Town Commissioners Other — march%208%202017

QUEENSTOWN COMMTSSTONERS

REGULAR MEETING

March 8,2017 PRESENT: President Thomas B. Willis, Jr. and Commissioner Hogie Schuster

REGULAR MEETING:

President Willis called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.

OPEN DISCUSSION:

o Patricia Bowell - some residents are working on several events to involve the community:

o There will be a mystery guest at the Egg-Tappin event in April o The ofEcial opening of the courthouse as part of the annual County tour of historical buildings is May 6e. There will be refreshments, free gifts, a prize drawing, caricature drawings, and a colonial/bluegrass band from 10-2.

o On June 9* or 10m (date yet to be finalized) there willbe a "come meet your neighbors" gathering at the Second Avenue dock. More info to follow.

PUBLIC WORKS: Lane Cole o Sidewalks are completed and areas backfilled and seeded.

o Aker Road is completed, backfilled and seeded.

o Lines have been painted on Melvin Ave.

o Has obtained quotes on a new Fl50 Ford pickup truck, as the existing truck's transmission has gone up, and the body is getting in bad condition. The current truck is a 2003. Prices obtained are $21,000 from Preston Ford and $20,450 from Hertrich. He is still negotiating. He recommends the town purchase a new truck versus putting $4,000+ into the old.

-President Willis motioned to purchase a new truck from Hertrich as quoted, or less.

Motion seconded by Commissioner Schuster. Vote: 2-aye,O-nay o Pot holes need to be repaired .

Piling caps need to be redone PLAI\NING: Betty White o The Commission discussed the draft Ordinance l7-Uz,which would amend Section 33.C.9 of the ZoningOrdinance to provide altemative standards for growth allocation when the property receiving growth allocation does not satisff certain subsections. The Planning Commission is in favor of the amendment and recommends the Commissioners proceed with introduction and a public hearing.

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The final draft of the Community Plan is ready for public hearing, to be held on April 13ft at 7:00 p.m.

o Planning Chairman Al Hardee distributed a memo obtained from QA County on medical cannabis facilities in the County. They held an informal discussion and found they will need to discuss this issue further in how it would, or should, be addressed in Queenstown.

The Town Commissioners advised that their position right now is to wait and see what the County adopts before we make any decisions.

FINANCE COMMITTEE: Patricia Bowell o Beginning work on the budget o HUR report has been submitted to State Highway o Tax Set-offdernonstrates services we provide to residents that the County would normally provide. The annual report has been submitted to the County for their review prior to the meeting on March 28ffi. Jonathon Seernan, County Finance Officer, will be at the March COG meeting to discuss the process with the towns.

o Hope to have ourbudget adopted on June 14e.

o T-Mobile requested consent to modifu antennas on the Outlet tower. Hugh Odon says that what they are replacing with is large enough to warrant an increase in rent and other conditions.

President Willis motioned to accept the conditions and letter as wriffen and to send it T- Mobile. Motion seconded by Commissioner Schuster. Vote: 2-aye,0-nay ACTING TOWI\ MANAGER: Mike Bowell o Commissioner Plumbo recommended an IT person to survey for updating work stations, Wi-Fi, etc. He has met with the gentleman and he is working up a proposal for us.

o Muni-Link, billing program for water/sewer, is slated to start working on importing our data the second half of March.

o Budget - working on a 3 year infrastructure capital plan to firy and present at a work session.

o Meeting with Bob Rauch, Town Attorney, to look at funding for a new water tower and well. Mr. Rauch also working on a bid package to be put out to obtain prices for developing the proposed Skipjack Park. This is just to obtain pricing to see if we would be covered by the $120,000 grant we've been approved for from the State.

o Work session on March 15th at 1l:00 a.m. with Commissioners to set some budget priorities, discuss reorganization, etc.

TREASURER'S REPORT:

Fund:

General $224,257.92 Fund:

Water/Sewer $110,424.80 Fund: $ WWTP Project 3,031.57

MINUTES:

President Willis motioned to accept the minutes of February 22,2017 as written. Commissioner Schuster seconded. Vote: Aye-2 Nay-0 President Willis motioned to accept the Closed Session minutes of February 22,2017 as written.

Commissioner Schuster seconded. Vote: Aye-2 Nay-0

CLERK:

o Clerk provided copies of the Town of Trappe's regulations on disconnection of water for non-payment. This is for review only and will be discussed at a future date during a work session.

o Minutes from the February COG meeting, and the agenda for the March meeting, were provided to the Commissioners.

o Public hearing on Ordinance 17-01 is scheduled for March 22fr at7:00 p.m.

OLD BUSINESS:

o President Willis informed that he met with Matt Bauer, resident of Queenstown, regarding tennis courts at the park. Mr. Bauer had requested if tennis courts could be installed at the park. He will look into what we did with the basketball court and get information together. They discussed possibly re-surfacing the basketball court or doing away with it altogether. They also discussed possibly making the court multi-use or

adding a tennis court next to the basketball court.

ATTORNEY UPDATES:

Ms. Booth was not present, however, President Willis did read into the record a statement:

"Our attorney is on vacation and we have not had a chance to meet with her to discuss the decision recently rendered by the Court regarding the zoning waiver on the Wheatland's property. We are obviously disappointed in the Court's decision because it appears to render the five year zoningwaiver meaningless. This case could have greater implications for all of the towns in Maryland, and we will be weighing our options with the Town Attomey when she

retums. Regardless of the Court's decision, the Town will continue its planning efforts on the development of the Wheatland farm. We are already half-way through the five year hold, and as a practical matter, this decision does not affect the ultimate development of that property. The property will be developed consistent with our comprehensive plan for the property going back 20 years." Tom Peregoy asked if the Town was going to have an ordinance that would allow water to be

disconnected when renters don't pay their bills. He, as a landlord, has been held responsible when his tenant skipped out, and he doesn't think it's fair that the owner gets advertised as delinquent and possibly sold at atax sale. He was advised that the Commissioners are going to look into a policy that would allow the town to cut off the water for non-payment after a certain length of time.

There being no further business before the Commissioner's at this time, President Willis motioned to adjourn the meeting at4:45 p.m. Commissioner Schuster seconded. Vote:

Aye-2 Nay-0.