Town of Easton, Maryland

1 TOWN OF EASTON, MARYLAND 2 Easton Town Hall 3 14 S. Harrison Street 4 June 18, 2007 5 6PRESENT AT CONVENING 7 8Mayor Robert C. Willey 11 9President of Council John F. Ford 12 10 13 14 15 16IN ATTENDANCE 17 18Also in attendance were the Town Manager Mr. Karge, Town Attorney Mr. Kehoe, David Thompson, 19Esq., Economic Development Coordinator Mr. Bond and Town Clerk Mrs. Ruf. 20 21CONVENING 22 23At 7:00 p.m., the President of the Council, Mr. Ford called the meeting to order. 24 25Ms. Jackson-Amis opened the meeting with prayer and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. 26 27APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 4, 2007 MEETINGS 28 29Upon motion by Mr. Jensen seconded by Mr. Wendowski and carried unanimously, minutes of the 30June 4, 2007 meetings were approved with corrections on page 5 as submitted by Ms. Jackson-Amis. 31 32ITEMS BY MAYOR WILLEY 33 34Upon motion by Mr. Jensen seconded by Ms. Scott-Taylor and carried unanimously, Mayor Willey’s 35recommendation for permission to take Engine 63 and AT61 to the State Firemen’s Convention in 36Ocean City was approved: 37 38REPLACEMENT OF LINE ITEM IN BUDGET FOR BE A STAR 39 40Ms. Jackson-Amis discussed Be A Star’s $17,000 budget appropriation which she had asked to be re- 41instated in the FY07/08 Budget. 42 43PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REQUEST OF WILLIAM B. STAGG ON BEHALF OF THE 44OWNER, THE BORROR CORPORATION. THE PROJECT IS MOUNT PLEASANT 45TOWNHOMES, A RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 22 46TOWNHOUSE UNITS. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED BETWEEN SPRINGDALE STREET 47AND AURORA STREET ON A 1.99 ACRE PORTION OF A 2.47 ACRE SITE WITH 48PRIMARY ACCESS FROM SPRING STREET. 49 50Mr. Bruce Armistead was present on behalf of the applicant. Mr. Armistead asked that the public 51hearing be postponed until a later date. 52 53ITEMS BY THE TOWN MANAGER 54 55Mr. Greg Gannon was present regarding his request for permission to burn three structures. Mr. 56Gannon stated that the Environmental Department of Talbot County Health Department is not willing 57to issue a burn permit due to the proximity of residential houses so they intend to demolish and take 58the material to the landfill. 59 60Mr. Karge asked for approval for the following public assembly permits as recommended by Easton 61Police Department: 62 63  July 4 Celebration and Fireworks with the carnival at the fairgrounds on Glebe Road. 64  July 23-36 Plein Air Festival 65 66Upon motion by Mr. Jensen seconded by Mr. Wendowski and carried unanimously, approval was 67granted. 68

1 1 1Ms. Jackson-Amis asked the Town Manager Mr. Karge to address garbage issues previously discussed 2on Port Street with the property owner or the tenant. 3 4RESOLUTION NO. 5903, “A RESOLUTION TO ANNEX CERTAIN LANDS OWNED BY 5DORIS SCHWANINGER TO THE TOWN OF EASTON LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF 6U.S. ROUTE 50, CONSISTING OF 56.24 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR 7THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ANNEXATION.” 8 9At 7:26 p.m., Mr. Kehoe departed the meeting. 10 11A motion to deny Resolution No. 5903 was moved by Mr. Jensen seconded by Mr. Wendowski and 12carried 4 to 1 with Ms. Jackson-Amis voting in dissent. 13 14ORDINANCE NO. 510, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF EASTON AMENDING THE 15OFFICIAL ZONING MAPY OF THE TOWN OF EASTON TO APPLY AN ORIGINAL 16ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF R-7A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO A PARCEL OF LAND 17ANNEXED TO THE TOWN OF EASTON LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF US ROUTE 1850, CONSISTING OF 52.35 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL 19265 OF TALBOT COUNTY TAX MAP 42.” 20 21Mr. Thompson stated that this zoning classification ordinance is now moot due to the resolution for 22annexation not being enacted. 23 24CONSENSUS ON A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN’S ZONING MAP WHICH 25WAS SUGGESTED BY THE EAST END NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCATION WHICH 26WOULD REVISE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PLANNED REDEVELOPMENT OVERLAY 27DISTRICT BE REMOVING SEVERAL MPROPERTIES FROM THIS OVERLAY 28DISTRICT. 29 30The President of the Council Mr. Ford deferred the consensus and scheduled a workshop for July 10 at 316:30 for further discussion. 32 33RESOLUTION NO. 5904, “A RESOLUTION TO ANNEX CERTAIN LANDS OF THE 34CLIFTON INDUSTRIAL PARK TO THE TOWN OF EASTON FRONTING ON 35INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE AND MARYLAND ROUTE 331 AND CONSISTING OF 16.20 36ACRES MORE OR LESS FOR PARCEL NO. 1, AND 19.21 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR 37LESS FOR PARCEL NO. 2 AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS AND CONIDITONS OF 38THE ANNEXATION.” 39 40Upon motion by Mr. Wendowski seconded by Ms. Scott-Taylor and carried unanimously, Resolution 41No. 5904 was approved. 42 43ORDINANCE NO. 511, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF EASTON AMENDING THE 44OFFICAL ZONING MAP OF THE TOWN OF EASTON TO APPLY AN ORIGINAL 45CLASSIFICIATION OF SELECT INDUSTRIAL (I-1) TO PARCELS OF LAND ANNEXED 46TO THE TOWN OF EASTON FRONTING ON INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE AND 47MARYLAND ROUTE 331 CONSISTING OF 16.20 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS FOR 48PARCEL NO. 1, AND 19.21 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS FOR PARCEL NO. 2.” 49 50Upon motion by Mr. Wendowski seconded by Ms. Scott-Taylor and carried unanimously, Ordinance 51No. 511 was approved for passage. 52 53RESOLUTION NO. 5910, “A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A MANUFACTURING 54PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX CREDIT FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THE CLIFTON 55INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT ARE BEING ANNEXED INTO THE TOWN OF EASTON.” 56 57Upon motion by Mr. Wendowski seconded by Ms. Scott-Taylor and carried unanimously, Ordinance 58No. 511 passed 4 to 1 with Ms. Jackson-Amis voting in dissent. 59 60ORDINANCE NO. 514 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND TOWN MANAGER TO 61SOLICIT BIDS FROM FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO REFINANCE CURRENT FISCAL 62YEAR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES ON A LONG TERM BASIS AND ACCEPT AND 63EXECUTE THE LOAN PROPOSAL. 64 65The President of the Council read Ordinance No. 514 into the record for a first reading. 1 2 1ITEMS BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL 2 3Mr. Jensen clarified that the FY07/08 budget does not include sidewalks in the Hawkes Hill 4development but curbs and gutters. 5 6ADJOURNMENT 7 8Upon motion by Mr. Jensen seconded by Mr. Wendowski and carried unanimously; the President of 9the Council adjourned the regularly scheduled meeting at 7:45 p.m. 10 11______12Kathy M. Ruf, Town Clerk