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TONIGHT, COUPLE OF THINGS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WILL BE THE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSIONERS REGARDING THE COALITION'S GUIDE TO BURIAL SITE STEWARDSHIP AND WHETHER A LINK TO DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE PROVIDED.
ALSO, A REVIEW OF STATE'S ATTORNEY FRANKLIN'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH DEBORAH MCCARTHY.
NEXT NEXT. TARA. ERA ENERGY DETECTIVE BECK, QUESTION REGARDING SMALL GRAVESTONES FROM THE CEDAR LANE SITE. A REVIEW OF THE NEW BURIAL SITES MAP AND BELOW ANYONE HAS IT.
WE HAVE THE LINK. THE MAP IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ABOVE LINK.
IT IS NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE YET, SO BOARD ADMINISTRATORS REPORT.
OTHER COUNTY BOARDS. MINUTES. BURIAL SITE. PRESERVATION BOARDS.
I GUESS WE CAN GO AHEAD. I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I SEE SLOANE FRANKLIN'S NAMES ON HERE. WILL HE CONTINUE AS A OUR LAWYER? HE DIDN'T FILE FOR. HE'S NOT OUR ATTORNEY. IT WAS YOU.
OKAY? I MEANT YEAH, JESSE'S OUR ATTORNEY, BUT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY DEALS WITH BURIAL SITES.
SO WHEN THE AT THE SOLAR INSTALLATION, WHEN THEY FOUND THEM, MR.
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FRANKLIN GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE OF THAT. GOTCHA.SO THERE'S A CRIMINAL PROVISION THAT WAS AT ISSUE WITH REGARD TO HIS INVESTIGATION.
GOTCHA. AND AS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY, HE WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THAT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
BECAUSE I REALIZED THAT HE DID NOT FILE FOR REELECTION FOR THE COUNTY.
CORRECT. SO I GUESS HE HIS TERM. WELL, NOW I SIT HERE AND THINK ABOUT IT WILL EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER.
THE ELECTION IS IN NOVEMBER. I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE ACTUAL CHANGEOVER OCCURS.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE JANUARY 1ST. MONDAY IN JANUARY 1ST.
I'M AN ORPHANS COURT JUDGE. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY RUN AGAINST US. AND I DO KNOW THAT THE NEW.
WE DO HAVE A NEW MEMBER WHO WILL BE I BELIEVE DECEMBER THE 9TH IS WHEN WE CHANGE STANDARDS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT. OKAY. NO OFFENSE TO YOU, COUNSELOR.
OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY BEFORE WE GET GOING? FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. THAT WAS VERY COMMON OF ME NOT TO DO THAT.
RANDI. APPRECIATE YOU. CHIP. ERIC. MR.. KELLY.
OKAY. SO. DID YOU SAY KATHLEEN RESIGNED. KATHY DID? YES. THE LAST TWO MEETINGS I. WHEN I CALLED HER, SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT AND IT WAS TWO IN A ROW.
OKAY. YEAH, SHE'S SHE'S BEEN HAVING SOME PROBLEMS. MEDICAL PROBLEMS. GOD LOVE HER. SO. ALRIGHT.
LET'S JUST TAKE THESE ON MY HEAD.
I DO HAVE A COPY OF THAT THAT CAN BE VIEWED ON THE SCREEN.
BUT. THIS BOARD NEEDS TO DECIDE AS TO WHETHER IT SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD, RIGHT AS, AS A RESOURCE.
AND AND I BELIEVE ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE DECIDED BEFORE WE SPEAK WITH THE COMMISSIONERS.
RIGHT? SO THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE FOR THE BOARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD OBVIOUSLY IN PAST MEETINGS HAS EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO HAVE GUIDELINES PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS. THAT IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS.
SO THE FIRST STEP IS FOR THE BOARD TO DECIDE, YES, THIS THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES THAT WE PREFER.
THERE'S NO MEETING TOMORROW. IT'D BE TOO LATE. ANYWAY. THERE'S A MEETING THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY AND IT'S EVERY TUESDAY, I THINK UNTIL MEMORIAL DAY. THEN THEY GO EVERY TWO WEEKS.
IT WOULD BE PUT ON THE COMMISSIONERS AGENDA TO APPEAR.
EXPLAIN TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO DO AND WHY IT IS THAT YOU EITHER PREFER THIS SET OF GUIDELINES OR SOME OTHER SET OF GUIDELINES, AND THEN JUST ASKING FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S BLESSING TO HAVE IT PUBLISHED ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE.
THE THING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. THERE'S THERE IS NO NOTHING THAT WE ADVOCATE OR RECOMMEND PEOPLE, AT LEAST AS A MINIMUM KIND OF THING TO TRY TO DO.
RIGHT. SO I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY TRY TO DO SOMETHING.
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MARYLAND LAW. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO FIND.NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE SPECIFIC TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND THEY'RE GOING TO COVER DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT WHERE THIS IS SORT OF A GENERAL HIGH LEVEL GUIDE. AND I JUST I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY IT'S, IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE NOW, WHICH IS NOW. RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. NO, I CONCUR 100%.
ABSOLUTELY. WITH WHAT YOU SAY. AND MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HOST IT ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.
YOU CAN POINT A LINK TO IT SAYS THE COALITION FOR PRESERVATION OF MARYLAND BURIAL SITES HAS A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR SITE, AND YOU CAN FIND IT AT THEIR WEBSITE AND GIVE THEM THE LINK.
AND THEN WE'RE NOT HOSTING IT. IF IT GETS CHANGED, WE DON'T HAVE TO UPDATE ANYTHING.
YEAH. DAVID. I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I HAD INSTEAD OF GETTING THE CARVED IN STONE, SO TO SPEAK, RULES, A GENERAL IDEA.
THIS IS, THIS IS A REFERENCE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU.
YEAH. THAT'S A BETTER PATHWAY THAN I HAD THOUGHT TO DEAL WITH ON THE COUNTY.
BUT YEAH, THAT PATHWAY IS BAD IDEA BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING IT UP TO DATE.
I JUST THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE. IT'S ALREADY THERE.
BUT THE GENERAL PRACTICES THAT IT TALKS ABOUT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE.
AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT, ACTUALLY.
WELL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT, JEFFREY? NO. WELL, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE ON IT. PROCEED.
CALL FOR A SHOW OF HANDS OR. NEED A SECOND, AND THEN YOU CAN VOTE.
YEAH, I SECOND IT. LET'S VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. UNANIMOUS. SO THEN, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE NOW EFFECTIVELY IS THAT THIS IS THE SET OF GUIDELINES THAT WE BELIEVE THAT COMMISSIONERS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSIONERS SHOULD BE LINKED TO ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT THE CITIZENRY HAS SOME DIRECTION WITH REGARD TO THE STEWARDSHIP OF BURIAL SITES.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MEETING TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT.
IT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF WHEN AND WHO WANTS TO APPEAR.
AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I COULD HAVE SAT THROUGH A NUMBER OF THESE SESSIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST, WHICH IS THE ENTITY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO WHEN THERE ARE QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT TO DO WITH TOMBSTONES AND GRAVESITES THAT ARE FOUND, YOU KNOW, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THAT THEY HAVE REVIEWED THAT THAT THEY ADVOCATE? ARE THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVES? YEAH, I, I CAN'T SAY NECESSARILY THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST HAS PUT ANY STAMP OF APPROVAL ON THAT.
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ADDRESSED. SO I FEEL THOUGH, IF YOU BRING IT UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO STRESS THAT THESE AREN'T LAWS, THESE ARE SUGGESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS.
THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS RIGHT NOW. I WOULD THINK THAT GEOFFREY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE A TUESDAY MEETING BECAUSE YOU'RE BOOKED, RIGHT? SO BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO APPEAR WITH ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO.
COULD I STOP EVERYONE AND JUST ASK YOU TO MAKE SURE YOUR MICS ARE TURNED ON SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS ALL RECORDED? MINE IS. YEAH, IT IS. IT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. WELL, THEN LET ME.
I CAN AT LEAST GET A HAND. I'LL BE IN THE OFFICE OF LAW TOMORROW.
I'LL GET A HANDLE ON WHAT THE. I'D LIKE TO TRY TO FIND A AN AGENDA THAT IS NOT.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE NO MEETING TOMORROW. RIGHT.
SO THE MEETING A WEEK FROM NOW IS LIKELY TO BE A HEAVIER AGENDA.
I'D LIKE TO TRY TO FIND ONE THAT ISN'T QUITE AS HEAVY.
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SO THAT YOU HAVE THE TIME NECESSARY BECAUSE I CAN IMAGINE THEY MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE.SURE. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO ADDRESS AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT SOMEBODY BE PREPARED.
I JUST TALKED TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THE STATE OF MARYLAND LAW IS.
WE TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE WE JUST. STEWART, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND I SPENT ABOUT A YEAR REWRITING THE COUNTY'S ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE THAT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED, AND IT WAS A FAIRLY HEAVY LIFT.
IT'S A 50 PAGE ORDINANCE. THERE'S A LOT TO IT.
AND I WAS, I SHOULDN'T SAY SURPRISED. I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE LEVEL OF DETAIL WITH WHICH THE COMMISSIONERS POURED THROUGH THE REVISIONS, THE OLD, THE NEW, THE STATE LAW.
AND THEY HAD SOME VERY SPECIFIC, DETAILED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONTENTS OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK ARE A LITTLE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCES. SURE. YEAH. WELL, NOT TO DOG YOU ON THAT ISSUE, BUT SORRY.
THE OTHER THING IS WHEN WE GET A SPOT ON THE AGENDA.
WELL AHEAD OF TIME, I AGREE. AND I I KNOW I HAVE NOT LOOKED OVER IT ENOUGH TO BE A PERSON TO SPEAK ON IT. YEAH. WELL, I WILL CERTAINLY FAMILIARIZE MYSELF WITH KIND OF WHAT IT IS, HOW IT WAS ADOPTED, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND BUT AS TO THE SPECIFICS OF IT, YOU KNOW, SPEND A LITTLE TIME REVIEWING IT AND DOG EARED A BIT.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT I CAN SOLICIT ANY QUESTIONS AHEAD OF THE MEETING SO THAT WE GO IN PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING A POP QUIZ. I'LL CERTAINLY SEE IF I CAN DO THAT FOR US.
YEAH. AND I'LL ALSO LOOK AT THE PLACES ON THE WEBSITE WHERE THAT LINK MIGHT GO, BECAUSE NOW THAT WE HAVE A SEPARATE SITE FOR ALL OUR BOARDS, IT WON'T BE ON OUR HOME SITE, IT'LL BE ON THE BOARD SITE. BUT I CAN GIVE A MOCK UP OF WHERE IT COULD BE ON THERE.
I WILL I'LL TALK TO JEN TOMORROW, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, FIND OUT WHAT THE AGENDA LOOKED LIKE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, CIRCULATE DATES, AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
OKAY. THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE REVIEW OF FRANKLIN'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH DEBORAH MCCARTHY OF. THAT GROUP, NEXT ERA ENERGY RESOURCES.
OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT ERA ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC. GIVE ME READ THIS OUT OR NO, I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT THIS IN THE EMAIL. I READ THIS.
IT'S PART OF THE RECORD. YOU DON'T NEED TO REREAD IT INTO THE RECORD. OKAY. SORRY.
AND I SPOKE TO SLOAN ABOUT IT. HE CALLED AFTER HE GOT THE EMAIL.
I ACTUALLY, I SPOKE TO DEBBIE FIRST. AND BECAUSE HE HAD FORWARDED.
I THINK HE FORWARDED SLOAN, FORWARDED THE EMAIL TO YOU, AND THEN YOU FORWARDED IT TO ME.
I CALLED DEBBIE AND BASICALLY THEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THE INTERIM WITH THESE.
YOU MAY RECALL, THEY HAD SCRAPED OFF A LOT OF THE THE TOPSOIL.
IN THE PROCESS OF THAT, THEY FOUND THE GRAVE SITES.
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THE SOIL THEY HAD ALREADY STOCKPILED HAD FRAGMENTS IN IT.THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE FRAGMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISTURBED.
SLOANE CALLED, I TOLD HER, YOU KNOW, JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU NEED AFTER YOU TALK TO SLOANE.
SLOANE CALLED. AND HE REVIEWED THE STATUTE, AGREED THAT THEY HAD THUS FAR COMPLIED WITH THE RELEVANT SECTION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE AND GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PROCESS THAT THEY HAD ALREADY RUN BY THIS BOARD THAT YOU HAD APPROVED, WHICH IS HIS JURISDICTION TO DO. YEAH. IS THIS THE SITUATION WHERE WE THAT WE VISITED BEFORE AND REQUESTED THAT THAT AREA BE FENCED OFF? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL VISITED THE SITE VISITED, BUT THEY ARE THEY AGREED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD A FENCE A CERTAIN DISTANCE AWAY AND HAVE A BUFFER ZONE OUTSIDE.
THEY PRESENTED A WHOLE PRESERVATION PLAN IN A FAIRLY.
NOW, I DID VET MY FILE HERE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOT VETTED OUT, BUT THEY PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR HOW TO DEAL WITH THE CHERRYWOOD SITE.
ACTUALLY, HERE IT IS FOR YOUR JULY 21ST MEETING.
YOU ALL REVIEWED THE TECHNICAL REPORT FROM CHERRY WOOD.
AND YOU WERE DUTIFULLY IMPRESSED WITH THE THOROUGHNESS AND THE DETAIL.
AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO APPROVE IT.
I MEAN, YEAH, WHAT THEY DID, THEY BEING NEXT ENERGY FORWARDED THAT PLAN TO SLOAN BECAUSE BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY, THEY, THEY ASKED FOR OUR RECOMMEND. THEY ASKED FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE PLAN.
WE GAVE IT A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. BUT BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT, THEY HAD TO GET SLOAN'S PERMISSION AS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY. SO THEY TOOK THE PLAN IN A LETTER, IN AN EMAIL, I'M SORRY, AND SENT IT TO SLOAN SAID.
AND SLOAN GAVE US PERMISSION. OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS, RANDY? NO, NOT AT ALL.
THERE'S REALLY NO ACTION. THERE'S NO ACTION ITEM FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE.
IT'S JUST AN FYI. YEAH. IT'S BEEN. I MEAN, PRESUMABLY SLOAN DID OUTLINE A FEW THINGS THAT STATE'S ATTORNEY OUTLINED A FEW THINGS. MR. FRANKLIN OUTLINED A FEW THINGS THAT NEXT ENERGY NEEDED, NEXT ERA ENERGY NEEDED TO DO.
AND PRESUMABLY THEY'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH IT.
NICE. YEAH. ALSO, THE QUESTION FROM DETECTIVE BECK.
THE SMALL GRAVESTONE FROM CEDAR LANE SITE. RIGHT.
SO THAT'S UP ON THE BOARD. AND THAT WAS FOUND.
I WAS AT THE SITE WHEN IT WAS FOUND, BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO TELL.
THE ONE GRADE WE FOUND WAS AN ADULT GRADE AND THIS.
FROM THE TEXT, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS A CHILD'S GRAVESTONE.
DID YOU SEE ANY DATES ON IT? COULD YOU MAKE OUT ANY DATE WHATSOEVER ON THE HEADSTONE? YEA, I SHOULD SAY NOW. IT'S VERY. WE EVEN TRIED RAKING LIGHT, YOU KNOW, RAKING LIGHT FROM AN ANGLE AND WE COULDN'T REALLY SEE MUCH.
THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO PIECES THAT WERE RECOVERED AS THESE TWO PIECES.
YEAH. IT'S THE PART THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATES. RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. IS THAT THE ONE WE THOUGHT WAS SIX YEARS OLD? THE CHILD. I DON'T RECALL THAT PART OF IT, BUT IT'S STILL OVER AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, I PRESUME. PENDING. AND THEY'RE ASKING WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
AND. THE PROBLEM IS IT IS GOING TO BE EASY FOR US TO GET BACK ON MR. PROPERTY. BECAUSE I WOULD THINK WE WOULD WANT IT ON THE PROPERTY WHERE THE GRAVE ACTUALLY IS, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE GRAVE IS.
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ROSA. CAN WE GO ON THE PROPERTY? NO. CAN WE GO OFF ELECTRONICS AND DISCUSS THIS? WELL, IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, THEN WHAT? YOU'RE TO GET LEGAL ADVICE, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE.DO WE HAVE THE SCRIPT AND THE SIGN OFF SHEET WITH US TOO? I CAN GET IT ELECTRONICALLY, SO YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO RECEIVE CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIVE THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. SOMEBODY THEN SECONDS THE MOTION.
YOU THEN TAKE A ROLL CALL, VOTE BY NAME TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS TENDER ISSUE TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE, TO RECEIVE EXPERT LEGAL ADVICE. RIGHT. AND THE REST.
HEY, RANDY. YOU OKAY? YEAH. I'LL SECOND. SECOND.
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SO SO NOW SO WE APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS. SO WE GOT HOW TO RESPOND TO THE SO WE, WE HAVE A, SOME ADVICE TO PERHAPS CONTACT THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST TO FIND OUT IF THEY'VE HAD SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE PAST.AND IF SO, WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS DO THEY HAVE FOR A COURSE OF ACTION TO TRY TO GET THIS TOMBSTONE PLACED BACK WHERE IT BELONGS? ABSOLUTELY. DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT OR JUST.
YEAH. SO I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD CONSENSUS.
CONSENSUS IS FINE. YEAH, YOU DON'T NEED TO. I SECOND THE MOTION IN FAVOR.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE OKAY. WE DO NEED TO VOTE ANYWAY.
AND THEN. SO. AND YOU'RE GOING TO CONTACT LIEUTENANT BECK JUST TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT? YES. AND IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE DOCTOR SINGER.
I'M HAPPY TO HELP. THANK YOU. OKAY.
REVIEW THE NEW BURIAL SITES MAP. YES. SO THAT WAS EXCITING TO LOOK AT.
ACTUALLY SENT TO YOU IN AN EMAIL BECAUSE THIS IS NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
RIGHT. SO. NOW YOU CAN SWITCH MY AIR.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A CLOSER TO THE MAP BECAUSE.
IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE THE ROADS. DO I NEED IF YOU'RE ZOOMED IN.
THERE YOU GO. SO OUR GIS PLAN PLANNER HAS ASKED WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE. CAN YOU MOVE OVER TO YOUR LEFT A LITTLE BIT? NO THANK YOU. IF YOU CLICK ON IF YOU CLICK ON THE BLUE DOTS, YOU CAN GET THE STAT INFORMATION FOR THE PROPERTY.
SO. SO IN FACT THIS ONE THIS ONE WAS THE ONE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
I NOTICED ON CLICKING ON SOME OF THEM CLOSE ENOUGH, THE STAT NUMBERS COME UP AND YOU CAN CLICK ON THEM AND THEN IT'LL GIVE YOU THE MAP GRID PARCEL. AND THEN YOU CAN.
WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER? CATHY. THIS IS OUR NEW GIS PLANNER.
NATHAN STEVENS. WOW. VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO FROM IT, YOU CAN LINK TO THE STAT SITE AND SEE WHO OWNS IT. RIGHT? SO IS THE QUESTION HE HAS, WHAT OTHER INFORMATION WOULD WE LIKE TO BE IN THE POP UP.
CORRECT. SO. INITIALLY I SAID THE PARCEL DATA.
DEFINITELY. SO YOU HAVE A LINK WHERE YOU CAN GO TO THE STAT AND FIND OUT WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY.
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AND I ALSO SAID THE ROADS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND ANYTHING WITHOUT THE, THE ROADS TO LOOK AT.THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT WOULD BE USEFUL IS THE COMMON NAMES OF THE BURYING GROUND.
IN OTHER WORDS JOHNSON FAMILY CEMETERY, SMITH CEMETERY.
OKAY. SO IF THERE IS A COMMON NAME FOR THAT CEMETERY OR SOME CEMETERIES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ACTUALLY HAVE UP TO THREE DIFFERENT NAMES BECAUSE THE NAMES HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
OKAY. IF WE HAVE THEM, ALL THE COMMON NAMES FOR THAT CEMETERY SHOULD BE IN THAT POP UP.
AND WE HAVE ONLY BENEATH THESE STONES. RIGHT? IS THAT SO? BENEATH. BENEATH THESE STONES WAS A PHYSICAL INVENTORY.
AND. AND BENEATH THESE STONES, THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE SOME OF THE PRIOR NAMES FOR CEMETERIES.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS EVERY BURIAL GROUND IN THE COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH THEY TRIED TO GET THEM ALL, IS NOT IN THERE. MOST OF THEM ARE, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE NOT.
SO BUT I THINK THE COMMON NAMES, AT LEAST THAT THEY'RE KNOWN BY, SHOULD BE IN THAT POP UP.
AND BENEATH THESE STONES DOES HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY THAT WILL HAPPEN.
BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE A SPREADSHEET THAT I DID MYSELF AS PART OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY THAT HAS ALL THE, ALL THE CEMETERIES THAT ARE LISTED IN BENEATH THESE STONES WITH LAT AND LONG WHERE I HAD IT AND I HAVE.
IF IT IS AN ALTERNATE NAME, I'LL PUT IN IT. SEE WHATEVER CEMETERY.
SO YOU CAN. IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY. BECAUSE. ON A DEATH CERTIFICATE IT MIGHT SAY.
SMITH. BURIAL GROUND. IT MIGHT BE. WHAT IT SAYS IN A DEATH CERTIFICATE.
AND THEY HAPPENED TO MARRY INTO THE SMITHS OR WHATEVER.
APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY GRAVES ARE IN IT? THE DATES OF THE GRAVES.
ET CETERA. ET CETERA. SO I DID THAT ALL ON MY OWN.
I CAN SEND YOU THAT SPREADSHEET IF YOU WANT IT.
LOVELY. AND RANDY PROBABLY HAS HIS OWN SPREADSHEET.
THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. WHAT WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LIKE 58FT OR THAT THAT'S THE HEIGHT ELEVATION, TOPOGRAPHY.
OKAY. OKAY, OKAY. OKAY. SO THIS BLUE DOT SIGNIFIES A GRAVE. THAT'S A BURIAL SITE. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GET CLOSER TO IT TO GET THE NAME OF THAT. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE NAME OF THE STREET WHEN YOU GET IN THAT CLOSE, RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD NAME ON THERE. THAT LOOKS GREAT.
SUPER IMPRESSED. YES, IT'S REALLY NICE. ELEGANT.
BUT I MEAN, IT'S REALLY THAT'S REALLY JUST AN OVERLAY OVER TOP OF THE PLAT MAP FOR THE COUNTY.
RIGHT. BASICALLY IS WHAT THAT IS. YEAH. AND THEN YEAH, THERE IS EACH ONE OF YOU WHERE THE PROPERTY SHOWS THE PROPERTY ID SHOWS UP.
YOU CAN CLICK ON VIEW AT THE BOTTOM AND THAT PULLS UP THE STAT INFORMATION, WHICH I WANTED THAT TO BE INCLUDED. BECAUSE OTHERWISE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS IT AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
YEAH, I PLAYED AROUND WITH IT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND WHEN I FIRST GOT IT, IT'S PRETTY NICE, I LIKE IT. IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT THAT YOU HAD TO ZOOM IN REALLY CLOSE.
I WAS CLICKING AND I WAS GETTING ANYTHING POPPING UP.
IT WAS ALL EMPTY. I KNOW, AND I KEPT. SO FINALLY I ONE TIME I ZOOMED IN REALLY CLOSE AND I SAID, OH, THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. YOU GOT TO. YEAH, REALLY GOT TO GET IN THERE.
YEAH. A LOT OF DATA. IT TAKES A LOT OF DATA, A LOT OF INFORMATION.
OH. OKAY. ANY MORE INPUT? I'M ASSUMING THAT THESE DOTS FOR HIM TO OVERLAY THESE DOTS, THERE ACTUALLY HAD TO BE SOME SORT OF A, A, A DATA SET OR SOMETHING THAT WAS UPLOADED TO CREATE THOSE.
I KNOW I CAN TELL YOU SO FOR, FOR THIS PROPERTY, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY.
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AND I TOLD HIM WHERE THAT GRAVE WAS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE FOUND IT.NOW, THE OTHER PROPERTIES, I REALLY CAN'T ATTEST TO THE TRUTH OF THEIR LOCATION, THE ACCURACY.
YEAH. BUT I MEAN, THERE'S SOME SORT OF A SPREADSHEET OR DATA SET THAT YOU HAVE THAT THEY EXTRACTED THIS INFORMATION FROM TO PUT ON HERE. RIGHT? RIGHT. BECAUSE WE, WE HAD IT IT WASN'T PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
IT STILL ISN'T, BUT WE HAD IT ON ON, WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT MAPS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN MAPS THAT MOST PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE USE THAT HAS AND IT HAS THE AERIAL VIEWS AS WELL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THE AERIAL VIEWS, BUT I MEAN, IF IT SHOWS, IF IT SHOWS THE BURIAL SITE, THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL.
I DON'T KNOW, JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT DEPENDS ON WHAT.
IT DEPENDS ON WHO THE INTENDED AUDIENCE IS FOR THIS MAP.
THEN YOU MIGHT, THEY MIGHT WANT TO KNOW THAT AND THEY MIGHT WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS. SO THEY DON'T WIND UP LIKE THIS GUY OR THE SOLAR FARM PEOPLE IS WOULDN'T THIS BE ON MERLIN ULTIMATELY. IT'S NOT CURRENTLY ON. OKAY.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S DERIVED FROM IT. THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S DERIVED FROM MERLIN. THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT.
YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK MERLIN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN BRING UP THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, THE OVERHEAD.
BRING UP AN AERIAL. BUT I CAN ASK NATHAN ABOUT HAVING THE AERIAL AVAILABLE. BECAUSE IN SOME CASES YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE BURIAL STONES, WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'LL BE LINED UP WHERE THE DOTS ARE, BUT.
WELL, IF IT'S NOT, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO MOVE THE DOT. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
IT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT. DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ACTUALLY THERE.
THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. DON'T RELY ON IT.
DO YOUR OWN LAND. RECORD SEARCH. ET CETERA. ET CETERA.
IT MAY BE WRONG, BUT YES. ISN'T IT THE CASE IF YOU HAVE A RELATIVE BURIED IN A CEMETERY THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO VISIT? YES, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.
YOU HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION. YOU HAVE TO GET THEIR PERMISSION. YEAH.
AND OFTENTIMES THERE ARE THOSE AGREEMENTS ENTERED IN THE LAND RECORDS SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE GOES TO BUY THAT PROPERTY, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A BURIAL SITE THERE AND THERE'S AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THE FAMILY TO COME AND VISIT, ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE BINDING.
WELL, IT MAY BE ANYWAY. YEAH. NO, IT'S THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS.
ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA. BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS REPORT.
BOARD ADMINISTRATORS. BOARD ADMINISTRATOR. I'M SORRY.
RIGHT. SO I WAS ASKED TO CHECK WITH OUR OTHER COUNTY BOARDS TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE WERE STILL TAKING MINUTES. AND ACTUALLY, NO ONE IS.
THE PREFERENCE WAS TO HAVE THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT.
SO NO ONE IS TRANSCRIBING THE MINUTES.
DO THEY HAVE FUNCTIONING BOARDS? MANY, MANY BOARDS.
DORCHESTER JUST RECREATED THEIR RESURRECTED. THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS WEEK.
RESURRECTED THEIR BOARD, I THINK. SO DORCHESTER COUNTY, I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.
YEAH. I'M FRIENDS WITH A GUY THAT'S ON IT. SO THEIR THEIR SITE'S PRESERVATION.
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YEAH. I THINK IT HAD FALLEN INTO DISUSE AND WELL, THEIR CODE HAS BEEN COPIED AND PASTED FROM OURS. OH, THEY WERE THE ONLY OTHER COUNTY I FOUND.IT HAD NONE. QUEEN ANNE HAD NONE. WICOMICO HAD NONE OF THEIR SITES.
WOW. AND THE ONE THAT DORCHESTER HAD. I SWEAR IT LOOKS LIKE WORD FOR WORD FROM OUR CODE.
BUT AT LEAST THEY GOT ONE, RIGHT? IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY.
I THINK IT IS. THAT'S WHAT JACK BENNY SAYS. OKAY.
THE OTHER DAY I WAS LOOKING INTO THE OTHER COUNTIES TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY LANGUAGE ABOUT SOLAR.
WHAT THEY DID OR OR ANYTHING IN THEIR CODE. I SEARCHED IN ALL THE CODES FOR BURIAL SITES, SOLAR INSTALLATION AND NOTHING CAME UP.
SO. WE'RE JUST AHEAD OF THE CURVE, I GUESS, RIGHT? WE'RE TRENDSETTERS. THE DORCHESTER COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED ON MARCH 17TH, APPARENTLY TO KEEP THEIR BURIAL SITE PRESERVATION BOARD.
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE A FRIEND OF MINE'S ON THE BOARD, SO HE POSTED IT ON FACEBOOK.
SO. MAYBE THEY CAN FIGURE OUT THE SOLAR CONUNDRUM AND WE CAN TELL US.
THEN WE CAN COPY THEIR. THAT'S RIGHT. LANGUAGE.
DO THEY HAVE ANYTHING HE SAW? NOPE. NO BODIES IN DORCHESTER.
THEY GOT TONS. REALLY? OH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE LAST THING.
THE RESIGNATION OF BOARD MEMBER. I ASSUME THAT'S CATHY MACKEREL.
YES. THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO PUT OUT. I'VE BEEN ON BOARDS WITH CATHY.
CATHY IS A GO GETTER. I'M NOT SAYING TO BE FUNNY.
IF SHE JUST NEEDS SOME TIME. OKAY. TO RECUPERATE NOW.
WELL, I THINK SHE'S FAMILY. SHE'S SPENT A LOT OF TIME.
AND I THINK SHE'S REALLY SHE'S TRYING TO BACK OFF.
WELL, WE ALSO HAVE A PROVISO THAT IF YOU MISS SO MANY MEETINGS, IT'S PRETTY MUCH AUTOMATIC.
SO SHE CAN REAPPLY IF SHE CHANGES HER. WELL, I GUESS WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT, ACCEPT HER RESIGNATION.
BUT I SAY RELUCTANTLY. YES. RELUCTANTLY. AND IN THE WORDS OF OUR GREAT PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON, WITH A HEAVY HEART. AND I'M NOT SAYING IT TO BE FUNNY.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN A GO GETTER. HER AND JOCK WERE, YOU KNOW.
ANYWAY, ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. YEP. ANY OTHER.
ITEMS? I MOVE WE CLOSE THE MEETING. DO I HEAR A JUMPED ON IT? WOW. THAT WAS A RACE. OKAY, WELL. ANY OBJECTIONS? I THOUGHT I HEARD ANY OBJECTIONS? NO. RANDY, ARE YOU OKAY? I AM FINE. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. I CONCUR.
THE SESSION IS CLOSED AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE.
AND I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A HAPPY, SAFE EASTER WEEK OR PASSOVER.
SAME TO YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.