The County Council of Talbot County continues to discuss resolutions regarding the County’s Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plan (CWSP) and the Town of Trappe.
The Council will hold public hearings regarding Resolution Nos. 338, 347, and 348, including associated amendments, during their meeting on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, commencing at 6:00 p.m. in the Bradley Meeting Room, 11 N. Washington Street, Easton, Maryland. Copies of the Resolutions and the proposed amendments can be found at talbotcountymd.gov/pending_legislation. The titles of the Resolutions are as follows:
- Resolution No. 338, A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE TALBOT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE WATER AND SEWER PLAN (CWSP) FOR CONSISTENCY WITH DISCHARGE PERMIT NO. 19-DP-3460, ISSUED BY THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON OCTOBER 27, 2022 AND TO REQUIRE THAT ANY FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE NEW LAKESIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SHALL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CWSP
- Resolution No. 347, A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE TALBOT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE WATER AND SEWER PLAN TO PROVIDE THE EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS FOR ALL PHASES OF THE LAKESIDE DEVELOPMENT
- Resolution No. 348, A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE TALBOT COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE WATER AND SEWER PLAN TO CLARIFY AND CONFIRM THE WATER AND SEWER CLASSIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN PARCELS INCORRECTLY SHOWN IN EXHIBITS A AND B TO RESOLUTION NO. 281, AS AMENDED
Council President Chuck Callahan issued the statement below following the Councils’ January 23, 2024, meeting:
“We understand that the resolutions regarding the County’s Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plan and the Town of Trappe can be difficult to follow. It is a complicated matter with a lengthy history. The Council looks forward to addressing this matter on February 13, 2024, and resolving the concerns raised by the Maryland Department of the Environment.
To learn more about this issue, citizens are encouraged to watch or read transcripts of previous Council meeting, read the Council meeting highlights, review the proposed Resolutions and amendments posted on the County’s website, and attend the Council meeting on February 13, 2024.”
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Long time residents deeply appreciate the Council’s tradition of attempting to preserve some kind of rural character in the face of rampant and overwhelming development elsewhere. Providing an easy gateway for this developer would signal the start of an inevitable destruction of that character.
Long time residents need to remember that even if they own a 2,000 sq foot home in the county they don’t own the land of the county. To deny housing a right of all Americans simply for the selfish act of preserving a so called “ rural character “ seems very selfish and meaningless.
Think about the new families and children instead of yourself. When a lot of these so called long timers came to the shore the county was a lot different! Anyone that thinks out of their own box knows that housing is one of the biggest problems among other things. The last thing anyone needs is a speech about rural character and then go shop at the Harris Teeter and Target!