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WELCOME TO THE, THE BOARD MEETING, AUGUST THE 18TH, 2026 FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AT THIS TIME, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
[ 1. ROLL CALL]
MR. CHAVIS? HERE.AND AT THIS TIME, WOULD YOU STAND FOR INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I'LL FATHER, FATHER, THE JORDAN HEAVEN, I BE THY NAME.
I WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY GRAVE AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASSED AGAINST US AND LEAD US.
NOT THE TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
FOR THY IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY.
FOR I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY OF JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ 4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
AT THIS TIME DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? YES.MADAM CHAIR, AT YOUR AT YOUR SEAT, YOU'LL SEE A, A MEMO FROM DR.
KERRY WESTON AND MR. JEFF WALTERS WITH THE DEWINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE A NEED TO, UH, ADDRESS AN ISSUE WITH AN EMERGENCY CHILLER REPLACEMENT.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT ADDED AS SEVEN G.
AND NO, NO OTHER MODIFICATIONS.
UM, DID ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING? MA'AM? CHAIR, WE JUST GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA.
[ 5. CONSENT AGENDA]
HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND EVERYONE HAS READ.AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, MA'AM, CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION.
WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation]
REPORTS.WE HAVE, UM, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MR. SCOTT THORNTON, UM, ASSISTANT RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, I'M CHAIR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
YOU ARE THE I AM THE RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATOR.
SO, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS ARE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH, UM, OUR REGULAR MAINTENANCE THINGS ON PATCHING, UH, ROADSIDE ITEMS AND DRAINAGE.
UM, NEXT WEEK OUR CREWS WILL START PRIMARY MOWING, UH, LIT PICK UP, UM, TO START ON AND THEN MOWING AFTER THAT.
THE SECONDARIES WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW, UH, A FEW WEEKS AFTER, UM, THE ROUTE 7 0 3 PIPE REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT, UH, THE PIPE REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, THE PO WAS CUT FOR THE PAVING AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT, UH, WORK COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
UH, THE REESE ROAD RURAL RUSTIC PROJECT, WE HAVE HAD SOME WORK STARTED ON THAT AND ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT WHOLE PROJECT COMPLETED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, AS LONG AS THE WEATHER, UH, COOPERATES.
UM, MR. MASSENGILL, WE DID HAVE, UH, CREWS ON GLEBE AND DOYLE ROAD TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, POTHOLES TODAY.
THEY DID SEE A FEW TREES MORE THAN JUST THE ONE.
UM, NOTHING THAT, UH, STRUCK OUT AS BEING A DANGER TREE, BUT THERE ARE SOME, SOME TRIMMING THAT WILL BE DONE.
UM, PROBABLY WON'T BE THIS WEEK, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ON THE LIST.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE ONES THAT ARE LEANING THOUGH, JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT, UM, NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THE FERNDALE RIVER ROAD ROUNDABOUT, UM, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR A SEPTEMBER START ON THAT.
THE CONTRACTOR IS PROVIDING SOME, UM, PAPERWORK TO GET, TO GET MOVING ON THAT PROJECT.
THE SURFACE TREATMENT AND PLANT MIX SCHEDULES, UM, FOR BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARIES, THE MAJORITY OF THAT WORK IS COMPLETE.
WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH, UM, SOME PUNCH LIST ITEMS AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN FOR THE, UH, QUAKER ROAD, UH, PROJECT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO MEET WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GET THE SCOPE AND THE SCHEDULE ON THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT
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PROJECT ONCE WE GET A SCHEDULE FOR THEM TO RELOCATE THAT POLE AND THE POWER LINES THERE.SO, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS FOR ME? ANYONE? UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE PAVEMENT COMING ON.
UH, IT WILL BE NORTHBOUND OFF OF FOUR 60, UM, INTO 85.
BUT I HAVE, I TALKED TO KEVIN ABOUT THE 63 EXIT, WHICH BRINGS YOU SOUTH, COMING FROM PETERSBURG, TAKING THE, THE SOUTHBOUND EXIT WHEN, WHEN WE MIGHT ANTICIPATE THAT RAMP BEING PAVED 'CAUSE IT, SHE'S PRETTY ROUGH.
A LOT OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN THAT AND OF COURSE THE FOUR 60, UH, WESTBOUND.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IF, IF WE HAD ANY KIND OF IDEA WHEN THAT COULD, COULD BE HAPPENING.
THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THE INTERSTATE PAVING SCHEDULE THAT'S BEING MANAGED OUT OF OUR DISTRICT, UM, SECTIONS.
BUT I TRIED TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT BEFORE I CAME THIS AFTERNOON.
I WASN'T, BUT AS SOON AS I GET THOSE DATES, I'LL FORWARD THOSE TO MR. MADISON.
JUST, I, JUST A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
THEY ARE, THEY ARE PLANNING TO ADDRESS THAT THIS YEAR, BUT I WAS TRYING TO PIN 'EM DOWN ON A DATE UM, GOTCHA.
BUT IT IS ON THE SCHEDULE, IAM.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER CUTTING COMING? ANOTHER GRASS CUTTING.
UM, ONE MORE BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON.
THEY'LL START FOUR 16 IN PARTICULAR.
THEY'RE GONNA START IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE AFTER THAT.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, GET AS OFTEN AS YOU SHOULD HAVE.
BUT, UH, THIS IS A TEXT MESSAGE I RECEIVED ON JULY THE 25TH, WHICH WAS THE SATURDAY AFTER LAST MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING WITH THE ISSUE OF THE SPEED ON WEST.
40 OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY.
THE SIGNS WERE MOVED YESTERDAY TO A REASONABLE DISTANCE RATHER THAN A MILE INTO THE COUNTY.
AGAIN, YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
ALICE JONES AND MANY AREA RESIDENTS.
SO YOU DID MAKE THE PEOPLE OF MCKINNEY OUTSIDE OF MCKINNEY HAPPY WHEN Y'ALL MOVED THE SIGNS, UM, TO 55 CLOSER TO THE TOWN.
SO JUST THOUGHT YOU OUGHT TO HEAR THAT.
THAT, THAT'S, OH, THAT'S GOOD.
I, I HAVE, UH, JUST ONE QUESTION.
UM, GOING INTO WEST PETERSBURG DOTSON'S FUNERAL HOME THAT BLOCK, IT WAS SOME CONES THERE.
I THINK THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A PIPE OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S LOOKS PRETTY ROUGH BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S TURNING IN OR COMING OUT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME OVER TO SO IT WON'T MESS UP THEIR CAR, UM, AT THE CORNER.
UM, SO I KNOW THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A PIPE OR SOMETHING, BUT THE CONES ARE NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.
WHEN I, WHEN I LOOKED ON GREENVILLE AVENUE.
SO I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING OUT THERE, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHERE WE COME UP.
YEAH, IT'S UM, UM, IT'S JUST BROKEN UP ASPHALT AND, AND STUFF, AND SO I, IF YOU'RE TURNING IN, YOU ARE MISS IT, BUT IF YOU'RE COMING OUT AND SOMEONE'S GOING IN, YOU'RE GOING TO, SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO GET OVER BECAUSE IT'S, IT WILL KIND OF MESS UP YOUR CAR.
AND THAT'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER.
IT'S RIGHT BESIDE, UH, DODSON'S FUNERAL HOME.
MADAM CHAIR, JUST WHEN, UH, SCOTT, BRENDA AND I HAD A CHANCE TO, TO BE IN THE CAR TOGETHER A COUPLE TIMES LAST WEEK, UH, BACK TO WEST PETERSBURG.
IF, IF, IF YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THE, UM, WHERE THE, WHERE THE ROAD IS PERPENDICULAR TO ROUTE ONE ON SOME OF THE ACCESS ROADS IN THE WEST PETERSBURG MM-HMM
THERE, THERE'S SOME JOHNSON GRASS IN A COUPLE AREAS THAT IF YOU'RE IN A, IN A SMALLER VEHICLE, IT, IT IS GONNA BE HARD TO SEE AROUND IT.
SO PEOPLE NOTICEABLY ARE KIND OF PULLING OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO ROUTE ONE JUST SO THEY CAN SEE AROUND.
UM, AND BRENDA KNOWS THE ROADS BETTER THAN I DO OUT THERE, BUT AS THE CLOSEST TO MCDONALD'S IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
UM, YOU'LL SEE IT AND IT'S, UM, NOW I THINK THERE'S ONE AREA THAT'S LIKE ALMOST THE WHOLE, UM, ACCESS PART OF THE LOT IS HIGH, BUT I THINK YOU PROBABLY GOT SOME RIGHT OF WAY IN THERE THAT MAYBE YOU CAN, YEAH.
MAYBE FOR SIGHT DISTANCE PURPOSES.
I THINK IT'S SURY WITH SURY AVENUE.
UM, BUT IT'S PROBABLY SIX FOOT, SEVEN FOOT TALL IN, IN SOME AREAS IT'S, IT'S PRETTY HIGH.
UM, AND THEN MR. CHAVIS AGAIN, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE COMING OUT OF PETERSBURG INTO DENWOODY AT THE BILL, THAT'S FLANK ROAD.
BUT IT'S UH, RIGHT AT THE TRAIN RAIL, THERE'S A, JUST A REMINDER, THERE'S A WELCOME AND SIGN THE WELCOME TO DENWOODY SIGN OR YOU'RE LEAVING PETERSBURG COMING INTO DENWOODY.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW THEY MADE IT THROUGH PETERSBURG INTO DIM WITTY SO WE, YOU CAN GET THAT ROAD SIGN PUT BACK UP.
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WE'RE PROUD OF DIM WITTY[6.B. Amendments To Section 19-9 Of The County Code, Regarding The Deadline For Submission Of And Disposition Of Appeals To The Board Of Equalization, And The Compensation Of The Board Of Equalization Members]
UH, WE HAVE, UH,THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS BOARD MR. MASSING.
THERE IS NOW A GENERAL REAL ESTATE REASSESSMENT THAT IS UNDERWAY AND AFTER EVERY ONE OF THOSE WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
AND SO IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ONGOING GENERAL REASSESSMENT, THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY WILL APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FOR THE 2027 CALENDAR YEAR.
THOSE MEMBERS ARE RECOMMENDED, UM, BY, BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO THE CIRCUIT COURT.
SECTION 58.1 DASH 33 78 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA PERMITS THE GOVERNING BODY OF LOCALITY TO ESTABLISH DEADLINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF APPEALS TO AND THE DISPOSITION OF APPEALS BY THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATIONS.
THAT'S YOUR DEADLINE TO TURN IN YOUR APPEAL IF YOU WANT TO APPEAL.
AND THEN THAT'S THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATIONS DEADLINE TO HANDLE ALL OF THE APPEALS.
UM, SO AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE, THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPEALS, UH, WAS EITHER FEBRUARY 1ST, UM, WHICH WAS TRUE IN 2005, 2013.
IT WAS FEBRUARY 16TH AND 2009 AND IT WAS FEBRUARY 18TH AND 2025.
UH, IT APPEARS THAT FEBRUARY 16TH, 2027, WHICH IS A TUESDAY IN THE DAY AFTER PRESIDENT'S DAY SHOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE DAY FOR THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION DEADLINE THIS YEAR.
UH, THE DEADLINE FOR DISPOSITION OF APPEALS BY THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
SO WHEN DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR WORK DONE? WE'RE LOOKING, LOOKING AT APRIL 30TH BEING AN APPROPRIATE DAY FOR THAT AND THAT APRIL 30TH DAY IS THE MOST COMMON DAY IN HISTORY THAT'S BEEN CHOSEN.
UM, AND IN WITTY FOR THEM TO, TO BE FINISHED BY LAST YEAR.
WE MOVED IT BACK TO MAY 30TH AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT LONG.
UM, THE COMPENSATION FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEMBERS THAT WAS MOVED IN 2025 TO BE $162 AND 43 CENTS.
I THINK IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT THAT NUMBER WOULD PAY THE SAME I UNDER WOULD STAY THE SAME.
I UNDERSTAND AFTER PAYROLL TAXES, THAT WOULD AMOUNT TO $150 PER MEETING.
AND SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP THE COMPENSATION THE SAME.
IN 2027 AS IT WAS FOR 2025, WE DID DISCUSS THE DATES WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUES OFFICE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE DATES SHOULD WORK AGAIN.
THE FEBRUARY 16TH, UM, 2027 AND APRIL 30TH, 2027 DATES.
AND SO NO ACTION IS REQUIRED TODAY.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IS A CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD TO GO AHEAD AND ADVERTISE THIS FOR THE SEPTEMBER REGULAR MEETING.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ON THE BOOKS.
SO I'M SEEING MULTIPLE NET MULTIPLE HEADS NODDING, SO EVERYBODY'S NODDING.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THERE MAY BE, BUT THIS IS A, A STRAIGHTFORWARD HOUSEKEEPING MEASURE.
[7.A. Contract Award: Ambulance]
TO ACTION ITEMS AND CONTRACT AWARD.AMBULANCE, UH, DAVID NER, CHIEF FIRE AND EMS. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MR. MASSENGILL, HOW ARE Y'ALL? GOOD.
YOURSELF? TODAY I HAVE THE FIRST OF THREE ITEMS IN A ROW TO GO OVER THE FIRST ONE, PUT MY EYEBALLS ON SO I CAN SEE IT.
THE FIRST IS THE CONTRACTOR AWARD FOR THE AMBULANCE.
AS PART OF THE ONGOING PLAN FOR PLACEMENT AND UPGRADING THE COUNTY'S FIRE AND EMS APPARATUS, THE BOARD APPROVED A TOTAL OF 440,000 IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
27 OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR A NEW AMBULANCE.
THIS UNIT WILL BE STATIONED AT VARIOUS FIRE AND EMS STATIONS AND ROTATED THROUGHOUT THE EMS SYSTEM AS NEEDED, THE NEW AMBULANCE WILL REPLACE AN EXISTING UNIT THAT WILL HAVE OVER 175,000 MILES AT THE TIME REPLACEMENT.
THERE MAY BE A POTENTIAL TO REPURPOSE THE OLD UNIT INTO RESERVE AMBULANCE DEPENDING ON THE STATE OF THE EMS FLEET.
AT THE TIME OF THE NEW UNIT AND ARRIVAL, THE COUNTY REQUESTED A QUOTE FROM GOODMAN'S SPECIALIZED VEHICLES, WHICH IS WHO WE TYPICALLY BUY OUR AMBULANCES FROM.
HAD GOOD SERVICE WITH PL CUSTOM AMBULANCE.
THEY PROVIDED A QUOTE OF 443,370.
THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF PL CUSTOM BUYING EQUIPMENT OUT OF NEW JERSEY.
AND WE'LL BE USING A SOURCE WELL CONTRACT TO MAKE THIS BILL TIME, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IS 22 TO 24 MONTHS IS WHAT'S SLATED.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, WE JUST SENT THE LAST YEAR'S REMOUNT OUT.
TWO WEEKS AGO IT FINALLY GOT PICKED UP TO GO TO NEW JERSEY AND THEY SAID WE PROBABLY WON'T SEE THAT POTENTIALLY IN THE FALL OF 2027 'CAUSE THE REMOUNTS ARE SLOWER IT
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SEEMS THAN THE THE NEW ONES.SO THIS IS THE FIRST NEW ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED IN A WHILE.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF REMOUNTS AND THIS TRUCK WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED BY OUR AMBULANCE COMMITTEE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER OF OUR PARAMEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS TO, TO ACTUALLY DESIGN THE TRUCK INSTEAD OF THE ADMIN PEOPLE DESIGN.
AND WE DECIDED TO PUT THE PEOPLE THAT ROUTE 'EM EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT THEY WANTED.
SO THEY TOOK A TRIP UP, LOOKED AT IT, SPECKED OUT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD FIT THEM FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
AND THIS IS THE MODEL THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? MS. ROSE? OKAY.
CAN I GET A MOTION? I ALSO MOVE THAT WE, UH, DO THE CONTRACT SECOND.
AND NOW WE HAVE CONTRACT AWARD, FIRE
[7.B. Contract Award: Fire & Rescue Equipment]
AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT.MA, CHIEF KISSINGER CONTRACT AWARD, FIRE AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS TO CREATE A CONTRACT BETWEEN ATLANTIC EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO BUY EQUIPMENT WHEN WE UPFIT TRUCKS AND REPLACE EQUIPMENT ON CURRENT FIRE AND FIRE AND EMS APPARATUS.
UM, THE TWO NEW FIRE TRUCKS THAT WE ORDERED IN 2022, UM, CAME IN MONDAY.
WE ACTUALLY HAD 'EM SITTING IN ALZINE FIRE STATION.
SO THAT TOOK FOUR YEARS TO GET TWO NEW FIRE TRUCKS.
SO NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING EQUIPMENT AND UPFITTING THEM.
RIGHT? 'CAUSE SOME OF THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT ON THE OTHER TRUCKS THAT WE WOULD FLIP SOME OF IT OVER, SOME OF IT HAS 10 TO 15 YEARS OF LIFE ON IT.
SO IT'S TIME TO, WHEN YOU BUILD THE NEW FIRETRUCK, YOU TRY TO GET ALL NEW EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SUSTAIN THE LIFE OF THE TRUCK.
CURRENTLY WHEN WE GO AND PURCHASE EQUIPMENT, YOU'RE LOOKING BETWEEN 15,000 AND 50,000 PER TRUCK TO OUTFIT.
THIS WILL ALLOW, THIS CONTRACT WILL MAKE IT EASIER SO WE WON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK AND WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SPLIT PURCHASING.
WE'LL PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK HERE EVERY TIME TO GET EQUIPMENT.
SO IT'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO PROCURE IT AND GET THE EQUIPMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER TO GET THE TRUCKS IN SERVICE.
ANY QUESTIONS? MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT, UH, PRESENTED WITH ATLANTIC EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED.
[7.C. Contract Award: ZOLL Equipment Preventive Maintenance Service]
AWARD.IS THAT ZAL EQUIPMENT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICE? YES, MA'AM.
LAST BUT NONE LEAST, CONTRACT AWARD Z EQUIPMENT FOR VENOM MAINTENANCE SERVICE.
UM, ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY, UM, AUTO PULSES, WHICH ARE CPR DEVICES, AEDS X-ER DEFIBRILLATORS AND PORTABLE VENTILATORS ARE MANUFACTURED BY Z.
THEY PROVIDE THE MAINTENANCE AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON THIS EQUIPMENT.
THIS CONTRACT WILL BE FOR MULTI-YEAR A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT WITH A TOTAL COST FOR 202050 CENTS BROKE DOWN INTO FOUR, UM, ANNUAL PAYMENTS, WHICH WILL BE PAID OUT OF OUR CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET.
BOARD MEMBERS, MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION.
WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR ZO.
CHIEF LEAVES, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, THE CHIEF AND OLD HICKORY FIREEYES TO DO A, UH, GRAIN BIN SAFETY, UM, DISPLAY AT OLD HICKORY FIREHOUSE FOR MATIC RIVER SOIL AND WATER FOR A GROUP OF FARMERS.
AND THIS IS FITTING THAT WE JUST SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON EQUIPMENT, UM, FOR THE FIRE AND EMS AND DOWN THERE.
UM, THEY HAD A LOT OF EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT SITTING THERE AND THE FARMERS GOT TO SEE THAT IF IT'S A CRISIS, UM, THEY'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT TO HELP EXTRACT SOMEONE OUT OF A GRAIN BIN.
UM, BUT NONE OF IT IS CHEAP TO GET IT HERE.
UM, AND REALLY THE GOOD PART OF THAT WHOLE PROGRAM WAS IF, IF YOU'VE GOT A SITUATION, UM, IF YOU NEED A A IF YOU'VE GOT AN ELEPHANT AND YOU NEED TO HANDLE AN ELEPHANT, WE'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT TO HANDLE AN ELEPHANT.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A, A PUPPY OR SOMETHING, DON'T BRING THE EQUIPMENT TO HANDLE AN EL ELEPHANT.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT FARMERS KNOW HOW TO TELL THE DISPATCHER WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND SEND THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT FOR THE JOB.
AND I THINK THEY RELAY THAT MESSAGE TO A, A LOT OF FARMERS THAT WORK A
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LOT OF LAND AND THEN WIN COUNTY.SO I, I WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY FOR, FOR DOING THAT.
AND IT, IT WAS A GREAT DEMONSTRATION.
IT WAS A GREAT, UM, GREAT PROGRAM ON THE FRONT AND THEN NETWORKING AND TALKING TO ALL THE FARMERS AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE.
AND THEY GOT TO SEE OUR NEW HTR TEAM MEMBERS, OUR HEAVY TACTICAL RESCUE TEAM THAT WE'VE STARTED.
AND THEN WOODY GOT TO SEE THEM AND THEY, AT THE END OF IT, THEY GOT TO TRAIN ON SOME SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT THAT THEY TOUCH ONCE A YEAR.
SO WE GOT TO TOUCH IT TWICE A YEAR.
WE, WE'LL DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
[7.D. Contract Award: Four Police Interceptor Utility Vehicles]
CONTRACT AWARD, THE FOUR POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILITY VEHICLES.AND THAT'S, UM, NOT, UH, UH, SHERIFF ADAM, THIS IS WILLIAM KNOT, THE SECOND MAN IN CHARGE.
UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MASSAL, I COME TO YOU ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF ADAMS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, UH, THE FY 27 BUDGET, UH, WAS BUDGETED $394,500 FOR THE PURCHASE OF, UH, POLICE VEHICLES, UH, PATROL VEHICLES FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UM, SOMETIMES THESE VEHICLES ARE HARDER TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THAN WHAT IT YOU WERE THINK IT MAY BE.
UM, IN SPEAKING WITH SHEEHY, THEY HAVE THE STATE CONTRACT THROUGH THE VIRGINIA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE THESE VEHICLES.
UH, THEY HAD FOUR VEHICLES ON HAND, THEY'RE ON THE LOT AND READY TO GO.
UM, UH, THEY PROVIDED, UH, A QUOTE ON THOSE FOUR VEHICLES, THEIR 2026 MODELS.
AND, UH, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THOSE FOUR VEHICLES FOR A HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN, EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY $3 AND 24 CENTS.
UM, SO WE GOT TWO OR THREE LAST TIME, RIGHT? WE, WE HAD THREE THAT WE, THAT YOU, THAT THE BOARD APPROVED EARLIER IN THE SPRING.
I GUESS IT WAS, UH, THOSE VEHICLES WERE STILL AT THE FACTORY BEING, UH, PUT TOGETHER AT THAT TIME.
THOSE VEHICLES HAVE ARRIVED AT SHEHE NOW.
UM, THEY'RE, UH, IN THE PREP STAGE GETTING CLEANED UP AND INSPECTED.
AND, UM, SO I'M HOPING BY THE TIME WE GET STRAIGHT WITH THESE HERE, THOSE WILL BE READY TO GO AND WE CAN GET ALL SEVEN OF THOSE, UH, PRETTY MUCH AT ONE TIME.
AND THEN WHERE WILL WE BE IN THE, THE TOTAL FOR THE THREE, THE THREE, UH, THE THREE VEHICLES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED WERE FOR THE, UH, WERE UNDER THE, THE BUDGETING OF THE, UH, TRAFFIC UNIT, DIFFERENT BUDGET, THESE, THESE DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY THERE.
UM, THESE FOUR, UH, ARE ON THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, THERE'S TWO OTHERS THAT I HAVE FOUND, UH, UP AT OURISMAN FORD IN MANASAS.
UM, AND I'M WORKING WITH HOLLY ON THE PROCUREMENT ON THOSE.
UM, AND, AND SO AT THAT POINT, ONCE WE GET STRAIGHT WITH THOSE, UH, IF THAT ALL WORKS OUT, THEN WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE BUDGETED FOR.
I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING STRAIGHT RIGHT WHERE WE'RE AT, SO.
THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF US FOR, FOR EVERYTHING AT THIS, AT THAT POINT.
WELL, I ALSO MOVE THAT, UM, THAT WE APPROVE THIS CONTRACT.
[7.E. Contract Award: 911 Phone Upgrades And Maintenance]
CONTRACT AWARD, NINE 11, PHONE UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE.AND THAT'S, UH, MR. CHUCK LEWIS, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MASSON GILBERT, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE NINE ONE ONE PHONE UPGRADE AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN UNDER A CONTRACT SINCE 2017 WITH INTRADO AND THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE USING IS NO LONGER MANUFACTURED.
SO WE'RE GETTING TO WHERE WE CANNOT GET PARTS.
THINGS CANNOT BE UPGRADED ANYMORE, UM, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
SO WE NEED TO UPGRADE TO THE NEXT VERSION, WHICH IS THE VIPER SEVEN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TODAY AND TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ANY FUTURE UPGRADES AS FAR AS NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1 GOES.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH INTRADO, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT VENDOR, AND THROUGH HGAC PRICING, WE HAVE OBTAINED A QUOTE FOR $403,795 TO DO THE UPGRADE.
THIS IS OVER A SEVEN YEAR PERIOD AND INCLUDES MAINTENANCE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING A $300,000 GRANT
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THROUGH VM, WHICH WILL COVER THE FIRST YEAR'S COST OF THE UPGRADE AND MAINTENANCE.AND THEN WE WILL SPLIT THE REMAINING 103,000 OVER FIVE SIX YEARS, WHICH WOULD WORK OUT TO BE $17,299 A YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE THE MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND WE WOULD BUDGET FOR THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS IN OUR NORMAL OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, SO WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO HOPEFULLY GET YOU ALL TO APPROVE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
UM, ONCE THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED, IF WE APPROVE IT TODAY, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WILL BE UP AND RUNNING BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE TAKEN OUR EXISTING MAINTENANCE CONTRACT AND PRORATED IT TO GET US THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2026 WHEN THE NEW SYSTEM WOULD COME ONLINE AND THEN THAT WOULD FALL UNDER WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS? NO.
JUST THANK GOODNESS FOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A $300,000 GRANT AND, AND OUR STAFF BEING ON TOP OF IT FOR THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO TY COUNTY.
AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT A CONTRACT WITH INTRO INTRADO RADO LIFE AND SAFETY INCORPORATED.
[7.F. Contract Award: Generator Preventive Maintenance And Repairs]
ANOTHER CONTRACT, AWARD GENERATOR, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.AND THAT'S MR. TIMMY CLARAN, DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.
UM, STANDBY SYSTEMS WAS THE PREVIOUS ONE.
THEY WERE, UH, THE CONTRACT WAS OVER WITH IN MAY 31ST.
SO, UH, WE WENT OUT, WE GOT SEVEN, I THINK IT WAS SEVEN.
UH, BAY POWER SOLUTIONS IS THE ONE THAT CAME UP THAT WAS PICKED BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND UM, IT'S GONNA BE 28,800 FOR THIS YEAR NOT TO EXCEED 200.
AND THIS IS THE SCHOOLS AND OUR GENERATORS ALSO TO PROVIDE TOGETHER IF YOU GIVE DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'RE DOING, UH, WITH THIS NEW ONE HELP, WE WORK WITH HOLLY, WE GET SOME OIL SAMPLES ON THE MOTORS AND UH, WE'RE DOING SOME LOW TESTING ON THE GENERATOR PART ITSELF SO WE CAN SEE WHEN OUR GENERATORS ALL FAILING INSTEAD, RATHER THAN JUST SAYING IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
SO WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD INFO BACK ON.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING IN FUEL TESTING WHERE WE GOT 2000 GALLON TANKS.
DO WE NEED TO BE TREATING IT WHERE IT'S BEEN SITTING IN THERE FOR 10 OR 12 YEARS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SOME GOOD THINGS COMING TO WORK WITH THIS NEW, UH, PAYPAL FILE SOLUTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE NEED 'EM UNTIL WE NEED 'EM.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY DON'T WORK WHEN YOU NEED THEM.
SO I MAKE A MOTION AND WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT AWARD AND GENERATE A PREVENTION MAINTENANCE.
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UH, SEVEN G AND THAT'S WITH, UH, DENWOODY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.AND THAT'S MR. UH, JEFF WALTERS IS HERE.
TALK ABOUT THAT MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST OKAY.
SO I WAS TALKING TO MR. WALTERS EARLIER TODAY.
AGAIN, AS Y'ALL KNOW, JEFF IS THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR, FOR DENE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HE ALSO HAS MATT HAWKINS, WHO IS, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITY OPERATIONS FOR THE DENE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE SPECIFICALLY OR TECHNICAL TO THE REQUEST.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO PUBLICLY TELL JEFF WHAT I, WHAT WE SAID EARLIER TODAY, WHICH IS, I THINK I'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW OVER 20 YEARS AS ADMINISTRATOR AND I CAN PROBABLY COUNT TWO OR THREE TIMES IN WHICH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS NEEDED TO COME IN UNDER AN, AN EMERGENCY TYPE SITUATION.
SO FIRST OFF, PUBLICLY, THANK YOU JEFF AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T POP UP VERY OFTEN.
AND SO I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC AT HOME TO KNOW THAT, THAT THIS ISN'T ROUTINE.
THAT, AND BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING, I MEAN, THIS IS ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR REQUEST, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SOME FUNDING THAT POTENTIALLY WILL HELP WITH FOR THAT.
SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE THAT STATEMENT FOR THE BOARD TOO.
'CAUSE TYPICALLY SOMETHING OF THIS SIZE Y'ALL WOULD'VE LOOKED AT BEFOREHAND, BUT YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY PREDICT WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS MAY HAPPEN.
AND SO JEFF, JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR WALKING IT THROUGH WITH US TODAY.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY, UM, SUTHERLAND IS RUN BY TWO CHILLERS.
UM, UH, AROUND LATE MAY, WE REALIZED ONE OF THE CHILLERS WASN'T OPERATING CORRECTLY.
UH, WE LIMPED THROUGH UNTIL THE END OF SCHOOL, UH, IN JULY 4TH.
YOU HAVE TO TURN THE CHILLERS OFF AND TO, UH, CAP 'EM AND PRESSURIZE
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TEST THEM TO MAKE SURE, SEE WHERE THE LEAKS ARE.AND WE DID THAT OVER THE JULY 4TH WEEKEND.
AND WE FOUND OUT THAT THAT CHILLER, ONE OF THEM IS OPERATING ABOUT 40, 40 TO 45% EFFICIENCY.
UM, ON A DAY THAT'S 75 DEGREES AND NOT HUMID, THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT IT IS A BIG DEAL IF IT'S OVER 90 AND THE HUMIDITY'S UP.
UM, SO IN, IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT SCHOOL, UH, COMFORTABLE FOR LEARNING AND FOR THE STAFF SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OPTIMAL, YOU KNOW, EDUCATIONAL, UH, ENVIRONMENT, WE FELT LIKE WE NEED TO GET THAT CHILLER REPLACED.
UH, IT IS ON THE CIP FOR FY 32, WHICH WAS THE ESTIMATED USEFULNESS OF THAT, BUT IT'S A ACTUALLY NEEDED MUCH SOONER.
UM, I DID SPEAK WITH CHRISTIE FLEMING, THE CFO OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TODAY, AND SHE ANTICIPATES THAT WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH, UH, FUND BALANCE AT THE, ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT AND GET EVERYTHING DONE TO, UH, COVER THIS COST.
BUT IT WOULD INVOLVE BASICALLY, UM, AN AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND THAT MONEY PRIOR TO THE FUND BALANCE ACTUALLY BEING OFFICIALLY, YOU KNOW, FIGURED.
SO, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, JEFF, YOU HAVEN'T PULLED THE TRIGGER YET? WE HAVE NOT ON, WE HAVE NOT, NOT.
SO IT'S, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IF IT WAS, IF IT WASN'T TODAY UNDER THIS EMERGENCY, IT WOULD BE IN SEPTEMBER.
SO, AND AFTER TALKING OCTOBER YEAH.
WE, WE WOULDN'T, WE WANTED IT TO TO COME BEFORE YOU MORE, MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY.
AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO HEAR IT THIS QUICKLY.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE WERE, WE REALLY TRIED TO HOLD ON AND, AND BE A GOOD, GOOD STEWARDS OF THE, THE MONEY, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S AT THE POINT NOW WE REALLY NEED TO GET IT REPLACED.
AND THE OTHER THING, WE, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING SOME, SOME OF THE HVAC MECHANICAL TYPE OF BIDS, NOT JUST IN THIS PROJECT, BUT OTHER PROJECTS.
AND OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS HAVE REALLY JUMPED UP IN COST.
SO I, I TOLD JEFF EARLIER TODAY, I, I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA GET ANY CHEAPER IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT, IT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL'S REQUEST.
MS. HOWERTON, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF WALK THE BOARD AS TO WHAT THE ACTION WOULD BE NEEDED FINANCIALLY? RIGHT.
SO THE, UM, THE PAPER BEFORE YOU IS THE APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION THAT WE HAD PREPARED EARLIER, UM, WHEN WE WERE THINKING WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THE MONEY FROM THE UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
BUT, UM, SINCE WE'VE HEARD BACK FROM CHRISTIE AND SHE THINKS THERE'S ENOUGH IN THE SCHOOL'S FY 26 FUND BALANCE, THE FIRST LINE THAT WHERE IT SAYS TRANSFER THE UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE, THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO TRANSFER FROM SCHOOL OPERATING FUND AND THEN OTHERWISE THE RESOLUTION IS AS PRESENTED IS.
SO MADAM CHAIR, WE NEED A, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, AND IF THERE ARE, PLEASE ASK THE QUESTIONS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE, WE JUST NEED TO, UH, APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED BY, UH, MS. HOWARD.
I MEAN, WE WE'RE A WEEK BEFORE KIDS ARE IN THE BUILDING.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR ANTICIPATION THERE? WELL, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO OPERATE IT AS IT IS.
ONCE THEY GET A CHILLER IDENTIFIED AND THEY'RE READY TO START REPLACING, THEY'RE GONNA BRING IN A TEMPORARY CHILLER THIS UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST CHILLER REPLACEMENT UNTIL IN JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY.
BUT WHAT IT'LL, IT'LL ALLOW US TO DO IS IF THE WEATHER STAYS HOT, YOU KNOW, IF IT GETS HUMID, HIT ANOTHER HOT SPILL, WE CAN DISCONNECT THAT CHILLER AND HOOK UP A TEMPORARY CHILLER.
SO IT, YOU KNOW, WE, IF WE, IF WE GET OVER 75 DEGREES IN THE HUMIDITY, YOU KNOW, UH, IN THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, IT STARTS TO GET UNCOMFORTABLE.
SO THIS GIVES US THE OPTION TO HAVE THIS, UH, AVAILABLE.
WE CAN GET IT ORDERED, WE CAN GET THIS PART OF THE PRICE AND WE CAN, WE CAN KEEP THAT SCHOOL COMFORTABLE.
JEFF, IS IS A SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE SCHOOL? OR IS IT, IT'S THE, UH, FRONT AND THE LIBRARY, I BELIEVE.
I KNOW YOU HAD A LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS 2032.
AND, BUT IT WENT OUT BEFORE THEN.
SO I GUESS THINGS JUST HAPPENED ON, IT WAS, IT STARTED TO LEAK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT, WE WERE ANTICIPATING ONE OR TWO LEAKS WHEN WE CAPPED IT AND PRESSURIZED TESTED, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, 60% OF THE TUBES.
UM, MATT HAD A REALLY GOOD GRAPHIC THAT HE SHOWED TO THE, THE, UH, THE CABINET AND IT'S BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE A HONEYCOMB MM-HMM
AND ALL THE TUBES HAVE THEY USE COOL IT THROUGH IT.
AND WE'VE HAD TO CAP THE ONES THAT HAVE LEAKS.
SO IT'S, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE ALL OPEN AND NOW WE GOT LIKE 40% TO 50% OF THOSE CAPPED.
SO IT'S ONLY BEING ABLE TO RUN THROUGH COOL IT THROUGH THE ONES THAT AREN'T CAPPED.
SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S ONLY OPERATING AT 40%.
THAT'S WHY I CAN KEEP UP IF IT'S 80 DEGREES OUT, BUT IT CAN'T KEEP UP IF IT'S HOT AND HUMID OUTSIDE.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK THIS, THIS WAS AN ANOMALY.
THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY THESE CHILLERS LAST AND THIS ONE JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON, UH, ENDED UP GETTING
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LEAKS AND YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ONE'S WORKING FINE.SO THERE'S TWO OF 'EM IN THE BUILDING.
SO MADAME CHAIR, I THINK IT ALSO, OBVIOUSLY IT IS BEYOND ITS WARRANTY.
AND SO WE BUILT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
WE, UM, ANY, ANY OTHER AS FAR AS THE OTHER EXISTING CHILLER AT SUTHERLAND THAT LOOKS TO BE OKAY.
AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, STILL SHOULD, THEY SHOULD MEET THEIR HOPEFULLY USEFUL.
WELL, WE ANTICIPATE IT, BUT WHO KNOWS? YOU JUST DUNNO.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THE PARTS OFF THE, THE CURRENT ONE THAT'S GOING BAD SO WE CAN CANNIBALIZE IT IN CASE WE DO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER ONE.
UNLESS IT'S THE MAIN TUBE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY ON THOSE LATER ON.
I I GUESS WE'RE GONNA USE IT FOR SPARE PARTS.
SMART MADAM CHAIR, JUST A QUESTION TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AT THIS POINT, I THINK MR. LEE AND MYSELF HAVE A STATEMENT TO READ.
AM I CORRECT AND LOOKING AT THAT ONLY LEAVES TWO BOARD MEMBERS TO VOTE CURRENTLY.
IF WE ABSTAIN, WHAT IS THE POLICY WITH ONLY TWO BOARD MEMBERS? SO THERE'S A QUORUM HERE.
SO THE MEETING CONTINUES ON IN TWO TO, IF IT IS A VOTE OF TWO TO ZERO, THAT'S ENOUGH TO PASS IT.
IS IT AN ABSTENTION OF THE VOTE OR JUST A, A VOTE RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S A ABSTENTION? NO, IT WOULD BE AN, IT WOULD BE AN ABSTENTION SINCE THIS MATTER ONLY PERTAINS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING POINT OF ORDER.
WHAT, WHAT IS WE ONLY HAVE TWO.
SO ROBERTS RULES OF THE MAJORITY HERE PRESENT TWO DON'T TO ABSTAIN.
IT WOULD MAKE IT AN OFFICIAL YES.
I THINK THAT TWO, THE MAJORITY, I THINK THAT AS PARLIAMENTARIAN, THE ADVICE HAS BEEN FOR THEM TO ABSTAIN UNDER CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.
THIS IS NOT A PROVISION FOR WHICH THE VIRGINIA CODE REQUIRES A MAJORITY OF THE FULL BOARD.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I THINK IT JUST REQUIRES A MAJORITY.
SO TWO VOTES WOULD, WOULD PASS THE QUESTION.
YOU DO YOU HAVE TO READ, DO YOU HAVE, DO, DO THEY HAVE TO READ OR THEY DON'T HAVE TO READ? IS THERE A STATEMENT YOU NEED TO READ BEFORE WE VOTE? YES, I THINK WE BOTH HAVE A STATEMENT.
AT THE AUGUST 18TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I MARKE MOORE INTEND TO ABSTAIN FROM DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING THE DENVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMERGENCY CHILLER REPLACEMENT BECAUSE MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DEITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AT THE AUGUST 18TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I, DANIEL D. LEE, INTEND TO ABSTAIN FROM DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING THE DI COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL EMERGENCY CELLO REPLACEMENT BECAUSE MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
SO MADAM CHAIR, YOU NEED A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE IT APPROVED.
SO MS. CHAVIS, YOU'D HAVE TO MAKE IT ROLL CALL.
MR. LEE, AYE, SUSTAIN EXCUSE I QUICKLY WOULD AGREE.
JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY A LOT OF TIMES MY ADVICE HAS BEEN TO ALLOW FOR A VOTE.
I HAD A, A CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH THE VIRGINIA CONFLICT OF INTEREST COUNSEL AND THEIR ADVICE WAS TO, FOR, FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO ABSTAIN IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'VE GIVEN THE ADVICE FOR, FOR DR. MOORE AND MR. LEE TO ABSTAIN IF THE ACTION WOULD'VE APPLIED TO AN ENTITY OTHER THAN THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN A MOTION TO BUY A FIRE ENGINE AND A NEW CHILLER, THEN THE ADVICE WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
BUT THAT, THAT WAS THE ADVICE I RECEIVED FROM THE, THE COUNCIL.
I THINK IT'S VERY CONSERVATIVE ADVICE, BUT I WAS RELUCTANT TO GIVE ADVICE OTHER THAN WHAT THEY TOLD ME.
SO JEFF, LET'S SIGN A CONTRACT.
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AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UM, YOU ARE AFTER THE CITIZEN COMMENTS.CITIZEN COMMENTS? MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.UM, FIRST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, IS THE, THE, UH, HAVEN OAK
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DATA CENTER, UH, APPLICATION.I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE ARTICULATED THIS A COUPLE TIMES NOW, THAT WHEN, WHEN WE, WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, THE WEEKEND OF JULY 4TH, BUT WE DIDN'T ACCEPT THE APPLICATION.
SO WHEN WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATION, OUR STAFF HAS A, A PROFESSIONAL STAFF HAS AN EXPECTATION TO EVALUATE THAT APPLICATION TO SEE IF ALL OF OUR SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLETE.
UM, AFTER REVIEWING, INITIALLY THIS APPLICATION STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUIRED OF THE APPLICANT IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE.
SO IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE APPLICANT, UM, IT HAS LOOKED AT MAKING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE APPLICATION.
THOSE APPLICATION MODIFICATIONS WOULD BE, UH, POTENTIALLY GIVING TO THE COUNTY STAFF NEXT WEEK.
SO AGAIN, WE PLAN TO, TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT IN REGARDS TO, UH, ITS, ITS REQUEST.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL MAKE THAT PUBLIC, UM, AS WELL WHEN, WHEN THAT APPLICATION MODIFICATION WERE TO COME IN.
BUT YOU SHOULD, WE SHOULD EXPECT IT MAYBE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
IT'S ON THEIR TIMETABLE, NOT NOT HOURS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AS FAR AS, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO YOU ALL? WELL, IT CAN'T PUT BE PUT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA UNTIL THE APPLICATION ITSELF IS CONSIDERED TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE PLAN STAFF.
SO AT THIS POINT, FROM WHAT STAFF HAS INDICATED TO MS. COLLINS AND MYSELF IS THAT IT WOULD BE AT THE EARLIEST COMING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN, UH, OCTOBER AT THE EARLIEST COULD, COULD BE LATER THAN THAT.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WHAT THEY MAY BE PRESENTING MAY NEED ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION TO EVALUATE, BUT AT THE EARLIEST IT WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD BE OCTOBER.
UM, SO THAT'S NOT A, AN ORDINARY PROCESS.
WE, AS APPLICANTS SUBMIT, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO MAKE IT, UH, HOLISTIC BEFORE IT CAN MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, IT'S, AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED ACCEPTED, UH, BY THE, BY THE COUNTY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT PIECE OF THE APPLICATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TO, TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AT THE END ALSO, JUST JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UH, THAT THE, WE HAD A, A VACO COUNTY OF OFFICIAL SUMMIT.
I KNOW MADAM CHAIR'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME THAT MAY BE WATCHING THOSE HERE, UH, THEY ARE THE MAIN LOBBYING EFFORT FOR LOCALITIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
AND SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, AND FOR THIS BOARD WHO'S BEEN EXTREMELY ACTIVE WITH VACO LAST WEEK'S INTENTIONS WERE TO LEARN, UH, WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY BE THINKING ABOUT FOR, FOR NEXT SESSION.
AND A LOT OF, LOT OF THINGS INTRODUCED IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, UM, SOME OF WHICH THAT COULD BE VERY IMPACTING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, DIDN'T PASS.
SO WE'RE WATCHING THAT VERY CAREFULLY FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BUT I WILL SAY, UM, SO YOU GOT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S EFFORTS, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE GOVERNOR'S EFFORTS.
AND SO AS, AS THE GOVERNOR, UH, UH, GOVERNOR SPAN BERGER ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE, THE VACO SUMMIT SPOKE TO HER INITIATIVES AND WHY SHE WAS, UM, TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT SHE WAS, SHE WAS VERY APOLOGETIC TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE COUNTIES THAT WERE PRESENT OVER THE LAST MINUTE EFFORT OF BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE A BUDGET JUST A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THE DEADLINE, UH, OR, OR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UH, THE PLEDGE WAS, IS THAT THIS YEAR THAT WOULDN'T TAKE PLACE.
AND FOR MR. WALTERS THAT'S HERE, THE EXPECTATION WAS, I MEAN, THE BIGGEST IMPACT PROBABLY WERE TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AND TRYING TO ISSUE CONTRACTS WITH NO BUDGET.
SO, UM, THEY, SHE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD DO BETTER NEXT YEAR AND HOPEFULLY THE HOUSE AND SENATE WILL, UH, AGREE TO THAT.
WE ALSO HAD SIX CABINET SECRETARIES ATTEND.
SO IT WASN'T JUST THE GOVERNOR HERSELF WHO SPOKE, IT WAS SIX OF HER CABINET, UH, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
WE'VE NEVER HAD SIX CABINET MEMBERS SPEAK AT A A CONFERENCE QUITE LIKE THIS BEFORE.
I THINK IT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR EVERYONE PRESENT TO, TO KIND OF HEAR WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION IS, IS THINKING THAT THEY MAY GO.
UM, I ALSO, FOR THE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS ENCOURAGING THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED A LOCAL GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR, SO AN INDIVIDUAL, ACTUALLY THREE INDIVIDUALS AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT, UM, CAN BE A PHONE CALL AWAY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN THAT.
SO I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST GOVERNOR THAT'S ACTUALLY CREATED THAT TYPE OF POSITION, WHICH IS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
UH, THE, ANOTHER, UH, SECTION I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, UH, THE CHAIR AND I HAD, UH, THE REASON WE HAD TO COUNSEL OUR LAST WORKSHOP MEETING IS 'CAUSE WE HAD A, A REAL UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MEET
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WITH GENERAL SEAN DAVIS, AND HE IS THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF FORT LEE.UH, RECENTLY HAS BEEN, UM, A JUST CHANGE OF THE COMMAND FROM COLONEL DONAHUE, THOSE THAT REMEMBER THE PREVIOUS GENERAL.
UM, AND I WILL TELL YOU, I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT GENERAL, UH, SIMILARLY, GENERAL DONAHUE AND NOW GENERAL DAVIS, ALL OF THESE THREE GENERALS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF DEWIN COUNTY AND THE, AND THE NEIGHBORING LOCALITIES.
SO, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND I HAD A CHANCE TO, TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM, WE HAVE A NEW COLONEL GARRISON COMMANDER THAT JUST TOOK CHARGE, UM, WHICH IS KINDA LIKE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS INDIVIDUAL.
AND SHE IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN DEITY COUNTY.
UH, FORT LEE WAS RECENTLY RENAMED, UH, TO FITZ LEE.
AFTER FITZ LEE, WHO WAS A NATIVE OF, OF DEM WITTY COUNTY, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT A, A PORTRAIT UNVEILING OF FITZ LEE.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS THURSDAY, THE CHAIR AND I ATTEND A MEETING CALLED A CIVILIAN MILITARY COUNCIL MEETING, WHERE A RATHER SIGNIFICANTLY SIZED, UH, PORTRAIT OF THAT'S GONNA BE DEDICATED AND GIVEN TO DIY COUNTY SO THAT WE MAY HAVE A, A COPY OF THAT PORTRAIT THAT WE CAN DISPLAY PROUDLY HERE, UM, IN THE COUNTY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I I WANTED TO MENTION WHEN IT COMES TO THIS MEETING IS, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS, BUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN AND COME, COME OUT OF IT? WELL, AT THIS MEETING WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, SAMANTHA ELLIS, WHO HAS, HAS BEEN AN, AN ADVOCATE OF, UH, SACRED HEART MEMORIAL GARDEN CEMETERY, WHICH IS LOCATED IN, IN THE, THE MOORE SOUTHERN END OF DENWOODY COUNTY NEAR FORT PICKETT.
UH, THIS WAS CREATED, I BELIEVE IN 1943.
AND IT'S, UM, WHAT IT, YOU, WE HAD, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE BURIED ON FORT PICKETT AND THEN THEY WERE RELOCATED.
AND SO, IF YOU REMEMBER THE HISTORY HERE, THOSE THAT WERE WHITE WIND UP GOING TO THE BUTTER WOODS CEMETERY AND THOSE THAT WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN WENT TO SACRED HEART.
WELL, SINCE 1943, THAT CEMETERY HAS BEEN NEGLECTED IN MANY, MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, WE, WE HAVE ASSISTED, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS ASSISTED IN TRYING TO GET TRUSTEES NAMED AND MS. MS. ELLIS AS ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
UH, AT THE LAST MEETING, AND YOU RECALL WE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST HERE THAT NIGHT, MS. ELLIS CAME UP AND, AND EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR US TO DO MORE WHEN IT COMES TO SACRED HEART MEMORIAL GARDEN CEMETERY.
AND SO, MS. EBRA BONNER AND I HAD A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION THAT TO THE NEW, THE NEW GENERAL WHO, UH, OFFICIALLY COMMITTED ON THE SPOT TO PROVIDE RESOURCES OF FORT LEE, HIS SOLDIERS AND THE DIVISION OF MORTUARY SERVICES, TO, UH, DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND CAMPAIGN TO, UH, HELP WITH THIS PARTICULAR CEMETERY.
SO IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THAT TYPE OF COMMITMENT SINCE I CAN, I THINK, EVER.
AND SO JUAN JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK MS. ELLIS FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE TO, TO SYNERGIZE WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.
AND AGAIN, TO TRY TO, UM, ASSIST IN A POSITIVE WAY SO THAT THAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD.
AND MS. ELLISON AND I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATION EVEN AS RECENTLY AS TODAY.
AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO KIND OF BRING HONOR TO THIS CEMETERY AND THE WAY IT SHOULD BE IN DENWOOD.
UH, MR. LEE MENTIONED THE, THE, THE MEETING THAT WE RECENTLY HAD, UH, WITH, UH, FIRE AND EMS SPECIFICALLY DOING SOME TRAINING, UH, WITH THE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
AND SPECIFICALLY THAT SAME DAY, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND WHAT'S CALLED THE FARMER'S DINNER.
AND THAT FARMER'S DINNER, UH, WAS WELL ATTENDED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND IT'S JUST, IT TO ME, IT'S A REMINDER THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, DENDY IS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS SEAL BEHIND US AND YOU SEE THE TOBACCO LEAF AND YOU SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TIMBER, THE TREE THAT'S THERE, YOU KNOW, THE STILL TO THIS DAY, UH, OUR LARGER LARGEST INDUSTRIES IN DIMITY IS STILL, UH, AGRICULTURE ON TIMBER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR FARMERS DO A TREMENDOUS JOB IN TRYING TO MAXIMIZE EVERY, EVERY ACRE OF DENWOODY COUNTY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND WHERE WE WOULDN'T BE THE DEITY COUNTY WE ARE, IF IT WASN'T FOR THOSE FARMERS.
AND MR. LEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRYING TO GET THAT ORGANIZED AND REMINDING US OF, OF JUST HOW IMPORTANT AG IS IN DENWOODY COUNTY.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, TO GIVE YOU ALL, HERE'S, UH, A COPY AND DAN, YOU GOT A COPY AND I'VE GOT A COPY FOR THE PUBLIC IF ANYBODY WISHES TO SEE IT.
UH, BUT THIS IS THE REFUNDING SUMMARY, THE FINAL NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH MEHERON RIVER REGIONAL JAIL.
IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD, UM, EVALUATED THIS, BROUGHT IT TO YOU ALL BEFORE.
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WHAT I REALLY JUST WANNA SHOW YOU IS ON THE, ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE COVER PAGE, YOU'LL SEE ON, UM, LINE 19 THAT THE NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS PERCENTAGE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET 4.78%.SO THE, THE HERON RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND EXECUTIVE BOARD, YOU KNOW, I, I'M I CHAIR THAT, UH, WE HAD RECOMMENDED THAT IF ANYTHING ABOVE 3% THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, THE REFUNDING, THE REFINANCING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE, THE ANNUAL SAVINGS OF THAT IS ABOUT $836,000.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING JUST OVER, UH, 70 SOME THOUSAND, AROUND 70,000 SO A YEAR, UH, THAT, THAT ADDS UP.
AND SO THAT JUST NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS MAKES A, MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE BOTTOM LINE, UM, OF AN, A JAIL OUR SIZE.
AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, UM, PUBLICLY THINK, UH, RODNEY JACOBS, WHO IS OUR, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WE HAD A, AN ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE JAIL.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE CORRECTIONS THESE DAYS IS A PRETTY TOUGH BUSINESS.
AND OUR STAFF, UH, AT MEHERON JUST DO A, A PHENOMENAL JOB.
AND, AND SO WE, WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, FOR ANYBODY THAT'S EVER AUDITED, ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN AUDITOR FEELS LIKE THEY GOTTA FIND SOMETHING TO PROVE THAT THEY AUDITED.
AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF TOO MANY ORGANIZATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE ACHIEVED A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANCE REPORT.
UM, BUT OUR JAIL FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS RECEIVED THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE OVERALL LIFE, HEALTH AND, AND SAFETY STANDARDS OF A JAIL, TO GET A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THAT IS A PHENOMENAL ACHIEVEMENT.
SO I JUST, JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK SUPERINTENDENT JACOBS FOR THAT AND THE STAFF AT MEHERON, UM, THE RIVER ROAD TRAIL.
SO I WAS TALKING TO MS. COLLINS EARLIER TODAY, DR. MOORE, YOUR DISTRICT, THIS IS LOCATED AGAIN, RIVER ROAD AND SUTHERLAND.
THAT TRAIL IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY, WOULD BE IN SEPTEMBER, PROBABLY THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER TO DO THAT.
BUT, UM, JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK FRANK HALTON, CORNELL HENDERSON AND, UM, OUR STAFF IN PROCUREMENT FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO GET THIS OVER THE, THE FINISH LINE.
BUT IT'S GONNA BE A, A REALLY NICE ASSET AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OPENING THAT TO THE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT IN ANOTHER PART OF MY JOB IS, IS ALSO, UM, IN THE PETERSBURG AREA, REGIONAL TOURISM FRONT.
AND SO WE HAVE A MEETING THIS FRIDAY TO HIRE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
SO THE JOB POSTING HASN'T COME OUT YET.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY STATE IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT HAS A STRONG DESIRE FOR TOURISM, AND AGAIN, YOU THINK ABOUT PETERSBURG AREA REGIONAL TOURISM, IT'S THE, THE CITIES OF PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, DIM WHITTY, AND PRINCE GEORGE.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION.
WE'VE TRIED TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND HELD AWFUL ON HIRING THAT POSITION UNTIL WE CAN BE, WE WERE FINALLY IN A BETTER FINANCIAL POSITION.
SO ALL FIVE MEMBER JURISDICTIONS NOW ARE PAYING THE, THEIR REQUIRED MINIMUM FOR THAT.
SO WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT THE BEST PART OF VIRGINIA, AS WE CALL IT, YOU MAY SEE OUR COMMERCIALS ON TV, UH, THAT WE'LL HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND WITH SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS REGION WITH THE CASINO, VIRGINIA MOTORSPORTS PARK FOR US, UH, PAMPLIN PARK, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR TOURISM.
TOMORROW I WILL BE ATTENDING THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE ADDRESS.
AS YOU KNOW, I ALSO SERVE AT THE RICHARD BLAND BOARD.
AND SO THEY'RE HAVING, UH, NEW, OUR NEW, UH, PRESIDENT KENNY ALEXANDER WILL BE GIVEN THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE.
WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOME NEW CA NEW STAFF POSITION CHANGES AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE.
AND JUST REALLY EXCITED AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS COMING BACK, WE ALSO HAVE COLLEGES GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
AND SO RICHARD BLAND BEING THAT THAT TWO YEAR INSTITUTION HERE FOR DI WITTY, UM, AND AGAIN, DO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, JEFF, FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THE STAFF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, YOUR ALL THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR A HAPPY, GOOD NEW YEAR FOR SCHOOLS, HOPE IT'S SAFE AND THAT IT'S VERY PROSPEROUS FOR YOU GUYS.
AND THE LAST THING YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I GET THIS OPPORTUNITY, USUALLY IT'S SO BUSY GETTING EMAILS THAT SOMETIMES I DON'T GET TO SEE 'EM UNTIL I GET HOME.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTER DINNER WE'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH ALL THESE EMAILS.
AND SO ONE DAY, UM, I'M LOOKING THROUGH SOME GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS AND SO I, I LOOK AT WHO HAS RECENTLY BEEN APPOINTED AND, YOU KNOW, SOME, EVERY NOW AND THEN THERE'LL BE A NAME THAT WILL POP UP AND SOMEBODY THAT I'LL, I'LL RECOGNIZE.
AND SO I, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOUR, YOUR MIND IMMEDIATELY GOES TO ANYBODY THAT'S FROM DIM WOODY, OR IF THE WORD DIM WOODY.
SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT GOVERNOR SPAN BERGER HAS RECENTLY APPOINTED LASHONDA LIPKIN LEE, OUR HR DIRECTOR, WHO HAS A PRETTY, UH, EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN SOCIAL SERVICES WORK, UM, THAT
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SHE'S NOW BEEN APPOINTED TO THE, THE VIRGINIA STATEWIDE SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD.AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF LASHANDA AND TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
CONGRATULATIONS IN THAT EFFORT.
AND AGAIN, SIR, I'VE TOLD YOU I CIRCLE BACK AROUND ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE DATA CENTER, UH, APPLICATION AND SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, I, I WILL, MR. LEE, I, I WILL WE'LL ENSURE THAT AS INFORMATION IS, IS FLOWING AND IS RECEIVED, THAT, THAT, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE QUICKLY, UM, MADE PUBLIC IN THE PROCESS.
[10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
MEMBERS.'CAUSE I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
UM, OF COURSE, SCHOOL STARTING THIS, THIS COMING WEEK, WE'VE GOT, UM, MEET THE TEACHER, I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
WE'VE, UH, GOT THIS BACK TO SCHOOL BASH ON FRIDAY.
AND IF I WAS TOLD IT'S CORRECTLY, IT'S GONNA BE AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX THIS YEAR, NOT AT THE CORRECT THE PRACTICE FOOTBALL FIELD NEXT TO THE SOFTBALL FIELD.
SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE TIME.
I KNOW IT'S LIKE THREE TO SIX OR THREE TO SEVEN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S A GOOD EVENT.
UM, A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS COME TO IT AND, UH, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE THERE FOR EXPLANATIONS OF SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA REMEMBER ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR TEACHERS, EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN THE SCHOOLS, UM, SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE A SAFE AND PROSPEROUS YEAR AS WE GO FORWARD.
ALSO, OUR RBC STUDENTS, RICHARD BLAND, AS WELL AS OUR VSU STUDENTS, UM, THAT ARE GOING BACK TO COLLEGE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
UM, OF COURSE, KEVIN TALKED ABOUT THE VACA MEETING.
UM, I SERVE ON THE EDUCATION, UM, STEERING COMMITTEE.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE KIND OF SURPRISED AT, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED FOR PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH COMMUNITY TO, FOR A 1% SALES TAX THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS NEW CONSTRUCTION OR FOR RENOVATIONS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS.
UM, SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, OF COURSE YOU'VE SEEN IN, IN THE NEWS THAT YOU'VE HAD SEVERAL RIGHT IN OUR OWN VICINITY THAT HAVE, UH, ARE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE REFERENDUMS PERTAINING TO IT, UH, IN PARTICULAR RICHMOND AND CHESTERFIELD, BUT 40 COMMUNITIES IN THE STATES SO FAR HAVE KIND OF SAID THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO, DO THAT.
AND, UM, THAT'S AN INTERESTING NUMBER.
WE DID NOT FEEL LIKE IT, IT MAY NOT WOULD BE THAT MANY, BUT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES WITH CITIES AND, AND COUNTIES WHERE THERE'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S A TRUE NEED.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN 40, 50 YEARS SINCE THEY BUILT A SCHOOL.
UM, SO WE LOOKED AT IT AS A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX, WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO USE IT, THAT IS THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHT, BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A GOOD THING AND NOW IT'S COMING TO FRUITION THAT THESE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES ARE, ARE POSSIBLY CAN PASS A REFERENDUM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO SOME PEOPLE ARE USING THE TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX AND WE ARE APPRECIATIVE 'CAUSE FOR IT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I'M NOT ONE FOR RAISING TAXES, BUT I ALSO REALIZE THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THEIR CAPITAL NEEDS REQUIREMENTS AS THEY GO FORWARD.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP THEIR REGULAR BUDGETS AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.
SO ANYWAY, INTERESTING THAT THAT'S, AND I WANNA THANK THE GOVERNOR FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A GOVERNOR TO COME TO VACO TO, UH, SHARE THEIR VISION AS WELL AS THE CABINET MEMBERS.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE VERY MM-HMM
VERY, UM, WELL SPOKEN AND, UM, BROUGHT A LOT TO THE TABLE TO TELL US WHAT, WHAT THEIR AGENDA IS GOING ON, WHETHER I AGREE WITH IT OR NOT.
AT LEAST THEY CAME AND THEY PRESENTED IT.
UM, SO I WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
THE, WE HAD A BLOOD DRIVE AT WEST END BAPTIST CHURCH.
IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS NEED FOR BLOOD, UH, DONATIONS.
UH, WE COLLECTED 26 UNITS A WEEK AGO.
UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN NOVEMBER, BUT I, I WOULD PUT IT OUT TO ANY, ANY OF OUR CHURCHES AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS OR ANYBODY THAT WISHES NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO TRY TO GET IN LINE TO HAVE A BLOOD, UM, DRIVE.
UM, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, SHERRY DRISCOLL, IS THE ONE THAT RUNS THE RED CROSS,
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UH, OUT OF, UH, HOPEWELL.AND, UM, THERE'S JUST A TREMENDOUS NEED FOR IT.
SO AS WE GO FORWARD, I HOPE MAYBE SOME OF OUR CHURCHES OR WHATEVER WILL REACH OUT TO RED CROSS AND POSSIBLY, UM, HAVE A BLOOD DRIVE.
UM, OTHER THING IS ONE OF MY CHURCH MEMBERS WORKS FOR MCGUIRE WOODS, THE LAW FIRM IN RICHMOND.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR PRETTY MUCH LAST YEAR, WE TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER, THEY HAVE A PRO BONO OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS TO DO, UM, ESTATE PLANNING, WHETHER IT'S WILLS, YOU KNOW, UM, MEDICAL, UM, ISSUES, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
ON THE 26TH OF AUGUST, THERE WILL BE A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THEM THROUGH MCGUIRE WOODS.
UM, I WANT TO PUT OUT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, UM, IF THERE'S SOME AVAILABLE FOR THE ESTATE PLANNING.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, THIS IS OUR LAST BOARD MEETING BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11TH.
AND I CAN REMEMBER THAT MORNING VERY VIVIDLY.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN BORN THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT SEPTEMBER 11TH MEANS.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET, AND I HOPE THAT THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER THE 11TH IN 2001.
WE HAVE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, FOR THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST, UM, I PRAY FOR THE, STILL PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES AND THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED, BUT IT CHANGED OUR COUNTRY, UM, AND IT CHANGED HOW WE VIEW A LOT OF THINGS IN OUR WORLD.
AND, UM, SO I JUST DON'T WANT US TO FORGET THAT DAY, UM, AROUND NINE O'CLOCK, A LITTLE BIT BEFORE NINE, UH, ON SEPTEMBER THE 11TH.
MADAM CHAIR, UH, I DON'T HAVE MUCH.
I, UH, REPRESENTED THE FOURTH DISTRICT IN VACO, UH, THIS PAST WEEK AND LISTENED TO OTHER COUNTIES, NINE, FIVE COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND PROBABLY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, DAN? MAYBE 30 IF THAT MANY ATTENDED TO, UH, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE.
I MEAN, THE DATA CENTERS, LOUDOUN COUNTY HAS MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THE STATE.
FREDERICKSBURG, I TALKED TO ONE OF THOSE SUPERVISORS.
HE HAS A MILLION CONSTITUENTS, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
I ASKED THE POPULATION OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, AND THEY'RE NOTHING LIKE US.
400 RESIDENTS, 400 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO TALK ABOUT THEIR, THEIR ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, LIKE KEVIN SAID ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
UH, BUT EVERYBODY'S TELLING US HOW IT IS.
BUT, UH, BUT TO LEARN EVERYTHING, DANA, TELL YOU ALL THE ISSUES THAT EVERY COUNTY GOES THROUGH.
THERE'S A COUNTY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA THAT REALLY SUPPORTS IN SALES MARIJUANA TO THE VAPE STORES.
THEY SAY IT'S NOT MARIJUANA, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK ABOUT THIS, WHAT ALL THE COUNTIES DO TO TRY TO MAKE FUNDS TO KEEP TAXES DOWN.
AND IT'S, IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT DATA CENTERS, LIKE, UM, MECKLENBURG, THEIR TAX RATE NOW IS 33 CENTS.
NOT THAT I DON'T WANT DATA CENTERS, BUT EVERY COUNTY HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO BRING FUNDS IN TO TAKE THEIR TAXES DOWN TO, TO HELP THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
I MEAN, WE, WE KEPT THE, UH, TAXES DOWN WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, WHAT, HOW MANY YEARS TO 69 FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, BUT WE ALL HAVE ISSUES AND EACH COUNTY HAS DIFFERENT ONES.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR.
UM, ALL OF THEIR, THEIR ISSUES TOO.
I THINK DENWOODY COUNTY'S THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, AND WE HAD A GOVERNOR TO SAY THAT, THAT DENWOODY COUNTY IS THE BEST.
AND THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
AND I LOVE LIVING IN DENWOODY COUNTY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS IS, IS TAKEN CARE OF AND NOT, UH, MADE ISSUES TO MAKE THEIR LIFE NOT HAPPY.
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I MEAN, I LIVE IN, UH, A RURAL DISTRICT.UH, I HAVE ONE NEIGHBOR WITHIN A MILE, AND I LOVE THAT.
I WANNA CONGRATULATE HANNAH BISHOP ON HER PROMOTION TO UNIT COORDINATOR FOR DEN WIT'S VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICE.
UM, THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION HAS A STRONG PRESENCE IN DENWITTY COUNTY.
THE UNIT SUPPORTS NOT ONLY FARMERS, BUT ALSO OUR YOUTH THROUGH A VARIETY OF, UH, FOUR H PROGRAMS AND CLUBS.
AND WE ARE JUST BLESSED TO HAVE HANNAH SERVE AS A FOUR H AGENT FOR MANY YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER IN HER NEW ROLE.
UM, AND THE VACO SUMMIT THAT WE WENT TO LAST WEEK, ALL, ALL FIVE BOARD MEMBERS DID ATTEND.
AND OF COURSE, UH, GOVERNOR SPAN BERGER ATTENDED, UM, AND GAVE THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS, UM, AND, UH, OF COURSE A FEMALE GOVERNOR.
SO WE, THAT'S THE FIRST ONE WE'VE HAD.
SO THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE, UM, IN VIRGINIA.
AND, UM, I SIT ON THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGER COMMITTEES THAT THEY HAVE.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN, UM, THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT UNDER THAT UMBRELLA, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, THE SENIORS, IT TALKS ABOUT CHILDREN, IT TALKS, UM, UH, MAJORITY IS, IS TALKING ABOUT YOUR HEALTH AND, AND, UM, INSURANCE.
ALL KINDS OF THINGS IS UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT HAS CHANGED IN THE, UM, UH, IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS STARTED, STARTED TO CUT BACK ON A LOT OF SERVICES.
SO, UM, WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICES, THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW, UM, TO SUPPORT.
AND IT'S CALLED THE, THE SNAP BENEFITS.
AND, AND OF COURSE THAT'S ABOUT, UM, SNAP THE FOOD THAT, UH, UH, PEOPLE CAN GET.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, CHILDREN THAT DON'T HAVE FOOD, AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT, OH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GIVING THIS OUT AND, UM, THEY WILL HAVE THAT.
BUT WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE FOOD AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO DON'T.
SO WE, UH, LIKE TO SUPPORT THAT.
AND THEY'RE GONNA SEE, UM, WHAT THEY CAN DO TO BRIDGE THE GAP WITH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I HOPE THEY'RE ABLE TO REACH, UM, REACH THAT, UM, THAT GOAL.
AND NOW WE HAVE, UM, BACK TO SCHOOL, THE STUDENT TEACHERS AND PARENTS.
AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO KEEP ALL OF THEM IN OUR PRAYERS.
UM, FOR THIS YEAR, FOR 2026 AND 2027, UM, IT, IT'S A LOT GOING ON IN, IN THE COUNTRY, IN THE WORLD.
UM, UH, SOMEONE WAS TELL, WELL, I SAW THIS ON THE NEWS.
A 14-YEAR-OLD, I THINK HE WAS IN THAILAND, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WHO DECIDED HE WANTED TO TAKE 14 YEARS OLD, WANTED TAKE A GUN AND GO, JUST SHOOT UP EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ISSUES.
WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF MENTAL ISSUES GOING ON, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST, UH, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO TALK TO PEOPLE, THEY WOULD RATHER PICK UP A GUN OR A KNIFE OR WHATEVER AND HURT SOMEONE.
AND THEN SOMETIMES, UH, TURN THE WEAPON ON THEMSELVES AND HURT THEMSELVES, WHICH IS JUST AWFUL, UM, DURING THAT, UM, DURING THAT PROCESS.
BUT, UM, WE, WE PRAY FOR THEM BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, YOU WANT THEM TO COME BACK HOME IN ONE PIECE.
AND, AND THIS, AND THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS WHO ALWAYS STEP UP TO HELP IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO WE, WE WANNA DEFINITELY KEEP THEM IN OUR PRAYERS.
AND, UM, I THINK, UM, SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED THIS, BUT THE ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL BASH IS THIS FRIDAY AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX FROM FIVE TO SEVEN.
SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CHILDREN OUT THERE AND STILL GET SOME, SOME NEEDED SUPPLIES AND ALSO, UM, UH, GET SOME, UH, I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF JUST GIFTS AND THINGS THEY GIVE OUT.
SO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU TRY TO ATTEND.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO COME OUT FOR THAT.
UM, CONGRATULATE, UH, LASHONDA LEE FOR HER APPOINTMENT.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
AND, UM, I DID ATTEND AT WHITE BANKS PARK, THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY STUDENT OFFICE.
IT'S THE SPONSORSHIP RECRUITMENT RECOGNITION.
I'VE BEEN GOING AND DEALING WITH THEM FOR A LONG, LONG TIME FROM FORT LEE.
AND, UM, I, SOMETIMES I DO GO ON BASE AND THEY HAVE, UM, INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE ALL ACROSS THE,
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THE WORLD.AND SOMETIMES THEY, THEY HAVE, UM, DISHES THEY LIKE FOR YOU TO TRY, WHICH, UM, I'M NOT REALLY, I, YOU KNOW, I GO, BUT
BUT I DO GO AND SUPPORT AND I TELL 'EM, THEY SAY, OH, TRY IT.
UH, THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UM, UH, STUDENTS THAT COME AND, UM, WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND I TRY TO SUPPORT THEM.
I'VE BEEN GOING, UM, OUT THERE NOW FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS OR MORE FOR THAT.
SO THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO RECRUIT TO COME INTO THE MILITARY.
SO THEY, THEY HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE THERE.
AND, UM, THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY, UM, AND I CAN, I THINK, UM, BILL TALKED ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, DATA CENTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS IS THE THING THAT I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT, UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, UH, FACEBOOK IS GREAT WHEN IT'S GREAT AND WHEN IT'S BAD, IT'S BAD.
AND THE THING OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THEY LIKE TO DO.
SO, UM, WE WANT OUR STAFF TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND NOT GO HOME AND BE STRESSED BY SOMETHING THAT THEY SEE OR READ ON FACEBOOK.
THEY'RE HERE FOR A JOB TO DO A JOB, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND IF'S ANYTHING THAT THIS BOARD CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEM, UM, WE WILL DO THAT.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UH, THE APPLICATION IS NOT HERE.
ANYBODY CAN APPLY FOR AN APPLICATION, BUT THAT'S IT.
YOU CAN, YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT? BUT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO DOING WHAT WE NEED FOR ALL OUR CITIZENS, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR CITIZENS ARE HAPPY.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING, UM, THAT THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO AND SAY.
AND, UM, BUT I, I JUST WANT THE STAFF TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE UPSET AND WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO GO HOME AND FEEL THAT WAY, YOU KNOW? AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VIDEOTAPED SO THEY CAN COME, THEY CAN REVIEW THIS.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S FINE AND WE MOVE FORWARD AND, UM, IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER AND WE CAN ALWAYS EXCHANGE IDEAS.
BUT, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COMMON GOAL IS FOR EVERYBODY TO BE OKAY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, UM, OUT THERE.
AND WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE A NEED TO GO
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
IN CLOSE SESSION.THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 1, PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, DENWITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, DENWITY COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 5, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OF THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHEN NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A THREE, DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX AND HISTORIC COURTHOUSE COMPLEX.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE, PLEASE? SO MOVED.
WE WILL BE BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK THIS EVENING FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE GETTING READY TO, UM, START WITH OUR EVENING PART OF, UM, OUR SESSION AT THIS TIME.
UM, GET A MOTION TO COME OUTTA CLOSED SESSION.
WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE.
PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, DENWITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, DENWITY COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 5.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 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.
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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 IT CERTIFIED, THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE.
[12.A. Retirement Resolution: Lieutenant David A. Gunn]
AT THIS TIME WE WILL START WITH A SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS RETIREMENT RESOLUTION.MADAM CHAIR, IF, UM, IF YOU AND OUR, OUR VICE CHAIR WOULD GO, COME DOWN TO THE, THE PODIUM, WE, WE PROBABLY NEED TO CALL HIM BY HIS NAME.
MY, MY NAME IS KEVIN MASSENGILL AND I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO, UH, OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS TO BE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HERE IN IN DWIN COUNTY.
UH, MOMENTS LIKE THIS ARE KIND OF REALLY SPECIAL FOR ME BECAUSE I I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT PEOPLE ON THEIR RETIREMENT.
UM, BUT TODAY'S A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIAL IN THE SENSE THAT, THAT DAVID BOOGIE GUN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THE NAME DAVID, BUT EVERYBODY PROBABLY KNOWS THE NAME BOOGIE.
I'M NOT GONNA EXPLAIN WHY THE NAME IS BOOGIE, IF HE CHOOSES TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
SO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BOOGIE'S JUST A COUPLE YEARS OLDER THAN ME.
AND SO I PLAYED BASEBALL FOR BABE RUTH AND I, I I HAD HEARD OF DAVID GUNN BEFORE MEETING HIM, BUT AS BABE RUTH IS, IT WAS 13, 14, 15.
SO I WAS COMING UP FROM DIXIE WHERE YOU HAD SMALL BASES AND YOU GO TO BIGGER BALL FIELD.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU EVER SAW HIM RUN, RUN AROUND THE BASES, YOU KNOW WHY HIS NAME WAS BOOGIE.
BUT, UH, THAT MAY NOT BE THE REASON I LET HIM EXPLAIN THAT PART OF IT,
BUT, SO I'VE, I'VE KNOWN DAVID GUNN, UH, SINCE I WAS LIKE 13 YEARS OLD.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M A, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON IN YOUR LIFE.
AND SOME OF THOSE ARE BY DIVINE INTERVENTION.
AND SO ONE OF THE BLESSINGS IN DENWOOD IS TO BE ABLE TO, TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT I'VE KNOWN MOST OF MY LIFE.
SO I, I GET THIS REAL UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK HOME TO WORK.
AND SO THEN I, I GET TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT I HAVE GROWN UP WITH MOST OF MY LIFE.
AND ONE OF THEM AGAIN IS, IS DAVID.
SO I, AND I, I EXPLAINED THIS LAST MEETING FOR SOME OF YOU HERE, BUT I GREW UP IN A PUBLIC SAFETY FAMILY.
MY FATHER WAS A STATE TROOPER.
I KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE EVERY DAY TO KIND OF NOT KNOW IF, IF THAT PERSON THAT WAS PUTTING ON A UNIFORM WOULD COME BACK OR NOT.
AND SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE IN UNIFORM HAVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
IT'S JUST KIND OF WORLD WE WE LIVE IN.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT KIND OF COMES WITH THE JOB.
THE SECOND THING THAT KIND OF COMES WITH THE JOB IS JUST THOSE THAT JUST GO THE EXTRA MILE.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THOSE TYPE OF PEOPLE, I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE DAVID GUNN.
SO DAVID, I THINK YOU SERVED UNDER FOUR SHERIFFS.
WAS IT FOUR SHERIFFS FOUR THAT, THAT YOU DID OVER 34 YEARS OF, OF SERVICE? AND, AND SO I, I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE WHEN, WHEN YOU GET TO THE VERY END, RIGHT? AND YOU, YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT LAST CALL THAT DID IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT YOU DECIDED TO DO EVERY DAY, UM, DID IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? AND I CAN TELL YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT THIS THIS GENTLEMAN HERE MADE A PROFOUND DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY.
AND NOT JUST IN THE, THE DAILY ACTIVITIES THAT HE DID, BUT HE WAS, HE RETIRED AS A LIEUTENANT OVER THE INVESTIGATORY SECTION, UM, AND DID JUST A, A PHENOMENAL JOB, A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR US.
YOU KNOW, I, 'CAUSE I WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE 1315, UM, I KEPT ENTICING HIM TO STAY AS LONG AS I POSSIBLY COULD.
AND EVEN EVEN MOST RECENTLY AT A BALL GAME, WHEN HE SAID HE WAS RETIRING, I SAID, I'M, I'VE GOT, I GOT PLANS FOR YOU.
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RETIRING THIS TIME.BUT, UH, WHAT A, WHAT A TREMENDOUS INDIVIDUAL, UH, DAVID GUNN IS.
UH, AND AGAIN, HE TREMENDOUS ATHLETE, BUT HE, HE WAS NOWHERE IN COMPARISON TO HIS LOVELY WIFE, SARAH.
SHE WAS EVEN A BETTER BALL PLAYER.
SO DON'T, DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU.
UH, AND AT THIS TIME, UM, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR ALLOWING ME TO TALK, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DAVID, UH, BEING THAT WE'RE FRIENDS.
BUT I, I'D ALSO ASK AT THIS TIME, THE SHERIFF ADAMS WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME REFLECTIONS ON THAT RELATIONSHIP.
BUT I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BECAUSE THESE AWARDS AND THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE IMPORTANT.
AND UNDER THIS BOARD, WE NEVER SAW THOSE BACK YEARS BACK.
BUT UNDER THIS BOARD, THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THE CITIZENS FOR WHAT THEY DO.
AND I CAN JUST TELL YOU, I WANNA THANK YOUR BOARD AGAIN BECAUSE GUN WAS READY TO GO FIVE YEARS AGO,
BUT THE, BUT THE, BUT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GAVE US A RAISE, A NICE RAISE, AND THAT KEPT HIM HERE.
IT KEPT SEVERAL OF MY DEPUTIES HERE AND GUN, YOU KNOW, I PROMOTED HIM WHEN I BECAME SHERIFF AND HE'S HAD MY BACK FOR 15 YEARS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S A GUY THAT EVERY TIME I CALLED HIM, DIDN'T MATTER WHEN IT WAS, HE CAME OUT, HE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.
HE NEVER TOLD ME HE WAS SICK OR HE HAD DRANK A COUPLE BILLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
HE WAS ALWAYS READY WHEN I NEEDED HIM.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, UNDER HIS INVESTIGATIVE TEAM, OUR CRIME RATES NOT ONLY WENT DOWN, BUT WE SAW A LOT OF CRIME IN DENWOODY COUNTY.
MATTER OF FACT, LAST 15 YEARS, WE'VE GOT ONE UNSOLVED MURDER ON THE GUN'S LEADERSHIP.
I'LL TELL YOU THIS ONE LITTLE STORY, AND I'M, THAT'S GOING TO BE IT ABOUT GUN, AND I COULD TELL YOU A LOT OF 'EM.
BUT LAST NEW YEAR'S EVE, THE FOOD BOMB RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HERE GOT ROBBED ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
HE DIDN'T BOTHER HIS OTHER INVESTIGATORS.
HE DIDN'T CALL NOBODY OUT TO HELP HIM.
HE CAME OUT, HE GATHERED THE FACTS, INVESTIGATED THE CASE, TOOK HIM THROUGH THREE COUNTIES ALL DURING THE NIGHT.
HE ENDED UP IN SOUTH HILL, BUT HE DIDN'T COME BACK UNTIL HE HAD THE CASE SOLVED AND GOT WARRANTS FOR THE GUY.
SO I DON'T SEE DEDICATION LIKE THAT TOO MUCH THESE DAYS.
I, I'M SORRY TO LOSE HIM AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND I, AND I'M SORRY FOR THE CITIZENS BECAUSE HE, HE WAS GOOD TO THE CITIZENS OF DUNWOODY COUNTY.
AT, AT THIS TIME WE WOULD ASK THAT OUR, OUR CLERK READ INTO THE RECORD THE PROCLAMATION THAT, THAT WE'RE GIVEN TONIGHT.
WHEREAS LIEUTENANT DAVID ALLEN GUNN HAS FAITHFULLY AND HONORABLY SERVED THE CITIZENS OF DENWOODY COUNTY FOR 34 YEARS THROUGH HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER WITH THE DENWOODY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND WHEREAS LIEUTENANT GUNN BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 1992 AS A DISPATCHER TRANSITIONED TO THE POSITION OF JAILER IN 1993, BECAME A ROAD DEPUTY IN 1995, EARNED MASTER DEPUTY CERTIFICATION IN 2000 WAS PROMOTED TO PATROL SERGEANT IN 2005, LATER SERVED AS AN INVESTIGATOR, AND IN 2012 WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT OF INVESTIGATIONS WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL THE DATE OF HIS RETIREMENT.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, LIEUTENANT GUNN DEMONSTRATED AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE GRADUATING FROM THE FORENSIC SCIENCE ACADEMY IN 2009 AND SERVING AS A FIREARM INSTRUCTOR, CERTIFIED ARMORER AND MEMBER OF THE SHERIFF'S TACTICAL TEAM.
AND WHEREAS LIEUTENANT GUNN'S DEDICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT EXTENDED BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF DENWITTY COUNTY, EARNING HIM A LETTER OF COMMENDATION FROM THE SHERIFF OF MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA IN 2009, FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION INVOLVING BOTH JURISDICTIONS.
AND WHEREAS LIEUTENANT GUNN EARNED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF HIS COLLEAGUES THROUGH HIS INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS, TIRELESS WORK ETHIC, AND UNIQUE PERSONALITY, HE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN BY HIS CHILDHOOD NICKNAME BOOGIE THROUGHOUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS AMONG THE MANY STORIES THAT HAVE BECOME PART OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE LORE, LIEUTENANT GUNN'S
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ATHLETIC PROWESS WAS PERHAPS BEST DEMONSTRATED WHEN WHILE WEARING FULL LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIFORM AND NO SHOES, HE SUCCESSFULLY APPREHENDED A SUSPECT WHO HAVE REPEATEDLY EVADED CAPTURE, THEREBY PROVING HIS BELIEF THAT HE COULD RUN FASTER BAREFOOT.AND WHEREAS LIEUTENANT GUNN'S 34 YEARS OF SERVICE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TREMENDOUSLY TO THE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND WELLBEING OF THE CITIZENS OF DENWOODY COUNTY AND HAVE LEFT A LASTING LEGACY WITHIN THE DENWOODY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE DENWITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THIS 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026, DESIRES TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO DAVID ALLEN BOOGIE GUNN FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF LOYAL, DEDICATED SERVICE TO DENWITTY COUNTY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE DENWOODY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DENWOODY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO DAVID ALLEN BOOGIE GUNN.
AND A COPY SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR ALL ETERNITY.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN ADDITION TO THAT RESOLUTION, THAT IS GONNA BE THAT AGAIN, VICE CHAIRMAN DOOLEY HAS, UH, WE ALSO HAVE BY THE CHAIR A PLAQUE THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE TO YOU AS WELL, DAVID.
UM, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SO YOU, IT'S OFTEN SAID WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF SOME PRETTY BIG PEOPLE.
UM, BOOGIE, THANKS FOR STANDING SO TALL ALL, ALL THOSE YEARS.
CAN WE HONOR HIM WITH THE STAND INNOVATION? THANK YOU.
SO IN, IN TRUE FASHION, I I, I WHISPERED TO DAVID IF HE WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING AND HE, HE SAID HE WAS GOOD
BUT AT THIS TIME WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTE BREAK AND HAVE SOME PICTURES AND I KNOW WE GOT SOME MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HERE.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO KEEP YOUR SEAT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL, UM, WE'LL TURN BACK AROUND AND, AND HAVE THE REST OF THE MEETING WON'T TAKE TOO LONG, BUT JUST GIVE US THREE OR FIVE MINUTES.
ARE WE GETTING IN THERE? STEP STAND UP.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? THAT'S GOOD.
YOU KNOW CINDY? CINDY WAS THE SECRETARY IN THE FRONT.
SO MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, THAT RESOLUTION THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED, WE
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NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION.[12.B. Retirement Resolution: Cindy M. Pike]
MADAM CHAIR, OUR OUR SECOND RETIREMENT RESOLUTION IS FOR CINDY M PIKE AND CINDY FINISHED HER CAREER, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, IS IN A PROGRAM SUPPORT POSITION IN COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.SHE TOOK THE, UH, THE REAL WHAT A RETIREMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
SHE'S IN PENNSYLVANIA RIGHT NOW.
OH, SHE RETIRED, BUT SHE'S RETIRED.
BUT I, I OFTEN, YOU KNOW, REFER TO CINDY EVEN THOUGH SHE, SHE'S A SUPPORT POSITION, SUPPORT TECH POSITION THAT I CALLED HER THE DIRECTOR FIRST IMPRESSIONS 'CAUSE SHE WAS WHO PEOPLE WOULD SEE FIRST AND ALWAYS HAD JUST THIS TREMENDOUS SMILE AND, AND GREAT DISPOSITION ABOUT HERSELF.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBER OF THE BOARD, YOU'VE HAD THE RESOLUTION, IT'S ACTUALLY LAYING IN FRONT OF YOU.
IF WE CAN JUST GET A, UH, SIMPLY A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION.
AND MS. LASHANDA LIPKIN LEE, WHO IS THE HR DIRECTOR, WHO WAS THE DIRECT SUPERVISOR OF MS. CINDY, UH, HAS HER RESOLUTION AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE THAT TO HER AT A LATER DATE AND THEN LET HER JOIN HER RETIREMENT TODAY.
SO JUST A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION.
SO MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO PUBLIC
[13.A. Rezoning Request, P-26-3]
HEARINGS.AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UM, REZONING REQUEST P 26 3 MR. MARK BASSETT.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS.
MR. MASSENGILL, HOW ARE YOU? AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS, UH, REZONING CASE P DASH 26 DASH THREE.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING, MR. JAMES MERRICK AND THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO, UH, REZONE, IT'S ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF AN ACRE ALONG ROUTE ONE, UH, FROM A TWO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL TO B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THIS AREA ALONG ROUTE ONE, THERE IS A KIND OF DIVERSE MIX OF ZONING.
THE MOOSE LODGE PROPERTY, UH, JUST SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ZONE B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL, THAT WAS REZONED BACK IN 2012.
AND THEN ACROSS FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, THERE WAS A VACANT PROPERTY THAT WAS REZONED BACK IN TO B TWO BACK IN 1996.
AND THEN GOING, HEADING UP PAST THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ALONG ROUTE ONE, UH, WHERE REVOLUTION MOTORSPORT AND RELIABLE RENTALS IS THAT PROPERTY WAS WHERE YOU OWNED IN 2007 TO B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL.
UH, THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY ALONG ROUTE ONE IN THAT AREA IS SPECIFICALLY ZONED A TWO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE ACCORDING TO HIS APPLICATION, UH, TO B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL TO CONSTRUCT A 24 BY 40 BUILDING FOR OFFICE SPACE AND STORAGE.
AS INDICATED IN THE DENWOODY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SUBURBAN AREA OF THE NORTHERN DENWOODY DEVELOPMENT AREA, WHICH ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS AREA.
THE B TWO ZONING DISTRICT DOES ALLOW FOR LIMITED COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING SCALE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS GENERAL AREA.
UH, WHEN WE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, THERE WERE NO REAL COMMENTS FROM THE, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RELATED TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND VDOT INDICATED, UH, THAT WHEN A SITE PLAN IS SUBMITTED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT, UM, THEY REVIEWED THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS NEEDED.
AND, UH, VDOT INDICATED ON THIS SECTION OF ROUTE ONE, THEY HAD NO OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED ZONING ACTION.
UH, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, STAFF DID, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE B TWO, UH, ZONING AS REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT.
UH, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID VOTE, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDED,
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UH, I'M SORRY, FOR THE, THE REQUESTED REZONING AND, UM, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.NOW THAT'S ALL I HAVE RELATED TO OUR APPLICATION, UH, OVERVIEW.
BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
MADAM CHAIR, JUST, JUST ONE QUESTION.
UH, AS FAR AS BUILDING WHAT THE BUILDING CAN AND COULD LOOK LIKE, ARE THERE ANY STIPULATIONS AS THE APPLICANT KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE AS FAR AS BUILDING SOMETHING? YEAH, WE DID, UH, IN THEIR APPLICATION HE DID SUBMIT, UM, SOME RENDERINGS.
THEY'RE NOT COLOR RENDERINGS OF WHAT THE BUILDING HE PROPOSED WOULD LOOK LIKE.
TALKED STAFF, TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT THAT AND INDICATED THAT THIS WAS IN WITH A ROUTE ONE CORRIDOR DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE, UH, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD? YES.
AS PART OF THEIR REVIEW, UH, WHEN HE SUBMITTED HIS SITE PLAN, HE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEM FOR THEIR APPROVAL OF THE, THE BUILDING FACADE.
AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE ROUTE ONE RIGHT OF WAY.
MARK, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT WAS AWARE OF WHAT THE FUTURE MAY BE OF WHAT HE BILLS AND HOW THE COUNTY WILL LOOK AT IT.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK THIS TIME? THE APPLICANT HERE IS THE APPLICANT HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? UH, IT, MR. MERRICK, THE, THE PROPERTY IS IN THE DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT, SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING WHEN YOU SAY STORAGE.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT YOUR, YOUR, WHAT YOU WANNA BUILD AND WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE BUILDING? UH, I RUN A CATERING BUSINESS AND I HAVE UH, A LOT OF EQUIPMENT AND STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE STORED RIGHT UNTIL USE AND, UH, OFFICE SPACE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME? NOT AT THIS TIME, SIR.
UM, AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH THE A APPLICANTS? MR. MR. MERRIT? I THINK IT'S MR. MERRIT.
ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? NO, UH, THE BIG THING IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT HE'S AWARE OF WHAT THE DESIGNER REVIEW WOULD BE, UH, OF BUILDING SOMETHING ON THE PROPERTY.
YEAH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE IS AWARE OF IT.
AND, AND SIR, WOULD YOU, UH, CONTINUE WITH YOUR CATERING BUSINESS AFTER IT'S BUILT? JUST CATERING, I MEAN, STORING YOUR EQUIPMENT.
UM, AT THIS TIME, UH, THE BOARD WISH YOUR PLEASURE, MADAM CHAIR.
I'LL MAKE THE, UH, RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2286 A SEVEN.
IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE RESOLUTION IS INITIATED TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE.
I MOVE THAT REZONING P 26 DASH THREE AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
[13.B. Conditional Use Permit Request, C-26-1]
UM, NEXT WE HAVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST.UM, AND THAT'S WITH VIRGINIA POWER AND MARK BASSETT, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR, WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT AGAIN.
AS YOU INDICATED, UH, VIRGINIA POWER AND ELECTRIC COMPANY CARE OF DOMINION ENERGY THROUGH ITS AGENT, MR. HAROLD TIMMONS WITH TEP GROUP ARE REQUESTING TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A 420 FOOT SELF-SUPPORT WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER WITH A FOUR FOOT LIGHTNING ROD.
UH, ON TOP OF THE, UH, TOWER ITSELF, UH, THE EXISTING THE AT THE
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SUB EXISTING SUBSTATION ON ELLINGTON ROAD.UM, THERE ARE TWO EXISTING TOWERS IN PLACE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S A 200 FOOT GUIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER, UH, WITHIN THE FENCE SUBSTATION COMPOUND, AND THEN TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY ON THE, UH, SECOND PARCEL, UH, THAT DOMINION OWNS, THERE'S A 400 FOOT GUIDE TOWER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER ON THAT PROPERTY.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO REMOVE THE EXISTING TOWERS AND CONSTRUCT THE NEW 420 FOOT SELF-SUPPORT TOWER ADJACENT TO THE SUBSTATION COMPOUND.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED LOCATION FOR THAT FOR THE NEW TOWER.
UM, ALL THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED A TWO AGRICULTURAL AND, UM, THERE ARE RESIDENCES ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK TO THE WEST, UH, TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AND THEN SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ACROSS ELLINGTON ROAD.
UM, THERE ARE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, AGAIN, ACROSS, ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE SUBSTATION.
UH, THE APPLICANT'S PLAN DOES COMPLY WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS REGARDING PROVIDING FUTURE CO-LOCATION OF EQUIPMENT ON THE EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER AND EQUIPMENT SITE.
THEY HAVE, UH, INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT, UH, BE HAVING ANY, UH, CO-LOCATIONS ON THE SITE.
IT WOULD JUST BE FOR DOMINION'S USE.
UM, WANT TO INDICATE, UH, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED STUDIES INDICATING THAT THE TOWERS DESIGNED WITH A ZERO FALL RADIUS, THE TOWERS ENGINEERED TO COLLAPSE WITHIN ITS OWN FOOTPRINT, WHICH WILL NOT IMPACT ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT ON THE SUBJECT AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES CONCERNING BY WRIGHT AGRICULTURAL FOREST ALL AND RESIDENTIAL USES RELATED TO THE TOWER.
UM, AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION, THEY ARE REQUESTING TWO WAIVERS FROM THE BOARD RELATED TO SETBACKS, UH, BY, UM, OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORDINANCE.
WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, TOWERS MUST BE SET BACK A DISTANCE EQUALED TO 200% OF THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER, UM, TO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
AND IN NO CASE LESS THAN 400 FEET.
AND, UH, 200% OF THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER, OF COURSE, IS APPROXIMATELY 840 FEET.
AND THE DISTANCE FROM THE PROPOSED TOWER TO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES LOCATED ACROSS ELLINGTON ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY 500 577 FEET AND 675 FEET.
UM, IN ADDITION, OUR ORDINANCE ALSO REQUIRES THAT ALL ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURES MUST BE SET BACK 110% OF THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE FROM ALL PROPERTY LINES, WHICH WOULD BE 462 FEET.
UH, THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE TOWER DOES NOT MEET THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT AT THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE AND AT THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE, THE APPLICANT AND THEIR AGENT, AS PART OF THEIR REQUEST, ARE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER APPROVING THE REDUCED SETBACKS TO ALLOW FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOWER REMOVAL AND RELO RELOCATION PROJECT.
UH, WHEN WE, UH, TOOK THE APPLICATION TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, THERE WERE NO, UH, COMMENTS, UH, FROM THE, UH, LDC, UH, RELATED TO THE PROPOSED APPLICATION.
UH, THE, WHEN WE TOOK THE REQUEST TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW, UH, THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, DID HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT, UM, THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THE, UH, MINUTES FROM THE MEETING.
UH, TWO ITEMS THAT THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND, UH, TO THE BOARD AS PART OF THEIR RESOLUTION, UM, WAS THAT THEY HAD TWO COMMISSIONS, UH, CONDITIONS TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
AND THAT BEING, UH, THE SEVENTH CON CONDITION WOULD BE THAT THE APPLICANT OBTAINED APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED REDUCTION IN THE STANDARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO, UH, THAT WE WOULD
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INCLUDE IN THE CONDITIONS THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE BOTH EXISTING TOWERS IF THE NEW TOWER WAS APPROVED.SO WE HAVE, UH, DO HAVE THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS FOR THE CASE FOR THE BOARD.
UH, AS PART OF YOUR, YOUR REVIEW, UM, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, DID RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD, UH, DISAPPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED TOWER.
BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, MR. BASSETT? DO WE YES, CURRENTLY IN DENWOODY COUNTY HAVE ANY TOWERS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS, THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT, SAY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS? YES.
WE HAVE THE TOWER THAT, UH, IS UP ACROSS FROM RICHARD BLAND ON HALIFAX ROAD, UH, THAT'S NEAR THE STATE.
THERE'S A STATE POLICE TOWER AND THEN THERE'S A NEWER TOWER, AS YOU SAID, THAT WAS BUILT HALIFAX APPROXIMATELY A DECADE AGO.
UM, AND THEY DID GET A WAIVER FOR THEIR SETBACKS FROM THE, UH, PROPERTY LINES FOR THAT TOWER.
SO WE DO HAVE A TOWER IN THE COUNTY THAT WAS ALLOWED TO REDUCE THEIR SETBACKS.
LIKE THIS TYPE, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT MONO.
YEAH, THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHERE, WHERE SOME CONCERN WOULD BE IS IS THE ABILITY FOR IT TO COLLAPSE.
SO YES, JUST, JUST MAKING SURE THAT'S A CLASS ENGINEERING WISE.
I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN A REPORT PERTAINING TO THAT AND YES, UH, IT'S CERTIFIED THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING IN DENWITTY COUNTY THAT IS OF THIS NATURE.
UM, I NOTICED THAT, UM, THE TWO THAT THEY HAVE AND THEY WANT TO BE THE THIRD, UM, I'M JUST KIND OF INTERESTED WHY, IF THEY'RE GOING TO THE OTHER, UH, TWO OF THIS GONNA BE TORN DOWN, WHY CAN'T THEY, UM, PLACE THE OTHER ONE THAT THEY WANT IN THAT SPACE? I'M JUST, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A REASON WHY OR I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
I'LL, I'LL LET THE APPLICANT'S AGENT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
AT THIS TIME WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK? GOOD EVENING.
UH, MY NAME IS HAROLD TIMMONS AND I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THIS APPLICATION.
UM, AND I WON'T, UH, GO THROUGH AND REPEAT ANYTHING THE STAFF HAS ALREADY COVERED IN THEIR STAFF REPORT.
THE STAFF REPORT WAS VERY THOROUGH.
AND SO I'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, THE ASPECT OF NEXT SLIDE.
DO I HAVE A, DOES THIS? OH, OKAY.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW DOMINION, THE PROCESS THEY WENT THROUGH TO EVALUATE THE PROPERTY TO, TO END UP AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY STARTED OUT ATTEMPTING TO TO, TO, TO FIND AN OPTIMAL LOCATION TO PUT THE NEW STRUCTURE BECAUSE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS REACHING ITS END OF ITS SERVICE LIFE.
THEY EVALUATED TWO CANDIDATES, THE CURRENT PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY TO THE REAR WHERE THERE'S AN EXISTING GUIDEWIRE STRUCTURE.
UM, AND THEY CHOSE THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.
AND THE MAIN THINGS THEY WERE LOOKING AT WAS OPERATIONAL COHESION, ACCESSIBILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUITY AND STRUCTURE HEIGHT OPTIMIZATION.
UM, SOME OF THE PRIMARY, UM, SO ADVANTAGES OF THIS PARTICULAR SELECTION, UH, IT CONSOLIDATES THE, THE CRITICAL UTILITIES WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED OPERATIONAL CENTER.
THE SUBSTATION, UH, IT REPLACES THE OLD TOWER IN ITS GENERAL VICINITY, MINIMIZING GEOGRAPHIC DISPLACEMENT, STREAMLINES ONGOING INSPECTIONS, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE REPAIRS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
AND IT MAINTAINS A SAFE SEPARATION DISTANCE FROM HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINES AND DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT.
THE ALTERNATIVE WAS SITUATED FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SUBSTATION, THE OPERATIONAL CENTER.
IT WAS A LOWER ELEVATION AND ADJACENT TO WET LINES WITH WETLANDS WITH, UH, COMPROMISED SUITABILITY.
IT WOULD REQUIRE A TALLER, HEAVIER STRUCTURE TO ACHIEVE EQUIVALENT COVERAGE AND PERFORMANCE.
UM, AND IT LEADS TO HIGHER LONG-TERM CONSTRUCTION ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE DEMANDS.
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IN THE END, THE CONSTRUCTION COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SITES ARE MINOR AND NON-MATERIAL TO THE DECISION.UH, THEY PRIORITIZE PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE ACCESS AND STRUCTURAL HEIGHT OVER COST ALONE.
THE SELECTED SITE IS ADJACENT TO THE SUBSTATION, REPRESENTS THE MOST PRACTICAL AND OPERATIONAL SUPERIOR CHOICE.
WE ARE REQUESTING A WAIVER, I'M SPEAK TO THE WAIVER REQUEST UNDER 22 2 74 A TWO OF THE CODE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT WAIVERS AND IT'S APPLICABLE TO TILES AND ANTENNA, WHICH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED.
AND YOU CAN REDUCE THE STANDARD SETBACKS IF THE GOALS OF THIS ARTICLE WOULD BE BETTER SERVED, HAVE I, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD BE.
UM, AS MENTIONED, ALL STRUCTURES MUST BE SET BACK 200% OF THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
AND IN NO CASE LESS THAN 400 FEET IN THE TABLE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, IN THE TABLE WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A 840 FOOT SEPARATION.
AND IN TWO INSTANCES, THE, UH, REAR AND THE EAST, WE EXCEED THOSE SEPARATIONS SIGNIFICANTLY.
IN THE FRONT WE ARE SHORT BY 263 FEET AND TO THE WEST WE'RE SHORT BY 165 FEET.
BUT IN NO INSTANCE ARE WE AT A DISTANCE THAT IS LESS THAN THE TOWER HEIGHT.
IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY SETBACKS WE'RE REQUIRED TO 110% OF THAT.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE SHORT ON THE FRONT BY 145 FEET.
UH, WE EXCEEDED ON THE REAR, WE EXCEEDED TO THE WEST AND WE'RE SHORT ON THE, I'M SORRY, ON THE EAST AND ON THE WEST WAS SHORT BY 267 FEET.
REASONS TO SUPPORT THE WAIVER IN OUR, IN OUR OPINION, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS CONSTRUCTED IS RESTRICTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY DUE TO THE PROTECTED WETLANDS THAT I MENTIONED.
UH, SAFETY AND HAZARD MITIGATION, EXISTING HIGH POWER VOLTAGE LINES TO THE WEST AND EAST, ALONG WITH AN ADJACENT RAILROAD EASE TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT IMPRACTICAL AND HAZARDOUS PROXIMITY TO THE SUBSTATION AND EXISTING FIBER OPTIC INFRASTRUCTURE ENSURES LONG TERM RELIABILITY AND COST EFFECTIVENESS.
AND FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, THE STRUCTURE WILL BE DESIGNED WITH A ZERO FALL RADIUS.
THE TOWERS ENGINEERED COLLAPSED WITHIN HIS OWN FOOTPRINT.
THE ZERO FALL RADIUS ENSURES THAT EVEN IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, THE STRUCTURE WILL NOT IMPACT ADJACENT PROPERTIES OR NEIGHBORS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, WE INDICATED THAT THE TOWER HAD A ZERO FALL RADIUS AND WE PROVIDED, UH, AN ENGINEERING LETTER, BUT THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE TOWER WOULD IN FACT COLLAPSE IN THAT MANNER.
SO I WANT TO TRY TO SPEAK TO THAT NOW IF I CAN.
WE PROVIDED A MEMORANDUM AND THAT MEMORANDUM, UM, WAS BASED ON A SCIENTIFIC STUDY THAT OCCURRED IN 2024 WHERE, UH, A GROUP OF ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS ANALYZED THE BUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF STEEL ANGLE SECTIONS IN TRANSMISSION TOWERS.
SO THEIR OBJECTIVE WAS TO SUMMARIZE THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND LITERATURE CONCERNING BEHAVIOR OF THE LAST TOWERS UNDER SEVERE WIND AND OTHER CATASTROPHIC LOADING FACTORS.
UM, IT PROVIDED INFORMATION ON BUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF STEEL ANGLE MEMBERS UNDER LOADING.
UH, THEY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE PRE AND POST BUCKLING TO MINIMIZE GLOBAL TOWER COLLAPSE DURING EXTREME WEATHER AND TO EVALUATE STRUCTURAL SAFETY, SEVERE WIND PERFORMANCE AND COLLAPSE CONTAINMENT.
CURRENTLY STRUCTURAL STANDARDS REQUIRE ANTENNA SUPPORTING STRUCTURES TO BE DESIGNED FOR SITE SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS SUCH AS WIND, ICE, SEISMIC EVENTS, AND OTHER APPLICABLE HAZARDS.
STUDIES ALSO SHOW THAT LA TOWERS CAN FAIL PROGRESSIVELY.
LOCAL MEMBER BUCKLING OR CONNECTION FAILURE MAY REDISTRIBUTE FORCES BEFORE A LARGER PORTION OF THE TOWER LOSES STABILITY.
THE RESULTING COLLAPSE MECHANISM DEPENDS STRONGLY ON TOWER GEOMETRY, REDUNDANCY, WIND DIRECTION, FOUNDATION, BEHAVIOR, CONNECTION, STRENGTH, AND THE LOCATION OF THE INITIATING FAILURE.
WE'RE PROPOSING A LATTICE TOWER.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LATTICE TOWER DESIGN.
LATTICE TOWERS ARE REDUNDANT FRAME TOWER SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR CONTROLLED OR PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE IS DESIGNED, IS INTENDED TO KEEP THE PRIMARY STRUCTURAL MASS WITHIN A DEFINED
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COLLAPSE CONTAINMENT AREA, WHICH WE CALL THE FALL ZONE.A SITE SPECIFIC COLLAPSE CONTAINMENT ANALYSIS, A FALL ZONE LETTER BY A LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER SUPPORTED BY CALCULATIONS THAT IDENTIFY ASSUMED FAILURE IS CONSIDERED AS APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION OF THIS SAFETY FEATURE.
THE PROPOSED TOWER HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND ANALYZED SO THAT UNDER THE ENGINEER'S DEFINED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE SCENARIOS, THE PRIMARY STRUCTURAL COLLAPSES EXPECTED TO REMAIN WITHIN THE ENGINEERED COLLAPSE CONTAINMENT AREA, SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN COLLAPSE CONTAINMENT VERSUS FALL RAIDERS ZONING, FALL RAIDERS VERSUS STRUCTURAL REALITY.
FULL HEIGHT SETBACKS ASSUME A RIGID BODY TIPPING MODEL.
REAL TOWERS FAIL VIA LOCALIZED BUCK, BUCKLING, FOLDING AND SEGMENT SEPARATION.
THERE'S A PRINCIPLE OF ENGINEERED CONTAINMENT, THE MAIN LATT OF STRUCTURE INWARD INTO A COMPACT ENVELOPE RATHER THAN FALLING AT FULL LENGTH.
LA TOWERS EXHIBIT SIGNIFICANT REDUNDANCY.
LOCAL FAILING MEMBERS REDISTRIBUTE THE FORCES BASED ON THE MEMBER LOCATION, THE WIND DIRECTION.
SO IN SUMMARY, RATHER THAN TIPPING OVER LIKE A TALL TREE AT FULL HEIGHT, THE LAST TOWER WAS ENGINEERED TO BUCKLE, TWIST AND COLLAPSE INWARDLY INTO ITSELF.
THE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FALLING STEEL DEBRIS WILL BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE PREDETERMINED SAFE RADIUS ON THE OWNER'S PROPERTY PROTECTING SURROUNDING LAND AND ADJACENT OFFSITE STRUCTURES.
IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION WE TALKED ABOUT SITE SPECIFIC CONTAINMENT ANALYSIS, FALLS ZONE LETTER.
THIS IS A COPY OF THE FALLS ZONE LETTER THAT WE SUBMITTED IN OUR APPLICATION.
IT IS SIGNED AND SEALED BY A VIRGINIA LICENSE ENGINEER, BUT THERE'S A SEGMENT OF THE LICENSE OF THE LETTER THAT I LIKE TO ENLARGE AND DISCUSS.
AND IN THIS SECTION, AND I'LL READ FOR THE RECORD, TOWER STRUCTURE IS NO MORE LIKELY TO FALL DOWN THAN A STEEL BUILDING OR WATER TANK OR BRIDGE OR ANY OTHER STRUCTURE DESIGNED TO SIMILAR STEEL SAFETY FACTORS.
THIS PARTICULAR TOWER BEING DESIGNATED TO HAVE 30% EXCESS SAFETY FACTOR BEFORE FAILING CAN BEGIN TO BE A POSSIBILITY, IS CONSIDERED OVER-DESIGNED MORE THAN A TYPICAL STRUCTURE TO RESIST ITS PRIMARY LOADING, WHICH IS WIND COMBINED WITH INHERIT STEEL FACTORS.
THE TOWER IS CAPABLE OF RESISTING 55% MORE THAN ITS DESIGN LOAD WITHOUT PERMANENT DEFAMATION.
I WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE THAT THIS WAS ALSO PROVIDED.
THIS IS A, A DIAGRAM OF THE TOWER WITH SOME CALCULATIONS.
IT SHOWS LOCATIONS OF EQUIPMENT ON THE STRUCTURE.
AND OVER TO THE RIGHT THERE ARE NOTES, NOTES SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT I BELIEVE ARE RELEVANT TO THIS DISCUSSION.
NOTE SIX DEALS WITH TOWER RISK.
IT'S THE STANDARD CLASSIFICATION FOR MOST TYPICAL COMMERCIAL INSTRUCTION, UH, INDUSTRIAL AND TELECOM TOWERS.
IT MEANS THAT THE TOWER IS DESIGNED FOR STANDARD WIND SPEEDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS WITHOUT NEEDING EXTRA SAFETY MULTIPLIERS.
NOTE TWO, NOTE SEVEN, I'M SORRY.
CATEGORY ONE WITH CREST HEIGHT OF ZERO FEET.
BASICALLY WHAT IT'S SAYING THERE IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION AND THE, UH, TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND, NO ADDITIONAL UH, WIND SPEED FACTORS NEED TO BE ADDED IN THIS CALCULATION.
THE LAST ONE, ITEM EIGHT TOWER RATING IS AT 70%.
AT 70% THE STRUCTURES OPERATING COMFORTABLY WITHIN ITS LEGAL STRUCTURAL LIMIT OF A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IT HAS A 30% SAFETY MARGIN REMAINING, MEANING THE TOWER CAN EASILY PASS STRUCTURAL REVIEW AND HAS EXTRA CAPACITY TO SUPPORT POTENTIAL FUTURE EQUIPMENT OR ADDITIONAL ADDITIONS.
SO I'LL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND PREPARE MYSELF TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, BUT DOMINION SEEKS SEEKS TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND BOASTS THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY BY REPLACING ITS EXISTING STRUCTURE BEFORE THE END OF ITS LIFESPAN.
THE WAIVERS THAT ARE REQUESTED ARE REASONABLE IN OUR VIEW AND PROMOTE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY NEAR THE SUBSTATION WITHOUT DETRIMENT IN OUR OPINION TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE LOCATION OUTSIDE OF THE SUBSTATION LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR DOMINION TO GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO ALLOWING CELLULAR SERVICE PROVIDERS THE USE OF THEIR TOWERS.
THE TOWER TYPE, THE LAB TYPE IS A PROVEN WORKHORSE IN THE TELE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AND HAS BEEN OVER DESIGNED WITH AN EXTRA 30% STRUCTURAL CAPACITY.
THE LOCATION OF THE TOWER DOES NOT PROHIBIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY ADJACENT PROPERTIES
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AS CONFIRMED BY DENWITTY COUNTY PLANNING.AND WITH THAT, UM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME.
REMEMBER, SAY MY DISTRICT, UM, YES SIR, I WENT OUT TODAY AND LOOKED AT, YOU HAVE IT THE BIG FENCED IN AREA, RIGHT? YES SIR.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE TOWERS FROM THE REAR UP TO THE FRONT THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE ROAD.
WE'RE THE, THE LOCATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IN, IN THE FRONT OF THE SUBSTATION FENCE, BUT IT'S ON THE, IF YOU STAND IN THE ROAD LOOKING AT THE SIDE, IT'S ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A NOOK WHERE THE FENCE TAKES A TURN.
UH, THAT IS THE LOCATION AND IN FRONT OF THAT, WHICH WE, WE BELIEVE IS A BENEFIT, IS A VERY LARGE STAND OF MATURE TREES.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL, WILL, WILL HELP REDUCE VISIBILITY AT LEAST FROM THE GROUND LEVEL.
AND AS YOU'RE PASSING BY, BY THE ROAD, AS YOU GO FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, OF COURSE WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE, THAT PART OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE VISIBLE.
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT THERE NEXT TO WHERE THE IT GO, THE LINE GOES IN, YOU, YOU GOT THE, THE FENCED IN AREA.
WHICH IS FACING THE ROAD IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER AREA OPEN OVER THERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE OR WHERE IT WOULD SEE, I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING IN SCHOOL FALL INSTEAD OF, AND IF IT GOES OUT, IT'S DANGEROUS FOR THE PUBLIC.
UM, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE.
WE HAVE PROVIDED THE FALLS ZONE LETTER THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY LICENSED, UM, UM, PE UH, AND HAS BASICALLY STATED HOW THE STRUCTURE IS, UH, DESIGNED TO REACT TO THE FORCES THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO HAVE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.
UM, WHEN THAT CAME UP AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHEN WE LEFT THAT MEETING, WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO AND WE WERE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO FIND EXAMPLES TO SHOW YOU OF HOW THESE TOWERS FAIL, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY FAIL.
WELL THAT SEARCH PROVIDED US WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
WHAT I FOUND WAS GUIDEWIRE STRUCTURES FOUND PLENTY OF PICTURES OF THOSE THAT HAD HAD FALLEN, BUT NONE OF LATTICE STRUCTURES AND NONE OF MONOPOLE STRUCTURES.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE TOWER MANUFACTURERS AND ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD THAT INFORMATION OR THEY HAD SOME EXAMPLES AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
SO IN OUR MINDS WE'RE SAYING WE CAN'T FIND THIS INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET.
'CAUSE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO FIND IT, IF THEY CAN FIND IT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
THE TOWER MANUFACTURERS DOESN'T HAVE IT.
UH, AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE HURRICANES AND TORNADOES THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS THAT HAD ONE OF THESE STRUCTURES FAILED IN THAT FASHION, UH, I THINK SOMEONE WOULD'VE BEEN IN A, IN A HURRY TO TURN, TAKE THAT PICTURE AND POST IT ON THE INTERNET.
SO I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S TRYING TO COVER ANYTHING UP.
SO I WOULD THEN CONCLUDE THAT THESE STRUCTURES HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND THEY'VE DEALT WITH THE WIND FORCES THAT THEY'VE BEEN DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH AND THEY HAVE NOT COLLAPSED.
ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THE STRUCTURE THAT IS WITHIN THE, UM, SUBSTATION.
IT IS A LAST DESIGN STRUCTURE AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN THERE, BUT IT'S BEEN HERE IN YOUR COUNTY AND I DON'T KNOW, WHILE I AM FROM VIRGINIA, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TYPES OF STORMS YOU HAVE HAD HERE OVER THE MANY, MANY YEARS, BAD ONES.
BUT THAT STRUCTURE IS STILL REMAINING AND STILL STANDING.
SO IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE LATTICE STRUCTURES AND HOW WHEN THEY'RE BUILT CORRECTLY, HOW THEY CAN WITHSTAND VARIOUS FORCES.
MADAM CHAIR, JUST ONE QUESTION.
THE SOLE OWNER OF THE TOWER IS DOMINION ENERGY, AM I CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
WHICH IN MY TERMS, WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE CULPABILITY FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO THAT TOWER.
WHETHER IF TO A RESIDENT OR ANYBODY ELSE, TO ANYBODY THAT GETS IMPAIRED BY WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN AT THAT TOWER.
SO THEY HAVE COMPLETE LIABILITY YES.
JUST LIKE WITH THEIR REGULAR TRANSMISSION STRUCTURES, THAT VERY SAME LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY STRUCTURE THAT THEY OWN.
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YOU.UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER THAT, AND I PROBABLY SHOULD SHUT UP, BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT WHY CAN'T YOU PUT THE STRUCTURE IN THE COMPOUND? YEAH.
THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT'S IN THE COMPOUND HAS A BASE OF 17 FEET.
THE NEW STRUCTURE HAS A BASE OF 42 FEET.
THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WAS BUILT AT A TIME PRIOR TO THE CONFIGURATION OF THE CURRENT SUBSTATION.
AND OVER TIME THE SUBSTATION HAS EXPANDED AROUND THAT PARTICULAR STRUCTURE.
SO GETTING IN THERE WITH A CRANE, UH, ALL OF THAT HAS BECOME VERY, VERY TRICKY.
DEMEANS IS ALREADY SAYING THAT IT'S GONNA BE TRICKY FOR THEM TO DISASSEMBLE THAT STRUCTURE WHEN IT, WHEN THE TIME COMES TO ACTUALLY DISASSEMBLE IT.
SO YOU THINKING ABOUT BUILDING SOMETHING AND GETTING A CRANE IN A PLACE LIKE THAT, IT JUST MAKES IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
AND THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SPACE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF INSIDE THAT COMPOUND.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF INSIDE THAT.
UM, AT THIS TIME, GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, I'M THE ADJACENT OR OWNER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPOSED TIRE SITE.
AND ON THE DOCUMENT, UH, FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, TEP FIRST PAGE MIDDLE WAY, IT SAYS IT SHOULD BE SET BACK 110% OFF OF THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, 490 FEET, BUT THEY'RE ONLY 195 FOOT OFF THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND I HAVE A OPTION TO SELL THAT LAND.
I'M GOING ON SIX YEARS NOW OF AN EIGHT YEAR CONTRACT.
WHAT IF THIS, IF YOU APPROVE IT? AND THAT KNOCKS MY OPTION AGREEMENT OUT WHO'S GONNA REIMBURSE THE PEOPLE FOR THEIR MONEY THEY SPENT IN OPTION PAYMENTS.
NEXT THING IS THEY, UH, UM, LET'S SEE.
THE ONE FROM THE, UM, KIRK RE CALL THE ENGINEER.
THE WHOLE THING DISCUSSES IS WIND, UH, DESIGNED FOR WIND.
IT DOESN'T, IN THE WHOLE LETTER HERE, IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ICE, SNOW, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION FAILURE, BOLT FAILURES, METAL FATIGUE, UH, FOUNDATION FI FAILS.
UH, FIRE, UH, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A LOT OF, UH, ELECTRICAL FIRES.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA, UH, CELL TOWERS.
UM, BUT HE JUST SAID THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY, UH, EXAMPLES.
BUT I GOT TWO PAGES OF EXAMPLES OF CELL TOWER STUFF RIGHT HERE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE THE EXACT, THIS ONE IS IN HANOVER CO COUNTY ON FIRE.
IT'S MANY MORE, BUT DID THIS LOCAL, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE AT NEWPORT NEWS, IT'S NOT ON FIRE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE.
BUT IT'S MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE PAGES OF THESE.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT THEY'RE CLAIMING A ZERO FALL RADIUS CELL TOWER, BUT IF YOU GOOGLE IT, IT SAYS THAT'S A THEORETICAL OR ENGINEERING DESIGN WHERE TIRE COLLAPSED.
WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY BEYOND THE BASE, BUT IN PRACTICE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, A SET THING BECAUSE NOBODY'S GOING, NO ENGINEERING FIRM IS GONNA GUARANTEE THEY ONLY CAN DESIGN TO THEIR SPECIFICATIONS.
THEY CAN'T DESIGN FOR LIKE TORNADOES, HURRICANES AND ALL THAT.
UM, LET'S SAY, LIKE I SAID IN THE LETTER, THEY ONLY MENTIONED THE WIND PART OF IT.
UM, AND THIS IS ANOTHER CASE FROM ANOTHER COUNTY WHERE, UH, THE ZONING ORDINANCE AVOIDS THE TERM FALL RADIUS IN THE ORDINANCE AND, UH, REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THEY HAD THE SETBACKS IN THERE INSTEAD OF IN THEIR, UM, ORDINANCE AND DIRECTIONS BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT.
AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING ZONING ORDINANCES IS TO PROTECT THE ADJOINING LANDOWNERS, WHICH I AM ONE OF THEM.
AND EVEN IF IT WAS TO FALL, LIKE HE SAID TO THE NORTH, IT WOULD ACTUALLY FALL ACROSS TWO 500 K LINES.
THE FENCE, IF IT WAS FALL TO THE SOUTH, IT'S GONNA FALL ALL THE WAY ACROSS ELLINGTON ROAD BY OVER A HUNDRED AND I'VE FORGOT HOW MANY FEET, 130 FEET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO YOU COULDN'T PICK A WORSE SPOT FOR IT FOR A TERRACE ATTACK OR SOMETHING IF YOU ASKED ME.
'CAUSE IN 2014, DOMINION WAS HAVING TO FIT ABOUT A TERRORIST ATTACK OVER THERE.
I GO OVER THERE ONE DAY, IT'S 16 STATE TROOPERS PARKED IN MY FIELD AND THE WHOLE CONCERN WAS A TERRORIST ATTACK.
WHAT BETTER SPOT TO PUT A TOWER FOR A TERRORIST TO HIT THAN RIGHT NEXT TO IT? LITTLE DRONE,
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WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF THINGS COULD HAPPEN.BUT THE WHOLE THING WITH THE UM, ZERO FALL RADIUS TOWER, EVERYTHING YOU READ SAYS IT'S A VERY HYPOTHETICAL TERM.
BUT, UH, I GOT ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION HERE.
BUT, UH, THAT'S THE BASICALLY GIST OF IT.
EVERYTHING ELSE I GOT IS BY SETBACK DISTANCES AND THEY'RE WELL INSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T MEET THE REQUIREMENT EVEN CLOSELY.
I MEAN THEY'RE 190 FOOT OFF THE PROPERTY LINE THAT LEAVES 260 FOOT IN MY FIELD.
IF YOU WERE TO GO 200% OF THE HEIGHT OF THE TIRE BEFORE YOU COULD BUILD SOMETHING, IT'S GONNA PUT YOU TO THE NEXT ADJOINING LAND OWNER ALL TOWARDS HALIFAX ROAD WHERE THE, I DUNNO IF YOU SAID YOU OUT THERE TODAY WITH THE BRANCHES THAT GOES THROUGH THE WOODS, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY OVER THERE.
A HUNDRED PERCENT IS ACTUALLY TO THE MIDDLE.
LITTLE FIELD ON YOUR RIGHT, BIG FIELD ON YOUR LEFT, A HUNDRED PERCENT IS MIDDLE WAY.
I HAD IT MARKED OUT THERE EARLIER IN THE SPRING.
AND UH, AND UH, AND, AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST OF THE CONNECTIONS TO ACTUALLY THEY RAN THE FIRE ROCKET CABLE THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR BY THE STRAWBERRY PATCH AND CAME INTO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TOWER, NOT, NOT THE SOUTH SIDE.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THE TOWER ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE THEY GOT AN EXISTING TOWER ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THE OTHER FIRE ROCKET CABLE ACTUALLY RUNS DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT I KNOW OF.
OKAY, MR. TODD, I THINK, UM, I HAVE TIME.
I JUST WANNA MAKE WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE ZONING THING IS TO PROTECT THE, THE CITIZENS DENVER WITH THE COUNTY FROM, YOU KNOW, ENCROACHMENT LIKE THIS.
OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS OR NO SIR TODD, BY ANY CHANCE, CAN WE HAVE JUST A CIRCLE AROUND THE, THE, THE HAND UP THAT YOU SHOWED? I DON'T THINK THEY COULD SEE IT FROM HERE.
YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND NOW ONE OF, ON THE SECOND ONE I RAN OUT OF PRINTER INK.
JUSTIN GOODMAN, LOOK AT THIS AND PASS IT BACK.
UH, KIND OF COOL WE HEARD IN ENGINEERING, UM, I LEARNED A LOT FROM THE LAST FELLOW WHO SPOKE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION FROM ME ABOUT THESE THINGS.
SO REALLY THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY FREQUENCIES WILL THEY BE TRANSMITTING? WHAT FREQUENCY BANDS WILL BE USED? WHAT WILL THE MAXIMUM TRANSMITTED POWER AND AFFECTED RADIATED POWER? ARE YOU APPROVING WHAT ONLY IS PROPOSED TODAY? OR CAN THOSE ADDITIONAL CARRIERS FREQUENCIES AND EQUIPMENT BE ADDED BY DOMINION AND WHO'S PAYING THEM? YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY PROBABLY WON'T SEE THAT REVENUE.
CAN THOSE BE ADDED WITHOUT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING? THOSE QUESTIONS MATTER BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER SOURCE OF CONTINUOUS RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THERE ARE LEGITIMATE SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD NOT BE SIMPLY DISMISSED.
THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER CLASSIFIED RADIO FREQUENCY AS PERSONAL CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS, THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM CONDUCTED MAJOR ANIMAL STUDIES OF RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION.
THEIR STUDY REPORTED CLEAR EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY IN MALE RATS BASED ON MALIGNANT SCHWANNOMAS OF THE HEART, ALONG WITH EVIDENCE INVOLVING MALIGNANT GLIN GLIOMAS OF THE BRAIN.
DOES THAT PROVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR CELL TOWER THAT THEY WANT TO PUT IN IS GONNA CAUSE CANCER TO? NO, BUT IT DEFINITELY GIVES CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU PROVE ANOTHER SOURCE OF CONTINUOUS RF EXPOSURE.
WHO ACTUALLY MONITORS THIS TOWER AFTER YOU APPROVE IT? IS THERE AN INDEPENDENT RF MONITOR RUNNING 24 HOURS A DAY? DOES SOMEBODY FROM THE FCC REGULARLY COME DOWN TO DENWITTY WITH A METER AND TEST THE TOWER? OR IS COMPLIANCE LARGELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMPANIES OPERATING THE EQUIPMENT? 'CAUSE CLEARLY WE CAN ALWAYS TRUST THE COMPANIES, RIGHT? FCC RULES PLACE RESPONSIBILITY ON LICENSEES AND OPERATORS TO MAIN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL RF EXPOSURE LIMITS.
SO I WANNA KNOW WHO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIES THESE NUMBERS WILL REQUIRE INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENTS BEFORE OPERATION.
WILL THEY BE REPEATED WHEN ADDITIONAL ANTENNAS OR CARRIERS ARE ADDED? WILL THOSE RESULTS BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? AND WHAT HAPPENS IF AN INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT SHOWS A PROBLEM? WHO HAS THE
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ASSU AUTHORITY TO SHUT IT DOWN ONCE THEY BUILD IT? WHO MAKES THAT PHONE CALL? ACTUALLY, HOW QUICKLY CAN THE TRANSMITTERS BE POWERED DOWN? WHAT SPECIFIC MEASUREMENT TRIGGERS THAT RESPONSE HE JUST GAVE US BOATLOAD OF INFORMATION ABOUT THESE THINGS CATCHING FIRE.THAT IS BECAUSE RF FREQUENCY CAN ACTUALLY SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST AND PROBABLY THE TOWERS ARE OVERLOADING WITH RF FREQUENCY AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSES THE FIRE.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
AND WILL DENWOODY HAVE AN EMERGENCY CONTACT WHO CAN ACTUALLY GET THE EQUIPMENT TURNED OFF OR DO YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE FROM DOMINION AND SOMEONE FROM AT AND T TO COME AND YOU KNOW, DOES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE ACCESS TO IT? 'CAUSE I KNOW SUBSTATIONS, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR DOMINION UNLESS I'M WRONG.
THAT COULD BE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I'M RIGHT ABOUT THAT ONE TOO.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FEDERAL LAW LIMITS WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN DO THAT MAKES ASKING THESE QUESTIONS NOW BEFORE IT'S APPROVED EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, DON'T APPROVE IT TONIGHT AND FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS TOMORROW.
REQUIRE THE ACT APPLICANT TO DISCLOSE THE FREQUENCIES, ANTENNAS MAXIMUM POWER.
THEY ALREADY SAID THAT THEY'RE POSSIBLY ABLE TO ADD OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS.
ARE YOU GUYS GONNA GET SOME OF THAT CHANGE? YOU SHOULD.
YOU KNOW, DOMINION'S THE MAFIA PRETTY MUCH.
BUT UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD REQUIRE INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION WHENEVER THE LAW ALLOWS.
YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST THROUGH A FILE.
YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PEOPLE BECAUSE ONCE IT'S BUILT, THE CITIZENS LIVING AROUND IT CANNOT SIMPLY TURN IT OFF.
IF YOU'RE GONNA APPROVE IT, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING AND IF YOU'RE GONNA TELL THE CITIZENS OF DENWITTY THAT IT'S SAFE, NOT JUST THE FALL, BUT ACTUALLY WHAT'S COMING OFF THE TOWER THAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO BUILD, PROVE IT WITH INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE.
AND I WILL FINISH, I WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU PULL OUT YOUR CELL PHONES AND YOU CAN GOOGLE IT, THERE'S A RF EXPOSURE WARNING IN YOUR PHONE.
OKAY? SO RF EXPOSURE, RF RADIATION IS DEFINITELY WHAT THIS TOWER'S GONNA BE PUMPING OUT.
SO THE CELL PHONE LITERALLY TELLS YOU NOT TO PUT IT AGAINST YOUR BODY.
IT ALSO TELLS YOU NOT TO PUT IT IN A METALLIC CASE.
NOW APPLE KNOWS THEY DON'T WANT TO GET SUITS, THEY PUT WARNINGS 'CAUSE RF IS DEADLY.
THIS TOWER, YOU, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS REQUIRE INDEPENDENT STUDIES.
THIS IS THE SECOND TOWER, MAN.
THIS IS THE SECOND TOWER THAT I'VE SPOKE OF.
I SPOKE OF ONE IN CHESTERFIELD.
NOTHING ABOUT THE HEALTH IMPACT STUDIES, NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES, NOTHING ABOUT THE FREQUENCIES COMING OFF.
IT'S A HIDDEN SECRET AGENDA AND NO ONE ASKS THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.
PLEASE ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, DOES THE APPLICANT UH, WISH TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS? UM, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE FREQUENCIES THAT'LL BE USED ARE THE FREQUENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED THAT HAVE BEEN EXISTING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UH, AND THE TOWER IS NOT A CELL TOWER.
IT IS FOR DOMINION'S INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE MAINTENANCE CREWS.
AND THERE'S MORE DIRECT LINE, UH, FROM POINT TO POINT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
UM, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN, THERE WAS CONNOTATION TO ANTENNAS BEING PUT ON THERE FOR CELLULAR COMPANIES.
SO IT WOULD HAVE POSSIBLY HAVE A CELLULAR CONNECTION TO DENWITTY COUNTY IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IT'S IN, AM I CORRECT? UH, DOMINION IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONSIDERING ALLOWING COMPANIES TO USE IT.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY DON'T CURRENTLY DO IT ON THE STRUCTURE THAT'S IN THE UM, FACILITY IS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GO IN THERE YOU'VE GOTTA BE ESCORTED IN AND ALL OF THAT.
SECONDLY, THE WIRELESS CARRIERS REALLY DON'T LIKE TO UTILIZE, UM, ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION STRUCTURES BECAUSE ONLY THE ELECTRICAL PROVIDER'S CREWS CAN WORK ON THAT STRUCTURE.
IF THAT SYSTEM GOES DOWN, THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE ELECTRICAL PROVIDER TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, WHICH COULD BE DAYS.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE A CELL SITE THAT WOULD BE OUT FOR DAYS.
BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
THE TWO STRUCTURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE, WHAT IS THE REMAINING LIFESPAN ON THOSE STRUCTURES? YOU SAID THEY'RE COMING TO THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE? UH, UH, WELL, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? I COULDN'T, I DON'T KNOW EXACT NUMBER OF WHAT THAT IS,
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BUT, UM, THE ONE WITHIN, WELL, THEY'RE BOTH REACH, THEY, THEY BOTH WILL HAVE NO USE WITH THE NEW STRUCTURE.THE THING THAT STARTED IT ALL WAS THE FACT THAT DOMINION DEEMED THAT THE STRUCTURES WERE REACHING THE END OF THEIR LIFESPAN.
UH, DOMINION IS DOING THIS, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF SITES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
IT COULD BE 25 YEARS, IT COULD BE 30, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT THEY HAVE DEEMED THAT THESE STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE STATE NEED REPLACING.
AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW I, WE, I'VE WORKED ON HAMPTON WILLIAMSBURG WITH LITHIUM, VIRGINIA, UH, CHARLES CITY, COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
AND THAT'S JUST ONLY THE FEW THAT I'M INVOLVED IN.
SIR, UH, MY THING IS YOU SAY YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT IT INSIDE, SO YOU COME IN OUTSIDE.
SO, AND LIKE MR. ADAMS SAYS, YOU KNOW, IF IT FALLS, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING IT IN MY HEAD, BUT IF THAT, IF IT FALLS, IT'S LIKE HE SAYS IT'S GOING ACROSS THE ROAD.
WELL THAT WOULD BE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THE SCIENCE OF THE THEORY OF HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO COLLAPSE AND HOW WHEN ONE STRUCTURAL MEMBER, THAT'S THE ONE THEORY.
THE THEORY YOU SAID IT, IT'S THEORY.
WELL IT, I MEAN IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THE PE LETTER THAT SAYS BASICALLY THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO OCCUR, THEN ALL OF THE CIVIL PLANS AND THE BUILDING PLANS THAT WE SUBMIT WITH SEE, WITH, UH, MECHANICAL, UH, ENGINEERS AND OTHER ENGINEERS THAT WE SUBMIT TO JURISDICTIONS WITH THESE SEALS ON THEM, THEY'RE NO GOOD EITHER.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE, UM, ZONING FELT THE SAME WAY WE FEEL.
I THINK THAT'S, UH, MY WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I GET.
SO HAS, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH REPRESENTATION FROM DOMINION ENERGY AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE HAS BEEN A TRYING TO CONTACT MR. ADAMS. TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, HAS DOMINION ENERGY ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CURRENT LANDOWNER, MR. ADAMS, SHORTLY AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, MEMBERS OF DOMINION AS YOU MET WITH MR. ADAMS ON THE PROPERTY AT THE SITE, THEY DISCUSSED ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THEY DISCUSSED AND HE CAN SPEAK TO THAT DIRECTLY, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE EXISTING EASEMENT THAT DOMINION USES.
IT CROSSES HIS PROPERTY IN IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT EASEMENT.
AND SINCE THAT TIME, WITH EACH MONTH THAT WE HAVE DEFERRED THIS CASE TO ANOTHER MONTH, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO HIM TO LET HIM KNOW THAT WE DID THAT.
AND AS, AS LATE AS LAST THURSDAY, UH, A MEMBER OF DOMINION REACHED OUT AND HAD A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
UM, WHO? MR. ADAMS. MR. ADAMS. MR. ADAMS, YOU? UM, YES.
THEY CONTACTED ME ON APRIL THE SIXTH.
UH, GAIL, GARY AND GAIL FROM DOMINION POWER.
COURTNEY WAS A ENVIRONMENTALIST THAT THEY PUT IN CHARGE TO MEET WITH ME AND THEY EVEN AGREED WITH ME THAT IT WASN'T A GOOD SITE.
GARY, HE'S SOME KIND OF CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN.
HE SAID IT SHOULD GO IN THE BACK ON TOP OF THE HILL, WHICH IS A HIGHER ELEVATION, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT, UH, I GUESS TIMON, MR. TIMON SAID.
AND CLEARLY IT'S A HIGHER ELEVATION BACK THERE.
'CAUSE THE EXISTING TIRE, 400 FOOT ONE IN THE BACK IS ACTUALLY SITTING DOWN IN A HOLE LOW SPOT.
HE SAID IT WAS CRAZY TO PUT IT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND THEN ANOTHER GUY I TALKED TO, HE'S A CONTRACTOR FOR DOMINION.
HE SAID THE MAIN PURPOSE WITH DOMINION IS THAT THEY DON'T WANNA SPEND MONEY ON UPKEEP OF THE EXISTING TOWERS.
AND UH, HE SAID A LOT OF THE TOWERS THEY WORK ON, THEY CAN'T EVEN CLIMB BECAUSE DOMINION WANT TO THE MAINTENANCE ON THEM.
BUT I DID TALK TO A GAIL AND COURTNEY ON APRIL THE SIXTH, THEN AGAIN ON APRIL THE EIGHTH, COURTNEY CALLED AND UH, LEFT A MESSAGE FOR ME TO CALL HER.
AND UH, SHE SAID THAT THEY WEREN'T REAL SURE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
AND THEN SHE CALLED LATER AND SAID THAT DOMINION HAD DROPPED THE WHOLE THING.
SO I THOUGHT THE THING HAD BEEN DROPPED SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED IT DOWN.
AND THEN LIKE A WEEK, I THINK THEY MAILED SOMETHING ON THE SEVENTH.
I GOT UP ON THE 11TH OF THIS MONTH SAYING THAT THE MEETING WAS TONIGHT.
SO BETWEEN, I GUESS IT WAS THE 1ST OF JULY AND NOW I HAD NO CONTACT WITH ANYONE FOR DOMINION.
BUT EVEN THEIR OWN PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT IS NOT A GOOD SITE OTHER THAN THE
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ENGINEERS.UM, BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? JUST, I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT PERTAINING TO THE CASE.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT THIS BOARD TRIES TO DO IS TO CONSIDER THE CITIZENS AND THE IMPACT TO THE CITIZENS THAT ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT MAY IMPLY.
WHAT I FIND HARD TO BELIEVE IS THAT AS GOOD A NEIGHBOR AS DOMINION IS THAT THEY DON'T SEE THE FLAW THAT'S IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I THINK THEY HAVE ENOUGH, MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK THEY HAVE ENOUGH LAND TO BE ABLE TO DO AND FALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF WHAT THE COUNTY WOULD IS REQUESTING OF THEM.
BUT I THINK THEY HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA, MY OPINION, OF WHERE THEY WANNA PUT THE TOWER AT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND IT MAY BE FINANCIALLY RELATED OR OTHER THINGS, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A DUE DILIGENCE TO LISTEN TO THAT LANDOWNER TO SAY THIS CAN AND COULD HAPPEN.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD ASK THAT DOMINION RECONSIDER THEIR POSITION OF WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE THIS TOWER TO GO.
REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHERE READ THE RESOLUTION, WE RESIDE THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE WITH THE COMPLIANCE WITH CO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2286 A THREE AND SEVEN, THE ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 22 DASH 22 AND 22 DASH TWO, IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE.
I MOVE THE CONDITION RE REQUEST C DASH 26.1 AS PRESENTED TO BE DISAPPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN ASSURANCE OF THE CONDITION USE PERMIT WOULD NOT BE COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTENT, PURPOSE, AND DESIGN OF THE DENWOODY COUNTY CODE.
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TIME WE HAVE ALL NEW BUS BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS AND MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU HAVE A, A NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TONIGHT TO THE DIY COUNTY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.MADAM CHAIR, WE'D LIKE TO APPOINT ANIKA MOORE FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE 4 30 20 28.
OKAY, I'LL SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS.
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HAVE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.SEAN MCGILL NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
UH, I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING US SPEAK TODAY.
SO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, NEIGHBORS, OH YES.
CAN WE GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? OH, YES MA'AM.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 4 5 0 8 PLANTATION DRIVE NORTH DENWITTY.
ALL RIGHT, SO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF DENWOODY COUNTY, YOU GUYS, MY NAME'S SEAN MCGILL AND I'VE LIVED IN DENWOODY COUNTY MY ENTIRE LIFE.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY WHERE, UM, I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL OVER THIS SUBJECT.
AND I'M SHORT AND I'M REACHING FOR THE MIC
IT'S A COMMUNITY WHERE MY WIFE BRITTANY AND I CHOSE TO LAY OUR ROOTS WITH OUR CHILDREN, OUR TWO BOYS.
PROFESSIONALLY, I'M A SYSTEMS ENGINEER FOR THE LARGEST CYBERSECURITY COMPANY IN THE WORLD.
I CONSULT FOR FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES EVERY SINGLE DAY ARCHITECTING SOLUTIONS TO SHAPE AND SECURE THEIR GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
SITTING AT THE INTERSECTION OF OUR QUIET RURAL COMMUNITY AND THE ABSOLUTE BLEEDING EDGE OF GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY.
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I PERSONALLY FEEL A PROFOUND OBLIGATION TO SPEAK TONIGHT REGARDING THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER BUILD.AND I JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW HERE I AM PUTTING MY JOB ON THE LINE.
WE ARE BEING SOLD A VISION OF LOCAL PROGRESS, BUT WE ARE BLINDING OURSELF TO THE GLOBAL REALITY OF WHAT THESE FACILITIES ACTUALLY DO TONIGHT.
I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT WATER USAGE OR POWER GRIDS.
THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE HERE THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT SUBJECT.
I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TECHNICAL REALITY OF WHAT WE ARE ALLOWING INTO OUR BACKYARD AND THE DANGEROUS ROAD.
WE ARE PAVING FOR OUR SOCIETY.
WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE TRUE REASON DEVELOPERS ARE SUDDENLY RUSHING OUR GATES.
WE'RE WITNESSING AN UNBRIDLED HYPER ACCELERATED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARMS RACE.
MAJOR TECH INVESTORS HAVE ALREADY POURED $1 TRILLION, 1 TRILLION INTO AI INFRASTRUCTURE THIS YEAR ALONE, THAT INVESTMENT, AND I JUST LEARNED THIS, I JUST GOT BACK FROM A WEAK BUSINESS TRIP IN VEGAS.
THAT INVESTMENT IS PROJECTED TO EXPLODE TO BETWEEN 2.2 AND $2.6 TRILLION.
THESE COMPANIES ARE DESPERATE FOR CHEAP LAND TO FUEL THIS EXPANSION AND THEY'RE HOPING DENWOODY COUNTY WILL SIMPLY HAND IT OVER WITHOUT ASKING WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY POWERING.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU.
WORKING DEEPLY ALONGSIDE CYBER INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, I SEE EXACTLY WHAT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE EMPOWERS.
WE ARE BUILDING THE ENGINES THAT WEAPONIZE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGAINST US BASED ON CURRENT THREAT METRICS FROM INDUSTRY INTELLIGENCE.
AI IS BEING USED TO AUTOMATE HACKING AT A SCALE AND A SPEED WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN 13 YEARS OF BEING A CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER.
IT'S SCARY FROM A SECURITY ENGINEER'S PERSPECTIVE, THE TECHNICAL REALITY IS TERRIFYING.
HISTORICALLY, WHEN AN ADVERSARY BREACHED THE NETWORK, IT TOOK AN AVERAGE OF 29 DAYS TO LOCATE AN EXFILTRATE SENSITIVE DATA.
AND EXFILTRATE IN MY WORLD JUST MEANS TAKE.
RIGHT? MM-HMM
THAT I, AND I KNOW AND YOU WERE DOING WELL, BUT IT IT IS.
I ALREADY SPOKEN LAST TIME AND I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND.
CAN I GIVE HIM MY TIME? BECAUSE I DON'T, I JUST WON'T SPEAK.
MADAM CHAIR, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY MAY WANNA JUMP INTO, I THINK THE BYLAW PERFECT.
I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT, BUT THE BYLAWS DO NOT ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO TRANSFER TIME TO OTHER SPEAKERS.
CAN SOMEBODY ELSE READ YOU? YEAH, WE CAN YOU GIVE IT TO, YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE READ YOUR SPEECH IF YOU WANT OR YOU CAN HAND IT TO THE BOARD.
IT'S GETTING TAKEN, RIGHT? AND AI, THESE DATA CENTERS, THEY'RE BUILDING A MASSIVE ENVIRONMENT WITH THESE HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS AND THAT IS BEING BUILT FOR THE, FOR THE PUSH OF THIS AI INTELLIGENCE TO BE JUST PUSHED HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY IN THE CYBER THREAT COMMUNITIES IS ASTOUNDING.
AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA LEAD TO AND WHAT IT'S ALREADY LEADING TO IS LOSS OF MASSIVE JOBS.
IT'S LEADING TO YOUR SENSITIVE DATA BEING TAKEN WITHOUT ANY REGARD WHATSOEVER.
IT'S BEING LED TO WHERE NATIONAL STATE ACTORS, WHICH ARE BAD GUYS, YOUR BAD HACKERS THAT WORK FOR OTHER COUNTRIES ARE USING AGAINST OUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, OUR HEALTHCARE, AND WE'RE FUELING THAT.
MY ONLY ASK IS, PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WANTING TO PROVE SOMETHING, WE ARE FUELING THE FUTURE.
SO THE LAST THING THAT I'LL SAY IS THIS.
IF THIS IS APPROVED AND I HAVE FULL FAITH IN YOU GUYS, I REALLY DO.
I LOVE THIS COUNTY, BUT IF THIS IS APPROVED, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR CHILDREN, SAY, I DID THAT.
DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION.
OKAY, GOOD EVENING, CHRISTIE POWERS 2 1 5 3, 1 RUN AROUND LANE.
I'M GONNA TALK REALLY FAST SO I CAN GET MY THREE MINUTES IN.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU ALL SEEM SURPRISED LAST MEETING THAT PEOPLE WERE REAL UPSET AND WANTED TO COME TO YOU ALL STARTING NOW LET ME EXPLAIN WHY SOME OF THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH TIMING AND SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE MADE ABOUT FROM PEOPLE THAT BEFORE YOU WILL HAVE PART OF THIS DECISION
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BEFORE IT COMES TO YOU.NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, 2024, THE ZONING CAME OUT DURING THE HOLIDAYS WHEN MOST PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN GONNA ATTEND THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE WITH FAMILY.
THEN YOU GET TO FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF 2025.
THESE PARTICULAR LAND PARCELS, THOSE THAT WERE LEASING THAT PROPERTY WERE NOTIFIED THE LAND HAD BEEN SOLD AND THEY WOULD NO LONGER HAVE THEIR LEASE RENEWED.
THAT TIMING IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ANYBODY WHO'S BOUGHT LAND OR DONE THIS KIND OF PR, ANY KIND OF PROCESS LIKE THIS BECAUSE THIS STARTED BEFORE NOVEMBER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN BY FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF 2025.
SO THERE'S PEOPLE AND THEY WOULD'VE ALREADY TALKED TO SOMEBODY IN DENWOODY COUNTY AND FELT COMFORTABLE THAT MORE THAN LIKELY IT WOULD BE APPROVED BEFORE THEY EVEN MAKE THAT KIND OF DECISION.
LET ME GO ON TO A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND I'M GONNA SAVE SOME QUOTES, UM, THAT DON'T SEEM VERY IMPARTIAL AND SEEM VERY PRO DATA.
MR. BROOK AT THE MEETING IN DECEMBER FOR THE ZONING COMMISSION HAD MADE A COMMENT THAT THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET IN THE GAME THAT'S ACTIVELY WANTING TO ENGAGE IN, PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING THAT'S NOT, WE ARE DOING THIS AS A OH JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY ASKS, LET'S HAVE SOME RULES IN PLACE, RIGHT? THEN HE ALSO MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE WAY THEY STRUCTURED THIS ZONING WAS TO ALLOW NOT TO HANDCUFF OURSELVES TO ALLOW FOR MORE PLACES TO ALLOW IT.
SO I INTERPRET THAT MYSELF AS MR. COLBERT THINKS ALL OF DENWOOD HE'S UP FOR SALE FOR DATA CENTERS.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT SOME COMMENTS MADE BY MORGAN INGRAM AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
HER COMMENTS ON HOW THE ZONING WAS WERE THAT THEY DESIGNED, THEY DID IT THIS WAY IN ORDER TO, LET ME, LET ME FIND IT ON MY, MY NOTES HERE AND I WANNA QUOTE, THIS KIND OF OPENS US UP TO FUTURE FOR SITES THROUGH THE COUNTY.
I THINK THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF MADE IT BROAD TO LOOK FOR THE FUTURE.
THAT'S TELLING EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE TO PUT MORE DATA CENTERS HERE.
THAT'S HOW I WOULD INTERPRET THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WOULD SHE ALSO STATED IN THAT DECEMBER MEETING WHEN ASKED ABOUT IF SITES HAD BEEN LOCATED THAT YES.
SO BY NOVEMBER, BEFORE WE EVEN PUT THIS, BEFORE YOU ALL, SOMEBODY HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH DENWOODY COUNTY OR OUR STAFF AND LOOKED AT SITES THAT WERE GOOD FOR DATA CENTERS AND THEN WHEN TALKING ABOUT THAT STATED THAT SHE COULD NOT TALK SITE SPECIFIC DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
WHAT PROJECT? THIS WAS JUST A PROACTIVE, IF SOMEBODY ASKED, THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING CONFIDENTIAL AT THAT POINT ABOUT THE SITES THAT THEY HAD SEEN.
I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I MISPRONOUNCE SOMEBODY'S NAME.
UM, VALERIE AND I CANNOT MAKE OUT THE LAST NAME.
VALERIE, I LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION.
JONATHAN AND I, VALERIE JONATHAN DUNLOW, UH, 2 0 7 1 2 WHITE OAK ROAD AND 2 0 7 0 0 WHITE OAK ROAD.
UM, AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE WERE QUESTIONED AS TO WHY WE WERE HERE SINCE THE VOTE ON THE DATA CENTER AS WELL.
IN THE FUTURE, AND I'LL NOT BE SO ARROGANT AS TO THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE HERE, BUT I WANT TO CLARIFY THE REASON THAT I'M HERE.
I'M HERE FOR THE SAME REASON THAT OUR ANCESTORS THREW TEA INTO THE HARBOR AT BOSTON AND DRAFTED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
I'M HERE FOR THE SAME REASON THAT THOMAS PAYNE WROTE HIS PAMPHLET ENTITLED COMMON SENSE.
I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT YOU AS OUR DULY APPOINTED GOVERNMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO KNOW THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT.
I'M NOT HERE TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE DONE WRONG IN THIS INSTANCE.
RATHER, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROCESS THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED AND TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR YOU AS YOU DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE.
AS A TAX PAYING CITIZEN OF DIMITY COUNTY, I'M HERE EXPECTING REPRESENTATION TO GO ALONG WITH MY TAXATION.
LIKE THE FOUNDERS OF THE GREAT COUNTRY, UH, THE UH, LIKE THE FOUNDERS OF OUR COUNTY.
I BELIEVE THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL JUST, AND THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.
AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
I'M HERE BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTED AMONG MEN AND DERIVE THEIR POWERS, THEIR JUST POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERN.
I'M NOT HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO BE A PROBLEM AND YOU SHOULD BELIEVE AND SHOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE EXERCISING THEIR GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS AS A PROBLEM, THEN PERHAPS YOU'VE FORGOTTEN THE PREMISE OF YOUR POSITION.
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ALL I WANT IS TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTY AND NOT HAVE TO FORFEIT MY RIGHT TO LIFE.LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS TO PLACE A DATA CENTER WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF MY PROPERTY LINE WOULD CAUSE ME TO FORFEIT.
JUST THAT I COULD STAND HERE AND LECTURE YOU ON ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH DATA CENTERS, BUT I BELIEVE YOU KNOW THEM ALL TOO WELL.
I COULD SPEND MY TIME SUGGESTING THAT THERE MUST BE SOME TYPE OF CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT, BUT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN SPECULATION.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE, THE PEOPLE WHOM YOU REPRESENT WILL NOT ACCEPT A DATA CENTER HERE IN DEITY COUNTY.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW AND HAVE SEEN AND CONTINUE TO SEE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS MATTER.
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT OVERREACTING OR WASTING THEIR TIME NOR YOURS.
RATHER THEY ARE PATRIOTS WHO BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY ARE UNITED TOGETHER TO ENSURE A HOPE AND A FUTURE FOR THE PEOPLE OF DI WITTY COUNTY.
I BELIEVE YOU WANT THE SAME THING.
I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND TO SEE ANY OF US AS SUCH WOULD BE SHORTSIGHTED AT BEST.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE ELECTED AND TO ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE THAT LEVY OUR TAXES TO REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AS OUR ANCESTORS ALWAYS INTENDED.
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN FIGHTING AND NEITHER DID OUR ANCESTORS.
THE ONLY WAY A FIGHT WILL COME IS IF WE FIND THAT WE'RE FACING THE SAME TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION THAT OUR ANCESTORS DID.
IF YOU DECIDE TO ALLOW THIS DATA CENTER KNOWING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, THEN WE WILL BE FORCED TO ACT.
NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO, BUT BECAUSE THE GOD WHO GAVE US LIFE ALSO GAVE US LIBERTY AND WE INTEND TO KEEP IT.
THE REALITY IS THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US AND WHAT OUR ANCESTORS ENDOWED TO US IN THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT YOU HEAR US AND EVEN MORE SO THAT YOU ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE UNANIMOUS.
THERE IS NO PULLING IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE STAND TOGETHER AND IF YOU TRULY STAND FOR THE PEOPLE, THEN WE STAND WITH YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD NOT TO FIGHTING AGAINST YOU ALL, BUT RATHER CELEBRATING YOU AS YOU FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICES ENTRUSTED TO YOU AND VOTE THIS DATA CENTER DOWN WHEN THE TIME COMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OVERWHELMING WILL OF THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT.
AND I BELIEVE THE MEN WHO THREW THE TEA INTO THE BOSTON HARBOR WOULD SMILE KNOWING THAT WE STAND READY TO DEFEND OUR FREEDOM JUST LIKE THEY DID.
AND THANK YOU I I ALSO THINK THAT THEY WOULD SMILE TO SEE YOU REPRESENT NOT ONLY THE IDEALS OF THE PEOPLE AT DENWITY COUNTY, BUT THE IDEALS OF THIS GREAT NATION THAT THEY SACRIFICE THEMSELVES ON THE ALTAR OF LIBERTY FOR.
LASTLY, I'M HERE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT LOST HOPE IN DEMOCRACY.
I HAVE NOT LOST HOPE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I HAVEN'T LOST HOPE IN YOU AND I BELIEVE YOU'LL REPRESENT US WELL BY VOTING THIS DATA CENTER DOWN WHEN THE TIME COMES.
THANK YOU DEBORAH JAMES, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING WHILE REVIEWING THE DATA CENTER PROPOSAL AND IN YOUR NAME.
DEBORAH JAMES EIGHTY SIX NINETEEN CLAIBORNE ROAD.
WHILE REVIEWING THE DATA CENTER PROPOSAL AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION AS WELL AND LISTENING TO MEETINGS, I FREQUENTLY SEE AND HEAR THE PHRASE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS ON PROPOSED MAPS.
I SEE LINES AND SHADED AREAS AND DOTS THAT SAY ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
WHILE THIS IS A CORRECT TERM, IT IS AN IMPERSONAL TERM AND IT IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE.
IT DOES NOT ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE REALITY.
MY HUSBAND AND I OWN ONE OF THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND IT'S OUR HOME.
THAT'S A FOUR LETTER WORD THAT HAS POWER.
IT'S OUR HOME AND, AND WE LIVE RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF WHITE OAK AND CLAIBORNE ROAD.
SO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DATA CENTER AREA.
MY HUSBAND IS A DISABLED VETERAN WITH OVER 20 YEARS ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE.
WE BOTH WORKED AND WE SAVED AND WE BUDGETED AND WE SACRIFICED TO GET OUR DREAM HOME.
OUR DREAM HOME IN A RURAL ENVIRONMENT, NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DATA CENTER.
EVERY INCH OF THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY IS COVERED WITH OUR TEARS, OUR SWEAT, AND SOMETIMES OUR BLOOD AND MAYBE A FEW CUSS WORDS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID
OKAY? BUT IT IS OUR HOME AND IT IS HOME TO OUR HORSES, IT'S HOME TO OUR MULE, IT'S HOME TO OUR DOGS AND OUR CAT AND THE MANJE LITTLE GROUNDHOG I DON'T CARE MUCH FOR AND THE SQUIRRELS THAT EAT MY PEARS AND THE LITTLE FOX THAT LIVES IN THE DEN BEHIND MY HAY BARN.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IT'S THEIR HOME.
FOUR LETTERS, BUT THERE'S POWER IN THOSE WORDS.
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REMEMBER WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE SHADED AREAS, LOOK OUT ON ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND REMEMBER HOME, DON'T JUST THINK DOTS AND LINES IN A MAP OR BOTTOM LINES OR OR SPREADSHEETS.REMEMBER HOMES AND FAMILIES AND PLEASE, I'M ASKING YOU PLEASE TO PROTECT OUR HOMES.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
CHANTEL LANDS, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO COURT.
ONE OF THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
BUT HERE'S A COPY IN CASE WE RUN OUTTA TIME.
I LIVE AT THIR 1 0 9 5 2 COLEMANS LAKE ROAD AND I HAVE BEEN A DINWOODY RESIDENT FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS AND HAVE APPRECIATED THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT TO RAISE MY FAMILY IN.
I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO SHOW THAT I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE HAVEN OAK TECH TECHNOLOGY PARK ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023.
DR. MOORE, YOU MOVED AND MR. CAVE YOU SECONDED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE COUNTY THAT CLEARLY STATES THE GOALS OF HEALTH PROMOTION, SAFETY, MORALS, ORDER, CONVENIENCE, PROSPERITY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF ITS INHABITANTS.
DURING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED OUR RURAL CHARACTER AS OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET.
FURTHERMORE, THE DINWITTY PLANNING AND ZONING MISSION INCLUDES MINIMIZING LAND USE CONFLICTS AND OPTIMIZING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS.
THE HAVEN OAK TECHNOLOGY CENTER IS BEING PURSUED BY AN APPLICANT WHO PLANS STRICTLY ON BEING A PROPRIETOR.
THE APPLICANT IS NEITHER THE OCCUPANT NOR THE OPERATOR FOR WHOM WILL BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, A BUILDER AND A LANDOWNER ARE PROPOSING A 900 MEGAWATT DATA CAMP CENTER CAMPUS WITH THE HOPES THAT THEY FIND SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING TO PAY FOR THEIR BUILDINGS.
THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE ITS DESIRE TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN OR A COMMUNITY SPONSOR IN NUMEROUS WAYS.
WHEN WE CONSIDER THE NEXT FOLLOWING EIGHT POINTS BETWEEN MYSELF AND TWO OTHERS, THE APPLICANT IS ASKING TO REZONE A ONE AND RR ONE TO EMERGENCY TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYMENT CENTER, SPECIFICALLY A HIGH WAGE EMPLOYMENT CENTER.
THE APPLICANT BOASTS 1200 CON CONSTRUCTION JOBS OVER THE FIRST FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.
WHAT ARE THESE ACTUAL POSITIONS AND WHAT ARE THEIR SALARIES? DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A DECOMMISSIONED BOND TO SECURE THESE SALARIES? FOR THAT SEVEN SAID SEVEN YEARS.
WHO IS FULFILLING? WHO IS FILLING THESE POSITIONS? ARE THESE JOBS TRULY TO BE FILLED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS? AND WHAT'S THE SHORT TERM IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY? ARE WE PREPARED TO HOUSE SCHOOL AND SERVE 1200 TRANSIENT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES KNOWING THAT THEY'LL ONLY BE TEMPORARY? THE APPLICANT IS OFFERING 350 ONSITE POST-CONSTRUCTION POSITIONS.
ARE THESE INCLUDED IN THE 1200? WHAT ARE THEIR SALARIES? THE APPLICANT IS QUOTING 15 YEARS OF TAX REVENUE.
BUT DO THEY HAVE 15 YEARS OF SALARY SECURED FOR THOSE POSITIONS THAT THEY WERE PROMISING? APPLICATION CONDITION NUMBER THREE, BUILDING HEIGHT.
THE EMERGENCY TECHNOLOGY ZONING STATES A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 75 FEET, BUT THE APPLICANT STATED, OH SURE WE'LL BUILD BUILDINGS AT 75 FEET.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT TO INCLUDE CHILLERS, PENTHOUSES, OR PARAPET WALLS ON THE TOP OF THESE BUILDINGS, THE APPLICANT BLATANTLY DOCUMENTS THAT THEY'RE PREPARING TO EXCEED THE 75 FOOT LIMIT A APPLICATION CONDITION NUMBER SEVEN, TRAFFIC.
THE APPLICANT BOASTS A LOW TRIP GENERATION CAMPUS BUT HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE WHEN PROMISING 1200 JOBS AND WILL 1200 ONSITE EMPLOYEES BE DRIVING THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL AND RURAL ZONED AREAS TO ACCESS THE CAMPUS? THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED FIVE ENTRANCES ON THE CAMPUS, THREE ON CLAIBORNE AND TWO ON WHITE OAK.
WILL THE CLAIBORNE ENTRANCES BE AC BE INCLUDE? FOUR 60 TO CLAIBORNE OR WHITE OAK TO CLAIBORNE? DOES THIS MEAN 1200 EMPLOYEES WILL BE DRIVING DOWN OUR RURAL WHITE OAK ROAD TO ACCESS THE CAMPUS OR WILL THEY BE DRIVING PAST THE SUTHERLAND BALL FIELD AND ALL THE HOMES ON CLAIBORNE? THIS DOES NOT FEEL LIKE A LOW TRIP GENERATING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.
AND I'D LIKE THE NEXT PERSON TO FINISH MY PROPOSAL.
MY NAME IS HEATHER ACKERMAN AND I LIVE AT 13 9 0 1 RICHIE ROAD
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HERE IN DIM WOODY.AND I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO SHOW I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE, TO THE HAVEN OAK TECHNOLOGY PART.
THE APPLICANT STATES THE CAMPUS WILL NEED MULTIPLE POWER SUBSTATIONS.
HOW MANY IS MULTIPLE? WHO WILL BE PAYING FOR THESE SUBSTATIONS? THE APPLICANT, THE OPERATOR, OR THE COUNTY CONDITION? EIGHT.
THE APPLICANT DISCUSSES A WATER USES OF 360,000 TO 2 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A DAY, BUT THE TYPE OF COOLING SYSTEMS WILL BE LEFT TO THE PENDING OPERATOR TO DETERMINE.
SO JUST HOW MUCH WATER WILL BE NEEDED.
THE APPLICANT STATES THE PUBLIC WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WILL NEED TO BE EXTENDED TO SERVE THE PROPERTY.
SO WHO WILL PAY FOR THE NEEDED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE? THE APPLICATION DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ORIN ORDINANCE SECTION 21 DASH 79 WHICH REQUIRES DEVELOPERS TO CONSTRUCT ACKNOWLEDGE ORDINANCE SECTION 21 DASH 79, WHICH REQUIRES THE DEVELOPERS TO CONSTRUCT ACKNOWLEDGE ORDINANCE SECTIONS 2179, I'M SORRY, THE NECESSARY WATER AND SEWER LINE THAT WILL SERVE THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT DOES NOT MENTION MUNICIPAL WATER SEWAGE ORDINANCE 21 DASH 20 WHICH REQUIRES EXISTING RESIDENCE TO CONNECT WHEN A NEW WATER OR SEWAGE LINES ARE CONSTRUCTED.
WHO WILL BE PAYING FOR THIS REQUIRED CONNECTION, THE APPLICANT OR THE HOMEOWNERS ALONG THE PATH OF THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THE APPLICANT PROPOSES MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWAGE ARE EXTENDED FROM THE ALDI SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT IS DEDICATED COMMERCIAL IN INDUSTRIAL SERVICE LINE AND DOES NOT SERVE ANY RESIDENTIAL HOME.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONNECT TO MUNICIPAL WATER? WHEN THE DATA CENTER IS PULLING A POTENTIAL 2 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A DAY, HOW WILL THE RESIDENT'S WATER AND SEWAGE BE IMPACTED SINCE THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO SHARE WITH THE DATA CENTER? UM, CONDITION NOW NINE IS SOUND.
THE APPLICANT TAKES ABOUT A, A GOAL OF 55 DECIBELS OF SOUND FROM THE DATA CENTER DURING THE DAY.
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL DEFINITION OF DAYTIME? HOW LOUD WILL IT BE AFTER DAYTIME? ACCORDING TO THE A SA PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO NOISE LEVELS ABOVE 55 DECIBELS WILL BE LOUD ENOUGH TO INFLICT PERMANENT HEARING LOSS.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RECOMMENDS INDOOR NIGHT NOISE TO STAY BELOW 30 TO 40 DECIBELS.
AT 55 DECIBELS, YOUR BRAIN REGISTERS TO SOUND AS ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS.
ODDLY ENOUGH, THE APPLICANT STATES THE GOAL IS 55 DECIBELS.
HOWEVER, THEY ALSO STATE IT'LL BE BASED ON THE EQUIPMENT SELECTION, WHICH IS NOT, WHICH IS YET TO BE DETERMINED SINCE THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE AN OPERATOR.
THEY STATED THE GOLD DECIMAL IS IRRELEVANT IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IS DEFINED AS ANYTHING BEYOND THE FACILITIES CONTROL.
IT IS BEYOND THE FACILITIES CONTROL WHEN CAMPUS WILL RUN ON FULL GENERATOR POWER BECAUSE OF THE BACKLOG IN BUILDING SUBSTATIONS.
MY NAME IS CHARLIE WALKER AND I LIVE AT 1 0 5 0 9 LOU JONES ROAD.
I'VE BEEN A DIY RESIDENT FOR ALMOST 13 YEARS.
I HAVE APPRECIATED THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT TO GROW UP IN.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECORD TO SHOW I AM STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE HAVEN OAK TECHNOLOGY PARK.
CONDITION 13 CULTURAL RESOURCES.
THE APPLICANT, A APPLICANT USES OF VAGUE AND VARIABLE LANGUAGE WHEN DISCUSSING THE CULTURAL IMPACT ON THE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS AND, AND IN, IN AND AROUND THE PROPOSED CAMPUS, THIS LANGUAGE INCLUDES WORDS LIKE REQUIRED TO COORDINATE THE APPLICANT
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CURRENT UNDERSTANDING THEY DO NOT AN ANTICIPATE AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS.HOW EXACTLY WILL THE A APPLICANT AND THE FUTURE OPERATORS GUARANTEE PRESERVATION OF OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES WHEN THEY USE SUCH LOOSE TERMS? LET'S TALK ABOUT ECONOMICS AND FISCAL BENEFITS.
THE APPLICANT BOTH THEY CAN PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL LONG TERM SOURCE, SOURCE OF TAX REVENUE.
THE APPLICANT WILL REFRESH EQUIPMENT THAT WILL INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAX VALUE.
HOWEVER, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A SIGNED OPERATOR.
THE APPLICANT SAYS THE PROJECT COULD GENERATE 6 MILLION AND FIF 600,000,015 YEARS, WHICH JUST HAPPENS TO BE LESS THAN HALF OF THE TAX REVENUE.
MECKLENBERG IS BEING PAID PER MEGAWATT BY MICROSOFT.
SO THE
NOWHERE ON THE APPLICATION IS DEMO.
THIS DECOMMISSIONING MENTIONED THIS APPLICANT HOPES IF WE BUILD IT, THEY COME, THEY WILL COME.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DON'T? WHAT HAPPENS IF THE TECH TECHNOLOGY TAKES A DIFFERENT PATH? REMEMBER HOW THE, THE COMPUTER TURNED INTO A DESKTOP THAT TURNED INTO A LAPTOP THAT IS NOW TURNED INTO A PHONE THAT FITS IN YOUR POCKET WHEN TECHNOLOGY NEEDS CHANGE OVER, OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
AND SOMEONE FINDS A SMARTER WAY TO CON TO CONTINUE OUR TECHNOLO TECH TECH KNOWLEDGE FUTURE.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAMP TO, TO THE CAMPUS AND EQUIPMENT, THE EQUIP, SORRY.
THE GENERATORS, THE GENERATORS, THE BATTERIES.
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW SOME RICH BUILDER AND TIMBER COMPANY TO CHANGE OUR LOVELY RURAL COMPANY COMMUNITY, OUR LEGACY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.
SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PUT ON THE CHAIR.
2 5 4 1 1 GRANT AVENUE NORTH IN WITTY.
UM, I WANT TO REGISTER MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER.
MANY HAVE SPOKEN ELOQUENTLY BEFORE ME WITH MANY SALIENT POINTS, SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SHORT.
TRY NOT TO, UM, REPEAT TOO MANY THINGS, BUT DEN WITTY CITIZENS DO NOT NEED TO BE SADDLED WITH THE COST OF BUILDING THE NEEDED ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A DATA CENTER, NOR BE SADDLED WITH THE ENSUING HIGHER ENERGY COST.
YOU KNOW, DOMINION ENERGY BUILT A NEW FACILITY IN NEW DEN, WITTY, UH, NORTH DEN, WITTY NEAR WHERE I LIVE.
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, BUT OUR POWER LINES VERY CLOSE BY HAVE NEVER BEEN IMPROVED.
IN FACT, OUR INTERNET, YOU KNOW, ACCESS OPTIONS HAVE NOT CHANGED IN OVER 18 YEARS.
I FINALLY WENT TO A HOTSPOT AFTER HAVING DSL FOR 18 YEARS UP TILL THIS YEAR.
SO WE NEED IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR CITIZENS, BUT NOT FOR BIG TECH.
GENUITY ALSO CANNOT AFFORD TO GIVE AWAY OUR WATER.
I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW WE'RE IN A FARMING COMMUNITY WITH MANY PEOPLE ON WELL WATER.
A DATA CENTER WOULD DETRIMENTALLY TAX OUR WATER SUPPLY AND OUR CITIZENS.
SO WE NEED TO DECIDE THE FUTURE OF D WITTY COUNTY, NOT BIG TECH COMPANIES.
WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR RURAL HERITAGE.
I URGE YOU WHEN THE TIME COMES TO OPPOSE AND DENY THIS DATA CENTER APPLICATION.
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GOOD EVENING.MY NAME IS IS BARBARA HAMILTON, 1 7 2 0 6 WHITE OAK ROAD.
AND I TOO WANT IT STATED ON THE RECORD THAT I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE DATA CENTER.
UM, DENWOOD IS MOSTLY RURAL AND THAT'S WHAT WE ENJOY LIVING OUT HERE IS THE QUIET, THE PEACE TO GET AWAY FROM THE CRAZINESS EVERY DAY.
AND DATA CENTERS DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO US AS RESIDENTS TO THE LAND, ANYTHING.
IF THEY COME OUT, THEY WILL GET TAX BREAKS, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN AWAY.
OUR COUNTY, THAT TAX BREAK WILL THEN BE PASSED ON TO THE CHARGES WILL THEN BE PASSED ON TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY AND THEY PRODUCE NOISE.
AND RIGHT NOW WHERE I LIVE, I'M NOT RIGHT WHERE THE DATA CENTER IS GOING, BUT I'M ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF AS THE CROW FLIES AS THEY SAY.
I CAN CURRENTLY HEAR THE RACETRACK WHEN THERE IS AN EVENT GOING ON.
AND I AM FARTHER AWAY THAN THAT.
AND I CAN ALSO HEAR WHERE THEY ARE CUTTING TREES OVER NEAR THE LANDFILL, WHICH IS ALSO A COUPLE MILES AWAY.
AND THIS WILL INCREASE THE COST OF ELECTRICITY FOR ALL OF US, NOT JUST FOR THE COUNTY.
WE WILL ALL BE IMPACTED BY IT.
WE'RE ALREADY SUFFERING LOW WELLS DUE TO THE DROUGHT.
THIS WILL FURTHER IMPACT OUR WATER, THE ELECTRICITY AS WELL.
WHEN WE HAVE A STORM, MOST OF US SUFFER WITH A POWER OUTAGE.
I'VE HAD TWO OUTAGES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF STORMS. LUCKILY IT CAME BACK ON, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MAJOR OUTAGES AND WHEN THE SNOW COMES, WE'VE BEEN OUT FOR WEEKS SOMETIMES THEN WE, YOU HAVE DONE GOOD AT KEEPING OUR COUNTY RURAL.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, ARE YOU LOOKING AT A MORATORIUM? ARE YOU LOOKING TO QUESTION WHAT THE DATA CENTERS ARE OFFERING? AND YES, THEY CAN BE DEFEATED.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY THESE DATA CENTERS.
THEY WILL DESTROY OUR WATER, OUR AIR, OUR WILDLIFE, OUR COUNTY.
AND TO ME, THESE DATA CENTERS, I'M SORRY, ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A CANCER OF THE LAND.
BY THE TIME THEY ARE DONE, THERE IS NOTHING LEFT.
I CANNOT REMEMBER THE STATE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN FOUND IN THE WATER THEY HAVE RELEASED.
AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THESE CENTERS HAVE TO BE REDONE OR ARE NO LONGER VIABLE? WILL THEY BE ALLOWED TO JUST LEAVE THEM FOR THE WASTE? WHAT WILL HAPPEN? AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS TO KEEP DENWOODY RULE? SO FOR ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS SEEMS TO BE TOWARDS THE NORTH OF THE COUNTY.
IF THIS DATA CENTER COMES OUT HERE, AGAIN, IT WILL DESTROY OUR WAY OF LIFE.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THANK YOU MAYOR JOSHUA SALAZAR.
I'M JOSH SALAZAR, 16 0 0 2 CAVALRY DRIVE IN CHURCH ROAD.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF DENWITTY.
I'D LIKE TO ENTER IN MY OPPOSITION TO THESE DATA CENTERS, THE DATA CENTERS.
AND I'M OFFERING UP JUST SOME INFORMATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE.
UH, THESE DATA CENTERS USE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY.
A SINGLE LARGE FACILITY CAN REQUIRE AS MUCH POWER AS OUR SMALL TOWNS.
UH, THIS CAN PUT ADDITIONAL PRESSURE AND STRAIN ON OUR LOCAL POWER SYSTEMS AND MAY REQUIRE NEW POWER LINES, SUBSTATIONS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE COST OF UPGRADING INFRASTRUCTURE ALWAYS GETS PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMER, WHICH IS US, THE RESIDENTS, NOT THE DATA CENTER.
RURAL COMMUNITIES MAY END UP DEALING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND VISUAL IMPACTS OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT EVEN RECEIVING ENOUGH OF THE BENEFITS FROM THE UPGRADES.
AND NOT TO MENTION THE TIME THAT IT WOULD TAKE IN BETWEEN BUILDING UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE BROWNOUTS THAT MAY ENSUE.
THE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE IN OTHER TOWNS ARE CREATING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF POLLUTION WITH GENERATORS RUNNING NIGHT AND DAY.
AND WE DO NOT WANT THIS FOR OUR RURAL AREAS.
DESPITE THESE NICE WORDS THAT THESE CORPORATIONS USE TO TICKLE YOUR EARS ABOUT HOW LITTLE WATER THEY USE, THAT IS A FALLACY.
UH, IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN LINGUISTIC GYMNASTICS TO GLAZE OVER THE FACT THAT THEY WILL MOST DEFINITELY USE INCONCEIVABLE AMOUNTS OF WATER FROM
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OUR RURAL WATER TABLE AND PUT BACK POLLUTED WATER, FURTHER COMPOUNDING ANY DROUGHT PROBLEMS BY CONTAMINATING OUR ONLY SOURCE OF WATER IN THE COUNTY, THESE DATA CENTERS PUT ANTI CORROSION CHEMICALS AS WELL AS BIOCIDES, WHICH ARE POLLUTANTS IN THE RETURN WATER, MAKING IT UNUSABLE AS POTABLE WATER AND NOT FIT FOR ANY AGRICULTURAL USE EITHER.THIS WILL LEAD TO AN ENTIRE WATER TABLE BEING SO CONTAMINATED THAT NO ONE CAN LIVE HERE ANYMORE, AS WELL AS ALL ARE CONNECTED TO THE SAME WATER TABLE IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.
IN 2026, A LAWSUIT ALLEGED THAT AMAZON DATA CENTERS CONTRIBUTED TO NITRATE CONTAMINATION AND GROUNDWATER.
IN MORROW AND UMATILLA COUNTIES IN OREGON, AMAZON AGREED TO A 20 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS SETTLEMENT AND THE MORELL COUNTY GROUNDWATER POLLUTION LAWSUIT AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN ADMIT GUILT.
THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT ONCE POLLUTANTS ENTER THE WATER TABLE, IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MITIGATE THE CONTAMINATION WHICH WOULD RENDER THE PRECIOUS COMMODITY OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER.
AS THE CHEMICALS THAT THEY USE ARE KNOWN AS FOREVER CHEMICALS AND DO NOT BREAK DOWN.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING THE ONES WHO LET THIS CATASTROPHE HAPPEN.
AS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT US, THE PEOPLE AS YOUR CONSTITUENCY, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT THESE DATA CENTERS GENERATE WOULD BE WILDLY INADEQUATE TO PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF FUNDING FOR POLLUTION MITIGATION.
EVEN IF SUED, THESE COMPANIES WOULD JUST FOLD UP CLAIM BANKRUPTCY AND MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE UNDER ANOTHER NAME.
AND WE, THE PEOPLE WOULD BE LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE POLLUTED WATER, BROKEN DOWN ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DIMINISHING PROPERTY VALUES.
I CANNOT FATHOM THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD WANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU REPRESENT.
UH, MY NAME'S MICHELLE SCHEID.
I LIVE AT 2 7 0 8 0 BRITT LANE.
UM, AND I HAD A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING PLANNED OUT, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BE REDUNDANT TONIGHT.
WE'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT WATER, WE'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT OUR HEALTH AND THOSE ARE ALL VERY VALID CONCERNS.
UM, JUST SO A LITTLE BIT STORY, I'M GONNA MAKE IT ABOUT ME FOR A SECOND.
UM, I LIVE IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE COUNTY AND MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM DON'T KNOW.
UM, PETERSBURG, UH, HAS APPROVED FOUR DIFFERENT DATA CENTERS.
ONE IS BASICALLY ON OUR COUNTY LINES, CSX AND HALIFAX.
IT'S LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM MY HOME.
UM, AND THAT BRINGS UP THE POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 11 EITHER APPROVED OR OPERATING DATA CENTERS GOING OFF OF OUR WATER TABLE AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT'S IT GONNA BE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR? YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTROL THE SEVEN COUNTIES THAT SURROUND US AND WHAT THEIR CHOICES ARE.
OUR GOVERNOR MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S GONNA BE UP TO INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES AND JURISDICTIONS TO MAKE THEIR OWN RULES.
AT THIS POINT, THAT IS SCARY BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WE'VE GOT 25 DATA CENTERS.
WE'RE THE NEW NORTHERN VIRGINIA BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THIS LAND AND, UH, OH, OOPS.
AND ALL OF US THAT HAVE WORKED HERE, WE OWNED OUR LAND.
THEN WHAT? THERE IS NO FIXING THIS, THIS IS A GAMBLE THAT IS JUST TOO MUCH TO RISK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THEIR HEALTH AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
AND THAT SCARES ME ALMOST MORE THAN THIS.
AND SOMEONE TOUCHED ON IT BEFORE ABOUT, UM, COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BACK IN OCTOBER AND AT OTHER POINTS THAT, YOU KNOW, GROWING THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES.
ARE THERE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING INTO DENWOODY? WE HAVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF LAND AND THAT ALSO IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT THERE 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING REPORTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I OPEN UP MY, UH, YOU KNOW, IF MY EMAIL OR I GET ON FACEBOOK AND I SEE ANOTHER STORY, MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING.
MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING CANCER, UH, KIDS GETTING ASTHMA, UM, FROM EMISSIONS.
IT'S JUST TOO MUCH TO GAMBLE ON FOR WHAT I GET IT.
REVENUE'S GREAT FOR THE COUNTY.
IT IT, THE, THE REVENUE IS NOT WORTH OUR LIVES.
UH, DO I HAVE, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
DO I SEE MY ADDRESS AND NAME TOO?
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YES, PLEASE.OLIVIA GOODMAN 15 2 0 1 JAMES RIVER DRIVE.
YOU DON'T KNOW ME, BUT SHE DEFINITELY KNOW MY FATHER.
BEFORE ALL THIS STARTED, I'D BEEN TO THE DIY SPORTS COMPLEX MANY TIMES.
MY MOM AND I USED TO LOOK AT THOSE POWER LINES AND THINK IT WAS KIND OF STRANGE THAT I WAS PLAYING UNDERNEATH THEM.
OTHER KIDS WERE PLAYING, PARENTS WERE SITTING AND THEY WERE WATCHING US.
WE THOUGHT IF EVERYONE IS HERE, IT MUST BE SAFE.
LOOKING BACK, I WISH I HADN'T JUST ASSUMED THAT BECAUSE, WELL, MY FATHER'S VERY FIRST VISIT TO THE COMPLEX.
HE AND MY SIBLINGS EXPERIENCED WHAT DOMINION ENERGY DESCRIBED AS AN INDUCED VOLTAGE SHOCK INCIDENT.
THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR OUR FAMILY.
NOW I LOOK AT THAT FIELD COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY.
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY IT'S SAFE, BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHERE IS THE INDEPENDENT PROOF? WHERE ARE THE INDEPENDENT EXPERTS WHO DON'T WORK FOR DOMINION OR HAVE ANYTHING TO GAIN TELLING PARENTS THAT IT'S OKAY FOR CHILDREN, PREGNANT WOMEN, SENIORS, AND PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL DEVICES TO SPEND HOURS UNDERNEATH AND AROUND THESE HUGE 500,000 VOLT TRANSMISSION LINES.
MY FATHER KEEPS COMING HERE BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THE QUESTIONS MATTER.
YOU MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT HE SAYS.
YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE HOW OFTEN HE COMES HERE.
YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THE INFORMATION HE'S BRINGING TO YOU, BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE THE INFORMATION HE'S TELLING YOU DOESN'T MAKE HIM WRONG.
AND INSTEAD OF GETTING UPSET WITH THE PERSON ASKING THE QUESTIONS, WHY NOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS? WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG? POWER LINES CAN ARC, EQUIPMENT CAN FAIL, LINES CAN COME DOWN.
THESE ARE THINGS, THESE THINGS MIGHT NOT HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PLACE FILLED WITH CHILDREN, SHOULDN'T WE BE EXTRA CAREFUL? I DON'T PLAY THERE ANYMORE.
I HAVE A FRIEND HERE IN DIMITY WHO DOESN'T EVEN PLAY ANYMORE.
AND THAT SAID, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GIVE UP A PLACE TO PLAY BECAUSE OUR FAMILIES CAN'T GET THE ANSWERS THEY NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THERE.
I'M ONE OF THE KIDS WHO ACTUALLY PLAYED THERE.
I'M ASKING YOU TO BRING PEOPLE IN WHO ARE INDEPENDENT TESTED, SHOW THE PARENTS THE RESULTS, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
IF IT'S SAFE, PROVE IT BECAUSE WE'RE THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE.
I'M BACK 15 2 0 1 JAMES RIVER OF DRIVE.
I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, THANK ALL OF OUR VETERANS, ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY.
'CAUSE WITHOUT THEIR SACRIFICES, I DEFINITELY COULDN'T DO THIS.
I YOU, Y'ALL DON'T GIVE US OUR RIGHTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE THANKING YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
YOU DON'T CONTROL THAT HONESTLY.
SO RESPECTFULLY, IF THE DATA CENTER ISN'T LIKE A DONE DEAL, THEY MAY AS WELL JUST WITHDRAW THE APPLICATION.
YOU SHOULD PUT UP A MORATORIUM AND DEFEND YOUR CITIZENS.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES, IF IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL, IS THE APPLICATIONS ARE BEING WITHDRAWN.
I'M REALLY SURPRISED THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT UNLESS THE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE DON'T OR MAY NOT REALIZE IS THE PRESENTATIONS THAT GET PUT TOGETHER, EVEN IN ITS INFANCY, THEY COULD BE 50 GRAND, A HUNDRED GRAND, $250,000 SPENT ON THE PRESENTATION.
YOU JUST DON'T SPEND THAT MONEY IF IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL.
UH, I DID HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS I WAS GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY STANCE ON THE, UH, TRANSMISSION LINES.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME, AND I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, 'CAUSE IT'S YOUR PEOPLE.
AND WHEN YOU INVITE PEOPLE TO YOUR HOUSE AND WHEN YOU INVITE LIKE THAT BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, WHEN YOU INVITE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE A DUTY AND OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THEM.
IT WAS Y'ALL'S JOB TO DO IT AND I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT I AM HERE.
YOU MET MY DAUGHTER, SO NOW YOU GOT TWO VOICES OF GOODMAN'S COMING AT YOU.
EVERY, EVERY, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK GOD FOR THAT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, TEACHING THE YOUNGER GENERATION THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH WE'RE GONNA GET TO AFTER YOU GUYS THREW ME OUT OF THE LAST MEETING THREW ME OUT.
YOU SLANDERED MY NAME FIRST OFF.
HOW DARE YOU ALL TRY TO MAKE MY CHARACTER LOOK BAD? HOW ACT LIKE THAT IN FRONT OF MY FAMILY.
WHAT MY FAMILY AND MY MADAM CHAIR IS ACTUALLY SEEING IS A GROWN MAN THAT WILL STAND UP FOR THEM WHEN THEY ARE ASSAULTED.
AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SON AND MY
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DAUGHTER.HOW DARE YOU'ALL SIT THERE, MR. SHOP.
MAKE SURE I FOLLOWED THE RULES.
MR. SIT BACK IN THE CHAIR AND SLOUCH.
YOU MAY AS WELL PUT YOUR FEET UP.
I MEAN, THIS IS EVERY TIME I COME.
IF THE DATA CENTER'S NOT A DONE DEAL, PROVE IT.
UM, YOU'RE STILL SITTING BACK, GOT 35 SECONDS LEFT.
I LOVE MY GOD, I LOVE THE CITIZENS OF RVA.
WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE VIRGINIA'S FOR LOVERS, NOT FOR SUCKERS.
AND YOU, WE WILL NOT BE SUCKERS TO THE BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS AND RVA THAT HAVE SOLD THEIR SOULS TO DOMINION ENERGY.
THE REASON THAT THOSE GOT APPROVED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T CATCH WIND OF IT.
THAT'S WHY THOSE GOT APPROVED.
CHESTERFIELD, THEY GOT 14 THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO FIGHT RIGHT NOW.
AND MR. SMIRK CHAVEZ, MAN, I'M GONNA BRING IN A KFC BUCKET FOR YOU NEXT TIME.
UH, MY NAME'S KEVIN BARNHOUSE, 21,920 BUTTER WOOD ROAD.
UM, I JUST HAVE A QUICK POINT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS AT THE LAST MEETING IN VIRGINIA.
AND MY QUESTION IS, DOES DENWOODY HAVE TO HAVE 686? YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT? I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE'S ANY BENEFIT BEYOND TAX REVENUE, UM, FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD AND READ AND I I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, EXPRESS MY CONCERN, I GUESS IN MY POSITION THAT I'M AGAINST IT AND THAT I HOPE YOU GUYS WOULD, UH, VOTE AGAINST IT AS WELL.
AND, AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER TOO TO, I I DON'T WANNA BE BACK HERE AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN IF, IF THIS, IF THIS DOES GET, SAY SHOT DOWN, I DON'T WANNA BE BE BACK HERE IN SIX MONTHS ARGUING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
'CAUSE IT'S OVER HERE NOW, OR IT'S OVER HERE NOW.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER TO SAY WHY.
YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER TO SAY THIS IS WHERE IT, IF IT COULD BE, THIS IS WHERE IT CAN BE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A, WE HAD A, UM, AN INDUSTRIAL PARK OR WHATEVER THAT WE HAD MADE UP.
AMAZON'S THERE AND SOME OTHER PLACES ARE THERE.
I MEAN, IF WE COULD ALL AGREE THAT THERE IS A POSITION IN THE COUNTY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO COME.
I, I'M, I'M NOT A, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ENOUGH ABOUT IT TO BE OPPOSED TO DATA CENTERS.
I'VE SAID THIS LAST TIME, I'M NOT ENOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO SAY I'M AGAINST THEM ALL FOREVER OR, OR, OR ALL OF THEM.
BUT I, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER TO DESIGNATE AND SAY, NO, IT CAN'T HAPPEN.
IT CAN'T HAPPEN ON WHITE OAK ROAD.
I MEAN, AND AND I HAVEN'T CALLED YOU, BUT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO YOU AND, AND TALK TO TO YOU DIRECTLY.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY POINT.
HI, I'M BILLY FROM 12 7 0 6 GLEE ROAD.
I WON'T GO THROUGH THE ALL THE FORMAT 'CAUSE WE DID THAT LAST TIME, BUT, UM, I WANT TO GO REAL QUICK AND BE REAL A DHD ABOUT IT.
OKAY? SO, UM, FIRST THING IS A COUPLE OF THE LITTLE DETAILS.
UM, 1000 MEGAWATTS IS EQUAL TO ONE GIGAWATT.
AND ONE GIGAWATT IS EQUAL TO APPROXIMATELY 750,000 TO 800,000 AMERICAN HOMES.
UM, THAT WOULD BE LIKE, NO, NO, FOR PERSPECTIVE, THIS PROPOSED, UM, PROJECT IS ABOUT 600 SOMETHING I BELIEVE MEGAWATTS.
WHAT THAT COMES OUT TO IS ABOUT ADDING 150,000 HOMES ONTO THE GRID.
OUR GRID, LIKE SO MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD HAVE TO BE RETHOUGHT, UNK, AND REBUILT IN ORDER TO EVEN JUST ACCOMMODATE THEM.
WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE NEEDED IT.
UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT REAL QUICK, UM, WITH THAT WE HAVE 10,061 HOMES, 3000 SOMETHING, SOMETHING BUSINESSES ATTACHED TO THE GRID NOW, CURRENTLY BETWEEN DOMINION AND SOUTH SIDE.
SO DO THE MATH ON FOR SCALE PURPOSES.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH OF A A, A IMPOSED, LIKE HUGE, UH, THING YOU'RE PUTTING ON US.
THEN TOO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SYSTEMS, THE OPEN, THE CLOSE, THIS, THE, THAT.
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IMPACT REPORT THAT I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU GUYS WERE FORWARDED OR EMAILED I CAME UP WITH.IT MAY HAVE CAME FROM MR. SOUTH HALL, UM, ALONG WITH MY PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
UM, AND THAT ACTUALLY GAVE YOU A WHOLE LOT OF THE DETAILS.
NOW, LET'S SAY FOR INSTANCE THAT THEY WENT DOWN AND SAID, OH, WE'RE GONNA USE YOUR POOP.
WE'RE NOT GONNA USE YOUR WATER.
WELL, GUESS WHAT? THEY STILL HAVE TO PUT SOLVENTS THROUGH THOSE LINES.
THEY STILL HAVE TO PUT GLYCOL THROUGH THOSE LINES.
THEY STILL HAVE TO PREVENT SOLIDS FROM BUILDING UP.
EVAPORATION STILL OCCURS IN A CLOSED SYSTEM.
SO AT TIMES THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO CLEAN 'EM OUT LIKE FLUSHING THE TOILET.
SO WHAT GOES IN IS COMING OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE A TRACKING SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY AND TO MEDIATE THE CHEMICALS THAT THEY'RE COMING THROUGH.
SO THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR WASTEWATER, OUR FERNDALE FACILITY.
UM, IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT, I THINK 25% OF THE CURRENT CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE WASTEWATER JUST FROM THIS DATA CENTER AND ABOUT 40% OF THE BOOSTER STATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT EITHER.
I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOU, SIR, ON HOW YOU STOOD UP WITH, I BELIEVE THAT FROM WHAT I SAW WITH THIS, UH, TOWER EARLIER AND I, FROM THE ONES THAT I SAW, DO WHAT YOU DID, MR. CHAVIS AND MR. MOORE, WHAT YOU DID.
I DON'T BELIEVE FOR A SECOND THAT THIS DATA CENTER APPLICATION IS GONNA GET APPROVED.
I DON'T, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE PLAN.
WE'RE GOING TO THE COMMISSION.
WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING THERE.
WE'RE GONNA IMPOSE OUR WILL ON THEM.
THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU SUGGESTING AGAINST, UH, APPROVING THAT CONDITIONAL PERMIT AND THEN VOILA, BECAUSE OF HOW YOU DID THAT SO EASILY WITH JUST ONE RESIDENT SPEAKING UP.
YOU ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ON SOME TECHNICAL CONCERNS THAT WERE LEGITIMATE.
WE HAVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF TECHNICAL CONCERNS AND YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE RESIDENT THAT'S TELLING YOU.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE FOR ONE SECOND THAT NOT ONE OF YOU WANT THIS DATA CENTER.
AND I, YOU JUST NEED US TO DO WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
SO WE'RE GONNA SHOW UP TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
WE'RE GONNA DO OUR PART THERE AND THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK AND DENY THAT THEY'RE GONNA SUGGEST AGAINST IT OR WHATEVER LIKE THAT.
THEN YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SIT HERE IN FRONT OF US AND YOU'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING YOU DID TO DOMINION TONIGHT.
SO, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT ORDINANCE, AND IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN READING THAT, YOU DIDN'T GET IT, MR. DOOLEY, I'M SURE, I THINK YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THAT.
IT'S WELL AS MR. SOUTHALL, UM, A COUPLE OTHER, MR. LEE HAS A COPY TOO, I'M SURE.
IT'S, YOU COULD PUT IT IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IN THE LANGUAGE IT'S WRITTEN.
SO WE HAVE TO DENY THIS OR DENIED OR APPROVE IT THIS PERMIT.
SO WE CAN INTRODUCE THAT ORDINANCE PROPOSALS TO PREVENT AND, AND CREATE A PROHIBITION ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR DATA CENTERS FOR HERE ON OUT.
WE HAVE TO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
I I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE ADVERSARIES, I DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE IMPARTIAL.
AND I, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT NOW.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
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WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.'CAUSE YOU, OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
UH, JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
LAST MONTH THERE WAS A SCHEDULING ISSUE.
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM CHANGED THEIR, THEIR SCHEDULE.
AND I AM MARRIED TO A SCHOOL TEACHER AND I BOOKED A VACATION IN JANUARY.
THEY MADE A CHANGE IN THEIR CALENDAR IN FEBRUARY.
YOU'VE ALL MAY HAVE HAD THAT HAPPEN TO YOU IN SOME CASE, BUT JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, I WAS ONLINE FOR THE THREE O'CLOCK SESSION AND I WAS ONLINE FOR THE SEVEN O'CLOCK SESSION.
SO I HEARD ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, WHOEVER SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, AND FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU THINK THAT WE MAY HAVE DEAF EARS AT CERTAIN TIMES, BUT WE HEAR YOU.
WE SEE YOU, WE SEE WHAT YOU'RE WEARING.
OKAY, I'M GONNA PUT MY PLANNING COMMISSIONER'S HAT ON FOR A MINUTE.
'CAUSE I WAS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER FOR 12 YEARS.
THERE IS A PROCESS WHEN AN APPLICANT COMES AND PRESENTS A CASE.
I'VE SPOKE TO PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT PERTAINING TO, TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH LEGALLY ONCE THAT APPLICANT PLACES THE APPLICATION BEFORE THE PLANNING.
UM, DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT HAS NOT BEEN ACCEPTED.
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OKAY? THERE ARE, THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT BACK TO THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANY THAT IS REQUESTING THE REZONING GOING FORWARD.THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED.
AND IT MAY TAKE A MONTH, TWO MONTHS, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE.
UM, BUT ONCE THEY'RE, THEY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, THEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT THAT POINT WILL EVALUATE THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEN MAKE THEIR ASSUMPTIONS ON THE CASE.
SO THERE'S A PROCESS IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE USING EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS OF DENWITTY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
AND THERE'S NOT A THING WRONG WITH THAT, AND I APPRECIATE IT, OKAY? BECAUSE WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR DENWITTY COUNTY.
OKAY? UM, SO FOLLOW THE PROCESS.
YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING AS CITIZENS OF ANY CASE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
OKAY? AND, UM, SO SURE THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID NOT MEET THIS PAST THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
AND THERE'S A REASON WHY A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE CASES, THEY MAY NOT MEET, OKAY? UH, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
UM, SO, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IN SEPTEMBER THEY WILL MEET AND YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT FOR THIS CASE, BUT YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID THIS EVENING.
AND THAT IS SHARE YOUR CONCERNS AND YOUR VOICE AT THAT, AT THAT LEVEL.
BUT THAT'S THE NEXT LEVEL THAT IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH.
AND I'VE TOLD THE ANYBODY THAT HAS TALKED TO ME, THE PROCESS THAT YOU GO THROUGH AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, JUST REMEMBER, WE HEAR YOU AND WE SEE YOU.
MARK HAS SAID EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO SAY, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION.
ALSO, UM, IF YOU WILL LOOK UP ROBERT'S RULE OF ORDER.
UM, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WAY THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE HANDLED, IT WILL GIVE YOU INSIGHT AS TO THE LEGAL PROCESS, HOW BOARD MEMBERS OPERATE AND HOW THE PROCESS TAKES PLACE.
UH, I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL FOR, FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.
UM, IT WILL PROBABLY ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AS TO WHY WE SIT HERE, THE WAY THAT WE DO, THE WAY THAT WE RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR, OR CITIZEN INTERACTION.
IF YOU WANT TO, TO MEET WITH ME.
UH, MR. MCGILL, WE, WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT.
I, I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU MORE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO MEET WITH ME, REACH OUT.
I'LL MEET YOU HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX.
WE'LL MEET AT A RESTAURANT, WHATEVER, WHATEVER.
UH, I'M HAPPY TO MEET AND, AND TALK.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE CIVILITY TONIGHT.
UH, THIS WAS A, A, A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.
UH, I'M GONNA DEFEND OUR STAFF.
THEY SPEND HOURS AND HOURS OF TIME RESEARCHING AND BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE SO THAT THEY CAN ADVISE THIS BOARD AS TO THE RAMIFICATIONS, THE, THE BENEFITS, THE RISKS OF ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN OR EVEN REQUESTS INFORMATION ABOUT OUR COUNTY.
AND SOMETIMES THE BEST OFFENSE IS A GOOD DEFENSE.
SO THE IDEA OF, OF OUR STAFF BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE IN SOMETHING IS SO THAT WE CAN DEFEND OUR WAY OF LIFE HERE.
A LOT OF TIMES ALSO, IF YOU'VE FOLLOWED THIS BOARD AND BOARDS BEFORE IT, WHEN IT LOOKS AT OTHER INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, WHETHER IT'S SOLAR OR OTHERWISE, AND YOU LOOK AT THE TRACK RECORD, I I THINK THAT THAT WILL ALSO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS TO HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OUR RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE.
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING KINDLY.
UH, THOSE OF YOU THAT DID, IT'S, IT'S, AGAIN, A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.
THANK, UM, AND I GUESS, UM, FOR ME TO SAY AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.
EVERYONE WAS A VERY RESPECTFUL THIS EVENING.
UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU ALL IN THE COUNTY.
PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE AND, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL US.
I, I WAS TALKING TO A LADY IN, IN THE GROCERY STORE AND SHE JUST WANTED SOME ANSWERS AND WE WENT OUTSIDE AND SHE TALKED ABOUT AND EVERYTHING, AND SHE SAID, I, UM, I DID COME TO THE MEETING.
DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TALK, BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND WE ALL, WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN.
WE ARE HERE TO, UM, TO JUST DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK WE GOT A HISTORY LESSON WITH A GENTLEMAN OVER THERE.
HE HAD, UM, TALKING ABOUT HIS HISTORY, QUOTES,
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THAT WE HAD A HISTORY LESSON.I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT.
AND THE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS SPEAKING, THANK YOU FOR EVEN GETTING UP TO DO THAT.
AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO FINISH, YOU KNOW, SAYING WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY AND GIVE YOU TIME.
YOU KNOW, YOU DID WONDERFUL FOR SPEAKING.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT THING TO DO THAT.
AND JUST SAY WHAT YOU WANTED EVERYONE TO HEAR.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ABOUT OUR STAFF, UM, WE HAVE GOOD STAFF HERE.
AND I SAID EARLIER AT THE THREE O'CLOCK MEETING, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK CAN BE GREAT AND THEY CAN BE BAD.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE BEHIND A COMPUTER, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY CAN'T SEE YOU.
SO YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT AND SOMETIMES YOU, UM, YOU CAN HURT SOMEONE'S FEELINGS.
AND WE HAVE HAD STAFF THAT THEY WERE REALLY UPSET.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.
UM, WE PUT OUR STAFF UP AGAINST ANYBODY IN OTHER COUNTIES BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT THE CITIZENS.
AND IF YOU CALL THEM, THEY WILL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN DO TO HELP YOU AS WELL.
AND, UH, THIS BOARD WE BELIEVE IN, UM, NOT, NOT SEPARATING CHURCH AND STATE.
I DON'T WANNA GET ANYBODY BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE GET KINDA UPSET ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE BELIEVE IN PUTTING GOD FIRST TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS.
WE, WE PRAY BEFORE WE COME OUT.
WE'VE TALKED TO OTHER COUNTIES, THEY'S LIKE, OH, YOU DO, YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T EVEN GET ALONG.
BUT WE PRAY BEFORE WE COME OUT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR OUR CITIZENS.
PLEASE KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE RAN ON, IS THE CITIZENS WE RUN TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU ALL.
AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO, YOU CAN COME BACK EVERY MONTH, THAT'S FINE.
AND TALK ABOUT IT, UM, ABOUT THE DATA CENTER.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE DON LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS AND WE ARE GONNA ACT ON OUR CITIZENS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR THIS COUNTY.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME.
AND AT THIS TIME, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.