Town Commissioners — 2024-03-27

This record summarizes the Queenstown Town Commissioners meeting of March 27, 2024. A 5:30 p.m. work session with Barry Waterman reviewed the draft Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreement (DRRA) for the Wheatland’s project: commissioners confirmed the “town lot” is one acre, were told a separate “trailer lot” is offered only if used for trailer storage (which commissioners do not want to operate), and learned a buffer area would be available even if the trailer lot is declined; access arrangements and next steps will be discussed after President Hardee returns. At the 6:00 p.m. regular meeting staff reported ongoing brown water complaints in the Harbor Lane/Long Drive area (hydrant flushing showed sediment that cleared), and commissioners agreed to send a letter to residents requesting samples and to investigate which tower supplies water; Maryland Rural Water and a plumbing contractor will be contacted. Two private requests involving culverts/driveway changes (112 Melvin Ave and 123 Aker Rd) were discussed: commissioners will visit the Melvin Ave. site and agreed to follow the County process for driveway/culvert work while requiring Town inspection and plan review, and they said small gaps in ditches should not be allowed. Other items: Planning Commission will meet with the golf course on conceptual plans for an events center/lodging; the Safety & Speeding Task Force will order and refurbish benches; Finance reported LGIT workshop attendance, upcoming budget work, and approved transferring $20,000 from a CD to the General Fund (fund balances reported: General $13,107.45; Water/Sewer $33,369.56; ARPA $642,381.81); Verizon/Calvert Crossland will hold a public balloon test for a proposed cell tower on April 7 (10am–1pm). The minutes record a parking complaint on Wick Court about an oversized trailer and begins a motion related to enforcement, but that entry is cut off mid-sentence.