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HomeMy WebLinkAbout881011 October ll, l988 Hagerstown, Maryland 2l740 The Regular Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by the President Ronald L. Bowers, with the following members present: Vice President Richard E. Roulette and Commissioners R. Lee Downey, Linda C. Irvin and Martin L. Snook. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Invocation was delivered by Commissioner Snook, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by the full assemblage. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - SEPTEMBER 26, 27 AND OCTOBER 4, l988 Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Snook to approve the minutes of September 26, 27 and October 4, l988 as submitted. Unanimously approved. TAX CREDITS - RURITAN CLUBS OR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Downey to approve the following tax credits allowed on County tax in accordance with Property Tax Article Section 7-204 as certified by the County Treasurer: Ruritan Club, Inc., Pleasant Valley - $5l.33; Ruritan Club, Rohrersville Inc. - $735.06; Rohrersville Ruritan Club Inc. - $l,ll8.46; Leitersburg Ruritan Club Inc. - $504.l7; Antietam-Dargan Ruritan Club Inc. - $503.32; Ruritan Club Inc. Dist l2 - $735.28; Ruritan Club Maugansville - $5.33; Ruritan Club Maugansville - $l,740.64; Ruritan Club Inc. Ringgold - $475.63; Civic Organization Dist. l5 - $765.l0; Herman A. Lewis Trust - $l,520.39; Ruritan Club Inc. Downsville - $l49.53; Ruritan Club Inc. Downsville - $983.2l; Wilson Foundation Inc. - $l,358.09; and Tammany Van Lear Civic Association - $l98.73. Unanimously approved. ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES - SHOWALTER ROAD Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Irvin to amend an existing agreement with Fox & Associates to include design of a water line for the fee of $2500 and to amend the existing agreement with Associated Engineering Sciences, Inc. to include design of an additional 2800' of a sewer line for the fee of "not-to-exceed" $7000 for Showalter Road. Unanimously approved. CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS - DEER PATH Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to conditionally accept Deer Path in the Deer Path Subdivision and to accept the dedication of additional rights-of-way for Valley Road. Unanimously approved. ROAD NAME CHANGES Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Snook to approve naming an unnamed lane located on the south side of MD Rt. 58 - Hamby Lane and naming an unnamed segment of County road located north of Williamsport at Kemps Mill Road and MD Rt. 63 - Everly Road. Unanimously approved. SARA PLANNING COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Snook to appoint Marlo Barnhart to the SARA Local Planning Committee as the media representative to fill an existing vacancy. Unanimously approved. REAPPOINTMENTS - ETHICS COMMISSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to reappoint Irvine Rutledge, W. Weir Pollard and Herbert Logston to the Ethics Commission for a term extending to July l, l99l subject to their approval. Unanimously approved. PROGRAM OPEN SPACE AMENDMENT - MILLS PARK The Commissioners approved the request made by the City of Hagerstown to submit a Program Open Space application for Phase I of the Mills Park Project. LINE ITEM TRANSFER - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to transfer $l300 from Salaries (01-5-0201-404-000) to Capital Outlay - Office Furniture and Equipment (0l-5-0201-687-000) as requested by the Economic Development Commission. Unanimously approved. BID AWARD - l989 TOURISM CALENDAR OF EVENTS Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to award the bid for the l989 Tourism Calendar of Events to Tri-State Printing who submitted the low bid of $8,507. Unanimously approved. OCTOBER ll, l988 MINUTES, CONT'D. REMOVAL FROM CONTRIBUTION LIST Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Roulette to administratively remove the Hancock Health Care Corporation from the list of non-profit agencies to which the County Commissioners are authorized to contribute funds since they are no longer in operation, and to periodically review this list. Unanimously approved. AMENDMENTS - DELTA ENGINEERING CONTRACTS - AIP-06 Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Irvin to amend the contracts with Delta Engineering for the AIP-06 Project for the installation of VASI's and reils for Runway 2/20 in the amount of $5,l8l.8l and a fee of "not to exceed" $7,500 for design, bidding and construction observation for Project AIP-07. Unanimously approved. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS Commissioner Downey and Commissioner Roulette reported on the public meeting for the proposed animal husbandry ordinance and Commissioner Irvin reported on the Commission for Women meeting. PLUMBING BOARD - CODE AMENDMENTS Richard Parks, Director of Planning and Review, and Michael Waugh, member of the Plumbing Board, appeared before the Commissioners to review the amendments planned to update the l974 version of the rules and regulations to be adopted as part of the Plumbing Code and to integrate the BOCA Code. The new code would require plumbers to carry $300,000 of general liability insurance and $l00,000 of insurance against property damage; change the minimum fee for a permit from $5 to $l0; establishes minimum depths for water and sewer lines; requires a person with an appliance installers permit to have liability insurance; introduces a testing requirement for homeowners who want to obtain a permit; establishes membership requirements of the Plumbing Board; increases license fees for out-of-County plumbers from $25 to $50 and establishes a test for plumbers on-site. The Commissioners agreed to schedule a public hearing for the proposed revisions. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE - HAGERSTOWN JUNIOR COLLEGE Ed Henson and Mack Davis appeared before the Commisisoners to present two options for additional parking space needed at Hagerstown Junior College Recreation/Athletic Center. Option l would add 255 parking spaces at a cost of an estimated $475/space or $255,000 completed and Option 2 would add l50 spaces at $400/space or $l33,000. Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Roulette to authorize the Board of Directors at Hagerstown Junior College to proceed with Option l for additional parking space and to have the Washington County Roads Department perform as much of the work as possible. Unanimously approved. ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD BUFFER ZONE Stephen Goodrich, Senior Planner, appeared before the Commissioners representing the South County Citizens Advisory Committee to present their recommendations for protecting the Antietam Battlefield. The proposed plan calls for an Overlay Zone "AO" District to be added to Section 20A.0 of the Washington County Zoning Ordinance for three subdistricts: AO-l - the Battlefield Buffer Zone, AO-2 - the Approach Zone and AO-3 - the Red Hill Area, and to comprehensively rezone the viewshed area around the Battlefield as Conservation "C". Mr. Goodrich also pointed out that the Town of Sharpsburg has no zoning at this time. The proposal was reviewed and will be taken to public hearing. MIPS PROGRAM - LEROY BURTNER Leroy Burtner, Director of the Economic Development Commission, introduced Frank Moderacki, Technical Division of the Extension Services and Joan Mays from the University of Maryland Extension Service. Ms. Mays recognized Phil Statton whose company, Statton Furniture, has received a MIPS matching grant for manufacturing technology dealing with the minimumization of lumber waste. CHILD CARE NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDY Jill Burkhart and Robin Spaid, Co-Chairpersons for the Child Care Needs Assessment Study Committee, appeared before the Commissioners to present the study dealing with before and after-school child care needs, current services, current policies, need for services, analysis and recommendations for action. Ms. Burkhart gave a brief summary of the study's findings which include: the need for before and after school care, written school policies, the need for participation by private industries, the need for on-site child care facilities at Hagerstown Junior College and Frostburg State University, expansion of Recreation Commission programs for after school and summer programs and for non-profit agencies to become more involved. The Commissioners stated that they would review the study and forward it onto the State and thanked the Committee members for their participation in the project. OCTOBER ll, l988 MINUTES, CONT'D. RZ-402 - PUBLIC HEARING The Meeting was convened in a Joint Public Hearing with the Planning Commission at ll:45 a.m. with Ronald L.Bowers, President of the Board of County Commissioners, and Jack Byers, Chairman of the Planning Commission presiding. Along with the County Commissioners, members of the Planning Commission present were: Donald Zombro, Ray Johns, Judy Acord and Bert Iseminger. Richard Parks, Director of Planning and Review, reviewed the proposed Floodplain Ordinance, RZ-402. Also present were Nancy Carpenter of Maryland Water Resources Administration and Marguerite Willman from the National Flood Insurance Program, to answer any questions pertaining to their organization's involvement with this ordinance. Mr. Larry Gordon questioned whether landowners would be compensated since restrictions were being placed on their land. There being no one else present to speak for nor against said ordinance, Mr. Byers stated that the record would remain open for ten (l0) days in order to allow comments to be submitted in writing and for administrative review and revision of the ordinance. The hearing was closed at l2:20 p.m. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to convene in Executive Session at l2:20 p.m. in regard to personnel, property and potential litigation in accordance with Section l0.508 of the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Unanimously approved. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Downey to reconvene in Regular Session at l:20 p.m. Unanimousy approved. ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR -ROADS Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to promote Neil Beard to the position of Assistant Supervisor in the Central Section of the Roads Department to fill an existing vacancy. Unanimously approved. POST "NO PARKING" SIGNS - COLLEGE ROAD/CARTER LANE Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Downey to have "No Parking" signs posted near the intersection of College Road and Carter Lane. Unanimously approved. MEETING WITH BOARD OF EDUCATION - CLEAR SPRING The Board of County Commissioners met with the Board of Education at the new Clear Spring Vo-Ag Center at 2:00 p.m. Present at the meeting were Ronald L. Bowers, Linda C. Irvin, R. Lee Downey and Martin L. Snook. Board of Education members present were Barbara Stansberry, B. Marie Byers, Douglas Bachtell and Ken Grove, along with Wayne Gersen, Superintendent of Schools, Wayne Stouffer, Director of Fiscal Management and Ralph Giffin, Director of Maintenance and Operations. Board of Education members presented their five-year capital improvement plan which will be submitted to the IAC and reviewed the first five priorities. The first priority is the addition and renovation of Pleasant Valley Elementary School; second - North Hagerstown High School; third - renovation/addition at Boonsboro Elementary; fourth - relocatables; and fifth - systemic renovations. Richard McGrory, attorney for the Board of Education, discussed the land transfer between the Board and the County Commissioners at Doubs Woods Park. Board of Education members agreed to convey two parcels totaling 2l.07 acres to the County Commissioners to be used for recreational purposes. The Board also asked that they have joint use of the new parking lot and that a fence be placed on each side of the roadway leading into the Park from Sharpsburg Pike. The Commissioners agreed to joint use of the parking area and to placing a split rail fence on each side of the roadway. Mr. McGrory distributed copies of a draft agreement and stated that he would draw up and submit an agreement for execution. Dr. Gersen distributed copies of the discussion statement for the ITV Task Force and James Lemmert reviewed the mission of the facility consultant regarding future plans. Board of Education members also agreed to review the policy by which speakers are chosen for commencement ceremonies. The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m. County Attorney , Clerk