Nov 03, 2021 Board of Supervisors Meeting

AND THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.

[B. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions]

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE WE DELETE, UM, ITEM H ONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS FAR AS THE BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE AND MAIN REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS WE WILL HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS AND WE JUST PUT IT OFF TO MAYBE THE NOVEMBER MEETING AND LET THEM GO OVER IT.

I KNOW IN THE PAST, MS. OATES HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE CHANGING THE DAY MEETING TO THE EVENING, BUT, UH, I THINK SHE GOT SOME OTHER, UM, INPUT.

AND SO WE LEFT AT THAT, BUT I JUST THINK TO, AND IT CAN BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE ANYWAY, BUT I JUST THINK THAT, UH, GIVE THE NEW MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THEY HAD ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.

HOW DOES THE REST OF THE BOARD FEEL ABOUT THAT? SAME HERE.

SO WE WILL REMOVE, UM, ITEM ONE UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.

REPORT, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MR. CARTER MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS.

ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? SECOND SECOND.

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

AYE, MR. CARTER

[C. Report – Virginia Department of Transportation – Ed Carter]

GOOD MORNING.

THE DOTS REPORT THIS MONTH, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, CONTINUE OUR GRADING AND APPLIED STONE ON THE VARIOUS NON-HARD SURFACE ROUTES.

AND OF COURSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY MONTH, DEPENDING ON THEIR CONDITIONS.

UH, WE COMPLETED OUR SECONDARY MOWING AND WE STARTED THE PRIMARY MOWING.

WE DO EXPECT TO COMPLETE THE PRIMARY MA MARIN MOWING THIS MONTH.

UH, ASSUMING THAT THE WEATHER COOPERATES FROST DOESN'T BOTHER US, BUT THE RAIN DOES, UH, WE DID POUR SKIN PATCHING ON VARIOUS ROUTES.

WE ALSO DID OUR DRY WINTER RUNS, UH, AND WHAT THAT IS, IS INSPECTING AND PREPPING ALL OF OUR SNOW REMOVAL AND ICE EQUIPMENT FOR THE UPCOMING WINTER, OUR LONG RANGE FORECAST, UH, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH RIGHT NOW IS SAYING THAT OUR WINTER, UH, OUR TEMPERATURES MAY BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER AND THEN OUR, UH, UH, OR, UH, PRECIPITATION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT AVERAGE.

SO WITH, OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT WEATHER FORECAST ARE.

WE HOPE FOR THE BEST.

ANYWAY, UH, THIS MONTH WE'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING SHOULDER REPAIRS AND CUTTING BRUSH ON THE VARIOUS ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND THE BOARD CONCERNS WE HAVE.

UH, WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT, A BRUSH CREW COMING IN.

THERE ARE SOME SIGHT DISTANCE ISSUES ON THREE 40 SOUTH WHERE SOME OF THE TALL OVERHANGING BRUSH, UH, NOT OUR TREE LAMBS.

AND, UH, WE CAN'T GET THOSE WITH OUR PEOPLE.

SO WE'VE GOT CONTRACTORS COMING IN TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THEIR SCHEDULE YET BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET THEM AT THE SAME TIME.

SO, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT COMMON IN OUR PIPE FLUSHING CREW.

UH, THEIR EQUIPMENT WAS BROKE DOWN FOR A WHILE, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON THEM TO COME BACK.

AND, UH, WE HAD A COUPLE OF PIPES THAT NEEDED TO BE CLEANED OUT, INCLUDING ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO, UH, ALL SUMMER LONG ON THOMPSON HOLLER ROAD, UH, RIDINGS CHAPEL ROAD.

WE HAVE SEVERAL CUPBOARDS UP THERE THAT WASHED OUT OF THESE HEAVY RAINS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

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AND WE ENDED UP CLOSING THAT ROAD TILL WE CAN GET THIS UP FROM TEMPORARY BACKEND.

WE HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE DISTRICT TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THOSE CALLERS WITH A BOX COHORT.

AND WE EXPECT TO GET THAT DONE NEXT SPRING.

UH, OUR PAINT REFRESH WE'RE BEHIND ON SOME OF THAT.

WE HAVE, UH, OUR PAINT EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW IS BROKE DOWN.

THE LAST TIME IT BROKE DOWN, WE WAITED ON PARTS FOR SIX WEEKS.

SO WE'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT EVERYBODY ELSE OUT THERE IS ABOUT WAITING FOR PARTS WITH THE SUPPLIES, UH, OUR CONTRACTORS, UH, THAT WE USE HAVE ALREADY OVERLOADED.

AND SO THEY CAN'T GET IN HERE TO GIVE US ANY RELIEF.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TWO THINGS ON WHEN WE GET OUR EQUIPMENT BACK.

AND SECONDLY, WHETHER THE WEATHER ALLOWS US TO DO IT AT THAT TIME, UH, SOMETHING IS NOT ON YOUR REPORT.

UH, WE GOT WORD YESTERDAY FROM THE CONTRACTOR.

THEY ARE STARTING TODAY TO ON THE PAVING FOR BROWNTOWN ROAD 6 49.

SO THEY WILL BE DOING THAT MILE.

THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM ABOUT THREE DAYS.

THEY GOING TO BE DOING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHEN THE TEMPERATURES ARE UP AND THEY'LL BE DOING 1.1 MILES FOR THREE 40 IN.

AND ANYTHING, IF ANYTHING ELSE THE BOARD WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO CHECK ON FOR? YEAH.

SEE THE, UM, I THINK IT WAS ONE DAY LAST WEEK THEY WERE, UM, UPGRADING THE GUARD RAIL ON DISMAL HALA.

SO YES, SIR.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE, WE, WE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IN THE SAFETY MONIES THAT WE RECEIVE FOR 55, BETWEEN THE COUNTY LINE IN FRONT ROYAL, UH, THERE'LL BE UPGRADING ALL THAT GUARD RAIL THROUGH THAT.

WHEN DO THEY EXPECT TO COMPLETE THE HAPPY CREEK PROJECT? NOT TO DISMAL? WELL, I'M GOING TO ASK THIS RUN.

I KNOW THEY'VE DONE MOST OF THE PART FROM TOWN TO THE RAILROAD TRACK, OR IT IS MY HOLLER, BUT I KNOW THEY GOT TO PUT ANOTHER OVERLAY ON THERE AND YEAH, THEY, THERE, THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE, WHICH I THINK IS IN DECEMBER.

AND, UH, THEY PULLED OUT, UH, PAVING HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS, HAS FALLEN BEHIND FOR OF THE CONTRACTORS FOR VARIOUS REASONS, YOU KNOW, LABOR, SHORTAGES, EQUIPMENT, BREAKDOWNS, AND SO FORTH.

THEY TELL US THAT THEY'RE GONNA MAKE IT.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE OUT THERE AT THE VERY END ON THE, ON THE, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT STREET? UH, IT, ANYWAY, IT'S ON THE, ON THE HAT, ON THE BRIDGE SIDE ALL THE WAY OUT ON THE END WHERE THEY MAILED OUT AND THEN AT IT ATE OUT SOME MORE.

WE HAD TO GO OUT THERE AND PUT SOME WARNING SIGNS UP, BUT THEY ARE, THEY SAY, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE ON TIME.

SO WE HELP THERE'S ANOTHER, NOT COMPLETED OBVIOUSLY, BUT I THOUGHT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO ADDRESS WHEN YOU WERE HITTING WEST FROM AN ASSES RUN TO TAKE THAT LEFT-HAND TURN ON, DOES MAHALO, IT SEEMED LIKE THEY THEY'RE GETTING MAYBE NOT FINISHED.

MAYBE WE NEED TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A DIFFICULT THING TO MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN ON.

DOES MAHOLICK AND YOU KIND OF HAD TO GO UP, MAKE A SWEEPING LEFT-HAND TURN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T REALLY LINE UP THAT WELL, BECAUSE THE HILL AND ALL LIKE THAT.

SO I THOUGHT THEY WENT TO ADDRESS THAT MORE TOO, BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE NOT FINISHED, SO MAYBE THEY WILL.

I'LL CHECK ON THAT POINT.

THANK YOU, MR. BOXER, MR. MAY.

I'M GOOD.

UM, I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS SCORES.

WE KNOW, I ALWAYS HAVE QUESTIONS.

UM, WE DO HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE FROM BROWNTOWN, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

UM, THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKING WHEN THAT BROWNTOWN SECTION WOULD BE DONE.

SO, AND THAT IS, I GUESS, WEATHER PERMITTING OR NOT.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN, WELL, THEY'RE STARTING TODAY.

SO ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER, IF THE WEATHER FORECAST HOLES, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW HOW WEATHER FORECAST STORE, THEY THINK IT'LL TAKE THEM ABOUT THREE DAYS TO DO THAT 1.1 MILE.

AND, UM, THE CULVERT PLACEMENT, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO GET WITH ME, YOU THINK THAT'S STILL NEXT SPRING TO REPLACE THAT CULVERT? WHICH ONE WAS THAT? YEAH.

I THINK IT WAS DOWN.

UM, BEFORE YOU GET TO BUCK MOUNTAIN ON THAT CURVE IS WHERE YOU HAD INITIALLY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE, I'LL HAVE TO LET ME CHECK ON THE SCHEDULE, THAT ONE TOO.

THERE AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THEY'RE BEHIND, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES GET ADDED AT SOME POINT BECAUSE, UM, AIR CONDITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE ON TOP OF THEM ARE GETTING, GETTING DAMAGED BECAUSE OF THEM AND THE CAUTION LEFT TURN SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF THREE 40 AND BROWNTOWN ROAD.

AND, UM, THE OVERHANGING TREES THAT ARE CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRAVEL TRAILERS, PEOPLE'S PERSONAL TRAVELING TRAILERS THAT LIVE IN THE BROWNTOWN AREA.

I KNOW

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DID YOU EVER GET AN IDEA OF WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT NEW SINGLE THEY, UH, W WE, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH TRAFFIC ABOUT THAT.

UH, THEY ARE, THEY ARE NOT, THAT IS NOT SCHEDULED TO GET DONE VERY WELL.

THEY SAY THAT IT DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO, UH, A FLASHING YELLOW IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

RIGHT.

FLASHING, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH OF THE, UM, AND, AND, UH, UH, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS THERE.

SO LET ME GET YOU A BETTER EXPLANATION.

I DID ASK ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S PLENTY OF SIGHT DISTANCE.

BUT THEY SAID THAT, UH, UM, I'M, I'M GOING BY MEMORY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH AGO SINCE I HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH THEM.

AND I MEANT TO REPORT THIS ON THE BOARD LAST TIME.

UH, YEAH.

DON'T LET ME SAY SOMETHING THAT SCENARIO, LET ME GET THE, WELL, I KNOW THAT THAT'S HIGH ON A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT AREA IS LESS BECAUSE THEY SIT THERE FOREVER WAITING FOR THE CYCLE AND NO CARS ARE COMING OR PLENTY OF FLIGHT DISTANCE GO.

PLUS IT BACKS UP THAT LEFT TURN LANE WHEN YOU'VE GOT A, UM, A LOT OF TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH, UH, THE TOURISTS COMING IN.

SO, YEAH, I'M JUST SURPRISED, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY GOT PLACED AT SIX 19.

AND I WOULD THINK IT'S JUST ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF WIDTH THERE, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN ONE THING, AND I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS, BUT I KNEW PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE HERE.

UM, AND THEY COULD HEAR IT FROM YOU.

THE, THE CONCERN OF PEOPLE DRIVING, YOU KNOW, BROWNTOWN ROAD IS A DIFFICULT LITTLE PIECE OF ROAD.

THERE'S NOT MUCH V DOT CAN DO TO WIDEN IT.

UM, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT'S BEEN ASKED IF RUMBLE STRIPS COULD BE PUT IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.

SO WHEN PEOPLE GET OVER, YOU KNOW, THEY REALIZE YOU SHOULDN'T BE OVER THIS FAR THAT'S NO, I UNDERSTAND.

I UNDERSTAND.

NO, UH, TYPICALLY WE DON'T PUT RUMBLE STRIPS ON SECONDARY ROADS LIKE THAT.

UM, I, I, I ASKED THE QUESTION MY GUESS IS THAT THEY WON'T BE FUNDED FOR, WELL, I, I NEED IT WHEN IT'S ASKED TO ME, YOU KNOW, IT TRICKLES DOWN, THAT'S FINE, NOT A PROBLEM.

UM, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH, UH, DBI AND THEIR CLOSURE.

WHAT EFFECT IS THAT GONNA HAVE ON US AS A LOCALITY SHOULD BE SEAMLESS, INSOFAR AS THE SERVICES THAT YOU'VE BEEN GETTING.

VDI MI DOT STEPPED IN THAT NIGHT WITH OUR OWN FORCES.

UH, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THE INCIDENT.

IT WAS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TRAFFIC DURING THE INCIDENTS.

WE PUT OUR OWN PEOPLE OUT THERE WHEN IT WAS NECESSARY.

WE WORKED WITH EMERGENCY CONTRACTS, UH, WITH OTHER PEOPLE TO STEP IN AND TAKE IT.

SO, SO FAR AS THE TRAVELING PUBLIC GOES, IT SHOULD BE SEAMLESS.

UH, WE NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR INCIDENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE INTERSTATE OUT THERE.

SO, UH, WE'VE UH, OTHER CONTRACTORS WE'VE STEPPED UP FOR, UH, EMERGENCY CONTRACTS WITH THEM TO COVER EVERYTHING UNTIL A LONG-TERM CONTRACT CAN BE WORKED OUT AND REBUILD IT.

NOW, WITH VEHICLES THAT WE MAY HAVE SIGNED UP WITH DOT FOR SNOW REMOVAL, IF 60, IF WE HAVE A BIG SNOW EVENT, WILL, COULD THEY POSSIBLY BE PULLED TO LIKE KEEP SIX TO SIX OPEN INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT WE NEED THEM TO DO? THEY COULD BE, BUT I, I, THE DBI DID NOT HAVE ANY SNOW REMOVAL FOR OUR AREA.

SO WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THAT COVERED WITH OTHER PRIVATE CONTRACTORS AND OUR, UM, UH, EQUIPMENT.

SO IT, IT, I DON'T EVER FORESEE THAT HAPPENING.

IF WE GET THAT KIND OF SMELLED, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T GET EQUIPMENT OUT THERE ANYWAY.

NOW, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THEY COULD GET CALLED TO ANOTHER LOCALITY? DPI DID? NO.

REMOVAL ON THE ROAD, DEAD ANIMALS, OR IS THAT ANOTHER CONTRACTOR? WE HAVE OUR OWN PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF THAT WE'RE SETTING UP CONTRACTS FOR ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL SERVICES ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS.

AND DID DBI DO THE, WHERE THEY, THE CONTRACTED I AREA FOR DEER

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OF COURSE, IT, IT TAKES THEM A LITTLE BIT, A FEW DAYS TO GET ALL OF THAT IN PLACE AND SIGNED OFF ON, WELL, WE'VE COVERED EVERYTHING WITH OUR OWN FORCES THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT, OR WE'VE EVEN HAD OUR OWN PEOPLE ON EMERGENCY CALL OUT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE, UH, MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC.

RIGHT.

WELL, OF COURSE MY CONCERN IS THERE, YOUR FORCES ARE PRETTY THIN THEIRSELVES, SO THERE YOU'RE STRETCHING YOURSELF EVEN FURTHER WITH THIS.

AND I REALIZED THAT, OKAY, THAT WAS ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.

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

MADAM CHAIR, BRIAN WILKINSON.

WE ARE AT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

IT'S A 60 MINUTE TIME PERIOD WHERE EACH SPEAKER HAS THREE MINUTES.

ALL COMMENTS ARE TO BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE.

BE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS.

THERE SHOULD BE NO APPLAUSE, BOOING OR OTHER AUDIBLE DISRUPTION OF THE PROCEEDINGS THROUGH A SHOW OF HANDS.

THE CHAIRMAN MAY ASK FOR A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR COMMENTS, MAY BEST SPEAKERS, PLACKERS POSTERS.

AND OTHER MEANS OF VISUAL DISPLAY OF COMMENTS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE BOARD MEETING LINK.

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL USED AS PART OF A FACTUAL PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.

AND THE BOARD WILL NOT TOLERATE PERSONAL ATTACKS BY ANYONE ON ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS HERE.

AND MRS. SHIRAKI HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? YES.

GOOD MORNING.

SO, UM, WHAT I'M DOING IS PRESENTING A PETITION TO YOU NAME AND ADDRESS.

THAT WAS MY FAULT FOR NOT SAYING THAT.

MY NAME IS BRIAN WILKINSON.

MY ADDRESS IS 48 38 DOING THE AMOUNT OF LOOP BROWNTOWN 2 2 6 1 0.

UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UM, I'M BRINGING TO YOU TODAY, A PETITION THAT HAS COME OUT OF SOUTH WARREN AND WHICH IS SIGNED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA.

AND WE'RE TALKING HERE OF THE AREA, PRIMARILY OF THE BROWNTOWN VALLEY ACROSS INTERVENTION ADVIL.

UM, HAVING TALKED TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN WARREN COUNTY, I BELIEVE SOME OF THE THINGS I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY WOULD ALSO APPLY TO OTHER PARTS OF WARREN COUNTY.

NOW, UM, I AM A 25 YEAR RESIDENT OF WARREN COUNTY.

I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE BROWNTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION, AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE SOUTH WARREN FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO I HAVE PRETTY GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

I THINK 169 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THIS PETITION.

I THINK WE COULD HAVE A LOT MORE, BUT WE WENT WITH WHAT WE COULD GET IN THE TIME ALLOWED FOR US.

THIS IS A PETITION THAT WE COME TO YOU BECAUSE WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE INTERNET SERVICE.

AND WE WANT TO IMPROVE CELL PHONE ACCESS IN THE AREA THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THAT'S, WHAT'S DRIVEN THIS.

UM, WE NEED YOUR HELP.

ALL RIGHT NOW ACKNOWLEDGE.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN RECENT INITIATIVES WITH THE BROADBAND INITIATIVE.

SO WE, WE, WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS BACK IN JUNE, I THINK BASED ON ANGER AND FRUSTRATION.

UH, SOME OF THAT IS A LITTLE BIT AMELIORATED BY THE INITIATIVES THAT YOU'VE TAKEN SOON AROUND BROADBAND.

SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL FOR THAT, BUT WE NEED YOU TO HAVE, GIVE US SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

I'VE TRACKED BACK OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.

THIS TO WARREN COUNTY, FRANKLY, IS ONE OF GIVING LIP SERVICE TO IMPROVE IN THESE KINDS OF SERVICES IN OUR AREA.

THAT WOULD TAKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT SESSION TO ACTUALLY DESCRIBE THAT IN FULL, BUT IT'S, UH, WE'VE HAD PROMISES AND WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THOSE PROMISES.

YOU HAVE THE PETITION IN FRONT OF YOU, A DESCRIPTION OF IT.

YOU ALSO HAVE SOME OF MY NOTES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR? WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE PLANS AND TO INVOLVE PEOPLE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE PLANS, WHERE THIS COMES FROM IS THE FACT THAT WE FEEL WE'RE AT RISK IN MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS.

COVID HAS ACCENTUATED THIS.

WHEN WE HAVE LAST YEAR IN PARTICULAR ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR OUR CHILDREN WAS DIMINISHED.

WE STILL HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING AND SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THEIR SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE INTERNET.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT WE NEED THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ACCESS MEDICAL SERVICES.

WE NEED THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS CONTACT DOCTORS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PHYSICALLY GO THERE.

OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES NEED ACCESS TO CELL PHONE AND INTERNET IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT PEOPLE WHEN THINGS ARE GOING ON.

AND FRANKLY, AS A, SIMPLY AS A CITIZEN OF THIS, I THINK WE HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT SOME EQUITY THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT THE SAME KIND OF LEVEL OF SERVICE AS OTHER PARTS OF WARREN COUNTY, MAYBE THE BEST PARTS OF WARREN COUNTY ACTUALLY GET AT THE MOMENT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S OUR HOPE.

THAT'S

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WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP.

UM, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR SPECIFICALLY IS FOR YOU TO HAVE A CONTINUED FOCUS AND COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVE IN CONCRETE GOALS, WE WILL NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE GOALS ARE.

WE KNOW WHAT THE BROADBAND IS ABOUT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

WE LIKE IT.

WE WILL SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY WE POSSIBLY CAN AROUND THAT.

THE OTHER POINT IS, IF THERE ARE OBSTACLES OR PROBLEMS, WE NEED YOU NOT TO GIVE UP.

IF WE DON'T GET THE FUNDING WE REQUIRE, THE PROBLEM DOES NOT GO AWAY.

WE WANT OUR BUSINESSES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUTH WARREN.

WE WANT OUR CITIZENS TO BE SAFE IN SOUTH WARREN.

IF THE SCHOOL BUS GOES OFF THE ROAD, WE WANT SOMEONE TO CONTACT SOMEBODY AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

WE WANT CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY AND GREATER INVOLVEMENT.

THE CITIZENS, WE LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A BROADBAND COMMITTEE, BUT ACTUALLY THE WORKINGS OF THAT, AND HOW THAT HAS GONE ON IS VERY LITTLE KNOWN BY THE PEOPLE IN WARREN COUNTY.

I THINK CLARK COUNTY GIVES US AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A COMMITTEE LIKE THAT SHOULD WORK.

THEY HAVE A WEBSITE, THEY HAVE, THEY UPDATE THEIR MINUTES ON THAT.

WE NEED THAT BROADBAND TO CONTINUE SO THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN.

WE HAVE THIS WORK SUSTAINED OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

WE NEED ACTION FROM YOU NOW, FRANKLY, THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE COMCAST CENTURY LINK OR A JOKE FOR MANY OF US, WE CAN BE OUT OF HAVING ACCESS TO INTERNET OR PHONES OR ANYTHING FOR A WEEK OR FOR A MONTH.

UH, THESE GUYS ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB.

THEY HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB.

THAT'S WHERE THE FRUSTRATION COMES FROM.

THEY HAVEN'T INVESTED ANY MONEY.

HOPEFULLY THE BROADBAND INITIATIVE WILL, WILL OVERCOME SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. UH, LASTLY, WE, WE NEED TO ACTUALLY REVISIT THE ISSUE OF CELL PHONE COVERAGE AS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY COVERED BY THE BROADBAND INITIATIVE.

MOST OF US LOSE CELL PHONE CONTACT.

WHEN WE GET ABOUT 50 YARDS FROM OUR HOUSE, IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY OF ANY KIND, IF I, IF I GO DOWN ON MY TRACTOR ON MY HILL AND I HOPE I TURNED TO MY CELL PHONE TO SAVE MY LIFE, I'LL LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC, BABY, BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE BEST THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR US.

THE, THE CELL PHONE COVERAGE IN OUR, IN OUR AREA IS APPALLING IN 2012, THERE WAS A PLAN TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE CELL PHONE COVERAGE.

NOTHING AS FAR AS I CAN GATHER HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE AGAIN FROM CLARK COUNTY, WHY THEY SHOULD BE AN EXAMPLE FOR US.

I HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE WE'RE A LARGER COUNTY AND WE SHOULD BE BETTER THAN THEM, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT HOW MORE CELL MORE CELL PHONE TOWERS COULD COVER, COULD COVER THEIR AREA.

WE NEED YOU TO CONCENTRATE AGAIN ON CELL PHONE COVERAGE, NOT JUST ON INTERNET ACCESS, THAT'S INVOLVED, THEIR LIVES ARE AT STAKE.

UH, THAT THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN IS AT STAKE.

UM, THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE, OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE IS AT STAKE.

THIS IS IMPORTANT.

WE KNOW YOU'RE WITH US.

WE WANT YOU TO BE WITH US OVER THE LONGTERM.

WE WANT YOU TO INVOLVE WITH SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON AND YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT.

BUT, UH, WE, WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THIS GOING FORWARD.

THE 169 PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THIS FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT IT.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1000 TO 2000 HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR AREA THAT ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

AND THAT'S JUST IN SOUTH WARREN.

SO THIS WAS DECLARED AS A PRIORITY BACK IN 2020.

IT'S NOT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO WE HOPE YOU WILL INCLUDE IT IN THE NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE TRACK RECORD IS NOT GOOD.

A HOPE IS THAT THE FUTURE TRACK RECORD WILL BE MUCH BETTER.

REACTIONS TO YELLOW JACKETS THINGS, AND IT'S URGENT THAT I BE ABLE TO GET MEDICAL HELP IF I NEED IT.

ANYONE ELSE, MRS. SHIRAKI? YES.

MA'AM PAUL BOTH WRECK.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT MY VIEWS ON THIS.

I WANT TO THANK BRIAN FOR TAKING THE LEAD AND PRESENTING OUR, UH, URGENT NEED FOR CELL PHONE SERVICE AND HIGH SPEED INTERNET SERVICE.

I'M 83 YEARS OLD.

I HAVE ASTHMA.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU, BUT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR YOU, SIR.

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS MS. PAUL BELL, SAREK B A L S E R A K.

I'M SORRY.

I SHOULD HAVE DONE IT.

WE LIVE AT 5, 3 0 5 GOONIE MANOR LOOP, JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM BRIAN.

UM, I, AS, AS, AS I SAID, I HAVE ASTHMA AND I HAVE HAD VIOLENT

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AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN EVEN THE W UH, LANDLINE SERVICE PROVIDED BY CENTURY LINK HAS NOT BEEN USED, UH, UH, AVAILABLE TO ME.

AND I'VE HAD TROUBLE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CELL PHONE SERVICE.

UM, SO PLEASE HELP US.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG TO GET A DECENT SERVICE TO OUR PART OF THE, OF THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE, MS. SHIRAKI NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP.

WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME, SECOND CALL, ANYONE ELSE LIKED TO SPEAK THIRD AND FINAL TIME?

[E. Report – Virginia Cooperative Extension Office – Stacy Swain]

AND AGAIN, IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THOSE CAMPERS THERE.

WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO THE REPORT FROM THE VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICE.

UM, MS. WANG, GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE, TO PRESENT OUR REPORT, UM, AND STARTING WITH THE AG AND NATURAL RESOURCES REPORT.

UH, THEY OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL HAD A VERY BUSY SUMMER.

THEY WERE ABLE TO CONDUCT A REGIONAL WOOL POOL, WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO COLLECT 92 BAGS AND SEND THOSE OFF.

UM, THEY DID A LOT OF, UH, DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS, DROUGHT RELATED, UM, BOBBY AND COREY AND MARK ALL WORKED WITH LOCAL FARMERS FOR THAT INFORMATION.

THEY ALL ASSISTED WITH ALL OF OUR LOCAL FAIRS, WHETHER IT WAS DISPLAYS, THE LIVESTOCK SHOWS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

COREY WORKED WITH THE WINCHESTER LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE TO SET UP A GRADED SHEEP AND GOAT SALE, UM, WHERE THEY HAD 654 SHEEP AND 245 GOATS SOLD.

UH, THEY CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE GRAVES' 300 PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE, UM, FOCUSING ON IMPROVING FARM PROFITABILITY AND HOSTING DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS, UM, FOCUSING ON TOPICS FOR FARMERS SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THEIR FARMING AND MAKE IT PROFITABLE.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY CONTINUE WITH THE SPOTTED LANER IMPLY MONITORING AND, UH, JUST PROVIDING INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES.

UM, THEY WORKED ON DOING SOME VIRTUAL SUPER PANTRIES, UH, BASED ON FINANCIAL LESSONS AND SOME PARTNERSHIPS THERE, OBVIOUSLY DUE TO COVID SOME RESTRAINTS, UM, ARE IN THE, YOU KNOW, WITH HAVING THOSE, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE THEM VIRTUAL AND STILL OPEN THOSE UP TO ALL THE COUNTIES THAT, UH, KAREN SERVES A LOT OF PRESSURE CANNING TESTING THIS SUMMER WITH PEOPLE STARTING TO CANMORE OR KIND OF LOOK FOR ALTERNATE RESOURCES.

SO THEY DID THOSE PRESSURE CANNING TESTING JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.

UH, THEY CONTINUE WITH THE, UM, SORRY, THE BUZZ BODY AND BYTES NEWSLETTER, WHICH IS A STATEWIDE NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT, AND THAT HAS A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION, SOME FUN ACTIVITIES.

SO JUST A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN IT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE ACCESS TO THAT OR LIKE TO GET ON THAT MAILING LIST, JUST LET US KNOW.

WE CAN GET YOU ADDED TO THAT.

UM, THEY DID SOME FREE MARKET FRIDAYS AND PAIGE COUNTY WHERE THEY WERE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MARKETS AND PROVIDING ACTIVITIES AND JUST NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION.

AND THEN THEY DID SOME COOKING PREPARATION SITE DEMONSTRATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, AT DIFFERENT MARKETS AND, UH, SHOWS DURING THE SUMMER, AS FAR AS THE FOUR H WORLD, UH, SUMMER IS ONE OF OUR REALLY BUSY TIMES.

THANKFULLY THIS YEAR WE WILL ABLE TO HOLD OUR OVERNIGHT SUMMER CAMP.

UM, SO FOR THAT, UM, DUE TO SOME SITUATIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO COME, WE HAD TO COMBINE CLARK WARREN FREDERICK AND PAIGE THIS YEAR.

UM, OUT OF THAT, WE HAD 156 PARTICIPANTS, UH, FOR THE CAMP AND 46% OF THOSE WERE WARREN COUNTY RESIDENTS.

UM, SO IT WAS A GREAT TIME EVEN WITH ALL OF THE COVID RESTRICTIONS, A MASK MANDATES, UM, THE KIDS ENJOYED IT.

IT WAS NICE TO GET BACK INTO KIND OF THE SWING OF THINGS, UM, AND HAVE THAT CAMP IN PERSON THIS YEAR.

WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO OFFER OUR SUMMER FUN IN THIS, UH, SUNDAY CAMP, UM, FOR THAT WE HAD 20 YOUTH THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT.

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UM, SOME OF THEM WHO MAY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THE OVERNIGHT CAMP FOR WHATEVER REASONS, UM, COME TO OUR DAY CAMP, WE ALSO HOSTED THE YOUTH QUALITY CARE, UM, OF ANIMALS PROGRAM.

AND THAT IS IT A TRAINING THAT IS OFFERED TO THROUGHOUT THE STATE THROUGH THOSE WHO SHOW LIVESTOCK, UM, JUST TEACHING THEM ABOUT CARING FOR THEIR ANIMAL AND PRODUCING A QUALITY PRODUCT THAT THOSE WHO ARE BUYING THAT ARE GONNA WANT, UM, WE HAD OUR WARREN COUNTY FAIR.

WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE BACK TO THE, UH, ACTUAL FAIRGROUNDS LOCATION THIS YEAR FOR OUR SHOWS.

WE HAD 22, 4 H MEMBERS, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THE SHOWS AND THAT'S ANYTHING FROM THE SMALL ANIMALS OF RABBITS AND POULTRY TO OUR LARGE ANIMALS.

AND WE HAD 43 ANIMALS THAT WERE SOLD AT THE AUCTION, AND THAT BROUGHT IN A GRAND TOTAL OF OVER $74,600 FOR THOSE YOUTH.

SO THEY PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK INTO IT, RAISING THOSE ANIMALS.

UH, SOME OF THEM, THEY START AND NOW DECEMBER, NOVEMBER, SEPTEMBER, AND BY THEIR FEEDER STEERS TO GO AHEAD AND START RAISING FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'S A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, UM, TO GET OUT THERE, SHOW THEM, WORK WITH THEM, AND THEN TO SELL THOSE.

UM, AT THE END OF THE WEEK, WE ALSO HAD OUR ANNUAL, UH, FOUR H UH, CONFERENCE.

SO I PARTICIPATED IN THAT, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER MEETINGS, WE HAD OUR CAMP POST CAMP MEETING AND THEN STARTED THE PLANNING FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP OF 2022.

UM, WHICH SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT IN PERSON AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY WITH RESTRICTIONS, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO START THE BALL ROLLING AND START THINKING ABOUT THE SUMMER.

UM, AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER FINISHING UP THE, FOR EACH YEAR, FOR EACH YEAR ENDED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

SO WE WERE JUST FINALIZING OUR DETAILS FOR THAT, UM, AND GETTING READY TO OPEN IT UP FOR THE NEW YEAR AT THIS TIME.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I DID GO TO THE LIVESTOCK SALE AT THE FAIR AND, UH, I RESPECT THOSE KIDS A LOT BECAUSE THEY PUT A LOT OF LOVE IN THOSE ANIMALS.

AND THEN TO SEE HIM SOLD, THAT'S HARD.

I, AS AN ADULT, THAT'S HARD FOR ME WHEN I WOULD TAKE OURS TO THE CELL.

SO THEY DO DO OH, GREAT.

I, THEY DO.

THEY PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK AND EFFORT INTO IT, AND THERE ARE A FEW TEARS AT THE END OF THE DAY ONCE THEY ARE STILL.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF PART OF IT, BUT SOME OF THEM ALSO KNOW, UM, THEY SHOW ANIMALS WHERE THEY'RE BREEDING AND SO THEY CAN TAKE THEM BACK HOME.

SO THEY HAVE THAT OPTION.

BUT THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE I'LL SUPPORT.

AND NEXT WE HAVE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

DR.

BALLENGER.

I DON'T SEE HIM HERE THOUGH.

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

ARE AS FAR AS BROADBAND AND CELL SERVICE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORT.

SO THE BOARD MEMBERS, MR. CARTER, NO, I JUST WANT TO, UM, CONGRATULATE ALL THE CANDIDATES THAT RAN.

UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WIN, RACHEL LIKED THEM AS WELL, OR THEY CAN HAVE MY CONDOLENCES, WHICHEVER MAY BE MOST APPROPRIATE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. FOX.

I ECHO MR. CARTER'S SENTIMENTS COMPLETELY.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE NEED PEOPLE.

THANK YOU, MR. BABE.

UH, I HAVE NOTHING, BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE THAT RAN IN THE PEOPLE THAT WON AND THE PEOPLE AT BOSTON.

SO EVERYBODY GOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, I'D LIKE TO START OUT BY RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT MRS. OATES IS NOT HERE THIS MORNING.

UM, SHE HAS HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY AND WOULD APPRECIATE ALL PRAYERS FOR HER FAMILY AT THIS TIME.

UH, I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE THAT RAN FOR ELECTED OFFICE AND THOSE WERE ELECTED.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S LOSERS IN THIS BECAUSE AFTER DOING A CAMPAIGN, YOU MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE FRIENDS THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY LOSERS IN IT AT ALL.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE WARREN COUNTY A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYBODY.

AND WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER TO DO THAT.

UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M, I'M KINDA DISAPPOINTED THAT THE PEOPLE FROM BROWNTOWN DIDN'T STAY PUBLIC COMMENT TIME IS NOT A TIME FOR ANSWER, UM, TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY IT'S TO LISTEN.

AND, UM, I WAS KIND OF HOPING THEY WOULD STAY BECAUSE AT THIS TIME I CAN KIND OF SAY THINGS TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS.

YOU'RE STILL HERE, SIR.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND YOU TOO MA'AM YES, WE HAVE A FEW HERE.

SO, UM, AS FAR AS OUR BROADBAND, WE HAVE, SINCE I GOT INTO OFFICE, I GREW UP IN BROWNTOWN, MARRIED A BIT ANNVILLE BOY.

SO I NEVER LEFT SOUTH RIVER AND I UNDERSTAND TOTALLY WHAT THE NEEDS

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SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T MAKE PROMISES.

I CAN'T KEEP, BUT I SAID, I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT.

AND I HAVE, WE STARTED A COMMITTEE AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME WAS THAT WE HAD A CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DISTRICT TO KEEP THAT FIRE UNDER US.

IF YOU LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE SERVICES YOU WANT, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING THE PEOPLE SETTING UP HERE.

SO IT DOESN'T GET PUT UP ON THE SHELF AND FORGOTTEN.

UM, AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS ME, YOU CAN ASK MR. CARTER FROM V I'M TENACIOUS.

I'M LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE WHEN I GET ON TO SOMETHING AND I WILL NOT LET THIS DIE.

WE ARE, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A POINT IN THE PROCESS WHERE IT'S WAIT AND SEE, AND WE HOPE WE GET THE FUNDING.

IF SO, STARTING NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS.

AND THE PLAN IS TO HOPEFULLY HAVE IT ALL DONE IN TWO YEARS.

NOW, MR. MAY BROUGHT UP THE POINT OF WHERE DOES IT START? WE WENT INTO A REGIONAL WITH CLARK COUNTY BEING IN THAT REGIONAL, UM, AND MAYBE WE DIDN'T DO AS GOOD A JOB WITH GETTING A WEBSITE AND SO FORTH.

WE WERE CONCENTRATED ON THE MISSION VERSUS PUBLIC RELATIONS ON THAT.

AND THAT'S MY FAULT.

I WILL OWN THAT.

UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR AND WE ARE IN A REGIONAL WITH SEVERAL OTHER COUNTIES, CLARK COUNTY BEING ONE OF THOSE.

UM, AND I, I THINK WE'VE WORKED AS DILIGENTLY ON THAT AS WE CAN IF, AND LIKE I SAID, IF WE GET IT, UM, I DON'T, I, MR. MAVE SAID, WHERE'S IT GOING TO START? AND I SAID, WELL, IT'S LIKE GOING TO A WEDDING AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH TABLE IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN LINE FOR FOOD.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE FIRST OR LAST.

WE'RE JUST KNOW ONCE WE GET IT, WE WILL EVENTUALLY WITHIN TWO YEARS GET IT.

UM, BUT I'VE NEVER GONE TO A WEDDING WHERE I CAME OUT HUNGRY.

SO JUST SAYING THAT, UM, THE OTHER THING, UM, THAT I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IS YOU, YOU CAN LEARN BY COMING TO MEETINGS AND STAYING, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO STAY, SAY, GO AHEAD AND SAY IT, BUT WAIT FOR THE MEETING TO BE OVER.

SO THEY COULD HAVE HEARD WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT WE VIDEO IT.

SO YOU DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OF WATCHING IT LATER AND MY NUMBER, AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S NUMBERS OUT THERE FOR YOU TO CALL AND TALK WITH US.

SO, UM, GETTING INFORMATION OUT, CAN WE DO BETTER? I WOULD SAY YES.

AND WE WILL TRY TO DO THAT.

UM, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHAMBER AND TO NIKKI FOSTER CALLOUS AND ALL OF THEM, THE CHAMBER MEMBERS FOR PUTTING ON THE CANDIDATES FORM.

THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, UM, DR.

DALEY AND I ATTENDED ON OCTOBER 23RD, A SERVANT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT, UH, PUT ON BY CHIEF ANZANO AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS AN ALL DAY EVENT AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

UM, AND I THINK HE PLANS TO DO MORE OF THESE FOR OUR STAFF AND, UM, THEN VICE MAYOR, LORI COCKRELL AND TOWN MANAGER, STEVEN HICKS.

AND I HANDED OUT CANDY ON MAIN STREET HALLOWEEN NIGHT.

AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN, UH, A LOT OF VERY INTERESTING COSTUMES THAT NIGHT.

UM, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS SAFETY REMINDERS THAT THE DEER ARE GOING CRAZY ALONG THE ROADS.

I THINK I'VE PASSED SIX DEAD DEER ON THE WAY DOWN THE ROAD LEAVES MAKE ROADS REALLY SLICK.

SO BE CAUTIOUS OF THAT.

IT'S JUST LIKE ICE CHILDREN ARE STANDING ALONG THE ROADS.

UM, SO WE NEED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S FOGGY AND DARK, LIKE IT IS TO BE VERY MINDFUL.

KIDS DON'T PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION AND WE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION FOR OURSELVES AND THEM HEATING SAFETY FURNACE WENT ON FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST NIGHT.

SO MAKE SURE YOUR, YOUR HEATING SYSTEM IS SAFE.

WE GET A LOT OF FIRES FOR HEATING SYSTEMS, UM, BOOT DRIVE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, CHRISTMAS, UM, S UH, CHARITY THING IS GOING TO START THIS WEEKEND, CORRECT, MISSING JUST SATURDAY.

SO THEY WILL BE OUT WITH BOOTS.

SO IF YOU CAN DO THAT, THE FOOD DRIVE PACK THE BUS HAS STARTED.

SO IF YOU HAVE SOME EXTRA AND CAN AFFORD TO, UM, SHARE, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TOO.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE DR.

DAILY, I WANT TO, UM, JUST AS A COMMENT ADDITION ON THE BROADBAND, UM, IT IS A $19 MILLION PROJECT FOR WARREN COUNTY, AND WE ANTICIPATE VERY STRONGLY THAT WE WILL HEAR BY THE END OF THE DIS DECEMBER, BECAUSE THIS GOVERNOR WANTS TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, SO THAT WILL

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PUSH THEM THE STATE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS MONDAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UH, MICHELLE ROSS AND THE LIBRARY, IF THEY WOULD UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE AMPHITHEATER, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO HERE WITH AN UPDATE ON THE DESIGN.

WE MET WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL, AND WE MET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THIS KIND OF ADDRESSES SOME DIFFERENT CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD WITH SOME SAFETY.

SO THIS IS A MORE REFINED DESIGN.

BEN, WHAT YOU SAW THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED THIS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD DID VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

SO WHAT WE NEED NEXT IS A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, STATING THAT YOU ARE IN AGREEANCE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL, DESPITE BE CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE COUNTY BEING LEASEHOLDERS WITH SANDS ANDERSON.

UH, WE HAVE ALREADY SENT A LETTER ABOUT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE LETTERS, WE CAN GET DOWN TO THE NITTY-GRITTY AND START GETTING PRICING AND COSTS FOR MATERIALS.

SO I THINK SOME THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY DID NOT SEE LAST TIME IS THAT WE HAVE ADDED THIS WALL IN THE BACKGROUND THAT IS TO HIDE THE DUMPSTER SO THAT WHEN WE'RE HAVING A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION, WE DON'T HAVE AN EYESORE IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND THEN ALSO WE WILL NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SOUNDPROOFING AROUND OUR HVAC SYSTEM, SO THAT IT'S NOT POLLUTING THE SOUND OF ANY PRESENTATION THAT'S HAPPENING.

WE'VE MET WITH SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WITH OUR MAJOR DONORS ON THIS AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE THE FEATURES THAT PERFORMERS NEED, UH, TO MAKE IT A VERY USABLE SPACE FOR EVERYONE.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT.

AND IN ADDITION TO THE LETTER THAT WE NEED FROM THE COUNTY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, WE MIGHT BE COMING TO THE COUNTY, NOT FOR ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, BUT LABOR ASSISTANCE.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE CUTOUTS ON THE AMPHITHEATER LEGENDS HERE FOR THE SEATING.

WE MAY NEED SOME HELP, YOU KNOW, EXCAVATING THAT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, WHO DO YOU PLAN TO BUILD THIS STRUCTURE? SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ARCHITECT DAN HOTEL, AND WE DON'T HAVE A CONSTRUCTION PERSON YET FOR THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS WORK AND THEN FIND OUT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO BUILD.

SO WE'VE KIND OF BEEN HOLDING OFF ON GOING THAT FAR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

SO IF THE, YOU CAN SEND US A COPY OF THE LETTER, THE OTHER TWO LETTERS, WE WILL HAVE IT ON THE BOARD AGENDA FOR THE 19TH OR THE 18TH.

EXCUSE ME.

UH, MR. ROBERTSON, THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR A MOMENT PLACE THANK YOU, DR.

DALEY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT ALYSSA SCOTT IS GOING TO BE JOINING THE FINANCE TEAM ON NOVEMBER 15TH AS THE DEPUTY FINANCE DIRECTOR.

MS. SCOTT IS CURRENTLY THE MANAGER OF PURCHASING FOR FRONT ROYAL.

SHE HAS AN MBA FROM AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY.

SHE HAS A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC BUYER'S CERTIFICATE, VIRGINIA CONTRACTING OFFICER AND PROJECT PRO PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL.

SO WE'LL BE PUTTING ALL THOSE ACCREDITATIONS TO GOOD USE IMMEDIATELY.

SHE'S GOING TO BE WORKING ON UPDATING OUR PURCHASING PRACTICES AND WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS TO SEE WHERE WE HAVE GAPS IN PURCHASING RIGHT NOW.

SO WE CAN HAVE A MORE SMOOTH PROCESS BETWEEN US AND THE DEPARTMENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING P CARDS OR REPLACE CREDIT CARD USAGE, WHICH IS A MORE SECURE, MORE UPDATED FORM THAT MOST LOCALITIES ARE USING.

NOW, WE'RE GOING TO MODERNIZE OUR PURCHASE ORDERS.

SHE'S GOING TO BE TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT AND HELPING ME IN CREATING SOME NEW POLICIES REGARDING PURCHASING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL.

ANY QUESTIONS? HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM? THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL.

OKAY, PERFECT.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JANE MEADOWS WHO WAS VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING ALYSSA ONBOARD VERY QUICKLY AND MAKE THE PROCESS REALLY HELPFUL.

SO VERY APPRECIATIVE.

HOUSE THAT BURNED PREVIOUSLY.

UH, MR. BARRY, DO YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THE DAY OF CARING? GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M JUST GIVING YOU A LITTLE BRIEF

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UPDATE.

UM, WELL IT, ACTUALLY, WE, THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH UNITED WAY WILL BE HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL DAY OF CARING EVENT.

AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, HAVING A COUNTY TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM.

UM, THERE, IT'S KIND OF A SCALED DOWN MODEL THIS YEAR, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON SOME OF OUR NONPROFITS AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS THEY NEEDED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH IS OVER AT ST.

LUKE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC.

SO OUR TEAM WILL BE HELPING TO, UH, BASICALLY RIP OUT A FLOOR AND DEMO FLOOR, AND THEN THEY HAVE A, A TREE CONCERN AT THE FACILITY.

SO WE'LL BE PULLING A TEAM TOGETHER.

AND THEN ON THE TRANSFER STATION SIDE, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THOSE MATERIALS THAT WE HELP THEM DEMOLISH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HELP DISPOSE AND, AND TAKE THEM DOWN THE ROAD FOR THEM, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, UM, DR.

DALEY HAD MENTIONED IT IN ONE OF OUR STAFF MEETINGS AND THE EMPLOYEES ARE EXCITED TO BE HELPFUL.

SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

YOU SEEN MR. BARRY REMINDS ME TO THE AIRPORT.

WE'LL HAVE A CIP MEETING HERE THURSDAY AT 7:00 PM.

MIKE, SO I ENCOURAGE ANY OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT IF YOU CAN.

UM, SPEAKING OF GOOD THINGS, UH, MRS. HENRY AND GAP, ADD A CODE.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED CHIEF BONDS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE RESCUE SERVICES, AGAIN, APPLAUDS ALL THE CANDIDATES WHO WON THEIR ELECTION LAST NIGHT.

AND WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.

UH, DR.

DALEY HAS ASKED US TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT TWO GREAT INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.

UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THE, UH, CAMPING FOR HUNGER, UH, THROW HUNGER UNDER THE BUS CAMPAIGN, CHIEF PANZANO, SUPPORTING THAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR BY CHALLENGING ALL OF OUR FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENTS TO, UM, DONATE CANNED GOODS AND, AND HELP, UH, FRIENDLY COMPETITION AMONG STATIONS THAT ULTIMATELY WILL CREATE THAT RIVALRY TO HELP THROW HUNGER UNDER THE BUS.

SO WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING, UH, THE RIVER 95, 3 AND THEIR, UH, INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT CAP.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

UM, ALSO AS, UH, MS. COLOR'S ALLUDED TO, UH, WE KNOW IT'S OKAY, WE HAVE A GREAT EVENT.

UM, SEEING YOUR OFFICE ASSOCIATE MISSY HENRY'S HERE, UH, 13 YEARS AGO, MISSY CAME UP WITH AN INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT NEEDY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, THROUGH THE FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.

UM, THAT'S THROUGH OUR CHRISTMAS FAMILIES PROGRAM WHERE WE SOLICIT DONATIONS, UM, OF EITHER MONETARY FUNDS AND OR UNWRAPPED, UH, TOYS, UM, OR CLOTHING TO SUPPORT NEEDY FAMILIES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, FOR 13 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ASSISTING THOSE FAMILIES WORKING CLOSE WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, AND AN APPLICATION PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THOSE FAMILIES.

UH, IT STARTED IN 2008 WITH FIVE FAMILIES LAST YEAR.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT 13 FAMILIES, UH, WITH CHRISTMAS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD, WOULD GO WITHOUT.

UM, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT, NOT ONLY IN RAISING FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM, UH, BUT ALSO SUPPORTING STAFF, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING BREAKFAST AFTER THE BOOT DRIVE, UM, EVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMING OUT AND HOLDING A BOOT, HELPING RAISE FUNDS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

UH, WE ARE HAVING A BOOT DRIVE THIS SATURDAY AT RIVERTON COMMONS, UM, SHOPPING CENTER, UM, AND HOPEFULLY THE SKYLINE DRIVE ENTRANCE, IF WE CAN MUSTER UP ENOUGH HELP.

UH, BUT THAT WILL BE TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AND THIS YEAR, UH, USING TECHNOLOGY TO OUR ADVANTAGE, WE'RE ALSO DOING A VIRTUAL BOOT DRIVE THROUGH VENMO.

YOU CAN FIND THAT AT WCF, OUR 2, 2, 6, 3 0 ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR ON OUR WEBSITE.

UH, BUT WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION'S CONTINUED SUPPORT YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND OTHER DEPARTMENT AGENCY SUPPORT IN THIS PROGRAM.

SO WE THANK YOU.

WHAT TIME SATURDAY, SIR.

9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM.

AND, UH, WHAT ABOUT THE TRAINING EXERCISES STARTS TODAY? SO WE'LL BE DOING CONDUCTING TRAINING EXERCISES JUST UP THE STREET DURING THE BOOT DRIVE TO SLOW CARS DOWN.

SO THEY GOT TIME TO KNOW.

AND SO, UM, WE, WE HAVE A HOUSE ON WINCHESTER ROAD THAT WE'LL BE CONDUCTING TRAINING EXERCISES, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK AND SATURDAY WE'LL CULMINATE TO, UM, IT'S THE OLD

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UM, I THINK THEY'RE CLEARING THAT LOT FOR STORAGE UNITS.

SO WE'LL BE BURDENING THAT HOUSE ON SATURDAY TO REALLY CAPTURE THE ATTENTION OF OUR AUDIENCES.

THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROADS.

SO YOU NEED EVEN MORE HELP WITH THE BOOT BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY SO TWO CONFLICTING EVENTS, BUT TWO VERY IMPORTANT EVENTS.

UM, THE TRAINING OF OUR STAFF AND THIS TRAINING WILL PRIMARILY BE, UH, A RAPID INTERVENTION EXERCISE.

THAT'LL CULMINATE WITH OUR FIRE ACADEMY, BEING ABLE TO BREAK DOORS, WINDOWS, CUT HOLES IN THE ROOF, A WATER SUPPLY TRAINING IN THE BURNING OF THE STRUCTURE.

SO GREAT.

THANK YOU, HELEN.

THANK YOU, MISSY, FOR ALL YOUR HELP OR QUESTIONS.

YES, SIR.

I GUESS IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OR WHATEVER.

I NEVER DID HEAR ANY UP ON IT.

MAYBE IT WAS OUT THERE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS A SECOND FIRE AT THE TRAINING SITE AT THE ESA SITE.

UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WE DID SUSTAIN ANOTHER FIRE LOSS OF ONE OF OUR TRAINING TRAILERS, UM, BASED OFF OF THE PREVIOUS FIRE AND THIS FIRE, WE HAVE, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES IS CALLED IN OUTSIDE AGENCIES, UH, FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THAT INCIDENT.

UH, THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING LED BY THE FRONT ROYAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, ASSISTED BY OUR FIRE MARSHALL STAFF, UM, THE ATF, UM, AND HOPEFULLY OUR INSURANCE CARRIER AS WELL.

SO IT'S STILL AN ACTIVE, ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE ANY ANSWERS ANYTIME SOON.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING TOO IS I KNOW I CAN'T RECALL THE OUTCOME, BUT I KNOW THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING UP THERE ON THE BURNING STRAW OR SOMETHING.

AND THERE WAS SOME SERVICE ON THE RESIDENTS AND YOU ALL WERE LOOKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING FACILITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SEND PEOPLE OUT OUTSIDE THE COUNTY AND IT TAKES TIME AND PEOPLE AWAY FROM HERE.

WE'RE WHERE ARE WE ON ALL THAT? SO OUR LIVE FIRE TRAINING FACILITY, UH, ULTIMATELY TABLED BY THIS BODY, UM, BACK WHEN COVID HIT, UM, WE HAVE ASKED FOR THAT TO BE PLACED BACK ON THE CIP.

SO WE PRESENTED THAT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS PART OF THE CIP PACKAGE.

ULTIMATELY WE'VE PUT FOUR INITIATIVES, UH, BEFORE, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH ULTIMATELY ARE COME TO YOU AS A BOARD FOR THAT TRAINING CENTER.

WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FIRE PROGRAMS, LIVE FIRE TRAINING STRUCTURE GRANT.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T FEEL THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM, UH, AS WE DID PRE COVID.

UM, HOWEVER, UH, THERE IS A GRANT PROCESS THAT WILL OPEN IN DECEMBER.

UH, WE'LL CERTAINLY EVALUATE THAT, CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BRING BEFORE THIS BOARD, UH, AS A DECISION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR NOW? THANK YOU BOTH.

AND THANK YOU, MISSY, FOR INITIATING THAT PROGRAM.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THE ADMIN GROUP HAS ACCEPTED THE CHIEF'S CHALLENGE FOR THE FOOD UNDER THE BUS AND THE, OF WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE AND SUPPORT OUR EFFORT, BRING THEM IN, OR YOU CAN DROP IT BY ANY FIRE STATION.

YOU WANT TO GET US IN TROUBLE WITH ADMIN HERE.

MR. JONES, DID YOU HAVE AN INTRODUCTION HERE? SO GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SAM CHEST SHYER.

HE IS OUR NEW SYSTEMS, UM, SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN FOR WARREN COUNTY.

HE'LL BE WORKING ON DESKTOP SUPPORT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SAM COMES TO US FROM FREDERICK COUNTY WHERE HE WORKED IN A SIMILAR POSITION.

I'VE KNOWN SAM SINCE HE WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD AND HE'S WORKING HARD AND HEAVY JUMPING RIGHT IN.

SO WELCOME.

ADVANCE FOR THE BOARD, WITH THE NEW MEMBERS.

AND, UH, DEFINITELY A POSITION WE NEED.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING ARPA TOURISM FUNDS.

THEY ARE DESIGNATED TO WARREN COUNTY.

UH, WE ANTICIPATE THIS FIRST, THIS ROUND WILL BE $170,000.

AND OUR GRANTS COORDINATOR WILL BE WORKING WITH MRS. LOGAN AND DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL ON HOW WE, UH, UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS.

THOSE FUNDS COME TO THE COUNTY, NOT TO ANYBODY ELSE.

THEY ARE FOR THE COUNTIES ALLOCATION.

UM, AS WE START WITH THE NEW COUNCIL, THE BOARD THAT YOU NOTED LAST WAS ELECTED YESTERDAY.

UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE, UH, AN

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UH, WE HAVE NOVEMBER 30TH AND DECEMBER 1ST, UH, BEGINNING AT 3:00 PM WITH A LIGHT, UH, SANDWICHES OR SOMETHING PROVIDED.

AND THE FIRST DAY WOULD BE THE BOARD, JUST THE BOARD.

THE SECOND DAY WOULD BE WITH SENIOR STAFF AND WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS AND LET US KNOW IF THEY'LL ABILITY FOR THOSE DATES.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MA'AM.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

DALEY, DR.

DALEY ON THE ADVANCE? IS IT, UM, FIRST DAY IS THE BOARD SECOND DAY IS THE SENIOR STAFF, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE BOARD BEFORE? YEAH.

FIRST DAY WOULD BE THE BOARD SECOND DAY WOULD BE THE BOARD WITH THE SENIOR STAFF AND THEN THE, ALL OF THE STAFF WILL HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE JUST STAFF.

AND WHAT IS THE TIME ON THE SECOND DAY? 3:00 PM.

THE FIRST DAY.

BOTH OF THEM? THREE, THREE OF THEM MALE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR.

DALEY, MR. HAN? I HAVE NO REPORT.

MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[H. Consent Agenda]

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AS PRESENTED I MOVE? WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE A SECOND? DID WE AMEND THAT TO REMOVE NUMBER ONE? CORRECT.

ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MADAM CHAIR.

HI, MR. MABE, MR. FOX.

ITEM I PROPERTY OWNERS OF CHANDELIER FARMS, CONTRACTUAL REQUESTS, MR. BARRY, AND I DON'T SEE MR. MARINOL HERE.

[I. Property Owners of Shenandoah Farms Contractual Request – Mike Berry/Ralph Rinaldi]

SO BACK AGAIN.

UM, MR. RINALDO HAD A MEETING AND HE COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY.

SO, UM, BUT HE, HE ACTUALLY SENT THE INITIAL LETTER IN YOUR PACKAGE THAT IS ATTACHED, UM, FROM THE POS F OFFICE.

I KNOW THAT I'VE TRIED TO MAKE THIS REALLY SIMPLE, UM, ALTHOUGH IT CAN BE CONFUSING, UM, WHAT BASICALLY THE, THE LETTERS FORMALLY REQUESTING ASSISTANCE AND THE 6% SHARE THAT THE POS F CURRENTLY PAYS BACK FOR THE CLARK COUNTY PROPERTIES IN THE DISTRICT THAT 6% SHARE IS BASED ON, UM, THEM RECEIVING FUNDING, AS YOU KNOW, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE, UH, A DRAFT OR THE ACTUAL COPY, A SIGNED COPY OF THE, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT DATE WAS THAT? FIFTH DAY OF APRIL, 2011, THE SHADOW FARM SUBDIVISION, SANITARY MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.

UM, AND IN THAT AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, WE SEND FUNDS, WHICH WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE NOW TO THE PSF, WHICH IS THEIR CONTRACT SERVICE AMOUNT.

UM, AND THEN THAT FUNDING IS USED, UM, FOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIRING THE OPERATING COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, WHICH IS USED TO BE LOCATED IN CLARK COUNTY.

AND NOW IT'S IN WARREN COUNTY AND THEN ALSO OTHER COMMON PROPERTIES THAT THEY MAINTAIN, WHICH THERE'S ALSO COMMON PROPERTY IN CLARK COUNTY PER THE CONTRACT.

THIS IS JUST, UH, A PROCESS PER THE CONTRACT IF THEY CANNOT, UM, COLLECT THAT, SHARE WHAT THE AGREEMENT STATES IS.

THEY ARE TO COME TO THE BOARD, THEIR MAKE THEIR BEST EFFORT, UM, TO OBTAIN THAT REMAINING 6% FOR THOSE PLOTTED SHANDA FARM SENATE SUBDIVISION, LOTS AND CLARK COUNTY.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO GET THAT, THEN THEY'RE COME TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

AND IT'S UP TO YOU, HOW YOU DEEMED THAT TO BE APPROPRIATE.

UM, IN REGARDS TO FINANCING, WE WOULDN'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING, UM, FINANCIALLY, AS FAR AS AN PREPARATION AT THIS TIME, UM, WE ALREADY SEND THEM A CONTRACT SERVICE PAYMENT, THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN.

UM, AND IF YOU READ THE LETTER, YOU KNOW, WITH COVID, UM, THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HAFIZ OUT THERE.

UM, AND IN REGARDS TO THE LOTS, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY, WELL, THERE'S OVER 200 CLARK COUNTY, LOTS, BUT ONLY 34 HAVE, DID A LOT FEEDS IN THEIR DEEDS AND THEY DON'T PAY.

UM, AND THEY SEND BILLINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SO THAT IF YOU READ THE LETTER, IT BASICALLY IS LETTING YOU KNOW, HEY, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY FUNDING.

THEY COST US MORE MONEY LEGALLY TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO BOARD, YOU KNOW,

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UM, WE'RE DOING WHAT THIS AGREEMENT STATES AND COMING TO YOU.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IN ESSENCE, IN, IN THE WAY I'VE SET UP THE MOTION IS BASICALLY, UM, RATHER THAN THEM RETURNING PROPERTY OWNER MONEY, PSF MONEY BACK TO THE SANITARY DISTRICT BUDGET, WHICH IS ALL THEIR COMMUNITY'S MONEY, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

UM, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD BASICALLY, UM, AT THIS POINT, JUST LET THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, AS THEIR APPROPRIATION, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO RETURN THOSE FUNDS AT THIS TIME.

QUARTERLY.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW, I KNOW WE GET LOTS OF QUESTIONS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE POS F AND THE SHADOW FARM SANITARY DISTRICT.

SO I TRIED TO MAKE THIS REALLY SIMPLE, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT SHOULD'VE BEEN DONE A WHILE AGO.

WELL, WE FINALLY COME INTO FRUITION.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND WE'LL PROBABLY ONE DAY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT.

UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS AND SOME CHANGES IN THE COMMON PROPERTIES AND THEIR LOCATIONS SINCE THIS WAS ESTABLISHED.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS TO MR. HAM, CAN WE MOVE TO DO AWAY WITH THIS OR DOES THIS NEED TO GO THROUGH A LEGAL PROCESS WITH YOU? IT DOESN'T NEED TO GO THROUGH A LEGAL PROCESS WITH ME.

I'M NOT REALLY TERRIBLY FAMILIAR WITH ANY OF THIS STUFF, UM, HAVE, HAVE WORKED ON IT.

SO I MEAN, IF THE, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING OBVIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS, THAT'S MY STANDARD FOR LOOKING AT, THROUGH THE AGENDA PACKAGE THAT, UH, FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T ACTUALLY COME TO ME.

UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK MR. BARRY KNOWS THAT I'M AVAILABLE AND HE DIDN'T CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

SO I DON'T SEE A NEED TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH ME UNLESS YOU'RE AWARE OF SOMETHING I'M NOT, NO, I MEAN, WHEN I BECAME AWARE OF THIS A YEAR AGO, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING IN TO EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS DOWN THERE, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THEN, UM, THE, YOUR HEAD FELT LIKE THEY WERE TAKEN OUT OF ONE POCKET, BUT THEN THE OTHER, AND THEN TAKING IT OUT OF THAT ONE, STICKING IT BACK IN THE OTHER ONE.

SO IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE, BUT I JUST, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN, IF WE'RE IN AGREEMENT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A LEGAL PROCESS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE VERSUS EVERYBODY AGREEING TO DO AWAY WITH THIS, I THINK YOU'RE DOING THE LEGAL PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S UH, AND I DID SPEAK WITH CAITLIN PRIOR AND I DIDN'T FEEL THAT I NEEDED MR. HAMMOND, THIS ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY JUST THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AND THAT WAS HER PRIMARY CONCERN AND THEN HOW YOU WANT TO GO ABOUT IT.

UM, AND, AND IN MY PROPOSED MOTION, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT I NOTATED IS IN FUTURE YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT REQUESTS JUST BASICALLY BE MADE DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE, WHICH WE'RE BEGINNING.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM OR A PROBLEM IN PERCEPTION, YOU KNOW, THAT BUDGET GOES THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS IT'S ADVERTISED AND IN THAT PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE.

UM, SO THEY'RE GOING TO REQUEST THE AMOUNT THEY NEED.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST THE CHANGE AND THE CLARK COUNTY THING.

I DON'T REALLY THINK IT MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE AT THIS POINT.

UM, IT'D BE EASIER TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT HONESTLY.

UM, AND THE MONEY WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHAT WE'RE SENDING TO THE PSF.

IT'D JUST BE, YOU KNOW, THAT MONEY COMES BACK, THAT QUARTERLY PAYMENT THAT THEY'RE SENDING, IT COMES BACK TO THE SANITARY DISTRICT.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE CHANGE IN IS, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A CHECK FOR THE $1,300 OR WHATEVER THAT PORTION WOULD BE, UM, AT THIS QUARTER, WHICH GOES BACK INTO THEIR POOL OF MONEY, WHICH WE SEND BACK TO THEM.

SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY A CYCLE.

UM, BUT I THINK THERE WAS THERE, THERE WAS A NEED AT THE TIME TO SHOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW UH, THERE ARE STILL SOME LOTS OUT THERE WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION IN CLARK COUNTY THAT HAVE A DAVID LOT FEE.

WE CANNOT COLLECT THAT FEE HERE.

CAUSE IT'S NOT IN OUR COUNTY RIGHT NOW.

THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD.

AND IF SOMEONE SELLS A HOME, THEN THEY MIGHT COLLECT SOME MORE FUNDING.

SO, RIGHT.

SO THIS DOES NOT DO AWAY WITH THEIR ABILITY TO COLLECT CURRENT.

BUT IF YOU, AS YOU READ THE LETTER, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE NEVER PAY ANYTHING, UM, UNTIL THEY SELL A PROPERTY.

CLARK COUNTY PORTION CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT $1,325 AND 51 CENTS PER QUARTER.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED ACTION PROVIDE THE 6% SHARE ASSISTANCE TO PROPERTY OWNERS OF SHEN NEWER FARMS, S P O S F IN LIEU OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN CONTRACT SERVICE PAYMENT TO THE POS APP.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL NOT REQUIRE PROPERTY OWNERS OF SHENANDOAH FARMS TO RETURN TO 6%

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UH, IN FUTURE YEARS, THE FUNDING REQUEST AND DETERMINATION WOULD BE MADE AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL BUDGET CYCLE.

SECOND WE'LL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI.

MR. FOX.

HI MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR, MR. CARTER, BEFORE WE GO TO, UH, CLOSE SESSION, UM, SINCE DR.

BALLENGER WAS IN HERE, KIM, WE ADD REQUEST THAT HE COME TO OUR WORK SESSION TO PRESENT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO TODAY.

YES MA'AM.

WE CAN DO THAT.

UM, REGARDING THE FARMS IN THIS QUESTION, UH, THE BIGGER ISSUE IS THE WITHDRAWAL OF CLARK COUNTY'S FUNDING TO SUPPORT FIRE AND RESCUE IN THAT AREA.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A BIGGER DEAL TO US.

AND ONE OF THE ISSUES IS WE CANNOT COLLECT FROM THE WARRANT, THE CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS, BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND FIND OUT IF CLARK COUNTY CAN, WHICH WOULD BE A BETTER WAY TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRE THING SO THAT EVERYBODY UP THERE IS PAYING THE SAME THING.

[J. Closed Session – Virginia Freedom of Information Act 1. Sections 2.2-3711(A)(7) and (A)(8) Consultation with Legal Counsel Pertaining to Actual or Probable Litigation and for the Provision of Legal Advice Relating to Economic Development Authority Matters 2. Section 2.2-3711(A)(8) Consultation with Legal Counsel for the Provision of Legal Advice Relating to Redistricting]

WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO READ US INTO CLOSED SESSION? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVED AT BOARD ENTERED INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.2 DAYS 3 7 1 1 A SEVEN AND EIGHT EIGHT OH THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PERTAINING TO ACTUAL PROBABLE LITIGATION AND THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND THE COUNTY OF WARREN VIRGINIA, THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, THE EDA VERSUS JENNIFER MACDONALD, THE TOWN OF FRONT WORLD VERSUS THE EDA AT L L D D VERSUS THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL OTHER POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND LITIGATION RE LATE IT RELATED TO OTHER POSSIBLE POSSIBLE LIABILITIES OF THE EDA, THE RECOVERY OF EDA, PONDS AND ASSETS, AND THE AGE STANDING AND DEAFNESS OF THE EDA.

ALSO MOODY THE BOARD ENTERED INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.2 BY 3 7 1 1 8 8 OF THE VIRGINIA, UH, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING A SPECIFIC LYRICAL MATTER REQUIRING PROVISIONS OF LEGAL ADVICE, SUCH LEGAL MATTERS BEING RE REDISTRICTING.

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

I MR. MABE, MR. FOX.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.

WE'RE TAKING A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.

UH, YES.

AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION AFTER THIS.

IF ANYONE WANTS TO STICK AROUND OR COME BACK IN ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES, HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE THAT LONG, BUT, AND IF YOU DON'T THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO READ US OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, I MOVED AT THE BOARD OF CIRCLE, THE BOARD CERTIFIES TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MANNERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTIONS 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 CONVEYED WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, AND CONSIDERED BY THE MEETING BY THE PUBLIC.

SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.

I MR. CARTER.

[K. Additional New Business (If needed)]

ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS.

UM, DR.

DALEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING? YES MA'AM.

THEY CAN CONTACT MS. COOK.

UH, WE WILL BE, HAVE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION FROM THE STATE REGARDING OUR REDISTRICT DEAN.

IT WAS DELAYED THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CENSUS DELAYS.

WE'VE NOW RECEIVED THAT AND WE'LL BEGIN THE PROCESS.

WE WILL HAVE A PRELIMINARY, UH, INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD THE END OF THIS MONTH.

AND THEN WE'LL BE LOOKING IN DECEMBER TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING AND KEEP EVERYONE INVOLVED.

WE'VE GOT TO ADJUST ANYTHING.

SO THE DISTRICTS ARE WITHIN 5% OF EACH OTHER.

AND WITH THE POPULATION INCREASE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT.

THE TOTAL POPULATION INCREASE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10%.

SO THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT IN THE BOUNDARIES AND WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS,

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OH GOODNESS.

WE'RE GOING TO INITIATE OR BY FIRE HERE.

UM, ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS, IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND ROLL CALL MRS. ROCKY.

OR WE CAN ALL SAY AYE.

THAT'S GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

UH,

[A. Discussion – Regional Water Authority – Tony Carter]

WE WILL GO INTO OUR WORK SESSION OF MEETING ADJOURN FOR OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND WE WILL GO INTO THE WORK SESSION.

MR. CARTER, YOU HAD ASKED FOR THIS, FOR THE REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY.

YOU WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.

YEAH, IT'S JUST MAINLY REITERATION OF WHAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

I THINK SINCE THAT TIME, WE, I DID SEE IN THE PAPER THAT FREDERICK COUNTY HAS APPROVED EXTENDING WATER INTO WARREN COUNTY AT OUR REQUEST AS OPPOSE.

UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE CONSIDERATION.

AND I SAID THAT BEFORE TOO.

I THINK I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE TOWN OBVIOUSLY, BUT I THINK THAT THEY, THEY SHOULD BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

UM, ONE HAND, IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME, IT'D BE WELL WORTH THEM EXPLORING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER UP AND BECOME PART OF THE REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY, UM, BECAUSE THAT DOES GIVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF WATER FROM THE NORTH END.

UM, AND THERE AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF, IF THAT CAME TO FRUITION, IF FREDERICK COUNTY WOULD TAKE OVER, UH, THE TAIL'S INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, MAKE SOME TYPE OF PAYMENT TOWARDS THAT, THE TOWN THEN WOULD, UM, COULD TRANSFER THEIR DEPARTMENT OVER TO FREDERICK COUNTY.

UM, I THINK IT COULD BE BENEFICIAL FROM ALL WATER USERS BECAUSE OF THE RATES WOULD BE LOWER.

AGAIN, THOSE THINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT CLOSELY.

UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE, UH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY WATER TO THE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL HAD ALREADY HAD IT.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A FIGHT.

UM, SO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, I SUPPOSE, WOULD BE BRINGING WATER DOWN THE WEST SIDE OF 5 22, HOWEVER FAR, I DON'T KNOW THE TOWNS, UM, AREA WHERE THEY'RE THEY, UH, BASED ON THE 5 22 AGREEMENT, I THINK GOES TO FAIRGROUNDS ROAD ON BOTH SIDES OF 5 22.

I CANNOT ANTICIPATE THE TOWN HAVING ANY, UH, RESERVATIONS ABOUT SUPPLYING WATER RESIDENTIALLY FROM THERE ON DOWN TO HOWEVER FAR, UM, A COUPLE OF CONCERNS WOULD BE THAT IF FREDERICK COUNTY BOUGHT THE WATER THERE FROM LAKE DOUBLE TOLL GATE, THAT COULD OPEN UP THE POSSIBILITY WHERE THEY COULD DEVELOP COMMERCIAL, WHICH COULD BE A DETRIMENT TO THE COMMERCIAL WE HAVE ON THAT QUARTER.

CAUSE I KNOW YOU GOT A LATE FREDERICK.

I MEAN, I THINK A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WILL COME ON DOWN TOWARDS, UM, REVEREND COMMONS AND THAT TO DO THEIR SHOPPING.

IF IT WAS CLOSER, WE COULD WIND UP LOSING SOMETHING.

THE OTHER THING FOR CONSIDERATION TOO IS, AND I MENTIONED THAT BEFORE, IF YOU BRING WATER DOWN, THERE IS GONNA BE RESIDENTIAL.

THAT MEANS RESIDENTIAL, UH, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE.

AND I THINK MR. DALEY WAS DR.

DALEY WAS SAYING THAT AS WE ALL KNOW, RESIDENTIAL IS YOUR MONEYMAKER.

UH, I DON'T KNOW, THOSE FIGURES ARE ACCURATE.

I KNOW AT ONE TIME IT WAS LIKE FOR EVERY DOLLAR INDUSTRY PAID, THEY GOT 60 CENTS, UM, SERVICES, COMMERCIAL GOT 80 CENTS AND RESIDENTIAL GOT A DOLLAR 30.

SO, AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE YOU, UH, UH, YOU GOT THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL AND THERE AGAIN, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL, INCREASED FIRE SERVICES, INCREASED SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, POSSIBLY INCREASED PARKS AND REC AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO THIS WILL BE A DECISION, UM, THAT THE NEXT BOARD WILL MAKE AND I'M JUST THROWING THESE THINGS OUT FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION AND TO LOOK AT IT CLOSELY.

AND AGAIN, JUST TO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TOWN.

UM, AND MAYBE, MAYBE THIS COULD BE ONE OF THOSE TOPICS AT LEAST TO BEGIN THE CONVERSATION WITH THE ADVANCE THAT YOU'RE PLANNING IN FEBRUARY WITH THE TOWN.

SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS.

AND I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP JUST TO THROW IT OUT THERE AND MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE.

NO, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE LOOKED INTO THIS AND I THINK PART OF THE INITIATIVE WAS, YOU KNOW, TO FOLLOW

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UP ON THE BOARD.

I THINK IT WAS 2003 WHEN THEY HAD LOOKED INTO THIS AT ONE POINT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT BACKUP SYSTEM AND UNDERSTANDING THAT CLARK COUNTY HAD REACHED OUT TO FREDERICK COUNTY, UM, AND THAT AREA WHERE YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, COMMERCIAL FREDERICK COUNTY WATER ALREADY HAS A WATER SUPPLY TO LAKE FREDERICK.

SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT IT THAT FAR.

UH, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN, UM, ANOTHER SMALL PLANT THERE FOR MAYBE I FORGET, WAS IT SEPTIC OR SOMETHING? UM, AND IF THEY EXTEND INTO CLARK COUNTY, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE AT DOUBLE TOLL, KATE, I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE THERE.

SO THE THOUGHT WAS, IF THEY'RE COMING THAT FAR AND WE DON'T HAVE A BACKUP SYSTEM, IS IT A GOOD TIME TO TALK TO THEM? AND, AND BY ALL MEANS THE TOWN NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED BECAUSE IT'S THEIR WATER SYSTEM.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME TO THE MEETING.

UM, AND THEY DID SEND SOME REPRESENTATION.

SO YEAH, I AGREE.

EVERYBODY'S GOT TO TALK AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS, UH, AND OUR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRY OUT THERE.

UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'VE GOT THE ELECTRIC PLANT THAT IF THE WATER GOES DOWN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF DISASTER THAT MIGHT INCUR FOR THEM TO KEEP THAT THING COOL.

AND TO FUNCTION THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

SO THERE'S MY CONCERN, AS FAR AS, UM, RESIDENTIAL, I GET IT THAT THE MORE HOUSES, THE MORE DRAIN ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO I, I, THAT WAS NOT IN MY MINDSET AT ALL.

IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO BACKUP SYSTEM AND IF WE CAN WORK AS COOPERATIVELY AND REGIONALLY TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER WITH A BACKUP SYSTEM, I IT'S WORTH LISTENING TO, TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THE ONLY THING IS THE ONLY THING IS, UM, IT'S LIKE THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

YOU FOCUSED ON DOING A BACKUP SYSTEM, WHICH THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PUTTING IN A DUPLICATE LINE ANYWAY, WHICH IS STILL NOT THE SAME AS HAVING TO COME IN FROM BOTH WAYS.

BUT IF YOU'RE SO FOCUSED ON, UH, THE BACKUP SYSTEM IN, THEN YOU MAY NOT NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT, BUT THEN YOU MAY NOT, UH, CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF THE ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR RESIDENTIAL.

AND AGAIN, I MEAN, 5 22 IS PRETTY BUSY ROAD ANYWAY, IN THE EVENINGS AND SO ON.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU DO HAVE A DECENT FOUR LANE ROAD, BUT I, THAT I'M JUST SAYING EVERY ANGLE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE FELLOW DOING THIS STUDY, IF HE'S GOING TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, I KNOW HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING UP THE 5 22 STUFF.

AND THAT'S LIKE I SAID TOO, I MEAN, I THINK YOU'D GET, HAVE TO GET THE TOWN TO SIGN OFF BRINGING THE WATER LINE FROM FAIRGROUND ROADS TO WHEREVER RELIANCE ROAD OR WHATEVER.

CAUSE I, AND AGAIN, I, I, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THEM HAVING ANY PROBLEMS. THEY DON'T WANT TO, UH, UH, REALLY FOCUS ON RESIDENTIAL OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN LIMITS ANYWAY.

BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE COMMUNICATION.

AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, MR. NO, I JUST HAD A QUESTION AND THAT WOULD BE UP, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT SUPPLYING WATER FROM FREDERICK COUNTY, BUT ALSO WHAT, HOW ABOUT THE SEWER SIDE OF IT? YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE ALSO I WOULD THINK ABOUT, OR WHAT IS, OR IS THIS WATER GOING TO BE, I WOULD THINK THEY'D GO HAND IN HAND.

I MEAN, IT'S A FREDERICK COUNTY WATER OR SANITATION AUTHORITY OR WHATEVER.

AND HE GOES, HE GOES BOTH.

I MEAN, THAT MEANS THAT SEWER WOULD RUN BACK TO TOWARDS FREDERICK COUNTY.

I THINK THAT ANOTHER PLANT WOULD HAD, WOULD HAVE TO BE SITUATED SOMEWHERE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE.

BUT, AND AS FAR AS THE REDUNDANT LINE, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE TOWN'S ISSUE.

MY CONCERN THERE IS EVEN WITH A REDUNDANT LINE, YOU'RE STILL COMING OUT OF THE SAME WATER SOURCE.

AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THAT ONE WATER SOURCE, DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HAVE THREE REDUNDANT LINES, YOU STILL GOT ONE.

ACTUALLY I HAVE TWO WATER SOURCES, YOU'VE GOT THE, UH, NORTH FORK AND THEN THEY GOT THAT LITTLE POND OR WHATEVER DOWN, UM, ON 5 22, BUT THAT DOESN'T, THEY SUPPLY THE WHOLE LOT.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR, UH, WORST CASE SCENARIO HAPPENS.

HOW MUCH MORE DO THEY HAVE TO LAST FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS.

BUT THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO, THAT THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT AS WELL, AS FAR AS ANOTHER WATER SOURCE, WHEN THE COUNTY PURCHASED THE ROCKLAND PARK, UM, THE AREA OUT THERE WAS EFFICIENT.

UM, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PROPERTY THAT SITS ON THE MAIN STEM.

UM, SO THAT COULD BE A

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POTENTIAL PLACE TO CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE TOWN HAD PLANNED ON DOING.

I THINK THEY DID LIKE A 20 OR 25 YEAR, UM, WATER NEEDS STUDY.

AND THEY SAID HE NEEDED BY 20, 27 HALF MILLION GALLONS, I THINK.

AND THEY ALWAYS LOOKED AT MAYBE PUTTING A MILLION AND A HALF WATER TREATMENT PLANT OUT ON THE COURT OR SOMEWHERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL OTHER WATER SOURCE.

CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT FROM THE STANDPOINT WHEN WE SAW THIS YEAR, UH, I GUESS WITH THE ALGAE BLOOMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UM, IT DID MAKE IT, I DON'T THINK IT, IT, IT, IT WAS THAT CRITICAL FRONT WAR, BUT I KNOW THERE WERE OTHER LOCALITIES THAT, THAT WERE FACING SOME REAL ISSUES, BUT NO, LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S JUST WORTHWHILE TO EXPLORE FURTHER.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S TAKEN TO ACCOUNT.

OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND LIKE AT THIS, I WOULD SAY IT ALL ALONG AS FAR AS MY THOUGHTS ON IT, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BECAUSE THAT IS AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE THAT NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO PROTECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT WE NEED TO PROTECT IS TO GIVE GOOD QUALITY WATER AND ADEQUATE WATER AND WITH ONE WATER SOURCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN WORRIED ABOUT IF A PIPE WOULD BREAK.

I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT MUCH THOUGHT ON WHAT IF THE WATER BECOMES CONTAMINATED TO THE POINT.

LIKE I SAID, IF, YOU KNOW, TRAIN DERAILS AND DUMPS SOMETHING IN THE RIVER, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE REMEDIATION THAT YOU SHUT THAT THING DOWN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T USE WATER.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE'VE GOT A TOWN AND ALL OF THIS TO SUPPLY.

UM, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT WOULD TAKE TO REMEDIATE.

SO THAT THAT'S MY THOUGHT IS I WOULD RATHER BE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE TO THAT KIND OF SITUATION.

I GUESS SOMETHING THAT TOWNS SHOULD BE CONSIDERING AS WELL.

WHAT I'M SAYING, IT'S JUST, LIKE I SAID, THERE MAY BE A POSSIBILITY TO TAP INTO THE MAINSTEM.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT'S LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE TOWN'S OUTFLOW, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THEY COULD GET SOME SPECIAL, UM, SPECIAL EXCEPTION FROM THE STATE POSSIBLY LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT TAKES AWHILE.

BUT, AND AGAIN, THE OTHER THING TOO, IT'S BENEFICIAL.

LIKE THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS HERE FROM THIS, UH, AUTHORITY SAID THAT, UH, THE STATE LOOKS, UH, ESPECIALLY FAVORABLE TO REGIONAL APPROACHES.

AND THEN YOU DO HAVE ADDITIONAL MONIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN GRANTS AND ALL THOSE THINGS AS FAR AS GOING TO THE LOAN.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT THERE AND KEEP IT OUT, YOU KNOW, NO IT'S GOOD POINTS.

AND, AND WE ALL NEED TO THINK OF, THERE'S ALWAYS THE WHAT IFS.

AND LIKE YOU SAY, THE FORESEEN CONSEQUENCES OF TRYING TO DO A RIGHT, DO YOU SOMETIMES DO A WRONG, UM, AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE STATE AND THE REGIONAL PUSH, BECAUSE IF THAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD, THEN AGAIN, WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF GETTING BEHIND AND, AND HAVE A PLAN SO THAT IF THEY COME UP AND THEY SAY IN 18 MONTHS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS, THIS AND THIS, THEN WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON IT AND WE CAN HAND IT IN AND BE AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE FOR THE GRANTS INSTEAD OF AT THE TAIL END, TRYING TO CATCH UP JUST A THOUGHT ON THAT.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, DISCUSSION, A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT'S COME OUT OF THIS IS I GET THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY TALKING TOTALLY ABOUT THIS WATER.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND WITHOUT IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE NOPE, NOPE.

AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE, THAT WAS PART, UM, WHERE YOU WERE AT THE LIAISON MEETING, WE BROUGHT IT OUT THERE, WE INVITED THEM AND I'M NOT TRYING TO GO BEHIND THEIR BACKS ON ANY OF THIS.

UM, THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY OPEN AND UPFRONT ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT AND, BUT THEY DEFINITELY IT'S THEIR SYSTEM.

UM, THEY NEED TO 100% BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF DISCUSSING THIS.

THANKS, MR. PARDON? YES, SIR.