* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] READY. EVERYBODY READY? DO IT. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING FOR THE DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR JUNE THE 20TH, 2023. [1. ROLL CALL ] CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL MR. LEE? HERE. MS. EBRA BONNER? HERE. MR. MOODY. HERE. MR. CHAVIS? HERE. DR. MOORE HERE. FIVE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. THANK YOU. UH, IF YOU WILL, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WILL YOU STAND WITH ME PLEASE? THAT'S PRAY. OUR FATHER, REGARDING HEAVEN, HALL THY NAME, THY KINGDOM COME, UH, WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY PRAYER, AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASSED AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT TO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US. AMEN. FOR THINE THE KINGDOM POWER GLORY. PRAYER HOUR. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA ] ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE UM, ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? YES SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD UNDER APPOINTMENTS THE SPECIFICITY OF ADDING, UH, DIMITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION. ALRIGHT. UP TOP. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA FOR THIS AFTERNOON? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS WITH THE CHANGE. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. LEE. AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. MOODY? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT. YOU HAVE YOUR [5. CONSENT AGENDA ] CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE YOU, UH, WITH A SUMMARY OF CLAIMS VRA, UM, 2019 TAX EXEMPT BOND REQUISITION 43 AND TAXABLE BOND REQUISITION NUMBER FOUR. AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES PROVIDER, UH, CONTRACT AWARDS AND MINUTES. UM, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE PRESENTED? OKAY. HEARING, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. LEE. A, MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. MOODY? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, HONOR [6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation ] YOUR REPORTS. THE FIRST ONE IS VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. MR. FRENCH, HOW ARE YOU THIS AFTERNOON? I'M DOING WELL. HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL AS WELL. WELL TOO, THANK YOU. UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE BRIS OVERALL RUSTIC. I HAVE SET A GOAL FOR MY FOLKS TO GET THAT DONE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE . WE, UH, HAVE OUR LEASE CHIP CEILING EQUIPMENT ON HAND, SO THAT WAS THE KEY TO FINISHING IT ALONGSIDE SOME DITCHING AND, UH, SHOULDER CLIPPING OUT THERE. BUT THEY WILL BE WORKING ON THAT AND WRAPPING IT UP, SHOOT SOON HOPEFULLY. UM, WE'VE GOT THE MATERIALS ON HAND FOR OUR TWO PIPE REHAB CONTRACTS, UM, ON WATERFORD DRIVE CHEST CHES BOULEVARD, NOT WATERFORD DRIVE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD BE GOING IN THERE IN THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS TO KNOCK THOSE TWO CULVERTS OUT. THEN WE'LL BE DONE WITH PIPE REHABS IN THE COUNTY FOR, FOR A LITTLE BIT. UM, I DID HEAR BACK FROM OUR SIGNAL TIMING GROUP AND THE SIGNAL THERE AT 2 26 AND FOUR 60 WAS INDEED REVIEWED AND ADJUSTED. I BELIEVE THEY EXTENDED THE YELLOW DURATION TO ALLOW FOR THOSE TRUCKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LEAVING TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION BEFORE, BEFORE THAT LIGHT'S TURNING WHEN THEY, UH, WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THERE AND SPILL GRAVEL. IT'S NOT, WE END UP HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT SOMETIMES. SO BENEFIT TO ALL THERE. UM, BEEN WORKING ON THE, UH, FOUR 60 AT BUTTER WOOD. THAT PAVEMENT REPAIR PROJECT SCOPED IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THE ESTIMATE, UH, STARTED TO EXCEED WHAT I CAN DO WITH MAINTENANCE FUNDS. SO HAD SOME FOLKS FROM THE DISTRICT COME OUT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA LEND US A, LEND US A HAND, POSSIBLY EVEN A LIFELINE ON THE PROJECT. UH, WITH GETTING THAT DONE, UM, IT'LL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT EXTENDED AS FAR AS MOBILIZING OUT THERE TO FIX IT. WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON IT THOUGH. UM, THANKFULLY IT'S BEEN DRY SO THAT PAVEMENT HAS BEEN MOVING A WHOLE LOT. BUT WE WILL CON CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT AND WORKING ON GETTING, UH, GETTING A FULL ESTIMATE PUT TOGETHER AND A CONTRACTOR OUT THERE TO DO SOME WORK ON IT. UM, OUR CONTRACTOR HAD TO MOVE OFF OF OUR TRENCH WIDENING PROJECT [00:05:01] AND THEY SHOULD BE COMING BACK. THEY WILL BE COMING BACK IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UM, AND THOSE THAT WILL BE TO COMPLETE THE QUANTITIES THAT, UH, I OUTLINED LAST MONTH. WHERE THEY'RE GOING, WHERE THEY STOPPED. UH, THEY'LL BE GOING EASTBOUND TO 6 24 AND THEN COMING WESTBOUND FROM ROUGHLY COURTHOUSE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO WELLS ROAD. I BELIEVE, UM, THAT CONTRACT IS, HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED, BUT ONCE WE GET A NEW CONTRACT LINED UP, WE'LL BE WORKING ON GETTING THE REST DONE AS WELL. PRIMARY MOWING IS UNDERWAY. UM, THAT STARTED LAST WEEK. OUR NOTICE TO PROCEED WENT OUT. I KNOW THAT OUR CONTRACTOR IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY IS WORKING. I BELIEVE ROUTE 40 HAS ALREADY BEEN MOWED. SHOULD BE SEEN SOME ON ROUTE ONE AND ROUTE 40, UH, FOUR 60 IN THE COMING COMING WEEK OR SO AS WELL. AND THAT WILL COME ALONG WITH A TRASH PICKUP ON THOSE ROUTES. WE HAVE NOT ISSUED OUR NOTICE TO PRO PROCEED FOR THE SECONDARY MOWING, BUT WE WILL BE DOING THAT SHORTLY AND THAT WILL COME WITH A TRASH PICKUP AS WELL. MAINTENANCE FORCES SHOULD BE WORKING ON A PIPE ON BOOTH ROAD, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THERE'S A SMALL PIPE FAILURE OUT THERE, I BELIEVE A 36 INCH PIPE THAT THEY'VE GOT TO CUT AND REPLACE, BUT SHOULD BE LIMITED IMPACTS, NOT A VERY, UM, HIGH TRAVELED ROUTE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I GOT UPDATE, UM, ON A NEW PROJECT, UM, FROM OUR INTERSTATE OFFICE. THEY HAVE AWARDED A CONTRACT TO DO A LOT OF TREE TRIMMING ON THE INSIDE LANES OF 85. SO NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. AND THAT'LL BE FROM MILE MARKER 63.2 TO 18 GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO LINBERG. WOW. BUT IT'LL BE TAKING A LOT OF TREES OUT, A LOT OF, 'CAUSE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU'VE GOT ALL THAT OVERHANG AND EVERYTHING. I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING 35 OR 40 FEET BACK FROM EDGE OF PAVEMENT. SO A LOT OF THOSE TREES SHOULD BE GETTING OUTTA THE WAY AND IT'S FULL VERTICAL CANOPY AND EVERYTHING. THEY'LL BE TRIMMING. RIGHT. UM, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE STARTING WITHIN, WITHIN THE MONTH. CONTRACT WAS JUST AWARDED FOR THAT. I'M NOT OVERSEEING THAT AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE OUR INTERSTATE OFFICE. BUT STILL GOOD NEWS AND WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE IT. . YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. MM-HMM . AND A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE HALIFAX ROAD THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION. I WAS INCORRECT LAST MONTH. I'M STILL LEARNING THE PROCESS FOR THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTIONS, BUT, UM, RATHER THAN DOING THE RESOLUTION AND THEN GETTING THE STUDY DONE, WE GET A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND THEN WE GET THE STUDY AND THEN THE RESOLUTION IS IN SUPPORT OF THE STUDY. UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO GET A LETTER FROM PRINCE GEORGE BECAUSE PART OF THAT ROAD ENTERS TO PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, BUT GETTING ALL THAT HANDLED AND WAITING ON THE STUDY NOW. SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT STUDY, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION. LIKELY THE STUDIES CAN TAKE SOME TIME TO GET DONE UPWARDS OF FIVE MONTHS. UM, BUT I WILL BE PUSHING IT ALONG AND EN ENCOURAGING. THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS AFTERNOON. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS JAMES? YES SIR. JUST CHECKING, YOU KNOW ABOUT HALIFAX STRIPS? NO PASSING STRIPS. HAVE YOU EVER, YOU'RE TALKING YES SIR. I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GET WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ON THAT YET. I WILL BE, I WILL BE SENDING THAT TO THEM SHORTLY THOUGH. REVISITING PLEASE. YES, SIR. MS. BRANCHES ROAD, WHERE ARE WE AT ON THEY HAVE SOME DITCHING TO DO. UM, THEY'VE GOT ONE PIPE TO RESET IN THE REAL, IN THE REAL SHARP CURVE ON BRANCHES THAT I THINK IT'S A 15 INCH CONCRETE PIPE THAT IT'S GOT A REAL BAD SKEW ON IT AND IT'S A, IT'S AN ISSUE. IT CONSTANTLY GETS BLOCKED UP AND EVERYTHING. SO THEY'RE GONNA REALIGN THAT PIPE AND ONCE THEY PUT THE STONE ON IT, UM, BUILD IT UP PROBABLY FOUR, SIX INCHES OF STONE, THEN THEY'LL BE READY TO SHOOT IT SURFACE, TREAT IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, TRANQUILITY ROAD. I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SIX YEAR PLAN TONIGHT, BUT I DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATION WITH, UH, A RESIDENT ABOUT PO POSSIBLY DOING JUST A SHORT SECTION OF THAT. I KNOW WE ALWAYS HAVE HAD THE TROUBLE WITH THE BIG ROCK THAT'S IN THE ROAD, BUT, UH, WHERE THIS PERSON'S TALKING ABOUT IF YOU COULD GO FROM WHERE THE HOUSES STOP UP TO THE INTERSECTION OF BOBCAT, I THINK IT IS. MM-HMM . THAT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE CARE AND IT WOULDN'T COST A WHOLE LOT AND THAT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ROADS IN THE COUNTY THAT PARKED GRAB ONE PART TAR SO IT IS NOT A PRECEDENT. SO SOMETHING WE CAN JUST THINK ABOUT IT 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO, I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT HE, I THINK HE SENT A EMAIL TO EVERYBODY SO I WAS GOING AT LEAST KNOW IT BEFORE TONIGHT AND MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. JUST IF YOU COULD FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH IT A LITTLE BIT. UM, WITH TRANQUILITY? WITH [00:10:01] TRANQUILITY? YES SIR. YEAH. YES MA'AM. UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE MOWING OVER OVERPASS. YOU KNOW THAT THE GRASS AND EVERYTHING, THAT, THAT LOOKS GOOD. I MEAN, BOTH WAYS PEOPLE CAN SEE. UM, AND I KNOW WE RODE AROUND THE ROADS IN WEST PITTSBURGH. HOW'S THAT COMING? I KNOW SOME PEOPLE DID TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE FIXED THE AREA, YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADS AND, AND INSIDE THE, UH, COMPLEXES. YES MA'AM. I THINK THEY WENT IN THERE AND DID SOME SHOULDER WORK, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER WE LOOKED AT IT. MM-HMM . UM, CLEANED OUT SOME CURB AND THEN LAST WEEK THEY WERE IN THERE WITH A VAC TRUCK CLEANING OUT DROP INLETS AND ALL OF OUR SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE, UM, ASSETS IN THERE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UM, EVERYTHING'S BEEN BEEN TOUCHED, BUT I CAN TAKE A RIDE THROUGH THERE, GIVE IT PRETTY CONVENIENT, . OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS. YOU GO. AND JUST A QUESTION, AND I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE OVERALL MAP. I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE TO ASK ME ABOUT, UM, THE ENTRANCE GOING INTO THE NEW DOLLAR GENERAL OUT ON FOUR 60 MM-HMM . UM, IS THERE GONNA BE A TAPER THERE OR HOW, UM, WE'RE AT 55 MILES AN HOUR AT THAT PARTICULAR SITE. UM, SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS OF IF THERE'VE BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT BE OUR, WHERE ARE WE IN THAT, UM, AT THAT STAGE NOW THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE BUILDING AND STEEL IS UP AND COVERING IS ON IT. SO ANY ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU CAN RELAY AS FAR AS THAT BUILDING IS CONCERNED? I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE ENTRANCE PLAN IS. I HAVE, I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. I WILL FIND IT, BUT I JUST NEED TO, I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GET SOME INFORMATION I PERTAINING TO IT. SAY THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 30, 60 DAYS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOPE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES SIR. THANK YOU. I'LL BE BACK LATER. ALRIGHT. WITH STRIPES BRING THE STRIPES WITH YOU. WE CAN TALK. OH NO, SHE CAN'T ANSWER. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO THANK YOU AARON. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, NEXT [6.B. New Laws Presentation ] WE HAVE OUR NEW LAWS PRESENTATION BY CAITLYN ARDI, WHO'S OUR IN INTERN WITH. UH, MR. SOUTHALL? YES. THANK YOU DR. MOORE. YEP. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD. OH, YOU ARE GOOD. UM, UH, THIS IS THE NEW LAW'S PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, SOME KEY NOTES FOR THIS PRESENTATION. UH, YOU WILL SEE THREE SYMBOLS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. IF YOU SEE THE ADOPT SYMBOL, IT IS, UH, IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED THAT AN ORDINANCE FOR THE RELATED MATTER MUST BE ADOPTED OR SOME OTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. IF YOU SEE THE MAY SYMBOL, YOU MAY ADOPT AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO THIS MATTER. IF THE INFO SYMBOL IS USED, THERE ARE OTHER PRESENTED LAWS THAT COULD BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION. UH, WE WANTED TO FIRST START OFF WITH, UH, PERSONAL FAVORITES, . OKAY. UM, WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 1 8 9 4 FRIDA. THIS PROVIDES THAT A PREGNANT WOMAN SHALL BE CONSIDERED TWO PEOPLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING OCCUPANCY AND HOV AND HOT LANES, PROVIDING THAT SHE IS PROOF OF PREGNANCY OR IF TRAVELING IN A LANE MONITORED BY A PHOTO ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM HAS CERTIFIED THE PREGNANCY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. INTERESTING. YES, I WOULD SAY SOMETHING NOW, BUT I HANG ON SECOND . OH, YOU CAN PAUSE TO KEEP GOING. YEP. UH, NEXT WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT, SB 1 1 15 1 EDWARDS AND HOUSE BILL 2 1 6 1 WILLIAMS. THIS BILL STANDARDIZES THE FREQUENCY OF ADVERTISINGS IN THE NEWSPAPER AND PAIRS DOWN SEVERAL ZONING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEWSPAPERS. THE BILL CONTAINS UNCLEAR LANGUAGE THAT MAY RESULT IN NEEDING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DONE WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND NOTICES. HOUSE BILL 1 5 2 4 COYER AND SB 8 2 0 OLO. THIS CREATES A FUND [00:15:01] AND DIRECTS THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES TO ADMINISTER THE FUND AND EVOKE GUIDELINES AND COOPERATION WITH THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL JAILS AND THE VIRGINIA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION FOR ITS USE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR PLANNING OR OPERATION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER, TREATMENT AND TRANSITION SERVICES FOR PEOPLE INCARCERATED IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL JAILS. SB 1 54 1 4 5 9 MCDOUGAL AND HOUSE BILL 2 3 8 5 BREWER. THIS LEGISLATION LEGISLATION STATES THAT NO EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF A PUBLIC BODY OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY CONTRACTING WITH ANY SUCH PUBLIC BODY SHALL DOWNLOAD OR USE ANY APPLICATION INCLUDING TIKTOK, WECHAT, ET CETERA, ON ANY GOVERNMENT ISSUED OWNED OR LEASED EQUIPMENT OR OTHER DEVICES CAPABLE OF CONNECTING TO COMMONWEALTH NETWORK. THERE IS A POSSIBLE EXCEPTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT HOUSE BILL 1 8 1 0 DAVIS. THIS PROPOSED PROPOSED LEGISLATION STATES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SHALL NOT BE PENALIZED BY THEIR EMPLOYER FOR EXPRESSING AN OPINION DURING AN OPEN MEETING ON A CURRENT OR PROPOSED RULE, ET CETERA. NEXT WE HAVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT HOUSE BILL 2 2 8 1 SHIN. THIS AUTHORIZES THE VIRGINIA CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND ETHICS ADVISORY COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ACT AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ACT. THE COUNCIL MAY INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION UPON ITS OWN MOTION OR RESPONSE TO A COMPLAINT FILED BY A RESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH WHO HAS FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF AN ALLEGED VIOLATION. THIS BILL DIRECT DIRECTS THE COUNSEL TO REVIEW THE DISCLOSURE FORMS FILED BY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS ON GIFT AND THE ACCURACY OF ALL INFORMATION DISCLOSED AND AUTHORIZES A COUNSEL TO INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THIS REVIEW. NEXT, WE HAVE COURTS SB 1 4 9 5 S. THIS PROVIDES THAT ANY PERSON AGAINST TOMB AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION IS CARRIED OUT BY A LOCALITY OR ANY ORDINANCE REGULATION WHERE THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION WAS BASED UPON A WILL OR DISREGARD FOR APPLICABLE LAW REGULATION OR ORDINANCE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AWARD OF COMPETENCY OR DAMAGES AND TO AND TO AND ORDER OF REMANDING THE MATTER TO A LOCALITY AND MAY FURTHER BE ENTITLED TO REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES AND COURT COSTS. NEXT WE HAVE EDUCATION HOUSE BILL 2/1/04 BORN. THIS AUTHORIZES ANY LOCALITY TO PLACE A SCHOOL CROSSING SIGN IN A SCHOOL ZONE INCREASES THE DEFAULT BOUNDARY OF A SCHOOL ZONE FROM 600 FEET TO 750 FEET OR OTHERWISE WITH PERMISSION OF VDOT. NEXT WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURE SB 1 3 76 VOGEL AND HOUSE BILL 1 8 4 8 WMAN. THIS INCLUDES FARM BUILDINGS, ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE USED FOR AGRITOURISM ACTIVITY AND ANY RELATED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, INCLUDING ROADS, DRIVEWAYS, AND PARKING AREAS IN THE RESPECTIVE DEFINITIONS OF AN AGREEMENT IN LIEU OF A PLAN IN THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND EROSION AND SETTLEMENT CONTROL LAWS. THIS BILL ALSO REQUIRES A STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD TO ESTABLISH BY REGULATION, A PROCEDURE BY WHICH A REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR COVERAGE UNDER THE GENERAL PERMIT FOR DISCHARGES OF STORMWATER. FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES FOR A SMALL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY DEFINED IN THE BILL INVOLVING A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, SB 1 3 0 5 HANGAR. THIS AMENDS THE BUILDING CODE EXEMPTIONS TO INCLUDE ANY FARM BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHERE THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ENTER FOR AN AGRITOURISM OF ACTIVITY AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN 3.2 DASH SIX FOUR FOR RECREATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, AND WHICH IS USED FOR DISPLAY SAMPLING OR SALE OF AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURAL FLOOR CULTURAL OR SILVA CULTURAL PRODUCTS PRODUCED ON THE FARM. THE EXEMPTION OUTLINES MINIMAL SAFETY REGULATIONS TO BE REQUIRED. HOUSE BILL 2 3 2 5 BLOCKS HIM AND SB 1 4 3 8 STORE. THIS PROHIBITS ANY FOREIGN ADVERSARY AS DEFINED IN THE BILL FROM ACQUIRING OR TRANSFERRING ANY INTEREST IN AGRICULTURAL LAND AS DEFINED IN FEDERAL LAW BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2023. THIS GIVES A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY AUTHORITY TO FILE AN ACTION REGARDING OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND BY A FOREIGN ADVERSARY. NEXT WE HAVE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT HOUSE BILL 2007 ROME. THIS REQUIRES THAT ALL STATE PUBLIC BODIES, ANY CITY OR COUNTY AND TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 250 AND ANY SCHOOL BOARD SHALL POST A FOLLOWING ON THEIR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. A WRITTEN POLICY EXPLAINING HOW THE PUBLIC BODY ACCESSES CHARGES FOR ACCESSING OR SEARCHING FOR REQUESTED RECORDS AND NOTING THE CURRENT FEE CHARGED, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING AND SEARCHING FOR SUCH REQUESTED RECORDS. NEXT WE HAVE LAND USE HOUSE BILL 2 3 1 2 [00:20:02] HEAD AND SB 1 12 63 HACKWORTH. THIS DEFINES STOP WORK ORDERS FOR PURPOSES OF THE UNIFORM STATEWIDE BUILDING CODE, ALONG WITH OUTLINING THE APPEAL PROCESS. THIS ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE RECOVERY OF ACTUAL COSTS OF LITIGATION, INCLUDING COURT COSTS, ATTORNEY FEES, AND WITNESS FEES FROM THE LOCALITY RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING THE STOP WORK ORDER HOUSE BILL 1 8 4 2 NINTH. THIS CREATES A VIRGINIA BUSINESS READY SITES ACQUISITION PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING SITES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING AND MAINTAINING APRIL P, A PROJECT READY SITES TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMONWEALTH, DEVELOPING SUCH SITES TO INCREASE THEIR MARKETABILITY FOR LARGE SCALE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, OR ENTERING INTO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE EMPLOYERS FOR LARGE SCALE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THE VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP AUTHORITY SHALL ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES HOUSE BILL 2 1 9 1 . THIS ALLOWS FOR THE REMOVAL OF CERTAIN UNATTENDED OR IMMOBILE VEHICLES BY THE LOCALITY CIVIL CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. IF ALLOWED TO BY ANY LOCAL ORDINANCE, ANY REMOVED MOTOR VEHICLES WOULD BE MOVED TO A STORAGE AREA FOR KEEP FOR SAFEKEEPING HOUSE BILL 2 4 9 4 WHERE THIS APPLIES TO LOCALITIES OVER A POPULATION OF 3,500 AND REQUIRES ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DHCD. THESE REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE ADOPTION OR AMENDMENTS OF ANY LOCAL POLICIES OR ORDINANCES AFFECTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING, ANY PROPER POLICY CHANGES, CHANGES TO ZONING SLASH SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVISIONS AND CHANGES TO ACCESSORY DRILLING UNITS AND OR FEES. DHCD WILL WORK WITH RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS TO CREATE A REPORTING FORM HOUSE BILL 1 6 7 1 WYATT. THIS REQUIRES A LOCALITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN 3,500 SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONTAINING THE TOTAL FEE REVENUE COLLECTED BY THE LOCALITY FOR RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. SB ONE 14 STANLEY. THIS DIRECTS THE DHCD DIRECTOR TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE A VIRGINIA RESIDENTIAL SITES AND STRUCTURES LOCATOR DATABASE, WHICH WILL SHOW SUITABLE RESIDENTIAL OR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT SITES THAT ARE UNDER PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF THEIRS PERMISSION TO MARKET. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL TOOL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HOUSE BILL 1 6 3 4 BELOVA AND SB 1 18 7 LEWIS. THIS ENCOURAGES LOCALITIES TO CONSIDER RESILIENCE DURING ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW. RESILIENCE MEANS THE CAPABILITY TO ANTICIPATE, PREPARE FOR, RESPOND TO AND OR RECOVER FROM SIGNIFICANT MULTI HAZAR THREATS WITH MINIMUM DAMAGE TO SOCIAL WELLBEING, HEALTH, ECONOMY, AND ENVIRONMENT. HOUSE BILL 1 6 7 4 HODGES. THIS ADDS TO LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FREIGHT CORRIDORS WHEN DEVELOPING A TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SV 1 3 9 0 LEWIS AND HOUSE BILL 1 9 4 4 HODGES. THIS EXTENDS TO JULY 1ST, 2026. THE SUN DATE FOR VARIOUS LOCAL AND USE APPROVALS FOR SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECTS THAT WERE VALID AND OUTSTANDING AS OF JULY 1ST, 2023. SB 1 2 0 5 LEWIS AND HOUSE BILL 1 6 6 5 MARSHALL. THIS EXTENDS TO JULY 1ST, 2025. THE SUNSET DATE FOR LOCAL LAND USE APPROVALS THAT WERE VALID AND OUTSTANDING AS OF JULY 1ST, 2020. NEXT WE HAVE PROCUREMENT HOUSE BILL 1 4 9 0. DAVIS BONDS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED CONTRACT EXCEEDING $500,000. DIFFERENT RULES APPLY FOR TRANSPORTATION RELATED CONTRACTS. THIS WILL ALLOW A LOCALITY TO PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL ALLOW A CONTRACTOR TO FURNISH A PERFORMANCE BOND AND OR PAYMENT BOND EQUAL TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE CURRENT TASK FOR CONTRACTS OF INDEFINITE DELIVERY OR QUALITY OR QUANTITY CONTRACT. NEXT WE HAVE TAXATION HOUSE BILL 1 9 4 2 DURANT. AND CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS BIANNUAL REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS, THE BILL REQUIRES ANY NOTICE OF CHANGE IN ASSESSMENTS OF REAL PROPERTY TO INCLUDE A NOTICE SETTING OUT THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE INCREASE IF THE PROPOSED REAL ESTATE TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE LOWER TAX RATE THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE LOCALITY COLLECTING NO GREATER THAN 101% OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S. REAL PROPERTY TAXES SJ 2 31 MCPIKE. THIS PROPOSES A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO EXPAND THE CURRENT TAX EXEMPTION FOR REAL PROPERTY AVAILABLE TO THE SURVIVING SPOUSES OF SOLDIERS KILLED IN ACTION DUE TO THE SURVIVING SPOUSES OF SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. WHILE THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION AND DEBATE IN SENATE FINANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, [00:25:01] THE BILL PASSED EACH CHAMBER UNANIMOUSLY. VML DID NOT OPPOSE THE BILL, BUT MONITORED THESE AND OTHER BILLS THAT IMPOSE POPULAR TAX EXEMPTIONS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THE BILL WILL NEED TO PASS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DURING THE 2024 SESSION AND THEN BE APPROVED BY VOTERS TO BECOME LAW SB 9 56 ROUGH. THIS PROVIDES A TOOL TO LOCALITIES TO CREATE A LOCAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AND RECRUITMENT DISTRICT PLAN IN WHICH BUSINESSES PAY A FEE, WHICH IS USED TO FUND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS, PROMOTIONS, AND RECRUITMENT. THIS TOOL MUST BE USED IN A MAIN STREET DISTRICT. CURRENTLY, DENWOODY DOES NOT HAVE A WALL ESTABLISHED MAIN STREET DISTRICT HOUSE BILL 1 4 8 6 WEBER. THIS EXPANDS THE LIST OF CERTAIN FARM MACHINERY AND FARM IMPLEMENTS THAT A LOCALITY MAY EXEMPT FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES TO INCLUDE MOTOR VEHICLES USED PRIMARILY FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, PRIVATELY OWNED TRAILERS, PRIMARILY USED BY FARMERS IN THEIR FARMING OPERATIONS AND SEASON EXTENDING VEGETABLE HOOP HOUSES USED FOR INFIELD PRODUCTION OF PRODUCE. AND THIS IS THE WORK CITED FOR THE PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOOD. GOOD PRESENTATION. A LOT OF INFORMATION. YEAH. THEY WERE BUSY. THEY JUST COULDN'T PUT A BUDGET TOGETHER. . THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S AMAZING. YEAH. SO MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK MR. CAITLIN HAS TO COME BACK EVERY YEAR NOW 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE FASTEST NEW LAWS PRESENTATION FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THAT WAS WONDERFUL JOB. WONDERFUL JOB. AND I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH TYLER, UM, SOUTH HALL SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE CAITLIN, THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A PROJECT. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S MEANINGFUL. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT PROCESS AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, DIVE I HAD A CHANCE TO, TO, TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION EARLIER. AND AGAIN, THE DEPTH OF UNDERSTATE UNDERSTANDING THAT KAITLYN HAS WITH THESE BILLS, UM, IS I WANT TO JUST COMMEND YOU PUBLICLY. I KNOW I'VE ALREADY SAID IT TO YOU PRIVATELY, BUT, UM, WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL JOB. AND YOU DELIVERED IT EXTREMELY WELL. UM, ALL THE TITLE PAGES, SHE CAME UP WITH THE GRAPHICS, SO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF 'EM. IF YOU LOOKED AT ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, I WAS THE CASTLE ON THE HILL IT LOOKED LIKE. BUT, UH, GREAT PICTURES, CREATIVITY. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD JOB. OKAY. MM-HMM . GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. SALL. A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE BILL. THE ONE ON THE FOREIGN LAND AND ADVERSARY. HOW IS THAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK MR. SOUTHALL? AS FAR AS FINDING WHAT, WHAT THE DEFINITION OF ADVERSARY IS? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK IT SAYS THE SAME DEFINITION USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. AND I HAVEN'T HAD OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF EXACTLY WHAT CONSTITUTES THE FOREIGN ADVERSARY. BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, YOU PROBABLY HAVE NEVER READ ONE OF THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENTS, BUT IF YOU EVER READ A SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT, THERE IS A LIST OF COUNTRIES THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE THE SOFTWARE TO. OKAY. UM, AND I'M IMAGINING IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THAT LIST. RIGHT. OKAY. SO YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, NORTH KOREA WOULD BE ON THAT LIST. UM, IRAN MIGHT BE ON THAT LIST AND THERE, THERE MAY BE A FEW OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU KNOW, COUNTRIES THAT HAVE VERY UNFRIENDLY RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE UNITED STATES. LIKE I, I DON'T THINK CHINA WOULD, WOULD COUNT, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, RUSSIA MAY BE ON THERE AT THIS POINT. NORTH KOREA, IRAN. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MR. AL. MM-HMM . I, I JUST, UM, HAD A COMMENT. UM, THE FIRST ONE WITH THE HIGH OCCUPANCY AND VEHICLE LANES FOR THE PREGNANT WOMEN, I THINK THAT WAS MM-HMM . INTERESTING. UM, YOU KNOW, SINGLING WOMEN OUT, HAVING PROOF PREGNANCY, KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE SOME OF THE WOMEN WENT ALONG WITH THAT , BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, TRAVELING THROUGH THE HOV AND HOT LANES. UM, ONE PERSON COMPARED THE TWO I MM-HMM . I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT ONE . BUT I'VE GOT A DAUGHTER THAT'S 10 MONTHS PREGNANT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO STOP HER. . YEAH. THAT'S IT. THAT'S JUST PRETTY INTERESTING. 10 MONTHS. THAT'S RIGHT. SEEMS LIKE 10 TO ME, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S JUST, HE'S NOT IN A GOOD MOOD MOST OF THE TIME. , SO, YEAH. I GOTCHA. YEAH, THAT'S INTERESTING. YEAH. IT'S OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU CAITLIN, FOR YOUR HARD WORK. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL [7.A. Contract Award, Laserfiche ] MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEMS. SO OUR FIRST ONE THERE IS A CONTRACT AWARD FOR LASER FISH AND WE'VE GOT NORMAN CUMAN WITH THIS, THIS AFTERNOON TO PRESENT THAT. HOW YOU DOING? GOOD. GOOD. NORMAN? UH, TODAY I'M JUST, UH, COMING [00:30:01] TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT LASER FISH. WE'VE BEEN ON LASER FISH FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. MM-HMM . SO WE'RE SLOWLY, WELL, NOT SLOWLY. WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, METHODICALLY GOING THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND ADDING THEM TO, TO THEIR WORKFLOWS. AND, UM, WELL TODAY THE, THE CONTRACT IS UP IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE'RE, WE HAVE A, UM, PROJECT THAT'S IN HAND RIGHT NOW FOR THE CSA OFFICE AND WE, WE, WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE, UM, NUMBERS THAT WE'VE ALREADY REACHED AT 125,000, WE HAD A DO NOT EXCEED. SO I'M HERE TODAY TO ONE, ASK FOR THE EXTENSION ON THE CONTRACT AND TWO, UH, INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO 225,000. OKAY. BECAUSE WITH, WITH, UM, CSA COMING ON AND, UH, POTENTIAL, WE GOT TWO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT BRINGING ON. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO, UH, INCREASE AND EXPAND INTO OUR ENTERPRISE. SO WITH THAT, UM, IF YOU ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN, WE CAN START WORKING ON THE CSA PROJECT. MR. CHAIR, THAT'S A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT, RIGHT? CORRECT. JUST TO CLARIFY, NOT A OKAY. AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT, RIGHT? THAT 2 25 IS THE CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF THE WHOLE CONTRACT, THE FOUR YEARS? NO, NO. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTRACT THROUGH IT'S, IT'S REALLY ADDING WHAT, A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO THE CONTRACT TO INCREASE. SO THE 1 25 WE'RE ADDING, BASICALLY ADDING A HUNDRED A HUNDRED TO IT. CORRECT. GOTCHA. OKAY. RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT. WE ARE NOT GONNA SPEND AN ADDITIONAL 225,000. RIGHT. JUST CLARIFYING. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, NOT TODAY, . NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. NOT TODAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM SUPERVISORS? NO. ALRIGHT. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? YOU'VE GOT A MOTION OR RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU FOR THE CONTRACT? MOVE FOR APPROVAL, MR. CHAIRMAN. SECOND. ALRIGHT, ROLL CALL. MR. LEE. AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. MOODY? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU NORM. THANK YOU. OKAY, [7.B. Commonwealth's Attorney Vacancy ] NEXT ITEM IS A COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S VACANCY, AND THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED BY MR. SAL. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. COME AROUND TO THE PODIUM FOR THIS ONE. SO, AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, ON JUNE 2ND OF THIS YEAR, UM, AND CABELL BASKERVILLE, COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED HER RESIGNATION TO BECOME EFFECTIVE. WHAT'S NOW TOMORROW, JUNE 21ST. SO THAT CREATES TWO ISSUES. WHO WILL FILL THE VACANCY AND THEN TWO, IF A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY WILL TAKE PLACE. SO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REALLY HAS NO PART IN THE DECISION OF WHO FILLS THE VACANCY. THAT'S UP TO THE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES. UM, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES, HOWEVER, HAVE ENORMOUS POWER OVER WHETHER A SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD BE HELD OR NOT. UM, SO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PETITIONING THE CIRCUIT COURT REGARDING WHEN OR IF TO HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION. VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 24.2 2 28 STATES THAT BASICALLY WITHIN 15 DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE VACANCY, WHICH I THINK YOUR 15 DAY CLOCK WOULD START TICKING TOMORROW, THE GOVERNING BODY IN WHICH THE, THE VACANCY OCCURS SHALL PETITION THE COURT, UM, FOR, FOR WRIT OF ELECTION. IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT IF, UH, THE VACANCY OCCURS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE END OF THE TERM, WHICH IT IT DOES HERE, THE TERM WOULD END ON DECEMBER 31ST. THE BOARD MAY PETITION THE CIRCUIT COURT TO SAY THAT NO SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD BE HELD, AND THE CIRCUIT COURT IT SAYS, SHALL ABIDE BY THE BOARD'S WISHES IN THAT RESPECT. SO I HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU TODAY A RESOLUTION TO DIRECT ME AS COUNTY ATTORNEY TO PETITION THE CIRCUIT COURT TO, UH, NOT HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION. UM, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT WITH YOU, UM, AND INDIVIDUALLY, AND I ALSO UN THERE, THERE IS ALREADY AN ELECTION FOR COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023. AND SO AT THIS POINT, THAT'S JUST UNDER FIVE MONTHS AWAY. UM, AND SO REALLY IF YOU HELD A SPECIAL ELECTION, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A DATE IN LATE AUGUST. AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO ELECTIONS THAT ARE LESS THAN THREE MONTHS APART. ALSO, IN DISCUSSING WITH THE GENERAL REGISTRAR, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE A SPECIAL ELECTION IS ESTIMATED TO COST APPROXIMATELY $30,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY. AND THAT REALLY IS LOCAL TAXPAYER MONEY, I BELIEVE. UM, SO NOT HAVING A SPECIAL ELECTION DOES OF COURSE MEAN THAT WHOEVER IS APPOINTED AS THE INTERIM COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY WOULD GO AHEAD AND SERVE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. AT WHICH POINT THE NEW YEAR WOULD START, A NEW TERM WOULD START AND WHOMEVER WINS ON NOVEMBER 7TH WOULD WOULD HAVE THAT NEW TERM. UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. I DO WANT TO NOTE IN YOUR RESOLUTION, UM, I'VE CHANGED THE SECOND PARAGRAPH THERE TO READ. WHEREAS VIRGINIA CODE SECTION [00:35:01] 2 24 0.2 2, 28 0.1 A STATES THAT WITHIN 15 DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE VACANCY AND ANY ELECTED CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER, ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CI COUNTY OR CITY IN WHICH THE VACANCY OCCURS, SHALL PETITION THE CIRCUIT COURT, UM, TO ISSUE THAT WRIT. OF COURSE, IF YOU PETITION THE COURT NOT TO ISSUE THE WRIT, THE COURT IS SUPPOSED TO NOT ISSUE THE WRIT. SO I DO HAVE A PACKET. IT'S ACTUALLY THE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE ON THIS. I KNOW THE, THE JUDGE HAS A NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AS OF TOMORROW. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ANYBODY IN THAT ROLE. UM, AND I'M, I'M SURE THE DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE REGARDING THAT. I DO HAVE IN MY HAND RIGHT HERE THE ENTIRE PETITION, INCLUDING A COVER LETTER, THE PETITION, A DRAFT ORDER, UM, AS WELL AS A, A RESOLUTION, THE RESOLUTION THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY. SO IF, IF YOU DO ADOPT THAT, UM, I ACTUALLY WILL PASS THAT AROUND FOR EACH ONE OF YOU TO SIGN. AND MS. JENNINGS IS HERE TO GIVE IT AN EXPRESS DELIVERY TO THE CLERK OF COURT'S OFFICE. SO, WITH THAT, WITH THAT SAID, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. JUST ONE QUESTION. IF THE JUDGE APPOINTS A INTERIM AND HE, THAT PERSON HAS NOT BEEN CERTIFIED TO RUN FOR IN NOVEMBER, THEN THEY WILL, WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN IN NOVEMBER? CORRECT. SO IF THE JUDGE APPOINTS AN INTERIM COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY, UM, AND THAT PERSON IS SOMEONE WHO, WHO IS NOT RUNNING IN NOVEMBER, WHICH THERE'S NO RULE THAT SAYS THAT IT DOES OR DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SOMEONE WHO'S RUNNING IN NOVEMBER, IT CAN BE WHOMEVER THE JUDGE DESIRES TO APPOINT. UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE ALREADY, IF THEY HAD THEIR SIGNATURES IN BY TODAY, THEN THEY WOULD BE ON THE BALLOT. IF THEY WEREN'T, THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE ON THE BALLOT. YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY PEOPLE COULD ALWAYS MOUNT A WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE REALLY IS NO RULE OR REGULATION IN STATE CODE OF WHETHER OR NOT THE INTERIM APPOINTEE COULD, COULD RUN OR NOT RUN. THEY COULDN'T RUN. THEY THEY COULD, THEY COULD RUN UNDER THE LAW AS A WRITE ON. THEY COULD RUN AS A WRITE IN I IF, IF THEY WANTED TO. YEAH. OR, OR IF THEY WERE ALREADY ON THE BALLOT, THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE ON THE BALLOT. I THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO YOU HAVE THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU, UM, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE AS A BOARD? ANYBODY? MR. CHAIRMAN? I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. OKAY, SECOND. A SECOND. ROLL CALL. MR. LEE. AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. MOODY? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU TYLER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM GOING TO, UH, PASS THIS PIECE OF PAPER THAT SAYS SIGN HERE UP AND YOU CAN PASS IT AROUND AND SIGN IT WHEN YOU'RE DONE. UM, YOU CAN HAND IT OVER TO ME AND I'LL HAND IT TO MS. JENNINGS AND SHE CAN TAKE IT TO THE COURTHOUSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. WOW. WE'RE SIGNING. I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE ITEM [7.C. NACo Voting Delegate ] C SEVEN. UM, AND THAT IS THE NACO VOTING, UH, DELEGATE. MR. MASSENGILL. OKAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THIS IS A, AN EASY ACTION ITEM. UM, ON JULY 21ST TO JULY 24TH, UH, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES WILL HAVE, ITS, ITS ITS REGULAR, UM, NATIONAL MEETING. UH, IT'S GONNA BE HELD IN TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS THIS YEAR. SO THERE'S ONLY ONE OF YOU THAT'S QUALIFIED OR THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING, WHICH IS BRENDA EIN BONNER, UH, TO THAT, UH, CONFERENCE. SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO APPOINT, UM, MS. EIN BONNER AS YOUR VOTING DELEGATE TO P ABLE TO CAST THAT VOTE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY. OKAY? UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING SHE'S STAYING FOR THE WHOLE CONFERENCE, SO SHE'LL BE ABLE TO VOTE. ALRIGHT. CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR THAT? I'LL SO MOVE. OKAY. SECOND. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. LEE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. I ABSTAIN. ABSTAINED ABSTAIN. MR. MOODY. A MR. CHAVIS? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. FOUR. AYE. ONE ABSTAIN. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. BRING BACK A GOOD REPORT THAT DURING THAT TIME COMES. ALRIGHT. UH, [8. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES) ] NEXT ITEM IS, UM, CITIZEN'S COMMENT, PERIOD. LET ME READ A STATEMENT AND THEN WE'LL OPEN THE SESSION FOR CITIZEN'S COMMENT. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DESIRES TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON MATTERS THAT ARE NOT LISTED UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS MEETING. IT IS FOR THAT PURPOSE OF THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT. IT IS PROVIDED. THIS TIME IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD, NOR IS IT A TIME FOR DIALOGUE WITH BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF. CITIZENS WHO DO TAKE PART IN THIS COMMENT MUST ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH DECORUM [00:40:01] LOUD, DISRUPTIVE, OR AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR TO INCLUDE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE SHALL BE AVOIDED. AVOID WORDS OR ACTS THAT ARE AIMED AT EVOKING VIOLENCE OR CAN BE DEEMED TO BE A BREACH OF THE PEACE. AND LASTLY, DIRECT ALL COMMENTS TO THE BOARD'S CHAIRMAN. WE'LL OPEN THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD. IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP THIS AFTERNOON? MR. CHAIRMAN? WE HAVE MR. RON BROOKS. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. BROOKS. UH, I WAS HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO AND, UH, MR. MASSING HAD MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE INTERNET SERVICE THAT DOMINION WAS HAVING A PROBLEM RUNNING THEIR CABLES ON THE POLLS BECAUSE OF HEIGHT OR SOME, SOME REGULATIONS. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY FOLLOW UP ON THAT MEETING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE THAT MONTH. AND WHAT'S THE, UH, OUTCOME OF IT? I KNOW ON, UH, THE WEBSITE FOR THE, UH, COUNTY SAYS THAT MY AREA WAS GOING TO BE HOOKED UP SOMETIME THE FIRST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR. AND I'M JUST WONDERING HAS THAT BEEN PUSHED BACK? HOW FAR BACK ARE WE LOOKING? AND, UM, I KNOW THE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING SOME INTERNET SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CARLA JONES. HELLO, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON. CALL JONES, TWO FIVE NINE OH FIVE WEEKLY ROAD. UM, I'M UP HERE AGAIN REGARDING THE, I THINK I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON WEEKLY ROAD, THE TRUCKS. AND I HEARD THE GENTLEMAN, I THINK HIS NAME IS AARON FRENCH. MM-HMM . AND WEAKLEY ROAD WASN'T A PART OF THE CONVERSATION, SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM IN THE HALLWAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO, BEFORE YOU ALL MAKE A RESOLUTION, TO RECONSIDER, UM, ADDRESSING THE TRAFFIC OF THE TRUCKS ON WEEKLY ROAD AND THE REPAIR OF THE ROAD. AND I DO APPRECIATE THE CUTTING OF THE GRASS AND ALL THAT AROUND THERE RECENTLY. SO, UM, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. IS THERE ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD THIS AFTERNOON? GOOD EVENING, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS WELD JONES. I RESIDE AT 1639 EAST TUCKAHOE STREET, PETERSBURG, BUT I DO HAVE DI WHITTY PROPERTY AT 56 31 BELL STREET IN NORTH DI WHITTY. AND I'M HERE TO, UH, FIND OUT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE AIRBNBS IF THEY'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO, UH, CEASE, UH, USING MY FACILITY. AND, UH, IT'S AT A COST TO KEEP THINGS GOING. SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE, THE, UM, GENERAL CONSENSUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD, AND WE'LL [9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS ] MOVE ON TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S COMMENTS, MR. MASSER. SURE. MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I'D, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A STAB AT A COUPLE OF THE CITIZEN COMMENTS, AT LEAST TO, TO KIND OF BRING SOME INSIGHT TO THAT. UH, FIRST TO, TO MR. BROOKS. UM, A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, WE, WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION, UM, WITH THE BOARD FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE ARE AT WITH, UM, OUR CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH RULE BAND. IF YOU REMEMBER, RULE BAND AS A SUBSIDIARY OF PRINCE GEORGE ELECTRIC. AND THEIR, UH, PROJECT THAT THEY HAD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY WAS TO LOOK AT, UH, PROVIDING, UH, INTERNET SERVICE ON SOUTH SIDE ELECTRIC'S LINES AND DOMINION'S LINES. UM, MOST OF THE AREA THAT'S ALREADY SERVED BY PRINCE GEORGE ELECTRIC HAS ALREADY RECEIVED, UM, INTERNET SERVICE. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY RECEIVING THAT. MR. CHAVIN CAN CONTEST TO THAT. HE'S ONE OF THOSE LUCKY RESIDENTS ON THAT NETWORK. UM, BUT FOR SOUTHSIDE ELECTRIC, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE ISSUE, UH, WAS THAT WHEN RURAL BAN, UH, DID THEIR SCOPE WITH THE COUNTY, THEY MADE AN ASSUMPTION THAT THEY COULD GET ON SOUTH SIDE ELECTRIC'S LINES BUILDING TO THE NATIONAL STANDARD OF A MEDIUM ICE LOAD CAPACITY AS THE NATIONAL SAFETY ELECTRIC CODE. UH, WHICH IS, AGAIN, IN THIS AREA IS A MEDIUM STANDARD. UH, SOUTHSIDE ELECTRIC, BECAUSE OF THE, THE 19 JURISDICTIONS THAT MAKE UP SOUTHSIDE ELECTRIC, [00:45:01] UM, THEY ACTUALLY ARE IN KIND OF A SPLIT ZONE. MOST OF THE AREA THEY ACTUALLY BUILD TO THE HIGH STANDARD. SO EVEN THOUGH THIS AREA IS MEDIUM STANDARD, THEY BUILD THEIR WHOLE NETWORK TO THIS HIGH STANDARD. AND SO WHAT THAT DID FOR, UH, PRINCE GEORGE ELECTRIC, WHEN LOOKING AT THAT, UM, TO BUILD TO THE, THE HIGH STANDARD, REALLY THE COST OF THE PROJECT WAS, WAS EXTREMELY HIGH. SO THEN THEY WENT AND LOOKED, WELL, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GO UNDERGROUND? AND SO UNDERGROUND WAS A SIMILAR COST THAN GOING, UM, UP ON THE, THE AERIAL PIECE OF STRINGING IT ON THE POLES. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY BOTH WAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT MADE MORE SENSE FOR THEM TO GO UNDERGROUND. THE CHALLENGE IN THAT IS, IS THAT THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, UM, IS A LITTLE BIT LIMITED IN, IN, IN WHAT IT WANTS TO DO AS FAR AS PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IN COMPETITION WITH ANOTHER PROVIDER THAT HAS POTENTIALLY RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDS. SO THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU RECALL THE COMPANY, RIVER STREET, RIVER STREET WAS, UM, A FIXED BASED WASTE, FIXED BASED WIRELESS PROJECT, UH, THAT WE HAD WORKED WITH, WITH AMELIA COUNTY. WELL, THEY RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDS TO, TO BRING HIGH SPEED INTERNET TO ABOUT 60% OF BENWOOD COUNTY. SO RIVER STREET IS ALREADY RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS. SO THE STATE OF VIRGINIA LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC AND PURPOSEFUL AND WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE FUNDING, UM, ON TOP OF FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WHAT THAT THEN RESULTED WAS IN A MEETING WHERE THE COUNTY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE BEGAN CONVERSATIONS IN NEGOTIATIONS. UM, I'M A LITTLE BIT LIMITED. YOU'LL SEE ON THE, ON THE AGENDA THERE'S A LOT OF CLOSED SESSION LANGUAGE, UM, UNDER CONTRACTS AND COUNTY ATTORNEY ADVICE. AND, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED BOTH BY RIVER STREET AND AND RURAL VAN, UM, SPECIFICALLY THE COUNTY. AS, AS FAR AS THE OVERALL PROJECT FUNDING, IF YOU RECALL A LOT OF THOSE, MOST OF THE FUNDING IS STATE FUNDING. SO THE STATE CONTROLS THE FUNDING AND TO MOST, I GUESS EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PROVIDED BY THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, UM, THE STATE HAS TO AGREE TO WHAT THOSE SCOPES WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO SINCE MAY WE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, THE CEOS, UH, AND STAFF OF BOTH PRINCE GEORGE ELECTRIC RURAL BAN, AS WELL AS RIVER STREET TO DEVELOP A POTENTIAL CONTRACT AMENDMENT THAT CONTRACT, UM, IS IN PROCESS. THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY ON THE CLOSED SESSION THAT I CAN'T REALLY TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT PUBLICLY YET. MY HOPE IS AFTER BRIEFING THE BOARD TODAY, THAT, UH, WE COULD START PUTTING OUT SOME, SOME BETTER PUBLIC INFORMATION ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROJECT. UM, BUT THAT WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY BE AT A TIME IN WHICH, IF THE BOARD AGREES TO WANTING TO REACH TO, TO REDEVELOP THE CONTRACT, UM, THAT ONCE IT GETS TO A POSITION THAT CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE, WE WILL THEN HAVE MORE PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE. UM, SO AGAIN, STATE'S PERSPECTIVE IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS, SO THEY WANT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC, ESPECIALLY THIS GO AROUND TO MAKE SURE THESE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT IN AWAY, UM, THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE STATE AS WELL. UH, WHAT THAT DOES TO TIMELINE SPECIFICALLY YOUR QUESTION, IT WAS ABOUT TIMELINE, UH, THE PROJECT SINCE IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNDER SCOPED AND THE ASSUMPTIONS, WRONG ASSUMPTIONS USED IN THE PROJECT, THE PROJECT'S BEEN ON A ON HOLD STATUS SINCE THAT TIME. UM, WHAT WE'RE STILL FROM A COUNTY, WE, WE KIND OF SHIFTED OUR ABILITY TO TRY TO HELP WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS TO MORE ADVOCACY FOR OUR, OUR CITIZENS IN THIS, WITH THE STATE. UM, 'CAUSE AGAIN, OUR HOPE IS, IS THAT EVEN WITH WHATEVER PLAN IS DEVELOPED, WHICH WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE ABOUT 90% THERE, UM, THAT YEAH, IT'S GONNA PROBABLY MORE THAN LIKELY IMPACT THE TIMELINE. UM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE AS MUCH AS MOST EXPEDITIOUSLY AS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. UH, I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE PUBLICLY AT AT THIS POINT. UM, BUT HOPE, HOPE TOO SOON. HOPE TOO SOON. UM, MS. JONES, RELATIVE TO WEEKLY ROAD LA UM, LAST [00:50:01] WEEK WE HAD A CON, UH, CONVERSATION, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT WEEKLY, UH, AT, AT THAT MEETING AS WELL. UM, I KNOW AARON HAD INDICATED THAT THERE WERE SOME ROAD IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRUCKS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT. UM, AS HE INDICATED AS KIND OF A NEW PROCESS FOR HIM, WE WERE REALLY HOPING THAT THE WEEKLY TO CHURCH ROAD, UM, ON OUT TO WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRUCK LIMITATION WOULD'VE BEEN INCLUDED IN THEIR FIRST RECOMMENDATION. UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME IT HASN'T BEEN. SO I REALLY THINK THE HOPE OF LOOKING OUT TOWARDS HALIFAX, UM, AND WHAT THAT MAY DO TO THE TRAFFIC COULD HAVE A INDIRECT ISSUE TO WEEKLY ROAD. SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP LOOKING AT THAT A LITTLE BIT STRONGER. UM, BUT I DO KNOW AS FAR AS THE REPAIRS TO THE ROAD, SOME OF THAT'S ALREADY BEEN, BEEN LOOKED AT EVEN TO THE POINT OF MAYBE SOME BETTER SIGNAGE THAT'S OUT THERE, BECAUSE REALLY THE, THE INDUSTRIAL ACCESS ROAD IS THE BEST ROAD. THEY SHOULD BE USING MOST OF THE TRUCK TRAFFIC, AND I THINK IT'S, MOST OF THEIR TRUCKERS THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR ARE DEFINITELY USING THAT. AND SOME WE BELIEVE ARE, ARE PROBABLY TRYING TO USE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO SKIP THE SCALES. AND SO WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT FROM A, A TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT. NOW, MS. JONES, RELATIVE TO THE AIR A, UH, B AND B, I KNOW THAT THAT PROJECT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. UM, INITIALLY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, UM, ME AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND MS. COLLINS, BASED ON THE WORKLOAD AND WHATNOT, THAT'S USUALLY LIKE A 60 TO 90 DAY TYPE OF REVIEW OF WHAT THEY HAD INDICATED TO ME. AND THAT WAS BACK IN MAY. UM, SO REALISTICALLY I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION AT LEAST THAT IT WOULD BE MID-SUMMER BEFORE WE WOULD GET SOME INFORMATION BACK ON THAT WE RECOGNIZE IT IMPACTS, UM, YOUR SPECIFIC, UM, OPERATION THERE. BUT I THINK THE HOPE AND DESIRES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, PROBABLY JULY TO AUGUST TIMEFRAME TO, TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION THERE. UM, NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, A COUPLE OTHER COMMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO, TO TALK THROUGH ONE, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MR. LEE AND I ARE PLANNING TO GO ON JUNE 28TH TO THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, UH, REGIONS. WAS IT ONE IN FOUR MEETING THAT'S GONNA BE IN PRINCE EDWARD FARMVILLE AREA? UM, ANYBODY THAT ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO RIDE? I KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING TO GO TO THAT AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT THEY HAVE ASKED THAT, UH, THE COUNTY HAVE A SPEAKER. I THINK I'M SPEAKING BETWEEN FOR THAT AND I THINK I WAS VOLUNTOLD. I HAD, I WAS THE SPEAKER FOR THAT. BUT, UM, SO ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PIECES IS THAT, UM, ANY NEW LEGISLATIVE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE NEED TO BE PRESENTED AT THAT MEETING. THIS IS A PREPARATORY CONVERSATION THAT GOES TO YOUR, UH, AUGUST, I THINK IN AUGUST WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING THE VACO, UH, SUMMER MEETING MM-HMM . UH, SO IF YOU, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC IDEAS, UM, THAT, THAT WE WANT TO BRING UP. AS FAR AS STAFF. WE HAVE TWO OR THREE THAT WE WANT TO DO. BUT, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE HOT BUTTON ISSUES. UM, WE'RE HOPING BY THAT TIME WE HAVE A BUDGET, A STATE BUDGET. UM, IF NOT, THEN THAT'S GONNA BE OUR BIGGEST ISSUE. I'M HOPING AFTER TODAY WITH THE PRIMARY DAY THAT, UM, WE SHOULD SEE AT LEAST SOME HOUSE AND SENATE BUDGET, UH, AMENDMENTS BEING MADE TO, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT BUDGET ALONG. UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC IDEAS RELATIVE TO NEW LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, PLEASE LET EITHER ME OR MR. LEE KNOW THAT BEFOREHAND. AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, BOATING SAFETY SPECIFICALLY ON WOCK CREEK AS IT GOES TO THE MAIN LAKE. UH, AFTER THAT MEETING, WE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME TO THE MEETING, MR. DANIELS, MR. BROOKS, MR. SADLER. WE MET OUT AT LAKE CHARLES, UM, ON THE WATER, UH, TOOK A TOUR, GOT THE, THE NEW LAT LONG, UH, COORDINATES OF, UM, WHERE WE WERE GONNA PUT THE BUOYS, RELOCATED THE BUOYS. AND WHEN WE DID, UH, AFTER SEEING THE NEW LOCATIONS, MORE CONCERNS STARTED TO COME IN, UH, NOT JUST FROM THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ON THE BOAT OR IN THE PART OF THE TOUR, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE, UM, BASS FISHERMEN AND SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE RESIDENTS OF WATERFORD LAND. AND SO WE, WE HELD BACK, TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ANOTHER, UM, INPUT SESSION AND VOTE LATER, UH, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. UM, WITH THERE BEING SOME CONCERN WITH THE LOCATION, WE PULLED THAT OFF OF THE AGENDA AND HAVE TENTATIVELY PUT IT BACK ON THE JULY AGENDA. UM, YOU KNOW, MY, MY MY STATEMENT [00:55:01] AT THE LAST MEETING WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO DO THIS ONE TIME AND GET IT RIGHT AND, AND FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. MR. LEE SPECIFICALLY. AND MR. LEE WENT OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THE BUOYS LOCATIONS. HE WAS THERE SAME DAY WE WERE, UM, ABOUT WHO IS THE EXPERT IN THIS AND, AND DEPARTMENT OF GAMELAND FISHERIES, WHICH IS NOW DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES, DWR. UH, WE, WE CONSULTED WITH DWR TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WAS A, A GAME WARDEN THAT, THAT THAT USUALLY REGULATES WATER SAFETY TOO. UM, IF THEY COULD GO OUT AND LOOK ABOUT THE PLACEMENT, THEIR, THEIR COMMENT BACK TO US IS THAT WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THE PLACEMENT. THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, WE RESPECT THAT IT CAN BE A POLITICAL AS WELL AS A SAFETY COMPONENT, BUT WE LEAVE THAT TO THE LOCAL JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY SHOULD BE PUT. SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY YOU'RE NOT, OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T SEE IT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. TOMORROW, UM, THE CHAIRMAN MYSELF WILL BE THERE, UM, TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION, UH, IN REGARDS TO WHERE THE BUOY LOCATIONS, UH, WILL BE. MM-HMM. UM, AND MR. COLTON REESE COLTON. SO I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, COLTON CAME TO OUR LAST MEETING. I'M LOOKING AT YOU, BUT C YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO COME TO THAT LAST MEETING, BUT COLTON IS AN INTERN WORKING THIS SUMMER, UM, FOR ME AND IN MY OFFICE REPORTING DIRECTLY TO ME. UM, AND SO COLTON, UH, IS A JUNIOR AT JAMES MADISON, UH, UNIVERSITY, A POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR. AND WE'VE TRIED TO GIVE HIM EVERY EXPERIENCE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN, IN THIS SHORT TIME THAT HE'S HERE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY PROFICIENT. SO I WANTED TO, TO JUST BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO, TO, TO COLTON AND HE IS PADDLING TOMORROW. HE MAY BE PADDLING TOMORROW. I DON'T KNOW, , WE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE WEATHER FORECAST. IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THOSE, UH, WEATHERS, THE SS MINOW THE THREE HOUR TOUR. SO WE, WE MAY BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW, HOW WE DECIDE TO DO THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. GILLIGANS ALLEN, UH, YEAH. GILLIGANS ALLEN REFERENCE THERE. SO THE, THE ONLY OTHER STATEMENT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE LONG AS I HAVE, I DID HAVE ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, COLTON LOOKS A LOT LIKE YOU DID WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED HERE, WHEN YOU WERE 27 YEARS OLD. AND I SAID, WELL, HE'S NOT BEEN 19, RIGHT? YES SIR. 19 YEARS OLD. SO, BUT I DID HAVE A MUSTACHE BACK THEN TOO. SO HE'S, HE'S ROCKING THE MUSTACHE BACK THEN WE GOT, WE HAD TO SHOW SOME PARALLEL PICTURES OF WHEN, WHEN I FIRST GOT TO THE COUNTY. MM. UH, SO OTHER CON COUPLE COMMENTS. UH, ONE, UH, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE, THE COMP PLAN. SO THE, THE COMP PLAN, I HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD YOU WE WERE A LITTLE BIT AMBITIOUS, UH, THAT WHEN WE WERE GONNA GET IT TO YOU ALL, BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING TO THE COMP PLAN, UH, WOULD BE DONE IN, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN AUGUST AND COMING TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UM, IN SEPTEMBER WOULD BE THE TIME FOR THAT. AND ALSO WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK MS. HOWTON ACTUALLY IS THE FIRST ONE TO MENTION THIS TO ME. WHAT, UM, I THINK I WAS TAKING A SPRING BREAK DAY WHEN THE GOVERNOR DECIDED TO, AT THE LAST MINUTE, DECLARE GOOD FRIDAY AS A HOLIDAY. AND I THINK HE DID IT JUST A FEW HOURS BEFORE GOOD FRIDAY. AND IT WAS, IT WAS ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING, UH, ORDERS THAT CAME OUT. 'CAUSE IT, IT KIND OF GAVE MIXED MESSAGES OF WHAT COUNTY, WHAT STATE OPERATIONS SHOULD STAY OPEN AND WHAT STATE OPERATIONS SHOULDN'T STAY OPEN. UM, AND, AND WHO COULD HAVE THE DAY OFF AND WHO COULDN'T HAVE THE DAY OFF. BUT IT, IT WAS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT. SO THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT, OR THE POTENTIAL THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED IS THAT THE GOVERNOR MORE THAN LIKELY IS LOOKING AT MONDAY, JULY 3RD BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, JULY 4TH IS ALREADY A HOLIDAY MM-HMM . UM, AND HE'S LOOKING AT POTENTIAL WAYS TO EXTEND THAT HOLIDAY OVER A FOUR DAY PERIOD IF YOU REALLY WANNA GET INTERESTED WITH IT. WHEN, WHEN THE GOVERNOR SHUTS DOWN, STATE GOVERNMENT SPENDING ACTUALLY GOES UP. UM, AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF STATE EMPLOYEES THAT, UM, GO OUT AND SPEND MORE MONEY. SO I, I KINDA ANTICIPATE THAT HE'S PROBABLY GONNA DO THAT ANYWAY. A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS, AND MS. LEE DID SOME RESEARCH EARLIER FOR ME. I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE TALKING TO SOME OF THE OTHERS. UM, WE HAVE SOME AREA, UH, COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE CONSIDERING CLOSING ON THE THIRD MOST CLOSE TO US AS PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY'S ALREADY DECIDED TO CLOSE ON THE THIRD, LAST THURSDAY WHILE HE WAS ON VACATION, THE CHAIRMAN AND I HAD A CONVERSATION, DR. MOORE, ABOUT US. 'CAUSE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, UM, IS GO, GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THAT AS WELL FOR US, AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET THE PROPER PLANNING IN PLACE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND MAKE THAT AN EXTRA DAY. UM, SO THAT WAS THE, I WAS [01:00:01] GONNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, THAT ME IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHAIRMAN HAD MADE THE DECISION TO CLOSE ON THE THIRD. AND AGAIN, I ANTICIPATE THAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS, I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF 'EM TODAY THAT ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF WAITING TO MAKE SURE THAT DIM WIDY DOES IT AND THERE'S NO CONCERN HERE. AND THEN SOME OF 'EM ARE GONNA FOLLOW SUIT, I THINK TO US, UH, FOR THAT. SO THE TRENDSETTER, IF, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY ISSUES OR PROBLEMS WITH IT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA REMAIN CLOSED ON THE THIRD. SO, UM, THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH WOULD BE NOW THE FOURTH YOU ACTUALLY HAVE HOLD FOR A WORKSHOP. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A HOLIDAY. SO THAT WORKSHOP WON'T TAKE PLACE. YOU WON'T HAVE A JULY WORKSHOP. RIGHT. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THE MOMENT, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU MR. MASCHI. YEP. ALRIGHT, [10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS ] SO WE'VE GOT BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND WE'LL START WITH MS. BONNER FIRST. THEY LIKE TO START WITH ME FIRST. UM, MAY 1ST. OKAY. UM, UH, JUST HAD A COUPLE THINGS. UM, AND I THOUGHT KEVIN WAS GONNA MENTION IT, BE FORGOT AT RICHARD BLAND. UM, WE HAD, UH, GATEWAY, VIRGINIA GATEWAY HAD A, UM, MEETING THERE AND HAD SOME OF THE, UM, PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA AND, UH, THEY DID THE DRONE UP DEMONSTRATION. AND, UM, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING HOW IT WENT. THEY SHOWED HOW IT WENT UP AND HOW IT DELIVERED. AND, UM, WITH, UM, WALMART AND THE SIZE OF THE, UM, ITEMS, IT'S NOT GONNA BE VERY HEAVY. IT'S, UH, THEY WERE LOOKING AT, IF YOU'RE AT HOME AND YOU CALL WALMART, MAYBE YOU LEFT, UH, NOTHING PERISHABLE, BUT MAYBE, UM, YOU LEFT A, A CAKE MIX OR OIL OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES OR WHATEVER. NO, NOT BATTERIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT, UM, SO THEY SHOWED THAT AND, AND THE, UH, DEMONSTRATION. SO THAT WAS, UM, REALLY GOOD AT RICHARD BLAND. AND, UM, AND YOUR, UM, YOUR, UM, INTERN WAS THERE. YEAH, HE WAS THERE AS WELL. SO, AND KEVIN AND I, UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, I WANTED TO, UH, JUST SAY, UM, ON YESTERDAY AS A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH AND, UM, THAT WAS ANOTHER EXTRA HOLIDAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE AT HOME. AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOY, ENJOYED THAT. SO THAT WAS A CELEBRATION, UM, ACROSS, UH, THE DIFFERENT STATES SO PEOPLE DECIDED TO, UM, UH, DO SOME VOLUNTEER WORK OR, UH, JUST BE OUT TRYING TO HELP. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS, UM, AMAZING FOR YESTERDAY, ALONG WITH PEOPLE HAVING A DAY OFF. I THINK PEOPLE LOVE THE DAY OFF ON THAT DAY. AND, AND THIS STARTED, I THINK AT, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2021 WHEN IT STARTED. SO IT'S ONE OF THE NEW, UM, NEW FEDERAL HOLIDAYS. AND, UM, THAT'S IT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU, MR. MOODY. I'M GOING TO HAVE A SHORT ONE TODAY. IT'S BEEN BUSY FARMING, BUT , THE, THE, UH, I THINK THIS INTERN PROGRAM'S A GREAT PROGRAM. YEAH. MM-HMM . IT REALLY GIVES, GIVES PEOPLE THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT, WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT. I KNOW WE'VE HAD, I KNOW OF TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THIS MM-HMM . OR IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW. UH, JOSH WHIRL, HE'S, HE'S A CFO WITH AMELIA COUNTY, I THINK NOW. AND, AND, UH, MY STEPSON WASN'T INDEN WITTY, BUT WENT TO PRINCE GEORGE AND HE'S, HE'S A COUNTY PLANNER IN AMELIA COUNTY ALSO. SO IT'S GOOD, GOOD PROGRAMS. IT REALLY DOES. AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL JUMPING RIGHT IN AND, AND LEARNING HOPE YOU, HOPE YOU COME ALONG ONE DAY AND WE SEE YOU AGAIN SOMEWHERE IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT OR STATE GOVERNMENT OR WHATEVER. MM-HMM . THANK YOU MR. LEE. WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY. UM, TUESDAY. . THAT'S A GOOD ONE. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. MY TUESDAY HADN'T BEEN BEEN TOO GREAT MEETING TECHNOLOGY, HAVE BEEN FIGHTING ALL DAY, SO I GOTCHA. YEP. BUT IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER. THERE YOU GO. MM-HMM . MR. DAVIS. WELL, I HAD A GOOD TIME THE OTHER DAY WITH LEE AND, UH, MR. MANSON. WE WENT TO THE FOUR H. THERE YOU GO. UH, I WAS ABLE TO GET UP ON A HORSE. OOH. I DIDN'T GET A HORSE. HE DID PICTURES. YOU HELP ME GET A CAN TELL EVERYTHING SADDLE WAY UP HERE, AND I'M TRYING TO GET MY LEG UP THERE TO GO . SO CASEY DOOLEY SAYS, LET ME HELP YOU. LITTLE HELP. IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO THERE AND SEE THE KIDS, THEY'RE SO BEHAVED, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DIFFERENT. AND A LOT OF THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY DON'T HAVE PHONES. MM-HMM . THAT'S RIGHT. FOR THE WEEK. SO THEY CAN GO AND ENJOY EACH OTHER AND TALK TO [01:05:01] EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF BEING, I HAVE A GRANDSON. HE'S GOT THESE, LIKE THIS, YOU TAKE ONE OUT AND OH, YEAH. BUT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO SEE THAT. AND THIS TIME I WAS ABLE TO RIDE AROUND IN A GOLF CART YEAH. AND WALK AROUND. SO KEVIN AND I WENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND WE WALKED THE WHOLE COURSE AND I TOLD HANNAH THIS TIME, BABE, I'M OLD . SO SHE FOUND US A, A GOLF CART, AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. UH, MR. LEE SHOWED US HOW TO, I'M AN INDIAN BONE ARROW. I'M NOT, HE'S NOT. SO HE SHOT THE LIGHTS AND ALL THAT. SO WE HAD A GOOD TIME WATCHING HIM DO THAT. SO I GOT UP ON THE HORSE, HE SHOT BONE ARROW AND MR. MATSON, GIL SITS AROUND AND JUST WATCHES US DO ALL THIS THING. AND , WE HAD, I DID, I WATCHED. IT WAS A GOOD DAY. BUT YOU GO IN AND TO SEE THAT PLACE HEIGHT PUT TOGETHER, IT'S AMAZING. . AND WE WATCHED THE KIDS OUT DOING CANOEING. MM-HMM . MISS BARN. WE DID THE LAST TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE TO USE. YEAH. YEAH, WE DID. BUT THEY GOT OUT IN THAT WATER AND THE, THE WIND GOT TO BLOW IN. OOH. AND TO WATCH THEM TRY TO MANEUVER THAT THING THING WAS, UH, JUST EXCITING. IT WAS A GREAT TIME. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD GO OUT AND SEE IT. IT'S, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THE KIDS, THAT'S WHAT GOT ME. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, HOW POLITE MM-HMM . AND, UM, HOW, WHAT'S THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP? YEAH, ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN. YEAH, IT WAS YOUNG. 7, 8, 8. NINE EIGHT. NINE, EIGHT. NINE NINE. SO SECOND, THIRD GRADE. BUT IT WAS PACKED. IT WAS 167. SO I GOTTA TELL THIS. WE ASKED HANNAH, DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE KIDS? AND SHE SAID, I HAVE ONE. GAVE HIM THREE CHANCES IT WOULDN'T. YEAH. AND SO SHE CALLED HIS MOM AND SAYS, WELL, LET ME TALK TO HIM. AND SHE SAID, IT'S NOT GONNA DO YOU ANY GOOD. I'D MADE THE DECISION, I GAVE HIM THREE. THAT'S WHAT GOT ME. IT WAS LIKE, WHAM, WHEN YOU HAVE RULES MM-HMM . LET YOUR YESES MEAN. YES. AND YOUR NOS MEAN NO. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SWAY LIKE THIS, AND THAT'S WHEN THE KIDS ARE JUST, THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO. MM-HMM . BUT I ENJOYED THAT, JUST LISTENING TO HER TALK LIKE THAT. IT WAS, UH, IT WAS FUN. AND I HAVE PICTURES ON THE WAY IF YOU WANNA SEE ME ON A HORSE. THAT'S RIGHT. . IT LOOKS LIKE I'M RIDING, BUT I'M NOT . THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. MR. CHAIRMAN HALEY? MM-HMM. A COUPLE MORE. YEAH. GO. RIGHT. IF YOU DON'T MIND, BEFORE I GET TO YOU, BACK TO YOU. UM, SO FOR THE JONES, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I, I, I FOUND OUT THAT THE, THE AIRBNB IS BEING CONSIDERED COMING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN AUGUST, SO THAT IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S WHEN, THAT WILL BE MORE THAN LIKELY ON THE, ON THE DOCKET. AND I COULDN'T LET IT GO. THAT ONE OTHER INTERN STARTED IN DIM WOODY AND ACTUALLY MADE IT BACK TO DIM WOODY, WHICH IS T SOUTH HALL. AH, IF YOU REMEMBER, T STARTED OFF AS AN INTERN. UHHUH. . OKAY. AND HE DIDN'T NEED SO MUCH THERAPY, SO HE DECIDED TO COME BACK AND AND DO THIS WITH US. HE SAW WHAT THE REST OF THE WORLD WAS LIKE, AND THEN CAME BACK HOME. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN, THEN I, I WAS THINKING, MISS, EVEN BONNER WAS TALKING TO ABOUT, UH, OUR, OUR TASK FORCE THAT I, THAT WON THE REPORTS TO ME ON EQUITY AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION. MM-HMM . UM, MS. YATES. MM-HMM . IS, AND, UM, JUDGE ELDER, UH, WE MET, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. WE'RE FINALIZING OUR REPORT. THAT REPORT WILL COME BACK AND, AND IT WILL, THAT, THAT TASK FORCE WILL CONCLUDE. BUT THE EXCITING PIECE IS THAT THEY'RE INTERNALLY GOING TO CREATE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT'S GONNA FOLLOW UP ON THE NEARLY 30 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GONNA BE PUT FORTH WITH THAT. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, UH, COMING BACK TO US. AND ALSO, JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT ON OCTOBER 21ST, UH, IS THE NEXT LEAD WELL SUMMIT MM-HMM . AND WE'RE, WE'RE VERY BLESSED AND FORTUNATE TO HAVE REVEREND KENNY, DEAN KENNY, WHO, WHO DID THE FIRST ONE DYNAMIC SPEAKER. UM, OUR PASTORAL ROUNDTABLE CONTACTED HIM AGAIN AND SAID, LOOK, WE, WE HAD SO MUCH MOMENTUM THAT FEBRUARY MORNING BEFORE COVID HIT IN MARCH, AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF HE CAME BACK AGAIN AND KIND OF LEFT, STARTED OFF WHERE HE LEFT OFF. AND, AND HE WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO OCTOBER 21ST, WHICH IS A SATURDAY, WE HOPE TO GET, AS THE SEVERAL HUNDREDS THAT WERE THERE BEFORE, I THINK WE'LL HAVE JUST AS MANY OR MORE COME BACK THIS TIME AROUND. BUT GO AHEAD [01:10:01] AND PUT THAT ON YOUR, ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 21ST. OKAY. WITH THE FAITH BASE INITIATIVE. YOU GOT IT. OKAY. NOW, NOW I'M DONE FOR SURE. ALRIGHT, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. UM, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY'S ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS, THERE WERE TWO THAT WERE PRESENTED TO DENWITTY COUNTY, UH, THE FIRST IN THE CATEGORY OF THE, UH, CIVIC EDUCATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS BASED AROUND OUR HOMETOWN HEROES PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED. AND AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 2015, UH, WE HAVE RECOGNIZED 26 AFRICAN AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS DURING THAT TIME FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN BACK TO DIM WITTY COUNTY. AND, UH, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ONE OF THE MOST WELL ATTENDED MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IN FEBRUARY. SO, UH, IT'S GLAD TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL FOR RECOGNIZING PEOPLE THAT DO FANTASTIC THINGS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR LIVES, SHOW IT THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE AND WHO THEY'VE TOUCHED. UM, THE OTHER IS A CITY PLANNING PROJECT, WHICH IS IN THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH CATEGORY. AND THAT'S A COMBINATION BETWEEN DENWITTY COUNTY AND THE, UM, ITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND THAT'S THE GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM AT THE EIGHTH GRADE LEVEL. AND BASICALLY WHAT IT WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR INTERNS, UM, IS TO GET THEM ASSOCIATED WITH CITY PLANNING AND WHAT GOES ON IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE URBAN AREAS AND HOW THEY COOPERATE WITH THE RURAL AREAS AND ALL THE EXPERIENCES RELATED TO IT. SO YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE MINDS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR FUTURE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY THINK OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD LOOK LIKE, AND WHO'S GONNA TAKE OUR PLACE ONE DAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE EIGHTH GRADERS, UH, AT THAT LEVEL. SO GREAT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT, UM, TYPE OF A PROGRAM. UM, SO ITY COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED SIX NACO ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND IT, AND IT'S, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR D WITTY COUNTY. UM, AND, AND THE IDEAS THAT ARE PRESENTED THAT WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE 12 YEARS THAT THE FIVE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN TOGETHER, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAD A MEETING OUT AT, UH, IN CHESTERFIELD AIRPORT, UM, THE CMC MEETING, WHICH IS A MEETING BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES AND, UM, THE, OUR PARTNERS AT FORT, UH, GREG ADAMS, FORMERLY FORT LEE, UM, SIGNED A DOCUMENT OUT THERE. JUST WANT TO KIND OF, UH, CLARIFY IT A LITTLE BIT SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WENT ON THEM THAT PARTICULAR DAY. IT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICE AND FORT GREG ADAMS FOR 10 TO 15 DOGS PLACEMENTS EACH YEAR, UH, WITH THE COMPENSATION COMING TO OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICE. UM, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR ANIMAL CONTROL INDIVIDUALS FOR WHAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS. WE ALL, THEY STAND BEFORE US EVERY YEAR. THEY TALK ABOUT THE CASES THAT THEY DEAL WITH, THEY TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS, UM, OF, OF, UM, ANIMALS THAT THEY DEAL WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. AND SO, IF I SEE IT AS A TESTAMENT TO THE EXCELLENCE OF THAT PROGRAM, UH, OF WHAT WE HAVE IN DEM WITTY COUNTY AND REACHING OUT AND HELPING OUR, UM, SISTER COMMUNITY AT FORT GREG ADAMS. SO, UM, I SEE IT AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE HAD TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT, UM, OUR, THOSE THAT WORK FOR DENVER WITTY COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN THAT PROCESS. UM, THE OTHER ITEM, OF COURSE, IS THE FOUR H CAMP. I WAS ON VACATION LAST WEEK, DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO, BUT I DID SEE , THE HORSE RIDER, WHICH I WOULD'VE PROBABLY BEEN THE OPPOSITE. I'D, I'D HAVE HAD HIM SHOOTING THE ARROW AND DAN PROBABLY RIDING THE HORSE . BUT, UH, BUT ALL I WANNA SAY IS ABOUT FOUR H IS ABOUT CHANGING LIVES. I TALK ABOUT THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR WHEN I, SOMETHING COMES UP AND FOUR H CHANGES LIVES AND CHILDREN AND PRESENTS THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE WHOLESOME. UH, AND IT'S A GREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR THAT WEEK THAT THEY GET TO GO. THE THING IS, I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE WISH YOU COULD GET TWO WEEKS, UH, SURELY BECAUSE THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE, AND MR. CHAVIS HAD SAID LIKE, ONE 60 SOMETHING NUMBER, I'VE GOT TO 1 74, 12 ADULTS AND FIVE RESOURCE OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED WITH IT. SO, UH, IT'S ABOUT CHANGING LIVES AND DIRECTION AND GIVING, GIVING CHILDREN DIRECTION, UM, IN A VERY WHOLESOME AND POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT. SO KUDOS TO YOGA THAT HAD A CHANCE TO GO DOWN, AND MOST OF ALL, TO HANNAH BISHOP WHO RUNS THE PROGRAM FOR FOUR H IN DENWITTY COUNTY. UM, MY HAT GOES OFF TO HER BECAUSE SHE'S, SHE'S GREAT, GREAT, GREAT WITH THE CHILDREN. AMEN. SO, SO HAT'S OFF TO HANDLE. OKAY. UH, AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE HAVE, MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST, I'M SORRY. KEEPING HER INTERVIEW YOU SAID YOU, SO I JUST, JUST RECEIVED, UH, AN EMAIL TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND MYSELF, JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT LILY POND SOLAR, LLC, HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW ITS PENDING APPLICATION BEFORE THE DOTY [01:15:01] BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THE, UM, THE SIGNING AGREEMENT SO THAT, THAT, UM, WILL NOT BE ON YOUR NEW OLD AND NEW BUSINESS TODAY. OKAY. SO FOR THOSE THAT WERE PLANNING TO ATTEND, THAT WERE SEEING ME AT THE PRESENT TIME OR HEARING MY VOICE, UM, THAT CASE WILL NOT BE HEARD THIS EVENING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR VOTED ON. WELL, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T BEING PLANNED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IT WAS UNDER ALL NEW BUSINESS AND IT, WITH THAT WITHDRAWAL, THERE'S NO LONGER, UM, THAT ACT, THAT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA. RIGHT. SO THOSE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO COME TO COMMENT OR IT WILL NOT BE ON THE, UH, THERE WILL BE A WITHDRAWAL THIS EVENING, SO IT WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED. MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST, JUST A CLARIFICATION ON WITHDRAWAL MEANS THEY WOULD HAVE TO REAPPLY, CORRECT? YES, YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. ADDRESS THAT. YEAH. AND, AND TYLER, YOU COULD JUMP IN HERE TOO, BUT YEAH. UH, WITHDRAWAL IS, IT REMOVES IT, UM, FROM CONSIDERATION AND THEREFORE WOULD HAVE TO BE A NEW APPLICATION SUBMITTED AT A LATER DATE, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO GO BEYOND A SIX MONTH PERIOD BEFORE THAT WOULD BE FILED. CORRECT. SO THE WITHDRAWAL DOES TAKE IT OUT FROM CONSIDERATION. IT'S, IT WAS THEIR APPLICATION. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW IT. UM, IT IS, IT IS UNDER SECTION, I THINK IT'S 22 DASH FIVE IN THE COUNTY CODE. IF A PROJECT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED, THEN THE SUBSTANTIALLY, BASICALLY A SUBSTANTIALLY SAME PROJECT IS NOT ALLOWED TO COME BACK WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THAT DAY'S DATE. SO THE, THE, THE PROJECT WAS CERTAINLY CONSIDERED, IT RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF, OF ATTENTION THESE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, ESPECIALLY THE LAST MONTH. UM, AND SO ANY, ANY PROJECT THAT IS BASICALLY SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK FOR SIX MONTHS. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD ATTEMPT, TRY TO CHANGE IT SO THAT IT WASN'T SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME. BUT, AND I DON'T WANNA MAKE A DETERMINATION ABSTRACT, BUT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A DIFFICULT THING TO DO TO GET IT DIFFERENT ENOUGH, UM, THAT IT WOULDN'T BE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SIX MONTHS FROM TODAY. IS IS DECEMBER 20TH? IS DECEMBER TODAY? YEAH. WOULD BE DECEMBER AND GOTCHA. AND IT WOULD START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. YEAH. IT START THE PROCESS PLANNING COMMISSION ALL OVER AGAIN. BACK WITH AN APPLICATION. GO TO THE PLANNING. COMMISS AWARE. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. YEP. MR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THAT, THAT EMAIL CAME TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND MYSELF AT 3:40 PM TODAY. GOTCHA. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ? THAT'S ALL I HAVE. . THAT'S IT. OKAY. [11. CLOSED SESSION ] SO WE HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE, PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD, BRIGHTPOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND PLANNING COMMISSION, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 3. DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY OR DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 8. CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL. BROADBAND LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SHOOTING RANGE AT LANDFILL LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF SPACE AT 1 0 2 0 9 BOYTON PLANK ROAD AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 8 29. DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPONENTIAL OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF BIDDERS OR OFFERS. AND IN A DISCUSSION OF THE TERMS OR SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT WERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION, WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY BROADBAND CONTRACTS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE PLEASE? SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. MOODY. AYE. OH, SORRY. , IT WAS BACKWARDS. I APOLOGIZE. MR. LEE. SAY A, A MS I BONNER FIRST. SORRY. AYE. MR. MOODY. A MR. CHAVIS? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING, SO WE WILL BE BACK IN SESSION AT 7:00 PM OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S DO IT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS PORTION OVER OUR REGULAR MEETING, UM, FOR TODAY. UM, AN APP APPLICANT IS HERE [01:20:01] FROM LILY POND. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE MAKE A STATEMENT THIS EVENING? YES SIR. DO WE HAVE THE SERVICE WE DID UP, UP? YEAH. YOU NEED TO COME OUTTA CLOSED SESSION AND YEP. I GOT CERTIFIED REAL QUICK. YOU GIMME ONE SECOND. SECOND. JUST ONE SECOND. MOTION TO COME. SHE'S GOTTA READ NO MOTION TO COME OUTTA CLOSED, CLOSED SESSION. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, ROLL CALL. MR. LEE. A MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. MOODY A MR. CHAVIS? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD, BRIGHT POINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND PLANNING COMMISSION, 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 5 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 3. DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 8 8 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED AND RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL. BROADBAND LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SHOOTING RANGE AT LANDFILL LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF SPACE AT 1 0 2 0 9 BOYTON PLANK ROAD AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A 29 DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPONENTIAL OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF BIDDERS OR OFFERS AND DISCUSSION OF THE TERMS OR SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY BROADBAND CONTRACTS. AND WHEREAS NOVEMBER HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR OF THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE IT CERTIFIED, THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING. I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. LEE. AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. MOODY A MR. CHAVIS? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. NOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. DOMINIC, THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. DOMINICA SINK WITH ENERGY'S RENEWABLES. UH, ON BEHALF OF LILY ON SOLAR, UH, WE HAVE WITHDRAWN OUR APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND ALL THE PERTINENT CASES WITH IT. AS WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION. UM, THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT WE THINK WE CAN CHANGE TO MAKE THIS A EVEN STRONGER AND BETTER APPLICATION. WE THOUGHT WE DID WELL, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT WHAT WE THINK. UH, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT FOR DE WITTY COUNTY. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE ADDITIONAL TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT, [12.A. Secondary Six Year Plan ] SO, OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARING. SO THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENING IS THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN. AND MS. BRYANT, OH, AARON'S BACK TONIGHT. I AM BACK AGAIN. ? YES SIR. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING FOLKS. I WILL START OFF BY GOING THROUGH THE IMPORTANT STUFF. SOME MONEY IN OUR COMING, UH, COMING CYCLE FOR THE SIX YEAR PLAN IN FISCAL YEAR 24. UM, WE ARE ALLOCATED A TOTAL OF $252,567 AND 25. WE ARE LOOKING AT $272,401 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PLAN FROM 26 TO 29, WE'RE LOOKING AT $171,225. UM, THAT REDUCTION WAS A LITTLE BIT UNEXPECTED, UH, CAME FROM SOME, SOME FUNDING FORMULA CHANGES, UH, AT A STATEWIDE LEVEL. SO IT DID HAVE A SLIGHT IMPACT ON OUR PLAN ON THE ON THE END. UM, IN YEARS 28 29, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEVEN PROJECTS TOTAL IN THE PLAN. FOUR OF THEM BEING FULLY FUNDED. UM, FIRST OF WHICH TOP PRIORITY IS BRANCHES ROAD, WHICH CONSTRUCTION IS ONGOING ON THAT PROJECT. THEN OUR REMAIN REMAINING THREE THAT ARE FULLY FUNDED IN THE PLAN ARE CHERRY HILL, REESE ROAD AND SHIPPINGS ROAD THERE. THREE THAT ARE NOT FULLY FUNDED ARE GOOSE POND, MARMORA AND HORSE TECH HORSE TRAIL. YOU MAY NOTICE THAT HORSE TRAIL AND MARMORA ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY FUNDING DEDICATED ON THEM THROUGH THIS PLAN THAT WAS PART OF THAT FUNDING REDUCTION. [01:25:01] UM, WE DO, HOWEVER, HAVE SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY DEDICATED ON THESE PROJECTS, UM, 10 AND A HUNDRED DOLLARS RESPECTIVELY TO KEEP THEM IN THE PLAN AND KEEP THEM IN THESE SPOTS WHERE THEY ARE. UM, AND OUR LAST LINE ON THE PLAN IS THE TFE FUNDS WHERE WE ARE SITTING AT 1.327 MILLION. UM, WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING A PROJECT, UH, TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MY SCREEN WENT DEAD. THAT'S IF YOU SEE ME MOVING AROUND UP HERE, , THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO GET BACK IN PLACE. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ME TO REPEAT ANYTHING. OKAY, THERE WE GO. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PERTAINING TO THE SIX YEAR PLAN? WHAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST A QUESTION. SO AARON, DID YOU, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AT THE RESIDENCY REGARDING THE PLAN? NO, SIR. NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DID EITHER. MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, SIR? YES SIR. AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, I KNOW, SIR, WE USUALLY DON'T TRY TO ADD 'EM AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE, UH, TO, TO CHANGE THE PLAN, UH, HAVE TO TALK TO AN ATTORNEY, BUT THERE WAS TALK OF TRANQUILITY MM-HMM . UH, ADDING A SHORT PORTION OF THAT. SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME? A PROCESS ON MM-HMM . MAYBE ADDING IT SO WE CAN ADD IT TO THE PLAN. WE CAN EVEN ADD IT TO THE PLAN FOR THIS YEAR, FOR THIS COMING YEAR TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN WITH THE ADVERTISEMENTS, WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND EVERYTHING. OTHER OPTION IS WE WAIT AND ADD IT INTO THE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. SO IN THE SPRING WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE CYCLE, WE CAN ADD IT IN THE PLAN, PUSH IT TO TOP PRIORITY AND GO THROUGH THE CYCLE AS NORMAL IN THE SPRING, HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING EVERY ADVERTISEMENT. SO THOSE ARE TWO OPTIONS WE LOOKED AT. UM, DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW YOU'D MENTIONED DOING A PARTIAL PROJECT, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO. UM, I'M NOT EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH THAT ROUTE. UM, BUT IF WE WERE GOING TO DO A PARTIAL PROJECT, IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A LOGICAL, NOT NECESSARILY LOGICAL, BUT A SAFE TERMINATION SPOT WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO BE GOING FROM A HARD SURFACE TO AN UNDERSURFACE ROAD, SAY IN ANY SORT OF GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT, A A CURVE OR A HILL WHERE SOMEBODY MAY POTENTIALLY LOSE TRACTION GOING FROM A PAVED SURFACE TO AN UNPAVED SURFACE. BUT IF WE CAN FIND A STRAIGHTAWAY ON THE ROUTE, UM, THAT CONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO BUILD TO THAT POINT WHERE IT'S A STRAIGHTAWAY, YOU CAN SEE PAVEMENT ENDS, GRAVEL BEGINS, WE CAN SIGN IT APPROPRIATELY AND IT IT'S SAFE, THEN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONSIDER. WELL, I, I PERSONALLY AM OKAY WITH LEAVING THE PROJECTS IN THAT HAVE FUNDED ALREADY. I DON'T WANT TO BUMP 'EM AROUND BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED THOSE FUNDS IN THE PAST. I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING FOR THAT. BUT I WOULDN'T MIND MAYBE IF WE HAVE TO RE ADVERTISE, JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON THE LIST TO ADD NEXT YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. WE WON'T HAVE TO RE ADVERTISE 'CAUSE WE'LL WE WILL ADD IT INTO THE CYCLE FOR NEXT YEAR AND MAKE THE CHANGE IN THE COMING YEAR. AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ON THE ONES THAT AREN'T FUNDED, WE MIGHT MOVE IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY GOT THAT FUNDING STREAM GOING. MM-HMM . AND, AND THAT'LL GIVE US PLENTY OF TIME TO, TO SIT DOWN AND SCOPE THE PROJECT OUT, LOOK AT SOME END POINTS, UM, AND SEE WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO. UM, AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FUND IT AS A RURAL RUSTIC LOOKING AT A LARGER PICTURE AT POTENTIALLY DOING THE WHOLE ROUTE. UM, THE, THE ROCK AND SOME OF THE TREES THAT ARE GONNA POSE AN ISSUE WITH CONSTRUCTION FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH A RAW RUSTIC STYLE PROJECT. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE COULD NOT USE UNPAVED FUNDING MONEY UNDER A DIFFERENT PROJECT NAME, DIFFERENT PROJECT STYLE. I'VE NOT DONE ONE ON OUTSIDE OF A RURAL RUSTIC THAT'S, THAT'S THE NORM. UM, BUT SOMETHING THAT I WILL LOOK INTO AS WELL AS FAR AS THE WHOLE ROAD. IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TRAFFIC OR A WHOLE LOT OF VEHICLES OR A WHOLE LOT OF HOUSES ON THE REST OF THE ROAD. JUST BASICALLY ON THIS, JUST THAT ONE END. MM-HMM . SO, AND THAT'S THE NORTHERN END, CORRECT? RIGHT FROM FROM, YEAH. WESTERN NORTHERN WEST END. MM-HMM. YEP. OKAY. MR. LEE. YEAH, AND I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT THE ROCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND HOW EXPENSIVE IT WAS GONNA BE, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THOSE FIGURES OR, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS, UM, WHICH I COULD SEE YOU STOPPING THE, UM, ASPHALT FAR RIGHT BEFORE YOU WENT OFF THAT HILL AND WENT OUT ON, BUT [01:30:01] ANYWAY, UM, UH, HOW FAR THAT, THAT WE WOULD GO ON TRANQUILITY WOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION. OKAY. UM, AND LIKE YOU SAY, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON, ON IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, BE GOOD I THINK. YEAH. YEAH. I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LOOK AT ALL THAT INFORMATION, UM, SCOPE, SCOPE OUT A DIFFERENT, UH, COUPLE DIFFERENT PROJECT ALTERNATIVES WE CAN LOOK AT AS FAR AS LENGTHS AND END POINTS, UM, AND WHAT MAKES SENSE. AND WE CAN HAVE SOME OPTIONS GOING FORWARD TO, UM, THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN NEXT YEAR. SO WE'RE MAKING A SOUND AND INFORMED DECISION. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IF THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. IS ANYONE, UH, SIGNED UP FOR THIS PARTICULAR CASE? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE KEVIN GOLDSMITH. HEY, GOOD EVENING. UH, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. KEVIN GOLDSMITH, UH, 73 50 TRAN TRANQUILITY LANE IN SUTHERLAND. MM-HMM . UH, GOOD THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE SIX YEAR PLAN AND SAW THAT TRANQUILITY WASN'T ON THE PLAN. UH, SO JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT. UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE CURRENT PLAN, UH, AND, AND LOOKING AT THE 2021, UH, V DOT, UH, ANNUAL DAILY, UH, TRAFFIC RATE, UH, THE, THE, THE MOST TRAFFIC ON THAT PLANE IS 50 CARS PER DAY AND AS LITTLE AS 10 CARS PER DAY. TRANQUILITY ON THAT. UH, THAT STUDY WAS, UH, RATED AT 70 CARS PER DAY AND THERE HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL HOUSES BUILT, UH, SINCE THAT, THAT STUDY. UM, WE KNOW THAT THE ROAD HAS ITS CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY THE BRIDGE OVER HATCHERS RUN CREEK. YEAH. UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ALLUDING TO, THE, THE, THE ROCK AND THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE IS A MAJORITY OF THE, THE POPULATION DENSITY ON THAT ROAD ARE ON THE TWO ENDS, THE WHITE OAK ROAD AND THE BOBCAT SIDE. SO WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE IS, YOU KNOW, A PARTIAL PAVEMENT FROM BOBCAT DOWN TO THE LAST HOUSE BEFORE THAT, STRAIGHTAWAY DOWN TO THE BRIDGE MM-HMM . AND IT'S ABOUT 0.8 MILES AND IT'S THE SAME DISTANCE ON THE WHITE OAK SIDE. IT'S ANOTHER 0.8 MILES TO THE LAST HOUSE BEFORE WE RUN INTO NOTHING BUT PINE FIELDS, UH, BETWEEN AND THERE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE. YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD GUESS THAT THAT WOULD GREATLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS THAT WE PUT INTO THE VDOT WEBSITE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WOULD ALLOW ME TO KEEP MY TRUCK CLEAN. MM-HMM . SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE YEAH, I'D LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER GETTING THAT ADDED TO THE PLAN. YEAH. SO, AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE? THE SIX YEAR PLAN HEARING IS END. I'M WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, DIRECTED TO VDOT OR, I THINK TRANQUILITY IS, WILL BE LOOKED AT NEXT YEAR AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT TAKES US. OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, SIGNED COPY OF THE SIX YEAR PLAN, AN EMAIL OF THE RESOLUTION, WE'LL BE GOOD TO GO. YOU GOT IT. SO AARON, JUST FOR, FOR THE VOTE OF THE BOARD, THE BOARD NEEDS TO VOTE OKAY. FOR BOTH THE PLAN AND THE BUDGET. OKAY. CORRECT? YES SIR. IS IT TWO VOTES OR ONE AND THERE'S A RESOLUTION I BELIEVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT THE CLERK HAS PROBABLY PUT IN FRONT OF YOU. YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED UNLESS THERE'S ANY CHANGES SUBSEQUENT OR OTHERWISE. RIGHT. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL STILL MAKE THAT MOTION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND YOU SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL MR. LEE. AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. MOODY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE [12.B. A-23-1, Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments Concerning Personal Services ] ON TO THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING AND IT'S A 23 DASH ONE PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS CONCERNING PERSONAL SERVICES MR. BASSETT. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. MR. SINGAL? THE YES, THE PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING? UH, THE FIRST ITEM UNDER THAT IS WE'RE RECOMMENDING AS WELL AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO AMEND DIY COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE BY AMENDING THE DEFINITION SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES AS AN ESTABLISHMENT OR PLACE OF BUSINESS ENGAGED IN THE PROVISION OF FREQUENTLY OR RE CURRENTLY [01:35:01] NEEDED SERVICES FOR OF A PERSONAL NATURE AND BY AMENDING THE EXISTING DEFINITION FOR RETAIL STORES AND SHOPS TO REMOVE PERSONAL SERVICES AND OTHER PERSONAL SERVICE USES. AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THE AMENDMENT IS ACTUALLY, UM, ADDING PERSONAL SERVICES, UH, TO THE B ONE AND B TWO ZONING DISTRICTS. AND, UM, REMOVING THOSE ITEMS, UM, THAT PREVIOUSLY, UM, ARE PART OF THE PERSONAL SERVICES DEFINITION. MM-HMM . UM, IN THOSE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS. SO AGAIN, WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UM, THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, AT THEIR MAY MEETING DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE, TO THE BOARD TO, UH, TO UH, MAKE THOSE, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AS I'VE JUST OUTLINED. GOTCHA. OKAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF PERTAINING TO THE CHANGES? OKAY, THANK YOU MR. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION TO THE CASE. HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION. OKAY. SO WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE CHANGES BEFORE US. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE THIS EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN? IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE 15.2 DASH 2285 AND 15.2 DASH 2286 A SEVEN, THE DENWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OPINION THAT THE PUBLIC NECESSITY CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE GOODS ZONING PRACTICE WARRANT THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE DENWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT A 23 DASH ONE AS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY, WE GET ROLL CALL MR. LEE. A, MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. MOODY A DR. MOORE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU THEN. OF COURSE, ITEM NUMBER 13 IS OLD BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS AND FIRST ONE 13 A HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FOR THE EVENING, UH, WHICH IN TWO 13, UH, A ONE, TWO, AND THREE. UM, SO THAT MOVES US ON TO APPOINTMENTS. MR. CHAIRMAN? NO, NO APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT. OKAY. [14. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES) ] AND WITH THAT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14. THAT'S CITIZEN'S COMMENTS. AND AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN'S COMMENTS? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE MICHAEL MURRAY. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING. HOW Y'ALL DOING? GOOD EVENING. GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? SO I'M A RE RETIRED MARINE PATROL OFFICER. I WORK IN VIRGINIA BEACH FOR, UH, THE MARINE CORPS AS A GS CIVILIAN. AND I ALSO AM THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, CURRENTLY LOOKING AT SOME LAND HERE ON BALTIMORE ROAD, 129 ACRES. AND HE LOVES YOUR CARPET. MM-HMM . . ALRIGHT. AND WHAT I, WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS BEFORE I GO PURCHASE THE LAND, I WANNA PUT SOMETHING CALLED LOVE RANCH OUT THERE. AND WHAT IT WOULD DO, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE IS ANYTHING FROM EQUINE THERAPY, A FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING, WE DO MENTAL HEALTH, WE CAN TRAIN THEM IN OUR PROTOCOL. IT WOULD BE LIKE A HALL I WOULD NEED TO HOLD EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR CONCURRENCE FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOME ZONING CHANGES IN ORDER TO HAVE PEOPLE AND EVENTS ON, ON A PROPERTY LIKE THAT. AND ALSO PROVIDING NON-PROFIT PERSONAL SERVICES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH, UH, CARE. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A PROTOCOL CALLED TRIP AND, AND TRAUMA RECOVERY INTERVENTION PROTOCOL. WE'RE HAVING ABOUT A 95% SUCCESS RATE AT REMOVING TRAUMA FROM A, FROM EMIRATE. SO WHAT THAT IS DOING IS ALLOWING THE VETERAN, THE FIRST RESPONDER, THE FAMILY MEMBER OR THE ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER TO GET BACK TO ACTING NORMAL NORMALLY, UH, IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR, UH, BUT I NEED A HEADQUARTERS AND I'VE APPROACHED SEVERAL COUNTIES. ONE, ONE ABOUT POSSIBLY DONATING SOME LAND TO HELP US GET STARTED OR, UH, WORKING WITH ME IF I GO AND PURCHASE THE LAND, THIS IS A 129 IN TOTAL ACRE PURCHASE ON BALTIMORE ROAD. UH, AND I WOULD BE BUYING THIS FOR MYSELF 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TRANSFER MY JOB UP THIS WAY AND JUST MAKE A MOVE. I WOULD LIVE ON THIS PROPERTY [01:40:01] EVENTUALLY, MY BROTHER WOULD LIVE THERE AND I WOULD HAVE SOME HOMELESS VETS LIVING THERE AND IT WOULD CREATE JOBS. HOW MANY JOBS? THAT'S HARD TO TELL. IT DEPENDS ON HOW BIG I GET, RIGHT? SO IF I HAD FOUR OR FIVE VETERANS THERE, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER OR A SOCIAL WORKER ON STAFF. I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO DRIVE PEOPLE TO THE VETERAN'S APPOINTMENTS. THEY, THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD GROW OVER TIME. WHEN I HAD EVENTS, IT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD EMPLOY THE, THE POLICE LOCALLY, UH, FIRE AND EMS AND HOPEFULLY I CAN GET IT TO THE POINT WHERE I'M ACTUALLY BRINGING, INSTEAD OF ME GOING OUT. THERE'S TWO WAYS WE TRAIN FIRST RESPONDERS. ONE IS I RAISE FUNDS. LIKE I HAVE A FUNDRAISER IN, UH, JULY, 1ST OF JULY TO RAISE $10,000 TO TRAIN 30 CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FIRE EMS UH, PEOPLE IN THE PROTOCOL. UH, I'VE GOT $10,000 RIGHT NOW TO TRAIN SOME FOLK, THE TAMPA BAY POLICE, TAMPA, FLORIDA. AND THEN WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO NEWPORT NEWS IN AUGUST. NEWPORT NEWS HAS A GREAT IDEA THAT I WANT TO, THAT I COULD PUT, MAKE A HOME OUT OF THIS RIGHT HERE. THE POLICE CHIEF IN NEWPORT NEWS WANTS TO TRAIN ALL SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND THEN LET THEM TREAT THE CHILDREN. THAT'S COMPLETELY WITHIN MY NONPROFIT'S PURVIEW. I CAN DO THAT. I JUST DON'T NEED THEIR DATA BACK. I ONLY NEED DATA WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY DO PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT. UH, THE, THE OTHER WAY IS THEY USE GRANT MONEY. UH, CHESAPEAKE AND PORTSMOUTH GATHERED UP $10,000 IN GRANT MONEY AND WE TRAINED THEM. UM, SO THIS, WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG HERE WITH A 95 TO A 97% SUCCESS RATE. OVER 3000 CASES HAVE BEEN, UH, RUN THROUGH DR. ROYSTER FOR THE NONPROFIT SPECIFICALLY. WE'VE DONE OVER 350 IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. SO, AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE COMING AT ME AS FAST AS I CAN GET 'EM OUT THE WINDOW. UH, I HAD TWO GENTLEMEN SIGN UP AND HOPEWELL TODAY JUST GOING TO PICK UP A MOTORCYCLE VEST. SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT AROUND HERE AND, AND I THINK THAT HAVING A HOME WHEN CLOSE TO PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL RICHMOND, EQUIDISTANT BETWEEN THE TWO BASES RIGHT THERE ON BALTIMORE ROAD WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO PUT THIS. IF YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE A LIKE FARM, THERE IS ONE CALLED VALOR FARMS IN LYNCHBURG. UH, AND TAKING GENERAL HORN'S ADVICE, HE SAID CHECK WITH THE BOARD ABOUT ZONING BEFORE YOU EVER SPEND YOUR MONEY BECAUSE HE RAN INTO SOME ISSUES WITH ZONING. SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. MR. CHAIRMAN, I, I GUESS JUST A, SO ONE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I MEAN, LEMME SAY THAT UP FRONT. UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO CHECK THE ZONING FIRST. HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT? DEPARTMENT? I HAVE NOT. UH, SO TYPICALLY THE, THAT'S YOUR FIRST START. OKAY. MR. BASSETT IS THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. SO SPECIFICALLY AS THE PROPERTY IS POSITIONED, HE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT IS ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY, WHETHER IT WOULD NECESSITATE SOME TYPE OF CHANGE BASED ON YOUR SUGGESTED USE OF THE PROPERTY. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S USUALLY YOUR FIRST START. YEAH. UM, AND IF IT DID REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF CHANGE IN THE ZONING, UH, THE BOARD MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD HAVE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND GET, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISE THAT TO THE PUBLIC SO THE PUBLIC COULD COMMUNICATE BACK TO THE BOARD. THEN THE BOARD AFTER OBTAINING THOSE COMMENTS CAN MAKE, USUALLY MAKE THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WISH TO GRANT IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME. BUT I THINK YOUR FIRST START IS, IS TALKING WITH MR. BASSETT, WHO'S LUCKILY HERE TONIGHT. HE CAN CATCH HIM BEFORE HE LEAVES . UM, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND THEN FROM THAT CONVERSATION WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, TO, TO TAKE IT FROM THERE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. MM-HMM . VICKY RIZZO. NO. MM-HMM VICKI RIZZA 2 4 3 0 1 DRIVER ROAD NORTH IN WHITTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ONCE AGAIN, I COME TO THIS BOARD TO SAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRUST YOU, BUT WE CANNOT. YOU'VE PROVEN IT TOO MANY TIMES. YOU HAVE POINT BLANK PROVEN THAT YOU PREFER THE NEEDS AND THE CONCERNS OF CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CERTAIN AREAS OVER THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN NORTH DE WHITTY. THE RV PARK PROJECT AND THE SOLAR PROJECT COMBINED DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH OPPOSITION AS THAT APARTMENT PROJECT IN NORTH DE WHITTY. WE FILLED THIS ROOM TO OVER CAPACITY THREE TIMES. THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM, THERE WERE PEOPLE STANDING IN THE HALLWAY AND I DIDN'T HEAR ONE WORD ABOUT HOW MANY OPPOSITION SIGNATURES YOU HAD ON PETITIONS REGARDING THOSE OTHER TWO PROJECTS, [01:45:01] BUT WE HAD ALMOST A THOUSAND. I ALSO HAVE BEEN TO THESE HEARINGS ENOUGH. I'VE LISTENED TO YOUR CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS FOR THESE OTHER AREAS. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF THESE CONCERNS WHEN IT CAME TO NORTH D WITTY EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF YOU. AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. MR. GAMMON MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THIS UM, APARTMENT COMPLEX. HE WANTED TO BUY HER PROPERTY. SHE IGNORED HIM. SHE DIDN'T WANNA SELL TO HIM, SHE DIDN'T WANNA TALK TO HIM. HE WANTED AN ADDITIONAL 10 ACRES. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW THAT OR NOT. THE BEHEMOTH THAT IT WAS WAS NOT ENOUGH. HE WANTED AN ADDITIONAL 10. THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 400 PEOPLE THAT HE WOULD'VE GLADLY PUT THERE AND YOU ALL WOULD'VE BEEN OKAY WITH THAT. SHE IGNORED HIM. WELL NOW SHE'S IN A POSITION WHERE HER PROPERTY LINE IS 10 FEET AWAY FROM 1500 PEOPLE, 29 BUILDINGS. AND YOU ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT. THE COUNTY IS OKAY WITH THAT. NOBODY RAISED A CONCERN, NOBODY RAISED AN EYEBROW, NOBODY RAISED A HAND. SHAME ON YOU. YOU WENT RIGHT ALONG WITH IT. ARE YOU TRYING TO HELP HIM RETALIATE AGAINST HER FOR NOT SPEAKING TO HIM OR SELLING TO HIM? ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE HER PROPERTY SO UNTENABLE THAT EVENTUALLY SHE CAVES AND SELLS TO HIM? I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT 10 FEET, THERE'S NO JURISDICTION THAT DOES 10 FEET BUFFER. NONE. NOW MR. LEE, YOU DID COME LOOK AT THE PROPERTY SITE, BUT YOU ASK UNINFORMED QUESTIONS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE ANSWERS TO ON THE RV PARK ISSUE. YOU SPECIFICALLY AND OFFICIALLY STATED THAT YOU THOUGHT THAT THAT PROPERTY SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AS HIGHEND, LARGE LOT SUBDIVISIONS. YOU COULD HAVE DISCLOSED THAT YOU LIVED RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THAT, BUT YOU CHOSE NOT TO. WHICH ONE WOULD BENEFIT YOU THE MOST? HIGHEND, LARGE LOT SUBDIVISION OR AN RV PARK. HMM. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT MR. CHAVIS ISN'T HERE 'CAUSE I HAD SOME STATEMENTS FOR HIM, BUT I WILL PASS ON THAT. MR. MOODY, YOU RUSHED THE SPEAKERS THROUGH LIKE WE WERE CATTLE AT AN AUCTION. YOU DISREGARDED THE EVALUATION FROM THE VDOT REPRESENTATIVE STRAIGHT UP. SHE GAVE YOU EXEMPTIONS TO THE REAR ENTRANCE AND YOU SPOKE OVER HER AND DISREGARDED IT. THEN YOU TOLD US THAT THIS DEVELOPER WAS DOING US A FAVOR. THAT'S THE WORD YOU USED. YOU SAID HE'S DOING US A FAVOR. MR. MASSING, YOU KNOW THAT THE ACCIDENT NUMBERS QUOTED BY THAT ATTORNEY WERE MISLEADING AT BEST. YOU ADVOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT. EVERY TIME THAT I EVER SPOKE WITH YOU, YOU ARE THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR ALL RESIDENTS. HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU ADVOCATE FOR NORTH DE WITTY IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT? I SEE THAT MY TIME IS UP. I'LL BE BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. RESIDENT AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT'D LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT DURING THE CITIZENS COMMENT PERIOD? OKAY, WE'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD. [15. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS ] NEXT ITEM IS BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS STARTED HERE. MR. MOODY, ANYTHING THIS EVENING? UH, I'M GOING TO SETTING UP EARLIER TODAY SO MM-HMM . I'LL LET IT GO MR. LEE. I'M FINE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. FINE. UM, NOTHING IN THIS EVENING. OKAY. AND I MADE MY COMMENTS EARLIER IN THE DAY. ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS? NOT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. ONLY THING WE NEED IS A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. I MOVE. OKAY. SECOND. ALRIGHT, ROLL CALL MR. LEE. AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. MOODY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. ALL VOTING AYE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.