true.
» I served as the planning and public
works director at the time and um I'm
probably the only one that served with
him as a council member, as a council
president, and as mayor. And I'll say
that, and this is really to follow up a
little bit of what Greg said about
vision. When he came back from Hawaii,
he was on a he worked for John Hopkins
Applied Physics Lab and he came back and
he immediately got involved in Flynn
because he was a council member before
he went to Hawaii. Then he had a break
in service. He came back and he was
appointed to head a revitalization
committee in West Mitchell.
And you know sometimes you get on
committees and and there's some great
report nothing happens. Well there
couple things that to this day we talk
about and the first one was
they wanted one of the recommendations
was a a center for the performing and
visual arts. What that led to was cow
art center
and he was instrumental in in that.
The second one was looking at the future
in Ruth 27 quarter that was identified
as a very critical element looking at it
from land going out. They maybe had a
bigger vision but nevertheless even back
then people saw that that was very
critical. Um there was a lot of for
those who've been around a lot of
conration about parking. We didn't have
enough parking. We didn't have any
decks. People were complaining all the
time. to put in place this plan for
parking. Now, you very seldom hear about
parking, do you? It's just not an issue
like it was. And finally, um, uh, the,
uh, wastewater treatment plan, the BNR
project, which was a predecessor for the
one that we're doing now. And I was
telling his grandson, his funny story.
Um, somebody had, he did the 496 Lakes
Court, which is an Aenddale run. and a
resident was complaining about the odor
from the wastewater plant
and Penn says, "I live closer than you
and I don't smell anything and I'm there
every day." And it was like it was
really it was kind of really funny at
the time, but um he brought
like Councilman Peekarero said great
harmony. There was a lot of of things
that happened in the late 80s that um
when Ken came on the council, he was a a
person that brought some harmony to the
group where people began working
together and figuring things out in in a
proper way. And that was really to work
here that was really important. Believe
me, nothing worse than when you have
everybody going in different directions.
Right, Sarah?
So finally, you know, his passing
saddened me a lot when I heard it. Uh I
wish uh Joy, his wife, I had a chance to
to meet uh when I was, you know, when
she they were still here and the family
all the best. They lost the same great
man that we did as the city of
Westminster and uh our deepest sympathy
to the Yan family.
» Thank you, Mr. David.
Thank you, Mr. President. Um I want to
echo the remarks um about a sea change
in Westminster government that Mr.
Preerero uh delineated. Um but there was
a great emphasis and one of the things
he was proudest um
was that the amount of civility that
came back to the city city government as
a result of Kenyan's presence. Um
Ken Yoan as perhaps you know was on a
24-hour clock and I'm on a 24-hour clock
also. So, uh, with problem solving, it
was it was not unusual to get a phone
call from Kenyo at 12 2:00 in the
morning. I've got an idea. I' I know how
we can solve this. And he was perhaps as
a result of his work with come Sunac.
Um, he was extremely critical of binary
problem solving, binary thinking. He was
always out of the box and he would say,
"Behoff, I want you to come up with five
solutions to this problem." and we would
go back and forth and back and forth
till all hours of the night. Some of the
other directors we would get together um
over in his office. I just have the
fondest memories working with Ken Gill.
He he must have had a genius level IQ.
Um it was just uh and and his his um his
critical thinking about Westminster
government changes that we needed to
make.
It was just an incredible experience and
a lot of the a lot of the things that I
learned from Kenya and I still use those
lessons.
Thank you. Um, give our best to joy, our
best to your family. Thank you for
coming. That'll be my remarks.
» Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Did you want to
say anything?
» I would just like to offer my
condolences uh to the family. I
personally did not know uh Mr. Yoan, but
um Mr. Mike Yoan, I just want to say
thank you so much for reaching out to me
um to let me know of uh his passing so I
could pass that on to the rest of the
council and we could adopt this
resolution this evening in honor of him.
» Like the mayor, I did not know him.
Fortunately, it sounds like I miss a
pretty good guy. I'm probably going to
learn quite a bit from him. So, I'm
sorry for either of us as well, but I'm
glad we're able to honor him this
evening. Sounds like he certainly
deserves it. I don't know if you noticed
through all the flags uh here in the
city or flying at half mass as we walk
down this evening. My wife always walked
me to the meeting. She said, "Why are
the flags at half mass?" And I explained
to him um now I can even give her some
more detail now that I know more about
him. So, thank you for being here this
evening. Thanks for bringing to our
attention. With that, we'll go ahead and
call the question. All those in favor of
approval of resolution 2614, please
signify by saying I.
» I.
» Any opposed? The eyes have it. And the
resolutions passed. Mr. Clerk, please
note that I did vote on this.
» Great idea. Two things. One, um, now
it's passed. It's already been signed
because we were pretty sure we were
going to pass it anyway. We have a copy
of the full resolution which is quite
lengthy. I'm not going to read it this
evening, but I'm sure take it back and
read it with your family. Would you like
to say anything?
» Not that you have to put you on the
spot.
Thank you.
Uh well, when my grandfather retired, I
was little kid uh I think between the
ages of four and 11.
And as a kid, I just thought it was
really cool. And I didn't quite
understand it, but I I came I was here a
lot with them. I spent a lot of time
with them
» Here in this building.
» In this building, I go down the basement
to the the old jail cell.
Yes.
» And I know when they broke ground for
the parking lot, I was parking garage. I
was there for that.
Um what I didn't know at the time is is
that he was making a a better community
for myself and my family.
So
yeah, I have a lot of respect for him,
what he did, and a lot of respect for
for this and why all are good right now.
So
» He must have seemed larger than life as
an 11year-old. I can only imagine. He
probably couldn't go anywhere without
people commenting about you being his
grandson. I'm sure
» Came in the when I went to Friendship
Valley, he came in and spoke to the
class and read a story and I was a
little kid.
» I bet you were pretty proud.
» Yeah.
Yeah. Thank you.
» Thank you, Mr.
» Yes, sir. Paul,
» Was he did he still work with computers
constantly? Uh Mr. more would be
fascinated to learn that we started we
started we started the the city's uh
experience with email and the internet
with a server downstairs and he would
call me up at 2 o'clock in the morning.
You got to go over to city hall and and
power cycle power cycle the server
because the email was down. But but we
started it downstairs in the basement at
one point in time. we had it in in the
in the jail cell um and and then we move
moved it over when it expanded. Um it
was just wonderful to work with. It it
really was. Thank you, Mr. President.
» Okay. Uh we will now move on to our next
item of business, introduction of
ordinance number 2608.
Mr. Whit.
» Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. Uh the
next item is the introduction of
ordinance number 2026-08
PI planned industrial zone uses and
development regulations text amendment
an ordinance of the mayor and common
council of Westminster amending chapter
164 zoning and subdivisions of land of
the code of the city of Westminster
article 12 PI planned industrial zone
sections 164 to 68 building height
164-70
off street parking and 164-75
procedures to modify permitted uses,
building height regulations, all street
parking requirements, and retail and
commercial development standards within
the PI planned industrial zone.
And uh if you're at the community
planning and development, Mr. Deepo is
speaking.
» Thank you. As background, on July 28th,
2025, the mayor common council approved
ordinance 202501,
a text amendment primarily to add,
delete, and modify automobile related
uses in several zoning districts,
including the PI zone. During the public
hearings for ordinance 251, the majority
of the public comments and discussions
were related to the process and they
allowed retail and commercial uses in
the PI zone. In response to the public
comments on December 8th, 2025, the
mayor and common council approved
ordinance 25 20250,
a text amendment providing a more
streamlined process and increasing the
acreage limitation for local retail
businesses and service shop uses in the
PI zone.
Ordinance 20268 being introduced tonight
represents the third phase of PI zone
amendments that collectively will expand
the allowed uses, improve the
development plan process, and modernize
development standards within the PI
zone. Generally, 20268
increases the allowed height in
buildings and structures from 20 ft to
30 ft, including the maximum height of
four stories for hotels.
Expands allowable parking standards for
new and amended development plans to be
applied to subsequent site plans.
Add new and prohibit certain retail and
commercial uses.
Allow daycarees, schools, health clubs,
gyms, and indoor recreation facilities
not subject to the retail and commercial
use calculations
and maintains a minimum of 55% of the
gross development plan area for
industrial uses. At this time, staff is
recommending that ordinance 202608
be introduced for consideration by the
mayor and common council and be referred
to the planning and zoning commission
for its review and recommendation to the
mayor and common council. And that
completes my report.
» Thank you very much, Mr. Bo. Let's go
ahead and get the item on the floor. I
have uh a uh
jeez, I'm struggling this evening. I
apologize. Um, may I have a motion to
introduce 2026-08,
please?
» So, Mr. President,
» Thank you, Mr. Perero. May I have a
second?
» Second.
» Thank you very much, Mr. Bay. Okay, it
is on the floor. Any discussion related
to the introduction of 20268?
Hearing none. All those in favor of
introduction of 20268,
please signify by saying I.
» I.
» Any opposed? The eyes have it. And it is
introduced. We'll now move on to
unfinished business. I have no items of
unfinished business that I'm aware of.
Is there any unfinished business that
I'm not aware of? Hearing none, we'll
move on to new business. I have no new
business. Does anyone have any new
business?
Moving on, we'll move on to departmental
reports. Miss Amholst asked me this
evening to shift it to a little bit of
an abbreviated session. Um, so it's only
going to be a couple of the heads that
are actually get work this evening. So,
Miss Hally, floor is yours.
» Thank you, sir. I just want to take a
moment to thank the family of Mayor Yon
when I was in College Park. Um, the
College Park mayor said, "Once a mayor,
always a mayor." So, we're going to say
instead of former mayor, just mayor.
Thank you.
» Um, it takes this job, both the elected
officials and the staff, takes a lot of
time to do the job and it takes a lot of
time to be away from your families. So,
I just want to take a moment to
recognize that um there's so many
fingerprints that all of us staff and
council have on micro decisions that are
made in this in the city that are
unnoticed by everyone except us.
Sometimes sometimes that leads to the
bigger things as council member Bayer
mentioned. Um, and sometimes it never
really reveals itself, but it's a lot of
hard work um, and a lot of time and
effort. So, I want to take a moment to
thank family for the time that you gave
to the city back then during um, a
council council member time, a council
president time, and a mayor's time. Um,
and and wish you all the best during
this time of grieving.
Um, okay. So, moving on, just some last
important things, but still important.
Uh, September 7th is Labor Day. The city
offices will be closed uh on Monday,
September 7th, but we'll have a few
department heads that are going to be
out before and after that as well,
trying to capitalize on that. We only
have two reports for you as you
mentioned, Mr. President, and we're
going to start with planning department,
Mr. Debo.
» Thank you. On August 20th, the planning
zoning commission was presented site
development plan S2520 to construct a
43,971
square foot public service building for
the Carol County Sheriff's Office
headquarters located at the intersection
of Greenwood Avenue, Manchester Avenue.
And this was simply for introduction in
and informal review. The annexation of
the properties associated with S2520
must become effective before the site
plan is brought before the commission
for formal site plan review and action.
Main zoning commission also held a
public hearing on local map amendment
LMA 2601 to superimpose the compatible
neighborhood overlay zone over property
zone RS7500
residential zone to construct a mixeduse
office building a mixeduse building
containing 122bedroom market rate
apartments and approximately 9,100 ft of
ground floor commercial space known as
village square at 102 Wymer Avenue. On
September 1st, the board of zoning
appeals will review its written decision
approving case 2603.
It's an expansion of a private indoor
recreation facility special exception
use at 1666 Airport Drive Boulevard or
the Westminster gymnastics and
cheerleading school. And that completes
my report.
» There any questions from the planning
director? Hear none. We will move on to
the police department next.
» Thank you, m. I'm going to elongate it
even more because I only had one thing
to touch on and that was the uh
Westminster or the I'm sorry the
McDaniel College walk. I think the mayor
did a great job of describing uh what a
great event was but we were just happy
to participate in it. So, thank you.
» We're very busy closing out at the end
of the year. The end of the fiscal year
ends the wrapup is at the end of August.
Uh so don't think that just because we
don't have a lot to prepare tonight that
we're not all doing many many things.
Mr. President, that concludes the
departmental reports.
» Thank you, M. Impulse. Final item on our
agenda this evening citiz comments
during which we invite the public to
address the mayor and council on any
issues related to tonight's agenda or
any other city matters. For those not
attending this public meeting, we
welcome your comments via email at
commentswestminstermd.gov.
All email comments will be shared with
the mayor and council. Please include
your address and phone number with your
comments. We will now invite comments
from those present this evening. This is
an opportunity for the public to share
their thoughts with the mayor and
council. Our role at this point is to
listen to your comments and respond
appropriately after consulting with
staff and each other. Is there anyone
here this evening wishes to be heard?
Hearing none. Uh that moves us to
adjournment. That concludes the agenda
and the meeting. Our next regular
meeting will be Monday, September 14th.