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Home My WebLink About900227 February 27, l990 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 Vice President Linda C. Irvin with the following Commissioners present: R. Lee Downey, Richard E. Roulette and John S. Shank. (Commissioner President Ronald L. Bowers was participating in the seminar "Future of Public Education in Western Maryland" and was not in attendance at this time.) INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Invocation was delivered by Ralph H. France, II, County Attorney, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by the full assemblage. PRESENTATION OF LETTER - PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL-RURAL AREAS Patricia Schooley, presented a letter to the Commissioners, which was signed by a number of organizations in the community, regarding the protection of agricultural- rural areas through road policy controls. The letter stated that their goal is to protect and preserve agricultural land and historic stone fences and bridges and proposed that the Commissioners l) immediately adopt the County Engineer's current road policies into the Subdivision Ordinance, 2) an l8-month moratorium on widening of all roads in the County which are currently not under construction, and 3) recommitment of funds on all proposed road and bridge projects of l8' or less, which involve widening. The Commissioners thanked Ms. Schooley for presenting this letter. INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEE Robert Davenport, Director of Landfills, appeared before the Commissioners to introduce Donna Fuss, Administrative Assistant, who was recently hired at the Landfill. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS Commissioner Shank reported on the Transportation Advisory Committee meeting and Commissioner Irvin reported on the Airport Commission's trip to Salisbury to tour their new airport terminal. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - FEBRUARY l3, l990 Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Roulette, to approve the minutes of February l3, l990, as submitted. Unanimously approved. REZONING HEARINGS - PROCEDURES The Commissioners approved the Presiding Officer Statement and Rezoning Guidelines, as drafted by the County Attorney, with a correction limiting individual comments to 5 minutes. APPOINTMENT - EMPLOYEES COUNCIL Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Roulette, to appoint Rick Curry from the Roads Department to the Employee's Council. Unanimously approved. AMENDMENTS TO RECREATION COMMISSION BY-LAWS Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Shank, to approve the amendments of the by-laws of the Recreation Commission as submitted. Unanimously approved. AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION STUDY COMMITTEE - AMENDMENTS TO LEGISLATION Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Roulette, to support the recommendations suggested by the Agricultural Preservation Study Committee to delete the phrase "or land in fee simple" in House Bill ll4 all three times it appears and to add the "supplemental payment" language. Unanimously approved. LINE ITEM TRANSFER - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette, to approve the line item transfer requested by the Economic Development Commission of $l,750 from Tuition (0l-5-020l-527-0l0) to Contracted Services (0l-5-020l-524-000). Unanimously approved. BREEZEWOOD TOURISM INFORMATION CENTER Barry Teach, County Administrator, informed the Commissioners that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is considering closing the Breezewood Tourist Information Center which is utilized by the Washington County Tourism Department. The Commissioners agreed to contact Senator Terry Punt of Pennsylvania regarding this proposal and the County Delegation to the General Assembly with their concerns and request that the Center remain in operation, particularly in view of the large number of tourists who stop there. FEBRUARY l9,l990 MINUTES, CONT'D. BOARD OF EDUCATION - GUARANTEE OF FUNDING FOR TEXTBOOKS & SUPPLIES Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Shank, to guarantee at least the present year's funding of $803,068 for textbooks and instructional supplies to the Board of Education for Fiscal Year l990-9l to allow them to proceed with ordering these materials for the next school term. Unanimously approved. OPTION ACCEPTANCES Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey, to accept Locktender Lane and the renamed Aqueduct Drive in Section A of the Potomac Estates Subdivision and a Performance Bond in the amount of $30,000. Unanimously approved. Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Shank, to approve a Deed of Easement from the Board of County Commissioners to Foxshire Associates on Howell Road District #l0. Unanimously approved. Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey, to accept the dedication of right-of-way from Foxshire Plaza, Washington County Right-of-Way Plat No. l00- l0-320. Unanimously approved. Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Roulette, to approve the following Option Agreements for the Howell Road project which were all dedicated to the County: 74 +/- sq. ft. in perpetual easement from George L. Bailey, Jr., and A. Melissa Wheatcraft; 333 +/- sq. ft. in perpetual easement from Robert Sprecher; 466 +/- sq. ft. in perpetual easement from Bernard T. & Gretchen L. Cole and Shelby Hughes; and 502 +/- sq. ft. in perpetual easement from Leslie S. & Joyce L. Michael. Unanimously approved. APPOINTMENT - DRUG & ALCOHOL ABUSE ADVISORY BOARD Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette, to appoint Harry Hager, Sr., to represent M.A.D.D. on the Drug & Alcohol Abuse Advisory Board to replace Denise Lichliter Keller. Unanimously approved. PRESENTATION OF RECYCLING PLAN James Brittain, Director of the Planning Department, and Bill Stachoviak, Parks Planner, along with members of the Solid Waste Advisory Council, appeared before the Commissioners to present the draft of the Washington County Recycling Plan for their review as required by House Bill 7l4. Implementation of the project will be in four phases and the costs would total over $l,500,000. James Brittain gave a summation of the project and stated that public education and encouraging private sector participation will be important to the success of the project. Mrs. Comstock, Chairperson of the Solid Waste Advisory Council, questioned the Commissioners as to the role and direction the Advisory Council should take. The Commissioners answered that there are several areas where they could be of help and agreed to meet with the Steering Committee to discuss this. WATER AND SEWER PLAN AMENDMENT PUBLIC HEARING - WS-90-l Commissioner Irvin convened the joint public hearing at ll:30 a.m., as advertised, in order to hear comments regarding Application WS-90-l to amend the Water & Sewer Plan as filed by Fox & Associates for Horne Property Partnership. Planning Commission members present were: Donald Zombro, Chairman, Bert Iseminger, Bernie Moser, Donald Spickler, and Carol Johnson. Timothy Lung, Associate Planner, presented the Staff Report and also stated that 30 letters have been received in opposition to the amendment. Catherine Thompson Parks, Fox & Associates, presented the case for the applicant. The subject parcel is along Route 62 and Old Forge Road and is approximately 365 acres. The applicant is proposing to develop 402 lots and wishes to extend the existing water line to the property and amend the priority classification to W-5. Commissioner Irvin then opened the hearing for public comments. There was no one present to speak in favor of the proposal. After hearing all comments in opposition, Commissioner Irvin stated that the record will be held open for l0 days to receive additional comments in writing. The Hearing was closed at l2:45 p.m. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Roulette, to convene in Executive Session at l:00 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. Commissioner Bowers arrived at the Meeting at l:35 p.m. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Shank, to reconvene in Regular Session at 2:30 p.m. Unanimously approved. FEBRUARY 27, l990 MINUTES, CONT'D. RECESS The Meeting was recessed at 2:30 p.m. and will be reconvened at 7:00 p.m. for a public hearing. EVENING SESSION The Evening Session was convened at 7:00 p.m. in Court Room No. l by President, Ronald L. Bowers, with the following members present: Vice President Linda C. Irvin and Commissioners R. Lee Downey, Richard E. Roulette and John S. Shank. PUBLIC HEARING - ADEQUATE FACILITIES ORDINANCE The Public Hearing was convened at 7:00 p.m. in order to hear comments regarding the proposed Adequate Facilities Ordinance. Gary Rohrer, Chief, Division of Planning and Codes Administration, presented a synopsis of each article of the proposed ordinance. Commissioner Bowers then opened the meeting for comments. After hearing those in attendance who wished to speak, Commissioner Bowers announced that the record will remain open for ten (l0) days in order to receive any comments in writing. The hearing was closed and the meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m. County Attorney , Clerk