Jan 21, 2025 Board of Supervisors

WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? N NO AMENDMENTS FROM STAFF.

AT THIS TIME, IF EVERYONE WOULD STAND WITH ME FOR, UH, I'LL INVOCATION AND THEN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I'LL FATHER WHO OUGHT HEAVEN HALL THY NAME.

THY KINGDOM COME.

KINGDOM TH WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE TRESPASSED AGAINST US.

LEAD US NOT IN THE TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL FOR THY AS THE KINGDOM AND POWER.

THE KNOW A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNTO GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL AT THIS TIME, DO

[4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]

MR. CHAIRMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY? ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO MOVED.

SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE YOU, UH, ARE THERE ANY, UM, YOU'VE HAD TIME TO LOOK OUT ON? ARE THERE ANY, UH, ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS OR ANYTHING? MR. CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

BE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED.

WE'LL HAVE, UH, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MR. HERRON, FRENCH, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'LL SECOND, UH, COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? DR. MOORE? AYE.

[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation ]

DO NOT HAVE ANY PROJECTS ONGOING IN THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW.

UM, 7 0 3 BRIDGE WAS THE LAST ONE, UH, WRAPPED UP IN NOVEMBER.

UM, BUT WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE SPRINGTIME.

WE'VE GOT TWO RURAL RUSTIC PROJECTS, UH, IN THE COUNTY THAT WILL BEGIN ONCE WE GET THE WEATHER FOR IT.

THOSE ARE CHERRY HILL AND TRANQUILITY LANE.

THE HALIFAX ROAD THROUGH SCHROCK RESTRICTION IS STILL AN APPROVAL.

UH, THERE'S A SMALL TECHNICALITY ON ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH CENTRAL OFFICE WITH.

UH, HOWEVER, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS HAVE A MEETING WITH CENTRAL OFFICE TOMORROW AND A FINAL VERDICT SHOULD BE REACHED ON THAT RESTRICTION.

THE PACKAGE FOR THE STERLING ROAD THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL.

UM, WE SHOULD SEE PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THIS AS THE HALIFAX ROAD.

WE INITIATED A SPEED STUDY ON ROUTE 40, UH, FOR THE WESTERN LIMITS OF MCKINNEY, UH, WITH THE INCREASED DEVELOPMENT GOING WEST DOWN 40 IN MCKINNEY IN THAT, UH, 35 MILE AN HOUR ZONE BEING INSIDE OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.

WE MET WITH THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING AT OUR LAST MEETING AND, UM, DECIDED TO INITIATE A STUDY AND MOVE THAT SPEED LIMIT BACK UP THAT WAY.

TRAFFIC ON 40 WHILE THEY'RE GOING INTO MCKINNEY, WHEN THEY GET TO THE NEW HOMES, NEW CONSTRUCTION IS, IS DOWN AROUND 35.

OTHER THAN THAT, UH, NOT MUCH IN THE MEANS OF MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES OF VDOT.

WE'VE JUST BEEN FIGHTING SNOW FOR THE PAST MONTH.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR THE BOARD THIS AFTERNOON? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I, I DON'T, OTHER THAN WELL DONE ON THE SNOW REMOVAL.

UM, OAKLAND CHURCH NOW HAS A, A DAYCARE, UM, AND SO I GUESS THREE OR FOUR DAYS A WEEK, IT'S, IT'S YOUNG CHILDREN, UM, ARE LEAVING THERE AROUND LUNCHTIME.

UM, AS MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE, WE HAD A CITIZEN THAT WAS HIT AND STRUCK AND, UH, DEATH OCCURRED AT CLEVELAND ROAD AND FOUR 60, UM, ON THE EAST EASTBOUND LANE.

UM, I REALLY WISH THAT WE COULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SPEED, UM, AND DO A STUDY.

WE WENT FROM 60 TO 55, BUT IT'S 55 ALL THE WAY THERE UNTIL YOU GET TO, TO SHEETS, UM, TO 85.

UM, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT SOMEBODY WOULD, WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AGAIN.

UH, CITIZENS ARE ASKING ME ABOUT IT AND I JUST KNOW WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THERE AND TRUCKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE WANNA MAINTAIN A 55 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT THROUGH THERE.

SO, AND I THINK THE USE, JUST TO CHIME IN ON WHAT MARK'S ON, BUT THE USE HAS CHANGED A LOT.

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UM, I AM TO PICK UP A GRANDDAUGHTER WHEN I CAN AND IT, IT, YOU REALLY HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE OF WHETHER YOU WANNA PULL OUT KNOWING THAT THEY'RE RUNNING 55 MM-HMM .

SO, UM, YEAH, IF IT'S ANY WAY TO GET THAT START, GET THAT PROCESS STARTED AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

BASICALLY FROM 7 0 8 ALL THE WAY EAST TO 85, LOOK AT THAT.

YOU'VE STRETCH MAYBE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS.

IT GOES FROM 65, UH, FROM 60 TO 55 AND THEN IT AT THAT, IT'S 55 ALL THE WAY IN MM-HMM .

SO YES.

A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS BEFORE YOU GET TO CLAYBORN ROAD.

ABSOLUTELY.

YES SIR.

WE CAN LOOK AT, AT WHEN THE LAST STUDY WAS DONE, IF THERE WASN'T ONE DONE RECENTLY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND INITIATE.

DO YOU, NO, I'M GOOD.

JUST TO REITERATE THAT I KNOW WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND PLANNING GROUP.

UM, I WAS GONNA BRING THAT UP AS A, AS A AGENDA ITEM FOR THAT, THAT GROUP TOO, AARON.

UM, AND, AND I, I, I THINK EVERYBODY'S SAID IT WELL, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DO ALSO HAVE CEDAR LANDING COMPANY THAT'S NOW OPEN.

YOU'VE GOT THE WAGON WHEEL RESTAURANT THAT WILL BE OPENING, YOU GOT OAKLAND AND THE PRESCHOOL THAT'S THERE.

UM, IT, IT MIGHT JUST BE AN IDEA TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN EASTBOUND.

AND THEN OF COURSE WESTBOUND TOO ON THE, ON THE OTHER SIDE UNTIL YOU GET TO THAT POINT.

IT SEEMS LIKE AT THAT INTERSECTION BEYOND YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROBABLY OKAY TO GO 55.

MM-HMM.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT'S 55 POSTED PEOPLE ARE GONNA GO 60 PLUS.

SO IF YOU COULD THAT, THAT'S THE IDEA.

BUT WE, TO, TO DR.

MOORES POINT, DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE IT, BUT THERE'S A PRETTY CONSIDERABLE GROUP OF OF ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIZENS THAT HAVE STARTED TO CONTACT US THAT WANT TO SEE, UM, SOME TYPE OF REVIEW DONE.

OR EVEN A COMMUNITY MEETING.

BUT WE FELT LIKE PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO IS EVALUATE WHEN THE LAST STUDY WAS DONE AND THEN GO FROM THERE.

YES.

AND, AND I WILL SAY FOR THE FATAL ACCIDENT, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE DISTRICT, TRAFFIC ENGINEERS GO THROUGH THAT AND, AND DO AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT HAPPENED AND, AND DEEM IF THERE IS A, A TRAFFIC APPROACH THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN ORDER TO PREVENT THOSE IN THE FUTURE.

H HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THAT INITIAL REVIEW TO BE DONE? IT TAKES SOME TIME.

IT'S GOTTA GET PROCESSED THROUGH DMV, GO THROUGH TREAD STATE POLICE, EVERYTHING, RECONSTRUCTION FROM THE STATE POLICE.

THAT REPORT'S GOTTA BE FINALIZED.

AND WE ACTUALLY GET THE REPORT FROM DMV, UM, BASICALLY FOR OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT ON IT AS WELL.

IT'S TYPICALLY A COUPLE MONTHS AT LEAST, BECAUSE THAT, I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO THAT THAT DAY, UM, IS THE TIME OF DAY.

ME GREAT PLEASURE IN MY FIRST MEETING AS CHAIRMAN TO INTRODUCE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, ANNA BISHOP AND, UH, FOUR H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.

IS WHEN, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT INTERSECTION PERPENDICULAR AND YOU LOOK TO THAT DIRECTION, THE SUN MM-HMM .

IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR THERE TOO.

SO AGAIN, ALL THE REASONS, WHETHER IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY OR OTHERWISE, THERE MIGHT BE A REASON TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.

[6.B. 4-H Youth Development Update]

YES, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

UM, I WILL TRY TO BE SOMEWHAT BRIEF, BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I GIVE YOU A THOROUGH REPRESENTATION OF WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING, UM, SINCE MY TIME HERE.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU SAW ON FACEBOOK, I JUST CELEBRATED MY 10 YEAR WORK ANNIVERSARY MM-HMM .

WHICH IS CRAZY.

UM, JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, MAYBE SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT.

IT'S ALL RUNNING TOGETHER ALREADY.

UM, SO I WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO KIND OF SHOW YOU HOW THE PROGRAM HAS GROWN SINCE I CAME IN, UM, THIS POSITION AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM HERE, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT 10 PLUS YEARS.

SO, UM, JUST TO KINDA, I BROKE IT DOWN BASED ON HOW OUR PROGRAMS ARE DELIVERED.

SO I WANTED TO START WITH OUR MONTHLY CLUBS.

SO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW EIGHT CLUBS.

YOU COULD REALLY CALL IT MORE LIKE 10 CLUBS BECAUSE THERE ARE SUB CLUBS WITHIN OUR CLUBS.

UM, BUT THESE ARE THE MAIN ONES THAT HAVE BEEN STICKING AROUND NOW FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTEER RUN.

UM, THE ONE THAT I DO NOT HAVE UP THERE IS, UM, OUR FLEX CLUB, WHICH IS OUR, ESSENTIALLY OUR TEEN CLUB.

AND I RUN THAT ONE, UM, SINCE IT IS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH

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OUR TEEN COUNSELORS AND COUNSELORS AND TRAINING.

UM, SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL CLUB THAT WE OFFER.

UM, BUT OUR CLUBS RANGE FROM PROJECT CLUBS WITH HORSES, LIVESTOCK.

UM, WE HAVE A HOMESCHOOL GROUP THAT MEETS TWICE A MONTH.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A REALLY BIG SHOOTING PROGRAM THAT'S GROWN IMMENSELY NOW.

WE'RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN THE STATE.

UM, AT LEAST AT THE COMPETITIONS NOW.

WE HAVE A DOG PROJECT CLUB AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ORIENTED INTRODUCTION TO FOUR H CLUB.

SO WHEN YOU SEE CLOVER BUD, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR YOUNGER KIDS, OUR FIVE TO EIGHT YEAR OLDS.

UM, SO THE, ALL THE CLUBS DEPENDING ON THE GROUP.

UM, OUR REACHING AGES FROM FIVE TO 18, THAT'S OUR, UM, FOUR H MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.

AND SINCE 2015, YOU CAN SEE WE HAD 49 MEMBERS AND THIS YEAR IT'S ACTUALLY NOW MORE THAN 220.

I WAS JUST IN FOUR H ONLINE THIS MORNING, BUT ABOUT 220, UM, THIS YEAR SO FAR, LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, WE ARE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH A HEALTH SCIENCE FOCUSED CLUB, THINK NURSING SCHOOL.

UM, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE AN INTEREST MEETING EITHER THIS MONTH OR NEXT.

UM, SO THAT IS COMING.

ONE OF THE KIND OF IDEAS, I HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS AND IT TAKES ME A WHILE SOMETIMES TO GET THEM GOING, BUT, UH, WE WANT TO LAUNCH A DENWITTY TEEN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.

UH, THERE'S SOME, UH, REGIONAL BASED LEADERSHIP COUNCILS IN FOUR H AND THIS WOULD KIND OF BE LIKE THE LOCAL GROUP, HOPEFULLY STAIR STEPPING TO A MORE REGIONAL GROUP.

UM, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH SOME OF OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE, UM, AND COUNTY PROGRAMS THERE.

AND THEN I ALSO HAVE BEEN YEARS IN THE WORKS AND CONTINUALLY PUSHING ON OUR PRINCIPALS.

THAT'S, UH, A, A GOOD IDEA FOR THE SCHOOLS TO DO SOME IN-SCHOOL CLUBS.

UM, BUT I KNOW THEY ARE PRESSURED WITH TIME.

SO I'M SLOWLY EASING MY WAY IN TO TRY TO BRING PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO THE SCHOOLS AND KIND OF BRING SCIENCE FAIR AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO A HIGHER LEVEL.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

NEXT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. SO IT IS DIFFERENT THAN A CLUB.

CLUBS ARE GOING TO HAVE LEADERSHIP ROLES.

SCHOOL ENRICHMENT IS REALLY ME OR TEACHERS PROVIDING SOME KINDS OF HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

SO THESE ARE THE MAIN PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY OFFERING.

WE HAVE A YOGA FOR KIDS PROGRAM PRIMARILY RIGHT NOW THAT IS PRE-K.

IN THE PAST I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH GUIDANCE COUNSELORS TO FOCUS ON YOUTH WHO MAYBE HAVE BEHAVIORAL NEEDS AND COULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM JUST SOME PEACE AND QUIET AND, UH, STRETCHING AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT COME WITH YOGA AND GIVING THEM THAT CHANCE TO EXERCISE THEIR MINDS AS WELL AS THEIR BODIES.

WE ALSO DO THE EMBRYOLOGY PROGRAM.

THAT ONE HAS REALLY, REALLY GROWN.

LAST YEAR WE DID A TWO PART SESSION.

SO I HAVE 15 KITS.

SO I WAS ABLE TO DO, UM, I THINK IT WAS 12 OR 13 AND THE FIRST ROUND, AND THEN WE DID A SECOND ROUND OF ALSO 12 AND 13.

THAT WAS, WE SPLIT IT BASED ON SCHOOL INTEREST.

SO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GROUP THEM TOGETHER BY AREA OF THE COUNTY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE NEVER DRIVEN FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT MM-HMM .

AND TRY TO GO TO ALL FIVE OF THEM IN ONE DAY, IT TAKES THE WHOLE DAY.

SO AS MUCH AS I CAN GROUP 'EM TOGETHER, UM, I TRY TO DO THAT.

SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT ONE GROW.

WE'LL BE DOING SOME TRAININGS, UM, IN MARCH FOR TEACHERS TO, UM, BUILD THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE AND ADD SOME NEW CURRICULUM.

SO SAME KIND OF CONCEPT WITH THE EMBRYOLOGY PROGRAM.

BUT INSTEAD OF WATCHING CHICKS HATCH, THEY WATCH BUTTERFLIES GO THROUGH THEIR LIFECYCLE, UM, REALITY STORE.

IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS, I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE YOU TO THE NEXT ONE.

UH, BUT THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY AWESOME FINANCIAL SIMULATION PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS, BUT EVERY YEAR, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE VIRAL POSTS THAT'S FROM LIKE 2015 AND IT ALWAYS GETS SHARED AROUND AND IT'S A, IT'S WHAT WE DO IT THE REALITY STORE.

AND I SEE IT EVERY YEAR AND PEOPLE SHARE IT IN THE DIMITY COUNTY COMMUNITY BOARD AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE SHOULD DO THIS.

I'M LIKE, WE DO.

UM, BUT THEY JUST, THEY'RE NOT AWARE THAT WE DO IT.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S GROWING BECAUSE I AM CONSTANTLY ASKING IN THE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS PROGRAM, BUT THIS IS THE PROGRAM WHERE THE KIDS ARE GIVEN A LIFE.

WE JUMP INTO THE FUTURE, WE GIVE THEM A CAREER, WE GIVE

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THEM KIDS AND A FAMILY.

THEY MAY HAVE CHILD SUPPORT.

IT'S ALL SORTS OF REAL LIFE SITUATIONS THAT TRULY CAN HAPPEN.

UM, AND THEY ARE TO CALCULATE THEIR TAXES AND FIGURE OUT THEIR MONTHLY FAMILY TAKE HOME AND THEN THEY GO AROUND TO THE DIFFERENT STATIONS AND SPEND THEIR MONTHLY, UM, ALLOWANCE.

AND THAT'S REALLY EYE-OPENING FOR THEM 'CAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE NO IDEA .

MM-HMM JUST HOW MUCH THINGS COST.

CHILDCARE IS ALWAYS A BIG ONE AND GROCERIES, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, THE WAY THE GROCERIES IS LAID OUT IS BY PERSON AND THEY'RE LIKE, I HAVE TO PAY FOR EACH PERSON.

I'M LIKE, YES, EVERYBODY HAS TO EAT .

UM, BUT IT'S REALLY FUN TO SEE THEIR EYES GET BIG AND SEE THEM TRY TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND ALSO TRY TO BE REALISTIC WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'LL COME UP WITH ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT AREN'T GOOD IDEAS, UM, AND AREN'T REALISTIC TO WHAT THEY WOULD DO.

UM, SO THIS IS A TWO DAY PROGRAM.

I GO IN THE DAY BEFORE JUST BY MYSELF AND DO SOME, UH, PRELIMINARY UNDERSTANDING, TALKING ABOUT WHAT TAXES GO TO, WHY WE PAY TAXES.

WE BREAK DOWN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.

SO WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THIS, THEY ARE .

WHETHER THEY'RE LISTENING OR NOT IS ONE THING.

UM, BUT WE DO THIS, THE GOAL IS THAT WE REACH EVERY STUDENT IN DWAY COUNTY.

UM, 'CAUSE WE ARE TARGETING THROUGH THE PERSONAL FINANCE CLASSES AND THAT IS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT.

UM, SO THAT IS BEING DONE.

WE ALSO DO THE DRONE, THE UNKNOWN PROGRAM, WHICH, UM, YEARS AGO WAS ACTUALLY A CURRICULUM THAT I WROTE FOR MY MASTER'S PROJECT.

AND RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING WITH FIFTH GRADERS AT SUTHERLAND TO IMPLEMENT THIS.

UM, WE'VE DONE IT AT OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT THE TEACHERS ARE OVERWHELMED WITH, UM, JUST TRYING TO GET THE BASIC STUFF DONE.

SO COORDINATING THIS CAN BE DIFFICULT.

UM, THIS WITH BETWEEN MY SCHEDULE AND THE TEACHER'S SCHEDULE, TRYING TO GET THAT DONE.

BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE WORKED WITH, UM, MS. POLLARD.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HER AT, AT SUTHERLAND.

SHE IS OUTSTANDING AND SHE'S BEEN FABULOUS HELPING COORDINATE THIS FOR THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS THERE.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE A BIG PUSH, KIND OF LIKE THE YOGA FOR KIDS, A LOT MORE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS TYPE PROGRAMS. I WORK ON A, UH, STATEWIDE COMMITTEE TO HELP NOT JUST DELIVER THIS PROGRAM, BUT I TRAIN OTHER PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, ON THAT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE DOING REALLY GRADES PRE-K TO FIFTH GRADE.

I HAVEN'T DONE MUCH IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THE PAST TWO YEARS.

UM, BUT MY HOPE IS TO START BRINGING THAT BACK, UM, WITH THOSE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN OUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN RANGING FROM 700 TO 800 AS MUCH AS TO A THOUSAND STUDENTS, UM, IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

WOW.

CAMP.

EVERYBODY LOVES CAMP.

SO, UM, THIS WAS A WEIRD SUMMER FOR ME 'CAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I DID NOT GET TO GO TO CAMP, UM, BECAUSE I HAD A BABY.

NO BIG DEAL.

UM, SO I WAS VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A ASSORTMENT OF ADULT VOLUNTEERS STEP IN AND I'VE ONLY HEARD GOOD THINGS.

SO, UM, MR. JULIE CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU MORE ABOUT HOW CAMP WENT THIS SUMMER THAN I CAN, UM, SINCE HE WAS THERE.

BUT, UM, WE DON'T JUST DO THE JUNIOR CAMP.

THERE ARE OTHER CAMPS THAT WE PARTNER WITH, THE AIRFIELD TEAM THERE TO HELP CONDUCT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO THEY HAVE HIRED WHO YOU, YOU'VE MET DR.

G, KATHY GWEN.

SHE'S COME AND MET YOU GUYS, I BELIEVE.

AND THAT IS A AEROSPACE CAMP.

AT LEAST IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

UM, AND THEN JOEY PATTERSON IS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR THERE.

HE'S BEEN THERE ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW AND THEY ARE DOING REALLY AWESOME THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ON FACEBOOK, THEY HAVE LIKE REDONE THE ENTIRE GRAY BUILDING, THAT MAIN BUILDING.

THEY HAVE TOTALLY RENOVATED AND IT LOOKS FABULOUS.

AND I, THEY'RE JUST A DREAM TEAM AND I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEM THERE.

UM, THEY JUST, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND IT, IT'S OBVIOUS TO SEE THAT, UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE, UM, FOR THE CENTER.

SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING.

UM, BUT SOME OF THE CLUBS OR THE CAMPS THAT JOEY HAS BEEN ASKING US AGENTS TO HELP WITH ARE THE CLOVERBUD CAMPS.

SO AGAIN, THOSE FIVE TO EIGHT YEAR OLDS, THEY'RE OVERNIGHT WEEKEND CAMPS.

WE HAVE SPECIALTY CAMPS AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT, UM, ARE WEEKEND CAMPS AGAIN.

UH, THE NEXT ONE IS IN MARCH THAT I'M HELPING WITH.

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AND HE HAS NASA INVOLVED IN THE ODU SPACE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S THIS REALLY BIG PROJECT, UM, THAT'S COMING UP.

SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN THE JUNIOR CAMP, AS MUCH TIME AS THAT TAKES, IT REALLY IS JUST ONE WEEK OUT OF THE SUMMER.

UM, BUT IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, REALLY FROM THE END OF CAMP TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT CAMP TO KEEP PLANNING THAT PROCESS.

UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALSO BRINGING BACK SOME TEEN CAMPS THAT, THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN A WHILE.

THEY INTRODUCED THE TEAM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AGAIN THIS PAST YEAR.

AND SO THE HOPE IS THAT THEY'LL BE TEAM PLANNED AND TEAM LED.

UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF OUR FOCUS IN EVERYTHING WE DO BEING YOUTH LED.

AND THEN THEY ARE ALS ALSO OFFERING SPIN CLUBS, WHICH SPIN STANDS FOR SPECIAL INTEREST CLUBS.

AND SINCE SUSSEX HAS DROPPED THEIR FOUR H PROGRAM, AIRFIELD HAS KIND OF PICKED UP, UM, IN THE SENSE OF TRYING TO OFFER SOMETHING TO HOPEFULLY JUST BE FILLING A, A GAP BETWEEN, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL PICK IT BACK UP.

UM, BUT THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME REALLY INTERESTING SPIN PROGRAMS. JOEY THERE IS VERY OUTDOORSY.

THEY HAVE HONEYBEES NOW, SO THEY DO A LOT OF HONEYBEE, UM, AND BEEKEEPING CLASSES.

HE DID A WILD GAME AND FISHERIES TYPE SPIN CLUB.

SO REALLY IN DEPTH, VERY REAL WORLD TYPE CLASSES THAT ARE GOING ON THERE.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE I PUT UP A SAVE THE DATE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME STOP IN AND VISIT THIS SUMMER.

UM, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING DURING THE DIMITY FOUR H CAMP.

SO JUST LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS, I WON'T READ IT ALL TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE HAVE, THERE HAS BEEN GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

UM, BUT I WAS ESPECIALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAD SO MANY ADULT VOLUNTEERS.

UM, A LOT OF PLACES ARE NOT NEARLY AS LUCKY.

UM, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEND THAT MANY ADULTS.

SO WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE CHRIS WALTERS FILL IN AS OUR CAMP DIRECTOR THIS SUMMER, UM, GIVEN THAT HE HAS THAT EXPERIENCE.

SO IT REALLY, IT WAS NICE FOR ME TO, TO BE ABLE TO NOT WORRY WHILE I'M OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE.

UM, IT, IT JUST MADE ME FEEL SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT WE HAD SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE, UM, IN PLACE.

SO I FEEL VERY LUCKY.

I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THOSE GOLDEN TICKETS, SO I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

BUT WE DID OFFER 10 GOLDEN TICKETS.

UM, IT'S TWO, A MALE AND FEMALE STUDENT FROM EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE HAD SEVEN ULTIMATELY GO OUT OF THE 10.

SO IN THE FIRST YEAR I WAS PRETTY EXCITED THAT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT MANY.

UM, BUT I'LL SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FOR LATER.

UM, I DO WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THE DI WITTY CAMP.

I, I PUT DIFFERENT, I DIDN'T WANNA PUT BETTER, BUT , WE ARE BETTER .

UM, BUT NO, WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE A REALLY STRONG CAMP PROGRAM.

WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THAT HORSEMANSHIP CLASS LED BY VERY STRONG VOLUNTEERS, FULL FAMILIES COMING AND ATTENDING, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT CLASS.

WE ARE THE ONLY CAMP ALL SUMMER THAT PROVIDES THAT HORSEMANSHIP CLASS.

AND IT'S SUCH A BIG PART OF OUR CAMP EXPERIENCE AND THEY HAVE THE FACILITIES AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING USED.

SO THAT HAS REALLY BECOME A BIG DEAL.

AND IF WE EVER FOR SOME REASON COULDN'T HAVE IT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'D HAVE TO FIND A WAY .

UM, SO OUR HOPE IS TO KEEP THAT GOING.

WE ALSO BROUGHT IN A VOLUNTEER TO TEACH THE FUN WITH FOODS CLASS.

THAT WAS A CLASS THAT HAD BEEN, UM, IT HADN'T BEEN BROUGHT BACK FOR WHATEVER REASON.

SO, UM, WORKING WITH, UH, JENNIFER TURNER, SHE HAS HAD HELP WITH IT IN THE PAST AND SHE'S ALREADY VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS SUMMER.

SO IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT TO ME TO OFFER THESE THINGS INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, ME HAVING TO GO OUT AND BEG PEOPLE TO COME AND DO IT, I THINK JUST SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND THAT PEOPLE REALLY SEE THE POWER OF THE CAMP AND WHAT IT DOES.

UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY A BIG PART OF THAT TOO IS JUST THE TEEN AND VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST TEEN PROGRAMS IN THE SOUTHEAST DISTRICT AND ARE CONSTANTLY CALLED UPON AND LOOKED AT AS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT A TEEN PROGRAM SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO LIKE TOOT MY OWN HORN OR ANYTHING .

UM, BUT IT REALLY IS BECAUSE THE TEENS, THEY LOVE IT AND THEY HAVE BUILT THIS.

I MEAN, IT'S THEM WHO'S WHO ARE TALKING TO THE OTHER TEENS AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO BRING MORE PEOPLE.

UM, AND EVERY

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YEAR I'M JUST AMAZED AT THE QUALITY OF TEENS THAT COME.

SO THIS YEAR IS PROBABLY THE FIRST YEAR IN A WHILE THAT I'M REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO OFFER ALTERNATE POSITIONS.

AND I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AT ALL BECAUSE IT'S, THEY'RE ALL SO AMAZING AND IT MEANS SO MUCH THAT, UM, THAT MANY WANT TO GO.

I JUST CAN'T FILL CAMP WITH ALL TEENS.

SO I DID REACH OUT TO KATHY AND JOEY TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN FILL, UM, SOME MORE SPACES WITH COTS OR SOMETHING.

'CAUSE I REALLY, REALLY DON'T WANT TO CUT MANY PEOPLE.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE JUST BUILT A CULTURE OF HIGH STANDARDS.

I, UM, TELL THE TEENS EVERY YEAR, LIKE, I KNOW I HAVE VERY HIGH STANDARDS, BUT , IF YOU DON'T SHOOT FOR THE MOON AND LAND AMONG THE STARS OR WHATEVER THE SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT, YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.

AND, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ROLE THAT THEY ARE IN IS A HUGE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY.

AND IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY.

IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY, BUT IT DEFINITELY TAKES A CERTAIN TYPE OF PERSON TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL THAT ROLE AND TO BE A ROLE MODEL FOR THE KIDS AT CAMP.

SO, UM, I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR CAMPING PROGRAM AND EXCITED TO SEE THAT CONTINUE.

SO, UM, JUST KIND OF LOOKING OVER THE YEARS, UM, AND COMPARISON TO WHERE WE STARTED TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.

UM, THERE WAS NO SCHOOL PROGRAMMING WHEN I FIRST CAME IN.

THERE WAS ZERO SCHOOL PROGRAMMING.

UM, AND WE'VE BROUGHT THAT, WE'RE DOING LOCAL CONTESTS.

WE HAVE A COUNTY CONTEST.

WE ARE SENDING KIDS TO DISTRICT CONTESTS.

UM, WE HAD, UM, FOUR ACRES COMPETING IN HORSE SHOWS PRIMARILY, BUT NONE OF THE OTHER CONTESTS THAT WE OFFER.

UM, WE'VE PUSHED FOR MORE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR PILLARS IN FOUR H.

SO AGRICULTURE IS ONE, AND THAT'S THE MAIN ONE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE US FOR.

UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO STEM, THERE'S ALSO HEALTHY LIVING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND CITIZENSHIP IS THE LAST ONE.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'VE SEEN ME TRY TO BRING MORE, UH, FOUR TO MEETINGS, GET THEM INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

UM, TOMORROW WE GO, WE ARE TAKING 30 TO RICHMOND TO THE CAPITOL FOR FOUR H DAY AT THE CAPITOL.

MEETING WITH SENATOR AIRD AND DELEGATE TAYLOR AND KIND OF SEEING THAT WHOLE PROCESS, OF COURSE.

SO TRYING TO BRING MORE OF THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE NOW INCREASED OUR STATEWIDE PARTICIPANTS IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, BUT ALSO IN THOSE CONTESTS AS WE MENTIONED.

AND THEN WE'VE ADDED THAT MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING THAT REALLY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS HAS BEEN A FOCUS OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.

IT JUST WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS IN FOUR H'S.

UM, EYESIGHT AT THE, AT THE TIME, LOOKING AT JUST NUMBERS.

UM, CAMP IN 2015, YOU CAN SEE HAS GROWN OUR CLUBS.

WE HAVE ABOUT 10 NOW.

UM, MEMBERSHIP HAS GROWN.

OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS EVEN JUST GOING, LOOKING AT HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WE HAVE HELPING WITH THE PROGRAMS. SO WE INITIALLY, ALL OF OUR CLUBS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A VOLUNTEER RUN AND WE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MANY TO START.

SO I'M GLAD THAT THEY HAVE GROWN IMMENSELY.

UM, WE HAVE REALLY AWESOME VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

UM, WE HAVE CLUBS THAT ARE MEETING EVERY SINGLE WEEK AT NIGHT AND IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO MANAGE ALL THAT AND BE THERE.

AND, AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN EVERYTHING.

SO HAVING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE REALLY WHAT MAKE THIS HAPPEN, HAPPEN FOR OUR YOUTH.

UM, AND THEN ESTIMATING, WE NOW HAVE SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE LEADING THE EMBRYOLOGY PROGRAM, UM, HELPING WITH REALITY STORE.

ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE FALL UNDER OUR VOLUNTEER COUNT, AND THAT'S ABOUT 75 EVERY YEAR.

AND THEN, UM, SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED SINCE I STARTED THE EMBRYOLOGY PROGRAM KITS, UM, YEARS AGO, I GOT A GRANT TO BE ABLE TO FUND THOSE KITS.

WE HAVE REALLY NICE INCUBATORS, UM, THAT ARE LIKE, SEE THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING.

THEY'RE NOT THE STYROFOAM ONES.

THOSE ARE HORRIBLE.

I'M GLAD TO GET RID OF THOSE.

SO THAT HAS LED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM AND MORE TEACHERS WANTING TO DO THAT.

UM, THIS IS WHERE I'LL TALK ABOUT THE GOLDEN TICKET PROGRAM.

UM, SO THIS WAS SOMETHING I INTRODUCED LAST YEAR WITH A GOAL OF REACHING MORE OF OUR UNDERSERVED AUDIENCES WHO WERE NOT GOING TO CAMP.

UM, IT'S DEFINITELY

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BEEN THE KIDS WHO KNOW PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO COULD LOG ON AND MAKE SURE THEY SIGN UP FOR THAT CAMP SPOT WHO HAVE GOTTEN TO GO.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO HEAR ABOUT IT LATE, THEY'RE NOT WELL CONNECTED, UM, OR THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.

SO WE INTRODUCED THIS PROGRAM TO KIND OF NOT JUST REACH MORE OF THAT UNDERSERVED AUDIENCE, BUT ALSO TO CREATE A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WHO ARE HELPING WITH CAMP ALREADY.

I WANTED TO FIND A WAY THAT WOULD INVOLVE THEM AND GET THEM A LITTLE MORE EXCITED ABOUT CAMP BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE KIDS AND THEY SEE THEM EVERY DAY AND THEY SEE WHO COMES TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE WEARING THE CLOTHES THAT MAYBE THEY HAD ON YESTERDAY.

SO, UM, SEEING THAT PARTNERSHIP GROW AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO FIND THOSE KIDS WHO TRULY DESERVE GOING TO CAMP.

UM, THAT HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO SEE.

SO WE'RE IN OUR SECOND YEAR.

WE, WE WENT AHEAD AND PICKED 10 MORE KIDS THIS YEAR, SO MY HOPE IS WE'LL GET ALL 10 OF THEM THERE, OF COURSE.

UM, BUT THAT IS THE KIDS WHO GET THE GOLDEN TICKET, THEY HAVE A FULL RIDE TO CAMP FREE OF COST.

UM, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO GET THEM THERE.

UM, I TALKED ABOUT THE DRONE PROGRAM AND HOW THAT'S BEEN CREATED.

I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN MORE SCHOOLS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ALVIN BAJA MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT.

THAT WAS A BIG PROJECT RIGHT WHEN I FIRST STARTED TO CREATE, UM, AN ENDOWMENT THAT WOULD SUPPORT DENWITTY FOUR H IN PERPETUITY.

AND, UM, THAT HAS BEEN FULFILLED, IT'S BEEN FULFILLED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT I KIND OF WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW I WANTED TO USE THAT MONEY AND USE IT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE GOLDEN TICKET PROGRAM HAS BEEN COMING IN, USING SOME OF THAT.

UM, AND THE REST OF IT GOES MOSTLY TOWARDS CAMP, BUT TOWARDS SOME OF OUR, UM, JUST GENERAL PROGRAMMING EXPENSES, UM, TO FILL IN WHERE WE CAN.

UM, AND THEN JUST WORTH MENTIONING, THESE ARE ONLY A FEW THINGS I'VE DONE IN 10 YEARS.

I'VE ALSO OBVIOUSLY HAD TO SERVE ON MANY COMMITTEES.

UM, I'VE HAD LEADERSHIP ROLES.

I AM ONE OF THE DISTRICT PROGRAM LEADERS FOR OUR SOUTHEAST DISTRICT, SO I GO AND HELP TRAIN NEW AGENTS AS THEY COME ON.

UM, SO LOTS OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE TRYING TO ALSO, UH, MANAGE OUR CLUBS, REACH OUR TEACHERS, CREATE CURRICULUM, UM, AND KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING.

UM, SO ONE OF THE INITIATIVES I WANTED TO BRING TO YOU IS IT'S FAIRLY NEW, SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.

UM, BUT IT IS THE FOUR H BEYOND READY INITIATIVE.

UM, SO THIS IS A INITIATIVE TO HELP BRING, MAKE OUR YOUTH MORE CAREER AND JOB READY BY FOCUSING ON REAL WORLD SKILLS.

UM, WHICH WE WERE KIND OF ALREADY DOING IN A SENSE WHERE WE FOCUSED ON A LOT OF LIFE SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

UM, BUT THIS IS MORE CAREER ORIENTED TOWARDS OUR YOUTH, UM, AND HELPING THEM SET GOALS AND MAKE STEPS TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THEM.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PLAY THE VIDEO, MAYBE IF THE SOUND'S NOT WORKING.

THAT'S OKAY.

CHANGED THE WORLD.

REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A KID, DISCOVERING ALL YOU CAN DO WHILE LEARNING TO LOVE WHO YOU ARE, FINDING YOUR SPARK AND IGNITING PASSION IN OTHERS, STEPPING INTO YOUR INDEPENDENCE, BUT REALIZING YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALONE.

DEALING WITH THE PRESSURES OF THE WORLD WHILE FINDING A WAY THROUGH THE STORM.

THESE MOMENTS HAVEN'T CHANGED, BUT THE WORLD HAS, AND IT'S COMING AT US FASTER THAN EVER.

FOUR H HAS HELPED MILLIONS OF YOUTH PAVE THE PATH FORWARD.

WE'RE READY TO INSPIRE MILLIONS MORE TO DO THE SAME.

THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVEN TO WORK.

WE'RE BUILDING A GENERATION THAT'S BEYOND READY, READY TO LEAD, READY TO SERVE, READY TO BUILD, READY TO CONQUER MORE YOUTH, MORE COMMUNITY, MORE READY.

SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE CAUGHT IN THE VIDEO, UM, THEY HAVE A SPLIT SCREEN AND IT'S A CHILD MM-HMM .

AND AN ADULT AND KIND

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OF THE IDEA OF OF GETTING THEM TO, UM, TO, TO ADULTHOOD AND BEING READY AND PREPARED.

UM, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT.

WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT IN NOVEMBER.

SO IT'LL BE COMING FROM OUR, UM, STATE FOUR H OFFICE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT 10 YEARS, IF YOU'LL HAVE ME , UM, I, MY PLAN IS TO FOCUS ON MORE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS ALREADY ARE.

AND IF I CAN MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES OR TIME, UM, PROBLEMS, THEN I'M GONNA DO THAT.

UM, SO I WANT TO BUILD MORE SCHOOL-BASED VOLUNTEERS.

I WANNA STREAMLINE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND FOCUS ON WHAT THE SCHOOLS TRULY NEED BY TALKING TO TEACHERS, TALKING TO ADMINISTRATION, WHERE ARE THE PROGRAMS LACKING THAT NEED MORE HANDS-ON FOCUS.

UM, AND THEN THE BEYOND READY WORKFORCE PROGRAMS, I'M HOPING WILL BE ROLLING OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO A YEAR, UM, TO KIND OF BRING THAT TO OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL.

I ALSO WANT TO BRING OUR CLUB MEMBERSHIP STANDARDS UP, UM, TO FULL GOLD STAR LEVEL.

AGAIN, I AM SOMEBODY WHO HAS HIGH STANDARDS AND SOMETIMES I NEED TO TAKE MYSELF DOWN A FEW NOTCHES, BUT I WANT TO, UM, HIRE OF COURSE OF FOUR H PROGRAM ASSISTANT THAT WILL FOCUS ON SOME OF THE CLUB MANAGEMENT.

'CAUSE THAT TRULY DOES TAKE A LOT OF TIME.

UM, AND IT WOULD ALLOW ME MORE TIME TO FOCUS ON THOSE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. UM, BUT EVERYTHING I'M GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A HAND IN AT SOME POINT.

UM, BUT I WANT TO BUILD CONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS ACROSS OUR CLUBS.

UM, HAVE MORE VOLUNTEER MANAGERS WITHIN OUR CLUBS.

MOST OF OUR CLUBS HAVE A CLUB OR TWO CLUB LEADERS, AND MAYBE TWO OF OUR CLUBS ACTUALLY HAVE A VOLUNTEER WHO IS MANAGING THE VOLUNTEERS WITHIN THEIR CLUB.

SO ADDING THAT LEVEL OF MANAGEMENT TO HELP IT BECOME MORE SELF MANAGEABLE AND LONGER LASTING, UM, IS THE HOPE BECAUSE VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, ARE VOLUNTEERS.

AND THAT THE CONCEPT OF VOLUNTEERISM HAS DECLINED GREATLY.

SO THAT IS THE CHALLENGE IN TRYING TO KIND OF KEEP THE, KEEP THESE PROGRAMS GOING AND LASTING FOR THE KIDS COMING UP.

UM, AND THEN I WANNA BUILD MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MEMBERS LIKE STEPPING STONES.

SO, UM, WE'VE ALREADY BUILT AN ACHIEVEMENT PLAN SO THAT THE MEMBERS CAN KIND OF MAP OUT GOALS FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE FUTURE, UM, WITH HOPES THAT EVENTUALLY THEY'LL GET TO THE END OF THEIR FOUR H UH, MEMBERSHIP WHEN THEY'RE A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON ALL OF THE THINGS THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND HOW IT HAS BUILT THEM INTO A LEADER WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT WHATEVER IS THEY, THEY CHOOSE AND CAN STAND UP IN PUBLIC SPEAK AND, UM, IS READY TO LEAD AND BE IN THE WORKFORCE.

UM, AND THEN JUST SOME NEW PROJECTS.

BUT THE SHOOTING RANGER ON THERE, DON'T ASK , UM, ONLY I, ME AND TYLER RAN INTO EACH OTHER THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS UPDATING HIM ON WHERE WE ARE.

UM, SO THAT'S REALLY MOSTLY A JOKE.

UM, BUT WE, THINGS ARE STILL MOVING.

UM, BUT I KNOW TYLER AND I KIND OF THOUGHT THROUGH SOME IDEAS AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS MOVE FORWARD A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

UM, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN, I THINK, 18 MONTHS SINCE WE FIRST SUBMITTED OUR, UH, I GUESS MOU OF SORTS AGREEMENT WITH VIRGINIA TECH TO BUILD OUR SHOOTING SPORTS STRUCTURE.

UM, AND IT'S, IT IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS BECAUSE VIRGINIA TECH IS A BIG ENTITY AND THEY HAVE CERTAIN POLICIES AND PROCESSES THAT THEY HAVE TO GO TO FOR, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A DORM IS KIND OF THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH TO BUILD BASICALLY APOL IT.

BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND TRYING TO THINK THROUGH WAYS WE CAN MAKE IT, UM, GO A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

I MENTIONED THE TEEN LEADER COUNCIL.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND, BUT I AM KIND OF STARTING TO PUT TOGETHER.

AND THEN, UM, WE DO HAVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVELS THAT I'VE BEEN TRAINED IN.

I JUST HAVEN'T HAD A MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BE ABLE TO START THAT PROCESS.

UM, WHEN MS. BAILEY LEFT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD PLANS TO USE THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS TO HELP, UM, FILL THOSE VOLUNTEER GAPS TO DO THAT PROGRAM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF HAVING TO REWORK THAT NOW THAT SHE HAS GONE AND, UM, SEE HOW WE CAN FIT THAT IN.

UM, SO COMING UP,

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JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE NEXT REALLY MONTH LOOKS LIKE FOR ME.

UM, SO I HAVE TALKED WITH MIKE PARRISH, OF COURSE, ABOUT, UM, PUTTING IN A BUDGET REQUEST TO MAKE OUR FOUR H PROGRAM TECHNICIAN A FULL-TIME POSITION.

SO I DID WANNA PUT THAT BUG IN YOUR EAR, UM, AS SOMETHING THAT MAY BE A POTENTIAL, UM, IN THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE FOUR H DAY AT THE CAPITOL TOMORROW.

AS I SAID, WE'RE TAKING 30 KIDS, UM, FROM DENWITTY UP TO MEET WITH DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN DENWITTY.

WE HAVE OUR COUNTY AND DISTRICT WIDE CONTEST COMING UP IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE BIG CAMP REGISTRATION OPENS UP FEBRUARY 20TH, UM, LAST YEAR.

I'M ALWAYS WATCHING.

I'M LIKE, 'CAUSE I'M NERVOUS.

AND LAST YEAR THE BOY SPOTS, IT WAS A MINUTE AND A HALF THAT THEY FILLED UP.

AND I, PEOPLE WERE EMAILING ME, YOU KNOW, HOW DID I NOT GET A SPOT, YOU KNOW, AND I, I PULLED ALL THE TICKETS AND I'M LIKE, THIS WAS AT EIGHT, EIGHT O'CLOCK IN 36 SECONDS.

THIS ONE, YOURS WAS AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN TWO MINUTES AND 42 SECONDS.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T GET A SPOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT CLOSE.

UM, AND YEAH, AND IT'S, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE CRAZY.

AND ACTUALLY THE WEBSITE CRASHED FOR A MINUTE 'CAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE ON IT, .

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT ADDED ELEMENT, PEOPLE ARE EMAILING ME, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THE WEBSITE'S NOT WORKING.

I'M LIKE, YOU JUST, IT'S WORKING.

YOU GOTTA REFRESH IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD DO ANYTHING BETTER, I WOULD.

WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORKING AGAINST HOW MANY BEDS THERE ARE AT, UM, AIRFIELD.

SO I, WITH THAT, I WANTED TO SAY I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

UM, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL 10 YEARS AND I RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A PRIVILEGE TOO.

UM, YOU KNOW, I LOOK OFTEN AT WHAT HAPPENED IN SUSSEX AND I JUST THINK I'M SO BLESSED AND LUCKY TO HAVE A VERY SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY.

UM, A LOT OF GREAT VOLUNTEERS AND A LOT OF GREAT KIDS TOO, UM, WHO HAVE MADE THIS VERY SPECIAL.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

UH, I WILL, I'LL COMMENT FOR SURE, , UM, JUST HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO HAVE YOU, UM, TO SEE YOU COME IN MANY YEARS AGO AS AN INTERN.

I WAS THERE FOR THAT CAMP WHEN YOU FIRST SHOWED UP.

OH, WOW.

AND YOU STUCK WITH US.

SO MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.

I SEE IT, YESTERDAY WAS A HOLIDAY AND I KNOW YOU WERE ON THE PHONE DOING INTERVIEWS.

UM, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE HOURS, THERE'S NO QUESTION.

AND SO THANK YOU.

I SEE THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU MAKE IN MY CHILD CHILDREN'S LIVES.

UM, AND IT'S, IT IS IMMEASURABLE.

UH, I, I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.

THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY IS SECOND TO NONE.

AND THE FACT THAT THE CAMP FILLS UP SO FAST IS A DIRECT RESULT OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, I WILL DO ANYTHING THAT I CAN TO HELP YOU CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND JUST ASK.

I JUST SAY DITTO, , YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB GOING FORWARD.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU DO ALL OF IT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS LAYOUT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU DO, WHETHER IT'S IN DENWOODY COUNTY OR OUTSIDE OF DENWOODY COUNTY, UM, YOU KNOW, TIME MANAGEMENT AND, AND RAISE A FAMILY, UM, GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING IN LIFE.

UM, BUT I, YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

ANY OF US THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE KNOW THAT.

AND THE LIVES THAT YOU TOUCH, WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME OF, UH, YOU KNOW, CHANGING LIVES AND, UH, BEING IN THE SCHOOL IS A TERRIFIC THING.

UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE KIDS NEVER GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THEY GET ON THAT BUS, THEY GO TO SCHOOL, AND THEN THEY GO BACK HOME.

AND, UH, SO THE MORE WE CAN DO THAT IN INVOLVEMENT AND HOPEFULLY OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL OPEN THEIR ARMS AND ALLOW THAT TO HELP HAPPEN.

UM, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, UH, FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO .

UM, WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE, I'M, I'M SURE THEY'RE HELPING WITH BULLYING AND, YOU KNOW, HELPING WITH KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING OUT FOR SOME OF THEM THAT MAY NOT WANT TO BE INVOLVED.

AND, UM, AND THAT'S DITTO WITH EVERYONE ELSE THAT SAID AS WELL.

BUT, UM, IT'S A LOT THAT YOU DO.

IT'S A LOT THAT YOU, I MEAN, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT EVERYTHING AND, UM, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT YOU HAVE, THAT'S, THAT'S A BLESSING IN ITSELF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T WANNA REALLY DO ANYTHING.

AND, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THE, UH, GOLDEN TICKET PROGRAM, I THINK, UM, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE PUTTING THAT OUT THERE SO THEY CAN POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, DO IT.

AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT A RESOURCE OFFICERS LOOKING AT SOMEONE, A CHILD THAT MAY WEAR THE SAME CLOTHES TWICE IN A SAME, YOU KNOW, UH, TWICE IN A ROW AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT GOES TO PEOPLE WATCHING, OBSERVING, AND SEEING.

SO THAT, THAT'S GREAT TOO.

AND,

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AND, UM, JUST KIND OF HELPING THEM COME INTO THE FOLD.

SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST A GREAT PROGRAM.

YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB AND, UH, LOOKING FOR YOU TO DO IT ANOTHER 10 YEARS.

THE REAL STORY, RIGHT? , I LIKE TO SEE HANDLED RIGHT AT SIGN UP TIME BECAUSE THE STRESS HANDLE IS, UH, IS DIFFERENT.

IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, .

UM, AND, AND THE COMMENT ABOUT THAT THEY WOULDN'T FILL UP THAT QUICK IF THEY DIDN'T, IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE A PRODUCT THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO BE, THAT.

I KNOW IF CASEY IS ONE OF YOUR VOLUNTEERS, YOU'VE GOT REALLY, REALLY GOOD VOLUNTEERS.

UM, SO THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE IS GREAT.

UM, THE ONE THING I DO LIKE ABOUT HANNAH IS IF YOU'RE A CAMPER AND YOU'RE MESSING UP AND SHE TELLS YOU, I'M GONNA SEND YOU HOME, IF YOU GET ONE MORE STRIKE, SHE WILL SEND YOU HOME.

AND CONSEQUENCES, NEED ACTIONS, NEED TO HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

THEY'LL LEARN, UM, AT A EARLY AGE TO, TO GET IT STRAIGHT.

UM, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE, UM, NEED TO DO TO HELP YOU, UM, DO THAT.

MAYBE NOT A BUILDING, BUT ANYWAY, , UM, DO WHAT WE CAN.

HOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

BUT IF I CAN ROUND IT UP, HANNAH.

UM, SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK DITTO ALL, ALL THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE.

UM, ONE THING YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME, BUT I, I HEARD A JOKE TO YOU, I GUESS ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO, .

IT WAS A FOUR H JOKE.

SO I'VE BEEN SITTING ON THIS FOUR H JOKE FOR EIGHT MONTHS.

'CAUSE I KNEW YOU WOULD COME IN EIGHT MONTHS AND EIGHT MONTHS.

SO I'M NOT EVEN GONNA LOOK AT KAISHA 'CAUSE SHE'S PROBABLY DYING RIGHT NOW.

BUT, SO THE, THE JOKE WAS WHY DID THE SCARECROW WIN A FOUR H AWARD? BECAUSE HE WAS OUTSTANDING IN HIS FIELD.

THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.

AND THAT'S YOU.

SO I, I, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I HEARD THAT JOKE, I'M LIKE, THAT'S, THAT'S HANNAH BECAUSE YOU ARE OUTSTANDING IN YOUR FIELD AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OTHER FOUR H AGENTS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AND YOU KNOW, SO THE HUMILITY THAT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT YOU DO.

'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S KINDA HARD SOMETIMES TO TALK ABOUT THE PAT ON THE BACK AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S TOTALLY NOT YOU.

RIGHT? BUT THE, THESE TYPES OF REPORTS I THINK ARE PERFECT BECAUSE IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF DAILY INSIGHT OF WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.

I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO BLESSED AND I KINDA LOOK AT THE, THE END PRODUCT OVER THE YEARS AND UM, YOU KNOW, I SAW THAT SOCIAL MEDIA POST OF YOU I GUESS 10 YEARS AGO AND THEN TODAY, I SWEAR YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED , YOU LOOK THE SAME.

I WANNA, LIKE, I HAVE A LOT MORE GRAY HAIR.

WE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

BAGS UNDER MY EYES, BUT THE REAL TESTAMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE COURTNEY BEING A TEACHER AND I'VE GOT SOME OF THAT ON THIS BOARD, IS, IS THE KIDS THAT YOU'VE IMPACTED AND, AND YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER ALL YOUR CLASSES OR YOUR COACHES OR THAT KIND OF THING, BUT FOUR H JUST CHANGES YOU AS, AS A STUDENT AND AS A PERSON.

BUT, AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN DENWOODY.

'CAUSE THEY CAN'T GO THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THEM AND NOT BE DIFFERENT BUT OUTSTANDING IN YOUR FIELD.

ON THE NUMBER OF RAIL CARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THEIR, UM, ACTUAL APPLICATION.

I'VE WAITED FOR EIGHT MONTHS TO, THAT'S, I'M GONNA HAVE TO HOLD ONTO THAT ONE .

IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.

WELL, THANK YOU.

AND I HOPE THANK YOU.

I MEAN, I, I DON'T DO IT FOR ANY ACCOLADES.

I JUST, I LOVE WHAT I DO AND I LOVE THE KIDS, SO THANK YOU.

[7.A. Virginia Department Of Rail And Public Transportation Rail ]

ALONG.

WE'VE GOT AN ACTION ITEM, UH, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAIL INDUSTRIAL ACCESS GRANT SUPPORT RESOLUTION.

MS. MORGAN INGRAM.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M NOT SURE I CAN FOLLOW, UH, THE FOUR H REPORT, BUT I'LL TRY .

UM, IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO HEAR THAT ONE OF OUR INDUSTRIES IS LOOKING TO EXPAND AND, UM, AGRI NUTRIENTS, ALSO KNOWN AS GREENCO MINERALS INC.

IS LOOKING TO INSTALL A RAIL SPUR ON THEIR SITE.

AND AS PART OF THAT, THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR A RAIL INDUSTRIAL ACCESS GRANT THROUGH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

SO PART OF THAT PROCESS, THEY NEED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION.

THIS RESOLUTION IS IN SUPPORT OF THEM APPLYING FOR UP TO 750,000.

HOWEVER, IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LESS BASED

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AND THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS GRANT PROGRAM IS IT ENCOURAGES MORE RAIL CARLOADS TO GO DOWN THE TRACK AND TO GET THOSE TRUCKS OFF OF, UM, THE ROAD.

SO FOUR TRUCKS FROM THE ROAD EQUALS ONE RAIL CAR.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD TO HELP VDOT WITH ACCIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION.

UM, AND I WILL NOTE THAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT COMMIT YOU TO ANYTHING FINANCIALLY.

THERE IS NO MATCH OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GRANT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ON THE BODY I'LL LIKE TO MAKE THAT RESOLUTION APPROVAL.

FOR RESOLUTION.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

A WE HAVE, NOW WE HAVE CITIZEN COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENT AND MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENT

[9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS]

AND IT'S SIGNED BY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, A FEW UPDATES.

ONE IS JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM FOR YOU ALL THAT YOUR REAL ESTATE AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS, UM, THERE DUE IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN 'EM IN YET, NEED, NEED TO GET 'EM IN.

UM, SO YOU MAKE MS. HOWTON HAPPY WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR THE AUDIT, .

'CAUSE THAT WILL BE THE ONE THING THEY LOOK AT FOR SURE WHEN, WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

UM, PROUD TO REPORT THAT EARLIER TODAY, UH, UPSTAIRS IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM, UH, WE HAD THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TRAINING.

SO THAT WAS ATTENDED BY ALL THE, OF THE, UM, IN THE BOE MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES, THE, I THINK, COUNTY ATTORNEY SET IN FOR A PORTION OF THAT, MAYBE THE COM UH, COMMISSIONER REVENUE AS WELL.

BUT, UM, THOSE ARE, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENED AT THIS POINT.

UM, ALSO HAVE GOTTEN A COUPLE CALLS.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A, A VISITOR TODAY THAT WAS QUESTIONING THE REAL ESTATE APPEAL PROCESS FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD THOSE APPEALS JUST AFTER THANKSGIVING AND, UM, ENDED PROBABLY A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

SO THOSE, UH, LETTERS WITH THE, UM, THE NEW VALUES IF THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, WAS SENT TO, UH, EACH OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD PUT IN AN APPEAL PROCESS, UM, AS OF LAST FRIDAY.

SO THOSE WERE SENT IN THE MAIL.

SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE RECEIVED THOSE, UH, BUT THEY SHOULD BE SOON FOR THOSE THAT WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND AGAIN, THAT PROCESS IS IF YOU WEREN'T CONTENT WITH AFTER GOING TO THE ASSESSOR FOR AN OFFICIAL APPEAL, YOU CAN GO TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, AS YOU KNOW, IS A CITIZENS GROUP APPOINTED BY THE JUDGE, RECOMMENDED BY YOU ALL.

UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU CAN STILL GO TO THE CIRCUIT COURT IF, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO.

UH, BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS, UH, KIND OF MOVING FORWARD.

UM, FY 26, 1 OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO BUDGET, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS, UH, WE DID HAVE A MODIFICATION IN OUR, UH, BUDGET CALENDAR.

SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH IS THE, THE BIGGEST PROBABLY PIECE THAT YOU ALL PLAY.

ORIGINALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT A WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND MARCH.

SO THAT WAS THE 12TH, 13TH, AND 14TH.

NOW WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE 10TH, 11TH, AND 12TH, WHICH IS A MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.

SO I'VE ALREADY HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH OUR DEPARTMENT MANAGERS AND, UM, UM, DIRECTORS AS WELL AS I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ON THE BOARD.

BUT I, I WANTED YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE THE OFFICIAL CHANGE, THAT'S GONNA BE A MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH, AND WE'LL SEND SOMETHING OUT ABOUT THAT.

UH, ALL THE BUDGETS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY, BY ANN.

UM, THEY'RE IN AT THIS MOMENT GETTING READY TO BE REVIEWED.

UM, MS. HOWERTON AND I WILL SIT DOWN WITH COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND LEADERSHIP THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 3RD THROUGH THE SEVENTH.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR DAYS ON THE 10TH, 11TH, AND 12TH, BUT THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH EVERY, EVERY DEPARTMENT AND ALL FIVE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES AND, UM, AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS.

AND SO THAT'S, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR US THAT WEEK, IT'S PROBABLY BETTER TO TEXT MESSAGE OR CALL THAT WAY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE PRETTY MUCH ALL WEEK LONG, UH, REVIEWING BUDGETS.

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UM, MS. BROWN HAS STARTED TO WORK WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES TO GET THEM SCHEDULED IN THE FIRST QUARTER HERE OF THE YEAR TO, AGAIN, TO COME IN AND DO PRESENTATIONS.

SO YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT TAKE PLACE IN FEBRUARY AND THAT'LL RUN YOU TO YOUR, TO YOUR BUDGET ADOPTION.

UM, WANTED TO TELL YOU, LAST FRIDAY WE HAD A, UM, THE DIMITY ANNUAL PASTORAL ENGAGEMENT MEETING AT EAST SIDE.

SO MS. COLLINS, WE HAD PROBABLY WHAT, 30 PLUS PEOPLE THAT THAT CAME, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 80 SOME PLACES OF WORSHIP, SO WELL ATTENDED.

IT'S HARD TO GET ALL OF THEM AT AT ONE TIME.

UM, BUT IT WAS A, A REALLY GOOD, I THINK ONE OF THE BETTER MEETINGS THAT I THINK WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN WITH THE PASTORS.

AND SO WE, WE KIND OF WANTED TO, TO LOOK BACK ON WHAT THE WHOLE FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND THEN KINDA LOOK FORWARD AS TO, TO WHERE WE'RE GOING.

IF YOU RECALL, THERE WAS A WHOLE, UM, AREA FOR THE FIRST LIKE LEADWELL SUMMIT THAT WE DID, BUT IT WAS REALLY THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT, SO TO SPEAK, FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR THE COUNTY AND JUST THE PUBLIC THAT WE SERVE.

SO WE KINDA REEVALUATED WHAT THOSE ITEMS WERE AND TO SEE IF THEY'RE STILL RELEVANT TODAY.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN SOME OF THE AREAS.

AND SO WE, WE, WE CALL THOSE REALLY, YOU KNOW, GLOW MOMENTS, BUT THERE'S ALSO WHAT WAS CALLED GROW MOMENTS OF HOW WE COULD DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

BUT AGAIN, REAL EXCITING PIECE OF THAT IS, IS EVERYBODY SEEMED TO LEAN INTO IT IN A, IN A REALLY GOOD WAY.

UM, WHICH LEADS TO THE NEXT SUBJECT, WHICH IS THE LEAD WELL SUMMIT.

SO THE LEAD WELL SUMMIT, UM, IS UH, SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 22ND, SO FEBRUARY 22ND AT THE DIMITY HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS MANY COUNTY LEADERS AS A PART OF IT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND AGAIN, WHAT'S A LEADER, A LEADER AS ANYBODY HAS INFLUENCE OVER ANYBODY.

AND WE ALL HAVE INFLUENCE OF EVERYBODY.

SO WE'RE A LEADER WHETHER WE WANT TO, UM, ACCEPT IT OR NOT.

SO AGAIN, WE, WE HOPE THAT IT'S GONNA BE VERY WELL ATTENDED THIS YEAR, EIGHT 30 TO NOON THAT KIND OF FOCUSES ON FAMILY, FAITH, FAMILY FORWARD.

AND SO THE FORWARD PIECE IS EVEN THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED AS A, AS A COMMUNITY.

UM, WANNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 2025, THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, UM, AS YOU, YOU ALL KNOW, AND I THINK MAYBE THERE'S A PRESS RELEASE COMING OUT TODAY OR TOMORROW ON THIS.

UM, BUT THIS IS OVER, UH, DELEGATE CHERRY'S BILL, UM, HOUSE BILL 2232, WHICH WAS TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, REGIONAL CASINO COMMISSION BEING FORMED, UH, AROUND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG.

UM, AND THEN REVENUE SHARING OPPORTUNITIES.

IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT DELEGATE CHERRY IS PULLING THAT BILL, UM, AND IT SHOULD BE PULLED TODAY.

SO I KNOW WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS A, AS A COUNTY.

UM, MR. LEE, AS THE CHAIRMAN WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE A COMMENT ON A REGIONAL, UH, LEVEL SO THAT THAT SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE, THE PRESS RELEASE AGAIN TODAY.

AGAIN, I THINK THE MORE THEY UNDERSTAND UNDERSTANDING THE COUNTY IS THAT THIS REGION WORKS REALLY WELL TOGETHER AND THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING AND HAVE BEEN GOING, AND THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T NEED THE STATE PUSHING THE CREATION OF ANOTHER LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY, UM, IN CREATING THIS, UH, REGIONAL CASINO COMMISSION.

UM, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO THIS SENSE OF WHEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG RESIDENTS WENT TO THE POLLS ABOUT THE CASINO, THEY WERE THINKING THEY WERE GOING TO KEEP THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL WEALTH THAT IS TO, TO HIT THE, HIT THE CITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, BEST OR WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR THE UH, JAC STUDY WAS THAT PETERSBURG WOULD RECEIVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 12 AND $24 MILLION ANNUALLY.

SO THAT'S A POTENTIALLY ONE TO 2 MILLION A MONTH.

AND SO THAT, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WEALTH IF IT WERE TO COME TO FRUITION.

I THINK THE STANCE OF THE DIMITY BOARD ON THIS WAS THAT DIMITY DIDN'T EXPECT THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THAT REVENUE.

UH, NOW ARE THERE IMPLICATIONS WITH THE CASINO? ABSOLUTELY.

AND JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST, WE'RE POISED REGIONALLY TO WORK ON THAT.

UM, SO AGAIN, THAT BILL SHOULD BE PULLED, UH, TODAY.

UH, GOT A CALL YESTERDAY FROM PRESIDENT SDO WITH RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE.

UH, BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED YESTERDAY.

UH, THE INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE BILL FOR, FOR RICHARD BLAND, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN UNDER, UH, WILLIAM AND MARY WITH THE WILLIAM AND MARY MARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, YOU KNOW, EVEN LAST YEAR HAD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT, THAT THEY WERE OKAY WITH RICHARD BLAND SEPARATING WITH INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE.

THIS IS A BIG MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THERE.

AND AGAIN, I LIKE TO TEASE PRINCE GEORGE AT THE BEST PART OF RICHARD BLAND'S ON THE DIMITY SIDE, NOT THE PRINCE GEORGE SIDE, BUT AS IT GROWS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, A PRETTY BIG DEAL THAT RICHARD BLAND

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WOULD HAVE THE, THE AUTONOMY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME OF THE DECISIONS THEY NEED WITHOUT SOMEBODY IN THE WILLIAMSBURG AREA TELLING 'EM SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SO, GOOD, GOOD DIRECTION THERE.

UH, VACO LEGISLATIVE DAY.

HANNAH'S GONNA BE WITH THE KIDS TOMORROW I HEARD, BUT WE'RE, WE WILL BE THERE THURSDAY, SO HOPEFULLY SHE'LL LIGHTEN THEM UP.

BUT BY THE TIME WE GET THERE, AND, UH, 'CAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THEY THINK THAT ALL THE COUNTY DO IS, UH, ALL WE DO IS COMPLAIN.

BUT, UM, AND THERE ARE, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THERE, A LOT OF ISSUES.

BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE THIS THURSDAY AS A REMINDER.

THAT'S IT.

THE OMNI, UH, HOTEL IN RICHMOND.

THE VACO BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS AT NINE, JUST WENT THE REGISTRATION'S AT 10.

LUNCH STARTS AT 11, 11 30.

AND THEN THE UPDATES FROM VACO STAFF IS, IS THERE.

SO WE'LL COORDINATE TRANSPORTATION.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IN ADDITION TO MYSELF, UM, TYLER, SOUTH HALLS COMING AS WELL AS MARIE.

SO WE, WE WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED THERE FOR THAT.

UM, AND BETTER EAT YOUR WHEATIES THAT DAY BECAUSE THEN WE COME HOME, COME BACK TO DENWOODY.

WE HAVE CITIZENS ACADEMY BACK IN, IN, I GUESS IN THIS ROOM, RIGHT MARIE? SO WE'LL BE BACK IN, IN HERE THAT NIGHT.

UM, FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, WE HAD, UM, SOVA THAT CAME IN, THE NEW REGIONAL CHAMBER, UM, COEN HEIGHTS, PETERSBURG, AND NOW DENWOODY.

UM, WHICH WE THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION THAT, THAT THEY DID.

AND THEN I, I GOT TO EXPERIENCE, I GUESS SOVA FIRSTHAND WANTED THE SHEETS RIBBON CUTTING, WHICH WAS GREAT.

BUT THEN THE SECOND TIME WAS ON, UH, SATURDAY WHEN WE HAD CEDAR LANDING COMPANY FOR THEIR RIBBON CUTTING.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A WONDERFUL FAMILY, YOU KNOW, GREAT ROOTS HERE IN DIM, WITTY AND JUST SIT DOWN AND TALK TO THEM.

UM, JUST, JUST A PHENOMENAL, UH, OPPORTUNITY, I THINK IN THE SUTHERLAND AREA.

AND REALLY BIGGER THAN THAT FOR DIM WOODY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I KNOW MANY OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT, HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOME OF THE SOVA REPRESENTATIVES, UM, AND JUST KIND OF WHERE WE SEE OURSELVES REGIONALLY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN TODAY.

'CAUSE I THINK IT GIVES US A LOT OF REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK THEY HAD A MEETING TODAY, MORGAN, EARLIER TODAY, COLONIAL HEIGHTS.

DID THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS WAS THAT TODAY? I THINK PETERSBURG IS DOING FEBRUARY THEN I'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE THE STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS.

SO I WANT LIKE PRESIDENTIAL MUSIC WHEN I COME IN TO GIVE 'EM THE STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS.

BUT, UH, THAT WILL BE IN MARCH.

AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL CAN ATTEND THAT ONE.

AND THEN, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, IT'S GOTTEN A LOT COLDER OUTSIDE.

AND SO I BRING THAT UP 'CAUSE CHIEF KISSINGER'S HERE, UM, AND IT'S WITHOUT FAIL, ANYTIME WE START TO SEE TEMPERATURES DIP AS LOW AS THEY ARE, UM, THERE ARE ISSUES THAT OCCUR IN DIMITY.

AND SO, UH, SPECIFICALLY SPACE HEATERS AND, UM, SOME OF OUR DWELLINGS DON'T NECESSARILY MIX.

AND SO I KNOW WHEN, AGAIN, WE, WE TRY TO PUT INFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE, WE GO THROUGH A A SPELL LIKE THIS, WE HAVE SOME TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST WANT US TO BE EXTREMELY VIGILANT ON THAT.

AND, AND FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME, YOU KNOW THAT THEY, THERE ARE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM YOU, UM, OR PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE SOME SPECIFIC NEEDS WHEN THE TEMPERATURES DROP AS LOW AS THEY INTEND TO GO.

SO MR. LEE AND I WERE LOOKING AT IT, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE IN THE TEENS TONIGHT, TOMORROW, THE, UH, LOW GOES TO EIGHT WITH A WINDSHIELD OF, OF NEGATIVE DEGREES.

UM, SO IF IT CAN FREEZE, IT'S GONNA FREEZE.

AND SO, JUST AGAIN, COUNTY FACILITY WISE, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MARK HARRISON AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS HERE ARE, ARE KIND OF THINKING THAT IN MIND, UM, BECAUSE WE TEND TO HAVE THAT, THAT HAPPEN AS WELL.

I MEAN, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, PLEASE, PLEASE CHECK ON THEM.

UM, ALSO WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU, AND I THINK, UM, BOTH MR. LEE AND MRS. UH, EVEN BONNER ARE GONNA BE HERE FOR, BUT CONGRESSWOMAN MCCLELLAN, JENNIFER MCCLELLAN IS COMING.

UH, WE'RE HOSTING A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON THE 30TH, AND THAT'S GONNA BE AT 10 30 TO NOON, UH, HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

SO SHE WILL BE HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ITEM ON A FEDERAL NATURE, PLEASE LET US KNOW, UM, SO WE CAN BE SURE TO BRING THAT UP.

UM, AND TALKING TO MS. COLLINS, THE TEEN EXPO HAS BEEN, DATE HAS BEEN SET, SO I WANT TO GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR EARLIER, EARLY.

THAT'S APRIL 12TH.

THAT'S GONNA BE A SATURDAY AS USUAL AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE.

AND THE FOCUS IS ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE AROUND NINE IN THE MORNING TO TWO O'CLOCK.

SO AGAIN, APRIL 12TH.

AND THEN I JUST ALSO MENTIONED YOU'VE GOT TWO INVITATIONS IN FRONT OF YOU.

UH, BOTH OF 'EM HAVE RSVP DATES ON 'EM, BUT ONE IS THE, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CRATER REGION, UH, FIRE ACADEMY THAT'S GONNA BE HAVING ITS GRADUATION.

THAT'S ON JANUARY 31ST.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE AT MOUNT PLEASANT, UM,

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CHURCH IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS AT SIX 30.

I KNOW A COUPLE OF US ARE GONNA GO TO THAT, BUT AS MANY OF YOU, IF YOU, YOU CAN, THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND THEN ON MARCH 8TH, YOU HAVE THE, UH, AT, AT DEWIN HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE OUR FIRE AND EMS, UH, APPRECIATION AND AWARDS.

THAT'S GONNA BE TAKING PLACE.

AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, MARCH 8TH.

AND THE RSVP DATE IS, IS FEBRUARY 21ST.

SO IF YOU LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THAT ON, ON THE CALENDARS TO DO THAT.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL TELL YOU, GOING BACK TO THE FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE, WE, UM, WE, WE, WE KIND OF WORK TOGETHER BETWEEN US AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND DEVELOP, WE PROBABLY COULD DO 30 MORE, BUT 30 WAYS THAT IF YOU ARE A, A FAITH-BASED, UH, ORGANIZATION, AND WE, WE GLAD THAT PEOPLE DO MISSION WORK ABROAD, BUT THERE ARE 30 WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO MISSION WORK HERE.

AND SO, UM, WE BRAINSTORMED EACH ONE OF 'EM STARTED WITH A PROBLEM STATEMENT, THREE OR FOUR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LEAN IN, AND THEN SOME TYPE OF SPIRITUAL REFERENCE AS TO TO WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT THAT, THAT WAS A REAL QUICK 30 WAYS, UM, MULTIPLE PAGE DOCUMENT HERE, AND I'LL GET A COPY OF THAT FOR, FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE AS WELL.

BUT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THE FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

WE'VE GOT BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.

UH,

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SO YOU WANT TO LEAD US? UM, YEAH, JUST I'LL BE BRIEF.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS YEAR BRINGS.

UM, MY CONDOLENCES TO SO MANY OF OUR STAFF THAT LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, UM, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, UM, I'M REMINDED OF ECCLESIASTES THREE THAT THERE'S A TIME FOR EVERYTHING.

UM, AND I FEEL LIKE GOD HAS IN STORE FOR US THE TIME FOR GROWTH FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, SO MY PRAYER IS THAT WE WILL SEEK HIM IN OUR GROWTH AND JUST BE, YOU KNOW, PURPOSEFUL IN THAT.

SO, THANK YOU.

SURVIVED YOUR FIRST YEAR.

SURVIVED THE FIRST YEAR , I DON'T THINK, BUT BILL'S NOT HERE, SO I, I DID FIND OUT I DIDN'T GET BEST HAIR LAST YEAR, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA WORK ON, THAT'S RIGHT ON BEST HAIR FOR THE BOARD THIS YEAR.

YEAH, .

ALRIGHT, WELL, ALONG THAT LINE, CONDOLENCES TO THOSE THAT HAVE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS DURING THE HOLIDAYS, UM, IS DIFFICULT.

BUT, UM, GOD WILL GET US THROUGH AND AS A FAMILY, UH, ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER AND BEING THERE FOR EACH OTHER HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AS WE GO FORWARD.

SO MY CONDOLENCES TO EVERYBODY THAT'S LOST SOMEONE, UM, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE RIBBON CUTTING.

THANK YOU TO MY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE AT CEDAR LANE, UM, OUT ON FOUR 60 IN THE SUTHERLAND AREA.

UM, THANKS TO STAFF.

I DID NOT SAY THAT THE DAY OF WHEN WE HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING.

SO, BUT, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN BEING THERE WITH YOUR FAMILIES.

UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF IT ALSO BEING WITH, UH, SOUTHERN VIRGINIA, THE CHAMBER BEING THERE AND TAKING KIND OF THE LEAD AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE REGIONALISM THAT THAT'S GONNA BRING.

I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE ALL OF OUR CHAMBERS STRONGER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AS WE GO FORWARD.

MATTER OF FACT, OUT OF THAT CAME A, A POSSIBLE PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH VETERANS, UM, HERE IN OUR, IN OUR GREATER GOVERNMENT COMPLEX.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD.

UM, GOT AN AVIATION, UM, VIRGINIA AVIATION LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION IS ON, UH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY THE 29TH AT THE MAIN STREET STATION.

UH, ALL OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY MEMBERS WILL BE THERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT.

UH, OF COURSE LEGISLATIVE DAY, WHICH IS ON THURSDAY FOR US WITH VACO, UH, WILL BE ATTENDING THAT.

UH, ALSO HAVE A VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSIONS MEETING THAT AFTERNOON.

SO HOPEFULLY I CAN ATTEND THAT AS WELL AS BE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.

UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING AT INE FOR THEIR FIRE AWARDS BANQUET ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 26TH.

UM, AND PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT MR. MASSENGILL SAID, YOU KNOW, LOOK AFTER YOUR NEIGHBORS WHEN IT GETS COLD LIKE THIS.

UM, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN AND COULD HAPPEN.

SO, UM, WE ARE OUR BROTHERS KEEPER.

UM, JUST LOOK AFTER THOSE PEOPLE THAT, THAT MAY BE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WE ARE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, EITHER BY A CALL OR A VISIT EACH MORNING, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO REACH OUT TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND DON'T FORGET TO DRIP YOUR WATER.

THAT'S NOT A BAD THING TO DO WHEN IT GETS DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS OR, UM, 10 DEGREES, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

UM, SO THAT, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

ALRIGHT, MS. BON.

UM, WELL, IT'S, UH, A NEW YEAR, 2025, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, DOING SOME GREAT THINGS IN THE COUNTY AND, UM,

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WORKING WITH PEOPLE.

SO, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD THING TO BE HERE AND AS MY AUNT ALWAYS SAY, AND KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT HERE AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE HERE.

SO, UH, LOOKING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

I, UM, ALSO, UM, CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO, UM, EVERYONE.

I, I KNOW IT WAS A LOT GOING ON FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND SO SORRY FOR THAT.

NOT ONLY HERE, BUT UH, ACROSS THE COUNTY, IT'S JUST A LOT HAS BEEN GOING ON.

SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, PRAYING FOR ALL THE FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD.

AND, UM, I, UM, I WAS TALKING TO KEVIN AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE A ANIMAL STORY.

YEAH, I DO.

AND, UM, I WAS TALKING TO HIM, YOU KNOW, HE'S, AND UM, THIS, AND THIS IS, UH, IN REFERENCE TO HIS FATHER.

WE WERE, UM, WE WERE TALKING AND HE SAID THAT WHEN THEY WENT ON VACATION, HIS DAD CAME OVER TO TAKE CARE OF HIS CAT.

AND, UM, HIS DAD , HIS DAD DIDN'T KNOW HOW MEAN THE CAT WAS.

AND, UM, KEVIN SAID THAT HIS DAD SAID THAT, UM, THE NEXT TIME YOU GO SOMEWHERE, AND THIS WAS LAST YEAR? YEAH.

HE SAID, YEAH, HE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT COMING OVER TO TAKE CARE OF THE CAT BECAUSE THE CAT SCRATCHED HIM AND EVERYTHING.

FAMILY, YEAH.

AND, UH, REAL BAD.

SO, UH, , YOU KNOW, YOU, UM, YOU, YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT FOR HIS CAT.

SO I KNOW THAT, UM, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING.

BUT I, WE, UM, WE HAD A CAT IN OUR YARD, UM, THAT WAS HANGING AROUND TRYING TO DIG STUFF AND, UM, WE STARTED GIVING HIM FOOD.

AND I REMEMBER ALVIN SAID, ONCE YOU DO THAT, THEY'RE NOT LEAVING.

THAT'S TRUE.

AND, UM, I STILL GOT IT.

SO NOW WE ARE TAKING HIM TO THE VET AND TRYING TO GET HIM STRAIGHT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

THE CAT HAS BEEN IN THE HOUSE WITH US AND DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF AND EVERYTHING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, IF YOU SEE AN ANIMAL, TRY TO SAVE AN ANIMAL TOO.

I MEAN CAT DOG, YOU KNOW, AND WHATNOT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

AND, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WORKING OUT PRETTY GOOD.

BUT, UM, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S MY ANIMAL STORY FOR 2025 AND EVERYTHING.

AND AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN, IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO, EXCUSE ME, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, UH, UNITY.

AND YESTERDAY WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY AND WITH A HOLIDAY.

AND, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT OUT AND THEY DID A LOT OF, UH, VOLUNTEERING.

I TALKED TO A LOT OF CHURCHES WHO WENT AND SERVED DINNERS TO SOME OF THE SENIOR CENTER CENTERS AND UM, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE DOING SOMETHING.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE ALWAYS STRESSED TO VOLUNTEER AND DO SOME THINGS.

SO, UM, I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR.

UM, WE HAVE A LONG YEAR AND WE WANNA BE UNIFIED AND, UM, AND ALWAYS PUT, UH, GOD FIRST IN WHATEVER WE DO.

I WAS LISTENING TO SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE, SOME OF THE FOOTBALL STARS AND UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LOT GOING ON WITH THEM THIS WEEKEND.

AND THE FIRST THING THEY SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, I THANK GOD FOR MY TALENT.

I THANK GOD FOR WINNING AND MOVING FORWARD, BUT THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT, THAT THEY SAID.

AND I, AND I JUST APPLAUD THEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T, YOU ONLY HAVE A TALENT BECAUSE GOD GAVE YOU A TALENT.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WAKE UP AND HAVE IT.

SO THEY WERE DOING THAT.

SO, UM, WE HAVE TO PUT GOD FIRST AND WHATEVER WE DO, AND THIS BOY DOES THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO DO, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE CITIZENS OF DEADLY.

GOOD DEAL.

BY THE WATER CRISIS AND NOTHING HE HAD TO DO ABOUT IT, BUT HE HAD TO DEAL WITH IT.

THANK YOU MS. MOM, AND I'M GLAD THE ANIMAL STORY ARE BACK .

WE MISSED THEM FOR A WHILE.

UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY HOW EXCITED I AM TO, UH, SERVE AS CHILD FOR 2025.

AND, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF LOOK BACK NOW, UM, THE LAST TIME I WAS CHILD WAS 2020, AND OF COURSE I THOUGHT JANUARY OF 2020 EVERYTHING WAS GONNA BE, UH, GOOD THAT YEAR.

SO, UM, KIND OF BE CAREFUL AS WE HEAD FORWARD.

UH, ALSO REMEMBER THIS ROOM LAST YEAR, UM, AT THE SWEARING INN WAS COVERED IN WATER.

UM, AND KEVIN AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH TEMPERATURES GETTING LOWER, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP CHECK ON BUILDINGS AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

UM, BUT HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE A GOOD YEAR.

UM, HOPEFULLY MY CHALLENGE IN YEAR WAS LAST YEAR.

SO, UH, AMEN.

AND, AND DEFINITELY I, I FEEL FOR THE MAYOR OF RICHMOND STARTING HIS TENURE LIKE HE DID, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY KIND OF BRINGS, MAKES IT REAL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HE, HE JUST GOT BLINDSIDED

[01:15:01]

SO, UM, UH, TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, UM, I THINK UNDER BILL CHAVIS LEADERSHIP, UH, WE DID TOWN HALL MEETINGS.

WE PLAN ON DOING THOSE AGAIN.

I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE HAD A PURPOSE FOR IT, TRYING TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THE, UH, ASSESSMENT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

THIS YEAR I THINK MAYBE WE LISTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE TALK, UM, TO SEE WHAT CITIZENS, UM, WANT AND, UH, AND WITH THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME INTEREST IN WHAT THE BUDGET'S GONNA BE ABOUT THIS YEAR.

AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE WANT CUTS, THEN WHERE DO WE CUT? IF WE WANT TO DO SOME THINGS, THEN WHAT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? UM, KEVIN TALKED ABOUT THE CITIZEN ACADEMY, UH, STARTS THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTY, UM, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I THINK, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, IT'S A GOOD THING TO MEET WITH THEM ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

COUNTYWIDE NEWSLETTER IS GONNA BE PUBLISHED TWICE AGAIN THIS YEAR.

AND, UM, I THINK IT REALLY DOES HELP TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

I, UM, TO CITIZENS.

I, I QUESTION WHEN THEY GET IT SOMETIMES WITH THE MAIL.

MM-HMM.

BUT, UH, BEFORE LONG, MOST EVERYBODY GETS IT.

UM, I THINK WE'RE REALLY, UH, BLESSED TO HAVE THE WORKFORCE WE HAVE IN DEITY COUNTY.

AND I, I THINK, UH, STRIVE, STEWARDSHIP, TEAMWORK, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, VALUE ADDED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT REALLY SAYS A LOT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND AS, AS WE TRANSITION WITH NEW EMPLOYEES, I THINK THE FOCUS OF PEOPLE THAT WE HIRE, UM, REALLY DO HAVE THAT STRIVE, UM, IN THEM.

SO, UM, SO I, I'M, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY HONORED TO, UM, TO BE KIND OF THE FACE OF THE BOARD THIS YEAR AND, AND, UH, TRULY APPRECIATE WORKING WITH, UH, WITH STAFF.

UH, AND I WAS GLAD THAT, UH, MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE RIBBON CUTTING ON SATURDAY.

UH, WE WERE ACTUALLY OUTTA TOWN, UM, THIS WEEKEND.

UH, AND THEN I END WITH SOME GOOD NEWS.

I GUESS MOST EVERYBODY IN HERE KNEW THAT MY LIVER DECIDED TO TAKE A VACATION, UH, OVER THANKSGIVING TO CHRISTMAS.

UH, DID A BLOOD TEST THIS MORNING AND MY WIFE TEXT ME JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, SO I'LL MAKE IT PART OF THE PUBLIC MEETING, UM, WHICH IT ALREADY WAS.

SO, UM, THAT MY LEVEL NUMBERS WERE NORMAL TODAY.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

VERY GOOD.

IT CAN KEEP HER FROM WEARING NOW.

UM, I DON'T WORRY QUITE AS MUCH AS SHE DOES, BUT I PROBABLY SHOULD.

SO ANYWAY, BUT UH, AT

[11. CLOSED SESSION]

THIS TIME WE HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE, PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, DENWOODY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DIY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 5, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 3.

DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD PROP 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, DISPOSITION OF SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY TAX MAP 18 DASH SEVEN A MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE PLEASE.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DR. MOORE? AYE.

AND WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT SEVEN FOR, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.

COME OUTTA CLOSED MOTION AND THEN MOTION TO COME OUTTA COURT.

UH, AT THIS TIME WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUTTA CLOSED SESSION.

SO, SO MOVE.

I'LL SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.

[01:20:01]

WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE.

PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, DENWOOD COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DENVER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A FIVE.

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WERE NO PRE PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 3.

DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.

ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DISPOSITION OF SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY TAX MAP 18 DASH SEVEN A AND WHEREAS NO MEMBER HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR OF THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE IT CERTIFIED THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.

I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE.

SO MOVED.

SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.

ALRIGHT, THANK DO WE NEED, I THINK WE'RE OKAY.

WITH TONIGHT'S, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THAT COMES ON.

WE'LL DO IT IF, I THINK WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNOLOGY PICK UP, BUT SEEMS TO BE GOOD NOW.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED

[12.A. Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment, A-24-1, Emerging Technologies District]

AND THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE, UM, ZONING ORDINANCE, TEXT AMENDMENT, A 24 DASH ONE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY DISTRICT, UM, MR. MARK BASSETT, DIRECTOR PLANNING AND ZONING.

MATT, HE'S TURNING THAT OVER TO MATT, ER, MR. ER.

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR.

BOARD MEMBERS MR. MASSENGILL.

UM, I'M HERE TO PRESENT, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT A DASH 24 DASH ONE.

UM, THIS IS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES DISTRICT, UM, AS WELL AS SOME CLEANUP IN SECTION 22 DASH SIX DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED AND ENUMERATED.

UM, NOTHING UH, FROM THIS ORDINANCE HAS CHANGED FROM THE LAST WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD IN NOVEMBER.

UM, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN SOME TIME NOW, SO I WILL BRIEFLY, UH, SKIM OVER THE ORDINANCE.

UM, AS A REFRESHER, UM, I WON'T GO INTO THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT.

UM, IT BASICALLY JUST LEAD, UH, LAYS OUT THE DISTRICT AND WHAT ITS INTENT IS FOR, UM, GOING DOWN TO CONDITIONAL USES.

UM, ALL THE USES LISTED, UM, WILL BE, WILL REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

UM, THESE ARE THE SAME FIVE USES THAT WERE AT THE, UH, WORKSHOP INCLUDING RESEARCH, EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER, DATA CENTER WAREHOUSE AND ONSITE ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITIES.

UM, MOVING ALONG TO SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

WE JUST HAVE THREE VERY BASIC REGULATIONS, UM, AS STAFF AND IN THE WORKSHOP.

UM, WE FELT THAT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS WOULD BE ABLE, UM, TO ALLEVIATE ANY KIND OF CONCERNS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE.

UM, DUE TO OUR APPROACH THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE EACH APPLICATION, UM, TREAT EACH APPLICATION SEPARATELY, UM, BECAUSE EACH PROJECT, UM, HAS ITS DIFFERENT CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS AND, AND DOWNFALLS.

UH, NEXT SECTION IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

UM, THIS IS OUR STANDARDIZED APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ALL CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND REZONINGS IN THE COUNTY.

UM, FOLLOWING THIS IS THE DEFINITIONS OF THE USES.

SO YOU HAVE DATA CENTER, WAREHOUSE, ONSITE, ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY RESEARCH, EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER, AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER.

UM, AND THEN BRIEFLY REGARDING SECTION 22 DASH SIX, UM, THIS IS THE DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED AND ENUMERATED.

UM, IN THE PAST, UM, I BELIEVE THERE WERE FIVE FOUR, UM, ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED, UM, BY YOU ALL.

UM, THEY WERE NOT PROPERLY ADDED TO THIS SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

UM, THIS, THIS, UH, DRAFT IN FRONT OF YOU HAS, UH, ADDED THOSE USES WHICH ARE THE RESIDENTIAL URBAN RU DISTRICT, THE COMMERCIAL PLANNED PUD DISTRICT, THE MIXED USE MU DISTRICT, THE UTILITY SCALE SOLAR SED DISTRICT, AND THE PROPOSED EMERGENCY TECHNOLOGIES DISTRICT ETD.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY HAVE

[01:25:02]

ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MATT.

TO B 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENT FY 24, BUDGET, BALANCE, REAPPROPRIATION E SUMMONS, AND ADDITIONAL SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.

THANK YOU SIR.

ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION AMONG BOARD MEMBERS? NO.

NO SIR.

YOU ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MR. CHAIRMAN, WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 5 AND 15.22286 A SEVEN, THE EMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, OR GOOD ZONING PRACTICE WARRANT THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.

NOW THEREFORE, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS 20 A DASH 24 DASH ONE AS PRESENTED.

DO MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL NOW GO

[12.B. FY 2025 Budget Amendments: FY 24 Fund Balance ReAppropriations, E-Summons And Additional School Appropriations]

UH, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO GET, UH, DR. MOORE AND I NEED TO READ A STATEMENT AS DO I.

AT THE JANUARY 21ST, 2025 MEETING OF DENWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I, CASEY M DOOLEY INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FY 2024 FUND BUDGET, OR I'M SORRY, FUND BALANCE, RE APPROPRIATIONS, E SUMMONS, AND ADDITIONAL SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.

THESE AMENDMENTS AFFECT THE DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

I'M EMPLOYED BY DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT THESE AMENDMENTS IMPACT A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE AND I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

AND I'LL READ A STATEMENT AT THE JANUARY 21ST, 2025 MEETING OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

I'M E MOORE INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FISCAL YEAR 24 FUND BALANCE, RE APPROPRIATIONS, E SUMMONS, AND ADDITIONAL SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.

THESE AMENDMENTS AFFECT THE DI WITTY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DIM WITTY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, BUT THESE AMENDMENTS IMPACT A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE AND I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AT THE JANUARY 21ST, 2025 MEETING OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I, DANIEL D. LEE, INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING THE FFY 2025 BUDGET AMENDMENTS 20 FY 24 BALANCE REAPPROPRIATION E SUMMONS, EXCUSE ME, AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.

THESE AMENDMENTS AFFECT THE DEITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DI COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, BUT THESE AMENDMENTS IMPACT A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE AND I AM ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AT THIS TIME.

UH, WE'LL HAVE ANNE HAMILTON, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS.

MR. MASSENGILL, AFTER, UM, WE FINISH WITH OUR AUDIT, IT IS OUR, OUR ACCUSTOMED TO TRUE UP ALL THIS FUND BALANCES FOR OUR REVENUE, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND TO, UM, TO LOOK AT THE CIP PROJECT BALANCES AND, AND REALIGN THOSE AS NEEDED.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE THE CHANGES THAT ARE, UM, BEING PROPOSED TO THE BUDGET ARE MORE THAN THE 1% OF OUR, UH, EXPENDITURE BUDGET PER THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.

WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE OF THAT.

UM, SO THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THIS, UM, REQUEST TONIGHT.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BALANCES, UM, THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED EITHER UP OR DOWN BASED ON WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED, THAT THE BALANCES WOULD BE IN MAY WHEN WE DID OUR BUDGET ORIGINALLY.

THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS A DECREASE THIS YEAR OF $4,200 IN THE GENERAL FUND BASED ON THE E SUMMONS REVENUES COMING IN THE, AND THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE MADE AGAINST THOSE

[01:30:01]

REVENUES.

UM, IN FY 24, THE THIRD AMENDMENT APPROPRIATES $2.6 MILLION IN STATE REVENUES FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND THAT WAS DONE AFTER ALL OUR BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN MAY.

SO WE NEED TO GET THAT BACK IN ALIGNMENT.

THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, UH, INCREASES THE SCHOOL OPERATIONS YEAR END FUND TRANSFER TO THE SCHOOL CAPITAL FUND, 136,000.

UM, WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA, THEY WOULD HAVE A BALANCE OF AROUND 3 50, 300 50,000, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY MORE LIKE 486,000.

SO WE NEED TO TRUE UP THAT AS WELL.

SO, UM, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS TO ADJUST ALL OF THESE FUNDS EITHER UP OR DOWN TO GET THEM IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHERE WE ENDED UP THE YEAR IN FY 24.

ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF MS OUT? NO SIR.

PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

ALRIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UM, MY ONLY COMMENT, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL MONEY, UM, I THINK WE DECIDED THIS AND SAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

IT'S BEEN BEEN A WHILE NOW, PROBABLY.

UM, AND IT, IT, INSTEAD OF HAVING A FLASH SALE AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO SPEND THE MONEY UNWISELY, WE'VE KIND OF DECIDED THAT THE MONEY WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WITH THAT MONEY INSTEAD OF JUST SPENDING IT TO BE SPENDING IT.

UM, SO I, THERE IS SOME METHOD TO, TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, SO HOPEFULLY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WITH THE MONEY.

NEW BUSINESS AND WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS.

ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

WE, IT IS JUST A RESOLUTION, SO I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED TO IT.

SECOND ROLL CALL DR. MOORE.

OKAY, SO, UM, NOW WE HAVE WHOLE

[13.A. Appointments]

YES, SIR.

MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE A NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD.

AND I WOULD LIKE, OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, APPOINT, UM, SHIRLEY MERRIT TO A TERM THAT WILL EXPIRE 12 31 28.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

DO WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? DR. MOORE? AYE.

ALL VOTING? AYE MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL THE APPOINTMENTS FOR TONIGHT.

REMEMBER LAST MONTH WE HAD, UH, REZONING CASE P 24 DASH 11 AIRPORT ROAD AND WE HAD, UH, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INGRESS AND EGRESS AND, UM, SO WE DECIDED TO POSTPONE IT A MONTH AND SEE IF SOMETHING COULD BE WORKED OUT, UM, IN THAT.

AT THIS TIME, YOU

[13.B. Rezoning Case, P-24-11, Airport Road]

AND, UM, I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME MOVEMENT AND SOME PROFITS AND AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE MR. BASSETT, UH, KIND OF GET US UPDATED ON WHAT, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENED.

YES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR.

BOARD MEMBERS.

MR. MASSENGILL.

AS YOU INDICATED AT THE, UH, DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, YOU DID CONTINUE THE CASE, UH, TO THIS EVENING.

UM, IN THAT TIME, UH, WE DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT.

THE APPLICANT, UH, SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE PROFFERS, UH, TO, UH, BASICALLY TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT CAME UP AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING ABOUT HOW TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY.

AND THE DISCUSSION, UH, BRIEFLY THAT EVENING WAS, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD AGREE THAT THE PROPERTY IN THE REAR WOULD ONLY BE AC THROUGH LOT 11.

UM, SO HE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL PROFFER CONDITION.

ACCESS AND ENTRANCE TO PROPERTY.

ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY SHALL BE FROM AIRPORT ROAD ROUTE 6 41 AND THE

[01:35:01]

COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE SHALL BE LOCATED ON LOT 11 AND THE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY SHALL BE THROUGH LOT 11.

AND, UM, HE, IN THAT TIME, WORKING WITH HIM ON THE PROFFERS, UM, HE DID, UM, WE DID MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO THE PROFFERS.

HE RESIGNED THE PROFFERS, UH, DATING THEM, UH, WITH HIS SIGNATURE, UM, WITH THE, AGAIN, THE NEW PROFFER CONDITION.

UM, TWO DAYS AGO HE SENT ANOTHER EMAIL, UM, JUST INFORMING, UH, MYSELF AND BOARD MEMBERS THAT HE WAS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING, UH, THIS EVENING, UH, DUE TO ILLNESS.

UM, BUT HE DID INDICATE AGAIN THAT, UM, HE WAS IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE PROFFERS AS, AS STATED AND HAD SUBMITTED THOSE.

AND AS PART OF THAT, JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL THIS EVENING, HE HAD INCLUDED, UH, THIS SKETCH OF HOW HE INTENDED TO, UH, ONE OF HIS IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO, UM, DEVELOP THE PROPERTY IN THE REAR.

UM, AND, UM, HE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT, IT SHOWED THE ENTRANCE COMING THROUGH LOT 11 AS WELL AS THE DRIVEWAY GOING TO THE BACK PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, UM, THAT AT SOME POINT WILL BE DEVELOPED.

SO HE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING AS WELL.

UH, TO, TO REITERATE THAT HE WAS IN FAVOR OF, UH, AMENDING THE PROFFERS, UM, AS SUBMITTED, UH, TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING, INCLUDING THAT PROFFER CONDITION NUMBER SIX TO HOPEFULLY ADDRESS CONCERNS, UH, THAT YOU ALL HAD AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY OWNER ON LOT 10, UM, ABOUT WHERE THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE TO GET TO THE BACK PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

ALSO, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT MS. INGRAM HAS TALKED TODAY, TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ATTENDED THE MEETING IN DECEMBER, UM, WHO OWNED, UH, LOT 10.

AND SHE DISCUSSED WITH THEM THE, UH, THE NEW UPDATED PROFFERS WITH THE NEW PROFFER CONDITION SIX ABOUT HOW TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY.

AND, UM, SHE INDICATED TO ME THAT, UH, THE OWNERS WERE SATISFIED WITH THE PROFFERS AS AS AMENDED.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERNS WERE.

ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. BASSETT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

HAVE WE JUST GONNA, SO THAT WAS JUST A VOTE.

SO WE'VE DONE IT ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION AT THE LAST MEETING.

SO REALLY IT'S JUST DISCUSSION AND VOTING.

UM, AND I THINK THIS, THIS IS A GOOD ACCESS POINT.

AS LONG AS LONG AS THOSE LANDOWNERS, THAT WAS MY WHOLE INTENTION THAT WE HAD, THAT IT DIDN'T INTERFERE WITH THOSE EXISTING BUSINESS THAT WAS THERE AND PUT THEM AT A HARDSHIP.

AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE SATISFIED THAT, THAT NEED BY GOING THROUGH LOT 11.

MR. CHAIR, DO WE NEED TO READ THE STANDARD STATEMENT? WE DO.

OKAY, I'LL READ IT.

BE RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 7.

IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICES.

I MOVE THAT REZONING P DASH 24 DASH 11 AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WITH PROFFERS? OH, WITH PROFFERS.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, ROLL CALL DR. MOORE.

HAVE CITIZEN COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENT? MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.

CLOSED CITIZEN COMMENT.

UH, BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS MR. DOOLEY? I DO NOT.

I'M GOOD.

NO, I'M GOOD.