1 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:12,639 Ladies and gentlemen, call this meeting to order. The mayor and board of 2 00:00:10,639 --> 00:00:16,800 commissioners for February the 10th, 2026. Can I get the roll call, please? 3 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,480 » Yes. Commissioner Kleiner >> here. 4 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:21,600 » Commissioner Pearson >> here. 5 00:00:19,439 --> 00:00:24,560 » Commissioner Don >> here. Let the record show you have a 6 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:28,720 quorum. >> Thank you. Will you rise with me for the 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:33,840 pledge of allegiance, please? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the 8 00:00:31,599 --> 00:00:40,160 United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation 9 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:44,640 under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 10 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:46,239 » Commissioner Kleiner, would you do us the honor of a prayer, please? 11 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:51,840 » Sure. >> Thank you. 12 00:00:48,719 --> 00:00:57,039 » Father, I thank you for this day. Uh we ask for your wisdom, for your provision 13 00:00:54,160 --> 00:01:03,760 for this town. We ask for new police officers and uh we ask for your 14 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:10,159 protection over all of our citizens and we pray Lord that you would lead us 15 00:01:07,119 --> 00:01:14,640 every day and guide us into your will in Jesus name. Amen. 16 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:18,560 » Thank you. >> All right. Approval of the consent 17 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:23,520 agenda. Town administrator, do you have that? 18 00:01:19,759 --> 00:01:30,320 » Yes. Um, you have the town meeting video summary of January 13th. You have the 19 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:37,119 upcoming town meeting schedule, but more significantly, we want to reintroduce 20 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:43,119 the West Ningham Academy annexation resolution. If you remember, we have 21 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:50,560 been doing our due diligence to make sure that um everything is in order. 22 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:57,280 More specifically, we did apply for grant money from MDE for the state to 23 00:01:55,040 --> 00:02:03,840 pay for a water line down to West Ningham Academy, but we although we we 24 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:08,319 got approved for that, the overall approval process could be about a year 25 00:02:06,079 --> 00:02:14,319 and a half to go through. So, we wanted to have a couple more discussions with 26 00:02:10,399 --> 00:02:18,959 MD to see how viable this is. And so far, so good. they're encouraging us to 27 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:24,640 move forward with the design of the water line. So that's why we want to 28 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:30,239 reintroduce the resolution to keep it um upfront on it. So it's again you're not 29 00:02:28,239 --> 00:02:34,560 you're not voting to adopt the resolution, you're just accepting it 30 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:39,920 into the record and then that'll start the normal uh 45day process. 31 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,959 » And a copy of this resolution is on our website. 32 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:46,319 » Yes. >> All right. Can I get a motion to approve 33 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,959 the consent agenda, please? >> I make a motion to approve the consent 34 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,680 agenda. >> I second it. 35 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:55,840 » It's been moved and seconded. Is there any further discussion? 36 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,879 » Hearing none. All in favor? >> I 37 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,480 » I >> Thank you. 38 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,519 » That was an I. >> Okay. 39 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,760 » All right. Thank you, Commissioner Dowling. Sorry. Uh, under public 40 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:11,360 presentations, we do not have anything. Uh, we are going to go ahead and skip to 41 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,480 citizens input. Would anyone like to speak this evening? 42 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:20,480 Can we go here or can I just stay right here? 43 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:23,480 » Yeah, unfortunately you got there. Sorry. 44 00:03:23,599 --> 00:03:29,519 » And all all you have to do is say you're a resident of 45 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:34,480 » I'm a resident of Rising Sun. [laughter] My name is Chrissy Shepard. I just 46 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:37,519 wanted to um to extend my um thanks for the snow removal this year. It was 47 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:42,400 definitely different. It's definitely needed. Um, and my mom lives on Walnut 48 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:46,799 Street, so the sidewalk, the removal of all that, you guys, the um, town really 49 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:49,760 did a great job, and I thank you so very much for that. And that's all I have to 50 00:03:48,159 --> 00:03:52,400 say. [laughter] >> Huge shout out to our public works crew 51 00:03:51,519 --> 00:03:56,560 for sure. >> They did. They did such a great job with 52 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,799 that. >> All right. 53 00:03:56,959 --> 00:04:04,640 » You want any highlights of that? >> Sure, Cal. Go ahead. Um, so one of the 54 00:04:02,239 --> 00:04:08,959 things the town has been doing since 2008 55 00:04:06,239 --> 00:04:14,000 is recognizing that when you get a significant amount of snowfall, there's 56 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:20,720 always so many places to put that snow. So back in 2008, u Commissioner Pearson, 57 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:25,040 you can recall and Chief Peterson, you remember we were getting two very 58 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:33,759 significant snowstorms within like a week of each other. And so we pree or 59 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:38,560 preemptively got contractors lined up to come in and haul that snow out so that 60 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:46,720 the next snowstorm had someplace for the snow to go. Um, we don't get together 61 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:51,919 every time there's a pending snowstorm, but given the nature and the particulars 62 00:04:49,199 --> 00:04:57,600 of this particular snowstorm, we started meeting on Tuesday, the week before, and 63 00:04:54,960 --> 00:05:05,040 we got all of our contractors lined up. Now, here's a frustrating thing is that 64 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:11,039 in past storms, the state has declared a state of 65 00:05:07,919 --> 00:05:18,080 emergency and the town gets reimbured for all of that expense. However, the 66 00:05:14,479 --> 00:05:24,720 state has a criteria that they will only declare a state of emergency if the vi 67 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:30,479 in the case of snow removal um or flooding is if the end result exceeds 68 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:36,240 90% of the end result of the previous one. 69 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:42,479 So, what that basically means is they're always adding a rung to the ladder. So 70 00:05:39,919 --> 00:05:48,479 unfortunately what that means is we've not crunched all the numbers, but before 71 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:55,120 you get involved in the labor of our personnel, the town probably spent close 72 00:05:51,440 --> 00:06:00,720 to $35,000 in contractor fees and getting this snow out of there. It'll 73 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:06,240 probably be another chunk of of change for our public works employees because 74 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:12,720 they work, you know, non non-stop for two, three days straight. So these types 75 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:18,560 of snowstorms do cost a significant amount of money, but we have internally 76 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:22,960 and I know I speak for the elected body. We just want to do things differently 77 00:06:20,479 --> 00:06:27,199 than you know you your what's that old saying your grandfather's town 78 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:32,560 government kind of thing. We want to do it differently and we want to get that 79 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:36,720 snow out in here. And so we take a lot of pride and a lot of people don't 80 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:42,319 realize it. We have three public works employees that are moving that snow. I 81 00:06:40,319 --> 00:06:47,360 also want to obviously thank Chief Peterson because he he and some of the 82 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:54,240 police officers were getting behind the wheel of snow plows also to to move it 83 00:06:51,440 --> 00:07:00,000 out of here. But I would put our people up against anybody in state county in 84 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:04,000 terms of clearing snow out of this devel. 85 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:10,080 Now, with that, I also want to say I'm not naive to say that there aren't some 86 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:17,039 nuances here and there. And we had plenty of people that 87 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:22,560 sort of attested to being experts in snow plowing and telling us how we 88 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:28,720 should and not be moving the snow. But I just bec I I can't resist it. It's not 89 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:32,880 as simple as redirecting the snow plow when you're coming down the street. It's 90 00:07:30,479 --> 00:07:38,319 not that simple. And the best way I can describe it is let's just use a funny 91 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:44,880 number. Let's just say you had five tons of snow between one curve on one side 92 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:50,319 and one curb on the other side. Unless you push that snow off the curb, you 93 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:54,879 still have five tons of snow in the middle of the street. So if you're 94 00:07:51,919 --> 00:07:59,120 moving the snow plow to not go across somebody's driveway or go up on the 95 00:07:56,879 --> 00:08:04,240 sidewalk, you still have the same five tons of snow in between the curve. So 96 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:09,919 it's not as simple as just angling the plow a different way. With that said, 97 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:16,160 and our next step is in wanting to be different than the typical local 98 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:22,000 government, we also went out and rented some equipment to be able to uh move 99 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:27,599 snow and to help our residents because this was a very unique snowstorm. And 100 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:33,839 it's all well and good to say there's no excuse for not removing snow off your 101 00:08:30,879 --> 00:08:38,560 sidewalk, but sometimes there is a valid excuse. and having somebody out there 102 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:43,919 having a heart attack or getting injured is not worth that when at the end of the 103 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:49,040 day we can work with some of the residents to remove some of that snow. 104 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:53,760 So going forward we are actively looking at some creative pieces of equipment 105 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:59,760 that we might be purchasing in the future so that we don't have to have to 106 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:03,839 take the standard hey that five ton of snow has to go in your driveway. We 107 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:08,640 don't want to be that way, but we're going to need to get some additional 108 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:11,760 equipment to uh be proactive about that in the future. So, 109 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:15,760 » all right, Cal, if you want to just roll into your town administrator report. 110 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:22,800 » Um, I don't really have anything other than, you know, we have a lot of things 111 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:28,959 going on, the uh snowstorm. Um, I would warn folks, it is inevitable we are 112 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:33,920 going to have water mane breaks. There's just no way around that. When the ground 113 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:39,040 freezes, it only takes a little bit of shifting of the ground with thawing and 114 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:46,080 freezing for these lines to break. We have lines that are pretty much 80 years 115 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:51,920 of age in our community. With that said, we have applied for grant money to 116 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:56,959 replace a good portion of those uh water and sewer lines in the future, but we 117 00:09:54,080 --> 00:10:01,279 will have water main breaks in the f, you know, in the very near future. As 118 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:05,279 soon as this cold spell, you know, freeze up, we're probably going to have 119 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:10,080 water main breaks. And as always, we'll do the best we can to get in there as 120 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:14,480 quickly as we can, notify everybody of the implications of it, and get them 121 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:20,320 done as quickly as possible. But more than that, we want to thank everyone who 122 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:25,839 reaches out to our public works employees. I can't tell you the amount 123 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:29,920 of pots of coffee and soup and they get more stuff than they can actually 124 00:10:27,519 --> 00:10:33,839 consume at some of these events and that that makes us all feel good that the 125 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:38,399 community the community as a whole comes together to solve these issues. So, we 126 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:43,760 appreciate you reaching out to us and being supportive. 127 00:10:40,959 --> 00:10:49,680 » Thank you. Um, Chief, >> um, I'm going to be brief first. Um, the 128 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:53,839 officer we hired that's in the academy, he's doing well, Mr. Lombardi. Um, he's 129 00:10:51,839 --> 00:10:55,760 doing well. He's down to a month. >> All right. 130 00:10:54,320 --> 00:11:00,160 » Fingers crossed that he continues to move forward and do well and we'll have 131 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:05,120 him here on site in a month to do the rest of his training. Uh, the search is 132 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:09,440 still on for additional officers. The starting salary is in the neighborhood 133 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:13,920 of $60,000. And if you're out there and you want to become a police officer, 134 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:19,160 please come out and see us and uh we can get started with your background 135 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:19,160 investigation. Um 136 00:11:21,519 --> 00:11:30,800 and uh I lost my train of thought on the rest of it. So that'll be my report. 137 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:35,200 » Thank you, Chief Assistant Town. >> I found it. I'm sorry. [laughter] 138 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:40,160 Um, going back to what the town administrator said about getting the 139 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:43,360 information out. I I've noticed, which I hate to look at social media, but I've 140 00:11:41,839 --> 00:11:47,279 noticed on social media, a lot of people complain that we tried to broadcast 141 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:50,880 information on social media and other forms. Um, if you don't like any of 142 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:54,959 those ways and don't want to wait for a newspaper to have it, you can always 143 00:11:52,800 --> 00:12:00,399 text 888 se 77788. 144 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:05,279 Text your zip code to that number. And when we do have an event, you will get 145 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:11,440 the emergency information sent directly to your phone. So it's 777888. 146 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:14,639 Text your zip code to that number and we'll get you the information. That's my 147 00:12:13,279 --> 00:12:18,800 report. >> Chief, that that's a really good segue 148 00:12:17,279 --> 00:12:23,839 into what one of the things that I was going to actually bring up. Uh we do 149 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:28,320 have communication capability in our uh utility system and we have reached out 150 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:32,240 to all the residents to please provide us that information. We can do 151 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:35,120 robocalls, we can do text messaging, and it's a really great way for us to 152 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:38,639 communicate to you if there's things that we need to get out into your 153 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:42,320 community. The only other thing that I do have is we are in the I'm beginning 154 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:46,959 the budget process. So, all the department heads and and staff will be 155 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:50,399 working on getting the budget ready. Our goal is to be finished by the end of 156 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:54,480 May. >> Thank you, Judy. Moving forward into the 157 00:12:52,560 --> 00:13:00,639 mayor's report, I'm just briefly going to uh mention our communication stuff. 158 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:05,040 Uh we are working really hard to um not only reach residents on social media, 159 00:13:02,639 --> 00:13:08,160 but find other avenues to do it. Um we're collecting emails. We're going to 160 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:13,200 have text alerts. We're going to do everything we can to try to alert our 161 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:17,839 citizens when something goes wrong. Uh we are not immune to the fact that we 162 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:22,000 have a lot of older residents that may not be on social media. Um so by 163 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:25,600 providing a text alert system, we're hoping that they'll be able to sign up 164 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:30,480 for that. um or at the very least have an email that they can access to get 165 00:13:28,399 --> 00:13:34,320 important alerts. Eventually, what we're looking at doing is um getting it so 166 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:38,880 that if we have a water main break, those alerts would go directly to that 167 00:13:36,079 --> 00:13:42,399 street uh and uh those residents would be notified immediately that their water 168 00:13:40,959 --> 00:13:46,399 service may be effective if something goes wrong. Same thing with uh community 169 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:51,279 festivals and other things that we have going on. We're going to work on ways to 170 00:13:48,639 --> 00:13:57,360 uh improve our communication. Uh, I do want to just again say a huge thank you 171 00:13:54,320 --> 00:14:02,639 to our public works team. Um, to chief to Cal. Uh, we had numerous meetings 172 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:07,120 during the snowstorm. Uh, and they both worked super hard to keep our residents 173 00:14:04,399 --> 00:14:11,760 informed of what was going on. Um, while also dealing with some tricky issues of 174 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:16,880 motorists being trapped uh on their road on the roads um as well as some 175 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:21,680 developments that weren't happy about the snow removal. Um we're super 176 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:26,240 thankful for them. Uh we're super thankful for our public works crew. Um 177 00:14:24,079 --> 00:14:31,360 they ended up having to do a water mane break right in the middle of the snow 178 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:36,320 removal um in sub-zero temperatures. Uh we can't thank them enough for all that 179 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:41,120 they do uh for our community. Uh couple of bad bills are coming through right 180 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:46,240 now because the uh session is uh the state legislature is now in session. Uh 181 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:50,800 we've written a couple of opposed uh to those bills. Uh, one of them is a 182 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:55,440 juvenile justice reform act that is going to be heard on the 12th. Um, that 183 00:14:53,680 --> 00:15:00,000 is something that Chief Peterson and I are going to be opposing. Um, there's a 184 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:05,360 few other ones that are now coming up uh regarding local zoning authority uh that 185 00:15:03,199 --> 00:15:09,920 the state has put forth. Uh, we continue to keep an eye out on what's coming down 186 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:15,199 from the state and what may be affected by uh how the town may be affected by 187 00:15:12,639 --> 00:15:20,079 legislation coming from the state. Uh moving forward into commissioner 188 00:15:16,639 --> 00:15:24,399 comments. Uh Commissioner Dowling said that he has no comment. So 189 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:29,279 Commissioner Kleiner >> um just a brief report. We only were 190 00:15:26,639 --> 00:15:33,360 able to meet once as as the uh planning commission for January because of the 191 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:39,440 weather, but we continue to have good discussions. Um, and I too want to share 192 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:43,920 my thanks to the Department of Public Works and to Calvin and Chief and 193 00:15:41,519 --> 00:15:49,920 everyone who worked late and worked days and days into the storm. And also, um, 194 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:54,320 there have been a few water main breaks. So, it's just it's not ever lost on me 195 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:59,120 that they're away from their families overnight sometimes um, and their 196 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:02,959 families are missing them. So, thank you so much. That concludes my report. Thank 197 00:16:01,519 --> 00:16:10,399 you, [clears throat] >> Commissioner Pearson. 198 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:13,920 » Well, I have the fortunate saying that I was sitting in Florida when all this 199 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:18,880 happened. Okay. >> And it was I think it was 81 that that 200 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:24,720 Saturday. Uh >> however, when I got back, 201 00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:31,040 » I heard nothing but positive things about our public works and all. I mean, 202 00:16:29,279 --> 00:16:37,600 my neighbors were coming up to me saying they did a great job and all. So, even 203 00:16:34,959 --> 00:16:42,160 though you're not here, word gets out pretty quick of the job they did. And I 204 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:47,040 want to just say I appreciate what they did. So, that's the end of my report. 205 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:52,079 » Calvin, did you have a brief comment regarding the zoning stuff? 206 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:58,079 » Yeah, I I think it's important um to step back for a second. If you remember 207 00:16:54,720 --> 00:17:04,640 when the cannabis legislation came in and people wanted to know why we were 208 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:11,439 allowing cannabis in the community. Um, another one that comes in that trunk 209 00:17:07,679 --> 00:17:20,000 there is solar panels. What I'm alluding to is our state government is 210 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:24,959 navigating towards taking local control away from local government to regulate 211 00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:29,360 these things. So let's let's talk about what that means. It's a rural community. 212 00:17:27,439 --> 00:17:32,640 We like the rural nature of the community and people pick and choose 213 00:17:31,039 --> 00:17:35,840 where they want to live. If they want to live in an urban area, they can live in 214 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:40,480 an urban area with public transportation. if they want to live in 215 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:44,320 a rural area, maybe the side effect of that is there's no public 216 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:48,320 transportation. But what the state has been doing over the last couple of years 217 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:54,960 and and and I'm going to sort of call them I don't want to say quite threats, 218 00:17:52,000 --> 00:18:02,799 but what they keep gravitating towards is a one-sizefits-all way of regulating 219 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:07,679 things. So they are looking to take away and not just the town of Rising Sun, not 220 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:13,520 just Cecil County, but every county in every town in this state the ability to 221 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:18,000 regulate residential zoning. So what that means is that if you go into the 222 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:22,960 Summer Hill development and you say, "Wow, it's a halfacre piece of land and 223 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:28,880 that's just the right amount of land I want for the size house that I want." Or 224 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:33,200 you could go down to uh break or I'm sorry uh Keles Mill and say, "Well, I 225 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:38,720 want a townhouse development. I want to move down there." You're not going to 226 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:44,559 have that right effective October of 2026 if this legislation gets passed. 227 00:18:41,919 --> 00:18:52,320 And the new legislation is going to be no community can require a lot size 228 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:55,760 larger than 5,000 square feet. So, I believe um you live on Manor, is it? 229 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:59,520 » Yes. >> Yeah. [snorts] 230 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:05,039 That's like half the size of your lots right now on Manor Court. So, we're not 231 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:10,240 going to be able to regulate lot size. We're not going to be able to regulate 232 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:14,960 house size. We're going to have to allow houses to be five feet from the property 233 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:20,480 line, which means they're going to be 10 feet apart. And we're not allowed to 234 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:28,320 require a setback of greater than 10 feet. Which what that means is you will 235 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:33,679 not see anybody parking in a driveway in front of a home again because the 236 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:39,919 average car a sedan is anywhere from 16 to 22 feet long. So unless these cars 237 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:43,039 are going to block the public sidewalk, that's what we're going to be dealing 238 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:48,640 with. which means we're going to have more traffic parking out on residential 239 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:53,120 streets. Some of those streets are older, might not be wide enough. We've 240 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:58,240 talked before about the changes the town has made to in our zoning code that's 241 00:19:56,160 --> 00:20:04,720 going to be eliminated. And the other thing they're talking about doing is 242 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:12,160 allowing any residential property that has not been subdivided in the last 243 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:16,799 three years to subdivide. So, not to pick on Manor Court, but what that 244 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:20,799 particularly means is Manor Court people could say, you know what, I want to 245 00:20:18,559 --> 00:20:26,320 build another building behind my house and I want to rent it out to people and 246 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:33,600 we can't we can't charge impact fees for that. So, what that means is the sewer 247 00:20:29,919 --> 00:20:37,679 and water repairs that the town has made in the past, the high sewer and water 248 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:42,480 rates, we're not going to be able to pass that along to new development in 249 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:48,480 the future. So essentially what that means is future land owners are going to 250 00:20:46,159 --> 00:20:53,440 receive more profit for their land and developers are going to be able to build 251 00:20:50,159 --> 00:20:57,520 more houses which is profit for them but the existing taxpayers are the ones who 252 00:20:55,520 --> 00:21:02,640 are going to have paid for that sewer and water infrastructure. So when you 253 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:07,679 think about it your head just like just wants to pop like what is the logic 254 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:12,960 behind that? But I think it was Ronald Reagan who always said the this the nine 255 00:21:10,799 --> 00:21:17,760 scariest words are, "We're the government. We're here to help you." 256 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:23,280 That's what it sounds like the state is trying to do is help different 257 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:28,320 populations or communities, but they're trying to do a one-sizefits-all. 258 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:31,520 So, that's pretty scary. And we're going to lose control in the future if that 259 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:36,240 bill is passed. >> Yeah. And I think that uh Cal and I are 260 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:40,960 are putting forth a letter to the housing committee um in the general 261 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:45,039 assembly because that's who's putting it forward right now. Um and those 262 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:50,159 legislators we hope to reach out to and explain uh what is going on and and uh 263 00:21:48,799 --> 00:21:52,480 how it's going to affect our rural community. 264 00:21:50,799 --> 00:21:54,320 » And I think the Maryland Municipal League is also 265 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:59,039 » they are >> writing against it too. 266 00:21:56,799 --> 00:22:02,240 All right. On on our schedule, you can see our 267 00:22:00,559 --> 00:22:06,159 board of zoning appeals, upcoming town events, upcoming town holidays, our 268 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:09,360 trash, recycle, and yardway schedule. Is there anything else to come before the 269 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:12,880 board this evening? I think this is our shortest meeting we've ever had. 270 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:17,120 » No, >> I think it was 11 minutes. 271 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,440 » Can I get a motion to adjurnn? >> I make a motion to adjourn. 272 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:25,000 » Second it. >> It's been moved and seconded. All in 273 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:25,000 favor? Meeting ajourned.