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» Good afternoon. My name is Debbie Settle
and I'm the grants and loans

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administrator for St. Mary's County
Metropolitan Commission. Also in

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attendance is our executive director,
Mr. George Ericson, our acting chief

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financial officer, Christina Tippet, and
our chief engineering officer, Miss

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Christy Hollander. It is now 2:00 p.m.
and we would like to call the public

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hearing to order.
The public hearing this afternoon is

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also being videotaped for the record and
will be posted on www.metcom.org.

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One quick announcement before we get
started for those attending in person.

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Restroom facilities and water fountain
are located in the hallway just outside

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of the meeting room entrance.

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The purpose of the hearing this
afternoon is firstly to amend and

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restate in its entirety the definition
of projects by replacing the list of

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capital improvement projects listed in
the DHCD

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2024 series A infrastructure bond
adopted by resolution number 202401

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on March 21st 2024 and the DHCD 2026
series A infrastructure bond

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adopted by resolution number 20261
on April 9th, 2026.

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And secondly, the gather of public
testimony and comment prior to approval

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and adoption of resolution number 20264
amending and supplementing the list of

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projects.
Attendance for the public is encouraged

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and attendees are permitted to speak. We
have a signup sheet posted for those who

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wish to speak. We are live streaming
this presentation and we'll be providing

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the opportunity for the public to call a
dedicated phone line to offer any

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comments and the and at the close of
today's presentation.

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Before we begin the formal presentation,
it's customary that we advise that the

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public hearing notice was properly
published and that this certification of

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publication is being submitted as part
of the public hearing record.

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What does reallocation mean? amending
the list of projects to ensure that any

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previously borrowed and unused loan
proceeds could be utilized for other

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eligible unfunded capital projects. This
administrative step provides the

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commission significant project funding
flexibility and helps reduce the amount

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of additional debt it otherwise may need
to incur. This does not change the

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amount of current debt or incur
additional debt that hasn't already been

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authorized. Funding of original projects
will not change unless they are

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completed under budget, removed from the
budget, or have significant unforeseen

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delays.
All projects have previously approved

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budgets and will be eligible should
excess loan proceeds become available or

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they will be funded by future debt as
planned.

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This allows loan proceeds to be drawn as
quickly as possible and provides

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flexibility intended with DHC financing.

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The amended project lists will replace
the project lists in the original loan

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resolutions.
The original projects shown without bold

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text will be funded as originally
intended and any excess loan proceeds

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can be used for the projects added shown
in the bold text.

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All the projects added have approved
budgets and but require debt funding. I

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will turn the meeting over to Miss
Holland to Miss Hollander to review the

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projects that are being added.
>> Good afternoon. Thank you, Miss Miss

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Miss Hollander, Miss Settle. As I stated
earlier, as stated earlier, my name is

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Christy Hollander and I am Metcom's
chief engineering officer. I would like

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to provide a brief highlight of the
additional water projects not included

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in this in the prior loans that may be
eligible should excess loan proceeds

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become available. These projects include
the Breton Bay water system replacement

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phase 1. This project will replace and
upgrade 8,750

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linear feet of water mane built in the
1960s, including valves, hydrants,

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service laterals up to the meter pit
from PTOAC View Drive to Center 40

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circle. Charlotte Hall well number one
replacement will construct a new

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production well to replace an existing
failed well to balance the production

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and increase efficiency in the Charlotte
Hall system. The exterior petty building

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upgrade site improvement includes
parking, utilities, signage, secured

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entrance gate, generator, material
storage, and a structure for maintenance

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building maintenance
vehicle storage at the existing Petty

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building site.
That project is split 50/50 with between

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water and sewer. The Hollywood water
system connector replacement will

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install approximately 1,600 linear feet
of water mane along MD235 from Hollywood

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Tower to the crossing at Dean Lumber.
Maryland 247 Levelville Road water main

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replacement phase 2 will upgrade and
replace 4,000 linear feet of water mane

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within the King Kennedy subdivision
serving approximately 62 homes.

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The Shangerla Drive and South Essex
water main replacement phase two will

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replace and upgrade the mains, valves,
hydrants, and service laterals built by

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the US Navy on Shanganger from MD 235 to
South Essex Drive and along South Essex

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Drive from Great Mills.
Town Creek Water System Phase 5 will

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upgrade and replace 78,000
sorry 7,800 linear feet of water mane

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from Town Creek subdivision built in the
1960s to increase fire protection and

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system reliability. And the last water
project is the various fireflow

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enhancements which will replace an
upgrade of small diameter pipes to

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improve fire flow.
I will now provide a brief highlight of

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additional sewer projects not included
in the previous loan that may be

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eligible should excess loan pre loan
proceeds become available. These

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projects include the Bradley Boulevard
wastewater pump station which will

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replace the existing wastewater pump
station installed in 1966 serving

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approximately 525 edus. Again the
exterior petty building. This this

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project will um have site improvements
that include parking, utility,

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um signage,
secured gate, generator, material

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storage, and a structure for the
maintenance vehicles.

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The Hunting Quarter wastewater pump
station upgrade will replace the

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existing wastewater station installed in
1987, serving approximately 75 EDUs. The

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St. Clement service area
public service public sewer extension

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will upgrade the existing sewer mains
and pump stations to serve the expanded

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service area associated with the St.
Clement Shores wastewater treatment

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upgrade.
The St. Clement Shores expansion and ENR

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upgrade phase B um includes treatment
and disposal systems

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um to ENR standards to provide
additional capacity for the expanded

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service area. The Stark Drive and Block
Avenue sewer main replacement will

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replace 400 linear feet of sewer pipe to
alleviate excessive inflow and

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infiltration and hydraulic capacity
constraints off of Stark and Block

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Avenue. And finally, the Wildwood
Parkway force main replacement will

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replace 967 linear feet of sewer pipe to
alleviate high velocity and hydraulic

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capacity conditions in that area.
I will turn the meeting back over to

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Miss Settle, our grants and loan
administrator.

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Thank you, Mrs. Hollander. At this time,
we would like to provide an opportunity

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for those attending or who might be
watching to provide comment. We ask that

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you state your name and address for the
record and limit your comments to three

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minutes. Do we have anyone that would
like to speak?

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» Okay.

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If you wish to call in, the number is
posted and it is 3012981561

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and the extension is 4543.

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We will keep the phone line open for 10
minutes.

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Okay, it is now 2:21.
We thank everyone for attending. We want

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to thank Mr. Troy Cowan for coming and
attending in person today. It's nice to

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have a guest here. The presentation will
be posted on www.metcom.org.

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org and the record will remain open
until 4:30 p.m. on September 21st, 2026.