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YOU READY? ALRIGHT.[1. ROLL CALL]
EVERYBODY TO THE, UH, MARCH 7TH WORKSHOP WITH THE DI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.CAN WE GET ROLL CALL MR. NER? HERE, MR. MOODY? HERE.
WELL SEE, IT'S, IT'S A MOUSE OFF CODE
EVERYBODY'S HERE, BUT WE JUST, I'M ANSWERING FOR EVERYBODY.
YOU GOT, I'M GONNA BE NUMBER FOUR.
[2.A. Pamplin Historical Park]
WE'LL GO INTO OUR REPORTS.COLIN ROENICK IS HERE WITH PAMPHLET HISTORICAL PARK.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISOR, MR.
I'M GONNA PLAY YOU CURVEBALL FRONT.
SO THIS, THIS IS BEING RECORDED STREAMLINED.
SO I PROBABLY, IF IT'S OKAY, IF YOU CAN DO IT SITTING DOWN IN THE MIC SO THE PEOPLE AT HOME CAN LISTEN TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UH, COLIN ROENICK, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH PAM HISTORICAL PARK.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS, MR. FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY, UH, TO TALK ABOUT OUR DIMITY RESIDENT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HAD, UH, NOW IN ITS SECOND YEAR.
UH, SO I'VE GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU, MAINLY TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM THUS FAR.
UH, WHAT IT INCORPORATES AND, UH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE FIRST SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE HAD A 29% INCREASE IN DENWITTY RESIDENTS FROM, UH, THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, 21 TO 22.
UM, AND THESE ARE UNIQUE DENWITTY RESIDENTS, UH, AND VISITS.
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT, UM, THERE'S MULTIPLE BENEFITS.
WE HAVE THE 424 ACRE PARK WITH HISTORIC HOMES AND MUSEUMS, UM, INCLUDING A THEATER.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S HOUSE TOURS, UH, THAT WE DO EVERY DAY.
UM, THERE'S OVER 80 VIDEO AND AUDIO STOPS WHERE YOU GO THROUGH WITH AN OREO DEVICE, SIMILAR TO AN IPHONE.
UM, AND THAT WORKS INSIDE THE MUSEUMS AND ALSO OUT, UH, IN THE AGRICULTURAL AREA OF THE PLANTATION SITE AT TUDOR HALL AND ALSO THE BATTLEFIELD.
SO, UH, THAT NOT ONLY GIVES YOU THE AUDIO PART OF THE TOUR, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU VISUALLY ON THE PHONE WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE AT THAT TIME, WHETHER IT'S ARTWORK, LETTERS, UM, TO INFORM YOU MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, AND FOR MANY OF THE RESIDENTS, THEY COME BACK MULTIPLE TIMES.
SOME OF THEM COME EVERY DAY TO WALK THE TRAILS FOR EXERCISE OR JUST TO GET OUT, ENJOY NATURE.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE IT WHERE 13 TIMES YOU CAN COME BACK AND GET A UNIQUE SOLDIER COMRADE.
THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE, UH, WHO WERE IN THE CIVIL WAR.
AND AS YOU GO THROUGH WITH THAT DEVICE, YOU FOLLOW THEIR STORY TO A CONCLUSION.
UH, AND AT THE END OF YOUR VISIT, YOU FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO 'EM.
SO TECHNICALLY YOU COULD COME 13 TIMES AND JUST IN THAT ALONE HAVE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE EACH TIME.
UH, WE HAVE FIVE MILES OF TRAILS.
UM, AND OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL INCLUDED WITH GENERAL ADMISSION.
UH, AND ALSO WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED WITH GENERAL ADMISSION, WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH HERE SHORTLY.
UH, AND OF COURSE, I MENTIONED THAT WE DO HAVE THE DAILY TOURS THAT ARE ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT BENEFIT, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, ONE OF THE NEW, UH, EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IS MEDAL OF HONOR DAY, WHICH, UH, THIS YEAR IS MARCH 25TH.
SO THIS IS A FIRST TIME EVENT FOR US.
UM, A PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING GOING FORWARD IS EXPANDING OUR CIVIL WAR MISSION INTO TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN THEMES AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, TODAY AND THE MILITARY TODAY, UH, WE HAVE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS THAT WERE AT OUR SITE DURING THE APRIL 2ND, UH, BREAKTHROUGH BATTLE OF 1865.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH ARMY MUSEUM'S CURATOR THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE COMING AND SPEAKING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE MEDAL OF HONOR, UM, ACTUAL MEDALS ON DISPLAY FROM THE WORLD WARS AND OTHER WARS, UM, AND TALK ABOUT THESE STORIES.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED WITH GENERAL ADMISSION, INCLUDING OUR, UH, ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND.
THIS YEAR'S FIRST AND SECOND, UH, WE'VE GOT MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY.
WE HAVE A WORLD WAR II EVENT THAT'S IN ITS FOURTH YEAR.
THAT'S IN AUGUST EACH YEAR, UH, THE VETERAN'S DAY OBSERVANCE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION THAT ARE ALL, UH, INCLUDED WITH, UH, REGULAR ADMISSION.
AND, AND WITHIN EACH OF THESE, UH, WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT ASPECTS, UH, OF THE EVENT.
IT'S NOT JUST LIVING HISTORY AS YOU WOULD THINK, A REENACTMENT.
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WE DO HAVE SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS IN THIS SLIDE.YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, WE ACTUALLY HAD, UH, PATRICK HENRY WAS WITH US, UH, RECREATED, UM, AND DID HIS FAMOUS, UH, LIBERTY OR DEATH SPEECH.
UM, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, UH, WORLD WAR II, UM, DIRECTOR OF THE, UH, 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION FROM UTAH ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND SPOKE AT OUR WORLD WAR II EVENT.
SO THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF EITHER END OF THE SPECTRUM OUTSIDE OF CIVIL WAR THAT YOU'RE GETTING TO SEE DENVER WITTY RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND EXPERIENCE AS PART OF THIS, UM, BENEFIT THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE DEITY RESIDENT.
UH, GENERAL ADMISSION PACKAGE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
WE HAVE AN ANNUAL CHANGING EXHIBIT THAT RUNS FROM MEMORIAL DAY, UH, THROUGH NOVEMBER.
UH, AND THEN, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, WE HAD THE MACARTHUR MEMORIAL CAME FOR THE WORLD WAR II EVENT, ONE OF SEVERAL OUT OF THE AREA MUSEUMS THAT PARTICIPATED AND ACTUALLY BROUGHT ARTIFACTS.
THEY DID PROGRAMS AND PRESENTED LECTURES AS PART OF THAT WEEKEND EVENT.
SO, AGAIN, THESE WERE ALL INCLUDED WITH GENERAL ADMISSION, UH, WHICH WAS FREE TO DI WITTY RESIDENTS UNDER THE PROGRAM.
UH, WE OF COURSE HAVE REENACTMENTS LIVING HISTORY.
OUR ANNIVERSARY BATTLE WEEKEND IS, OF COURSE, APRIL 2ND EACH YEAR.
UM, AND THAT'S USUALLY A TWO DAY EVENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE, OF COURSE, SOME OF OUR CIVIL WAR REENACTERS ON THE LEFT, BUT WE'RE ALSO, UH, MULTICULTURAL, UH, AND HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, EXPANDED INTO SOME OTHER AREAS.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE JAPANESE SOLDIERS THAT VENTURED FROM FLORIDA ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE FOR THE WORLD WAR II EVENT WE DID THIS PAST AUGUST.
UM, SO THAT'S ALSO WAS INCLUDED WITH REGULAR ADMISSION AND THE DIM WITTY PROGRAM.
WE ALSO HAVE CEREMONIES THAT WE DO FOR MAINLY MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY AND VETERANS DAY.
UH, WE HAVE A SPEAKER GUEST SPEAKERS FOR THOSE YOU CAN SEE IN THE LEFT SLIDE AND THE RIGHT, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH FORT LEE IN VARIOUS WAYS NOW BETWEEN STAFF RIDES.
WE'RE ACTUALLY THE ONLY PRIVATE PARK THAT IS OFFERING STAFF RIDES TO CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANTS COURSES FROM LOGISTICS UNIVERSITY NOW.
UM, BUT THE CEREMONIES ARE PART OF THE, UH, DENWITTY RESIDENT BENEFIT WITH, UH, EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO PAY FOR GENERAL ADMISSION FOR THESE CEREMONIES.
AND, UH, THE COLOR GUARDS ARE NOW COMING FROM FORT LEE, UH, IN ANOTHER COLLABORATION THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH THEM.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE, AGAIN, DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS, UH, IN THE RIGHT IMAGE.
IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD A SOLDIER FROM EACH OF AMERICA'S CONFLICTS WAS PART OF THAT BEHIND THE COLOR GUARD.
AND OBVIOUSLY A COLONIAL PFEIFFER, UH, FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE FOREGROUND.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE PERFORMANCES, WHETHER THEY BE DEMONSTRATIONS, WHETHER IT'S A MEDICAL DEMONSTRATION OF SURGERY, UH, FIREARMS DEMONSTRATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE WORLD WAR II, UH, REENACTORS ON THE LEFT DEMONSTRATING IN OUR DEMONSTRATION AREA.
WE ALSO HAVE BANDS THAT PERFORM, UM, DIFFERENT EVENTS.
ACTUALLY, THAT SAME HARKEN BACK STRING BAND PERFORMED AT OUR GALA EVENT, WHICH AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THE SUPERVISORS WERE AT, GOT TO ENJOY THEIR MUSIC.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE OFFERING ARTS AND CULTURE IN ADDITION TO JUST THE LIVING HISTORY AND THE CIVIL WAR HISTORY AT OUR SITE.
TO, TO THOSE WHO ARE, ARE COMING TO THE PARK, TAKING PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
UH, SOMETHING I THOUGHT I'D INTRODUCE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETED EVENTS NOW THAT WE DO, USUALLY THROUGH EVENTBRITE.
UM, THESE CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE.
THEY WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THE DIMITY RESIDENT PROGRAM.
UH, BUT GOING FORWARD, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE INTRODUCING MORE OF THESE SPECIFICALLY NEXT YEAR IN A SERIES.
THEY'RE GONNA BE THEMED AND MAINLY, UH, CONTAIN MUSIC AND ARTS, UH, SPEAKERS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY GONNA BE CIVIL WAR SUBJECT MATTER, BUT MAYBE UNDER THE THEME OR UMBRELLA OF LEADERSHIP FROM DIFFERENT PERIODS, UH, AND WORKSHOPS.
UH, AND THEY CAN BE ANYTHING FROM GENEALOGY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE AND TAKE CRAFTS TYPE OF EVENTS.
UM, AND THOSE WILL BE TICKETED AND THAT'S PERHAPS SOMETHING WE COULD EXPAND INTO IN THE FUTURE, UH, TO EITHER GIVE A DISCOUNT TO THOSE, UH, OR OUTSIDE CURRENTLY, UH, THE PROGRAM FOR DEITY RESIDENTS.
BUT JUST WANTED TO MENTION, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE THE PREMIER CULTURAL ARTS INSTITUTION, I THINK, IN THE TRI-CITIES AREA.
AND WE'RE YOUR INSTITUTION HERE IN DENWITTY.
SO WE'RE GONNA START DOING MORE, UH, ART, ART AND CULTURES, UH, TYPE OF EVENTS, UH, AND, AND ENGAGEMENTS.
AND THAT'S JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND THE BENEFITS.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT TO THE PARK, YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE DO.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A SAMPLE OF ALSO WHERE WE'RE GOING.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.
SHARE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARK OR THE PROGRAM.
I HAVE JUST, UM, STUDENT POPULATION.
HOW, HOW WAS THAT? UH, WHERE ARE WE NOW COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE? HOW ARE WE RAMPING UP? WHAT, WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR THAT? UH, OF COURSE, 2020, WE SAW THAT EVAPORATE WITH COVID.
UM, AND IT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS INTO OUR SCHOOL SEASON.
'CAUSE USUALLY THE END OF FEBRUARY IS WHEN THAT STARTS.
AND IT GOES THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF JUNE FOR THE SPRING.
AND THEN WE ALSO NOW HAVE AN INCREASING FALL, UM, FIELD TRIP PRESENCE WITH THE SCHOOL GROUPS.
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UM, WITH 19 BEING THE BENCHMARK THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY, IN EARNEST THIS WEEK ARE STARTING WITH THE SCHOOL GROUPS AND THEY'RE COMING BACK IN THE HUNDREDS, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE SEEING BEFORE WAS SMALLER NUMBER OF GROUPS AND LESSER NUMBERS IN THE GROUPS.SO, UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, BEYOND WHAT WE WERE COMING BACK.
UM, WE'RE NOT QUITE AT THE 2019 LEVELS, BUT IT'S, IT'S BACK MUCH STRONGER.
UM, THERE'S STILL SOME SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT ARE STILL HESITANT ABOUT FIELD TRIPS, UM, WITH LARGE NUMBERS.
AND SOME OF THOSE, UH, HAVE BEEN BROKEN UP OR DOING SMALLER VISITS WITH US.
UM, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY COMING BACK.
WELL I KNOW THAT'S THE LIFEBLOOD IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR THE PARK, SO, AND IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME IN THERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEXT BUDGET.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IF WE COULD TAKE MAYBE JUST A ABOUT YOU WANNA DO IT NOW? RECESS? YEP.
UM, NOW THAT MR. MOODY'S HERE, WE'LL GET, WE'LL SHOOT THAT PICTURE AND WE'LL BE BACK IN.
[2.B. Appomattox Regional Library System]
APAX REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM.I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM.
OBVIOUSLY IT SERVES THE DENWOODY COUNTY WITH ITS THREE LOCATIONS.
UH, THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE CLERK'S OFFICE, DENWOODY, AS WELL AS THE RAIC LIBRARY, WHICH IS AT THE EAST SIDE ENHANCEMENT CENTER.
AND THEN ON THE KENNEDY LIBRARY, WHICH IS PART OF THE RAGSDALE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER.
I SENT DOWN, UH, A HANDOUT WITH THE NUMBERS FOR OUR LIBRARY FOR THE PAST CALENDAR YEAR, UH, AND ALSO SOME PHOTOGRAPHS.
I DID NOT PREPARE A POWERPOINT BECAUSE POWERPOINTS REALLY WORK OFF OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
AND WHEN YOU CAN'T TAKE PICTURES OF CHILDREN OR YOU POST THEM, YOU WIND UP WITH JUST READING NUMBERS TO YOU ALL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, YOUR THREE LIBRARIES AS PART OF THE SYSTEM.
UM, IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW WE ARE RECOVERING.
AS THE GENTLEMAN FROM LIN PARK SAID, FROM COVI, WE ARE NOW AT 89% CIRCULATION FOR WHERE IT WAS, UM, IN 2020 BEFORE EVERYTHING WENT.
I HAVE A LIBRARIAN WHO REFERS TO IT AS THE DARK TIMES BEFORE THE DARK TIMES BEGAN.
UM, SO WE'VE BOUGHT BACK TO 89%.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR THE DENWITTY COUNTY, UM, LIBRARIES, UH, YOUR COMMUNITY IS FINDINGS AGAIN.
UM, SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR, DENWITTY COUNTY CIRCULATION IS UP 6%.
SO, UM, WE'RE COMING BACK AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROGRAM FOR EVERYONE.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE HANDOUT, TALKS ABOUT US CREATING A PROGRAMMING RESOURCE ENLIGHTENED COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF YOU.
UM, WE OF COURSE, HAVE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING IS THE BACKBONE OF LIBRARIES.
UM, WE TEND, AS A PROFESSION, AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE DO WELL WITH CHILDREN UP UNTIL ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THEN THEY SLOWLY DRIFT AWAY FROM US AND THEN THEY COME BACK AS ADULTS.
SO WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO BRING BACK THE TEENS.
UM, ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS WE HAVE IN DIM WITTY COUNTY IS THE DIMITY LIBRARY HAS ONLY ONE DOOR IN AND ONE DOOR OUT.
AND THAT WORRIES ME FOR PROGRAMMING.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN WORKING WITH, UH, MR. VINES AND MR. WALTERS WITH THE PARKS AND REC, UM, AND USING THE, UM, I GUESS THEY'RE CALLED BALLROOMS AT EAST SIDE AND MCKENNEY FOR PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE, UH, PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDED IS ONE OF OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAMS, AND WE WILL BE DOING THOSE SUMMER READING PROGRAMS AGAIN, UH, THIS YEAR.
WE'RE CONFIDENT THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER SHUTDOWN WHERE, UH, PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO BE CANCELED IN DOING SO.
UH, THE PHOTOGRAPH I SENT IS OF A PIRATE PROGRAM, WHICH REVOLVED AROUND STEAM, UM, SCIENCE.
AND THE, UM, PRESENTER IS USING WIND TO SHOW HOW I CALL IT TOILET PAPER.
MY PROGRAMMER SAYS IT'S STREAMERS.
BUT WHATEVER THE CASE, THE UM, UH, PROGRAM IS DEMONSTRATED IN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL AS LEGO STORY TIME.
WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO PROGRAM MORE FOR ADULTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, MS. ENGLISH AND MR. WALTERS AND MR. UM, SAM, I'M DRAWING A BLANK KANE, MR. KANE, AS WELL AS BABA HAMMOND WITH THE, UM, VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION'S, WORKFORCE SERVICES.
AND IF ALL GOES WELL, SHE WILL ARRANGE FOR SOMEWHERE AROUND NINE OR 10 EMPLOYERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY HIRING, COORDINATED WITH HER GROUPS TO BRING A, A JOB FAIR TO THE EAST SIDE ENHANCEMENT CENTER IN EARLY, UM, SUMMER SOMETIME.
AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAT, OF COURSE, WILL BE PRESENTED TO ALL OF YOU IN OUR NEWSLETTER AND OUR PROGRAMMERS.
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YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICES THAT THIS LIBRARY SYSTEM PROVIDES, WHILE THE DOOR COUNT REPRESENTS ONLY, UM, 7% OF THE TOTAL DOOR COUNT FOR THE SYSTEM, AND AGAIN, YOUR THREE LIBRARIES DO NOT HAVE THE MEETING ROOMS THAT DRAW PEOPLE TO HOPEVILLE OR PRINCE GEORGE, YOUR CITIZENS STILL CHECK OUT 20% OF OUR MATERIALS.UM, WE HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT DRAW PEOPLE TO OUR LOCATIONS, UM, WHERE THE LIBRARY SYSTEM IS VERY GRATEFUL TO FOLD THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, DINWOODY THAT SUPPORTS THAT.
AND THE FRIENDS OF THE HOPE WILL PRINCE GEORGE LIBRARY HAVE STEPPED UP AND BEEN A FRIENDS GROUP TO RAHO INTO MCKENNEY.
SO WE HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, EFFORTS THAT ARE TRYING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE IN.
WE'VE CHANGED OUR MEETING ROOM POLICY FOR OTHER LOCATIONS.
SO WE NOW LET BUSINESSES USE THAT SPACE FOR INTERVIEWS.
MEETINGS YOU CAN'T SELL OUT OF OUR LIBRARIES, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DRAW PEOPLE IN.
AND AS I SAID, WE HAVE PLANS TO HAVE OUTDOOR EVENTS WITH YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT WE ARE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGHOUT YOUR COUNTY AND ARE READY TO ASSIST YOU IN ANY WAY.
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[2.D.Dinwiddie County Chamber Of Commerce]
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GOOD JOB,HI, I'M JUNE PATE FROM THE EMITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I'M THE PAST PRESIDENT AND I'M TURNING OVER THE REIGNS TO KENNETH BOWER AND BOWERS.
AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE US THE REPORT ON WHAT WE DO WITH THE MONEY THAT YOU FUND US WITH.
AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I WAS IN THE FOUR H AND I RODE HORSES, AND THEN MY GRANDKIDS WERE IN THE FOUR H AND THEY DO PRESENTATIONS IN THE FAIR AND ALL THAT.
AND I'M SO GLAD THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN FOUR H.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN BOARD OTHER VENDORS.
RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT THE ITCHES ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE ANTS, BUT, UM,
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY HERE AND, AND REACHING OUT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE, THE FUNDS OF $6,000 THAT YOU GUYS GAVE US THIS PAST YEAR.
I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT DID.
IT DOES CARRY A FANTASTIC PUNCH.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD A THOUSAND DOLLARS WE PUT FOR OUR JOB FAIR.
AND JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, LAST YEAR WE HAD ROUGHLY 65 VENDORS, 125 PARTICIPANTS, AND WE ACTUALLY HIRED 35 PEOPLE OFF THE SPOT.
SO THAT WAS A, A FANTASTIC THING, ESPECIALLY WITH COVI AND THE
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UNEMPLOYMENT, THAT THAT WAS REALLY A GOOD, A GOOD START.UH, WE HAD 3000 WE PUT TOWARDS THE PARADE, UH, FOR DE WITTY COUNTY.
UH, AFTER THE LAST TWO YEARS OF COVID, UH, THE RESIDENTS REALLY CAME OUT, UH, SUPPORTED IT, THE COMMUNITIES THAT WAS VERY MUCH WELL NEEDED.
UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA TRY TO DRIVE THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR AND HOPEFULLY GET MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING.
BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD OUTBREAK.
I THINK EVERYBODY WAS TIRED OF BEING LOCKED UP, REALLY WANTED TO ENJOY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WINTER.
AND, UM, BUT IT JUST VERY WELL THOUGHT OF, UH, WE DID USE $400 FOR OUR LOCAL MEETINGS.
BUT THESE ARE, UH, THESE ARE NICE BECAUSE THEY ARE WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UH, WE TRY TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SPEAKER AND PERSON EACH TIME.
SO LIKE TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER QUARTERLY MEETING AT THE DUNLOP ASSISTED LIVING HOUSE.
AND IT JUST GIVES EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CONNECT AND USE A VOICE TO, YOU KNOW, WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE ALSO HAD A ANNUAL AWARD BANQUET.
WE SPENT ROUGHLY 37 50 ON THIS AS WELL.
WAS WAS NICE 'CAUSE WE USE RIVERSIDE V UH, VINEYARDS.
UM, SO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES.
WE HAD NEW BUSINESSES, BEST NONPROFIT, BEST COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UH, AND IT WAS KIND OF NICE 'CAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF PARTICIPATION FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THE LOCAL WEBSITE, UM, NUMBER ONE, VOTE FOR EVERYBODY AND THEN GET ALL THESE LOCALS OUT THERE TO REALLY REPRESENT.
SO IT WAS A REALLY NICE NIGHT, UM, JUST FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE NETWORK AND, AND HELP US AS, AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRY TO RECONNECT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BUSINESSES THROUGH, THROUGH COVID THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT AND, AND SMALLER MOM AND POP BUSINESSES THAT THEY ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN.
THEY JUST COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO OPERATE.
SO THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY WELL NEEDED.
UH, THIS OF COURSE DID COME TO ROUGHLY 7,000.
UM, WE DID USE OTHER EXPENSES THROUGHOUT OUR, UM, OUR MEMBERSHIP DUES SPONSORS, DONATIONS, AND JUST PARADE REGISTRATION.
UM, BUT WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
UH, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND SUPERVISORS FOR THAT.
UH, WE KNOW IT HELPS DEN WITTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT DIM WITTY BUSINESSES.
I ALSO THINK IT'S, IT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR THEIR GROWTH AND INTERACTION WITH OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO GET INTO IT, AS WELL AS THE DIM WITTY COUNTY RESIDENTS.
UM, I, I'M ACTUALLY A CHESTERFIELD RESIDENTS, BUT I DO WORK HERE IN DEN WITTY AND I FIND GREAT VALUE OF THAT.
UM, A LOT OF THESE SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE STRUGGLED TO, TO GET UP AND GET OPERATIONAL, UH, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD PLATFORM FOR 'EM TO BE ABLE TO NETWORK WITH OTHER PLACES, SHOWCASE THEIR GOODS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HELP BUILD AND HOPEFULLY GROW OUR, OUR PULL OF, OF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL DO MY BEST TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
JUST THAT I TO SUPPORTING BUSINESSES.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M WEAR SAUCE NOW?
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WHERE'S YOURS? OKAY, SO WE ARE HERE TO, UM, JUST GO OVER THE, UM, GOOD.[2.E. Virginia Department Of Transportation Six Year Secondary Plan]
OKAY.SO WHAT I HAVE GIVEN EACH OF YOU IS, IS THIS COPY HERE, WHICH SHOWS THE PROJECTED SIX YEAR PLAN ALLOCATIONS FOR UNPAVED AND TFE FUNDS FOR THE UPCOMING SIX YEARS.
I ALSO GAVE YOU A COPY OF THE CURRENT SIX YEAR PLAN THAT IS, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT IS, UM, APPROVED.
UM, I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS YELLOW LINE HERE.
UM, ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THIS, I'M SORRY, ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SIX YEAR PLAN ARE FULLY FUNDED.
THE LAST PROJECT THAT IS IN THE PLAN, AND ON THE THIRD PAGE OF YOUR SIX YEAR PLAN, I ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTED THAT ONE.
UM, THE NEW FORMAT I KNOW IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, BUT THE PROJECT IS BETWEEN THE TWO BOLD LINES FROM 6 9 9 HORSE TRAIL ROAD TO THE HIGHLIGHTED 13 AT, AT THE BOTTOM THERE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY 13,000.
UM, SO IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE PLAN, WE'RE EXPECTED TO GET 173,118.
UM, IN ORDER TO FULLY FUND THIS LAST PROJECT IN YOUR PLAN, WE WILL NEED 169,000 OF THAT 1 73.
THAT'LL ONLY LEAVE YOU WITH $3,200 OF UNPAVED MONEY IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE PLAN.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR, FOR UNPAVED ROADS IS JUST TO ADD THIS AMOUNT INTO THE LINE ITEM THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
SINCE WE DON'T REALLY WANNA START A PROJECT AND ONLY PUT $3,000 ON IT.
THAT IN YES, IT IS IN THE PLAN, IT IS THE, YES, ONCE THE, UM, ONCE WE GET GET THE FINAL NUMBERS FROM THE CTB, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
UM, ONCE THAT PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED IN THE YEAR 2029, THE 3,255 THAT YOU SEE IN THIS YELLOW LINE IS ALL THAT WILL BE LEFT TO DISTRIBUTE.
SO WE DON'T REALLY WANNA START A NEW PROJECT AND ONLY PUT $3,000 ON IT.
SO WE JUST RECOMMEND PUTTING THAT IN THE FUTURE
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PROJECTS LINE ITEM.UM, THEN I ALSO WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LAST LINE HERE, THE TFE MONEY.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE IS A PREVIOUS BALANCE OF 882,000, WHICH IS IN PREVIOUS FUNDING, WHICH IS AVAILABLE NOW TO, TO DO PROJECTS BASICALLY.
AND THIS CAME FROM A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT, THAT WERE CANCELED.
AND SO THIS MONEY WENT INTO THIS FUTURE, UM, THIS FUTURE PROJECTS LINE ITEM.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET ANOTHER 81,000 PER FISCAL YEAR FOR THE SIX YEARS, GIVING US ANOTHER 489,000 OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
SO WE'LL HAVE APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION.
SO, UM, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO HAVE A PROJECT ADDED TO THE PLAN IN WHICH WE CAN PUT THOSE TELE FEES ON WHICH WE GENERALLY DON'T PUT THOSE ON UNPAVED ROADS.
UM, AND WE, WE DID TALK ABOUT IT EARLIER TODAY ABOUT SOME POSSIBILITIES.
UM, SO WHEN DID WE USE THE LAST TELEPHONE MONEY? YEAH.
UM, WE HAVEN'T USED ANY TELEPHONE MONEY IN, IN QUITE SOME TIME, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS ON THE, THAT PROJECT THAT WE WERE, WE HAD PUT IN THE PLAN TO DO, UM, SOMETHING AT FOUR 60 AND 2 26.
AND SO THAT MONEY CAME OFF OF THERE AND WENT INTO THIS FUTURE FUNDS LINE ITEM.
THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NOTHING THERE, THERE WAS NO RECOMMENDATIONS.
YEAH, THERE WAS NO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT PROJECT, FOR ANY IMPROVEMENT ON AT THAT LOCATION.
SO, SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WAS BASICALLY WHEN IT WENT THROUGH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, UM, THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, VIABLE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT LOCATION.
SO WITHOUT A SCOPE OR A PROJECT, ANY ELEMENTS OF IMPROVEMENT? THERE WAS NO PROJECT TO EVEN START.
I DON'T THINK THE YELLOW ON FOUR 60.
YEAH, SO WE, WE'VE JUST GOT A, WE'VE GOT YOUR EMAIL, WE JUST NEED TO SEND THAT THROUGH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TO REVIEW THAT END OF THE SIGNAL AS WELL.
YEAH, SO THEY REVIEWED THE, THE 2 26 AT ROUTE ONE AND DID NOTE SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT WOULD MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
SO WE JUST NEED TO SUBMIT IT TO DO THE SAME THING ON THE OTHER END TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
SO, SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UM, I'VE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF TIMES AT THE TRANSPORTATION MEETING IS POSSIBLY LOOKING AT A REALIGNMENT OF QUAKER ROAD, UM, INTO A MORE OF A T INTERSECTION THAT'S A POSSIBILITY FOR THOSE TFE FUNDS.
UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
WE, WE CAN LEAVE THE MONEY IN UNPAVED, I MEAN, IN FUTURE PROJECTS, BUT AT SOME POINT WE REALLY NEED TO START SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING WHERE THAT MONEY IS GONNA GO AND THE BEST USES FOR IT.
UM, WE CAN SUBMIT KIND OF SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF PROJECTS WHERE IT COULD GO, UM, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH IT.
BUT, UM, BUT IT'S BEEN SITTING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO, UM, IF WE DON'T DO IT THIS CYCLE, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A PLAN TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT CYCLE FOR SURE.
IF NOT ONE MULTIPLE PROJECTS SO WE CAN START USING IT.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT QUAKER ROAD COMING YES.
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ROAD.I MEAN, MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT BEING THE PROJECT IS RIGHT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT LESS THAN $2 MILLION THAT WOULD REQUIRE RIGHT AWAY AND UTILITIES, WHICH COULD BURN THAT UP PRETTY QUICK.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO IS PUT TOGETHER TWO OR THREE VIABLE OPTIONS.
UM, GET OUR DISTRICT TO PUT TOGETHER SOME ESTIMATES AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD FIT WITHIN THE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN WE'LL DEFINITELY NAIL SOME DOWN BEFORE THE NEXT CYCLE TO PUT IN THE PLAN.
SO IF, UM, IF THE THE BOARD IS AGREEABLE TO THAT, THEN, UM, TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO WHEN WE HAVE THE WORK SESSION IS, IS THE BOARD WILL AGREE ON PROJECTS TO GO IN THERE, THEN WE BRING THEM AND WE PRESENT THEM.
BUT WE'RE BASICALLY NOT CHANGING THE SIX YEAR PLAN AT ALL.
SO, UM, WE COULD, UM, WE COULD ALMOST GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING ONCE WE GET THE, UM, THE APPROVED FUNDS.
SO, SO MEAN AT THIS STAGE, THERE'S NO NOTHING FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON
SO WE ARE BASICALLY IN A HOLDING PATTERN AT THIS POINT WAITING FOR THE CTB TO TELL US THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNTS PER LOCALITY.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE CAN KEY IT IN THE SYSTEM AND THEN WE CAN LET THE COUNTY STAFF KNOW TO GO AHEAD AND ADVERTISE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND BASICALLY WE'RE ADVERTISING THAT THE FUNDS IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE PLAN WILL BE GOING TO THE PROJECT THAT IS ALREADY IN THE PLAN.
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AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.WE ARE MOVING TO THE NEXT STAGE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, WE WERE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND, AND FILLED IT SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS IN WHICH, UM, THE DOCUMENT VERSION THAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU ALL IS A DRAFT THAT INCLUDES
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A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS OR SO, UM, AS WELL AS SOME THINGS THAT STAFF IDENTIFIED NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED.UH, SO FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE 200 PLUS PAGE DOCUMENT.
WE ARE GONNA TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
UM, THE OTHER DOCUMENT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE OUR A DOCUMENT OF FOCUS TODAY.
UM, IN TERMS OF TIMELINE AND WHERE WE ARE, UM, WE WILL, OUR NEXT, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY WILL BE ON MARCH 22ND.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE MARCH 29TH, A WEEK LATER.
WE OFFICIALLY ARE PRESENTING THE DRAFT TO THE PUBLIC ON THOSE TWO DAYS.
UM, ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WILL BE AT EAST SIDE ENHANCEMENT CENTER.
AND THEN RAGSDALE COMMUNITY CENTER IS WHERE WE WILL START ON THE 22ND.
AND SO A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS WILL HAPPEN ON THOSE DAYS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, CITIZENS TO GIVE COMMENT TO THE DRAFT.
UM, THE BERKELEY GROUP WILL BE PRESENT TO FIELD QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UM, AND I, I WAS ACTUALLY QUITE, UM, REFRESHED TO SEE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE HERE TODAY PRESENTING ON OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SIDE.
EVERY ONE OF THEM, UM, WERE STAKEHOLDERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN PROCESS.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A POSITIVE, UM, MOMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S FORTHCOMING AFTER WE HAVE, UH, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, SESSIONS AGAIN, UM, RELATIVE TO THE DRAFT.
UM, THE BERKELEY GROUP WILL THEN GO BACK AND INCORPORATE COMMENTS, UM, FROM, FROM OUR CITIZENS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
AND THEN WE WILL BE GOING, UM, FORWARD WITH A DRAFT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS REWORKED AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AGAIN, THEN THE DOCUMENT WILL BE COMING TO, TO YOU ALL AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND WE WILL, WE HAVE A GOAL OF AROUND THE END OF JUNE, UM, TO HAVE EVERYTHING TIED UP.
AND SO, AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN DOCUMENT, THERE ARE ALSO, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REFERENCED, UM, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED AS APPENDICES, ONE OF THOSE BEING MR. VINES, UH, RECREATION MASTER PLAN THAT IS NOT PHYSICALLY COMPLETED AT THIS TIME, BUT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE TIME WE FINISH, UM, THE COMPLAIN PROCESS.
AND SO OUR APPROACH TODAY, WE'RE KIND OF GONNA DO A PAGE TURN AND, UM, THE TEAM IS ALL THE WAY OVER THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO, UM, MR. BASSETT, YOU GET TO KICK OFF, UM, WITH, WITH THE SESSIONS.
AND SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR LEGAL TEAM WHO HAS ALSO, UM, BEEN A PARTNER WITH THIS PROCESS AND HAS GONE THROUGH AND WILL LIKELY JUMP IN AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE THEY ARE POLICY DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
UM, WE REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON THINGS THAT YOU, IF YOU SEE IT IN THIS DOCUMENT, IT IS THE INTENTION THAT IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BO THE BOARD AND STAFF WILL BE FOCUSED ON, UM, WHETHER IT'S IN THE LONG TERM, MEDIUM TERM OR SHORT TERM.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE STAFF RESOURCES, UH, STAFFING CONSIDERATIONS ARE IMPORTANT AS WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THIS.
SO IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH WHERE YOU FEEL THAT THE, UM, COUNTY'S DIRECTION SHOULD BE, UM, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE NEED TO TALK THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER APPROACH THAT NEEDS TO BE ENTERTAINED.
UM, BUT THERE IS A VERY, UM, VERY SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THIS IS THE FORWARD DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENT, BUT WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND CAPACITY FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE TO DO SO.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM THAT REGARD AS WELL AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, I THINK IT'S IN A, A GREAT, UM, PRELIMINARY STAGE.
YOU'RE STILL SOME, SOME TWEAKING IN SOME AREAS THAT NEED TO OCCUR.
UM, AND WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE AREAS, BUT WE DID WANT TO GET BACK IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AGAIN BEFORE WE GO THROUGH OUR NEXT ITERATION OF DRAFTS.
UH, THE FIRST CHAPTER THAT WE WERE REALLY FOCUSING ON WAS ON PAGE TWO 13.
YEAH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS ACTUALLY CHAPTER 10 OF THE FULL DOCUMENT.
SO WE ARE JUST PULLING ONE SECTION OF THE, THE WHOLE COMP PLAN GOT YOU.
TWO 13 CHAPTER THREE STRATEGIES TO PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND AS MS. COLLINS INDICATED, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, THE IMPLEMENTATION TYPE, UH, RESPONSIBLE AGENCY AND PRIORITIES THAT SHE INDICATED ONGOING, UH, HIGH,
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MEDIUM, LOW, AND THEN RESOURCES THAT THE COUNTY WOULD USE TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, STRATEGIES.UM, ONE OF THE STRATEGIES, UH, WE WERE LOOK FOCUSING ON AS A STAFF WAS 3.2.
UM, LIMITING THE FRAGMENTATION OF HIGH VALUE FORESTRY HABITAT RESOURCES AND ENSURING THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT MAINTAINS AN INTERCONNECTED NETWORK BETWEEN THESE RESOURCES.
UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT AND YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE LISTED, UM, OUR CONSULTANT, THE BERKELEY GROUP ORDINANCE UPDATES AND LAND USE ACTIONS.
UM, WHILE DISCUSSING THAT, UM, WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UM, WE FEEL LIKE THE BOARD AND WORKING WITH STAFF, UM, THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF THAT THROUGH THE SLIDING SCALE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THAT IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE WITH THE MAXIMUM DENSITY PROVISIONS THAT YOU ALL SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON.
UM, THOSE TWO THINGS BEING THAT SLIDING SCALE WHERE YOU ALLOW, UM, IF YOU HA YOU CAN HAVE, UM, FOUR DEVELOPMENT LOTS, THREE ACRES IN SIZE AT 46 ACRES, AND THEN YOU ALL MADE THE IMPORTANT DECISION THAT ONCE YOU GET OVER 46 ACRES ON, ON A PARCEL, UM, YOU HAVE TO GO INCREASE BY, UM, INCREMENTS OF 100 ACRES, UM, TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LOT.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE 146 ACRES TO HAVE FIVE, THREE ACRE LOTS.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU ALL FOCUS A LOT ON HOW MUCH ROAD FRONTAGE WAS REQUIRED FOR A PARCEL TO TRY TO ALSO LIMIT THAT STRIPPING OUT OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG CERTAIN ROAD SEGMENTS, UM, IN THE COUNTY.
AND REMEMBER, WE INCREASED THAT FROM 300 FEET TO 400 FEET.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU AS THE STAFF PERSON WHO REVIEWS, UM, SUBDIVISION PLATS DIVIDING OF PARCELS, THAT I FEEL LIKE THAT SINCE THAT WAS ADOPTED, UM, AND IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
I DO THINK IT HAS, UM, SLOWED DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS WHERE YOU ALL WERE INDICATING THAT YOU HOPEFULLY DID NOT WANT THAT STRIPPING OUT OF ROAD FRONTAGE ALONG OUR MORE RURAL ROADS TO HAPPEN.
AND I DO THINK THAT'S BEEN AN EFFECTIVE TOOL, UH, FOR THAT.
SO YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE, WE'LL PROBABLY CHANGE THAT.
UH, IT'S JUST, UM, THROUGH LAND USE ACTIONS, MORE OF AN ONGOING PROCESS.
UM, TYLER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, YOU HAD COMMENTS ON THAT TOO? I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU JUST WANTED TO ADD ANY, IF I MISSED ANYTHING ON THAT THAT, THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED.
UM, NO, I THINK YOU DID A GOOD FRAMING WHERE IT WAS YOU SEEKING BOARD'S INPUT ON WHAT, WHAT THEY WANT THEIR COMP PLAN TO SAY.
AND JUST TO FURTHER CLARIFY THE LEVEL OF INPUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY, THERE ARE SEVERAL IMPLEMENTATION TYPES THAT, THAT WE'LL SAY ORDINANCE UPDATE OR LAND USE ACTION.
AND WHENEVER THERE'S A, AN ORDINANCE UPDATE THAT'S REFERENCED, THAT'S A POLICY DECISION THAT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO LEAN IN ON AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANNA SEE THAT MOVE FORWARD AS A PRIORITY, THAT THERE'S A POLICY CHANGE THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.
UM, AND THEN STAFF IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, WE HAVE TO GIVE REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS IS THIS RELATIVE TO WHERE WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY AND WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO SEE STAY AND MAYBE BE, UM, EDITED TO MORE REFLECT WHERE THAN WHAT HE IS AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS.
SO, SO FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT TAMMY INDICATED, UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT, UH, 3.6, UM, AND THAT'S BASICALLY PRESERVING OUR HIGH AGRICULTURAL SUITABILITY FROM CONVERSION TO NON-AGRICULTURAL USES.
UM, HOPEFULLY PRESERVING OUR AS, AS WE INDICATED IN THE COMPOUND, OUR PRIME AGRICULTURAL LANDS, PRIME FORESTRY LANDS.
AND, UM, WE REALLY FELT LIKE THAT MORE APPROPRIATE, UM, AS FAR AS THE IMPLEMENTATION TYPE ANYWAY, IS LAND USE ACTIONS.
AND I GUESS YOU ALL CAN THINK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL IF YOU THINK THERE'S SOME ORDINANCE, UH, UPDATES THAT NEED TO BE DONE, UH, TO, UH, FOLLOW, FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ITSELF.
SO MARK, THESE UPDATES, DO THEY HAVE NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE COMP PLAN OR IS THERE SOMETHING AFTER?
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NO, MR. MOODY, UM, THOSE ARE, UH, AGAIN, THEY, THEY FALL UNDER THE, AT LEAST FROM THE CONSULTANT'S POINT OF VIEW, THEY, THEY TRIED TO ESTIMATE, UM, IF IT WAS, UH, UH, A LOW, MEDIUM OR HIGH, UM, PRIORITY, UH, FOR THE COUNTY FROM THE FEEDBACK THEY THEY RECEIVED FROM STAFF AS WELL AS, UM, AT OUR PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS AND OTHER COMMENTS, THE SURVEY THAT WERE RECEIVED.UM, SO THAT WAS THEIR PERCEPTION FROM, MAINLY FROM THOSE PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS, UM, AND FROM THE SURVEY AND OTHER INTERACTIONS, UH, THEY'VE HAD WITH STAFF AND THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO AS, AS MS. COLLINS INDICATED, TRYING TO GO THROUGH AND FINE TUNE THOSE.
UM, 'CAUSE AS YOU'LL SEE, UH, IN THE, IN WHAT WE'VE HANDED OUT TO YOU TODAY IN UNDER CHAPTER 10, UNDER THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, THERE'S A, A HIGH NUMBER OF, UH, THAT ARE CATEGORIES AS AS HIGH.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AGGRESSIVE AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF WORK, UM, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE, UM, FOR, AS YOU WOULD SAY, AN ORDINANCE UPDATE.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF A LONG WAY OF ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
BUT NO, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE DONE, UM, BEFORE THE COMP.
BUT ONCE IT'S ADOPTED, IF IT HAS A, UM, IF IT'S IN THE HIGH CATEGORY, THEN THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THEN WITHIN THREE YEARS THAT, THAT, THAT STRATEGY WOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH, WITH AN ORDINANCE UPDATE UPDATE.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS RANK HIGH.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S, AS MS. COLLINS INDICATED, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND TRYING TO SEE IF THAT'S A REASONABLE EX EXPECTATION.
AND ALSO, ALSO SHE HAD MENTIONED VERY IMPORTANT, UM, A LOT OF THESE ARE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, UM, FOR THE BOARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALL FEEL LIKE SOMETHING'S A HIGH PRIORITY OR MAYBE IT'S A LOW PRIORITY, UM, OR MAYBE EVEN YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN PURSUING AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT OR PURSUING THAT STRATEGY ALL ALTOGETHER.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO GO IN, UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT, UM, OF TRYING TO ELIMINATE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S, MS. COLLINS INDICATED, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A CONSULTANT.
THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, UM, WITHIN OUR ORDINANCES OR EVEN JUST A POLICY THAT THAT, THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED.
SO WE ARE STILL, AS MS. COLLINS INDICATED, FINE TUNING THAT.
UM, BUT THE MAIN THING I GUESS TO FOCUS ON WOULD BE THAT PRIORITY, IF THAT'S TRULY A PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD, AND THEN WHAT LEVEL OF PRIORITY IS THAT.
UM, AND SO THERE IS A CHEAT SHEET ON PAGE TWO 11 THAT WILL LET YOU KNOW IF IT SAYS HI.
UM, AS, AS MARK INDICATED, IT'S WITHIN THREE YEARS, MEDIUM IS WITHIN THREE TO FIVE YEARS OF THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN.
SO REMEMBER, THIS IS A 20 YEAR PLAN MM-HMM
AND SO IF WE PUT IT IN THE LOW CATEGORY, IT'S SOMETHING WE INTEND TO DO, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT IS, IS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY THAT WE KNOW WITHIN THE LIFE OF THE PLAN WE'D LIKE TO GET DONE.
AND THEN THE ONGOING THINGS ARE EITHER THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING OR THINGS THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO, TO OCCUR DURING THE ENTIRE LIFE OF A PLAN.
UM, ONE, ONE OTHER ITEM WE, WE HAD DISCUSSION ON WAS, UH, 3.1 2, 3 12, UM, TALKING ABOUT AIR AND LIGHT.
UM, BASICALLY, UM, THAT'S SUGGESTING THAT WE BEEF UP OUR LIGHTING STANDARDS WITHIN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING STAFF IS DEFINITELY OPEN TO.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST.
UM, WE DO DO THAT, UM, THROUGH LAND USE ACTIONS, SITE PLAN REVIEW.
UM, WE'VE RE WE DO REVIEW LIGHTING.
UM, UH, APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN VERY WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON THOSE.
AND WE DO GET PHOTOMETRIC PLANS, UM, PRETTY MUCH WITH ALL OUR SITE PLANS.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T REQUIRE THAT IN THE ORDINANCE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THAT.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE WANTED TO JUST BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, WE DO, UM, LOOK AT THAT THROUGH LAND USE ACTIONS.
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UM, AND WE'RE, WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, IF THAT, IF THE BOARD WANTS US TO LOOK MORE INTO THAT, WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, MAKE ORDINANCE UPDATES, UH, RELATED TO, UM, LIGHTING, PRESERVATION OF THE NIGHT SKY, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PRESERVATION, BUT WE, WE JUST CHANGED OUT 15 POLES AT MY CHURCH AND PUT LEDS ON THEM.
BUT IT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE ELECTRIC BILL.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT IS, IT'S A LOT OF LIGHT NOW COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD WITH REGULAR LIGHTING.
SO I GUESS THERE'S, YOU WANNA SAY ASS A TRADE OFF, RIGHT? IT'S A LOT BRIGHTER NOW.
AND THIS IS REALLY POINTING TO DOES THE COUNTY WANT TO HAVE IN THIS ORDINANCE ENERGY EFFICIENT APPROACHES TO HOW WE REVIEW PLANS AND LIGHTING.
UH, THE NEXT CHAPTER WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WAS CHAPTER FOUR.
THAT'S BASICALLY OUR HOUSING CHAPTER.
UM, ONE THING WE'LL BE, UM, TALKING WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP ABOUT WAS, UH, 4.5, UM, ENCOURAGING THE CREATION OF MIXED USE OF MIXED INCOME COMMUNITIES.
UM, CERTAINLY WOULD WANT TO MAKE THEM AWARE AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THAT CURRENTLY IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE ALLOWING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
I KNOW YOU ALL
AND WE HAVE THOSE, WE HAVE THOSE IN OUR COMP PLAN.
UM, SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE, UH, THE BERKELEY GROUP, YOU KNOW, MORE AWARE OF THAT, THAT WE HAVE DONE A, A GREAT DEAL OF WORK ON THAT, UM, THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT, UH, THE COUNTY AND IN PAST YEARS.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND SO THE OUTCOME OF THAT MARK WOULD BE, INSTEAD OF IT SAYING MEDIUM TO HIGH PRIORITY, IT WOULD SAY ONGOING.
AND INSTEAD OF IT POINTING TO AN ORDINANCE CHANGE THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE, IT'S ALREADY EXISTING.
THE TOOL IS ALREADY IN THE TOOLBOX, SO TO SPEAK MM-HMM
UM, THAT DOES WHAT IT, WHAT'S IT, WHAT'S REPRESENTED.
SO YOU'RE SAYING 4.4 0.5 WOULD ACTUALLY CHANGE FROM MEDIUM TO HIGH TO ONGOING? YES.
UM, SOME OTHER, UH, STRATEGIES WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT WAS, UH, 4.7, UM, BERKELEY GROUPS.
UM, UH, I THINK FROM THEIR OTHER EXPERIENCES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, SUGGESTING THAT WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER A HOUSING TRUST FUND, UM, TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO SUPPORT HOME OWNERSHIP.
UM, WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT THAT'S IN THERE.
OF COURSE, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY A POLICY CONSIDERATION FOR THE BOARD.
HOW WOULD WE FUND THAT? MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD USE TO FUND THAT, THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM.
UM, WE JUST, WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT.
SO DO ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, AND I'LL USE CHESTERFIELD AS AN EXAMPLE, DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT EXIST IN ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE AWARE OF? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS.
WELL, THEY, THEY DO, UH, CHESTERFIELD AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, CITY OF RICHMOND, THEY DO RECEIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
FUNDS DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY, UM, AND CITIES.
UM, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN HOUSING PROGRAMS MM-HMM
SO THROUGH, THROUGH THAT THEY DEFINITELY DO.
UM, NOW WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THEY IMPLEMENT THROUGH THAT, I, I CAN'T SAY, UM, EXACTLY.
UM, THEY WOULD'VE TO QUAL, UH, TO QUALIFY.
HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT? YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE PART OF THE PROGRAM PARAMETERS OF, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD QUALIFY.
UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO SET UP ALL THOSE PARAMETERS, UH, SET UP.
AND THOSE ALLOCATIONS COME BASED ON YOUR POPULATION DENSITY.
SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, CITY OF RICHMOND GETS A DIRECT ALLOCATION FROM THEM.
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WE WORK THROUGH THE, THE STATE, YOU KNOW, HOUSING FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO HOUSING FOR OUR COUNTY, UM, SINCE WE DON'T MEET THOSE RE THRESHOLDS FOR A DIRECT ALLOCATION FROM, FROM HUD MM-HMMSO WE WORK, YOU KNOW, THROUGH DHCD IF WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT.
UH, A GOOD CASE WAS OUR MEDICAL CENTER HERE IN THE, THE COURTHOUSE AREA THAT, THAT WAS DONE THROUGH DHCD FUNDS.
I KNOW IT'S NOT HOUSING, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF RIGHT.
HOW WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE FUNDING THROUGH DHCD.
IN WEST PETERSBURG, WE WORKED WITH DHCD THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ON GRANT PROGRAMS FOR REHAB PROGRAMS, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS, THAT TYPE OF THING IN THE PAST.
YOU DID A, UM, MENT BLOCK GRANT YES.
AND SO THAT PART OF HUD ALSO, I MEAN, COULD YOU HUD BE YES.
HUD'S, THE, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THE STATE RECEIVES FUNDING THROUGH HUD.
SO WE WORKED WITH THE STATE AGENCY, DHCD, UM, FOR THAT FUNDING FOR THE, THOSE PROJECTS IN WEST WEST PETERSBURG, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
SO WE DIDN'T WORK NECESSARILY DIRECTLY WITH HUD, WE WENT THROUGH THE STATE, BUT THE FUNDS DO COME THROUGH THE FEDERAL LEVEL OF HUD AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS GOES, BUT I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO INCORPORATE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN LIKE SOME OF OUR, IN OUR C THE, UM, 44.1 YOU PRIORITY IN DEVELOPMENT? SO YOU, YOU PRIORITIZING PLACES WHERE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN WITHIN THOSE SUBDIVISIONS PRIORITIZE A CERTAIN PERCENT TO BE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THE NEW EMPHASIS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS TO SPREAD A KNIFE INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER.
UM, AND I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE A, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT.
THAT'S WHERE Y'ALL COME IN, UM, TO ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN, IN MAY, SOME OF THESE HIGH END SUBDIVISIONS THAT, UM, WOULD LIKE TO COME.
AND WHETHER THAT'S A CARROT TO, TO IT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT, UM, THROUGH, AS INDICATED HERE THROUGH LAND USE ACTIONS, UM, WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING, UH, PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENT TO DO THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT THEN EVERYBODY JUST KEEPS DOING THOSE UNDEVELOPED LOTS AND NOBODY EVER COMES IN IN FRONT OF US TO TRY TO DO ANYTHING.
SO, UM, BUT I DO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, AND HOW WE ACHIEVE THAT AND WHETHER THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT'S DOING IT, A LOCALITY, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD.
I'M GOOD AT ASKING QUESTIONS,
A WAY TO THAT HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT, UM, AREAS THAT THEY CAN LIVE THAT, THAT THEY CAN AFFORD.
AND I THINK THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT, UM, COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY PULLED TOGETHER AND HELPED, ENABLES AND, AND IT'S ACTUALLY AN UPLIFT IN THING, A BAD THING, SO.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OTHER QUICK ITEMS TO HIGHLIGHT 4.9 WHERE IT'S TALKING ABOUT MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
UM, I THINK TYLER WOULD SECOND THIS.
WE ALREADY DO, UM, THAT WITHIN OUR ORDINANCES, UM, ALLOW FOR THAT, ALLOW FOR THAT IN DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT.
WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE, UM, LOOKING AT THAT, ENSURING THAT WE'RE ALLOWING FOR THAT AND
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WE WOULD JUST DELETE THE ORDINANCE UPDATES.UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT IN ALL OUR ORDINANCES AND, AND COUNTY CODE.
SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE, WE REALLY JUST NEED TO KEEP LOOKING AT AND MAKE SURE, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO DO THAT OVERALL QUESTION.
YOU CAN DISALLOW MANUFACTURING HOMES AND CAN YOU, UM, IT'S ALIVE, ISN'T IT? RIGHT.
AND THAT, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE, WE DO HERE IN THE COUNTY.
AND I THINK THERE'S A GENERAL QUESTION RELATED TO 4.7 AND 4.8 IS, AS A LOCALITY, DO WE WANT TO BE IN THE BUSINESS OF INCENTIVIZING OR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE, UM, FOR HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP? OR WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO RELY ON OUR STATE, UH, RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, SERVICE LOCALLY? AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SITUATION WE'RE IN.
IF YOU KNOW THEIR HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY DHCD AND OTHER ENTITIES, UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE REFERRING INDIVIDUALS TO PROGRAMS LIKE THAT OR POTENTIALLY DOING HOUSING, UM, YOU KNOW, HOSTING LOCATIONS FOR TRAINING.
BUT WE ARE, AS THE LOCALITY HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF INCENTIVIZING HOME OWNERSHIP.
UM, THIS IS PROPOSING THAT WE WOULD START DELVING INTO THAT SPACE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT AS A BOARD, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE STAFF TO DO OR ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH OUR CURRENT APPROACH? I THINK THAT DAY IS COMING MM-HMM
WHEN, WHEN WE NEED TO DO THAT.
AND, UM, AGAIN, UM, IN, IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO, I, I HEARD AND SEEN, UM, SOME HOMELESS VILLAGES.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT A HOMELESS PROBLEM IN DENWOOD RIGHT NOW THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT, UH, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS DO.
BUT ALSO IF, IF THAT SITUATION COMES UP SOME TYPE OF HOMELESS HOUSING, UM, AND TO GET PEOPLE IN AND TRANSITION THEM TO A HOME.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, UM, THE ABILITY TO GET PEOPLE IN, IN HOMES AND, AND MOVE FORWARD, UM, I'M NOT SURE WE'RE READY FOR THAT YET.
SO ARE WE WITHIN 20 YEARS OR BEYOND, IF IT'S WITHIN 20 YEARS, UM, WE CAN MOVE THESE INTO A LOW PRIORITY CATEGORY.
THAT MEANS AT SOME POINT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT STAFF DEVOTING TIME TO COMING UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS FOR THESE RECOMMENDATIONS? YES.
UH, CHAPTER FIVE IS CHAPTER FIVE'S, UM, TALKING ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK WITHIN THE COUNTY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, OUR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION.
UM, WE HAD DISCUSSED, UH, BRIEFLY ABOUT UNDER 5.9, UM, ENCOURAGING BASICALLY THE PLANNING TERM, COMPLETE STREETS WHERE YOU HAVE BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS, UM, THAT TYPE OF THING.
WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, AMEND OUR ORDINANCES AND PLANS TO REFLECT THAT.
I THINK WE, WE ARE DOING THAT IN THE CURRENT COMP PLAN.
I KNOW MR. LEE, ONE OF YOUR COMMENTS OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN ABOUT SIDEWALKS, UM, WITHIN SUBDIVISIONS.
UM, SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN DO AS A STAFF THROUGH ORDINANCE UPDATES, IS UM, TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN WHEN NEW SUBDIVISIONS COME IN, UM, WHERE WE'RE REQUIRING OR NOT REQUIRING SIDEWALKS, UH, WITHIN THOSE.
UM, SO WE JUST, THAT WAS ONE THING WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT, WANTED TO TALK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT TODAY.
IF, IF THAT WAS STILL, UH, A HIGH PRIORITY OR, UM, SOMETHING FOR, FOR THE BOARD TO, FOR STAFF TO LOOK AT.
WELL, I'LL JUST USE THE COURTHOUSE AREA AS, AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO WALK FROM THE OLD COURTHOUSE TO THE PAMPA BUILDING TO HERE, TO MAYBE TO EVEN TO THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, JUST THE WALKABILITY OF THE, OF THE VILLAGE OF DIGNITY, I THINK IS, AS WE
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PROGRESSED WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MR. LEE'S DISTRICT I THINK WOULD BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO DO AS THE, AS THIS VILLAGE INCREASES IN SIZE.AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE, AND I KNOW, UM, WE'VE GOT COMMITTEES THAT DO IT, BUT MAYBE SOME WORKSHOPS, UM, ONCE A YEAR, TWICE A YEAR TO TALK ABOUT BY 10 YEAR PLACES.
AND, AND I'LL USE, UM, A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WHEN WE HAD THE BOTTOM COMPLEX, THE FIRST THING THAT WAS SAID WAS, THE ROAD CAN HANDLE IT.
WELL, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT A ROAD LIKE 2 26? AND IT IS ALL THAT FUTURE IMPROVEMENT 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, THAT WE GET INTO THE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACRONYM FOR THE SMART ROAD SMART SCALE, YEAH.
SCALE, UM, THAT WE COULD START TO PUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IN, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTY.
BUT, AND BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T THINK THE BOARD AS A WHOLE HAS A LOT OF SAY IN, IN THESE SMART SCALE PROJECTS, I THINK.
SO, BUT A PRIME EXAMPLE IS THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THE FLAR TRAIL TO GET TO FERNDALE PARK.
HOW DOES THAT TYPE OF CLIENT THAT'S IN THOSE 348 APARTMENTS GET FROM THERE TO FERNDALE PARK TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT TRAIL? SO I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND.
OR AS AN EXAMPLE, IF WE, YOU KNOW, YOU LIVE HERE IN THE VILLAGE OR SOMEWHERE CLOSE AND AT SOME 0.54 EXCHANGES WHAT IT IS AND IT BECOMES A PARK OR WHATEVER, BEING ABLE TO RIDE A BICYCLE FROM THAT AREA TO HERE OR THAT TYPE OF THING AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO THOSE TYPES OF MR. LEE, THAT, THAT TYPE OF SOLUTION DEVELOPING THE WORKSHOPS, UM, IS THE NEXT STEP OF WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO AROUND THESE PRIORITIES.
BECAUSE, WE'LL, THE NEXT STEP FOR STAFF, UM, WITH ASSISTANCE WILL BE TO DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, STRATEGIES.
SO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM A, FROM A 5.9 WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS OR ANNUAL WORKSHOPS AROUND SMART SCALE PROJECTS.
UM, WE NEXT LOOKED AT THE COURSE AT CHAPTER SIX.
UH, THAT'S MORE OF OUR, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER.
AGAIN, THIS WAS MORE FROM, AT LEAST AT, AT THE TIME, IT WAS MORE FROM A PLANNING STANDPOINT.
UM, WE'RE JUST, UM, LOOKING AT, UM, WE LOOK AT THAT ON AN ONGOING BASIS, UH, CHANGING THAT FROM MEDIUM TO HIGH TO ONGOING.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, WE HAVE TALKED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ABOUT AND VICE VERSA ABOUT LOOKING AT OUR USES THAT WE ALLOW THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND, UM, WORKING, UH, WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, ABOUT TALKING THROUGH THOSE AND BEING SURE THOSE ALIGN WITH, UM, HOW THE COUNTY WANTS TO GROW AND PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE SEEING.
UM, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE COUNTY TO, TO DO.
UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND, UM, THAT WE FEEL LIKE THAT THE PRIORITY FOR THAT WOULD JUST BE, UH, AN ONGOING, UH, PROJECT THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING ON WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, CHAPTER SEVEN, UH, IT'S PAGE 2 22 WHERE WE START MOVING MORE INTO OUR, UM, LAND USE AND GROWTH AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE.
UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO, UM, TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
THOSE ARE THE RELATED MAPS THAT, THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UM, BUT JUST LOOKING AT, UM, STRATEGIES, UM, 7.1, UM, YOU ZONING TO ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG US ROUTE ONE, US FOUR
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60.UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, TOOLS, UH, THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS WELL AS PLANS THAT YOU ALL HAVE WORKED ON.
UM, WE HAVE OUR CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT PLANS WITH, UM, DESIGN STANDARDS.
UM, WE ALSO STILL USE THE STUDY UH, THAT THE BOARD DID BACK IN 2004, AT LEAST THAT'S WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED, UM, FOR THE ROUTE ONE AND ROUTE FOUR 60 CORRIDOR, UM, WHERE WE HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, ROAD PLANS FOR THOSE, THOSE AREAS AND ABOUT HOW THOSE AREAS WOULD BUILD OUT.
UM, SO WE FELT LIKE, UH, AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTATION TYPE, UM, WE WOULD CHANGE THAT FOR ORDINANCE UPDATES, UH, TO LAND USE ACTION, LAND USE ACTIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE USE ALL THOSE, UH, TOOLS WHEN WE REVIEW SUBDIVISIONS, REVIEW, UH, SITE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND RE AS WE GO THROUGH REZONINGS AS WELL.
JUST MET WITH, UM, UH, OUR PROJECT TODAY, UM, WHERE WE USED ALL THOSE TOOLS, UM, GOING THROUGH THOSE, UM, WHEN, UM, ABOUT HOW THEIR PROJECT WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP.
UM, UM, SO WE JUST MET WITH SOMEBODY, AS I SAID THIS MORNING, ABOUT A PROJECT THAT'S COMING TO THE PROPOSED TO COME TO THE COUNTY, UM, GOING THROUGH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT, THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE FEEL LIKE, UM, WE DO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH LAND USE ACTIONS, UM, ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
UM, WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT, UH, UH, EARLIER, UH, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, SO I BELIEVE YOU ALL ARE, ARE DEFINITELY STILL INTERESTED IN THAT.
BIKE LANES, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, SOMETHING ELSE WE TALKED ABOUT WAS 7.5, UH, DIRECT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, WATER AND SEWER LINE EXTENSIONS TO THE COUNTY'S GROWTH AREA, UM, THROUGH CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, DEFINITELY AS A STAFF, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THAT.
THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US.
UM, 7.8, UM, ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE I 85 INTERCHANGES.
UM, THAT 2004 PLAN THAT I SPOKE ABOUT, THAT WAS DEFINITELY A RECOMMENDATION, UH, WITHIN THAT PLAN WAS TO LOOK AT THOSE INTERCHANGES, UM, AND HOW, UH, DEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR AT THOSE AND TO HOPEFULLY EMPHASIZE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S STILL A STRATEGY THAT, THAT THE BOARD HAS, UH, FOR THE COUNTY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S AN ONGOING STRATEGY.
UM, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND BERKELEY GROUP IS, UM, CERTAINLY, UM, I'M SURE, UH, HELPS THEM IN THE FUTURE, UH, BUT ALSO DOES HELP THE COUNTY AND STAFF, UM, LOOKING AT SMALL AREA PLANS FOR CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
UM, ONE AREA WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, FOR THAT, UM, FOR THE WEST PETERSBURG AREA, UM, AND CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL.
UM, LOOKING AT THAT AREA, I KNOW YOU ALL AS A BOARD HAVE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH ADMINISTRATION ABOUT, UM, HOW THAT PROPERTY WOULD BE REUSED AND ABOUT, UM, HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT, UM, WORKING WITH THE STATE TO, UH, ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY OR, UM, DEVELOP THAT, THAT PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO, UM, LOOKING AT, UH, POSSIBLE STUDIES, UH, FOR CERTAIN, UH, AREAS OF THE COUNTY, UH, WHERE WE WOULD DO ACTUAL FOCUS IN AND DO MORE INTENSIVE SMALL AREA PLANS FOR THOSE AREAS.
UM, LOOKING AT, UH, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, CHAPTER EIGHT, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS 8.3.
UM, I KNOW, UH, STAFF IS GONNA BE, UM, MAKING CHANGES THERE.
THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, UM, AS MS. COLLINS, UH, AND WE HAD DISCUSSIONS, UH, THE SCHOOLS HAVE HAD, UM, ACCESS TO THE PLAN HAVE MADE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME AREAS, UH, WITHIN CHAPTER EIGHT, UH, WHERE THE SCHOOLS HAVE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING MORE AT, UH, 8.3, UM, ABOUT, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IDENTIFIED IN CERTAIN FACILITY STUDIES.
UM, SO WE'LL BE, UM, PROBABLY REVISING, UH,
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SOME OF THAT STRATEGY, UH, TO ALIGN WITH WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON CURRENTLY, UM, WITH STUDIES THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE EITHER HAVE ONGOING OR LOOKING AT, UM, REVISITING, UM, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.UH, JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, 8.7, UM, UH, FIRE AND EMS, UH, CERTAINLY HAS, HAS A PLAN, UH, FOR THEIR GROWTH, UM, THAT YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING.
I KNOW, AND ACTUALLY A ACTUALLY, UM, LOOKING AT CURRENTLY UNDER THE, THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE COUNTY, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.
UM, SO WE MAY BE DOING SOME FINE TUNING UNDER THAT.
8.7, 8.8, UM, VERY SPECIFIC THERE.
UM, TALKING ABOUT A NEW FIRE STATION IN THE VICINITY AT THE DEWINE COUNTY AIRPORT.
UM, PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT THAT BEFORE THE PLANS FINALLY ADOPTED.
AND THEN 8.9, UM, DEVELOPING A NEW FIRE AND RESCUE TRAINING FACILITY.
UM, MAY NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THERE UNDER OUR STRATEGIES AS WELL.
IS, IS 8.9 IS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A REGIONAL, YOU KNOW, A REGIONAL PROJECT, MEANING OUR PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S PETERSBURG, PRINCE GEORGE THAT BORDER US, IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY OR, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE NEITHER OF THEM HAVE, AM I CORRECT? NEITHER OF THEM HAVE, UM, THAT TYPE OF FACILITY? THAT, THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK, UM, CHIEF HALE HAD ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED THAT IT WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF REGIONAL ASSET.
AND AS IT RELATES TO 8.3, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING OMITTING THAT ONLY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO POINT DIRECTLY TO A STUDY THAT IS ALREADY BEING REEVALUATED AND REDONE.
AND SO WE THINK THAT 8.4, UM, IS RESPONSIVE TO, UM, THE PRIORITY OF ENSURING THAT WE MAINTAIN, UM, FACILITIES FOR OUR SCHOOLS THAT, THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO, UM, THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND, AND THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, DR. MOORE, UM, I, I, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS, UH, ANTICIPATED AS SOME TYPE OF REGIONAL ASSET FIRE TRAINING CENTER.
I, I KNOW HARRISON, WE, WE, UH, WE USE THAT FACILITY ON OCCASION.
YEAH, WE, WE USED THAT FACILITY ON OCCASION.
UM, I THINK FOR THE NEEDS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I MEAN WITH THE FIRE AND EMS, WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE OF THE COLONIAL HEIGHTS, PRINCE GEORGE HOPEWELL, UM, FACILITY THAT'S THERE.
IF YOU RECALL, WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK FUNDS TO DO THAT.
AND THAT PROJECT HADN'T, HADN'T PROCEEDED THAT WAY, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, 8.3 TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOUR HIGH PRIORITY STANDARD IS ONE TO THREE YEARS IMPLEMENTATION TIME.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT 8.3 SAYING 1.3, IF YOU REMEMBER THE, THE 2016 SCHOOL FACILITY STUDY WAS IN EXCESS OF ALMOST HOWARD A HUNDRED, 220, $130 MILLION.
SO REALISTICALLY EXPECT THAT IN NEW CONSTRUCTION RENOVATION PROJECTS, ADD-ONS, A LOT OF SITE WORK, 130 MILLION IN THE NEXT ONE TO THREE YEARS.
THAT'S WE, AGAIN, WE THINK 8.4 ADDRESSES THE CONCERN ADEQUATELY, UH, UNDER CHAPTER NINE.
THAT'S OF COURSE OUR PARKS, RECREATION, CULTURAL RESOURCES.
UM, WE JUST HAD GENERAL, UM, DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN SOME OF THE PREVIOUS CHAPTERS, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TRAILS, UH, TRAILS PLANS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND WE'LL BE GOING IN AND FINE TUNING THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THAT.
UM, 9.9, UM, HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE MADE, UH, WE DO HAVE A
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HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT SECTION WITHIN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, THAT THE BOARD DID, UH, 2005, 2006 TIMEFRAME.UM, SO THE PRIORITY IN THAT, UM, WE'D LIKE TO CHANGE TO FROM MEDIUM TO LOW.
UM, AND WE WERE TALKING MORE ABOUT AS WE GO INTO MAYBE SOME OF THE SMALL AREA PLANS, THAT TYPE OF THING, THEN WE COULD, UM, FOCUS ON, UM, APPROPRIATE, UH, ZONING, RE REGULATIONS, HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICTS, THAT TYPE OF THING, UM, FOR THOSE AREAS.
UH, SO THAT'S REASONING BEHIND, UM, GIVING IT A, A MORE, UH, A LOWER PRIORITY, UM, FROM A TIME STANDPOINT.
UH, MR. CHAIR RELATED TO OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, UM, FOR TODAY.
UM, NEXT ITEM RELATED TO THE COMP PLAN.
WE JUST WANT MORE ABOUT THE LAND USE CHAPTER, CHAPTER SEVEN, UM, LOOKING AT OUR, OUR FUTURE LAND USE, WE DIDN'T GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THAT WHEN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO YOU ALL.
UM, SO WE JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, UM, SOME ITEMS RELATED TO THAT.
UH, YOU'LL SEE UNDER THE, SHOULD BE THE, UH, TOP MAP MAP 7.2.
UM, WE DID THOSE AS A, A SEPARATE HANDOUT.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY LOOK IN THE OVERALL DOCUMENT, BUT THAT'S JUST OUR OVERALL FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND, UM, JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT WE, WE DO HAVE NEW, UM, FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED UNDER THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, JUST ONE THAT WE HAVE THE SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, UH, DISTRICT, UH, MIXED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND OUR TOWN CENTER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, UH, WITHIN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
AND, UM, OUR PHASE GROWTH AREA, UM, IS WHAT VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS, UH, REFERRED TO IN OUR COMP PLAN AS OUR PLANNED GROWTH AREA, UH, FOR FUTURE REALLY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL GROWTH.
AND THEN WE ALSO AS, AS WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, OUR RURAL VILLAGE, RURAL VILLAGES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN.
AND, UM, JUST WANTED THESE AREAS WHERE, UM, WE THINK WE MAY SEE SOME, UH, FUTURE GROWTH AROUND THESE TRANSPORTATION NODES WITHIN THE COUNTY AND, UM, WOULD ALLOW FOR, UM, VERY LOCALIZED, UM, MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS.
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
UH, AGAIN, UM, LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT WE, ON PAGE 1 47, THAT'S OUR NORTHERN DENWOODY DEVELOPMENT AREA, UH, LOOKING AT THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE ONE OF THOSE, UH, RURAL DEVELOPMENT VILLAGES, THAT'S THE SUTHERLAND AREA THERE AT INE AND CLAIBORNE, UH, N FOUR 60.
UM, JUST WANTED TO, UM, REMIND YOU ALL THAT, THAT WE HAVE THAT, UM, SLATED AS ONE OF THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, HAVE THE TOWN CENTER CONCEPT, UM, AROUND THE SPORTS COMPLEX AREA WHERE SOME OF THOSE OUT PARCELS, UH, IN THE FUTURE, UM, LOOKING AT POSSIBLY HAVING SOME FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THERE, UM, ON, ON THOSE PARCELS.
ALSO RELATED TO THAT, UM, MIXED RESIDENTIAL, UH, GROWTH, UM, ALONG 2 26 STERLING ROAD WHERE THOSE PARCELS.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE ONE RECENT REZONING, UM, TO R TWO, UM, WHERE WE'D ALLOW MORE OF THE, UH, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND POSSIBLY MAYBE EVEN SOME, UH, MIXED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, THE AREA NORTH OF FERNDALE AND UM, UH, 2 26 AS WELL, UH, THAT AREA, UH, FOR FUTURE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT, UH, WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE, UM, SOME MIXED RESIDENTIAL INTRODUCED IN THOSE AREAS IF ANY OF THOSE PARCELS WERE EVER REDEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE.
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UM, LOOKING AT THE TIM WHITTY COURT COURTHOUSE DEVELOPMENT AREA, UM, THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, UM, SCENARIO FOR THAT, THAT'S ON PAGE 1 48.UM, AGAIN, UM, LOOKING AT THE OUTER AREA THAT, UM, WE'VE KIND OF BROUGHT THAT PLANNED GROWTH AREA IN SOMEWHAT, UM, IN THE DENWOODY COURTHOUSE AREA.
UM, YOU CAN SEE IN THE, THE BLUE AREA, THE PHASE GROWTH AREA, UM, WHERE WE WOULD PLAN FOR THAT.
ALSO FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THEN OUR SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE CORE OF DINWITTY.
AND THEN OF COURSE OUR TOWN CENTER, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, UH, WHAT WE BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT PRE EARLIER TONIGHT, UH, THAT WE DO HAVE A UDA DESIGNATED AREA WITHIN OUR COURTHOUSE AREA.
UM, SO WE'VE OF COURSE INCLUDED THAT AS A TOWN CENTER AREA, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, UM, DEVELOPING MORE OF A TOWN CENTER WITHIN OUR COURTHOUSE AREA.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE RELATED TO OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT AREAS.
LOOKING MORE AT MORE AT THOSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE.
UM, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS? NO, OF COURSE.
AS MS. COLLINS INDICATED, WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING THOSE PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS LATER THIS MONTH.
UM, SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF RECEPTION WE GET FROM THEM.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE MORE OF A OPEN HOUSE FORMAT WHERE WE'LL HAVE THESE, UM, THE MORE IMPORTANT MAPS ON BOARDS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT AND COMMENT ON.
UM, AND CERTAINLY OUR, OUR STRATEGIES AS WELL.
SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK WE GET ON THOSE.
SINCE WE HAD OUR LAST PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS AND THEIR COMMENTS ON THE SURVEY.
THE ONE THING THAT, THAT SEEMS STRIKING TO ME, AND I THINK WE'VE WORKED ON PROBABLY A COUPLE OF, OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IN THE PAST, BUT THIS IS MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN I THINK WE'VE EVER HAD AS FAR AS DE WITTY COUNTY IS CONCERNED, AT LEAST I IN MY TIME OF BEING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY MUCH MORE IN DEPTH.
AND LOOKING AND FORWARD THINKING.
I THINK THAT THIS HAS A LOT OF FORWARD THINKING THOUGHT IN IT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 20 YEARS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE COMPARED TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST.
SO THAT COMES WITH BOTH EXCITEMENT AND CHALLENGE.
AND SO, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE, WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AND REALLY ENCOURAGING YOU ALL'S FEEDBACK BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA MOVE AT A PACE THAT'S NOT, UM, CONSISTENT WITH WHERE WE WANNA SEE THE COUNTY GOING.
I THINK AS, AS STAFF, UM, THAT HAS, UM, KIND OF BEEN NAVIGATING THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, UM, I THINK THAT WE, IT'S REFLECTIVE OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
UM, BUT WE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ARE, ARE CONCERNED THAT SOME OF THE THINGS, IF WE ARE TO IMPLEMENT AS PROPOSED, UM, WE ARE NOT STAFFED AT, AT A LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO IT.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE CONSIDERATION OF TIMING FOR A LOT OF THESE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS ISN'T A ONE TO THREE YEAR SCENARIO.
UM, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT STAFFING CONSIDERATIONS, MAYBE IT'S THREE TO FIVE OR IT'S, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW AS A COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE BABY STEPS TO GET THERE.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST PUT THAT POINT OUT THERE.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AS YOU TAKE THE THE TREES HOME WITH YOU TONIGHT.
UM, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO REVISIT OR YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IS TO POST, UM, THE DRAFT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE THE, THE 22ND AND THE 29TH AND THEY CAN START DIGESTING SOME OF THE INFORMATION EARLY.
YEAH, JUST, UM, I THINK THE APPROACH WAS VERY DIFFERENT THIS
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TIME, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN NEARLY, UM, YOU KNOW, FIF ABOUT 15 YEARS SINCE THERE'S BEEN A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE DEEP DIVE INTO THE COMP PLAN.
AND SO THE APPROACH THEN I THINK WAS MORE ONGOING, UM, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITIZENS.
AND THIS APPROACH WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM CITIZENS AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SURVEYS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STAGGERED, UM, INPUT AND A LOT MORE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO GIVE INFORMATION BACK, UM, TO STAFF AND THE CONSULTANTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
BUT VERY STRONG CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST A COMMENT, AND, AND I THINK MS. COLLINS MENTIONED IT, BUT JUST LET ME REITERATE IT.
THAT USUALLY, YOU KNOW, AT THE POINT OF COMPLETION WHEN, WHEN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTS IT'S COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN ONE, IT'S THAT, IT'S THAT, THAT BIBLE, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE USE FOR ALL FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO THAT LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND, BUT IT ALSO HELPS US IN SOME OF OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING TOO, AS SOME OF THE SERVICES AND THINGS THAT WE NEED.
SO, 'CAUSE I'M THAT TYPE OF PERSON, I COUNT IT AS, AS 143 STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED.
SO WHEN MR. MOODY, WHEN YOU MADE THE COMMENT OR OR DR. MOORE ABOUT HOW COMPREHENSIVE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS 143 STRATEGIES AND 23 OF THOSE ARE TO BE IMPLEMENTED BEYOND THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
SO 83% OF THOSE ARE TO BE DONE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 83%.
AND SOME OF THOSE ARE ONGOING BEYOND THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO SOME OF THESE THINGS, I MEAN, WE CAN BECOME OVERLY AMBITIOUS TOO IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO, BUT THE MOMENT THAT YOU ALL VOTE FOR IT, IT ALL KIND OF SETS IT A MOTION OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT IN THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO BE THINKING ABOUT IT FROM A PUB PUBLIC POLICY STANDPOINT, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN YOU VOTE THAT IT'S, IT'S WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE.
OR AGAIN, AS MR. BASS AND MS. COLLINS INDICATED BEFORE THE PUBLIC EVEN STARTS TO GIVE ITS OPINIONS ON THIS, YOU NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT 143 STRATEGIES.
'CAUSE EACH ONE OF THOSE HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE IMPLEMENTATION THAT, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO IN A STAFF AND A BUDGET AND AND WHATNOT TO LOOK INTO PRETTY FUNDING, PRETTY AMBITIOUS FUNDING SOURCES.
I MEAN THAT, THAT, THAT PLAYS A HUGE PART.
BECAUSE IF NOT THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, I MEAN, REALLY IT'S, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A STAFF EARLIER, THAT IT'S A GREAT PLAN.
I THINK THE BERKELEY GROUP DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
I THINK OUR STAFF DID A PHENOMENAL JOB IN PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER TO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT ONCE YOU ADOPT IT, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA SIT DOWN WITH MS. HOWERTON AND MS. COLLINS AND WE'RE GONNA SAY, OKAY, MR. BASSETT, YOU'VE GOT ONE TO THREE YEARS AND THESE ARE THE HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS, THESE ARE THE ONGOING ITEMS. AND YOU KNOW, SO WE, WE BASICALLY HAVE THIS THREE TO FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
SO WHEN WE COME BACK AND START MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, DO WE THINK IT'S REALISTIC, I GUESS IS, 'CAUSE WE ARE SAYING IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S ALMOST A 20 YEAR PLAN GOING TO 2040.
SO SOME OF THIS MAY NEED TO BE REALISTICALLY SPREAD OUT OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SOME OF THOSE ARE PRIORITIES THAT Y'ALL MAY NOT WANT TO WAIT ON.
SO JUST BE THINKING THAT THROUGH TOO.
JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, WILL THERE BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS BOARD AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD MEET JOINTLY BEFORE THIS HAS PASSED? IS THAT A, IS THAT IN THERE? IF IT'S DESIRE, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT'S, WE DID NOT HAVE THAT CURRENTLY.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF, IF WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, BE ON THE SAME PAGE ONCE IT'S PASSED AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
DR. MOORE? YEAH, JUST, JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION.
AND JUST SO, UM, MR. BASSETT DOESN'T HAVE A, A MOMENT OVER THERE.
UM, SO THIS DOCUMENT IS HOUSED IN THE PLANNING OFFICE, UM, BUT IT DOES, UH, TOUCH ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY.
SO
SO WHEN DOES THIS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING READY TO PUT THIS INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE? YES SIR.
IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE? YES, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU DONE? NO, SIR.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS FROM A STAFF POINT OF VIEW OR ANYTHING? ALRIGHT, THEN WE
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JUST NEED A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT THEN ROLL CALL RAM.