Speaker numbers apply only to this recording.
On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, the Annapolis Economic Matters Committee (EMC) met at 6:00 PM in City Council Chambers. The meeting was called to order by Chair Savidge. Key topics included presentations on a new AI lab, legislation to allow long-term room rentals in private homes, mobile food vendor rules for special events, and the creation of a Main Street advisory task force.
Economic matters meeting for October 7th. To start off, for the record, we have order woman Alsom Johnson. Here and Alderman Shandelmeyer able to join us this evening. And let's see, approval of the minutes. So I have a motion to approve the minutes from July 1st. Move. Second. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Thank you. Oh, I forgot. Approval the agenda. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? Motion to move the agenda. Second agenda. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries, agenda's approved. Thank you. And on to general discussion. We have ID 4526, new maritime district business update. Mr. Straugh, you want to give an introduction to the introduce yourself and sorry if I use the phone. Yes, please. Yeah. So good evening, Council members. Just a slight correction. So the business that I'm presenting tonight is not a maritime business per se. They've located on West Street, but the work that they do will greatly affect the long-term health and water quality of the Chesapeake Bay. BAI Labs is a an AI laboratory that is developing new and exciting products around environmental science, stewardship, technology, as well as civil engineering and overall site selection. It's been a great experience working with their team, BI BAI Group, which is led by Jim Eckert, who's here with us tonight, is based in State College, Pennsylvania. This let this unit represents an innovative offshoot that will be developing these products and deploying them throughout the state at this point and throughout other states as well. At this point, they've been forging relationships with our local institutions, and it's my pleasure and privilege to be able to introduce them to you here today and uh so that they can present a slide deck and explain in more detail about what they do and you know importantly why they chose Annapolis to do it. So without any further ado, I'd like to present DeVar Ardelon, uh, who as well as the rest of her team. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. Shaw. And so, where would would you all like to present from the table? Yes. Thank you.