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I'D[1. ROLL CALL]
LIKE TO CALL THE APRIL 15TH, 2025, REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, TO ORDER.COULD WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MS. EBRA BONNER.
AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD STAND FOR THE INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OUR FATHER WHO I KINGDOM.
I WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE.
THOSE WHO TRESPASSED AGAINST US MADE US NOT THE TEMPTATION, BUT BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
RELIES THE KINGDOM, THE POWER OF GLORY FOR OUR MEMBER.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
WE HAVE ANY, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? MR. CHAIRMAN? WE HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS.I'M GONNA HIT THE FIRST ONE AND THEN MR. SOUTHALL'S GONNA DO THE SECOND ONE.
I'D LIKE TO ADD UNDER SEVEN ACTION ITEMS. A SEVEN D AND THAT'S THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, A RESOLUTION FOR RURAL RUSTIC ROAD PROJECT TRANQUILITY LANE.
THIS WAS ADDED OR, UM, THIS IS BEING ADDED TODAY.
SO THAT WORK CAN BE COMMENCED OUT THERE.
SO THIS IS A ADMINISTRATIVE CLEANUP ITEM, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THE SECOND ITEM WOULD BE TO ADD UNDER CLOSED SESSION SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 A A EIGHT CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL REAL ESTATE.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA? ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ADD THESE TWO TO THE AGENDA? MR. CHAIR? I MAKE A MOTION, WE, UH, ACCEPT THE, UH, AMENDED AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA BONNER.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
UM, CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE YOU.UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL OUT, UM, TO DISCUSS OR, UM, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION FOR ME TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
CAN WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA? BONNER.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation ]
ON TO REPORTS.UH, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UH, KAREN FRENCH, ASSISTANT RESIDENCY ENGINEER.
I SPOKE WITH OUR BRIDGE CREW THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT BAIN ROAD.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE OLD STRUCTURE IS OUT OF THERE, SO I'M GONNA MAKE A SITE VISIT SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK TO JUST SEE THE, THE VOID.
UH, THEY'LL BEGIN EXCAVATION NEXT WEEK.
UH, PREPARING FOR INSTALLATION OF THE NEW STRUCTURE THERE ON BAIN ROAD.
UM, THEY'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION IN JULY.
I DO BELIEVE IT'S THE THIRD WEEK OF JULY PLANNING TO BE REOPENING THAT ROAD.
THE THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION, UH, SIGNS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON STERLING AS WELL AS HALIFAX ROAD.
SO THAT THIS IS COMPLETES THE TALK OF THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTIONS, AT LEAST FOR NOW.
THANK YOU UNTIL WE START THE NEXT ONE,
UM, AND I, I DO APPRECIATE THE, THE BOARD'S FLEXIBILITY AND, AND IT WAS A LEARNING PROCESS FOR ALL OF US, I THINK.
UM, LOOKED AT SOME DRAINAGE INLETS IN WEST PETERSBURG.
UH, HAD MAINTENANCE CREWS GO OUT THERE, UH, SOME INLETS THAT WERE CLOGGED.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH BASICALLY THE ENTIRETY OF WEST PETERSBURG AND CLEARING INLETS SOME AS WE GET TIME AND WORK THROUGH WEATHER AS WELL.
UM, MAINTENANCE FORCES ARE GONNA BE CLEANING UP, UH, DOING SOME CLEANUP ON ROUTE FOUR 60 HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE GOT SOME AREAS ON THE SHOULDERS INSIDE MEDIAN AND OUTSIDE WHERE SNOW PLOW AND OPERATIONS PILED UP ALL SORTS OF DIRT AND SOD AND EVERYTHING ON THE SHOULDERS.
AND WE'VE GOT IT PILED UP AND, UH, YOU MAY SEE SOME CREWS OUT THERE CLEANING THOSE AREAS UP.
UH, GETTING READY FOR SOME MOWING, UH, POTENTIALLY LATER ON IN THE SPRING.
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UH, WE HAVE A DISTRICT SIGN CREW.
THEY'RE PERFORMING LIFECYCLE REPLACEMENT, UM, OF SOME OLD SIGNS ON SIMPSON OLD STAGE AND VAUGHN ROADS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SO SHOULD SEE SOME, UH, NEW SHINY SIGNS ON THOSE ROADS HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN, UH, TRANQUILITY ROAD IN STILL BEGINNING MAY, UH, CHERRY HILL IN JULY, AND REESE LATER ON AFTER THAT IN THE SEASON.
UM, TRANQUILITY DID, WE DID HAVE A HANGUP WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM OF THE, UH, RESOLUTION WE'LL DO LATER ON.
UM, THAT'S JUST KIND OF A OVERSIGHT FROM LAST YEAR.
WHENEVER WE ADD A, WHENEVER WE ADD A PROJECT TO THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN, THERE'S GOTTA BE A SECONDARY RESOLUTION OUTSIDE OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THE SIX YEAR PLAN ITSELF.
SO LITTLE THING I AM STILL LEARNING AND THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN IS A COMPLEX PROCESS.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE, UH, FOR REGULAR UPDATES AND, AND MAINTENANCE ITEMS. I'LL, UH, GO THROUGH ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE AND THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH AND DO OUR CONSENSUS FOR THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN.
ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE THING, UM, ABOUT THE MOWING THAT YOU SAID, UM, OVER THE OVERPASS, IT IS GETTING A LITTLE HIGHER HERE.
WE GET ANOTHER SHOT OF RAIN, IT MAY SHOOT UP A LITTLE HIGHER SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE EXITING ONTO 85.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO KEEP AN EYE OUT OF THE GRASS.
CERTAINLY WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO STAY AHEAD OF THE JOHNSON GRASS IN THAT AREA THIS SEASON AS WELL.
MINE'S, MINE'S RELATED TO 85 AND I'M HOPING AT SOME POINT NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS KIND OF TURNING IN A FAVORABLE WAY, BUT, UH, UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE AT, AT, IN, AT, UH, EXIT 63, BOYDEN PLANK NUMBER ONE, AND I DRIVE IT EVERY DAY AND I'M HOPING SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET OUT THERE AND WORK ON SOME POTHOLES.
JUST WHERE THAT CONCRETE HAS SEEN ITS BETTER DAYS RIGHT THERE WITH THE NUMBER OF CARS.
I SEE IT EVERY DAY AND THE LAST MONTH HAS GOTTEN WORSE.
SO ANYWAY, JUST, JUST MY 2 CENTS WORTH RIGHT THERE.
WHEN YOU'RE ON NORTHBOUND 85 ON NORTHBOUND, YOU GET ON NORTHBOUND ROUTE ONE RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE CONSENSUS, UH, FOR THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, SO WE'LL JUST, THIS IS THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT I DID AT THE WORK SESSION, UH, JUST PRESENTING PUBLICLY.
YOU'VE GOT THE DRAFT PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.
UM, WE'LL WALK THROUGH IT REAL QUICK AND THEN DO THE SO FRONT PAGE.
UM, JUST SUMMARY OF BUDGET ITEMS AND THE PLAN HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE WE HAD OUR WORK SESSION.
UH, BACK ON THE FIRST IN OUR PLAN PRIORITIES, OUR TRANQUILITY LANE, UH, AND QUAKER ROAD, THERE WAS THOSE TWO TFE FUNDED PROJECTS.
UM, BOTH FULLY FUNDED IN THE PLAN.
TRANQUILITY LANE SLATED FOR CONSTRUCTION, UH, MORE, MORE OR LESS NEXT MONTH.
UM, QUAKER ROAD, STILL GOT SOME RIGHT OF WAY AND UTILITY, UH, ALIGNMENT WORK TO GET STARTED ON THAT PROJECT BEFORE WE GET CLOSE TO CONSTRUCTION.
UM, NEXT IS OUR PRIORITIES FOR RURAL RUSTIC PROJECTS.
IT IS THE CHERRY HILL ROAD RURAL RUSTIC, WHICH WILL BE FULLY FUNDED, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS FISCAL YEAR IN JULY OF 25.
NEXT IS OUR REESE ROAD ROYAL RUSTIC PROJECT THAT WILL BE FULLY FUNDED THIS YEAR IN JULY AS WELL WITH A CONSTRUCTION DATE, UH, THIS FALL.
NEXT IS SHIPPINGS ROAD RURAL RUSTIC PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE FULLY FUNDED IN FISCAL YEAR 28.
AFTER THAT WE HAVE THE ROUTE 7 35 GOOSE POND ROAD, RURAL RUSTIC, WHICH WILL BE FULLY FUNDED FISCAL YEAR 30.
THEN WE'VE GOT 6 78 SPAIN DRIVE, RURAL RUSTIC PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE FULLY FUNDED, UM, IN 31.
UM, THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE PLAN, UM, FROM LAST YEAR WAS THE ADDITION OF THIS SPAIN DRIVE ROYAL RUSTIC PROJECT.
UM, WHILE IT IS NOT PRINTED HERE IN THIS PLAN JUST FOR PUBLIC RECORD, MARMORA DRIVE IS STILL INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.
THE FUNDING ON IT WAS JUST NOT ENOUGH THAT IT WAS SHOWN IN THIS PLAN, BUT IT IS STILL IN THE PLAN AFTER SPAIN DRIVE STILL HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING DEDICATED TO IT TO HOLD IT IN THE PLAN.
SO NEXT YEAR WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS WE'LL HAVE DROP CHERRY HILL AND REESE ROAD AS WELL AND WE WILL START DEDICATING MORE FUNDING TO MARMORA.
OTHER THAN THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT OUR COUNTYWIDE ENGINEERING AND SURVEY, UM,
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WHICH WE DON'T REGULARLY DEDICATE ANY FUNDING TO.MOST OF OUR FUNDING THAT WE'RE NOT USING CURRENTLY IS GOING TO OUR BALANCE ENTRY ACCOUNT FOR OUR SECONDARY, UH, FUTURE PROJECT, WHICH IS A TFE FUNDING, UM, WHICH WE ARE USING SOME OF THAT TFE FUNDING THIS COMING YEAR TO COVER OUR COST FOR THE INCREASED BUDGET FOR THE CHERRY HILL ROAD ROYAL RUSTIC PROJECT.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE TFE FUNDING, UH, THROUGH THIS PLAN CYCLE WILL BE GOING TO THAT BALANCE YOUR ACCOUNT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PLAN AS PROPOSED? NO, SIR.
WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST CONSENSUS FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, I THINK IT'S MAY 20TH IS THE DATE.
SO IF THERE'S NOT ANY OPPOSITION, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S CONSENSUS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ADD YES, SIR.
[6.B. Virginia State University]
HAVE VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND IT SAYS HERE IS THE PRESIDENT, UH, DR.ABDULLAH IS HERE, BUT, AND HE IS HERE.
HE JUST HAD A, A BIG HAND IN FRONT OF HIM.
HE HAD, WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE A SHORT QUARTERBACK STANDING BEHIND US.
IT'S HARD TO SEE OUTSIDE OF THE POCKET.
HAD GOOD PROTECTION, THAT'S FOR SURE.
UH, MADAM VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING ME, UH, FROM VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE.
AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUE ELDON BECAUSE HE ALWAYS COMES UP WITH THESE FANCY SLIDES AND I GET TO SEE HIM WHEN YOU ALL GET TO SEE HIM.
I DON'T HAVE THE CLICKER CLICKING.
UH, SO FIRST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, OUR ENROLLMENT NOW IS A LITTLE OVER 5,600 STUDENTS.
UH, THAT IS, UH, UH, I THINK THE THIRD HIGHEST ENROLLMENT THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
IT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.
UM, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, 40% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE MALE.
UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD FOR US, WHICH IS A, A TOUGH STATEMENT, UH, ABOUT MEN ATTENDING COLLEGE.
UM, IT'S NOT, IT USED TO BE A PROBLEM GENERALLY WITH BLACK MEN AT HBCUS, BUT I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW, THERE'VE BEEN ARTICLES IN THE PAPER ABOUT HOW DO WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF, UM, OF MEN ACROSS ALL ETHNICITIES, UM, AT OUR UNIVERSITIES.
BUT WE ARE DOING IT RELATIVELY WELL, AT LEAST, UH, AT 40%.
UM, OUR NEWEST BUILDING IS ALMOST DONE, AND SO IT'LL OPEN FOR THE FALL OF 2025 IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO COME ON CAMPUS.
WE'D LOVE TO, LOVE TO HAVE YOU TAKE A LOOK.
IT'S GOT A NICE GLASS FRONT, UH, TO IT, BUT IT WILL OPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND THEN THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT IS OUR NEW ADMISSIONS BUILDING, WHICH IS A BUILDING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY BREAKING GROUND ON.
AND SO IF YOU COME BY CAMPUS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PARKING LOT AT ROGERS STADIUM.
MADAM ALUM, I KNOW YOU KNOW WHERE ROGERS STADIUM IS, BUT IF YOU COME TO ROGERS STADIUM, YOU SEE THE PARKING LOT IS TOTALLY BLOCKED OFF BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THIS NEW BUILDING THAT'S GONNA GO UP.
AND SO THAT'LL, THESE WILL BE THE FIRST TWO OF, I THINK IT'S FIVE, UH, NEW BUILDINGS THAT WE'LL BE BUILDING, INCLUDING THE NEW RESIDENCE HALL, UH, NEW HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, AND A NEW LEADERSHIP BUILDING, UH, ACADEMIC POINTS OF PRIDE.
UH, JUST RECENTLY WE WERE NAMED IN, IN R TWO UNIVERSITY FOR THE WORK THAT OUR FACULTY DO, UH, IN RESEARCH.
SO WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.
UM, STARTED A NEW MBA PROGRAM AND A NEW MASTER OF SCIENCE AND DATA SCIENCE, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP PACE WITH THE CURRENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE, UH, FUTURE WORKFORCE.
UM, AND WE, OUR NEW NURSING PROGRAM, SO WE, WE HAD AN ASSOCIATES IN NURSING THAT WE ENDED UP CHANGING TO AN RN TO A BSN NURSING PROGRAM.
UH, THAT NURSING PROGRAM IS NOW ACCREDITED FOR THE FIRST TIME UNIVERSITY HISTORY, SO WE ARE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.
AND OUR MASTER'S DEGREE, MASTER'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK, UH, ATHLETICS, UM, IF YOU HAVE BEEN A FAN OF, OF VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS, THEN YOU KNEW MRS. UH, PEGGY DAVIS.
UH, MRS. DAVIS PASSED UNEXPECTEDLY, UH, LAST OCTOBER.
AND TO BE HONEST, WE STILL, WE STILL MISS HER.
UH, SHE JUST HAD AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY, UH, AT VSU AND EVERY TIME I, I, I LOVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER BECAUSE SHE DID SO MUCH FOR US.
I WAS GONNA SAY IT, BUT I HAD A FEELING HE PUT THIS HERE.
BUT WE HAVE RECENTLY HIRED A NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, UH, MISS TIFFANY, DAWN SYKES, A VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY ALONE, UH, WHO BEGAN HER WORK TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND I DON'T KNOW, DID SHE BEGIN TWO WEEKS AGO? BUT THEN SHE HAD A BIG JOB BECAUSE OUR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH, WHO MADE THE FINALS OF THE CIA TOURNAMENT, UH, GOT HIRED AWAY BY A DIVISION ONE PROGRAM.
UH, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A DIVISION TWO SCHOOL IS NO ONE ASPIRES TO BE A COACH AT A DIVISION TWO INSTITUTION.
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AND SO FOLKS USE US AS A STEPPING STONE, AND THAT'S OKAY, AS LONG AS THEY DO GOOD WORK.AND SO SHE HAD TO HIRE A NEW COACH.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ANNOUNCING OUR NEW WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH ON THURSDAY, AND PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, ADDITIONALLY IN ATHLETICS, IF I WAS TO GUESS, YES, I KNEW WHAT WAS COMING UP.
THE MEN
THE MEN ACTUALLY WON THE CIAA.
THEIR THIRD TIME WINNING IT, UH, IN, IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.
AND, AND SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT COACH LANI BLOW ON THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING.
AND, UM, OUR POINT GUARD WHO'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD IS COMING BACK.
AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ANOTHER ONE, GET ANOTHER ONE NEXT YEAR.
UH, FOOTBALL, OUR FOOTBALL SCHEDULE IS OUT.
UH, MY EYES AREN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE.
UH, BUT HOMECOMING IS AT THE BLUEFIELD STATE DAY.
WELL, WHATEVER DAY, HOMECOMING IS OCTOBER 5TH.
YOU ALL ARE ALWAYS INVITED TO COME AND HANG OUT WITH US.
WELL, MARK, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS THAT WE HAVE SPECIAL SPACE FOR, UH, THOSE FROM, UH, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN DEN WITTY COUNTY.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SEASON.
UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY WON THE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOOTBALL.
ENDED UP LOSING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL COACH AND THE WONDERFUL TEAM, AND WE HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR OUR FOOTBALL TEAM NEXT YEAR SAVE THE DATES IN ADDITION TO HOMECOMING, UM, VSU COMMENCEMENT MAY 11TH.
UH, WE'RE HAVING DENWITTY HIGH SCHOOL'S GRADUATION AT THE MPC.
UH, WE ACTUALLY REALLY LOVE DOING THAT.
UH, WE LIKE TO GET KIDS INTO THE MPC SO THEY CAN SEE VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UH, ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN OUT YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THE FIRST CHOICE FOR DENWOODY HIGH SCHOOL, WE WANNA DO.
AND THE LAST ONE, OF COURSE, I THINK YOU ALREADY SEE, BUT WE'VE BEEN SELECTED TO HOST THE GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE.
UH, KIND OF TAKES THE PLACE OF ANOTHER DEBATE WE WERE TRYING TO HAVE, BUT, UH, DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND APPARENTLY, UH, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN DID NOT WANT TO DO A DEBATE AT THE UNIVERSITY.
UM, BUT OUR TWO CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR DUKE.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM ON CAMPUS.
AND, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE, UM, UH, THE NEWS FOLKS TO SEE HOW WE INVOLVE OUR KIDS IN THAT MM-HMM
UH, AND SO WE'LL BE REACHING OUT IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT TO DENWOODY HIGH SCHOOL, TO SEE HOW WE CAN INVOLVE THEM IN THIS WONDERFUL CIVICS LESSON, UH, IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
AND WITH THAT, UM, THAT'S THE UP, THAT'S MY UPDATE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR HAVING ME.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M KIND OF SCARED I DON'T, YOU KNOW, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? JUST COMMENTS? JUST OF COURSE.
I ATTENDED VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
I SAID, YOU KNOW,
I SAID, YOU KNOW, DON'T FORGET YOU AND DR.
HE'S ALWAYS, HE ALWAYS HAS YOUR BACK.
ABDULLAH, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AT VIRGINIA STATE AND, UM, SO WE ALWAYS LIKE TO UPLIFT YOU, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR ENGINEERING PROGRAM, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT, WITH GO VIRGINIA AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DEVELOPING WITH VSU, UH, OUR AIRPORT, OF COURSE IS INVOLVED WITH, WITH YOU.
UM, BUT WE'RE, AS A COMMUNITY, I WOULD WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, FOR THE GRADUATES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF VSU, OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, UH, HOLLY HAS A LOT OF GRADUATES, UM, THAT ARE IN IT, BUT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE.
UH, I REMEMBER COMING UP THE HILL AND GOING INTO VSU, BUT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY WENT ON CAMPUS TODAY.
A LOT OF GOOD CHANGE, UM, GOING FORWARD.
AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT PRESENTED, THE ACADEMIC CAMPUS THAT'S COMING, UM, BEFORE, IS THAT ADMISSIONS AS WELL AS THE HARRIS HALL.
AND, UH, SO FOR US TO PROMOTE VSU IS A GOOD THING IN DENWOODY COUNTY.
THANK, THANK YOU YOU SO MUCH, SIR.
AND I, I JUST WANNA SAY IN MY HOUSE I'VE GOT, UM, TWO HO UH, UH, I'M A HOKEY THROUGH AND THROUGH, BUT, UH, TWO VIRGINIA STATE GRADUATES, SO, UH, I HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOME LOVE TOO.
UM, AND THEY, UM, HAVE A ALLOWED MY DAUGHTER AND MY WIFE TO GET SOME PRETTY GOOD PAYCHECKS.
SO, UH, SO ANYWAY, UM, AND I'LL AGREE WITH DR. MOORE, IF YOU RIDE ON CAMPUS, UM, IT, IT'S A LOT TO, TO SEE THAT'S NEW AT VIRGINIA STATE.
SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING ALSO.
AND SINCE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A HOKEY AND NOT A YAHOO, AND I KNOW THAT THE ORANGE SHIRT AND THE BLUE BLAZER THAT YOU'RE WEARING, THAT'S FOR VIRGINIA STATE
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU GOT FOR REPRESENTING THE ORANGE AND BLUE OF VIRGINIA STATE.
[7.A. Contract Award, A/E Services]
TO INTO ACTION ITEMS.[00:20:01]
UM, WE GO WITH, UM, CONTRACT A, A AND E SERVICES, MS. INGRAM.MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MASSENGILL, I'M NOT SURE HOW I ALWAYS GET TO FOLLOW THE FUN STUFF.
BUT BSU IS CERTAINLY AN ASSET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR REGION AS WELL.
UM, I'M BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK ABOUT OUR ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT.
WE HAD A RIVETING 30 PROPOSALS, UM, QUITE, QUITE THE RESPONSE MM-HMM
UM, WE NORMALLY DON'T HAVE THAT MANY, SO THAT SHOWS THAT MANY COMPANIES WANNA WORK WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, OF THOSE 30, WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO 12, UM, DIFFERENT FIRMS AND INTERVIEWED THEM.
AND THIS IS A JOINT CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THE COUNTY.
SO I HAVE BEFORE YOU A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE SEVEN A AND E ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE COULD WORK WITH OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THIS CONTRACT IS RENEWABLE FOR UP TO THREE YEARS AFTER THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE P OF THE
YOU CAN APPROVE THE CONTRACTS AS PRESENTED AND THAT'S PRESUMED THAT YOU ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS IT WAS PRESENTED.
[7.B. Contract Award, Cybernetics]
WE HAVE, UM, CONTRACT AWARD FOR CYBER CYBERNETICS.I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO, TWO TO PRESENT TO YOU HAVE ONE FOR CYBERNETICS, WHICH IS THE, THE NETWORK STORAGE ATTACHMENT UNIT THAT WE'RE GETTING TO INCREASE OUR DIS SPACE OVER THE PAST, UH, 12 YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN ON, ON THE SAME PLATFORM, BUT WE'VE GOTTA INCREASE OUR DIS SPACE NOW.
SO THIS IS WHERE THIS COMES IN.
UH, WE ARE STICKING WITH THE CYBERNETICS, UH, DIS DISARRAY THAT, UH, IT HAS PROVEN ITSELF OVER THE PAST 10 TO 12 YEARS.
UM, SO WE, WE DON'T WANNA SWAY AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE IT'S A PROVEN PRODUCT.
UM, I'M ASKING, UH, FOR THE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, PURCHASING THROUGH THE CONTRACT.
I'M TELLING YOU
THROUGH, THROUGH THE FAIRFAX COUNTY CONTRACT.
SORRY, UM, TOOK ME A MINUTE TO FIND IT.
UM, SO IF I CAN, UH, REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL ON THAT ONE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. C BROWN, BONNER.
[7.C. Contract Award, Cybersecurity Software ]
CONTRACT I BRING, UH, BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE RENEWAL OF THE CYBERNETICS SECURITY CONTRACT.UH, WE WENT WITH THEM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
UH, WE'RE UP FOR RENEWAL AND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CDW ALLOWING, UM, AS THE, THE CONTRACT WILL BE PURCHASED THROUGH THEM.
UH, FROM THERE THAT'LL TAKE US FOR ANOTHER, UH, 12 MONTHS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO.
MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED AND THE RESOLUTION.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
DO WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA? BONNER.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE UH, CITIZEN COMMENT.
[Additional Item]
SO WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION, UH, FOR RULE RUSTIC PROJECT TRANQUILITY LANE.SO WHEN THE BOARD ADDS PROJECTS TO THE SECONDARY 60 PLAN ADDED BY CODE RESOLUTION MUST BE DONE TO GET, DEDICATE THE ROUTE AS A RURAL RUSTIC ROAD, UH, TO FALL UNDER V DOTS.
RURAL RUSTIC PROGRAM ROAD HAS TO MEET CERTAIN
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CRITERIA BASED ON A HOUSING DENSITY TRAFFIC VOLUME.SO THIS RESOLUTION MORE OR LESS DEDICATES THAT THE ROAD WILL, UH, STAY RURAL IN NATURE.
UM, GIVEN THE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH I'VE ALREADY REVIEWED AND LOOKING AT GIS AND THE PROPERTIES THAT ADJOIN THIS ROAD, UH, THERE IS NO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SLATE FOR HERE, QUALIFYING THE ROAD FOR A RURAL RUSTIC PROJECT.
JUST NEED A RESOLUTION TO LEGALLY SAY SO.
QUESTIONS OVER? SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE RESOLUTION.
SO, MS. CHAIRMAN, WE JUST NEED A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO CITIZEN COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
[9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS]
HAVE, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENT.MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, QUITE A FEW THINGS TO GO OVER THIS, THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, ONE, I I JUST WANNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE, IN THE FY 26 BUDGET AND CIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, ONE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE BUDGET HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR APRIL 29TH.
SO THAT WILL, WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK ON THE 29TH FOR THAT HEARING.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T VOTE THAT NIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO BY STATE CODE CONTEMPLATE, YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE BUDGET PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU VOTE ON IT.
SO THAT VOTE WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE AT YOUR MAY 6TH MEETING.
IN THAT, AT THAT POINT YOU WOULD HAVE AN ADOPTED BUDGET.
UH, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE TREASURER, UH, INDICATED YESTERDAY IN A MEETING THAT, THAT ALL THE, UM, REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BILLS WILL BE SENT OUT NEXT WEEK.
UM, SO AGAIN, THAT'S A GOOD THING 'CAUSE IT ALLOWS MORE PEOPLE TIME TO BE ABLE TO, TO PAY THEIR TAXES FOR THAT JUNE 5TH PAYMENT.
AS YOU'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THE TAX RATES, UH, ALREADY, UH, GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION, UH, JUST AS A WRAP UP TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, ONE OF THE THE POINTS, UH, THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE, UH, DID THE GOVERNOR DID SIGN INTO, INTO LAW THE, UH, INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE OF RICHARD BLAND.
SO A, A BOARD OF VISITORS WILL BE NAMED, UH, FOR RICHARD BLAND.
WILLIAM AND MARY WILL BE DROPPED OFF OF THAT, UM, OF, OF THAT, UH, COLLEGE.
SO, UH, THAT WOULD BE TAKING PLACE.
AND AGAIN, THOSE, THAT BOARD OF VISITORS ANTICIPATED TO BE, TO HAVE ITS FIRST MEETING JULY OF 2026.
UH, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST IMPACT BUDGETARILY IS STILL THAT, UH, THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT TAKEN ANY ACTION, UH, IN REGARDS TO EDUCATION FUNDING.
HE HAS UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY TO DO SO.
UH, SO THE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WON'T HAVE THEIR FINAL BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY, MAY 6TH IS WHEN YOU VOTE.
IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT PROBABLY UNLESS THE GOVERNOR DECIDES TO ACT BEFORE THAT.
THE ONLY, THE BIGGEST IMPACT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WE KNOW, THERE'S A TEACHER SHORTAGE ACROSS THE, THE COMMONWEALTH WHERE NATIONWIDE.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF TEACHERS THAT IF THEY DON'T GET A CONTRACT, WILL START TRYING TO FIND OTHER PLACES TO WORK.
AND SO WITH, WITH MANY OPENINGS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, THAT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE.
SO THIS, THIS, UH, THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT MAY TAKE PLACE.
IF WE, IF IT HAPPENS BEFOREHAND, WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
I WANTED TO MENTION, UH, IN REGARDS TO OUR, SOME OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
ONE SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS ONGOING NOW IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A, AS YOU KNOW, THE BASKETBALL AND PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT'S LOCATED, UH, AT THE, THE DIMITY SPORTS COMPLEX.
UH, WE, WHEN THE CONTRACTORS STARTED WORK OUT THERE, THEY, THEY NOTICED IT WAS AN UNCHARACTERISTICALLY AMOUNT OF WATER, UH, INTO THE SOIL TYPE.
SO WE STARTED DOING SOME GEOTECH WORK TO FIND THAT THERE'S A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SITE WORK THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER FOR THOSE, UM, PICKLEBALL BASKETBALL COURTS TO BE BUILT.
SO WE'RE PRESENTLY WORKING WITH THE EXISTING CONTRACTOR AND SOME SITE COMPANIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO, TO RESULT IN.
I TELL YOU THAT TO SAY THAT AND UNTIL I HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER, BUT IT WILL RESULT IN A CHANGE ORDER OUT THERE OF, OF A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT SIZE.
WE'RE STARTING TO, TRYING TO WORK ON THAT NOW TO FIND OUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
BUT IN ORDER FOR THAT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WE MAY HAVE TO, TO BRING THIS UP AT YOUR 29TH, UH, HEARING FOR
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AN ACTION ITEM IF WE'RE TO MOVE FORWARD.UM, SO WE'RE, THAT'S OUR GOAL.
THAT'S OUR, OUR GOAL IN THE PROCESS.
UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, STAFFING AND RE AND RECRUITMENT.
UM, CHIEF KISSNER FINALLY HAS A COMMAND STAFF IN PLACE.
UH, HE'S BEEN HERE SIX MONTHS, OVER SIX MONTHS, AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE'S ACTUALLY GOT HIS TEAM ASSEMBLED.
UM, AND THAT'S MOST RECENTLY WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHUCK LEWIS AS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION.
AND CHRIS P*****K, WHO IS NOW OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF IN FIRE EMS. SO WE'RE, WE HAVE A, A WONDERFUL COMMAND STAFF AND CHIEF KISSINGER'S LEADERSHIP THERE IS GOING A LONG WAY.
AND SO JUST SO GLAD THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD THOSE LEADERS IN POSITION TO MOVE THE THE DEPARTMENT FORWARD.
UM, ONE THING I, I PROMISED YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND MAYBE IT WAS TOO AGGRESSIVE, BUT TO START SOME KEVIN MASSENGILL, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO START THOSE AS SOON AS THE BUDGET GETS ADOPTED.
SO I KNOW SUMMERTIME IS, IS USING THAT THE BEST TIME FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO FIND SOME SPECIFIC AUDIENCES.
SO WHETHER IT'S A CIVIC ORGANIZATION, OTHER NONPROFITS, CHURCHES, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, IF THERE'S GROUPS THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT YOU WANT ME TO GO SPEAK TO, I, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS START THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO STRATEGIC PLANNING.
I WOULD ASK THAT IF, IF I GO TO ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS AND YOU WANT TO COME WITH ME, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME, OBVIOUSLY, TO DO THAT.
WE CAN DO IT AS A, AS A TAG TEAM APPROACH.
UH, BUT I, I REALLY THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, NOT TO TAKE OVER, BUT MAYBE TO SUPPLEMENT.
YOU COULD ALSO DO TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
AND SO MS. GRANT AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UH, I KNOW THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR.
YOU HAD A SPECIFIC MESSAGE THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GET OUT IN REGARDS TO THE GENERAL REASSESSMENT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST MOST RECENTLY WITH THIS BUDGET, I THINK THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT MAY BE IN EACH DISTRICT.
SO IF YOU WANNA DO MORE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO SUPPORT YOU THAT WAY TOO.
JUST WANT YOU TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT LOOK.
NOW, LAST TIME WE DID 'EM ONE AT A TIME IN THE PAST, WE'VE KIND OF DOUBLED UP IN CERTAIN AREAS, IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO THAT TOO.
THAT SOMETIMES GENERATES A LITTLE BIT MORE PARTICIPATION.
UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, SPECIAL, UH, SPRING TYPE OF EVENTS AND RECOGNITIONS.
ONE, UH, THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION OFFICERS WEEK.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR, YOUR 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS AND SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, I REALLY, IT'S, IT'S THE, THE FIRST RESPONDER IN MY MIND, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FIRST PERSON TO ANSWER THAT CALL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT JUST HOW, WHAT A CRITICAL ROLE THEY PLAY, UM, IN, IN THE OVERALL PUBLIC SAFETY FIELD.
SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THIS WEEK, BUT IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SAY THANKS TO A 9 1 1 DISPATCHER OR THOSE AT HOME, WE, WE HOPE THEY DO THAT.
IN ADDITION, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL APPRECIATION WEEK IS THIS WEEK TOO.
UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALVIN LANGLEY AND HIS STAFF, UH, DOES, DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR 507 SQUARE MILES OF WHAT THEY DO.
UH, SO AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
ALSO, ALVIN INDICATED TO US, UH, YESTERDAY THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN EVENT ON FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND AT THE SHELTER.
IT WAS KIND OF A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TYPE OF EVENT WHERE THEY'RE HOPING TO GET SOME ADOPTIONS AND GET PEOPLE MORE ACCLIMATED TO THE SHELTER.
SO THAT'S, AGAIN, FATHER'S DAY, UH, WEEKEND.
UH, IT'S ALSO, IF YOU, WHEN YOU CAME INTO THE GOVERNMENT, UH, COMPLEX, YOU PROBABLY SAW PINWHEELS OUTSIDE.
AND SO THIS IS ALSO CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IS APRIL.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, COMING IN.
SO WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE SENSE THAT, I KNOW YOU SEE DONNA AND HER STAFF QUITE A BIT.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY TALK ABOUT, UM, CHILD ABUSE AND ELDER ABUSE, UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S A VERY, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SO PROUD OF THE STAFF THAT DOES THAT WORK.
UM, BUT AGAIN, UM, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT IF YOU SEE THE PINWHEELS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR.
UM, THE, THE FIRST FULL WEEK IN MAY IS, UH, NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION MONTH.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH HR TO, TO LOOK AT ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT FIRST WEEK OF MAY.
UH, ONE OF 'EM SPECIFICALLY IS, YOU KNOW, WE DEFERRED IN THE FALL, THE PICNIC FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
SO I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS FOR THAT WEEK.
WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY HELD WEDNESDAY, UM, AS A POTENTIAL DAY TO DO THAT, THAT PICNIC FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
BUT I WANTED YOU ALL TO, TO LOOK AT THAT.
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UM, ALSO THAT FRIDAY, MAY 9TH WOULD BE, UM, AT 3:00 PM IS MY ANNUAL WORKFORCE BRIEFING.SO WE'LL HAVE ADOPTED A BUDGET ON THE SIXTH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THE PICNIC ON THE SEVENTH, AND THEN ON THE NINTH WILL BE MY WORKFORCE BRIEFING.
AND THE BOARD IS ALWAYS WELCOME TO, TO COME TO THAT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO YEARS OF SERVICE, UH, RECOGNITIONS AT, AT THAT EVENT.
SO WE'LL SHUT COUNTY GOVERNMENT DOWN AROUND 2 30, 3 O'CLOCK TO BE THERE TO START AT, AT THREE AT THE, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, DIMITY JOB FAIR, THERE'S A, A JOB FAIR THAT'S TAKEN PLACE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH, 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT HISTORIC, UH, SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION CENTER.
AND THAT'S BEING DONE BY SOCIAL SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH, BY THE JOB ASSISTANCE CENTER.
SO WE'VE STARTED TO PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT, BUT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UM, OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING TO THAT, TO THAT JOB FAIR.
SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
A SMALL BUSINESS EXPO IS BEING PLANNED, AND THAT'S FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH.
THAT'S FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM UM, THAT'S GONNA BE DONE AT EAST SIDE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT CENTER.
AND THAT'S GONNA GIVE FOUR TO SEVEN.
AND WE'RE GONNA UNVEIL OUR NEW DIY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM WEBSITE.
AND, AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE GIVEN AT THAT EVENT.
UM, AND THEN THAT SAME NIGHT, CITIZENS ACADEMY, WE HAVE GRADUATION, UH, BEING THAT THE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS EXPO WAS AT EAST SIDE, THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE AT RAGSDALE.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT AT RAGSDALE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THAT'S, AGAIN, 24TH MARIE.
THAT STARTS AT SIX, SIX O'CLOCK, UM, IS WHEN THAT STARTS.
AND THEN MR. MR. LEE AND I AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO COME, UH, APRIL 28TH, WE HAVE VACO REGION FOUR, UH, MEETING.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE DONE AT, IN LAWRENCEVILLE AT THREE O'CLOCK, THREE TO FIVE O'CLOCK, UH, IN, IN LAWRENCEVILLE.
UM, BUT IF, IF OTHERS WANT TO COME, LET US KNOW.
WE LOVE, WE CAN KIND OF CARPOOL TOGETHER IF NEED BE.
JUST WANNA REMIND YOU THAT, UM, THE TRI-CITIES LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL BREAKFAST IS TO TAKE PLACE AT THE HOPEWELL MOOSE LODGE.
AND THAT'S, UH, 7:30 AM AT MAY 1ST.
SO YOU'RE GETTING UP EARLY TO GO TO BREAKFAST.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO STAY UNTIL YOU CAN GO BACK AND DO OTHER THINGS.
BUT AT SIX O'CLOCK, WE WANT YOU BACK AT NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE DIMITY SPORTS COMPLEX.
UM, WE HAVE THE FIRST ONE DIMITY COMMUNITY CHURCH CHOIR THAT'S, UH, GONNA HAVE ITS FIRST EVENT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THREE YOUTH THAT ARE, WILL BE, UH, UM, OFFERING PRAYERS THAT DAY.
SO IF ANYBODY CAME LAST YEAR, IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT.
WE'RE EXPECTING MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR.
WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO BRING THEIR CHAIR.
IT'S A GREAT EVENT TO, TO SET OUT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND, AND, AND LISTEN TO HOPE THAT THE BOARD CAN, CAN MAKE THAT.
UH, ALSO, I WANT YOU TO HOLD THE DATE FOR SOVA.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR ANNUAL DINNER ON MAY 29TH, SO MAY, MAY 29TH.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM AT THE OFFICER'S CLUB, UM, AT FORT GREG ADAMS. SO THAT, THAT KIND OF HOLD THE DATE FOR MAY 29TH AS MORE INFORMATION COMES IN.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU THAT AS WELL.
I'M GONNA LOOK AT MORGAN OR TAMMY MORGAN.
I'VE GOT A HOLD TO TALK ABOUT THE FARMER'S MARKET IN MCKINNEY.
DO, CAN YOU TELL ME THE DATE OF THAT? YES, THE 25TH WAS THE FIRST.
SO THE, THE FIRST, UM, FOR THOSE AT HOME, THE 25TH WILL BE THE FIRST, UM, FARMER'S MARKET, THREE O'CLOCK FOR THAT EVENT.
UM, MR. LEE'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, WE USED TO HAVE THIS COMMITTEE YEARS AGO CALLED THE, UH, DEWIN COUNTY BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF, OF HOW DO WE CLEAN UP DEWIN COUNTY, HOW DO WE PRESENT IT BETTER, UH, IF, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF CITIZENS THAT HAVE QUESTIONED THE, THE VOLUME OF TRASH THAT YOU SEE, UH, ON SECONDARY ROADS.
UM, THIS IS A CONVERSATION IN MY OTHER CAPACITY AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL JAIL.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY LIMITED INMATES ANYMORE TO BE ABLE TO A, THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO, TO DO, UM, LITTER REMOVAL, AND THEN B AFTER THEY DO IT, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HELP, THEY DON'T REALLY TYPICALLY WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING LOW INMATE POPULATION.
SO WHEN WE SEE THAT TAKE PLACE, UM, TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT WILL MEAN IS WE'RE NOT BEING ABLE TO GO OUT AS MUCH AS WE USED TO, TO, TO PICK UP TRASH.
UM, AND I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY'S CONCERNED WITH IT, SO I'M GONNA LET MR. LEE TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.
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TO, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD.I, I ASKED MR. LEE JUST TO, WHEN I DO MY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS, JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEEL, UH, FOR RECRUITMENT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE GOING A LONG WAY THIS YEAR IN OUR CLASS IN COMPENSATION, BUT WE'RE STILL STUCK WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN SOME OF THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.
SO WE STILL HAVE AN OPEN POSITION IN RECRUITING FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE THREE POSITION.
WE'VE BEEN RE AND THAT'S BEEN BEING RECRUITED FOR MONTHS, UH, LONGER THAN MONTHS, PROBABLY HALF A YEAR OR MORE HAS BEEN THE ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY POSITION THAT WE HAD FUNDING FOR, FOR, UH, MS. MANN.
THAT'S, THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FILLED.
UH, NOW THAT MR. LEWIS HAS MOVED ON TO BE THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR THAT OPENS UP HIS PREVIOUS POSITION AS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER THAT'S PRESENTLY BEING, UM, BEING RECRUITED FOR PARKS AND REC.
WE HAVE A RECREATION TECHNICIAN POSITIONS THERE.
UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE HAVE A DEPUTY SHERIFF, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DEPUTY SHERIFF'S SECURITY POSITIONS THAT WE'RE RECRUITING FOR.
UM, AND THEN IN GENERAL SERVICES, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR SOME TIME.
UM, AND THEN YESTERDAY, IF YOU WERE READING YOUR EMAILS, YOU SAW THAT I ANNOUNCED THE RETIREMENT OF, OF JEAN JONES, THE DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES, UM, SINCE HE CAME TO THE COUNTY IN 2002.
SO THAT RECRUITMENT PACKAGE, UH, WAS RELEASED TODAY.
IT'S ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE TO, UH, TO FILL THE POSITION THAT HE WILL VACATE AT THE END OF THE, UM, END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, JUNE 30.
AND SO, UM, TALKING TO ANOTHER SUBJECT, REASSESSMENT, AND, AND AGAIN, I I'D LIKE TO, TO SHARE NUMBERS WITH YOU AS THEY COME IN.
SO THE COMMISSIONER REVENUE IS REPORTED THREE, UH, SALES THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE YOUR LAST, LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.
AND SO JUAN IS A, A A A HOME THAT WAS 1,144 SQUARE FOOT.
THE NEW ASSESSMENT, UH, WAS PUT TO 2 46, 240 6,000 SOLD IN A MATTER OF, FOR 290,000.
WE HAD ANOTHER HOME, UH, SAME DAY, 1,433 SQUARE FOOT HOME.
NEW ASSESSMENT WAS 3 0 8, SOLD THREE 80.
UM, THEN WE JUST, ANOTHER HOME THAT WAS JUST UNDER 2000 SQUARE FOOT NEW ASSESSMENT WAS AT 2 63, SOLD AT 3 34.
SO CONSISTENTLY WE'RE SEEING THAT OUR HOMES ARE STILL SELLING EVEN HIGHER THAN WHERE WE HAD THEM ASSESSED.
SO THAT SALES RATIO IS GONNA CONTINUE TO DROP AS WE SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GETTING OVER THIS, THIS FIRST ASSESSMENT, THE HOMES THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LIMITED SUPPLY OF HOMES, THE HOMES THAT ARE ON THE MARKET ARE STILL SELLING MUCH HIGHER THAN WHERE THE COUNTY HAS AND ASSESSED AS.
AND IF WE HAD THOSE THAT CAME IN UNDER, I WOULD, I WOULD BE GIVING YOU THOSE TOO.
BUT WE'RE JUST, WE'RE NOT SEEING MANY GOOD, UH, ARMS LENGTH TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE THAT WAY.
UM, I WAS REMINDED THAT, THAT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE ON THE BOARD THAT STILL NEED SOME FOIA COIA TRAINING.
SO WE NEED TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON THAT.
YOU MAY KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT WE NEED TO, TO WRAP THAT UP.
UM, YOUR MAY 20TH REGULAR MEETING.
SO YOUR NEXT MEETING, YOU GOT FIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT NIGHT THAT ARE BEING SCHEDULED FOR.
SO YOU'VE GOT, UH, THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN THAT MR. FRENCH JUST TALKED TO YOU ABOUT.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING TO OUR BUILDING FEES, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE HAD THAT NIGHT.
WE HAVE TWO CASES, I'M TOLD FOR WEST PETERSBURG, UH, FOR SOME REZONINGS OUT THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN EVENT CENTER REZONING CASE THAT'S IN THE BALTIMORE, UH, CORNER AREA OF, OF THE COUNTY.
SO THAT'D BE MR. DOOLEY'S DISTRICT THAT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY.
SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE FIVE HEARINGS THAT NIGHT, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE SPECIAL RECOGNITION SO THAT THAT COULD BE A PRETTY BIG MEETING ON, ON THE 20TH.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, JUST AND PROUD OF THIS TOO, WE, UH, TALKING ABOUT DIMITY FIRE AND EMS, THEY, THEY ANNOUNCED TODAY THE, UM, ESTABLISHMENT OF A YOUTH ACADEMY.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE HELD FROM JUNE 9TH TO JUNE 13TH.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A WEEK LONG, UH, PROGRAM THAT'S GONNA BE FROM 8:30 AM TO 4:30 PM AND IT'S GONNA MOVE AROUND THE COUNTY AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UH, FIRE STATIONS.
BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY KIND OF TARGETED TO THAT NINTH GRADER TO 12TH GRADER AT, AT DIY HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S ALSO OPEN TO, UM, CHILDREN OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND AGAIN, MAINLY THE RESIDENTS OF, OF THE COUNTY.
AND AGAIN, THE, THE, THE KIND OF PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS IS TO, TO KINDA GIVE THE, THESE, THESE YOUNG ADULTS THE FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BE PART OF THE FIRE AND EMS TEAM.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.
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UM, WE NEED PEOPLE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO LOOK AT THIS AS A POTENTIAL PROFESSION AND CAREER.AND SO I KIND OF JUST APPLAUD THE FIRE AND EMS STAFF FOR, FOR MOVING FORWARD IN THAT.
I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME FLYERS, UM, THAT I WILL HAND OUT TO YOU.
IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE THIS, BUT IF YOU PLEASE TAKE 'EM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING IT TO THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AS WELL AS THE SCHOOLS, UH, TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO, TO GET THAT OUT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I KNOW THAT'S A LONGER THAN NORMAL REPORT, BUT, UH, LOT, LOT GOING ON IN THEM WINNING THESE DAYS.
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MEMBER COMMENTS.UH, MS. BON, WE'LL START WITH YOU.
UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE, UH, TEEN BOOK AND A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE SHOWED UP, UH, UM, LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF FOR WORKING HARD.
IT WAS JUST, JUST GREAT, UM, FROM THE, FROM THE COUNTY AND THE, UH, THE BOARD, I MEAN THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD WORKING TOGETHER TO HAVE THAT DONE.
UH, AND I, UH, PRIMARILY WORKED WITH THE, UH, PARENTS THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, THEY HAD A LOT OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND I DID SIT IN A COUPLE OF THOSE, UM, THE AI ONE AND, UM, THE, UH, PAYING FOR COLLEGE.
AND THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PARENTS THAT WERE THERE, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN KNOWING, UH, WHAT THEY HAD TO DO TO PAY FOR SCHOOL.
AND, UM, THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS THERE, SHE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION AND, UM, GAVE THAT OUT AND, AND TO TRY TO TELL THEM HOW TO, UM, JUST GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD AS WELL.
BUT THEY HAD, UM, A VAPING SESSION FOR IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, BRIGHTPOINT AND ANTE WAS THERE AND, UM, THE ACADEMIC PLANNING.
AND, UM, THEY SHOWED PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE, UM, MEALS IN A JAR AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
THEY HAD A LOT OF GOOD STUFF THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, UH, DR. MOORE AND I BOTH WERE THERE, I THINK IT'S BEEN A 13TH YEAR DOING IT.
SO WE ENJOY GOING AND SEEING THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, BEING INVOLVED AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
UM, AND THEY HAD ALSO GREAT GIFTS THEY GAVE OUT.
AND, UM, UH, YANETTE NICHOLAS WAS, THIS WAS HER FIRST TIME I THINK DOING THE TEEN EXPO.
SO SHE, UM, SHE DID A GREAT JOB WITH HER TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYTHING WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN.
UM, BUT YEP, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND, UM, THE YOUNG PEOPLE JUST, THEY SEEMED TO ENJOY IT.
THEY HAD A, A DANCE SEGMENT TOO.
THEY HAD, UM, A LOCAL GROUP AND UH, THEN WITT THEY PRACTICE AT THE, UH, ENHANCEMENT CENTER AND THEIR, UM, GROUP HAS REALLY GROWN AND THEY HAD THESE FANS AND THEY WERE JUST DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR DOING THAT.
SO THEY SEEMED TO ENJOY, UH, THAT DANCE, THE DANCE ROUTINE THAT THEY HAD.
UM, SOMETHING LIKE LINE DANCE OR STEP DANCE OR SOMETHING.
SO THEY, UM, THEY ENJOYED THAT.
SO THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A GOOD THING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO IT.
AND LIKE TO THANK, UH, RICHARD BLAND.
'CAUSE I, UM, I BELIEVE RICHARD BLAND WAS, UM, PRETTY MUCH OUR SPONSORED DOING, UH, DOING THIS THIS YEAR.
AND THEY HAD THE ROBOT, I MISSED THE ROBOT, THEY SAID EVERYBODY LOVED THE ROBOT.
SO WHEN I GOT THERE, THEY HAD FINISHED UP WITH THE ROBOT, BUT, UM, UH, THAT, THAT WAS GOOD.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE KIND OF KUDOS OUT TO, YOU KNOW, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND ALSO, UM, OF COURSE THIS IS EASTER WEEK AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, UM, DID THEIR 40 DAYS, UH, WHAT THEY WERE GONNA GIVE UP OR WHATEVER AND OH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY PLANNED TO DO DURING THE TIME OF CHRIST.
SO, UM, IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT TIME AND, UM, HOLIDAY BECAUSE, UM, I THINK, I THINK CHRISTIANS, I THINK CHRISTIANS, UH, WE REALIZE THAT, UM, UM, WHEN, WHEN JESUS ROSE ON THE THIRD DAY, AND YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION THAT BECAUSE IT SAY POWERFUL TIME AND, UM, RIGHT NOW WE NEED A LOT OF EXTRA POWERFUL TIME WITH THINGS GOING ON, UH, RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT IS, UM, IS IT, UH, EASTER IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND, UM, JUST WANNA, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, I ALWAYS LOOK AT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS.
EASTER, IT'S FOUR HOURS LONG TOO.
IT IS ALREADY BEEN ON
YEAH, IT'S, IT WAS ON SUNDAY, SO IT'S FOUR HOURS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD MOVIE AND, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE, UM, DURING THIS, DURING THIS TIME.
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SOME OF THE THINGS I WANNA, UM, YOU KNOW, MENTION.AND OF COURSE IF WE SEE SOMEBODY, UM, THAT NEEDS, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF HELP, PLEASE REACH OUT AND TOUCH THEM.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EASTER EGG HUNTS GOING ON UP ACROSS THE COUNTY TOO IN THEIR CHURCHES.
YOU KNOW, THE KIDS COME OUT AND TRY TO FIND CANDY AND DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF SO THEY CAN TERRORIZE THEIR FAMILIES WHEN THEY GET HOME.
BUT ANYWAY,
SO, UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, JUST HAVE A HAPPY EASTER.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK ON MS. BONNER'S COMMENTS PERTAINING TO THE TEEN EXPO.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY IT, IT TRULY IS A PLEASURE BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THE TEEN EXPOS.
UM, I WANT TO THANK RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE FOR THE HOSPITALITY, THE EVALUATION, BEING ABLE TO USE THEIR, THEIR NEW BUILDINGS, UM, THAT WE WENT INTO OUR, FOR OUR BREAKOUT SESSIONS WITH BOTH THE, UH, UH, PARENTS AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN.
UM, I THINK MRS. BONNER AND I HAVE, UH, I THINK SHE'S CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 13 AND I THINK WE HAVE ATTENDED AT ALL 13 OF THEM.
AND I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THAT BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT JUST OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN DENWITY COUNTY.
UM, AND I THINK OUR HEARTS ARE BOTH IN THE SAME PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
UM, THIS YEAR WE HAD SOME, UH, WE WERE TALKING MORE ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SO WE HAD THE DRONES THAT WE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO INVESTIGATE VIRTUAL REALITY.
UM, THAT THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SEE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS OUR MEDIA GREEN SCREEN.
UM, AND THEN THERE WERE SESSIONS PERTAINING TO A CHILD'S LIFE.
AND SO WE HAD LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, LIFE GOES ON.
THAT WAS A GREAT SESSIONS THAT, THAT WERE OFFERED.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR CHILDREN GO INTO THE CAREER SIDE, SOME OF US GO INTO TO THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, CERTIFICATE DRIVEN OR A FOUR YEAR OR TWO YEAR INSTITUTION.
UM, AND THEN THE REVERSE CAREER FAIR, WHICH WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF, OF ASPECT, UM, FOR A CHILD TO LOOK AT.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE'RE IN THE, TRYING TO BE IN THE BUSINESS OF CHANGING LIVES.
AND SO HAVING THE TEEN EXPO, GIVING THE PARENTS AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN EXPOSURE TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS OVER THE 13 YEARS, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A WHOLE LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE TRIED TO SHOW TO OUR STUDENTS.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE SHAPING OUR STUDENTS FOR TOMORROW.
WHAT IS THEIR LIFE GONNA BE LIKE AS THEY GO CONTINUE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, BUT AFTER THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL? AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF, BOTH AT DITY, OUR ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS MY SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE DENWOODY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, AND THE STAFF THAT WAS AT RBC THAT WAS OFFERED TO US, UM, TO PARTICIPATE ALL OF OUR VENDORS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, ANYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
UH, IT WAS A, WE, IT WASN'T TOO HOT, IT WASN'T TOO COLD, IT DIDN'T RAIN ON US.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THAT PERFECT PORRIDGE DAY, AS THEY SAY.
SO WE, WE WERE, WE WERE VERY BLESSED.
WE HAD OVER 150 STUDENTS, UM, THAT PARTICIPATED AND, AND, UH, THOSE WERE REALLY GOOD, GOOD NUMBERS.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IS, IS WHAT WAS SAID AT THE END.
AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME EXCITEMENT AT THE END.
UM, SO THEY CAN GO BACK TO THOSE THAT DIDN'T PARTICIPATE TO SAY, LOOK, IT'S GONNA BE THERE NEXT YEAR IN APRIL.
WE WANT YOU TO COME AND, AND, AND BE A PART OF IT.
SO I'M HOPING SOME LIVES THAT WEREN'T TOUCHED THIS TIME WILL, WILL, WE WILL SEE THEM NEXT APRIL.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED.
UM, THOSE OF US ON THE BOARD, UH, THREE OF US HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION MEETING LAST, UM, WEEK AT THE PETERSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ABDULAH HERE TODAY BECAUSE VR VSU WAS PROMINENTLY TALKED ABOUT, UH, IN THEIR ACTIVITY IN OUR REGION.
UM, WHETHER IT BE THE FARMING COMMUNITY OR THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY, OR JUST THE ACADEMIC CAMPUS, UM, OF WHAT THEY REPRESENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
UM, THE THING THAT I TOOK FROM THAT IS WE ARE, UM, BRINGING ON THREE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES NOW THAT WILL BE JOINING VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION.
ONE IS BRUNSWICK COUNTY, GREENSVILLE COUNTY, AND THE CITY OF EMPORIA WILL BE COMING UNDER OUR UMBRELLA, WHICH TAKES VGR FROM, UH, THE GREATER TRI-CITY AREA ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH CAROLINA LINE.
AND IT OPENS UP A LOT OF LAND, LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES BOTH ON 90, INTERSTATE 95 AND 85.
SO I THINK WE'VE, WE ARE GOING, MOVING IN A VERY POSITIVE DIRECTION.
AND, UM, KEITH BOSWELL, WHO IS
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THE PRESIDENT, C-D-C-E-O OF, UH, VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION, WE THANK HIM FOR HIS EXCELLENT SERVICE AS WELL AS HIS STAFF, THAT THEY HAVE THAT, UM, WORK DAY TO DAY TO TRY TO EXPAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR GREATER REGION.UM, MR. MASSING TALKED ABOUT THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER ON MAY THE FIRST AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX, 6:00 PM WHAT HE DIDN'T SAY IS BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIR WITH YOU.
UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE STANDS THAT ARE THERE, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF AWAY FROM WHERE, UM, THE SPEAKERS ARE, THOSE THAT ARE PRAYING, THOSE THAT ARE SINGING THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO JUST KIND OF BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIR WITH YOU.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL ENJOY THE EVENING AND GOD WILL BLESS WITH A, WITH A NICE CLEAR, COOL EVENING ON MAY THE FIRST MM-HMM
BUT BEFORE THAT, THERE'S ANOTHER SERVICE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S ON SUNDAY, APRIL THE 27TH AT SHARON BAPTIST CHURCH.
THE DENWITTY CLERGY ASSOCIATION WILL HAVE TWO PASTORS THAT WILL BE SPEAKING AT THREE O'CLOCK.
IF MY MEMORY IS AT FORT EMORY, UH, IS IT, IS IT ROAD OR, UM, BUT I KNOW IT'S ON FORT EMERY.
UM, SO THAT IS SUNDAY THE 27TH.
UM, AND UH, LIKE I SAID, THERE WILL BE TWO PASTORS AND THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF MUSIC AND AN ENJOYABLE DAY.
AND THAT WILL LEAD ME INTO, I ALWAYS SAY THE REASON FOR THE SEASON, UH, BOTH AT CHRISTMAS AND THEN WE HAVE EASTER.
AND, UM, FOR THOSE OF US THAT BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, IT'S A WONDERFUL TIME BECAUSE IT'S THE TIME OF RESURRECTION AND, UM, ETERNAL LIFE.
SO FOR THOSE, I JUST SAY HAPPY EASTER TO YOU AND, UH, GIVE LOVE TO SOMEONE ELSE.
MR. DOOLEY, I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN ADD TO
AND I'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT MY LEAST FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR BUDGET IS JUST ABOUT OVER ALMOST, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK'S PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN A VOTE ON MAY THE SIXTH FOR, UM, FOR, FOR THE BUDGET, UM, EARTH DAY IS APRIL 22ND.
UM, DO YOUR PART TO KEEP THEN WOODY CLEAN AND GREEN.
UM, VDOT REPORTED THAT THEY PICKED UP 120 BAGS OF TRASH ALONG DENWOODY ROADWAYS, ROADWAYS IN, UM, IN MARCH.
AND MY COMMENTS ARE LEADING ME UP TO, UM, THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE.
AND UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I HAD TALKED ABOUT WHEN I GOT TO BE CHILD, UM, WAS TO GET THAT COMMITTEE, UM, GOING.
AND SO, UM, THE, UM, BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE IS GONNA START, UM, WEDNESDAY, JUNE THE FOURTH IN 2025 FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM AT EAST SIDE.
AND BASICALLY, MR. MASSENGILL AND I ARE GONNA BE THERE LIKE ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO, TO COME TO EAST SIDE, UM, AND JUST TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE.
AND THEN FROM THAT SET UP A DATE TO GET IT STARTED.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, AND MAYBE COME UP WITH A CAMPAIGN, UM, GOING FORWARD, UH, TO TRY TO KEEP DI WIDY CLEAN.
IT, IT TRULY IS A, UM, A BIG PROBLEM THAT NEEDS EVERYBODY TO, UM, TO, UH, TO DO SOMETHING.
I, WHENEVER I FINISH WITH A PIECE OF TRASH, I JUST TAKE IT FROM MY DRIVER'S SEAT AND PUT IT RIGHT BEHIND THE SEAT IN MY TRUCK.
AND THEN EVERY TIME I FILL UP WITH GAS, I FILL THAT TRASHCAN UP, UM, WITH ALL MY TRASH.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING SIMPLE AND EASY OTHER THAN ROLLING YOUR WINDOW DOWN AND THROWING IT OUT, OUT TO WINDOW.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME UP WITH A CAMPAIGN.
WE'VE GOT SOME FLYERS THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA GET PUT OUT.
AND, UM, SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE, UH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION AND ANIMAL CONTROL.
UM, IF YOU SEE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE THIS WEEK, UM, THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH, IT, IT'S ONE THING, UM, WHEN YOU MAKE THAT CALL, YOU HOPE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE ON THE OTHER END.
YOU'RE NOT AT YOUR BEST, THAT'S FOR SURE.
YOU HOPE THEY'RE AT THEIR BEST.
SO, UM, SO I WANT TO THANK THEM.
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AND THEN ALSO, SO REMEMBER NATIONAL NIGHT OF PRAYER, UM, MAY THE FIRST, UM, AND, UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, IT, IT'S A GOOD EVENT.AND LIKE YOU SAY, THE, UH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE WEATHER, UM, THE WORST PART IS THE SUN.
UM, AND, BUT I GUESS WE SHOULD HOPE FOR THE SUN.
SO, UH, SO ANYWAY, BRING SUNGLASSES WITH YOUR CHAIR.
I'LL BRING THEM PAIR OF SUNGLASSES.
UM, SO ANYWAY, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
AND, UH, WE HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 8 1.
PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD PLANNING COMMISSION, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION, 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 5, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHEN NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, E ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 3, DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 8, CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL REAL ESTATE.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO IN A CLOSE PLEASE? SO MOVED.
AND WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT, UH, SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR, UM, PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND ROLL CALL MS. EBRA BONNER.
WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE.
PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, APP MEDICS, REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD PLANNING COMMISSION, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 5.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 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 AND DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 8 8 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL REAL ESTATE.
AND WHEREAS NO MEMBER HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR OF THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE IT CERTIFIED, THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR, UM, EVENING SESSION OF THE BOARD MEETING.
AND SO, UM, AT THIS TIME WE'RE
[12.A. Resolution: Dianna Bryant-Virginia Department Of Transportation]
GONNA DO A, UH, PRESENTATION.MR. MR.
FIRST THING WE HAVE, UH, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS A, A RETIREMENT RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE DOING FOR MS. DIANA BRYANT, UH, WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
I KNOW EACH OF Y'ALL HAVE, HAVE HAD A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH DIANA OVER THE YEARS.
UM, AND DIANA RETIRED, I GUESS THE END OF LAST YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN, UH, TRYING TO PLAN THIS FOR SOME TIME.
BUT DIANA, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA WALK DOWN WITH THE COPY OF THE RESOLUTION AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE MS. BROWN READ THAT RESOLUTION OUT LOUD FOR THE, FOR THE AUDIENCE CHAIRMAN MM-HMM
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WHEREAS DIANA BRYANT BEGAN HER DISTINGUISHED CAREER WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VDOT IN NOVEMBER, 1986 AS A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR A IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY DEMONSTRATING AN EARLY COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.AND WHEREAS SHE CONTINUED TO RISE THROUGH THE RANKS SERVING AS THE HIGHWAY PERMIT AND SUBDIVISION SENIOR IN AMELIA COUNTY FROM MARCH, 1992 TO APRIL OF 1993, WHERE SHE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS AND SUPPORTING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEREAS FROM APRIL, 1993 TO JUNE OF 2005, DIANA BRYANT SERVED AS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR IN AMELIA COUNTY OVERSEEING CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND ENSURING THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTS THAT IMPROVED THE REGION'S ROADWAYS.
AND WHEREAS SHE FURTHER HER SERVICE AS A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR IN AMELIA COUNTY FROM JUNE, 2005 TO APRIL OF 2010, WHERE SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAINTAINING THE SAFETY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
AND WHEREAS FROM APRIL, 2010 TO JUNE, 2012, SHE CONTINUED HER LEADERSHIP AS A CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR IN THE PRE PETERSBURG RESIDENCY, CONTRIBUTING HER EXPERTISE TO VITAL TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE REGION.
AND WHEREAS IN JUNE, 2012, DIANA BRYANT WAS APPOINTED AS THE ASSISTANT RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATOR, A POSITION SHE HELD UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2024, DURING WHICH TIME SHE PROVIDED OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP GUIDANCE AND MENTORSHIP TO HER COLLEAGUES WHILE ENSURING THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF NUMEROUS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS BENEFITING THE CITIZENS OF GEN WITTY COUNTY AND BEYOND.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HER 38 YEARS OF SERVICE, DIANA BRYANT HAS EXEMPLIFIED PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE OF VIRGINIA, LEAVING A LASTING IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY SHE SERVED.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DIANA BRYANT FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL CAREER AND PROFOUND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITIZENS OF DIM WITTY COUNTY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED ON THIS 15TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025.
THE BOARD EXTENDS ITS HEARTFELT GRATITUDE AND BEST WISHES TO DIANA BRYANT AND HER WELL EARNED RETIREMENT, CELEBRATING HER LEGACY OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP.
AND A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR ALL ETERNITY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO A SECTION IN THERE THAT YOU HAD TO WORK WITH CRYSTAL SMITH YOU WERE GETTING COMPENSATED FOR.
I APPRECIATE, ALWAYS LIKED WORKING WITH DI I LIVED IN DIY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HE GRADUATED WITH MY BROTHER.
ALL RIGHT GUYS, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
DO WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. E BROWN, BONNER.
AND, AND, AND THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I ENVY YOU BEING RETIRED.
IT, I'M SURE IT'S NICE TO WAKE UP AND AND BE RETIRED EVERY MORNING NICE.
ON SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN I KNOW I'LL HAVE GOOD WORK ON MONDAY,
[13.A. Rezoning Request, P-25-1, 20117 Cox Road]
AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, REZONE THE REQUEST P DASH 25 DASH ONE, UM, 22 0 11 7 COX ROAD.UH, AS CHAIR INDICATED, THIS IS P DASH 25 DASH ONE, IT'S THE REZONING REQUEST, UH, FROM THE, UH, HELLER FAMILY, UH, TO REZONE, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM A TWO GENERAL TO RESIDENTIAL LIMITED R ONE.
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FROM THE, UH, SLIDE, UH, LOCATION MAP THAT WE HAVE.UM, THERE ARE VARIOUS, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES VARYING IN SIZE, UM, FROM AN ACRE, UM, TO TWO ACRES AND, AND UP, UP FROM THERE.
UM, AND WHAT THE APPLICANT IS TRYING TO DO IS, UH, SEPARATE OUT THE OLD HOME PLACE ON THE 1.5 ACRE PORTION, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SELL THAT PROPERTY AND RETAIN, UH, THE REMAINING ACREAGE, UH, WITHIN THE FAMILY.
UM, THERE IS SOME B ONE BUSINESS GENERAL, UH, I'M SORRY, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BUSINESS ZONING, UH, JUST TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE OKRA CHURCH THAT IS A LITTLE FURTHER EAST FROM THAT B ONE ZONE PROPERTY.
UM, WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, THIS, UH, PROPERTY IS WITHIN WHAT WE CALL THE SUTHERLAND RURAL VILLAGE AREA OF THE NORTHERN DIMITY DEVELOPMENT AREA.
AND THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT DOES ALLOW FOR, UH, LIMITED RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING SCALE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS GENERAL AREA AND WHAT'S ALSO CALLED FOR WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITHIN THAT SUTHERLAND AREA.
UH, WHEN WE TOOK THE REQUEST TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UM, THERE WERE NO, UH, CONCERNS THAT THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HAD WITH THE PROPOSED REZONING AND, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL THIS EVENING BASED ON THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION.
R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES AND THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USE.
THE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING CONFORMS TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED IN THE SUTHERLAND RURAL VILLAGE AREA OF THE NORTHERN IN WITTY DEVELOPMENT AREA OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO R ONE.
AND JUST, JUST TO NOTE, UH, THE FAMILY DID, UM, SUBMIT ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION, UH, THE PLAT, UH, FOR THE 1.5 ACRES.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY, UM, WHAT THE 1.5 ACRES WILL CONSIST OF OUT OF THE OVERALL PARENT PARCEL.
I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. BASSETT AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT.
UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT OR THAT REPRESENTATIVE LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY, MY NAME IS RAY HELLER.
UH, THIS, THIS WAS MY MOTHER'S, UH, HOME AND UM, IT'S PART OF THE FARM THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, FOR DECADES.
UH, IT GOES BACK TO I WOULD SAY 80 TO 90 YEARS THAT, UH, IT'S BEEN A HELLER OUT THERE AND, UM, WE WANTED TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THAT FARM INTACT AS WE COULD.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE DONE THE REZONING, UH, TO CUT IT DOWN FROM THE THREE ACRE MINIMUM TO THE ACRE AND A HALF.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS AND UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL GO FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA, UH, GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING PART.
IS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION AND AT THIS TIME, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOPE.
WHAT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE THEN? I'D BE HAPPY TO READ THE RESOLUTION.
BE RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 6 A SEVEN, IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE.
I MOVE THAT REZONING CASE P DASH 25 DASH ONE AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALRIGHT, CAN WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE?
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MS. EBRA? BONNER.[14.A. Appointments]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OLD AND NEW BUSINESS.UH, FIRST WE HAVE IS APPOINTMENTS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE A A, A NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE UM, APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE JULIE REED, UM, TO FILL AN UN UNEXPIRED TERM OF SANDRA RUFFIN THAT WILL EXPIRE 12 31 20 28.
CAN WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA BONNER.
AND MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE A NEED TO, UH, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE, THE DIY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, APPOINT, UH, CASEY DOOLEY, UH, TO BE APPOINTED TO THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD AS UH, AND REPLACE TO REPLACE BILL CHAVIS FOR THE TERM 9 30 20 27.
ALRIGHT, COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA BONNER? AYE.
[14.B. Rezoning Request, P-25-3]
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALONG, UH, WHOLE NEW BUSINESS TO REZONING REQUEST P DASH 25 DASH THREE MR. BASSETT.UH, REZONING P DASH 25 DASH THREE.
UM, THE BOARD, UH, TABLED THIS REQUEST, UH, DEFERRED THE REQUEST, UH, TO THIS MONTH'S MEETING, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, JUST AS A REFRESHER ON THE REQUEST, UM, THE PROPERTIES UNDER CONSIDERATION ARE ALL ZONED, CURRENTLY ZONED R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO THE R RU RESIDENTIAL URBAN ZONING CLASSIFICATION ON TWO OF THE LOTS.
THERE'S AN EXISTING HOME AND THE ADDITIONAL FOUR LOTS, UH, TO THE WEST OF THE EXISTING HOME ARE, ARE VACANT.
UM, MANY OF THE SURROUNDING LOTS.
UH, OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE THE, TO THE WEST, THERE'S SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE NORTH, UH, THERE'S THE PAPER STREET AND THEN THE VACANT LOTS.
AND THEN, UH, ALL THE RE REMAINING SURROUNDING AREA ARE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UH, AND, UH, ALL OF THOSE HOMES ARE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT EXIST ON, UH, TWO LOTS.
UM, PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER, OF COURSE IS AVAILABLE IN THE AREA.
AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE BY THE SLIDE, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE REQUESTS, UH, IN THE RECENT, UH, RECENTLY.
AND A MAJORITY OF THOSE REQUESTS WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION IN 2022.
THE ONE REZONING REQUEST, UH, JUST FOR TWO LOTS, UH, WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
UM, THE R RU ZONING CLASSIFICATION, OF COURSE, WAS CREATED, UH, WITH THE INTENT OF ADDRESSING THESE TYPES OF NONCONFORMITIES WHERE, UM, YOU CANNOT DEVELOP, UM, ON THE R ONE ZONE PROPERTY WITHOUT RECEIVING A VARIANCE DUE TO THE SETBACKS AS WELL AS THE, UH, LOT SIZES.
UM, SO, UH, THE COUNTY DID COME UP WITH THE ARGUE ZONING CLASSIFICATION, UH, TO ALLOW FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, THAT HAD, UH, TWO LOTS OR GREATER TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AND BE ABLE TO POSSIBLY DEVELOP, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, URBAN ZONING CLASSIFICATION DOES FIT, UH, WITH THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE WEST PETERSBURG AREA IS WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER AREA OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THIS DOES ALLOW FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UM, WHEN WE TOOK THE LAND, UH, THE REQUEST OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UM, THERE WERE NO CONCERNS THAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HAD.
UH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, UH, STAFF IS
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RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.GIVEN THAT THE REQUEST ITS ZONING CLASSIFICATION RESIDENTIAL URBAN IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN SURROUNDING LAND USES.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THE RU ZONING DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO ACCOMMODATE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT THE EXISTING LOTS WITHIN THE URBAN AREA, INCLUDING THE WEST PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION, RESIDENTIAL URBAN CON CONFIRM CONFORMS TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED FOR THIS GENERAL AREA IS SET FORTH IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THE REQUEST, THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO REQUEST, UH, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR OUR PRESENTATION.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND, UM, MAKE ANY STATEMENTS? GOOD EVENING.
SO HE IS THE HOMEOWNER, I'M JUST HERE TO HELP, UM, EXPLAIN SO THERE'S NO LANGUAGE BARRIER FOR HIM.
SO HIS PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY IS TO, UH, CHANGE THE ZONING TO ARGUE SO HE COULD CONSTRUCT IN A FUTURE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
AND HE HAS BROUGHT PLANS IF YOU GUYS WOULD, WOULD CARE TO SEE THEM.
UH, JUST A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, A SMALL HOME.
UM, HE WANT, HE, THERE'S A PROPERTY THERE NOW THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SELL BUT RETAIN THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE LOTS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, FOR THE FIRST PROCESS, UH, MR. VA TOLD US THAT WAS TO CHANGE TO OUR U SO THAT IS THE PLAN FOR NOW AND WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD, UH, PURCHASE JU GO AHEAD.
I'M JUST ASKING, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY A PIECE OF, THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY, AM I CORRECT WITH THAT, MARK? YES.
UM, YES, DR. MOORE, THE, AT THE INTERSECTION, THE TWO LOTS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE INTERSECTION MM-HMM
THERE'S AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOME ON THAT PROPERTY, THOSE TWO LOTS.
SO HOW MANY LOTS WILL WE ACTUALLY BE BUILDING ON YOU POTENTIALLY COULD BUILD ON, UH, THE FOUR LOTS TO THE WEST POTENTIALLY.
'CAUSE I I, WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IS THERE'S CURRENTLY SOMETHING THERE.
THIS WOULD BE ADJACENT TO THAT YES.
'CAUSE IT WANTS TO MAINTAIN WHAT HE ALREADY HAS.
YEAH, JUST, UM, OKAY, SO, AND I WAS TRYING TO PICTURE IT, UM, HOW MANY, UM, HOUSES DID YOU WANT TO BUILD ON THAT? 'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE, I KNOW THE AREA AND ONE HOUSE IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE TO UM, REDO SOMETHING TO THAT HOUSE OR NO? SO RIGHT NOW THE PROCESS IS CHANGE IT TO RU AND THEN LATER ON PUT AN APPLICATION TO SUBDIVIDE IT.
AND MINIMUM, I BELIEVE IT'S TWO LOTS PER HOUSE.
SO IT WOULD BE TWO HOUSES BUILT IF THEY FIT ACCORDING TO THE SETBACKS.
IF NOT, IT WOULD JUST BE ONE AND THE FOUR LOTS.
BECAUSE I'M, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO PLACE, UM, WHERE, WHERE I, I SEE THAT 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S A DIRT ROAD OR PAPER STREET OR SOMETHING IN THE YEAH, IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
THE REAR, THE REAR REAR OF THE PROPERTY SIDE.
UM, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING TO THE EXISTING HOUSE? NO.
IS THAT SOMEONE LIVING THERE OR THAT ONE'S BEING RENTED OUT RIGHT NOW? IT'S BEING OKAY.
UM, AND OF COURSE THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE LAST TIME I THINK THIS IS, UM, YOU HAD SOMEONE TO COME AND TALK, UM, AND, UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND, UM, THE BOARD, WE WERE HERE AND, UM, HE DID NOT REPRESENT YOU ALL WELL BECAUSE WE ASKED HIM QUESTIONS AND HE WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, I WAS JUST ASKED TO COME AND, UM, AND I THINK THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE FELT SOME SORT OF WAY BECAUSE, UM, NOTHING WAS PLANNED.
UM, HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING AND HE WAS ASKING FOR US TO, UH, ON YOUR BEHALF TO REZONE SOMETHING AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO I, I'M JUST, I SEE THREE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT AND NOBODY, UM, SAW, YOU KNOW, WELL HE'S, UM, ANY NEED TO COME IN.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I MEAN, HE DID NOT KNOW
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ANYTHING.I MEAN THAT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID NOT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BOARD AGREED NOT TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE, UM, THAT IS A, A, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN THERE A LOT OF YEARS AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THEY WERE HERE LAST TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY DID NOT COME TONIGHT, BUT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF, UM, HOUSES THAT'S GONNA BE THERE.
AND THEY WANTED TO PRESERVE WHAT THEY HAVE AS WELL THERE.
AND, UM, AND THAT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ASKED ME TO LOOK INTO BECAUSE, UM, OF WHAT TYPE OF HOUSES AND WE JUST, WE, WE JUST WANT, THEY, THEY REALLY JUST WANT IT TO BE A, A, A NICE PLACE TO LIVE AND THE HOUSES TO LOOK REALLY PRESENTABLE.
NOT SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF THROWN TOGETHER.
UM, UH, WE DID HAVE SOMEONE TO COME AND THEY REALLY DID A NICE LAYOUT OF WHAT THEY WANT, UM, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY DID WALK THE STREETS TALKING BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, BUY, SELL, SELL RENT OR WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA DO, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THERE, UM, THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE COMING, WHAT'S GONNA COME, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT DOOR TO THEM.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT LETTERS DID GO OUT RIGHT? FOR THE YEAH.
AND FOR THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS ON THE SIDE, AND I'M RECALLING SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA, THEY ARE SENIORS.
AND, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THE THING OF IT IS, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO BUILD AND IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO HAVE BEEN IN A, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN THERE A VERY LONG TIME AND THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THEM.
AND I, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE WITH THE GENTLEMAN I KNOW SPEAKING BECAUSE SOMEONE MAY COME UP AND ASK HIM QUESTIONS AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO BECAUSE THEY ARE NEIGHBORS TO SEE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ON THEIR BEHALF, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO I, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS COMING FROM BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A, A BIG MEETING ON THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO UM, UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT.
UM, SO, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, AND YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING TO LIGHT TO US BECAUSE, UM, HE'S PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR, UM, SOMEBODY TO REPRESENT HIM AND ALL OF HIS PAPERWORK.
AND WHEN I STARTED HELPING HIM, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET ME HELP YOU OUT FOR REAL
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIM AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, HE'S MET THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL AND THEY'VE OFFERED TO SELL HIM PIECES OF THEIR LANDS TOO WHEN HE'S TOLD THEM THAT HE WANTS TO BAIL AND SHOWED HIM PICTURES AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE LIKE, I'LL SELL YOU MY LAND.
OH, THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE, 'CAUSE WE VIDEOTAPE EVERYTHING, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YEAH, THE NEIGHBOR, THE NEIGHBOR, THE BACK.
THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR HAS OFFERED TO SELL THAT PIECE OF ORANGE LAND THAT'S NEXT TO HIS, UM, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE WEST SIDE.
MR. CHAIR, DO YOU MIND, SHE MADE A COMMENT THAT SHE HAS SOME PICTURES OF THE, OF WHAT THEY MAY BUILD MM-HMM
DO YOU THINK WE COULD SEE THAT, THAT WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO BUILD? YES.
IT MAY HELP IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN HERE'S SOME FLOOR PLANS AND THEN HERE'S THE ELEVATION PLAN.
YOU CAN LOOK AT MAN WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THOSE.
WOULD THESE BE RENTAL PROPERTIES OR WOULD THEY BE FOR SALE? TESLA.
ANY IDEA WHAT THE PRICE WOULD BE? I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
HE SAID, UH, BETWEEN ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED.
SO, SO YOU'RE NOT, UH, INTERESTED IN SELLING AT ALL? UM, HE'S MOSTLY AN INVESTOR THAT LIKES TO BUY AND HOLD THAT RENTS.
UM, AND, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I AM SPEAKING, THAT'S MY DISTRICT
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ON BEHALF OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE DISTRICT, UM, UM, AND I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, WELL, I DON'T WANNA SAY, I KNOW PEOPLE SOMETIMES LOOKING TO BUY AND, AND INSTEAD OF THAT, UM, AND I SEE ONE HOUSE WITH A, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE A DECK ON THE BACK OR SOMETHING.DOES IT SAY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOME? I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
I'M LOOKING AT THE PLA WHAT DO YOU THINK, DAN? THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT IT.
THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT DOESN'T TELL ME THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY 1200 SQUARE FEET.
THE HOUSE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE NOW, IT'S BEING RENTED AND IT WAS SOMEBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I JUST WALKED UP TO HIM AND SAID, CAN YOU RENT ME THE HOUSE? HE SAID, YES.
I WAS LIKE, DO YOU WANT ME TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK? HE WAS LIKE, NO.
AND IT WORKED OUT WELL, THANKFULLY.
WELL, I I HOPE YOU DO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK YOU WANNA REALLY DO THAT.
UM, UM, NOW, UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, AND, AND I JUST HAVE TO ASK THIS, THE, THE GUY THAT YOU THAT WAS HERE LAST TIME, WHY WAS, WHY WAS HE CHOSEN TO REPRESENT YOU ALL? SO HE IS A, THEY'RE A SURVEYOR COMPANY AND, UM, HE SAID THAT THEY CAN PUT IN THE APPLICATIONS FOR HIM FOR A FEE AND HE WOULD COME AND BE HERE FOR HIM IN THE MEETINGS.
BUT I GUESS HE WASN'T PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, WELL HE DID, HE DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB AT ALL.
I MEAN, HE, UM, HE JUST SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, I WAS JUST ASKED TO COME AND, UH, IT WAS JUST A BAD LOOK.
I MEAN, THIS TIME YOU ALL ARE HERE, BUT I THINK THAT WAS THE WRONG PERSON TO SEND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE DID NOT, YOU KNOW, UM, HE DIDN'T KNOW.
HE JUST, HE JUST EXPECTED TO COME AND, AND IT BE PASSED AND THAT WAS IT.
AND THAT'S NOT, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.
SO IT WAS, YOU HAVE TO, UM, KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, AND ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, UM, I JUST, I JUST DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO NOT THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO OWN HOMES THERE AND, UM, AND YOU DO HAVE RENTAL PROPERTIES, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO, UM, VALUE THEIR PROPERTY, THEY WANT TO VALUE PEOPLE MOVING IN INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK IT'S A HUNDRED AND SOMEBODY HOUSES OUT IN WEST PETERBURG.
AND UH, AND THAT'S THE THING, YOU KNOW, UM, YEAH.
SO, AND, AND SEE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, AND THIS GENTLEMAN IS A BUILDER.
SO THAT'S WHY HE ALSO HIRED SOMEBODY IN THE LOCAL.
AND THAT, AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO.
UM, I, I, I WOULD HOPE IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM AND HE'S A DISTANCE, DOES HE, YOU KNOW, WELL, I'M LOCAL, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
YOU, YOU, YOU, I'M HIS REALTOR.
AND UM, AND UM, AND I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS, UM, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS, THIS IS THE TYPE OF HOUSE AND YOU SEE THE FLOOR PLANS, ARE THEY GONNA BE DIFFERENT? ARE THEY, ARE THEY GONNA LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME? THE ONES THAT YOU'RE BUILDING BECAUSE YOU'RE BUILDING TWO, RIGHT? YOU'RE BUILDING TWO HOUSES, RIGHT? ONE 30.
HE WAS SHOWING ME ONCE TODAY THAT'S VERY SIMILAR, JUST A DIFFERENT, A LITTLE DESIGN.
UM, BECAUSE YEAH, BECAUSE THE WAY I'M YEAH.
LOOKING AT IT, YOU KNOW, THESE TWO, THEY, THEY LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO THE OTHER ONE THAT HE WAS JUST SHOWING ME TODAY IS ALMOST VERY SIMILAR TO THAT ONE.
YOU CAN COME BRING IT UP HERE.
BUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD BASICALLY BE THE SAME.
YOU GOT IT ON THE SAME PAGE? YEAH, YEAH.
YEAH, JUST, YEAH, JUST QUICKLY.
AND IT'S ONE BATH, TWO BATHROOMS. TWO BATHROOMS. OKAY.
OF COURSE THIS IS A BETTER PRESENTATION THAN LAST TIME.
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UM, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS JUST NOT A GOOD LOOK, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, OKAY.NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, SO YOU, SO YOU DID TALK TO SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? THAT'S WHAT I, NOW HE OF COURSE HE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO TALK TO HIM.
SO SHE SPOKE WITH HIM THROUGH THE PHONE, BUT I REALLY, I'M THE ONE THAT SPOKE WITH HER.
SO SHE JUST GAVE A NUMBER TO HIM TO CALL FOR SOMEBODY? HE, BECAUSE HE, SHE WANTED TO TALK TO HIM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE BARRIER, HE WAS LIKE, JUST TALK TO MY FRIEND
UM, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
I PRESUME HE'S BUILT SOME OTHER HOMES IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
HAVE YOU BUILT ANY OTHER HOMES WHERE HE LIVES? YES.
WHERE, BUT NONE IN DENWOODY COUNTY? NO, HE'S ONLY A LOT A FEW AND RENOVATED THEM.
AND, AND YOU SAID WHERE, WHERE DOES HE LIVE? HE LIVES IN FAIRFAX.
OKAY, SO HE BUILT HOUSES THERE? YES.
BUT THESE HOUSES, HE, HE'S GONNA BUILD FROM THE GROUND UP.
BUT IF YOU TALK TO SOME, UH, SOME PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, THAT WAS MY CONCERN.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND LAST TIME, UM, SINCE WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE HOUSES, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE UM, THE ONES THAT YOU PRESENT TIE IN WITH THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT LOOKS PRESENTABLE, IT LOOKS PRESENTABLE AND YES.
AND, UM, AND, AND THAT, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I HAD A BIG MEETING ABOUT THAT AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY CONCERNED.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS, YOU KNOW, UM, ABOUT THAT.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BRENDA? WELL, NO, NO.
JUST GOING BACK, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO BACK TO THE TOWN HALL MEETING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN YOUR CLIENT AND THE CLIENTS THAT WERE BEFORE YOU IS THAT THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, HEAD OF COMMUNITY MEETING SO THAT THEY COULD GET TO KNOW WHO THE BUILDER WAS.
THAT, THAT, I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF A, OF A PUZZLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
THEY, THEY WILL, THEY WANT TO SEE YOU, THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH YOU WHEN YOU BUILD A PROPERTY.
UM, OF COURSE THE OTHERS I BELIEVE WE'RE BUILDING TO SELL AS COMPARED TO BUILDING TO RENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.
BUT THE FLIP SIDE TO IT IS WE DO NEED SOME HOMES THAT ARE BUILT AND WE NEED PLACES FOR SOME FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE.
THAT'S, YOU HEAR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY ON THE NEWS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF.
AND SO THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WHAT I SEE FROM THE PROPERTY THAT COULD BE BUILT WOULD BE ATTAINABLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? ALRIGHT, THANK Y'ALL.
AND SO, UH, LAST MONTH WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT NOW.
UM, SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS JUST DISCUSSION AMONG BOARD MEMBERS, UM, AND JUST, UM, I THINK WHAT MARK YOU TOUCHED ON THE BIKE RENTAL PROPERTY.
I DO THINK WE NEED TO KEEP, UH, THUMB ON AMOUNTS OF HOMES THAT ARE GONNA BE RENTAL PROPERTY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF HOMES IS A RED FLAG YET, BUT IF, IF YOU GET TOO MANY, I I THINK IT'S GOTTA BE A GOOD MIX.
LIKE AFFORDABILITY, UM, THESE HOMES THAT, THAT THEY ARE BUILDING.
UM, BUT I DO THINK RENT OR OWN, IT NEEDS TO BE A MIX OF MM-HMM
WITH THE, THE EXISTING HOMEOWNER.
UM, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE COULD BE FAMILIES THAT ARE WITHIN THIS, THAT HAVE YOUNGER CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE WORKFORCE, THAT THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LIVE IN WEST PETERSBURG.
THEY MAY NOT OWN THE PROPERTY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE YOUNG DON'T OWN PROPERTIES.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE.
UM, SO, AND I, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S TWO
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SIDES TO THAT COIN.AND I, AND, AND I THINK, SO I THINK THAT'S UM, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN, EVEN, UM, LIKE YOU SAID, UM, ABOUT, UH, DAN, ABOUT RENTAL, YOU KNOW, A A LOT OF RENTALS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY BUY SOMETHING SO THEY CAN OWN THEMSELVES.
UM, AND I KNOW SOME RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE RENT TO OWN THAT KIND OF THING.
THEY HAVE THOSE OPTIONS AS WELL, BUT A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE FROM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IS DOING THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT COULD BE AN OPTION IF YOU YEAH.
I'LL JUST SAY I THINK THAT THE MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED FROM OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
UH, THE FACT THAT HE DROVE THE, THE TWO AND A HALF HOURS, THREE HOURS TO BE HERE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK MM-HMM
UH, THROUGH FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA IS SHOWING THAT HE'S WILLING TO MEET US AND MEET, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE WE'RE ASKING OF HIM.
AND SO THAT'S APPRECIATED OR APPRECIATED.
THEY'RE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM OTHER APPLICANTS.
I THINK IT'LL FIT WELL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TREK DOWN HERE AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS PRESENTATION TO US TO GIVE US AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOUR PLAN IS.
UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR WHAT'S THE PLEDGE OF THE BOLD? WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M HAPPY TO, TO READ BE RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH TWO TWO A SIX A SEVEN.
IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICES.
I MOVE THAT REZONING P DASH 25 DASH THREE AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED BY THE DIMITY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE CITIZEN COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENT? MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENT AND AT THIS TIME WE'LL GO TO, UM,
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BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY.
I'LL JUST SAY, UH, MAN, IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH ALREADY,
SO I HOPE FOLKS CONTINUE TO SHOW UP.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT, WHAT THE COUNTY HAS IN STORE FOR IT.
I'M EXCITED AND AGAIN, UH, I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR MY SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AND FOR EASTER AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE RE NOT NOT THE REPRESENTATION, BUT THE CELEBRATION OF THE RESURRECTION.
AND UH, I JUST PRAY THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN AMAZING WEEK.
I'LL JUST SAY HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYBODY AND THANK GOD FOR RISEN SAVIOR.
AND UM, ALSO, UM, LIKE I SAY, HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S UM, SUNDAY WE LOOK BACK AND AS, UH, JESUS DIED AND ROSE AND WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT HELPS US TO GO ON A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND UM, WE ARE JUST GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND UM, I WILL BE OUT THERE LOOKING AT YOU ALL.
AND I'LL SO WISH ONE, I HAVE EASTER AND, UH, AT THIS TIME WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.