* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] , [1. ROLL CALL] I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE DENVER COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS TO ORDER. COULD WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MR. CHAVIS? HERE. MS. EBRA BONNER. HERE. MR. DOOLEY. DR. MOORE. HERE. MR. LEE HERE. FOUR BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME, UM, WE'LL STAND AND HAVE THE INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE BELIEF. HEAVEN THY NAME, THY KINGDOM COME BY. WHAT BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OF DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASSED AGAINST US. IT IS NOT TO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL OF BEHIND THE KINGDOM POWER FOREVER AND EVER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. I HAD LIKE TO START OFF BY WELCOMING EVERYONE HERE TODAY. UM, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, IS [4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA] THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? MR. CHAIRMAN? WE HAVE A, A FEW AMENDMENTS WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD UNDER ACTION ITEM SEVEN D. THAT MEMO IS, IS LAID OUT BEFORE YOU. THAT'S THE APPOINTMENT OF FIRE OFFICIAL AND DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALL. ALSO UNDER, UH, SECTION 11, CLOSED SESSION PERSONNEL WOULD LIKE TO ADD UNDER THE, THE QUALIFIER DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. AND THEN LASTLY, UNDER PRESENTATIONS, UH, JEFF BROWN IS TO BE REMOVED AND HE'S GONNA COME AT THE OCTOBER MEETING. OKAY. THAT, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. ALRIGHT. UM, SO WE [5. CONSENT AGENDA] NEED, UM, CONSENSUS. DO WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? I NEED A MOTION. NEED A MOTION? WE NEED A MOTION. MOTION. MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, ACCEPT THE AGENDA. AGENDA IS, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT. YOU HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. BEFORE YOU, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING, UM, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OUT? DISCUSS? UM, WHAT'S THE BOARD'S P MR. CHAIR, IF THERE'S NO CHANGES, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALL RIGHT. [6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation ] QUICKLY, WE HAVE COME TO THE REPORTS. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MR. FRENCH, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON. NO MAJOR UPDATES ON THE FERNDALE AND RIVER ROAD ROUNDABOUT. THAT PROJECT IS STILL IN ADVERTISEMENT. THE ADVERTISEMENT CLOSES NEXT WEEK. IT'S LATE NEXT WEEK. SO IN NEXT, UH, THREE WEEKS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE BIDS, SELECTING A CONTRACTOR, GIVEN WE GOT, UH, SOME ACCEPTABLE BIDS. SO HOPEFULLY BY NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, I'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHO'S GONNA BE PERFORMING THAT, UH, THAT WORKFORCE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS OUT THERE AT FERNDALE AND RIVER ROAD, WE ARE LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM THE COMPLETION ON THE BAIN ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT. I SPOKE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER TODAY AND THEY ARE WRAPPING THINGS UP, UH, QUICKLY PLACING TOP SOIL AND WE'VE GOT SOME PAVING AND SOME SIGNS TO INSTALL. SO RIGHT NOW, WITHIN A MONTH, UH, BAIN ROAD WILL BE REOPENED. OKAY, WE WRAPPED UP THE TRANQUILITY ROAD ROLL RUSTIC PROJECT YESTERDAY. SO TRANQUILITY ROAD IS COMPLETE, UH, FROM BOBCAT ROAD DOWN TO THE BRIDGE. UM, THAT ROAD IS FULLY DONE, SURFACE TREATED, HAVE A NICE HARD SURFACE, UH, TO RIDE ON THAT ROAD. NOW, UH, CREWS ARE WORKING ON CHERRY HILL ROAD ROLL RUSTIC. UH, RIGHT NOW THE CLOSURE PERIOD, UM, HAS ENDED FOR THAT. BUT WE DO CONTINUE TO DO SOME WORK ON THAT ROAD, PROBABLY A MONTH, A COUPLE WEEKS LEFT, DEPENDING ON WEATHER FOR THAT ROAD. UM, WITH THE, THE DURATION WE'RE LOOKING AT TO GET CHERRY HILL ROAD COMPLETE, WE'D PROBABLY BE GETTING INTO, INTO MID LATE OCTOBER BEFORE WE MOVE TO REESE ROAD. UM, WITH THE TEMPERATURES THAT WE SEE THAT TIME OF YEAR, THEY'RE NOT VERY CONDUCIVE FOR US DOING THE SURFACE TREATMENT OPERATION THAT LATE IN THE SEASON. OUT OF FEAR OF OF HAVING A BAD PRODUCT, [00:05:01] WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA MOVE REESE ROAD AND START REESE ROAD IN THE SPRING. FEBRUARY, MARCH TIMEFRAME, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE GRADE AND CONSTRUCTION WORK ON REESE ROAD, DO THE ACTUAL SURFACE TREATING IN APRIL. ONCE WE HAVE WARMER TEMPERATURES, UM, WHITMORE ROAD CULVERT REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS WRAPPING UP AS WELL. UH, THAT ROAD SHOULD BE REOPENED BY THE END OF THE WEEK. UM, WE ARE NOT PLANNING ON PAVING IT INITIALLY. RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE REOPEN THE ROAD, WE'RE LINING UP A PAVING CONTRACTOR TO COME INTO THE AREA AND DO SOME DIFFERENT LOCATION. IT ULTIMATELY WILL HELP THAT SITE TO PUT TRAFFIC ON, ON THAT FOR A, UH, WEEK OR TWO AND LET ANY SETTLEMENT KIND OF TAKE PLACE BEFORE WE GO IN AND PAVE IT. UM, WE DO HAVE SOME PAVING THIS WEEK GOING ON, ON RIVER ROAD THAT IS ON A SCHEDULED CONTRACT. UM, I BELIEVE IT IS FROM THE LIMITS OF THE FENDA PROJECT ALL THE WAY TO ALGERS ROAD. I BELIEVE THAT, UH, WILL BE PAVED IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. MM-HMM . TOOK A LOOK AT THE RAMP FROM FOUR 60 EASTBOUND ONTO 85 NORTHBOUND. THAT ROUGH AREA THERE. UM, CONSULTED WITH OUR PAVEMENT ENGINEERING FOLKS. THANKFULLY THERE'S NOT A MAJOR ISSUE THERE. NOTHING GOING ON UNDERNEATH THE CONCRETE, BUT IT IS CONCRETE SLAB PAVEMENT UNDERNEATH OF THAT ASPHALT. MM-HMM . THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, I REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. IT WAS IN OCTOBER, WE SUSPECT WE DIDN'T HAVE GOOD BONDING BETWEEN THAT CONCRETE AND THE ASPHALT. WE'RE GONNA TAKE AND MILL ALL OF THE ASPHALT OUT OF THERE, NOW GO DOWN INTO THE CONCRETE, GET A NICE FRESH SURFACE FOR THAT NEW ASPHALT TO BOND TOO. AND THAT SHOULD FIX A LOT OF THE PROBLEM. GOOD. AARON, ON THAT, THAT PIECE, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE CONCRETE PORTION WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON FOUR 60 GOING OVER 85? NO, SIR. SO IT DOESN'T, DOES THAT PART IS ALSO THAT THE FAIRLY ROUGH DECK OF THAT BRIDGE IS FAIRLY ROUGH. SO THAT, THAT PROJECT IS IN THE SCHEDULE. UM, I DO NOT HAVE AN EXACT DATE FROM STRUCTURED BRIDGE, UH, THAT IS GONNA BE A HYDRO MILL AND OVERLAY. THEY'LL MILL THAT TOP OF THE CONCRETE LAYER OFF AND REDO IT. RIGHT. UM, THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BEING FUNDED. OKAY. MM-HMM . EVERY, EVERY ONE OF MY MEETINGS WAS STRUCTURED AND BRIDGE. THAT'S A CONTINUOUS, WHERE ARE WE AT? WHERE'S THE FUNDING WITH THAT ONE BECAUSE I, IT'S ROUGH, VERY AWARE OF THE, OF THE DESIRE. UM, ALSO LOOKED AT TO THE, UH, RAMP GETTING ON 85 FROM 7 0 3 CONTRACTORS. UM, DOING SOME MITIGATION ON THAT AND PLANNING SOME PERMANENT REPAIRS AS WELL ON THAT, ON THAT RAMP ON. ALSO ON THE INTERSTATE, THE ISSUES WITH THE FENCING CONTRACTOR ROAD, ALL OF 85 AND IDENTIFIED SEVERAL AREAS WHERE WE DO HAVE ISSUES WITH FENCING. UM, THEY HAVE ABOUT 30 DAYS. THEY, THEY GOTTA GO AND GET THAT DONE, UM, AFTER THE NOTIFICATION WAS SENT TO THEM FROM THE INTERSTATE OFFICE LAST WEEK. SO WE SHOULD SEE, SEE SOME ACTION OUT THERE. SOME OF THE SITES ARE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO LOOK TO, UM, ACCESS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, DOWN IN DEEP BOTTOMS AND EVERYTHING. SO IT MAY TAKE, UH, A BIT OF A WORK ON THE CONTRACTOR'S BEHALF TO GET THAT FENCE FIXED, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WILL BE AT THE DISTRICT ONE TOWN HALL MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ASK ANY QUESTIONS? UM, CHAIR, I HAVE SOME, UM, FIRST I'D LIKE, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING, UH, THE TOWN HALL, UM, THAT I HAD. NICE. AND, UM, ONE OF, 'CAUSE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT WAS THERE, THEY WANTED ME TO, THEY TEXT ME, THEY WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, UM, KEEPING THE WEEKLY PROJECT, UM, OR THE, THE, UM, GOING THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION OR THE TRUCKS AND STUFF. WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU, UM, KIND OF KEEP THAT, UM, IN YOUR PLANS MM-HMM . TO LOOK INTO, UM, WITH THE TRUCKS COMING AND THE HEAVY TRUCKS AND THE, UM, THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, THE DAMAGE AND EVERYTHING IS, UM, SO THEY WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE TO MENTION THAT TO YOU AGAIN. SO, BUT THEY THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT YOU GAVE WHEN YOU WERE THERE. SO THEY WERE YES MA'AM. YES. A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, GOT SOME INFORMATION THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA GET WITH YOU AND TALK WITH YOU ABOUT CERTAIN SITUATIONS. MM-HMM. SO THAT WAS GOOD. SO THANK YOU. AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE GRASS, UH, CUTTING THE OVERPASS. UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE ALWAYS CALL ABOUT THAT. I, IT, I KNOW IT GROWS FAST. , I MEAN NOW IT'S RAIN, IT'S GONNA GROW AGAIN. BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SMALL CARS GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, UM, PEOPLE JUST CAN'T SEE ON THE OTHER SIDE. MM-HMM . SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN REALLY BLESSED THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, UM, LET'S SEE. AND I GOT A CALL ABOUT ON RIVER ROAD, GAY DALE AND MW, UH, SIGNS. I THINK YOU, YOU HAVE CLEANED, UH, VDOT HAS CLEANED SOME OF THE SIGNS, BUT THEY CALLED ME AND SAID, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER SIGNS WERE, UH, KIND OF DIRTY. PEOPLE CAN'T SEE, UM, GOING IN THE AREA SO THAT IF VDOT CAN GO THROUGH AND JUST KIND OF CHECK THE SIGNS AND JUST KIND OF CLEAN THE SIGNS, UH, PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING THOSE. OKAY. SO THEY WANT ME TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT AS [00:10:01] WELL. MM-HMM . AND ONE THING I'LL DO WITH THAT IS, IS MAKE SURE WE CHECK 'EM AT NIGHT AS WELL. WE, YEAH, WE SHOULD BE DOING UH, RETRO REFLECTIVITY REVIEWS EVERY NOW AND THEN ON, ON CERTAIN ROUTES, SO MAKE SURE THEY'RE REFLECTIVE AS WELL. YEAH. 'CAUSE I THINK THEY GOT A COUPLE SIGNS ABOUT CHILDREN AT PLAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR WATCH FOR CHILDREN. SO THEY WANTED TO UM, WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MENTION THAT TO YOU TODAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. MR. CHAMBER. I'M GOOD. I'M GONNA BE NICE TODAY. . THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU AARON. APPRECIATE IT AARON. APPRECIATE IT. YOU SAY WE GOOD TODAY? ALRIGHT, WE'RE [6.B. Amendments To Dinwiddie County Code: Chapter 4. Animals And Fowl] NEXT. WE HAVE AMENDMENTS TO THE DENVER COUNTY CODE CHAPTER FOUR, ANIMAL AND FO MR. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. SO WE'VE GOT A REPORT ON SOME ANIMAL CONTROL AND DOG LICENSE, UH, ORDINANCES. AND SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER FOUR OF THE DENWOODY COUNTY CODE, WHICH DEALS WITH ANIMAL AND FOUL THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT TO THE BOARD TODAY. AND WE DO HAVE WITH US, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANIMALS, WE'VE GOT CHIEF LANGLEY CHIEF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. WE'VE ALSO GOT TREASURER JENNY PERKINS SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOG TAX. UM, THE FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS DEALING WITH A RESPONSE TO SENATE BILL 1000 THAT BECAME LAW FOLLOWING THE 20 TH 2025 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION. PRIOR TO THAT BILL BECOMING LAW, THE COUNTY WAS LIABLE TO PAY THE OWNERS OF LIVESTOCK UP TO $750 PER LIVESTOCK AND OWNERS OF FILE UP TO $10 PER FILE. IF DOGS KILLED SUCH ANIMALS, SENATE BILL 1000 RAISED THOSE AMOUNTS TO $1,000 AND $25 RESPECTIVELY, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR THE CHICKENS. UM, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, THE COUNTY CODE SECTION FOUR DASH SIX WOULD INCREASE THE FOREGOING AMOUNTS TO STATE COMPLIANT WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED BY SENATE BILL 1000. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO ADD AN OPTIONAL REQUIREMENT UNDER STATE LAW THAT THE HARMED ANIMAL OWNER WOULD FIRST HAVE TO EXHAUST LEGAL REMEDIES AGAINST THE OWNER OF THE DOG THAT KILLED THE ANIMALS. IF NO IN RECENT YEARS, CLAIMS UNDER SECTION FOUR DASH SIX ARE VERY RARE IN DENWOODY COUNTY. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A CLAIM HAS BEEN GRANTED SINCE I'VE BEEN COUNTY ATTORNEY. UM, THE SECOND AMENDMENT DEALS WITH DOG TAGS AND SO THIS WOULD GIVE CITIZENS THE OPTION OF OBTAINING A THREE YEAR DOG TAG INSTEAD OF THE PRESENTLY REQUIRED ONE YEAR DOG TAG. PRESENTLY, A ONE YEAR DOG TAG COSTS $5. THE THREE YEAR DOG TAG WOULD COST $10 AND BE ISSUED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICIES TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE TREASURER'S OFFICE. UH, DOG OWNERS NOT COMPLYING WITH THE POLICIES OF THE TREASURER'S OFFICE FOR GETTING THE THREE YEAR TAG WOULD THEN HAVE NO OPTION BUT THE ONE YEAR TAG, UM, THE THREE ERROR TAG WOULD ALSO NOT BE AN OPTION FOR KENNEL LICENSES. IT WOULD JUST BE FOR INDIVIDUAL DOGS. UM, THE AMENDMENT ALSO MAKES A NUMBER OF OTHER MINOR TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE, TO THE DOG TAG SECTIONS IN THE CODE. UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND, UH, CHIEF LANGLEY IS HERE AS WELL AS, UM, MS. PERKINS AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS THAT, I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS, UM, IF, UH, JENNY ALVIN, EITHER ONE, HAVE ANY, IF THEY HAVE ANY PROBLEM, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T SEE THAT MAYBE Y'ALL SEE. NO SIR. I FULLY SUPPORT IT. UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT ME AND JENNY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. I ACTUALLY HELPS THE CITIZEN OUT TO KEEP THE CITIZEN FROM HAVING TO COME HERE TWO EXTRA YEARS TO PICK UP THEIR COUNTY TAGS. UM, AND EVERYTHING I, YOU HAVE TO GO TO SHELTER TO US OR VISIT THE BED AND HAVE PROOF AGAIN. BUT IF THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THE THREE YEAR PROOF AND WE THERE, IT HELPS THEM OUT. SO THEY SHOULD MAKE CITIZENS FEEL MORE THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS TO HELP THEM. AND AS FAR AS , JUST THINGS GETTING IT MATCHED UP TO GENERAL STANDARD. RIGHT. OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WITH THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE WILL, WILL ADVERTISE THESE FOR AN OCTOBER PUBLIC HEARING IN ACTION. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME, SIR. I'M, I'M SEEING ENOUGH NODDING HEADS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. [00:15:01] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ME TOO. SO IN ACTION? YEAH. OKAY. KEEP ME PEAKY . NO, YOU'RE GOOD. [7.A. Contract Award, Waterworks Operator] ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ACTION ITEMS. CONTRACT AWARD WATER WORKS OPERATOR, MARK HARRISON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL SERVICES. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON SIR. DEY COUNTY HAS BEEN UNDER CONTRACT WITH PD AND J AND VICON SINCE 2016 FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE COUNTY OWNED WATER SYSTEMS FOR DEWINE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND DEWINE COUNTY SCHOOLS. THE CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRED ON AUGUST 31ST, 2025. WE RELEASED A JOINT RFP WITH DEWINE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR A WATERWORKS OPERATOR ON JULY 26TH, 25. ONLY ONE VENDOR PD AND J AND VIA CON RESPONDED TO THE RFP BY THE AUGUST 18 DEADLINE. THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOLS WISH TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM TO ENTER A NEW CONTRACT. THE COST PER YEAR WILL BE $81,000, THE COUNTY FOR 18,000 AND THE SCHOOLS FOR 63,000. UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DEITY COUNTY DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED CONTRACT FOR WATERWORKS OPERATION WITH PD AND J IN RACON WITH ANY CHANGES SUBSTANTIVE OR OTHERWISE AS MAY BE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WHAT'S THE P FORWARD THEN? LOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND. COULD WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU BOB. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THANK YOU HAVE GOOD? ALRIGHT, [7.B. Contract Award, Ambulance Remount 7840] MOVING ALONG. UM, CONTRACT AWARD AMBULANCE REMOUNT 78 40 CHIEF KILNER AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN LEE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MASSENGILL, MS. HAMILTON, MR. SOUTHALL, TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU TO GET APPROVAL TO GO INTO A CONTRACT WITH PL CUSTOM FOR THE REPLACEMENT OR REMOUNT OF 2014 TERRA STAR AMBULANCE CONTRACT BETWEEN GOODMAN'S SPECIALIZED VEHICLES DEALER FOR PL CUSTOM BODY AND EQUIPMENT TO PERFORM AN AMBULANCE REMOUNT ON UNIT 78 40. THIS UNIT WAS PLACED INTO SERVICE IN 2014 AND CURRENTLY HAS OVER 160,000 MILES THIS PROCESS FOR REMOVED PATIENT COMPARTMENT AMBULANCE MODULE AND RE-INSTALL WITH UPGRADES ON A NEW FORD F FIVE 50 CHASSIS CONTRACT PRICE TO PERFORM THE REMOUNT OF $314,138 COST SAVINGS VERSUS PURCHASING A NEW AMBULANCE. 80,000 AND 90,000. A NEW AMBULANCE NOW IS OVER $400,000 AND WE HAVE A 20 MONTH DELIVERY TIME ON THAT UNIT. WE NEED MINE. THAT'S QUICK. SOME OF THEM. YEAH, JIM, RIGHT. WHAT YOU CALL QUICK SPENDING, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. QUICK TO SPENDING AND WAIT THEN WAIT. YEP. ANY QUESTIONS? LONG TIME. GUESS LET'S DO WHAT WE GOTTA DO. YOU GOTTA DO IT? YEAH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION RESOLUTION BE PASSED AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. CAN WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, [7.C. Contract Award, Chevrolet Silverado 2500] CHIEF NER, WHY YOU, WHY YOU HERE? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTRACT AWARD CHEVY SILVERADO 2,500. YES SIR. IN FRONT OF YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL THIS AFTERNOON IS A CONTRACT WITH HENDRICK CHEVROLET IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA TO PURCHASE A NEW 2025 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2,500 WILL BE UTILIZED BY THE NEW FIRE CAPTAIN DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL. THIS VEHICLE WILL BE UTILIZED TO HANDLE FIRE INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS ALONG WITH THE OCCASIONAL 9 1 1 RESPONSE TO ASSIST OUR STAFF AS NEEDED. TOTAL TRUCK COSTS 58,837 AND 93 CENTS AND THE TRUCK IS ON THE LOT, WHICH IS SOMETIMES HARD TO FIND NOWADAYS, SO IT'S SITTING THERE WAITING FOR, SO, OKAY, GOOD. GOOD NEWS. ANY QUESTIONS, MS. ALRIGHT. MS. JAR MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK Y'ALL. CHIEF COUNCIL. THANK YOU. IS HE GONNA BE, I THINK MR. SOUTH ALSO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. [00:20:05] BACK AROUND ITEM SEVEN. ALRIGHT, SO [Additional Item] THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE HOUSEKEEPING MEASURE THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU FOR THE NEXT ITEM. AND SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A REQUEST TO APPOINT, UM, I LEFT MY THANK YOU MS. HOWERTON. I'LL LEFT THE ONE PIECE OF PAPER I NEEDED HERE. . ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, DENWOODY FIRE AND EMS RECENTLY HIRED A DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL JAMES BRETT JENNINGS, WHO GOES BY BRETT JENNINGS. UM, VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 27 DASH 36 DISCUSSES THE GOVERNING BODY APPOINTING, UM, FIRE MARSHALS AND ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS. AND SO THERE IS A REQUEST TO HAVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPOINT MR. JENNINGS AS THE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL FOR DENWOODY COUNTY. THE FIRE MARSHAL IS PRESENTLY, UM, MR. RAY BLAKE, AND HE WAS CONFIRMED AS FIRE MARSHAL IN 2023. AS THOSE OF YOU WITH VERY GOOD MEMORIES MAY RECALL, UM, CHIEF KISSNER BECAME THE FIRE CHIEF IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024. AND STAFF IS ALSO REQUESTING THAT HE BE CONFIRMED AS THE FIRE OFFICIAL FOR FIRE CODE PURPOSES PURSUANT TO, UH, 11 VIRGINIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE FIVE DASH 52 DASH 50 B. UM, SO THAT IS, THAT'S THE REQUEST AND BOTH OF THESE DEAL WITH, WITH THE FIRE CODE, UM, BOTH OF THE, THE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL AND THE FIRE OFFICIAL POSITION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS. WE, WE HAVE, UM, MR. JENNINGS HERE TODAY, AND WE HAVE THE CHIEF HERE TODAY AND WE HAVE MR. BLAKE, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL, UM, I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO. SO THEY'LL FEEL DIFFERENT WHEN, WHEN THEY LEAVE. 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE GIVEN THEM, THEY'LL FEEL VERY GOOD. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'LL BE ALL OFFICIAL. AND MR. JENNINGS COMES TO US FROM COLONIAL HEIGHTS WHERE HE HAS, UH, EXPERIENCE DOING FIRE MARSHAL WORK AS WELL AS, UH, A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND HAVING SERVED, UM, IN POLICE IN BOTH COLONIAL HEIGHTS AND RICHMOND AND DIY DATED, YEAH. YEAH. SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, NOT A GOOD TIME TO COMMIT FIRE CODE VIOLATIONS OF DENWOODY COUNTY . THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, WHAT'S THE P PLEASURE MS. JOB? MAKE THE MOTION, UH, HEREBY MOVE TO APPOINT JAMES BRETT JENNINGS AS DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL AND APPOINT AND RATIFY DAVID W KISSNER AS THE FIRE OFFICIAL. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU OFFICIALLY NOW. SO, YEP. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU TOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG. UH, CITIZEN COMMENT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENT? MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. OKAY, GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENT. WE HAVE TIME [9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS] FOR, UM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS. YEAH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, WANTED TO, TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS, BUT MY FOCUS IS GONNA BE TODAY ON SOME OF THE BOARD'S, COMMISSIONS, AND AUTHORITIES THAT I SERVE ON. BUT BEFORE I, I GET TO THAT, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT JUST TO REPORT TO THE BOARD. WE DID HAVE OUR, UH, DIMWIT MANAGEMENT ADVANCE. SO THIS WAS, UH, ANYONE WHO SUPERVISED ANYONE. AND SO AUGUST 27, 28, 20 NINTH, UH, WE ENTITLED THAT STRIVE TO GATHER AND LEAD WITH PURPOSE. AND THE STRIVE PIECE OF THAT, AS YOU KNOW, GOES BACK TO THE, THE FUNDAMENTAL CORE VALUES OF, OF THE COUNTY. SO WE, WE REALLY FOCUSED HARD ON THE STEWARDSHIP, TEAMWORK, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, THE VALUE ADDED CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY EXCELLENCE. UM, SO I JUST WANNA REPORT TO YOU THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK, UH, FROM OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM ON THAT. AND, UM, OVERALL WE FELT LIKE IT WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL. UM, I FROM THERE, FROM THAT MANAGEMENT ADVANCE TO YOUR ADVANCE. SO THE NEXT ADVANCE WOULD BE, UH, OCTOBER 30TH AND 31ST, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE DATE THAT WORKS FOR, FOR THE MOST OF THE BOARD. UH, HOPEFULLY ALL OF YOU. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A THURSDAY AND A FRIDAY THE 30TH AND THE 31ST OF, OF OCTOBER. SO THE END OF OCTOBER. ALRIGHT, NOW MOVING TO, UH, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND AUTHORITIES. UM, I'M THE PREVIOUS PAST CHAIR, THE CREATOR YOUTH CARE COMMISSION. AND SO THAT COMMISSION SERVES PRINCE GEORGE DIM, WITTY, [00:25:01] SUSSEX, SURY, PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, AND THE CITY OF EMPORIUM. SO THAT IS THE JUVENILE DETENTION HOME, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE COUNTY. UH, SO AS CHAIR, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING OR AGREEMENT WITH TWO NEW LOCALITIES. AND THAT'S, THAT'S BOTH GREENSVILLE COUNTY AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY. THAT'S A, THAT'S A 22 BED FACILITY, UM, WHICH WE'VE AVERAGED AROUND 14, UH, BEDS BEING OCCUPIED. SO THE COMMISSION SAW OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO, TO BRING IN OTHER MEMBER JURISDICTIONS AT THE SAME TIME, UM, MAJOR REKY WITH THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY WERE HAVING TO SEND, UM, THEIR JUVENILES ALL OVER THE COMMONWEALTH. AND SO THIS JUST WORKS OUT WELL FOR THEM. SAME THING FOR GREENSVILLE. THEY DON'T HAVE A HOME, SO THIS GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY ON A CALL BASIS TO BE ABLE TO, TO BRING, UM, THOSE, THOSE KIDS UNDER OUR CARE. UH, OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S A MEMBER JURISDICTION, UH, NEEDS THE BED SPACE, THEN THE BOTH BRUNSWICK AND GREENSVILLE WOULD BE, UM, HAVE TO MOVE THEIR, THEIR CHILD SOMEWHERE ELSE. UM, BUT CRATER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION IS, UH, NOW UNDER THE, UH, CHAIRMANSHIP OF WILLIAM JOHNSON, THE CITY OF EMPORIA. UH, SO WE WE'RE MAKING THAT TRANSITION AND THIS FRIDAY IS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT PARTNERSHIP. SO WE HAVE A, A REGULAR MEETING FRIDAY, BUT THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CELEBRATION THERE FOR 50 YEARS. WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON MEHERON RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DIM, WITTY BRUNSWICK AND MECKLENBURG. AND, UM, I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAIRMAN THERE, MR. DOOLEY. AND SHERIFF ADAMS SERVES ON AS YOUR PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVES OF MEHERON, UH, AS IT WAS REPORTED LAST MONTH, COLONEL RODNEY JACOBS IS YOUR, YOUR NEW COLONEL. THERE HE COMES, UH, TO THE POSITION FROM THE POSITION OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL THAT HE HAD FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND DOING A, DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB SO FAR. UH, BUT I WAS CHECKING IN ON JAIL POPULATION. IRONICALLY. UM, OUR JAIL POPULATION STILL CONTINUES TO BE UNDER OUR BUDGETED AMOUNT, UH, BUT STILL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU PAY LESS. UNFORTUNATELY, BOTH BRUNSWICK AND MECKLENBURG ARE ALSO DOWN. UH, SO WHEN WE ALL PROPORTIONATELY GO DOWN, UM, THEY'VE GONE DOWN FURTHER THAN WE HAVE. SO THAT PROPORTIONATELY MEANS WE STILL PAY MORE. SO AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, I HAD TO SEND MISS HOWTON AN EMAIL THAT OUR TRUE UP WAS $155,877 AND 62 CENTS. SO THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR CONTRACTUAL PRICE THAT, THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PAY. TYPICALLY, WE'D USE ANY FUNDS THAT WOULD BE ON THE BOOKS, BUT THAT, UH, BALANCE WAS ZERO. EVEN AFTER PAYING 155,000, YOUR BALANCE IS STILL ZERO. SO YOU, UH, YOU, AGAIN, THINKING FOR NEXT YEAR, AGAIN, THIS IS ON A THREE YEAR CALENDAR AVERAGE. UM, THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE COST PLACES THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT. BUT FROM THE MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE OF THE JAIL, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE DOING EXTREMELY WELL OTHER THAN WE'RE ABOUT 49 VACANCIES SHORT. UM, WHICH SOUNDS SIGNIFICANT AND IT IS SIGNIFICANT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE JAIL POPULATION IS COMING DOWN WITH THAT. IF JAIL POPULATION WERE TO INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY, STAFFING WILL BECOME A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE AT THAT POINT. SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE JAIL, UH, PETERSBURG AREA REGIONAL TOURISM, I'M CURRENTLY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THAT ORGANIZATION. UH, WE'VE DONE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH AS, AS YOU KNOW, MARTHA BURTON RETIRED AND WAS OUR PART-TIME TOURISM MANAGER. WE HAVEN'T HAD A DIRECTOR REALLY SINCE, UM, ABOUT 2008 OR OH NINE. UH, THE CRATER PDC PICKED UP MANAGING THAT ORGANIZATION UNDER DENNY MORRIS. UM, SO WE, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME WE WOULD HAVE A, A FULL-TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THE, THE JOB SEARCH CLOSES THIS THURSDAY, AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS PETERSBURG'S LEADING THAT EFFORT AS FAR AS THE COLLECTION OF APPLICANTS. AND FROM WHAT, WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE, UM, SOME GOOD APPLICANTS TO REVIEW. UH, WE HAD A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP THERE TOO. JEFF STOKE, WHO'S THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IS NOW THE, THE PRESIDENT OF, OF PARK MARK ALTMAN, THE CITY MANAGER OF PETERSBURG IS THE TREASURER. AND DOUG SMITH, THE CITY MANAGER OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS IS THE SECRETARY. UM, AND THEN I SHOULD MENTION THAT, UH, STACY ENGLISH, WHO'S DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM FOR THE COUNTY IS ALSO THE MARKETING CHAIRMAN PERSON OF THE, UM, OF PARK. SO SHE GETS TO HELP LEAD THAT EFFORT FOR, FOR REGIONAL TOURISM AND JUST SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN THE REGION. SO [00:30:01] IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BE PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION. UM, LEMME MOVE TO RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE. AS YOU KNOW, I SERVE ON THE FOUNDATION OF, OF RICHARD BLAND. I'M THE VICE CHAIR THERE. UM, SO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. UM, IT WAS MY FIRST MEETING AS VICE CHAIR KIND OF TALKING ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES THERE. AFTER THAT MEETING, WE, WE HAD A, A FOUNDATION ADVANCE OR RETREAT. UM, AND THE FOCUS OF THAT WAS ON FUNDRAISING FOR, FOR THE FOUNDATION. 'CAUSE FOUNDATION'S MAJOR OBJECTIVE IS SCHOLARSHIPS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO THE CONDUIT THAT HANDLES ALL REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS. SO ALL, ALL OF THE DORMS AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE ARE NOW USED EVERY SINGLE ONE, IN FACT, AS A WAIT LIST TO GET INTO THE DORMS. MM-HMM . UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE WE WERE, UH, HOUSING THEIR STUDENTS. NOW THEIR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN MOVED ON BACK TO VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND THERE'S STILL A NEED FOR MORE, MORE DORM SPACE. OVERALL ENROLLMENT FOR RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE IS UP ABOUT 8%. AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT 8%, NEARLY 90% OF THAT'S TIED TO ATHLETICS. AND SO THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMMING AT RBC IS REALLY KIND OF TAKEN OFF. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, MORE EMPHASIS IS GONNA BE LOOKING TOWARDS THE ACTUAL ASSETS THAT GO TO THE ATHLETIC SIDE. SO WE'RE PRESENTLY LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SPORTS COMPLEX FOR SOME OF THEIR, UH, TEAMS. PRESENTLY, BASEBALL IS USING THE PETERSBURG SPORTS COMPLEX, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT BACK UNDER RBC. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOW A, A BOARD OF VISITORS. SO THE, THE BOARD OF VISITORS, UM, JUST HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING. I THINK THEIR SECOND MEETING IS THIS MONTH. SO THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THEIR FEET UNDER 'EM, SO TO SPEAK. UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD OF VISITORS AND THE FOUNDATION BOARD TO WORK TOGETHER. AND IT'S REALLY CRITICAL FOR A TIME SUCH AS THIS BECAUSE, UH, PRESIDENT DEBBIE AU WHO WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE IN OCTOBER FOR JEFF BROWN, HAS ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT. SO SHE'S, HER GOAL WAS TO GET TO INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE. AND NOW THAT'S TAKEN PLACE. SHE'S LOOKING AT RETIRING. JUNE OF, OF 26 WOULD BE HER, HER LAST. BUT WHAT A PHENOMENAL 14 YEAR CAREER AT RBC AND A LOT OF CHANGES UNDER HER, HER LEADERSHIP. UM, AS YOU KNOW, I'M THE VICE CHAIR ALSO OF THE APAX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY. WE RECENTLY, UH, TOOK A TOUR, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, THERE'S A HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY THAT'S BESIDE, UM, THE, THE DAM, THE BRASFIELD DAM ON AT, AT, UH, THE WATER AUTHORITY. THEY'RE LOOKING AT RENEWING THAT, UM, THAT LEASE. SO THAT LEASE FALLS WITH US ON THE BOARD. UM, SO WE GOT A COUPLE OPTIONS THERE. WE COULD RE RENEW THE RE LEASE WITH THE EXISTING COMPANY. IF YOU WERE TO DO THAT, IT WOULD BE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND THERE COULD BE SOME PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. IF WE EVER NEEDED TO RAISE THE DAM. UM, IT MAKES MONEY SO THE AUTHORITY COULD JUST KEEP THE ASSET AND THEN RUN IT OURSELVES, UM, AND THEN WORK WITH DOMINION APPROPRIATELY FOR THAT. BUT THEN, I DON'T KNOW, WE WANT TO GET INTO THE HYDROELECTRIC BUSINESS, UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY CLOSELY LOOKING AT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS KIND OF A, A, A BIG ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING WITH NOW. UM, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO AARON, SPECIFICALLY SUTHERLAND ROAD BRIDGE BESIDE WOCK MARINA, AND JUST HOW SPECIFIC THAT, THAT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT HAS TO BE IN THE EVENT THAT WE RAISE THE DAM. SO WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE A VERY POSITIVE FLOW BY RELEASE RATE, UM, WHICH ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE OLD RELEASE RATE WAS FOR EVERY GALLON THAT CAME IN TO THE, THE LAKE, TWO GALLONS HAD TO BE DUMPED OUT, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE, ESPECIALLY IN A DROUGHT. SO IN, BUT A FAVORABLE FLOW BY RELEASE IS ONE GALLON IN ONE GALLON OUT. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN, UH, EVER SINCE WE HAD THE MAJOR REDUCTION OF THE LAKE BACK IN THE, IN THE MOST SEVERE DROUGHT. ALL THIS HAS TO BE REEVALUATED SOON. SO WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS OF, OF EVALUATING THAT. UM, THE, THE NEXT ISSUE ON THE LAKE IS DUCK HUNTING. AND SO DUCK HUNTING HAS BECOME MORE, MORE PREVALENT ON THE LAKE. I WAS TELLING CHAIRMAN LEE, IT'S MOWING. MR. DOOLEY'S DISTRICT, UH, FURTHER THE WESTERN PART OF THE LAKE AS YOU ON THE COVE OF THE COZY COVE SIDE. UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DUCK HUNTING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY ACTUALLY HAS A PROVISION THAT YOU CAN'T FIRE A DISCHARGE, A WEAPON, SO MANY FEET FROM A DWELLING. DENWOODY COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE THAT RESTRICTION. UM, IF YOU WANTED TO IN DENWOODY, YOU COULD STAND ON YOUR BACK DECK. [00:35:01] AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE APPRECIATE THIS. AND YOU COULD SHOOT A DEER IN YOUR BACKYARD IF YOU WANTED TO. UH, CHESTERFIELD MUCH MORE DENSE POPULATION THAT'S NOT ALLOWED OVER THERE. SO THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS. AND AGAIN, MR. LEE SAID, AT BEST, YOU DON'T REALLY OWN THE LAND IN YOUR BACKYARD AT THE LAKE, THE AUTHORITY DOES. SO IF YOU'RE STANDING AND HUNTING ON THAT PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, SOME RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THAT'S THEIR BACKYARD, BUT IT'S REALLY THE AUTHOR'S PROPERTY. SO WE ARE, WE'RE HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, AND THIS IS MAINLY FOR MR. DOOLEY AND FOR DR. MOORE, UM, THE DISCUSSION HAS COME UP THIS, THIS WEEK WHERE THE AUTHORITY SENT A NOTICE TO, UM, SOME FOLKS ON BOTH THE CHESTERFIELD AND DENWOODY SIDE ABOUT, UH, THE USE OF WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS ABOVE EXHAUST MOTORS. SO THEY'RE REFERRED TO AS MUD MOTORS. SO ANY EXHAUST SYSTEM THAT'S ABOVE THE WATERLINE, IF YOU THINK OF LIKE AN AIRBOAT THAT YOU KNOW, SO A LOT OF DUCK HUNTERS USE, USE THIS TYPE OF AIRBOAT. UH, SO MR. WILSON, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RA, PUT OUT THAT THESE EXHAUSTS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN, IN CHESTERFIELD OR DIM WITTY BY ORDINANCE. AND SO WE'VE, UM, TALKED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN CHESTERFIELD PD AND THEIR MARINE UNIT THAT THEY CAN BE TICKETED FOR THIS. UM, WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, THAT OUR STAFF HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS SINCE THEY MADE NOTICE OF THIS. UM, AND AGAIN, UM, I THINK IT'S CREATED SOME, SOME CONTROVERSY. AND AGAIN, BOTH CHESTERFIELD AND DIM WIDY HAVE THESE ORDINANCES IN PLACE. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S THE LAW AT THIS POINT. AND SO SOME OF THE DUCK HUNTERS, UM, AS THEY'VE BEEN CALLING IN, THEY WANNA KNOW THE CHESTERFIELD REPS AND THE DIMITY REPS. SO JUST TO GIVE A HEADS UP, UH, TO MR. DOOLEY, 'CAUSE IT'S IN HIS DISTRICT, AND DR. MOORE WHO OWN HAS SOME OF THE LAKE AS WELL. THE HUNTER VIEWPOINT IS THAT, LOOK, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS AND NOBODY HAS SAID ANYTHING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, SOME OF THE DUCK HUNTERS ARE GETTING ON THE LAKE AROUND THREE 30 IN THE MORNING. AND SO WHERE THEY PUT IN USUALLY IS AT WOCK MARINA. SO AS THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN THE LAKE AT THREE 30 IN THE MORNING, IT'S JUST VERY LOUD NOISE. SO THAT ACTUALLY CAUSED SOME CONCERN AND A CALL TO THE APAX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY. THAT'S WHY THE NOTICE WAS SENT OUT. UM, THEY SAY THAT MUD MOTORS ARE NO LOT, NO LOUDER THAN A TWO STROKE OUTBOARD ON A BASS BOAT. UM, THAT'S, THIS IS THEIR POINT OF VIEW. UH, OTHERS HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT THEY CANNOT GET TO THEIR DUCK BLIND SAFELY WITH A NORMAL OUTBOARD MOTOR. UH, SO AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME THINGS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK THROUGH. UM, IN SOME CASES, PEOPLE WITH MUD MOTORS HELP PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE MUD MOTORS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THEIR BLIND. UM, AND AGAIN, THEY THINK THIS IS MAYBE CREATING A HARDSHIP. SO SOME LAKES HAVE CREATED TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AT CERTAIN TIMES YOU CAN OPERATE A MUD MOTOR. SO THE GOOD THING IS, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THIS BOARD YET, BUT, UM, WE DO EXPECT AT OUR NEXT APPOMATTOX REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY MEETING THAT WE'LL HAVE DUCK HUNTERS IN ATTENDANCE. ULTIMATELY, CHESTERFIELD AND DENWOODY WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE, UH, WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THIS. SO I JUST JUST WANNA GIVE YOU TWO A HEADS UP OF THAT. AND I KNOW KEVIN CARROLL ON THE CHESTERFIELD SIDE, I THINK HE HAS THE WHOLE LAKE. MM-HMM . UM, HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS AS WELL. SO Y'ALL, JUST SO THAT Y'ALL ARE AWARE, SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY, I'M THE VICE CHAIRMAN OVER THERE TOO. AND SO THE NUTRIENT REMOVAL PROJECT IS, IS A REALLY, UH, KIND OF COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT THAT PROJECT'S GOING EXTREMELY WELL, VERY COSTLY, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOING WELL. UH, POCAHONTAS ISLAND DOESN'T THINK SO. SO WE HAVE RESIDENTS ON POCAHONTAS ALLEN THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED OF THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON IN THE REHAB OF, UM, SOME OF THE, THE ASSETS AT SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY. SO AS CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, THE CHAIRMAN IS, IS DOUG SMITH. UH, WE, WE STARTED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS OF, UH, POCAHONTAS TO DO A BETTER JOB. AND, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN MATERIAL WAS DELIVERED AND THE TIME OF DAY OF DELIVERY, AS WELL AS THE SOUND AND THE NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING ISSUE UNTIL THIS WAS, KEEP IN MIND, THE NUTRIENT REMOVAL PROJECT WAS REQUIRED. IT WASN'T A, UM, DO IT IF YOU'D LIKE TO. WE, WE ABOUT CAME ON A CONSENT ORDER TO GET IT DONE. AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THE STATE OF VIRGINIA PAY IN AS MUCH AS THEY DID, WE, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THE PROJECT. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE, UH, CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION. AND SO THAT COMMISSION IS CHESTERFIELD, CHARLES CITY COUNTY, OBVIOUSLY DENWOODY COUNTY, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, SURY COUNTY, SUSSEX AND GREENSVILLE. AND IT'S ALSO THE CITIES OF PETERSBURG, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, HOPEWELL AND EMPORIA. [00:40:01] SO, UM, BIG, BIG ORGANIZATION, UH, DR. MARK MOORE IS, IS IS YOUR REP THERE AS WELL AS SAM HAYES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS, UM, FULFILLING A POSITION THERE. SO THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE THREE PROJECTS I JUST WANNA MENTION. ONE IS THE, UH, THE NEED TO LOOK AT EITHER REHABILITATING THE OFFICE SPACE AT THE CRATER PDC, UH, OR BUILDING SOMETHING NEW. AND SO THERE'S BEEN SOME RECENT DISCUSSION OF A REGIONAL GOVERNANCE FACILITY, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE PDC, BUT SOME OTHER REGIONAL, UM, OFFICES THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY COULD COME ON. SO MAYBE THAT'S PART, MAYBE IT'S THE, UM, CAPITAL AREA REGIONAL MILITARY ALLIANCE. BANDY JONES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HAS OPERATES, UH, THE, THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, UM, THERE, UM, FLAR, VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY REGION, ALL THAT POTENTIALLY COULD COME. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THAT NOW. UH, CHESTERFIELD'S ALREADY PART OF A TRANSFER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, SO THERE'S LIKE A REAL COMPREHENSIVE LOOK. THOSE AT MPO KNOW THAT, UM, THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A, A TRUE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR OUR REGION, WHICH COULD BRING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, TO, TO US. UM, YOU KNOW, SMART SCALE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SMART AND EVEN THINGS OUT. NO, IT REALLY DIDN'T. I WISH THEY KIND OF CHANGED THE NAME, BUT IT REALLY DIDN'T HELP RURAL, RURAL LOCALITIES VERY MUCH. BUT MAYBE A TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY COULD TAKE ON SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UH, THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. AND THEN LASTLY, AND THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF THESE, BUT THERE'S A, A REGIONAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THAT'S BEING LOOKED INTO. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO TEACH THAT, UH, IN DECEMBER, UH, WITH SOME OTHER AREA MANAGERS. THIS WOULD BE ANY NEW, UH, ELECTED OFFICIAL AFTER NOVEMBER'S ELECTIONS AND OR ANYBODY IN THE, THE COUNTY OR CITY GOVERNMENT OR BUSINESSES EVEN THAT WOULD WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT REGIONAL GOVERNANCE. THE NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 25TH AT EAST SIDE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT CENTER HERE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE SPACE NEEDS ARE SUCH AN ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO THE PDC OFFICE. UM, UNFORTUNATELY I WON'T MAKE THAT MEETING ON THE 25TH 'CAUSE I WILL BE BAY CORP INSURANCE BOARD MEETING. AS YOU KNOW, I'M THE CHAIRMAN THERE FOR THE STATEWIDE BOARD. AND SO WE ARE THE 25TH AND 26TH TO HAVE OUR MEETING, WHICH WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME HERE TODAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL BILLS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH LAST YEAR THAT, THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING BACK THIS YEAR, THAT THEY REALLY KIND OF INCREASE SOME, SOME CONCERN AND EXPOSURE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR FIREFIGHTERS, UM, EMTS, OUR FIRST, OUR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT PROTECTIONS THEY HAVE VERSUS WHAT PROTECTIONS COULD BE ERODED. UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY CAREFULLY LOOKING AT THAT AND TRYING TO FOCUS MORE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UM, AS WELL, UH, OUR FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE. YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT, THAT WE HAD A ROUND TABLE MEETING MS. COLLINS AND I, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, THAT FRIDAY. THE COOL THING IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME VACANT SEATS FOR AROUND A WHILE UNDER THE ROUND TABLE, AND I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO ADD SEATS TO THE LAST MEETING. SO OUR PASTORS ARE TALKING, UH, WE HAD NEW MEMBERS THAT ACTUALLY CAME TO THE ROUND TABLE MEETING. SO IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE SOME NEW PARTNERS AND SOME NEW ENERGY IN THE ROOM. UM, JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE ONE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICE, WHICH IS, UH, AN ANNUAL EVENT, UH, IS GONNA TAKE PLACE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH. THAT'S GONNA BE AT WEST END BAPTIST CHURCH. AND AGAIN, THAT'S A SUNDAY AT 3:00 PM UM, THE RECONCILIATION STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS A COMMITTEE THAT, UM, BRANCHED OFF THE TASK FORCE THAT I CREATED ON EQUITY AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION, UH, MS. YATES CHAIRS THAT, UM, THAT KIND OF, UH, STEERING COMMITTEE. AND, UH, WE HAD A MEETING RECENTLY ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. THAT MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS MORE OF AN ANNUAL UPDATE. SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, AT THE, AT THE MOMENT, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED, UH, OR IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A PRESENTATION AND A BROCHURE AND CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THE 20 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE ONGOING, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, THEIR WORK ON OCTOBER 2ND. UM, I'M GONNA BE MEETING WITH THEM. THIS IS AN ADVISORY STEERING COMMITTEE THAT COMES TO ME, BUT I MENTIONED IT TO MR. LEE EARLIER, MS. BONNER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TOO. BUT AGAIN, IT'S OCTOBER 2ND AT 10:00 AM UM, AS, AS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. LAST THING I'LL, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH KIND OF LEAVING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR A WHILE, IS THE, UM, IS SOVA OUR CHAMBER. SO EARLIER TODAY WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY SOFA'S, UH, LUNCH MEETING WAS AT PAMELA HISTORICAL PARK AND THE MEAL WAS PROVIDED BY BROTHERS PIZZA. AND SO WHILE WE WERE AROUND THE ROOM, I CAN'T EVEN TELL [00:45:01] ME ANY IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN. IT WAS PACKED. IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE WHOLE BACK BANQUET ROOM ALL THE WAY TO THE HALLWAY. I MEAN, SO WHEN YOU, IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, DEWIN, HE WAS STRONG WITH OUR OWN CHAMBER, BUT WHEN YOU PARTNER WITH PETERSBURG AND COLONIAL HEIGHTS AND YOU SEE THAT FULL OPPORTUNITY, AND I WAS, I WAS JUST AMAZED BY THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT SAID WE'RE DOING EXTREMELY WELL. AND WE, WE LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING OUR OPERATIONS. UM, AND SO WE MADE OUR BEST PITCH OF WHY THEY, TO EXPAND THOSE OPERATIONS IN DENWOODY. BUT WE'RE ALL ONE, ONE KIND OF HAPPY REGION, BUT GREAT MEETING TODAY. AND AGAIN, I I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THE, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE SOVA UH, CHAMBER IS, IS REALLY A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US. I THINK THAT CAN LEAD, 'CAUSE WE KNOW OUR ECONOMY'S BUILT ON SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE BIGGER GUYS WERE IN THE ROOM TOO, BUT IT'S GOOD TO GOOD TO HAVE THAT. I WAS GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE DINNER, BUT I'M, LAST NIGHT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH GENERAL DONAHUE AND HER COMMAND STAFF, AND I'M GONNA, I THINK DAN'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND I CAN ADD ANYTHING, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD EVERY NOW AND THEN TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. AND THIS ISN'T ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES, BUT IT'S KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTED ONES THAT WE'RE, THAT I'M A PART OF FOR YOU. AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEEL ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. AND IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TO KIND OF TALK YOU THROUGH IT. ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I'M GOOD. WHAT? DOING WELL, THANK YOU. WHAT YOU DOING YOUR SPARE TIME? DAY WORK. THAT'S RIGHT. ALRIGHT, [10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] WE'RE GONNA HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. MR. DOOLEY. I THINK WE STARTED WITH US TO TRAY US LAST MONTH. BEST I CAN REMEMBER. SO WE'LL START WITH YOU. THIS, THIS MONTH. UM, I DON'T HAVE MUCH. UM, I WILL JUST SAY THAT ME AND MY HEART, UM, IT WAS BROKEN FROM THE EVENTS OF LAST WEEK. UM, SO I WILL SAY THAT I AM, I MADE A COMMITMENT TO MYSELF TO BE EVEN MORE BOLD ABOUT MY FAITH AND UNAPOLOGETIC THAT TO TELL FOLKS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT JESUS LOVES YOU. THAT, UH, THAT I AM A CHILD OF GOD AND THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO, TO CARRY THAT TORCH. AND, AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR POLITICAL AFFILIATION IS, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHAT MATTERS IS THAT, THAT JESUS CHRIST IS KING AND THAT JESUS LOVES YOU. UM, A LOT OF OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, OUR COMMUNITY IS UNIQUE IN THAT WE ARE A TIGHT KNIT GROUP OF FOLKS AND THAT LOVE ONE ANOTHER. AND SO I PRAY THAT THAT CONTINUES REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR NATION, THAT WE REMEMBER WHO WE ARE AS A, AS A COMMUNITY, AND WE CONTINUE TO SHOW LOVE FIRST AND FOREMOST. AMEN. OTHER THAN THAT, ALRIGHT, GOT US GOOD DR. MOLE. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I ECHO THAT. I I AGREE YOUR, WITH YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE THERE. UM, THERE WERE SOME OTHER EVENTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE WEEK ALSO, UM, THAT AFFECTED OUR SCHOOL CHI, NOT OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN, BUT SOME CHILDREN IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY. UM, SO I WANNA KIND OF START BY SAYING WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A SUCCESSFUL FIRST MONTH OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, STARTING BACK TO SCHOOL IN HERE. AND, UM, JUST KEEP OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN YOUR DAILY PRAYERS. UM, EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH IT. EVERY TIME YOU PUT THAT CHILD ON THE BUS OR YOU TAKE YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL, YOU PUT IT IN SOMEONE'S HANDS AND YOU PRAY THAT THAT CHILD COMES ON SAFELY AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND, UM, WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE PRAYING THAT EVERY DAY IS A SAFE DAY. AND, AND I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE, UM, THERE'S NO GREATER LOVE THAN THE LOVE THAT JESUS CHRIST HAD FOR US. AND WE NEED TO SHOW THAT AND SHARE THAT IN OUR LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY. UM, COUPLE OF THINGS. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE FORD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE 70TH ANNIVERSARY. AND I DON'T WANNA JUST POINT OUT FORD, BUT THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS FROM OTHER, OUR OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE THERE. BUT IT WAS A GOOD EVENT, UM, VERY FAMILY ORIENTED EVENT. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, NOT JUST TO FORD, BUT FOR EVERY FIREFIGHTER AND EVERY EMS INDIVIDUAL THAT WORKS FOR, FOR D WITTY COUNTY AND DOESN'T WORK FOR DENVER COUNTY OR WORKS AS A VOLUNTEER, THAT'S PART OF THE PROGRAM. UM, TO GIVE US 70 YEARS. AND IT'S JUST KIND OF IRONIC, WE'RE SITTING THERE AND A CALL COMES IN AT SIX O'CLOCK AND HE HAD TO GO OUT. THERE WAS A BARN FIRE, I BELIEVE IT WAS PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MILES UP THE ROAD FROM THE STATION. AND SO ZOOM OUT OF THE STATION, THEY GO AND, UM, BUT THEY PUT THE FIRE RIGHT. AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS, UH, I THINK OUR PICKLEBALL COURT AND OUR BASKETBALL COURT IS GOING OVER WELL. I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO CALL ME AT HOME [00:50:01] SAYING THANK YOU FOR SOMETHING FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO CAN PLAY ON. AND ALSO FOR OUR YOUTH AS WELL AS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT JUST LIKE TO PLAY PICKLEBALL. UM, EARLY MORNING, I GO UP AND WALK ON SATURDAY, MOST OF THE TIME EARLY, BETWEEN SEVEN TO EIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. AND, UH, THERE ARE PEOPLE UP THERE ON THE COURT, UM, SOME SINGLE INDIVIDUALS, SOME PLAYING PICKLEBALL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. UM, BUT IT'S, IT, I THINK IT'S BEEN A VERY POSITIVE THING FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, IT'S A GOOD THING. ANYTHING, ANYTIME WE CAN DO SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE CITIZENS, IT'S A GOOD DAY IN DEW COUNTY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MS. LONG. THANK YOU. UM, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, I HAD A, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING, UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO. AND, UM, THE FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER. AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO THANK THE, UH, COUNTY STAFF THAT CAME OUT TO, UM, BE PRESENT IN CASE SOMEONE IN THE, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO TALK WITH THEM. AND I WANNA THANK, UH, MARIE FOR, SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF PAPERS AND GETTING EVERYTHING STRAIGHT. AND, UM, AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK. IT'S A LOT OF WORK. I WAS, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT. I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO, TO HAVE IT. SO IT IS A LOT OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND THANK THE CITIZENS FOR COMING OUT, UM, TO, UM, ASK QUESTIONS AND, UH, AND STILL TEXT ME ABOUT QUESTIONS TO, UM MM-HMM TO ASK TO ASK VDOT AND WHOEVER ELSE THAT WAS THERE. UM, THE OTHER THING IS I WANTED TO, UM, KINDA, I GUESS PIGGYBACK ON I GUESS WHAT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WERE TALKING ABOUT. I, UM, AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, UH, MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE BEING IN, IN THAT FIELD FOR 34 YEARS, I CAN'T, I I ALWAYS SPEAK ABOUT THAT. AND AS YOU SEE THE NEWS AND YOU SEE, UM, YOU, UM, HOW A YOUNG LADY WAS JUST SITTING ON A TRAIN AND SOMEONE HAD AN EPISODE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT TAKING HIS MEDICINE OR, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL ILLNESSES DON'T, UM, WHEN THEY FEEL WELL, THEY THINK THEY'RE WELL, THEY STOP TAKING THEIR MEDICINE AND THEN IT'S A PROBLEM. THEY GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING. SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AND IT, IT IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE SOME OF THE, UM, ACTS THAT THEY DO COULD, UH, LAND THEM IN JAIL OR ANOTHER FACILITY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO, UM, STAY AWARE OF THAT. WE HAVE TO, IF YOU KNOW, UM, YOUR DELEGATES AND LEGISLATIVE PEOPLE TO REALLY JUST TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM. IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM. NO ONE WAKES UP AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS. NO ONE DOES THAT. AND IT HAPPENS. SOMETIMES IT'S HEREDITARY, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, UH, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN. BUT WHEN YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR MEDICINE, AND WE TALK ABOUT HEALTHCARE AND TALK ABOUT MEDICINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, WHEN I WAS, UM, WORKING IN FORENSIC, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS THERE. HE, HE, UM, SAID THAT HE WAS HAVING AN EPISODE. HE WENT TO GET HELP. AND THIS HAS BEEN MANY YEARS AGO, OF COURSE, THINGS HAVE IMPROVED SINCE THEN. BUT HE WENT TO GET HELP AND HE TOLD HIM, HE SAID, SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH ME. UM, I'M HAVING SOME ISSUES. WELL, THEY SENT HIM HOME. THEY WENT HOME. UNFORTUNATELY, HE KILLED HIS MOTHER AND WENT UPSTAIRS AND LAID DOWN, TELL HIS, TELL THE, UM, HIS FAMILY GOT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. HIS FAMILY, UM, THEY WERE VERY ANGRY. THEY WOULD NOT, UM, SUPPORT HIM. BUT THEN AFTER REALIZING THE PROBLEM AND WHAT HAPPENED, THEY SUED AND THEY WON ALSO BECAUSE HE, UM, HE WAS THERE. HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG, AND THAT WAS KIND OF UNFORTUNATE. AND HE STAYED AT THE HOSPITAL, UM, AT CENTRAL STATE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND HE'S DOING VERY WELL NOW. AND HE'S AN ADVOCATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA STRESS THAT. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UH, THE WORLD AND WE LOOK AT OUR COUNTRY AND HOW DIVIDED THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE, WE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHO'S IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR LEGISLATIVE PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO, UH, BE CAREFUL BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M AN ATHEIST AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING, BUT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON GOD IS IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING. AND HE DOES EVERYTHING. AND REGARDLESS IF YOU BELIEVE IN HIM OR NOT, IT DOESN'T MATTER. AND ONE OF THE SCRIPTURES I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, SOMETIMES LIFE AND DEATH LIES IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE, BECAUSE YOUR TONGUE CAN SPEAK THINGS IN EXISTENCE AND COULD BE A PROBLEM. BUT IF YOU, AGAIN, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE OR YOU KNOW SOMEONE HAVING AN ISSUE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM. PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM [00:55:01] BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, WHO ARE HAVING ISSUES, EVEN PEOPLE ON THE JOB. AND PEOPLE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU FIRE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES. UM, AND THEN PEOPLE COME BACK AND THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T SEE ONE PERSON THEY SEE JUST GOING AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. UM, AND I WAS, I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE AND THEY DID THAT. THEY, THEY WERE FIRING A COUPLE PEOPLE. I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL. HOW ABOUT TALKING TO THE PEOPLE, SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON? BECAUSE SOMETHING COULD BE, UM, HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES THAT YOU DON'T KNOW OF. SO, UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO KINDA, YOU KNOW, UH, SHARE AND TALK ABOUT TODAY. AND ALSO, WE HAVE VOTING COMING UP, AND THIS CAN BE A START TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU WANT TO REPRESENT, YOU REPRESENT YOUR VALUES AND WHATEVER ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO DO. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO I'M, AND TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE, TO GET OUT THERE AND NOT STAY AT HOME AND VOTE. UM, BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR RIGHT TO DO, TO, TO HELP AND TO TRY TO GET THINGS MOVING IN A VERY, VERY POSITIVE, UH, DIRECTION. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. THANK YOU MR. JAMES. THANK YOU, DAN. UM, EVERYONE SAID EVERYTHING THAT I, I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS, UM, IT WAS SAD FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED. AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD'S IN CONTROL OF ALL THINGS. IT'S NOT SOME THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MY, I LOST A SON AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT ROMANS 8 28 SAYS ALL THINGS, NOT SOME THINGS. AND THAT'S HARD TO HOLD ONTO 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. SO, BUT CHARLIE'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST SAD. UM, BUT FOR THE GOOD NOTE, I HAD A GOOD TOWN HALL MEETING. I GOT SOME FRIENDS HERE TONIGHT THAT, UH, WAS THERE AND THEY SAW HOW THE STAFF WORKED REAL HARD TO MAKE US PROSPEROUS. IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW WE DO. AS YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS GUY RIGHT HERE, KEVIN, HE JUST TALKED ABOUT A FEW COMMITTEES HE'S ON. YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S MAYBE NOT EVEN A THIRD WHEN I THINK, AM I RIGHT? . SO ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER MAKES DI WHITTY COUNTY LOOK GOOD. I WAS, UH, AT A MEETING LAST NIGHT AND ONE OF THE GUYS THAT'S RUNNING FOR THE BOARD IN, IN PRINCE GEORGE, YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID? THE ONLY THING THAT I HEAR IS THEY WANT TO BE LIKE DI WHITTY, YOU KNOW, FAITH BASED IS WHAT'S BROUGHT IT OUT TOO. HOW WE GET ALONG. AND THAT'S WHY WE GET ALONG BECAUSE WE HAVE CHRIST IN THE SINNER. BEFORE WE COME IN THIS MEETING, WE ASK GOD TO BE HERE. AND IT MAKES IT A WHOLE LOT SIMPLER AND A WHOLE LOT BETTER, UH, WHEN WE DO THAT. BUT I WANT TO, UH, EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW AS YOU DO. YOU SAW WHAT THE STAFF DID, RIGHT? YOU LEARNED A LOT WHILE YOU WERE THERE. THEY WERE ALL UP THERE REPRESENTING US HOW WE DO THINGS. MARIE, I MEAN, SHE MADE ME LOOK SO GOOD WITH ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, PREP SHE DID FOR ME, I MEAN, MADE ME THIS BIG. AND THEN I GO AND I GET LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW? BUT THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES. YOU KNOW, HE GIVES US PEOPLE THAT MAKES US LOOK GOOD. MM-HMM . RIGHT? SO WE'RE ALL GOOD. AND WE DO, WE'RE ALL HURTING TODAY BECAUSE OF CHARLIE. BUT GOD'S GOT A PLAN AND I HOPE WE CAN ALL, HE'S GONNA SHINE BETTER NOW THAN IT DID BEFORE BECAUSE THE FAITH THAT EVERYBODY HAS NOW IS GONNA BE BETTER. SO CHARLIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, AND I THINK SHE'S GOING TO CARRY IT TOO. AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS GUY FOR A LONG TIME, SO HE'S, HE'S REALLY BROUGHT A, UH, A LOT OF KIDS AWAKE. YOU KNOW, I SAW 11-YEAR-OLD KIDS THAT CHARLIE'S TOUCHED AND THEY'RE FOLLOWING HIM 'CAUSE THAT'S ABOUT WHEN HE WAS, WHEN HE STARTED. BUT I'M GONNA SHUT UP AND, UM, LET US, DAN, TELL US WHAT THE GOOD THINGS ARE. OKAY. . THANK YOU MR. CHAVIS AND MARIE, YOU MAKING HIM LOOK GOOD? YOU REALLY, YOU, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, . ALRIGHT, SO FIRST THING I'LL, I'LL, UM, I'LL START OFF WITH AS A TOWN HALL MEETING SERIES. AND SO WE'VE HAD THREE SO FAR. UM, WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE AT ALL THREE OF 'EM, AND I THINK ALL OF 'EM HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVE MEETINGS. UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK, UM, FROM ALL THREE OF 'EM. UH, I HAVE DISTRICT FOUR HAS, UM, ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW NIGHT AT OLIVE BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH, UH, SIX TO SEVEN 30. UM, HOPING FOR A GOOD CROWD THERE. UM, MY DISTRICT IS SO LONG AND NARROW, UM, IT, IT REALLY BENEFIT [01:00:01] FOR ME TO HAVE TWO. UM, AND SO, UM, THAT'S THE REASON I DECIDED TO HAVE TWO. UH, THEN DISTRICT ONE WILL BE, UM, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 22ND, WHICH IS MR. DOOLEY, UH, AT DOWELLS TON CLUB. AND THEN DISTRICT TWO, WHICH IS DR. MOORE, WILL BE OCTOBER THE SIXTH AT WEST END BAPTIST. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVEN CITIZENS THE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT, UM, COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. AND WE REALLY DO, UH, WANT THE INPUT, UM, TO, TO UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE HEADED. UM, NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE REGIONAL FIRE ACADEMY GRADUATION, UM, WHICH CONSISTED OF DIMITY, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, PETERSBURG, PRINCE GEORGE, AND HOPEWELL. UM, DIMITY HOSTED THE ACADEMY, UH, COORDINATED BY CAPTAIN KEVIN ROBERTS, TRAINING, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OPS. UM, GRADUATION WAS ON AUGUST THE 22ND. UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, I WAS UNDER THE WEATHER AT THAT TIME, BUT WE HAD 18 GRADUATES. THREE ARE NOW WORKING FULL TIME. AND THEN WITH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY TO HAVE AROUND THE CLOCK COVERAGE ON, IN BOTH ENDS OF THE COUNTY NOW. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS FIRE ACADEMY HAS REALLY HELPED US, UM, FILL THOSE POSITIONS AND, UH, WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT. UM, KINDA WALKED AROUND THE DAY WITH MY CHEST POKE TYPE 'CAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS IMPORTANT. UM, WAS ABLE TO GO TO A DINNER, UM, WITH THE GENERAL OF, UH, FORT LEE LAST NIGHT. AND, AND I HAVEN'T EVER BEEN TO MANY, UM, GENERAL'S, HOUSES FOR SUPPER. SO, UM, I, I WAS REALLY HONORED. AND, UM, IT WAS MR. MASSENGILL, DR. WESTIN, UM, AND MYSELF FROM, UM, DEN WOODY. AND THEN WE HAD REPRESENTATIVE FROM PAMPLIN PARK AND THEN, UM, THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM AND THEN THE, UM, SO, SO, MM-HMM. YEP. SO, AND, AND THERE WAS VERY GOOD, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, FORT LEE IS SUCH A DRIVER FOR THIS AREA, ECONOMY WISE AND THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO FOR US. UM, AND SO GREAT MEETING, UM, AND SUP TWO. UH, AND SO, UM, JUST HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO, ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT MY JOB, I GUESS, SO , UM, EVENTS COMING UP, UM, THEN WITH THE COUNTY FAIL, UH, WILL BE OCTOBER THE 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH. UM, THEY'RE HAVING A CALL SHOW ON SATURDAY, AND THEY NEED CALLS FOR THAT. UH, SUNDAY IS FAITH AT THE FILE, UM, WITH SPECIAL MUSIC BY LOCAL CHURCHES, EXCUSE ME, CHOIRS FOR WAGE IS HAVING A T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST. UM, AND YOU'RE STILL TIME TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE T-SHIRT DESIGN, UM, AND THE INDEMNITY PO HS FACEBOOK PAGE, UM, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, AND CAST YOUR VOTE BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 19TH. UM, THIS, THIS NEXT ONE SCARES ME, UM, TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS, BUT CHRISTMAS, UM, PARADE SUNDAY, DECEMBER THE 14TH, AND THAT'LL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. UM, AT VIRGINIA MOTOR SPORTS PARK. UM, LOTS OF NEW ACTIVITIES. CHRISTMAS VILLAGE, UM, WITH CRAFTS AND SPECIALTY ITEMS, TREE DECORATING CONTEST. UM, SO VISIT THE COUNTY WEBSITE, UM, FOR, FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, WHICH THAT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY, UM, DOING A LOT MORE THAN LAST YEAR. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A FUN EVENT. UM, AS MY FELLOW BOARDMAN WAS TALKED ABOUT, THE EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, UH, IN THE NATION, UM, THE LAST WEEK, 10 DAYS. UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M BLESSED TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT, UM, WE GET ALONG AND I, AND I LAUGH AT MY WIFE BECAUSE SHE HATES TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH ME BECAUSE I, I CAN'T GET OUT THE GROCERY STORE IT IN 10 MINUTES FROM PEOPLE STOPPING AND TALKING AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, SHE DOESN'T MIND IT EITHER, BUT SHE, SOMETIMES SHE WANTS TO BE IN A HURRY. SO, UH, BUT PEOPLE IN ARE DIFFERENT. AND, UM, [01:05:01] WE SEEM TO HAVE ALWAYS GOT ALONG AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BE THAT EXAMPLE. UM, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, UM, MOVING THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SPEAK TO PEOPLE, UM, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AND, AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. UM, AND EVEN THEM ASKING YOU WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IS, IS, IS A GOOD THING SOMETIMES. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST BE WHO YOU ARE AND, AND, UM, AND THANK THE GOOD LORD THAT YOU'VE GOT AN EXTRA DAY, UM, IN THIS WORLD. SO, THANK YOU. [11. CLOSED SESSION] UH, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 8 1. PERSONNEL DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES APPOINTMENTS, DENWOODY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, FIREARM STUDY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 5, BUSINESS INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 3. DISCUSSION OF CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE, PLEASE? SO, MOVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT. AND WE WILL HAVE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT AND, UH, SPECIAL RECOGNITION TONIGHT. SO WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY BACK AT SEVEN. MM-HMM . ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT. WE, WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT. CLOSED SESSION. SOME MOVE. SECOND. WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS. HERE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. SO MR. CHA, THAT'S A AYE. CORRECT? , HE'S HERE WITH AN AYE. HE'S HERE WITH AN AYE. OKAY, I'M HERE WITH AN AYE. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING AYE. WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES APPOINTMENTS, DENWOODY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, FIREARM STUDY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 5, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 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 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 CERTIFIED THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING. I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND. DO WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA, UM, START WITH THE SEVEN O'CLOCK PORTION OF THE MEETING AND, UM, THE FIRST SECTION IS SPECIAL RECOGNITION, AND WE HAVE, UH, A WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN MOVED TO THE OCTOBER MEETING. SO, UM, JEFFREY BROWN FROM RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE, UM, MOVED TO, UH, OCTOBER SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING. [12.B. Citizen Spotlight: Quinton Castle- The American Miracle] SO AT THIS TIME, UM, WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND, UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. KEVIN MASSENGILL, UH, TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION. SO, OKAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU AND I CAN JUST GO DOWN TO THE PODIUM. SO AGAIN, MY NAME IS KEVIN MASSENGILL, IT'S MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO, UH, TO DO THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION. SO A A COUPLE MONTHS AGO I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM DEBBIE AND HARRISON MOODY THAT TOLD ME OF A YOUNG MAN, UH, THAT HAD, HAD PLAYED A REALLY PIVOTAL ROLE IN THIS, IN THIS, [01:10:01] THIS PICTURE. AND SO THE COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN BE AN INSPIRATION AND A BEACON TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE VERY SELECTIVE ON THESE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU DEBBIE MOODY IS ALSO VERY CONSISTENT AND SO PERSISTED. SO WE, WE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH, QUENTIN, AND, AND WHEN, WHEN WE, WE DUG A LITTLE DEEPER AND, AND, AND LOOKED INTO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS, UM, WE FELT LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT'S ABSOLUTELY DESERVING TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT, IT'S YOU. IT'S YOU. AND SO WE, WE HAVE, UH, TODAY, UM, A RECOGNITION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO READ. UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT READING, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, THE CLERK TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD. AFTER THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO THAT WE WANT TO SHOW AND THEN WE'LL INVITE YOU UP QUENTIN, AFTER THAT. BUT MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD, COULD YOU, UH, READ THIS INTO RECORD? THE DE WITTY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE MR. QUENTIN CASTLE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HISTORICAL REENACTMENT AND YOUTH MENTORSHIP. QUENTIN CASTLE, THE SON OF HENRY AND BRENDA EASLEY, WAS RAISED ON HARDYS WAVES MILL ROAD IN DENWOODY COUNTY, A 2010 GRADUATE OF DENWOODY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. QUENTIN HAS LONG HELD A PASSION FOR BOTH HISTORY AND HORSES. THAT PASSION LED HIM TO PARTICIPATE IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR REENACTMENTS, WHERE HIS EXCEPTIONAL HORSEMANSHIP CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF A CASTING TEAM FOR THE HISTORICAL FILM, THE AMERICAN MIRACLE. ALTHOUGH HE HAD NO PRIOR ACTING EXPERIENCE, QUENTIN WAS INVITED TO AUDITION FOR THE ROLE OF WILLIAM BILLY LEE. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PERSONAL VALET DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, ENTRUSTED WITH CARRYING CONFIDENTIAL PAPERS AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE ON THE BATTLEFIELD. LEE OFTEN RODE BESIDE GENERAL WASHINGTON. THEIR CLOSE RELATIONSHIP IS CREDITED WITH INFLUENCING WASHINGTON'S EVOLVING VIEWS ON SLAVERY. QUENTIN'S NATURAL TALENT AND COMMANDING PRESENCE EARNED HIM THE ROLE AND HIS PERFORMANCE BROUGHT BOTH DIGNITY AND AUTHENTICITY TO THIS PIVOTAL HISTORICAL FIGURE. QUENTIN'S INVOLVEMENT IN HISTORICAL REENACTMENT HAS EXTENDED FAR BEYOND THE SILVER SCREEN WITH THE SUPPORT OF HIS AGENT. HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL EVENTS SUCH AS A COMMEMORATION AT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS IN WAYNE, NEW JERSEY, AND THE 250TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. HE IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA IN OCTOBER TO HELP COMMEMORATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARIES OF BOTH THE US NAVY AND THE US MARINE CORPS. QUENTIN CURRENTLY RESIDES IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. WHEN NOT TRAVELING, QUENTIN DEDICATES HIS TIME TO INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION. HE AND HIS HORSE SHOWTIME OFFER RIDING LESSONS TO LOCAL CHILDREN AT A FARM IN PETERSBURG. THROUGH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HISTORICAL EDUCATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, MR. QUENTIN CASTLE EXEMPLIFIES THE PRIDE, PASSION, AND PROMISE OF DENWOODY COUNTY. WE ARE HONORED TO PLACE HIM IN THE CITIZEN SPOTLIGHT. FREEDOM. I THINK IT'S THE WAR OF PASSION. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO PLAY VIVIDLY. UM, HE'S, HIS SIGNIFICANCE IS MUCH GREATER IN MY EYES. IT'S MUCH GREATER THAN WHAT HE HAS, UH, BEEN ACCOUNTED WITH. I THINK THAT IF YOU REALLY SAT DOWN AND LOOK AT THE BARE BONES OF WASHINGTON AND LEE'S RELATIONSHIP, THAT YOU WILL FIND THAT, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT LEE HAD WAY MORE PRIVY THAN WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK THAT HE DID. TO INFORMATION, TO STRATEGY, TO, YOU KNOW, ANY OF IT, ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON WITHIN THE WAR. ME BEING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND, AND MY HERITAGE AND MY HISTORY AND REALLY MEANS SOMETHING TO ME TO BRING TO THE SCREEN A STORY THAT'S BEEN SO UNDERMINDED BUT UNTOLD THE AMERICAN MIRACLE. GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY. SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND NOW WHY, YOU KNOW IT'S EXHAUSTING, WENT INTO BEING RECOGNIZED EXHAUST. AND QUENTIN, LET ME JUST SAY WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO COME UP, BUT LET ME JUST SAY YOU, YOU REALLY ARE THAT, THAT CITIZEN THAT DESERVES THIS TYPE OF SPOTLIGHT. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, THAT YOUR HOME COUNTY IS VERY PROUD OF YOU AND WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED. AND WE KNOW THAT GOD'S JUST STARTING IN YOUR LIFE AND MANY, MANY BRIGHTER THINGS ARE AHEAD. BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU COME FORWARD, I [01:15:26] OKAY, COME TAKE A COUPLE. HOW YOU DOING? 1, 2, 3. BILL, BILL, COME BACK UP HERE, . I'M BACK. GO. YOU DOING ALRIGHT? WE'RE GOING. . I'LL HOLD FOR, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. I NEVER, YOU KNOW, I STARTED, UM, I STARTED THE REENACTMENT THING ABOUT 2018 AND, UM, I NEVER WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT I'D BE HERE, THAT I'D BE ON A BIG SCREEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT I BE LIVING IN, IN THIS TIME. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. I WANNA THANK MY MOM, MY DAD, MY PASTOR, MY FAMILY, UM, YOU ALL AS WELL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY THEN WHAT IS A GREAT COUNTY? AND I JUST WANNA BRING MORE LIGHT TO THIS PLACE 'CAUSE EXPLANATION. IT'S, IT IS, IT IS, IT IS JUST, IT IS JUST A, A, A PIECE OF HEAVY IN THE MIDDLE OF VIRGINIA AND UM, I'M SORRY I'M A LITTLE SHUT UP RIGHT NOW, . IT'S ALRIGHT. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK Y'ALL. UM, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I CAN, ONLY THING I CAN EVER DO IS TO TRY TO MAKE THIS COUNTY PROUD AND THAT'S MAKE THEM PROUD. AND THROUGHOUT THAT I JUST TRY TO LIVE MY DAY, MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY AT A TIME AND UH, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS AND OBVIOUSLY I'M DOING THEM , BUT THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR Y'ALL TIME. THANK ROUNDING ALL THANK YOU. SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA TAKE LIKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. WE CAN TURN THINGS AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND, UM, WE'LL BE BACK AT THAT POINT. THANK YOU. EVENING. I'LL SLEEP THE, I HAVE A CHAIR, I'LL SLEEP IN THE MIDDLE. YOU ENJOY STEVE ON ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. UM, ONE NOTE, UM, THE MOVIE THAT, UM, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN WAS IN, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON MAYBE TRYING TO HAVE A VIEW IN HERE AT THE COUNTY, UM, FOR THAT MOVIE. SO, UM, TUNED, WE'RE WORKING ON WHO'S BRINGING POPCORN, KEVIN FIRST THING, BUT KEVIN COULD BE ME, BUT I DO THINK, UM, THAT'LL BE GOOD. AND I'M, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING THE MOVIE NOW AND THAT AND WHAT A GREAT, UM, PRESENTATION AND, UH, CERTAINLY A A REALLY NICE YOUNG MAN AND FAMILY AND UH, THAT'S THE GOOD STUFF WE GET TO DO. SO, UM MM-HMM . [13.A. Rezoning Case, P-25-10, 25719 Simmons Avenue] ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UM, REZONING CASE, PETE 25 10, UH, 25 7 10 SIMMONS AVENUE. AND LOOKS LIKE MR. DE BASSETT IS, UM, YOU GET TO FOLLOW THAT PRESENTATION. YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S , IT'S NOT EASY, BUT I, I THINK THIS IS SOME MORE GOOD STUFF HELPING OUT, UH, THE FAMILY OF THIS PROPERTY. UH, THE CASE REZONING [01:20:01] CASE IS P DASH 25 DASH 10 AS YOU INDICATED, MS. CHAIR, AND IT'S THE APPLICANT'S ARE, UH, MR. AND MRS. WITT AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL AND THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED. MM-HMM UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS ON, UH, THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF SIMMONS AVENUE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE, UM, TO MANY OF THE SUBDIVISIONS ALONG ROUTE ONE AND FRONT ROAD AND SIMMONS AVENUE. ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY ZONE R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED AND THEN TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UM, AS EVERYONE KNOWS IS THE BP, UM, GAS AND SERVICE STATION THAT'S OWNED, UH, B TWO COMMERCIAL. UM, WE BELIEVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, WAS PART OF A MASS REZONING MANY YEARS AGO, UH, WHERE THE BOARD, I'M SURE AT THE TIME FELT LIKE, UH, THE PROPERTY ALONG ROUTE ONE WOULD DEVELOP COMMERCIALLY. SO ALL THE PROPERTY ALONG THAT WESTERN SIDE OF ROUTE ONE WAS ZONED B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL AND THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING TO REZONE IT TO RESIDENTIAL LIMITED R ONE. UM, BECAUSE DUE TO THE ZONING, THE PROPERTY IS NONCONFORMING. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO PURCHASE THE HOME AND DO AN ADDITION, ENLARGE THE HOME IN ANY WAY, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT UNDER THE B TWO ZONING CLASSIFICATION. UM, SO THE PROPERTY, UH, WOULD NEED TO BE REZONED TO R ONE. UH, IF ANYBODY WANTED TO EITHER ENLARGE THE HOME, EVEN PUT AN ATTACHED UH, PORCH OR DECK ON THE HOME, UM, THE R ONE ZONING WOULD ENABLE THEM TO DO THAT. UH, THE DENWITTY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, UH, DOES PLACE THE PROPERTY INTO THE SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE NORTHERN DENWITTY DEVELOPMENT AREA, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES FOR THE GENERAL AREA. UM, WE ALSO FEEL LIKE THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT DOES ALLOW FOR LIMITED RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING SCALE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS GENERAL AREA OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROPOSED REZONING. EVERYONE FELT LIKE, UH, IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA AND THE EXISTING DWELLING WOULD OF COURSE CONTINUE TO USE THE EXISTING PRIVATE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE, UM, THAT'S THERE ON SIMMONS AVENUE. UH, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THE STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, UH, GIVEN THAT THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES AND THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DOES CONFORM WITH THE UNDERLYING USES WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND UNANIMOUSLY, UH, TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REZONING TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR MARK? MM-HMM. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. WOULD THE APPLICANT UM, LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SAY ANYTHING? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'M SORRY, MY NAME IS ERICA WYNN. I'M A REALTOR FOR ANNE AND DAVID WHITT. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD BUT JUST HERE IN CASE YOU GUYS HAD ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. AND THE IS JUST TO HAVE THE HIGHEST SO THAT IF YOU NEED TO DO IMPROVEMENTS OR ANYTHING TO IT, BUT IT, IT WILL BE ON, ON SOMEONE IF SOMEONE'S RESIDENCE IS WHAT, WHAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS? CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE. WE'VE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO SELL IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IS THAT MOST PEOPLE WANT TO, UH, REHAB THE HOME. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEY ARE MAKING SOME, UM, GOOD IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM THERE. MY UH, MY WIFE WAS RAISED IN THE THIRD HOUSE ON THE LEFT. WHEN YOU GO ON SIMMONS, THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB REDOING THOSE HOMES, SO. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA, UM, GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO CITIZEN COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, [01:25:02] DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY? I JUST HAVE, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION AND UH, AND JUST LOOKING AT THE MAP, IT'S JUST ONE LARGE HOUSE THERE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES MA'AM. OKAY. HIVE. AND THEN THE REST OF LOT. THE LOT AND THE LOTS. AND HOW MANY LOTS WAS THAT JUST ONE? JUST ONE LOT. IT'S JUST ONE HOUSE AND ONE LOT? YES MA'AM. YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. I, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE. UM, IT'S NOT A, ANY KIND OF APARTMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST A HOUSE AND, AND A LOT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? LEMME FIND IT. NO, IS THIS, IS THIS THE ONE WITH THE BID RESOLVED? YEAH, I THINK RIGHT IN THINK UH, YEAH, I'M TRYING TO READ. OKAY. BID RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15 DASH TWO UM, DASH 22 8 6 A SEVEN. IT IS STATED THAT THE, THAT THE PUBLIC PUR UH, 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 P 25 DASH 10 AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND POINT OF ORDER MR. CHAIRMAN? MR. BASS, IS THAT CASE 10 OR 11? I THINK MS. BONNER READ, IS IT 10 AND I I MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THE WRONG ONE IN YOUR MIND. 25 10. 10 10. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAD, I WAS ON THE WRONG PAGE. THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS A SECOND FOR MR. CHAVIS. AND WE GOT A SECOND? YES. SECOND. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT CASE IS, UM, REZONING CASE P 25 11 AWA AVENUE. BUT THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED, UM, FOR THIS CASE TO BE DEFERRED, I GUESS MR. BASSETT, DO YOU WANT TO, ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ON THAT? UM, YES, MR. CHAIR JUST WANTED TO, UH, REMIND EVERYONE THIS CASE, UH, JUST REQUESTING TO VACATE THE ALLEY BETWEEN THE, UH, SUBJECT LOTS ON THE SLIDE. UH, THE PROPERTY, UH, WHEN CONSOLIDATED WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1.698. MR. BASSETT, I THINK, UM, I ACTUALLY WAS OH, OH, I'M SORRY. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE WHOLE BUSINESS YET. SO, UM, I'M SORRY, THIS WAS JUST WITH, WITH DEFERRING REZONING CASE P DASH 25 DASH ALLOW. YES. YES. YEAH. YEAH. AND THEN, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT, UM, APPOINTMENTS, APPOINTMENTS FIRST. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. AND THEN WHOLE BUSINESS. SO IF YOU'LL GIVE US JUST A, A MINUTE. I, I'M SORRY. NO, YOU JUST WANTED TO GET OUTTA HERE QUICK. THAT'S ALL COULD BE. ALRIGHT. UM, [14.A. Appointments] MR. MASSEN, GIL, WE UH, HAVE APPOINTMENTS? YES SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, WE HAVE A NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE DENWOODY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AFTER RECEIVING A VACANCY FOR UM, DISTRICT FOUR. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO APPOINT HANNAH BISHOP, UM, FOR THE VACATED TERM TO EXPIRE. 12 31 20 26. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, WELCOME. SHE'S SMILING. SO THAT'S, SHE SMILES. YEP. WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME. I HOPE YOU KEEP THAT SMILE ON YOUR FACE. OKAY. TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I KNOW YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SPEAKING OF [14.B. Case SV-25-1] FOLKS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, MR. BASSETT . THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UH, AGAIN, THE, UH, THIS IS THE CASE THAT WE, UH, HEARD AT YOUR, UH, LAST MEETING, YOUR AUGUST MEETING, THE REQUEST TO VACATE THE ALLEY. UM, [01:30:02] THE, UH, AS I WAS SAYING, THE UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY, UM, SURROUNDING THE ALLEY IS 1.69 ACRES APPROXIMATELY AND IT'S OWNED A TWO AGRICULTURAL AND THE APPLICANTS ARE PROPOSING TO CONSOLIDATE THE SUBJECT LOTS TO DEVELOP A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON THE PROPERTY. THE EXISTING ALLEY THAT RUNS THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SUBJECT LOTS NEEDS TO BE VACATED TO ALLOW FOR THE LOTS TO BE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LAW AS PROVIDED FOR IN VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.22006, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY MAY VACATE STREETS AND ALLEYS TO ACCOMMODATE DEVELOPMENT. AND IN ORDER TO DISCONTINUE THE ALLEY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY ADOPT AN ORDINANCE OF VACATION AFTER HOLDING PUBLIC HEARING CHANGES MAY BE MADE TO THE ORDINANCE AS APPROPRIATE. UM, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY, MR. JURY, UH, DRAFTED THE ATTACHED ORDINANCE OF VACATION TO VACATE THE ALLEY. AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO VACATE THIS SUBJECT ALLEY. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? JUST EVERYBODY BE FAMILIAR. LAST MONTH WE HAD, UM, A CITIZEN THAT, UM, BROUGHT SOME QUESTIONS UP. SO, UM, OKAY. YES. AND, UM, I KNOW MR. GORDON IS AN AGENT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, UM, FINE. BUT IF YOU DO JUST, JUST ONE THING. UH, I THINK THAT WE TOOK CARE OF, UH, MS. MS. BREDEN, SHE, I SPOKE WITH HER THIS MORNING BETWEEN SEVERAL PHONE CALLS THAT I'VE HAD AND I THINK TYLER'S HAD AND, AND, UM, THE, UH, UH, LORI'S OFFICE HAD WITH HER. UM, I THINK SHE'S VERY SATISFIED NOW THAT, UM, ALL THE DEEDS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO HER AND I APOLOGIZE, I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR LAST MONTH. I WOULD'VE BEEN MORE PREPARED IF I'D KNOWN, BUT I FOUND OUT ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING THAT, THAT WE, WE HAD AN ISSUE. SO I SPOKE WITH HER THIS MORNING AND SHE SAID SHE WANTED ME TO 'CAUSE IT'S COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE. BUT SHE, SHE SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO, UH, WANTED, SHE FELL AND HURT HER LEG, THAT SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, THAT SHE WANTED TO PASS EVERYTHING ON THAT SHE APPRECIATED. Y'ALL WAITING TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION FOR SO WELL, AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL UNDERSTANDING THAT WE, WE WOULD'VE DO, DONE THE SAME FOR ANYBODY SURE. TO TRY TO GET THIS THING RIGHT. SO, NO PROBLEM. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. YEP. ALRIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? NOPE. OKAY. MR. CHAIR. YEAH, I'LL READ THE, IS THAT GOOD? OKAY. ALRIGHT. WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CODE 15.2 DASH 2 0 6, THE DENWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS THE OPINION THAT THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, AND WELFARE OF OR GOOD REZONING PRACTICE WARRANT THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED THAT THE DENWITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE ORDINANCE SV DASH 25 DASH ONE AS PRESENTED, VACATING THE ALLEY. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. DO WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, [15. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)] MOVING RIGHT ALONG. UM, CITIZEN COMMENT, UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENT IF I CAN TURN TO THE RIGHT PAGE? , UM, HANNAH BISHOP, I'LL BE QUICK. , UM, HANNAH BISHOP 1183 COURTHOUSE ROAD. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IF Y'ALL VOTED NO. UM, , UM, TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, I, I AM VERY EXCITED AND HONORED TO, UM, BE A PART OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, HELPING THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS GO AND, AND GO FROM THERE. BUT REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT THAT, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE THAT FAITH AND TRUST IN ME AND I HOPE TO MAKE DE COUNTY PROUD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING ALL. YOU'RE ALWAYS ON . THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? THAT WAS IT, MR. CHAIRMAN. ALRIGHT. I'M [16. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] GONNA CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PORTION AND [01:35:01] WE WILL GO WITH MR. CHAVIS THIS TIME. WELL, I'VE SAID ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT I WAS GONNA SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. UM, KEVIN TOLD ME SORT OF TO BE QUIET, SO I'M GONNA LISTEN. UM, MS. FINE, KEEP GOING. UH, UM, NO, DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING. JUST, UH, WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO VOTING STARTS ON FRIDAY, SO MAKE SURE TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. DR. MOORE. I'M GOOD. ALRIGHT. MR. DOULA, I LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF UP AND, AND, UM, I, I, UM, NOMINATED HANNAH FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I KNOW SHE'LL DO A GREAT JOB AND, UM, SHE'S GOT SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL WITH MR. CUNNINGHAM. UM, HE SERVED A A LONG TIME AND I THINK HE'S, UM, COME TO THE REALIZATION IT'S TIME TO RETIRE AND TRAVEL AND, AND ENJOY HIMSELF, UH, WHICH I THINK IS A PRETTY GOOD PLAN. SO, UH, I CERTAINLY WANT TO, UH, THANK HIM FOR HIS YIELD OF SERVICE AND I TOLD HIM AND IN FRONT OF HIS WIFE, I SAID, MAN, YOU MADE IT THE WHOLE TIME AND DIDN'T SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY. SO, UH, UM, IF YOU KNOW BUTCH, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT STATEMENT, BUT, UH, TRULY A GREAT, GREAT GUY. GOOD MAN. GOOD MAN. SO THANK YOU BUTCH. YEP. ANY KELLY, ANYTHING ELSE? I'M GOOD. ALRIGHT. WELL GOOD DEAL. UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. JULIE? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. LEE AYE ALL VOTING AYE. MEETING IS ADJOURNED? AYE, DOING GOOD. I COULD DO IT ON. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.