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OKAY.[A. Discussion - Conveyance of Avtex Property Conservancy - Joe Petty, Director of Economic Development, Jorie Martin]
SIX O'CLOCK.WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF, OH, I'M SORRY,
SO WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH OUR, OUR WORK SESSION.
SO THE FIRST TOPIC WILL BE, UM, THE CONVEYANCE OF THE A AEX PROPERTY AND, UM, MR. PETTY AND, UM, MS. MARTIN AND SCOTT JENKINS, UM, AND SCOTT.
UH, CHAIRPERSON, COOK AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.
I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW SHORT I WAS.
UM,
UM, THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS THAT AFTER LOOKING AT THE COMPLETE PROPERTY, WE FEEL THE FIRST STEP IS TO TRANSFER THE CONSERVATION PARCEL OF 240 ACRES TO THE COUNTY OF WAR, WARREN COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY, TO GO UNDER PARKS AND RECS, BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE WARREN COUNTY HANDLES ALL OF THE PARKS AND RECS FOR THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND WARREN COUNTY.
AND WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THE HISTORY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STUDY ON THE CONSERVANCY SIDE, AND A LOT OF WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
WE ALSO FEEL THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRAIL AND THE PASSIVE RECREATIONAL WILL SET THE TONE FOR HOW THE REST OF THE PARCELS ARE DEVELOPED.
CAN I INTERRUPT JUST A MOMENT, IF YOU DON'T MIND? I MISSED A STEP.
I PROBABLY MISSED IT, SO, NO, IT, IT WAS ME.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, MR. BUTLER IS PARTICIPATING IN OUR, OUR SESSION.
AND, UM, RIGHT NOW HE'S PARTICIPATING VIA TEAMS. AND SO, UM, BUT PER PROCEDURE FOR HIM TO ASK QUESTIONS AND VOTE ON, ON THINGS, HE NEEDS TO, UH, LET US KNOW WHERE HE IS AND, AND WHY, WHY HE'S CAN'T ATTEND OUR MEETING.
UM, UH, THANK YOU, UH, UH, CHAIRPERSON, UH, UH, COOK THE, UH, I THOUGHT YOU ALL HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT
NOW, THE, UH, I'M ON A BUSINESS TRIP, UH, IN, IN FORTWORTH, TEXAS, UH, WORKING WITH THE, UH, UH, WITH LOCK MARTIN, UH, AT THEIR, UH, I HAVE 35, UH, JOINT STRIKE FIRE PLAN, AND, UH, DOING SOME SUPPLY MANAGED TO COURT WITH.
SO THE, UH, UH, I, I'M, UH, SORRY THAT I CAN'T DO THAT THIS EVENING, BUT I DO WANNA PARTICIPATE.
SO, UH, I'M IN A HOTEL ROOM AT THE FAIR APPEAL RUN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE, FROM THE, SO, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, CHAIRMAN, UH, CHAIRPERSON? NO.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY? NOPE.
AND MS. MARTIN, I APOLOGIZE AS WELL.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU HERE TO, UH, TO, TO HELP THE, UH, THE FROGS FROM THEIR
AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING.
WELL, IT GAVE ME A CHANCE TO ALSO, UH, I ALSO FORGOT TO THANK JOE PETTY, WHO HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THE INFORMATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THIS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT NOW FOR FIVE MONTHS, SCOTT.
IT'S BEEN FIVE MONTHS, AND A LOT OF INFORMATION AND A LOT OF HISTORY CAME FORWARD.
SO, AND ALSO TARAN LOGAN, AND SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES.
SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY WELL PREPARED FOR THIS.
UM, LET ME GO INTO THE, OH, HISTORY OF, UH, ATECH, UM, IN 1940, UH, AND I PROMISE I WON'T GO YEAR BY YEAR,
IN 1940, UH, THERE WERE PATENTS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED, IF YOU DID NOT KNOW FROM ENGLAND TOO,
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UH, THE UNITED STATES.AND THAT ALLOWED AVTEC TO PREPARE AND, AND MAKE THE PARACHUTES AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE NEEDED FOR WORLD WAR II.
WE WERE ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN, UH, THE SPACE SHUTTLE, UH, WINDINGS.
AND WE WERE THE ONLY MAN RATED, UM, UH, PROGRAM THAT ALLOWED FOR THE WINDINGS TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MATERIAL AND THE WINDINGS THAT USED WERE USED IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
AND WE ALSO, UH, WERE INSTRUMENTAL WITH THE D FIVE NAVY INTERCONTINENTAL MISSILE.
AND THAT IS, THANKS TO MY HUSBAND, WHO VERIFIED THAT THOSE FACTS SAID THEY WERE, THAT WE, UP UNTIL THE VERY END, UH, WHEN BEFORE APTEX CLOSED, WERE INCREDIBLY, UH, IMPORTANT TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
UH, APTEX WAS CLOSED IN 1968, AND, UH, THE E D A, UH, STARTED, WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN 2000, AND WE BOUGHT IT FOR $60,000.
AND ALSO THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL.
AND, UH, WARREN COUNTY CONTRIBUTED BECAUSE THEY FORGAVE ALL THE DELINQUENT TAXES ON THE PROPERTY.
SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE PAID OUR DUES AS WE MOVED FORWARD.
AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT, UH, ABEC AS A WHOLE.
YOU BEGIN TO THINK, HOW DO YOU EAT THE ELEPHANT? YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT MANY, MANY TIMES, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT THE CONSERVANCY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY, AND FRANKLY, ALL OF THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS HAVE AGREED ON, THAT AT SOME POINT, WE WERE LOOKING TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY INTO A PASSIVE PARK WHERE PEOPLE COULD ENJOY THE RIVER AND ENJOY RECREATIONAL.
UM, PART OF THAT IS ALSO THE, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE COVENANT RESTRICTIONS ON THE CONSERVANCY SIDE.
SO IT'S VERY NARROW WINDOW OF WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO.
UM, IN 1993, JUMPING BACK BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT, UH, THERE WAS A PROGRAM FROM FRONT ROYAL THAT THEY DID THE, FROM THE RIVER TO THE MOUNTAINS, UH, AND THEY LOOKED AT THE PARKS, THEY LOOKED AT THEIR COMMUNITY AND LOOKED AT ACTUALLY THE AVTEC SITE.
THEY DID NOT WANT TO PURCHASE IT, BUT THEY KNEW AT SOME POINT THEY WOULD WANNA WORK WITH E D A FMC OR WHOEVER OWNED IT, TO EXPAND THAT PROPERTY FOR JUST THE USE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT.
UH, IN 2000, UH, WE HAD THE CONSERVANCY PLAN THAT, UH, WELL, THIS IS IN 1993, AND I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE THE HANDOUT.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER, UH, LET, LET ME KNOW AT THE END.
BUT IT OUTLINES, UH, JUST THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY AS THEY SAW IT IN 1993 AS WE MOVED TO 2000, THE CONSERVANCY MASTER PLAN, UH, AGAIN, REITERATED WHAT 1993 DID.
WE LOOKED AT TRAILS ALONG THE RIVER.
WE, UH, THEY HAD, UH, DISCUSSED THAT EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE TO BE WITH STRICTLY FOR PARK USE, LIKE A PARK, RANGER STATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT NO, NO, UH, LARGE BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT CAN EVER BE PLACED ON THAT PROPERTY.
UM, SCOTT IS GONNA COVER ALL THE MISTAKES THAT I MAKE LATER ON IN A SECOND.
SO ANYTHING THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN, PLEASE ASK HIM.
UM, HERE ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH I FIND VERY INTERESTING FOR US.
IF YOU LOOK, WE HAVE EVERYONE, UH, IN THE WORLD, BASICALLY, WHO CAME TOGETHER AND LOOKED AT THIS MASTER PLAN AND AGREED THAT THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE INTO.
AND FMC, UM, D E Q, ALL OF THE TOWN AGENCIES, UH, WARREN COUNTY, UH, GOVERNMENT, ALL OF US WERE THERE AND LITERALLY FI THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A PLAN THAT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
AND FRANKLY, IT REALLY WASN'T AVAILABLE TO DO IT TILL NOW.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE, AS WE'VE DEVELOPED, AND WE'VE STILL HAD A LOT OF CLEANUP, THE PLAN'S BEEN IN PLACE, BUT NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE MONEY'S AVAILABLE.
IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD TIME AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE APPRECIATE THE RECREATION OF, UH, AND, AND, AND BEING OUTDOORS.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DEVELOPING THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE, AND TO HAVE THE GREEN SPACE NEXT TO US AND TO SET THE TONE FOR WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
WE THINK THAT NOW DEFINITELY IS THE TIME TO TRANSFER THIS PROPERTY TO THE COUNTY WHO COULD REALLY DO THE JOB.
AND IT'S NOT REALLY UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE E D A TO BE ABLE TO CARRY
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OUT THAT FUNCTION.AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT.
SO THE CONSERVANCY PLAN, UH, WAS, UH, A VERY DETAILED PLAN, UH, BUT IT'S A VISIONARY DOCUMENT, AND, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN 2000, UH, BEFORE THE LAND WAS TRANSFERRED BACK OVER, UH, TO ED A, UH, AND SO SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS AND, UH, COVENANTS WERE NOT, UH, FULLY UNDERSTOOD AT THAT TIME.
SO IT, IT'S A DIRECTIONAL DOCUMENT.
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CHANGES TO THAT AS, AS WE GO FORWARD WITH, UH, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS PIECE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THERE WAS, UM, UH, COST STUDY DONE IN 2017, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH A CONSERVANCY PARK THERE.
UM, WE'VE TALKED WITH JOE ABOUT THAT.
AND THERE'S SOME, UH, FUNDING AVAILABLE NOW, UH, FOR 2023, UH, THROUGH, UH, A GRANT, UH, TO DO SOME INITIAL TRAILS.
SO OUR, OUR FOCUS IN THINKING FOR 2023 IS NOT THE GRAND VISION OF WHAT WAS LAID OUT IN THE ENTIRE CONSERVANCY PLAN FROM 2000, BUT TO FOCUS ON WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE NEAR TERM, UH, AND THEN THINK LONGER TERM WE CAN ADD ON AND BUILD TO ONTO THAT.
UM, AND WE REALLY LOOK AT, UH, THE GREEN SPACE, UH, AS AN EXCELLENT COMPLIMENT TO, UH, WHAT DEVELOPMENT CAN BE DONE WITH THE REST OF THE SITE.
WE THINK THAT THE GREEN SPACE WILL, UH, REALLY ENHANCE THE VIABILITY OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE NEXT DOOR TO IT.
WE ALSO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, THE LOCATION OF OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY GIVES IMMEDIATE BENEFITS BECAUSE IT'LL CREATE A WALKING CORRIDOR BETWEEN PARTS OF THE TOWN AND EASTHAM PARK IN THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT JUST DON'T EXIST RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY IS ALL FENCED OFF.
AND WE LOOKED AT SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH A BROWNFIELD.
UH, ARE YOU ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE TERM BROWNFIELD, UM, MEANING REMEDIATION OF A CONTAMINATED SITE? UH, AND, AND THIS IS A BROWNFIELD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, BUT THERE ARE SOME GREAT EXAMPLES.
SOME ARE MUCH MORE ELABORATE THAN OTHERS.
UH, WE'RE FOCUSED ON GETTING AN INITIAL START AND, UH, FOCUSING ON WALKING TRAILS.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME GREAT THINGS THERE.
AND WE REALLY LOOK AT THIS AS A LOGICAL FIRST STEP, AND THEN REDEVELOPING THE ENTIRE ABEC SITE.
WE THINK IT'S A, A STEPPING STONE TO SOMETHING REALLY GREAT.
BUT WE LOOKED AT, UH, TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES, UM, AS WE WENT THROUGH, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
UH, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT OUR TIMELINE.
WE WANT TO GET THINGS DONE THIS YEAR, AS JOY MENTIONED, THE TIME IS RIGHT.
SO IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, WE WANT TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GET CONCURRENCE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE'D LIKE TO GET AN AD HOC COMMITTEE STOOD UP THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR TO START LOOKING BEYOND THOSE INITIAL TRAILS AND BEGINNING TO FORMULATE PLANS FOR THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL YEARS OUT, WHAT CAN BE DONE, UH, TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THAT PROPERTY FOR RECREATIONAL USE.
AND THEN BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'D LIKE TO GET THE LAND CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE PARTS AND REC.
SO IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, UH, THE GRANT FUNDING THAT WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, UH, CAN BE FULLY UTILIZED.
WE CAN TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, HAVE, UH, THE PARK OPEN FOR WALKING TRAILS, UH, WITH A FOCUS ON CONNECTING, UH, BETWEEN A RIVER TRAIL OVER TO EAST HAM PARK, AND THEN CONNECTING INTO THE EXISTING GRAVEL ROADS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE SITE.
SO NOT A HUGE INVESTMENT WITH THE FIRST PHASE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIME PUT INTO THIS OVER THE YEARS.
THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS IN WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THIS PROPERTY, AND WE THINK THIS IS THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT USE OF IT TO GET IT BACK INTO GENERATING BENEFIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, QUESTIONS OR, OR COMMENTS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON BACK UP TO, UM, THE SLIDE THAT, UM, HAS, THE
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SULFATE BASIN IS, IS THAT A BODY OF WATER THAT IS SAFE FOR, I SEE THERE'S GONNA BE A PICNIC AREA, YOU GET KIDS IN WATER AND THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY IN IT.IS THAT A, A BASIN THAT THE WATER IS SAFE IF THEY WOULD HAPPEN TO GET IN IT? UM, AT, AT THIS POINT, ALL OF THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS FROM PREVIOUS.
SO IT'S NOT AN EXISTING BODY OF WATER? NO.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT, THAT THOSE WERE POOLS THERE AT SOME POINT.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THESE WERE ONE OF THOSE POOL.
THERE ARE SOME POOLS ON THE PROPERTY.
I'LL LET JOE JUMP IN AND TALK TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, AND IN OUR MEETING, SO, UH, MYSELF, MS. LOGAN AND, UM, EMMA FROM GIS TOWARD THE SITE WITH PARSONS LAST SUMMER, AND BASICALLY THEIR EXPLANATION IS ALL THE SPACES THAT ARE UNSAFE FOR THE PUBLIC ARE FENCED OFF.
CURRENTLY, THIS SPOT IS NOT FENCED OFF, BUT IT IS CONSIDERED SAFE IF, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO TRESPASS AND GO IN THERE, ESSENTIALLY.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IMPLEMENTING THIS TRAIL, WE KNOW THERE ARE GONNA BE SECURITY AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENTER THIS SITE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF THE PROPERTY WERE TO BE CONVEYED AND THIS TRAIL WERE TO BE CONSTRUCTED, THAT THE COUNTY WOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH FMC, THE EPA AND PARSONS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE BARRIERS MAY BE.
IT COULD BE AS MINIMAL AS SIGNAGE, OR IT MAY REQUIRE SOME FENCING OR OTHER BARRIER PHYSICAL BARRIERS.
IF YOU GO DOWN THERE THOUGH, UM, THE GRASS IS THIS, YOU, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET TO IT BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, TOPO AND EVERYTHING.
BUT THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
WE ARE AWARE OF THAT, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND I THINK YOU'RE VERY MUCH CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A ILLUSTRATIVE, THIS IS A, A FANCY PLAN THAT WE AS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, UM, AS, AS SCOTT SAID, WOULD LOOK TO IMPLEMENT.
THEY HAVE EXISTING ROADS, EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TAP INTO.
AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THERE, WE CAN'T DIG A LOT OF DIRT.
WE CAN'T CREATE A LOT OF NEW TRAILS.
SO WE WOULD WANT TO USE WHAT'S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE AND TO MAKE IT EASIER AND JUST MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE.
WELL, THAT, THAT WAS MY SEEING THOSE IN THERE.
AND I, I, KNOWING THAT THERE USED TO BE POOLS, I JUST, I WASN'T SURE.
AND I, I'M A KID THAT LOVES WATER, EVEN AS AN, A GROWN ADULT.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE RIVER'S THERE, IF IT'S EASIER TO GET IN THAT POND, IT'S NATURE OF THE, IT'S, IT'S THERE.
SO, UM, IS THERE A BUDGET FOR THIS GRAND PLAN? SO I SEE YOU SAY WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE.
IT LOOKS LIKE $93,000, $93,000 DOESN'T GO VERY FAR IN GOVERNMENT, UM, PROGRAMS. JUST, JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
SO IS THERE A BUDGET THAT IS, SO, JOE, DO WE HAVE A BUDGET TO MAINTAIN THIS AS A PARK FOR THE COUNTY? BECAUSE I WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S GONNA COST THE COUNTY TAXPAYERS SHOULD WE ACCEPT THIS CONVEYANCE AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING OURSELVES INTO? CORRECT.
SO, SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TRAILS NOW THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN.
UM, AGAIN, THERE IS, THERE WAS SOME COST ESTIMATES DONE IN 2017 FOR THESE DRAWINGS.
AND WE OBVIOUSLY, LOOKING AT THESE DRAWINGS, WE KNOW WE PROBABLY CAN'T DO SOME OF THIS ONE BECAUSE OF COST, AND TWO, BECAUSE THESE MIGHT NOT CONFORM WITH THE RESTRICTIONS THAT THE EPA HAS PLACED ON THESE WITH DIGGING AND EXCAVATION.
THAT'S WHY WE, NUMBER ONE, WANT TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING ROADS.
WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THOSE ROADS REALLY EXISTED AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT WOULD BE A TRAIL.
NOW, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO LIKELY INSTALL SOME FENCING AND SIGNAGE, UH, MS AND I HAVE A CALL THIS FRIDAY TO EXPLORE EXACTLY WHAT SOME OF THESE PROTOCOLS MIGHT BE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A PHASED APPROACH.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE, WE'RE THIS IS GONNA BE A PROCESS.
WE KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF WE CAN GET IN CONTROL, WE HAVE THESE ARPA FUNDS, WHICH IS NOT A LOT, THAT, THAT WILL HOPEFULLY SPUR MORE GRANT FUNDING.
AND AGAIN, MS. LOGAN AND, AND THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN WORKING YEARS TO TRY AND GET DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANT GRANTS FOR IT.
BUT WITH US NOT BEING THE OWNER OR THE MANAGER, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE.
SO WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS WHAT WOULD THEY BE LOOKING TO, BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP DISTINGUISH WHAT THAT MAINTENANCE MIGHT LOOK LIKE AS WELL.
THE GRAVEL ROADS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE TRAIL ALONG THE RIVER, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD HAVE AN
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INHERENT RISK OF BEING FLOODED.THE ROADS ARE IN EXISTENCE AND THEY GOT HEAVY BASE BECAUSE OF ALL THE DUMP TRUCKS AND THINGS THAT HAD TO USE IT DURING REMEDIATION, SO THEY'RE SOLID.
UM, WE WOULD ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS, THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, PICNIC SHELTERS AND THINGS THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN OUR SCOPE.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING BARE MINIMUM.
AND THEN IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY GIVE US AS TO USE FOR THE TRAIL.
ARE WE HAVING TO MAINTAIN A WIDE AREA OR JUST THE TRAIL ITSELF? AND SO THAT WOULD BE MOWING AND MAINTENANCE AND FENCING AND THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO TAKING CARE OF.
SO AFTER OUR CALL THIS WEEK, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT EXPENSE WOULD BE.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS IF EVEN THE COUNTY BOARD WOULD HAVE THIS APPETITE TO TAKE THIS INITIATIVE ON, UM, WORKING WITH OUR PARKS AND AND REC DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CARSON TRAIL, WE HAVE THE EASTON TRAIL, YOU KNOW, ROCKLAND ROAD WENT FROM GRAVEL OR ROCKLAND ROAD, I APOLOGIZE.
ROCKLAND PARK WENT FROM GRAVEL TRAILS TO ASPHALT TRAILS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN IT, UM, MAINTAINING OUR OWN PARKS AND PROGRAMS. SO WE WOULD LEAN HEAVY ON THEIR EXPERTISE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR DAILY OPERATIONS ARE, AND FOLKS LIKE MIKE BARRY AS WELL.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE A CALL THIS WEEK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT FMCS AND EPAS EXPECTATIONS OF US WOULD BE.
AND THEN THAT WILL HELP LEND US TO TAKE THIS OLD BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE, AGAIN, 20 $17, CALL THAT DOWN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY WE WOULD BE, BUT IT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO OTHER PARK PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
SO IF I MIGHT ADD TO THAT, THERE IS NOTHING ANTICIPATED WITH THIS THAT WOULD BE ACQUIRED BE A CAPITAL INVESTMENT BY THE COUNTY.
SO THIS WOULD BE DONE WHEN STATE OR FEDERAL MONEY BECOMES AVAILABLE.
AND IF THAT TAKES TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, ET CETERA.
UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS THERE IS A PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY WITH LOTS OF FEDERAL MONEY AVAILABLE, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO PUT THIS, ADD THIS ON TO THE COUNTY BUDGET OR ANYTHING AT THAT TIME.
AND THERE WILL BE A MAINTENANCE COST, BUT THAT'S QUITE FRANKLY IS GONNA BE MINIMAL.
AND WE'LL DOCUMENT THAT, BUT IT'LL BE COMPARED TO THE ACTUAL OUTLAY FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT.
NOW, JOE, COULD I ASK ON SLIDE FOUR WHERE IT SHOWS THE YELLOW AREA OF THE 240 ACRES, AND THEN ACROSS THE RIVER, THE PARTITIONED, WHAT IS THAT? IT'S, UH, RIVERMONT ACRES.
UM, PART OF THAT'S, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, OVER THERE.
SO THAT HOUSING ASSOCIATED, THAT DOESN'T GO WITH ANY OF THIS.
SINCE IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
NO, I KNEW THAT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW SINCE IT WAS AVTEX PROPERTY THAT THE EED ACQUIRED, UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS A SEPARATE ITEM, UH, TO STILL FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS AVTEX INVOLVED, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW SINCE IT WAS ALL YELLOW, IF THERE WAS WHAT THAT WAS SINCE IT WAS, SOME OF THOSE, UH, BLANK SPOTS IN THERE ARE, UH, UH, PRIVATELY OWNED MM-HMM.
THERE'S 88 LOTS, ROUGHLY, AND 50, WE HAVE HOA KEYS ON THAT WITH 56 THAT WE, WE TAKE SOME COMBINED AND THAT THERE'S NO ACCESS TO.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FROM DAY ONE, UH, WE BECAME PART OF AN HOA.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE LOTS ARE UNDEVELOPED AT THIS POINT.
I JUST, SINCE IT WAS ALL YELLOW, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A PHASE DOWN THE ROAD OF DOING SOMETHING ON THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER.
E EVERYTHING OUTLINED IN YELLOW IS THE AVTEC PROPERTY.
UH, AND THEN THE CONSERVANCY PORTION MAKES UP THE LARGEST, UH, GOTCHA.
THE, WHAT WE CALL THE PLANT SIDE IS IN THE, THE BOX ON TOP OF THAT, AND THAT'S WHERE KENDRICK LANE IS.
UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT STRATEGY FOR EACH OF THOSE.
MR. MAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DID.
OH, MR. MAY I HAVE ONE MORE? OKAY.
SO YOU SAID IT WOULD BE MINIMAL, BUT THIS IS 240 ACRES OF MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND IF I'M A, IF I'M A REALISTIC PERSON, I'M THINKING THAT'S TWO EXTRA MEN AT LEAST TO MAINTAIN THIS PROPERTY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
NO, THAT PROPERTY, TELL ME WHY I'M WRONG.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK UP AT, UH, ROCKLAND PARK, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF NATURAL AREA IN ROCKLAND PARK.
A WHOLE LOT OF THAT CONSERVANCY WILL REMAIN NATURAL AREA.
IT'S NOT ALL GONNA BE DEVELOPED,
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UH, IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.THIS IS, IF YOU WERE GOING TO DEVELOP IT, UH, YOU KNOW HOW LONG ROCKLAND PARK HAS TAKEN.
WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR 20 YEARS.
SO, AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MORE THERE IS TO DEVELOP AT ROCKLAND PARK? AND THIS COMES AFTER ROCKLAND PARK.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND TURN THIS INTO A, UH, PUTTING GROUND, PUTTING RANGE, UH, NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS ALL GONNA BE NATURAL, IT'S NATURAL STATE AND I'LL YEAH, I CAN ADD TO THAT.
SO THERE'S A CONSENT DECREE FOR MOST OF THIS PROPERTY.
EVEN THOUGH WE OR ANYBODY WHO OWNS IT, THE ED A CURRENTLY DOES NOT MAINTAIN THIS.
THIS IS THE MAINTENANCE OF FMC AND THEY CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY CALLED PARSONS.
AND SO THIS SHOT, IT'S, UH, I DIDN'T REALLY, SO IT IS COVERED WITH SOME TEXT, BUT, UM, I'M GONNA WALK OVER HERE REAL QUICK.
THIS HERE IS THE WATER LEE CHAIN PLANT THAT THEY PUMP THE WATER TO, AND THAT GETS, THAT'S FENCED OFF.
SO THAT WILL REMAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE, THIS IS A LA OLD LANDFILL THAT IS D E Q.
THEY COME IN AND SORT OF, AND THEN ALL THOSE BASINS THAT YOU SEE ON SOME OF THOSE MAPS HAVE CAPS ON THEM.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TOUCH THOSE.
AND THEY HAVE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO MOW THEM AT CERTAIN TIMES.
THEY CAN'T HAVE TREES COMING UP.
AND IF YOU SEE ALL THESE MODE SECTIONS, THOSE GO TO WELLS ALL OVER THE SITE.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S SECURITY PROTOCOLS.
WE WON'T, WE CAN'T TOUCH IT AND THE PUBLIC WON'T BE ABLE TO TOUCH IT.
IT, AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DOING THAT.
AND AGAIN, THE GRASS IN IT OF ITSELF IS A PHYSICAL BARRIER.
UM, SO IT IS THE REQUIREMENT THROUGH THE CONSENT DECREE BETWEEN E P A AND F M C AND THE AZTECS TRUSTEE THAT FMC MAINTAINS THIS PROPERTY, WE WOULD BE GRANTED, OR THE ED OR WHOMEVER OWNS IT, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN PORTION TO DO THIS TRAIL.
AND THAT WOULD BE OUR MAINTENANCE AND IT WOULD BE PEDESTRIAN ONLY.
AND IT'S ONLY, THERE WOULD BE NO MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY AND MAINTENANCE.
AND IT'S SOLELY FOR THE TRAIL.
EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER THIS DECREE WOULD BE THROUGH FMC AT THIS TIME, YOUR HONOR, VERY LEVEL OVERALL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I WASN'T AWARE THAT FM FMC HAD A CONSENT DECREE ARRANGEMENT WITH US.
SO MR. BUTLER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I WOULD.
UH, UH, CHAIRMAN, PUT THE, UH, UH, I DIDN'T POINT HEAR YOU SAID, DID YOU SAY 68 OR 1998? 68 WAS WHEN? WHEN? ACTUALLY 86.
I THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE SPACE SHUTTLE 68.
UM, YOU HAVE TO ASK MY HUSBAND.
THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE, UM, OH, THEY'RE, I'M SORRY.
THEY'RE THE MATERIAL THAT GO IN THE NOSE CONE THAT THEY, THEY WIND THE MOTORS.
AND THAT'S, UH, AND I WASN'T GONNA BRING MY HUSBAND INTO IT, BUT THIS WAS HIS AREA OF EXPERTISE WAS THE SPACE SHUTTLE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND HE SAID FMC OR THAT AVTEX, UH, WE WERE THE MAIN SUPPLIER AND THE ONLY MAN RATED, UM, UH, SUPPLIER FOR THAT.
SO UNTIL THAT WAS REPLACED, UH, AVTEX REMAINED OPEN.
NOW, DID YOU MENTION BOTH CALENDAR YEAR AND HISTORY? YEAR CALENDAR HERE? THAT WOULD BE, UH, UH, APRIL THROUGH, UH, UH, THROUGH JUNE.
BUT WAS OCTOBER, DECEMBER, WHICH, WHICH ONE IS IT? UH, IT'S A CALENDAR YEAR PRESENTATION ON THAT SLIDE.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? SURE.
SO THE, SO YOU'RE SAYING SECOND QUARTER 2023, THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, APRIL THROUGH JUNE OF 2023.
AND THE 20 QUARTER IS, UH, OCTOBER THROUGH, UH, DECEMBER OF 2023? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THE, UH, THE, THE LAST TWO QUESTIONS I HAD IS, UH, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, I'M PRETTY CORRECT.
SO HOW, HOW MUCH HAS BEEN, HOW
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MUCH IS STILL CONSIDERED, UH, UH, UH, POLLUTED? THE, THE REMEDIATION IS CONSIDERED COMPLETE, AND IT WAS TURNED, IT WAS TURNED BACK OVER, UH, ED, THE E D A ACQUIRED IT, UM, FOR REDEVELOPMENT.THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS WITH THAT.
UH, BUT THE REMEDIATION IS COMPLETE.
THERE IS ONGOING, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, THE CONTAMINATED WATER UNDERNEATH OF IT.
THERE, THERE IS ONGOING, UH, CLEAN CLEANSING OF THAT WATER.
IT'S A SELF-CONTAINED WATER SYSTEM WITH ITS OWN PLANT IN PURIFICATION.
UM, SO NO, THERE'S NO ACTIVE CLEANUP GOING ON.
UH, BUT, UH, THE PARSONS ENGINEERING TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT ONGOING, UM, OPERATION CONTINUES.
THE REASON I ASK IS CAUSE WE'RE GONNA TURN THIS INTO A PARTS HARDSHIP TO RECREATION AREA FOR THE COUNTY.
THE, UH, UH, I WOULD WANNA BE ASSURED THAT THERE IS, THAT THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY THAT YOU PEOPLE COULD POSSIBLY GET SICK, UH, FROM, FROM ANY OF THE I KNOW REMEDIATION, BUT, UH, SOMETIMES THEY MAY MISS SOMETHING.
THEY HAD SEVERAL PROPERTIES THAT HAD UNDER REMEDIATION.
SO THE, UH, SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
UH, WITH THE, UH, THEY DETERMINED THAT IT IS SAFE IF, IF YOU DON'T MONKEY WITH IT, IT IS SAFE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, UH, PERSON RECREATION ACTIVITIES OVER YEP.
IN, IN, IN LAY TERMS. THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE'S, THERE'S ONGOING TESTING THAT HAPPENS, UH, WITH TEST PIPS AND EVALUATIONS.
AND THEN THERE IS A, AN ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE EPA, UM, EVERY FIVE YEARS, EXCUSE ME, EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UH, SO THERE'S CONTINUED FOCUS ON THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SAFE AND STAYS THAT WAY.
WELL, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.
THE, THE RAILROAD, IS THAT A A STILL A CURRENTLY USED.
THAT, THAT IS AN ACTIVE, UH, RAILROAD, UH, RAIL LINE.
UH, THERE'S NO ACCESS, PUBLIC ACCESS ACROSS THE RAIL INTO THE CONSERVANCY AREA.
UH, THERE, THERE IS A, A PRIVATE ROAD AND, AND PRIVATE CROSSING THERE THAT THE PARSONS ENGINEERING USES, UH, THAT THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE TO BE DISCUSSIONS WITH FMC, UH, FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE IF THERE WAS A NEED TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'VE RECOGNIZED, UH, AND THAT JOE HAS ON HIS LIST, UH, THAT'LL HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED.
UM, AND, AND MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION AFTER JOE POINTED OUT, UM, WERE THEY HAD MOWED AND WERE, THINGS WERE ON THAT ONE PICTURE THAT SHE HAD THAT I DON'T SEE IN OURS.
UM, HOW MUCH, I MEAN, I, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NOW WHAT YOU HAVE WORKING AROUND, IT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF A MAZE OF WORKING AROUND WHERE YOU CAN'T GO, WHERE YOU CAN'T GO AND IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS TRULY GONNA BE.
IS IT, IS IT GONNA BE SIMILAR TO EASTON PARK WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU STAY ON A TRAIL UNLESS YOU GET INTO THE FENCED OFF AREAS WHERE YOU CAN, UH, LET YOUR DOGS RUN? IS IT GONNA BE LIKE THAT? YEAH, I MEAN IT'S, IT IS KIND OF A, I DON'T WANNA SAY A MAZE, BUT IT KIND OF DOES BECOME THAT.
BUT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE VERY GUIDED.
YOU'RE, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE FREE RAIN AS YOU DO AT ROCKLAND PARK.
BECAUSE THAT'S, LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR PICTURE, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT ALL THESE AREAS AND I CAN SELECT WHERE I WANT TO GO.
SPEND MY TIME THERE WHERE THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT'S GOING.
AND THAT'S NOT MAYBE IN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT, SO BASICALLY IN OUR TOUR, WHAT THEY EXPLAINED IS, SO SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE THEY HAD BASINS, THEY CAPPED THEM WITH LIKE A MEMBRANE AND THEN THEY'RE VENTED.
THEY HAD OTHERS WHERE THEY COMPLETELY REMOVED THE BASIN, THEY'RE COMPLETELY CLEAN FILL AND THAT THEY, THERE'S NO CONTAMINATED SOIL UNDERNEATH.
UM, SO THAT MIGHT BE AN AREA THAT WOULD BE MORE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHEN MOST OF THEM ARE OFF LIMITS BECAUSE OF THE VENTING AND THE MEMBRANES AND THE TESTING.
SO IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH GUIDED TOWARDS THIS TRAIL AREA, WHICH WOULD BE ON THESE EXISTING ROADS.
UM, THERE IS A PATH ALONG THE RIVER THAT GOES ALL THE WAY ALONG THE RIVER THAT WOULD BE A PHASE DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE
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WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT, CUZ IT DOES PROVIDE A BETTER ACCESS TO THE RIVER THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE.AND THE ROAD EXISTS TODAY, IT'S JUST KIND OF GRASS.
THEY HAD TO CUT THE ROAD IN DURING THE REMEDIATION PHASE SO THEY COULD DIG WELLS ALONG THE RIVER.
I THINK THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WELLS TESTING WELLS THROUGHOUT THIS PROPERTY AND ACROSS THE RIVER, UM, THAT THEY USE.
SO IT WOULD BE KIND OF AMAZED.
IT WOULD COME IN ON THE EAST THROUGH LERAY BOAT LANDING AND THEN EXIT UP ONTO KENDRICK, UM, LANE.
UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THERE'S ALSO INTERESTING CONNECTING THIS TO THE, YOU KNOW, LIKELY SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAIL TRAIL ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH PRIVATE ENTITIES ALONG THE RIVER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT TO BE THOUGHT OF AS A PROGRAMMATIC REC SPACE.
LIKE, UM, AT STOMP PARK WITH SOCCER FIELDS, THIS IS SOLELY FOR PASSIVE RECREATION.
YOU WALK IN, YOU WALK OUT, YOU KNOW, TO GET OUTSIDE.
I MEAN, IT'S 200 ACRES IN TOWN AND WHEN WE TOURED IT, THERE'S DEER.
WE SAW EAGLES AND THERE'S GHOST.
I WAS GONNA SAY A BIRD SANCTUARY.
I MEAN, IT'S, WHEN THEY TALKED IN 93 ABOUT THIS BECOMING A POSSIBLE TRAIL AND CONSERVATION AND RECREATION, I MEAN, THEY SAW, THEY KNEW THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE LIMITATIONS IN WHAT YOU COULD USE THIS FOR.
AND IN 2000 THEY, THEY FURTHER, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT THAT PLAN AND IN 2000 THE REMEDIATION BEGAN AND IT, THE PLANT OPENED IN 2014 TO START TREATING THE WATER.
WHEN THEY CREATED THAT PLAN, THEY KNEW IT WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
IT'S LIVED THE TEST OF THAT TIME BECAUSE WE KNOW WE STILL CAN'T DO THOSE, YOU KNOW, JUST CAN'T PROGRAM THIS WHOLE SPACE.
IT'S GONNA BE TRAILS AND CONSERVATION AND YOU KNOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, NOW IS A GREAT TIME.
THEY'RE DOING THAT FIVE YEAR REPORT NOW.
I THINK IT'S GONNA COME OUT THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME PROBABLY KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO WORKS THERE.
WHO, YOU KNOW, BENEFITED FROM IT.
THIS HAS THAT THE POWER TO BECOME ANOTHER COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
MAYBE NOT IN THE WAY IT WAS BACK THEN, BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND LIKE THE EPA SAID, THIS, YOU KNOW, PROVIDES ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO THE RIVER THAT NOT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE.
WELL, HERE WE'RE GONNA ADD TWO AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO AND A HALF MILES ALONG THE RIVER THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE.
WE'VE, WE JUST HAVE THIS NEGATIVE CONNOTATION TOWARDS THIS, THIS IS GONNA BRING IT IN A POSITIVE STEP.
UM, WHETHER THE COUNTY GETS THE LAND OR NOT, I THINK THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO GET THIS TRAIL DONE.
AND YEAH, IT MIGHT, AGAIN, TAKE SOME TIME.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
UM, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE A POSITIVE STEP FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S GONNA BRIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS TO SERVICES TO SCHOOLS THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
AND I JUST THINK OVERALL, THI THIS IS JUST A NET POSITIVE FOR WARREN COUNTY AND FRONT ROYAL.
AND LIKE THEY SAID, I THINK THIS ALSO BEGINS THAT PROCESS TO GET THE DEVELOPABLE SIDE GOING.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST SEEN AS THIS CONTAMINATED 240 ACRES.
ONCE IT BECOMES A PARK THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK THROUGH SAFELY, PEOPLE WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT MINDSET OF WHAT THAT IS.
SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP, UM, IN, IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I, THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN OR HEARD.
WHERE'S THE FLOODLINE? HOW MUCH OF THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THE FLOOD OF 85, THE RIVER TOUCHED THE BOTTOM OF THE SIX 19 BRIDGE.
I KNOW IT HAD TO BE UP AND THERE, SO THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A PICTURE OF IT.
SO IT IS, UM, I THINK WHEN WE MET, SO IF YOU GO THERE, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY LOW.
RIVERMONT ACRES IS KIND OF ON THAT BEND.
SO THE FLOOD, I'D HAVE TO PULL THE FLOOD MAPS EXACTLY, BUT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY USE THIS AS A PLANT.
SO THEY BUILT HUGE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY LIKE BERMS TO CONTAMINATE OR TO KEEP THE CONTAMINATED STUFF IN.
SO IT, IT KIND OF PUSHES THAT FLOOD PLANE OUT.
BUT WHERE THEY DID TAKE IT OUT, THERE IS A, A BUILDING DOWN THERE THAT IS STILL IN EXISTENCE AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS IN, YOU KNOW, THE 96 FLOODS WENT IN THAT BUILDING.
UM, SO WHILE MOST OF THIS SITE IS OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN, THE, THE STUFF ALONG THE RIVER AS WE DISCUSSED, MAYBE IT WOULD BE LIKE A MULCH KIND OF FOOT TRAIL WOULD NOT BE AN 88 TRAIL ALONG THE RIVER FENCE.
AND SO ALL THAT WOULD LIKELY BE OUT AND WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH OUR FLOODPLAIN MANAGER ON ANYTHING THAT WE DID THAT DID TOUCH THE FLOODPLAIN.
UM, BUT YEAH, ANY FENCING, BUT A LOT OF THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE OF THE BERMS THAT THEY CONSTRUCTED A LONG TIME AGO AND BUILT THE ROADS ON IT, PUSHES IT OUT.
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SEGMENTS THAT WOULD FALL ON THAT, THAT WE WOULD JUST BE REQUIRED FOR OUR OWN GUIDANCE.AND I'M PRETTY SURE EPAS GUIDANCE, WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW ANY FLOODPLAIN REQUIREMENTS, WHETHER IT BE FENCING OR TRAIL TREATMENTS.
NO, I WAS JUST THINKING WITH THE AMOUNT OF FENCE TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF RESTRICTED AREAS.
IF IT'S IN THE FLOOD ZONE, OH MY WORD, I KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS ON AMERICAN WIRE, BARB WIRE, I CAN'T IMAGINE ON CHAIN LINK.
WELL, AND IN TALKING WITH THEM, I ASK KIND OF THAT CONCEPT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT OPPOSITE.
BUT WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, I ASK WHAT TYPE OF FENCE COULD IT BE A SPLIT RAIL FENCE? YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE USE IN OUR PARKS AND IT'S MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND PROBABLY A LITTLE CHEAPER.
YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THAT COULD PROBABLY BE IT.
THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TRESPASS ON THIS PROPERTY NOW.
I MEAN, IF THEY WANT TO GO THERE, THEY CAN, UM, THERE'S NO BARRIER BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THIS, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY IT IS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP IS BECOMING LIKE THIS PHYSICAL AND SOME SIGNAGE AND STUFF.
I MEAN, IF PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS, THEY'RE GONNA DO IT.
UM, BUT WE THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE THE DETERRENT REALLY.
AND THAT'S AGAIN, PART OF THOSE LONGER DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE.
WELL, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE TIMELINE THAT YOU HAD? RIGHT.
SO, UM, AT THE, THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU WERE SAYING THAT THERE'S, UM, FISCAL YEAR 23, UH, GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR US TO MOVE AHEAD ON THIS MM-HMM.
UM, WHERE IN YOUR TIMELINE DO YOU NEED A DECISION FROM THE BOARD TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS, THIS PLAN? WE, WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT DECISION HERE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE CONVEYANCE COMPLETED BY JUNE.
AND THE, THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE THROUGH ARPA, THAT WAS THROUGH THE TOURISM IS 92,000, I THINK.
SO, AND THAT'S ALREADY, WE HAVE THAT FUNDING NOW, SO.
AND THEN THE, UH, SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, YOU TOUCHED ON THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO HOW, HOW WOULD THIS COMPLEMENT THE RAIL TRIAL? SO THE RAIL TRAIL IS, IS DESTINED TO END AT THE FORMER VFW SITE.
THAT'S WHERE IT'S PLANNED TO END.
NOW, THERE ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS BETWEEN THAT SEGMENT AND HERE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN, YOU KNOW, PUTTING CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND MOVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY CHALLENGES WITH THAT.
AGAIN, YOU'RE NEXT TO THE RIVER, YOU'RE THINKING, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN ALSO FROM, YOU KNOW, I THINK FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
THE GREATER IDEA WITH THE RAIL TRAIL IS CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY TO THAT.
AND WHETHER IT BE FROM EASTON PARK OR THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY, UM, THERE WILL, THAT, THAT'S A PLANNING PROCESS BETWEEN THE TOWN AND POSSIBLY PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE, YOU KNOW, TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL TO FIGURE OUT HOW EXACTLY TO GET SOMEBODY FROM THERE.
BUT WE'RE ALREADY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT.
AND IF, UM, THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF THIS, UM, WAS GRANTED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THROUGH THE TOWN FOR A CAMPGROUND, UM, THAT WAS, THAT ALSO HAD COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON IT, UM, AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, UH, WE WOULD L YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY LIKE TALK TO THEM, BUT THOSE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS ALSO ALLOW TRAILS ACCESS.
UM, AND IT'S PART OF THIS LARGER PICTURE FOR THE AND ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN TO, TO THE LEFT PART THAT YOU SEE ALL THE GREEN.
UM, THAT'S ANOTHER PROPERTY, BUT IT, IT ALSO ALLOWS TRAILS AND RECREATIONAL COMPONENTS SIMILAR TO THE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS HERE.
SO WE WOULD LIKELY, HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO LINK THOSE TWO AS WELL IN THE FUTURE.
THAT WOULD GUIDE US INTO SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
SO IF, IF THERE'S ANY LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? NOPE.
[B. Discussion - FY 2023-2028 Draft Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) - Taryn Logan, Deputy County Administrator]
TO OUR NEXT TOPIC.IT'S, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR 2328 DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
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GOOD EVENING.I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE.
UM, THERE WILL BE A MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION ONCE WE GET MORE OF THE PLAN TOGETHER, BUT I JUST WANT, UM, AS YOU ALL ARE GETTING INTO YOUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE BEGAN THE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FISCAL YEAR 2024 THROUGH 2028
WE WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH WHAT THESE DATES ARE GONNA BE, BUT, UM, MEGAN AND I TALKED TODAY AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BUDGET.
UM, SO YOUR DESK I GAVE YOU, UM, THE EVALUATION FORM THAT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY MET ON DECEMBER 8TH AND DECEMBER 14TH TO SCORE EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.
UM, THEY'VE ACTUALLY SCORED ALL BUT ONE, THEY ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, ON THE SALLY PORT THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD, UM, SUBMITTED.
SO THEY WILL SCORE THAT AT, UM, AT ONE OF THEIR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
AND THEN, UM, SO I GAVE YOU ALL THE SCORES AND A LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD SUBMITTED.
UM, FIRE RESCUE, PARKS AND RECREATION PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SOLID WASTE, SAMUEL'S PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE COURTS BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND SOCIAL SERVICES, UM, SUBMITTED PROJECTS.
AND FOR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, FOR PURPOSES OF THE COUNTY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE NON-RECURRING.
THEY NEED TO HAVE A USEFUL LIFE OF FIVE YEARS OR MORE.
AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE EXPENDITURE, UM, MUST EXCEED 50,000 FOR A GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROJECT AND $100,000 FOR A SCHOOL PROJECT.
UM, ANYTHING UNDER THAT DOESN'T FALL INTO THE CAPITAL PLAN.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO, FINANCE HAS ESTABLISHED, UM, THE ASSET REPLACEMENT PLAN.
SO SOME OF THESE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE TO THAT.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THE FIRE AND EMS APPARATUS REPLACEMENT.
UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THE ASSET REPLACEMENT PLAN THAT ACTUALLY SCORED OUR HIGHEST ON THE CIP.
BUT, AND THEN, BUT, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP ALL THE SCHOOLS TOGETHER IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FINANCE ON THAT AND I INCLUDE IT JUST, THIS IS JUST A DRAFT AND IT, IT'S JUST TO LET YOU KNOW KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE, IN THE REVIEW PROCESS.
BUT I RE I SUBMITTED YOU A DRAFT OF THE, UM, PROJECT, THE COST ESTIMATES FOR EACH PROJECT.
AND, AND THAT WILL MOVE AROUND, UM, ESPECIALLY ONCE IT GETS PAST THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, WHEN IT COMES FORWARD TO YOU AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THESE MIGHT MOVE TO DIFFERENT FISCAL YEARS AS FAR AS THE FUNDING.
SO, UM, WE DO HAVE THE CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR AND, UM, THE FISCAL 2023 MONEY WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BUDGET.
SO ALL OF THIS IS JUST PLANNED.
SO, UM, WHEN IT GETS TO THE BOARD, YOU ALL CAN DISCUSS EACH PROJECT AND, AND MOVE THEM AROUND AS YOU FEEL FIT.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS MOVING THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, THEY'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, THE GOAL IS FOR THEIR PUBLIC HEARING TO BE IN MARCH.
SO, AND THEN IT WILL COME FORWARD TO THE BOARD AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
NO, GO RIGHT AHEAD TO BE YEAH, IT'S FINE.
I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES AND I'M NOT
UM, SO SOME OF THESE CAN BE FUNDED WITH OTHER THAN COUNTY FUNDS, RIGHT? AND SO IS THERE A WAY,
AND SO THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE, UM, THAT WAY WE COULD KIND OF PLAN FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA APPLY FOR MM-HMM.
UM, WE'VE STARTED ON A COUPLE OF THESE, UM, LIKE THE ESA LANE TRAINING CENTER, UM, FIRE RESCUE IS ESTIMATING THAT TO BE 780,000, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF ESTIMATING THAT THEY WOULD GET GRANT FUNDING FOR ALL BUT 300,000.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE THE TOTAL COUNTY CONTRIBUTION AS BEING 300,000,
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BUT IT'S JUST GONNA BE AN ESTIMATE.BUT WE, WE TRIED, WE DID DO THAT LAST YEAR AND THEN WE PLAN TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE JUST STARTING.
SO A COUPLE OF THESE YEAH, I'VE ALREADY DONE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE REST OF THEM.
THAT GIVES I THINK, THE ABILITY TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE A LITTLE FURTHER.
AND WE PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHICH ONES WE WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING AND WE'LL JUST HAVE, HAVE TO GUESS PROBABLY ABOUT THE CALL, WHAT IT WOULD BE, THE AWARD.
BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MR. BAY MADE? NOT AT THIS TIME, NO.
WELL, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION WHENEVER YOU GET AN OFFICE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT E WILSON MORRISON HAS GOT MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND WE'RE, WE'RE, IT'S HALFWAY DOWN THE LIST, IT SEEMED LIKE TO ME THAT THEY SHOULD BE A CONSIDERABLY HIGHER.
SO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER RANKS IT OFF SPECIFIC CRITERIA WHEN IT GETS TO THE BOARD.
UM, IN YEARS PAST, I'VE SEEN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MOVE THEM AROUND AS THEY FELT FIT WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES, THEY HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, UM, IF IT'S IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, UM, IF IT'S IN RELATION TO OTHER PLANS, THEY HAVE A WHOLE, THEY HAVE A LIST OF 12 DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
SO THERE'S THIS KIND OF VERY SPECIFIC AS HOW THEY SCORE THESE.
UM, IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RE MOVE THEM AROUND A LITTLE IN, IN PRIORITY.
BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE FOR YOU, IT'S GONNA BE MORE OF WHEN YOU PUT THE FUNDING FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR.
THESE ARE NOT RANKED YET, ARE THEY? THEY HAVE BEEN RANKED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THEY'RE DONE RANKING ALL EXCEPT FOR THE SALLY PORT BECAUSE THEY WANTED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT.
BUT WHEN IT GETS, LIKE I SAID, WHEN IT GETS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN, IN YOUR RANK, THEY'RE RANKED ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA WHEN YOURS IS KIND OF GONNA BE MORE RANKED AS TO WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO FUND THEM, IS THE WAY I LOOK AT THAT.
BUT, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER REALLY ISN'T LOOKING AT THAT FUNDING PART OF IT, CHAIRMAN.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO WHAT IS THE CRITERIA THAT THEY USE? UH, CAN WE GET A KEY FOR HOW THEY RANK? BECAUSE I'D BE CURIOUS JUST TO SEE, AND THIS IS MORE CURIOSITY, UM, WHAT CRITERIA THEY USE TO RANK THESE SO THAT WE CAN GET A PERSPECTIVE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S, UH, PRIORITIES, AND THEN WE CAN COMPARE THOSE TO THE PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD AND THE PRIORITIES OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I CAN GET IT TO YOU AND IT THANK YOU.
IT WOULD, IT ALWAYS IS IN THE PLAN THAT COMES FORWARD TO YOU, SO.
I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I KNOW OR WHAT THAT THOSE CRITERIA ARE.
OKAY, MR. BUTLER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
SO WITH THIS, DO WE DO, IN THE PROCESS THAT MS. OATS WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, SO IS THERE ANY POINT IN TIME DO WE COORDINATE THESE PRIORITIES WITH THE DEPARTMENTS? SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, JUST FIRE AND RESCUE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GIVEN, BUT THE FIRE AND EMS APPARATUS REPLACEMENT, THEY, THEY SCORED IT AS 23.
SO DOES, DO WE TAKE THESE RANKINGS TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS SHOULD BE UP HIGHER, YOU KNOW, OR WHAT, WHATEVER, OR ARE THEY PART OF THE PROCESS WITH THE PLANNING TO GIVE THEIR INPUT? SO LAST YEAR, UM, A FEW DEPARTMENTS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SPECIFICALLY FIRE AND RESCUE, UM, THIS YEAR.
SO THEY, THEY'VE SUBMITTED ALL THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, EACH DEPARTMENT, SO IT'S, UM, ABOUT A FIVE OR SIX PAGE FORM THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED TO.
THEY'VE SUBMITTED ESTIMATES, IF THEY HAVE ESTIMATES OF A PROJECT THEY'VE SUBMITTED, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DETAILS THAT THEY HAVE OF THEIR SPECIFIC PROJECT.
AND THE, THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION USES THAT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GO DOWN THROUGH THE CRITERIA AND RANK THEM.
AND THEN PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ONCE WE GET THE ACTUAL PLAN TOGETHER, THAT GOES TO THE, WE SEND A COPY OF THAT TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, AND THEN THEY CAN COMMENT ON THAT.
AND IT'S REALLY DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL.
SO THEY CO SO THEY'LL COMMENT THAT THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH INFLUENCE IN, IN REVISING THE RANKING.
I KNOW LAST YEAR I SAT IN ON THE, THE MEETING THAT FIRE AND RESCUE WAS WITH THE, UM, PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
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DID, IT WAS VERY MUCH LIKE OUR BUDGET MEETINGS WERE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SO FORTH COME AND PRESENT.AND IT WAS, UH, BACK AND BACK FORTH, UH, CONVERSATION.
UM, I THINK I SIT IN ON A COUPLE OF THOSE JUST LONG AS LIKE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE GIVE THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE PRIORITIES.
UM, YOU CAN'T, I MEAN, NO PROJECTS WERE REMOVED OR NOT INCLUDE IT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WOULD, I MEAN, THEN I WOULD DEFINITELY REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, DO YOU WANNA COME PITCH YOUR PROJECT A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE THEY'VE REMOVED IT OR DIDN'T RANK AT ALL MM-HMM.
BUT, UM, THE, THE ONES THAT RANKED THE LOWEST, UM, WERE KIND OF THE ONES THAT WEREN'T GOING TO SERVE AS MUCH OF THE POPULATION.
THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, PART OF THE CRITERIA IS HOW, HOW MUCH OF, OF THE COUNTY CITIZENS ARE YOU SERVING? MM-HMM.
SO, SO ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT I'M, UH, ON THIS LIST HAVE NOT STARTED.
ARE THEY IN PROCESS? ARE THEY, UM, THE ONLY ONES THAT A FEW HAVE STARTED.
AND, AND, AND DEPENDING I KEPT, I STILL INCLUDED LIKE THE COOLEY CON CONVENIENCE SITE EXPANSION MM-HMM.
UM, BUT I KEPT THE ONES THAT THAT MAY GO INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THE INDIAN HOLLOW BOAT LANDING WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY FAR INTO THAT.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE A COUPLE I CAN THINK OF THAT ARE UN UNDERWAY.
THAT WOULD HELP ME IN THE, THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND, UH, AND I WANTED YOU ALL TO HAVE THIS, SO AS YOU MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THEIR LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS MM-HMM.
NOPE, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
OH, SO ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.
MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IS THE FISCAL
[C. Discussion - Fiscal Policy Guidelines for Capital Asset Replacement Program - Alisa Scott, Finance Director]
POLICY GUIDELINES FOR CAPITAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.MS. SCOTT, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THIS IS A PERFECT TIE IN TO TALKING ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A FISCAL POLICY FOR THE CAPITAL ASSET REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, YOU APPROVED IN NOVEMBER THE GRANT, THE FUNDING PROGRAM, FISCAL POLICY, UH, SO TONIGHT, UH, FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE WARREN COUNTY CAPITAL ASSET REPLACEMENT AND RENEWAL POLICY IS TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE COUNTY'S CAPITAL ASSETS AND PROVIDE FOR FUTURE CAPITAL ASSET REPLACEMENTS IN ORDER TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY CITIZENS IN AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.
UH, THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS OF BUDGETING AND THE ANNUAL OPERATIONAL SPENDING LEVEL FOR CAPITAL ASSETS IN ORDER TO PROLONG THE USEFUL LIFE OF THOSE ASSETS TO HELP AVOID MAJOR, UNEXPECTED OR UNPLANNED EXPENDITURES.
SO THIS PLAN DETAILS THE USE OF THE CAPITAL ASSET REPLACEMENT FUND AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO INPUT INFORMATION INTO THE FUND.
IT IDENTIFIES A DEPRECIATION THRESHOLD.
IT IDENTIFIES THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND MAJOR CAPITAL ASSET FUND, AND HOW THE, UH, FUND WILL, UM, UH, BE FUNDED ESSENTIALLY.
SO ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET APPROPRIATION IS NUMBER ONE, MAJOR CAPITAL ASSET FUND IS NUMBER TWO, EQUIPMENT LEASE, PURCHASING A FINANCING IS NUMBER THREE.
DEBT FINANCING IS NUMBER FOUR, AND GRANT FINANCING IS NUMBER FIVE.
SO WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME FOR THE POLICY? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OOPS, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. NA, MS. OAKS, MS. CALLERS? NOT AT THIS TIME.
[D. Discussion - Department Updates and Position Reclassifications - Jane Meadows, Human Resources Director]
THE NEXT TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION, WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT UPDATES AND POSITION RECLASSIFICATIONS, MS. MEADOWS.[01:00:17]
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT I WENT OVER LAST MONTH IN THE WORK SESSION.IT HAS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED.
UM, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT AND I'LL BE ABLE TO GET INTO SOME QUESTIONS THAT I BELIEVE THE BOARD HAD ADDITIONALLY.
SO WITH THE HISTORICAL PAY INFORMATION IN 2020, AND WE WENT BACK JUST A COUPLE YEARS, 2020, THERE WAS A 4% PAY INCREASE FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
AND THIS WAS PART OF THE TIERED COMPENSATION PLAN.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO THE THOUSAND DOLLARS BONUS ISSUED IN DECEMBER, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE COVID UM, PACKAGE.
AND THEN IN JULY OF 2021 OF 5% PAY, UM, RAISE WAS GIVEN TO ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED A $3,000, UM, BONUS.
AND THAT WAS FROM THE STATE, SO IT WAS COMP BOARD FUNDED, UM, AND THEN THE COUNTY DID SUPPLEMENT FOR THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT COMP BOARD FUNDED.
UM, AND THEN IN 2022 IN AUGUST, WE IMPLEMENTED A 5% PAY RAISE FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
UM, THE NEW POSITIONS FROM 2022, UM, I HAVE THOSE LISTED, THE POSITIONS FOR 2021.
I DON'T HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
THIS IS WHAT I KNOW SINCE I CAME TO THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THAT IS TO BUILD OFF OF THE, UM, BASICALLY THE, UM, POSITION LISTING THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2020.
WE'VE BEEN BUILDING OFF OF THAT.
SORRY, A LITTLE TONGUE TWISTED TONIGHT.
SO I WANNA GO OVER AND I REALIZE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY VERY SMALL, SO HOPEFULLY THIS, UH, THE COPIES THAT YOU HAVE ARE A LITTLE EASIER TO VIEW, UM, THE POSITIONS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY OUR RECLASSIFICATIONS.
SO WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, WE HAVE PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
UM, THE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION THAT WE WILL BE BLENDING WITH THE, UM, RECREATION SUPERVISOR AND BLENDING THOSE POSITIONS.
IT WILL BE THE SAME PAY GRADE AS THE PREVIOUS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
UM, AND SO THERE IS A COST SAVINGS OF $82,000 AND SOME CHANGE, UM, IN THAT BLENDING WITH THE OFFICE ASSISTANT POSITION.
UM, SINCE WE SHIFTED THE YOUTH CENTER FROM A SEPARATE BUILDING TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THERE IS A HIGHER, I GUESS, QUANTITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL AT THE, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER FOR PARKS AND REC.
SO WE REALIZE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY UTILIZE THEM IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO HELP SUPPORT THEM.
UM, SO THIS IS WHERE WE START TO GET INTO KIND OF THE CONFUSION.
UM, WE HAVE MOVED THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE TO PUBLIC WORKS.
AND SO WE'LL BE UTILIZING THE PARKS CENTER REC ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AS A BACKUP FOR THE ADMIN OFFICE AND THEN ALSO TO HELP KIND OF GAUGE WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION SO THAT THERE AREN'T ANY REALLY GAPS IN FUNCTIONS FOR PARKS AND REC.
UM, SO THERE'S NO FINANCIAL CHANGE WITH THAT.
UM, WITH THE VARIETY OF PART-TIME POSITIONS, WE WANNA REGRADE, WELL, NOT REGRADE, WE WANNA RENAME THEM.
UM, IT'S CONFUSING IN THAT THERE'S A FACILITY SUPERVISOR, THERE'S A RECREATION SUPERVISOR, BUT THEY'RE BASICALLY DOING THE SAME THING.
SOME OF THEM WILL SET UP TABLES AND SET UP LAYOUTS AND OTHERS WILL ADMINISTER PROGRAMS AND SOME DO BOTH.
SO A LOT OF TIMES THE PART-TIMERS THAT ARE HIRED ARE ACTUALLY HIRED AS BOTH.
SO THIS WOULD JUST KIND OF STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF HAVING ONE TITLE AND BASICALLY THEY WOULD HAVE A LARGER SCOPE OF ABILITIES.
UM, POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE, SINCE WE ARE LOOKING AT PARKS PROGRAMS AND KIND OF REVAMPING THEM, WE MAY NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THESE PART-TIME POSITIONS, UM, CHANGE THEM FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN A YEAR TO TWO YEARS.
UM, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY BE AN EVENING POSITION BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE.
AND WE HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND RECREATION PERSONNEL ALREADY DURING THE DAY.
UM, THE NEXT POSITION IS THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION, UM, KIND OF SHIFT.
SO THIS IS WHERE, UM, THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE HAS NOW MOVED OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS, UM, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT THERE.
WITH THE SHIFT OF THE GROUNDS FOR PARKS AND REC GOING UNDER PUBLIC WORKS, THERE'S A REALLY HIGH
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VOLUME OF WORKLOAD THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WAS NEEDED TO HELP MANAGE.UM, THAT POSITION WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE REVISED, UM, OR KIND OF REVISITED ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE WORKLOAD ACTUALLY IS.
AND, UM, POTENTIALLY IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, WE RECLASSIFIED AS AN OFFICE MANAGER, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHETHER THAT'S NECESSARY YET.
UM, THE NEXT POSITION FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR WHO BASED OFF OF THE WORK AND THE SCOPE THAT SHE'S DOING, WE WANNA RECLASSIFY ALL, UM, EACH OF THE SUPERVISORS AS AN OPERATIONS MANAGER, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND BASICALLY FULFILL THE SAME DUTIES.
UM, SO THIS POSITION IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES, UM, IN THAT A POI OR THE CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION FOR A CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR IS TRULY TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE CUSTODIANS AND BASICALLY JUST MAKE SURE THINGS ARE GETTING CLEANED RATHER THAN ACTUALLY DOING A LOT OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION THAT, UM, THE CURRENT SUPERVISOR IS ACTUALLY DOING AND MANAGING LARGER PROJECTS, UM, SUCH AS THE COURTHOUSE.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREW SUPERVISOR, AND THIS IS THE POSITION THAT CAME OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS FROM PARKS AND REC.
AGAIN, WE WANT TO RECLASSIFY THE POSITION TO AN OPERATIONS MANAGER, UM, SLIGHTLY MORE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY SHOULD BE TAKING ON THAT THEY WEREN'T DOING PREVIOUSLY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE ONE AFTER THAT IS OUR, UM, PUBLIC WORKS FOREMAN.
UM, WE'VE RE OR WE'RE PROPOSING TO REALLOCATE THE RE REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS.
UM, SO THIS POSITION WOULD TAKE ON A LARGER ROLE IN REALLY OVERSEEING THE SANITARY DISTRICTS, UM, PRIMARILY THE FARMS AND THEN REALLY SPECIAL PROJECTS WITH ANY OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS A MAINTENANCE FOREMAN.
UM, WITH THAT, IT'S A POSITION THAT WE USED TO HAVE AN ASSISTANT CREW SUPERVISOR, UM, AND WE REALIZE THAT WE WANNA HAVE A BACKUP, UM, SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY DEVELOP PEOPLE.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE AN INTERNAL PROMOTION FROM ONE OF OUR CURRENT, UM, EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO POST FOR THAT POSITION.
UM, AND THEY WOULD BE A BACKUP FOR THE GROUNDS POSITIONS, UM, OUR ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN.
UM, IN LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, IT DOES NOT TOUCH ON WHAT THE PERSON IN THE POSITION IS ACTUALLY DOING.
SO WE FEEL THE NEED TO COMPLETELY REVAMP THE ROLE.
UM, AND WE'VE SET SOME ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT AS A COUNTY WE ARE PAYING OUR BILLS WEEKLY, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY DO BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY, THEY'RE GONNA GET PAID ON TIME AND IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE LATE FEES OR ANY SORT OF COST THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE DUE TO THAT.
UM, THAT IS, UM, THE NEXT POSITION IS AN ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN.
SO IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WE DID SOME SHIFTING.
UM, WE HAD AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT WHEN THEY WENT INTO ANOTHER ROLE, UM, AFTER MEETING WITH THE FINANCE LEADERS, THEY WANTED TO REGRADE THE POSITION.
SO IT WAS A MORE FUNCTIONAL ROLE RATHER THAN AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE.
SO WE WANTED TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO WAS ABLE TO FOCUS ON DATA ENTRY AND REALLY BALANCING THE FINANCES, UM, THAT THEY'RE GETTING IN FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT TRULY WOULD BE AN ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN ROLE.
UM, WITH MS. SCOTT'S PROMOTION INTO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, WE REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED SOMEONE WHO HAD A BACKGROUND IN PROCUREMENT AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY DOWNGRADING A POSITION.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A DEPUTY FINANCE DIRECTOR, WE WANTED A FUNCTIONAL BUYER AND WE ARE CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR THAT POSITION AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS AS WELL FOR THE RECLASSIFICATIONS.
UM, THE NEXT POSITION IS THE PAYROLL PERSONNEL TECHNICIAN.
UM, WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE U K G H R I S AND PAYROLL SYSTEM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP THAT POSITION BEYOND PAYROLL.
IT USED TO BE THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT THE PERSON DID WAS THEY FOCUSED ON PAYROLL AND NOW THE POSITION HAS BECOME MUCH MORE.
THEY'RE WORKING ON EVERY REALLY ASPECT OF HR AND CONT CONTINUING TO DO MORE WITHIN THE FULL REALM OF EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT.
SO IT TRULY HAS EVOLVED INTO A HR GENERALIST ROLE, UM, AND SHIFTED AWAY FROM A PAYROLL DATA ENTRY ROLE.
THE FINAL POSITION IS FOR A BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
UM, WE WANT TO UPGRADE ONE OF OUR INSPECTORS INTO A SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR.
UM, AND THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS STRONG KNOWLEDGE AND WOULD BE ABLE TO BE THAT GO-TO
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PERSON IN ORDER TO HELP, I GUESS SOLVE PROBLEMS AND REALLY CONTINUE TO GUIDE TRAINING.SO THE PERSON IN THE POSITION HAS BEEN TRAINING ANY OF OUR NEW BUILDING INSPECTORS AND HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO THE TEAM.
ANY QUESTIONS? WOULD YOU WANT MS. MEADOWS TO GO THROUGH THE, UM, THE ORG CHARTS TO FINISH YOUR PRESENTATION OR DO WE WANT TO GO INTO QUESTIONS? I I DON'T, I DON'T PERSONALLY NEED THE ORG CHARTS.
WE AGREE MR. BUTLER, NO QUESTIONS.
SO, SO IF I MAY, MADAME CHAIR FOR A SECOND.
UH, I WANT TO FLASH THE BOARD BACK TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND THE, ONE OF THE SIX CRITERIA, THE CRITICAL ISSUES THE BOARD IDENTIFIED WAS THE LACK OF CAPACITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
IF SOMEBODY WASN'T HERE, THERE WAS NOBODY PREPARED AND READY TO STEP INTO THAT.
WHEN THE FINANCE DIRECTOR LEFT, THERE WAS NOBODY PREPARED ABLE TO COME IN A YEAR LATER WHEN THE FINANCE DIRECTOR LEFT, THERE WAS NOBODY PREPARED AND READY TO COME IN.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS TO CREATE, NUMBER ONE, GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE BOARD WHERE THE BOARD WANTS TO GO.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT SEATS.
MAKE SURE THAT WHERE WE, SO THAT WE BUILD CAPACITY THIS TIME WHEN THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TOOK OFF IN HIS CONESTOGA WAGON
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU SEE WHERE NOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY ABLE, WHEN SOMEBODY, A SUPERVISORY PERSON LEAVES, WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S BEING TRAINED AND ABLE TO MOVE IN.
THE GOAL OF THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP OUR PEOPLE SO THAT THE NEXT TIME THE BOARD HAS A VACANCY, SOMEBODY'S PREPARED HERE AND YOU CAN FILL IT HERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO LOOK ELSEWHERE.
AND IT'S A CRITICAL IN ORDER TO MEET YOUR, YOUR GOAL OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO THAT WE DO THESE TYPES OF ANALYSES IN ORDER TO MOVE OURSELVES FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER? I, I HAVE JUST A COMMENT.
AS A RESULT OF THESE RECLASSIFICATIONS.
WE REALIZE THERE IS SOME BADGE OF TRIM AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN REALLY VALUING THE TAX DOLLARS.
SO WHERE WE CAN, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SAVING MONEY TOO.
AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER, JUST ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO, UM, THE, THE COMP PLAN WAS TO PUT US ON PAR WITH SURROUNDING COUNTIES MM-HMM.
HAVE WE COMPLETED THAT THREE PHASE PROCESS? WE ARE DONE WITH THAT.
WELL, I WANNA KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT.
AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THIS AS WE LOOK AT THE BAND SYSTEM.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE HAVE TO FARM THIS OUT AND HAVE SOMEBODY DO A, UH, LARGE EXTENSIVE STUDY.
WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN-HOUSE COMPARISON AND SHOW YOU WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING AND WHAT WE DO.
UH, WE FIND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO, UH,
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AS WELL AS JUST PAY.UH, ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAS PEOPLE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND THE SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS ARE DESPERATE FOR PEOPLE WITH THOSE SAME CRITERIA.
BUT THE PAY HAS TO BE COMPETITIVE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME AND LOOK AT YOURSELF AND SAY, I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN FOR MY FAMILY.
SO WE HAVE TO BE, KEEP OURSELVES COMPETITIVE AND WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE BIG JUMPS LIKE WE HAD IN THE LAST ONE, BUT WE WILL UPDATE.
SO WE'RE ONLY THREE, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THREE YEARS INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT SEVEN.
AND IT'S GONNA LET US KEEP OURSELVES ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND THE RIGHT PATH.
SO THERE'LL BE SOME SMALLER ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THIS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THIS NEXT YEAR.
DALEY, WILL YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY SAID ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR? IT'S IN THE, THE BIENNIAL BUDGET.
ARE THEY FORWARDING INCREASES TO UM, CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AGAIN THIS YEAR? THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT THAT, YES MA'AM.
IT WILL COST YOU ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF TO DO TO KEEP THAT LEVEL.
THEY WILL DO SOME, THEY WILL DO 5% FOR SOME CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER EMPLOYEES AND WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE REST OF ALL OF THAT AND SEE WHERE THAT LEAVES US.
AND WE'RE, WE WANNA LOOK AT THE WHOLE BUDGET PICTURE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER TO THAT IN UH, IN MARCH, UH, WHEN WE HAVE OUR REVENUES A LITTLE CLOSER AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE WITH THE REASSESSMENT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AND SO FORTH.
AND UH, ALSO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR OUTSIDE AGENCIES, OUR PARTNERS AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND HOW MUCH WE'LL NEED FOR THAT AND SO FORTH.
AND WELL, BECAUSE WE KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT RAISING TAXES, WE KNOW THAT THIS BUDGET IS NOT GONNA PROPOSE THAT.
BUT WE WILL LOOK TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO PROPOSE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS PART OF THE TOTAL PACKAGE.
SO THESE POSITIONS, HOW MANY OF THEM, I KNOW WE HAD PEOPLE YOU'RE SHIFTING AROUND THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY NEEDED IN SOME AREAS NEEDED IN OTHER AREAS.
WE, YOU KNOW, WERE THESE ALREADY BUILT INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OR, CUZ I KNOW IT'S ON THE AGENDA TO VOTE ON NEXT WEEK, BUT IF THEY WEREN'T BUILT INTO THIS CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, SHOULDN'T THEY WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO BE WORKED IN
UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, AS SOMETHING HAS COME UP AND WE'VE ASSESSED IT, WE HAVE PUT IT BEFORE THE BOARD AND THEN FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE INCORPORATE IT INTO THAT BUDGET SEASON.
BUT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY NEW MONEY.
THIS PROPOSAL'S GONNA SAVE $57,000.
WELL I KNOW, BUT THERE'S NEW POSITIONS IN HERE THAT ARE ALL THESE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE CURRENTLY STAFFED, SHIFTED INTO THEM THE FINANCE POSITION AND THOSE THINGS THAT WILL STILL BE A COST SAVINGS AT THE END ONCE WE HIRE SOMEONE TO BACKFILL THE OPEN POSITIONS BECAUSE THIS COST IS BASED OFF OF THE POSITION, BASICALLY THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR THAT POSITION.
OF NOW SOME OF THESES HAVE INCREASED AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SAVINGS BECAUSE SOME OF THE INCREASES OFFSET SOME OF THE SAVINGS.
SO IF YOU TAKE SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS YOU LOOK AT, TWO YEARS AGO THE DE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAD FIVE POSITIONS AND IN THE LAST MONTH WE'VE TAKEN THAT BACK DOWN TO THREE BECAUSE ONE OF 'EM IS OVER ACROSS THE HALL DOWN HERE AND ONE OF 'EM IS IN THE CONESTOGA WAGON
SO WE'VE TAKEN THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDEFINE THOSE POSITIONS AND THAT ARE THE TWO THAT ARE VACANT.
AND ONE WILL COME IN BELOW WHAT WE WERE PAYING THE FORMER PERSON AND ONE'S GOING TO COME IN ABOVE WHAT WE WERE PAYING THE FOR FORMER PERSON, BUT THEY'RE GONNA LEVEL OUT AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO BUILD
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PARTICULARLY ACCOUNTING SIDE CAPACITY IN THE DEPARTMENT AND BEING ABLE TO BETTER TRACK EVERYTHING, IF YOU WILL.WELL, I APPRECIATE GETTING THE FINANCE NUMBERS IN THIS REPORT BECAUSE WITHOUT 'EM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING ME TO MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT THE COST, SO I NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT ABSOLUTELY.
TO, UM, CUZ IT'S ONE THING TO SIT HERE NEAR YOU, I NEED TO READ ON IT SEVERAL TIMES MM-HMM.
ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN THERE'S NO, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BUILD CAPACITY AND THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME AND DOING IT EFFICIENTLY AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, THE ONLY, UM, I HAVE A COMMENT.
LOOKING OUT OF THE BOX AND THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT WHERE OUR CAPACITY SHOULD BE LOADED.
I APPRECIATE, I KNOW YOU'VE GIVEN ME A
I'VE GIVEN YOU A LOT TO GIVE ME AND I DO APPRECIATE IT AND I AND I WILL GO THROUGH IT AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS CUZ A LOT OF TIMES WITH INFORMATION YOU GET LOST IN IT, JUST LET ME KNOW.
WELL THAT'S OUR LAST ITEM FOR THE WORK SESSION.
DO WE WANNA MOVE ON OR WE WANNA TAKE A QUICK BREAK? NOPE, I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE WORK SESSION.
MRS. OATS? AYE MADAM CHAIR? AYE, AYE.
WHAT IS YOUR VOTE? UM, I VOTE YES
NOW ONE CALLED THE ORDER FOR THE SPECIAL.
SO I'M GONNA UH, ANYTHING ELSE? SEVEN IS AT SEVEN 30 FOR YOUR, WHAT'S THAT RIGHT? WAS IT SEVEN OR SEVEN 30? OH, I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA AND DIDN'T REALLY GIVE A A TIME.
UM, CAN WE MOVE ON TO THE WORK SESSIONS? ARE WE OKAY? YEP.
WE'RE NOT TIME CONSTRAINED OR ANYTHING.
[F. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America]
CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MEETING AND IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND AND SO WE CAN DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE UNITED STATES OF REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.ONE NATION, UNDERDOG, INDIVISIBLE.
THAT DELAY THAT MR. BUTLER HAS
[G. Adoption of Agenda - Additions or Deletions]
ON TO THE ADOPTION OF OUR AGENDA.IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? MADAM CHAIR A MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
SECOND WILL PAUL PLEASE? MR. MABE? AYE.
MR. BUTLER, WE TO THIS EVENTUALLY AYE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL HEAD INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'M JUST GONNA READ A, UM, OUR PUBLIC HEARING GUIDELINE.
UM, SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO DISCUSS THE MATTER THAT IS BEFORE THE BOARD FOR ACTION.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT A DEBATE.
ALL COMMENTS WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE.
THE SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND PLEASE BE CONSIDERED CONSIDERATE TO YOUR, UH, FELLOW SPEAKERS.
THERE SHOULD BE NO APPLAUSE BOO OR ANY OTHER LOUD DISRUPTIONS TO THESE PROCEEDINGS, POSTERS, AND OTHER MEANS THE VISUAL DISPLAY OF COMMENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE BOARDROOM.
THE BOARD WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY PERSONAL ATTACKS BY ANYBODY ON ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THESE PROCEEDINGS.
AND ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THE GUIDELINES OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST TOPIC ON FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[H.1. Lease Agreement at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport with Aero Services, LLC - Alisa Scott]
THE NEXT UM, AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, THE LEASE OF FRONT ROW WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT A SERVICES.THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE LEASE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 29 STOKES AIRPORT ROAD, THE
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FRONT ROW WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT TO AERO SERVICES L L C FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FACILITY.THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD TO ENSURE THE COUNTY ABIDES BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 1800 B AS AMENDED.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.
SO IS THE APPLICANT HERE AND WOULD THEY LIKE TO SPEAK? NO.
IS THERE ANYBODY SIGNED OUT, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO MA'AM.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK? NO, THIS WILL BE THE FINAL CALL.
SO THE UM, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? UH, YEAH I DID BUT WE'LL GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN.
UH, MADAME, MADAME CHAIR, YOU DID OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IS THERE, SO NOW I GO INTO THE MOTION, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, THANK YOU.
SO IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH A SERVICES LLC AS PROPOSED.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CHAIR AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, EITHER OF WHOM MAY ACT TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OR THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE SECOND? SECOND RULE CALL PLEASE MR. BUTLER? AYE MRS. COLORS? AYE.
[H.2. Lease Agreement at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport with Silent Falcon - Alisa Scott]
ITEM IS THE LEASE AGREEMENT AT THE FRONT ROW, FRONT ROW WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT WITH SILENT FALCON.MS. SCOTT, THE OTHER THING WE COULD SAY IS TO APPROVE SILENT.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE LEASE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 29 STOKES AIRPORT ROAD FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT TO SILENT FALCON FOR THE AIRPORT HOUSE.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD TO ENSURE THAT COUNTY ABIDES BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 1800 B AS AMENDED.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
SO IS THE APPLICANT HERE AND WHO AND WOULD THEY LIKE TO SPEAK? NO.
IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO MA'AM.
SO IS ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK AGAIN? ANYBODY? THIS IS THE FINAL CALL.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSE.
AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION ITEM CHAIR? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISES APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH SOLID FALCON AS PROPOSED.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CHAIR AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, EITHER OF WHOM MAY ACT TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OR THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.
MADAM CHAIR? AYE MRS. COLORS? AYE.
[H.3. Lease Agreement at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport with John F. Noss - Alisa Scott]
ITEM IS THE LEASE AGREEMENT AT THE FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT WITH UM, MR. CHRISTENSEN.MS. SCOTT? I HAVE H THREE AS MR. NASS? YES.
MR. NASS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE LEASE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 29 STOKES AIRPORT ROAD FRONT ROW, WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT TO JOHN F NASS FOR HANGAR B THREE.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD TO ENSURE THE COUNTY ABIDES BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 1800 B AS AMENDED.
VERY GOOD PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? NOPE.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? NO
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK AGAIN? ANYBODY ELSE? THIS IS THE FINAL CALL.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO SPEAK? VERY GOOD.
UM, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I MOVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH JOHN F NAS AS PROPOSED A FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CHAIR AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, EITHER OF WHOM MAY ACT TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OR THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.
SARKA ROLL CALL PLEASE MR. BUTLER.
[H.4. Lease Agreement at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport with Michael W. Christensen - Alisa Scott]
ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.IT'S THE LEASE AGREEMENT AT THE FRONT ROYAL ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT WITH MR. CHRISTENSEN.
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MS. SCOTT, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE LEASE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 29 STOKES AIRPORT ROAD FRONT ROW, WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT TO MICHAEL W. CHRISTENSEN FOR HANGAR A FOUR.THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD TO ENSURE THE COUNTY ABIDES BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15 TWO DASH 1800 B AS AMENDED AND WITH THIS PUBLIC HEARING, I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD TONIGHT AND I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE MOTION BE SLIGHTLY AMENDED TO APPROVE A POSSIBLE AMENDED UH, LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MR. CHRISTENSEN.
PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN, SO, UM, HAS ANYBODY OH, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? NO.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? NO, WELL GO AHEAD MR. MAY.
WHAT, WHAT CHANGES ARE GONNA BE MADE? ONLY SLIGHT CHANGES TO THIS LEASE AGREEMENT, WHICH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW LATER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING STILL FOR TONIGHT.
THERE'S, THERE'S A SPOT IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT WHERE HE HAS MADE A NOTE AND I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT AND ELABORATE ON WHAT EXACTLY THAT NOTE MEANS.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? AS LONG AS WE GET TO SEE THE NOTE.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, IT'S IN THE PACKAGE AND I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS THAT I HAD REQUESTED OF WHAT EXACTLY THE NOTE MEANT.
SO IN ORDER FOR THE COUNTY TO UM, CONFIRM THE CONTRACT, WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE WE HAD EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO.
SO SHOULD WE BE APPROVING IT WITH IT? HAVING SOME, I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON THAT, BUT I WILL PRESENT THIS AGREEMENT AGAIN BEFORE THE BOARD THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THIS SO YOU DON'T APPROVE IT.
THAT'S WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION.
WE JUST DON'T VOTE ON IT THEN.
NO, BUT THE, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MOTION SAYS.
YEAH, THAT'S THE MOTION SAYS WE ARE APPROVING THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
SO THE MOTION DOESN'T SAY WE'RE APPROVING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT SHOULD USUALLY HAVE TWO THINGS SHE HAD MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO WAS TO CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN TABLE THE MATTER AND YOU'LL BRING IT BACK AT A FUTURE SESSION THERE, BUT THE MOTION ITSELF DOESN'T.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE HELP ME OUT MOTION, THEY WOULD JUST DO PUBLIC HEARING.
THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD MS. SCOTT IS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH A SUGGESTED MOTION, WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THE PUBLIC HEARING BE CLOSED.
BUT THEN, UM, THE REQUEST WAS THAT A BO, A SUPERVISOR ASKED THAT THIS MATTER BE TABLED TO ANO TO ANOTHER HEARING AND THERE'S NOT AN ACTUAL VOTE ON THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
SO, SO FAR WE'VE VOTED ON THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ALL THREE WE HAVE SAID WE ARE APPROVING THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITHOUT TABLING IT.
THIS, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE.
I'M SO YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO SAY WE'RE TABLING THE OTHER THREE YOU HAD APPROVED WEEKS AGO HAVING THE HEARING AND THEN WHAT YOU APPROVED TONIGHT WAS THE LEASE AFTER THE HEARING.
ON THIS ONE YOU APPROVE THE HEARING BEFORE, PREVIOUSLY AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IS CONDUCT THE HEARING AND THEN TABLE THE ITEM TO ANOTHER MEETING.
SO YOU'LL COME BACK TO YOU, THE ITEM BEING THE LEASE, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN A FUTURE MEETING BUT YOU WON'T HAVE TO CONDUCT ANOTHER HEARING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT MY MOTION THAT WE'RE MAKING DOES NOT INDICATE IT.
UH, MS. SCOTT, DID YOU HAVE A SUGGEST MOTION? DIDN'T YOU SAY YES, I SUGGEST THAT THE BOARD TABLES THE APPROVAL OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MR. CHRISTENSEN.
OKAY, SO THAT'S THE MOTION, WHICH SHOULD BE THE MOTION.
AND THE NO OTHER DISCUSSION? NO, VERY WELL.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WELL I WOULD NOTE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS, IT WAS OPENED.
I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ALL THE CALLS FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK.
JUST SO IT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CURRENTLY STILL OPEN? IT'S STILL OPEN, YES.
SO IF I'M REPETITIVE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GONNA BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO, SO AGAIN, WE UH, THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, IS THAT CORRECT? VERY GOOD.
AND THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD
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AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK AND NO ONE FINAL CALL.UM, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
AND UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION MADAM CHAIR TO TABLE THIS DO A FUTURE MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MADAME CHAIR? AYE MRS. COLORS? AYE.
[H.5. Lease Agreement at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport with Randolph-Macon Academy (RMA) - Alisa Scott]
ITEM IS THE LEAST AGREEMENT AT THE FRONT ROAR FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT FOR UH, RANDOLPH MACON ACADEMY.MS. SCOTT, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE LEASE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 29 STOKES AIRPORT ROAD FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT TO RANDOLPH MACON ACADEMY RMA FOR HANGAR C TWO.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD TO ENSURE THE COUNTY ABIDES BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 1800 B AS AMENDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD? NOPE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK? ONE MORE QUESTION.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH RANDOLPH MACON ACADEMY RMA AS PROPOSED.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CHAIR AND THE AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, EITHER OF WHOM MAY ACT TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OR THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND RULE CALL PLEASE.
[H.6. Lease Agreement at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport with John Ely - Alisa Scott]
THE NEXT ITEM.IT'S UH, A LEASE AT THE FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT FOR MR. ELI.
I'M, WHAT'S THE NAME? OH GOOD.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE LEASE OF COUNTY OWN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 29 STOKES AIRPORT ROAD FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT TO JOHN ELI FOR HANGAR A SIX.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD TO ENSURE THE COUNTY ABIDES BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 1800 B AS AMENDED.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN AND IS THE APPLICANT HERE TO SPEAK? NO.
ANY DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS? HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP? NO MA'AM.
ANYBODY AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AGAIN? ANYONE? THIS IS LAST CALL FOR ANYONE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION MA'AM? CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH JOHN ELEY AS PROPOSED.
I FURTHER MOVED THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CHAIR AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, EITHER OF WHOM MAY ACT TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY AS ATTORNEY.
MADAM CHAIR? AYE MRS. COLORS? AYE.
[H.7. Lease Agreement at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport with Paul Kosubinsky - Alisa Scott]
NEXT ITEM IS A LEASE AGREEMENT AT THE FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT FOR MR. KOBU KABUKITHIS PELVIC AREA IS FOR THE LEASE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 29 STOKES AIRPORT ROAD FRONT ROW, WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT, TIPPA OSINSKI FOR HANGAR B NINE.
THIS PELVIC AREA IS BEING HELD TO ENSURE THE COUNTY ABIDES BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 1800 B AS AMENDED.
SO IS THE APPLICANT HERE WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK? NO.
ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS HERE AT THE BOARD? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK? UM, ANYBODY? OKAY.
THIS IS OUR FINAL CALL FOR SELMA SPEAKING FROM THE AUDIENCE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? UM, MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH PAUL KOZINSKI AS PROPOSED.
I FURTHER MOVED THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CHAIR AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, EITHER OF WHOM MAY ACT TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE OR THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.
DO WE HAVE SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
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COLORS? AYE.SO WE'RE UP TO, UM, ADJOURNMENT.
BEFORE YOU ADJOURN, I WANNA REMIND THE BOARD THAT THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION WILL BE, THE NOMINATIONS WILL BE ON YOUR AGENDA NEXT WEEK.
AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INDICATED AN INTEREST AT THIS POINT.
AND YOU HAVE TWO VACANCIES THERE THAT WE NEED.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS TO MRS. SARRA SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH THAT.
SO OUR DEADLINE IS ACCORDING TO OUR TIMELINE TO HAVE OH FIVE APPOINTED.
AND THE BOARD, UH, MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET IN CLOSE SESSION WITH ONE OF YOUR BOARD APPOINTED BOARDS.
AND I'M THINKING NEXT TUESDAY AT SIX O'CLOCK MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT SINCE YOUR MEETING IS SLATED FOR SEVEN.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A PROBLEM? NOPE.
WE'LL CONTACT THAT BOARD AND, UH, PUT OUT THE NOTICES FOR THEM TO COME AND HAVE THEIR MEETING AND SO FORTH WITH YOU.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND.