* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [*A portion of this meeting is without audio*] [1. ROLL CALL] [00:00:04] I HAD LIKE TO CALL THE FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE DENWOODY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER. COULD WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA BONNER. HERE. MR. DOOLEY. HERE. DR. MOORE. HERE. MR. CHAVIS. HERE. MR. LEE. HERE. FIVE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. ALRIGHT. AT FIFTH TIME IF WE'D STAND FOR THE INVOCATION, OUR FATHER, YOU, HOW DO KINGDOM COME WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN? GIVE US DAY, OUR DAY BREAD. GIVE US ALL TRESPASSES AS WE, WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT IN TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. EVIL FOR THY KINGDOM. KINGDOM AND POWER IN THE GLORY FOR HOWEVER AND EVER OF AMEN. NOW WE DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, DO [4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA] WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? UM, NO AMENDMENTS FROM STAFF. MR. CHAIRMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY FROM ANY, UH, BOARD MEMBERS? NO. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, KEEP THE AGENDA AS PRE PRESENTED? SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL MS. EBRA BONNER. YES. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT. YOU HAVE THE [5. CONSENT AGENDA] CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE YOU, UM, YOU'VE HAD TIME TO GO OVER IT. UH, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED CLARIFIED OR, UH, ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE? SECOND. UH, DO WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MS. EBRA? BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, MOVING [6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation] ON TO REPORTS. UM, BO REPORT. MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, WE GOT WORD TODAY THAT, UH, AARON FRENCH, WHO'S THE, UM, OBVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE PETERSBURG RESIDENCY, IS TYPICALLY THE ONE WHO GIVES THIS PRESENTATION. HE'S UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. UH, AND THAT'S DUE TO THE PREPARATION OF WHAT MAY BE HAPPENING, UH, LATER OR EARLIER TOMORROW MORNING WITH THE SNOW. UH, BUT HE, HIS REPORT IS HERE. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE ANY, UH, MAINTENANCE REQUESTS BACK TO HIM. UM, HE DID SEND AN EMAIL EARLIER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'LL READ IT TO YOU. IT SAYS, GOOD MORNING. UM, I WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S MEETING AS WE'RE FULLY INVOLVED IN PREPARING FOR THE, UH, UPCOMING STORM. UM, I DID NOT HAVE ANY, UH, SPECIFIC UPDATES OTHER THAN, UM, THE TTRS ON HALIFAX AND STERLING ROAD. THE REPORT, THE STUDIES THAT ARE BEING DONE ARE STILL IN APPROVAL FROM, UH, CENTRAL OFFICE, BUT I HAVE BEGUN COMMUNICATING WITH THEM TO PUSH THE PROCESS ALONG. UH, A SPEED STUDY WAS COMPLETED ON ROUTE 40 AT THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF MCKINNEY AND RECOMMENDING, UH, STEPPING DOWN THE SPEED LIMIT, UH, FURTHER WEST ON ROUTE 40 DUE TO THE NEW HOUSING. UH, PLEASE, LEMME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, QUESTIONS. SO HE SENT THAT EARLIER TODAY. DO, DO YOU HAVE ANY MAINTENANCE REQUESTS THAT YOU WISH ME TO, TO TAKE ALONG TO HIM? I KNOW DR. MOORE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE. WE, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME AGENDA ITEMS FROM YOU. UM, THAT MEETINGS TAKE PLACE ON MARCH 12TH. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY THE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY PLANNING COMMITTEE, LET ME KNOW THAT BEFORE THEN TOO. WE WILL ADD IT TO THE AGENDA. MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE'S NO MAINTENANCE REQUEST. AND WE'RE, WE'RE DONE WITH THIS ITEM. OKAY. UH, NEXT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, [6.B. Dinwiddie Future Farmers Of America (FFA) Chapter] UH, DIY FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA FFA CHAPTER, UH, JELLY AND EDWARDS. AND I THINK YOUR TITLE IS MADAM PRESIDENT. YES. WELCOME. MM-HMM . AND FRANCE. . . THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE. IT IS, ISN'T IT? MM-HMM . GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS. BEFORE WE START, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A BRIEF INTRO INTRODUCTIONS. UM, I'M JULIE EDWARDS. AND I'M UM LEWIS. I'M BLAINE LEWIS. I'M THIS YEAR'S SENATE. I'M ANNA SQUIRES AND I'M THIS YEAR'S BOARD. OKAY. I'M REBECCA. SHE AND I'M THIS YEAR'S VICE PRESIDENT. [00:05:01] GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S COLTON WRITER AND I'M THE STUDENT ADVISOR. MY NAME IS HADLEY EDWARDS AND I'M SECRETARY. MY NAME IS BRITTANY COLLINS. I'M THE SCHOOL. MY NAME IS TREVOR BURROWS AND I'M THE HUGE TREASURER. IT'S BOTH AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO STAND HERE TODAY AS WE TALK ABOUT THE MISSION OF THE FUTURE. AS WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP, PERSONAL GROWTH, AND CAREER SUCCESS IN OUR YOUNG MEMBERS. WE ARE REMINDED OF THE IMPACT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS ON OUR COMMUNITY AND WHICH WE LIVE. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU THE FUTURE OF FFA IN WE HAVE FOR OUR FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THE TIME TO THANK YOU. WHAT IS AGRICULTURE? THE SCIENCE ARE OR PRACTICE OF CULTIVATING THE SOIL PRODUCING CROPS AND RAISING LIVESTOCK AND, AND VARYING DEGREES. THE PEPPER PREPARATION AND MARKETING OF ALL THE RESULTING PRODUCTS. IN MANY CASES, AGRICULTURE CAN ALSO BE CONSIDERED AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION OR THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. BUT IN OUR CASE, FFA, WHICH FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP SKILLS, PERSONAL GROWTH AND CAREER SUCCESS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? AGRICULTURE PROVIDES MANY RAW MATERIALS FOR MANUFACTURED GOODS. IT ALSO PROVIDES FOOD TO PUT ON OUR SHELVES AND TABLES, AS WELL AS GIVES AMERICA POLITICAL POWER WITHIN THE FOOD PRODUCTION INDUSTRY. AGRICULTURE IS THE FOUNDATION IN WHICH OUR FOOD SUPPLY COMES FROM. IT HELPS PROVIDE THE CROPS FOR OUR LIVESTOCK AND FEED THE POPULATION. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT ME? THE FOOD ON OUR TABLE, IT DOESN'T JUST MAGICALLY APPEAR. EVERYBODY USES AG AT LEAST THREE TIMES A DAY EVERYDAY. ITEMS THAT USE AGRICULTURE ARE ITEMS SUCH AS MAKEUP, STUFFED ANIMAL FILLING, TOILET PAPER, AND EVEN REPLACEMENT HEART VALVES. COWS ALONE GIVE US SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST STEAK AND MILK. OFTENTIMES AGRICULTURE IS UNDERVALUED. MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO SEE THE IMPACT AGRICULTURE HAS ON THEIR LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE FOOD ON THEIR TABLE. THE SAD REALITY OF THIS IS THAT IT'S HARD FOR CONSUMERS TO SEE AGRICULTURE IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. AND PRODUCTS LIKE HAIR DYE OR SHAMPOO FROM WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH TO THE CLOTHES YOU WEAR. EVERYTHING USES AGRICULTURE. ACCORDING TO THE USDA INDEMNITY, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 350 FARMS, ALMOST 44,000 ACRES OF CROP LAND. 26 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS SOLD 25 AND A HALF DOLLARS IN FARM EXPENSES, OVER 4,000 CATTLE. AND WERE MADE UP OF 98% FAMILY FARMS WITH 390 MALE PRODUCERS AND 222 FEMALE PRODUCERS. THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT JUST HOW VITAL AGRICULTURE IS IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR STAGGERING NUMBER OF FAMILY FARMS SHOWS THAT INDEMNITY IT FARMING ISN'T JUST BUSINESS, BUT A WAY OF LIFE. THREE OF OUR CURRENT INDEMNITY, FFA OFFICERS COME FROM FAMILIES WITH STRONG ROOTS IN THEIR INDEMNITY FAMILY FARMS WITH TWO OF US GROWING UP ON THOSE FARMS AND ALL OF US HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF GROWING UP, SEEING FIRSTHAND THE WORK THAT GOES INTO OUR FAMILY'S LIVELIHOODS. I'M GONNA BRIEFLY DISCUSS SOME ISSUES AND CONCERNS IN THE AG INDUSTRY TODAY. STARTING WITH LABOR SHORTAGES. JUST LIKE EVERYWHERE YOU GO, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL MCDONALD'S, EVERYWHERE YOU GO, THERE'S A LACK OF PEOPLE WORKING. AND ESPECIALLY IN THE AG INDUSTRY, WE SEE IT BECAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE WANT TO BE A FARMER OR DO THE HARD WORK OF PEOPLE IN THE AG INDUSTRY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM FACING US IN THE AG INDUSTRY NOW. AND WE'RE HAVING TO COMBAT THAT BY USING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND FINDING MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO GET WORK DONE DEVELOPMENT AND LAND LOST. UM, AND THEN WOODY, YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT NOW IS RIGHT UP AND DOWN THE ROAD. YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH SEE HOUSES GOING UP IN FIELDS EVERYWHERE IN DIMITY. AND THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM WE FACE BECAUSE WHEN YOU RUN OUTTA LAND, YOU CAN'T FARM ANYMORE. AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY THE INDUSTRY THAT FEEDS AND CLOSE YOU AND PROFITABILITY. THAT GOES BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE WITH THE STATISTICS ON THE INCOME AND OUTPUTS OF FARMING. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE MARGINS WERE VERY LOW AND IT'S HARD TO MAKE ENDS MEET [00:10:01] WITH MARGINS LIKE THAT. GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS IS ANOTHER PROBLEM WE'RE FACING, ESPECIALLY IN HERBICIDES AND INSECTICIDES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, THE CHEMICAL DICAMBA AND HERBICIDE WE USE THAT WAS JUST BANNED BY THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR. SO PRODUCERS HAVE HAD TO, UH, ADAPT THEIR ROTATION TO TRY AND USE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS AND DIFFERENT PRODUCTS SO THAT WE CAN GROW GOOD CROPS AND TRY TO TURN A PROFIT IN THE NEXT YEAR. COMMODITY PRICES IS ANOTHER FACTOR AFFECTING US. UM, THEY'RE REALLY LOW. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. AND WE NEED HIGHER PRICES TO, TO TURN A PROFIT SO WE CAN KEEP DOING THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR AND FEED PEOPLE AND IT'S JUST HARD TO, TO MAKE ENDS MEET WITH THE COMMODITY PRICES WE HAVE. FARM INCOME HAS DECREASED 7.8% IN 2024 COMPARED TO 2023, AND THAT'S ONLY EXPECTED TO DROP IN 2025. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND TRYING TO ADAPT OUR ROTATIONS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY TO TRY AND YIELD A HIGHER PROFIT OUT OF OUR LAND. AND DISEASE SPREAD IS ANOTHER ONE. I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU WATCH THE NEWS, THE AVIAN FLU IS GOING AROUND. YOU SEE EGG PRICES HAVE ALMOST TRIPLED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THAT AFFECTS BOTH THE CONSUMER AND THE PRODUCER DIRECTLY. 'CAUSE PRODUCERS ARE HAVING TO COAL BILLIONS OF CHICKENS TO TRY AND EXTERMINATE THE DISEASE. AND YOU ALL ARE PAYING THE PRICE AT THE GROCERY STORE. YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA BUY EGGS OR BREAKFAST FOOD, CAKES, EVERYTHING. AND, UM, THE PRICES HAVE TRIPLED AND THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US GREATLY. THANK YOU. WHY ARE WE HERE? WE'RE HERE TO TEACH ABOUT AGRICULTURE, RAISING AWARENESS FOR THE INDUSTRY, AND CONNECT CONSUMERS WITH THE AG INDUSTRY AND ITS PRODUCERS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR GOAL IS TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS BY ENSURING THAT MORE CONSUMERS UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM. OUR PLATFORM FFA IS A STUDENT LED ORGANIZATION, UM, THAT WORKS TO EDUCATE THE YOUTH AND GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT AG. SO FFA IS DEDICATED TO EDUCATING YOUTH AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE. IT HELPS THE NEXT GENERATION BY PROVIDING THE TOOLS AND SKILLS NEEDED TO BECOME LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY. IT HELPS CULTIVATE A PASSION FOR THE FUTURE OF FARMING, FOOD PRODUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY. FOUNDED RIGHT HERE IN VIRGINIA IN 1928, FFA IS NOW A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION SPANNING ACROSS ALL 50 STATES. IT CONNECTS YOUNG LEADERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND GIVES OPPORTUNITIES LIKE NO OTHER. IT BUILDS REAL WORLD SKILLS AND EXPANDS UNDERSTANDING, UNDERSTANDING OF AGRICULTURAL FOR ALL. WITH ROOTS RIGHT HERE IN VIRGINIA, FFA HAS BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY EXPAND TO A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM THAT HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT IN STUDENTS' LIVES ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. FFA HELPS PREPARE STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND IMPACTFUL MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY. VERY GOOD. WHAT WE DO, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR EVENTS AS DIY FFA CHAPTER TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW. WE HAVE THE FIRST RESPONDER BREAKFAST WHERE WE INVITE FIRST RESPONDERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY TO COME TO AN APPRECIATION BREAKFAST. WE ALSO HAVE KINDERGARTEN AG DAYS WHERE WE INVITE KINDERGARTNERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY TO COME LEARN ABOUT AG IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAVE THE JAMES RIVER FIELD TRIP WHERE WE TAKE MEMBERS TO JAMES RIVER EQUIPMENT AND THEY GET TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR CAREER OPTIONS IN THAT AREA. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION. NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AND FFA IS INVALUABLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, I WORE A BLUE JACKET. UH, I GUESS I WAS SENTINEL SECRETARY AND I THINK THAT WAS AS HIGH AS I GOT. AS HIGH AS THEY WOULD TRUST ME ANYWAY. UM, AND WE WERE ON A STATE, UM, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, UM, TEAM THAT CAME IN SECOND IN THE STATE. UM, I HATE TO TELL YOU I WAS PARLIAMENTARIAN BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THAT WITH HOW I RUN THIS MEETING TODAY, BUT, UH, I HAD VERY FOND MEMORIES OF FFA AND HAD EVEN FOND OF MEMORIES [00:15:01] WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE, UH, WERE IN SCHOOL BECAUSE AT THAT TIME THEY, THEY WENT TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION AND, AND THAT, UH, WE WENT TO TECH IS ALL WE EVER DID, AND WHICH THAT'S THE GREATEST PLACE ON EARTH. BUT ANYWAY, UM, IT, UH, IT WAS NICE TO GO TO A NATIONAL CONVENTION AND, AND IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, IS IT 50,000 AT THAT NATIONAL CONVENTIONAL? LAST YEAR THEY HAD 70,000, 70,000 THAT MANY BLUE JACKETS. IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. UM, AND TO THINK WHAT, WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS ON THIS COUNTRY IS TRULY AMAZING. AND, AND I WILL SPEAK FOR ME AND PROBABLY FOR THIS BOARD WE ARE AS AG FRIENDLY AS A BOARD CAN BE. SO, UH, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL, WE APPRECIATE AG IN, IN THIS COUNTY, SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, [6.C. Planning & Zoning Year End Statistics] WE'LL MOVE ON. AND, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING. YEAR END STATISTICS. UH, HALEY, KING AND HALEY, YOU GOT A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW THAT . I KNOW . UM, WELL THANK YOU GUYS. UH, I AM GONNA GO THROUGH SOME STATISTICS AND, UM, PERMITS THAT WERE APPROVED AND STUFF FROM THE YEAR 2024, UM, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING. MY NAME IS HAILEY KEANE. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE MET ME FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM WHO HAVEN'T, UM, I'M A PLANNER ONE, UM, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING. SO I PUT TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S, UM, USING GIS DATA, UM, AND IT'S LIKE A SERIES OF INTERACTIVE MAPS, UH, SHOWING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. SO, UH, IT'S DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS. THIS FIRST PART HERE IS THE APPROVED, UM, REZONINGS AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FROM THE LAST YEAR. UM, I'M GONNA SCROLL THROUGH KIND OF QUICKLY AND GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE. WE'VE GOT LIKE THE CHEIN ANIMAL HOSPITAL HERE. WE HAVE, OH, IT SKIPPED THROUGH. SORRY, IT'S SCROLLED AND KIND OF QUICKLY, IT'S LIKE SKIPPING THINGS. YEAH. CAN I SEE THE SIDEBAR? IS THERE A WAY TO PULL IT OUT? KEEP GOING. AND WHERE? UH, OKAY. I CAN'T SEE IT ON MY SCREEN. OH, THERE WE GO. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, HERE WE HAVE, UH, THREE REZONINGS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE WEST PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD. OOPS, SORRY, Y'ALL. UM, HERE'S A COUPLE MORE, INCLUDING THE TYNDALL CORPORATION REZONING. AND THERE'S JUST A FEW MORE THAT ARE JUST KIND OF RANDOM ONES. THE DOLLAR GENERAL OUT IN FORD OFF CLAY STREET ROAD. ALL RIGHT. AND THOSE ARE ALL THE REZONINGS AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS. THE NEXT SECTION, UM, IS THE FAMILY DIVISIONS FROM THE LAST YEAR. UM, THIS JUST SHOWS ALL OF THEM. IT'S MORE OF A SLIDESHOW FORMAT. UM, THERE WERE SEVEN IN THE LAST YEAR IF YOU WERE TO PULL THIS UP, WHICH I CAN PROVIDE THE LINK FOR YOU GUYS IF YOU'D LIKE. UM, YOU CAN ALSO ZOOM OUT AND MOVE AROUND. IT'S LIKE A SUPER INTERACTIVE TOOL. UM, WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE SEVEN. SO THOSE ARE ALL, I THINK I WENT THROUGH ALL OF THEM. THOSE ARE ALL THE, UH, FAMILY DIVISIONS FOR THE LAST YEAR. THIS NEXT SECTION, THIS IS JUST STRAIGHT UP STATISTICS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING AND, UM, CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, TAX AMENDMENTS LAST YEAR, THE ONLY ONE WAS, UM, ADOPTING THE EMERGENCE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES DISTRICT, WHICH WAS JUST IN DECEMBER. UM, [00:20:01] ADDRESS ASSIGNMENTS, BUSINESS LICENSES. WE'VE GOT PLAT REVIEWS, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF. AND HERE'S CODE COMPLIANCE STATISTICS. WE'VE GOT, UH, AN OPERABLE VEHICLES, VEHICLES. THERE WAS 45 OF THOSE JUNK AND TRASH. 76 MM-HMM . CITATIONS. UM, THERE WERE 540 INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS IN TOTAL LAST YEAR. AND THEN THE FINAL SECTION IS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS REALLY LIKE A AGGREGATION OF ALL OF THE, UM, NEW CONSTRUCTION MAPS THAT I PROVIDE AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MONTH. UM, HERE WE HAVE, IT'S TAKING A MOMENT TO LOAD BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DATA, BUT THIS IS THE TOTAL OF ALL OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IN 2024 FOR ALL DISTRICTS. SORRY, THIS MOUSE IS A LITTLE TRIGGER HAPPY. THERE WE GO. HERE. I'VE MADE A PIE CHART THAT SHOWS, UM, EACH DISTRICTS SHARE. UM, AND I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ WHAT IT IS, BUT YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN HERE, UM, IF YOU, UH, MOUSE OVER EACH OF THESE, IT GIVES YOU THE SPECIFIC, UM, ACTUAL NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE FOR EACH DISTRICT. YEAH, IT'S JUST GOING RIGHT, RIGHT PAST IT. WHENEVER I SCROLL. UM, SO THE LAST ONE WAS, UH, IT WAS A MAP THAT, UH, SPECIFICALLY ZOOMED IN ON DISTRICT ONE. BUT HERE'S A ANOTHER PIE CHART THAT SHOWS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION TYPE FOR 2024 TOTALS. UM, AND DISTRICT ONE, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VAST MAJORITY WAS STICK-BUILT RESIDENTIAL, I THINK. AND THEN THIS, UM, SMALLER PIECE HERE IS MANUFACTURED HOMES, UM, FOR DISTRICT TWO. SIMILARLY, THE VAST MAJORITY FOR DISTRICT TWO WAS STICK-BUILT RESIDENTIAL. UM, BUT THE SMALLER PIECE HERE IS COMMERCIAL. THERE WAS ACTUALLY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. HMM, THERE WE GO. UM, DISTRICT THREE, UH, HAS I THINK THE MOST, UH, COMPLEX MIX OF ALL OF THEM. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJORITY IS STILL STICK BUILT, RESIDENTIAL, SOME MANUFACTURED HOMES. AND THEN, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE A COMMERCIAL AND, UH, OTHER, WHICH WAS RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, UM, LAST YEAR. AND THEN DISTRICT FOUR MAJORITY STICK-BUILT RESIDENTIAL, SOME MANUFACTURED HOMES. AND THEN FINALLY DISTRICT FIVE, UM, WITH THE MAJORITY AGAIN BEING STICK-BUILT RESIDENTIAL, BUT A COUPLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL. AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU GUYS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR ANYTHING? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. NO, MA'AM. NO, WE'RE GOOD. GOOD JOB. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE GROWING. IT STILL LOOKS LIKE A SHOTGUN APPROACH STILL AND WE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE TARGETING GROWTH WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO QUITE YET, BUT IT IS A FREE COUNTRY SO, UH, PEOPLE CAN DO, HAVE CHOICES TO KIND OF MOVE WHERE THEY WANT TO. UH, ALSO, BUT THANK YOU. UH, THE NUMBERS ARE, ARE ENLIGHTENING. ANYWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU HEATHER. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT, THAT'S, UM, ALL THE REPORTS WE HAVE. UM, OUTSIDE [7.A. Blackstone Area Bus System (BABS)] AGENCY REPORTS, UH, WE HAVE BABS ALEX DAVIS, UH, TRANSIT DIRECTOR FROM THE TOWN OF BLACKSTONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE BLACKSTONE AREA BUS SYSTEM TO REQUEST CONTINUE FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY OF DENWITTY FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 2026. THESE FUNDS WILL BE [00:25:01] ALLOCATED TO HELP COVER THE EVERYDAY OPERATING EXPENSES FOR OUR DENWOODY EXPRESS ROUTE, WHICH RUNS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MUCH LIKE LAST YEAR'S BUDGETING PROCESS, WE DID NOT MAKE ANY DRASTIC CHANGES TO OUR CURRENT BUDGET. SO WE DID NOT HAVE TO REQUIRE ANY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN LOCAL FUNDING. THE CURRENT APPROVED FUND FROM DENWOODY IS $21,200. AND BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR LOCAL MATCH FOR FY 26 THE SAME OVER THE YEAR FY 24, THE DENWOODY EXPRESS SERVICE, A TOTAL OF 3,573 LOCAL RESIDENTS. AND SO FAR FY 20 FIVE'S RIDERSHIP IS PROJECTED TO HIT AROUND THE SAME TOTALS. A LOT OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT UTILIZE OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ARE GOING TO AND FROM THINGS LIKE WORK, DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND OF COURSE BACK HOME AND DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF HAVING THEIR OWN PERSONAL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. WHILE I HAVE THIS CHANCE TO SPEAK, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU ALL IN PERSON FOR SUPPORTING US AND BEING VERY GENEROUS. UH, ALL OF THE COUNTY, UH, RESIDENTS. COMPLETELY APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDER CONSIDERATION REGARDING OUR FUNDING REQUEST. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER IT TODAY. AND IF I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER, I WILL FIND ONE AND SEND ONE. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO NOT. NO. WE APPRECIATE, UH, HAVING THE TRANSIT, UH, OPERATE IN DENWOODY AND I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT USE IT, UH, ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF IT. YEAH. DENWOODY, UM, THAT IS PROBABLY OUR SECOND MOST POPULAR ROUTE THAT WE HAVE. AND BUSIEST, WE'VE GOT BLACKSTONE AND THEN IT'S DENWITTY. SO I THINK, UM, IT'S GETTING UTILIZED COMPLETELY BY ALL THE RESIDENTS. AND I THINK THE THING THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT US IN THE OFFICE LIKE TO LOOK AT IS WE HAVE REGULAR RIDERS WHO WE KNOW THEIR SCHEDULES WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO THE DOCTOR THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND THE DRIVERS, THEY KNOW ALL OF THE RIDERS BY HEART AND IT'S JUST, IT'S A GREAT THING TO SEE. AND, AND IT IS TRUE. YOU CAN, UH, CATCH A BUS HERE AND END UP IN RICHMOND, GO TO PETERSBURG, AND THEN PETERSBURG TO TO RICHMOND. SO, UM, YOU DO HAVE THAT ABILITY. UM, I GUESS THERE'S SOME PLANNING INVOLVED IN IT, BUT YES, UM, YOU DO. ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE'RE GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT, NEXT WE [7.B. District 19 Community Services Board] HAVE, UH, DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD, UH, TERRELL STEWART, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECT DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT 19. ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME OUT. GOOD AFTERNOON TO JUST, UH, GO OVER OUR, UM, LOCAL MASS REQUEST AND THEN TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME UPDATES ON DISTRICT 19 MOVING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION IS STILL THE SAME. WE ARE JUST WORKING TO IMPROVE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE THAT ALL NINE OF OUR LOCALITIES RECEIVE FROM US, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE CONNECT TO OTHER RESOURCES THAT PERHAPS OUR AGENCY DOES NOT FULLY PROVIDE. THIS IS OUR CATCHMENT AREA IN CASE ANYONE FORGOT, IT'S STILL NINE LOCALITIES, . ALRIGHT. AND THEN THIS, THESE ARE OUR SERVICES WE SERVE, UM, FROM ZERO ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT THE LIFETIME CONTINUUM. SO I JUST ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR SERVICES ARE EXTREMELY NUANCED AND ONLY CSBS PROVIDE THEM, BUT WE TOUCH ON ALL THESE MAIN POINTS OF LIFE. OKAY. AND THEN I ALWAYS INCLUDE TOO OUR REGIONAL PROGRAMS BECAUSE, UH, YES, RICHMOND IS FAR WAYS AWAY FROM DENWITTY COUNTY FOR SOME OF OUR FOLKS, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORTS THAT WE CAN ACCESS FOR THEM THROUGH OUR REGIONAL FUNDS THAT THE STATE, UM, ALLOTS TO OUR REGIONS. AND SO OUR FOLKS ARE ABLE TO GET HELP. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IF I'M FRESH OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND I NEED HELP TO PAY THE INTERNET BILL SO I CAN MAYBE WORK FROM HOME, WE CAN GET YOU HELP FOR THAT. IF YOU, UM, ARE RELEASED FROM MEHERON OR RIVERSIDE IN THIS AREA AND YOU NEED SOME SUPPORT TO MAYBE GET A HOTEL ROOM, WE CAN GET YOU FUNDING FOR THAT. SO IT'S JUST CALLING US, LETTING US PUT YOU IN THE RIGHT, UM, DIRECTION TO GET THE HELP THAT YOU NEED. SO WE GET A LOT OF THAT SUPPORT FROM OUR REGIONAL PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. DISTRICT 19 HAS BEEN WORKING FOR OVER ABOUT, UH, 15, 20 YEARS NOW TO REALLY MANAGE WHERE WE ARE PHYSICALLY LOCATED. AND FOR OUR DENWITTY LOCATION, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO, WE HAVE OUR RESIDENTIAL, UM, PROGRAMS AS WELL AS A CLINIC RIGHT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT HERE. AND THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY WE'RE PAYING IN RENT. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD OVER THESE NEXT YEARS, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY RELOCATING THE CURRENT CLINIC TO WHERE OUR CURRENT PROPERTY IS, JUST BECAUSE IT'LL BE OWNED BY DISTRICT 19. AND WE WILL CUT SOME OF THE OVERHEAD WE HAVE FOR RENT BECAUSE ALTOGETHER DISTRICT 19 PAYS OVER $875,000 A YEAR IN RENTING ALL THESE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. SO WE'RE JUST REALLY TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH OUR DOLLARS AND WE PLAN ON REINVESTING [00:30:01] THAT INTO A LOT OF MORE MOBILE SERVICES AND INTO SALARIES BECAUSE LIKE ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS RECENTLY SAID, WE DON'T WANNA COMPETE. WE WANNA BEAT OTHER, UM, CSBS. SO THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF OUR PLAN MOVING FORWARD. ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS JUST A SLIDE SHOWING YOU THE SERVICES THAT, UH, DENWITTY, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, RECEIVED FROM US OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. AND I ALSO HAVE TO MENTION THAT IF A PERSON IS LOCATED IN DENWITTY BUT DOES NOT HAVE A PHYSICAL ADDRESS IN YOUR LOCALITY, WE STILL HAVE TO SERVE THEM. BUT THAT'S COUNTED IN OUR UNKNOWN POPULATION, NOT NECESSARILY FOR, UM, DENWITTY. SO THESE ARE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU GUYS AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WE SERVED LAST FISCAL YEAR. THE NEXT PART IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, WHICH IS THE, UM, THE LOCAL ASK FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH IS $137,024 FOR, UM, DENWITTY COUNTY. AGAIN, THAT IS A PORTION OF THE 10% LOCAL MATCH. ALL NINE OF OUR, UH, JURISDICTIONS MAKE UP EACH YEAR. AND IT'S AN INCREASE OF ALMOST REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO 14,000 FOR DENWITTY COUNTY FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL REQUEST. MM-HMM . OKAY. AND THAT'S JUST MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE, UM, OUR CURRENT STATE FUNDING, WHICH IS GONNA RUN BETWEEN 10 AND 12 MILLION. AGAIN, IT'S HARD FOR US TO GIVE A DIRECT ESTIMATE JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A STATE BUDGET YET. SO WE DO OUR BEST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW EARLY WHAT OUR ASK WILL BE BASED ON THE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE STATE FUNDS WE WILL BE RECEIVING AND SOME MORE UPDATED NEW NEWS. DISTRICT 19 IS CHANGING ITS NAME AFTER 50 YEARS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE. AND WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH ALL THE INTERNAL STEPS TO, UH, COME UP WITH A NEW NAME. OUR BOARD VOTED, OUR STAFF VOTED AND THEY CAME UP WITH GREATER REACH COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD. UM, YOU ALL WILL BE RECEIVING A FORMAL RESOLUTION. WE RAN INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A SNAG BECAUSE THE, UM, THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE CSB CHANGE IN THEIR NAME. SO WE HAVE SOME LAWYERS LOOKING INTO WHERE DO WE REGISTER THIS THING OUT BEFORE WE SEND EVERYTHING OUT TO YOU GUYS. AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A FULL LAUNCH COME MAY, 2025. SO THIS IS JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE WILL BE SENDING THINGS OUT, LITERATURE POSTCARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE STILL DISTRICT 19, WE'RE JUST OPERATING UNDER A NEW NAME. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'LL ALSO BE CONTACTING ALL OUR LOCALITIES TOO ABOUT SOME UPCOMING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE FROM THE STATE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY GET, BUT WE WOULD, UH, LOVE YOU GUYS' SUPPORT WHEN YOU, UM, HEAR ABOUT IT. NO, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? JUST A QUE QUESTION AND A COMMENT. MM-HMM . UM, ARE YOU FULLY STAFFED? NO, WE ARE NOT FULLY STAFFED, BUT IT'S GETTING BETTER. WE TALK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO THINGS FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I I PRESUME YOU HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS AND THAT IS TRYING TO TO FIND PEOPLE TO WORK FOR. YES, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF MANDATED SERVICES, WHETHER WE ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF LIKE FULLY TO DO IT OR NOT, WE FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT, UM, WHAT PEOPLE NEED IN OUR AREA. LIKE WE HAVE A 24 HOUR CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICE. SO WE HAVE THE THINGS IN PLACE, IT'S JUST FOR SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE CLINICIANS AND THINGS, BUT WE ALSO WORK UNDER THE GUISE OF, WE KNOW STAFFING IS DIFFICULT. PART OF OUR REASON IS WE ARE NOT PAYING A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, SO. RIGHT. THE OTHER IS WE ON OUR AGENDA ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT AN OPIOID ABATEMENT, UM, YES. AUTHORIZATION PROJECT THAT'S COMING FORWARD, WHICH GRANT? SO MM-HMM . ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED TO OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY ABOUT WAS JUST MAKING SURE IT'S GONNA BE BASICALLY A LOT OF IT BE RUNNING THROUGH YOUR AGENCY. YES. WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ALL PLAN. WE DON'T BE LOSING ANY OF THAT MONEY. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M GETTING AT. THAT'S MONEY THAT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DENWOODY COUNTY. SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF IT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. YES, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST, YEAH. UM, TERRELL HAS BEEN, UM, DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. UH, I AM NO LONGER WITH THEM. I WAS WITH THEM FOR ABOUT THREE TERMS WITH DISTRICT 19 AND UM, DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. AND, UM, I THINK THAT UM, YOUR NEW NAME IS GREAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL DID THAT AND UM, OF COURSE I'M GONNA MISS YOU ALL. I'LL STOP BY SOMETIME AND SEE YOU ALL PLEASE DO. BUT, UM, DOING A GREAT JOB AND MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU APPRECI THAT JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DID. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. [7.C. Virginia Cooperative Extension] AND LAST AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, UH, FROM A VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION MIKE PARISH. UM, WE'VE HAD THE YOUNG SIDE OF IT, NOW WE GET THE OLD SIDE . THAT'S RIGHT. I GOT SOMETHING TO KEEP UP WITH IS MY PRESENTATION. THEY DID A GREAT JOB TODAY. THANK Y'ALL. YEAH. UM, OUR PRESENTATION IS BASICALLY GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON THE, UH, AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM. HANNAH'S BEEN IN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT FOUR H. JESS HAS COME IN WITH FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCES AND SO I'M GONNA COVER SOME OF THE AGRICULTURE. I'VE GOT 67 SLIDES, BUT I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF THEM. BUT THIS IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF OUR AGRICULTURE [00:35:01] AND HOW DIVERSITY IS IN DENWITTY AND HOW, UM, I GUESS HOW MUCH I ENJOY THIS JOB 'CAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COUNTY. BUT I GIVE THIS PRESENTATION TO STUDENTS AT VIRGINIA STATE AND ALSO AT VIRGINIA TECH. AND I LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT DENWITTY AND I'D SAY 95% OF THE SLIDES ARE ONES I'VE TAKEN AND THEY'RE FROM DENWITTY. SO I ALWAYS TRY TO SHOWCASE OUR GREAT RESOURCES HERE IN IN DENWITTY. UM, WITH THE EXTENSION PROGRAM OVERALL, WE WORK WITH FIELD CROPS PRIMARILY FOR MYSELF, BUT I ALSO HANDLE CALLS WITH LIVESTOCK AND FORAGES AND WITH THE GROWTH OF DENWOODY COUNTY, I HAVE A LOT OF URBAN HORTICULTURE AND ONE OF MY BIG FOCUSES WITH EXTENSION IS AG LITERACY. SO THAT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT YOU ALL DO TOO. AND SO I DO A LOT OF EDUCATION OF YOUTH IN MY JOB. ALSO EDUCATING ADULTS, UH, TOO, SOME THINGS ABOUT STATISTICS 'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES Y'ALL WANNA KNOW ABOUT NUMBERS FOR THE COUNTY. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. UM, SOME OF THE NUMBERS THE STUDENTS WENT OVER ARE, ARE, ARE VERY CURRENT THAT THEY, THEY'VE COVERED TONIGHT, BUT THEY ARE RESOURCES ONLINE WITH P DS FARM BUREAU EXTENSION, FARM CREDIT. SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR OUR FARMERS, BUT IN THE END, WHEN THEY GO GET THOSE RESOURCES, THEY COME BACK TO EXTENSION A LOT OF TIMES TO KIND OF GET CLARIFICATION OR SEE HOW THOSE RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO THEIR OPERATIONS OR THEIR SMALL, SMALL PIECES OF PROPERTY. UM, ALSO THERE'S THIS STATE, UM, STATISTICS ON HOW IMPORTANT EXTENS, UH, AGRICULTURE IS TO VIRGINIA'S ECONOMY. SO WE'RE A VERY LARGE PORTION OF THE INCOME FOR THE STATE. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY LARGE FOR US, UH, FOR DIMITY COUNTY. THESE NUMBERS VARY A LITTLE BIT, UM, BETWEEN WHAT FARMERS GIVE ME NUMBERS, WHAT CENSUS DOES AND WHAT THE FSA OFFICE BRINGS IN ON ACREAGE. SOME OF THESE NUMBERS CAN BE A LITTLE LARGER THAN WHAT THEY REALLY ARE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME DIM WITTY FARMERS FARMING INTO OTHER COUNTIES. WE HAVE VERY FEW FARMERS FARMING INTO DIM WITTY. SO OUR FARMERS ARE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SUCCESSFUL DE IN SPITE OF THE PRICES OF THE COMMODITIES, THEY'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, HOLDING OUR OWN RIGHT NOW. UM, WE'LL WE'LL SEE BY SPRINGTIME HOW MUCH GOES IN. THEY'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT SWITCHING SOME ACREAGE OVER MORE TO CORN 'CAUSE THE PRICES LOOK A LITTLE BETTER. VARIETIES ARE DOING WELL WITH DROUGHT RESISTANCE, SO WE DO HAVE SOME INCREASE IN CORN, SO THOSE NUMBERS WILL MOVE AROUND. BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR TYPICAL NUMBERS, UM, IN THE COUNTY. THE OTHER IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE NAS, NATIONAL AG STATISTICS. UM, YOU CAN GET A LOT OF NUMBERS FROM THEM WHEN THE FARMERS FILL OUT A LOT OF PAPERWORK. SO THAT'S JUST TWO CHARTS. TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC VALUE, OUR AG VALUE IN THE COUNTY IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $25 MILLION. IT FLUCTUATES SOME, IT'S DOWN A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR, LIKE THEY WERE SAYING EARLIER IN THEIR REPORT. UM, BUT IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT, IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR OUR GROWERS. SO WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON BUDGETING. WE'RE HIRING SOME MORE PEOPLE WITH EXTENSION TO MEET THOSE GOALS. I'M ON A SEARCH COMMITTEE NOW FOR OUR NEW ECONOMISTS TO DO MORE OF THIS STUFF WITH HELPING FARMERS LOOK AT THEIR ECONOMIC NUMBERS AND NOT ONLY TAKE THE SALESMAN'S PRICE, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT THEMSELVES OR HAVE A RESOURCE TO, TO REALLY CHALLENGE THOSE NUMBERS. JUST SOME OVERALL PROGRAMMING THAT WE DO. WE DO ANNUAL GRADING MEETINGS. WE USUALLY DO THEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES THAT NEIGHBOR US THAT ARE SIMILAR IN CROPPING SYSTEMS. UM, WE DO COTTON AND PEANUT PRODUCTION MEETINGS. UM, MEET OFTEN WITH CLIENTS ONE ON ONE. I HAD THREE THIS MORNING THAT CAME IN TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR WEED CONTROL, UM, WHICH WAS MENTIONED ALSO. THAT WAS A GOOD POINT. IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT DICAMBA AND TWO FOUR D UH, HORTICULTURE MANAGEMENT. UM, WE DO A LOT OF PEANUT CLINICS. UM, OURS THIS YEAR WAS UP BECAUSE FARMERS REALLY WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO, UM, JUDGE THE HARVESTING OF THAT CROP THIS YEAR. BUT I HAD SOME FROM OTHER COUNTIES CAME IN AND WORKED WITH ME TOO. ONE I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS WE DO A LOT OF TOURS IN DENWITTY COUNTY. UM, I GET ASKED A LOT FROM OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS THAT WANT TO COME AND VISIT AND SEE AGRICULTURE AND WE'RE KIND OF A ONE STOP SHOP FOR A LOT OF DIVERSITY AND AG AND I'LL HAVE SOME PICTURES WITH THAT TOO. UM, A LOT OF STUDENT, UH, GROUPS COME IN THE AG TECHNOLOGY. I HAVE SOME FROM THE AGRONOMY. UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THE, UH, JUDGING TEAMS COME THROUGH AND, AND WANT TO VISIT DIY COUNTY WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELING THE STATE. SO IT'S, UH, WIDELY KNOWN. THEY'RE COMING BACK TO SEE SOME OF THEIR ALUMNI FRIENDS. 'CAUSE AS DAN SAID, VIRGINIA TECH IS DEAR AND NEAR TO MY HEART TOO. AND IT'S A, A GOOD RESOURCE THAT WE LEAN ON WITH MY JOB COVER CROPS. DIY COUNTY HAS GOTTEN A REPUTATION WITH COVER CROPS. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WHAT THEY ARE, THEY'RE THE CROP WE PUT IN AFTER THE MAIN CASH CROP. AND WE'RE TEACHING THE FARMERS THAT COVER CROPS ARE A CASH CROP. AND LANDOWNERS IN THE COUNTY ARE REALLY, UH, ENTHUSED BY THIS BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO SEE A GREEN COVER ON THEIR PROPERTY. THEY DON'T WANNA SEE WASHING, THEY DON'T WANNA SEE WEEDS. THEY WANNA SEE SOMETHING [00:40:01] PRISTINE AND GROWING. AND WE DO HAVE COST SHARE PROGRAMS THROUGH THE SOIL AND WATER DISTRICT AND, UH, AND RCS THAT PAYS TO HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE THOSE COLOR CROPS OR NOW GETTING READY TO RUN INTO THE TOBACCO SEASON. SO THIS IS A GREENHOUSE HERE, UH, WHERE THEY'LL BE SEWING THOSE TRAYS. EACH ONE OF THOSE TRAYS HAS 288 PLANTS. THIS IS A 300 FOOT HOUSE THAT A PLANT OVER 60 ACRES OF TOBACCO. SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL IN THE COUNTY, UH, THAT, THAT ARE GETTING READY TO GET GEARED UP FOR THAT. SO I'M WORKING WITH FARMERS ON MEDIA, FERTILIZER AND STUFF GETTING READY FOR THEIR SEASON. AND A LOT OF 'EM ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR GREENHOUSES IS WHAT'S COMING TOMORROW. YEAH. YES. THEY'VE GOTTA RUN THOSE HEATERS, SPEND A LOT OF PROPANE TO KEEP THAT SNOW FROM CRUSHING THOSE HOUSES. UM, THERE'S A TRANSPLANT THERE SO YOU CAN SEE THE END RESULT THAT COMES OUT OF THOSE LITTLE TRAYS WHEN WE SET THE SEED. UH, COTTON PRODUCTION HAS GONE DOWN, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME REALLY, UM, UH, GOOD PRODUCING COTTON, UH, FARMERS IN THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY SOME THAT FARM OUT OF THE COUNTY. UM, THIS HERE IS A, UM, A MODULE BUILDING COTTON PICKER. THIS RIGHT HERE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT EXPENSES, IT'S CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS. YEAH. JUST TO DO THAT OPERATION. SO THEY'RE GETTING HIGHER EVERY YEAR, BUT IT DOES A GREAT JOB AND CUTS OUT A LOT OF LABOR. AS THEY ALSO ALLUDED TO. LABOR IS A BIG EXPENSE, BUT THE PRODUCERS, UM, WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF TOBACCO. MOST OF IT IS MECHANIZED BECAUSE WE, WE'VE TRYING TO AVOID AS MUCH LABOR AS AS POSSIBLE. UM, GRAIN PRODUCTION, WE DO SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, KNOW ON, ON FARM TESTING. UM, AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM YOU DO THIS. THAT'S CORN HARVEST THERE. UM, I DID WANNA SAY THAT PICTURE IS KIND OF DATED UP THERE ON THE TOP RIGHT. UM, THAT'S ONE OF BILLY BAIN'S, UH, GRANDSONS RUNNING AROUND KIND OF SMALL. YEAH. THAT IS DATED. SO TELL YOU HOW OLD THAT PHOTO IS, BUT I ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP IT IN HERE. IF SOMEBODY RECOGNIZES I GIVE A PRIZE AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS IF THEY CAN GUESS IT. UH, SOYBEANS IS STILL A LARGE CROP. WE'RE PLANTING ANYWHERE FROM 18 TO 20,000 ACRES AND THAT'S A VERY DIVERSE CROP. UM, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CROP ROTATION IN INWOOD COUNTY. WE'VE GOT SOME NEWER ENTERPRISES THAT HAVE POPPED UP. WE'VE GOT SOME MORE THAT ARE CONSIDERING TO MOVE INTO THE COUNTY. AND THIS IS WHERE OUR SMALL FARMERS ARE. UM, CUT FLOWERS IS SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN HOLD. VIRGINIA STATE HAS A GOOD PROGRAM THERE WHERE THEY TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO IT. WE'RE GETTING GROWER GROUPS NOW THAT ARE FARMING. AND SO THIS IS ONE THAT WAS IN, IN, IN WINY COUNTY AND WE USE IT AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR THE MASTER GARDENERS. SO WE GO OVER AND TALK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. SHE'S GIVEN US TOURS, TALKS ABOUT MANAGING THOSE FLOWERS, AND THEN SOME CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK AND MAYBE DO A SMALLER SCALE AT HOME OR JUST LEARN HOW TO APPRECIATE 'EM A LOT MORE IN THEIR LANDSCAPE. SO IT'S A LOT, A LOT OF THINGS HERE IN DEN WITTY THAT I CAN USE AS, UM, EDUCATIONAL TOOLS FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, I DON'T SEND ANY INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS OUT TO THERE. WE ORGANIZE A TOUR AND GO OUT ON A SCHEDULED TIME 'CAUSE PEOPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT ABOUT THE PLACE AND THEN THEY WANNA SHOW UP. SMALL FRUITS IS FAIRLY, FAIRLY LARGE IN THE COUNTY. WE'VE GOT SEVEN OR EIGHT SMALL OPERATIONS. ONE LARGER ONE WILL BE ADAMS ACRES, BUT I WORK A LOT WITH THAT. AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE, UM, VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF STRAWBERRY GROWERS AS AN ADVISOR. AND SO, UM, OUR GROWERS ARE A PART OF THAT TOO. SO WE DO TOURS ON SMALL FRUITS AND WE ALSO TEACH CLASSES ON EDIBLE YARDS OR EDIBLE LANDSCAPES. SO WE TAKE 'EM OUT AND PEOPLE CAN LEARN WHAT THEY CAN GROW IN THEIR YARD. YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL FLOWERS. LET'S HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN GRAZE ON AND IN YOUR OWN, IN YOUR OWN LANDSCAPE INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR IT AT SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT'S JUST ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER IDEA THAT PEOPLE WANNA MIX UP WITH THEIR LANDSCAPE AND STAY HOME. NOW DURING COVID, I WILL TELL YOU THIS WAS HOT 'CAUSE EVERYBODY WAS AT HOME AND THEY WANTED SOMETHING TO DO AND THEY WANTED TO PLANT, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MATERIAL. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE DO HAVE A VINEYARD IN THE COUNTY. THAT'S A NICE RESOURCE. YOU KNOW, TOO FOR OUR PUBLIC. UM, JUST SOME OF THE, UH, AGRICULTURAL AWARENESS EVENTS. THE DEWIN COUNTY FAIR IS OUR BIGGEST ONE. I MEAN, WE SEE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH TO SEE AGRICULTURE. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING AT FAIR THIS YEAR. I WAS THERE IN SPIRIT. MY STAFF WAS THERE, BUT I WAS COVERING THE, UM, EXHIBIT AT THE STATE FAIR, WHICH WAS THE NEXT ONE. UM, DENWOODY HAS A PART THERE WHERE WE DO A LOT AND OUR FARMERS PARTICIPATE AT THE FAIR A LOT TOO. AND THEY WON SEVERAL AWARDS AND WIN A LOT OF BLUE RIBBONS, YOU KNOW, TAKING THEIR FINE CROPS FROM DENWOODY THERE. FARM, I MEAN, THE FARM FAMILY DAY AT BLACKSTONE AT THE RESEARCH STATION HAS A LOT OF CITIZENS FROM DEN WITTY THAT COME IN. AND I DO AN EDUCATIONAL BOOTH THERE ON COTTON AND PEANUTS. SOMETHING PEOPLE IN THAT AREA DON'T GET TO SEE VERY OFTEN IF I'M RUNNING TOO LONG ON TIME. KEVIN, HOLD YOUR HAND THERE. YOU'RE GOOD. UM, THE WEBSITE THAT I CREATED, DESKTOP FARM DAY HAS GROWN. WE'RE UP LIKE 27% IN VIEWERSHIP. WE JUST ADDED TWO MORE VIDEOS THAT I PRODUCED, UM, ON THERE. SO IT IS A RESOURCE. I HAVE A FEW AG TEACHERS THAT SAW ME AT FAIR THAT SAID THEY USE IT QUITE OFTEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE, IN THE, UH, WESTERN PART OF THE STATE WHERE THEY DON'T GET TO SEE THE CROPS THAT I'M ACTUALLY FILMING AND, AND HAVING HERE NOW, JUST A LITTLE NOTE, FOOTNOTE, SOME VIDEOS [00:45:01] GET BETTER. IT WAS TIME BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT, I, I WAS A NOVICE AT THIS. SO THEY, THEY HAVE GRADUALLY GOT IMPROVED. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, I'VE GOT ABOUT 40 VIDEOS ON THERE NOW. THEY AVERAGE ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES AND THEY ALL COME WITH A QUIZ FOR TEACHERS TO USE OR HOMESCHOOLERS TO QUIZ THEIR STUDENTS. AND IT WAS UTILIZED A LOT DURING COVID. UM, LET'S SEE, BUG FEST WAS A HIT. UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE THIS, THIS SUMMER. WE BROUGHT IN THE STAFF FROM TWO OF OUR RESEARCH STATIONS, HELD IT AT EAST SIDE AND WE HAD ABOUT 35 OR 40 STUDENTS THAT CAME OUT TO LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT BUGS. ASKED ABOUT BUGS, WE TOLD 'EM TO BRING BUGS IF THEY WANTED. UM, DON'T CATCH A BUG THAT, UH, WE DIDN'T APPROVE 'EM TO, BUT WE GAVE 'EM NETS AND WE HAD 'EM CATCHING JUNE BUGS. UM, I'M SURE THAT, UH, CHRIS WAS GLAD WE GOT RID OF THEM AT THE EAST SIDE, AS MANY GENE BUGS AS WE COULD AND JAPANESE BE. UM, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS FORMED TO, TO LOOK AT AND, AND UNDERSTAND ABOUT INSECTS, THE BENEFICIALS VERSUS THE HARMFUL ONES. UM, I'M ALSO ON STEERING COMMITTEE FOR FORD, THE SOILS. IT'S A CONSORTIUM GROUP FOR THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND THE MID-ATLANTIC. SO VIRGINIA KIND OF WAS THE START. I SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING ABOUT TRYING TO SUPPORT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS FFA FOUR H TO COME UP WITH MATERIALS AND THINGS TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOILS AND HOW BENEFICIAL THEY ARE TO YOU. AND THE SOILS IN YOUR BACKYARD ARE IMPORTANT TOO. SO, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO TEACH 'EM WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE, TAKE CARE OF THEIRS. IF YOU NOTICE IN OUR PARKING LOT, WE DO HAVE A TRAILER. UH, WE JUST, UH, HAVE A TRAVELING, UM, EDUCATIONAL, UM, TRAILER NOW THAT I'M HOSTED HERE. BUT IT'LL BE UTILIZED BY THE WHOLE STATE COUNTY. FAIR. SOME MORE PICTURES THERE. STATE FAIR PHOTOGRAPHS. THIS IS A ONFARM FARM DAY. SO I DO ABOUT SEVEN FARM DAYS AND TALK ABOUT CROPS THAT WE GROW IN, IN VIRGINIA. AND IT'S REALLY FROM FIELD TO TABLE. SO I'M TELLING 'EM WHAT, WHAT THEY GROW IN THEIR COUNTY, HOW IT'S PROCESSED. AND THEN YOU SEE ON THE TABLE ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT COME FROM EITHER SOYBEANS, CORN, YOU KNOW, PEANUTS, UH, EVERYTHING FROM OIL TO MEAL TO THEIR CLOTHING THAT THEY WEAR. UM, SO IT'S AN EYE OPENING FOR A LOT OF KIDS THAT CAN'T BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, POPTARTS HAVE COTTON IN THEM. POPTARTS HAVE COTTON SEED OIL, SO THAT'S WHAT KEEPS IT FRESH. 'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE MILK AND EGGS IN POPTARTS. IT'S ALL OILS. SO THAT'S HOW IT STAYS ON THE SHELF A LOT LONGER. . UM, SO THEN I DO A LOT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS HERE WITH INSECTS. . UM, I DO A LOT OF CALLS. I PROBABLY HAD 200 PHONE CALLS ON FIRE S LAST YEAR. UM, SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF SOME RESOURCES WE GIVE OUT ABOUT THE PRODUCTS TO USE. WE ALSO, UM, HAVE TO REALLY FIGHT A LOT OF, UM, SNAKE OIL. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HOME BREWS, HOME REMEDIES. YES, YOU CAN POUR GASOLINE ON FIRE AND YES, AND YOU WILL KILL WHAT'S THERE THAT THEY TOUCH. BUT THE NESTS ARE SO DEEP IN THE GROUND IF THEY'VE BEEN THERE A WHILE, THEY JUST DISPERSE AND IT JUST TAKES 'EM A COUPLE MONTHS TO RE YOU KNOW, INHABIT THE AREA. SO YES, IT'S A REVENGE KE I CALL IT. UH, THEY FEEL GOOD AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT EVENTUALLY THEY'RE GONNA MOVE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE. AND, UM, THE MOUND ON THE RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS POINT IS WORKING OR NOT, BUT THE MO BOTTOM RIGHT, THAT'S MOUND DANCE. SO WE ALSO HAVE MOUND DANCE. THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE. UH, THEY DON'T STING, THEY BITE, THEY PINCH. UM, AND IF YOU WANNA KNOW A FASCINATING FACT TO WHAT, WHAT BURNS IS THEIR THROWING UP STOMACH ACID INTO THE WOMB THAT THEY JUST PINCHED YOU WITH, THAT'S WHAT THE, IS FUN FACT FOR THE DAY. TAKE THAT HOME WITH YOU. UM, SOMETHING DOING TODAY. SO THIS, THIS IS SOME MORE OF THE FIRE SI DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL YEP. YOU CAN SEE HOW FAST THE MOUND DANCE ARE. UM, THAT'S WHAT SOUTH SIDE ELECTRIC HAD 'EM GETTING IN SOME OF THEIR ELECTRICAL WORK. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW AGGRESSIVE THEY ARE WHEN THEY CAME OUT, UM, TO ACTUALLY ATTACK AND DEFEND THEIR AREA. UM, THE NEXT ONE, THIS IS HOW SLOW AND METHODICAL THAT THEY FIRE ANTS ARE IF YOU DON'T DISTURB 'EM. UM, SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL MOVE PRETTY SLOW. AND HOW THEY MAKE THEIR NESTS IS PRETTY COOL WITH THIS VIDEO. WE USE IT AT TECH, BUT THEY MAY MAKE ABOUT 15 LITTLE MOUNDS AND THEN THEY BUILD THOSE MOUNDS UP TOGETHER UNTIL THEY GET TO THE BIG ONE. SO IF YOU SEE THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY EARLIER, THAT KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU GOT BEFORE YOU HAVE A, A FOOT AND A HALF FOOT TALL, UH, MOUND. UM, PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TO BE CAREFUL IF YOU SEE THESE MOUNDS. THIS, THIS CHAIN LINK FENCE WAS AT ONE OF OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS AND NO TELLING HOW MANY PEOPLE WATCHING FOOTBALL AND DIDN'T REALIZE THE FIRE ANSWER RIGHT UNDER THEIR FEET. ONE CONCESSION STAND HAD A BIG MOUND ABOUT TWO FOOT WIDE BEHIND IT. MM-HMM . UM, JUST SOME OF THE IPM THAT'S, YOU KNOW, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT. WE DO A LOT OF ID SO FARMERS DON'T HAVE TO USE PESTICIDES. WE DO A BLACKLIGHT TRAP, WE COUNT THE INSECTS, WE SCOUT THE FIELDS AND WE'RE TRYING TO HELP 'EM NOT USE, UH, PESTICIDES AS OFTEN. AND IF NOT, IF WE CAN CATCH IT EARLY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE AS HIGH RATES. SO WE REALLY TRY TO ELIMINATE THAT. AND IT'S AN EXPENSE ON THE FARMER. I REALLY CAN GET TO A FARMER'S, I GUESS CHANGE OF HABITS IF YOU GO THROUGH THEIR WALLET. [00:50:01] IF YOU TRY TO GO THROUGH THEIR HEART, IT'S A LITTLE SLOWER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DOING RIGHT INTENTIONS, BUT IF I CAN GET TO THEIR WALLET AND PROVE, PROVE IT THAT IT'S GONNA SAVE 'EM MONEY, THEY'LL ADAPT TO PRACTICE A LOT FASTER. DO A LOT OF SOIL SAMPLING FOR HOMEOWNERS AND, UM, FOR THE FARMERS. UH, THE BIGGEST THING FOR ABOUT OUR SOILS AND, AND THE WATER TABLE WE HAVE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CAUSTIC. WE, WE HAVE AN ACIDIC WATER TABLE. SO WHEN WE DO OUR WELL WATER TESTING PROGRAM, THAT'S WHAT THE BIGGEST CULPRIT IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE WITH. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE CERTAIN ELEMENTS IN YOUR WATER BECAUSE THAT ACID IS BREAKING DOWN EITHER YOUR PIPES AND PLUMBING OR IT'S ALSO BREAKING DOWN THINGS IN YOUR ACTUAL SOILS AROUND YOUR HOME, THOSE ACID SOILS. UM, SO USUALLY THOSE, THOSE, THOSE, WE CALL 'EM AGGRESSIVE, AGGRESSIVE WATER OR AGGRESSIVE SOILS. UH, THIS IS THE PEANUT MATURITY CLINIC I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, WHERE THE FARMERS BRING IN THEIR SAMPLES, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT COLORS. THE ONES THAT ARE PALE ARE NOT RIGHT. THE ONES THAT ARE DARK ARE RIGHT. AND THAT COMES FROM THE OIL CONTENT OF THE SEED. SO AS THE SEED GETS VERY MATURE, IT'S GOT OIL IN IT AND IT LEAKS OUT BACK INTO THE, INTO THE HOLE AND IT GETS REALLY OLDER AND GOT THAT DARK DEFINED COLOR. SO IT'S A BALANCING ACT FOR THE FARMERS TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THEY HAVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEND LEAVING 'EM IN THE FIELD OR TAKING THE PEANUTS EARLY. WITH THE HURRICANE THIS YEAR AND THE BAD WEATHER THIS FALL, FARMERS REALLY WANTED THEIR PEANUT SAMPLES SO THEY COULD DECIDE WHEN TO DIG. SO IT REALLY HELPS IMPROVE THE, THE QUALITY OF THE CROP AT THE END. UM, THIS IS SOME OF THE OUTREACH PROGRAMS. SOME OF THE FACES FROM SOME OF OUR TOURS HAD TWO INTERNATIONAL GROUPS. YOU CAN SEE THE GROUP ON THE RIGHT WERE INTERNATIONAL. UM, THEY'RE FROM TAIWAN, DICK KA. UM, THEY WERE BIG INTO BACHAR. THAT'S THE OTHER BIG TOPIC FOR FARMERS NOW IS HEARING ABOUT BI CHAR. I GUESS Y'ALL HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT. THEY HAVE A PLANT WAVERLY. UM, IT'S WHERE IT'S MAKING THAT SMALL CHARCOAL, UH, CHARCOAL P UH, PELLETS OR GRITS AND IT GOES INTO SOIL AND IT, IT ADAPTS TO TRYING TO ATTRACT HEAVY METALS AND CAN PULL HEAVY METAL METALS OUTTA SOILS. UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO USE BY CHAR AFTER, YOU KNOW, NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE SPILLS AND STUFF. SO THAT'S THE NEXT BUZZ WORD IS BY CHAR. BUT WE'RE BEHIND THE OTHER COUNTRIES ARE ALREADY WAY AHEAD OF US ON IT. SO WE WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP. UM, SOME OF THIS STUFF WE DO HERE. THIS IS THE MUSHROOM, UH, OUTFIT IN DID WITTY. I KNOW, UH, SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE WORKED WITH THEM AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR, FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. THAT'S THE WELL WATER TESTING PROGRAM. UH, THE TIRE. JUST BRING IT UP, UH, A LITTLE BIT. I WAS TALKING TO MARK IN THE BACK. FARMERS ARE ASKING ME HOW WE'RE GONNA GET RID OF THESE TIRES. I DON'T WANNA SEE 'EM DUMP SOMEWHERE ON SOME PROPERTY. WE, WE, WE BID DID A BIG EFFORT WHEN I STARTED HIS AGENT, WE CLEANED UP A COUPLE THOUSAND TIRES. UM, AND SO NOW EMMANUEL'S NOT TAKING THEM. UH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING A NEW, UH, CHIPPER, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TALK OUT OF PLACE FOR MARK, BUT HE'S WORKING ON SOMETHING WITH ME AND WE'LL GET WITH ANN TO SEE HOW WE CAN APPROACH IT. AND WE WORK WITH DAN WITH THE SOIL AND WATER DISTRICT. SO IT'S GONNA BE A GROUP EFFORT TO HELP THE PRODUCERS, UM, WASTE OIL. WE STILL COLLECT THAT. WE COLLECT THE, UH, UH, PLASTIC CONTAINERS. SO I'M TRYING TO PAINT A PICTURE THAT THE FARMERS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT AND TAKING CARE OF THE LAND IN COUNTY. AND I DO PESTICIDE SAFETY. SO THE FARMERS GET A LOT OF INFORMATION ON, UH, BEING SAFE WITH THESE PESTICIDES AND, AND TAKING CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY QUESTIONS? I TALKED ENOUGH? I KNOW. YEAH, NO. LOOKS LIKE REAL BUSY COLLECTING. IT'S ABSOLUTELY, IT'S A LOT, BUT IT'S FUN. KEEPS YOU, KEEPS YOU GOOD DAY GOES BY FAST. YEAH, I'M SURE. RIGHT? YEAH. GOT A LOT OF GOOD FRIENDS IN THE AG COMMUNITY. SO IT'S, I THINK I'VE BEEN HERE 28 YEARS NOW AND 32 WITH EXTENSION. SO ALL THAT CULMINATES. THOSE, THOSE LONG YEARS . I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S AS EASY AS JUST DRIVING THE FOOD LION TO GET, UH, FOOD, BUT IT'S, IT'S, UH, MOST OF 'EM WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED WITH HOW MUCH IT IT IS GOES INTO FARMING THESE DAYS. MM-HMM . SO. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. JUST, JUST TO COMMENT, MIKE, JUST WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN THE COUNTY. UM, YOU, IT COMES FROM THE HEART, THE 14 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD TOGETHER, YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE FARMING COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. UM, I TOOK A TRAINING TWO YEARS AGO ON SUICIDE PREVENTION AND I HAVEN'T HAD ANY CALLS FROM DEN WITTY, BUT I HAVE HAD SOME CALLS FROM AROUND THE STATE. SOME FARMERS JUST WANTED SOMEBODY TO LISTEN. THEY'RE VERY PRIVATE COMMUNITY. MM-HMM . UM, MOST, MOST PEOPLE ARE WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR FINANCES. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE, UH, NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART IS TO KIND OF LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE TO TALK, TALK TO THEM AND, AND WE'RE NOT A DOCTOR AND WE HAVE CONFIDENTIALITY, BUT WE DO DO KEEP THAT INFORMATION TO OURSELVES. AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH ON FARMING, DEALING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND CAN'T COUNT ON RAIN. AND THEN HOW, HOW EXPENSIVE THE SEED IS THAT YOU'RE PLANTED IN THE SPRING. SO IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF STRESS. SO WE TRY TO HELP HIM OUT IN MANY WAYS. I LIED TO MY DADDY . I TOLD HIM THAT COTTON NEVER [00:55:01] CAME TO VIRGINIA, WOULD MOVE . I LIED. YOU LIED. I GOT FARMERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT IT, GOING BACK TO THE COTTON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PART IS, THEY, THEY PLANTED ALL AROUND ME. YEP. I, I, THEY THINK THEY FOUND OUT, HOW DID THEY IRRITATE ME? THAT THEY PUT COTTON ALL AROUND. A LOT OF COTTON. BUT IT IS A LOT OF COTTON. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU GOT ANY MORE QUESTIONS? JUST, JUST CALL ME. I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU, YOU ALWAYS EDUCATE. SO, UM, AND I ENJOYED, UM, LISTENING TO YOU AND WHEN WE GO TO THE HOMESTEAD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU AND THEY SAY, OH, I KNOW HIM, I KNOW HIM AND EVERYTHING. THAT'S GOOD. SO I, YOU KNOW, I ENJOY LISTENING TO YOU EXCEPT FOR THE BUGS. I'M NOT A BUG PERSON. WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THOSE TWO. NO, NO, ABSOLUTELY. NO. I AM SCARED OF BUGS . SO, BUT YOU DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A THERAPY PROGRAM WITH THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. I MIGHT SIGN UP. THANK YOU MIKE. MIKE. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, WE'RE [8.A. Contract Award, Used 2020 Backhoe] GONNA HEAD TO ACTION ITEMS NOW. UH, CONTRACT AWARD USED 2020 BACKHOE. MARK HARRISON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. YEAH. HOW YOU AFTERNOON. HELLO. UM, SO AT OUR, UH, IN OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IN OUR COUNTY LANDFILL, WE USE A BACKHOE, UH, DAILY FOR OUR OPERATIONS OUT THERE. AND, UH, IN EARLY JANUARY, THE BACKHOE THAT WE HAD, UH, HAD A MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE AND IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO ITS AGE. SO WE ARE RENTING A BACKHOE CURRENTLY TO CONTINUE OUR OPERATIONS. UH, WE CONDUCTED A SEARCH, UH, BOTH FOR NEW AND USED BACKHOES, UH, TO SEE WHAT WAS AVAILABLE. AND WE FOUND A 2020 CAT BACKHOE FROM CARTER MACHINERY. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY A RENTAL AND IT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. UH, WE DID HAVE THE BACKHOE INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION FOR A REASONABLE PRICE OF $68,000 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO PURCHASE WITH THAT. AND WE DO HAVE, UH, FUNDING FOR THAT AND A RECYCLING FUND TO COVER THAT. GOOD NEWS. GOOD NEWS. MM-HMM . IT'S GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS? AND YOU NEEDED IT YESTERDAY, RIGHT? ? YES SIR. ALRIGHT. YES SIR. ALRIGHT. WHAT'S PLEASURE BOARD MR. CHAIR? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT FOR THE NEW BACKHOE OR THE 2020 VERSION OF THE BACKHOE. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I'LL SECOND. CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA? BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD EVENING. THANKS MARK. ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME [8.B. Grant Application For Opioid Abatement Authority Cooperative Project] WE'LL HAVE THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY COOPERATIVE PROJECT MR. TYLER OF SOUTH HALL. WE'LL MAKE IT CLEAR AS POSSIBLE, AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE, WELL, I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE A SNOWSTORM TO ATTEND TO, LIKE MR. FRENCH DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE A REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION LIKE FFA OR REALLY NEAT GRAPHICS LIKE, UM, MS. KEEN HAD AND DON'T HAVE A REALLY NICE POWERPOINT WITH SLIDES LIKE, UM, MS. STEWART HAD AND, AND DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT WAYS TO GET KILLED BY ANTS LIKE, UH, MIKE PARRISH HAS, UM, OR EVEN DON'T HAVE A BACKHOE TO BUY. BUT I AM HERE IN, IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY ABOUT THE, THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, UM, THAT WE DO HAVE REALLY REAL PROBLEMS WITH, UM, IN OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR STATE, AND EVEN IN OUR REGION AND LOCALITY. AND SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE OPIOID, UH, LITIGATION, SETTLEMENT FUNDS HAVE COME AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY OF DENWITTY AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUED DEFENDANTS AS WIDE RANGING AS PURDUE PHARMA TO TO WALGREENS AND, AND WALMART. AND, AND I'M SAYING PROBABLY MOST OF THE SETTLEMENTS OR MOST OF THE DEFENDANTS AT THIS POINT HAVE SETTLED. THERE IS STILL PRETTY ACTIVE LITIGATION, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE, WHAT'S CALLED AS THE PBMS OR THE, THE PRESCRIPTION BENEFIT MANAGERS. UH, SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION TODAY, THERE'S REALLY FOUR POTS OF MONEY THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THAT LITIGATION THAT, THAT ARE, ARE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. ONE IS THE DIRECT DISTRIBUTION AND THAT SETTLEMENT MONEY THAT HAS COME STRAIGHT TO DENWITTY COUNTY GOVERNMENT. IT COMES TO, TO MS. HOWERTON AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND WE, WE'VE GOT THAT MONEY. A LOT OF THAT MONEY AT THIS POINT HAS BEEN USED TO RESTART THE DARE PROGRAM IN THE DEITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SECOND POT OF THE FOUR POTS OF MONEY IS THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRIBUTION. THIS IS A POT OF MONEY THAT SITS IN RICHMOND AT THE OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY. AND THAT MONEY IS ACTUALLY ALLOCATED TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS, WHICH IS WHY IT'S CALLED THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRIBUTION FOR EACH COUNTY AND CITY IN VIRGINIA BROKEN UP ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS, THE THIRD. BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR THAT MONEY TO GET IT, AND YOU HAVE TO, I THINK, TELL THEM WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT. THE THIRD POT OF MONEY IS WHAT'S CALLED THE GOLD STANDARD MONEY. AND IF YOU PROMISE TO AND USE YOUR MONEY, YOUR OPIOID ABATEMENT MONEY IN A WAY THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT RELATED TO OPIOID ABATEMENT, [01:00:01] THEN YOU GET WHAT'S CALLED THE GOLD STANDARD. AND THAT'S A BONUS OF A POT OF EXTRA MONEY THAT YOU GET. THE FOURTH POT OF MONEY IS REALLY THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, AND THAT'S THE COOPERATIVE POT OF MONEY. SO IF YOU PARTNER WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER COUNTIES OR CITIES, YOU CAN GO AFTER THIS COOPERATIVE POT OF MONEY FOR A COOPERATIVE PROJECT BECAUSE THE, THE OPIOID ISSUES A LOT OF TIMES GO ACROSS COMMUNITIES. THE STATE REALLY WANTED TO ENCOURAGE US TO WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH PROGRAMS. SO DENWITTY WAS INVITED TO JOIN A REGIONAL GROUP THAT WAS DISCUSSING AN OPIOID, UH, ABATEMENT PROJECT. THE OTHER, THE OTHER COUNTIES AND CITY WHO ARE IN THIS DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT CONSIST OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, SURY COUNTY, SUSSEX COUNTY, AND THE CITY OF HOPEWELL DENWOODY THE FIFTH. THE GROUP DISCUSSED COLLABORATING WITH THE DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL MOBILE RESPONSE UNIT, WHICH WOULD DEDICATE CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALISTS STAFF TO BE HOUSED AT AT D 19. AND THAT STAFF WOULD WORK WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP A REFERRAL BASED AGREEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE 48 TO 72 HOUR RESPONSE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE EXPERIENCED AN OPIOID OVERDOSE. UH, SECONDLY, WOULD PARTNER WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN EACH LOCALITY TO PROVIDE TIMELY ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PEER RECOVERY SERVICES, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT AND HARM REDUCTION KITS. AND THIRD, IT WOULD PROACTIVELY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. UM, THE AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN DRAFTED AT THIS POINT AND IS REALLY BEFORE YOU, IT'S BOTH A RESOLUTION AND AN AGREEMENT AND IT WOULD COMMIT EACH OF THE FIVE LOCALITIES TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER TO APPLY TO THE OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHICKEN AND AN EGG PROBLEM HAPPENING HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE LOCALITIES THAT HAVE TO AGREE TO PARTNER TO GET THIS MONEY. IF WE GET THE MONEY, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO ENTER INTO A MORE DETAILED, WHAT I CALL AN OPERATING AGREEMENT THAT HAS THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF MORE DETAILS HERE. BUT THIS IS A, A FAIRLY SIMPLE AGREEMENT TO APPLY TOGETHER, BUT IT HAS TO BE BINDING ENOUGH SO THAT ONCE WE GET THE GRANT, WE'RE ALL TOGETHER. AND SO WHAT, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY REALLY IS A, A BINDING, UM, COMMITMENT FOR, FOR FIVE YEARS. IT'S OBVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS AS EVERYTHING YOU DO HAS TO BE, BUT, BUT I PLEASE DO VIEW IT AS A, AS A BINDING, UM, COMMITMENT. ONE OF THE OTHER LOCALITIES WAS, WAS SOMEWHAT INSISTENT THAT IT, IT BE, IT'D BE BINDING. UH, SO AT THIS POINT, PRINCE GEORGE SURRY DEN WITTY, SUSSEX AND HOPEWELL ARE IN A POSITION AT AT THE GOVERNING BODY LEVEL. THEY HAVE EACH, EACH LOCALITY THIS MONTH WILL HAVE AN AGREEMENT BEFORE THEM, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET TO APPLY FOR COOPERATIVE APPLICATION TO THE OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY DEN WIT'S, UH, FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD BE $23,540 AND 60 CENTS FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR BETWEEN 2026 AND 2030. SO IT'S A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM BETWEEN 2026 AND 2030. UH, THAT, THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY BASED ON, IF YOU TAKE DEN WOODY'S INDIVIDUAL DISTRIBUTION AND DEN WOODY'S GOLD STANDARD DISTRIBUTION FROM THE BEGINNING OF WHEN THE MONEY BECAME AVAILABLE, WHICH WAS AROUND FISCAL YEAR 2023 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2030, YOU ADD ALL THAT TOGETHER AND YOU DIVIDE IT BY FIVE FOR THE FIVE YEARS OF THE PROJECT. THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES FROM FOR BOTH THE GOLD STANDARD AND INDIVIDUAL DISTRIBUTION. SO IF YOU VOTE TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS, YOU ARE OPERATING UNDER THE, THE RULE THAT YOU WILL BECOME A GOLD STANDARD COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S DEN WOODY'S INTENT. IT'S BEEN THE ADVICE OF OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL THAT WE FOLLOW THAT. AND IT GETS COMPLICATED IF YOU EVEN TRY TO USE ANY OF THIS MONEY FOR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT OPIOID ABATEMENT RELATED. ANYWAY, THAT WOULD BE MY ADVICE AS WELL TO, TO BECOME A GOLD STANDARD COMMUNITY. THE OTHER THING TO NOTE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL FUNDS IS THEY DO HAVE TO BE SPENT WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF RECEIVING THEM. NOW, ACCORDING TO OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY, SO THIS IS MONEY THAT WE ARE ON THE CLOCK TO SPEND AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND IT. AS I NOTED EARLIER, THE DARE PROGRAM HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF THE, THE DIRECT FUNDS THAT HAVE COME STRAIGHT TO DENWITTY COUNTY AND WE HAVE KEPT OUR DIRECT FUNDS FREE AT THIS POINT FROM BEING ENCUMBERED BY THIS REGIONAL PROJECT. UM, IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT WAS DEN WOODY'S THOUGHT TO, TO KEEP, TO KEEP THOSE DIRECT FUNDS SEPARATE. FOR NOW, THE COOPERATIVE APPLICATION IS DUE BY APRIL 1ST TO THE OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY AND THERE IS A DESIRE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH TO GET A A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN FROM THE GOVERNING BOARD OF EACH LOCALITY. AND IF THE AUTHORITY FAVORABLY RECEIVES THE APPLICATION, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK, UH, WITH AN OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR APPROVAL BY EACH OF THE, THE, THE BOARDS AND THE HOPEFUL CITY COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. NO SIR. I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. WHAT'S UM, THUMB UP OR THUMB DOWN AUDIBLY? YEP. DO WE NEED A MOTION OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO, YOU DO NO, WE, WE NEED A, WE NEED A FORMAL A VOTE ON THE ADOPTION OF THE, THE RESOLUTION. IT'S A, IT'S KIND OF A RESOLUTION AGREEMENT THAT, [01:05:01] THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU LET'S WE'LL ANSWER THE BOARD THEN MAKE, UH, MOTION TO PASS RESOLUTION IS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND. COULD WE ADD A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE UH, CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENT? MR. CHAIRMAN? WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENT. AND AT [10. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS] THIS TIME WE HAVE, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS. MR. MASSING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, JUST A COUPLE UPDATES. AND BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANTED JUST TO MAKE A GENERAL STATEMENT. UM, I THINK JILLIAN GETS THE, THE RECORD OF THE LEAD TIME TO GET ON THE AGENDA. SO SHE, I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING JILLIAN AT WHEN YOU CONTACTED ME. SO YOU, YOU WROTE ME ON SEPTEMBER 12TH TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT ON ON THIS AGENDA. AND LAUREL, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO SAY PUT YOU UP TO THIS, BUT I'VE BEEN, I GUESS I'VE BEEN HERE FOR NEARLY TWENTY TWO, TWENTY THREE YEARS. Y'ALL WEREN'T EVEN BORN WHEN I STARTED. AND COME TO THINK OF IT, YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T WHEN I WAS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EITHER LATER WHEN I WAS NAMED THAT. UM, BUT I, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A REPORT WHERE WE HAD THE FULL FFA HERE AT ONE TIME. I THINK SO. AND SO I'M SO GLAD YOU REACHED OUT IN SEPTEMBER 12TH TO, TO GET ON THE AGENDA AND YOU DID SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB WRITING THE REQUEST TO, TO GET HERE TODAY. BUT, BUT JUST A TREMENDOUS JOB. AND AND I NOTICED, SO LAST NIGHT SOME OF US IN THE ROOM ATTENDED THE, THE BOYS' BASKETBALL GAME AND WE LEFT KINDA LATE SEAN, WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE ON 1115? YEAH. ALRIGHT. YOU STAYED LONGER THAN I DID, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN I WALKED OUT OF THE GYM LAST NIGHT, UM, AND WE LOST TO PETERSBURG, SO I WAS WALKING PRETTY QUICK TO THE CAR. BUT WHEN I JUST IN CASE, BUT ON THIS MORNING WHEN I DROPPED MY SON OFF TO SCHOOL, THERE WAS A GREAT BIG GREEN TRACTOR SITTING THERE. IT WASN'T THERE LAST NIGHT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO GET IN WITH DR. WESTIN ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOL SO EARLY. 'CAUSE IF, IF YOU CAN DRIVE THAT THERE, THEN I THINK HALF THE SCHOOL COULD STILL MAKE IT TO SCHOOL IF YOU COULD TAKE A TRACTOR TO SCHOOL. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NATIONAL. IS IT NATIONAL FFA? IT'S NATIONAL FFA WEEK, WEEK THAT'S HERE. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, DEN WES 507 SQUARE MILES AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STATS THAT YOU THREW OUT, ALL OF YOU ALL DID, WHICH YOU DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. BUT, UM, ANYBODY KNOW HOW MANY ACRES IN A SQUARE MILE WE REACH OUT TO FIVE 60 SQUARE FEET? HOW MANY FEET? 43,560 SQUARE FEET. SQUARE FEET. BUT IN THE FORM OF ACRES ACRES IT'S 640 ACRES IN A SQUARE MILE. RIGHT? SO DO DO THE MATH ON THAT OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU PUT OUT THERE. SO THEN WHEN HE JUST ACTIVE FARMING IS 158 SQUARE MILES, THAT'S, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOME COMMUNITIES ONLY BEING EIGHT OR NINE SQUARE MILES. UM, SO WE TALK ABOUT THE VALUE OF AG AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY COOL HOW, HOW YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND OF COURSE, UM, AND THEN HALEY, WHEN YOU STEPPED UP AND TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTY. SO ONE THING THE CHAIRMAN DID WAS WHISPER TO ME AS WE LOOK AT THEM WHEN THE COUNTY, THAT WHOLE 507 SQUARE MILES, WE LOOK AT WHAT HE CALLS THE, THE GUT, UH, GUNSHOT APPROACH, RIGHT? IF YOU'VE GOT SEVEN AND A HALF BIRDSHOT AND STOOD BACK ABOUT 20 FEET AND SHOT IT, YOU'D SEE THAT PATTERN AND THAT THAT PATTERN IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING ALL OVER THE COUNTY. AND SO A GOOD PART OF THE PLAN AND I THOUGHT, HALEY, WHAT A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO SHOW THAT IN THAT FORMAT. SO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TOWN HALL MEETINGS, IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO TALK TO EACH DISTRICT WITH OR AS WE START DOING STRATEGIC PLANNING. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT GRAPHIC DISPLAY OF IT HELPS A LOT. SO DENLEY'S VERY DESIRABLE, BUT WE ARE LOSING A LOT OF AG LAND. AND, AND SO MIKE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, MIKE, YOU ALWAYS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB ABOUT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT IS A NUMBER ONE ECONOMY. NO, NO, NO DOUBT. THE LARGEST INDUSTRY IN DENWOODY IS AG. YOU GET TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE WITH TIMBER AND YOU REALLY, YOU REALLY START TO SEE HOW, HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT IS TO DENWOODY. BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR MAKING SURE THAT, AND THEN SO YOU'RE A SENIOR THIS YEAR, RIGHT? SO WHO DO I NEED TO LOOK AT FOR NEXT YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL COME BACK? YEP. I WROTE YOUR NAME DOWN. SO I LOOK FOR MY LETTER IN AUGUST THIS TIME. THAT'S SOMETHING SO WE CAN GET THAT DONE. UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. AND, UM, JUST BEFORE, UM, THIS MEETING, I WAS ON A CALL [01:10:01] AND THEN MR. DOOLEY SAID THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY CHANGED A LITTLE BIT SINCE THEN. BUT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SNOW IS GONNA START COMING INTO OUR AREA SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 7:00 AM TO TO 10:00 AM IN THE MORNING. UM, ORIGINALLY WE WERE TALKING FOUR TO SIX INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY, MAYBE THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY, AND THEN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PART GETTING MORE TO SIX TO EIGHT INCHES. AND I THINK MR. DOOLEY, HE SAW AN UPDATED MAP THAT THAT COULD GO AS MUCH AS NINE INCHES IN SOME AREAS OF THE COUNTY. UM, SO AGAIN, SCHOOL ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, 'CAUSE WE CAN GET TRACTORS THERE IF WE NEED TO, BUT GOVERNMENT OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW. SO WE'RE, WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN GOVERNMENT OFFICES TOMORROW JUST 'CAUSE OF THE TIMELINESS OF THE, OF THE, UH, SNOW. AND THEN, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE. UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK FURTHER SOUTH YOU ARE SO MS. TON'S INTO THE COUNTY. SHE MAY HAVE TO, TO DIG OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN SOME OF THE REST OF US, BUT, UM, WE'LL KEEP A GOOD EYE ON IT. AND, AND ANOTHER THING WE'RE REALLY KIND OF CLOSELY LOOKING AT IS, THIS WAS THE THIRD YEAR OF THE, THE LEAD WELL SUMMIT, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY. UM, IT'S THE THEME THIS YEAR IS FAITH FAMILY FORWARD, UM, GREAT, UM, GREAT PROGRAM HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THIS. WE'RE GONNA CHECK THE WEATHER AND SEE IF, IF, UM, IF WE'RE NOT IN A GOOD SPOT TO BE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF THE RIGHT WAY, THEN, THEN WE'LL MORE THAN LIKELY EITHER HAVE TO POSTPONE OR CANCEL THAT EVENT. BUT WE'LL JUST SEE, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I HAVE WOKEN UP BEFORE AND BEEN REALLY, I'M MARRIED TO A TEACHER, SO, YOU KNOW, SHE HATES EVERY WEATHERMAN AROUND. SO WHEN THEY SAY SIX EIGHT INCHES AND YOU WAKE UP AND IT'S A DUSTING, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT'S GONNA STOP A SCHOOL BUS, SHE'S OKAY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, SO WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. UM, HOPEFULLY, I GUESS THERE'S BEEN SOME GOOD BILLS THIS YEAR. UH, BUT I'VE SEEN MORE BAD BILLS THAN I THINK I EVER HAVE IN MY CAREER. IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A REALLY DIFFICULT, UH, GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT I THINK HAS HAPPENED IS YOU, YOU ALL, UM, IN YOUR LEGISLATIVE PLAN SUPPORTED RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE AND ITS DESIRE TO GET INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE. AND SO THAT PASSED THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, UM, WITH AN OVERWHELMING SUPPORTIVE VOTE ON BOTH SIDES, UNANIMOUS ON BOTH SIDES. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOW SITTING ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. ONE THING THAT THE HOUSE DID, UH, WAS TO MODIFY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT. SO IT ACTUALLY WOULDN'T START THAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNS IT, WHICH WE IMAGINE HE WOULD, 'CAUSE IT'S GOT APPROVAL FROM THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THAT RICHARD BLAND WOULDN'T START ITS INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE UNTIL JULY 1ST, 2026. SO IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT, IT WOULDN'T BE, UH, THIS YEAR IT WOULD BE BE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOOD 'CAUSE THEY GOTTA GET A BOARD OF VISITORS AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS PUT IN PLACE. UM, BUT AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR RICHARD BLAND TO KIND OF GET ITS, UM, ITS OWN NAME. UM, THERE, UH, I WANNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE BUDGET AND CIP JUST, AGAIN, YOU GOT ABOUT A MONTH SO I DON'T, DON'T STRESS OUT, BUT YOU GOT ABOUT A MONTH THAT ON FEBRUARY 28TH, THE SCHOOLS WILL PRESENT TO US WHAT THEIR NUMBER IS FOR THIS YEAR. AS YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, WE, MS. HOWERTON AND I HAVE ALREADY SAT DOWN WITH ALL COUNTY DEPARTMENT, UH, HEADS. WE'VE MET WITH THE FIVE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES YOU'VE BEEN SEEN AS WE HAVE TODAY. WE SUPPORT 31 OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS, I BELIEVE. AND SO WE'VE HAD MANY OF THEM COMING IN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THEIR, THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS. UM, AGAIN, SCHOOL'S NUMBER FEBRUARY 28TH, THE CIP WORKING GROUP THAT WE HAVE, THEIR, THEIR KICKOFF MEETING IS GONNA BE, UM, I THINK IT'S THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT MONDAYS, UH, ALL THROUGH MARCH TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS. AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE FAIRLY LONG MEETINGS. UM, MARCH 4TH, UH, YOUR NEXT, UH, WORKSHOP MEETING. WE'LL HAVE OUTSIDE AGENCIES AGAIN REPORTING. SO YOU'VE GOT CHASM, PAMPLIN HISTORICAL PARK, UH, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIER, AND THE, UH, CRATER DISTRICT AREA AGENCY ON AGING. UM, THEN ON MARCH 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH, YOU'VE GOT YOUR, YOUR BUDGET ADVANCE WHERE YOU'LL WALK THROUGH THE BUDGET. THE 11TH IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY MEET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT NIGHT. UH, SO JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF THAT. AND THEN ALL KIND OF LEADS TO NEXT MARCH OR MARCH 18TH, WHICH IS YOUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING, WHERE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT MS. HOWTON AND ME AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I THINK YOU NEED BASED ON WHAT YOU WANT TO TRY TO FUND. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE THE TAX RATE. AND YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR PARTICULARLY, WE'VE GOT A GENERAL REASSESSMENT. SO YOU'VE GOT THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT DURING YOUR BUDGET. UM, AND THEN YOU'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN REMEMBER WHEN YOU GIVE US THAT IDEA OF WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO TAX RATE, UM, YOU CAN SET IT HIGH AND YOU CAN COME DOWN. YOU JUST CAN'T GO THE OTHER DIRECTION AFTER A HEARING. SO YOU ALWAYS KIND OF WANT PUT THE [01:15:01] NUMBER AT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AND GO DOWN. BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO GO, YOU NECESSARILY CAN'T GO UP FROM THAT, UM, VERY SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES THIS YEAR AS FAR AS WHAT THAT AD LOOKS LIKE. 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE TO BE ABSOLUTELY TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT EFFECTIVE RATE IS, AS WELL AS WHAT YOU ALL ARE WOULD BE PROPOSING FOR THAT. UM, SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, THE BUDGET PROCESS. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'LL HAVE ON THE 18TH IS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE'VE GOT THE HEALTH INSURANCE RESOLUTION THAT THAT HAS TO BE DONE. I THINK WE GOT THAT NUMBER WE THINK TODAY, RIGHT? THAT'S A 8.9% INCREASE. YEAH, SO NEARLY 9% ON, ON HEALTH INSURANCE ALONE. SO WE WERE TALKING, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE WORST EVER THAT I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT THE BEST EITHER. THAT, THAT'S A LOT. NO. ALRIGHT, SO NEXT THING I WANNA MENTION THAT I, I ATTENDED A MEETING AT AT FORT BARFOOT, UM, FORMERLY FORT PICKETT ON FEBRUARY 10TH. REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION IS A GROUP CALLED KARMA, WHICH STANDS FOR THE CAPITAL AREA REGIONAL MILITARY ALLIANCE. MM-HMM . SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF, UM, FORT BARFOOT ON THE WESTERN FRONT, FORT GREG ADAMS ON THE EASTERN FRONT. AND THEN NORTH YOU'VE GOT THE DEFENSE SUPPLY CENTER. AND SO A MILITARY ALLIANCE, UM, WHAT WHAT THEY CAN DO IS A LOT OF, UH, PRIVATE SECTOR INTEREST CAN PUT IN TO, TO SUPPORT THE MILITARY, WHERE THE MILITARY CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. UM, THIS GROUP CAN COME IN AND ADVOCATE. SO, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE, UM, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THIS REGION AND THE DEFENSE SPENDING IS, IS BIG IN THE, IN VIRGINIA MAINLY. UH, BUT THESE THREE INSTALLATIONS MEAN A WHOLE LOT TO THIS, THIS WHOLE AREA. SO REALLY GOOD MEETING. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT WAS OFFERED TO ME. WE GOT A NEW, UM, COMMANDING, UM, I WANNA SAY GENERAL, I'M NOT SURE. HE IS A GENERAL, UH, OF FORT BARFOOT THAT WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU ALL A TOUR OF, OF THAT AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT A, WHAT A SPECIFIC, UM, ASSET IT WAS. I KNOW SOME OF OUR, OUR STAFF, HALEY WAS ABLE TO COME, MARK WAS ABLE TO GO. UM, MATT I THINK CAME, CAME AS WELL. REALLY GOOD, REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION THERE. UM, SOME OF YOU ALL THINK ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE PHARMACY AT PRODUCE CENTER. WE APPRECIATE THAT. IF THOSE THAT COULD ATTEND, UM, WENT ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR OUR CITIZENS TO HAVE ANOTHER CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL NEEDS. UM, LAST THING I'LL MENTION TO YOU, AND IT'S KIND OF MORE OF A SOMBER NOTE, BUT IT'S A REALLY MORE OF A STATEMENT OF THE PASSING OF ONE OF OUR CANINE OFFICERS, WHICH WAS, UH, UH, CANINE PUMA WHO PASSED AWAY I BELIEVE YESTERDAY. UM, SO IT'S REALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PASSING OF HIM, OF, OF, OF PUMA. HE WAS A, A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE DEWINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR JUST FIVE YEARS. IT'S ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD. UM, I THINK WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO THE SPECIFICS OF, UM, OF HIS, OF WHAT HAPPENED, OF HIS DEATH. UM, BUT I KNOW IT WAS IN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, GOT HIM TO THE VET, PASSED AWAY THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A CANINE SUCH AS THIS, YOU ALSO HAD GOTTA THINK ABOUT HIS HANDLER. AND SO IN, IN THIS CASE, WE HAD DEPUTY, UM, UH, RYAN BOOTH, WHO WAS THE HANDLER FOR PUMA. UM, AND I KNOW IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR HIM. UM, THE BOND BETWEEN THE HANDLER AND THE, AND THE CANINE PARTNER IS, IS AMAZING. I, I GREW UP IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY, AND YOU, YOU, YOU TALK ABOUT ANY PARTNER BUT YOUR CANINE PARTNER, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TRUST AND COMPANIONSHIP AND SACRIFICE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU BECOME REALLY CLOSE WITH YOUR, YOUR CANINE. UM, SO I KNOW THAT THAT POM IS GONNA BE MISSED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND IT'S OUR, OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY FOR, FOR BOTH, UM, RYAN AND HIS FAMILY AND THE, AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, FOR THAT PASSING. BUT I WANT, IF YOU HADN'T HEARD, I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT, THAT PUMA HAD PASSED AWAY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. CHAIRMAN. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MR. CHAVIS. YOU WANNA LEAD US OFF? WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I FEEL LIKE I'M LOST SINCE I YOU TOOK MY JOB, . SO IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT. YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE SO TIED INTO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR A YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, THIS LAST MONTH'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN GREAT, BUT STILL IT'S, UH, EMPTY AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, . SO I LOOK AT THE, UH, THE RIDERS HERE IN MY DISTRICT 13 YEARS TO SEE HOW MANY RIDERS HAVE BEEN FFA MM-HMM . SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP ON, YOU GONNA RUN OUT SOMEDAY, YOU KNOW? THAT'S RIGHT. JUST KEEP GOING. I DOUBT IT. JUST KEEP GOING. THEY'RE JUST GONNA KEEP GOING. MULTIPLY. SO THE SPIS TOO, YOU [01:20:01] KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY PUNCH IN TOO. SO, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL OUT HERE TONIGHT. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. UH, THE WAY YOU PRESENTED EVERYTHING WAS GREAT, SO I'M PROUD OF YOU SAY THAT. SO, UH, THANK YOU. BUT WE'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD 13 YEARS TO SEE THE CHANGES THAT'S BEEN AS, UH, TO REMARKABLE ALL THE NEW PEOPLE THAT'S COME TO, TO, UM, TO HELP US GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT. SO, UM, I'VE ENJOYED MY TIME HERE, BUT SEEING THE FFA, THE WAY THAT YOU, YOU PEOPLE WORK HARD. AND I KNOW THAT I WAS RAISED ON A FARM AND I KNOW HARD, HOW HARD IT IS TO BE OUT THERE. UH, LIKE I SAID, I PICKED COTTON AND I GOT A WHIPPING EVERY DAY. I COULDN'T PICK 200 POUND COTTON. SO THAT'S THE REASON I SAID IF IT EVER CAME TO VIRGINIA, I WAS GOING MOVE. YEAH. BUT, SO HE GOT A WHIPPING. HE GOT A, HE GOT A WHIPPING EVERY DAY, STILL GETTING A WHIPPING. SO, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TONIGHT. YOU DID A GREAT JOB AGAIN. THANKS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. DOOLEY, UM, JUST A FEW THINGS. THANK YOU TO THE FFA. UH, THEY DID THEIR ANNUAL BREAKFAST THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS PAST SATURDAY, AND IT'S ALWAYS, I HATE I MISSED IT THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE THEIR SMILING FACES SERVING THE FIRST RESPONDERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, EACH YEAR. AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRICE INCREASE. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL STEPPING UP AND BUYING EGGS WHEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TO MAKE THOSE PANCAKES. SO, UH, AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A, IS IT AN AWARD-WINNING TRACTOR DRIVER IN THE CROWD? IS THAT RIGHT? YEP. FIRST STATE PLACE IN THE STATE. SO IF YOU NEED TO TRACK DRIVEN TO SCHOOL, YOU GOT IT, MR. RYDER TO GET IT THERE, MARK, IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, GIVE HIM A CALL. HE'S A, HE'S A PROFESSIONAL. UM, BUT ALL GOOD THINGS. UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE IT COMES WITH THE BUDGET. I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A TOUGH TIME, IS ONLY MY SECOND ONE, SO MADE ME A LITTLE MORE, UH, IT DON'T GET NO PROBLEM ABOUT THE PROCESS THAN MR. LEE IS, MAN DAN, THE WORST TIME OF THE YEAR, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. UH, REALLY THAT'S ABOUT IT. UH, CONDOLENCES TO, TO BOOTH. I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN TOUGH ON HIM. UH, WE'VE GOT A GOOD STAFF THAT'S BEEN KEEPING CHECK ON HIM AND MAKING SURE THAT HE IS TAKEN CARE OF AND HAS SOMEONE TO TALK TO WHEN HE'S, WHEN HE'S STILL ON TOP. SO THANK YOU TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR BEING THERE AND JUST SUPPORTING ABSOLUTELY. DR. MOORE. UM, TO MY FFS STUDENTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO FARMING. UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING HAD TWO CHILDREN THAT WENT THROUGH FFA, UM, THE THIRD ONE WAS MORE BAND RELATED . SO, UH, BUT I KNOW THE COMMITMENT THAT THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THEM AND WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTY AND, AND THE FARMING COMMITTEE, UH, COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANNA THANK THOSE FOUR PINK SHIRTS RIGHT BEHIND YOU THOUGH, UM, BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT A LOT OF, UM, TIME AND EFFORT IN YOUR LIVES AND TRYING TO MOLD YOU AND MAKE YOU INTO THE LEADERS THAT YOU ARE NOW AND WHAT YOU WILL BE GOING FORWARD. SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, TO THOSE TEACHERS AND THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM. AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THE COMMITMENT, MAINTAINING THE PROGRAM, OKAY. AND MOVING IT FORWARD. AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET THE, THE AGRICULTURAL CONTENT THAT DENWITY COUNTY AS WE GO FORWARD. SOLS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT THAT'S NOT FARMING. AND, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP GOING FORWARD, MIKE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, WHAT YOU DO FOR THE FARMING COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THAT, UM, GOING FORWARD. UM, HAD A GREAT DAY AT THE, UH, VACO, UM, GOVERNMENT DAY, UH, A COUPLE OF THREE WEEKS AGO, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE SENATOR JORDAN, WHO REPRESENTS THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR COUNTY, HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH HER ABOUT THE NEEDS IN THE, UM, FOR THE COUNTY. SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A VERY GOOD DAY, UM, WORKING ON A PROJECT AT GO VIRGINIA, REGION FOUR FOR TI WORKING ON A, IT'S A MEGATRONICS AND WELDING PROGRAM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED USING BRIGHTPOINT CAM AND OUR THREE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, DAN WITTY, PRINCE GEORGE SUSSEX, UM, TRYING TO IMPROVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MEGATRONICS ARE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK IT UP. BUT A LOT OF THE, OF OUR INDUSTRIAL NEEDS OUT THERE HAVE HAVE A NEED FOR THAT. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S BEING DRIVEN THROUGH, UH, ANTE, UH, OUR VO TECHNICAL PROGRAM. UM, SO WORKING ON THAT HAD HAD A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW TO WHERE IT WAS GONNA BE PRESENTED, BUT THE WEATHER HAS KIND OF PUSHED THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, OF COURSE, THE WEATHER. UM, WE HAD A, IF YOU SAW CHANNEL [01:25:01] SIX, WAYNE KOVAL DID A STORY ON THE FLOODING. UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK ABOUT WATER UNTIL IT'S IN OUR BACKYARD, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH FLOODING AND SOME OF OUR, UM, TRIBUTARIES IN THE COUNTY. UH, AND ESPECIALLY IF WE GET THE SNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GET, IT EVENTUALLY THAW US AND IT GOES SOMEPLACE. SO AS THE OLD SAYING GOES WITH IT, TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN. UM, BUT THE OTHER IS THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST MONTH, AND THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE COLD AND, AND WEATHER THAT'S COMING. REMEMBER YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO NEEDS YOUR HELP. UH, AND IT COULD BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOU. SO, UH, MY THING IS TO BE SAFE WITH FOR ALL OF OUR, UH, CITIZENS OF DITY COUNTY. BUT ALSO REMEMBER YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIOR ADULTS. THANK YOU, MR. LORD. MS. BON. OKAY. UM, YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE TALKED ABOUT FFA AND WHAT YOU ALL DO AND, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO, UM, BE FARMERS OR AGRICULTURE AND, UM, LEARNED A LOT FROM WHAT YOU ALL WERE SAYING. AND, UM, THINGS COME FROM A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW. SO, UM, SO THAT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. AND, UM, AND MR. PARISH, OF COURSE, HE TALKS ABOUT THINGS AND I'M STILL GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE BUGS 'CAUSE I DON'T, YEAH, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE NOT AFRAID OF BUGS. 'CAUSE YOU ALL ARE FARMERS, RIGHT? SO FFA YOU ARE PRETTY GOOD WITH THAT, BUT, UM, BUT I AM. BUT ANYWAY, BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND, UM, THE OTHER THING, UM, I THINK KEVIN, UH, MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, DOWN AT THE PRODUCE CENTER, THE, THE NEW PHARMACY THAT THEY HAVE, UM, I WAS THERE WITH THAT AND, UM, UH, THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PHARMACY AND, UH, PEOPLE IF THEY NEED TO GO INSTEAD OF GOING FURTHER, THEY CAN STOP THERE. THEY DO SHOTS AND THEY HAVE MEDICINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, AND THAT'S THE PRODUCE CENTER, UH, DOWN IN NORTH DENWITTY. IT'S INSIDE THE PRODUCE CENTER, THE PHARMACY. SO IF YOU NEED TO GO THERE, UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, THE WEATHER AND BEING CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS AND, UM, OUR SENIOR POPULATION. SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT LIVES BY THEMSELVES, PLEASE KIND OF CHECK ON THEM. UH, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH THE SNOW AND MAYBE LONGER, WHICH I, I HOPE NOT. AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHECK ON 'EM, UH, GIVE 'EM A CALL. AND ALSO LASTLY, WE WANT TO ALSO, UH, THINK ABOUT, UM, UM, MENTAL HEALTH. AND I, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. IF YOU HAVE SOME THINGS GOING ON, MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THAT. UM, DEPRESSION OR WHATEVER MAY IT, MAY THAT YOU MAY HAVE. OR IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S DEALING WITH SOMETHING, MAKE SURE TO, UH, CONTACT SOMEONE AND GET SOME HELP WITH THEM BECAUSE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY IT HAPPENS TOO OFTEN. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UH, YOU PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THAT AND YOU DO HAVE HELP, UM, FOR THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'S GOING ON. AND OF COURSE, THE, UM, NUMBER IS 9, 8 8. IF, UM, IF ANYBODY, UH, NEEDS TO DO THAT. AND I THINK, UM, THAT IS IT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, I TOO WANT TO THANK THE FFA, UM, FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND, UH, FOR MIKE, UH, APPRECIATE YOU COMING, UH, PLANNING. THANKS FOR THE REPORT. UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, UM, YOU GET MORE IN IN DISTRICT FOUR, UM, MR. CHAVIS. UM, BUT, UH, SOMETIMES WE DON'T NEED A, A, A LOT OF THE GROWTH THAT WE GET IN DISTRICT FOUR. SO, UM, I DO THINK, UM, AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE GROWTH IN THE AG DISTRICTS, WHICH YOU AND I, UH, AND, AND, UH, MR. DOOLEY, UM, LOOK AT AG GROWTH IN THE AG SECTORS BECAUSE THE, UM, I SAW SOME, SOME FIGURES AND, AND I'M NOT, I DON'T RETAIN FIGURES VERY WELL, THAT'S WHY I GOT PICTURES ON MY PHONE, UM, AS MY MEMORY. BUT WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF FARM LAND. AMEN. NOW. AND, UH, A LOT OF IT IS, IS, UM, IS SOLAR PROJECTS AND A LOT OF IT IS JUST HOUSING AND DIFFERENT THINGS, PUTTING PRESSURE ON OUR FARMLAND. SO, UH, SO ANYWAY, UM, I I ENJOY WHEN WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS LIKE WE DID TODAY. SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE, UH, PRODUCE CENTER, UH, THE NEW PHARMACY. UH, I THINK THAT INCREASES THEIR BUSINESS. UM, THE ANNUAL HOMETOWN HEROES RECOGNITION IS TONIGHT AT SEVEN. UM, WE'VE GOT TWO OUTSTANDING HONOREES, UH, TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT AND THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS A, UM, [01:30:01] A GOOD TIME, UM, AND A GOOD MEETING. UM, DO WANT TO OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR, UM, THE PASSING OF, UH, PUMA. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPE, UM, HOPE THAT THEY GET SOME COMFORT FROM YEAH. FROM, UH, KNOWING HE HAD DONE A GOOD JOB. SO, UM, THE SHOW 'EM TOMORROW, UM, YOU KNOW, WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE. UM, I THINK THE GOVERNOR'S ALREADY TOLD EVERYBODY TO STAY AT HOME, SO WHEN YOU GET MY AGE AND HATE COLD WEATHER, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLAN FOR ME IS TO JUST STAY AT HOME. SO, UH, ANYWAY, UM, AND SO WITH THAT, UM, MR. MR. CHAIRMAN YEAH, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. UM, AFTER THE CLERK TAKES US INTO CLOSED SESSION, COULD WE HAVE FFA COME FORWARD AND GET A PICTURE THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TOO. YEP. MIGHT ALSO LOOK GOOD. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY, NOW. ALRIGHT. WE [12. CLOSED SESSION] HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION MOVE. THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD, ITY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PERSPECTIVE 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. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO IN A CLOSE PLEASE. SO MOVE. SECOND PROBABLE CALL PLEASE. MS. BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT UH, SEVEN FOR, UH, HOMETOWN HEROES AND ONE, UM, ZONING CASE, RIGHT? YEP. ALL RIGHT. WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT A CLOSED SESSION. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. WHERE THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD DE WITTY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DEN, WITTY 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 WHERE NO 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 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 WHEREAS NOVEMBER HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR OF THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE IT CERTIFIED, THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING. I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT. PLEASE MOVE. SECOND. CAN WE ADD A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. WE, UH, JUST NEEDED TO CERTIFY THE CLOSED SESSION AND WE'VE GOT ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE SEVEN O'CLOCK, SO, UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA WAIT TILL THEN AND, AND START AT SEVEN. [13.A. Hometown Heroes] [01:36:21] LENE A JOHNSON IS AN ECO ECONOMIST WHO ADVISES AND INSTRUCTS ON ISSUES RELATED TO FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT. HER CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE CAPACITY IN THE SECURITY SECTORS OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES. TO THAT END, SHE FACILITATES WORKSHOPS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGETING AS WELL AS IN PEACEKEEPING AND ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION. DR. JOHNSON WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IN 1999 TO SERVE AS THE US EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND CHAIR OF THE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE US EXPORT IMPORT BANK, EXIM, WHERE SHE WORKED TO IMPROVE THE ACCESS OF AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSES TO EXIM SERVICES AND FINANCING. DR. JOHNSON'S GLOBAL EXPERIENCE WITH ECONOMICS AND FINANCE BEGAN WITH 20 YEARS IN THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, WHERE HER ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS. AN ADVOCATE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION. DR. JOHNSON TAUGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SERVED AS ADJUNCT FACULTY AT SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES AND RECENTLY SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY. DR. JOHNSON WAS BORN JANUARY 10TH, 1947 IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE WAS RAISED BY HER MOTHER JEAN E. ROBINSON, ALONG WITH HER TWO SISTERS, MARILYN AND FRANCESCA. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY, DR. JOHNSON HAS LIVED IN RURAL AREAS ON THREE CONTINENTS AND CHERISHES THE DEEP SOCIAL NETWORKS AND STUNNING BEAUTY OF OUR FARMS AND WOODLANDS, WHICH SHE DISCOVERED AT A YOUNG AGE AS A GIRL SCOUT ON CAMPING ADVENTURES. SHE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN DINWOODY COUNTY ON PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN IN HER HUSBAND'S FAMILY FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS. THE PROPERTY BENEFITS FROM A WORKING FOREST CONSERVATION EASEMENT WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A VIRGINIA CENTURY FOREST. FROM AUGUST, 2021 TO JUNE, 2023. DR. JOHNSON SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CENTER FOR RURAL VIRGINIA. SHE SUPPORTED THE WORK OF THE CENTER TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ANALYZING AND ENCOURAGING INITIATIVES AIMED AT ASSURING PROSPERITY FOR RURAL VIRGINIA. SHE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE VIRGINIA RURAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM DIM WITTY COUNTY. DR. JOHNSON HAS BEEN A FELLOW OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SINCE NOVEMBER, 2021. AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE NAPA INTERNATIONAL STANDING PANEL, SHE WORKS WITH OTHER FELLOWS, SCHOLARS, AND PRACTITIONERS TO COMPARE HOW GOVERNMENTS AND DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ARE ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. SHE IS A MEMBER OF ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND IS ACTIVE WITH THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN IN THE CONGO NETWORK. SHE HAS JOINED OTHERS IN THE DIOCESE AND THE MATOKA COVENANT AIMED AT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS OF MUTUAL RESPECT WITH THE INDIGENOUS TRIBES OF VIRGINIA. DR. JOHNSON HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HER HUSBAND W PHILIP JOHNSON FOR 55 YEARS THIS YEAR. THEY'RE BLESSED WITH THREE SONS AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN. SHE SPEAKS SEVERAL LANGUAGES INCLUDING SPANISH, FRENCH, PORTUGUESE, AND SWAHILI. RELAXING IS NOT IN HER NATURE AS THERE ARE STILL SO MUCH TO LEARN AND HER FREE TIME. DR. JOHNSON ENJOYS LEARNING ABOUT PLANTS AND TREES. SHE ENJOYS VISITING THE MCKINNEY FARMER'S MARKET AND LOVES RICHLANDS CREAMERY. DR. JOHNSON, IF YOU COME FORWARD, [01:40:02] IT'S MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD TO READ A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND THEN WE'LL PRESENT YOU WITH, WITH YOUR PLAQUE. BUT THIS, UH, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND DENWOODY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THERE IS HEREBY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED DR. LENE A JOHNSON AS A 2025 HOMETOWN HERO FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITIZENS OF DEWEY COUNTY IN THE AREAS OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION. SIGNED BY CHAIRMAN DANIEL D. LEE AND ME AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. AND THIS SHOW IT TO THE, TO YOU AND THE AUDIENCE HERE. AND SO THIS IS 2025 DIMITY COUNTY HOMETOWN HEROES TO DR. LENE A JOHNSON IN RECOGNITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO BUSINESS AND EDUCATION. AND WE ALSO HAVE A PEN HERE FOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING YES SIR. LEMME TAKE THOSE FOR YOU. I LIKE TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF WORDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST, A FEW WEEKS AGO, MS. GRANT CALLED ME AND INFORMED ME THAT I'VE BEEN SELECTED AS A HOMETOWN HERO. I THINK THERE WAS, UH, SILENCE. IT WAS A STUNNED SILENCE. AND SHE STARTED TO TELL ME ABOUT THE HOMETOWN HEROES. 'CAUSE I THINK SHE THOUGHT, WELL, WHEN I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING THAT MAYBE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT I KNEW ALL TOO WELL WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND I WAS STUNNED BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION FROM DEN WITTY COUNTY, WHICH IS NOW VERY MUCH MY HOME. BUT, UH, I REALLY WANT TO THANK SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO, TO ME ARE, ARE MY OWN HEROES. UH, PEARL BLAND, CHERYL EPPS, AND OF COURSE MARY BENJAMIN BECAUSE THEY INTRODUCED ME TO DENWOODY COUNTY AND SHOWED ME HOW I COULD MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY NEW HOME. BUT OF COURSE THE BIGGEST THANKS GOES TO, UH, MY HUSBAND PHILLIP, WHO LONG AGO IN THE 1970S STARTED OUR LITTLE FAMILY TRADITION OF GOING TO VIRGINIA EVERY SUMMER TO VISIT THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS BOTH IN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTRY. AND DURING THOSE TWO OR THREE DECADES OF VISITS, I LEARNED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS PLACE. SO THIS IS VERY SPECIAL AND I HOPE THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND CONTRIBUTE TO D WITTY COUNTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE, UH, THE CLERK READ. THE NEXT HOMETOWN HERO WROTE ANTHONY D. BROWN. SENIOR ANTHONY D. BROWN SENIOR WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 23RD, 1951 TO THE LATE JOHN T. BROWN AND THELMA COOLEY BROWN OF CHESTERFIELD, VIRGINIA. HE IS THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. HIS SIBLINGS INCLUDE STEVE, A BROWN PATSY, A JONES, AND DECEASED BROTHER JOHN T. BROWN, JR. MR. BROWN IS MARRIED TO CYNTHIA GOLSON BROWN AND THE COUPLE IS PREPARED TO CELEBRATE THEIR 54TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. HE IS THE FATHER OF TWO SONS, ANTHONY D. BROWN, JR OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, AND NATHAN L. BROWN OF WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA. HE ALSO HAS ONE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, KELLY B. BROWN AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN, TYLER HARRELL, GABRIELA BROWN, AND ISABELLA BROWN. THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, MR. BROWN HAS BEEN HONORED TO FULFILL THE ROLE OF PROVIDER, TEACHER AND PROTECTOR OF HIS FAMILY AS HE HAS SHOWERED THEM WITH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. ANTHONY BROWN WAS EDUCATED IN THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, GRADUATING IN 1970 FROM MATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1986, HE EARNED AN ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE AND MORTUARY SCIENCE FROM JOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE NOW BRIGHTPOINT. [01:45:01] OVER THE YEARS, MR. BROWN HAS ENJOYED A VARIETY OF VOCATIONS. HE WORKED FOR MARY JANE SHOES, BROWN AND WILLIAMSON TOBACCO COMPANY AND PINKERTON SECURITY. HE ALSO WORKED FOR A LAWN CARE COMPANY AND WAS A SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT. MR. BROWN RETIRED FROM REYNOLDS METALS, NOW ALCOA IN 2001, AFTER A 30 YEAR CAREER AS A FOREMAN, MECHANIC AND LOCAL UNION REPRESENTATIVE. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE ALSO WORKED WITH THE WL FIELDS FUNERAL HOME, JAMES M. WILKERSON FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT INCORPORATED. WILLIAM BLAND AND SON FUNERAL HOME AND HAWK'S FUNERAL HOME. MR. BROWN CONFESSED JESUS CHRIST AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR AT SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH IN CHESTERFIELD, VIRGINIA. AT THE AGE OF 12, IN THE LATE 1970S, HE MOVED HIS CHURCH MEMBERSHIP TO MOUNT CAVALRY BAPTIST CHURCH IN DEWITT, VIRGINIA, WHERE HE CONTINUES TO BE A FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED MEMBER. ON FEBRUARY 13TH, 2005, HE WAS ORDAINED AS DEACON BY REVEREND DR. ROBERT JN JONES, JR. HE IS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN CHURCH ACTIVITIES HOLDING NUMEROUS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, INCLUDING USHER'S MINISTRY, DIACONATE MINISTRY, SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND BROTHERHOOD. HE HAS SERVED AS CHURCH TREASURER AND WORKS WITH VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, MEN'S CHOIR, SANCTUARY CHOIR, AND AS A YOUTH MENTOR. MR. BROWN'S FAVORITE SCRIPTURE PASSAGE IS ROMANS 12, WHICH INSTRUCTS US TO BE A LIVING SACRIFICE WITH HUMBLE SERVICE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND TO PRACTICE LOVE AND ACTION. THE PASSAGE CONCLUDES WITH DO NOT BE OVERCOME BY EVIL, BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. ROMANS 1221. HIS FAVORITE SONG IS AT THE CROSS. MR. BROWN HAS A REVERENCE FOR GOD AND IS A FIRM BELIEVER IN THE POWER OF PRAYER. HE TAKES PRIDE IN DOING THINGS DECENTLY AND IN ORDER. HE LOVES PEOPLE CONVERSING AND GIVING HIS HEART AND SOUL TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY. MR. BROWN HAS ALSO BEEN A FAITHFUL AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF HIS COMMUNITY. IN 1980, HE WAS ONE OF FOUR RESIDENTS WHO ADVOCATED FOR A LOWER SPEED LIMIT ON ROUTE SEVEN 40, HE IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE DENWOODY COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FORMER MEMBER AND WORSHIPFUL MASTER OF THE CV, WILSON MASONIC LODGE NUMBER THREE 17, AND ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHAGORAS, THE MASONIC AFFILIATION FOR YOUNG BOYS. HE IS CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE DIM WITTY CHRISTMAS SHARING FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED THE DIM WITTY DIAMONDS, THE DIM WITTY TRIAD, AND THE DIM WITTY COUNTY EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM. DIM WITTY FOOD BANK. HE IS THE CHAPLAIN OF THE VIRGINIA BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION, DEACON AND DEACONS AUXILIARY TREASURER OF THE UNITED CHURCHES OF DENWOODY COUNTY AND VICINITY AND ASSISTANT CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE USHERS, UNION OF PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL AND VICINITY. HE HAS ALSO ORGANIZED AN ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM. IN HIS FREE TIME, MR. BROWN ENJOYS TRAVELING, COOKING, FISHING, SPOILING, AND CARING FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN, DRIVING SPORTS AND READING THE HOLY BIBLE. HE ALSO ENJOYS MENTORING, ENGAGING, AND SERVING HIS COMMUNITY, FAMILY, AND CHURCH. ANTHONY D. BROWN SENIOR IS COMMITTED TO SERVING PEOPLE AND CARRYING OUT HIS HEAVENLY FATHER'S BUSINESS. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, MR. BROWN. I'D LIKE TO TO READ THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO DR. JOHNSON, BUT CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY, VESTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND THE DEWINE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THERE IS HEREBY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED ANTHONY D. BROWN SENIOR AS A 2025 HOMETOWN HERO FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITIZENS OF DIMITY COUNTY IN THE AREAS OF FAITH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THEN AGAIN, SIMILAR PLAQUE, BUT THIS ONE, UH, 2025 DEWINE COUNTY HOMETOWN HEROES, ANTHONY D. BROWN SENIOR IN RECOGNITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO FAITH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. THIS IS YOURS AS WELL. IF YOU TO SAY SOMETHING TO CHRIST WHO'S THE HEAD OF CHURCH AND THE HEAD OF MY LIFE. I WANNA SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. I JUST, UH, LOST FOR WORDS AT THE TIME, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I WAS LIKE MY SISTER HERE WHEN I GOT THE CALL, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE, HAD SELECTED ME TO BE [01:50:01] THE HOMETOWN HERO OF DENVER COUNTY FOR 2025. HOWEVER, UM, I LOVE WHAT I DO. I DON'T DO IT BECAUSE OF RECOGNITION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I JUST DO IT. AND, UM, I SEE PEOPLE OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT WHO I WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH, I WORSHIP WITH, UH, LIVE BY MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT YOU CAME OUT TONIGHT. IF THOSE PERSONS WHO WORK WITH ME WITH THE CHRISTMAS SHARING, WHICH YOU STAND SO PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT. UM, THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH ME AT THE DENWITTY COUNTY FOOD BANK AND MY CHURCH MEMBERS, WOULD YOU STAND IF YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT? I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL, SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ALL CAME TO SUPPORT ME. AND, UM, I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK. I'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE AND I'LL CONTINUE TO LOVE GOD'S PEOPLE. AMEN. AMEN. WE'RE GONNA NOW TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS. UM, BUT, BUT WHILE, WHILE, UH, MR. BROWN IS HEADED BACK FOR, FOR DR. JOHNSON AND MR. BROWN, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THIS ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO, WHEN, WHEN THE BOARD CAME INTO OFFICE. AND SO WHAT I'VE BEEN AMAZED WITH EVERY YEAR IS JUST THE BENCH STRENGTH OF DENWOODY COUNTY. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR WE RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WAS LIKE, MAN, HOW COULD THAT GET ANY BETTER? BUT IT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE DONE SOME JUST ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL THINGS. BUT THEY HAVE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE DONE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THEIR LIVES, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY, THAT HAVE IN COMMON. UM, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED, EVER SOUGHT ALL OUT AT THE BEGINNING TO GET SOME TYPE OF NOTORIETY OR TO DO IT FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THEY WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND IN SOME CASES IT WAS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY ABOUT WHETHER THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL AT WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THAT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR THEM. THEY WANTED TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANCE TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVED IN. AND SO SUCCESS A LOT OF TIMES IS DEFINED BY WHAT HAPPENS TO US AS INDIVIDUALS. AND SIGNIFICANCE IS THE IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE ON A COMMUNITY. AND WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT A HOMETOWN HERO, YOU CAN'T GET TO BE A HOMETOWN HERO IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANCE TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, ALL OF THOSE THAT WE'VE RECOGNIZED, AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM HERE IN IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, ALWAYS DID, YOU KNOW, PUT OTHERS BEFORE THEMSELVES. ALL OF THEM FOUND STRENGTH IN THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. ALL OF THEM WORKED HARD AND TIRELESSLY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND WHEN WE STARTED AGAIN WITH MS. EBER BONNER, WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO SOMETHING, AND THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT HOMETOWN HEROES AND RECOGNITION FOR, FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, IS THAT THAT VERY FACT THAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT ARE LIVING AMONGST US THAT HAVE DONE SUCH TREMENDOUS THINGS. IF YOU ARE A PREVIOUS RECOGNIZED HOMETOWN HERO, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND IN? AND ALSO JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THREE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT I SAW SLIP IN. UH, ONE IS, UH, JENNY PERKINS IS WITH US, THE COUNTY TREASURER. LORI STEVENS, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE IS HERE AND BARRETT CHAPEL, THEIR CLERK OF THE COURT IS, IS WITH US HERE. AND I THINK THEY'VE BEEN TO EVERY HOMETOWN HERO CELEBRATION SINCE WE WE'VE STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT YOU'RE AN ELITE GROUP OF PEOPLE. NOW, UM, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, JUST ASK SOME OF THOSE THAT WERE STANDING UP, THEY'LL TELL YOU . UH, SO AT THIS TIME, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS GET SOME, WHAT THE BOARD WILL DO IS, IS STAND UP ON THE DAUS. IF WE COULD HAVE MS. JOHNSON, IF WE AND DR. JOHNSON, IF WE COULD HAVE YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU WANT IN THE, IN [01:55:01] THE THE PICTURE, UM, THE CHAIRMAN, MYSELF AND THE VICE CHAIR WILL, WILL STAY DOWN. BUT THE OTHERS, IF Y'ALL COULD STAND UP, WE'LL GET SOME PICTURES. YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT IN HERE. RIGHT. IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND, AND HAVE A PICTURE WITH DR. OR WITH MR. BROWN, PLEASE FEEL FREE. NICE TO HAVE RASH. MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN FELLOWS ON TODAY. THAT'S GOOD. OH, WAIT. ONE SHOW UP. ALRIGHT, ONE MORE. PERFECT. ONE MORE SECOND. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT, LET'S GET YOU IN AND THEN WE'LL GET EVERYBODY IN THERE AND WE'LL GET IN. I HAVE TO LOOK. EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY. YEAH. MIGHT GET A SECOND ROW DOWN. SECOND ROW SHORT COME DOWN. SHORT PEOPLE AND SHORT PEOPLE NEED TO BE IN THE FRONT. TAYLOR OUT AND FROM THE NICE LADY AND THE PAT HERE OUT. WE NEED EVERYBODY TO, LET'S GET, WE'LL GO UPSTAIRS. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'LL BE GOOD. CLOSE. YOU GOTTA LET HER KNOW. YEAH. THAT WORK? OKAY? YES. YES. ALRIGHT. THERE YOU GO. YOU GOT IT. YES. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS . ONE MORE TIME. ONE MORE TIME. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT, JOHNSON. WHERE, OKAY, [02:00:05] I GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS OR SOMETHING. ALRIGHT. IN CASE PEOPLE WANT, AND THEN WE'LL START BACK WITH A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE HE'S GONNA TALK, RIGHT? UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. UM, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IF YOU'RE ALSO, UH, WELCOME IF YOU WANT WOULD LIKE TO, TO LEAVE, YOU'RE CERTAINLY, WE WELCOME TO LEAVE ALSO, BUT, UM, IT, IT'D BE VERY, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS GONNA BE VERY INTERESTING. SO YOU, UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AND [14.A. Rezoning Case, P-25-2] WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH A PUBLIC HEARING. UM, REZONING CASE P DASH 25 DASH TWO. UM, WHICH ONE OF Y'ALL IS HANDLING IT? MARK? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS. MR. MASSING. GO. UH, MS. CHAIR, AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS CASE P DASH 25 DASH TWO. UH, THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE THIS EVENING AND THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE, UH, THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED, UH, FROM RESIDENTIAL LIMITED R ONE TO RESIDENTIAL URBAN R RU. UM, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE APPLIED FOR UNDER THEIR REZONING APPLICATION HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE, UM, PINKISH OKRA COLOR. GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE, UM, TO THE CASE SPECIFICALLY, UM, WE DID HAVE AN, UM, IN THE ADVERTISING FOR THE REZONING. UM, THERE WERE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WERE INCLUDED ON, ON THIS, UH, SLIDE. WE HAVE, UH, PROPERTIES 1 53 AND 1 54 WHERE THE EXISTING RESIDENCE IS LOCATED, UM, ON THAT SUBJECT PROPERTY. UM, THOSE TWO PARCELS WERE ADVERTISED FOR THE REZONING. THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNER, UH, PROPERTIES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED, 1 51, 1 52, 1 55, AND 1 56 WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE AD. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THOSE BACK THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND, UM, ULTIMATELY BACK TO THE BOARD, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE FOUR LOTS. SO THOSE FOUR LOTS ARE NOT INCLUDED, UH, IN THE REQUESTS, UM, THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE E THIS EVENING. I'LL GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL PROPERTIES. AGAIN, THE, UH, EXISTING PROPERTIES AS ARE, UM, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. THESE ARE ZONED R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED AND UM, THEIR REQUEST IS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL URBAN CLASSIFICATION. UM, I DO HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE FOR THE, UH, NEXT, I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDE BUT THAT ONE. UM, BUT, UH, PREVIOUSLY IN THE, UH, RECENT, UH, LAST COUPLE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE PREVIOUS AND SIMILAR REZONING CASES, UH, STARTING IN 2016 GOING THROUGH, UH, 2024. UM, ALL THOSE REZONING CASES WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE, IN 2022, UH, THERE WAS A REZONING REQUEST THAT WAS NOT APPROVED. UM, THAT INVOLVED, UH, JUST TWO LOTS, UH, TWO VACANT LOTS. AND THAT REQUEST WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE BOARD, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DINWITTY AVENUE ON THE SLIDE, THAT'S THE FAR RIGHT, UH, PROPERTY, UM, THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE MOBILE REPAIR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR BUSINESS IN ZONE B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL. THE SURROUNDING LAND USE AROUND THE PROPERTIES IS PREDOMINANTLY LOW DENSITY ESTABLISHED AND STABLE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. UH, OF COURSE, AS I INDICATED, UM, THE [02:05:01] SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED EXISTING ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL LIMITED R ONE AND WEST PETERSBURG CONSISTS OF LOTS THAT ARE 25 FEET WIDE AND 100 FEET DEEP, WHICH ARE NON-CONFORMING LOTS. WITH REGARD TO THE R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS, THE MAJORITY OF HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE SITUATED ACROSS PROPERTY LINES. AND THE REMAINING VACANT LOTS DO NOT ACCOMMODATE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR OWN INDIVIDUALLY. THE RU ZONING CLASSIFICATION WAS ADOPTED WITH AN INTENT OF ADDRESSING THESE TYPES OF NONCONFORMITIES AND ISSUES IN THIS GENERAL AREA. THE SUBJECT REZONING REQUESTS WILL NOW WILL ALLOW A NEW DWELLING ON VACANT LOTS THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SIZE AND CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT. UM, I DO KNOW THE APPLICANT'S INTENT, UH, FOR LOTS THAT HAVE AN EXISTING DWELLING ON THEM. THEY ARE, HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY, UM, ARE THINKING ABOUT ADDING ONTO THOSE EXISTING HOMES AND IMPROVING THOSE EXISTING HOMES. IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE ALL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY, UM, WE HAVE THAT AS BEING WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER AREA. AND AS SUCH, THE GENERAL AREA IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENCE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. UM, LOOKING AT THE PURPOSE OF THE RU ZONING DISTRICT IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, IT STATES THAT IN GENERAL THE RESIDENTIAL URBAN ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS SMALLER LOT SIZES AND REDUCE SETBACKS. THEN THE COUNTY'S OTHER RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS GIVING AREAS ZONED. ARE YOU A MORE URBAN FEEL? THE DISTRICT REGULATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE URBAN NATURE OF SUCH NEIGHBORHOODS AS 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 AND 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 STATED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER AREA, WHICH ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND ACHED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS GENERAL AREA. THUS, WITH THE PROPERTY BEING LOCATED IN THE EXISTING WEST PETER PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVING ACCESS TO THE DENWOODY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, THIS GENERAL AREA MAY BE CONSIDERED AS A RESIDENTIAL GROWTH CENTER. UM, FURTHER, WHEN WE TOOK THE REQUEST OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UM, THERE REALLY WERE NO COMMENTS MADE BY THE LAND, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. UM, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, IN A PREVIOUS CASE DID ASK, UM, ABOUT, UH, THE WATER AND SEWER, UM, IF THIS AREA COULD HANDLE, UH, ADDITIONAL REZONING AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND AT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, THE WATER AUTHORITY STAFF DID INDICATE, UH, THAT THIS WAS A PRIME AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT IN DENWITTY, THAT THEY HAD PLENTY OF CAPACITY, UH, WITHIN THE WATER SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THE, UH, PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM, UM, IMPACTS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, UH, WAS INDICATED TO BE MINIMAL AS A RESULT OF THE REZONING, UH, TRANSPORTATION. THE IMPACT ON THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT WARRANT THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY TURN LANES OR TAPERS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL ONLY REQUIRE RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES, AND OF COURSE EACH ONE OF THOSE AS BUILDING PERMITS ARE OBTAINED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT ON ANY OF THE VACANT PROPERTY. UM, VDOT WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THOSE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES AND A PERMIT WOULD HAVE TO BE OBTAINED. UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS BOARD IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. GIVEN THAT THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION, RESIDENTIAL URBAN RU IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES. ADDITIONALLY, THE R 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 R RU CONFORMS TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED FOR THIS GENERAL AREA AS SET FORTH IN [02:10:01] THE TOWN CENTER AREA OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, AT THEIR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DID RECOMMEND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVAL, UH, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE RELATED TO OUR STAFF REPORT. I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. MARK. UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND, AND MAKE A STATEMENT? WE, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS' CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVING THIS, UH, REZONING. WE HOPE THAT WE CAN, UH, COME IN AND BUILD SOME NICE NEW HOUSES IN THAT AREA AND GO AHEAD AND FIX UP A FEW OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE BOUGHT THAT HAVE, UH, NOT BEEN MAINTAINED OVER THE YEARS. SO WE'D HOPE YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER OUR REQUEST. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NOT, NOT AT THIS POINT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. UM, WOULD THE HOUSES, THEY'RE GONNA BE FOR SALE, NOT RENTAL HOUSES OR, UM, WE ARE THINKING THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND SELL THEM AND THEN, UH, THE EXISTING ONES WE'RE THINKING WE MAY GO AHEAD AND RENT THEM OUT. BE OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA DO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND WE MIGHT ASK YOU TO COME BACK. SURE. UM, ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR THE, UM, CITIZEN COMMENT, MR. CHAIRMAN? WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. ALRIGHT. UM, AND, AND IF WE CAN DO THIS, UM, ORDERLY, UM, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, I WILL OFFER THEM A CHANCE AT THIS POINT. YOU CAN COME ON TO THE PODIUM THEN NAMING IT. HOW Y'ALL DOING FOR THE RECORD? YEAH, IF YOU COULD NAME AND, AND, UH, YEAH, I'M, UH, LYNN LEY. I OWN A BODY SHOP RIGHT THERE ON DEERWOOD AVENUE. MY QUESTION IS WITH THE WETLANDS RIGHT THERE, WHERE THAT CREEK RUNS THROUGH, THAT IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THAT. MY PROPERTY ON THERE AND THE WETLAND, YOU KNOW, THAT ROAD FLOODS BAD. IT PROBABLY HAD WATER ON IT THIS WEEK. AND NUMBER ONE HIGHWAY FLOODS BAD FOR THAT SAME WETLAND CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE. WOODS'S, I MEAN, I KNOW THE SETBACKS GOTTA BE OFF OF THAT CREEK SO MANY FEET THAT IN THAT LOT AIN'T A 25 FOOT WIDE. HOW IS THAT GONNA BE A BUILDABLE LOT? AND THAT'S MY, THAT'S THE ONLY OPINION I GOT, YOU KNOW, AND IF THEY PUT COVID PIPE IN THERE, IT'S GONNA MAKE THAT WATER FLOW EVEN MORE. I THINK. I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A STRAIGHTER FLOW, FLOW OF WATER AND IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA MAKE THAT ROAD FLOOD THEN BAD. I GUESS ABOUT A 10, PROBABLY A 12 FOOT DROP OFF BEHIND MY SHOP, STRAIGHT DOWN TO THAT CREEK. AND I KNOW THE WATER LINE FOR THE COUNTY AND ALL RUNS RIGHT IN THE CREEK. IT RUNS RIGHT DOWN THE CREEK. MM-HMM . THE CLEAN OUT FOR IT IS RIGHT THERE BEHIND MY BUILDING, BEHIND MY PROPANE TANK AND ALL. AND THAT'S JUST ONLY MY CONCERN IF THEY COME IN THERE, HOW CLOSE CAN THEY COME TO THAT CREEK WITHOUT DISTURBING THE WETLANDS AND THEN ALL THEY HAVE TO MOVE THE WETLANDS? YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. OKAY. AND, AND WE'LL ASK THAT QUESTION AS WE MOVE THROUGH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR, PLEASE. UH, JAMES JONES WEST PETERBURG, UH, 25 6 0 2 NORTHWAY, UH, DENWOOD AVENUE, I WOULD SAY, BUT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN CUT OFF IN A CERTAIN AREA, BUT THE, UH, THE UH, STATE DID ALLOW ME DOWN HERE ON THE HIGHWAY TO, UH, OPEN THAT ROAD UP WHEN I BOUGHT SOME PROPERTY IN THERE. SO I'VE BEEN MAINTAINING THAT ROAD TO MY HOUSE. SO IT'S NOT OPEN, I WOULD SAY TO THE PUBLIC, BUT IT'S RUN RIGHT TO MY RIGHT IN MY YARD. SO I OPENED IT UP. HE SAID I COULD DO THAT BECAUSE IT WAS ADJACENT TO MY, TO MY PROPERTY. SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE MAP AND, UH, AND THE ZONING. Y'ALL REZONING IN THERE NOW, THIS HAS ANY IT DOES, IT DOES AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS FAR AS YOU DO HAVE, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN WHERE YOU REZONE IT. RIGHT. I MEAN, ACCORDING TO WHAT I SEE ON THE MAP, PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THAT AREA, IN THOSE, I WOULD SAY IN THAT SECTION, THE WHOLE SECTION. BUT, UM, I'M JUST ASKING, THEY DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME THEY, THEY WERE REZONING OR WHAT REASON THEY DIDN'T KNOW. I MEAN, I SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW HE MENTIONED THAT HE GOING TO BUILD SOME HOUSES [02:15:01] OR APARTMENTS BACK IN THE DENWOOD AREA OF THE STREET. IS I RIGHT ABOUT IT? THAT, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD HIM SAY. YOU KNOW, THAT DEPUTY, THE PLAN WAS TO BUILD IN ON, ON DENWOOD AVENUE. SO, UH, AND I THING IS, I'M SAYING NOBODY WAS TOLD WHY TO REZONING AND WHAT WAS PLANNED ON BEING REBUILT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE, GET THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK WILL GET ANSWERED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU. WE GOT ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION. UM, MARK, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL ASK? AND IF, IF YOU CAN'T, THEN WE'LL TRY TO FIND OUT. UH, RELATED TO THE, UH, PROPERTY THAT'S, UH, NEXT TO THE, UM, THE CAUSLEY'S PROPERTY, THE BODY SHOP, UM, OUR, OUR UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD THAT PROPERTY'S WET. UM, THE APPLICANT, UM, PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE TO INVESTIGATE THAT IF THEY DO INTEND TO BUILD ON THAT PROPERTY. UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, SPECIAL SETBACKS, UM, IN THE COUNTY FROM WETLANDS. YOU CAN BUILD UP TO THE WETLANDS BUT NOT BUILD WITHIN THE WETLANDS UNLESS YOU INTEND TO. IF YOU DO BUILD IN THE WETLANDS, YOU WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE TO, UM, TAKE CARE, UH, PERMITTING, UH, TO BUILD IN THE WETLANDS. SO I'M, I'M SURE THE APPLICANT'S DESIRE WOULD NOT BE TO, TO SERVE ANY WETLANDS BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WETLANDS PERMITTING PROCESS AND, UM, DEAL WITH THAT. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD, UM, AND ALSO WHEN WE WENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, THERE WERE NO CONCERNS, UM, RELATED TO WATER OR SEWER, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA. UM, AND RELATED TO THE DRIVEWAY, THEY WILL HAVE TO GET A ENTRANCE PERMIT FOR THE DRIVEWAY FROM VDOT. SO VDOT WILL EXAMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE BEST PLACE FOR A DRIVEWAY WOULD BE, WOULD BE ON THAT PROPERTY. NOW WOULD YOU THINK IT WOULD BE A FLOOD PLAIN DELINEATION FOR THAT STREAM? UM, YES. YES. WE HAVE THE FLOODPLAIN MAP. SO, UM, WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT AS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT. SO IF IT'S A FLOOD PLAIN, THEN THEY WOULD, IT COULD STILL BE PART OF THE, THE LOT, THE OVERALL LOT TO GET A HOUSE ON IT. BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO STAY SO MANY FEET RIGHT FROM THE RIGHT IF THEY, IF THEY INTENDED TO BUILD IN THE FLOODPLAIN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ELEVATE THE STRUCTURE AND MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING WITHIN THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN. UM, AS I SAID, THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO BE ELEVATED, UM, ABOVE THE FLOOD ELEVATION. YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THE PROPER OPENINGS WITHIN THE FOUNDATION OF THE BUILDING. ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD HAVE TO BE ELEVATED BY, ABOVE THE, THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN ELEVATION, WHATEVER THAT'S DETERMINED TO BE. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THE APPLICANT'S GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN THEY GO FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING THAT PARTICULAR RIGHT PORTION OF THE, THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE REQUESTED FOR REZONING THIS EVENING. OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION. YEAH, SO I THINK, UM, MR. JONES' POINT, SO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DEPICT IS THE GREEN AREA IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, CORRECT? YES. THE, THE, THE, UH, OTHER AREA THAT'S BEING HASHED OUT IN THAT PINKISH COLOR. UM, AT LEAST LOOK PINK TO ME THAT THAT COLOR, THAT'S JUST SHOWING ADJACENT PROPERTIES. THOSE ARE THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. THOSE THROUGH, UM, BY STATE CODE AND COUNTY CODE, WE HAD TO NOTIFY THROUGH MAIL OF THE SUBJECT REZONING. SO THAT'S WHO ALL THE PROPERTIES HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK WERE SENT LETTERS NOTIFYING THEM OF THE REZONING REQUEST. BUT P 25 2 TONIGHT DOESN'T ADDRESS, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THOSE, THOSE PROPERTIES? NO. THIS IS JUST PUBLIC, PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT THE GREEN AREA POTENTIALLY WOULD CHANGE. RIGHT. BUT IT DOESN'T AFFECT, THE PINK AREA DOES NOT AFFECT THE PINK AREA. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. THE ONLY AREA SUBJECT TO THE REZONING ARE, AS YOU INDICATED, THE GREEN CORRECT. HIGHLIGHTING IN GREEN. RIGHT. ALRIGHT. AND, AND GOING BACK TO THE COSTLY QUESTION, UM, [02:20:01] MARK, WOULD A SITE PLAN BE REQUIRED TO DO A NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PROPERTY? UH, ON, ON THE GREEN AREA? UM, WE DO, WE DON'T REQUIRE AN ENGINEERED SITE PLAN. RIGHT. BUT WE DO REQUIRE THEM TO SHOW US THE SITE PLAN, UM, SHOW US WHERE THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT'S GONNA BE AND WHAT, HOW THEY'RE MEETING THE REQUIRED SETBACKS, BUILDING SETBACKS FOR THE PROPERTY. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARK? UH, YEAH, MARK, UM, UH, MY CONCERN IS, UM, I'VE TALKED TO, UH, PEOPLE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY FROM, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND, UM, I KNOW YOU SAID LETTERS WERE SENT OUT. YES. BUT PEOPLE WERE, SOME PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED BECAUSE, UM, THEY DID NOT RECEIVE LETTERS. AND THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU ALL SENDING THEM OUT. SENDING THEM OUT. BUT, UM, IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE ONE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS COMING UP, THIS REZONING CASE IS COMING UP AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE, UM, UH, MOST PEOPLE WANT TO BE AT LEAST, UH, TOLD OR A LETTER SEEN ABOUT THIS. SO, UM, AND I KNOW WE WANNA BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THINGS, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT I RECEIVED FROM THE, UH, COMMUNITY. THEY, UM, DID NOT RECEIVE. I THINK, UM, THEY COULD HAVE PREPARED, UM, TO MAYBE TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT IT, UH, PRIOR TO THIS. AND, UM, THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. SO, UM, UM, I'M JUST HAVING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AT, AT THIS TIME. AND, UM, SO I, UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, SO MARK, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE, UM, THE QUESTION OF NOTICES? 'CAUSE I, I THINK THAT'S MORE OR LESS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, RIGHT? YES. THE NOTICE, UH, TO NOTE, YEAH. AS I INDICATED, UM, BY VIRGINIA CODE AND COUNTY CODE, WE DO SEND NOTICES OF BEFORE, PRIOR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK, THE HATCHED AREAS ON THE, UM, ON THE SLIDE THAT WE HAVE UP CURRENTLY. MM-HMM. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO POST THE PROPERTY, WE DID PUT SIGNAGE ON, UM, THE PROPERTIES, UH, IDENTIFIED IN GREEN, UM, THAT HAS OUR PHONE NUMBER AND THE REZONING CASE NUMBER, AND IT SAYS, UM, REZONING PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, ON THOSE SIGNS TO, TO ALSO HELP NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT OUR REZONING REQUEST HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, PLACED, UH, WITH THE PLAN, UH, WITH THE PLANNING OFFICE. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THOSE. SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO NOTIFY, UM, PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THOSE TWO WAYS, UM, BY POSTING THE PROPERTY AND THEN ALSO SENDING OUT THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER LETTERS. YEAH. AND, AND YES, AND I DO UNDERSTAND, BUT UM, ALSO WHEN UM, I REPRESENT THE AREA AND WHEN SOMEONE CALLS ME AND THEY ARE UPSET ABOUT IT AND THEY ARE NOT SEEING ANYTHING, UM, I HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. YES. SO THAT, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE, UM, MAIN THINGS. AND I THINK THAT, UM, UM, IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW, UM, PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE PARCELS AND I THINK THAT, UM, WITH THAT SAID, AND LISTENING TO, UM, THE CITIZENS, I THINK JUST TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, LOOK AT THIS AND UM, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD, UM, I'M LOOKING AT, UM, IF WE CAN, UM, DEFER THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH AND, UH, AND THEN GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, THEY CAN IDENTIFY THEMSELVES TO NOT RECEIVE A LETTER. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT, UM, THE MAIL CAN BE SOMETHING ELSE AND, UM, UM, AND I DO NOT DOUBT THE SINCERITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS WHO SAID THEY DID NOT SEE ANYTHING. AND, UM, I HAVE TO, UM, LOOK AT THAT AND TRY TO, UM, UM, REPRESENT THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN AND, UM, AND TO DO THIS, UM, JUST TO, UM, DEFER A TABLE TO NEXT MONTH. I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S, UM, A LOT TO ASK WHEN PEOPLE WANT, ESPECIALLY, UM, WHEN THEY WANT TO, UM, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND BE AWARE OF IT AND DEAL WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND. JUST TO NOTE, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY RETURNED, UH, OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER LETTERS THAT WE MAILED. UM, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RETURN BACK TO US, JUST JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. YEAH. YEAH. AND, AND AGAIN, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO, UM, KIND OF GO WITH WHAT SOMEONE IS, IS, UM, [02:25:01] UH, ASKING ME, REQUESTING OF ME. SURE. MARK, WOULD THAT ALLOW US TO PUT BOTH THE, THE OTHER TWO LOTS YES. AND ALLOW US TO PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER. SO IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT YES. AND GIVE US TIME TO DO THAT. YES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO COME BACK EITHER WAY. SO IF WE CAN CORRECT. PRESENT IT ALL TOGETHER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE ALSO. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, MARK. THANK YOU, MARK. OKAY. THANK YOU. I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION. YES. UM, MY NAME IS SHANNON JONES AND, UM, I WAS WONDERING, DID HE SEND THE PAPERS, THE LETTERS TO THE RESIDENT'S HOUSE OR TO THE LANDLORD'S HOUSE? YOU SENT THE LETTERS TO ADJOINING LANDOWNERS TO TO THE LANDOWNER? YES. TO LANDOWNERS, RIGHT? OH YEAH. WE SENT TO THE LANDOWNER AND TO THE, WE ALSO SENT IT TO THE PROPERTY ADDRESS. SO IF THERE'S A, IF IT'S A RENTAL PROPERTY, THEN THE TENANT SHOULD GET THE NOTICE AS WELL. WOULD YOU TRY TO SEND IT TO BOTH? OKAY. WITH BOTH, BECAUSE YES, WE HAVE, UM, PEOPLE THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS. SO I'M JUST SAYING, JUST MAKE SURE WE SEND IT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, ALRIGHT. I GUESS, UM, THE APPLICANT'S, UM, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US DE DEFERRING THIS TILL NEXT MONTH AND THEN WE'LL HEAR THE FOUR LOTS THAT WERE ALREADY OUT OF IT? WE'D HEAR 'EM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. WE'D BE OPEN, WE'D BE OPEN TO THAT. YEAH. IF, UH, ANYWAY, WE GOTTA COME BACK TO THIS. OKAY. NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST AS A, AS A POINT OF ORDER, I BELIEVE THAT THOSE FOUR LOTS THAT GOT LEFT OUT ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE PC IN MARCH, WHICH WOULD TRADITIONALLY PUT THEM IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN APRIL. SO YOU WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT A TWO MONTH DEFERRAL OF THIS AND NOT A ONE MONTH DEFERRAL. I THINK AM, AM I CORRECT MR. BASSETT? THAT'S CORRECT. IS THERE A AVENUE TO DO 'EM? TYPICALLY THAT WOULD BE TRUE. WE COULD DOUBLE ADVERTISE THIS. YOU CAN DOUBLE ADVERTISE THEM IN MARCH. YOU'VE ONLY DONE THAT A COUPLE TIMES, BUT YOU CAN DO IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BOARD WANTS TO DO IT. YOU, YOU CAN DO IT. I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE. JUST SO THE BOARD KNOWS THIS, THE AD FOR THIS, THIS HEARING WAS $1,185 AND 81 CENTS. SO IT'S TO TO DOUBLE ADVERTISE. TO DOUBLE ADVERTISE THAT AGAIN. YEAH. YEAH. I, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT, JUST THAT THAT IS TRUE. THE, THE COST OF THE AD. UM, BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER CASES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ADVERTISING AT THE SAME TIME, SO IT WOULDN'T JUST BE THIS CASE THAT WE'RE ADVERTISING. SO THE COST WOULD BE LESS THAN THAT. BASED ON THAT, WE'RE ADVERTISING SOME OTHER CASES THAT ARE GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD X MONTH. SO THAT, THAT IS CORRECT. THE, THE FOUR, THE FOUR LOTS ALREADY NEED TO BE ADVERTISED AGAIN. SO TO THROW THE 10 LOTS IN WITH THE FOUR LOTS THAT ALREADY HAD TO BE, BE ADVERTISED WOULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENSE, BUT IT WOULD BE FAR LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS. BUT THAT, THAT'S, THEY'RE ALL GOOD POINTS. ALRIGHT, SO WHAT THE ROUNDABOUT THAT I WAS GETTING TO IS NOW LETS US HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT KIND WHAT WE WANT TO DO. SO I HAD REQUEST YOU DO NOT MIND, UM, SO FOR, CAN YOU COME TO THE MIC? SURE. JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOU. FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN, UM, THE HOME IS IN THE MIDDLE OF, THERE'S, THERE'S SIX LOTS THERE. THE HOME IS IN THE MIDDLE TWO. UH, AND SO IF WE COULD, I MEAN WE'RE THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, I GUESS ON THAT PROPERTY, UM, IF WE COULD MAYBE SEE IF WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ONE ALONG WITH THE, THE ONE ON DRI AVE, THE, THE ONE THAT'S NOT ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THERE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THOSE TWO. WE WOULD REQUEST IF WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE, THE, UH, THE REMAINING ONES ON THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. WERE OKAY IF THOSE WERE TO GET PUSHED TO THE, UH, THE FUTURE MEETING, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING ON SEEING IF WE COULD MAYBE GET STARTED ON THAT PROJECT, AT LEAST ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR REQUEST. SO THE REQUEST, JUST TO GET IT DOWN, I'VE GOT LOTS 1 53 AND 1 54, WHICH ARE THE TWO LOTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIX LOTS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND PART OF THE SCREEN YOU HAD REFERENCED A SECOND TWO LOTS. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TWO ON GREENSVILLE AVENUE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN? YES. OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OKAY. THE GREENSVILLE AVENUE [02:30:01] ONES. YEAH. AND SO THOSE WOULD BE, IT LOOKS LIKE, AND MR. BASS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE 21 A DASH ONE DASH 360 7 AND 3 77. YEAH. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR WHICH SLOTS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. UH, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. I I, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MONTH. I, I'M STILL, UM, STILL LOOKING AT JUST DEFERRING TILL NEXT MONTH. IT IS NOT THAT LONG. JUST ONE SECOND NEIGHBOR. YEAH, I MEAN, I MEAN, YEAH, I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA DO ONE, WE DEFER 'EM ALL. YEAH. OKAY. AND SO WE SHOULD WE PLAN FOR NEXT, NEXT MONTH THEN? NEXT MONTH? OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I HAVE TO, EXCUSE ME, MS. COUNSEL HERE, CAN I MAKE, IF IT'S RELATIVE TO THE CASE, FINE. YOLANDA SMITH, UM, 2 5 7 0 7 GREENSVILLE AVENUE. MY QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THIS BEING ADVERTISED? THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT'S ADVERTISED, BUT THEY'RE NOT SAYING WHERE IS ADVERTISED. THAT'S THE ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S BEING ADVERTISED. THERE'S NO MORE DOING THE MONITOR, THE PROGRESS INDEX IS THE LOCAL PAPER. NOBODY'S REALLY SEEING THIS INFORMATION. SO WHERE IS THE ADVERTISEMENT ACTUALLY GOING? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GO ON THE WEBSITE, YOU DON'T SEE THE ADVERTISEMENT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT RECEIVING THE INFORMATION. SO THAT'S ONE MAJOR CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY WE ARE NOT GETTING THE DOCUMENTATION OR THE NOTIFICATION. YOU ARE SENDING OUT INFORMATION TO MAILING ADDRESSES POSSIBLY WHERE THERE'S NO ONE THERE, THE OWNERS ARE OUTTA STATE OR SOMEWHERE. SO HOW IS THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY BEING NOTIFIED? WHERE IS THIS INFORMATION ACTUALLY GOING? THANK YOU. THAT WELL, NO, WE MARK, MR. CHAIR. I, I'D JUST LIKE TO, TO INDICATE THAT, UM, WE DO NOTIFY, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING ADS APPEAR IN THE RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH FOR ALL, ALL COUNTY REZONINGS, ALL COUNTY PUBLIC HEARINGS. JUST WANTED TO INDICATE THAT. ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I ALSO WANT TO NOTE WE DID USE TO RUN THEM IN THE PROGRESS INDEX AND WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE PROGRESS INDEX NOT MEETING THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. AND SO WE WITH SIGNIFICANT RESERVATION MOVED TO THE RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH. I'D ALSO NOTE THERE IS A WEBSITE, I BELIEVE IT IS NAMED PUBLIC NOTICE VIRGINIA.COM. AND ON THAT WEBSITE, ALL OF THE PUBLIC NOTICES THAT GO IN, ANY OF THE NEWSPAPERS ARE POSTED OR SUPPOSED TO BE POSTED. AND THE NOTICES THAT DO APPEAR IN THE RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH ARE ALSO POSTED ON THAT WEBSITE. AND YOU CAN SEARCH BY COUNTY, UM, YOU CAN SEARCH BY MONTH AND THAT CAN BE A HELPFUL TOOL TO CITIZENS LOOKING FOR A, A PUBLIC NOTICE. BUT IF YOU HAVE THOSE THAT CAN'T READ IT, THAT'S NOT TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS, YOU HAVE OLDER PEOPLE. YEAH. SO HOW ARE YOU ACTUALLY ADVERTIS? SO I, I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS. I THINK LEGALLY THE, THE COUNTY IN, IN VIRGINIA CODE AND, AND FRANKLY THE REQUIREMENTS, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO POST THINGS IN THE NEWSPAPER ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WELL READ. UM, AND THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHOULD THINK ABOUT. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT IT BE POSTED, THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT IT BE POSTED IN THE, UM, IN A NEWSPAPER AND THEN IT, AND THEN THE NEWSPAPER IS POSTED TO PUT IT ON THE VIRGINIA PUBLIC NOTICE PAGE. BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND IF PEOPLE TAKE ISSUE TO THAT LEGAL REQUIREMENT, AND I'M NOT HERE TO SAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, I'M JUST HERE TO SAY WHAT 15.2 DASH 2204 CURRENTLY SAYS. OKAY. YEAH, I I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE LOCATION BEHIND THE BODY SHOP. HOW MANY HOMES ARE YOU PROPOSING FOR? THAT LOOKS LIKE ONE LOT. SO TWO EVERY TWO LOTS WE COMBINE TO MAKE IT ONE AND THEN WE ARE PLANNED TO BUILD 1000. SO THAT ONE BIG GREEN, THAT'S TWO LOT TWO HOUSES OR ONE. SO WE HAVE FOUR LOTS IN THERE. SO WE'D BE PLANNING TWO HOUSES IF WE ARE BUILDING FOUR LOTS. THAT'S FOUR LOTS? YES. THAT'S 7 21 A DASH ONE DASH 7 4 0 7 4 1 7 4 2 1 7 2. DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD GET TWO DRIVEWAYS IN THAT LOT RIGHT THERE WITH THAT PROPOSED CREEK THAT YOU HAVE [02:35:01] BACK THERE? YEP. THAT'S STEADY FLOWING. THAT'S STEADILY FLOODING THE ROAD. GOTCHA. SO, SO IT WOULD HAVE, IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS PUT FORTH BY DEQ. BUT I, I JUST, WHEN I READ THERE WAS LIKE 20, LIKE UP TO 20 HOMES AND I'M LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PUT 20 HOMES? NO MA'AM. WELL THAT'S JUST WHAT SOMETHING, SO YOU'RE JUST SAYING TWO HOMES. THAT'D BE SOMETHING WE'LL BE PLANNING AFTER THIS THEN, THEN WE GO IN THE ARCHITECT AND EACH OF THOSE TWO HOMES WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY. WE, SO WE BOUGHT ALL THESE LOTS AS A PACKAGE I GUESS. AND SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT DESIGNED AND THEN I KNOW THAT, BUT I GUESS BUT FOR EACH HOME, AM I RIGHT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY? THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY, YES. BUT OKAY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT TOO ALSO. SO HOW, HOW, HOW MANY FEET ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ON THE ROADWAY RIGHT THERE? SO IT'S 50 FEET ON THE FRONTAGE ONLY 50 FEET. YEAH, FOR EACH LOT AFTER WE COMBINE. WELL WHAT ABOUT, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE, THE WATER OUT OF THAT EQUATION. AM I RIGHT? SO IF IF THEY DON'T MOVE THE, IF THEY DON'T MOVE THE CREEK AND THEN YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH OF THAT ROAD FRONTAGE LEFT, THEN THAT MEANS YOU'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE ONE HOME BACK THERE ON THAT LOT. AM I RIGHT? YEAH, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MEASUREMENTS ARE. YES. OKAY. IF YOU CAN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, YOU CAN'T MEET THE, OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE A DECISION HERE, UM, UH, ABOUT DEFERRAL. UM, SO WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CORRECT. IF WE'VE GOT A ANOTHER CASE COMING IN MARCH, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT COMBINING THOSE TWO CASE, THAT CASE WITH THIS CASE AND, AND PRESENT BOTH NEXT MONTH IF WE DEFER TONIGHT'S CASE? IS THAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD, BUT THERE ARE THOSE FOUR LOTS. 1 51, 1 52, 1 55 AND 1 56 AND I, THOSE FOUR LOTS ARE GOING, GOING TO THE MARCH PC MEETING. RIGHT? ASSUMING THE MARCH PC MEETING MAKES A DECISION, THEN THEY WOULD THEN BE AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR AND IT COULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW YOU TO DOUBLE ADVERTISE THEM. HISTORICALLY YOU HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF THAT, BUT IT IS IN THE BOARD'S DISCRETION IF YOU WANT TO DO A DOUBLE AD, YOU KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IN YOUR POWER TO DO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WHAT ANYBODY ELSE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT IN AN EFFORT TO GIVE CITIZENS TIME TO BE INFORMED OF THIS AND ALSO TO HAVE THE OTHER PLATS PUT TOGETHER WITH THIS THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH. DOUBLE ADVERTISE FOR IT AND REVISIT IT ON OUR MARCH MEETING. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA? BONNER? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE AND I'LL, I'LL KIND OF PUT BRENDA ON THE SPOT HERE. UM, SHE'S DREADING IT. I KNOW. UM, AND MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH STAFF, UM, SOME MECHANISM FOR LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO GO BY WHAT WE, WE GO BY WITH STATE LAW WITH ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS. I I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THAT. THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANYBODY THERE FOR THAT PROPERTY ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER. THEY COULD BE OUTTA STATE OR WHAT ALL. SO, UM, GETTING INFORMATION I NOW IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ANYWAY. UM, SO IF WE CAN PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LET THE COMMU A BETTER WAY TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW, CERTAINLY WE'LL TRY TO, UM, TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AND UM, AND SEE IF WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB. SO THANK YOU. UM, ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE'LL DO OLD AND NEW BUSINESS. UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, COULDN'T YOU JUST SEND IT TO THE CHURCHES AND COMMUNITY, MAKE SURE THAT THE CHURCHES GET IT, CHURCH, WHATEVER THEY WORKING AT. YEAH, WELL WE CAN ONLY DO ADJOINING LANDOWNERS. UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. FIGURING OUT A WAY TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW. BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME CAMERAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PEOPLE WAS TAKING PICTURES OF THE, THE LOCKS ADJACENT TO, UM, WHOEVER PROPERTY IT IS AND HAVE, I WASN'T HOME AT THE TIME, BUT I STILL WAS TOLD ABOUT IT, BUT I, I DOESN'T SEE WHAT HAD A REASON FOR TELLING THE PERSON THAT, [02:40:01] THAT THAT LAKE CITY PROPERTY, WHY ARE THEY TAKING PICTURES OF, OF WHAT? THE PURPOSE OF THAT, THAT THAT WAS ONE REASON YOU COULD GET TO MISSING ITEMS, COMMISSION ITEMS. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S ONE REASON YOU COULD GET IT OUT LIKE THAT. BUT THEY COME IN AND TAKE PICTURES AND GOING BY THIS. YEAH, SO I, I I'M SURE THAT YOU WOULDN'T THINK MR. ME ABOUT THIS CAME AND JUST TOOK PICTURES AROUND YOUR HOUSE AND YOU WONDER WHO WAS THAT? WHO WAS THAT GUY? YOU KNOW? BUT THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING. YOU JUST TAKE PICTURES AND GET RIGHT. YES SIR. ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA, UM, GO TO OLD AND NEW BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS. MR. CHAIRMAN, NO APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE TONIGHT. ALRIGHT. UM, [16. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)] AT THIS TIME WE HAVE UH, CITIZEN COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO CITIZEN COMMENT? YES. MR. CHAIRMAN ERIC FLY. ALRIGHT, I'M A OPEN CITIZEN COMMENT. MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ERIC FLY REPRESENTING CENTRAL VIRGINIA AVIATION, AS YOU CAN EXPECT, WERE SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE WAS AN ACTION TAKEN ON THE DAIA APPOINTMENT. THE ACTIONS OF THE DENWOODY AIRPORT AND THE DAIA BOARD AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED HAVE BEEN AN EMBARRASSMENT TO DENWOODY COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THIS, YOU KNOW, AND YET YOU HAVE TAKEN NO ACTION TO CORRECT IT. THE ACTIONS OF THE DAIA ANGER MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, THIS YOU ALSO KNOW AND YET YOU HAVE TAKEN NO ACTION TO CORRECT IT. THE DAIA HAS VIOLATED VIRGINIA STATE CODE MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS, YOU KNOW, AND YET YOU HAVE TAKEN NO ACTION. THE DAIA HAS CAUSED DIMITY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION OPPORTUNITIES REPEATEDLY. THIS YOU'RE AWARE OF AND YET YOU HAVE TAKEN NO ACTION. IN 1982 WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DIMITY COUNTY, THE DAIA WAS CREATED WITH A CHARTER THAT REQUIRED ONLY CITIZENS OF DIMITY COUNTY TO HAVE CONTROL OF THE DIA. IN 2018, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR DIMITY COUNTY HAD THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHANGE, THE DIA'S 36-YEAR-OLD CHARTER TO ALLOW A NON-CITIZEN, EXCUSE ME, TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. THIS WAS DONE TO PROTECT THE SEAT OF AT LEAST ONE NON DIMITY CITIZEN WHO WAS INAPPROPRIATE IMPROPERLY APPOINTED TO THE DAIA BOARD AND WAS ALLOWED TO SERVE FOR 20 YEARS IN THAT POSITION. THIS YEAR IN 20 25, 3 BUSINESSES THAT DO BUSINESS AT THE AIRPORT REQUESTED THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHANGE THE CHARTER BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, GIVING FULL CONTROL OF THE DAIA BOARD BACK TO THE CITIZENS OF DENWOODY COUNTY. THIS BOARD YOU REJECTED, OBJECTED TO THE BILL AND REQUESTED IT BE REMOVED. IT WAS REMOVED BY THE DELEGATE TO SAVE THE COUNTY. ANY FURTHER EMBARRASSMENT SURROUNDING THE DAIA, THIS, YOU KNOW, AND YET YOU STILL TAKE NO ACTION. THE LIST COULD GO ON. THE WILLINGNESS OF THIS BOARD TO PROTECT THE ACTIONS OF THE DAIA BOARD IS PUZZLING AND UNSETTLING. THE INABILITY OR UNWILLINGNESS FOR THIS BOARD TO RETURN MY EMAILS IS ALSO VERY UNSETTLING. TONIGHT, WE DO NOT KNOW WHY YOU'RE PROTECTING SOME MEMBERS OF THE DAIA BOARD. HOWEVER, THE TRUTH WILL BE FOUND AND WE WILL KNOW ALL KNOW AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. GOOD NEWS, YOU ONLY HAVE TWO MORE MONTHS TO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ME AS THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA AVIATION IS BEING FORCED TO MOVE OUT OF DEN WITTY COUNTY ALONG WITH OUR 11 EMPLOYEES, ALL WHO ARE ARE VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES SERVICE OR ARMED ARMED FORCES MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITIZEN OF DEN WITTY COUNTY AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL TAKE ACTION ON THIS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? ANGELA ORELL. GOOD EVENING, ANGELA ORELL. 1 6 5 6 3 ROAD MCKENNEY. UH, WHILE RESEARCHING AT THE UM, AMELIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING AMELIA AUTHOR, HISTORIAN AND MINISTER REVEREND EMANUEL HYDE III. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIM TO THE BOARD AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF DIMITY COUNTY. SO HE MAY SHARE HIS TALENTS AND UM, SERVICES WITH OUR COMMUNITY. MARIE GRANT IS ALSO GOING TO IN BE INTERVIEWING, UM, UH, REVEREND HYDE. UH, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE REVEREND HYDE. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. IT'S A PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU IN THESE TWO MINUTES, BUT I'M THANKFUL. UM, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I STARTED WITH A SLAVE LIST IN 2015 OF 55 SLAVES IN AMELIA COUNTY AND I RESEARCHED [02:45:01] FROM THOSE DESCENDANTS OVER 2000 PEOPLE. I DID MY FIRST BOOK AFTER THAT. WE PUT TWO HISTORIC MARKERS IN AMELIA COUNTY FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO SERVE IN AMELIA. AND ALSO I AM WORKING CURRENTLY ON A BOOK FOR AMELIA. I HAVE WRITTEN OVER EIGHT BOOKS. I EVEN, UM, WORKED WITH SHIRLEY CAESAR AND DOROTHY NORWOOD ON A BOOK. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I WAS LISTENING TO THE HOMETOWN HEROES AND, UM, THEN WHITTY IS AWESOME. I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE HAMLIN FAMILY, WHO I HAVE RESEARCHED AND ALSO SOME OTHER FAMILIES LIKE THE HICKS AND AND LACEY FAMILY. SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO LEARN MORE. SO I'M HERE TO LEARN AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEP. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? JAMES JONES. I ALREADY, UH, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT IF WE'D LIKE TO MENTION ONE MORE THING, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THESE HOMES COME IN AND PROJECT AND I SEE THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE. THAT'S DAMN GOOD. BUT WE HAVE BEEN OVER ABOUT 35 YEARS NOW TRYING TO GET THEM TO FINISH THE WATER PROJECT. THE HOMES ARE NOT GOING LOOK TOO GOOD WITHOUT FINISHING. THE, THE CURBING WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE SIDEWALK, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO FINISH THE CURBING THEY PUT IN. MAYBE SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE I'LL BE GONE. YOU'LL HAVE A SIDEWALK THERE. DO YOLANDA SMITH CHAIR, MR. CHAIR, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN QUESTION. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT AND, [17. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] UH, GO TO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. MR. DOOLEY. I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, THIS IS MY SECOND BEGINNING OF MY SECOND YEAR ON THE BOARD. UH, SO SECOND EXPERIENCE WITH HOMETOWN HEROES AND I, I'M JUST AGAIN, AMAZED AT OUR COMMUNITY, UH, JUST A SUCH A FINE GROUP OF OF FOLKS. AND WHAT A TESTAMENT TO WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY GREAT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING PROPPED UP AND THEIR MARRIAGES OF 55 AND 54 YEARS AND, AND SEEING THE CORE VALUES THAT MAKE THEM SO STRONG. AND ALSO JUST THEIR FAITH, THEIR STATEMENTS OF FAITH AND, AND CHRIST AND THE SERVANTHOOD THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. I THANK THE CITIZENS THAT CAME OUT AND SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND, AND WANTING THE INFORMATION. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE COMMUNITY GREAT ALSO IS, UH, TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION. AND WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND WE WANT TO GET THE INFORMATION TO THE, THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND IF WE CAN FILL THAT VOID AND, AND PUSH IT OUT THROUGH CHURCHES OR OTHER COMMUNITY, UM, RELATION, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S MASON GROUPS OR ANY COMMUNITY EVENT, PLEASE LET US KNOW SOME AVENUES THAT WE CAN, CAN GET THE INFORMATION OUT. THAT'S OUR GOAL, IS THAT WE WANT OUR COMMUNITIES INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT. SO DRAL, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR US TO CONSIDER IN ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS LATER ON IN THE YEAR TO CONSIDER WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE OTHER THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, UH, OR THE COUNTY. THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER OPTIONS FOR US TO CONSIDER IN THE 21ST CENTURY, UM, THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM JUST PRINTED MATERIAL. UM, THAT MAY NOT BE EXPENSIVE TO THE POPULATION, THE CITIZENS OF DENWITY COUNTY. I THINK WE, WE CAN AS A GROUP COLLECTIVELY THINK ABOUT SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT CAN BE PRESENTED, BUT WE CAN DO THAT IN A, IN A WORKSHOP, WORKSHOP SETTING. SO WITH THAT THOUGH, REMEMBER TOMORROW IS GONNA BE A PRETTY DANGEROUS DAY IN DENWITY COUNTY. BE PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND BE SAFE AND CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBORS. UM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE ALONG WITH YOU. PHONE CALL, KNOCK ON THE DOOR ONCE THE SNOW IS OVER WITH JUST, JUST LET'S TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER, MS MODEL. OKAY? UM, FOR THE HOMETOWN HEROES, OF COURSE THEY HAVE GONE AND WE UH, THANK THEM FOR COMING OUT AND, UM, YOU ALL, UM, SHARING WITH THEM AND I THINK, UM, THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT WEST PETERSBURG, YOU ALL, UM, RESILIENT. YOU COME TOGETHER AND YOU WORK TOGETHER TO DO THINGS AND WE WILL, UM, THE BOARD, AS THEY SAID, WE WILL FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION GETS OUT TO YOU, UM, IF WE HAVE TO GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE OR WHATEVER, BUT WE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE AND, UM, THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, UM, WHEN PARCELS OR ANYTHING THAT'S COMING UP OF SIGNIFICANCE SO THAT YOU ALL CAN KNOW. UM, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU WANNA COME DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT AND SPEAK ON IT, YOU CAN. BUT THAT'S ONE THING THAT I THINK THAT WE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE TO HAVE DONE, UM, AND HAVE A HAVE A, A MEETING ABOUT IT AND GET IT DONE. WE'RE GONNA WORK ON IT. WE'LL GET IT STRAIGHT. THANK YOU [02:50:01] AGAIN FOR COMING OUT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CHAVIS. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THANKS FOR EVERYONE COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. UM, ONE THING I WILL LIKE TO SAY TO THIS GROUP THIS YEAR, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE MARCH. WHAT'S THE DATE FOR THAT? IT'S SECOND, SECOND TWO. SECOND WEDNESDAY. 12TH. THE 12TH. SO, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THAT MEETING, UM, AND ASK QUESTIONS AT THAT MEETING, IT REALLY HELPS WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, SO THAT WE GET INFORMATION, UM, AND THINGS GET WORK DAY BEFORE IT GETS TO US. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. UM, YES. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU SAID MARCH 2ND, 12TH, 12TH, 12TH, 12TH, 12TH. YES, SIR. MARCH THE 12TH. UH, MR. FLY. UM, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT, UH, ANSWERING YOUR EMAIL. THAT WAS ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO DO TODAY THAT DIDN'T GET DONE TODAY. BUT I, I WILL TELL YOU, UM, THAT AT THE WORKSHOP THIS BOARD DISCUSSED THE APPOINTMENT ENCLOSED SESSION TO THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY. UM, AT THAT TIME THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ME AT ANY, A MAJORITY OF BOARD MEMBERS PLANNED ON PUTTING THAT ON THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS MEETING. NO ONE DID THAT. SO IT WAS NOT DISCUSSED TONIGHT. IF THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WISHES TO PUT IT ON BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, THEN IT WILL BE PUT ON APPOINTMENTS, UH, BEFORE JUNE. IF NOT, UH, THIS BOARD, UH, UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED TO WAIT TILL THE JUNE MEETING TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT. UM, ALSO, I, I'D LIKE TO SAY HOMETOWN HEROES. UH, IT, IT TRULY IS AMAZING, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AT, UH, INDIVIDUALS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HOPE YOUR, YOUR LIFE'S WORK AND, AND YOUR LIFE, UM, HAS SOME TYPE OF MEANING. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE INDIVIDUALS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY KINDA GET THAT, THAT, UH, WHAT THEY'VE DONE HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY. AND SO IT, IT IS REALLY GOOD TO BE A PART OF IT. UM, I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING NIGHT TONIGHT. BE SAFE TOMORROW. UM, I PLAN ON STAYING INSIDE ALL DAY TOMORROW. UM, , TRY TO STAY WARM AND UM, THANK YOU. DO WE, UM, HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE, ALL VOTING AYE. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. MEETING ADJOURNED, ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.