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First of all, Jay Falstag, Queen Anne's Conservation Association.

Commissioners, thank you very much for the opportunity to speak.

The board of QACA would like to extend our sincerest condolences to both the county government and the Thompson family.

Topic of interest and in keeping with the dignity of our office, we ask that all views be expressed in a respectful and civil manner.

Thank you, Commissioners.

Jay Falstad, Queen Anne's Conservation Association.

I want to make a comment first on Chesterhaven Beach, and I hope I can get through the whole thing, but I'd also like to just kind of put a placeholder for the last press and public comment because I do have just a general sort of community announcement that I'd like to offer.

And so I just want to make that known now, Mr.

Chairman, if I can add that at the very end.

Commissioners, at the last commissioner meeting, Chester Haven Beach was on the agenda.

I

Good morning,

commissioners.

Jay Falstead, Queen Anne's Conservation Association.

Later on your agenda this morning, you're going to be considering a public works agreement on behalf of Chesterhaven Beach.

And I'm going to urge you to vote no on this extension.

I've been following this development and this developer for longer than any of you all have been commissioners.

And I have seen time and time and time again efforts on behalf of this developer to simply muddy the waters.

Good evening,

commissioners.

Jay Falstead, Queen Anne's Conservation Association.

Just a general comment.

I know that you're going to be taking up text amendments 2605 and 2606 a little later, but I want to talk generally about the last four text amendments.

So I realize text amendments are part of our process.

But there's a flaw in the process.

So can you tell us a little bit about the Conservation Association?

Yeah.

So Queen Anne's Conservation Association, also known as QACA, was founded in the 60s.

It was originally called the Kent Queen Anne's Conservation Association, and it was formed when there was a proposal to bring some nuclear development to Queen Anne's County along the shores of the Chester River.

And at the time, a number of neighbors expressed obvious concern about that.

Keep in mind this is the height of the Cold War.

You've got nuclear facilities going up basically all around us.

Could you tell us a little bit

Jay Falstad.

Good evening, commissioners.

Jay Falstad, Queen Anne's Conservation Association.

Uh, we oppose this ordinance and ask that you, uh, accept your planning commission's guide, uh, unfavorable recommendation on this really for a couple of reasons, um, both safety and environmental, uh, in our view.

Um, on the safety, I know the applicant mentioned that there are other gas pumps within the community that are less than 75 feet, and that is true.

Uh, but those are typically within the municipalities.

So Sutherlandsville, Millington, Church Hill, Centerville, they all have pumps that are right near, um, the roadway.

Sure.

But just for the record, we're not gonna be voting tonight at all.

I understand.

Yeah.

And I, I'm gonna submit some additional things later on.

Um, in any case, both the TDR program and the NCD- NCD program represented an agreement between the landowner and the county when these landowners signed up for it.

They knew what they were getting into.

They sold their development rights or transferred their development rights, uh, whatever the case is, and that's now included in their deed.

Yep, yep.