►
A
B
Good
morning,
good
morning,
yeah,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
participate
this
morning.
Let
us
pray
Eternal
and
our
wise
God.
We
are
humble
and
grateful
this
morning
to
be
in
your
abiding
presence
God.
We
are
so
grateful
for
those
who
are
before
us
as
the
elected
officers
of
this
County
God.
We
thank
you
for
this
collaboration,
this
time
of
sharing
this
time
of
thinking
of
debating
God.
We
give
you
thanks
for
the
wisdom,
for
the
knowledge
and
for
the
discernment
that
we
know
you
have
placed
within
them
and
God.
B
We
pray
that
they
will
use
it
this
morning
to
enhance
the
livelihood
of
this
County
God.
We
pray
that,
through
your
presence,
through
your
guidance
and
through
your
unseen
hand,
God
that
the
discussions
will
be
comfortable
will
be
pleasant
and
all
will
be
done
to
your
glory
in
Jesus
name.
We
do
pray,
amen,
amen,.
C
A
A
I
have
Motion
in
a
second
to
approve
the
agenda
as
presented
any
discussion
on
that
motion.
Hearing.
None
all
those
in
favor,
say:
aye
aye
opposed
motion
carried
so
public
service
announcements.
I
have
a
couple.
We
want
to
again
express
our
sincere
condolences
to
the
family
of
Margaret.
Miller
Margaret
was
very
active
in
our
community.
Was
a
former
Calvert
Beacon
CEO.
You
should
attend
all
of
our
meetings
when
I
first
started
out
was
always
here
always
saw
around
about
and
once
again
we
just
want
to
give
our
sincere
condolences
to
the
family.
A
Today
is
the
last
day
to
register
to
vote
in
person.
So
if
you
have
not
registered
yet-
and
you
want
to
vote
in
this
upcoming
general
election,
you
must
do
so
today
and
on
October.
The
13th,
which
was
last
week,
was
the
U.S
Navy
birthday.
So
being
that
we
have
a
significant
naval
base
in
our
community,
I
want
to
wish
all
those
Navy
sailors,
a
wonderful
happy
birthday.
The
Navy
was
established
on
October
13
1775.,
so
for
all
those
Navy
guys
out
there
happy
birthday.
A
D
F
C
D
E
C
A
G
E
C
E
All
right,
commissioner
Weems,
we
miss
you
yes
glad
to
be
back
and
want
to.
Let
you
all
know
I
know
that
you
know
Dr
Folsom.
She
will
be
joining
me
and
giving
part
of
the
presentation
today.
Dr
Folsom
is
a
family
practitioner,
who's
been
in
our
County
for
of
years
and
has
joined
our
health
department
right.
B
E
Everybody
in
the
room
realizes
we
need
to
get
our
slides
in
a
couple
weeks
early,
and
this
was
originally
scheduled
for
two
weeks
ago.
So
there
might
be
a
couple
updates
along
the
way.
One
set
of
data
that
just
came
out
on
Friday
was
the
update
for
overdose
fatalities
in
each
County
around
the
state.
I
did
want
to
let
you
know
that
calverts
overdose,
fatality
rate
is
about
half
of
the
rate
in
our
surrounding
counties
and
less
than
half
the
rate
for
Maryland
as
a
whole.
E
So
as
we
head
into
what
will
almost
certainly
be
another
wave
of
covet
as
we
reach
late
fall
and
into
the
winter
really
important
for
people
to
keep
up
on
their
vaccinations.
When
we
take
a
look
at
deaths
for
people
with
one
booster
about
eight
times
less
likely
to
die
than
people
who
are
unvaccinated
and
for
people
who
have
two
boosters
or
now
sometimes
three
14
times
less
likely
to
die
than
people
who
remain
unvaccinated
and
the
data
out
of
Japan
is
really
striking.
95
percent
of
the
population
of
Japan
have
been
fully
vaccinated.
E
Their
per
capita
death
rate
is
nine
times
lower
than
in
the
U.S,
and
that's
what
the
population
that
has
a
higher
percentage
of
seniors,
so
25
of
Japan's
population
are
seniors
compared
to
15
in
the
U.S
that
those
vaccination
rates
make
a
tremendous
difference
tried
to
make
the
best
of
my
getting
stuck
at
the
top
of
the
bridge.
One
day.
A
E
E
E
And
yeah
I
hope
they're
right
so
along
lines
of
vaccinations.
I
think
almost
everyone's
aware
that
there
are
new
vaccines
out
the
bivalent
vaccines.
So
those
are
a
combination
of
the
original
vaccine
and
a
new
component
that
targets
the
ba4,
ba5
Omicron
strings
and
that's
very
important
because
we've
seen
with
the
last
wave
that
more
people
who
were
vaccinated
with
the
original
original
vaccination
were
ending
up
getting
sick
and
we
have
seen
since
the
spring.
E
E
So
we
have
it
on
hand.
We've
been
vaccinating
I've
gotten
my
bivalent
vaccine
already,
Dr
folsom's
gotten
her
by
vaccine
already.
Everyone
in
my
family
has
gotten
a
vaccine
and,
and
there
there
are
two
important
things
about
the
bivalent
vaccine.
One
is,
and
in
the
slide
up
here,
just
to
quickly
explain
the
the
bars
on
the
left
side
as
the
original
vaccine,
the
of
those
five
bars
in
each
cluster,
the
one
to
the
far
left,
is
the
original
strain
of
virus
and
then
shows
the
beta,
the
Delta
and
then
two
different
types
of
Omicron.
E
E
That
is
an
offshoot
of
Omicron.
It's
very
likely
that
this
vaccine
will
give
good
response
against
that,
based
on
the
data
that
we're
seeing
against
these
other
strains
and
if
we
end
up
with
even
a
different
variant
in
the
winter
again
getting
the
bivalence
strain
is
almost
certainly
going
to
give
better
protection
than
the
original
vaccine.
E
What
they
found
is
the
earlier
the
better
during
the
flu
season
or
during
the
upcoming
virus
season,
so
they
calculated
that
people
getting
vaccinated
in
September
versus
waiting
until
November
would
prevent
about
an
additional
137
000
hospitalizations
and
those
teams
ranged
anywhere
from
20
21
000
prevented
hospitalizations
as
much
as
a
quarter
million
and
about
10
000
deaths
prevented
by
doing
earlier.
Vaccination.
B
E
A
E
E
E
What's
actually
circulating
that
we
won't
know
for
probably
about
a
month
to
two
to
see,
as
they
start
to
actually
take
a
look
at
the
figures
of
who's
getting
infected
and
who
isn't,
but
they
do
try
to
hedge
on
that
by
putting
two
strains
of
both
a
and
two
strings
of
B
and
oftentimes,
we
see
a
second
wave
of
flu
later
in
the
year
like
a
b
strain
will
later
emerge
so
for
people
are
getting
vaccinated
now
or
have
already
gotten
vaccinated.
They'll
carry
that
protection
for
at
least
four
to
six
months
really.
C
E
C
D
F
F
E
Infections
over
the
past
several
years
have
been
extremely
small,
we've
seen
almost
no
hospitalizations
because
of
influenza,
so
plenty
from
covid,
but
almost
none
and
and
people
going
to
hospital
are
tested
routinely
for
both
covet
and
influenza.
So
we
know
we're
not
just
overlooking
it.
We,
the
virus
just
hasn't
been
circulating.
So
we.
C
C
E
H
H
Maybe
they
have
mild
symptoms,
and
so
you
know
I
know
that
from
the
schools
for
school
nurse's
perspective,
that
was
one
of
the
concerns,
so
just
making
sure
people
stay
home
when
they're
not
feeling
well,
which
is
what
a
lot
of
people
did
very
well
during
the
early
days
of
covet.
If
they
were
feeling
sick,
they
stayed
home.
We've
kind
of
gotten
out
of
that.
That
habit,
I
think.
D
But
I
was
wondering
about
the
flu.
If
you
know,
people's
immune
system
is
designed
human
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge,
I'm,
not
a
doctor.
I
don't
play
one
on
TV,
but
people's
immune
system
is
designed
to
take
small
portions
of
an
infection
or
a
virus,
and
it
builds
immunity
to
that
correct.
Over
time.
Like
the
flu
I
mean
to.
E
D
C
H
E
C
E
Yeah
I
understand
all
right
while
keeping
on
my
River
theme,
so
different
clouds,
tributary
of
the
Potomac
and
then
I
did
want
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
our
Health
Department's
geriatric
and
home.
Visiting
nurses
who've
done
a
phenomenal
job
getting
out
to
the
homes
of
people
who
are
homebound
to
vaccinate
against
covid.
E
You
know,
even
though
somebody
may
not
be
able
to
get
out
of
their
home.
There
are
other
people
coming
in
and
can
bring
the
virus
in,
and
these
are
people
that
have
incredible
vulnerability
to
severe
infection.
If
they
should
get
infected,
the
chart
on
the
left
side
shows,
vaccinated,
vaccination
needs
have
been
met
and
every
identified
person
in
our
County
who's
needed
a
vaccination.
E
We've
achieved
that
and
to
a
proportionally
much
higher
number
than
in
most
other
counties.
So
if
we
vaccinated
at
the
same
rate
as
Anne
Arundel,
that
has
a
population
about
six
times
higher
than
ours,
we
would
have
only
vaccinated
about
65
homebound
people.
But
we
vaccinated
over
300
and-
and
that
is
a
tribute
to
our
nurses,
working
with
the
County's
Department
of
Aging,
with
medical
providers
with
social
service
agencies
to
identify
homebound
people
across
the
county,
so
that
we
make
sure
that
we
can
reach
out
and
get
people
vaccinated.
E
E
So
this
slide
shows
that
this
is
done
in
June,
that
about
10
percent
of
marylanders
reported
ongoing
symptoms
of
as
a
result
of
previous
coveted
infections,
and
you
can
see
in
in
states
that
have
relatively
low
rates
of
vaccination
that
that
percentage
is
about
double
those
states
have
about
20
percent
of
adults
reporting
ongoing.
This
is
not
20.
E
People
with
Cove
is
20
their
entire
population
or
reporting
symptoms,
and
so
long
covet
or
persistent
symptoms,
at
least
lasting
for
months
and
for
many
people
who
got
infected
back
in
2020
they're
now
two
years
in
and
still
having
health
problems
as
a
result
of
the
initial
infection,
Studies
have
shown
at
least
five
to
ten
percent
of
people.
Infected,
will
report
ongoing
symptoms
and
in
most
studies,
both
in
the
U.S
and
abroad,
about
25
to
40
percent
of
infected
people
have
ongoing
symptoms.
E
The
more
severe
the
initial
infection,
the
more
likely
for
people
to
have
ongoing,
but
even
those
who
had
very
very
mild
initial
infections
are
susceptible
and
oftentimes.
Their
chronic
symptoms
are
worse
than
their
acute
symptoms
immediately
after
their
infection
and
and
these
problems
can
occur
at
all.
Age
ranges
from
relatively
young.
E
Through
elderly
and
in
kids,
we
typically
see
fatigue,
we
see
memory
problems,
concentration
problems
and
certainly
for
children
trying
to
get
their
schoolwork
done,
or
you
know
concentrating
class
or
trying
to
get
the
homework
done.
These
are
not
the
kind
of
symptoms
that
are
going
to
make
it
easy
for
them,
and.
D
A
moment
ago,
you
said
that
one
of
the
reasons
why
you
have
your
vaccines
is
why
you
take
them
is
because
that
way,
you
won't
transmit
it
to
somebody
else.
Correct
I
was
under
the
impression
that
CDC
came
out
last
year
early
this
year
and
said
that
having
the
vaccine
or
not,
the
vaccine
has
no
bearing
on
whether
or
not
you
can
still
transmit
it.
So
it
was
my
understanding
that
they
said
that,
even
with
the
vaccines
you
can
still
transmit.
E
C
E
You're
much
less
likely
to
ever
get
infected
in
the
first
place
if
you're
vaccine.
So
if
I'm
vaccinated
and
I
had
an
identical
twin
who
wasn't
then
I
would
be
much
less
likely
to
transmit
to
somebody
else,
because
I'm
much
less
likely
than
my
identical
twin
to
ever
pick
up
the
virus
and
inferences
for
long
coveted.
This
is
not
an
exhaustive
list
that
I
put
on
the
side.
E
I
E
So
again,
you
know
when
people
just
look
at
you
know,
what's
going
to
happen
to
me
in
the
here
and
now
they
also
need
to
think
about
the
consequences
of
these
infections
months
later,
with
long
coveted
symptoms
and
potentially
even
a
year
or
two
later,
with
major
impacts.
That
will
be.
You
know
once
you
become
insulin,
dependent
diabetic,
there's
no
turning
that
back.
So
these
are
lifelong
health
problems
that
people
will
suffer
as
a
consequence
and
then
my
I.
C
E
E
So
to
me,
a
little
bit
scarier,
so
just
to
remind
people
that
rabies
does
happen
in
Maryland,
we've
had
a
couple
of
rabbit
animals
in
Calvert
this
year
and
in
the
Mid-Atlantic
area,
although
we
always
think
about
bats
with
rabies
that
by
far
the
most
prevalent
carrier
of
rabies
are
raccoons,
so
be
careful
with
you
know,
putting
too
much
bird
feed
out
in
the
backyard
all
these
kind
of
things.
You
don't
want
raccoons
near
you
and
stay
away.
They
may
look
cute
to
some
people,
but
they
are
in
the
weasel
family
and
they
have
fangs.
H
All
right
and
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
having
me
here.
Thank
you,
Dr
polsky,
for
inviting
me
Ceci,
mentioned.
I,
saw
patients
here
clinically
in
the
county
for
a
little
over
a
decade
before
joining
the
health
department,
and
what
I'm
going
to
focus
on
primarily
today
is
some
of
the
chronic
disease
metrics
that
affect
the
Calvert
County
as
a
whole.
I
did
want
to
highlight
a
few
Endeavors
that
the
health
department
does
that
maybe
are
a
little
less
visible,
so
we
enroll
people
for
health,
insurance
and
medical
assistance
transportation.
H
We
run
a
full-fledged
reproductive
Health
Clinic
that
provides
all
sorts
of
health
care
for
individuals
who
are
in
need
there.
We
obviously
are
a
large,
a
large
group
for
our
mental
health
and
substance
use
care
in
the
county,
I'm,
primarily
going
to
focus
on
that
last
thing,
which
is
health
promotion
and
education,
which
is
really
something
that
I
and
I
know
our
team
at
Community.
Health
is
passionate
about
the
slides,
went
a
little
out
of
order,
so
I'm
going
to
go
to
this
one.
Next.
H
This
is
the
vision
of
sort
of
what
Community
Health
looks
like
at
Calvert.
County
Health
Department,
so
you
can
see
all
of
the
little
circles
underneath
today
I'm
going
to
focus
on
the
one
right
in
the
middle,
which
is
the
diabetes
and
pre-diabetes
as
well
as
some
of
the
tobacco
prevention
and
cessation.
H
We
did
create
a
minority,
health
and
Health
Equity
team
this
year
this
calendar
year
and
to
highlight
one
of
the
the
things
that
we
were
able
to
accomplish
by
having
that
team
I'll
go
back.
One
slide
I
just
wanted
to
highlight.
We
have
created
a
program
called
highway
to
health.
You
heard
that
correct.
It's
a
grant,
funded
project
that'll
last
for
the
next
three
years,
and
it
the
total,
is
a
little
under
half
a
million
dollars.
H
We
launched
it
September
10th
at
recovery,
Fest
and
our
goal
is
to
really
bring
linkages
to
Communities,
going
into
neighborhoods,
with
our
van
and
providing
people
linkages
to
services
that
they
might
need
we're
targeting
areas
where
people
might
not
be
able
to
get
out
of
their
house,
or
maybe
there's
Transportation
issues
and
we're
also
augmenting
the
services.
So
maybe
there
are
doctors
offices
that
already
provide
some
of
these
services
and
we
don't
want
to
replace
those.
H
We
just
want
to
augment
the
services
we
have
been
able
to
onboard
more
health
professionals,
a
couple
nurses
and
a
couple
of
Outreach
workers
as
a
result
of
this
grant,
so
we're
very
grateful
to
have
it
and
we're
looking
on
looking
to
improve
the
health
one
neighborhood
at
a
time
so
going
forward
our
health
promotion.
Endeavors
are
these
specific
things,
but
again
they
sort
of
span
many
different
facets.
Usually
we
we
approach
these
things
at
fares
and
Expos,
and
things
like
that.
H
But
there
are
other
programs
that
we
run
that
aren't
really
out
there
in
the
public
side.
So
I
want
to
talk
briefly
about
pre-diabetes
I.
Look
at
this
as
a
spectrum
pre-diabetes
in
Calvert
County
likely
affects
about
27
000
individuals
who
are
18
and
above
and
about
7
000,
who
are
65
and
above,
and
the
reason
that
this
is
an
estimate
is
because
a
large
proportion
of
people
who
have
pre-diabetes
don't
know
they
have
it.
Okay,
you're
generally
asymptomatic.
H
You
might
have
mild
symptoms,
you
can
get
it
detected
on
blood
work,
though,
and
there
is
a
screening
test
that
you
can
take
either
at
the
American
Diabetes
Association
website
or
on
our
website.
If
you
score
high
on
that
quiz,
we
encourage
everyone,
and
we
do
this
at
Expos
and
fairs.
If
you
test
High,
you
should
talk
with
your
medical
provider
about
getting
a
blood
screening
test.
The
good
news
about
pre-diabetes
is,
you
can
do
things
to
keep
it
from
becoming
diabetes?
Okay,
so
about
50
of
all.
H
Pre-Diabetics
can
keep
from
becoming
a
diabetic
just
by
making
some
Lifestyle
Changes
a
diet
and
exercise
kind
of
changes,
and
we
run
a
diabetes
prevention
program
which
aims
to
do
that
at
the
health
department.
It's
a
24
session
program,
it
is
CDC
approved
and
the
goals
are
listed.
There
lose
five
to
seven
percent
of
your
body
weight
and
exercise
150
minutes
a
week
or
more,
which
is
the
goal
for
pretty
much
every
American.
H
Okay,
not
many
of
us
do
it,
but
it
is
the
goal:
it's
a
six-month
initiation
phase
and
a
six-month
maintenance
phase.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
when
people
lose
the
weight
and
exercise
that
they
can
keep
doing
that
in
their
life,
okay,
so
they
can
keep
scheduling
it
and
planning
it.
You
can
register
either
by
phone
or
online
and
then
just
to
put
a
little
few
stats
here.
So
we
run
about
four
classes
or
four
sessions
a
year,
because
they
are
so
long
in
nature.
H
There's
24
sessions
and
about
50
percent
of
our
participants
lose
seven
percent
of
their
weight
or
more,
which
is
a
pretty
substantial
number.
We
usually
run
them
at
the
health
department.
However,
this
year
after
a
collaboration
with
Calvert
health
and
Calvert
Internal
Medicine
Group
we've
expanded
to
run
one
session
down
at
Solomon's
Island
Medical
Center.
H
We
heard
that
there
was
a
need
in
that
Community
to
not
have
to
come
up
to
Prince
Frederick,
so
we
also
have
identified
that
45
of
the
enrollees
have
high
blood
pressure,
and
so
we
are
going
to
be
creating
and
developing
a
heart-healthy
ambassador
program.
This
next
coming
calendar
year
as
a
Continuum
of
that
Spectrum.
If
you
haven't
been
successful,
losing
weight
or
exercising,
you
could
become
a
diabetic.
H
We're
really
focusing
on
type
2
diabetes
here,
so
23
percent
of
adults
with
diabetes,
don't
know
that
they
have
it
so
again
getting
back
to
having
the
discussion
with
your
provider.
If
you
have
a
family
history,
if
you're
at
risk,
because
maybe
you've
gotten
a
little
bit
older
and
I'm,
not
focusing
on
any
one
person
but.
H
Increase
our
risk
of
developing
diabetes
over
the
years
so
talk
with
your
provider
about
that
we
do
offer
diabetes
classes
and
diabetes
classes
at
the
health
department
at
the
hospital
anywhere
are
meant
to
be
a
supplement
to
what
your
medical
team
is
already
doing.
So,
if
you
are
placed
on
medicine
or
if
you're
asked
to
go,
see
a
registered
dietitian.
This
is
just
something
to
augment
this.
So
it's
a
six
week
class
it's
two
and
a
half
hours
each
session
we
run
eight
sessions
a
year
for
a
virtual
four
are
in
person.
H
We've
collaborated
with
the
Office
on
Aging
for
the
in-person
sessions,
and
you
do
not
need
to
be
a
specific
age
to
participate,
except
you
need
to
be
an
adult
18
and
over.
So
if
you
are
a
25
year
old
and
you
just
got
diagnosed
with
diabetes,
you
can
attend
these
classes.
Okay,
again,
you
can
register
online
or
by
phone,
and
the
goals
are
really
to
empower
people
to
feel
able
to
better
manage
their
diabetes.
So
there's
no
specific
number
metrics
here,
like
you,
know,
lowering
your
blood
sugar
or
anything
like
that.
H
We
really
just
want
people
to
feel
like
they're,
confident
in
managing
that
we
get
about
100
of
respondents
almost
saying
that
they
feel
more
confident.
We
do
see
that
a
large
number
of
these
participants
have
other
chronic
diseases
and
the
benefit
of
the
living
well
with
diabetes.
Self-Management
course
is
that
you
can
use
some
of
those
techniques
to
self-manage
your
high
blood
pressure,
your
cholesterol,
your
asthma,
other
chronic
medical
conditions.
H
I
wanted
to
highlight
the
work
that
we're
doing
on
the
diabetes
subcommittee,
which
many
people
may
not
know
is
even
in
existence,
so
the
community
health
Improvement
Roundtable,
which
is
co-hosted
by
the
hospital
and
the
health
department.
We
run
a
community
health
needs
assessment.
The
hospital
generally
takes
the
lead
on
that
and
in
2020
the
diabetes
action
plan
was
created
at
the
state
level,
so
the
health
needs
assessment
locally
and
the
Statewide
diabetes
action
plan
actually
looked
at
the
same
things
and
we
prioritize
diabetes.
H
So
there's
now
diabetes
subcommittee,
you
can
find
information
on
healthycalvert.org
and
you
can
see
the
number
of
groups
that
actually
participate
in
that
diabetes
subcommittee.
We
meet
once
monthly
for
that.
If
people
are
interested
in
participating
in
either
the
Roundtable
or
the
subcommittee
I,
ask
them
kindly
to
go
to
healthy
Calvert,
see
how
they
can
join
we're
actively
looking
for
people
community
organizations
to
come
on
board
and
help
us
with
these
initiatives.
H
H
It'll
tell
you
if
it's
handicapped
accessible,
if
there's
food
nearby,
if
it's
stroller,
if
there's
parking
those
sorts
of
things,
so
we've
tried
to
make
it
as
thorough
as
possible
for
that
interactive
map,
and
we
also
created
a
printed
resource
guide
for
known
diabetics
or
for
people
who
are
looking
to
prevent
diabetes.
You
can
pick
these
up
at
the
health
department,
the
hospital
you
can
see
them
at
fairs
and
Expos,
but
they're
in
print
format,
and
we
also
have
a
virtual
link.
H
Currently,
our
rate
is
at
about
14
percent,
which
equals
roughly
8
500
active
smokers,
who
are
adults
in
this
County
I
really
wanted
to
highlight
this
because
we
run
the
tobacco
Association
program.
So
if
people
want
to
quit,
if
you're
interested
in
quitting,
if
you've
been
told
by
a
medical
provider,
that
it's
important
that
you
quit
we're
here
to
help
eight
sessions
eight
weeks
in
duration,
each
we
also
provide
cost-free
tobacco
cessation
medicines,
patches
lozenges,
which
can
help
people.
H
We
have
about
a
30
quit
rate,
which
many
people
would
scoff
at,
but
actually
that's
quite
a
good
quit
rate
for
tobacco.
Most
adults
need
about
seven
attempts
before
they'll
actually
come
to
finally
quitting
and
fewer
than
one
in
ten
adult
cigarette
smokers
will
quit
each
year.
So
it's
a
really
it's
quite
a
good
quit
rate.
H
H
If
you
want
to
sign
up,
you
can
obviously
call
us
at
the
health
department
remember
that
tobacco
increases
the
risks
of
many
types
of
cancers,
vascular,
disease,
blood
clots
and
it
can
worsen
your
diabetes
control.
So
if
you
are
a
diabetic,
you
don't
want
to
be
a
smoker
November
17th
is
the
Great
American
smokeout.
H
It
is
the
best
time
to
come
by
the
health
department
if
you're,
just
looking
for
some
basic
information,
Jane
will
be
in
the
main
lobby
to
help
tell
people
about
how
to
quit
smoking,
and
we
also,
we
have
heard
loud
and
clear
from
the
schools.
My
colleagues
in
medicine,
that
vaping
is
at
an
all-time
high
for
our
youth
vaping
products.
Look
like
USB
drives,
so
you
cannot
sometimes
tell
the
difference
between
what
kids
are
holding
and
we
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
preventing
kids
from
getting
into
tobacco
use.
H
So
the
school
system
has
partnered
with
us,
along
with
the
covert
Health
Wellness
team,
to
do
Expos
and
fairs
and
lunch
and
learns,
and
so
we're
hoping
that
parents
and
kids
alike
will
be
more
Vigilant
about
their
kids
getting
into
vaping.
We
do
have
a
contract
or
a
working
partnership
with
a
pulmonologist
at
Hopkins.
Who
will
give
us
advice
if
there's
a
kid,
that's
actually
vaping
or
smoking,
who
really
wants
to
quit
or
needs
to
quit,
and
they
want
to
come
to
us.
H
We
actually
call
that
that
physician
up
at
Hopkins
and
get
his
input
as
to
how
we
can
best
serve
the
youth
in
our
community
when
we're
trying
to
get
them
off
sleeping
or
tobacco
product
and
then
I
just
threw
in
a
few
data
sets
that
I
pulled
from
our
teams
at
the
health
department.
So,
just
a
couple
of
highlights:
we've
vaccinated
against
childhood
immunizations
for
125,
low-income
or
uninsured
children.
We've
had
over
480
investigations
for
rabies
in
the
last
year.
We
obviously
do
food
service
and
pool
and
inspections
and
then
just
to
highlight.
H
We
also
do
because
breast
cancer
awareness
month
is
this
month.
We
do
offer
colon
lung
and
breast
cancer
screening
for
people
who
are
uninsured
or
underinsured
at
no
cost,
so
if
they
are
interested,
please
have
them
contact
the
health
department
so
that
we
can
get
them
signed
up
to
get
breast
cancer
screening.
H
E
E
J
C
C
F
H
Is
there
is
yeah
okay,
so
you
can
either
get
it
if
you're
in
a
high
risk
situation,
Asian
like
a
veterinarian
office,
you
get
vaccinated
before
you
go
into
practice.
Okay,
but
obviously,
if
I
get
let's
say,
I
get
bit
by
a
stray
dog.
I'm
gonna
start
that
vaccination
Series
right
away
to
keep
myself
from
getting
rabies.
Okay,.
D
E
C
E
People
who
are
completely
unvaccinated
they
get
an
immune,
globulin
shot
which
immediately
puts
antibodies
into
their
system,
and
then
they
get
a
series
of
vaccinations
to
trigger
their
own
immune
system
to
finish
off
any
virus
that
may
have
escaped
the
immune
Club.
So
it's
a
pretty
extensive
treatment.
Regimen
and
again
when
it's
followed
through
properly
it's
a
hundred
percent
effective.
D
Yes,
I'm
glad
I
heard
you
touch
on
influenza
earlier
that
there
wasn't
anything
in
the
presentation
specifically
on
influenza
and
I
understand
that
influenza,
as
just
as
problematic
as
covet
at
times
easier,
spread
or
not
whatever
we're
looking
at
it
more
so
this
year
than
last
year.
I
didn't
see
anything
in
here,
so
thank
you
for
bringing
it
up
and
mentioning
it.
D
D
We've
got
a
major
fentanyl
issue
in
this
country,
and
we've
got
major
issues
with
people
overdosing
and
everything
else,
and
it's
it's
my
understanding
that
that's
one
of
the
leading
causes
of
hospitalizations
or
deaths,
accidental
hospitalizations
or
deaths
in
the
country
for
overdose
for
overdoses
and
whatnot,
and
it's
I'm
sure
you
guys
are
working
on
stuff
on
that.
But
I
just
didn't
see
anything
in
the
presentations
and.
E
Look
at
I
think
any
one
of
my
fall
presentations.
In
years
past
influenza
always
gets
at
least
three
slides,
okay,
but
I
wanted
to
give
time
to
talk
about
chronic
disease
management,
which
is
also
extremely
important.
When
you
take
a
look,
what
are
the
two
leading
causes
of
death?
It's
cancer
and
heart
disease?
E
Would
guess
that
probably
80
percent
of
the
presentations
that
I've
given
over
the
past
decade,
substance
use
has
been
prominently
featured
and
again
it
was
just
a
decision
of
what
I
wanted
to
allocate
time
for
today.
I
did
mention
at
the
beginning
that
overdose
deaths
in
Calvert
are
significantly
half
the
rate
right
of
surrounding
counties
and
that
this
is
truly
a
multi-agency
effort.
Now
our
health
department
is
the
largest
provider
of
Behavioral
Health
Care
by
far
in
our
County.
E
So
we
do
play
an
outsized
role,
both
in
terms
of
individual
treatment
and
therapy
to
people
in
the
county,
but
also
with
Outreach
programs
and
we
partner
with
the
jail
to
make
sure
that
everyone
who
comes
in
is
screened
for
both
mental
health
and
substance
use
problems
that
we
do
our
best
to
link
those
people
not
only
with
Services,
while
they're
incarcerated,
but
also
as
they
transition
back
out
into
the
community.
We
have
a
program
for
pregnant
postpartum
women.
We
have
Behavioral
Health
therapists
in
our
local
schools
everywhere
from
elementary
up
through
high
school.
E
So
you
know
there
efforts
both
in
prevention
and
I.
Look
at
those,
especially
in
elementary
and
middle
school,
as
as
substance
use
prevention.
If
you
can
help
children
and
early
adolescents
deal
with
anxiety
problems
and
depression
problems
when
they're
young
they're
much
less
likely
to
turn
to
substance
use
as
they
hit
High
School
to
deal
with
their
unresolved
emotional
problems
and
and
then
we
get
into
things
like
domestic
violence
and
all
the
other
sort
of
outspurs
that
both
trigger
substance
use
and
then
exacerbate.
D
I,
better
program,
I
just
wanted
people
out
there
to
be
I,
believe
it
was
last
month
or
this
month
was
overdose
awareness.
This
month
and
being
this
month,
overdose
awareness
I
just
wanted
to
drive
the
point
home.
While
you
guys
are
here
that
you
guys
are
reachable
for
the
public
to
come
out
to,
even
though
you
didn't
have
it
on
one
of
the
slides.
C
D
D
E
C
E
Say
that
at
our
health
department
every
day
is
over
overdose,
Awareness
Day,
right,
yeah
I
realize
there's
special.
You
know,
weeks
and
months
that
are
recognized
nationally,
but
you
know
we're
continually
training
people
on
uses
of
naloxone
and
we
have
stuff
that
go
out
into
the
field
to
to
work
with
people.
So
this
is
a
a
day
in
and
day
out
literally
seven
day
a
week,
effort
that
that
we
have
embarked
on
years
ago
and
we'll
continue
going
forward.
Thank.
H
H
With
my
17
year
old
got
Narcan
trained
this
summer
when
he
was,
you
know
not
really
doing
much
of
anything
and
I'm
Narcan
trained,
so
you
can
just
carry
in
your
pocketbook
or
in
your
bag,
and
then
you
can
have
it
available
if
somebody
finds
someone
who
might
be
having
an
overdose
situation
and
it
reverses
the
effects
of
an
opiate
overdose.
So.
D
E
Of
what
the
substance
is
that
they
feel
that
they've,
you
know
they've
either
lost
control
over
their
use
or
they
just
don't
want
to
use
it
anymore,
and,
and
so
those
services
will
continue
and
one
of
the
questions
presuming
that
that
ballot
measure
gets
approved,
which
is
more
likely
than
not
is.
Will
there
be
additional
resources
coming
down
the
pike,
you
know
there's
going
to
be
tax
revenue
off
of
those
sales.
E
C
A
C
C
E
E
We
worry
quite
a
bit
about
the
impacts
during
pregnancy,
because
anything
that
goes
to
a
person's
brain
goes
through
the
placenta
and
goes
to
the
fetus,
and
we
know
that
the
the
cannabinoid
receptors
so
THC,
the
chemical
that
causes
people
to
feel
the
way
they
do
when
when
they
use
marijuana,
that's
a
one
type
of
cannabinoid.
There
are
multiple
types
of
cannabinoids
in
marijuana.
Some
of
those
also
have
impacts
on
our
immune
system,
and
we
have
really
rudimentary
understandings
of
how
that
may
impact
long.
C
E
And
when
you're,
when
you're
in
you're
putting
those
substances
into
the
into
a
developing
fetus's
body
both
for
the
brain
formation
and
for
immune
system
development,
the
research
just
isn't
there.
So
the
concern
is
there,
but
actually
being
able
to
say
categorically.
These
are
the
outcomes.
We
still
have
a
lot
and.
E
H
One
of
the
concerns
from
that
specialist
up
at
Hopkins
regarding
the
vaping
epidemic
is
that
kids
can
get
their
hands
on
Vape
products
that
contain
THC.
So
in
a
developing
body,
developing
brain
you're
really
looking
at
you
know
what
are
the
long-term
ramifications
and
we.
We
won't
really
know
that
a
ton
until
we
get
out
of
this
first
little
bit
of
vaping
but
but
yeah.
That's
a
big
concern.
A
E
Anywhere,
no,
no,
not
anywhere
else
in
the
state,
but
we
have
a
higher
rate
than
average
for
the
state
I
haven't
numbers
have
been
slow
coming
out
recently
because
the
epidemiologists
are
devoting
so
much
time
to
covet
that
we're
getting
delays
on
cancer.
So
this
has
been
the
case
for
well
over
a
decade.
It
thighs
the
way
that
we
typically
think
of
who
is
susceptible
to
breast
cancer
and.
C
E
E
I
I
don't
have
a
good
answer
for
you,
I
wish
I
did
or
map.
Our
mammography
rate
is
at
least
as
good
a
little
bit
better
than
average
compared
across
the
state,
and
so
this
is
just
one
of
those
either
waiting
for
the
rate
to
fall
or
for
something
to
emerge
that
we
can
then
actively
Target
and
try
to
make
better.
H
And
I
will
I
I'm,
just
gonna
say
I
mean
this
is
obviously
the
Health
Department's
presentation,
but
with
the
hospital
partnering
with
Duke
as
a
Duke,
affiliate
I
know
that
they're
you
know
there
is.
There
are
dollars
that
are
put
into
different
things,
I'm,
not
privy
to
that.
But
I
know
that
there's
a
potential
for
if,
if
we
have
a
large
University
type
setting,
you
know
if
there's
questions
that
need
to
be
asked.
Maybe
that
will
be
a
resource
that
we
can
utilize
down
the
line.
A
H
E
A
E
E
E
D
A
C
K
A
A
I
I
For
those
of
you
who
don't
know,
I'm
Tori,
bashert
I'm,
the
recreation
coordinator
for
the
central
district
of
Parks
and
Recreation
and
I'm,
also
a
representative
of
the
employees,
recognition
committee
and
today,
I
am
presenting
the
award
for,
as
some
of
you
have
heard,
the
September
2022
Employee
of
the
Month,
who
is
Ray
Hutchins
in
the
Department
of
Public.
Works
Ray
is
a
grading
inspector
and
he
was
nominated
on
actions
that
improved
the
County's
Public
Image.
I
So
I
will
read
to
you
the
email
that
was
sent
in
which
I
believe
was
the
Catalyst
for
his
domination.
The
email
was
sent
by
Mrs
Marquez
in
June,
and
it
says
I
had
to
take
the
time
to
send
you
this
message
regarding
the
outstanding
treatment
my
family
continues
to
receive
from
from
Wayne
and
Ray.
All
I
can
think
is
wow
and
say
thank
you.
These
two
inspectors
have
gone
above
and
beyond
responding
to
our
serious
concerns
regarding
my
father-in-law
Arthur
marquez's
yard.
I
My
father-in-law
Arthur
is
almost
90
years
old
and
has
been
extremely
stressed
and
upset
due
to
the
new
construction
going
on
next
door,
ruining
his
yard
by
standing
water
and
mud.
The
condition
of
his
yard
is
a
mess,
but
Rey
and
Wayne
are
working
hard,
making
sure
a
solution
is
found
before
it
gets
even
worse.
My
father-in-law
has
lived
in
Calvert.
All
his
life
was
a
tobacco
farmer,
along
with
his
late
wife
and
as
well
as
my
husband,
his
son
Timmy,
until
they
took
the
buyout.
I
His
house
in
surrounding
52
acres
is
all
his
and
my
husband's.
The
new
house
was
the
only
lot
they
did
not
own,
as
it
was
his
cousins
who
passed
away
a
few
years
back
and
his
grandson
is
now
building
a
new
house.
My
father-in-law
does
not
know
this
young
man,
even
though
they
are
related,
but
was
very
upset
to
see
anything
built
next
to
him
after
Decades
of
nothing
there,
as
that
was
not
bad
enough.
I
The
new
construction
has
caused
him
severe
anxiety
and
stress
us,
making
his
beautiful
lawn
a
mud,
mess
creeping,
closer
and
closer
to
his
well
and
basement,
making
grass
cutting
in
that
area
impossible
and
ruining
his
lawn.
He
asked
me
to
contact
the
County
with
his
concerns
and
to
please
speak
to
my
father-in-law
in
person
and
last
Friday.
Rey
did
just
that
and
calmed
him
down.
Rey
even
went
as
far
as
to
get
a
shovel
out
of
his
truck
and
dug
the
Culvert
that
was
filled
with
muddy
water
and
sediment.
I
Both
Wayne
and
Ray
are
staying
in
constant
contact
with
myself
in
this
situation.
I
cannot
thank
them
enough.
Their
work
ethic
exceeds
far
beyond
any
County
employee
I
have
ever
spoken
with.
Please
relay
my
family's
sincere
appreciation
for
the
outstanding
service.
They
are
providing
a
lifelong
Calvert,
resident
and
retired
tobacco
farmer.
His
health
and
happiness
are
his
son
and
my
most
up
my
utmost
concern
and
I
would
like
to
also
Echo
the
sentiments.
I
I
worked
with
Ray
for
almost
three
years,
and
although
we
were
not
co-workers
in
the
same
office,
he
was
right
across
the
hall
and
I
know.
If
there
was
ever
a
customer
that
called
and
was
having
any
issues
with
any
type
of
grade,
reading
or
sediment
or
whatever
the
case
may
be,
I
could
call
Ray
and
he
would
take
care
of
it.
He
would
deal
with
any
customers
that
might
have
been
a
little
unruly
in
taking
it
out
on
us
in
the
office
that
had
nothing
to
do
with
it.
I
So
Rey
is
just
overall
a
good
person
and
very
happy
and
excited
for
him
that
he
was
nominated
and
I
am
sad
that
he
chose
not
to
be
here
today,
but
I'm
really
happy
that
he's
finally
getting
recognized
because
it
is
much
deserved.
I
do
believe.
I
saw
a
his
director
here
Carrie.
Would
you
like
to
come
up
and
say
anything
and
that'll.
C
L
One
of
our
guys
that
we
can
lean
on
these
standard
performances.
What
is
without
a
doubt
what
we
like
to
model
ourselves
after
in
the
public
works
area.
So
really
glad
that
he's
on
our
team.
And
we
really
appreciate
the
effort
that
he
puts
forth
I'd
like
to
thank
him
for
his
effort.
And
he
he's
just
one
of
those
guys
that
just
keeps
plugging
along
day
after
day,
and
we
appreciate
his
effort.
A
We're
debating,
if
we're
gonna,
let
him
have
the
check,
but
Ray
is
a
former
commissioner
Hutchins
nephew
raised
good
Coward,
County
native
and
takes
very
seriously
and
protecting
Calvert
County's
environmental
interests.
So
if
you
want
to
come
up,
commissioner
getaway,
you
want
to
give
him
a
plaque
and
we'll
like
I'm,
not
giving
him
the
money
take
a
picture.
Maybe
we
can
Photoshop
right
into
the
picture.
C
D
K
C
A
K
A
K
A
C
K
A
G
A
A
K
A
A
So
the
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
consent
and
we
have
item
one
Department
of
Public
Works
Mutual
Aid
agreement
between
the
commandant
Naval
District
Washington
and
Calvert
Emergency
Services
item
two
Department
of
Community
Resources
public
transportation,
the
FY
2023
operating
Grant
agreements;
item
three
Department
of
Public
Safety,
Tower
and
ground
space
utilization,
mou
between
Charles
County
and
Calvert
County
item
four
Department
of
Public
Works.
First,
lease
Amendment
for
the
southern
Library
item:
five
Department
of
Community
Resources
local
Behavioral
Health
advisory
Council
resolution.
A
C
A
G
G
I'm
division,
chief
of
water
and
sewer-
we
are
here
I'll,
just
read
this:
the
Department
of
Public
Works
Water
and
Sewer
Division,
and
the
United
States
Geological
Survey
have
had
a
joint
funding
agreement,
a
place
for
a
number
of
years
for
the
real-time
collection
of
water
levels
and
the
acquire
aquifer
on
June
7th
2022.
The
Calvert
County
Board
of
County
Commissioners
directed
The
Water
and
Sewer
Department
to
provide
a
presentation
showing
the
last
three
years
regarding
the
quiet
aquifer
and
a
plan
and
to
plan
a
work
session
on
USGS
discussion.
G
N
Well
good
morning,
thanks
for
inviting
me
back,
I
was
here
three
years
ago
and
I
spoke
at
length
of
really
about
sort
of
hydrogeology
and
the
mechanics
of
how
aquifers
work
we're
going
to
sort
of
skip
that
and
just
give
you
an
overview
of
what's
changed
in
three
years.
Groundwater
moves
slowly,
but
there
have
been
some
changes
so
I
get
the
first
spell
I
can
do
it
right
so
I'll
do
a
brief
overview
of
coastal
plain
hydrogeology
go
through
the
aquifers.
N
The
acquire,
of
course,
is
a
critical
one
for
you
all,
but
there's
been
some
changes
over
the
last
few
years
and
then
I'll
present
some
data
on
the
withdrawals,
the
groundwater
level,
monitoring
not
only
that
the
county
provides
funds
for,
but
that
other
groups,
including
USGS,
provide
funding
for
and
then
we'll
look
at.
Some
changes
in
those
water
levels
and
potentiometric
surfaces.
N
So
the
coastal
plain
is
this
thick
pile
of
sediments.
We
think
of
them
conceptually
in
terms
of
sand,
sells
Clays,
gravels
and
split
them
into
things
that
can
get
water
from
like
aquifers
and
things
we
can't
get
water
from
the
thickness
goes
towards
zero
towards
the
fall
zone
or
the
fall
line
which
is
sort
of
the
route
95
Corridor
between
DC
and
Baltimore.
It's
about
7
000
feet
thick
at
Ocean
City.
N
So
it's
actually
thinner.
If
you
looked
at
this,
not
if
you
look
at
the
scale,
it's
incredibly
thin,
but
it's
incredibly
important
resource
not
just
for
Calvert
County,
but
most
of
the
Maryland
Eastern
Shore
in
Delaware
and
as
part
of
the
North
Atlantic
Coastal
Plain
system.
It's
very
important
from
Long
Island
to
Georgia,
so
going
through
these
and
I'm
going
to
go
from
the
deepest
up
to
the
most
shallow.
N
The
upper
and
lower
Patapsco
exists
below
800
feet
below
sea
land
surface
in
Calvert
County,
there's
not
a
lot
of
information,
because
it's
fairly
deep,
so
there's
but
there's
significant
Supply
capacity
available
and
that's
been
known
for
a
while,
and
one
of
the
things
you'll
see
through
this
talk
is
Calvert
county
is
beginning
to
use
the
lower
Patapsco,
increasingly
above
that's
the
Magothy,
which
is
not
a
big
player
in
Calvert
County
I'm,
from
Annapolis
and
in
our
area.
That's
where
people
are
drawing
their
water
from.
G
N
That
we
know
there
were
significant
declines
in
water
levels
from
1970
up
to
about
2000
right
as
we
continue
to
withdraw
water
from
these
Wells.
It's
not
getting
replenished
at
that
rate,
we're
impacting
the
energy
of
the
water
in
those
Wells
and
and
the
water
levels
decline
which
can
lead
to
not
so
much
dewatering
of
the
aquifer,
so
it
makes
it
more
less
energy
efficient
to
draw
the
water.
N
So
there
has
been
some
shifting
of
a
portion
of
the
public
Supply,
which
are
also
near
quiet
to
the
Patapsco
and
I.
Think
that
was
written
three
years
ago
that
that
it
could
result-
and
it
probably
has
then
the
nanjamoy
Piney
Point-
isn't
well,
isn't
heavily
used.
I
guess
I
would
say
in
Coward
County.
So
this
is
the
same
figure
from
three
years
ago,
but
I
think
we
checked
and
it
hasn't
really
been
significantly
revised.
These
are
the
public
Supply
protection
production
wells
in
Calvert.
N
You
can
note
the
biggest
thing
to
note
is
they're,
most
almost
all
the
acquire
right.
That's
your
heaviest
Supply
aquifer,
so
I'll
show
this
a
few
different
ways,
because
it's
hard
to
look
at
this.
So
much
information,
so
these
are
withdrawals
excluding
domestic,
because
it's
it's
really
just
the
stuff
that
we
have
an
appropriation
permit
for
from
MD,
which
means
more
than
10
000
gallons
per
day.
N
N
Those
are
the
orange
bits
of
the
bars
on
the
right,
so
a
quiet
uses
declining
largely
in
response
to
the
fact
that
you
had
large
water,
large
declines
and
mortar
levels
throughout
the
Aquia
and,
of
course
the
county
has
to
work
with
mde
they're,
the
regulatory
agency
responsible
for
Appropriations
and
I
know
they
probably
had
conversations.
That
said,
you
know
you
should
look
at.
Maybe
something
other
than
the
acquire
in
a
little
bit
different
way.
Just
to
try
to
highlight
the
the
increasing
role
of
lower
Patapsco.
N
Okay,
so
there's
a
lot
of
monitoring
going
on.
Of
course,
the
county
funds
for
continuous
real-time
Wells
those
Wells
have
been
funded
for
decades
now,
I
think
that
stretch
the
length
of
the
county
they're
all
available
real
time,
but
we
also
have
a
number
of
other
observation
Wells
that
may
be
monitored.
C
N
N
The
axis
typically
runs
from
early
80s
up
to
the
present,
so
this
is
up
through
the
present.
Some
of
this
data
is
not
even
fully
approved
yet
because
we're
just
at
the
beginning
of
a
new
water
year
and
the
y-axis
is,
you
know,
100
to
130
feet
so
for
one
well,
cabbb
27,
it's
in
the
acquire
and
you're
done
curve.
You
can
see
those
declines
that
covered
about
the
same
time
period
as
the
increasing
withdrawals
from
the
acquire
right,
as
you
continue
to
withdraw.
N
N
We
haven't,
we
haven't
gotten
to
the
point
where
we
do
any
sort
of
a
trend.
Analysis
on
this.
It's
fairly
unusual
to
do
I
think
for
water
levels,
but
you
can.
You
could
probably
do
something
simple
to
indicate
that
it
probably
is
important,
but
whether
I
could
say
it
was
statistically
significant,
I,
don't
think
so.
The
fact
that
it's
there's
consistency
there,
so
you
can
see,
there's
always
an
intra-annual
variation.
If
you
look
at
the
well
on
the
left,
but
the
overall
pattern
is
going
up.
N
If
that
intra-annual
variation
was
much
greater
than
an
increase
or
the
recovery
that
we've
seen,
then
you
might
wonder
you
know:
are
we
really
seeing
recovery
but
we're
pretty
confident
that
there's
some
recovering
I
think
there's
a
couple,
others
that
even
show
it
well?
No,
this
one
doesn't
so
this
is
the
caliber
Cliffs.
So
again,
since
the
mid-2000s,
it's
sort
of
leveled
out
you're
not
really
seeing
recovery.
There,
though
yeah
yeah,
we'll
look
at
the
potentiometric
surface
maps
that
may
give
you
a
better
indication.
N
I
just
showed
the
one
on
the
right,
because
it's
one
of
the
I
think
it's
one
of
the
four
real-time
Wells
and
it's
not
showing
much
because
that's
a
very
short
record
right.
That
only
goes
to
2006,
which
is
about
when
the
leveling
off
started
to
occur
a
little
different.
Well,
that's
not
one
of
the
continuous
real-time
is
adequaya
and
again
shows
the
same
pattern:
significant
decline
in
water
levels,
from
70s
to
Mid,
2000s
and
now
leveling
off,
okay,
so
mg
s
and
USGS
produced
potentiometric
surface
Maps
every
two
years,
they're
published
and
online.
N
All
these
Publications
are
part
of
this
presentation
that
you
all
have
you
look
at
them.
Potentiometric
surface
maps
are
sort
of
like
topographic
maps,
but
instead
of
land
surface
elevation,
it's
the
elevation
of
that
potentiometric
surface
of
the
water
levels
and
Wells.
If
you
put
a
whole
lot
of
holes
and
and
measured
all
the
water
levels
in
the
wells
and
contoured
them,
you
get
a
potentiometric
Surface
map,
so
I'm
going
to
do
this
a
little
differently.
N
N
Upper
Patapsco
same
sort
of
thing,
I'm
expecting
that
the
one
sort
of
in
Western,
Calvert
County,
that's
showing
a
little
bit
of
a
depression,
might
be
one
of
the
production.
Wells
that's
gone
online
in
the
last
few
years,
I'm
not
really
sure
where
they
are.
But
again
it's
not
dramatic
changes.
You
see
dramatic
changes
in
other
places,
there's
a
lot
going
on
in
Charles,
County
Magothy,
very
little
difference
because
it's
not
heavily
used
there
in
the
acquired.
N
N
So
here's
the
acquire
just
focused
on
Calvert
County
that
Kona
depression
down
south
of
Solomons
has
actually
decreased
because
those
that
Well's
not
as
active
or
it's
been
discontinued,
I,
don't
really
know
and
in
general
you're,
seeing
some
improvement
so
overall,
you've
shifted
withdrawals
from
the
acquire
down
to
other
aquifers
you're,
seeing
Improvement
in
conditions
in
the
acquire
which
sort
of
leads
to
the
Future
and
I'll
start
with
the
bottom
one.
So
it'll
be
interesting
to
follow
now
through
time.
N
What
happens
in
the
lower
Patapsco
is
you're
pulling
more
water
from
it
less
from
the
acquire.
You
may
start
to
see
areas
that
are
experiencing
experiencing
greater
reductions
in
water
levels.
In
the
meantime,
you
know
you
can
keep
an
eye
on
the
aqua
and
see
if
it
continues
to
recover
that
might
lead
to
a
future
where,
because
it's
probably
less
expensive
to
withdraw
from
the
acquire
than
the
Patapsco
aquifers
that
you
may
rebalance.
That,
of
course,
that's
subject
to
whatever
MDA
mde
says
it's.
Okay,
usually
the
problems
we
talk
about.
N
The
coastal
plain
relate
to
land
subsidence,
so
those
large
reductions
in
the
water
level
I
mean
there's
more
and
more
stress.
The
water
pressure's
not
is
decreasing,
there's
more
and
more
stress
in
the
act
for
material
and
that
can
lead
to
subsidence
and
we're
pretty
well
aware
that
there's
subsidence
happening
throughout
the
coastal
plain
of
Chesapeake
Bay.
What.
N
Sea
level
rise
and
saltwater
intrusion,
go
hand
in
hand
with
subsidence.
So
if
the
land's
slowly
sinking
sea
levels
Rising,
you
start
to
experience
saltwater
intrusion,
I
to
me,
the
only
issue
would
come
to
be
if
you
had
shallow
near
Coastal
Wells
that
started
to
get
over
top
during
surge
or
during
storms.
That's
happened
up
in
Kent,
Island
and
other
places.
Most
of
your
act
where
you're
pulling
from
these
deeper
confined
systems
and
I,
don't
expect
anything
to
change
dramatically
over
the
next
decades.
D
D
How
does
that?
How
does
that
affect
our
groundwater?
We're
talking
groundwater
and
and
aquifer
here?
But
how
does
that
affect
us?
And
if
there's,
for
example,
I
think
you
talked
about
sea
salt,
water
intrusion
through
broken
Wells,
or
something
like
that?
The
same
in
theory
could
happen
with
pfas
contaminated
areas:
correct
yeah,.
N
That's
true
and
of
course,
USGS
like
a
lot
of
their
agencies,
are
right
on
pfos
and
pfas,
and
there's
a
lot
of
analyzes
going
on
I
guess
for
this
talk.
I
was
really
focused
on
the
producing
confined
deeper
aquifers.
As
soon
as
you
get
up
to
the
shallower
system.
First,
the
aquifers
work
differently,
they're
not
confined
you've
got
a
water
table
and
they're
subject
to
whatever
is
infiltrating
they're
much
more
subject
to
climate
change
response.
So
there's
a
National
Climate
response
network
of
Wells
that
are
15,
20
30
feet
thick
and
they're.
N
N
Yeah,
those
things
are
still
there
and
I
think
the
original
version
of
this
talk
from
three
years
ago,
I
spent
a
little
more
time
on
that
I
guess
I
would
encourage
you
if
that's
something
you're
interested
in
hearing
about
that
you
contact
Maryland,
Geological
Survey.
So
yes,
yes,
we
do
a
lot
of
geochemical
sampling
and
Analysis,
but
it
tends
to
be
Regional
or
national.
N
N
A
N
I,
don't
know,
but
we
know
it's
it's
so
all
of
these
either
pinch
out
or
outcrop
along
the
fall
zone,
so
you've
got
from
the
95
Corridor
and
they
eventually
all
make
their
way
out
to
the
ocean,
but
they're
at
such
depth
as
they
go
under
that
nobody's
accessing
them
right.
So
the
extent
of
the
access
would
be,
at
least
so
I
would
say:
Southern
Maryland
the
aqua
is
definitely
used
as
a
supply
aquifer
through
all
the
southern
Maryland
counties
and
even
part
of
the
Eastern
Shore.
A
Point
I'm
trying
to
get
to
is
that
you
know
we
hear
about
land
withdrawal
and
concern
about
levels
in
the
aquifers,
and
it's
a
it's
an
issue
that
it's
a
regional
issue.
It's
not
you
know
in
Calvert
County
we're
not
going
to
fix
that.
The
good
news
is
that
the
levels
are
may
be
recovering
and
at
least
they're
not
still
declining,
so
I
can
go
back.
Yeah.
N
There's
several
things:
first,
it
brings
up
I,
don't
want
to
talk
too
long
about
this.
There
was
a
long
effort,
beginning
about
2004
through
about
2017
that
USGS
MGS
mde
denrick
lots
of
Agents
were
part
of
to
try
to
develop
an
overall
water
supply
study
for
the
entire
coastal
plain.
We
had
big
plans
to
build
modular
models
and
do
all
this
work.
We
had
earmarks
in
Congressional
budgets
for
the
state
to
do
some
of
this
work.
N
Some
things
got
done,
but
it
didn't
get
completed,
but
this
is
what
this
issue
gets
raised
all
the
time
and
it's
difficult,
because
we
did
start
looking
to
counties
and
to
try
to
combine
and
work
on
getting
that
work
done,
but
it's
very
expensive.
It's
very
time
consuming
we
had
long
plans,
there
are
models
out
there
that
are
Beyond,
just
a
single
County,
but
they're
not
really
comprehensive.
N
N
We
see
this
throughout
the
country
in
some
really.
Not
only
are
you
seeing
some
recoveries
because
you're
using
less
water,
I'm,
pretty
sure
Calvert
County's
population's
grown
since
2000.,
but
you're
not
using
more
water,
so
there's
definitely
some
conservation
issues
and
things
happening
and
efficiencies
being
gained
that
skyrocketing.
That
was
happening
before
isn't
happening,
that's
happening
everywhere.
If
you
look,
USCIS
produces
reports
of
entire
nation
every
five
years
and
that's
across
the
board.
We've
just
gotten
more
conservative
and
more
efficient.
D
D
N
Go
somewhere
sure!
Well,
if
we're
in
drought,
then
it's
either
going
very,
very
deep
into
Aqua
systems.
It's
discharging
to
Coastal
Waters
or
it's
back
into
the
atmosphere
and
the
atmospheric
circulation
goes
over
back
to
the
oceans.
So
it
could
just
be
that
Continental
land
mass
to
Ocean
Mass
circulation,
going
on
yeah,
should
plug
USGS
Pub
just
published
a
new.
N
G
A
A
J
Commissioners
Mary
Beth
cook,
director
of
Planning
and
Zoning
with
me,
is
Jessica
gatano.
She
is
going
to
be
doing
the
presentation
on
the
Consolidated
Transportation
tour,
which
will
happen
next
week
with
secretary
ports
from
the
Maryland
Department
of
Transportation.
We
just
wanted
to
come,
have
a
discussion
with
you
so
that
you
can
prepare
any
questions
comments
in
anticipation
of
that
so
Jessica
good.
O
Morning,
Commissioners
good
morning,
Jessica
gatano
planner,
two
with
the
Department
of
planning
and
zoning,
as
Mary
Beth
said
I'm
just
here
this
morning
to
give
a
overview
of
the
draft
fiscal
year,
23
to
28
Consolidated
Transportation
program
tour
just
to
go
over
what
the
Consolidated
Transportation
tour
is.
It's
a
the
Maryland
six-year
capital
budget
for
transportation
and
infrastructure
projects,
which
includes
major
and
minor
Transportation
projects
for
the
Maryland
Department
of
Transportation
or
mdot's,
multimodal
transportation
business
units.
O
So
each
spring
local
jurisdictions
are
encouraged
to
submit
priority
Transportation
letters
to
the
state
and
then
in
the
fall.
The
secretary
and
the
heads
of
those
business
units
meet
with
local
jurisdictions
to
go
over
highlights
of
the
draft
CTP
and
they
usually
will
present
some
of
their
new
initiatives
and
welcome
questions
and
comments
after
their
presentation
and
to
go
over
what
we
had
asked
for
this
past
spring
in
our
letter
for
the
highway
category.
Of
course,
we
asked
for
some
assistance
for
the
governor,
Thomas,
Johnson
bridge
and
Maryland
four.
O
Our
second
priority
was
Maryland
two
four
phases:
three
eight
and
three
B,
which
would
just
be
the
finishing
of
the
widening
at
Route
4,
just
north
of
Fox
Run
and
Maryland
231
Corridor
improvements
in
the
system,
preservation
and
Highway
Safety
category.
We
included
again
Maryland's
u31
Corridor,
Maryland,
4
and
Anne
Arundel
County,
asking
for
safety
enhancements
along
the
corridor,
just
north
of
the
Coward
County
Line
and
Maryland
261
at
Beach
Drive
asking
for
some
sight
distance
improvements
and
for
the
transfer
Transit
category.
O
We
were
asking
for
assistance
in
service
and
Route
expansions
and
a
Transit
transfer
station
and
then,
finally,
through
the
community
safety
and
enhancement
program,
we
continue
to
request
continued
assistance
for
sidewalk
upgrades
for
safe
routes
to
school.
The
town
of
Chesapeake
Beach
is
asking
sha
to
consider
more
options
to
improve
safety
at
the
Richfield
station
intersection,
and
we
had
asked
for
assistance
to
fill
in
some
gaps
between
completed
developments
along
Crosby,
Hall,
Road
and
H.G
Truman
Road.
O
So
this
first
one
is
a
study
to
upgrade
Maryland
4
between
Maryland
2
and
Maryland
235.
A
little
background
on
this
first
project.
This
past
spring
1
million
dollars,
was
earmarked
by
Congressional
funding
and
then
in
this
draft
CTP,
an
additional
1
million
is
allocated
to
those
efforts
through
the
primary
development
and
evaluation
program
from
the
State
Highway
Administration,
for
a
total
of
wait
for
it,
2
million
in
all.
What
are
we
going
to
do
with.
A
O
O
We
will
receive
funding
for
safety
and
spot
improvements
to
improve
multiple
intersections
on
Maryland
231,
specifically
at
three
of
the
most
concerning
intersections
along
that
corridor
and,
as
you
guys
already
know,
Mount
Harmony
Road
construction
has
already
started
for
much
needed
improvements
in
that
area.
We
also
received
funding
for
sidewalk
upgrades
on
Bayside
Road,
for
safe
routes
to
schools,
but
wait
there's
more.
O
O
A
D
A
I
mentioned
in
staff,
I
got
an
email
last
week
from
State
Highway
said
that
they're
beginning
the
process
to
to
do
that
work.
It's
probably
an
18
to
24
month
project
from
start
to
finish,
but
they
are
going
to
start
the
design
now
so
and
I
didn't
want
to
be
greedy.
But
I
did
add
in
my
reply
back
to
him
that
we
should
also
look
at
Dunkirk.
A
J
A
O
A
We
can
get
those
lights
synced
up,
we
believe
that'll
be
a
tremendous
help.
Absolutely
and
while
we
haven't
talked
about
Dunkirk,
especially
in
Dunkirk,
so
I
don't
know
that
I
have
any
other
questions
appreciate.
It
I
think,
commissioner
Galloway
next
week
is
going
to
raise
the
issue
of
notice
when
they
start
the
projects,
so
we
can
do
a
better
job
of,
especially
when
you
close
a
road.
We
have
to
make
notifications
for
fire
rescue
police
resources
to
make
sure
that
they've
got
alternative
plans
agreed.
A
J
C
O
J
M
The
board
adopted
a
resolution
in
1989
intending
to
maintain
the
order
into
Quorum
of
the
governmental
process,
and
the
copy
is
found
here
to
my
right.
The
ethics
commission
has
asked
us
that
we
remind
speakers
of
public
comment
that
lobbyists
include
those
who
seek
to
influence
public
policy
and
lobbyists
must
register
in
advance.
Four
has
been
open
for
public
comment
from
persons
in
the
meeting
room,
and
if
anybody
joins
us
virtually,
you
may
begin
making
your
way
to
the
microphone.
P
P
Again,
I'm
Scott
Squire
speaking
of
the
individual,
so
I
recently
guidance
to
the
county
on
interacting
with
First
Amendment
Auditors
has
been
passed
down
throughout
the
county
and
while
the
actions
that
we
are
instructed
to
take
when
encountering
an
auditor
100
correct
and
agreeable
the
context
in
the
presentation
surrounding
it
is
a
little
bit
concerning
to
me.
The
content
of
the
presentation
will
only
serve
to
plant
a
negative
seed
into
all
the
County's
employees.
P
This
would
inevitably
cause
only
more
problems
in
the
future,
rather
than
create
a
neutral
or
hopefully
even
positive,
mentality
around
it,
as
I
previously
tried
to
elaborate
to
the
county
attorney
Mr
Norris.
His
response
to
me,
in
my
opinion,
was
kind
of
dismissive,
but
also
more
so
alarming
to
me
indicating
that
you
all
care
more
about
the
possible
loss
of
money
and
insurance
coverage
over
the
most
basic
Liberties
of
your
own
citizens.
Last
time,
I
checked
the
elected
officials
made
the
policies
not
lgit
or
legit.
P
However,
you
want
to
pronounce
it
as
a
matter
of
fact,
I
reached
out
to
the
presenter
Mr
Peter
from
legit,
who
informed
me
that
what
was
distributed
was
not
even
intended
to
be
sent
out
as
a
county-wide
policy
or
guidance.
I
guess
you
could
say
he
even
asked
me
for
the
talking
points
that
I
sent
to
Mr
Norris,
which
I
sent
him
and
then
for
us
to
have
further
discussion
so
that
my
input
could
Aid
in
his
making
of
his
actual
hour-long
instructional
class
that
he
plans
on
making.
P
So
they
could
make
a
more
neutral
product
assuring
that
employees
don't
have
to
fear
a
guy
coming
in
with
a
camera
if
and
when
they
encounter
it
and
off.
The
topic
of
that.
Just
now
today,
coming
down
in
into
the
entrance
I
had
my
own
recording
device
upon
which
I
was
told
I'm
not
allowed
to.
But
it's
my
understanding
that
there's
the
Maryland
open
meeting
act
which
says
I.
P
C
F
I
have
no
news
or
no,
no
anything,
don't
worry.
I'm
Bob,
Estes,
representing
myself
and
I,
was
talking
to
them
about
recharge
of
aquifers
out
in
the
hallway
and
you'll
be
happy
to
know
that,
no
matter
what
they
do
to
our
recharge
Zone,
which
is
where
the
water
you
know
comes
from
that
gets
to
us.
We
don't
have
to
work
because
we'll
be
dead,
a
couple
of
Millennia
by
the
time
that
water
gets
to
us.
They
said
the
recharge
say
they
dumped
a
bucket
of
poison
in
the
recharge
Zone.
F
D
Gadway,
thank
you.
Mr
President
took
a
look
at
I'd
like
to
encourage
people
out
there.
There's
a
great
website.
Maryland
Workforce
Exchange,
there's
I,
see
that
we
have
about
138
000
citizens
across
the
state
of
Maryland
that
are
currently
unemployed,
about,
2063
of
which
are
in
Calvert
County.
There's
a
lot
of
openings
on
Maryland
Workforce
Exchange.
There's
a
lot
of
employers
out
there
looking
for
for
people
to
come
in
and
help
pitch
in,
and
we
can.
We
can
definitely
use
people
coming
back
to
work.
D
A
You
so
on
Saturday
night
I
attended
the
100th
anniversary
of
the
Victoria
Lodge
in
Huntingtown.
Most
of
you
probably
don't
know
what
that
is.
It's
an
organization
of
African-American
men
that
Charter
was
established
in
Calvert
County
in
1920.,
so
because
of
covet.
Technically
it
was
the
107th
second
anniversary
of
the
Victoria
Lodge
in
Huntington,
but
they
do
a
lot
of
great
work
in
our
community
during
covid,
providing
meals,
Transportation
just
a
great
non-profit
organization,
a
religious
based
that
serves
our
community
and
makes
it
a
better
place.
A
So
it
was
quite
interesting
that
night
to
to
hear
the
presenters
talk
about
the
different
things
that
they
do
and
any
organization
that
survives
a
hundred
years.
That's
quite
an
accomplishment
when
you
think
back
since
1920
all
the
events
that
have
happened
in
this
country
and
that
this
organization
has
survived
through
all
of
those,
it's
quite
a
testament
to
all
those
individuals
that
serve
so
it
was
quite
enlightening
and,
as
I
tell
people
that
was
the
fanciest
event.
A
I've
been
to
in
probably
the
last
10
years
that
that
group
knows
how
to
put
on
an
event.
I
I
did
wear
a
coat
and
tie,
but
I
was
very
underdressed.
I
should
have
rented
a
tux
I
was
at
the
Holiday
Inn
in
Solomon's.
Probably
one
of
the
last
events,
we're
told
that's
going
to
close
sometime
in
October
I've,
never
seen
the
holiday
and
decorated
as
it
was
that
night.
A
Recently
you
heard
us
talk
about
the
passing
of
Mr
Jack
Hammett
Mr
Hammett
built
that
building
for
them
gosh
now
I've
forgotten
how
old
it
is
and
was
leasing
it
to
them
for
a
long
time
and
had
the
foresight
a
year
or
so
ago
to
tell
them
that
they
needed
to
buy
it
and
at
the
time
they
said
they
didn't
quite
understand.
That's
they
sort
of
like
being
renters,
but
now
with
his
passing,
they
understand
why
that
was
an
important
thing
to
do
that.
A
He
was
willing
to
sell
them
that
building
that
they
are
in
along
with
the
building
beside
it
that
nail.
They
rent
out
and
generate
some
revenue
for
them,
so
they
have
a
little
gazebo
there.
If
you're
ever
there,
they're
going
to
put
a
sign
up,
dedicating
that
to
Mr
Hammett
and
to
a
name.
I
can't
remember
right
now
the
doctor
that
started
that
facility
there.