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CALL THE MEETING THE ORDER ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY.
UH, WILL REJOIN ME ON VACATION AND FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ANCE, OUR FATHER, FATHER IN HEAVEN HALL.
BE THY NAME, THY KINGDOM COMMON.
TH THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US TO STAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
AND THEY IS NOT TO INTIMIDATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
PUT THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER.
PLEDGE 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]
DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? SO CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE THE, UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS ONE.MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT HOT OFF THE PRESS HERE, ACTUALLY OF ABOUT 1220 THIS AFTERNOON.
RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM RIVER STREET.
UH, THEY NEED DOMINION TO HAVE AN EASEMENT TO GET TO THEIR, UM, PROPOSED FIBER HUT AT THE NORTH SIDE SITE.
SO WE WOULD PROPOSE ADDING IT'S 14 C NORTH SIDE SITE APPROVAL OF DOMINION EASEMENT FOR RIVER STREET PROJECT IF THE BOARD SO PLEASES.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO OTHER AMENDMENTS.
JUST NEED A, A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AMENDED AGENDA.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
OKAY.WE'VE HAD TIME TO GO THROUGH THE, UH, AGENDA.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT CHAIR? HEARING NONE.
WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation]
MOVING TO REPORTS.I THINK I MET Y'ALL LAST TIME I WAS HERE WITH DIANA BRYANT, UM, THE SUPERINTENDENT AT PRINCE GEORGE VDOT.
I'M CURRENTLY TRAINING UNDER EARN POSITIONS THE MOM LEARNING FROM HIM.
SO IN THE FUTURE, HEY, NEVER KNOW WHAT THE DOOR MAY OPEN UP
BUT I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY AND I'M GONNA READ SOME STUFF OFF FROM THE BEAT OUT AGENDA AND, UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, UM, GIVE 'EM TO ME AND THE ERR IS HERE.
SO SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T ANSWER, DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO HE'LL SURE.
FIRST OFF, WE HAVE, UM, THE FOUR 60 SHOULDER CLIPPINGS UNDERWAY.
THEY ALREADY DID AS OF YESTERDAY.
THEY DID FROM 6 21 TO COLEMAN LAKE WAS GONNA BE COMPLETED TODAY.
THEY, BEFORE WE START ON BALTIMORE ROAD, WHICH IS 6 22 TOWARDS THE NOTTAWAY LINE, UH, ALSO ROUTE SIX 60 HOLLOWAY MILLS ROAD ON SCHEDULE TO FINISH IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT ANNOUNCEMENTS TO LET YOU KNOW.
UM, CHURCH ROAD AREA HEADQUARTERS REPLACED A CORE PIPE ON ABOUT SEVEN 40 TURKEY EGG ROAD.
UM, FAR AS THE PRIMARY MOWING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THE SECONDARY MO IS FINISHING UP THIS WEEK.
THE INTERSTATE MOWING IS STARTING THE TODAY, THEY'RE NOT THERE PICKING UP TRASH FROM 85.
SO THEY'LL BE DOING FROM 85 QUARTERS FROM 85 INTERCHANGE TO THE NORTH CAROLINA LINE.
UM, IF Y'ALL BEEN NOTICING, THEY DID SOME MOURN IN THE MEDIAN WITH THE PROGRAM.
THE PILOT PROGRAM THEY STARTED WITH, THEY PLANTED SOME POLL NATIVE PLOTS, WHICH WAS, UM, SOME PLANT, SOME FLOWERS, WILDFLOWERS.
I GUESS THEY WANT TO BEAUTIFY THEM WITH IT.
SO THEY GOT THOSE BEING PLANTED.
UM, OF COURSE THEY THREW TRUCK RESTRICTIONS.
THAT'LL BE ON THE HEARING TONIGHT.
AARON WILL BE HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO WE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE A ONE LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO WHERE ARE THE FLOWERS BEING PLANTED? I DIDN'T CATCH.
THEY GOT, UM, A FEW OF THE, UM, UH, WHAT YOU WANNA CALL AARON? UM, IS IT AT THE CLOVER LEAF? WHERE IS IT? UH, IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CLOVER.
AROUND THE CLOVER LEAF SECTIONS? YES.
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, IF YOU SEE SOME, YEAH.
UH, GRASS BEING CUT, THEY TRYING TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
IT, IT IS A LITTLE UNSIGHTLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT JUST MOWED A COUPLE SWATS DOWN THE INSIDE OF THE MEDIAN.
JUST PLANT AND RIGHT AHEAD OF AN OLD
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MOWING, BUT IT'LL LOOK BETTER NEXT.AND RAIN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.
UM, THE, IT IS A AREA, UM, ON GREENSVILLE AVENUE AND, AND WEST PETERBURG GOING IN.
IT'S, UM, IT WAS A SIGN THERE, BUT, UM, IT'S NOT COVERED UP.
BUT THEN THE, UM, AS AS YOU GO IN, IT'S LIKE DIRT.
IT'S A, LIKE A SQUARE, BUT IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE AND IT'S RIGHT ADJACENT TO, UH, DODSON'S FUNERAL HOME.
SO, UM, IT HASN'T BEEN COVERED UP, SO IT'S JUST, UM, I NOTICED THE SIGN WAS THERE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT NOW THE SIGN IS GONE.
BUT, UM, IT HASN'T NOT BEEN, UM, COVERED UP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST DIRT AND A SQUARE IN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO THAT, UH, AND THAT'S ON GREENSVILLE AVENUE, WEST PETERSBURG.
AND, UM, ONE OTHER THING ON SUN SUNSET DRIVE GOING OUT TO 2 26, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, IT'S LIKE A HOLE THERE.
IF YOU ARE COMING OUT ON SUNSET, TURNING ON 2 26, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S LIKE A BIG HOLE AND THEN YOUR TIRES DROP IN THERE.
SO IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A MINUTE.
IT'S, I HEAR FRANKLIN AND YOU GOING ON SUNSET AROUND THAT CURVE, THAT AREA.
SO, YEAH, MR. CHAIR, UM, ON STERLING ROAD THERE'S PROBABLY A 30 FOOT SECTION OF GUARDRAIL THAT HAS PRETTY MUCH GROWN UP WITH GRASS ALL AROUND IT.
UH, IF YOU'RE COMING, IT'S GONNA BE ON PROBABLY THE WEST HAND SIDE.
IF YOU'RE COMING FROM NUMBER ONE HIGHWAY AND YOU'RE GOING TO TOWARDS COX ROAD, IT WILL BE ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE, UH, AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN THE HILL.
SO I JUST KNOW THAT IT'S GROWN UP.
A FARMER CONTACTED ME, HE SAID ON WHITMORE ROAD BETWEEN 40 AND GILLS BRIDGE ROAD, UH, HE ASKED IF IT COULD BE TRIMMED BACK FARM EQUIPMENT IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING THROUGH THERE.
AND THEN ANOTHER CONCERN WAS FOUR 60.
DIDN'T SPECIFY EAST OR WESTBOUND.
HE JUST SAID THERE WERE SOME, SOME PRETTY EXTREME DROPS OFF DROP OFFS THAT HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IF A VEHICLE WENT OFF THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CORRECT AND GET BACK ON THE ROAD.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE AND I GUESS MR. FRENCH KNOWS WHAT IT IS.
SO, UH, PEOPLE ARE GETTING REALLY BAD ACCIDENTS ON HALIFAX ROAD AND I'M HOPING THAT AFTER 13 YEARS WE CAN GET TRUCKS OFF OF HALIFAX.
SO YOU DOING THIS, THAT MEANS GOOD.
WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
UM, ONCE, IF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS, IS UM, PASSED IN, THE RESOLUTION IS PASSED, THEN I'LL TAKE THAT TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.
THEY WILL FORMALIZE THE STUDY BASICALLY AND SAY GOOD TO GO.
UH, IN THE CASE OF HAL EFFECTS, A GRAPH STUDY HAS BEEN DONE MAKING THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
UM, THEN I WILL DO MY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH TAKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
I'VE GOT POSTED SIGNS OUT THERE SAYING RESTRICTIONS, PROPOSED CONTACT RESIDENCY.
AND I'LL ALSO BASICALLY PUT IT ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA, CONTACT VIRGINIA TRUCKS ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ASSOCIATION, GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM, UM, WITHOUT NEGATIVE COMMENT.
THEN WE'LL ON AHEAD AND CLOSE THE CONSTRUCTION.
WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF TRUCKS ON IT NOW MORE THAN EVER AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACCIDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, FATAL.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COMING FROM TRUCK TRUCKS OR, BUT IT'S BAD.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY.
[7.A. Contract Award, Preventive Maintenance For Stryker Equipment ]
OKAY.CONTRACT AWARD PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR, UH, STRIKE EQUIPMENT.
MS. DAWN, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'M WELL, HOW ARE YOU? I'M BLESSED.
WHAT MISS DID WE SAY MISS CHIEF OR JUST CHIEF? CHIEF? MRS. CHIEF.
UM, IN FRONT IN YOUR PACKETS YOU SHOULD HAVE THE MEMO AND THE CON A COPY OF THE CONTRACT, UM, FOR THE STRYKER SALES PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE FOR ALL OF OUR STRETCHERS AND LOAD SYSTEMS. UM, LAST YEAR WE DID AN ANNUAL CONTRACT.
UM, THIS YEAR WE WOULD LIKE TO ENTER A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT FOR TO LOCK IN THE, THE PRI THIS YEAR'S PRICING, THEY TEND TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT EVERY YEAR.
SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A THREE YEAR TERM IF POSSIBLE.
SO THE COUNTY REQUESTED A MULTI-YEAR
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PROPOSAL FROM STRIKER SALE LLC FOR THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, UM, OF ALL OF OUR STRIKER EQUIPMENT.UM, THEY SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL WHICH HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE COUNTY AND THE PROPOSAL INCLUDE INCLUDES A THREE YEAR CONTRACT TO THE BE PAID ANNUALLY AT THE RATE OF $22,547 AND 60 CENTS PER YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF $67,642 AND 79 CENTS.
AND THIS CONTRACT IS SOURCED THROUGH COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR THE, UM, FOR THE RESOLUTION THAT IS LISTED IN YOUR PACKET.
I'D BE HAPPY TO READ IT IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO READ IT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION.
APPRECIATE, THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING THE CHIEF POSITION,
[7.B. CAD, GIS & RMS System Amendment ]
OKAY, MOVING ON TO B CHAD, G-I-S-R-M-S SYSTEM AMENDMENT.HOW ARE YOU SIR? JUDGE? UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE A MEMO IN YOUR PACKET, UM, IN REFERENCE TO ASKING THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE, UM, FROM 50,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO BE ALL HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON AND EXECUTE CHANGE ORDERS.
UM, GO BACK A LITTLE BIT IN HISTORY.
UM, IN 2020 YOU ALL APPROVED THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COULD EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER 18 AND ANY FUTURE CHANGE ORDERS TOTALING UP TO $50,000.
THE MOST RECENT CHANGE ORDER, WHICH IS CHANGE ORDER 28.
UM, AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA WHAT THAT IS, THAT IS PART OF THE RADIO PROJECT FOR THE A VL SYSTEM.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THE AUTOMATED VEHICLE LOCATOR THAT'S TIED TO THE RADIO SYSTEM.
SO WHEN THEIR RADIOS ARE ON, WHEN THEY ARE OUT PATROLLING, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM ON THE MAP WITH THIS.
UM, THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT IS CAUSING US TO GO OVER THE 50,000 IS $4,840.
UM, SO AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE EXISTING FUNDS THAT ARE THERE FOR THE, UM, RADIO PROJECT.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD IS JUST TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY CHANGE ORDERS OR FOR THE CAD SYSTEM UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS VERSUS THE 50,000 SINCE WE'RE ALREADY OVER THAT 50,000.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S UH, YES, IT'S, YEAH IT IS.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS THEN I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
[7.C. Contract Award, Compensation And Classification Study]
OKAY.CONTRACT, AWARD COMPENSATION AND QUALITY CLASSIFICATION STUDY.
UH, MR. CHAIR IS MS. LIPSCOMB LEE MAKES HER WAY TO THE FRONT.
IN REFERENCE TO THIS, UH, AT THE JUNE 18TH, 2024, REGULAR MEETING OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, IKCM DOOLEY INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING ONE, THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR THE CLASS CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY AND TWO RECOMMENDATION FOR EXTENDING THE INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY.
I'M EMPLOYED BY DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THESE ITEMS WILL AFFECT THE EMPLOYEES OF DEMEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OTHER PARTS OF EE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
AFTERNOON, CHAVIS VICE CHAIRMAN LEE
I HOPE YOU ALL ARE HAVING A GOOD EVENING.
UM, IN FRONT OF YOU IN YOUR BOARD PACKAGE, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE MEMO AS WELL AS THE CONTRACT.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF HISTORY, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019, THE COUNTY CONTRACT WITH MANAGEMENT ADVISORY GROUP INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, YOU ALL KNOW THAT AS MAG, UM, THEY DEVELOPED A COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
THAT PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED IN FY 22 AND FY 2023.
IT NO LONGER REPRESENTS OUR MARKET VALUE COMPENSATION.
OF COURSE, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAGE INFLATION THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AS WELL AS IN THE PUBLIC, SPECIFICALLY IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY SECTOR.
UM, ON APRIL 12TH, 2024, WE RELEASED NRFP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF A COMPREHENSIVE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY.
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10 VENDORS RESPONDED TO THAT RFP ON MAY THE SECOND, 20 24, 4 OF THOSE VENDORS WERE SELECTED FOR PRESENTATIONS AND THE PRESENTATIONS WERE HELD ON MAY 29TH, 2024, UH, THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO AUTOSOL AUTOSOL.UM, THE CONTRACT WITH AUTOSOL WILL INCLUDE A COMPLETION OF CLASSIFICATION STUDY AND COMPENSATION STUDY, UH, SIX MONTHS MAINTENANCE SERVICES, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES REVIEWING NEW POSITIONS AND REEVALUATING EXISTING POSITIONS AS WELL AS PAY SCALE.
UH, THIS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A TOTAL COST OF THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS.
THIS CONTRACT WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE IN YEAR ONE FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE STUDY FOR $6,000.
AND IN YEAR TWO MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR $12,000.
IF ALL RENEWALS ARE USED, THE CONTRACT WILL BE A TOTAL OF 55,875.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE APPROVE THIS CONTRACT WITH AUTOSOL.
HI BOARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? AND THE STUDY'S GONNA BE FROM WIND TO WIND.
I MEAN, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE 'EM TO BEFORE WE HAVE SOMETHING BACK? YES.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSING TO START THE STUDY, UH, THE SECOND WEEK OF JULY, JULY THE EIGHTH.
AND THEY ARE ESTIMATING THAT IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 12 WEEKS TO COMPLETE THAT STUDY.
SO BEFORE THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, WE'LL CORRECT HOPEFULLY BEFORE YOUR ADVANCE IN THE FALL, BEFORE OCTOBER MM-HMM
WHERE DO WE FIT IN NOW? DO YOU KNOW IN THIS AREA HOW, HOW THAT WORKS? OR I MEAN, UM, THAT ON THE RECORD,
WELL, UM, WE FIT IN UNFORTUNATELY SOMEWHERE IN THE BOTTOM HALF.
UM, BUT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF GETTING IN THIS CONTRACT WITH AUTOSOL AND WE TRUST THAT WE WILL NO LONGER BE THERE, UM, THAT WE'LL BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE REST OF THE REGION ONCE WE'RE DONE.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY'S FOR, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
DON'T HAVE A WHOLE TIMELINE WITH KICKOFF AND WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH STAFF TO KIND OF GIVE THEM OR SUPERVISORS TO GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF WHAT'S TO COME, WHAT'S TO ANTICIPATE.
SO JUST SOME EDUCATION ABOUT IT.
WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO DO THIS.
[7.D. Revisions To The Dinwiddie County Personnel Manual]
RIGHT.REVISION TO THE DE WITTY COUNTY PERSONAL MANUAL? YES.
UM, AGAIN, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE MEMO AS WELL AS THE POLICY THAT WE ARE, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT WE REVISE OR AMEND.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THERE HAVE BEEN AMENDMENTS TO THE VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 40.1 DASH 27.4, WHICH GOVERNS LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT AND PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES ON JULY 1ST, 2024.
EMPLOYER WILL INCLUDE, INCLUDE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, HOWEVER, IT WILL NOT INCLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON JULY 1ST, 2024.
SECTION 40.1 DASH 27.4 B WILL STATE AS FOLLOWS.
NO EMPLOYER SHALL DISCHARGE DISCIPLINE OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE FOR SUCH EMPLOYEE'S LAWFUL USE OF CANNABIS OIL UNDER THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, PURSUANT TO A VALID WRITTEN CERTIFICATION WRITTEN BY A PRACTITIONER FOR THEIR TREATMENT OR TO ELIMINATE THE SYMPTOMS OF THE EMPLOYEE'S DIAGNOSED CONDITION OR DISEASE PURSUANT TO 4.1 DASH 1601.
AS A RESULT, WE ARE PROPOSING THE FOLLOWING TWO CHANGES OR REVISIONS TO THE DENWITTY COUNTY PERSONNEL MANUAL.
THE FIRST CHANGE STATES THAT THE COUNTY WILL ABIDE BY SECTION 40.74.
ANY USE OF CANNABIS OIL BY EMPLOYEES IS SUBJECT TO THE DEFINITIONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 40.174.
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REVISION, THE REVISION STATES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTAKE IN CANNABIS OIL.THE SECOND CHANGE INSERTS THE UNDERLYING PROVISIONS, AND YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT TO FOLLOW ALONG, UM, INSERTS THAT UNDERLINED PROVISIONS AND STRIKES THE WORDS IN STRIKE THROUGH IN SECTION 18 A, ONE OF THE MANUAL TO STATE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, NUMBER ONE, REPORTING TO WORK, UM, INSERTING POSSESSION OF UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OR IMPAIRMENT BY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
INSERT CANNABIS OIL AND OR CONTROL SUBSTANCES, STRIKE AND OR ILLEGAL DRUGS AND NARCOTICS OR THE USE SALE DISPENSING OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES INSERTING CANNABIS OIL AND OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND STRIKING AND OR ILLEGAL DRUGS AND NARCOTICS ON COUNTY PREMISES.
IN NO EVENT WILL COUNTY EMPLOYEES BE PERMITTED TO BE IN POSSESSION OF UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OR IMPAIRED BY CANNABIS OIL OR OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AT WORK.
WE ARE REQUESTING TO INSERT THE TEXT SHOWN UNDERLINE AND TO REMOVE THE TEXT THAT'S IN STRIKE THROUGH.
AND WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THESE CHANGES BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1ST, 2024.
THAT'S A HARD THING TO GO THROUGH THE WAY WE'RE, UH, THINGS ARE WORKING OUT TODAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A LOT GOING ON WITH THAT.
JUST, JUST A COMMENT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I MEAN, I JUST WORRY ABOUT THE LIABILITY.
CERTAINLY THAT, THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING IN MY MIND IS WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH MILLION DOLLAR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, UM, THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, JUST THE SAFETY AND, AND THE, THE SHEER LIABILITY.
UM, IN PARTICULAR WHEN IT SAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE? MM-HMM.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT WHEN THEY COME TO WORK, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT THE STATE HAS, HAS MOVED IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION, BUT I REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HEARTBURN WITH THIS.
UH, I JUST THINK IT OPENS US UP AND NOT JUST THIS COMMUNITY, BUT EVERY COMMUNITY WHEN IT, WHEN IT PASSED SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE.
AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS, UM, ONCE WE PUT THIS IN PLACE, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL DO SOME TESTING, UM, BACK TO SOME TYPE OF CORRECT.
RANDOM, RANDOM GENERATED TESTS.
'CAUSE I MEAN, IF WE DON'T DO SOME TESTING, WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT THE WAY THEY'RE LEGALIZING EVERYTHING NOW, UM, ON SUBSTANCE, THAT'S THE HARD PART.
I MEAN, HOW DO YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WRONG OR, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE HARD PART TOO.
LIKE MARK SAID, IT'S, UH, IT'S, WE ARE THE ONES HELD A LOT, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE, SIR.
WELL, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT, UM, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY AS WELL AS, UM, MR. MASSING WILL AND MYSELF, WERE STAYING ON TOP OF ALL OF THE LEGISLATES AND NEWS AND INFORMATION THAT'S COMING THROUGH.
UM, AND TRYING TO STAY ABREAST OF THAT AND KEEP OURSELVES EDUCATED AND KEEP YOU ALL EDUCATED AS WELL IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE CERTAINLY WILL ALSO MOVE TO DO TRAINING, UM, WITH SUPERVISORS ON, UM, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE IMPAIRED BY SUBSTANCES.
ALTHOUGH THAT'S NOT A 100% GUARANTEE, IT CERTAINLY IS A WAY TO EDUCATE STAFF ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE ONES THAT GONNA BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, YOU KNOW, AND ACCOUNTABLE.
SO THAT'S JUST A HARD DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO WELL, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO WE'RE INSURED BY CORP, I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT JUMPING FOR JOY.
UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME THIS TYPE OF A POLICY BECAUSE, UH, THAT'S OUR INSURER AND NOT JUST US, BUT MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES AROUND US.
AND SO I, I WOULD THINK AT SOME POINT, MAYBE IN THE FALL, HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH OUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT SOME OF OUR CONCERNS WOULD NOT BE A BAD IDEA FOR THE NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION.
'CAUSE I THINK IT CAN BE TWEAKED, UH, POSSIBLY.
AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'VE TALKED TO OTHER COUNTIES AND ABOUT THE SAME SITUATIONS.
WE HAVE DONE SOME BENCHMARKING WITH OTHER LOCALITIES AND IT'S INTERESTING.
I MEAN, I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYBODY'S GOING THROUGH THE SAME, THE SAME THING WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
UM, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AND YEAH, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS WITH THE, UH, CANNABIS OIL AND IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO DETECT IF SOMEONE IS USING,
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I KNOW WITH, UH, MEDICALLY IF THEY HAVE A CARD, UM, AND I KNOW I WAS THINKING ABOUT HIPAA AND ALL THAT.IF THEY HAVE A, A CARD AND FROM THE DOCTOR THAT SAYS THEY CAN USE THIS, UM, THEY'RE ON THE JOB, UM, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT? AND I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HIPAA LAW, ARE THEY ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEIR SUPERVISOR OR TO LET THEM KNOW? SO, AND I'M THINKING THAT YOU KNOW, SOMEONE, AND YOU, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS, UM, AND NOT TO DRIVE
SAY IF YOU DO, IF YOU HAVE THAT AND YOU SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR, BECAUSE I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, YOU HAVE THIS AND YOU COME TO WORK, I'M RIDING WITH YOU SO I'M IN JEOPARDY AS WELL AS SOMEONE ELSE IF POSSIBLY THAT YOU MAY GET AN AC ACCIDENT WITH.
BUT OF COURSE YOU DON'T WANT TO TELL ALL YOUR COWORKERS, BUT RIGHT.
I MEAN, DO YOU RECOMMEND THEY TELL THEIR SUPERVISOR OR NOT? I'M JUST SAYING WITH THE HIPAA THING, I'M JUST KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES, WE ARE NOT REQUESTING THAT THEY SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH US UPFRONT.
IT'S IF YOU TEST POSITIVE IN THE COURSE OF A RANDOM DRUG TEST, A PRE-EMPLOYMENT OR REASONABLE SUSPICION, AND IT COMES BACK, YOU HAVE THAT CARD, YOU SHOW US THAT CARD, YOU'LL BE OKAY AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ANIMAL CONTROL.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT REQUIRING THAT INDIVIDUALS SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH US UP FRONT.
AND MISS, MR. CHAIRMAN, ONE OTHER LIST, ANIMAL CONTROL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CDLS.
WE DO, WE DO HAVE A SMALL HANDFUL OF CDL DRIVERS WHO DRIVE, I THINK THE RECYCLING TRUCK FOR THE COUNTY AND THEY'RE SUBJECT TO FEDERAL DOT RULES.
AND, AND, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
JUST WONDERING, I WAS LOOKING AT PART OF THE POLICY AND IT HAS 50 NANOGRAMS PER MILLILITER.
IS THAT GONNA BE OUR STANDARD FOR WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE IMPAIRED FOR EMPLOYEES? AND IF SO, IS THE TESTING THAT WE'RE USING GOING TO SHOW THAT THAT LEVEL IT SHOULD IF IT MEETS THE STANDARD.
AND OUR TESTING WILL MEET THE STANDARDS.
AND DOES MEET THE STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL LAW MM-HMM
AND, AND WHEN YOU DO TEST, WILL THAT SHOW PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AS WELL? YES.
MR. CHAIRMAN, AGAIN, JUST TO TO THE POINT, UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MANAGING THROUGH, I GUESS AT THIS TIME, RIGHT? WHERE, WHERE WE SEE LAWS ARE CHANGING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO SET THE TONE OF THE EXPECTATION OF THE EMPLOYEE VERY MUCH SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN USED TO IN DWI COUNTY.
UM, NOW THAT BEING SAID, AND I THINK DR. MOORE, AND YOU ALL KNOW I'VE BEEN APPOINTED IN A POSITION AT BAY CORP INSURANCE BOARD, UH, TO BE ITS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
AND I MEAN, IT IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION COMMONWEALTH WIDE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK TIME'S GONNA TELL OVER THE NEXT YEAR OF, OF WHAT THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
AND THROUGHOUT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH WHEN ACCIDENTS OCCUR, THE, THE REAL QUESTION, MR. DOOLEY NAILED IT TOO.
I MEAN, IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT LEVEL DO YOU TRULY BECOME IMPAIRED? YOU KNOW, THERE'S STANDARDS WHEN WE WITH OTHER DRUGS, WITH ALCOHOL, BUT WITH, WITH CANNABIS, IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT.
UM, AND WHAT THE LAW IS TELLING US NOW THAT, THAT WE CAN'T DISCRIMINATE ON THAT, ON THAT ALONE.
UM, NOW EXPECTATIONS OF OUR EMPLOYEES WILL, WILL STILL BE A HIGH BAR.
I MEAN, WE, WE STILL EXPECT OUR EMPLOYEES TO COME IN WITH, WITH INTEGRITY.
AND TO YOUR POINT, MS. BONNER, BEING ABLE TO, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE IN PUBLIC SAFETY, I MEAN, THEY RELY ON EACH OTHER QUITE A BIT, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO, UM, I THINK THAT, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT YOU TO SKIP OVER WHAT, UM, MS. LEE SAID TOO IN REGARDS TO TRAINING.
AND I, I THINK IT'S REALLY INCUMBENT UPON US, AND, AND V CORP IS TALKING ABOUT THIS FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT TOO, OF HOW DO WE TRAIN OUR SUPERVISORS TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP ON SUBTLE NUANCES, THINGS THAT LOOK A LITTLE BIT BIT DIFFERENT, TO BE ABLE TO RAISE SUSPICION AND ESPECIALLY IN, IN A PUBLIC SAFETY ENVIRONMENT.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA ATTENTION TO HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK.
SO I, AGAIN, I KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS PUTS US
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INTO COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH MM-HMM.THE LAWS THAT WE NEED TO, TO, TO GOVERN IT.
SO WE GOTTA MAKE A DECISION AND, OKAY.
WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US TODAY.
[7.E. Recommendation For Extending Independence Day Holiday Closure]
FOR EXTENDING, UH, INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY CLOSING.MR. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE A MEMO FROM ME TO YOU ALL AND, UM, AGAIN, IT'S THE EXTENSION OF THE IN INDEPENDENCE DAY, 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY TO INCLUDE JULY 5TH.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, PRESENTLY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THE COUNTY OPERATES ON THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA HOLIDAY SCHEDULE.
SO IF THE, THE STATE'S CLOSED WE'RE CLOSED, UM, THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST WAS THAT ON MAY 10TH, UM, THE HONORABLE JOSEPH MTFE, JUNIOR CHIEF JUDGE OF THE 11TH JUDICIAL COURT ORDERED THAT, UM, ALL OF THE COURTHOUSES OF THE 11TH CIRCUIT BE CLOSED.
AND SO WE HAVE A MIXTURE OF CONSTITUTIONAL EMPLOYEES, COUNTY EMPLOYEES IN THAT FACILITY THAT'S GONNA BE CLOSED ON THE FIFTH.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOUR TENS THAT THEY'RE ALSO CLOSED ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
AND SO FOR CONSISTENCY, MY MY PROPOSAL WAS TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE ON THE FIFTH, AND THAT WAS TO BE CONSISTENT SO THAT WE CAN SEND ONE UNIFIED MESSAGE THAT THE COUNTY, OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF, UM, IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT I MEAN, THEY STILL WOULD BE RECOGNIZED WITH THE DAY BEING ABLE TO, UM, COMPENSATE IT FOR THAT DAY.
UM, BUT FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES, UM, THERE AREN'T SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BACK TO THE STAFF.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOLIDAYS.
I MEAN, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT COMPENSATION.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE EXTRA BENEFITS.
AND SO WE, WE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I LOOKED AT 'EM THAT FAVORABLY JUST FOR THE EMPLOYEE WELLBEING.
AND THEN JUST OPERATIONALLY EFFICIENT, I THINK IT'S, IF WE WERE TO STAY OPEN, IT WOULD BE A SKELETAL STAFF AND I DON'T KNOW THAT A LOT WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND, UH, THEREFORE I MADE THE RECOMMENDATION AND TALKED TO, TO CHAIRMAN CHAVIS ABOUT IT.
HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD, UH, PUT IT ON ITS AGENDA TODAY TO ADOPT.
SO, UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST NEED SIMPLY THAT, UH, MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD CLOSE ON JULY 5TH, 2024 AND GET THAT MESSAGE OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, JUST, JUST A REMINDER THAT ALL THE WASTE SITES WILL BE OPEN YEAH.
SO, UM, WASTE MANAGEMENT STAYS OPEN, PUBLIC SAFETY STAYS OPEN.
SO MOVE, AND I'LL SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY.
CITIZENS' COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE ANY, ANYONE SIGNED? MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
[9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS]
MOVE ON TO MR. MASSING? YEAH.ALRIGHT, SO, UM, A FEW COMMENTS TODAY.
ONE WANTED TO START OFF SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, DI WOODY GET A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, VISITORS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
SO THIS IS THE BIG NHRA, UH, WEEKEND, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY HERE.
AND, AND THEN WE, SO THOUSANDS OF, OF PEOPLE OF TICKETS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOLD.
UH, FRIDAY, JUNE 21ST IS THE QUALIFYING SESSION.
IT ACTUALLY GATES OPEN AT A AM THE QUALIFICATION PIECE ACTUALLY STARTS AT 5:00 PM SATURDAY.
THEY CALL IT THE SATURDAY SHOWDOWN.
UH, THAT'S THE, THE SPORTSMAN ELIMINATION PARK STARTS AT SEVEN 15.
SO THEY START GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE ELIMINATION PIECES.
THEN CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY IS ON JUNE 23RD.
SO THE MIDWAY OPENS AT 10:00 AM UM, AND THE LAST ELIMINATION RACES AT FIVE 20.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THE WINNER CIRCLE AT THE END FOR ALL THE, THE INDIVIDUAL RACES THAT THE, THE, THE SPECTATORS CAN SEE.
SO WE JUST, THIS IS A GOOD TIME.
ONE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALK ABOUT IT A BUDGET, THE TOURISM DOLLAR THAT COMES INTO THE COUNTY.
THIS IS A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION, NOT ONLY FOR THE COUNTY, BUT THE REGION AND THE COMMONWEALTH.
UM, SO WHAT WE ALSO, FOR THE MOTORY, UH, THAT THE, THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, ON ROUTE ONE AND WE KNOW THAT WE'LL SEE A, A LOT MORE MM-HMM
SO JUST FOR THE DIMITY COMMUNITY, WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT, TO RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU DON'T WANNA GET CAUGHT UP IN THE RACE TRAFFIC,
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YOU PROBABLY WANNA STAY OFF OF ROUTE ONE DURING, DURING THE, UM, THE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY TIMEFRAME.BUT WANTED TO, TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, ALSO, UM, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE ABOUT THE NEED OF THE COUNTY TO LOOK AT, UH, DOING A REALLY IN-DEPTH HOUSING ANALYSIS.
AND SO DR. MOORE, MYSELF, UM, AND SAM HAYES REPRESENTS YOU NOW ON THE, UH, THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION.
AND AT OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING OF THE CRATER PDC, THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF THE CRATER PDC LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A, UM, A REGIONAL HOUSING STUDY.
SO, UM, I'M PLEASED TO SAY I'VE, I'VE GOT A LETTER THAT I WILL SIGN.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THOUGH, THAT'S ENCOURAGING THE, THE GRANT FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE ADOPTING THAT REGIONAL HOUSING STUDY.
UH, LETTERS REALLY WELL WRITTEN.
WE MADE JUST A COUPLE MODIFICATIONS TO IT.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT REALLY GETS TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
UH, LOOKING AT THE HOUSING STOCK, UH, THE OVERALL AFFORDABILITY PIECE.
'CAUSE I KNOW MS. IBERO, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT.
UM, AND, AND JUST ACCESSIBILITY TO HOUSING AT, AT VARIOUS INCOME LEVELS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
I MEAN ACROSS THE, UH, THE COUNTY AND THE REGION COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES IN, IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANY REGIONAL HOUSING, UH, TRENDS.
'CAUSE WE, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THE REGION AND EVEN HOMELESSNESS HERE, IF YOU WERE TALKING TO OUR SOCIAL SERVICES, THEY WOULD TELL YOU STILL EXISTS.
IT JUST LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE COUNTRY, UH, COMPARED TO IN, IN THE CITY.
BUT AGAIN, THAT I'LL BE SIGNING THAT LETTER OF SUPPORT.
UM, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
USUALLY GIVE A BREAK ON JULY 2ND.
UM, OR OR JULY WORKSHOP,
UM, I'VE GOT A LOT FOR THE AGENDA.
AND IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE MEETING, IF Y'ALL WANNA MOVE SOME OF THE STUFF WE COULD, UM, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT TODAY.
MOORE'S NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE AUGUST MEETING.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU MOVE SOME OF THESE ITEMS TO AUGUST, DR. MOORE WON'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
BUT IF SOME OF Y'ALL ARE GOING OUTTA TOWN 4TH OF JULY, WE, WE MIGHT NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT MEETING.
BUT, UH, LASHONDA MENTIONED THE CLASSING AND AND COMP.
I REALLY WANTED TO DO AN IN, IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH YOU GUYS ON WHAT THAT CLASS AND COMPENSATION STUDY IS ALL ABOUT.
UH, BEING YOU'VE APPROVED IT TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE WILL KICK OFF, I THINK IT'S JULY 7TH OR EIGHTH.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A FEEL OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE COMPANY AND ALL THAT.
WE INTERVIEWED ASKED THAT THE COUNTY DEVELOP A COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY.
AND SO I TOOK A STAB AT WRITING THAT SENIOR STAFF TAKING A LOOK AT IT, OFFERED SOME, UM, MODIFICATIONS TO IT.
BUT I WANTED TO GET THAT TO YOU ALL BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SETTING THE BAR OF, IS THIS WHAT THE BOARD BELIEVES IN? IF THEY, IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN CERTAIN ASPECTS, WE CAN TAKE IT OUT.
BUT IT, IT REALLY IS THAT LEADERSHIP PIECE OF, OF WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO, UM, TO STAND FOR WHEN IT COMES TO COMPENSATION.
AND, AND THERE MAY BE CERTAIN AREAS, RIGHT? THERE MAY BE CERTAIN AREAS OF COUNTY STAFFING THAT, THAT YOU DON'T MIND PAYING MORE THAN THE MARKET, UM, TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT CERTAIN PEOPLE.
AND THERE MAY BE AREAS THAT YOU'RE FINE BEING CLOSE TO THE MARKET.
AND SO, AGAIN, IT GETS TO THAT, THAT COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY PIECE.
WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TIMELINE AND SCOPE.
AND THEN THERE'S, UM, WITH AUTOSOL, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT LASHONDA MENTIONED IT, BUT THERE IS A CLIMATE ASSESSMENT OR AN EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY THAT'S DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT.
AND I, I WANT YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE IT'S ASKING THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WE WOULD WANT IT TO ASK.
AND THEN AT THE CONCLUSION, IT KIND OF GIVES US A FEEL FOR, YOU KNOW, DID, DID WE HIT THE MARK THAT WE WERE, WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
THE OTHER SUBJECTS THAT WE HAVE IS THE PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG BOX REQUIREMENT OF, OF, NOW THAT WE ARE OUR OWN PHARMACY.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT BUDGET TIME.
CHIEF TEUS, UH, HAD TO LEAVE, BUT SHE AND I HAVE BEEN BEEN MEETING FREQUENTLY ABOUT THIS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL GETTING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
UM, BUT THERE'S A, THERE'S, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE, THESE DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ARE UNDER CAREFUL, UM, WATCHFUL EYE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING SOME UPDATES, ESTIMATES FROM ELITE CONTRACTING GROUP DOES OUR SECURITY, WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, BUT IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY BIG UNDERTAKING.
THIRD THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT WAS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO DO MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND IT KIND OF DOVETAILS TO THE LAST SUBJECT, WHICH IS THE GENERAL REASSESSMENT.
SO WE WANTED TO KINDA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE REASSESSMENT PROCESS.
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UM, AND I HAVE TAKEN A STAB AT DOING A LITTLE BIT OF A PUBLIC RELATIONS PLAN.AND, UH, MARIA AND I TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS.
BUT AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO, TO INFORM THE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO EN ENGAGE THE COUNTY CITIZENS ABOUT THE REASON FOR THE REASSESSMENT AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND WHAT COULD BE A HISTORICAL HIGH, UH, GENERAL REASSESSMENT RATE OF CHANGE.
AND SO WE ARE, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT OUR SALES RATIO IS THE, ABOUT THE LOWEST THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IT AT THE TIME OF A REASSESSMENT.
SO AGAIN, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF IT.
AND, AND AGAIN, MS. GRANT AND I TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY.
I TALKED TO THE, THE COMMISSIONER REVENUE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HANDLE THE REASSESSMENT, THEY, EVERYONE IMMEDIATELY GOES TO THE, TO THE, UM, THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE WITH QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
SO I'M JUST ANTICIPATING, UH, ABOUT OCTOBER, UH, WHEN PEOPLE START TO SEE THE VALUES, JUST HOW DRASTICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT MAY, MAY BE, RIGHT.
SO TWO SALES THAT RECENTLY CAME THROUGH, ONE OFF OF ROUTE 2 26 ACROSS FROM GENTRY, WELL WORKS A 1350, I BELIEVE, SQUARE FOOT HOME CINDER BLOCK FOUNDATION, UM, SMALL, UH, 10 BY 10 WOODEN DECK ON THE BACK.
UM, I BELIEVE MS. STEVENS SAID SOLD WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOR $325,000.
THAT SAME HOUSE IN 2019, SHE INDICATED IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 160.
SO, I MEAN, JUST IN, IN THE LAST REASSESSMENT TO THIS REASSESSMENT, UH, BUTTER WOOD ROAD, NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION, 1800 SQUARE FOOT ON TWO ACRES, UH, PROBABLY NOT A HUNDRED YARDS FROM, UM, FOUR 60 IS STARTING PRICE AT 4 29.
UM, AND IN TALKING TO THE REALTORS, THEY, THEY BELIEVE THAT WILL BE SOLD BEFORE IT'S FINISHED.
SO WHEN YOU SEE SALES LIKE THAT TAKING PLACE, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S DOING TO DRIVE COST, RIGHT? AND IT'S, IT'S, AND THE OVERALL PRICE ASSOCIATED WITH, SO WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT, I'M TALKING TO MS AGAIN, MARIA AND I ABOUT TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS PUBLIC RELATIONS PLAN, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND I AND KNOW, TALKING TO EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD, AND I'LL SAY IT PUBLICLY, THAT THE DESIRE OF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS IS TO GET THAT, THAT RATE DOWN AS, AS DRASTICALLY FAR AS THEY CAN GO.
BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES TO RUN A COMMUNITY TOO, RIGHT? AND SO I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE, ARE GONNA CAREFULLY EVALUATE THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ALREADY ARE QUESTIONING, WELL, IF WE STAY AT 84 CENTS WITH THOSE VALUES, THERE'S NOT AN INTENTION OF ANYBODY ON THE BOARD OR THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THAT RATE TO STAY AT 84 CENTS.
IT, IT'S GOING TO DROP PROBABLY PRETTY DRASTICALLY, UH, TO GET CLOSER TO THAT, THAT EFFECTIVE RATE.
SO LEMME JUST PAUSE AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S TUESDAY, JULY 2ND.
I MEAN, IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY, THAT'S A FOUR O'CLOCK MEETING.
UM, AGAIN, IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE SOME OF THESE THINGS WE COULD, UH, BUT I, I REALLY FELT LIKE THO THAT WOULD BE YOUR JULY 2ND MEETING.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL WE'LL KEEP THAT AS SCHEDULED THEN.
SO I WAS, UM, MY SON WAS ABLE TO GO THIS YEAR.
I KNOW, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE, 176 CAMPERS ATTENDED THE, UH, THE FOUR H CAMP THIS YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ONE THING, UM, I LIKE TO SAY IT'S KIND OF BUSINESS AS USUAL AND IT, AND I THINK IT WAS FOR THE CAMPERS, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER HANNAH WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS YEAR, MELISSA LEFT.
SO ANGELA, UM, PICKED UP A LOT OF THE SLACK, I THINK.
AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE, UM, I BELIEVE THEY INDICATED ABOUT 15 ADULT VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE ABLE TO ASSIST THIS YEAR.
BUT, UM, JUST A TREMENDOUS FEEDBACK THAT WE, YOU KNOW, AND SUPERVISOR DOOLEY, CASEY, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME YEARS, RIGHT? WITH BRINGING, BRINGING THE HORSES THERE AND, AND ACTUALLY CAME UP ON MY, MY PHOTOS OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD LAST YEAR UP ON THE HORSE
LAST YEAR YOU WERE VICE CHAIR.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO IMPRESS PEOPLE TO SAY, I AM ABLE TO DO IT
SO NEXT YEAR WE'LL GET YOU BACK ON THE HORSE, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, FOR WHAT YOU DO TOO, CASEY, AND DOING THAT AND GIVING BACK TO THE, TO THE YOUTHS THAT WAY.
SO I KIND MOVE OVER TO DAN LEE 'CAUSE HE'S BEEN THE, THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL GUY ON THE BOARD.
BUT, UH, THE DI AND THEN THE NATIONAL SIDE.
SO THE COUNTY FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW IS SPLIT.
SO WE'VE GOT THE DIMITY AMERICANS THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY THE SUTHERLAND AREA, AND THEN
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YOU'VE GOT THE NATIONALS THAT'S ON THE OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY.SO I WAS, I WAS, UM, I WAS BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH.
SO I, WHEN I WAS, WHEN I, I PLAYED AS AMERICAN WHEN I PLAYED BASEBALL, SO I ALWAYS, ALWAYS HEAR HOW, HOW GR HOW GREAT THE, THE NATIONALS WERE.
BUT THE AMERICANS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'VE, THEY'VE WON A FEW CHAMPIONSHIPS OVER THE YEARS TOO.
BUT THIS YEAR, UH, THE NATIONALS ARE GONNA BE HOSTING THE DIXIE BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENT.
SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER TO COMMONWEALTH, UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THIS.
THAT ACTUALLY IS STARTING ON JULY 5TH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, SO WE WILL, WE, IN ADDITION TO WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL HAVE OUR PARK PARKS AND REC STAFF TOO, UM, WORKING TO SUPPORT THE, THE DIXIE TOURNAMENT THAT STARTS ON THAT FRIDAY.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE, THE NEXT WEEK.
ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE REALLY GOOD BASEBALL.
UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST, I MEAN, THESE ARE THE BEST TEAMS IN THE, IN THE STATE THAT WILL BE THERE.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SINCE COVID THAT WE WILL HAVE, WE WILL HAVE HOSTED THE, THE TOP STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THAT.
AND THE WINNERS OF THE STATE TOURNAMENT GOES TO THE WORLD SERIES, WHICH DI'S HAD ITS SHARE OF THOSE OVER THE YEARS TOO.
SO, AND, AND BECAUSE WE'RE HOSTING IT, THE DIMITY NATIONALS AUTOMATICALLY, UH, GET TO GO TO THE, TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL PLAYING THE REGION, UH, THE, THE LOCAL DISTRICT TOURNAMENT NOW.
SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL PROBABLY STILL MAKE IT.
ANYWAY, I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, LASHONDA TALKED TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OF COURSE, CLASSIC COMP, AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE POLICY WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR MR. CHAVIS POINT ABOUT, UM, I GUESS RECRUITMENT AND WHERE WE'RE AT, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPENSATION, BUT I MEAN THE, THE, THE HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, JUST ABSOLUTELY IN FULL SWING.
SO FROM A RECRUITMENT STANDPOINT, I ASKED LASHONDA EARLIER, JUST IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ENDING THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UH, SHE'S BEEN RECRUITING FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 POSITIONS IN THIS QUARTER.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A PHENOMENAL AMOUNT OF RECRUITMENT THAT HAS TO GO ON.
AND ABOUT HALF, NEARLY HALF OF THOSE 40 ARE JUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY ALONE.
SO WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, UM, IN THE, IN OVERALL COMPETITIVENESS AND, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CLASS IN COMP, YOU'RE LOOKING AT NEARLY HALF OF YOUR TURNOVER IS JUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY ALONE, RIGHT? PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, NOW, MODERATE TURNOVER, WE WOULD, WE CALLED, IT WAS NOT EXTREME.
IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, OF THESE 40, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW POSITIONS ALL THE WAY UP FROM RETIREMENTS AND PEOPLE MOVING ON TO OTHER OTHER THINGS.
UM, SO IT'S A LOT OF, UM, TURNOVER FROM A RETENTION STANDPOINT.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER ON, ON THE, THE CANNABIS SIDE ABOUT TRYING TO GET SOME SUPERVISORY TRAINING.
WE'RE SPENDING A WHOLE LOT MORE TIME NOW, BE MORE STRATEGIC, MORE PURPOSEFUL ON MANAGEMENT, UM, HAVING MORE OF A LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOCUS.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO DEVELOP SOME, UM, INITIATIVES THERE.
UM, SALARY AND COMPENSATION LETTERS.
SO LASH'S OFFICE IS, ONCE THE BOARD ADOPTS THE BUDGET, THE MARCHING ORDER IS TO GIVE EVERY PART-TIME AND EVERY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE A LETTER THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THEIR COMPENSATION LOOKS LIKE.
ON THE FULL-TIME LETTER, WE ACTUALLY GO TO THE DETAIL OF SPECIFYING THAT IT'S MORE THAN JUST COMPENSATION.
SO IT'S YOUR BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING INCLUDED.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE TAXPAYER PAYING FOR YOUR TOTAL PACKAGE HEALTH INSURANCE, UM, TO HAVE YOU AS AN EMPLOYEE.
SO THOSE LETTERS HOPE TO GO OUT MAYBE THIS WEEK OR END OF NEXT WEEK BEFORE JULY 1ST,
UM, AND THEN POLICY DEVELOPMENT, WE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT TODAY, BUT WE'VE GOT A, A LOT OF POLICY STUFF, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, UM, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD STUFF.
'CAUSE IT, SOME OF THIS NEEDED TO REALLY BEEN UPDATED.
UM, AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO GO THIS, I GUESS IT WAS LAST WEEK TO THE, UH, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, UH, KAISHA BROWN, UH, OUR, OUR CLERK AND MY ASSISTANT, UH, CHAIRS, THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, DIDN'T STAY THE WHOLE MEETING.
BUT, UM, REALLY EXCITED TO TELL Y'ALL THAT, THAT THEY'RE REALLY DIVING IN DEEP TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT EVEN NON-COMPENSATION WAYS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY KIND OF BOND AND COME TOGETHER AS A, AS A WORKFORCE.
AND SO I KNOW EVERYBODY EN ENJOYS WHAT THE BOARD DOES WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UM, APPRECIATION LUNCHEON, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER KIND OF NEW AND CREATIVE IDEAS COMING OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THOSE BACK TO YOU ALL.
ALRIGHT, SO NEXT IS, UH, YANETTE NICHOLAS, Y'ALL MAY REMEMBER YANETTE FROM OUR SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SHE WAS A MANAGER IN, IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION OVER THERE.
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MS. COLLINS STOLE HER AND IS NOW, SHE'S WORKING FOR HER AS THE NEW WORKFORCE, UH, MANAGER FOR DENWOODY COUNTY.AND SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT DONNA AND SOCIAL SERVICES AS HAPPY AS, AS TAMMY IS, BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE HAD, UM, THE POSITION VACATED, WE WENT AND LOOKED AT WHAT THAT POSITION ACTUALLY DOES AND WE DECIDED TO EXPAND ON ITS DUTIES BEFORE WE RECRUITED IT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST YOUTH PROGRAMMING ANYMORE.
WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY KIND OF FOCUSING ON HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE CITIZENS OF ALL AGES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO, TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE STILL GONNA DO THE YOUTH YOUTH THINGS, UM, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BROADER.
SO NOW WE'RE IN THE, THE, THE PHASE OF THE SUMMER WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM.
SO WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, THERE'S 30 STUDENTS THAT HAVE, UM, BEEN SELECTED FOR THAT PROGRAM AND OVER A DOZEN HOST EMPLOYERS.
UM, AND I, I'LL TELL YOU, I'VE MET QUITE A FEW OF THESE, THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, AND THEY'RE JUST THE CALIBER OF THE, THE STUDENTS ARE, I THINK THEY'RE GETTING BETTER.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, JUST REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AND, AND KUDOS FOR THE SELECTION OF THAT, THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
I WANTED TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE MARIE 'CAUSE SHE HATES IT WHEN WE REC WHEN WE RECOGNIZE HER.
BUT I WANTED TO, TO RECOGNIZE MARIE THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HER JOB INCLUDES GRANTS, BUT ALSO PUBLIC INFORMATION.
AND, UH, BUT THERE'S THESE NEXT SEVERAL THINGS.
MARIE'S UH, FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER, BUT THE FIRST IS A GRANT.
AND SO THE FY UH, 25 OPERATIONS CEASEFIRE GRANT.
AND SO THAT GRANT IS GIVEN OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
WE WERE NOTIFIED LAST WEEK THAT WE ARE AT THE COUNTY, AND YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS WITH NO LOCAL MATCH, BUT THE COUNTY'S GONNA RECEIVE $134,768, UH, FOR THE OPERATION CEASEFIRE GRANT.
SO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH THIS MONEY WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, TO HIRE A DEPUTY, UH, SHERIFF THAT WILL SERVE ON THE RICHMOND A TF VIOLENT CRIME TASK AND FIREARMS TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE.
AND SO THE GRANT WILL COVER ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS POSITION AND INCLUDING, UH, UNIFORMS, UM, TRAINING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO WEAPONS VEHICLE, MDT, ALL, ALL OF THAT IS COVERED, UH, THROUGH THE GRANT.
NOW THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS GRANT, THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION GRANT.
SO WE GET TO LOOK AT IT OVER THE LIFE OF THE GRANT AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WISH TO CONTINUE WITH, AND IT CAN COME BACK TO THE LOCALITY TO FUND IT IF IT'S NOT DOING ITS INTENDED PURPOSE, WHICH WE THINK IT PROBABLY WOULD, BUT IF IT'S NOT THEN, THEN WE CAN DISBAND THE, THE GRANT AT THAT POINT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, KUDOS THERE FOR, FOR MARIE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO BE THINKING ABOUT, UH, GOING AFTER THESE FUNDS.
UM, THE NEXT TWO, OR AGAIN, MARIE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HOW YOU WRITE IT, BUT WE, WE WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, UH, NACO FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS.
AND SO ONE IS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND THAT WAS FOR THE DEY COUNTY SPRING SPORTS FACILITIES.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITIES THAT WE DID ARE, UM, UH, NOT ONLY FOR SOFTBALL AND TENNIS, BUT ALSO THE BASEBALL.
SO THAT RENOVATION, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE THE FUNDS TO A, TO A BOOSTER CLUBS AND SAVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING THAT ROUTE AND GOT A LOT OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND INTEREST IN THOSE PROJECTS IN THAT PROJECT.
AND SO THE, THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, THE UNDER CITIZENS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION, AND THAT WAS THEN WHEN CITIZENS ACADEMY.
SO THAT WAS RECORD RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO THIS REPRESENTS OUR NUMBER SIX AND SEVENTH NATIONAL AWARDS SINCE 2016, UM, AND FOUR NATIONAL AWARDS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND SO, AND I, I HAPPEN TO LOOK AT ALL THE, THE LOCALITIES OF THE STATE AND, AND YOU SEE HENRICO AND CHESTERFIELD AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, PRINCE WILLIAMS, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR SPOTSYLVANIA, SOME OF YOUR BIGGER LOCAL, BIGGER LOCALS, BUT YOU DIDN'T SEE MANY OUR SIZE.
AND SO I'M JUST PROUD THAT THEN WHEN HE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY THERE AND WE'VE TAKEN THE SAME TWO PROJECTS AND, AND OFFERED THEM TO THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND IN HOPES THAT, THAT THEY MAY RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL, UM, FOR VACO.
AND THEY'VE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE VACO STAFF.
UH, IT WAS, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT, UM, HOW DRY IT IS.
AND SO THE APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY, YOU KNOW, I'M THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY OVER THERE, UH, ROBERT WILSON AND, UH, PUT OUT TODAY, HE'S YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ARWA, UM, ABOUT ENCOURAGING SEASONAL WATER WISE CONSERVATION MEASURES.
UM, WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM VOLUNTARY STAGE ONE, UM, MEASURES
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TO BE PUT IN PLACE.IN FACT, UM, WE WOULDN'T GO INTO VOLUNTARY UNTIL THE, THE DEPTH BELOW THE DAM DROPS TO 24 INCHES.
UM, NOW, BUT WE WILL SAY THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN MONITORING THIS SINCE THE BIG DROP IN 2010, THAT THERE ISN'T WATER FLOWING OVER THE DAM THIS TIME OF YEAR.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A FAVORABLE RELEASE RATE, THE WATER'S NOT GOING OVER THE DAM.
AND WE HAD A, A, A REALLY WET SPRING, BUT YOU'RE ALREADY IN A SEVERE DRY PATTERN.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S A, A DIFFICULT PLACE FOR US TO BE.
AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET SOME RAIN SOON.
I KNOW OUR FARMING COMMUNITY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, LAST THING I HAVE IS THAT THE COUNTY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW FOR THE JUNETEENTH, UH, HOLIDAY.
SO ALL COUNTY OFFICES ARE CLOSED TOMORROW.
I'M ON THE PETERSBURG METHODIST HOME FOR GIRLS FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW TO GIVE OUT SOME HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE.
AND SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT.
UM, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UM, I'LL BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW TOO.
[10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
MEMBER COMMENTS.UH, MS. BON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START TODAY? UM, SURE.
UM, IT, UM, I KNOW THIS, IT IS, UM, ELDER, ELDER ABUSE MONTH, SO I WANTED JUST TO JUST PUT IT OUT THAT, UM, KEEP A, A EYE ON OUR SENIORS MM-HMM
AND, UM, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, UH, PLEASE TRY TO REPORT IT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THE ELDERLY RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, EVEN OUTSIDE HARASSMENT ON PHONES, CALLING THEM, TRYING TO GET THEIR MONEY AND, AND EVEN WITH FAMILY, I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY FAM SOME FAMILIES DON'T, DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE SENIORS LIKE THEY SHOULD.
SO, UM, PLEASE, UH, REPORT THAT.
AND, UM, ALSO, UM, MENTAL HEALTH, AND WE TALKED ABOUT NACO, THEY ARE EXPLORING DIFFERENT AVENUES, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND, AND YOU FIND SO MANY THINGS GOING ON WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE, UM, SHOOTINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN THEY LOOK BACK, THEY SAY, OH, THIS PERSON WAS, WAS WITHOUT THEIR MEDICINE.
UM, THEY, UM, HAD ISSUES, UM, WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, EXPLORING THE AVENUES THEY CAN LOOK AT, UM, JUST TRYING TO DISTRIBUTE THAT WITH THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES ON NACO.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA GIVE SHOUT OUTS TO, UM, LASHONDA AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
I KNOW THAT'S A BIG TASK, DOING ALL THAT WORK WITH YOUR GROUP, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CANNABIS THING.
UM, THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
AND MAKING SURE THAT HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR, UM, WHAT THEY DO OR NOT DO.
AND, UH, OF COURSE MARIE OUT THERE, CONGRATS.
'CAUSE MARIE IS ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING BEHIND THE SCENES.
I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, SHE'S HERE, SHE'S THERE, SHE HAS A CAMERA, YOU KNOW, AND TELLING YOU TO HOLD AND POSE AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THANK YOU FOR NACO
SO PR IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, AND THE CITIZENS ACADEMY, AND THAT HAS REALLY TAKEN OFF.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I WAS IN THE STORE AND IT'S LADY STOPPED ME HERE.
I SAID, WELL, MA'AM, I THINK IT'S KIND OF LATE NOW, BUT
YOU KNOW? SO PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT.
AND, UM, CONGRAT, CONGRATULATIONS TO YANETTE FOR, UM, GOING WITH, UH, TAMMY IN HER DEPARTMENT.
UM, SHE, SHE LOVES WORKING WITH THE YOUTH AND SHE'S OUT THERE ALL THE TIME DOING THINGS EVEN IN THE COMMUNITY, EVEN.
UM, AND SHE'S A PART OF MY CHURCH, SO SHE'S OUT THERE DOING THINGS WITH THE YOUTH AND DOING THAT AS WELL.
TO HER AND KAISHA FOR DOING HER PART.
SHE'S, UM, DOING THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S GONNA COME UP WITH.
SHE MAY HAVE US PLAYING BASEBALL OR SOMETHING, OR, OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR EXPLORING THOSE IDEAS AS WELL.
OH, WITH A SAID, WITH A BALL GAME.
HOW ABOUT BALL
UH, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
UH, FOUR H CAMP WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
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IT SPEAKS TO REALLY OUR, OUR STAFF.UH, CHRIS WALTERS IS AN UNSUNG HERO.
TO, TO PICK UP AS LATE AS HE DID.
UH, AND REALLY IT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE PUTTING ON AN OLD HAT.
'CAUSE HE RAN THAT PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, HATS OFF TO THE SHERIFF AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR SENDING AS MANY DEPUTIES AS THEY DID.
UH, I THINK IT PUTS PARENTS' MINDS AT EASE WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THE OFFICERS THAT TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS IN THE SCHOOLS ARE GONNA BE AT CAMP WITH THEM.
UM, SO THE BIG THANKS TO THE SHERIFF FOR SENDING HIS PEOPLE DOWN THERE, UM, JUST WE, WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT, THAT STEPS UP WHEN NEEDED.
THAT'S EVIDENT IN OUR COUNTY WORKFORCE.
THANK YOU MS. LEE FOR ALL YOUR WORK, UM, IN ANSWERING UNENDING QUESTIONS WITH, UH, COMP AND, AND PAY AND THINGS THAT JUST COME AT YOU FROM LEFT FIELD.
THANK YOU FOR THE WAY THAT YOU HANDLE IT.
GRANT, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS FINDING A WAY TO FIND US FUNDING TO GET THINGS DONE AND, UH, TO FILL IN THE, THE GAPS.
UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE A PRIMARY TODAY.
UM, POLLS OPEN UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.
AND THEN THE OTHER IS, OF COURSE, THE EXCESSIVE HEAT THAT WE'VE GOT COMING.
UM, DON'T FORGET YOUR NEIGHBORS.
IN OTHER WORDS, LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
UM, TIMES LIKE THESE, WHEN YOU TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED DEGREES, UM, YEAH, FINE.
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW HOW IT AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AS WELL AS YOUR PET.
SO, SO JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
UM, TODAY IS SIX MONTHS FROM, UH, LIVE WITH TRANSPLANT.
YESTERDAY WAS MY HEART TRANSPLANT ANNIVERSARY, SO, UH, WOW.
SO, UM, THE OTHER THING, UM, I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE, UM, LET ME
UM, UH, STACY HAD CANCER AND, UM, IT WAS A, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD? USE SURVIVOR.
AND THEN OF COURSE, MY STORY WILL PROBABLY BE A STORY, BUT NO, I, I'LL PROBABLY TELL SOME TRUTHS IN IT TOO.
BUT, UH,
I, UM, IT'S LIKE A FISHING STORY, SOMETIMES GOLF TOO.
SO, BUT I DO INVITE, UH, EVERYONE HERE TO, TO THAT.
UH, STACY'S A REALLY GOOD SPEAKER.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY SHE'LL CARRY THE WEIGHT.
BUT, UH, AND IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE EXTREMELY HARD FOR ME, UM MM-HMM
TO, TO DO, BUT, UM, BUT I DO WANT TO, IT, I, I THINK I, MY STORY WILL SURPRISE YOU, UM, AB OBEY WHAT IT'S ABOUT INSTEAD OF, UH, UH, KIND OF WHAT YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE.
SO ANYWAY, AT THE 11 O' SERVICE, AT 11 O'CLOCK JUNE THE 30TH YEP.
IT SAID JUNE THE 30TH, JUNE 30, CLOSE TO THE BALL.
JUNE 30TH, 1111 AM ROCKY RUN CHURCH.
RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE COW PASTOR.
UM, I DID MISS THE FOUR H CAMP THIS YEAR.
YOU, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOAT WITH ME AND NEW ONE WATER AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND MR. DOOLEY LAST YEAR HELPED ME.
NOW I, I GOT ON THE HORSE, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DID IT TAKE TO GET ME UP THERE? JUST ONE.
BUT IT WAS A GOOD TIME BEING, SEEING ALL THE, THE KIDS, THE GOOD TIMES THEY HAVE IS JUST AWESOME.
UM, BUT HAVING A GOOD TIME DOWN THERE AND I MISSED IT.
ONE YEAR WE WENT AND HANNAH, BLESS HER HEART, SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
WE HAD TO WALK THAT WHOLE FOUR H CAMP.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING DIE, BUT I HAD TO ACT LIKE I WAS STRONG.
BUT YOU WANTED US WALK ON THAT.
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YEAH, WE DIDN'T DO THAT.BUT TALKING ABOUT MR. LEE, I PLAYED GOLF WITH HIM FRIDAY.
HE MADE SOME GREAT PUTTS, GREAT DRIVES, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
THIS MAN IS A, LIKE HE SAYS IS A MIRACLE.
WHAT GOD HAS BROUGHT HIM THROUGH MIRACLE.
AND HE DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
'CAUSE HE'S ALWAYS WITNESSED ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR HIM.
YOU KNOW? SO HE'S MY BUDDY IN GOLFING AND A LOT OF THINGS.
A FEW CUSS WORDS DOING ROUND THE GOLF
WHEN YOU SEE ME WALK AWAY, THAT'S WHAT, WHAT I'M DOING.
BUT, BUT IT IS, UH, IT'S A MIRACLE TO SEE HIM.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DYING TODAY BECAUSE OF HEART CANCER'S.
TAKEN A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT TOO.
WE JUST LOST A REAL NICE FELLOW IN THE COUNTY, MR. BISHOP.
I MEAN, HE'S, HE HELPED BRING IN THE DOLLAR STORE, I THINK, UH, DOLLAR GENERAL, THE DOLLAR.
AND THE DOLLAR GENERAL DOLLAR WHATEVER, RIGHT DOWN HIS PROPERTY.
AND NEXT TO HIS, UH, IS HIS, UH, AND HIS SON.
UH, UH, SAM HAVING, UH, HIS DEALERSHIP AND HE COMES FROM A LINE OF CAR SALESMAN.
HIS GRANDPA HAD A, A DEALERSHIP AND WHERE SOUTHSIDE ELECTRIC IS AT, I THINK WHERE HIS DAD HAD HIS AT.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, GOD'S WORKING IN ALL KINDS OF SITUATIONS.
MY WIFE MADE ME HAVE SURGERY TO SAVE MY LIFE.
BUT, BUT JUST KEEP ALL THESE PEOPLE IN YOUR MIND THAT'S GOING THROUGH HARD TIMES.
UH, MY PASTOR'S BROTHER'S DAUGHTER WAS IN A BAD ACCIDENT YESTERDAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY SAID THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD TO TAKE HER AMPUTATE HER ARM.
A TRUCK FLIPPED OVER ON HER A DUMP TRUCK OR SOMETHING AND WAS IN THE WHOLE FAMILY.
WAS, AM I TELLING THE TRUTH? YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ABOUT IT? 35.
SO A LOT OF THINGS, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF ACCIDENTS HAPPENING TOO, AND PEOPLE HAVE TO JUST HALIFAX ROAD.
UH, YESTERDAY I SAW A TRUCK HANGING OFF THE SIDE OF THAT, AND, AND IT'S NOT THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S A TERRIBLE THING.
BUT PEOPLE ARE REALLY SUFFERING IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS.
SO KEEP, YOU KNOW, KEEP EVERYONE IN YOUR PRAYERS.
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
WITH THAT I STOP AND I SAY WE HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO CLOSE.THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE, PERSONNEL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EVALUATION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A THREE, DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 88 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL, OPIOID LITIGATION SETTLEMENT, KROGER LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION, BROADBAND ANIMAL SHELTER DONATION.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE PLEASE.
I NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT CLOSE.
WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVEN TO A CLOSE MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE, PERSONNEL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EVALUATION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OF THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A THREE.
DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY OR DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL, OPIOID LITIGATION SETTLEMENT, KROGER LOCAL LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING
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REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION, BROADBAND ANIMAL SHELTER DONATION.AND WHEREAS M HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR OF THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE IT CERTIFIED, THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE.
[12.A. Gerdau 25th Anniversary Recognition]
ALL RIGHT, WE MOVING INTO PRESENTATIONS? UH, GRAU 25TH ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITION.MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MASSEN GI I'M HERE TONIGHT ON A JOYFUL OCCASION, ONE OF OUR MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN DENWOODY COUNTY AND MAJOR IN ONE OF OUR MAJOR EMPLOYERS AS WELL.
UM, IS CELEBRATING THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND GERAL STARTED OUT IN THE COUNTY AS CHAPARRAL AND AS I READ THE RESOLUTION, IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY, BUT JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE THEM HERE TONIGHT.
AND I'M GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION.
IN RECOGNITION OF 25 YEARS OF BUSINESS IN DENWOODY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DENWOODY COUNTY, VIRGINIA PRESENTS THIS RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION OF AU WHEREAS THE COUNTY OF DENWOODY IS PROUD TO PAY TRIBUTE TO AU, ALSO KNOWN AS CHAPARRAL VIRGINIA INC.
ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN 2014.
AND WHEREAS IN DECEMBER OF 1997, GOVERNOR GEORGE ALLEN OF VIRGINIA ANNOUNCED CHAPARRAL'S INTENTIONS TO CONSTRUCT A VIRGINIA STEEL RECYCLING PLANT IN DENWOODY BRINGING 400 JOBS AND A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF $400 MILLION.
AND WHEREAS CHAPARRAL, VIRGINIA COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE OF 1999 AND RAN ITS FIRST STEEL BEAM.
AND WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2007, CHAPARELLE WAS PURCHASED BY AU, A BRAZILIAN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION IN LEADING GLOBAL STEEL PRODUCER.
AND WHEREAS THE DENWOODY AU FACILITY PRODUCT LINE INCLUDES WIDE FLANGE BEAMS, H PILE BEAMS, AND PCC SHEET PILING, WHICH IS EXCLUSIVELY PRODUCED AT THE DENWOODY GERAL LOCATION.
AND WHEREAS GERDAU IS ONE OF THE LARGEST RECYCLERS IN NORTH AMERICA, TRANSFORMING MILLIONS OF TONS OF SCRAP INTO STEEL EACH YEAR, WHICH REINFORCES ITS COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY OPERATE.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, ELL HAS CONTINUOUSLY ADAPTED TO CHANGING MARKET DYNAMICS, EMBRACED NEW TECHNOLOGIES, AND EXPANDED ITS OPERATIONS TO MEET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE.
AND WHEREAS AU HAS CONTINUED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REGION'S DEVELOPMENT THROUGH VARIOUS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAMS AND THEIR SUPPORT HAS IMPACTED VARIOUS LOCAL CAUSES SUCH AS OUR LOCAL FIRE AND EMS, PUBLIC SAFETY, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, FOOD BANKS, RECYCLING, AND MANY OTHER CAUSES THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR THREE PILLAR FOCUS OF EDUCATION, HOUSING, AND RECYCLING.
WHEREAS GRAU CONTRIBUTES TO THE ONGOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY AND STATE BY PROVIDING BENEFICIAL TAX REVENUE, COMPETITIVE EMPLOYEE WAGES AND BENEFITS TO ITS CURRENT 440 EMPLOYEES.
AND ITS CONTINUED CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEREFORE NOW BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THIS 18TH DAY OF JUNE, 2024 EXPRESSES ITS CONGRATULATIONS ON THE CELEBRATION OF 25 YEARS IN DENWOODY COUNTY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DENWOODY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO GRAU AND A COPY SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR ALL ETERNITY.
SO JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT TOO THAT THEY HAVE REALLY BEEN A TRUE PARTNER TO THIS COMMUNITY, UM, AND CONTRIBUTED A LOT ALSO AND THEIR EMPLOYEES SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME VOLUNTEERING IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FROM THE BOARD AND WITH US TONIGHT IS MR. JIM CHRISTINA.
UM, HE IS CURRENTLY THE PLANT MANAGER AT AU AND HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO OUR COUNTY.I WENT TO A TOUR ONE DAY AND I THINK WE ALL DID MM-HMM
AND WHAT A AMAZING OPPORTUNITY IT WAS TO SEE WHEN THEY DROPPED EVERYTHING FAMILY.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GIVE MORE SERVICE TO YOU GUYS.
ACTUALLY, NOT NADIA TOLD ME IF GET A US THANK MR. CHAIRMAN, I CAN REMEMBER WHERE I WAS AT 25 YEARS AGO.
UM, I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, AT THAT TIME.
AND, UH, I MUST SAY OUR CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT TODAY IS A LOT, UH, SMOOTHER THAN IT WAS.
UH, WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND PLANNING COMMISSION BACK AT THAT TIME.
UH, WE WOULD'VE REDHEADED STEPCHILD,
NOT THAT I'M GOOD ABOUT IT FIVE YEARS LATER, BUT ANYWAY, SO I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
[12.B. National Funeral Directors & Morticians Association 2024 Robert H. Miller Professional Of The Year Recipient Shirley P. Johnson Pryor]
MOVING ON TO BE NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND MORTICIAN ASSOCIATION 2024.ROBERT H. MILLER, PROFESSIONAL OF THE A YEAR RECIPIENT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I, IF I COULD, LET ME, UM, TAKE OVER JUST FOR A MINUTE.
I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MS. BROWN TO READ, UH, THIS RESOLUTION, UH, TO PUT IT INTO, INTO THE RECORD, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT SHIRLEY, UH, JOHNSON PRYOR IS HERE.
UH, YOU'RE STANDING, STANDING THERE IN THE BACK.
UM, IF YOU COULD KINDA JUST COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO TELL A LITTLE BIT OF A STORY, NOT THAT I'M ALWAYS A STORYTELLER, BUT WHEN I, I FIRST STARTED MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, UM, OUTSIDE OF VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY.
I WAS HIRED AS A GOVERNOR'S FELLOW AND MY FIRST JOB AS A GOVERNOR'S FELLOW WAS TO WRITE THE REGULATIONS FOR THE, THE CEMETERY BOARD.
AND SO AT FIRST, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG TO GET ASSIGNED THAT SUBJECT.
'CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DID I GET ASSIGNED THIS.
AND WHEN I ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING ON THIS, I HAD TO, AND, AND IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO MEET, UM, A LOT OF THE, THE CEMETERY OPERATORS AS WELL AS THE MORTICIANS, UM, ALL OVER THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
AND SO WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT WHAT I WHAT I LEARNED FROM THAT MOVEMENT WHEN I WRITE THOSE REGULATIONS WAS THE PHENOMENAL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THIS BUSINESS.
AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, THAT ARE DOING THIS, UM, USUALLY SEE INDIVIDUALS NOT AT THEIR BEST MOMENTS AND HOW SPECIAL IT IS TO HAVE THE RIGHT PROFESSIONALS IN PLACE TO HELP FAMILIES GRIEVE, UM, THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD IN A WAY THAT THAT'S, THAT'S MEANINGFUL.
UM, BUT THEN TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SHIRLEY THAT LIVES IN DENWOODY COUNTY, UM, AND TO BE RECOGNIZED WITH SUCH DISTINCTION, UM, NOT JUST, NOT JUST LOCALLY OR REGIONALLY, UM, BUT NATIONALLY.
UM, AND I, WHEN, WHEN KAISHA WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THIS, UM, IT JUST, THAT FLOODED BACK MEMORY OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE EARLY IN MY CAREER, BUT TO KNOW OF, OF ALL THOSE PROFESSIONALS THAT EXIST AND SOMEONE OF YOUR CALIBER LIVES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU TRULY HONOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, EVEN THOUGH YOU, YOU, YOU'RE BEING RECOGNIZED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL TOO.
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SO AT THIS MOMENT, IF WE COULD, MS. BROWN, COULD YOU READ THE PROCLAMATION INTO THE RECORD AND THEN WE'LL ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING IF YOU COULD SHARE SOMETHING.WHEREAS SHIRLEY JOHNSON PRYOR, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DENWOODY COUNTY, HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND EXCELLENCE IN HER FIELD, THEREBY MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO HER PROFESSION AND COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY EXHIBITED THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY, COMMITMENT, AND EXPERTISE THROUGHOUT HER DISTINGUISHED CAREER, WORKING AS A FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER FOR JOHNSON FUNERAL SERVICES.
AND WHEREAS SHIRLEY JOHNSON PRYOR'S OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE EARNED HER THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF THOSE WITHIN HER INDUSTRY AND BEYOND.
AND WHEREAS HER LEADERSHIP, MENTORSHIP, AND SERVICE HAS PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED HER COMMUNITY, FOSTERING A SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE ROBERT H. MILLER PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD IS A PRESTIGIOUS HONOR BESTOWED UPON INDIVIDUALS WHO EXEMPLIFY UNPARALLEL PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION IN THE FUNERAL SERVICES FIELD.
AND WHEREAS SHIRLEY JOHNSON PRYOR HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND MORTICIAN ASSOCIATION 2024 ROBERT H. MILLER PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD, AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THIS 18TH DAY OF JUNE, 2024, DOES HEREBY CONGRATULATE AND HONOR SHIRLEY JOHNSON PRYOR FOR RECEIVING THE 2024 ROBERT H. MILLER PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD, CELEBRATING HER EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGING HER INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO HER PROFESSION AND COMMUNITY, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF GENTY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO SHIRLEY JOHNSON PRYOR.
AND A COPY SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR ALL ETERNITY.
HARD, HARD TO HEAR WHAT YOU DO.
I, UH, STARTED DOING HAIR WITH MY WIFE SOME YEARS AGO AND THE THING I EVER HAD TO DO WAS WORK'S HAIR AND I DIDN'T LIKE TO BE IN A ROOM BY MYSELF.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO LIKE, IN SAY ANYTHING? NO, JUST, THAT'S JUST GREAT IS ALL WE ARE GONNA NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THAT RESOLUTION.
[13.A. Rezoning Case, P-24-4, South Plains, Inc., Surry Avenue]
WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT, AND THE FIRST ONE IS REZONING CASE, P DASH 24 DASH FOUR SOUTH PLAINS INCORPORATED.BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MASSING, UH, MS. CHAIR, YOU INDICATED, UH,
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THIS IS REZONING REQUEST P DASH 24 DASH FOUR, UH, SOUTH PLAINS INCORPORATED, AND THEIR AGENT IS HERE THIS EVENING.UH, MR. GORDON'S HERE THIS EVENING TO REPRESENT THE APPLICATION.
UH, THE REQUEST THIS EVENING IS TO REZONE, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, UH, MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, UH, ALONG, UM, SURREY AVENUE WITHIN THE, UM, WHAT'S FREQUENT REFERRED TO AS THE, UH, WEST PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WITH THE, UH, REQUEST, UH, FROM TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL LIMITED R ONE TO RESIDENTIAL URBAN R RU.
UM, THIS WOULD ALLOW, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, TO COMBINE EXISTING LOTS, DEVELOP, DEVELOP TO DEVELOP NINE HOME SITES, AND CONSTRUCT A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING ON EACH OF THOSE NEW PARCELS.
THE RU ZONING CLASSIFICATION ALLOWS FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZES OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET WITH A MINIMUM LOT WIDTH OF 50 FEET.
THE PROPOSED DWELLINGS WOULD BE SERVED BY PUBLIC WATER, UH, BY THE DIMITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AS WELL AS PUBLIC SEWER.
UH, PREVIOUSLY, UM, WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE SIMILAR REZONING CASES, UH, IN 20 16, 20 19 AND 2022.
UM, ALL THESE CASES INVOLVED REZONING R ONE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO THE RU UH, ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ON THOSE PARCELS.
UH, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GRANTED APPROVAL OF THE REZONING CASES, UH, IN 2016 AND 2019 RESPECTIVELY.
AND THEN IN 2022, UH, RE THERE WAS A REZONING REQUEST ON GREENSVILLE AVENUE THAT WAS DENIED, UH, THE SURROUNDING LAND USE AROUND THE PROPERTY.
AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, IS PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW AS WELL, RECENTLY, THE DANCY ESTATES SUBDIVISION WAS DEVELOPED ALONG SIMMONS, UH, OFF OF SIMMONS AVENUE, UH, TO THE REAR OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UM, THOSE HOMES ARE, UM, ZONED RESIDENTIAL R ONE AND OF COURSE, UH, THAT PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
UH, ALSO I'M SURE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, D ESTATES, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, SUBDIVISION IS NOW BUILT OUT WITH APPROXIMATELY, UH, 17 DWELLING UNITS.
UH, LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OUR NEWLY ADOPTED PLAN, UH, THIS AREA, WEST PETERSBURG IS WITHIN WHAT WE CALL THE TOWN CENTER AREA, AND WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR FUTURE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS, UH, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE.
I JUST LIKE TO C SITE, UH, FROM THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE, UH, COMPOSITION AND PURPOSE OF THE RESIDENTIAL URBAN, UH, ZONING DISTRICT IS TO ALLOW FOR SMALLER LOT SIZES AND SETBACKS THAN THE COUNTIES OTHER RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS GIVING AREAS ZONED.
ARE YOU A MORE URBAN FEEL? THE DISTRICT REREGULATE REG REGULATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE URBAN NATURE OF SUCH NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHARACTERIZED BY DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, SITUATED ON SMALL LOTS WITH NARROW YARDS AND MODEST SETBACKS.
THE DISTRICT REGULATIONS ARE INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN EFFICIENT USE OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND THEIR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, WHILE ENSURING THAT INFILL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE ESTABLISHED CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE RU ZONING DISTRICT.
AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER AREA, AGAIN, WHICH ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS GENERAL AREA.
THUS, WITH THE PROPERTY BEING LOCATED IN THE EXISTING WEST PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVING ACCESS TO THE DCWA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, THIS GENERAL
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AREA MAY BE CONSIDERED A RESIDENTIAL GROWTH CENTER.UM, LOOKING AT IMPACTS, THERE WERE NO IMPACTS THAT WERE, UM, REALLY NOTED WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE REZONING WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, IT IS EXPECTED THAT IF THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD OCCUR, UM, ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THERE'D BE APPROXIMATELY FOUR STUDENTS, UH, POTENTIALLY ATTENDING, UH, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UH, TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS THE IMPACT ON THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, NOT, WOULD NOT WARRANT THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY TURN LANES OR TAPERS.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD ONLY REQUIRE RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES TO EACH OF THE, UH, NINE CONSOLIDATED LOTS.
UH, THE PLANNING STAFF, UH, DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL BASED ON THAT.
THE, UH, REZONING REQUEST, THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION RESIDENTIAL URBAN IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE RU ZONING DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO ACCOMMODATE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING LOTS WITHIN THE URBAN AREA, INCLUDING THE WEST PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION, RESIDENTIAL URBAN RU CONFORMS TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED FOR THIS GENERAL AREA SET FORTH IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
UH, WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THE REQUEST AT THEIR MAY 8TH MEETING, THEY DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REZONING, UH, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE STAFF REPORT OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, YES, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
FOR THE APPLICANT? UM, YEAH, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
MS. UM, UM, AND I KNOW YOU, UM, YOU SAID R ONE TO R RU AND APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY HOUSES ARE, ARE YOU LOOKING AT BUILDING ON THAT? ON SURREY AVENUE? UH, I BELIEVE IT'S SEVEN PARCELS IN TOTAL.
UM, AND I KNOW R ONE WITH THE R ONE, IT WOULD BE, WHAT ABOUT ABOUT TWO HOUSES THAT WOULD BE BUILT IF NOT REZONING? WELL, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU, HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, IT, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF ROAD FRONTAGE, BUT NOT A LOT OF DEPTH MM-HMM
SO, UM, TO MEET THE 20,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, YOU, YOU COULD BREAK IT DOWN.
BUT YOU HAVE PAPER STREETS THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT, THAT CAN'T BUILD OVER TYPE OF, SO OKAY.
WHERE, UM, THE NEIGHBORS INVOLVED, UM, TALKING TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE STREET ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE HOUSES BEING BUILT.
SO ESPECIALLY ONES CLOSE, CLOSE BY.
WELL, SO THE LANDOWNER HIMSELF HAS OWNED THESE PROPERTIES FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, I BELIEVE SO.
ACTUALLY LONGER THAN THAT, I'D SAY CLOSER TO 20 YEARS.
UM, THIS PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED AROUND 2005.
UM, AND SO HE'S GOT SOME, SOME HOMES IN, IN THE AREA NOW THAT, UH, HE HAS RESIDENCE IN THOSE AREAS, UH, I MEAN IN THOSE HOMES.
SO, UM, I DO NOT KNOW IF THE OWNER HAS SPOKEN WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING IN WHAT HE OWNS THERE NOW ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT, SO.
UM, WELL, UM, OF COURSE THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME PHONE CALLS ABOUT IT, SO THIS IS WHY I'M BRINGING IT TO YOU BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, UM, IT'S A, IT IS A UNIQUE COMMUNITY AND IT HAS LIKE A RURAL FIELD THERE.
AND ALSO THEY, UM, SOME HAVE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE PRESERVING THE AREA AND, AND, AND THE LOOK OR FEEL OF A RURAL AREA.
THEY, WHEN YOU, WHEN I GUESS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MULTIPLE HOUSING HOUSES, UM, THERE, UM, GOING FROM R ONE TO R RU, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT FOR THAT, FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UM, STREET IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO, UM, AND AGAIN, AS I SAID, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT, UM, THE REZONING AT THIS TIME, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, UM, WE HAVE HAD THESE, UH, CASES TO COME BEFORE US BEFORE
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AND, UM, SOME WERE APPROVED AND SOME WERE NOT.AND YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE SOMETIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT REZONING TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE AREA, LOOK AT WHAT'S THERE AS FAR AS, UH, CHANGING.
AND, AND SO, UM, AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CALLS ABOUT THAT, THAT THEY ARE NOT, UM, KIND OF IN FAVOR OF GOING FROM R ONE TO RU.
AND THAT'S, AND, AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT, SO THE R RU WAS, WAS CREATED SOLELY FOR THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR THE MOST PART, UM, BY THE, THIS, WELL NOT EVERYBODY HERE, BUT A LOT OF, UH, OF THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR, TO, TO MAKE IT, UH, EASIER FOR, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA TO BRING NEWNESS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY SOMEWHAT AS FAR AS, UM, THE, THE DWELLING TYPES.
AND, AND, UH, JUST TO KINDA UPBEAT THE AREA A LITTLE BIT, UM, WITH, WITH THE RURAL AREA, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IT'S ONLY BECAUSE THE MAN HADN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THIS PROPERTY IN THE LAST 20, 20 YEARS.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT THERE'S VEGETATION ON THE PROPERTY NOW WITH THE CREATION OF D THE ESTATES BEHIND IT, WHICH WAS AN EXISTING SUBDIVISION THAT WAS JUST, UH, RECONFIGURED.
UM, THIS AREA IS, AND IN MY OPINION, AND ALSO IF YOU, UM, LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT LOTS IT WAS CREATED TO BE DEVELOPED, UM, THIS, THIS SUBDIVISION WAS DONE IN THE TWENTIES.
IT WAS, IT WAS CREATED IN 25 FOOT LOTS, SO YOU COULD BUY HOWEVER MANY LOTS YOU WANTED TO PURCHASE AT THE TIME.
AND THAT'S THE WAY A LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS ACROSS THE STREET HERE WHERE SYCAMORE STREET IS, THAT THAT SUBDIVISION IS 25 FOOT LOTS.
I MEAN, YOU, AT THAT TIME, YOU BOUGHT HOWEVER MANY LOTS YOU WANTED TO PURCHASE.
UM, THERE WAS A VALUE PUT ON EACH ONE OF THEM.
SO IN THIS SITUATION, YOU HAD THE SAME, THE SAME THING.
AND, UH, BUT WHAT YOU ENDED UP WITH WERE HOUSES THAT WERE BUILT AND THEN HOUSES THAT WERE BUILT AND THEN HOUSES THAT WERE BUILT LEAVING PARCELS IN BETWEEN THEM THAT, SO IN SOME INSTANCES, ONLY TWO PARCELS WERE ALLOWED.
THERE'S ONLY ONE PARCEL THAT A PERSON OWNS.
SO TO, TO TRY TO GET AROUND THAT AND, AND MAKE IT MORE FEASIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AREA.
THEY WERE, THAT'S WHEN THE RU CAME INTO EFFECT.
UM, BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE COULD NOT BUILD ON THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE AT THE TIME, I THINK IT WAS THREE PARCELS OR FOUR PARCELS MARK, IS THAT SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, YOU WERE ALLOWED TO BUILD ON THAT MANY PARCELS WHERE THERE WERE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE THREE OR FOUR PARCELS LEFT TO BUILD ON.
SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE REZONING.
NOW, THE MAN BOUGHT THE PROPERTY TOFU TO DEVELOP IT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, IT ACTUALLY WAS PART OF DANCY ESTATES, WELL, I LEMME TAKE THAT BACK.
IT WAS OWNED BY THE SAME PEOPLE THAT OWNED THE PROPERTY THAT'S NOW DANCY ESTATES.
UM, AND WHEN HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY THERE FOR NANCY ESTATES, THEN THAT PROPERTY CAME ALONG WITH IT ALSO.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND TRYING TO KEEP IT RURAL, BUT, BUT WITH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, I MEAN, IF YOU, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND THERE'S HOUSES BEING BUILT YARDS, DRIVEWAYS, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY LAUNDERING.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY, ANY, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON THAT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE GOING ON.
UM, AND, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S GONNA MAINTAIN THAT AREA.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S REALLY NO MAINTENANCE BEING DONE ON THAT PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MUCH VEGETATION THAT'S THERE.
UM, I WOULD THINK TO ME IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR THE AREA.
YOU'VE GOT NANCY ESTATES, UH, AND, AND THOSE ARE NICE NEW HOMES.
THEN YOU'VE GOT, UH, THIS AREA THAT WITH SOME NICE NEW HOMES IN THAT WOULD, WOULD IMPROVE THE PROPERTY VALUES OF EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, JUST, JUST THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED ON THIS.
AND, AND, AND I DO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT YOU'RE SAYING AND, AND OF COURSE YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE VEGETATION AND EVERYTHING, BUT THE VEGETATION AND, AND SO FORTH.
IF IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE VEGETATION AND THAT SORT OF THING, OF COURSE ZONING NEED TO BE BROUGHT IN TO MAKE SURE IT IS BROUGHT UP TO CODE IF THAT'S THE CASE FOR THAT AREA.
UM, AND AS I SAID, UM, NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE, UM, MADE COMMENTS ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN A POSITION AND OVER SEEING A DISTRICT, YOU HAVE TO LIST, LISTEN TO YOUR CITIZENS IF THEY HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THAT'S WHY I DID BRING THIS UP TODAY.
UM, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BUILD A COUPLE OF HOUSES AS COMPARED TO SEVEN, UM, YOU STILL HAVE
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NICE HOMES IF THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO INSTEAD OF SEVEN ON THAT ROAD.UM, AND JUST HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE, UM, THEY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE, THE NUMBER OF HOUSES THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT THERE.
AND, AND AGAIN, AND, AND, AND I AM JUST REPORTING WHAT THE CITIZENS HAD BROUGHT UP TO ME YES, MA'AM.
ABOUT, UM, THE RURAL FEEL AND, UM, AND A FAMILY FEEL.
THEY HAVE A FAMILY FEEL IN THAT COMMUNITY.
THAT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.
AND I KNOW THAT EVEN BEFORE WE GOT ON THE BOARD, SOME THINGS, UM, WAS SAID AND DONE, YOU KNOW, THEY EVEN TALKED ABOUT THE VARIANCES BACK IN THE, IN THE DAY AND, AND THE, THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT ALSO I'M JUST LOOKING AT, UM, HOW THEY'RE FEELING.
AND I WANT TO, UM, JUST SHARE THOSE COMMENTS AND, UM, UM, ON THAT AREA, ON SIRI, IF I CAN, ONE, ONE OTHER THING, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AREA THAT'S IN RED THERE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS PROPERTY ENTAILS.
AND PAY ATTENTION TO HOW MANY HOUSES ARE ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET FROM IT.
UM, I MEAN IT'S A, IT'S MOST OF THAT AREA.
THERE'S A FEW PLACES THAT HAVE GREEN PATCHES, BUT MOST OF IT, THERE'S HOUSES THERE.
UM, SO YOU, YOU'RE ONLY CREATING BASICALLY WHAT'S IN THE SAME AREA.
AND, AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE A RIGHT.
AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL THE WAY THEY FEEL.
I UNDERSTAND A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHY, UM, I'M SHARING THEIR CONCERNS.
AND, AND I'M BRINGING IT BEFORE THE BOARD, MR. CHAIR, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, MR. GORDON, OF THE RED AREA, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY WATTS WOULD BE USED TO BUILD ONE HOME WITH THE, UH, DEVELOPER.
SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, SO THESE PARCELS, THIS BREAKS DOWN TO TWO PARCELS.
THE RU ZONING WOULD BREAK IT DOWN TO 2 25 FOOT PARCELS FOR EACH HOME.
AND WHAT SIZE HOME DO YOU ANTICIPATE TO BE BUILT ON, ON THAT LOT? UM, IN YOUR PACKET? DO YOU HAVE THE YEAH, THE LAYOUTS THAT I HAVE DRAWN FOR MM-HMM
UM, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A 1200 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE RIGHT THERE.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY DUPLEXES GOING IN THERE? NO.
DO Y ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES? AS FAR AS I KNOW, YES.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY EVERYTHING'S LAID OUT.
HAVE YOU DID A SURVEY OF, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HOUSES THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET, I'M WONDERING, I'M SORRY, DR. MOORE, UM, THE QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT DUPLEXES, IT'S NOT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ZONED R TWO FOR IT TO HAVE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
SO IT, THERE WOULD BE NO DUPLEXES FROM A, FROM A SIZE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE HOME COMPARED TO WHAT IS ALREADY IN IT, PROXIMITY TO THESE LOTS, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THE HOUSES THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET OR, OR ADJACENT TO IT? SQUARE FOOTAGE TO, TO BE.
SO THE, THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE REZONED IN 19, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, WHEN THE EVERETT BROTHERS REZONED THEIR PROPERTIES, THOSE HOUSES WILL BE VERY, ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THESE HOUSES.
UM, SO AS FAR AS THAT GOES, THEY WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH A MATCH OF WHAT WAS, WHAT IS THERE, UM, IF NOT LARGER THAN THE REST OF THE HOMES IN THE AREA.
THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, MORE OF A, UH, DEEPER THAN THEY ARE.
I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT IS A VERY HOT TOPIC IN, IN OUR COUNTRY IN GENERAL IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANNA CLASSIFY IT, BUT IF YOU NEVER BUILD ANY HOUSES THAT ARE 12 TO 1500 SQUARE FOOT, HOW DO YOU EVER BUILD AN AFFORDABLE HOME? CORRECT.
SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT HAS TO GO INTO THIS.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE THAT'S RIGHT.
I'D SAY MOST OF THE HOMES IN THE COUNTY BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW ARE, ARE 15 TO 1800 SQUARE FEET.
AND THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT BELOW THAT.
MR. DELEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
DR. MOORE ASKED THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
WE'LL GO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYONE SIGN MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, HE HAVE SOMEBODY I DIDN'T.
I'LL ALLOW YOU, YOU CAN COME ON UP.
HAVE, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN WEST PITTSBURGH ALL OF MY LIFE.
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I'M A LITTLE BIT PUZZLE OF THIS PROJECT.AND I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO LOOK GOOD AND I'M GOING TO LIKE IT TOO.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, DURING THE TIME DEVELOPMENT OF WEST PETERSBURG, WHEN THEY PUT THE WATER IN SEWAGE IN, THEY DID NOT COMPLETE THE JOB.
AND I'M VERY SURE I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE I'M POSITIVE.
THERE, THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY GOT MORE GRANTS WHERE THEY COULD HAVE COMPLETED IT.
NOW WE WANT TO BRING A DEVELOPMENT IN AND SAY TO THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT THIS STREET.
WE GOING TO BEAUTIFY THIS, WE GOING TO KEEP THIS UP.
BUT Y'ALL ARE STILL LEFT OUT IN THE DARK.
Y'ALL STILL LEFT OUT IN THE, I WANT TO SAY IN THE SLUM PART WHERE, UH, NO DEVELOPMENT IS THERE.
UM, I'M SURE DEVELOPERS CAN COME IN AND PUT HOUSES AND ALL DIFFERENT AREAS, DIFFERENT SPOTS, BEAUTIFIED MAKE IT GROW, BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
WE ARE ONLY SELECTING A STREET AND WE GOING TO LEAVE Y'ALL OVER HERE WHERE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 60 OR A HUNDRED YEARS.
YOU KNOW, I GREW UP THERE, SO THAT'S WHY I CAN SEE THAT.
'CAUSE I'M 70, 70 YEARS OLD NOW AND I PROBABLY WON'T SEE WHAT MOST OF THE Y'ALL WOULD SEE.
BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, UM, YOU SPOKE ABOUT WEST PETERSBURG, I WANTED TO BE A VOICE FOR THEM BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME IN THERE AND CUT OFF ONE STREET AND BEAUTIFY AND PUT SOME OF THE NICEST HOME BUREAU, WANT TO SEE, AND WE STILL OVER HERE PEEPING OVER THERE.
THEY KEEPING THAT NICE AND GRASS BLOWING AND WE STILL OVER HERE AND IN THE SUN PARK AND WE CAN'T EVEN HAVE A FIVE OR SIX OR TWO CHICKENS.
I MEAN, THEY FORGET ABOUT THAT.
NOT THAT I GOT TO HAVE IT BECAUSE MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING HOW THEY LOOK AT WEST PETERSBURG.
WE CAN, CAN'T EVEN HAVE A CHICKEN THERE.
BUT WE IN A SLUM POD WHERE UH, IT'S, IT IS JUST SLUM.
YOU KNOW, TREES ARE GROWING OVER IN THE ROAD, WE STILL DOING IT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE DON'T HAVE, SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY HELP EXCEPT COME IN WITH THIS NICE SOUND GOOD, GOING TO LOOK GOOD 'CAUSE I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ALREADY DONE.
BUT I'M SAYING THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY CUTTING ALL APART OF IT AND BEAUTIFYING IT AND LEAVING THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY UP TO LOOK OVER IN IT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THAT, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY ON THAT BECAUSE I PROBABLY COULD GO ON AND ON
MR. JONES, COULD YOU, I, I KNOW YOU, BUT COULD YOU JUST DO YOUR, YOUR, UM, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD SO WE'LL HAVE IT IN THE MINUTES? UH, JAMES JONES, 25 6 0 2 NORTH DENWOODY AND THAT'S IN WEST PETERBURG AREA.
DO, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? JANET JONES.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST PETERSBURG AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, I HEAR HIM SAYING HE'S GOING TO BRING THESE HOUSES IN SEVEN HOUSES AND GOING TO BUILD THEM ON SURRY AVENUE.
AND THEN, UH, I KIND FIGURE WONDERING WHY, UM, CAN'T HE JUST COME IN AND FIX UP THE HOUSES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OUT THERE SO THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSES AND THEY LOOK GOOD AND THEY HELP, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE US A GRANT TO HELP PUT OUR, UM, SIDEWALK IN ALL ON ALL OUR STREETS INSTEAD OF COMING IN, BUYING SOME LAND AND THEN PUTTING SOME PRETTY HOUSES OVER THERE AND LEAVING US OVER THERE AND THE CRIME AREA AND YOU KNOW, HELP US GET OUR AREA WEST PETERSBURG, YOU KNOW, LOOKING LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
THAT NEW PROJECT THAT THEY BUILT OVER THERE BEHIND MCDONALD'S, WHY CAN'T THEY COME IN AND HELP US INSTEAD OF COMING IN BRINGING MORE HOUSES FOR WHAT OUR PEOPLE OUT THERE.
UM, JUST, JUST SO OUR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE WILL HAVE SOMEWHERE TO LIVE.
BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO GET A GRANT TO HELP ME BE, UM, MAKE IT LIVABLE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSES.
WE DON'T NEED NO MORE MANSIONS COMING OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN.
'CAUSE WE ARE POOR PEOPLE HAVE POOR JOBS AND SOME DON'T HAVE A JOB.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA BRING THESE HOUSES IN THAT THE PEOPLE THAT'S OUT THERE, THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEM.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BRING MORE PEOPLE IN THERE ON US AND LEAVE US THERE LOOKING LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS LOOKED WITH NOTHING.
YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, SIR,
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I KNOW THAT YOU BOUGHT THE LAND OR WHOEVER FROM SOMEBODY THAT WAS SELLING IT, BUT YOU SAID THEY'D BEEN THERE, WHAT IT 15 YEARS AGO.SOME OF US BEEN THERE FOR 50 YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY HOUSES FIXED UP SO THE PEOPLE THAT I GOT LIVING IN THEM CAN STILL LIVE THERE AND AFFORD 'EM.
BUT THEY CAME IN AND PUT SOME SIDEWALKS AND THE REST OF 'EM, THEY JUST DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR 'EM.
BUILD SOME NEW HOUSES, THE PEOPLE MOVED IN THEM, YOU KNOW, BUT SOME OF 'EM PROBABLY HAD TO MOVE OUT 'CAUSE THEY COULDN'T AFFORD 'EM.
BUT, UM, THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY ABOUT THAT.
BUT Y'ALL CONSIDER WHEN Y'ALL MAKE Y'ALL DECISIONS, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, NICE HOUSES IS FINE, BUT IF THEY'RE GONNA DO THE WHOLE AREA, YOU KNOW, HELP ALL OF US AND NOT JUST SOME OF US, THEN THAT'LL LOOK BETTER FOR US AND IT WILL HELP US BE ABLE TO LIVE LIKE THE ONES THAT THEY TRYING TO BRING IN ON US.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? SO THAT'S IT.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BOARD, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? WE HAVE A MOTION? NO, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT, UM, WITH EVERYTHING BEING SAID AND DONE, I THINK, UM, AGAIN, LISTING, UM, TO SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE CITIZENS THAT I'VE TALKED TO, EVEN THE ONES WHO LIVED ON ON THE STREET, UM, I, I'M JUST NOT IN FAVOR OF GOING FROM R ONE TO RU AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE AT THIS TIME.
I GUESS MY ONLY THING THAT I WILL SAY TO IT, UM, IS IF WE DON'T WANT, UH, THE RU ZONING, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM, UM, THE SUBDIVISION, UH, AND NOT HAVE IT.
UM, BECAUSE I REALLY THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, AND I THINK, UH, I MADE THE STATEMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD A CASE, UM, THAT WAS TURNED DOWN.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS PUT IN PLACE TO FILL IN, UM, SOME OF THESE UNUSABLE LOTS AND GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO USE THEIR LOTS.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF IF IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TONIGHT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SOMEWHAT INDIFFERENT, UM, WITH, WITH HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT IF, IF, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT, WE NEED TO TAKE, TAKE THIS OPTION OFF THE TABLE.
YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH YOU THERE.
THE OPTION IS THERE FOR A REASON.
UM, I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT SEVEN HOUSES GOING IN THERE.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT DENSER THAN IT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE REMAINING AREA THAT'S AROUND IT, UM, MY ONLY CONCERN IS, IS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HEAR THAT SOMEBODY WANTS, UM, THAT NEEDS HELP TO, FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE AROUND IT, THE ISSUE FOR US, WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE DOLLARS AND CENTS TO BE ABLE TO, TO GIVE YOU THAT GRANT MONEY TO BE ABLE TO UPLIFT THE HOMES THAT ARE AROUND IT.
WE'RE HERE STRICTLY ON A ZONING CASE, AND THAT'S THE DIFFICULT PART TO THIS.
UM, AND YOU WISH YOU HAD THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF.
BUT THAT'S NOT OUR DECISION THIS EVENING TO MAKE.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY THAT HAVING BEEN IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, FOR WORK, THAT THE HOUSES THAT ARE SPECKED OUT ARE COMPARABLE TO THE ONES THAT ARE THERE.
UM, I HEAR YOU WITH WANTING HELP WITH BEAUTIFYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK THAT THE AVENUE THAT NEEDS TO BE SOUGHT IS THROUGH CODE COMPLIANCE AND, AND SPEAKING WITH LANDLORDS AND, AND PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE EXISTING.
IF THE PROPERTIES ARE NOT KEPT UP TO THE STANDARD THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, YOU NEED TO VOICE THOSE CONCERNS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE EXISTING.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE CAPABLE AND, AND REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THOSE CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
UM, I THINK THAT NEW HOUSES IN THE COMMUNITY IS, I MEAN, YOU SAID YOURSELF, MR. JONES, IT'S NOT A BAD THING AND THAT
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YOU WOULD ENJOY SEEING NEW HOMES.SOUNDED LIKE YOUR CONCERN IS WITH EXISTING HOMES AND WANTING THAT SPREAD.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT THAT COMES FROM PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE THERE ALREADY.
I DON'T THINK THAT SOMEBODY THAT INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 15 YEARS AND PAID PROPERTY TAX ON THIS PROPERTY AS IT'S CONTINUED 15, 20 YEARS IS DOING SOMETHING WRONG BY NOW WANTING TO BUILD ON THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE OWNED.
SO LOOKING AT IT FROM THE THAT STANDPOINT, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THEM BEING ABLE TO USE THEIR PROPERTY BASED ON THE COMP, THE COMP PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, I WOULD WANT SOMETHING TO COME IN AND MAKE MY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER AND I THINK IT WOULD FORCE THE OWNERS THAT'S RENTING THEIR PROPERTY TO STEP UP.
UM, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOMES COME IN AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT DOES PUT THE PRESSURE ON THE LANDLORDS.
BUT LIKE, UH, MR. UH, TH SAID, WE CAN'T GIVE YOU THE MONEY TO BEAUTIFY THE OLD ONES THAT'S THERE, BUT ONCE THEY COME IN, I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE TO STEP UP AND MAKE THINGS BETTER.
SO EXCUSE, HOW CAN THEY STEP UP IF THEY DON'T HAVE NO MONEY? WELL, I'M NOT HERE TO, OKAY, SO I'M GIVING YOU MY OPINION.
UH, SO BOARD, WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND I, AND I THINK SOMETIMES TOO WHEN THESE CASES DO, UH, COME BEFORE US, UM, AND I THINK WE DID THAT LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD, UM, A ISSUE ON GREENSVILLE.
YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE AREA.
I MEAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, UM, ON THE SCREEN, BUT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY LOOK AT SOME OF THE AREAS THAT IS, UM, UP FOR, UH, DEBATE AND TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID THAT.
UM, UH, I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK, UM, FOR THEM, BUT YOU NEED TO DO THAT.
AND ALSO EVEN, AND AS YOU SAID, THE VEGETATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OKAY, THAT'S A, THAT'S A ZONING ISSUE BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT OR IF THEY CALLED AND, YOU KNOW, COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PEOPLE, AND I GUESS WE, I GUESS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, I GUESS RENTAL PROPERTIES OR WHATEVER, PEOPLE DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF THEM OUT THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO SEND PEOPLE OUT THERE TO, UH, CODE VIOLATION TO CUT GRASS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WELL, IF YOU ARE A LANDLORD, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT ANYWAY, BUT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SEND PEOPLE OUT THERE TO CUT, CUT GRASS WHEN YOU, YOU ARE A, UH, LANDLORD.
UM, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, FAMILIAR WITH THE HOUSING, FAMILIAR WITH PEOPLE NOT DOING SOME THINGS.
AND THIS IS WHY SOME PEOPLE, UM, HAVE CALLED AND THEY HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS.
THAT'S, THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WE ARE ON THE BOARD TO LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS, RIGHT OR WRONG OR INDIFFERENT.
AND WE HAVE TO, UH, LISTEN TO THEM IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.
I DON'T LIVE THERE, NONE OF US LIVE THERE.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE DO THAT.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SEVEN HOUSES ON THAT, ON THAT, ON THAT STREET, SEVEN.
AND ARE WE GOING TO COME BACK LATER AND IF THINGS ARE NOT DONE AND SAY, OKAY, WELL YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR PART, SO NOW ZONING IS BACK INVOLVED AT THE SEVEN HOUSES THAT YOU PUT THERE AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BEING MAINTAINED.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I JUST KINDA WANNA GO TO GO ON RECORD TO, TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK, UM, IT'S A DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I, AND YOU KNOW, WITH HOUSES AND EVERYTHING, I DON'T THINK IF, IF A AREA CAME UP AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY LAKE JORDAN, ARE WE GONNA, ARE WE GONNA ASK ABOUT, UM, PUTTING HOUSES THERE IF, UM, IF THEY AT THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION SAID WE DON'T WANT THAT OR WHATEVER.
BUT ANYWAY, WITH THAT SAID, UM, I AM JUST REPORTING WHAT I THINK.
UM, UH, THE CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY AND, AND FEEL.
WE TALK ABOUT HOUSES, UM, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSES AND THAT'S WHAT, IF THAT'S WHAT SOMETHING THEY'RE GONNA DO, WE CAN'T SAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND, UM, SO, UM, I'M ONLY ONE PERSON, SO AS I SAID, UM, YOU CAN STILL BUILD HOUSES TWO AS OPPOSED TO SEVEN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL, UM, IF YOU'RE DOING THAT.
SO I AM STILL SAYING THAT I WANT TO, AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK DAN SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TAKING THINGS AWAY
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FROM, UM, THE RU THAT WE, THAT WE SAID, AND I AM GONNA GO BACK TO, WAS IT 2022 WITH GREENSVILLE? I THINK THE BOARD MEMBERS MS. UH, DOOLEY WASN'T HERE.WE, YOU WENT OUT TO LOOK AT THAT AND THE SPACE IN BETWEEN, THE GENTLEMAN BOUGHT IT.
R ONE, YOU PURCHASED IT R ONE.
SO SO YOU NOW YOU'RE COMING BACK AND WANT THE BOARD TO CHANGE IT TO RU.
THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE THAT THEY SAW THE AREA THAT GOD SAID THAT HE WAS GONNA GO UP WITH THE HOUSE INSTEAD OF OUT.
HE COULD NOT, UM, GO OUT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE TOUCHING THE TWO HOUSES IN BETWEEN.
SO HE WAS GONNA GO STRAIGHT UP.
UM, AND WE DID, UM, THE BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY WENT OUT AND SAW THAT THEY VOTED NO AGAINST THAT.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT AGAIN, GOING BACK TO, UM, THE CITIZENS' CONCERN AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I SEE IT AND, AND THE WAY I'M REPORTING IT TO STAY.
ANYONE, ANY MORE COMMENTS? SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MUCH
HAMPTON AT THE, AT THE CURRENT SIZE, ONLY TWO HOMES CAN BE BUILT ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IF IT'S NOT REZONED, I'M NOT SURE.
MARK ISLAND IS THE, UH, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FRONT YARD AND REAR YARD FALL COME INTO PLAY ON THESE, RIGHT? THEY HAVE HAVE TO GET A VARIANCE.
YEAH, YOU'D HAVE TO GET A VARIANCE THE WAY IT, IT SITS NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE 65 FEET FROM THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.
AND YOU GOTTA BE 35 FEET FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE.
I MEAN, THAT'S A HUNDRED FEET RIGHT THERE AND THE LIGHTS ARE ONLY A HUNDRED FEET DEEP, SO THERE'S NO ROOM TO BUILD A HOUSE ON IT WITHOUT A VARIANCE.
I'LL PUT A MOTION OUT THERE AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT TAKES US BE.
IT RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.22286 A SEVEN.
IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, AND GENERAL WELFARE AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE.
I MOVE THAT THE REZONING P 24 DASH FOUR AS PRESENTED BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY? AYE.
[13.B. Stormwater Management And Erosion & Sediment Control Chapter Amendments]
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND EROSION AND SETTLEMENT CONTROL.UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. SILL.
UM, WHAT I'M GONNA DISCUSS IS THE, UH, NEW STORMWATER REGULATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE PASSED BEFORE, UH, JULY 1ST.
UM, SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, VIRGINIA EROSION AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF SOIL EROSION SEDIMENT DEPOSITION AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF QUANTITY OF RUNOFF RESULTED FROM LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT THE UNREASONABLE DEGRADATION OF PROPERTY, STEAM CHANNELS, WATERS, AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES.
SO HOW WE GOT TO THIS IS THAT AS Y'ALL ALL REMEMBER, BACK IN JULY 1ST, 2014, THE DENWOODY COUNTY BECAME THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THEIR OWN VIRGINIA STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO IN 2016, THE DEQ WAS DIRECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT THEY NEEDED TO COMBINE THEIR STORM STORMWATER AND EROSION SEDIMENT CONTROL PROGRAMS TOGETHER.
SO IN 2023, THE UH, STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD ADOPTED THE NEW VIRGINIA EROSION AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS TO CONSOLIDATE AND CLARIFY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
AND, AND, UH, THEY ALSO ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE REDUNDANCIES AND CORRECT, UH, CORRECT A LOT OF THE E CONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE ENS PROGRAM AND THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM REGULATIONS.
SO THE NEW REGULATIONS ONCE AGAIN, BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1ST, 2024.
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OF THESE APPROVAL, THE VIRGINIA POLLUTING ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT REGULATIONS ARE CHANGING.THE VIRGINIA, UH, WATER PROTECTION PERMIT PROGRAM REGULATIONS ARE CHANGING AND THE GENERAL PERMIT FOR DISCHARGE STORM WATER FOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ARE CHANGING.
AND SO IS THE, UH, CERTIFICATION OF NONPOINT SOURCE NUTRIENT CREDITS.
IN ADDITION, WE'VE BEEN USING A LOT OF Y'ALL WHO ARE FAMILIAR, ANY OF Y'ALL THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, ENS PROGRAM, WE'RE BEING USING A 1992 VIRGINIA EROSION HANDBOOK AND WE'VE BEEN USING A 2011, UH, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK.
WELL, THERE'S A NEW HANDBOOK THAT'S COME INTO PLACE THAT'S GONNA COMBINE ALL OF THOSE HANDBOOKS AND IT'S GOING TO ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE REDUNDANCIES, A LOT OF INTRODUCE NEW, UH, REGULATIONS.
AND IT'S ALSO GONNA, UH, ADD THE, UH, THE, UH, GENERAL GUIDANCES AND ALL OF THAT INTO THE REGULATIONS.
IT'S ALSO GONNA CONTROL, UH, THE BNP CLEARING HOUSE.
IT'S GONNA PROVIDE DIFFERENT SPECIFICATIONS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVICES, AND ALL OF THAT AS WELL.
UH, YOU ALSO GONNA LOOK AT THE, UH, THE RUNOFF REDUCTION METHODS CHANGING.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IS GONNA CHANGE IS HOW THE PHOSPHO LOADING IS, UH, CALCULATED IN THE OVERALL STORMWATER FACILITY.
UH, INTRODUCE NEW LAND COVERS.
THEN NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NEW LAND COVER THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IS GONNA BE BASICALLY CALLED A MIXED OPEN, WHICH IS BETWEEN A FOREST AND TURF.
IT'S ALSO GONNA ACCOMMODATE NEW POST-DEVELOPMENT BMPS, UH, UH, AND, UH, THE REGENERATIVE STORMWATER CONVEYANCE AND TREE PLANNING.
AND IT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW STORMWATER MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK.
IS THIS, THIS WHAT THIS METHOD'S GONNA BE DONE? SO HOW THESE CHANGES AFFECT DEVELOPMENT? WELL, CURRENTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IS THAT ALL OF THE UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PERMITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE HAVE TO BE REISSUED UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS.
EVEN THOUGH THIS NEW MERGER WILL HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EXISTING ENS AND, UH, MINIMUM STANDARDS AND THE POST CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CRITERIA, CONTRACTORS ARE EXPECTED TO LEARN THE NEW CHANGES AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS AND COMPARE THE OLD AND THE NEW TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS.
UM, SOLAR FARMS WILL NOW HAVE, UH, RUNOFF CALCULATIONS THAT ARE PART OF IT NOW.
SO THERE IS A NEW METHOD TO HOW STORM WATER IS TREATED WITH, UH, THE, UH, RUNOFF CALCULATIONS.
WATER QUALITY HAS BECOME MORE STRINGENT.
THE PHOSPHORUS LOADS NOW ARE 26 POUNDS PER ACRE PER YEAR VERSUS THE EXISTING ONE, WHICH IS 41 POUNDS.
SO THE WATER QUALITY HAS BECOME MORE STRINGENT.
UH, THE ENGINEER DESIGNS WILL BECOME MORE COMPLEX.
IT WILL PROBABLY A LITTLE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE TO DEVELOPMENT ON HOW TO TREAT THESE UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS.
UH, IT DEPENDS ON HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO MANAGE THE, THE REDUCTIONS.
SO HOW THIS AFFECTS US, WELL OUR, THE NEW V-S-M-P-V-E-S-M-P UH, WILL REPLACE OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS THAT RUN OUT REDUCTION METHODS AND LAND CATEGORIES.
AND THE BMPS WILL PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE DURING OUR PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, OUR SITE INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT'S COME INTO PLAY NOW IS FARM BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURALS WILL NOW BE REGULATED UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS.
AND HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK IS THAT IT'LL GO THROUGH WHAT THEY CALL AN AGREEMENT IN LIEU OF PROCESS OF ANYTHING THAT'S LESS THAN 5% IMPERVIOUS OF THE LAND PARCEL.
IF THE AREA IMPERVIOUS IS 5% OR GREATER WILL REQUIRE AN EMS PLAN, STORMWATER PLAN, AND POSSIBLY A, UH, V, S AND P, THE PERMIT, THE NEW STORMWATER PERMIT.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS I'M IN THE PROCESS NOW OF UPDATING ALL THE COUNTY APPLICATIONS, OUR PERMITS, MY INSPECTION REPORTS, ALL THE, AND IT HAS TO MEET THE NEW RE UH, REQUIREMENTS.
AND OF COURSE THEN THERE'S GONNA BE A LEARNING CODE TO THE NEW BMPS, THE NEW PROCESS, THE NEW HANDBOOK.
WE GET A ONE YEAR TRANSITION FROM THE OLD REGULATIONS TO THE NEW REGULATIONS.
SO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WENT THROUGH IT KIND OF QUICK, SO ANY QUESTIONS? YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
NO, THEY JUST DOUBLED YOUR JOB.
IT'S HOW I LOOK AT IT AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE COUNTY.
IT'S ANOTHER LAYER THAT ADDS, ADDS EXPENSE TO EVERYTHING.
THE THE GAS WE BUY, THE GROCERIES, WE BUY EVERYTHING.
UNFORTUNATELY THE BUREAUCRACY AT ITS BEST.
SO IT'S, YEAH, THEY, THE FARMING ONE'S GONNA BE THE INTERESTING ONE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE I'M KIND OF MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAN ANYTHING I AM TOO.
AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO TO THEM, IT
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MAKES IT HARDER FOR THEM TO MAKE A DOLLAR.I WAS HOPING IT WOULD NEVER GET THIS RATE.
BUT AFTER LAST YEAR AND ALL THOSE MEETINGS WE'VE HAD WITH THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT, I SAW IT COMING.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN EXEMPTED FROM A LOT OF THIS STUFF FOR SO LONG.
NOW IT'S NOT, AND, AND NO DISRESPECT TO YOU BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE GOT A GOOD HEAD ON YOUR SHOULDER, BUT YOU'RE GONNA PUT PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF FARM AND EENS THAT HAVE NO IDEA BY FARM AND ENS, SO, YOU KNOW.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO REGULATE IT, EVEN IF I DON'T AGREE WITH IT,
IT'S GONNA GET TO THE A POINT WHERE A FARMER'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT WORKING FOR THEM.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE BAD PART ABOUT IT.
AND THEN THAT TAKES MORE PROFITS AWAY FROM THEM.
BUT ANYWAY, LUCKILY, LUCKILY IT ONLY APPLIES TO, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT LUCK, LUCKILY IT ONLY APPLIES TO THEIR STRUCTURES, THE PARKING, THEIR ROWS AND ALL THAT.
IT STILL DOESN'T APPLY TO THEIR LAND, THE CROPS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO IT ONLY APPLIES TO THEIR STRUCTURES.
UM, SO THAT IS ONE GOOD THING ABOUT, 'CAUSE IF YOU STARTED LOOKING AT THE OPEN SPACE ON WHAT THEY CLEARED BE A LOT WORSE, SO.
SO THAT'S, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR MR. EDWARDS.
IN THE, IN THE POWERPOINT SLIDES IT SAYS IT MUST GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST.
I THINK THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE IS WORDED TO BE TAKE EFFECT UPON ADOPTION.
DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE OF WHICH ONE IT IS? UH, IN REALITY NEEDS TO GO IN EFFECT JULY 1ST.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE STATE REGULATIONS GO IN EFFECT.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT IT IN TWO, AT THE VERY END OF THE ORDINANCE, IT WOULD SAY THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2024.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BOARD, YOU'VE HEARD THE GOOD, UH, PRESENTATION.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? CAN WE DO A SO MOVE OR DO YOU NEED TO READ ALL THIS? I THINK YOU CAN APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED WITH THE MODIFIC MODIFICATION MADE BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AS PRESENTED WITH THE MODIFICATIONS BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
[13.C. Through Truck Restriction, Halifax Road]
THIS IS A GREAT THING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTIONS.HALIFAX ROAD, MR. FRENCH, MR. AARON FRENCH, WOULD YOU PLEASE? GOOD BOARD.
GOOD TO SEE THE BOARD AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, I WILL JUST READ OFF THE ADVERTISEMENT AS IT WAS ADVERTISED, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR HALIFAX ROAD, UM, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE AND THE PROPOSED DETOUR ROUTES FOR THE RESTRICTION.
ALRIGHT, PURSUANT TO SECTION 46.2 DASH 8 0 9 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, AS ADMITTED, THE DENWOODY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THIS WILL IMPOSE A THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION ON HALIFAX ROAD STATE ROUTE 6 0 4 LOCATED IN DEWINE COUNTY.
THIS RESTRICTION IS BEING PROPOSED DUE TO FREQUENT OCCURRENCES OF TRUCKS STARTING TO NAVIGATE THIS NARROW RURAL ROADWAY.
I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THIS RESTRICTION IS BEING TOO IMPOSED TO FORCE, UM, THESE MOTORISTS TO CROSS THESE SCALES ON I 95 AS WELL.
AND, UM, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE LEGAL LOADS TRAVELING ON OUR ROADWAYS IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND VIRGINIA AND DENWOODY COUNTY.
UM, HALIFAX, THE RESTRICTION IS PROPOSED ON HALIFAX ROAD, BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF FLANK ROAD ROUTE 6 76 AND INTER ENDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF TY ROAD.
ROUTE 6 23 WITH TERMINI TO TERMINI DISTANCE EQUAL EQUALING APPROXIMATELY 10.20 MILES.
THE ALTERNATIVE ROAD PROPOSED IS HALIFAX ROAD ROUTE 6 0 4, BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF FLANK ROAD, ROUTE 6 76, THEN TRAVELING NORTH ON HALIFAX ROAD ROUTE 6 0 4 1 0.54 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION OF SQUIRREL LEVEL ROAD ROUTE SIX 13, THEN TRAVELING NORTH ON SQUIRREL LEVEL ROAD ROUTE SIX 13.81 MILE TO THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 85, THEN TRAVELING EAST ON INTERSTATE 85, 2 0.51 MILES TO THE INSECTION OF INTERSTATE 95, THEN TRAVELING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 95, 14 0.18 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH CRATER ROAD ROUTE 3 0 1, THEN TRAVELING SOUTH ON ROUTE 3 0 1 SOUTH CRATER ROAD 0.11 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION OF ANI ROAD STATE ROUTES 6 23, THEN TRAVELING WEST ON ANI ROAD, ROUTE
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6 23 0.15 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION OF HALIFAX ROAD ROUTE 6 0 4 WITH TERMIN I TWO TERMINI DISTANCE EQUALING APPROXIMATELY 19.30 MILES.DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? WHAT, WHAT KIND OF TRUCK SAW ARE THEY? UH, MOSTLY INDUSTRIAL SEMI SEMI TRUCKS.
ALRIGHT, SO BOMB TRUCK PULLS OUT OF MR. WRIGHT'S DRIVEWAY GOING TO CAROLINA.
CAN HE GO DOWN HALIFAX ROAD OR DOES HE HAVE TO GO THE OTHER WAY GOING? YES, SIR.
AS LONG AS THE TRUCK HAS A DESTINATION THAT IS ON THE ROUTE, HE IS PERFECTLY LEGAL TO TRAVERSE THAT ROUTE.
BUT IF HE'S GOING PAST, IF HE'S GOING TO NORTH CAROLINA TO MARKET IN NORTH CAROLINA, THEN HE CAN'T TAKE HALIFAX ROAD.
'CAUSE THAT'S A, HE'S A FRUIT FRUIT TRUCK THEN IF THE FARM WOULD BE, IS LOCATED NORTH OF FLANK ROAD? NO SIR.
HE COULD NOT TRAVEL ALL THE WAY DOWN HALIFAX ROAD.
HOWEVER, IF THE FARM IS LOCATED INSIDE THE BOUNDS OF THE RESTRICTION, THEN HE IS LEGAL TO TRAVERSE THE ROUTE.
AS LONG AS IT'S A LOCAL TRUCK.
SO, DELIVERIES, FARMERS, SCHOOL, BUSES, ANYBODY THAT HAS BUSINESS ON THE ROUTE IS, WOULD BE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO TRAVERSE THE ROUTE.
IT IS JUST THE TRUCKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE CUTTING THROUGH MORE OR LESS THE MANUFACTURERS OWN HALIFAX ROAD IS WHERE ALL THE PROBLEMS AT.
SO HALIFAX ROAD POINTS NORTH AND WEST? YES, SIR.
WELL THAT'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE FARMERS AND THEY'RE NOT MAKING, I MEAN, IT'S GOTTEN WORSE.
I MEAN, WE HAD A ROAD COUNT ON TRUCKS, BUT EVERY TIME I GO, I, I GO BY THERE.
I MEAN THREE TIMES A WEEK I COME THAT WAY AND I GUARANTEE YOU I PASS THREE TRUCKS FROM BRICK ROAD, FLANK ROAD.
IT, IT IS ALSO MAINTENANCE BURDEN ON, ON THE DEPARTMENT, BUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO, UM, RESPOND TO ISSUES WITH THE SHOULDERS, UM, TREES GETTING HIT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE THE ROADWAY IS IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRUCKS.
BUT ALSO RESPOND TO THE INCIDENTS AS WELL WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HAPPEN TO RUN OFF THE ROAD.
THAT'S WHAT IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, CIVIL WAR.
SO, AND THAT'S HAZARDOUS THE WHOLE TIME.
MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS, UH, LOCAL POLICE CAN ENFORCE IT AND THE STATE TROOPERS, SO YES SIR.
AND, AND, AND UPON THE UM, IMPLEMENTATION, WE WILL WORK WITH LOCAL AND STATE POLICE TO MAKE SURE IT IS ENFORCED, OKAY? MM-HMM
ANYONE ELSE? JUST, JUST A QUESTION.
IF TIMBER IS BEING CUT THOUGH, THAT TIMBER TRUCK CAN USE THAT ROAD YES SIR.
TO COME OUT AND GO BACK TO FOUR 60 TO TO 85.
IT'S GOING TO A PULP MILL OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, RIGHT? YES SIR.
DO I HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
BOARD, I HOPE I'M ON MR. CHAIR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION, UH, FOR THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC RESTRICTION ON HALIFAX ROAD AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING.
[13.D. Through Truck Restriction, Sterling Road]
WE'RE MOVING ALONG THROUGH A TRUCK RESTRICTION ON STERLING ROAD.I WILL REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS.
THIS IS A THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION PROPOSED ON ROUTE 6 0 3 STERLING ROAD.
UM, HISTORICALLY THE ROAD HAS BEEN POSTED AS THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTED, UM, UPON QUESTIONS FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THIS ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION ON THE ROUTE AND INVESTIGATION AT MY LEVEL ALL THE WAY UP TO CENTRAL OFFICE IN DOWNTOWN RICHMOND.
WE COULD NOT FIND ACTUALLY ANY LEGAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION ON THIS ROUTE.
IT IS LIKELY THE SIGNS ARE PUT UP ILLEGALLY YEARS AGO, UM, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN DETECTED UNTIL NOW DUE MY DUE DILIGENCE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TICKETS AND ENFORCEMENT THAT WE, UH, HAVE OUT THERE ARE LEGALLY VIABLE.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE ROUTE 6 0 3 STERLING ROAD, UM, PROPOSED FOR RESTRICTION BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 2 26, COX ROAD ENDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOYD AND PLANK ROAD.
ROUTE ONE WITH TERMINI TO TERMINI DISTANCE EQUALING APPROXIMATELY 1.14 MILES.
THE ALTERNATE PROPOSED ROUTE IS COX ROAD, ROUTE 2 26, BEGINNING
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AT THE INTERSECTION OF STERLING ROAD ROUTE 6 0 3 AND TRAVELING WEST ON COX ROAD.ROUTE 2 26 1 0.65 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION OF AIRPORT STREET ROUTE FOUR 60, THEN TRAVELING EAST ON AIRPORT STREET ROUTE 4 61 0.46 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION OF BOYDEN PLANK ROAD ROUTE ONE, 1.2 MILES TO THE INTERSECTION OF STERLING ROAD ROUTE 6 0 3 WITH TERMINATED TO TERMINATED DISTANCE EQUALING APPROXIMATELY 4.38 MILES.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PROPOSED RESTRICTION? UH, YES.
YOU, UH, MENTIONED THE SIGNAGE BEFORE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, AND I NOTICED YOU SAID YOU WENT ALL THE WAY UP, UP THE LADDER, UH, AND YOU COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, I JUST KIND OF HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT KNOWING THAT, THAT THAT WAS THERE.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT DID ITS JOB AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT THE TRUCK TRAFFIC AND THEN IT'S REMOVED AND THEN NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS RIGHT BECAUSE IT TOOK CARE OF THE ISSUES ON THAT ROAD AT THAT TIME.
SO JUST HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THAT NOT KNOWING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN NOW IT'S TAKEN UP, NOW YOU HAVE TO DO, UH, A TRAFFIC STUDY, WHICH WE KNOW THAT THE, THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC WAS THERE.
WE KNOW THAT IT, THE TRUCK TRAFFIC, I MEAN, I I TRAVEL THAT ROAD ALL THE TIME AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THINGS AND, UM, TRYING TO REPORT THAT, BUT NOW IT'S, YOU HAVE TO WAIT HOW LONG BEFORE THE TRAFFIC STUDY BECAUSE BEFORE YOU GO BACK AND ACTUALLY PUT IT THERE.
UM, SO IF, IF THE RESOLUTION IS PASSED, I WILL TAKE THAT RESOLUTION TO MY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, UM, BY CODE.
THEY HAVE NINE MONTHS TO COMPLETE AND FORMALIZE THE STUDY BEFORE I CAN HAVE MY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
IT MAY NOT TAKE UP TO NINE MONTHS.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY LOOKED AT IT AND, AND PROVIDED, UM, SOME SUPPORT MORE OR LESS FOR IT.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY IT WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FORMAL STUDY, WHICH, WHICH CAN'T TAKE UP TO NINE MONTHS.
WHEN IT WAS, I MEAN, WHEN IT WAS PERFECT THEN, AND I MEAN, IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT, IT WAS DONE AND JUST CAN'T FIND THE PAPERWORK.
UM, SO GIVEN THIS AS A LEGAL RESTRICTION, IF IT WAS ACTUALLY TO BE, HAVE BEEN LEGALLY RESTRICTED AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE PAST, THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE THE RESOLUTION FOR IT AS WELL.
YEAH, I, UH, AND IT, WE DID HAVE TO REMOVE THE SIGNS AND HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS BEING DONE, ANY ENFORCEMENT THAT WE WERE TO TAKE OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE WOULD NOT BE LEGALLY VIABLE.
IF WE WERE TO WRITE SOMEBODY A TICKET, IT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY STANDING IN A COURT BECAUSE THE RESTRICTION WAS NEVER LEGALLY IMPOSED.
YEAH, IT'S, AND, AND I, I DO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT, UM, THE CITIZENS REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT
SO UN UNFORTUNATELY, I I'M FALLING PERIL TO TOVE OUT OF YESTER, UH, YESTER YEAR.
UM, SOME THINGS WERE DONE JUST TO APPE CITIZENS AND LOCALITIES WITHOUT FOLLOWING AN ACTUAL, UM, LEGAL PROCESS AND MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
BUT IS THAT THE ONLY SITUATION THAT, THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED? YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT YOU KNOW OF ONE IS, IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I, THAT I'M AWARE OF OCCURRING.
UM, THAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED IN MY CAREER.
I HAVE HOWEVER, ENCOUNTERED DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WHERE THERE WERE THINGS DONE, UM, BACK IN THE SIXTIES, SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES, THAT, THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY, DID NOT FOLLOW A PROCESS THAT WE SHOULD, UH, LEGALLY FOLLOW NOW.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO, JUST, JUST TO COMMENT, ERIC, UH, I HOPE WE CAN EXPEDITE THIS AS FAST AS WE CAN.
BECAUSE I THINK WE KNOW WHERE THE RESIDENTS STAND ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE COMING IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
UM, IT'S JUST SAD BECAUSE I ASKED A QUESTION PERTAINING TO WHAT, WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THE FINES AND NOW I GOTTA GO THROUGH A PROCESS 13 YEARS BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE RIGHT HAND DID TO THE LEFT HAND 25, 30 YEARS AGO.
AND, AND THAT'S, IT'S JUST SAD THAT WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION.
IT'S, I I UNDERSTAND AND YOU'RE PUT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
UM, BUT FROM A COUNTY POINT OF VIEW, ADMINISTRATION POINT OF VIEW, AND FROM A VDOT POINT OF VIEW, I UNDERSTAND IT'S JUST SAD THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS.
IT IT IS, AND, AND I'M REGRETFUL TO DO IT AND PUT THOSE CITIZENS IN, IN THAT POSITION WHERE THEY MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH, WITH THE, UM, WITH
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MORE OR LESS CONSEQUENCES OF TAKING THOSE SIGNS UP FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO EXPEDITE THE MATTER WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND, AND GETTING MY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I DO HAVE TO OPEN THESE TO A TWO WEEK PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AS WELL ONCE THE STUDY IS FINALIZED.
UH, I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING HARD AND TO GET TO WHERE YOU'RE AT RIGHT NOW WITH STERLING ROAD.
I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CHAIRMAN.
JUST A, A STATEMENT TOO, AARON.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE COUNTY'S CORE VALUES, ONE OF THEM THAT WE SHADE A DIFFERENT COLORS INTEGRITY AND IN, IN SOME CASES, MOST CASES.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF WHEN YOU FOUND THIS ERA, 'CAUSE I THINK I WAS YOUR FIRST CALL AND I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS THE HARDER PATH.
UM, THE EASIER PATH WOULD'VE BEEN NOBODY WOULD'VE KNOWN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG, SO TO SPEAK AND JUST MOVE FORWARD.
UM, AND SO I I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY APPLAUD YOU BECAUSE IN TODAY'S WORLD OF MEDIOCRACY, YOU DIDN'T DO THAT.
UM, AND WE CAN'T SAY WE STAND AS FOREIGN ORGANIZATION WITH INTEGRITY IN THE MIDDLE OF IT IF, IF WE WANTED IT SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.
SO, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT PEOPLE THAT IF THEY DO TRAVERSE THIS ROAD, AND I, I HAVE ALL HOPES THAT THE STUDY COMES BACK AND SUPPORTS WHAT WE, WHAT WE ALL THINK IS A COMMON SENSE APPROACH OUT HERE AND, AND A MOST EXPEDITIOUS WAY TO GET IT DONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, BUT AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT, WHETHER IT'S LOCAL POLICE OR WHETHER IT'S THE, THE STATE POLICE WITH PENALTY THAT WOULD SUSTAIN ITSELF JUDICIALLY IF IT GETS TO COURT.
AND THAT, THAT'S ULTIMATELY ALL WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THAT REGARD.
UM, SO AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT IT NOT TO BE RECOGNIZED THAT YOU YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.
EVEN, EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS HARDER.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING HARDER, BUT THIS, THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
ANYMORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
DID I SAY SOMETHING? NAME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UM, I ACTUALLY, UH, GREW UP ON STERLING ROAD, SO I, MY PARENTS FIRST MOVED THERE IN 1971 AND I SPENT A MAJORITY OF MY LIFE HERE.
AND I SUPPORT THIS THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION.
I HOPE THAT STUDY GETS SPED UP BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON STERLING ROAD TO TAKE ANY KIND OF LARGE TRUCK.
I'VE TAKEN FIRE TRUCKS DOWN THROUGH THERE WITH INE AND I COULD BARELY GET DOWN THROUGH THERE.
SO PUTTING A RESTRICTION, OPENING THAT UP AT ANY POINT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL.
I KNOW THAT ROPE LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE DECISION TO MAKE THAT A THROUGH AREA FOR TRUCKS.
THAT'S TO SAY I AGREE WITH YOU.
MY, I HAVE A FAMILY THAT LIVES ON STERLING ROAD AND IT'S RIGHT IN THE CURVE WHEN THEY COME AROUND.
SO YOU CAN BEAR IN ORDER TO TAKE A CURVE ON THAT WITH ANY TRUCK.
YEAH, IT'S, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
[14.A. Opioid Settlement Resolution- Kroger]
14 OLD NEW BUSINESS OPIOID SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION.ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M GONNA COME UP HERE FOR A CHANGE OF SCENERY.
SO WE'VE GOT BEFORE YOU A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE ENTRANCE INTO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH KROGER AND A NUMBER OF KROGER'S AFFILIATES.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE OPIOID LITIGATION THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN, KROGER IS ACTUALLY NOT A NAMED DEFENDANT IN THE COUNTY'S LITIGATION, BUT THEY HAVE OFFERED THIS NATIONAL SETTLEMENT AND WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO ACCEPT THE SETTLEMENT.
THE MORE COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA THAT ACCEPT THE SETTLEMENT, THE MORE MONEY AS A WHOLE VIRGINIA GETS.
THE MORE MONEY AS A WHOLE VIRGINIA GETS, THE MORE MONEY, UH, DEN DENWOODY COUNTY GETS.
AND YOU CAN EXPECT UNDER THE BEST CASE SCENARIO OVER A PERIOD OF, OF 11 YEARS TO GET A, A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF ABOUT $20,000 FROM THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S IN LINE WITH THE BEST CASE SCENARIO AND, AND THE MONEY WOULD NEED TO BE USED FOR OPIOID APPROVED
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OPIOID ABATEMENT PURPOSES, WHICH CAN INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM EDUCATION TO PURCHASING NARCAN TO, TO, UH, TREATMENT AND THERAPY.HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYTIME WE CAN GET SOME MONEY.
SO, OKAY FOLKS, WE HAVE A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT, UM, ACCEPT RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
[14.B. Release And Agreement To Terminate Broadband Agreements In Light Of Transfer Of 2022 VATI Grant To Western Piedmont Planning District Commission]
MR. SOUTH ALL, YOU'RE ALREADY UP THERE AND SO'S GO TO B RELEASE THE AGREEMENT AND TERMINATE BROADBAND.SO THE BACKGROUND ON THIS ONE, UM, IS AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DENWITTY COUNTY HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO BRING BROADBAND INTERNET TO THE UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED PEOPLE OF, OF DENWITTY COUNTY.
UM, THE FRUIT OF THOSE EFFORTS DID INCLUDE THE AWARD OF A GRANT FROM THE TOBACCO COMMISSION IN 2018 AS PART OF A JOINT PROJECT WITH AMELIA COUNTY FOR A WIRELESS PROJECT AND THE AWARD OF A 2022 VATI GRANT FOR A FIBER TO THE HOME PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE FORMATION OF THE DENWITTY COUNTY BROADBAND AUTHORITY.
UM, ON APRIL 25TH, 2022, DENWITTY COUNTY AND THE DINWITTY COUNTY BROADBAND AUTHORITY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH PGC ENTERPRISES, LLC, ALSO KNOWN AS RURAL BAND, WITH THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL AVAILABILITY OF BROADBAND IN DENWOODY COUNTY ROLL BAND SUBSEQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTIES THAT SOLVED ITS PROGRESS, INCLUDING AN INABILITY TO PLACE ROLL BAND'S FIBER ON THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE POLES REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT ON TERMS THAT MADE THE PROJECT FEASIBLE WITHIN THE BUDGET AVAILABLE TO THEM.
UH, AND SO I'VE INCLUDED IN IN YOUR PACKET A A, UH, WHAT I CALL A RE A RELEASE AND AGREEMENT TO TERMINATE BROADBAND AGREEMENTS IN LIGHT OF TRANSFER OF 2022 VATI GRANT TO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION.
AND SO THAT RESOLUTION WILL AUTHORIZE THE TERMINATION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED APRIL 25TH, 2022 AGREEMENT.
AND THERE'S BEEN REALLY NO PROGRESS MADE UNDER THAT AGREEMENT IN, IN QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
UM, RIVER STREET NETWORKS HAS STATED THAT IT IS THEIR INTENT TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH SERVING THEIR RDOF AREA.
AND RURAL BAND HAS STATED THAT, THAT IT IS THEIR INTENT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN THE AREA IN WHICH THEY HAVE RDOI BELIEVE IN CAF TWO MUD.
UM, SO THE AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW THE FINANCIAL AWARD THAT DENDY RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE 2022 VATI GRANT TO BE APPLIED TO THE PROJECTS OF RIVER STREET AND PGEC IN DENDY COUNTY.
SO THE PROJECTS WILL NOT LOSE ANY STATE OR FEDERAL MONEY, UH, BY THE APPROVAL OF THIS AGREEMENT.
LOCAL FUNDS THE COUNTY, THE, THE COUNTY'S MONEY THAT THE COUNTY WAS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY BE RETAINED BY THE COUNTY AND REPURPOSED.
SO THIS IS MONEY THAT DENWOODY HAD COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT THAT WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO DENWOODY TO BE SPENT FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF ALL RIVER STREETS VALLEY AWARDS STATEWIDE ARE BEING CONSOLIDATED WITH THE WESTERN PIEDMONT PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S DENWOODY WOULD BE THE 14TH COUNTY TO, TO BE IN THAT CLUB.
UM, THE PGEC PROJECT WOULD BE OVERSEEN, UH, ALSO BY THE WESTERN PIEDMONT, UH, PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION AS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE GIVEN THAT RIVER STREET IS BEING OVERSEEN, UM, BY, BY THAT BODY.
UM, AGAIN, TAXPAYER MONEY WAS PROTECTED HERE.
DENWITTY HAS NOT PAID ANY MONEY TO RIVER STREET OR TO RURAL BAND IN CONNECTION WITH THE BROADBAND PROJECTS.
UH, THE MONEY AND THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY ACCOUNT IS AVAILABLE TO RETURN TO THE COUNTY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND, WHICH IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF.
THERE IS A SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF THIS MEETING.
AND AT THAT MEETING, A RESOLUTION WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY RETURN THAT MONEY.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
NEED A MOTION? WHICH WAY ARE WE GOING? GOOD.
WE NEED TO READ A STATEMENT ON THIS ONE.
I BELIEVE YOU JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
MR. CHAIRMAN TO CITIZEN'S COMMENT APPEAR THERE'S ONE MORE, ONE MORE.
[Additional Item]
YOU DID AMEND THE AGENDA OKAY.[02:35:01]
LIKE WE'RE IN THE 14TH INNING OF A BASEBALL GAME NOW.I'M JUST TRYING TO, UM, BUT, BUT YES.
THE, THE, UM, THE AMENDMENT WAS NORTH SIDE SITE APPROVAL OF DOMINION EASEMENT FOR RIVER STREET PROJECT.
I I RECEIVED ABOUT 2:20 PM THIS AFTERNOON, A REQUEST FROM RURAL, WAIT, I'VE GOT MY RS MIXED UP FROM RIVER STREET.
FOR AN EASEMENT TO, UH, EXTEND ELECTRICITY, SOMETHING LIKE 150 FEET FROM THE POLE ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE FORMER NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE OVER TO THE SITE WHERE RIVER STREET PLANS TO CONSTRUCT THEIR FIBER HUT.
THEY NEED ELECTRICITY FOR THAT FACILITY.
UM, WHAT I, AND I, I, I REVIEWED THE, UH, THE EASEMENT TODAY AND I'M FINE WITH THE LEGAL FORM OF IT.
IT'S A REGULAR OLD DOMINION EASEMENT AS BEST I CAN TELL.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR IS A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THAT, UM, EASEMENT IN FAVOR OF DOMINION.
I JUMPED IN FRONT AND I'M SORRY.
ACTUALLY I BELIEVE THEIR, THEIR LIST IS VIRGINIA AS VIRGINIA ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY ON THE, ON THE EASEMENT.
BUT A, A, UH, A A MOTION TO TO APPROVE, UM, THE EXECUTION OF THE, THE ELECTRIC EASEMENT FOR THAT SITE.
WHO'S GONNA MAKE THE MOTION? I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION.
DO I HAVE A ROLL CALL? MR. DOOLEY? AYE.
ARE WE FINISHED NOW? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[15. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)]
WE CAN MOVE, MOVE ON TO COMMENT.MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE MAUREEN JONES.
TWO INTERVIEWS BETWEEN OPPONENTS AT THE GAM AND GATE PROJECT AND THE PRESS WERE SHUT DOWN WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS OF EACH OCCURRING WITH NO EXPLANATION.
TEAM GAMMON AND COYER STAND TO GAIN A FINANCIAL WINDFALL VIA FORCEFUL TACTICS, FALSE DATA, ABUSIVE MANIPULATION OF PLANNING CODE AND INSIDE RELATIONSHIPS AT THE EXPENSE OF A POPULATION WITH A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER INCOME THAN THEY, IT STANDS TO REASON CERTAIN PARTIES WOULD WANT TO QUASH THIS INFORMATION.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TOO HAS A LOT TO HIDE, SUCH AS THEIR PREFERENCE FOR CARRIE COINER OVER A THOUSAND NORTH END WITTY CITIZENS WHO PRESENTED A SOLID AND FACTUAL CASE.
THE OPPOSING TEAM SUPPLIED A DATA FULL OF HOLES AND PART OF THAT TIES TO THE TRAFFIC ON STERLING ROAD TOO, WHICH IS NOW COMPOUNDED EVEN MORE SO.
AND OF COURSE WE'VE JUST SCRATCHED THE SURFACE HERE, BUT I'VE COVERED OVER, OVER THE MONTHS THE SERIOUS THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COUNTY THAT MIGHT WANNA BE KEPT UNDER COVERS.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT GUARDS AGAINST GOVERNMENT ACTION THAT IS TARGETED AT SPECIFIC SUBJECT MATTER AS A FORM OF FREE SPEECH SUPPRESSION KNOWN AS CONTENT BASED DISCRIMINATION.
FOR MORE, YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MR. SOUTHALL OR YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE NRA OF AMERICA VERSUS CUOMO.
AS THE CITIZENS' ATTEMPTS TO EXPOSE THE CORRUPTION INVOLVING GOV, GAMMON GATE AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS MET WITH RESISTANCE.
SOME HAVE VOWED TO SPREAD THE WORD CONVERSATION BY CONVERSATION WITH EVERY AFFILIATE THEY EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY.
ONE INDIVIDUAL EVEN TEACHING THEIR TODDLER THE NAMES OF THE PLAYERS INVOLVED IN GAMMON GATE.
SO THOSE WHO HAS DESTROYED HER END OF THE COUNTY WON'T BE FORGOTTEN.
THE CURSE WORDS, 10 FOOT BUFFER WILL NOW BE TIED FOREVER TO THOSE PEOPLE'S NAMES.
AND JUST TO SUM IT UP REAL QUICK, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU APPRECIATED THE, UH, GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE ROAD MATTER AND THE INVESTIGATION FOR TAKING THE HARDER PATH.
I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD DOES THE SAME THING.
YOU DIDN'T TAKE THE HARDER PATH AND SAYING NO TO FALSE DATA, SOME DATA THAT WAS A THOUSAND TIMES EXAGGERATED OR SHOULD I SAY UNDER THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF TRAFFIC THAT WE EXPERIENCED ON COX ROAD AS FAR AS HEAVY TRAFFIC.
THAT'S JUST AGAIN, THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
AND WE HAD MR. RIZZO, WHO WAS AN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR IN HIS, BEFORE HIS RETIRED LIFE, TRY TO PREVENT THE DATA, SHOWED THAT IT WAS SKEWED AND HE GOT CUT OFF.
WE'RE TIRED OF NOT BEING HURT.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP ON TALKING.
NOW YOU'VE GOT EVEN A BIGGER PROBLEM ON YOUR HANDS.
UM, YOU SAID WE SHOULDN'T SWEEP THIS STUFF UNDER THE RUG.
DON'T SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG THAT THESE APARTMENTS WITH A NINE MONTH PERIOD WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVEN THE WORST TRAFFIC WE'VE EVER SEEN COMBINED WITH THESE APARTMENTS.
IT CANNOT, IT WILL NOT BE SUSTAINABLE.
AND IT'S THE FAULTS OF THIS BOARD, THOSE WHO VOTED AND THOSE WHO SUPPORTED
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SECRETLY THE COINS AND GAMONS FOR DOING THIS.UM, THANKS MR. JULIE FOR ASKING FOR PRAYERS.
SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY HOPE THAT WE HAVE FOR BRINGING INTEGRITY TO THIS BOARD, SO WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP.
[16. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS, MR. DOOLEY? I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS.UM, JUST WANNA SAY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITH THE SHELL FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF, OF CARL AND ALSO FOR MAXWELL WATKINS AND HIS FAMILY.
UM, AND AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, BUDDY BISHOP, OUR COMMUNITY HAS SUFFERED GREAT LOSS IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
UM, SO MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, GILBERT TOWNSEND TOO.
AND THAT'S LIKE IN WHAT, FOUR WEEKS? MM-HMM
STACY, I WORKED WITH STACY FOR A LONG TIME AT THE JUNIOR.
SO YES, WE'VE LOST VILLAGE YOUNG FOLKS, BILL AGE FOLKS.
UM, WELL I'M JUST GONNA SAY WHAT I SAID EARLIER.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT, UM, MAKING SURE WE CHECK ON OUR ELDERLYS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ELDERLY, ELDERLY ABUSE IS ON THE RISE, SO MAKE SURE WE CHECK ON THEM.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH THIS HEAT THAT WE HAVE, THEY MAY BE IN THE HOUSE, THEY MAY NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONERS OR WHATEVER.
SO, UM, IF YOU KNOW A SENIOR CITIZEN THAT'S UP IN AGE AND LIVES ALONE, PLEASE TRY TO CHECK ON THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY.
AND OF COURSE AT THE TOP OF THAT, OUR, OUR MENTAL HEALTH, MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, TALK TO PEOPLE, SEE PEOPLE AND IF YOU SEE SOMEONE IN DISTRESS, PLEASE TRY TO HELP THEM OUT AS WELL.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT COMES OUT AND VOICES THEIR OPINION.
I VALUE YOUR OPINIONS AND, UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE, UM, SO THANK YOU AND THANK EVERYONE ON THE BOARD TODAY THAT MADE IT SO EASY FOR ME TO MAKE IT THROUGH.
AND SO AT THIS WE NEED A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.