Remarks by Artie Harris
348 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 14
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“And apparently there's a school, some school to the south, some, no, to the, is it? There's a library.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Okay, great. Thank you. Those are my questions and comments. Any other questions and comments?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Questions or comments from the board? Should we do one or two approvals here? Do I have a motion to approve the Mahon Village preliminary plan where staff is recommending approval with conditions and corrections and some language around the potential, if it works out, to do the reforestation in the watershed?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Aye. The ayes have it. 5-0 to have a motion to approval of the final forest conservation plan where staff is recommending approval with conditions. I'll move to approve the forest conservation plan.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Aye. The ayes have it. Thank you so much. We look forward to the project moving forward. Thank you. Thank you very much. Very creative. We're just going to take another two-minute break and then start with our next item, item eight, Tevis Place staging allocation. Thank you. Good morning and welcome back. We're on item number eight, Tevis Place staging allocation request for staff is recommending approval. And we have Adam Bossie again this morning to present this item.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Great, thank you. First, would the applicant like to make a presentation?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Well, great. Thank you. So just for our – I'm very, very surprised. of this project. And one of the questions is, maybe you can tell us, in the staging, what goes into a staging analysis, like making sure there's infrastructure there for these projects in this area? Could you just talk a little bit for our benefit?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Great, great. Thank you so much. Any questions or comments from the board? Hearing or seeing none, is there a motion to approve Tevis Place staging allocation request?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Yeah, where staff is recommending approval.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Yes, thank you for your presentation with the applicant like to make a presentation.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Great. Thank you. I have one question. It says this is for an R&D building. Do you know what it is? It's just for?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Great, great. Thank you so much. I have no other questions or comments. Does the board have any questions or comments?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Yeah, as Commissioner or Vice Chair said, I mean, to also have an office building built in this market is, you know, it's positive. Okay, thank you. No other questions or comments? So do I have a motion to approve with conditions the Pike and Rose Phase 2 Building 2 staging allocation request?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Aye. The ayes have it. Thank you so much. I look forward to you moving forward. We'll take another just really quick break and start with item number 10, the local government annual reporting to Maryland Department of Planning, where this is a briefing to staff. Thank you. Good morning. We're on item number 10, the local government annual reporting to Maryland Department of Planning, where staff has given a briefing to the board. And I believe this is Gabriel Patterson King leading this. I'm sorry, Jay. Jay McCurdy leading this discussion. A welcome, and we look forward to…”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Thank you so much for your presentation, and also thank you for putting together and analyzing this data. It's just very, very helpful. Have you, just out of curiosity, have you seen, well, I know this is for those priority funding areas and how, you know, there's incentivizing to do this, but have you seen, so does the state then compile their own, this is to the state, and then they compile their own report and they make comments on it?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions or comments from the board? So we'll have one motion to submit this local government and annual reporting to the Maryland Department of Planning. And first it goes to the council, correct? To both. We'll send them to both. Is that what you're saying? Yes. Thank you. Yeah. Ed, do I? That's the motion.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Aye. Thank you for your hard work. We appreciate it. And what we'll do now is, so the board is going to go to closed session and then have lunch, and then we'll come back, what does it say? We'll come back at 1.05. So with respect to the closed session, according to Maryland Annotated Code, General Provisions Article 3-305 to consider the acquisition of real property for a public purpose and matters directly related to the acquisition. The subject is Montgomery Park's potential property acquisition. Do I have a motion to go into closed session?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Aye. The ayes have it 5-0. So thank you. We're going to go into closed session, have lunch, and then come back at 1.05. See you then. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back. We're on item number six, updated forest conservation technical manual, where staff is recommending that we approve the updated forest conservation technical manual. And this afternoon, we have Kristin today presenting this item. Welcome, Kristin.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Well, thank you. Thank you for your very detailed presentation. Yep, I'm so excited you're able to update this, to bring it to today's standards, today's best practices, update it with respect to the state standards. And I really love the graphics. So I'm hoping that the practitioners you know, I hope that they see the benefit of having this revised document. So thank you. Any other questions or comments?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Yeah, thank you again. Just out of curiosity, we can answer offline. Do you feel that with AI these days, I'm sure once it's put up there, it can take this document. And I wonder if someone could say, could you fill out my forest conservation thing based on the requirements in this manual? I'm just out of curiosity. I wonder, would it do that?”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“OK. Thank you so much. And so do I have a motion to approve? the updated Forest Conservation Technical Manual.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. The ayes have it 4-0. So thank you so much. Great presentation, great work, and look forward to it.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“CHRISTOPHER HARRIS JR.: OK, please. Please jump.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026
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“And we'll start with our next item, which is item 12, Cabin John Park, section 1, preliminary plan, site plan, where staff is recommending approval with conditions. Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back. We're on item number 12, Cabin John Park, Section 1, Preliminary Plan, Site Plan, where staff is recommending approval with conditions. And this afternoon, we have Elza Heisel McCoy presenting this item. Welcome.”
Planning Board · Jun 25, 2026