* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING, SEPTEMBER THE 15TH FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AT THIS TIME, CAN [1. ROLL CALL] WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? MR. DOOLEY? HERE. DR. MOORE? HERE. MR. CHAVIS? HERE. MR. LEE. HERE. MS. EBRA BONNER. HERE. FIVE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. AND AT THIS TIME, UM, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND, STAND WITH US FOR THE INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE LEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I'LL FOLLOW HALL. I WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASSED AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT IN TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL WITHOUT, IS THE KINGDOM THE POWER OF GLORY? WHEREVER NEVER. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. UM, AT THIS TIME [4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA] ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? NO AMENDMENTS FROM STAFF. MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. AND NO AMENDMENT. OKAY. UM, CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. AND ALSO [5. CONSENT AGENDA] YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, AT [6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation] THIS TIME WE HAVE REPORTS, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF UM, TRANSPORTATION, UM, MR. SCOTT THORNTON AT THIS TIME, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? DOING THANK YOU. FINE. HOW ARE YOU? SO, UM, OUR AREA HEADQUARTERS STAFF MEET UP. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, GENERAL MAINTENANCE CREWS, UM, JUST SURE YOU'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. UM, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN, UM, PRIMARY MOWING, UH, ENGAGED IN PRIMARY MOWING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW WEEKS. UH, WE PLAN TO WRAP UP OUR PRIMARY MOWING, UM, NEXT WEEK AND JUMP OVER INTO, UH, SECONDARIES. UM, THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON ROADSIDE AND DAYLIGHTING SIGNS. I'M SURE YOU HAVE DRIVEN AROUND, WE'VE GOT SOME SIGNS THAT NEED ATTENTION. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE. UM, OUR REESE ROAD, RURAL RUSTIC IS ONGOING PLAN TO PUT THE FINAL WEARING SURFACE ON IT BY THE END OF THE MONTH. UM, AFTER THAT THOSE CREWS WILL BE WORKING ON HOPEFULLY GETTING, UH, CHERRY HILL ROAD, UH, RE-SHOT THE FERNDALE ROUNDABOUT PROJECT. IT OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF YESTERDAY. UM, IT HAS A CURRENT FIXED COMPLETION DATE OF NOVEMBER 20, 27. MM-HMM . UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING UNDER, UM, MOSTLY IN THE PERIPHERY WITH, UH, SOME WORK AND SOME INTERMITTENT LANE CLOSURES POSSIBLE EACH WEEK. UM, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MAJOR IMPACTS OR PLANNED DETOURS UNTIL LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE'LL ISSUE, WE'LL SEND OUT SOME COMMUNICATIONS ON WHAT THOSE DETOURS AND WHAT THOSE LANE IMPACTS WILL BE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT. UM, STAFF HAS MET WITH FIRE AND EMS TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING AROUND THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. UM, DURING CONSTRUCTION, UM, THE WILSON ROAD BRIDGE REPAIR, WE ARE WORKING TO GET THE SIGNS INSTALLED AND PLAN TO HAVE THAT CLOSURE AND DETOUR IN PLACE BY, UM, THE 21ST. ONCE THEY START THAT WORK, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS FOR THAT DETOUR TO BE IN PLACE. UM, WHEN THEY REOPEN THE BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE WILL HAVE A 10 TON RESTRICTION ON IT. UM, SO WE WILL REOPEN THE ROAD TO LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES, BUT THERE WILL BE A DETOUR IN PLACE FOR HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES, TRACTOR TRAILERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE UM, BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT HAPPENS, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR LATE IN 2027. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT DATE, UM, I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS, WE'LL JUST THE DETOUR THAT GOES IN PLACE, UH, THIS YEAR WILL BE THE DETOUR WHILE THEY DO THAT STRUCTURE REPLACEMENT. ONCE THAT STRUCTURE REPLACED, IT WILL BE OPEN TO ALL LEGAL LOADS AT THAT POINT. UM, IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE, SO WE'VE ENGAGED WITH BOTH THEM WITTY AND OTTAWA. UM, 'CAUSE THE BRIDGE ACTUALLY SITS RIGHT ON THE COUNTY LINE. [00:05:01] UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, OUR RESURFACING FOR OUR PRIMARIES AND SECONDARIES, ALL OF THAT WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THE INTERSTATE. SO THAT'S, UM, STILL COMING. BUT THE, THAT WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING READY FOR SNOW. SO, , WRITE YOUR TIME. I KNOW THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, SO I DON'T CARE. OH, OKAY. UH, SINCE WE FINISHED THE BRIDGE ON 7 0 3, WE FINISH, UH, PAVING IT OR ARE YOU STOPPED? UM, SO THAT WAS REPAIRED, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AND KIND OF SMOOTH THAT OVER. WELL, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. THAT'S LOOKS REAL GOOD. SO, I MEAN, THEY STOPPED PAVING. UM, ARE THEY GONNA FINISH 7 0 3? NOT THIS YEAR, NO, SIR. OKAY. AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE GONNA GET READY TO, UH, CUT GRASS. 'CAUSE YOU CAN GO IN THE HAY BUSINESS DOWN MY ROAD. IT'S . IT'S, IT'S TALL, EVERYBODY. IT'S TALL. I MEAN, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO A ROAD TRYING TO TURN, YOU CAN'T SEE MM-HMM . SO I HOPE THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MADAM CHAIR. MM-HMM . UH, FIRST THANK YOU. IT WAS AMAZING. A WEEK AFTER SCOTT WAS HERE LAST MONTH, THE, THE INTERCHANGE AT 63 SOUTH, THAT BOUND IT WAS PAID. AND I SAID, MY GOODNESS, THAT'S THE FASTEST I'VE SEEN V.WORK EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD . SO, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, AND OF COURSE BILL, WE, WE JUST HAD A CUTTING OUT ON FOUR 60. OURS WAS, WAS HAY HEIGHT. UM, AND, AND JUST TO CUT CROSSOVERS, JUST VERY DIFFICULT GOING FROM ONE WHEN ROADS COMING IN INTO FOUR 60. SO OURS WAS CUT LAST WEEK OR SO. DID YOU DO SQUARE BALES OR ROUND BALES? UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY, IT WAS, IT WAS ENOUGH FOR ROUND BALES. IT REALLY WAS. OKAY. BUT, UH, I'M JUST, BUT I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IF WE LOOK BACK OVER TIME, WE'VE, I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL CUTTINGS IN THE PAST AND IT MAY BE A TIME TO REVISIT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD TRYING TO HELP IN THIS PROCESS AS GRASS GROWS LATER IN THE SEASON THAN THAT TYPE OF THING. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT IN THE SPRING FOR, UM, USING SOME GROWTH INHIBITOR TO KIND OF STOP IT FROM COMING UP AS, AS HIGH. AND SO THAT'LL, IT'LL DELAY THE CUT, BUT IT'LL ALSO, UM, PREVENT IT FROM GETTING AS TALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO. RIGHT. SEE HOW THAT WORKS. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. . OH, OKAY. WELL, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE CUTTING THE, OVER THE OVERPASS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN COMING FROM ONE AREA, GETTING ON 85 IS, UM, IT WAS HIGH AND IT WAS, YOU HAD A SMALL CAR COMING, YOU COULDN'T SEE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, AND SOME OF THE CITIZENS DID, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE HAPPY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UM, PEOPLE FLY THROUGH THAT AREA. UM, THE ONLY THING I WAS IN, I WAS JUST GOING ON THE BACK ROAD OF PINE BEACH AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE BRIDGE WHEN YOU ARE, UH, COMING DOWN WEEKLY, GOING OVER, GOING DOWN TO THE END TOWARD DALE, THAT FOUR MM-HMM . UM, NOW USUALLY YOU DON'T SEE TRUCKS. SO I JUST HAPPENED TO BE OUT THIS PARTICULAR DAY AND ONE OF THE HEAVY TRUCKS CAME OVER THE BRIDGE COMING FROM ADA DOWN TO WEEKLY. AND THAT TRUCK, I KNOW IT WAS HEAVY. I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU KNOW HOW, HOW, UM, HOW HEAVY THE, UM, I GUESS THE TRUCKS HAVE TO BE OR? WELL, YOU KNOW, NOT TO, I MEAN, TO COME OVER THERE BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED IT HAD ALL THOSE IRON THINGS ON IT ON THE TRUCK, UM, ITEMS. BUT THE TRUCK LOOKED, LOOKED TO BE VERY, VERY HEAVY. SO I, I DON'T KNOW THE, I DON'T KNOW THE WEIGHT. I WAS JUST, I KNOW THE WEIGHT LIMIT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD FOR THE BRIDGE, BUT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION. YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE WEIGHT, YOU KNOW, TO SUSTAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, WEIGHT OVER THE TRUCK, I MEAN OVER THE BRIDGE. YES MA'AM. I CAN GET YOU THAT IMPRESSION. YEAH, YEAH, BECAUSE I, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO COME THAT WAY. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO AROUND, UM, AND HEIM'S WAY AND COME AROUND, BUT I JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE THAT PARTICULAR DAY. I SAID, YEAH, I, I WOULD HAVE TO SEE A TRUCK COMING OVER THE BRIDGE, BUT YEAH, SO, OKAY. I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANNA KNOW BECAUSE, UM, UH, I KNOW IT, IT LOOKED REALLY HEAVY, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION IT TODAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. SCOTT, DO YOU KNOW, IS IT, IS IT YOU GUYS OR THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE WHO HAS MOBILE SCALES, STATE POLICE, MOTOR CARRIER GROUP, THAT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THINK THROUGH. WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO 'EM AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE, THEY WANT TO SET SCALES UP OUT THAT WAY, I'M HAPPY TO REACH OUT. I MEAN OUR, OUR FIRST APPROACH, I [00:10:01] THINK WE'RE, WE'RE MEETING WITH ELL TOMORROW SO WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TRUCKS IN, IN ANY WAY. MM-HMM . BUT YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE THE CASE FOR MR. CHA'S DISTRICT. IT WAS CUTTING THROUGH THE BACK WAY TO SKIP THE SCALE. STILL DO. AND SO IF IF WE CAN SET THOSE MAYBE, MAYBE IT'S THE STATE POLICE PIECE OF THAT, MAYBE WE CAN COORDINATE TOGETHER OATH OKAY. OF TRYING TO STOP THAT. I'LL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GOOD ONE. OKAY. UH, NOW WE HAVE UM, [7.A. Contract Award, Tanker Truck] ACTION ITEMS. CONTRACT AWARD, TANKER TRUCK, UH, CHIEF KISSNER. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON SIR. BOARD MR. MASSENGILL, MS. MS. TON AND TYLER. GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL. TODAY I'M BRINGING IN FRONT OF YOU FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 27 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. BUDGET FOR FIRE EMS PROVIDES 1,500,000 FUNDING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A TANKER TRUCK SLASH ENGINE. THE NEW TANKER WILL BE ASSIGNED AS A FRONTLINE APPARATUS AT THE INE FIRE STATION COMPANY FOR THE EXISTING UNIT WILL BE UTILIZED AS A RESERVE UNIT TO ENSURE ADEQUATE RESOURCES ARE IN PLACE. COUNTYWIDE. THE MOVEMENT OF NEWER TANKERS ENGINES INTO THE FRONTLINE ROLL WILL REDUCE DOWNTIME AND INCREASE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY. CURRENTLY THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN FRONTLINE AT INE FOR PROBABLY THREE MONTHS NOW. 'CAUSE THE PRIMARY ENGINE'S DOWN. SO THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AN ENGINE AND A TANKER COMBINATION UNIT IS REALLY IMPAIRED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THIS TRUCK CAN BE USED ONCE WE, UH, WELL THE CURRENT TRUCK IS USED ALL OVER THE COUNTY. UM, RECENTLY WE HAD A FIRE IN MAGAZINE'S FIRST DUE, IT PUMPED FOR SEVEN HOURS STRAIGHT. SO THIS IS A 2006. WOW. SO THESE TRUCKS TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND WORK HARD WHEN THEY HAVE TO WORK. SO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD STUFF. THIS TRUCK, UM, USING H G'S COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM, WE RECEIVED A QUOTE FROM ATLANTIC EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS PIERCE FOR A NEW TANKER TRUCK BEING MANUFACTURED AND COMES OUT OF WISCONSIN. THE OVERALL COST OF THE APPARATUS IS $1,423,386 WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF $178,554 SAVINGS BY PAYING A FRONT, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 1,244,832 ANTICIPATED BILL, BILL TIME IS STILL APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS. OH, WE STILL A LONG WAIT BEFORE WE SEE THE TRUCK, BUT WE HAD TO MOVE EVERYTHING UP. YOU REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WE MOVED EVERYTHING UP FOUR YEARS TO ACCOMMODATE THIS AMOUNT OF TIME. MM-HMM . TANKER FOUR WAS ACTUALLY PUT BACK, UM, INTO REPLACEMENT WHEN TANKER TWO FAILED IN THE FORD FIRE DEPARTMENT BEFORE I GOT HERE. SO YOU LOSE SOME TRUCKS AROUND. SO THIS TRUCK IS KINDLY PROBABLY ONE OR TWO YEARS BEHIND THE REPLACEMENT, BUT IT HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD, UM, FOR US. AND LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO RESERVE ENGINES IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WITH TWO ENGINES AT GOODMAN'S GETTING MAJOR ENGINE WORK DONE UNTIL, UH, THEY'VE BEEN GONE FOR THREE MONTHS. SO WITHOUT THESE RESERVES WE WOULD DEFINITELY FAIL. SO ASK YOUR CONSIDERATION IN APPROVING THE TANKER SLASH ENGINE FOR AMAZON COMPANY FOR, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO BUILD? OH, SINCE COVID HIT SUPPLY AND DEMAND, THE PARTS UHHUH, UH, THE COVID MONEY CAME IN, I THINK IT FLOODED THE MARKET WITH A LOT OF PURCHASES. THEY COULD NEVER KEEP UP. THE WORKFORCE WENT DOWN AND THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING EVER SINCE. AND, UM, ONCE THEY GET YOU LINE AND GET YOU MOVING, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE. WE DID GET TWO NEW ENGINES DELIVERED. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. THEY'RE SITTING IN MAGAZINE BEING FITTED. SO ONCE THEY GET UPFITTED WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ONE OUT SERVICE AND THEN PUT TWO ONE MORE IN RESERVE. SO THAT'LL BUILD OUR RESERVES UP AGAIN. SO WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. MM-HMM . JUST TOOK FOUR YEARS TO GET THOSE ENGINES AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET 'EM UPFITTED AND THEN TRAIN ON 'EM, MAKE SURE OUR STAFF IS READY TO ROLL WITH THEM AND THEN PUT 'EM OUT THERE. SO WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT'S JUST TAKING TIME, SO, OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. NO. MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. ? OH NO, NO, I THINK, I'M SORRY. YOU ARE STILL HERE. THAT, UH, WE, WE HAVE A CON A CONTRACT AWARD, [7.B. Contract Award, Zoll Equipment] THE ZO ZO EQUIPMENT AND UH, CHIEF KISSINGER IS STILL HERE FOR THAT. YES MA'AM. SO THE FISCAL YEAR 27 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET PROVIDED 418,000 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF OLD A LS EQUIPMENT TO INCLUDE CARDIAC MONITORS. A ED UNITS, PORTABLE RESPIRATORY VENTILATORS AND DEFIBRILLATORS FUNDS WILL [00:15:01] REPLACE EXISTING EQUIPMENT THAT IS IN THE AT, AT THE END OF THE SERVICE LIGHT AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR A NEW AMBULANCE IN THE FLEET. THIS EQUIPMENT IS CARRIED ON ALL OF THE AMBULANCES AND CERTAIN FIRE APPARATUS ENABLING IMMEDIATE ON SCENE DIAGNOSIS AND LIFE LIFE SAVING THERAPIES WHEN UTILIZED. ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC AND MONITORING ALLOW PARAMEDICS TO RUN 12 LEAVE EKGS AND TRANSMIT THESE TO HOSPITALS TO ACTIVATE CARDIAC TEAMS BEFORE THE PATIENT ARRIVES AT THE HOSPITAL. THE COUNTY REQUESTED A QUOTE FROM Z MEDICAL CORPORATION, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT, UM, VENDOR THAT WE USE FOR OUR CARDIAC MONITOR EQUIPMENT TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT THAT IS AT ITS END OF SERVICE. LIGHT Z PROVIDES US A QUOTE OF $412,273 AND 14 CENTS, WHICH INCLUDES A TRADE-IN CREDIT OF 37,000 FOR EXISTING EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT WILL BE USED TO PROCURE THE EQUIPMENT AND DELIVERY TIMEFRAME ON THIS IS A LOT BETTER THAN FIRE TRUCKS. YEAH. 30 TO 60 DAYS. SO, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THING. THAT IS MM-HMM . SO ASK FOR YOUR, YOUR APPROVAL ON THAT ITEM. OKAY JUDGE, JUST A, JUST TO COMMENT. ALRIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS TOO THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER, UM, OUR AMBULANCES TODAY ARE I CALL STATE OF THE ART. YES SIR. UM, AND PART OF THAT IS DUE BECAUSE YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE IN DENWOODY COUNTY, IT MAY TAKE YOU 30 MINUTES TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL. CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO WHAT OUR PARAMEDICS DO ON OUR EMERGENCY CREWS AND THOSE CALLS IS ALMOST A DOCTOR ON CALL IN A LOT OF WAYS. YES SIR. AND UM, SO HAVING THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT IN OUR AMBULANCES COMPARED TO A CITY THAT MAY BE FIVE MINUTES FROM A HOSPITAL MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO I JUST WANT THE, THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF, OF WHAT IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. BUT WHAT'S IN THAT AMBULANCE WHEN IT GETS TO YOUR HOME, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. YEAH, WELL SAID. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? MADAM CHAIR? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED. OKAY. SECOND. ALRIGHT. AND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE [7.C. Contract Award, Portable Toilets And Hand Washing Stations] A CONTRACT AWARD THAT'S PORTABLE TOILETS AND HAND WASHING STATIONS. MR. TIMMY CLARE IS COMING IN TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. , EXCITING THINGS IN LIFE. THINGS YOU NEED. THINGS YOU NEED. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME, JOE'S WASTE SOLUTIONS, UM, INCORPORATED, UH, ACTUALLY THEY HAD THE CONTRACT AND UNFOR, THEY'RE GOING OUTTA BUSINESS. UH, WOW. 30TH. UH, SO THERE'S A JOINT WE, UH, RELEASED, UH, RQ AND CAME BACK ON SEPTEMBER 3RD. AND, UH, NOW EUROPE IT WOULD BE, UH, THEY ARE CHESAPEAKE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A BRANCH OF BURG. WOW. SO YOU'RE INCORPORATED INTO ONE CONTRACT 20 YEAR. SO WE'LL TRY. YOUR COMPANY RECOMMENDED ALL APPROVAL FOR THE RESOLUTION. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. . I MAKE A MOTION. RE APPROVE. I OKAY. ROLL CALL . MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. I WANT SAY WHAT? I WAS APPROV, SO THANK YOU SIR. EVERYTHING'S GOOD. THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED THOUGH. . THANK YOU VERY MUCH MUCH. AT LEAST WE CAN LAUGH AT THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S TRUE. ALRIGHT, AND UM, NOW WE HAVE, UH, [7.D. Appointment Of Animal Control Officers] CHIEF KUSHNER COMING BACK FOR THE, UM, APPOINTMENT OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. NUMBER ONE, NO MONEY IN THIS ONE. THERE. YOU GOT NOTES? OKAY. . OKAY. ALRIGHT. MY GLASSES, ONE THING. SURE. I READ THIS CORRECTLY. OKAY. SO APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY HAMEL CONTROL OFFICER, Y'ALL BE PATIENT WITH ME. THIS IS MY FIRST ONE DOING THIS. SO EXPLAIN TO THE CODE OF VIRGINIA SECTION 3.2 DASH 6 5 5. THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO APPOINT AN OFFICER TO BE KNOWN AS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER AND MAY ALSO APPOINT ONE MORE DEPUTY ANIMAL PATROL OFFICERS WITH THE NEWLY CREATED A CO MANAGER POSITION AND THE SUBSEQUENT HIRING, ALONG WITH THE HIRING OF ONE DEPUTY ANIMAL PATROL OFFICER. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR HAS THE NEED TO APPOINT BOTH OF THEM TO [00:20:01] THEIR POSITIONS FOR THE COUNTY OF DEN WITT IN ATTENDANCE IS ANIMAL PATROL MANAGER RYAN MOORE. TO MY RIGHT AND DEPUTY ANIMAL PATROL OFFICER CHELSEA . ACTIONS APPROVE A MOTION TO APPOINT THE POSITIONS OF A CO MANAGER AND DEPUTY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE TO APPOINT AS A DEPUTY ANIMAL PATROL OFFICER BOTH IN UP FOR DENWOOD COUNTY. OKAY. OKAY. SO MADAM CHAIR, WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO, UH, APPOINT AS PRESENTED. OKAY. SO MOVE SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. WELCOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THE TEAM OFFICIAL. YES. YES. THANK YOU. YOU, YOU WELCOME. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. UM, AND AT THIS TIME, [8. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)] UM, WE HAVE CITIZEN CONFERENCE. OKAY. YOU DON'T, YOU GO FIRST. ALRIGHT. UH, CITIZEN COMMONS. MADAM CHAIR, HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP? OKAY. THANK SIGNED UP THERE. MY APOLOGIES. CHRISTY POWER, MY FEELINGS ARE, I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T BEEN TO MY EYE DOCTOR AND IN THIS ROOM, SO, UH, I NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. TRUTH. SHE'S OVERDUE. I PROMISE YOU. OVERDUE . THAT'S OKAY. UH, CHRISTIE POWERS 2 1 5 3 1. RUN AROUND LANE. IT'S GONNA BE QUICK. UM, I WASN'T ACTUALLY GONNA SPEAK TODAY, BUT TWO THINGS. I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS NOW AWARE OF THE TRACK MEETING THAT IS NEXT WEEK. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ET C ZONING WRITEUP, OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND OUR PLAN OF COM, UH, COMMISSION, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TO ATTEND. UH, WE'RE NOT RESTRICTED TO A THREE MINUTE TIMEFRAME TO SPEAK THERE, AND I THINK IT'LL GET BE A GOOD TIME TO LISTEN TO ALL THE CONCERNS OF THE CITIZENS WITHOUT A RESTRICTED TIMEFRAME TO BRING IT UP IN. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS, I DO SEE IN YOUR CLOSED SESSION THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE AFTER IT BECAME PUBLIC THAT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY HAD PURCHASED PROPERTY TO SELL TO A DATA CENTER TO KIND OF KEEP IT ON THE DOWN LOW AND OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE. THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THAT FROM DENWOODY CITIZENS. UM, IF WE'VE GOT MONEY TO BUY LAND, HONESTLY, TO FLIP IT, WE PROBABLY HAVE THE MONEY TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE COMMERCE PARK SHOVEL READY TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN THERE. BUT I REALLY DON'T ENCOURAGE US TO BE FLIPPING PROPERTY BECAUSE IT IS GONNA BE A CONCERN WITH THE CITIZENS RIGHT NOW THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THAT'S IT. EASY PING UNTIL I SEE Y'ALL AT SEVEN. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OH, ONE OTHER THING REAL QUICK. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE CITIZENS WHEN THEY SPEAK. I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK WHEN THEY DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITIZEN'S CONCERN. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. THANK YOU, ANTHONY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MY APOLOGIES MADAM CHAIR AND MS. POWERS. UM, BUT THERE IS NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC CARE COMP CITIZEN COLLEGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE COUNTY [9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS] ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS. YEP. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM, FIRST THING, UH, I KNOW THAT WE, WE LISTENED TO YOU ALL AND THAT SOMETIMES, I GUESS AT THE LAST MEETING WE FOUND OUT YOU COULDN'T HEAR US EVEN THOUGH WE, WE COULD HEAR YOU. SO WE'VE, WE'VE INCREASED THE MIC VOLUME HERE. SO WE GOTTA BE REALLY CAREFUL HOW WE DO THAT BECAUSE IF YOU START TO HEAR FEEDBACK, BUT PLEASE GIVE US SOME TYPE OF REPORT CARD ON THE WAY OUT IF, WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN HEAR US BETTER FOR BOARD MEMBERS, I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU WHAT WE'VE HEARD, ESPECIALLY FROM THOSE CITIZENS THAT CAN'T ATTEND THE MEETING, THAT IF THEY'RE AT HOME WATCHING THE MEETING, PLEASE GET AS CLOSE TO THE MIC AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN, UH, WHEN YOU'RE MAKING COMMENTS. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN, WE BUMPED IT UP AS ABOUT AS HIGH AS WE CAN GO, UH, MM-HMM . FOR THAT. BUT THAT WAS, I FAILED TO TELL YOU THAT BEFORE THE MEETING. SO, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE MIC IS REALLY, REALLY HOT. SO, UH, FIRST THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THAT WE'VE GOT A REALLY SPECIAL GUEST WITH US TODAY. SO WE HAVE MS. KELLY EASTER, I'M GONNA PUT ON THE SPOT HERE. MM-HMM . KELLY IS THE EQUIVALENT OF KAISHA OVER IN ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES IN AMELIA COUNTY. AND SO WE'VE, DEWINE COUNTY'S HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH AMELIA FOR, FOR SOME TIME. UH, A LOT OF OUR STAFF HERE WORKED REAL CLOSELY WITH AMELIA COUNTY STAFF. OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN IN AMELIA COUNTY. UH, THEIR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ERIC POIT AND I ARE, ARE CLOSE, UH, PROFESSIONALLY. AND SO KELLY IS JUST HERE TO KINDA LEARN THE DIM WIDY WAY. NOT TO SAY THE [00:25:01] DIM WIDY WAY IS BETTER THAN THE AMELIA WAY, BUT WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE, KELLY, AND THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. JUST WANTED TO, TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING TODAY. UM, I WAS ALSO GOING TO ADDRESS THE, UH, HAVEN OAK TECHNOLOGY PARK. THE PROPOSAL, UM, AND TALKING TO PLANNING STAFF AS, AS, AS LATE AS YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS REQUESTING IS SPECIFICALLY WHERE ARE WE WITH THE APPLICATION. AND SO WHAT, WHAT I'M BEING TOLD IS THAT THE APPLICATION, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, IS STILL NOT ACCEPTED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO WE ARE STILL WORKING, UH, WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF TRACK TO ADDRESS THE DEFICIENCIES. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. THEY STILL, UH, ARE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE THAT APPLICATION CAN BE ACCEPTED. UH, SO THAT BEING SAID, I, I SAID, AND IT'S A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO AT ONE TIME, AGAIN, TRANSPARENTLY, WE SAID, LOOK, WHEN IT FIRST CAME IN AND KIND OF THAT INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND, JUST BEFORE THAT, WE WERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT HERE. UH, SO WE SHOWED SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES. AND SO THEN WE WERE THINKING MAYBE OCTOBER. SO WE TOLD THE BOARD MAYBE OCTOBER. UM, I THINK AT THIS POINT, FROM WHAT PLANNING IS LIKE, BEST CASE SCENARIO, IT WOULD BE NOVEMBER, DECEMBER THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IF IT'S A ONE OR TWO MONTH, UH, DELIBERATION AT THE PC, IF IT GETS TO NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MORE THAN LIKELY IN 2027, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY THAT JANUARY, FEBRUARY, UH, TIMEFRAME. SO JUST, JUST AGAIN, TRYING TO SET EXPECTATIONS OF, OF WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT MAY BE TRENDING. UM, CHRISTIE MENTIONED, MS. POWERS MENTIONED THE, THE MEETING THAT IS TO TAKE PLACE, THE COMMUNITY MEETING FIRST, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE GOT, WE'RE GETTING SOME CALLS THAT SUGGEST THIS IS THE COUNTY THAT'S DOING THIS. AND WE, OF COURSE, YOU ALL REALIZE IT'S NOT THE COUNTY, UH, BUT IT IS THE, THE COMPANY ITSELF THAT WANTS TO HAVE THIS MEETING, SEPTEMBER 22ND, UH, SIX TO 8:00 PM VIRGINIA, UH, STATE UNIVERSITY AT THEIR MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. UM, SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ASKED, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABLE TO GO, AND WE TALKED ABOUT FREEDOM OF INFORMATION, WHETHER YOU NEED TO MEET, IF YOU DO DECIDE TO GO, WE JUST ENCOURAGE YOU, DON'T SIT TOGETHER THAT, UM, AS THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS COMING TOGETHER, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN EVENT THAT YOU'RE NOT HOLDING, WE WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE BOARD MEMBERS TO BE, BE SEPARATED FROM ONE OF EACH OTHER'S MOST AS POSSIBLE. NO MORE THAN TWO. IF THAT WAS THE CASE. UM, WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WORKSHOP ON OCTOBER 6TH. SO THAT'S YOUR, YOUR NEXT WORKSHOP MEETING. WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING TO YOU, LIKE WE DID THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK ON THE CONCEPT OF AN M THREE ZONING CLASSIFICATION. YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION OF THE SURPLUS PROPERTY AROUND CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL. AND THIS CREATION OF M THREE ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE INTRODUCED TO YOU ALL AS IT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE LAST MEETING. THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AT THE WORKSHOP, BUT IT WOULD GIVE YOU A, AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CLASSIFICATION BEFORE YOUR, YOUR REGULAR MEETING IN OCTOBER. THE OTHER, UH, ASPECT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AT THIS WORKSHOP IS WITH, UM, I'VE ASKED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I'VE TALKED TO MAJOR KNOT AND SHERIFF ADAMS, IF WE COULD KIND OF HAVE A SPECIAL DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE FY 27, THIS FISCAL YEAR BUDGET SPECIFICALLY AROUND, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE PAYING OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR NOW ON SOME OF THE LATEST, GREATEST ASSETS AND TECHNOLOGY THAT EQUIP OUR, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, ESPECIALLY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INCORPORATING, WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF THOSE, UH, UH, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT. AND SO WE BELIEVE BY THE OCTOBER 6TH MEETING, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME DEMONSTRATION. IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE INTERACTIVE. UM, SO WE ARE, WE'RE HOPING THAT, UH, THAT THAT SHOULD BE A REALLY GOOD, REAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY. NOW, I SAY, UH, DEMONSTRATION, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TASERS. THERE'S NO TASING THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE IN THESE DEMONSTRATIONS. NOT, NOT IT, NOT IT, RIGHT? SO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE US. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT YOU TO SEE THE POLICE CRUISER. I WANT YOU TO SEE THE EQUIPMENT. I WANNA SEE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S, THAT'S NOW IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT'S HANDS. UM, NOW THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M PRIVY TO EVERY MONTH TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THE STATISTICS OF THE DIMITY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU, I I JUST WANT TO KIND OF RUN YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT I GOT THIS MONTH. UH, SO IN SEPTEMBER, I GET THE, THE PREVIOUS MONTH, SO AUGUST, AND JUST HOW SPECIFICALLY PROUD I AM OF, OF THOSE IN UNIFORM THAT DO THE JOB THAT, THAT THEY DO. UM, SO WE, THIS, THIS, IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST ALONE, THERE WERE 1,174 [00:30:03] SUMMONSES THAT WERE WRITTEN. 563 OF THOSE OCCURRED ON SHIFT, AND 611 OF THOSE OCCURRED UNDER SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT. BUT AGAIN, THAT 1,174, SO WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME THAT TALK ABOUT SPEEDING. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT BY SHERIFF ADAMS TO PUT MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A POSITION TO GET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN. UM, SO AGAIN, ONE MONTH, 1,174 SOMETHINGS WE SERVE JUST UNDER 900, 897 CIVIL PAPERS IN 30 DAYS. AND, AND NOT ALL THOSE 22 WORK DAYS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, RIGHT? AND SO, NINE, NEARLY 900 CIVIL PAPERS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. AND I TEACH CHIEF KUSHNER, 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE CAME FROM CLONE HEIGHTS, LIVES IN DENWOODY, BUT I, I TELL HIM ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, DENWOODY IS 507 SQUARE MILES. SO WHEN YOU'RE DELIVERING A PAPER IN DENWOODY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. JUST LIKE WHEN HE SAID HE USED TO GIVE MEDICATION ON AN AMBULANCE FOR A RESIDENT IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS, AND THEN EIGHT SQUARE MILES LATER THEY'RE AT A HOSPITAL. YOU KNOW, HERE IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, RIGHT? JUST HOW BIG WE ARE. DURING THAT SAME 30 DAY PERIOD, WE HAD 98 ARRESTS THAT WERE MADE. AND IF ANYBODY, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T ARRESTED ANYBODY, BUT THOSE IN UNIFORM HAVE, HAVE ARRESTED SOMEONE. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE COMPLEXITY THAT JUST HAPPENS TODAY WHEN, WHEN YOU MAKE A LAWFUL ARREST. IN ADDITION TO THOSE 98, WE HAVE FOUR MORE JUVENILES THAT WERE, WERE ARRESTED. UM, BUT THEN I, I WANTED TO GO A STEP FURTHER AND LOOK AT, WELL, HOW MANY INCIDENCES, NOT, NOT CALLS, BUT HOW MANY INCIDENCES DID THEY, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RESPOND TO? 2,510, 2,510 AND A 30 DAY PERIOD. SO THINK ABOUT HOW MANY 9 1 1 CALLS THAT WERE, THINK ABOUT HOW MANY RESOURCES THAT HAD TO GO TO A CALL. UM, JUST A PHENOMENAL AMOUNT OF WORK THAT OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES EACH AND EVERY DAY, KIND OF QUIETLY BEHIND THE SCENES. AND I GET THOSE CALLS, AND I KNOW THE SHERIFF DOES TOO, AND THEY SAY, WELL, THE DEPUTY HASN'T DONE ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T MOVED FROM THIS INTERSECTION. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE A PARKED DEPUTY SHERIFF DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT WORKING. UM, BUT THANK GOD THEY'RE THERE. WE, WE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE, WE LOSE MORE PEOPLE IN DEWINE COUNTY ON OUR HIGHWAYS THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE COUNTY. I MEAN, WE'RE BLESSED TO BE A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A REALLY BAD CRIME RATE IN ANY WAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ON OUR HIGHWAYS GOING EXCEPTIONALLY FAST. UM, YOU KNOW, I LIVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF BUTTER WOOD AND CLAYBURN, AND I'M ONE OF 'EM THAT WILL CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVERY NOW AND THEN. IT SEEMS LIKE THE AUDUBON, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT SLOWS 'EM DOWN IS HATCHERS RUNNING THE BRIDGE THAT THAT CAN'T GET. UH, BUT SO FAST THROUGH THAT AREA. BUT AGAIN, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES Y'ALL DON'T GET THE, THE THANK YOU YOU DESERVE AND, AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. UH, I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER THIS LITTLE, THIS PIECE. I KNOW MADAM CHAIR, YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE, THE TRAIL RIBBON CUTTING THAT'S TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW AND SUTHERLAND OFF OF, OFF OF RIVER ROAD. BUT I, I'M, I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR PIECE, BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO REAL QUICK IS JUST THANK THE TEAM. UH, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A CIVIC ORGANIZATION, WHICH WAS THE SOUTHERN RUINING CLUB THAT SAID, HEY, WE'VE GOT THE SPORTS COMPLEX. PEOPLE DO A LOT OF WALKING IN THAT AREA. BUT WHAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR OF OUR LAST MASTER PLAN FOR PARKS AND RECREATION IS THAT WE WANT IT. PEOPLE WANT TO WALK IN THE TRAIL. THEY, THEY WANT TRAILS. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO NECESSARILY. DR. MOORE IS AT THE, YOU EVER WANNA GET DR. MOORE, I WANNA TELL YOU WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IF YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THAT. BUT IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE TRAIL, I MEAN THE, UH, THE TRACK AT SUTHERLAND, YOU'LL SEE DR. MOORE EVERY NOW AND THEN. SOME PEOPLE WANNA JUST BE IN NATURE. THEY WANNA WALK IN ON A TRAIL. SO, UM, QUIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM. I KNOW TIMMY HAS, HAS LEFT, UH, BUT FRANK, YOU KNOW, I THINK, THANK GOD WE HAVE A COUNTY ENGINEER NOW THAT CAN HELP US THROUGH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DID IF IT WASN'T FOR FRANK HOLTON. AND SO, FRANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. UH, ANN HAMILTON, FOR HER STAFF, HOLLY CASEY HELPED US WITH THE PROCUREMENT OF THIS. AND SO I THINK YOU'LL BE VERY PROUD TOMORROW TO SEE, SEE THIS. AND AGAIN, THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SOUTHERN TON CLUB, UM, THAT'S GONNA HELP US WITH SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE MOVING FORWARD. WE SEE THAT DEWI IS A SPECIAL PLACE, OUR FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE THAT WE STARTED YEARS AGO AS AN A TESTAMENT OF THAT, UM, A TAG TEAM, USUALLY MS. COLLINS GOES TO THE, THE PRAYERS THAT TAKE PLACE. SO WE, THE, THE FAITH-BASED IMMUNITY GOES TO EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND, AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL EVERY YEAR, AND KIND OF PRAY OVER THE, THE SCHOOL. THEY, THEY PRAY WITH THE [00:35:01] TEACHERS, THE FACULTY, THE ADMINISTRATION OF EACH ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS. UH, SO THIS YEAR, I, I WANTED TO DO DO THAT. AND SO, UH, TAMMY WAS ABLE TO COME TO SOME, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GO TO ALL OF THEM THIS YEAR AND JUST WHAT A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE THAT WAS. THAT WE START THAT WAY WITH OUR, OUR TEACHERS. UH, THEY ALL KIND OF HOLD HANDS. THE, THE PASTORS LEAD THE CON THE PRAYER AND THE CONVERSATION. AND WE'RE JUST SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND EVEN MORE SPECIAL TO ME. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE I STARTED AT, AT, UH, SOUTH SIDE, AND THEN LATER I WENT TO DIMAN ELEMENTARY, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY NOW TO WHAT IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS OUR HIGH SCHOOL. UH, BUT WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT WAS FOR ME PERSONALLY. MARIE MARIE'S WORKING ON A COUPLE THINGS. SHE'S WORKING ON THE NEWSLETTER THAT'S GETTING READY TO, TO GO BACK OUT, UH, WHICH IS A BIG FE IN AND OF ITSELF. BUT WE ALSO DO SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS. AND SO, UH, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY THIS EVENING, BUT WE WILL IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. SO WE HAVE A, A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, MR. WEAVER, WHO, MR. EVEN BONNER IS AWARE OF, WHO KIND OF A SPECIAL NIGHT FOR US. WE'VE GOT THIS CITIZEN SPOTLIGHT THAT WE DO. SO I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU ALL OF WHAT MR. WHAT MR. WEAVER HAS DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS YOUNG AGE. BUT, UM, SOMETHING WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF IN DEITY COUNTY. SO WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE HIM IN THAT MONTH. AND THEN ALSO OUR DIAMOND SOFTBALL TEAM. SO THEY, THEY WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR. UH, SO THE, THE YOUNGER ONES ARE DOING EXTREMELY WELL. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE COOL THAT IF WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE YOUNGER GIRLS, LET'S RECOGNIZE THE LADY GENERAL SOFTBALL TEAM WHO LAST YEAR, UM, WON THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 48, 49 YEARS. UM, SO ANYBODY THAT KNOWS THE STORY, A FRESHMAN STEPS UP WITH TWO OUTS AND TWO STRIKES, THREE BALLS. THE ONLY WAY TO WIN THE GAME IS A GRAND SLAM. AND SHE HITS A GRAND SLAM ON THE LAST PITCH TO WIN THE FIRST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 49 YEARS. SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZED THE, THE YOUNGER ONES AND THE, THE OLDER LADY GENERALS. UM, AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING, UH, WE ALSO, EARLIER TODAY, MR. MR. HOLTON WAS ABLE TO GO, I COULDN'T GO, BUT SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY, UH, WAS HAVING A TOUR. TODAY. WE HAVE A NUTRIENT REMOVAL PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, FOR THE WHOLE REGION, WHICH IS AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE PROJECT, BUT WE WERE BLESSED AND FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE A LOT OF STATE FUNDING THIS YEAR TO DO THAT. UM, SO JUST LIKE WE APPROVED PORTA JOHN'S EARLIER TODAY, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WASTEWATER FACILITIES AND THERE'S, UH, POINT SOURCE POLLUTION THAT'S REQUIRED WITH NUTRIENT IMPROVEMENTS. I CAN TELL YOU, IF WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE STATE FUNDING FOR THIS, THIS WOULD'VE FINANCIALLY CRIPPLED THIS REGION. UM, AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING DONE TODAY IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. SO, UM, I KNOW FRANK, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR HOW THAT WENT TODAY, BUT THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF, OF, UH, MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER AGENCIES, WHICH IS UA, UH, ALSO TOWARD THAT, THAT REGIONAL ASSET TODAY. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO COLONIAL HEIGHTS AND YOU CATCH A LITTLE BIT OF A SMELL IN THAT AREA, IT'S THE SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY THAT'S DOING ITS JOB. UM, IT'S GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO, UH, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMITTEE. I, I MENTIONED HOW MANY PEOPLE WE LOSE ON OUR HIGHWAYS AND HOW TRAGIC THAT IS. UH, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SPECIAL THANKS TO FRANK. UH, FRANK HAS KIND OF TAKEN OVER NOW THAT WE HAVE A CIVIL ENGINEER THINKING ABOUT OUR ROADS MORE, UH, SPECIFICALLY. AND SO THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMITTEE, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN DOOLEY SERVES ON THAT. WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE NOW FROM THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY. SO SHE'S, UH, ABLE TO BE A PART OF IT. UM, WE, WE KIND OF PRAISE SCOTT THORNTON EARLIER AND VDOT FOR THE EXPEDITIOUS NATURE THAT BY THE WAY, HE'S GETTING THINGS DONE. AND, AND SO SCOTT MAY BE LISTENING AT HOME, BUT, UH, OR AT THE OFFICE, BUT I, I'LL JUST TELL HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HOPING THAT HE WOULD COME IN STRONG, BUT STAY STRONG AND NOT JUST AT THE VERY BEGINNING. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE HAS REALLY PUT A TEAM TOGETHER NOW TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. BUT I BROUGHT THIS UP TODAY 'CAUSE I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE, WE NEED THE CITIZENS' HELP ON THIS. UM, WE, WE KIND OF ACCEPT THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE, THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T COMPLAIN. ARE YOU THINKING SOMEBODY ELSE IS GONNA COMPLAIN? BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH, WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WITH OUR FIRE AND EMS TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY NEED IMPROVING. BUT, UH, MR. CHAVIS TALKED ABOUT IT. WE, WE GET THREE CUTS A YEAR. NOW WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, SECONDARY ROWS, THREE CUTS. SO WITH THAT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF SITE DISTANCE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY ON OUR BACK ROADS. UM, IF WE CALL 'EM IN, YOU KNOW, VDOT WILL GO OUT AND, AND MAKE A CUT INTO THE SITE DISTANCE OF THOSE. [00:40:01] BUT WE, WE, WE KIND OF BEGGING THE COMMUNITY THAT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING TO YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS, THEY DON'T CONTROL THE BUDGET, BUT THEY DO CAN INFLUENCE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE. AND SO THIS SAFETY COMMITTEE IS DOING JUST THAT. AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. UM, THE DIMITY COUNTY RENO COURTHOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT, JUST WANNA PUBLICLY MAKE A STATEMENT THAT THE PROJECT IS STILL IN PROCESS. IT'S, UH, IT HASN'T GONE AWAY. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME EARLIER THE YEAR DISCUSSION THAT WE WOULD'VE HOPED TO AWARD A CONTRACT AND BE OFF TO THE RACES BY NOW. UH, WE DID PUT, WE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN THIS. SO IT ALLOWS US TO NEGOTIATE, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THE, THE TWO ENTITIES NOW THAT WE HAVE REMAINING ON THIS PROJECT. I WILL TELL YOU, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROCESS, THERE'S A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM, UH, PRICE APPROACH, A GMP APPROACH TO THIS. AND SO WE'RE IN THE, IN THE REAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE. SO CAN'T REALLY TALK TOO MORE ABOUT IT AS WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS. BUT THE PROJECT IS STILL MOVING FORWARD, UH, EAST SIDE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT CENTER. AND, UM, AGAIN, I WANNA THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR ITS PATIENTS. AS WE STARTED OUR FLOORING PROCESS FOR THAT RENOVATION, WE DID RUN INTO ASBESTOS, UH, CONTRACTORS DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, EVEN THOUGH THIS HAD BEEN LARGELY REMEDIATED ORIGINALLY, WHEN WE STARTED THE RENOVATION OVER TIME, UM, WE, WE FOUND STIC GLUE IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT DIDN'T GET REMOVED APPROPRIATELY THE FIRST TIME. IT REVEALED ITSELF THIS TIME, WHICH CAUSED US TO DELAY THAT PROJECT, IMMEDIATELY SHUT IT UP, UM, AND BEGIN TO, TO START THAT PROCESS APPROPRIATELY. SO THAT IS, UH, NEARLY COMPLETE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE OPEN NOW, CORNELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE OPEN FOR REGISTRATIONS AT THAT TIME, AND HOPEFULLY CAN, CAN OPEN UP THE FACILITY, UH, SOONER. BUT AGAIN, UM, JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR YOUR PATIENTS EAST SIDE, OUTSIDE OF THE DIM WINY COURTHOUSE, EAST SIDE IS PROBABLY THE SECOND MOST HEAVILY USED FACILITY, UM, IN DIY COUNTY. SO WE, AGAIN, THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PATIENCE, VIRGINIA TECH PARTNERSHIP. SO, JUST AS WE TALKED ABOUT DR. BAILEY, WHO'S ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT, UH, SHE'S WITH VIRGINIA TECH, HAS BEEN HELPING US NOW FOR MONTHS ON OUR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. AND SO WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? RIGHT? AND ONE, WE WERE JUST VERY FORTUNATE AND BLESSED THAT VIRGINIA TECH CAME TO DIMITY AND SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO DO THIS. BUT THE, THE OVERALL ASSESSMENT WILL DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE DIMITY ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY LOOK AT DIMITY AND THEY COMPARE US TO OUR COLLEAGUES AND THE, THOSE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE, IN THE REGION, EVEN AMELIA, UH, IT ALSO WILL BE LOOKING AT THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND NATION. AND SO THE, THE, THE POINT OF THIS IS REALLY TRYING TO ESTABLISH AN UNDERSTANDING OR EXPECTATION OF WHAT DIM WOODY'S FINANCIAL CAPACITIES REALLY ARE. SO I, I LOVE THE DIM WOODY COMMUNITY. LOVE TO HEAR PEOPLE ALL THE TIME TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. I TRY NOT TO POP THE BALLOON, BUT WHEN I HEAR SOMEONE SAY, HEY, WE NEED LIKE A, A $60 MILLION AQUATIC CENTER, WELL, REALISTICALLY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT INDEMNITY. I MEAN, ECONOMICS ARE NOT GONNA WORK IN YOUR FAVOR FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHEN YOU'RE MAKING, UH, REQUESTS AND EXPECTATIONS, WHAT'S REALLY OBTAINABLE, WHAT'S NOT OBTAINABLE. AND SO I THINK THAT HELPS US WITH THAT. SO AFTER THE ECONOMIC REVIEW, WHICH WE'RE HOPING IS IN THAT NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME, THAT DR. BAILEY WILL COME IN AND KIND OF TALK TO YOU ABOUT HER REALLY IN DEPTH ASSESSMENT. THEN WE'RE GONNA FLIP FIRST OF THE YEAR INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO WHEN YOU GOT AN IDEA OF THE BUMPER GUARDS, THEN YOU GET INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT'LL BE FULLY VETTED THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTY, UH, DEPARTMENTS, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES, AND WE'LL START WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE. STEPHANIE DAVIS, DR. DAVIS, WHICH SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE MET AT VACO IS THE ONE THAT'S LEADING THAT FOR US, THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING EXERCISE. UM, CAREER AND JOB FAIR, OCTOBER 30TH ARE DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WE'LL BE DOING A JOB FAIR AT THE HISTORIC SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION CENTER, THE OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND SO THAT FACILITY AT 9:00 AM FOR OUR STUDENTS, 10:00 AM FOR ADULTS. SO WE, UH, VERY PROUD OF BOTH WHAT YANETTE AND DONNA HARRISON ARE DOING TO TRY TO BRING SOME ADDITIONAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES HERE. AND THEN LASTLY, I'M GONNA, UM, TURN THIS OVER, BUT IT, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT THIS MORNING, REALLY COOL THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT IN IN THE VEHICLE TO COME TO WORK AND I'M THINKING ABOUT IT BEING THIS COOL, I START THINKING [00:45:01] ABOUT COUNTY FAIR AND I LOOK OVER AT DAN, DAN LEE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON THE EARTH THAT LOVES THE COUNTY FAIR MORE THAN, THAN DAN LEE. SO, UH, IT IS COMING. IT IS, UH, IT'LL, IT'LL BE HERE SOON. SO I'VE ASKED STACY ENGLISH IF SHE WOULD, AND CHRIS IF YOU WOULD, TO, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE COUNTY FAIR. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY HUNTING SEASON. NO, THAT'S NUMBER. IS THAT ONE OR TWO FAVORITE? YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, YEAH, SO AS MR. MASSING GIL MENTIONED, UM, THE COUNTY FAIR IS NOW UNDER THE PARKS AND REC BUDGET. SO CHRIS AND I AND THE WHOLE, UM, PARKS AND REC TEAM AND THE REST OF OUR FAIR TEAM HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO PUT TOGETHER A GOOD FAIR THIS YEAR. AND SO, UH, MR. WALTERS IS GONNA GIVE AN UPDATE. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, EVERYONE. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED. WE ARE LESS THAN ONE MONTH FROM TENNIS SHOES ON THE GROUND. THERE YOU GO. WE START UP THE COUNTY FAIR. OF COURSE, PREPARATION BEGAN BEFORE THE FAIRS EVEN OVER FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO ONE MONTH TILL THE 2026 COUNTY FAIR. UM, THIS YEAR IS VERY FUN FOR US BECAUSE IT'S THE THIRD YEAR THE MAJORITY OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS BEEN TOGETHER. AND THIS MEANS NOT ONLY CONTINUING TO PROVIDE WONDERFUL FUN AND SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO ADD TO THEM, UM, INCLUDING THIS YEAR WE WERE GONNA HAVE HOLIDAY CONTESTS AND TRICK OR TREATING AT THE FAIR. SO SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL INCLUDE TRICK OR TREATING AT THE 2026 COUNTY FAIR. UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE. UM, WE'VE HAD MANY CIVIC GROUPS PARTICIPATING FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THIS IS GONNA INCORPORATE A LOT MORE SCHOOL, UH, TYPES OF THOSE GROUPS. THE FOUR H T-SHIRT DESIGNED THE T-SHIRT, THAT CONTEST ACTUALLY ENDED TODAY, SO WE WILL HAVE A WINNER ON THAT ANNOUNCED ANY MOMENT. IT MIGHT HAVE EVEN BEEN ANNOUNCED WHILE WE WERE IN HERE. UM, SO WE'LL BE VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE, THE 2026 T-SHIRT LOOKS LIKE. ALL OF OUR LOCAL FOOD VENDORS ARE RETURNING THIS YEAR, WHICH IS ALWAYS EXCITING. AND FROM LAST YEAR, ALL OF OUR COMMERCIAL FOOD VENDORS, SO EVERYONE REALLY ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT THEY HAD AT THE COUNTY FAIR, THE PUBLIC, THE COMMUNITY, THEY LIKED THE FEEL OF IT. AND SO THEY WERE ALL CLAMORING TO COME BACK. WE ACTUALLY HAD MORE APPLICATIONS THAN WE HAD SPACES, SO WOW. IT'S WONDERFUL FOR US. GOOD. UM, LAST YEAR WE DID RECEIVE VERY HIGH MARKS ON THE NEW CARNIVAL. SO THE CARNIVAL WE HAD LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE USED THEM. UH, PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY ENJOYED THE CLEANLINESS, THE LOOK OF THE CARNIVAL. UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO RENEW A CONTRACT WITH THEM THIS YEAR AND WE SPOKE WITH THEM WHAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WE SPOKE WITH ADAM AND HE'S VERY EXCITED TO COME BACK. HE, UH, CHANGED HIS WHOLE FALL ROUTE TO MAKE SURE HE WAS MORE IN LINE WITH COMING TO ZEN WITTY. UM, SO HE'S VERY EXCITED TO COME BACK AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. SOME NEW ATTRACTIONS THIS YEAR ARE THE ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS. SO WE'VE GOT A BRAND NEW CIRCUS PERFORMANCE THAT, UM, WE'RE BRINGING IN THE ALL AMERICAN PIG RACES, UH, AN AREA DEDICATED TO HERITAGE AND HISTORY EDUCATION, THAT'S GONNA BE NEW AT THIS YEAR'S FAIR. AND THEN OUR SATURDAY NIGHT BAND IS GOING TO BE TEES. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE HAD THEM. UH, RETURNING THIS YEAR, HOWEVER, IS, UH, 2024 FAVORITE TWIN STUNTS MOTORCYCLES. SO THEY GOT, THEY WERE VERY HIGHLY REQUESTED TO COME BACK. OF COURSE, FOUR H AND THE VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL TENT IS ALWAYS VERY POPULAR. UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HANNAH, YOU KNOW, THE NEW AGRICULTURAL AGENT THAT WAS A FOUR H AGENT, AND SHE'S GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS AND THEN DES OUR NEW FOUR H AGENT. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM. THEY'RE GONNA BE IN A NEW SPOT AND HOPEFULLY GIVE THEM MORE ROOM TO, TO ADD. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR FRIDAY NIGHT BAND, OUR, OUR FAIR FAVORITE INNOVATIONS WILL BE BACK FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AT AT THE FAIR. UM, ADMISSION REMAINS $10 PER ADULT. UH, THERE ARE CHILD DISCOUNTS, SO IF YOU ARE FIVE TO 17, IT'S HALF PRICE, AND IF YOU'RE UNDER FIVE, IT'S FREE. AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES WITH A BADGE, UH, CAN ALSO ATTEND IT THERE FOR FREE. SO WE'RE A MONTH AWAY AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. VERY GOOD. GOOD DEAL. WHAT QUESTIONS? GOOD DEAL. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. GOOD. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. AND YOU SAID A PIG RACE? YES, MA'AM. SO YOU'VE HAD THE RACES IN THE PAST. THIS IS A NEW COMPANY, UM, THAT THE BOOKING AGENT WE USED, SHE, SHE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR, FOR OUR DEMOGRAPHICS. THAT'S AWESOME. THAT'S GOOD. LET'S GO TO BISHOP'S BOBBY. KEY . OH NO, THAT'S TERRIBLE. THAT'S, DON'T LET THAT OUT. [00:50:02] MADAM CHAIR. IF I JUST, IF I COULD JUST SAY, BEFORE YOU TRANSITION TO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS, I, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST MAKE AN AUDIBLE. AND SO I, I ASKED LIKE 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR BEFORE WE WALKED IN HERE, IF THEY COULD GIVE A FAIR UPDATE. SO WHAT YOU JUST SAW WAS, WAS, WAS HAPPENING THAT QUICK. SO WHEN YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO, THE WAY THEY DO, IT JUST COMES NATURALLY. SO CHRIS, STACY, THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN. THANK YOU. AND GETTING US EXCITED ABOUT, ABOUT THE FAIR. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT THEN. SO WE [10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] HAVE BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTS. UM, I'M GONNA START WITH DR. MOORE DOWN HIS, THIS END TODAY. ALRIGHT. UM, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME START WITH, WE HAD AN EVENT ON THE 29TH OF AUGUST FOR OUR VETERANS, AND I MENTIONED IT LAST MONTH. UM, BUT WE HAD OVER 20 VETERANS THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HAVING WILLS, UM, MEDICAL DIRECTIVES AND POWER OF ATTORNEYS DONE BY MCGUIRE WOODS AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, UM, TO HELP IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT A WORD OUT TO SAY THANK YOU. THIS WAS FREE. DID NOT COST A PENNY. YOU HAD TO SIGN UP FOR IT. BUT, UM, IT, IT'S AN EXCELLENT THING AND I'M HOPING THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT EVERY OTHER YEAR. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE GET IN A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW. BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, TO ONE OF THE LARGEST, UH, LAW FIRMS IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA FOR COMING TO DENWOOD AND ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN. UM, WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MARIE GRANT LAST MONTH? I HAD MENTIONED ABOUT SEPTEMBER 11TH AND HER PUTTING TOGETHER, GETTING VOICES OF INDIVIDUALS EITHER WORK IN DENWITTY OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNTY, WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE THE DAY OF SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, AND HOW IT CHANGED THEIR LIVES. HARE, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND RUNNING IT ON THE, ON OUR WEBPAGE. UM, ENJOYED READING WHAT OTHER COMMENTS, UM, INDIVIDUALS, HOW IT'S IMPACTED THEIR LIVES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WHOLE GENERATION THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WASN'T BORN WHEN THIS OCCURRED. AND SO NEVER FORGETTING AND KEEPING IT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC EACH YEAR, TO ME IS AN IMPORTANT THING. MM-HMM . UM, SO, SO THANK YOU MARIE FOR THE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. UM, WE'LL BE AT, JUST FOR STAFF'S NOTICE, I PLAN TO BE AT THE TRACK MEETING AT BSU ON THE 22ND. UM, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A PUBLIC HEARING THAT HAS DISCUSSED, UM, THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THEY SAY, UH, AND WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE AS WE GO FORWARD. IT'S IN MY DISTRICT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I NEED TO BE THERE TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN, TO HEAR WHAT THIS ENTITY IS ASKING FOR. UM, AND, UM, WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO. INDEMNITY COUNTY. SO I PLAN TO BE THERE. UM, THE OTHER IS TOMORROW AT FOUR O'CLOCK, WE'VE GOT THE RIBBON CUTTING AT, UH, ON RIVER ROAD. UH, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE HEART ROAD, UM, CONVENIENCE SITE. UM, I'M GONNA PUT A SHOUT OUT TO TWO PEOPLE. FRANCINE GREEN AND TOM GREEN. AMEN. UM, FRANCINE, UM, FOR YEARS HAS WALKED ON RIVER ROAD AND ON INE ROAD TO GET EXERCISE. AND THIS IS THE FRUITION OF MANY YEARS OF, OF ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AS A COUNTY WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND SO WE FELT LIKE THAT WE WERE AT A TIME. AND FRANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS PROJECT OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE A TRAIL ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND WE WILL OPEN THAT TOMORROW. UM, AND ANYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH IT, I SAY THANK YOU AND THEN WHEN I'LL HAVE THOSE COMMENTS AGAIN TOMORROW. BUT I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATION BECAUSE AS WE GO THROUGH TIME, OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS IN GENERAL ARE REDUCING IN SIZE. MM-HMM. MEMBERSHIPS ARE DECREASING, BUT THE NEED NEVER GOES AWAY. MM-HMM. AND SO FOR OUR SUTHERLAND TON CLUB AND ALL THE OTHER TON CLUBS THAT ARE IN DENWITTY COUNTY, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, HOW THEY AFFECT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WILL AFFECT FAMILIES AND CHILDRENS AS WE GO FORWARD. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. OH, THANK YOU MS. CHA. UH, I'LL ECHO EVERYTHING THAT DR. MOORE SAID. UH, HE ALWAYS SAYS THE THINGS THAT I NEED TO SAY, . UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOLKS FOR COMING OUT. UM, WE DON'T KNOW, UH, HOW YOU FEEL UNTIL YOU TELL US. UH, TODAY I HAVE, UH, WE GOT A LETTER AND WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT IS ISSUES THAT WE ALL NEED TO KNOW. I FEEL HEAVILY [00:55:01] ABOUT THIS AND KEVIN WOULD TELL YOU, UH, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COUNTY UNLESS YOU TELL US, UH, IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT'S NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE CAN'T RIDE AROUND. I MEAN, I DO, I GO THROUGH THE COUNTY A LOT AND I FIND OUT A LOT OF ISSUES. UH, KEVIN WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU DO THAT. THAT'S REALLY, I, I GET CON, I MEAN, I GET CHEWED OUT ABOUT CUSTOMERS NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY. IT'S NOT ME, BUT I NEED TO TELL THE, UH, COMPLIANCE WHAT'S GOING ON. SO, BUT I THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THE COUNTY. UH, WE, UH, WE TAKE IT AT HEART. WE DON'T JUST LOOK AT YOU AND THINK YOU ARE, YOU'RE DOING CRAZY THINGS, BUT WE, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, YOU CONCERN. UM, MR. MASSENGILL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE PUTS TOGETHER EVERY MONTH TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON. UH, WE DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL HE TELLS THE ADMINISTRATOR. SO HE TELLS US EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW TO BE ON TOP OF THINGS. UH, BUT OUR BOARD, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE DO CARE ABOUT OUR CITIZENS AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COUNTY, AND WE DON'T WANT TO HARM IT. WE WANT IT TO, UH, EXCEED THE, THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME. I HAVE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY, BUT THEY CAN'T FIND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT THEY LOVE IT. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE DENWOOD COUNTY. IT'S THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU. I AGREE. MM-HMM . OKAY. MS. DO, UH, I DON'T HAVE MUCH, JUST MY USUAL THANKS TO OUR STAFF. UM, AS I LISTEN TO CHRIS, I, I THINK ABOUT, I'VE NEVER HEARD OUR STAFF SAY, THAT'S NOT MY JOB. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AMEN. WHEN THEY'RE SETTING UP FOR FAIR, WHETHER IT'S, UH, DIRECTING TRAFFIC IN PLACES THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO OR, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THEY RISE TO THE OCCASION. CHRIS LAST YEAR STEPPED UP AND, AND DIRECTED THE FOUR H CAMP AFTER BEING AWAY FROM IT FOR, FOR YEARS AND FELL RIGHT IN. UM, FRANK HAVE LEANED HEAVILY ON YOU IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS TO ATTEND MEETINGS THAT I WAS UNABLE TO BECAUSE OF WORK. UM, WE, WE JUST HAVE A STAFF THAT I WANT OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT THAT DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR THEM AND I APPRECIATE IT. UM, THE NINE 11 COMMENTS, THAT WAS SURREAL. UM, I THINK THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T FOCUS ON ON THINGS AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD. UM, AND THOSE THAT DON'T REMEMBER THE PAST OR DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. SO WE NEED TO KEEP, UM, WE DON'T NEED TO DWELL ON IT, BUT WE NEED TO REFLECT ON IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LIVING OUR LIFE IN A WAY THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO REPEAT THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE IN THE PAST. AND PART OF THAT IS HAVING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS. AMEN. AND SO THAT TAKES SHOWING UP TO MEETINGS AND, AND BEING PRESENT IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE. THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CONTINUE TO SHOW UP TO MEETINGS. WE DO LIKE TO SEE YOU HERE. WE LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. STACY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EMAILS AND, AND JUST STAYING IN CONTACT. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK Y'ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. DID DAN, UM, I GUESS I'LL START OUT WITH, UM, IT, IT IS BEEN A LONG HOT SUMMER AND IT STILL DOESN'T WANT TO COOL OFF LIKE IT SHOULD. IT WAS MUCH COOLER THIS MORNING. UM, BUT I GOT HOT QUICK, HAPPENED TO MEET, UM, CHIEF AT, UH, FOOD BOND ONE MORNING GETTING GAS, AND HE HAD JUST COME FROM A FILE AT CHAPEL FARMS. AND, UM, CHAPEL FARMS IS GROWING AN OLD CROP THAT HAS BECOME A NEW CROP IN DEWIN COUNTY, MILO, WHICH IS A FEED FOR HOGS. AND IT'S VERY FLAMMABLE, VERY MESSY CROP. UM, AND SO IT'S, I KNOW AT LEAST A DOZEN FARMERS AND THEN WE DID OTHER PLANTING IT THIS YEAR. AND SO WE APPRECIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT EQUIPMENT. UM, THEY BROUGHT A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF EQUIPMENT TO A FARM THAT PROBABLY HAD FIVE OR $6 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE SITTING THERE ON FILE. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THAT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY WORSE THAN IT WAS. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT DOLLAR BILL THAT WE SPEND, BECAUSE SCHOOL IS, IS THE BIG ONE, BUT THEN, UH, TWO AND THREE ARE, ARE, HOWEVER YOU BREAK IT DOWN ARE FINE EMS AND, UM, WE NEED TO GIVE THOSE GUYS THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO PERFORM THEIR JOB. AND I, AND I THINK WE DO, UM, YOU KNOW, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO SEE THE EVIL AROUND US SOMETIMES. AND, AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE'VE GOT THE [01:00:01] SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT WE DO HERE AND, AND CERTAINLY DON'T TAKE 'EM FOR GRANTED. UM, SO WITH THAT, I, UM, TO GET BACK TO WHERE I WAS HEADED, I GET SIDETRACKED, UM, FOLLOW THE YEAR, LOTS OF BIG EQUIPMENT ON THESE BACK ROADS. IF YOU'RE RUNNING 55, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO STOP EVEN IF A DEER COME JUMPS OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, 45 ON THE BACK ROADS. I TOLD MY KIDS, UM, THAT DAN LEE DRIVING SCHOOL WAS 45 ON THE BACK ROAD. IF A DEAL JUMPS OUT IN FRONT OF ME, HIT THE DEAL IN FRONT OF YOU, SHOW ME THE DEAL, DO NOT SWERVE FOR THE DEAL. YOU CAN HIT THE BRAKES, BUT SHOW ME THE DEAL. AND I THINK, UM, THE SPEED IS THE BIG THING. AND WITH THE TRAFFIC TICKETS THAT THEY'RE RIDING, UM, IT'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT SPEED IS A PROBLEM. UM, SO THE FAIR, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FAIR, UM, I'LL BE THERE WORKING. I MADE THE MISTAKE OF TELLING HANNAH THAT I WOULD HELP HER, UM, GET SOME OF BOMB PRODUCTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THERE, UM, FOR THE FARMERS IN BENWOOD. AND SO I'LL PROBABLY BE DOING A LOT OF RIDING, PICKING UP CROPS TO, UH, TO GET THERE. BUT I, I REALLY THINK THE AG EXHIBITS, UM, NEED TO BE PROMOTED AT, AT THE FAIR. THE ONE THING, THE FOOD VENDORS, UM, I WORK WITH GORDON BONDS, UH, IN MY OFFICE, AND HE'S BIG IN DOLS TON CLUB. DOLS TON CLUB IS A LONG WAYS FROM RIGHT HERE. MM-HMM . IN THE, WE, I GUESS, UM, WESTERN, EXTREME WESTERN PART OF DIMITY COUNTY. THAT MONEY THEY GET FROM THE FILE HELPS THAT COMMUNITY IMMEASURABLY. UM, AND PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT THREE DAY WINDOW GIVES THEM THEIR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR AND THE FACT THAT THEY, THEY LIKE TO DO IT TOO. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY LIKE PEOPLE WATCHING AND, AND, UM, BEING ABLE TO BE A PART OF, OF THE FAIR. SO THE FAIR IS REALLY SPECIAL IN THAT WAY. UM, AND, UM, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH IT. UM, AND THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. NO, THAT WAS GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. UM, THAT, A COUPLE OF THINGS I THINK JUST TO ADD ON TO WHAT, UM, THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE SAYING. UM, REMINDER OF THE RIVER ROAD WALKING TRAIL, THE, THE RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW AT FOUR, AND ALL ATTENDEES MUST USE A SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED FROM THE, UM, SPORTS COMPLEX. AND THE SHUTTLES WILL BE LEAVING AT THREE 30 AND 3 45. SO, UM, IF THEY NEED A RIDE, UM, THEY CAN DEFINITELY, UM, DO THE, UM, SHUTTLE SERVICE. UH, AND THE ACTUAL EVENT. RIBBON COUNTY IS AT FOUR O'CLOCK ON TOMORROW. UM, THE RIVER ROAD, UH, ROUNDABOUT PROJECT, UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER AS COMPLETED TREE WORK IN THIS AREA. UH, MOST WORK WILL CONTINUE WEEKDAYS BETWEEN 8:00 AM AND 3:00 PM THEY, UH, THEY WILL BE LANE CLOSURES WITH FLAGGING OPERATIONS TO HELP MAINTAIN THE, UH, TRAFFIC FLOW IN THAT AREA. CONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTER AISLE WILL REQUIRE A FULL INTERSECTION CLOSURE. HOWEVER, THIS CLOSURE WILL BE LIMITED TO WEEKENDS AND WILL TAKE PLACE OVER FOUR WEEKENDS WITH, UH, DETOURS IN PLACE. AND ONCE COMPLETE, THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE SAFETY AND TRAFFIC EFFICIENT EFFICIENCY OF RIVER RIVER ROAD AND FERNDALE. AND THAT IS TRULY A BUSY ROAD. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . IT IS BUSY, YOU KNOW, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON, BUT, UM, I'M HOPING THAT IT, IT, IT WILL HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS END THAT THEY GO TOWARDS RICHMOND AND, UM, CHESTER FIELD AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY, THEY USE THAT, UM, RIVER ROAD, UM, UH, AND FERNDALE EXIT, THEY DO DO THAT. SO WE ARE HOPING THAT, UM, THAT WE'LL BE, UM, GREAT FOR THAT AREA. UM, WE LEARNED YESTERDAY OF THE PASSING OF MR. ELIZABETH MABRY TUCKER. UH, SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A HOMETOWN HERO IN 2019. SHE SPENT 46 YEARS WITH DENWITTY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER IMPECCABLE, UM, BOOKKEEPING. SHE WAS A LIFE LIFELONG MEMBER OF LITTLE BETHEL BAPTIST [01:05:01] CHURCH AND A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. MS. TUCKER WAS A PILLAR OF DENWITTY COUNTY AND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HER FAMILY AND ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HER. AND AGAIN, SHE WAS ONE OF, SHE WAS A 2019 HOMETOWN HERO. UM, LAST THING IS THE NINE 11 REFLECTIONS RECOGNIZED THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11 LAST FRIDAY. COUNTY LEADERS AND EMPLOYEES ARE INVITED TO SHARE THEIR REFLECTIONS OF THAT DAY, AND THE CAMPAIGN WILL RUN THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. SO YOU STILL HAVE TIME IF YOU WANT TO, UH, SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TIME, WHAT YOU WERE DOING ON, UM, 9 11, 20, 25 YEARS AGO, AND THE REFLECTIONS WILL BE SHARED ON THE COUNTY'S, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE. I, UM, I WAS LOOKING, UM, AT THE NEWS AND 25 YEARS IS A LONG TIME. AND WHEN YOU SAW CHILDREN THAT WEREN'T BORN, THEY, THEIR PARENTS, THEY LOST THEIR PARENTS DURING THAT TIME. AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING TO TRY TO KEEP THEIR PARENTS', UM, HISTORY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OUT IN THE OPEN AND, AND TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEIR, UM, FAMILIES TOLD THEM ABOUT, UM, THEIR, THEIR RELATIVES. AND IT WAS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T RECOGNIZE, UH, WHAT HAPPENED TO A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR BREATHING, UH, HEALTH ISSUES AND ALL THAT. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED. A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY HAVE NOT FOUND, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN YOU, AND THEY SHOWED THAT WHEN YOU SEE THE PLANES COMING IN ON BOTH SIDES AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND THEN THE STORIES THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE PLANE, AND I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THE PLANE THAT WENT DOWN, UM, UH, PAST THE, UM, WASHINGTON DC AND THE PEOPLE ON THE PLANE. THEY JUST, UM, THEY, THE PLANE WENT DOWN AND THEY CALLED THEIR FAMILIES AND TO TELL THEM THAT THEY LOVED THEM AND THEY WOULD NOT BE BACK AFTER THIS TIME. AND THEY, UM, FOUGHT THE, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE PLANE AND, UH, AND THE PLANE WENT DOWN AND, UH, JUST, UH, THE FIRE JUST OVERTOOK THE PLANE. BUT, UM, IT WAS A LOT OF GOOD STORIES LISTENING, UM, TO THOSE PEOPLE. AND WE CANNOT FORGET THOSE PEOPLE. IT, IT, IT WAS HORRIBLE. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. AND TO, UM, EVEN THINK ABOUT IT 25 YEARS AGO, AND, AND, AND, UH, I THINK RICH, I MEAN, IN VIRGINIA THEY HAD SOME PEOPLE TO GO UP TO TRY TO HELP FIND PEOPLE. UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT TOO, THAT REPO, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS GOING UP TO TRY TO HELP THE PEOPLE LOCATE SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS. UM, BUT, UM, IF YOU, UM, WANTED TO DO A REFLECTION, DO THAT, TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT YOU WERE DOING, IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE DOING 25 YEARS. I KNOW, I, I WAS WORKING AT THE TIME AND, UM, AND MY BACKGROUND IS MENTAL HEALTH AND A LOT OF THOSE RE UH, PATIENTS, THEY DID NOT, UH, FAREWELL BECAUSE THEY WERE REALLY UPSET. UM, WE HAD TO REALLY CALM 'EM DOWN, CALM THEM DOWN BECAUSE SEEING, AND THEY REPEATED THE INFORMATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON THE, UM, NEWS AND THEY HAD A HARD TIME DEALING WITH IT. SO IF SOMEBODY IS TAKING MEDICINE, HAVING A HARD TIME, YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH SOMEONE WHO WORKS DAY TO DAY, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THAT AND HOW IT, UM, AFFECTED THEM. SO, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT AND MAYBE HELP SOMEONE ELSE OUT IF THEY, UM, WANNA SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAD A LADY, UM, I SAW ON THE NEWS OLDER STORE, I BELIEVE THE LADY, HER MOM, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME, BUT SHE, HER MOM WAS WORKING IN, UM, NEW YORK AND SHE SAYS SHE STILL LOVES NEW YORK. HER MOM IS, UM, I BELIEVE STILL LIVING. AND SHE TALKED ABOUT SHE WAS THERE DURING THE, UM, THE CRISIS AND EVERYTHING, BUT HER DAUGHTER LIVES, UM, IN DENWOODY, UM, CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME, SORRY. BUT, UM, BUT UH, THAT WAS ON CHANNEL SIX. THEY TALKED ABOUT, UH, WHAT HAPPENED AND, UM, HOW HER MOTHER DID FARE AND, AND DO WELL AND WAS ABLE TO, UM, STILL CONTINUE TO LIVE, ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE WERE NOT. BUT, UM, AND OF COURSE, I ALWAYS LIKE TO, UH, SUM MY THOUGHTS UP, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS AND AS WE SEE, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING ISSUES AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING COPYCAT THINGS. WHEN YOU SEE IT ON THE NEWS, IF SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING, UM, ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE, THEY HAVE PEOPLE, [01:10:01] UM, DOING COPYCAT THINGS. SO, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT DOES NOT COME OUT VERY WELL, BUT, UM, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE. UM, THIS BOARD PRAYS YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE, NOT FOR, NOT ONLY FOR THEM, BUT YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OR ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT. AND REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IF YOU THINK THEY NEED HELP, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ANYBODY. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE JUST KEEP THEM, UH, INFORMED AND, AND ALSO JUST TRY TO HELP THEM OUT SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP. AND, UM, ALSO, I WANNA THANK THE, UM, THE CITIZENS COMING OUT. UM, YOU TAKE TIME OUT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU TAKE TIME TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. AND WE, WE NEED TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE, WE DON'T KNOW UNLESS SOMEONE TELLS US. AND IF THEY CALL US OR SEND US AN EMAIL OR WHATEVER, UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY TRY TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS IF WE CAN DO THAT. AND, UM, WE ARE ABOUT, UH, UNITY AND BEING UNIFIED AND MOVING FORWARD IN DENWOODY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ENJOY LIVING IN DENWOODY COUNTY. SO WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE TALK TO THEM AND WE MOVE FORWARD AGAIN, TOGETHER, NOT SEPARATE. WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND THANK PEOPLE ONLINE WHO IS, WHO ARE LISTENING. A LOT OF PEOPLE LISTEN ONLINE, THEY'RE AT HOME, I, I MM-HMM . PEOPLE WILL SAY, YEAH, I WILL GO BACK AND LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING. SO IF THEY'RE NOT HERE OR CANNOT BE HERE, THEY STILL DO THAT. SO WITH THAT SAID, MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE YOU GO TO COURT, JUST TO REITERATE YES. TOMORROW MM-HMM . THAT WHEN, WHEN WE BUILT THE TRAIL MM-HMM . THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS IT WAS COMING TOMORROW. MM-HMM . AT ONE TIME, SO THAT THERE'S NO, THE PARKING THERE DOESN'T FIT. MM-HMM . SO PARKING'S NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED THERE. YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO TO THE SPORTS COMPLEX, 3 45, 3 30, 3 45 TO, TO RIDE THE SHUTTLE. WE HOPE PEOPLE DO THAT. MM-HMM . BUT AGAIN, JUST REITERATE THAT. WHERE ON THE COMPLEX WILL THE SHUTTLE BE AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD AT UP TOP? YEAH. SO THE PARKING LOT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE IT IS THE PARKING LOT THAT FACES THE FOOTBALL FIELD UP ON THE TOP END. THAT FACES IS FOUR 60. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. CHAIR. THAT'S IT. WE CAN GO TO COURT SESSION. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT'S IMPORTANT. MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE KNOW. UM, AT THIS [11. CLOSED SESSION] TIME, UH, WE HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 1. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS CRATER, DISTRICT AREA AGENCY ON AGING 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 ARE 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 OR 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? I MOVE. AYE. ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. AND WE WILL BE BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU READY? OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A NEED TO COME OUTTA CLOSED SESSION. WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUTTA CLOSE. I'M SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING AYE. WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS CREATOR, DISTRICT AREA AGENCY ON AGING DESIGN REVIEW, REVIEW BOARD, DENWOODY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, DENWOODY COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A THREE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX AND HISTORIC COURTHOUSE COMPLEX. AND WHEREAS [01:15:01] 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. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE A, MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THE [12.A. Amendments To Section 9-19 Of The County Code, Regarding Erosion Control And Stormwater Management Plan Review Fees And Permit Fees] UM, SEVEN O'CLOCK PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING. UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE MR. FRANK HALTON AMENDMENTS TO SECTION NINE 19 OF THE COUNTY CODE REGARDING EROSION CONTROL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND THAT'S REVIEW AND FEES. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UH, AS THE BOARD MAY KNOW, UH, THE STATE HAS APPROVED INWOOD AS A VIRGINIA EROSION AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, UM, PROGRAM AUTHORITY, UH, IN DOING SO THAT ALLOWS US TO DO, PERFORM THE INSPECTIONS OF PLAN REVIEWS, ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES OR ANY TYPE OF LAND DISTURBANCE ACTIVITY. AND THERE IS SOME, UH, UH, BENEFITS TO THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, BY HAVING THAT BEING DONE BY THE COUNTY FORCES ALLOWS US TO PURSUE THOSE ACTIVITIES VERY DILIGENTLY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS. UH, WHEREAS IF IT GOES BACK TO THE STATE, THE STATE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM THESE ACTIVITIES AND THEY WOULD COLLECT THESE FEES THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO AMEND. UM, SO THEREFORE IT DOES PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO THE, UH, COMMERCIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS, UH, THAT ARE, UH, OCCURRING HERE IN THE COUNTY. UH, THAT BEING SAID, DEQ, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE THE AUTHORITY, DEQ ESTABLISHES THE STATEWIDE FEE SCHEDULE TO COVER THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROGRAM. UM, THE VIRGINIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, UH, IS WHAT IS WHERE THEY SET OUT THOSE FEES AND THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE. THEY WERE RECENTLY REVISED, BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR. THE COUNTY'S FEE SCHEDULE IS LISTED IN, UH, SECTION NINE POINT OR SECTION NINE DASH 19 OF THE COUNTY CODE EXCUSE ADVANCE. SO WE NEED TO REVISE OUR CODE TO MATCH WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO, UH, TO, TO MATCH THE STATE'S FEES. UH, THIS, UH, FIRST UH, SLIDE IS, IS SHOWING THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE TO CHARGE THOSE FEES AND IT'S ALSO SHOWING WHAT THOSE FEES ARE MEANT TO BE USED FOR, AGAIN, FOR PLAN REVIEWS, FOR INSPECTION SERVICES, UH, AND, UH, REPORTING BACK TO DEQ. UH, 70% OF THE FEE THAT IS CHARGED, UH, STAYS WITH THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER 30% GOES BACK TO THE STATE FOR THEIR OVERSIGHT, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES. IF WE ARE, AGAIN, IF WE DO NOT, UH, PERFORM THESE ACTIVITIES, UH, HERE IN DENWITTY, 100% OF THE FEE WOULD GO TO THE STATE. THE APPLICANT IS NOT RELIEVED BY THE DI NOT HAVING THESE, UH, FEES. THEY WOULD JUST SIMPLY PAY THE STATE INSTEAD OF THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY, UH, BASED ON THIS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO REDUCE OR INCREASE OF THESE FEES. UM, THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE ARE SHOW THAT WE SHOW DEQ, THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PERFORM THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO, TO RUN THE PROGRAM. AND THE ONLY OTHER, UH, REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE DO NOT REDUCE IT SO MUCH THAT IT, UH, UM, EATS INTO DEQS REQUIRED FEE. UH, ON THIS CHART YOU CAN SEE A SMALL TABLE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER. THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL FEES FROM THE, THE STATE SCHEDULE. UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE FIRST, UH, NUMBER THERE IS $4,100. THAT IS THE TOTAL FEE. UH, THE FEE IN THE NEXT COLUMN OF 1230 IS THE FEE THAT GETS REMITTED BACK TO DEQ. SO THE TOTAL FEE DOESN'T CHANGE. THERE'S A PORTION THAT IS REMITTED BACK TO DEQI WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS HERE 'CAUSE ONE OF THE, UH, CHANGES IN OUR ORDINANCE. CURRENTLY OUR ORDINANCE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS CHART. WE ACTUALLY SHOW WHAT D Q'S PORTION IS AND WE ARE ELIMINATING THAT FROM OUR ORDINANCE 'CAUSE IT'S VERY CONFUSING. UH, 'CAUSE SOME FOLKS BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A TOTAL FEE DUE TO US AND ANOTHER FEE THAT'S DUE TO THE STATE. WE COLLECT THE ENTIRE FEE REGARDLESS. AND THEN WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMITTING BACK TO THE STATE. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA ELIMINATE THAT ONE COLUMN. UH, THE STATE COULD ALSO ALLOWS US TO CHARGE UP TO 50%, UH, OF THE TOTAL FEE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. UH, CURRENTLY WE DO NOT CHARGE, UH, THIS, UH, ANY TYPE OF PLAN REVIEW FEE, UH, SO THAT WE ARE GONNA BE RECOMMENDING WITH THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT WE DO CHARGE A PLAN REVIEW FEE. UM, BUT NO MORE THAN 50% CAN BE CHARGED AT THAT TIME. REMAINING OF THAT FEE CAN BE RECOVERED AT THE TIME OF PERMIT ISSUANCE. UH, THIS ALLOWS, UH, CHARGE OF THE PLAN REVIEW FEE ALLOWS US TO, UH, TO RECOVER ANY TIME THE STAFF IS SPENT TO REVIEW A PLAN APPLICATION, UH, THE PLAN THEMSELVES, UH, THE, UH, CALCULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND EROSION CONTROL. AND SHOULD A [01:20:01] PERMIT NOT BE GRANTED OR SHOULD THE APPLICANT NOT PROCEED FURTHER, THIS COVERS THE, THIS AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME, UH, THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT IN IN, IN REVIEWING THE PLANS. SO ON THIS SCHEDULE, ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A, WE HAVE A PLAN REVIEW FEE PLUS A PERMIT FEE EQUALS THE TOTAL FEE. WE ARE STILL NOT GOING, THE TOTAL FEE WILL NOT EXCEED WHAT THE STATE HAS, HAS, UH, LISTED IN THEIR STATEWIDE, UH, FEE SCHEDULE. AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING $200 FOR ANY LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES LESS THAN ONE ACRE. AND ANYTHING OVER ONE ACRE WOULD LESS A THOUSAND DOLLARS. UH, AND JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, PLAN REVIEW EFFORTS DO NOT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE, UH, WITH, UH, WITH MORE ACREAGE. HOWEVER, INSPECTION SERVICES DO INCREASE SO UPON PERMIT ISSUANCE. INSPECTION SERVICES, UH, ARE DEFINITELY DIFFERENT FOR ONE ACRE VERSUS 20 ACRES. UH, SO IT IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A SMALLER FEE, A SET FEE WHERE IT'S A FLAT FEE IN THIS CASE FOR ANYTHING, UH, ONE ACRE OR MORE. UH, THIS CHART, UH, REPRESENTS SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE ORDINANCE. UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A $25 FEE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LESS THAN ONE ACRE FOR THE, UH, APPLICANT. UH, WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE DO INCREASE THIS TO $50. UH, THE, THE STATE FEE IS TO THAT $209. UH, SO THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN LESS. WE ARE JUST SIMPLY INCREASING TO, TO, TO CATCH UP WITH THE TIMES. 'CAUSE WE ARE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT THAN IT IS FOR JUST $25. UH, WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE FEE FOR, UH, ONE TO FIVE ACRES FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THAT'S STILL REMAINING AT $209. AND NO PART OF THOSE FEES GO BACK TO D-E-Q-D-E-Q DOES NOT COLLECT ANYTHING FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. UM, WE ARE, UH, ELIMINATING THE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN REVIEW FEE, WHICH IS $200 PLUS $15 PER ACRE. UH, RIGHT NOW THAT IS ALREADY ESSENTIALLY LUMPED INTO THE, UH, THE NEW PLAN REVIEW FEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CHARGING, UH, WITH THE, WHICH INCLUDES STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. SO ANY EROSION SET OF PATROL PLAN THAT'S REQUIRED IN THIS, WHICH IS THE, THIS BLOCK HERE THAT YOU SEE. SO THE, THOSE ARE THE TWO NEW FEES THAT WE'RE ADDED. YOU SEE THERE SAYS NONE FOR THE, FOR THE CURRENT FEE. UH, SO WE'LL CAPTURE ANY TYPE OF STORMWATER AND ROADSIDE CONTROL PLAN REVIEWS, UH, WITH THOSE FEES. AND THEN FINALLY, THIS FOLLOW LAST BLOCK HERE IS THE PERMIT FEES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PLANS. SO ONCE THE PLANS ARE DONE, UH, AND AND APPROVED, WE WILL ISSUE THE PERMIT AND THEY'LL PAY THIS ADDITIONAL FEE. AND YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, AGAIN, THAT SAME CALCULATION. THE PERMIT REVIEW FEE PLUS THE PERMIT FEE EQUALS A TOTAL FEE DUE BY THE APPLICANT. AND AGAIN, 30% OF THAT TOTAL GETS REMITTED BACK TO DEQ. AND ALSO, UH, THE CHANGES TO THE, UH, MODIFICATION OF THEIR, OF THEIR PERMIT. AGAIN, THESE ARE PERMIT MODIFICATIONS AND PERMIT MAINTENANCE FEES, UH, JUST SLIGHT INCREASES TO, TO MATCH WHAT THE, WHAT THE STATE IS IS CHARGING. THE STATE ALSO CHARGES A $20 MODIFICATION FEE AND AN $80 MAINTENANCE FEE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WE ARE NOT CHARGED WITH THOSE, EXCUSE ME, WE, UH, COUNTY DOES NOT CHARGE THOSE. THE EFFORT TO TO, TO MONITOR THE FEE ITSELF IS MORE TIME CONSUMING THAN IS TO COLLECT THE FEE THAN WHAT IT'S WORTH. AND FINALLY, THE, UH, A COUPLE, WE ARE ADDING A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. THIS IS, IT'S VERY SELDOM, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, UH, DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER THE PERMIT'S BEEN ISSUED, UH, AND APPLICANT MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, WE HAD HAD SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT WE JUST COULDN'T AVOID. WE HAD TO REDO OUR PLANS. OR, UH, THEY HAVE A 10 LOSS SUBDIVISION AND THEY'VE GOT THE, UH, REZONING APPROVED FOR A A 30 LOSS SUBDIVISION 'CAUSE THEY REZONED THEIR PROPERTY. SO THAT PLANS WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK IN FOR ANOTHER REVIEW. SO IF THERE, IF IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATION TO THE PLAN, THEN WE WOULD CHARGE A THOUSAND DOLLARS REVIEW FEE FOR THAT REVIEW VERSUS THE FULL SUBMISSION OF A $2,000 FEE. AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAD SOME CLARIFICATION. UH, ANYTIME THE PERMIT TERMS ARE NOT MET OR A PLAN HAS EXPIRED, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN APPROVED IN THE PAST, UH, TYPICALLY NEW REGULATIONS ARE NEW COME IN AND THEY REQUIRE A WHOLE NEW PLAN REVIEW. UH, SO WE'RE JUST MAKING IT VERY CLEAR HERE. ANY OF THESE TERMS ARE MET. IF YOUR TERMS ARE OF YOUR PERMIT AREN'T MET, WHERE YOUR PLAN EXPIRES, YOU ESSENTIALLY ARE STARTING OVER AND PAYING THE FULL REVIEW FEES AGAIN. AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, UH, THIS PUB, THIS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS NOTICED PROPERLY, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. UH, AND WE WERE ASKING THIS BOARD TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING. AND UPON THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE. AND WE ARE ALSO ASKING THAT THE ORDINANCE BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. AND, BUT FINALLY, JUST RIGHT BEFORE WE DO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER AMENDMENTS IN THE STATE CODE WAS THAT THESE FEES WILL BE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY [01:25:01] BY THE CPI AND WE WERE JUST GOING TO, WE WILL BE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF THAT PROCESS DURING OUR ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET SO THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME. WE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. DOES THE BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, FRANK, AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE JUSTIN GOODMAN. GOOD EVENING. JUSTIN GOODMAN 15 2 0 1 JAMES RIVER DRIVE. SO A LOT OF TIMES WE JUST TALK ABOUT FEES AND MONEY, BUT TONIGHT I DO JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, EROSION CONTROL, AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT AND WHY IF WE'RE REVISITING FEE SCHEDULES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALSO REVISIT THE CURRENT SCIENTIFIC DATA THAT GUIDES THE PRACTICES WITH IT. OKAY? SO STORMWATER RUNOFF FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW AND EROSION CAN CARRY SEDIMENT NUTRIENTS AND OTHER POLLUTANTS INTO OUR STREAMS AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. OVER TIME, HOWEVER, RAINFALL PATTERNS, LAND USE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE. BECAUSE OF THIS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR REGULATIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES CONTINUE TO REFLECT THE MOST CURRENT SCIENTIFIC DATA AND RESEARCH. REVISITING THE SCIENCE DOES NOT MEAN IGNORING EXISTING PROTECTIONS. IT MEANS ASKING WHETHER OUR CURRENT STANDARDS ARE STILL BE BASED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND WHETHER THEY ARE ACHIEVING THE RESULTS WE EXPECT BY REGULARLY REVIEWING SCIENTIFIC DATA, MONITORING ACTUAL CONDITIONS, AND UPDATING STORM WATER AND EROSION CONTROL PRACTICES. WHEN NECESSARY, WE CAN MAKE BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS AND CONTINUE PROTECTING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MONEY AND FEES. I JUST HOPE YOU KNOW IN THIS SOMEHOW IF THE COUNTY IS GONNA TAKE IT OVER, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ABOVE STANDARDS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT PLACES ARE DOING. IT'S, IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE BAY. OKAY. SAVE THE BAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. UM, MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. OKAY. RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MM-HMM . OKAY. LET'S SEE. UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE? I I'VE GOT IT A QUESTION. OKAY, FRANK. UM, THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN, UM, THE DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS. UM, EVERYTHING NORTH OF FOUR 60 IS CHESAPEAKE BAY AND DENWOODY AND EVERYTHING. UH, EAST OF FOUR 60 IS, UH, SOUTHERN RIVERS OR CHIWAN BASIN, WHICHEVER. SO ALL THE REGULATIONS VERY SIMILAR FOR BOTH AS CHESAPEAKE BAY, MORE STRINGENT THAN, UH, SOUTHERN RIVERS. YEAH. CHESAPEAKE BAY IS DEFINITELY MORE STRINGENT. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES OR DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS FOR IF YOU HAVE A, A SITE LOCATED WITHIN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. DENWITY COUNTY IS UNIQUE. UH, I'LL SAY THAT THERE IS A PORTION OF DIMITY THAT IS IN WITHIN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED. HOWEVER, THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF DENWITY DOES NOT COMPLY, DOES NOT NEED TO COMPLY WITH CHESAPEAKE STANDARDS, CHESAPEAKE BAY STANDARDS. SO WE ARE ONE OF THE, FROM A STATE PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH CHESAPEAKE BAY STANDARDS WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE COUNTY, BUT WE CAN AS A COUNTY DECIDE TO DO SO IF WE WANT TO. OKAY. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WHAT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE? MADAM CHAIR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE ORDINANCE CHANGES AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. THANK, THANK YOU FRANK. MR. FRANK. FRANK, UM, ALL [12.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] NOW WE HAVE THE AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 19 NINE OF THE COUNTY CODE REGARDING THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF AND DEPOSITION OF APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND THE COMPENSATION OF THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEMBERS. AND THAT'S THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, MR. TYLER SOFO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD EVENING. SO IT IS A GENERAL REASSESSMENT [01:30:01] YEAR THIS YEAR, AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE ONGOING GENERAL REASSESSMENT, THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY WILL BE APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FOR THE 2027 CALENDAR YEAR SECTION 58.1 DASH 33 78 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA PERMITS A GOVERNING BODY TO ESTABLISH DEADLINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF APPEALS TO AND THE DISPOSITION OF APPEALS BY A BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? A DEADLINE'S BEING SET, YOU HAVE TO APPLY TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION IF YOU WANT TO APPEAL BY SUCH AND SUCH A DATE. AND THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION HAS TO FINISH UP ALL THEIR WORK BY SUCH AND SUCH A DATE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS PREVIOUSLY SET THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AT FEBRUARY 1ST, 2005, FEBRUARY 16TH, 2009, FEBRUARY 1ST, 2013, FEBRUARY 1ST, 2019, AND FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025. AND THAT WAS THE DAY AFTER PRESIDENT'S DAY LAST TIME. SO IT APPEARS THAT FEBRUARY 16TH, 2027, A TUESDAY, AND THE DAY AFTER PRESIDENT'S DAY SHOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE DAY FOR THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION DEADLINE FOR THIS YEAR. UH, THE NEXT, THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHEN WOULD THE DEADLINE BE FOR THE DISPOSITION OF APPEALS BY THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION? SO WHEN DO THEY HAVE TO FINISH THEIR WORK? THE, IN 2009, 13 AND 19, THE DEADLINE WAS APRIL 30TH IN 2025, MAY 30TH WAS THE DEADLINE. IT LOOKS LIKE APRIL 30TH SHOULD WORK FOR 2027. AS FAR AS THE COMPENSATION OF THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEMBERS, UH, PRIOR TO 2025, THE COMPENSATION PER MEETING WAS $100 2025. THE NUMBER WAS $162 AND 43 CENTS. AND THAT WAS TO EQUALIZE THEM WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SALARIES, UM, FOR, FOR THEIR MEETINGS AFTER PAYROLL. T THAT AMOUNTS TO $150 PER MEETING, I'M TOLD. SO IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP THAT COMPENSATION RATE THE SAME THIS YEAR, UH, AT THE AUGUST 18TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD TO ADVERTISE THE ORDINANCE FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN ACTION TONIGHT. YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE THERE THAT THAT BASICALLY JUST CHANGES THOSE TWO DATES AND SETS THEM FOR 2027. IT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND, UH, FOR, FOR KIND OF CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THIS IS A, UM, THIS IS NOT A REASSESSMENT THIS YEAR WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO VISIT EVERYBODY'S HOUSE. SO PEOPLE WANT THEIR HOUSE TO BE VISITED, THEN THE ASSESSOR CAN ARRANGE FOR THAT. AND MY GUESS IS MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T WANT THEIR HOUSE TO BE VISITED. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT MARKET TRENDS AND, AND SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE THE, THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE THIS YEAR. AND THIS PREVENTS A GIANT JUMP IN HOUSE ASSESSMENTS LIKE WE SAW BACK IN 2025 WHEN YOU HAD PEOPLE GETTING VERY LARGE, UM, INCREASES IN THE BILL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SIX YEARS FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE SOMETHING IN THE 10 TO 15% RANGE. UM, THIS THIS TIME. SO IT WON'T, WON'T BE A, A GIANT INCREASE. AND THEN THERE'LL BE A, THERE'LL BE A LETTER GOING OUT TO CITIZENS WITH, WITH A NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT. AND THAT WOULD BE, DON'T HOLD ME TO IT, BUT SOMETHING AROUND IN OR AROUND LATE OCTOBER THAT, THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE GETTING THOSE, THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE ASSESSOR IF THEY THINK THE ASSESSOR GOT IT WRONG. UM, IF THEY'RE STILL UNHAPPY OR IF THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO THE ASSESSOR, THEN BY FEBRUARY 16TH THEY CAN GET, UM, AN APPEAL INTO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. UM, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY DESIRE TO DO. I THINK LAST YEAR THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MAYBE HAD ONE OR TWO MEETINGS, SO IT WASN'T, WASN'T A WHOLE LOT EVEN IN A, UH, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, BUT IT, IT, IT WASN'T A, A HUGE NUMBER OF APPEALS GIVEN HOW MANY, UM, HOW MANY REASSESSMENTS THERE WERE IN THE CHANGE. IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF 50 TO 70, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALRIGHT, SO MADAM CHAIR, YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO HOLD AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS EITHER NOW OR, OR AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS MEMBERS? NOPE. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU TODD. THANK YOU TODD. OKAY, THANKS. AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE JUSTIN GOODMAN. I, GOOD EVENING AGAIN. JUSTIN GOODMAN 15 2 0 1 JAMES RIVER DRIVE. SO YOU GUYS UTILIZE VISION FOR YOUR SERVICES. THAT'S WHAT PRINCE GEORGE DID. THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY STARTED ME ON MY ADVOCACY. UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SIX OUTTA SEVEN OF OUR HOMES WERE ERRONEOUSLY CHARGED BY VISION AND UH, IT WOULD ATTUNED OVER $2,200 OUT OF OUR POCKET. NOW WHAT REALLY UPSET ME IS WHEN WE, I HAD TO FIGHT THAT BY THE WAY. I DIDN'T GET LIKE A, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T GET LIKE, OH, HE, I REALLY FIGURED THE COUNTY WOULD SEND ME LIKE A CARD. LIKE SORRY ABOUT IT, BUT NO, THEY DIDN'T CARE. JUST, SORRY PRINCE GEORGE. BUT IT'S THE TRUTH. UM, YOU GUYS UTILIZED VISION. I CAN ASSURE YOU EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR SPLIT FOYERS THAT YOU HAVE, THAT YOU HAVE AN OVERHANG, YOU'RE CHARGING YOUR PEOPLE ERRONEOUSLY. I JUST CHECKED BEFORE [01:35:01] I CAME HERE. THAT'S MY, WAS MY ARGUMENT TO PRINCE GEORGE. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD FIX IT. THEY HAVEN'T. SO WE'RE TALKING 40 TO A HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT ON EVERY SPLIT FOYER THAT HAS A OVERHANG. IF YOU GO TO VISION AND ACTUALLY BEAR WITH ME, UM, 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE COMING TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. SORRY. UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST THREE THAT I LOOKED AT, SO I DON'T NEED TO LOOK AT ANYMORE. 8 1 1 0 BALTIMORE ROAD, 21 0 2 1 C DRIVE, 53 10 CHES. OKAY, SO ALL THREE OF THOSE, AND I'M JUST DONE LOOKING, I DON'T NEED TO LOOK ANYMORE. ALL THREE OF THEM ARE BEING CHARGED. SO LET'S JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 2000 MAYBE IN THE COUNTY. IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S PROBABLY FOR PRINCE GEORGE. LET'S JUST SAY IT AVERAGES A HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT. OKAY? YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE RAKING AND YOU GUYS MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT VISION NOTES BECAUSE VISION HAD AN ASSOCIATE COME TO OUR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, THEY WERE ON CAMERA. WHEN I CALLED 'EM OUT ONCE AGAIN, MY COUNTY WAS SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH AND ADJUST IT ALL FOR THEIR CITIZENS. THEY HAVEN'T YET. SO NEXT MEETING I HAVE TO CALL THEM OUT ON THAT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT DO THAT. THE CITIZENS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO AND HUNT THAT. SOMEONE FROM YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COUNTY NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE SPLIT FOYERS IN THIS COUNTY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN BLUE. IT'S RIGHT THERE. OVERHANG. THEY'RE BEING CHARGED FOR IT. SURE. EACH HOUSE IS ONLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FIVE, $10. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING 2000 HOMES, MAYBE IT ADDS UP TO A LOT FOR US. UH, I APOLOGIZE, IT WAS 2200 SQUARE FEET WERE ADDED ON TO OUR HOMES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SHEDS. SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SHEDS THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEY'RE BEING CHARGED FOR. WE HAD A PATIO THAT OUT OF SHINGLES THAT WE HAD MADE JUST ON THE GROUND, WE WERE BEING CHARGED. ADDED ROOF EASY BUTTON IS WHAT COUNTIES SEEM TO DO NOWADAYS. YOU HIRED VISION INSTEAD OF HAVING PEOPLE ACTUALLY GO OUT TO ASSESS THE PROPERTIES, THEY'RE ALL WRONG. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY TO CHECK ALL SPLIT FOYERS, NOT JUST, AND YOU'LL SEE IT WITH THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO UP THERE. EVEN MY HOUSE, IT WAS JUST VERY ODD. IT IT'S BASED ON OPINIONS AND NOT FACTS. UM, BECAUSE THE FACTS THAT I GAVE AT MY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEETING, UM, WERE, WERE DEFINITELY SHOT DOWN. BUT, UM, THAT'S IT REALLY. I, I I RECOMMEND EVERYONE CHECKING YOUR ASSESSMENTS. AND YOU GUYS USE VISION. VISION IS AWARE OF THE ERRORS THAT THEIR SYSTEM HAS. IT'S AI, IT'S AERIAL PHOTOS, EASY BUTTON. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE USE THE EASY BUTTON? IT ALWAYS IS A DISASTER. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. OKAY. AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TY TYLER? OKAY. AND BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, MADAM CHAIR TYLER, COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHO WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH FOR THIS PARTICULAR REASSESSMENT? SO IN THE SENSE OF, I MEAN, GARY S WAMPLER S IS WHO THE COUNTY ORIGINALLY CONTRACTED WITH TO DO THE LAST REASSESSMENT. WE HAD A CONTRACT ABILITY TO, TO CONTINUE WITH HIS COMPANY. HIS COMPANY HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY VISION, BUT MR. EES IS STILL LEADING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND HAS BEEN DOING SO IN DUNWOODY SINCE 2013. CORRECT? THAT'S ALL CORRECT MR. ASEN. AND, AND PEOPLE HAVE GENERALLY BEEN HAPPY WITH MR. EES AND YOU KNOW, WITH REASSESSMENTS YOU HEAR ABOUT IT IF THEY'RE NOT AFTER. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. YEAH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. UM, UM, AT THIS TIME BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT ARE YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE MADAM CHAIR? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, AT [13.A. Appointments] THIS TIME WE UM, OWE THE NEW BUSINESS. I THINK WE DO NOT HAVE APPOINTMENTS AT TONIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT MA'AM. CHAIR, NO, NO APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, WE MOVE [14. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)] TO CITIZEN COMMENTS. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE JIM GLENN. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS JIM GLENN. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BRUNWICK IN DENWITTY COUNTY. I'VE [01:40:01] BEEN LIVING IN DENWITTY SINCE JUNE OF 1922. I'M HERE BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT GETTING THE DECISION ON THE PROPOSED HAVEN OAK DATA CENTER. RIGHT? I'M NEITHER FOR IT, NOR AGAINST IT. I SPENT 21 YEARS IN THE NAVY MUCH ABOARD NUCLEAR SUBMARINES. I HAVE A DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. I SPECIALIZE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MOST OF MY CIVILIAN CAREER HAS BEEN, UM, TECHNICAL LOGISTICS, QUALITY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. I'VE HAD OPINIONS IN ON PLENTY OF THINGS IN OVER THE YEARS. UH, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I, I FELT THAT I NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE THAN AN OPINION. UM, NOT A DATA CENTER EXPERT, BUT I BELIEVE MY EXPERIENCE CAN HELP US MAKE GOOD, GOOD, UH, ASK GOOD QUESTIONS AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. I SEE TWO, TWO DANGERS BUT THEN WE, ONE IS THAT WE FOCUS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TAX REVENUE. DECIDE THIS OPPORTUNITY IS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP AND APPROVE IT WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OR SECURING PROTECTIONS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ENFORCE THE OTHERS THAT WE SEE THE PROJECT SIZE AND ITS POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON POWER, WATER, NOISE, LAND USE NEARBY PROPERTIES AND THE CHARACTER OF THE COUNTY AND REJECTED WITHOUT FINDING OUT WHICH CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED. THE APPLICANT'S AUGUST ON AUGUST 34TH REVISION, AUGUST 31ST REVISIONS, UH, SHOW THAT QUESTIONS AND PUBLIC SCRUTINY CAN LEAD TO CHANGES. DEVELOPMENT WAS REMOVED FROM THE CORE BATTLEFIELD AREA. PROPOSAL NOW CALLS FOR NON EVAPORATIVE COOLING, LOWER SOUND LIMITS AND LARGER BUFFERS. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT STEPS, BUT WE STILL NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE COMMITMENTS ARE SUFFICIENT, HOW THEY WILL BE VERIFIED AND WHAT IMPACTS REMAIN. THERE WILL BE TRADE-OFFS. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND THEM BEFORE WE MAKE ANY COMPROMISES. SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO PUT THE EVIDENCE AND UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS PLAINLY BEFORE THE PUBLIC SHOW US THE LIKELY BENEFITS, THE IMPACTS ON DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS, WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED TO, HOW THOSE COMMITMENTS WILL BE ENFORCED, WHAT CANNOT BE REASONABLY MITIGATED. THEN MAKE THE DECISION THAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF DENWOODY AS A WHOLE. I DON'T HAVE A SIDE IN THIS OTHER THAN DENWOOD. IF I CAN HELP OUR CITIZEN AND LEADERS UNDERSTAND THE CHOICES IN FRONT OF US, I'M WILLING TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU'RE WELCOME. JEANNIE LINT. GOOD EVENING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MADAM CHAIR. GOOD EVENING. AND MR. MASSENGILL, MY NAME IS JEANNIE SHALENE. I RESIDE AT 89 11 GIBSON DRIVE IN SUTHERLAND. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ANY RESIDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR FEELINGS AND CONCERNS REGARDING THE OAK HAVEN APPLICATION TO BUILD WITHIN OUR COUNTY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU KNOW THAT I AM GREATLY OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT. MY PROPERTY IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS WHITE OAK ROAD FROM THE PROPOSED SITE. MY PROPERTY IS WITHIN ONE FOOTBALL FIELD FROM THE SITE. MY LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN IN THIS COUNTY WILL BE RENDERED UNPLEASANT IF THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED. I HAVE RESIDED AT THIS RESIDENCE SINCE 2015, FOR WHICH I HAVE NEVER REGRETTED MY DECISION TO MOVE TO THE COUNTY. I GET THE GREAT PLEASURE OF ENJOYING THE PEACEFUL, QUIET, SERENE ATMOSPHERE OF THIS LOCATION. I ENJOY ENCOUNTERS WITH ALL TYPES OF WILDLIFE TO INCLUDE DEER, FOX, COYOTES, BOBCATS, WHIPPER WHEELS, EAGLES AND MANY, MANY HUMMINGBIRDS. I PLANT VEGETATION TO ATTRACT THIS WILDLIFE. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTY WILL FORCE OUT THE WILDLIFE AND THE HOME THEY HAVE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS. THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT MONEY CANNOT BUY, BUT, BUT CAREFUL, CONSIDERATE DECISIONS CAN PREVENT THAT. MANY OF THE PATRONS THAT CONTINUE TO COME TO THESE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETINGS ARE THE DIRECTLY AFFECTED RESIDENTS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE OURSELVES SEEN AS WE ARE ALL DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH THE DESTRUCTION THIS PROJECT WILL DO TO THIS COUNTY AND OUR HOME LIFE. THERE ARE MANY IN THIS COUNTY THAT CANNOT MAKE THESE MEETINGS BUT THEY DO SHARE OUR SENTIMENTS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT NOT COMING TO OUR COUNTY. I HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING OUR WATER SOURCES, THE ELECTRICAL GRID OR LACK OF ELECTRICAL GRID, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WILDLIFE HOME, AS WELL AS THE HOMES THAT ARE DIRECTLY ATTACHED TO THIS PROPERTY. THE PROPOSAL STATUS THAT EMERGENCY POWER IS RUN BY DIESEL GENERATORS AND WILL ONLY BE USED WHEN NEEDED. HOWEVER, IF THERE IS NO GRID FOR THIS POWER TO BE SUPPLIED FROM, DOES THAT NOT MAKE THE EMERGENCY POWER? NOW THE MAIN POWER SOURCE, THIS WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE NOISE AND A LOW HUMMING OF THESE GENERATORS RUNNING 24 7, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSAL COULD [01:45:01] BE AS MANY AS 300 WANTING RUNNING AT ONE TIME. WELL 300 JET ENGINES RUNNING AT ONE TIME IN ONE LOCATION. IT WILL ALSO RESULT IN AIR POLLUTION FROM THE EMISSIONS. WE TELL AUTO MANUFACTURERS THAT THEY MUST PRODUCE CLEAN BURNING DIESEL TRUCKS BUT NO REG RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON THESE DATA CENTERS. THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE. I FIND MYSELF LATELY LOSING SLEEP OVER THE THOUGHT OF LOSING THE SERENITY OF MY LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN HERE IN DENWITTY COUNTY BEING DESTROYED BY AN IRRESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT ONE. ONE THAT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OTHER THAN THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR AND THE BEATING CHINA DATA CENTERS IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM FIT INTO THE DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBLE. I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR LOCAL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PUT THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY FIRST IN THIS DECISION TO LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS AND REALIZE THAT THE TAX BENEFITS DO NOT OUTWEIGH THE SERENITY AND BEAUTY OF THIS COUNTY THAT WE HAVE BUILT TO REALIZE THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY CANNOT BE RECLAIMED ONCE RE DESTROYED. WE READ THE RESIDENTS AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR COUNTY, OUR WILDLIFE, OUR PROPERTY, OUR HEALTH, AND OUR HAPPINESS. AND I AM SORRY I HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF. TIME IS JUST ABOUT UP. I WAS JUST AT THE PARK TO THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUSTIN GOODMAN. JUSTIN GOODMAN, 15 2 0 1 JAMES RIVER DRIVE. SO NOW WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT, AND MR. GOODWIN, YOU CAN TELL WHERE AND WHERE IS THAT? PRINCE GEORGE. PRINCE GEORGE. OKAY. YEAH. COOL. SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT. YEAH, NO WORRIES. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO YOU KNOW WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY LIKE RUN THE WORLD START MENTIONING THINGS LIKE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA DIE FROM A WATER SHORT JUDGE BILL GATES JUST SAID THIS. ELON MUSK JUST SAID AI HAS A 10 TO 20% CHANCE TO ANNIHILATE HUMANITY. SO HONESTLY, IS HE ACTUALLY TELLING US THAT IT'S LIKE A 60 TO 75? HE JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA REALLY START QUESTIONING WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE WE GIVING UP? WHAT RISKS ARE WE TAKING? AND THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE THE ONES THAT ALLOW THE BUILDINGS AND ALLOW THE PERMITS OR THEY GO OVER AND HOPE, WELL I GET BACKLASH. IT'S LIKE THE HOPE THE CHEMICAL PLANTS AND HOPE. WELL EVERYONE LIKES TO FINGER POINT DEQ, EVEN JENNIFER MCCLELLAN, CONGRESSWOMAN MCCLELLAN, FINGER POINTS. BUT THE WHOLE THING IS LITERALLY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING THERE ARE JUST GETTING POISONED DAILY. THE PLANTS ARE OVER THEIR PERMITS, UH, TWO YEARS IN A ROW. IT JUST KEEPS GOING. YOU CAN, THAT'S ALL VERIFIABLE INFORMATION. SO EVENTUALLY SOMEONE SITTING IN A SEAT SUCH AS YOU IN THESE JURISDICTIONS HAVE TO TAKE THE STAND 'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE, WE TRUST YOU GUYS TO MAKE THE GOOD DECISIONS FOR US. UH, HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER, DEFINITELY NO GOOD. WE REALLY TRULY KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S COMING. THEY'RE, THEY TELL US. UM, AND YOU KNOW, SO LIKE FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS, JOBS ARE GONNA BE OBSOLETE. YOU KNOW, WHY ISN'T ANYONE GONNA EVEN HAVE A CASHIER OR BARISTA? MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO BE A BARISTA IN A COUPLE YEARS AND SHE'S OLD ENOUGH. THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THEY'RE JUST GONNA HAVE PEOPLE AT STARBUCKS WORK, YOU KNOW, A ROBOT OR SOMETHING. 'CAUSE IT'S CHEAPER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY ALL THAT. SO WE ARE LITERALLY ADDING TO OUR DEMISE AND I DON'T KNOW IF UM, IT'S ABLE TO BE STOPPED HERE. I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALREADY APPROVED, YOU KNOW, SECRET DEALS OR WHATNOT. BUT EVENTUALLY WE EITHER TAKE A STAND OR WE JUST GIVE IT ALL UP AND, UM, I'M JUST HOPING THAT IN THIS CASE I'VE BEEN WRONG. YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DENY THIS HOPEFULLY FOR EVERYONE SITTING BACK HERE. YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DENY IT. ONE THING THAT IS REALLY UPSETTING IS THE YOUNG LADY THAT WHO'S BACK THERE TALKING ABOUT HER HOME BEING RIGHT, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY AFFECTED. THIS IS LITERALLY GONNA AFFECT EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY. AND THIS ROOM SHOULD BE PACKED AND THIS ROOM IS PACKED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL CATCH ON AND HOPEFULLY IT'S BE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU GUYS APPROVE IT. SO THIS IS PACKED AND YOU GUYS DENY IT BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT FEEL THE PRESSURE, IT'S GOING TO GET APPROVED. EVERY TIME I TALK TO LOCAL POLITICIANS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF A DATA CENTER, THEY TURN INTO LIKE A EVIL LIKE LEPRECHAUN ABOUT THE MONEY AND JUST REALLY DISGUSTING. THERE'S MORE TO THIS WORLD AND LIFE THAN TAX REVENUE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SIR. [01:50:06] CHANTEL LANDS, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHANTEL LANS AND I RESIDE AT 1 0 9 5 2 COLEMANS LAKE ROAD IN FORD. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE MY CONCERNS WITH THE APPLICATION FOR THE HAVEN OAK TECHNOLOGY CENTER. WITH A CONCENTRATION ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WHEN A DEVELOPMENT OR REZONING PROJECT COMES BEFORE THE COUNTY, DECISION MAKERS LIKE YOURSELVES MUST ENSURE THAT THE PRODUCT PROJECT MEETS SPECIFIC STANDARDS OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE OVERREACHING VISION AND FUTURE LAND USE POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A PUBLICATION THAT WAS MADE FOR COORDINATED, ADJUSTED, AND HARMONIOUS PLANS TO PROMOTE HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, ORDER CONVENIENCE, PROSPERITY, AND THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CLEARLY STATES THAT OUR RURAL CHARACTER IS CONSIDERED OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET. YOU'VE HEARD THIS FROM ME BEFORE THE FOLLOWING OR DIRECT QUOTES FROM THE CONS. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I WISH TO REMIND THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE COMMITMENT AGREED UPON WHEN DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING, APPROVING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN 2023 UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CHARACTER CHAPTER. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BOASTS A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING PRODUCTIVE LANDS, OPEN SPACES, AND CONSERVATION AREAS. THE PLAN READS THIS IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. THE PLAN OUTLINES A FOCUS ON TOURISM AND AGRITOURISM COUPLED WITH EXPANDING BUSINESSES FREQUENTED BY TOURISTS SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, AND MOTELS. A DATA CENTER IS LITERALLY THE OPPOSITE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IN CHAPTER THREE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STATES IN WITTY COUNTY MAINTAINS HARMONY WITH NATURE BY PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE HEALTH AND VIABILITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND PROMOTING ENHANCED CONNECTIONS TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. AGAIN, ALL QUOTES FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PLAN STATES, DENWOODY COUNTY IS RICH IN NEAT, IN NATURAL FEATURES THAT HAVE SHAPED THE DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTER OF THE COUNTY. AND WITH LOW ROLLING HILLS, ABUNDANT LUSH FORESTS, A SCENIC RIVERS, LAKES, AND NATURAL LANDSCAPES, THEY ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE COUNTY'S RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER. AGAIN, OUR RURAL CHARACTER IS OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET. THESE RURAL FEATURES ALSO PROVIDE A VALUABLE ECOSYSTEM AND RECREATIONAL BENEFIT THAT IN INFLUENCE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY AND CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THIS PARTICULAR CHAPTER, ALONG WITH STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, AND PROTECT AND EXPAND ACCESS TO THESE INVALUABLE RESOURCES. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSES FLOOD PLANS, AIR QUALITY, LAND CONSERVATION, PROTECTED LANDS ALONG WITH ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE. PLEASE KEEP THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOAL IN MIND WHEN REVIEWING THE HAVEN OAK APPLICATION. THE GOAL STATEMENT READS, I QUOTE, DINWITTY COUNTY MAINTAINS HARMONY WITH NATURE BY PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE HEALTH AND VIABILITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND PROMOTING ENHANCED CONNECTION TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WHEN THIS COMES TO YOUR FOREFRONT. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU ASHLEY MARKS. ASHLEY MARKS 92 12 GIBSON DRIVE. MY HUSBAND AND I RECENTLY PURCHASED A HOME IN DABNEY ESTATES. OUR HOME SITS LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE PROPOSED DATA SITE. WE MOVED FROM COLONIAL HEIGHTS SO OUR FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN COULD EXPERIENCE CLEANER AIR, MORE LAND, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LIVESTOCK GARDENS IN THE CHANCE TO ACTUALLY SEE STARS FROM OUR BACKYARD. WE HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH DIMITY COUNTY. WE LOVE OUR HOME, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR LAND, AND OUR CHILDREN LOVE THE FREEDOM THEY HAVE HERE. I FEEL DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THE MAJORITY OF US HERE ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS PROPOSED DATA SITE BY CHANCE. AND MANY DIMITY RESIDENTS STILL DO NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROPOSED DATA CENTER. AS A NEWER RESIDENT OF DIMITY COUNTY, I FEEL DECEIVED BECAUSE WE MOVED HERE FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND RURAL CHARACTER IT OFFERS. WE DO NOT WANT A DATA CENTER ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY. WE LIVE CLOSE BY. BUT EVEN IF I LIVE 20 MILES AWAY, I WOULD STILL FEEL THE SAME. I HAVE MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS DATA CENTER. I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR WATER. OUR POND IS CURRENTLY EXTREMELY LOW AND I'M WORRIED THAT LONG-TERM EFFECTS THAT THIS WOULD HAVE ON OUR WELL WATER. I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR ELECTRICAL GRID. I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOMINION WOULD NEED TO BUILD IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS. I WORRY WHAT LAND WOULD BE UNFAIRLY TAKEN TO PROVIDE THIS. I'M WORRIED ABOUT NOISE POLLUTION, NOT ONLY FROM THE CENTER ITSELF, BUT FROM CONSTRUCTION AND THE GENERATORS THAT WOULD HAVE TO RUN 24 7 IN ORDER TO OPERATE IT. I WORRY ABOUT LIGHT, LIGHT POLLUTION. I WORRY ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES. I WORRY ABOUT THE EFFECT THAT THIS WILL HAVE ON THE MANY HISTORICAL SITES WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL LONG-TERM HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY PERSONAL FOR OUR FAMILY 'CAUSE MY HUSBAND IS ALREADY FIGHTING STAGE FOUR CANCER AS HIS WIFE AND THE MOTHER OF OUR FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN. THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING [01:55:01] OUR FAMILY IS FRIGHTENING. WE MOVE HERE HOPING TO PROVIDE OUR CHILDREN WITH A HEALTHIER, MORE PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT DI RESIDENTS DO NOT WANT ADD US CENTER ANYWHERE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTY. WE WANT OUR COUNTY TO REMAIN DEDICATED TO AGRICULTURE . WE WANNA KEEP THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE WE CURRENTLY ARE BLESSED TO HAVE. WE WANT FARMS AND COWS. WE DO NOT WANT INDUSTRIAL SITES ANY OF, OF ANY KIND. WE WANT A COUNTY WE CAN BE PROUD OF. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO STAND AGAINST THIS DATA CENTER. OTHER COUNTIES AND LOCALITIES ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THESE DATA CENTERS AND ARE WINNING. WE WANT DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF STRENGTH AGAINST THESE DATA AGAINST THESE GIANTS. SHOW OTHER COUNTIES THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE. PLEASE STAND WITH THE RESIDENTS OF DENWOODY COUNTY AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM THIS PROPOSED DATA CENTER AND ANY IN THE FUTURE. WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT THIS LAND FOR OURSELVES AS WELL AS FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME. WE AS RESIDENTS HAVE YOUR BACK. WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU HAVE OURS. OUR FAMILY PLAYS FOR EACH OF YOU EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. I DO NOT ENVY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND I'M THANKFUL FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR COUNTY. PLEASE TELL US WHAT YOU NEED FROM US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WE WILL DO IT. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU ALL. WE ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY AND THAT YOU HEAR US. PLEASE STAND UP FOR US AND PROTECT OUR LAND, OUR WATER, OUR FAMILIES, AND THE BEAUTY OF DIMITY COUNTY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHRISTIE. POWERS LONG TIME NO SEE VISUAL AGE IS FINE. ALRIGHT, YOU, THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FROM THE NEWEST UPDATE TO THEIR PROPOSAL. OKAY, THANK YOU. THIS IS, AND AS THEY LIGHTEN CERTAIN AREAS, IT KIND OF TAKES AWAY THE, UH, IMPACT. SO I WASN'T HIGH YET. OKAY. UM, I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. CHRISTIE POWERS 2 1 5 3 1 RUN AROUND LANE SUTHERLAND, VIRGINIA. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DES THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS. ALL THOSE RED CIRCLES, I WAS REALLY GONNA PUT SOME OF YOUR FACES THERE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE KIND OF CREEPY. LIKE ONE OF THOSE CSI SHOWS. SO I JUST LEFT THOSE COPIES AT HOME. UM, BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY IMPACTS WHERE THOSE CIRCLES ARE IN THAT CORNER LOT WHERE X MARKS THE SPOT. THAT'S ME, ME TOO BUDDY. I CONSIDER, I CONSIDER MYSELF A PRETTY SANE PERSON. UM, AND SPEAKING HERE REALLY GOES AGAINST THE COMPANY THAT I WORK FOR. THE COMPANY THAT I WORK FOR, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THEM. WE DEAL IN THINGS THAT ARE DIRTY, NASTY. WE CLEANED UP AFTER COVID, WE HELPED CLEAN UP AFTER NINE 11. WE DON'T DEAL WITH THE GOOD STUFF, BUT AGAIN, IT PAYS MY CHECK. . SO I'M, I'M POINTING OUT THAT I, FOR, FOR MY GOOD. I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THE GOODNESS OF MYSELF HERE TODAY, WHAT THAT DATA CENTER'S GOING TO DO. I WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE DEVELOPER IS JUST A DEVELOPER. HE'S A FLIPPER. HE'S GONNA COME IN, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD IT AND THEY'RE GONNA SELL IT AND DO WHAT I DO WHEN I'M DONE WITH MY DOG TREATS FOR MY DOGS TO LET 'EM KNOW I HAVE NOTHING ELSE. THEY'RE GONNA WIPE THEIR HANDS CLEAN. MICROSOFT, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST HEARD, WAS FINED $2.4 MILLION. UM, BECAUSE OF THEIR GOING AGAINST THE EPA REGULATIONS AT A DATA CENTER WITH THEIR POLLUTION. $2.4 MILLION. IT'S LIKE THEM BUYING A SODA FOR THEM. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE CLEANUP, THERE'S ALSO THE IMPACT THAT HAPPENS TO US. AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM DOING THIS FOR A LIVING, THE IMPACT GOES ON. THAT'S NOTHING. WE DON'T GET COMPENSATED FOR THAT, FOR THE HEALTH EFFECTS WE HAVE. AND WHEN THAT POLLUTION HAPPENS, WE'RE THE ONES IMPACTED ALL OF US. UM, I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF GOING OFF ALL MY, EVERYTHING I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY 'CAUSE I GOT A LITTLE, UM, BUT ANOTHER THING I'M CONCERNED WITH IS IN THEIR NEWEST SUBMISSION, THEY TOOK OUT THE STIPULATION TO NOT USE WELL WATER. WE ALL LIVE ON WELL, WATER. I DO, I WELL WATER. I I DON'T WANNA SAY HOW MANY GALLONS I GET PER MINUTE 'CAUSE I GOT A NEIGHBOR IN HERE WHO'S ALREADY UPSET WITH ME ABOUT THAT. BUT THEY'RE GONNA DRAIN OUR WELLS IF THEY DO THAT. THAT'S OKAY THOUGH. UM, AND I LOOK, THEY'VE BEEN VERY COURTEOUS. I'M GONNA BE COURTEOUS TO THEM. THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPECTFUL. UM, SO, BUT I, I WANNA NOTICE, AND I'M GONNA RUN OUTTA TIME. I AM SORRY. UM, THERE'S SOME CURRENT WORDING THAT I DON'T LIKE. I DON'T LIKE THAT THEY'RE TAKING OUT THE WELLS. WHAT KIND OF GOOD BUSINESS PERSON ALSO EVEN STATES THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN IS NOT EVEN THE FINAL DESIGN. THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT THIS WITHOUT FINAL. WHEN I SUBMITTED TO BUILD MY HOUSE, I HAD TO HAVE ALL MY PLANS TOGETHER. I COULDN'T SAY, I THINK I WANNA BUILD THIS, BUT WHEN I GET ON SITE, I'M [02:00:01] GONNA DECIDE WHAT I WANNA BUILD. THEY HAVE ALSO TRESPASSED ALREADY ON ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES ON RUNAROUND LANE THAT BUTT UP TO THIS PROPERTY. SO EITHER THEY HIRED SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND PROPERTY LINES OR THEY JUST DON'T CARE. TRACK HAS SHOWN THAT THEY ARE NOT A GOOD BUSINESS PARTNER. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, I I, I DO BELIEVE Y'ALL ARE GONNA DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COUNTY, BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE SOME OTHER ASPECTS OF HOW THEY ARE JUST NOT SHOWING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND A GOOD BUSINESS PARTNER. 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE OUR NEIGHBOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MICHELLE. SHE MY APOLOGIES PROBLEM. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS MICHELLE SCHEID. I LIVE AT 2 7 0 8 0 BRI LANE. AND, UM, BEEN TO A LOT OF THESE LATELY. UM, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DO YOUR JOBS. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SCROLLED FACEBOOK AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HATER AID AS MY TEENAGER SAYS. UM, GO IN YOUR WAY. AND I'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT IMPRESSED. I'M IMPRESSED WITH YOU, DR. MOORE, THAT YOU'RE GONNA SHOW UP AT THE TRACK MEETING, WHICH BY THE WAY IS NEXT TUESDAY. AND EVERYONE THERE, UM, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LET, AND I WAS GONNA MENTION A LOT OF THINGS THAT CHRISTIE JUST MENTIONED, UM, ABOUT TRACK. SO NO REASON TO REITERATE THERE. BUT, UM, BUT I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED. I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HERE LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, ANYONE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO SEEMS TO GENERALLY CARE. AND I'VE ALSO SEEN THE WAY THAT YOU REACT TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE A TOWER OR THERE'S SOME SORT OF CHANGE OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT AFFECT THEIR LAND PERSONALLY. UM, AND I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU'RE CONSISTENT AND THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT FOR US TOO, BECAUSE I, LIKE OTHERS IN THIS ROOM ARE LOSING SLEEP. AND IT'S NOT THAT I UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, I FORTUNATELY DON'T LIVE WHERE I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE DARN THING. UM, AND HEARING IT ON A DAILY BASIS. BUT WHO'S TO SAY SIX MONTHS FROM NOW IT'S NOT MY BACKYARD. UM, OR YOUR BACKYARD. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. 'CAUSE ONCE YOU SEEM TO OPEN THESE DOORS TO THESE THINGS, AND WE HAVE ALL THIS LAND IN THIS COUNTY AND THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US, UM, WE'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE, UM, IN THE NEWS ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY FOR THIS THING'S GONNA COME FROM. WHO PAYS FOR IT TRADITIONALLY RIGHT NOW, IT, IT IS THE TAXPAYERS THAT ARE PAYING IT EVEN IN VIRGINIA RIGHT NOW. UM, TURE PUT OUT A STUDY, UM, UH, I THINK IT WAS 88% IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. OUR ELECTRICITY COSTS HAVE GONE UP AND IT'S, IT'S DATA CENTERS TO SUPPLY THAT UTILITY DEMAND. AND THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM. OUR GOVERNOR'S EVEN ASKING QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT WHERE THIS MONEY'S GONNA COME FROM TO PAY FOR THESE MASSIVE EXPANSIONS. AND HERE'S THE THING. THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS. THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS WITH THE REGULATIONS ON THESE. THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS ON WATER STUDIES, AIR STUDIES, LONG TERM RAMIFICATIONS, WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO, UH, CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS AND SUCH. A LOT OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IS STILL BRAND NEW. WHY DON'T WE JUST WAIT UNTIL WE KNOW MORE WHERE WE ARE MAKING EDUCATED DECISIONS? I GET THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS MASSIVE COMPANIES WILL COME IN AND DANGLE THESE HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, LIKE LITTLE CARROTS AT US. AND THAT'S BIG MONEY FOR LITTLE DENWITTY. UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT WORTH OUR LIVES. THE BATTLEGROUNDS, OUR FOREFATHERS DIED ON, UM, LAND NOISE POLLUTION, WILDLIFE, ALL THE REGULAR THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE FEARFUL FOR. OR WE END UP LIKE OUR FRIENDS OVER IN LOUISA COUNTY WITH SEDIMENT COMING THROUGH OUR WELLS. UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF US IN HERE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC WATER. UM, AND I HATE THAT I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES. 'CAUSE AS SOMEONE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WORK HUNDREDS OF HOURS A MONTH TO PAY THESE TAX BILLS AND I'M GIVEN WHAT, 30 MINUTES A YEAR THAT I CAN TALK ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT WHERE MY MONEY CAN GO. SO A LITTLE PEEVED ON THAT ONE. BUT I DO THANK YOU BOARD. UM, I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. UM, AND I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PROTECT US AND, UH, REMEMBER YOU WORK FOR US . THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JESSICA CALLOWAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JESSICA CALLOWAY. I RESIDE AT 85 10 CLAYBURN ROAD, HEART OF THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER. IT WOULD LITERALLY ENCOMPASS MY ENTIRE T UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW. UM, I SUBMITTED AN EMAIL TO YOU GUYS ON [02:05:01] THURSDAY WHEN I CAME HOME FROM WORK TO THE TRACK FLYER THAT WAS IN OUR MAILBOX. UM, SORRY TYLER, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T GET CC'D IN THAT. UM, IN IT I TALKED ABOUT HOW WHEN I WENT TO THE WEBSITE THAT'S LISTED ON THEIR FLYER THAT IT WAS, IT WAS GIVEN US AN ERROR CODE, NOT FOUND A COMPANY WHO WANTS TO COME IN AND BUILD A DATA CENTER AND CONTINUES TO GO ON ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE'LL GENERATE INTO THE COUNTY. THEY HAVE WAY MORE MONEY THAN ANYBODY HERE NOW. UM, AND THEY CAN'T MAKE SURE THAT THEIR WEBSITE WAS UP AND OPERATIONAL. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL GOT THE EMAIL THAT TRACK SENT BACK TO ME BECAUSE YOU WERE CC'D IN THAT EMAIL. UM, AND THE MAIN PART I FOUND INTERESTING, UM, IS GONNA BE THE THIRD PARAGRAPH AND I'LL READ IT FOR YOU. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT WEBSITE WILL BE USED AFTER THE REVIEW STAGE AS A SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON ANY PLANNED CLOSURES, PROJECT UPDATES, AND WILL STILL PROVIDE A DEDICATED TEAM TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT SEEMS A LITTLE COCKY AND CONFIDENT AND A LITTLE BIT LIKE FORESHADOWING TO ME. UM, WE, I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HERE, WE'VE, WE PLAN TO BE AT THE TRACK MEETING. I ENCOURAGED ALL OF YOU IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO COME. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. WE NATURALLY SUPPORT YOU AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THE DATA CENTER THAT YOU DID WITH SOLAR. UM, WE WANT TO STAY IN THE LOOP. WE JUST WANT TRANSPARENCY ACROSS THE BOARD. I APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO RESPOND BACK TO ME. I ALSO WORK A 40 HOUR A WEEK JOB JUST LIKE THE REST OF YOU. UM, AND BETWEEN WORKING AND ME RAISING MY CHILDREN AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE DATA CENTER, WE HAVE CREATED A SMALL COMMITTEE GROUP. UH, THERE ARE SEVEN OF US NAMED THE DIM WINNY LEGACY ALLIANCE. WE GET TOGETHER MONTHLY, WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, OUTREACH, HOW WE CAN REACH THE COMMUNITY TO BETTER ALSO HELP YOU HAVE A PACKED BOARDROOM, PACKED PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, MEETING AND HOW WE CAN BETTER ENGAGE AND GIVE PEOPLE FACTUAL INFORMATION. I BUILT A SLIDESHOW LITERALLY AROUND DUE PROCESS AND HOW THE COUNTY WORKS AND HOW YOU CAN GO AND FIND ANYTHING ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE. I APPRECIATE CASEY, YOU ALWAYS REACHING OUT AND I KNOW THAT WE CHATTED AND I ASKED IF YOU COULD POST, HAVE THE FLYER POSTED ONLINE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE JUST BECAUSE ME AND MY 47 NEIGHBORS GOT THIS FLYER. NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO GET IT. WE HAVE 28,000 PEOPLE IN DEWINE COUNTY AND THE REST OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY HAVE NO IDEA, UM, ABOUT THIS FLYER AT ALL. SO AGAIN, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE MEETING ON THE 22ND NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK, THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. CANDACE BROWN. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL. HI, I AM CANDACE BROWN AND I RESIDE AT 21 5 4 1 RUN AROUND LANE, RIGHT WHERE THE DATA CENTER IS GONNA BE IMPACTING. I'M JUST GONNA SHARE Y'ALL WITH Y'ALL A POEM TONIGHT THAT I WROTE A COUPLE YEARS BACK AND IT'S WHERE I'M FROM. I'M FROM DOGWOOD AND PINE TREES EVERYWHERE I AM FROM BACK ROADS SURROUNDED BY CORN AND TOBACCO FIELDS. I'M FROM STAYING OUT LATE WITH FRIENDS AT BONFIRES, MAKING S'MORES, LAUGHING AND TELLING STORIES. I'M FROM DENWOODY DIXIE BALL, STRENGTH, TEAMWORK, COMPETITIVENESS AND IMPROVEMENT. I'M FROM THE SMELL OF COFFEE IN THE MORNING WHILE WATCHING THE DEER AND TURKEY RUN THROUGH THE YARD. I'M FROM RIDE FROM RIDING TRAILS ALL DAY LONG ON DIRT BIKES, FOUR WHEELERS TO GOING TO GET THE EGGS OUTTA THE COOP AND CLEANING THE BUNNY'S CAGE. I'M FROM THE COLD, DARK NIGHTS THAT YOU SIT AROUND THE FIRE WITH YOUR FAMILY TELLING STORIES. AND I'M FROM HEARING THE DOG, THE DRAG STRIP AND THE FIREWORKS AS I LAY DOWN TO SLEEP. I'M FROM ALL THESE MOMENTS AS THEY WASH OVER ME, LIKE A WAVE OF PRETTY BLUE OCEAN, PURE HAPPINESS THAT IS DENWOODY TO ME. AND I KNOW NOT A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE, BUT WE DON'T WANT OUR HOME TO BE BECOME AN INDUSTRIAL SITE. WE WANTED TO STAY RURAL AND KEEP THE ZONE AS AGRICULTURAL. SO HOPE Y'ALL TAKE THAT WITH Y'ALL TONIGHT AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GEORGE LEWIS. GEORGE LEWIS, 72 50 TRENCH COURT. I'M IN DENWITTY BECAUSE DENWITTY IS IN ME AND HAS BEEN FOR [02:10:01] 61 YEARS. I WAS RAISED ON THE FARM ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED B SYSTEM SITE. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUIET, PEACEFUL, TRANQUIL AND HOME AND HAS BEEN CONSECRATED BY GOD AND FOR GOD AND FOR HIS WORK. AS I'VE BEEN TEACHING THE BIBLE NOW FOR 23 YEARS AND 13 OF THOSE YEARS, RIGHT OUT OF THE GARAGE THAT I'M AT RIGHT NOW, AS MY WIFE AND I SAW A MESSED UP GENERATION OF YOUNG FOLKS WHO NEEDED SOME HOPE AND SOME DIRECTION. SO WE DID AN OUTREACH INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WOULD SHUTTLE 'EM IN, FEED 'EM PHYSICALLY, FEED 'EM SPIRITUALLY AND SEND 'EM DOWN THE ROAD EACH AND EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT FOR 13 YEARS, RIGHT UP TILL THE CORONA CRAP. I KEPT THE TEACHING SIMPLE, JUST PLAIN COMMON SENSE APPROACHES, INARGUABLE FACTS THAT MAY STICK TO THEM SOMEHOW AND ONE DAY BRING FORTH FRUIT IN THEIR LIFE. AND THIS ONE LESSON, MANY TIMES I'D SAY CLASS, WHAT IS IGNORANCE? SIMPLY THE ABSENCE OF KNOWLEDGE, THE NOT KNOWING OF SOMETHING. THEN NOT ASK WELL CLASS THEN WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE? THAT BEING SIMPLY IGNORANCE, WHICH MEANS NOW WE DO KNOW SOMETHING. SO THEN I WOULD ASK, WELL CLASS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOU DO KNOW BETTER AND YOU DO IT ANYWAY? AND WE ALL WOULD AGREE. WELL THAT'S JUST PLAIN STUPID. NOW I'M SURELY NOT GLAD THAT ANY OF ALL OF THESE OTHER LOCALITIES WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, WHO ARE SUFFERING GREATLY RIGHT NOW, WHETHER IT IS WATER ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S TEMPERATURES UP, WHETHER IT'S PROPERTY VALUES DOWN, WHETHER IT'S THE NOISE, WHETHER IT'S THE FUMES, WHETHER IT'S LIGHT, WHETHER IT'S THE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ANGUISH THAT HAS SIMPLY CRUSHED THEIR SPIRIT BECAUSE OF STUPIDITY THAT WAS IMPOSED AND ENCROACHED ON THEIR PEACEFUL DWELLING PLACE THAT GOD HAD BLESSED THEM TO. BUT THE BEST NEWS IS FOLKS, AT LEAST NOW DENWITTY HAS THE ADVANTAGE 'CAUSE WE ARE NO LONGER IGNORANT. 'CAUSE THE FOLKS BEHIND ME KNOW, I KNOW AND I'M SURE THE FOLKS IN FRONT OF ME ARE AWARE OF ALL OF THESE ISSUES. THESE OTHER LOCALITIES ARE SUFFERING FROM JESUS HIMSELF. FOLKS IN A FEW PLACES HE CALLED FOLKS FOOLS. HE USED THE WORD REAH. REAH MEANS EMPTY HEADED FOOL. SO NOW THAT BEING SAID, NED, ALL OF THEM WITH KNOWS BETTER. ALL WE GOTTA DO IS DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO BEREA OR NOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. MARIAN POTTER. I MARY ANN POTTER. MAY AT 84 13 BROOK BANK. I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING TONIGHT. SOMEBODY THROW MY NAME IN A HAT, . SO ANYWAY, I'VE BEEN ARRESTED IN HERE FOR 51 YEARS AND UH, I HADN'T BEEN IN JAIL YET. SO , I'M STILL HERE AND I STAND WITH THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME. AND WHAT HE'S TRYING TO TELL YOU IS Y'ALL DON'T BE STUPID . OKAY? THAT PLAIN UP. IF IT'S NOT, I CAN SAY SOMETHING ELSE. ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHRISTIE POTTER. SHE'S NOT ABLE TO GET OUT. WELL, NANCY POTTER, NANCY SULLIVAN POTTER. I LIVE AT 84 13 SMITH GROVE LANE, NORTH DENWITTY, VIRGINIA. NOT TOO CLOSE TO THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER. BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW WE LIVE IN THE COUNTY FOR THIS COUNTRY LIFE. THAT'S WHY WE MOVED HERE TO START WITH. AND I STAND WITH MY NEIGHBORS AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY. NO, TO A DATA CENTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, [15. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. I'M GONNA START WITH, UH, [02:15:02] ALRIGHT, UM, DAN, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING TONIGHT. AND UM, YOU KNOW, BY NOW WE REALIZE IT'S A PROCESS AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, DEWINE COUNTY HAS NOT, UM, ACCEPTED THE APPLICANT'S, UM, WHAT THEY PRESENTED SO FAR AS BEING A COMPLETE DOCUMENT. SO WE'RE STILL WAITING, UM, TILL PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, SIGNALS THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO FORWARD. SO WE'RE IN A, IN A WAITING GAME AT THIS TIME, UM, WITH THE APPLICANT. UH, I DO PLAN ON ATTENDING THE MEETING. UM, NEXT, UH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT VIRGINIA STATE. TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY. ONE WEEK. I'VE BEEN LATE, WOULDN'T I? ALRIGHT, TUESDAY, THEN TUESDAY, UM, NEXT AT VIRGINIA STATE. UM, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT HAVING THREE MINUTES, UM, TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU. BUT I'LL DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF OUR PHONE NUMBERS IS ON THE WEBSITE. UM, WE WILL RESPOND TO, TO PHONE CALLS. I WORK, UH, 40 HOURS, AT LEAST 40 HOURS A WEEK. UM, AND SO WHEN YOU CALL ME, I MIGHT NOT CALL YOU RIGHT BACK, BUT I WILL CALL YOU BACK. UM, I'VE HAD SOME EMAIL REQUESTS FOR A MEETING THAT, UM, I WILL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UM, TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS PROJECT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY ACCESSIBLE. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ACCESSIBLE. AND YOU LOOK AT THE RECORD OF THIS BOARD, UM, WE HAVE LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE OF DENWOODY COUNTY, UH, OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY? UH, DR. WON. YEAH, I, I ECHO DAN'S COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, UH, I SPOKE TO A VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT IN THE ROOM TONIGHT, THE ONE THING I JUST WANT YOU TO REMEMBER IS IT IS A ZONING CASE. REMEMBER, IT'S A ZONING CASE. IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH A PROCESS. IT'S GOTTA BE GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OKAY? THAT'S YOUR NEXT STEP. IT'S FINE COMING TO TALK TO US. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. BUT THERE'S AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN US AND A FINAL VOTE. AND IF YOU WISH FOR IT TO STAY AGRICULTURAL, YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TO STAND UP AND SAY, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THIS LAND TO STAY AGRICULTURAL. THAT WOULD BE MY ADVICE TO YOU. OKAY? SO FOLLOW THE PROCESS. NOBODY UP HERE IS TRYING TO HOODWINK YOU. THE COUNTY'S NOT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRANSPARENT. THAT'S JUST NOT WHO WE ARE. AND I HOPE BY NOW MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THAT TYPE OF PEOPLE. OKAY? SO, SO DO WE GO TO A ZONING BOARD MEETING OR WHAT? YES. HAVE ONE NEXT. THEY PUT SOMETHING IN THE NEXT ONE MEETING. THERE'S A, THERE'S A PROCESS AND THERE ARE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW THAT KNOW THE PROCESS AND I HAVE TOLD THEM THE PROCESS. OKAY? SO, BUT JUST FOLLOW THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. OKAY? AND IT WILL THE DUE DILIGENCE, BUT IT'S, REMEMBER IT'S A ZONING CASE. AND IF YOU WISH FOR IT TO STAY AGRICULTURAL, THEN MAKE YOUR FEELINGS KNOWN. THANK YOU. AND I ECHO WHAT MR. MOORE JUST SAID. , WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL PLANNING. SO GO TO PLANNING AND AT PLANNING, WHATEVER THEY DO, THEN IT COMES TO US. UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING. BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT TO LET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL BEFORE IT GETS TO PLANNING. THAT'S ALL IT IS. THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO. WE HAVEN'T DONE BAD FOR 15 YEARS ON THE BOARD. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS LIKE THIS BEFORE, BUT WE LISTEN TO YOU. WE DON'T IGNORE YOU. WE JUST DON'T WANT, WE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THE RIGHT THING IS WHEN IT'S GIVEN TO US. AND I WILL SEE YOU THE 22ND. I PROMISE YOU I WILL BE THERE. THANK YOU, CASEY. UH, AGAIN, MY PHONE NUMBER'S AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED IT. SEE ME AFTER THE MEETING, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. I TALKED TO JESSICA THIS MORNING TO FOLLOW UP. UH, MS. SCHEID, IF YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN AND TALK, HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU. I MEET WITH YOU, I MET WITH STACY AND SOME [02:20:01] OTHER FOLKS. UH, I'M AVAILABLE. I DO WORK A FULL-TIME JOB. I HAVE FOUR KIDS. SO, UM, I I WILL MAKE TIME THAT THAT GOES FOR ANYBODY. UH, THAT'S WHY I RAN FOR THE BOARD. THAT'S WHY I'M SITTING HERE. UM, UH, I WANT TO BE THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S DISTRICT ONE. THAT'S THE VOICE THAT I GET TO, TO BE FOR OUR COUNTY. SO IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, I'M ALL YOURS. OKAY? UM, I TOO WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE LISTEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME AND YOU EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS, WE DO LISTEN AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND OUR CITIZENS ARE A FIRST, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, WE, WE LISTEN TO YOU. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE HEARD. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHAT YOU SAY IS WHAT WE TAKE ACCOUNT AND TRY TO DO. UM, I ALSO WILL BE THERE ON, ON UH, THE 22ND. OF COURSE, I WENT TO VIRGINIA STATE, SO I'M DEFINITELY GONNA BE THERE TO SEE, TO MEET YOU ALL, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE THIS MEETING. UM, THE OTHER THING I JUST WANNA SAY IS, UM, YOU, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME EVERY MONTH. THE DOORS ARE OPEN, YOU CAN COME, YOU CAN SIT, YOU CAN STAY ALONE TIME. UM, WE MAY HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT'S GOING ON AT THE SEVEN O'CLOCK SESSION, BUT YOU'RE STILL WELCOME TO, UH, TO STAY AND, UH, TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HEAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR. WE ARE, UM, YOUR SERVANTS. WE SERVE, WE DID THIS BECAUSE WE RAN BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A HARD JOB SOMETIMES. I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU IT'S NOT, IT IS A HARD JOB. BUT, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS WHAT OUR CITIZENS WOULD LIKE AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GONNA DEFINITELY PUSH FOR, UH, FORWARD TO. UM, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS I KNOW THAT, UM, GOING IN A SORT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTION. WE'VE HAD, UM, 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11 THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK. AND JUST TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE LISTENING TO, UH, PEOPLE HAVING THEIR NEIGHBORS, HAVING THEIR BACK, BEING THERE TO HELP THEM OUT. AND I CAN TELL THIS IS WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. YOU, YOU ARE HAVING EACH OTHER'S BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WORKS OUT FOR NOT ONLY YOUR AREA BUT OTHER AREAS IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE YOU CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT DEN WITTY. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MOVE HERE AND SAY, I MOVED TO DEN WITTY BECAUSE I WANT SOME FRESH AIR, I WANT. AND SO, AND SAID THE ANIMALS AND ALL THAT AND AND SO FORTH. SO WHATEVER YOUR REASON, WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE, YOU CHOSE MWI TO MAKE, UM, MWI YOUR HOME. AND UM, I WAS JUST, UH, LISTENING TO THOSE PEOPLE AND THEY, THEY JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FROM DAY TO DAY, BUT UM, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE THERE TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND DOING THAT. AND AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR PART, UM, TO HELP YOU ALL THROUGH THIS UH, PROCESS. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, WE ARE GOING TO UH, OF COURSE SIDE WITH OUR CITIZENS AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING. DO YOU WANNA TELL ABOUT TOMORROW TRAIL THING TOO? WE GOT A CROWD. OKAY. YES. UM, UH, TOMORROW, UM, RIVER ROAD WALKING TRAIL, IT'S GONNA BE A RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW AT 4:00 PM AND THEY DO HAVE A SHUTTLE BUS THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND THE SHUTTLES WILL BE LEAVING AT THREE 30 AND 3 45. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THAT, THE RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW, RIVER ROAD WALKING TRAIL. IF YOU LIKE WALKING, I THINK YOU WOULD, UH, YOU'RE GONNA REALLY ENJOY GOING AND SEEING WHAT UM, THE COUNTY HAS PROVIDED AND THAT IS ON TOMORROW. SO, AND OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, YOU CAN SEE US AFTER THE MEETING AS WELL. AND AT THIS TIME, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. AND THAT'S A ROLL CALL PLEASE, MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MS. EBRA, BONNER AYE ALL VOTING AYE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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