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F
Good
evening
Mary
Beth
Coke,
director
of
Planning
and
Zoning,
the
purpose
of
this
public
hearing
is
to
provide
the
public
an
opportunity
to
comment
on
the
proposed
creation
of
the
new
historic
district,
the
bail
house,
following
by
a
second
hearing
on
the
proposed
expansion
of
the
County's
World
Legacy
areas.
This
hearing
is
held
for
the
commissioner's
adopted
guidelines
for
conduct
and
public
hearings
and
meetings
per
resolution.
6-89.
This
hearing
has
been
properly
advertised
as
required
by
law.
The
board
adopted
a
resolution
in
1989
intending
to
maintain
the
order
and
decorum
of
the
governmental
process.
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The
ethics
commission
has
asked
that
we
remind
speakers
of
public
comment
that
lobbyists
include
those
who
seek
to
influence
public
policy
and
lobbyists
must
register
in
advance.
Since
this
public
hearing
is
being
held
virtually
and
in
person,
the
public
can
attend
by
viewing
the
live
stream
on
the
County's
website.
However,
if
you
wish
to
speak,
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must
either
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in
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the
sheets
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providing
comments
as
individuals
will
be
allocated.
Two
minutes
comments
being
made
by
designated.
D
Good
evening,
Commissioners
Christopher,
Sperling,
Department
of
planning
and
zoning
here
today
for
the
vale
house,
historic
district
designation
background
overlay
districts
are
created
to
impose
special
regulations
in
addition
to
those
of
the
underlying
Zoning
for
a
given
property
or
area.
A
historic
district
is
one
of
four
types
of
overlay
districts
in
Calvert
County.
The
other
three
are
agricultural
preservation,
districts
districts
allowing
the
use
of
transferable
development
rights
and
critical
area
districts.
D
The
historic
district
commission
unanimously
voted
to
recommend
the
designation
of
the
vale
house
historic
district
at
their
meeting
on
March
8
2023,
the
hdc's
decision
was
based
upon
finding
the
application
met
the
criteria
of
chapter
57
of
the
county
code,
historic
districts,
fiscal
impact.
None
conclusion
staff
recommends
the
board
of
County
Commissioners
and
the
Planning
Commission
review.
The
application
for
designation.
Consider
public
comments,
close
the
record
and
take
action.
D
The
vale
house
is
located
at
1428
Solomon
South
Solomons
Island
Road
and
is
shown
on
tax
assessors
map
44b
parcel
20..
As
you
can
see
on
the
maps
here,
the
namesake
for
the
of
the
house
is
Philip.
Terry
Vale,
who
was
born,
began
a
career
as
a
fisherman
and
is
currently
buried
in
Suffolk
County
New
York.
However,
during
the
early
1900s
Captain
Vale
moved
to
Solomon's
Island,
where
he
built
a
house
and
raised
his
family.
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Although
Captain
Bale
may
have
returned
to
his
home
in
New
York,
his
house
remains
in
Solomon's
Island,
a
beautiful
Queen,
Anne
style
home
that
has
stood
for
over
a
century
and
continues
to
catch
the
eye
of
locals
and
visitors
alike.
The
HDC
recommends
the
designation
of
the
vale
house
has
a
Calvert
County
historic
district
based
on
county
code,
chapter
57-8a1,
A
and
D,
and
chapter
57-8a2,
A
and
C.
D
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H
H
My
name
is
Jennifer
David
I'm,
the
rural
planner
in
planning
and
zoning
and
I
will
be
presenting
the
rural
Legacy
area
expansion
that
has
been
proposed
for
you.
This
evening
background
the
board
of
County
Commissioners
requested
to
reconvene
the
original
transferable
development
rights
committee
established
in
2015
to
review
the
County's
preservation
efforts
and
the
TDR
program
and
make
recommendations
for
bocc
consideration.
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H
H
On
the
screen
is
a
map
of
the
existing
rural
Legacy
areas,
the
rural
Legacy
areas.
There
are
two
areas
in
the
county.
The
first
is
the
North
Calvert
rural
Legacy
area,
that
is
the
area
shown
in
the
northwest
corner
of
the
map
in
magenta,
and
the
rural
Legacy
area
in
North.
Calvert
is
currently
comprised
of
1043
parcels
and
covers
9554
Acres.
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H
H
Sir,
this
is
a
voluntary
program.
The
expansion
of
these
areas
will
have
no
detrimental
effect
on
any
of
the
landowners
in
those
areas.
All
it
simply
does
is
provide
the
opportunity
for
any
anyone
interested
in
those
areas
to
have
the
opportunity
to
preserve
their
properties
if
they
have
not
that
they
have
not
had
before.
F
B
J
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Greg
Bowen
I
live
at
1235
Mallard
Point,
Road,
Prince,
Frederick
Maryland
speaking
as
an
individual
I,
really
appreciate
the
county
for
bringing
this
matter
forward.
I
think
it's
entirely
consistent
with
the
County's
long-term
planning.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
Calvert
County,
most
of
you
know,
was
the
first
cat
in
the
state
to
adopt
a
land
preservation
program.
The
citizens
in
the
pleasant
Peninsula
plan
many
many
years
ago,
has
made
it
a
priority
to
preserve
lands,
and
so
the
county
came
up
with
the
first
Clan
to
do
it.
Real
Legacy
is.
I
J
The
area
that
you
were
designating
as
rural
Legacy
had
to
have
at
least
50
percent
already
protected
in
order
for
you
to
create
it,
and
so
only
Parkers,
Creek
and
Battle
Creek
was
included
in
a
rural
Legacy
area.
The
next
the
county
went
and
expanded
down
the
river
to
all
of
the
lands
of
prime
farm
lands
along
Patuxent
River
until
that
was
protected,
and
then
we
moved
up
to
to
the
northern
Creeks
the
Northern
Area
to
get
that
designation.
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F
I
Commissioners,
my
name
is
Frank
McPhillips
and
I
live
in
Huntingtown
I'm.
Speaking
to
you
today.
As
a
representative
of
the
friends
of
Honey
Creek,
one
of
several
friends
groups
in
the
county
that
advocate
for
our
watersheds,
the
friends
of
Honey
Creek,
would
like
to
applaud
the
efforts
of
the
Commissioners
and
the
county
staff
in
considering
the
inclusion
of
the
additional
priority
preservation
areas
as
new
rural
Legacy
areas
to
increase
the
number
of
properties
eligible
for
the
program.
I
The
presentation
we
saw
from
Ms
Davis
outlined
the
many
benefits
for
this
proposed
change
and
pointed
out.
That
would
be
consistent
with
a
comprehensive
plan
and
our
continued
efforts
to
retain
the
rural
character
of
the
county,
and
it
would
also
protect
ecologically
valuable
properties
that
annually
provide
millions
of
dollars
in
a
wide
range
of
ecosystem
services.
I
It
would
support
the
maintenance
of
habitat
both
in
the
waterways,
as
well
as
on
the
lands
that
surround
them,
which
benefits
everyone
from
the
folks
who
live
there.
Bird
watchers
naturalists
and
even
those
who
hunt
our
fish.
So
it's
important
to
note
that
the
preservation
status
generally
does
not
diminish
land
values
for
neighboring
properties,
but
instead
often
has
a
positive
effect.
I
Given
the
university
positive
impact
of
expanding
the
rural
Legacy
areas,
the
friends
of
Honey
Creek
respectfully
ask
that
the
county
adopt
the
proposed
expansion
of
the
North
Calvert
and
Calvert
Creek's
rural
Legacy
areas
and
continue
the
important
work
to
protect
our
precious
natural
environment
and
the
Beautiful
ice
that
is
Calvert
County.
And
lastly,
we
urge
County
staff
to
get
the
word
out
to
all
the
landowners
with
the
properties
in
these
areas,
so
they
can
become
better
educated
about
the
program
and
its
benefits
and
so
that
more
eligible
areas
will
be
preserved.
Thank
you.
Thank.
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A
A
An
opportunity
anybody
out
there,
that's
watching
or
listening
that
has
property
I,
would
encourage
strongly
encourage
you
to
contact
the
department
of
planning,
zoning
and
look
into
preservation
opportunities.
There
are
many
programs
out
there
that,
depending
on
the
characteristics
of
your
property,
there's
a
misnomer
in
the
community
that
the
best
value
is
always
for
development.
That
is
not
true,
depending
on
the
characteristics
of
your
property.
A
There
may
be
higher
value
and
preservation,
there's
also
a
misnomer
that
you
lose
value
once
you
preserve
your
property
and
we
have
historical
data
to
show
that
that
is
not
true.
Either
preserve
properties,
depending
on
their
characteristics,
can
bring
more
money
that
after
they're
preserved,
so
there's
lots
of
opportunity
out
there
and
I
just
want
to
encourage
anybody
out
there
that
owns
property
contact,
Department
of
planning
and
zoning
and
look
into
preservation.
Thank
you.