Throwing down the gauntlet

Four Seasons revisited – with a vengeance! 

Process of elimination

Did I miss something?

Things are getting crazy again

more Bill Evans

Then, this last Bay Times (February 6) “Question of the Week – Bay Views” (Page 7) was “What do you think of the proposal to move planning commission decisions from Board of Appeals oversight?”  Check it out – all 5 were aware of the issue and clearly against this proposal.

Court of Appeals hearing 11/2/07, Case No. 35

Robert W. Foley, Jr. et al. v. K.Hovnanian at Kent Island, LLC, will be archived for webcast by 11/2/07 at close of Court.

ISSUE - NATURAL RESOURCES ART. - CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA ACT - WHAT IS LEGAL EFFECT OF AN ORDINANCE ENACTED TO CREATE NEW CRITICAL AREA DISTRICTS WHEN THE ORDINANCE CONTAINS NO INFORMATION ABOUT LOCATION OF NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES?

Attorney for Appellant: C. Daniel Saunders
Attorneys for Appellee: John Zink III v. Joseph Stevens 

The State Attorney General’s office (Doug Gansler’s office) has filed their brief in support of the BPW’s decision.  It clearly and strongly supports the BPW’s legislative discretion regarding State Wetlands. 

In addition, several citizens who testified at the Board of Public Works hearings during the summer have collectively filed a written brief to defend the State BPW position. 

K. Hovnanian will now make their response and it will then proceed to a hearing in the District Court in Centreville (???Judge Sause???).  The date we’ve heard is December 18 but not confirmed.  Will keep you advised.

Zoning for Chester Stevensville Community Plan

On Tuesday the Commissioners passed a resolution that once Community Plans/Comprehensive Plans are completed – they will no longer just be put on the shelf.  They will have meaning, and zoning changes will be coordinated.  If this had been the case in 1998 – Kent Island would NOT have had the high-density SMPD/CMPD zoning put in place.  It’s been many years and 2 election cycles now trying to correct this blunder.

Letter to the Editor:

The Centreville Planning Commission and a Citizen’s Advisory group spent nearly two years carefully determining the optimum growth boundary and greenbelt that would accommodate growth in our Town.  They ultimately decided that an expansion of our growth boundary established by the Town’s 1998 Comprehensive Plan and the County’s 2002 Comprehensive Plan was not needed.   read more

If you have not written to thank the Governor and Comptroller – please do it now. 

• Coordinating with other community organizations on Kent Island and in Queen Anne's County. 
• Networked with anti Wal-Mart and Site 104 groups, and anti-sprawl groups in Queen Anne's and adjoining counties as well as the western shore.
• Pursued appeals of the MDE permit to increase sewage effluent discharge into the Bay.
• Investigating the actual current sewage discharge of the KNSG Treatment plant.
• Pursued legal actions appealing the State Critical Area Commission's approval of the Four Seasons' growth allocation; and seeking judicial review on the determination of "deficiency" of the Citizens' Petition for Referendum of the County's Ordinance granting growth allocation to Four Seasons.
• Examining other large development plans that have been submitted to the county.