* 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] OH, OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. [1. ROLL CALL] UM, WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING TODAY AT 3:00 PM AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE AN INVOCATION AND ALSO FOLLOWED BY THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU WERE, STAND WITH ME, PLEASE. MADAM CHAIRMAN. E ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL. SORRY. ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. HERE. MR. LEE. HERE. MR. DOOLEY. HERE. DR. MOORE. HERE. MS. EBRA BONNER. HERE. FIVE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. THANK YOU. NOW THE INVOCATION OF THE PLEDGE OF RELEASE. I'LL FOLLOW HOW, HOW TH A GOD KINGDOM COME THOU WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BRAVE AND GIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WHEN WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. AND WE LEAD US. NOT TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL FOR THE KINGDOM. KINGDOM POWER IN THE GLORY. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, UM, THE CONSENT AGENDA, WELL, I'M SORRY. DO WE [4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA] HAVE A ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? YES, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE TWO. TWO ADDITIONS. ALRIGHT, WE'D LIKE TO ADD SECTION SEVEN D. THAT'S ACTION ITEMS D AND THAT IS TO DO THE, UH, VACO VOTING CREDENTIALS FOR THE, THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE. OKAY. AND THEN UNDER SECTION 14, 14 IS OLD NEW BUSINESS. WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD PURCHASE AGREEMENT CENTRAL STATE PROPERTY. GUESS UNDER 14 B. 1414. BB IS THIS CONDITION. SO 14 IS OLD, NEW BUSINESS A IS APPOINTMENTS. B OH WILL NOW BE, UH, PURCHASE AGREEMENT CENTRAL STATE PROPERTY AND TYLER OF SOUTH HALL WILL BE PRESENTING THAT. OKAY, MA'AM, CHAIR JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA. SO MOVE. SECOND. ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. [5. CONSENT AGENDA] AND AT THIS TIME THE CONSENT AGENDA WAS SENT OUT, UM, YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE? MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS, I'LL MOVE THAT. WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA, BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. [6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation] AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE REPORTS, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. MR. SCOTT THORNTON, MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS. HELLO, SIR. SCOTT, HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU DOING? UM, EVERYBODY ENJOYING THE NICE WEATHER? YES. TODAY? YES SIR. YES. SO OUR CREWS, UM, CURRENTLY ARE WORKING ON, UH, JUST GENERAL MAINTENANCE. UM, MOWING IS STILL ONGOING FOR SECONDARIES. WE ARE DOING SOME, UH, LIGHT PATCHING AND TREE TRIMMING. THE, UH, REESE ROAD ROLL RUSTIC, UM, HAS BEEN COMPLETED. UM, MS. CHAVIS, THEY DID ADD ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AND TRIM BACK, UM, FOR SCHOOL BUSES, UM, AS YOU HAD REQUESTED. SO THAT'S ALL BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. UM, WE ALSO HAVE MET WITH THE FIVE FORKS BATTLEFIELD, UM, AND IN THE FIELD THEY AGREED TO, UH, THE SITE DISTANCE CORRECTIONS THERE ON WHITE OAK. SO ONCE WE HAVE THE LETTER AND THE RIGHT OF ENTRY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE THE REMOVAL OF SOME OF THOSE TREES. SO THAT SHOULD HELP CLEAR UP THAT SITE DISTANCE. UM, AND THEN OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM IS, UM, POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT THAT FOR A FUTURE LOCATION FOR ROUNDABOUT. UM, SO THEY DID AGREE TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SO WE'LL SEE. UM, OVERLY AT THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE SOME SORT OF SCHEMATIC IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO PURSUE AT A LATER TIME. UM, TALKING ABOUT, UH, ROUNDABOUTS, UH, THE FERNDALE ROUNDABOUT WORK IS ONGOING OUT THERE. MM-HMM . UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THE CONTRACTORS DOING UTILITY, UH, LOCATES. SO THERE ARE STILL, UH, ROTATING, UM, AND INTERMITTENT SHOULDER CLOSURES. I WOULD NOT EXPECT TO SEE ANY, UM, MAJOR CLOSURES OR, UM, DETOUR IMPACTS UNTIL [00:05:01] PROBABLY THE SPRING. BUT THEY'RE STILL, UH, WORKING OUT THERE. UM, ALL OF OUR THIN TREATMENT, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR SCHEDULE WORK, THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. AND THEN, UH, THE WILSONS ROAD BRIDGE, THE, UH, REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND WE'RE LOOKING AT REOPENING, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. ONCE THE BRIDGE PAVING HAS BEEN COMPLETED, UH, WE'LL REMIND THE BOARD THAT WHEN THAT REOPENS, UH, THE STRUCTURE WEIGHT LIMIT, UH, WILL BE REDUCED TO BASICALLY, UH, LIGHT DUTY, UM, PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE DETOUR WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND, UM, AND HEAVY, UH, TRUCKS AND TRACTOR TRAILERS. SO, UH, IT'LL BE A SLIGHT MODIFICATION TO THE DETOUR, BUT IF YOU'RE DRIVING A PASSENGER VEHICLE, UM, GO ACROSS ANY MY WAY OR COME BACK AS NEEDED. UM, BUT THAT CONCLUDES OUR, OUR REPORT. SO IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MA'AM, CHAIR, JUST, JUST A QUESTION. MM-HMM . UM, THIS PERTAINED TO THE ROUNDABOUT. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE, UM, I KNOW WE'RE DOING THE UTILITY WORK RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF APPREHENSION ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, BEING ABLE TO TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE, GOING TO KIN DOWN RIVER ROAD. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING SCHEDULED TO, TO OPEN HOUSE OR ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AT THIS, AT THIS STAGE ABOUT, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF WALKING THROUGH THEM, I THINK WE WOULD'VE DONE THAT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, MAYBE A WHILE AGO. UM, I CAN DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE, BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, WE COULD DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULE SOMETHING, UH, ONCE WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROJECT YEAH. AS WE, AS WE GET CLOSER TO IT. AND I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU WHY I MAKE THE STATEMENT IS, UM, FROM A CHURCH POINT OF VIEW, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING THROUGH THERE ON THE WEEKENDS, UM, JUST TRYING TO MAKE THEM AWARE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE TIME FRAME, BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM A, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE. YES, SIR. SO AS WE NARROW IT DOWN, TRYING TO GIVE THEM SOME INSIGHT OF, TO WHEN THESE ACTUAL THINGS ARE GONNA OCCUR. YES, SIR. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE, OKAY, I THINK YOU MENTIONED MY, MY CONCERN. YOU KNOW, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE GRASS, IT'S, YES SIR. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU FOR BEACH ROAD. YES, SIR. OKAY. I WOULD JUST SAY PLEASE PASS ON TO YOUR STAFF HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE FOR THE HARD WORK THEY DO. AND WE KNOW IT'S A DANGEROUS JOB STANDING ON THE SIDE OF ROADS WHILE PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT, WHAT YOUR FOLKS DO AND, AND CLEANING UP OUR, OUR ROADWAY SO THAT WE CAN SEE AND MAKE 'EM AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND APPRECIATE OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, LET'S SEE. WE HAVE, YEAH, OKAY. YEAH. TRYING TO GET MY PAPER. ALL RIGHT, GUYS. UM, DEPARTMENT, [6.B. Department Of Social Services Update] YEAH. SOCIAL SERVICES. UM, AND THAT'S MS. DONNA HARRISON. SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE DE WITTY, UM, COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AND GOOD TO SEE YOU. I SEEING YOU ALL TODAY. UM, MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MASSENGALE, UM, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME TALK WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING TAKE EFFECT IN REGARDS TO THE HR ONE, MEDICAID. UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN SO THAT CITIZENS KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. UM, SO BASICALLY WHO THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THE NEW, NEW WORK REQUIREMENTS APPLIES TO ONLY MEMBERS WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION COVERAGE. SO THAT MEANS ADULTS THAT ARE AGES 19 TO 64, WHOSE INCOME IS UNDER 138% OF THE FEDERAL, FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, WHICH IS AROUND 22,000 A YEAR FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL AND 45,000 A YEAR FOR AN ADULT IN A FAMILY UNIT OF . UM, AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE, THE WORK REQUIREMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY OTHER TYPES OF MEDICAID SUCH AS CHILDREN, PET, PREGNANT, OR POSTPARTUM INDIVIDUALS, ADULTS WITH DISABILITY OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE 65 OR OLDER. UM, CURRENT MEMBERS SHOULD BE RECEIVING A LETTER, THEY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT SEPTEMBER, UM, OF THIS YEAR TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE CHANGES ARE. THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE APPLIED TO THIS PROGRAM. SO IF THEY HAVE A MEDICAL EXEMPTION, THEN THEY NEED TO GET A NOTE FROM THEIR DOCTOR DESCRIBING THE MEDICAL EXEMPTION. IT'S GONNA BE FOR PARENTS, GUARDIANS, [00:10:01] OR CARETAKERS OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14. OR A PERSON, UM, CARING FOR OF ANY AGE PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, THEY WILL BE EXEMPT. UM, ANY PREGNANT OR 12 MONTH POSTPARTUM INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SERIOUS MEDICAL OR SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER OR PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OR BLINDNESS. UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE LEFT IN FOSTER CARE AT THE AGE OF 18 AND ARE CURRENTLY UNDER 25, AND ANY MEMBER OF A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE, VETERANS WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT DISABILITY RATING, PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED OR IN JAIL OR RELEASED WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, UM, THEY ARE NOT GONNA BE AFFECTED. UM, INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE AN INPATIENT NURSING HOME OR INSTITUTIONAL OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR CARE AND NECESSARY CARE FOR THEMSELVES OR A DEPENDENT OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION. SO, MEETING THE WORK REQUIREMENT, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT THEY ARE WORKING, THEY'RE IN A JOB TRAINING OR EDUCATION OR VOLUNTEERING SOMEWHERE AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS FOR THE MONTH. SO THAT COULD BE ANY COMBINATION OF THOSE ACTIVITIES. UM, THEY OR THEY ARE ROLLING IN SCHOOL. AND THAT CAN INCLUDE A HIGH SCHOOL GED PROGRAM OR SOME TYPE OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT LEAST HALF THE TIME, OR EARN AT LEAST $580 PER MONTH. UM, WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY GONNA TAKE EFFECT, IT'S GONNA, ALL OF US IS GONNA TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST. FOR NEW APPLICANTS THAT COME IN, THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE MET THAT REQUIREMENT ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THEIR APPLICATION. SO IF I COME IN JANUARY 15TH AND I APPLY FOR MEDICAID, I NEED TO SHOW I'VE MET THAT 80 HOUR A MONTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE MONTH BETWEEN DECEMBER AND THAT JANUARY 15TH DAY. SO FOR THE CURRENT MEMBERS, IT IS GONNA BE AT LEAST ONE MONTH SINCE THEIR LAST RENEWAL OR THEIR ENROLLMENT. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING RENEWALS AND, UM, REDETERMINATIONS THROUGH A COURSE OF A YEAR. ONCE THIS GOES INTO EFFECT, THEY HAVE TO SHOW AT LEAST THAT 80 HOURS THAT SOMETIME DURING THAT MONTH, WITHIN THAT LAST YEAR WHEN THE, IT GOES INTO EFFECT THAT THE RENEWALS AND THE REDETERMINATIONS ARE DONE EVERY SIX MONTHS. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS. UM, SO YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT INDIVIDUALS NEED TO DO, WHAT THEY NEED TO REPORT THE EXEMPTION FOR THE WORK REQUIREMENT, THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY GIVE US ALL THE ACCURATE INFORMATION, GET US THE, UM, VERIFICATIONS WHEN WE REQUEST IT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY GIVE US THE CORRECT ADDRESS AND THINGS ON THEIR APPLICATIONS WHEN THEY COME IN AND APPLY. AND TO KIND OF PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THERE ARE 2071, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID ADDED THAT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT FOR DENWITTY COUNTY IS GONNA BE 1,269 INDIVIDUALS. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S GONNA PROBABLY AFFECT OVER HALF OF WITH THE MEDICAID CATEGORY WORK THAT WE RECEIVED NOW. UM, SO THAT'S ABOUT IT ON THAT. BUT TO GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE MORE NEWS, NOVEMBER IS GONNA BE ADOPTION AWARENESS MONTH AND ADOPT AWARENESS MONTH IS CELEBRATE A CELEBRATION FOR OUR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES AND TO HONOR CHILDREN OF FOSTER CARE WAITING FROM HOMES AND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 14 CHILDREN AT VARIOUS STAGES OF ADOPTION, AND THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN, I THINK THEY'VE COMPLETED SO FAR THIS YEAR, FIVE ADOPTIONS. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF KIDS COMING UP FOR ADOPTION THIS TIME AND A LOT OF THE PLACEMENTS THAT THEY'RE IN THERE ARE IN HOMES THAT ARE WILLING AND WANTING TO ADOPT. SO THEN THE ONLY OTHER NEWS IS THAT DENWOODY, ALONG WITH DENWOOD WORKFORCE, WE WILL BE HOSTING A JOB FAIR. UM, IT WILL BE AT THE DIMITY HISTORICAL HIGH SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 30TH FROM 10 TO FOUR. THE FIRST HOUR IS GONNA BE BLACKED OFF TO ALLOW STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO COME AND ATTEND TO SEE POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS AND TO SEE KIND OF WHAT THE WORKFORCE IS REQUIRING IN NEEDING OUT THERE. SO PLEASE GET THAT OUT. WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THOSE AND ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING COMING WITH MEDICAID, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS CAN HELP A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE COUNTY. WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU MS. DONNA. THAT GOOD. YOU KNOW, UM, DONNA, I WAS AT, UM, FOOD LION THE OTHER DAY AND UM, YOU [00:15:01] KNOW, I OFTEN TALKED TO THE MANAGEMENT THERE AND THEY WERE TELLING ME ABOUT LEE THAT WAS COMING IN AND I THINK SHE WAS KIND OF ASKING INDIVIDUALS FOR TO HELP OR WHATEVER. SO SHE BOUGHT SOME PAMPERS AND UM, AND THEN SHE WENT OUT AND SHE CAME BACK IN AND I HAPPENED TO BE THERE, SHE SAID, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT'S THE LADY THAT'S THERE WITH ANOTHER PERSON AND THREE OTHER CHILDREN. SO, UM, I WAITED AND WHEN SHE WENT OUTSIDE, I FOLLOWED HER OUTSIDE AND I ASKED HER, I SAID, DO YOU NEED SOME HELP? AND, AND SHE SAID THAT, UH, SHE WANTED MY NUMBER. I SAID, NO, LET ME HAVE YOUR NUMBER. AND SHE SAID THAT HER PHONE WASN'T WORKING AND UM, SHE HADN'T PAID A BILL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS KIND OF TALKING FOR THE MOTHER BECAUSE HER MOTHER WAS NOT, UM, SHE SAID SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND A LOT, BUT THE THING THAT I WITNESSED WAS, YOU KNOW, IT IS LIKE SHE HAD TERROR IN HER FACE, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH ICE GOING AROUND AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A, A HISPANIC FAMILY AND, UM, SHE HAD, UM, SOME OLDER INDIVIDUALS IN THE, IN HER THIS, UH, VAN. AND THEN SHE HAD MORE KIDS. SO I TOLD HER, I SAID, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO? AND, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, SHE BASICALLY SAID, NO, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT SHE, UM, LOOK, YOU KNOW, LOOK KIND OF TERRIFIED. SO DO YOU GET A LOT OF, UM, AT THIS TIME WITH, UM, ICE GOING AROUND? DO YOU GET A LOT OF HISPANIC FAMILIES THAT ARE COMING IN FOR HELP? IT'S FEW. IT, IT'S PROBABLY JUST A FEW. JUST A FEW. YEAH. I DON'T, WE DON'T SEE A LOT. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE MORE IN THE COMMUNITY MM-HMM . THAT DON'T COME IN. RIGHT. UM, SO IT'S KIND OF HITTING THIS WHEN IT COMES TO US. YEAH. I I WAS JUST ASKING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE EXPRESSION ON HER FACE MM-HMM . AND IT REALLY BOTHERED ME, YOU KNOW, SHE JUST LOOKED TERRIFIED. YEAH. YOU KNOW, SO I JUST TOLD HER, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN HELP, SO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND JUDGE, JUST A QUESTION. COUPLE COUPLE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. ONE IS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND AT WEST END BAPTIST, WE HAVE A FOOD BANK. MY QUESTION IS, IF THERE'S A PERSON THAT IS LOOKING FOR THOSE 80 HOURS OF WORK, WORK, QUOTE UNQUOTE WORK REQUIREMENT, ARE FOOD BANKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT GOING INTO THE WORKFORCE TO BE ABLE TO HELP IN THE COMMUNITY? IS THAT AN OPTION THAT COUNTS TOWARDS THEIR 80 HOURS? YES. THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE THAT'S WILLING TO SIGN OFF FOR. OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE, AS AN EXAMPLE, FOOD BANKS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND OTHER THING, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE'VE GOTTA GET 'EM CONNECTED TO WHERE THOSE POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ONCE WE KNOW WHOM AND WHOM THEY MAY BE. THE OTHER IS, I SEE IT AS BEING A STAFFING ISSUE FOR YOU FROM A MANPOWER POINT OF VIEW. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE GET INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU ALONG THAT LINE AS FAR AS WHEN YOU'VE GOT TO VERIFY THINGS THAT YOU HAVEN'T NORMALLY HAD TO DO. OKAY. RIGHT. WELL, WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE SAME GROUND WITH SNAP. NOW THE SNAP REQUIREMENTS AND THE MEDICAID REQUIREMENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. MM-HMM . UM, SO RIGHT NOW A LOT OF 'EM HAVE GOTTEN ACCUSTOMED TO GETTING THOSE, THOSE, UM, VERIFICATIONS. THE PROCESS IS LONGER NOW OF GOING THROUGH AN APPLICATION WITH THE INDIVIDUAL. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ON THE PHONE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL PROBABLY 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. AND THAT'S JUST HAVING THEIR INTERVIEW. AND THEN FROM THE INTERVIEW, THEY GOTTA SEND THEM OR GIVE THEM STUFF TO, OKAY, I NEED THIS VERIFIED. SO THE CASE IS PUT ON HOLD AND THEN YOU GET THE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS EVERYTHING. SO IT HAS BEEN KIND OF A EVOLVING THING FOR US. MM-HMM . UM, WE HAVE NOW WHAT WE CALL MEDICAID MONDAYS. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY DON'T FOCUS ON ANYTHING ELSE BUT THE MEDICAID. THAT WAY THEY'RE FOCUSING IN ON ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAID AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE SNAP REQUIREMENTS ARE. THEY'RE JUST DOING THAT PARTICULAR CASE. UM, WE'VE HAD TO CLEAN UP SOME OLD STUFF THAT HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR YEARS AND OUR SYSTEM WILL TRIGGER, LIKE IF SOMEBODY NEW CAME IN AND APPLIED, IT WOULD TRIGGER THAT I HAD A RENEWAL BACK 10 YEARS AGO. SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO CLEAN THAT STUFF UP. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU MY STAFF HAS DONE PHENOMENAL. RIGHT. THEY HAVE REALLY GOTTEN IN THERE, DUG IN, AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN SOME OF THOSE OVERDUES COMPLETELY DOWN. WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STATE GAVE US. UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE KEEP THE SYSTEM GOING AND THINGS WILL WORK OUT. YEAH. I JUST, I JUST SEE IT AS THAT'S GREAT. I'M [00:20:01] NOT GONNA PUT IT IN AN UNFUNDED MANDATE CATEGORY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT ON YOUR PLATE THAT YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH, UH, WITH YOUR CURRENT STAFFING. UM, THEN THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS THIS. AND, AND WE'RE DEALING WITH, WE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE. AND TO ME, I PRAY, UH, FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHEN REQUIREMENTS ARE CHANGED. CORRECT. AND YOU DON'T MEET, CAN'T MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. SO I JUST PRAY THAT MY TWO GENTLEMEN THAT ARE IN THE ROOM AS WELL AS THE OTHERS, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN THAT. RIGHT. BUT WE BOTH KNOW WHAT, THERE'S MENTAL HEALTH THAT'S INVOLVED HERE. UM, WE JUST, WE NEED TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE YOUR BACK. RIGHT. ALL OF US HAVE TO HAVE YOUR BACK BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE FRONT LINE. YEAH. SO FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF YOUR PEOPLE. YEAH. AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO GET SOME OF THOSE SAFETY CONCERNS. AND, UM, WHAT I'VE ASKED THAT THEY NOTIFY ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE KNOW WE'VE GOTTA GET THESE GENTLEMEN INVOLVED. UM, STAFF HAVE REALLY BEEN HANDLING THAT WELL AND YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY WE TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL. IF YOU'RE NOT, WE ARE HANGING UP THE PHONE. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO FAR THAT'S BEEN WORKING, BUT YEAH, WE GOT YOUR BACK. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO. YES. YEAH. IF I, IF I CAN JUST MAKE A STATEMENT TOO THAT, UM, I THINK SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW, I'VE BEEN HELPING THE CITY OF PETERSBURG TRYING TO SELECT ITS NEW SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR. I'VE BEEN ON A COUPLE INTERVIEW PANELS. UM, WHAT DONNA BRINGS TO DENWOODY IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT HARD WORK MM-HMM . UH, SOMEONE COMMITTED TO SOCIAL SERVICES, AND DONNA'S GONNA TELL YOU IT'S NOT DONNA, IT'S EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WORKS WITH DONNA. BUT I WANNA SAY THAT IT'S DONNA. I MEAN, DONNA, WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE WHOLE STATEMENT, SPEED OF THE LEADER, SPEED OF THE TEAM, UM, THAT THAT COULDN'T BE MORE TRUE IN SOCIAL SERVICES. UM, AND, AND I SAY IT A LOT, UM, BUT, BUT REALLY THIS IS THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SOMETIMES WE SERVICE THAT YOU NEVER SEE MM-HMM . YOU NEVER HEAR FROM, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE COMING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR LIVES. UM, MAD DONNA, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR THE BOARD AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. THERE ARE SOME REQUESTS TO RICHMOND THAT AS Y'ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT YOUR VACO CONFERENCE, AND SPECIFICALLY BRENDA, I KNOW YOU'RE ON THE HEALTH AND HUMAN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SIDE, UM, ADEQUATE FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT HR ONE IS CRITICAL. AND IF, IF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, THE COMMONWEALTH DOESN'T HEAR THAT COMING FROM US UP TO THEM, I CAN TELL YOU THE SQUEEZE FROM THEM DOWN TO US IS GONNA GET MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT. AND SO, DONNA, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DO TO HELP KEEP US INFORMED AS TO WHAT THAT TYPE OF APPROPRIATE FUNDING NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE. AND I THINK DR. MOORE WAS KIND OF HITTING ON THAT. YEAH. UM, THE OTHER PART IS LIKE REALLY RELIABLE TECHNOLOGIES. SO I'M HEARING HORROR STORES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH OF SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT EXIST IN SOCIAL SERVICES THAT REALLY ISN'T A RELIABLE RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE HAVING AS MANY PROBLEMS HERE, SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE, OF THE STATE, BUT IT'S, IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO, TO LEARN HR ONE, TO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING, BUT THEN NOT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO DO IT. AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY CALLING RICHMOND, THEY, THEY'RE GONNA CALL HERE MM-HMM . SO IF YOU LISTEN INTENTLY AND YOU HEARD ABOUT THOSE 45 MINUTES ON THE PHONE AND THE TIME THAT IT TAKES, AND IF, IF YOU'RE THE PERSON THAT HAS NOW HAD THREE OR FOUR TOUCHPOINTS WITH, UH, A SOCIAL SERVICES PERSON, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, AND THE OTHER IS, YOU KNOW, GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T COST A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEING ABLE, WE GOT A PROBLEM TO BE ABLE TO CALL THE STATE AND GET A, GET A LEGIT ANSWER ON HOW TO HANDLE IT. SO TRAINING AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE, ARE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. SO AS YOU'RE, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT FROM A PUBLIC POLICY SIDE, DONNA, JUST MAKE SURE WE KEEP ALL THE DATA WE POSSIBLY CAN. 'CAUSE WE REALLY ARE OUR GOAL HR ONE IS PRETTY, PRETTY SIMPLE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO TRULY IMPLEMENT THE LAW AS ACCURATELY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 'CAUSE THAT'S OUR JOB TO LOOK AFTER OUR RESIDENTS IN THE PROCESS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING ISN'T UNFUNDED MANDATED. RIGHT. THAT 'CAUSE HAVE A FIELD. 'CAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SEEING UNPRECEDENTED STATE REVENUES STILL, I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SOMEWHAT GONE DOWN, IT'S STILL UNPRECEDENTED. YES. THAT, I MEAN, THE, THE NUMBERS CAME OUT YESTERDAY. RIGHT. AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SEEING IT, I, I DON'T WANT TO LIKE PUT IT IN THE AIR, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU OUR OUR BUDGETS ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL EVEN THOUGH THE STATE IS DIVERTING THESE FUNDS IN [00:25:01] OTHER WAYS. SO WE GOTTA GOTTA KEEP THAT ALL IN MIND. BUT, BUT DONNA, FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, SIR. IT'S, THANK YOU. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. YES. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD, THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. OKAY. UM, [7.A. Cemetery Road Abandonment] NEXT WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS, UH, THE CEMETERY, UH, ROAD ABANDONMENT BY, UM, COUNTY ATTORNEY EPPO. ALRIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS. MR. MASSENGILL. GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY WE HAVE A ITEM BEFORE YOU THAT I KNOW I'M SAD VDOT LEFT AND I KNOW VDOT WAS EXCITED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. , THEY ASKED SOME WHILE AGO THAT THIS, THAT THIS SEGMENT OF ROAD BE ABANDONED. IT'S A ROAD DOWN NEAR MCKINNEY. YOU GO DOWN THIS ROAD CALLED CEMETERY ROAD AND IT DOES IN FACT GO TO A CEMETERY. YOU GET TO THE CEMETERY, BUT THEN BEYOND THE CEMETERY, IT'S REALLY NOT OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC. AND APPARENTLY THERE'S DESIRE ON THE PART OF NO ONE FOR IT TO CONTINUE TO BE A PUBLIC ROAD. SO THEY DID ASK, UH, THE BOARD TO ABANDON IT. THERE IS A QUITE A PROCESS THAT'S INVOLVED IN DOING THAT. WE BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW. WE'VE RUN AN AD IN THE NEWSPAPER. UH, WE, WE HAVE POSTED AT THE COURTHOUSE. UM, AND, AND WE HAVE EVEN SENT A LETTER TO THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS. SO THAT PROCESS BEING DONE, WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU TO ABANDON CEMETERY ROAD. THERE APPEARS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEBATE HERE ABOUT HOW TO SPELL CEMETERY. THE DICTIONARY SPELLS IT WITH THREE E'S. APPARENTLY THERE IS AN A ON THE GREEN SIGN DOWN THERE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING THERE, WHETHER IT'S AN ERNA. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THERE MAY BE. THE, THE LANDOWNER DOWN THERE HAS BEEN CONSULTED AND, AND WAS AGREEABLE TO THE, TO THE CLOSURE AND IN FACT, I THINK PREFERS IT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM NOW? UM, CHURCH, WE HAD A, A CEMETERY COMMITTEE AND, UM, JOHN MELVIN USED TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE AND HE ALWAYS USED TO SAY HALL'S QUIET IN THE, IN THE CEMETERY TO START HIS REPORT OFF. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN WE ASKED FOR ANYTHING FEEDBACK, I GUESS THE CEMETERY WAS ALL QUIET. WAS ALL QUIET, IT WAS ALL QUIET. WE REALLY GOT NO COMMENTS ON THIS. OTHER THAN THAT, WEDO WANTED TO KEEP IT MOVING ALONG. YEAH. AND IT, IT, IT, YEAH, I DIDN'T, I MEAN, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ROAD TILL, I GUESS ONE DAY I REALIZED IT, BUT IT, IT'S JUST A LITTLE COMMA IS ALL IT IS. SO, UM, YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S TIME. SECOND SENSE. IT WON'T HURT. IT WON'T HURT ANYTHING. SO. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OH, QUIET. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY PEOPLE WERE DYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD. NOW YOU GO. NO, THAT'S, THAT'S FUNNY, KEVIN. OKAY. ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO, MAD CHAIR. WE JUST NEED APPROVAL OF THAT, OF THAT RESOLUTION. AND THEN THERE'S A FORM THAT, THAT, UH, VDOT WILL WANT TO GET SIGNED AS WELL. OKAY. I ALSO MOVE SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU TYLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, NEXT WE HAVE EXEMPTION [7.B. Exemption From High Performance Standards, Courthouse Renovation Project] FROM HIGH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS COURTHOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT. AND MR. FRANK HOLTER COUNTY, HE'S OUR COUNTY ENGINEER. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT, UH, IN 2025, UH, THE STATE STATUTE TOOK EFFECT THAT WAS CALLED THE HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING ACT. UH, THAT ACT REQUIRES LOCALITIES THAT ARE BEGINNING THE DESIGN OF A NEW BUILDING RENOVATION, UH, TO COMPLY WITH A HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM WHEN THOSE COSTS OF THE RENOVATION EXCEED, UH, 50% OF THE BUILDING VALUE. UH, THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, IS CALLED LEAD, LEED. UH, IT STANDS FOR LEADERSHIP AND ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS COMPLIANT AS A GREEN BUILDING. UH, AND ALTHOUGH THE RENOVATIONS FOR THE COURTHOUSE WILL ADDRESS MANY OF THE LEAD SPECIFICATIONS IN SOME ASPECTS SUCH AS THE HVAC, THE LIGHTING AND BUILDING CONTROLS, UM, THEY WILL BE DESIGNED TO MEET THE VIRGINIA ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE. ACHIEVING THE H UH, THE HEIGHT HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING ACT, UH, CERTIFICATION WOULD, UH, INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THE, OF THE PROJECT. UH, HBA DID PROVIDE A LETTER, I BELIEVE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THAT PROVIDES SOME OF THE CONCERNS IN TRYING TO OBTAIN THAT CERTIFICATION. AND AS THEY SUGGESTED, THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE WALLS AND THE ROOF COULD BE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THAT, THAT TYPE OF, THAT LEVEL OF CERTIFICATION. AND THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR SCOPE. UH, THE STATE CODE DOES ALLOW, UM, THIS GOVERNING BODY TO GRANT AN EXEMPTION, UH, FROM THOSE REQUIREMENT BY A WRITTEN RESOLUTION, UH, THAT EXPLAINS THE BASIS FOR GRANTING THAT EXEMPTION [00:30:01] AND THAT HBA ARCHITECT, UM, OUR ARCHITECT HAS PROVIDED THAT LETTER OUTLINING THOSE CONCERNS, UH, TO COMPLY WITH THE HBA ACT, HPB ACT, AND IS THE BASIS FOR THE REQUEST OF THIS EXEMPTION. UH, THEREFORE WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION GRANT AND EXEMPTION TO THE HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING ACT, UH, FOR THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT. I HAVE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR IT? I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION, MADAM CHAIR, MAKE THE MOTION BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR OF ITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA DOES HEREBY GRANT THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT AND EXEMPTION FROM VA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 1804 0.1 BUILDING BY LOCALITY HIGH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. A SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. AND ALSO THE [7.C. Contract Award, Courthouse Renovation Construction Management At Risk] CONTRACTOR WILL COURT, UM, THE COURT HAS, UH, RENOVATION CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK AND MR. FRANK? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. UH, AS YOU KNOW, IN MAY OF, UH, THIS YEAR THE BOARD APPROVED, UH, THE USE OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK, UH, DELIVERY METHOD TO PROCURE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT. UH, AND PER THOSE GUIDELINES, THE COUNTY HAS, UH, COMPLETED A TWO STEP PROCESS TO SELECT THAT FIRM. UH, WE HAVE, UH, REQUESTED, UM, A, UM, WE SUBMITTED A, RELEASED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND WE RECEIVED FIVE STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS, UH, FROM, UH, INTERESTED FIRMS, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, UH, UM, UH, PRE-QUALIFIED FOUR OF THOSE COMPANIES AND INVITED THEM TO RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, UH, THAT WAS ISSUED, UH, IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. AND WE RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS BY THE AUGUST DEADLINE. UH, AFTER MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS WITH THOSE TWO COMPANIES, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE DETERMINED THAT SB BALLARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, UH, WOULD REPRESENT US THE BEST. UH, AND THEY PRESENTED THE BEST OFFER. UH, THEREFORE WE DO RECOMMEND OUR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO SB BALLARD FOR A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $22,105,960, UH, FOR THE, UH, COURTHOUSE RENOVATION. I DO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THOUGH, THAT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL GMP OR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE THAT WILL COME AT A FUTURE DAY WHERE THIS DOES ALLOW US, THOUGH, TO WORK WITH, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, ALONG WITH THE ARCHITECT TO DEFINE A, A MORE SPECIFIC DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL AT A SCHEMATIC DESIGN. THIS WILL PUSH US ALL THE WAY TO, UH, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. AND AT THAT TIME, WHICH WE BELIEVE WERE, WHICH THIS CONTRACT REQUIRES US TO BE DONE BY FEBRUARY 5TH TO ALLOW US TO GET TO THE SPRING BAR. UH, SO THAT THAT FINAL GMP, IF YOU WILL, WILL COME BEFORE THE FEBRUARY 5TH, UH, REQUIREMENT OF THE CONTRACT. UH, WE ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THOUGH, THIS SOUNDS HIGH, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR AND NEGOTIATIONS AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CONTINGENCY MOUNT, WHICH RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A 10% CONTINGENCY IN THEIR CONTRACT. UH, AS WE GET CLOSER TO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT AND, AND THE CONTRACTOR AGREES THAT THAT CONTINGENCY IS LIKELY TO DECREASE. GOOD. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. MM-HMM . YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK. YOU THINK IT MAY BE DECREASING , WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS, THIS NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. WE ARE, WE ARE DEFINITELY TRYING TO, AND WE DO BELIEVE THERE'S AVENUES ALREADY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THIS, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. OKAY. AND IT'S A LONG TIME COMING. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE YEAH. WE'VE DONE ANYTHING. YEAH. AND IT'S GOTTEN HIGH AND EVERY TIME HE WENT HIGHER AND HIGHER AND NOTTAWAY COUNTY'S GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING. MM-HMM . EXACT SAME THING. THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW COURTHOUSE, BUT IT'S MANDATED BY SOMEONE TO PUT THAT. SO IN OUR, UM, JUST TO COMMENT, I, I PRESUME THAT OUR JUDGESHIP IS AWARE OF THE TIMING OF THIS BARER AND THE TIMEFRAME OF COMPLETION. UM, 'CAUSE WE NEED THEIR GOOD GRACES . YEAH. WE, WE SAT DOWN WITH THE JUDGE LOOPHOLE, THE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE HERE IN DENWOODY AND, AND BRIEFED HIM ON THE, THE PROJECT TIMELINE AND WHERE WE'RE AT. AND HE HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH JUDGE TEFI AS, YOU KNOW, AS THE, THE HEAD JUDGE WITH THAT. SO THE JUDICIAL SIDE IS WELL COVERED IN THIS. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YEAH. AND AGAIN, FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE, JUST WANT TO THANK MR. HALTON IN THIS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, I ALMOST KIND OF WONDER WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEFORE WE HAD AN ENGINEER, BUT [00:35:01] HAVING FRANK AS PART OF THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN A GODSEND. I MEAN IT'S, UH, GREAT WORK IN THIS AND A LOT OF OTHER AREAS TOO, BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND CONTINUE TO HAVE FRANK'S INVOLVEMENT IN YES. IN WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. AND AGAIN, I THINK THE NUMBER, YOU SEE, WE, AND IT'S A LITTLE STICKER SHOCK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE THINK THAT'S A, A TRULY A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT NUMBER DOWN FROM THERE. BUT THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER, OTHER, OTHER PROJECT COSTS THAT AREN'T INCLUDED. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FURNITURE FIXTURE AND EQUIPMENT AND SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MEAN, YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT AND HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE HAVE ON THIS BUILDING? 9, 8, 9 MORE YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 30 FAR. AND THEN THIS, THIS IS PAID FOR. SO AGAIN, IT, TO MR. LEE'S POINT, WE DIDN'T PULL THIS TRIGGER BEFORE, BUT EACH, EACH YEAR THAT WE DON'T, IT'S GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE. SO, UM, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERY YEAR IT GETS WORSE TOO. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE WE NEED TO GET IT, NEED TO GET IT FIXED WORK. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED. SEVEN. IS THAT SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, THIS IS THE [Addtional Item] AMENDED ITEM. OH YES. THE AMENDED MADAM CHAIR. SO FOR THE YES. SEVEN VACO VOTING CREDENTIALS. YES MA'AM. SO, UH, WHAT WHAT WE HAVE IS, AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE ANNUAL MEETING FOR VACO IS TO TAKE PLACE, UH, THE SEVENTH THROUGH THE 10TH. AND SO WE NEED TO, UH, DESIGNATE A VOTING DELEGATE, WHICH NEEDS TO BE A SUPERVISOR. AND THEN WE NEED AN ALTERNATE DELEGATE, WHICH CAN BE A SUPERVISOR OR A COURT. IT CAN BE A, A NON SUPERVISOR. UM, AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE TO VERIFY THIS SO THAT THE VOTE ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE ONLY BOARD MEMBER SITTING THAT'S NOT HERE ON TUESDAY MORNING, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 10TH 2 20 26, WOULD BE, UH, DR. MOORE. SO DR. MOORE BEING THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO BE PRESENT, CAN'T BE VOTED ON TO BE THE VOTING DELEGATE. THERE ARE ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ON WHO SHOULD BE THE VOTING DELEGATE AND THE ALTERNATE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH? I THINK OUR CHAIRMAN HAS DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. I SECOND THAT. I GOT A LOT OF FAITH UNDER HER. IT'S BEEN PAST 10 . WELL, MADAM CHAIR, SINCE, SINCE YOU HAVE DONE IT SO FAITHFULLY FOR 10 YEARS, UH, I THINK THAT IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT MAYBE THE NEWBIE STEP UP AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE A BREAK, I WOULD BE WILLING TO OKAY. TO DO THAT. BUT ONLY IF, ONLY IF YOU WANNA BREAK. IF NOT, I WILL GLADLY ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR, YOUR RING. UH, THAT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT. WELL, MAYBE YOU COULD BE THE VOTING DELEGATE AND YOU'D BE THE ALTERNATE. YEAH. OKAY. THEN YOU GOT SUCH EXPERIENCE. YEAH. I MIGHT HAVE TO LEAN ON YOU FOR SOME EXPERTISE. I HAVE TO BE THERE AT VACO I THINK TOO. SO I HAVE TO BE SO OH, YOU DO? THAT'S RIGHT. WOULD YOU RATHER BE THE ALTERNATE? SO WE'LL BE OKAY. OKAY. WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT. SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO MAKE, UH, SUPERVISOR DOOLEY AS THE VOTING DELEGATE AND SUPERVISOR CHAVIS AS THE ALTERNATE DELEGATE? I'LL SO MOVE SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL. AYE, THAT WAS EASY MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE YOU GET A BREAK? YEAH. LOOK AT THERE. BEEN LIKE 13 YEARS. YEAH. . OKAY, PERFECT. AT THIS TIME, UH, DO WE HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS? ANYONE SIGNED UP? MADAM CHAIR? WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE [9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS] TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, COUPLE THINGS TO, TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH. FIRST IS, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SPEND SOME TIME, MY, MY FAMILY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS PAST FRIDAY TO GO TO THE COUNTY FAIR. SO I WANTED TO START OFF WITH THAT. UH, WE HAD A, A GREAT TIME. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL DAY. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT WARMER ON FRIDAY, SO WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE BETTER DAY. AND THEN SATURDAY FOR THOSE THAT WENT ON SATURDAY, THEY GOT A LITTLE DIFFERENT COOLER EXPERIENCE I THINK. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO DELAY A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, [00:40:01] IT KIND OF COOLED OFF AND WAS REALLY A NICE MM-HMM . YEP. NICE, NICE EVENING. I HEAR THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME VIDEO. I DID SEE MR. CHAVIS AND I CAN MAYBE CONFIRM OR DENY THAT, THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE DOING DANCING, DOING THE TWIST. UH, YEAH, I HEAR THAT THERE MAY BE A VIDEO OF THAT. MY PARTNER WAS A LITTLE BIT TALLER THAN ME. TINY BIT. YOU, YOU DIDN'T SEE ME TWISTING SO , BUT WHAT GOOD NIGHT. UM, I JUST WANTED TO TO, TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED. UM, YOU KNOW, MORGAN INGRAM AND, AND STACY ENGLISH, YOU KNOW, THEY DO A LOT OF WORK IN THIS SPACE. CORNELL AND, AND CHRIS DO A REALLY GOOD JOB ON OUR, OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM. UH, TIMMY KLAIN AND GENERAL SERVICES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THERE THAT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD. THE SHERIFF ADAMS AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO THE WORK THAT, THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES TO KEEP IT SAFE. UH, CHIEF KISSNER ON THE FIRE AND EMS SIDE, I DIDN'T HEAR, HOPEFULLY WE HAD A, IT WASN'T THAT MANY, UH, THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GET INVOLVED WITH ON, ON THAT. BUT JUST EVERYBODY THAT MADE UP THE, THE FAIR COMMITTEE THIS YEAR, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO COME TO YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING. KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE ON SOME OF THE NUMBERS. WE DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THOSE FOR YOU TODAY, BEING THAT IT JUST ENDED. BUT AGAIN, UM, YOU'LL SEE THEM BACK AT THE, AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING. BUT WHAT, WHAT A GOOD TIME THAT WAS. UM, WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE'S A, A NEW, UH, TECHNOLOGY CALLED FIND MY ELECTION DISTRICT. SO FIND MY ELECTION DISTRICT, UH, WAS CREATED BY OUR GIS DEPARTMENT. I SAY DEPARTMENT JUST 'CAUSE I LIKE SAYING GIS DEPARTMENT. IT'S ONE PERSON, STEPHANIE CHRISTMAS, WHO DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR US. AND, AND YOU ALL KNOW HER, HER ENERGY AND, AND LOVE FOR WHAT SHE DOES. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED OF WANTING TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF INTERFACE AND SHE SAID I CAN DO THAT. AND SO SHE CREATED THIS, UH, FIND MY ELECTION DISTRICT. SO WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO IS, IS HELP ANY CITIZEN IDENTIFY, UH, WHERE BASED ON WHERE THEY LIVE, UH, ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, REPRESENT THEM. SO IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE UNDER THE, UH, VOTING VOTER REGISTRATION PAGE, THERE'S A TAB FOR POLLING PLACES AND ELECTION DISTRICTS. AND IF YOU CLICK ON THAT, CITIZENS CAN THEN SEARCH BY ENTERING THEIR STREET ADDRESS. SO THEY JUST PUT THEIR STREET ADDRESS IN PLACE AND IMMEDIATELY THEIR TAX PARCEL INFORMATION COMES UP. THE RESULTS WILL DISPLAY THE CITIZENS' ELECTORAL, UH, PRECINCT THAT THEY VOTE IN. THEY'LL SEE THEIR LOCAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, SO NOT ONLY THEIR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BUT THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND THEIR PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT AN ELECTED POSITION, IN CASE THEY NEED TO, TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS. UH, ALL THE CONTACT INFORMATION IS THERE TO EMAIL ADDRESS AND, AND IF PHONE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO DO THAT AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S YOUR STATE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES AND YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. SO ONE STOP SHOP CAN CLICK ON IT AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE. UM, AND STEPHANIE KNOCKED THIS OUT IN REALLY NO TIME FLAT. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY BEEN SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE MORE ABOUT, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO ELECTIONS. SO JUST, JUST WANTED TO THANK STEPHANIE. IN FACT, WE WANTED STEPHANIE TO COME TODAY AND I THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE SHORT STAFFED IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SO SHE'S KIND OF HOLDING DOWN BEFORE IT. BUT IF YOU SEE HER, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TAKE A A A TIME TO JUST EXPRESS YOUR APPRECIATION THERE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M, I'M KIND OF EACH BOARD MEETING. I'M TRYING TO GET INTO ONE OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES THAT I WORK WITH AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS. TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CRATER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION. SO MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT AS THE JUVENILE DETENTION HOME FOR THE REGION, BUT IT OPENED IN 1975 AND IT'S A, IT IS A 22 BED FACILITY AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO TO TWO JUDICIAL CIRCUITS. WE HAVE, UH, THE SIXTH AND THE, UH, THE 11TH. SO THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT HAS 11 BEDS AND SO DOES THE 11TH, BUT 11 BEDS, IT'S BROKEN DOWN. HOPEWELL HAS FOUR BEDS. PRINCE GEORGE, FOUR SURREY ONE SUSSEX ONE EMPORIA ONE. AND THEN ON THE 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WE'VE GOT, UM, 11 BEDS. AND SO PETERSBURG HAS SEVEN AND DENWOODY HAS FOUR. SO WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE OVER THE YEARS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN AT CAPACITY. IN FACT, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE, AT THE 22 BEDS THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN PROBABLY AVERAGING SOMEWHERE AROUND 11, 12, 13 BEDS. BUT REALLY EVERY SINCE ABOUT FEBRUARY, MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE SEEN A CONSISTENT UPTICK INTO THE NUMBER OF BED SPACES. SO AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD 27 BED COMMITMENTS. NOW I JUST TOLD YOU WE HAD A 22 BED FACILITY. WE HAD TO, [00:45:01] UM, WE'RE STARTING TO USE EXTERNAL DETENTION AND THERE'S A BIGGER SHORTAGE IN THE, IN THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH FOR, FOR THESE TYPES OF JUVENILE BEDS. UM, SO I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT NEW TREND, UM, I ACTUALLY, IN THE OFFICE, I HAVE THE, UH, WHAT'S CALLED THE, THE DISPOSITION OF CRIME BY, NOT NAMES, BUT BY INDIVIDUAL FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON, ON JUVENILE, UH, CRIME IS THAT THE NATURE OF THE CRIME IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE SIGNIFICANT. SO YOU SEE A LOT MORE MURDERS, A LOT MORE STABBINGS, A LOT MORE WEAPONS CHARGES THAT'S THERE. UM, SO WE'VE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, NOT ONLY IN DIMITY COUNTY, BUT INTO THE REGION. SO WE LOOK AT, UH, RIGHT NOW, HOPEWELL, EMPORIA, PETERSBURG, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF OF KIDS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO SEEING THAT IN THE RURAL AREAS TOO. AND AGAIN, SO THE NATURE OF THE CRIME IS, IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE SIGNIFICANT. ONE REASON I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP IS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 SOME YEARS. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL NEED TO EXPAND, UH, OUR FOOTPRINT THERE. AND SO WE'VE JUST STARTED AS A BOARD TO LOOK INTO THAT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS. WE ALSO HAVE STARTED WHEN, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS CHAIR, WE WORKED OUT BECAUSE WE HAD EMPTY SPACES, WE WORKED WITH, UH, GREENSVILLE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO JUVENILE DETENTION HOME. AND WE WERE WORKING WITH BRUNSWICK COUNTY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A JUVENILE DETENTION HOME. SO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO, UH, LESLIE WHITTINGTON, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OVER IN BRUNSWICK. AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF OUR SPACES. WE DON'T HAVE THEM NOW 'CAUSE WE HAVE ANY AVAILABLE SPACES. AND GARY CYPHERS, WHO'S THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN GREENSVILLE. SO IF WE DO LOOK AT AN EXPANSION, IT COULD BE TO ADD THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES AS WELL, UM, INTO THE MIX. SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, LAST, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE CURRENT YEAR YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE AT $233,905 AND LAST YEAR YOU WERE AT 248,000. SO WE CAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM, FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BEDS NOW, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT THAT PROBABLY TICKING BACK UP. SO WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO BUDGET TIME, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. A LOT OF TIME WE TALK ABOUT, UH, INMATE CARE AS WE THINK ABOUT ADULTS. BUT SO PROGRAMS THAT I THINK ARE GONNA BE PARTICULARLY OF INTEREST TO YOU ALL, AND WE STARTED SOME OF THIS WITH, UM, JUDGE WILSON OVER HERE AT JD AND R, THAT, UM, DIVERSIONARY TYPE PROGRAMS, PRO PROGRAMS THAT KEEP THEM OUT OF JUVENILE DETENTION IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO. AND THE OTHER THING, AND NOT TO, NOT TO SOUND NEGATIVE, BUT UH, A LOT OF TIMES THE STATISTICS SHOW WHEN OUR JUVENILES GO TO JUVENILE DETENTION HOME, THEY ACTUALLY BECOME BETTER AT BEING A DELINQUENT MM-HMM . AND, AND NOT, AND NOT REFORMED. AND SO THE, THE PERCENTAGE IS SOMETHING CRAZY, LIKE 90% OF THE KIDS THAT GO TO JUVENILE DETENTION WILL FIND THEMSELVES IN A, A, A LOCAL JAIL OR PENITENTIARY, UM, BY THE TIME THAT THEY'RE 21 YEARS OLD. MM-HMM. SO WE, WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WAYS TO, TO TRY TO STOP THAT. SO AGAIN, I, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I'VE GOT THE ADMISSIONS DEFENSE CATEGORY SHEET UPSTAIRS AND FOR EACH LOCALITY, AND, AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT COST. BUT IT, IT IS, IT'S COSTING US ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, UM, JUST FOR JUVENILES. ALRIGHT, NEXT THING I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS THE 2026 GENERAL REASSESSMENT UPDATE. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN WE DID THE LAST REASSESSMENT, WHICH WAS FINALIZED IN 2024, UH, THERE WERE PROVISIONS WITH THAT CONTRACT THAT ALLOWED THE COUNTY TO POTENTIALLY GET INTO A TWO YEAR REASSESSMENT, UH, CONTRACT IF DESIRED. AND IT, AT YOUR JUNE 17TH, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, YOU ALL AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY TO, UM, TO EXTEND THE APPRAISAL CONTRACT TO VISION GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, WHICH PREVIOUSLY FORMALLY WAS, UH, WAMP LAURENS. AND SO WE STARTED THAT PROCESS RIGHT AFTER JUNE 17TH. UH, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE GENERAL REASSESSMENT THAT WE'RE PRESENTLY DOING IS JANUARY 1ST, 2027 WITH A FILING DEADLINE OF THE LAST DAY OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE DECEMBER 31ST. AND THAT FILING DEADLINE GOES TO THE CIRCUIT COURT. SO YOUR PROCESS IS, IS COMING TO THE, THE END STAGE OF, OF THAT REVIEW. UM, SO YOU'RE, I I ASKED YOU THAT CALL [00:50:01] AT THE COMMISSIONER REVENUES OFFICE, TALKED TO MS. STEVENS, THE SALES RATIO AS OF TODAY SETS AT 84% OF FAIR MARKET VALUE. SO IF YOU REMEMBER THE PREVIOUS REASSESSMENT, WE WERE IN THE LOW FIFTIES, MID TO THE LOW FIFTIES. SO YOU'RE AT 84% OF FAIR MARKET VALUE. SO WHEN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT HOME SALES. BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY TOO. BUT, YOU KNOW, SO A HOME SALE IS CONSISTENT OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED AN ARMS LENGTH TRANSACTION, MEANING IT'S A GOOD SALE. AND SO WHAT THE APPRAISAL FIRM HAS BEEN LOOKING AT IS ALL OF THOSE REALLY GOOD SALES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN WHAT PART OF THE COUNTY, UM, THEY'RE GOING INTO. WHEN I SAY I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, IN, IN DENWOODY COUNTY, REALLY THE WHOLE COMMONWEALTH, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S THIS OTHER TAXATION CALLED PUBLIC SERVICE TAX. AND SO PUBLIC SERVICE TAX, AS YOU SEE IN YOUR BUDGET, IS REALLY THE, THE TAXATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND MAKING SURE AND ENSURING THAT PUBLIC UTILITIES PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. SO ANYTIME YOUR SALES RATIO DROPS, SO DOES THE, THE AMOUNT THAT YOUR PUBLIC UTILITIES PAY. SO AS YOU KEEP YOUR PUBLIC UTILITIES UP, THEN WHAT THEY PAY GOES UP. AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOT TO GET SPECIFIC TO WHO ARE PUBLIC UTILITIES, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, AT BUDGET TIME WE KIND OF TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT JUST BASED ON SOME OF THE, THE NUMBERS I'VE LOOKED AT WITH THE COMMISSIONER REVENUE, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEN WHEN YOU STAY UP TO DATE WITH ITS SALES RATIO, 'CAUSE IF NOT FROM ONE FISCAL YEAR TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, YOU COULD BE LOSING, UM, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE TO, TO DO THAT. AND SO IF YOU, IF THOSE PUBLIC UTILITIES PAY, THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE OVERALL TAX RATE NEEDS TO BE, THEN YOU CAN BALANCE THAT OUT A A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT, UH, THE GOAL, KIND OF A LOFT GOAL, BUT THE GOAL IS BY THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, THE, THE, UH, COMMISSION REVENUE WOULD, WOULD, HAS KIND OF IN INSINUATED THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY MAILED THEIR REASSESSMENT NOTICE. AND IF IT DOESN'T GET OUT THIS FRIDAY, THEN IT WILL, IT'LL MORE THAN LIKELY BE EARLY NEXT WEEK. SO I JUST KINDA WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WHEN YOU GET THE ENVELOPE IN THE MAIL AND YOU, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, FIRST THING YOU OUGHT TO DO IS REVIEW ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S ON THE NOTICE. UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF, LOT OF PRINT, A LOT OF REQUIRED INFORMATION THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, AGAIN, STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO PUT IT INTO THE NOTICE. AND SO, AND AGAIN, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ALL THAT INFORMATION. ANYTHING YOU DON'T KNOW ARE YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU NEED TO CONTACT US AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE LOOK INTO IT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, AT THE, ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, AT THE GENERAL REASSESSMENT PAGE, WHICH IS, UH, LINKED, MARIE HAS IT LINKED TO THE VERY FRONT PAGE OF THE COUNTY WEBSITE. UH, OR YOU CAN GO IF YOU MISS IT THERE, IF YOU GO TO THE COMMISSION REVENUES PAGE AND YOU SEE GENERAL REASSESSMENT, IT'S THERE TOO. UH, BUT YOU CAN GO THERE, UM, AS SOON AS THE NOTICES GET SENT OUT AND YOU CAN SEE YOUR SPECIFIC VALUE, WHICH HOPEFULLY WOULD BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, YOU CAN SEE THE VALUE THAT, THAT YOUR SPECIFIC, UH, REAL ESTATE WOULD BE BE, UM, APPRAISED AT, ASSESSED AT. AND YOU NOT ONLY CAN LOOK AT THAT INDIVIDUAL, YOU, YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT ANYBODY ELSE. SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT NEIGHBORS, IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AND KIND OF COMPARE WHAT, WHAT THE REASSESSMENT DID, ALL THAT INFORMATION'S GONNA BE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, UH, HOPEFULLY BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, IF THAT'S THE DATE THAT THE NOTICES GET SENT OUT. IF YOU DON'T WANNA LOOK AT IT ONLINE, IF BROADBAND'S A BARRIER AND YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T LOOK AT IT OR LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE IS TOO CUMBERSOME, YOU CAN COME TO THE COUNTY, UM, STARTING NEXT WEEK AND YOU CAN GO TO WHAT IS OUR COMMUNITY ROOM, WHICH IS LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE. AND YOU CAN REVIEW ALL THAT INFORMATION I JUST TALKED ABOUT IN PERSON. AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO COME HERE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO, THAT'S FINE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO COME HERE, WE ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AROUND IN THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. IF IT'S A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR LAND CARD OR IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE ACTUAL ZONING OR LAND, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT NEARBY. AND SO THAT WILL BE OPEN, UM, FOR MOST OF THE REST OF THE YEAR. WE'LL, WE'LL, IF WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE USING IT, WE'LL KEEP IT GOING. IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE'LL MAKE OTHER DECISIONS. THE OTHER THING WHEN YOU GET YOUR NOTICE IS IF YOU'VE LOOKED INTO IT AND YOU'RE STILL NOT HAPPY, YOU CAN SET UP A HEARING WITH THE GENERAL REASSESSMENT, UH, OFFICER. SO WAMPLER RINGS OR VISION IS GONNA HAVE AT LEAST THREE OFFICERS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SET UP A HEARING, YOU CALL THE NUMBER ON [00:55:01] YOUR NOTICE, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT HEARING. HEARINGS WILL START ON NOVEMBER 9TH, AND THEY'RE GONNA RUN FOR TWO WEEKS. SO NOVEMBER 9TH UNTIL FEBRUARY 20TH IS WHEN THE STILL NOT HAPPY. NINTH TO 20TH, IS IT NOVEMBER? NOVEMBER? WHAT DID I SAY? FEBRUARY? OH YEAH, DON'T SAY FEBRUARY. NO, FEBRUARY, NOVEMBER 9TH TO NOVEMBER 20TH. THE FEBRUARY DEADLINE IS THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. SO IF YOU, IF YOU ARE STILL NOT HAPPY, EVEN AFTER YOU GET THROUGH THE HEARING, WE STILL HAVE THE REQUIREMENT BY CODE TO GET THE HANDBOOK FILED. BUT YOU STILL CAN GO TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS, UH, THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN DENWOODY COUNTY CAN HEAR THE CASE AND THEY CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS UP UP TO THAT POINT. UM, AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR ASSESSMENT NOTICE, ALL IT DOES IS DESCRIBE YOUR NEW VALUE. THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW, THERE WILL, THERE ARE PROVISIONS, THANK YOU COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA , THAT, THAT ASK US TO ALREADY PUT OUT WHAT THE EQUALIZED TAX RATE MAY BE AND ALSO WHAT THE TAX, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT TAX RATES, THIS IS NOT, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT EQUALIZED RATE, YOU'RE SEEING WHAT THE TAX RATE WOULD HAVE TO BE. WE HAVEN'T STARTED BUDGET, WE HAVEN'T STARTED OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS YET. SO THEY'RE BENCHMARKING THAT BACK TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. UM, SO AGAIN, I KNOW WE, WE TELL PEOPLE IT'S NOT ABOUT TAXES, TAXES WILL GET DETERMINED LATER. SO ANN'S FINISHED THE BUDGET CALENDAR, SO EARLY APRIL, LIKE APRIL 6TH, WE HAVE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE. SO THAT TAX RATE THAT YOU ESTABLISHED ON APRIL 6TH WILL DETERMINE WHAT YOU ACTUALLY PAY. BUT WHEN YOU SEE YOUR NOTICE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM. ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE ABOUT IT, AGAIN, YOU GOT ABOUT A 16% DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT OF FAIR MARKET VALUE TO WHERE YOUR SALES RATIO IS TODAY. AND TYPICALLY THAT DOESN'T GET TO A HUNDRED PERCENT. BUT AGAIN, I'VE TOLD YOU WE, HOW WE AND AT LEAST DID WHAT WE HAVE GOT THE CASE, THE COST OF THE UTILITIES THAT WE HAVE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT SALES RATIO UP. ALRIGHT, WELL MADAM CHAIR, JUST SOME OTHER IMPORTANT DATES. ELECTION DAY IS 14 DAYS AWAY FROM TODAY. THE REASON I DID THE MATH ON THAT IS 'CAUSE THE, YOU HAVE 11 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION TO REGISTER IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED TO VOTE. SO YOU'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED, IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T REGISTERED, THEY NEED TO DO THAT. IF THEY PLAN TO, TO VOTE FOR THIS UPCOMING ELECTION. JUST AS A REMINDER, REMINDER COUNTY OFFICES ARE CLOSED ON ELECTION DAY AND THAT'S NOVEMBER 3RD. AND THE LAST DAY TO VOTE IN PERSON IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM SO THAT'S YOUR, YOUR LAST DAY TO, TO VOTE. AND BECAUSE COUNTY OFFICES ARE CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 3RD, THAT TUESDAY, THERE'S NO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WORKSHOP ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. THE SEVENTH THROUGH THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER IS THE VACO CONFERENCE. SO WE, WE MENTIONED THAT THE 11TH COUNTY OFFICES ARE CLOSED FOR VETERANS DAY. AND THEN THAT GETS US SINCE NOVEMBER 17TH, WHICH IS YOUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING, A MONTH FROM NOW. THAT MEETING WILL START WITH EARLIER IN THE DAY, A GOVERNMENT DAY, THE, THE FALL GOVERNMENT DAY. SO FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT CAN ATTEND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FORMAT, BUT WE'LL BE BACK IN, IN THIS ROOM OR THIS, THIS, I GUESS IT'S THIS ROOM AT NINE 15 IS THE START OF, OF GOVERNMENT DAY. AND THEN YOUR REGULAR MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE THAT EVENING. UH, NOVEMBER 25TH IS THE HALF DAY FOR THANKSGIVING, AND THEN THE 26TH AND 27TH WERE CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING. UM, MADAM CHAIR AND I, AS WELL AS THE VICE CHAIR WILL BE INVITED TO THE, UM, THE MAYORS AND CHAIRS AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS DINNER THAT'S GONNA BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 30TH. AND THAT'S BEING HOSTED BY THE COUNTY. SO WE WILL, WILL PUT OUT THOSE INVITATIONS. AND THEN, UH, WANTED TO MENTION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST IS YOUR WORKSHOP. AND THEN AFTER THE WORKSHOP WE'LL HAVE A GRAND ELIMINATION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE COURTHOUSE. I THINK THE GOAL IS TO ALSO TRY TO GET SOME OF OUR AREA FIRE STATIONS LIT UP THE SAME NIGHT. AND THEN, UH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, UH, THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IS GONNA GO BACK TO A TRADITIONAL FORMAT AND THAT'S GONNA BE ON COURTHOUSE ROAD. AND SO WE'LL BE LEAVING THE HIGH SCHOOL AT 1:00 PM MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND BE BACK AT, UH, THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX FOR THE CONCLUSION OF IT. SO AGAIN, MARKY COUNTY, DECEMBER 12TH AT 1:00 PM BACK ON COURTHOUSE ROAD. UM, AND MADAME CHAIR, AT THIS TIME, I'VE ASKED [01:00:01] TAMMY COLLINS IF SHE WOULD PRESENT, UH, THE CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL HERITAGE AND LEGACY COALITION. AND, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, TAMMY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. MR. MASSENGILL, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM, THIS HAPPENS TO BE SOMETHING THAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT ON TWO DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE ROAD. YOU ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THERE'S SUCH A VAST HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH CENTRAL STATE. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT YET SEEN, UH, THE NEWS RELEASE, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF, OF POINTERS AND, AND SORT OF THE BACKSTORY OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. AND SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CENTRAL STATE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, UH, DECADES TO BE EXACT. AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF REDEVELOPMENT FOR OVER 300 ACRES AT CENTRAL STATE. AND SO THAT BEING ONE PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE ASIDE THE SIGNIFICANT HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH CENTRAL STATE. UM, FOR ME, UM, FOR YOU AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE'VE ALWAYS LEANED IN TO TELLING OUR STORY. AND SO THIS, THIS COALITION THAT'S BEING FORMED RECOGNIZES THE FACES, THE FAMILIES, THE LIVES, THE CHALLENGING STORIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HISTORY, UM, AT CENTRAL STATE. AND SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THAT HISTORY IS TOLD, THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN. AND SO WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THIS COALITION TO HONOR THE PAST WHILE PREPARING AND BUILDING OUR FUTURE. AND SO WE ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS GOING TOGETHER. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE HISTORY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IT'S ABOUT BOTH. AND I THINK WE CAN GIVE IT THE ATTENTION THAT IT DESERVES. AND SO, UM, BEGINNING ON FRIDAY WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING OF THE OFFICIAL CENTRAL STATE HERITAGE AND LEGACY COALITION WHO'S GONNA BE AT THE TABLE. SO WE HAVE INVITED QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE A SPECIFIC, UH, LEVEL OF INPUT THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM. AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES THAT WILL BE THERE. UM, THE CAMERON FOUNDATION, ONE OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS IS GOING TO BE THEIR VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP. FRIENDS OF CENTRAL STATE HAS BEEN INVITED TO BE THERE. DR. KING DAVIS HAS BEEN INVITED, OUR ILLUSTRIOUS BOARD CHAIR, WHO IS NOT ONLY REPRESENTING DENWOODY, BUT ALSO IS A RETIREE OF CENTRAL STATE. SHE WILL BE PARTICIPATING ALONG WITH DELICATE KIM, POPE ADAMS, MR. MASSENGILL, AND MYSELF, ALONG WITH, UH, MORGAN INGRAM, UM, REPRESENTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTEREST AND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL BE THERE. AND SO THAT IS THE INITIAL GROUP. UM, PART OF OUR OBJECTIVE FOR THE FIRST MEETING IS TO LOOK AROUND THE TABLE AND SEE WHO ELSE MAY NEED TO BE THERE WITH US THAT WE MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED. AND SO THAT IS PART OF OUR OBJECTIVE ON THE FIRST DAY. BUT THEN ALSO, UM, WE VERY IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THAT THIS, WE ARE A COMMUNITY, AND SO THE CITIZENS OF DENWOOD COUNTY MAY HAVE WORDS OR EXPRESSIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS AS WELL. AND SO WE ARE DESIGNATING, UM, A PLATFORM FOR THEM TO HAVE VOICE TO THIS PROCESS. WE WILL BE DOING COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS AS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, JUST SO THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT ALSO TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SHARE ANY PERSPECTIVES OR PERSONAL STORIES. UM, WE WILL BE AMAZED AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SOME OF THE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS, UM, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, HAVE BEEN ALREADY, UM, AS SOON AS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT. AND SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH UPDATE, UM, THAT THE FORMATION OF THE, UH, HERITAGE AND LEGACY COALITION IS IN EFFECT. AND WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING ON FRIDAY. WE ANTICIPATE, UM, THAT THIS PROCESS WILL MOVE, UM, AT AN INTENTIONAL SPEED. UM, SO WE WILL HAVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MEETINGS OF THIS COALITION. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. YEAH, EXCITING . MADAM CHAIR. I WAS REMINDED WHEN TALKING TO SUPERVISOR LEE, I GUESS IT WAS 2025, UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF ISSUES IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND. IF YOU CAN REMEMBER, THIS WAS COVID. AND THEN MAY, JUNE OF THAT YEAR, UH, RICHMOND WAS UNDER FIRE. AND SO WE CREATED, UH, DAN WAS, UH, THE CHAIR THAT YEAR. WE CREATED A TASK FORCE ON EQUITY AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION. IT CAME BACK WITH 33 AREAS OF RECOMMENDATION. ONE OF THEM WAS, IS THAT THE STORIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, NEED TO BE, NEED TO BE TOLD. AND IT'S JUST UNIQUE, THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL STATE, [01:05:02] UM, AND IT'S BEGINNINGS AND THE HISTORY THAT'S THERE. NOT JUST FOR DIM WOODY, BUT, BUT REALLY FOR A NATION OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMONWEALTH. SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A, A VERY GOOD STEP IN THE, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UM, PROBABLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE DONE YEARS AGO, BUT I'M GLAD TO BE IN A POSITION NOW TO, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT PLATFORM AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THE STORIES THAT THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE AND, AND AGAIN, TO, TO REMEMBER, UH, CENTRAL STATE IN, IN THAT WAY TYPE OF WAY. AND I'M CHAD, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'VE GOT IS TO, UH, TOMORROW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY DIM WOODY TO SHINE A LITTLE BIT BRIGHT, UH, WITH ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. KAISHA BROWN WILL BE TRAVELING. I THINK SHE'S COMMITTED TO TRAVELING TONIGHT AFTER THE BOARD MEETING TO VIRGINIA BEACH, UM, WHERE SHE GETS TO CONVENE OVER THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AS PRESIDENT. AND SO WE, UH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING. GIVE HER THE GAVEL. GIVE HER THE GAVEL. THAT'S RIGHT. I HAVE ONE THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT. SWING IT WILDLY . SO KA SAFE TRAVELS TODAY, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FOR, FOR DIM WIDY TO BE ON THE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE, THE STAGE THAT WAY AND, AND TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AT THIS POINT IN YOUR CAREER IS A POSITIVE THING FOR EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING. VERY PROUD. VERY PROUD. YES, YES, YES MA'AM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, AND THIS IS, UH, THE BOARD [10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] MEMBERS. AND DAN, YOU WANNA GO FIRST TONIGHT? ALRIGHT, I DON'T HAVE LUNCH. OH, OKAY. I JUST, UM, WAS AT THE FAB THE WHOLE TIME. AND, UH, I LOVE THE FAB. UM, I'M A GREAT PEOPLE WATCHER. AND SO, UM, INTERESTED IN FRIDAY NIGHT. THE, THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT. AND THEN SATURDAY, THE WEATHER WAS ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. AND THEN SUNDAY IT WAS BACK PRETTY, BUT A LITTLE WINDY MM-HMM . SO, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF WEATHER FOR EVERYBODY, BUT, UM, SEEING THE FAT THROUGH MY GRANDCHILDREN'S EYES MEANS A WHOLE LOT TO ME. UM, AND THEY HAD ALL ENTERED IN, INTO THE AG STUFF IN THE OH AND AG STUFF AND, AND DID VERY WELL. AND, UM, AND THEN, UM, MY GRANDSON, BEN SAID THAT THE SECOND FAVORITE THING, OTHER THAN THE JOHN DEERE TRACTOR IS THE FIRE TRUCKS . SO HE HAD THAT'S RIGHT. HE BEAT HIS SISTER WITH, WITH HIS HAT, BUT WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT GOOD THING TO KIND OF FLIMSY. SO, UH, ANYWAY, BUT, UM, NO, I THINK THE FAIR IS, IS, UM, IS, IS A GREAT THING AND MM-HMM . AND I THINK THAT GROUP, UM, MORGAN AND STACY AND THEM MM-HMM . WELL, EVERYBODY, UM, DOES A GREAT JOB, SO MM-HMM . AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT, DR. MOORE. ALRIGHT, WELL, I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK ON, ON DAN'S COMMENTS PERTAINING TO THE COUNTY FAIR. JUST WANNA THANK EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME OUT TO THE FAIR. ALL OF OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, OUR VENDORS AND ALL OF THAT. UM, WE HAD A HODGEPODGE OF WEATHER, BUT WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT. THAT'S IN GOD'S HANDS. MM-HMM . BUT, UH, THANKS TO ALL STAFF WHERE WHATEVER CAPACITY YOU WERE THERE, UH, WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. SO JUST TO SAY THANK YOU TO THAT AND TO OUR CITIZENRY THAT THAT SHOWED UP TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FAIR. UM, PIGGYBACK ON, ON KEVIN'S COMMENTS PERTAINING TO VOTING, WE'RE TWO WEEKS AWAY AS OF TODAY, SEVEN O'CLOCK TONIGHT, TWO WEEKS WILL BE THE, YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS, UM, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I THINK THAT ANY ADULT HAS THE ABILITY TO DO. AND THAT IS YOUR, UM, YOUR ABILITY TO VOTE. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY DIFFERENT FROM A LOT OF OTHER PLACES IN THIS WORLD. UM, JUST A LITTLE UPDATE. THERE ARE OVER 700,000 VOTES THAT HAVE BEEN CAST IN THE STATE ALREADY, AND YOU STILL HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO GO, UM, IN-PERSON, UM, VOTING. UM, SO, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE. SO I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL TAKE AN ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND THE LAST THING, I WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. OUR, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN OUR WORKSHOP TO LOOK AT THE ADVANCEMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR STAFF IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EACH OF THEM THAT CAME AND PRESENTED, UH, OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT A CAR, UH, LOOKS LIKE TODAY, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS IN IT, UM, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY GO THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS, UM, IN THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE. UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT CAME AND SHOWED THAT, UH, ILLUSTRATION TO IT AND THE TECHNOLOGY, THE INVESTMENT THAT THIS [01:10:01] COUNTY HAS PUT IN TO, UH, CRIME FIGHTING AND THE ABILITY TO KEEP EVERY CITIZEN IN THIS COUNTY SAFE. UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE A CHECK BEFORE THIS KIND OF FALLS IN LINE AND I'VE FORGOTTEN TO MENTION IT, UM, ABOUT OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, BUT, UM, WAS IT LAST SA SATURDAY, A WEEK AGO, UH, TO CON'S TRACKED OF, UM, EQUIPMENT DEALERSHIP MM-HMM. WENT OUT OF BUSINESS, ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE PLACE FOR SALE, BUT I WILL, WHEN I RODE THROUGH THE SATURDAY MORNING, IT, IT WAS AT LEAST EIGHT TO 10 DEPUTIES MANAGING TRAFFIC. THEY HAD TO SIGN UP. UM, AND FOR A BUSINESS LIKE THAT, TO BE IN BUSINESS AS LONG AS HE WAS, UM, MAYBE DIDN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF NOISE OR A WHOLE LOT OF SPOTLIGHTS, BUT HE WAS STILL A BUSINESS OWNER. AND THEN WHEN HE COUNTED FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND FOR THE DENWOOD SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT AND HELP, AND, AND ALL OF THAT, I THINK IS, IS A TESTAMENT TO, TO DENWOODY COUNTY. SO I, I THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TWO MINUTE DELAY AND YOU'RE BACK ON YOUR WAY. MM-HMM . UM, SO, UM, AND A LOT OF FOLKS FROM NORTH CAROLINA, I GUARANTEE WHAT THAT, BECAUSE THE AUCTIONEER WAS OUT OF CAROLINA. SO WHEN YOU GO SOMEWHERE AND YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IT ISN'T, ISN'T A, UM, A MESS. UM, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MESS. I THINK THAT SPEAKS WELL FOR WHEN THE COUNTY, SO SORRY FOR MY THAT'S ALL RIGHT. INTERRUPTED. OKAY, BILL. WELL, IT WAS FUN AT THE FAIR. I, UH, HAD A GOOD TIME. , I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF MY SHYNESS , SO I TRY THAT. YEAH. SO I HAVE A HARD TIME SOMETIMES, UH, PRESENT MYSELF CORRECTLY. BUT WHEN YOU ASK TO, WHEN SOMEONE COMES UP TO YOU TO SAY, LET'S DANCE, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU DANCE LIKE NO ONE'S WATCHING. I SAID, WELL, NO ONE'S WATCHING, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. BUT I HAD A GOOD TIME, UH, THE CHIEF, YOU KNOW, HE WAS THERE WITH ALL HIS STAFF AND, UH, EVEN ONE OF HIS CHIEF GOT OUT AND DANCED BECAUSE I WAS DANCING, YOU KNOW, SO YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH JOY YOU GO BRING INTO MM-HMM . YOU JUST DO IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I HAD A GREAT TIME DANCING WITH THE REAL TALL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE DOES, THE BUTTERFLY, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? BUT SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STAFF THERE AND ALL THE DEPUTIES, UH, PRESENTING DENWOOD COUNTY, I'M PROUD TO BE HERE, TO BE ABLE TO ACT SILLY AND SOMETIMES AND HAVE FUN. MM. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW? AND THEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE STARTED DANCING AT THE MAN. MY WIFE STARTED DANCING, YOU KNOW? SO I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. AND ANOTHER GOOD THING THAT I ENJOYED, UH, WE HAD THREE FEATHERS THERE. MM-HMM . THE CHIEF, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WENT UP TO HIS, UH, TEEPEES MM-HMM . BUT HE SLEPT IN THAT TP. UH, YOU KNOW, I TOLD HIM, I, I WISHED I WOULD'VE INVITED YOU TO MY HOUSE. HE SAID, I WOULDN'T HAVE COME. I LOVE SLEEPING IN MY TEPEE. MM. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WENT INTO HIS, ONE OF HIS TEEPEES, HE HAD A LOT OF, UH, RELICS AND THE HISTORY THAT HE WAS TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GIRLS, YOU KNOW, THE LEAVE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. MM-HMM . BUT HE AND I HOOKED UP. AND WHEN WE STARTED, DAN TOLD ME, HE SAID, THE MAN'S LOOKING FOR YOU. SO, SO I WENT OVER AND AFTER I WENT OVER, IT WAS HARD TO GET AWAY FROM HIM. YOU KNOW, YOU COMING BACK, . UH, SO I DID, UH, A COUPLE TIMES AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. BUT THE FAIR IS GOOD. AND STACY MORGAN, UH, THEIR NAMES WAS, UH, TALKED ABOUT WHEN I'D GO IN THE TENTS, UH, ALL OF THE FOLKS WERE SAYING HOW GRATEFUL THEY WERE. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO COME AND HAVE A PARTY IN THE FAIR. SO I ENJOYED IT. UH, I DO HAVE A GOOD TIME WHEN I GO, UH, TRYING TO BE WHO I AM. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . SO, AND SEND MY NATIVE PEOPLE THERE WAS A GOOD THING, YOU KNOW, MY THREE FEATHERS. I DON'T HAVE THE NAME THREE FEATHERS, SO . BUT ANYWAY, IF I HAD A GOOD TIME. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD. I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO STAFF. UM, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOCCER GAMES THAT MORNING. THEY HAD FOOTBALL GAMES GOING ON, PARKS AND REC. MM-HMM. IT WAS JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE. MM-HMM . AND AGAIN, UH, I'LL SAY WHAT I SAID AT THE, THE LAST MEETING, NOT ONCE HAVE I HEARD ONE OF 'EM SAY, THAT'S NOT MY JOB. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TIME THEY START, THEY'RE THERE UNTIL IT'S FINISHED. AMEN. THEY'RE THERE WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE LEAVES. THEY'RE [01:15:01] CLEANING UP, THEY'RE PACKING UP, THEY'RE DOING THE HEAVY LIFT THAT NO ONE SEES. AND I WANT TO THANK THEM SO MUCH FOR ALL THEY DO. AMEN. UM, WE ARE BLESSED WITH, WITH JUST A GREAT COMMUNITY OR A GREAT STAFF, GREAT ENVIRONMENT TO RAISE MY CHILDREN IN. UM, I WANNA JUST PUBLICLY EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES TO DR. PHIPPS FAMILY, UH, THE FAMILY THAT HE HAD AT SUTHERLAND FAMILY PRACTICE. I KNOW TYLER, UM, GREW UP WITH HIM MM-HMM . AND SO MY CONDOLENCES FOR YOUR LOSS, UH, IN A STAPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES, BROUGHT SO MANY LIVES INTO THIS WORLD, I'M SURE. AND, UH, JUST CARRIED THEM THROUGH SO MANY HARD TIMES AND WE WILL MISS HIM. HE WAS A GREAT MAN. AMEN. AND SO THAT'S, UH, JUST LOVE EACH OTHER. UH, I HAVEN'T SAID THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO THE COMMANDMENT THAT JESUS GAVE US, LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, AND LOVE YOUR GOD. UH, IF WE DO THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE SHOULD COME PRETTY EASY. MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. I, UM, UM, THE COUNTY FAIR. YES. UM, GREAT TIME. AND, UM, THE STAFF AND PATRIOTS, THEY, UH, THE HEAT WAS SOMETHING ON FRIDAY AND THE COLD RAIN ON SATURDAY, BUT THEY SHOWED UP LITTLE WIND ON SUNDAY, BUT SUNDAY WAS JUST PERFECT. UM, AND, UM, I DID GO ON SUNDAY AND, UM, I WAS, THEY HAD THE, THE, THE PIG RACE. YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS WITH THE ANIMALS TYPE THINGS, AND, UM, BUT IT WAS SO MANY PEOPLE I COULD NOT GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO REALLY SEE THAT. I MEAN, IT WAS SOME PEOPLE OVER AT THAT PIG RACE. AND THEN OF COURSE, AFTERWARDS YOU DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY. I, YOU KNOW, BUT I DID, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UM, WITH THE OTHER ANIMALS, THE, UM, IT HAD A COW AND HORSE AND, UH, RABBIT AND SOME GOATS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. I THINK IT WAS A, LIKE A LLAMA. I THINK ONE OF THOSE ANIMALS WAS THERE. SO ANYWAY, SO, UM, I WENT OVER THERE AND I SAW THAT, AND I SAW, OH, YEAH, Y'ALL LOOKING AT, OKAY. UM, ANYWAY, . ANYWAY. ANYWAY, THE, UM, THEY HAD, UH, TWO GROUPS TO SING OUT THERE. UM, THE CHURCH VISIONS, THEY WERE VERY GOOD. UM, AND THE, UM, PASTOR AND I GUESS HIS ASSOCIATE, THEY, THEY, UM, PRAYED FOR THE COUNTY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY AMAZING. THEY PRAYED, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, THE VISION OF THE COUNTY MOVING FORWARD, UM, THE PEOPLE AND POSITIONS AND EVERYTHING. AND THAT, THAT WAS, UM, REALLY GOOD FOR US. YOU KNOW, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW THAT, UM, THEY ALWAYS PRAYED FOR US. AND THEN THEY HAD ROCKY MOUNT CHURCH OUT THERE THAT'S, UH, CARLOS JORDAN'S CHURCH TO SING AS WELL. SO BOTH OF THOSE GROUPS, I DID HEAR THEM ON, ON SUNDAY. AND, UH, IT WAS JUST A GREAT TIME, GREAT TIME. ENJOYED EVERYTHING. AND OF COURSE, THE LADY, UM, I, I TOLD HER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO ABOUT THOSE TURKEY LEGS, BUT I MEAN, PEOPLE BUY THOSE TURKEY LEGS, . AND SHE RAN OUT ONE TIME, AND I THINK ON SATURDAY SHE HAD TO GO GET SOME MORE. I MEAN, PEOPLE LOVE THOSE THINGS. I MEAN, THEY WERE WAITING IN LINE. I SAW THE LADY SAID, OH, THEY GETTING READY TO RUN OUT. AND SHE RAN AND GOT 'EM AND EVERYTHING. I SAID, WELL, YEAH, YOU BETTER RUN KIND OF FAST. 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING. BUT, UM, BUT PEOPLE LOVE THE, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY LOVE. AND THE, THE VENDORS SEEMED LIKE THEY HAD A GOOD TIME. THEY SEEMED LIKE THEY REALLY DID WELL. SO IT, IT WAS JUST A GREAT TIME OUT THERE. UM, WEST PETERSBURG WEEKEND AT WAS IN SEP, UH, SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE THAT EVERY YEAR IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT NOW FOR, UM, A LONG TIME. WE HAVE A, A PARADE. WE HAVE, UH, VENDORS THAT COME AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS A, IT IS A GOOD JOB. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY COME AND THEY, UM, TOGETHER AND, UM, HAD A BOUNCY FOR THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING AND JUST ENJOY, UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN WE HAVE A CHURCH SERVICE ON SUNDAY, UH, AND IT'S ALSO CALLED FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SO THEY CAN COME BACK ON SUNDAY TO WORSHIP WITH US. AND USUALLY WE GET SOMEONE ON SUNDAY THAT'S BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY, GREW UP IN THE COMMUNITY, HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, DECIDED TO, TO SPEAK ON THAT SUNDAY. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A WHILE, HAVING PEOPLE COME BACK. SO THAT, AND THAT WAS A GOOD TIME AS WELL. UM, ON, IN SEPTEMBER, WEST PITTSBURGH WEEKEND, FAMILY, FRIENDS, UM, VACO, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, CERTIFICATION COURSE, MR. CHAVIS AND I DECIDED TO COMPLETE THIS NEARLY YEAR LONG COURSE TOGETHER. AND, UM, SO WE COMPLETED IT, IT STARTED IN JANUARY AND ENDED, UM, A COUPLE OF FRIDAYS AGO. AND WE COMPLETED THREE MODULES, UH, BUDGETING, PLANNING, LAND USE LEADERSHIP, [01:20:01] AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY COMPLETED COURSE ON, ON OCTOBER THE NINTH. AND OUR CERTIFICATES WILL BE PRESENTED NEXT MONTH AT THE VACO ANNUAL CONFERENCE. SO, UM, I BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK FOR MR. CHAVE AND I AND MYSELF THAT, UM, THAT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY WAS GREAT. AND WE FINISHED. THAT WAS, IT WAS A LONG YEAR. IT WAS A LONG YEAR, AND, YOU KNOW, TO DO THAT. SO WE WERE, WE ARE BOTH SEASONED BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WE STILL LEARNED A LOT. WE HAD A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE IN THE CLASS. UH, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 25, ABOUT 25 PEOPLE THAT WILL BE GETTING, UM, THEIR CERTIFICATES. UM, BIG NUMBER IN, UH, VACO IN NOVEMBER. SO IT, IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS GOOD. WE ENJOYED THAT. UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLY INSTALLED DELLA, UH, COHORT. COHORT GROUP. UM, THE DENWITTY EMERGING LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR SHORT. AND, UH, THOSE ARE THE SKILLS OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, UH, AND JUNIORS, AREAS OF LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, GOVERNMENT THROUGH EXPOSURE, INFORMATION OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATIONAL, UH, FIELD TRIP. SO WE, UM, HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND, UH, OF COURSE THEY WILL BE BACK, UH, WITH US AT SOME POINT IN TIME. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, UH, CONTINUED TO GROW, AND THE INTEREST IS STILL THERE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF IT. AND, UM, THIS BOARD, WE, WE BELIEVE THAT INVESTING IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COUNTY'S FUTURE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE GREAT THINGS THIS YEAR'S, UM, GROUP WILL ACCOMPLISH. SO, UM, HALLOWEEN IS, IS ON A SATURDAY THIS YEAR, AND I WANNA WISH EVERYONE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN. WE ENCOURAGE PARENTS AND CHILDREN AND MOTORISTS TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BE SAFE AND MINDFUL OF OTHERS. WHEN YOU'RE OUT WITH THAT. A LOT, A LOT OF PLACES ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, THE TRUNK OF TREATS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO VARIOUS PLACES. I KNOW A LOT OF THE CHURCHES ARE DOING THAT, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF CANDY. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA DRIVE AND TAKE YOUR KIDS THROUGH, UM, MAKE SURE YOU GO AND THEY GET A GIANT BAG OF CANDY AND, UM, BE RUNNING AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THEY EAT THE CANDY. BUT IT'S A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE ARE DOING THE TRUNK OR TREATS AND WHICH IS GOOD. UM, I THINK PEOPLE STILL GO DOOR TO DOOR, BUT NOT AS MANY AS THEY USED TO. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, BECAUSE THAT'S, UM, ACTUALLY THE LAST SATURDAY IN THIS MONTH, UM, THE COUNTYWIDE NEWSLETTER WILL BE MAILED THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER, AND DIGITAL VERSION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE. AND A NUMBER OF HARD COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. SO THAT WILL BE IN NOVEMBER. SO, UM, ALSO, UH, TONIGHT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, WE HAVE A CITIZEN SPOTLIGHT. WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US BACK AT 7:00 PM THIS EVENING FOR A SPECIAL RECOGNITION, A DENWITTY NATIVE, MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE CULINARY WORLD. AND, UM, HE'S, UM, HE WENT TO SCHOOL AND THEN WITTY, SO HIS FAMILY IS COMING. I, UM, ACTUALLY WORKED WITH HIS, UH, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AT CENTRAL STATE. UM, AND THIS YOUNG MAN IS COMING. HE'S, HE, HE'S DEVELOPED, UM, BARBECUE SAUCE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. AND HE'S, HE'S BEEN A LOT OF PLACES AND HE WANTED TO COME BACK AND SPOTLIGHT DEN WITTY, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS WHERE HE GREW UP. AND THIS IS WHERE HE WANTED TO, UH, PUT DEN WITTY OUT THERE SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT THIS IS A YOUNG MAN WHO'S DEVELOPED THIS, THIS SAUCE. SO IT WILL BE HERE. SO, AND I THINK HE WILL HAVE A TABLE, I UNDERSTAND OR SOMETHING. SO, YEAH, SO YOU CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO, UM, SAMPLE THAT THIS EVENING, AND THAT WILL BE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. UM, ALSO, THIS IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. UM, WE, UM, YOU HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT. AND, UM, YOU MAY KNOW SOMEONE, YOU MAY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER, BUT IT'S, UM, SO IMPORTANT, UH, TO, TO SUPPORT PEOPLE. UM, WOMEN HAVE IT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MEN THAT HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT TOO. SO WE DON'T EVER WANT TO LEAVE THE MEN OUT WITH THAT AS FAR AS, UH, THE AWARENESS MONTH. SO THAT'S, UM, THIS MONTH, AND I WANNA CLOSE WITH TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE, UH, THE VOTING. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO SAY, OH, I DON'T WANNA VOTE. MY VOTE DOESN'T COUNT, AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING. BUT, UM, IT WAS A TIME THAT EVEN WOMEN COULDN'T VOTE. AND IT WAS A TIME WHERE, UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR COULDN'T [01:25:01] VOTE. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT. GET OUT AND, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW, YEAH, I'M GONNA VOTE. MY VOTE DOES COUNT. AND IT DOES. SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE TO GET OUT TO VOTE AND, AND NOT STAY AT HOME BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT A LONG FIGHT FOR YOU TO EVEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT DONE. SO, UH, I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH, PLEASE, UM, GET OUT AND VOTE AND EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT. OKAY. AND NOW WE [11. CLOSED SESSION] HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, APPT REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS CRATER, DISTRICT AREA AGENCY ON AGING DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, DENWITY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DENWITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, TY COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, DENWITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, 2.2 DASH 3 7 80 85, 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 1 180 3. DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD WILL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX AND HISTORIC COURTHOUSE COMPLEX, AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 8 8 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED A RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL, REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE, PLEASE? SO MOVED. ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. WE WILL RETURN AT 7:00 PM THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE SEVEN O'CLOCK, UM, PART OF OUR SESSION WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A NEED TO COME AT A CLOSED SESSION. SO SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? 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 APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS CRATER, DISTRICT AREA AGENCY ON AGING DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, DIMITY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DENWITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, DIMITY COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, DENWITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHEN NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A THREE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX AND HISTORIC COURTHOUSE COMPLEX. AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 8. CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. AND WHEREAS NO MEMBER HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR OF THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE IT CERTIFIED, THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING. I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. ABRAM BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, [12.A. Citizen Spotlight: DeAndre Weaver-Haus Of Sauce] AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A CITIZEN SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT, DEANDRE WEAVER AND, UH, IS THAT HANS OF SAUCE HOUSE. HOUSE OF SAUCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 2024, THE CITIZEN S SPOTLIGHT IS A SPECIAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HONOR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THROUGH VOLUNTEER SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, ACTS OF KINDNESS, OR OTHER NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS, HONOREES EMBODY THE VALUES AND SPIRIT OF DENWITTY COUNTY. INDIVIDUALS ARE NOMINATED BY THE CITIZEN SPOTLIGHT THROUGH COMPETITION COMPLETION OF A FORM THAT COULD BE FOUND ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE OR BY SIMPLY CONTACTING A BOARD MEMBER OR COUNTY ADMINISTRATION DATE. THE BOARD HAS RECOGNIZED TWO INDIVIDUALS, BOTH OF WHOM TO HAVE BEEN YOUNG ADULTS DURING AMAZING, AMAZING [01:30:01] WORK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS. TONIGHT WE ARE RECOGNIZING ANOTHER YOUNG ADULT WHO HAS RISEN TO THE TOP OF HIS FIELD. AND HIS NAME IS MR. DEANDRE WEAVER FIRM. OKAY. AND THIS TIME WE HAVE THE, UM, THE, THE BIO AND PRE, UM, WITH, UM, OUR , OUR SECRETARY, UH, KAISHA. SHE'S GOING TO, UH, READ HIS BIO. THE DE WITTY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROUDLY RECOGNIZES DEANDRE WEAVER AS A CITIZEN SPOTLIGHT HONOREE AND CELEBRATION OF HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, CULINARY EXCELLENCE, AND UNWAVERING PRIDE IN HIS DE WITTY COUNTY ROOTS RAISED IN NORTH END WITTY NEAR IC WOODS. DEANDRE GRADUATED FROM DE WITTY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN 2011. FROM AN EARLY AGE HE DISCOVERED A PASSION FOR FOOD WHILE WORKING ALONGSIDE HIS FATHER ON THE FAMILY FARM AND SPENDING COUNTLESS HOURS IN THE KITCHEN WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER. INSPIRED BY THOSE EXPERIENCES AND BY WATCHING CELEBRATED TELEVISION CHEFS, HE DREAMED OF BUILDING A CAREER THAT COMBINED HIS LOVE OF NATURE SCIENCE AND CULINARY ARTS. DURING HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY ARTS INSTRUCTORS MISS JEAN PORES AND MR. CHRISTIAN WHARF RECOGNIZED DEANDRE'S TALENT AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CULINARY FIELD. THEIR MENTORSHIP HELPED LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A REMARKABLE JOURNEY THAT LED HIM TO THE PRESTIGIOUS CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA IN NEW YORK, WHERE HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE. AFTER COMPLETING INTERNSHIPS AND STUDIES IN MINNESOTA AND NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA NEVER CONTENT TO STOP LEARNING, DEANDRE RETURNED TO THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA TO EARN A MASTER'S DEGREE IN CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS. IT WAS DURING A CLASSROOM BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT THAT INSPIRATION STRUCK DRAWING ON RECIPES HE HAD PERFECTED WHILE HOSTING FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE DEVELOPED THE CONCEPT THAT WOULD BECOME HOUSE OF SAUCE. TODAY HOUSE OF SAUCE IS SIGNATURE. OG SMOKY BARBECUE SAUCE REFLECTS THE FLAVORS AND VALUES THAT SHAPED DEANDRE'S CHILDHOOD. HE DESCRIBES THE SIGNATURE SAUCE AS SMOKY, SWEET, AND TANGY. IT WAS INSPIRED BY HIS APPRECIATION FOR WHOLESOME FOOD AND THE OUTDOORS. THE VEGAN AND GLUTEN-FREE SAUCE IS NOW SOLD IN MULTIPLE STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IS AVAILABLE ONLINE BRINGING A TASTE OF DENWITTY TO CUSTOMERS NATIONWIDE. DEANDRE HAS BEEN FEATURED IN NUMEROUS MAGAZINES, NEWS STORIES, AND ONLINE PROGRAMS FOR HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS. YET NO MATTER WHERE HIS JOURNEY TAKES HIM, HE PROUDLY CREDITS DIM WITTY COUNTY AS THE PLACE WHERE HIS DREAM BEGAN. THE DIM WITTY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COMMENDS DEANDRE WEAVER FOR DEMONSTRATING THAT PASSION, PERSEVERANCE, AND HOMETOWN VALUES CAN INSPIRE SUCCESS ON A NATIONAL STAGE. HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY PROVING THAT EXTRAORDINARY DREAMS CAN BEGIN RIGHT HERE IN DIM WITTY COUNTY. AND BEFORE I TURN THIS OVER TO DEANDRE, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT WE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT DEANDRE'S COMPANY HOUSE OF SAUCE WAS, WAS RECENTLY NAMED 2026 CON 26 CONDIMENT OF THE YEAR BY MINDFUL AWARDS. MINDFUL AWARDS INDEPENDENT PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS CONSCIOUS COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS THAT MINDFULLY MAKE WAVES IN THE EVER EXPANDING WORLD OF CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS. THE MINDFUL AWARDS PROGRAM IS THE INDUSTRY MOST ROBUST RECOGNITION PLATFORM FOR THE IN INNOVATORS AND LEADERS WITH CPG BUILT TO RECOGNIZE AND HIGHLIGHT THE MOST OUTSTANDING COMPANY SERVICES AND PRODUCTS WITHIN THE DYNAMIC. DYNAMIC CP INDUSTRY PRODUCTS ARE EVALUATED IN FIVE AREAS, IMPACT TANGIBLE BENEFITS AND MEASURABLE UNITS IN INNOVATION, ORIGINALITY AND CREATIVE THINKING, RELEVANCE, ALIGNMENT WITH CONSUMER NEEDS AND TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, ECHO FRIENDLY PRACTICES AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, OVERALL EXCELLENCE, QUALITY, VALUE AND EXECUTION. UH, DEANDRE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND BRINGING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE GRADUATING FROM DENWITTY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN THE FUTURE. AND I DO WANT TO ADD THAT, UM, WE ARE REALLY VERY PROUD OF YOU. I WORKED WITH YOUR GRANDMOTHER [01:35:02] AND UM, SHE WAS A VERY GOOD NURSE DURING HER TIME AT CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL AND YOUR MOTHER WHO, WHO WORKED IN FORENSIC UNIT AND, UM, SHE COULD HANDLE HERSELF WITH ALL THE PEERS AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE SHE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE HAD THOSE PEOPLE STRAIGHT. SO SHE WAS, UH, GREAT AT HER JOB AS WELL. AND JUST THANK YOU, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR SUCCESS AND WHAT YOU'VE, WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WILL DO. AND WE HAVE A BLACK FOR YOU. SO, SO YOU COME ON UP. I FEEL MY HANDS. ALRIGHT DEANDRE. SO I, I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PRESENT THE, THE BACK TO YOU HERE. AND WE GOT SOMETHING IN COMMON. YOU MAY NOT KNOW , SO NOT ONLY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE DID MANY ALBUM , BUT, SO I, AND I WAS READING THE BIO, THE CONNECTION IN CHRISTIAN WAR MM-HMM . SO CHRISTIAN WAS YOUR CULINARY INSTRUCTOR, RIGHT? YEAH, WELL HE'S ALSO MY BROTHER-IN-LAW. OH, WOW. SO HE MAY HAVE, HE TAUGHT YOU MAYBE HOW TO COOK, BUT HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO EAT . SO, BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY THE OG HERE. ABSOLUTELY. SO LET ME READ THIS, UM, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA IN DENWOODY COUNTY FOR THE SUPERVISORS. THERE'S HEREBY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED ON THIS 20TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2026, DEANDRE WEAVER FOR OUTSTANDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, HARD WORK, DEDICATION IN CREATING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. YOUR FOUNDING OF HOUSE OF SAUCE AND CREATION OF ITS SIGNATURE BARBECUE SAUCE IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR CREATIVITY, YOUR DETERMINATION, AND YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. YOUR SUCCESS AS A DEITY COUNTY NATIVE SETS A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS COUNTYWIDE. AND WHEN, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS A CITIZEN SPOTLIGHT, WE THINK ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU. THIS IS WHY THIS AWARD WAS, WAS CREATED. LIKE, SAID HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND WITNESSING EVERYTHING AND TAKING THE TIME OUTTA YOUR DAY. I KNOW IT'S PRETTY LATE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S EARLY IN THE WEEK, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR WITNESSING NOT ONLY JUST, UH, MY GROWTH, BUT HISTORY AS WELL. 'CAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET DOING COUNT ON THE MAP, DON'T YOU SAY . AND, UH, WITH THAT, THAT'S WHY I REALLY LIKE TO FOCUS SO MUCH ON PAYING HOMAGE, ESPECIALLY WHERE I COME FROM. YOU KNOW, BEING FROM A REALLY SMALL TOWN AND EVERYWHERE YOU GO, WHETHER IT'S NORTHERN VIRGINIA OR SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE NATION, THEY'RE LIKE, WHERE'S DEITY COUNTY? SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY TOLD ME IN COLLEGE, I WAS MAKING IT UP EVEN THOUGH I HAD MY LICENSE . AND THEY WERE LIKE, THIS CAN'T BE REAL. AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, OKAY, SURE. UM, BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD LIKE CHRIS BROWN, TREY SONGS, MISSY ELLIOT, IT IS ABOUT TIME. WE'VE HAD SOME NORMAL PEOPLE FROM SOME SMALL COUNTRY FORMED HANDS AS WELL TO REPRESENT US AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE CAN BE MORE THAN JUST MUSICIANS. WE CAN BE COOKS, MILITARY INDIVIDUALS, WE CAN DO IT ALL. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THE FAMILY COME, COME FORWARD, GET A PICTURE AND YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. IS SHE DOWN THERE? SHE COMING? SHE COMING? [01:40:17] 1, 2, 3. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. ALSO, EVERYONE, UH, I DO HAVE SAMPLES OUT IN THE FRONT IF YOU'D LIKE TO TRY IT, JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT SOMEONE DOING YOU GUYS CREATED, JUST IN CASE ANYONE DIDN'T SEE IT, YOU ONLY CLOSE TO THE END, RIGHT? YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND GET OUT IF YOU WANT. NO, DON'T WAIT ON ME. GO. I WAS HOPING Y'ALL WOULD GO AND GRAB IT BEFORE YOU CAME IN. OKAY. THAT WAS GREAT. YES, YES, YES. OKAY. OKAY. AND THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL. I'M GLAD THAT, UM, DEANDRE CAME HOME, I THINK BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AN AREA, YOU KNOW, TO COME AND JOIN US TONIGHT AND YOUR FAMILY. SO I WAS GLAD, UM, THAT THEY CAME OUT TO SUPPORT YOU. AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND DON'T FORGET THE SAMPLES OUTSIDE. OKAY. UM, AT [13.A. Conditional Use Permit Request, C-26-5] THIS TIME WE HAVE, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST, C 26 5. UM, MARK BASSETT, OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS. MR. MASSENGILL, HOW ARE YOU? AS YOU INDICATED, UH, THIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST. UH, THE APPLICANT IS ARCOLA TOWERS THROUGH ITS AGENT JONATHAN YATES. UH, MR. YATES IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. HE HAD A, UH, PERSONAL EMERGENCY, SO HE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE. BUT THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ARCOLA TOWERS IS HERE AS WELL AS THEIR ENGINEER. UH, THE APPLICATION IS TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE 197 FOOT, UH, STEEL MONOCLE WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER, AND THEN IT WILL HAVE A TWO FOOT LIGHTNING ROD ON THE TOP OF IT. THIS IS FOR VERIZON WIRELESS AND THEY ALSO HAVE SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, BROADBAND CARRIERS. UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHIN, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S PART OF THEIR RURAL CONSERVATION AREA. AND WITHIN THE RURAL CONSERVATION AREA, IT IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, FUTURE PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY DEVELOPMENT. UM, FOR THIS GENERAL AREA AS APPROPRIATE, ALL THE PROPERTIES, UH, WITHIN THE THIS AREA ARE ALL ZONED A TWO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL. AND AGAIN, UH, A TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER IS ALLOWED WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. UH, AS PREVIOUS, UH, PREVIOUSLY NOTED, THE APPLICANT EXPLORED THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CO-LOCATING ON EXISTING TOWERS IN THE AREA, BUT CO-LOCATING ON THESE TOWERS DOES NOT ACHIEVE COVERAGE GOALS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THIS AREA OF THE COUNTY. THE APPLICANT'S PLAN DOES APPLY, UH, COMPLY WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS REGARDING PROVIDING FUTURE CO-LOCATION OF EQUIPMENT ON THE EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER AND EQUIPMENT SITE. UM, WITH THE TOWER, THERE'LL BE NO IMPACT ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES CONCERNING BY WRIGHT AGRICULTURAL FORESTAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES. THOSE WOULD CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO TAKE PLACE ON THE EXISTING PROPERTY AS WELL AS ADJOINING PROPERTIES. ALSO, THE TOWER DOES MEET ALL OUR REQUIRED SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT IT'S GOTTA BE SETBACK 200% OF THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER TO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT CERTAINLY MET, UM, AND, UM, 110% OF THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER FROM ALL PROPERTY LINES. AND THEY CERTAINLY MEET THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL. UH, WHEN THE LAND OF DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE LOOKED AT THE PROPOSED REQUESTS, THERE WERE NO REAL, UM, DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY, UH, RELATED IMPACTS. UM, EVERYBODY THOUGHT THE, UH, LOCATING THE TOWER ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, UH, WITH ALL THEIR REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET. [01:45:04] UM, STAFF REVIEWED THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED TOWER WILL BE MINIMAL GIVEN THAT THE PROPOSED TOWER WILL NOT HAVE DIRECT EFFECTS ON PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, PUBLIC SAFETY SCHOOLS, AND WATER QUALITY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OF ADEQUATE ACREAGE AND THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE UNLIT MONOPOLE TOWER WILL NOT HAVE ADVERSELY IMPACT SURROUNDING LAND USES AND THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE TOWER CONFORMS WITH THE GOALS OF THE RURAL CONSERVATION AREA SET FORTH IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AND TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, APPROVAL AT THE REQUEST. AND WE DO HAVE CONDITIONS RELATED TO OUR RECOMMENDATION. UH, THE APPLICANT SHALL LIMIT THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER TO THE, UM, 199 FEET. THAT'S THE 1 97 TOWER ITSELF AND THE TWO FOOT LIGHTNING ROD, AND THEY'LL HAVE A 100 FOOT BY 100 FOOT LEASE COMPOUND AREA. UM, ALSO WE DO HAVE THE CONDITION IN THERE AS WE HAVE WITH, UH, PREVIOUS TOWERS, PREVIOUS CASES. THE WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER FACILITY OWNER SHALL NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE COUNTY FOR PAID LEASE TOWER SPACE IF THE COUNTY SHOULD DESIRE TO LOCATE BROADBAND OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FOR COMMERCIAL OR LIKE SERVICES TO THIRD PARTIES. UH, THREE, THE MONOPOLE TOWER SHALL BE ENGINEERED TO ACCOMMODATE THE FIVE WIRELESS BROADBAND FOR BUYERS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THAT THE MONOPOLE, UH, TOWER AS CONSTRUCTED SHALL MEET THEIR SITE PLAN THAT THEY SUBMITTED AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION AND THAT THE STAFF WOULD REVIEW THE CONDITIONS EVERY TWO YEARS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS AS PRESENTED. AND THEY'LL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND THE FACILITY USE, UH, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID, UH, RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY THAT, UH, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO LOCATE THE TOWER ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, BE APPROVED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE AS PART OF THE STAFF PRESENTATION. BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. OKAY. ANY QUESTION? BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY. OKAY. UM, AND SOMEONE IS HERE TO REPRESENT IF HE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, SEE IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. MR. ADMINISTRATOR. UH, MY NAME IS RYAN FOLTZ. I'M THE SENIOR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR OUR COLA TOWERS. I APOLOGIZE MR. YATES COULD NOT BE HERE. HE'S A MUCH BETTER PUBLIC SPEAKER THAN I AM, SO I APOLOGIZE. NOW, UH, FIRST OFF, JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF MARK AND TEAM. UH, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT. THEY'VE BEEN ANSWERING MR. YATES AND A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS UNTIL WE GET TO THIS POINT. UM, WE AGREE WITH STAFF AND EVERYTHING. AGAIN, THIS IS A, UH, I THINK A REALLY GREAT SPOT FOR VERIZON, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BRING BETTER SERVICE IN THIS AREA. UH, WE MEET ALL YOUR SETBACKS AND CODES, WE'RE GOOD WITH ALL THE CONDITIONS. UM, AND I'M HERE FOR ANY MORE QUESTIONS. OKAY. QUESTIONS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT THEY DID NOT SPECIFY WHICH PUBLIC HEARING THEY WANTED TO SPEAK TO. OKAY. SO, UM, MICHELLE SCHEID, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE 360 3 AC POSSIBLE CUP. OKAY. AND JESSICA CALLAWAY, SHE FOR SAFE. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS ONE. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, AT THIS TIME, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALRIGHT. HEY, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, I, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR DR. MOORE. OKAY. UM, Y DID Y'ALL DISCUSS THIS AT THAT AIRPORT AMONG THE AIRPORT? NOT THIS PARTICULAR ONE. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THE NEXT, NEXT CASE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. UM, AND BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE MADAM CHAIR? I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR THE MOTION BE IT RESOLVED IN AN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 22 A 86 A SEVEN. IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENT OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE. [01:50:01] I MOVE THAT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUESTED C DASH 26 DASH FIVE AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED WITH THE CONDITIONS BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. UM, NEXT WE [13.B. Conditional Use Permit Request, C-26-6] HAVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST C 26 DASH SIX MARK BASSETT. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MM-HMM . THE APPLICANT FOR OUR NEXT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST IS THE FAA FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR AGENTS HERE THIS EVENING. PTSI MANAGED SERVICE INCORPORATED MR. JASON RIVERA TO REPRESENT THE APPLICATION. UH, THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION OPERATION OF WHAT THEY CALL A DISTANT DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT DME FACILITY WITH A 60 FOOT LATTICE TOWER WITH AN ANTENNA AND A 10 BY 10 12 FOOT FIBERGLASS SHELTER. UH, THIS IS ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY OUTLINED ON THE SLIDE, UH, AT REALLY AT THE END OF AIRPORT ROAD. UH, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER, UH, EQUIPMENT SHELTER THERE, UH, FOR FOUR FIBER, UH, WITHIN THE COUNTY. UH, SO THERE IS A LIGHT USE, UH, JUST NEIGHBORING THIS, UH, THE, WHERE THE PROPOSED TOWER IS GONNA BE LOCATED. UM, PER THEIR APPLICATION, UH, THE TOWERS NEEDED TO IMPROVE AIR TRAFFIC FLOW AND ENHANCE SAFETY. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, OF COURSE, IS PROPOSING TO INSTALL THE DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT FACILITY. UM, IT PROVIDES CRITICAL DATA INCLUDING DISTANCE AND NAVIGATION INFORMATION TO THE AIRCRAFT UTILIZING THE AIRPORT, THE DME EQUIPMENT, THE STRATEGIC TO THE OVERALL AERONAUTICAL OPERATIONS HAS IMPROVED NAVIGATION SAFETY AND SUPPORTS. AIR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS MODELING IS PERFORMED TO LOCATE THE TOWER WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF AN AIRPORT AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT COVERAGE ALONG WITH OTHER DMES, UH, AS DESIGNATED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS THE AIRPORT AREA AIRPORT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER AREA, THE NORTHERN DINWOODY DEVELOPMENT AREA. AND IT'S EXPECTED AGAIN TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITIES, UH, TO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GENERAL AREA AS APPROPRIATE. THE SUBJECT TOWER IS LOCATED ON THE DE WITTY AIRPORT PROPERTY. IT'S ZONE TO M TWO INDUSTRIAL LIMITED. AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY TO THE EAST IS OF R ONE RESIDENTIAL AND ALSO M1 INDUSTRIAL LIMITED. THE R ONE ZONE PROPERTY IS A 10 ACRE PARCEL WITH ONE DWELLING AND THIS DWELLING, UH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY, UH, 1050 FEET THROUGH A WOODED LOT FROM THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED 60 FOOT TOWER. THE ADJOINING M1 ZONE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND WITHIN THE GENERAL AREA, THERE ARE, AGAIN, FIBER NODE SHELTERS ON ADDITIONAL M1 ZONED PROPERTY. UH, THEY DO MEET ALL OUR SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED ANTENNA, UM, FROM PROPERTY LINES AS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. UM, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE DID NOT HAVE ANY, UM, OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED LOCATION OR ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED LOCATION. AGAIN, WE'VE REVIEWED THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND ARE SATISFIED THAT THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED TOWER WILL BE MINIMAL GIVEN THAT PROPOSED TOWER WILL NOT HAVE DIRECT EFFECTS ON PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, PUBLIC SAFETY SCHOOLS, AND WATER QUALITY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OF ADEQUATE ACREAGE AND THE PROPOSED LOCATION, UH, WILL NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT SURROUNDING LAND. USES THE PRO PROPOSED LOCATION CONFORMS WITH THE GOALS OF THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER AREA, THE NORTHERN DENWOODY DEVELOPMENT AREA AS SET FORTH IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, AND ALSO THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. WE DID RECOMMEND TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL, UH, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL LIMIT THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER TO THE 60 FOOT LATTICE TOWER, [01:55:01] UM, PLUS THE 10 FOOT ANTENNA. THE LATTICE TOWER WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AS SET FORTH IN THEIR SITE PLAN THAT THEY SUBMITTED AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION, UM, AND THAT WE WOULD REVIEW THE APPLICATION EVERY TWO YEARS AND THAT THEY'LL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER AND FACILITY USE. UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AT THEIR UH, SEPTEMBER MEETING DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SUBJECT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE TOWER ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION. OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NOAM COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND IS SOMEONE HERE TO YES. YES, YES MA'AM. CAN THEY COME UP? OKAY. ALRIGHT. HOW ARE YOU? HELLO. EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MARK. UM, HELLO BOARD MEMBERS. HELLO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS JASON RIVERA. I'M WITH PTSI MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UH, ASSISTING THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IN THE ENGINEERING OF, UH, D UH, DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT FACILITY. UM, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MARK SAID, THIS EQUIPMENT IS HIGHLY, UM, IMPORTANT TO THE AERONAUTICAL SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE ARE, THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS ALSO PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO, UH, RONALD REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT AND TO THEIR TRACON TRACON SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE TERMINAL RADAR APPROACH CONTROL. UH, THIS IS A NEW BACKUP SYSTEM TO THE ORIGINAL VOR, WHICH IS, UH, VERY OMNI, OMNI RADIO ANTENNA SYSTEM. UM, IT'S PRETTY ARCHAIC AND THIS IS WHY THEY'RE GOING AHEAD AND HAVING ADDITIONAL REDUNDANCY. SO IT'S A SECOND PHASE. UM, IT'S BEING DEPLOYED ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UH, THE IDEA IS THAT, UH, IT'S LOCATED WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF THE AIRPORT AND IT'S THERE TO ASSIST, UM, THE CONTROLLERS WITH UNDERSTANDING THE DISTANCE OF, UH, WHERE THESE AIRCRAFT ARE BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGHWAY IN THE SKY . SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE GIST OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, JUST A COMMENT. MR. LEE. UM, FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, I SERVE ON THE INDEMNITY AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND, UM, THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS HAVE NO, NO PROBLEM WITH THIS. WE SEE THIS AS AN UPGRADE TO DIMITY COUNTY AIRPORT AS WELL AS TO THE GREATER TRI-CITY RICHMOND AREA, THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE PUT IN HERE BETWEEN FIRST CENTURY, UH, EQUIPMENT. SO IT BENEFITS ALL OF US AND ESPECIALLY THE FLYING COMMUNITY THAT COMES IN AND OUT OF DENWITTY COUNTY AS WELL AS HELPING US AT THE AIRPORT TO CONTROL, UH, THE PATTERNS OF FLIGHTS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO, SO IT'S AN ASSET THAT WILL BE HERE THAT ENHANCES DENWITY COUNTY AIRPORT, SO I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, YOUR PLEASURE. BOARD, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION BE IT RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 6 A SEVEN. IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE. I MOVE THAT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST C 26 DASH SIX AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. AYE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE WE GO TO P 26 8 TO MR. WEAVER'S FAMILY, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY, BUT YOU'RE ALSO OUR GUEST. IF Y'ALL WANT TO LEAVE, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT TOO, IF IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU ALL. OKAY. SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT OFFENDING US IF YOU WANT TO GO. OKAY. OH, YOU, YOU GOOD? OKAY, GOOD. OKAY, . ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT THEN. UM, NOW [13.C. Rezoning Request, P-26-8] WE WILL MOVE ON. OKAY. UM, THIS IS THE REZONING REQUEST, UM, P 26 8, AND THIS IS MARK BASS AGAIN. [02:00:06] THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MM-HMM . UH, THE NEXT CASE YOU INTRODUCED, UH, THE APPLICANT IS MR. HENRY LENNON AND HIS REQUEST THIS EVENING IS TO REZONE HIS PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL LIMITED R ONE TO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL, A TWO. UH, THIS IS ON SQUIRREL LEVEL ROAD AND UH, IT'S A FIVE ACRE PARCEL OF THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR EIGHT FOR AGRICULTURAL ZONE PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY IS THREE ACRES, SO HE MORE THAN MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT RELATED TO THE SIZE OF THIS PROPERTY. UM, AGAIN, THIS AREA PORTION OF THE COUNTY, UH, WAS REZONED TO R ONE BACK IN JULY OF 1965. SO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, A LOT OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE GENERAL AREA OF, OF THE, UH, PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT, UM, HAS CONTINUED TO BE FARMED AND TIMBERED. UM, AND YOU, YOU CAN SEE, UH, FROM THE SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE HE'S SURROUNDED BY FARMING. AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET, UH, THERE'S SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES, BUT THAT PART, THAT PROP, THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ZONED A TO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL AS WELL. UM, THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH, UM, ON SQUIRREL LEVEL ROAD, UH, HIS PROPERTY WOULD BE ON THE LEFT AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, HE IS SURROUNDED BY, UM, AGRICULTURAL LAND. UH, AND HIS HAND, HIS HOME IS WELL BUFFERED, UH, WITH THOSE GROUPS OF TREES, UH, IN FRONT OF HIS HOME THERE. UH, AND THEN AGAIN, HE'S, HE'S BACK BEHIND, UH, THAT AREA. UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL REZONINGS IN THE PAST WHERE, UH, PEOPLE WITHIN THIS GENERAL AREA HAVE REQUESTED TO BE, UH, REZONED TO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL, UH, FROM R ONE AGAIN IN THIS AREA. UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN DOES HAVE THIS, UH, PORTION OF THE COUNTY, UH, IS WITHIN THEIR PLANNED GROWTH AREA. UM, SINCE IT'S ALREADY ZONED R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED, YOU COULD HAVE BY, UH, BY RIGHT DEVELOPMENT. UM, THIS AREA DOES NOT HAVE PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER, SO IF YOU DID HAVE DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD BE ON, UH, ONE AND A HALF ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZES. UH, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE REZONING TO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL, A TWO IS MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNTY'S LONG RANGE PLAN OF ENCOURAGING LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL USES FOR THIS PART OF THE COUNTY. AGAIN, THIS IS AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PART OF THE COUNTY THAT'S ZONED TO R ONE RESIDENTIAL. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IT IS SURROUNDED BY AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY. UH, THE, THE LESS DENSE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE MORE FITTING WITH TRANSITIONING TO THE MORE RURAL PORTION OF, OF THIS PART OF THE COUNTY. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE DID NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC, UH, COMMENTS RELATED TO, UH, THE SUBJECT REZONING STAFF RECOMMENDED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF THE REZONING REQUEST THAT THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION REQUESTED A TWO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES AND THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION CONFORMS TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED WITHIN THE PLANNED GROWTH AREA AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS GENERAL AREA. AND AGAIN, AT THEIR SEPTEMBER MEETING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD, UH, APPROVAL OF THE SUBJECT RE ZONING. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR THE STAFF REPORT. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM. NO. NO. OKAY. DO YOU EVER REPRESENTATIVE HERE OR YES, MR. LEN HERE. THEY WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. HELLO, I'M HENRY LENNON. I APPRECIATE, UH, ANN, AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS MADE ON MY BEHALF THUS FAR AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION. I CAN SAY, UM, IT, IT'S IN MY DISTRICT AND I DID GO BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY SAW WHAT I SAW AND, UH, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. UM, THANK YOU MR. LEONARD. THANK YOU. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, BOARD MEMBERS? [02:05:02] NO, MA'AM. IT'S YOUR PLEASURE. YOU GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OH, I'M SORRY. PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, NOW, BOARD MEMBERS' PLEASURE. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. I, I GUESS MY ONLY STATEMENT AND MM-HMM . THIS IS PROBABLY JUST RAMBLING IS ALL IT IS, BUT I KNOW DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION THEY DID TALK ABOUT, UM, ANIMALS, UM, BEING RESTRICTED, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING FROM AN R ONE BACK TO AN A TWO, BUT THIS IS ALSO A VERY AGRICULTURAL AREA AND WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE THAT WAS CON ANY OF HIS NEIGHBORS CONCERNED THAT HE WOULD HAVE ANIMALS. AND I THINK THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY TO BUILD A STRUCTURE ON IT THAT HE COULDN'T DO FOR R ONE. SO I DID WANT TO BRING THAT UP. 'CAUSE I THINK WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER THOSE THINGS WHEN WE'RE DOWN ZONING FROM A, FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. BUT, BUT I DON'T SEE IT MATTERING IN THIS CASE. SO I FEEL LIKE I I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT. DO YOU WANNA TALK TO THE APPLICANT AGAIN? HE'S HERE. NO I DON'T. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT THEN. MADAM CHAIR, I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION. OKAY. BE RESOLVED. IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15 DASH 2 86 A SEVEN, IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE. I MOVE THAT REZONING P 26 8 HAS BEEN PRESENTED VIA APPROVED BY THE BOARD SUPERVISORS. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, AT THIS TIME WE [13.D. CASE A-26-5. Proposed Amendment To Add To The Dinwiddie County Zoning Ordinance, Article IV, Division 18 –Life Sciences, Biotechnology, And Advanced Manufacturing District, M-3, Sections 22-234.50 –22-234.57; To Amend Article I –In General, Section 22-1 Definitions, Section 22-6 Districts Established And Enumerated; To Amend Article V Supplementary District Regulations Section 22-237, Section 22-245; To Amend Article VII Signs Sections 22-258, 22-258.1; To Amend Article XII Development Standards Sections 22-416, 22-423.] HAVE UM, CASE A 26 DASH FIVE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ADD TO THE DENWOOD COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, DIVISION 18 LIFE SCIENCES BIOTECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING DISTRICT. AND WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST, UM, TO AMEND ARTICLE ONE, GENERAL SECTION 22 1 DEFINITION SECTIONS 22 6 DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHMENT AND ENUMERATED TO AMEND ARTICLE. I THINK IT'S FIVE. SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATION SECTION 22 2 3 7, SECTION 22 2 4 5 TO AMEND ARTICLE 5 6 7, UH, SIGNED SECTION 22 2 5 8 22. 2 5, 8, 1 TO AMEND ARTICLE. UM, THAT'S 12, UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARD SECTION 22 4 1 6 22 4 2 3. AND THAT IS, UH, MATTHEW BROOK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PLANNING AND ZONING. THAT'S A LOT TO READ. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MADISON GILL. I'M HERE TO PRESENT, UH, ZONING TAX AMENDMENT A DASH 26 DASH FIVE, UM, TO ESTABLISH THE M THREE LIFE SCIENCES, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING DISTRICT. UM, THIS ORDINANCE IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS DEPARTMENT GRANT APPLICATION TO ACQUIRE, REMEDIATE, AND REDEVELOP THE CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL SITE. UM, THE ORDINANCE, UM, THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TODAY, UM, HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT YOU ALL PUT EYES ON IT. UM, AT THE WORKSHOP A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, AT THE OCTOBER 14TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UM, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION REGARDING THE USE LIFE SCIENCES FACILITY, UM, AND WHAT COULD AND COULD NOT FALL UNDER THAT EXISTING DEFINITION. UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED TO YOU ALL TO REQUIRE, UM, BOTH THAT USE AND THE MANUFACTURING USE, UM, WITH A CUP, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF, UM, SHARED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, AND PLANNING STAFF, UM, THAT THIS COULD, UM, CREATE AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY, UM, AND UNCERTAINTY FOR PROSPECTIVE INDUSTRY WANTING TO LOCATE DUE TO THE REQUIREMENT OF CUP. UM, SO AS A RESULT OF THAT MEETING IS THE, IS THE ORDINANCE THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY. UM, THIS, THIS ORDINANCE, UM, HAS A SMALL LIST [02:10:01] OF USES. UM, IT HAS TWO PRIMARY USES. THE FIRST BEING LIFE SCIENCES FACILITY. UM, THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, UM, DURING ACTIVE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST WEEK. AND I AM GOING TO READ THIS DEFINITION, UM, AND POINT OUT THE CHANGES THAT STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING. UM, BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD. UM, LIFE SCIENCES FACILITY, A USE THAT IS COMPROMISED WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING, LABORATORY SPACE, OFFICE SPACE AND SPACE FOR ASSEMBLY OF MATERIALS FOR STUDY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, EXPERIMENTATION, PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT IN MANUFACTURE USE MAY T MAY INVOLVE ONE OR MORE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LIFE SCIENCES, BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, ROBOTICS, RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY, SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY OR MEDICINE IN A FACILITY OR FACILITIES. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, A LIFE SCIENCES FACILITY SHALL NOT INCLUDE A DATA CENTER WAREHOUSE, BIO WEAPONS, MANUFACTURING OR RESEARCH, CHEMICAL WEAPONS, MANUFACTURING OR RESEARCH OR GAIN OF FUNCTION, INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH. UM, AND THAT IT, UM, INFECT THAT GAIN OF FUNCTION WOULD BE YOUR TYPICAL WUHAN SITUATION. UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, THIS, EVERY DRAFT OF THIS ORDINANCE HAS EXCLUDED DATA CENTER WAREHOUSE, UM, FROM A, FROM A PERMITTED USE IN THIS DISTRICT. UM, THE THREE, UM, ADDITIONAL USES WERE ONES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR ANY OTHERS THAT WE COULD, WE COULD THINK ABOUT, UM, AT THE TIME. UM, IF THERE ANY SPECIFIC USE THAT COMES UP TONIGHT THAT YOU ALL WOULD WISH TO ADD, WE CAN JUST CONTINUE TO ADD ON TO THAT LIST AS, AS, AS USES THAT ARE EXCLUDED. UM, SECOND PRIMARY USE IS, UH, MANUFACTURING. UM, ALL MANUFACTURING, UH, ACTIVITIES ARE TO BE, UM, COMPLETED IN AN INDOOR ENCLOSED SPACE. SECONDARY USES, INCLUDING ALL STREET PARKING, UH, PUBLIC UTILITIES, CONSERVATION AREAS, ACCESSORY USES AS DEFINED AND SIGNS AS PERMITTED BY CHAPTER 22 OF, OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ONE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT COMMUNICATION TOWER, UM, WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. UM, ONE THING THAT I, UM, FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WAS ALSO ADDED, UM, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, UM, THAT WE HAVE ADDED TO THE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT CAN HAPPEN ON THE SITE. UM, AND THAT ALSO MUST BE, UM, COMPLETED BEFORE THE SUBMISSION OF A SITE PLAN. UM, JUST TO REITERATE, UM, THIS IS WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UM, AT LAST WEEK'S PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND THAT BOTH THE USES OF LIFE SCIENCE FACILITY AND MANUFACTURING REQUIRE A CUP. UM, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. MA'AM. CHAIR, CAN I START? ALRIGHT, MATT, WILL YOU EXPLAIN, AS, AS A PLANNER, WHAT, WHAT LIMITATIONS ARE CREATED WHEN YOU PUT A CUP ON A PIECE OF PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY IN YOUR MIND AS A PLANNER, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT THAT CAUSES IN THE INDUSTRY, WHOMEVER MAY WANT TO, TO COME TO THAT PROPERTY? YEAH, SO FROM THE PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THEIR PROCESS FOR, FOR GETTING STARTED IS SLOWED DOWN. UM, THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. UM, THE, THE CONDITIONS ARE OFTEN NOT, UM, THEY'RE NOT VOLUNTARY, SO THEY ARE IMPLIED TO THE APPLICANT. UM, AS FAR AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, UM, WE'VE BEEN INFORMED BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF THAT, UM, POTENTIAL, UH, BUSINESS PROSPECTS, UM, TYPICALLY WANT TO HAVE, UH, PROPERTIES ZONED BEFORE, UM, PURCHASING. UM, THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT INSURANCE THAT WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO ON THE PROPERTY CAN BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT, UM, HAVING TO GO THROUGH SPECIAL ZONING APPROVAL. UM, AND MS. ENG, WE CAN, CAN GO FORWARD. UM, YES, UH, DR. MOORE ONE, ONE THING WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR BIT, IT DOES SLOW DOWN THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUT MOST PROSPECTS WANT SITES ALREADY ZONED WITH BY RIGHT USE FOR, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURING OR WHATEVER THE USE IS SO THAT THEY HAVE, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE UNCERTAINTY OF A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. [02:15:05] OKAY. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT M THREE, I HOPE EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THE NARROWNESS OF WHAT M THREE ZONING REPRESENTS. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. M1 ZONING HAS 28 PERMITTED USES, AND OF THOSE 28 3 HAVE A CUP REQUIREMENT. M TWO HAS 30 PERMITTED USES AND FIVE CUP REQUIREMENTS. SO IF YOU PUT THOSE TWO ZONINGS TOGETHER, YOU NOW HAVE 58 TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT COULD COME TO A CERTAIN PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S ZONED EITHER M1 OR M TWO. WHAT I'M HEARING IN M THREE, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY IS HEARING IT, IS THE NARROWNESS, THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT WOULD GO ON THIS, ANY PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT MAY BE ZONED M THREE. CORRECT. IT'S VERY TARGETED WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THERE'S NO DATA CENTER. HE SAID IT THREE TIMES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY OR ANYTHING THAT'S ZONED M THREE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? OKAY. NO. ALRIGHT, WELL WE WILL OPEN UP THE, UM, THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. DID YOU LADIES WANT TO SPEAK TO THE TEXT? OKAY. HELLO AGAIN. HI, GOOD EVENING. HELLO. UM, MY NAME IS MICHELLE SCHEID. I LIVE, UM, AT 2 7 0 8 0 BRITT LANE. UM, AND, UM, I WAS AT THE PLANNING MEETING, UM, AND THAT RAISED A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR ME, UM, FOR HAVING, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHY PLANNING WANTS NOT TO HAVE A CUP TO MAKE IT MORE DESIRABLE. I FEEL THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A GRANT INVOLVED AND THERE'S PROBABLY A DEADLINE INVOLVED WITH THAT GRANT. UM, BUT I EVEN IT WAS SAID, UM, IN THE MEETING, IT WAS SPECULATIVE ZONING. I DON'T PERSONALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT WORDING. UM, EVEN IF YOU'RE SAYING IT'S NOT A DATA CENTER, UM, WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE? UM, SO THAT, THAT WAS ALARMING TO ME. UM, AND IT WAS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING, UM, COMMISSION. UM, INSTEAD OF WE ACCEPTING CONSEQUENCES BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT IS COMING IN THERE AND WHAT THEY'LL MANUFACTURE PERHAPS, OR HOW MUCH WATER THEY'LL USE OR WHAT RESOURCES OR WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE REQUIRED, I WOULD LIKE A CUP PERSONALLY, UM, I GET AGAIN, WHY THAT'S NOT DESIRABLE FOR PLANNING. UM, BUT TO ME, YOU KNOW, WORDS LIKE LIFE SCIENCES, INDOOR MANUFACTURING, UM, WITHOUT REQUIRING, UH, A CUP, THAT MEANS, UM, THIS TONIGHT WOULD BE THE PUBLIC'S LAST REQUIRED HEARING ON WHETHER A QUALIFYING, UM, INDUSTRIAL USE CAN GO THERE. SO, UM, IT, IT, TO ME IT'S A BIG DECISION. IT'S A $3 MILLION DECISION THAT I UNDERSTAND. UM, AND I, UM, ON THAT NOTE, I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ON, UM, THE CLOSED, UH, GROUP THAT WAS PO. THE WHAT WAS POSTED ON FACEBOOK, THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. UM, THOSE THAT ARE BETTER THAN I AM THAT DO NOT USE FACEBOOK. UM, IT WAS POSTED ON OCTOBER 16TH, UM, ABOUT THE COUNTY HAVING A STATE HERITAGE AND LEGACY COALITION, UM, WHICH I AM ALL FOR THAT. UM, WHAT I'M NOT FOR AND WHAT I QUESTION IS WHY IT'S CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. UM, MOST OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE LIKE MYSELF, ARE TAXPAYERS AND, UM, I KNOW THAT TRANSPARENCY'S BEEN A BIG BUZZWORD IN THIS ROOM, UM, OVER THE PAST, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS. AND I FEEL THAT'S NOT TRANSPARENT TO, UM, NOT ALLOW, UM, THE AVERAGE CITIZEN LIKE MYSELF TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND TO KNOW. UM, IT SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT POST THAT STAKEHOLDERS, UM, NEEDED, UH, THAT WOULD BE SELECTED. I THINK KEVIN AND MS. BONNER, YOU'RE LEADING IT MAYBE. UM, BUT I FEEL LIKE AS A TAXPAYER, WE'RE ALL STAKEHOLDERS. AND THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JESSICA CALLOWAY. HELLO EVERYBODY. GOOD. UM, MY NAME IS JESSICA CALLOWAY. I ALSO GO BY JP. I LIVE AT 85 10 CLAYBURN ROAD. UM, TONIGHT I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE NATURALLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT WAS HAD OVER THE, WHETHER WE'RE GONNA NEED A CUP OR NOT. MY, I HAVE [02:20:01] SEVERAL ISSUES WITH NOT HAVING ONE. UM, I HAVE DONE A DECENT AMOUNT OF RESEARCH, I CAN SEND IT ALL TO YOU WHEN WE LEAVE HERE. UM, WHERE WHILE IT PLAINLY STATES NO DATA CENTER, I BELIEVE ON THE SURFACE, NO DATA CENTER, BUT YOU COULD EASILY SAY THERE WAS A, UM, ANOTHER COUNTY IN ANOTHER STATE THAT SAID ABSOLUTELY NO DATA CENTERS ACROSS THE BOARD. ANOTHER FACILITY CAME IN, THERE WAS A UNIVERSITY, AND THEY PARTNERED WITH ANOTHER COMPANY AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A RESEARCH FACILITY. RESEARCH FACILITY. WE'RE THINKING, OKAY, GREAT, THEY'RE GONNA COME IN, MAYBE THEY'LL CHANGE THE WORLD. THEY ESSENTIALLY WHAT WENT IN WAS THE EXACT SAME THING AS A DATA CENTER. IT WAS A BUILDING FULL OF SERVERS. THAT IS IT. THERE WAS BARELY ANY EMPLOYEES. THEY WOULD COME, THEY WOULD CHECK THINGS AND THEY WOULD LEAVE. IT WAS NOT THE MANUFACTURING THAT WE THINK OF LIKE AMAZON OR WALMART OR THE ALDI WAREHOUSE. THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN. SO WHILE WE SAY NO DATA CENTER, WOULD IT BE HAPPEN ON THE BACKEND? THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS WE TALK ABOUT, IN HERE IT SAYS LIFE SCIENCES. UM, THEY NATURALLY THEY COULD DO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. IS THAT GONNA BE TESTING ON ANIMALS? ARE WE GONNA HAVE THE NEWEST, LATEST BIOENGINEERING OF RANDOM FOOD? UM, THAT'S NOT FROM ANY GOD-GIVEN CREATURE. I DON'T WANT THAT. I DON'T WANT US TO BE KNOWN FOR THAT IN THIS COUNTY. IF WE DO NOT PUT A CUP ULTIMATELY, YES, THERE WE CAN PUT AS MANY PROVISIONS AS WE WANT, BUT I DON'T WANT IT REALLY ANYTHING, ANY SHOVEL-READY SITE TO COME IN AND BE ABLE TO BUILD BY RIGHT. NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING LIKE WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE. I THINK WITH ALL THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS HERE, MUCH LIKE YOURSELVES, THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET JUST AS MUCH OF A SAY AS WHAT GETS BUILT HERE IN THIS COUNTY. AND I KNOW THAT IT SAYS THAT THERE'S, UH, NOT TO INCLUDE A DATA CENTER, BIO WEAPONS MANUFACTURING OR RESEARCH CHEMICAL WEAPONS MANUFACTURING OR RESEARCH OR GAIN A FUNCTION, INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH. HOW BIG IS OUR HAZMAT TEAM? HOW FAR WOULD WE HAVE TO EVACUATE IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILL THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS IN THERE. WE'LL HAVE A GENERALIZED IDEA, BUT A GENERALIZED IDEA AND WHAT'S REALLY IN THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THAT'S ALSO CONCERNING. I DON'T CARE WHETHER OR NOT THESE LARGE CORPORATIONS WHO DON'T LIVE HERE HAVE A SHOVEL READY SITE, THAT DOESN'T AFFECT ME AT ALL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND ENSURE THAT FOR MY CHILDREN TO CONTINUE TO GROW UP IN THIS COUNTY, THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION OF GROWTH, BUT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING FROM THE RESOURCES INSIDE OF THIS COUNTY AND WE'RE NOT STUCK WITH SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT GET OUT OF. THAT IS A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME. UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO SEE A CUP IF WE DO, IF YOU DO NOTHING TONIGHT, BUT TO POSTPONE IT TO ANOTHER MEETING SO THAT OTHER CONVERSATIONS CAN BE HAD AND WE CAN LOOK INTO ADDING MORE INTO THE ORDINANCE, BUT IT LEAVES A LOT OF DOUBT IN MY MIND OF WHAT COULD COME IN. UM, AND IT WOULD BE SUGGESTIVE THAT WE ALREADY MAYBE HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND THAT WE WANT TO PUT THERE. AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THE CUP. I DON'T KNOW. BUT THERE'S A LOT, A LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT. I JUST, I DON'T WANNA SEE THAT WITHOUT A CUP. I WOULD BE CONCERNED, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DON'T WANT IT, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE DO WANT IT. I'M JUST SAYING THAT I THINK THAT BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT THE FACILITY AND PURCHASING IT OR ATTAINING IT OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF GRANT MONEY IS USED, THAT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS. THAT IS NOT FREE MONEY. IT'S NOT PRINTED ON GRANT FREE MONEY. IT'S ON THE BACKS OF THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS. SO IF WE'RE GONNA USE GRANT MONEY, WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. I DIDN'T HAVE HIM SIGNED UP. OH, YOU WANT US, UM, THAT, THAT'S UP TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH, YOU UH, REVEREND YOU COULD JUST TELL THEM. YEAH. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. YES, FOR RECORD. JEFFREY DOTSON, SENIOR 25 8 2 4 GREENSVILLE AVENUE, NORTH WI PETERSBURG. MY CONCERN, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. GOOD [02:25:01] EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY FUNERAL HOME IS THERE ON NUMBER ONE. AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UH, MS. BONO ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ABOUT ALL OF THIS WATER THAT COMES INTO THE PLACE DOWN THE ROAD FLOODING OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND MY QUESTION IS, WILL THIS HAVE AN EFFECT WITH THE WATER THE WAY IT COMES DOWN? NUMBER ONE, I WOULD SPEND TONS OF MONEY IN A FLOWER BAG MARCH, AND EVERY TIME IT RAINS, IT JUST WASH EVERYTHING AWAY. SO WE GONNA DO SOMETHING ON, UM, EXIT 63 B UH, 180 5 GOING ON WASHINGTON STREET. UM, NUMBER ONE, WOULD THAT HAVE AN EFFECT ON MY BUSINESS? WE, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BASICALLY TALK ABOUT THAT. WE, WE CAN ANSWER IT IN COMMENTS. IN OUR COMMENTS. YEAH. WE, REVEREND WE ARE, WE'LL ANSWER IN A, IN A, A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALRIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS. UM, YES MA'AM. I SIGN UP. CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE DATA CENTER OR DO I HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR IT? I'M, I'M GONNA ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT. GO AHEAD. WILL I BE UNDER CITIZEN COMMENTS? IT'S NOT, PARDON ME? THAT'S CITIZEN COMMENTS. THAT'S NOT PUBLIC CAMERA. OKAY. ENC CLOSED COMMENTS HAVE SOME THOSE A DIFFERENT OH YEAH, YEAH. THAT, THAT WOULD BE ON CITIZEN COMMENTS. CITIZEN COMMENT? YEAH. OKAY. YOU HOLD ON. ALRIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, WE, AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM THAT REPRESENT, THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE? WELL, MADAM CHAIR MM-HMM . THE, THE WATER ISSUE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND I, I THINK IN MY MIND I'M RIGHT, WATER GOES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS, RIGHT. ONE THROUGH CENTRAL STATE AND THEN GOES, UM, CONTINUES EAST. CORRECT. SO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE DONE, UNLESS IT RESTRICTS, IT BACKS IT UP, IT SHOULDN'T AFFECT WHAT HAPPENS ON THE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF WEST PETERSBURG. NOW YOU'RE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA. WELL, YEAH, I THINK, UM, COMING DOWN OFF OF 85, COMING STRAIGHT DOWN, UM, IT DOES, UM, COME DOWN TO WEST PETERSBURG. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME ISSUES ABOUT THAT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, COMING STRAIGHT DOWN, LIKE FROM HARDEE'S RIGHT? COMING YEAH. COMING OVER. YEAH, THEY COME STRAIGHT DOWN. MADAM CHAIR, UH, FRANK HALTON COUNTY ENGINEER, I'D LIKE TO MAKE STATE. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UH, RESPONSES TO CONCERN. ANY TYPE OF NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS ON THE PROPERTY WILL BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH SPECIFIC SITE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS AND WE'LL HAVE TO MEET ALL THE STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. TYPICALLY, A STATE OWNED PROPERTY DID NOT HAVE TO MEET IN ITS CURRENT STATE, DID NOT HAVE TO MEET THE OLD REG THE CURRENT REGULATIONS FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. SO THEREFORE THERE PROBABLY IS SOME SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF FROM THIS PROPERTY THAT MIGHT AFFECT ADJACENT AREAS. I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY FAMILIAR WITH HIS LOCATION, BUT ANY, ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW SITE OF THE CENTRAL STATE SITE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET NEW STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS AND EFFECTIVELY REDUCE THE RUNOFF ON THOSE PROPERTIES. SO THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY INCREASED RUNOFF. THERE SHOULD BE A REDUCTION IN RUNOFF. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. YES. MM-HMM . GO AHEAD. UM, SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION. UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN, UM, TALKING ABOUT THIS A LONG TIME AND DEALING WITH THE COUPLE ADMINISTRATIONS, UM, WITH THE STATE ABOUT SURPLUS AND THIS, WE'VE ALSO BEEN TRYING TO GET 'EM TO CUT THE GRASS OUT FOR THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS WITH, WITH NO, UM, NO LUCK. BUT, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT'S SURROUNDED BY INTERSTATE, UM, TO THE SIDE, UM, SOUTH, I GUESS, AND THEN RIGHT ONE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE REST OF THE PROPERTY. UM, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THIS, UM, M THREE ZONING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SPECIFIC, UM, INDUSTRIES THAT WE, WE'D LIKE TO PROMOTE. NOW WE STILL HAVE THE RIGHT, UM, TO TURN SOMEBODY DOWN. THEY DON'T HAVE [02:30:01] A BUY RIGHT TO JUST COME IN, OH, I'M GOING TO COME PUT MY BUILDING ON YOUR YOUR LAND AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NO, WE, WE HAVE TO SELL THEM THE LAND. SO WE, WE STILL HAVE A SAY IN IT, BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS OPENS UP A, A MORE COMPANIES TO LOOK AT IT, KNOW THEY CAN COME IN, INVEST IN DEITY COUNTY. AND MY BIGGEST THING THAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS LOTS OF GOOD PAYING JOBS AND THAT WE GRADUATE HOW MANY? 400, 300, 300, 300, 300 AND SOME SENIORS FROM DENWOODY HIGH SCHOOL EVERY YEAR. DO WE EXPECT EVERY STUDENT TO LEAVE DENWOODY COUNTY AND GO FIND A JOB? OR DO WE EXPECT TO FURNISH SOME GOOD HIGH PAYING JOBS FOR THEM WITHY STUDENTS AND THEN FOR THEM TO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF LEAVING DENWOODY TO GO WORK OTHER PLACES. SO THAT, THESE ARE MY THINGS AND I, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THE, UH, WITHOUT HAVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UM, WITH THE ZONING CATEGORY. UM, THESE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? MADAM CHAIR? I HAVE JUST A COMMENT. OKAY. UM, SO MY QUESTION WAS ALSO ABOUT THE CUP AND, AND BY RIGHT? AND, AND TALKING WITH STAFF. I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT, UM, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CUP AND ESTABLISHING COVENANTS THAT WOULD RESTRICT AND, AND KIND OF MOVE COMPANIES IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO MOVE THEM IN? AND THAT MIGHT BE QUESTION FOR MR. SALAL. ALL RIGHT. SO A, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR CUP IS A ZONING MECHANISM WHEREIN IF AN APPLICANT COMES IN AND THEY SAY THEY WANT TO TO CREATE AN X, Y, Z BUSINESS THERE, THE COMMUNITY GETS THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION GETS TO ADVISE AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GETS TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT PROJECT OR THAT FACILITY OR THAT BUSINESS CONDUCIVE WITH THE PURPOSE, INTENT, AND DESIGN OF THE ORDINANCE AND TO MITIGATE ALL THE IMPACTS THAT MAY COME WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMUNITY GETS TO IMPOSE CONDITIONS ON THAT PROPERTY. THAT IS A MATTER OF ZONING LAW. THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY FOLLOW. NOW, COVENANTS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. COVENANTS ARE UNDER REAL ESTATE LAW, WHEREAS ZONING IS, IS REALLY UNDER THE REGULATORY POWER OF THE, THE STATE THAT IT GIVES TO THE COUNTY COVENANTS. UNDER REAL ESTATE LAW, YOU CAN PUT COVENANTS ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT YOU OWN AND YOU CAN PASS IT TO, TO REALLY FUTURE OWNERS. AND THE COVENANTS GIVE A SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, UM, CONDUCIVE TO WHAT THE GRANTOR IN THAT INSTANCE WANTS TO SEE HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE OF THE PROPERTY. WE DO HAVE A, AT LEAST A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF COVENANTS IN THE COUNTY. UM, ONE IS OVER BY SIMPSON ROAD. THERE WAS AN OLD PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT I BELIEVE AT ONE POINT WAS OWNED BY DOMINION AND TIME PASSED THAT HAD COVENANTS PUT ON IT, UH, PROBABLY IN THE EARLY 1990S, MAYBE THE LATE 1980S. AND THOSE COVENANTS CONTINUE ON THE PROPERTY AND GOVERN THINGS SUCH AS WHAT THE BUILDINGS MAY BE MADE OUT OF, BUT IT COULD BE BROADER THAN THAT. UM, THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES, I BELIEVE, AT THE AIRPORT THAT ALSO HAVE COVENANTS ON THEM AS WELL. SO 2, 2, 2 MECHANISMS THAT ACHIEVE SIMILAR RESULTS. BUT ONE COMES FROM ZONING LAW, THE OTHER COMES FROM REAL ESTATE LAW. WHEN DO THE COVENANTS HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE? THE COVENANTS WOULD'VE TO BE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE A PROPERTY IS SOLD AND THEY COULD BE PUT IN PLACE BY THE, BY THE THEN CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. SO THAT WOULD GIVE US TIME TO EXPLORE OTHER AVENUES TO RESTRICT AS THE COMMUNITY CAN GIVE FEEDBACK TO US. CORRECT. SO IF THE COUNTY IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, NOT NOT NECESSARILY THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN TALK TO INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS AND PASS ALONG THEIR CONCERNS AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH COVENANTS TO RESTRICT CERTAIN ASSETS. SO RIGHT NOW, THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA OWNS THE PROPERTY. I'M SAYING IF IT COMES UNDER CONTROL OF THE COUNTY, IF IT COMES UNDER CONTROL OF THE COUNTY, THEN YES. CORRECT. OKAY. ANY, ANYTHING ELSE, MA'AM? CHAIR, LET ME, LET ME A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. COVENANTS IS ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THAT'S ONE TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX. COVENANTS IS ANOTHER WHEN THAT LAND IS TRANSFERRED, AND THAT'S WHAT MR. SOUTHALL IS TALKING ABOUT. SO, AND IT FOLLOWS EACH OWNER AS IT GOES ALONG. SO I'LL TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, WHICH I SERVE ON ALL OF THE PROPERTIES. IF YOU GO TO FIRST BANK, WHERE YOU TURN IN AND YOU'RE GOING TO THE CONVENIENCE SITE, ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES ALONG AIRPORT DRIVE HAVE COVENANTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY FALL UNDER THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY WHO SOLD THE PROPERTY [02:35:01] TO THEM. THERE'S LIMITATIONS TO THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING. THERE'S LIMITATIONS OF WHAT IT CAN BE BUILT OUT OF. THERE ARE LIMITATIONS, NOT HOW THEY CAN RUN THEIR BUSINESS, BUT THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT CAN BE THERE. OKAY. UM, SO THERE ARE OTHER WAYS, OTHER AVENUES WHEN YOU SPEAK OF CONCERNS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH COVENANTS AS COMPARED TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. OKAY? UM, THIS PIECE OF PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE TALKED TO THREE GUBERNATORIAL, UM, ADMINISTRATIONS THAT TELLS YOU HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME YOU ACTUALLY DROVE THROUGH CENTRAL STATE, BECAUSE NORMALLY SPEAKING NOBODY WOULD DRIVE THROUGH THERE. BUT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE, HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN VACANT, SITTING DORMANT WITH A VARIETY OF THINGS HAPPENING IN AND AROUND THEM, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS OUT THERE CONSISTENTLY. UH, 'CAUSE WE PATROL IT, IT'S IN DENWITY COUNTY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE, IT'S A BLIGHT ON OUR COMMUNITY, OKAY? WHICH THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAS DONE THIS WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN GET 'EM TO CUT THE GRASS. THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY PATHETIC, OKAY? AND OUR JOB AS SUPERVISORS IS TO CREATE ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT. WHERE WOULD WE BE? I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. YOU GOT 900 JOBS AT WALMART. I CAN REMEMBER A DAY WHEN THERE WERE PEOPLE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER BUILDING SAYING, WE DON'T WANT WAL WALMART, BUT IT'S 900 JOBS IN THIS COMMUNITY. I'VE HAD, REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE AMAZON TO COME ANYTIME DURING THE YEAR, THAT 750 JOBS. I WOULD SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE CHAPARRAL STEEL IS? BUT IT'S 300 MORE JOBS OF GOOD PAYING JOBS, OKAY? UM, SO THE COUNTY HAS NOT MADE BAD DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AND EYEING THAT CAN ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY TREMENDOUSLY. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT CIVICA AND FLOW? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THOSE TWO NAMES? THEY ARE THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES IN PETERSBURG, YOU SAID, WELL, WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING? THERE IS A TREMENDOUS PUSH FOR PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING INSULIN AND OTHER THINGS THAT SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM MAY BE, MAY BE TAKING. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS JOBS OF THE 21ST CENTURY. DAN MENTIONED IT. WE, WE GRADUATED, MY WIFE IS A TEACHER AT DIMITY HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION. WE GRADUATE 300 STUDENTS A YEAR. THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED, ONE AT BRIGHT POINT AND ONE AT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT ARE PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNICAL PROGRAMS WHERE YOU CAN GET A CERTIFICATION OR A TWO YEAR DIPLOMA SPECIFICALLY TARGETED FOR PHARMA. AND YOU KNOW WHY THEY DID IT? BECAUSE THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAS GOT A FOCUS ON TRYING TO BRING PHARMA TO THE, TO THE US AND INTO THE, INTO VIRGINIA. AND YOU'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW TO RUN THE EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO DO THE JOB. WELL, OUR STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE FROM DENWOODY HIGH SCHOOL CAN GO TO EITHER ONE OF THOSE PLACES AND WHEN THE DAY COMES THE JOB, THEY WILL BE QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB. SO THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE. UM, SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE AS CLOSE-MINDED OR AS SUSPICIOUS. THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY A BIG WORD THAT WE ALL HEAR OF. WHAT IS GOVERNMENT GONNA DO TO US NEXT? WHAT'S BIG GOVERNMENT GONNA DO TO US? OKAY? THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON THAT'S SITTING UP HERE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF DENWITTY COUNTY AT HEART. OKAY? NOW, IF YOU CAN QUESTION THAT, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD, BUT I THINK OUR VOTES REPRESENT HOW WE STAND AND, AND, AND HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THINGS. IF I THOUGHT IN MY MIND THAT A DATA CENTER WAS GONNA GO ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, THERE'S NO WAY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH I WOULD VOTE TO BE M THREE ZONING TONIGHT. NO WAY. OKAY? SO I KNOW THE SUSPICION IS OUT THERE OF WHAT CAN AND COULD HAPPEN, BUT WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TOTAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, WE ARE PART OF THAT ENGINE. WE'RE ONE OF 95 COUNTIES IN THE STATE, OKAY? [02:40:01] , IT'S JOBS OF TOMORROW. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE TONIGHT THAT ARE EITHER AT RETIREMENT AGE OR ARE RETIRED. IS IT ABOUT US OR IS IT ABOUT THE FUTURE? WHAT CAN AND HAPPEN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE NEXT GENERATION? JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT WE ARE MAKING HERE. WE THIS, YOU TALKING ABOUT TAXES, $17 MILLION A YEAR IS WE APPROPRIATE TO THE DENWITTY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM? $17 MILLION, 63% OF OUR WORKING POPULATION LEAVES THIS COUNTY EVERY SINGLE DAY TO WORK SOMEPLACE ELSE. WHY CAN'T WE CREATE JOBS IN COUNTY THAT MAYBE SOME FOLKS WILL STAY HERE AND SPEND THEIR MONEY INSTEAD OF SPENDING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE? I THINK OUR NEXT GENERATION DESERVES THAT GOOD JOB, I THINK, UM, AND I DO THINK THAT, UH, THE, THE, THOSE COMMENTS, UH, WERE, WERE APPRECIATED. AND, AND I, AND I DO THINK THAT, UM, WITH US ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T, UM, AND WE SEE NO DATA CENTERS AND, UM, WE RECOGNIZE AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, TRYING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP OUR CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HEAR YOU AND WE ARE WILLING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR NOT JUST SOME OF THEM WITTY, BUT ALL THEM WITTY. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IS STRESSED. IT'S ALL OF THEM. WE, NOT JUST SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY'RE APPRECIATED AND THEY'RE HEARD AND WE DO HEAR YOU. SO, UM, AT THIS TIME, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO OUT OF JAIL, RIGHT? WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE 15.22285 AND 15.2 2 2 8 6 87, THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE PUBLIC AND SUBSIDY CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, GOOD ZONING PRACTICE, WARRANT THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT. THEREFORE, IT IS BE RESOLVED THAT THE DENWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY APPROVE ZONING. ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 8 26 DASH FIVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. UH, [13.E. Rezoning Request, P-26-7] NOW WE'RE GOING TO REZONING REQUEST P 26 7. UH, MR. MARK BASSETT. THANKS MADAM CHAIR. UH, THE NEXT CASE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS EVENING, THIS KIND OF, UH, GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OUR TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE M THREE DISTRICT. UH, THIS REZONING REQUEST IS, UH, THE APPLICANT OF COURSE IS THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UM, REQUESTING TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY RESIDENTIAL LIMITED FROM RESIDENTIAL LIMITED R ONE TO BUSINESS GENERAL B TWO, AND TO THE M THREE ZONING DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY SIZE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS EVENING IS A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL PROPERTY. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 374 ACRES. OF THAT 374 ACRES, 350 AND A HALF ACRES IS PROPOSED TO BE REZONED TO THE M THREE ZONING DISTRICT THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. AND THEN ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF PROPERTY UP ADJOINING ON, UH, WEST WASHINGTON STREET, UH, THE EIGHT, UH, WHERE YOU'RE PROPOSING TO REZONE THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS 23 AND A HALF ACRES TO B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR, UH, COMMERCIAL USES TO LOCATE ON THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. UM, WHEN WE WORKED WITH ONE OF OUR, UM, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, UH, AS A STAFF, UH, APPROXIMATELY 200 ACRES OF THE, UH, SITE IS DEVELOPABLE AND, UH, DUE TO, UM, THERE ARE, UM, IMPACTS OF THE SITE TOPOGRAPHY, UM, AND ALSO WETLANDS ON THE SITE, UM, THAT WOULD MAKE THAT PART THE PROPERTY UNDEVELOPABLE. UM, JUST TO NOTE, OF COURSE, THE NEW CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL, UM, THAT PROPERTY IS NOT PART OF THE REZONING AND, UH, UM, RA DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER IS TO REMAIN, UH, [02:45:01] ON THE, UH, CENTRAL STATE PROPERTY AS WELL AND CONTINUE OPERATING ON THE PROPERTY. UM, ALSO JUST TO NOTE, UH, THE DEWINE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY DOES OWN ADJOINING PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, AND, UH, THEY UTILIZE THAT. UH, AND THERE'S ALSO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER, UM, THAT MANY YEARS AGO, UH, WAS INTRODUCED TO THAT PROPERTY AND HAS OPERATED AGAIN FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS ON THAT, THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, OF COURSE, ACROSS THE STREET, UH, TO THE NORTH, THAT'S ALL WAS REZONED. THAT USED TO BE CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL PROPERTY IS WHERE HE ZONE DOWN M1. AND NOW THAT'S, UH, HAS THE, UH, DOMINION ENERGY CAMPUS AND WE'VE SEEN HOW THAT PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED. UH, ALSO ALONG ROUTE ONE, UH, AND WEST WASHINGTON STREET, ALL THAT PROPERTY IS ZONE EITHER B TWO BUSINESS GENERAL OR, UH, THE WESTGATE SHOPPING CENTER IS OUR OLD, UH, SHOPPING CENTER ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF B THREE. SO IT IS SURROUNDED BY, UM, ALSO, UH, BUSINESS GENERAL, UH, ZONED PROPERTY. UM, LOOKING AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, ABOUT FOURTH OF THE PROPERTY, UH, FRONTING ON ROUTE ONE IS OWNED AS PART OF OUR TOWN CENTER AREA. AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY, UH, IN IS AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER OR IS IN THE CONFERENCE PLAN, UH, DESIGNATED AS EMPLOYMENT CENTER AREA OF COURSE SAYS, UH, DR. MOORE INDICATED, UM, COUNTIES BEEN WORKING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO INTRODUCE, UM, HOPEFULLY NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR, AGAIN, EMPLOYMENT, UH, WITHIN THIS PORTION OF THE COUNTY. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE THAT DESIGNATED EMPLOYMENT CENTER IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, LOOKING AT IMPACTS, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE DID LOOK AT THE, UH, PROPOSED REZONING AND, UM, ALL, ALL OF THE, UH, REVIEW AGENCIES, UH, DID NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS WITH REZONING THE PROPERTY. UH, BEAT O UH, DID NOTE, UM, THAT WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE NEEDED, UH, WITH THE INTERIOR ROADS WITHIN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE ENTRANCES TO THE PROPERTY. AND THAT WOULD, AS MR. COLBERT OUTLINED IN HIS PRESENTATION, UM, TRAFFIC IMPACTS WOULD BE, UH, STUDIED, UH, UPON, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY DURING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS. ALSO, AGAIN, THE COUNTY IS, UM, HOPEFULLY WOULD BE IN CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY AND, UM, ALSO BE ABLE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WHEN THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED. DURING THE SITE LAND REVIEW PROCESS, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDED TO THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS B TWO AND M THREE, UH, IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES. ADDITIONALLY, THE M THREE DISTRICT, UH, WAS CREATED TO ACCOMMODATE AGAIN, UH, FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, UH, WITHIN THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER AREA. HOPEFULLY, UH, PROMOTING JOB CREATION ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS B TWO AND M THREE, UH, CONFORMED TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED FOR THIS GENERAL AREA SET FORTH, AGAIN WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. UH, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE. ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN, UH, WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE USES ALLOWED, UH, WITHIN THEM THREE DISTRICT. UM, SO HE REC UH, DID NOT VOTE FAVOR OF, UH, APPROVAL. SO, BUT AGAIN, IT WAS APPROVED FOUR TO ONE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MADAM CHAIR. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? NO COMMENTS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. NONE AT THIS TIME. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, I BELIEVE MS. SCHEID STEPPED OUT, BUT, UM, DID MS. CALLAWAY, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THE REZONING? OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE SIGNED UP. OKAY. SHE STEPPED OUT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. [02:50:02] UM, LET'S SEE, AT THIS TIME, UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO COME FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT THAT OR JUST YOU, MARK? YES. OKAY. YEAH. SO, UM, BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OKAY. NO, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY MY COMMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE ABOUT THE ZONING TEXT. I THINK WE PUT THE ZONING IN TEXT WITH THE INTENT OF PUTTING IT ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS, YOU KNOW, DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS OVER AND ALL AT ONCE. YOU'RE GONNA SEE BUILDINGS POPPING UP. WE ARE, WE ARE A LONG, LONG WAYS FROM THAT. JUST LIKE WITH THE TRAFFIC. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A SMART SCALE, UM, DEDICATED LANE OFF OF RIGHT ONE DOWN TO, IS IT ALBER MALL? ALBERT MALL STREET. ALBER MALL STREET, WHICH, UM, IT IS GONNA HELP WITH, THAT'S A BAD INTERSECTION GETTING KNOCKED OUT THAT'S GONNA HELP JUST PEOPLE GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE, GETTING ONTO RIGHT ONE. UM, I DO THINK, BUT ALL INTERIOR ROADS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE PLANNED AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS HAVE GOTTA BE TAKEN DOWN. UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S PROBABLY IN THOSE BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH WITH, WITH GETTING THIS AS A SITE READY SPOT. AND SO, UM, IT, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I DO THINK, UM, WE'VE STILL GOT TIME JUST LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE COVENANTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THIS ISN'T TONIGHT, IT'S ALL WHEN BUILDINGS GO UP TOMORROW, IT IS A, A LONG DRAWBACK PROCESS TO GET, GET WHERE WE'RE GOING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THAT IS TRUE. UM, OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, MADAM CHAIR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION BE IT RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2286 A SEVEN. IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE. I MOVE THAT REZONING CASE P 26 DASH SEVEN BE AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE [14.A. Appointments] TO OLD AND NEW BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE TONIGHT. THE, THE FIRST IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE CRATER DISTRICT AREA AGENCY ON AGING. MM-HMM . MADAM CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT YOU , UH, TO FULFILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF MS. ELAINE DRAKE OR EILEEN DRAKE. UH, AND THE TERM TO EXPIRE FEBRUARY 20TH, 2028. I'LL SECOND THAT. ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. I ABSTAIN. FOUR AYES, ONE ABSTAIN. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WE HAVE A, A NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO APPOINT JENNY PETERS TO FROM TODAY TO A, UM, TO APPOINTMENT DATING TO FOUR THIRTY TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE WE ALSO HAVE A NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT OR APPOINTMENTS TO THE DENWITTY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION? I I'LL, I'D LIKE TO APPOINT HANNAH BISHOP TO A TERM, UM, ENDING TWELVE THIRTY ONE TWENTY THIRTY SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT MR. ALVIN LANGLEY, UH, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE ON 12 31 20 30. SILENT BILL TOM, [02:55:01] MR. TEVIS AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THE APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU DO HAVE AN ITEM B THAT WAS AMENDED AND THAT IS FOR THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT OF CENTRAL STATE PROPERTY. OKAY. UH, MS. AL? THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD VICE CHAIR MR. MASSEN. THANK YOU IN FURTHER INTO THE COUNTY'S GOAL TO REDEVELOP PART OF THE CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL SITE FOR LIFE SCIENCES OR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING BUSINESS IN ORDER TO GROW BUSINESS IN DENWITTY COUNTY AND PROVIDE GOOD PAYING JOBS FOR ITS CITIZENS. FOLLOWING NEGOTIATIONS OF COUNTY STAFF WITH THE COMMONWEALTH'S DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS DIRECTED TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMONWEALTH FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND AT CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL. TONIGHT THE BOARD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THAT PURCHASE AGREEMENT. THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT ENVISIONS THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PURCHASE UP TO APPROXIMATELY 352.76 ACRES, ALTHOUGH THE FINAL AMOUNT COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OR LESS. FINAL APPROVAL OF THE SALE, WHICH IS NOT BEING GIVEN TONIGHT, WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME FROM BOTH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE GOVERNOR. THERE IS A 180 DAY STUDY PERIOD WHICH CAN BE EXTENDED FOR UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 180 DAYS. THE FINAL PURCHASE IS ALSO CONTINGENT ON A NUMBER OF OTHER FACTORS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FUNDING FROM THE VIRGINIA BUSINESS SITES READY PROGRAM AND FINANCING. ALTHOUGH THERE'S MUCH WORK STILL TO BE DONE TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY. THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK IN WHICH BOTH PARTIES CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS THE PURCHASE BY THE COUNTY. THERE IS A RESOLUTION, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IF YOU DO WISH TO ADOPT IT. UH, IF YOU DESIRE, I CAN READ THAT RESOLUTION, UM, INTO THE, INTO THE RECORD SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO, TO APPROVE IT. IT READS AS FOLLOWS BE. IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DENWOODY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THE BOARD DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND AT OR NEAR CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AT A PRICE OF UP TO $8,575,000 IN THE FORM PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN A CLOSED MEETING EARLIER TODAY IN SUCH FORM AS MAY BE APPROVED TO LEGAL FORM BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WITH SUCH CHANGES SUBSTANTIVE OR OTHERWISE AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MAY APPROVE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION AND FURTHERANCE OF THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD DOES NOT APPROVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 1803 AT THIS TIME. AND THE BOARD EXPRESSLY RESERVES SUCH APPROVAL FOR A FUTURE DATE AT WHICH POINT IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE GRANTED. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS I KNOW STAFF IS AS WELL. I DO, NO QUESTION. OKAY. AND WAS YOUR PLEASURE I ALSO MOVE THAT RESOLUTION THAT MR. CY JUST READ SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. UM, AT [15. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)] THIS TIME IT'S CITIZEN COMMENTS. OH, YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP? I I PUT HIS NAME DOWN ALREADY. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. HI EVERYONE. UH, I JUST HAVE A FEW CONCERNS ABOUT JUST YOUR NAME AND JOHN WEAVER. UH, ADDRESS 59 9 1 DUNCAN ROAD. OKAY. I, UH, ORTON WEAVER, VIRGINIA 2 3 8 0 3. SO, UM, WITH THE CPU THING, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. IF IT DOES TURN OUT TO BE A DATA CENTER, WHAT ARE YOUR GUYS' COURSE OF ACTION OR WHAT WILL YOU DO TO FIX WHAT YOU JUST AGREED ON OR WHAT YOU PLAN ON AGREEING ON? I ASK THAT BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO IS A YOUNGER GENERATION, KNOWING THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THIS BOARD AND AS YOU MENTIONED, MR. MOORE WHO ARE IN HERE THAT'S RETIRED OR ON THEIR WAY TO BEING RETIRED, THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE. BUT I SEE AS I LOOK IN THIS ROOM, I AND A FEW OTHERS ARE THE FUTURE. WE ARE SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS, THAT WE WANT YOU TO DO MORE INFORMATION ON IT. THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING FOR YOU OR ASKING OF YOU OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. IF I UNDERSTAND YOU MIGHT BE A BOOMER OR A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY, MY PEOPLE HERE, EXCUSE ME, MIGHT BE BOOMERS AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU ALL TAUGHT US A YOUNG GENERATION OF ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPONSIBILITY, MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE RIGHT AND YOUR WRONGS [03:00:01] OR SO YOU SAY, SO I'M ASKING WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? BECAUSE IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO FIX THE MISTAKE THAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO NOT SIGN OFF ON ALL FOR IT. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE JUST GONNA DUST YOUR HAND OFF AND PASS IT TO ANOTHER GENERATION. DO YOU REALLY WANT ANOTHER ANGRY GENERATION? 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE YOUR THIRD OR YOUR FOURTH. SO I'M JUST ASKING WHAT ARE YOU ALL GOING TO? AND I THINK EVERYONE HERE WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE TO THAT AND I THINK THAT'S NOT THAT MUCH OF AN ASK FROM YOU ALL. AND THEN I ACTUALLY HAVE A RESPONSE TO IT TO SEE WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL FEEL SECURE AND SAFE IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE FOR ITY COUNTY. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON DATA CENTERS, BUT THE NOISE ITSELF CAN DRIVE YOU CRAZY. DO WE REALLY WANT THAT IN THIS LOVELY COUNTY THAT WE ALL LOVE SO MUCH AS WE SAY? I KNOW I DON'T AND I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYONE HERE DOES IT AS WELL. I AGREE WITH YOU. KIND CRAZY THAT WE ARE SAYING THAT, BUT NO ONE ELSE THAT'S IN FRONT OF US IS SAYING ANYTHING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMO COMMENTS. UM, UNDERSTOOD. YOU KIND OF GET AN ANSWER OF ANYTHING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IN YOUR SECTION. SO THAT'S OUR REASON IN MY TIME FOR THAT MOMENT. THE ENGLISH IS NOT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. JOHN WILKINSON, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. EVENING. HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME IS JOHN WILKINSON. I RESIDE AT 1 3 5 1 5 WHITE OAK ROAD. I'M READING THIS DOCUMENT ON BEHALF OF LANDS OF COLEMAN LAKE ROAD WHO COMPOSED IT AND EMAILED COPIES OF IT TO EACH OF YOU. SHE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING TONIGHT AND ASKED ME TO READ THIS, PLEASE. CHAPTER SEVEN OF THE DENVER WITTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES PUBLIC HEALTH AND LAND USE TO QUOTE PAGE 1 41 OF THE PLAN. DENWOODY COUNTY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING LAND USE DECISIONS THAT FACILITATE EFFICIENT USE OF THE FCI THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, WHILE ENHANCING, ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS BASED ON THE HEALTH RISKS. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, DATA CENTER, NOISE, POLLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH. WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT DATA CENTERS CREATE INVASIVE NOISE. IRONICALLY, A DATA CENTER CAN HAVE UNREMARKABLE NOISE READING AND BE WITHIN THE DECIBEL LIMIT WHILE STILL PRODUCING ONE LOUD NARROW BAND HUM. THIS HUM IS KNOWN AS INFRASOUND. INFRASOUND IS A LOW FREQUENCY NOISE MEASURED IN HERTZ AND IT IS DIFFERENT THAN AUDIBLE SOUND, WHICH IS MEASURE MEASURED IN DECIBELS. HERTZ REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF VIBRATIONS THE SOUND WAVE CREATES. THESE WAVES ARE PRODUCED NATURALLY BY THINGS LIKE EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, STORMS, ET CETERA, AND MANMADE SOURCES LIKE INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, WIND TURBINES, AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS. INFRASOUND IS DIFFERENT THAN AUDIBLE SOUND AS IT DOES NOT SOFTEN WITH DISTANCE. AUDIBLE SOUND LOSES ENERGY TO THE ATMOSPHERE AND OBSTACLES IT ATTENUATES AS IT TRAVELS FROM THE SOURCE. CONVERSELY, LOW FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES PROPAGATE AND ARE CONCENTRATED WITHIN 3000 FEET. AND DATA CENTER NOISE HAS BEEN FOUND AS FAR AWAY AS TWO AND A HALF MILES. LOW FREQUENCIES BEND AROUND CORNERS, THEY PASS THROUGH SOLID OBJECTS LIKE BRICK WALLS OR RES OR RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES. TREE LINES EVEN FAIL TO BLOCK LOW FREQUENCY TONES HUMANS CANNOT HEAR AND FOR SOUND. THE WAVES ARE PRESENT, BUT THE EXPERIENCES ABSENT BECAUSE WAVES DO NOT VIBRATE FAST ENOUGH TO RESONATE, RESONATE OUR EARDRUMS, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T HEAR INFRASOUND, IT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT HUMAN AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. THIS MEANS INFRASOUND IMPACTS HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE, STRESS HORMONES, SLEEP ARCHITECTURE, AND DEPLETES HUMAN COPING RESOURCES. WITHOUT ANY CONSCIOUS AWARENESS, INFRASOUND CAN STIMULATE THE INNER EARS TRIGGER TRIGGERING DIZZINESS AND BALANCE OR CSIC SENSATION. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INFRASOUND BETWEEN 17 AND 19 HERTZ CAN INDUCE UNEXPLAINED FEELINGS OF ANXIETY, SORROW, NERVOUSNESS OR FEAR. AND ANIMAL ANIMALS PROLONGED INTENSE EXPOSURE TO INFRASOUND HAS BEEN SHOWN TO INDUCE NEUROINFLAMMATORY RESPONSES AND MEMORY IMPAIRMENT. WE MAY NOT ONLY WORRY ABOUT WHAT WE CAN HEAR, WE MUST ALSO WORRY ABOUT INFRASOUND, WHICH WE CANNOT HEAR. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REMIND THE BOARD OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REPEATEDLY BOAST THAT OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE STRATEGIC AND EFFICIENT LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS TO PRESERVE ITS RURAL LANDSCAPE. PAGE 1 39, SPECIFICALLY STATES FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS SHOULD BE CAREFULLY PLANNED TO LIMIT ADVERSE IMPACTS ON RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES. I PETITION YOU TO [03:05:01] DECLINE ANY APPLICATIONS THAT DESTROY OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR HEALTH, AND OUR RURAL CHARACTER. THANK YOU FOR DEBORAH JAMES. HELLO, I'M DEBORAH JAMES. I LIVE AT EIGHTY SIX NINETEEN CLAIBORNE ROAD AND I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND. UM, CURTIS JAMES. HE'S UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. UH, HE'S A DISABLED VETERAN AND UNFORTUNATELY HIS HEALTH CONDITION AND HIS PAIN LEVEL, HE COULDN'T BE HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS, I HAVE TO HAVE MILITARY LEVEL CODE BREAKING SKILLS. TO HAVE TRANSLATED THIS INTO SOMETHING I'M GONNA READ. UM, HE WANTED TO SHARE A, A PHRASE THAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN MADE FAMOUS. WE ALL KNOW IT. A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE. ALL OF DINWOODY COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS ARE, UH, DI WOODY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE OF THE PEOPLE. YOU ARE BY THE PEOPLE AND WE ARE RELYING AND TRUSTING YOU TO BE FOR THE PEOPLE. PLACING A DATA CENTER AT WHITE OAK AND PLAYBOY WOULD BE A HEINOUS IN JUSTICE, CHANGING ADJACENT HOMEOWNERS INTO VICTIMS. IT WOULD DESTROY AND DISRESPECT ME, MY FAMILY AND MY NEIGHBORS. MY WIFE AND I CAME TO DINWITTY COUNTY 26 YEARS AGO TO ENJOY A RURAL LIFESTYLE, TO ENJOY OUR HORSES AND TO ENJOY OUR PEACE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. THE ROAR OF OVER 300 GENERATORS. THE CHAOS OF YEARS OF HEAVY CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE A TRAVESTY AND IT WOULD DESTROY A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. IT WOULD POSE HEALTH RISKS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND WITH MY CURRENT HEALTH, I COULD NOT ENDURE EXACERBATED INSOMNIA AND MIGRAINES. HE ALREADY HAS ALL OF THOSE CONDITIONS. A WEATHERMAN CANNOT STOP A STORM THAT HE SEES COMING, BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN STOP THIS STORM. SO PLEASE AND THANK YOU BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF DENWOODY COUNTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUDY BENNER, IT'LL TO EXHIBIT GOOD EVENING AND I'LL BE BRIEF. GOOD. I HAD A LONGER SPEECH. WELL I, JUDY BENNER FROM 2 0 2 1 4 ANN ROAD AVENUE, STATES. GOOD EVENING. I'LL BE BRIEF. I HAD A LONGER SPEECH ABOUT THE ROADS, THE TRUCK WEIGHTS AND THE DANGERS THAT COME WITH THEM BEING SO NARROW. BUT MY BIG FEAR IS THE SCHOOL BUSES, THE HIGH SCHOOL DRIVERS AND THE WORK FORCE. I CAN FORESEE A AME MONSTER ACCIDENT. AND IT IS NOT WHEN IT'S ONLY IF IMAGINE IF YOUR CHILD RIDES IN ONE OF THESE BUSES OR YOUR CHILD'S A HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER OR YOUR WIFE OR YOUR HUSBAND IS GOING, JUST GOING TO WORK. LOOK IN YOUR HEART, A DATA CENTER IS SITTING NOT WORSE. THIS KIND OF RISK PLEASE. NO DATA CENTER HERE EVER. THANK YOU. MICHELLE SCHEID. I THINK SHE SAW HER. OKAY. JESSICA CALLOWAY. HELLO, IT'S ME AGAIN. HELLO, UH, JESSICA CALLOWAY, 85 10 CLAYBURN ROAD. UM, NATURALLY YOU CAN SEE MY SHIRT. YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE. EVERY SINGLE MEETING I LIVE AT THE HEART OF THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER. WE DO NOT WANT IT IN OUR BACKYARD. I DON'T WANT IT. MY NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT IT. I DON'T THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE 28,000 PEOPLE WE HAVE LIVED IN THIS COUNTY WANT THE DATA CENTER. UM, THE TRACK MEETING, LET'S JUST SAY WAS A NATURAL DISASTER. UM, THEY COULDN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I HAD EIGHT QUESTIONS AND OUT OF THOSE EIGHT QUESTIONS, THEY ANSWERED A HALF A QUESTION, UM, AND LOOKED LIKE DEER IN HEADLIGHTS. UM, I AM, ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS NATURALLY IS GONNA BE THE PRESERVATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD AND ANYTHING THAT SURROUNDS IT TO INCLUDE AND NOT LIMITED TO THE UNDOCUMENTED SLAVES THAT WE KNOW THAT LIVE STAYED ON THAT PROPERTY. I ASKED DIRECTLY IF THEY HAD DONE LIDAR, THEY TOLD ME NO. THEY HAD DONE GROUND PENETRATING AROUND THE AREA OF THE CEMETERY AND AROUND THE CEMETERY JUST ALONG THE WALLS THEY FOUND 20 TO 25 UNMARKED GRAVES. IF THERE ARE 20 TO 25 [03:10:01] THERE, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY ARE ON ALMOST A THOUSAND ACRES. UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE TYPE OF MONEY THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE, BUT NATURALLY MY CONCERN WOULD BE IF THEY TREX WATER AND SEWER OUT THERE, I'M GONNA BE REQUIRED BY COUNTY ORDINANCE TO HOOK UP AT $5,500. UM, I DON'T WANT IT PLAIN AND SIMPLE. I DON'T WANT IT. MY NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT IT. UM, I'LL SWITCH OFF TOPIC A LITTLE BIT FROM THE DATA CENTER AND I'LL SWITCH TO, UH, WE CAN'T HAVE A Q AND A WITH YOU GUYS. SO, UM, TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING JOBS INTO THE COUNTY THAT 63% OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WORK OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. I AM ONE OF THEM. I WORKED HERE FROM 2013 UNTIL 2019. AND I CURRENTLY WORK INSIDE OF EMPORIA. I DRIVE ALMOST AN HOUR EVERY SINGLE DAY TO WORK. DO YOU KNOW THAT IN THE SIX YEARS THAT I WAS EMPLOYED HERE AS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, I MADE MY PAY MY BRING HOME WITH THREE CHILDREN. I BARELY, I BARELY MADE ENOUGH AND QUALIFIED FOR GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOOD PAYING JOBS, SOMETIMES WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK INSIDE AND SEE WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE DOING THE JOBS OUT HERE IN THE COUNTY ACTUALLY MAKE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE BEING COMPENSATED ENOUGH. I'M BUSY JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WORK TWO JOBS. I WORK OVER 40 HOURS A WEEK. I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF TWO NONPROFITS AND I HOLD A VERY ACTIVE BOARD SEAT ON BOTH OF THOSE. WE HAVE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, I HAVE A HUSBAND, WE HAVE A LIFE AS WELL. AND I MANAGE FOUR DIFFERENT EMAILS EVERY SINGLE DAY. MY HUSBAND WILL TELL YOU THAT HE ALMOST NEEDS AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE TIME TO EVEN SPEAK TO ME MOST DAYS. UM, AND YET I STILL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IF YOU EMAIL ME TO EMAIL YOU BACK. UM, I HAVE SENT MULTIPLE EMAILS TO ALL OF YOU. MR. MOORE HAS RESPONDED. CASEY DOOLEY HAS RESPONDED. IT'S BEEN CRICKETS. UM, I ALSO FIND IT INTERESTING, UM, REAL QUICK THAT UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT FOR THE FUTURE IN DEWINE COUNTY, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ALL LIVE HERE AND MOST OF THE TIME YOU HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS AT HEART BECAUSE YOU LIVE HERE. YOU HAVE A VESTED INTEREST. BUT OUT OF THE SIX, UH, COUNTY INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK FOR PLANNING AND ZONING AND OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TWO RESIDE IN THIS COUNTY. TWO, DO I NECESSARILY THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MY BEST INTEREST AT HEART? THEY DON'T LIVE HERE. THEY MIGHT WORK HERE, BUT THEY DON'T LIVE HERE. SO ANOTHER THOUGHT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING TO OUTSOURCE WORK OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HIRE INSIDE OF THE COUNTY OFFICES. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. LAURA RENT, RENTE RENTE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LAURA RENTE. I LIVE AT 44 0 5 WID IN COURT. I'VE BEEN HERE AT MEETINGS ABOUT SIX TIMES NOW. I HATE PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT I'M SPEAKING BECAUSE I'M VE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THIS DATA CENTER. I MOVED HERE IN 2024 FROM NEW JERSEY AND I HOPE TO ESCAPE INDUSTRY AND POLLUTION AND MY TWO INHALERS FROM LIVING IN NEW JERSEY. UM, ONLY TO FIND THAT, UM, THAT A DATA CENTER IS NOW IN DANGER OF COMING TO THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTY THAT I NOW LOVE. WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION, THE EXHAUST FROM DIESEL POWER AND THE CHEMICALS USED IN THE COOLING SYSTEMS. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CITED VIOLATIONS AT THE PROJECT PEANUT DATA CENTER IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF MANY INDUSTRIAL PRO PROBLEMS I'VE HEARD OF AT DATA CENTERS INCLUDING, UH, DIESEL FUEL THAT WAS SPILLED IN NEW JERSEY NEAR WHERE I USED TO LIVE. I DON'T WANT, UH, DIMITY COUNTY TO END UP LIKE THOSE MANY PLACES. I ATTENDED THE INFORMATION PRESENTATION AT VSU AND I DON'T TRUST 'EM AT ALL. AND I BET NONE THAT HERE DOES. NO, THEY AREN'T EVEN THE COMPANY THAT WOULD BE THERE. THEY JUST DEVELOPED PROPERTIES. BUT I WANNA POINT OUT A FEW THINGS THAT I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER. NUMBER ONE, DO WE HAVE THE NECESSARY FIRE EQUIPMENT TRAINING AND MANPOWER TO HANDLE A DATA CENTER OR WOULD WE NEED A COSTLY NEW FIREHOUSE AND EQUIPMENT? THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS STATED THAT YOU CAN'T [03:15:01] RESPOND TO A FIRE AT A DATA CENTER LIKE A TYPICAL STRUCTURAL FIRE USING THE CORRECT SUPPRESSION AGENTS, AVOIDING ELECTRICALLY CHARGED EQUIPMENT AND DEALING WITH RADIO OPERATION. CHALLENGES AND ISSUES RELATED TO LITHIUM ION BATTERIES ARE ALL THINGS FIREFIGHTERS NEED TO CONSIDER. AND YOU ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER THE COST TO US. FOR EXAMPLE, DO WE NEED A TALLER LADDER TRUCK? NUMBER TWO, RETIRED AIR FORCE COLONEL DREW MILLER ADVISES PEOPLE TO STAY FAR AWAY FROM AI VALUED ASSETS. HE STATES THAT BEING CLOSE COULD MAKE YOU A TARGET IF ADVANCED AI SITS ESCAPE FROM HUMAN CONTROL. AND THIS IS NOT TERMINATOR SCIENCE FICTION. FORMER ANTHROPIC RESEARCHER JACOB COXIN WARNED US OF THE DANGERS OF AI BECOMING ROGUE AND WE'VE SEEN SOME ISSUES WITH THAT. ALSO, THINK OF HOW WE WOULD BE IN DANGER IF CONFLICT EVER CAME TO OUR SHORES. RUSSIA AND UKRAINE ARE NOW BOMBING EACH OTHER'S DATA CENTERS BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST WAY TO SLOW MILITARY PROGRESS. SO I URGE YOU TO SAY HELL NO TO THIS DATA CENTER. IF YOU VALUE OUR HEALTH, OUR LIVES, AND OUR PROPERTIES, IF YOU APPROVE THIS DATA CENTER, WE WILL HOLD YOU, HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOHN PHILLIPS, TO THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MY PRESENCE. I THINK THE YOUNG LADY JUST PRIOR TO SAID SOMETHING VERY UH, CRITICAL. SHE SPOKE OF THE BOARD AND SHE SAID SHE TRUSTS YOU, BUT SHE DOESN'T NECESSARILY TRUST THE OTHERS THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMUNITY. THE OPTIMUM WORD THAT I THINK IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS TRUST, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEBODY THAT HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS AREA, THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO TRUST ONE ANOTHER, THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE DECISION FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND AT THIS POINT, WE'VE NARROWED OUR DISCUSSION TO A DATA CENTER WHEN IN ESSENCE WE HAVE BASICALLY LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR DISCUSSION TO HAPPEN. NO FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON A DATA CENTER. NO FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON ANY BUSINESS COMING TO THAT LAND. IT HAS JUST BEEN ZONED SO THAT THE DISCUSSION CAN BEGIN. BUT IF WE NARROW OUR THOUGHT AND OUR MINDSET, WE LOSE THE FULL DISCUSSION. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF FULL OUT OF SIX DOES NOT LIVE HERE. WE HAVE A BOARD THAT DOES. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF FOUR OUT OF SIX LIVES HERE, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF SIX OUT OF 10 LIVES HERE. THE BLESSING IS THAT WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN DENWOOD. AND I'M BELIEVING ON TONIGHT THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO TRUST ONE ANOTHER AS BELIEVERS, I DON'T MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR BEING A BAPTIST PREACHER, BUT I DON'T STAND BEFORE YOU AS A BAPTIST. I DON'T STAND BEFORE YOU AS A CATHOLIC. I DON'T STAND BEFORE YOU AS A MUSLIM. I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A MAN THAT TRULY BELIEVES THAT WE HAVE TO RESTORE TRUST IN ONE ANOTHER. IF WE LOSE THAT, WE HAVE LOST THE FOUNDATION OF CONNECTIVENESS, WHICH MEANS YOU CANNOT BE CONNECTED TO SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT TRUST. SO I BEG ALL OF US. NOTICE I DIDN'T SAY Y'ALL. I BEG ALL OF US AS WE BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE THAT HE CAN DIRECT US. SO IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE SHOULD BE DOING AT THIS POINT, FORGET THE MISINFORMATION, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE. LET'S LEARN HOW TO PRAY. WE KNOW WHAT PRAYER CAN DO BECAUSE WE'VE ALL HAD TO USE IT IN OUR LIVES. YES. AMEN. YES. YES. SO IF WE'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF A DATA CENTER, JUST PRAY, LORD, HAVE YOUR WILL BE DONE. AND IF YOU KNOW GOD, YOU KNOW THAT THIS BOARD CANNOT SUPERSEDE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD. YEAH. SO PRAY AND LET'S BE IN UNITY ABOUT THE BEST INTEREST OF DENWITTY COUNTY. MY TIME'S UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. OKAY. ALL [16. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] RIGHT. WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. AND DR. MOORE, I'M GONNA START WITH YOU. YEAH. MOST OF YOU WERE IN HERE, WERE AT THE TRACK MEETING, AND YOU SAW ME ON THE FRONT ROW, [03:20:01] RIGHT IN FRONT. 'CAUSE I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE PUTTING UP ON THE SCREEN AND WERE GONNA TELL US ALL ABOUT THE PROJECT. UM, I THINK WE WERE ALL SURPRISED OF THEIR INABILITY TO ANSWER A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS. YES. WHICH KIND OF MAKES YOU SAY, WELL, DID YOU DO ALL YOUR HOMEWORK? OKAY. UM, DO YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE, THEIR CONCERNS? AND, UH, I CAN PROBABLY SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR HOMEWORK. OKAY. UM, I WANT EVERYBODY TO JUST STAY FOCUSED. EVERYBODY THAT I'VE TALKED TO, REMEMBER IT'S A REZONING CASE. JUST STAY FOCUSED ON A REZONING CASE. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S, I KNOW THE UNDERLYING THOUGHT PROCESS COULD BE A DATA CENTER, BUT REMEMBER WHO THE ENTITY IS. THEIR JOB IS TO GET IT REZONED. SO IF YOU WANTED TO STAY AGRICULTURAL, YOU STAND BEFORE US AND YOU STAND BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND SAY, WE WANT THIS LAND TO STAY AGRICULTURAL, THAT IT'S A REZONING CASE. JUST STAY FOCUSED ON THAT. OKAY? THANK YOU. Y'ALL HAVE A BLESSED EVENING. I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT MARK SAID. UH, Y'ALL VOTED US IN TO REPRESENT YOU, AND THERE'S ONE THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS TRUST US. AND IF YOU CAN'T TRUST US, ELECTIONS COMING UP SOON, REPLACE US. BUT I HOPE AND PRAY, I DO PRAY, AND I'VE SEEN THINGS HAPPEN AS I PRAYED. AND WHAT I PRAY FOR TONIGHT IS THAT YOU WILL TRUST THE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD. IT'S A HARD DECISION TO MAKE ON THESE. IT'S LIKE, UH, MARK JUST SAID, IT HASN'T COME YET. SO TRUST US. I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING A HARD TIME DOING THAT, BUT PLEASE PRAY FOR US. OBJECTION. AMEN. SO THAT'S IT. PRAY FOR US. IT'S NOT EASY TO BE UP HERE TO MAKE DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE, BUT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, NO. SO GIVE US A CHANCE, MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO, UH, MS. COLLINS, BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION AND A A POINT BROUGHT UP DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE FOR HER TO ADDRESS, UH, ABOUT THE CENTRAL STATE PROPERTY AND THE, THE COALITION THAT WAS FORMED. THANK YOU, MR. DOOLEY. UM, I STAND BEFORE YOU JUST TO GIVE CLARIFICATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FORMATION OF THE CENTRAL STATE HERITAGE AND LEGACY COALITION. UH, I KNOW I HEARD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND JUST WANNA GIVE REASON FOR WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. UM, JUST, UH, PROBABLY FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, UH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT CENTRAL STATE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, WE RECOGNIZE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SITE. THERE ARE FACES AND FAMILIES THAT, UM, ARE VERY CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH WHAT, WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED AT THIS SITE OVER THE YEARS. AND WE DON'T WANT THAT HISTORY OR THOSE PEOPLE TO EVER BE FORGOTTEN. SO THE GOAL OF THE COALITION IS SIMPLE HONOR THE PAST WHILE WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR FUTURE. AND SO I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. I SAID THIS EARLIER TODAY. UH, WE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT PAYING HOMAGE TO THE PEOPLE THAT THAT WORK THERE, THAT LIVED THERE, THAT DIED THERE. AND SO WHO'S AT THE TABLE? UM, THAT HAS BEEN A QUESTION. UM, WE HAVE INVITED THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORIC RESOURCES, THE CAMERON FOUNDATION, VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, FRIENDS OF CENTRAL STATE. DR. KING DAVIS, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, HAS DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESEARCH OVER THE YEARS AT CENTRAL STATE AND HAS RECORDED OVER 800,000 RECORDS FROM CENTRAL STATE. WE HAVE INVITED HIM TO PARTICIPATE. UM, OUR BOARD CHAIR WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. MR. MASSENGILL WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. I WILL BE SERVING AS WELL. DELEGATE KIM POPE ADAMS, MS. MORGAN INGRAM WILL BE SERVING AS WELL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW WAS, UH, STATED AS A CONCERN, WHAT'S THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR CITIZENS? AND SO PART OF THIS PROCESS INCLUDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITIZENS TO GIVE INPUT. WE ARE GOING TO ASK THEM TO CONTACT US VIA EMAIL. WE ARE ALSO INCORPORATING, UM, PUBLIC, UM, BRIEFING SESSIONS AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. SO BEAR WITH US. WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING ON FRIDAY. UM, WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, BUT WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY INVITED PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE RESEARCH IN THIS AREA THAT [03:25:01] HAVE ALSO, UH, STATED VESTED INTEREST IN WHAT HAPPENS ON THIS SITE. AND SO THEY WILL, THE COALITION IS AN ADVISORY COALITION, AND THEY'RE GONNA MEET FOUR TO SIX TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND THEY'RE GONNA DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR THIS BOARD. THANK YOU, MS. COLLINS. YOU'RE WELCOME. MS. COLLINS, BEFORE YOU STEP AWAY. YES. I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL STATE AND THE, THE BACKSTORY OF IT FROM A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AND HOW IT WAS STARTED YES. AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THIS RIGHT. YES. IN PROTECTING THE HISTORY OF THIS SITE. SO I'LL, I'LL DO IT IN A NUTSHELL, IF THAT'S OKAY. YES, PLEASE. UH, SO THIS SITE WAS USED AS A PLACE FOR COLORED PEOPLE, AS IT WAS CALLED, UH, TO ESSENTIALLY BE REMOVED FROM SOCIETY. UH, IT WAS CALLED A LUNATIC ASYLUM. YES, IT WAS. UM, AND THAT FACILITY WAS FOR THOSE THAT WERE PERCEIVED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH OR OTHER TYPE OF MEDICAL ILLNESS. UM, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY DAY THAT HAVE VERY DEEP ROOTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT WERE MADE TO GO THERE. OFTENTIMES, UH, PEOPLE WHO WERE IN MINISTRY, UH, WERE ADMITTED TO CENTRAL STATE BECAUSE THEY WERE DEEMED TO HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE OR POWER OVER OTHERS. AND SO, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES THAT ALIGN WITH WHAT OCCURRED AT CENTRAL STATE. UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE, UM, THERE IS A CEMETERY THAT WILL REMAIN UNDER, UH, THE STATE'S CONTROL THAT IS NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. UM, AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING WITH, UM, THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA WITH THE NEW HOSPITAL TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE, UM, AND WHAT OCCURS AS THE OUTCOME OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU'RE WELCOME. YES. AND MADAM CHAIR, I'LL JUST FOLLOW THAT UP WITH, UM, THE QUESTIONS ABOUT STAFF. UM, I'VE WORKED IN, IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, I'VE LIVED IN OTHER STATES. UM, I I COUNTED A, A PRIVILEGE TO NOW WORK ALONGSIDE THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE IN, IN THIS ROOM. UM, THERE'S NOT A QUESTION ABOUT THEIR DEVOTION. THE MAN HOURS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THIS OVER THE PAST, AS YOU SAID, ALMOST THREE DECADES. UM, AND OTHER STAFF FROM THE STATE, UM, THEY'RE VESTED IN THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM, I, I SAW THE SAME STAFF AT THE FAIR, UH, AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT OVER THE WEEKEND, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. OKAY. UM, NOT JUST WALKING AROUND TALKING. THEY, THEY WERE SETTING UP. THEY WERE, THEY WERE CLEANING UP TRASH. THEY WERE PICKING UP TENTS. THEY GOT BLOWN OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ANIMALS THAT THEY THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOST. UM, THIS, THE STAFF IS AMAZING. UM, YOU GUYS, MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU. I VALUE YOUR WORK. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS, UM, AND I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. AMEN. TO THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . REVEREND JEFFRIES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR RE REVEREND PHILLIPS. PHILLIPS. PHILLIPS, EXCUSE ME. IF, UM, ANYBODY KNOWS THE JOURNEY THAT I'VE BEEN ON, YOU DO, AND YOU ARE A BIG HELP TO ME IN SOME OF MY DARKEST TIMES. UM, I THINK THE TRUST PART OF THIS IS LOOK AT OUR TRACK RECORD AND SEE WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE IN DENWOODY COUNTY. AND WE TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING A RURAL COUNTY. WELL, WE ARE A RURAL COUNTY. UM, BUT THEN WE ALSO TALK ABOUT, UM, NOT LETTING THAT ELEPHANT IN THE DOOR, BUT THE MICE ARE COMING IN THE BACK DOOR, THREE AND FIVE ACRE LOTS IN ALL OF OUR RURAL DISTRICTS TILL WE GET A SITUATION WHERE FARMERS CAN'T FARM BECAUSE THE RURAL ROADS ARE SO BUSY BECAUSE OF THREE AND FIVE ACRE LOTTS SCATTERED IN PLACES THAT IT SHOULD BE RURAL RULE. AND SO, SO I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET CAUGHT UP IN, IN WORRYING ABOUT THE ELEPHANT AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS. UM, THEN YES, DENWOODY COUNTY IS A RURAL AREA. UM, MY GRANDCHILDREN OF SEVENTH GENERATION ON OUR FARM, WE'VE BEEN HERE, WE'RE GONNA STAY HERE. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE MAKE, UM, WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO OUR EMPLOYEES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH A COMPENSATION PLAN. UM, I THINK THEY'RE PAID. UM, WILL, I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, GOVERNMENT IS GONNA PAY LIKE THE PRIVATE SECTOR NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT, NO MATTER WHAT JOB YOU HAVE. SO, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THAT. I THINK TALKING [03:30:01] ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD EMPLOYEES. I DON'T CARE WHETHER THEY LIVE IN DENWOOD, DON'T LIVE IN THEM. THEY HAVE THEM. WHAT'S VESTED INTEREST, UM, AT, AT IN THEIR HEART. AND WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF 'EM IN THE ROOM TONIGHT THAT HAVE NO REASON, NO REASON WHATSOEVER TO BE IN THIS ROOM. BUT THEY'RE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT BECAUSE THE CARITE INWOOD COUNTY. SO I, I DON'T APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE. I THINK THAT THIS NO DOUBT, A GROUP HAS LEARNED ABOUT A LOT ABOUT COUNTY GOVERNMENT OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS. AND I THINK THE BAD PART ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS WE'VE GOT AN APPLICANT THAT HAS DRAGGED HIS FEET FROM JULY TO NOW, AND WE'RE NO CLOSER THAN WE WERE IN JULY. AND, AND WE NEED TO HEAR THIS CASE. IT'S BOTTOM LINE. WE NEED TO HEAR THIS CASE. UM, SO IF I OFFENDED ANYBODY WITH MY COMMENTS, UM, I'M SORRY. UM, BUT I REALLY DO THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST 16 YEARS SHOULD BE PROOF OF WHAT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME. I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR CONTINUING TO COME WITH THEIR SHIRTS ON NO DATA CENTER, AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU, YOU'RE STILL WILLING TO COME EACH MONTH AND TALK ABOUT THAT. UM, WE HEAR YOU. I TALK TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. I TALK TO A LADY THAT WAS AT VIRGINIA STATE AND SHE LIVES, I THINK DOWN ON CLEVELAND ROAD. AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE COULDN'T SLEEP, SHE COULD HAVE PROBLEMS, UM, RESTING AND EVERYTHING, AND SHE DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE DENWITTY. AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, WELL, MA'AM, I SAID, YOU NEED TO JUST LISTEN. TRUST US. WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO UPSET A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT IT, WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA, WHO ARE DOWN THE ROAD, SIDE THE ROAD, UP THE ROAD EVERYWHERE. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS IS PLAYING A PART IN THIS. AND WE ARE ASKING YOU TO TRUST US TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. WE HEAR YOU AND WE SEE YOU. IT IS NOT, WE ARE NOT AT THE POINT AT THE TIME. AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE BEGINNING, PEOPLE CAN APPLY ALL DAY LONG. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE IT. AND WE DO HEAR YOU. WE, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP COMING BACK, YOU KNOW, UNTIL IT'S SOMETHING THAT SAYS, YES, THIS IS THE TIME WE ARE VOTING. AND THEN YOU CAN STAND UP AND SAY, LOOK, DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS. WE HEAR YOU. AND UM, WE KNOW THAT YOU DON'T WANT IT THERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO TRUST US TO DO THE RIGHT THING. YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, YEAH, PEOPLE THROW A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY OUT HERE TO COUNTIES, EVEN OUR NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, WHOLE BOATLOAD OF MONEY. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE ABOUT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE ABOUT. WE HAVE MADE IT THUS FAR. WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE CUT, UM, OUR BUDGET TO DO THINGS AND WE ARE STILL HERE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 15 YEARS SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE. AND WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AND I READ IT SAID, NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME WILL PROSPER. I'M GONNA STICK TO THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THAT AND I BELIEVE IN THE SPIRITUAL BEING THAT WE HAVE. AND YOU CAN SAY CHURCH AND STATE ALL YOU WANT, BUT I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO REST ON THE SIDE OF CHURCH BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THAT. AND I BE, WE PRAY BEFORE WE COME OUT HERE EVERY TIME WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE BEING GUIDED TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS FOR THEM WITH THE COUNTY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING DO. REVEREND PHILLIPS, THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING THAT. AND UM, REVEREND DAWSON, THANK YOU FOR COMING AS WELL BECAUSE WE ARE, YES, WE ARE TRANSPARENT. WE HAVE WON AWARDS FOR BEING TRANSPARENT. THEY'RE NOT JUST GONNA GIVE YOU THAT IF YOU'RE NOT TRANSPARENT. UM, YOU CAN TALK TO EITHER ONE OF US. AND I KNOW THE LADY WAS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, THE EMAILS. I WILL SAY MY LAPTOP WAS KINDA OUT AND TRYING TO GET THAT TOGETHER. AND, UM, I HATE LAPTOPS, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, BUT MY, UH, DESKTOP WENT OUT AND TRYING TO GET THAT AND WOULDN'T COME ON. I HAD TO CALL THE COUNTY, ASKED WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY, MY LAPTOP AND EVERYTHING. BUT I DO TRY TO GET BACK TO ANSWERING EMAILS AND TEXTS IF NEED BE. BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE TO SERVE. WHEN YOU ASKING US TO SERVE, THAT'S A LOT. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT WE HEAR THE BUT THE, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. AND I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK IS GREAT. YOU KNOW, YOU FIND PEOPLE THAT CAN FIND, UM, [03:35:01] UH, ORGANS THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND ALL THAT. BUT THEN YOU FIND PEOPLE WHO GET BEHIND AND JUST, JUST SAY SOME, JUST SOME AWFUL THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE BEHIND A COMPUTER AND YOU CAN JUST TYPE UP AND SAY ALL THE NASTY AND UGLY THINGS THAT YOU WANNA DO. BUT IT'S CAN BE A BLESSING AND ALSO IT CAN BE A CURSE. SO THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, I, I WANT YOU TO UM, JUST SAY WHAT YOU THINK THAT I GUESS OTHERS WANT TO HEAR, BUT ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, TRY TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE. LET'S STAY POSITIVE BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A WORLD NOW THAT'S NEGATIVE. IT'S DIVIDED. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST GOT SO MANY THINGS GOING ON. I HEAR PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TURN ON THE TV, BUT I SAY I DO WANNA TURN ON THE TV. I TOLD MY SISTER ONE TIME, SHE SAID, I DON'T WANNA TURN ON THE TV, BUT I TOLD HER, I SAID, DO YOU KNOW IT WAS A BEAR DOWN THE STREET SO THAT YOU BETTER TURN ON THE TV BECAUSE IT'S THE BEARS RUNNING AROUND, DOWN THAT WAY. AND SHE SAID, OH, NOW SHE LISTENS TO THE NEWS. BUT UM, I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND CONTINUE TO COME AND VOICE YOUR OPINIONS AND CONCERNS AND KNOW THAT THIS BOARD IS BEHIND YOU, BEHIND YOU ALL. AND WE ARE GONNA TRY TO, TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE, UM, WITH YOUR HELP AND ALSO WITH OUR GUIDANCE AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING MOTION TO AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE ALL VERY AYE. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * 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.