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[B. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America]
AND GENTLEMEN.IT IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE SEVENTH FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING, AND, UM, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE, UH, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEASE STAND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
THIS IS WHAT I OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND BELIEVE, UH, THIS EVENING WE'VE GOT, UH, REVEREND ROGER VOROS.
IF, UH, IF REVEREND VOROS IS NOT HERE, THEN COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE JUST A MINUTE, A MOMENT OF SILENCE? OKAY.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
[C. Adoption of Agenda - Additions or Deletions]
UH, ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA IS THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UH, UH, FOLKS WANT TO EITHER ADD OR DELETE FROM THE AGENDA? MS. COLORS? OKAY.SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? THEN I MOVE TO ADOPT, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
[D. Discussion - Fork District Candidate Applicants]
IS, UH, THE FORK COUNTY OR THE, THE FORK DISTRICT CANDIDATE APPLICANTS.AND THIS IS FOR BOTH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND I DO WANT TO, TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UM, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, FIVE PEOPLE APPLY FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BUT THE, THE BOARD HAS MADE THE DECISION THAT SINCE THE, UM, UM, MR. HENRY IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED, UH, IN THE, IN THE ELECTION, THAT, UH, WE WILL BE APPOINTING HIM.
UH, NEXT, UH, UM, I GUESS IT'LL BE NEXT EITHER, YEAH, THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO PE UH, PEOPLE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND, AND I DO WANT TO, TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO, UH, WHO DID APPLY AND I APPRECIATE THEIR APPLICATIONS, WAS, UH, MR. DALE MOXLEY, UH, GREGORY HAROLD, HAROLD SHREWSBURY, AND RO ROBERT.
UH, DE DEMAR, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PRONOUNCE THIS, BUT THIS IS FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
NOW FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE HAVE, UH, TWO PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT APPLIED, UH, MS. AMBER MARTIN AND MR. PAUL BARNHARDT JR.
UH, WE WILL BE CONDUCTING, UM, INTERVIEWS.
NEXT, NEXT MEETING, WE'LL BRING, UH, UH, MR. HENRY ON BOARD.
WE, WE'LL APPOINT HIM AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL CONDUCT THE, UM, UH, THE INTERVIEWS AND MAKE A DECISION AT THAT POINT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD? NO.
[E. Presentation - National 4-H Week]
IS THE PRESENTATION FOR THE NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK.THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
UM, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR LOVELY TEAM.
FOUR HS HERE IN WARREN COUNTY, UM, BUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOUR H IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, WE ARE A YOUTH ORGANIZATION HERE, UM, IN WARREN COUNTY, BUT IT'S ALSO STATEWIDE, NATIONAL,
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AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL.UM, SO WE FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP CITIZENSHIP, UM, LIFE SKILLS, ET CETERA.
AND THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK.
SO IT FELT LIKE A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF PROMOTE WHAT WE DO AND GET SOME OF OUR TEAMS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO IN FOUR H AS WELL.
WOULD ONE OF YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE FOUR H PLEDGE? I CAN.
I PLEDGE MY HEAD TO CLEAR THINKING, MY HEART TO GREATER LOYALTY, MY HANDS TO LARGER SERVICE AND MY HEALTH TO BETTER LIVING FROM MY CLUB, MY COMMUNITY, MY COUNTRY, AND MY WORLD.
THANK YOU, PEYTON? SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN COMMUNITY CLUBS IN, UH, WARREN COUNTY, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE IN SCHOOL CLUB AS WELL.
AND IN THE SUMMER WE DO A OVERNIGHT, UM, FOUR H CAMP, WHICH HAS ABOUT 200 KIDS THAT GO TO THAT.
AND WE DO SOME IN SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR OUR TEENS TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY DO IN FOUR H AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THEM.
SO WE DO HELP, WE DO HELP KIDS BUILD LIFE SKILLS AT CAMP, AND WE, WE KIND OF BUILD ON THAT AND FORM A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND TRUST BETWEEN CAMPERS AND THEN WE WATCH OVER THEM DURING THE WEEK AND KIND OF BUILD ON THAT WITH THEM AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TEACH THEM IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS.
SO, UM, TO ADD ON TO WHAT ALEXIS SAID, WE LIKE TO NURTURE THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS WITHIN ALL OF THEM SO THAT HOPEFULLY THEY COME BACK AS COUNSELORS, LIKE WE DID.
UM, MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT FOUR H IS BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CAMPERS AND COUNSELORS AS THEY GROW ON TO BECOME THE LEADERS THAT WE'VE RAISED THEM TO BE, AS WELL AS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF FOUR H THAT THEY PURSUE.
UM, THE FOUR H CAMP DEFINITELY BRINGS A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MORE LIFELONG FRIENDS.
IT PROVIDES A LOT OF THE SAME AGE GROUP TO GET TOGETHER AND LEARN A LOT OF LIFE SKILLS AND MORE RESPONSIBILITIES TO, TO BUILD OFF OF EACH OTHER, TO MAKE MORE GROUP DECISIONS AND LEARN HOW TO BECOME LEADERS IN THE FUTURE.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH FOUR H STARTED WITH SWIMMING LESSONS AT THE FOUR H CENTER AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.
WITHOUT THE RESOURCES OFFERED BY OUR AWESOME LOCAL FOUR H CENTER, A LOT OF KIDS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS ACTIVITIES OR LESSONS STARTING WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY SUMMER WAS GOING TO OVERNIGHT CLOVERBUD CAMP WITH MY DAD.
I WENT TO CLOVER BUDD CAMP AND DAD AND I HAD THE TIME OF OUR LIVES.
IN SEVENTH GRADE, I JOINED A LOCAL CLUB AS I EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWING LIVESTOCK AT THE COUNTY FAIR.
THROUGH CLUB MEMBERSHIP, I WAS ABLE TO SURROUND MYSELF WITH PEERS AND ADULTS WHO I COULD LEARN FROM AND HELP TO GROW MY KNOWLEDGE OF LIVESTOCK.
IN FACT, I MET SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND MENTORS THROUGH MEMBERSHIP.
NOW, FIVE YEARS LATER, I'M IN MY SECOND YEAR OF MEMBERSHIP WITH THE WARREN COUNTY TEEN CLUB.
I'M IN THE CLUB WITH KIDS FROM THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL IN WARREN COUNTY.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE FRIENDSHIPS OUTSIDE OF MY LIVESTOCK IN HIGH SCHOOL CIRCLES WHILE WE ALL COME TOGETHER AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH TO PLAY GAMES.
VISIT A LOCAL ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM OR SIMPLY TOSS A FOOTBALL OR FRISBEE AROUND WITH ONE ANOTHER.
I ALSO SERVE AS MY CLUB'S VLA REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH MEANS I ATTEND MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER CLUBS IN THE COUNTY.
DURING THESE MEETINGS, DECISIONS ARE MADE ABOUT EVENTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND MUCH MORE.
FOUR H HAS AIDED MY ABILITY TO SPEAK COMFORTABLY IN FRONT OF LARGE GROUPS AND FURTHER SOLIDIFIED IT, SOLIDIFIED MY PLANS FOR MY FUTURE.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE SOME AWESOME FOUR ACRES, AND THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF 'EM.
UM, BUT WE ARE RESEARCH BASED FROM VIRGINIA TECH AND VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
UM, AND JUST FROM OUR DATA, OUR IMPACT SHOWS THAT OUR, UH, MEMBERS ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE CIVICALLY ACTIVE, TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES, AND TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUT OF SCHOOL SCIENCE PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE BIG FANS OF FOUR H AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF Y'ALL VOLUNTEER IF YOU EVER WANT TO, OR IF YOU WANNA COME SUPPORT THE AUCTION OR IF YOU HAVE KIDS THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US.
WELL, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO NEW MEMBERS.
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SAY I GREW UP IN FOUR H TWO AND, UM, HAD AWESOME LEADERS.UH, YOU KNOW, THE LEADERS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU TEENS, BUT, UM, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND I'M GLAD IT'S GROWING.
I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES AND I KNOW THAT FOUR H IS A, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I NOTICED THAT, UH, ONE OF YOU HAD A VIRGINIA TECH HAT ON, AND SO ARE YOU GOING TO VIRGINIA TECH ALSO OR HOPEFULLY
I WILL BRAG A LITTLE BIT ON BOBBY.
HE NOT ONLY DOES FOUR H, UM, AND DOES A LOT OF MENTORING THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, BUT HE ALSO IS IN FFA AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DIFFERENT ANIMALS YOU DIDN'T SHOW THIS YEAR AT THE FAIR.
UM, BUT IT WAS A LOT BETWEEN BEEF CATTLE, PIGS AND SHEEP AND GOAT SHEEP.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, HE, HE IS JUST A FANTASTIC YOUNG MAN.
I DON'T KNOW THE OTHERS, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT FANTASTIC TOO, BUT I DO KNOW BOBBY AND, UM, WELL, I I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM.
[F. Presentation - Industrial Well-Water Prohibition Ordinance]
THE AGENDA, WE'VE GOT, UH, THE, UH, INDUSTRIAL WELL WATER PROHIBITION ORDINANCE AND DR.UH, THIS EVENING I'M MAKING THE FIRST PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT ADDRESSES WARREN COUNTY'S MOST ESSENTIAL RESOURCE WATER.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT ECONOMIC THEORY OR REGULATORY PHILOSOPHY, IT'S ABOUT THE BASIC FOUNDATION THAT MAKES LIFE POSSIBLE IN OUR COUNTY.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF WARREN COUNTY RESIDENTS DEPEND ON PRIVATE WELLS DRAWING FROM OUR GROUNDWATER SYSTEM.
WITHOUT RELIABLE CLEAN WATER, OUR HOMES BECOME UNINHABITABLE.
OUR FARMS FAIL, AND OUR BUSINESSES CANNOT OPERATE.
EVERY OTHER POLICY DECISION WE MAKE AS A BOARD DEPENDS ON THIS FUNDAMENTAL RESOURCE BEING PROTECTED.
THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE WE HAVE NOT JUST THE AUTHORITY, BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT WARREN COUNTY'S GROUNDWATER FROM INDUSTRIAL SCALE CONSUMPTION THAT COULD THREATEN THE WELLS OR RESIDENTS DEPEND ON WATER.
SCARCITY ISN'T A THEORETICAL FUTURE PROBLEM, IT'S AFFECTING OUR REGION.
RIGHT NOW, WARREN COUNTY EXPERIENCED DROUGHT EMERGENCIES IN BOTH 2024 AND 2025 REQUIRING MANDATORY WATER RESTRICTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THE MOST COMPELLING EVIDENCE COMES FROM OUR NEIGHBOR, LOUDOUN COUNTY, WHERE A RECENT COMPREHENSIVE GROUNDWATER STUDY DOCUMENTS THAT GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY WORSENED OVER RECENT DECADES WITH THE SLOWLY DECLINING WATER TABLE AND WELLS SPRINGS AND PONDS DRYING UP.
LOUDOUN STUDY SHOWS THAT INCREASED DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE ALONE, EVEN WITHOUT MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTION, HAS CREATED WHAT THEY CALL A SILENT SHIFT OF AN INVISIBLE FINITE RESOURCE THAT THREATENS THEIR ENTIRE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.
NOW CONSIDER THE DATA CENTERS CONSUME ANYWHERE FROM 50,000 GALLONS DAILY FOR SMALL FACILITIES TO OVER 5 MILLION GALLONS DAILY FOR LARGE OPERATIONS.
THE EQUIVALENT WATER USAGE OF 150 TO 200 HOMES.
FOR SMALLER ONES, LARGER FACILITIES CAN CONSUME THE EQUIVALENT OF ENTIRE CITIES IN GEORGIA.
RESIDENTS NEAR META'S DATA CENTER HAVE EXPERIENCED WELL FAILURES WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THE FACILITY.
THE CRITICAL LESSON FOR FROM LOUDNESS CLEAR, ONCE GROUNDWATER DEPLETION BEGINS, RESTORATION IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT UNTIL WARREN COUNTY REACHES LOUDOUN'S CRISIS POINT TO ACT.
THE TRUE AIM OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS TO HARMONIZE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CITIZENS WITH ACTIVITY THAT INCREASES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND PUBLIC REVENUES NEEDED TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PUBLIC SERVICES.
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT USE GROUNDWATER WELLS CAN COMPROMISE THE GROUNDWATER TABLE THAT MOST CITIZENS IN THE COUNTY DEPEND ON.
WHILE WE SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND SEEK TO WELCOME NEW BUSINESSES, WE WANT TO EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT NOT ALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HARMONIZES WITH WARREN COUNTY'S RESOURCE AVAILABILITY, THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MAKES WARREN COUNTY AND ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE FAMILIES DEPENDS PREDOMINANTLY ON GROUNDWATER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THREATENS OUR RESIDENTS ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER DOESN'T HARMONIZE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
IT FUNDAMENTALLY CONFLICTS WITH IT.
THE NATURAL BEAUTY, RURAL CHARACTER, AND RELIABLE WATER RESOURCES THAT DEFINE WARREN COUNTY ARE PRECISELY WHAT MAKES ATTRACTIVE TO RESIDENTS AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES ALIKE.
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ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT COMPROMISE THESE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES DON'T SERVE ANYONE'S LONG-TERM INTERESTS, INCLUDING THE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES.THE EXPRESS STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO TAKE THIS ACTION LIES IN VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 1200, WHICH EXPRESSLY GRANTS COUNTIES THE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT MEASURES FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF RESIDENTS.
PROTECTING GROUNDWATER SUPPLY DIRECTLY SERVES ALL THREE PURPOSES.
THE VIRGINIA GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT, SECTION 62 1 2 62 DOES NOT PREEMPT LOCAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 62 1 DASH 44 15 SUBSECTION FIVE AUTHORIZES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADOPT WATER PROTECTION MEASURES BEYOND STATE REQUIREMENTS.
THIS ISN'T A LEGAL INTERPRETATION, IT'S EXPRESS STATUTORY AUTHORITY.
THERE ARE EXISTING INSTANCES OF EASTERN SHORE COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA WITH GROUNDWATER PROTECTION ORDINANCES IN PLACE FOR OVER A DECADE BEING MANAGED IN COOPERATION WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, DEMONSTRATING THAT SUCH MEASURES ARE BOTH LEGALLY SOUND AND PRACTICALLY WORKABLE.
NOW, I WANT TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS DYLAN RULE CONCERNS.
THIS IS A CRITICAL SUBJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE OPENLY DISCUSSED AND DEBATED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS SO THAT THE BOARD CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION UNDER DYLAN'S RULE.
ANYONE CHALLENGING AN ORDINANCE BEARS THE BURDEN OF PROVING THAT THE COUNTY LACKS AUTHORITY.
THEY MUST DEMONSTRATE THREE THINGS.
FIRST, THAT NO EXPRESS STATUTORY GRANT EXISTS.
SECOND, THAT THE POWER IS NOT NECESSARILY IMPLIED FROM EXPRESS GRANTS.
AND THIRD, THAT IT'S NOT ESSENTIAL TO THE COUNTY'S DECLARED PURPOSES.
IN OUR CASE, WE HAVE NOT ONE THAT MULTIPLE EXPRESS STATUTORY GRANTS OF AUTHORITY, VIRGINIA CODES 15 TWO DASH 1200 PROVIDES EXPRESS AUTHORITY.
THE STATUTE EXPLICITLY STATES THAT COUNTIES MAY ADOPT SUCH MEASURES AS IT DEEMS EXPEDIENT TO SECURE AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF RESIDENTS.
THIS ISN'T IMPLIED OR INFERRED, IT'S DIRECT LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION, BUT WE HAVE EVEN STRONGER AUTHORITY.
THE VIRGINIA GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT DOES NOT PREEMPT LOCAL AUTHORITY OVER GROUNDWATER REGULATION.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DID NOT PREEMPT LOCAL AUTHORITY.
VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 62.1 DASH 44 POINT 15 SUBSECTION FIVE AUTHORIZES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ESTABLISH WATER PROTECTION STANDARDS THAT ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN STATE REQUIREMENTS.
THE STATUTORY FRAMEWORK DEMONSTRATES CLEAR ASSEMBLY INTENT.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NOT ONLY CAN REGULATE WATER RESOURCES, THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY EMPOWERED TO DO SO.
I HAVE SEARCHED AND I HAVE FOUND NO VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT CASE WHERE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ORDINANCES GROUNDED IN THIS COMBINED STATUTORY AUTHORITY WERE STRUCK DOWN UNDER THE DYLAN RULE.
THEREFORE, I BELIEVE THE LEGAL FOUNDATION IS EXPRESSLY INTENDED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BUT THIS IS SUBJECT TO IN INQUIRY.
IN CONCLUSION, THIS ORDINANCE REPRESENTS EXACTLY THE KIND OF RESPONSIBLE FORWARD-LOOKING GOVERNANCE THAT WARREN COUNTY RESIDENTS DESERVE.
ALL POLICY DECISIONS HAVE SOME DEGREE OF RISK, AND I WON'T PRETEND OTHERWISE, BUT WE MUST WEIGH RISKS CAREFULLY.
THE RISK OF ACTING POTENTIAL LEGAL CHALLENGE MUST BE WEIGHED AGAINST THE RISK OF NOT ACTING, ALLOWING INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTION TO DEPLETE THE GROUNDWATER THAT OUR RESIDENTS DEPEND ON FOR THEIR MOST BASIC NEEDS.
IN MY JUDGMENT, THE FAR GREATER RISK LIES IN FAILING TO PROTECT THIS ESSENTIAL RESOURCE.
WHILE WE STILL CAN, I BELIEVE THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION I ASSEMBLED WITH THE, WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE SHOWS THAT WE HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY UNDER VIRGINIA STATUTE.
WE HAVE SUCCESSFUL PRECEDENTS FROM OTHER VIRGINIA COUNTIES TO LOOK TO, AND WE HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE RESOURCES THAT MAKE LIFE POSSIBLE IN WARREN COUNTY.
THIS WILL BE ON NEXT WEEK'S WORK SESSION.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING IT FURTHER AT THAT TIME.
[G. Public Comment Period for Items on the Agenda (30-Minute Time Limit)]
UH, WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR, UH, ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD SHALL BE LIMITED TO 60 MINUTES DIVIDED INTO TWO 30 MINUTE SEGMENTS.
THE FIRST 30 MINUTE PERIOD IS LIMITED TO COMMENTS PERTAINING TO ITEMS WHICH ARE ON THE MEETING AGENDA NOT ADDRESSED IN PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THE SECOND 30 MINUTE PERIOD IS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AS A REMINDER, THERE IS A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES FOR ANY ONE SPEAKER.
SPEAKERS MAY ONLY SPEAK ONCE PER MEETING AND MAY
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NOT SPEAK DURING BOTH COMMENT PERIODS.ALL COMMENTS WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE.
BE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS.
THERE SHOULD BE NO APPLAUSE, BOOING OR OTHER AUDIBLE DISRUPTION TO THE PROCEEDINGS.
THROUGH A SHOW OF HANDS, THE CHAIRMAN MAY ASK FOR A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR COMMENTS MADE BY SPEAKERS.
PLACARDS, POSTERS, AND OTHER MEANS OF VISUAL DISPLAY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE BOARD MEETING ROOM.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS USED AS PART OF A FACTUAL PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD AT THE HEARING.
THE BOARD WILL NOT TOLERATE PERSONAL ATTACKS BY ANYONE ON ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROCEEDINGS.
ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THE GUIDELINES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE BY THE CHAIRMAN.
FAILURE TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN ASKED TO DO SO IS IN VIOLATION OF WARREN COUNTY CODE 56 DASH FOUR AND VIRGINIA CODE 18, UH, 0.2 DASH FOUR 15 AND IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF UP TO $2,500 AND A JAIL SENTENCE OF UP TO 12 MONTHS OR BOTH.
FINALLY, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE IN YOUR COMMENTS.
YOUNG CHILDREN MAY BE VIEWING THIS SESSION EITHER IN PERSON OR LATER ONLINE, AND PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY HAVE LESS TENDENCY TO TAKE YOUR COMMENTS SERIOUSLY IF INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE IS USED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
AND DO WE HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP? YES.
JOHN JENKINS, SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT.
UH, ITEM 13 ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
I I LOOKED AT THE COVER LETTER FOR THAT.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THING, COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE NOTED THAT, UH, ON JUNE THE 10TH, UH, THERE WAS A MEETING WITH ALL THE, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC TO, UH, DISCUSS THE BUDGET.
AND THEN ON THE BUDGET, UH, WAS PASSED ON JUNE THE 24TH.
AT THAT TIME, THE BUDGET HAD $1,024,000 IN FUND FOR THE, UH, WARREN COUNTY LIBRARY.
UH, NOW THE BOARD DESIRES TO AMEND THE BUDGET.
THAT'S YOUR WORDING WITHOUT PUBLIC SUPPORT.
SO A LITTLE HISTORY ON HOW WE GOT THERE.
ISSUES WITH THE LIBRARY WAS SAMUEL'S BEGAN WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF A BIAS BOOK, BURNING LIBRARY BOARD TO OVERSEE OPERATIONS.
AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAMUELS AND THE LIBRARY BOARD WENT SOUTH.
MR. BELT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBRARY BOARD, HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE TO DISCREDIT SAMUELS AND MR. JAMESON, YOU HAVE PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO DISCREDIT AND WITHDRAW FUNDING FOR SAMUELS.
WE CALL THAT GOOD GOVERNANCE, OR WE COULD CALL THAT A CONSPIRACY THAT BEGAN IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
MY QUESTION TONIGHT IS, DOES THAT LIBRARY BOARD CONTINUED TO EXIST? AND IF SO, WHY? THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF ANY MEETINGS OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS AND THE LAST SEVEN CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS THAT THEY HAD, THERE WAS NO AGENDA, NO PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE TIME AND THE PLACE AND THE MEETINGS ONLY WERE CONDUCTED TO HOLD A CLOSED DOOR SESSION TO DISCUSS AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR LIBRARY SERVICES.
I THINK IT'S VERY INAPPROPRIATE, SEVEN CONSECUTIVE MEDIANS, CLOSED DOOR SESSIONS.
DUE TO ALL THIS ATTACK ON SAMUELS, MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE LABELED YOUR BOOK BURNERS.
SO I HAVE A SOUVENIR OF YOUR ENDEAVORS TO DEFUND THE LIBRARY THAT YOU CAN CARRY IN YOUR POCKET AS A REMINDER OF YOUR ACTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH YOU AND GIVE THAT TO YOU.
UH, IF YOU'LL GIVE IT TO, IF YOU'LL GIVE IT TO, UH, THE, UM, DEPUTY CLERK, COULD YOU GIVE ONE OF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
NO, YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT WITH, WITH THE DEPUTY CLERK.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY OUTSIDE THAT? YES, LEWIS.
MY NAME IS LOUIS MOTON FROM NORTH RIVER.
UH, I SAW THAT THE CEILING IS STILL FALLING APART HERE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MINUTES 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT REFLECTING WHAT
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I'M TALKING ABOUT AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GETTING THROUGH.UM, THANK YOU FOR POSTING, I THINK IT WAS JULY AND MAY'S MINUTES FOR THE WARREN COUNTY FINANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
I'M HOPING THAT SEPTEMBER'S MINUTES CAN GET POSTED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER THEY'RE APPROVED THIS TIME.
UM, I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE FLOOR.
I WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THE VIDEO AFTERWARDS.
UM, ALTHOUGH I THINK ONCE THEY, THE SENIORS DO SEE ACTION, THEY'LL BE MORE COMFORTABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'VE, I'VE EXPERIENCED THEM GOING THROUGH EMERGENCIES BEFORE WHILE I'M THERE, AND I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO FALL AND TRIP AND, AND HURT THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF THE COUNTY.
UM, I ALSO DID SEE THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE BUILDING THAT THEY'RE IN, YOU GUYS HAVE DECIDED TO FINALLY GET AROUND TO REPAIRING THE WINDOW THERE SINCE IT'S BEEN CRACKED SINCE DECEMBER.
SO, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE A LOT OF THINGS.
UM, I SAW THAT THE WARREN COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD DID POST THEIR MINUTES FINALLY AND THAT I WAS ABLE TO, UH, ACCESS THEM ONCE SOMEBODY CALLED THEM OUT IN THE ORAL EXAMINER FOR BEING INACCESSIBLE.
MARCH 19TH IS MISSING A MOTION.
AND IT SAID, I MOVED THAT THE WARREN COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD PUBLIC PRIVATE EDUCATION FACILITIES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACT POLICY BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED.
AND THAT THE PRIOR POLICY ADOPTED BY THE LIBRARY BOARD REGARDING CHAPTER 39 OF THE WARREN COUNTY CODE BE REPEALED.
SO THE LIBRARY BOARD DECIDED THAT THEY COULD REPEAL THE COUNTY'S CODE 39 AND JUST GO DIRECTLY AFTER THE, THE STATE LAW.
AND THEY PRETTY MUCH WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IS FO FOIA.
THEY DIDN'T WANT THE BIDS TO BE FOIAED.
THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER THE RFP UNSOLICITED BID.
SO I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT AND ASK THEM WHY DIDN'T THEY POST THIS MOTION TO THEIR MINUTES.
AND I HAVE RECEIPTS IF YOU WANT 'EM.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP? YES.
BETHANY O'NEILL AND SHE'LL BE THE LAST SPEAKER BEFORE WE START THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
HELLO, BETHANY O'NEILL, NORTH RIVER DIS DISTRICT HAPPY BAND BOOK WEEK BAND BOOK WEEK IS AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT CELEBRATES FREE EXPRESSION AND CHALLENGES CENSORSHIP.
THIS BOARD MINUS MISS COLORS SURE.
ARE FAMILIAR WITH CENSORSHIP AND TRYING TO BAN BOOKS.
LET'S TAKE A STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE OF WHEN YOU AND PAST BOARD MEMBERS TRIED TO TELL US WHAT WE AND OUR CHILDREN COULDN'T READ, WHICH THANK YOU, BY THE WAY.
WERE SOME REALLY GREAT BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MARLON BUNO, A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH, A STORM OF HORSES.
AARON SLATER, ILLUSTRATOR AND TANGO MAKES THREE ANSWERS IN THE PAGES.
BATHE THE CAT, BEETLE IN THE HOLLOW BONES.
CHEER UP LOVE AND POMPOMS DRAMA.
FELIX, EVER AFTER FLAMER GALAXY, THE PRETTIEST STARS GEORGE GRANDDAD'S CAMPER, HEART STOPPER.
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, JULIAN, AT THE WEDDING.
NUMBER EIGHT, LAKE LORE LOVE VIOLET, MAMA AND MOMMY AND ME.
NOTHING BURNS AS BRIGHT AS YOU OTHER AFTER OVER THE SHOP.
PLENTY OF HUGS, PRIDE, COLORS, PRINCE AND KNIGHT.
RED, A CRAYON STORY SNAPDRAGON.
STELLA BRINGS THE FAMILY THE BEST AT IT, THE DEEPEST BREATH.
THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE THE MOON WITHIN THE MOST DAZZLING GIRL IN BERLIN.
THE POET X, THE REAL MILEY MAZE.
TOO BRIGHT TO SEE WHAT MAKES A BABY WORM LOVES WORM.
A MILLION QUIET REVOLUTIONS ACT.
ALMOST FLYING ANNA ON THE EDGE.
ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE WORLD.
BEDAZZLED BETTER NATE THAN EVER BETWEEN PERFECT AND REAL.
COOL FOR THE SUMMER, A DIFFERENT KIND OF FRUIT.
ELLEN, OUTSIDE THE LINES, EVERY BIRD OF PRINCE FIGHT AND FLIGHT FIRE BECOMES HER HAZEL BLY IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA HOWELL AND THE KEY OF US IRON WIDOW.
NORMAL IVY ABERDEEN'S LETTER TO THE WORLD
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KATE.AND WAITING KENZIE KICKSTARTS A TEAM KINGDOM OF ASH.
KISS AND TELL LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH TELEGRAPH CLUB LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS.
LOVELESS MELISSA MELT WITH YOU.
MORE HAPPY THAN NOT OBE MAN ENOUGH ON A SUNBEAM.
[K. Public Hearing: CUP2025-06-02 - Short-Term Tourist Rental - 145 Indian Pipes Rd - A request for a conditional use permit for a short-term tourist rental. The property is located at 145 Indian Pipes Road and is identified on tax map 24B, block 116, as lot 546. The property is zoned Residential-One (R-1) and is located in the Blue Mountain subdivision in the Shenandoah Magisterial District. - Kelly Wahl, Planner]
THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 45 INDIAN PIPES ROAD.THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A SHORT TERM TA RENTAL FOR THE PROPERTY HE PURCHASED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
THE OWNER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR SHORT TERM LODGING FOR COUPLES SEEKING QUIET, NATURE ORIENTED GETAWAY.
A NEARBY NEIGHBOR, MORGAN FOX WILL MANAGE THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1 45 INDIAN PIPES ROAD AND IS IDENTIFIED ON TAX MAP 24 B BLOCK ONE 16 AS LOT 546.
THE DWELLING IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF ANY ACTIVE ZONING VIOLATIONS FOR THE PROPERTY.
THE FOUNDATION LOCATION SURVEY FOR THE DWELLINGS FOUNDATION HAS BEEN APPROVED AND THE ADDRESS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THERE IS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPERATION PERMIT APPROVING A MAXIMUM OF FOUR OCCUPANTS FOR THE TWO BEDROOM DWELLING.
THE APPLICANT SUPPLIED UPDATED CORRESPONDENCE FROM BLUE MOUNTAIN POA ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE THIS EVENING STATING THEY HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES WITH HIS APPLICATION AFTER HE SUPPLIED THEM A WRITTEN STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT.
I DID PROVIDE A COPY OF THOSE TO YOU AT YOUR SEATS.
THE DWELLING ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY MEETS THE 100 FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT FROM ALL NEIGHBORING DWELLINGS, THE NEAREST BEING LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST.
AGAIN, THE FOUNDATION LOCATION SURVEY SUBMITTED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR THE DWELLING HAS BEEN APPROVED BY PLANNING STAFF, ALLOWING FOR STAFF TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH THE 100 FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT.
PLANNING STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION ARE RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS BE ADDED.
SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE THIS PERMIT.
NUMBER ONE, THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL WARREN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WARREN COUNTY BUILDING INSPECTIONS IN VIRGINIA STATEWIDE FIRE PREVENTION CODE REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
NUMBER TWO, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE SYSTEM CAPACITY IS DETERMINED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMIT PER WARREN COUNTY CODE 180 DASH 56.4 B.
THE CERTIFICATE OF ZONING SHALL ONLY BE ISSUED WITH APPROVED HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECORDS.
THE APPLICANT SHALL HAVE THE WELL WATER TESTED ANNUALLY FOR E COLINE AND COLIFORM BACTERIA, AND A COPY OF THOSE RESULTS ARE TO BE PROVIDED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND LASTLY, THE APPLICANT SHALL HAVE THE SEPTIC SYSTEM SERVICED EVERY FIVE YEARS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND A COPY OF THAT SERVICE INVOICE IS TO BE PROVIDED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, WOULD THE APPLICANT, UH, LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? UH, YES, SIR.
UM, I'M ZAN FROM PLEASE, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN, BENNO FROM THE SHENANDOAH DISTRICT REPRESENTING, UH, MYSELF, THE OWNER, UH, AND APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I I HAVE ONE.
UM, THE, THE LETTER WE JUST GOT TODAY, UH, SAYS THAT THE B-M-P-O-A HAS DROPPED THEIR OBJECTIONS, UH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BASED ON YOUR, YOUR COMMITMENT TO, UH, DEVELOP AND CONNECT THE REMAINDER OF INDIAN PIPES ROAD WITHIN THE NEXT ONE YEAR.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UM, IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS AND, AND WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR THAT, UM, TO DO IT TO THEIR STANDARDS? SURE.
UM, I, I PRINTED OUT A PLAN, UM, I'M HAPPY TO BRING IT UP TO YOU ALL.
UM, IN RED IT'S HIGHLIGHTED THE ROAD THAT WE DEVELOPED.
IS THIS IN OUR PACKET? IS THIS IN OUR PACKET? NO.
I DIDN'T RECEIVE A COPY OF THAT.
IN RED IT'S HIGHLIGHTED THE ROAD THAT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED NOR TO ACCESS OUR SITE.
AND THEN THE BLUE IS, IS THE, UH, THE ROAD THAT, UM, I'VE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD.
DO DO YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO DO THAT OR? YES, SIR.
UM, WE PLAN TO USE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE, THE REVENUE FROM THE CABIN DIRECTED.
WE GOT A QUOTE FOR ABOUT $10,000 TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS.
I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU OWNED A, A D EIGHT OF, UM, OH, UM, NOT GREATER, BUT, UH, YEAH, SO THOSE ARE, YEAH.
DOES THAT ENTAIL REMOVING SOME TREES AND GRATING AND, AND APPLYING GRAVEL AND MAYBE A CULVERT OR TWO IF NEEDED? SURE.
THE PREVIOUS OWNER USED, UM, USED THE LAND FOR, FOR WHATEVER WOOD THEY LIKE, CUT DOWN SOME TREES AND THEY CLEARED A PATH.
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MM-HMMUM, WE ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT TREES WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED.
UM, THE EASEMENT IS FOR 50 FEET.
BUT THE, THE BM PA ROAD STANDARD IS FOR 18 FEET.
THE, THE SITE DOES HAVE A LOT OF ROCK, WHICH WE'VE RUN INTO MM-HMM
UM, BUT WE HAD A, A SITE WORK, OUR SITE WORK GUY WALK THE SITE AND IT'S PRETTY REASONABLE TO CLEAR THE SITE.
HOW DO THEY ACCESS, UM, 'CAUSE IT, THEY KIND OF, YOUR BLUE LINE IS KIND OF OVER THE ONE.
DO THEY ACCESS OFF OF A DIFFERENT ROAD? HOW DO THEY GET IN AND OUT IF THAT'S AN UNDEVELOPED ROAD? SURE.
UM, MAY I, MAY I POINT OUT ON THE MAP TO SURE.
UM, INDIAN HEIGHTS WASN'T FULLY DEVELOPED WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
IT EXTENDS ALL ALONG THIS 50 FOOT EASEMENT ALONG ROCKY SPRINGS, WHICH IS NOT SHOWN HERE.
THEY ACCESS IT FROM THIS, FROM THIS SIDE OF INDIAN PIPES.
UM, ALL SINCE THERE'S NO PROPERTY OWNERS HERE, THERE WAS NO NEED TO DEVELOP THE ROAD.
SO IT JUST REMAINS UNDEVELOPED FOR ITS EXISTENCE.
DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIME OF COMPLETION FOR THIS HOUSING PROJECT? YEAH, WE'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG.
UM, IT'S JUST ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM BEING COMPLETE.
UM, THE TARIFFS DELAYED, OUR WINDOWS BEING DELIVERED.
WE EXPECTED TO BE DONE RIGHT BY THIS POINT.
BUT THE TARIFFS, UH, HELD OUR, UH, OUR WINDOWS UP AT THE PORT FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
UM, WE'RE JUST WRAPPING UP SOME INTERIOR WORK AND THAT'LL BE COMPLETE WITHIN THE MONTH.
WHAT KIND OF WINDOWS DID YOU GET? THEY, WE THOUGHT WE COULD SAVE MONEY FROM GETTING THEM FROM POLAND.
OUR CONTRACTOR RECOMMENDED IT SO THEY CAME FROM POLAND.
NEXT TIME WE WOULD JUST DO LIKE PILA.
DO I HAVE ANY, UH, UH, ANY, UH, COMMENTS? WOULD ANYBODY IN THE, UH, AUDIENCE LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK ON THIS GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 20 25 0 6 0 2 FOR A SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTAL WITH THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF.
[L. Public Hearing: CUP2025-07-02 - Short-Term Tourist Rental - 699 Sunset Village Road - A request for a conditional use permit for a short-term tourist rental. The property is located at 699 Sunset Village Road and is identified on tax map 27D, section 1, as lot 8. The property is zoned Residential-One (R-1) and is located in the Junewood Estates subdivision in the Fork Magisterial District. - Kelly Wahl, Planner]
GOT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR SHORT-TERM TOURIST RENTAL ON 6 99 SUNSET VILLAGE ROAD.THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTAL ON BEHALF OF THE CURRENT OWNERS WHO PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.
THE OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR SHORT-TERM LODGING FOR TOURIST AND VISITORS OF THE WARREN COUNTY AREA.
THE APPLICANT WILL SERVE AS THE LOCAL PROPERTY MANAGER BY HELPING TO OVERSEE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, CLEANING, AND THE BOOKING OF RENTAL REQUEST.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 6 99 SUNSET VILLAGE ROAD AND IS IDENTIFIED ON TAX MAP 27 D SECTION ONE AS LOT EIGHT.
NO PREVIOUS CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR NOR APPROVED FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
IT CONSTRUCTION WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED IN JUNE OF 2025.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY SEVEN ACTIVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR SHORT-TERM TAURUS RENTALS FOR PROPERTIES IN THE JUNE WOOD ESTATE SUBDIVISION.
THERE IS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPERATION PERMIT APPROVING A MAXIMUM OF SIX OCCUPANTS FOR THE THREE BEDROOM DWELLING.
THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND REVIEWED BY PLANNING STAFF.
THE LOCAL PROPERTY MANAGER HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TO LIVE WITHIN THE REQUIRED 30 MILE RADIUS.
COMMENTS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM JUNE WOOD ESTATES AND SUNSET VILLAGE HOA, BUT WE DID NOT, UM, RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS BACK.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A WAIVER TO THE SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATION AS THE DWELLING DOES NOT MEET THE 100 FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT FROM NEIGHBORING RESIDENCES.
THE NEAREST NEIGHBORING RESIDENCE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET TO THE EAST OF THE DWELLING ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS APPROVED FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A SHORT-TERM TORS RENTAL IN 2024.
ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS A SIGNED COPY OF HIS LETTER OF SUPPORT PLANNING STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION ARE RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS BE ADDED SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UM, ALL OF THE SAME STANDARD CONDITIONS AS THE PREVIOUS ONE WITH THE ADDITION OF A WAIVER TO THE REQUIRED SETBACK OF 100 FEET TO NEIGHBORING DWELLINGS SHALL BE GRANTED FOR THE EXISTING 80 FOOT SETBACK TO DWELLING EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED, AND I BELIEVE MS. WYNN IS HERE THIS
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EVENING.IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, WOULD THE PROPERTY OWNER LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? THE PROPERTY MANAGER.
JUST, UH, NAME AND AND DISTRICT THAT YOU LIVE IN.
UH, JENNIFER WYNN AND I'M IN THE SHENDO COUNTY DISTRICT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UM, WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED, IT WAS PURCHASED WITH HIS FRIEND WHO OWNS THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY THAT'S GOT THE 80 FOOT AND THEIR, THEIR FRIENDS AND DID THIS TOGETHER COUNTING ON THEM BEING, YOU KNOW, SHORT TERM RENTALS.
SO HE'S THE ONE WHO DID PROVIDE THE LETTER OF, UM, APPROVAL FOR THE, THE SETBACK.
THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
DO, UH, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS.
MAYBE YOU WOULD KNOW OR KELLY MIGHT KNOW, IS, IS THIS PROPERTY IN THE FLOOD PLAIN? IT LOOKS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE RIVER.
IT IS CLOSE, BUT IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
I CAN TURN ON MY LEG REALLY QUICK AND GET YOU A ROUGH ESTIMATE.
THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THEY HAD TO GET A CER A CERTIFICATE OF ELEVATION.
THERE IS A FLOOD CERTIFICATE, A FLOOD CERTIFICATE.
IT IT IS A REALLY HIGH TOO, LIKE GARAGES UNDERNEATH THE WHOLE THING.
AND IT IT IS OPEN, CORRECT? IT'S LIKE A, IT'S LIKE CAR, YEAH.
SO THE, YEAH, SO IT WOULD, IT'S OPEN AND IT WOULD ALLOW FOR PROPER VENTING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, HAVE, HAVE YOU, I'M SORRY, HAS THE POA COMMENT HAVE, HAS THE OWNER ADDRESSED THE POA COMMENTS? I'M SORRY, THE PO ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THEM? WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS BACK FROM THEM.
THEY WERE SUBMITTED, BUT WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY BACK.
THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS LARGELY USED WITH SHORT TERM OR RETIREMENT HOME.
THERE ARE WE ON, UH, OH 4 0 1? WE ARE ON 0 7 0 2.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR ANYBODY SIGNED UP? YES.
I'M JENKINS, SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M OPPOSED TO ALL SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTALS.
UH, AND I THINK WHEN YOU COMPROMISE THE CODE REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR APPROVAL, UH, THAT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
I'M NOT, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS APPLICANT IS 100 FEET OR NOT.
UH, I DON'T, I I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
UH, ALSO AS THESE THINGS ARE APPROVED AND ARE RENTED OUT TO, UH, TOURISTS, YOU'RE ALSO, UH, COMPETING WITH HOTELS IN THE AREA.
AND I THINK THERE ARE, UH, PLANS IN THE WORK FOR A FUTURE HOTEL COMING INTO WARREN COUNTY.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU, HOW YOU JUDGE THAT.
UM, AND ALSO ON THE, UH, THE EARNINGS, UH, AT TAX TIME, DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF PROCEDURE IN PLACE TO KNOW HOW MUCH WAS EARNED AT THIS SHORT TERM PARISH RENTAL AND HOW MUCH TAXES ARE DUE OR THEY JUST COME IN AND SAY, WELL, I ONLY MADE THIS MUCH AND ALL.
WHEREAS WITH, UH, CORPORATE, UH, CORPORATE BUSINESSES, UH, IT'S USUALLY A LOT MORE FORMAL.
SO YOU NEED SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THERE TOO.
AND THEN THESE PROPERTIES, ONCE THEY START RENTING OUT, THEY ARE, ARE, UH, IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS ZONED R ONE.
UH, ONCE THEY START RENTING THEIR PROPERTIES OUT, THEY BECOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.
IT ALSO PRODUCES A LOSS OF, UH, COMMUNITY CHARACTER.
UH, YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS COME, NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE LIVED THERE.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING IN TO RENT THESE HOUSES WHERE THEY'RE FROM, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO
AND ONCE YOU TRY TO SELL YOUR PROPERTY ADJACENT TO ONE OF THESE, YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE A LOWER AMOUNT SIMPLY BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO MOVE IN BESIDE A SHORT TERM PERIPHERAL.
ANYBODY ELSE? WOULD ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED ON THIS.
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THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 20 25 0 7 0 2 FOR A SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTAL WITH THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF.[M. Page 2 Public Hearing: CUP2025-07-07 - Short-Term Tourist Rental - 279 Donna Court - A request for a conditional use permit for a short-term tourist rental. The property is located at 279 Donna Court and is identified on tax map 15D, section 2, block 5, as lot 276. The property is zoned Residential-One (R-1) and is located in the Shenandoah Farms - River View subdivision Shenandoah Magisterial District. - Kelly Wahl, Planner]
IS THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ON 2 79 DONNA COURT.THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SHORT-TERM TOURIST RENTAL FOR THE PROPERTY THEY RECENTLY PURCHASED IN JUNE OF 2025.
THE OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR SHORT TERM LODGING TO OFFER QUALITY LODGING OPTION FOR VISITORS OF WARREN COUNTY.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY PROPERTY MAINTENANCE COMPANY WILL SERVE AS THE LOCAL PROPERTY MANAGER AND DAVE WAYLAN WILL SERVE AS THE LOCAL EMERGENCY CONTACT.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2 79 DONNA COURT AND AS IDENTIFIED ON TAX MAP 15 D SECTION TWO BLOCK FIVE AS LOT 2 76.
THE DWELLING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2025 AND THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF ANY ACTIVE ZONING VIOLATIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY THREE ACTIVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTALS FOR PROPERTIES ON DONNA COURT.
THERE IS HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION PERMIT AND RECORD OF INSPECTION FOR THE ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM APPROVING A MAXIMUM OF SIX OCCUPANTS FOR THE FOUR BEDROOM DWELLING.
THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, UH, PLAN HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND REVIEWED BY PLANNING STAFF CONFIRMING A LOCAL PROPERTY MANAGER.
COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF SHENANDOAH FARMS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INDICATING THEY DO NOT OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED USE, BUT ADVISE THE OPERATOR TO ADVERTISE THE USE OF FOUR WHEEL DRIVE DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER.
THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING A WAIVER TO THE 100 FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT FROM NEIGHBORING RESIDENCES.
THE RESIDENCE ON THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS LOCATED 33 FEET FROM THE DWELLING ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE RESIDENCE ON THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST IS LOCATED 44 FEET.
THE APPLICANTS HAVE SUBMITTED, SIGNED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM THE OWNERS OF THE ADJACENT RESIDENCES, PLANNING, COMMISSION, PLANNING, PLANNING, COMMISSION, AND PLANNING.
STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THE SAME CONDITIONS AS THE PREVIOUS TWO APPLICATIONS WITH THE ADDITION OF A WAIVER TO BE, UH, TO THE REQUIRED SETBACK OF 100 FEET TO NEIGHBORING RESIDENCES SHALL BE GRANTED FOR THE EXISTING 33 FOOT SETBACK TO THE DWELLING WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND FOR THE EXISTING 44 FOOT SETBACK TO THE DWELLING EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED.
ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED AND YES, THE, UM, APPLICANTS ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, W WOULD THE APPLICANTS LIKE TO, UH, SAY ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO PICK THEM UP, EXCUSE ME, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO I GUESS NOT.
SO WOULD ANYONE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
WOULD ANYONE IN THE, IS IS ANYBODY SIGNED UP? WOULD ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 20 25 0 7 0 7 FOR A SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTAL WITH THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL MS. COLORS.
I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SETBACK BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT FAMILY CHILDBEARING HOMES,
I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE REALIZE IT GOES LIKE THIS RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF YOUR HOUSE.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE, UH, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
PLEASE KEEP THESE, UH, UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP? WOULD ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS IN THE AGENDA? WELL, HOLD ON.
MR. HENRY MARK AGRO 1 0 2 EAST FOURTH STREET.
THIS IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC APP APPROPRIATIONS, UH, FOR THE LIBRARY.
UM, JUST A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
BOYS CANNOT BECOME GIRLS AND GIRLS CANNOT BECOME BOYS.
THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT SAMUEL'S LIBRARY BEGAN ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF
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THE HUNDREDS OF BOOKS TARGETING CHILDREN, WHICH PROMOTE THE INSANE IDEOLOGY THAT A BOY CAN BECOME A GIRL AND VICE VERSA.CHOPPING HEALTHY BODY PARTS OFF OF CHILDREN IS CHILD ABUSE, WHICH IS THE T IN THE ACKERMAN, L-G-B-T-Q.
SO IF YOU SUPPORT THE SO-CALLED L-G-B-T-Q IDEOLOGY OR SUPPORTED CHILD ABUSE, SAMUELS TAKES THEIR MARCHING ORDERS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, A LEFT WING ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THIS IDEOLOGY THAT A BOY CAN BECOME A GIRL.
SAMUEL'S COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE A LA.
AND ACCORDING TO THIS POLICY, A BOOK CAN NEVER BE REMOVED BASED ON ITS CONTENT.
LET'S LOOK AT A FEW OF THE BOOKS, WHICH I REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE COLLECTION TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
I AM JAZZ, A CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK BY JESSICA HERTHEL.
THIS IS THE TRUE STORY ABOUT JAZZ JENNINGS TARGETING 5-YEAR-OLD BOYS INTO THINKING THEY ARE REALLY GIRLS.
JAZZ WAS A VICTIM OF MUNCHEN SYNDROME BY HIS MENTALLY DERANGED MOTHER, WHO GOT MEDICAL QUACKS TO GIVE HER SON PUBERTY BLOCKERS, HORMONES, AND EVENTUALLY HAD HIS PENIS CHOPPED OFF IN A FAKE VAGINA MADE.
HE WILL BE TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF PHARMACEUTICALS EACH YEAR FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
THIS IS CHILD ABUSE, BUT THIS SICK BOOK MEETS SAMUEL'S COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY.
THIS IS A BOOK TARGETING EIGHT TO 12-YEAR-OLD GIRLS INTO THINKING THEY MIGHT NOT BE A GIRL.
ANNA IS A 12-YEAR-OLD FIGURE SKATER WHO OF COURSE DECIDES SHE'S NOT A GIRL AFTER ALL.
LIKE THE USUAL PROTAGONIST IN MOST OF THESE GROOMER BOOKS.
SHE'S A SELF-ABSORBED NARCISSIST.
BUT THIS SICK BOOK MEETS SAMUEL'S COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY CHEER UP BY CRYSTAL FRAZIER AND VAL WISE, A COMIC BOOK FORMAT FOR 12 TO 18 YEAR OLDS.
ANNIE IS A LESBIAN ON THE CHEERLEADING SQUAD, WHO BECOMES A COUPLE WITH THE TRANS BEEB.
A BOY PRETENDING TO BE A GIRL.
CAN YOU WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND THAT ONE? THE LESBIAN IS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A BOY PRETENDING TO BE A GIRL.
HE STILL HAS A PENIS AND TESTICLES, BUT THAT'S OKAY WITH THE LESBIAN BECAUSE HE WEARS MAKEUP AND A DRESS.
BUT THIS SICK BOOK MEETS SAMUEL'S COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY.
THIS IS WHY THEY HATE US BY AARON ASCE FOR EIGHT 14 TO 18 YEAR OLDS, WHICH CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF THE NARCISSISTIC PROTAGONIST SPENDING THE SUMMER BEFORE HIS SENIOR YEAR LOOKING FOR PROSPECTS TO HAVE HOMOSEXUAL SEX WITH.
IN ONE CHAPTER, HE GOES TO AN ONLINE HOOKUP APP FOR HOMOSEXUALS AND ENDS UP WITH HIS ENGLISH TEACHER.
SOUNDS LIKE A CASE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT SHERAN HIGH.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS EXPLICIT SEX SCENES, BUT THIS TRASHY BOOK MEETS SAMUEL'S COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY.
I'VE NOTICED ALL THE RIBBONS AROUND TOWN THIS WEEK PROCLAIMING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS.
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER EXAMPLE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAN SHOPPING HEALTHY BODY PARTS OFF OF YOUR CHILDREN, WHICH THESE BOOKS SUPPORT.
SAMUEL SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN THEIR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE BY THE COUNTY.
THEY'VE PROVEN THAT THEY CAN RAISE THE MONEY NECESSARY TO CONTINUE OPERATING WITHOUT PUBLIC FUNDING.
SO WHY THE CONTINUING WHINING AND TANTRUMS THEY CAN NOW PUT INTO EFFECT THE ENTIRE WOKE AGENDA OF THE LA WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE FROM THE COUNTY.
THEY CAN GET ALL THE BOOKS AT THE MUNCH HOUSE IN MOTHERS ONE.
THEY CAN EVEN HAVE DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME AS THE LA WANTS THEM TO HAVE.
AND I HAVE THIS, I HAVE THIS, UH, HANDOUT TO GIVE TO YOU ALL FROM THE A LA, UH, OFFICE FOR DIVERSITY FROM JUNE, 2017.
IT'S A DISPATCH FROM A SMALL TOWN LIBRARIAN AND IT TELLS, UH, IT GIVES YOU QUOTE TIPS AND TRICKS TO BEING A SECRET LIBRARIAN ADVOCATE OPERATIVE.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? HUGH HENRY FORK DISTRICT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REALLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING MY APPLICATION INTO CONSIDERATION AND, UH, HOPE WE CAN MAKE SOME GOOD STEPS FORWARD TO GET A, GET A HEAD START ON WORKING TOGETHER.
AND, UH, I I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT AND THE, UH, I THANK THE VOTERS FROM THE FORK DISTRICT DO TOO.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE? PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED, UH, FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
[H. Reports - Board Members, County Administrator, County Attorney]
IS WE HAVE, UM, REPORTS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS.WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? SURE.
MR.
UH, WE DISCUSSED A VARIETY OF MATTERS, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING INTERNAL AS WELL AS CONTRACT RESOURCE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BACKGROUND ISSUES.
UM, THE UPDATED PROJECT ESTIMATE HELPED ME, UH, WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR HIRING CONSULTANTS.
I THINK EPTEMBER 24TH WAS THE JOINT SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.
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WE HAD LOOK AT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEDULE OUT 2031, I THINK, UM, IS AN EYEOPENER, UM, FAR AS WHAT'S COMING AT US.DEFINITELY DEFERRAL PROJECT CATCHING UP.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN OPTION MUCH LONGER.
IN SOME CASES IT'S NOT AN OPTION NOW.
UH, I SAT IN ON A, A ZOOM CALL, OFDO
THAT E PHASE TWO STUDY WAS CONCLUDED.
AND THE GENERAL OUTLOOK SEEMS TO BE THAT IT TILTS VIABILITY.
IT, IT TILTS VIABILITY TOWARDS THE, THE RAIL TWO TRAIL RATHER THAN THE RAILS WITH TRAILS.
BUT IT WON'T BE UNTIL THE PHASE THREE STUDY IS COMPLETED.
UH, WHEN THE ACTUAL COST ESTIMATES ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE, UM, BEFORE THE PUBLIC HAS A DETAILED UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE COST DIFFERENCES ARE GONNA BE AND, AND WHEN THEY KNOW WHEN IT'S KNOWN WHAT THE COST DIFFERENCES IS GONNA BE.
THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO IMPLY, UH, WHAT THE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE MIGHT BE.
UM, BUT I'M NOT CERTAIN OF THAT YET.
AND I ALSO, WE HAD, WE HAD A BASICALLY A THREE WEEK BREAK HERE.
UM, I SPENT A GOOD BIT OF TIME DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS DOING THE RESEARCH, UH, BEHIND THE, THE GROUNDWATER PROTECTION ORDINANCE THAT I'M PROPOSING.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
I'D LIKE THIS TO BE ON THE MERITS OF THE PROPOSAL.
UH, THAT OPEN PUBLIC DEBATE IS, IS USEFUL TO EVERYBODY.
UM, MY VIEW ON IT IS THAT IF, IF IT'S THE CASE IS STRONG AND IT AND IT'S STRONG ON THE MERITS, IT WILL GET SUPPORT.
AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN IT WON'T.
UM, THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE EVALUATE IT AND DISCUSS EVERYTHING IN PUBLIC SO EVERYONE IS INFORMED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
UH, SEPTEMBER 17TH, I ATTENDED THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS, UH, INTERESTING TO GO THERE AND HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM AND LEARN ABOUT THE GOOD AND THE BAD, UH, OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD GOING ON.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THERE.
SEPTEMBER 18TH, UH, I ATTENDED THE NORTHERN SHANDRA VALLEY REGIONAL COMMISSION MEETING AT THE INLAND PORT.
UH, LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, WE GOT A TOUR AROUND THE PORT.
UM, EMILY DOTSON IS THE NEW DIRECTOR THERE, KNOWN HER FOR A LONG TIME.
VERY CAPABLE YOUNG LADY AND I CONGRATULATE HER ON THAT.
UM, HAD A, UM, A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE IMPORTS, EXPORTS OF WHAT'S COMING IN, WHAT'S GOING OUT.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE AND YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO, IT'S UM, AN INTERESTING PLACE.
LATER THAT DAY, I WENT, UM, AS A MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.
THERE, THERE WAS CONVERSATION ON, UM, THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND ITS IMPACT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED, UM, IS PENALTIES THAT ARE GONNA BE IMPOSED FOR ANY A PERCENTAGE OF ERROR RATE.
UH, WHEN PEOPLE ARE GIVEN THEIR SNAP PROGRAM, THERE'S GONNA BE AN ERROR RATE AND IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE ERROR RATE, THEN WE'RE GONNA BE PENALIZED MONETARILY.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A 0% ERROR RATE THERE.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB THERE.
UH, SEPTEMBER 20TH, I PARTICIPATED IN THE SUICIDE WALK AT, UM, THE OLD 15TH STREET SCHOOL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMPLEX.
NOW, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, IT WAS WELL ORGANIZED, WELL ATTENDED, AND I THINK THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GO, THAT'S, UM, SOMETHING WE ALL NEED.
YOU KNOW, YOU THINK SOMEBODY IS FINE AND WHEN IT'S TOO LATE YOU FIND OUT THEY WEREN'T FINE.
SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE, UM, MADE AWARE OF WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE THROUGH THAT.
UH, LATER THAT DAY, I WENT TO THE SAMON AT THE LIBRARY.
I'M STILL LEARNING ABOUT WHAT SAMON IS.
UM, I, IT'S, IT'S BOTHERED ME THAT IT SEEMS TO FALL WHEN MY SON ISN'T ABLE TO GO BECAUSE HE'S A GEEK.
UM, BUT IT'S, UM, A LOT OF, UH, INTERESTING THING.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT'S, UH, ALWAYS WELL ATTENDED.
LATER THAT EVENING I WENT TO THE ROTARY FUNDRAISER AND I THINK THAT ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S HERE FROM ROTARY, YOU'RE GONNA USE THAT, UM, FOR HOUSING THIS YEAR, THE FUNDRAISING MONEY.
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ROTARY DOES A LOT OF GOOD IN THIS COMMUNITY.SEPTEMBER 22ND, UM, WE, MS. UM, WALL AND MR. HENRY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MR. UM, MYERS DIDN'T MAKE IT.
UM, BUT WE HAD A MEETING ABOUT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND, UM, DISCUSS THAT.
WE, I'M HOPING TO HAVE THAT ON A WORK SESSION BECAUSE MS. WALL HAS COME UP WITH, UH, THE CHECKLIST THAT WE SUGGESTED AND HAS A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS FROM THAT AND WANNA SHARE 'EM WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD OF, UM, THE OUTCOME OF THAT MEETING.
AND TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FFA, THEY HAD A CHICKEN DINNER THAT DAY AND I'M HOPING THEY DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE, UH, CLAY'S BARBECUE DID THE CHICKENS AND THE FFA STUDENTS AND LEADERSHIP THERE, UM, HELPED PUT THAT ON.
IT WAS SOME OF THE BEST CHICKEN I'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.
SO, UM, I HAD A BUSY DAY AND IT WAS NICE TO PICK MY CHICKEN UP AND GO HOME AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY WITH IT.
AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.
UM, THEN I WATCHED THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING THAT NIGHT.
'CAUSE YEAH, I WAS NOT GOING BACK OUT AFTER THAT.
WE HAD, UM, ONCE A MONTH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS A, WHAT'S CALLED A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW MEETING WHERE TOWN, UM, PERSONNEL COMES, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMES, UH, RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC HAS A REPRESENTATIVE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON DEVELOPMENT WISE IN THE TOWN AND IN THE COUNTY.
SO IT'S ALWAYS, UH, I DON'T GET TO ALL OF THEM LIKE I USED TO, BUT, UM, IT'S A GOOD MEETING TO GO TO TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S IN THE PIPE WORK AND THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, LATER THAT DAY WE HAD JOINT BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING THAT MR. JAMESON WAS ALSO AT, THAT WAS AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE BOUNCE AROUND WHERE WE HAVE THEM, WE GOT TO SEE, UM, THE FLOOR THAT THEY HAVE JUST GOTTEN DONE.
AND THEN WE WENT UP AND SAW, UM, THE AREA THAT WE'RE HOPING THE FFA GETS TO HAVE A LAND LAB WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HOUSE THE ANIMALS THAT ARE PART OF THEIR CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT SO THESE YOUNGSTERS CAN, UH, HAVE A BIGGER AND BETTER EXPERIENCE, UM, IN THE LEADERSHIP THERE.
UM, MR. MATTHEWS AND, UH, MS. BUCKNER ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB WITH THESE STUDENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE WARREN COUNTY THAT'S ALSO LOOKING FOR THAT, THAT HAS MS. MEADOWS AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER TEACHER'S NAME, BUT THEY'RE DOING AN AWESOME JOB WITH THE STUDENTS AT, UH, WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
ON SEPTEMBER, I'VE GOT 15TH, BUT MAYBE THAT'S THE WRONG DATE.
ANYWAY, TOURISM COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, MR. WOOD FROM THE TOWN IS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE TOWN NOW, AND LIZZIE LEWIS COMES.
WE'VE GOT THE WARREN HERITAGE SOCIETY.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE 250TH BIRTHDAY AND HAVE A LOT OF PLANS IN THE WORKS OF, UM, DIFFERENT EVENTS AND THINGS WE'RE PLANNING, UM, IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS COMING OUT OF THAT.
I TRIED TO GET ON THE BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH IS OF ALL THE COUNTIES HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT TOUCHED THE, UM, SKYLINE NATIONAL, UM, DRIVE.
BUT MY INTERNET WOULDN'T HOOK UP, SO I DID MISS THAT.
UM, SEPTEMBER 27TH I ATTENDED WITH MY NEIGHBOR, MRS. BALTIMORE, WHO I DEARLY LOVE.
THE NAACP DINNER, UM, WAS A REALLY NICE, UM, DINNER.
THE SPEAKER WAS VERY INTERESTING, UM, MADE YOU THINK ABOUT HOW YOU INTERPRET PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, JUDGE, AND IT, IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY NICE DAY.
UM, SEPTEMBER 28TH, BEAUTIFUL DAY FINALLY TO DO THE WORM COALITION PITCH BURSTS, WHICH IS THEIR FUNDRAISER.
AND A LOT OF US VOLUNTEERED TO SET UNDER A BALLOON FULL OF WATER.
I FROZE TWO YEARS IN A ROW DOING IT, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS SUCH A RELEASE.
IT WAS A HOT DAY AND I ENJOYED ALL THE WATER THAT GOT DUMPED ON ME THIS YEAR.
UM, SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD EVENT.
LOTS OF FREE ACTIVITIES FOR THE STUDENTS, UM, AND CHILDREN TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SEPTEMBER 29TH, UM, DINNER TOGETHER IS AN OF A NIGHTLY, WELL, IT USED TO BE NIGHTLY.
I THINK THEY'VE HAD TO CUT BACK BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS.
NOW AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, WE DIFFERENT GROUPS GET TOGETHER TO VOLUNTEER TO MAKE DINNERS FOR THOSE THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE.
AND THE HIKES KIDS FOUNDATION WAS DOING THAT ONE, AND I TOLD 'EM I'D BE GLAD TO HELP THEM OUT WITH THAT.
SO I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM.
AND ON OCTOBER 1ST, I WENT TO THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, OCTOBER 3RD.
UH, COFFEE AND CONVERSATION IS A
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CHAMBER EVENT THAT THEY DO AT ON Q EVERY THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.I THINK THEY'VE HAD 15 AND 15 DIFFERENT SPEAKERS.
AND DR. MARTIN, UH, THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SPOKE THAT, MAN, I JUST LOVE HIM.
HE IS SUCH A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND HE HAS MADE SUCH A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND HE SPOKE, I THINK HE WON THE WHOLE CROWD OVER.
UM, THEN I WENT UP THE STREET AND DID RIBBON CUTTING AT THE PICK OF THE LITTER.
THEY'VE MOVED OFF OF COMMERCE AVENUE ON MAIN STREET.
THEY GOT A LOT OF COOL THINGS IN THERE.
SO IF YOU NEED, I MEAN, THEY HAVE ONE WHOLE CENTER THAT'S GOT WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR PETS AND THEN ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN THERE.
SO IT'S, UM, A GOOD PLACE TO GO TO TO HELP SUPPORT THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
UH, REITANO HAD THEIR SOFT OPENING, WHICH I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INVITED TO, UM, BY A SPECIAL INVITATION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MRS. COOK, SHELLY COOK DOES IT, BUT SHE OUTDOES HERSELF WITH EVERY PROJECT SHE DOES.
AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT TO RATO
UM, SO SHE HAD HER SOFT OPENING AND THEN GEORGE KLEIN HAD HIS MEET AND GREET, SO SHE HAD IT SPLIT UP AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD NIGHT.
OCTOBER 5TH, MICHAEL WILLIAMS, WHICH MANY OF YOU KNOW, UM, BEING A TEACHER IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND IN ROTARY AND ALL DIFFERENT KINDS, THE MAN IS JUST, HE HAD MD DUBS CHAUFFEURING FOR A WHILE.
UM, HE WAS INDUCTED AND INVITED ME TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
HE IS THE INTERIM, UH, PASTOR THERE.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S PUT IN FOR THE JOB FULL TIME, BUT AFTER SEEING HIM, I THOUGHT HE, HE MOVED ME AND I'VE, I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A WHILE AND DIDN'T THINK HE COULD MOVE ME ANYMORE, BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY NICE, UM, CHURCH OUTING THAT DAY.
THEN I WENT OVER TO THE FRONT ROW VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH THE 11TH.
SO ON SUNDAY, THEY HAD AN OPEN HOUSE AND THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES.
UM, THEY, WHEN I GOT THERE, THEY WERE GETTING READY TO DO THE, THE BURN.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST GONNA LET THE FLAMES GO UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN PUT IT OUT.
NO, IT ENGULFED THE WHOLE THING.
THEY HAD AN OLD TUBE TV THAT EXPLODED AND SCARED EVERYBODY.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY COOL PRESENTATION.
UH, DO WANNA REMIND PEOPLE, OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AND I WAS GONNA SAY NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
I WANTED TO PUT A PLUG OUT FOR KAYLEE RICHARDSON.
SHE WAS MY SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT PLANNING COMMISSIONER MEMBER, AND SHE'S THE HOMESTEADER, AND SHE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK.
IT'S IN ITS SECOND PUBLICATION NOW, AND SHE'S GONNA BE DOING A BOOK SIGNING DOWN ON THE, UH, MAIN STREET ON SUNDAY.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE DATE.
AND SHE GAVE, HAD TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE OF ALL OF HER HOMESTEADING AND THE BOOK TOURS AND THINGS SHE'S DOING.
AND HER MOTHER GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED MY ASK TO, UM, TAKE HER PLACE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO HAVE BRIDGET MILLER TO FILL HER PLACE.
UM, I ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO NOT TAKE THIS TIME TO SPEAK ON THE PASSING OF OUR FIRE CHIEF RICHARD DICKEY MABE, WHO WAS FIRE CHIEF HERE IN THE COUNTY FOR 25 YEARS.
HE DEDICATED A GREAT DEAL OF HIS LIFE TO THE FIRE AND RESCUE, AND TO SO MANY OF THE YOUNG MEN THAT, UM, ARE NOT SO YOUNG, UM, BECAUSE THEY STAYED HERE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP AND ARE STILL HERE UNDER CHIEF BONNO.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE HIS, UH, FUNERAL SERVICE IS GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY.
AND I JUST WANNA EXTEND, UM, MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND TO ALL THOSE WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHED.
CHAIRMAN BUTLER HAS ASKED ME TO PROCEED.
UH, HE'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT.
UH, SO FROM MY REPORT, UM, OCTOBER 3RD, I MET WITH EDA CHAIRMAN, UH, MCDOUGALL TO DISCUSS HIS VISION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN WARREN COUNTY.
AND HIS THOUGHTS ON, UM, FILLING THE CURRENTLY OPEN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR POSITION.
UH, AND WE HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.
UM, I WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT, UH, IN MY DISTRICT, UH, THERE'S BEEN
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A DRAWN OUT GOAL OF GETTING AN EMERGENCY RAMP, UH, FOR FIRE AND RESCUE AND POLICE ONLY, UM, OFF I 66, UP TO ROUTE 6 0 6 CHAND OR, UH, SHORES ROAD, UM, THAT HAD MORE OR LESS SEEMED TO HAVE STALLED OUT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S RENEWED INTEREST IN THAT AND, UM, POTENTIAL TRACTION.AND IN THAT, AND WE'VE GOT SOME HIGHER UP CONTEXT NOW IN, IN VDOT THAT ARE HELPING CLARIFY, UH, EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, UH, TO DOCUMENT THE REQUIREMENTS IN THAT, UH, ALTERNATIVES ARE, UM, RULED OUT AND, UH, WHAT NEEDS TO GO TO DDOT, UH, TO, UH, THE FEDERAL DOT AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMONWEALTH TRANS TRANSPORTATION BOARD.
UM, AND SO THERE'LL BE A MEETING ON THAT WITH THE, UM, RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS IN, INCLUDING MYSELF AND MS. CALLERS, UH, FROM THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, UH, LATER THIS MONTH.
UM, THAT WILL, IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE, AND IT'S, IT'S STILL PROBABLY A LONG WAYS OUT, BUT IT WILL REALLY HELP, UH, BOTH OPTIMIZE THE FIRE AND RESCUE, UM, DEPLOYMENT PATTERNS AND OPEN UP NEW, NEW WAYS.
BUT ALSO, THE MORE IMPORTANT THING IS THE, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE OF HAVING THAT COMMUNITY WITH OVER 2,500 PEOPLE BACK THERE, POTENTIALLY BLOCKED IN FROM TIME TO TIME BY A TRAIN, UH, WITHOUT WAYS FOR, UH, FIRE AND RESCUE APPARATUS, UH, OR SHERIFF'S VEHICLES TO GET IN AND OUT.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT AS WELL AS IF THERE WAS EVER A NEED FOR AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OR ANYTHING.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT ROLLING AGAIN.
UM, IN, UH, SHENANDOAH FARMS SANITARY DISTRICT, UH, I'VE INVITED THE ADVISORY BOARD TO COME MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THE, UM, COMING WEEKS.
UH, THE DATE IS TO BE DETERMINED, BUT THEY HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO, UM, TO, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MIKE BERRY ON THAT AS, AS WELL AS TO, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, AND WE JUST FILLED OUT, UH, ONE OF THE VACANCIES ON THAT BOARD, ACTUALLY FOR THE SECRETARY ROLE AS WELL.
UM, SO THEY'LL BE COMING SOON.
UH, ONE THING THEY JUST CALLED OUT TO ME, UH, AND I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT, UH, TO, UM, TO TRAVIS, UH, UH, IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM, IS THE THOMPSON MILL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT.
UM, THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO DO THAT INTERNALLY, UM, AND, UH, SAVING THE SANITARY DISTRICT NEARLY $850,000 JUST ON THAT ONE LITTLE BRIDGE.
UM, AND, UH, I, I SAW THE PICTURES AND IT WAS A JOB.
UM, SO I'M VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THAT'S GOING.
UM, IN ROCKLAND, THE, UH, RESULTS OF OUR MEETING LAST MONTH ARE, ARE MOVING ALONG.
UM, ITEMS THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED, INCLUDING, UH, MOWING AND LITTER CLEANUP, HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, UH, THANKS TO THE HELP OF THE, UH, UH, UH, WARDEN RUSS, UH, GILSON AND THE, UH, RSW TEAM FOR, FOR HELPING WITH THAT.
UM, THE SPEED STUDY FROM VDOT IS COMPLETE, AND, UH, RESULTS HAVE COME BACK.
THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME, UH, PEOPLE WITH HEAVY FEET DRIVING ON A COUPLE OF THE ROADS, MILL DALE AND FAIRGROUND IN PARTICULAR.
UM, AND, UH, SO THE, THE SHERIFF KLEIN HAS KINDLY, UM, OFFERED TO STEP UP PATROLS OUT THAT WAY.
UM, AND, UH, MEANWHILE, VDOT IS TAKING THOSE SPEED, UH, DATA POINTS AND USING THEM TO WORK UP, UM, THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SURVEY OF THE ROADS, UH, TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT IN CERTAIN PLACES IN, IN THE ROCKLAND VICINITY.
UM, AND FINALLY, SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, UH, HAS BEEN POSTED AS WELL.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WAR, UH, WARREN COUNTY, UH, SCHOOL TOUR FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, LATER THIS WEEK.
UH, AND, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, UH, MS. KOHLER'S, UH, DR. MARTIN IS, IS A A HUNDRED PERCENT CLASS ACTING, A REALLY GREAT, GREAT INTERIM PERSON TO HAVE, UH, AT, AT THE HELM THERE.
I ONLY ONLY WISH HE COULD STAY FOREVER, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, UM, IT SHOULD BE A FUN DAY AND, UH, I'M SURE VERY EDUCATIONAL AND, UH, UH, FOR ALL OF US, BUT ALSO SHOWING US, UM, PROBABLY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE SCHOOLS NEED MORE SUPPORT.
AND SO THAT WILL BE GOOD TO SEE HANDS ON.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT FOR TODAY, OTHER THAN SOME CONSTITUENT ISSUES, WHICH ARE, UH, WHICH ARE PRIVATE MATTERS.
THE, UH, ONLY SIGNIFICANT THING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS, UH, THE, UH, RSW REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY BOARD AND FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING THAT I WENT TO ON THE 25TH.
THAT WAS A, UH, THAT WAS AN EYEOPENER, AND, UH, GOT TO MEET SOME, SOME REALLY GOOD FOLKS OVER THERE.
SO, UH, MR. UH, SHAW, UH, YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
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I HAVE, UH, A FEW ITEMS TO, UH, ADDRESS THE BOARD AND PUBLIC ON THIS EVENING UNDER MY REPORT.UH, FIRST, UH, TO INCLUDE, UH, JUST TO GET THEM ON YOUR, YOUR RADAR AND ON YOUR CALENDARS.
UH, A COUPLE OF, UH, EVENTS, WHICH SHOULD BE FUN AND EXCITING FOR ALL THAT MAY HOPEFULLY ATTEND, UH, OCTOBER, UH, 17TH.
WE HAVE FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM UH, HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER IN OUR PARKING LOT.
UH, STAFF WILL BE DOING, UH, A TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT, UH, THAT IS BEING, UH, UH, SPEARHEADED BY OUR HUMAN, UH, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND THEN ON OCTOBER 23RD, SPONSORED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, WE'LL BE HAVING FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM A JACKO LANTERN JUBILEE, UH, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMPLEX, UH, THE WALKING TRACK, UH, THERE AT, UH, 4 65 WEST, UH, 15TH STREET.
SO, AGAIN, IF YOU, IF YOU, UH, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ON OUT AND BRING YOUR KIDS AND, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE EVENTS, A NUMBER OF ITEMS, WHICH I, UH, JUST WISH TO ADDRESS, UH, UH, THE PUBLIC ABOUT.
UM, WE HAVE, OF COURSE, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, HAPPENING, UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, UH, THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN OF, UH, VARIOUS AGENCIES, UM, WHICH HAVE A CERTAIN IMPACT HERE LOCALLY, UH, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, OF COURSE, UH, MOST NOTABLY, UH, THE, UH, SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, UH, THE PARK, OF COURSE, AS ALL, PRETTY MUCH ALL OTHER NATIONAL PARKS, UH, WILL BE OPEN, REMAIN OPEN, UH, BUT SERVICES WILL BE LIMITED, UM, UH, ACCESS TO THE SKYLINE DRIVE AND, AND ALL OTHER, UH, AREAS, UH, MOST NOTABLY OF INTEREST WILL BE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR VISITORS, UH, WITH REGARD TO THIS AND ALL OTHER, UH, IMPACTS LOCALLY, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A WEBPAGE ON, UH, THE COUNTY'S, UM, WEBSITE, UH, LOCATED OFF OF THE MAIN, UH, HOMEPAGE, WHICH, UH, DETAILS AND WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, DETAILING ANY, UH, IMPACTS THAT MAY BE LOCALLY, UH, OCCURRING HERE.
UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, OF COURSE, UH, IS, IS A MAJOR, UM, UH, UH, AND LIKELY IMPACTED AGENCY LOCALLY.
CURRENTLY, THE AGENCY AND ALL VARIOUS, UH, PUBLIC SERVICES THROUGH THAT DEPARTMENT WILL REMAIN, UH, FUNDED AND FULLY OPERATIONAL THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER.
BUT, UH, IF THE SHUTDOWN CONTINUES LONGER THAN THAT, UM, THERE WILL BE IMPACTS TO, UH, SERVICES SUCH AS, UH, TANF AND, AND SNAP.
UH, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR, UH, THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AND, AND KEEP THE PUBLIC, UH, NOTIFIED THROUGH, THROUGH THIS NEWLY CREATED WEBPAGE.
SO, KEEP YOUR EYES, UH, APPEALED ON THAT.
UH, I HAVE, UH, DIRECTED THAT WE, UH, KIND OF RENEW OUR INTEREST, UH, AND, UM, UH, UH, POSTING FOR THE POSITION OF, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR.
UM, UH, SO WE HAVE NOT YET UPDATED OUR WEBSITE TO THIS REGARD, BUT, UH, PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYES ON THAT.
AND IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE OR, OR ELSEWHERE BEYOND, UH, HAS FOLKS, UH, WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN, IN SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, FEEL FREE TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS AWESOME OPPORTUNITY.
AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE UPDATING SOME OF THE, UH, THE POSTING MATERIALS AND HOPEFULLY GETTING A BROADER REACH ON, ON AUDIENCE, UH, THAT THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST, UH, TO THAT, UH, PARTICULAR POSITION.
UH, MRS. KOHLERS HAD, HAD, UH, MENTIONED, OF COURSE, THE, THE UNFORTUNATE PASSING OF, UH, UH, CHIEF MABE.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, DIRECTED THAT THE COUNTY, UH, FLAGS BE LOWERED TO HALF STAFF, UH, THROUGH, UH, THE END OF DAY SATURDAY IN, UH, IN HONOR OF, UH, MR. MABE.
SO IF YOU SEE THE FLAGS, UH, LOWER, DO YOU KNOW WHY? UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, I WILL BE, UH, MEETING, UH, WITH MR. HENRY TOMORROW.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, MR. SCOTT, UH, TURN MEYER AS WELL, UH, CANDIDATES FOR, UH, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I'VE ALSO EXTENDED THE INVITATION TO, UH, MR. UH, CARTER AS WELL.
UH, ALL THREE CANDIDATES, UH, FOR THE BOARD, UH, IN AN ATTEMPT OF COURSE, TO, UH, OPEN DIALOGUE AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, FULLY EQUIPPED AND, AND, AND READY TO TAKE OFFICE.
UM, UH, OF COURSE, TWO OF THEM WILL BE DOING THAT, UH, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE.
AND, AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UH, BOTH PARTIES ARE, ARE READY TO ROLL ON, ON DAY ONE.
AND SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH MR. HENRY TOMORROW AND, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY MR. CARTER, UH, SOMETIME, UH, SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
SO, THAT IS MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.
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YOU VERY MUCH.I HAVE NO REPORT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
[I. Approval of Minutes - September 2nd 2025 and September 16th 2025]
IS, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 2ND AND SEPTEMBER 16TH.ANY COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
SO IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025 AND SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
[J. October 7, 2025 CUP2025-04-01 - Short-Term Tourist Rental - 311 Golden Russet Dr - A request for a conditional use permit for a short-term tourist rental. The property is located at 311 Golden Russet Dr and is identified on tax map 22B, block T, as lot 32. The property is zoned Residential-One (R-1) and is located in the Apple Mountain Lake subdivision in the Happy Creek Magisterial District. - Kelly Wahl, Planner]
BUSINESS, WE'VE GOT, UM, SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTAL THREE 11 RUSSETT DRIVE.UH, MR. ROSALES REQUESTED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A SHORT-TERM TOURIST RENTAL LOCATED AT THREE 11 GOLDEN RUSSET DRIVE, ALONG WITH AN 89 FOOT SETBACK WAIVER TO MAKE THE BASEMENT OF HIS PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR SHORT-TERM LODGING RESIDING ON THE PROPERTY ON THE UPPER FLOOR.
HE PLANS TO SERVE AS THE PROPERTY MANAGER.
HE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBOR LOCATED 89 FEET TO THE EAST.
UM, AT 3 43 GOLDEN RUSTED DRIVE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS APPLICATION.
MS. COOK MOVED TO DENY THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST RESULTING IN A THREE TO TWO VOTE IN FAVOR OF DENIAL.
THE APPLICATION WAS LATER PROPOSED TO BE RECONSIDERED AT A REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JULY 15TH.
THE APPLICATION WAS RECONSIDERED ON A MOTION MADE BY MRS. CALLERS, SECONDED BY DR.
THE BOARD RECONSIDERED THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST AND FURTHER PASSED A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM.
ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, MR. ROSALES SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR HIS APPLICATION TO BE RECONSIDERED WITH UPDATES MADE TO HIS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN, MANAGEMENT PLAN, I'M SORRY, INCLUDING DECREASING THE OCCUPANCY FROM FOUR TO TWO, THE INSTALLATION OF NOISE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND LIMITING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY TO TWO.
IS MR. ROSALES HERE THIS EVENING? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
DO, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2025 DASH OH FOUR DASH OH ONE FOR SHORT TERM TOURIST RENTAL WITH THE CONDITIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF.
[N. Consent Agenda]
THE AGENDA IS, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 6, 7, 10, AND 13.
ON, UM, ITEM SIX, THAT'S THE APPROVAL FOR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PROCEED WITH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO SOLICIT IT, SOLICIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, DR.
JAMESON AND, UH, UH, MS. SCOTT.
OH, MR. CHAIRMAN, WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO IS VOTE ON THE REMAINING ITEMS THAT ARE STILL ON.
SO THAT, THAT WAS ITEM 6, 7, 10, AND 15 AND, UM, 13.
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ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WITHOUT ITEM 6, 7, 10, AND 13? SO MOVED.[N.6. Approval for the Finance Department to proceed with the procurement process to solicit Economic Development Consulting Services - Richard Jamieson, Board of Supervisors - North River District]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX.AND THAT'S, UH, APPROVAL FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PROCEED OF DR.
AS, AS, UM, DISCUSSED AT THE DECEMBER, SEPTEMBER 9TH WORK SESSION, THIS IS A, UH, AN EFFORT TO FACILITATE A RESTORE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IN THE, UH, COUNTY.
THERE'S A, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS INVOLVED THAT ARE NON-STANDARD HERE.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY A, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT HASN'T BEEN ACTIVE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.
UH, WE STILL HAVE AN EDA, UM, WE NEED TO, UH, LOOK FOR A PRODUCTIVE OR ACTUALLY EXAMINE, UM, THE ROLE OF THE EDA IN THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE, IT CLEARLY IS NOT GONNA BE AS IT WAS IN THE PAST.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A, UH, A RENEWED INTEREST ON ALL PARTIES, I THINK, TO RE REENGAGE IN COLLABORATION WITH COUNTER FOR ROYAL, UM, ESPECIALLY ON TOURISM.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO GET SOMEONE WHO CAN BRING US TOGETHER, GET US ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO AND, AND LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
UM, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE IDENTIFYING IDENTIFYING SKILLS APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR THIS ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR POSITION AS WE REENGAGE.
WELL, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, SEVERAL OF THE TOWN COUNCIL IN TOWN AND THEY TOO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HAVE A JOINT MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS.
AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS UNTIL AFTER WE HAVE MET WITH THEM BECAUSE I THINK THE END GOAL WOULD BE MUCH BETTER FOR US TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM TO POSSIBLY COME TO AN AGREEMENT OF A SHARED COST FOR AN EDA DIRECTOR.
THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WE DO.
THEY'VE GOT AN EDA THAT IS BASICALLY STALLED OUT.
UM, AND INSTEAD OF PUTTING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TO SOMETHING, I WOULD RATHER TABLE THIS, COME TOGETHER WITH THE TOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION OF HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AND SHARE THE COST OF THIS WITHOUT COMMITTING TO, TO THIS.
AND THEN I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS GETTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE BEFORE WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE TOWN.
UH, JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A CONSULTANT.
IT'S, THAT'S, UH, I THINK LIMIT OF, WELL, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT PRICING, BUT THERE'S A SPLIT OF STAFF AND CONSULTING AND MOST OF IT IS DEVOTED TO THE EVENTUAL HIRING OF A, OF A STAFF.
I STILL DON'T SEE WHERE THIS IS.
WE'VE BEEN STALLED OUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
I DON'T SEE, WE'RE WAITING ANOTHER, WE HAVE A LIAISON MEETING COMING UP OR WE CAN CHANGE THAT LIAISON MEETING TO A JOINT BOARD.
WE DID IT BEFORE WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO WORK ON TOURISM AND I JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE EDA USED TO BE THE JOINT FOR ORAL WARREN COUNTY EDA, WE NEED TO PUT THE PAST BEHIND US, QUIT POINTING FINGERS AND MOVE TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND TRY TO DO SO, UM, AS EFFICIENTLY WITH THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY AS WE CAN.
AND SO WHY JUMP INTO THIS BEFORE WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION AND SEE WHERE WE CAN COME TO COMMON GROUND AND SHARE THE COST OF IT.
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING IS TO TABLE IT UNTIL WE GET A CONVERSATION WITH THE TOWN AND I KNOW THEY'RE WILLING.
SO COUNSELOR, SO, SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO TABLE THIS AS WE WAIT AND SEE IF THERE'S A SECOND.
SO I'LL MAKE IT IN THE MOTION.
I MOTION TO TABLE THIS AND HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH THE TOWN.
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OKAY.I GUESS WE SHOWED HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT THE TAXPAYER'S POSITION ON THEIR MONEY.
SO THE, UM, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION THEN? UH, WELL IF WE CAN IN BETWEEN MOTIONS, JUST KIND OF CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
UM, IS YOUR, IS YOUR ACT ACTUALLY IN YOUR ANTICIPATION THAT WE RE WE WE END UP WITH ONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITY FOR THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CONVERSATION TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE HAVE CONVERSATION, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA KNOW IF WE DON'T DECIDE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND OUT.
WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I I BELIEVE THAT THIS, THAT, WELL ACTUALLY IT'S A, IT'S IN THE, THE SOLICITATION AND THE SCOPE IS, IS FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE A FACILITATOR AND HELP EVALUATE THOSE, THOSE, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND THOSE ROLES INCLUDING, UH, THE ECONOMIC, UH, ASPECT OF IT IN TERMS OF FEE SHARING OR RESOURCE SHARING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO IT, IT JUST SAYS RIGHT ON THEIR FACILITATION IS, IS PART OF, OF THE PROJECT.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE, I DO THINK THAT'S ADVISABLE.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, A LOT OF COMING TOGETHER AND SPLITTING APART, COMING TOGETHER, SPLITTING APART OF THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY.
AND I THINK, I THINK SOMEONE WITH A LOT OF PAST EXPERIENCE DOING THIS WILL HAVE INSIGHTS THAT THEY CAN BRING TO BOTH OF, OF THE PARTIES.
SO, UM, THAT'S HOW I THINK I, I DON'T, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOUR, YOUR GENERAL, UH, TACK, BUT, BUT I THINK, UH, DELAYING MORE DELAYING GETTING STARTED AND GETTING THE BALL ROLLING, UH, IS JUST DOESN'T SEEM ATTRACTIVE TO ME WHEN WE CAN STILL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TOWN.
I, I DON'T SEE WHEN WE'RE CRYING HARDSHIP OVER EVERYTHING WITH THE TAX DOLLARS AND THE AMOUNT OF EXPENSE WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE JUST REPLACING ROOFS ON SCHOOLS TO PUT THIS KIND OF MONEY OUT WITHOUT FIRST HAVING A CONVERSATION.
IF IT BLOWS UP AND IT DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION, YOU CAN FALL BACK ON THIS.
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M SAYING, NO, I DON'T WANNA DO IT AT ALL.
BUT I THINK TO BE GOOD STEWARDS TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THEIR POCKET BOOKS, IT'S WORTH HAVING A CONVERSATION THAT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING VERSUS HIRING SOMEONE AND MAYBE COMING TO THE SAME THING AND THEN WE'VE THROWN THAT MONEY OUT THE WINDOW, SO WHY NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING AND THEN FALL BACK ON THIS IF WE NEED TO.
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK? WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT AND SAY 30 DAYS, OR I THINK WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THAT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS IF WE JUST MET WITH THEM AND, AND SET A DATE AND SAID, LET'S COME TOGETHER AND START A CONVERSATION NOW.
AM I GONNA SAY WE'RE GONNA WALK OUT AND EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING? I'M NOT THAT NAIVE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET ANYWHERE IF WE DON'T MAKE THE OFFER AND I KNOW THEY ARE WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH US.
SO I, I THOUGHT YOUR IDEA OF REPURPOSING THE LIAISON MEETING, WHICH I BELIEVE IS OCTOBER 16TH, THERE'S, UM, SOME POTENTIAL TO THAT AND THEN THAT'S SOON-ISH.
UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE'S SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT MIGHT BE ON THAT AGENDA, SO IT MIGHT NEED TO BE LIKE A DUAL PURPOSE MEETING SO THOSE OTHER THINGS DON'T GET SHORT.
YOU KNOW, THEN WE COULD SHORTCHANGE, YOU KNOW, UM, WE COULD MAKE IT ANOTHER YEAH.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, I WAS USING THE LIAISON MEETING AS AN EXAMPLE.
AND YOU KNOW, THOSE MEETINGS ARE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS AND TRY TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING IS IT SHOULDN'T COST US MONEY TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND SPEAK FOR US.
IF WE CAN'T SPEAK WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR COUNTERPARTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THEN SHAME ON US.
I, I, I SORT OF TAKE ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT THEY'RE COMING AND BEING HIRED TO SPEAK FOR US.
UH, FACILITATION IS ONE, ONE ASPECT OF THE HEALTH.
THE OTHER IS THE, UH, THE CONSIDERATION OF INTEGRATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH THE TOWN AND THERE'S NOTHING STALLING FOR STALLING THAT.
UM, BUT THE ELEMENT OF OF WHERE DOES THE ETA FIT IN, WHERE, HOW DO THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY WORK TOGETHER, UM, ARE AND, AND HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE, UH, EFFORTS IN TERMS OF WHEN WE HIRE SOMEBODY, UM, HAVING THEM ESTABLISH IN A DIRECTION THAT THE BOARD HAS ESTABLISHED RATHER THAN AS A TERM.
AND I THINK ONE THING IS, UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO BRING UP AND THERE'S A, THERE, YOU KNOW, THE OF SOMEBODY IN PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, RECENTLY, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST MEETING OR MAYBE
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ONE BEFORE MENTIONED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MADE ESSENTIALLY A, A COMMENT ABOUT SPENDING MONEY ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHEN PREVIOUSLY MONEY SPENT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESULTED IN A $20 MILLION, UM, EMBEZZLEMENT.WELL, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS AN INVESTMENT AND, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT INVESTING SOMETHING, THERE'S, THERE'S AN EYEBROW THAT RAISES, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT A, A NOVEL IDEA.
AND SO, UH, WHEN WE REENGAGE AND START A PROCESS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, IT'S GOING TO COST SOME RESOURCES.
SO I, I DO, YOU KNOW, I DO TAKE ISSUE WITH THE IDEA OF REPRESENTING OR, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING THAT AS WASTING MONEY.
UM, WE ALMOST CERTAINLY WILL REQUIRE, UH, A, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IN THE COUNTY.
UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK DELAY IS NOT ATTRACTIVE.
I DON'T, I, IF, IF THIS HAD HAPPENED A MONTH AGO, UM, AND IT WAS OF, OF, AND IT IS VITAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS VITAL AND IT HAS BEEN STALLED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT I DON'T SEE THE IMMINENT EMERGENCY TO HIRE SOMEONE AND NOT BEFORE WE HAVE A CONVERSATION.
I, I JUST THINK THE CONVERSATION, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE ALL FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND WE HAVE TO FLY IN.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MR. GODSHAW REACHING OUT TO MR. PETTY AND SAYING, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND OR THE CHAIR REACHING OUT TO THE MAYOR, WHATEVER.
AND I KNOW THEY ARE AGREEABLE TO IT, AND IT, TO ME, THAT'S THE BEST FIRST STEP INSTEAD OF PUTTING MONEY OUT FOR THIS WHEN IT'S A FALLBACK ON TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY AGREE.
LET'S HIRE A CONSULTANT AND WE'LL SHARE THE PRICE.
EVEN, I DON'T KNOW, I I, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, WHETHER YOU WANNA CALL IT WASTING MONEY OR BEING, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE CONVERSATION WHEN I KNOW THE MONEY IS NEEDED FOR SO MANY OTHER THINGS AND YOU CANNOT DIG IN THE TAXPAYER'S POCKETS, BUT SO MUCH.
UM, AND I'M VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I AM DOING THIS IN COMING TO THE BEST DUE INCOME AS EFFICIENTLY, MONETARILY, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE WHOLE THING.
AND I DON'T SEE WHERE A WEEK OR TWO IS GONNA MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE, UM, IF WE SAID TWO WEEKS OR IF WE SAID 30 DAYS, WOULD YOU HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE QUESTION WAS AND WHAT THEIR ANSWER WAS BEFORE THAT WOULD MAKE UP YOUR MIND? IS THAT AS TO FAR AS WHETHER THEY WOULD MEET WITH US? WELL, WELL, WHATEVER THEIR CONCEPT YOU HAVE IS, IT'S LIKE IF YOU SAID WE'RE INTERESTED IN, SAY IF YOU SAID JAM HAS PUT ON THE TABLE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES TO HAVE A CONSULTANT HELP US SORT OF GET, GET THINGS ROLLING AND WITH THESE VARIOUS FACTORS ENTAILED AND TOWN AND POSED THE QUESTION TO THE TOWN, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PAYING FOR HALF OF THAT? AND THEN I WOULDN'T DO THAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, I DON'T MEAN THAT THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION MEAN, I MEAN, FOLLOWING MEAN I CAN, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, THAT'S NOT FAIR.
I DON'T USUALLY GO OUT AND MAKE THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS.
THAT'S WHY YOU GET TOGETHER AND YOU TALK.
I I WAS, I WAS REFERRING TO FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD AS A BOARD.
I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU, IF YOU THOUGHT THAT I, I WASN'T MEAN YOU PERSONALLY POSING THE QUESTION.
I WAS JUST ASKING IS THERE A A, AN EVENT THAT'S A PROPOSAL TO THEM AT SOME POINT AFTER THESE CON CONVERSATIONS AS TO YES OR NO, THEY ARE OR NOT INTERESTED IN, IN COST SHARING SOMETHING LIKE THIS? I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WOULD COME UP DURING THAT GROUP MEETING.
I MEAN, BUT BUT IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S A VALID QUESTION TO SAY THE, WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ON HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET EDA BACK UP IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION FOR BOTH OF OUR ENTITIES PUTTING THE DIRTY WATER THAT WENT UNDER THE BRIDGE BEHIND US BECAUSE WE CAN'T CHANGE IT.
NONE OF US WERE INVOLVED IN IT.
NONE OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN IT.
YOU GOTTA LET BYGONES BE BYGONES AND START MOVING THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
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WITHOUT SITTING DOWN AND HAVING A DISCUSSION.AND YOU CAN HIRE ALL OF THE CONSULTANTS YOU WANT, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
AND I AGREE WITH THAT, THAT DISCUSSION WILL HAPPEN.
WHAT I, AND I, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU'RE DETERMINED IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AFTER YOU GET YOUR WAY ON SPENDING THE MONEY.
AND I JUST, I'M JUST ASKING TO TAPE IT.
YOU COULD STILL END UP HAVING YOUR CONSULTANT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WELL, I I, I'M INTERESTED IN, IN YOUR IDEA AND, AND, BUT I'M ONLY TRYING TO ASCERTAIN IF THERE'S A POINT AT WHICH THAT'S, THAT'S NOT LIKE SEVEN MONTHS BECAUSE WHAT WE WON'T DO IS SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER GOING FORWARD WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
WHAT WE CAN ASCERTAIN IS WHETHER THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THESE TYPES OF SERVICES TO, TO HELP US EXPLORE IT, YES OR NO.
AND THEN I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD HAVE THAT.
I I, UH, BY THE NOVEMBER I, I WOULD THINK.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE GO PAST NOVEMBER IF WE AND CAN ALL GET TOGETHER AND SIT DOWN.
I WOULD THINK THAT VERY EASILY MAYBE EVEN BEFORE OCTOBER THEN.
IT DEPENDS ON WHEN WE CAN MEET, BUT IT'S, YEAH, IF OUR, I MEAN IF OUR, IF WE GET TO A POINT OF, OF BEING ABLE TO POSE THE, THE PRO POSE TO THEM THAT THEY ARE OR ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY MM-HMM
TO, TO HELP US JUST SEE WHERE ALL THE PIECES FIT IN TERMS OF OUR PLAN GOING FORWARD, THEN I'M, I'M FOR THAT.
I MEAN, I I THINK IF WE COULD GET THAT, THAT MEETING, THE LIAISON MEETING TO BLOSSOM INTO, TO THIS I DO.
THAT WOULD BE, I I DO THINK WE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THAT LIAISON MEETING.
IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY PACKED YEAH.
WELL, AND MAYBE THAT'S JUST WHAT WE PUT ON THE AGENDA, SEE THIS IS, IS TO PICK A DATE FOR BOTH THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO HAVE A MEETING ON THE TOPIC OF, UM, JOINT EDA ADVENTURE AND SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE.
THAT COULD BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR OUR PART OF THAT AGENDA.
I'D BE, I'D BE WILLING TO TABLE TILL THE NOVEMBER 4TH.
I WOULD THINK THAT HOPEFULLY, UM, IF EVERY, IF IT'S A MATTER OF TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER THAT PUSHES IT PAST THAT, THEN IF, UM, WE GET AN EXTENSION, I WOULDN'T WANNA GO PAST NOVEMBER.
BUT, UM, WITH THE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE, WELL, I KNOW ONCE YOU GET PAST THE MIDDLE OF DE UH, NOVEMBER, YOU START GETTING INTO PEOPLE'S HOLIDAY PLANS.
REALISTIC TO THAT, WE CAN GET IT DONE IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
I'M LOOKING AT THE NU UH, WE HAVE NOVEMBER 5TH.
IT'S A WEDNESDAY, SO TABLE TILL NOVEMBER 5TH.
SO I WILL THEN MY MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL NOVEMBER.
NO, IT NEEDS TO BE ONE OF THE OTHER THREE.
I'LL MOVE TO TABLE THE, UH, ITEM TILL NOVEMBER 5TH.
JUST A COUPLE FINAL THOUGHTS ON THAT.
LIKE I, I DO FEEL SOME URGENCY BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME TIME, TIME SENSITIVE THINGS ON THE HORIZON, INCLUDING THE, UH, THE GRANT, THE $2 MILLION GRANT FOR ROCKLAND, UH, FOR THE BALLPARK BALL FIELDS.
UM, THEN WE'VE GOT, I THINK THE EDA HAS SOME, UH, SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN DUE DILIGENCE AND, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW THOSE GO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT COULD CHANGE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE WANT, WE WANT THOSE TO CLOSE OR, OR TO GET INTO A NEW, UM, OPPORTUNITY AS, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN LASTLY AROUND THE, THE AIRPORT AND LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF THOSE NEW HANGERS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON HOW TO FUND THOSE.
UH, SO I, I SEE A CONSULTANT AS NOT JUST A FACILITATOR AND I, I DO THINK A FACILITATOR MAKES SENSE BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE BROUGHT IN FACILITATORS WHEN WE DID OUR BOARD, UH, RETREATS, UM, TO, TO HELP, UH, TO HELP THE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, UH, GO SMOOTHLY.
BUT, BUT ALSO JUST BECAUSE WITH THE TOWN, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS THAT HAVE KIND OF GONE
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SIDEWAYS.UH, AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, UH, THERE'S STILL DISPUTES ABOUT, ABOUT WHO STILL OWES WHAT FOR WHAT.
UM, SO, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL GO IN YEAH.
WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE OF, YEAH, BYGONES BE BYGONES, WE CAN'T CHANGE IT, WE'RE NEVER GONNA CHANGE IT.
BUT IF WE GO IN WITH THAT, IT'S A LOST CAUSE.
THE, THE OPTIMUS FOR ME IS, IS, IS HOPING FOR THE BEST PART, PART OF ME IS, UM, JUST HOPING THAT, THAT WE CAN DO BETTER THAN HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
YOU KNOW? UM, AND I, I KNOW THERE ARE, WE HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY ALIGNED INTERESTS, BUT THEN THERE ARE ALSO FOR LEGAL REASONS AND DEBT AVOIDANCE REASONS, THERE ARE, THERE ARE ISSUES WHERE THEY, WHY THEY DID GO THEIR OWN WAY AND SET UP FRIDA.
AND, UH, SO WHETHER THEY'RE OPEN TO, TO COMING BACK TOGETHER UNDER ONE ENTITY, I THINK IT'S WORTH DISCUSSING.
SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITIZEN APPOINTMENT.
UM, UM, THE ONLY REASON I PULLED THAT IS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WE, FOR THESE, UM, WE HAVE DONE INTERVIEWS BEFORE AND I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE STOPPING TO DO INTERVIEWS, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF, AND I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION OF IN THE PAST WE DID INTERVIEWS, ARE WE CHANGING THAT? OH, I CAN SPEAK TO NUMBER SEVEN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THIS POSITION HAS BEEN OPEN FOR, UM, A YEAR AND A HALF AT LEAST.
UM, AND THEY FINALLY GOT SOMEONE WHO, UH, IS INTERESTED, WHO'S QUALIFIED, UM, EXTREMELY QUALIFIED AND IS, IS WILLING TO TAKE THE SECRETARY ROLE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, SO, UH, IT'S, THE REASON FOR LACK OF INTERVIEWS IS, IS BECAUSE THERE'S JUST ONE CANDIDATE AND SHE'S, SHE'S QUALIFIED, BUT I'D BE, I THINK HER RESUME'S IN THE PACKET.
UM, I'M HAPPY IF YOU WANT TO TALK THROUGH IT.
UH, OKAY, WELL THAT WAS MY QUESTIONING ON THAT.
YEAH, I, I KNOW IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY COMMITTEE OR ANYTHING I TRIED TO DO IT WAS YOU HAVE TO DO INTERVIEWS AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I DON'T USUALLY MISS TOO MUCH, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT INTERVIEWS ON THAT, SO THAT WAS MY QUESTIONING THERE.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL SAY SHE WAS INTERVIEWED, UH, IN VE BY THE ADVISORY BOARD AND THEY GAVE A RESOUNDING ENDORSEMENT.
SO I, I'M TRUSTING THEM ON THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOING SO WELL FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
[N.7. Citizen Appointment - Amy Barnes to the Shenandoah Farms Sanitary District Advisory Committee - Mike Berry, Public Works Director]
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CITIZEN APPOINTMENT NUMBER SEVEN? YEAH, I, I, I, I MOVE, UH, THAT WE MAKE THE CITIZEN APPOINTMENT, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON THE, ON THE PREVIOUS CONSENT AGENDA FOR AMY BARNES TO BE, UH, APPOINTED TO THE SHENANDOAH FARMS SANITARY DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.DO I HAVE A SECOND? AND SORRY FOR A TERM ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2027? UH, YES.
WHATEVER IT SAID ORIGINALLY, IF, IF WE GO BACK DOWN TO THAT IN THE PACKET, I, THAT, THAT GETS IT.
MR. STAN MEYER? AYE MS. COLORS? I'M GONNA SAY NO JUST 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HER BUT IT STILL PASSES AND I DIDN'T, THERE WAS NO NOTES ON HER FOR ME.
[N.10. Contract Renewal - Matrix Consulting Group, LTD - Alisa Scott, Finance Director, Gerry Maiatico, Assistant Fire Chief]
CONTRACT RENEWAL FROM MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP ON THAT ONE.UM, AFTER LOOKING, AND I DID TALK TO ASSISTANT CHIEF MATT A LITTLE BIT ON SUNDAY.
MY ONLY REASON TO PULL THAT IS I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO TABLE THAT AND HERE THE REPORT BEFORE I FEEL COMFORTABLE EXTENDING AND, UM, THE CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER PHASE.
'CAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY REPORT ON THEIR FINDING YET.
SO IF THEY'RE FAIRLY CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO GIVE US THAT REPORT, I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT AND THEN DECIDE ON EXTENDING THE CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER PHASE.
AND GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD COUNTY STAFF.
UM, THIS IS MORE SEMANTICS THAN ANYTHING.
UH, THE BOARD SIGNED AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SIGNED THE CONTRACT IN OCTOBER WHEN YOU APPROVED IT.
UM, THERE WAS A EXTENSIVE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS THAT WE NEEDED TO PRODUCE FOR THE CONSULTANT.
UM, SO WE CONSIDER THAT THE CONSULTANT DIDN'T START THEIR PROCESS UNTIL, UH, FEBRUARY OF 25.
SO WHILE IT'S A ONE YEAR TERM ON THE CONTRACT, THERE WAS FOUR AUTOMATIC ONE YEAR RENEWAL OR FOUR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS BASED OFF OF
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THAT, UH, THE CONSULTANT IS CONTINUING THEIR PROCESS.WE HAVE A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THEM ON FRIDAY.
UM, THAT CONFERENCE CALL IS TO REVIEW THE COMMUNITY RISK AND DEPLOYMENT FINDINGS.
IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, REPORT THAT WILL SHOW YOU A, A LOT OF DATA AND ANALYTICS AS IT RELATES TO CALL VOLUME RESPONSE TIME, ET CETERA.
UM, THIS IS NOT AN ADD-ON TO IT, IT'S JUST THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR ORIGINAL WORK.
UM, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL TERMS IN THE CONTRACT.
IT'S REALLY JUST EXTENDING OUT BEYOND THAT ONE YEAR TIMEFRAME FOR WHEN YOU ORIGINALLY, UH, SIGN THE CONTRACT.
SO, UM, WE WILL MEET WITH THEM VIRTUALLY ON FRIDAY.
THEY WILL MAKE WHAT APPROPRIATE CHANGES ARE NEEDED.
THEN YOU WILL RECEIVE A DRAFT, UH, REPORT DOCUMENT FROM ALL OF THEIR FINDINGS, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT IN A, WHAT I WOULD ASSUME A WORK SESSION, UH, IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL HEAR WHAT THOSE FINDINGS LOOK LIKE.
WE'LL KNOW A BETTER TIMELINE WITH THAT ON FRIDAY.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I COMMENT ON THIS? YEAH, THAT IT'S KIND OF ODD PRICING, BUT THE, THIS PARTICULAR RENEWAL TERM, THE SECOND RENEWAL TERM, THE PRICE IS $0 FOR THE COUNTY.
SO THERE IS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT, BUT THERE'S NO COST TO THE SECOND TERM.
I WAS LOOKING AT THAT 6% INCREASE IN THANKING.
SO IF YOU, THE ACTUAL FIRST AMENDMENT TO MATRIX CONSULTING 2025 SAYS PAYMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF THE CONTRACT, THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID FOR THIS TERM IS $0, WHICH IS WEIRD, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY BID.
ALRIGHT, SO DO I HAVE A, UH, ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO DO I HAVE A, A MOTION, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE UP TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF WARREN, VIRGINIA AND MATRIX CONSULTING GROUP LTD.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
[N.13. Resolution - Amending Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget and Appropriating funds for Warren County, Virginia]
THE RESOLUTION AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA.AND UM, YEAH, I PULLED THAT ONE BECAUSE UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD A BIT OF AN AGENDA SNAFU AND I WAS WORKING OFF A DIFFERENT AGENDA THAT DID NOT HAVE THIS ITEM ON IT OR I WOULD'VE PULLED IT.
UM, I REALIZE IT'S STILL GONNA PASS, BUT I DON'T AGREE WITH THE WAY THIS MONEY WAS REAPPROPRIATED AND I WOULDN'T HAVE VOTED FOR IT FOR THOSE REASONS.
AND UM, ONCE WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS THE AGENDA SNAFU, IT WAS BROUGHT BACK.
SO THAT'S MY REASON FOR PULLING IT 'CAUSE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
SO NEXT IS, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS? IF NOT,
[P. Public Comment Period - General Comments (30 Minute Time Limit)]
WE WILL GO TO THE SECOND 30 MINUTE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? YES, DOMINIC.
DOMINIC RUBLE, UH, SHENANDOAH DISTRICT.
THE FIRST TIME I EVER SPOKE AT A MEETING LIKE THIS WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN I CAME HERE TO BRING, UH, AWARENESS TO RECENT ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS ON THE PART OF CHRISTEN COLLEGE.
I WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS LITTLE, THIS BOARD COULD DO IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION, BUT I WAS HOPING THAT BY BRINGING PUBLIC ATTENTION TO IT, EITHER THE BOARD OR INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISORS WOULD RESPOND ON THEIR OWN AND EITHER MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE ISSUE OR AT
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LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND DRAW PUBLIC ATTENTION TO IT IF THEY WERE CONCERNED.AS SUCH, WHEN I LAST ATTENDED A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, IT WAS DISHEARTENING TO SEE MR. STAN MEYER, MY REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS BOARD USES MONTHLY REPORT TIME TO MUDDY THE WATERS, NO PUN INTENDED.
UH, IN REGARDS TO THE ISSUE, MR. STAN MEYER, YOU LIED AND I'LL EXPLAIN HOW TO BEGIN.
YOU, YOU USED YOUR TIME BY EMPHASIZING THE TERM DRY DITCH WHEN DESCRIBING THE TRIBUTARY STREAM THAT FLOWS FROM THE COLLEGE TO THE SHENANDOAH RIVER, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT SOUNDS BETTER TO ENVISION THIS BODY OF WATER AND IT'S A BODY OF WATER AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN OTHER TERMS. DEQ USED TO DESCRIBE IT LIKE STREAM, UNNAMED, TRIBUTARY, ET CETERA.
IT FLOWS DIRECTLY INTO THE SHENANDOAH.
YOU SAID THAT IN REGARDS TO THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION, UH, INTO THE DISCHARGES OF WASTEWATER SOLIDS, WHICH ARE HUMAN FECES, THAT THEY NEVER MADE IT TO THE SHENANDOAH, ONLY MAKING IT 80 FEET DOWN A DRY DITCH, NO BIG DEAL, RIGHT? THE PROBLEM IS YOU LEFT OUT AN IMPORTANT DETAIL WHILE THAT DISCHARGE FROM LAST APRIL WAS BEING INVESTIGATED, ANOTHER MORE SEVERE FAILURE OCCURRED IN OCTOBER.
AND THAT INCIDENT, WASTE WALL OR SOLIDS WERE DEPOSITED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY FLOWING STREAM TO THE SHENANDOAH TO A DEPTH OF UP TO FOUR INCHES.
FURTHERMORE, YOU MISREPRESENTED DEQS ASSESSMENT OF THE NORMAL PERMITTED 25,000 GALLONS OF TREATED WASTEWATER IMPACT ON LOCAL WILDLIFE AS AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF THEIR WASTEWATER SOLIDS, HUMAN FECES DISCHARGE VIOLATIONS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A QUICK BAIT ARTICLE THAT HAD ART, THAT HAD ERRORS AND WAS WIDELY SHARED, BUT THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU GROUNDS TO LIE ABOUT THE SITUATION.
THE REASON THAT I SAY THAT YOU LIED INSTEAD OF SOMETHING LIKE YOU MISUNDERSTOOD CERTAIN INFORMATION OR YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE COMPLETE PICTURE IS BECAUSE I CAME TO YOU IN THIS ROOM A FEW MONTHS AGO AND GAVE YOU THIS INFORMATION.
I GAVE YOU A PACKET THAT, THAT GAVE YOU THE INFORMATION.
I MEAN, THERE WAS EVEN PHOTOS.
WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS WHY, WHY WERE YOU USING YOUR TIME TO RUN DAMAGE CONTROL FOR CHRISTENDOM COLLEGE? YOU DON'T REPRESENT CHRISTENDOM COLLEGE, YOU REPRESENT THE SHENANDOAH DISTRICT.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY OUTSIDE THAT? OKAY, SAMANTHA.
SAMANTHA GOOD WITH THE SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT MORE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT.
I SEE MR. JAMESON AND HONESTLY, I UM, WOULD LOVE TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU PRESENTED WAS ACTUALLY YOU TRYING TO PROTECT OUR WATER.
BUT GIVEN YOUR TREATMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY, I FIND IT REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SUGGEST THAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT PROTECTING OUR ESSENTIAL RESOURCES IN BOTH LEGALLY SOUND AND MORALLY IMPERATIVE WAYS.
UM, I ALSO FIND IT INTERESTING THAT YOU THINK, UM, YOU MENTIONED GOVERNANCE REQUIRES FORESIGHT AND MEASURED RISK ASSESSMENT.
I SERIOUSLY QUESTION YOUR ABILITY TO EMPLOY EITHER OF THOSE SKILLS DUE TO THE SELF-SERVING NATURE OF YOUR ATTACK ON THE LIBRARY.
YOU AREN'T THINKING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE NOT CONSIDERING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF DEFUNDING THIS ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND YOU HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT YOU DON'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT THE TRUTH AND NOR DO YOU CARE ABOUT COMMUNI COMMUNICATING WITH ANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU DIDN'T EVEN WANNA VOTE TO HAVE A SIMPLE MEETING BEFORE YOU SPENT A BUNCH OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
HOWEVER, I BET THAT YOU SUPPORTED MR. GAL'S VERY INAPPROPRIATE MEETING WITH CANDIDATES WHO THIS COMMUNITY HAS NOT ELECTED YET.
THERE'S NO UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD BOS BUSINESS BE DISCUSSED WITH CANDIDATES WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ELECTED YET.
I'M GUESSING THAT YOU WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT THOUGH, SINCE YOU AND MR. MEYER ARE FRIENDS NOW.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO NOVEMBER 4TH WHEN THIS COMMUNITY THAT YOU CLAIM TO REPRESENT PROVES
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JUST HOW WRONG YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU DON'T REPRESENT THIS COMMUNITY.YOU ARE A SELF-SERVING POLITICIAN.
AND I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO 2027 WHEN YOU WILL BE REMOVED.
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE COMES OUT AND VOTES FOR HUGH HENRY AND TONY CARTER AND SHOWS YOU YET AGAIN, HE SHOWED YOU IN THE PRIMARY, SHOWED YOU AT PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT SHOW YOU YET AGAIN THAT WE SUPPORT SAMUEL'S PUBLIC LIBRARY AND WE ARE TIRED OF YOU ATTACKING OUR AWARD-WINNING LIBRARY INSTEAD OF DOING A DAMN THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE, UH, ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? NO.
WOULD ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK? FIRST CALL.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GERRY MADA WITH FIRE AND RESCUE AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A, A QUICK MOMENT AND DISCUSS WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID THIS EVENING.
AND THAT'S WITH REGARDS TO CHIEF MA'S PASSING.
UH, I WANTED TO EXTEND THE FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT'S SINCERE APPRECIATION TO COUNTY STAFF FOR ORDERING, UH, THE LOWERING OF THE FLAG ON THE CHIEF'S BEHALF.
UH, SUPERVISOR COLORS FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND, UH, FOR EVERYBODY IN NOT ONLY COUNTY GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY WHICH HAS REACHED OUT, UH, QUITE FRANKLY TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CHIEF'S PASSING.
UM, VERY UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, BUT CERTAINLY BELIEVE HE'S PROBABLY MORE LIKELY IN A BETTER PLACE.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY JUST USING THIS AS A DRY RUN TO SEE IF I CAN GET THROUGH THE EULOGY ON SATURDAY AND NOT BREAK DOWN.
SO I THINK I'M DOING PRETTY GOOD.
UH, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT AND OBVIOUSLY CHIEF BUILDING, A FOUNDATION OF OUR FIRE AND RESCUE SYSTEM AND WHAT IT'S BECOME TODAY.
UH, WE OFTEN SAY THAT CHIEF WAS THE, UH, ARCHITECT OF OUR FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF BONNO COMES IN AND BUILDS THE WALLS AND THE NEXT LEADERSHIP WILL BUILD THE ROOF AND SO ON AND SO ON.
SO, UH, CERTAINLY HE PAVED A WAY FOR WHAT WE SEE TODAY.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, MS. COLOR SAID IT RIGHT.
UH, HE FOSTERED AN ENVIRONMENT THAT DEVELOPED THE FUTURE LEADERSHIP OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
UH, THE TOP TIERS OF YOUR FIRE AND RESCUE LEADERSHIP OPERATED AS VOLUNTEERS UNDER CHIEF MA'S LEADERSHIP, UM, AND QUITE FRANKLY, CARRY ON A LOT OF THE MISSION IN WHICH HE INSTILLED WITHIN OUR FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
SO, SO TO MR. HAW, UH, TO DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MEADOWS, UH, AND TO THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.
SO WOULD ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE? PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED.
SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ADJOURNMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
ALRIGHT, MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.