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From YouTube: 2023 Budget Town Hall - District 3
Description
County Executive Olszewski & Councilman Wade Each gathering with residents and stakeholders who live in District 3 to get their input and ideas on what should be prioritized in the County's FY24 budget.
A
Anna
District
3
Outreach
coordinator
for
Baltimore
County
Executive
Johnny
ocheski's
Junior's
office
of
community
engagement.
It
is
my
pleasure
to
welcome
all
of
you
here
for
our
six
budget.
Town
Hall
series
government
works
best
when
our
residents
drive
the
conversation
and
our
signature.
Town
Hall
series
continues
on
those
efforts
to
create
a
more
a
more
open,
accessible,
responsive
government.
A
B
B
The
Maryland
state
fair,
is
a
volunteer-led,
501c3,
non-profit
and
we're
honored
to
have
you
here
for
this
very
important
town
hall
meeting
in
thinking
about
this
evening's
introduction
and
welcoming
I
thought
about
the
three
of
us
and
three
things
that
the
three
of
us
have
in
common.
We
were
all
Baltimore,
County,
Public,
School
teachers.
We
all
served
in
the
legislature
and
we're
all
tall.
B
The
Maryland
State
Fair
has
been
at
this
location
since
1878.
when
York
Road
was
but
a
dirt
trail
that
only
had
horses
and
wagons.
Today
we
have
a
sprawling
campus
with
some
40
buildings
and
2
million
people
a
year
on
campus,
providing
enormous
opportunities
and
economic
impact
for
Baltimore
County.
This
very
building
alone
produces
generates
50
million
dollars
a
year
in
horse
sales
alone,
in
this
very
building,
50
million
with
buyers
and
sellers
coming
from
all
over
the
world.
B
Also,
on
the
campus
during
the
pandemic,
under
the
leadership
of
the
olashesky
administration,
we
offered
coronavirus,
testing
and
vaccinations.
Red
Cross
Blood
drives
food
distribution
for
the
needy,
emergency
staging
and
Care
for
Animals.
If
the
farmers
got
sick,
this
Collective
effort
and
partnership
with
Baltimore
County
led
to
the
fairgrounds
winning
a
national
award
in
partnership
with
Baltimore
County
as
the
best
site
in
the
United
States
for
a
coordinated
approach
to
combating
the
coronavirus
pandemic.
Congratulations,
Baltimore,
County,.
B
None
of
this
would
have
been
possible
without
the
great
team
that
we
have
here
in
Baltimore
County
from
the
leadership
to
every
one
of
you
here
tonight.
I
especially
want
to
thank
our
leadership
at
the
Maryland
state,
fair
and
sometimes
the
unsung
heroes
that
get
things
done
in
the
scenes.
Let's
thank
our
chief
of
facilities,
Chief
dunmire
right
there.
B
In
conclusion,
I
want
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
your
support
of
the
Maryland
state,
fair
for
your
participation
in
democracy.
It
has
truly
been
a
team
effort,
and
the
successes
we're
enjoying
would
not
be
possible
were
it
not
for
you,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
welcome
to
your
Maryland
State
Fair.
Thank
you.
A
After
the
county
executive's
budget
presentation,
you
will
have
an
opportunity
to
share
your
budget
related
priority
within
the
allotted
time
of
two
minutes
at
one
of
the
designated
microphones
that
will
be
located
in
the
front
of
the
auditorium.
The
county
executive,
the
appropriate
department
head
or
councilman
catch
will
address
your
inquiries
concerns
and
ideas.
We
will
need
to
be
out
of
the
building
by
9
pm
this
evening
and
we
would
love
to
hear
from
as
many
of
you
as
possible.
A
So
we
ask
that
your
comments
remain
brief
and
in
the
allotted
time,
if
you
are,
if
we
are
unable
to
get
to
your
question
tonight,
we
will
have
a
coordinator
from
the
community
engagement
office.
Follow
up
with
you
now
without
further
Ado.
It
is
my
honor
and
privilege
to
welcome
your
councilman
waycatch.
C
C
Roger
Yeager,
last
but
not
least,
my
wife
Evelyn
she
puts
up
with
me
and
you
know
that's
not
easy,
not
easy
at
all
I
plan
to
give
the
county
executive
my
list
of
requests
it's
rather
long,
but
let
me
just
say
that
the
list
that
I
gave
him
four
years
ago
was
just
about
complete
but
I've.
Only
given
him
two
years
to
do
this
list
and
oh
I'm
serious
you
have
two
years:
that's
it.
C
Yeah
I
just
want
to
make
a
couple
of
quick
remarks.
First
of
all,
many
of
you
have
contacted
me
regarding
crime
in
Baltimore
County,
and
you
know
I'm
happy
to
say
that
the
Third
District
is
the
safest
District
in
Baltimore
County.
We
are
the
safest,
but
we
all
we
have
to
be
vigilant,
and
you
know
I'm
concerned
about
the
Third
District
and
all
of
the
County.
So
I
have
a
proposal
and
Ryan
who's
sitting
right.
C
C
The
second
thing
that
I
want
to
talk
about
in
our
schools
and
I,
see
I,
see
blue
shirts.
What
school
is
that
pardonia
internet
very
good,
very
good?
Well,
anyhow,
I
was
very
upset.
I,
don't
know
if
you've
seen
the
academic
test
scores
for
our
Baltimore
County
Schools
they're,
terrible
they
are
terrible
and
Michelle
Guyton
just
walked
in
and
the
scores
are
terrible
and
it's
because
of
covid
and
other
reasons.
You
know
when
you
have
schools
where
there's
violence
school
buses
where
there's
violence
you
know
I
was
a
school
teacher.
C
Johnny
was
my
wife.
Evelyn
was
so
we
know
what
it's
like
to
teach
school.
What
I
would
like
the
county
Executives
to
do
is
to
work
with
our
school
system
and
School
Board
to
offer,
as
soon
as
possible,
remedial
help
for
all
our
students
who
are
not
performing
at
grade
level
and
I.
Think
we
ought
to
pull
all
the
stops
out
if
we
need
to
go
to
Huntington,
Learning
Center
and
get
them
or
parent
volunteers
Etc,
because
the
thing
that
concerns
me
I
don't
want
teachers
to
be
even
more
burdened
than
they
already
are.
C
You
know
that
that
is,
you
know
when
we
were
in
the
state
legislature,
bills
would
pass.
You
know
your
teacher
should
do
this
teacher
should
do
that
and
I
kept
saying
well,
yeah
I
know
it'll
only
take
10
15
minutes,
but
it
adds
on
and
on
and
on
and
on,
and
the
amount
of
work
that
teachers
have
to
do
is
really
unbelievable,
plus
putting
up
with
other
issues
so
Mr
County,
Executive
I'll
give
you
two
weeks
to
get
all
that
into.
C
A
month,
no
problem,
that's
that's
for
everything
for
this
District
I'm
talking
about
our
immediate
problems,
so
Sonia
I
think
you've
all
very
much
for
coming
tonight,
and
you
know
these
the
crime
issue
and
the
education
issue
is
something
that
we
absolutely
need
to
resolve.
Asap.
Thank
you.
Should
I
introduce
the
county
executive,
okay,
it's
my
honor
pleasure
to
introduce
the
county
executive
who
I
sat
next
to
in
the
house
of
delegates
for
eight
years.
He
was
new,
knew
nothing.
C
I
don't
know
if
he
knows
any
well
he's
a
bit
misguided
on
some
issues
when
I
mentioned
that
he
doesn't
say
anything,
it's
it's
really
strange,
I,
don't
I,
don't
get
it
but
all
seriousness.
He
is
a
great
individual
he's
a
people
person.
He
cares
about
each
and
every
citizen
in
Baltimore,
County
and
you
know
I
will
admit.
C
E
Thank
you
councilman
and
good
evening.
Everybody.
Thank
you
so
much
for
making
the
time
and
for
your
presence
tonight.
This
is
your
night,
so
I
will
try
to
be
as
prompt
as
I
can
in
delivering
the
overview
of
our
current
budget
and
our
current
state
of
affairs
in
Baltimore
County
before
turning
the
microphones
over
to
all
of
you.
I
think
this
is
a
tremendous
turnout.
E
It's
larger
than
I
think
our
last
time
here
it
is
wonderful
to
be
back
with
at
our
Maryland
state,
fair
and
truly
appreciate
the
partnership
we've
had
with
the
leadership
here.
So
thank
you
all
so
so
much
speaking
of
partnership,
I
want
to
thank
councilman
catch
for
his
partnership,
even
when
he
tells
me
that
I'm
misguided
I
was
taught
to
respect
your
elders
and
to
just
smile
and
I.
E
I
will
say
that
you,
you
all,
have
a
tenacious
Advocate
with
a
servant's
heart
here
in
this
district,
and
it
is
my
honor
and
privilege
to
serve
alongside
Wade
I.
Don't
know
for
those
of
you
who
are
here
at
the
last
time
that
would
think
it
was
the
first
year
of
the
term.
We
did
our
town
hall,
the
first
town
hall.
E
That's
not
to
say
that
we're
done
or
that
we
don't
have
more
to
do.
But
I
think
the
fact
that
we've
been
so
connected
and
engaged
has
allowed
us
to
to
drive
that
progress.
So,
let's
talk
about
what
we've
done
together,
we've
put
in
ethics
reform
to
strengthen
accountability,
we've
created
and
expanded
every
year,
the
office
of
the
Inspector
General,
something
that
didn't
exist
before
in
Baltimore
County.
E
Their
campaigns
we've
created
the
Office
of
community
engagement
and
I,
want
to
thank
Carmen
Christiana
for
being
a
good
District
representative
here
in
District
three
and
Mandy
remmel
is
our
director
of
the
office
and
we've
stood
up
the
County's
first
ever
3-1-1
service
working
together,
we've
created
BC
stat,
which
are
which
is
our
data
driven
governance
program,
where
we
are
now
using
data
to
help
inform
our
decision.
Making
BC
stat
is
also
the
program
that
has
stood
up
any
number
of
dashboards,
some
of
which
we'll
talk
about
tonight.
E
We've
stood
up
our
first
open
budget
platform.
Where
now
you
can
see
down
to
the
check
where
your
dollars
as
County
taxpayers,
are
going
each
and
every
budget
cycle
and,
of
course,
we've
created
this
town
hall
budget
Series,
where
we
have
engaged
thousands
of
residents
in
the
budget
process
and
it's
a
testament
to
our
communities
who
have
stepped
up
to
have
their
voices
heard,
and
it's
a
stark
contrast
to
just
a
few
years
prior
to
our
election,
where,
in
the
two
years
prior
to
our
Administration,
there
were
two
people.
E
Two
people
total
who
testified
on
the
County's
four
plus
billion
dollar
budget
I,
do
want
to
thank
the
the
many
county
leaders
you
have
all
of
our
department,
heads
and
their
deputies.
You
have
our
administrative
officer,
Stacy
Rogers,
who
are
here
to
answer
questions
to
go
to
their
tables.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
being
engaged
and
responsive
together.
We
close
an
inherited
81
million
dollar
structural
deficit.
As
Mr
Brewster
said
we
we
helped
deliver
both
here
and
across
the
county.
E
E
In
terms
of
funding,
it
you'll
see
that
the
bulk
of
it
comes
from
real
and
income
taxes,
there's
a
significant
amount
of
state
aid.
There's
some
federal
support,
there's
a
chunk
that
comes
in
from
feeds
and
other
revenues
and
then,
where
it
goes,
we
spend
over
half
of
our
budget
both
on
our
people
and
on
education,
education.
That
bucket
of
55
includes
both
BCPS
our
library
system,
as
well
as
our
community
college,
BCPS
alone.
We'll
talk
about
that
gets
over
two
billion
dollars
annually
of
that
budget.
E
After
education,
we
we
spend
appropriately
the
largest
sums,
go
to
Public
Safety
470
million
dollars
in
the
current
budget,
as
well
as
investments
in
public
health,
health,
Recreation,
Public,
Works
Etc.
In
addition
to
those
operating
dollars.
Every
year
we
also
have
a
capital
budget
which,
over
the
several
years,
is
projected
to
be
over
three
billion
dollars
of
investment.
That
is
funded
primarily
by
two
things.
First,
is
our
water
and
sewer
fees
to
the
Metro
District
and
about
half
of
the
funding
comes
from
that?
It
also
goes
appropriately
to
the
water
and
sewer
system.
E
The
other
bulk
of
the
money
comes
from
General
obligation
bonds.
These
are
the
bonds
that
you
all
vote
for
this
past
November
that
were
on
the
ballot,
borrowing,
ordinances,
and
that
goes
towards
largely
our
schools,
but
then
also
to
our
our
operational
buildings,
our
Parks,
our
police
and
fire
stations
Etc.
In
addition
to
the
borrowing,
we
also
do
what's
called
pay
as
you
go
or
pay
go
Capital.
These
are
one-time
additional
infusions
that
we
put
into
the
budget
to
help
fund.
E
Some
of
these
Capital
Construction
costs
every
year,
councilman
catch
and
his
colleagues
on
the
council
give
to
us
a
spending
affordability
report.
The
spending
affordability
committee
basically
says
on
the
operating
budget
based
on
the
growth
of
the
county,
the
economy.
Where
we
stand
in
a
budget
from
a
budgetary
perspective
Administration,
you
may
grow
the
budget
from
an
operational
perspective
by
this
amount.
E
Once
we
have
that
amount
from
the
County
Council,
we
then
turn
to
our
departments
and
give
them
initial
targets
to
really
stay,
make
sure
that
we
are
staying
within
those
spending,
affordability,
guidelines.
So
for
context.
In
the
current
budget
that
we're
in
the
fiscal
23
budget,
it
was
a
4.7
percent
growth
factor
on
the
operation,
but
operational
budget,
that's
107
million
dollars.
Now
that
seems
like
a
lot
of
money
until
you
start
peeling
it
back
and
understanding
where
that
money
goes.
E
In
addition,
we
have
about
25
percent
that
have
gone
towards
things
like
opeb,
which
is
our
retiree
Health
Care
fund.
That
was,
if
you
were
here
in
the
first
year,
you
learned
it
was
completely
rated
and
emptied
and
we're
almost
now
back
at
pay
as
you
go
or
sustaining
that
fund
for
the
future
we
had
17
percent
in
required
increases,
cost
of
gas
has
gone
up:
electricity,
Insurance
Etc,
and
then
we
had
13
of
that
of
that
funding
went
towards
new
programs
or
new
policies.
E
So,
let's
dive
into
that
13
because
some
of
that
came
from
these
town
halls
in
this
year's
budget,
we
stood
up
those
reforestry
divisions
within
the
department
of
environment,
Environmental,
Protection
sustainability,
director
Likens
and
his
team
is
here.
We
added
a
green
infrastructure
division
to
think
about
infrastructure
differently
in
the
Department
of
Public,
Works
and
transportation.
I
see
director
Walker
and
her
team.
E
We
funded
an
expansion
of
County
Ride
service,
additional
hours
and
Saturday
service
director,
Walker
and
her
team
are
again
are
leading
that
and
working
with
our
school
system,
partners
and
I
believe
Dr
McComas
is
here
representing
BCPS
or
with
BCPS.
We
put
forward
additional
teachers,
counselor
support
staff
and
school
resource
officers,
in
addition
to
those
salary
increases.
That
was
where
that
small
amount
of
additional
costs.
Speaking
of
Education,
the
current
budget
is,
as
I
mentioned,
over
two
billion
dollars.
E
This
year
we
have
an
over
70
million
dollar
increase
over,
what's
called
maintenance
of
effort
or
the
level
by
which
we're
required
to
fund
by
law.
We
can't
go
backwards
in
our
funding.
The
state
says
you
have
to
maintain
at
least
a
level
amount
of
funding.
We
took
that
level
amount
and
we
added
70
million
dollars
above
what
would
be
our
enrollment-based
maintenance
of
effort.
That's
an
increase
of
91
million
dollars
total
from
the
prior
year.
E
We
we
have
hired
those
300
additional
staff
persons
over
the
past
four
years,
and
we
had
an
agreement
to
do
some
mid-year
increases
last
year.
Again,
I'm
really
proud
of
what
we've
done
the
progress
we've
made.
We
want
to
keep
doing
more
and
we
thank
our
teachers
for
their
efforts.
I
mentioned
the
enrollment
numbers.
What
I've
committed
in
terms
of
the
budgeting
process
for
the
next
four
years
as
a
baseline
as
a
minimum?
Is
that
maintenance
of
effort
number?
E
We
will
do
at
least
10
million
dollars
more
above
maintenance
of
effort
every
year
for
the
next
four
years.
Now
there's
some
uncertainty
about
the
economy,
but
I
think
it's
important
that
we
know
that
we're
going
to
sustain
those
investments
in
education
moving
forward,
in
addition
to
the
operating
costs
and
investments
in
education,
we've
also
stepped
up
in
a
big
way
on
capital
for
schools.
We
have
What's
called
the
multi-year
Improvement
plan
for
all
schools
or
my
iPass.
E
It
is
now
a
three
plus
billion
dollar
plan
to
touch
every
school
across
Baltimore
County
over
the
next
14
years.
When
you
peel
that
back,
it
means
millions
of
dollars
of
investments
in
things
like
School,
Safety
and
Security.
It
means
investing
in
steam
or
stem
education
CTE,
and
it
means
an
expanding
Pre-K
for
over
8
000
of
Baltimore
County's
youngest
learners
for
district
three.
It
means
that
we
are
moving
forward
to
build
a
new
Delaney
High
School.
E
It
means
things
like
Renovations
and
new
roofs
and
playground
Replacements.
It
means
maintenance,
upgrades
at
Pinewood,
Carroll,
Manor,
Cockeysville
middle
Ridgely,
Middle
Hereford
High
School,
and
it
means
that
by
the
time
this
plant
is
fully
implemented,
no
child
will
have
to
learn
in
a
learning,
Cottage
or
a
trailer.
So
we're
really
excited
about
what
these
Investments
mean.
E
We
know
also
that
education
doesn't
stop
in
pre-k
12,
so
we've
invested
significantly
in
our
community
college
Partnerships
together
we've
been
able
to
freeze
in-county
tuition
for
our
residents
for
all
four
of
the
last
years.
We've
also
expanded
our
College
promise
program
going
almost
a
10
times
increase
from
about
100
students
to
over
900
these
past
four
years,
making
College
more
attainable
for
Baltimore
County
residents.
E
We've
listened
through
these
Town
Halls.
One
of
the
best
things
that
we
heard
from
our
residents
was
the
desire
to
see
bulk
trash
pickup
returned
we're
proud
to
have
instituted
that
in
the
first
year,
we've
collected
almost
2
000
tons
of
trash
from
almost
70
000
homes.
So
that's
been
really
successful.
Congratulations
director
Walker
for
your
team's
efforts
on
that.
E
We've
created
the
because
program
with
the
Weinberg
Foundation,
helping
our
seniors
to
age
in
place
and
have
needed
home
repairs.
We've
had
millions
of
dollars
for
senior
centers
county-wide,
including
funding
to
build
a
new
North
County
Senior
Center
we've
acquired
the
land
for
that
and
are
moving
forward
with
planning
and
design,
and
we
remain
committed
to
moving
forward
on
plans
to
identify
and
build
a
new
Jacksonville
Senior
Center.
E
We've
also
put
forward
significant
investments
from
Loch
Raven
to
pretty
boy
water
infrastructure
projects.
Rehab
of
the
Warren
Road
Bridge
replacement,
Bridges
at
Patterson
and
stableson
Roads
and
then
millions
of
dollars
in
our
commitment
to
expand
Broadband
access.
We're
really
proud
of
the
work
we've
done
on
broadband,
especially
in
North
County.
We
have
a
application
before
the
state
of
Maryland.
Currently,
if
awarded
and
matched
with
local
dollars
and
with
Comcast
dollars,
we
will
have
over
99
percent
of
Baltimore
County
connected
to
the
internet,
which
is
I,
think
a
huge
accomplishment.
This
past
year.
E
E
You
are
the
safest
district
and
a
very
safe
County,
and
to
have
that
kind
of
decline
in
a
moment
where
my
colleagues
across
the
country,
not
just
here
across
the
state,
but
we
saw
upticks
in
violent
crime
across
all
of
the
state
and
all
of
this
country,
so
I
think
it's
a
real
Testament
of
the
work
of
our
Police
Department.
It's
also
I
think
a
testament
to
some
of
the
Upstream
Investments
we've
been
making.
Our
clearance
rate
remains
significantly
above
the
national
average,
and
we've
invested
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
more
in
public
safety.
E
These
last
couple
of
years
in
terms
of
the
Upstream
Investments,
some
of
the
other
things
we've
done
is
we've
expanded
our
mobile
crisis
team,
where
we
have
clinicians,
who
are
mental
health
providers
partnered
with
law
enforcement.
To
respond
to
calls.
We've
also
put
a
clinician
in
our
911
Center
so
that,
when
calls
are
coming
in,
we
can
better
divert
those
calls
and
have
better
responses
to
people
who
are
facing
crisis
and
Trauma
in
a
way
that
helps
make
it
better
for
everyone.
E
We
haven't
forgotten,
of
course,
about
other
Investments,
wrecking
Parks
Workforce
Development
summer,
youth
programs.
These
are
all
Upstream
Investments
that
matter.
This
year's
budget
alone
has
over
45
million
dollars
set
aside
for
Wrecking
parks.
That
means
for
district
three.
That
means
a
new
Belfast
park.
It
means
improvements
at
County,
Home,
Cromwell,
Valley
and
Sparks
park.
It
means
10
million
dollars
set
aside
for
renovations
and
Trail
repairs
at
Oregon,
Ridge
Park,
which
is
about
to
finalize
a
master
plan
yeah
all
right.
E
It
means
a
new
deer
fence
at
our
Ag
Center
and
again
like
these
are
the
kinds
of
Investments
that
are
we're
very
proud
to
have
made
for
Agricultural
and
land
preservation
in
Baltimore
County.
We
have
now
preserved
over
70
000
Acres
and
we
recently
hired
a
new
AG
Business
Development
specialist,
really
trying
to
be
more
intentional
about
our
partnership
and
our
engagement
with
the
AG
Community.
E
The
sign
you
see
on
this
slide
is
actually
what
we're
offering
to
those
who
have
engaged
in
our
our
Ag
and
land
preservation
program
so
that
they
can
tout
to
the
public.
We
can
start
sharing
that
message
about.
We
have
this
incredible
preservation
work
happening
across
Baltimore,
County
yeah
on
sustainability,
we've
stood
up,
operation
Retreat
we're
going
into
those
communities
that
have
not
been
given
the
attention
they
deserve
and
have
been
under
treated.
E
E
We
are
now
at
our
landfill
capturing
methane
that
was
being
released
just
into
the
atmosphere
to
repurpose
it
towards
energy
use
and
consumption.
I
want
to
thank
the
councilman
for
his
work
on
the
bring
your
own
bag
legislation
hard
to
believe.
There
are
over
a
million
single-use
plastic
bags
every
day
that
we're
going
into
our
waterways
into
our
trees
and
polluting,
frankly,
our
recycling
system
on
our
shorter
in
Baltimore
County.
E
We
also
have
solar
panels
and
other
work
on
the
environment.
That's
not
where
we've
been
a
couple
of
my
priorities
in
terms
of
where
we're
going
first
and
foremost
is
housing.
We
had
a
legislative
legislative
package
that
was
recently
before
the
council
that
did
several
things.
It
created
housing
opportunities
fund
to
create
more
attainable,
quality
housing.
It
created
the
first
definition
of
a
vacant
structure
so
that
we
can
identify
vacant
housing
go
in
address
them
and
also
create
more
opportunities
for
home
ownership
and
to
address
the
blight
that
vacant
houses
cause.
E
E
Here
in
Baltimore
County,
this
is
the
kind
of
investment
that
really
makes
a
difference
in
a
family's
life,
These
Are,
Family,
sustaining
jobs,
and
so
we're
proud
to
break
down
those
barriers
around
transportation
and
child
care
and
the
cost
of
tuition
and
then
finally
investing
in
our
infrastructure
I
mentioned
earlier.
We
have
billions
of
dollars
set
aside
already
in
our
schools
and
our
parks
and
our
fire
stations
and
our
police
stations.
We
want
to
deliver
these
projects
for
all
all
of
our
communities
and
really
that
ties
into
tonight.
E
It's
why
we
want
to
hear
from
you,
especially
around
a
lot
of
these
capital
projects.
We
know
that
they
are
critically
important
on
top
of
any
of
the
operating
concerns
that
you
all
might
want
to
raise
on
Capital,
we're
proud
that
we
have
launched
an
agreement
with
the
city.
Baltimore
County
pays
for
half
of
all
of
our
water
and
wastewater
infrastructure,
but
we
currently
have
no
oversight
or
input
into
that
that
system.
We
have
a
task
force
proposed
with
the
city
to
look
at
everything,
from
governance
to
Capital
planning.
E
It's
a
it's
a
an
agreement
that
is
older
than
the
mayor
and
myself.
It
dates
back
to
1972..
We
don't
use
technology
from
1972,
we've
updated
our
practices
and
policies.
So
we're
hopeful
that
this
task
force
will
help
us
update
on
how
we
tackle
our
water
and
wastewater
before
we
open
the
mics
just
a
quick
overview
of
the
timeline.
This
is
the
next
to
the
last
Town
Hall,
as
Carmen
mentioned,
so
we're
looking
forward
to
your
response
tonight.
I
deliver
the
formal
budget
submission
to
councilman
catch
on
April
13th.
They
review
it.
E
E
E
So
once
you
scan
the
QR
code
on
your
phone,
you
can
also
pass
that
along
to
someone
else
who
hasn't
seen
it
and
then
the
first
question
is
pretty
straightforward:
it's
just
how
many
Town
Halls
have
you
attended
since
we
started
this
series.
Have
you
been
to?
Is
this
your
first
or
have
you
been
to
all
five?
E
That's
true,
councilman
councilman
put
in
a
piece
of
legislation
that
requires
I
believe
at
least
three
town
halls
or
budget
hearings
throughout
the
county
before
the
submission,
and
so
even
if
the
hope
is
I.
I
hope
that
the
next
person
who
has
his
role
does
all
seven
but
they'll
be
required
by
a
law
to
do
at
least
three
yeah.
E
E
I
think
this
is
the
largest,
let's
give
our
for
all
of
our
first
time
around
Applause.
Actually,
this
is
I
think
this
is
the
largest
first
time
crowd
that
we've
seen
so
far
this
year.
All
right
next
question:
when
it
comes
to
the
core
needs
of
the
county,
I
would
say:
Baltimore
county
is
investing
too
little
just
about
the
right
amount
or
too
much.
E
It's
worth
about
57,
just
about
the
right
and
37
too
little
five
percent
too
much.
Okay,
we'll
go
to
the
next
question.
My
top
three
budget
priorities
are:
there's
a
whole
host
of
things
from
schools
to
rec
to
AG
preservation,
Road,
resurfacing,
Public,
Safety,
housing,
Workforce
I.
Think
on
this
one
you
can
vote
for
up
to
three.
E
E
E
So,
in
addition
to
3-1-1,
which
we,
which
you
can
call
anytime
for
a
service
request,
a
question
about
your
tax
bill
to
report
a
pothole
to
Lodge
a
code
enforcement
complaint,
you
can
use
3-1-1.
You
can
also,
since
we're
already
on
our
smartphones.
You
can
also
download
the
balkco
Go
app
and
do
the
same
thing
on
your
smartphone.
E
E
Is
that
it
Mandy
Okay
cool,
so
that
will
that's
that's
it
for
the
formal
part
of
the
show.
We
will
now
turn
things
over
to
you
if
you,
in
addition
to
us,
following
up
with
anyone
who
does
anything
to
testify,
please
also
email,
your
ideas
and
thoughts
to
us,
and
so
we
will
start
turn
things
over
to
Mandy
and
who
will
run
us
through
here.
Thank
you
all.
F
All
right,
thank
you,
Mr
County,
Executive,
all
right,
so
we
are
going
to
move
the
microphones
to
these
two
rows
here
we
do
ask
that
we
have
a
lot
of
speakers
that
are
speaking
tonight.
So
it's
going
to
be
these
two
rows
here
in
the
front,
the
microphones
Kirk.
The
mic
is
right
here
to
the
side,
if
you
can
grab
that
for
us.
Thank
you.
F
So
if
you
are
here
to
testify
tonight
again
we
have
a
Time
Clock
up
here
at
the
front.
We
ask
that
you,
please
keep
your
comments
brief
and
within
those
allotted
two
minutes
we
do
ask
that
if
you
are
here
with
a
group
tonight,
we
see
a
lot
of
representation
with
our
groups
and
we'd
love
to
see
that.
But
we
ask
that
you
do
have
a
designated
spokesperson
and
then,
when
you
come
up
to
when
that
spokesperson
comes
up
to
speak,
please
feel
free
to
get
up.
F
You
know
in
solidarity
and
stand
up
and
wave
your
posters
if
you
have
them
we'll
make
sure
that
we
count
you
as
well
in
that
budget
priority.
If
you
have
already
heard
your
budget
priority
shared
this
evening,
we
ask
that
you,
please
make
a
brief
statement
stating
why
you
feel
you
know
in
support
of
that
project
as
well
and
then
pass
the
mic
to
to
the
next
person
behind
you
and
with
that
just
a
reminder
we
do
have
to
be
out
of
here
by
nine
o'clock.
F
G
One
good
evening,
I'm
Patty
Schindler,
president
of
the
recently
approved
Baltimore
County
Horse
Council.
We
are
a
county-wide
nature,
Council
based
out
of
the
AG
Center.
Our
mission
is
to
promote
awareness
of
the
horse
industry
through
a
variety
of
education
and
horsemanship
opportunities.
Thank
you,
Mr
County
Executive
and
the
department
of
reckon
parks
for
their
support
of
our
programs.
G
A
shout
out
to
the
staff
at
the
AG
Center,
who
have
been
very
knowledgeable
and
helpful
we'd
like
to
respectfully
ask
that
a
tractor
should
be
built
at
the
AG
Center
to
secure
and
protect
the
tractors
and
equipment
from
the
elements
also
we'd
like
to
request
a
shade
sale
to
cover
a
portion
of
the
large
bleachers
and
mobile
generator
run
lights
for
our
evening.
Events.
Permanent
lights
are
restricted
by
covenants
in
place,
supported
by
the
local
business
Community.
We
have
raised
approximately
75
thousand
dollars
for
horse
jump
storage,
wagons,
temporary
fencing
and
judges
boots.
G
We've
hosted
eight
Friday
Night
Lights,
where
equine
professionals
demonstrate
their
specific
course
discipline
and
approximately
1500
people
have
attended
on
one
of
the
nights
we
partnered
with
Pathfinders
for
autism
to
share
the
special
beauty
of
horses
with
these
Special
families.
Its
effect
horses
are
good
for
mental
health
and
individuals
with
special
needs.
Horse
shows
trail,
rides
and
used
riding
equipment.
Sales
have
been
held
to
support
the
equine
Community
with
10
events
already
scheduled
for
this
summer.
Many
riders
use
the
arena
for
training
their
horses
on
a
weekly
basis.
G
There
are
more
horses
in
Baltimore
County
than
any
other
County.
In
Maryland
we
have
20
000
horse
related
Acres,
1500,
stables
and
9.
000
horses
horses
support
local
agriculture
through
what
they
eat
and
what
they
sleep
on
values
of
these
horses
is
approximately
a
hundred
million
dollars
and
brings
to
the
county
2500
jobs.
13
million
dollars
has
been
spent
on
horse-related
activities
and
one
billion
has
been
spent
on
horse
related
assets,
including
tractors,
horse
trailers,
trucks
and
farm
equipment.
According
to
the
Maryland
Horse
Industry
Board,
recreational
horseback
riding
is
up
10
percent
post
pandemic.
H
I
J
J
We
are
also
a
community
school,
which
is
a
very
unique
title
given
to
schools
who
have
received
additional
funding
to
provide
wrap-around
services
and
programming
for
non-academic
needs,
and
the
reason
that
we
are
a
community
school
is
because
we
have
a
high
concentration
of
poverty
in
our
school,
about
70
percent
of
our
students.
Experience
poverty
and
about
80
percent
of
our
students
are
from
communities
of
color
I'm.
Emphasizing
this,
because
our
school
Community
looks
very
different
from
the
broader
Cockeysville
community
and
we
experience
a
very
different
life
than
many
folks
in
this
room.
J
They
are
often
overlooked
and
unheard
from,
and
it
is
because
they
experience
poverty
that
it
makes
them
difficult
for
them
to
attend.
Community
events
like
this
town
hall,
I'm
talking
about
Shirley
Gutierrez
who's,
a
mother
of
four
struggling
to
find
a
job
that
allows
her
to
take
care
of
her
children,
but
still
manages
to
be
involved
in
her
son's
schooling,
Miss
Denise
Clifton,
who
has
a
student
with
a
disability
and
couldn't
be
here
because
of
work,
but
want
to
see
more
family
Recreation
programs
tailored
for
students
with
disability
or
Miss
embodying
Love.
J
Who
is
dealing
with
a
sick
child
today
and
couldn't
make
it
but
cares
about
funding
for
public
school
buses
so
that
she
doesn't
have
to
stress
about
another
change
in
her
child's
school
bus
routes.
So
I'm
not
here
specifically
to
advocate
for
BCPS
issues,
no
I'm
here
because
as
a
community
schools,
our
concerns
are
much
broader.
We
at
pedonia
are
concerned
about
the
lack
of
affordable
housing,
the
lack
of
accessible
Recreation
program
for
our
families,
lack
of
affordable
child
care
of
accessible
public
transportation
and
accessible
Health
Resources.
J
C
Also
I've
been
in
the
school
and
also
to
the
pal
Center,
which
I
think
does
offer
a
tremendous
number
of
programs
for
the
people
in
the
Cockeysville
area,
and
you
know,
if
I'll
be
glad
to
make
another
visit
by
the
way.
Everyone
in
addition
to
that
school
opened
what
about
two
years
ago,
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
and
it's
already
overcrowded.
So
you
know
it's
it's
a
real
issue
that
we've
got
to
resolve.
Thank
you.
K
Good
evening
my
name
is
Robin
Campbell
I'm
grateful
to
be
have
this
opportunity
to
speak
tonight.
The
Dismal
performance
of
Baltimore
County
public
schools
in
the
Maryland
Public
School
report
card
released
last
week
is
a
wake-up
call.
Our
new
board
of
education
and
the
prospect
of
a
new
superintendent
offer
some
hope
for
improvement,
but
it
is
time
for
the
County
Council
and
the
county
executive
to
do
their
part
by
solving
the
problem
of
school
overcrowding
in
2020.
K
An
independent
government
study
found
that
Baltimore
County
has
the
state's
least
effective
rules
for
managing
the
pace
of
new
development.
However,
County
officials
failed
to
act
on
the
apfo
task,
Force's
reasonable
recommendations,
so
new
housing
continues
to
be
built
beyond
what
existing
schools
and
classrooms
can
handle.
Similarly,
Baltimore
County's
response
to
2019
State
legislation
authorizing
impact
fees
on
new
home
construction
to
help
pay
for
necessary
infrastructure,
including
additional
classrooms
to
accommodate
more
children,
was
written
with
so
many
exemptions
and
loopholes
that
no
meaningful
funds
were
expected
to
be
generated.
K
The
Chronic
neglect
has
enforced
school
officials
to
manage
classroom
sizes
with
the
only
tool
at
their
disposal.
Profoundly
disruptive
wildly
inaccurate
and
deeply
unpopular
boundary
studies.
Three
years
ago,
for
example,
a
boundary
study
promised
to
send
100
children
to
Hampton
Elementary
School
from
Pleasant
Plains
Elementary,
which
was
then
severely
overcrowded.
Now
Hampton
is
severely
overcrowded
with
more
than
300
additional
students,
placing
it
at
121
percent
of
capacity.
Another
boundary
study
involving
11
middle
schools
is
going
on
right
now
and
Promises
to
be
even
more
disruptive
and
inaccurate.
K
Every
boundary
study
represents
the
County's
failure
to
plan
and
manage
development
as
County
leaders,
you
have
the
power
to
protect
and
restore
public
education
by
enacting
these
two,
the
recommendations
of
the
apfo
task
force
and
by
placing
meaningful
fees
on
real
estate
development
I
also
implore
you
to
take
immediate
action
to
remedy
the
overcrowding
at
Hampton
Elementary
without
resorting
to
dangerous,
wasteful
trailers.
These
are
easy,
common
sense
and
politically
popular
ways
to
ensure
that
children
attending
Baltimore
County
public
schools
have
the
space
they
need
to
learn
and
prosper.
Thank
you.
C
Let
me
say
that
with
the
Hampton
Elementary
situation,
I
I'm
totally
disgusted
with
what
happened
there.
When
the
proposed
plans
came
out,
I
worked
on
it
and
proposed
an
alternate
plan
would
which
would
not
have
had
the
result
that
we
have
today,
but
to
be
honest
with
you,
the
school
board.
At
the
time
when
I
made
the
presentation
I
might
have
well
talked
to
the
wall
That's
how
responsive
they
were.
C
Now
we
have
a
new
school
board,
elected
and
hope,
I
I'm
optimistic
that
they're
going
to
listen
and
I'm,
also
working
with
the
groups
involved
in
the
Middle
School
redistricting,
because
this
is
a
very
you
know:
middle
schools,
I
taught
Middle
School,
my
wife
taught
Middle
School.
You
were
high
school
right,
you
don't
have
the
temperament
for
the
middle
school,
so
anyhow,
Middle
School
is
a
very
difficult
age,
as
some
of
you
in
here
will
agree
with,
and
so
what
happens
with
this
redistricting
is
going
to
have
long-term
effects
on
students.
C
I
was
at
a
school
that
closed
all
the
students
were
forced
to
go
to
other
middle
schools,
and
this
was
like
25
years
ago
and
I
still
meet
students.
Today,
who
say,
oh
I
ended
up
going
to
this
school
and
I
hated
it,
and
it
was
a
terrible
experience
and
we
don't
want
that
to
happen
and
I'm
going
to
work
on
this
issue
and
support
the
groups
that
are
offering
sensible
Alternatives.
Thank
you.
L
E
M
Hi,
my
name
is
Lucy
robkey
and
I'm
here
to
ask
two
requests
of
the
councilman
and
the
county
executive.
The
first
request
is
for
approving
speed
cameras
in
residential
areas
outside
of
school
districts
or
outside
of
school
zones.
I
should
say
and
to
approve
the
budget
for
those
and
install
them,
because
we
really
need
them
in
the
county,
particularly
in
the
glenorme
area.
There's
a
lot
of
traffic
in
that
area.
Now,
more
so
within
the
last
five
years,
and
the
speeding
has
gotten
out
of
hand,
it's
really
hard
to
drive
in
that
area.
M
Right
now,
I
believe
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
cutting
through
that
area
to
get
to
Towson
and
to
Cockeysville
and
they're,
not
from
our
area
they're
from
other
areas
that
are
coming
through.
So
that
would
be
the
first
request.
The
second
request
is
traffic
still
needs
to
be
done
in
the
area,
because
I
don't
think
this
only
solution
would
be
the
traffic
cameras
or
speed
cameras.
It
would
also
include
monitoring
the
traffic
to
find
out
where
everyone
is
going
and
putting
some
other
speed
calming.
M
You
know
things
in
place
so
that
you
don't
have
to
just
rely
on
the
cameras,
because
everybody
will
know
where
they
are
once
you
put
them
in,
but
you
so.
It
needs
to
be
a
concerted
effort
and
I
think
that
when
I
see
on
social
media,
everybody
complaining
about
Speeders
and
reckless
driving
in
the
area
that
a
study
is
requested,
and
then
they
do
a
study
that
only
only
lasts
for
two
hours
in
the
middle
of
the
day.
And
then
they
say,
there's
no
problem
with
speeding.
C
C
O
P
There
are
a
couple
locations
that
I've
already
talked
about
at
previous
Council
meetings,
one
being
days
Cove,
which
I
know
we
have
funding
for
looking
forward
to
connecting
with
director
Smith
on
that
in
April,
Mount
Vista,
the
decommissioned
ball
golf
course
I
think
would
be
an
awesome
location
for
disc
golf
as
well,
and
then
another
person
from
the
previous
meeting
we
connected
and
he's
going
to
propose
a
course
at
a
County
Road
Park
in
Cockeysville
and
I.
Think
that
would
be
a
terrific
location
for
disc
golf
as
well.
P
There
is
one
disc
golf
course
in
Baltimore
County
and
that
is
at
Pine
Grove
Middle
School.
Now
there
is
also
more
property
around
the
elementary
school.
That's
very
close
to
the
the
middle
school
they're
kind
of
butt
up
the
corner
of
the
properties.
I
would
like
to
Rick
request,
funding
and
permission
to
expand
that
disc
golf
course
into
the
property.
P
The
wooded
property,
the
unused
property
around
the
elementary
school
there's
significant
property
back
there,
that
we
could
utilize
and
let
disc
golfers
use
I've
already
stated
the
cost
effectiveness
of
disc
golf
being
incredibly
cheap
compared
to
other
sports
I
mean
we're
talking
ten
twenty
thousand
dollars,
maybe
maybe
a
little
bit
more,
but
not
these
million
dollar
projects.
Not
these
multi-million
dollar
projects,
we're
talking
about
Pennies
on
the
dollar.
For
a
sport
complex
that
people,
families
can
go
out
and
have
fun,
have
activity
outside
and
enjoy
our
wonderful
Green
Space,
that
is
in
Baltimore
County.
E
I
think,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
I
think
Dr
McComas
is
here
from
BCPS,
although
I
don't
know
where
yeah.
If
you
want
to
connect
with
Dr
McComas,
she
could
connect.
She
can
hook
you
up
with
the
right
persons
at
BCPS
to
talk
about
the
permissions.
That'd
be
a
school
system
thing,
but
we
obviously
are
considering
the
funding
as
part
of
this
process.
So
thank
you.
Q
Executive
and
councilman
hi,
my
name,
is
Harper
Jenkins
and
I
am
a
third
grader
at
Carroll,
Manor,
Elementary,
School,
I
play
field
hockey,
basketball
and
Lacrosse
for
Carol
Manor
wreck.
I
am
here
tonight
to
ask
you
both
to
help
us
get
a
turf
field
at
sweeter
Park.
Our
teams
are
really
good,
but
unfortunately
a
lot
of
teams
don't
like
to
play
us
at
home,
because
we
are
one
of
the
only
places
about
a
turf
field.
Q
Actually,
most
of
the
other
teams
we
play
in
Baltimore,
County
and
Beyond
have
to
turn
fields
and
Wheatfield
is
only
free
that
we
should
have
one
too.
Last
year
we
even
had
a
field
hockey
game
that
almost
got
canceled,
because
the
referee
did
not
believe
our
field
at
Jacksonville
Elementary
was
safe.
They
actually
put
cones
over
the
holes
in
the
field,
so
no
one
would
get
hurt.
This
is
embarrassing
and
not
who
we
are
as
a
Rec
program.
Q
Then,
as
we
get
older,
we
lose
players
to
other
Rec
teams
and
Club
teams,
not
because
we
don't
have
good
coaches
or
programs,
but
because
we
don't
have
good
Fields,
I,
love,
Carol,
Manor
and
I
would
not
want
to
leave
and
I
would
not
want
my
friend
to
leave
either
as
I
like
playing
with
them,
and
my
dream
is
to
play
field
hockey
and
Lacrosse
for
North
Carolina.
They
are
the
best
and
we
have
the
same
uniform
colors.
However,
that
will
be
hard
if
we
don't
have
a
good
field.
Q
R
Very
hello,
my
name
is
Annette
karanja
and
I'm.
Here
with
my
father,
who,
seated
over
there
for
free
some
of
you
might
know,
my
father
he's
Thomas
Moira,
my
brother
and
some
other
community
members
I'm
here
from
an
organization
called
hakizetsu
I'm,
going
to
teach
you
a
little
Swahili
hakizatu
means
our
rights
and
we
come
together
to
advocate
for
the
rights
of
our
community,
which
includes
the
greater
Baltimore
County,
but
also
individuals
who
are
from
the
Kenyan
diaspora,
as
well
as
East
and
Beyond.
R
There's
a
13
percent
immigrant-born
population
here
in
Baltimore
County
that
continues
to
grow
as
you
can
see,
and
we
are
asking
for
specific
funding
that
is
going
to
be
allocated
for
the
Immigrant
communities
so
that
we
can
continue
to
provide
the
services
that
we've
been
providing
for
our
community
through
our
community.
But
with
the
government
support
we
have
been,
we
have
our
community
center
El
Limu
Community
Center,
which
we
invite
you
to
come
and
visit,
especially
during
the
summer
where
we
have
our
summer
school
programs.
R
Unfortunately,
during
the
pandemic,
we
had
to
close
down
our
transportation
program
which
allowed
us
to
pick
up
children
and
take
them
to
their
designated
schools.
As
you
know,
a
lot
of
immigrant
populations
have
a
working
working
individuals
who
may
not
be
able
to
take
their
children
to
and
from
school
easily.
Additionally,
they
may
not
be
able
to
take
them
to
extracurricular
activities.
R
We
also
would
additionally
ask
that
that
funding
would
go
beyond
just
the
students,
but
also
to
mental
health
programming.
It's
a
cultural
enrichment
programs
throughout
their
year.
Our
second
and
big
ask
that
we
are
asking
as
a
community
is
for
an
African
fellow
for
the
office
of
immigrant
Affairs.
This
is
specifically
important
to
us,
because,
while
we
have
an
amazing
person
representing
Us
in
Juliana,
Valencia
Banks,
we
do
know
that
she
is
a
person
only
one
person
with
one
fellow
and
we
would
like
one
that
would
specifically
reach
the
needs
for
our
community.
Thank
you.
E
I
I
agree
wholeheartedly
about
how
lucky
we
are
to
have
Juliana
leading
our
immigrant
Affairs
work.
We
did,
as
you
mentioned,
expand
that
a
bit
with
a
with
a
fellow
through
some
of
our
arpa
funding,
and
then,
additionally,
we
have
recognized
I
think
for
the
first
time
in
this
County
that
we
do
have
a
large,
diverse
immigrant
population.
Doing
things
like
you
know,
Juliana.
If
you
want
to
speak
to
some
of
the
work,
we've
done
around
specific
grants
to
the
The
Immigrant
Community
Etc
and
some
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
this
space.
U
County
Executive
councilman.
Thank
you
so
much
through
the
work
that
we've
done
at
the
County
executive's
office,
we
were
able
to
allocate
specific
dollars
from
the
American
Recovery
funds
through
the
arpa
dollars
to
specifically
help
our
non-profits
that
serve
immigrants,
so
these
non-frofits
are
doing
case
management,
they're
also
doing
Legal,
Services,
they're
doing
other
kinds
of
case
management
to
connect
people
to
Health,
Services
housing,
assistants,
things
that
are
new
American
communities
because
of
lack
of
information,
may
not
be
aware
that
these
services
are
available.
W
U
W
W
U
W
X
E
You
director,
Smith
I'm,
going
to
ask
you
actually
to
just
talk
a
bit,
so
we
actually
have
our
department
of
Recreation
and
Parks
working
with
Corey
Johns
who's,
the
chair
of
our
rec
board,
to
inventory
some
of
the
programs
and
then
the
with
the
goal.
Ultimately
of
being.
If
there
are
gaps
in
provision
to
let
our
department
step
up.
Y
C
Mr
County
Executive
I,
just
I,
just
want
to
make
the
statement
that,
prior
to
this
Administration,
we
had
what's
called
delayed
maintenance
with
schools
with
roads
Etc.
We
also
had
programs
that
were
cut
back,
but
at
this
time
this
County
was
giving
large
amounts
of
money
to
various
Developers,
for
instance
43
million
dollars
to
a
group
that
built
the
Taos.
What's
it
called
Towson.
C
And
other
large
amounts
of
money
that
should
never
have
gone
to
those
groups
and
our
population
in
Baltimore
County
has
suffered
because
of
it
and
we
have
a
county
executive
now
who
wants
to
who
is
addressing
our
needs.
But
you
also
have
to
remember
the
people
who
pay
the
taxes.
All
of
us
who
pay
taxes,
and
so
there's
got
to
be
a
delegate
balance
there.
C
E
E
We
have
seven
conversations
just
like
this
in
communities
across
Baltimore
County,
so
it
really
is
a
balancing
act.
We
do
our
level
best
to
try
to
meet
as
many
of
the
needs
as
we
can.
If
we
don't
get
to
a
request
this
year
or
we
don't
fully
get
to
a
request
this
year.
Please
don't
lose
heart,
don't
be
discouraged.
We
we
hear
you
I,
have
a
big
board
and
a
list
that
I
keep
and
that
we're
intentional
about
getting
to
so
your
your
input
matters
a
great
deal,
but.
C
The
Third
District
should
be
your
top
priority
and
I
I
say
that
to
the
council
and
I
say
that
to
our
County
Executive,
because
we
have
great
people
living
in
the
Third
District
and
it's
the
most
beautiful
District
in
Baltimore,
County
and
I'm.
Sure
you'll
all
agree
with
that.
Even
the
county
executive
will
agree
that
it's
the
most
beautiful
right.
D
Good
evening,
gentlemen,
I'm
Steve
malen
Johnny
I'm
your
appointee
on
the
animal
services
advisory
Commission
I've
had
a
two-year
stint
with
them.
So
far
you
are
in
receipt
of
our
2022
annual
report,
which
highlighted
the
fact
that
our
animal
intake
was
over
6
000
animals
in
an
11
month
period,
which
represents
almost
a
20
percent
increase
from
a
normal
normal
year
in
the
given
the
fact
that
less
than
two
percent
of
our
the
Baltimore
County
budget
is
is
designated
for
Animal
Services.
D
We
feel
that
there
are
many
features
that
we
could
offer
the
general
public
in
pet
issues
that
are
not
not
available
in
Baltimore
County
right
now
in
a
neighboring
County,
they
have
77
classified
employees,
eight
contractuals
that
comes
out
to
a
six
percent
euthanasia
rate
here
in
Baltimore
County.
We
have
55
classified
employees
no
contractuals,
and
last
year
we
were
at
a
17
euthanasia
rate,
which
is
unacceptable
to
many
residents
in
the
county.
D
We
have
used
your
guidance
for
your
document
to
improve
government
services
and
we'd
like
to
meet
with
you
again
to
coordinate
some
Partnerships,
maybe
some
501
3cs.
We
need
some
novel
approaches
to
Staffing
and
we
also
would
be
in
favor
of
maybe
a
reorganization
of
County
government
to
allow
the
animal
services
to
maintain
a
separating
Opera,
separate
operating
budgets.
Many
of
our
Progressive
solutions
to
ongoing
problems
actually
will
enhance
our
services
to
the
citizens.
Z
AA
Thank
you,
Mr
C.
You
know
I
always
like
to
talk
at
all,
but
I,
I
think
with
the
commission
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
animal
services.
We
are
all
on
the
same
wavelength
and
trying
to
save
as
many
of
those
lives
of
those
animals
and
be
able
to
decrease
the
euthanasia
rates.
So
clearly
we
are
extraordinarily
open
to
all
the
ideas
that
the
commission
has
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
so.
C
C
Very
successful
I've
visited
a
couple
of
animal
shelters,
one
in
Montgomery
County
one
well
D.C
and
Fairfax,
and
you
know
there's
many
new
Innovative
programs
that
we
need
to
take
a
look
at
in
order
to
reduce
the
rate
of
euthanasia
and
also
to
help
people
who
have
to
give
up
their
pets
because
they
don't
have
enough
money
to
feed
the
pets.
They
don't
have
enough
money.
Should
the
pet
need
an
operation.
Don't
have
enough
money
for
that.
C
Also
people
to
help
animals
with
behavior
problems
so
and
and
these
other
shelters
have
very
Innovative
programs.
I
know
it's
all
a
matter
of
money.
I
realize
that
and
I
I.
Certainly
thank
you
for
all
you've
done,
because
I
remember
when
I
was
elected
to
the
council
in
2014
what
a
mess
and
it's
not
a
mess
anymore
and
so.
AA
I
would
like
to
just
comment
that
one
of
the
standards-
that's
very
very
successful
is
the
public,
private,
Partnerships
and
I
think
that's
an
excellent
idea
as
something
that
we
should
continue
to
look
into.
I
could
not
in
any
way
shape
or
form
promise
it's
going
to
be
boxed.
It's
like
that
at
all,
but
I
think
that
whole
concept,
and
that
idea
is
one
that
we
have
to
continue
to
explore
and.
E
As
we're
bringing
the
mic
back
for
our
next
speaker,
I
was
a
social
studies
and
special
education
teacher
councilman
cash
was
a
math
teacher.
I
can
do
some
math,
though
I'm
looking
at
the
the
line
of
folks
and
where
we
are
I'm
going
to
try
to
just
direct
future
speakers
to
our
agency
heads
rather
than
try
to
so.
Please
don't
take
it
personally.
If
my
responses
are
shorter,
I
want
to
try
to
get
through
as
many
speakers
as
we
can
the
rest
of
the
way
out.
AB
Campus
I'm
here
today
to
kind
of
talk
about
the
funding,
especially
for
immigrant
students
in
healthcare,
because
I
as
an
immigrant
student
here
in
Baltimore
County
I
feel
like
I
experience
like
how
can
I
put
this
like.
We
don't
get
enough
attention
in
the
way
that
you
know
adults
like
especially
like
mothers,
because
if
I
need
like
if
I
need
to
go
to
the
doctor,
if
I
need
to
go
to
the
hospital
I,
don't
have
that
funding.
AB
I
don't
have
that
access
and
I
feel
like
there
should
be
more
representation
and
maybe
more
funding
towards
students
like
me,
because
I
miss
a
lot
of
school
days
that
I
can't
get
back
and
I
don't
have
the
money.
Let's
say
to
go
to
the
doctor,
to
go
to
the
hospital
to
go
to
the
dentist
and
I
feel
like
that's
something
we
should
look
more
into
because
it's
health
health
care.
Everybody
needs
it,
especially
us
who
don't
have
that
accessibility
to
it
and
also
adults
as
well.
Let
me
go
back
into
that.
AB
AB
AC
Thank
you,
Dr
Branch,
thank
you,
councilman
catch
and
thank
you,
County
Executive
I'm,
here
to
talk
about
the
animal
shelter
again.
Some
of
the
most
common
reasons
animals
are
surrendered
to
shelters,
include
issues
with
housing,
lack
of
access
to
Affordable,
Veterinary
Care
and
the
need
for
Behavioral
support.
AC
Other
reasons
include
Financial
strength,
making
it
difficult
to
access
pet
food
and
supplies,
fencing
demands
and
a
variety
of
human
related
factors
such
as
allergies,
divorce,
illness
support
can
include
telephone
response
and
advice,
medical
support
for
owned
pets,
food
and
supplies,
fence,
building
pet
shelter,
provision,
Behavior
Support
that
scenes
in
microchips,
spay
and
neuter
which
the
shelter
is
already
doing.
Crisis
and
emergency
boarding
owned
pet,
fostering
pet
deposits
and
advocacy
for
apartment
dwellers.
It
can
also
include
access
to
resources
and
information
by
investing
in
these
Services.
AC
The
Baltimore
County
Animal
Services
can
can
actually
reduce
the
number
of
surrenders,
thereby
reducing
the
cost
of
maintaining
animals
in
the
shelter
which
is
the
primary
allocation
of
the
budget.
Today,
apart
from
salaries,
many
of
the
services
outlined
above
can
be
provided
by
volunteers,
making
the
shelter
even
more
effective
in
being
both
economically
efficient,
as
well
as
providing
valuable
services
to
the
community.
In
order
to
provide
these
Services,
however,
bcas
needs
staff
staff
members
who
are
dedicated
to
issues
relating
to,
for
example,
surrender.
AC
AC
AD
U
U
Our
teachers
and
our
coaches
will
tell
us
what
happens
if
you
get
hurt.
If
you
break
a
leg,
if
you
break
an
arm,
you
need
health
insurance
in
order
to
participate
in
school
sports.
We
love
our
schools.
We
want
to
participate
in
athletics.
We
want
additional
funding
to
support
our
Latino
youth
so
that
we
can
access.
Different
programs
have
the
same
opportunities,
especially
when
it
comes
to
education
and
health
care.
AD
AD
U
I'll
highlight
one
final
incident
that
happened
at
my
school
I
went
to
the
school
cafeteria
to
ask
for
food
and
I
was
denied
food
and
immediately
after
me,
somebody
else
asked
for
food
and
they
were
given
food
and
they
were
not
Latino.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
all
people
are
being
treated
fairly,
that
nobody's
given
preference
because
of
their
ethnicity
or
their
race.
AD
AE
Good
afternoon
have
a
good
evening:
sorry
hi,
my
name
is
Jim
wheeler
I
live
in
Cockeysville
I
am
an
animal
lover
and
have
two
dogs
of
my
own
I
know
that
the
people
in
this
County
care
about
their
pets
and
they
even
care
about
their
neighbor's
pets.
I
often
see
on
Facebook
and
next
door
are
many
cases
where
people
step
up
when
they
see
a
stray
dog
or
cat
and
make
an
effort
to
find
and
return
this
animal
to
its
owners,
who
will
most
likely
living
in
the
neighborhood
I
know.
AE
There
are
other
ways
that
people
would
be
willing
to
help
if
they
were
just
asked.
For
instance,
I
am
a
Home
Maintenance
expert
in
Baltimore,
County
I
know
that
lots
of
times
these
animals
Escape
because
they
have
problems
with
their
enclosures.
Often
the
fences
and
Gates
need
repair
I'd
be
more
than
willing
to
volunteer
my
services
to
do
so.
If
I
can
get
a
cup,
I
can
even
get
a
couple
of
friends
to
volunteer
and
help
build
a
fence
if
needed
and
possibly
get
the
materials
donated.
But
I
don't
know
how
to
make
it
happen.
AE
If
the
county
would
reach
out
to
people
in
the
community
who
are
willing
to
help
and
volunteer
in
some
way,
even
to
provide
pet
food
or
use
pet
supplies,
I
think
the
animals
would
be
better
off.
People
would
be
better
off,
so
would
our
County,
so
would
our
communities
today
it's
important
that
if
people
want
to
have
animals
that
they
have
to
have
the
support
to
keep
these
animals
and
not
have
to
surrender
them
to
the
shelter
which
and
just
causes
which
just
causes
more
problems
for
the
animals
and
the
sadness
for
people?
AE
E
AF
AF
AF
Since
the
beginning
of
this
school
year,
in
August,
2022
up
till
January
6
of
2023
over
200
teachers
under
contract
have
left
their
class
classroom
assignments,
some
retired
because
they
were
eligible
and
some
simply
broke
their
contract
and
left.
In
the
past,
many
teachers
eligible
for
retirement
during
the
school
year
waited
until
school
was
out
for
the
sake
of
their
students.
Now
many
just
want.
I
AF
AF
One
Elementary
classroom
teacher
is
not
quite
the
same
as
when
an
older
students
have
only
one
class
out
of
the
day
with
each
teacher.
However,
these
disruptions
and
disappointments
are
significant
when
students
are
trying
to
recover
from
the
lost
time
and
classroom
disruption
to
instruction
caused
by
the
covet
shutdown,
no
matter
what
their
grade
is
in
school,
find
ways
to
use
the
budget
to
retain
teachers,
smaller
class
sizes
and
pay
raises
will
help.
C
Baltimore
County
public
schools
have
had
a
problem
with
teachers
leaving
not
retiring
but
quitting
and
I
have
begged
the
school
system.
To
please
interview
each
and
every
teacher,
that's
leaving
to
find
out
why
and
then
the
school
system
needs
to
address
those
reasons
resolve
those
problems
so
that
we
don't
lose
our
teachers
in
the
middle
of
the
year
or
the
end
of
the
year.
There's
a
big
difference
between
retiring
and
just
quitting,
and
there's
lots
that
just
quit.
I
AG
Dan
George
and
I'm
a
councilman
Couch's
appointment
to
the
animal
advisory
commission
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
am
absolutely
thrilled.
What
you
have
you
have
proposed
here
tonight,
it's
long
overdue.
There
are
a
lot
of
positive
things
happening
at
the
animal
shelter
now
I
want
to
say
that
one
of
the
most
positive
things
is
our
assistant
chief
Kayla
francowski
who's
up
there
Kayla
are
you
there.
Can
you
wave
to
people
this
young
lady
has
held
the
fort
down
there.
AG
Every
time
there's
been
a
change
in
leadership
in
the
last
four
years:
she's
the
assistant
chief,
now
she's
also
doing
it
now
she's
been
at
every
single
one
of
these
Town
meetings
and
she
should
be
recognized
for
how
much
she's
done
and
she's
also
become
very
much
aware
of
the
new
programs
that
are
out
there.
The
best
practices
and
she's
doing
her
best
to
try
to
to
implement
them
now,
but
she's
having
problems.
Staff
are
leaving.
AG
We've
lost
three
staff
in
the
last
in
the
last
few
weeks,
and
should
we
need
Staffing,
three
things
are
necessary
for
great
Animal
Services
Community
engagement.
We
need
more
of
that.
We
need
more
help
from
from
the
county
in
terms
of
getting
the
word
out
about
animal
shelters
and
how
people
can
help.
You
heard
that
other
men
talk
about
that
and
we
need
the
programs
and
the
staff
dedicated
staff
that
are
willing
to
implement
these
programs
and
I
just
want
to
thank
a
Kayla
for
the
wonderful
leadership
she's
shown
over
the
last
few
years.
AH
Good
evening
Cindy
Sexton,
president
of
the
Teachers
Association,
representing
the
almost
9
000
educators
of
Baltimore
County,
except
we're
losing
them
by
the
hundreds.
There
is
a
crisis
and
those
those
scores
were
not
good
and
we're
not
going
to
fix
it
if
we
can't
recruit
and
retain
our
Educators.
So
we
are
moving
towards
a
better
starting
salary,
we're
still
in
the
middle
of
this
date,
ninth
in
the
state
for
career
earnings,
so
we're
just
asking
money.
Well,
loan
won't
solve
the
problem,
but
we
need
to
do
what
we
can
to
recruit
and
retain
our
Educators.
E
Z
AI
Good
evening,
County
Executive
olshevsky
kick
delegate
gate
and
council
member
catch.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
I'm
Lloyd
Allen.
He
Him
special
edu
special
educator
in
mathematics
speaking
as
an
individual
in
support
of
funding
public
education.
Now
in
the
intro,
the
three
of
you
identified
as
former
Educators
I'm
still
in
the
game,
Mr
catch.
You
spoke
to
vacancies
in
other
public
agencies,
but
I'm
here
to
tell
you
that
vacancies
in
our
schools
interfere
with
student
achievement.
The
same
way
that
vacancies
interfere
with
the
services
that
you
identified.
AI
But
privatization
isn't
the
answer
just
fully
staff
US,
with
appropriately
prepared
and
supported
Educators
I
like
your
metric
of
outpaying,
all
other
public
agencies
within
200
miles,
Mr,
olshevski,
I
heard
and
appreciated
your
words
in
Towson
and
your
intention
for
educators
to
in
Baltimore
County
to
be
the
best
paid
Educators
in
the
state.
Thank
you.
Helping
Educators
help.
Students
helps
our
future
clearly
delegate
Guyton.
Thank
you
for
any
and
all
support
from
the
states
in
meeting
the
guidelines
of
the
blueprint
from
Ireland's
future.
It
is
visionary
and
will
help
students
and
their
communities.
Thank
you.
S
Now
in
season
six,
this
organization
has
grown
on
average
of
20
percent
each
season.
Most
of
these
teams
have
easy
access
to
Trails,
such
as
the
ones
near
Patapsco,
State
Park.
The
teams
near
Northern
Baltimore
County,
have
limited
safe
and
sanctioned
trails
with
traffic
free
access
to
entry
points.
My
understanding
from
past
meetings
is
that
the
parks
department
has
reiterated
multiple
times
that
there's
support
for
more
mountain
bike
trails.
If
people
want
them
and
I'm
here
to
say
absolutely
we
want
them.
S
The
mountain
bike
Community
is
very
tight
and
one
of
our
core
values
is
Trail
stewardship.
If
you
ride
the
trails,
you
feel
an
obligation
to
help
maintain
them.
There
are
many
models
of
cooperation
between
Trail
users,
parks
and
other
part
partner
organizations
such
as
friends
of
Patapsco
Valley,
State,
Park,
The,
Continuous,
growth
of
the
Maryland
League.
S
There
are
hundreds
of
students
and
families
who
are
excited
to
be
part
of
the
equation
in
building
maintaining
and
sustaining
low
impact
Trails
under
the
supervision
of
the
Mid-Atlantic
off-road
enthusiast,
the
teen
Trail
Corp
program
and
certification
was
created
specifically
to
introduce
student
athletes
to
the
culture
of
service
environmental
stewardship
and
leave
no
Trace
practices.
Last
year,
student
athletes
logged
740
hours
of
Trail
work,
so
in
in
closing.
S
AJ
Hello,
my
name
is
Wilmer
and
I
want
to.
I
would
like
to
take
a
few
moments
to
discuss
the
importance
of
Park
safety
parks
are
a
great
place
to
relax
exercise
and
enjoy
the
outdoors.
However,
it
is
essential
to
keep
safe,
be
in
mind
to
ensure
that
everyone
has
an
Innovative
experience.
Many
parks
at
run
down,
have
lots
of
rusts
are
old
and
have
some
missing
pieces
or
just
broken
and
unsafe.
Many
are
around
schools
around
places
that
kids
might
be.
AJ
We
hope
that
you
can
add
more
funding
to
park
parks
to
prevent
unsafe
accidents
a
couple
of
budgets
ago.
You
would
you
said
that
parks
would
be
cleaner
and
maintained,
but
it's
simply
not
true.
I
have
been
to
a
couple
of
parks
near
my
school
and
they're,
still
mostly
same
same
rust,
missing
swings
and
have
litter.
Please
fix
this.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
E
If
you
want
to
go
talk
to
director
Smith
with
any
parks
that
you
have
specifically
as
councilman
catch
mentioned,
we've
inherited
a
lot
of
Legacy
Parks
buildings,
schools
that
have
been
disinvested
and
under
invested
for
years.
We
are
doing
our
very
best
to
catch
up
on
that,
but
there's
a
lot
so
we're
working
through
it.
But
please
please
let
director
Smith
know
we're
happy
to
try
to
end
the
list.
AK
County
are
very
challenging
because
the
school
tries
to
focus
on
their
Capital
Improvement
projects
and
then
the
recreation
side
of
things.
The
school
can't
necessarily
leverage
their
capital
and
their
political
Capital
to
try
to
improve
the
parks.
The
fields
of
the
playground,
equipment
for
the
kids
and
granted
I
don't
think
we're
bad
off
as
other
places
in
the
county.
AK
If
maybe
just
by
going
a
little
slower,
we
could
maybe
re-engineer
things
where
we
could
get
like
one
extra
field,
because
it's
not
like
we
can
just
keep
getting
Parks
put
in
up
in
that
area.
Also,
there's
a
Middletown
Road
property
that
I'd
love
to
see
the
county
start
to
plan
for
I.
Believe
director
knows
about
it
and
I'd
love
to
see
that.
Thank
you
very
much.
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
U
AM
Hello,
my
name
is
Ned
Halley
I'm,
the
vice
president
of
the
land
preservation,
trust
I
know
you
have
heard
a
lot
so
a
whole
spectrum
of
serious
problems
and
I'm
here
to
just
put
in
a
good
word
for
land
preservation.
I
was
thrilled
to
see
your
slide
got.
Seventy
Thousand
Acres
preserved,
but
the
size
of
the
Third
District
alone
is
about
twice
that
we
need
more
funding.
Baltimore
county
is
maybe
a
tenth
of
the
funding
of
the
our
neighboring
counties.
Carol
and
Harford.
AM
So
I
would
encourage
you
to
try
to
find
a
way
to
keep
more
to
continue
with
the
good
work
that
we've
done
and
and
fund
it
as
much
as
you
possibly
can
and
I
just
want
to
say.
If
people
in
the
room
who
are
interested
in
land
preservation
who
support
it,
please
stand
up
or
if
you're
standing
up
raise
your
hand,
I
think
it's
I
think
it's
a
popular
situation
and
I
again
I.
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
the
help
that
you've
given
us
so
far,.
AN
AN
I
think
the
other
important
thing
to
note
when
you,
when
you
talk
about
a
big
tournament
like
this
with
the
PGA
Tour,
is
that
this
is
not
just
a
big
for-profit
engine.
The
proceeds
of
this
tournament
ultimately
are
contributed
to
the
Evans
Scholars
Foundation,
which
is
a
not-for-profit
entity
of
Golf
Association
and
with
the
2021
BMW
Championship.
We
actually
raised
a
record
5.6
million
dollars,
funding
for
the
Evans
Scholars
Foundation
and
through
2025.
AO
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Vicki
Collins
I
am
the
head
of
Schwann
Downs
Schwann
Downs
is
250
Acres
of
field
and
forests,
site
of
hunt
of
the
Hunt
Valley
I-83
Interchange
over
20
years
ago.
It
was
saved
from
development
thanks
to
200
neighbors,
who
donated
just
under
4
million
to
buy
the
property,
preserve
it
and
create
the
infrastructure
needed
to
hold
equine
events
when
not
being
farmed
for
hay.
AO
AO
As
we've
already
heard,
Maryland
has
more
horses
per
acre
than
any
state,
and
25
percent
of
all
agricultural
land
is
dedicated
to
some
in
some
form
to
horses,
most
notably
in
Baltimore
County
equine
events
not
only
support
local
Traditions
but
Schwann
Downs
attracts
horses,
trainers,
owners,
helpers
and
Spectators
from
throughout
the
region.
Sometimes
measuring
in
the
many
thousands,
horses
and
Steeplechase
racing
are
important
to
Baltimore
County,
both
in
dollars
and
through
the
agricultural
community
and
open
space
they
support.
AO
C
AO
G
E
AP
Sorry,
that's
all
right!
Good
evening.
My
name
is
Laura
Mullen
here
with
my
friend
Damian
and
I'm
here
tonight,
as
a
member
and
group
leader
of
the
ltrc
pickleball
club
and
it's
400
members
and
I
have
two
low
budget
requests.
Seminary
Park
Court
is
scheduled
to
be
resurfaced
and
overlaid
with
pickleball
lines.
However,
according
to
Baltimore
County's
practice,
not
a
policy,
there
will
only
be
Four
Courts
instead
of
the
six
that
we
currently
utilize.
AP
If
the
county
goes
ahead
with
the
proposed
overlay
of
the
Four
Courts,
there
will
not
be
enough
space
for
the
leagues
to
chalk
the
two
additional
courts
and
yes,
our
50
to
70
year
olds,
are
on
their
hands
and
knees
every
day
talking
those
two
additional
courts,
we're
more
than
willing
to
meet
with
the
county
to
develop
a
better
option.
A
Common
Sense
change
would
go
a
long
way
towards
the
needs
of
your
constituents
in
this
case
over
400
members
ages,
40
to
70
on
average.
AP
Our
leagues
currently
have
permitted
play
of
more
than
43
hours
a
week,
and
we
play
every
day
in
every
season
all
year.
Long.
The
social
and
recreational
aspects
cannot
and
should
not
be
underestimated.
Sensible
changes
now
can
alleviate
bigger
budget
dollars
next
year
and
in
future
years.
Secondly,
can
you
please
replace
the
broken
lights
at
County,
home
courts?
Tennis
and
pickleball
players
have
been
asking
to
no
avail
for
months
most
of
the
courts
are
in
darkness
and
are
dangerous
for
the
players.
Someone
is
going
to
get
hurt
because
of
the
lack
of
lighting.
E
X
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Danny
golembeck
I
live
in
Lutherville
I
wanted
to
express
my
support
for
the
administration
housing
policies
detail
tonight
for
our
communities
to
thrive
for
our
schools
to
excel.
We
need
our
teachers,
our
law
enforcement
officers
and
our
First
Responders
to
live
in
the
neighborhoods.
They
serve
nearly
centrally
located
Transportation
hubs.
X
AQ
My
name
is
Elaine
Casper
I
am
a
retired
teacher
and
a
master
natural
semester.
Gardener
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
support
of
our
nature,
Parts,
which
are
so
important
to
our
physical
mental
health
and,
even
more
so,
the
health
of
our
planet
and
all
its
life
forms
specifically
I'd
like
to
address
Oregon,
Ridge
Park
and,
more
specifically,
the
memorial
Woodland
restoration
Garden,
a
project
that
has
been
a
dream
for
many
years.
Last
year
the
state
gave
the
county
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
this
project,
and
a
committee
has
chosen
the
site.
AQ
We've
consulted
with
several
environmentalists
forms,
so
this
plan
is,
as
they
say,
shovel
ready.
With
your
fencing
installed,
people
will
be
able
to
experience
the
variety
and
beauty
of
our
native
wildflowers
ferns
mosses,
flowering,
trees
and
shrubs.
They
will
discover
the
equilateral
importance
of
our
native
plants
value
and
protect
them
and
add
them
to
their
Landscapes.
If
we
can
get
this
fence
up
soon,
recovering
natives
will
have
a
chance
to
establish
and
Thrive
this
year
we
can
map
out
paths
and
contemplative
rest
areas
and
begin
filling
in
planting
areas.
AQ
AQ
One
woman
in
particular,
is
still
living
spearheaded
the
acquisition
of
the
Maryland
property
and
deserves
to
be
honored
in
her
lifetime,
and
the
state
supported
the
memorial
dedication
of
the
scar.
Many
volunteers
are
ready
to
plant
to
maintain
the
middle
and
restoration
and
we
have
the
support
of
our
our
nature.
Council
I,
hope,
Baltimore
County
will
move
quickly
to
help
us
begin
this
project,
so
our
citizens
can
begin
to
enjoy.
Thank
you.
AR
AR
Our
programming
has
changed
over
the
years
as
I've
seen
FY
14
we
had
over
10
000
participants
in
64
programs
were
done
about
8
000
participants
with
34
programs
and
a
number
of
reasons
for
that.
Covid
certainly
decimated
a
Redbox,
our
programs
teachers
who
did
our
math
reading
programs
summer
camps,
did
not
return.
Those
programs
have
gone
by
the
wayside.
We
are
struggling
for
volunteers.
AR
We
are
now
at
a
point
where
our
larger
programs
required
page
administrators
to
run
the
program
when
you've
got
2,
000
kids
in
a
soccer
program,
a
volunteer
just
isn't
going
to
handle
it.
So
we
we
struggle,
we
push
forward,
but
we
we
keep
going.
We
we
compete
with
these
commercial
sporting
venues,
we're
in
competition
with
them,
for
space
and
for
participants.
AR
AR
We
spend
about
135
000
a
year
running
space.
We
have
for
elementary
schools,
one
Middle
School.
Our
net
space
has
not
changed
in
over
50
years.
I
grew
up
in
Lutherville
the
same
schools
that
were
there
then
are
there
today,
the
number
of
fields
were
there,
there's
been
no
necking
at
all.
Our
biggest
budget
priority
is
the
development
of
the
Villa
Maria
property,
which
the
county
acquired
a
few
years
ago.
That's
number
one
with
each
space
yesteryear
not
today
we
needed
you
know
years
ago.
AR
AS
First
budget
town
hall,
meeting
County
Executive
marchesky
stated
that
the
plans
are
already
underway
for
preservation
and
restoration
of
the
trails
and
woods
of
the
park.
Member
of
the
nature
Council
have
met
with
Bob
Smith
Courtney
Weinstock
from
repkin
Parks
and
David
Likens
and
Carrie
over
holds
her
from
thatson
they've
all
promised
that
trail
and
Land
Management
at
Oregon
Ridge
is
a
high
priority.
So,
thanks
to
you
all
finally,
I
just
want
to
mention
a
prime
example.
From
the
past.
The
public
and
private
worlds
came
together
for
the
benefit
of
Oregon
Ridge.
AS
It
was
in
the
late
1980s
and
200
Acres
contiguous
to
the
park
had
been
sold
to
a
developer
through
the
efforts
of
private
citizens,
corporations
and
County
and
state
government.
Three
million
dollars
were
raised
to
buy
back
that
property
and
make
it
part
of
Oregon
Ridge
one
of
the
leaders
in
getting
that
funding
was
Wade
cash.
AS
O
Good
evening
my
name
is
Abe
yaffi
and
I'm.
The
president
of
the
Cromwell
Valley
Park
Council,
our
citizen
volunteer
group
that
advocates
for
our
460
acre
Park
on
Cromwell
Bridge
Road,
just
south
of
Loch
Raven
Reservoir
2023
is
actually
the
30th
anniversary
of
the
purchase
of
the
first
tract
of
land
by
the
state
that
allowed
for
the
creation
of
the
park.
We
currently
have
almost
600
members
in
our
organization,
and
our
estimated
attendance
in
2022
was
about
315
000
people.
O
Carmel
Valley
Park
is
an
important
resource
for
Baltimore
County
residents,
especially
when
it
comes
to
education,
about
natural
resources,
conservation
and
natural
history.
We
offer
hundreds
of
programs
throughout
the
year
for
people
of
all
ages,
especially
for
children
via
our
polywogs
program
for
toddlers
and
free
nature,
education
field
trips
for
Baltimore
County
students
I'm
here
tonight,
to
talk
about
Capital
Improvements
at
Carmel,
Valley
Park
in
2020.
The
state
committed
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
via
a
bond
initiative
and
program.
O
Open
Space
funds
sponsored
by
Senator,
West
and
Elliott
Clayton
in
2021
in
the
2021
Baltimore
County
budget
included
one
and
a
half
million
dollars
for
several
projects
at
the
park,
including
a
new
Pavilion,
desperately
needed
roadway
and
Park
parking
enhancements,
an
accessibility,
Trail
and
renovations
to
a
building
called
the
barnatorium
that
has
been
used
as
a
nature,
education,
classroom
space
and
as
a
base
of
operations
for
a
very
popular
summer
camp
to
date.
None
of
these
improvements
have
been
started.
However.
O
I
have
been
in
touch
with
several
times
with
Drew
emmer,
chief
of
capital
planning
and
development
at
Brecken
Parks
about
the
progress
and
all
this,
and
he
explained
to
me
the
design
got
bogged
down
for
a
while
due
to
some
environmental
reviews.
We
also
just
learned
that
we
are
no
longer
allowed
to
use
the
bar
natorium
as
classroom
or
program
space
due
to
structural
concerns.
Unfortunately,
due
to
inflation,
the
funding
approved
for
these
projects
two
and
three
years
ago
is
no
longer
enough
to
complete
them.
O
All
I
understand
there's
a
request
for
about
two
million
dollars
of
additional
funding
in
this
year's
budget,
so
that
all
these
long
needed
improvements
can
be
afforded.
So
on
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
Baltimore
County,
and
especially
the
many
devoted
users
of
the
park,
I
implore
you
to
improve
these
funds
so
that
Carmel
Valley
Park
may
continue
to
thrive
as
an
oasis
of
wilderness
and
a
focal
point
for
nature.
Education.
Thanks
for
your
time
and
restoration.
F
H
My
apologies,
I
can't
get
to
you.
My
name
is
Dave
Sanders
I
live
in
the
Timonium
Heights
neighborhood
in
Cockeysville,
specifically
on
a
small
hill
at
the
intersection
of
York
Road
and
Padonia
Road.
The
residents
at
the
top
of
this
hill
have
had
their
own
well
and
septic.
For
many
years.
My
family's
been
there
since
1969..
H
Most
of
us
do
not
want
to
connect
to
County
Services
and
we
have
no
need
for
it.
We
have
our
own
Wells.
We
have
our
own
septic.
Recently,
there
has
been
a
builder
that
will
has
promised
Baltimore
County
that
he
will
put
County
Water
and
County
Septic
up
that
hill
and
to
connect
to
well
they're,
going
to
cram
six
additional
houses
onto
my
dead
end
Street,
which
is
going
to
drastically
affect
the
looks
of
our
neighborhood.
H
The
congestion
of
it
and
I
certainly
don't
want
to
pay
the
additional
taxes
that
these
improvements
will
will
bring
to
our
area
and
I'm
sure
many
others
don't
yeah.
Most
of
us
are
retired,
older
people
and
we'd
like
to
not
lose
our
the
ability
to
keep
our
homes
because
of
the
higher
taxes.
We'd
have
to
pay.
For
these
improvements,
in
addition,
the
six
additional
houses
on
a
dead-end
street,
very
small
lots
and
it's
well,
it's
a
problem.
Thank
you.
AT
AT
Our
wonderful
family
is
a
dad
mom
and
four
boys
age.
One
and
a
half
to
16.
dad
is
a
hard
worker,
but
has
employment
prospects
limited
by
his
lack
of
English
mom
has
virtually
no
English
and
is
illiterate
in
any
language.
The
family
was
initially
relocated
to
the
Dundalk
area,
but
has
now
moved
to
the
Cockeysville
area,
where
Padonia
international
elementary
is
doing
a
great
job
as
a
Gateway
resource.
AT
In
particular.
I
want
to
report
to
you
the
incredible
work
done
for
the
family
by
the
Center
for
Family
success
program
located
in
Essex,
the
center
provided
ESL
English
as
a
second
language
and
other
services
to
Mom
four
days
per
week,
picking
her
and
her
two
youngest
boys
up
and
dropping
them
off
at
home
each
day.
Please
note
that
the
provision
of
daycare
services
for
the
young
children
was
critically
important
without
those
Services
mom
simply
could
not
have
attended.
AT
The
ESL
classes
as
it
is
Mom
was
able
to
proudly
show
my
wife,
her
printed
name
within
just
a
few
weeks
of
caring
instruction
and
can
recite
the
alphabet
in
her
numbers
in
English.
The
cffs
director
Rebecca
Kidd
is
deservedly
beloved
by
Mom,
offering
her
for
the
first
time
in
her
life,
the
possibility
of
literacy,
mom
and
dad
are
now
enrolled
in
ESL
programs
closer
to
Hope
and
Cockeysville
library
and
the
Hunt
Valley
Church,
but
Day
Care
Force.
Support
for
Mom
is
not
available,
a
very
serious
deficiency.
AU
My
name
is
Michael
sapanic
I
sit
on
the
Baltimore
County
pedestrian
and
bicycle
advisory
committee,
representing
Wade
to
District,
3
and
I'm.
Also
co-president
of
strong
towns,
Baltimore
I
resigned
in
Cockeysville
and
tonight,
I
call
on
Baltimore
County
to
please
prioritize
human
scale,
development
and
the
movement
of
people
over
cars.
AU
AU
Please
prioritize
development,
that
is
human
scale,
pedestrian,
friendly,
Transit
oriented
and
mixed
use
make
it
easier
and
more
comfortable
to
walk
Roll
bike
and
take
transit
on
and
around
particularly
York
Road.
It's
2023
and
Baltimore
County
has
yet
to
build
and
he
protected
on
road
bicycle
infrastructure.
AU
We
need
to
relax
parking
minimums
to
get
more
room
and
respect
to
those
who
do
not
drive
either
due
to
limited
resources
or
choice.
Please
make
it
easier
for
residents
and
Community
associations
to
request
traffic
calming
measures,
especially
on
state
roads.
The
state
has
funding
and
programs
in
place
for
Road
treatments,
but
the
county
needs
to
advocate
for
them
on
behalf
of
residents
right
now.
AU
AV
Really
broad
I
mean
everything
from
Wineries
and
breweries
to
commodity
crops
that
are
shipped
around
the
world
even
to
replace
some
of
the
crops
that
are
not
coming
out
of
the
Ukraine
right
now,
as
well
as
organic
farmers
and
obviously
livestock
and
the
horse
industry,
it's
nurseries,
private
and
to
the
trade.
It's
really
deep
agricultural
industries
that
are
very
meaningful,
and
the
committee
proposed
following
what
Montgomery
County
has
done
in
having
an
office
of
Agriculture
with
a
director
of
Agriculture
and
also
a
liaison
to
interface
with
other
County,
not
agencies,
departments,
to
coordinate.
AV
And
that
means
two
positions,
and
we
already
have
a
lot
of
groups
at
our
Ag
Center
on
Chowan
road,
which
include
extension
services
through
the
University
of
Maryland.
We
have
Soil
Conservation
Services.
We
have
groups
like
future
Harvest,
which
is
going
to
be
helping.
People
start
small
farms
there,
they
train
beginning
Farmers
many
many
Master
Gardeners,
so
I
support
that
idea.
I'd
love
to
see
that
get
rolling
and
true
professionals
with
deep
Knowledge
and
Skills
that
can
connect
Farmers
with
markets
in
innovative
ways.
AV
Work
with
tourism,
there's
just
so
many
creative
ideas
that
can
come
out
of
it.
I
also
would
endorse
making
the
AG
Center
up
part
of
the
Department
of
Agriculture.
It
has
not
made
sense
to
me
to
have
our
AG
of
or
record
parks
department.
It
does
not
seem
to
be
a
good
fit.
I,
really
heartily
endorse
what
they
have
in
Montgomery,
County
and
I
really
hope
that
Baltimore
County
proceeds
without
those
recommendations.
AW
Attorney
executive,
councilman
cash.
Thank
you
for
having
us
and
listening
to
us.
I
am
my
name
is
Lena
amick
I'm,
a
teacher
at
Parkville,
high
school
I'm,
a
social
studies,
teacher
and
I
am
here
to
Advocate
Love
Math
teachers
as
well
here
to
advocate
for
for
our
Educators
and
everybody
who's
doing
this
work
and
the
importance
of
paying
our
Educators
competitive
salaries.
AW
All
of
the
issues
that
you
talked
about,
our
schools
are
in
a
crisis
right
now
and
I
really
agree
with
you
on
needing
to
ask
teachers
why
they're
leaving
because
so
many
teachers
are
leaving
and
I
can
tell
you
as
a
teacher
who
talks
to
teachers
who
are
leaving
they're
leaving
because
the
job
is
too
overwhelming
and
they
get
better
pay
somewhere
else.
Those
are
the
main
reasons
and
I
really
do
think
that
competitive
pay
can
be
a
solution
to
both
of
those
issues
because,
as
you
said,
it's
not
just
pay
right.
AW
It's
also
working
conditions,
but
working
conditions
are
alleviated
by
more
expert
staff
who
are
going
to
come
and
stay
and
invest
in
the
kids.
As
a
teacher,
I
learned
so
much
from
my
co-workers.
If
I
have
a
turnover
of
co-workers
and
every
five
years,
I
look
around
my
department
and
it's
a
whole
new
group
of
people.
That's
a
bunch
of
new
people
who
need
to
be
trained.
I.
AW
Think
a
lot
of
us
in
the
county
would
be
uncomfortable
with
having
a
Cadre
of
completely
new
teachers,
teaching
our
students
every
year
and
then,
by
the
time
I'm
in
high
school
they
get
to
a
higher
level.
They
have
nobody
to
write
their
letters
of
recommendation.
They
have
nobody
who's
seen
them
them
grow.
AW
They
have
nobody
to
implement
those
initiatives,
so
we're
really
interested
in
Recruitment
and
Retention
and
hope
that
there
is
in
this
robust
education
budget
that
you
have
that
there's
really
huge
investment
in
in
our
Educators
and
their
salaries,
and
that
includes
counselors
social
workers
and
especially
our
para
Educators,
who
often
have
to
work
two
jobs
just
to
make
ends
meet.
We
want
them
to
really
have
a
career
path
where
they
can
stay
because
they're
so
critical
in
our
classrooms.
So
thank
you
so
much.
AX
My
name
is
Tim
rupalt
and
I
live
in
Lutherville
and
I'm,
going
to
go
back
to
your
first
significant
achievement,
which
I
consider
the
most
meaningful
achievement
you've
had
since
in
office,
and
that
was
pointing
and
creating
an
inspector
General's
office
and
appointing
Kelly
mat
again
to
that
office.
A
competent
and
thorough
person
I
expect
that
you
we
should
fully
fund
that
office
as
it
goes
forward
and
supportive.
AX
My
other
two
questions
that
I
have
are
one
electrical
vehicle
charging
stations.
Our
county
has
no
Zoning
for
these
and
developers
are
in
heaven
they
can
put
any
charging
station
anywhere
in
Baltimore
County
right
now.
We
know
the
Peter
godwall's
team
is
working
on
this
and
we
expect
the
county
legislators
group
to
really
support
good
and
meaningful
application
of
electrical
vehicle
charging
stations
relative
to
budget
I
would
add
more
inspectors.
AX
Poor
Chief
Inspector
for
Pai
is
overwhelmed.
I've
talked
to
him,
he's
he's
underwater.
The
second
issue
I've
got
to
talk
about
is
most
of
you
probably
don't
know
what
a
limited
exemption
is,
but
limited
exemptions
have
been
done
hundreds
of
times
and
they
keep
your
community
from
being
involved
in
the
development
process.
AX
AY
Her
name
is
Anna
link
as
well,
but
I'm
here
this
evening
on
behalf
of
Irvine
Nature
Center
and
Owings
Mills,
where
I
am
the
director
of
development.
Irvine
is
embarking
on
an
exciting
renovation
and
expansion
Capital
product
to
better
serve
the
needs
of
are
cultivating
Community
campaign
is
a
6.3
million
dollar
initiative.
That
purposely
coincides
with
our
50th
anniversary
in
2025.
To
ensure
Irvine
continues
to
be
a
strong
educational
resource
for
generations
to
come
for
citizens
of
Baltimore
County.
We
have
requested
250
thousand
dollars
from
Baltimore
County's
capital
budget
to
support
this
effort.
AY
To
date
we
have
raised
2.5
million
from
local
foundations,
the
state
of
Maryland
trustees
and
other
individual
donors.
Irvine
provides
robust,
Environmental,
Education
programs
for
thousands
of
visitors,
Baltimore
County
residents
on
our
211
acres
and
also
in
the
community
for
people
who
can't
come
out
to
Irvine,
specifically
after
school
programs.
I
heard
that
tonight
that's
something
that
we
do
and
love
to
do.
This
campaign
will
support
the
renovation
of
our
exhibit
hall
and
the
construction
of
a
new,
state-of-the-art
8,
500
square
foot,
Green
Building
adjacent
to
our
main
Center.
AY
The
new
building
will
also
provide
a
new
home
for
Irvine
Nature's
preschool,
including
an
additional
classroom,
and
we've
just
recently
started
a
tuition
assistance
program
for
the
for
the
nature
preschool,
as
well
as
a
year-round
space
for
additional
youth
programming
and
special
events.
We
appreciate
your
consideration
of
our
request
and
are
greatly
appreciative
of
all
the
support.
Baltimore
County
has
given
Irvine
Nature
Center
over
the
years.
Okay.
AZ
Hey
good
evening,
I'm
Patrick
Smith
I'm,
the
vice
president
of
the
Delaney
Valley
Improvement
Association.
We
represent
roughly
600
families
in
the
Delaney
Valley
area
and
I'm,
going
to
expand
a
little
bit
on
the
electric
vehicles
and
the
charging
issues
that
are
currently
present.
But,
as
many
of
you
probably
know,
our
governor
Wes
Moore
this
week
enacted
legislation
or
proposed
legislation
that
will,
by
2035,
eliminate
the
sales
of
gas
vehicles
in
our
state
of
Maryland.
AZ
So
what
that
does
is
I
mean
that
pushes
us
into
the
future
inevitably
there's
some
replacement
for
gas
vehicles,
whether
that's
a
time
I
can't
say
but
effectively
what
it
does
is
with
these
charging
stations.
It
turns
them
into
a
traditional
gas
station.
So,
rather
than
having
you
know,
eight
gas
pumps,
10
gas
pumps
at
a
gas
station
now
we'll
have
a
pack
of
between
8
to
12
to
24
of
these
superchargers
effectively
creating
a
automotive
service
station
a
fueling
station.
AZ
So
zoning
as
of
right
now
doesn't
address
that
issue
at
all
and
in
our
neighborhood
there's
actually
Royal
Farms,
coming
in
they'd
like
to
put
in
12
superchargers
that'll,
draw
enough
current
to
run
1200
homes,
1200
homes
simultaneously,
with
these
1200
with
these
12
superchargers
running
so
electrical
infrastructure,
we
don't
want
to
turn
into
California
with
rolling
brownouts
and
blackouts.
Electric
vehicles
are
great:
if
you've
ever
driven
one,
it
has
instantaneous
acceleration.
AZ
You
can
burn
the
tires
off
very
easily
a
lot
of
fun
to
drive
very
good
for
the
environment,
though
right,
but
the
thing
is
is
that
we
need
to
as
a
county.
You
know,
move
forward
to
study
and
promote
legislation
and
some
sort
of
Regulation
around
these
supercharging
facilities.
Otherwise
we
could,
you
know:
I
could
open
up
a
gas
station
with
12
superchargers.
In
my
front
yard,
I
mean
where
do
we
draw
the
line
so
I
just
think
we
need
to
get
ahead
of
that
before
that
really
becomes
a
much
larger
issue.
BA
And
I
was
president
of
the
gunpowder,
Valley,
Conservancy
and
I'm
here
tonight,
to
in
favor
of
additional
sustained
funding
for
land
preservation
and
increased
open
space.
I
want
to
thank
the
county
executive
and
the
County
Council
for
the
for
the
research
reinstatement
about
the
County
Rural
Legacy
program
and
the
County
ag
preservation
program.
BA
I
also
want
to
thank
the
county
executive
and
the
County
Council
for
their
contributions
to
the
Baltimore
County
Land
Trust
Alliance
BCL
ta
station
land
preservation
is
a
very
unique
partnership
that
between
the
county,
the
land
preservation
organizations
and
those
landowners
and
Farmers
that
want
to
preserve
their
land
in
perpetuity.
It's
been
extremely
effective.
You've
been
a
strong
supporter
of
that,
and
thank
you
for
that.
We
want
to
continue
that
support.
We
want
to
continue
for
Baltimore
County
to
be
a
leader
in
that
area.
Land
preservation
does
several
things
that
provides
open
space
for
recreation.
BA
It
provides
space
for
for
local
Fresh
Foods
that
provides
clean
air.
It
helps
clean,
our
water
provides
wildlife
habitat
and
it
protects
our
forests.
Our
ask
is
to
continue
to
fund
the
rural
Legacy
program
in
the
AG
preservation
programs
by
committing
sustainable
funding
to
those
programs
continue
funding
at
the
local
Land
Trust,
so
that
we
can
work
with
the
county
to
achieve
the
goals
of
the
master
plan.
We'd
also
like
to
ask
for
you
to
work
to
help
us
achieve
office
space
at
the
AG
Center
for
the
vcl.
BA
E
BA
BC
BB
The
other
thing
I'd
like
to
speak
on
quickly
is
by
confedestrian
infrastructure
for
safety.
For
reasons
of
that
nature,
the
fallen
behind
our
we
other
counties
in
the
region
and
Arundel
is
on
their
way
to
building
out
their
counties.
Mixed-Use
Trails
program.
We
can't
even
complete
our
Master
bike,
ped
master
plan
in
a
timely
manner,
because
we
didn't
resource
the
group
or
it's
our
investment
resource,
the
group,
the
agency,
to
be
able
to
incorporate
all
the
public
comments.
BB
BD
T
Long
green
I
would
ask
your
support
for
the
establishment
of
the
office
of
Agriculture,
put
Under
One
Roof
at
the
AG
Center
over
70
000
acres
of
land
preserved.
What
better
use
than
to
grow
food
with
people
in
Baltimore,
County,
Baltimore,
City
and
surrounding
areas,
would
ask
would
ask
for
it
in
any
ways
that
could
be
established
through
grants
or
whatever,
and
to
get
the
food
to
people
that
can't
necessarily
afford
that
high
quality
nutrient
dense
food,
especially
Dairy
Queen
and
eggs,.
BE
BE
BF
Good
evening
my
name
is
Phyllis
joris
I'm,
a
pretty
happy
Third
District
president
I'm,
also
the
executive
director
of
neighbor
space
of
Baltimore
County
we're
a
land
trust
that
preserves
land
around
Baltimore
County
inside
the
urban
World
demarcation
land
online.
There's
plenty
of
other
folks
here,
speaking
in
favor
of
land
preservation.
So
I
just
want
to
remind
you
of
the
fact
that
that
preserving
land
in
urban
communities
requires
a
whole
different
set
of
skills.
BF
BG
Foreign,
my
name
is
Dave
Patrick
and
I'm,
a
hair
for
Gen
resident
and
president
of
the
Hereford
rec
council
and
I
wanted
to
speak
a
little
bit
about
the
Belfast
Road
field
and
building
project
and
appreciate
the
funding
that
we've
already
been
allocated
for
this
Capital
project,
I'm,
really
looking
forward
to
it.
It's
been
a
long
time
coming
for
the
Hereford
Zone.
BG
So
what
we
are
asking
for
is
you
can
please
consider
additional
funding
so
that
we
can
also
get
that
indoor
facility
going
at
our
project,
because
we
know
it's
going
to
be
more
than
what's
allocated.
So
we've
talked
about
it
with
Bob
on
many
occasions
and,
as
you
know,
I
know
you're
familiar
with
it
with
how
much
it
costs,
and
we
definitely
need
a
little
more
to
be
able
to
take
care
of
what
we
need
to
get
done.
There
so
appreciate
your
time
and
help.
BH
BH
The
challenge
is
there
are
so
many
budget
priorities,
it's
hard
to
sort
through
them,
I'm
here
to
make
two
pitches
following
up
on
Phyllis
joris
neighbor
space
is
a
land
trust
that
works
with
communities
who
have
less
access
to
open
space,
and,
while
we've
gotten
very
good
at
going
after
grants
and
in
engaging
citizens
in
the
community
to
help
with
planting
and
maintenance
issues,
we
do
continue
to
need
the
County's
support.
So
we
hope
that
you
will
continue
to
think
kindly
towards
me.
The
second
is
a
broader
issue
related
to
environmental
sustainability.
BH
For
decades,
we've
all
been
struggling
with
how
we
meet
the
challenges
of
Chesapeake,
Bay,
restoration
and,
of
course,
now.
Climate
change
is
looming
above
us
and
they're.
Both
incredible
challenges,
protections
of
streams,
floodplains,
Wetlands,
adjacent
forests.
It's
also
all
incredibly
important.
BH
These
are
challenges
that
are
huge
and
there's
never
enough
funding,
so
I'm
urging
you
to
try
and
keep
an
eye
on
these,
because
climate
change
is
not
going
to
go
away
and
you
can
kick
it
down
the
road
a
year
or
another
year
or
another
year,
but
for
the
sake
of
our
children
and
grandchildren,
we
need
to
get
busy.
Thank
you.
BI
BI
I
have
a
disc
golf,
you've
heard
disc
golf
stuff
before,
and
it's
always
like.
Let's
get
disc
golf,
let's
get
disc
golf,
so
here's
the
plan,
I
wrote
up.
It's
got
a
disc
golf
course.
An
18-hole,
disc,
golf
course
on
County
Home,
Park
already
designed
by
Norm
Epstein,
who
designed
Druid,
Hill,
Park
and
Andrew
Fisher
is
a
professional,
disc
golf
player
on
the
tour.
This
is
a
designed
course
already
18
holes
ready
to
be
put
in.
If
you
play
Budget
on
the
back,
you
know
how
many
baskets
we
need
18
baskets,
how
much
that'll
cost.
BI
AJ
I
BJ
I'd
like
to
start
by
thanking
you
so
very
much
for
the
approval
of
a
much
needed
brand
new
Delaney
High
School.
Also
thank
you
for
the
turf
at
County,
Home
Park.
Thank
you
for
weight,
watch,
Friends
of
Delaney
and
all
who
worked
so
hard
on
these
projects.
We
now
have
the
site
plan
that
shows
the
new
Delaney
High
School,
the
building
relocated
on
the
existing
property
and
the
fact
made
in
its
original
location.
BJ
So
today,
I'm
asking
for
your
support,
along
with
Baltimore
County,
Rec
and
parks,
to
begin
the
replacement
of
the
Delaney
Stadium,
an
addition
of
a
turf
field
as
soon
as
possible.
I
would
not
want
this
request
to
delay
the
much
needed
School
building
construction
portion
of
the
project,
but
to
prepare
for
what
is
to
come.
It
is
wonderful
that
there's
enough
property
to
be
able
to
keep
the
students
in
the
existing
building
while
the
new
structure
is
formed.
BJ
If
we
get
to
work
on
the
solution
now,
the
safe
turf
field
that
can
handle
the
sheer
volume
of
play,
we
can
keep
some
of
our
students
from
having
to
drive
and
limit
injuries
that
have
been
caused
by
the
poor
grass
conditions
that
we
currently
have
led
field
focused
lights
on
timers
for
the
community
would
extend
the
time
that
the
field
can
be
used.
I've
reached
out
to
the
Delaney
Sports,
boosters
and
they're
willing
to
contribute
Senator
Chris
West
also
offered
his
support.
We
would
love
to
see
a
timeline
for
the
school
building
project.
BJ
Please
consider
fully
funding
the
entire
Delaney
high
school
project,
split
the
funds
to
begin
quickly
on
a
stadium
with
Turf
support
the
Sweet
Air
project
and
bring
Equity
to
current
and
future
Delaney
athletes.
The
surrounding
Community
would
love
to
see
a
little
taste
of
what's
to
come
in
preparation
for
the
new
school
and
our
area.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
BK
Even
they
pay
taxes
like
any
other
American
citizen
in
this
County
and
the
state,
but
they
don't
have
the
privilege
to
have
or
buy
any
health
insurance
because
of
the
immigration
status
without
no
health
insurance
or
neither
clinics
to
my
community
title
that
allow
us
to
be
three
and
many
times
nor
even
be
able
to
go
to
emergency
room
just
because
they
don't
have.
They
have
been
denied
service
for
not
having
health
insurance.
BK
BL
BL
BL
BL
U
BM
After
allowance
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
tonight,
the
reason
I'm
here
I
would
like
to
ask
you
to
really
give
it
a
much
consideration
to
creating
a
Department
of
Agriculture
vulnerable
and
a
director
that
will
oversee
all
the
different
communities
right
now.
There's
a
number
of
organ
of
rubies
with
soil
conservation
and
a
number
of
those
things
there
should
be
a
manager,
a
director
that
would
be
able
to
coordinate
that
I.
Want
you
to
understand.
Baltimore
County
Agriculture
is
extremely
efficient
and
it's
a
wonderful
agriculture
you
have
to.
BM
This
is
another
thing:
the
crops
that
we
grow,
the
grain
crops.
It's
not
like
the
Midwest,
where
that
corn
is
being
used
for
ethanol
or
something
like
that,
the
corn
crops
and
the
grain
crops
here
are
going
to
the
poultry
industry
and
other
Industries,
where
they're
producing
protein.
It's
helping
to
feed
the
people
in
this
area.
So
it's
much
different
than
what
it
is
in
the
midwest.
Now
there
are
some.
BM
We
have
created
a
market
to
sell
some
soybeans
to
help
a
lot
of
the
farmers
they
sell
to
one
organization
and
they're
boxed
in
cargo
boxes
and
then
they're
sent
to
the
port
and
they're
shipped
overseas
into
Asian.
That's
created
an
Asian
market
and
it's
and
it's
helped
the
farmers,
because
it's
created
a
market
for
their
soybeans,
but
the
farmers
are
productive.
BM
We
had
the
U.S
Secretary
of
Agriculture
here
two
weeks
ago,
Tom
vesek
and
the
secretary
of
agriculture
from
the
United
Republic,
because
they
are
honoring
and
they
are
impressed
with
our
farming
efficiencies
and
also
how
we're
addressing
the
environmental
concerns
and
a
lot
of
that
is
because
of
the
Chesapeake
Bay.
But
we
are
ahead
of
a
lot
of
the
other
areas
in
this
nation,
we're
ahead
of
the
world
in
a
lot
of
areas.
We
just
need
to
have
someone
be
able
to
bring
us
together
with
the
director
of
Agriculture
and
a
Department
of
Agriculture.
BM
AS
BN
Specifically
I
would
like
to
advocate
for
an
advocate
fellow
for
that
office
to
deal
with
issues
that
are
very
specific
to
the
community
of
the
African
diaspora.
One
specific
thing:
that's
come
up
in
the
last
year,
members
of
our
community
who
have
passed
away
and
whose
families
have
desired
to
repatriate
their
remains
to
their
family
homes
in
Africa,
have
faced
a
log
Jam
at
the
Baltimore
County
Department
of
Health.
BN
This
happened
to
a
lady
who
I
referred
to
as
social
karaoke,
a
wonderful
lady
who
used
to
cook
for
me
during
my
Bible
studies
when
I
was
young
at
one
call
from
your
office,
and
that
document
was
signed
that
very
day
that
let
our
community
know
that
there
wasn't
us
a
physical
issue,
but
that
it
was
that
someone
important
enough
asking
for
it
was
all
that
was
necessary
and
I
feel
that
an
African
fellow
supporting
Juliana
would
help
bring
those
type
of
issues
to
the
floor.
Thank
you
very
much.
BO
BO
BO
U
My
second
request
is
to
have
access
to
an
additional
soccer
field.
We
have
many
youth
that
would
like
to
play
soccer.
We
just
need
a
field
here
in
the
Cockeysville
area
where
they
can
play,
we
will
provide
the
technicians,
we
will
provide
the
coaches
and
all
of
the
other
materials.
We
just
need
an
additional
field
for
our
youth
to
play.
Soccer.