Jun 15, 2021 Board of Supervisors Meeting

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IT'S ABOUT 6 59.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU ALL.

AND IT MAY BE LIKE A HALF MINUTE OF THAT

[A. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America]

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS EVENING.

AND THIS MEETING IS CALLED ORDER.

[B. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions]

I DON'T KNOW THAT'S A MONTH OFF, BUT SO I THINK THE WAY IT WOULD WORK IS THAT WHOEVER'S ON THERE.

WE CONTINUED UNTIL THE REPLACEMENT WAS FOUND.

SO I DON'T THINK IT'D BE THAT BIG OF A DEAL.

AND PLUS I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY LONG MEETING TONIGHT ANYWAY.

AND LIKE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, MR. FOX WILL NOT BE HERE.

I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO HAVE HIS INPUT.

WHAT'S THE FEELING OF THE BOARD, POSTPONE IT OR GET IT OVER WITH TONIGHT.

I'M SORRY.

I'M ASKING THE OTHERS WHAT THEIR FEELING IS ON THIS.

I LIKE TO POSTPONE IT OR AN EXTRA JULY MEETING AND JUST DELETED FOR TONIGHT DISCUSSION ON THAT.

SO WE WILL, I WOULD PREFER TO GET IT OVER WITH, BUT IF EVERYONE'S IN AGREEMENT TO POSTPONE IT, THEN DR.

DALE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WILL HOLD UP WELL WITH LORD FAIRFAX IF WE POSTPONE IT FOR A MONTH? NO, MA'AM OKAY.

SO DR.

DALEY, UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IN JULY IS ACTUALLY NOT THE FIRST WEEK IN JULY BECAUSE THAT HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN OPEN FOR JULY 4TH.

SO IT WOULD BE THE THIRD WEEK OF JULY 20TH? YES, MA'AM THE 20TH WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AMENDED WITH THE REMOVAL OF ITEM L OKAY.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHAHRAKI MR. MABE.

MADAM CHAIR.

NO.

MRS. OATS.

BYE MR. CARTER.

HI.

OKAY.

[C. Public Comment Period (60 Minute Time Limit) (Part 1 of 2) ]

JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THERE'S TO BE NO BOOING, APPLAUDING OR ANY OUTBURSTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, NO CALLING OUT OF ANYONE.

UM, EMPLOYEES OR STAFF, MS. SHAHRAKI, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? UH, YES.

MADAM CHAIR, GARY CUSHNER.

I'M GARY CUSHMAN LIVING ON SIX FETCHIT ROAD.

I OPPOSE RECONSIDERING THE REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY AT EXIT 13.

WHEN I PREVIOUSLY QUERIED THE SUPERVISORS WHO ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED THE REZONING REQUEST, I HEARD A MAIN CONSIDERATION WAS PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND I AGREE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE TO SAFEGUARD.

HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS HAD AND CONTINUES TO HAVE FULL OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS PROPERTY BY RIGHT, FOR A VARIETY OF AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.

SYNTHI FIRST ACQUIRED IT THUS CONTINUING THE AGRICULTURAL ZONING IS NOT TAKING AWAY ANYTHING FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, JUST BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BENEFIT FROM A REZONING DOES NOT ENTITLE THEM TO IT.

IN FACT, DOING SO MIGHT CAUSE OTHERS WITH AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY TO REQUEST A REZONING.

IF IT PROVIDED THEM A FINANCIAL BENEFIT.

ALSO THE COMPREHENSIVE

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AND THAT IS IT THE 3 45, 22 CORRIDOR OR IN THE TOWN, NOT AT THE ENTRANCE TO A LARGE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.

HAVING ANOTHER GAS STATION SLASH CONVENIENCE MARKET AT THAT EXIT WOULD NOT PROVIDE CITIZENS WITH ANY MORE SERVICES THAN ARE ALREADY OFFERED BY EXISTING BUSINESSES.

SO THERE'S NO REAL BENEFIT TO APPROVING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

I BELIEVE THE ONLY REASON THE ISSUE IS BEING RECONSIDERED IS THAT THE APPLICANT'S PROPHET SCHOOL BUS AREA ADDRESSES AN OUTSTANDING ISSUE.

AS SUPERVISOR ODE SAID AT THE JUNE ONE MEETING, THAT'S A MATTER FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ADDRESS SURELY THIS BOARD HAS ENOUGH ALREADY ON ITS PLATE AND SHOULD AVOID TAKING ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH WERE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S DOMAIN, PREVIOUS CITIZEN, AS OVERWHELMINGLY ESTABLISHED THAT WHILE THE SCHOOL BUS ISSUE NEEDS A RESOLUTION, THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF WHAT IS PROPOSED JUST TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE MAY ENDANGER THEIR WATER SOURCE.

OTHER REASONABLE BUS TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SINCE THE PREVIOUS DECISION WAS TO DENY THE REZONING REQUEST, NO EFFORT IS REQUIRED TO PUT THIS ISSUE TO BED.

THE BOARD SHOULD SIMPLY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT SERVE THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST TO REVERSE THE STANDING DECISION, WHICH KEEPS THE LINDEN PROPERTIES OWNED AGRICULTURAL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I ALSO FAILED TO SAY IT'S SEVEN 30, OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS START, SO WE WILL STOP THERE, DO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN PICK UP WHATEVER AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES FOR TO MATCH THE HOUR FOR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.

ANYONE ELSE? MRS. SHARROKY CALEB JOHNSON.

KAYLA JOHNSON, 9 9 0 KILDARE DRIVE.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF A SLIGO, A STATE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.

I'M SURE YOU ALL REMEMBER ME VERY WELL.

YOU GUYS ARE VERY AWARE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS.

SO I WON'T WASTE ANYONE'S TIME AND REPEATING THOSE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REFLECT ON WHAT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN LIKE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE CANDID.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS FELT VERY DISRESPECTED FROM THE START OF THIS.

IT STARTED WITH OUR FIRST HEARING AT, UH, THE ZONING COMMISSION.

AND AFTER NEARLY ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS CAME AND SPOKE IN SEVEN LETTERS WERE RECEIVED AT THE END OF THE HEARING.

THE, UM, THE CHAIRMAN WENT ON TO EXPLAIN WHY WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THESE CONCERNS WHEN I SPOKE LAST TIME.

UM, I HONESTLY DID NOT FEEL LIKE EVERYONE WAS LISTENING AND, UH, TO BE FRANK, MR. CARTER, YOU WERE ON YOUR PHONE MOST OF THE TIME, LOOKING DOWN.

THANK YOU FOR NOTICING .

SINCE THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR THE BOARD, I INVITED ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS OUT TO, UH, TO VIEW OUR RESIDENTS OF YOUR ROAD, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES.

UM, AND I DID NOT RECEIVE A YES RESPONSE.

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A NO RESPONSE.

I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY RESPONSE.

I HAVE NEVER, UH, ASKED THE COUNTY TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS.

WE'VE REGISTERED THEM WITH THE COUNTY AND THEY ARE LEGALLY BINDING RECORDED HERE, UH, AS AN CONSULTED WITH OUR ATTORNEYS ON THEM.

WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING THE COUNTY TO RESPECT OUR LAW AS THEY HAVE RESPECT SIMILAR COVENANTS, UM, WITH, UH, HOS IN THE PAST.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY TELLING THAT IF THE COUNTY, UH, RULES IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THIS, UH, SHORT-TERM RENTAL PERMIT, IT'LL BE UNPRECEDENTED, THAT, THAT, THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE LAST MONTH.

UH, MS. CHAIRWOMAN, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF TRUST IS, UH, IS NEEDED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE BUSINESS OWNER.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT IT'S CERTAINLY TRUE, UH, PARTICULARLY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS CONFUSION AS TO, UM, WHY MR. CARPENTER WAS CONTINUING TO PURSUE THIS PERMIT AS, UH, WE HAD STATED, AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE, UM, SAID THAT HE WOULD RESPECT THE OUTCOME OF THE BOAT AND WITHDRAWALS APPLICATION IF, UM, IF THE VOTE WAS AGAINST IT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WITHIN OUR PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.

AND HE DID NOT.

AND SO THERE, HE, UH, SAT IN MY HOME AND LOOKED

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UH, HE IS ALSO NOT HERE TONIGHT, WHICH IS ALSO VERY TELLING WHEN MR. CARPENTER BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, HE AGREED TO OUR COVENANTS.

UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THE WORD, UH, WHERE THE WORD COVENANT COMES FROM AND I'LL BE WRAPPED UP HERE IN THIS MINUTE, BUT IT HAS A BIBLICAL MEANING AND IT COMES FROM THE WORD PROMISE.

SO THESE ARE ALL PROMISES WE MADE TO OURSELVES.

AS THE NEIGHBORS, HE SIGNED A PAPER, HE AGREED TO ABIDE BY THEM, BUT HE IS NOT, WE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE ARE COUNTY RESIDENTS.

UM, AND MR. H MR. CARPENTER IS NOT, HE LIVES IN HAMPTON ROADS.

HE'S NEVER LIVED IN THE CITY CUTTING PEOPLE OFF, BUT WE GOT A ROOM FULL THAT WANTS TO SPEAK.

SO IF YOU'RE THREE MINUTES AND I HATE DOING THAT, BUT, UM, I'VE, I THINK WE UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT OF VIEW.

MY FINAL QUESTION FOR THE BOARD IS, UH, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY'S UNANIMOUS VOTE TO PROHIBIT THIS AND NOT RESPECT OUR UNANIMOUS VOTE, THEN WHY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THANK YOU FOR THAT, MRS. ROCKY AND COBB.

AND I DO APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T LIKE CUTTING PEOPLE OFF, BUT WE HAVE TO STAY TO THREE MINUTES.

HELLO.

DO I HAVE TO STATE MY ADDRESS? YES.

MA'AM NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.

AND COB.

UH, I LIVE IN WINCHESTER, UH, 18 WEST CLIFFORD STREET.

UM, YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I'M HERE.

I AM, UM, WITH REACHING OUT NOW.

I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT.

UM, UM, I'M A 20 YEAR VETERAN EDUCATOR WITH 18 YEARS WORKING IN WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I KNOW THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS THAT STUDENTS IN WARREN COUNTY HAVE WHEN I MET SAMANTHA BARBER, THE REACHING OUT NOW PRECEDENT, WE CONNECTED THROUGH OUR MUTUAL DESIRE TO UPLIFT AND SUPPORT YOUTH IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THUS BEGINNING REACHING OUT NOW IN WARREN COUNTY, THE COMMUNITY IN LEADERSHIP OF WARREN COUNTY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE WITH OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

TOMORROW NIGHT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH COMMUNITY DONATORS AND LEADERS.

THE FIRST ANNUAL GALA, THE GALA WILL, WILL BE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE BUDDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE GIRL OF DESTINY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE, MRS. SHAHRAKI? UH, YES.

MA'AM MARJORIE THOMPSON.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS MARJORIE THOMPSON.

I LIVE AT 7 71 KILDARE DRIVE, AND I AM THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE SLIGO ESTATES PROPERTY THAT IS SEEKING TO BE HAPPY, HAVING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

UM, WE HAVE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE THAT NEXT DOOR YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

WE HAVE HOPEFULLY JUST FINISHED GETTING A CONTRACT TO SELL OUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THERE FULL TIME.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU MY EXPERIENCE WHEN WE FOUND OUR DREAM PROPERTY ANYWAY, DOING IT, MAKING THAT FEEDBACK STEP A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE.

I'M SORRY.

OKAY.

I THINK STEPPING CLOSER MAKES IT BETTER THAT, OKAY.

SO WHEN WE BOUGHT HER HOUSE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO DO WAS READ THE COVENANTS OF THAT COMMUNITY.

AND WE WERE DELIGHTED TO FIND THAT YOU COULDN'T HAVE A TEMPORARY AIRBNB TYPE OF A BUSINESS ON THE, IN THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE DECIDING FACTORS FOR US TO MAKE OUR PURCHASE FOR OUR RETIREMENT HOME.

SO, YOU KNOW, A YEAR LATER WE FIND OUT THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO HAPPEN NEXT DOOR TO US.

AND I JUST, I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF EVERYBODY READS THE SAME COVENANTS WHEN THEY PURCHASE THEIR HOUSE AND EVERYBODY SIGNS OFF ON THOSE, WHY SHOULDN'T IT EXCEPTION EVEN BE MADE FOR SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO SKIRT AROUND THOSE RULES FOR A PROFIT WHILE ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TO SUFFER THE BURDEN OF THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OF STRANGERS COMING IN AND OUT, WE HAVE A GRAVEL ROAD, YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE TEARING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD.

IT'S NOT WHAT I BOUGHT OFF ON.

AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER NOT PERMITTING THAT EXCEPTION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, PAT.

PAYNE.

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WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE AGAIN.

UM, A LOT HAS BEEN DONE ON APPLE MOUNTAIN LATELY.

I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE RECONSIDERATION OF THE ZONING REQUEST FOR DOTTING COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT.

A LOT, HAVE GONE INTO WORK INTO THE MOUNTAIN TO TRY AND FIND AN ACCEPTABLE BUS STOP.

THAT SEEMED TO BE THE SUBJECT OF LAST MONTH'S MEETING.

AND TODAY I COMMUNICATED WITH THE ANDY PIPER.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN EMAIL IN FRONT OF YOU ABOUT FROM HER ABOUT ALL THE STEPS THAT SHE HAS TAKEN TO HELP FIND A BUS STOP.

ALL THE PEOPLE SHE HAS SPOKEN TO ROUTES SHE'S ESTABLISHED AND CHECKED TIMED TIMED AND TOLD HOW FAST SHE IS GOING PER HOUR AND ON A GREAT DEAL OF REMARKABLE WOULD WORK.

BUT EVERY TIME WHEN SHE REACHES OUT TO THE, THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE, AS SHE GETS STYMIED, NOBODY WILL SAY, YES, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT SOONER OR LATER, WE'RE GOING TO PICK A BUS STOP.

AND I DON'T SEE THE G SHEETZ HAS TO BE INVOLVED AT ALL.

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GET SAID FREQUENTLY WHEN SHEETZ COMES TO STAY, SAY, SITS OUT TO TALK, IS THAT, UH, THEY, THEY REACH OUT TO PEOPLE THAT THEY WORK.

THEY'VE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY WORKED WITH, UH, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, UH, UP ON THE MOUNTAIN.

THEY SAY THAT THEY EVEN HAVE A LETTER OF A NEUTRALITY SAYING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GONNA STAY OUT OF IT.

THAT LETTER GOT REVERSED.

AND I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU GOT A COPY OF IT AT THE APRIL BEFORE LAST PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETING THERE, WE, WE ROSE UP AND SAID, HEY, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT LETTER.

AND WE WANT TO, TO OPPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHEETS.

SO WHEN THEY SAY THEY'VE GOT BACKING FROM, YOU KNOW, A BUY-IN FROM OUR PROPERTY UNDER THE ASSOCIATION, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

WE OPPOSED IT.

AND WE PUBLISHED A LETTER AND I BELIEVE, LIKE I SAID, YOU ALL HAVE IT.

THERE ARE OVER 500 HOMES ON APPLE MOUNTAIN.

AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE HOMES HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS.

JUST LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WHO OWNS L-3 HAS PROPERTY RIGHTS, BUT THEY CAN'T BE ALLOWED TO ENCROACH ON OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS.

HIS RIGHT TO STRETCH ENDS AT OUR WELLS AND OUR AIR AT OUR, OUR LIGHTING AND THE TRAFFIC AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WITH IT.

YOU BE DAMAGING THE BUSINESSES THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THAT AREA.

UH, I KNOW THAT THE SHEETS HAD TALKED TO THE, TO THE BUS, THE BUS PEOPLE, THAT SCHOOL PEOPLE, WELL, THEY TOOK A MEETING WITH PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO PROBABLY HAD LITTLE SAY WHERE THEY GOT TO GO TO THE MEETING OR NOT.

THEY, SOMEBODY WANTED TO TALK TO THEM.

SO THEY WERE GOOD CIVIL EMPLOYEES AND LOOSENED UP.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SHE HAS A RIGHT TO DO ANYTHING THEY SO CARE TO DO.

UH, YOU'VE DECIDED THIS ISSUE WANTS BRIGHTLY.

YOU DID THE RIGHT THING, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION.

THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AS MANY GUESTS CARS ON THE ROAD BEFORE TOO TERRIBLY LONG HYBRIDS ARE SHOWING UP.

AND LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, ONCE I GET IN THE CAR AND TURN THE KEY, AS LONG AS IT WILL TAKE ME WHERE I WANT TO GO, I'LL GO.

AND I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR NEIL BRANDT.

HI, MY NAME IS PENOLA RAMPS.

I LIVE AT 5 88 JONATHON ROAD.

UM, I'M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT SHE'S TOO.

I WANT TO POST UP, I TALKED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT WANTING A BUS STOP AND HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE MY KIDS TO WALK TO THE CURRENT POST-UP.

I CURRENTLY DRIVE MY KID TO SCHOOL.

HE JUST STARTED SCHOOL EIGHT, NINE WEEKS AGO.

UM, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF TIMES WHEN I'M STOPPED ON 55, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A BUS STOP AT FIFTH AT, AT HIGH KNOB.

SO THE BUS STOP WE HAD AT THE BOTTOM OF APPA MOUNTAIN WAS PROBABLY FINE.

AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A PLACE WHERE THE BUS CAN GO IN, TURN AROUND AND LEAVE AGAIN WITHOUT HAVING A GAS STATION.

AND I'VE SAT HERE FOR EVERY SINGLE MEETING WE'VE HAD ABOUT SHEETS.

AND I HEAR ALL THE GOOD THINGS, BUT I ALSO, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, THEY HAD 96 CALLS TO SHEETS IN TOWN.

AND YEAH, IT'S ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DECIDED TO SPEAK IT'S ALSO BECAUSE I TOOK NARCAN TRAINING THE OTHER DAY, AND ARCANE TRAINING IS DONE BY WARN COALITION.

AND I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT

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THE ONE STORE THAT'S MENTIONED IN NARCAN TRAINING, BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD LIGHTING IN THE BATHROOM.

SO IT'S GOOD TO FIND YOUR VEINS.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS, I HAVE TWO ADOPTED KIDS.

THEY HAVE FAMILY THAT WORKS, THE GAS STATIONS, DOING THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING AT GAS STATIONS.

THEY ARE HAVING THE, THE OLDEST JOB IN THE BOOK THAT YOU CAN HAVE.

IF YOU'RE A WOMAN, I DON'T WANT THAT AT THE ENTRANCE TO MY COMMUNITY.

AND I DON'T WANT THAT FOR MY KIDS.

MY KIDS HAVE HAD ENOUGH TRAUMA IN THEIR LIFE, AND IT IS EASY TO SAY THAT, WELL, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH TRAUMA GOING ON AT THE GAS STATION.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE.

I LOVE WHERE I LIVE.

I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS AND IT MAKES ME SAD THAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT LEAVING BECAUSE OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY LIKE, WELL, WHY I LIVE? THERE'S A CONVENIENCE STORE REALLY CLOSE BY.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE AND I'M NOT A PERSON THAT SAYS I DON'T WANT THAT IN MY OWN BACKYARD.

I WOULDN'T CARE ABOUT HAVING A GROUP HOME OR ANYTHING ELSE ON THE MOUNTAIN, BUT I JUST THINK THE RISK TO PUT A GAS STATION RIGHT THERE.

IT'S A HUGE RISK.

AND I WANT YOU TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A BUS STOP DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MOUNTAIN.

AND I ALSO KIND OF THINK THAT IT'S KIND OF CHILDISH TO SAY, WELL, IF I DON'T GET THE AND REDONE, YOU CAN'T USE THAT PART SINCE THAT'S WHAT MY KIDS HAVE GOTTEN ON THE BUS FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS, IT'S LIKE, WELL, THEN I'M GOING TO TAKE MY TOYS AND GO HOME.

WE'RE ALL ADULTS.

AND WE ALL NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THESE KIDS.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG THING THAT IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, THERE HAS BEEN 96 CALLS TO THE POLICE, BUT THAT'S A BIT TOO MUCH FOR ME TO HAVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU, CONNOR SHEEHAN.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS CONNOR SHEEHAN.

I'M A DOCTOR HERE IN FRONT ROYAL, AND I LIVE ON APPLE MOUNTAIN WITH MY WIFE AND OUR 11 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER.

AND I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE REZONING AT EXIT 13 AND LYNDON AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A GAS STATION OR A TRUCK STOP.

I'VE BEEN REVIEWING MEDICAL LITERATURE REGARDING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF GASOLINE FUMES AND DIESEL EXHAUST.

BUT I DON'T THINK YOU NEED ME TO TELL YOU THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING AND POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT WILL DETRACT FROM THE BEAUTY OF WARREN COUNTY AND OF LINDEN AND IS DIRECTLY ANTAGONISTIC TO WHAT WE VALUE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ALL SO LUCKY TO LIVE IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY GREEN PLACE.

AND WE SHOULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DAMAGE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ROUTE 66 PASSING DIRECTLY THROUGH LINDEN AND WARREN COUNTY.

AND WE SHOULDN'T COMPOUND THAT BY REZONING FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT AT EXIT 13 AND LINDEN WILL BE DETRIMENTAL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WILL DETRACT FROM THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTY AND IS THE WRONG DECISION FOR THE COUNTY.

AND THEREFORE I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE REZONING.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN.

AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

JILL SCHWAB.

HI, MY NAME IS JILL SCHWAB.

I'M WITH 1 65 KILDARE DRIVE ON THE SLIGO STATES.

SPEAKING ABOUT MR. CARPENTER'S PETITION.

UM, I WANT HIM TO START, I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERYTHING I DID LAST TIME.

UM, I THINK YOU COULD CALL HIM AN HR MANAGER.

SO I COME WITH SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THIS SITUATION.

UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS I FOUND CONCERNING AFTER THE PUBLIC FORUM, UM, TIME, LAST TIME, A COUPLE OF YOU MADE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, YOU WERE KIND OF ALWAYS FAVORED THE SIDE OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.

AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU, I THINK I NEED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHEN YOU LIVE IN AN HOA, YOU GIVE UP A LOT OF THOSE RIGHTS AND YOU HAVE TO SEEK PERMISSION FROM THE HOA WHEN MR. CARPENTER AGAIN, AND I'M SORRY FOR REDDING.

MY POINT WHEN HE SIGNED THE DOCUMENTS, WHEN HE SIGNED, WHEN HE SIGNED A SETTLEMENT PAPERS, HE WAS SIGNING A LEGAL CONTRACT WITH THE ASSOCIATION AND THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE ASSOCIATIONS ALWAYS STATED WITHIN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE DOCUMENTS, WHICH HE HIMSELF READ, WHICH STATES THAT THE PROPERTY IS FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES ONLY.

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I DON'T THINK MR. CARPENTER, SHOULD WE BE REWARDED FOR BREAKING HIS CONTRACT WITH THE ASSOCIATION BECAUSE IT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING, REWARDING HIM FOR ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT, UM, THAT HE IS NOW TRYING TO BREAK.

UM, HE IS EFFECTIVELY, IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY ALLOWING THIS ONE PERSON TO NEGATIVELY AFFECT ALL OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES, UM, AND COMPROMISING ALL OF OUR SAFETY.

THIS IS, IF YOU HAVE EVER DRIVEN THROUGH THIS ROAD, YOU CAN SEE THAT BRINGING STRANGERS INTO THIS COMMUNITY WOULD DEFINITELY COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF THIS COMMUNITY.

IT IS HEAVILY WOODED.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THIS COMMUNITY WHO COULD EASILY HIDE AND HARM OUR RESIDENTS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO REITERATE JUST ONE POINT.

THAT WAS ALSO EMPHASIZED TONIGHT BY PREVIOUS SPEAKER.

UM, AS I SAID, LAST TIME WHEN I BOUGHT INTO THIS COMMUNITY, NOT EVEN A YEAR AGO, I READ THAT IT WAS A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

OH, GOOD.

I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COMMERCIAL LO AND BEHOLD.

OH, WELL MAY NOT BE THAT WAY.

I WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT IN THIS COMMUNITY.

HAD THAT BEEN MADE CLEAR TO ME.

IT WAS CLEAR TO ME IT WAS RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES WHEN I READ THE DOCUMENTS.

SO MR. CARPENTER'S THIS IGNORING THAT AND, UM, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE REWARDED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE.

SPEAKER, BONNIE HICKS.

THANK YOU Q.

MY NAME IS BONNIE HICKS.

I LIVE AT 7, 9, 5 APPLE ORCHARD DRIVE, AND I'M IN THE APPLE MOUNTAIN LIKE SUBDIVISION.

I'M THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 30 DAYS.

AND THE THIRD TIME IN SIX MONTHS IS BECAUSE OF A REZONING REQUEST THAT IS PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF A NON-RESIDENT LANDOWNER AND A VERY PROFITABLE CORPORATION BASED OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

THE STATED REASON THAT MR. CARTER ASKED FOR A RECONSIDERATION OF THE ORIGINAL VOTE AGAINST REZONING IS BECAUSE THE LANDOWNER EXACTED RETRIBUTION ON APPLE MOUNTAIN LAKE BY TAKING AWAY PERMISSION FOR THE SCHOOL BUS TO TURN AROUND ON HIS PROPERTY.

AND FOR SOME REASON IT'S BELIEVED WE MUST SPEND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 60,000 AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A BUS STOP IN LINDEN.

BUT WHAT MAKES US SO SPECIAL IF CHILDREN CAN BE PICKED UP ON ROUTE 55 AT HIGH KNOB, WHICH IF ANYONE THAT LIVES HERE KNOWS IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES TO BE IN A CAR OR A VEHICLE OF ANY KIND, UM, IF THEY CAN BE PICKED UP THERE AND THAT'S CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE, WHY IS THE STANDARDS SO HIGH FOR APPLE MOUNTAIN? WHY IS IT ACCEPTABLE TO CONTINUE TO DRAG THIS PROCESS ON AND ON WHEN YOU'RE FORCING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST EFFECTED, THE ONES WHO HAVE THE MOST TO LOSE BY THIS DEVELOPMENT, YOUR TAXPAYERS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, TO COME HERE AND PLEAD WITH YOU AND TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT.

WE DON'T WANT THE CRIME.

WE DON'T WANT THE POLLUTION.

WE DON'T WANT ALL THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DUMPED AT OUR FRONT DOOR.

I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST SHEETS.

I JUST THINK A GAS STATION AND A 24 7 CONVENIENCE STORE IS A TERRIBLE IDEA TO PUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

IT DOESN'T PREVENT THE PROPERTY OWNER FROM BUYING OR SELLING THE PROPERTY TO SOMEBODY ELSE OR FINDING ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT CAN BUY IT.

THAT WOULDN'T HAVE THE IMPACT.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH.

WHY, HOW MANY OTHER GAS STATIONS IN TOWN ARE PROVIDING BUS STOPS? HOW MANY OTHER BUSINESSES IN TOWN ARE PAYING FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS? THIS IS NOT A NORMAL STANDARD AS FAR AS I'VE HEARD OR SEEN.

SO IS THIS GOING TO BE THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS IN WARREN COUNTY, OR ARE WE GOING TO GIVE BUSINESSES PREFERENCE FOR REZONING BASED ON THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN GIVE TO US AND COMPLETELY IGNORE THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY IT? YEAH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

IT IS SEVEN 30, SO WE'RE GONNA, UM, MOVE OVER TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

AND MR. ROCKY, DID WE START PUBLIC COMMENT AT ABOUT 10 AFTER? YES, MA'AM ROUGHLY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO AT THIS TIME,

[K.1. Virginia Department of Transportation Secondary Six-Year Plan for FY 2022-2027 – Ed Daley/Ed Carter]

MR. CARTER,

[00:30:07]

MA'AM CHAIRWOMAN.

ARE YOU CALLED NOW CALLING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU, YOU, YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST.

IT'S ANOTHER 40 MINUTES NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THIS.

WELL, I'M GOOD.

I USUALLY USE THE PRESENTERS SPEAKS AND THEN I OPENED THE HEARING AND THEN OPEN IT TO, UM, DISCUSSION OF THE BOARD AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, DO YOU HAVE THE SHEETS? I THINK THAT, UH, MR. RUCHY PUT OUT FOR YOU IN YOUR PACKET IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOUR CURRENT PUBLIC HEARING, I MEAN, WHAT YOUR CURRENT SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DOLLARS, UH, ARE LIMITED AS THEY ARE EVERY YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR MORE SO BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE STILL UNKNOWN OF HOW, WHAT OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE FOUR OUT YEARS.

SO BASED ON THIS, YOU HAVE CURRENTLY THE COMPLETION OF ROCKY HOLLER ROAD, THE, UH, RURAL RUSTIC CONCEPT FOR KENDRICK FORD ROAD, THE SECOND SECTION OF PANHANDLE ROAD.

AND THEN WE INVENTION ROAD.

THEN YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL RURAL RUSTIC FARMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONTEMPLATED FOR THE YEAR OF 24, 25.

THEY'RE NOT YET ALLOTTED TO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE THE BOARD'S PREFERENCES TO WHAT ROADS THEY WANT TO ADDRESS NEXT.

AND, UH, I'M, UH, ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RANKING SYSTEM, BUT I MAY BE WRONG ON THAT.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE SET FORTH IN 2019, THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON YOUR LIST AND HAVE FUNDS FOR THEM.

OKAY.

UH, WE DID NOT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC HAVE A, UH, AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING IN 2020.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOLLOWING THAT.

AND SO THESE ARE THE WAY THAT THE DOLLARS ARE CURRENTLY SET UP TO BE SPENT IN 20, THE REST OF THE 2021 IS 22.

THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? I KNOW I CALLED AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY AND, UM, AS I WAS TELLING YOU YESTERDAY, I WAS USED TO SEEING THE ROLE ADDITIONS AND, UM, REVENUE SHARING AND ALL AS PART OF THIS.

AND YOU SAID THAT WE ARE VOTING ON JUST WHAT WE SEE BEFORE IS TODAY.

THOSE ARE NOT WELL, THE, UH, IT USED TO BE THAT IT WAS ALL HANDLED AT ONE THING, BUT NOW THE REVENUE SHARING PORTIONS, UH, BEFORE IT WAS ALL PRESENTED TOGETHER, BECAUSE THAT WAS ALL PACKAGED ABOUT THE COUNTY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LOCAL ASSISTANCE GROUP.

OKAY.

I HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE PACKAGES.

THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU'LL BE VOTING ON CURRENTLY FOR THIS, BECAUSE REVENUE SHARING, UH, WHILE IT'S IN A, A SIX YEAR PLAN IS NOT PART OF THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN.

OKAY.

AND YOU HAVE THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT BEHIND HERE, THE 2021.

UM, AND THE, THAT, THAT WAS WHEN, WHEN I CAME IN AND TALKED TO THE BOARD BEFORE, THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO, UH, TO EXPLAIN WHERE WE WERE AT AND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AT THAT GIVEN TIME, THESE TWO PAGES THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE.

OKAY.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT CURRENTLY, UH, UH, ARE ESTABLISHED THE PRIORITY AND THE YEARS IN WHICH THE FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE TO DO THESE ROADS.

OKAY.

SO WE ARE, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

YES.

THESE FIRST FOUR PAGES, THESE PAGES ARE WHEN FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE AND THAT WILL PROBABLY BE NEXT SPRING AND WE'LL VOTE ON THOSE.

THEN YOU SAID, UH, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT YOUR RANKING SYSTEM BE ESTABLISHED BY THEN.

AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE AT THAT TIME, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO KEEP THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU EVEN HAVE NOW, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE BEST INFORMATION WE HAVE BASED ON THE BOARD'S PAST WISHES.

OKAY.

AND WHAT I WILL DO, UH,

[00:35:01]

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC? OKAY.

MR. SHAHRAKI DID ANYONE SIGN UP FOR THIS? NO.

MA'AM.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON, UM, THE SIX YEARS, SECONDARY ROADS, SECOND CALL.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK THIRD AND FINAL CALL? PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

MADAM CHAIR.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE PROPOSED SECONDARY SIX-YEAR PLAN FOR FYI 2022 TO 2027 AND THE 2022 CONSTRUCTION BUDGET AS PROPOSED.

IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. CARTER, MRS. OATS, MADAM CHAIR, MR. MABE.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY.

NEXT

[K.2. R2021-04-01, Salvador and Josette Barragan to Amend the Warren County Zoning Map and Rezone approximately 1.77 acres from Residential-One (R-1) to Agricultural (A) – Joe Petty]

THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR, AS THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING TO AMEND MOURN COUNTY ZONING MAP AND REZONE 1.67 ACRES FROM RESIDENTIAL ONE TO AGRICULTURAL THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED OFF OF AN ACTUAL MID SPRINGS ROAD IS AN UNDEVELOPED ROAD IN THE DUNGOG AND SUBDIVISION.

THIS SUBDIVISION WAS RAIDED IN 1963.

THE APPLICANTS ARE PROPOSING THE REZONING TO ALLOW THEM TO EXTEND THEIR ADJACENT AGRICULTURALLY ZONED PROPERTIES AND USE THE PROPERTY FOR AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS.

THEY PLAN TO CONSTRUCT A RUN-IN SHED FOR LIVESTOCK, WHICH WOULD ALLOW HORSES AND OTHER LIVESTOCK ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD THEN TOTAL, ROUGHLY 17 ACRES.

THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE REQUEST WAS 1.6, SEVEN PLUS OR MINUS ACRES.

HOWEVER, THEY DID SUBMIT A BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT, WHICH WAS APPROVED TO CREATE A TWO ACRE PARCEL.

UM, IN CASE THIS IS APPROVED, THIS WOULD MAKE THE PROPERTY COMPLIANT WITH THE AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH DOES REQUIRE TWO ACRE MINIMUM.

UM, THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT IS INTENDED FOR AREAS WHERE GENERAL AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS ARE PRACTICE AND WERE LOW DENSITY.

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS MAY BE SITUATED WITHOUT DEGRADING THE ENVIRONMENT AND WE'RE EXPANSES OF OPEN SPACES BEST EXISTS FOR PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, GAME PRESERVES, AND SIMILAR USES.

UM, THE APPLICANT DID SUBMIT A PROPER STATEMENT, WHICH DOES PROHIBIT SOME SPECIFIC USES THAT MAY BE ALLOWED IN THE AG DISTRICT TO HELP MEDIATE ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT MAY COME ABOUT THIS SINCE IT DOES ABOUT RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

AND ONE OF THOSE DOES PRECLUDE THE RAISING OF LIVESTOCK AND SENSE OF PIGS, BUT HORSES AND COWS WOULD STILL BE A LOT ALLOWED.

THEY DID IN LIKE THAT DRAFT WAS SUBMITTED IN WITH THE APPLICATION.

THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN, UM, POSTED 20 PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'D ALSO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVEN'T WOULD THE APP LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? OKAY.

LOOK, HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THIS IS ROCKY.

HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO.

MA'AM.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? SECOND CALL ANYONE LIKED TO SPEAK THIRD AND FINAL CALL OF A CARING THIS QUARTER? IS THERE A MOTION OR ANY DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT BEFORE THE MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MADAM CHAIR, I'M FINDING THAT THE REQUESTED REZONING IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PUBLIC NECESSITY AND AS GOOD ZONING PRACTICE, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO REZONE AND CHANGE THE ZONING MAP CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED ON TAX MAP 28.

SEE, SECTION TWO LOT 44 FROM RESIDENTIAL ONE OR ONE TO AGRICULTURAL.

IS THERE A SECOND ROLL

[00:40:01]

MADAM CHAIR.

I MRS. OATS.

MR. CARTER.

OKAY.

CONDITIONAL

[K.3. Conditional Use Permit 2021-04-01, Ryan and Kelsey Speers for a Guesthouse – Matt Wendling]

RYAN AND KELSEY SPEARS FOR A GUEST HOUSE.

MR. WYNN LANE.

YES.

THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING THIS USE IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A SMALL CABIN ON THE LOT PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGER SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING, WHICH THEY PLAN TO USE AS A RESONANCE.

UH, THEY DO PLAN TO LIVE IN THE CABIN TEMPORARILY PART-TIME SINCE THEY CURRENTLY LIVE IN SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND, THIS PROPERTY CAN BE ACCESSED BY BOTH, UH, LANDS, RUN ROAD IN LIBERTY HALL ROAD, UH, THROUGH A PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENT AND A PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHT AWAY.

UM, IT'S CURRENTLY A VACANT LOT AND, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A PERMIT FOR A SMALL SHED THAT HE'LL BE PLACING.

WE'LL GO OUT FOR MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.

UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MOVED THIS FORWARD WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

NUMBER ONE, THE GUEST NOW SHALL NOT BE USED FOR FULL-TIME OCCUPANCY.

NUMBER TWO, THE ASSESSORY DWELLING SHALL NOT BE USED FOR A COMMERCIAL RENTAL OR LEASING OF ROOMS FOR COMPENSATION OF ANY KIND.

NUMBER THREE, THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL WARREN COUNTY BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND WARREN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS WHERE A SMOKE AND FIRE DETECTOR SYSTEM.

NUMBER FOUR, THE APPLICANT SHALL HAVE A CONDITION PLACED ON THE DEED AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY TO A NEW OWNER THAT THIS IS A NON-COMMERCIAL GUEST HOUSE AND THE RENTAL RELEASING, OR THE DWELLING FOR MONETARY COMPENSATION IS PROHIBITED.

AND THAT IT IS LIMITED TO PART-TIME OCCUPANCY UP TO SIX MONTHS IN A CALENDAR YEAR.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED.

ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU MIGHT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. EDWIN, WOULD THE APPLICANTS LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

MRS. SHIRAKI.

DID ANYONE SIGN UP? NO.

MA'AM.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? THE SECOND CALL THIRD AND FINAL CALL PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? UM, MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST OF RYAN AND KELSEY SPEARS FOR A GUESTHOUSE, WITH A CONDITIONS AND RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATES, MADAM CHAIR.

AYE.

MR. MABE, CONDITIONAL USE

[K.4. Conditional Use Permit 2021-04-02, David Khol for a Short-Term Tourist Rental – Joe Petty]

DAVID COLE FOR A SHORT TERM TERM TOURIST RENTAL.

MR. PETTY.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

MADAM CHAIR.

YES.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A SHORT-TERM TOURIST RENTAL.

THE OWNER CURRENTLY USES THIS DWELLING AS THEIR PERMANENT RESIDENCE, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO USE THIS AS THEIR PERMANENT RESIDENCE AND THE RENTAL WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SHORT-TERM VISITATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE VISITING WARREN COUNTY WHILE THE OWNER HAPPENS TO BE OUT OF TOWN, THE HOME WILL BE MAINTAINED BY A LOCAL PROPERTY MANAGER FOR RESERVATIONS.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON FREEZING ROAD, WHICH IS A STATE MAINTAINED ROAD ON THE PARCEL IN WHICH THIS DWELLING IS LOCATED IS TWO AND A HALF ACRES.

HOWEVER, THE OWNER DOES OWN SOME OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY PROPERTIES AT TOTAL, ROUGHLY 17 ACRES.

AND IT DOES MEET THE SETBACKS FROM ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORS.

UM, THERE ARE STANDARD CONDITIONS, BUT I WILL GO THROUGH THOSE FOR OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS.

THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL WARREN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WARREN COUNTY, BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND VIRGINIA STATEWIDE FIRE PREVENTION, CODE REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.

THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED SIX AS DETERMINED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMIT FOR THREE BEDROOM DWELLING.

AND THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION TO COUNTY STAFF FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE WARREN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND THE APPLICANT SHALL HAVE THE WELL WATER TESTED ANNUALLY FOR EQUAL I COLIFORM BACTERIA, AND A COPY OF THOSE RESULTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING.

UM, I'D BE TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS WE HAVE, AND THIS HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED AND ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE? UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD.

ARE THERE OTHERS ARE THERE OTHER UNITS LIKE THIS IN AND AROUND THAT AREA? WE HAVE ONE FURTHER

[00:45:01]

THIS IS AT THE KIND OF THE BASE OF BLUE MOUNTAIN ON MINUTE.

THIS IS AGAIN, ZONED AGRICULTURAL.

THIS IS MORE, LET'S SAY RURAL SETTING UNTIL YOU GET TO THE TOP WHERE YOU'RE IN SKYLAND TO STAYS AND FRIESLAND MANOR AND SCHENDEL FARMS AT THE TOP.

THIS IS AT THAT BOTTOM SECTION.

THERE'S NOTHING ADJACENT TO IT.

HOWEVER, IT IS MORE REMOTE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE ON THE TOP OF BLUE MOUNTAIN.

UM, WE DO HAVE SOME IN SKYLINE, THE STATES FURTHER UP, BUT NOTHING AT THE BASE HAD HAS THE CURRENT, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION BEEN NOTIFIED.

AND WERE THERE ANY ISSUES FROM THEM? THIS, THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATION.

AND THIS IS, THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL AND IS FURTHER DOWN, FURTHER DOWN.

THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE POS, CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY.

THANK I OPENED THE BIBLE.

KAREN.

I LOST TRACK, BUT I'LL DO IT AGAIN.

OKAY.

UM, ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MRS. ROCKEY? NO.

MA'AM.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SECOND CALL THIRD AND FINAL CALL.

PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST OF DAVID COLE FOR A SHORT-TERM TOURIST RENTAL WITH THE CONDITIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. MABE.

MADAM CHAIR.

I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY.

[K.5. Conditional Use Permit 2021-04-04, Melissa and Jonathan Greene for a Guesthouse – Matt Wendling]

MR. WINDLEY.

HI.

YES.

THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING THIS USE IN ORDER TO CONVERT, UH, THE STORAGE AREA OF AN EXISTING 26 BY 40 BANK BARN.

WHEN THE PROPERTY TO A LOFT APARTMENT WITH A FULL BATH AND KITCHEN AT THE BORNE IS CURRENTLY USED FOR STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES FOR THE PROPERTY, THE APPLICANTS.

DO YOU PLAN TO LIVE IN THE BARN LOFT TEMPORARILY UNTIL THEY CAN BUILD THEIR DREAM HOME, THEIR SINGLE FAMILY HOME AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE, UM, THEY DO A LIVE OUT OF THE COUNTY IN DC AND PLAN TO STAY THERE ON WEEKENDS.

UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MOVED THIS FORWARD WITH THE EXACT SAME CONDITIONS AS THE PRE PREVIOUS GUEST HOUSE.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND READING THEM, THEY'RE THE EXACT SAME CONDITIONS.

AND THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED.

ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? OKAY, MRS. SHIRAKI IS ANYONE SIGNED UP? NO.

MA'AM.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? SECOND CALL THIRD AND FINAL CALL.

PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THEIR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST OF MELISSA AND JONATHAN GREEN FOR A GUEST HOUSE WITH THE CONDITIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ROW COLUMN? THIS IS SHAHRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATS, MADAM CHAIR, MR. MABE.

HI.

RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

AND WE WILL GO BACK TO, UM, PUBLIC

[C. Public Comment Period (60 Minute Time Limit) (Part 2 of 2) ]

YES, MA'AM STEPHEN ONTIVEROS AND THAT SHOULD, LET'S SEE, TWO ABOUT EIGHT, 15.

DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

HI, I'M STEVE ALVEREZ LIVE AT 3 1 4 JONATHAN ROAD UP ON APPLE MOUNTAIN.

UM, CAN I GET A SHOW OF HANDS? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR THE SHEETS ISSUE? OKAY, SIR, YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD.

OH, I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU.

JUST WANTED TO GET A VISUAL OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY HERE FOR THIS ISSUE.

SO THIS IS THIRD, FOURTH TIME WE'VE BEEN HERE, SO DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE AGAIN.

SO YOU KIND OF KNOW WHERE WE'RE ALL AT ABOUT THE SHEETZ ISSUE.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP GOING FORWARD WITH THAT AND WE'LL FOCUS ON THE, THE BUS STOP.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

[00:50:01]