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IT'S, IT'S[A. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America]
NICE TO SEE A FULL HOUSE THIS MORNING.AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FIRST.
AND IF YOU'D STAND NOW FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND I'M GOING TO LET THE FIFTH GRADERS START US OFF TODAY, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
[B. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions]
THIS TIME, UH, WE COULD HAVE THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS HEARING? NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? SECOND SECOND.
MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.
[C. Special Presentation by E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School 5th Grade Chorus]
AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HAVING EQUAL SOME MORRISON'S FIFTH GRADE CHORUS, AND I'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.IF THE BOARD DOESN'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEIR FACES AS THEY PERFORM.
SO I'M GOING TO GO DOWN AND SET.
IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO AHEAD AND COME UP AND GET LINED UP.
AND IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT THERE, IF NOT, YOU CAN STAY UP HERE.
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I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL.AND THE MORRISON SCHOOL ARE Y'ALL HAVING A CHRISTMAS.
YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU TOLD ME THAT ANYWAY AGAIN, WE THANK YOU.
AND FOR YOU GUYS, WE HAVE COMCAST OR MEETINGS ARE SHOWN ON, I THINK CHANNEL 16 OR 18.
OTHERWISE YOU CAN GO TO THE INTERNET ON WARREN COUNTY, VA.NET, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR MEETINGS AND YOU ACTUALLY GET TO SEE YOURSELF ON TV.
SO, AND AS A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOU ALL, UM, COMING OUT AND SHARING WITH US, I HAVE THESE WARREN COUNTY LAPEL PINS.
SO THAT MEANS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET A SPORT JACKET.
SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO WEAR IT ON YOUR LOOKOUT.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO EXIT THAT FAST.
I WANTED TO THANK THEM INDIVIDUALLY FOR COMING, BUT, UH, THIS ROUTE IS STILL HAS, HAS THEIR CARD, SO, OKAY.
[D. Adoption of Resolutions re: Special Recognition of Student Athletes (Part 1 of 2)]
NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS AND WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME, UM, SPECIAL STUDENT ATHLETES THAT ARE HERE THIS MORNING.I THINK THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
SO AT THIS TIME, UH, WE HAVE, AND IF YOU WOULD COME UP FRONT, UM, AVA BORDNER, SHE IS NOT HERE THIS MORNING.
SHE'S DETERMINED SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE, BUT WE CAN STILL READ A RESUME, UH, RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF WARREN COUNTY AND SPECIAL RESIGNATION RECOGNITION OF AVA BORDNER.
WHEREAS AVA BORDNER IS A RESIDENT WARREN COUNTY AND A JUNIOR AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WHEREAS AVA BORNER IS A MEMBER OF THE GIRLS' CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM.
WHEREAS AVA BORDNER LED THE SKYLINE GIRLS COUNTRY CARL'S COUNTRY TEAM WITH A FIRST PLACE WIN IN THE REGION, THREE B CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP AND COLPEPPER.
AND WHEREAS AVA BORDNER LED THE SKYLINE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WITH A FIRST PLACE WIN IN THE VIRGINIA CLASS THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONGRATULATES EVA BORDNER ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON THAT HAS BROUGHT RECOGNITION TO SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL AND WARREN COUNTY ADOPTED ON THIS DAY, THE 14TH OF DECEMBER, 2021.
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SO EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE WITH GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE SHE GETS, UM, GETS THIS AND SECOND RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF WARREN COUNTY AND SPECIAL, THE TEAM OF THE ENTIRE TEAM OF ARE HERE.AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO BRING, YEAH, WE WILL.
I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO GET THIS CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE LIST OF YOUR NAME.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU UP.
BUT, UM, WHEREAS KAYLEE TANNER IS AS A RESIDENT OF WARREN COUNTY AND A SOPHOMORE AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WHEREAS KA KALEY TANNER IS A MEMBER OF THE GIRL'S CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM, WHEREAS KAYLEE 10 OR RAN THE WARREN COUNTY GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM ACHIEVE IN A SECOND PLACE, FINISH IN THE REGION THREE, BE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP IN CALL PEPPER.
AND WHEREAS KAYLEE TANNER RAN WITH THE WARREN COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY TEAM ALSO ACHIEVE A SECOND PLACE FINISH IN THE VIRGINIA CLASS RESTATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND WHEREAS THE MORGAN COUNTY CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM FINISHED SECOND IN THE VIRGINIA CLASS RESTATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONGRATULATE KAYLEE TANNER ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP SHE'S AND THAT HAS BROUGHT RESUME RECOGNITION TO WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND WARREN COUNTY ADOPTED ON THIS THE 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021.
SO KAYLEE WOULD YOU AND YOUR FAMILY COME UP AND WE'LL GET THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL BRING THE WHOLE TEAM UP AND RECOGNIZE YOU, DAD COULDN'T GET OUT OF TEACHING TODAY.
WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, YES, I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
SO LET'S, LET'S WAIT UNTIL HE GETS HERE.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, HE WANTS TO BE PART OF THAT AND WE WANT HIM TO BE A PART OF THAT.
[F. Report – Virginia Department of Transportation – Ed Carter]
HM.I TELL YOU WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE, UM, I THINK VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL AND GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS.
SO MR. SMITH REPORT FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OH, THERE HE IS.
UM, LAST MONTH WE COMPLETED, DID YOU CATCH THAT? YOU KNOW IT, I SAW IT, BUT DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAN THE REGULAR.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE OF OUR RECENT MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES IN THE COUNTY.
LAST MONTH WE COMPLETED, UM, OUR MOWING ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR AND WE'RE STILL, WE STILL HAVE OUR REMOTE SLOPE MOWER OUT THERE FINISHING UP SOME, SOME STEEP SLOPES, BUT OUR MOWINGS DONE.
UM, WE DID PICK UP 140 BAGS OF TRASH THAT WERE COLLECTED BY THE RSW REGIONAL JAIL CREWS.
UM, I KNOW DISMAL HOLLOW, I THINK WAS ONE OF THOSE ROUTES THAT THEY FOCUSED ON.
UM, WE'LL BE CLOSING OUT THIS YEAR, FOCUSING ON BRUSH CUTTING AND TREE REMOVAL, UM, IN GRADING, NON-HARD HARD SURFACE ROADS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE, UH, FLUSHING SOME CULVERTS ON FIVE 20 TO THREE 40, UH, ROUTE SIX 30 THOMPSON HOLLER ROAD AND ROUTE SIX 16 MESSICK ROAD.
UM, LOOKING AHEAD TO JANUARY SOME ACTIVITIES, WE'LL HAVE THE CREEK, THE TREE CONTRACTORS OUT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRIMMING THE OVERHEAD, UH, CANOPY ON ROUTE THREE 40.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT LANE BACA SLOPE ON ROCKY HOLLOW AND UH, REMOVING A COUPLE TREES OUT THERE.
AND, UM, ALSO COMING UP, I THINK THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING NIGHT INSPECTIONS OF OUR SIGNS IN THE BROWN TOWN AREA.
SO IT'S EVERYTHING KIND OF EAST OF THREE 40 AND SOUTH OF TOWN.
UM, I KNOW THEY JUST COMPLETED THAT IN WINCHESTER AND UH, I THINK THEY IDENTIFIED LIKE 550 SIGNS.
THEY'RE ABOUT $30,000 WORTH OF SCIENCE TO BE REFRESH.
SO THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT REFLECTIVITY AND MISSING SIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'LL BE GOING ON AT NIGHT, THEY USE THE HEADLIGHTS AND A SPOTLIGHT TO KIND OF DO THAT.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT TO THE BOARD ON THE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES YOU HAVE FOR ME? I HAVE, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE, UM, THE, UH, CROSS OVER OR THE FLY OVER, I THINK IS THE PROPER TERMINOLOGY ON ROCKLAND ROAD AT WIN-WINS THAT EXPECTED TO COMMENCE? WHEN WILL IT BE THE ROAD? WELL,
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I'VE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS ASK OF PARTICULARLY AT VIRGINIA HILLS CHURCH, WHICH WILL BE GREATLY EFFECTED BY THE CLOSING OF THAT ROAD WHEN TO EXPECT THAT CLOSING.I, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SPECULATE BECAUSE I'M AFRAID I'LL GIVE YOU THE WRONG ANSWER.
I CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THAT OR TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND GIVE YOU THE CURRENT SCHEDULE TO START IN 2022.
I GET THEM CONFUSED, BUT I KNOW IT'S UPCOMING, IT'S UPCOMING SOON.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE, TO HELP THEM BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
WE'LL WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION AND GET YOU KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THAT SCHEDULE.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M A GIVE VITO OUGHTA BREAK.
I'M NOT GOING TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HEY, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD.
MIKE BARRY, BEHAVE YOURSELF BACK THERE.
I KNOW THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN IT.
[D. Adoption of Resolutions re: Special Recognition of Student Athletes (Part 2 of 2)]
OKAY.UM, MIKE TANNER, WE STARTED OFF, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE NOT IN THE ROOM.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WAITED ON YOU THOUGH.
DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THIS ALL AGAIN? YES.
THEY'RE CHAIRMAN COLORS BECAUSE WE HAVE W MIKE AND I WORKED TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS.
AND BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF YOU I'LL BE GLAD TO READ IT AGAIN.
WHEREAS KAYLIE TANNER IS A RESIDENT OF WARREN COUNTY AND A SOPHOMORE WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WHEREAS KAYLIE TANNER IS A MEMBER OF THE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM.
AND WHEREAS KAYLEE TANNER RAN AND YOU GUYS CAN START WORKING YOUR WAY BACK UP HERE, RAN.
MIKE RAN WITH WARREN COUNTY, CROSS GIRLS, CROSS COUNTRY TEAM ACHIEVING A SECOND PLACE, FINISH IN THE REGION, THREE B CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP AND CALL PEPPER.
AND WHEREAS KAYLEE TANNER RAN WITH THE WARREN COUNTY GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM ALSO ACHIEVING A SECOND PLACE FINISH IN THE VIRGINIA CLASS THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND WHEREAS THE WARREN COUNTY GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FINISHED SECOND IN VIRGINIA CLASS THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS CONGRATULATE KAYLEE TANNER ON A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON THAT HAS BROUGHT RECOGNITION TO WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN WARREN COUNTY ADOPTED THIS 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021.
PROUD DADDY, THE TEAM SHOULD COME UP TO ME AND THE BOYS.
THE BOYS WERE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL.
COACH IS THIS FAMOUSLY AWKWARD TEAM.
THEY WORKED HARD TO SEASON AND UH, WE'RE HAPPY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE VOICE TEAM ALSO QUALIFIED FOR STATE AND CAME IN 11TH, BUT THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD TWO TEAMS GO TO STATE LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK WARREN COUNTY'S HISTORY IS THAT CORRECT? COACH TANNER TWO TIMES.
IT IS THE SECOND TIME IT'S UH, THE RUNNER UP WAS OUR HIGHEST FINISH.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU BROUGHT ON OR TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'LL COUNT ON YOU BEING BACK HERE NEXT YEAR.
AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, ANYBODY THAT RUNS CROSS COUNTRY, WHETHER YOU PLACED OR NOT, YOU ARE A WINNER BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU RUN INTO THE BACK OF THIS ROOM WOULD KILL ME PROBABLY TODAY.
WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT, IF YOU FINISH, YOU WIN THE RACE, MAN.
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IF THIS TIME IT IS PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD.OH, SHOULD WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION? OH, I'M SORRY.
WE NEED TO EMOTION TO ADOPT THOSE RESOLUTIONS.
SO IF I HAVE A MOTION TO DO SO JEREMY, THE COLOR, SO I MOVE THAT.
WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS TO HONOR THESE YOUNG ATHLETES AND WHO'VE BROUGHT QUITE A BIT HONOR TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATES.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR FOR KEEPING ME STRAIGHT.
I'M PROBABLY GONNA NEED THAT A LOT TODAY.
[E. Public Comment Period (60 Minute Time Limit)]
ALL RIGHT.PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS A 60 MINUTE TIME PERIOD WHERE SPEAKERS HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING.
THAT'S NOT PART OF A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY THIS MORNING.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY.
ALL COMMENTS WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, NOT TO THE AUDIENCE.
BE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS.
THERE SHOULD BE NO APPLAUSE, BOOING OR OTHER AUDIBLE DISRUPTION THROUGH A SHOW OF HANDS.
THE CHAIRMAN MAY ASK FOR A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR COMMENTS, MAY BEST SPEAKERS, PLACARDS POSTERS, AND OTHER MEANS OF VISUAL DISPLAY OF COMMENTS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS USED AS PART OF A FACTUAL PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.
THE BOARD WILL NOT TOLERATE PERSONAL TAX BY ANYONE ON ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THE GUIDELINES MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE BY THE CHAIRMAN.
MS. SHIRAKI IS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES.
IF YOU WOULD SAY YOUR NAME, SO I'D APPRECIATE THAT YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
AND I RESIDE AT 364 ASHBY STATION ROAD IN FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA.
UM, Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE A BLUE FOLDER.
AND, UH, IN THAT FOLDER, I'VE, UM, PROVIDED A, UM, A DIAGRAM OF MY SUBDIVISION AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF PLANTS AND A LETTER, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT I'LL BE READING FROM THIS MORNING AND A COUPLE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND BEAR WITH ME.
I'M NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO I LIVE ON ASHBY STATION ROAD, WHICH IS, UM, PART OF THE TOLEDO FAIR MANNER, A SUBDIVISION IN WARREN COUNTY.
AND BASICALLY I'M HERE BECAUSE OF MY CONCERNS, MY SAFETY CONCERNS, AS FAR AS HUNTING AND SHOOTING OF FIREARMS IN THAT AREA.
UM, THERE'S A TOTAL OF 27, LOTS INTO SUBDIVISION, UH, IS DIVIDED UP INTO TWO SECTIONS.
THIS A SECTION ONE THAT HAS A 13 WATTS AND THEY'RE ABOUT FIVE ACRES PIECE.
AND SECTION TWO IS WHERE I LIVE AT AND THAT'S A 14 LOTS, AND THEY'RE ABOUT AN ACRE IN SIZE.
UM, MY HOUSE IS LOCATED ON LOT EIGHT.
I HAD THAT HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
UM, JUST A QUICK BIT OF HISTORY AS FAR AS, UM, CONCERNS, UM, COUPLE OF YEARS OR SO AGO.
UM, IT WAS THANKSGIVING MORNING AND ABOUT SEVEN 30 AND I'M STARTLED AWAKE BY A GUNSHOT, WHICH IS, SOUNDED LIKE RIGHT OUTSIDE MY BEDROOM WINDOW.
SO I'D GET UP AND LOOK OUT AND SEE A PERSON AND CAMOUFLAGE WALKING THROUGH MY YARD AND GOING OVER THE FENCE AND BACK OF MY PROPERTY, UM, WHICH IS NOW THIS A CLOVER HILL FARM.
THEY HAVE LIKE A BED AND BREAKFAST AND A FLOWER NURSERY BUSINESS.
SO HE, HE PROCEEDS BACK INTO THAT PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE SHOT FROM OUR PROPERTY.
HE SHOT FROM SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY, BUT I KNOW HE WAS CROSSING MINE INTO THEIRS.
SO I GET UP, YOU KNOW, GO OUTSIDE, FIND, FIND THE PERSON WHO WAS DOING THE SHOOTING AND, UH, COME TO FIND OUT HE WAS THE SON OF THE, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
SO I GO TALK TO HIS DAD AND SAY, YOU KNOW, TELL HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND HIS FATHER AT THE TIME, HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE KNOW I TOLD HIM NOT TO BE SHOOTING BACK THERE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE PERMISSION.
SO A FEW DAYS AGO I NOTICED THE SAME PERSON DIRECTING A TREE STAND ABOUT EIGHT FOOT FROM OUR PROPERTY.
UM, HE HAS A ROW OF TREES, UM, AND THIS IS ALSO LOCATED NEAR THE PROPERTY OUT BACK.
IT'S THE CLOSEST ONE TO THE CLOVER HILL PROPERTY.
SO I CALL UP, UM, THE OWNER OF CLOVER HILL
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AND TALKED TO HIM AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW? AND HE SAID, DOES THIS GUY HAVE PERMISSION TO BE HUNTING ON YOUR PROPERTY? HE'S LIKE, NO, HE DOESN'T HAVE PERMISSION.YOU KNOW, HE HAS CATTLE IN THAT AREA.
UM, BUT HE DID SAY THAT, UM, SPEAKING WITH HIM, HE DID SAY THAT HE DID GIVE PERMISSION TO THE, UH, PERSON WHO LIVES IN LOT 11 ON SECTION TWO.
HE GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO HUNT.
AND WHEN THAT CORNER OF HIS PROPERTY, UM, NOW THAT CREATES A WHOLE DIFFERENT ELEVATED SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DIAGRAM, AND THERE'S ALSO A PLAT THAT SHOWS THAT CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, UM, THERE'S, UM, SEVERAL HOUSES THAT ARE VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY, A CLUSTER OF THEM BACK IN THAT AREA.
AND THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, LOTS 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, AND 14.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER RESIDENCE, UH, 41 74 ROCKLIN ROAD.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS WOULD BE WITHIN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY WHERE THIS PERSON'S HUNTING.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'S ACTUALLY FIRING FROM HIS PROPERTY OR HE'S, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING WITH THE OWNER, YOU KNOW, HE CAN CROSS OVER ON TO HIS PROPERTY AND ALSO HUNT.
UM, AND OF COURSE THAT, UM, CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, HE ALSO RUNS LIKE MY HOME MAN, FOR THE MOST PART, I HAVE A, UM, ON A DIAGRAM, IT SHOWS PETER FINDS THE CORNER AS BEING, UM, THE GAS LINE EASEMENT.
UM, AND I SURE THAT GOING ACROSS THE, UH, THE DIAGRAM, WHICH, UM, EXTENDS OVER TO, UH, LOT EIGHT.
UM, SO AFTER SPEAKING WITH HIM, UH, CONTACTED CONSERVATION OFFICER, I DIDN'T GIVE HIS NAME, BUT I HAVE IT IN THE LETTER THAT'S IN THE FOLDER.
AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND SO HE LOOKED THROUGH THE CODE BOOK AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WELL, THIS SUBDIVISION ISN'T LISTED IN THE CODES AS FAR AS PROHIBITING AND SHOOTING PROHIBITING HAUNTING.
AND HE, BUT HE'S DID SAY CAUSE, UM, HE WAS OUTSIDE THE AREA AT THAT TIME, BUT HE'S, AS YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE IN WINCHESTER THAT WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, I'LL SWING BY AND JUST CHECK THINGS OUT.
SO, UM, SO THAT SUNDAY I TALKED TO HIM ON FRIDAY.
SO SUNDAY HE, UM, HE GAVE ME A CALL AND BASICALLY HIS EXACT WORDS WERE HE'S WILLARD BY HUNTING AND SHOOTING, WHATEVER BE ALLOWED IN THAT AREA.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I EXPLAINED TO HIM, I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE THIS BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I GAVE Y'ALL HIS INFORMATION? I DON'T WANT TO GIVE HIS NAME AND INFORMATION AS I'M SPEAKING, BUT HE SAID, SURE.
SO, UM, HIS PHONE NUMBER IS IN, UH, THE LETTER AND THAT'S, UH, NOT A NUMBER OF THAT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO GET SOMEBODY THAT'S HIS ACTUAL CELL PHONE NUMBER.
SO HE SAID HE DIDN'T MIND ME GIVING IT TO YOU.
UM, SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE SHOOTING EVEN WHEN SPEAKING TO THE OWNER OF CLOVER HILL PROPERTY IS, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULD GIVE SOMEBODY PERMISSION TO HUNT, ESPECIALLY IN THAT CORNER.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN HE SAYS THAT IS NOT GOING TO HURT HIS FEELING WAS ANY, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE, UH, UNTIL YOU'RE FAIR MANNER, SECTION'S GOING TO PUT UNDERNEATH OF THE CODES THAT PROHIBIT, YOU KNOW, HUNTING AND SHOOTING, UH, IN THAT AREA.
UH, CAUSE HE SAYS PEOPLE WERE DOING IT AROUND HIM AS WELL.
UM, I LIKE TO GO BACK AS, AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CORNER OR THE OTHER SEVEN OR EIGHT, UH, LOTS ARE CLUSTERED TOGETHER.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE PERSON THAT LIVES AT THE, THE ROCKLAND ROAD OF 41, 74 ROCKLIN ROAD, HE HAS, UM, LIKE A TRAMPOLINE.
HE HAS A GAZEBO TYPE STRUCTURE.
HE HAS A SWIMMING SETS AND STUFF OUT BACK AND, YOU KNOW, GO PAST HER.
I CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITY IN HIS BACKYARD WOULD JUST THE OTHER DAY HE HAD A COUPLE KIDS ON THE TRAMPOLINE.
HE HAD A FEW PEOPLE SITTING IN, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE GAZEBO AREA WHEN IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WARM WEATHER.
AND UM, THEN JUST THE OTHER DAY THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED, FIRED FROM THE DIRECTION OF LOT 11.
SO, UM, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A SHOOTING GOING ON BACK THERE.
IT'S MOST LIKELY BEING SHOT TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSES OUTBACK, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO, SO BASICALLY THAT'S, I GOTTA READ FROM MY NOTES HERE.
SO, UM, SO BASICALLY ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST
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AT TALEAH FAIR MANNER SECTIONS ONE AND TO BE ADDED TO THE COUNTY CODE THAT PROHIBITS HUNTING AND DESIGNATED AREAS, WHICH IS CHAPTER ONE, 10, SECTION ONE, 10 DASH ONE, AS WELL AS ADDED TO THE CODE THAT PROHIBITS SHOOTING OF FIREARMS AND DESIGNATED LOCATIONS, WHICH IS CHAPTER 1 77, A SECTION 1 77 DASH THREE.UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THAT, UM, BOUNDARIES BE ESTABLISHED ON THE CLOVER HILL PROPERTY THAT WOULD, UM, KEEP ANY HUNTING AND SHOOTING, UM, AT A SAFE DISTANCE FROM ANY PROPERTIES THAT SURROUND HIS, HIS PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE'S BASICALLY 25 HOUSES THAT THE CLOVER HILL IS BASICALLY A SQUARE.
SO THE SIZE OF THAT IS SURROUND IT SIDE BY SIDE BY SIDE, BY SIDE, BY 25 HOUSES, 25 PROPERTIES.
UM, AND OF COURSE THE FRONT OF HIS PROPERTY AS LONG ROCKLIN ROAD, WHICH IS FAIRLY HEAVILY TRAVELED.
I'M ONE THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY AND ON MY WAIST PASSING CARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, BY ADDING TO LEAH FAIR MANNER, UH, TO THE CODES AND BY PLACING, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF BOUNDARIES ON THE CLOVER HILL PROPERTY AT A SAFE DISTANCE FROM PEOPLE'S HOUSES, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN PROTECTING, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY AND THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THEIR COMMUNITY AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.
OH, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS YOU HAVE ONE PHOTOGRAPH IS ACTUALLY OF THE PERSON, UM, IN THE INCIDENT WHO WAS DRAGGING THE DEER ACROSS THE PROPERTY OUTBACK.
AND THE OTHER PHOTOGRAPH IS AN AERIAL VIEW THAT SHOWS MY HOUSE, UH, THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
AND I PLACED A YELLOW DOT WHERE THE TREE STAND IS LOCATED AT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, FIRE AWAY, I KNOW MR. MAYBE WE'VE SPOKEN BEFORE, BACK IN THE DAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE ROAD WAS RESURFACED, WHICH DID A GREAT JOB, I MUST SAY, WELL, NORMALLY THIS IS NOT A QUESTION ANSWERED, MRS. ROCKIES, ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP, UH, MR. TODRICK DID WANT TO SPEAK, BUT MAY I HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS? I CAN JUST GIVE IT TO HIM BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
DAILY, THERE'S A PROCESS FOR, FOR THIS AND HE JUST NEEDS, WE NEED TO REACH OUT AND, AND HAVE HIM GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.
THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING, THERE'S ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET THIS DESIGNATION.
AND SO THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEPS.
NO, THEY'LL EXPLAIN THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
IF YOU GIVE HER THE EMAIL, WE'LL, WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND Y'ALL HAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS.
MR. TODRICK, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, I'M A PRO MATT TIDRICK FRONT ROYAL.
SO I'M, UH, ABLE TO COME HERE AND SHARE SOME THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS.
I WANTED TO BEGIN BY, UM, BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION, A REPORT THAT CAME OUT OR A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT IN THE WARREN REPORT IN NOVEMBER, UM, AND IS QUOTED BY STEVIE HUBBARD AND CHRISTINE NELSON, WHO I BELIEVE MOST OF, YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW MS. HUBBARD PERSONALLY, UM, ONLY THROUGH, UM, SOME BUSINESS MEETINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, POLITICALLY WE PROBABLY THINK DIFFERENTLY, BUT, UH, I FIND HER TO BE A VERY CREDIBLE PERSON AND SOMEONE OF, UH, OF HIGH INTEGRITY.
AND, UM, SHE REPORTS IN THIS ARTICLE IN THE FACEBOOK POSTS THAT ALLEGEDLY DARRELL MERCHANT, WHO'S A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER LEAKED A REPORT, UH, THAT WAS MARKED ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE, UH, BY THE TOWN ATTORNEY, UH, LEAKED THAT REPORT, UM, TO WALT MATE, WHO A MEMBER OF YOUR BOARD AND, UM, AND SAID THE QUOTE, HE WASN'T SURE WHAT TO DO WITH IT, WITH THE REPORT NOW THAT HE WASN'T RUNNING FOR MAYOR, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING, UH, STATEMENT.
AND THEN LATER IN THE CONVERSATION, HE SAID THAT IF THE REPORT DIDN'T SAY, WHAT IF THE REPORT DIDN'T SAY WHAT IT NEEDED TO SAY, W WHICH KIND OF CONCERNS ME, WHAT EXACTLY DID THE REPORT NEED TO SAY? UM, AND MS. NELSON GOES ON TO STATE THAT, UM, APPARENTLY THERE WAS A CLANDESTINE OPERATION WHERE, UM, THERE WAS COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH CODE, VIA TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN MR. MABE AND MR. MERCHANT.
AND THE REPORT WAS HIDDEN UNDER A NEWSPAPER AT 10:30 AM AT THE DAILY GRIND, THE DAILY GRIND.
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DID YOU KNOW THIS, UM, HAS, HAVE YOU PUBLICLY ASKED MR. MAY, BUT THIS STORY IS TRUE OR NOT.IF YOU HAVE NOT, IF YOU HAVEN'T, IF YOU DID, I'M SORRY, I MISSED IT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE, AND THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW WHY YOU WERE COVERING UP FOR MR. MATE, YOU'RE YOU PUBLICLY, YOU HAVE PUBLICLY DEMANDED OR HAVE YOU PUBLICLY DEMANDED THE RESIGNATION OF MR. MADE FOR DISHONORING HIS OFFICE, HIS GOVERNMENT, ARE YOU WHERE'S THE OUTCRY OR IS THIS TYPE OF CONDUCT CONDONED AS FOR THE PRESS, YOU SEE AN EMPTY PRESS AS FOR THE PRESS, THE ROYAL SPECIFICALLY MIKE MCCOOL AND ROGER BIANCHINI HAS BEEN CARRYING YOUR WATER AND HELPING YOU COVER UP YOUR BAD BEHAVIOR FOR A LONG TIME, ASK ROGER BIANCHINI BY HIS CONVERSATION WITH STEVE STEVIE HUBBARD ABOUT THIS MATTER, UTTERLY SHOCKING.
HE KNEW HE KNEW IT ALL AS DID MCCOOL'S OTHER EMPLOYEE NORMAJEAN SHAW.
THEY ALL KNEW IT AND SAT ON IT TO PROTECT YOU.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? A LITTLE DIRTY? DOESN'T IT? WHO'S THE GOOD OLD BOY NOW.
WELL, THERE'S JUST NO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE THREE OF YOU AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE ROYAL EXAMINER.
THIS WHOLE REPORT ISSUE WAS A POLITICAL ATTACK ON THE MAYOR OF FRONT ROYAL AND THE TOWN MANAGER, PLAIN AND SIMPLE, SO MUCH FOR IMPROVING TOWN AND COUNTY RELATIONS.
THAT'S ALL I'VE HEARD ABOUT FOR TWO YEARS.
CAN WE BREAK BREAD? CAN'T WE GET MORE OF THE TOWN'S MONEY YET AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, THE COUNTY LEADERSHIP ATTACKS AND UNDERMINES THE TOWN GOVERNMENT.
AND THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM YOU OR THE PRESS.
SO WHY AM I HERE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU? YOU MEMBERS NOW IN YOUR MIDTERM AND ON A PLATFORM OF TRANSFORM TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT, ON HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU RAN ON? SADLY, I'VE SEEN THE OPPOSITE.
I WITNESSED YOU COVERING UP CIRCLING WAGONS AND PROTECTING YOUR OWN TO THE TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD COMING ON, MS. COOK, AND MS. J STEVENS IN JANUARY, YOU WILL TAKE YOUR WELL-DESERVED POSITION ON THE BOARD.
IF THESE THREE WON'T BRING ABOUT COUNTABILITY, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL.
OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS IT AND DEMANDS IT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER.
FIND OUT IF MS. HUBBARD AND MS. NELSON ARE SPEAKING THE TRUTH WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, FIND OUT THE REAL REASON WALT ISN'T RUNNING FOR MAYOR.
I KNOW, AND I'M SITTING ON IT UNTIL JANUARY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
HOW ABOUT YOU ACTUALLY LEAD FOR A CHANGE INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT LEADING? HOW ABOUT YOU TRULY CLEAN HOUSE INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT CLEANING HOUSE, HOW ABOUT YOU ACTUALLY BECOME TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU HAVE A DUTY TO UPHOLD THE HONOR INTEGRITY OF OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND YOU HAVE A DUTY TO LOOK INTO MR. ACTIONS.
AND IF YOU DETERMINE THAT, IN FACT, HE CAN ASPIRE TO BYPASS FOYA.
HE CONSPIRED TO GET A COPY OF THE REPORT, WHICH WAS MARKED ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE BY THE TOWN ATTORNEY.
AND IF HE PUT HIS OWN POLITICAL GAIN BEFORE THE CITIZENS OF HIS DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY, YOU HAVE A DUTY TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE AND DEMAND HIS RESIGNATION.
YOU JUST CAN'T SIMPLY IGNORE THIS DISGRACE THAT HAS EMBARRASSED OUR COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN, OR JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
YOU CAN'T JUST WISH IT WOULD GO AWAY AND DO NOTHING.
THE INTEGRITY OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YOUR PERSONAL INTEGRITY IS REST UPON WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND HONORABLE.
I'LL SEE YOU IN JANUARY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I'VE BEEN WOEFULLY DISAPPOINTED BEFORE, SO I'M NOT VERY OPTIMISTIC IN CONCLUSION.
I LIKE TO END WITH THANKING, UH, MR. FOX FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE.
UM, THIS COUNTY HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND UNDER TONY, YOUR LEADERSHIP 27 YEARS.
AND MR. FOX, YOU WERE A PLANNING COMMISSION, I BELIEVE PRIOR TO, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT LEADERSHIP FROM U2.
YOUR COUNTY COFFERS HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY UNDER YOUR WATCH.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR 5 22 CORRIDOR, AND IT WAS YOUR DECISIONS THAT HELPED LEAD TO THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND I'D LIKE TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP MRS. SHIRAKI NO MA'AM.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, FOR JUST A SECOND, I WANTED TO COMMENT TO MR. TODRICK THAT LAST YEAR, WHEN HE WORKED AS THE TOWN MANAGER, WE CHANGED THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, THE FACADE OF MAIN STREET DOWNTOWN, AND GOT THE LITTLE, UM, RESTROOMS AND THE PAVILION PUT IN THE BACK.
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BIG BOOST FOR DOWNTOWN.AND I THINK YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE RESULTS THAT, AND JOE PETTY BACK THERE HELPED TO DO THE ARTWORK WITH IT.
AND IT REALLY MAKES MAIN STREET LOOK DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT DID THREE YEARS AGO.
MS. BIKER, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO COME UP FRONT.
TONY REQUESTED SOME INFORMATION FOR ME IS I JUST WANTED TO HAND IT TO HIM.
IT WAS ABOUT, UH, REAL ESTATE TAXES TO HAND IT TO WHO JOE TONY.
MA'AM ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT FINE.
[G. Report – Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Parks – Karen Beck-Herzog]
REPORT FROM THE CEDAR CREEK AND BELLE GROVE NATIONAL PARKS.IT IS A GOOD LOOKING UNIFORM ON YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AT CEDAR CREEK AND BELGROVE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND COMING UP, UH, THIS IS A SPECIAL PARK AND VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL NATIONAL PARK MODEL.
IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF SIX PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, CEDAR CREEK BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, SHENANDOAH COUNTY AND THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUNDATION.
TOGETHER, WE WORK TO BUILD A SEAMLESS VISITOR EXPERIENCE ACROSS OUR COLLECTIVE LANDS IN WARREN FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE SIGNAGE AND TRAILS, AS WELL AS THROUGH LAND PRESERVATION TOGETHER, WE WILL TELL THE STORY OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THROUGH TODAY THROUGH OUR FOUR INTERPRETIVE THEMES FROM BACK COUNTRY TO BREAD, BASKET, TO BATTLEFIELD AND BEYOND ON AVERAGE, WE SERVE ABOUT 50,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR AND ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS BY ATTRACTING NEW VISITORS, THROUGH EXPLORING OTHER AREAS OF HISTORY BEYOND WHAT HAS BEEN A FOCUS ON THE CIVIL WAR, AS WELL AS BRINGING IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND TRAILS TO DATE, WE'VE BUILT A GOOD FOUNDATION OF PROGRAMS THAT OUR STAFF HAVE DELIVERED THROUGHOUT THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
SOME OF OUR KEY STAFF RETIRED AND ONE TOOK A JOB AT ANOTHER FEDERAL AGENCY AND WE'VE WELCOMED SEVERAL NEW NEW EMPLOYEES OVER THE PAST YEAR.
THESE STAFF BRING NEW IDEAS AND FRESH PERSPECTIVES.
SO I THINK YOU CAN LOOK TO SOME NEW AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS COMING FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STAFF.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU EVER NEED HISTORY OR ANYTHING ON CULTURAL RESOURCES, GIVE US A CALL.
WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO DOES THAT EVERY DAY, AND HE'S GOT A MASTERS IN PUBLIC HISTORY FROM WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, AND HE'S YOURS FREE OF CHARGE UNDER COVID ENTER 2020, THE PARK CLOSED OUR VISITOR OR VISITOR CENTER AND OPENED AN OUTDOOR CONTACT AREA NEXT TO PARK HEADQUARTERS AT THE MORNING ATTACK TRAIL, WHICH INCLUDES THE VERMONT MONUMENT DURING THE SUMMER SEASONS OF 20, UH, 2020 AND 2021.
AND I'M THRILLED TO SAY THAT THIS WAS A VERY POPULAR AREA AND OUR VISITOR NUMBERS MATCHED OR GREW FROM OUR PRE PANDEMIC.
UH, TIMES WE FOUND THAT THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC USE OF OUR TRAIL, WHICH IS LOCATED IN BOTH WARREN AND FREDERICK COUNTIES HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR, THE PARK IS RECEIVING FUNDING TO CONVERT THE FORMER AGRICULTURAL FIELD INTO A NATIVE MEADOW WITH GRASSES AND WILD FLOWERS TO PROVIDE HABITAT AND SUPPORT POLLINATORS, AND IT WILL IMPROVE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE ALONG THE TRAIL.
THE PAST SEASON, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO REINSTATE OUR WEEKEND, INTERPRETIVE TALKS AT BELGROVE AS WELL AS OTHER PARTNER LOCATIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY.
AND WE, ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS ARE IN PLANNING FOR STAGES OF WHAT VISITOR PROGRAMMING AND TALKS WILL LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT SEASON.
AND WHILE WE KNOW THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO THROW CURVE BALLS AT US, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HAS EVERY EXPECTATION TO CONTINUE PROVIDING IN-PERSON TALKS.
AGAIN, THIS COMING SEASON, WE RECENTLY COMPLETED A HISTORIC RESOURCES STUDY, ENTITLED THE STARS FOUGHT FROM HEAVEN, RACE AND SLAVERY IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY FROM EARLY SETTLEMENT THROUGH JIM CROW AND ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION IN THE EXISTING PROGRAMS AND TO BUILD NEW PROGRAMS, BOTH IN-PERSON AND DIGITAL TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC.
WE JUST KICKED OFF A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY STABILIZATION OF THE HISTORIC VALLEY PIKE BRIDGE ABUTMENT THAT, UH, WAS ON THE OLD BATTLEFIELD CAMPGROUND PROPERTY THAT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ACQUIRED SO THAT WE COULD STOP THE DETERIORATION.
THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS BEFORE THE PARK SERVICE ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY.
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AND SO THAT WE CAN THEN LOOK TO RESTORING THAT BRIDGE ABUTMENT.UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST TO REMOVE THE OLD CAMPGROUND BUILDINGS AND PLAN TO OPEN THE AREA TO THE PUBLIC FOR RECREATION, WITH A WALKING TRAIL, AS WELL AS INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY IN DECEMBER OF 2020, THE PARK WAS ABLE TO PRESERVE MORE UNDEVELOPED LAND.
THAT IS PART OF THE BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK CORE BATTLEFIELD DID THE ACQUISITION OF ABOUT 12 AND A HALF ACRES ALONG ROUTE 11 IN BOTH WARREN AND FREDERICK COUNTIES.
AND WE WILL WORK TO CONTINUE WITH PARTNERS AND LAND OWNERS TO PERVERT, TO PRESERVE ADDITIONAL TRACKS AND TO TIE THEM TOGETHER INTO THAT COHESIVE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND TO DRAW MORE VISITORS.
IT'S BEEN A BUSY YEAR FOR OUR PARTNERS AS WELL.
AND TWO OF THE THINGS OF, FOR TWO OF OUR PARTNERS, CEDAR CREEK BATTLEFIELD FOUNDATION DID A GRAND REOPENING OF THEIR VISITOR CENTER AFTER EXTENSIVE WORK AND THE UPGRADING OF THEIR MUSEUM.
THEY ALSO HELD THEIR, UH, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL REENACTMENT WEEKEND IN OCTOBER, WHICH WAS WELL ATTENDED.
AND BELL GROVE HOSTED THE NATIONAL SHEEP JOG FINALS FOR A FEW WEEKS EARLIER IN EARLY OCTOBER, WHICH WAS A BIG DRAW.
AND RIGHT NOW THE MANOR HOUSE IS ALL DRESSED UP FOR CHRISTMAS.
AND I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HASN'T BEEN THERE TO GO SEE IT.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE PARKS FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMISSION WAS ON HOLD FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS.
AND IN SEPTEMBER, WE FINALLY RECEIVED PERMISSION TO MEET AGAIN.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO REENGAGE OR TELL YOU TO REENGAGE A FORUM FOR GETTING INPUT FROM OUR PARTNER COMMUNITIES, THE PARK RECEIVED YOUR NOMINATION OR YOUR RENOMINATION OF LEE MEYER AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT THIS WEEK, WE'LL BE SENDING HER INFORMATION THROUGH OUR WASHINGTON OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR TO WASHINGTON OR TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR REVIEW THE WAY OUR BUYS LAWS WORK IS THAT MS. MEYER CAN REMAIN ON THE, UM, IN MERMAID, ON AN ACTIVE, AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR HER REAPPOINTMENT.
AND WE APPRECIATE HER INTEREST AND HER PARTICIPATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH HER.
SO THOSE ARE JUST A SMATTERING OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
THE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, DR.
DALEY, YOU LOOK LIKE, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, WE WANT MORE SHEEP, DOG TRIALS OUT THERE, MAN.
AND I THINK THIS IS AT THEIR SECOND TIME HOSTING IT.
[H. Report – Department of Social Services – Jon Martz]
NEXT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. MARTS, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU THIS MORNING.
I WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MS. CHRISTY LAWSON.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE AGENCY FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW.
SHE WAS INITIALLY A CPS WORKER.
SHE BECAME OUR FAMILY SERVICES SUPERVISOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SUPERVISING THE CPS AND APS PROGRAMS. AND NOW SHE'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
SHE'S GOT SOME HANDOUTS FOR EVERYBODY.
UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T UP ON THE BALL AND DIDN'T GET THE HANDOUTS IN IN TIME.
SO, UM, TODAY I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT THAT THE DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES RECEIVED FROM THE WESTERN CONTINUUM OF CARE AGENCY THROUGH THE HARRISONBURG REDEVELOPMENT HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.
THAT'S A MOUTHFUL THERE, BUT THEY RECEIVED A GRANT.
SO ACCORDING TO THE 2020 POINT IN TIME COUNT RESULTS FOR THE WESTERN VIRGINIA CONTINUUM OF CARE AREA, WARREN COUNTY WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO LOCALITIES, WHICH SAW AN INCREASE IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION FROM 2019 TO 2020, THE 2017 HOUSING NEEDS AND VULNERABILITIES SURVEY RESULTS REPORTED A FULL 47% OF HOMELESS RESIDENTS ALREADY REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES FOR ASSISTANCE.
ACTUALLY, WE NEED TO MAKE THAT NUMBER A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AS WELL.
SO IN JUNE, 2021, THE WESTERN VIRGINIA CONTINUUM OF CARE RECEIVED A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
SO YOU SUPPORT HOUSING IN A NON CONGREGATE CARE SETTING, HOTEL ROOM VOUCHERS.
SO WE APPLIED TO BE PART OF THAT GRANT DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES, AND WE RECEIVED $35,000 GRANT TO HELP HOUSE HOMELESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE USE THIS MONEY TO PROVIDE HOTEL VOUCHERS TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOUSING.
UH, FOR SHORT TERM TIME PERIODS.
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THAT WE WOULD SERVE BETWEEN 40 AND 50 HOUSEHOLDS.UM, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS, WE ESTIMATED HELPING ABOUT 150 TO 200 RESIDENTS, UM, TARGET POPULATION WHERE THE HOMELESS WORKING TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING AND SHORT TERM DISPLACED PEOPLE, UM, FROM ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, UM, HAD GOTTEN EVICTED OR HAD LOST THEIR HOUSING, THE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM, WHERE THEY HAD TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.
THEY HAD A CONTACT CENTRALIZED INTAKE, UH, WHICH PROVIDES HOUSING HOMELESS.
UH, THEY ALSO HAD TO WORK WITH OUR JOB DEVELOPER IF THEY WERE NOT CURRENTLY EMPLOYED.
UH, WE CONNECTED THEM WITH SOCIAL SERVICES, UH, ASSISTANCE, GETTING DRIVER'S LICENSES, CONTACTING SOCIAL SECURITY, AND ALSO MAKE REFERRALS TO NORTHWESTERN.
THAT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THIS HOUSING.
I CAN UPDATE YOU THAT AS OF YESTERDAY, UH, THE LAST PAGE SHOWS THE NUMBERS OF FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE HOUSED IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, WE PROVIDED HOUSING FOR 13 FAMILIES, 19 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS FOR A TOTAL OF 98 DAYS IN OCTOBER THAT WENT UP TO 14 FAMILIES AND 20 INDIVIDUALS FOR 119 DAYS IN NOVEMBER, 18 FAMILIES FOR 30 INDIVIDUALS AND 170 DAYS.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A COLD FALL.
AND SO WE DID HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR HOUSING.
SO DECEMBER 13TH, WE'D HELPED HOUSE 14 FAMILIES TOTAL OF 27 INDIVIDUALS FOR 119 DAYS.
SO WITH THIS GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY, 59 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN HOUSED 96 INDIVIDUALS FOR A TOTAL OF 500, SIX DAYS.
WE'VE SPENT $24,000 OF THE $35,000 GRANT.
UH, THE THERMAL SHELTERS NOW OPEN.
AND SO ANY HOUSING ISSUES, UNLESS IT'S A FAMILY WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE THERMAL SHELTER.
UH, WE EXPECT THAT THE GRANT WILL NOT BE USED AGAIN UNTIL THE SHELTER IS CLOSED, UNLESS THERE'S A FAMILY IN NEED.
UM, SO, UH, WE ARE HAPPY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS DOWN HERE, SUNBURG, UH, TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.
AND, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
UM, SO YOUR INITIAL PRESENTATION STARTED THAT WE HAD AN INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS AND WE WERE ONLY ONE OF TWO LOCATIONS.
I'M A ROOT CAUSE KIND OF PERSON.
DO WE KNOW WHY ARE WE WOULD HAVE AN INCREASE IN, IN OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES? WOULD IT, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, I'M SURE THERE IS NO REASON WAS GIVEN THE INCREASE.
IT WASN'T INCREASED, BUT IT WAS AN INCREASE OF TWO PEOPLE.
SO IT WAS A SMALL INCREASE, BUT STILL NONETHELESS, IT'S STILL AN INCREASE, RIGHT? OUR NEIGHBORS ARE GOING DOWN AND FOR SOME REASON WE WENT UP, I CAN TELL YOU THAT LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I TOLD YOU A STORY ABOUT A COUPLE, AND THAT CAME OFF THE TRAIL AND HAD NOWHERE TO GO, NO HOUSING.
UH, THEY CAME IN AND TALKED TO OUR JOB DEVELOPER.
UH, SHE HELPED THEM GET JOBS, HELPING HIM IN A HOTEL.
SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN THOSE TWO ACTUALLY.
UM, AND PEOPLE JUST COMING OFF THE TRAIL OR, YOU KNOW, GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND, OR IT COULD BE RESIDENTS OF WARREN COUNTY WHO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER LOST EMPLOYMENT OR, UM, HAD MEDICAL BILLS THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEIR HOUSING, UH, RENTAL COSTS CAN BE HIGH AND, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT OF COVID, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF SKEWED RIGHT NOW.
SO THE INFORMATION ON THAT TRACKS IS DOESN'T TRACK WHETHER THEY'RE RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT, RIGHT, DEPENDING POINT IN TIME, A REPORT IS, UH, FOR THREE DAYS EVERY YEAR, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND HUD DEPARTMENT GOES OUT TO EVERY LOCALITY ACROSS VIRGINIA AND SIMPLY COUNTS HOMELESS PEOPLE.
AND SO IF THEY COME INTO AN OFFICE DURING THOSE THREE DAYS, YOU SUBMIT THOSE NUMBERS.
IF THEY GO TO A STATE PARK, IF THEY GO TO, UM, UH, AN ABANDONED AREA OR WOODED AREA AND THEY FIND HOMELESS, THEY'RE PART OF THE ACCOUNT.
AND SO IT'S VERY INEXACT SCIENCE AND HOW THEY DO IT.
AND IT'S JUST THOSE THREE DAYS, THAT'S ALL THEY COUNT.
AND THAT POINT IN TIME, INTERESTING WAY OF DOING IT VERSUS COLLECTING DATA.
THERE WAS, WE JUST NEED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE WARREN COUNTY IN THE POSITIVE COLUMN AND NOT IN THE NEGATIVE COLUMN ALL THE TIME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE'RE IN THE NEGATIVE COLUMN A LOT.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY, WHY THAT IS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO CHANGE THAT CULTURE IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND I WOULD SAY PART OF WHAT DSS IS DOING FOR THAT, UH, THE BOARD LAST YEAR APPROVED THE JOB DEVELOPER POSITION FOR US.
AND AT OUR LAST ADVISORY BOARD REPORT, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW OVER 30 PEOPLE HAVE COME THROUGH AND ARE NOW WORKING BECAUSE
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OF THE PROGRAM THAT YOU ALL APPROVED.SO WHEN WE'RE WORKING, WE CAN PAY FOR HOUSING.
UH, WE CAN MEET OUR NEEDS, TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL BILLS.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH YOU AND OUR COUNTY PARTNERS TO TRY TO BRING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN.
UM, AND THE THERMAL SHELTER IS FUNCTIONING RIGHT NOW.
WE HAD SEVEN PEOPLE THE FIRST NIGHT, SATURDAY, NINE SUNDAY NIGHT, AND JUMPED UP 17 LAST NIGHT, THAT'S COLD LAST NIGHT.
UM, SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, MS. MARTZ IS SERA CASE MANAGER ASSIGNED TO LIKE EACH ONE OF THESE, UH, RESIDENTS AT THIS THERMALS SHELTER THAT HELPS FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET THEM OFF OF THE HOMELESS ROLES.
UM, MICHELLE AND HER ASSISTANT, NICOLE PLUS A BROOKE WHO IS OUR JOB DEVELOPER WORK WITH ALL INDIVIDUALS AND THEY'RE ENCOURAGED TO ACCESS SERVICES.
THEY ARE, UH, WE BRING THE SERVICES TO THEM AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ASSIGN UP FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME DO SOME DON'T, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, ONE THING WE SAY IS SOCIAL CYRUS'S AS OUR BUSINESS IS THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE, RIGHT.
UM, WE LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, RIGHT? AS MS. LAWSON POINTED OUT, UH, GIVE THEM ACCESS TO INTERNET AND COMPUTERS TO HELP THEM DO JOB SEARCHES WHILE THEY'RE AT THE SHELTER AS WELL.
THAT'S GREAT, MR. MABE? NO, UH, MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED CAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY SHOWING UP IN THERMAL SHELTER.
AND YOU HAD YOU ADDRESSED THAT OR THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN US.
SO THIS PAST YEAR IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL AND WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT.
[I. Presentation – Warren County Redistricting Options – Joe Petty/Jason Ham]
WARREN COUNTY RE DISTRICTING OPTIONS.DID, DID YOU WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING ANYTHING? ARE YOU GOOD RIGHT NOW? UH, SURE.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MR. PETTY IS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH TWO OPTIONS.
UM, AND OF COURSE THERE'S LIMITS ON HOW YOU DO THIS.
THAT THEN I HAVE SENT JOE A WHOLE BUNCH OF COMPLICATED STUFF AND RULES THAT HAVE TO BE COMPLIED WITH THE, UM, COMMONWEALTH HAS STILL NOT DONE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THEIR OWN REDISTRICTING.
AND WE'RE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO HAVE SPLIT PRECINCT.
SO, AND I, AS MUCH AS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE STILL REALLY CAN'T.
AND SO TODAY JOE IS GOING TO PROVIDE THESE TWO OPTIONS AND KIND OF TAKE YOUR TEMPERATURE AS TO WHICH ONE TO PROCEED WITH, TO PUBLIC HEARING, ET CETERA.
UM, BUT WE ARE STILL NEEDING TO MONITOR WHATEVER THE STATE DOES BECAUSE IF WE DO OURS AND THEN THERE'S RESULTS IN US HAVING A SPLIT PRECINCT, WE HAVE TO REDO OURS.
IT'S NOT A MESS OF OUR CREATION.
IT'S COVID AND THE DELAYS CAUSED BY THE CENSUS AND THEN COMPOUNDING BY MORE DELAYS ON DOWN THE CHAIN AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY ONE OF THESE PLANS WILL STILL WORK.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HE, WE NEED TO COME BACK AT THE FIRST JANUARY MEETING AND TELL YOU, HEY, LOOK, THEY FINALLY DID DECIDE WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN THOSE, THAT ONE OPTION, YOU GUYS KIND OF CONSENSUS YOU LIKED.
AGAIN, IT WOULD BE MY HOPE THAT BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ONE OF THESE TWO PLANS IS BEING INTERESTED IN THAT ENOUGH TO TAKE IT TO PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN WE WOULD PUBLISH THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY FOR ACTION EARLY NEXT YEAR, BUT AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE TO WAIT BECAUSE OF WHAT THE STATE'S DOING OR MORE CORRECTLY HASN'T DONE.
SO, UM, MR. HAM, AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PRETTY CLOSELY, SO, UM, THE STATE HASN'T FINALIZED OR, UH, IT'S REDISTRICTING PLAN.
SO MY QUESTION IS ALL THIS PREMATURE, BECAUSE UNTIL THEY DO, AND I'VE SEEN THE CURRENT PLANS THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH FOR APPROVAL.
AND SO WHAT I MEAN IS THIS FEUDAL, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D GO THAT FAR AND I THINK IT'S WORTH YOU ALL SEEING WHAT HE HAS COME UP WITH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE WORKING ON THIS
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BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.AND OF COURSE WE ASSUMED THAT THE STATE WOULD DO THEIR PART, BUT THE VIRGINIA REDISTRICTING COMMISSION FAILED TO DO THEIR JOB.
AND SO NOW IT'S AT THE DESK OF THE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT SEEMS VERY STRANGE TO ME, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT IS BUSY WITH LOTS OF OTHER THINGS TO DO AND IS NOT WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO, BUT OF COURSE THIS IS IMPORTANT.
SO I HOPE THAT IT HAPPENS QUICKLY AND I HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH ONE OF THESE PLANS.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN, YOUR STATEMENT OF BEING PREMATURE IS PROBABLY TRUE, BUT WE STARTED BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD, THEY WOULD DO THEIR JOB AND THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO OURS.
SO AGAIN, I STILL THINK IT'S WORTH SEEING THIS PLAN, BUT IT MAY VERY WELL BE FUTILE.
WHAT IS PRESENTED TODAY? UH, EITHER WAY IT'S WORTH Y'ALL TO LOOK AT THIS AND TO HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, WHAT WE DO TODAY MAY END UP BEING DUPLICATIVE.
MAY I ASK YOU ANOTHER, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? SO GIVEN THAT THE STATE HASN'T FINALIZED ITS OWN REDISTRICTING, IS THERE AN EXTENSION DATE GIVEN TO THE LOCALITIES BECAUSE OF THAT? UM, IT IS SOMETHING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE DONE THREE MONTHS AGO, FOUR COUNTIES AND CITIES, UH, AFFECTED BY THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY FIRM REPRESENTS TWO COUNTIES AND TWO CITIES.
SO THERE'S, WE KNOW OF THOSE FOUR LOCALITIES THAT ARE CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT WE REPRESENT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE AND THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LEGISLATIVE CHANGE AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN.
SO WE HAVE A DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 30, ONE REGARD.
AND SO THAT MEANS IF THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES ON DECEMBER 20TH, OUR PLAN HAS TO BE CREATED BY DECEMBER 31ST.
WELL, IT WAS ALWAYS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE IS A 60 DAY NOTICE PERIOD.
I MEAN, THE QUICKEST OF THE NOTICE PERIOD IS SUBMISSION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR 60 DAYS BEFORE IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
SO IN ACTUALITY, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE ALL THIS STUFF DONE BY OCTOBER 31ST.
AND YOU KNOW, TODAY ON DECEMBER 14TH, WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION.
SO THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LEGISLATIVE CHANGE THERE HASN'T BEEN, UM, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
WE FOLLOW THE RULES, BUT IF YOU'RE PRESENTED WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, WHICH THIS IS THEN ALL YOU CAN DO IS THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO.
AND THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO IS TO KEEP WORKING ON THIS, KEEP THINKING ABOUT IT AND TO SPEND 10 MINUTES HAVING A LOOK AT THESE PLANS TODAY, KNOWING THAT THEY MAY CHANGE.
I MEAN, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE BEST THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE EVERY 10 YEARS, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS VOTERS FOR 10, FOR A DECADE.
AND SO WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT AND NOT, YEAH.
SO IT'S WORTH SPENDING SOME TIME TODAY TO LOOK AT THESE OPTIONS, BUT AGAIN, WITH APOLOGIES, THEY MIGHT CHANGE.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING A LOT OF THAT.
AGAIN, WE'RE ALSO JUST DIGESTING A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING KIND OF LATE IN THE CENSUS.
AND SO I THINK IF ANYTHING, IT'S A GOOD PRACTICE AND, YOU KNOW, EXPERIMENT THAT WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH, LOOKING AT THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WE GOT IN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S LIKELY TO CHANGE, OR WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF AMENDMENTS, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST GOING THROUGH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND WHAT WE CAN GO BY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN THAT WE WANT TO THANK MR. HAMMOND AND HIS, YOU KNOW, ADVICE THROUGH THIS AND LEADERSHIP AND, UH, THINKING MS. KAREN LOGAN IS, UNFORTUNATELY I'VE NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE.
AND MRS. NEC OUR GIS COORDINATOR HONESTLY, HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF THIS WORK, TAKING THIS INFORMATION, PUTTING IT INTO MAPS, UH, MAKING IT TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND ALL THESE NUMBERS.
SO DEFINITELY THINK HER AND LINDSAY FROM THEIR TEAM.
SO FROM WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN 2020 CENSUS IS THE POPULATION OF WARREN COUNTY HAS INCREASED ROUGHLY 8%, ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE.
AND TO DIGEST THAT DOWN, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR FIVE DISTRICTS, WE WANT TO DO AN EQUAL POPULATIONS.
THAT WOULD BE 81 14, IF EACH DISTRICT WAS EXACT.
SO PER THE DIVISION OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES, IN THEIR EXAMPLE, THEY ALSO WANT YOU TO KIND OF KEEP THESE DISTRICTS WITHIN A 5% RANGE.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH JUST BASED OFF OF POPULATION.
AND SO HERE IS SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST 20, 20 CENSUS DATA IN APOLOGISTS.
THESE MAPS ARE OBVIOUSLY SMALL HERE.
IF YOU NEED THEM DIGITALLY, IF YOU NEED THEM IN ANY OTHER FORMAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO GET YOU THOSE.
BUT BASICALLY IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO PUT THIS INTO A MAP, KIND OF DESCRIBES WHAT 2010 WAS LIKE AND WHAT 2020, AND WHERE THOSE INCREASES OR DECREASES
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OCCURRED OVER THAT 10 YEARS, THIS NEXT SLIDE, WHICH ALL THIS PRESENTATION IS BASICALLY IN YOUR PACKET.I JUST PUT IT IN A PRESENTATION FORM.
SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION THAT I'M SHOWING YOU TODAY.
AND THIS TABLE HERE TALKS ABOUT 2020 CENSUS AND WHAT THE DISTRICTS LOOK LIKE THERE, WHAT THE TOTAL DISTRICT POPULATION WAS BY THE 2020 CENSUS AND THEN THE ADJUSTED POPULATION AND THOSE PERCENTAGE CHANGES.
UH, THE ADJUSTED POPULATION IS A NEW 2020, UM, ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE ACT THAT BASICALLY STATES THAT IF, UM, INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, IT WILL COUNT THEM AT THEIR RESIDENTS AND NOT WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.
THERE'S A FEW OTHER FACTORS IN THERE, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE IT IS.
SO THEN YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OBVIOUSLY THE NORTH RIVER DISTRICT DOES DECREASE IN POPULATION, DO THAT ADJUSTMENT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES, OBVIOUSLY SOUTH RIVER AND NORTH RIVER SAW A BIG INCREASE IN POPULATION.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK BACK TO 2010, THOUGH, THOSE WERE ALSO OUR TWO LOWEST POPULATED AREAS.
SO IT STARTED TO BALANCE IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND GOT HER CLOSER TO THAT EQUAL POPULATION NUMBER, WHICH WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CRITERIA THAT WE DEFINITELY LOOKED AT FROM OUR 2011.
AND AGAIN, ALL THIS IS CONTINGENT ON WHAT WE ULTIMATELY GET BACK FROM THE STATE.
AND WE'LL PROBABLY ADD TO THIS CRITERIA AND YOU'LL LIKELY SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IF YOU GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE JANUARY, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR OR WHENEVER WE DO GET IT.
UM, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH OUR INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
WE DEFINITELY LOOKED AT SOME CRITERIA FROM WHAT WAS DONE IN 2011, YOU KNOW, KEEP HIM POLLING PLACES WITHIN THEIR DISTRICTS.
OBVIOUSLY, NUMBER ONE, MAINTAIN DIVERSITY TO NOT CREATE IMAGINARY LINES, USE MAJOR BOUNDARY, MAJOR BOUNDARIES, MINIMIZE REPEAT VOTER MOVES, MINIMIZE SPLITTING OF SUBDIVISIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS MAINTAIN BALANCE AND DO NOT DISENFRANCHISE SCHOOL BOARD OR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS.
WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO KICK YOU OUT OF YOUR OWN DISTRICT, UM, PRECINCT.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DO MAKE UP PRECINCTS.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SPLIT PRECINCT STUFF THAT THE STATES PASS DOWN, BUT THEY ALSO STATE THAT NO MORE THAN 5,000 REGISTERED VOTERS SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO ANY ONE PRECINCT.
THERE'S ALSO NUMBERS ABOUT IF YOU HIT A 4,000 DURING A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN A CERTAIN PRECINCT, THEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT REDISTRICTING, WHICH WE WERE GETTING CLOSE AT THE YOUTH CENTER LOCATION, UM, BASED OFF OF RECENT NUMBERS FOR REGISTERED VOTERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT TURN OUT FOR A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
SO, BUT WITH SOME OF THESE, UM, ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT ON THAT PRECINCT LOCATION.
THESE ARE OUR PRECINCTS THAT WE EXIST, UH, CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, WE'LL MAKE A NOTE THAT ONE THING THAT OUR LEGAL STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON RECENTLY IS WITH THE NEW ADDITION OF THE RIVERMONT FIRE STATION, THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT POLLING LOCATION FROM THE AIRPORT AND OVER TO THE NEW FIRE STATION ACROSS STREET.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE REWRITING THE ORDINANCE AS PART OF THIS.
WE WOULD MAKE THAT CHANGE IN HERE, UM, AND DO OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT RATHER THAN DUPLICATING EFFORTS, IT'S CONVENIENT THAT WE CAN DO IT AT THIS TIME.
AND WE'LL ALSO, AGAIN, WE WOULD BE REPEALING THE OLD ORDINANCE.
NOW WE HAVE THE TEMPLATE READY FOR WHEN WE'RE DONE.
UM, BUT WE'LL MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT WE FEEL NECESSARY.
THAT'S FROM THAT 2010 OR 2011 ADOPTION.
SO THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT, UM, ONLY EVOLVED AROUND HAPPY CREEK AND THE SHANANDOAH.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE TWO DISTRICTS FELL OUTSIDE OF THAT 5%, UM, PERCENTAGE BASED ON POPULATION.
AND SO BY SKEWING THOSE TWO DISTRICTS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THEM CLOSER TO THAT EQUAL POPULATION.
AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO SOME OF THOSE CRITERIA WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST CREATING IMAGINARY LINES, WE'RE NOT INCREASING TRAVEL TIME TO POLLING LOCATIONS.
WE'RE NOT INCREASING PRECINCT POPULATION AND WE'RE USING MAJOR BOUNDARIES.
SO THIS OPTION ONE WOULD INCLUDE, WE WOULD CARVE OUT AN AREA ALONG MORGAN FORD ROAD AND HOUSE VILLE ROAD, WHICH ARE TAKEN ASPEN HILLS, SHANNON, WHICH DRIVE THAT KIND OF AREA AND BRING IT INTO THE HAPPY CREEK DISTRICT.
SO THERE'S A MAP HERE AND I WILL MAKE A NOTE THAT ON THE MAP, THERE IS A TYPO.
SO IF ANYBODY QUESTIONS, SO THE 55 IS SUPPOSED TO BE 5 22.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY CONFUSION THERE.
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SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS HIGHLIGHTED AREA THAT IS CALLED OUT AND GOT A ZOOMED IN AREA, THIS AREA WOULD BE PULLED INTO THE HAPPY CREEK DISTRICT.AND IT WOULD BRING IN APPROXIMATELY 65.
SO, UM, WOULD BRING IN THOSE AND BRING THAT NUMBER CLOSER TO THAT EQUAL POPULATION.
SO THIS WOULD BE OPTION ONE FOR THESE FOLKS.
THEY WOULD STILL BE WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS BEFORE THEIR POLLING LOCATION.
SO WOULDN'T INCREASE ANY OF THAT TRAVEL TIME TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
AND THEY WOULD GO INTO THE LINDEN PRECINCT, WHICH, UM, BOATS AT THE LONDON FIRE DEPARTMENT OPTION TO AGAIN, WOULD BRING IN ADDITIONAL POPULATION INTO THE HAPPY CREEK DISTRICT, APPROXIMATELY 494 PEOPLE.
AND THIS IS MORE UP ON THE MOUNTAIN.
UM, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, IT'S HIGH TOP ROAD, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT LINDEN, UH, HEIGHTS, I THINK IS THE SUBDIVISION UP THERE.
UM, SO YOU WOULD GET INTO THAT SUBDIVISION, CARVING OUT A LITTLE BIT INTO THAT SHENANDOAH FARMS AREA.
AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BRING THAT NUMBER CLOSER TO THAT 5% AND EQUAL OUT THAT AREA.
AND THESE ARE ALL BASED OFF OF THAT EQUAL POPULATION PRINCIPLE AT THIS TIME.
UM, BASED OFF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, UM, AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHAT THE STATE ULTIMATELY DOES AND THEIR DECISIONS WORKING WITH JASON'S OFFICE, BUT IT WOULD LIKELY REQUIRE MORE MOVEMENT IN PROBABLY OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.
BUT I THINK AGAIN, WHAT WE TRYING TO DO IS WE HAVE TO LOOK, WE HAVE A LOT OF GEOGRAPHICAL CHALLENGES, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL LAND AND ROADS AND THE RIVER, AND JUST BY MOVING CERTAIN AREAS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE INCREASING TRAVEL TIME TO POLLING LOCATIONS.
YOU'RE MAKING IT MUCH MORE INCONVENIENT FOR SOME FOLKS.
I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT, IT'S A LARGE AREA.
AND EVEN IN, IT'S VERY RURAL IN COMPARISON TO THE HAPPY CREEK OR SHANANDOAH.
AND WHILE YOU CAN CARVE OUT A BIG SECTION TOO, BUT HERE IT WOULD TAKE A LOT TO ACCOMMODATE 400 PEOPLE IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN THAT TRAVEL TIME WOULD INCREASE GREATLY FOR SOME OF THOSE PRECINCTS OR POLLING LOCATIONS.
SO THAT WAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE KEPT LOOKING AT, AND WE FELT LIKE THESE ROADS, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, OR SUBDIVISIONS WERE ON THIS COMMON SENSE TO KIND OF LIKE USE THOSE BOUNDARY LINES.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR NOW, AGAIN, TO ACHIEVE THAT ULTIMATE EQUAL POPULATION.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO REVIEW EVERYTHING WE'RE CONTINUING.
WE WANTED TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, JUST TO START DISCUSSING SOME OPTIONS, OPENING IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE DEADLINE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AGAIN, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN DRAFTING UP THE ORDINANCE, SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING READY FOR WHEN WE HAVE THE FINAL INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET SOMETHING PRESENTED TO YOU IN A TIMELY MANNER AND GET THAT PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED.
AND THEN WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG.
SO, UM, ARE YOU GUYS UTILIZING THE CURRENT MAP THAT HAD, THAT CREATES THE 31ST THEY'RE CREATING THE 31ST DISTRICT IN THAT CURRENT MAP? I SENT IT TO 18TH DISTRICT.
AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THE 31ST.
DALEY TO, I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE.
I WAS YESTERDAY WITH MRS. COLOR'S IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT, BUT YEAH, WE'LL GET IT OVER TO, SO THAT IMPACTS HOW, HOW THE D BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT IN INCLUDES PART OF MRS. COLOR'S CHAIRMAN COLOR'S DISTRICT, THERE'S ABOUT 300 OR 400 PEOPLE, THE WAY THAT THEY'VE CREATED IT, THAT ARE GOING TO BE LEFT OUT OF THE 31ST AND THEN THEY'LL GO INTO, YEAH.
OUR GIS DEPARTMENT IS KIND OF THE HEAD THERE, THE CENSUS, AND EVERYBODY IS SENDING INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, ON US, DIRECTLY TO THEM.
AND THEY'RE DISSEMINATING THOSE MAPS AND INFORMATION INTO WHAT WE HAVE, UNLESS SHE'S GETTING THEM DIRECTLY.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THIS PROPOSAL CONSENT ON THAT, NOT AT THIS TIME, WE WILL INCORPORATE, WE WILL, AS SOON AS WE GET AND WE GET THOSE MAPS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE COMING IN A CERTAIN FORMAT.
SO EMMA CAN MANIPULATE THEM INTO THESE MAPS THAT WE SEE AND USE IN GEOGRAPHIC.
THIS WHOLE THING IS FASCINATING.
IT'S JUST FASCINATING HOW ALL THE RULES AND EVERYTHING IS.
SO DO YOU HAVE A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT HELPS YOU DO EMMA AND LINDSEY AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SET YOU SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE ARE VERY THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE HER ON STAFF.
EVERY TIME YOU SEE MAPS FOR ANY AGENDA ITEM, IT'S EMMA AND HER TEAM.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THANKFUL AND SHE'S HARD AT WORK IN HER OFFICE.
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TIME WE GET THIS INFORMATION, IT'S NICE.I CAN JUST HAND IT OFF TO HER AND SHE GETS IT DONE AND WE CAN SEE IT SO SHE CAN, SHE CAN DISSEMINATE IT DOWN TO WHERE AGAIN, WE CAN READ IT AND MAKE SENSE, JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY DID BEFORE THE DIGITAL WAY, THE HUMAN COMPUTER MA'AM.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE, BUT ANYWAY, BUT AGAIN, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS.
WE FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO AT LEAST GET UP HERE AND DISCUSS IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST STATE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING NOW.
BUT AGAIN, AS, AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH MS. HANDS-OFF ABOUT WHAT WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO DO IN THIS ORDINANCE REWRITE.
AND EVEN THAT AGAIN HAS BEEN DRAFTED UP, BUT WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED ANYTHING UNTIL WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION.
SO 10 YEARS AGO, THE HAPPY CREEK IN THE SHENANDOAH DISTRICT WERE IMPACTED AS WELL.
AND SO IS, IS THERE A, I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE A LAW, A LAW OR A RULE THAT YOU CAN'T IMPACT CERTAIN DISTRICTS MULTIPLE TIMES, OR IS THAT NOT A FACTOR YOU CAN IMPACT THE SAME DISTRICTS CONTINUE OVER AND OVER.
JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE POPULATION IS SHIFTS FOR THAT.
CAUSE YOU COULD HAVE SHIFTED SHENANDOAH AND YOU COULD HAVE SHIFTED SOME OF THOSE TO RIGHT.
SHENANDOAH AND NORTH RIVER, OR YOU CONSIDERED SA SOUTH RIVER, BUT IT'S TOO.
AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT, IT WAS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT SHIFTING THOSE BOUNDARIES, HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD YOU ACTUALLY GRAB WHEN YOU START, YOU KNOW, DRAWING OUT THOSE CIRCLES AND HOW MANY, HOW MUCH OF THAT POPULATION? AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SINCE THESE ARE DENSE AREAS, IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF LAND AND YOU GET A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT MAKES CHOW.
AND THEN AGAIN, ONCE YOU START APPLYING THAT RULE AND THEN YOU START LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER PLANT, YOU KNOW, START LOOKING AT ALL THE MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND WHETHER THESE LINES CHANGED THINGS.
AND THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, UH, IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVERSE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE RIVER AND THE BRIDGE WOULD LOOK AT DISTANCES AS WELL.
WELL, AND TRYING TO KEEP THE EQUALIZATION OF THE POPULATION NUMBER, I'M SURE THAT WEIGHED INTO THAT BECAUSE I, WHEN I LOOKED AT MY AREA GREW 18%, BUT I WAS WAY BELOW EVERYONE.
SO NOW THAT 18 JUST LEVELS ME OFF, CORRECT? YEAH.
WELL, WHEN WE FIRST GOT TO THE NUMBERS, WE WERE, YOU KNOW, KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES, BUT THEN WHEN YOU START TO DIVE DOWN INTO IT AND YOU SAW THAT IT STARTED TO EQUAL OUT WITH THAT BEING THE LOWEST AT ONE TIME, BROUGHT IT UP POPULATION.
SO THAT'S NOT WHAT THE ADJUSTED POPULATION, WHEN YOU HAD TO ADJUST IT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALSO SEEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IN THAT DISTRICT, WE'VE SEEN THE INCREASE IN BLUE RIDGE SHADOWS, FOR INSTANCE.
UM, AND THEN THE HAPPY CRESCENDO, A DISTRICT WITH HEAVY CREEK NOLS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THAT POPULATION GROWTH.
WELL, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DON'T HESITATE TO HASC, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EMMA IS KIND OF OUR LEAD STAFF MEMBER ON WORKING THROUGH IT.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I'D JUST SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYBODY.
AND I'VE GOT ONE, I MAY BE WRONG, BUT AS I, AS I SEE IT, YOU'VE, YOU'VE TAKEN ME OUT OF MY OWN DISTRICT.
NO, WE HAVE NOT ADJUSTED ANYTHING WITHIN THE TOWN.
UM, TOWN LIMITS ARE STILL THE SAME.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE ADJUSTED WOULD BE THE HAPPY CREEK IT'S OUT.
THAT IS, UM, MORGAN FORD ROAD AND HOUSE FILL OUT IN THE COUNTY AREA.
SO ANYTHING WITHIN TOWN HAS NOT CHANGED AT ALL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A DIFFERENT COLORED GREEN.
THEIR COLORS KIND OF FALL INTO PRECINCTS AND SUBNETS.
SO ALL THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE WANTED TO ENSURE THERE WERE NO BOARD MEMBERS WERE KICKED OUT OF THEIR DISTRICT.
AND THANK YOU, JOE, JOE, DON'T SEE BEFORE MERRY CHRISTMAS.
[J. Reports – Board Members, County Administrator, Interim County Attorney]
REPORTS FROM THE BOARD MR. CARTER.UM, I NOTICED, I THINK IN THE LAST PEAK AT A COUPLE STRUCTURE FIRES, AND I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE, SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, TOO.
SO I KNOW THE CHIEF HAD MADE MENTION OF IT.
AND JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION, AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COLD WEATHER PEOPLE USING THEIR FIREPLACES, WOOD STOVES, WHATEVER, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT YOU GET YOUR CHIMNEYS CLEAN PERIODICALLY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER ANY, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO HAVE THAT DONE.
UM, THIS IS MY LAST OFFICIAL MEETING AND I JUST WANT TO READ A FEW THINGS.
I HAVE BEEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR OVER 27 YEARS, SEVEN AND A HALF
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WITH THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND ENDING 20 YEARS WITH THE COUNTY OF WARREN FIRST AND FOREMOST, I TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR THEIR SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS WITH THE MEETINGS AND TIME AWAY.SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF WARREN COUNTY.
YOU'VE HAD THE CONFIDENCE AND REELECTING ME THROUGHOUT THE 27 YEARS.
I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO PUT THE COMMUNITY FIRST, THIRD.
I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF PAST AND PRESENT WHO HAVE CARRIED OUT THE BOARD'S POLICIES AND DIRECTION WITHOUT GOOD STAFF TO CARRY OUT THE BOARD'S POLICIES.
WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULD NOT GET VERY MUCH ACCOMPLISHED THE CITIZENS OR BENEFICIARIES OF THE COUNTY.
HAVING A GREAT STAFF WHO TAKES PRIDE IN THEIR JOBS AND WORKS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR AREA.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING WITH A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD.
AND EVEN THOUGH IN THE PAST, WE MAY HAVE DISAGREED ON SOME ISSUES.
WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS COUNTY FORWARD.
I'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MANY OF OUR CITIZENS, AND THIS HAS MOSTLY BEEN A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
WE'RE ALSO FORTUNATE TO HAVE MANY HARDWORKING CARING NON-PROFITS WHO HELPED SERVE OUR CITIZENS MOST IN NEED.
THIS COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT MANY SELFLESS INDIVIDUALS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO HELP OTHERS.
I'VE WORKED WITH THE MEDIA OVER THE YEARS.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY HAVE BEEN FAIR.
WE NEED THE MEDIA AS WELL AS OTHER OUTLETS IN ORDER TO HELP INFORM OUR CITIZENS AND TO FOSTER MORE PUBLIC INPUT.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE PAST 27 YEARS ARE THE TOWN HELPED.
UH, THE TOWN DEVELOPED A 5 22 CORRIDOR WITH A PARTNERSHIP OF THE COUNTY.
THIS BROUGHT IN INDUSTRY AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL GROWTH.
THIS HELP KEEP TAXES LOW, AS WELL AS HELP FUND OUR SCHOOLS.
INSTEAD OF OUR CITIZENS GOING TO WINCHESTER AND FUNDING THEIR SCHOOLS, WE GAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHOPPING AS WELL AS PROVIDING JOBS.
SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE QUARTER OR REVERSING COMMONS, CORPORATE RUN SHOPPING CENTER, TORAY FAMILY DOLLAR AND DOMINION POWER.
JUST TO NAME A FEW, THE FURTHER LIST OF POSITIVES THAT HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE LAST 27 YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT CENTER WHERE WE'RE LOCATED NOW, PREVIOUSLY, THE BOARD MEETINGS WERE HELD IN AN UPSTAIRS COURTROOM AT THE, UH, CURRENT COURTHOUSE, ALONG WITH MOVING DOWN HERE, THE COURTHOUSE WAS ALSO RENOVATED.
AGAIN, THOSE WERE DONE BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PRE UH, PRIOR TO ME COMING ON SCHOOLS, WE HAVE TWO NEW HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE CONVERT THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL INTO A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
YOU BUILT A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING INFRASTRUCTURE AT HE WILSON MORRISON, RESI JEFFREY'S S ROSE.
AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE WORKING ON LFA.
WE HAVE A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, WHICH HOUSES, THE SHERIFF AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE TWO NEW FIRE DEPARTMENTS, COMPANY 10 AND COMPANY TWO ALSO IN 1994, THE ONLY STATION THAT HAD PAID MEN WAS FRONT ROYAL AND THEY HAD FOUR.
NOW MOST OF THE COMPANIES HAVE SOME PAID STAFF WITH MANY HAVING 24 7 COVERAGE.
WE ALSO CONSTRUCTED OR CONVERTED THE OLD 15TH STREET SCHOOL INTO A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES BUILDING, WHICH HOUSES THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT DSS AND THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE.
WE ALSO BUILT A NEW HIGH A LIBRARY, WHICH ALLOWED US TO TAKE THE OLD LIBRARY AND TURN THAT INTO A COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE ALSO HAVE A NEW STATE OF THE ART HOSPITAL.
LEECHES RUN PARKWAY WAS CONSTRUCTED CONNECTING 55 ALONG WITH HAPPY CREEK ROAD.
THAT CONNECTION HAD BEEN LOOKED AT FOR PROBABLY 20 OR 30 YEARS, SOMEHOW TRYING TO CONNECT THOSE TWO ROADS IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THAT HAD TO PASS THROUGH TOWN.
AS FAR AS PARKS AND REC, WE DID THE RENOVATION OF BING CROSBY STADIUM.
WE PURCHASED ROCKLAND PARK FOR OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE ALSO CONSTRUCTED THE NEW SITE OR, WELL, THE SOCCER PLEX LOCATED ON LOW, UH, CORPORATE AVENUE.
AND I DID NOT TAKE SOLE CREDIT FOR ANY OF THESE THINGS, BUT I WAS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY A PART OF THEM WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY COMING FORWARD TO GIVE THEIR IDEAS AND HELP.
THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT WITH THE MAJORITY OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE LEARNING THE ROPES AND THEIR ROLES.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE COMPUTER HACK THAT SHUT SOME OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS DOWN FOR A WHILE.
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THE LOSS OF SOME OF OUR KEY EMPLOYEES AND PARTICULARLY THE UNFORTUNATE PASSING OF EVER LOVED HR PERSON, JODY CFL.AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE CAN, I HAVING TO DEAL WITH COVID, BUT THESE CHALLENGES WERE FACED AND THE BOARD HAS, AND IS ADDRESSING THEM.
THE NEW BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL BE FACING MANY CHALLENGES IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MORE NEEDS THAN THERE IS FUNDING.
SO I WOULD OFFER THIS ADVICE, PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR PRIORITIES AND CONCENTRATE ON TWO OR THREE THINGS AT A TIME IF TOO MUCH HAS TRIED TO GET ACCOMPLISHED VERY LITTLE MAY HAPPEN.
AS FAR AS THE NEW BOARD, I WISH THE FUTURE.
I WISH THE NEW BOARD, NOTHING BUT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE I STILL PLAN ON BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. FOX, I'D JUST LIKE TO ECHO MR. CARTER'S, SENTIMENT'S COMPLETELY, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BOARD PROGRESSING THE SAME AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
AND I STILL, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE CITIZENS OF WARREN COUNTY FOR HAVING ME HERE AND IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO MR. FOX AND MR. CARTER FOR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE'LL BE LOSING A LOT OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION AND, UM, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN FORTHCOMING IN GIVING US AS MUCH INPUT AS YOU POSSIBLY COULD.
AND ON, ON, I KNOW THAT I APPRECIATED THAT.
I'M JUST, I HAD A PLAN TO SAY ALL THOSE SAME THINGS.
UM, MR. FOX, MR. CARTER, UH, YOU'VE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY WELL, AND WE'VE GROWN SO MUCH, PARTICULARLY IN MY DISTRICT AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PROGRESS IN MY DISTRICT.
I SEE LOTS AND LOTS OF, EVEN MORE PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF THE GROUNDWORK THAT YOU BOTH HAVE LAID.
AND, UH, AND I'M GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
I THINK THAT NORTH RIVER IS EXCITING WHEN YOU COME OFF THE INTERSTATE NOW AND YOU SEE ALL OF THAT RETAIL, UM, PEOPLE THINK, WOW, WHERE WE ACTUALLY, THIS IS A DESTINATION AND, AND TARGET I'D LIKE TO, MY HUSBAND WOULD LIKE TO NOT THANK YOU FOR TARGET, BUT I THANK YOU FOR TARGET, BUT ANYWAY, YOU GUYS HAVE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY.
I'VE NEVER DOUBTED THAT YOU WANTED TO DO THE BEST FOR THIS COMMUNITY AT, EVEN IN THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES, EVEN WHEN WE'VE DISAGREED ON THINGS, I KNOW WHERE YOUR HEARTS ARE AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
AND I'D LIKE TO WISH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
OKAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH MR. FOX.
UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE WARREN COUNTY COMMUNITY, AND ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND A SUCCE OR EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE TO MRS. FOX.
UH, WE FORGET ABOUT THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN BEHIND WHO SUPPORT US HERE.
AND, UH, I KNOW SHE HAS SUPPORTED YOU WELL, AS WELL AS YOUR CHILDREN.
AND THAT SUPPORT HAS LED YOU TO DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR, UM, IN DIFFICULT TIMES.
I ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT TO ME AND YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER.
UM, YOU'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT KIND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING VICE CHAIR THIS YEAR.
I EXPECT REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU THREW OUT THAT FIRST PITCH OF THE CARDINALS HOME GAME, AND YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB WITH THAT.
WHEN THEY TOLD ME I WOULD, THEY WANT ME TO DO THAT.
SO I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND COMING TO MY RESCUE AND I HOPE YOU, AND, UH, IMAGING AND PUMPKIN, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHO PUMPKIN IS, SHE'S FAMOUS.
UH, THAT IS IT'S THE FOUR LEGGED MEMBER OF THE FAMILY AND TO MEET HER IS TO REALLY ENJOY OR SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY, NEW YEARS.
AND MR. CARTER, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO WARREN COUNTY COMMUNITY.
AND I WISH YOU WELL, AND YOUR RETIREMENT FROM THE BOARD, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE AN ADJUSTMENT.
UM, AND I WISH YOU AND TINA AND YOUR FAMILY, A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR, AS FAR AS MY REPORT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND, UH, RIBBON CUTTINGS FOR NEW BUSINESSES, WHICH IS ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE NEW BUSINESSES.
UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE A PLUG OUT TO THE ONE.
I WENT TO A MAIN STREET, COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO, ARTS AND CLAY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND YOU NEED SOME LAST ONES, THAT'S AN AWESOME PLACE IN THERE.
IT'S HANDCRAFTED THINGS IT'S, YOU COULD SPEND THE WHOLE DAY IN THERE.
SO I RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU NEED GIFTS,
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UM, MRS. OATES, MY GRANDSON AND I WROTE IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, WHICH WAS AWESOME.AND I WANT TO THANK YOUR HUSBAND FOR DRIVING US.
UM, MY GRANDSON HAD A BALL AND THE MOST EXCITING THING THAT I'VE DONE WAS YESTERDAY.
AND I'M THANKFUL THAT MR MADE DR.
DALEY, UM, SUPERVISOR ELECT MRS. COOK.
AND I WERE ABLE TO GO UP TO AUGUSTA TO THE BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND WE WERE THERE FOR, UM, THE EVENT.
WE ARE IN A REGIONAL BROADBAND INITIATIVE WITH FREDERICK COUNTY CLARK COUNTY FALL, KIER, RAPPAHANNOCK, PAIGE, AUGUSTA, AND ROCKINGHAM.
AND WE WERE AWARDED THE VADIE GRANT THAT WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING OUR BREATH FOR.
SO WE WILL BE FULLY FUNDED TO EXPAND BROADBAND TO ALL THE UNSERVED AREAS OF WARREN COUNTY.
THE MEMBERS OF THE BROADBAND COMMITTEE, BRANDON DAVIS, DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY, REGIONAL COMMISSION THERE, OUR PROJECT MANAGER, DR.
DAM, TAMRA HOLMES, SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AND RICHMOND.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT SAID GO REGIONAL.
SHE GAVE US THAT ADVICE AND, UM, DR.
DALEY, TARON LOGAN, AND ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT WORKED ON THIS, UM, IT'S, IT'S A BLESSING.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, I'M NOT SURE THE BROADBAND INFORMATION IS UP, BUT WE CAN GET THAT BACK UP BETWEEN MRS SHAHRAKI AND, UM, MR. JONES REACH OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY AND WE WANT YOU TO GET THE BEST BENEFIT FROM IT.
SO THAT'S THE MOST EXCITING THING THAT MY, OUR GIFT AND THE GOVERNOR'S GIFT AND EVERYBODY'S GIFT TO WARREN COUNTY.
SO MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE, DR.
MA'AM UH, THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF AGREEMENTS IN THAT COMING UP IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND IT WILL PROBABLY, I SAY PROBABLY YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THE FIRST ACTION IN EARLY SPRING.
UH, THE TRUNK LINES WILL HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE ALL POINTS CAN BE CONNECTING ANYTHING.
SO PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO YEAR PROJECT OUT HERE.
AND PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE AT THE END OF THE LINE, THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO BE LAST BECAUSE YOU'RE AT THE END.
UH, THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE LINE GOES, BUT WE WILL GET THEM.
THERE'LL BE OUT THERE AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.
UM, REALLY WANNA REMIND THE BOARD THAT ON THURSDAY FROM 12 TO TWO, WE WILL BE DOING THE CHRISTMAS LUNCH AND TURKEYS.
THIS LUNCH WILL BE A TAKEOUT MEAL, AND YOU CAN THEN TAKE IT UPSTAIRS AT THE FIRE HALL.
WE WILL BE ACROSS THE STREET, FRONT ROYAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MEAL UP THERE AND EAT INSIDE IF YOU LIKE, OR YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE IT WITH YOU AND GO BACK TO WHEREVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
UM, AND WE'LL BE DOING THE TURKEYS AT THE SAME PLACE AND THE BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR BOARD MEMBER ELECTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME OVER AND HELP TO HAND OUT THE TURKEYS AND GET TO MEET SOME MORE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, ALL WHO COMING OVER THERE TO GET THEIR TURKEYS, UM, THE ROCKLIN ROAD PROJECT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS TO BE DONE IS V DOT, UM, SAYS THERE'S ABOUT AN ACRE AND A HALF OF COUNTY PROPERTY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO DONATE TO THEM.
AND, UH, MRS. LOGAN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND TALK TO V DOT A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND SHE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU LATER TO LOOK AT THIS DEEP, TO DETERMINE IF YOU WANT TO DONATE THE PROPERTY OR YOU WANT PAID FOR IT, LIKE ALL THE OTHER PROPERTIES, UH, THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING PAID FOR AS THE COUNTY GETS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
THE DISADVANTAGES PART OF THE MONEY COMES FROM THE COUNTY ANYWAY.
SO IT'S, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING THEY'RE LEVERAGING YOUR MONEY AROUND.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, AS A RULE, PARTICULARLY IF IT'S A RIGHT OF WAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE DONATE IT, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE PARK OUT THERE IS WHAT IT IS.
SO WE WILL SEE, UM, THERE, UM, REMIND YOU THAT
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MONDAY NEXT MONDAY IS THE SWEARING AT FOUR O'CLOCK ON THE 20TH, OVER IN THE COURTHOUSE, UH, MRS. COOK AND MR. BUTLER AND THE JUDGE GET TO SWEAR.AND SO, UM, YOU'RE ALL INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO COME.
WE'LL BE AS LITTLE RECEPTION AFTERWARDS.
AND, UM, LAST THING ON THE AGENDA IS I NEED TO TALK TO MRS. COLOURS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD WANTS TO HAVE A WORK SESSION LATER THIS MONTH, OR YOU JUST WANT TO EAT COOKIES AND COCOA AND SO FORTH AND COME BACK IN JANUARY.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS LIKE THE REDISTRICTING AND SO FORTH THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH, BUT THEY ALSO, UNTIL WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, THEY CAN WAIT.
I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT ON MR. DALEY'S REMARKS.
UH, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. COOK FROM MR. BUTLER.
AND AS HE SAID, THIS SWEARING IN WILL BE THE 20TH, AND THAT'LL JUST BE THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SWEARING, MR. HAM.
SO YOU'RE ALL ARE APPROVING SIX CONTRACTS TODAY IN YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.
AND I OFTENTIMES SEE THOSE CONTRACTS, AND THIS IS FINE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN, IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE.
AND I SOMETIMES HAVE SOME SMALL CHANGES TO THEM THAT GENERALLY DON'T AFFECT THE CONTENT MUCH.
AND SO QUITE OFTEN, WE, WHEN WE PUT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA MOTIONS, WE ADD THAT THE, YOU KNOW, AND WE AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH SUCH MODIFY CATIONS.
THIS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BECAUSE OF COURSE, SOMETIMES IF I HAVE A CHANGE TO A CONTRACT, IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF SWITCHING THE PAGE OUT, YOU GOT TO GO TALK TO THE OTHER SIDE AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT CHANGE SOME A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING LATER TOO.
SO I'M, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT AS A MATTER OF COURSE, THAT YOU PUT THAT IN YOUR MOTIONS NOW TO ALLOW A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE CONTRACTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE, THE, UH, AIRPORT ONE IS LIKE 30 PAGES LONG, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OBVIOUS MISTAKES IN IT THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
UM, AND THAT ALLOWS ED TO DO THAT ON, ON THE BACKEND AFTERWARDS.
AND SO WHEN WE GET TO THAT CONSENT AGENDA, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AND THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ALL THE REFERENCE AGREEMENTS WITH SUCH CHANGES AS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM IN, UH, IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, I'LL MAY BE ASKED TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR SO THAT I CAN MAKE THAT STATEMENT AGAIN.
BUT THAT'S THE REASON FOR, UM, OTHERWISE I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH MR. CARTER AND MR. FOX AND, UH, SORRY, THE BOARD FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, AND YOU BOTH NICE PEOPLE.
AND I ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU, AND I WISH BOTH OF YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.
[K. Additional Appropriations and Transfers]
K ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS IN FRANCE FOR, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THAT? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED TARA MY PROMOTIONS FOR THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS OF YOUR APPROVALS APPROVAL? MR. FOX, MR. MAYOR, MADAM CHAIR, I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER APPROVAL[L. Approval of Accounts]
OF ACCOUNTS, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THAT? AND IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? I MOVED WITH FRUIT COUNTS AS PRESENTED SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATS.AND I'D LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT THAT THE, UM, THE SAND DAN SANDS ANDERSONVILLE IS STILL 130,000 A MONTH.
I MADAM CHAIR, PAINFULLY I, MR. MAINE.
ALRIGHT, MR. FOX, AND I DO APOLOGIZE, MRS. OATES.
WE ACTUALLY GOT ANOTHER BILL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FOR ANOTHER $8,000, SO YAY.
[M. Approval of Minutes – Regular Meeting of November 18, 2021]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 18TH.ANY, UM, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS COMMENTS, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION
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TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED SECOND, SECOND.ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.
[N. Consent Agenda]
MR. HAM, IF I COULD STATE MY SUGGESTED MOTION.AND ONE OF YOU WOULD SAY SO MOVED, UH, I MOVE THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AND THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BE AUTHOR, HE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ALL CONSENT AGENDA AGREEMENTS WITH SUCH CHANGES.
THIS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. HAMMOND, WHEN YOU SAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS, UM, EXPLICIT.
YOU'RE SAYING NOTHING CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE MONETARY AGREEMENTS WITHIN THE CONTRACT.
LET ME BE, I CAN BE VERY SPECIFIC TO BE VERY SPECIFIC.
SO I TRIED TO DO THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT PEOPLE WERE OUT OF THE OFFICE, ET CETERA, AND YOU ALL WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME REPLACEMENT PAGES, BUT THIS IS WHAT IT IS IN END NINE, WHICH ARE THE BROKER SERVICES.
IT LIMITS THE BROKER SERVICES EXCLUSIVELY OWNED BY THE COUNTY AND NOT PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED BY THE IDA.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE EVER GOING TO WANT TO USE THE BROKER FOR IDA PROPERTIES, BUT THE IDA SURE AS HECK HAS A LOT TO SELL.
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO HAVE THE IDA IN THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S, THERE ARE TWO PLACES IN THOUGH IN BOTH OF THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WOULD NEED TO CHANGE TO FIX THAT, UM, IN BOTH OF THOSE CONTRACTS.
UH, AND IN FACT, IN ALL SIX OF THE CONTRACTS IS LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT THERE ARE THE RFP, AND THEN THE RESPONSE TO THE RFP ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE CONTRACT.
WELL, I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE OTHER DOCUMENTS.
AND THEN WHAT YOU, IF YOU'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS, THAT'S FINE.
BUT WHAT IF THERE'S A CONFLICT AMONG THE DOCUMENTS? WHAT IF THE CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE BIDDER ASKED FOR WHICH TAKES PRIORITY.
AND SO IN ALL SIX OF THESE CONTRACTS, THERE'S GOING TO BE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT IN THE EVENT OF A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, THE CONTRACT FOR SERVICES, WHICH IS WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE, UM, ASSET MAY BE MODIFIED PURSUANT TO ANY MODIFICATION SIGNED BY THE PARTIES WILL CONTROL FOLLOWED BY THE COUNTY OF WARREN REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.
AND THAT WAY, IF THERE'S CONFLICT, OUR CONTRACT TRUMPS, THEN OUR RFP AND LAST IS WHAT THE BIDDER SENT.
AND SO THAT'S JUST OF GOOD PRACTICE TO CLARIFY WHAT THE CONTRACT REALLY SAYS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WANT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S BASICALLY, OH YEAH, THERE'S IN SEC IN THE, UH, AIRPORT CONTRACT, THERE IS A MISTAKE WHERE THE CONSULTANT HAS, IT'S A REALLY LONG FEDERAL CONTRACT AND THE CONSULTANT HAS CHECKS BOXES INDICATING THAT THEY HAVEN'T PAID THEIR TAXES AND THAT THEY ARE COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMES.
AND, YOU KNOW, I AM 95% SURE THAT THAT'S A MISTAKE, UM, BUT IT'S WRONG AND IT CAN'T BE APPROVED THAT WAY.
UH, AND THERE'S ALSO 16 PAGES, SIX 16 PAGE A SIXTEENS, UM, WHICH PROBABLY SHOULD BE CHANGED TOO.
AND TH THE PART ABOUT THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, UM, AND, UH, PRIORITY OF WHICH DOCUMENTS CONTROL THAT IS, AGAIN, IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN EACH ONE, BUT THAT'S THE CONCEPT THAT'S IN ALL SIX OF THESE CONTRACTS, THINKING ABOUT, UH, SUPERVISOR OATS IS CONCERNED AND WITH THINKING ABOUT THE RESOLUTION AGREEMENT THAT THE BOARD APPROVED WITH A BANK THAT I HAVE NOT SIGNED YET, UH, WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING YOU MIGHT ADD AND BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF YOU ADDED, UH, SOMETHING IN THERE, COMMA THAT ARE NOT FINANCIALLY SUBSTANTIVE AND COMMA TO THAT MOTION.
THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, IF IT CHANGES, IF IT CHANGES THE MONEY, ANYTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE, UH, IT WOULD COME, COME BEFORE THE BOARD, IF IT'S THINGS LIKE THIS THAT DO NOT, THEY WOULD NOT.
AND I'M, I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAPPY THAT IF THAT LIMITED LANGUAGES IS PUT IN THERE, I MEAN, A CONTRACT CHANGE THAT RESULTED IN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT HAS BUDGETING AUTHORITY.
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HOWEVER, SO I GUESS THERE, THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE, I MEAN, HE SPENDS MONEY EVERY DAY AND THEN HE'S AUTHORIZED TO DO THAT, BUT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF ANY OF THESE CONTRACTS WOULD ABSOLUTELY COME BACK TO YOU.AND AS YOU CAN TELL, ALL OF THESE CHANGES ONLY BENEFIT THE COUNTY, AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE CONSULTANT RADIATE PROPERTIES, FOR EXAMPLE, WHY NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO, SO IT'S NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE OF, OF, OF HARM TO YOU.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF AFTER YOU APPROVED IT, THE OTHER SIDE CAME ALONG AND WANTED TO GET RID OF SIX SECTIONS THAT WERE OF BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE PAUSED WITH THAT.
SECOND THING YOU COULD ADD TO THIS IS WHERE IT SAYS BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND AGREED TO BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, THAT WAY YOU'VE GOT TWO SETS OF EYES LOOKING AT THIS.
I WANT TO PROTECT YOU GUYS AS MUCH AS WE PROTECT OURSELVES FROM ANY KIND OF, UM, UH, ANY KIND OF IDEA THAT WE'RE NOT TRANSPARENT, SO THAT I WANNA WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL TOTALLY TRANSPARENT IN THE WAY THAT WE DELIVER CONTRACTS.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU DO HAVE BUDGETARY AUTHORITY, BUT IT'S STILL LIMITED TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THIS BOARD.
SO I WANT IT TO BE, SO I, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DEFINITELY PUT IN THE MOTION THAT THE ED ALWAYS HAS TO CHECK WITH ME.
I MEAN, VERY GOOD ABOUT IF THERE'S AN ISSUE.
HE TALKS TO ME, IT DOESN'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT EVERY LAST THING.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THIS MOTION THOUGH.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, TO EXECUTE ALL CONSENT AGENDA AGREEMENTS WITH SUCH CHANGES.
THIS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND WHICH ARE NOT FINANCIALLY SUBSTANTIVE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'D LIKE TO, UH, AT LEAST REMOVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REQUEST FOR A TRANSFER OF $63,000, $60,650.
UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST BASICALLY TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A FEW MINUTES.
WE NEED TO MAKE THIS MOTION THOUGH BEFORE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUMPED, I JUMPED THE GUN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR THINGS TO BE REMOVED.
SO LET'S APOLOGIES, UH, UH, MR. BABE, MAYBE IF YOU COULD JUST SOLICIT ANY OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE, UH, POLLED, MADAM CHAIRPERSON.
ARE THERE, MR. MABE WANTS TO PULL NUMBER SEVEN.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS ON THIS 21 LIST THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION? IF WE'RE PULLING, CAN WE PULL NUMBER FIVE? I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE, UM, THE HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING PURCHASING OR THAT WE ARE PURCHASING.
I JUST, I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF IT INTEGRATES TO WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE OTHER, THE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IN THE FUTURE AND HOW IT DOES THAT, AND, YEAH.
SO WE HAVE NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SEVEN.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY LOOK FOR FOR DISCUSSION? OKAY.
IF NOT MR. MAPE, NOW YOU DO THE MOST, OH YEAH, I'LL DO THE MOTION I MADE THE MOTION.
SO THE MOTION STANDS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SEVEN, IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATES, MADAM CHAIR, MR. MABE, MR. FOX.
[N.7. Warren County Public Schools Request to Transfer $63,650 from Contingency Reserves to Instruction for the FY 2021-2022 Budget – Dr. Chris Ballenger]
ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR.UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, BASICALLY DISCUSSING THIS $63,000 AND IF WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY TO SPEAK, I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT.
UM, AND BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $63,650, UM, TO BE ADDED TO THEIR SCHOOL BOARD NUMBERS, OUR BUDGET THAT I BELIEVE THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
UM, WELL, I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO MS. UH, MR. BALLANTINE WAS GOING TO BE HERE, SIR.
UM, I'VE REQUESTED THAT THEY SHOW YOU THEIR TOTAL FUNDS AND WHAT THEY HAVE IN THESE DIFFERENT POCKETS THERE SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM AND SEE WHAT THE TOTAL PICTURE IS.
UH, I THINK YOU COULD PUT THIS FOR JANUARY
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FOUR, IF YOU'D LIKE, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY HERE.SO WOULD YOU, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF $63,650 FROM CONTINGENCY RESERVE TO INSTRUCTION FOR THE PHYSICAL YEAR 2021 AND 2022 BUDGET.
UH, AND, UH, I'M HAPPY TO ASK THAT THAT BE PUT ON THE JANUARY BALLOT OR THE JANUARY AGENDA, JANUARY 4TH, JANUARY FOUR.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND THAT IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.
I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER, IS THIS
[N.5. Approval of UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) as a Total Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Solution – Jane Meadows]
YOUR QUESTION ON NUMBER FIVE? NO, I JUST WONDERED.SO, UM, I SEE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PURCHASING A HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM SOLUTION, WHICH I'M SURE IS LONG INCOMING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.
CAUSE I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE USING, BUT I KNOW THAT IN THE LONG RANGE AND, AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THOUGH THE, I KNOW THAT MR. JONES HAS NOT MADE HIS PRESENTATION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, WHAT I WANT TO DO, HAVING WORKED IN THIS WORLD, WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WHAT WE'RE PLANNING INTEGRATES WITH THIS SYSTEM SO THAT WE AREN'T STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN.
IF WE BUY A WHOLE SYSTEM THAT DEALS WITH THE FINANCIALS, THIS, THIS WOULD BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE FINANCIALS.
SO THIS WOULD BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE.
UM, BASICALLY A FILE WOULD COME OUT OF THE RIGHT SYSTEM, GO TO THE UK G SYSTEM AND THEY WOULD OPERATE.
THE S THE BRIGHT, UM, SOFTWARE PACKAGE REQUIRED ON SOME MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE TO WORK WITH THIS PACKAGE.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY LESS EXPENSIVE WAS ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS LESS EXPENSIVE, BUT IT WAS MORE, IT WAS MORE EFFECTIVE TO PURCHASE THIS ENTIRE PACKAGE RATHER THAN SPEND THE MONEY TO MODIFY A SYSTEM THAT WE MAY MIGRATE FROM AT A LATER TIME.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HOPE TO MIGRATE FROM THE SYSTEM.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FINANCIALS, THAT THE INTEGRATION OF THIS SYSTEM AND A FUTURE SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT A GREAT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO CREATE ALL THOSE API APIS AND EVERYTHING THAT, YEAH.
SO THE NICE THING ABOUT KRONOS IS, ARE YOU KG, I GUESS, AS THEY'RE CALLED NOW THERE A LARGE COMPANY, THEY, THEY WORK WITH A TON OF DIFFERENT VENDORS.
UM, SO IF IT BECAME A SITUATION WHERE WE NEEDED SOME TYPE OF, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, FLAT FILE OR SOME TYPE OF FILE TRANSFER FROM ONE TO THE OTHER UK G GROUP, I WOULD HAVE NO DOUBT WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT FOR US, WITHOUT ANY ISSUE.
THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL FEES, BUT THERE'LL BE MINIMAL, I WOULD GUESS.
BUT YEAH, THEY CAN TRACK THEY'RE, THEY'RE REAL GOOD ABOUT TRANSFERRING DATA BACK AND FORTH.
AND DO YOU HAVE, CAUSE I KNOW I GET ASKED THIS A LOT.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A TIME THAT YOU'RE AIMING FOR, WE'RE AIMING FOR THE END OF MARCH.
AND THIS IS A SYSTEM, THIS IS A SYSTEM YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, CORRECT? YES.
UM, MR. JONES HAS WORKED WITH IT AS WELL.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PAPER TIME SHEETS ANYMORE.
WARREN COUNTY HAS FINALLY COMING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, THE FIRST STEP.
OH, WELL, THAT'S HOW WE GET FORWARD ONE STEP AT A TIME.
SO, AND WE WILL MIGRATE, WE WILL MIGRATE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT THEN MADAM CHAIR, THEN I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UM, THE, UH, PURCHASE OF THE UW ULTIMATE KRONOS GROUP, TOTAL HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM SOLUTION ROLL CALL MRS. ROCKEY, MR. CARTER, MRS. OATES, MADAM CHAIR, MR. MABE, MR. FOX APPROVAL OF PLAN PROPOSAL FOR THE USE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
[O. Request – Approval of a Local Incentive Grant Agreement for the Expansion of an Existing Business – Ed Daley]
REQUEST APPROVAL OF A LOCAL INCENTIVE GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING BUSINESS.DALEY, THIS IS THE, UH, GRIEVEMENT THAT THE BOARD HAS SEEN BEFORE WITH NATURE'S
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TOUCH MA'AM.AND AT THE TIME OF THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, ARVR, OUR COPY WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
SO THE BOARD COULDN'T APPROVE IT AT THAT TIME.
UH, THIS PROVIDES THE SAME REBATE OF TAXES THAT WE'VE DONE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES.
IT IS BASED ON WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES ACTUALLY PAY, AND IT GOES 180, 60, 40, 20, OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD AS THE REBATE, AFTER REVIEWING WHAT'S IN THE PACKET.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.
DALEY HEARING? NONE? IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE PER POST INCENTIVE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH SUCH CHANGES.
THIS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR, I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER, RIGHT NOW,
[P. Approval of Plan Proposal for the Use of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Tourist Recovery Program Funds – Lisa Salomon]
APPROVAL OF PLAN PROPOSAL FOR THE USE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT TOURISM RECOVERY PROGRAM FUNDS.UM, THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA HAS ALLOCATED WARREN COUNTY WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, 170,000 TO BRING FUN OR BRING TOURISM BACK TO, UM, THE COUNTY, UM, AFTER COVID-19.
UM, THE PLAN THAT I HAVE PUT TOGETHER, UM, BRINGS IN, UH, TOURISM INFLUENCERS, UM, FROM THE AREA THOSE THAT MAY BLOG OR, UM, POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO, UM, BRING TOURISTS HERE, YOU KNOW, SHOWCASING OUR, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR THINGS THAT WE, WE HAVE ARE THE WE'RE, THE CANOE CAPITAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AS WELL AS CREATING AN APP SO THAT THOSE VISITORS CAN, UM, PLAN THEIR VISIT HERE.
AND THEN WITH THE REMAINING OF THE FUNDS, UM, CHOOSING A FEW OF THE WAYFINDING SIGNS, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD IN PLACE, UM, TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND TOWN WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE GRANT.
THE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED.
WE JUST HAVE TO PRESENT, UM, OUR PLAN.
THEY WILL, UM, THE STATE WILL GIVE US 50% UPFRONT AND THE REMAINING IS 50% REIMBURSEMENT.
SO THE PAPER I GAVE YOU THIS MORNING FROM DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL, UH, WE RECEIVED THIS MORNING AND WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE CONTACTED DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL, AND THEY HAVE CONTACTED US, BUT WE WERE NOT COMMUNICATING THOROUGHLY.
AND YOU SEE THEIR PROPOSAL DOWN HERE IN THE LITTLE BOX, UH, HAS SOME OF THE SAME ITEMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BOX THAT LISA JUST TALKED ABOUT.
AND SO WE WILL, WE PROPOSE THAT WE WILL GO BACK AND FUSE THESE TOGETHER WITH THE DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED WHAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING HERE.
UH, THE ITEM ON OURS THAT WOULD BE DROPPED AS NECESSARY WOULD BE THE, UM, SIGNAGE.
UH, WE, YOU KNOW, THE, WE DID THE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE AND WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT.
AND THOSE ARE GOING UP, MR. BARRY'S BEEN HAVING THOSE PUT UP, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THE ENTRYWAY SIGNAGE.
THAT IS THE LAST PIECE OF THAT.
IT'S A SEPARATE, SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GOING TO START WORKING ON TO DO THOSE, BUT WE WILL TAKE THESE ITEMS TO INCORPORATE HERE FIRST SO THAT WE MERGE THESE TOGETHER ALL TO MAKE ONE APPLICATION.
UH, WE WILL CIRCULATE IT TO THE BOARD, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT APPROVED AND SUBMITTED BEFORE DECEMBER 31.
SO UNLESS THE BOARD IS WILLING TO COME BACK FOR A MEETING, WE DO NEED APPROVAL WITH KNOWLEDGE, WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE THIS AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT AND AMEND IT AS YOU NEED TO.
AND WE WILL WORK WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TOGETHER ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE, UM, PROPOSED MOTIONS HERE TO ADD THAT THAT'S
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GOING TO BE, I WOULD SAY I WOULD SUGGEST THE MOTION AUTHORIZING US TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AFTER ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL BASED ON THEIR SUBMISSION HERE AND THE SUBMISSION THAT YOU HAVE OF WHAT LISA DID SO WE CAN PUT THESE TOGETHER.SO MAY I INTERJECT? SO I WOULD, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE, WE MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UM, THE, UH, APPLICATION FOR THE HUNDRED AND $70,000 WITH, UH, WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMMITTEE, THE TOURISM COMMITTEE THAT CURRENTLY EXIST IN ITS FORM AND, UM, DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL, WE'LL COLLABORATE ON A FINAL, UH, PRODUCT THAT WILL BE DELIVERED.
AND THAT WAY THEY WILL HAVE INPUT.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE PROJECTS WILL NEED TO BE EXECUTED BY THE, THE DMO.
AND SO WE'D DEFINITELY WANT THE DMO TO BE, TO BE IN AND UNDERSTOOD STANDING OF WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DELIVER THEM.
AND THE UNDERLYING THING UNDER THERE IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO GET THE DMO MOVE.
AND I DO KNOW THAT, THAT THE HORSES BEFORE THE CART AT THIS POINT, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH.
SO IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THESE FUNDS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
I MOVED AT THE, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY PART OF THAT MOTION.
COULD IT SAY, BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF GIVING THEM A BROAD CANVAS THERE BY JUST SAYING WHAT THEY DECIDE, WE'LL GIVE IT TO THE WIND.
COULD WE SAY FROM WHAT THEY HAVE PRESENTED SO FAR TO COLLABORATE LIKE, WELL, THERE'S, YOU GOT TWO OF THEM THERE, SO W WE'LL PUT IT TOGETHER.
AND AFTER WE GET WITH, UH, DISCOVER FOR UP WITH THE COMMITTEE AND WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL BOTH TO MAKE SURE IT'S THERE AND WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY THAN WE LIKE TO HAVE, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS AND THAT IT'S IN LA IN SYNC.
WELL, I JUST, I THOUGHT SINCE WE HAVE THESE TWO, AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SINCE WE'VE HIRED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND WE'RE PAYING THEM THAT WE GET THEIR INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE PRIORITIZATION FOR THIS MONEY SHOULD BE.
I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE USE THIS MONEY FOR.
I PARTICIPATE REGULARLY AS THE BOARD MEMBER SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE.
SO I WILL BE ON A COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY AT THREE, NO TOMORROW AT THREE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOME COLLABORATION BETWEEN THEM AND THEN WHERE I CAN COME BACK TO THIS BOARD AND REPORT IN SOME WAY.
UM, WELL, AND I REALIZE THAT, BUT IF WE GAVE IT THAT BROAD AND WE'RE ASKING TO, TO APPROVE ONCE THEY'VE DONE IT, THEN WE HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THE 31ST, WHEN I DON'T WANT TO DO IS SET THE IDEA THAT WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE THIS JOINT COLLABORATION, THERE'S SOME, SOME NEW, BRILLIANT IDEA THAT WE HAD NOT THOUGHT A LITTLE WALL.
IT SUDDENLY COMES IN AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY CONCURS.
AND I DO MEAN EVERYBODY CONCURS THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON.
SO IF YOU LEAVE IT OPEN FOR THE TIME BEING, WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S.
AND IN FACT, WHAT WE'VE HIRED THEM TO DO IS TO COME UP WITH NEW, BRILLIANT IDEAS.
SO LET'S HOPE THAT LET'S LET THEM DO THAT.
AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE W YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CAN LISTEN TO THE BRILLIANT IDEA AND SAY, YES, RIGHT, YEAH, RIGHT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ACTED ON BY THIS YEAR.
SO I THINK MAYBE THE CLEANER WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS IS TO MOVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE ARPA TOURISM RECOVERY PROGRAM PLAN PROPOSAL WITH SUCH CHANGES AS MAYBE AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
THAT THAT WOULD ENABLE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT YOU'RE, I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO HERE IN COLLABORATION WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL AND THE TOURISM COMMITTEE.
THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I WAS GETTING INTO.
SO THAT WOULD BE A SOLUTION MRS. HOUSE.
IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER? NO, MRS. H HE'S JUST METH.
NO, THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT.
[Q. Closed Session – Sections 2.2-3711(A)(7) and (A)(8) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for Consultation with Legal Counsel Pertaining to Actual or Probable Litigation and for the Provision of Legal Advice Relating to Economic Development Authority Matters]
SESSION.DOES SOMEONE WANT TO READ US INTO CLOSED SESSION
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PLEASE? OKAY.UM, I MOVED THAT THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO DOT TWO DASH 37, 11 8, 7, AND EIGHT OF THEIR JUNIOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION, AND THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND THE COUNTY OF WARREN, VIRGINIA, THE EDA, THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, THE EDA VERSUS JENNIFER MCDONALD AT ALL THE TOWN OF FRONT ROW VERSUS EDA AT ALL THE EDA VERSUS THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, OTHER POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND LITIGATIONS RELATING TO OTHER POSSIBLE LITIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES OF THE EDA, THE RECOVERY OF EDA FUNDS AND ASSETS, AND THE OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS OF THE EDA.
SECOND, YOU WANT TO INVITE MRS. COOK? ABSOLUTELY.
IS THERE A SECOND, MR. FOX? UH, ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.
AND JUST IN CASE THE STAFF THAT'S HERE IS NOT HERE.
I MEANT TO SAY IN MY REPORT HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE I'VE FOR ONE, AND THAT I HOPE YOU HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
AND I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE I PLAN TO HAND OUT TURKEYS ON THURSDAY.
THERE IS A RECEPTION AT THE END OF THE MEETING IS CLOSED SESSION FOR MR. FOX AND MR. CARTER.
SO STICK AROUND FOR COOKIES AND PUNCH OR COME BACK AT THE END OF OKAY.
MR. MAYBE IF YOU WOULD READ US OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVED THE BOARD CERTIFIES TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBERS ON 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 MANNERS AS WAS, AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED OR HEARD, DISCUSSED, AND CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING BY THE PUBLIC BODY.
ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS HEARING? NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN SECOND.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY CHRISTMAS.