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Charles County Planning Commission Meeting: Data Center ZTA Public Hearing – November 17, 2025

County Commissioners & Boards — Monday, November 17, 2025
BodyCharles County, Maryland
SessionCounty Commissioners & Boards
DateMonday, November 17, 2025
StatusFILED
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Speaker 1

0:30

Okay, welcome to the November 17th Charles County Planning Commission meeting.

0:34

We will call it to order.

0:35

But before we get started, we have an incredible amount of public here tonight, which is great.

0:41

Having said that, we have one thing on our agenda that will be removed, and that will be the uh issue, the ZTA 25-188, the regulatory enforcement of encroachment.

0:53

That will be rescheduled at another time, so we're not going to have that on our agenda tonight.

0:58

We will only deal with the data center public hearing.

1:02

Secondly, at 7 30, we're going to take a break, kind of assess where we're at, because there's an enormous amount of people that may want to speak and haven't said that.

1:10

So at 7 30, we'll reassess things.

1:13

We may not get to everyone tonight, but what that means, we will continue this public hearing uh to our next meeting.

1:21

So it will be a continuation of tonight's if we do not wrap it up, just so you all know.

Unassigned speaker

1:26

So,

Speaker 1

1:26

Amy, what is first on our item?

Speaker 2

1:30

The first item on our agenda is to take a roll call of the members present.

1:34

When I state your name, please answer by saying here.

1:38

Kevin Wedding.

Speaker 1

1:40

Here.

Speaker 2

1:40

William Murray is absent this evening.

1:43

Jeffrey Bossart.

Speaker 1

1:44

Here.

Speaker 2

1:45

Denard Earl.

Speaker 3

1:47

Here.

Speaker 2

1:48

Dawood Abdur Rahman.

Speaker 4

1:50

Speaking of me here.

Speaker 2

1:51

Samaya Hackett.

1:53

Present.

1:54

And Ryan Sekretarski.

Speaker 1

1:56

Here.

Speaker 2

1:56

Thank

Unassigned speaker

1:57

you.

Unassigned speaker

1:58

Okay.

Speaker 1

1:59

Amy, what is the next item?

Speaker 2

2:02

Next item on the agenda is approval of the agenda.

Speaker 1

2:06

Okay.

2:06

So hopefully everyone has had an opportunity to look over the agenda, and I would entertain a motion to accept

Speaker 5

2:11

the

Speaker 1

2:11

agenda.

Speaker 5

2:12

Mr.

2:12

Chairman, I'll make a motion to accept the agenda as written.

Speaker 1

2:15

Okay, we have a motion.

2:16

We have a second.

2:17

We have a second.

2:18

Any discussion?

2:19

Any opposition?

2:21

Okay.

2:21

Let's call for the vote.

2:22

All in favor, sign five of saying aye.

2:25

Aye.

Speaker 6

2:25

Aye.

Speaker 1

2:26

Aye.

2:27

Opposed?

2:27

Okay.

2:28

Motion carries.

2:29

Agenda is approved.

2:31

Next item, Amy.

Speaker 2

2:32

Next item on the agenda is approval of the November 3rd, 2025 minutes.

Speaker 1

2:38

Okay.

2:38

So hopefully everyone has had an opportunity to review those minutes, and I would entertain a motion to accept those as

Unassigned speaker

2:43

well.

Unassigned speaker

2:47

Ms.

Speaker 5

2:47

Chairman, I'll make a motion to approve the minutes of November 3rd, 2025.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Data Center Regulation█████████████████████████████████████████████56%
Environmental Protection██████████13%
Workforce Development███████9%
Procedural█████6%
Economic Development████5%
Zoning██3%
Energy Policy██2%
Water And Wastewater Management██2%
Public Engagement█1%
Summary of Proceedings

Charles County Planning Commission Meeting: Data Center ZTA Public Hearing

On November 17, 2025, the Charles County Planning Commission convened with one primary agenda item: a public hearing on Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 25-187, the data center zoning text amendment. Chairperson Kevin Wedding noted the large public turnout and announced that ZTA 25-188 (regulatory enforcement of encroachment) was removed from the agenda and would be rescheduled. The commission also indicated that if the public hearing could not be completed by 7:30 PM, it would continue at the next meeting.

Consent Calendar

  • Roll call was taken with six members present; William Murray was absent. Members present: Kevin Wedding, Jeffrey Bossart, Denard Earl, Dawood Abdur Rahman, Samaya Hackett, and Ryan Sekretarski.
  • Agenda approved unanimously as written.
  • November 3rd, 2025 minutes approved unanimously.
  • Chairperson had no additional comments.
  • ZTA 25-188 (regulatory enforcement of encroachment) was removed from the agenda and rescheduled for another time.
  • No personal appearances were heard because no items off the agenda were presented.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • The meeting included an

Meeting Transcript

Okay, welcome to the November 17th Charles County Planning Commission meeting. We will call it to order. But before we get started, we have an incredible amount of public here tonight, which is great. Having said that, we have one thing on our agenda that will be removed, and that will be the uh issue, the ZTA 25-188, the regulatory enforcement of encroachment. That will be rescheduled at another time, so we're not going to have that on our agenda tonight. We will only deal with the data center public hearing. Secondly, at 7 30, we're going to take a break, kind of assess where we're at, because there's an enormous amount of people that may want to speak and haven't said that. So at 7 30, we'll reassess things. We may not get to everyone tonight, but what that means, we will continue this public hearing uh to our next meeting. So it will be a continuation of tonight's if we do not wrap it up, just so you all know. So, Amy, what is first on our item? The first item on our agenda is to take a roll call of the members present. When I state your name, please answer by saying here. Kevin Wedding. Here. William Murray is absent this evening. Jeffrey Bossart. Here. Denard Earl. Here. Dawood Abdur Rahman. Speaking of me here. Samaya Hackett. Present. And Ryan Sekretarski. Here. Thank you. Okay. Amy, what is the next item? Next item on the agenda is approval of the agenda. Okay. So hopefully everyone has had an opportunity to look over the agenda, and I would entertain a motion to accept the agenda. Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion to accept the agenda as written. Okay, we have a motion. We have a second. We have a second. Any discussion? Any opposition? Okay. Let's call for the vote. All in favor, sign five of saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed?

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