* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order] [00:00:07] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SPECIAL MEDIA AND WORK SESSION FOR WHAT'S TODAY, JUNE 13TH, 2023. UM, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, [Additional item] BEGIN WITH, UM, ASKING IF THERE ANY BOARDS WOULD LIKE TO AMEND, UM, OUR AGENDA. IS THERE A, A REQUEST TO, I'D LIKE TO AMEND OUR AGENDA TO GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. MAIB? AYE. MRS. OATS? AYE. MADAM CHAIR? AYE. MRS. KELS? AYE. MR. BUTLER? AYE. SO JUST FOR, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING ALL THIS RIGHT, DO WE READ OUT LOUD THE MOTION BEFORE GOING IN? YES. OKAY. SO WHO'S GONNA READ THE MOTION? I AM MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I MOVE THE BOARD TO ENTER INTO A CLOSE MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 87 AND A EIGHT OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OR CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION IN THE PROVISIONAL OF LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE WARREN COUNTY AND SAMUELS PUBLIC LIBRARY SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATIONS OF THE WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND SAMUELS PUBLIC LIBRARY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. BUTLER? AYE. MRS. AYE. MADAM CHAIR? AYE. MRS. OATS? AYE. MR. MABE, THANK YOU. AYE. GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE THIS QUICK. OKAY. CURD AND KA. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. SO WE'RE [ B. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America] GONNA, I'M GONNA CALL THIS TO ORDER THE MEETING TO ORDER. AND WILL EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA, AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT WHY NATION UNDER UNDER IN THE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. UH, WE ARE, WE'RE GOING TO AMEND OUR AGENDA. UM, WE'RE GONNA ADD, UM, A TOPIC FOR A DISCUSSION ON THE FRONT ROYAL, UM, WARREN COUNTY TOURISM MOU THAT WE RECEIVED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. SO, UM, I WANNA ADD THAT ON THE AGENDA. THEY'LL BE FOLLOWING OUR PRESENTATION. UM, ITEM F. OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA START, UM, WITH OUR FIRST [ C. Old Oak IV, Revenue Sharing & Internal Project Update - Mike Berry ] TOPIC, WHICH IS OLD OAK, UH, FOUR REVIEW, UH, REVENUE SHARING AND INTERNAL PROJECT UPDATE. MR. BERRY, GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR. CAN HEAR YOU. . UM, JUST, JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS, WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE AT, AS YOU MENTIONED, OLD OH FOUR AND OUR OTHER PROJECTS. UM, AND I HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE, UH, RECEIVED THIS IN YOUR PACKAGE OR NOT. IT WAS IN OUR LAST AGENDA PACK, BUT JUST WANTED TO BRIEF YOU AND, UM, JUST REMIND YOU WHERE THE LOCATION IS. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL MAPPING THAT WAS, UM, PART OF OUR APPLICATION PACKAGE TO VDOT WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT. AND, UM, I INCLUDED THAT INTENTIONALLY. UM, CAUSE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY, MANY DISCUSSIONS. GOT ME REBOOTING, BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO THIS SHOWS YOU, UM, WE'RE OLD OAK, UH, PHASE FOUR IS IN WARREN COUNTY. IT ALSO GIVES YOU A REPRESENTATION OF VENUS BRANCH ROAD WHERE IT INTERSECTS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS. AND YOU'LL SEE UP THERE, 9 98, 2 50. THAT WAS OUR INITIAL APPLICATION. UM, WANTED YOU TO SEE THERE'S BEEN A, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE, AS WE'VE MOVED THROUGH THIS OLD OAK FOUR, WE'VE HAD A, UM, A LONG GO AT THE ENGINEERING. THIS WAS THE MOST COMPLEX PROJECT. UM, REALLY THE ONLY COMPLEX, UH, REVENUE SHARING PROJECT I THINK WE'VE DONE IN THE FARMS, UH, SINCE WE'VE STARTED DOING THOSE. BUT THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU. THIS KIND OF SHOWS YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BOX CULVERTS AND, AND THAT COST, WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT FOUR LOCATIONS, NOT JUST ONE CROSSING. AND I I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HEARD THAT, AND I THOUGHT THIS PICTURE MIGHT BE A GOOD REPRESENTATION JUST TO SHOW YOU AS WE WALK FORWARD. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE I GOT GET MY HEAD OUTTA THE WAY, BUT WE HAVE ONE AS, AS YOU COME ONE TO OLD OAK, UM, FROM VENUS BRANCH, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE. SO WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR INDEPENDENT CROSSINGS. SO YES, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, THE BOX CARPETS ARE QUITE PRICEY, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR CROSSINGS. SO FOUR [00:05:01] STRUCTURES. PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. NOW. SHOW ME THE FOURTH ONE. I SEE THREE. MAYBE IT'S JUST ONE TOUGH TO SEE. IT'S 2, 3, 4. SO THERE'S TWO IN THE MIDDLE. THERE'S TWO IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. I'M SORRY. YEAH, IT'S ANOTHER THING TO POINT OUT. YOU, YOU CAN SEE YOUR VENUS BRANCH ROAD GOING THE OTHER WAY. SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE LOCATIONS? THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I'VE USED IN THE PAST, UM, AND DON'T MAKE SURE I DON'T CREATE ANY CONFUSION, BUT I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SHOW YOU. THIS WAS THE INITIAL ESTIMATE WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THE PROJECT, THE 9 98 2 50. AND THEN WE CAME BACK TO YOU SAID, HEY, THIS IS MUCH MORE INVOLVED THAN WE ANTICIPATED. UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME INFLATION, BUT PRIMARILY THE BOX CULVERTS, THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO MEET REALLY INTENSIFIED THIS PROJECT. SO OUR PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COST ROSE AND, UM, OUR PROJECT GUESSTIMATE IS, IS STILL HOLDING AT THAT $1,600,000. AND THEN I ALSO, UM, SHOW YOU, JUST FOR REMINDING YOU, UM, WHERE THE FUNDS WILL COME FROM. UM, VDOT 500,000 COUNTY APPROVED IN $250,000, AND THEN NANDO FARM SANITARY DISTRICT WILL PAY THE $850,000 FOR THE PROJECT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT COST STRUCTURE? BRIEF UPDATE ON THE PROJECT ITSELF? UM, WE DID, AND, AND YOU APPROVED THE, UH, THE BID, BUT THE BIDS ON THE BOX CULVERTS CLOSED. THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROPER PROCUREMENT, UM, IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON FEBRUARY 8TH OF THIS YEAR. AND WE HAVE ISSUED A PURCHASE ORDER FOR $695,583 TO EASTERN VAULT. UM, AND, AND THEY WILL BE DESIGNING OUR CULVERTS. UM, ONE OF THE LAST PIECES OF THE PUZZLE WE WERE, WAS OUR, UM, UM, OUR GO FROM THE CORE OF ENGINEERS AND DEPARTMENT OF EN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. AND ON FIVE 15, UM, WE RECEIVED OUR STATE PROGRAM GENERAL PERMIT. SO THAT WAS OUR, YES, WE CAN GO NOW. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. SO, UM, STAFF'S HAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH VDOT AND WITH OUR, UM, UH, EASTERN VAULT IN REGARDS TO HOW WE WILL BRING THESE IN AND OUR CONTRACTORS. UM, WE ANTICIPATE A FALL 23 INSTALLATION OF THE BOX CULVERTS, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO BE BUILT. AND THEN, UM, IN FALL OF 23, WE ALSO ANTICIPATE THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND ASPHALT WORK TO IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW AS THE BOX CULVERTS ARE INSTALLED. SO WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. NOPE. I'LL CONTINUE ON AND TALK ABOUT THE APPROVED AND FUNDED REVENUE SHARING PROJECTS, UM, IN NANDO FARMS, OG FIVE. THIS IS, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED. UM, THIS ONE WE HAD DECIDED, UM, IN DISCUSSION, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UM, DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE PROJECT, BUT WE DECIDED TO REAPPLY THAT APPLICATION PERIOD HAS OPENED, IT OPENED MAY 15TH. UM, WE WILL, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MET WITH OUR ENGINEERING STAFF AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO JUST, UM, LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT THE, UM, LET'S LOOK AT THIS ON THE GROUND. WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH VDOT. THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE VERY INTENSIVE. UM, AND IN SOME ASPECTS THEY MAY BE MORE INTENSIVE THAN I WOULD LOOK FOR. UM, WE DO FEEL LIKE CURRENTLY OUR, OUR ESTIMATE IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I, I HAVE 1,000,008 IN HERE, BUT I'M, I'M HAVING THAT REVIEWED WITH, WITH OUR CONSULTING AND, UM, FIRM. AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, A, A GOOD PRICE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS APPLICATION, WHICH I INTEND TO HAVE DONE BY END OF MONTH AND BACK IN THE VDOT CYCLE. UM, AND ONCE WE DO THAT, UM, WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON WITH OUC FIVE UNTIL WE ARE APPROVED. UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND SOME OF YOU GUYS WENT TO THE CTB THIS YEAR, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT, UM, WE'LL HAVE A PRIORITY. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WILL GIVE, WE'LL BE GIVEN PRIORITY BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY AN APPROVED PROCESS OR A PROJECT. UM, WE, UM, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING AT THE EARLIEST OF SPRING OF 25. AND THEN THE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS DESIGNATED $250,000 TO THIS PROJECT. SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON OLD OAK FIVE OR THE, THE REAPPLICATION? UM, MOVING ON THEN YOUNG'S DRIVE IS ANOTHER APPROVED PROJECT, [00:10:01] AND THEN IN THE NEXT THREE PROJECTS ARE MUCH SIMPLER PROJECTS. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIAL DESIGN BOX CULVERTS. IT'LL BE MORE OF YOUR SIMPLE CULVERTS UNDERNEATH A ROAD THAT YOU SEE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, RIDING ON A DIRT ROAD AND ANYWHERE YOU GO THROUGHOUT THE FARMS. BUT YOUNG'S DRIVE, UM, THE ESTIMATE'S $570,000. AND THEN, UM, ON THIS PROJECT WE HAVE 235, UM, FOR VDOT COUNTY HAS 125 K INTO FARMS TWO 10. AND WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR 24 LAKE DRIVE. UM, $570,000 ESTIMATE. UM, AGAIN, THIS ONE, UM, COUNTY WILL NOT BE APPLYING FUNDING. THIS WILL BE SHENANDOAH FARMS AND VDOT FUNDING. ANTICIPATE 235,000 FROM VDOT AND 335,000 FROM THE FARMS. AND THEN WESTERN LANE PHASE TWO, IT HAS A $750,000 ESTIMATE. IT WOULD BE 310 AND A THOUSAND FROM VDOT AND FOUR 40 FROM THE FARMS. UM, AGAIN, WE, WE ANTICIPATE, UM, FISCAL YEAR 24 CONSTRUCTION. UM, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW REVIEWING WITH, UH, VDOT AND ENGINEERS. WE'VE ALREADY WALKED ALL THESE AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THIS IN MOTION. YES, SIR. WILL WE, UH, NEED TO APPLY FOR ANY MORE REVENUE, SHARING MONEY OR OTHER MONEY FOR THOSE LAST THREE PROJECTS? WELL, WE COULD REAPPLY. I DON'T ANTICIPATE GOING OVER A BUDGET ON THOSE PROJECTS, BUT NUMBERS THAT WE HAD BEFORE, BUT, RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, UH, I JUST GOT A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. YES, SIR. SO THE, THE, UH, SO I'M TAKING A LOOK AT THESE AND, YOU KNOW, VDOT IS, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN SOME FUNDS MM-HMM. , BUT THE, UH, THE, I I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY IS IT THAT IN SOME, SOME OF THE INSTANCES THAT, UH, THE, UH, SHENANDOAH FARMS SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR? WELL, THAT'S, THESE PROJECTS WERE APPROVED AND THEY CAME BACK TO OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. OKAY. AND, AND THIS BOARD DECIDED THIS IS HOW MUCH FUNDING THAT WE HAVE DEDICATED BASED ON THE INITIAL APPLICATIONS. OKAY. SO WHEN WE GO TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PHASE FIVE, THAT, THAT SHOULD COME DOWN SOME, BUT THE COUNTY, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UNLESS THE BOARD CHANGES, THEIR MIND, DOES NOT PLAN TO PUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEYOND WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY APPROVED. OKAY. UM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. OKAY. WE'RE NOT PUTTING MORE COUNTY GENERAL FUNDS SPECIFIC. RIGHT. AND, AND IN SAYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE BOARD, UM, DOES NOT THE DESIRE TO DO THAT STAFF, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY OTHER PROJECTS, WE NEED TO BE AWARE, ACTUALLY GOT A CALL TODAY, UM, FROM A RESIDENT AND HAVEN'T RETURNED YET, ASK HIM ABOUT A ROAD AND ANOTHER AREA. SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. UM, A SUBDIVISION, A PRIVATE ROAD THAT WAS UP TO STATE STANDARDS COULD STILL GO IN THE SYSTEM, BUT IF THE COUNTY WOULD NOT BE PUTTING MONIES IN THAT SUBDIVISION WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT FULL 50%, UM, IF WE STILL WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT PROGRAM. ANY QUESTIONS? THE NEXT IS JUST A PICTURE. I, I, I DO GET SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ASKING ABOUT THE ROADS. THIS IS A ACTUAL PHOTO OF PHASE FIVE JUST TO, JUST TO LET YOU SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE WATER IS IN REGARD TO THE ROAD. YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, COMING DOWN THE UPPER SECTION RIGHT BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO TURN UP THE HILLEL, IF YOU HAVE ROAD, THAT SECTION OF ROAD, UM, AND THERE'S A DRIVEWAY THERE THAT WILL, WILL ACTUALLY TAKE OUT, IT'S A ENTRANCE THAT'S NOT REALLY ANY COUNT ANYMORE. AND, UM, RIGHT BELOW IT, I MEAN, THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE WOULD, WE REQUIRE A BOX DESIGN CULVERT, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS SOME WATER FLOWING OFF OF THIS MOUNTAIN. UM, AND THIS IS IN THE NEXT SECTION, THE LOWER SECTION THAT ARE ACTUALLY THE, THE STREAMS THAT ARE MOVING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN PHASE FOUR. SO NEXT INTERNAL PROJECTS. SO NOVEMBER 17TH, 22 AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETING, YOU GUYS APPROVE THE $625,000 TO IMPROVE IN CHIPS, SEAL, DRUMMER HILL AND VENUS BRANCH. AND, AND OUR, UH, AND OUR PLAN WAS AT THAT TIME TO, UH, GO FROM, UM, SPRING LAKE, UM, UP TO THE TOP. AND THAT WAS APPRO JUST OVER TWO MILES, APPROXIMATELY TWO PLUS MILES. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, COMPLETE THE WHOLE, UM, SECTION OF ROAD, WHICH IS THREE MILES. UM, WE WENT SLIGHTLY [00:15:01] OVER THAT P PORTION OF THE BUDGET AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT WE HAVE, UM, FUNDING FOR ROAD PROJECTS AND OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. SO, UM, THAT WAS, UH, IT WAS A WIN-WIN. I ALSO, I PUT FOR REFERENCE, AND YOU GUYS REMEMBER MULTIPLE, UM, WORK SESSIONS, UM, WITH VDOT AND ONE OF OUR ROLE AUDITIONS, OR ACTUALLY THOSE ROLE AUDITION PROJECTS, I THINK WE, UM, DID A WHOLE LOT MORE ROAD WORK AND ROAD BASE THAN YOU TYPICALLY SEE IN ONE OF VDO T'S PROJECTS WHERE THEY, THEY JUST COME IN AND KIND OF SHOOT THIS TORN AND PUT THE PIPE IN. UM, AND THEIR ESTIMATES FOR CHIP SEAL, UM, FOR THIS YEAR, YOU CAN SEE IS $350,000. SO AS A VDOT PROJECT, THIS HAD HAVE BEEN ABOUT A, 1,000,050, UM, FOR WHAT WE DID. UM, IF IT, SO I MEAN, JUST FOR REFERENCE, I, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO, TO UNDERSTAND THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE THERE'S OFTEN A LOT OF TIMES QUESTIONS WHEN WE'RE LOCALLY ADMINISTERING A PROJECT OR HANDLING, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION IN HOUSE VERSUS SENDING IT ALL OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED THAT. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T RODE IT, TAKE A RIDE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A FEW SPEED COMPLAINTS. I HAD SOMEBODY TRY TO RUN OVER ME UP THERE, BUT YOU DON'T EAT DUST IF YOU, NOW IF YOU FLIP DOWN OLD OAK RIGHT NOW, I GUARANTEE YOU YOU'RE GONNA EAT SOME DUST. BUT, UM, YEAH, VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT TURNED OUT. UM, BUT ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NOPE, THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK, BARRY. BEEN WORKING ON PROJECT COLE UP FOR THREE YEARS NOW, AND WANTED THE BOARD TO SEE THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME CON SOME ASPHALT COMING DOWN AND SOME BOX BEING BUILT. GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NO, THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT [ D. Noise Ordinance Revision ] ITEM IS THE, UM, A NOISE ORDINANCE REVISION. AND THIS IS THIS JORDAN, I HAVE DOCUMENTS FOR EACH OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THE LAST, UM, COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UM, ISSUES WITH OUR NOISE ORDINANCE. AND THAT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN MADE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ADDRESS, UM, SITUATIONS. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETIMES THERE WOULD BE FETING NEIGHBORS. AND THE WAY OUR ORDINANCE IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, WRITTEN, IT REALLY RESTRICTED LAW ENFORCEMENT'S ABILITY TO HELP ADDRESS THE SITUATION. UM, AND SO I TOOK TO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN AMEND IT, UM, TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS TO HOPEFULLY GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT A BETTER ABILITY TO ENFORCE, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT ALSO, UM, KEEPING WITHIN THE LEGAL CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE TO FOR OUR NOISE ORDINANCES. SO FOR THE FIRST, UM, DOCUMENT THAT I GAVE YOU, THANK YOU. SO THIS DOCUMENT RIGHT HERE, THIS IS OUR CURRENT, OUR CURRENT NOISE ORDINANCE. AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMATIC PROVISIONS IS IF YOU, UM, FLIP TO THE SECOND PAGE, UH, 1 23 DASH TWO SECTION B, IT, UM, IT STATES THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE CHARGED WITH A VIOLATION OF THE SECTION UNLESS THAT PERSON HAS RECEIVED VERBAL, ELECTRONIC OR WRITTEN NOTICE FROM ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF WARREN COUNTY THAT HE IS VIOLATING OR HAS VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT WAS REQUIRING IS IF YOU HAD A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO NEIGHBORS, ONE NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBOR A, IS BEING EXTREMELY LOUD, NEIGHBOR B WOULD CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY WOULD GO OUT THERE, LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GIVE A VERBAL WARNING, UM, AND THEN LEAVE, UH, NEIGHBOR A PROCEEDS TO PLAY, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LOUD MUSIC. BUT BY THE TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD GET BACK OUT THERE, THEY HAD STOPPED. SO [00:20:01] THIS, WE'VE SEEN THIS IN A FEW INSTANCE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WHERE, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE WERE USING LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS USING A LOT OF RESOURCES TO ANSWER CALLS AND THEN NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS THE ISSUE. UM, AND SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS TAKING OUT THAT REQUIREMENT WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO OUR CITIZENS WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS WERE AND WHAT THE NOISE ORDINANCE IS. AND SO WHAT THIS OTHER DOCUMENT THAT YOU WERE PROVIDED, THIS IS OUR PROPOSED CHANGE. UM, I ALSO MADE CHANGES JUST TO CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE AND TO REORGANIZE A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE IT FLOW. ONE THING I WANTED TO DO WAS TO ADD A DECLARATION OF POLICY, WHICH JUST HELPS MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF OUR NOISE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS TO ENSURE OUR CITIZENS CAN ENJOY, HAVE PEACE, PEACEFUL USE OF THEIR PROPERTY. UM, AND THEN THE DEFINITION SECTION, I'M NOT AMENDING THAT, BUT ON THE THIRD PAGE YOU CAN NOTE THAT, UM, THE PROVISION THAT REQUIRES THE WARNING HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT. UM, BECAUSE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE CODE SECTION, IT DOES LAY OUT SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, UM, BLOWING HORNS, LOUD MUSIC, UH, RACING ENGINES, USES OF VEHICLES, RADIOS, EXHAUST NOISES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT CAN BE USED, UM, TO REALLY AGGRAVATE NEIGHBORS OR OTHER CITIZENS. UM, WE ARE KEEPING, WE HAD CONTEMPLATING TAKING OUT THE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF A DECIMAL READER, HOWEVER, UPON FURTHER CONSIDERATION DETERMINED THAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO, TO LEAVE IN. UM, AND THEN THERE'S CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS, THOSE THAT PROVISION IS REMAINING THE SAME. UM, I'M LOOKING AT SECTION 1 23 DASH FIVE. THOSE EXEMPTIONS ARE THE SAME. WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THOSE, AND SO WE'RE NOT AMENDING THOSE. UM, AND THEN FOR VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES, UH, SECTION 1 23 DASH SEVEN, THE CODE, THE STATE CODE HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT. AND SO THIS REFLECTS THE CURRENT STATE CODE, WHICH DOES PROVIDE A PENALTY. THEY ARE CIVIL PENALTIES, BUT IT IS, THE FIRST OFFENSE IS 250 AND ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE WILL BE $500 MAX. SO, UM, THE COURT CAN, UM, IS THAT ME? THAT'S YOU. OH MY GOD. , I APOLOGIZE. NOT A PROBLEM. UM, AND SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY IT, IT IS READY TO GO TO THE, TO THE BOARD. UM, FOR CONSIDERATION, WE WILL HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE IT'S CHANGING OUR ORDINANCE. I HAVE CONSULTED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY ARE HERE IF THE BOARD HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT OUR HOPE IS THAT THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED NOW, IT WILL GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO, ESPECIALLY THE EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THEY WERE HAVING SUCH ISSUES. UM, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD HAS. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA LET THE BOARD KNOW, I'M THE ONE WHO BROUGHT THIS TO, UM, CAITLYN'S ATTENTION. UM, I HAD A CONSTITUENT THAT CAME TO ME AND WAS SAYING THAT THEY, UM, HAD A NEIGHBOR THAT KEPT SHOWING UP AT 1130 AT NIGHT PLAYING, UM, WITH MUSIC. AND THEY'D CALLED THE SHERIFF. THEY'D COME OUT, EITHER HE HAD STOPPED DOING IT OR THEY, THEY WERE CONSTRAINED BY THE ORDINANCE TO, TO PURSUE ANY THANKS. AND, UM, COME TO FIND OUT, UM, I FOUND OUT IN FACT TO, TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT IN ORDER FOR MY CONSTITUENT TO ACT ON THIS, BECAUSE THE, THE, THE ORDINANCE WAS, UH, SO RESTRICTED THAT THEY HAD TO GO OUT AND GET A CEASE AND DESIST TO MAKE THE STOP. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE IN OUR CONVERSATION, THAT ANOTHER CONSTITUENT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORD IT WAS, BUT I HAD HEARD THEY HAD TO DO THE SAME THING TO, UM, TO, TO STOP IT. SO, UM, WHAT I DID RIGHT HERE, AND I THOUGHT MS. OATS WAS LOOKING AT IT, THIS RIGHT HERE, THESE ARE THE, ALL THE CALLS THAT THE, UM, THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS GONE THROUGH FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS, HAS BEEN A, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A PROBLEM AND, AND, AND FOR WHAT, FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH. AND I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION ON MY PART ON THIS. I MEAN, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER CALLS ARE NOT BEING REPORTED BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THEM, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR, UM, CONSIDERATION. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I, I DO, CUZ I'VE RECENTLY HAD A CONSTITUENT IN MY AREA, UM, CALLED, CALLED ME SEVERAL TIMES. UM, OF COURSE, WHERE WE ARE IS [00:25:01] AGRICULTURAL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HUNTS AND YOU EXPECT TO HEAR THE RANDOM SHOOTING DURING HUNTING SEASON AND SO FORTH. BUT THERE IS, UM, EVIDENTLY ONE PERSON IN, UM, IN THE AREA THAT HAS SET UP A SMALL, NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE, BUT A SHOOTING RANGE WHERE THEY ARE SHOOTING FOR HOURS ON END. AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE ON, ON SHOOTING. UM, OR IF I DID, I WAS TRYING TO SKIM IT REALLY QUICK, I MAY HAVE MISSED IT. WELL, THAT WOULD BE, BECAUSE THIS ADDRESSES SPECIFIC THINGS. SO IN THE COUNTY WE HAVE OTHER AVENUES TO ADDRESS SHOOTING. LIKE WE HAVE A CODE SECTION OR AN ORDINANCE THAT SPECIFICALLY ELIMINATE SHOOTING IN SPECIFIC, UH, SUBDIVISIONS. RIGHT? WE ALSO HAVE, UM, BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ALSO ZONING RESTRICTIONS. DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT I THINK THERE'S ZONING RESTRICTIONS THAT HELP ADDRESS THAT TOO. THE NOISE DOES. UM, THAT WOULD BE WHERE ANYTHING THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED, THE USE OF THE DECIMAL METER WOULD THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, IF THEY'RE CALLED OUT, THEY CAN USE THE DECIMAL READER AND GET A READING. AND IF IT EXCEEDS THE, THE PERIMETERS AND THE ORDINANCE, THEN IT WOULD, UM, IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO, TO ISSUE A SUMMONS IF THAT PERSON'S VIOLATING THAT, THAT IMPLIES THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SHOOTING CONSISTENTLY AND THEY'RE NOT. THAT IS THE DIFFICULTY WITH NOISE ORDINANCE. NOISE ORDINANCES ARE NOT GOING TO GET RID OF ANY AND EVERY AGGRAVATING NOISE WITHIN THE COUNTY BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT. YOU CAN GET A CALL, LAW ENFORCEMENT GOES OUT AND THEY'RE SILENCE, THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON. SO THERE IS RESTRICTIONS. SO THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES AND THE NOISE ORDINANCE IS NOT GOING TO ADDRESS EVERY ISSUES. BUT THE HOPE IS THAT IT ADDRESSES AT LEAST, UM, A GOOD, A GOOD PORTION. RIGHT. AND I DON'T WANNA RESTRICT, I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A, YOU KNOW, AN AREA THAT HUNTING IN, IN A LOT OF OUR POPULATED, I THINK CHAND, UH, FARMS IS ONE. UM, DUNCAN'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE IT, THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR IT TO BE PROHIBITED BECAUSE THE HOUSES ARE SO CLOSE AND IT'S DANGEROUS TO BE OUT SHOOTING IN MY AREA, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE SO MUCH. IT WAS JUST THIS, UM, HEY, YOU KNOW, I HEAR IT, IT'S NOT THAT BAD CUZ I'M ACROSS THE RIVER FROM IT. BUT I'VE HAD THIS CALL SEVERAL TIMES AND IT WAS JUST COINCIDENTAL. HE CALLED ME TWO DAYS AGO AND I SEE THIS ON, AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, AT LEAST I CAN ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, HE HAS CALLED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY HAVE TOLD HIM THERE'S NOTHING MUCH THEY CAN DO. AND, UM, SO THAT WAS SKIMMING THROUGH TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN HERE. AND, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THEY MIND TO HEAR A GUN. IT GOES ON FOR HOURS. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IF YOU SEE A POLICE CAR PULL UP, YOU'RE GONNA STOP SHOOTING. SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA HEAR IT. AND I GET THAT. UM, BUT I, I DID WANNA BE ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTION SO I CAN GIVE HIM AN ANSWER. UM, AND I DID ASK TODAY ABOUT THE DECIBEL READER, AND, UH, IF I'M UNDERSTOOD, I THINK THEY NEED A BETTER QUALITY ONE. SO MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO TO GETTING THAT. AND INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE, THE PERSON THAT'S WHERE THE SHOOTING'S GOING ON, MAYBE GO DOWN THE ROAD WHERE THEY DON'T SEE, AND YOU CAN USE IT TO SEE IF THERE'S AN ISSUE LOUD ENOUGH DOWN THE ROAD TO AT LEAST SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU NEED TO STOP FOR A LITTLE WHILE OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOMEWHAT OF AN ANSWER TO THIS GENTLEMAN BECAUSE HE'S CALLED ME. AND, AND IF I CAN ADD, OH, I'M SORRY. YEAH, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, IN TALKING TO SOME OF THESE CONSTITUENTS TOO, IT'S KIND OF, UM, FRUSTRATING TO ME WHEN THEY SAY, IF THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO, I NEED TO SELL AND LEAVE WARREN COUNTY. AND, AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY SAID THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN DO OR THEIR CONSTRAINT OR, OR WHATNOT THAT THEY, THEY COME AND THEY, THEY MOVE HERE BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE AREA AND FEELING THAT THEY'RE BEING HARASSED AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA SELL THEIR HOMES AND LEAVE. AND I, AND THAT'S THREE INCIDENCES THAT I'VE, I'VE HAD PEOPLE, UM, SHARING THEIR FRUSTRATIONS. SO ANYWAY, SO LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, THIS IS MY, SO, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT I'M LOOKING, I'D LIKE TO EXAMINE THE DATA BECAUSE THE DATA WILL REVEAL THAT. I THINK FROM WHAT I'M READING HERE, THAT THERE ARE FREQUENT CALLERS ABOUT FREQUENT THERE. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE CALL MULTIPLE TIMES, WHICH MEANS TO ME THAT THERE [00:30:01] IS A PROBLEM IN THEIR LOCATION WITH A PARTICULAR NEIGHBOR. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, THE COMMUNITY TO TALK AND, AND RESOLVE THESE ISSUES AMONGST THEMSELVES SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CREATE ORDINANCES THAT HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, LIKE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T SHOOT ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. UM, THIS, WE'VE GOT A LONG HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY OF PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND SOMETIMES THESE THINGS ARE JUST NUISANCES THAT WHERE PEOPLE ARE INCONSIDERATE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND IF WE, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ARBITRATE NEIGHBORS CONSIDERATION AS A, AS A SUPERVISOR, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT. AND MR. MABE HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMMUNITY WE WORK TOGETHER TO RESOLVE ISSUES AND MAYBE WE CAN RESOLVE THESE ISSUES BY DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN CREATING UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. WELL, WELL, LET ME TELL YOU. I'VE TRIED, I TRIED. AND, AND SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. MAYBE THERE YOU COULD ON SOME FOLKS, BUT NOT OTHER FOLKS. SO, BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS WHY I WANT TO REVIEW THIS FURTHER THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES TO ELEVATING THE RESTRICTION. THERE IS, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OUTCOME THAT WE DIDN'T INTEND TO HAPPEN. OH, IT MIGHT HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS, , BUT ANY OF IT, WELL, THAT'S WHY THIS IS AT A WORKING SESSION. YEP. SO WE CAN, I JUST WANNA BRING IT, TAKE A LOOK AT IT, ATTENTION, UM, AND, AND ASK FOR MORE QUESTIONS AND REACH OUT TO YOU NEED TO, TO REACH OUT TO. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. PERFECT. OKAY. SO, UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, PUT ON PUBLIC HEARING. UH, NEXT. YES, GO AHEAD. SHOULD WE PUT THIS ORDINANCE, UH, REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN JULY ON THE JUNE 27TH? AGENDA IS SO, SO MUCH TIME. DO YOU NEED TO DO YOUR RESEARCH? YEAH, I, THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I EXAMINE THIS DATA MORE CAREFULLY AND FIND OUT WHAT THE, AND I'LL DO MY OWN RESEARCH. THANK YOU. THAT'S, SO THAT'S GONNA BE, AND IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, LET US KNOW. CAN I DON'T THINK WE CAN BECAUSE THERE WAS, I ARE WE, ARE WE READY? YES. MS. KOHLER, OR DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? NO, MR. WAS ASKING A QUESTION. OKAY. [ E. Presentation - Reaching Out Now - Student Union ] ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE REACHING OUT NOW STUDENT UNION. UM, IS THIS A DR. DALEY OR WHO DO WE HAVE? BARBARA BARBER. OH, OKAY. PRESENTATION. OH, VERY GOOD. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK MA'AM, . THANK YOU DR. DELEY. IS THERE A CLICKER? GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BARBER AND I AM PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF REACHING OUT NOW A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED HERE IN WARREN COUNTY. UM, WITH ME TONIGHT, UM, ARE SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, MARLENA CONNOR, UH, CMA, UM, MICHELLE DAY. UM, AND TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO, UH, TALK WITH YOU ABOUT RE-IMAGINING, UM, STUDENT AND STUDENT UNION. UM, YOU KNOW, TODAY I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU SOLO, BUT MANY PEOPLE HAVE WORKED HARD TO SUPPORT, LISTEN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PRAY FOR THIS DOOR TO BE OPEN, FOR ME TO BE STANDING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. UM, AND SO BEFORE I START, UH, WITH OUR PRESENTATION, I HAVE A COUPLE LETTERS. UM, I WOULD READ ONE OF THEM, BUT BOTH LETTERS ARE IN YOUR PACKET RIGHT NOW. AND I'M GONNA READ THE ONE FROM DANELLE SPERLING, WHO IS PRINCIPAL OF SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL. AND SHE'S SAID, GOOD EVENING, WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I'M HONORED TO WRITE TO YOU IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL TO RE RETURN THE RAYMOND E SAINT MEYER BUILDING TO A YOUTH CENTER FOR EIGHT THROUGH 12TH GRADERS, YOUNG ADULT IN OUR AREA, BELONGING CONNECTION. THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE SUFFERED GREATLY IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IN OUR COMMUNITIES, YOUTH OVER THE LAST, SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS OF COVID DRIVEN SEPARATION IN THIS AFTERMATH, AS DEFINED BY A YOUNG PERSON, [00:35:01] BELONGING IS A PLACE THAT OPEN, THAT'S OPEN AND WHERE YOU CAN BE KNOWN, EVEN IF, EVEN IN THE COMPLICATED TIMES, A PLACE WHERE ALL OF THAT CAN BE ON THE TABLE. AND YET YOU'RE LOVED. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LONELY, ISOLATED AND DETACHED FROM HEALTHY PEER RELATIONSHIPS. RESEARCH HAVE SHOWN THAT 66% OF 13 TO 25 YEAR OLDS HAVE THREE OR FEWER MEANINGFUL INTERACTIONS ON A TYPICAL DAY. AND NEARLY 10% OF YOUTH CITE THAT THEY HAVE NO MEANINGFUL INTERACTION IN A TYPICAL DAY. THIS IS STAGGERING, BUT THIS IS WHERE OUR COMMUNITY OF CARING ADULT CAN STEP IN. WE CAN INTENTIONALLY CREATE A SPACE WHERE OUR YOUTH CAN SAFELY GATHER AND BEGIN RECONNECTING THROUGH PLAY, THROUGH SOCIALIZATION AND THROUGH PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS. I PERSONALLY WANNA THANK SAMANTHA BARBER AND ALL THE STAFF AND SUPPORTERS OF REACHING OUT NOW, AS WELL AS OTHER INVESTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT SPEARHEADING THIS EFFORT TO FIND WAYS TO RECONNECT YOUTH, TO RECONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE AND PROVIDE THEM A SPACE TO DO SO. IN CONCLUDING, I OFFER MY FULL SUPPORT OF THIS YOUTH CENTER, OUR COMMUNITIES YOUTH NEED AND DESERVE A PLACE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE, TO CALL THEIR OWN, TO SAFELY CONNECT WITH OTHER, WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND REDISCOVER THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING. THANK YOU, DANELLE SPERLING. SO THIS IS A PREMISE OF WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO, AS I SAID, HAVE A CONVERSATION AND TO, UM, PRESENT TO YOU, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS. FIRST, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REACHING OUT NOW, UM, WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES YOUTH AND OUR IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, MOSTLY HERE IN WARREN COUNTY. UH, WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT YOUTH AND OUR CHILDREN. AND, UM, I'LL FOCUS OUR LEADERSHIP, EMPOWERMENT, AND SERVICE. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THESE THREE ASPECTS UNDER OUR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, WE HAVE THE YES, LEADERSHIP, UM, WE HAVE THE LESS THE YES LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. AND UNDER THAT THERE'S TWO PROGRAMS. THE, UH, GIRL OF DESTINY, THE GIRL OF DESTINY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, AND THE LOTUS BOYS PROGRAM. AND WHAT THAT PROGRAM ENTAILS TWICE A MONTH, THE FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH, WE MEET AT SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY WHERE THERE'S, UM, A TIER THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR WHERE WE SUPPORT STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC AND FINANCIAL LITERACY, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. AND WE BRING IN PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL ACTUALLY COME IN AND HOST WORKSHOPS FOR OUR STUDENTS. JUST BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDED, WE HAD REPRESENTATIVE FROM NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION WHO CAME IN AND DID A FULL DAY WORKSHOP WITH STUDENTS ON MANAGING THEIR MONEY. IN ADDITION, WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH NANDO UNIVERSITY TO HAVE OUR YES CONFERENCE AND WHAT OUR YES, CONFERENCES EVERY YEAR. UM, WE INVITE STUDENTS IN 11TH GRADE AND 12TH GRADE, UM, TO COME AND WE HAVE SPEAKERS AGAIN FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY, TO COME IN TO SPEAK WITH OUR STUDENTS. AND, UM, THIS YEAR WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE THAT IT'S GONNA BE AUGUST 16TH, AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN WINCHESTER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL ON A SCHOOL DAY. SO THEY'RE GONNA BE SWAPPING A DAY WHERE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN ON A SCHOOL DAY TO LEARN AND HAVE A COLLEGE EXPERIENCE AND TRADE EXPERIENCE AS WELL ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT'S CALLED NAVIANCE. AND WHAT THAT IS, IT READS AND TELLS OUR STUDENTS LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR PATH? ARE YOU GONNA GONNA BE AN ENGINEER? ARE YOU GONNA BE A SCHOOL TEACHER? ARE YOU GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN GOVERNMENT? AND WE DON'T TELL THEM WHAT WE THINK THEY SHOULD DO. THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY HELPS THEM HELP TO GUIDE THEM IN THAT DIRECTION. UNDER OUR SERVICE PROGRAM, WE HAVE THE LINDA CROW FAMILY MEAL PROGRAM, AND THIS STARTED BACK IN MARCH OF 2020 WHERE, UM, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS PROGRAM WITH $600. AND WHAT IT DID, IT SUPPORTED STUDENTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, UM, WITH HOT MEALS FOR THREE YEARS. AND OVER THOSE THREE YEARS, OUR VOLUNTEERS WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, THE BLUE RIDGE TECHNICAL CENTER UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF DEVON, CHEF DEVON SMITH AND HIS STUDENTS TO SERVE OVER 75,000 MEALS. UM, LAST YEAR WE MET WITH DR. BALLINGER. AND BECAUSE, AGAIN, OF THE ISOLATION AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE SWITCHED THAT TO THE FAMILY NIGHT OUT. AND ONCE A MONTH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOLS, WE BEGAN HAVING MONTHLY MEALS WHERE FAMILIES COULD COME IN WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND HAVE AN EVENING OF BINGO OF GAMES, UM, IN DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES. WE CAN'T FORGET OUT TEACHERS. AND SO WE ALSO HAVE THE TEACHER APPRECIATION PROGRAM WHERE WE WILL HAVE DONUTS DAY OR COFFEE, OR JUST SHOW UP WITH A MEAL, YOU KNOW, DURING [00:40:01] AN SOL'S TIME IN DIFFERENT THINGS OF A SORT. AND OUR HOLIDAY CHEER AND GIVING PROGRAM IS WHERE WE SUPPORT STUDENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR WITH GIFTS AND SUPPLIES, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY MAY NEED FOR THE HOLIDAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS THEY GO INTO THE, THE SECOND TERM OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND FINALLY, UNDER OUR EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM, WE HAVE THE SAFE AT HOME COMMUNITY DAY. WE HAVE THE SENIOR PLANNING NIGHT, AND WE HAVE CAREER DAY SAFE AT HOME, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO CREATE SCHOLARSHIPS, DE UM, MONEY FOR DE CLASSES, AND ALSO SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS AS WELL. AND SENIOR PLANNING NIGHT, WE ALSO, UM, PARTNER WITH COLLEGES DOLEY, UM, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. AND EVERY YEAR WE HOST, UM, A COLLEGE, COLLEGE JUNIOR SENIOR PLANNING NIGHT FOR ALL STUDENTS SO THEY CAN KNOW WHAT THE NEXT NEXT STEPS ARE. AND CAREER DAY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IT'S WHERE WE BRING IN THE 16 CLUSTERS, AND WE HAVE A CAREER DAY FOR ALL STUDENTS IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND IN ORDER FOR US TO DO ALL THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE PARTNERS. AND OF COURSE, OUR BIGGEST PARTNER IS THE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ALL OUR AFFILIATES. THAT HELPS US TO EITHER DO WORKSHOPS OR JUST COME ALONGSIDE US IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO IN SAYING ALL OF THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION, JUST SHARING THAT LITTLE BIT WITH YOU AS TO WHY WE'RE STANDING HERE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO RE TO REIMAGINE THE YOUTH CENTER. UM, ON MAY 22ND AND MAY 23RD, WE, UM, CAME TOGETHER, UH, WITH OUR TEACHERS, WITH, UM, PARENTS, GUARDIANS, SINGLE MOMS, MARRIED COUPLES, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR KIDS. ONE THING THAT WE DO AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE DON'T SAY WE KNOW ALL, WE REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAID, OKAY, LET'S SIT, LET'S TALK, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. AND WE ASK, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE SCHOOL? UM, MARLENA CONNOR, WHO IS OUR, UM, THE PERSON THAT'S IN OUR SCHOOL AS OUR LIAISON, SHE GATHERED A BUNCH OF TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS AND THEY CAME IN AND THEY CHATTED ABOUT WHAT ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON WITH, UM, WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS THAT CAN HELP TO FOSTER WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO DO? AND THE THREE AREAS THAT THEY FOUND WAS ISOLATION, RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. AND THOSE THINGS ARE IN YOUR PACKET AND ON DUTY. THE ISOLATION, OF COURSE, THE NUMBER ONE THING WAS COVID. YOU KNOW, COVID TRULY CHANGED THE LIVES OF OUR KIDS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WHAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST, THE LAST THREE YEARS. RESPONSIBILITY, NO DECISION MAKING POWER, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S CRAZY TO THINK THAT WE CAN'T SAY TO A CHILD, HEY, MAKE A DECISION. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD DO? OR WHAT DECISION YOU THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE? UM, AND OF COURSE, THE ENVIRONMENT. UM, OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOW HAVING, YOU KNOW, VAPING SENSORS BECAUSE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS STUDENTS ARE VAPING AND DRUGS OR SOCIAL MEDIA OR, YOU KNOW, EARLY ENTRANCE INTO SEXUAL ACTIVITIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF A SORT. AND SO THOSE ARE THE THREE TOP, UM, TOP REASONING AS TO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT, UH, THEY, THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS SHARED WITH US, UM, AS TO WHY THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT. SO, OF COURSE, WITH EVERY CHALLENGE, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS? WE CAN SPEAK ALL DAY LONG ABOUT CHALLENGES, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO FOSTER AND CHANGE AND BEGIN TO, UH, A POSITIVE WHEEL IN MAKING THIS PO, MAKING THIS, MAKING THIS A POSSIBILITY. SO WE CAME UP WITH SOME GOALS TO, UM, INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHAT WILL THE YOUTH CENTER DO OR CREATE A SAFE SPACE, WHAT POSITIVE ROLE MODEL AND MENTORING AND WHERE THEY CAN FEEL INVESTED AND HAVE FUN. WE KNOW THAT CRAZY THINGS THAT GO ON IN OUR COMMUNITY SOMETIMES ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE DOWN AT BIG LOTS OR THEY'RE WALKING MAIN STREET AND THEY'RE GETTING IN TROUBLE. SO THIS IS THE THREE TOP THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THE YOUTH CENTER WOULD PROVIDE FOR OUR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION IS THAT WE NEVER DO ANYTHING ALONE. UM, WE ARE GRASSROOTS, WE ARE COMMUNITY BASED, AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN WORKING ALONGSIDE PARTNERS TO MAKE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO POSSIBLE. SO SAME WITH THIS PROJECT. UM, WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL, JODY LEE, AND DR. BALLINGER, WHO'VE WE, WE'VE TALKED TO ABOUT THIS PROJECT AS WELL. AND AS YOU SEE, DANELLE SPERLING, SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND MR. JOHNSTON, [00:45:01] UM, FROM SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAVE ALSO OFFERED HIS SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT TIMELINE. IF ANYONE HAS EVER BUILT A HOUSE OR A PART OF A PROJECT, UM, TIMELINE IS ON PAPER, BUT WE KNOW SOMETIME IT DOESN'T WORK OUT. BUT AGAIN, WE WANNA DO, DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN LINE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S NEEDED FOR SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO NOW OF COURSE, I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU AND, UM, JULY, WE TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN RENTAL AGREEMENTS AND, UM, PROJECT DISCOVERIES AND EVERYTHING THAT'S NEEDED FOR, FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. JULY, SEPTEMBER, UM, COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN, UM, SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND OF COURSE THE REMODELING BEGINS AND OPENING HOPEFULLY FOR OUR STUDENTS ON OCTOBER 15TH. NOW, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. MONEY. YEAH. . UM, SO WITH EVERYTHING THERE IS A COST, UM, BUT STANDING HERE IS A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS FOR OUR YOUTH. UM, SOME THINGS ARE PRICELESS AND WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE PRICELESS. BUT, UM, IN REALITY, WE ARE ASKING THE, UM, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WARREN COUNTY, TO, UM, PROVIDE, CONTINUE TO PROVIDING THE, UM, BUILDING RENT, UM, THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND THE UTILITIES, UH, FOR THE PROJECT. AND IN THE BACK OF YOUR, UM, PROPOSAL, YOU'LL FIND A VERY EXTENSIVE BUDGET, UM, THAT WE HAVE OUTLINED, UM, THE COST OF A PROJECTED, A PROJECTED COST OF EVERYTHING THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE. I'VE WALKED A BUILDING, I'VE WALKED AROUND IT, I'VE WALKED INSIDE OF IT. AND THE ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME, OF COURSE, WAS THIS PLAQUE THAT STILL STANDS FROM SINCE 1967. AND IT SAYS, THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO YOU. THE YOUTH OF WARREN COUNTY IN FRONT ROYAL VIRGINIA MADE A TIME YOU SPENT HERE CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT SPIRITUALLY. SO SOCIALLY AND PATRIOTICALLY, A KIDS NEED YOU AND WE NEED YOU, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. AND I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION GOING TO YOUR, UM, UH, PROPOSAL, COST PROPOSAL. SO HAVE YOU PRESENTED THIS, THIS PROPOSAL TO THE TOWN? YES, MA'AM. AND HAVE THEY MADE ANY COMMITMENT? UM, THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL LET US KNOW WITHIN TWO WEEKS. THEY'LL LET YOU KNOW IN TWO WEEKS. SO IF, IF THEY DO NOT COMMIT, WOULD YOU STILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THE COUNTY SUPPORT? UM, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. PART OF WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING, OF COURSE AS CAP AS COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN, UM, TO MAKE THE PROJECT, UM, TO KEEP THE PROJECT ALIVE, THE BIGGEST PIECE IS ACQUIRING THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, AND ONCE WE ACQUIRE THE BUILDING AND TO GET YOUR SUPPORT IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PIECE THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR AND GETTING COMMUNITY BUY-IN, UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT THE TOWN WOULD, WILL SEE THE MEANS AND THE NEED FOR THEIR, FOR US TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT IN TWO WEEKS THAT WE'LL GET A YES FROM THEM. SO, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE FOR ALL WARREN COUNTY THOUGH, RIGHT? DO SERVICES? YES. SERVICES, YES. CHAIR COOKIES. MM-HMM. . IS THERE ANY OTHER, I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, SO ED, WE OWN THE BUILDING. YES, MA'AM. SO WHO WE CHARGE, WHY ARE WE CHARGING RENT ? WE NOT, IT'S, IT'S ALL IT. IS THAT A IN KIND CONTRIBUTION THEN, OR WHAT IS THAT? $32,000, $32,400 IN BUILDING RENT? I HAVE NO MONEY. OKAY. BUT I CAN HELP YOU. IF YOU GIMME $20 RENT, I WILL PUT THAT $20 INTO YOUR PROJECT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. . SO OUR, OUR, OUR CONTRIBUTION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUE, YOUR REVENUE IS 25 2, AND IF YOU SKIP OVER TWO PAGES, UM, YOU'LL LOOK UNDER HERE AND YOU'LL SEE THE UTILITY, THE RENT IN THE MORNING, UTILITIES, ET CETERA. COME TO 27 6. THE FIRST COLUMN ON PAGE EIGHT. OKAY. SO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS, THIS, I'M [00:50:01] SORRY, GO AHEAD. FINISH. SO WE, WE WILL MAKE THE, WE WILL MAKE THE REPAIRS NEEDED IN THE BUILDING. THEY CAN, THEY CAN DECORATE, BUT WE WILL DO THE BASIC REPAIRS AND THEN THEY, WE WILL HAVE A RENTAL AGREEMENT AND THEY WILL LEASE THE BUILDING AND WE WILL BE CONTRIBUTING PROPORTIONATELY TO THAT RENT AND THE UTILITIES. THE MAIN COST WE HAVE IS GONNA ACTUALLY BE THE UTILITIES PLUS THE, A LITTLE BIT OF CAPITAL MONEY UP FRONT. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW. SURE. NOW, IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY, YOU'RE JUST ASKING OUR SUPPORT FOR TWO YEARS, IS THAT CORRECT? TECHNICALLY, TWO AND A HALF YEARS. TWO AND A HALF YEARS, YEAH. IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET STARTED THIS SUMMER, UM, WE'LL NEED THE FUNDING NEED TO, AND SO YOU'RE GET STARTED. YEAH. SO THE GOAL IS TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS. MM-HMM. , WILL YOU BE STAYING IN THE BUILDING AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS, OR? I WOULD ASSUME SO, YES. MM-HMM. UN UNLESS IT, UH, YOU KNOW, GROWS AND WE NEED A BIGGER BUILDING. BUT YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO STAY THERE. UH, I WENT BY THERE, IT WAS LAST FRIDAY, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS LATE IN THE MORNING OR, AND THERE WAS, UM, UH, THERE WAS SOME ACTIVITIES IN THERE. WAS THAT Y'ALL'S ACTIVITY? NO, IT WAS NOT. OH, OKAY. AND MR. LINSON PARKS AND RECS HAS SOME CLASSES AND STUFF THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON THERE ONCE IN A WHILE. OKAY. WELL, I HAVE VERY FOND MEMORIES OF RAYMOND ST. S YOUTH CENTER BECAUSE EVERY, UM, MONTH ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, UH, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE A CERTAIN AGE WHO GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY, THERE WAS A DANCE AND ALL IT, AND YOU CROWD IN THERE. I MEAN, JUST LIKE, JUST . YEAH. IT WAS VERY CROWDED. AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A BAND. AND SOMETIMES THEY WERE, UH, LOCAL KIDS THAT JUST FORMED THEIR OWN GARAGE BANDS AND WE DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY. AND IT IS, IT WAS A GREAT COMING TOGETHER. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, BUT BACK THEN THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES THE WAY THERE ARE NOW. BUT IT, I HAVE VERY FOND MEMORIES AND I APPLAUD THIS, UM, PROGRAM TO REIMAGINE THE YOUTH CENTER. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, IT WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT GOING SAID, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO WE WANNA PUT THIS ON OUR NEXT WORKING AGENDA TO VOTE ON IT? OR DO WE NEED, OR IS THERE MORE? IF THE BOARD IS, UM, IN FAVOR OF THIS, IN CONCEPT FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN, THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM TO DRAFT A LEASE, WHICH WOULD TAKE A LITTLE LONGER AND WE WOULD ALSO GET BUSY WITH OUR PART OF THE RENOVATIONS OVER THERE. MM-HMM. TO DO THAT. AND WE CAN PURSUE THIS EVEN WITHOUT THE TOWN'S COMMITMENT. I'M, IM SORRY MA'AM, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WORRY ABOUT THE TOWN . WELL, THE ONLY THING I, I JUST, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE, YOU'RE GONNA BE REQUESTING FOR THE RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE AND STUFF FROM THE TOWN. AND IF WE GO AND WE INVEST THE COUNTY TO DO ALL OF THIS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GETTING COMMITMENT FROM THE TOWN, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? I MEAN, ARE YOU GOING TO GO AND GET OTHER SOURCES TO MAKE UP FOR IT? YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE BUILDING IS, IS GOING TO BE USED IN THE FUTURE FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PROGRAM. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING TO THE BUILDING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYWAY. MM-HMM. . RIGHT. OKAY. AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEY MAKE IN DECORATING, PAINTING AND SO FORTH. OKAY. THOSE WOULD STAY THERE. AND IF, IF THE TOWN DOESN'T PARTICIPATE AND THEY HAVE TO MODIFY THEIR PROGRAMS AND SO FORTH AS TO HOW THEY DO IT, THEN WE'LL ADDRESS THAT. WE'LL ADDRESS IT. BUT WE'RE INTENDING TO MOVE FORWARD. YEAH. THE, THE COUNTY'S GONNA HAVE TO BUILD THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING ANYWAY. WELL, NO, I'M NOT, I'M NOT ARGUING THIS AT ALL. I'M JUST TRYING TO, I REALIZE THAT, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE, THAT'S ALL. YES, NO, THAT'S RIGHT. AND, AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET AND CONSIDERED WHICH PORTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD PRIORITIZE IF FUNDING BECAME AN ISSUE. OKAY. YEAH. SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THIS WORK. DEFINITELY. IT'S, IT'S MAJORLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE X'S, ALL THE O'S, ALL THE, I'S ALL THE T'S THAT WE CAN FORESEE MM-HMM. , UM, IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO, YES. YEAH. WHAT AGE RANGES ARE YOU EXPECTING TO A HOST IN THE YOUTH CENTER? SO, [00:55:01] UH, WE'RE STARTING WITH EIGHTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE. OKAY. UM, AND ONE THING THAT WAS PROPOSED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, UM, BY ONE OF THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT WAS TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADERS AT LEAST. UM, SORRY, AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO COME IN AND DO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. UM, BUT FOR NOW, ON PAPER ON OUR PROPOSAL IS FROM EIGHT TO EIGHT TO 12TH GRADERS. YES. MM-HMM. THAT, MR. BUTLER, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS. YOU, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE, THE, WHAT IS IT, THE NAVIANCE YES. PROGRAM. DOES THAT HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO STEM? UM, THE NAVIANCE PROGRAM IS, UM, IT'S CONNECTED TO ALL 16 CLUSTERS. OKAY. UM, AND ALSO, UM, ALMOST ALL OF THE COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, UM, FROM LONDON ALL THE WAY TO, UM, LAUREL RIDGE, UM, IS WITHIN THEIR SYSTEM. OKAY. AND SO STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN TO EXPLORE, UM, WITHOUT EVEN BILLING ON BEING ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. UM, AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM IN MY PAST CAREER WHERE I WAS, UM, WORKED IN COLLEGE, THE COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER, TC WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, NOW ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC, UM, ALEXANDRIA CITY SCHOOL. UM, AND THIS PROGRAM IS USED BY, UM, SOME OF THE TOP, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY. AND, UM, WE ARE ONE OF 10 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS PURCHASED THIS PROGRAM. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SHOULD WE JUST START, START THINGS ON THIS? YEAH. IF THERE IS A CONSENSUS UP THERE, THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A DRAFT. ABSOLUTELY. DRAFT, LEASE AND MAKE OUR RENOVATIONS SO THEN THEY COULD START DOING THEIR WORK, WORK, START DOING THEIR THING. WE'RE, UM, WE'RE THE 13TH OF JUNE, SO WE WON'T MAKE JULY ONE, BUT WE WILL MOVE THIS FORWARD AND BE ABLE TO LET YOU START, UH, DECORATING AND SO FORTH. WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS. DEFINITELY HAS SUPPORT THIS. YOU WANNA MOVE FORWARD? I DO, OF COURSE. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD STUFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DR. DALEY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WILLING TO DO THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEP. OKAY, NEXT [ F. Presentation - CITAC (Crises Intervention Team Assessment Center) ] ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UM, THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM ASSESSMENT CENTER. MR. BROGAN, GOOD EVENING BOARD. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME THIS EVENING. UM, TONIGHT, UH, WANTED TO GIVE A SMALL PRESENTATION, UH, REFERENCE TO THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM ASSESSMENT CENTER, UM, THAT IS UTILIZED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND IS CURRENTLY HOUSED AT WINCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER. UH, I BROUGHT WITH ME, UH, DONNA TRILIA AND JESSICA JOHNSON, WHO ACTUALLY, UH, RUN THE FACILITY. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO THE PRESENTATION. UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, UH, WHAT THEY'VE DONE SO FAR AND HOW, HOW VALUABLE IT IS, UH, TO BOTH US AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE CITIZENS OF, OF OUR COUNTY. GOOD EVENING. HI. HELLO. THERE WAS A CLICKER. HIS NAME'S NOT OVER THERE. I DON'T SEE, SOMEBODY TOOK IT HOME WITH HIM. SHE TOOK IT IN ALL OF HER. YES, YES. OH, . I DO THAT WITH MY REMOTE CONTROL AT HOME. I CAN FIND THAT BABY ANYWHERE. THAT IS AWESOME. UM, I'M DONNA TRILIO AND I WORK FOR NORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD. I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2009, AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CIT PROGRAM SINCE, UM, OH, I'M SO THANK YOU. UM, SINCE 2009. AND WE GOT THE GRANT FOR THE C I T PROGRAM. WHAT CAPTAIN BROGAN JUST PASSED OUT TO YOU ALL. IT WASN'T IN YOUR PACKAGE. THERE WAS, UH, A QUESTION AT SOME POINT WHEN WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, THAT THE LOCALITY COMMITMENT THAT YOU GIVE TO NORTHWESTERN, THAT CTAC WAS INCLUDED IN THAT. SO I, I WANTED YOU ON TO SEE THAT, THAT IT WASN'T CTAC IS A GRANT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, UM, EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT IT IS, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, THE HISTORY, AND REALLY THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE'RE HERE TO GET YOUR SUPPORT. AND I'LL LET JESSICA INTRODUCE YOURSELF. I'M JESSICA JOHNSON. UM, I WAS A RESIDENT OF WARREN COUNTY, SO, UM, I DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, BUT I DID, I GREW UP HERE AND WENT TO SCHOOL HERE. UM, BUT I AM [01:00:01] THE, UM, NORTHWESTERN CRISIS PROGRAMS MANAGER, UM, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR. AND I'M ONE OF THE PRE SCREENERS THAT GOES INTO THE HOSPITAL AND DOES THE EMERGENCY EVALUATIONS FOR FOLKS IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. ONE OF THE, UM, HANDOUTS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE TALKS ABOUT, UH, GIVES A, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CIT, WHICH IS A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM. IT'S A MODEL THAT'S USED NATIONALLY. UM, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE WAS FOR CI T SO I, I PUT THAT IN THERE. BUT IT'S A MODEL THAT HAS BEEN, UM, VERY EFFECTIVE IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SOMEONE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. IT HAS REDUCED INJURY WITH, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AS WELL AS INJURIES, UM, TOWARDS, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT ALSO HAS HELPED CREATE SOME POLICY GENERAL ORDERS IN HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTS WITH PEOPLE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. AND JUST PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UM, LIVE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES OF C I T OR ONE OF THE MAIN PRINCIPLES IS RELATIONSHIPS. SO, UM, BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH C I T TRAINING, WHICH I BELIEVE DAVID COLORS JUST WENT THROUGH LAST WEEK. HE WAS ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, UM, AT THE CLASS. UM, SO ONE OF THE WAYS WE USE UTILIZE THE MODEL IS WE PROVIDE THESE TRAININGS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE DO FIVE A YEAR. UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, NORTHWESTERN COVERS SHANANDOAH PAGE, WARREN FREDERICK CLARK, AND THE CITY OF WINCHESTER. SO, UH, WE ARE THE LIAISON FOR ALL OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. AND, UM, WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRAIN ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALL OF THOSE AREAS WITH THE C I T MODEL, WITH THE HOPES OF, AS I SAID, BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE AND LIVE WITH, UM, MENTAL ILLNESS. CAUSE WE WANNA KEEP THEM IN OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, KEEP THEM ACTIVE, KEEP KEEP THEM, UM, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO ON THE CTAC, CTAC C STANDS FOR A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM ASSESSMENT CENTER. AND, UM, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 40 IN VIRGINIA. AND WE, UM, APPLIED FOR THE GRANT IN SEPTEMBER, 2018. IT'S A GRANT THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES. WE WERE AWARDED THE GRANT IN 2019. UM, AND WE GOT BUSY IMMEDIATELY CREATING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, UH, WINCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER. AND WE OPENED IN JULY OF 2019. AND I, UM, PUT THIS IN THERE. THIS IS, UH, THE AWARD LETTER FROM, UM, THE OFFICE OF FORENSICS AT DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES. AND IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHAT THE OBJECTIVE OF CTAC IS. CTAC IS A PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THERE, AND WE'LL GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DETAIL, BUT THE HOURS AND THE OPERATIONS AND THINGS. BUT WE HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THERE. MM-HMM. . SO A DEPUTY FROM WARREN COUNTY WHO HAS TAKEN SOMEBODY INTO CUSTODY, EMERGENCY CUSTODY ORDER THAT IS HOMICIDAL OR SUICIDAL. THEY'RE AT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE AT RISK, CAN BRING THEM UP TO THE HOSPITAL TRANSFER CUSTODY AND THEN HE OR SHE CAN COME BACK TO WARREN COUNTY TO PATROL. SO IT IS A SAFETY, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, MODEL AS WELL AS IF WE PROVIDE A MORE THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PERSON THAT IS IN CRISIS. SO PUBLIC SAFETY, AS I SAID, IS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS AND THE DRIVING FORCE OF SEATAC CLIENT CARE, UH, JESSICA'S STAFF IS THERE. SO IT STARTS THE, UM, ASSESSMENT PROCESS, WHICH AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, CAN GO ON FOR HOURS. SO IF IT EXPEDITES THAT PROCESS, IT ALSO KIND OF CENTRALIZES IT CUZ WE'RE AT THE HOSPITAL, YOU NEED MEDICAL CLEARANCE, YOU HAVE TO RULE OUT OTHER THINGS THAT MAY BE GOING ON WITH THAT PERSON. SO IT EXPEDITES THAT PROCESS. UM, A LOT OF TIMES IT DOES REDUCE THE E C TIMEFRAME. UM, THAT'S ANOTHER PURPOSE OF THE GRANT. AND IT RE, IT REDUCES THE BURDEN ON LOCAL ED. AS I SAID, LAW ENFORCEMENT FRONT, WE HAD SOMEONE COME UP FROM STRAUSBERG TODAY, UH, WINCHESTER PD, FREDERICK COUNTY, CLARK COUNTY, THE LITTLE TOWN OF SHENANDOAH, WHICH IS IN PAGE COUNTY, BROUGHT SOMEONE UP BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY SMALL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY CAN BRING SOMEONE UP, YOU KNOW, DROP THEM OFF WITH US, [01:05:01] WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND THEN GO BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. SO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE THE OPERATIONS DOCUMENT. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT, IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO BRING SOMEBODY TO US. UM, THE CRITERIA FOR THAT CRITERIA. FOR THAT IT, IT OUTLINES THE ROLES OF EVERYBODY INVOLVED. AND THE PARTNERSHIPS, OF COURSE, ARE NORTHWESTERN, WHO PROVIDES THE ASSESSMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHO PROVIDES THE SECURITY AND THE SAFETY FOR THE PERSON AND OUR STAFF AND THE HOSPITAL STAFF. AND THEN THE HOSPITAL VALLEY HEALTH, WHICH PROVIDES THE MEDICAL CLEARANCE PIECE AS WELL AS THE, THE LOCATION. OUR OPERATING HOURS ARE FROM 11 A TO 11 P AND THAT WAS BASED ON OUR ORIGINAL, UM, RESEARCH AND OUR, THE WORK THAT WE HAD TO DO TO GET THE GRANT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT WHEN, UM, WE HAD THE HIGHEST ECOS WHAT, WHAT TIME PERIOD, TRY TO CAPTURE THAT. BUT AS JESSICA CAN VOUCH FOR THAT SOMETIMES CAN BE, UM, MOVING TARGET. UM, IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE HIGHEST NUMBER, YOU KNOW, IS IT BETWEEN 11 AND 11 OR IS IT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 1:00 AM AND, AND 5:00 AM OF COURSE, OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY. UM, THAT WAY WE WOULD BE MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING WARREN COUNTY, UM, IN OUR CATCHMENT AREA. SO BESIDES OUR OPERATING HOURS OF 11 A TO 11 P UM, THE CTAC LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE TWO, WE HAVE FOUR STAFF, IF YOU WILL. SO WE HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT'S THERE FROM 11 A TO 11 P WE DIVIDED INTO TWO SHIFTS, A SIX, UM, A 6, 2, 6 HOUR SHIFTS. WE HAVE A, I'M, I'M THE SUPERVISOR, SO, SO I AM THERE. UM, AND THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT. WE HAVE A CERTIFIED PRE-ADMISSION PRE SCREENER, OUR SCREENING CLINICIAN, AND THAT IS JESSICA STAFF. AND THEN WE HAVE A PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH A PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST, THAT IS SOMEONE THAT, UM, HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE, THEY HAVE, UM, A MENTAL ILLNESS AND OR A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, THEY CAN HAVE BOTH. THEY GO THROUGH, UM, A LOT OF TRAINING AND THEY ARE REALLY VITAL TO THE PROCESS OF CTAC BEING A THERAPEUTIC, UM, ENVIRONMENT. BECAUSE ONE OF THE GOALS WITH CTAC AND WITH CIT IN GENERAL IS TO REDUCE STIGMA. ONCE WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN IMPACT STIGMA, WHICH CIT TRAINING DOES. IT MAKES, IT MAKES THE PROCESS EASIER FOR THE PERSON, BUT IT ALSO CHANGES THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THEIR MENTAL ILLNESS AND THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEEK TREATMENT. C I T, UH, CTAC C HAS AN ADVISORY BOARD, AND IT'S MADE UP OF ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT SIGNED THE ORIGINAL MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. THAT IS ALL SIX SHERIFF'S OFFICES, AND I BELIEVE IT'S 14 POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE SIGNED THE MOA. SO EVERY MONTH WE HAD ONE TODAY, UM, THE CTAC BOARD GETS TOGETHER. THERE IS, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOSPITAL AS WELL. WE HAD THE ED DIRECTOR. THEY HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR. SO HE'S BEEN PARTICIPATING. AND OF COURSE, JESSICA AND I ARE THERE. WE LOOK OVER THE DATA. UM, WE TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING. UM, ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE. WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE PLANNING. UM, JUST EVERY MONTH WE GET TOGETHER, UM, AND MAKE SURE THINGS ARE GOING THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. THEY'RE WE'RE MEETING THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS AND THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE COMMUNITY. HERE'S SOME STATS THAT, UM, I THOUGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU. UM, T O C STANDS FOR TRANSFER OF CUSTODY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, JULY, 2022 THROUGH APRIL, 2023, WE TRANSFERRED CUSTODY FROM ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO THE CTAC LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 156 TIMES. I THINK IF, AND JESSICA CAN CORRECT ME AT LEAST FOR THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS, NORTHWESTERN CRISIS DID A, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 50 ECOS A MONTH. UM, AND OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF TRANSFERS OF CUSTODY PEOPLE COMING TO CTAC BECAUSE IT'S [01:10:01] THERE FOR, FOR THEM. UH, WE THINK IT'S JUST A MUCH BETTER PROCESS FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. SO OUR PERCENTAGE TODAY, WHEN I DID THE DATA, IT, IT WAS ABOUT 46% OF LAST MONTH'S ECO CAME THROUGH CTAC. UM, AND IT IS, IT, IT AVERAGES ABOUT 15. SOMETIMES WE GO UP AS HIGH AS 20, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE TRANSFER OF CUSTO. AT ANY POINT, UM, YOU CAN STOP ME PLEASE AND, UM, ANSWER QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHY I'M HERE. UM, IT IS AN INVESTMENT. THE GRANT ALLOWS US TO REIMBURSE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AT $37 AN HOUR. UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE FRONT ROYAL, UH, WINCHESTER CITY, BERRYVILLE AND WINCHESTER SHERIFF'S OFFICE STAFF, CTAC. SO THEIR OFFICERS SIGN UP. UM, I SEND THE, I SEND THE SIGNUP SHEET TO, UM, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT AN INVOICE TOGETHER AND WE REIMBURSE AT $37 AN HOUR, UM, FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. THEY MAY NEED TO PAY THAT OFFICER A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $37 AN HOUR. THAT'S THE INVESTMENT. THAT'S THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION. UM, THAT'S YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE FOLKS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE EXTRA. UM, BECAUSE WE, AT THIS POINT, WE ONLY REIMBURSE AT $37 AN HOUR. UM, AND SINCE WE WANNA MOVE TO 24 HOURS, WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE. RIGHT NOW, WINCHESTER CITY COVERS ABOUT 80% OF THE SHIFTS, AND IF EVEN HALF OF OUR JURISDICTIONS ALLOW THEIR OFFICERS TO SIGN UP FOR CTAC, THEN THAT FINANCIAL BURDEN WOULD BE MORE EVENLY SPLIT. UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN FOR WARREN COUNTY TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM AND LET THE SHERIFF SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOUR OFFICERS CAN COME AND, OR THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR SHIFTS. UM, 10 SHIFTS A MONTH WOULD HELP. WE HAVE ABOUT 60 SHIFTS, RIGHT? THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TWO SHIFTS. 60, 62, 15 SHIFTS. UM, THAT WOULD HELP. THAT'S YOU ALL YOUR INVESTMENT IN THIS MODEL, THAT OVER TIME WILL REDUCE TTOS, IT WILL REDUCE OFFICER, UM, SPENT TIME ON THESE TYPES OF CALLS AND REDUCE STIGMA. CUZ STIGMA WORKS BOTH WAYS. UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS STIGMA WITH THESE CALLS AND THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, THAT ARE TAKEN UNDER ECOS HAVE STIGMA ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND THESE ARE WAYS TO CREATE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN, WITH, WITH ALL OF US. UM, LIKE I SAID, WE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HOPING IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, MAYBE TO GO 24 HOURS, BUT HAVING, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT KNOWING THAT WE HAVE COMMITMENTS FROM DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS SO THAT WE CAN STAFF, UM, AND WE HAVE STAFFING OURSELVES THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IN REGARDS TO THAT. SO THAT, THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE, IS HOPING THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER SUPPORTING THAT. UM, AND BE AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL REIMBURSE IT $37 AN HOUR, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA COVER MAYBE ALL OF THE COSTS. UM, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON LIKE EACH, EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, AGENCY PAYS AT A DIFFERENT RATE. UM, AND THE SAME WITH, UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICES. IN THE OPERATIONS DOCUMENTS THAT I GAVE YOU, IT DOES HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, IT COVERS THINGS LIKE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT'S OFFICER'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM IN REGARDS TO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WHILE HE'S THERE. UM, AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT FALLS BACK ON THE, THE, UM, THE JURISDICTIONS, THE FOLKS THAT HELPED PUT CTAC TOGETHER, THE MOAS, WHICH, UM, THE SHERIFF OF WARREN COUNTY SIGNED THE STAFFING, UM, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THAT THE STAFFING MOA AS WELL. THE SHERIFF SIGNED THAT AS WELL ORIGINALLY, UM, THAT OUTLINES ALL OF THE, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES ON WARREN COUNTY OR ANY OF THE JURISDICTIONS THAT SIGN IT. UM, WE REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS PROGRAM. UM, IT'S EVIDENCE-BASED. THERE'S 42 OTHER ONES ACROSS THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. UM, SO THAT'S, WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU WILL, UM, CONSIDER SUPPORTING AND ALLOWING [01:15:01] WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ALLOW THEIR DEPUTIES TO SIGN UP FOR THAT EXTRA DUTY. ARE THEY NOT DOING THAT NOW? NO. WHY? WELL, BUT MY QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO NOW YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE THE WORK FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. IS THAT, BUT THAT THEY, BUT THEY ARE THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT AND I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO SAY THAT THEY WANT TO THEY'RE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER. THAT'S RIGHT. WE, WE HAVE NO SAY SO IN, IN WHAT THEY DO. I HAVE NO IDEA. I'M JUST CONFUSED. JUST CLARIFY THAT FOR, SO, UH, WHAT I THINK, I THINK WHAT IT IS, IT'S BECAUSE, UM, THE, AND I MAY BE WRONG, BUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS FUNDED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THERE. YOU'RE ARE, ARE THEY NOT IN YOUR BUDGET? IS THAT WE NO, WE, NO, WE FUND THEM. NO, AND WE GIVE, GO AHEAD. THEY ARE IN OUR BUDGET. THEY ARE NOT, TECHNICALLY NOT OUR EMPLOYEES. THEY ARE THE SHERIFF'S EMPLOYEES. OKAY, GOT THAT. SO LET ME LEMME JUST SAY THERE, THERE'S, WHEN THIS WAS SIGNED BACK IN JUNE OF 2019, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY AT THE TIME, UH, WAS NOT REAL HAPPY ABOUT THE IDEA OF SENDING AN INVOICE BEING REIMBURSED AND POTENTIALLY THE COUNTY PAYING MORE THAN $37 AN HOUR IN COUNTY LOSING MONEY IS WHAT WAS TOLD. SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH ALYSSA. UM, AND SO WE HOPE TO IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, START BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE, UH, OR SEND DEPUTIES IF THEY WISH TO GO OUT TO STAFF SEATAC. AND THEN THEREFORE WE WOULD SEND AN INVOICE AND THEN YOU ALL WOULD SEE AN EXPENDITURE FOR NORTHWESTERN, UH, I MEAN, AND A REVENUE, UH, FROM NORTHWESTERN. SO WE DIDN'T WANT THE, THE CONCERN WAS WITH ALYSSA WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY ALREADY PAYS NORTHWESTERN OVER $300,000. THAT'S YOUR LOCALITY COMMITMENT. YES. SO THE, WE WANTED THE EXPLANATION OUT THERE THAT WE WOULD BE RECEIVING MONEY IN AND, AND PUTTING ON OUR TIME SHEETS STAFFING CAC FOR NORTHWESTERN. SO IF THAT WERE TO EVER COME UP QUESTION, THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPORTING AS, AS A PARTNERSHIP. SO LET ME LOOKING AT THIS. SO THE 5% INCREASE THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR ON 2023, THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT'S GOING TO EXPIRE THIS MONTH, YOU'RE WANTING A 5% INCREASE? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. THIS, I JUST BROUGHT THIS ONLY TO ILLUSTRATE THAT, UM, THIS, THAT CTAC C IS NOT LISTED ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER. I'M LOOKING AT THIS. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. SO YEAH, SHE BROUGHT THAT JUST TO SHOW THAT CAC C IS NOT FUNDED BY THE MONEY ALREADY GIVEN BY THE COUNTY ANNUALLY. YES. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT, THAT, THAT IS GRANT FUNDED. IT'S NOT FUNDED BY LOCAL. SO YOU'RE NOT REQUESTING FOR 5%, NO. MM-HMM. , NO, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME QUESTION, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT, UM, WARREN COUNTY ALREADY SUPPORTS NORTHWESTERN MM-HMM. . UM, BUT THE MONEY, UM, FOR CTAC ACTUALLY COMES FROM DBH DS NOT, NOT FROM US. SO, SO YEAH. I'M SORRY IF THAT CONFUSED YOU. UM, BUT YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT, UM, THE MONEY THAT WE, THAT WE GET FROM YOU ALL THESE ARE THE SERVICES THAT IT'S USED FOR AND CTAC IS NOT LISTED HERE. THAT, THAT WAS MY SO, SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THE BOARD IS TO SUPPLEMENT ANY PAY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT EXCEED $37 AN HOUR? YES. AN HOUR. YEAH. MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY. YEAH, PLEASE. THIS WAS PARTLY MY IDEA TO HAVE THEM PRESENT TONIGHT. UM, THE, THE STRUCTURE IS VERY SIMILAR TO A PARTNER AGENCY, HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT PART OF THE PARTNER AGENCY PRESENTATION FOR THE BUDGET HEARINGS. I FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF THIS PROGRAM IN THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROGRAM AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU SAY THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING THAT THE, THE, THE TIME SPENT HAS ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATED INTO YOUR CURRENT BUDGET? YES. AND, AND OKAY. THERE WILL BE REIMBURSED FROM UP TO 37. 30 37. AND SO, SO THE, THE PORTION THAT IS NOT BEING REIMBURSED, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO ABSORB THAT FROM THEIR CURRENT BUDGET. WHERE IS THAT LINE ITEM ON YOUR BUDGET? BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT WOULD COME OUT OVERTIME. OKAY. BECAUSE IT WOULD BE, I MEAN THE, THE DEPUTIES WOULD WORK THEIR NORMAL 40, SO 36, SO 48 [01:20:01] DURING THAT, THAT DAY PERIOD. SO IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE OVERTIME. WELL, THAT'LL LOOK OUT. SO THEY'RE DOING IT NOW? NO, SIR, NOT YET. NO. NO. SO WARREN COUNTY IS NOT WHAT I DO PARTICIPATING BECAUSE AT SOME POINT SOMEONE MADE A DECISION THAT WE COULD NOT PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS MAY NOT BE, UH, PALATABLE TO WHOEVER MANAGED THE BUDGET. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. LET'S JUST SAY IT LIKE IT IS. WELL, THAT WAS IN 20 20 19. 2019. AND THAT WAS A COUNTY, UM, DECISION? YES. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, THEY, THEY SIGNED IT AND THEN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER, TWO OR THREE MONTHS LATER, THEY, THEY CALLED ME AND ASKED ME TO COME BACK AND SAID THAT THEY, UM, THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY COULD STAFF AND IT WAS A FINANCIAL DECISION. I'M LIKE TO PAY THAT EX THE BALANCE . WELL, BUT YOU KNOW, WINCHESTER CITY AND I, AND I, I'M JUST SAYING THIS, UH, TO PUT IT OUT THERE, WINCHESTER CITY, BERRYVILLE FRONT ROYAL, THEY, THEY PAY THAT, THAT EXTRA BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THE PROGRAM. AND I THINK THAT WAS WHY YOU WANTED US TO COME SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROGRAM AND, UM, THE EFFICACY OF THE MODEL. WELL, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR IT, BUT WE'RE PAYING FOR IT BY HAVING PEOPLE, UM, WHO ARE SITTING, WHO AREN'T ON THE ROAD, WHO ARE SITTING TIED TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM BED WITH A PERSON WHO'S IN CRISIS. IF THAT'S MY, SO WE ARE PAYING FOR IT. WE'RE JUST NOT PAYING IN AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY FOR IT. RIGHT. SO WE'RE PAYING ESSENTIALLY FOR SOMEONE TO SIT AT, AT WARREN ROYAL HOUSE, CORRECT? RIGHT. AND THAT WAS GONNA BE MY POINT THAT YOU, YOU MENTIONED MY SON BEING IN YOUR CLASS. UM, HE IS A FREDERICK COUNTY DEPUTY, AND HE HAS SPENT MANY A NIGHT SITTING IN THE WINCHESTER EMERGENCY ROOM ON, ON SOMEONE BECAUSE THERE'S NO BED AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. SO HE IS BEING PAID AND THEN THE NEXT DEPUTY COMES IN AND THAT'S A PERSON THAT'S PULLED OFF THE ROAD. UM, SO I DO SEE THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF NOT HAVING SOMEONE SET, PLUS IT'S A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PERSON IN CRISIS. UM, AND SO MY CONCERN HERE IS, UM, WHETHER WE HAVE THE STAFF TO EVEN DO IT AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE I'M UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE, UM, 16 DEPUTIES IN PATROL, WHICH ARE SHORT ON SHIFTS BECAUSE OF THAT. UM, WE ONLY HAVE SIX SRO. SO YOU'RE SHORT ON THOSE TWO INVESTIGATORS. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THE STAFF TO DO IT, EVEN IF WE HAD THE FUNDING FOR IT. DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT? NO, SIR. NO. WELL, SO WE'RE NOT, NOT WITH, NOT THIS, IT'S BEING UTILIZED BY WARREN COUNTY WHEN THEY TAKE SOMEONE INTO CUSTODY, IT'S NOT BEING STAFFED BY A DEPUTY. RIGHT. WE'RE NOT HOLDING UP OUR . RIGHT. WE'RE NOT PROVIDING OUR FAIR SHARE . WELL, I MEAN, A SHIFT IS FOUR DAYS ON, FOUR DAYS OFF. CORRECT. AND I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OFFICERS ARE PULLING SIX DAYS ON, TWO DAYS OFF BECAUSE YOU'RE SHORT. THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN HERE. I I, I FEEL YOU'RE CONCERNED. I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T HANDLE THE PATROL'S SCHEDULE. SO I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING INTERNALLY THAT YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE TO WORK THROUGH YOUR ROTATIONS TO SEE HOW YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS. AND, AND BY AGREEING TO STAFF, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S AN OBLIGATION TO STAFF IT IF THEY DON'T HAVE STAFFING. RIGHT. I THINK IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A COMMITMENT SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN THE PROGRAM KNOWS MOVING FORWARD, IF WE ARE ABLE TO EXPAND AND WARREN COUNTY HAS STAFFING, THEN WE CAN COUNT ON THEM TO, TO COME UP AND HELP STAFF IT. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF WE DON'T HAVE OFFICERS STAFFING THE CTAC, WE DON'T HAVE A CTAC, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THOSE CLIENTS TO COME TO. HOW DO YOU DO IT ON YOUR, WHAT DO YOU DO FROM 11 P TO THE NEXT MORNING? THEY GO TO THEIR NATURAL EMERGENCY ROOMS. YEAH. IF THEY'RE OKAY, SO THEY TRANSITION BACK DOWN? YEAH. MM-HMM. . OKAY. CUZ I, I WONDERED, I WAS LIKE, AND SO THAT DAILY HAD IT A COMMENT, SO YOU SAID THAT YOU CAN ALREADY COVER THE OVERTIME FOR THIS, THAT YOU COVER THIS AND IT, AND IT COMES OUT OF THE OVERTIME BUDGET, BUT IT WOULD BE YES. IT'S IN THE OVERTIME BUDGET. YES. SO THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION? NO, NO. NOT AT THIS TIME. SO IT'S BETWEEN YOU AND THE SHERIFF, RIGHT? THIS IS MORE, YEAH, THIS WAS MORE OF A PURPOSES OF AWARENESS. AWARENESS. UNDERSTOOD. AND WE HOPE TO BE STAFFING IT SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE, OUR PREREQUISITES, UH, FOR A DEPUTY TO, TO STAFF IT. MM-HMM. , UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BE ED CERTIFIED, UM MM-HMM. , WHICH THE CLASSES FILL UP REALLY QUICKLY. YES. UH, UH, HAPPY TO SAY THAT. YES. YES. IT'S A GREAT CLASS. UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST MORE OF AWARENESS. OKAY. UM, IT'S [01:25:01] STAFFED FROM 11 A TO 11 P. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? THAT'S WHAT WELL, I MEAN, DO, DO YOU CALL IN A POLICEMAN TO GO SIT WITH THAT PERSON? YES. YES. YES. OKAY. SO THAT'S GONNA COST COUNTY TOWN SOMEBODY SOME MONEY TO DO IT, WILL, SO IT'LL ALL STOPS. UM, SO THE, THE, WHEN THE ECO TRANSITIONS TO A TDO OKAY. AND THE INDIVIDUALS AT WINCHESTER, WE WOULD THEN NEED TO SIT IN DEPUTY TO WINCHESTER TO FINISH SITTING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL UNTIL ONE OF BED IS FOUND. OR TWO, THEY'RE FREE TO GO FROM JUSTICE OR 11 A? NO, ONCE THE T O ISSUED, IT BECOMES THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE'S ISSUE WHEREVER THEY SIT. SO THEY'RE OKAY. OKAY. NOW THERE, IF WE CAN GO A LOT GRANULAR THAN THAT, IF YOU LIKE, WHICH IS, IF THEY'RE A TOWN RESIDENT, THAT MEANS EVEN THOUGH WE TOOK THEM THERE, THE TOWN PD HAS TO GO SIT WITH THEM, OR IF THEY'RE FREDERICK COUNTY RESIDENT, THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE VISITING ONE COUNTY. COUNTY, YES. THEN GOES TO SIT WITH THEM UNTIL THAT PERSON IS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL. UM, OR SPECIAL JUSTICE DECLARES, THEY'RE NO LONGER IN A CRISIS AND THEY'RE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. SO THE SITTING FOR DAYS IN THE ER ISN'T NECESSARILY AVOIDABLE. UM, BUT THE, DURING THE CUSTODY OF, OF THE EMERGENCY CUSTODY ORDER, THE EIGHT HOURS, THAT PURPOSE IS TO DO THE EVALUATION. SO BY BRINGING THEM UP, WE'RE ALREADY ON SITE, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE ASSESSMENT. SOMETIMES IT'S MORE CONDUCIVE THAN, UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING ASSESSMENTS VIA IPAD. SO IF I'M AT WINCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER, AND CHUCKY TAKES SOME, EXCUSE ME, CAPTAIN, TAKE SOMEONE INTO, UM, CUSTODY AT WARREN, I'M DIALING THEM UP AND DOING A VIDEO ASSESSMENT. UM, AND THAT'S OF COURSE BECAUSE OF STAFFING AND THE WAY THAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW. BUT THE, THE CONCEPT BEHIND CTAC IS TO, TO REDUCE TIME AND CUSTODY. UM, IT STATISTICALLY IS PROVEN THAT YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO DO A TDO, YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THAT INVOLUNTARY ORDER IF YOU'RE ASSESSED AT A A SEATAC SITE. UM, SO THERE, THERE'S BENEFIT BOTH FOR THE OFFICERS AND, AND THE OVERTIME BUDGET AND ALSO THE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT YOU GUYS SERVE. AND YOU'RE NORTHWESTERN, RIGHT? YES, SIR. YES. AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE Y'ALL? SURE. UH, A LOT. WE FULLY STACKED, I WOULD HAVE 15 AND I HAVE SEVEN. AND WE'RE MANDATED 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS TO RESPOND TO ECOS. SO IT'S TOUGH ALL OVER MM-HMM. . YEAH. OKAY. IF YOU WERE ABLE TO STAFF 24 7, HOW MANY BEDS WOULD YOU HAVE AVAILABLE CURRENTLY? TWO. SEE, FACT THERE'S ONLY TWO. YEAH. BECAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN ONLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN CUSTODY. ONE OFFICER. ONE OFFICER, YEAH. PER PERSON. THAT'S, BUT ALSO THE, THE INTENTION AGAIN IS FOR ECO. SO REALLY IT'S INTENDED TO BE A REVOLVING DOOR. IF WE GET AN ECO AT 6:00 AM WE GET THE ASSESSMENT DONE, WE MOVE THEM ONTO WHATEVER THE NEXT PHASE IS, UH, WHETHER THAT'S SENDING THEM HOME OR A VOLUNTARY ADMISSION. AND THEN THAT WOULD LEAVE THE OFFICER ANOTHER PERSON THAT THEY COULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, UNDER THEIR CUSTODY. HOW MANY MENTAL HEALTH BEDS ARE, ARE AVAILABLE IN THE, IN THIS REGION? ABOUT ZERO? NO, I, I'M AVAILABLE. RIGHT. BUT, UM, WELL, I KNOW THAT, BUT OUT THERE, THERE, THERE'S 40 HOSPITALS, PRIVATE HOSPITALS ACROSS THE STATE. OKAY. UM, OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY'RE FULL A LOT. AND THE STATE FACILITY IS OVER CENSUS RIGHT NOW. AT 217, THEY ONLY HAVE THE STAFF ABLE TO, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE AND CARE FOR ABOUT 210. SO THEY HAVE SEVEN MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS THAT ARE IN THERE IN NEED OF TREATMENT AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING HALF THE AMOUNT OF CARE THAT REALLY THEY SHOULD. UM, IT IS LIKE THAT AT EVERY STATE FACILITY. MM-HMM. , WHICH IS WHY COMMONWEALTH VERY GOOD. I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. OKAY. IT'S ALL UNDER CONTROL OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. MM-HMM. AND I KNOW THAT THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE RUN EFFICIENTLY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. THANK YOU. OH, THAT WAS EASY. YEAH. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [Additional Item 2] OKAY, SO WE'RE, UM, MOVING IT TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM THAT WE ADDED EARLIER THIS EVENING. UM, IT'S THE FRONT ROYAL, UM, THE FRONT ROYAL COUNTY TOURISM DISCUSSION. WARREN COUNTY. YEAH. THANK, THANK YOU. . I'M GETTING TIRED ALREADY. I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE. UH, ANY EVENT. SO, UM, IS THIS MR. DALEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING OR, OH, THERE WE GO. WE HAVE RECEIVED THE, UM, OUR ATTORNEY RECEIVED AND THEN, UM, DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL RECEIVED WHO PROVIDED IT TO ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS [01:30:01] WHO PROVIDED TO THE STAFF. SO WE DID EVENTUALLY END UP WITH A COPY OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT FROM THE TOWN. AND THEN WE THINK THIS IS NUMBER 673 THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. AND THE BOARD HAS INDICATED A DESIRE FOR US TO MOVE ON AND GET BUSY WITH TOURISM. UH, AND WE PROPOSE TO INVITE PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE WARREN COUNTY WHERE HISTORY, NATURE AND FAMILY COME TOGETHER. UM, WE HAVE PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH A DRAFT LETTER THAT WE WILL BE SENDING TO THE TOWN TOMORROW, INDICATING WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE WORKING WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL, UH, WITH THE TOWN AND WITH OTHER REGIONAL TOURISM PROGRAM. UH, WE WOULD BE LAUNCHING A WARREN COUNTY EFFORT AND THIS EFFORT WILL INCLUDE, UM, UH, HIRING A TOURISM MANAGER WHO WILL BE WORKING FOR JOE PETTY, OUR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND THAT WE WILL LOOK AT HOW WE CAN WORK WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL. WE WILL ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, NOT A CONTROL, BUT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REPRESENT LODGING, THE RIVER INDUSTRY, UH, SKYLINE CAVERNS, POTENTIALLY CAMPING THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MEALS. UH, WE ARE DETERMINING EXACTLY HOW MUCH TOURISM MONEY WE HAVE COLLECTED AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THAT MONEY. SO WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THAT WE HAVE ACCUMULATED THERE. AND THAT MONEY, SOME OF IT WILL BE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE MEETING WITH THE TOURISM, UH, AT THE WORLD, AT THE WARREN COUNTY, UM, HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PLANS AND NEEDS AND HOW WE CAN HELP TO PROMOTE THEM. WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME FURTHER ANALYSIS AT MCKAY SPRINGS, PARTICULARLY THE PROPERTY THE COUNTY OWNS ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROUTE 5 22, AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO RENOVATE THAT AND HAVE AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION STUDY DONE AND, UH, MOVE THAT FORWARD INTO REUSING IT IN SOME MANNER. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WITH IT. UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE HOUSE AND THE BARN ON ROCKLAND PARK AND HAVE AN EVALUATION DONE THERE ALSO TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO RENOVATE THOSE BUILDINGS, HOW MUCH OF IT WE CAN DO OURSELVES WITH OUR CREWS, AND THEN LOOK FOR A PRIVATE SECTOR OPERATOR TO RUN THAT SIMILAR TO, EXCUSE ME, THE AIRPORT AND THE GOLF COURSE THAT WOULD OPERATE THOSE FOR US. UH, MATT WENDLING WILL BE TYING TOURISM INTO OUR 250 ANNIVERSARY PROJECTS. UH, REMIND EVERYBODY IN VIRGINIA, IF YOU DON'T HAVE JOSEPH WARREN, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY 250TH ANNIVERSARY. AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO HOW WE CAN DO OUR OWN. WELCOME TO WARREN COUNTY SIGNS, AND WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE SIGNS PUT UP AS SOON AS WE CAN. AND FINALLY, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN TIE IN WITH PROJECTS AND PROMOTIONS AT THE AIRPORT, AT THE GOLF COURSE, AT THE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND AT THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL AND OTHER FACILITIES LIKE THAT. AND LOOK AT THE PROCESS OF CREATING A WARREN COUNTY D O. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'VE BEEN SAYING EXPERIENCE WARREN COUNTY FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS, . SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THAT'S BEAUTIFUL AND YES, YOU HAVE . I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD CHANGE THE SIGNS ROUND HERE INSTEAD OF SAYING, WELCOME TO FRONT ROYAL AND WARREN COUNTY. JUST SAY, WELCOME WARREN COUNTY AND FRONT ROYAL. YOU CANNOT GET TO FRONT ROYAL FROM OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN WITHOUT GOING THROUGH WARREN COUNTY. WE ARE ALL ONE COMMUNITY. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S ALL ONE COMMUNITY. BUT YOU GOTTA COME THROUGH THE COUNTY. I NO, I HAVE TO REMIND YOU. NO, ABSOLUTELY. THEY ARE PART OF TOWN. WE CANNOT SURVIVE WITHOUT EACH OTHER. UM, ONE IS DEPENDENT ON THE OTHER, AND IT IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY SEAT SITS IN THE TOWN, AND SO I AM EXCITED ABOUT ESTABLISHING [01:35:01] A WARREN COUNTY TOURISM. BUT TO BE HONEST, THE, UH, 4 95 SIGNS, SAY FRONT ROYAL MM-HMM. , 70 MILES . SO YOU'RE GOING FOR ROYAL NO MATTER WHAT. YOU'RE NOT GO, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WARREN, WHICH WARREN COUNTY IT IS. THERE'S A WAR IN OHIO. THERE'S A WAR IN PENNSYLVANIA. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF WARRENS, BUT THIS WILL BE IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND WARREN COUNTY AND THE SHENDO VALLEY IN NESTLED, UH, THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL NESTLED INSIDE OF IT. YES MA'AM. IT'S WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA. YEP. WOULD NOTE THAT THAT PICTURE THAT YOU SEE UP THERE CAME FROM MR. HENDERSON'S DRONE. GOOD JOB. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. I, SO THAT'S OUR, UM, OUR LAST ITEM, MY AGENDA ON DR. DALEY. YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND NOTIFY THE TOWN AND YES, MA'AM. UH, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD IN ESTABLISHING, EXPERIENCING WARREN COUNTY WHERE HISTORY, NATURE, AND FAMILY COME TOGETHER. I HAVE ONE MORE, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. SO, DR. DALEY, I AM ASSUMING THAT I WILL STILL BE THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NEW TOURISM EFFORT UNTIL DECEMBER. IS THAT CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. I'M HAPPY TO. OKAY, GREAT. THE MORE THE MERRIER. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT ITEM IS ADJOURN. ADJOURN. WELL, NO, THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION. WE'RE GOOD TO GO. MOTION. MOTION TO ADJOURN. VERY GOOD. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU EVERYONE. MEETINGS CLOSED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.