UPDATE: Forest Conservation Hearing to Open Meeting

UPDATED (6:05 p.m.)—Patch will not provide live coverage of tonight's meeting as previously noted.

Patch will provide a wrap-up of the meeting Wednesday.

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The first Havre de Grace City Council meeting of 2012 will open with a public hearing on a forest conservation ordinance.

City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at —, as the first Monday of the month fell on a government holiday. The second January meeting will be held on the third Tuesday of the month, as Jan. 16 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

The forest conservation ordinance was first introduced at , with Councilman Jim Miller moving for a public hearing before council voted. It's possible the ordinance could be added to Tuesday's meeting agenda following the hearing.

The meeting, itself, will include a presentation and two appointments.

Russell Levy, representing the VFW, will present an award to an outstanding member of the .

Dr. William Russell is up for appointment as an alternate member of the Planning Commission, and Joe Gamatoria is up for reappointment to the Street and Traffic Safety Advisory Board.

See the PDF file included with this post for the full agenda.