Sep 21, 2021 Board of Supervisors Meeting

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OKAY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I APOLOGIZE FOR US RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE.

WE JUST CAME OUT OF

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

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF THE BOARD CERTIFIES TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MANNERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION TWO DOT TWO DASH 37, 11 A SEVEN AND EIGHT OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENIENT OR HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING BY THE PUBLIC BODY.

SECOND WE'LL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI.

MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.

I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER.

OKAY.

WELL, I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.

AND AT THIS TIME, IF YOU'D STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE OKAY.

[B. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions]

AND I HAVE ONE ADDITION TO ADD TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IT WILL BE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

IT IS, UM, TO VOTE ON HAVING TO DELEGATE, UM, SUPERVISOR DEBBIE, DONNA HAY FROM RAPPAHANNOCK TO BE OUR PROXY AT THE VACO, UM, CONFERENCE, THE, UM, BOARD MEETING, DOESN'T START UNTIL AFTER 10 30 AND WE HAVE TO LEAVE TO GET BACK FOR OUR MEETING.

SO SHE HAS GRACIOUSLY SAID SHE WOULD DO THAT.

UM, SO I NEED TO ADD THAT AS ITEM SEVEN UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA HEARING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? SO MOVED SECOND, SECOND.

ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATS, MADAM CHAIR, MR. MABE, MR. FOX.

WE GOT A LITTLE ONE TONIGHT.

OKAY.

PUBLIC

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

WE WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THERE'S NO BOOING, UH, OR AUDIBLE DISPLAY.

I DON'T HAVE MY PAPER IN FRONT OF ME.

SO, UM, NO BOOING, NO CALLING OUT NAMES OF ANYONE, ANY DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR, UM, ALL OF THE CLAPPING AND THINGS YOU NEED TO BE HELD AND NO DISPLAYS OTHER THAN THOSE THAT ARE PART OF, UM, PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.

AND AT THIS TIME, MRS SHIRAKI IS ANYONE SIGNED OUT? UH, YES.

MADAM CHAIR.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, BUT YOU CAN, IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UH, MY NAME IS JOE LURCH.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY FOR THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS VACO.

UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT, UH, FOR A VERY SPECIAL OCCASION, WHICH IS TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS, MADAM CHAIR, AND MS. , UH, FOR COMPLETING A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE VIRGINIA CERTIFIED COUNTY SUPERVISORS PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AND VIRGINIA TECH, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND, UH, WHY, WHY THESE TWO SHOULD BE COMMENDED.

UH, IT WAS AN 18 MONTH PERIOD AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS DONE REMOTELY THIS TIME, WHICH WAS SOMETHING NEW FOR US, BUT WE THINK IT WORKED REALLY WELL.

AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS JUST THE WATCH, UM, THIS CLASS OF NINE, HOW THEY REALLY BONDED EVEN REMOTELY, UH, ON, ON THESE TOPICS, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, THEY COMPLETED 65 HOURS OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND ALSO 35 HOURS OF HOME STUDY REQUIREMENTS, UM, TO, TO GET THIS CERTIFICATE ON A RANGE OF TOPICS AND REALLY WHAT IT POINTS TO INTO ALL THE OTHER TIME COMMITMENTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO MAKE THIS TIME, UH, TO BETTER SERVE THE CITIZENS OF WARREN COUNTY, I THINK IS DEFINITELY TO BE COMMENDED.

AND SO WE HAVE

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WE WANT TO GET SOME PICTURES.

UH, MY COLLEAGUE, CARRIE WALKER HERE, WHO'S ALSO PART OF THE PROGRAM YOU GOT TO KNOW, UM, WE'LL BE TAKING SOME PICTURES, SO WE'D LIKE TO GO GET THOSE AT THIS TIME.

AND I IMAGINE THE CLAPPING WILL BE OKAY FOR THIS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING MANAGER.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR TRAVELING SO FAR TO GIVE THOSE TO US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

UM, ANYONE ELSE, MRS. SHIRAKI? UH, YES.

MADAM CHAIR, LARRY JOHNSON.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS LARRY JOHNSON AND I'M SO PLEASED TO BE HERE TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION.

I DON'T HAVE MY UNIFORM ON WHICH I USUALLY APPEAR IN MY COLONIAL DRESS.

AND SO I JUST CAME IN MY CIVILIAN OUTFIT AND, UM, I, I'M NOT, I DON'T NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED.

AND IN MY COLONIAL OUTFIT, EXCEPT THE LADY AT, UH, FOODLINE OVER IN STRAUSBERG, UH, SAW ME IN MY S CIVILIAN OUTFIT AND SHE YELLED DOWN THREE CHECKOUT LANES.

SHE JUST SAYS, THERE'S LIBERTY, MAN.

I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM.

I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM WITHOUT HIS CLOTHES ON LISTEN.

THAT'S NOT FUNNY BECAUSE WE HAVE FOR THREE LADIES BETWEEN US AND THAT LADY, WE HAD TO GET SMELLING SALTS OUT.

AND YEAH.

SO ANYWAY, UM, MY REASON FOR BEING HERE IS TWO THINGS I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE HELPED WITH, UH, AND OUR PROJECT THAT STARTED SOME TIME AGO.

AND OF COURSE THE STAFF HERE, UM, WITH ED AND EMILY AND OTHERS, AND MATT HAVE ASSISTED, UH, ME AND THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THEY SHUNNED ALL CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE AND SOME OTHER CIVIC GROUPS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED THE IDEA THAT WE ARE VERY IMPORTANT COUNTY NAMED AFTER ONE OF THE GREATEST REVOLUTIONARY WAR HEROES IN HISTORY.

AND, UH, SO WE CAME TO YOU SOMETIME AGO WITH PROPOSAL THAT WE, WE NAME OUR BRIDGES, WHICH RIGHT NOW, UH, ARE UNNAMED, UM, EXCEPT BRIDGE OVER THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORK OF THE SCHENDEL RIVERS.

AND, UM, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE NAME OF THOSE BRIDGES.

UH, THE FIRST WOULD BE AFTER DANIEL MORGAN, WHO WAS, UH, ONE OF THE GREATEST, UH, SOLDIERS AND AMERICAN HISTORY, UH, WHEN I WENT INTO THE MARINE CORPS AND I'M SURE THAT WALKED A, GOT THE SAME CLASS AS I DID IN, IN THE CORPS.

ONE OF THE FIRST CLASSES IN COMBAT WAS, UH, THINGS THAT GENERAL MORGAN, UH, TAUGHT THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS, UH, WHEN HE WAS, WHEN HE WAS AN OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTION, THEN, UH, WE ALL KNOW THE STORY NOW, HOPE WE KNOW THE STORY OF DR.

JOSEPH WARREN FOR WHOM THE COUNTY, HIS NAME.

MY, UH, MY SECOND THING IS I JUST WON'T CALL YOUR ATTENTION.

AND I DID GIVE EMILY COPIES OF THIS.

THIS IS CONSTITUTION WEEK, AND, UM, WE HAVE DONE SOME CELEBRATING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE HERE AND CALLING ATTENTION TO THE HISTORY OF OUR, OUR COUNTY AND THE HISTORY OF OUR CONSTITUTION, SO THAT, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY THE SHORTEST PRESENTATION I'VE EVER DONE.

AND, UH, AND I DO HAVE REGULAR CLOTHES ON AT THIS POINT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT

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AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE NAMES GO UP ON THOSE BRIDGES.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT COME ACROSS THOSE BRIDGES, VISITING OUR COUNTY TOURISTS, WHO BRING A, HOPEFULLY A POCKET FULL OF MONEY THAT THEY WANT TO SPEND HERE.

AND I'M ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY IN THIS COUNTY, DO WE HAVE NAMES OF BRIDGES NAMED FOR AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR HEROES? AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MAKING A, SOME TYPE OF, UH, EFFORT TO HELP YOU, IF YOU SHOULD SEE FIT TO DEVELOP INFORMATION ON MATERIAL THAT COULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO TOURISTS WHEN THEY COME, UM, HERE EXPLAINING THOSE NAMES AND THE RICH HISTORY THAT THIS COUNTY HAS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOD BLESS YOU.

AND, UM, AND FOR ALL OF YOUR, ALL OF YOUR HELP, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE, MRS. SHIRAKI NOT FOR THE COMMENT PERIOD.

NO MA'AM.

WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME SECOND CALL IF ANYONE LIKED TO SPEAK.

OKAY.

THIRD AND FINAL CALL.

OKAY.

WE'LL

[D. Reports – Board Members, County Administrator, Interim County Attorney]

UM, MR. CARTER, I HAVE NOTHING.

THANK YOU, MR. FOX, NOTHING.

MR. MAY.

I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO REPORT OTHER THAN, UH, I DID TRAVEL THE ROADS AND SHENANDOAH FARM SHENANDOAH SHORES AND, UM, BLOOM BLOOM, BLOOM MOUNTAIN, UH, JUST LOOKING FOR ERRORS, PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS.

UH, I WAS ASKED TO TAKE ON A QUESTION ABOUT SOME PO BOXES, RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UP IN, UM, UH, BLUE MOUNTAIN.

WE'D DONE THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE DEFINITIVE FINAL ANSWER, BUT WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY SOON.

UM, AND I VISITED THE FIRST, UM, THE FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNITY YARD SALE IN SHANNONDELL FARMS. UH, THIS LAST SATURDAY, WASN'T A HUGE TURNOUT, BUT WASN'T A HUGE TURNOUT.

WASN'T EXPECTED.

IT WAS GETTING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY UP THERE AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY GOOD TO SEE.

SO, UM, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD TO REPORT RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU, MRS. OATS.

YES, MADAM CHAIR.

SO, UM, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, UM, I ATTENDED THE JOINT TOURISM, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE FORMATION OF, UM, THE IT'S, THE DMO, WHICH IS GOING TO BE CALLED DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL.

AND, UM, I ATTENDED THAT, UH, SEPTEMBER 8TH OF FREDERICK.

UH, I WENT TO THE FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING THE FREDERICK COUNTY WORK SESSION, UH, TO ATTEND A DISCUSSION WITH FREDERICK WATER ABOUT EXTENDING POTENTIALLY EXTENDING WATER RESOURCES TO THE NORTH CORRIDOR.

UM, AND, UH, SEPTEMBER 13TH, I ATTENDED THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING FOR SAMUEL'S PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THE LIBRARY IS DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS.

SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO DROP BY THE LIBRARY OR YOU CAN EVEN ACCESS ONLINE BOOKS, UM, IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING INTO THE LIBRARY, UH, IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.

UM, ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 15TH, WE DID THE JOINT TOWN AND COUNTY LIAISON MEETING.

AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT, UM, THE US AND THEM MENTALITY SEEMS TO BE MELT IN A WAY EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY THERE'S GOING TO BE AN US IN US.

AND, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 17TH I ATTENDED A CONSTITUTION DAY EVENT WITH THE GUY BACK THERE WHO HAS ON HIS REGULAR CLOTHES.

AND, UM, THE THING THAT I REALLY WISH IS THAT HE HAD BEEN MY HISTORY TEACHER BECAUSE I WAS FASCINATED AND ENGAGED.

I RECORDED IT AND SENT IT TO MY CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN OTHER STATES, UM, AND ARE GROWN AND WILL PROBABLY SAY, UM, WHAT IS SHE SENDING ME THIS FOR? BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS THAT ENGAGING.

AND SO THANK YOU, LIBERTY, MAN.

UM, PASTOR LARRY JOHNSON FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO, UH, YES.

TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY WITH YOUR HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE.

YEAH, IT ISN'T.

AND I WILL SAY THAT YOU MENTIONED TOURISM AND I WANT TO MENTION THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, IN 2018 OR 2019, UM, 20, 20 NUMBERS ARE NOT IN YET, BUT 2019, UH, WE HAD $155 MILLION COME INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND TOURISM REVENUE, 35 MILLION OF THAT SUPPORT PAYROLL, 1700 JOBS AND $7 MILLION GOES TO THE STATE REVENUE FUNDS.

AND 3 MILLION LOCALLY TOURISM IS OUR ONE INDUSTRY.

AND I WANTED ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE AMBASSADORS TO PEOPLE WHO VISIT HERE.

AND LARRY, UH, MR. JOHNSON MENTIONED THAT, THAT

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AND SO, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE WITH THE RIGHT IMPRESSION OF WHO WE ARE AND OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE OCTOBER IS COMING QUICKLY.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME.

I APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY.

UM, MINE IS GOING TO BE SHORT AND SWEET.

I, I WANT TO, UM, I ALWAYS TRY TO PUT IN A PLUG FOR VOLUNTEERING.

UH, WE HAVE OUR FIRE CHIEF IN THE BACK AND OUR FIRE MARSHALL VARIOUS.

HE HAD TO GO GET ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE, CAPTAIN BAD COKE.

IF, IF COFFEE BEANS RUNS OUT, CAPTAIN MEDICO'S IS IN TROUBLE.

BUT, UM, I ALWAYS WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT FIRE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN IN THE BACK OF A RESCUE SQUAD, BUT, UM, IF YOU HAVE SECRETARIAL SKILLS, IF YOU LIKE TO DO FUNDRAISING, UM, IF YOU LIVE NEAR A FIRE DEPARTMENT, GOES SPEND A DAY OR SPEND A COUPLE HOURS AND GET TO KNOW THE GUYS.

UM, YOU'LL, YOU'LL TRULY FIND A VERY REWARDING NEW FAMILY THERE.

UM, SO I'M ALWAYS PUSHING THAT PLUG FOR, UM, TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE FIRE SYSTEM.

UH, I DON'T KNOW OUR, UH, SHERIFF IS BACK THERE.

I DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE, UH, A COMMITTEE, A COMMUNITY VISORY COMMITTEE, CAC CITIZENS.

I'M SORRY.

I ALSO JUST GRADUATED OUR FIRST ONE.

AND I THINK YOUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS LOOKING FOR NEW PEOPLE.

UM, YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, I FOUND IT TO BE VERY REWARDING.

UH, ALL OF MY FAMILY HAS VOLUNTEERED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IN THE FIRE SYSTEM.

AND, UM, WE, WE JUST HAVE SECOND FAMILY THERE.

THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU.

SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT IN.

I ALSO WAS, UM, AT THE TOWN COUNTY LIAISON MEETING, WE HADN'T HAD ONE FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THOSE PRESENT WERE MAYOR HOLLOWAY VIRUS, MAYOR LORI COCKRELL, COUNCILMAN GARY GILLESPIE, TOWN MANAGER, STEVE HICKS, UM, NORTH RIVER SUPERVISOR, MRS. OATES, SHANNON DOOR SUPERVISOR, MR. MAY, UH, DR.

DALEY, MYSELF AND, UH, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MRS. LOGAN.

IT WAS, UH, WE MET, WE HAD A LITTLE SANDWICH AND, UM, IT, IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING.

WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATION.

WE WERE HERE FROM SIX TO NINE AND IT WAS THREE HOURS THAT WENT BY REALLY QUICKLY.

AND I WAS JUST REALLY PLEASED WITH THE EVENING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS.

AND, UM, I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

DR.

DALEY, YOUR REPORT.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM WE HAVE PEOPLE, UM, WHO LIKED TO COME TO WORK, UH, FOR WARREN COUNTY AND I'M DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF JANE MEADOWS AS THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

AND JANE MEADOWS IS A RESIDENT OF FRONT ROYAL.

SHE HAS A BACHELOR'S AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, AND SHE HAS 19 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HR.

SHE WILL BEGIN WORK ON MONDAY THE 4TH OF OCTOBER, WHICH WILL ALLOW MRS. LOGAN TO BACK THERE HAS BEEN WORKING, COVERING FOR US IN HR TO MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER ADVENTURES WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE NOTE OF THE FACT THAT SHE AND THE CAPTAIN MYOTIC OVER IN THE BACK, THAT THEY ATTENDED THE NATIONAL HONOR GUARD ACADEMY GRADUATION LAST FRIDAY, WHERE THE DEPARTMENTS HONOR GUARD WITH COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT SCOTT RICHARDSON, FIREFIGHTER BRIAN FOLEY, LIEUTENANT ANTHONY HITT, JUNIOR AND FIREFIGHTER, MATTHEW HUNT, ALL COMPLETED THE COURSE AND WERE GRADUATED AND WE CONGRATULATE THEM AND APPRECIATE THE CHIEF, UH, PUSHING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

REMIND YOU, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE WATER AND THE DISCUSSION WITH, UH, FREDERIC WATER.

FREDERICK WATER WILL BE HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION THAT SEVEN O'CLOCK ON OCTOBER THE 12TH AND EVERYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL'S THERE FOR REGIONAL WATER ARE INVITED TO COME AND WATCH AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

UM, ALSO WOULD REMIND YOU THAT THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL BE REVIEWING TOWN IN COUNTY PROJECTS TOMORROW AT 10:00 AM OVER IN THE CAUCUS ROOM.

THANK YOU.

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AND THANK YOU, MRS. LOGAN FOR ALL THE EXTRA WORK YOU'VE TAKEN ON.

WE APPRECIATE YOU, MR. HAM.

I HAVE NO REPORT.

OKAY.

[E. Appropriations and Transfers]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? SECOND SECOND.

ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX.

HI, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.

I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER.

OKAY.

APPROVAL

[F. Approval of Accounts]

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED SECOND ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATS, MADAM CHAIR.

I MR. MABE, MR. FOX APPROVAL

[G. Approval of Minutes – Regular Meeting of August 17, 2021]

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR CORRECTIONS HEARING? NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO I MOVE EXCEPTED A MINUTES AS PRESENTED SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. HI, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR, MRS. OATES.

MR. CARTER.

WELL, WE ARE AT CONSENT

[H. Consent Agenda]

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED AS PRESENTED? EXCUSE ME, ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATS, MADAM CHAIR, MR. MABE, MR. FOX

[I. Request to Create a Warren County Office of Economic Development – Ed Daley]

I REQUEST TO CREATE A WARREN COUNTY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DR.

DAILY.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, AS THE BOARD HAS DISCUSSED, UM, IN THE PAST, THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EDA TO HAVE STAFF EMPLOYED DIRECTLY BY THE EDA WHERE WE NOW SERVE AS THE FISCAL AGENT.

AND THE BOARD ALSO HAS THE OPTION OF EMPLOYING PEOPLE DIRECTLY AND BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD PROCEEDS CREE AUTHORIZED THE CREATION OF A COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD WORK, WOULD SERVE FOR THE BOARD FOR COUNTY STAFF, FOR THE EDA AND ANOTHER ENTITIES, AS THEY MAY DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FOR DR.

DAILY, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE CREATION OF THE WARREN COUNTY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO RECRUIT AN EMPLOYEE, A DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT PREPARE INFORMATION.

SO THE BOARD CAN ADD THESE POSITIONS TO THE COUNTY COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND PREPARE BUDGET TRANSFERS TO THE NEW DEPARTMENT FOR A BOARD APPROVAL.

I FORGOT TO MOVE.

IS THERE MORE? YES.

OH, I FURTHER MOVED.

I FURTHER MOVED AT THE BOARD AND COUNTY STAFF CONTINUED TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A JOINT FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SORRY, IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI SORRY ABOUT THAT.

NO.

AND, UH, CAUSE I THINK THAT'S ALL SOMETHING WHERE THE CURRENT EDA IDA SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN AD HOC MEETING OR SOMETHING THROUGH THEIR OWN SEARCH IS A COMMUNICATION THERE BETWEEN US AND THEM, AS FAR AS ARROGANT.

I SAID THEM AND US, US AND US THEN AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING, SO WE DON'T DUPLICATE EFFORTS.

US AND US ARE AWARE OF WHAT THE BOARD IS WORKING ON US AND US STARTED THIS PROCESS BEFORE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE MR. PARSONS HAD REC HAD INITIATED HIS RESIGNATION.

SO THEY WERE MOVING ON THAT, IN THAT DIRECTION.

AND THAT AT THAT POINT I HAD OF WHERE WE

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SO WE'RE CATCHING UP TOGETHER.

OKAY.

SO THERE'S UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.

I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER.

OKAY.

SEVEN 30 HEARINGS.

[J1. Modification Request for Conditional Use Permit 2007-11-02, Amy Cavalier for a Kennel – Matt Wendling]

AMY CAVALIER FOR KENNEL, MR. WENDLING.

YES.

MS. CAVALIER WAS ISSUED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A BOARDING KENNEL, UH, WHEN JANUARY 15TH, 2008.

UM, IT WAS MODIFIED LATER TO ALLOW FOR 32 KENNELS.

UM, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7 9 7 FAIRGROUND ROAD AND THE NORTH RIVER DISTRICT IS ZONED AGRICULTURAL AND IDENTIFIED ON TAX MAP FIVE AS PARCEL 15 B B ZERO.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BE MODIFIED TO CHANGE THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION ALSO TO ALLOW FOR DOGS TO BE GROOMED ON THE SITE THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY BEING BOARDED AND TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL DOGS TO BE, TO USE THE THREE OUTSIDE RUN AREAS.

THE ORIGINAL CONDITIONS LIMITED, UH, THE DOG'S GROOMING TO DOGS WHO ARE ONLY BOARDING AT THAT TIME.

UM, THEIR DAILY HOURS OF OPERATIONS WERE ORIGINALLY FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND SATURDAYS FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM.

AND THEN THEY, MS. CAVALIER REQUESTED THIS BECAUSE THEY WERE LIMITED TO ONLY TWO DOGS OUTSIDE AT ONE TIME.

AND THAT WAS BETWEEN THE THREE RUNS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO, UM, THERE ARE 15 CONDITIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL IF MADAM CHAIR WITH LIKE, I CAN JUST READ THE ONES THAT ARE BEING CHANGED AND THE OTHER ONES ARE RIGHT THERE IN YOUR CONSENT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UM, NUMBER TWO, THE KENNEL SHALL BE USED FOR BOARDING AND GROOMING SERVICES ON A BY APPOINTMENT BASIS.

ONLY NUMBER 12, THE HOURS OF OPERATION SHALL BE DAILY FROM 9:00 AM TO 7:00 PM.

AND NUMBER 13, THE THREE OUTSIDE PINS SHALL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM TOTAL OF 12 DOGS AT ANY ONE TIME.

AND NOT LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF DOGS PER EACH PEN, AS LONG AS THE TOTAL WAS NOT EXCEEDED.

I'LL JUST MENTION THAT MS. CAVALIER REQUESTED THAT ALSO BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES I'LL HAVE LIKE FOUR DOGS FROM ONE FAMILY THAT THEY'RE BOARDING AND THEY ALL LIKED TO KIND OF KEEP THEM TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE NOT WITH OTHER DOGS THAT THEY MAY NOT KNOW.

SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE REASON THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO USE EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE FOR THAT MANY DOGS.

UM, THE APPLICANTS WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT.

UM, BUT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS PROPERLY ADVERTISED.

ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOTIFIED.

I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE CHRISTIAN'S QUESTION.

YES, SIR.

SO THAT MEANS THAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT'D BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK NOW, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THEM TO HAVE, UH, PICKUPS ON SUNDAY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SCHEDULED PICKUPS.

THERE'LL BE A, THERE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO BE OPEN THAT TIME PERIOD.

OKAY.

SO MY QUESTION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

UM, THERE ARE THREE OUTSIDE PINS YOU'RE LIMITED TO 12 DOGS.

NOW.

I THAT'S A MAXIMUM OF 12 DOGS.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DOGS, BUT YOU PUT 12 AND THREE PINS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF BARKING.

A LOT OF TRYING TO GET FROM ONE TO THE OTHER IS THAT TOO MANY? I UNDERSTAND THE NEED, BUT 12 DOGS IS A LOT.

I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.

UH, WE LOOKED AT THE SITE, UH, THE NORTH PART OF, UH, PENS ARE SCREEN WITH EVERGREEN LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THEM AND THEN THE PROPERTY OWNER WHOSE HOME IS 300 FEET FROM THE PEN.

AT THAT POINT, UH, TO THE WEST, THERE'S SOME NATURAL VEGETATION THAT WAS THERE DURING THE, UH, THAT WAS LEFT THEREAFTER, THE CONSTRUCTION, WHATNOT.

AND THAT, UH, THAT HOUSE IS THAT'S

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I BELIEVE HIS NEAREST HOUSE.

AND THEN WE MEASURED ACTUALLY TODAY, WE MEASURED THE OTHER HOUSE TO THE EAST SIDE AND THAT'S CLOSE TO 800 FEET FROM THE PENS.

THERE IS NO VEGETATION, BUT, UH, IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE.

UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU CHOOSE TO DECREASE THAT AMOUNT, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I I'M SURE THE APPLICANT WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THEY FELT THAT THEY COULD KEEP FOUR DOGS PER, UH, EACH ONE, UH, MS. CAVALIER SAID, TYPICALLY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MAYBE A COUPLE IN EACH ONE AND THEN THEY'RE CYCLING THEM IN AND OUT, UM, IN ORDER TO GET THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR KENNEL HERE.

YEAH.

I THOUGHT OF THAT AS WELL.

AND TO HAVE 12 DOGS POTENTIALLY THERE AT ONE TIME, IT'S JUST A LOT.

YEAH.

AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY REDUCE THAT DISTANCE.

SO MR. MAY, IF I CAN SPEAK TO THIS, ACTUALLY USE THESE FOLKS SERVICES BEFORE THEY KEPT FOUR.

I HAVE FOUR FAMILY DOGS AND THEY KEPT FOR THOSE DOGS.

AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT THEY KEEP THEM TOGETHER, UM, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BE GONE FOR 10 DAYS AND I WANTED THEM KEPT TOGETHER AND THEY ACTUALLY HOUSED THEM TOGETHER AND THEY TOOK THEM OUTSIDE TO PLAY TOGETHER SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE, UM, IN SEPARATE PLACES AND THEY GET ANXIOUS.

AND SO, UM, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN THERE AND SEEN IT.

AND IT'S NOT AS CROWDED AS YOU'RE IMAGINING.

THERE'S A LOT OF, OF OPENINGS.

TWO OF THE PINS ARE A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THE THIRD PEN.

THE THIRD PEN IS PRETTY, PRETTY BIG AREA.

AND I IMAGINE THEY USE THAT FOR THE LARGER DOGS.

UM, I'LL TELL YOU IN THE TIME THAT WE'VE HAD THIS CONDITIONAL USE FROM THE TIME IT WAS ISSUED, WE HAVE NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT FROM ANY NEIGHBORS ABOUT NOISE OR ANYTHING.

AND WE DID HAVE A COUPLE NEIGHBORS OR A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO ONE SENT AN EMAIL, ONE CALL.

THEY WERE REALLY CONCERNED.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GOING TO CLOSE OR WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT THEY WERE LIKE IN FULL SUPPORT OF, YOU KNOW, THEM DOING THIS, UH, JUST TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A BETTER BUSINESS MODEL, I GUESS.

SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSES.

YOUR OKAY.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MR. SHIRAKI.

DID ANYONE SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? NO.

MA'AM.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PERMIT? SECOND CALL, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK THIRD AND FINAL CALL PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? MADAM CHAIR? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE REQUEST MODIFYING THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2007, 11 DASH TWO, AS YOU'RE QUESTIONED BY THE APPLICANT AND RECOMMENDED BY COUNTY STAFF.

SECOND ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI.

MR. CARTER.

HI MRS. OATES, MADAM CHAIR, MR. MAYOR, MR. FOX

[J2. Conditional Use Permit 2021-07-02, Hilda Keister for a Short-Term Tourist Rental – Matt Wendling]

AND I HOPE I SAY THIS RIGHT KEESTER FOR A SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTAL, MR. WENDLING.

YES.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7 6 1 OH STRAUSBERG ROAD IDENTIFIED ON TAX MAP.

NINE IS PARCEL 52, A IT IS ZONED AGRICULTURAL.

UH, IT IS IN THE NORTH RIVER, UH, MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT.

UH, THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS 1.5 ACRES, BUT IT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN SIGNAL MOB FARM.

UM, THE CLOSEST DWELLING TO THIS PROPERTY IS 431 FEET.

OKAY.

IT'S NOT IN, IT'S NOT IN A PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.

UH, IT WAS, UH, HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS SIGNAL KNOB RETREAT CENTER FOR BUTTONWOOD LODGE AND WAS USED, UH, BY THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, UH, AS A LUTHERAN SUMMER CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER UP UNTIL 2020, THE PROPERTY HAS 10 BEDROOMS AND SIX AND ONE HALF BATH, WHICH ALLOW FOR 20 PERSONS AT, AT ONE TIME.

UH, AND THAT THAT'S ONE, TWO SEPTIC SYSTEMS APPROVED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

UH, THE SUPPLEMENTAL RECORD REGULATIONS LIMIT US IN SHORT-TERM TOURIST RENTALS TO 10.

SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ALLOW MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF 10 PERSONS PER THOSE REGULATIONS AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT APPROVAL FOR THAT NUMBER OF GUESTS.

UH, THIS USE AS A RETREAT CENTER WAS GRANDFATHERED.

IT WOULD NO LONGER BE UTILIZED FOR THAT.

IF ONCE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, IF IT'S IMPROVED AND THE APPLICANTS WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH THIS LAND USE AS A SECONDARY USE PRIMARILY,

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SO THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INCOME, UH, IN LIEU OF RENTING THE PROPERTY.

FULL-TIME MR. DENNIS BAKER, WHO WAS A RELATIVE OF MRS. KEESTER, UH, LIVES DIRECTLY ACROSS ROAD.

HE WILL BE ACTING AS THE PROPERTY MANAGER.

HE IS IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

UM, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I WILL READ THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, UH, THAT, UH, WAS FORWARDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

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

NUMBER TWO, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED 10 AS DETERMINED, ACCORDING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OPERATIONAL PERMIT.

NUMBER THREE, THE APPLICANT SHALL HAVE THE WELL WATER TESTED ANNUALLY FOR ECO-LINE CALIFORNIA BACTERIA, AND A COPY OF THOSE RESULTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO PLANNING AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.

AND NUMBER FOUR, THE APPLICANT SHALL HAVE THE SEPTIC SYSTEM INSPECTED ANNUALLY BY A STATE LICENSED INSPECTOR, AND A COPY OF THOSE RESULTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO PLANNING AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.

AND THE SYSTEM SHALL ALSO BE SERVICED EVERY FIVE YEARS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND A COPY OF THOSE SERVICE INVOICES SHALL BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

AND AGAIN, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME, PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW OPEN? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS ONE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, A PRESENTATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONDITIONAL USE THAT, UM, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE 10, 10 BEDROOMS, 10 PEOPLE BECOMES A HOTEL OR A MOTEL.

DID YOU EVER GET THAT CLEAR CLARIFICATION? THAT'S A HEALTH DEPARTMENT QUESTION.

OKAY.

IT'S NOT A ZONING, I THINK.

YEAH.

IT'S THAT IS H AND I DID NOT GET THAT CLARIFICATION.

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS BROUGHT IT UP.

SO MR. PETTY, YEAH, OUR CODE, THE ZONING CODE IS NOT DEFINED.

IT DEFINES WHAT A HOTEL OR MOTEL IS, BUT IT DOESN'T DEFINE IT BY ROOMS. UM, BUT AS MR WINELANDS STATED, THE CODE DOES STATE THAT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL CANNOT EXCEED 10 OR A BOARDING HOUSE CANNOT EXCEED 10, BUT WE DON'T DEFINE HOW MANY ROOMS A HOTEL OR MOTEL MUST USE ONLY WHERE THOSE USES CAN GO WHEN IT IS DEFINED AS SUCH, SUCH AS A MARRIOTT OR HOLIDAY.

AND SINCE OF THAT, SO BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY REQUESTING A MAC MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF 10 AND NOT NECESSARILY 20 TO FILL THE 10 BEDROOMS THAT WE ARE WITHIN THE, THE ZONING REGULATIONS THEN.

OKAY.

THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DOES IT MATTER? I MEAN, NORMALLY I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE A BNB, IT'S USUALLY RESERVED BY MAYBE ONE FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD HAVE TWO OR THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE STAYING THERE AT THE SAME TIME, AS LONG AS YOU DIDN'T EXCEED 10, 10? IS THAT MAXIMUM LIMIT? UM, EVEN THOUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED THE DRAIN FIELDS FOR A NUMBER OF 20, THE, THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS REQUIRE 10, AND WE ASKED APPLICANT TO LOWER THAT AMOUNT FROM 20 HIS INITIAL REQUEST TO 10 IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANT.

UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE IT IT'S AN HONOR SYSTEM.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T REGULATE, WE CAN'T KNOW THAT THEORETICALLY.

YEAH.

YOU GET TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT FAMILIES OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS OR WHATEVER YOU DON'T GET ALONG.

AND THAT COULD CREATE SOME ISSUES, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THAT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT OR IF YOU LOOKED AT IT OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOOKED AT IT, TH THAT DID NOT COME UP DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT I'M AWARE OF.

I DON'T REMEMBER THEM TALKING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS.

YEAH.

THERE'S OTHER BNBS OUT THERE THAT HAVE FOUR OR FIVE BEDROOMS AND THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE AT LEAST TWO FAMILIES AT A TIME.

SO IT MAY NOT BE THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE, BUT I WAS JUST KINDA CURIOUS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

UM, THE BNB, OUR DEFINITION DOES ALLOW FOR A FEW MORE PEOPLE IN THE BNB.

UM, AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE WITH BNB, YOU HAVE AN INNKEEPER OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS ONE SITE, OKAY.

IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, MR. BAKER'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.

AND SO, AND THIS IS A VERY ICE, IT'S KIND OF AN ISOLATED PROPERTY.

THERE ARE AREAS ONE, I THINK ONE OTHER DWELLING ON THIS PROPERTY THAT IS LEASED OUT FULL TIME.

AND THERE'S THE BOW I SHOULD SAY, WHEN THE SURROUNDING FARM.

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AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COW, PASTURE IS THE NORTH FORK RIVER.

SO, UH, MR. BAKER EXPLAINED TO ME THEY WOULD HAVE, UH, DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR GUESTS TO BE ABLE TO GO DIRECTLY THROUGH THE PASTURE, TO THE RIVER AND COME BACK THAT WAY IN ORDER NOT TO INTERRUPT THE FARMING OPERATIONS.

UM, AND REALLY PROBABLY THE, THE MOST DIFFICULT THING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY IS THAT YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY LITERALLY DRIVE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE BARN TO GET TO THIS, THIS, UH, DWELLING UNIT.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S SET BACK FAR ENOUGH.

YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE IT FROM, UH, STROUDSBURG ROAD.

SO, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR KIDS TO RUN WITHIN THE ENCLOSED AREA, UH, THE FENCE IN AREA.

AND, UM, MR. BAKER, YOU KNOW, HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK ON THE FENCES PERIODICALLY, KEEP THEM UP AND SAY, THEY'LL HAVE THAT OVERSIGHT FOR THE FARM.

SO THAT'S, I HAVE A QUESTION, IF YOU WILL MATTER, SIR, I NOTICED IT, IT SAYS IT'S IN THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA.

WAS THAT ADDRESSED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO WHAT IT ENDS? IF SO, WHAT DO I UNDERSTAND? THE D THE DWELLING IS NOT THE PROPERTY IS OKAY.

UM, THE W THE DWELLING, UM, IS KIND OF BUILT JUST OUTSIDE ON THE FLOOD FRINGE, AND IT KIND OF GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND IT IS A GRADUAL SLOPE DOWN TOWARDS THE RIVER, SO THAT THE STRUCTURE THAT THEY STAY IN IS ABOVE THAT, THAT AREA.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

AND THEY'D BE SWEET ON IT.

AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT MR. BAKER, IF THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD EVENT, EMINENT, HE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT HIS GUESTS WOULD BE AT LEAST ADVISED ABOUT THAT.

AND, UH, THAT'S THE ONE BENEFIT THAT YOU HAVE, AGAIN, WITH ALL THESE SHORT-TERM ENFORCED RENTALS OF HAVING SOMEBODY WHO'S A MANAGER OF THE PROPERTY CLOSE BY TO BE ABLE TO OVERSEE THAT.

SO, OKAY.

MRS. SHIRAKI HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? NO.

MA'AM.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SECOND CALL? ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE THIRD AND FINAL CALL PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

IS THERE EMOTION ON THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST OF IT'S HILL DUD.

DORTHA RHEA HEISTER, KEESTER KIESTRA FOR A SHORT-TERM TOURIST RENTAL, UH, WITH THE CONDITIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE STAFF.

WELL, PAUL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MANE, MADAM CHAIR.

HI, MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER,

[J3. Conditional Use Permit 2021-07-03, 2 Mexico, LLC and B. Allen Richards, LLC for a Short-Term Tourist Rental – Joe Petty]

AND BE ALLEN RICHARDS, LLC, FOR A SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTAL.

MR. PATTI, THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR.

YES.

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

THE RENTAL WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SHORT-TERM VISITATIONS INDIVIDUALS AS THE WARREN COUNTY, AND THE OWNERS CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE WINCHESTER AREA.

THEY PLAN TO HAVE THE HOME PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED AND MAINTAINED IN BETWEEN RESERVATIONS.

THEY DO HAVE YEARS EXPERIENCE OWNING AND OPERATING SHORT-TERM RENTALS WITHIN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY AREA.

PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SHENANDOAHS SHORES SUBDIVISION, AND IT IS 0.2, THREE ACRES.

IT DOES MEET THE SETBACKS FROM THE NEIGHBORING DWELLINGS.

IT IS LOCATED OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THE FLOOD.

PLAIN HAS RIVER ACCESS.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE APPLICANT.

THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS WITHIN A FLOOD PLAIN, AND THEY WILL MITIGATE ANY CAUTION IF THERE IS A PREDICTED FLOOD EVENT.

AND AS PART OF THEIR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN IN YOUR PACKET, YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.

THE HOPKINS VERY THOROUGH WITH THEIR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN ON, WHICH WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY WELCOME FROM US.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT THEY'VE DONE SOME WORK TO THE PROPERTY, CLEANED IT UP.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1980.

YOU CAN SEE A PHOTO OF IT THERE.

SO THEY'VE BEEN CLEANING THAT PROPERTY UP.

AND, UH, AGAIN, THEY HAVE THAT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN.

I'LL FOREGO READING THE CONDITIONS.

THEY'RE KIND OF THE STANDARD CONDITIONS FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT, UM, AS STATED IN THEIR APPLICATION, AS THEY IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE LIMITED TO A FOUR-PERSON OCCUPANCY.

UM, BUT IF YOU DO HAVE ANY FURTHER

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THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE AS WELL, AND I'M SURE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? GOOD EVENING.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR OUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ON RIVERVIEW SHORES, DRIVE MY PARTNER AND I ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND HOPE YOU HAVE TAKEN SOME TIME TO READ THE INFORMATION GUIDE WE PREPARED FOR EACH OF YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THIS INFORMATION GUIDE, UM, EVIDENCE, THE FOLLOWING, OUR DEEP DETAILED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN, OUR PERSONAL AND DIRECT HANDS-ON 24 7 MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF OUR PROPERTIES.

OUR 13 LETTERS OF SUPPORT NINE OF WHICH ARE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM OUR PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING SUPPORT LETTERS FROM OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS ON RIVERVIEW SHORES, DRIVE THE DOUBLE ID VERIFICATION AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.

WE COMPLETE ON ALL OUR GUESTS, THE STRICT RULES AND REGULATIONS.

WE REQUIRE OUR GUESTS TO FOLLOW THE COURTESY, OUR GUESTS SHOW TO OUR OTHER PROPERTY ON OUR, THE PROPERTIES, WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS PROPERTY, THE LIMITS OF OCCUPANCY, CONSISTENT WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STANDARDS.

AND LASTLY, HOW WE TOOK A RUNDOWN VACANT STRUCTURE ON OVERGROWN LOT AND TURN IT INTO A CLASS, A VACATION PROPERTY.

THIS CUP WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND I SHOULD POINT OUT MR. PETTY DID COMMENT OUR APPLICATION AS ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST COMPLETE THANK YOU.

UM, PERHAPS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST ASSURANCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTY IS THE UNDERSTANDING THE GRANTING OF A CUP DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PERMANENT RIGHT TO CONDUCT SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

INSTEAD, IT CAN BE REVOKED IF WE DO NOT ABIDE BY ITS CONDITIONS FOR RICHARD AND I TO KEEP THE PROPERTY AT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CARE.

THE ABILITY FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL IS THE ONLY WAY TO FINANCE A RENOVATION, THE MAINTENANCE THAT'S ONGOING AND THE EXORBITANT FLOOD INSURANCE AND ICONIC VACATION PROPERTY LIKE THIS REQUIRES ALTERNATIVELY, A LONG-TERM RENTER IS A HIGHER RISK FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OFFERS NO ASSURANCE FOR THAT LONGTERM TENANT, BEING A GOOD RESPECTFUL NEIGHBOR AND HAS A HIGHER COST TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF MORE INTENSIVE USE OF COMMUNITY AMENITIES, ROAD USE AND TRASH.

IT WAS OUR GOAL TO GO THROUGH THE CIP PROCESS, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO MEET AND EXCEED WARREN COUNTY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL BY EVIDENCING OUR ABILITY AND OUR PREPAREDNESS TO MANAGE A SHORT TERM RENTAL RESPONSIBLY AND SUCCESSFULLY, AND OBTAIN THE SUPPORT FROM OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY.

TO THAT END THIS EVENING, WE CONCLUDE WITH REPRESENTATIVES IN ATTENDANCE TO SPEAK IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS, THE SUPPORT OF OUR NEIGHBORS ON RIVERVIEW SHORES DRIVE AND THE SHENANDOAH'S SHORES COMMUNITY, AN EXPERT ON HOW SHORT-TERM RENTALS IMPACT WARREN COUNTY PROPERTY VALUES.

AN EXAMPLE OF WHO OUR AIRBNB GUESTS ARE.

OUR CLEANING AND SANITATION TEAM IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR ROUTINE TO INDIVIDUALS.

AND, AND THEN EVEN OUR ATTORNEY IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST HAVE ONE, IF YOU WILL, THE, THE, UH, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM IS, WOULD THAT BE INSPECTED ANNUALLY? LIKE IT DOES ON THE REST OF THEM? I DIDN'T NOTICE IT AGAIN WITH, WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE A, WELL, SINCE IT IS A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM WITHIN GENDER SHORES, BUT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAINTAIN THEIR SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM AS WITH ANY SHORT-TERM TOURIST FOR AN OLD, AND THAT WOULD BE BASED OFF OF A CALENDAR YEAR.

SO THAT WOULD BE ADDED HERSELF.

YES, SIR.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE MADAM CHAIR.

WE ACTUALLY PUT A BRAND NEW SYSTEM.

OKAY.

HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MS. SHIRAKI? YES.

MADAM CHAIR, UH, WILLIAM BARNETT, GOOD EVENING.

MADAM CHAIRMAN AND BOARD.

MY NAME IS WILLIAM BARNETT.

I RESIDE AT 1, 1, 1 5 BUCK MOUNTAIN ROAD, BENTONVILLE, VIRGINIA.

I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH ONE OF THE APPLICANTS, UH, MS. GREENFIELD, UH, FOR, UH, W WE'VE HAD A VARIOUS RELATIONSHIPS IN, IN BUSINESS FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.

AND,

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WE WERE BOTH AGENTS.

I'VE WORKED WITH HER, UH, AS A COMPETITOR.

I'VE WORKED WITH HER AS A, AS A COLLABORATOR.

AND, UH, SHE HAS, UH, SHE'S A SUCCESSFUL, UH, BROKER AND, AND MANAGES, UH, AND MANAGES A VERY, A WELL-RUN REAL ESTATE BUSINESS IN WINCHESTER AND, AND OPERATES IN THIS AREA AND AROUND.

AND, UH, AND SO, AND WE'VE, UH, WE'VE COLLABORATED ON, UH, ON, UH, FACTORIES HERE IN FRONT ROYAL AND, UH, AND WINCHESTER AS WELL, AND BRINGING JOBS AND OTHER THINGS TO THIS COMMUNITY.

SO, UH, WHEN YOU, YOU, WHEN YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE IN BUSINESS, YOU GET TO KNOW THEM PRETTY WELL AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT.

AND I THINK YOU COULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY PROFESSIONALLY RUN AND VERY, AND, UH, VERY GOOD, UH, ASSET TO FRONT ROW AND WARREN COUNTY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE? MRS. REAGAN? YES.

MADAM CHAIR.

AMANDA SLATE.

HELLO, I'M AMANDA SLATE.

I LIVE AT 37 62 BROWNTOWN ROAD.

I ACTUALLY BUILT MY FIRST HOME IN SHADOW SHORES WHEN I WAS 19.

UM, AND I'VE BEEN IN REAL ESTATE FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS AND ONE OF MY PURSE TRANSACTIONS WAS ON MAGNOLIA.

SO I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.

I FEEL LIKE I KNOW.

UM, GHILLEAN REALLY WELL.

SHE IS ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS AND MY BROKER ALSO, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN HERE, I THINK IT'S JUST FINDING BALANCE.

I RECENTLY WAS TRYING TO HELP A LADY THAT WAS TRYING TO MOVE A LOT THAT SHE HAD THERE, THAT SHE HAD BOUGHT IN 1959 AND SHENANDOAH SHORES.

UM, HER FAMILY LIVES IN MARYLAND, AND SHE CAME IN WITH THE CUTEST LITTLE BROCHURES, CAUSE IT USED TO BE A RETREAT COMMUNITY.

IT HAD AN INDOOR POOL AND IT HAD A CLUBHOUSE, WHICH I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.

SO IT'S PRETTY NEAT TO SEE THE TRANSITION.

AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY, A LOT OF THESE AREAS, INCLUDING SOME OTHER SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE COMMUNITY WATER AND HOUSES THAT ORIGINALLY HAD WOOD STOVES, THEY WERE MEANT FOR RETREATS.

SO NOT FULL-TIME LIVING, YOU KNOW, SO NOW THERE IS A HIGHER IMPACT ON WATER AND THE HOUSING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T MEANT TO LIVE IN HERE AROUND, BUT AGAIN, JUST FINDING THAT BALANCE OF BRINGING THE TOURISM, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID EARLIER AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, ENTRY-LEVEL HOUSING AND ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING, I FEEL LIKE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.