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IN THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TODAY, JUNE 16TH.
[1. ROLL CALL]
AT THIS TIME, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? MR. LEE? HERE.UM, AT THIS TIME, WOULD YOU RISE WITH THE INVOCATION FOR US, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? OH, FATHER, FATHER, LORD IN HEAVEN, HOW TO BE THY NAME? THY KINGDOM COME, THOU WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVES US TO STAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASSED AGAINST US.
AND LEAD US NOT TO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL THAT THS THE KINGDOM FOR OUR POWER AND THE GLORY FOR EVERY MEMBER.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS? WHAT TO THE AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS.TYLER, DO YOU HAVE ANY? ARE YOU GOOD? YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD.
AS LONG AS THE AGENDA REFLECTS THE FACT THAT FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, C AND D, YOU HAVE THE, UM, THE ORDINANCES AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEEN PUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU HAVE A, A AMENDED AGENDA UP HERE.
ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY.
UM, SO MADAM CHAIR, WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
AGAIN, WE DIDN'T ADD ANY AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.
WE JUST ADDED ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM ON, UM, THE COUNTY WEBSITE UNDER THOSE PARTICULAR HEARINGS.
WE APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.ANY CONCERNS? QUESTIONS MA'AM? CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation]
UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UM, REPORTS, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MR. AARON FRENCH IS HERE WITH US.MAD CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
WE ARE STILL ON SCHEDULE FOUR CONSTRUCTION WITH THE FERNDALE ROUNDABOUT PROJECT.
UM, LATER ON IN THE SUMMER, SHOULD BE LATE AUGUST TIMEFRAME THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN.
UM, ASPHALT PAVING IS STILL UNDERWAY IN THE COUNTY.
THE CONTRACTORS WRAPPING UP A SECTION ON 7 0 3 AND THEN MOVING TO FOUR 60, THE EASTERN END OF FOUR 60, UH, WHETHER IT BE OVERLAYING THE CONCRETE THAT EXISTS IN CONCRETE PAVEMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL, WE WILL SHORTLY BE PAVING THE RAMP, UM, ONTO 85 NORTHBOUND FROM FOUR 60 EASTBOUND.
THE, THAT ROUGH SPOT THROUGH THERE MM-HMM
THAT WILL BE DONE ON THE 24TH AND 25TH, SO RELATIVELY SHORT TIMEFRAME.
UM, WE WILL BE CLOSING THAT RAMP IN THE DAYTIME TO DO THAT WORK BETWEEN 9:00 AM AND 3:00 PM THAT RAMP WILL BE CLOSED.
UH, WE'LL BE PUTTING MESSAGE BOARDS OUT ON FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY TO ADVISE MOTORISTS AND ALSO BE DOING A MEDIA RELEASE AS WELL, WHICH, UM, I WILL SHARE WITH THE COUNTY, UM, TO ADVERTISE TOO.
SO A LOT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS OF WITH THE IMPACT TO TRAFFIC ON THAT, BUT EXPECTING TO HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT WHEN IT'S DONE.
UM, OUR PRIMARY MOWING IS UNDERWAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND SECONDARIES ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
UH, SECONDARIES WILL INCLUDE A ROUND OF LITTER PICKUP AS WELL.
CONSTRUCTION, UM, ON A REEF ROAD ROLL RUSTIC PROJECT HAS BEEN PAUSED, UH, FOR OUR AREA HEADQUARTERS TO DO THE MOWING.
UH, SO ONCE THAT MOWING IS COMPLETE ON THE PRIMARIES, THEY WILL BE IN, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON REESE ROAD, AGAIN.
SHOULD BE A COUPLE WEEKS ON THAT ONE.
SIGNAGE WAS ADDED, UH, TO THE STRUCTURE ON FORT EMERY ROAD.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DID NOT SUPPORT GUARDRAIL, BUT WE DID ADD REFLECTORS THROUGH THERE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBLE IN NIGHTTIME.
AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE STUDY FOR ASBURY ROAD AS WELL
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AND THE SPEED COMPLAINTS ON THAT ROAD.TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DID NOT SUPPORT A SPEED REDUCTION BECAUSE OF THE GEOMETRY OF THE ROADWAY.
UM, LIMITS THE SPEED IN AND OF ITSELF.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS GOING TO PUT UP, UH, QUITE A FEW SIGNS FOR SAFETY ON THAT ROAD.
CHEVRONS AND THE CURVES AND ADVISORY SPEED EVERYWHERE FOR THE CURVES AS WELL.
SO THERE WON'T BE A LEGAL SPEED CHANGE, BUT THERE WILL BE ADVISORY SPEEDS POSTED ALL ALONG THE ROUTE.
AND WE ARE PREPARING FOR A PIPE REPLACEMENT ON 7 0 3, UM, MID-JULY.
THIS, UH, IS A PIPE REPLACEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR, UH, FOR A WHILE, BUT GONNA GET IT DONE IN JULY WHILE SCHOOL IS OUT.
IT'LL BE A COMPLETE CLOSURE OF 7 0 3 FOR PROBABLY TWO WEEKS.
THIS PIPE IS ABOUT 12 FEET IN THE GROUND, SO IT'LL BE A MIGHTY BIG HOLE ON 7 0 3.
UM, NEAR JEFFERSON LANE IN CHAPPELLE'S FARM ON 7 0 3.
UH, SO PROBABLY LENGTHY DETOUR FOR THAT ONE.
UM, BUT WE WILL DO THE SAME AND, AND WELL ADVISE THE PUBLIC AHEAD OF TIME.
MEDIA RELEASE AND MESSAGE BOARDS AND POSTED DETOUR ACCORDINGLY.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE ADVERTISED A PROJECT TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BOX BEAM GUARDRAIL ON I 85 THAT WILL IMPACT PART OF DENWITTY AND INTO THE CITY.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A FULL REPLACEMENT.
ALL OF ALL OF THAT DILAPIDATED LOOKING BOX BEAM GUARDRAIL.
IT WILL BE A CABLE BARRIER, HIGH TENSION CABLE CABLE BARRIER REPLACING BOX BEAM.
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN THE STATE WE, WE ACTUALLY STILL HAVE IT.
SO THAT'S A MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENT COMING TO 85 AND, AND WILL INCREASE THE SAFETY AND ANESTHETICS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES.
UM, THE PIPE REPLACEMENT IS WHERE IT'S GONNA BE THE CHAPEL.
YOU SAY THE CHAPEL FARM OR? YES, SIR.
JUST PAST, JUST EAST OF, OF CHAPEL'S FARM.
IN BETWEEN THAT AND OLD STAGE ROAD.
AND ARE YOU GOING TO PAVE ALL THE WAY TO CARSON
WELL, THEY'RE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DO THAT.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE MORE OF THE PROBLEM AT.
SO THAT SECTION THAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW ON 7 0 3 IS ACTUALLY, IT'S, IT'S DONE.
THAT ONE WAS PRIORITY BECAUSE WE, OUR PAVING GETS BROKEN DOWN BY TRAFFIC VOLUME.
AND SO SOME OF THE FUNDING IS SPECIFIC TO ROADS THAT HAVE BELOW AND ABOVE VEHICLE COUNTS OF 3,500 VEHICLES A DAY.
THAT SECTION OF 7 0 3 IS THE ONLY SECTION OF SECONDARY ROAD IN THE COUNTY THAT HAS A VEHICLE COUNT OF OVER 3,500 VEHICLES A DAY.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GETTING DONE.
IT'S, IT'S SPECIFIC FUNDING FOR HIGH VOLUME SECONDARY ROADS.
WE'LL BE WORKING ON, ON OTHER SECTIONS OF 7 0 3 AND, AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS, MORE THAN LIKELY CONNECT RIGHT THERE AT RICHIE AND KEEP GOING EAST.
I MEAN, THERE'S TRAFFIC, I MEAN, CARSON FROM CARSON ALL THE WAY TO HERE.
I MEAN, AND YOU SAY RICHIE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
UH, IN BETWEEN IT IS REALLY, REALLY THE, THE SECTION IN BETWEEN, IN BETWEEN 85 AND ROUTE ONE IS, IS THE BUSY SECTION.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S GOT OVER 3,500 VEHICLES A DAY.
BUT EAST OF 85 IT'S GOT LESS THAN 3,500 VEHICLES A DAY GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE COMING TO MM-HMM.
NO, I NEVER, ALREADY, WELL, I'M DONE.
UM, HEAD OF CITIZEN CALL ME ABOUT THE STATUS OF, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, REDUCED SPEED SIGNS COMING OUT OF MCKINNEY 40 AND THEY EXTENDED A LOT FURTHER THAN THEY USED TO.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO MOVE THEM BACK CLOSER TO THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE STATUS? I KNOW Y'ALL WERE REVIEWING IT AND THEN I I DIDN'T KNOW OF ANYTHING OTHER HAPPENED.
SO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING WANTED TO WAIT A YEAR TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS DONE AND CONDUCT A SPEED STUDY THAT YEAR EXPIRED AT THE END OF MAY.
SO I'M WORKING WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TO GET A NEW STUDY DONE.
UM, WE DID THE SPEED LIMIT CHANGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN FIRST, AND THAT'S WHEN WE'VE GOT THAT LENGTHENED, UM, LENGTH AND ZONE.
AND THE ZONE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF TOWN IS SHORTER AND THAT IS A RESULT OF, OF THE COMPLAINTS GENERATED FROM THE LENGTHY CHANGE
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ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.AND SO WITH THAT DIFFERENCE IN, IN, IN LENGTH, WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WAS WAIT A YEAR AND THEN COMPLETED STUDY AND SEE IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN SPEEDS BASED ON THAT REDUCED LENGTH.
UM, SO THAT STUDY'S GETTING INITIATED AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE A COUPLE MONTHS TO, THEY'LL HAVE TO TAKE TRAFFIC COUNTS AND THEN CONDUCT THE STUDY.
UM, I EXPECT PROBABLY BY SEPTEMBER TO, TO HAVE A RESOLUTION OF IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, UH, SHORTEN THAT ZONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
AND AFTER SEPTEMBER, I'M GONNA GIVE HER YOU GO TELEPHONE CALL
IS THERE ANY ANTICIPATED, UM, PAVING PROJECTS ON NUMBER ONE BETWEEN, NOT NUMBER ONE BUT ON 85 BETWEEN EXIT 61 AND 63, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ASPHALT THAT WE'VE GOT UNDERNEATH OF THE BRIDGE AT NUMBER ONE HIGHWAY.
UH, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, THAT'S A ROUGH AREA.
WE'VE PATCHED IT SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES.
JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYTHING WAS COMING.
THERE IS SOME SCHEDULE FOR THIS YEAR ON 85.
I KNOW, I THINK IT'S FURTHER DOWN THIS WAY AND I THINK THEY'RE WORKING IN OTHER SEGMENTS MOVING FORTH OR NORTH, BUT NOTHING SCHEDULED FOR THIS SEASON THAT I'M AWARE OF.
HOWEVER, I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK.
YEAH, JUST, JUST SOME ROUGH, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, IT'S JUST, IT GETS WORN.
THAT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT, UM, ON THE EASTBOUND LANE GOING INTO PETERSBURG.
UM, SO MR. MAO, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE CLIENT ON BUTTER WOOD ROAD, UM, PERTAINING TO THE ROAD IN GENERAL? YES.
SO WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD A, A CITIZEN OFF OF BUTTER WOOD ROAD THAT EXPRESSED CONCERN.
ONE, I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION, AARON, OF OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPEEDING.
AND I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS OUT THERE TO EVALUATE THE SPEED INDEPENDENTLY OF VDOT.
UM, SECOND IS, UH, LACK OF CURB AND THERE, SO IT'S, IT IS REALLY EDGE OF PAVEMENT DITCH AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE LOOKED AT BUTTER WOOD BEFORE, UM, LOW RATE OF SPEED THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THAT AREA.
AND SO AGAIN, SPEED IS AN ISSUE, BUT, AND I KNOW IF WE IMPROVE IT, PEOPLE ARE GONNA GO FASTER.
BUT, UH, SO EDGE OF PAYMENT CRACKING IN CERTAIN AREAS WE'RE ALSO MENTIONED IN THE CORRESPONDENCE MM-HMM
SO I'LL, I'LL GET THAT TO YOU SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND I, I SPOKE TO HER, UM, THE LADY THAT'S THE CONSTITUENT IN THAT AREA.
YEAH, I, I, I REMEMBER IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS BACK WE TOOK A LOOK AT BUTTER WOOD AND, AND DID SOME WORK ON THE SHOULDERS OUT THERE.
SO THERE, THERE'S A COUPLE AREAS WHERE YOU DO HAVE EDGE OF PAVEMENT CRACKING THAT'S TAKEN PLACE.
AND I KNOW YOU, YOU DID A LOT TO GET THE WATER GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT I, I THINK SOME AREAS PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE BIT OF IMPROVEMENT ON THE SHOULDER.
WELL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
THE, THE BIGGEST, I'M NOT GONNA SAY COMPLAINT, BUT THE COMPARISON IS BETWEEN CLAYBURN ROAD AND BUTTER WOOD, THERE'S A COMPARISON BETWEEN THOSE TWO THAT'S GOING ON.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHOULDERS OF BUTTER WOOD AND A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMES DOWN, BUTTER WOOD, IT COMES OFF OF FOUR 60 HEADING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'LL GET TO CLAYBURN AND TAKE A LEFT AND GOING UP.
SO ANYTHING ANYBODY'S ON RIVER ROAD, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL COME THAT WAY.
UM, SO JUST, UM, TRYING TO YES.
DOC DR. MOORE, THE OTHER POINT WAS WHEN WE DID THE LAST TRAFFIC COUNT ON BUTTER WOOD, WHICH HAS PROBABLY BEEN A FEW YEARS BACK, DID WE DO IT DURING SCHOOL MONTHS OR DID WE DO IT IN THE SUMMERTIME IN WHICH IT'S, IT'S NOT AS HEAVY IN THE SCHOOL DURING, DURING SCHOOL IS MORE HEAVY THAN IT IS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
WE CAN LOOK AT THE TIMING OF THAT TRAFFIC COUNT JUST TO SEE IF WE'RE PICKING UP THE RIGHT VOLUME.
SO THE AGENCY AS A WHOLE IS WELL IN RICHMOND DISTRICT IS GOING THROUGH DOING NEW COUNTS ON THE SECONDARY ROADS RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THEY'RE WORKING IN THIS RESIDENCY.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS RESIDENCY THROUGH THE SPRING.
SO IT'S LIKELY WE HAVE FRESH COUNTS ON THESE ROUTES THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.
JUST HAVE, UH, ONE CONCERN, UM, AS VIN BEAT OUT THAT BRIDGE, UH, DOWN FROM Y'ALL ON, UH, BOYTON PLACE.
YOU KNOW, IT IS, UM, KIND OF GROWN UP, YOU KNOW, WAS, UM, HAD WATER, UM, HAS SOME, YOU KNOW, HAS SOME PEOPLE TO ASK ME SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
NOW IS IT GONNA FILL UP WATER AGAIN OR HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? YOU, YOU KNOW THE BRIDGE I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME ABOUT THAT.
IS, IS IT GONNA STILL HAVE WATER OR JUST GRASS GROWN? I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE WATER'S GONNA GO BACK TOWARDS VDOT IF IT'S, UM, OVERFLOW OR WHATEVER.
UH, 'CAUSE I THINK IT GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS
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TO, UH, THE CENTRAL STATE PROPERTY UNDERNEATH, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.SO IT FLOWS FROM VDOT TO CENTRAL STATE.
UM, AND I GUESS IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GROWN UP, SO PROBABLY HAS.
SO IT IT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MOWED LAST WEEK WHEN, WHEN WE HAD OUR NORMAL MOWING THROUGH THERE.
THERE IS HOWEVER, SOME TREES THAT COULD STAND BE TRIMMED IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY, WE ARE EXPERIENCING IT ON, ON THE VDO PROPERTY RIGHT THERE, SOME BEAVERS IN THAT AREA TOO THAT ARE, THAT ARE CAUSING A PROBLEM, WHICH WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVELY MANAGING THOSE BEAVERS.
SO THAT WILL HELP PREVENT FLOODING IN THAT AREA IN THE FUTURE.
UH, THE BEAVERS, YEAH, THEY, THEY WENT UP OVER TO CENTRAL STATE TOO AND THAT'S KIND OF POPPED UP ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO THEY'RE BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
UM, AND LAST THING, UM, ARE THINGS PROGRESSING OVER AT, UM, THE WEEKLY ROAD AND I SEE THAT, UM, YOU HAD SOME, UH, SOME PERMITS OR SOMETHING GOING ON OVER THERE.
IS THAT, THAT'S PRETTY GOING, YOU KNOW, PINE BEACH? IS IT GOING OKAY OVER THERE? YES.
SO WE DID HAVE A NEW SPEED LIMIT SIGN INSTALLED, UM, ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE ROAD AT THE END INTERSECTION.
AND CURRENTLY WORKING WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ON SOME SIGNAGE RELATIVES TO TRUCKS USING CHURCH ROAD, WORKING, WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH THEM.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE, A COUPLE, UM, DRAFTS THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NEGOTIATING AND COMPROMISING ON
UH, WITH MESSAGING AND, AND LOCATIONS.
JUST AARON, WHEN REVIEWING THE REPORT, UM, WELL THIS NUMBER WAS BIG, BUT THE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHURCH ROAD IN MCKINNEY HEADQUARTERS, Y'ALL REPAIRED 947 POTHOLES IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
DID THE ONE ON MCKINNEY HIGHWAY COUNT AS ONE? OR DID Y'ALL GET TO COUNT THAT AS LIKE A HUNDRED
9 47 AND THEN YOUR, YOUR BAGS OF TRASH AGAIN.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES CITIZENS TALK ABOUT THAT TOO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD 132 BAGS OF TRASH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND I JUST TO APPRAISE, 'CAUSE THIS PROBABLY SHOW UP IN THE, THE NEXT REPORT, UM, WE DID HAVE A PRIMARY MOWING THAT TOOK PLACE WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND I, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO CUT THE GRASS, CUT THE GRASS I GUESS, AND DIDN'T PICK UP THE TRASH BEFOREHAND.
SO THERE WERE LITTLE PIECES OF TRASH ALL OVER ROUTE ONE HIGHWAY.
SO I, I TALKED TO AARON, AARON WAS ALREADY ON TOP OF IT AND THE VERY NEXT DAY AND I TOLD AARON IT'S A WHOLE LOT HARDER TO PICK UP LITTLE PIECES OF TRASH THAN THE BIG TRASH.
SO, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO YOU AND MA AND MONITORING THE, THE VENDOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PICK UP THE TRASH 'CAUSE IT WAS EVERYWHERE.
BUT THANK, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
A LITTLE, LITTLE COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN, BUT GLAD WE GOT IT FIXED QUICKLY.
I THINK THEY'LL PICK IT UP NEXT TIME.
AND, AND THAT, THAT TRASH BAG NUMBER FOR NEXT MONTH SHOULD BE EVEN HIGHER BECAUSE WE, WE COUNT ALL THE BAGS OF TRASH THAT WE DO THROUGH OUR MOWING CYCLE AS WELL.
AND IT WAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, PROBABLY 50 TO A HUNDRED A DAY EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS AS THEY'RE DOING THIS LITTER AND MOWING CYCLE AND TRUCKLOADS OF IT.
AND THEY ARE MISSING SOME WITH THE GRASS, WITH THE GRASS BEING TALL, I DO EXPECT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, STILL GETTING SOME COMPLAINTS HERE AND THERE.
IT, IT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE GRASS, BUT THEY'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB AND, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HOLD THAT CONTRACTOR ACCOUNTABLE AND, AND THEY'VE HAD TO GO BACK AND RE-PICK UP SEVERAL LOCATIONS TOO.
SO, HIGH STANDARDS, UM, FROM OUR STAFF AT THE AREA HEADQUARTERS.
AND, AND I KNOW YOU SAID THE GRASS CUTTING, WHICH IS GOOD, ESPECIALLY OVERPASS, IT'S JUST PEOPLE ZIPPING BY, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN SEE ANOTHER CAR COMING, SO MM-HMM
[7.A. Contract Award: Emergency Alerting And Mass Notification System]
UH, NOW WE HAVE SOME ACTION ITEMS AND CONTRACT AWARDED EMERGENCY ALERTING AND MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.AND THAT IS DAVID KISSNER, OUR CHIEF FIRED EMS. I HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST TODAY.
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IS CLARA HAPPY? I GET IT WRONG EVERY TIME IS, ANYWAY, THAT'S WHY SHE'S HERE.
SHE IS, UM, SHADOWING THE FIRE CHIEF TODAY.
EVERYBODY IN THE OFFICE WAS GONE, SO WE HAD SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER LEARNING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT STUFF, HAVEN'T WE? YES.
SO TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU IS A CONTRACT AWARD FOR OUR MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
WE HAVE HAD, UM, WE'VE BEEN ON A CONTRACT WITH ONS SOFT CODE RED FOR OUR EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NOTIFICATION
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SYSTEM SINCE 2014.CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH, 2026.
WE HAVE GONE OUT AND RESEARCHED, UM, SOME DIFFERENT PRODUCTS AND COMPANIES FOR REPLACEMENT PRODUCT OF THE EXISTING MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
SEVERAL LOCALITIES AROUND THE AREA ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING EVERBRIDGE STATE POLICE, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
AND WE TALKED TO SOME OF OUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ON THIS SYSTEM, WE BELIEVE WILL BETTER FIT THE COUNTY.
EVERBRIDGE HAS A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT IN PLACE, THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, WHICH WILL BE USED TO SOURCE THE CONTRACT OF THE COST PER YEAR.
12,000 843 68 PER YEAR, WHICH IS A LITTLE SAVINGS UPON WHAT WE WERE PAYING FOR THE CODE RED, WHICH WAS AROUND 14,800, WASN'T IT? YEP.
SO WE SAT THERE TODAY, MYSELF AND CLARA, AND LOOKED OVER ALL THE CODE RED.
SHE SPENT SOME TIME RESEARCHING WHAT A MASTER APPLICATION SYSTEM IS, HOW IT WORKS, WHAT DEPARTMENTS IT UTILIZES.
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST USER OF THE SYSTEM, YOU REMEMBER? UH, I WHAT FIRE AND EMS. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT HAD A BUNCH OF T REMEMBER WHAT TEAMS PARKS AND REC NUMBER PARK? YES.
PARKS AND REC USES IT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE WITH TEAMS AND SETTING UP COACHES AND ALL THAT IN THERE ALLOWS THEM TO QUICKLY NOTIFY THEIR PLAYERS AND STAFF INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CALL EACH ONE.
SO IT'S USED COUNTYWIDE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SENDING OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO THE ECC.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE USING IT MORE WITH A PART-TIME EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, I CAN'T EVEN SAY THE WORD EMERGENCY MANAGER.
THAT WILL BE BRINGING ON SHORTLY.
AND A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS USE IT BESIDES FIRE AND EMS. SO ANYWAY, REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR TO BRING THAT ON BOARD.
ANY QUESTIONS? NOTHING FOR ME.
ANY MOTION? MAD CHAIR, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.
[7.B. Contract Award: Officer Safety Program]
UH, WE HAVE NEXT, UH, CONTRACT AWARD OFFICER SAFETY PROGRAM.MADAM CHAIR IS MAJOR, NOT IS MAKING HIS WAY.
UH, I INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING ITEM SEVEN B OFFICER SAFETY PROGRAM.
I'M EMPLOYED BY DEWIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT THE CONTRACT WILL BENEFIT OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL, INCLUDING PROVIDING EQUIPMENT FOR SEVERAL COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT SHERIFF'S OFFICE EMPLOYEES AND LICENSES FOR THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. SILL, COME TO YOU, UH, ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF ADAMS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON, UH, TO, UH, ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF, UH, CONTRACT WITH AXON ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED.
UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, BACKGROUND SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS BEEN UNDER CONTRACT WITH, UH, AXON, UH, SINCE 2020.
UH, THEY'VE PROVIDED US IN-CAR CAMERAS, UH, BODY-WORN CAMERAS, TASERS, THE LATE RELATED EQUIPMENT EVIDENCE.COM THAT'S USED BY THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ANIMAL CONTROL HAS ALSO BEEN UNDER THAT CONTRACT, AND THE CURRENT CONTRACT WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
UH, THE COUNTY REQUESTED QUOTES FOR A NEW FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, OFFICER FOR AXON, FOR THE OFFICER SAFETY PROGRAM FOR 2027.
UH, THE NEW CONTRACT INCLUDES THE COMPANY'S LATEST EQUIPMENT, WHICH THEY ARE ALWAYS ADDING ONTO, UM, DEVELOPING GREATER BETTER THINGS THAN WHAT WE HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY.
UM, AND THEIR, THEIR, UH, EQUIPMENT CONTENDS TO JUST KIND OF BE AMAZING TO THINGS THAT IT CAN DO, UH, FOR US TO KEEP OFFICERS SAFE, UH, KEEP OFFICERS SAFE, UH, TO HELP, UH, THE, WITH, UH, DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC IN, IN, IN, FOR, IN, UH, KEEPING THE COUNTY SAFE.
UH, THE TOTAL COST OF THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT IS $2,992,464 AND 55 CENTS.
THIS IS BROKEN UP ANNUALLY OVER THE FIVE YEAR LIFE OF THE CONTRACT.
UH, THE, THE, WITH AN ANNUAL PAYMENT OF 5,005 $598,492 AND 91 CENTS PER YEAR.
UH, THE, THE, UH, CONTRACT WAS A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT THROUGH SOURCE.
WELL, UM, WE'VE RESEARCHED EVERYTHING AND, AND, AND ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT, UH, WITH AXON FOR THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.
AGAIN, IT, IT'S THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL.
THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS A PIECE OF THIS AND I BELIEVE THE, THE FIRE MARSHAL ALSO IS INCLUDED IN IN SOME OF THAT.
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ADAM CHAP, UM, I, AND THIS IS, UM, I GUESS JUST A WANT TO NOTE KIND OF QUESTION, BUT HOW, HOW OFTEN IS, IS FOOTAGE POOLED EVERY DAY, PERCENTAGE WISE OF THINGS THAT YOU EVERY DAY? UM, THE BIG THING THERE IS, IS WE ARE RECEIVING PROBABLY TWO TO FIVE, FOUR YEAR REQUESTS A DAY.UH, AND THE BIG THING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS BODY-WORN CAMERA, UH, FOOTAGE, UH, ESPECIALLY ON, SO ON ACCIDENTS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING MORE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, UM, THAN WE EVER HAVE SINCE I'VE BEEN AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UH, AGAIN, ASSISTING STATE POLICE, THEIR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN LOW AND, UH, SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST NOT AVAILABLE TO WORK THESE ACCIDENTS.
AND SO WE ARE HAVING TO WORK 'EM.
UM, AND, UH, THE, UH, FOR NUMEROUS PURPOSES, THESE, THIS IS, UH, FOOTAGE IS BEING ASKED FOR.
ALSO, THE, THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY USES IT EVERY DAY, UH, PREPARING CASES FOR COURT, DOING DISCOVERY WITH, UH, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ON, ON ALL OF THE CASES.
UH, IT'S IN OUR POLICY THAT ANY, ANY OFFICERS WHO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC ACTIVATE THEIR CAMERAS, ALL THE TRAFFIC STOPS.
UM, IT, IT'S A TON OF FOOTAGE THAT IS BEING CAPTURED AND THEN BEING REUSED AND REVIEWED AND, AND WE REVIEW IT FOR, UH, UH, OUR, FOR OUR DEPUTIES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
UH, THE SHERIFF RECEIVES, UH, A COMPLAINT WITH THE PUBLIC.
THE FIRST THING HE'S GONNA ASK THEM IS COME IN AND LOOK AT THE BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE.
AND, AND IT HAS BEEN A LIFESAVER TO US.
THERE HAVE BEEN CASES THAT COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, CAUSED MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT ONCE THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE, THAT'S THE END OF IT.
THAT'S, THEY, THEY JUST KIND OF GO AWAY.
I KNOW WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXTENSIVELY AND THE UPGRADES THAT WE'RE GETTING IN THE SYSTEM, UH, AS WELL AS THE ADVANCEMENTS FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION IS OUT THERE, UH, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU GOTTA, UM, DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO PROTECT, UM, THE COUNTY AS WELL AS OUR OFFICERS AND THOSE ARE INVOLVED.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S AN INCREASE.
I KNOW THAT, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A DESERVED INCREASE.
WE GOOD? MADAM CHAIR? I ALSO MOVE THAT WE MM-HMM
[7.C. Contract Award: Microsoft 365]
NOW WE HAVE A CONTRACT AWARD, MICROSOFT 365.THIS TIME I'M ASKING FOR MONEY.
SO, UM, I'M ASKING, UH, TO, FOR APPROVAL FOR THIS CONTRACT FOR THE MICROSOFT 365.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE LICENSES TO PURCHASE THROUGH SHI, WE'RE USING THE SOURCE WELL, UM, CONTRACT FOR ONE YEAR BECAUSE THE CONTRACT THROUGH THE STATE OF VIRGINIA IS IN NEGOTIATIONS.
SO WE COULDN'T DO A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
SO YOU'LL SEE ME AGAIN TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK OR NEXT YEAR.
SO I, I WILL BE BACK, UH, NEXT YEAR PROBABLY ASKING FOR, FOR THE SAME THING.
BUT, UH, THIS, THIS IS GONNA BE AN ONGOING PRODUCT LICENSE.
IT'S A SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE THROUGH MICROSOFT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT, THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING HAS GONE THESE DAYS.
SO, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE THEM DOWN.
IT'S A LOT GOING ON WITH IT, ISN'T IT? MM-HMM
ANYBODY I WAS, I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, OVERSEAS, THEY WERE, UM, DOING THESE, UH, ROBOTS THAT WERE WORKING AND DOING THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT.
AND, AND, AND THEN ONE OF THE ROBOTS WAS GOING DOWN THIS LITTLE PATH AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT A CHILD.
I DON'T KNOW, THAT WAS ON THE NEWS AND HIT THE STOMACH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, IT'S A LOT WITH IT.
THERE IS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WITH AI, AI AS WELL, YOU KNOW, GOING AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY JUST HAD A, A MARATHON WITH ROBOTS MM-HMM
AND THEY RAN SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE REAL RUNNERS.
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HUMAN RUNNERS VERSUS, AND, UH, YEAH.
WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES ABOUT IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
ANYBODY? OH, I GUESS YOU, WE, YOU GET RID OF THAT GUY FROM SAUDI ARABIA THAT WANTS TO GIVE ME ALL THAT MONEY.
I'M WAITING FOR THE ASIAN ONE TO COME THROUGH.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ONE YET, BUT IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S A CHALLENGE IN ITSELF.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, NORM, BUT I WILL SAY THANK YOU, UH, CONTINUE TO AMAZE ME AT THE ABILITY OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF, UH, TO PROTECT US FROM CYBER ATTACKS MM-HMM
AND TO CONTINUE TO, UH, GROW YOUR DEPARTMENT AND STAY CUTTING EDGE AND, AND PUT US IN THE BEST POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A COUNTY.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
THANK YOU FOR AND TO YOUR STAFF.
STAFF AS WELL FOR ALLOWING AMEN.
OKAY, MA'AM, CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT FOR THE, UH, MICROSOFT 360 IS PRESENTED.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS TODAY.
[7.D. Contract Award: Used Equipment]
AWARD.UM, USED EQUIPMENT, THAT'S MR. TIM CLARIN, UH, DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.
UM, OVER THE YEARS OF WHAT YEARS? NINE MONTHS OF, UH, LOOKING AT EVERYTHING WE
UH, THE TRACTOR, THE BUSH HOG AND THE THREE-WAY HEAVY DUTY ROADWAY BLADE WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE COUNTY TO USE.
UH, IT'S MAINLY FOR THE MAN SITES.
PUSH SNOW THIS YEAR, Y'ALL KNOW IF WE RENTED A TRACTOR THAT REALLY HELPED THE SITE TO GET US BACK RUNNING.
UH, IT'S A 10 FOOT BUSH HOG HYDRAULICS.
I KNOW MR. LEE, BUT IT'S GOT WHEELS IN THE BACK.
PREVIOUSLY WE HAD A BUNCH OF FOUR OR FIVE FOOT BUSH HOGS.
IT'S A THREE POINT HITCH OVER THE CAP BOUNCES, PULLS FRONT WHEELS OFF THE GROUND, CONTOURS THE SLOPES, MAKES IT UNSAFE.
UH, SO WITH THIS BUSH HOLE, WHICH WE'LL DO IT TWICE A YEAR WHERE WE'VE BEEN DOING, KEEP IT A LOT LOWER, UH, SKID STEER, WE'RE PUTTING UP PEOPLE WITH THE BURN PILES.
SKID STEER, IF YOU KNOW IT, YOU ONLY COME BACK TO THE FRONT OF IT.
IT, SO WE'RE RIGHT CLOSE TO THE BURN PILES WITH THE TRACTOR.
YOU GOT THREE WAYS TO ESCAPE BACK.
TWO SIDES YOU FOLLOW FROM THE FIRE.
THE OTHER WAY TO ESCAPING, UH, SKID STEER IS RIGHT IN THE FRONT.
UH, PREVIOUS SET DEMAND SITES, THE LITTLE TRACTOR WE LOADED ON THE TRAILER, UH, BINDERS, WHICH YOU HOLD IT DOWN.
BY THE TIME YOU DO ALL THIS, IT'S SIX BINDERS, 108 TIMES.
PULLING IT DOWN, YOU WERE A GUY.
THIS TRACTOR WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THE ROAD BLADE, BUSH HOG DRAFT TO EACH SITE, DO A GOOD JOB AND GET ON THE WAY BACK.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY THINGS THAT, THAT COMES WITH THIS PURCHASE OF 90,000 8 77 FOR THE TRACTOR, THE BUSH HOG AND THE ROAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MADAM CHAIR? NOT, NOT A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT.
UM, WAS UP AT THE LANDFILL PROBABLY A WEEK OR SO AGO, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS, UH, OF THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN MORE ORGANIZED.
WE'VE GOT OUR VEHICLES AND, AND OFF THE BEATEN PATH, UH, SO TO SPEAK.
WE'VE GOTTEN OUR TIRE SITUATION WELL UNDER CONTROL NOW AS WELL AS OUR METAL AREA.
UM, JUST, AND JUST LOOKS BETTER.
AND, AND I THINK OUR PUBLIC, FOR THOSE THAT GO THERE ON A ROUTINE BASIS, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN, IN THE MINDSET OF HOW WE'RE MANAGING THAT.
SO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
IT'S NOT ONLY ME AS OFFICE, BUT WE GOT STILL GOT GOOD WAYS TO GO.
DO WE HAVE A MAD CHAIR? MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT AWARD IS PRESENTED.
I'LL SECOND ROLL CALL MR. LEE.
[7.E. Contract Award: Parking Lot For River Road Walking Trail]
HAVE CONTRACT BOARD.UM, THIS IS THE PARKING LOT FOR RIVER ROAD WALKING TRAIL.
MR. UM, FRANK HALTON, COUNTY ENGINEER.
AND, UH, AS YOU KNOW, FISCAL YEAR, THE FISCAL YEAR 26 CIP, UH, INCLUDED $88,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WALKING TRAIL, UH, ON A COUNTY PROPERTY LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE CONVENIENCE CENTER ON RIVER ROAD, UH, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HART ROAD.
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PROJECT HAS BEEN BROKEN UP INTO TWO COMPONENTS.FIRST IS THE TRAIL ITSELF WITH WE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE WOODS, AND THE SECOND PART WOULD BE THE PARKING LOT ITSELF.
UH, IN REGARDS TO THE TRAIL, UH, THE COUNTY'S ALREADY DEVELOPED PLANS AND HAD THOSE ADVERTISED FOR BIDS.
THOSE BIDS WERE RECEIVED ON MAY 12TH AND THEY RANGED ANYWHERE FROM 38,000 TO $348,000.
UH, AND THAT CONTRACT HAS SINCE BEEN, UH, AWARDED TO THEM SINCE IT WAS UNDER $50,000.
AND THAT PROJECT, WE ACTUALLY HAD A PRE-CON MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THEY ARE STARTING TO COMMENCE WORK NOW.
UH, SO THEY'RE OUT THERE NOW STARTING TO CLEAR THE TRAIL FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE SECOND COMPONENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TONIGHT, IS THE PARKING LOT.
UH, WE DEVELOPED THOSE PLANS AND SENT OUT A SEPARATE, UH, REQUEST FOR BIDS.
UH, AND THAT WAS WENT OUT ON APRIL 23RD.
WE RECEIVED SIX BIDS AND THOSE RANGE FROM 52,395 TO 165, NEARLY $165,000.
UH, DAVID L. BROOKS HAULING AND EXCAVATING LLC HAD THE LOWEST BID.
UH, AND THE, NOW THE TOTAL COST FOR BOTH THESE PROJECTS WAS, UH, WAS JUST OVER $90,000.
UH, OF COURSE THE BOARD AWARDED, UH, UH, UH, SET APPROVED 88,000.
UH, SO IF IT PLEASES THE BOARD, THE ADDITIONAL TWO $2,395 IN CENTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN OPERATING FUNDS TO, TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
UM, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF, UM, REGARDING THE PARKING LOT OR, OR THE TRAIL.
BUT WE DO RECOMMEND THE AWARD OF, OF THE CONTRACT TO DAVID L BROOKINGS, EXCUSE ME, DAVID DAVID L. BROOKS HAULING AND EXCAVATING IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,395 AND 11 CENTS ANY WAY, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME.
SO FOR A WHILE, FINALLY WE COULD GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GETTING IT DONE.
JUST, UM, A COMMENT PERTAINING TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE SUTHERLAND RHODES CLUB WHO ARE, UM, INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, UM, FORM OF A TRAIL SERVICE IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY, UH, TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, WELL DESERVED, I THINK.
MAD CHAIR, I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
[7.F. Contract Amendment: Legal Services]
HAVE CONTRACT AMENDMENT, LEGAL SERVICES, UM, T HALL COUNTY ATTORNEY.ALL RIGHT, MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, SINCE 2015, HEFTY WILEY AND GORE HAS PROVIDED LEGAL COUNSEL FOR ALL PROCUREMENT RELATED PROJECTS.
AND THE COUNTY DID REQUEST AND OBTAIN A QUOTE FROM HEFTY WILEY AND GORE TO PROVIDE BACKUP LEGAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ITEMS SUCH AS THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT BOARD, PROCEDURES, PERSONNEL MATTERS, LAND USE AND ZONING AND CODE COMPLIANCE CASES.
THEY PROVIDED A QUOTE OF $5,500 ADDITIONAL PER MONTH FOR THESE SERVICES THAT WOULD BRING THE TOTAL COST TO $8,500 PER MONTH.
THOSE ADDITIONAL SERVICES WOULD BEGIN ON JULY 1ST.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THERE MAY BE.
YOU NEED ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHTY.
[7.G. Contract Award: County Insurance]
HAVE ANOTHER CONTRACT.MS. ANN HAMILTON, DEPUTY COUNTY MINISTRY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN USING V CORP INSURANCE, RISK POOL, RISK POOL MANAGEMENT FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE COUNTY, UM, FOR MOST OF OUR INSURANCE NEEDS.
THE ONE, UM, AREA THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN USING BAY CORP FOR WAS FOR FIRE AND EMS BUILDINGS AND APPARATUS.
UM, SO THIS YEAR WE HAD OBTAINED A QUOTE FROM BAY CORP AND FROM VFAS, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THROUGH CAMPBELL INSURANCE AGENCY.
AND, UM, THE QUOTE THAT WE GOT FROM BAY CORP WAS LESS THAN THE ONE WE HAD GOTTEN FROM VFAS.
THE, UH, FIRE AND EMUS, UH, CHIEF AND HIS STAFF REVIEWED THE POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COVERAGE WAS, WAS WHAT WE NEEDED TO KEEP THE COUNTY SECURE WITH OUR, UM, COVERING OUR, OUR FIRE STATIONS AND THE EQUIPMENT WITHIN THEM.
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SO THE VOLUNTEER ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS COVERAGE IS THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, THE FIRE AND S COVERAGE THAT WE NORMALLY GET.BUT THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO BE THROUGH CAMPBELL.
THEY HAVE A MUCH RICHER POLICY, RICHER PLAN FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS.
UM, SO WE ARE, UM, ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN YOUR BOARD PACK TODAY FOR, UM, THE V CORP POLICY TO INCLUDE THE NORMAL, UM, COUNTY INSURANCE LIABILITY AND, UM, VEHICLE AND, AND THE MARINE AND ALL THE ONES WE NORMALLY AT WORKERS' COMP AND THEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL FIRE AND EMS INSURANCE COVERAGE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? MADAM CHAIR? MAKE A MOTION.
WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
[7.H. Revisions To Dinwiddie County Purchasing Policies And Procedures]
REVISIONS TO DENWITTY COUNTY PURCHASING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND MS. ANN HAMILTON, AGAIN, DENWITTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.SO THE SECOND ITEM THAT I HAVE FOR YOU ALL TODAY IS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR LOCAL PROCUREMENT POLICY.
UM, WE GENERAL, AS, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS REVIEWING NEW LAWS AND, AND THINGS FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE GENERALLY TAKE A PEEK AT OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY TO UPDATE IT AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THE LIST OF THE MAJOR CHANGES IS IN YOUR BOARD PACK.
UM, INCREASE IN THE MICRO PURCHASE FROM 5,000 TO 10,000 WAS SOMETHING WE WERE RECOMMENDING THAT ALLOWS THE DEPARTMENTS TO, TO, UM, PROCURE ITEMS UP TO $10,000 WITHOUT GETTING THREE QUOTES AND COMING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE.
I WILL SAY THAT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL, UH, MICROPURCHASE POLICY IS AT 15,000.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS TOO MUCH, BUT THE 5,000 IS WITH INFLATION THESE DAYS IS A LITTLE TOO LOW.
UM, SO WE THOUGHT 10,000 WAS A HAPPY MEDIUM FOR THAT, THAT WE ALSO WERE INCREASING THE THRESHOLD REQUIRING YOUR, UM, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVAL FROM 50,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UM, THE SMALL PURCHASE POLICY FOR THE STATE WITH THE VPPA IS, IS AT 200,000.
SO BELOW THAT, THE STATE ALLOWS YOU TO, TO PICK YOUR THRESHOLDS FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF APPROVALS.
UM, AGAIN, WITH INFLATION THAT THESE DAYS WE'VE BEEN AT 50,000 FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, SO WE, WE FELT A HUNDRED THOUSAND WAS NOT UNREASONABLE TO TO MANAGE IT.
MOST ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU ALL APPROVE AT THAT LEVEL HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN THE BUDGET AND TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE YEAR STARTS.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WAY OF HANDLING SOME OF THESE LARGER PURCHASES.
THE THE NEXT COUPLE OF THINGS JUST INCLUDE, UM, INCORPORATING THE, UM, CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CONTRACT, UM, GUIDELINES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH, AND ALSO JUST INCORPORATING THE PPEA, UM, CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD IN PLACE.
JUST PUTTING 'EM ALL IN ONE DOCUMENT REALLY IS THAT WAS THAT IS, UM, THE PURPOSE OF THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE PURCHASE OF USED AND REFURBISHED EQUIPMENT IS EXEMPT FROM COMPETITION.
WE TOOK OUT THE, UH, DOLLAR LIMIT THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
I THINK IT WAS MAYBE 50,000 OR SOMETHING.
BUT HERE LATELY, AS YOU'VE SEEN FOR SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING THROUGH, UM, THEY'VE BEEN, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY, ESPECIALLY THE FIRING EMASS EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THAT'S BEEN REFURBISHED.
SO WE JUST REMOVE THAT DIAL LIMIT TO GIVE US SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY ON WHAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND DO, UM, AND PURCHASE AND USED EQUIPMENT.
'CAUSE OFTENTIMES IT'S REALLY NOT COM COM COMPARABLE ITEMS TO GET QUOTE, YOU KNOW, THREE QUOTES FOR OR THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN CHANGES.
UM, THEY RECOGNIZE THE CURRENT COST AND INCREASES IN GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WE'RE SEEING THESE DAYS AND WHICH IT SHOULD IMPROVE THE PROCUREMENT EFFICIENCY FOR THE COUNTY.
IF THERE'S ANY, NOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT, WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION IS PRESENTED.
ANY QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? NOPE.
MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
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OKAY.[7.I. Meherrin River Regional Jail Authority Refinancing Resolution]
WE HAVE, UM, THE HERRIN, UH, RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY REFINANCING RESOLUTION.THAT'S, UH, KEVIN MAGA COUNTY MINISTRY, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, YOU SEE A, A RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET THAT YOU'VE HAD TO REVIEW.
UM, JUST AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, I SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE MEHERON RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY.
MR. DOOLEY SERVES AS YOUR BOARD REP AND, UH, SHERIFF ADAMS, UH, REPRESENTS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
MR. CHAVIS WAS A MEMBER OF THE AUTHORITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME UNTIL RELINQUISHING THOSE DUTIES OVER TO, UM, TO MR. DOOLEY BET.
HE, HE'S GOT SOME GOOD BACKGROUND WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ISSUE.
BUT, UM, AT YOUR JUNE 2ND WORKSHOP, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, REVIEW THIS ISSUE, THE REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT TAKES PLACE.
UM, SO OUR AUTHORITY, UH, COMMITTEE ON ON FINANCE WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS FIRST WEEK OF JULY, UH, TO EVALUATE THE NUMBERS AT THAT TIME.
UH, WE DO HAVE WITH US T COLE, UH, VICE PRESIDENT DAVENPORT IN CASE THERE'S ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT I KNOW THAT MR. COLE, UH, ANSWERED A LOT OF THOSE AT YOUR, AT YOUR WORKSHOP MEETING.
SO AGAIN, THIS, THIS RESOLUTION JUST SUPPORTS THE ABILITY TO DO THE REFUNDING AND EACH OF THE MEMBER LOCALITIES, AGAIN, DENWOODY, MECKLENBURG AND BRUNSWICK AND THEIR GOVERNING BODIES HAVE TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION TO AFFORD THE, UH, JAIL AUTHORITY, THE OPPORTUNITY IF THE INTEREST RATES ARE, OR THE RATES ARE WHERE WE NEED THEM TO BE, UH, AT THAT TIME.
AND THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I KNOW WE WERE, I WAS ON THE BOARD FOR A LONG TIME AND I KNOW WE HAD A FEW YEARS THERE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO, WE COULD ALWAYS TURN BACK AND MM-HMM
SO WE, UH, ALWAYS ENDED UP IN GOOD HANDS, SO.
ANYTHING ELSE? SO, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENT.
AND THANK YOU TED FOR BEING HERE, TED.
[7.J. Regional Transportation Authority Resolution]
HAVE THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY RESOLUTION.KEVIN MADISONVILLE, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AGAIN, AND MADAM CHAIR AGAIN AT YOUR JUNE 2ND WORKSHOP, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM JAY ELLINGTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CRATER PLAN OF DISTRICT COMMISSION IN REGARDS OF A, UM, A SUPPORT RESOLUTION THAT WAS BEING REQUESTED FOR THIS MEETING FOR THE CREATION OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY, A GOOD PRESENTATION, UH, HIGHLIGHTED THE BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY AS A TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
AGAIN, THIS, THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T CREATE THE AUTHORITY, IT JUST SHOWS THE, UH, DESIRE OF THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, THAT ULTIMATELY WILL GO TO, UH, SENATOR AYER, WHO I BELIEVE IS THE PATRON OF THIS POTENTIAL, UH, LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BE PUT FORWARD.
SO THAT RESOLUTION IS, IS IN YOUR PACKET.
WE DO HAVE MR. ELLINGTON, AGAIN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ANDREW TRANSITION, THE, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THAT'S HERE, IF THERE'S ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ON THE AUTHORITY ITSELF.
UH, BUT AGAIN, YOU HAD ASKED THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE, BE, UH, PLACED IN YOUR PACKET AND IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER 'EM.
IF NOT, WE JUST SIMPLY NEED A, A RES, UM, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
ANY COMMENTS MADAM CHAD? I THINK, UM, SINCE V DOT'S NOT HERE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT 'EM, UM,
AND AS IT WAS EXPLAINED TO US, UM, AT WORKSHOP, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, UH, TOOL FOR US TO GET MONEY TO DO SOME PROJECTS THAT REALLY NEED TO GET DONE.
AND THE STATE IS JUST, THEY LOOK LOOKING OVER US ALL THE TIME.
AND, UM, I KNOW IT MIGHT ADD A LITTLE BIT TO, TO THE GAS PRICE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE PASSING THROUGH ARE GONNA PAY THAT SAME PRICE TOO, IT TO HELP US WITH, WITH THE ROAD SITUATION.
SO I, I FEEL LIKE TO ME IT'S A GOOD THING AND, AND I THINK WE, UM, SHOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT.
UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT SMART SCALE AND HOW THE STATE
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HAS IMPLEMENTED FUNDING FOR THE, THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE TRI-CITY COMMUNITY TO HAVE, UH, A PROJECT THAT FITS IN THE, I'M GONNA CALL IT IN THE BOX FOR SMART SCALE.AND OUR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES HAVE BEEN GREATLY DIMINISHED, UM, IN, IN OUR GREATER AREA.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PROJECT LIKE THIS, UM, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE WITHIN THE STATE THAT, THAT HAVE, UH, TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES.
IT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES THAT WE MAY NEVER, EVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FROM A FUNDING POINT OF VIEW FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
AND, UH, SO I AM AM IN FAVOR OF IT AND I WOULD ASK THAT, THAT YOU LOOK AT THE AREAS THAT DO HAVE, UM, TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES FROM A COMPETITIVE POINT OF VIEW WHEN IT COMES TO, TO GAS, WHETHER IT'S DIESEL OR REGULAR OR OTHER, UM, THE MARKET DRIVES WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE IN A LOT OF, LOT OF WAYS.
AND UM, SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAKE THE COMPARISON, YOU WILL SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY IN ANOTHER AREA, THEIR PRICE IS NOT A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT IS IN A, IN A COMMUNITY THAT MAY BE RIGHT BESIDE THEM THAT IS SELLING FUEL AT THE SAME PRICE.
SO, UH, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
I, I'D LIKE IF I A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
[9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS]
WE GO TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS.MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, START OFF WITH SOME GOOD NEWS THAT YOUR, YOUR WORKSHOP FOR JULY 7TH, WE'VE DECIDED NOT TO HAVE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THAT, THAT TUESDAY OFF.
ALRIGHT, SO I JUST JUST WANNA START OFF AND TELL YOU THAT, UH, ALSO WANTED TO REFLECT BACK.
THIS IS OUR FIRST REGULAR MEETING SINCE DR. MOORE AND I WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE NY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 300TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND SO THAT WAS A, A PHENOMENAL EVENT IN THE SENSE OF, I MEAN, YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT PLACES OF WORSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT THIS ONE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1725 AND OPEN IN 1726.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF, OF, OF OUR COUNTRY.
AND THIS PLACE OF WORSHIP WAS BEFORE THAT, EVEN BEFORE 17, UH, 52 IN DENWOODY COUNTY WAS, WAS CREATED.
BUT, UH, UH, IT'S STILL AN OPERATION TODAY.
IT, IT, IT EVERY UM, I GUESS FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
AND SO THIS CHURCH IS, IS, UM, IS OPERATED DURING THAT TIME, BUT WELL ATTENDED 300TH ANNIVERSARY.
GREAT EVENT DR. MOORE READ THE PROCLAMATION RESOLUTION ON YOUR BEHALF.
UM, AND IT WAS A, A GOOD DAY, A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT IT WAS GONNA BE WARM, YOU THINK IN 1725 THEY DIDN'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING AND IN 2026 THEY STILL DON'T
THE WINDOWS WERE OPEN, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND, AND, AND GLAD TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH THAT END OF THE COUNTY.
UM, JUST WANNA MENTION TOMORROW WE DO HAVE THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY, UH, AT, ON, UM, MCKINNEY TOWN COUNCIL, I SHOULD SAY.
AND IT'S AT THE, THE RAGSDALE COMMUNITY CENTER AT SIX O'CLOCK.
WE LOOK FOR THIS TO BE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF CONVERSATION.
UH, SO WE FINALIZE THE AGENDA OF THAT TODAY, BUT I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY.
UH, MAYOR ABBY WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE TOWN.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME PRIORITY PROJECTS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN, AND SOME MAYBE OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE.
AND THEN SPECIFICALLY WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME PARKS AND REC, UH, PROGRAMS AND SOME OF THE THINGS IN THAT IN, IN THE TOWN.
SO I, I'M ASHAMED TO SAY IN, IN THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER TOWN COUNCIL IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EVER CAME TOGETHER.
AND SO THAT, I THINK THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO KIND OF SHARE, UH, THE GOOD WORKS THAT WE'RE ALL DOING.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S TOMORROW 6:00 PM IN THE RAGSDALE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, THIS IS ALSO THE LAST MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO IF I, I WAS GONNA GO THROUGH THIS REALLY ELABORATE, I'M NOT GOING TO TODAY, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN FY 26.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU STOP AND REFLECT ON ON THAT, YOU, YOU SEE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WAS DONE BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, I'M ALSO EXCITED FOR FY 27 TO GET HERE AND SOME OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE GOT PLANNED, UH, FOR THAT.
SO I, I I THINK WE'RE HEADED IN A, A GOOD DIRECTION.
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AND, AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT PROCUREMENT EARLIER.UM, SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, THIS, AGAIN, THIS LAST MONTH OF THE YEAR, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF YEAR END WORK THAT GOES INTO THE END OF A FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO ANN HAS BEEN JUGGLING QUITE A BIT IN THAT PROCESS, BUT, BUT HOLLY CASEY HAS BEEN JUG JUGGLING EVEN MORE.
AND SO JUST SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT, THAT YOU ALL DID TODAY AND ADOPTED IN IN OUR POLICY JUST, JUST STREAMLINES THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND SO I JUST PUBLICLY WANNA THANK A AND AND HOLLY FOR THE WORK THEY DO BEHIND THE SCENES, UM, TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT IN NEXT MONTH YOU'LL GET A FULL YEAR SNAPSHOT OF ALL YOUR STATISTICS.
SO THAT'S MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR.
IN YOUR JULY REGULAR MEETING, YOU'LL SEE A FULL YEAR'S, UH, COMPARISON MONTH BY MONTH OF ALL THE STATISTICS THAT WE DO.
I KNOW THAT INFORMATION'S IN YOUR PACKET NOW, BUT REALLY PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO, TO, UH, NEXT MONTH.
UM, WE ALSO HAD, UM, THE BEGINNING OF OUR SUMMER WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM.
UM, SO CLARA, YOU KNOW, GLAD THAT, THAT YOU WERE HERE.
UM, YOU, YOU CAN TELL US THE REAL STORY OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SHADOW CHIEF KISSNER OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, CLARA IS ONE OF 31 OTHER STUDENTS, SO 32 STUDENTS IN ALL THAT ARE PART OF OUR SUMMER WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAM.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE NEXT GENERATION IN THE HALLWAYS HERE, BUT, UH, NOT JUST HERE.
THEY'RE ALL THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTY AND 20 DIFFERENT PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
SO THE GOAL OF THE SUMMER WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAM IS, IS HOPEFULLY TO GET PEOPLE LIKE CLAIRE ACCLIMATED TO, UM, WHAT WHAT REAL WORLD WORK KIND OF LOOKS LIKE AND TREMENDOUS EXPOSURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THAT FIRST FEMALE CHIEF OF FIRE AND EMS TO COME ABOUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT COULD BE YOU, UM, IF TIMMY'S GONE.
BUT A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES ON SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU MAYBE HAVE SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I'LL FIRST TALK ABOUT THE DIMITY SPORTS COMPLEX HIGH VISIBILITY LOCATION, BUT YOU'LL SEE WE'VE GOT, UM, THE INFAMOUS DRAINAGE ISSUE OF THE HILL BETWEEN THE GRANDSTANDS AND THE, THE FOOTBALL FIELD HAS BEEN FIXED.
WE WENT OUT THERE, UM, AND HE AND I WALKED IT LAST WEEK.
UH, JUST IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT AND TAKEN A LOOK AT IT, THAT'S, THAT'S FINALLY BEEN DONE.
AND NOT JUST TO FIX THE HILL, BUT FIX THE PROBLEM LEADING TO THAT, THAT ISSUE.
BUT IT'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL STAND OF GRASS AND, UH, SOMETHING WE CAN WELL MAINTAIN IN THE FUTURE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE COMPLETELY NEW REPAVING AND RESURFACING AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT AND LOOKED AT THAT LOOKS GOOD.
UH, IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY GOOD, UH, FOR THAT.
AND ALSO IF YOU CAN, IF YOU REMEMBER BEING AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX, WE HAD THESE RAISED BRICK AREAS WHERE PEOPLE COULD DONATE A BRICK IN MEMORY OF OR IN NAME OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR A PLAYER.
THEY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE GOOD FOR THE COMPLEX, BUT IT ALSO BECAME A LITTLE BIT OF A AREA FOR OUR KIDS TO JUMP OFF OF FOR PEOPLE TO TRIP OVER THAT WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
AND SO I, I REALLY KUDOS TO, TO TIMMY TO COME IN AND SAID, HEY, IF WE, HE CAME IN AND SAID, I GOT AN IDEA, UH, IF, IF WE JUST TEAR UP ALL THE BRICKS.
AND I STOPPED HIM AND SAID, WE CAN'T TEAR UP THE BRICKS.
HE SAID, WELL, NO, LET ME FINISH.
HE SAID, IF WE TEAR UP ALL THE BRICKS AND I'VE DONE THE MATH, I THINK WE CAN CREATE, 'CAUSE THEY'RE, IT'S A, IT'S A SQUARE AND IF YOU TURN IT ON ITS SIDE, YOU CAN MAKE A BASEBALL DIAMOND AND WE CAN HAVE THE PITCHERS MOUND HOME PLATE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD.
AND WE CAN PUT THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONATED BRICKS IN THE FORM OF A BASEBALL FIELD MM-HMM
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AND ALREADY WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT DONATED A BRICK IN FOREVER TO WANT TO KNOW, HOW DO I GET ON THE BRICKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE THERE NOW.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
ALSO, EAST SIDE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT CENTER IS GONNA ALSO RECEIVE SOME PAVING AND RESURFACING OUT THERE.
WE STARTED A PROJECT, UH, YESTERDAY ON NEW FLOORING.
AND SO IF YOU STOP THINKING ABOUT THE, THE MOST HEAVILY USED PUBLIC FACILITY WE HAVE, PROBABLY OUTSIDE OF THE DIMITY COURTHOUSE, WHICH YOU WANTED TO KIND OF STAY OUT OF.
UM, BUT IF, IF YOU'RE IN THE COURTHOUSE, THAT'S PROBABLY NUMBER ONE.
AND SO JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COME INTO EAST SIDE EVERY DAY AND, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, GOOD IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING OUT THERE.
UM, I'M PROUD TO PUBLICLY TALK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT, UM, OF HANNAH BISHOP.
HANNAH BISHOP WAS, HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE HEAD EXTENSION AGENT FOR FOR DEWIN COUNTY.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONING CONCERN WHEN, WHEN MIKE PAR, WHO HAD BEEN HERE
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FOR THE MOST OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER, UM, AND, AND THE RETIREMENT THAT WE HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR OF WHO WOULD FILL THOSE SHOES.AND SO NOW HANNAH BISHOP GETS TO BE IN THAT ROLE.
AND, AND SO I, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO VIRGINIA TECH AND TO TALK TO HANNAH ABOUT HER, UH, APPOINTMENT INTO THIS POSITION.
I THINK THIS IS A, A TREMENDOUSLY WISE, GOOD DECISION FOR VIRGINIA TECH AND NOT, AND I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE GETS TO DEFINE AG A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN TRADITIONAL AG, BUT SHE'S GOT A BACKGROUND IN THAT ACADEMICALLY.
SO SHE'S WELL, UH, WELL SUITED TO DO REALLY, REALLY GOOD WORK ON THE AG SIDE.
BUT ALSO, I KNOW WE WEREN'T MISS HER AS THE FOUR H AGENT BECAUSE SHE DID SOME THINGS OF FOUR H THAT I THINK JUST SURPASSED EVERYBODY'S EXPECTATIONS.
AND, AND SO THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS THERE IN THE WORKS OF BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HELP WITH FOUR H.
BUT AGAIN, HANNAH, UH, WE'RE PROUD OF HER TO, TO BE ABLE TO STEP INTO TO THIS NEW ROLE.
WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, UH, ABOUT A, A MARKER THAT WILL BE ERECTED, UH, LATER THIS YEAR AS A, A HISTORICAL MARKER, UM, FOR THOMAS DAY.
AND SO THOMAS DAY, UM, WAS BORN IN 1801, PASSED AWAY IN 1861, UM, AND AN AFRICAN, HE WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, UM, BORN AGAIN BEFORE THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY WAS THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY, BUT JUST OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN.
UM, HE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE, UM, A, A MAN OF HIS DAY, A MASTER CRAFTSMAN.
SO HE, HE BUILT, UM, CABINETS.
HE BUILT FURNITURE AND BUILT HOMES.
AND SO, UH, HE THEN, AFTER LEAVING DENWOODY COUNTY AND PETERSBURG FOR A WHILE, WENT TO NORTH CAROLINA.
SO Y'ALL MAY HAVE HEARD OF HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA AND THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY.
WELL, IT WOULDN'T BE WHAT IT IS TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR THOMAS DAY.
AND SO HE, UH, IS IN THE HALL OF FAME, UH, IN NORTH CAROLINA.
UH, THERE'S A MONUMENT THERE FOR HIM IN THAT LOCATION.
AND THE THOMAS DAY HOUSE IS LOCATED, WAS MOVED FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO PETERSBURG.
AND SO THERE'S A HISTORICAL MARKER IN PETERSBURG FOR THE THOMAS DAY HOUSE.
SO, AGAIN, JUST A PHENOMENAL INDIVIDUAL.
UH, ROSA ALLEN IS A DESCENDANT OF THOMAS DAY, AND SO SHE, SHE IS THE ONE WHO MOVED FORWARD WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES, UM, AND IS THE ONE WHO IS ACTUALLY PURCHASING THE MONUMENT AND, UH, WILL BE ERECTED AGAIN LATER.
THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN FORMED THAT WE'LL LOOK AT A DAY CELEBRATION IN MCKINNEY FOR THAT.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CELEBRATIONS, FORT LEE.
UM, I WAS TALKING EARLIER TODAY TO THE BASE, THE INSTALLATION, AND SO I WAS REMINDED ABOUT, AS AMERICA STARTS TO CELEBRATE, ITS 250TH, UM, AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE ON JULY 4TH, THE, THE INSTALLATION WHO USUALLY DOES THEIR FIREWORKS ON THE 4TH OF JULY DECIDED TO MOVE IT TO JULY 2ND SO THAT THE MANY SOLDIERS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE COULD ACTUALLY BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES ON THE FOURTH.
SO AT 5:00 PM AT WILLIAMS STADIUM, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT KIND OF FREEDOM DAY WHERE THEY HAVE A FREE KID ZONE, UM, SOME OTHER THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN FIREWORKS, THEY, UH, SAY, IS GONNA GO OFF SOMEWHERE APPROXIMATELY AROUND 9 35, 9 35.
IF IT RAINS ON THE SECOND, THEY'RE GONNA DO IT ON THE THIRD, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
I ALSO WAS REMINDED THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR, YOUR REAL ID TO, TO GET ON TO THE POST THERE.
UM, ONE OTHER THING REAL QUICK IS, YOU KNOW, COUNTY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED THIS FRIDAY FOR JUNETEENTH FOR THAT CELEBRATION.
UM, SO AGAIN, IF THE COUNTY BUSINESS IS TO BE DONE, DO THAT ON THURSDAY OR, OR, OR SEE US BACK ON MONDAY AGAIN FOR JUNETEENTH.
AND THEN THE, THE LAST THING I, I WANTED TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE WAS THE BIRTH OF OUR NEWEST CITIZEN OF THEM WIN COUNTY OLIVER CLINTON JOHNSON WAS BORN LAST THURSDAY WEIGHING A WHOPPING EIGHT POUNDS, 15 OUNCES, UH, 20 AND A HALF INCHES LONG.
AND SO OLIVER CLINTON JOHNSON IS THE, THE SON OF PROUD PARENTS, HOLLY JOHNSON, WHO'S WITH OUR FIRE AND EMS, AND THEN ETHAN AS THE FATHER WHO DOES A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK FOR US.
UM, AND SO JUST A TREMENDOUS FAMILY, BUT YOU PROBABLY, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT OLIVER CLINTON JOHNSON IS THE GRANDSON OF ANNE HOWTON, UH, AKA NANA THAT, UM, THAT'S HERE.
SO JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF, OF DENWOOD COUNTY FOR THAT.
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GRANT.SO, JUST TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS.
WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MY THREE SONS EARLIER TODAY, AND SO
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BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.UH, I THINK I GO THIS WAY THIS TIME.
SO SINCE WE HAVE MET LAST TIME, WE HAVE A GRADUATING CLASS FROM JEN WITTY HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, AND SO THEY'VE GOT THEIR FUTURE OUT BEFORE THEM.
EVERYTHING WENT WELL, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT I WAS TOLD MY WIFE WAS AT GRADUATION.
AND, UH, WE HAVE 300 PROUD PARENTS AND, UH, AND GRADUATES MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF, UM, CENTRAL OFFICE, EVERY TEACHER IN DITY COUNTY FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY HAVE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN DITY COUNTY.
AND, AND, UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM, AND I HOPE THAT THEY HAVE A GREAT SUMMER, A SAFE SUMMER AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, ON THE 30TH OF MAY, WE HAD THE FLY IN AT THE AIRPORT FOR JOHNNY MESA, AND, UH, RAISED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO FLY.
UM, WE HAD, IT WAS A PICTURE PERFECT DAY.
WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED, UH, ANTIQUE VEHICLES THERE.
WE HAD OVER 30 AIRCRAFT THAT CAME IN FOR THE FLY IN, UM, VENDORS AND ALL WERE THERE.
SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD ATTENDED EVENT, UH, AS FAR AS FOR THE COUNTY IS CONCERNED.
SO, UM, JUST THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED WITH THAT, THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, UM, AS WELL AS OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT WAS INVOLVED THERE, AND OUR FIRE AND EMS THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THEIR ASSISTANCE.
UM, MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE, UH, OF COURSE WE WERE FEARFUL OF RAIN COMING IN, BUT WE WERE INSIDE AT THE, UH, OLD COURTHOUSE.
WE HAD A GOOD, UH, GOOD CROWD THAT PARTICULAR DAY, HAD A GOOD EVENT.
DAWN CLATER WAS THE SPEAKER THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF, UM, UH, PRESENTING MEMORIAL DAY IN HER SPEECH.
UM, OF COURSE, SHE IS THE, UH, PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION 1 49 POST THAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO, MR. CHAVIS AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO FLAG DAY LAST SATURDAY, UM, WHERE THEY RETIRED SOME FLAGS AND, UM, IT WAS A GOOD EVENT.
REPRESENTING THE COUNTY THERE.
UM, OF COURSE, I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS COUNTRY IN 1976.
I CAN REMEMBER ATTENDING AN EVENT OVER VIRGINIA STATE, UM, COLLEGE.
UM, IT WASN'T UNIVERSITY AT THAT TIME.
AND, UM, THE EXCITEMENT THAT WE HAD IN THIS COUNTRY PERTAINING TO OUR 200TH ANNIVERSARY, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE NOW 250 YEARS AND FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN THIS COUNTRY, UM, ALL I CAN SAY IS I PRAY EACH DAY FOR US, UM, THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO GUIDE US IN ALL OF OUR DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS A COUNTRY.
AND LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS WE HAVE A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF DENWITTY COUNTY THAT IS RETIRING AS OF JUNE THE 30TH.
AND THAT IS JOE CASEY, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, UM, OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
I'VE SERVED ON GO VIRGINIA BOARD, UM, REGION FOUR BOARD IN RICHMOND WITH JOE.
BEEN IN NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH HIM, HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS, UM, WITH THE DENWOODY BOARD.
UM, HE HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC FRIEND TO DENWOODY COUNTY.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE NEEDED ASSISTANCE, HE HAS BEEN THERE TO HELP US.
UM, AND JUST THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WHEN WE HAD CONCERNS AS A COUNTY.
AND OF COURSE WE HELPING THEM SOME, UM, IN BOTH WAYS.
BUT, UH, HE IS ENTERING THE NEXT CHAPTER IN HIS LIFE.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY THANK YOU, JOE FOR, UH, BEING OUR FRIEND IN DIY COUNTY AND TO THE CITIZENS OF THE, UH, AND THE PEOPLE OF DENVER COUNTY.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO FOLLOW MARK.
YOU KNOW, HE SAYS EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO SAY
AND WE TALKED WHILE WAS, UH, OUT THERE, UH, ENJOYING OURSELF AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE AND HE SAID, POP, I DON'T THINK I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
I WANT, I WANT TO GET INTO THINK HE SAID HVAC.
WHICH THAT TOUCHED ME BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT IS EVERYBODY'S NOT CUT OUT TO BE GO TO COLLEGE, BUT EVERYBODY NEEDS, LIKE I TOLD HIM, NOBODY'S
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GONNA BE HOT OR COLD.EVERYBODY NEEDS A HOUSE TO LIVE IN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT THING TO, TO HEAR KIDS TALK ABOUT OTHER THAN COLLEGE, A LOT OF KIDS GO TO COLLEGE AND THEY DON'T DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY GONNA DO.
AND I'M NOT PUTTING COLLEGE DOWN, BUT HE TOUCHED ME WHEN HE SAID THAT HE'S 14 YEARS OLD MM-HMM
AND HE IS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
AND ANOTHER THING HE'S EXCITED ABOUT BEING ON THE GOLF TEAM NEXT YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S GONNA BE IN NINTH GRADE.
SO, UH, HE'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT SPENDING TIME WITH HIM WAS, UM, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE SEVEN OTHER GRANDKIDS, SIX OTHER GRANDKIDS, AND TWO GREAT-GRANDKIDS.
UH, BUT SPENDING TIME WITH HIM WAS A WHOLE WEEK.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS, THOSE THINGS THAT YOU PUT ON YOUR HEAD MM-HMM
HE KEPT 'EM ON THE WHOLE TIME BECAUSE HE WAS TALKING TO A LITTLE GIRL.
UH, AND THAT HURT ME BECAUSE HE, SHE STOLE ALL THE TIME THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY TIME, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND, BUT, BUT TO HEAR HIS DREAMS WAS, UH, WORTH IT ALL.
UH, BUT LIKE MARK SAID, YOU KNOW, BEING WITH, UH, UP HERE, THE RETIRING OF THE FLAG WAS, UH, SOMETHING I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
UM, THEY SET THE DRUM UP AND, UH, REALLY DID, UH, RETIREMENT.
BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF NEAT THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN THE COUNTY THAT WE WOULDN'T BE IF WE WEREN'T ON THIS, THIS BOARD.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS BAD, SO, YEAH.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I BROTHER, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
I SAY THANKS TO OUR STAFF ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW CHIEF AND A GROUP WENT UP TO MINNESOTA OR WISCONSIN, WISCONSIN, WISCONSIN.
I KNEW IT WAS UP NORTH TO CHECK OUT THE NEW ENGINES AND, UH, SOUNDED LIKE THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD TRIP AND THINGS WERE WORKING GOOD.
WHEN DO WE TAKE DELIVERY OF THOSE? UH, PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH OR SO TO GET THROUGH ALL THE STUFF, TO GET IT ALL STRAIGHT.
SO I KNOW THAT WE NEED APPARATUS, SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE SOME, SOME STUFF COME IN FINALLY.
IT'S BEEN A, A GOOD BIT OF A WEIGHT.
UM, STEPH IS ALWAYS HAND, YOU KNOW, BIRTH OF A GRANDCHILD AND THEN RIGHT BACK CRUNCHING NUMBERS FOR US.
I JUST SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS COMPLAIN AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHERE'S THIS, WHERE, WHAT ARE YOU SPENDING MONEY ON? AND I, I LOVE TO POINT OUT THAT OUR STAFF DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB OF TRYING TO SAVE MONEY EVERYWHERE THEY CAN.
UM, WHETHER IT'S A $20,000 CUT BECAUSE WE FOUND INSURANCE THAT'S, UH, CHEAPER AND JUST CONTINUING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF, OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
UH, JAY AND ANDREW, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE, HOPEFULLY TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE MORE FUNDING TO LOCAL PROJECTS.
I KNOW FRANK'S BEEN JUMPING IN, UH, WITH THE TRANSPORTATION, UM, YOU WITHOUT HESITATION, THANK YOU.
IN BRINGING HIS ENGINEERING EXPERTISE TO THAT.
AND SO I, I REALLY HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE REALLY GONNA HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE OUR COUNTY SAFER.
WE, WE SEE A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN BECAUSE OF OUR RURAL NATURE, UM, THAT OUR ROADS NEED HELP AND WE'RE NOT GETTING IT FROM THE STATE.
UM, APPARATUS IS NOT GETTING SMALLER.
IT IS GETTING LARGER AND LARGER.
AND TO, TO NAVIGATE THESE ROADS SAFELY TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT FUNDING IS GONNA BE REALLY GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MEETING IN MCKINNEY TOMORROW NIGHT.
IT'S NICE, UM, TO HAVE THAT MEETING.
UM, I KNOW, UM, KEVIN AND I HAVE MET WITH TOWN COUNCIL A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, BUT FOR THE WHOLE BOARD TO, UM, GET TO GO TO MCKINNEY AND MAYBE SOME ICE CREAM ON THE WAY HOME FROM MCKINNEY.
IT, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY NEAT TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS COUNTRY.
UM, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S MAKING PLANS FOR A WHOLE HOST OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, FOR THAT CELEBRATION.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UM, THIS WEEKEND, UM, IF YOU TALK ABOUT BEN WOODY BEING IN THE BASEBALL COMMUNITY ALL STAR TOURNAMENT, SO THIS COMING WEEKEND, UM, I THINK ACTUALLY IN PRINCE GEORGE, UM, IS, UM, THE, THE TOURNAMENT AND FOR THE MAJORS I, I SAW AT DENWOODY AMERICANS PLAYED DENWOODY NATIONALS FIRST GAME.
UM, I THINK THEY WANT TO TRY TO GET ONE OF THOSE TEAMS OUT EARLY SO THEY MAKE 'EM PLAY EACH OTHER.
UM, FUNNY HOW IT WORKS OUT LIKE THAT.
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UM, WANT TO WISH ALL OF 'EM GOOD LUCK AND HOPEFULLY SEE 'EM IN, IN HEAR LATER, LATER ON IN THE FALL.UM, MAYBE WITH A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OR SOMETHING.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THAT.
UM, AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I GOT.
UH, I ATTENDED THE, UH, CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE, UM, DEN WAY EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY, OR THEY CALLED DELLA PROGRAM ON MAY THE 21ST.
AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY, HELP CELEBRATION THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS.
THEY WERE THERE WITH THEIR, UM, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND WELL ATTENDED.
THEIR DEDICATION TO LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IS JUST VERY IMPRESSIVE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS IN DENWITTY COUNTY.
IT WAS, UM, EXCITING TO NOTE THAT THE DENWOOD EMERGING LEADERS, UH, LEADERS ACADEMY WON, OF COURSE THE DENWITTY COUNTY AWARD, THE VACO ACHIEVEMENT AWARD THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WAS, UH, GREAT FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST, UM, SMILING AT THE VACO CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER SAYING, YEAH, WE WON AGAIN.
SO, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, MS. JEANNETTE NICHOLAS, COORDINATOR OF THE PROGRAM AND TO EVERYONE WHO HAD A HAND IN ITS, ITS, UM, SUCCESS.
AND I KNOW, UM, TAMMY WAS THERE, UM, ALSO, UM, HELPING OUT AND, UH, MR. MASSAL, UM, THE ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY HOSTED BY THE DENWOOD MASONIC LODGE, UH, THAT WAS HELD INSIDE.
AND I THINK, UM, MARK TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND MS. UH, DON CATER WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, DID A REALLY INSPIRING, AND SHE DID GOOD JOB, DID JUST, UH, JUST MOVING, UM, UH, TIME AND ALSO HER SPEECH AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE JUST GOT REAL TEARY EYED ABOUT HER SPEECH AT THAT TIME.
AND MEMORIAL DAY'S DEDICATED TIME, WE PAUSED TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
AND WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THOSE PEOPLE WHO DID THAT.
UH, SOME WENT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GO AND SOME WENT BECAUSE THEY WERE DRAFTED.
SO WE WANNA JUST ALWAYS UPLIFT THEM.
AND SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DEITY, UH, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES FOR PREPARING THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS FOR THIS EVENT.
IT, UM, IT LOOKED, UH, FANTASTIC AND WE DO APPRECIATE THEIR WORK AND I THINK HE IS ALREADY GONE.
UM, THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 1 49 CELEBRATED THE FLAG DAY WITH A FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY.
THIS IS A RESPECTFUL AND DIGNIFIED RITUAL USE TO DISPOSE OF, UM, UNSERVICEABLE US FLAGS.
UM, THERE ARE RULES FOR PROPER DISPOSAL AND RETIREMENT OF FLAGS AS WELL.
IF YOU HAVE A FLAG THAT HAS FULFILLED ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY, UM, YOU CAN DROP OFF.
THERE ARE DROP BOXES, YOU CAN DROP 'EM OFF AT THE FORD, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, CARSON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, EAST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND ROBERT AND BETTY RAGSDALE COMMUNITIES, UH, CENTER.
SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE, YOU CAN ALSO DO THAT.
UM, SO WE, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO PEOPLE DOING THAT IF THEY HAVE SOME THAT THEY WANT TO JUST, UM, NOT HAVE AT HOME ANYMORE, THEY'RE NOT, UM, UM, HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEM OR WHATEVER.
UM, AND YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE NEW BANNERS DISPLAYED AROUND THE, THE GOVERNMENT CENTER IN RAGSDALE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, THE FLAG WERE PURCHASED THROUGH THE SALUTE TO VETERANS, UH, BANNER PROJECT COORDINATED BY THE SOVA, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ANYONE WISHING TO HONOR A VETERAN MAY WISH THE COUNTY, UH, VISIT THE COUNTY WEBSITE FOR THE TALES AND VETERAN FLAGS WILL BE FLOWN FROM MEMORIAL DAY TO ACTUAL THE VETERAN DAY.
UM, THE SOVA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTED A RIBBON CUTTINGS LAST FRIDAY FOR A NEW BUSINESS IN DENWITTY FINN'S ATTIC OPEN AT 6 1 1 2 BOYTON PLANK ROAD.
THIS IS A COMBINATION THRIFT STORE AND CONSIGNMENT SHOPS.
SO PLEASE STOP BY AND VISIT THESE, UH, FOLKS AND WE WELCOME THEM.
UM, TO, UH,
UM, I WAS, UH, TALKING TO SOME VETERANS AND, AND THEN WITTY.
WE HAVE OVER 1900 VETERANS IN DEN WITTY.
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WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, UM, SERVED IN THE, UM, ARMED FORCES.WELL, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE VETERANS, THEY HAD TO HELP A, A GENTLEMAN OUT.
AND I WAS JUST SO, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT UPSET ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS GENTLEMAN, HE LIVES IN DI WITTY, BUT HE, HE WAS LIVING IN A DOGHOUSE.
AND I ASKED HER, I SAID, DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THAT? SHE SAID, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, SPRAY SOME LIGHT ON THAT.
AND, UM, HE WAS LIVING IN A, HE'S LIVING IN A DOGHOUSE IN DENWITTY AND HE, UM, WAS USING THE ELECTRICITY, I GUESS FROM THE HOUSE OR WHATEVER HE WAS NEXT TO, TO LIVE.
BUT HE'S BEEN LIVING LIKE THAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND SOMEONE BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION TO THE VETERANS AND THEY WENT OVER TO HELP HIM.
AND HE'S NOW LIVING, UM, THEY FOUND HIM A PLACE, YOU KNOW, THEY STARTED WITH THE HOTEL AND, AND MOVING FORWARD TO HELP HIM.
BUT, UM, HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE ISSUES IN THE COUNTY WITH, UM, WITH VETERANS.
AND WE REALLY NEED TO REACH OUT IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S HAVING SOME ISSUES AND, UM, WE NEED TO REALLY REACH OUT.
THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE, UH, THEY FOUGHT IN WARS.
THEY'VE SEEN THINGS THAT WE WOULD JUST PROBABLY DREAM OF AND SEEING AT THEIR TIME WHEN THEY FOUGHT AND TO COME HOME TO ONE OF THE GREATEST COUNTRIES THAT, UM, HAVE ALL THIS WEALTH AND TO LIVE LIKE THAT GENTLEMAN WAS LIVING IS, IS JUST HORRIBLE AND DISGUSTING.
WE, WE REALLY NEED TO REACH OUT AND TRY TO HELP AS MANY AS WE CAN.
AND IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE, AND I KNOW THIS IS ON VIDEO, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE, PLEASE LET SOMEONE KNOW BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE VETERANS THAT GO AROUND TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE AND TRY TO FIND PLACEMENTS FOR THEM.
AND WE ALSO KNOW WITH PTSD AND SOMETHING, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO ON, YOU KNOW, MENTALLY SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MAY NOT BE IN A GREAT PLACE.
SO, AND IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT FOR THAT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO HELP HELP THEM.
SO WHEN, UM, WHEN SHE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THAT, I SAID I WILL DEFINITELY MENTION THAT AT OUR MEETING.
AND, UM, WE HAVE OUR CELEBRATION 250 YEARS COMING UP AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TRY TO REACH OUT AND TRY TO DO EXTRA FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP BECAUSE IT IS A LOT.
AND NOT ONLY FOR THE VETERAN THEMSELVES, BUT THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR SPOUSES, AND THEIR CHILDREN.
IT PLAYS A PART WITH ALL THESE, UM, THE FAMILY IF, UM, THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL WITH THE, WITH THE VETERANS AND, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO PUT THAT OUT.
AND FINALLY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DE WITTY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2026.
THEY, THEY HAVE MADE IT THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION PAYS OFF AND WHATEVER FUTURE THAT THEY DECIDE TO DO, COLLEGE, MILITARY TRADE, SCHOOL WORKFORCE, WHATEVER, UM, WE WISH THEM GOD'S SPEED AND DO WELL.
AND IF THEY WANT TO COME BACK AND HELP AND THEN WITTY, WE WILL WELCOME THEM TO WORK FOR THE COUNTY ALSO.
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO, UM, CLOSED SESSION.THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE, PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, DIMITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, DEITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY GATEWAY JUSTICE SERVICES, COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 5, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A THREE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX AND HISTORIC COURTHOUSE COMPLEX.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE PLEASE? SO MOVED.
SECOND ROLL CALL MR. LEE A, MR. DOOLEY.
AND WE WILL HAVE A SEVEN O'CLOCK SESSION THIS EVENING AND ALONG WITH PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, WE HAVE A NEED TO COME OUTTA CLOSED SESSION.
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UH, MR. DOOLEY.WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE.
PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DESIRE REVIEW BOARD DI COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, DI COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY GATEWAY JUSTICE SERVICES COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHEN NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A THREE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION AND NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX AND HISTORIC COURTHOUSE COMPLEX.
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 WE CERTIFIED THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PASS THAT SECOND TIME AROUND.
[12.A. Rezoning Request P-26-1, 14417 Courthouse Road]
ARE HERE FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING THIS AFTERNOON, I MEAN THIS EVENING.AND, UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A RE REZONING REQUEST AND, UM, IF MR. MARK BASSETT IS GONNA COME FORWARD TO DO THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS MR. MASSING.
AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS A REZONING P DASH 26 DASH ONE AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERLY.
PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED IN RED FROM RESIDENTIAL R ONE TO BUSINESS GENERAL B TWO.
UH, THE SURROUNDING OR THE THREE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST ARE CURRENTLY ZONED, UH, B TWO AND ALL THE, UM, SURROUNDING PROPERTY OTHER THAN THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY ARE, UM, CURRENTLY ZONED, UM, ARE ONE THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, WHERE THE, THIS PROPOSED FOR THE HIGH SPEED RAIL IS ZONE TO BE ONE BUSINESS LIMITED.
UH, JUST HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UM, SHOWING THE BUILDINGS THAT REMAIN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TWO MAIN BUILDINGS, UM, THE ONE UP FRONT NEAR THE, UH, OVERPASS OVER THE RAILROAD, AND THEN THE BUILDING IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING, UH, BACK, UH, EAST, UM, TOWARDS THE, TOWARDS THE BRIDGE ON COURTHOUSE ROAD.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SHOW THIS SLIDE.
UM, THIS IS THE PROPOSED ROUTE IN GREEN, UH, FOR THE SOUTHEAST HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT.
UM, THIS WAS THE, UM, WHAT THEY CHOSE AFTER, UM, MULTIPLE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, WHAT'S IN PURPLE IS THE CURRENT RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY.
AND OF COURSE WITH THE HIGH SPEED RAIL, THEY NEED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE CURVES.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, THEY'RE STILL PROPOSING TO USE THE SAME BRIDGE.
UM, BUT THE NEW LINE WILL BE A LITTLE, LITTLE FURTHER EAST EXCEPT FOR AT, AT THE BRIDGE THERE.
AND JUST WANTED TO, UM, GIVE PEOPLE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
WE DID RECEIVE, UM, COMMENTS FROM VIRGINIA PASSENGER RAIL AUTHORITY, UM, WHEN WE SENT THEM A LETTER ABOUT THE PROPOSED REZONING.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT THE REZONING, BUT JUST WANTED TO, UM, BE KEPT UP TO, UH, BE INFORMED ABOUT, UH, WHAT TAKES PLACE ON THE PROPERTY, UH, IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE WOULD BE ANY PROPOSED SITE PLANS AND ANY TYPE OF, UM, SITE DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY AT A FUTURE DATE.
UM, THE, UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, UM, IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR, UM, TO OPERATE A LOCAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT FACILITY,
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CONSI CONSISTING OF COMMERCIAL TRUCK PARKING, LIGHT DUTY TRACTOR MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE SERVICES ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY WITHIN THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND DESIGNATED YARD AREAS.UM, IN ADDITION TO THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE THE, UH, THE TRUCK REPAIR BUSINESS ON ALL FOUR TAX MAP PARCELS.
UM, IN ORDER TO UTILIZE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE ONE PARCEL, UM, THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE TO BE REZONED TO B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL, AGAIN TO ALLOW FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO BE LOCATED ON THAT, THAT PARCEL AS WELL AS THE EXISTING THREE PARCELS THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED.
B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL, UH, THE DENWITTY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER AREA OF THE DENWITTY COURTHOUSE DEVELOPMENT AREA, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL USES FOR THIS GENERAL AREA.
THE B TWO ZONING DISTRICT DOES ALLOW FOR LIMITED COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THIS GENERAL AREA.
AND AGAIN, IN ORDER TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY AS THE APPLICANT WISHES, UM, IT DOES HAVE TO BE REZONED TO B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL AND, UM, WOULD HAVE TO RECEIVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UM, WHEN WE BROUGHT THE, UH, APPLICATION TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UM, WE HAD NO REAL CONCERNS, UH, FROM ANY OF THE MEMBERS AT THE, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
UH, THE FIRE AND EMS, UM, DID HAVE ONE CONCERN IF THEY WERE GONNA BE WORKING ON VEHICLES ON THE PROPERTY.
THEY WERE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, FIRE SAFETY, UM, RELATED TO, UH, RE REPAIR THE VEHICLES AND ANY, UM, DISCHARGE OF FLUIDS ONTO THE, ONTO THE PROPERTY.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WOULD COMPLY WITH ALL LOCAL, UM, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS RELATED TO TO THAT.
UH, VDOT UH, REVIEWED THE APPLICATION, UM, AND NOTED THAT THERE ARE 1,700 VEHICLES PER DAY, UM, ON COURTHOUSE ROAD WITH A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 25 MILES PER HOUR.
UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL ENTRANCES.
UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, UH, V DOCK'S DESIGN AND, UM, CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS, UH, RELATED TO, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE SPACING OF THE ENTRANCES.
AND, UM, BDOT UH, INDICATED THAT, UH, THE ENTRANCE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE, UH, THE FURTHEREST, UH, WEST ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UM, THAT EXISTING ENTRANCE, UH, THAT EXISTS THERE, UM, PROBABLY WOULD BE THE ENTRANCE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE, UM, ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UM, WHEN STAFF PRESENTED THE REQUEST TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE DID INDICATE THAT, UH, WE WERE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED REZONING AND THAT THE B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN SURROUNDING LAND USES AND THE EXISTING B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL USES AND ZONING ON THE ADJOINING PROPERTY TO THE EAST AND SOUTHWEST.
AND THE REQUESTED B TWO ZONING CONFORM TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA OF THE DEWINE COURTHOUSE DEVELOPMENT AREA OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
UH, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID, UH, RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD APPROVAL OF THE REZONING REQUEST TO THE B TWO, UH, BUSINESS GENERAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? OKAY, THANK YOU.
OKAY, AT THIS TIME, LET'S SEE, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN, LET THE, A APPLICANT, OKAY, I'M SORRY.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME FORTH TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE PROCEED?
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WE HAVE A SITE PLAN FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, MY NAME IS BILLY WELLS WITH COMPASS REALTY.
UM, I'M HERE WITH MY CLIENT, MAHMUD ALION, WHO IS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A OE TRUCK FIT LOGISTICS.
UH, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UM, TO ALLOW THE OPERATIONS OF A LOGISTICS SUPPORT FACILITY, WHICH WILL INVOLVE LOW MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND STORAGE.
UH, MAHMUD AND MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO FIRST START OFF BEFORE WE MOVE ANY FURTHER AND APOLOGIZE FOR OUR CONFUSION, UH, WITH OUR APPLICATION AND ALSO, UH, WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST MONTH IN REGARD TO OUR PROJECTED ANALYTICS, UH, FOR THE OPERATIONS AT THE COM AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, ME AND MAHMOOD ARE BOTH NEW TO THE PROCESS HERE.
THIS IS OUR, WE'RE BOTH FIRST TIMERS HERE.
UM, AND SINCE THAT MEETING, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHARPEN OUR PENCILS AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PREPARE A SITE PLAN FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT AS WELL.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE AN ANALYTICS HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
UH, FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY.
UH, MR. ION ESTABLISHED A OE TRUCK FIT LOGISTICS IN 2022, AND, UH, HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY GROWN THIS BUSINESS NOW TO BE A MULTI-STATE OPERATION, WHICH SERVICES CUSTOMERS UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST PRIMARILY.
UM, CURRENTLY THE COMPANY EMPLOYS FIVE INDIVIDUALS, WHICH IS TWO OFFICE MANAGERS, THREE DRIVERS, AND THEY HAVE A FLEET OF SIX TRUCKS.
UM, WHILE THE BUSINESS IS HEADQUARTERED IN FLORIDA, THEY ALSO MAINTAIN A TRUCK BASE IN MARYLAND AS WELL, THAT HELPS WITH REGIONAL OPERATIONS.
UM, RECENTLY MAHMOOD AND MYSELF LOCATED THIS PROPERTY HERE IN DENWITTY AS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE HIS TRUCKS, UM, DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST, BUT ALSO BE A RESOURCE TO DENWOODY, UM, WITH, UH, NEARBY, UH, TRUCKING BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT NEED TO UTILIZE THE SERVICES FOR LOW MAINTENANCE REPAIR SERVICES AS WELL.
UM, AT THIS PROPERTY, OUR HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND WE ARE OFF ON SUNDAYS, NO WORKING ON SUNDAYS.
UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST MONTH, WE DID REACH APPROVAL FOR THE REZONING OF THE REMAINING RESIDENTIAL LOTS TO BE CHANGED TO B TWO BUSINESS ZONING.
UM, WE'RE NOW HERE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NECESSARY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED USE.
UM, WE PREPARED, PREPARED THE SITE PLAN FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE AND OUTLINE OUR INTENDED IMPROVEMENTS AND OPERATIONAL LAYOUT.
AND OUR KEY OPERATIONAL DETAILS INCLUDE, UH, AN ANTICIPATED AVERAGE THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE OF 10 TRUCKS ON A DAILY BASIS, EITHER ENTER OR EXIT THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE ARE ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO HAVE A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT IS AT PLAY HERE THAT WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR, UM, WITH PICKUP TIMES FOR STUDENTS AROUND SIX 30 TO SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING.
AND THEN ALSO DROP OFF IS AROUND TWO 30 TO THREE 30 IN THE AFTERNOON, I BELIEVE.
UM, THE TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT HE HAS IS GONNA BE MAINLY CONCENTRATED AROUND 8:00 AM TO 10:00 AM AND THEN AGAIN AT THREE 30 TO 5:00 PM TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL ON THE BUSES.
UM, WE ALSO DO HAVE, THE COMPANY HAS A PREFERRED METHOD TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY, WHICH I KNOW WAS PREVIOUSLY TOUCHED ON, BUT OUT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE TRUCKS AND THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.
UM, OUR INTENDED ACCESS IS TO ACTUALLY BE COMING FROM HARDY WAY'S MILL ROAD.
UM, THIS WILL ALLOW FOR HIS TRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THE PROPERTY WITH JUST A RIGHT HAND TURN ONLY.
UM, AND IT'LL ALSO ELIMINATE THE S-CURVE FROM HAVING TO COME IN FROM BOYTON PLANK ROAD AS WELL.
UM, THE FACILITY WILL INITIALLY EMPLOY TWO INDIVIDUALS, UM, AND THEN AS THE BUSINESS BECOMES MATURE AND REACHES FULL, UH, CAPACITY, WE PLAN TO REACH TO FOUR EMPLOYEES AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, IN CLOSING, A OE TRUCK FIT LOGISTICS IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING DINWOODY, UH, COMMUNITY A LOW IMPACT COMMERCIAL OPERATION HERE.
UH, THE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE SERVICES TO LOCAL AND REGIONAL TRUCKING BUSINESSES BY HELPING
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KEEP COMMERCIAL VEHICLES SAFELY MAINTAINED AND EFFICIENTLY OPERATING ON THE ROAD.UH, THE BUSINESS IS HOPING TO HELP LOCAL FARMERS AS WELL IN DENWOODY COUNTY, UH, FOR MAINTAINING THEIR TRACTORS AS WELL AS OWNER OPERATORS WHO ARE SERVICING COMPANIES LIKE VULCAN, AMAZON, ALDI, LOGGERS, ET CETERA.
UH, THE GOAL HERE IS TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WITHIN THE REGION WHILE MAINTAINING A RESPONSIBLE AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND AS PART OF THIS REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WE DO PROFFER THAT THE PROPERTY WILL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR LOW MAINTENANCE TRUCK AND TRAILER REPAIR STORAGE AND RELATED LOGISTIC SUPPORT SERVICES.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME? RIGHT NOW.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS ANYONE? YES, MADAM CHAIR? WE HAVE PATRICIA WOOD.
GENTLEMEN, I'D LIKE TO FIRST SPEAK TO, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO GLEAN FROM THE DIMITY COUNTY, UH, WEBSITE DIDN'T, WAS IN, IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS STATED HERE EARLIER TO THIS EVENING.
UM, THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE BEFORE ME SAYS THERE'LL BE 50 TO 75 TRUCKS PER DAY, UM, UH, ACCESSING THIS PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONAL HOURS WE'RE NOT IN, UH, AGREEMENT WITH WHAT THE, UH, APPLICANT STATED EARLIER THIS EVENING.
THIS, UH, EMAIL THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME SAYS THAT THE OPERATIONAL HOURS WILL BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6:00 AM TO 8:00 PM AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 6:00 AM TO 4:00 PM SO, UM, THERE'S SOME CONFUSION AS TO THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO GLEAN FROM OUR COUNTY WEBSITE AS WELL AS WHAT THE APPLICANT STATED EARLIER TODAY.
UM, MY CONCERN IS ABOUT SAFETY ON THIS HIGHWAY.
THERE ARE 14 RESIDENCES BETWEEN THE POST OFFICE AND THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE ONE AND COURTHOUSE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS, UH, THE APPLICANT INDICATED THERE ARE BUS STOPS.
UH, I HAPPEN TO OBSERVE MANY OF THESE, UH, CHILDREN, UH, BOARDING THE BUS AND MANY TIMES IT'S IN THE DARK AND MANY TIMES THEY'RE GETTING OFF IN THE DARK, UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE WINTER HOURS.
SO THAT'S A CONCERN THAT I HAVE.
THE ROAD IS ONLY 22 FEET WIDE.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO DITCHES BETWEEN THE POST OFFICE AND ROUTE ONE, UH, ONE, UM, BY THE ANI LANE AND THE OTHER, UH, BY THE COURT OLD COURTHOUSE.
SO WHEN THIS ROAD IS RUN BY BUSES AND LOGGERS SIMULTANEOUSLY, I CONSIDER THAT A SAFETY HAZARD.
UH, I, UM, IT'S A 25 MILE PER HOUR ZONE, WHICH IS SELDOM ADHERED TO.
AND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF NOISE ON THIS ROAD, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXTREMELY LOUD RADIOS AND SOUND SYSTEMS IN THEIR VEHICLES, WHICH OFTEN VIBRATE MY HOME.
SO THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS THAT I HAVE AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS ROAD AS WELL AS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THIS ROAD.
UM, AGAIN, I WOULD, UM, URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION OF A DISAPPROVAL FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
AS FAR AS THE REZONING, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY STRONG OBJECT OBJECTIONS TO THE BUSINESS REZONING BECAUSE IT IS UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AS BEING PART OF THE DEITY COUNTY TOWN CENTER.
I JUST WOULD PREFER THAT THIS NOT BE THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT WOULD OCCUPY THIS CURRENT LOCATION.
MILTON HARGRAVE, I HAD, I HAD A PROFESSOR THAT TOLD ME MANY YEARS, LIKE 70 AGO, THAT DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR SHORTCOMINGS.
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ALL YOU DO IS DRAW ATTENTION TO 'EM, BUT I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I DON'T HEAR WELL AND I'M NOT ABLE TO DISCERN OR HER PAT PRETTY WELL MUCH.AND SO IF YOU ASK SOMETHING OF ME, I'LL SAY SOMETHING TO ME FUSS AT UNTIL I HEAR YOU.
AT, AT THIS POINT, AND I ADDRESS BOTH AT ONCE, WHICH BOTH AT ONCE.
NO, IT IS THE REZONING PIECE NOW.
THE LAND IS ZONED AS THE, THE HALF OF THE PARCEL, ROUGHLY TWO ACRES AND A PIECE IS ZONED AS IT WAS BACK IN THE SIXTIES WHEN THE COUNTY ZONING WAS ADOPTED.
IT WAS ZONED SUCH AS MANY OTHER BUSINESSES BY COMMITTEE TOURING AND SEEING HOUSES AND BUSINESSES.
AND IF IT WEREN'T GROSSLY INAPPROPRIATE ZONING TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR EXISTENCE IN TITLE IN THE ZONING CODE TO BE WHAT THEY WERE.
THUS, THE OLD STORE THAT RECENTLY BURNED DOWN WAS A HUNDRED AND SOME YEARS OLD AND HAD BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE THE ZONING CODE WAS ADOPTED BY DENWOODY COUNTY.
THE HOUSES THAT MS. WOOD MENTIONED THAT ARE ABOUT HAVE MANY BEEN WELL ALL HAVE BEEN BUILT BEFORE THE STORES LOST RECENTLY.
THEY WERE BUILT WITH THE STORE IN PLACE AND KNEW WHAT WAS THERE AND KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM PARTICIPATION IN, OF PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH.
NOT MANY YEARS AGO, THE BRIDGE OVER THE RAILROAD, WHEN IT WAS STILL FUNCTIONING, HAD TO BE REPLACED.
IT WAS A UP FLAT PLANK BRIDGE, FLAT TOP PLANK, SAME DOWN THE OTHER SIDE WHEN REPLACED, THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CHOSE TO DO IT BY PUTTING IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF FILL TO APPROACH THE BRIDGE.
SO IT WASN'T SUCH A ROUGH DRASTIC CHANGE.
IT WAS SELF SPEED REGULATING BEFORE REPLACED.
YOU COULDN'T GO OVER OVER 25 MILES AN HOUR AND, AND NOT COME OUT OF THE CAR SEAT.
AND THE, THE FIELD PLACED OBVIATED SOME OF THE ACCESS TO THE STORE COMPLICATING ITS FUNCTION.
OF COURSE, THE STORE'S FUNCTION CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
THE STORE WAS, AGAIN, A HUNDRED SOMETHING YEARS OLD.
IT CHANGED FROM, UH, FOOD STUFFS AND HARDWARE AND THINGS YOU SEE ALL ABOUT NOW IN THE, UH, STORES, LARGE, UH, BUSINESSES, THEY, IT HAS CHANGED TO BE MORE HEAVY AGRICULTURAL SPREADING CROP CHEMICALS THAT WERE DELIVERED BY RAIL LIME UNLOADED, SPREAD THE TRUCK OFF.
NOT TOO MUCH OF THE KIND OF DIFFERENT FROM THE KIND OF ACTIVITY THAT I WOULD EXPECT THAT THIS REQUEST AND THE OWNER OF RECENT SAID THAT ACCESS HAD BECOME VERY DIFFICULT WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF THE FRONT TO SOME DEGREE AND THE KIND OF VEHICLES.
SO TO ME THAT'S A GREAT SAFETY CONCERN WHEN YOU LEAVE THE POST OFFICE.
I DO EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING TO COME IN AND COME BACK TOWARD ROUTE ONE.
YOU STUDY TOWARD ROUTE ONE AND IF YOU DON'T SEE MOTION AT THE BRIDGE, YOU DART OUT QUICKLY OR YOU, IT'S A VERY BAD SITUATION.
AND I WORRY THAT THE TRUCK TRAFFIC OF THE 50 TO 75 FOR MENTIONED WILL JUST CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THAT COMPLICATION.
I I JUST, IT'S NOT A SAFE SITUATION.
THE BRIDGE GO AWAY IF THE RAILROAD DOESN'T COME BACK.
THEY'VE BEEN STUDYING BRINGING THE RAILROAD BACK NOW FOR DECADES.
ALL THEY'VE DONE IS REMOVE WHAT WAS THERE.
BUT I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT SAFETY AND ACCESS COMPLICATIONS TO THE AREA THAT POST OFFICE WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN THE STORE BUILDING.
I BET NONE OF YOU KNEW THAT IT WAS IN THE END OF THE STORE BUILDING SIX OR SEVEN DECADES AGO WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY.
AND THE STORE DEALT IN A LOT DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THAN TODAY.
THEY SOLD CLO THEY ACTUALLY LAID PEOPLE OUT FOR BURIAL.
THEY SOLD CASKETS IN THAT STORE WAY BACK WHEN MY FATHER WORKED FOR THE OWNER.
AND MY FATHER'S BEEN DEAD SINCE 1957 AND HE WAS 60 SOMETHING YEARS OLD THEN.
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THE AREA AROUND IT HAS ACCEPTED IT HAD AND ITS BUSINESS AND THAT LEVEL OF BUSINESS IS NO PROBLEM.BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE HEAVIER TRUCK, THE ACCESS AND EGRESS TO THE AREA THAT WOULD BE OFFERED PARTICULARLY BY ALLOWING THE REZONING OF THE ADDED TWO AND SOMETHING ACRES FOR THE TRUCK BUSINESS ACCOMMODATION.
I, I HAVE ONLY THOSE GENERAL COMMENTS.
I WON'T COMMENT ON ANY SPECIFICS IF YOU WILL.
IT'S JUST TOO A CLUMSY TERM, HEAVY A BUSINESS IN MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT FOR THAT IT WOULD BE PERFECT OUT HERE ON ROUTE ONE WHERE ACCESS AND EGRESS LANES COULD BE BUILT SLOW DOWN, PULL IN, PULL OUT, SPEED UP IT, FOUR 60, THE SAME THING.
BUT THIS IS A VERY TIGHT AREA.
I WOULD ADD THAT ALL THE HOMES BUILT AROUND IT, UNLESS I'VE ALREADY SAID THIS, HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED SINCE THE STORE.
SO THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T REJECT THE ACTIVITIES AND BUSINESS OF THAT STORE.
THEY ACCEPTED IT, THEY CAME TO THAT BOUGHT LAND, BUILT THAT.
BUT UH, I FEEL LIKE THE ENLARGEMENT OF THAT BUSINESS FROM THE COUPLE OF ACRE OCCUPATION TO FOUR IS GOING TO MAKE THAT A DIFFERENT ISSUE.
HAVE I MADE MYSELF NEARLY CLEAR? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU MS. CHAIRMAN AND THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
HAVE A GOOD REST OF THE EVENING PLEASE.
UH, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT BOTH THINGS TONIGHT.
I ONLY DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH OF A CONCERN WITH REZONING.
I UNDERSTAND A BUSINESS HAS TO GO THERE, SOMETHING'S GOTTA GO THERE.
UH, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, IS THAT NOBODY'S TALKED ABOUT IT.
I'VE LIVED ACROSS THE STREET SINCE OH SEVEN AND UH, MY CONCERN IS A HOMEOWNER LIVING IN AT THAT RESIDENCE IS I'VE ALWAYS HAD TO WASH THE WATER IN THE WELL.
SO MY THING IS, IS THIS, HE'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
WE GONNA HAVE 12, 15, 20 TRUCKS THERE ON TUESDAY WHEN HE WANTS TO WASH 20 TRUCKS.
IS THAT OR NO WASH DAY FOR ME? AM I NOT GONNA HAVE ANY WATER IN THE WELL? SO THAT'S A CONCERN.
UM, THE OTHER CONCERN IS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STATED, THERE'S 1700 CARS GOING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD A DAY.
WE GOT LOG TRUCKS GOING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD FEED AND SEE TRUCKS GOING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD.
WE'RE JUST GONNA ADD MORE TRACTOR TRAILERS TO THE ROAD AT COURTHOUSE.
UH, THERE AGAIN, SOMEBODY'S ALREADY SAID IT, THEY THEY CAN'T DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD WITHOUT TAKING UP BOTH LANES ON, ON THAT SIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE.
MM-HMM
UM, IF, UH, HE IS ABLE TO GO IN THERE, I KNOW THEY SAY THAT THE BUSINESS HOURS ARE FROM SIX TO EIGHT, EIGHT TO SIX WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT IT'S A LOGISTICS COMPANY.
YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TRUCKS RUNNING IN AND OUTTA THERE ALL 24 7.
OKAY? SO I'M GONNA HAVE TRUCKS RUNNING UP 1, 2, 3 OR FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
TWO, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY VEHICLES, HOW MANY TRACTOR TRAILERS GONNA BE OUT THERE.
IS IT GONNA BE A TRACTOR TRAILER PARKING LOT IS NOT GONNA HAVE 30 TRUCKS SITTING OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW? AND ALSO TOO, TO THE HOMEOWNERS AROUND THE AREA, WHAT'S HE GONNA DO TO THE PROPERTY BODY? I'M NOT GONNA LOSE MONEY FOR DECIDING TO PUT MY RESIDENCE RIGHT THERE ON COURTHOUSE ROAD.
SO THOSE ARE CONCERNS THAT I HAD.
UM, SO WITH THE ZONING, NOT REALLY AGAINST THAT, BUT WITH THIS TYPE OF PARTICULAR BUSINESS I AM AGAINST THAT.
ALRIGHT SIR AND THANK YOU SIR.
UM, UH, COULD YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOU? MY NAME IS UH, JOHN ELMORE AND IT'S 14,490 COURTHOUSE ROAD.
CHIP BAIN, 14 6 0 8 SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD, LIFELONG RESIDENT, DENWOODY, VIRGINIA.
UH, THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR THIS TYPE OF FACILITY.
WE ARE IN HISTORIC DENWITTY RIGHT HERE.
WE'VE GOT A SMALL ROAD COMING TO IT, WINDING NARROW, COMING IN FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION.
WHO'S GONNA POLICE THAT? IF YOU'RE GONNA POLICE HIM, YOU'RE GONNA POLICE EVERYBODY.
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SO LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.SIT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
THE AMOUNT OF TRUCKS HAS CHANGED CONTINUOUSLY.
THE HOURS OF OPERATION HAVE CHANGED CONTINUOUSLY.
SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GETTING HERE EXCEPT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE, I GUESS, OF SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF FLORIDA AND MARYLAND.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE HAULING OR WHO THEY'RE HAULING OR WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
I THINK THE COUNTY SHOULD BE REALLY CAREFUL HERE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO POSSIBLY DO.
AND WE CAN EASILY NIP THIS IN THE BUD RIGHT HERE TONIGHT.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE BE REZONED.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GIVE AN INCH AND I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD GIVE 'EM A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UM, IT WAS A MENTION IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT A GATE UH, FENCE.
ARE WE GONNA ALLOW SOMETHING TO TAKE PLACE THAT WE NEED TO HIDE WITH A FENCE? MM-HMM
UH, WHY THEN WOULD IT
A TRUCK'S GOING TO PULL IN AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS DURING THE DAY WHERE THEY GONNA STOP THE COUNTRY STORE AND WAIT AND WATCH THE CLOCK OR THE REST AREA OR PULL OFF BESIDE THE ROAD, THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WHERE ARE THEY GONNA WAIT WITH THESE HOURS OF OPERATION? SO WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A NICE HISTORIC AREA LIKE MR. HARGRAVE STATED AND I THINK WE NEED TO TRY TO KEEP IT LIKE THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE END UP DOING WITH IT.
WHAT A TRUCK STOP, A TRUCK REPAIR SHOP.
OKAY, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, DOES THE APPLICANT WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HE STATED? THANK YOU.
UM, I THINK FOR, FOR ANSWERING THOSE CONCERNS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE INITIALLY STARTED OUR APPLICATION WITH 50 TO 75 TRUCKS HERE.
AND AS WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEW TO THIS PROCESS AND, UM, AFTER THE MEETING IT GAVE US, UH, A GOOD IDEA TO FINALLY GET OUR SITE PLANS IN PLACE AND DRAW OUT HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO BE AT THIS PROPERTY, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN THERE ON THE SITE PLAN.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 40 PARKING SPACES HERE.
UM, AND AFTER COMING TO THAT REALIZATION REALLY COMES TO A REALISTIC OUTPUT AS FAR AS TRAFFIC COUNT THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE ON A DAILY BASIS, WHICH IS WHERE WE GET THE AVERAGE OF ABOUT 10 TRUCKS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE ENTER AND EXIT THE PROPERTY, UH, FROM A DAILY BASIS THERE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT WERE MENTIONED, UH, I, I KNOW A LOT OF THE, AS FAR AS THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS GO AND THE, THE CHANGING FROM OUR HOURS OF OPERATIONS THAT WE HAD, UM, WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF ADVICE AS FAR AS THE SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOL BUSES COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT WAS A PART OF THE CHANGE THERE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY THINGS CHANGED BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND UH, FROM THE NEIGHBORS.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THEIR SAFETY AND CONCERN, BUT, UM, LIKE MR. HARGRAVE SAID THIS BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN THERE BEFORE THOSE HOUSES HAVE BEEN THERE THAT DOESN'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THEIR HOUSES AND THEIR RESIDENTIAL.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I WILL, YOU KNOW, WHOLLY RESPECT THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE I HAVE A, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES AROUND HOMES TOO, AND THERE'S TRUCKING AND I BELIEVE THE, UH, THE, THE CURRENT OWNER ON THE PROPERTY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS A, A PREVIOUS OR CURRENT MULCHING BUSINESS ON THE PROPERTY AND HAS DUMP TRUCK AND UH, HE HAS PLENTY OF TRUCKS THAT COME THERE ON A DAILY BASIS AND NOT ONCE HAS HE RECEIVED THE COMPLAINT FROM NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL PARCELS AS WELL.
UM, MAYBE YOU WANNA TOUCH ON THAT ONE.
WHY HE, HIS HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WALL FOR VER UH, VERBIAGE, BUT THE REASON FOR THAT WAS JUST FOR THE HOUSES, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL.
SO THEY DON'T SEE TRUCKS OR ANYTHING.
IT WAS JUST MORE OF A DECOR ACTUALLY TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER.
AND HELP WITH NOISE A LITTLE BIT.
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THE SITE PLAN, WE DO HAVE SOME VEGETATION UP AT THE FRONT, UM, TO HELP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE NOISE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.UM, TO BLOCK OFF THE OPERATIONS AND, AND JUST I WANT TO TOUCH BASE WITH THE, THE 75 TO 50.
I DID BRING THAT UP IN THE BEGINNING.
I DID NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH OF A, WHEN WE FOUND THE MAN IT'S COMMERCIAL SO I WAS ASSUMING IT'S OKAY FOR THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS.
UM, SO WHEN I REALIZED FROM THE FIRST HEARING HOW MUCH OF A CONCERN IS TO TO TO THE COMMUNITY, I SAID WE CAN TONE IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, BUT POTENTIALLY TO BE HONEST, ALL WE WANNA DO IS HAVE SOME WORK FOR OUR TRUCKS TO BE STORED AND HAVE A MECHANIC SHOP AND THAT WOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY TOO.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DUMP TRUCKS THAT COME THERE, LOGS, THEY NEED STUFF PREPARED.
IF WE COULD HELP THEM THEN WE'RE HELPING THEM BE MORE SAFER ON THE ROAD TOO.
UM, AND WE DEFINITELY WOULDN'T BE COMING AND I WOULD BE FIGHTING, I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO FIGHT ANYBODY COMING DOWN FROM COURTHOUSE ROAD.
WE WOULD BE COMING FROM THE, THE, THE ROUTE THAT WE ASSIGNED.
YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T MIND POFF INTO ANYTHING, BUT TO BE HONEST, I JUST WANT TO OPEN UP A HONEST MECHANIC SHOP AND HAVE A PLACE I CAN PARK OUR TRUCKS.
NOW WHEN IT COMES TO TIMING, I UNDERSTAND WE DO HAVE TRUCKS AND THEY DO MOVE LOGISTICS.
I I'M NOT GOING TO LET THE, IF Y'ALL GIVE US TO US THAT PERMANENT, THEY'RE NOT COMING PASS THOSE OUT, PERIOD.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA EVEN COME OFF THE EGGS.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU ALL MY WORD.
I MEAN THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
UM, SPECIFICALLY FROM MARYLAND TO FLORIDA, WHERE, WHERE YOU HAVE TWO PLACES OFF, DO YOU BE TRAVELING 95 OR 85 AGAIN LIKE COMING FROM FLORIDA OR FROM, OR BOTH? WELL, EITHER WAY.
I MEAN, UM, SO IF YOU COME 95 THEN YOU WOULD GET OFF AT THE CARSON EXIT AND TAKE 7 0 3 ALL THE WAY TO HARDAWAY MILL.
UM, OF COURSE 85 EXIT IS RIGHT THERE OFF OF 7 0 3.
I WAS JUST WONDERING LOGISTICALLY WHERE THOSE TRUCKS, WELL WE WOULDN'T TAKE AROUND THE COURTHOUSE EXACTLY HOW TO USE THIS.
I THINK THE, THE BIG CONCERN IS COMING FROM COURTHOUSE ROAD, THAT BRIDGE THERE AND MAKING THAT S-CURVE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'LL WE'RE ABLE TO ROUTE OUR TRUCKS THROUGH THE BACK WAY THROUGH HARDEE'S WAY MILL ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT.
AND THAT SHOULD ALSO CREATE AN EASY ACCESS POINT FOR HIS TRUCKS TO ONLY MAKE THAT RIGHT HAND TURN INTO THE PROPERTY COMING DOWN HARDEE'S WAY, MILL ROAD, TURNING A RIGHT ONTO COURTHOUSE AND THEN A RIGHT ONTO THE PROPERTY.
BUT IF THEY'RE ON 95, THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM 7 0 3 FROM CARSON ON 7 0 3 AND HE'S WILLING TO, UNLESS THEY GO ALL THE WAY NORTH TO COME BACK, BUT I DON'T SEE, SEE YOU DOING THAT.
SO HE HAS THE ABILITY TO ROUTE HIS TRUCKS HOW HE WANTS TO AND HE'S WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, BE WILLING TO OPEN YOU UP.
AND THEN THE ON THE SITE PLAN, THE, AND, AND, WELL I'M BACK UP 'CAUSE THAT'S MORE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
SO I'LL, I'LL BACK UP ON THAT.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO, UH, BRING UP.
UM, THE RESIDENT THAT LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE WASHING TRUCKS.
THERE'LL BE NO WASHING ON THE PROPERTY STRICTLY FOR LOW MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, TIRE CHANGES, BRAKE PADS, RADIATORS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
NO HEAVY DIESEL REPAIR WORK WILL BE DONE AT THIS PROPERTY.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I'VE GOT A CONDITIONAL USE QUESTION.
THIS IS JUST RE RESIGNING REZONING, RE RESIGNING FIRST.
SO, UM, WHAT IS, UM, THE BOARD'S PLEASURE, WHAT THEY REZONING I GUESS WE'RE FINISH WITH? YEAH.
I'VE GOT A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.
UM, MIGHT BE FOR MR. AL, UM, THE REZONING CASE.
I MAY ON THE REZONING THEN WE'LL DO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
IF, IF THERE'S A NO VOTE ON THE REZONING, UM, DOES THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, DO WE STILL HEAR THAT? YOU KNOW, USUALLY I TELL YOU IF THERE'S A NO VOTE ON THE REZONING, YOU DON'T GO TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
BUT FOR THIS, THREE OF THE FOUR PARCELS ARE ALREADY ZONED B TWO.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'D, I'D, I'D BE CURIOUS FROM MR. BASSETT AND THE APPLICANT WHETHER THEY WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH GOING FORWARD WITH IT AT THAT POINT.
OKAY, MA'AM, JUDGE, JUST A QUESTION.
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AND PUT THE MAP UP OF THE ACTUAL PROPERTY SO WE CAN SEE BB ONE, IT'S IN EXISTENCE ALREADY AND THEN R TWO THAT WE'VE GOT THERE.SO IF WE, IF WE LOOK AT IT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, GOOD ZONING PRACTICE, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THREE PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT ARE ZONED BB TWO.
UM, IN GENERAL, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT COMING BEHIND US, WE WERE PROBABLY LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, WELL THAT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO PUT ALL OF THAT INTO B TWO.
UM, JUST LOOKING AT IT IN GENERAL FROM A GOOD ZONING PRACTICE.
UM, SO I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE INITIALLY TO BE THINKING ABOUT, UH, WHICH NOW TURNS THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY INTO WHAT ABOUT FIVE ACRES, GIVE OR TAKE, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ALL OF THE PROPERTY COMBINED.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO BE THINKING ABOUT AS YOU GO FORWARD.
UM, STRICTLY FORGETTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AT THIS POINT.
THINKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT CAN GO IN A B TWO ZONING SCENARIO AND MAYBE WE MIGHT WANNA HAVE MR. BASSETT TO EXPLAIN WHAT ENTITIES CAN GO INTO A B TWO COMPARED TO R ONE THAT IT'S NOW ZONED.
THAT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA EITHER, JUST FOR ALL OF US ON THE BOARD TO RECOGNIZE WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IT CAN GO IN THERE.
IF IT WERE ALL B TWO, UH, YES, DR. MOORE, UH, MULTIPLE TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
OFFICE USES, UH, RESTAURANTS, UM, REACH ANY TYPE OF RETAIL STORE COULD GO THERE.
UM, GASOLINE STATION, SELF-SERVICE, GASOLINE STATION.
UM, YOU COULD HAVE, UH, AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOP THERE UNDER B TWO.
UM, PERSONAL SERVICE USES, UM, DRY CLEANERS, UM, HAIRSTYLIST, UH, FITNESS CENTER, DAYCARE CENTER, THOSE TYPES OF USES.
THAT'S VERY GENERAL BUSINESS TYPE USES OFFICES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
NOW R ONE IS CURRENTLY ZONED WHAT CAN GO THERE? YEAH, IT'S JUST, UH, RESIDENTIAL LIMITED ONLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
SO THIS PROPERTY'S ALREADY OUT, OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THAT, CORRECT? UM, YOU CAN GET THE, THE SHOP THAT'S THERE YEAH.
THEY, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN UTILIZING THAT R ONE'S OWN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY FOR MANY YEARS.
I THINK EVEN PRE PREDATING ZONING AS MR. HARGRAVE AND SUGGESTED.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ON THE SURFACE, UM, I THINK THE REZONING, UM, HAS MERIT BECAUSE JUST LIKE MR. DOOLEY JUST SAID, IT'S BEEN USED FOR BUSINESS FOR, UM, HOWEVER MANY YEARS IT'S BEEN USED.
IT, IT, THE ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH THAT PIECE OF LAND, AND I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE HERE IS, UM, THAT'S A LIMITING FACTOR WITH WHAT CAN BE DONE.
UM, AND THIS PIECE OF PROP PROPERTY HAS CHANGED, UM, OVER TIME AND NOW, UM, HAD NO IDEA THAT 1700 CALLS A DAY ON THAT, THAT ROAD AND THAT THAT'S A PRETTY BAD ROAD FROM THE RAILROAD BRIDGE BACK TO R ONE.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT TRYING TO COME IN THE OTHER WAY, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT REALLY MAKES IT BETTER.
UM, SO MY FEELING ON, I THINK THE REZONING IS TIED TO THE TRADITIONAL USE PERMIT, UM, AND THE FACT THAT IT, IT LIMITS A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I DO THINK IF THE RIGHT APPLICANT, RIGHT BUSINESS COMES ALONG, I THINK IT'S A NO BRAINER TO ZONE THE REST OF THAT PROPERTY, BE, BE TWO, AND, AND ALLOW WHATEVER BUSINESS COMES TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE ITS BUSINESS THERE.
UM, I JUST DON'T THINK HEAVY TRUCKS, UM, UH, THE ANSWER,
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UM, TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.AND, UH, SO I, I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING SIDE.
ALL THE NUMBERS, UM, BE IT RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 6 A PARENTHESES SEVEN, IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH IS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED, IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE.
I MOVE THAT REZONING P 26 DASH ONE AS PRESENTED, BE DISAPPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
MR. DOOLEY? NO, DR. MOORE? AYE.
MS. EBRA BONNER A AYE FOUR A'S ONE? NO.
ALRIGHT, MR. SALVO, WE'LL MOVE, UM, FORWARD.
I I DON'T THINK WE NEED MADAM CHAIR.
I, I THINK THERE'S A PROCEDURAL QUESTION AS TO MAYBE MR. BASSETT COULD ANSWER THAT 'CAUSE THE SUGGESTED USE THAT THE APPLICANT WISH TO HAS REQUIRES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ON THE PROPERTY IS, UH, AS MR. MASSENGILL IND INDICATED, YEAH.
WITH THE, UH, THREE PARCELS, UM, HAVING THE V TWO ZONING CLASSIFICATION, I, UH, FROM A PLANNING STANDPOINT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DO HEAR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST, UM, SINCE, UM, IF IT, IF IT WERE TO BE APPROVED, THEY COULD UTILIZE THOSE THREE PARCELS.
SO, UH, I DO THINK WE SHOULD HEAR THE CONDITIONAL REQUEST FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE MY RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.
MM-HMM
THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, AS IS INDICATED IN THE STAFF REPORT, UH, DID RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, BUT THEY DID SPEND TIME GOING THROUGH THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS, UM, IN CASE YOU ALL WANTED TO CONSIDER THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UM, AND POSSIBLY, UH, CONSIDER APPROVING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
SO I WILL JUST KIND OF OUTLINE THE CONDITIONS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED.
UH, CONDITION ONE JUST LIMITS THE USE, UH, TO THE SUBJECT REQUEST CONDITION TWO.
UM, THE REPAIR OF COMMERCIAL LIGHT DUTY TRACTOR TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE ONLY WHEN COMPLETELY SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW, EITHER IN A COMMERCIAL BUILDING OR STRUCTURE OR BEHIND AN OPAQUE FENCE WALL OR COMPLETE VEGETATIVE SCREENING CONDITION.
THREE, ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPAIR OF TRACTOR TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT SHALL BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 AM AND 6:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ANY INOPERABLE VEHICLES TO INCLUDE TRACTOR TRUCKS SHALL BE COMPLETELY SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW, EITHER IN A COMMERCIAL BUILDING OR STRUCTURE OR BEHIND AN OPAQUE FENCE WALL OR COMPLETE VEGETATIVE SCREENING CONDITION.
FIVE EXISTING BUILDINGS UTILIZED AND FUTURE BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE BUSINESS REPAIRING TRACTOR TRUCKS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT SHALL MEET ALL SHALL MEET.
THE APPLICABLE FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE SET FORTH IN THE FIRE CODE AS AMENDED AND BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE SET FORTH IN THE BUILDING CODE AS AMENDED CONDITION SIX.
ALL VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHALL MEET VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
THE PROPERTY SHALL MEET ALL REQUIRED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 22 OF THE DEITY COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED.
OF COURSE, THAT'S THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
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SITE LIGHTING INSTALLED SHALL BE DIRECTED DOWNWARD AND INWARD TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO PRESERVE THE NIGHT SKY AND SHALL NOT DIRECTLY CAST ONTO THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES CONDITION.ALL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPAIR AND OR STORAGE OF TRACTOR TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL CODES.
THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS SUBJECT TO BE REVIEWED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR OF DI WITTY COUNTY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THESE CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN LEGAL ACTION.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE MADAM CHAIR.
[12.B. Conditional Use Permit Request Case C-26-2 14417 Courthouse Road]
DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, UM, CONDITIONAL USE? SORRY,DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING ADD, UM, UM, THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? ANY ADDITION? UM, NO, I THINK WE FINE.
ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? ASK, UM, YEAH, I GUESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM HERE IS WITHOUT THE REZONING, CAN YOU OPERATE YOUR BUSINESS ON WHAT'S ALREADY ZONED BUSINESS AND DO YOU NEED THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, I GUESS IS THE QUESTION? YES.
SO YOU'D LIKE CONTINUE ON, WE'D LIKE FOR THE ZONING CHANGE.
'CAUSE WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PARK TRUCKS ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE ON, ON THE MAP VALVE THAT IS THE B TWO PART OF IT, YOU WOULD STILL LIKE TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT FOR YOUR BUSINESS? CORRECT? WE'D LIKE FOR ALL, ALL FOUR PARCELS TO BE B TWO BUSINESS ZONING.
SO UNDERSTANDING THAT THE REZONING CASE HAS BEEN HEARD AND VOTED DOWN, SO THE PARCEL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, 57 A DASH THREE DASH 24 WILL REMAIN R ONE AT THIS TIME GOTCHA.
AT KPD AND CANNOT BE USED FOR THE BUSINESS.
THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS FOR THE REMAINING THREE LOTS? OKAY.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA OPEN PUBLIC HEARING PATRICIA WOOD.
MILTON HARGRAVE, I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS EITHER.
JOHN ELMORE, NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
AGAIN SAID THEY'D HAD NO COMPLAINTS WITH THE PREVIOUS BUSINESS OWNER.
WELL, I GUESS THE CURRENT BUSINESS OWNER, DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER TODAY? THEY WILL.
SEVERAL DAYS THEY WERE HAULING DIRT.
IT WAS MUD COMING UNDER 85 AND RUNNING UNDER LUNDY'S ROAD, REMEMBER? YEAH, RIGHT.
WHY THE STATE OR VDOT DIDN'T STEP IN WHEN THEY WERE HAULING THAT WITH ALL OF THE RAIN.
WE COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT IF A LOGGER HAD DONE THAT, THE FORESTRY PROBLEM WOULD'VE SHUT 'EM DOWN JUST LIKE THAT.
SEEN IT HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IN THE AREA.
SO THAT'S ONE STIPULATION RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, HOW ARE WE GONNA POLICE THE HOURS AND EVERYTHING ELSE? TWO MORE COMMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO ENTER FROM COURTHOUSE ROAD.
WE'RE GOING TO ENTER FROM LUNDY ROAD, TWO DIFFERENT ROADS, WHICH IS IT.
LUNDY ROAD IS JUST AS BAD AS COMING FROM NUMBER ONE.
SO WHICH IS IT GOING TO BE? AND AGAIN, WHO WILL POLICE IT? THE COUNTY CAN'T SIT THE CAR OVER THERE AND WATCH THIS.
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HAMPTON.MY ADDRESS IS 19 2 12 LUNDIES ROAD.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT PROPERTY BEING REZONED.
IT, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S BEEN USED AS BUSINESS.
IT CAN'T BE USED AS FOR ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
BUT AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS THIS GOES, UM, I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS.
WE OWN THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, THE OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING.
UM, I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM HUNTER CRAIG, WHO LIVES IN FLORIDA, WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY BETWEEN THE, UH, POST OFFICE, CURRENT POST OFFICE IN THE OLD RAILROAD TRACKS.
SO HE, UH, HE CALLED AND, UH, TALKED TO ME JUST BEFORE WE, WE HAD THE MEETING HERE TONIGHT.
SO HE WAS, HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH IT HIMSELF.
UH, AS I SAID IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
UM, I GREW UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY MOM STILL LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THOSE TWO RIGHT THERE IN THOSE TWO CURVES WERE ACROSS FROM MR. HARRE.
WE WERE, UH, UH, WE WERE, UH, NEIGHBORS FOR 50 YEARS AND MILTON'S BEEN HERE WAY LONGER THAN US.
SO, UM, I USED TO USED TO GO TO THE STORE THERE AND TRADE BOTTLES FOR CANDY FOR MR. MACK.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, IT WAS A STAPLE THAT, THAT, THAT BUILDING WAS A STAPLE AND IT DID THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY OTHER THAN, THAN WORKING ON IT AND, AND WORKING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL TRUCK AND TRAILER AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
I'M SURE IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
MY, MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THERE ARE PLACES ALREADY HERE IN THE, IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE ZONED FOR WHAT HE'S LOOKING TO DO AND AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR HIM.
UM, I, I LIVE ON LUNDIES ROAD, UM, NOT COMING THROUGH LOGISTICALLY FROM, UH, FROM ROUTE ONE DOWN COURTHOUSE.
2, 2 18 WHEELERS CANNOT PASS IN THOSE CURVES WITHOUT TOUCHING MIRRORS.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
WE'RE OUT RUNNING, RUNNING OFF, OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY, THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST PROBLEMS. AND SO IF LOGISTICS ARE COMING FROM, UH, THE OTHER SIDE FROM HARDAWAY MILLS, I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA TURN ON LUNDY ROAD.
EVERYBODY CUTS THROUGH LUNDY ROAD.
I KNOW WHEN THE BRIDGE, WHEN THE CULVERT PIPE WENT OUT DOWN THERE NEXT TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER, IT WAS LIKE A SUPER HIGHWAY DOWN LUNDY ROAD.
I MEAN, I COMPLAINED, I COMPLAINED TO MR. CHAVIS.
HE KNOWS, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND, UH, AND SO, AND I DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT MUCH, SO IT JUST, UH, AND I, AND I COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND I PRESENT CASES AND SO I
YOU KNOW, I JUST, UH, UM, BUT AS FAR AS FOR THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE RESIDENCES THAT ARE IN THAT LITTLE AREA RIGHT THERE, THEY ALL HAVE SHALLOW WELLS AS FAR AS I KNOW.
I KNOW MY PARENTS, WELL, THEY'RE PROBABLY IN 30, 30 FEET DEEP, IT'S GOOD WATER.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING THESE TRUCKS IN AND THEY'RE, UH, I KNOW THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE 10 TRUCKS A DAY, UM, AND I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY MIGHT PUSH THAT.
BUT WHAT'S BEING WORKED ON? WHERE ARE THOSE TRUCKS COMING FROM? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY HAULING? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT COULD THEY POSSIBLY SPILL THERE? AND I MEAN, YOU GET A CHLORINE SPILL, THEN YOU GOT, OH, EVERYBODY'S GOTTA EVACUATE THEIR AREA, YOU KNOW, OR, OR, OR ANY TYPE OF CHEMICAL THAT COULD LEAK DOWN.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF MY, ONE OF MY CONCERNS FOR THAT.
I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, MY OFFICE IS RIGHT THERE, SO, UM, I SEE THE TRUCKS GOING UP AND DOWN.
THERE'S ENOUGH LOGGING TRUCKS IN THE AREA THAT GO UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD ALL THE TIME.
SO I JUST, UH, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA KNOCK DOWN WHAT THE MAN'S TRYING TO DO.
I JUST, I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM IN THE COUNTY.
I JUST DON'T, DON'T BETTER PLACE THINK THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PROPER PLACE.
UM, I JUST, FOR THE MOST PART, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
UM, JUST, JUST TRYING TO LOOK OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THERE.
IT'S, I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THERE THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE POST OFFICE EVERY DAY AND THAT TYPE OF THING, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING.
UM, BUT, UH, THE MECHANIC SHOP, I CAN, I CAN APPRECIATE THE MECHANIC SHOP, BUT WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS? UH, ARE THOSE PEOPLE GONNA BE TOLD THAT THEY'VE GOTTA COME IN FROM HARDAWAY MILLS JUST TO GET THEIR TRUCK WORKED ON? OR IS IT JUST THE LOGISTICS? YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE JUST CONCERNS THAT I HAVE.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, THE APPLICANT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME? OKAY.
UM, BOARD OF SUPERVISOR QUESTIONS CONCERNS, MADAM CHAIR, JUST A COUPLE, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE RIGHT IN AND THE, AND
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BASICALLY WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE A RIDE OUT.AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK, WE THOUGHT ABOUT THE RIGHT IN AS THEY'RE COMING TO THE PROPERTY, BUT NO, NOTHING HAS BEEN ADDRESSED ABOUT THE LEFT OUT TO GO BACK THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THEY CAME FROM, MEANING GOING BACK OUT OF DENWITTY ON COURTHOUSE, BACK TO HARDAWAY MILL ROAD OR LUNDY'S, WHICHEVER THEY DECIDE TO, TO GO WITH, THEN YOU'RE CROSSING OVER THE ROAD TO COME BACK.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING IN ON, ON COURTHOUSE THAT'S COMING INTO THE COURTHOUSE, PROPER AREA, WHICH IS AT A HIGHER, MUCH HIGHER RATE OF SPEED COMPARED TO THE TRAFFIC COMING FROM DENWITTY NUMBER ONE HIGHWAY COMING THAT WAY.
UM, LIVING IN DISTRICT TWO, I'M ASSOCIATED WITH TWO DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH TRUCKS THAT GET TO A PROPERTY BEFORE THE TIME OF OPERATION, EITHER TO DROP OFF OR TO ACCEPT A LOAD OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
AND THEY WILL PARK WHERE THEY CAN PARK.
UM, NOW WE MAY HAVE CONTROL OVER SOME, SOME OF THE DRIVERS, BUT DEPENDING UPON WHAT TIME THEY ARRIVE, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT TRUCK MAY END UP STORING ITSELF WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO GET TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IF THEY'RE, EVEN IF THEY'RE COMING 95 OR 85, TAKE YOUR PICK.
WHERE ARE THEY GONNA IF THEY NEED TO, TO SIT SOMEPLACE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, WHATEVER, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA SIT IN DENWITTY COUNTY.
IN THE COURTHOUSE, PROPER AREA.
THE OTHER THING I THINK ABOUT IS IF I'M A DRIVER, I'M PROBABLY GONNA BE LOOKING FOR FOOD AT SOME POINT.
YOU KNOW, IF I DROP OFF MY TRUCK AND I'M WAITING FOR IT OR WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN, WHERE IS FOOD LOCATED IN DENWOOD PROPER? SO IF I'M COMING OUT WITH MY RIG, WHATEVER TRUCK IT IS, WHICH DIRECTION AM I GOING? I'M GOING TO GO RIGHT WHEN I COME OUT OF THAT PROPERTY, I'M GONNA TAKE IT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE GOT ONE REALLY, REALLY GOOD RESTAURANT THAT'S UP THERE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO FREQUENT THE COUNTRY STORE.
OKAY? OR TO OTHER ACCESSES TO GET DIESEL FUEL THAT ARE IN, IN PROXIMITY TO THIS, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SO JUST COMMON SENSE IN MY MIND SAYS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA MAKE, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SITUATIONS THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE ROAD FROM BT HARGRAVE TO NUMBER ONE IS DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO SEE.
TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS GOING ON.
WE HAVE LOTS OF LOGGING AND I KNOW THAT WE ALL, WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT.
UM, AND, AND IT DOES HAPPEN ON THAT ROAD.
BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO LIMIT AT LEAST WHAT WE FEEL WE HAVE CONTROL OVER OF WHAT CAN COME TO THE COURTHOUSE AREA.
AND SO I WOULD DEFINITELY, I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS THE PROPER PLACE FOR THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS TO GO.
SO I WOULD BE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE RECON, UM, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.22286 A PER CS THREE AND SEVEN AND ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION TWO TWO DASH TWO TWO AND TWO TWO DASH TWO, IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE.
I MOVE THAT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST SEAT 26 DASH TWO AS PRESENTED BE DISAPPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS THE ISSUANCE OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTENT, PURPOSE, AND DESIGN OF THE DENWITY COUNTY ZONING CODE.
[12.C. Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments, A-26-1, Related To Solar Photovoltaic Projects And Updates From State Code]
UM, AT THIS TIME WE ARE MOVING TO, UM, ZONING ORDINANCE TAX AMENDMENTS, UM, A 26 DASH ONE RELATED TO SO SOLAR FOR THE PHOTO LIFE PROJECTS AND UPDATES.I KNOW I CAN'T SAY REAL FAST UPDATES FROM STAKEHOLDERS.
UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT A DASH 26 DASH ONE.
UM, AS MS. BONNER, UH, STATED, IT'S RELATED TO SOLAR PHOTO VOLTAIC PROJECTS.
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UM, THAT'S THE NEW LANGUAGE THAT, UH, THE STATE HAS PROVIDED US WITH.UM, IN RESPONSE TO, UH, HOUSE, HOUSE BILL SEVEN 11, UH, THAT BILL WAS REGARDING LOCAL REGULATION OF SOLAR FACILITIES.
UM, MYSELF AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS HAVE ATTACHED THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, AMENDMENT FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT TO, UM, TO PONDER, I WILL BRIEFLY GO OVER, UM, WHAT IT ENTAILS.
UM, FIRST WE ARE ADDING THE DEFINITION OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECT TO OUR DEFINITION, SECTION 22.1.
UH, WE ARE, UM, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO 22.2 PURPOSE AND DESIGN TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE STATE CODE IN 22.6 DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED AND ENUMERATED.
WE ARE STRIKING THE UTILITY SCALE SOLAR ENERGY DISTRICT FROM THE LIST OF OF OF DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED.
UM, WE ARE ADDING THE USE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECT WITH A CUP TO THE FOLLOWING DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BE AGRICULTURAL LIMITED, A ONE AGRICULTURAL GENERAL, A TWO BUSINESS LIMITED B ONE BUSINESS GENERAL B TWO INDUSTRIAL LIMITED M1 INDUSTRIAL GENERAL M TWO, PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, PMD AND PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL.
WE ARE ALSO REPEALING DIVISION 18 ITY STEEL SKO ENERGY DISTRICT IN ITS ENTIRETY.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A NEW SUPPLEMENTAL SECTION THAT'LL BE 22 DASH 2 45 0.3 TITLED PHOTO OR SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECT, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUIRE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THIS SECTION HOLDS 12 CONDITIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED, UH, FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BY THE NEW LEGISLATION.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
MATT, COULD YOU, COULD YOU JUST GIVE A SHORT EXPLANATION OF WHY THIS IS COMING BEFORE THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? YES.
THIS HAS AN ENACTMENT DATE OF JULY 1ST.
UM, THERE'S CONCERN THAT IF WE ARE, IF OUR ORDINANCES ARE NOT COMPLIANT, UH, ON JULY 1ST, THAT WHATEVER ORDINANCE WE HAVE IN PLACE WOULD NOT BE ENFORCEABLE.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THIS BEFORE YOU ALL BEFORE JULY 1ST, SO THAT WAY THAT WE COULD CLOSE THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR A POTENTIAL APPLICANT TO COME IN AND SAY, YOU ALL ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE.
WE'RE DOING THIS 'CAUSE WE WANT TO, THIS PROTECTS US FROM THAT.
SO BASICALLY IT'D MAKE A SOLAR PROJECT, UM, BY RIGHT.
IN CERTAIN INSTANCES THAT WE DON'T CHANGE THE ORDINANCE, THERE IS THE LEGAL ARGUMENT THAT THAT COULD BE THE CASE.
MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANNA NOTE TWO, TWO THINGS.
THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED ACTUALLY WOULD TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY IF YOU WANTED TO DELAY IT UNTIL THE END OF JUNE 30TH, 2026, YOU COULD DO THAT.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND WE DEFINITELY DIDN'T WANT IT TO TAKE EFFECT BEFORE JULY 1ST.
SO WE JUST PUT IMMEDIATELY, UM, THE SECOND ONE IS THE, UH, THE, IT SHOULD SAY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DEWINE COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
I THINK IT SAYS BE IT RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOU GOT THE, THAT LANGUAGE WAS A REMNANT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THERE.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HAS ORDAINED IN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THERE, BUT AS, AS MR. CULBERT STATED, THE UH, HOUSE BILL SEVEN 11 DOESN'T GIVE LOCALITIES A LOT OF, OF LEEWAY ON WHAT TO DO HERE.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR STAFF? ANY, JUST A COMMENT, JUST SAD THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE THE STATE HAS TO TELL US, MANDATE TO US EXACTLY HOW WE CAN MANAGE, UH, LAND USE ISSUES IN DENVER COUNTY.
UH, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURABLE S MA'AM? SURE.
WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VA CODE 15.2 DASH 2 2 85 AND 15.2 DASH 2 2 86
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A SEVEN, THE DENWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, OR GOOD ZONING PRACTICE WARRANT THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AT THE DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, US HEREBY APPROVE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS A 26 DASH A AS PRESENTED.
MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S WITH THE ENACTMENT IMMEDIATELY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
[12.D. Ordinance Amendment To County Code, Section 17-16. –Removal And/Or Disposal Of Trash And Section 20-30. -Excessive Grass, Weeds, Brush, Trees And Uncontrolled Vegetation, Regarding The Removal Of Clutter And Cutting Of Grass On Agricultural Zoned Properties Less Than 1 Acre]
NOW WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 DASH 16 REMOVAL AND OR DISPOSAL TRASH IN SECTION 2030, EXCESSIVE GRASS, WEEDS, BRUSH TREES, AND UNCONTROLLED VEGETATION REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF CLUTTER AND CUTTING OF GRASS ON AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURAL ZONE PROPERTIES LESS THAN ONE ACRE.AND MATTHEW'S COMING BACK COLBURN, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, THIS WAS A PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, THIS, THIS PAST SESSION.
UM, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THIS PASSED.
UM, I WON'T GO TOO IN DEPTH WITH IT.
UM, THE MAIN THINGS WE ACHIEVED HERE, UM, IS WE ARE NOW ALLOWED TO REMOVE WHAT'S, WHAT'S, UH, DEFINED AS CLUTTER IN THE STATE CODE ON AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES ZONED LESS, UH, ZONED FOR AGRICULTURE LESS THAN ONE ACRE, AND ARE NOT CURRENTLY PRACTICING IN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE.
UM, IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABILITY TO BE MORE THOROUGH WHEN ADDRESSING CO COMPLIANT COMPLAINTS, UM, AND VIOLATIONS.
UM, BEFORE CLUTTER, IT WAS VERY SUBJECTIVE ON HOW WE WERE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF WHAT WE HAD TO STAY, WHAT WHAT COULD GO.
UM, THIS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY.
UM, THEN ALSO WITH THE, UH, LEGISLATION PASSED, UM, WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO CUT GRASS ON, UH, PROPERTIES ZONED FOR AGRICULTURAL LESS THAN ONE ACRE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE YOUR TYPICAL, UH, 12 INCHES IN HEIGHT LIKE WE, LIKE WE HAVE IN OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE? CAN I ASK A DOUBLE ONE?
SO IF YOU'VE GOT AN ACRE THEN IT, IT DOESN'T COUNT.
IT IS, IT IS ONE ACRE OR LESS OR LESS.
SO ONE ACRE, ONE ACRE OR LESS IF YOU GOT AN ACRE, IT YES, IT FALLS ON WHICH, WHICH WHICH ARE NOT, IT'S NOT VERY COMMON TO FIND AN ACRE OR LESS IN THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW IN OUR A TWO ZONING DISTRICT, BUT THEY DO EXIST.
UM, WE FELT THAT AS IF THIS WAS A SAFE START, UM, WHEN WE WERE REQUESTING THE LEGISLATION CHANGE.
AND TYPICALLY THOSE PROPERTIES TEND TO BE MORE TOGETHER THAN SEPARATED, SO THEY'RE MORE DENSELY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, I, I THINK THEY'RE ALL, WE CAN PROBABLY ALL IN OUR DISTRICTS GO FIND ONE IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS.
UM, AND I THINK SOME OF 'EM ARE PROBLEM.
MOST OF 'EM PROBABLY, IF THEY'RE FAR ENOUGH IN THE COUNTRY, THEY'RE NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT, UM, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX.
I'M NOT SURE WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING A VAN TOMORROW AND START TO RIDE AROUND AND, AND UH, FIND ALL THOSE PROPERTIES.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX TOO.
UM, IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, IF YOU'RE LIVING RIGHT BESIDE ONE OF 'EM, IT PROBABLY IS A PROBLEM.
IF NOT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE MADAM CHAIRMAN BE ORDAINED THAT THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND DEY COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 17, SOLID WASTE ARTICLE TWO, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL DIVISION TWO DISPOSAL SECTION 17 DASH 16 REMOVAL AND OR DISPOSAL OF TRASH IN CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE THREE, EXCESSIVE GRASS, WEEDS, BRUSH TREES AND UNCONTROLLED VEGETATION.
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GRASS, WEEDS, BRUSH TREES, AND UNCONTROLLED VEGETATION OF THE DE COUNTY CODE.UH, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT IT BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED.
[13.A. Appointments]
THIS TIME WE HAVE OLD AND NEW BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS AND MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A, A NEED TO MAKE, UH, SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT.FIRST, UH, WE HAVE A NEED TO MAKE, UH, AN APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE DIMITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT MICHAEL TAYLOR FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE.
ALL VOTING? AYE MADAM CHAIR, WE ALSO HAVE A NEED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO THE GATEWAY JUSTICE SERVICES COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD.
AND SO THAT BOARD I'M GONNA READ A SLATE OF INDIVIDUALS.
THE HONORABLE CHERYL WILSON, JUDGE OF JDNR, THE HONORABLE KENNETH, A BLAYLOCK JUDGE GENERAL DISTRICT COURT, THE HONORABLE AMANDA NICOLE MANN, COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY WILLIAM KNOTT, MAJOR DEWIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
RODNEY JACOBS, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MEHERON RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY.
BRENT WRIGHT, MAJOR MEHERON RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY.
KEVIN MASSING, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DEM WITTY COUNTY.
AND NICOLE LOVING DIRECTOR OF THE GATEWAY JUSTICE SERVICES COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS JUSTICE BOARD.
SO MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO TERMS MM-HMM
IT'S JUST AN APPOINTMENT BY THOSE SLATES.
WE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
ALL VOTING? AYE MADAM CHAIR, NO OTHER APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT.
[14. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)]
THIS TIME, CITIZEN COMMENTS? YES, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE JUSTIN GOODMAN.MY NAME'S JUSTIN GOODMAN AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE.
IT IS IN PRINCE GEORGE FOR YOU, UH, TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THAT I CAN ACTUALLY STOP COMING TO ADDRESS YOU ABOUT THIS DIRE SITUATION REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION LINES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A JOKE, IT IS A VERY, VERY SERIOUS SITUATION.
I KNOW THE IMPLICATIONS THAT IT MAY, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW THE GUY THAT WORKED THERE WHEN I, WHEN I ADDRESSED HIM AND I HAD MENTIONED THIS IN MY FIRST MEETING WITH YOU, HE TOLD ME EVERY TIME HE MOVES THE SOCCER GOALS, HE REALLY GETS SHOCKED.
WHICH MEANS THAT CHILDREN REALLY GET SHOCKED AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE COMMENTING.
YOU COULD SHAKE YOUR HEAD NO, BUT DEFINITELY UH, THERE IS A OSHA REPORT AND THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I WAS WORRIED ABOUT.
THERE'S A OSHA REPORT THAT INDUCED VOLTAGE TRAVELED 180 FEET.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WHEN I CAME LAST I DO NOW.
180 FEET AND SEVERELY ELECTROCUTED AND ELECTRICIAN.
HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 11 DAYS.
WHY AREN'T YOU GUYS AWARE OF THAT? I DID.
ANOTHER BIG CONCERNING THING I JUST DISCOVERED IS THERE IS NO LITERATURE ON DOMINION'S WEBSITE OR ANYTHING THAT I CAN FIND AND I'VE GIVEN THEM TWO WEEKS TO PROVIDE IT.
NOTHING ABOUT INDUCED VOLTAGE.
SO WHAT I'M CURIOUS IS, WHEN YOU GUYS BUILT THIS COMPLEX AND YOU PUT THIS TRANSMISSION LINE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE, DID DOMINION INFORM YOU THAT YOU CAN GET SHOCKED? 'CAUSE THEY KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY KNEW ABOUT IT.
IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER PLACES AND OTHER LOCALITIES, YOU'LL SEE THAT PEOPLE DON'T PARK UNDER 'EM.
AND IT'S FUNNY, WHEN YOU GOOGLE THOSE COMPANIES, YOU FIND LITERATURE ABOUT INDUCED VOLTAGE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM.
YOU GUYS ARE LIKE IGNORING ME ABOUT IT.
I KEEP, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT YOUR ADMIN WAITED 45 DAYS FOR DOMINION TO ALLOW THE REPORT TO COME.
AND INSTEAD OF INFORMING THE COUNTY OF THE SITUATION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE, POSSIBLY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN MY OPINION AND WHO AM I, IS ALERT.
WE HAVE A REPORT OF A ALLEGED SHOCK THAT TOOK PLACE AT OUR SPORTS COMPLEX.
HAS ANYONE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS? IF SO, EMAIL US.
WELL YOU DIDN'T DO THAT 'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT BE LIKE, OH YEAH, WE GET SHOCKED THERE.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING US.
YOU CAN LOOK ON FACEBOOK, SEE THE COMMENTS YOURSELF.
YOU PROBABLY ALREADY ARE SEEING 'EM AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE THAT I GOTTA COME HERE 45 MINUTES EACH WAY TO HANDLE THIS.
BUT I WILL BE BACK TO LET Y'ALL KNOW.
'CAUSE WHEN SOMEONE REALLY GETS HURT, HE'LL KNOW.
YOU'RE TEETERING GROSS NEGLIGENCE AND I'M NOT A LAWYER.
BUT ONCE YOU ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, YOU HAVE TO FIX IT.
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IS AS BAD AS FLINT, MICHIGAN.UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING, BIG INSPIRATION OF MINE.
OUR WORLD BEGINS TO END WHEN WE REMAIN SILENT ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER.
AND THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
'CAUSE SAVE AND ALL PLANET IS A THING TO DO.
LOOTERS AND POLLUTERS ARE NOT THE WAY.
LET'S HEAR WHAT CAPTAIN PLANET HAS TO SAY.
YOU ARE FAILING YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND I HOPE YOU ALL TAKE IT SERIOUS.
YOU'RE THE LOOTERS AND POLLUTERS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? MADAME CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR THIS.
[15. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
UM, AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.UH, WANT ME TO GO FIRST? YEAH, YOU CAN GO FIRST.
I, I'D JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, TWO FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, UM, GILBERT WOOD AND PAT WOOD.
UM, AND THEN, UM, MILTON HARGRAVE, WHO WAS A FORMER, UM, SUPERVISOR HERE SET UP, NOT HERE, BUT CLOSE BY
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET MILTON BACK FOR HISTORY LESSON SOMETIME, UM, SOON BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT OLD BT HIGH GRAVE THAT, UH, WE NEED TO HEAL.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT AND SHARING YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY WHICH YOU LIVE IN, THAT YOU CARE ABOUT AND THAT YOU WANT THE BEST FOR.
WE HEARD YOU AND WE THANK YOU.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT.
IT MAKES OUR JOB A WHOLE LOT EASIER WHEN WE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THINGS.
UM, I DIDN'T SAY ANY, I DIDN'T SAY A WHOLE LOT IN THE REZONING CASE.
UM, ONE, I, I FELT LIKE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN OPERATED AS A BUSINESS I FOR 22 YEARS, I'VE, I'VE GONE TO BT HARGRAVE FOR HORSE FEED AND A AND, UH, UNTIL RECENTLY.
AND SO I'VE SEEN IT USED AS A BUSINESS.
I THINK THAT IT STILL CAN BE USED AS A BUSINESS.
SO WE CAN AGREE TO, TO DISAGREE ON, ON THAT PART OF IT.
BUT I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT THE, THE CUP IS TIED TO IT.
SO I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE STANCE ON THAT.
UM, I'M GLAD THAT THIS, UH, GRASS CUTTING WAS NOT IN 22 YEARS AGO BECAUSE MR. AND MRS. WOOD AND MR. HARGRAVE PROBABLY WOULD'VE TURNED ME IN WHEN I WAS WORKING MIDNIGHTS AND THEY COME OVER AND CUT MY GRASS WHILE I WAS SLEEPING BECAUSE THEY SAW MY WIFE OUT THERE WITH A PUSH MOWER
SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT NEIGHBORS.
UH, HAMPTON GORDON ALSO, UH, JUST, UH, IT'S A PHENOMENAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS GOOD TO ME WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE 22 YEARS AGO THERE, AND I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER NEIGHBORS THEN.
I'M PROBABLY MAYBE ONE OF THE ONLY BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAS DRIVEN A TRACTOR TRAILER ON THAT ROAD.
UM, MULTIPLE VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT IS NOT IDEAL FOR THAT ROAD.
SO I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS THERE AND UNDERSTAND THEM.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND COMING OUT AND, AND SPEAKING AND LETTING YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.
I KIND OF ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS, HAS SAID.
UM, THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT TO THE BOARD MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT, UM, DEFINITELY CONCERN THEM.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT AND UM, LETTING YOUR VOICES BE HEARD.
SO, AND WITH THAT SAID, UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNING? SO MOVED.