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COMMISSIONER'S AGENDA

Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Invocation – Reverend Dan Howard
                      Bayside Baptist Church, Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
Pledge of Allegiance
Approve Agenda
Approve Minutes of Meeting of August 23, 2005

A G E N D A

       I.       PROCLAMATION / AWARDS                                                                10:05 a.m.

                1.   Proclamation:  United Way Day of Caring
                2.   July Employee of the Month:  Sandra Marquess
                3.   Award of Financial Reporting Achievement
                4.   Team Excellence Award:  Department of Finance & Budget

      II.       APPOINTMENTS                                                                                       10:20 a.m.     

                1.  Common Ownership Infrastructure Advisory Committee
                      Re:  Two vacancies due to resignations

                2. St. Leonard Architectural Review Committee
                      Re:  Two vacancies due to resignations

     III.       PRESENTATION                                                                                        10:30 a.m.

                Tri-County Council
                1.  Presentation by Christine L. Bergmark, PhD, Director,
                     So. Maryland, So Good  8/15/05
                     Re:  Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission
                              End of Year Report for FY 2005

     IV.       OLD BUSINESS                                                                                         11:00 a.m.

                Elections Board
                1.  Memo from Gail Hatfield, Elections Administrator, 7/28/05
                      Re:  New Position Status Request

     V.       NEW BUSINESS                                                                                          11:15 a.m.

                Department of Public Safety
                1.  Memo from Jim Richardson, Coordinator, F/R/EMS Division, 8/04/05
                     Re:  Apparatus Grant – Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad & Fire Dept.

                Department of Finance & Budget
                2.  Memo from Tammy McCourt, Deputy Director, 8/19/05
                     Re:  Chesapeake Ranch Water Company Law Suit Expenses Update

                3.  Memo from Tammy McCourt, Deputy Director, 8/25/05
                     Re:  Board of Education Budget Approval

                4.  Memo from Roberta Baker, Purchasing Officer, 8/09/05
                     Re:  Award Recommendation – Collect and Remove Scrap Tires

                5.  Memo from Roberta Baker, Purchasing Officer, 8/09/05
                     Re:  Award Recommendation – Hauling and Disposing of Sewage Sludge

               County Attorney’s Office

                6.  Memo from Emanuel Demedis, County Attorney, and
                     Greg Bowen, Director, Department of Planning & Zoning, 7/29/05
                     Re:  Second Opinion Letters Concerning Big Box Regulation

    VI.       COMMISSIONERS REPORTS                                                                      12:00 p.m.

   VII.       PUBLIC COMMENT                                                                                         12:15 p.m.

  VIII.       EXECUTIVE SESSION                                                                                    12:30 p.m.

    IX.       JOINT WORK SESSION – Zoning Ordinance Re-write                             2:00 p.m.

AGENDA
Zoning Ordinance Re-Write
Joint Work Session on Set 4 and Set 5
August 30, 2005  - 2:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Lusby Building Conference Room

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.:  Wrap-up of Set 4

  • Set 4 contains:
    -  Article 4, General Development Submittal Requirements
    -  Article 6, Non-Residential Development Requirements
    -  p/o Article 12, Definitions
  • Set 4 was discussed at the July 19th Joint Work Session
  • Staff will summarize the comments received at the August 3rd Public Forum
    (Attachment 1 – Latest Draft of Set 4) and (Attachment 2 – Minutes)
  •  Set 4 Issues:
    -  Allowing an applicant to design, but not build 15% of the parking
    -  Using sign stickers to help enforce signs
    -  Changes to sign height regulations
    -  Other issues

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.:  Discussion of Set 5

  • Set 5 contains:
    -  Article 5, Residential Development Requirements
    -  Article 7, Subdivision Regulations
    -  p/o Article 12, Definitions
  • Staff presentation on Set 5  (Attachment 3 - Slideshow)
  • Set 5 Issues:
    -  Zoning Densities
    -  Lot sizes and setbacks
    -  Clustering regulations
    -  Fencing requirements next to farms
    -  Affordable housing
    -  Manufactured home rental communities
    -  Adequate public facilities regulations
    (Attachment 4 – Current Draft of Set 5)
  • Comments received to date on Set 5 are provided.
    (Attachment 5 – Comments Received)
  • Staff is requesting approval to go to public forum with Set 5 on September 14th

5:00 - 5:30 p.m.: Next Steps - Preparation for Set 6        

  • Set 6 contains Article 8 (Environmental Requirements) and Article 9 (Marine Facilities Regulations)

Upcoming Dates:

  • September   6, 2005 – Distribution of Set 6
  • September 14, 2005 – Public Forum on Set 5
  • September 27, 2005 – Comments Due on Set 6

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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Summary of Actions Taken
Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Proclaimed the September 14, 2005 as United Way Day of Caring.

Awarded Employee of the Month to Sandra Marquess with the Office on Aging.

The Government Finance Officers Association awarded the County the Award of Financial Reporting Achievement.

Awarded the Team Excellence Award to the Department of Finance & Budget for receiving the GFOA award.

Appointed Curtis E. Larsen and Mattie Scicchitano to the Common Ownership Infrastructure Advisory Committee.

Appointed William Robert McCready and Judi A. Fields to the St. Leonard Architectural Review Committee.

Approved the request of one new position as Election Systems Coordinator for the Election Board.

Presentation made by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission on the Southern Maryland Tobacco Crop Conversion Program.

Awarded the apparatus grant to the Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department for the purchase of a command unit in the amount of $37,511.

Approved budget adjustment 84 in the amount of $23,296.30 for additional expenses incurred by the law suit with the Chesapeake Ranch Water Company.

Approved the FY 2006 Budget for the Board of Education and budget adjustments as submitted.

Awarded Southern Maryland Recycling of Owings, Maryland the Collect and Remove Scrap Tires Contract for the bid amount of $169.50 per ton.

Awarded Duffield Hauling, Inc. of King George, Virginia the hauling and Disposing of Sewage Sludge Contract for the bid amount of $53.25 per ton.

Directed the County Attorney to bring the second opinion letters concerning Big Box Regulation draft back to the Board incorporating options 1, 2, and 4, with the maintenance agreement kicking in at a lower amount.

Held a joint work session with the Planning Commission on the Zoning Ordinance re-write set 5 – Articles 5 & 7.

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