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ALRIGHT.[1. ROLL CALL]
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MAY 6TH, 2025 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DEWIN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER.COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DR. MOORE? HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO STRAY A LITTLE BIT FROM THE, UM, AGENDA, AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, STAND AND DO THE LORD'S PRAYER, FOLLOWED BY THE, UM, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'LL FOLLOW FATHER, FATHER IN HEAVEN, I'LL BE THY NAME.
THOU WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US TO DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
AND LEAD US NOT TO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL FOR TH THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER.
A 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.
ALRIGHT, I'M GOING, I'M GONNA KEEP ON TASK TODAY.
SO WE GOING
AT THE MAY 6TH, 2025, SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE DE WITTY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I, CASEY M DOOLEY, INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2026 BUDGET AND THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2026 THROUGH 2035.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR DEITY COUNTY.
THE BUDGET AND CIP WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR THE DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, INCLUDING COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES.
I AM EMPLOYED BY DE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THE BUDGET AND CIFP AFFECT MANY GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN DENE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEES OF DENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
AND I'LL READ MINE AT THE MAY 6TH, 2025 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 2035.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR DENVER WITTY COUNTY.
THE BUDGET AND CIP WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY IS APPROPRIATED TO THE DIMITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DIMITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
THE BUDGET AND CIP AFFECT MANY GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN DEITY COUNTY, INCLUDING ALL SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY.
AND I AM ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
AT THE BASE 6 20 25 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DENWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING THE FFY 2026 BUDGET AND FFY 2026 TO 2035 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR DIY COUNTY.
THE BUDGET AND CIP WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY IS APPROPRIATED TO THE DIY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DEITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
THE BUDGET AND CIP MAY AFFECT MANY GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN DEY COUNTY, INCLUDING ALL SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY.
AND I AM ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY.
I'M EMPLOYED BY THE APPOMATTOX RIVER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WHICH HAS AN ADDRESS OF 13,915 BORDEN PLANK ROAD IN WOODY VIRGINIA.
DUE TO MY EMPLOYMENT WITH THE APPOMATTOX RIVER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, I WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY DISCUSSION OR VOTE PERTAINING TO THE APPOMATTOX RIVER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD.
WHEN I CAST MY BOAT ON THE BUDGET, I WILL ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THE PORTION OF THE BUDGET THAT CONCERNS THE APPOMATTOX RIVER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, START WITH ACTION ITEMS.
[2.A. Adoption Of FY 2026 County Budget W. Kevin Massengill, County Administrator]
AND I'M GONNA TURN THE, UH, MEETING OVER TO, UH, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. MADISON.MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, IF YOU RECALL LAST WEEK, UH, IN THIS ROOM, WE HELD A, A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ON THE BUDGET AT THAT TIME, I, I GAVE THE PRESENTATION, YOU GOT TWO ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT OR THIS EVENING.
ONE, UH, IS THE ADOPTION OF THE FY 26 COUNTY BUDGET.
AFTER THAT, IT WOULD BE THE OPTION AND TO ADOPT THE, UH, FY 26 THROUGH 35 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR FY 26 FOR YOUR CIP, UM, AS STATE CODE ALLOWS AT THE LAST, UH, PUBLIC HEARING,
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UM, YOU CAN'T VOTE ON THAT SAME NIGHT.SO THERE WAS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND I, UH, ALL OF US HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME SINCE THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
UH, YOUR OPTIONS ARE TO, UH, ADOPT THE, UH, AGAIN, THE RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED OR YOU CAN MODIFY THAT IN ANY WAY THAT THE BOARD, UM, WOULD DEEM NECESSARY.
I WILL SAY, UH, NO, I SAID THIS THE OTHER DAY.
I THINK THIS WAS MY 23RD BUDGET, UM, FOR THE COUNTY.
AND WHEN WE STARTED THIS FISCAL YEAR OR THIS UPCOMING PLANNING FOR THE FY 26 FISCAL YEAR, UM, WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE BUDGET, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THE BUDGET, UM, CON INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL WISHED IT TO BE.
UM, AND ALSO SETS A GOOD COURSE OF DIRECTION, UH, MOVING FORWARD TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, DOING THE WORK THAT'S NECESSARY AND THAT WHAT OUR, OUR CITIZENS HAVE COME FAMILIAR WITH AND EXPAND IN SOME AREAS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UH, INCREASE IN THE REAL ESTATE RATE, AGAIN, A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN THIS BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT I CALL THE REPLACEMENT FUND OR THAT NEW CAPITAL FUND, THAT'S FIVE PENNIES OF WHAT YOU DECIDED TO DO.
SECONDLY, UH, A STRONGER COMMITMENT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE ABOUT TWO ADDITIONAL PENNIES TO THEM THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THAT FINAL, UH, LAST INCREASE BY ONE PENNY WAS TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED AS FAR AS, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY WAS CONCERNED.
UH, I WAS PROUD THAT THE FACT THAT NATURAL REVENUE GROWTH WAS ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CLASS AND COMPENSATION PLAN, UH, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST PART OF, OF THE BUDGET.
UM, SO AGAIN, FROM THE BUDGET STANDPOINT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
IF NOT, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE JUST SIMPLY NEED A, A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
BUT AGAIN, MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU OR ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? ALRIGHT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION, MR. CHAIR? I MAKE THE, UH, MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE BUDGET RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MR. LEE, I VOTE AYE IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET, EXCEPT THAT I ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THE PORTION OF THE BUDGET THAT CONCERNS THE APPOMATTOX RIVER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD.
ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES MR. CHAIRMAN.
[2.B. Adoption Of FY 2026-2035 Capital Improvements Plan W. Kevin Massengill, County Administrator]
IS THE ADOPTION AGAIN OF THE FY 26 TO FY 35, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.AND AGAIN, THE FUNDING, UH, NECESSARY FOR FY 26.
AS YOU KNOW, WE, UM, ADOPTED A PHILOSOPHY OF A 10 YEAR CIP, BUT AGAIN, THE ONLY FISCAL YEAR THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING FUNDING TOWARDS IS FY 26.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE BREAK THAT CIP NOW INTO REALLY A FIVE YEAR AND 10 YEAR LOOK AT, LOOK AHEAD.
AND, UH, THE BIGGEST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HERE, AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, NOW THAT YOU HAVE THAT REPLACEMENT FUND AND THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY, NOW AS YOU HAVE ADOPTED THAT BUDGET, YOU, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY NOW TO, TO PAY FOR REOCCURRING SYSTEMATIC REPLACEMENT ITEMS, UH, OUT OF THE OPERATING FUND, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY CAPITAL FUND.
SO, UH, ALL THE SCHOOL BUSES, POLICE CARS, UH, FIRE AND EMS EQUIPMENT AND LARGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT WILL NOW HAVE ITS OWN REVENUE STREAM FOR THE NEXT, NEXT DECADE.
UH, BY DOING THAT, IT, IT ALLEVIATES THE CIP AND ALLOWS YOU TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON TRUE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UH, SO I'VE ALREADY PRESENTED THE CIP, WE HAD A HEARING ON THAT THE OTHER NIGHT.
JUST LIKE THE BUDGET, THERE'S, THERE'S THOUGHT OF HAVING TO REFLECT ON THAT BEFORE YOU PLACE A A VOTE ON IT.
UH, MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE IN REGARDS TO THAT.
AGAIN, THE OVERALL DOLLAR FIGURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIP IS JUST OVER $4 MILLION AND THAT'S TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT OF THE BUDGET.
UH, BUT AGAIN, MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY.
JUST SIMPLY A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE, UM, THE RESOLUTION AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IS SUFFICIENT.
BUT AGAIN, MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.
IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD FOR A RESOLUTION.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DR. MOORE? AYE.
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AYE.AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON
[3.A. Economic Development Website Launch Stacey English, Director, Economic Development & Tourism]
TO REPORTS AND HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE LAUNCH.MISS STATES, THE ENGLISH DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM, COME BACK HERE AND WORK.
SO, CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, MR. MASS AND GIL, THANK YOU FOR, UM, LED ALLOWING ME TO COME, UM, INTRODUCE THE NEW DISCOVERED IN WOODY WEBSITE.
THIS, UM, SERVES TWO PURPOSES AS OUR TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE.
SO IF ANYONE IS LOOKING TO PLAN A TRIP TO THE COUNTY, OR IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO, UM, START OR GROW THEIR BUSINESS, THEY CAN U UTILIZE THIS WEBSITE, UH, TO HELP THEM.
AND SO WHEN YOU COME, UH, THE, THE URL IS DISCOVERED IN WOODY.COM.
SO WHEN YOU TYPE THAT IN, YOU COME HERE.
UM, AND IT'S ONE OF OUR TOURISM VIDEOS PRODUCED BY, UM, PART OR REGIONAL TOURISM GROUP.
AND THEN YOU SCROLL DOWN AND THERE'S SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNTY, UM, WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE US TO LOCATE OR GROW YOUR BUSINESS.
OUR EVENTS CALENDAR WHERE WE HAVE, UM, EVENTS FROM A LOT OF OUR TOURISM ASSETS, UH, NEWS WHERE WE'LL DO BLOG POSTS.
AND THEN IF YOU KNOW ANY OF OUR ASSETS WHERE THE COUNTY ARE FEATURED IN NEWS STORIES, UM, WE WILL PUT THOSE HERE.
WE HAVE OUR INTRODUCTORY VIDEO FOR OUR, UH, FOR VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY REGION, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, REGIONAL ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LINKS TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
AND SO, UM, FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO PLAN THEIR TRIP TO DENWOODY, UM, THEY WOULD GO TO THE DISCOVER TAB.
THEY COULD DOWNLOAD OUR TOURISM BROCHURE, THEY COULD CHECK OUT OUR TOURISM DIRECTORY, WHICH LISTS ALL OF OUR ASSETS.
UM, AND THIS WAS DEVELOPED BY STEPHANIE CHRISTMAS, OUR GIS UM, ANALYST HERE IN THE COUNTY.
UM, AND SO THIS IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR VISITORS WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE COUNTY.
YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON THE MAP, UM, YOU KNOW, TO FIND THE, TO FIND WHERE YOU WANNA GO.
AND THEN WHEN YOU CLICK ON IT, IT ACTUALLY ZOOMS INTO THE SATELLITE IMAGE, WHICH IS HELPFUL.
SO, AND THEN OVER HERE IT WOULD LIST, UM, THE INFORMATION FOR ALL OF OUR ASSETS.
AND SO THEN, UM, WE HAVE A LISTING OF OUR LODGING OPTIONS.
'CAUSE OF COURSE, UH, THE GOAL OF TOURISM IS TO INCREASE HEADS IN BEDS AND WE WANNA INCREASE THAT LODGING AND ADMISSIONS TECH.
SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO STAY OVERNIGHT WITH US HERE IN DINWITTY.
WE HAVE SOME ITINERARIES OF WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE WEEKEND OR A FEW NIGHTS HERE IN THE COUNTY.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OF OUR TOURISM VIDEOS.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA SHOW TWO REALLY FAST.
THIS ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S ON THE HOME SCREEN THAT WAS PRODUCED BY OUR REGIONAL GROUP.
WELCOME TO DINWITTY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WHERE EVERY TURN REVEALS EXCITING DISCOVERIES.
INDULGENT, EXQUISITE WINDS AT RIVERSIDE VINES WITH BREATHTAKING VIEWS OF LAKE CHEIN, HIKE SCENIC TRAILS THAT WIND THROUGH OUR PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPES.
EXPLORE PLIN HISTORIC PARK AND PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD.
FIELD, THE ADRENALINE RUSH AND VIRGINIA MOTORSPORTS PARK FROM CHARMING COUNTRY STORES TO FAMILY OWNED FARMS. DI WHITTY OFFERS A TASTE OF AUTHENTIC VIRGINIA HOSPITALITY.
DISCOVER DI WHITTY AND SHARE WHAT YOU LOVE IN THE BEST PART OF VIRGINIA.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS, UM, WE GOT A VIRGINIA TOURISM GRANT AND WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP 10 VIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHY THAT WE'RE USING, UM, IN ALL OF OUR DIGITAL MARKETING EFFORTS.
AND SO THIS ONE IS ABOUT, UM, PICTURE LINK.
WE HAVE A LOVELY MODEL FROM OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, THROUGH THAT GRANT WE'RE ABLE TO FEATURE EIGHT DESTINATIONS AND THEN HAVE TWO, UM, SORT OF MONTAGE VIDEOS ABOUT
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THE COUNTY.AND SO THE FIRST HALF OF THAT IS COMPLETE AND THE SECOND HALF WILL BE FINISHED THIS, UM, MONTH.
AND SO WE KEEP GOING DOWN TO THE EVENTS CALENDAR.
WE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAIR SPORTS TOURISM AND GENEALOGY.
AND THEN, UM, THE REST OF THE WEBSITE IS DEDICATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO ON THIS PAGE, IT'S A LOT OF, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO LOCATE YOUR BUSINESS HERE, WHY SHOULD YOU? UM, WE'VE GOT OUR CERTIFIED SITES, UM, ALL OF OUR AVAILABLE PROPERTIES FOR, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING USE.
UM, AND THEN SOME INFORMATION FROM OUR REGIONAL GROUPS.
AND THEN, UM, SCROLLING DOWN, IT'S JUST A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNTY, UM, AND WHY IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR YOUR BUSINESS TO LOCATE HERE.
AND THEN, UM, IF YOU GO UNDER WORKFORCE, THAT'S INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL AS, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AND SO YNET HAS REALLY HELPED TO DEVELOP THIS PORTION OF THE WEBSITE WITH ALL OF HER EXISTING AND NEW PROGRAMS. AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE CONTACT US PAGES, OUR TYPICAL CONTACT US, WE HAVE OUR DEPARTMENT WITH THE IDA LISTED AND THEN UNDER RESOURCES, UM, THIS IS WHERE BUSINESSES WHO ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND OR NEED HELP CAN COME.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO START A BUSINESS DIRECTORY FOR ANY BUSINESS IN THE COUNTY WHO WANTS TO GET LISTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE REALLY THINKING LIKE OUR ELECTRICIANS, OUR PLUMBERS, BUT IT'S OPEN TO ANY BUSINESS IN THE COUNTY.
AND SO WHEN IT'S LOCKED RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST ACCEPTING, UM, BUSINESS INFORMATION.
AND SO OUR THOUGHT IS THAT A BUSINESS WOULD COME TO THIS SITE AND REGISTER, AND THEN ONCE WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE COUNTY, WE WOULD ADD THEM TO THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
AND THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS AND BE CATEGORIZED BY, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CATEGORIES.
AND LET'S SEE, I KNOW I HAVE SOME UNDER AG, UM, AND IT PULLS OUR, IT PULLS THE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED IN OUR TOURISM DIRECTORY TOO.
AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE LISTED HERE.
UM, YOU COULD SEE IT ON THE MAP AND THEN IT WOULD BRING UP KIND OF THEIR PROFILE PAGE ONCE THEY'RE LISTED.
AND THEN IF THEY PROVIDE A CONTACT EMAIL, UM, PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY MESSAGE THEM THROUGH THIS SITE, UM, AND THEY COULD CHECK OUT THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA IF THEY'VE PROVIDED THOSE LINKS.
UM, FURTHER ON WE LIST, UM, BUSINESS WORKSHOPS ARE PARTNERS THAT HAVE VIRTUAL LEARNING OPTIONS FOR OUR BUSINESSES.
AND THEN WE LIST AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF PARTNERS CATEGORIZED BY WHAT THEY DO.
SO BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, UM, THERE WAS ACCESS TO CAPITAL.
UH, SO WE REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS A PRETTY ROBUST WEBSITE TO HELP IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAN A TRIP TO THE COUNTY OR IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS LOOKING TO LOCATE OR GROW HERE.
WE'RE ACTIVELY, UM, DRIVING FOLKS TO THE TOURISM SIDE OF THE SITE.
I PROVIDED A DOCUMENT THAT KIND OF JUST TALKS ABOUT OUR TOURISM EFFORTS OVER THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE'VE STARTED A DIGITAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN, UM, ON MARCH 17TH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA TOURISM THAT'S BEING PAID FOR BY A VIRGINIA TOURISM GRANT.
AND SO WE, UM, SO IT'S BEEN GOING FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF, I GUESS.
AND WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN ALMOST 500,000 IMPRESSIONS ON OUR DIGITAL ADS, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, IT'S GOTTEN OVER 2,400 CLICKS THROUGH TO THE WEBSITE.
SO IT'S PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ALL THERE IS TO DO IN DENWOODY ARE LEARNING ABOUT, UM, WHY THEY SHOULD TAKE A VACATION HERE.
UM, AND THEN ON THE BACK OF THIS PAGE IS JUST SOME DATA ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY VISITING THE COUNTY.
AND IT KIND OF SHOWS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, ALMOST 40% OF OUR VISITORS ARE DAY TRIPPERS.
SO IT'S REALLY TRYING TO CONVERT THOSE FOLKS TO OVERNIGHT VISITORS.
AND THEN THE RICHMOND PETERSBURG, DMA IS OUR HIGHEST, UM, ORIGIN, DMA.
SO THAT MEANS THAT FOLKS VISITING 19.4% ARE COMING FROM THE RICHMOND PETERSBURG AREA.
SO TRYING TO GET SOME OF THESE OTHERS LIKE HAMPTON ROADS AND RALEIGH, UM, AT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE IS ONE OF OUR GOALS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL SHARE ABOUT THIS IS, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE TRIPS SHARE BY DAY OF THE WEEK.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS COMING IN ON MONDAYS,
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WHICH KIND OF INDICATES A LOT OF BUSINESS OR CONTRACT, LIKE CONTRACTOR TRAVEL.AND SO TRYING TO INCREASE OUR, UM, TRIP SHARE ON THURSDAY, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS IS UM, ONE OF OUR GOALS.
SO THAT'S JUST AN INFORMATION FOR, UM, YOU ALL TO LOOK OVER.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO GOT, UM, OUR SHIPMENT OF THE COUNTY NEWSLETTERS TODAY.
SO I LEFT ONE AT EACH OF YOUR STATIONS IN CASE YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THAT IN THE MAIL.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO, YEAH, LOOKS GOOD.
STA STACY, MY ONLY, UM, THING, AND I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND THE DISCOVER I, I THINK IS, IS REALLY GOOD, BUT, UM, AT SOME POINT I'D LIKE TO SEE US HAVE SOMETHING AT OUR ENTRY POINTS INTO THE COUNTY ON 85, 44 60, UM, SO THAT SOMEBODY RIDING IN THE CAR CAN SEE DISCOVER DENWOODY.COM OR WHATEVER, AND BEFORE THEY GET THROUGH DENWOODY, THEY'VE LOOKED AT AT THE WEBSITE.
UM, AND, UM, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN, IT WOULD, IT WOULD PROBABLY GENERATE SOME HITS.
MR, MR. CHAIRMAN, I GUESS TWO, TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT THAT.
USUALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE MUNICIPALITY'S BORDER IS A GATEWAY SIGN, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF LARGER SIGN, THE REFERENCE THAT YOU'RE LEAVING ONE LOCALITY GOING INTO ANOTHER.
UM, THE OTHER IS WAY FINDING SIGNS, WHICH IS ONCE YOU'RE IN THE COUNTY, HOW DO I GET TO SOME OF THE ATTRACTIONS THAT, UM, THAT STACY'S TALKING ABOUT? ONE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR A COUNTY THAT'S 507 SQUARE MILES IS GETTING PEOPLE FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
AND SO, BUT NO, I I, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO WHAT THAT'S GONNA COST.
I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME COST ESTIMATES BEFORE, UH, BUT JUST WANT Y'ALL TO BE THINKING ABOUT DO, I MEAN, IS IT, IS IT BOTH GATEWAY ENTRANCE SIGNS AND WAY FINDING, UM, OR IS IT TO START, IF YOU HAD TO START WITH ONE, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE? WOULD IT BE GATEWAY SIGNS OR, OR WAY FINDING SIGNS? AND IN SOME CASES THERE COULD BE SOME GRANTS THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HELP PAY FOR THAT TOO.
UM, YEAH, AND I MEAN, LIKE A 85 SIGN WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN A RIGHT.
SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD PRIORITIZE SOME OF THAT A LOT MORE HITS WITH, WITH THAT.
YEAH, NO, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND FOR THOSE OF US TO TRAVEL THE STATE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE WHEN THEY'RE DONE REALLY NICELY WHAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN ADD A LOT TO, TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, STACY, I KNOW THERE'S SOME KIOSK THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL.
CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE ON THAT? YES.
SO NEXT ON OUR LIST IS TO DEVELOP OUR TOURISM KIOSKS, WHICH WE HAVE FOUR OF THEM.
SO, UM, THREE WOULD GO IN DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND ONE WOULD KIND OF STAY HERE TO BE A ROMER FOR BIG SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND, UM, THEY WOULD BE AN INTERACTIVE VERSION OF THE WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE TO, LIKE, ONE IS GONNA PROBABLY BE AT THE HOLIDAY INN, AND SO IT WOULD BE IN THE LOBBY.
SO IF FOLKS, IT'S GOT THIS NICE BIG SIGN THAT SAYS DISCOVERED IN WOODY, FOLKS COULD COME UP TO IT AND KIND OF CLICK THROUGH AND SEE WHAT ELSE THERE IS TO DO IN THE COUNTY.
SO, SO I JUST, I ALSO WANT JUST SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS WORK, NOT ALL OF IT, BUT A LOT OF THIS WORK WAS DONE IN-HOUSE AND, AND YOU ALL, UM, KNOW WHAT, WHAT CAN BE SPENT TODAY JUST ON WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT, UH, STACY, THAT WE HAVE STACY IN SOME OF THE OVERALL TEAM.
SO WHAT, WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT, ONE REASON I WANTED HER TO HIGHLIGHT IT TODAY WAS JUST THE, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, COLLABORATION THAT TAKES PLACE.
SO IT JUST, JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HEARD DURING STACY'S REPORT TALKING ABOUT GIS, UM, YOU SAW THE, THE REALLY ATTRACTIVE MODEL FROM PARKS AND REC THAT WAS IN THE, YOU KNOW, CHRIS BACK THERE THAT WAS PART OF THE, THE CAMPAIGN AS WELL.
AND YOU, BUT YOU'VE GOT REAL OPPORTUNITIES EVEN LIKE FROM FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, SOME OF OUR PARTNERS LIKE VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY REGION.
AND REALLY HOW WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, UM, IT KIND OF CREATES THAT FULL PACKAGE.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, OF COLLABORATION THAT'S THERE.
UM, AND I REALLY LIKED HOW STEPHANIE CHRISTMAS' GIS WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN THERE.
'CAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GRAPHIC AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW TO GET TO POINT A TO POINT B.
UM, ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, IT HAD BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE, WE DID ANY TYPE OF REFRESH.
UM, AND ALL THIS IS ABOUT COMPETING FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, DIM WOODY IS, I MEAN, I THINK THE BEST PART OF VIRGINIA WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT
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PARK, UM, BEING A PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION PUTS US IN A, IN A MARKET THAT WE TYPICALLY WOULDN'T BE IN.AND AS A RICHMOND METRO AREA, UH, LOCALITY, AND I THINK THAT KIND OF BRINGS A LOT OF THIS TO LIGHT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL SEE THE PART AD AND THEY GO TO TWO PLACES.
THEY'RE EITHER GONNA GO DIRECTLY TO THE PART WEBSITE OR THEY'RE GONNA GO DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU GOTTA HAVE A GOOD HOOK.
AND I THINK THE DISCOVER, DIM, WITTY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL THINK THAT WAY AND HOPEFULLY, UH, FIND THEMSELVES THERE.
AND THEN LET'S NOT FORGET THAT IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT ECONOMIC IMPACT, RIGHT? AND SO WHY TOURISM, TOURISM IS DEFINITELY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND IT, IT TRULY HELPS GROW THE LOCAL TAX BASE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UM, TWO SEVERAL MANY LARGE, UH, VENUES, BUT TWO SPECIFICALLY VIRGINIA MOTORSPORTS PARK THAT BRINGS IN, UH, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, PAMELA HISTORICAL PARK, THAT BRINGS IN, UM, UH, INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
BUT THEN WE'VE GOT SO MANY ASSETS HERE THAT, THAT DO THAT.
UM, BUT WE TALK ABOUT JOB CREATION AND WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE RIBBONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE CUT, AND IT'S IN A LOT OF THAT'S IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
UM, WHETHER IT'S THE SMALL SHOP OR THE EATING ESTABLISHMENT, THAT, THAT ADDS A LOT TO THIS.
AND I, AND I THINK THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THIS, UNLIKE, UM, A BIGGER LOCALITY, UM, IN SOME OF THOSE SURROUND US, YOU KIND OF GET LOST IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
AND HERE YOU GET TO PROMOTE IT.
AND SO FOR, I THINK FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON TRAVELERS, YOU KNOW, THESE TYPES OF WEBSITES MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
SO JUST STACY, THANK YOU MORGAN AND THE TEAM.
TAMMY PARKS AND REC
GIS EVERYBODY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB ON THIS, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
MR. CHAIR, JUST JUST A QUESTION.
SEE IF, IF, IF, UM, IT TAKES ME THE SIGN THAT SAYS YOU'RE LEAVING, I'M GONNA USE 85 AS AN EXAMPLE.
YOU'RE LEAVING PETERSBURG, YOU'RE ENTERING DENWITTY COUNTY.
DO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A, A BANNER SIGN ON THE BOTTOM OF IT THAT SAYS DISCOVER DENWITTY.COM OR.ORG? OKAY.
IS THAT THAT NUMBER ONE? IS THAT AN OPTION? YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE MAINTAIN SIGN? YES.
THAT THAT'S PUT UP THAT, UM, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMETHING THERE POTENTIALLY? I'VE SEEN SOME LOCALITIES CO-BRAND OFF OF THAT.
SO YOU HAVE THAT AT YOUR GATEWAYS COMING IN.
YOU DO ON 40, YOU'VE GOT IT ON, ON, UM, AND ON 85 AND ON ON NUMBER ONE HIGHWAY MM-HMM
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE.
UM, THE OTHER IS TWO THAT COME TO MY MIND IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD INCORPORATE A, NOT A KIOSK, BUT BEING ABLE TO USE YOUR PHONE, WHICH WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT BEING ON THE LAKE AND YOUR BUOYS UH, QR OF HAVING A DISCOVERED D WITTY THAT YOU COULD WALK UP TO A QR CODE.
YOU THINK ABOUT WHETHER IT BE AT THE, AT THE, UM, SPORTS COMPLEX OR AT THE PUBLIC BOAT DOCK, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT JUST COME TO OUR COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, JUST THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, BUT CORNELL AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX, UM, THE SIGNS.
BUT THE, THE BOAT RAMP IS ALSO A GREAT IDEA.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN CHECK ON THE VDOT SIGNS.
I, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK STEVE SHIFFLETT DOESN'T HE DO SOME OF THE SIGNAGE WORK NOW FOR VDOT? AND SO WE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT, AT THAT AS AN OPTION TOO.
BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ON MAJOR INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS, YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIVE.
JUST ASK HIM IF IT YEAH, IT SHOULDN'T BE AS A BANNER.
YEAH, THEY CAN PUT A BIG OLD RICHMOND SIGN UP, BUT WE CAN'T PUT A THEM WHAT HE SAID WE'VE HAD THAT, I'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION.
IT'S MS. BONNER'S DISTRICT, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT CLOVERLEAF.
ALRIGHT, ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, THANK YOU STACY.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A LESS PLEASANT
IT, IT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT.
[3.B. Nuisance And Trash Ordinances Update Michael Drewry, Assistant County Attorney And Matthew Culbreath, Zoning Administrator]
NUISANCE AND TRASH ORDINANCE.MICHAEL DRURY, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY AND MATTHEW CULBERT, LOAN ADMINISTRATOR.
BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MASSENGILL.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS AN UPDATE OF SOME THINGS THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, UM, IN REGARDS TO CO COMPLIANCE AND SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UM,
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AT THE STATE LEVEL AND HOW THEY AFFECT US AND HOW WE MOVE MOVING FORWARD.ALRIGHT, SO WHAT HAS CHANGED? UM, IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT, UH, THE STATE CODE HAS CHANGED REGARDING LOCALITY'S ABILITY TO REMOVE JUNK AND TRASH FROM PROPERTY.
UM, THE TERM CLUTTER WAS INCLUDED TO SECTION 15.2 DASH 9 0 1, WHICH IS THE CODE THAT ALLOWS US TO REMOVE JUNK AND TRASH FROM PROPERTY.
UM, THE KEY INCLUSION TO, UH, THIS CLUTTER IS THE STATEMENT THAT SAYS EXEMPT ON LAND ZONE FOR AGRICULTURE OR IN ACTING FARM, UH, FARM OPERATIONS.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS, UM, ANY LAND IN THE COUNTY ZONE TO A ONE OR A TWO AND FARM OPERATIONS, MEANING ANY LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING FARM THAT OPERATES ON A, UH, IN A ZONING DISTRICT THAT IS NOT A ONE OR A TWO, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ENFORCE, UM, THIS CODE SECTION FOR CLUTTER.
THERE IS, WHAT THIS HAS DONE IS, UH, PUT AMBIGUITY INTO THE CODE ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS APPLIES FOR JUST CLUTTER OR ALL JUNK AND TRASH.
UM, I'LL BE READING THE DEFINITION ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT IT'S PUT US IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION, UM, ON DETERMINING WHAT QUALIFIES AS WHICH.
UM, WITH THIS BEING SAID, STAFF, WE'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT AND MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO TRY OUR HARDEST TO ADDRESS THESE SITUATIONS.
AND IN THESE, IN EITHER THESE AGRI, UH, AGRICULTURAL ZONED AREAS, OR IF THERE'S AN ACTIVE FARMING OPERATION THROUGH THE NUISANCE CODE, UM, THE NUISANCE CODE IS MUCH MORE STRICT.
UM, BUT IT GIVES US AN AVENUE TO RESOLVE VIOLATIONS WITHOUT AMBIGUITY.
UM, IF WE'RE ABLE TO DEEM IT AS SUCH, UM, THERE MAY BE INSTANCES WHERE WE'RE UNABLE TO DETERMINE A VIOLATION IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
UM, AND THERE IS THE AVENUE OF ACTION THROUGH JUNK AND TRASH UNDER THE INTERPRETATION THAT THIS EXEMPTION IS ONLY APPLIES TO CLUTTER.
UM, BUT BEFORE THAT CAN HAPPEN, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE EX UH, EXTENSIVE REVIEW DONE BY BOTH PLANNING AND LEGAL STAFF TO DETERMINE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
SO WHAT IS CLUTTER? UH, STATE CODE IS DEFINED CLUTTER AS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, CONTAINERS, AND SIMILAR ITEMS THAT MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE WELLBEING OF A COMMUNITY WHEN THEY'RE LEFT IN PUBLIC VIEW FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME OR ALLOWED TO ACCUMULATE.
SO AS READING THAT ALREADY, YOU CAN TELL THERE'S GONNA BE A HUGE ARGUMENT AND HUGE LITIGATION OVER WHAT IS TRASH AND WHAT IS CLUTTER, UM, ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED WITHIN THIS DEFINITION OF CLUTTER.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WOOD COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME TRASH IN SOME CERTAIN SITU, UH, SITUATION.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IN THESE AGRICULTURE AREAS, EXTENSIVE REVIEW WOULD NEED TO BE DONE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED JUNK AND TRASH.
AND IF WE DO DETERMINE IT'S CLUTTER, FORTUNATELY WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ACTION.
UM, THIS LANGUAGE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GO INTO OUR ORDINANCE, UM, THAT MR. DREW BE SPEAKING OF SHORTLY AFTER ME.
UM, AND JUST WANT TO REITERATE, THIS IS ONLY FOR LAND ZONE FOR AGRICULTURE OR IF AN AGRICULTURE OPERATION IS, UH, CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.
SO THIS DOES NOT AFFECT OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SO, UM, CLEANUPS IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I TRIED MY BEST TO FIND AN EXAMPLE FOR CLUTTER.
LIKE I, LIKE I JUST STATED, IT'S ALL UP TO INTERPRETATION HOW YOU SEE THINGS.
BUT THIS, THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE, UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, YOU CAN SEE SOME MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND CONTAINERS.
UM, CLEANING UP A PROPERTY LIKE THIS WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT IN OUR AGRICULTURAL AREAS.
UM, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD QUALIFY AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
UM, WE COULD SIT HERE AND PICK THROUGH CERTAIN THINGS AND SAY IT'S JUNK AND TRASH, BUT WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CALL THIS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED CLUTTER.
SO ON AN AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY, UNFORTUNATELY
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WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, UH, TO SEND A VIOLATION.SO I'LL STOP HERE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS.
SO WHAT IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE? UH, NUISANCE IS DEFINED AS A DANGEROUS OR UNHEALTHY SUBSTANCES THAT HAVE ESCAPED, SPILLED, BEEN RELEASED, OR WHICH HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO ACCUMULATE IN OR ON ANY PLACE.
AND ALL UNSAFE, DANGEROUS OR UNSANITARY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BUILDINGS, WALLS OR STRUCTURES, WHICH CONSTITUTE A MENACE TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE OCCUPANTS, THEREFORE, OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, THIS CAN BE ON ANY PROPERTY IN THE, IN THE COUNTY.
UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PUBLIC NUISANCE, UM, THIS REQUIRES A COURT ACTION FOR ABATEMENT.
UM, IT DOES, HOWEVER, ALLOW FOR THE LOCALITIES TO, UM, INTERVENE AND ABATE THE, UM, PUBLIC NUISANCE IF THERE IS AN IMMINENT THREAT TO HEALTH, TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
UM, THE UPSIDE TO USING THIS FORM OF ACTION IS THAT IF THE COURT RULES IN OUR FAVOR, IT PROVIDES SOME PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT THE COURT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY'S ENFORCEMENT OF THIS CODE, UM, AS WELL AS A COURT ORDER IS A MUCH DORM, A STRONGER ACTION, UM, FOR ABATEMENT THAN WHAT THE COUNTY CAN PROVIDE AT, AT THE STAFF LEVEL.
UM, THE MAJOR DOWNSIDE TO THIS IS ONE, WE CAN'T DETERMINE ALL, ALL SITUATIONS, MOST LIKELY WON'T BE ABLE TO BE DETERMINED AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
UM, AND ALSO TWO, WE EXPECT THIS PROCESS TO TAKE MUCH LONGER THAN OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR, FOR CITING VIOLATIONS IN, UH, FOR 1716.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE I WAS ABLE TO FIND.
THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MULTIPLE ITEMS THAT WOULD FIT UNDER THAT CLUTTER DEFINITION.
HOWEVER, THE WAY THEY'RE CONSTRUED ACROSS THE LOT INTERTWINING WITH, WITH TRASH AND SOLID WASTE.
UM, THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE COULD GO AFTER, UM, A PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ORDINANCE, UM, AND WE FEEL THAT WE WOULD HAVE A FAVORABLE OUTCOME IN COURT.
UM, THIS ALSO COULD BE A POTENTIAL, UM, SITUATION WHERE AFTER, FOR, AFTER A IN-DEPTH REVIEW THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY GO AFTER, UM, THIS PROPERTY USING 1716.
HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT THE SAFEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO, IS TO USE, UM, THE PUBLIC NUISANCE IS OUR FIRST FORM OF FORM OF ACTION.
SO MOVING FORWARD, UH, MR. DREWRY, UM, HAS SOME AMENDMENTS TO OUR CODE THAT HE'LL BE SPEAKING TO YOU HERE SHORTLY.
UM, AS I STATED BEFORE, ALL LAND ZONED AGRICULTURE OR ACTING FARMING OPERATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED BY PLANNING AND LEGAL STAFF BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN.
UM, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH PUT A HOLD ON THAT CURRENTLY UNTIL OUR, UM, ORDINANCE IS UPDATED AND WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY REVIEWING ALL CASES THAT COME IN THAT ARE IN THESE AREAS.
UM, THE LAST BULLET HERE, WHICH MR. DREW WILL ALSO GO INTO FURTHER DEPTH IS STAFF.
WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, REQUESTING SOME LEGAL CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL TO ELIMINATE THIS AMBIGUITY, UM, REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF JUNK AND TRASH BECAUSE THIS IS A, A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR US, UM, WHEN ADDRESSING THESE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS IN, IN THE COUNTY.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST GOT ONE ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY, THIS INVOLVES A SENIOR CITIZEN, DO YOU KIND OF TALK WITH THEM AND UM, SEE IF MAYBE A FAMILY MEMBER CAN HELP THEM CLEAN UP THEIR AREA IF THIS, IF IT LOOKS REAL BAD AROUND THE HOUSE AND UNSAFE? UM, TYPICALLY, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS, IS MR. HUCKABEE ALWAYS TRIES TO WORK WITH, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
HE'S VERY INVOLVED IN THE CLEANUP, HE'S ON SITE WHEN THE CONTRACTS, SO THEY'RE DOING THE WORK.
UM, IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT THAT, UH, UM, PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH IS NOT TO BE REMOVED, UM, HE MAKES SURE TO PUT THAT OFF IN A PILE IN A, IN A NEATLY MANNER, UM, THAT HE, THAT HE FEELS IS, IS GOOD ENOUGH.
UM, I DO KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE, WHERE, WHERE CHILDREN OF SENIORS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND I AM AWARE OF SITUATIONS WHERE SOCIAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED INVOLVED.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I YOU NO, I I JUST, I WAS GONNA SAY, I KNOW, UM,
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YOU AND I SPOKE EARLIER AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A ONE A TWO PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TRYING TO FIX SOMETHING AND INADVERTENTLY BREAKING IT AT THE SAME TIME.SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A SIMILAR SITUATION IN YOUR DISTRICT WHERE, NOT NOT FOR JUNK AND TRASH, BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU START HAVING THREE ACRE, UH, STRIP DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS, YOU, YOU'RE IN ESSENCE CREATING A SUBDIVISION ON A, A SECONDARY ROAD.
AND SO TO WHAT MR. CULBERT IS TALKING ABOUT.
SO IF YOU WERE IN AN A ONE, A TWO AREA AND YOUR NEIGHBOR WHO HAPPENS TO BE ON THAT THREE ACRE LOT BESIDE YOU, THAT IS JUST AS CLOSE AS WHAT IT WOULD PREDOMINANTLY BE IN MS. EBRA BON'S DISTRICT OR EVEN MS UH, DR.
IF WE WERE TO GET THESE TYPES OF COMPLAINTS TODAY, WE WOULD BE SOMEWHAT CHALLENGED BY OUR APPROACH.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY GET A PHONE CALL AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S AN ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
I KNOW MR. JURY'S GONNA WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE POTENTIAL FIXES TO IT, BUT I WANT IT, AND I THINK MATT'S DONE A VERY EFFECTIVE JOB OF EXPLAINING FOR, ESPECIALLY MR. DOOLEY, FOR MR. CHAVIS AND MR. LEE IN YOUR PARTICULAR AREAS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, DEPLOY NOW THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
UH, 'CAUSE THAT FIRST PICTURE LOOKED PRETTY BAD UNTIL YOU SAW THE SECOND PICTURE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO, BUT YET THE FIRST PICTURE DOESN'T LOOK BETTER IF YOU'RE THE RESIDENT SETTING, YOU KNOW, SO MANY YARDS, FEET FROM IT.
AND I FELT LIKE, AND THEY'RE CALLING YOUR BOTH OF THOSE PICTURES.
LIKE YOU SAID, ONE WAS SEVERELY WORSE THAN THE OTHER.
AND WHEN YOU BRING IN THIS LANGUAGE FOR CLUTTER AND WHAT IT DESCRIBES, THAT FIRST PICTURE, YOU COULD SIT THERE AND PICK OUT THINGS, THIS, THIS, THIS COULD BE CLUTTER.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE STATE CODE CLEARLY SAYS WE CAN'T ADDRESS IT.
SO IT MAKES IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT WHEN WE'RE ADDRESSING THESE PROPERTIES AND WE KIND OF WALK IN A FINE LINE OF, OKAY, WHAT CAN'T WE DO? WHAT CAN WE DO? SO WHEN YOU HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, LIKE THIS SECOND PICTURE, WE FEEL AS IF THAT PROVIDES A PRETTY SEVERE PUBLIC NUISANCE WITH THE AMOUNT OF SOLID WASTE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE.
I'M, I'M SURE Y'ALL CAN IMAGINE THE SMELL JUST LOOKING AT IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S ENOUGH TO QUALIFY IT AS, AS, AS ITS OWN.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A CASE BY CASE.
EVERY SINGLE ONE WE GET IN, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT IT HARD TO DETERMINE OUR, OUR PATH FORWARD.
AND I'M, I'M GLAD CHIEF KISSINGER'S HERE, 'CAUSE HE, IN HIS SHORT TIME ALREADY WITH THE COUNTY, WE'VE HAD FIRES IN THE A ONE A TWO AREA, UM, WHETHER YOU WANNA CALL IT CLUTTER OR JUNK AND TRASH, BUT AS IT CAUGHT ON FIRE SPREAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE PROPERTY, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY IS GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN, CERTAIN LIQUIDS AND WHATNOT THAT, THAT ARE VERY FLAMMABLE AND, AND CAN CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. SO THERE'S STILL AVENUES THOUGH, RIGHT? MATT, EVEN, AND I PROBABLY MIKE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS MORE UNDER THE PUBLIC NUISANCE PIECE OF THIS TO BE ABLE TO, IN, IN AN EMERGENCY PROVISION, IF IT'S, IF IT'S TRULY PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND MIKE CAN JUMP IN IF YOU WANT.
I BELIEVE THE WAY THAT WORKS IS IN THAT IMMINENT DANGER, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO IN AND ABATE AND THEN WE WOULD RECOUP THOSE, THOSE COSTS, UM, THROUGH THE COURT INSTEAD OF PUTTING A, UH, PROPERTY TAX PROPERTY LIEN ON.
WELL, AND I THINK EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST WERE SAYING, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA MOVE TO THE COUNTY.
THEY, THEY WANT TO, UM, BUY A FARM, BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD A FARM.
SO THEY BUY THREE ACRES AND MAKE IT A FARM.
THEY THINK IT'S A FARM AND IT, IT'S NOT A FARM AND IT, IT BECOMES CLUTTER.
UM, THEY ADD ANIMALS TO IT, WHICH MAKES IT THEN A, SOME COULD BE A NUISANCE AT SOME POINT IF THEY GOT ENOUGH ANIMALS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WOULD BUY WHAT THEY NEED.
AND THAT GOES ACROSS ANYTHING THAT WHEN THEY MOVE TO THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU GOTTA HAVE ENOUGH LAND FOR WHAT YOU THINK YOU WANT TO DO.
AND THEN I'VE BEEN A LOT OF NEW FOLKS THAT ARE MOVING IN THE COUNTY AREN DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, JUST TO
SO YOU, YOU LEAVE HENRICO AT RR BEING AN ACRE AND A HALF, YOU COME TO DENWITTY AND GET THAT THREE ACRES WHERE YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT YOUR,
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YOUR BIG PART OF THE EARTH.AND SO YOU DO THINK THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT ALL YOU WANT ON THAT THREE ACRES.
SO AGAIN, JUST HOW A TWO PROPERTY IS SUBDIVIDED.
UM, SO AGAIN, THE, THE POTENTIAL HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO THINK THAT THE LEGISLATURE DIDN'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT SOME OF RURAL VIRGINIA.
BUT MATT, GREAT JOB, UM, EXPLAINING THAT.
AND WHEN I GO HOME TONIGHT AT DUNNA AND AMY SAYS, WHAT'D YOU DO TODAY? I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE'S GONNA SAY? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO ANYWAY, MATT DID A GOOD JOB ON THIS.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IF IT'S, THE MAIN THING IS THAT THE 10 WITTY CODE IS, IS NEEDS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CODE.
SO I CAN BE MORE FORCEFUL IN COURT.
THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TALKING TO CITIZENS AND GETTING THEM TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THESE THINGS.
BUT WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOME CASES IN WHICH WE CAN'T.
BUT I WANT THIS TO BE UPDATED BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE DO IT.
AND THE MAIN THING, THE PUBLIC NUISANCE, UM, IT TAKES LONGER, GOTTA GO TO COURT.
AND OF COURSE WE CAN DO THAT IN GENERAL DISTRICT COURT.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS YOU GET A COURT ORDER LIKE THAT, THE COURT ENFORCES THAT THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE TO ENFORCE IT.
AND IF WE REALLY HAVE TO CLEAN UP SOMETHING QUICK, WE CAN THEN WE DO HAVE TO GO TO COURT AND GET THE, GET THE COST ON THE, ON THE TRASH SIDE.
UM, AGAIN, ROY CAUGHT THE GIST OF THIS.
IT WAS, IT WAS AN URBAN BILL AND TYLER WENT TO THE LGA CONFERENCE.
I TOLD HIM, I SAID, DON'T DO THAT.
YOU COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF IDEAS.
AND UM, BUT I'LL JUST GONNA SAY IT, IT WAS THE CITY OF HAMPTON THAT, UH, CLUTTER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, YOU CAN CATCH THE GIST OF IT.
AND I THINK MATT MAY HAVE SAID CLUTTER IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE WELLBEING OF A COMMUNITY WHEN LEFT IN PUBLIC VIEW.
IF I DON'T LIKE TO LOOK AT IT, IT'S CLUTTER AND IT'S GONE.
AND, AND OF COURSE I'VE BEEN IN URBAN SETTINGS AND ENFORCEMENT AND URBAN SETTINGS ARE WAY, WAY, WAY MORE AGGRESSIVE, UM, THAN HERE IN DENWITTY.
WHAT'S CLUTTERED TO THEM IS RURAL LIVING SOMETIMES.
I'D HATE FOR 'EM TO SEE MY FRONT PORCH AT TIMES.
SO, SO ANYWAY, BUT UM, WHEN THEY CHANGED THAT, NOW WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF IT.
THERE WAS NO TALK BETWEEN THE ATTORNEYS AND RURAL VERSUS URBAN, BUT THEY CHANGED IT, IT REALLY MADE IT AMBIGUOUS.
'CAUSE IT'S GOT A WHOLE LIST OF EVERYTHING AND IT SAYS CLUTTER AND THEN IT SAYS A COMMA.
EXCEPT ON AG LAND, YOU GO IN FRONT OF A JUDGE, HE MAY SAY THAT'S ON EVERYTHING HE MAY SAY, IT'S JUST ON THE LAST, ON THE LAST TERM.
AND THE OLDER I GET, THE LESS I CAN SPEAK TO JUDGES 'CAUSE THEY JUST DON'T SEE IT MY WAY ANYMORE FOR SOME REASON.
BUT THAT THERE IS A SOLUTION FOR THIS.
IN, IN THE CODE SECTIONS WHERE IT SAYS THE MOVEABLE AND DISPOSAL OF TRASH, THAT 15.2901, THE FIRST PART OF IT IS THE TRASH AND THE CLUTTER.
THE SECOND PART OF IT IS THE GRASS.
AND THE GRASS SECTIONS DO EXCLUDE AGRICULTURAL AREAS NOW VERY CLEARLY.
BUT OTHER LOCALITIES IN THAT SECTION, AND THIS IS A LEGISLATION REQUEST.
AND SO Y'ALL PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THIS, IT WOULD HELP BY CODE COMPLIANCE PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO IT STATEWIDE, BUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE GRASS SECTION IS PLANNING DISTRICTS HAVE COME IN, I KNOW THAT THE EASTERN SHORE, THE MIDDLE PENINSULA AND EVERYTHING HAVE DONE THIS.
AND THEY CLARIFY THAT IN THAT, THAT IT CAN BE DONE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CAN ENFORCE IT IN ZONE IN AGRICULTURAL ZONE AREAS ON LOTS LESS THAN X ACRES AND USE FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
IT WOULD BE NICE FOR US TO JUMP UP TO THAT FIRST PART OF THIS 9 0 1 AND EITHER GET DEN WITTY TO HAVE THAT POWER TOO.
THE PLANNING DISTRICT 19 IS ALL RULE, I BELIEVE PRETTY MUCH MM-HMM
EXCEPT FOR MAYBE PRINCE GEORGE, MAYBE THAT WOULD COME IN.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE OTHER SECTION.
THE LANGUAGE IS ALREADY THERE JUST TO ADD IT, THAT WE CAN ENFORCE, UM, THIS ON AG ZONE LAND IF IT'S LESS THAN X ACRES.
'CAUSE MOST OF THESE ON SMALL, SMALL ACREAGES IS WHAT MM-HMM
SO THERE'S A REMEDY TO THIS, BUT IT WILL TAKE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
DOESN'T MAKE US FEEL VERY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
IF THEY WENT OUT AND DID SOMETHING LAG LAND, WE'D TECHNICALLY, WE WOULD NEED SERIOUSLY AN EMPLOYEE STANDING THERE SAYING TRASH CLUTTER.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA SEE IF Y'ALL GOT ANY QUESTIONS AND I'LL BE QUIET ABOUT CLUTTER.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GRASS, UH, DEVELOPMENTS, THAT'S WHERE WE, WE WENT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND GOT IT PAST WHERE YOU HAD TO CUT YOUR GRASS A CERTAIN TIME.
BUT AG LAND, WE COULDN'T, IT WAS NOT ENFORCEABLE TO GO AND TELL SOMEONE THEY HAD TO CUT THEIR GRASS UNLESS IT
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WAS IN A, I THINK THAT WAS THE WAY THE LAW WAS WHEN WE YEAH, IT'S N YES.IT SAYS IN NOW RESIDENTIAL, IN OTHER WORDS, IT EXEMPTS.
YOU CAN'T ENFORCE IT IN A, IN THAT LAND.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE PLANNING DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT EXEMPT OUT THE SMALL LOTS IN AG AREAS.
AND I'LL THEN SAY THIS ONE AT FIRST, IF YOU GO TO THE, TRY TO GET THIS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO ME IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT ADVERSARIAL IF YOU DID IT ON THE STATE LEVEL MAYBE, BUT UH, JUST ON A LOCAL PLANNING DISTRICT OR COUNTY LEVEL, IT SHOULD NOT BE, TRY TO GET IT ON BOTH ON GRASS AND THE TRASH SECTIONS.
IN OTHER WORDS, ALLOWED WE TO ENFORCE THIS ON, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ACREAGE LOTS.
IN AG ZONE AREAS THAT, THAT, AND IT SAYS THAT HAS, THAT IS BEING USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THE HAMPTON CAME IN THERE WITH THE CLUTTER AND THEN THE RULE OR THE AG LOBBYIST GOT INVOLVED IN IT AND GO, WAIT A MINUTE, IT'S TRUE.
AND SO THEY SAID, OKAY, WE WON'T LET YOU DON'T ENFORCE IT THAT, BUT UH, BUT TECHNICALLY WHAT IS DONE TO THE RURAL AREAS IS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ENFORCE IT, YOU EITHER GOTTA GO BACK FOR A LEGISLATIVE CHANGE OR YOU GOT TO REZONE USE, USE A DIFFERENT NAME.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE REALLY WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT.
SO, BUT THANKS THE STAFF AND I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT NOW, AND WE DO NEED THESE CHANGES SO WE CAN BE MORE OH, WE HAVE A LOT OF IT IN THE COUNTY.
AND, AND WE'VE TALKED TO STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO THINKING ABOUT IT AND MYSELF EVEN LIVING IN THE RURAL SECTORS, NOT MANY COUNTIES ENFORCE THIS STUFF.
SO MAYBE IT'S THE REASON IT'S NOT ON ANYBODY'S RADAR.
AND, AND EVEN IN DENWITTY, I'LL SAY IT'S, IT'S UM, MORE COMPLAINT DRIVEN.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE'LL TELL Y'ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE EVEN TYLENOL TALKING, DOING Y'ALL'S BUDGETARY SEASON AND SAID, HE SAID, MIKE, HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU, YOU KNOW, THINK YOU NEED TO WORK? UH, YOU UNDERSTAND ME FOR Y'ALL TO GET WHAT YOU'VE DONE MM-HMM
AND I WAS JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, I SAID, OKAY,
IF YOU TELL ME HOW AGGRESSIVE DOING WHAT HE WANTS TO BE IN CODE COMPLIANCE, THIS WON'T DO IT.
BUT IF YOU REALLY DID GET AGGRESSIVE IT, IT WOULD TAKE MORE COURT TIME.
SO, SO MR. DREWRY, IF, IF THIS, UM, IF THE BOARD IS OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE ORDINANCES TO BE AMENDED, WHEN WOULD IT COME BEFORE THE BOARD FOR HEARING IS? WOULD, WOULD THAT BE JUNE? YES.
SO AGAIN, WANT Y'ALL HAVE TO KIND OF THINK THAT THROUGH, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE SUGGESTED TIMELINE.
I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME THAT ARE IN, THEN WE NEED SOME FINAL DECISION ON, ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
AND THESE TWO ORDINANCES, BASICALLY I, YOU KNOW, I JUST BASICALLY CUT AND PAST IT FROM THE VIRGINIA CODE.
SO THEY'LL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CODE AND I WILL BRING UP ONE THING.
IS THAT IN THE TRASH, UH, CHAPTER 17, SOLID WASTE.
I GUESS IT WAS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS BOTHERED ME.
AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS, I WANNA CLEAN THIS UP.
IN, IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THAT CHAPTER, WHICH TRASH IS UNDERNEATH, IT SAYS, ENFORCEMENT SHALL BE ENFORCED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
MR. DOOLEY, YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH.
I WANNA CHANGE THAT TO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR DESIGNEE.
YOU WHAT? HE WAS DOING IT LONG AGO.
IT WAS PROBABLY FORCING THE CODE COMPLIANCE PERSON TO BE DEPUTIZED, BUT I WON'T TAKE AWAY THAT AMBIGUITY.
IF YOU'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
I KNOW WHAT WE GOTTA DO TO, TO GET IT RIGHT AND WE APPRECIATE, UM, Y'ALL BRINGING IT TO US AND, AND UM, WE'LL LOOK OVER THIS AND, AND, UM, AND GO FROM THAT.
SO, ALRIGHT, MR. ALLISON MUL, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? CHAIRMAN, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL.
ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A SPEECH OR NOPE.
MAKE A SPEECH OR GO HOME? GO HOME SIR.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? TO MOVE? SHALL WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.