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READY? OKAY.[1. ROLL CALL]
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023 REGULAR MEETING OF THE DITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL MR. LEE? HERE.
WE'LL START OUR MEETING TODAY WITH THE, UH, INVOCATION, WHICH IS THE LORD'S PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IN THAT ORDER, PLEASE STAND OUR FATHER.
FOR OUR IN HEAVEN, I BE THY NAME.
I WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASSED AGAINST US.
AND IT IS NOT THE TEMPTATION, BUT TO DELIVER US FROM EVIL OF DIVINES, THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOR AND EVER ON.
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]
THE AGENDA IS AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA.DO WE HAVE ANY TODAY FROM STAFF OR NONE? NONE FROM STAFF.
MR. CHAIRMAN, ANYBODY ELSE? YES.
IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA, WHICH IS YOUR SUMMARY AND CLAIMS VRA 2019 C TAX EXEMPT BOND REQUISITION NUMBER 46 AND A SET OF MINUTES FROM AUGUST.UH, HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE ITEMS WITH ANY CHANGES, ANY, UH, REMARKS PERTAINING TO THOSE? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. CHAIRMAN KNOW CHANGES OR ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation]
NEXT IS WE'LL GO TO REPORTS AND THE FIRST ONE UP TODAY IS OUR FRIENDS FROM BO AARON FRENCH.CREWS ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON BRANCHES ROAD RAW RUSTIC PROJECTS SHOULD HAVE THAT DONE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SO WE'RE GONNA START PUTTING THE FINAL LAYER OF STONE ON IT NEXT WEEK AND THEN SURFACE TREAT IT AND THAT ONE WILL BE DONE.
UM, OUR FULL, FULL WIDTH MOW IS UNDERWAY ON ROUTE 85 RIGHT NOW.
RESIDENCY WILL BE ISSUING OUR FULL WIDTH RIGHT OF WAY MO UH, MORE THAN LIKELY THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER YOU'LL START SEEING THAT.
UM, WE ARE HOWEVER CUTTING SITE DISTANCE MEASURES AS NECESSARY.
THEY'RE CUTTING FOUR 60 RIGHT NOW.
I TOOK HITTING ALL THE CROSSOVERS.
UM, WE DID GET A NEW ASPHALT POT PATCHING CONTRACT WAS AWARDED.
SO WE WILL START DOING, UH, SOME ASPHALT PATCHING SOON.
UM, I JUST CAME FROM A MEETING WITH CONTRACTOR LOOKING AT THE PAVEMENT FAILURE ON FOUR 60 THERE AT BUTTER WOOD ROAD.
UM, SHOULD SEE SOME ACTIVITY ON THAT TWO OR THREE WEEKS WEATHER DEPENDENT.
UM, AND WORKED, UH, FINALIZED THE DESIGN FOR CULVERT REPLACEMENTS ON 6 22 RIGHT THERE AT THE COUNTY LINE WITH AMELIA IN THAT LOW AREA.
WE ARE GONNA GO IN THERE AND, UH, REPLACE FOUR CULVERTS AND BUILD THE ROAD UP A LITTLE BIT TO UH, STOP A PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER TOPPING ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN THAT LOCATION.
THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE THIS MONTH IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY, DOES IT START ON THIS END QUESTION WHEN THEY GONNA START MOWING THE, THE ROADS? UH, NOTICE FOUR 60 IS STARTING TO GET SOME GROWTH ON IT.
UM, IT'LL LIKELY BE, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS WE'LL ISSUE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR THE CONTRACTORS FIRST TWO WEEKS OF OCTOBER.
THEY WILL PROBABLY START, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, UH, IDEALLY WE WOULD DO ONE NOW AND THEN DO ONE LATER ON IN OCTOBER NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME.
UM, BUT THOSE MOWING CYCLES ARE QUITE COSTLY FOR US.
UM, AND ONCE WE'RE WORKING IN, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IN THE SPRING AS WELL.
IF WE DO AN EXTRA ONE NOW, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO ONE IN THE SPRING AS WELL, SO SACRIFICE ONE NOW FOR THE SPRING.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE CUTTING SITE DISTANCE, UM, AS NEEDED AND THEY'RE MOWING FOUR 60 RIGHT NOW AT ALL CROSSOVERS FOR THAT SITE DISTANCE.
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CUTTING THIS FOR SITE DISTANCE? YES SIR.THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART, THAT AREA.
THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB CUTTING BACK AND THEY'RE DOING MY ROAD.
SO WE HAD SOME GOOD BAD SLIGHT DISTANCE THERE.
OH, UM, I WAS READING THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOR I THINK IT WAS UM, REQUEST FOR SIMPSON WEEKLY SQUIRREL LEVEL CHURCH RULE.
HEIM'S, I THINK IT'S TRAFFIC REQUESTS HIGH LEVEL THE THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION.
IS THAT STILL GOING ON OR STUDIES OR? UM, SO
WE DETERMINED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WAS USING THOSE OTHER ROUTES MM-HMM
WAS BEING FUNNELED TO 6 0 4 TO HALIFAX TO HEAD SOUTH AND, AND MORE EFFECTIVELY GO BEHIND THE SCALES OF CARSON, UM, AND GET ON THE INTERSTATE THERE.
SO WE ARE, THEY'RE DOING A FULL STUDY TO IMPLEMENT A THROUGH TRUCKER RESTRICTION ON HALIFAX ROAD.
UM, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT STUDY IS.
THEY TYPICALLY TAKE A COUPLE MONTHS, UPWARDS OF FIVE MONTHS TO DO THOSE STUDIES.
'CAUSE I WAS JUST READING, UM, JUST TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING RECENT.
I WILL GET AN UPDATE TO MY NEXT MEETING WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.
AND I THINK IT IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S HALIFAX WHEN THEY COME AROUND, I THINK THEY JUST COME DOWN THAT ROAD AND TURN ON WEEKLY BECAUSE IT'S UM, EASIER AND THEY HAVE THOSE LONG, THOSE TRUCKS WITH THOSE LONG METAL UM, I GUESS BARS HANGING OUT.
I'VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD AND I SAW AND I'VE SEEN THAT SO, AND THE GRASS IS CUT OVER OVER THE OVERPASS.
SO SOMEBODY CAN SEE SOMEBODY COMING SO
WHILE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR THIS NEXT MOWING CYCLE, IF, IF THERE'S ANY AREAS THAT UM, Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF NEEDS SOME MOWING, SOME SIGHT DISTANCE IMPROVEMENTS, PLEASE SHARE AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET DONE PROMPTLY.
I THOUGHT THE STUDY HAD BEEN DONE ON HALIFAX, ON A PRELIMINARY STUDY HAD BEEN DONE AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO A FORMAL STUDY.
THEY DO THE PRELIMINARY STUDY
IT IS A LENGTHY, IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS STUDYING.
GET BEAT UP FOR 12 YEARS, THOSE CAR TRUCKS GOING DOWN, KNOCKING UH, MAILBOXES DOWN AND 12 YEARS AND NOW STUDYING ANOTHER STUDY.
SO NEXT MONTH YOU'RE GONNA COME AND SAY STILL STUDYING MORE THAN LIKELY
BUT I'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE THE STUDY IS.
LIKE I SAID, THEY TYPICALLY I THINK TAKE AROUND FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS TO GET THAT FORMALIZED STUDY DONE.
UM, WITH THIS ONE WE DID HAVE TO GET CONCURRENCE FROM THE NEIGHBORING COUNTY BECAUSE THAT ROUTE DOES GO INTO ANOTHER COUNTY.
SO THAT TOOK SOME BACK AND FORTH IN WORKING WITH, UM, THAT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND BOARD AS WELL TO GET THEM TO PASS A RESOLUTION AND THEN CONCURRENCE, UM, FROM YOU GUYS BEFORE THE FORMAL STUDY COULD BE INITIATED.
JUST TO HELP AARON OUT A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN EVERYTHING HE'S SAYING.
I WOULD COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS UNTIL LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER.
I THINK AT THE LAST, LAST TIME YOU GAVE AN UPDATE WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE FIVE TO SIX MONTH PERIOD, WOULD WOULD PUT IT COMING BACK AT NOVEMBER DECEMBER TIMEFRAME.
UM, AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, THAT THAT'S ALL BEEN TAKEN CARE OF THERE.
UM, SO NOW I, GOING BACK TO MR. CHAVIS POINT, I, I DO THINK, AND I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND PLANNING COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY, NOT THIS LAST ONE.
UM, BUT THAT THERE, THERE PROBABLY WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL REAL SOLUTIONS THAT COME OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR STUDY.
SEE, IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST A STUDY IT AND SHELF PUT IT ON THE SHELF SOMEWHERE.
I MEAN THIS, THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE THAN LIKELY GONNA SHOW SOME TANGIBLE RESULTS.
THIS WILL BE THE STUDY THAT THEN WE USE TO PROCEED WITH IMPLEMENTING THE TRUCK RESTRICTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHY
I THINK IT'S BEEN A GOOD, IT WILL BE AN UP GOOD UPGRADE AS WE GO FORWARD.
I JUST FELT FOR THE, THE TROOPERS THE DAY THAT THEY WERE OUT THERE, 'CAUSE IT WAS IN THE NINETIES, UM, THOSE TWO DAYS THAT THEY WORKED ON IT.
SO THEY WERE SITTING IN THAT INTERSECTION AND IT
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WAS HOT.SO DIRECTING TRAFFIC 'CAUSE THEY HAD, THEY HAD CONTROL OF THE INTERSECTION.
AND NOT, NOT THE, UM, ENGINEERS.
SO, UM, BUT ANYWAY, I THINK IT, IT, IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD, GOOD SOLUTION AS WE GO FORWARD.
TIM, I HAD ONE QUESTION CAME TO MIND.
WHEN YOU'RE CUTTING THE, UH, ROWS IN THE DITCHES AND ALL IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, HOW DO YOU HANDLE POLITICAL SIGNS? I DON'T HAVE ANY I THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT HOW DO YOU HANDLE POLITICAL SIGNS THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO CUT THE, CUT THE GRASS? THE, THE OFFICIALS SHOULD HAVE A PERMIT TO PLACE THE SIGNS WITHIN THE VDOT RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, AND THEY WILL BE ACCOMMODATED.
TY WELL AGAIN, SHOULD HAVE A PERMIT IF WE DISCOVER THERE'S NOT A PERMIT AND THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT A PERMIT, THEY WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE REMOVED TO FACILITATE MOWING.
IT MIGHT BE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT SOMEHOW TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.
SO A LOT OF SIGNS AREN'T DESTROYED.
THEY MIGHT CAN GO PICK 'EM UP AND MOVE THEM.
TYPICALLY AROUND THIS TIME OF THE OCTOBER TIMEFRAME BEFORE WE REALLY GET HEAVY INTO ELECTION SEASON, WE'LL SEND AN EMAIL OUT, UM, TO SOME FOLKS AND HEY, JUST SO YOU KNOW RIGHT, THE POLITICAL SIGNS DO NEED A PERMIT AND TO BE PLACED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DO THAT THIS YEAR.
ANYTHING FROM STAFF? NO, THAT YOU GOOD? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[6.B. Dinwiddie County Fair]
WE'VE GOT IS THE DIMITY COUNTY FAIR.STACEY ENGLISH IS GONNA COME GIVE US AN UPDATE.
WE'RE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY FROM IT.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS? GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
YEAH, SO WE ARE, UM, LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM THE COUNTY FAIR.
UM, THIS YEAR'S FAIR IS OCTOBER 6TH THROUGH THE EIGHTH AT VIRGINIA MOTOR SPORTS PARK.
UM, SO FRIDAY NIGHT IS SIX TO 11.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS A BI-WEEK, SO WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY INTERFERENCE WITH THAT.
UM, SATURDAY IS 11 TO 11 AND SUNDAY IS ONE TO SIX.
SO FRIDAY NIGHT WE HAVE, UM, OUR ENTERTAINMENT IS THE INNOVATION BAND, SO THEY'RE LIKE A DANCE.
UM, THEY PLAY ALL KINDS OF MUSIC.
I BELIEVE SOME OF THEIR MEMBERS USED TO BE IN THE BAND CASPER.
SO THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FOLLOWING AROUND THE AREA.
AND WE HAVE FIREWORKS FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE ENTERTAINMENT IS CARRIE BROCKWELL.
SO SHE'S A 17-YEAR-OLD FROM CHESTERFIELD WHO WAS ON AMERICAN IDOL.
SO SHE IS COMING OUT SATURDAY NIGHT.
UM, AND FIREWORKS AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT.
AND THEN SUNDAY WE ARE FEATURING, UM, FAITH AT THE FAIR.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME LOCAL GOSPEL GROUPS COME PERFORM.
SO, UM, FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND WE HAVE A LOT OF ATTRACTIONS AND SHOWS GOING ON.
UM, READY SET GROW IS AN, UM, AGRICULTURE SHOW THAT'LL HAVE, UM, BE DOING THEIR THING FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
UM, WE HAVE TWIN STUNTS, A MOTORCYCLE, A MOTORCYCLE STUNT SHOW, UM, THAT'LL BE THERE ALL WEEKEND.
UM, IT'S TWO TWIN BROTHERS THAT PERFORM ON YAMAHA MOTORCYCLES, SO IT'S PRETTY COOL.
UM, WE HAVE SOCCER COLLIES, SO YOU CAN COME PLAY SOCCER AGAINST RESCUE BORDER COLLIES, SEE IF YOU CAN BEAT THEM.
UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC TO SEE IF SOME OF OUR YOUTH SOCCER, UM, TEAMS CAN COME OUT AND SEE IF THEY CAN BEAT THE SOCCER COLLIES.
UM, AND THEN OUR LAST, UM, SHOW IS RIDICULOUS.
NICHOLAS, WHO IS, UM, HE CALLS HIMSELF A TRAVELING CIRCUS.
HE'S A COMEDIAN, A JUGGLER, HAS A UNICYCLE, KIND OF A VARIETY SHOW.
UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A MOBILE ARCHERY AND AX THROWING TRAILER SO YOU CAN COME, UM, SHOOT ARROWS AND THROW AXES AT THE COUNTY FAIR.
UM, WE'LL HAVE OUR PETTING ZOO LIKE WE NORMALLY DO.
UM, OUR CARNIVAL, WE HAVE OVER 20 RIDES AND WE'VE GOT, UM, TICKETS ON SALE NOW ONLINE.
UM, WE'VE GOT THE WRISTBAND, THE UNLIMITED RIDES, WRISTBAND FOR SALE FOR $20 ONLINE, $25 AT THE FAIR.
AND OF COURSE YOU CAN JUST BUY INDIVIDUAL RIDE TICKETS AS WELL.
UM, LET'S SEE, WE'VE GOT 10 FOOD VENDORS THIS YEAR, A MIX OF FOOD TRUCKS AND OUR, UM, NON-PROFIT FOOD VENDORS.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME OF OUR FAVORITES THAT ARE COMING BACK THIS YEAR, LIKE THE FFA LEMONADE AND TEA AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW VENDORS, SO IT'LL BE GOOD TO
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GET OUR OLD FAVORITES AND TRY SOME NEW ONES.UM, FOUR H AND EXTENSION, UM, ARE BOTH COMING OUT AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR AGRICULTURE EXHIBITS.
THEIR FAIR BOOK IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE, UM, AND WE HAVE OUR VENDOR TENT, SO WE HAVE ABOUT 20 VENDORS THAT'LL BE SET UP UNDER THE TENT SELLING THEIR LOCALLY MADE ITEMS. SO IT SHOULD BE A REALLY FUN, FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
UM, I WANNA THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR FUNDING THE COUNTY FAIR FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND TO THANK OUR SPONSORS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPONSORS THIS YEAR, SOUTH SIDE ELECTRIC, UM, VSV, HOME BASE CREDIT UNION DEN, WITTY MEDICAL CENTER, MERIDIAN WASTE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, JONES WASTE SOLUTIONS, PICTURE LAKE CAMPGROUND, VIRGINIA CARS AND CARTS AND STEPPING STONE ACADEMY.
AND I'VE GOT, UM, FLYERS THAT I'LL LEAVE OUTSIDE IF ANYBODY WANTS THEM.
AND I GUESS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S GOOD.
I'M GLAD THE PETTING ZOO IS COMING BACK.
WHAT WAS THAT? I'M GLAD THE PETTING ZOO IS COMING BACK.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I'LL GO OVER, I'LL TRY TO DO THAT.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY HOW WE'RE REACHING OUT TO FORT GREG ADAMS FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE THAT'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT IF WE COULD TAP INTO THEM, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP, UH, WITH FORT GREG ADAMS AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT'S THERE.
WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THEM TO DENWITY COUNTY WOULD BE A POSITIVE THING IN THEIR LIVES.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO SUE, MISS, UM, GARLAND WITH THE INFORMATION AND WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUESTING SOME VOLUNTEERS FROM FORT LEE AS WELL.
WE GOT A LOT OF SOLDIERS OUT THERE.
ONE BUS WOULD BE $10, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO DO HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY AT FORT B FOOT TOO.
MM-HMM
HE'LL BE AT THE FAIR, SO THERE YOU GO.
[7.A. Contract Award, Zoll Equipment Preventive Maintenance Service]
ACTION ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON THIS EVENING.THE FIRST ONE IS A CONTRACT AWARD FOR THE ZA EQUIPMENT PREVENTION MAINTENANCE SERVICE.
AND THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE DAWN TUS.
DAWN IS A LITTLE BIT DETAILED.
HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? I'M GOOD.
DAWN'S A LITTLE BIT BUSY THIS AFTERNOON, SO I TOLD HER I WOULD COME OVER AND FILL IN, UM, FOR HER.
UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE HAD, UH, THAT NEEDS RENEWAL.
WE'VE USED Z EQUIPMENT ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OUR CARDIAC MONITORS, OUR MECHANICAL CPR DEVICES, OUR TRANSPORT VENTILATORS, ALL OF THAT STUFF.
UM, THIS CONTRACT ACTUALLY COVERS THE PM THE EXTENDED WARRANTIES, WHICH THE EXTENDED WARRANTIES GETS US A LOT OF DISCOUNTS, LIKE WHEN WE BREAK CABLES AND PROBES AND STUFF.
THEY GET REPLACED AT A REDUCED COST.
UM, OUR BATTERY REPLACEMENT, WHICH THERE ARE EVERY, ALL OF THIS RUNS ON TONS AND TONS OF BATTERIES.
UM, AND THEN THE SERVICE PLANS THAT KEEPS OUR, ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT MEDICAL CERTIFIED FOR MEDICAL USE EACH YEAR.
UM, THE CONTRACT EXPIRED IN JULY.
UM, WE'VE BEEN OKAY SINCE THEN.
WE NEED TO GET IT RE-UPPED SO WE CAN START ON THIS YEAR'S CYCLES OF UM, ALL OF THIS STUFF.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE THERE IS A REQUEST TO, UM, APPROVED THE THREE YEAR CONTRACT AT THE, AT THE COST OF A HUNDRED TWELVE, EIGHT FIFTEEN TWENTY, ABOUT 37, 6 OR SO A YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ABOUT, JUST PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS ABOUT $850,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S PM IN EACH YEAR, SO MM-HMM
ANY QUESTIONS OF CHIEF HALE? MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST A CON A COMMENT.
SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER, NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO, BUT NO SOLE MANUFACTURES ALL THE STUFF AND THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT WORK ON IT, YOU KNOW, SO.
AND YOU WANT THAT STUFF TO WORK
UNFORTUNATELY IN THE MEDICAL FIELD IT'S, IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.
IT'S A IT MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
ALRIGHT, GOT A MOTION LAPPING AND GOT A SECOND ROLL CALL MR. LEE.
AND AS I TOLD KEVIN I HAVE A FIRE INSPECTION TO GET TO SO I'M GONNA THANK YOU.
[7.B. Contract Amendment, Legal Services]
IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT AND UNDER LEGAL SERVICES.[00:20:02]
ALL RIGHT.SO THE COUNTY HAS BEEN UNDER CONTRACT WITH PAND DAC AND TAES PLC.
THEY'VE HAD A NAME CHANGE SINCE, BUT PAND, DAC AND TAES PLLC FOR LEGAL SERVICES SINCE 2018.
AND WE ARE REQUESTING BOARD APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET, UH, REGARDING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TODAY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PERTAINING TO IT? NO MA'AM.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? I ALSO MOVE.
[7.C. Approval Of License Agreement For Use Of Former DVRS Building By American Legion Post 149]
THE APPROVAL OF A LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF THE FORMER, UH, DENWITTY VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD BUILDING BY THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 1 49 AND MR. SOUTHALL.SO MR. CHAIRMAN, AMERICAN LEGION POST 1 49 REQUESTED TO USE SPACE IN THE FORMER DVRS BUILDING NEXT TO SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY STATE.
THE, UH, LICENSE AGREEMENT PROVIDED IN YOUR, UH, PACKET HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE SHERIFF WHOSE OFFICE OVERSEES USE OF THE FORMER DVRS BUILDING.
POST 1 49 WOULD BE PERMITTED TO USE THE MEETING ROOM, FRONT OFFICE, RESTROOM AND KITCHEN.
ALTHOUGH GENERALLY THE KITCHEN WOULD NOT BE USED FOR COOKING, ALTHOUGH CROCKPOTS AND PLUGIN AIR FRYERS WOULD BE ALLOWED.
UM, THE AGREEMENT WOULD EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH, 2028.
THE LICENSE SPACE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE USED BY POST 1 49 FOR CONDUCTING MEETINGS AND ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES.
SO THE COUNTY STAFF WILL RELEASE THE COUNTY SIGNATURE PAGE TO POST 1 49 UPON APPROVAL BY THE BOARD.
AND THOSE OF YOU WITH EQUALIZED MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THE NOTICE PROVISION WAS NOT FILLED OUT BY POST 1 49.
WE'LL TRY TO GET THEM TO FILL THAT OUT SO WE KNOW WHERE TO SEND THEM MAIL, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALWAYS FIND THEM UP THERE AT THE BUILDING TOO.
THERE'S A, A RESOLUTION IN THE PACKET SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT IT.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN MEETING BEFORE? DO YOU KNOW MR. MASSING? YEAH, THEY, THEY HAD SOME MEETINGS AT, UM, JOE STEAK SEAFOOD AND THEIR ANNUAL MEETING WAS BEING DONE AT THE DIMITY TON CLUB.
AH, SO I, FROM WHAT THEY WERE SPENDING AT JOE'S STEAK SEAFOOD, THEY SAW THIS AS A MUCH BETTER OPTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON IS, UH, CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD.
AND I'LL READ OUR STANDARD STATEMENT.
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 THE, FOR THAT PURPOSE, THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD 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 NOT TAKE TO THIS PART IN THIS COMMENT PERIOD MUST ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS, THE BOARD WITH DECORUM LOUD, DISRUPTIVE, OR AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR TO INCLUDE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE SHALL BE AVOIDED.
AVOID WORDS OR ACTS THAT ARE AIMED TO AT EVOKING VIOLENCE OR CAN BE DEEMED TO BE A BREACH OF THE PEACE.
AND LASTLY, DIRECT ALL COMMENTS TO THIS BOARD'S CHAIRMAN.
AND DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN'S COMMENT? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN'S COMMENT? PERIOD.
HEARING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD, AND WE'LL
[9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS]
MOVE ON TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS.ASK YOU MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, A FEW COMMENTS, BUT I WAS GONNA END WITH THIS, BUT I THINK I'M GONNA START WITH IT.
THIS IS, UM, A A DAY THAT I JUST WANTED TO RECAP FOR YOU ALL THIS FIRST ITEM.
UM, THE FACT THAT, THAT BACK IN 2020, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I, I CREATED, UM, A TASK FORCE, AN ADVISORY TASK FORCE ON, ON EQUITY AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THAT TASK FORCE.
NOT ALL, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBER MARIE GRANT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
UH, WE HAD TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MM-HMM
BOTH MARY BENJAMIN AND BARBARA PITTMAN FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BRENDA E. BONNER AND DAN LEE, AND LED BY OUR CHAIRMAN, UM, SHARON YATES MM-HMM
AND SO SINCE 2020, WE, WE DID SOMETHING THAT
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I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF AND THAT IT'S THAT WHEN WE STARTED SEEING SOME SOCIAL ISSUES TOOK PLACE, UM, AROUND OUR NATION AND EVEN IN OUR, OUR STATE'S CAPITAL, WE, WE DECIDED TO, INSTEAD OF RUNNING AWAY FROM THAT, TO RUN TO IT.AND SO BY CREATING THE TASK FORCE, UM, IT EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS OF, OF COMING UP WITH INITIALLY IN 2021, OVER 20 PLUS RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO PUT INTO ACTION UNDER VARIOUS CATEGORIES.
WE HAD A CATEGORY THAT WAS DEDICATED A COMMITTEE ON JUST THE GOVERNMENT.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT EQUITY AND, AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION, WE LOOKED AT OUR, NOT ONLY OUR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, BUT UH, AS FAR AS THE COUNTY, WE, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND SO WE, WE CREATED A DIALOGUE THAT HADN'T, UM, REALLY HAD A, A FORUM TO HAVE CONVERSATION.
AND WE ALSO, UH, AND ANOTHER COMMITTEE LOOKED AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WANTING TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, TO BE ABOVE APPROACH IN OUR, OUR OUR, UH, WAY THAT WE GO ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DENWOODY AND IN THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT SECTION, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE JU JUDICIAL SIDE, OUR, OUR COURTS AND, YOU KNOW, OUR LARRY ELDER, JUDGE ELDER WAS A CO-CHAIR TO THE, TO THE TASK FORCE AND BROUGHT A LOT TO, TO THE CONVERSATION THAT, UH, HADN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
WE ALSO HAD MEMBERS, IF YOU RECALL, OF THE TASK FORCE THAT JUST REPRESENTED THE GENERAL COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE HAD, UH, MANY LISTEN AND LEARN SESSIONS THAT GAVE OP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO, TO THINK THROUGH AND TALK AND SHARE IN A SAFE PLACE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE DENWOODY COMMUNITY.
AND, AND WE ALSO HAD THE YOUTH IN DENWOODY THAT WE SAID, REALLY FOR THEM, THEIR VIEW ON THIS IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF US.
AND SO WE, WE DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE THAT OUT.
SO WE HAD SOME, SOME YOUTH REPRESENTATION AS PART OF THAT TASK FORCE.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CALL THIS NOT ONLY ON EQUITY, BUT RACIAL RECONCILIATION.
AND WE KNEW THAT IN DWE WE COULDN'T HAVE TRUE RECONCILIATION IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
AND SO I WAS, WAS HONORED REALLY THAT, THAT WE WOULD HAVE SO MANY PASTORS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR TIME AND, AND SEE IT REALLY AS THEIR WORK TO, TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO SOME OF THE RECONCILIATION WORK THAT, THAT NEEDS TO HAVE.
I'M, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE 20 SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED BEFORE, BUT WHERE ARE WE GOING FROM HERE? AND SO IT WAS ALWAYS ENVISIONED THAT THE TASK FORCE ITSELF, UM, EVEN A LOT OF WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND HAS BEEN DONE.
AND AGAIN, IT, IT, IT REALLY SURPASSED MY EXPECTATIONS THAT IT NEEDED TO TRANSITION FROM AN ACTIVE ADVISORY TASK FORCE TO MORE OF A COMMITTEE THAT WOULD OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND, AND ONE THING THAT CAME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR WAS THIS WORK IN THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC DOESN'T EVER GO AWAY.
THAT WE ARE, IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABOVE APPROACH AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK, THAT, UH, THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD LOOK AT, UH, EVALUATING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT IT WOULD BE DONE.
SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, DENE COUNTY IS A STRONGER PLACE, UM, THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
UM, AND AGAIN, JUST, JUST THE OPENNESS AND THE CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE, I THINK HAS SET SOME THINGS IN MOTION THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF WHAT THIS TASK FORCE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE SEEN NOT ONLY AS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME TOGETHER, BUT BUT A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT REALLY DID KINDA SET A NEW COURSE OF DIRECTION FOR US AS, AS CHRISTIAN PEOPLE TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
UH, SO THE NEW, THE NEW COMMITTEE, UM, MS. YATES HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO STAY AS A LEADER, NOT INTO THAT NEW COMMITTEE.
WE'RE IN THIS PROCESS OF, WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING, UM, MANY OF WHICH ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WILL SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
AND THEN WE STILL ENVISION BOTH FROM THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, FROM DR.
WESTON, WHO IS ALSO A ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS TASK FORCE AND, AND THE STAFF THAT WE WOULD HAVE SUPPORT FROM BOTH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE COUNTY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS COMMITTEE THAT'S GONNA OVERSEE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I HAVE A LETTER, A FORMAL LETTER FROM MS. YATES AS THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT WILL, UM, BE SHARED WITH YOU ALL.
I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK IT THROUGH WITH YOU AND, UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, I'M GLAD TO KIND OF ANSWER ANY OF THOSE OR I CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH MY COMMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF EITHER MS. EVEN BOND OR MR. LEE, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY.
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AGREE WITH THE WORK AND WE'RE GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? YEAH, I GUESS MY ONLY STATEMENT, UM, WAS INVOLVED IN IT EARLY ON AND, AND ENJOYED IT.AND THEN IT LOOKED LIKE THE LAST YEAR, UM, I, FOR WHATEVER REASON, UH, A LOT OF IT HEALTH REASONS, UM, KINDA STEPPED AWAY FROM IT.
AND I, UM, YOU KNOW, I WISH, UH, I HAD BEEN MORE INVOLVED IN IT, BUT THE WORK WAS, WAS THERE.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT I'VE GAINED, UM, AND INSIGHT FROM PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN A GOOD THING.
SO YES AND YES, AND IT'S, UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT COMMITTEE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU LEARNED A LOT AND WHEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO COME TOGETHER AND, UM, HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS, IT REALLY WORKS WELL IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
AND THANK MS. YATES FOR HER LEADERSHIP, FOR JUST CONTINUING TO GO ON TO, UH, GET THESE THINGS DONE.
MS. MS. YATES, UM, I KNOW I'VE SAID IT TO YOU PRIVATELY, BUT I DON'T MIND SAYING IT TO YOU PUBLICLY TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST CALLED AND SAID, HEY, I, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE AND, AND TO LEAD THIS.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT I ALWAYS APPRECIATED WITH MS. YATES IS SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T DO WHAT I JUST ASKED HER TO DO.
YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE HAD AN IDEA OF HOW SHE WANTED TO, TO RUN THE TASK FORCE, THE WORK THAT WAS TO BE DONE, UM, AND DID ALL OF THAT AS A VOLUNTEER MM-HMM
AND IT, AND I KNOW IT WAS TRULY, IN MANY OCCASIONS, IT WAS BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS,
AND AS AN, AS AN ADAMANT PERSON IN REGARDS TO, TO TRYING TO GET THE YOUTH MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED.
UM, AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND, AND AGAIN, FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE AND THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED, UM, I KNOW YOU ALL REALIZE THE WORK HAS TO BE DONE AS FAR AS THE TASK FORCE, BUT WITH THE COMMITTEE AND MOVING FORWARD AND REALLY THE OPPORTUNITIES OF WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE WITH THE YOUTH.
UM, I DON'T KNOW OF MANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ANYWHERE THAT WAS HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE YOUTH THE WAY THAT Y'ALL DID.
AND, AND I, I THINK THAT WAS A, A REALLY GOOD ADDED BENEFIT.
SO THANK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE, THE BOARD WHO, WHO SAW IT AS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY.
SO MS. CHAIRMAN, NOW I'M JUST GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
UH, ONE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU, AND I KNOW DR. MOORE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT WE HAD A RE-ENGAGEMENT AND RECOMMITMENT OF OUR PASTORS, UH, WITH OUR FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE, UM, SINCE WE LAST MET.
AND THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO, TO NOT ONLY SHARE WITH SOME PASTORS, UH, THE NEW AND THE DIRECTION FROM THE LAST TIME THEY HAD BEEN CALLED TOGETHER FIVE YEARS AGO TO THE SUCCESSES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE.
BUT JUST TO EDUCATE SOME OF OUR NEWER PASTORS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WHAT IT DID IS IT IGNITED A FIRE ALL OVER AGAIN TO DO THIS WORK AND TO REALLY CONNECT THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOLS WITH OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY.
AND SOME TREMENDOUS WORK'S GONNA TAKE PLACE FROM THAT.
UM, WE, WE OPENED IT UP FOR SOME COMMENTS OF THE PASTORS AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS BECAUSE
SO WE, WE HAD TO SCHEDULE A FOLLOW UP MEETING.
SO WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TOGETHER JUST TO LISTEN TO THE, THE PASTORS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GOAL WAS TO REENGAGE AND TO HAVE A RECOMMITMENT AND IT, IT SUCCESSFULLY DID THAT.
AND SO WE'RE THINK, AGAIN, WE WE'RE OFF TO THE RACES WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
UM, I WANTED TO ESPECIALLY THINK, UM, 'CAUSE NINE 11 WAS PATRIOT'S DAY AND ON NINE 11, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S SUBTLY DONE IN DI WHI COUNTY, BUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING THAT WE HAVE, I WANNA THANK MARIE GRANT PUBLICLY AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF BECAUSE THE LIGHT, IT'S UPLIT THAT BUILDING, UH, IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE FOR THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER.
SO EVERY NOW AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD DRIVE BY AND SAY, WHY IS THE BUILDING IN DIFFERENT COLORS? WELL, IT, IT'S BECAUSE OF PATRIOTS DAY AND, AND THAT THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICES ON NINE 11 THAT TOOK PLACE HERE AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT DID SO MUCH.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU GO BY AND SEE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON FOR IT, UM, OUR CITIZENS
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ACADEMY, WE, WE WERE ABLE TO TO KICK THAT OFF, UM, ON NINE 11 THE SAME, SAME DAY.AND WE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL GROUP IN THE SPRING, DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE COULD EVER BE A BETTER GROUP.
I WON'T SAY THEY'RE THE BETTER GROUP, BUT I WILL SAY THEY'RE EQUALLY AS ENGAGED AND COMMITTED AND EXCITED.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SO MANY OF THE STAFF COME BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WAS THE SPRING THE ANOMALY OR IS THIS, OR IS THIS, OR IS WE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE MANY GROUPS LIKE THIS? AND I'M SO PLEASED TO SAY THAT THE, THE SECOND GRADUATING CLASS HERE THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN DECEMBER IS, IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE FIRST CLASS.
AND SO I KNOW THE BOARD, UH, ECHOES THOSE COMMENTS.
I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
UH, WE'VE HAD AN INITIAL MEETING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, UM, AND HAVE GAINED SOME, SOME VALUE, VALUABLE INPUT FROM STAFF AND, AND AGAIN, SOME OF OUR, OUR PRIORITIES THAT WILL HOPEFULLY MAKE IT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIS YEAR.
UH, THE DOMINION ENERGY TOUR THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GO ON LAST WEEK WAS A, I THINK A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY.
SOMETIMES THERE, THERE'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COUNTY AND WE, WE KIND OF DRIVE BY IT AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW ALL THE STORY BEHIND IT, BUT IT WAS A, A SIGNIFICANT DAY JUST TO SEE HOW DOMINION ENERGY IS COMING IN.
UM, AND, AND ACTUALLY TRANSFORMING THAT PART OF DENWOOD COUNTY.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TO BE THERE WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BUT OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH US.
I THOUGHT IT WAS EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND I WOULD JUST LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START DOING OTHER EXISTING INDUSTRY TOURS, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR IDA AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO DO ONE OF THOSE OR TWO OF THOSE A YEAR.
SO YOU CAN KINDA SEE WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DENWOODY COUNTY.
UH, TOMORROW I'LL BE REPRESENTING THE COUNTY AT FORT GREG ADAMS WITH THE, THE QUARTERMASTER SCHOOL WHO IS HAVING A COLLABORATION EVENT.
AS YOU KNOW, THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS HAS ADOPTED BOTH COLONIAL HEIGHTS AND DENWOODY.
SO THE, THE MEETING TOMORROW IS TO SOMEWHAT PUT IN PLACE SOME STRATEGIES AND, AND LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR FROM OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER OF ALL THE POTENTIAL COLLABORATION POINTS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE MADE, UM, AND FIND THE WAYS THAT US MILITARY, THE ARMY, CAN HELP SUPPORT THESE TWO LOCALITIES.
AND SO I'M KIND OF GOING WITH AN OPEN MIND AND, UH, AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW IS IT THAT, THAT WE CAN GET THIS, THIS GROUP OF SOLDIERS MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 27TH, I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU ALL THAT VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY REGION IS HAVING A BUSINESS COUNCIL EVENT, AND THAT'S GONNA BE BACK AT DOMINION ENERGY, UH, TO GIVE AN UPDATE OF THAT.
AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION THAT THE WHOLE BOARD, OTHER, OTHER INDIVIDUALS, UH, IDA WHATNOT, PLAINTIFF, THEY'RE STILL INVITED TO COME TO THAT, THAT EVENT AGAINST 11:00 AM ON, UM, THE 27TH, UM, IN OCTOBER, JUST REMIND THE BOARD THAT YOUR FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER IS THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, UH, LUNCHEON.
AND THAT'S FROM, UM, 11 TO TWO.
AND THEN WE'LL BE GOING TO YOUR WORKSHOP AT 3:00 PM AND AT 3:00 PM THAT'LL BE AT EAST SIDE.
AND WE'VE GOT, UH, RAY VINES AND WHO THE WORK THAT'S DONE BY BARRY DUNN WITH THE RECREATION FACILITIES MASTER PLAN THAT THAT WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED AT THAT WORKSHOP MEETING.
STACY MENTIONED THE FAIR, SO I'LL, I'LL SKIP RIGHT OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT.
OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT CAN DO ARCHERY, I WITNESSED FIRSTHAND DAN LEE A FOUR H
SO HE, I COULD SEE HIM COMING IN AND, AND, AND I'VE GOT PICTURES OF MR. CHAVIS RIDING A HORSE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT TOO, BUT I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE FUNNEST THINGS OF THE FAIR IS JUST WATCHING THE COUNTY ATTORNEY GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE CONTRACTS AND TRYING TO DIMINISH THE LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS.
AND SO I ALMOST GET MORE FUN OUTTA THAT THAN WATCHING THE FAIR
JUST A REMINDER, WE'RE CLOSED.
UH, ALRIGHT, THE 11TH AND 12TH OF OCTOBER WE HAVE, UM, ARE ADVANCE OR FALL ADVANCE, THAT'S TWO ALL DAYS.
WE'VE EMAILED EACH OTHER BACK AND FORTH.
WE HAVE, WE SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, WE'VE GOT ABOUT A FOUR HOUR BLOCK OF TIME WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE STAFF OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE COUNTY CAN COME TOGETHER AND HAVE AN IN DEPTH CONVERSATION, UM, ON K THROUGH 12 IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND, AND DENWOOD.
AND WE, WE MET AS A SENIOR STAFF OR YESTERDAY AND STARTED WORKING THROUGH, UH, AGAIN, SOME OF THE OTHER
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ITEMS THAT AFFECT THE COUNTY.SO WE LOOK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE, WE THOSE TWO DAYS.
UM, ON OCTOBER 19TH, THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND TRADE IS COMING TO OUR REGION AND WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THEM AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE ON THE DIMITY SIDE OF RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE, UH, FOR LUNCH AND WITH THE PRESIDENT WILL BE THERE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE ASKING, UH, THAT WE FIND BUSINESS LEADERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, UH, STAFF THAT WOULD COME IN AND, AND WE GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND TRADE AT THAT LUNCH EVENT, KIND OF ACCLIMATE, UH, TO DENWOOD COUNTY, HER TO DI WHI COUNTY, WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
UH, UH, ON OCTOBER 21ST IS THE LEAD WELL SUMMIT.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND YOU LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST THING YOU'LL SEE IS, IS A, A REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITY, A LINK THAT WHEN YOU HIT ON, YOU CLICK ON IT AGAIN ON THE MAIN SITE, IT TAKES YOU TO THAT REGISTRATION.
THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO HEAR HIM THE FIRST TIME WE GET TO TALK, UH, HE GETS TO TALK AGAIN ABOUT, UH, AGAIN, SOME OPPORTUNITIES OF USING YOUR, YOUR INFLUENCE AS LEADERSHIP.
AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US ON SUNDAY, UH, THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY, THE 29TH, WE HAVE THE ONE CHURCH COMMUNITY SERVICE, WHICH IS ANOTHER FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE AT WEST END BAPTIST CHURCH.
AND WE HAVE THE VSU GOSPEL CORRAL THAT WILL BE THERE TO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME MUSIC WITH US AND THEN STATE BUDGET.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE GREAT PIECE.
I MEAN, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE I GUESS WITH, YEAH, HE'S GOTTA GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE WITH, YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR SIGNING AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT WE, UM, WHEN I WAS TALKING OR EMAILING BACK AND FORTH WITH DR.
WESTON, WE, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY THE SCHOOL NUMBER, UH, SHE INDICATED TO ME IN CORRESPONDENCE THAT THE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL GET OVER 2.9 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
AND SHE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE BROKEN DOWN 70% IN HIGH INTENSITY TUTORING, 20% IN LITERACY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, AND ABOUT 10% IN ATTENDANCE.
SHE ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE IS A 2% INCREASE FOR THE SOQ FUNDED POSITIONS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE NONS OQ FUNDED POSITIONS ARE NOT FUNDED.
AND IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THE, IF THE 2% INCREASE IS NOT GIVEN FOR THAT PURPOSE, THAT THEY'RE, UM, NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS, UM, NOR IS, NOR IS THE COUNTY.
UM, IN, IN ADDITION, IF YOU LOOK AT, THERE'S ANOTHER 2% SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL STATE EMPLOYEES.
AND SO I I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE OUR SOCIAL SERVICES, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE LOCAL, THEY'RE ALSO CONSIDERED STATE.
AND SO THE STATE WOULD PROVIDE 2% FOR THEM.
UM, NOW OUR CONCERN WITH THAT IS, IS IF WE WERE TO DO THE 2% FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WE'RE LOOKING AT PARITY WITH THE REST OF OUR COUNTY STAFF, UM, THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE DECEMBER, UM, 10TH OF 2023, I BELIEVE THE SCHOOLS WOULDN'T BE UNTIL LIKE JANUARY ONE WOULD, WOULD BE THEIR, THEIR FUNDS.
UM, AND IT ALSO IN INCLUDES 2% FOR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS THEMSELVES AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, UH, OFFICERS IN THE CAPACITY OF EACH OF THE FIVE THAT STAFF THAT MIGHT BE COMP BOARD FUNDED.
UM, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS DON'T REALLY ADD UP.
IF YOU USE EXAMPLE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE'VE GOT 60 SOME EMPLOYEES AND ONLY 25, 26 OR SO OF THOSE ARE FUNDED BY THE COMP BOARD.
SO YOU DON'T GET ANY MATCH FOR ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL, EVEN THOUGH WE PAY SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE COMP BOARD MINIMUMS, WE CAN'T ACCEPT THESE FUNDS UNLESS EVERYONE GETS THE FUNDS.
AND SO, UM, WHICH IS A, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR US.
UM, WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT TODAY WE'VE GOT GOT WORD THAT THE NEE COUNTY, UH, WATER AUTHORITIES FOUR 60, UH, WATER TOWER RESTORATION PROJECT.
IT HAD ALREADY BEEN PAINTED THE BEIGE COLOR.
UM, AND THAT THE STENCIL HAS BEEN PUT ON THE OUTSIDE THAT HAS THE NEW LOGO.
UM, AND THEY WERE GOING TO COMMENCE PAINTING TODAY.
WE DROVE OUT THERE JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AROUND LUNCHTIME.
UH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE, THE STENCIL THERE.
AND, UH, WHEN EDDIE PEARSON CALLED ME, HE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT HE THINKS IT'S GONNA BE REALLY SHARP AND, AND LOOK REALLY GOOD.
BUT FOR THOSE IN THAT AREA OF THE COUNTY, YOU MIGHT WANNA JUST GO BY AND AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
UM, AND THE LAST THING I'LL DO IS I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO WAS CONTACTED.
IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T HEARD IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR.
SO OUR, OUR, UM, DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS OR REGISTRAR CONTACTED, UH, MR. SOUTHALL AND HAD SOME QUESTIONS THAT HE WANTED OR MAYBE TALKED TO THE BOARD OF BOARD SOUTH HALL.
SO AS MR. MASSENGILL STATED, IT IS ELECTION SEASON
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AND WHEN THERE'S ELECTIONS, THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNS.AND I THINK THAT CAME UP EARLIER IN THE MEETING.
SO THE COUNTY IS THE, THE OWNER OF THE, THE PROPERTY, OF COURSE PURSUANT TO A, A GROUND LEASE WITH, WITH, UM, VIRGINIA RESOURCE AUTHORITY, BUT IS THE OWNER OF THE, THE PROPERTY HERE.
UM, AND AS SUCH, HA DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL WHETHER OR NOT SIGNS ARE ALLOWED AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH SIGNS ARE ALLOWED.
AND SO I DID RECEIVE THREE QUESTIONS FROM THE GENERAL REGISTRAR SLASH DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS, AND I DO THINK WE WOULD LIKE SOME GUIDANCE TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU WANTED TO, TO WEIGH IN ON IT.
SO QUESTION NUMBER ONE WAS WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A LIMIT, AND I'LL JUST READ YOU ALL THE QUESTIONS, BUT QUESTION NUMBER ONE WAS, WAS WHETHER THERE WAS A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF SIGNS A CANDIDATE CAN PLACE IN THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX.
OF COURSE, IT HAS TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE 40 FOOT EXCLUSION ZONE, SO 40 FEET FROM EACH DOOR TO THAT BUILDING, UM, WHICH IS THE, THE SCHOOL BOARD HOUSES, THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL REGISTRAR'S OFFICE.
IT WOULD BE AN EXCLUSION ZONE.
THE SECOND QUESTION, UM, SO THE, THE FIRST QUESTION IS REALLY NUMBER OF SIGNS PER, PER CANDIDATE.
UM, THERE, THERE ARE APPARENTLY 32 FOLKS WHO WILL BE ON THE BALLOT, UH, COUNTYWIDE.
AND SO YOU START TO DO THE MATH, UM, ON THE NUMBER OF SIGNS AND IT, IT GETS BIG PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, IS THERE A SIGN LIMIT ON THOSE SIGNS? UM, IN MY MIND I HAD YARD SIGNS, BUT I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE BIGGER SIGNS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND, AND IS THERE A, A RELUCTANCE FROM THE, THE COUNTY THAT, THAT SIGNS BIGGER THAN YARD SIGNS BE POSTED.
AND THEN THE THIRD, AND I, I WOULD BE HESITANT TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DOING THIS, BUT THIRD, UH, IT WAS NOTED THAT, THAT THAT CANDIDATES OR THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE ALLOWED TO HAND OUT MATERIALS AS LONG AS THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF 40 FEET OF THE EXCLUSION ZONE.
BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THE, THAT THE BOARD WAS AWARE OF THAT AND TO, TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS, UM, IF THERE WERE ANY.
SO I, I, I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY, ANY FEEDBACK, UM, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF ME ABOUT THAT, UM, I, I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE MY THOUGHTS OF WHAT I THINK MIGHT BE SOME REASONABLE REGULATIONS, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM YOU TO SPEAK FIRST.
MR. SOUTHWELL, JUST TO, MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, THAT MS. RAY HAS CONTACTED THE CANDIDATES.
SHE'S ALSO ASKED THAT TO ALSO BE COURTEOUS OF OUR LAWN CARE PROFESSIONALS BECAUSE, SO TO DO YOUR MATH REAL QUICK, IF 32 CANDIDATES HAD FIVE SIGNS EACH, THAT'S 160 SIGNS.
AND SO I GUESS TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IF THERE AREN'T SOME RESTRICTIONS BY THE BOARD, THOSE SIGNS COULD BE PUT UP THROUGHOUT THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX POTENTIALLY MM-HMM
UM, NOW I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS US TAKING CARE OF OUR GRASS AND OUR MAINTENANCE, UM, WE DO HOPE THAT THEY'RE COURTEOUS.
BUT I JUST TO HEAR YOU SAY, IF I WERE TO GET A CALL, IF THE BOARD DOESN'T ESTABLISH ANY STANDARDS, IF I WERE TO GET A CALL ABOUT SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, INTERFERING WITH LAWN MAINTENANCE, UM, WITHOUT ANY GENERAL GUIDANCE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I GUESS WE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LIMITED IN, IN WHAT WE COULD RESTRICT.
WE WOULD BE, HISTORICALLY WE HAVE NOT, THE, THE BOARD HAS NOT CREATED ANY RULES REGARDING SIGNS.
AND SO WE, WE HAVE NOT PLACED ANY RULES REGARDING SIGNS.
I BELIEVE ONE CANDIDATE DURING THE PRIMARY SEASON, I THINK PLACED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SIGNS, UM, ON THE, ON THE COUNTY PROPERTY.
BUT TO DATE, WE, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS ON IT.
WE'RE ALSO IN A LITTLE BIT OF A NEW ERA OF IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING, WHICH HAS REALLY COME INTO BEING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE SITUATION.
'CAUSE IT USED TO BE THAT YOU'RE EITHER PUTTING YOUR BALLOT IN THE MAIL IF YOU WERE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT AND YOU, AND YOU PROBABLY, YOU HAD TO HAVE A REASON TO BE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WERE GOING TO THE, TO THE 13 PRECINCTS.
BUT NOW WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE DO COME IN PERSON EARLY, AND I DO THINK CANDIDATES DO LIKE HAVING THEIR SIGNS OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT, WITHOUT ANY GUIDANCE, THE, THE, THE KIND OF DEFAULT IS THAT WE DON'T REALLY REGULATE THE SIGNS.
I DID TELL THE GENERAL REGISTRAR THAT I THINK WE WOULD BE OFFENDED IF SOMEONE PUT UP A, A FOUR BY EIGHT SIGN.
UM, BUT, BUT I DID WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ON NUMBER OF SIGNS AND THE HEIGHT OF SIGNS IN PARTICULAR.
I'M GONNA ONE MORE INTER INTERJECT JUST A SECOND, AND THEN PLEASE BOARD, TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT.
SO COULD MR. SOUTH HALL, THE BOARD LIMIT THE SIGNAGE TO ONLY BE IN THE ACCESS ROADS LEADING INTO THE COMPLEX, BUT ANY
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OTHER INTERIOR AREA OF THE COMPLEX BE PROHIBITED FROM PUTTING THE SIGNS? YOU COULD LIMIT THE AREA.YOU, YOU COULD DESIGNATE CERTAIN AREAS FOR SIGNS AND YOU COULD, AND THAT MAY MAKE SENSE, IT MAY MAKE LAWN CARE EASIER, FOR EXAMPLE.
QUESTION HOW FAR, UH, YOU SAID 40 FEET FROM THE DOOR? CORRECT.
HOW FAR OUT WOULD THAT BE IF IT WAS JUST AT THE, AT THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE? HOW WOULD IT BE INTO THE STREET? NO, UH, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE.
I THINK IT DOES GO TO THE STREET, BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF GRASS BETWEEN KIND OF AS YOU COME IN OFF OF ROUTE ONE TOWARDS THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, THERE'S A LOT OF GRASS ALONG THE, THE ROAD THERE BEFORE YOU GET, OR ALONG THE PARKING LOT ROAD BEFORE YOU GET TO THE 40 FOOT EXCLUSION AREA.
BUT I, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THE, THE PARKING LOT DOES COME PROBABLY WITHIN 40 FEET OF THE, THE, UM, THE DOOR THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT ONE AS YOU'RE WALKING UP, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE OUT SOMEWHERE.
I I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY CORRECT.
I DON'T HAVE A A TAPE MEASURE IN MY HEAD WITH THAT, BUT I, I THINK THAT IS CORRECT.
YEAH, MR. MOODY TO THAT POINT.
AND SO YOU'RE GONNA PUSH IT AWAY FROM THE FRONT ENTRANCE BY 40 FOOT? THE ONLY CONCERN, I, I MEAN I HAVE TWO MAJOR CONCERNS.
ONE, AND I, MS. HARTON AND WE, WE POSITIONED ALL THESE WAY FINDING SIGNS THROUGHOUT THIS COMPLEX.
IF YOU GET TOO MANY SIGNS IN THE WRONG PLACES, YOU START GETTING INTO SOME SITE DISTANCE ISSUES AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA, I THINK IT'LL BE SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC.
THE OTHER POTENTIAL IS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO, FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS ONTO ROUTE ONE OR TO COURTHOUSE ROAD, IF, IF THERE ARE SIGNS OF A CERTAIN SIZE, I MEAN, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH A CAMPAIGN SIGN A A TRADITIONAL CAMPAIGN SIGN, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU START PUTTING, AND IT'S A VARIABLE WIDTH RIGHT OF WAY ALONG ROUTE ONE IN COURTHOUSE, EVEN THOUGH YOU COULD POTENTIALLY PUT UP A LARGE SIGN, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US NOT TO ALLOW LARGE SIGNS THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
AGREE WITH THAT? SO, I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGN, IT, IT, IT, IT, TO ME IT SEEMS PRETTY REASONABLE THAT IT BE JUST BE A TRADITIONAL YARD SIGN YARD.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 28, 30, 32 INCHES SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT WHEN IT'S TOO TALL, BUT, BUT CERTAINLY ABOVE THREE FEET, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK A YARD STICK THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY TOO TALL.
YOU NEED TO PUSH IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THE GROUND.
UM, SO I, TO ME I, THAT THAT, THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF SIGNS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT I HAVE A NUMBER TO RECOMMEND TO YOU, BUT I, I DO THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT THERE WOULD BE A HEIGHT RESTRICTION AT, AT JUST THE YARD SIGN HEIGHT.
I AGREE WITH YOU AND MR. CHAIRMAN THAT I TALKED TO, UM, TYLER AND KEVIN VICTI FROM THE SPECIAL ELECTION OF, OF PRIMARIES, AND THERE WAS A CANDIDATE PROBABLY HAD 40 SIGNS AND, AND I KNEW THEN THAT, UM, IT, IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A PROBLEM.
NOW THEY LOST THEIR ELECTION, BUT, UH, SO MAYBE THE SIGNS DIDN'T WORK, BUT, UM, BUT NO, WITH, WITH AS MANY CANDIDATES AS WE GOT, I I, WHETHER THAT NUMBER IS FIVE OR IT CERTAINLY CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, 32 CANDIDATES.
UM, BUT I'M ONE OF THE 32 AND I'M PROBABLY NOT GONNA PUT A SIGN UP.
SO, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, STILL WE CAN'T HAVE IT.
I AGREE TO TEL STREET, JUST A REGULAR YARD SIGN.
AND PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK YOU REALLY NEED IT.
TWO AT THE MAXIMUM, IF YOU GET OUT YOUR CAR AND GO TO VOTE, YOU MIGHT, DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU PARK, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THE SIGN THERE.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE PARKED OVER THERE, YOU MIGHT SEE IT THERE.
AND IF YOU'RE 40 FEET AWAY FROM THAT ENTRANCE, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE 'EM ALL UP AND DOWN THE WHOLE COMPLEX, I WOULD LIKE RATHER 'EM SEE RIGHT.
IN THAT AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE VOTING.
AND THAT'S, UM, I THINK LAST TIME ROY OUTSIDE THE DOOR, IT'S JUST A GRASSY AREA AND IT WAS A, A WHOLE BUNCH OF SIGNS THERE.
UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY IF SOMEONE CAN HAVE SOME SIGNS THERE AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ROAD OR NOT TO HAVE 'EM RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR BECAUSE WHO, I MEAN, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA RUN IN WHO CAN PUT THEIR SIGNS THERE FAST, BUT YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF SIGNS THERE AND THEN THE ONES GOING STRAIGHT DOWN OR IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY THERE, THAT'S THE THING I'M TRYING TO YEAH.
SO DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DOOR.
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YOU YOU COULDN'T BE WITHIN 40 FEET.BUT IF, BUT LAST TIME IT WAS A WHOLE CROWD OF 40 FEET.
SEE IT WAS A CROWD, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO REALLY KINDA LOOK, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SOME PEOPLE JUST STUCK SO ON TOP, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY COULD, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
I MEAN, 40 FEET'S GONNA BE FROM YOU TO MS. COLLINS.
BUT THEY HAD, BUT THEY HAD A WHOLE BUNCH THERE.
THEY HAD A, THEY HAD A LOT OF THEM.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF YOU HAVE 32 PEOPLE AND IT'S 40 FEET, THEY CAN HAVE ALL THOSE SIGNS THERE.
IT'S JUST ONE PERSON EACH, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE 32 SIGNS IN THAT LITTLE AREA, OR DEPENDS ON HOW MANY, IF THE BOARD WISHES TO LIMIT.
AND, AND SO ONE REASON WHY ARE Y'ALL BEING ASKED? YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF THE TRUSTEE OF THE LAND.
RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE BOARD, YOU'RE THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
YOU GET TO, YOU KNOW, FROM THE COUNTY OWNS THE PROPERTY AND YOU'RE THE BOARD COUNTY, THE PROPERTY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE KIND OF THE TRUSTEE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO YOU GET TO DETERMINE, IF YOU ONLY WANT EACH CANDIDATE TO HAVE ONE SIGN, YOU CAN DO THAT.
IF YOU WANTED EACH CANDIDATE TO HAVE TWO SIGNS, YOU COULD DO THAT.
YOU CAN LIMIT THE, THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.
SO IF YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TWO WAYS IN, TWO WAYS OUT, WHETHER IT'S THE ACCESS ROAD ON COURTHOUSE ROAD OR THE ONE ON ROUTE ONE, YOU COULD SAY WE'RE GONNA LIMIT IT TO JUST THOSE TWO ENTRANCES.
YOU COULD SAY JUST THE ENTRANCE CLOSEST TO THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, AND YOU CAN AGAIN, LIMIT IT TO THE NUMBER OF SIGNS BY CANDIDATE.
NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT, WE GOTTA POLICE THAT.
SO THE FIRST TIME YOU SAY TWO AND A CANDIDATE PUTS UP THREE, I'M PROBABLY GONNA GET A CALL FROM THE ONE WHO ONLY PUT UP TWO.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.
BUT WE, I MEAN, WE CAN DO THAT TOO IF WE NEED TO FROM HERE TO ELECTION DAY AFTER ELECTION DAY.
WELL, I THINK IF YOU'RE COMING FROM MY DISTRICT OR MR. MOODY'S DISTRICT AND YOU COME IN THE BACK ENTRANCE, THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOME CANDIDATES, WE'LL PUT SOMETHING IN THAT ENTRANCE AND COME 'CAUSE OF MAYBE COMING IN THIS, THAT ENTRANCE AS COMPARED TO THE ENTRANCE CLOSEST TO THE REGISTRAR.
UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF TRYING TO STAY WITH THE YARD SIGNS.
UM, THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY, IF WE WANT TO LIMIT THAT, AND, AND I, I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR CANDIDATES WOULD, WOULD HELP US IN THIS PROCESS.
I MEAN, ALL OF US ARE CANDIDATES ALONG THAT LINE, BUT I WOULD HOPE, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT MAY NOT ALSO BE REALITY
SO IF WE'RE GONNA PUT A NUMBER ON IT, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THE NUMBER FIVE THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THERE.
SO IT SEEMS THE CONSENSUS IS YARD SIGNS ONLY.
AND ARE, ARE WE OKAY WITH LIMITING TO BOTH ENTRANCE ROADS, COURTHOUSE AND, AND ROUTE ONE? SO THEN THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE HOW MANY SIGNS PER CANDIDATE? I MEAN, FIVE IS A, IS A, TO ME, IS A NOMINAL NUMBER.
I I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED A CANDIDATE PUTTING 35 SIGNS OUT.
IF YOU DO TWO AND TWO, TWO THERE.
OR YOU CAN DO WHATEVER, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER.
I'M JUST TRYING TO, IT'S A LONG WAY.
SO SOMEBODY'S GOTTA 32 PEOPLE BE THE PERSON THAT'S COUNTING THOSE.
SO THE MORE THERE ARE, THE MORE DIFFICULTY IT BECOMES, BELIEVE YOU, ME, WE'LL BE MADE AWARE.
SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS THE HEIGHT, YARD SIGN HEIGHT, THE AREA AT THE ROUTE ONE ENTRANCE, KIND OF UP TO THE 40 FOOT EXCLUSION AREA, AND THEN AGAIN ON THE COURTHOUSE ROAD ENTRANCE.
AND THEN UP TO TWO SIGNS IN EACH AREA.
EACH AREA FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR, BUT NO MORE THAN TWO IN NEITHER AREA PER CANDIDATE.
HOW FAR FROM THE COURTHOUSE ROAD CAN YOU COME IN? IS IT A LIMIT WHERE THE PARKING LOT I WOULD, YEAH.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO LIMIT IT INTO THAT CORRIDOR.
AS YOU COME IN, ONCE YOU'RE IN THE PARKING AREA, THEN I'D SAY THAT WOULD BE OFF LIMITS.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE LIMITED ON WHERE YOU'RE GONNA PUT THE SIGNS ON THE COURTHOUSE 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT A SIDEWALK AND SOME THE ROADWAY, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOME GRASS THAT'S IN THE STRIP ON THE, ON THE SIDE.
UM, BUT I WOULD THINK MS. SOUTHALL, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING BEYOND THE ENTRANCE ROAD ON COURTHOUSE.
I WOULDN'T THINK YOU'D WANT ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.
YOU'RE IN PARKING LOT AND AGAIN, YOU ARE STILL GROWING GRASS AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME LAWN MAINTENANCE WELL INTO, UH, NOVEMBER.
SO WE GOT A CONSENSUS OF FOUR.
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SO JUST A, A NUANCE.SO IF I'M A CANDIDATE, AND I WANNA PUT FOUR, BUT I DON'T WANNA PUT ANY AT COURTHOUSE AND I WANNA PUT 'EM ALL AT THE, THE OTHER, CAN I DO THAT BECAUSE, WELL, YOU JUST READ WAS TWO.
WHAT I'VE HEARD IS NO, IT'S TWO AND TWO.
SO YOU, YOU'RE, YOU CAN, IF YOU'RE A CANDIDATE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT IT IN A COURTHOUSE, THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU DON'T GET A CREDIT TO PUT FOUR RIGHT.
NOW YOU CAN PUT 'EM ACROSS, YOU CAN PUT 'EM ON OTHER PROPERTY ON ROUTE ONE.
YOU CAN PUT 'EM ACROSS THE STREET IN ANY DIRECTION.
BUT ON THE COUNTY PROPERTY, IT'S THE TWO ON ONE END, THE TWO ON THE OTHER, NONE.
AND I THINK, OH, KEVIN ASKED, UH, DR. MOORE, I JUST, SHE MAY START PLACED ON THEM.
SO MS. RAY, I THINK HAS DIRECTED FOLKS NOT TO PLACE SIGNS UNTIL ABSENTEE EARLY ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTING STARTS.
AND I THINK, YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA USE BASEBALL PAINT OR WHAT, BUT I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DEMARCATE THE 40 FOOT LINE TO KEEP, TO KEEP THE SIGNS OUT OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN MR. MAKI'S SHAKING HIS HEAD THAT WE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE USED BASEBALL PAINT.
I DON'T KNOW, SOMEHOW I THINK SHE IS GONNA LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW TOO, HOW CLOSE IS TOO CLOSE.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN THEY COULD GO UP, I GUESS THURSDAY NIGHT.
AND MS. HOUSEAU, THERE'S ALSO RESTRICTIONS FROM BLOCKING THE VISIBILITY OF THE DROPBOX? YES.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO BLOCK VISIBILITY OF THE DROPBOX WITH JUST A YARD SIGN, BUT MS. RAY HAS SAID AS A, I THINK AS A MATTER OF STATE CODE, SHE'S GOTTA BE ABLE TO MONITOR THAT DROPBOX AND SEE IT FROM THEIR OFFICE THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT GUIDANCE, CHAIRMAN,
[10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
IS BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.AND I'LL START WITH MS. BONNER.
JUST, OH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, UM, SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT MY, MY NOTES HERE.
UM, I WAS, UM, WE HAD A, UM, EVENT, UM, IN, IN MY DISTRICT, UM, FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY THIS WEEKEND.
AND WE DID HAVE A, UM, A LOT OF THE CANDIDATES TO COME OUT AND, UH, WE HAD A PARADE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SPEAKER AND EVERYTHING.
THEN PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THEIR PLATFORM.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD FOR THIS WEEKEND, AND WE HAD NO PROBLEMS IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT WAS GOOD IN WEST PETERSBURG.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS I WANTED TO, UM, JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT, UM, AND I'M ALWAYS GONNA TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
THAT'S ALWAYS, I'M ALWAYS GONNA BRING THAT UP.
UM, I SAW SOME, SOME STATS ON THAT.
AND, UH, THEY SAID THAT FOR TEENAGERS, UM, FOR 14, I BELIEVE 14 TO 18 YEARS OF AGE, UM, THE LEADING CAUSE OF, UH, DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES, UM, IS SUICIDE IN THE SECOND.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS, UM, A STAGGERING, UM, NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UM, DIED FROM THAT.
BUT, UM, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO REALLY, UH, MAKE SURE WE LOOK, LOOK FOR EVERYONE, EVEN THE STUDENTS WHO'S IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, BULLYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE, UM, IT CAN BE A TRIGGER FOR ANYBODY.
AND IF THAT HAPPENS, AND I, WHEN I ALSO LOOKED AT THE, UM, THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT OF THE POLICEMAN IN LOS ANGELES, AND THEY DID FIND THE PERSON WHO, UM, UM, SHOT THAT POLICEMAN.
HE WAS, UM, SITTING AT THE LIGHT OR, AND SOMEONE, UH, CAME UP AND SHOT AND KILLED HIM.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS MAN HAD JUST, HE WAS A THIRD GENERATION, UH, FAMILY OF POLICE.
AND ALSO HE WAS JUST RECENTLY ENGAGED.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY HARD.
BUT THE PERSON FOR NO REASON JUST CAME UP AND SHOT HIM AND, UH, KILLED HIM.
SO, ON THE NEWS, I FOUND, I FOUND OUT THAT, UM, HE HAD, UH, SCHIZOPHRENIA AND HIS MOTHER SAID THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO GET HIM HELP ALL THE TIME AND COULD NOT GET HIM HELP.
SO, AND THAT WAS, THAT'S AWFUL BECAUSE, UH, I THINK HE WAS IN HIS LATE TWENTIES AND HE JUST DECIDED, HAD AN EPISODE AND JUST, UM, KILLED THIS POLICEMAN.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS JUST TERRIBLE.
AND IT JUST GOES BACK TO TALK ABOUT ALWAYS, UM, MONITORING MENTAL HEALTH AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AND TRYING TO GET THE HELP THAT, THAT THEY NEED.
AND THE MOTHER SAID THAT SHE COULD NOT GET THE HELP SHE NEEDED.
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HAPPENED AFTER THAT, BUT, UH, THIS YOUNG MAN IS NOT UNFORTUNATELY GONNA SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN BECAUSE HE KILLED A POLICEMAN, JUST PULLED UP AND, AND DID THAT.BUT WE, UM, WE, WE JUST NEED TO MONITOR THAT, NOT ONLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP AND, AND POINT THEM, POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IF WE CAN.
DAN AND I BOTH HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S, HARVEST SEASON IS IN, AND THIS EQUIPMENT WE HAVE IS WIDER THAN THE ROAD SOMETIMES.
AND IT IS, YOU GOTTA BE WATCHING ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THESE BACK ROADS ARE REALLY DANGEROUS.
UH, SO YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR SPEEDS DOWN AND WATCH OUT FOR, FOR THE BIG EQUIPMENT.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT I GOT AN EMAIL TODAY, I GUESS Y'ALL GOT IT TOO, BUT I HAPPEN TO SEE IT.
SO, UM, THEY SAY, I'M GONNA READ WHAT IT SAYS.
THAT THIS DEDICATED DAY SERVE AS A TRIBUTE TO THE EXPERTISE, DEDICATION, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF IT PROFESSIONALS WHO PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN MAINTAINING TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, DRIVING INNOVATION, AND SUPPORTING VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
SO, UH, I REMEMBER BACK WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, WE HAD SOME VERY ANTIQUATED EQUIPMENT AND NO IT PEOPLE IN PLACE OR ANYTHING, BUT WE'VE REALLY GOT A LOT.
AND WE, WE REALLY, UH, HAVE TO PRAISE THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
SO IF ANYONE SEES THE IT PEOPLE, BE SURE TO TELL 'EM THANK YOU FOR ALL THEY DO.
THEY PROBABLY COME A LONG WAY.
WE PROBABLY HAVE 'EM COME WITH SOME FAR LATER COME THE PROBLEM.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RETRACT MY STATEMENT BY PUTTING A SIGN UP.
AND THEN THE, UM, SECOND THING, UM, I'M GONNA PUT A SIGN UP SHEET.
I, FOR THE, UM, TO PUT APPLES ON PEOPLE'S HEADS.
UM, OH, YO, I'M ONLY GONNA USE PRACTICE TIPS.
THEY'RE SHOP, BUT THEY'RE NOT REAL SHOCK.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SIGN UP, OH, NO.
UM, HARRISON STOLE MY THUNDER BITE WITH FARM EQUIPMENT, UM, AND IT CERTAINLY IS, IS GOTTEN BIG AND, AND WE NEED TO WATCH A FOR IT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS INTERESTING, SOMEBODY, I GUESS AT THE FORUM WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SOMEBODY SAID ABOUT THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE AND MM-HMM
AND I STILL, UM, KINDA WANT TO BRING THAT UP.
BE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO BE SOMEBODY'S LIGHT, UM, CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE GET SO BUSY DOING THINGS THAT WE FORGET ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S NICE FOR A NEIGHBOR TO CHECK ON YOU TOO, SO.
UM, JUST, UH, TRY TO BE KIND TO EVERY, EVERYONE.
SO THAT'S ALL I, MR. LEE DAVIS, I DON'T HAVE MUCH, UH, HARRISON AND I WERE ABLE TO GO DOWN TO THE NAVAL AIR BASE THIS WEEKEND AND SEE THE PILOTS, THE PILOTS, THOSE JETS.
I MEAN, THEY CAN GO AND DROP A BOMB OR WHATEVER, IT'S A SIMULATOR, BUT THEY COULD HIT THAT SPOT EVERY TIME THEY WENT.
AND I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT GOING SLOW.
AND IT WAS SO GRATIFYING TO WATCH HOW EDUCATED THESE PEOPLE ARE ON FLYING, HOW THEY COULD MANEUVER THOSE PLANES LIKE, LIKE THIS, RIGHT AT EACH AND THE FOUR WHEN THEY WERE FLYING TOGETHER, IT LOOKED LIKE, UH, YOU GOT A PLANE HERE, THIS IS THE WING ON ONE.
LIKE, IT'S, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE WHAT WE SAW.
IT WAS JUST VERY EDUCATIONAL AND JUST THE TRAINING MM-HMM
THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY DO TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHAT GOT ME, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO WHEN THEY GO EVERYWHERE TO FIGHT.
I JUST, I HAD A GREAT TIME, UM, BEING EDUCATED ON BEING ABLE TO GO INTO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE AIRPLANES AND, UH, HELICOPTERS DID.
THEY HAD ONE PLANE THERE THAT WAS 180 FEET SPAN FROM ONE END OF THE WING TO THE OTHER.
AND THAT WAS A BOMBER THAT, THAT CARRIED BOMBS.
AND THAT, THAT'S, IF YOU EVER GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO, IT'S WELL WORTH THE, THE RIDE.
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ABLE TO GO TO THE BEACH THIS WEEK.I'M SORRY I TOLD YOU, YOU KNOW WHERE HE WENT, BUT
THAT'S HOW CLOSE DO THEY FLY DOWN.
AND, UH, WE JUST, UH, WE HAD A GREAT TIME, UH, THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD EXPERIENCE.
I DIDN'T WANT NO, THE PLANES THEY LOST.
WAS IT, IT FLEW IN HIS YARD, I THINK.
BACK SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY OUGHT TO RETURN IT IF, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S AMAZING.
I MEAN, HOW THEY TOOK OFF AND, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU, YOU NEVER, YOU WOULDN'T HEAR THE SOUND UNTIL WENT BY LATE.
JUST A FEW ITEMS. KEVIN HAD TALKED ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE ON MY LIST.
UH, FIRST IS THE CITIZEN ACADEMY.
UH, WE HAVE A YOUNG LADY THAT IS IN OUR CLASS THAT JUST STARTED.
AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WE, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
UH, IF IT'S AS GOOD AS THE FIRST GROUP THAT WE HAD, IT'S GONNA BE A SPECIAL SESSION.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT EACH ONE OF US HAD TO, TO SHARE OUR STORY, UH, IN OUR POLITICAL LIVES AND OUR REGULAR LIVES, UH, OUR EVERYDAY LIVES, I SHOULD SAY.
SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL BE SHARED THROUGH THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.
UM, I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM CAN REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE AT ABOUT QUARTER TO NINE ON SEPTEMBER THE 11TH.
AND, UM, THE REMEMBRANCE OF THAT DAY, THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE IN THE BUILDINGS HERE, UM, WE CAN NEVER FORGET THAT DAY, UM, BECAUSE OF WHAT IT REPRESENTED TO THE FREEDOM OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT WE AS A COUNTY DO TO COMMEMORATE THAT.
BUT WE AS INDIVIDUALS CAN NEVER FORGET.
UM, I THINK WE ALL HAD A, A GOOD DAY GOING TO DOMINION.
UM, THE SITE THAT WE HAVE THERE, THE HIGH VOLTAGE LAB IS ONE OF 15 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, NOT JUST IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO IT IS A VERY UNIQUE BUILDING THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND LOOK AT.
AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID THERE'S ONE BILL THAT I DO NOT MIND PAYING THAT COMES TO MY HOUSE.
AND THAT IS THE ELECTRIC BILL
WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT IT.
SO, UH, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK AT THAT SPOT AND WHAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
UH, OUR COMPANY, DOMINION ENERGY AND THE, AND THE COOPERATION THAT WE HAVE AS A COUNTY BETWEEN THEM AND, AND US.
UM, SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
UM, THIS EVENING IS GONNA BE A SPECIAL EVENING 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE THE DENWOODY AMERICANS AS WELL AS THE DENWOODY NATIONALS FOR THE DIXIE YOUTH ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BASEBALL THIS SUMMER.
AND WE, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ALL OF THEM IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A SPECIAL OCCASION.
AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE FOOTBALL FANS, THIS COMING FRIDAY NIGHT IS GONNA BE A VERY GOOD FOOTBALL GAME.
JUST LIKE LAST WEEK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE HOPEWELL COMING TO VISIT US.
SO I WOULD HOPE EVERYBODY HERE WOULD MAKE A, AN, AN EFFORT TO GET OUT.
WE HAD A VERY GOOD OUTING LAST WEEK.
WE HAD ALMOST A FULL HOUSE, UM, AT, WITH MAORI COMING IN.
UH, WE WERE ON THE SHORT END OF THE STICK, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HARRISON TALKED ABOUT NASHVILLE IT DAY.
THANKS TO NORMAN COHEN AND ALL OF THE GENTLEMEN THAT WORK IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE CANNOT FUNCTION AS A GOVERNMENT WITHOUT THEIR HELP.
AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN ON HERE 12 YEARS, HARRISON CAN REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE NOTES PASSED ON PAPER TO TRY TO, UH, GET THE BUDGET PASSED AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY.
UM, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE VERY BLESSED WITH THE TALENTED PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR OUR IT DEPARTMENT.
AND SO I SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
[11. CLOSED SESSION:]
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, BRIGHT POINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, DIMITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, DIMITY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, CAPITAL AREA PARTNERSHIP UPLIFTING PEOPLE.
JOHN TYLER, ALCOHOL SAFETY ACTION PROGRAM, CREATOR PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 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 83, DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD RURAL 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, ACQUISITION
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OF PROPERTY FOR GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 8 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.
AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A 29, DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF BIDDERS OR OFFERS AND DISCUSSION OF THE TERMS OR SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT OR DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING, 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 MOVE.
WE HAVE SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT AS WELL AS PUBLIC HEARING STARTING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
WE'LL BE BACK IN THIS ROOM AT 7:00 PM THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE EVENING SESSION OR A PUBLIC HEARINGS PORTION OF THE, THE, UH, DE WITTY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER THE 19TH, 2023.
[12.A. American And National Dixie Baseball Teams]
WE GET INTO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT, WE HAVE TWO TEAMS THAT FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.MR. CHAIRMAN, IF WE CAN GO DOWN DOWNSTAIRS.
I'M THE, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HERE AND MY SIDE JOB HAS BEEN A COACH FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 20 YEARS.
AND SO WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS TONIGHT, I, I ASKED DR. MOORE IF I WOULD BE THE, BE ABLE TO BE THE ONE TO, TO DO THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
SO I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU, THE MOST BITTER RIVALRY IN, IN DENWOODY IS PROBABLY THE GAMES BETWEEN THE DIMITY AMERICANS AND THE DIMITY NATIONALS.
AND HALF OF MY COACHING CAREER I COACHED AT THE DIMITY AMERICANS.
AND THE LAST YEAR THAT I COACHED IT WAS FOR THE NATIONALS.
SO EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT AN ELECTED POLITICIAN, I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT BOTH OF YOU ARE EQUALLY IN MY MIND, UM, A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS ASSET TO DEWINE COUNTY.
AND THE AMAZING THING FROM HERE ON OUT IS Y'ALL GET BLENDED TOGETHER.
SO BY THE TIME THAT Y'ALL GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TALENT THAT MAKES IT INTO THAT TEAM.
AND SO, FOR, FOR US TONIGHT, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS TO RECOGNIZE THE TALENT OF BOTH OF THESE, THESE SPECIFIC TEAMS. UM, AND LEMME JUST TALK BRIEFLY TO THE PLAYERS FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SUNK IN YET, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, AND I DON'T, I I WANNA SAY IT'S ALMOST HISTORICAL AND SOMEBODY PROBABLY COULD CORRECT ME, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME NOW, I COACHED ONE YEAR IN THE DEM MANY AMERICANS, AND THEN MANY NATIONALS BOTH WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES, AND THAT WAS T THAT WAS COACH PITCH.
UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT THE, THE ACTUAL MAJORS TEAM HAS ACTUALLY, THE AMERICANS AND THE NATIONALS HAVE BOTH WON AND GONE TO THE WORLD SERIES.
AND SO FOR THE, FOR THE, THE YOUNG MEN THAT PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR, UM, AND FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED OF ALL THE TALENT.
AND I TELL YOU TODAY, BASEBALL AS A, A SIGNIFICANT SPORT THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF DISCIPLINE, A LOT OF HARD WORK, A LOT OF DEDICATION.
AND THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING I, AND I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA BE ORDINARY AT BASEBALL, GIVE IT AN ORDINARY EFFORT.
IF YOU WANNA BE EXTRAORDINARY AT BASEBALL, YOU GOTTA GIVE IT AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT.
AND IT'S OBVIOUS IN YOUR HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL NOT ONLY GAVE IT AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT, BUT YOU LEFT EVERYTHING ON THE FIELD.
AND WHAT, WHAT I WAS INSPIRED MOST AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS, IS LISTENING TO THE DIM WITTY COMMUNITY GET BEHIND YOU.
AND THE FACT THAT EVEN WHEN, WHEN YOU ALL WERE RAISING MONEY AND, AND TRYING TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, TO LOUISIANA, BOTH TEAMS, DIMITY COUNTY, TOGETHER, UNITED, AND EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD SAYS THERE'S SO MUCH TO DIVIDE US, THERE WAS A MOMENT IN DIY COUNTY UNDER YOU ALL WHERE THE COUNTY CAME TOGETHER AND WAS UNITED.
'CAUSE WE ALL WANTED DIMITY TO DO WELL.
SO THE FIRST MR. CHAIRMAN TO GO, UH, TO THE WORLD SERIES WAS THE AMERICANS.
AND SO THE AMERICANS WENT, UM, NOW AT, THAT'S AFTER THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND FINISHING RUNNER UP IN THE STATE AND MOVING FORWARD FROM THERE TO GO TO RUSTON, LOUISIANA,
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UM, IN WHICH THEY FINISHED THIRD IN THE DIXIE YOUTH BASEBALL DIVISION TWO, UM, WORLD SERIES, WHICH IS, AGAIN, JUST A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS EFFORT, BUT EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE AMERICANS.UM, AND I THINK NOT THAT DI WI SHOULDN'T HAVE WON THE SPORTSMANSHIP IN THE PAST, BUT I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT, THAT WE HAVE EVER WON THE, THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD EVER FOR DIM WIDY.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THE YEARS THAT I COACHED, NOT NECESSARILY THAT, THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE WON, BUT I I ALMOST THOUGHT IT WAS A CURSE THAT DIM WIDY COULD NEVER WIN A SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.
BUT, SO FOR YOU GUYS, IT JUST SHOWS ME THAT YOU HAVE THE SENSE OF CHARACTER BEYOND THE BASEBALL FIELD.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
ME DR. MOORE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE PARENTS AND THE DEDICATION AND WHATNOT THAT WENT INTO THAT, INTO THE COACHES.
UM, IT, IT, IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO DO WHAT YOU ALL DID.
SO FOR THE AMERICANS, WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO.
WE, WE WANT DR. MOORE HAS ASKED, WE EACH ONE OF THE DIY AMERICANS AND NATIONALS HAVE A LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, RECOGNIZING EACH ONE OF YOU.
WE'RE NOT GONNA READ EACH LETTER, BUT I'VE ASKED DR. MOORE IF HE WOULD JUST SHOW AN AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE CORRESPONDENCE.
THIS IS FROM THE GOVERNOR GLENN YAKIN TO BOTH TEAMS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DENVER AMERICANS FOR WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, PLACING THIRD IN THE DIXIE YOUTH BASEBALL DIVISION ONE WORLD SERIES IN RUSTON, LOUISIANA, AND RECEIVING THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SPORTSMANSHIP THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT.
THE DENWITY AMERICANS HAVE WORKED HARD ALL YEAR TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.
YOU HAVE DEDICATED YOURSELVES TO EXCELLENCE BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD TO ENSURE YOUR SUCCESS.
OBTAINING THIS CHAMPIONSHIP IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF COMMITMENT TO YOUR HARD WORK, COMMUNITY, INTEGRITY, TEAM, SPIRIT, AND HEART.
THE FIRST LADY AND I JOIN WITH YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY IN PRAISING YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS.
THANK YOU FOR STRENGTHENING THE SPIRIT OF VIRGINIA.
SINCERELY, GLENN YOUNGEN, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
AND THAT'S THE ONE FOR THE AMERICANS.
AND THE SAME ONE, THE SAME, SAME AWARD IS FOR THE, FOR THE NATIONALS.
AS A PARENT, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN, ONE OF THESE DAYS, YOU'LL, YOU'LL NEVER FORGET THIS DAY, YOU'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND YOU.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE WITH YOU THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, OKAY? UM, FOR THE COACHES, THE TIME THAT YOU PUT IN WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE IS TREMENDOUS.
I KNOW THAT I COACHED A COUPLE OF YEARS, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, BUT I WAS ON ANOTHER SIDE.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A COMMITMENT AND IT COMES FROM THE HEART, OKAY? YOU HAVE EACH CHILD'S HEART IN YOUR, IN, IN YOUR HEART.
AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THEM, OUR COMMUNITY IS BETTER BECAUSE OF YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND WHAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
FOR THE PARENTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, FOR YOUR TIME OF PUTTING IN WITH YOUR CHILDREN TO MAKE THEM BETTER PEOPLE, BE GETTING 'EM TO PRACTICE, GETTING 'EM TO GAMES, GETTING 'EM TO OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH THE TEAMS. JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, OKAY? AND MOST OF ALL, YOU HAVE MADE, NUMBER ONE, DENWITTY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN, OKAY? AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE NEXT LEVEL, WHETHER IT'S TO JUNIOR HIGH OR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL PLAYING BASEBALL.
SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO EACH PLAYER OF THE DIMITY AMERICANS.
AND WE'RE GONNA CALL THE AMERICANS UP FIRST.
AND, UM, I WANNA READ JUST WHAT ONE OF THE CERTIFICATE SAYS AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, WE'LL YOU'LL CALL EACH ONE UP ONE BY ONE.
WHEN YOU COME UP, UH, WE'LL AWARD YOU THE CERTIFICATE AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD STAY UP HERE FOR A, A GROUP PHOTO.
SO IT SAYS, A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION 2023 BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY, VESTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH VIRGINIA, IN THE DENWOODY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS HEREBY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BRANDON BRANDON LEWIS, UH, FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN HARD WORK IN TAKING THE DIMITY AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAM TO THE DIXIE YOUTH
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DIVISION TWO WORLD SERIES IN RUSTON, LOUISIANA, FOR BEING, UH, AN EXEMPLARY REPRESENTATIVES OF NOT ONLY DIMITY COUNTY, BUT ALSO THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.AND FOR RECEIVING THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.
MARKEY MOORE, CHAIRMAN OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND ME, KEVIN MASSING AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
TAMON WALKER, AIDEN COX, RYAN BARLOW.
DONOVAN SCOTT, HAYDEN WHITE KAY.
RON JOHNSON CROSS, CAMERON WALKER, JAYLEN COX, TEAM MANAGER WILLIE MAISY, COACH WILKE COX, AND COACH RAY TI.
ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE NATIONALS.
AND AGAIN, UM, I'LL READ THE, THE FIRST ONE.
AND I SPECIFICALLY WANTED THIS GUY TO BE FIRST 'CAUSE I PROBABLY THREW MORE BASEBALLS TO HIM THAN I DID MY OWN CHILDREN.
ALRIGHT, SO CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION 2023.
BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VEST IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND THE DIY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THERE IS HEREBY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED CALEB MAITLAND FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN HARD WORK AND TAKING THE DIMITY NATIONALS BASEBALL TEAM TO THE DIXIE YOUTH DIVISION ONE WORLD SERIES IN RUSTON, LOUISIANA.
AND FOR BEING EXEMPLARY REPRESENTATIVES OF NOT ONLY DIM WITTY COUNTY, BUT ALSO THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
MARKEY MOORE, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ME, KEVIN MASSENGILL, COUNTY MAYOR, COLBY BOLE, JARRELL TISDALE JR.
AUSTIN WILLIAMS, JACKSON PERKINSON, THOMAS CLAY, THE THIRD, OAKLEY, BOLE, CAMDEN TAYLOR, J SERNA, BECKETT MANN, DEGAN, STEED, TEAM MANAGER, REED CLAY,
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COACH BRAD PERKINSON, THANK AND COACH JONATHAN BURLE.OKAY, I THINK THESE, BOTH THESE TEAMS NEED ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AT THIS TIME, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL STAND, UM, ON, ON THE, THE DAY OF BEHIND THE, THE TWO TEAMS. UM, DR. MOORE, YOU AND I SHOULD PROBABLY GO UP THERE AND THEN WE'LL GET SOME, SOME PHOTOS AND WE ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET A PHOTO TO DO THAT AS WELL.
HEY, HEY GUYS, BEFORE Y'ALL LEAVE, TAKE A SECOND TIME OUT.
UM, AS A POLITICIAN, I AM A POLITICIAN.
LIKE KEVIN SAID, HE WASN'T, BUT I AM.
UM, AND, UH, MY DISTRICT IS ROCKY RUN, PART OF, PART OF ROCKY RUN DISTRICT AND THEN MCKINNEY AND, UM, MY DAD AND TWO UNCLES, UH, ACTUALLY BUILT ROCKY RUN BALL DIAMOND.
WERE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, BUILT ROCKY RUN BALL DIAMOND.
SO MY DAD PLAYED UP THERE, IT'S PROBABLY STILL A ONE EIGHT PLACE IN RIGHT FIELD WHERE I DUG DIRT.
I DIDN'T PLAY A LOT, BUT I DUG DIRT OUT THERE.
UH, MY, UH, THREE BOYS AND DAUGHTER PLAYED, UM, AT ROCKY RUN, AND THEN ONE OF MY SON'S KIDS.
SO FOUR GENERATIONS OF LEE'S HAVE PLAYED ON ROCKY ROUND BALL DIAMOND.
UM, AND DIXIE, I GUESS DIXIE GOT THERE, UM, WHEN MY KIDS WERE, UM, PLAYING.
BUT BEFORE THAT, THERE WASN'T ANY DIXIE.
UM, AND I'LL BRAG ON MY DAUGHTER.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT ALL YOUNG MEN HERE PLAYING BALL, BUT NONE OF MY BOYS MADE, UM, ALL STARS.
AND MY WIFE CAME TO ME ONE DAY AND SAID, WELL, YOUR DAUGHTER DID SOMETHING THAT YOUR SONS NEVER DID.
AND I COULDN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT SHE MADE ALL STARS FOR, FOR DIXIE, UM, SOFTBALL.
AND, UM, BUT ALL MY KIDS ENJOYED PLAYING BALL IN THE, SOMETHING THEY CARRIED WITH THEM THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
AND, AND SO TO PLAY ON THE FIELD AT ROCKY RUNNING AND MCKINNEY'S THE SAME WAY, MCKINNEY WILSON, EVEN FORD SUTHERLAND, UM, THESE BALLPARKS ARE SPECIAL.
UM, THESE BALLPARKS ARE RUN BY THE COMMUNITY.
THE COUNTY DOESN'T RUN THESE BALLPARKS.
SO IT, IT'S A COMMUNITY THING AND, AND IT'S, UM, IT, IT'S A GOOD THING AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE PARENTS DO AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE KIDS DO.
UM, MY ONLY OTHER OBSERVATION, UM, THE, THE HA GAME
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HAS GOTTEN, GOTTEN BIG, NOW IT LOOKS LIKEUM, I, I USED TO HAVE HA LIKE Y'ALL WHEN, WHEN I WAS Y'ALL'S AGE
AND, UM, SO I SEE THE HOSTILE HAS COME BACK.
UH, Y'ALL PROBABLY WEAR IT BETTER THAN I DO, BUT, UH, UH, THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT, UM, MAKE ME FEEL GOOD TO BE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND, UH, TO RECOGNIZE KIDS THAT HAVE, HAVE ACHIEVED WHAT Y'ALL HAVE.
JUST REAL QUICK, I'D JUST LIKE TO CON CONGRATULATE THE BOTH TEAMS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND REALLY HONORED THAT, THAT Y'ALL HAVE REPRESENTED DENWITTY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA SO WELL, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO BRING THESE KIDS TO GAMES AND ALL, AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND GREAT JOB.
AND I KNOW I SAW SOME OF YOU, SOME OF THE BOYS AT, UH, FOOD LION WHEN THEY WERE, UH, YEAH, I DID.
AND, UM, UH, VERY MANNERABLE, UM, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GETTING DONATIONS TO GO TO LOUISIANA AND, UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DID SAY THAT ABOUT YOU ALL.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU RAISED THE MONEY AND YOU DID EXTREMELY WELL.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, AND THANK THE PARENTS FOR, AND THE COACHES FOR BEING OUT THERE WITH THEM.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, AT THIS TIME IF WE COULD JUST TAKE LIKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND IF WE WANT TO TALK TO ANY OF THE PLAYERS, WE CAN DO THAT NOW.
AND I'M GONNA SET THE, THE ROOM BACK UP FOR THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US TAKE SOME TIME TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL.
[13.A. P-23-4, Rock River Inc.]
MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS PORTION OF THE MEETING TONIGHT IN ITS CASE, P DASH 23 DASH FOUR RIVER ROCK INCORPORATED.MR. ROBINSON, HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BRAD ROBINSON WITH THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND I'M GONNA GO OVER, UH, REZONING REQUEST P DASH 23 DASH FOUR.
THE APPLICANT FOR THIS REQUEST IS ROCK RIVER INCORPORATED.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE PROPERTY THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 184 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS FROM THE CURRENT AGRICULTURAL GENERAL, A TWO TO RESIDENTIAL LIMITED R ONE.
THE, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, THE R ONE DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NASH ROAD, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, APPROXIMATELY 0.43 MILES WEST OF ROUTE ONE.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS FURTHER IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNTY'S RECORDS AS TAX PARCEL 44 DASH 26 A.
AND BEFORE I GO FURTHER, I'LL JUST MENTION THAT THE PROPERTY MAY LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.
YOU SHOULD RECALL, UH, THERE WAS A RECENT REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE CAMPGROUND.
THAT REQUEST WAS HEARD EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO AS MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NASH ROAD.
IT IS CURRENTLY AN UNDEVELOPED FORESTED PARCEL THAT'S SURROUNDED BY PROPERTIES THAT VARY IN SIZE.
SOME PARCELS ARE SMALLER, SOME ARE LARGER.
UH, MANY OF THE LARGER PARCELS ARE LOCATED ON THE WESTERN SIDE AS, UH, YOU TRANSITION INTO THE MORE RURAL CONSERVATION AREA DOWN NASH ROAD.
UM, WHILE THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED A TWO, JUST TO MENTION IT IS WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE COURTHOUSE AREA, WHICH IS HERE, UH, WHICH THE COURTHOUSE AREA CONTAINS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ZONING BASED ON, UH, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE USES IN THE AREA.
SO THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO R ONE WITH PROFFERS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP APPROXIMATELY 77 HOMES ON LOTS, THAT WOULD BE TWO ACRES OR GREATER IN SIZE.
UH, THERE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS ONE DWELLING UNIT PER ONE AND A HALF ACRES FOR LOTS THAT ARE SERVED BY WELL AND SEPTIC.
BUT THERE IS ALSO A SECTION OF THE COUNTY CODE THAT REQUIRES, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS MORE THAN 15 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS UNITS, OR THE CONSUMPTION IS THAT OF MORE THAN 25 INDIVIDUALS TO CONSTRUCT AND DESIGN A SEWER SYSTEM.
SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE TWO ACRE LOTS OR GREATER AND ARE NOT LOCATED WITHIN URBAN PLANNING AREA BOUNDARY OF THE COUNTY ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS REQUIREMENT.
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THIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE URBAN AREA.THAT, AND PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
THEREFORE, THIS SUBDIVISION IS PROPOSING LOTS THAT ARE TWO ACRES OR GREATER IN SIZE BASED ON THE PROPERTY SIZE OF 184 ACRES.
UM, IF YOU JUST DID THE MATH STRAIGHTFORWARD, THE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR 92 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
HOWEVER, THAT, UH, NUMBER OF LOTS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE ACREAGE THAT HAS TO BE DEVOTED TO STREETS RIGHT OF WAYS, UH, AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PROPERTY THAT ARE OR MAYBE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED 77 LOTS, UH, TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND THEY ANTICIPATE THAT AFTER THEY DO, UH, MORE FORMAL ENGINEERING AND DESIGN FOR THE SITE, THAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE FURTHER REDUCED.
AND AS I'LL GET INTO IN A MOMENT, UM, THE APPLICANT'S PROFFER STATEMENT DOES STATE THAT THERE WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF 77 LOTS THAT COULD BE PROPOSED ON THE PROPERTY IF THE REZONING IS APPROVED.
THE PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS BEING WITHIN THE PLAN GROWTH AREA, WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE ROUTE ONE, UH, SEW WATER AND SEWER OVERLAY.
I WILL MENTION THAT IS A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
MOST OF THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE, UH, WITHIN THE PLAN GROWTH AREA.
ACCORDING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, WHEN DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THE WATER AND SEWER OVERLAY, UM, PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE MUST BE EXTENDED.
UH, BUT THERE IS NO PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE TO THIS PROPERTY, THEREFORE, THE PROJECT IS PROPOSING TO UTILIZE WELL IN SEPTIC SYSTEMS. THE PURPOSE OF THE R ONE DISTRICT STATES THAT, UM, THE R ONE DISTRICT IS COMPOSED OF CERTAIN QUIET LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS, PLUS CERTAIN OPEN AREAS WHERE SIMILAR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS LIKELY TO OCCUR.
THE REGULATIONS FOR THIS DISTRICT ARE DESIGNED TO STABILIZE AND PROTECT THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISTRICT, UH, TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE SUITABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR FAMILY LIFE WHERE THERE ARE CHILDREN AND TO PROHIBIT ALL ACTIVITIES OF A COMMERCIAL NATURE TO THESE ENDS.
DEVELOPMENT IS LIMITED TO RELATIVELY LOW CONCENTRATION AND PERMITTED USES ARE LIMITED BASICALLY TO SINGLE UNIT DWELLINGS, PROVIDING HOMES FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS, PLUS CERTAIN ADDITIONAL USES SUCH AS SCHOOLS, PARKS, CHURCHES IN CERTAIN PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE IN ACCORD WITH THIS PURPOSE STATEMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OUTLINES, UH, POLICIES AND GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
UM, AS RELATED TO HOUSING, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STATES A DESIRE TO USE LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN GROWTH AREAS.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED BEING WITHIN A PLANNED GROWTH AREA.
AND LET ME JUST FURTHER CLARIFY, THAT IS, UH, QUOTED FROM THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE IS, UH, A REVIEW OF THE, UH, OR UPDATE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THE AGENDA LATER THIS EVENING.
SO WHILE MY STAFF REPORT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SUMMARIZE THE IMPACTS OF THIS REQUEST ON THE SITE AND COUNTY FACILITIES, UM, AS I MENTIONED, PUBLIC ORDER AND SEWER ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PROPERTY.
THEREFORE, THERE IS NO IMPACT TO THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC UTILITIES.
EACH LOT IN THIS DEVELOPMENT UTILIZE A ONSITE WELL AND SEPTIC SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AS RELATED TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE SITE, UH, IS ZONED FOR DENWOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DENWOODY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND DENWOODY HIGH SCHOOL STAFF HAS ESTIMATED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD GENERATE 36 STUDENTS, UH, 16 OF THOSE ATTENDING DENWITTY ELEMENTARY, 8.47, ATTENDING DENWITTY MIDDLE AND 11.55 ATTENDING DENWITTY HIGH.
ALSO, ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, UH, THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS CAN ABSORB THE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS, BUT DENWITTY ELEMENTARY MAY REQUIRE FURTHER PLANNING AND REDISTRICTING.
UH, THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT AT DENWITTY ELEMENTARY IS 353 STUDENTS.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE STUDENTS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO SPECIAL PROGRAMS. THE CAPACITY OF DENWOOD ELEMENTARY IS 400 STUDENTS.
THERE WERE NO MAJOR CONCERNS EXPRESSED FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AT, UM, AT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AS RELATE TO TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS.
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UH, VDOT HAS INDICATED THAT THIS REZONING REQUEST DID NOT REQUIRE A, A CHAPTER 5 27 TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.UH, BUT VDOT HAS NOTED THAT IF JUST ONE LOT WERE ADDED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD BE 78 LOTS, UH, THEN THAT WOULD REQUIRE AND TRIGGER ONE.
UH, THE TRIP GENERATION FOR THIS PROJECT IS 770 VEHICLES PER DAY.
THIS SECTION OF NASH ROAD HAS 770 AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFIC.
VDOT HAS ENCOURAGED THE APPLICANT TO ANALYZE THE NEED FOR TURN LANES, WHICH COULD BECOME AN ISSUE, UM, IF THERE, IF A LEFT TURN LANE IS NEEDED AND THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, VDOT HAS ALSO ADVISED THE APPLICANT ABOUT THE, UH, NEED TO MEET, UH, THE CONNECTIVITY REQUIREMENTS AND THE STOUT STREET, UH, FOR CAL PLANNING OF THE PHASES AND EASIER STREET ACCEPTANCE.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THERE ARE PROFFERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.
THE PROFFERS IN THE STAFF REPORT ARE DATED AUGUST 9TH, 2023.
BUT I WILL MENTION THAT REVISED PROFFERS WERE RECEIVED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AFTER YOU RECEIVED YOUR PACKET, UH, PLACED A COPY OF THAT STATEMENT AT YOUR SEATS, SO HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'LL GO THROUGH THE REVISED PROFFERS QUICKLY.
UH, PROFFER NUMBER ONE, UH, REGARDS A MINIMUM 25 FOOT BUFFER REQUIREMENT.
UH, NO STRUCTURE OR IMPERVIOUS SURFACES WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE BUFFER AREA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FENCE OR OTHER STRUCTURES NECESSARY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE BUFFER.
UH, PROFFER NUMBER TWO, UH, HAS BEEN REVISED SINCE YOU RECEIVED THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, THE, THERE HAS BEEN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE ADDED, WHICH READS THE ASPHALT OF THE SUBDIVISION ROAD WILL BE BUILT THREE FEET WIDER, THEN THE MINIMUM VDOT STANDARD TO FACILITATE GREATER PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
OTHERWISE, ALL OTHER LANGUAGE IN THAT PROFFER HAS REMAINED THE SAME.
IT STATES THAT ALL LOTS WILL FRONT AND HAVE DRIVEWAY ACCESS FROM AN INTERNAL SUBDIVISION ROAD AND NOT FROM NASH ROAD PROFFER.
NUMBER THREE, THERE'S NO CHANGE.
THE RADIUS OF THE CUL-DE-SAC WILL BE 45 FEET RADIUS FOR SCHOOL BUSES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE TURNAROUND.
PROFFER NUMBER FOUR IS THE SAME.
A 12 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY STRIP SHALL BE DECADE ALONG NASH ROAD FOR FUTURE WIDENING IMPROVEMENTS.
PROFFER NUMBER FIVE IS THE SAME.
NO STRUCTURE SHALL BE ERECTED ON ANY PARCEL OF LAND IN THE SUBDIVISION OTHER THAN DWELLINGS FOR SINGLE FAMILY O OCCUPANCY AND NECESSARY OR PERTINENT OUTBUILDINGS.
AND NO BU DWELLINGS OR BUILDINGS WOULD BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
PROFFER NUMBER SIX HAS BEEN REVISED.
UH, THE REVISED LANGUAGE READS THAT ALL OF THE UNITS CONSTRUCTED IN THE SUBDIVISION SHALL BE BUILT AT A SUBDIVISION WIDE AVERAGE OF 1750 SQUARE FEET.
EXCLUSIVE OF PORCHES, DECKS, CARPORT OR GARAGE.
NO UNIT SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SUBDIVISION SMALLER THAN 1500 SQUARE FEET EXCLUSIVE OF PORCHES, DECK'S, CARPORT OR GARAGE.
THE DEVELOPER SHALL REPORT THE SUBDIVISION WIDE SQUARE FOOTAGE AVERAGE TO DENWITY COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
ONCE 33% OF THE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
AND AGAIN, ONCE 66% OF THE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
SO AGAIN, THAT PROFFER, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THAT LANGUAGE HAS BEEN REVISED SINCE YOU RECEIVED THE STAFF REPORT.
PROFFER NUMBER SEVEN IS THE SAME.
UH, NO TRAILER, SHACK, GARAGE, BARN OR OTHER OUTBUILDINGS SHALL BE ALLOWED.
PROFFER NUMBER EIGHT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME, THE WORD OR HAS BEEN ADDED.
SO IT STATES THAT NO MANUFACTURING HOMES, MOBILE HOMES, OR MODULAR HOMES SHALL BE ALLOWED ON ANY PARCEL PROFFER NUMBER NINE IS THE SAME IN THE STAFF REPORT.
NO INOPERABLE VEHICLES OR UNLICENSED VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED ON ANY LOT FOR OVER 30 DAYS UNLESS AND STORED WITHIN A GARAGE.
PROFFER NUMBER 10 IS THE SAME.
ALL FOUNDATIONS WILL BE BRICKED OR STONE PROFFER.
NUMBER 11 IS THE SAME AS IN THE STAFF REPORT.
ALL FENCES WILL INCLUDE ONLY THE REAR YARD AND FENCES.
THE WILL BE ALLOWED TO ATTACH TO, UH, ADJACENT FENCE ON ADJOINING PROPERTY TO PREVENT TWO FENCES ALONG A COMMON PROPERTY LINE.
PROFFER NUMBER 12 IS THE SAME AS YOU HAVE IN THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, JUST STATES THAT PRIOR TO COUNTY APPROVAL OF ANY SUBDIVISION PLAT, UH, THE OWNER SHALL FURNISH SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE TO THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT THERE EXISTS A WELL AND
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EFFECTIVE SITE FOR A SEPTIC SYSTEM ON EACH LOT.PROFFER NUMBER 13 IS THE SAME.
LOTS ARE TO BE A MINIMUM OF TWO ACRES AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND IN NO CASE WOULD THE DEVELOPMENT HAVE MORE THAN 77 LOTS.
UH, PROFFER NUMBER 14 HAS BEEN REVISED FROM WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, THE PROFFER PERTAINS TO CLEAR CUTTING THE DEVELOPMENT AREAS IN PREPARATION FOR THE SUBDIVISION, THAT THOSE AREAS WOULD INCLUDE PUBLIC ROAD, PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS, EASEMENTS, HOME SITES, WELLS, DRAIN FIELDS.
THE, UH, LANGUAGE HAS BEEN REVIVED TO CLARIFY THAT A MINIMUM CONTIGUOUS TWO ACRE AREA DESIGNATED AS COMMON SPACE INSTEAD OF ONE ACRE.
THE PROFFER HAS ALSO BEEN REVISED TO STATE THAT THE TWO ACRE COMMON SPACE WOULD INCLUDE A GAZEBO, UH, WITH MINIMUM OF 500 SQUARE FEET.
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE ADDED TO STATE THAT PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT CONSISTENT OF WITH SWING SETS, SLIDE AND MONKEY BARS, AND A TRAIL AROUND ITS PERIMETER.
UH, THE PROFFER GOES ON TO STATE THAT THE APPOINTED HOA WILL DEVELOP THE COMMON SPACE AND THEN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE HAS BEEN ADDED AT THE END OF PROFFER 14 TO STATE THAT DEVELOPERS SHALL PROVIDE TWO WOODEN PICNIC TABLES IN AN AREA OVERLOOKING STONY CREEK PROFFER NUMBER 15 IS THE SAME AS WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, INADEQUATE ROADSIDE DITCH CHANNEL IN COVERT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG NASH ROAD, UM, TO PRECLUDE DRAINAGE FROM ENTERING THE ROADWAY.
PROFFER NUMBER 16 IS THE SAME INSTALLATION OF A STREET LIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION ON NASH ROAD WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE DEVELOPER UNTIL THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TAKES CONTROL OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
NO CHANGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UM, WOULD BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE SUBDIVISION MEMBERSHIP BY THE HOMEOWNERS IS MANDATORY.
THE ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE OF SHRUBBERY BUFFER AREA AND SECURITY LIGHT THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS, BUT WOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY PRIOR TO SUBDIVISION PLAT APPROVAL.
AND THEN LASTLY, PROFIT NUMBER 18.
THIS HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY REVISED FROM WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE STAFF REPORT.
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE HAS BEEN ADDED THAT STATES THAT FOLLOWING STUDY AND APPROVAL BY VDOT, THE OWNER SHALL CONSTRUCT A LEFT TURN LANE AND TAPER ON NASH ROAD.
SO THE LANGUAGE ON ROUTE 4 6 47, ALSO KNOWN AS NASH ROAD, HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS PROFFER.
IT ALSO STATES THAT IT WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH VDOT SPECIFICATIONS AND THAT THE OWNER WOULD PROMPTLY INITIATE DISCUSSIONS AND COMPLY WITH THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS AS DETERMINED BY VDOT, ENSURING THAT THE TURN LANE AND TAPE ARE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE, UH, ISSUANCE OF A CO FOR THE 35TH HOME.
SO THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE PROFFERS THAT ARE PROPOSED WITH THIS REQUEST.
AND TO SUMMARIZE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BEAR WITH ME ONE MOMENT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS REQUEST AT THEIR MEETINGS IN JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST.
AFTER, UH, MUCH DISCUSSION, THEY ELECTED TO RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
GIVEN THAT ONE, THE REQUESTED R ONE ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN LAND USES.
AND TWO, THE PROPOSED USE CONFORMS TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED IN THE PLAN GROWTH AREA IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ATTEMPT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME.
THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS PRESENT AND I BELIEVE THEY ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROBINSON AT THIS TIME? MR. ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT, IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE, UH, BOARD OF DENWOODY, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UH, MY NAME IS CHRIS WINSLOW AND I REPRESENT THE ROCK RIVER HOMES.
AND, UM, I WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE A, A PRESENTATION TO YOU JUST GO GOING OVER AND HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE THINGS.
UH, MR. ROBINSON DID A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, IN RE UM, RECITING THE, UH, THE CHANGES TO THE PROFFERS, BUT I WANTED TO JUST SHOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE, UH, BOTH TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A, AN ABILITY, IF I DO I CONTROL THAT PRESENTATION RIGHT HERE? CAN YOU, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME OUT,
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THANK YOU.SO, SO TH THIS IS THE CORRECT CASE NUMBER.
UH, WE DID, UH, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH I HAD THE PLEASURE OF LISTENING TO, UH, LAST MONTH.
AND, UM, I KNOW IT WAS BEFORE THIS BODY TONIGHT, BUT JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IN QUESTION THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED THIS EVENING IS NOT ONLY WITHIN THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT YOU ALL HAVE, BUT ALSO IN THE FUTURE PLAN.
SO WE DID NOTATE, NOTATE THAT PIECE OF LAND THERE, UM, WITH A, A PURPLE STAR AS YOU CAN SEE ON, ON THAT MAP.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO AT ROCK RIVER, UH, WITH MY CLIENT IS HAVE HIGH QUALITY HOUSING AND LIVING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS.
SO IT ACTUALLY MET EXACTLY, UH, WHAT YOU ALL ARE, UH, VOTING ON TONIGHT WITH, WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOAL BEFORE YOU.
UM, WITH THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 1,750, IT ALLOWS, UM, ROCK RIVER, THE ABILITY TO BUILD SOME HOMES THAT ARE SMALLER IN SIZE, BUT ALSO LARGER IN SIZE.
NOTHING BELOW 1500, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT RANGE OF AFFORDABILITY SO THAT FOLKS CAN GET IN IF THEY NEED TO GET IN SMALLER, BUT ALSO DO A LITTLE BIT, UH, LARGER IF THEY'D LIKE THAT AS WELL.
BUT THAT 1750 AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, WOULD, WOULD STILL APPLY THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION.
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE HOMES THAT ROCK RIVER, UH, BUILT, UH, AND HAS BUILT OVER IN TURKEY RUN.
THIS BOARD MAY KNOW, UH, TURKEY RUN.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS OF THE TYPES OF HOMES, UH, AND SQUARE FOOTAGES, UH, AND SIZES THAT YOU MAY SEE IN, IN THIS PROPOSED ZONING CASE.
AND SO, AGAIN, 77 LOTS, MAXIMUM TWO MIN, UH, TWO ACRE MINIMUM ON EACH LOT.
UH, AGAIN, THAT 1,750 AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE WITH THE PROGRESS REPORTS BUILT INTO THE COUNTY.
AND THAT'S MY LANGUAGE THAT WE WILL, THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS PROFFERED THAT, UH, WHEN 33% OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS BUILT, THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME IN AND JUST GIVE YOU A, A, A, AN UPDATE ON WHERE THEY ARE AND SAY, THIS IS THE CURRENT AVERAGE SQUARE FOOT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN AGAIN, THEY'LL DO THAT SAME REPORT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT 66%.
SO IT'S TO GIVE THIS BODY A SENSE OF WHERE, WHERE IT IS, AND IF THEY NEED TO KEEP A CLOSER EYEBALL ON THAT, THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL WILL HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO DO THAT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S TO JUST KEEP EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.
BRICKSTONE FOUNDATIONS, OF COURSE, REAR YARD FENCES AS WELL.
ONE OF THE BIGGER UPDATES, LARGER UPDATES, I'D SAY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THE NOTION THAT WE ARE INCREASING THE COMMON SPACE.
UH, SOME OF THE AMENITIES, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED IN THAT COMMON SPACE.
UH, AND THEN, UM, UH, THE, THE PERIMETER TRAIL AROUND THAT COMMON SPACE.
ALSO VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND, AND SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS CAN, CAN PLAY ON IN THE ADULTS TOO FOR THAT MATTER.
AND THEN OF COURSE, FOR, FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE AND TAPER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ARE, UM, UM, ENSURING SAFETY AND SAFE EXIT AND INGRESS AND INGRESS ONTO THAT PROPERTY AND INTO THAT SUBDIVISION ROAD.
THE, THE ROAD IS BEING WIDENED A LITTLE BIT FROM THE MINIMUM.
YOU DID READ THAT THE ASPHALT OF THE ROAD ITSELF WILL BE THREE FEET WIDER THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED BY V DT.
WE ARE DOING THAT ON PURPOSE TO TRY TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT WIDER OF A ROAD SO THAT IF, IF WE DO HAVE FOLKS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD, IT'LL
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BE A LITTLE BIT SAFER FOR FOLKS TO GET TO AND FROM, LET'S SAY THAT COMMON SPACE FROM WHEREVER THEIR RESIDENCE IS.AND OF COURSE, THE STREETLIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE AND AN HOA WILL, WILL, UM, WILL BE DEVELOPED HERE AND, AND RUN THE SHOW THEREAFTER.
THAT CONCLUDES THE, UM, THE PRESENTATION.
I AM, UH, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, UH, SHOULD YOU HAVE THEM THROUGHOUT, UH, THIS, THIS CASE.
AND IT IS MY PLEASURE AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
ALRIGHT, MR. LEE, MR. WINSLOW? YES SIR.
UM, THE THREE FOOT ADDING A PAVEMENT, UM, IS THAT SECTION, WOULD THAT BE DELINEATED WITH A WHITE STRIP OR IS THAT NOT DOABLE OR, YEAH, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I LOOKED INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY WITHIN VDOT STANDARDS AND WHILE IT'S NOT PROHIBITED, IT WOULD BE, UM, IT WOULD BE A REQUEST THROUGH VDOT THAT WE COULD MAKE.
I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW THAT.
UM, I DID GET A RAISED EYEBROW
UM, BUT UM, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE REQUEST TO ALLOW US TO HAVE A DEMARCATION THERE.
UM, BUT, BUT THAT DEMARCATION IS, IS, UM, GONNA BE RUN UP THE FOOD CHAIN.
THEY'RE, THEY DON'T USUALLY DO THAT.
AND, UM, I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME HESITANCY TO, TO PUT THAT THERE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S STILL A ROAD.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING OFF THE ROAD.
AND SO THEY MAY, THERE MAY BE SOME HESITANCY IS, IS KIND OF WHAT I HEARD OVER THE PHONE.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING A, THAT NAILED DOWN, BUT I JUST DID NOT GET A, A YES OR A NO.
I GOT A, WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
MR. MOODY, UH, I WAS, I SEE BROCK RIVER HOMES ALL OVER SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND THE NICE, NICE HOMES THAT YOU BUILD.
UM, BUT I'VE SEEN 'EM MOSTLY ON LOTS.
HAVE, HAVE Y'ALL EVER HAD A, DEVELOPED A SUBDIVISION FROM START TO FINISH? UH, ANYWHERE IN THE, IN THE COUNTIES NEARBY? YES, SIR.
AND, AND, UM, I BELIEVE MY, UM, MR. DENSMORE MAY BE ABLE TO TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY WHERE THOSE ARE, BUT YES, SIR, NOT WAY.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE TOOK OVER TURKEY RUN AFTER IT WAS DONE HERE, BLACKSTONE, UM, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTIES.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE STARTED AND COMPLETED
BUT YOU, FROM THE, FROM START TO FINISH, DID YOU PUT THE ROADS IN AND, AND, AND MAKE THE ROADS AND DEVELOP THE PROPERTY FROM, FROM THE BEGINNING ON ANY OF 'EM IN PRINCE EDWARD? UH, THAT WAS ON ALREADY STATE MAINTAINED ROAD.
IT WAS A SUBDIVISION THAT WE DID IN BLACKSTONE.
UH, YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE STREETLIGHTS AT THE ENTRANCE.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, SOME PEOPLE, WE HAD SOME SUBDIVISIONS BUILT AND, UM, AFTER THE HOUSES WERE, UM, WAS BUILT, THEY DID THE, IT WAS DARK IN THE AREAS AND THEN PEOPLE KIND OF COMPLAINED AFTER THE FACT, ARE YOU GOING TO PUT OTHER LIGHTING IN? AND I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO MOVED IN THE SUBDIVISION AGAIN, UM, LATER AFTER IT WAS BUILT.
AND OF COURSE AFTER THAT, AFTER THAT THEY COULD NOT, IT WAS NOT IN THEIR CONTRACT OR ANYTHING.
SO, UM, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES AT THE BEGINNING OR END, IT'S KIND OF DARK IN THE MIDDLE UNLESS SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY, UM, HAVING A, A LIGHT IN THEIR YARD.
BUT THAT WAS A CONCERN, UH, BUILDING NEW SUBDIVISIONS.
THEN THE, THAT STREETLIGHTS ARE NOT PROFFERED THROUGHOUT THE, THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND UH, THERE IS CERTAINLY NO PROHIBITION FOR SOMEONE PLACING A LIGHT IN THEIR YARD OR NEAR THEIR MAILBOX OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
NO PROHIBITION ON THAT, BUT IT'S NOT PROFFERED, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, UM, STREET LIGHTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST AT THE ENTRANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S PEOPLE GETTING ON AND OFF NASH THAT THERE'S THAT SAFETY ELEMENT THERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S HOW IT'S, IT CURRENTLY IS.
WELL, YEAH, WELL I WAS JUST KINDA ASKING ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, AFTER THEY BOUGHT PROPERTIES, THEY, THEY REALLY HAD SOME CONCERNS.
THEY CONTACTED THE COUNTY WANTED TO KNOW, OH, WELL IT'S DARK, NOT TOO FAR FROM MY HOUSE.
I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING.
BUT, UM, IT'S ALWAYS THAT, UH, BALANCE BETWEEN, UH, RURAL SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENT AND, UH, WE GET, 'CAUSE WE GET PUSHED BACK SOMETIMES FROM FOLKS ON, UH, INCLUDING LIGHTING BECAUSE THEY'D WANT TO MAINTAIN A DARKER,
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UM, LOT.I KNOW THAT MAY SOUND A LITTLE WEIRD, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THAT SORT OF, UM, QUIET AND, AND DARK.
THAT, THAT NIGHTTIME DARKNESS, THAT THAT'S, AND I THINK THIS WAS, THIS WAS, THIS WAS UP IN THE URBAN AREA.
YOU KNOW, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, CORNERS THEY COULDN'T REALLY SEE.
SO, UM, I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING THAT, THAT POINT UP.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A NEW SUBDIVISION AND YOU, UM, UM, TRYING TO KIND OF BUILD AND THAT WAS A CONCERN OF THEIRS.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE DOES NOT WANT, I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT BRIGHT LIGHTS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING SOME KIND OF LIGHTING.
I MEAN THAT'S, AND I'VE HEARD THAT FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE, SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP.
UH, I'M, I'M GONNA GO ALONG WITH THAT ON THE LIGHTING SOURCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE THE STREETS COME INTO THE MAIN STREET COMING IN, YES.
AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS, WHEN YOU GO OFF TO THE CUL-DE-SACS, POSSIBLY PUTTING SOME FORM OF SOLAR LIGHTING ON THOSE PLACES.
NOW THAT HAS BEEN DONE AT ANOTHER SUBDIVISION THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT, UH, BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
BUT IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THOSE HOMEOWNERS, UM, TO PUT IT IN.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO AT LEAST CONSIDER THAT IN THE PROCESS AS WE DEVELOP OUT, AS THE ROAD STRUCTURE GOES IN.
UM, TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE 1,750 SQUARE FEET.
NOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE QUOTED THAT IT'LL, UM, WE'RE GONNA REPORT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT 33% OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I CAN WAIT TILL THE, THE LAST THIRD, I CAN BUILD ALL 1500 SQUARE FOOT HOMES IF I WANT TO, AND CATCH UP IN THE LAST THIRD.
UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE PROFFER THAT SAYS, WELL, AT THE END OF THE FIRST THIRD OF HOUSES THAT ARE BUILT, IT'S GONNA AVERAGE 1750.
THIS DOCUMENT DOESN'T SAY THAT IF, UNLESS I'M READING IT WRONG.
NO, IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE WILL KEEP TO THAT 1,750, WE ARE SIMPLY REPORTING OUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW.
UH, THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM BUILT INTO THE PROFFERS.
WE ARE ASKING, I I, THIS MAY SOUND ODD IN A PUBLIC MEETING.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO TRUST US, UH, THAT THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE PHONE, UH, HOMES THAT ARE FIFTEEN HUNDRED, SEVENTEEN FIFTY, BUT MAJORITY OF THESE HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT ARE, ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE LARGER THAN THAN THAT BY QUITE A BIT.
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT YOU'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO MEET THAT, UH, MINIMUM AND WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY MEET THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO EXCEED THE 1750 AT THE END, MOST LIKELY.
BUT THIS IS A REPORTING MECHANISM TO GIVE YOU ALL COMFORT OF WHERE WE ARE AS THE BUILDING GOES ON.
UM, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN, WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF, WELL, I WANT 20 AT THIS AND I WANT 25 AT THAT, IT TAKES AWAY FROM WHAT THE MARKETPLACE IS DOING.
AND THE FACT IS, PEOPLE WANT A LARGER HOME IF THEY CAN AFFORD IT.
BUT IT'S THAT AFFORDABILITY THAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO HIT WITHIN THIS, THE WORDS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE KNOW THERE'LL BE SOME 1500, BUT THERE'LL PROBABLY BE SOME 33 HUNDREDS AS WELL IN THERE.
AND THAT WILL BLOW OPEN THAT 1750 QUITE A BIT.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY A REPORTING MECHANISM TO TRY TO GIVE THIS BOARD A SENSE OF COMFORT THAT, UM, ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE.
AND, AND IF, IF SOMETHING THAT NEEDS AN EXTRA EYEBALL, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE CONCERNED OVER HERE, THEN THAT CAN BE COMMUNICATED TO MY CLIENT, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THROUGH SITE PLAN AND, AND THAT PROCESS.
SO WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE NUMBER OF HOMES AT PRESENTLY IN YOUR, IN THE OVERALL PLAN THAT WILL BE BUILT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, MR. MR. DINSMORE.
IT'S ALL DEPENDENT UPON THE ABSORPTION RATE.
I BELIEVE IT'S TAKEN US THREE YEARS TO BUILD OUT TURKEY BRINE, WHICH WAS 24 LOTS.
UM, SIDE NOTE ON THAT IS THAT TURKEY RUN HAD A 1750 MINIMUM AS WELL.
75% OF THOSE HOMES ARE OVER 1800 SQUARE FEET WITH SOME 2,500.
SO AGAIN, JUST THE WHOLE SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT REALLY WORKS ABOVE THE 1750, THE MOST POPULAR FLOOR PLAN IS 1811.
WHAT IS THAT? SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS IT TOOK YOU THREE YEARS TO BUILD 24 HOUSES, GIVE OR TAKE IT GOT TO A SOLUTION IN A GOOD ECONOMY.
IN A MUCH LOWER INTEREST RATE ECONOMY.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M GETTING AT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 70 SOME UNITS HERE.
JUST THINK ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT COULD TAKE FOR IT TO BUILD OUT.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'M THINKING
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ABOUT FENCING.IS THERE ANY FORM OF U UNIFORMITY TO THE FENCING? I MEAN, FENCING IS, CAN BE CHAIN LINK FENCE, IT CAN BE WOODEN FENCE, IT CAN BE OTHER.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT, I KNOW THERE ARE SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE THROUGH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE UNIFORMITY IN THE TYPE OF FENCING THAT, THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PUT IN THE SUBDIVISION.
ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? UH, YES.
DR. MOORE, WE, UH, THE, THOSE, UM, UNIFORMITY QUESTIONS OF MAILBOXES, FENCES, UH, LIGHTING, TO THE EXTENT THAT, THAT THE HOA WANTS TO DO THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE HOA AND, AND SO WHEN THAT IS CONSTITUTED ALL THOSE RULES AND REGS WILL AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE PURCHASING WILL LOTS IN THERE.
SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE, UH, UNIFORM THROUGHOUT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SIX DIFFERENT KINDS OF FENCING.
THE OTHER IS THE TRAIL AROUND THAT, THE PERIMETER OF THAT, UM, TWO ACRE LOT.
ANY DETAILS PERTAINING TO THE, TO THE TRAIL, WHAT IT WOULD BE MADE OUT OF THE, THE WIDTH OF IT, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? UM, IT, UH, I THINK WE'RE, WE HAD IN MIND ABOUT A THREE FOOT TO FOUR FOOT, UM, TRAIL AROUND THE PERIMETER.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE DISCUSSION WAS GRANITE DUST, UM, AS THE, THE SUBSTANCE THAT THE TRAIL WOULD BE MADE OUT OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED, OF COURSE, BY THE HOA THAT'S NOT GOING, YOU KNOW, NOTHING, NO TRAIL LASTS FOREVER.
BUT CERTAINLY THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN EXPENSE BORNE BY THE HOA TO KEEP THAT UP AND, AND LOOKING.
I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING, YOU SAID THAT MOST OF THEIR HOUSES ARE, YOU RANGE FROM 18 TO 1715.
HOW MANY 1500 FOOT HOUSES DO YOU HAVE IN TURKEY RUN? WE HAVE NO 1500 IN TURKEY RUN.
MY, THE CONCERN I HAVE IS WHAT DOUG HAD.
SO THAT'S IT, MR. WINSLOW, JUST, JUST WHEN YOU MAKE A COMMENT, I A IT'S A WHOLE LOT BETTER FOR US.
I CAN HAVE HIM COME UP HERE IF YEAH.
HAVE HIM COME UP THAT, THAT REALLY WOULD HELP IN, IN THE PROCESS.
UM, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT'S ON THE HOA.
IS IT A, UM, MONTHLY FEE OR AN ANNUAL FEE, OR HOW, HOW DO YOU PLAN ON HANDLING THAT? UH, THAT, THAT DETAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN DECIDED, BUT, UH, I SUSPECT IT WILL BE WITH THIS, WITH THIS SIZE.
I SUSPECT IT WILL BE A, AN ANNUAL FEE WITH THE SIZE.
BUT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A DOLLAR NUMBER BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT YET.
WELL, UH, PART OF THIS IS THE HOA WANTS CONSTITUTED HAS TO DETERMINE WHAT IT WANTS TO DO AND HOW INVOLVED IT WANTS TO BE.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN, UM, WE'VE ALL, WE'VE ALL SEEN GOOD HOAS AND, AND, AND OTHER KINDS OF HOAS,
AND SO WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET BECAUSE I, I GUESS WE JUST HAVEN'T, UM, THAT HASN'T BEEN CONSTITUTED ONCE IT IS CONSTITUTED, I THINK A BUDGET WOULD BE AN ORDER, AT LEAST A PRELIMINARY BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN, BUT I MEAN, THE IDEA IS TO KEEP THIS AFFORDABLE.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, MAINTAIN STANDARDS, MAINTAIN SAFETY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE.
NOT ONLY LIVE IN, BUT ALSO TO VISIT AND TO BE AN ASSET TO THIS AREA OF THE COUNTY REALLY IS, IS THE GOAL HERE.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS, UH, NOT ONLY OF THIS AREA, BUT, AND IN KEEPING WITH THE COMP PLAN AND, AND THE FUTURE COMP PLAN THAT THAT HAS YET TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY.
OH, WELL, IT'S JUST ABOUT THE H UM, HHMO.
UM, AND JUST IN LISTENING TO YOU, UM, AFTER YOU, AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT WILL BE PLACED ON THEM TO KIND OF GOVERN THE AREA.
SO, UM, AND I THINK YOU SAID, UM, YOU HAVE TO JOIN IF YOU ARE LIVING HERE SOMEWHERE AT THAT'S CORRECT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, AND AS YOU SAID, YOU HAVE GOOD, AND YOU HAVE BAD ONES.
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF OUTLET IN CASE SOMETHING IS NOT TO THEIR LIKING.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS, THEY'RE PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
BUT I KNOW, AND I JUST NOTICED THAT YOU KIND OF SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY DECIDE, WHATEVER THEY DECIDE, AND WHOEVER THEY ARE, THEY ARE, THAT THEY MAY NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
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UM, I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE KIND OF WRITTEN OR HAVE SOMETHING, UM, MAPPED OUT SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WHEN YOU BUILD OR WHEN YOU MOVE INTO THIS SUBDIVISION, YOU, UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU EXPECT IT TO DO, BECAUSE, UM, IT CAN GET EXPENSIVE.YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LIGHTING OR SOMETHING ELSE.
AND, AND THEY DECIDE, OH YEAH, EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE THIS THEN.
AND THEN THE PERSON MAY SAY, I DON'T WANT THAT.
BUT THEN THE EXPENSE, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU'RE PAYING YOUR MORTGAGE AND THEN, AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS ORGANIZATION THAT YOU ARE PART OF THAT, AND YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, MOVING.
I THINK PEOPLE JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SAY YOU HAVE TO DO IT FINE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY YOU ARE WRITING IT.
BUT IT SHOULD HAVE SOME, SOME CLAUSE IN THERE OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS, WELL, NO, IF I WANT TO MAYBE GET OUTTA SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU'RE GONNA WRITE IT, BUT SOME, IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING IN THERE IN CASE, UM, THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY NEED THAT, UM, IN, IN THE AREA.
AND I, AND THEN I'M GONNA GO TO A RECREATION, I THINK I WAS READING SOMETHING ABOUT YOU WILL DO SOME TYPE OF RECREATIONAL THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY OR, SO THEY'RE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN THE COMMON SPACE? YEAH, THAT, YEAH.
SO THERE ARE THREE PIECES OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT ARE, ARE SPECIFIED.
UM, THE SWING SET, THE MONKEY BARS, AND THE SLIDE MM-HMM
UH, THAT'S IN THAT COMMON SPACE, UH, ALONG WITH THE GAZEBO MM-HMM
SO THAT, NOT NECESSARILY RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, BUT, BUT CERTAINLY SOMEWHERE WITHIN THAT TWO ACRES WILL BE A GAZEBO AND THEN A PLAYGROUND TYPE AREA.
BUT, BUT THE HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT, YES.
THIS IS NOT GONNA BE A, A WALMART SPECIAL WHERE WE'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS
WELL, THAT'S, I MEAN, I MEAN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SWINGING, YOU KNOW, AFTER A WHILE IT, YEAH, IT, UH, DOES BREAK AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW? YES.
AND, UM, AND, UM, I, AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS, UM, NO EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.
UM, WELL, THE, WE, WE, WE CONSIDER THE TRAIL TO BE, UM, THE TRAIL.
AN EXERCISE VENUE, IF YOU WILL, FOR JOGGING OR RUNNING OR, UH, WHATEVER, UH, FOLKS WANT TO DO OUT THERE.
SOME, YEAH, SOME PEOPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF INDOOR, YOU KNOW, WINTERTIME, YOU MAY NOT WANNA RUN, YOU MAY WANNA GO IN AN AREA AND JUST MAY RIDE A BIKE OR LIFT SOME WEIGHTS OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING SIMPLE.
SO LET ME, LET ME ADDRESS ONE THING THAT YOU SAID BEFORE, AND THAT WAS, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, UM, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT, I, I, WE WANT THIS TO BE A NICE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO WANT TO BE HERE.
WE WANT THIS TO BE A FOCAL POINT OF THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, IT TO BE A BENEFIT TO, TO THIS BODY AND TO THIS COUNTY.
THIS IS NOT A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE BARE MINIMUM HERE.
I, ONE MORE QUESTION, UH, IN THE FIELD, MIKE CAN ANSWER THIS, WHAT TODAY'S PRICES, WHAT IS APPROXIMATE COST PER SQUARE FOOT? COME ON UP HERE, MR. DENSMORE, PLEASE.
UM, AS FAR AS A SQUARE FOOT TO BUILD, I WOULDN'T TOUCH THAT QUESTION
YOU CAN DO AN AVERAGE THOUGH, CAN'T YOU? I CAN TELL YOU THE LAST HOME THAT SOLD IN TURKEY RUN WAS 1,811 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE AND SOLD FOR FIVE 40.
BUT THAT'S, IT'S A COST AND A SALE PRICE, SO, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT THAT IS THE COST TO THE CONSUMER.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH OTHER OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO THE COUNTY, BUT TO HAVE A NICE QUALITY HOME JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN TURKEY RUN.
AND, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I'M UP HERE JUST BACKING UP A LITTLE BIT TO THE THREE YEARS TO BUILD OUT TURKEY RUN, TURKEY RUN GOT OFF TO A SLOW START.
AND IT HAD ITS OWN ISSUES AND IT WAS THE PRICE POINT.
IT WAS THAT 1750 MINIMUM TO START BUILDING MOMENTUM AND THEN IT WENT ON AND TOOK OFF.
AND THE BENEFIT THAT WE DO HAVE, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH HEARTBURN OVER THE 1750 AVERAGE, BECAUSE WE ALREADY DO HAVE A PROVEN PRODUCT VERY NEAR THIS.
SO I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAVE THE
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SAME ABSORPTION RATE.I THINK IT WILL MOVE A LITTLE BETTER, BUT JUST SINCE I WAS UP HERE, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT.
LET'S SAY, SAY ONE MORE THING, AND THAT IS ON THE, ON THE HOA, OF COURSE, ALL HOAS WILL START OUT, UM, WITH THE DEVELOPER.
THE DEVELOPER WILL RUN THAT HOA, IT IS THEIR GOAL TO SELL THESE LOTS.
AND SO I THINK YOU, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS STANDARDS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY AN ONEROUS AMOUNT OF, OF MONEY THAT'S BEING CHARGED TO TRY TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THERE'S SORT OF A BUILT IN INCENTIVE THERE AT, AT THE BEGINNING, BEFORE THE HOA IS HANDED OVER TO THE RESIDENTS THROUGH THAT FORMAL PROCESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AT THIS POINT WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE CASE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE ADAM ARNETT.
UM, I'LL KEEP IT REAL SHORT, YOU KNOW, UH, I WAS HERE WHEN WE DID THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BACK ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST.
WE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THAT PLAN ABOUT KEEPING DENWITTY RURAL, KEEPING THAT COMMUNITY THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS OF DENWITTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I LIVE ON NASH ROAD, UM, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE DRIVING OUT EVERY MORNING PASSING ACRES AND ACRES OF SOYBEANS AND CORN AND THEN SEEING ACRES OF HOMES.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES YOU CAN BUILD SUBDIVISIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THEY MAKE SENSE.
I JUST DON'T THINK THEY MAKE SENSE IN THIS AREA.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KEEP THAT RURAL COMMUNITY.
WE WANNA KEEP THAT RURAL LIFESTYLE.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT, THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO DENWOODY CITIZENS.
SO I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT AND ASK Y'ALL TO DENY THAT.
UM, LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY ON NASH ROAD JUST KIND OF LIKES THAT RURAL AREA.
I JUST DON'T SEE THIS BEING A FIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO ME.
I, I MEAN, WE, WE CAN'T GET A CLEAR ANSWER ON EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE EVEN DOING.
I THINK WE'VE RAISED MORE QUESTIONS THAN WE'VE ANSWERED TONIGHT.
UM, SO IT, IT'S, IT'S A TRAIN WRECK IN MY MIND.
SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY OPINION TO THE BOARD, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION.
ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, SIR.
I WAS GONNA WAIT AND I MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, GOING FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY SUBDIVISIONS COME BEFORE US, UM, SINCE PROBABLY TURKEY RUN OR, OR MAYBE SOON THEREAFTER.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE THING WITH TURKEY RUN IT SAT THERE FOR FOREVER, AND THEN THE APPLICANT, UM, PURCHASED IT AND THE FIRST THING THEY DID WAS BUILT A FAIRLY LARGE NICE HOME.
BUT I GUESS MY PROBLEM IS, LIKE WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, YOU HAD AMENITIES THAT ASSURED THE QUALITY OF WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO.
SO YOU HAD A, A CLUBHOUSE AND A SWIMMING POOL, UM, YOU KNOW, A WEIGHT ROOM, ALL OF THESE AMENITIES THAT ASSURED QUALITY.
UM, WITH THIS, UM, SUBDIVISION, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY ASSURANCES RIGHT NOW, UM, OTHER THAN A SQUARE FOOT AVERAGE AND A QUOTE FROM THE ATTORNEY THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO TRUST US.
UM, I'M HAVING TRUST ISSUES, UM, HERE LATELY ON THE BOARD, UM, FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I APPLAUD, UM, THE DEVELOPER BECAUSE IF, IF WE GET THIS THING RIGHT, VERY SIMILAR TO TURKEY RUN, YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN DENWOODY COUNTY THAT
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NOBODY ELSE WILL HAVE.YOU WILL HAVE LARGE LOT SUBDIVISION WITH SUPER, SUPER NICE HOMES.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT INDEMNITY COUNTY RIGHT NOW.
UM, MR. ANNETTE, I I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
UM, EVERYTHING YOU PROBABLY RIDE BY IS, IS A LOT OF MY SON'S LAND WHEN, WHEN YOU DRIVE ON NASH ROAD.
UM, BUT WHEN THEY PULL OUT OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND GO TO RIGHT ONE, I TRULY THINK THEY DISAPPEAR.
UM, AND WITH THE BUFFERING I FRONT, I HOPE WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE, OTHER THAN THE FACT IT IS A SUBDIVISION THERE.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THE REPORTING, I, I'M NOT SURE THAT WORKS BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTA HAVE SOME INSURANCES THAT YOU'RE BUILDING QUALITY HOUSES AND YOU'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK IF, IF, IF YOU BUILD UP SOME REALLY NICE QUALITY HOUSES THAT SUBDIVISION TAKES OFF TURKEY, RUN ALL OVER AGAIN, YOU'LL, YOU'LL BUILDING BIG, PRETTY NICE HOUSES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 45 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU DRIVE.
UM, SOME PEOPLE FASTER THAN THAT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT PROFITS LATE.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT COULD GET CLEANED UP, UM, AND I COULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT.
UM, BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME, SOME ASSURANCES THAT WE'RE GONNA GET A QUALITY PRODUCT OUT OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
AND, AND MAYBE I'M GOOD AT ASKING QUESTIONS, BUT NOT KNOWING WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE.
SO I GUESS I THROW THAT OUT TO YOU WHETHER TONIGHT OR WHETHER WE LOOK AT THIS THING ANOTHER MONTH OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, SUPERVISOR LEE, I MEAN, CERTAINLY, UH, WE WANT TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GET TO THAT QUALITY STANDARD THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR DENWITTY COUNTY.
UM, AND WE WANT TO MEET OUR OBLIGATION, IF WE PROFFER THAT AVERAGE 1750, WE, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
UM, IF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, UH, NOT ENOUGH, UM, I MEAN, I'M, I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTION ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD GO ABOUT GIVING A RANGE OF AFFORDABILITY WITHOUT AN AVERAGE SUBDIVISION, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE, THAT WE CAN PLAY INSIDE AND FEEL LIKE WE'RE OKAY.
UM, AND WE, UM, WE, WE THINK WE, WE KIND OF FELT LIKE WE HIT THE CENTER OF THE DARTBOARD WITH, WITH THIS LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT, IT DID, IT DID ALLOW THAT VARIABILITY.
YOU SAW THE PICTURES OF THE HOUSES, THIS, THESE ARE GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL HOUSES AND, UM, THE, THE, THE AMENITIES, THE PLAYGROUND, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRAIL, THE GAZEBO IS GOING TO MATCH THE QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING $540,000 HOUSES, LET'S SAY, IS THAT, THAT WAS THE EXAMPLE GIVEN OF THE, THE LAST ONE THAT SOLD ARE GOING TO DEMAND A, A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IN, IN THOSE, IN THOSE COMMON, IN THAT COMMON SPACE.
AND, UM, AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA ACCEPT ANYTHING LESS, IN FACT, RIGHT.
UH, SO I THINK YOU, BY VIRTUE OF THE MARKET AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA BE BUYING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, QUITE FRANKLY, THE DEMAND WILL BE THERE FOR THOSE.
AND, AND, AND THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE TO MEET THAT DEMAND.
UM, OR THE, OR THEY WON'T BE SELLING ANYMORE LOTS IN THERE
UM, SO I MEAN, I'M, I'M IF, IF, IF, IF IT'S, IF IT'S, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE US TO TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT IT, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT SOME MORE, WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL.
UH, IF, IF, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ME TO, TO MOVE TO DEFER, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
BUT I WILL GLADLY DO SO IF YOU, IF YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT AND YOU THINK IT NEEDS ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER BIT OF TIME.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ME, I, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOME OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, WHETHER THEY, THEY THINK THAT THINGS THAT COULD BE WORKED OUT OR NOT, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW.
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SO YES, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST TO ADD OF WHAT MR. LEE SAID, I, I THINK HE, WE HAVE A GOOD APPLICANT HERE THAT DOES, WE'VE SEEN WHAT THEY CAN DO.IT'S JUST A FEW THINGS IN THIS PROFFER THAT I'M A LITTLE LEERY OF.
AND ACCORDING TO THE RULES, WE GOTTA GO BACK AND COME BACK 'CAUSE YOU GOTTA PRESENT THAT BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO MAKE IT WORK.
SO, UM, THESE PROFFERS NEED SOME CHANGING A LITTLE BIT.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE SEVEN, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THINGS.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IF AFTER FIRST THIRD YOU REPORT BACK, WELL, HEAVEN FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU GO BELLY UP AFTER THE FIRST THIRD WE'RE DONE THERE AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE AND, AND TRY TO GET SOME OTHER DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND, AND WORK ON IT.
BUT I THINK, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I THINK IT'S A, A GOOD APPLICATION AND I JUST, IT'S JUST A FEW THINGS IN THERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WORKED ON.
WELL, UM, I, UM, ALSO THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU COULD MAYBE GO BACK AND, AND KIND OF WORK ON, BUT THE OTHER THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS, UM, THE AFFORDABLE PIECE, AND I THINK THE GENTLEMAN SAID, UH, FIVE SOMETHING FOR ONE OF THE HOUSES.
I MEAN, THAT'S, I'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
AND I LOOK AROUND THE, UM, COMMUNITY, I DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD MAKE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO BE IN THAT SUBDIVISION, ALTHOUGH WE MAY HAVE SOME AND, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UH, PEOPLE WITH EXCELLENT JOBS, BUT THE AFFORDABILITY MAYBE A ISSUE WITH THEM.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS, UM, WITH ME.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UM, OTHER SET OF PROFFERS, WE DID GET THAT A LITTLE LATE AFTER THE FACT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF JUST REVIEW THAT AND LOOK BACK OVER THAT AND READ IT AND NOT READ IT FAST IN HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT GET ALL THE, UM, INFORMATION, BUT THAT, THAT'S A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT YOUR HOUSES, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE REALLY NICE HOUSES.
AND AGAIN, UM, MY CONCERN WAS THE, UM, OF COURSE THE STREETLIGHTS AND THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND, UM, EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, THE PLAYGROUND EXERCISE, YOU KNOW, UH, IF YOU, UM, WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AS, AS FAR AS THE TRAILS AND ALL THAT AS WELL.
BUT, AND THEN, UM, AFTER YOU DO COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE YOUR GOAL AS FAR AS FINISH BUILDING THE HOUSES? UH, I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU, UM, I, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT IN A PROPER STATEMENT BECAUSE, UH, WELL, I GUESS, WELL, NOT THE PROPER, I MEAN, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU ARE COMING BACK TO REPORT, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE FINISHED THESE, THIS MANY AND THEN YOU STALL.
I'M JUST, JUST WONDERING BECAUSE, UH, I THINK IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, SOME ISSUES TO COME UP WITH PEOPLE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, BUT I'M JUST, JUST WONDERING, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE YOUR GOAL AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF HOUSES? UH, YEAH, I MEAN, UM, THAT'S A, I MEAN, I THINK THE, THE ENTRY IS THE COMPANY WANTS TO ENSURE THAT IT IS GONNA SELL ALL OF THESE LOTS.
IT WANTS TO DO IT AT THAT, UM, AFFORDABLE RANGE.
AND EVEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT THIS IS THE UP UPPER IT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN AFFORDABLE RANGE UP HERE, NOT NECESSARILY DOWN HERE.
SO, UM, UH, I WILL, I WILL STEW ON THAT ONE.
AND
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, Y'ALL MEET WITHOUT COUNTY ATTORNEY, UM, REALLY SOONER THAN LATER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, I GUESS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TILL WHEN WE KIND OF GOT, UM, SOME THINGS FROM YOU WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT, SO I WOULD HOPE MUCH SOONER THAN LATER, UM, WE GO AHEAD AND TRY TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME ASSURANCES OF, OF A QUALITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND I HOPE I'M NOT SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, MR. SOUTH HALL ABOUT, UM, HIM MAYBE TALKING WITH YOU AND, AND SOME DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS, UM, FOR US, WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION THE DAY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING,
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BUT WE, YOU KNOW, HADN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE REVISED PROFFERS THAT YOU SAW TONIGHT.BUT AS THEY WERE SUBMITTED AFTER THE BOARD PACKET WAS PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY, RIGHT, SIR? YES.
I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS A VERY, VERY GOOD SUBDIVISION, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK OVER SOME THINGS THAT I, I POINTED OUT IN OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS, UM, BOARD HAVE POINTED OUT, UH, ALONG WITH STAFF AND OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT I KIND OF HEAR US TALKING ABOUT MAYBE GOING 30 DAYS DOWN THE ROAD AND TRYING TO WORK OUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES TO MAKE THIS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF, IF ANYBODY WISHES TO GO ON THAT, JUST MR. CHAIRMAN, IF IT, IF IF YOUR YOUR GOAL IS TO BRING THIS BACK IN OCTOBER, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD STATE THAT IT SHOULD BE OCTOBER 30 DAYS MAY NOT WORK OUT, RIGHT? WELL, SPECIFICALLY I, YOUR INTENTIONS ALREADY, I THINK 28 DAYS.
OCTOBER 20, I'M SORRY, OCTOBER 17TH, IS YOUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED OKAY.
REGULAR MEETING, SO THAT'S FINE.
SO YOUR, YOUR INTENTIONS ARE TO GET BACK TO THE OCTOBER THAT'S BOARD MEETING? YES.
OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING IN OCTOBER.
DOES THAT, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
I'LL SECOND GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, MR. LEE? AYE.
[13.B. A-23-2, Recommendation To Adopt Dinwiddie Forward 2043 Comprehensive Plan]
CASE THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENING IS CASE A 23 DASH TWO A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE DENWOODY FORWARD 20, UM, 43 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.MR. OH, YES, MR. BASSETT'S GONNA DO THAT.
BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MASSING, UH, JUST WANTED TO START BEFORE CAROLINE, UH, GIVES HER A PRESENTATION FOR THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, WITH A FEW FEW REMARKS RELATED.
UM, JUST WANT TO, UH, REMIND YOU ALL.
WE STARTED THE, UH, WITH A KICKOFF MEETING BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2021.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, MR. MASSING AND BOARD MEMBERS, UH, FOR ALLOWING STAFF, UH, TO UTILIZE THE SERVICE SERVICES OF THE BERKELEY GROUP AND MORE SPECIFICALLY CAROLINE, UM, IN COMING UP WITH THE TOTAL REWRITE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, BEFORE CAROLINE COMES UP FOR A PRESENTATION, JUST WANTED TO THANK HER FOR ALL HER WORK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, UH, STAFF MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS THAT SHE DID WITH THE BOARD, THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, UM, HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM, UH, TO CAROLINE.
SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY RESPONSIVE WITH STAFF, UM, AND METICULOUS WITH HER WORK ON THE PLAN.
I FELT LIKE, UM, VERY EASY INDIVIDUAL TO WORK WITH ALONG WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP AND MADE THE PROCESS, I FELT LIKE VERY EASY FOR STAFF IN THE COUNTY.
UM, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ALL, ALL KNOW, UH, THAT AS A STAFF WE BELIEVE IN THE PLAN AND WE ALSO HOPE THAT, UM, YOU ALL DO AS WELL.
UM, AND THEY ARE PLEASED WITH THE END PRODUCT, UM, THAT CAROLINE'S GONNA BE PRESENTING THIS EVENING.
AND NOW I GUESS I'LL JUST TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO CAROLINE.
UM, AS MR. BASSETT SAID, MY NAME IS CAROLINE VANDER AND I AM HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF BERKELEY GROUP, UM, TO MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. BASSETT FOR THE KIND WORDS.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY, UM, THAT WHILE I AM PRESENTING, THIS WAS CERTAINLY A TEAM EFFORT AND THERE WERE MANY OF US AT THE BERKELEY GROUP, UM, WHO WORKED WITH THE COUNTY, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL WAS CERTAINLY A TEAM EFFORT.
UM, SO AS MR. BASSETT SAID, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE CULMINATION OF ALMOST TWO YEARS OF WORK, DINWOODY FORWARD, THE PLAN TITLE BEING A NOD TO DINWOODY COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO CONTINUED PROGRESS IN SUPPORTING ITS VIBRANT AND EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY.
UM, I PROMISE I WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF, BUT I DO WANT TO BE SURE, UM, WE DISCUSS ALL OF THE PARTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE UPDATE PROCESS.
UM, I'LL SHARE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, UM, AND THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING PERIOD
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BEFORE YOU ALL TAKE YOUR ACTION.UM, SO JUST AS A REFRESHER COURSE ON WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ESSENTIALLY A COMMUNITIES ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE.
IT IS AN OFFICIAL ADOPTED PUBLIC POLICY DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES LONG RANGE DIRECTION FOR THINGS LIKE LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOULD PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK THAT CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE AND DIRECT COMMUNITY PROJECTS, INVESTMENT AND GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, BOTH NOW IN THE SHORT TERM AND FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS.
UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESCRIBES THE FUTURE VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND SERVES AS A DECISION MAKING GUIDE FOR YOU ALL.
UM, UNLIKE YOUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES, LAND USE TOOLS THAT DO CARRY THE FORCE OF LAW, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT A REGULATORY DOCUMENT, IT DOES NOT CARRY THE FORCE OF LAW, BUT IT SHOULD PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION TO INFORM YOUR REGULATORY TOOLS.
AND IT SHOULD ALSO BE COORDINATED WITH OTHER PLANS AND STUDIES SUCH AS THE COUNTY'S ANNUAL BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS LEGALLY REQUIRED BY THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
THE CODE OF VIRGINIA DOES MANDATE MUCH OF WHAT GOES INTO THE PLAN, HOW IT CAN BE ADOPTED, AND WHEN THE PLAN MUST BE REVIEWED AND UPDATED.
UM, AT A MINIMUM, THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED BY STATE CODE TO REVIEW THE PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS AND UPDATE AS NEEDED.
UM, HOWEVER, AS A BEST PRACTICE, WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT THAT REVIEW HAPPEN ANNUALLY.
IT CAN BE A BIG HELP IN TRACKING IMPLEMENTATION, UM, AND CAN ALSO BE HELPFUL IN AIDING THE, UM, BUDGETING PROCESS.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU ALL SINCE 2021 ON THIS UPDATE.
UM, IT'S HAD MULTIPLE PHASES, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT ON YOUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, AND JUST AS A REFRESHER, THIS REPORT EVALUATED THE STRENGTHS OF THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL AS IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR GROWTH, UM, AND ANY ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH STATE CODE.
UM, AND WE HAVE MADE SURE TO ACHIEVE THAT COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, THE UPDATE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IN FALL 2021, WE HELD OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PHASE TO GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT ON PLANNING TOPICS, STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES.
AND THEN WE HELD BIMONTHLY WORK SESSIONS TO DRAFT THE PLAN.
UM, BEGINNING IN 2022 THROUGH JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
THOSE WERE HELD WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOU WERE ALSO INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL OF THOSE.
AND THEN THIS WINTER INTO SPRING, WE HELD ONE MORE ROUND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WORKING WITH COUNTY STAFF TO FURTHER REVIEW AND REFINE THE PLAN.
AND SO THAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING.
THE FINAL PHASE OF THE UPDATE, WHICH IS ADOPTION.
OF COURSE, YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT THE WORK DOES NOT STOP ONCE THE PLAN IS ADOPTED.
UM, THE PLAN IS MEANT TO BE A LIVING AND EVOLVING DOCUMENT THAT IS MEANT TO BE CONTINUOUSLY REVIEWED, TO STAY RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AND PRIORITIES.
SO THERE WERE SEVERAL, SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS TO THIS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UM, A PUBLIC INPUT SURVEY, UM, THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED ONLINE AND AS A PAPER COPY IN THE FALL OF 2021, UM, PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.
THESE WERE OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL STAKEHOLDER, UM, FOCUS GROUPS, UM, COMPRISED OF DIFFERENT LOCAL AND REGIONAL INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO GET THEIR PERSPECTIVES AS WELL.
PLANNING COMMISSION WORK SESSIONS, ALL OF THESE WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR ATTENDANCE.
UM, AND THEN IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE HELD TWO COMMUNITY FORUM REVIEWS.
THESE WERE OPEN HOUSE STYLE MEETINGS, UM, TO BRING THE COMMUNITY UP TO SPEED ON THE UPDATE PROCESS AND HEAR THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT PLAN.
ONE WAS HELD AT EASTSIDE ENHANCEMENT CENTER AND THE OTHER HELD AT RACK STEEL COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, AND THEN IN BETWEEN, OF COURSE, YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, HAS SERVED AS CITIZEN PLANNERS AND THEY HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF GUIDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, AND HAVE ALSO DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF KEEPING THE COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS AND, UM, INPUT AT THE FOREFRONT.
UM, HERE'S A BRIEF SUMMARY OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UM, 66 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS THREE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, 327 PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED THE PUBLIC SURVEY AND 56 PARTICIPANTS IN THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS.
UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE JUST A FEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO WERE REPRESENTED AT THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS.
UM, AGAIN, JUST A FEW OF THESE, UM, PROVIDING A PRETTY DIVERSE GLIMPSE OF, UM, THE COMMUNITY AND NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, UM, THAT ARE ON DWE COUNTY RESIDENTS MINDS.
SO DURING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
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PERIOD, WE OF COURSE HEARD DIFFERENT, UM, NUANCES AND PERSPECTIVES, AND HOWEVER, THERE WERE SOME KEY THEMES AND PRIORITIES THAT CONTINUOUSLY EMERGED TO THE TOP OF THE LIST, NAMELY THE SIX YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN.UM, DWE COUNTY'S MOST VALUED ASSET IS CONSIDERED TO BE ITS RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER.
UM, DENWOODY COUNTY HAS A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
UM, RESIDENTS FEEL THAT DENWOODY COUNTY IS NOT ONLY SAFE, BUT ALSO A GREAT PLACE TO BOTH RAISE A FAMILY AND RETIRE.
THE COMMUNITY'S TOP CONCERNS WERE STATED TO BE BROADBAND SCHOOLS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND ASSOCIATED POPULATION GROWTH JOBS, SHOPPING AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE CURRENTLY SEEN AS LACKING.
AND THEN THE COMMUNITY'S TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE FUTURE WERE IDENTIFIED TO BE UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PARKS AND RECREATION
UM, SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REALLY HAS FIVE KEY PARTS.
UM, FIRST THE PLAN'S VISION, IDENTIFYING WHAT THE COUNTY ASPIRES TO BE IN THE FUTURE, UM, WHAT THE PLAN CALLS FORWARD FOCUS VALUES.
THERE ARE FIVE OF THOSE VALUES IDENTIFIED IN CHAPTER TWO OF THE PLAN.
AND DID THEY, UM, TOUCH BASE ON WHAT DI COUNTY BELIEVES IN? UM, SO KIND OF AFFIRMING THAT VISION STATEMENT IN GREATER DETAIL.
UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS SIX PLAN ELEMENTS, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IN ADDITION TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, AND THESE IDENTIFY, UM, WHAT DIGNITY COUNTY WANTS TO ACHIEVE KIND OF IN A TOPICAL FOCUS.
STRATEGIES ARE IDENTIFIED FOR EACH OF THE PLAN ELEMENTS.
AND THESE ARE SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND PROGRAMS FOR DENWITY COUNTY TO PURSUE, TO MEET ITS GOALS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO GUIDE THE COUNTY AND ITS FUTURE SUCCESS.
IDENTIFYING WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN AND WHEN THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, COMPLETING THOSE STRATEGIES.
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ALSO IDENTIFIES DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY, UM, WHETHER THAT BE AT THE LOCAL, REGIONAL, OR STATE LEVEL.
UM, SO NOW I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE DEVELOPED VISION FOR THE COUNTY, UM, AND THE GOALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE KEY ELEMENTS AND CHAPTERS OF THE PLAN.
UM, I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE AS WELL.
SO DENWOODY FORWARD'S VISION STATEMENT REAFFIRMS THE COUNTY'S VISION STATEMENT, WHICH IS THAT WE CHERISH OUR HERITAGE, EMBRACE OPPORTUNITY AND OFFER AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY IN WHICH TO SPEND A LIFETIME.
AND THEN THE FIRST PLANNING ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WITH KEY STRATEGIES FOR THIS ELEMENT FOCUSING ON PROTECTING SENSITIVE LANDS AND HABITATS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE.
THE GOAL STATEMENT FOR THIS CHAPTER IS THAT ITY COUNTY MAINTAINS HARMONY WITH NATURE BY PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE HEALTH AND VIABILITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND PROMOTING ENHANCED CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
THE SECOND PLAN ELEMENT IS HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOUSING AND THE NEED TO PROVIDE HOUSING THAT IS NOT ONLY AFFORDABLE, UM, BUT ALSO HIGH QUALITY AND HONORING THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY.
UM, RESIDENTS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR HOUSING FOR, UM, A WIDE RANGE OF RESIDENTS, UM, FROM YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS TEACHERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, ALL THE WAY TO OLDER ADULTS.
AND THE GOAL STATEMENT FOR THIS CHAPTER IS THAT DENWOODY COUNTY IS A COMMUNITY WHERE HIGH QUALITY HOUSING AND LIVING ENVIRONMENTS ARE AVAILABLE.
ACCESSIBLE, ACCESSIBLE, EXCUSE ME, AND AFFORDABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS.
THE THIRD PLAN ELEMENT IS TRANSPORTATION.
THE COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, AS WELL AS THE NEED FOR A WELL-BALANCED NETWORK WHERE OPPORTUNITIES TO BIKE, WALK, AND TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ARE BOTH READILY AVAILABLE AND INTERCONNECTED.
UM, THE GOAL STATEMENT IS ON THE SCREEN.
DENWITY COUNTY PROVIDES A BALANCED, MULTIMODAL AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO CONNECT RESIDENTS TO THE ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES NEEDED TO MAINTAIN A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE STRATEGIES AND THE GOAL STATEMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER, ONE UNIQUE ELEMENT IS THAT IT DOES INCLUDE A LIST OF PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION
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PROJECTS.UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE CODE.
THE COUNTY HAS TO KIND OF IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR NEEDS, UM, AND THE CONTEXT OF A PLAN, WHAT MIGHT BE OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, SO THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED IN THIS CHAPTER.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT, UM, THE VDOT, UM, LOCAL RESIDENCY HAS REVIEWED THE PLAN, UM, ALSO IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE CODE AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY, UM, CONCERNS OR ISSUES.
UM, SO THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE FOURTH PLAN ELEMENT.
UM, THE COUNTY HAS A STRONG AND DIVERSE ECONOMY SUPPORTED BY A WIDE VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES.
AND THE GOAL STATEMENT REAFFIRMS THIS, UM, STATING THAT DENWITY COUNTY SUSTAINS A THRIVING, DIVERSE ECONOMY THAT ATTRACTS INDUSTRY, SUPPORTS A THRIVING ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM, AND BUILDS COMMUNITY WEALTH AND EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS CITIZENS.
THE NEXT PLAN ELEMENT IS COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
AND THIS IS AN ELEMENT THAT BLENDS TOGETHER MANY ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE RESCUE, UM, AND UTILITY SUCH AS WATER AND SEWER.
UM, THE GOAL REFLECTS THIS WITH A STATEMENT THAT STRIVES FOR HIGH QUALITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, STATING THAT DINWOODY COUNTY PROVIDES SUPERIOR PUBLIC FACILITIES, SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND A COST-EFFECTIVE, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE MANNER.
AND THEN WE HAVE PARKS, RECREATION, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
UM, I'LL COME BACK TO THE LAND USE CHAPTER AFTER THIS.
UM, BUT THE GOAL STATEMENT FOR THIS CHAPTER IS THAT DITY COUNTY PROVIDES EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PARKS, RECREATION, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, BOLSTER TOURISM, AND ENSURE CONTINUED PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE COMMUNITY HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENT.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE COMMUNITY REALLY VALUES THE OPEN SPACE AND THE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT DENWOOD COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS.
AND SO THIS PLAN ELEMENT FOCUSES ON UM, HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN, UM, AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AS WELL AS OPENING NEW OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR NEW, UM, RECREATION.
AND SO THAT LEAVES US WITH THE FINAL AND PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAN ELEMENT, UM, WHICH IS LAND USE.
UM, SO THE LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT IDENTIFIES EXISTING CONDITIONS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN DENWITY COUNTY AND SETS FORTH THE PLAN FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THE RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER OF THE COUNTY, UM, IS PERHAPS THE COUNTY'S MOST VALUED ASSET IN THE EYES OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO REALLY THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS TO CONCENTRATE FUTURE GROWTH AND TO MAKE EFFICIENT USE OF UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT THESE RURAL LANDSCAPES ARE INDEED PROTECTED.
THE GOAL STATEMENT FOR THIS CHAPTER IS THAT D COUNTY MAKES STRATEGIC AND EFFICIENT LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS THAT PRESERVE ITS RURAL LANDSCAPE WHILE WELCOMING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UM, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UM, AND MAP FORMAT.
I'LL HAVE THAT ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, BUT IT IS BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE HERE, THIS FUTURE LAND USE FRAMEWORK.
UM, SO BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK, A FEW KEY POINTS, UM, THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE FIRST BEING THAT IT IS NOT YOUR ZONING MAP.
UM, YOUR ZONING MAP IS SEPARATE.
UM, YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT YOU HAVE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT TIED TO THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS FOR PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY.
UM, RATHER THE LAND USE MAP AND FRAMEWORK ARE MEANT TO BE A GUIDE, UM, FOR YOU ALL FOR STAFF FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO HELP EVERYONE WEIGH THE MERITS OF DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE PROJECTS.
UM, SO THIS FRAMEWORK REPRESENTS THE IDEAL LAND USE PATTERN IN THE COUNTY AS IT WOULD OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
UM, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND IS YOU'RE REVIEWING IT TONIGHT AND THEN THE LAND USE MAP AND FRAMEWORK THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WAS DEVELOPED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SEVERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, THE FIRST AND MOST SUB SUBSTANTIVE WAS WORKING WITH COUNTY STAFF AND WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO EVALUATE YOUR CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SO WE TOOK WHAT IS WORKING NOW AND WE KEPT IT.
UM, WE TOOK WHAT WAS NOT WORKING OR COULD BE IMPROVED AND WE EITHER ELIMINATED IT OR WE REFINED IT.
AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT CONSERVATION AREAS, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
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AND HISTORIC RESOURCES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT LAND USE DESIGNATIONS PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OF THOSE.AND AGAIN, THERE'S STRONG CONSENSUS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR PROTECTING RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES.
AND SO, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LAND USE MAP WITH STAFF AND WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, WE REMAIN COGNIZANT OF THE NEED TO BALANCE FUTURE GROWTH, UM, WITH PROTECTING AGRICULTURE.
AND WE ALSO MADE SURE THAT ANY NEW LAND USE DESIGNATIONS DID NOT LIMIT OR WERE INCONSISTENT WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS OR REZONINGS THAT WERE RECENTLY APPROVED.
UM, AND THIS ENSURES THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MEETS STATE CODE.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN COMMUNITY INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
SO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FRAMEWORK HAS FOUR CATEGORIES, THREE OF WHICH ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE, ONE OF WHICH IS COMPLETELY NEW.
UM, SO I'LL START WITH DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND THESE ARE THE, UM, YOUR PRIORITY AREAS FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS IS REALLY WHAT YOUR URBAN GROWTH AREAS ARE NOW.
UM, JUST RENAMED AND TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO STILL, UM, ENCOURAGING VARIOUS DENSITIES AND TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL USES.
UM, SO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL WHICH WOULD BE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN MIXED RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, BOTH HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND KIND OF A RANGE OF, UM, DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL TYPES IN ONE DEVELOPMENT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, BOTH TOWNHOUSES AND SINGLE FAMILY, UM, DWELLINGS TOGETHER.
SO THOSE WOULD BE YOUR THREE MAIN RESIDENTIAL, UM, SUBCATEGORIES OF DEVELOPMENT AREAS, GENERAL COMMERCIAL, UM, OF COURSE GENERAL RETAIL, UM, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY STAYING THE SAME.
UM, SOMETHING NEW THAT IS ON THE FUTURE.
LAND USE MAP IS CALLED THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER.
UM, THIS KIND OF REPLACES WHAT WOULD BE A TYPICAL INDUSTRIAL USE.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT WITH STAFF AND WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THAT DENWOODY COUNTY DOES HAVE A DIVERSE ECONOMY.
THERE IS A LOT OF LAND, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE COUNTY, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT USES, UM, THAT WOULD STILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER.
UM, AND SO THAT BROUGHT US TO THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER DESIGNATION, IDENTIFYING THESE AREAS OF LAND AS PLACES WHERE DITY COUNTY OR DINWOODY COUNTY'S MAJOR EMPLOYERS, UM, COULD CITE.
AND THEN TOWN CENTERS, WHICH ARE ENVISIONED TO BE WALKABLE, MIXED USE COMMUNITIES CENTERED AROUND, UM, A FOCAL POINT OR A NODE FOR THE COMMUNITY, SOMETHING LIKE A SCHOOL OR A PARK OR A SHOPPING CENTER.
UM, THIS IS ALSO A DESIGNATION THAT IS INTENDED TO LINE UP BETTER WITH THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREAS THAT THE COUNTY HAS DESIGNATED, UM, AND TO ALLOW THE COUNTY TO DESIGNATE FUTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREAS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THESE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREAS, AREAS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THIS IN THAT THERE ARE, UM, THEY'RE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SO THEY LINE UP WITH STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS AND THEY ESSENTIALLY, UM, PROVIDE A VISION FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION.
THEY OPEN UP NEW DOORS FOR FUNDING FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, AND SO THAT TOWN CENTER DESIGNATION WAS INTENDED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THERE ARE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR ALL OF THE SUBCATEGORIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AREAS.
ESSENTIALLY SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD OCCUR IN THESE AREAS.
SPEAKING TO THE CHARACTER, UM, SPEAKING TO COMPATIBILITY OF USES, WHICH USES WOULD BE ENCOURAGED AS PRIMARY LAND USES, WHICH USES MAY ONLY BE APPROPRIATE AS, UM, A SPECIAL OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UM, AGAIN, PROVIDING YOU ALL WITH A GUIDE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
UM, IT ALSO BENEFITS, UM, BY LETTING THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS KNOW BEFORE THEY EVEN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, UM, WHAT THE COUNTY MAY WANT TO SEE, UM, IN THAT AREA.
THEN WE HAVE PHASED GROWTH AREAS.
THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO YOUR CURRENT PLANNED GROWTH AREAS.
UM, THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT WE HAVE REALLY ADDED SOME LANGUAGE TO STRONGLY TIE DEVELOPMENT AND FACED GROWTH AREAS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, SO WATER, SEWER AND TRANSPORTATION, REALLY WANTING TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN URBAN AND SUBURBAN TO RURAL AREAS AND ENSURE THAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING IN A SMART MANNER THAT MAKES GOOD USE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEN OF COURSE, RURAL CONSERVATION AREAS, UM, NOTHING HAS CHANGED ABOUT THESE.
THESE ARE INTENDED TO REMAIN AGRICULTURAL.
AND THEN FINALLY RURAL VILLAGES, UM, DESIGNATING HISTORIC CENTERS OF COMMUNITY FOR THE COUNTY'S RURAL AREAS.
AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE PURPOSE OF DESIGNATING THESE RURAL VILLAGES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT TO ENCOURAGE
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FUTURE GROWTH OR DEVELOPMENT.UM, INSTEAD IT IS JUST KIND OF IDENTIFYING THESE PLACES IS BEING HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT, OPENING THE DOOR FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY THERE IS AN ABANDONED GAS STATION, UM, THAT COULD BE CONVERTED INTO A BUSINESS THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
IT'S IN KEEPING WITH THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS JUST ADDING THAT DESIGNATION, UM, TO SUPPORT, UM, POTENTIALLY A LAND USE SUCH AS THAT.
WOULD THE VILLAGE OF DENWOODY BE CONSIDERED A RURAL VILLAGE OR WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT? YES.
NO, AND I DO, THAT IS A GOOD TRANSITION TO THIS SLIDE.
SO DEN THIS AREA, UM, IS NOW DESIGNATED AS A DEVELOPMENT AREA IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE PINK AREA YOU SEE KIND OF AROUND WHAT WOULD BE THE HISTORIC CENTER OF DENWITTY WOULD BE TOWN CENTER.
UM, SO THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY ENCOURAGE, UM, A MIXTURE OF LAND USES, KIND OF WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY NOW, UM, BUT IT ALSO SUPPORTS, UM, DIFFERENT SORTS OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IT WOULD SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF SIDEWALKS, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE, UM, STREET SCAPES LIGHTING, SO ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN BUT IN A WAY THAT'S COMPLIMENTARY OF THE CHARACTER.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, IT DOES.
AND THAT DOES BRING ME TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE COUNTY IN ITS ENTIRETY.
UM, ALL THE AREAS YOU SEE IN WHITE ARE RURAL CONSERVATION AREAS, UM, PROPOSED TO REMAIN RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL.
ALL OF THE COLORED AREAS YOU SEE ARE SOME SORT OF GROWTH AREA.
UM, SO IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THIS MAP AND PUT IT NEXT TO YOUR CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THE BLUE AREA, UM, THE PHASED GROWTH AREA THAT HAS BEEN PULLED BACK PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, AND THAT IS REALLY TO PREVENT, UM, QUOTE UNQUOTE URBAN SPRAWL FROM HAPPENING, UM, TO REALLY MAKE SURE THOSE RURAL LANDS ARE BEING PRESERVED, UM, TO KEEP GROWTH, UM, CONCENTRATED AROUND AVAILABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, OR IF INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT CURRENTLY THERE, UM, AREAS WHERE IT WOULD BE REALISTIC, UM, TO EXPAND WITHIN THE NEAR FUTURE.
OF COURSE THE DINWITTY AREA WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS A DEVELOPMENT AREA TO UM, KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE SURROUNDING AREA OVER THE LAST DECADE AND 20 YEARS.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE COUNTY IS REMAINING A DEVELOPMENT AREA.
SO AGAIN, YOU SEE, UM, THAT MUCH OF THIS AREA IS PROPOSED TO BE SOME SORT OF RESIDENTIAL USE ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UM, THE BLUE WOULD BE YOUR PHASED GROWTH AREAS.
YELLOW WOULD BE YOUR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, YOUR ORANGE WOULD BE KIND OF YOUR MIDDEN SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.
UM, SOME GENERAL COMMERCIAL ALONG ROUTE ONE BOYTON PLANK.
UM, THE GRAY AREA ALONG CARSON ROAD NEAR THE I 85 INTERCHANGE.
UM, PROPOSED TO BE DESIGNATED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER.
UM, SO DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT RELATED USES, UM, THAT WOULD, THAT COULD BE APPROPRIATE AT THIS LOCATION UNDER THIS DESIGNATION.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE TOWN CENTER DESIGNATION.
UM, FOR THE AREA AROUND WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.
UM, THE HISTORIC DENWOODY CENTER, THIS IS ZOOMING IN ON THE DEVELOPMENT AREA IN THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE COUNTY.
UM, MUCH OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UM, AGAIN, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES IS THAT WE'VE PULLED BACK THAT PHASED GROWTH AREA, UM, TO PREVENT SPRAWL, UM, TO MAKE SMART AND EFFICIENT USE OF LAND.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE ALONG RIVER ROAD, UM, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT SOUTH DOWN ERS ROAD.
WE HAVE, UM, EXPANDED THE SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS AREA OF THE COUNTY HAS SEEN, UM, INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THAT THAT TREND, UM, IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE.
UM, AND SO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THROUGH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THE PINK SOME AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED ON THE MAP IS TOWN CENTERS.
AGAIN, UM, WALKABLE AREAS CENTERED AROUND A NODE SUCH AS A SHOPPING CENTER OR A SCHOOL, UM, FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT THESE LOCATIONS.
UM, AND REALLY ALL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO BE COMPLIMENTARY TO, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ALREADY EXISTING.
UM, THERE IS ONE CHANGE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, THAT IS DIFFERENT
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THAN WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.IT IS IN THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT AREA IN THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE COUNTY.
UM, IT IS HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON YOUR SCREEN.
UM, THERE'S A RED CIRCLE AROUND IT.
UM, SO THIS AREA WAS INITIALLY SHOWN AS AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER, UM, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THAT DRAFT AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UM, HOWEVER, THE DRAFT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT SHOWS THIS AREA AS A CONSERVATION AREA.
UM, SO THIS AREA WAS INCORRECT IN THE INITIAL FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UM, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOWN AS A CONSERVATION AREA FROM THE GET-GO.
UM, THERE ARE THREE PROPERTIES, I BELIEVE SEVERAL PROPERTIES.
UM, THEY'RE ALL UNDER PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AND THERE IS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTIES WHICH WOULD PRECLUDE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THERE ARE TWO OTHER MAPS IN THE PLAN, ONE IN CHAPTER THREE AND THE OTHER IN CHAPTER NINE, UM, THAT CORRECTLY SHOW THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF THIS PARCEL.
UM, SO DESIGNATING THIS PARCEL AS AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER, UM, WAS AN ERROR.
UM, AND THE DRAFT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT HAS, UM, THE DESIGNATION OF THIS AREA PROPOSED TO BE A, UM, CONSERVATION AREA, UM, TO BE IN KEEPING WITH THE OTHER MAPS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH ARE CORRECT.
UM, SO THIS ALSO CREATES INTERNAL CONSISTENCY WITHIN THE PLAN.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT STAFF HAS BEEN, UM, HAS PROVIDED YOU WITH THIS INFORMATION, UM, PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.
UM, BUT IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
SO THE FINAL PLAN ELEMENT IS IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS, NOT JUST OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, BUT REALLY OF ANY PLAN BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE, WELL AWARE THE REAL WORK BEGINS AFTER THE PLAN IS ADOPTED.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MAJOR ELEMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION, UM, CHAPTER IS AN IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX.
THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVERY PLAN STRATEGY INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, THE TYPE OF IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, UM, IS THAT AN ORDINANCE UPDATE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN AN ANNUAL BUDGET? UM, IS THAT A PARTNERSHIP THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE REGION? UM, SO IT CATEGORIZES THOSE STRATEGIES.
UM, IDENTIFIES WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING THAT STRATEGY AND WHEN IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT MANY STRATEGIES ARE IN ONGOING EFFORT, UM, OR BEST PRACTICES THAT THE COUNTY, UM, CAN CONTINUOUSLY WORK TOWARDS.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS, UM, TO HELP THE COUNTY SET ITS PRIORITIES.
SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON AUGUST 9TH.
UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND ISSUED A RESOLUTION, UM, FIVE IN FAVOR.
AND WITH THAT, UM, THE NEXT STEPS ARE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ALLOW FOR ANY PUBLIC INPUT, UM, AND OF COURSE ALLOW FOR ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST THE BOARD.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, YOU MAY CONSIDER YOUR ACTION ON THE PLAN, UM, EITHER CHOOSING TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE PLAN, AMEND AND ADOPT THE PLAN, OR DISAPPROVE THE PLAN.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS PROCESS AND FOR KEEPING THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST AT THE FOREFRONT.
UM, AND ON BEHALF OF THE BERKELEY GROUP, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE, UM, TRULY TO WORK WITH D WITTY COUNTY THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, BUT OTHERWISE I WILL TURN IT OVER, UM, TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, TO OPEN TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOPE.
FROM THE BEGINNING TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.
A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED WITH THIS.
THOSE OF, WE KICKED IT OFF I THINK IN THE BEGINNING AND TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT, A LOT OF HARD WORK FROM STAFF AS WELL AS THE BERKELEY GROUP HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
I THINK YOU COVERED EVERYTHING.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION.
IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION SO YOU HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BEFORE YOU AND WE'VE ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK OVER IT, WORK ON IT, MASSAGE IT, PARTICIPATE IN IT, AND TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.
SO WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, CHAIRMAN? I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT WE HAVE GOT A LONG
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READING OF THE MOTION.DO WE HAVE TO READ THIS WHOLE THING TO ADOPT IT AS PRESENTED? MR. MOODY? I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF YOU MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ACTION WITH THE LANGUAGE RECOMMENDED IN THE THE BOARD PACKET.
SO IT IS FOUR PARAGRAPHS YOU CAN MAKE, YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION AND INCORPORATE THAT LANGUAGE INTO YOUR MOTION.
SO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION AND INCORPORATE THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT AS PART OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMP PLAN.
GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL.
EVERY, EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS AS WELL AS THE
[14. OLD/NEW BUSINESS:]
ITEM 14 IS WE HAVE OLD AND NEW BUSINESS.WE DO HAVE SOME APPOINTMENTS THIS EVENING.
MR. MASSING, SIR MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, FIRST WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THAT'S NEEDED TONIGHT TO THE BRIGHT POINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT MS. MORGAN INGRAM HER TERM TO EXPIRE 6 30 27 TO BRIGHT POINT COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
MR. CHAIRMAN APPOINTMENT TO THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT CHERYL MELLICK TO A TERM EXPIRING THREE THIRTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY SIX.
ALL VOTING AYE APPOINTMENT TO THE DEWIN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO APPOINT MR. ALVIN LANGLEY TO A TERM EXPIRING TWELVE THIRTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY SIX.
ITY, COUNTY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY? THIS IS MY LAST ONE.
MS. CHAIRMAN
MR. CHAIRMAN, THE CAPITAL AREA PARTNERSHIP FOR UPLIFTING PEOPLE CAP UP, WHICH IS THE COUNTY'S COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY AND I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT, UH, DONNA HARRISON, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO THAT APPOINTMENT.
AND LASTLY, THE JOHN TYLER ALCOHOL SAFETY ACTION PROGRAM AND I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT MARIE GRANT TO THAT POSITION.
NO OTHER APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT? YOU'RE DONE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER
[15. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)]
15.WE HAVE CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD.
AND I WILL OPEN UP THE CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD.
AND WHO DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP THIS EVENING? MR. CHAIRMAN, FIRST UP WE HAVE MAUREEN JONES.
WOE TO DESCRIBE IN PHARISEES HYPOCRITES, THEY HAVE NEGLECTED WEIGHTIER MATTERS OF THE LAW, JUSTICE, MERCY, AND FAITHFULNESS.
THESE YOU OUGHT TO HAVE DONE WITHOUT NEGLECTING THE OTHERS.
BLIND GUIDES STRAINING OUT A GNA AND SWALLOWING A CAMEL.
WOE TO THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES HYPOCRITES FOR THEY CLEAN THE OUTSIDE OF THE CUP AND THE PLATE, BUT ON THE INSIDE ARE FULL OF GREED AND SELF-INDULGENCE.
FIRST, CLEAN THE INSIDE OF THE CUP AND THE PLATE THAT THE OUTSIDE MAY ALSO BE CLEAN FROM THE
[03:15:01]
BOOK OF MATTHEW.THE BAR HAS NOT BEEN SET VERY HIGH BY THE GOVERNING BODY IN D WITTY OVER THE PAST YEAR AND FRANKLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AND EXPOSED LONG BEFORE THERE WAS MUCH MORE TROUBLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAN CERTAINLY THE NORTH D WITTY CITIZENRY HAD THOUGHT THEY WOULD ENCOUNTER A BIAS AGAINST THEM THAT BREACHED MORE THAN A DIRECTIONAL MAP OR DIRECTIONALS ON A MAP.
THE WISEST THING FOR THEM TO DO WAS TO GET OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS TOO MANY HAVE NOW DONE HAVING NO HOPE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD WRITE THE ERRORS OF THEIR WAYS, THOSE THAT REMAIN TETHERED BY FINANCES OR CONSCRIPTED BY GOD TO DO SO.
SEEK THE FAIRNESS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN TO OTHERS IN THE AREA OF THE COUNTY BY THE SOUTHERN BLOCK.
THE CORRECTIVE MEASURE IS THERE AND THE BOARD KNOWS WHAT IT IS.
IF NOT, THERE ARE HUNDREDS IN NORTH IN WITTY WHO ARE WILLING TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU FOR THE GOOD OF ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY, WHOEVER IS WISE, LET HIM UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS.
WHOEVER IS DISCERNING, LET THEM KNOW FOR THE WAYS OF THE LORD ARE RIGHT FROM THE BOOK OF HOSEA.
CHRIS RIZZO 2 4 3 0 1 DRIVER ROAD NORTH DI WITTY.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE REZONING HEARING TONIGHT.
UM, MY COMMENTS ARE NOT ABOUT WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD FOR DI WITTY, BUT MORE THE PROCESS THAT THE COUNTY AND THE BOARD GOES THROUGH.
UM, AT THE DI WOODY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEARING ON MARCH 21ST, THE APPLICATION OF REZONE THE SAME PROPERTY WAS TURNED DOWN FOR ALL THE EXACT SAME REASONS THAT WE OPPOSE THE APARTMENTS ON COX ROAD.
AT THAT HEARING, MR. MOODY STATED THAT HE STRUGGLED WITH THE SERVICES DI WOODY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE MENTIONING SPECIFICALLY FIRE AND RESCUE IN SCHOOLS.
HE DID NOT HAVE THOSE CONCERNS TONIGHT DESPITE THE WELL-KNOWN FACT THAT THOSE ENTITIES ARE BEING STRETCHED TO THEIR LIMITS.
UM, MR. LEE, WHO LIVES JUST UP THE ROAD FROM THIS PROPERTY, HAS STATED THAT IN THE LAST TWO APPLICATIONS FOR REZONING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE LARGE LOT HIGH END HOMES THAT WOULD INCREASE HIS PROPERTY VALUE.
BUT I'M NOT SURE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT FITS INTO THE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE APPLICANT TONIGHT UH, SAID THAT HE WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT THE PLAN SETS OUT BY MAKING HOUSES AFFORDABLE BUT QUALITY AND UH, I JUST DIDN'T SEE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ANYTHING ABOUT LARGE LOT HIGH END SUBDIVISION.
UM, MY LAST POINT IS THAT UH, THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN NORTH DIM WITTY WHO HAD PREFERRED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES INSTEAD OF APARTMENTS ON COX ROAD, BUT THAT DID NOT MATTER LAST YEAR.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THIS TIME? ALRIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD.
[16. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND I'LL START ON THIS END.WELL, I MENTIONED THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF YOU WEREN'T HERE, SO I JUST WILL REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS HARVEST SEASON AND BE CAREFUL ON THE BACK ROADS BECAUSE THE FARM EQUIPMENT'S BIG AND JUST BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU'RE GOING AROUND THE CURVES AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WATCH OUT FOR, FOR THE FARMING ACTIVITY GOING ON.
MS. BON, UM, ANY COMMENTS? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
AND UH, WITH THAT THE LAST THING IS OUR ADJOURNMENT.
ALL VOTING AYE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.