* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GOOD AFTERNOON [00:00:01] AND WELCOME TO THE JAN OR JULY 21ST, 2026, REGULAR MEETING AT 3:00 PM CAN YOU GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DR. MOORE? MR. CHAVIS? HERE. MR. LEE. HERE. MR. DOOLEY. HERE. MS. EBRA BONNER. THREE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULDN'T STAND WITH ME, UH, FOR THE PLEDGE AND NOT PLEDGE FOR THE INVOCATION, OUR FATHER WHO ARE IN HEAVEN HALL, BE THY KINGDOM COME. TH I WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVES US THIS DAY IN OUR DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE US TRESPASSES AS AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASSES AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT IN THE TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US EVIL FOR THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER OF THE GLORY. GLORY FOR OUR HEAVEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. DO [4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA] WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD UNDER ACTION ITEMS SEVEN B, WHICH WILL BE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR A SMART SCALE PROJECT. AND MARK BASSETT PLANNING DIRECTOR WILL, WILL PRESENT THAT. SO AGAIN, SEVEN B SMART SCALE APPLICATION. THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER AMENDMENT FROM, FROM STAFF. AND ANY AMENDMENTS FROM THE BOARD? MM-HMM . IF NOT, I'LL HAVE A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. [5. CONSENT AGENDA] AND YOU HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE YOU, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON IT, I JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND UNDER SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. UM, NO. WE HAVE REPORTS. [6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation ] MR. FRENCH, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON. EVERYTHING IS STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR THE FERNDALE ROUNDABOUT CONSTRUCTION. UH, WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA START CONSTRUCTION THERE IN ROUGHLY 30 DAYS. IT'LL BE END OF AUGUST. THE CONTRACTOR TWO PLANS, PLANS TO START MOBILIZING OUT THERE. UM, IT'LL START AS LANE CLOSURES AND THEN THE PLANNED FULL CLOSURES IN THAT PROJECT ARE LATER DOWN SEVERAL MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD. IT IT'LL BE WINTER TIMEFRAME BEFORE THEY GET INTO THE FULL CLOSURE PERIODS. AND WE WILL, OF COURSE GIVE PLENTY OF, UH, PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR THOSE. UM, WE'LL BE CLOSING ROUTE 7 0 3, STARTING THIS COMING MONDAY ON THE 27TH TO REPLACE A LARGE CULVERT. UM, IT'S EXPECTED TWO WEEK DURATION. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC NOTICE GOING OUT TOMORROW IS THE PLAN. UM, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE THAT WITH COUNTY STAFF AS WELL, SO IT CAN BE ADVERTISED ON ON THE COUNTY END TOO. UH, MESSAGE BOARD SHOULD ALREADY BE OUT THERE ON THE ROAD. , THEY'RE OUT THERE. EXCELLENT. UM, MCKINNEY AREA HEADQUARTERS RECENTLY REPLACED A PIPE ON ROUTE 40 THAT WAS A SHORTER TERM CLOSURE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. A SMALLER 36 INCH PIPE, UH, PATCH WAS PUT ON THAT LAST WEEK, AND THAT ONE IS DONE AND OUTTA THE WAY. AND WE FINISHED UP PAVING THE RAMP ONTO 85 NORTHBOUND FROM FOUR 60 EASTBOUND YESTERDAY AS WELL. SO A LOT OF, LOT OF THINGS GETTING DONE IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS HERE IN THE RESIDENCY. I AM PLEASED TO SAY, UM, TO THE SAME TUNE WE HAVE WRAPPED UP OUR LA OUR MOWING CYCLE, UM, ACROSS COUNTY PRIMARIES AND SECONDARIES AND PROBABLY BEGIN ANOTHER CYCLE, UH, IN ABOUT A MONTH TIMEFRAME, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. AND WHAT, WITH THE RAIN THIS WEEK, THAT GRASS IS REALLY GONNA START GROWING, I EXPECT. YES. UM, WE ARE GONNA RAMP UP CONSTRUCTION ON THE REESE ROAD, RURAL RUSTIC, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THAT CREW DID HAVE TO DELAY BEGINNING THAT TO DO THAT PIPE ON ROUTE 40. THAT WAS SOMEWHAT OF AN EMERGENCY IN NATURE ON ROUTE 40. UM, AND WE DID A SPEED LIMIT SIGN CHANGE FOR ROUTE 40 GOING INTO THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY. SO THAT SPEED LIMIT SIGN THAT IS ON THE WESTERN LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY HAS BEEN MOVED CLOSER TO THE TOWN ABOUT HALF MILE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL NOW. SO I KNOW THAT, UH, IS A, A WELCOME CHANGE OUT THERE FOR THE FOLKS IN MCKINNEY AND, AND ALL ACROSS DENWOOD. AND LASTLY, I AM, UH, A LITTLE BITTERSWEET TO SAY THIS IS GONNA BE MY LAST BOARD MEETING HERE IN MY ROLE. UM, I'VE ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF THE AREA, SOUTHERN REGION AREA CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER, UM, STILL OPERATING OUT OF THE PETERSBURG RESIDENCY. I'LL BE COVERING THE LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN PRINCE GEORGE DENWOODY AND NODAWAY BRUNSWICK, LUNENBERG AND MECKLENBURG. SO I WILL BE OVERSEEING THE FERNDALE ROUNDABOUT PROJECTS, SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SPARE SCOTT WHEN THAT ONE COMES UP. [00:05:01] UM, SO I, I WILL, I WISH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WERE HERE TO, TO HEAR ME, JUST TO EXPRESS MY REALLY SINCERE APPRECIATION. APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE PAST. IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS NOW THAT I'VE BEEN IN BETWEEN THESE TWO ROLES, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE BOARD. SO THANK YOU. I'VE, I'VE GAINED A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THE CONFIDENCE, THE CONFIDENCE THAT I'VE GAINED BEING RIGHT HERE AT THIS PODIUM HAS BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN A LOT OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE. SO THANK YOU. AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT. WE THANK YOU TOO. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE'VE SOMETIMES BEEN A LITTLE HARD ON YOU, BUT IT'S CONSTRUCTIVE, BUT YEAH. POSITIVE. WE'VE NEVER DO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT, UH, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE, YOU KNOW WHAT, MY BIGGEST ONE WITH REESE ROAD AND, UH, YOU'RE FINALLY DOING THAT, SO GOT A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MM-HMM . YEAH. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND, UM, ONE OF YOUR LAST THINGS YOU DID WAS GONNA MAKE THE PEOPLE IN MCKINNEY, WELL, OUTSIDE OF MCKINNEY HAPPY SO THEY CAN PUT THE HAMMER DOWN WHEN THEY LEAVE MCKINNEY MAD . SO I AGREE. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO JUST SHOW UP. ABSOLUTELY. TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WHATEVER WE ASKED OF YOU SHOWED UP. AMEN. YEAH. AND YOU, UH, YOU CAME WITH KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION AND REALLY PORTRAYED THAT YOU CARED ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, YOUR RESPONSIVENESS TO PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS IS SECOND TO NONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE SAID A, A PRECEDENT THAT WHOEVER'S TAKING YOUR SPOT HAS A A A LOAD TO CARRY. UH, NOT TO FILL UP TO, THEY'LL CARRY IT THEMSELVES, BUT YOU CARRIED IT WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IF I COULD, SO WHILE YOU'RE TALKING, UH, DR. MOORE IS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE STILL APPARENTLY LOGGED ON. OKAY. BECAUSE HE, HE JUST TEXTED ME TO TELL YOU WHAT A TREMENDOUS GUY YOU ARE AND HOW YOU'RE GONNA BE MISSED IN THE OLD ROLE, BUT GLAD THAT YOU'RE STILL PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA. AND A AND AARON, LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN AARON FIRST CAME FIVE YEARS AGO, IS THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S POSSIBLY RIGHT, BUT FIVE YEARS AGO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU CAN COME INTO A POSITION AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. AND AARON CAME INTO THE POSITION ALWAYS ASKING, HOW CAN I GET BETTER? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN BE DONE DIFFERENTLY? YOU KNOW, ALWAYS TRY TO SEEK ADVICE IN THAT WAY. AND, AND AARON, I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN YOU BECOME WHAT YOU ARE TODAY AND YOU, YOU DID TAKE SOME OF THOSE FIERY ARROWS AT TIMES. UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT , BUT AT, AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YEAH. LIKE THAT. YEAH. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ANOTHER WAY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR THE BOARD IN MY LAST COUPLE WEEKS? YEAH. FINISHED 7 0 3 4 . WE WILL BEGIN OUR SECONDARY RESURFACING SCHEDULE. BUILDING THOSE SCHEDULES OUT. UH, SHOULD BE NEXT MONTH, SO VERY GOOD. I'LL PUT A NOTE IN THERE. GOOD. THANK YOU, AARON. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. YES, SIR. AND JUST REMEMBER, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT DR. MOLAN NOW. THAT'S RIGHT. HE'S LISTENING. [6.B. Christmas Sharing Foundation: Christmas Mother Announcement] NEXT WE HAVE CHRISTMAS SHARING FOUNDATION. CHRISTMAS MOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT, MS. SUSAN CARSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE DENWOODY CHRISTMAS SHARING FOUNDATION. AND, UH, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE MORE THAN 25 YEARS, AND SARAH IS BRINGING YOU SOME INFORMATION AS OUR NEW BROCHURE. AND TODAY WE HAVE SEVERAL TASKS. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM. WE ARE GONNA PRESENT TWO AWARDS FROM COMING FROM OUR FOUNDATION AND INTRODUCE OUR NEW 2026 CHRISTMAS MOTHER. I'M HERE TODAY STANDING IN FOR SUSAN CARSON. SHE'S CURRENTLY THE CHAIRPERSON OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEE. I STILL SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHERS ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT YOU THIS INFORMATION AND TO MAKE THESE AWARDS. FOR 25 YEARS, THIS HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE IN DIY COUNTY AND IT STARTED AS AN ARM OF SOCIAL SERVICES WITH A FEW PEOPLE, UM, HEADED UP BY KATHY YOUNG. AND OVER THE YEARS IT HAS GROWN AND WE NOW HAVE OVER 90 VOLUNTEERS THAT DO NOT ONLY THE WORK ALL YEAR ROUND, BUT DISTRIBUTION DAY. THERE ARE ABOUT 15 PERSONS SERVING ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND WE RAISE MONEY YEAR ROUND, GET DONATIONS OF TOYS. WE GET COATS, GENTLY USED COATS BY NEW HATS, GLOVES, BIKES. WE GET BOOKS AND PUZZLES AND BIKES DONATED AS WELL. WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS IN DENWITTY FOR OUR CHURCHES IN DENWITTY, THE CITIZENS AND THE VOLUNTEERS. AND WE'RE ALSO SO THANKFUL FOR THE COUNTY OF DENWOODY FOR ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT THAT WE GET. [00:10:01] THE SCHOOL SYSTEM GIVES US TREMENDOUS SUPPORT. THERE ARE MORE THAN 22 CHURCHES WHO EITHER DONATE OR SEND US VOLUNTEERS. AND LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 90 VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE DURING THE TWO DAY PERIOD OF OUR DISTRIBUTION. WE DO SIGNUPS FOR OUR CLIENTS. UH, WE SERVE FROM, UH, BABIES UP TO AGE 12 AT DISTRIBUTION DAY. AND WE SERVE OUR 13, 14, AND 15 YEAR OLDS BY TAKING THEM WITH SHOPPING BUDDIES WE'VE USED TO TARGET FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND WE HAVE DOZENS OF FAMILIES THAT ARE ADOPTED BY CHURCHES OR BY BUSINESSES TO BE SUPPORTED. UH, WE PASS THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE FAMILIES WHO'VE HAD CHILDREN OVER 15 IN THOSE SAME FAMILIES TO SOCIAL SERVICES. AND THEY PUT THOSE NAMES ON THE ANGEL CHOICE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY GETS SERVED, UH, BY OUR PROGRAM FOR OUR AWARDS TONIGHT, ANTHONY BROWN IS GONNA PRESENT TO YOU OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD, MR. BROWN. I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE BOARD AND TO, UH, ADMINISTRATOR, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND TO ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US ON THIS AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UH, I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM THE DENWOODY CHRISTMAS SHARING FOUNDATION. UH, MY WIFE AND I, WE ARE THE ONES WHO PUT ALL THE BOXES OUT ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE PUT OVER 54 BOXES OUT, DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, DIFFERENT CHURCHES, ANYBODY WHO'LL TAKE A BOX, WE'LL PUT A BOX OUT AND WE COLLECT THOSE BOXES. AND, UH, WHAT HAS HAPPENED DURING THE YEARS IS THAT, UH, I HAVE A TRUCK THAT'S REGISTERED BY DMV. IT SAYS TRUCK, BUT IT'S AN SUV. SO THAT MEANS IT'S PRETTY BIG. IT'S BIG, IT'S A BIG SUV. BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD FOR CONSISTENCY AND PARTICIPATION WITH US WHO OVERLOADS MY TRUCK FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. THEY ARE GOING TO RECEIVE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD FOR CONSISTENCY OF PARTICIPATION. AND WE HAVE WITH US HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THAT CHURCH, DIANE WILLIAMS. AND WE ASK IF SHE'LL COME FORWARD. SO SHE MAY RECEIVE THIS AWARD. ON BEHALF OF THE DENWOOD CHRISTMAS SHARING FOUNDATION INCORPORATED, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU THIS AWARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD FOR THIS YEAR, 2026. AND IT SAYS 2026 DENWOODY CHRISTMAS SHARING COMMUNITY PARTNER TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'M THANKFUL THAT WE CAN BE PART, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? JUST THAT, UM, WE ARE VERY SMALL, BUT WE HAVE A VERY GENEROUS CONGREGATION AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT WE CAN BE A PART OF THE, UM, DOING SHARING FOUNDATION. THANK YOU FOR YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US. AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU TO OVERRUN OUR TRUCK THIS YEAR. , I CERTAINLY HAD SAID, AND THEY JUST KEEP BRINGING IT OUT. BRINGING IT OUT. I MEAN, THERE WAS TWO OF THEM, THEY'RE JUST BRINGING IT OUT TO CHURCH AND I SAY, WELL, THEY EVER GOING TO STOP? BUT THEY ARE SO GREAT TO US AND WE THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME, UM, SARAH IS GOING TO PRESENT OUR, UM, UH, BUSINESS AWARD. WE HAVE MANY BUSINESSES WHO CONTRIBUTE, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL WHO ARE OUTSTANDING. SO SHE HAS A BUSINESS AWARD FROM US THIS YEAR. I WANNA THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY. UM, I'M SARAH. I'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING WITH DENWOODY CHRISTMAS SHARING FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. UH, MY KIDS AND I HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS, THIS PROGRAM. UM, AND I WANT TO PRESENT THIS AWARD TO, UH, ITECH. UM, THEY HAVE SUPPORTED DIY CHRISTMAS SHARING FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS IN HELPING US. UH, THEY HAVE THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO COME AND VOLUNTEER ON DISTRIBUTION DAYS TO HELP THE PARENTS SHOP. UM, EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THEIR COMPANY COMES AND HELPS VOLUNTEER, UH, WITH US. UH, THEY DO A, UH, CHRISTMAS IN JULY TOY COLLECTION FOR US. ALSO, IT GETS US ON OUR JUMPSTART TO COLLECTING OUR TOYS FOR THE YEAR. UH, THEY ALSO DONATE GIFT CARDS, UH, FOR CHRISTMAS MEALS FOR THE FAMILY. SO EACH FAMILY GETS ONE OF THOSE CARDS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BUY A CHRISTMAS MEAL. [00:15:01] UH, THE IAC UH, COMPANY TRULY EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND GIVES BACK TO THOSE IN NEED. AND WE WANNA PRESENT THIS AWARD TO IAC AND WE HAVE, UH, TABITHA DUB DUBUQUE, I DON'T WANNA MESS IT UP. AND AMY RHODES THAT ARE HERE IF YOU GUYS WILL COME UP AND RECEIVE THE AWARD. ALL RIGHT. AND IT SAYS 2026 DI WOODY CHRISTMAS SHARING BUSINESS PARTNERS. ITAC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. . YEP. WE'LL BE OUT THERE VOLUNTEERING AGAIN. AWESOME. AWESOME. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SAY? NO, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AWESOME. WE WELCOME PROGRAM. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE TO SHARE OUR NEW CHRISTMAS MOTHER. IF MS. UM, KATHY WORLEY WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MS. WORLEY. UM, ON YOUR BROCHURE, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND A PICTURE OF MS. WORLEY. AND AS IN THE PAST, WE HAVE BOTH HOW YOU CAN HELP IN THIS BROCHURE AS WELL AS THE DATES TO SIGN UP IF YOU NEED HELP, AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE AT THOSE DATES. AND SO WE USE THESE BROCHURES THROUGHOUT OUR PROCESS TO, TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED, INVOLVED AND INFORMED. SO, MS. WORLEY, UM, IS OUR 2026 CHRISTMAS MOTHER, AND SHE'S BEEN A RESIDENT OF DEWINE COUNTY SINCE 1969. SHE WAS MARRIED TO ROBERT WORLEY, A FARMER AND A MECHANIC. AND DURING THAT PROCESS, SHE LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE THE TRACTOR AND STRING THE TOBACCO AND PREPARE THE TAX RETURNS, WHICH IS WHAT HER BUSINESS IS TODAY. MM-HMM . TO TOGETHER. KATHY AND ROBERT HAD TWO CHILDREN, TANYA WORLEY SPIRES, ROBERT WORLEY JUNIOR, UM, BOTH THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF DENWOODY. SHE HAS A PROUD GRANDPARENTS OF THREE AMAZING GRANDCHILDREN. UH, SHE MOVED AROUND A LOT WITH THE NAVY WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG. AND DURING THAT TIME IN HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEARS AND HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, SHE GRADUATED FROM BEVILLE, TEXAS C JONES HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT INTERESTED AT THAT TIME IN BUSINESS AND ENDED UP IN THE TAX WORLD. BUT FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS, SHE SPENT DOING WHAT SHE LOVES, HELPING BUSINESSES, HAVING SUCCESS AND WORKING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES ON RECORD KEEPING. BUT SHE ALSO SERVES ON AN ELECTION POLL. AS AN ELECTION POLL OFFICERS FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS. SHE'S ALSO SERVED WITH US AT THE DISTRIBUTION DAY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING NEW PEOPLE. AND I PRESENT TO YOU MS. WORLEY, AND SHE HAS A FEW WORDS. I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING WITH THE CHRISTMAS SHARE. I'VE DONE IT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER, AND IT'S REALLY REWARDING IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE AND SEE ALL THE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES. UM, IT'S A VERY MOVING EXPERIENCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE ALWAYS OPEN IT. WE, UM, WE ALWAYS PRESENT THE, UM, SO THEY CAN WEAR IT IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. OH. AND IT SAYS TY CHRISTMAS MOTHER. AND THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR TRADITIONS, SO, OKAY. WHEN IT'S COLD, YOU PUT IT ON THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR COAT AND, UM, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHRISTMAS MOTHER AND THESE, UM, ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS MAKES THE CHRISTMAS TREE, THE WOODEN PLAQUES, AND HE ACTUALLY CUTS EVERY PIECE OF WOOD AND GLUES THEM TOGETHER. THAT'S AN AMAZING FEAT ON, HE'S VERY TALENTED. MM-HMM. YES. THAT IS PRETTY COOL. AND WE, HE MADE A BUNCH OF THEM FOR US, AND WE, WE'VE STILL BEEN ABLE TO BE USING THEM AFTER HE HAS CEASED TO BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND OUR MEETINGS. BUT WE THINK MRS. WORLEY FOR BEING WILLING, AND WE THANK HER FOR WHAT SHE'S ALREADY DONE FOR US. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, IN CONCLUSION, WE, UM, WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO SPEND SO MUCH TIME. UM, SUSAN CARSON, SHE HAS INSTITUTED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS APPLYING FOR GRANTS. AND AS YOU KNOW, GRANTS, WE MIGHT GET ONE THIS YEAR AND NOT THE NEXT. AND, UM, SOMETIMES THEY AREN'T OFFERED, AND THEN SHE'LL FIND ANOTHER ONE. SHE SPENDS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME SEEKING, UM, FUNDS. SO WE HAVE SOME GRANTS THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE SOME IN THE STATE, SOME IN THE COUNTY. WE HAVE SOME THAT WE GET FROM OUTSIDE OF THE STATE. AND THAT'S BEEN A, A, A WELCOMED EXTRA SOURCE OF INCOME. UM, WE HATE TO KEEP HITTING UP THE SAME BUSINESSES ALL THE TIME BECAUSE WE DO IT. EVERY ORGANIZATION IN DITY COUNTY DOES IT. AND SO WE ARE ALWAYS SEEKING OTHER WAYS TO, TO HELP FUND. AND, UM, BUT SO FAR WE, WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE MORE THAN 400 CHILDREN, AND THEY GET, [00:20:01] UH, FIVE TOYS. UH, THEY HAVE, IF THEY CHOOSE TO GET A BIKE, THEY GET HATS, COATS, GLOVES, SOCKS, BOOKS, PUZZLES, AND, UM, AND, AND THEY, THE, THE CLIENTS ARE SO APPRECIATIVE. AND SO, UM, MANY OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE COME BACK TO VOLUNTEER AND THAT TO ME IS FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A CHANCE TO PRESENT TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. THANK YOU. RIGHT. SO [6.C. Virginia Association Of Counties (VACo) Achievement Award] NEXT WE HAVE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, UH, MR. GAGE, HARDER IS HERE. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? THANK YOU. CHAIR, UH, DOOLEY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AT MASSENGILL. UM, APPRECIATE YOU, UH, HOSTING ME TODAY. UM, UH, IT'S ALWAYS, UH, A BATTLE TO GET THIS PRESENTATION. I HAVE TO BEAT JEREMY AND JAMES , YOU GUYS KNOW. UM, SO, UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW VACO, UH, WE'VE EXISTED SINCE 1934, UH, TO SERVE AND SUPPORT, UH, EFFORTS OF COUNTY OFFICIALS, STAFF, ELECTED OFFICIALS. UH, WE SUPPORT COUNTIES IN MANY WAYS. FIRST THROUGH OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS, UH, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND, UM, UH, FEDERALLY. UM, AND WE SERVE COUNTIES THROUGH OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, MEMBER SERVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS. UM, IN 2003, WE ESTABLISHED THE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PROGRAM, UH, TO RECOGNIZE COUNTIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES AND IDENTIFYING PROGRAMS THAT COULD SERVE AS MODELS FOR OTHER COUNTIES TO REPLICATE. UH, TODAY I'M PROUD TO, UH, PRESENT DENWITTY COUNTY WITH ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. UM, JUST A FEW, UH, UH, UH, POINTS ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PROGRAM. THIS IS OUR 24TH YEAR. UH, THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED 103 ENTRIES. WE MOVED THE DEADLINE. SO, UH, THE YEAR BEFORE WE HAD 151. SO I THINK THE SHIP WILL BE RIGHT AT NEXT YEAR. WE'LL BE BACK IN THE MID ONE HUNDREDS. UM, UH, BUT 103 IS NOT BAD. UH, WE, WE CHOSE 40 WINNERS, UH, FROM 26 COUNTIES. SO WHEN WE CHOOSE THE WINNERS, THEY'RE ALL PUT IN ONE, UH, LUMP. IT'S BIG COUNTIES VERSUS SMALL COUNTIES. WE, WE CHOOSE, UH, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, DON'T CHOOSE BASED ON POPULATION. UH, WE HAVE CHOSEN OUR TOP THREE AWARDS. UH, THE TOP AWARD IS THE BEST IN SHOW, BEST ACHIEVEMENT. THEN WE HAVE THE LARGE COUNTY AND THEN THE SMALL COUNTY, WHICH YOU KNOW VERY WELL. UM, DI WITTY COUNTY IS WON THE SMALL COUNTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD THREE TIMES. UH, WE STARTED THAT IN 2010. NO OTHER SMALL COUNTY HAS WON ONCE. SO IT'S SAFE TO SAY YOU'RE THE BE OUTTA 95 COUNTIES POPULATION, 50,000 OR LESS. YOU'RE NUMBER ONE IN THE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PROGRAM. UM, SO YOU'VE WON THE AWARD 11 TIMES. UH, AND, UH, THAT PLACES YOU 12 ON THE ALL TIME LIST. SO ABOVE YOU, FAIRFAX COUNTY, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, AND RIGHT. BIGGER COUNTIES. BUT, UH, THERE'S NO MORE, YOU'RE THE TOP SMALL COUNTY ON THAT LIST. SO, UH, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU THAT LIST IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED. UM, UH, I, AND THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, THE PLAQUES. UH, THE PRESENTATION OUTSIDE. I HAVE TO GIVE US A LITTLE PROPS. WE HAVE STEPPED UP OUR PLAQUE GAME A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, YOU HAVE, UM, FROM THE PAPER TO IN THE FRAME. UH, SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. UM, IS THERE SOMEONE THAT CAN TALK ABOUT THE D PROGRAM OR YES, YES. NICHOLAS. BEFORE I PRESENT THE PLA YEAH. WHICH IS NED, DO YOU MIND STEPPING FORWARD? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD. SO, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE, UH, BACKGROUND ON DELLA. DELLA STARTED IN 2024, BUT THE OFFICIAL COHORT BEGAN IN 2025 IN JANUARY. SO WE STARTED THE PROCESS MYSELF, MRS. COLLINS AND MR. MASSENGALE. UM, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH MR. MASS, GALE'S BABY. SO, UM, WE STARTED THEN RAN FROM JANUARY THROUGH MAY. THAT WAS COHORT NUMBER ONE. AND THEN WE JUST COMPLETED OUR SECOND COHORT, WHICH RAN FROM OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR INTO, UH, MAY OF THIS YEAR. AND THE PURPOSE FOR DELLA IS, OR WHAT IT STANDS FOR, IS DOING EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY. AND IT'S FOR STUDENTS 11TH AND 12TH GRADE WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP OR COMMUNITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENTS. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BASED ON A SIX MONTH PROGRAM WHERE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM, EACH STUDENT RECEIVES A STIPEND. THIS YEAR THEY RECEIVED A STIPEND IN THE AMOUNT OF $600. STUDENTS WHO START THEIR 11TH GRADE YEAR ARE ABLE TO ALSO APPLY THEIR 12TH GRADE YEAR, BUT THEY DO STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH FILLING OUT AN APPLICATION. IT'S NOT, UM, AUTOMATIC. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S [00:25:01] INTERESTING AND IT ALSO ENCOURAGES THE STUDENTS TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM. BUT I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS, UM, THE STUDENTS. AND FOR THOSE WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THEIR CLOSEOUT PROGRAM, THEY WERE VERY EXCITED. YOU GOT TO SEE THEM SPEAK ON THEIR EXPERIENCE, THE THINGS THEY LIKE THE MOST, AND THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THEY GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN. SO I THINK THAT'S THE GIST OF IT. . UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO, MR. CHAIRMAN? CAN I JUST, LET ME JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT. I ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO CALL IT MY BABY, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. WHEN I, WHEN I LEFT VCU, I HAD THE UNIQUE PRIVILEGE AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO BE PART OF A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. IT'S CALLED THE GOVERNOR'S FELLOWS PROGRAM. AND SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, GAGE, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE, BE MORE CREATIVE THAN THE YEAR BEFORE WITH DIFFERENT WAYS OF REALLY KIND OF COMPLIMENTING THE GOOD WORK THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE COUNTY. AND SO THIS, THIS WHOLE IDEA AND CONCEPT WAS INSTEAD OF IT BEING COLLEGE GRADUATES, CAN YOU START EARLIER? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF, OF REALLY LOOKING AT 11TH, 12TH GRADE STUDENTS? AND ANNETTE DID IT PERFECTLY, BUT WE, WE REALLY WANT TO IMMERSE THESE KIDS INTO WHAT IT IS TO BE A LEADER. AND THE TRUTH OF IT, THE REAL SECRET IS WE'RE ALL LEADERS IN SOME WAY. 'CAUSE WE ALL HAVE INFLUENCE OVER OTHER PEOPLE. BUT I THINK WHAT THE AMAZING PIECE IS, IS THESE STUDENTS AND REALLY UNDER ANNETTE'S GUIDANCE, UM, WHEN I HEAR THEM, THEIR TESTIMONIES, AND IT'S, AND WE APPRECIATE THE AWARD, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT THE AWARD. WE LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED, BUT WHEN YOU HEAR STUDENTS SAY, I'VE BEEN CHANGED AS A, AS A PERSON AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE REAL BEAUTY IN THE, IN THE PROGRAM. AND YANETTE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN IT AND ENGAGE. IF IT'S OKAY, WE'LL STEP DOWN AND ACCEPT THE AWARD. AND YANETTE, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO STAY AND WE GET A PICTURE IF WE WOULD. YES. GOOD LOOKING ON THIS SIDE, . THAT'S RIGHT. ALRIGHT, PERFECT. THANK YOU. REAL ESTATE. [7.A. Appointment Of Real Estate Assessor Pursuant To Section 58.1-3275 Of The Code Of Virginia, 1950, As Amended] AND NOW WE HAVE MR. TYLER SOUTHALL APPOINTMENT OF REAL ESTATE ASSESSOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 OR 58.1 32 7 5. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? I'M GOOD, MR. DOOLEY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MASSING, HOW ARE YOU? HOUSEKEEPING ITEM TODAY, UH, PURSUANT TO SECTION 58.1 DASH 32 75 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, IT'S NECESSARY FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO APPOINT A PROFESSIONAL APPRAISER, UH, OR ASSESSOR. UM, AND THEY WOULD BE, IN THIS CASE, AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. AND, UH, THIS DESIGNATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE MADE ON OR AFTER JULY 1ST OF THE YEAR, IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF REAL ESTATE IS REQUIRED TO BE MADE. UM, AND SO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS CONTRACTED WITH WAMPLER E'S APPRAISAL GROUP, AND THEY'VE BEEN CONTRACTED TO CONDUCT THE 2027 GENERAL REASSESSMENT FOR DENWOODY COUNTY. THEY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY VISION GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, BUT THEY'RE STILL DOING THE REASSESSMENT. AND SO IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT GARY EEN SERVE AS THE COUNTY'S PROFESSIONAL ASSESSOR. HE'S DONE SO IN THE PAST FOR DENWITTY FOR 2013, 2019 AND 2025. SO THERE'S A RESOLUTION THERE, UH, THAT, THAT YOU CAN APPROVE. IF IT'S YOUR PLEASURE, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. BUT THIS IS A ROUTINE HOUSEKEEPING MEASURE. WE DO AFTER JULY 1ST, IMMEDIATELY [00:30:01] PROCEEDING THE REASSESSMENT, I THINK EVERY YEAR, GOING BACK TO AT LEAST 2009. ANY QUESTIONS? WANT TO READ, READ THIS RESOLUTION? I DON'T KNOW. IF YOU NEED TO READ IT, YOU CAN APPROVE IT. WELL, THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED, ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. AND [Additional Item] SEVEN B SMART SCALE APPLICATION WITH MR. BASSETT. YEP. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD MEMBERS. MR. MASSENGALE, AS YOU INDICATED, UH, THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR A SMART SCALE PROJECT. UH, IT'S SMART SCALE TIME AGAIN. UH, WE'RE IN ROUND SEVEN NOW OF THE SMART SCALE, UH, PROCESS FOR FUNDING TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. UH, THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTED A STATEWIDE PROGRAM TO PRIORITIZE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR FUNDING. AND, UH, THE MAIN, UH, ITEMS, UH, THAT YOU HAVE TO COVER, UH, FACTORS ARE SAFETY, CONGESTION, MITIGATION, ACCESS, ACCESSIBILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND, UH, LAND USE AS WELL. UH, SO DIY COUNTY, UH, HAS, UH, MADE APPLICATION FOR A SMART SCALE PROJECT. THE PROJECT IS TO EXTEND THE ALMAR STREET, UH, RIGHT HAND TURN LANE DOWN TO, UH, MERGE WITH THE, UH, I 3 85 EXIT RAMP THAT COMES OFF OF, UH, I 85 EXIT RAMP. UH, COMES ONTO ROUTE ONE NORTH AND THAT RAMP WOULD EXTEND UP TO, UH, ALARA STREET, THEREBY GIVING PEOPLE A LONGER, UH, MERGE AREA THERE TO MERGE ONTO ROUTE ONE, UH, GOING NORTH. OR IF YOU WANT TO TURN RIGHT INTO ALBEMARLE STREET, YOU'LL KIND OF HAVE A DEDICATED RIGHT HAND TURN LANE. NOW COMING OFF OF I 85 NORTH. SO WE, UH, PASSED THE INITIAL PHASE. UH, THE PROJECT WAS ADVANCED FORWARD, UH, EARLIER THIS SPRING. AND, UM, DO WANT TO THANK VDOT STAFF. UH, THEIR PLANNING STAFF HAS HELPED US A LOT WITH THE APPLICATION, UM, FULFILLING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO, TO MAKE APPLICATION FOR THE PROJECT. AND ON AUGUST 3RD, WE WILL BE HITTING THE SUBMIT BUTTON. AND, UH, WE SHOULD KNOW BY EARLY SPRING OF 2027, UH, WHETHER THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD, UH, IS GOING TO ADVANCE OUR, OUR PROJECT FOR FUNDING. HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HAPPEN. UM, ALSO AT THE MPO LEVEL, WE DID GET SOME LEVERAGE FUNDING. WE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, DEDICATED TO OUR PROJECT, UH, AT THE, UH, MPO LEVEL. SO APPRECIATE THAT, THAT FROM OUR, UH, REGIONAL PARTNERS, UH, THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO ALLOW US TO USE SOME OF OUR, UM, STVG FUNDING, UH, FROM ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE TO PUT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT TO HOPEFULLY PUSH IT OVER THE EDGE THIS TIME. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE SUBMITTED THE PROJECT FOR SMART SCALE FUNDING. WE'VE COME CLOSE BEFORE, BUT HOPEFULLY THIS TIME WE'LL, UH, WITH SCULPING THE PROJECT AND TRYING TO GET THE COST BENEFIT DOWN, UH, UH, THE PRICE OF THE PROJECT DOWN AS LOW AS WE CAN, UH, AND STILL, UH, FULFILL, UH, THE NEED. UH, WE, WE DO HOPE TO GET THAT FUNDING. BUT, UM, JUST ASKING YOU TO, UH, PASS THIS RESOLUTION TODAY TO SUPPORT OUR APPLICATION FOR FUNDING. I KNOW THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A GOOD WHILE. I'VE BEEN ON NPA FOR A LONG TIME, SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN WORKED ON SO LONG. SO MR. DOOLEY MUST BE DOING SOME GOOD WORK. I NEVER GOT ANYTHING. THAT'S RIGHT. NO, THIS IS ALL JUST YOU, YOUR FRUITS . WILL I MAKE A MOTION? WE PASS THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU, MR. BE THANK YOU. YOUR WORK ON THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARK. HOPE IT GOES THROUGH. YES. YES. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS. IS ANYONE SIGNED UP? MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS TODAY. ALRIGHT, WELL, I WILL OPEN THE CITIZEN COMMENT [00:35:01] PERIOD AND CLOSE IT. [9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS] NOW WE HAVE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UH, A COUPLE COMMENTS. ONE, I KNOW WE, UH, LOST CHRISTMAS SHARING FOUNDATION, BUT, UH, KATHY WORLEY, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE KNOWN KATHY WORLEY FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, AND ABSOLUTELY A PHENOMENAL INDIVIDUAL GREW UP WITH, UH, BOTH OF HER KIDS. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY BETTER FOR THE CHRISTMAS SHARING FOUNDATION TO HAVE AS THE, AS THE CHRISTMAS MOTHER. AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR WE SAY, WELL, HOW MANY MORE WONDERFUL PEOPLE CAN THEY HAVE? THEY, THEY'RE EXPANDING THAT NET EVERY YEAR TO SOME GOOD PEOPLE. BUT KATHY IS A PERFECT, PERFECT PERSON FOR THAT. UM, I, I WANTED TO TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JULY 4TH. WE HAVE CHIEF KISSINGER WITH US TODAY THAT WE EXPERIENCED A, UM, UNEXPECTED POWER OUTAGE AT THE COURTHOUSE AREA THAT NIGHT. THE ODD THING WAS, IS THAT IT, UM, THERE'S VERY LITTLE RAIN AT ALL, UM, ON INDEPENDENCE DAY THAT NIGHT, BUT WE DID HAVE SOME WIND IN THIS AREA THAT KNOCKED A, A TREE KNOCKED DOWN ABOUT FIVE STRANDS OF DOMINION POWER LINE THAT THEN CAUSED INTERRUPTIONS HERE TO THE, THE VILLAGE OF DIMITY AREA. UM, AND THEN PUT OUR 9 1 1 CENTER IN SOMEWHAT OF A COMPROMISING POSITION. THE GOOD THING IS WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER OUR, OUR 9 1 1 SYSTEM OVER TO PRINCE GEORGE, UM, UNTIL WE COULD GET IT ALL KIND OF WORKED OUT. BUT WE HAVE CREATED A KIND OF AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW GROUP. AND, UH, CHUCK LEWIS, WHO'S YOUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, IS LEADING THAT EFFORT. YOU KNOW, FIRST QUESTIONS COME FROM DOMINION ON THAT PARTICULAR EASEMENT. UM, WHEN I SAW JUST, JUST HOW CONGESTED THAT EASEMENT WAS, WE JUST ON THEIR SIDE. I KNOW THEY'RE DOING AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW, BUT ANY TIME YOU HAVE A CRITICAL ASSET, LIKE, LIKE, UH, 9 1 1 BE IMPACTED, IT, IT REQUIRES REALLY A MORE CAREFUL LOOK. BUT JUST WANT TO THANK CHIEF FOR HIS STAFF AND THE LEADERSHIP TO, TO GIVE THAT THE, THE REAL GOOD REVIEW AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN LEARN FROM IT. UM, ALSO WANTED TO TELL YOU ON JULY 10TH, UH, FRANK HOLCOMB COUNTY ENGINEER AND SOME OF OUR KEY STAFF, WE, UH, HAD A PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE FOR THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT PROJECT'S PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR LARGEST CAPITAL PROJECTS AT THE MOMENT. UM, SO THAT'S A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK, UM, PROPOSAL OF HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT. BUT THAT PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE HAS TAKEN PLACE. AND, AND SO NOW THEY'RE IN A, IN A PERIOD BEFORE THEY'LL ACTUALLY SUBMIT PROPOSALS. UM, ON SEVEN 14, JULY 14TH, DELEGATE OTTO WAXMAN, UH, HAD HIS YEARLY MEETING WITH ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT REPRESENT HIS DISTRICT. AND SO HE'S DONE THIS, I THINK EVERY YEAR SINCE HE'S BEEN A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. UM, REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION. IT WAS HELD IN GREENSVILLE COUNTY AT THEIR GOVERNMENT CENTER OR THE GOLDEN LEAF COMMONS. UH, HE RECAPPED THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WAS GLAD THAT THEY GOT A BUDGET ONE DAY BEFORE THE DEADLINE, BUT THEY, NONETHELESS, IT WAS A BUDGET. UM, VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ENGAGED, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR VACO, UH, THEY PUBLISHED ON JULY 8TH, THE VACO LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY SECOND EDITION. SO THIS IS THE, THE NEWEST EDITION SINCE THE, THE ACTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. IF THE BOARD WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, I'VE GOT GOT A, A COPY HERE FOR YOU TO REVIEW. UH, OTTO DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING WHERE THEY WERE THIS SESSION AND JUST SOME OF THE KEY INITIATIVES HE THINKS IS GONNA COME, KIND OF COME UP OVER THE, THE NEXT SESSION AS WELL. UM, IF YOU RECALL, HE CO PATRONED THE BILL WITH US, WELL PATRON AND THEN COPA, THE BILL, UH, FOR OUR CLUTTER, UH, CLEANUP BILL FOR US IN THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH HIM AND DELEGATE. UH, POPE ADAMS ALSO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT ON JULY 28TH AT 10:30 AM AT FORT LEE, THE US ARMY, UH, ORDINANCE TRAINING FACILITY AT THAT LOCATION, UH, UH, FRITZ LEE, WHO IS THE, IF YOU REMEMBER, WAS BORN HERE IN, IN DEM WITTY COUNTY, IS THE THE PERSON WHO, UH, FORT LEE IS NAMED AFTER TODAY. AND THERE'S GONNA BE AN UNVEILING OF A PORTRAIT OF FRITZ LEE. UH, THEY'VE ASKED FOR, FOR OUR COUNTY TO BE HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE HE WAS A NATIVE OF DEM WITTY. UH, SO AGAIN, 10 30 ON 7 28, UH, SAME DAY AT 1:00 PM MR. CHAVIS IS HOSTING A REGION FOUR MEETING OF AT THE GOLDEN LEAF COMMONS, AGAIN, IN, IN GREENSVILLE OF VACO. UM, MR. CHAVIS IS THE, THE REGION FOUR DIRECTOR, WHICH SPANS 17, 18 20 LOCALITIES. UM, SO IT'S A PRETTY BIG MEETING AND THE WHOLE IDEA AND CONCEPT IS TRYING TO GET READY FOR THE, [00:40:01] WHAT THE VACO VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ARE, ARE GOING TO BE. SO AGAIN, THAT'S 1:00 PM IF YOU HAVEN'T R SVP, IT'S STILL NOT TOO LATE. I KNOW, UM, MS. EBORN BONNER AS CHAIR, AND OBVIOUSLY MR. CHAVIS IS COMING, BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO COME PLEASE AND YOU'RE COMING TOO, MR. LEE. OKAY. UM, ALSO THE NEXT DAY ON THE 29TH, UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, AN UPDATE MEETING WITH DR. CHERYL BAILEY OF VIRGINIA TECH, WHERE SHE'S BEEN WORKING AND HER STAFF ON THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DELAYED, UH, BUT WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'RE AT A POINT TO KIND OF HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT END. THAT WAS NO DELAY ON OUR SIDE. THEY HAD SOME, SOME ISSUES ON THEIR END AND, AND AGAIN, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US AND SO WE WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM. BUT I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT, THAT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS REVIEW, UH, IS, IS UNDERWAY. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL START THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING EXERCISE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UM, AUGUST 4TH. AUGUST 4TH IS A TUESDAY. THAT'S TYPICALLY OUR WORKSHOP DAY. WE RECEIVED A, A, A CALL FROM FORT LEE THAT GENERAL DAVIS, THE ACTING, UM, COMMANDER OVER THAT BASE, UH, HAS ASKED THAT, UH, DEY COUNTY, MS. EBRA BONNER, MYSELF, AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES OF, UH, SVA THE CHAMBER AND POSSIBLY CHESTERFIELD COUNTY TO MEET WITH THE GENERAL. THAT WOULD BE THE SAME TIME AS THE, AS THE, THE, THE MEETING. SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, CANCEL THAT WORKSHOP SO THAT MS. EBRA BONNER AND MY, AND I CAN ATTEND THIS MEETING WITH THE GENERAL. SO THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TO MEET WITH THE NEW, THE NEW GENERAL. AND WE SEE THIS AS A, A REAL OPPORTUNITY. AGAIN, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE FRITZ LEE COMPONENT OF THINGS, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD A STRONGER RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH IN WITTY COUNTY. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, AND MR. LEE MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT THE A MAX SO, AND WATER, UM, GROUP IS LOOKING AT DOING THEIR FARMER'S ANNUAL COOKOUT, AND THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12TH. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU WON'T BE HAVING THE WORKSHOP AUGUST 12TH TO 6:00 PM THERE WILL BE A, FOR THE DINNER PORTION IS THAT FARMER'S ANNUAL COOKOUT, WHICH HAS BEEN A PRETTY BIG HIT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. UM, BUT MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] OR COMMENTS, MR. CHAVIS? I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY THIS TIME. UM, OTHER THAN THANK, I'VE JUST, AARON'S WORKED REAL HARD TO GET A LOT OF THINGS, UH, DONE FOR US ON MBO SPENT. UH, I KNOW WE GAVE HIM SOME HARD TIMES SOMETIMES AND WE DIDN'T GET THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT, BUT HE DID LATER ON SHOW THAT HE WAS WORKING ON THE THINGS. SO, UH, CHRISTMAS SHARING, UM, THAT'S A GOOD THING. MS. WILLIAMS IS RIGHT NEXT. SHE'S MY NEIGHBOR. AND TO SEE THAT CHURCH, WELL, HOW IT'S COME ALIVE, HOW THEY'VE, UH, IT'S A FAMILY LIKE CHURCH, BUT IT'S GROWN. I WENT BY A COUPLE OF, UH, SUNDAYS AGO AND THEY HAD A LITTLE, LIKE, HAD A WEIRD CROWD. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE END OF MY ROAD, TABAKA METHODIST CHURCH. SO IT'S, UH, IT'S A HISTORIAN CHURCH. MM-HMM . GRAVEYARD. MM-HMM . SO I'M VERY PROUD OF HER, UH, BEING PART OF THE CHRISTMAS SHARING. UH, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE. THANKS SIR. MR. LEE. UM, I'LL START OFF WITH, UM, CHRISTMAS SHARING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY, WE ROTATE OUR CHOW. SO EVERY YEAR THE CHAIRMAN WILL GO, UM, USUALLY ON THE DAY THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING ASSEMBLED AND, AND, UM, JUST SEE HOW WELL ORGANIZED THEY REALLY ARE. AND I THINK OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IT'S REALLY JUST GROWN, UM, AND WITH THE BUSINESSES AND, AND IT TRULY IS, UM, ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY THINGS. SO, UM, I'VE KNOWN KATHY ALL MY LIFE AND I THINK SHE'S A GREAT, UM, CHRISTMAS, UH, MOTHER FOR, FOR THAT. SO, UH, REALLY PLEASED ABOUT THAT. UM, UH, THE FARMER'S, UM, COOKOUT THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE SOIL AND WATER, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY, IT STARTS AT FOUR AND, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, CHIEF KILSTEIN BEEN WORKING WITH HIM. UM, WE'RE GONNA DO A, A LIVE DEMONSTRATION OF AN EXTRACTION OUT OF A GRAIN BIN. UM, AND IF YOU'VE TRAVELED RIGHT ONE HERE, YOU NOTICE THAT THE TURNERS OF ARE BUILDING A MASSIVE, UH, GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY ON RIGHT. ONE, IT'S THE LARGEST. AND WITH, WITH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, INCUR DANGER WHEN YOU'RE WITH DEALING WITH, WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF GRAIN. AND WE'VE GOT GRAIN STORAGE ALL OVER DEWIN COUNTY. SO, UM, IT TRULY IS, IS GONNA BE A, A [00:45:01] GOOD THING FOR PALMAS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO LOOK AT AT THE THINGS THAT OUR EMS IS CAPABLE OF. AND LIKE, UM, CHIEF KIKER SAID, A LOT OF TIMES THAT INITIAL PHONE CALL SAVES LIVES IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO SAY. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST, UH, IN A PANIC MODE AND JUST THROWING OUT WORDS ALL OVER THE PLACE. BUT IF, IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO TELL THEM SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN THEY GET THERE, IT SAVES TIME. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF IN A LOW RIGHT NOW WITH FARMING ACTIVITIES. MOST CROPS ARE IN THE FIELD. ANOTHER MONTH YOU'LL START TO SEE SOME HARVEST. UM, SO YOU HAVE ROAD DANGER ALSO WITH, WITH FARM EQUIPMENT OUT THERE ON THESE BACK ROADS. UM, AND SO WANT EVERYBODY TO BE, BE AWARE OF THAT. UM, AND, UM, JUST, UM, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. WELL, IT WON'T TAKE LONG EITHER, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR US TALK FOREVER. SO, UM, THANK YOU TO VACO FOR, AGAIN, RECOGNIZING DIGNITY COUNTY, AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER SUCH A GREAT, UM, APPLICATION AND SUBMITTING THAT. I, I CONTINUE TO, TO SAY THE REASON THAT DEITY COUNTY IS SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE POINT TO JESUS MM-HMM . UM, I, I, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS LONG AS WE STAY THE COURSE AND KEEP LOOKING TO CHRIST. UM, THAT MAKES A, A REALLY GOOD COUNTY. AND SO THEN MS. NICHOLS, I MEAN, ONE AMAZING TIME TO, TO SEE THESE KIDS STEP UP AND, AND REALLY SEE THE GROWTH THAT, THAT YOU GUYS KIND OF HELP, YOU KNOW, HARVEST AND, AND PUSH THEM TO BE MORE THAN AND PUSH THEM OUTTA THEIR COMFORT ZONE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I, IT'S NOT A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, EIGHT TO FIVE JOB, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THERE IN THE EVENINGS. YOU'RE WORKING WITH THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AND, AND PUSHING THEM TO DEVELOP INTO LEADERS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I'LL ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WATCHING ONLINE AND THAT ARE HERE. PLEASE JOIN US THIS EVENING FOR OUR, UH, SUMMER WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAM RECOGNITIONS. WE HAVE, UH, 32 STUDENTS AND 22 EMPLOYEES TO BE RECOGNIZED. UH, THOSE STUDENTS HANDS-ON WORK EXPERIENCE AT THEIR ASSIGNED WORK SITES HERE IN THE COUNTY WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS, UH, COUNTY BUSINESSES. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS THERE. UM, THAT PROGRAM HAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS LIKE DEITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UM, JOHN RANDOLPH FOUNDATION, THE CAMERON FOUNDATION. A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE FIRST FRIDAYS AT FIVE FORKS. THIS BEGINNING, IT'S THE SCHEDULED EVENT THAT COMES UP. NEXT IS AUGUST 7TH. IT'S FAMILY FRIENDLY, UH, AFTER HOURS EVENTS HELD AT FIVE FORKS VISITOR CENTER. FIRST FRIDAY HOURS ARE FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM AND THIS IS CREATED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH DEITY COUNTY AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. UM, THE NATIONAL PARK AND REC, I'M SORRY, PARKS AND RECREATION JUST WRAPPED UP THEIR FIRST EVER SUMMER FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL CLINICS. UH, EACH SIX WEEK CLINIC MET TWICE A WEEK. THERE WAS AN AVERAGE OF 20 KIDS A NIGHT IN THE BASKETBALL CLINIC AND 40 TO 60 KIDS A NIGHT IN THE FOOTBALL CLINIC. WOW. SO AGAIN, THIS IS OUR STAFF GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO, TO REALLY CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. UH, SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THEM. IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, EVENT AND THE PLANNING IS ALREADY UNDERWAY FOR NEXT YEAR. UM, VENDORS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE COUNTY FAIR SHOULD VISIT THE COUNTY WEBSITE FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION THAT'S COMING UP. AND FINALLY, THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY HAS RESCHEDULED THEIR STARS AND STRIPE CELEBRATION. UM, THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 4TH TO THIS FRIDAY, JULY 24TH. THEY HAD TO MOVE IT BECAUSE OF WEATHER AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. AND THAT WILL BE HELD IN THE MCKINNEY TOWN SQUARE FROM 5:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I GOT. VERY GOOD. SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL [11. CLOSED SESSION] GO INTO 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 CREATOR PLANNING, DISTRICT METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, DIMITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, DIMITY COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD GATEWAY JUSTICE SERVICE, COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A FIVE, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OF THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 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 [00:50:01] 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 AND CLOSE? PLEASE ALSO MOVE. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. AYE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE READY? YEP. YEP. NEED A MOTION TO COME OUTTA CLOSED? SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. ALL VOTING AYE. WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A ONE. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF ZONING, APPEALS CREATOR PLANNING DISTRICT METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, DIMITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, DIMITY COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD GATEWAY JUSTICE SERVICES COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD 2.237 A FIVE, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OF 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 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. AND WHEREAS NO MEMBER HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR OF THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE CERTIFIED THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING. I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. WE GONE? YEAH, HE'S HERE. UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UH, WELCOME TO THE, UM, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AT SEVEN. AND [12.A. Summer Work-Based Learning Recognition] AT THIS TIME WE HAVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION, THE SUMMER WORK-BASED LEARNING RECOGNITION, AND THAT'S GONNA BE DONE BY MS. JEANNETTE NICHOLAS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AT THIS TIME. GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU TURN THAT? IS THAT ON ONE TESTING? OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. UM, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS FOR OUR SUMMER WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAM, WHICH TOOK PLACE FROM JUNE 2ND THROUGH JULY 10TH. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 32 STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM AND WE HAD, UM, PARTNERSHIPS OR SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES WHO SERVED AS HOST SITES. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 22 BUSINESSES TO WHICH SOME OF THEM ARE PRESENT TONIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE WAY FOR TWO STUDENTS TO PRESENT ON THEIR EXPERIENCE FROM THE SUMMER WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAM. FIRST UP, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MS. MCKAY ALLEN, FOLLOWED BY MR. BRYCE GWIN. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME'S MACKAY ALLEN AND I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING MY EXPERIENCE ON THE 2026 SUMMER WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAM. A LITTLE ABOUT ME IS I'M 15, I'M A RISING FRESHMAN AT THE DIMITY HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN I GRADUATE, I WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO THE NAVY TO BECOME A NURSE. I'M HARDWORKING, KINDHEARTED AND TRY TO FIND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, POSITIVE OUTCOME IN EVERY SITUATION. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY PLACEMENT. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN PLANNING AND ZONING CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT WHERE I ASSIST WITH MOSTLY CODE COMPLIANCE. CODE COMPLIANCE IS RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING CERTAIN ORDINANCES SUCH AS INOPERABLE VEHICLES, MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC NUISANCES AND REMOVAL AND OR DISPOSAL OF TRASH. ALSO, CODE COMPLIANCE, MAINTAINS OVERGROWN VEGETATION AND MAINTAINS PUBLIC RECORDS A LITTLE. MY DUTIES, MY TASK AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SOME OF MY TASKS THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DURING MY PLACEMENT WERE SCANNING HISTORIC, HISTORIC REZONING CASE FILES FROM THE 1970S, FILING LIENS AT THE COURTHOUSE, MAILING VIOLATIONS OUT TO TWO MAILING VIOLATION NOTICES FOR [00:55:01] PROPERTIES THAT WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND TAKING PICTURES OF SIGNS AND GETTING THEM REPLACED. SKILLS THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM MY PLACEMENT. ONE SKILL THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM MY PLACEMENT WAS PATIENCE. WHILE THIS PLACEMENT, WHILE IN THIS PLACEMENT, I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NUMBER OF THINGS REQUIRED ME TO BE ALERT AND TAKE MY TIME TO MAINTAIN ACCURACY. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WHILE FILING DOCUMENTS, I HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT I PUT THE CORRECT INFORMATION INTO A SPREADSHEET IN THE CORRECT SPOT AND THEN GO TO THE FILE ROOM TO LOCATE THE CORRECT AREA IN WHICH TO PUT THE FILE. THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT OTHER WORKERS WOULD KNOW WHERE THE FILES WAS LOCATED. MY REFERENCE PAGE, MY SUPERVISOR, MR. WAYLON HUCKLEBEE, MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MR. V TUCKER, AND A INTERN THAT I WORKED WITH, MS. CHARLIE SEABORNE, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND I HOPE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR. THANK TESTING . THERE YOU GO. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS BRYCE GODWIN AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ME TO PRESENT MY EXPERIENCE IN THE 2026 SUMMER WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM. A LITTLE ABOUT ME, I AM 15 YEARS OLD AND A RISING JUNIOR AT DITY HIGH SCHOOL. I'M CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM THROUGH RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE. AND I'M CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS MY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN ADVANCED STUDIES DIPLOMA. AND SOME OF MY LONG-TERM GOALS INCLUDE A CAREER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, CYBERSECURITY, OR POSSIBLY EVEN THE LEGAL FIELD. AND ABOUT MY PLACEMENT, I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE DANITY COUNTY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF FIVE PEOPLE INCLUDING ME. UM, WE SUPPORT ALL COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WITH TECHNOLOGY, SECURITY, EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSIST OVER 300 COUNTY EMPLOYEES ACROSS MULTIPLE OFFICES AND DIVISIONS AND MAINTAIN COMPUTERS, NETWORKS, SERVERS, AND USER ACCOUNTS. SOME OF MY TASKS INCLUDE RESETTING MACHINES SUCH AS PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND LAPTOPS AND ALSO HOPING TO SET UP PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT SUCH AS SCANNERS, PRINTERS, MONITORS, AND KEYBOARDS, WHERE I ALSO ASSEMBLED NETWORK HARDWARE SUCH AS SWITCHES AND ACCOMPANIED SUCH SOME OF MY COWORKERS TO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS TO TROUBLESHOOT ISSUES AND OBSERVE DATA SYSTEMS. ALSO, PART OF MY TIME IN THE SUMMER WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAM, I WAS ALSO ABLE TO GO ON TWO CAREER EXPOSURE TRIPS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS, UM, DECIDE ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE IF THEY HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION YET. AND ONE OF OUR TRIPS WAS TO THE VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY RANDOLPH FARM, WHERE I GAINED INSIGHT INTO MODERN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND HOW FARMS USE TECHNOLOGY, OBSERVED RESEARCH ON CROPS, SOIL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE FARMING METHODS, AND OBSERVED HOW LARGE SCALE FARMS MANAGE LIVESTOCK CROPS, EQUIPMENT, AND DAILY OPERATIONS. AND OUR SECOND CAREER EXPOSURE TRIP WAS TO THE LAKE COUNTRY AT ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE CENTER, WHERE WE GAINED INSIGHT INTO HOW THE CENTER SUPPORTS EDUCATION, WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED LEARNING. LEARNED HOW INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF HELP STUDENTS BUILD CAREER READY SKILLS IN MODERN TECHNICAL FIELDS AND LEARN HOW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PREPARE STUDENTS FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC SERVICE, TECHNOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN THE PROGRAM, I ALSO HAD A FEW SKILLS AND TAKEAWAYS WITH SOME OF MY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS BEING COMMUNICATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT, SOME OF MY TECHNICAL SKILLS BEING BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING AND EQUIPMENT HANDLING, SOME RESUME READY SKILLS, BEING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND POSITIVE WORK ETHIC. AND SOME OF MY PERSONAL TAKEAWAYS BEING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW [01:00:01] IT SUPPORTS ALL GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS. AND NOW WE MOVE ON TO MY REFERENCES WITH MY FIRST BEING MY SUPERVISOR, MR. NORMAN COHEN, THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOR GENERALITY COUNTY, MY SCHOLASTIC BOWL COACH AND MENTOR, MISS RY, WHO IS ALSO THE LIBRARIAN AT DANITY HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE OF MY PEERS IN THE PROGRAM BEING MS. LAUREN WILLIAMS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND IF I HAD THE CHOICE OF DOING THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR, I DEFINITELY WOULD CONSIDER SO. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM, OF COURSE WITH THE SOME WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT RECOGNIZE ONCE YOU, YOU RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE. BRIANNA COLEMAN, MR. BRYCE HARRISON, MR. CALEB , MS. ANNA BENNETT, MS. SARAH, MS. TAYLOR TURNER. MR. CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS. [01:05:02] MR. MARK IS WILLIAMS. AND LASTLY, MR. WHITE. THANK YOU. ALSO WE HAVE MS. THIS TIME WE HAVE OUR O STARTING WITH GIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE, GIL COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND UH, COUNTY ENGINEER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, THANK GENERAL SERVICES, ANY COUNTY PARK OF RECREATION, COUNTY PLANNING COMPLIANCE, COUNTY PLANNING, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, INFORMATION SYSTEM, COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, [01:10:13] VIRGINIA STATE PROGRAM. I MISS ANYONE. OKAY, MR. HOCKEY, HOW YOU DOING? MY FRIEND? THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, MAN. LOOKING GOOD. UM, YEAH. TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT MORE. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE TURN THAT. MAYBE EVEN ALL ALL RIGHT, WE GOT IT. EVERYBODY. 1, 2, 3. THANK YOU. ONE MORE. ONE MORE. OKAY. GOT ONE MORE. I WANNA, AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT PICTURES WITH FAMILIES OUTSIDE. YEAH. FIVE MINUTE BREAK. ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME, UM, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I DID SEE PEOPLE SIGNING UP, SO I'M GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE WE START. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT, SO IF YOU WERE HERE FOR ONE OF THOSE AND WISH TO SPEAK, IT IS A SEPARATE SIGNUP SHEET IF YOU'RE HERE FOR A CITIZEN COMMENTS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THERE IS A SEPARATE SHEET FOR THAT. SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR FIELD DAYS OF THE PAST OR SOME OTHER PUBLIC HEARING, YOU NEED TO SIGN UP ON THAT SHEET OR YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. EVERYBODY HEAR THAT? A SOUND GUY? YEAH, I DO. ALL RIGHT. JUST SO REPEATING MYSELF. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHETHER IT'S FIELD DAYS OF THE PAST APPLICATION OR THE OTHER PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU NEED TO SIGN UP ON A SEPARATE SHEET THAN THE CITIZEN COMMENT SHEET. THE CITIZEN COMMENT SHEET, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA, IS ONE OF THE LAST ITEMS OF THE NIGHT. AND THAT IS A SEPARATE THREE MINUTE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. CORRECT? WE'VE BE HERE FOR SOMETHING IS NOT ON SHEET. THAT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN THE CITIZEN COMMENT. WE HAVE SIGN UP FOR THAT TOO. YES, [01:15:04] I SAID THANKS FOR CLARIFYING. YES MA'AM. IT'S GOOD. NO, AT THIS TIME [13.A. Rezoning Request P-26-2, 25811 Nottoway Avenue] WE WILL, UM, START WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, MR. BASSETT, UH, CAN YOU COMMENT TO PROCEED PLEASE? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. MR. MASSENGILL, HOW ARE YOU? AS YOU INDICATE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING IS A REZONING CASE, UH, P DASH 26 DASH TWO. THE APPLICANT IS MR. SHERMAN GREENWOOD AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN THE YELLOW HATCHED ON OUR FIRST SLIDE THIS EVENING ON NOTTAWAY AVENUE. UH, SPECIFICALLY 2 5 8 1 1 NOTTAWAY AVENUE IN NORTH IN WITTY. AND HE IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED TO R RU RESIDENTIAL URBAN. IT'S, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT CONSISTS OF FOUR LOTS, UH, 50 FEET BY 100 FEET. EACH LOT IS, AND HE'S WANTING TO REZONE THOSE LOTS AND COMBINE IT, COMBINE THE LOTS TO BUILD A, UH, NEW HOME ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, HOPEFULLY ON THIS SLIDE, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL CAN SEE IT ON YOUR MONITORS UP THERE BETTER. BUT THESE ARE, UM, PREVIOUS CASES, UH, WHERE THE, UH, BOARD DID APPROVE REZONINGS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL R ONE ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO THE RESIDENTIAL URBAN ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO ALLOW FOR, UH, FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. THE SUBJECT, UH, PROPERTY IS WITHIN WHAT WE CALL THE TOWN CENTER AREA. AND AS SUCH, THE GENERAL AREA IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND THE PURPOSE FOR THE RU ZONING DISTRICT IS TO ALLOW FOR, AGAIN, FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, IS WHAT WE COMMONLY REFER TO AS, UH, INFILL DEVELOPMENT. THE RU ZONING CLASSIFICATION DOES ALLOW FOR, UH, REDUCED BUILDING SETBACKS. THAT DOES ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO, UH, BUILD A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON TWO EXISTING LOTS. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO COMBINE, UH, TWO EXISTING LOTS INTO ONE AND THEN YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. AGAIN, THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING, I BELIEVE IS REQUESTING TO COMBINE FOUR LOTS INTO ONE LOT FOR ONE NEW RESIDENCE. UH, THIS IS LOOKING INTO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THESE PICTURES [01:20:02] AND JUST WANT TO, UH, SHARE THIS SLIDE. UH, THIS IS THE PROPOSED, UH, RESIDENCE THAT THE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UM, LOOKING AT IMPACTS, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE REZONING WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UM, THERE REALLY WERE NO, UH, NOTHING THAT STOOD OUT RELATED TO THE APPLICATION. EVERYBODY, UH, PUBLIC WATER AND SEWERS AVAILABLE, UH, VDOT, UH, THE EXISTING ENTRANCE COULD BE USED TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY. UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, GIVEN THAT THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION RU IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES. ADDITIONALLY, THE RU ZONING DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO ACCOMMODATE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING LOTS WITHIN THE URBAN AREA, INCLUDING THE WEST PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO THE REQUEST ITS ZONING AND CLASSIFICATION RESIDENTIAL URBAN RU CONFORMS TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED FOR THIS GENERAL AREA AS SET FORTH IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. UH, WHEN THIS CASE WAS, UH, DISCUSSED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REZONING REQUEST, UH, AT THEIR, UH, JUNE MEETING. BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. AND AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL. OKAY. UM, YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, UM, QUESTION. UM, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE OTHER PICTURE. UM, SO THIS IS NOT, BECAUSE SOMEONE ASKED ME ABOUT THIS. IT'S NOT TWO HOUSES, IT'S ONE THAT'S THE, THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT HE WANTED TO DEVELOP ONE HOUSE, JUST ONE HOUSE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE ON THE FOUR LOTS, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. BECAUSE, YEAH, BECAUSE THEY WERE SOME, UH, SOME OF THE CITIZENS WERE ASKING ME, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE RAIN AND EVERYTHING, THEY MAY NOT BE, I DON'T SEE 'EM OUT HERE. UM, JUST ONE HOUSE THAT'S AND NOT TWO, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S KIND OF CLOSE. THAT'S WHY, THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING. YES. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS UNDERSTANDING, IT'S JUST ONE HOUSE. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE BOARD MEETING AND UM, IF PEOPLE ASK, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T WANNA GO BACK AND SAY, OH YEAH, IT'S TWO HOUSES AFTER WE HAVE A MEETING AND IT'S JUST ONE HOUSE RIGHT. IN THAT AREA. OKAY. YEAH. THAT, THAT'S CLARIFICATION I NEEDED FOR THAT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. AND APPLICANT. APPLICANT AND APPLICANT, IS HE HERE? DOES HE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU, YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OKAY. SO OPEN AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? MADAM CHAIR, NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WANNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS CASE. MADAM CHILD? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION OF THE APPLICANT. YES. WHO COME FORWARD, THE APPLICANT, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD PLEASE. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING HERE EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. UM, WANTED TO FIND OUT, UM, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE ICE THAT YOU, UM, I, I'M THINKING IT'S, I'M NOT THINKING IT'S 36 BY, UM, 30. UM, 56 BY 32. 56 BY THREE. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. AND, UM, ARE YOU PLANNING TO, UM, YOU'RE PLANNING TO SELL THIS HIGH? NO, I'M TAKING THAT DOWN. YOU TURNING IT DOWN? YEAH. SEE, THE PROBLEM IS THAT I'M ON, I'M SETTING ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY AND I CAN TAKE THAT DOWN AND JUST MOVE IT OVER, BUILD A NEW HOUSE, MOVE OVER, AND THEN BUILD THE ONE HIGH. YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . OKAY. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. UM, ALRIGHT. ANY, ANY OTHER CONCERNS? BOARD, MADAM CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION BE IT RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 6 A SEVEN. IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICES. I MOVE THAT THE REZONING OF P DASH TWO SIX DASH TWO AS PRESENTED BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I'LL SECOND DONE. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. [01:25:01] MR. DOOLEY? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND [13.B. Conditional Use Permit Request, Case C-26-3, 12116 Aliff Drive] AT THIS TIME WE ARE MOVING TO, UM, THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUESTS. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THE APPLICANT IS MS. ANGELA MEADOWS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO OPERATE AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR BUSINESS WHEN SCREENED FROM VIEW AND 200 FEET FROM STATE AND ROAD RIGHT OF WAY IN THE A TWO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL DISTRICT. UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHIN A ONE OF OUR OLD PRIVATE ROAD SUBDIVISIONS OFF OF A LIFT DRIVE. ALL OF THE, UH, PROPERTIES WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION ARE ZONED AGRICULTURAL GENERAL A TWO, AND IN ALL THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY IS ALSO ZONED A TWO, UH, AGRICULTURAL GENERAL. LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES AND WHAT, WHAT WE CALL THE RURAL CONSERVATION AREA AND THE RURAL, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES STATE THAT THIS GENERAL AREA IS EXPECTED TO GROW AS AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL NATURAL CONSERVATION AREAS. THE A TWO ZONING DISTRICT DOES ALLOW AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR BUSINESS AGAIN, UM, WHEN SCREEN FROM VIEW AND AT LEAST 200 FEET FROM THE STATE ROAD RIGHT AWAY. UH, WHEN WE, UH, BROUGHT THE, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BEFORE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, THERE WERE NO REAL CONCERNS WITH THE APPLICATION TO REZONE OR FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. UM, VDOT DID INDICATE, UH, THAT OUT AT, UM, TRINITY CHURCH ROAD, UH, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A, UM, A, UH, COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AT THE, UH, AT THE INTERSECTION OF A LIFT DRIVE AND TRINITY CHURCH ROAD BE A LOW VOLUME COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE, UH, IF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS APPROVED. UH, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL, UH, THERE WAS GREAT DISCUSSION, UH, BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WE DID PRE PRESENT CONDITIONS. UH, AND AS ONE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ASKED, UH, THE CONDITIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER CONDITIONS, UH, THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED AND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD IN THE PAST, UH, WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER AUTOMOBILE REPAIR BUSINESSES APPROVED IN THE COUNTY, UM, WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. I'LL SUMMARIZE THOSE CONDITIONS. THE USE SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE REPAIR OF AUTOMOBILES WHEN SCREENED FROM VIEW. WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AS DEFINED IN THE LAND USE AMENDMENT APPLICATION. UM, ANY BUILDINGS WOULD HAVE TO MEET, UH, BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS AND VIRGINIA STATEWIDE, UH, FIRE PREVENTION CODE REQUIREMENTS. ALL VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHALL MEET VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE OUT AT THE ENTRANCE AT TRINITY CHURCH ROAD. AND THE PROPERTY SHALL MEET ALL REQUIRED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 22, WHICH IS OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. ANY SITE LIGHTING INSTALLED ON THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY, UH, REFLECT DOWNWARD AND INWARD TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND NOT CAST LIGHT ON INTO THE NIGHT SKY OR ON ADJOINING PROPERTIES. UM, ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPAIR OF AUTOMOBILES SHALL BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 AM AND 10:00 PM. ALL REPAIR AND OR STORAGE OF AUTOMOBILES WILL EITHER BE CONDUCTED INDOORS OR SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW. ALL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPAIR AND STORAGE OF AUTOMOBILES EQUIPMENT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CODES. AND THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABIDING BY, UH, CONDITIONS IF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS APPROVED. UH, AT THE, UH, JUNE MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, [01:30:01] UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID VOTE, UH, TO RECOMMEND, UH, DISAPPROVAL OF THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME. OKAY. UM, STAFF, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK, ASK RIGHT NOW? SO, NO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME. IS, UH, THE APPLICANT HERE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD? I, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE HOPING TO OBTAIN A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE A SMALL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR BUSINESS IN OUR EXISTING FOUR BAY SHOP. I THINK PREVIOUSLY IT WAS MISUNDERSTOOD BY SOME TO BE MORE OF A COMMERCIAL TYPE BUSINESS, BUT THAT'S NOT OUR PLAN. IT WOULD SIMPLY BE A SMALL MOM AND POP TYPE SHOP. NOTHING FLASHY, NO NEON SIGNS. UH, TO SUPPLEMENT OUR INCOME, WE WOULD SIMPLY KEEP BUSINESS HOURS FROM NINE TO FIVE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DURING THESE DAYS AND HOURS, OUR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR CHILDREN WOULD LIKELY BE AT WORK AND OR SCHOOL. I STATE THIS BECAUSE AT THE LAST MEETING IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IT WOULD BRING TO OUR PRIVATE ROAD. SINCE IT WOULD BE A SMALL BUSINESS, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A HUGE INCREASE TO TRAFFIC. AND AS MENTIONED, GIVEN THE EXPECTED HOURS OF OPERATION, IT SHOULD NOT IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORS. THE SPEED ON THE ROAD WAS ALSO MENTIONED LAST MEETING AS BEING AN ISSUE. WHILE WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE SPEED ANYONE DRIVES DOWN ANY ROAD, WE HAVE NOTICED THE OFFENDERS PRIMARILY SEEM TO BE OUR MAIL CARRIER, FEDEX AND AMAZON DELIVERY . IN HOPES OF RECTIFYING THOSE ISSUES. WE HAVE PUT UP A SPEED LIMIT SIGN AND DUE TO POTENTIAL INCREASE TO TRAFFIC WE HAVE IN ADVANCE, UM, ADDED MATERIAL TO THE PRIVATE ROAD AS AN IMPROVEMENT AND PLAN TO CONTINUE IMPROVING UPON THE PRIVATE ROAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE WERE ASKED ANY QUESTIONS AS YOU WERE. ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? FROM STAFF? OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND BEFORE WE, UM, START WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, MS. UH, BROWN, WOULD YOU READ SOMETHING PLEASE? STATEMENT. THIS PUBLIC HEARING COMMENT TIME IS PROVIDED FOR CITIZENS TO HAVE THEIR VIEWS HEARD. YOUR COMMENTS DURING THIS TIME MUST BE CONFINED TO THE MATTER OR CASE THAT IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE CUMULATIVE OR REPETITIVE. YOU ARE ASKED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH DECORUM, LOUD, DISRUPTIVE, OR AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR TO INCLUDE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE SHALL BE AVOIDED. ALSO, AVOID WORDS OR ACTS TENDING TO EVOKE VIOLENCE OR ARE DEEMED TO BE A BREACH OF THE PEACE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TIME IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD OR A TIME FOR DIALOGUE WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF. THANK YOU, MS. BROWN. AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO A QUESTION FOR STAFF. YES, MARK, UM, NUMBER SEVEN OF THE, UM, CONDITION SAYS ALL REPAIRING STORAGE OF AUTOMOBILES WILL EITHER BE CONDUCTED INDOORS OR STREAMED FROM PUBLIC VIEW. UM, THERE'S NO NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT THEY COULD HAVE, UM, AT ANY TIME. THAT'S CORRECT. THERE'S, THERE'S NO, UH, SPECIFIC NUMBER ADDRESSED IN THE CONDITIONS. YOU ALL WOULD HAVE TO IF YOU WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT. YOU CERTAINLY COULD IN THE CONDITIONS AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO SET THAT, THAT NUMBER. RIGHT. UM, I, I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH IT, UM, THIS IS A COUPLE THAT LOOKS LIKE THEY, THEY WANT TO TRY TO CREATE A BUSINESS AT THEIR HOME. AND OBVIOUSLY WE JUST HAD A PUBLIC HEARING THAT NOBODY CAME UP AND SPOKE IN OPPOSITION OF IT. I KNOW PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, DIDN'T APPROVE IT. UM, THE BIGGEST THING I SEE, UM, WOULD BE THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. UM, WITH IT BEING A PRIVATE ROAD, [01:35:02] EVERYBODY ON THE ROAD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING IT AND USUALLY THAT BECOMES THE PERSON THAT HAS TO DRIVE THE FUR FURTHEST ON THAT ROAD TO FIX IT, IS WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS, BUT RIGHT. I'M JUST, WHAT I'M GETTING AT, I HATE, HATE TO TURN THEM DOWN. UM, IF WE CAN HAVE SOME ASSURANCES THAT THEY'RE GONNA RUN A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE 500 CALLS, UM, THERE BEFORE IT'S OVER WITH. AND, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, WHETHER IT'S 20 CALLS OR, UM, 10 CALLS OR WHAT. AND I ASK ANY COMMISSIONERS KIND OF THEIR IDEA WHAT, WHAT THEY THINK OR, OR WHETHER WE FOLLOW, FOLLOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND, AND, UM, JUST DON'T ALLOW IT. MADAM CHAIR. I THINK, UH, MY CONCERN IS, UM, SO MANY TIMES IF YOU LOOK AT A MECHANIC SHOP AND THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT SO MANY CARS ON THEIR LOT. I THINK IF YOU HAVE A BAY, I THINK IT'S HOW MANY CARS PER BAY? FIVE. FIVE MR. CHAVIS. FIVE. FIVE UP TO MAXIMUM OF 15. YEAH. AND IF YOU GO BY A LOT OF THE SHOPS, YOU DON'T SEE JUST FIVE. WE HAVE 'EM ALL IN THE COUNTY THAT HAS 20, 30 AND ONLY GOT TWO BAYS. THAT'S MY CONCERN. IF THEY'RE TO FIND A WAY THAT WE COULD HOLD IT DOWN, HOW WOULD YOU GO IF THEY DID HAVE MORE THAN YOU? YOU, YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT A NUMBER ON IT. SO THAT'S MY PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T PUT A NUMBER, HOW BIG IS THAT GOING TO GROW? AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO PUT A NUMBER. YES. YEAH. RIGHT. YOU ALL, YOU ALL COULD CERTAINLY DEFINE THAT NUMBER MM-HMM . WITH THIS BEING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, YOU COULD DEFINE THAT IN THE CONDITIONS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO TRUST, THEY HAVE TO TRUST THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO JUST LEAVE SO MANY. COULD WE ASK THAT QUESTION? SURE. TO THE APPLICANT? YES. COULD YOU COME BACK PLEASE? THANK YOU. WELL, I THINK WE ASK THAT QUESTION, BUT THEN IF IT'S IN THE CONDITION, THEN IT'S, THEY HAVE TO DO IT. I KNOW, BUT THERE'S, IF WE GO ON SITE AND IT'S OVER THAT NUMBER, THEN WE, WE CAN GET, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT. THE TROUBLE WITH SOME OF THE OTHERS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT LANGUAGE IN THE CORRECT, IN THE CONDITIONS. SO WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER FOR YOU TO OPERATE YOUR BUSINESS? UM, AT ANY GIVEN TIME? YOU'RE FIXING CARS. SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN SOMEBODY BRINGS ONE NOW THAT YOU SHOULD FIX IT AND SEND IT ON ITS WAY, YOU, I'M NOT THINKING YOU'RE GONNA NEED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CAUSE 15 IS REASONABLE TO ME. SO, UM, SAY FIVE AND 15, FIVE THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON 15 TOTAL, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. YES. THAT'S REASONABLE BECAUSE YOU RUN INTO A POSITION WHERE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WAIT ON A PART MM-HMM . SO YOU'VE GOT OTHER PERSON DROP SAY CAR FOR BRAKES OFF. SO YOU WORK ON THAT AND THEN YOU RUN INTO NEEDS SOMETHING ELSE SO YOU PULL IT BACK OUT. IT MEAN IT'S, IT'S NOT A LARGE OPERATION BY NO MEANS. AND MY WIFE DON'T, IS ALREADY ON ME ABOUT NOT DRIVING BY THROUGH ANY JUNK YARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DRIVE BY THE SHOP TO GET TO THE HOUSE. SO SHE'S NOT HAPPY WITH ANY BIG AMOUNT OF VEHICLES THERE ANYWAY. I KNOW. SO WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED ON THIS ROAD? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU GO BY OR? YES, WE'RE AT THE VERY END AND THE HOUSE IS ACTUALLY ALMOST MIDWAY OF THE PROPERTY. MM-HMM . SHOP IS IN OKAY. SITTING THE UPPER LEFT CORNER, I GUESS IF YOU COME IN ONLY LEVEL GROUND ON THE PROPERTY MM-HMM . SO MY WIFE HATES THIS SIDE, WHICH WE'RE TAKEN CARE OF. AND THIS SIDE WE'RE TRYING TO JUST DRAW EVERYTHING IN, MAKE SURE EVEN IF YOU PULL IN THE DRIVEWAY TO THE POSTER SIGNS, YOU CAN'T SEE NOTHING EXCEPT THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING. YEAH. WE'RE THE LAST HOUSE ON THE, ON THE STREET. SO WE DO DRIVE BY WITH FOUR OR FIVE OTHER HOUSES. FOUR HOUSES ON THE PROPERTY? YEAH. ON THE DRIVE. ON THE, THE RIGHT. YEAH. THE RIGHT ROAD, YES. AND, AND YOU'RE, YOU WILL BE THE ONLY MECHANIC? YES. OKAY. UM, AND WHICH JUST TO STATE, I'M ALSO ON LIKE A DISABILITY, SO IT MAY BE DAYS I DON'T WORK IT OFF. RIGHT. AND IT MAY BE DAYS I WORK TWO HOURS A DAY AND IT MAY BE DAYS I WORK FROM NINE TO FIVE. IT'S JUST I'VE HAD EIGHT BACK SURGERIES. ONE NECK SURGERY, JUST HAD SHOTS A DAY IN MY NECK. I HAVE ONE HIP SURGERY. I'M NOT DOING A WHOLE LOT, A WHOLE LOT OF FATS. HE'S LIMITED. [01:40:01] SO IT WOULD NOT BE A HUGE OPERATION AT ALL. BUT WE TOOK A LOAN OUT FOR THE BUILDING AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SUPPLEMENT HER INCOME TO PAY THE LOAN BACK FOR THE BUILDING. THANK YOU. ANY, UM, ANY, ANY PROBLEMS FROM THE NEIGHBORS? HAVE THEY SAID ANYTHING TO YOU? UM, WELL SOME OF, THERE WERE SOME AT THE LAST MEETING THAT MENTIONED THE, THE SPEED ON THE ROAD. THE SPEED, UM, WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP IN THE, IN MY SPEECH EARLIER. UM, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT. UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, BUT WE DID SPEAK TO ONE OF THEM AFTER THE FACT, AFTER THE LAST MEETING, SHE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE A MIDAS SHOP BACK THERE AND SOME BIG COMMERCIAL THING. AND I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT WAS NOT OUR PLAN, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE INTEND TO DO. UM, THE OTHER GUY THAT, THAT, UM, HE, I, WE HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO HIM, BUT HE WAS ONE THAT INDICATED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD, THE SPEED THAT PEOPLE DO. OKAY. SO INSTANCE, LIKE SAY WE PUT A FIVE MILE AN HOUR MAXIMUM NO DUST, 10 10 WAS 10 MILE AN HOUR MAXIMUM, NO DUST. MM-HMM . I'VE PUT IN A THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ASPHALT MILLING IN THE WORST SPOTS OF THE ROAD PRIOR TO THE THOUSAND I PUT IN EARLY THIS SUMMER IN THE SPOTS THAT THE WINTER TORE UP. MM-HMM . SO, I MEAN, I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT MAINTAINS THAT ROAD AS AN ENTIRETY AS IT'S ALREADY MM-HMM . BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, THE WORST SPOTS BETTER FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. MM-HMM . OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, UH, SO AT THIS TIME WITH NO OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, WE GONNA OH, OF A QUESTION. WELL, I, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO ABOUT S BASSETT AGAIN. OKAY, SURE. UNLESS THAT SOMEBODY'S GOT ANY MORE QUESTION. OH, NO, NO, NO. 'CAUSE THIS I'M AT THE POINT, BUT CLOSED PART. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO IN THE CONDITIONS WITH THEIR APPROVAL, UM, CAN WE PUT A MAXIMUM OF 15 VEHICLES ON SITE AND MR. SAAL, IS THAT DOABLE? SO YOU COULD ADD A CONDITION NUMBER EIGHT THAT WOULD READ NO MORE THAN 15 AUTOMOBILES SHALL BE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY AT ANY ONE TIME. AND THEN YOU CAN CHANGE EIGHT TO NINE AND NINE TO 10. OKAY. IF THAT ACCOMPLISHES YOUR GOAL. I HAVE ONE QUESTION ALSO. UM, AND THE APPLICANT STATED THAT BUSINESS HOURS WOULD BE FROM NINE TO FIVE AND THE CONDITIONS, MR. BASSETT, IT SAYS OPERATING HOURS WOULD BE, OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITH REPAIR WOULD BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN 7:00 AM AND 10:00 PM IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WISH TO CHANGE THAT TO 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM YEAH, THAT'S FINE. OKAY. I I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THOSE TWO ADDITIONS TO THIS AND I THINK IT GIVES HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN A BUSINESS. UM, SMALL BUSINESS SET US HOME. OKAY. MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO THAT THE APPLICANT HAD INDICATED TO STAFF, UM, AFTER THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, IN ADDITION TO THE NINE TO FIVE, THEY HAD ALSO INDICATED THEIR BUSINESS HOURS WERE JUST BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS WELL. OKAY. DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU ALL WANTED TO INCLUDE AS WELL IN THE CONDITION, NOT THE, NOT THE WEEKENDS. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICANT INDICATED TO STAFF, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. MA'AM. OKAY. SO MADAM CHAIR, THAT AMENDED CONDITION SIX COULD READ ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPAIR OF AUTOMOBILE SHALL BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN HOURS OF 9:00 AM AND 5:00 PM ON MONDAY TO FRIDAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF NO OTHER ANSWERS OR QUESTIONS, UH, OR BOARD BOARD MEMBERS YOUR PLEASURE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I'M NOT SURE. AND HOW MR. AL, CAN I JUST SAY IT WITH THE, WITH THE CORRECTIONS OR WITH THE ADDITIONS OF THE CONDITIONS? YOU CAN SAY WITH THE CONDITIONS AS AMENDED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. BE IT RESOLVED THAT AN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 6 8 7. IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PUR PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED AS TO FILL, FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE. I MOVE THAT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST C 2326 DASH THREE AS PRESENTED [01:45:02] WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO YOU MR. SIPHON? I THINK THAT DOES THE TRICK. OKAY. ROLL, ROLL CALL PLEASE. SECOND. OH SECOND. OKAY. NOW ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, AT [13.C. Conditional Use Permit Request, Case C-26-4, 2773 Horsetrail Road] THIS TIME WE HAVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUESTS AND THAT'S HORSE TRAIL ROAD. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AS YOU INDICATED. THE UH, NEXT CASE WE HAVE THIS EVENING IS C DASH 26 DASH FOUR. UM, THE APPLICANT IS THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST IS TO OPERATE AN EVENT FACILITY ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 193 ACRES IN SIZE LOCATED OFF OF, UH, HORSE TRAIL ROAD IN CHURCH ROAD, VIRGINIA. I'M AN AGRICULTURAL GENERAL. A TWO, UH, AN EVENT CENTER MAY BE ALLOWED, UH, IF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS GRANTED. UM, THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING, UM, DOES HAVE, UH, ONE MAIN EVENT, UH, THAT, UH, THEY HOSTED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS SEPTEMBER OF 2025. UM, PLANNING STAFF AND ZONING STAFF WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT INDICATED TO THEM THAT THEY COULD HAVE, UH, ONE EVENT UNDER A SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. I'M SORRY. UM, AND IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE, UH, THAT EVENT CONTINUOUSLY YEAR AFTER YEAR, THEY WOULD, UH, HAVE TO GET A, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE AN EVENT CENTER ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UM, THE, LEMME GO TO ANOTHER SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS, UH, FROM THE, I GUESS YOU'D SAY, UH, FAR WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. LOOKING BACK DOWN HORSE TRAIL ROAD, THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE INTO THE PROPERTY ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN HORSE TRAIL ROAD. UM, LOOKING INTO THE PROPERTY, UH, WHERE THEY HAD THEIR MAIN ENTRANCE AND TICKET BOOTH SET UP FOR THE FIELD DAY OF THE PAST EVENT. OF COURSE, IF THE, UH, EVENT CENTER PERMIT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS APPROVED, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL EVENTS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, AS WITH THE PREVIOUS CASE, UH, CONDITIONS COULD BE SET, UH, THAT WOULD SET A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF EVENTS, UH, THAT THEY COULD HAVE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THE APPLICANT DID INDICATE, UH, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IN DISCUSSION WITH, UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT THEY, UH, WOULD BE HAPPY TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF EVENTS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO SIX EVENTS. UM, WE DID OF COURSE TAKE THE, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WITH ALL OUR REVIEW AGENCIES. UM, AND, UH, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM OUR REVIEW AGENCIES, UH, WE DID COME UP WITH, UM, CONDITIONS FOR, UH, THE SUBJECT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. I'D LIKE TO OUTLINE THOSE. UH, AND, UH, AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES TO THE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDED CHANGES WITH INPUT FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THE CONDITIONS. AND AGAIN, I JUST OUTLINED THOSE, UH, FOR YOU THIS EVENING. UH, GENERALLY, UH, WE DEFINED, UM, WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED, UH, FOR THE EVENT FACILITY ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, TOTAL NUMBER OF EVENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO SIX EVENTS PER CALENDAR YEAR, AND WE HAVE HOURS OF OPERATION, UH, FOR THE EVENT FACILITY. UH, PARKING, UH, WE HAD JUST INDICATED THAT ALL PARKING, UH, WOULD BE HAVE TO BE LOCATED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS PART OF ANY EVENT. UM, DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES WOULD HAVE TO MEET AND COMPLY WITH VDOT ENTRANCE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. UM, JUST TO NOTE THERE, UH, VDOT DID APPROVE THEIR, I BELIEVE THEY HAD NINE SEPARATE ENTRANCES ALONG HORSE TRAIL ROAD, UM, WHEN THEY HAD THEIR SPECIAL EVENT, [01:50:01] UM, BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. AND VDOT INDICATED, UH, THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH THE APPLICANT, UM, IF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS APPROVED, UM, FOR THOSE ENTRANCES. UM, ON A PERMANENT BASIS, UH, FOR THE EVENT CENTER, UH, SANITARY SEWER AND POTABLE WATER, ADEQUATE SANITARY SEWER AND POTABLE WATER FACILITIES SHALL BE MAINTAINED PER DIMITY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS AND ALL APPLICABLE, UH, DIMITY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMITS SHALL BE OBTAINED AS PART OF THE EVENT FACILITY. WE ADDRESS SITE LIGHTING, MAKING SURE THAT'S CONTAINED TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UM, AS WE'VE DONE WITH, UH, OTHER EVENT, UH, FACILITIES, UH, WE ADDRESSED OUTDOOR CAMPING AND, UM, HOW THAT WOULD BE HANDLED ON THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY. UH, SECURITY, WE HAVE ALWAYS INCLUDED THIS AS PART OF ANY OTHER EVENT FACILITIES, UH, THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, IF THEY, UM, NEED HELP FROM DEPUTIES THAT THE ORGANIZER OF THE EVENT, UH, WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPUTIES PROVIDING SECURITY SERVICES AND PAYMENTS REIMBURSEMENT TO THE DEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UM, RELATED TO MAINLY TO FIRE AND EMS. UM, WE, UH, CONDITION 10, WE WOULD NEED A INCIDENT ACTION PLAN, AN IAP, UH, FOR EVENTS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND, UH, FIRE AND EMS, UH, WOULD HAVE, UM, THE ABILITY TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE OF THAT INCIDENT ACTION PLAN. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. UM, THOSE ARE ADDRESSED IN CONDITIONAL 11, UH, VENDORS ON THE PROPERTY, UH, WOULD HAVE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF THE DENWOODY COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE AND ALSO, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT THE, UH, DENWOODY COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL HAS RELATED TO VENDORS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UM, SPECIAL EVENTS, ANY GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 300 PERSONS ON THE PROPERTY AT ANY ONE TIME FOR ALL EVENTS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE ENTIRETY OF CHAPTER THREE. ARTICLE TWO OF THE DENWOOD A COUNTY CODE. THAT'S OUR, UH, PART PORTION OF THE CODE THAT COVERS SPECIAL EVENTS AS THE, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, NOISE, NOISE WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE ONE OF THE DEWITT COUNTY CODE. THAT'S OUR NOISE ORDINANCE, NATURAL BUFFERS. UM, WE DID, UM, HAVE A CONDITION RELATED TO THE NATURAL BUFFERS THAT ALREADY EXIST ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT THOSE WOULD BE MAINTAINED, UH, 50 FOOT BUFFER AROUND THE ENTIRE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY. UM, COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, THE EVENT FACILITY SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE FIRE, UH, FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CODES. UM, WE WOULD HAVE OUR ANNUAL REVIEW BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ENSURING THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. AND THEN CONDITION 18 INDICATES THAT THE CUP COULD BE REVOKED IF THEY'RE NOT COMPLYING WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. UH, AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED, UH, THE, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THE CONDITIONS, UH, THEY R DID RECOMMEND, UH, DISAPPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. OKAY. THANK YOU. BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? THE, UM, APPLICANT IS THE APPLICANT HERE. GOOD EVENING. I'M MELINDA GAMMON WITH FIELD DAY OF THE PAST. BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH IN COUNTY. WE HAVE A FEEL WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT CAN BENEFIT THE COUNTY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE FOR MANY YEARS, BUT WE'LL BE GLAD TO ASK OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. UM, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? HAVE ANY IMPROVEMENTS BEEN MADE TO THE ROAD SO FAR IN THE ENTRANCES? AS FAR AS THE, THE MAIN ROAD, THE HIGHWAY, UH, TO THE ENTRANCES TO THE PROPERTY, I MEAN, WE HAVE PUT GRAVEL ON THEM. WE CONTINUALLY ARE PUTTING GRAVEL IN THEM AND WORKING THEM TO, TO IMPROVE. AND ALL OF OUR ENTRANCES DID PASS. WE GOT LICENSES FROM OUR PERMITS FROM VDOT LAST YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR ENTRANCES. AND OF COURSE, WEATHER AFFECTS [01:55:01] THOSE AS WELL AS ANYTHING ELSE. BUT YES, I JUST SAW ON THE REPORT THAT IT SAID THAT VDOT WAS UNABLE TO, LET ME FIND IT AGAIN. VDOT WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE PACKET WHETHER SUFFICIENT ENTRANCES ARE IN PLACE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED ACCESS FOR THE EVENT. RIGHT. AND AFTER THAT WAS WRITTEN, I DO HAVE A LETTER FROM VDOT, UM, SAYING THAT WE COMPLIED TO ALL THEIR CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF OUR GRADES. MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, ABOUT SIGNAGE COMING TO AND FROM THE EVENT. HAVE YOU WORKED WITH VDOT TO GET APPROVAL FOR OH YEAH. WE DEFINITELY, LAST YEAR WE WORKED WITH VDOT. WE, WE DID HAVE MESSAGE BOARDS LAST WEEK. WE GOT THE PERMITS FROM VDOT TO DO THAT, UH, WHICH WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO. I HAD COMPLAINTS FROM LOCAL FARMERS THAT SIGNS WERE DUG AND PLANTED IN THEIR FIELDS. YEAH. AND WHEN THEY CONFRONTED YOUR FOLKS, THEY THEY WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS IN A VDOT RIGHT OF WAY AND NOT ON THEIR PROPERTY? WELL, I, I CAN'T ADDRESS THAT, BUT WE WOULD GET PERMISSION FROM ANY LANDOWNER AND AS I SAID, WE GOT THE PERMISSION FOR THE VDOT TO PUT UP THE MESSAGE BOARDS. AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION MM-HMM . UM, AND THAT IS REFERENCE TO LAST YEAR'S BILL FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. IT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS STILL OUTSTANDING TO DATE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PAID OR YOU PAID IT TODAY OR THE SHIFT MM-HMM . BUT YOUR PLAN PAY IT. RIGHT. HE'S GETTING READY TO PAY THAT, THAT WILL BE PAID THIS WEEK. OKAY. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. YEAH. I JUST, UM, YEAH, THE, UH, THE PERSON SAID BE PAID THIS WEEK. YES. YEAH. BUT, UM, OF COURSE KNOWING THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS COMING UP, UM, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN. EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THAT, THAT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. IT WAS LAST YEAR. YES, IT HAS. LAST YEAR WE, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. SO, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, DISAPPROVED THIS AT THIS TIME. UM, I JUST THINK THAT, UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A LONG TIME. THAT WAS SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. YES. IT HAS. WE AND, UM, UM, SO THAT, UM, IT'S A CONCERN. YES. AND THEN NOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH DOING MORE AND THINGS HAVE, UM, ARE NOT, UM, PAID OR THAT THINGS ARE NOT DONE FROM LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S THE QUESTIONS WE GET. SO WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO HONOR THOSE AND LISTEN TO, UH, THE CONCERNS I UNDERSTAND OF THE CI OF THE CITIZENS AND I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID, BUT, UM, THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK WE, WE ARE NOT SURE THAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY HAPPEN THIS WEEK. I MEAN, YOU, I KNOW THEY SAID THAT, BUT WE, UM, I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN EVEN BETTER IF YOU HAD SOMETHING IN WRITING SAYING IT WAS PAID AND BEFORE YOU CAME TO THE BOARD MEETING. I MEAN, IT WAS ENOUGH TIME TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND GET THAT PAID BEFORE, UM, TONIGHT. I UNDERSTAND. ALRIGHT. UM, SO AT THIS TIME WE HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE ROY BRYANT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. I GOOD EVENING. I, I AM ROY BRYANT AND I AM, UH, A VOLUNTEER WITH FIELD DAY OF THE PAST. UM, PRIMARY AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY IS GROUNDS MAINTENANCE AND MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF MAKING THE PLACE LOOK AS IT NEEDS TO LOOK. UH, CERTAINLY WE REQUEST, UM, APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED AND THAT, UH, CERTAINLY CAUSES CONCERN. WE HAVE, WE HAVE WRESTLED WITH THOSE CONCERNS, BUT WE, WE CERTAINLY RECOMMEND OR REQUEST RESPECTFULLY THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE OUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THAT THE, UM, ORGANIZATION IS IN A POSITION TO RECTIFY THE SITUATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, PARTICULAR CONCERNING THAT MATTER THAT, UM, WE'RE SPOKEN ABOUT, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE NONPAYMENT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. NO QUESTION. THANK NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MELINDA GAMON, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. UH, AT THIS TIME, BOARD MEMBERS OR AT THIS TIME, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I THINK MADAM CHAIR, MY BIGGEST CONCERNS, UM, UH, WE'VE GOT CONDITIONS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS EVENT [02:00:01] AT ONE TIME WAS A HUGE EVENT AND, UH, I KNOW IT'S GOTTEN SMALLER, UM, OVER THE YEARS AND NOW THEY'VE MOVED IT TO DENWOODY LAST YEAR. UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CONDITIONS, BUT, UM, IT'S GONNA PUT STRESS ON COUNTY RESOURCES WITH FIRE AND EMS AND I KNOW THEY'VE GOT TO WORK WITH, UM, COUNTY OFFICIALS TO, TO MAKE ALL THAT WORK. AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME, SOME HICCUPS LAST YEAR WITH, UM, WITH GETTING THAT DONE AND WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING, UM, OTHER THAN BEING THERE AND DOING THEIR JOB, IF, IF THEY'RE REQUESTED TO DO IT AND THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO PAY FOR, FOR THOSE SERVICES, JUST LIKE, UH, ANY OTHER VENDOR THAT, UM, LIKE VIRGINIA MOTOR SPORTS PARK OR, OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT, THAT HAS AN EVENT THAT USES COUNTY STAFF. SO THAT'S A BIG CONCERN. AND THEN WHEN I HEAR THERE'S AN INVOICE THAT STILL HADN'T BEEN PAID THAT, THAT'S A CONCERN. UM, HORSE TRAIL ROAD, PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE NARROWEST DIRT ROAD IN, IN DENWOODY COUNTY. UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY MOVED BRINGING PEOPLE IN OFF OF THE WESTERN MOST END OF HORSE TRAIL ALL THE WAY AROUND TO WHAT'S THE BROWNS, BROWNS ROAD TWO, TWO HORSE TRAIL. UM, THAT WAY TO GET PEOPLE IN SAFELY. UM, I JUST, IT'S A BAD LOCATION. I, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY TRIED TO TAKE A BAD SITUATION AND, AND MAKE IT WORKABLE AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY SECEDED AT IT. SO, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? I AGREE WITH THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, WHEN I, IF I KNEW I WAS COMING TO GET ZONING IN APPROVED AND I OWED, I DON'T THINK I WOULD COME . SO IF, IF I WANT SOMETHING BAD ENOUGH, I'M GONNA BE READY WHEN I COME TO, TO PRESENT MY CASE AS POSITIVE. SO, UM, I'LL READ THE, UH, RESOLUTION BE RESOLVED IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2286 A THREE AND SEVEN AND ZONING, UH, ORDINANCE SECTIONS 22 DASH 22 AND 22 DASH TWO. IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED TO FULFILL REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, AND GENERAL WELFARE AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICES. I MOVE THAT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST C DASH 26 4 HAS VENTED PRESENTED B DISAPPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS ASSURANCE OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTENT, PURPOSE, AND DESIGN OF THE DENVER COUNTY'S ZONING CODE. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. UH, [13.D. Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments, Case A-26-2, Related To Manufactured Homes And Single Family Dwelling Orientation Of Lots.] NOW WE ARE MOVING TO, UH, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, TAX AMENDMENTS RELATED TO MANUFACTURING HOMES AND SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ORIENTATION OF LOTS. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, MR. MASSENGILL, I'M HERE TO PRESENT AMENDMENT 26 DASH TWO. UM, THIS IS RELATED TO MANUFACTURED HOME AND, UH, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING, UH, ORIENTATION LOTS. UH, THIS IS A RESPONSE TO HOUSE BILL 6 55, WHICH IS REGARDING THE ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE A MANUFACTURED HOUSING IS REQUIRED TO BE PERMITTED. UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE ATTACHED ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO COMPLY WITH THIS NEW LEGISLATION. UM, THIS INCLUDES ADDING MANUFACTURED HOUSING AS A PERMITTED USE IN RR R ONE, R ONE, R ONE A, R TWO RU AND PRD, UM, WITH THE, UH, QUALIFYING CRITERIA, UM, THAT THE STATE SET FORTH IN THE LEGISLATION. UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE, UH, FOR YOUR [02:05:01] CONSIDERATION THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS. THIS IS REGARDING, UH, A HOMES ORIENTATION ON A LOT AS IT RE AS IT, UH, REGARDS TO THE FRONT DOOR AND THE STREET. UM, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE AND . UM, SO MATT, BASICALLY THIS SAYS WE HAVE TO ALLOW MOBILE HOMES IN ANY OF THOSE, UM, ONES THAT YOU JUST LISTED. YES. WE HAVE TO ALLOW MANUFACTURED HOMES IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT WHERE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE, ARE ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. UM, HOWEVER, THEY WON'T BE MOBILE. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO, UM, TO BE, TO BE CONVERTED TO REAL PROPERTY. OKAY. AND THIS WAS BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT STATE DID THIS LAST? YES, IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, HOUSE BILL 6 55. THANK THEM FOR THAT. . YEAH. OKAY. UM, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MM-HMM I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? MADAM CHAIR? YES. WHERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE? 15.22285 AND 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 6. THE BEN COUNTY PLANT. I'M IN THE WRONG PLACE. ALRIGHT, LET'S, THAT'S IT THERE. OKAY. THAT'S IT. MADAM CHAIR. I BELIEVE A STATEMENT AT THE END. I BELIEVE THE STATEMENT COULD BE FIXED BY JUST REPLACING PLANNING COMMISSION WITH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADVISORS. OKAY. SO IF YOU SAY, DENWITTY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE GRID ZONING PRACTICE WARRANT CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ZONING AMENDMENT NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE DENWOODY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS A DASH 26 DASH TWO AS PRESENTED. SUB SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND [13.E. Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments, Case A-26-3, Related To Appeals Of A Decision Of The Board Of Zoning Appeals.] NOW WE HAVE THE ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS RELATED TO APPEALS OF A DECISION OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UH, PRESENTING AMENDMENT 26 DASH THREE UH, THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO HOUSE BILL 1 98 REGARDING THE APPEAL PROCESS OF A DECISION MADE BY THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE A STAT, UH, ATTACHED ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, AMENDMENTS TO COMPLY WITH AND ALIGN WITH THE NEW REGULATION. I HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALRIGHT. NO QUESTIONS. I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. ARE WE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING? MADAM CHAIR? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. AND BOARD MEMBERS MADAM CHAIR. UH, I MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CODE 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 5 AND 1580 A SEVEN DE 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 THAT DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY APPROVE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. A DASH 26 DASH THREE AS PRESENTED. SECOND. SECOND. AND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. [13.F. Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments, Case A-26-4, Related To High Energy Use Facilities.] AND NOW WE HAVE ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS RELATED TO HIGH ENERGY USE FACILITIES. THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR. UH, I'M HERE TO PRESENT AMENDMENT 26 DASH FOUR. UH, THIS IS RELATED TO HIGH ENERGY USE FACILITIES. UM, THIS AMENDMENT IS A RESPONSE TO HOUSE BILL 94. UH, REGARDING THE SITING OF HIGH ENERGY USE FACILITIES, UH, STAFF. WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE ATTACHED ZONING ORDINANCE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? [02:10:02] OKAY, NO QUESTIONS. UM, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE JUSTIN GOODMAN. GOOD EVENING MY DEAR FRIENDS. I'M JUSTIN GOODMAN, BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT AND UH, ACTUALLY IT'S CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE. NO WORRIES. I DON'T WANT TO CORRECT YOU, BUT THAT IS HOW I SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. NOW, THANKFULLY YOU HAVE FORCED THAT HAND BY THE WAY. SO I DO WANT TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS MY SON BY THE WAY. IT'S COOL. I GET FIVE MINUTES AND I'M GONNA BURN UP EVERY MINUTE OF IT. SO I WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING AND I TOLD YOU I WOULD BE BACK. IRONICALLY, LOOK WHO'S WITH ME. 'CAUSE YOU ALL SNAKES. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS BATTERY THING. SO IRONICALLY THE, WHEN I WAS HERE LAST MONTH, YOU GUYS WERE PASSING SOME SOLAR DEAL WHEN I GOT UP AND I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT, YOU MADE A POINT TO HAVE SOMEONE SAY, OH, IT'S A STATE REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE DOING. AND NOW YOU, THIS ONE IS SOME BATTERY HIGH STORAGE FACILITY ENERGY STUFF THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT MORE THAN LIKELY YOU'VE SOLD YOUR COUNTY OUT TO DATA CENTERS AND IT'S ALL PART OF THE PROJECT. AND I'M GONNA STAY RELEVANT JUST TO THIS 'CAUSE I'M GONNA GET YOU ON PUBLIC COMMENT TOO. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, NDAS ARE GONNA COME UP. LUCKILY I'VE BEEN ALL OVER, YOU KNOW, VIRGINIA, BUT YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOU KNOW YOUR CITIZENS ARE HELPING ME. SO BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES, WE JUST SAW MCCLELLAN. SHE JUST ACTUALLY POSTED SOMETHING. YOUR RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE 'CAUSE Y'ALL DEFINITELY ARE UM, WITH THIS, SHE IS GOING TO FORCE SOLAR BATTERY STORAGE ALL THIS DOWN OUR THROATS IN RURAL VIRGINIA. YOU KNOW THIS 'CAUSE IT'S PART OF THE PLAN. PROBABLY THE LONG TERM PLAN, THAT MONO PULL THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, 'CAUSE I JUST WENT TO THE UH, THE OPEN HOUSE. WHY AREN'T THEY PUTTING IT IN THE MIDDLE? THEY'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING IT TO THE LEFT. SO THEY CAN PROBABLY PUT ANOTHER ONE. THEY'RE SKATING THROUGH FEDERAL REGULATIONS BY THE WAY. AND I WOULD ASK IF THE TOTAL VOLTAGE ON ONE OF THOSE LINES AND IN THAT CORRIDOR IS OVER 7 65. WHY IS IT THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY ISN'T A 7 65? YOU NEED TO COME OVER HERE, SON. IT'S OKAY. YOU'VE BEEN HERE LONG. YOU'RE DOING GREAT. WE STILL GOT A FEW MORE MINUTES LEFT THOUGH. SO THAT'S WHAT I REALLY AM JUST CURIOUS ABOUT. WE HAVE ALL THIS DATA EXPANSION AND YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND UM, YOU KNOW, BOTTOM LINE WE'RE HIT TO THE GAME. UH, I GOTTA BE CAREFUL NOT TO GO OFF TOPIC ON THIS BATTERY STORAGE, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THE CITIZENS TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTY THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE. IT'S IRONIC THAT THEY FOUND SOMETHING TWO YEARS AGO. THEY'LL PROBABLY FIND SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. UM, BUT THIS IS, THEY'VE BEEN HENRICO, IT'S IN CHESTERFIELD, IT'S, IT'S EVERYWHERE. BOARDS HAVE SOLD THEIR SOULS TO DOMINION ENERGY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MAFIA. UM, I WOULD SHUT IT ALL DOWN. THE PRODUCT THAT THEY ARE SELLING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE ON IT IS ACTUALLY TOXIC TO HUMANS. THERE'S SCIENCE BEHIND IT. I ACTUALLY ASKED TOM IF YOUR, YOUR BOARD WOULD ALLOW A 100% EXPERT WHO HAS TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS TO COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, DISSECT A REPORT. YOU'RE GONNA LET ME KEEP GOING. SO THERE'S A DOMINION REPORT THAT YOU GUYS HID FROM YOUR PEOPLE AND I OFFERED HER TO COME DOWN FROM BETHESDA, MARYLAND. SHE'S ALL OVER FACEBOOK. THEOD SKARA, SHE'S PROBABLY WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW. AND UM, NO ONE CALLED ME BACK TO SCHEDULE THAT SPECIAL SESSION. SAME THING WITH CHESTERFIELD. THE REASON WHY IS YOU WANT TO HIDE THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY HAVE NDAS, YOU PROBABLY HAVE GOLF CLUB. NAH, YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR HEAD ALL THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO AND QUOTE, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET IN THE DATA. SO, UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY I THINK REPORTED FROM A PLANNING COMMISSION OR SOME MEETING. YOU KNOW, ONE OF YOU SITTING UP THERE IS QUOTED AT UH, NOTHING BUT CROOKS. THERE'S NO WAY THAT I WOULD PASS THIS. EVERYONE NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING ABOUT DOMINION ENERGY. FOLLOW THE TRANSMISSION LINE CORRIDOR. ANYTHING NEAR THE TRANSMISSION LINE CORRIDOR IS PRIMED FOR DATA CENTER EXPANSION. THEY'RE GONNA DO IT. THEY'RE GONNA PUT SUBSTATIONS, CHESTERFIELD JUST APPROVAL WHILE WE'RE SITTING HERE. A HUMONGOUS 5,000 OR 500,000 VOLT SUBSTATION RIGHT NEXT TO HOMES. 40 FEET AWAY. PROFITS OVER PEOPLE. SIX SEPER. TYRA, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE THE REST OF MY TIME 'CAUSE I'M GONNA EAT YOU ALL UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M GONNA GIVE THE REST OF MY TIME TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ROB CHEATED AND ACTUALLY KILLED FROM CROOKED COUNTY ADMINISTRATIONS. THANK YOU. [02:15:08] AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOT THIS. I'M A PLANTER. YOU CAN BE ONE TOO. 'CAUSE SAVING THE PLANET IS THE THING TO DO. LOOTERS AND POLLUTERS ARE NOT THE WAY. LET'S HEAR WHAT CAPTAIN PLANET HAS TO SAY. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, MY GENERATION IS RISING UP. WE ARE HIT THAT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS WORSE THAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ALL Y'ALL CROOKS, GOD BLESS YOU. SIX IN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OVER. ROBIN, GOD, COME ON. AND I, UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. RIGHT CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING, UH, BOARD MEMBERS. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, ANYTHING? MADAM CHILD, WE IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE 15.22285 AND 15.22286 THE DENWOODY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THE OPINION, UM, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE DENWOODY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY APPROVE ZONING. ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 8 26 4 AS PRESENTED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU ALL. NEW BUSINESS. OKAY. UH, [14.A. Appointments] AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UM, APPOINTMENTS OWE NEW BUSINESS. FIRST MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A, A NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE, UH, CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT, METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT MR. DOOLEY, UH, TO BE ON THE MPO. HIS, UH, TERM WILL BE ENDING IN 2027. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY ABSTAIN. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. THREE AYES. ONE ABSTAIN. THANK YOU. AND MADAM CHAIR AT THE, THE LAST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING THE GATEWAY JUSTICE SERVICE COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD, WE MADE APPOINTMENTS. THE APPOINTMENTS WERE FOR THE HONORABLE CHERYL WILSON, JUDGE OF JD AND R COURT, THE HONORABLE KENNETH A BLAYLOCK JUDGE, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT, THE HONORABLE AMANDA NICOLE MANN, COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY WILLIAM KNOTT, MAJOR DIMITY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. RODNEY JACOBS, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MEHERON RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY. BRENT WRIGHT, MAJOR MEHERON RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY. MYSELF AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND NICOLE LOVING AS DIRECTOR, YOU'VE MADE THOSE APPOINTMENTS. WE JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT APPOINTMENT IS TO RUN UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2027. SO WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT, THAT, UH, DATE OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2027 FOR CLARITY. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. UM, LET'S SEE. AT THIS [15. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES) ] TIME WE HAVE, UM, CITIZEN COMMENTS. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DE DESIRES TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON MATTERS THAT ARE NOT LISTED UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS MEETING. IT IS FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD IS PROVIDED. THIS TIME IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD, NOR IS IT A TIME FOR DIALOGUE WITH BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF CITIZENS WHO DO PART, TAKE PART IN THIS COMMENT PERIOD MUST ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH DECORUM LOUD, DISRUPTIVE, OR AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR TO INCLUDE. OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE SHALL BE AVOIDED. AVOID WORDS OR ACTS THAT ARE AIMED AT EVOKING VIOLENCE OR CAN BE DEEMED TO BE A BREACH OF THE PEACE. LASTLY, DIRECT ALL COMMENTS TO THE BOARD'S CHAIR. UM, KAISHA BEFORE WE START, UM, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAS A COMMENT. YEAH. UM, EARLIER TODAY, UM, I ASKED MS. E BONNER IF I COULD JUST MAKE A, A, A COUPLE COMMENTS. UM, FIRST LET ME JUST SAY I WANNA WELCOME EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. AND I I WANT TO THANK YOU, THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR, FOR SHOWING UP LIKE MANY IN THE ROOM HERE TONIGHT. [02:20:01] I, I HAVE CALLED DENWITTY COUNTY MY HOME NEARLY MY ENTIRE LIFE. UM, MY DAD WAS A STATE TROOPER AND WE MOVED TO DIM WITTY COUNTY, UH, WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. SO FOR 47 YEARS IT'S BEEN HOME, UM, A PLACE THAT I'VE CHOSEN TO BE, AGAIN SINCE 19, I MEAN 1979. UM, I JUST, I WANNA PERSONALLY TELL YOU THAT NO ONE ON THIS BENCH DECIDED TO GET INTO THIS PROFESSION, OR EVEN ME AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. UM, TO MAKE LIFE DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE. PLEASE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENT IS LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. ALL OF THEM, OUR JOBS AND OUR POSITIONS, UM, IS TO PROVIDE GOVERNMENT SERVICES. AND WE TRY TO DO THAT WITH THE UTMOST OF PROFESSIONALISM EACH AND EVERY DAY. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THOSE THAT SUPPORT US AND THOSE THAT DON'T. OUR JOB IS TO SERVE. WHETHER THAT'S K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION, WHETHER THAT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHETHER THAT'S OUR FIRE AND EMS STAFF, WHETHER IT'S WASTE MANAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE OR THE, THE MANY SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE, THE COURTS, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PLAINLY STATED, WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAME OUT TO SPEAK AND TO REALLY ASSIST THE COMMUNITY. NO ONE GOT INTO THIS JOB TO TRY TO DESTROY IT. LEMME TURN A LITTLE TO THE, THE DATA CENTER APPLICATION AT WHITE OAK AND CLAYBURN ROAD. AND I, I KNOW UPFRONT IT HAS CONJURED UP A GREAT DEAL OF EMOTION. UM, I'VE SEEN IT. I THANK YOU FOR THE MANY PHONE CALLS THAT I'VE RECEIVED. UM, EVEN SOME OF THE VISITS THAT I'VE GOTTEN, THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS ACROSS THE STREET. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FROM MY CHILDHOOD HOME. UM, IT WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN. I SEE SOME OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS THAT I GREW UP WITH HERE. WE WOULD GET ON OUR BIKES AND RIDE THROUGH DME ESTATES. I COULD TELL YOU ALMOST EVERY NEIGHBOR BY NAME, WE PLAYED TOGETHER. WE BUILT FORTS TOGETHER, UM, ALL WENT ALL THE WAY TO DENE HIGH SCHOOL ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. UM, TO SAY THAT THIS AREA MEANS SOMETHING TO ME WOULD BE A, A SHORT SIGHTING. GRADUATED ALL THE WAY TO DENE HIGH SCHOOL ON THIS PROPERTY. AND AGAIN, I I CALL IT MY HOME PLACE. UM, AS LIFE WOULD HAVE IT, I, I MOVED FOUR TIMES IN MY LIFE. UH, ALL OF THE FOUR TIMES WE'RE INWOOD COUNTY TO DIFFERENT PLACES. UM, I'VE, I'VE GOT A TRUE LIFE STORY IN THE FACT THAT I MET MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEET SWEETHEART IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WE DECIDED TO, EVEN AFTER MOVING THREE OR FOUR TIMES, WE DECIDED TO, TO LOCATE IRONICALLY, 2.3 MILES FROM WHERE I GREW UP ON CLAYBURN ROAD. AND WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS. UM, AFTER DOING ALL THE OTHER THINGS I DID IN MY LIFE PROFESSIONALLY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK HOME IN 2002 TO SERVE, UM, MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM. AND I, I, I CAN LOOK AT YOU AND YOU KNEW MY DAD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY DAD TAUGHT ME WAS THAT PUBLIC SERVICE ISN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GET TO DO. EVERY NEW EMPLOYEE THAT COMES TO DEWINE COUNTY, THEY'RE PROBABLY TIRED OF ME SAYING THAT, BUT I, I TELL EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN OBLIGATION AND PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT WE THINK IT IS, IT'S A GIFT TO SERVE. SO I WAS DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND I DID MY PROFESSIONAL BEST FROM ABOUT 2002 TO 2006 TO IMPROVE THE WAY WE WENT ABOUT DOING BUSINESS, TO FIND WAYS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY, TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES AND, AND ULTIMATELY TRY TO MAKE A, A DIFFERENCE. IN 2006, I WAS BLESSED BY THIS BOARD, A BOARD AT THAT TIME TO BECOME COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. AND OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN BLESSED TRULY TO WORK WITH A, A, A AMAZING GOOD HEARTED COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO LEAD ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED STAFF YOU'LL SEE ANYWHERE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. BUT I WANNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD ACTUALLY DOES AND, AND ME AS WELL. SO ONE OF THE FIRST ASPECTS THAT WHEN WE GET INTO THESE POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU HAVE TO TAKE AN OATH OF OFFICE. IT'S NOT JUST WORDS ON A PAPER. SO IT'S FOUR PIECES. I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AND [02:25:01] THAT I JUST LIKE MY BOARD, THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE AND PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES AND COMING UPON ME AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. SO HELP ME, GOD, THAT'S, THAT'S THE STATEMENT THAT, THAT WE ALL SIGN, TAKE AN OATH TO. IS THIS ON THE AGENDA TO LIKE, EXCUSE MANY IN THIS ROOM? EXCUSE ME, SIR. EXCUSE RESPECTFULLY, LIKE I'LL BE QUIET, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS. I YOU JUST ADD IT TO THE AGENDA. I ASKED HIM. HE IS SPEAKING RIGHT NOW. SO OFFICIALLY ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE NOT HERE TO, WE'RE NOT HERE TO HEAR HIM AND HIS POLITICAL JARGON. I I DON'T, I'M JUST CURIOUS. NO, I'M NOT. I'M JUST ASKING. I'M BE QUIET. I'M ASKING YOU JUST TO BE QUIET AND LISTEN, SIR, YOU UH, YOU HAVE YOUR TIME COMING UP OUTTA ORDER. YOU ARE HAVING YOUR TIME TO COME UP. YOU ARE OUTTA ORDER RIGHT NOW, SIR. SO WE, SO WE ARE, WE ARE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA PROCEED, SIR. PLEASE. I'LL BE PLEASE. SO, LIKE MANY IN THIS ROOM, I AM CONCERNED WITH THE APPLICATION CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I TOLD YOU I I GREW UP ACROSS THE STREET AND I PRESENTLY LIVE THERE. BUT EVEN WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE A PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATION AND SO DO THESE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. AND THAT'S TO FAITHFULLY AGAIN AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES. FAITHFULLY MEANS CONSISTENTLY AND IMPARTIALLY IS WITH FAIRNESS. I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT MOST, LIKE, LIKE ANY OTHER LAND USE DECISION, THERE'S USUALLY, IT STARTS WITH A WILLING SELLER AND A WILLING BUYER. EACH FUNDAMENTALLY HAVE THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS. HOWEVER, WHAT THEY DO ON THE PROPERTY, AND YOU SAW IT PLAY OUT TODAY, THAT'S CALLED ZONING. IF YOU DECIDE TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY IN AN AREA WHERE THE APPROPRIATE ZONING IS ALREADY IN PLACE, MEANING THE BOARD IS ALREADY SAID, YOU CAN DO IT THERE, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. YOU CAN COME IN AND PUT IN AN APPLICATION AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. WE CAN START THE PROCESS. IF YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO DO A WILLING BUYER OR WILLING SELLER WANNA DO SOMETHING ON THEIR PROPERTY THAT'S NOT ALLOWED IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, YOU HAVE TO START A PUBLIC PROCESS THAT IS EITHER TO REZONE OR GET A CONDITIONAL, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. AND YOU SAW A LOT OF THAT TODAY. IN ESSENCE, THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO DO SOMETHING IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY CONTEMPLATED OR ALLOWED. SO PLEASE KNOW THOUGH THAT THE COUNTY IS LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THE APPLICANT WITH A FAIR TRIAL. BUT REMEMBER FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY, DISCHARGE AND PERFORM, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S OUR JOB. SO I WANT YOU TO THINK OF IT LIKE A JUDGE IN A MURDER TRIAL, THE JUDGE CAN'T SAY A PERSON IS GUILTY AND SENTENCE THEM TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT REVIEWING THE CASE. EACH ONE OF US HAVE PERSONAL OPINIONS, BUT OUR JOB IS TO BE PROFESSIONAL AT THIS MOMENT. AND I KNOW FROM TALKING TO MANY OF MY NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORS AND I SEE ALL THE DATA CENTER, NO DATA CENTER SIGNS. UM, SO FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I, YOU WON'T SEE A NO DATA CENTER SIGN IN MY YARD. NOT BECAUSE OF MY PERSONAL FEELINGS, BUT BECAUSE I HAVE AN IMPARTIAL JOB TO DO. SO I WANNA GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT. 'CAUSE YOU, YOU ALL CAME TONIGHT, YOU HAD A VERY LONG MEETING. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GONNA GONNA DO. STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE APPLICATION OBJECTIVELY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER ALL THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE FROM THE APPLICANT, FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND AGAIN FROM PROFESSIONAL STAFF. THE PLANNING COMMISSION THEN RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OR DENIAL AS YOU SAW IT PLAY OUT TODAY. AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL END UP DOING THE SAME THING, LISTENING TO COMMENTS, LISTENING TO EVIDENCE, AND ALLOWING THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND THE BOARD WILL GET A FINAL DECISION. WHY HAVE WE PUBLISHED SO MUCH ABOUT THE PROCESS? BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS IMPORTANT. YOU NEED TO SHOW UP LIKE YOU HAVE TONIGHT. YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS IS CRITICAL FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD. DID THE COUNTY RECRUIT THIS PARTICULAR DATA CENTER DEVELOPER? WE'VE HAD THAT QUESTION OVER AND OVER. THE QUESTION IS, NO ANSWER IS NO. DID THE COUNTY SELECT TO DRIVE THE DEVELOPER TO THIS LOCATION? THE ANSWER IS NO. DID THE COUNTY SIGN AN NDA WITH DOMINION ENERGY OR ANYONE ELSE RELATED TO THIS PROJECT? THE ANSWER IS NO. SO WHAT DID, SO WHAT DID THE COUNTY AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DO IN 2 20 24? DATA CENTERS WERE POPPING UP ALL OVER THIS REGION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS BOARD WANTED TO DO WAS TO LOOK AT A WAY THAT IF THERE WAS GEOGRAPHICALLY A PLACE THAT A DATA CENTER COULD GO IN DE WITTY, OR IF SOMEONE DECIDED TO PUT AN APPLICATION IN, WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO THAT? THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ORDINANCE, UH, WAS DISCUSSED IN A MEETING, IN THE TRAINING ROOM NEXT DOOR. AND THAT WAS THE ROOM THAT WE HAD LARGE ENOUGH TO, TO MEET INTO [02:30:01] THAT IT WASN'T TRYING TO HIDE FROM THE CAMERAS. IT WAS A PUBLIC MEETING. WE HAD PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AND IT WAS APPROPRIATELY ADVERTISED. YOU, YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IT. SOME LOCALITIES HAVE PROFESSIONAL, HAVE BENEFITED FROM FINANCIALLY MECKLENBURG COUNTY, FROM DATA CENTERS, BUT MANY HAVE NOT. AND MANY HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF PROBLEMS. BUT AS THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR HERE FOR DEWIN COUNTY, ONE THING THAT THIS BOARD LOOKS AT ME TO DO IS TO TRY TO FIND WAYS, AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF OPPORTUNITY CAME, NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS IT, BUT AT LEAST THAT WE WOULD HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE TO DO THAT. ALL THAT BEING SAID, STAFF NOR I EVER DIRECTED THE APPLICANT TO THIS LOCATION, AND AGAIN, THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY ZONE, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WOULD TELL YOU THIS TO, IS ACTUALLY MORE RESTRICTIVE BECAUSE IT GIVES THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IF YOU DON'T GET IT RIGHT TO SAY NO, AND IF THEY DO GET IT RIGHT, THEY CAN SAY YES DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT LOCATION MAY BE. SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I KNOW THAT, THAT THE, THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, MANY OF WHICH I'VE TALKED TO, ARE CONCERNED. THEY'RE ANGRY, THEY'RE AFRAID. BUT AGAIN, I WANT YOU TO STAY ENGAGED. I WANT YOU TO STUDY THE CASE. I WANT YOU TO SPEAK PASSIONATELY ABOUT WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN. I JUST SIMPLY ASK THAT THAT PASSION NOT TURN INTO UNPROFESSIONAL OR UGLY COMMENTS. UM, I WILL TELL YOU, THE BOARD LISTENS A LOT TO WHAT THE CITIZEN COMMENTS HAVE TO SAY. LEMME FINALLY GIVE YOU A SENSE OF EXPECTATION AND TIMING. UM, STAFF IS PRESENTLY REVIEWING THE APPLICATION, WHICH HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE. THAT APPLICATION IS, IS FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE AND IT TAKES STAFF, NOT JUST DE MANY COUNTY PLANNING STAFF, BUT A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WILL REVIEW THIS APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IT'S COMPLETE AFTER THEIR REVIEW IS COMPLETE AND AN APPLICATION IS CONSIDERED THAT WAY, IT THEN GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ME TALKING TO STAFF. THAT MIGHT NOT BE UNTIL, UM, MARK, I THINK YOU INDICATED IT MIGHT BE SEPTEMBER, MAYBE EVEN OCTOBER BEFORE IT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AGAIN, STAFF HAS TO MAKE A PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THAT. SO THAT MEANS ONCE IT GETS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BASED ON THE, THE SIZE OF THIS CASE AND THE PUBLIC INPUT, IT MAY TAKE MORE THAN ONE MEETING. SO IT, IT COULD TAKE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, MAYBE EVEN NOVEMBER, THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I'M JUST TRYING TO SET YOUR EXPECTATION OF HOW LONG THAT THIS CASE MAY, MAY CARRY OUT. SO, MADAM CHAIR, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. UM, I KNOW THIS ISN'T A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. UM, AT THIS TIME, CITIZEN COMMENTS? YES, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE KEVIN BARNHOUSE, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. UH, GOOD EVENING TO Y'ALL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I DIDN'T MOVE INTO THE COUNTY TO MOVE INTO NEXT TO A DAY DATA CENTER. I MEAN, I KNEW THE DRAG STRIP WAS WHERE IT IS, WHERE I LIVE IN RELATION TO WHERE I LIVE. A COUPLE OF YOU KNOW ME AND KNOW WHERE I LIVE. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF I DIDN'T FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. UM, I WOULD WONDER HOW IS THIS GONNA BENEFIT ME? IF THIS WAS TO MOVE FORWARD, IS IT GONNA BE, AM I GONNA HAVE TRASH PICKUP? AM AM AM I GONNA HAVE COUNTY WATER AT MY HOUSE? AM ARE MY KIDS? IS THE SCHOOL GONNA BE, UH, RENOVATED BECAUSE OF THAT? BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE VALUE OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET FROM THIS? UM, I, I, I'VE, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT YET TO REALLY SPEAK ABOUT IT. I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. UM, AND I TELL YOU, I, IF I'M LIKE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTY, IF YOU COME DOWN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS, I THINK IT WILL BE A CAREER ENDER FOR YOU, TO BE HONEST. I MEAN, I'M NOT, I I I I'M NOT, I'M NOT DOING THIS FOR THEIR APPLAUSE. AND I'M NOT DOING THIS TO PUMP ANYBODY UP. I'M DOING THIS 'CAUSE I, I WANNA SEE THE COUNTY MOVE FORWARD. I WANT TO HAVE A NEW RESTAURANT. I WANT TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A SHOPPING CENTER OR THAT KIND OF THING. I'M NOT SAYING THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THE DATA CENTER IS A NO GO. BUT I, I THINK THAT THE LOCATION THAT Y'ALL, THAT THAT IS BEING CHOSEN RIGHT NOW IS A NO GO. IT IS, [02:35:01] FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T HAVE A, HAVE IT OUT INTO THE COUNTY WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PLENTY OF PROPERTY AND NOBODY AROUND IT TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. IF THAT WAS TO CASE. BUT I'M SAYING WHERE YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING IT, HOW IT, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVE, THERE IS A LOT OF NEGATIVE PRESS ABOUT DATA CENTERS RIGHT NOW, AND I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THESE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT MY KIDS OR MY GRANDKIDS OR HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE WATER IN THE COUNTY. I MEAN, WHERE IS THE WATER COMING FROM? IS IT GONNA BE, IS IT GONNA BE PUBLIC WATER? IS IT GONNA BE PULL IT FROM THE GROUND? THEY GONNA PULL THE SAME WATER THAT I'M USING OUTTA THE GROUND, AND WHERE IS IT GOING WHEN THEY USE IT? I MEAN, IS THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENTAL, YOU KNOW, ISSUES WITH THAT? UM, THERE'S A LOT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SURE. UH, AND, UH, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT ELSE TO SAY. UM, I, I, I WOULD SAY I'M COUNTING ON YOU GUYS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I MEAN, AND IF YOU CAN'T, I'M GONNA BE PUSHING HARD FOR YOU TO BE GONE. PATRICK ELLIOT, UH, GOOD EVENING AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS PATRICK ELLIOT AND I'M A RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER HERE IN THE COUNTY. I REALIZE A VOTE IS NOT BEING HELD AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, I ASK THAT WHEN ONE IS CALLED THE BOARD, THE BOARD VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED HAVEN OAK TECHNOLOGY PARK DATA CENTER PROJECT. OUR REASONS FOR THIS OPPOSITION ARE AS FOLLOWS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS ADJACENT TO KNOWN CIVIL WAR EARTHWORKS. THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR DESERVES TO BE PRESERVED AND REM REMEMBERED NOT DEMOLISHED FOR COMMERCIAL INTEREST. DATA CENTERS ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS. RISING UTILITY COST, ELECTRICITY RATES. DATA CENTERS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE LOCAL ELECTRICITY DEMAND LEADING TO HIGHER UTILITY BILLS FOR RESIDENTS. VIRGINIA IS ALREADY AT A POWER DEFICIT, MEANING IT USES MORE POWER THAN IT GENERATES. EACH DATA CENTER APPROVED AND BUILT MAKES THIS PROBLEM WORSE. WATER USAGE DATA CENTERS REQUIRE VAST AMOUNTS OF WATER COOLING, WHICH CAN LEAD TO SHORTAGES. THIS HIGH WATER DEMAND CAN DISRUPT LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS AND CONTRIBUTE TO WATER CONTAMINATION. ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, UNFULFILLED PROMISES. MANY DATA CENTERS PROMISE, JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT OFTEN FAIL TO DELIVER ANY MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND LASTLY, IMPACT PROPERTY VALUES. I OPPOSE THIS DATA CENTER PROJECT 'CAUSE IT HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT LAND AND HOME VALUES ACROSS MUCH OF COUNTY. I THANK THE BOARD FOR ITS TIME AND, AND AGAIN, ASK THE BOARD, UH, WHEN THE TIME COMES TO VOTE NO ON THE HAVEN OAK, UH, TECHNOLOGY PARK DATA CENTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEATHER ERMAN. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO USE MY ALLOWED TIME TO OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF THE VICTIMS WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED, LIED TO, IGNORED, OR SILENCED BY CORRUPT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THIS MOMENT IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN UP, SEEKING TRUTH, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. ONLY TO FEEL UNHEARD OR DISMISSED. MAY WE REFLECT ON THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH PUBLIC OFFICE. AND REMEMBER THAT GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND TRANSPARENCY MAY THIS MOMENT ALSO INSPIRE US TO PURSUE TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [02:41:26] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUSTIN GOODMAN. HM. MY NAME WAS NOT PROPERLY CALLED. I NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE JUSTICE EXHIBIT. THAT'S NOT A JOKE. I'M SERIOUS. I, SO BEFORE MY TIME SPOKE, CAN YOU PLEASE ADDRESS ME THE WAY I'M, I MEAN, I'M REALLY, I'M GONNA GIVE MY THOUSAND VOTES AND GET ON THIS BALLOT. SO, MR. GOODWIN, CAN YOU, MR. GOODWIN, CAN YOU COME FORTH PLEASE? AND THAT THAT'S A SEPARATE THING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. THAT'S OKAY. WE LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, BUT KNOW THAT, THAT THAT'S SEPARATE PERSONAL, SIR. THAT'S OKAY. NO, THAT'S NOT. THANK YOU. LEGIT THANK YOU'S. LEGIT. I WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW, AS Y'ALL KNOW, JUSTIN GOODMAN 15 2 0 1 JAMES RIVER DRIVE IN PRINCE GEORGE. Y'ALL MADE THE BIG MISTAKE OF INVITING MY FAMILY TO YOUR FACILITY. ONCE YOU DID THAT, YOU HAD A DUTY AND OBLIGATION TO PROTECT US AND YOU FAILED. IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT DOMINION DID WHAT THEY DID. YOU ARE A YEAR, SORRY. THERE WAS SOMEONE UP THERE WHO'S A CAREER POLITICIAN AND WHEN THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTH, YOU JUST KNOW THAT EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF IT IS A LIE. YOU DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE SAY HERE. 'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T CARED WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU. WE COULD HAVE HANDLED THIS WAY BEFORE. IT ACTUALLY COULD HAVE BEEN ME AND YOU AGAINST DOMINION. BUT AS YOU CAREFULLY SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE AN NDA WITH DOMINION WITH THIS PROJECT. BUT I BET YOU DO WITH ANOTHER PROJECT. AND GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU JUST SAT THERE AND WERE ABLE TO GET 10 MINUTES OR WHATEVER YOU ALLOTTED HIM. I'M GONNA FIND OUT FOR SURE IF THAT VIOLATED RULES WITH THAT. I WAS UP HERE GOING OFF THE ELECTRICAL MEDICAL DEVICES THAT MALFUNCTION IN TRANSMISSION LINES. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF SAYING IT FOR PUBLIC RECORD AND YOU CUT ME OFF. BE IT, YOU GET DISH SCHMUCK THE TIME. THAT IS OUR TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT IS DISRESPECTFUL. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? NONE OF Y'ALL CARE ABOUT US. YOU'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS DATA CENTER. IT'S GONNA PASS BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT BY THE TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR. I WAS JUST AT A BIG TALK OF DOMINION. RAH, RAH RAH. CITIZENS NEED TO LOOK IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE NEAR THE TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR AND THERE IS BIG CHUNKS OF LAND, ALL OF THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO. WE MUST STAND UNITED AGAINST TYRANNY AND ALWAYS SHAPES AND FORM. AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE SOLD US OUT. ALL OF US. IT'S NOT JUST IU, IT'S PRINCE GEORGE. UH, IT'S HENRICO, IT'S CHESTERFIELD, IT'S ALL OF US. SO THE BIGGEST THING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALMOST, UH, AT A TURNING POINT HERE. ELECTION SEASON IS UPON US. I ASSURE YOU, IF YOU GUYS CONTINUE AND YOU LIKE VOTE NO, YOU DEFINITELY ARE GONE. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IN IN ME, I'D RECALL ALL Y'ALL, Y'ALL WOULD BE, I WOULD BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO RECALL ALL OF THEM. SPECIAL ELECTION. ALL Y'ALL NEED TO BE GONE. THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR UP IN CHESTERFIELD, $400,000 SALARY. NO WONDER HE DIDN'T DO S**T TO PROTECT HIS PEOPLE. WHAT THE LANGUAGE SIR. MISS DUMP. HEY, FIRST AMENDMENT. FIRST AMENDMENT. I'M ALLOWED TO USE THAT. JUST WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE. HEY. OH NO, YOU DO NOT. TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND I CANNOT SAY NOT PROF, NOT PROFANITY, SIR. NO PROFANITY. IT IS FIRST ATTEMPT. SHE IS TRYING TO CONTROL MY LANGUAGE. MR. SOUTHALL, YOU BETTER GET CONTROL OF HER. I CAN USE PROFANITY. [02:45:01] THANK YOU. SO, YES, 100%. DON'T DO THAT AGAIN. AND I'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK. AND I MAY HAVE A FULL RAN OF PROFANITY ON Y'ALL. THEN WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU HAD A REPORT. I CAME TO YOU, YOU DID NOT TELL YOUR CITIZENS PUBLICLY OTHER THAN WE GOT A, YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE REPORT WAS MADE. THEN YOU GET THE REPORT. YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT SO YOUR PEOPLE COULD READ IT. I REALLY HOPE YOU HAVE LOW ATTENDANCE OVER FOR SOCCER AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND YOU SAID IT'S THE PARENT'S PREROGATIVE. IF THEY SIGN THEM UP, GUESS WHAT? HOW IF THEY DON'T KNOW, IF THEY DON'T KNOW. AND THEN CHESTERFIELD THE SAME WAY. IT'S ALL A PERPETUAL LIE. YOU CAN SMIRK ALL DAY LONG. YOUR TIME IS UP. I GOT TWO MINUTES. FIRST AMENDMENT. YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO SAY. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE? SAMANTHA ELLIS, THIS IS WHY I'M RUNNING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY COMMENTS ARE SHORT AND SWEET. I KNEW THERE WOULD BE OTHER COMMENTS. I'M JUST HERE TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO A DATA CENTER COMING TO DINWITTY COUNTY. UM, I, LIKE MANY OTHER CITIZENS, LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS, ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, UM, AND POSSIBLY ALREADY DECIDED SINCE NOVEMBER, 2024. DON'T KNOW. I NEED TO LOOK INTO IT. UM, BUT THINGS, YOU KNOW, DONE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN REGARD TO DATA CENTERS AND REZONING AND CHANGES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, THE CITIZENS WILL CONTINUE TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS NOW AND, AND AT FUTURE MEETINGS ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FUTURE MEETINGS. PEGGY, JESSICA CALLAWAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JESSICA CALLOWAY. I AM A RESIDENT, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DENEE COUNTY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN CARSON, VIRGINIA. I AM A 2006 GRADUATE HERE. I WORKED HERE FOR THE COUNTY AS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER FROM 2013 UNTIL 2019. AND ME, MY PARTNER AND MY THREE CHILDREN ALL RESIDE IN THE COUNTY AT 85 10 CLAYBURN ROAD, WHICH IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CLAYBURN AND WHITE OAK. FOR ANYONE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER, WHEN I LOOK OUT OF MY BACK DOOR FROM MY RECLINER CHAIR, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SEE WOULD BE THE DATA CENTER. IT'S NOT ONE BUILDING, IT'S 10 ON THEIR PROPOSAL. UM, IT WOULD ENCOMPASS THE 986.9 ACRES. UM, NATURALLY WHEN I SAW IT POSTED, I WAS CONCERNED. UM, I DO NOT WANNA SEE A DATA CENTER. I'M NOT SAYING THAT NECESSARILY WE COULDN'T CONVERSATE DOWN THE ROAD, BUT AT THIS POINT, NO, YOU WANT TO PUT IT, THEY WANT TO PUT IT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYONE'S HOUSES. I DON'T WANNA LOOK AT IT. I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE CONSTRUCTION PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION FOR THE DATA CENTER. WHAT MOST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM DON'T KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING NONSTOP PROBLEMS WITH THAT PROPERTY ITSELF SINCE LEWIS HUNT CLUB STOPPED LEASING IT. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRESPASSING. THEY HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY SHOOTING TOWARDS MY HOME, TOWARDS OTHER RESIDENT'S HOME WITH ARS AKS. NINE MILLIMETERS ARE COMING IN ALL HOURS A DAY, ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT. ME AND MY OTHER HALF, MUCH LIKE MR. LEE SAID IN THE FIREARMS, UH, MEETING WAS THAT TO BE NEIGHBORLY, WE ARE NEIGHBORLY. I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS PEOPLE ON CLAYBURN ROAD. SO WE CONTINUE TO CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EACH AND EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND NO ONE WAS TRESPASSED. PEOPLE CONTINUED TO COME BACK THERE. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET SOMEONE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE LANDOWNER. WHO IS THE PERSON LISTED AS ON MR. BILL RIDGE? AND I SPOKE WITH HIM PRIOR TO FINDING ALL OF THIS OUT. WE OFFERED TO POST HIS PROPERTY IN GOOD FAITH AS A NEIGHBOR SHOULD. AND WE HAVE DONE THAT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND BE NEIGHBORLY AND LOOK AFTER THAT PROPERTY AS IF IT WERE OUR OWN. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IF IF IT PASSES, WE WILL SELL. THAT IS FULL TRANSPARENCY. I WILL NOT WE AND WE WON'T BUY ANOTHER HOUSE HERE IN THE COUNTY. I'D HATE FOR IT TO COME TO THAT. BUT I, I DON'T WANT A DATA CENTER IN MY BACKYARD. MY NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT A DATA CENTER. I CREATED THE ONLINE PETITION THAT I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN. AND AS OF PRIOR TO ME WALKING IN THE DOOR, WE HAVE 1043 ONLINE [02:50:01] SIGNATURES IN PERSON ON SATURDAY. I SAT AT SLIP IN FROM EIGHT UNTIL THREE AND 206 IN-PERSON PETITION WERE SIGNED. UM, I NATURALLY HOPE THAT WE MOVING FORWARD, MAYBE WE COULD BE LIKE SOUTH HAMPTON AND SPEAK WITH OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY IN REGARDS TO MAKING ORDINANCES SO THAT THEY CANNOT COME HERE TO THIS COUNTY. I KNOW THE MONEY LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER, BUT NOT FOR RURAL DE WITTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BILLY CLARY JONES. HELLO. HI. HELLO, MY NAME IS BILLY CLARY. I AM THE DAUGHTER OF MARY CLARY. I AM THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF ROBERT LEE CLARY AND RUBY MARIE PETERS CLARY ALL NATIVE RESIDENTS OF DENWITTY COUNTY FROM DENWITTY TO EZINE, DEWITT TO NORTH DENWITTY. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE. I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY WHEN YOU GUYS TALK, YOU SAY THAT YOUR JOB IS TO LISTEN TO US. LISTEN IS A VERY PASSIVE THING. IT IT HAS NO ACTION. THERE'S NO RESOLUTION TO LISTENING. YOUR DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BASED OFF OF THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU REPRESENT. IT'S NOT OFF OF FEELINGS. FEELINGS. YEAH, I DON'T WANT THIS. I DON'T LIKE THIS. I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYBODY'S FEELINGS IN THIS ROOM. WHAT THE REALITY IS HAVE WHAT THE REALITY IS. I FOLLOW THE FAMILIES IN WEST VIRGINIA WHO HAVE BEEN SUCCUMBED TO THE DATA CENTER'S EFFECTS THAT THEIR ENTIRE WATER LINES ARE RUINED BY THE MUD SILTY SEDIMENTS THAT ARE LEFT OF THEIR WELLS. COMPLETE WELLS ARE GONE. 20,000 HAD DUG ANOTHER ONE. BUT WHAT'S THE POINT? THERE'S NO WATER THERE. CLOSED CIRCUIT SYSTEMS. LET'S TALK ABOUT CLOSED CIRCUIT SYSTEMS IS THE BEST ONE THAT YOU COULD GET, OKAY? THEY WOULD REQUIRE THEIR OWN SUBSTATIONS. DO YOU KNOW EVEN A MEDIUM SIZED DATA CENTER COULD REQUIRE UP TO THE POWER EXPECTATIONS OF 44,000 HOMES. THEY WERE REQUIRED MULTIPLE SUBSTATIONS OF THEIR OWN TO SUPPLY THEMSELVES FROM OUR GRID. WHO PAYS FOR THAT? WE DO NOW, WE'VE ALREADY ACCEPTED THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO DEVELOP INTO THE NEW WORLD. WE CAN'T HANG ON TO OUR OLD RURAL ROOTS. WE GOTTA LET WAWA COME IN AND SHEEPS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. WHAT WE HAVE NOT AND WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO IS OUR LEADERSHIP FEELING AS IF THEIR ONLY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO LISTEN TO US. IF YOU FEEL THAT IS THE EXTENT OF WHAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO US, THEN WE ARE REQUESTING FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO FEEL THAT WAY TO RESIGN. YOU DON'T BELONG HERE. YOU DO NOT BELONG AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE. YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO SPEAK. IF YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING OUR VOICES. THAT'S PERIOD. NOW WE WILL NOT HAVE THIS DATA CENTER ANYWHERE IN DE IN DENWITTY BECAUSE NOBODY'S WELL IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER. AND WHEN ONE GOES, THE OTHER ONE GOES, WE'RE NOT GONNA COMPROMISE OUR WELL. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? YOU'RE GONNA PIPE IN CITY WATER FOR US OUT IN D WIT ON GLEBE ROAD, HUH? YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT? NO YOU'RE NOT. IT'S GONNA BE TOO LATE. BY THE TIME YOU SAY YES, THERE'S NO GOING BACK, IT'S GONE. WE WILL NOT TAKE THAT CHANCE. YOU WILL DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER BETWEEN THE FIVE OF YOU SITTING THERE. YOU WILL DO EVERYTHING TO REJECT THIS APPLICATION. OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO. AND I'M NOT EVEN SAYING THAT. I'M GONNA SAY RESPECTFULLY. OF COURSE IT'S A BUYER'S, IT'S A SELLER'S MARKET THESE DAYS. AND THANK YOU. IT'S A SELLER'S MARKET. HELP YOURSELF TO IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND RELOCATE OUT OF OUR COUNTY. 'CAUSE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE AND FEEL WELCOME EVER HERE EVER AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [02:55:02] I'M A REALTOR. I'LL SELL YOUR HOUSE FOR YOU MADAM CHAIR. ONE MORE WHITE BURST FROM HIM AND HE NEEDS TO GO. HE HAS DISRUPTED THIS MEETING LONG ENOUGH. ONE MORE WHITE BURST AND YOU CAN GO UNDERSTAND. I'M TIRED OF IT. I'M JUST TIRED OF IT. I YOU UP THERE, YOU'RE OUTTA ORDER. SIR, I AM NOT OUTTA ORDER. I HAD, I ASKED THE, UM, CHAIRMAN FOR PERMISSION TO SPEAK. YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT DISRUPT THIS MEETING FROM START TO FINISH. AND THAT'S YOUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DISRUPT THIS MEETING. I'M SO GLAD YOUR CONSTITUENTS HERE. THE S**T COME. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND, AND WHEN MY PUBLIC COME THERE, HE HAS A CHANCE. I WILL, WILL SPEAK TERRY. I HAVE A FEW MINUTES. LET TAKE HIM OUTTA HERE. NO, NO. UH, NO SIR. I DON'T EVEN, I WOULD HOW MANY, UH, STOP, STOP THAT. I RECOMMEND YOU KEEP YOUR MIC SHUT. HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE DO WE HAVE ON THERE MADAM CHAIR? THERE'S NO ONE ELSE. NO ONE, OKAY. UH, UH, I AM GOING TO, SIR, IF YOU, YOU GONNA LISTEN OR YOU GONNA HAVE TO MOVE? YOU GONNA HAVE, HE NEEDS TO GO OUT. HE NEEDS TO GO OUT. HE NEEDS TO GO OUT. LET ME, LET ME SAY THIS RIGHT NOW. PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. BUT THIS, BUT THIS IS THE THING. THIS IS THE THING. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THANK YOU ALL FOR EXPRESSING YOUR VIEWS. AND THE THING OF IT IS AT, THE THING OF IT IS WE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL FOR EVERYONE TO SAY, SIR, PLEASE LEAVE. I'M, I'M WAITING FOR MY FAMILY. YOU GOT A PROBLEM? YOU DO. YOU VIOLATED THE LAW. HE KNOWS THAT I BUS Y'ALL ALL THE TIME. COME ON, I'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH. DON'T WORRY. I'M A CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE BECAUSE OF HIM. LET, UM, LET ME JUST SAY THIS, EVEN BEFORE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS COME, LET ME SAY THIS. YOU CAN TALK AND BE RESPECTFUL FOR EVERYONE. ONE THING I WANNA SAY ABOUT THIS DATA CENTER, WE ARE NOT VOTING ON A DATA CENTER TONIGHT. AND ALSO WE UH, WE LOOKED AT THE AREA AND SO FORTH. AND THE THING OF IT IS WE DO LISTEN AND WE DO RESPOND TO PEOPLE. WE HAVE DONE THAT SINCE WE'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD. IF WE FEEL THAT THE CITIZENS DO NOT WANT THIS, WE CONSIDER THIS. BUT EVERYONE HAS COME OUT ATTACKING US SAYING, OH, YOU'RE GONNA DO IT, YOU'RE GONNA DO IT. THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT IT. THAT IS NOT IT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. THIS, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN TRANSPARENT. WE HAVE WON AWARDS FOR BEING TRANSPARENT IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE WON AWARDS FOR BEING THE BEST COUNTY IN, UH, IN THIS AREA. WE HAVE DONE THAT. I THINK IT'S TWO OR THREE TIMES. WE ARE, WE, WE LISTEN, WE LISTEN TO PEOPLE BUT DO NOT THINK THAT WE DON'T LISTEN TO YOU. AND WE DON'T RESPOND. IF WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE SAYING, WELL WE HAVE, WE DON'T WANT THIS. DON'T YOU THINK THAT WE LISTEN TO THAT? IT'S NOT THAT WE SAY, WHEN SOMEBODY'S HERE CLAPPING THEIR HANDS, TALKING ABOUT, YEAH, I WANT ALL OF YOU ALL TO COME AND RESPOND TO ME, UH, RESPOND WITH ME BEING DISRESPECTFUL WITH HIS CHILDREN HERE AND SAYING WORDS. I DON'T WANT CHILDREN HEARING THOSE KINDS OF WORDS OUT OF THIS PERSON'S MOUTH. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO ASK THEM TO LEAVE. IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE SAID. IT IS HOW HE RESPONDED. THAT'S WHY WE ASKED HIM TO LEAVE. AND I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT. AND THE THING OF IT IS, YES, WE RAN ON THIS BOARD TO HELP PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY. WE STILL CONTINUE TO DO IT. YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU, WE DO. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. BUT THE THING OF IT IS, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN AND YOU HAVE TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO RESPOND. DON'T GET BEHIND ONE PERSON SAY, OH, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS. THIS COUNTY DOES THIS. THIS GUY IS, I'M GOING TO DO THIS FOR THE COUNTY. I'VE BEEN ALL OVER EVERYWHERE TRYING TO TALK TO PEOPLE. THAT'S NOT IT. NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR BELIEF IS, BUT THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE. AND I'M GONNA STICK WITH THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE MAN UPSTAIRS. I BELIEVE IN GOD AND I BELIEVE IN HIM DIRECTING US. WE PRAY BEFORE WE COME OUT. WE PRAY BEFORE WE WANT TO GET THE BEST KNOWLEDGE AND MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR, FOR THIS COUNTY. AND ONE OF MY SCRIPTURES IS, NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME WILL PROSPER. I BELIEVE IN THAT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT OTHER PEOPLE BELIEVE. THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE IN. BECAUSE GOD CAN MOVE ANYBODY AND [03:00:01] ANYTHING. AND MY MY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN WE DO VOTE ON THIS, JUST COME BACK. SAY WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. WE HEARD EVERYONE, BUT DON'T BE DISRESPECTFUL. DON'T GET ON FACEBOOK CALLING NAMES AND ATTACKING US. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO JUST, OH YEAH, I'M JUST HAPPY TO COME AND JUST YELL AND SCREAM NO DATA AND ALL THAT. IT IS WRONG TO DO THAT WITHOUT KNOWING EVERYTHING. NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO, NOT KNOWING THE PLACE. THE ONLY THING I'M, AND USUALLY I, I RESPOND LAST, BUT I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE HERE. WE WELCOME YOU, WE WELCOME YOU. WE ARE GLAD YOU HERE. WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU RESPONDED. BUT YOU HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL TO US AS WELL AS WE ARE RESPECTFUL TO YOU TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. AND THIS IS NOT A VOTING TIME, THIS IS JUST A CONVERSATION TIME FOR YOU ALL TO TALK TO US AND LET US KNOW. AND I, AND I SAY IT AGAIN. WE LISTEN AND WE RESPOND. AND WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND SAY, 50 MILLION PEOPLE SAY, I DON'T WANT IT, WE LISTEN TO THAT. SO DON'T I DON'T GET BEHIND A PERSON THAT'S YELLING AND SAYING ALL THESE THINGS. IF IT SOUNDS GOOD, FINE, FINE. BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET THE INFORMATION STRAIGHT. YOU DON'T WANNA BE BEHIND SOMEONE AND YOU DON'T KNOW THE INFORMATION. YOU DON'T. SO PLEASE, I'M ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THAT. NOT JUST COME AND YELL AND SCREAM AND CLAP, UH, ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT. BECAUSE A LOT OF INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWN. BUT THAT, AND BUT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THAT. WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHAT IT IS THEN WHAT IT, YEAH. WE, WE DON'T, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT THAT. AND WE ARE GONNA STAND WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT IT. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING ELECTED IN ANYTHING. WE'RE GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE WHO CO WHO HAVE COME AND NOT YELL AND SCREAM AND JUST RAISE SIGNS AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING. THAT'S FINE. YOU HAVE YOUR RIGHT TO DO THAT. BUT PLEASE RESPECT US AS BOARD MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE SIGNED A PLEDGE TO HELP ALL OF YOU ALL AND AND SO FORTH. SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND SO FORTH. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK ANOTHER TIME AND TALK. BUT YOU KNOW, GETTING ON FACEBOOK AND TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AND ATTACKING PEOPLE IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BEING RESPECTFUL. IT'S BEING VERY NEGATIVE WITHOUT KNOWING ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF EVERYTHING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS' COMMENTS BECAUSE, UH, AND AGAIN, I WANTED TO SAY THE ONLY REASON THAT GENTLEMAN WAS OUT, NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE SAID IS HIS ATTITUDE. AND THEN HE HAD HIS CHILDREN WITH HIM THERE TO LISTEN TO SOME OF HIS, HIS LANGUAGE. AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON HE CAN SPEAK AS HE CAN SPEAK AS MUCH AS HE WANTS. BUT YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. SO, AND THAT'S MY PART. AND BOARD MEMBERS, CITIZEN COMMENTS, YOU HAVE ONE MORE PERSON THAT WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY. SO NO, SHE, SHE WAS THE LAST ONE. OKAY. SO WE GONNA, WE GONNA MOVE FORWARD. UM, BILL, I HAVEN'T SIGNED UP. MAY I SAY SOMETHING IN RESPONSE TO COME, COME ON SIR. COME ON. I'M ALLOW, I'M GONNA ALLOW THAT. PLEASE JUST, UM, SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. UH, I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME SPEAK. UM, JASON LANNIS. I LIVE AT, UH, 27 6 0 6 PERKINS ROAD. EXCUSE FOR MY VOICE. I'M PRETTY NERVOUS. SO THE, UH, THE ATTITUDE, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH EITHER. BUT THE, UH, SENTIMENT IS UM, KIND OF HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AT THE TIME. UH, BEING WITH THE, UH, THE ELECTION WE JUST HAD, EVERYONE HAD REAL WISHFUL THINKINGS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYONE ELSE VOTED, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE THINKING WE WOULD GET, WE GOT THE OPPOSITE. UH, DEEP BREATH. TAKE YOUR TIME. TAKE YOUR, I'M NOT GOOD AT, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKING. YOU'RE FINE. UM, YOU OKAY? YOU? YEAH. THANK YOU. THE, UH, THE LAST TIME I DID THIS WAS, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, DURING COVID. I DIDN'T WANT MY KINDERGARTNER TO WEAR A MASK. UH, I BROUGHT 72 STUDIES THAT SHOWED THE HARMFUL EFFECTS. AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU GUYS, BUT I'LL GET TO THE POINT IN A SECOND. THE, UH, THE BOARD SAID THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CDC GUIDELINES, [03:05:01] WHICH HAVE SINCE COME OUT AND SAID THAT NONE OF THAT WAS REALLY EFFECTIVE. BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT I'D HAVE TO SEND MY KINDERGARTNER TO SOMETHING THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY HARM HIM. NOW THEY DID HELP ME WITH A WAY TO WORK AROUND IT WITH THE DOCTOR'S NOTE AND ALL THAT, BUT WE EVENTUALLY JUST PULLED OUR, OUR CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL. UM, SO I KNOW, UM, YOU SOUNDED PRETTY ANGRY AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT BE PATIENT WITH US AS UH, WE'LL TRY AND BE PATIENT WITH YOU ALL AS WELL. I CAN'T SPEAK TO FACEBOOK. I'M NOT ON IT. UM, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING WITH THE TRANSPARENCY. I, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THIS UNTIL MY WIFE TOLD ME. 'CAUSE SHE SAW IT ON FACEBOOK. UM, I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT GOES AROUND IN THE COUNTY 'CAUSE THERE'S NO NEWSLETTER THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO IT. UM, BUT OUR, THAT'S KIND OF HOW OUR SENTIMENT IS WITH OUR GOVERNMENTS AND WE DON'T HAVE A FEELING OF ASSURANCE THAT OUR VOICES DO MATTER BECAUSE IT HASN'T SEEMED TO MATTER WHEN IT MATTERS. UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. UM, MR. MR. CHAVIS, [16. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] I AM, UM, I TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT I STAND FOR. I'M NOT A PERSON THAT GOES AROUND DOING THINGS JUST TO GET ELECTED. I GO AROUND TRYING TO GET ELECTED TO HELP MY CONSTITUENTS. BEING ON THIS BOARD IS NOT AN EASY THING, BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE UNINFORMED OR MISINFORMED. AND I THINK TONIGHT IS ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS WE'RE NOT VOTING ON A DATA CENTER. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BUT IT, LIKE, LIKE KEVIN SAID, IT MIGHT, IT, IT'S NOT NOTHING TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IT. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT SOLAR. HOW MANY TIMES DID WE GET BEAT UP ABOUT SOLAR? YOU KNOW? DO YOU THINK THAT WE'RE STUPID? DO YOU SAY IT? BUT WHEN YOU GET A MAN THAT YOU, HE SAYS YOU ARE FOLLOWING HIM. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID TONIGHT. YOU ARE HIS FOLLOWERS. OKAY. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE, WHEN YOU HAVE A MAN, IIII WANNA SAY THIS, I FIND OUT FACEBOOK, I MEAN, I'M, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. LET NOW I'M, I'M SPEAKING NOW. DIDN'T ONE SECOND. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING WHEN YOU SPOKE. OKAY. YES. I, I MEAN, I, I TAKE PRIDE IN DENWOODY COUNTY. I'M NOT A DIMWIT AND I'M A CAROLINIAN, BUT I GOT PLANTED HERE. AND I FEEL THAT GOD PUT ME HERE TO HELP MY PEOPLE. AND I CALL YOU MY PEOPLE. IF YOU LIVE IN THE THIRD DISTRICT, YOU'RE MY PEOPLE. BUT I LOVE THE WHOLE COUNTY. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A MAN TO THAT HAS KIDS ACTING LIKE HE IS, AND TO GET ON FACEBOOK, I, I DID PUT IN FOR, UH, TO BE THE COLONEL. I DID, BUT I'M NOT A EFFER. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT STANDS FOR. BUT I'M A COLONEL LOOKING EFFER. SO THAT'S WHAT HE PUT ON FACEBOOK. DO YOU, DO YOU FOLLOW THIS GUY? WELL, HE SAID YOU ARE HIS PEOPLE GONNA SAY ANYTHING, BUT I, NO, IT'S OUR TURN. NOW'S NOT RUNNING, HUH? THREE MINUTES FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WANTS TO TALK. WHY DON'T YOU GET THREE MINUTES? FOLLOW. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A CLEAR STATEMENT. DON'T EVERYBODY YOU SPEAK FOLLOW FOLLOWER. I DON'T AGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT THAT GENTLEMAN HAD TO SAY EXCEPT FOR HE SAYS NO TO DATA. BUT WE DON'T AGREE WITH, WE ARE NOT VOTING ON A DATA CENTER. SO WHAT IS THE BIG THING? WE DON'T, WE JUST WANT TRANSPARENCY. WE'RE NOT VOTING ON A DATA CENTER. COME SAY OUR VOICE. IF WE DON'T COME AND TELL YOU THAT WE DON'T WANT IT, THEN Y'ALL, THEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'LL DO. PUT PUT IT HERE. JUST, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT US. WE GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME AND, AND DO IT. [03:10:03] OKAY, LET'S, LET'S, UH, LET US, LET'S FINISH UP WITH THE COMMENTS. LET US FINISH UP WITH THE COMMENTS. EVERYBODY, PLEASE. OKAY. YEAH. I'M HERE TO SERVE YOU. ACT LIKE IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, BUT I AM AND I'M ACTING LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW. Y'ALL GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW US. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SHOW YOU? WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE, YOU VOTE IT OUT HERE. THAT'S SIMPLE AS THAT. BUT, BUT THAT'S NOT TONIGHT. IT'S NOT HERE. I, I KNOW, I KNOW. WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT DATA CENTERS AROUND THEIR HOUSE. I DON'T WANT AROUND MINE EITHER. AND HOW CAN YOU VOTE FOR AND GRAB HOUSE? WE DON'T WANT IT IN THE COUNTY AT ALL. NONE. IS IT HERE YET? BEING PROACTIVE, NOT REACT TO THAT. NOW DID YOU, DID YOU HEAR WHAT MRS. BONNER SAID? SHE SAID, WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU WHAT MS SAID BEFORE SHE LEFT. LISTENING DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. IT DOESN'T, REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE HEARING US AND REPRESENTING HOW ARE WE GOING TO SHOW YOU ANYTHING? AND IF IT HASN'T GOTTEN HERE YET, WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WASN'T ALREADY PLANNED. OKAY, WE GONNA, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS COMING. WHERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY? THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TOLD YOU WHAT HAPPENS IS IT HAS TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO BRING ANYTHING INTO THE COUNTY, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO COME AND PUT A APPLICATION IN TO, TO TRY TO PUT, IF IT HADN'T HAVE BEEN AMAZON WOULDN'T BE HERE. WELL, NOTHING WOULD BE HERE IF, IF THEY DIDN'T PUT AN APPLICATION IN TO DO IT. SO IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW, THEN IT'S GOTTA COME TO US. BUT IT'S GOTTA HAPPEN FIRST. ALRIGHT, SO I'M DONE. SOUND CHAIRMAN? YEAH, ONE MOMENT JUST TO CLARIFY. WELL, SIR, I, I WANT YOU LET THE BOARD MEMBERS FINISH. YOU KNOW, SIR, LET, LET ME WANT TO HELP THE BOARD AND HELP THE GROUP TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO. JUST REMINDING YOU GUYS, WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO BE HERE. NOT BECAUSE WE'RE VOTING ON A DATA CENTER. NO ONE HERE IS FOOLISH ENOUGH TO THINK WE'RE VOTING ON A DATA CENTER. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES TO VOTE, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE HURT US AND HURT US AGAIN AND HURT AGAIN AND AGAIN. DID WHAT HE DID IS NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO. SO IT'S INSULTING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR YOU GUYS ARE HIS FATHERS OR THIS OR THAT. WE'RE, WE'RE NOT THOSE THINGS, BUT WE'RE NOT YOUR ENEMIES. WE ARE JUST THE SAME HOPEFULLY MINDED FOLKS AS YOU GUYS ARE AND DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTY, DEFENDERS OF OUR LIFE, LIBERTY AND OUR PURSUIT OF, OKAY. AND ALRIGHT, SIR. UM, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. AND, UM, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SAY THAT YOU ARE FOLLOWERS OF HIS BECAUSE HE SAID THAT. NOT WE, NOT US. HE SAID THAT. HE SAID ALL MY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU REMEMBER HE SAID THAT, BUT, UM, YOU CAN, I KNOW YOU CAN GO BACK ONLINE AND, AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING, BUT THE THING ABOUT IT IS, WE, IF WE, IF WE WORK THROUGH TOGETHER, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S TOGETHER AND NOT SEPARATE. IT'S EASY TO BE SEPARATE AND IT'S EASY TO, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A CONCERN. BUT WE WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE, WE LISTEN AND WE HEARD YOU AND WE GONNA RESPOND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. AND MR. DOOLEY, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MAKE SURE MY MICROPHONE'S ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME, GEORGE? YES. OKAY. I THINK I GOT MY, MY SOUND GUY, RIGHT? YEAH. UM, I'LL SAY THIS. I, I LIKE TO SEE A FULL ROOM. UM, I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF A POLITICIAN EVEN THOUGH I CHECK THE BOX. UM, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME FOR ANYTHING ELSE, I HOPE YOU KNOW ME FOR BEING A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT GOD HAS BLESSED US IN SO MANY WAYS AND WHEN THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO POINT TO CHRIST, WE BECOME A TARGET. MM-HMM . AND WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW IS TURMOIL AND DISCORD BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEONE THAT, THAT DOES NOT LIKE THAT. AND SO OUR CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW, AS WE SAT IN THE FIRST MEETING AND TALKED ABOUT CHRISTMAS SHARING AND, AND PROGRAMS THAT SPREAD LOVE AND, AND COMMUNITY AND RELATIONSHIPS TONIGHT, THAT'S THE LAST THING I SEE. BUT WHAT I'VE KNOWN FOR 22 YEARS IN THIS COUNTY IS LOVE, COMMUNITY AND SHARING. THAT'S THE CHALLENGE IS TO, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S TURMOIL NOW, IS THAT WE COME TOGETHER AND WE CONTINUE TO LEAN ON EACH OTHER, [03:15:02] BE HEARD BY ONE ANOTHER. I WAS THINKING ABOUT, UM, WE TALKED EARLIER THAT WHEN, WHEN JESUS CALMED THE STORM, HE WAS SLEEPING AND THE DISCIPLES WERE PANICKING, RIGHT? THE PEACE WAS NOT WHEN THE STORM CALMED, THE PEACE WAS, WAS CHRIST WAS ALREADY THERE. SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS TURMOIL, AS WE LOOK AT THIS CHALLENGE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THEN LET'S FIND PEACE IN THE STORM. COME TOGETHER, BE HEARD. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, I WANNA DO IT RESPECTFULLY. I WANNA DO IT WITH WISDOM. I WANNA DO IT WITH GUIDANCE. THAT'S WHAT WE LEAN ON OUR STAFF FOR YOU GUYS SAT THROUGH THREE HOURS. WELL, WHAT THE TIME IS, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON. TWO AND A HALF HOURS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS WHERE YOU HEARD HOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS GOES. IT'LL BE SOMEWHERE IN THIS. WE ON ON OUR STAFF. WE LEAN ON VDOT, WE LEAN ON OUR FIRE AND EMS, WE LEAN ON OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. AND WE COME BACK AND WE ASK FOR YOUR COMMENTS AGAIN. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. PLEASE COME IN. UH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OF US HERE THAT WOULD DENY A MEETING IF YOU NEED US. MM-HMM . OUR PHONE NUMBERS ARE ARE POSTED ONLINE. IF YOU NEED IT, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. IT'S (804) 586-2288. CALL ME, I'LL TALK TO YOU. LET'S HAVE DISCUSSIONS. LET'S DO IT RESPECTFULLY. LET'S MEET FACE TO FACE, SIT DOWN AND, AND HAVE, HAVE DINNER, BREAK BREAD, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. THAT'S THE WAY WE FACE THESE THINGS. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN, THANK YOU CASEY. UM, I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR MY FIRST, BUT THE MAN IN THE ROOM THAT WAS HERE HAD HAD NOTHING GOOD FOR DENWOODY COUNTY. AND SO, UM, THAT'S THE REASON I SPOKE UP. I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT ME, UM, PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT A LOT OF Y'ALL IN THE ROOM KNOW ME. BUT, UM, I HAVE A WIFE AND FOUR KIDS, THREE BOYS AND A GIRL, NINE GRANDCHILDREN. UM, I LIVE ON A SEVENTH GENERATION FARM IN THE ROCKY RUN AREA. THREE, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. I SPENT TWO AND A HALF DAYS ON AN OPERATING TABLE GETTING A NEW HEART AND A NEW LEVEL FROM SOMEBODY ELSE. UM, I HAVE BEEN AS LOW AS I CAN GET AND THE GOOD LORD SAW FIT TO BRING ME BACK AND LET ME SERVE HIM SOME MORE. UM, I AM COMMITTED TO THIS COUNTY. THIS COUNTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY HOME. WILL ALWAYS BE MY HOME. AND THE ONLY THING THAT THIS BOARD HAS DONE WRONG, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I SAY WRONG AND WRONGS, THE ONLY THING THAT Y'ALL ARE UPSET ABOUT IS THAT A DATA CENTER HAS APPLIED FOR A PERMIT, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IN DENWOODY COUNTY. THIS BOARD HAS COME. UM, Y'ALL HAVE COME TO THIS BOARD AND SOME OF Y'ALL WERE ANGRY TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS OF A CORRUPT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WHAT DOES THAT IMPLY? THAT THIS BOARD IS CORRUPT AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUFFERED BECAUSE THIS BOARD IS UPSET. I MEAN THAT, THAT YOU'RE UPSET WITH THIS CORRUPT BOARD. THAT'S THE WRONG WAY TO TALK TO US. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING SCARY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT, UM, SOME RESOLVE WITH IT. WE WANT RESOLVE. BUT I, I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. I'M THE SAME AS CASEY. MY NUMBERS, UM, IN ON THE WEBPAGE, CALL ME. I'LL COME OUT IF YOU WANT TO SHOW ME WHERE YOU LIVE IN PROXIMITY TO THIS, UM, SITE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU. UM, IT'S NOT ABOUT, UM, IT, IT'S A PROCESS AND WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG THAT I KNOW OF. UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THE NAME CALLING AND, AND ALL OF THAT IS JUST, IT'S TAKEN TO ANOTHER, ANOTHER LEVEL WITH THIS THAT I HAVEN'T EVER SEEN IN MY 16 YEARS ON THIS BOARD. AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE THAT. I WANT THIS GROUP TO THINK THAT THEY CAN TALK TO THIS BOARD ABOUT ANYTHING. AND I'M SORRY AGAIN FOR MY EIGHT FIRST. AND, AND I THANK BRENDA FOR THE COMMENT SHE SAID. UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND WOULD YOU MIND IF I SAID ONE THING? MY NAME IS JOHN WILLIAM IES. [03:20:01] I LIVE ON 21 5 21 GRAND LANE. I'M NOT A LIFELONG, I'M FROM SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. BORN AND RAISED. YEAH. I GREW UP BY 1600 ACRES. OKAY. I CAME DOWN HERE TO PLAY ICE. LONG STORY SHORT, THAT FELL APART. MARRIED MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE. I GOT TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. I SPECIFICALLY CHOSE TO BUY MY HOUSE IN AUGUST, 2024 BECAUSE IT WAS ZONED AGRICULTURAL BEHIND MY HOUSE. I HAD SOME GREAT NEIGHBORS SITTING RIGHT HERE. WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER. WE ALL PITCH IN. WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN PRIVATE ROAD, RUN AROUND LANE. THIS KIND OF COMRADERY IS THE REASON I MOVED HERE. WE ALL LOVE DEN. WE, NO, NO ONE HERE IS QUESTIONING Y'ALL'S LOVE FOR DENLEY COUNTY. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. I GO TO CHURCH FOR ONE OF THE MEMBERS HERE. I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL, I'VE MET SOME OF Y'ALL PERSONALLY. I DON'T SAY ANYTHING. I DON'T BOTHER ANYBODY. YOU'LL NEVER HEAR ME ASK FOR NOTHING FROM NOBODY. ALL THIS TONIGHT IS JUST, EVERYONE IS SO SCARED AND SO RESERVED ABOUT THIS PROJECT HAS APPLIED. WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. WE KNOW IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE DUE DILIGENCE. AND NO ONE IS QUESTIONING THAT. I MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT A BUSINESS IS PROPOSED. IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE DOORS, CRIMINAL COMMITTEE, ALL THAT STUFF. ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SHOW THAT WE'RE SCARED. I MEAN, AS PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN COUNTY, WE'VE SEEN ALL THIS STUFF ALL OVER THE INTERNET. WE'VE SEEN THE GOOD AND THE BAD. WE PAY HIGHER TAXES THAN MOST COUNT OTHER, UH, COUNTY'S NEIGHBOR TO US BECAUSE WE WANNA STAY THE WAY THAT WE'RE RIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I CHOSE TO STAY HERE IN DENWOOD COUNTY. I'VE BEEN A REGISTER NURSE FOR 12 YEARS. I WORK WITH, UH, OPEN HEART TRANSPLANTS. I WAS WITH LIVER TRANSPLANT PATIENTS REGULARLY. I WAS A TRAVEL NURSE ALL THROUGHOUT COVID. I SEE DEATH EVERY SINGLE DAY. I STARTED IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. I WAS A TRAUMA NURSE FOR YEARS. I SEEN KIDS, ADULTS DIE. I I'M JUST, I'M, I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY OWN CHILDREN'S SAFETY. YES. WORRIED ABOUT MY FAMILY'S SAFETY. YEAH. I'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MY OWN TIME, A LOT OF MY OWN WORK TO BE HERE TO DEAL WITH COUNSELING. AND SO WE'RE ALL JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BOIL UP. OKAY? I HATE TO BE IN YOUR POSITION. I TRULY WOULD . BUT YEAH, WE, WELL, WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING THIS GUY. WE'RE HERE AS VERY CONCERNED CITIZENS, OKAY? AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OUR VOICE IS HEARD. AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IT. SO WE, I MEAN, AS A GROUP, I'M SURE WE COULD ALL APOLOGIZE TO THE WAY YOU GUYS ESPECIALLY AND A CHRISTIAN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU LEAD YOUR FAMILY AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE TRY AGAIN. YES. YES. IIII WOULD JUST IMPLORE Y'ALL TO TAKE THAT MOMENT. I'VE HAD TO PRAY ABOUT THIS TEACHER. 'CAUSE I, I'VE FOUND MYSELF GETTING VERY HOTHEADED ABOUT IT WITHOUT TAKING A STEP BACK AND PRAYING ABOUT IT. YES. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THANK YOU. AND, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOU YES. TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON THE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY. THANK AND THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SIR FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. AND UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE, UH, UH, FROM DENWITTY AND YOU LOVE DENWITTY AND YOU WANNA SEE DENWITTY STAY, UM, LIKE IT IS. AND WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE FOR THAT. SO PLEASE DON'T EVER FORGET THAT WE DO NOT, UM, UH, NOT WANT WITTY TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT, THAT COME ACROSS OUR PATH. BUT ALWAYS KNOW THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS CAN APPLY. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T EXCUSE THAT, BUT, BUT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY NO WHEN THEY COME TO THIS BOARD. SO PLEASE KNOW THAT. AND, AND WE HAVE HEARD YOU AND BELIEVE YOU ME, WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE THINKING ABOUT IT WHEN WE GO TO SLEEP TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HERE AND, AND IF I HAD SOME PHONE NUMBERS, I'LL CALL YOU UP AT MIDNIGHT AND TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT IT. BUT I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT. BUT, BUT THE THING OF IT IS, UM, JUST KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE CONCERNED AND, UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, IF YOU HEAR NOTHING ELSE, WE ARE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. OKAY? AND, UM, ALL RIGHT. AND, AND YOU CAN, UM, ALSO COME BACK AGAIN. BUT WE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WORKS IN DI WITTY BECAUSE WE ARE DI WITTY, WE ARE DI WITTY STRONG. AND GUESS WHAT? WE ARE A PRAYER PRAYERFUL. D WITTY, STRONG. BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. OKAY? ALRIGHT. SO, ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME, UM, IT IS TIME FOR AJOUR AND WE HAD A A, A SECOND, OKAY? OKAY. AND, AND, UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE A, MR. DOOLEY? AYE. MS. EBRA, BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING AYE. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. ALRIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.