KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND
COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S

PUBLIC HEARING - March 25,2003

A Public Hearing was held on Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 9:15 a.m. in the County Commissioners' Hearing Room, County Government Center, Chestertown, for the purpose of discussing the application submitted by Frank S. Newsome, Jr., for the voluntary creation of an Agricultural Land Preservation District on his 87 acre farm located on 24452 Lambs Meadow Road in the Third Election District.

County Commissioners William W. Pickrum, Roy W. Crow and Scott D. Livie were in attendance as well as Gail Owings, Director, Planning and Zoning Administration and Mr. Newsome, applicant.

Notice of public hearing was read into the record by Commissioner Pickrum

Mrs. Owings presented a map identifying the Newsome property and advised that this property meets all the criteria and would prevent further development by establishing a contiguous block of over 1,150 acres enrolled in the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation. Approximately 68.4 % of the soils are classified capability Class II and III.

Commissioner Pickrum read into the record correspondence received from Elizabeth H. Morris, Chairman, Planning Commission, and correspondence received from Robert W. Clark, Jr., Chairman, Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board, which advised of both Board's unanimous vote to recommend approval of this application.

There was no one in the audience who wished to speak for or against this application for submission to the Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation.

A motion was made by Commissioner Crow, seconded by Commissioner Livie and made unanimous by Commissioner Pickrum to recommend approval of the application submitted by Mr. Newsome for the voluntary creation of an Agricultural Land Preservation District to the Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation.

The Commissioners thanked Mr. Newsome for preserving his property for agricultural use.

This hearing was taped for reference and adjourned at 9:20 a.m.