[00:00:01] YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. [A. Call to Order (6:00 pm)] I'D LIKE TO INVITE. GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. MAY 14TH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO THE INVOCATION, MR. [B. Business Meeting] BROWN. OKAY, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE PLEDGE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING JUST TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO YET SEE ANOTHER DAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK YOU THIS EVENING TO WATCH OVER ALL THAT LIVES HERE IN THIS COUNTY OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE, OUR EMS, ALL OF THE CITIZENS AND ALL OF THOSE THAT THAT WORK HERE IN THE COUNTY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ALSO ASK YOU TO BE WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH THIS AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING, AS WE ADDRESS THE VARIOUS TOPICS THAT ARE ON THAT AGENDA. A HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ALSO ASK FOR SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THOSE THAT HAVE EITHER LOST A LOVED ONE OR HAVE LOST SOMEONE CONSIDERABLY CLOSE TO THEM, AND WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THEM, LEAD GUIDE AND DIRECT THEM. AND WE ASK ALL THIS IN YOUR NAME THIS EVENING. AMEN. AMEN, AMEN. ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU, MR. BRENNAN. YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WE ALREADY HAVE SCHEDULED? PLEASE APPROACH, NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE. MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JOHN QUIST. MR. QUIST. THERE HE IS, HE'S IN THE BACK. SHE'S LOOKING OUT FOR YOU. JIM QUIST. THERE'S A HANDOUT FOR YOU. AND YOU'VE HEARD FROM ME ON THIS BEFORE, BUT EACH OF YOU GOT A COPY OF THIS. SO LET ME GET THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I TIMED IT, AND I SHOULD BE WELL UNDER THREE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WHICH IS RARE, NOT UNLESS I QUIT WASTING TIME HERE. LAST WEEK, MAY 6TH, WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING AND A GOOD CONVERSATION ON INDUSTRIAL SOLAR EXPANSION. OUR STATE SENATOR AIRD ATTENDED AND WAS WELL INFORMED ON THE SUBJECT, INDICATED IN HER LEARNED OPINION. BEING UP THERE AT THE STATE HOUSE THAT THE FULL BAN, COUNTIES HAVING A FULL BAN ON SOLAR, WAS WHAT ALL THAT LEGISLATION WAS ABOUT THIS YEAR. THEY DIDN'T WANT BANS BY COUNTIES ON SOLAR. SO I CLEARLY ASKED HER. I SAID, LOOK, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BAN AND A MORATORIUM AND A HOLD. SHE SAID, OH YEAH, WE DON'T MIND MORATORIUMS, WE DON'T MIND CAPS AND LIMITS, WHICH WE HAVE. YOU ALL KNOW WE HAVE A CAP, BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY BANS. WELL. I WANT TO GIVE HER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT SHE'S RIGHT ON THIS. AND I ASK THIS BOARD AGAIN THAT WE ADJUST OUR CAP AND REMOVE LAND PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION THAT'S NOW EXPIRED. THE ONE I'VE GOT MARKED ON YOUR SHEET THERE IS IN YELLOW, THE ONE ON ARWOOD, THAT'S 600 AND SOME ACRES. I'M ASKING YOU TO DELETE IT. THAT COMPANY IS GONE. THEY'RE OUT OF BUSINESS AS FAR AS I KNOW. THEY WENT CHAPTER 11. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD THAT PROJECT. IT SHOULD BE OFF OF THIS LIST. TAKE OUR TAKE OUR LIMIT DOWN BY THAT AMOUNT. RANGE IT AT ZERO. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. WE'RE NOT BANNING ANYTHING, BUT SIMPLY ADJUSTING THE REMAINING PERCENTAGE OF ACREAGE AVAILABLE FOR SOLAR, SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT WE GAVE AT THE OFFICE ALREADY. THERE'S COUNTIES IN THIS STATE THAT HAVEN'T PUT UP ONE SOLAR PLANT, AND THAT'S WHAT THE STATE HOUSE AND THE SENATE WAS TRYING TO ADJUST FOR. WE GAVE IT THE OFFICE. THESE INDUSTRIAL SOLAR SITES ARE BEING USED TO OFFSET OVER 300 DATA CENTERS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA COUNTIES. IT'S TERM DATA CENTER ALLEY. LET'S FACE IT, NONE OF THE POWER GENERATED HERE IS MAKING IT TO MICROSOFT, GOOGLE, AMAZON, FACEBOOK AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY NEAR MANASSAS OR LOUDOUN COUNTY, INCLUDING LEESBURG. WHAT HAPPENS IS OUR FARMLAND GETS DESTROYED, OUR PROPERTY VALUES DIMINISH WHILE THESE COMPANIES PURCHASE THE POWER MADE DOWN HERE AND TAKE CREDIT FOR BEING [00:05:05] GREEN. AND THEY'RE STILL USING COAL FIRED POWER UP THERE. IT'S A SHELL GAME. IT'S A PONZI SCHEME, AND WE NEED TO OPT OUT OF IT. FRANKLY, IF PRINCE WILLIAM AND LOUDOUN COUNTIES WANT THE JOBS AND THE TAX REVENUE GAINED BY THESE HUGE POWER CONSUMERS, WE SHOULD LET THEM RUIN THEIR FARMLAND AND RUIN THEIR PROPERTY VALUES. WHY ARE WE GETTING BURDENED WITH THIS? LOUDOUN HAS BENEFITED FINANCIALLY FROM THE DATA CENTER INDUSTRY, GENERATED CLOSE TO A HALF BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. THEY WERE TOLD WHEN THEY STARTED THIS BY DOMINION. WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY, WE DON'T HAVE THE TRANSMISSION LINES, AND THEY DID IT ANYWAY. THOSE JOBS COME AT A COST, AND THAT COSTS SHOULD NOT BE PAID BY PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. I AGAIN ASK THIS BOARD TO QUIT ALLOWING PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY TO BE THE CHUMPS THAT PAY OTHER COUNTIES RECKLESS DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS PRACTICES. THE IDEA THAT THEY CAN FINANCE THIS AND SUBSIDIZE IT ON OUR BACKS IS OUTRAGEOUS. PLEASE ADJUST THE CAP. THANK YOU, MR. STOKES, TO LOOK INTO IT. THANK YOU, AND I APOLOGIZE. THE YELLOW LIGHT SHOULD HAVE CAME UP FIRST. NOT JUST GOING STRAIGHT TO RED. I DO PAY ATTENTION EVERY NOW AND THEN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WILLIAM STEELE, COUNTY LINE ROAD, DISPUTANTA. FIRST OF ALL, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR TWO DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, MR. BROWN AND MR. COX, FOR ATTENDING THE COMMUNITY MEETING. I THINK IT WAS VERY WORTHWHILE. I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON IT. AND GREAT THAT YOU BOTH SHOWED UP. SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE GOING THROUGH ARWOOD ROAD TODAY, I WANT TO THANK MISS CRYSTAL AND DOT. WE'RE FINALLY SEEING SOME ACTION DOWN THERE ON GETTING THAT TERRIBLE CURVE THING TAKEN CARE OF. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM AS WELL. MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THIS BOARD ON THE ACTION YOU TOOK LAST WEEK REGARDING THREE CITIZENS THAT CAME UP AND BROUGHT TO YOU AN ISSUE ABOUT CHICKENS ON THEIR LOT. I THOUGHT YOU LISTENED TO A COMPLAINT. YOU TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION AND YOU RESOLVED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY WHILE YOU RESEARCHER WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR, TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE. WHAT PUZZLES ME, HOWEVER, THOUGH, IS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, YOU'VE HAD SCORES OF PEOPLE COME BEFORE YOU ASKING YOU TO DO THE SAME THING ON THE ON SOLAR SITE, PUT UP A MORATORIUM TO STOP THE EXPANSION AND TO STOP THE BUILDING OF SOLAR SITES IN PG AND PG COUNTY. YET YOU DID NOTHING ON THAT. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MISTER CHAIRMAN, THE OPTICS LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STARTING TO DO A DOUBLE STANDARD. THIS BOARD IN ONE NIGHT TOOK A PROBLEM, DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM, RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND PASSED A MORATORIUM. WHY ARE YOU REFUSING TO DO THAT FOR THE SOLAR SITES? WE NEED TO DO THE SAME THING AS MISTER QUIST JUST SUGGESTED. I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TONIGHT TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID LAST NIGHT, TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE FAIR AND EQUAL, MAKE A RESOLUTION TO PUT A MORATORIUM AND STOP THE EXPANSION ON SOLAR SITES UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THIS BOARD HAS THE TIME TO REVIEW AND CHANGE THE POLICY, WHICH WE ALL AGREE NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED. SO IF YOU CAN DO IT, THEN, MISTER CHAIRMAN, YOU CAN DO IT FOR US IN THE SOLAR SITE. PLEASE CONSIDER DOING THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WISH I HAD SOMETHING ELSE TO ADD TO IT, BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN HAVE A YELLOW LIGHT YET. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOLKS. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? ANYBODY AT ALL. ALL RIGHT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M SORRY. COME FORWARD. SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M WILLIAM GRIFFIN, 5601 COURTHOUSE ROAD, PRINCE GEORGE. STATE MASTER ELECTRICIAN IN STATE OF VIRGINIA. UNLIMITED CONTRACTOR IN NORTH CAROLINA. FORMER BUSINESS OWNER OF ELECTRICAL REPAIR SERVICE AND RETIRED FROM AMSTED BRENCO, WHICH IS NOW HOMESTEAD. I COME TO YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE. I WANT TO BRING UP THIS TAX SITUATION THAT'S JUST GETTING COMPLETELY OUT OF HAND. WE CAN'T COMPARE COMPETE WITH CHESTERFIELD, HENRICO AND HANOVER. THEY GOT MORE PEOPLE AND WAY MORE BUSINESSES. NOT TOO LONG AGO, MOST EVERY SERVICE IN THE COUNTY WE HAD VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD. I RELIGIOUSLY DONATED $100 A YEAR TO THE RESCUE SQUAD, $100 TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. TAXES KEPT GOING UP. LIVING COSTS KEPT GOING UP. I HAD TO CUT BACK. SO NOW WE GET CHARGED FOR OUR RESCUE SQUAD. [00:10:05] JUST SCOTT'S PARK DOWN HERE. WE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED MYSELF ON THAT. THE PAVILION AND PRESS IN SCOTTS PARK WAS DONATED BY THE PRINCE GEORGE RURITAN CLUB. THEY RAISED MONEY TO HAVE THAT PUT UP THE VERY PEOPLE THAT RAISED THE MONEY TO PUT THAT UP, Y'ALL CHARGING US BACK $150 A SLOT TO USE IT AS FARMERS MARKET DURING THE SUMMERTIME. I JUST TALKED TO TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE TODAY. THAT'S THAT'S SHAMEFUL. THE DUMP. OH, LORD HAVE MERCY. THAT GUY IS GETTING PAID AS MUCH AS THREE TIMES FOR SOME OF THAT STUFF. YOU TAKE METAL OVER THERE. THEY THE COUNTY IS PAYING THEM FOR THE DUMP. THEY CHARGE ME FOR THE METAL THAT GOES OVER THERE. AND WHEN THE DUMPSTER GETS FULL, THEY SELL THE METAL. THEY GETTING PAID THREE TIMES FOR THAT ONE ITEM. I MEAN, COME ON, GUYS. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE REFRIGERATORS AND SOFAS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. GO BACK DOWN SOME OF THESE BACK ROADS, YOU SEE FURNITURE, REFRIGERATORS AND STUFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO THE DUMP NO MORE. IT HAS JUST GOTTEN COMPLETELY OUT OF HAND. NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO, I, FROM ALL THE COUNTIES I CHECKED, THEY AVERAGED THREE YEARS IN BETWEEN REASSESSMENT. FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER, WE DECIDED WE HAVE TO REASSESS EVERY YEAR. MY PROPERTY HAS GONE UP 57% IN FOUR AND SIX YEARS. SO, SO AT THE END OF OF THIS TAX YEAR IS $5,500. IN TEN YEARS, THAT'S $55,000 AFTER I PAID THE HOUSE. AND Y'ALL GET TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH RAISE YOU GET EVERY YEAR. IF I PAY BY A CHECK, YOU CHARGE EXTRA. IF I PAY BY A CHARGE CARD, YOU CHARGE EXTRA. IF I PAY BY DEBIT, YOU CHARGE EXTRA, AND IF I'M LATE, YOU CHARGE 10% PENALTY AND 10% INTEREST. DANG ON GUYS. THAT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THE MAFIA, I BELIEVE IT AIN'T FAR FROM IT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? GOOD EVENING BOARD. LAILA MEYERS 8711 SECOND COURT, DISPUTANTA 23842. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO MAKE A THREE POINTS. I MADE IT THROUGH THE TRAFFIC JUST TO GET HERE. POINT ONE, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD DO ALL POSSIBLE THINGS TO STOP ANY NEW SOLAR SITES DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COUNTY, AND WHILE WE ADDED PLEASE REVIEW THE EXISTING SITES OPERATIONAL FOR PROPER MAINTENANCE, MAKING SURE THAT THE OPERATORS ARE MEETING WHATEVER OBLIGATIONS THEY SIGNED UP TO TO KEEP THOSE SITES IN SAFE ORDER. WE AS RESIDENTS HAVE NO BURN LAW. IF GRASS IS TOO TALL, IT CAN BE REPORTED TO COMMUNITY COMPLIANCE. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE SOLAR SITE OPERATORS HAVE SOME KIND OF A OBLIGATIONS TO KEEP THEIR SITES IN SAFE, OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS FOR THE SAME PURPOSES. FIRE PREVENTION, VEGETATION PREVENTION. POINT TWO COULD YOU PLEASE INSTRUCT YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO CREATE A LINE ITEM IN THEIR BUDGET SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LOCALITY PORTION OF THE CHP APPLICATION FEES? THE COUNTY AND WITH THE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHOW THE FUNDS COMING IN AND OUT OF PER THE VIRGINIA CODE. $35 OF THAT APPLICATION FEE IS, TO QUOTE, COVER THE COST OF CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION. VIRGINIA CODE 18.2-308.03. RIGHT NOW, AS IT IS FOR THE THREE DECADES PLUS OF THAT PROCESS EXISTING, THERE HAS BEEN NO LINE ITEM THAT WOULD SHOW WHEN THE $35 PORTION COMES FROM THE COURT OF CLERK, IT IS JUST PLACED INTO A GENERAL FUND, AND THAT'S WHERE THE END OF THE TRAIL IS. THERE'S NO AUDIT. THERE'S NO WAY TO AUDIT. THERE'S NO WAY TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENT TO USE THAT $35 SOLELY EXPLICITLY, TO COVER THE COST OF THE CONDUCTING OF THE INVESTIGATION. WITHOUT LINE ITEM, WE CAN'T DO THAT. YOU HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR OPIATE OPIOID ABATEMENT PROCESS. THERE SHOULD BE A LINE ITEM FOR CHP, WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS. AND NUMBER THREE, WOULD YOU PLEASE STRONGLY REQUEST THE VDOT REPRESENTATIVES, MISS SMITH TO WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT THE [00:15:06] VDOT INITIATES SAFETY STUDY AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHT STUDY AT THE WAGNER COURTHOUSE FOR 60 INTERSECTION. I PERSONALLY OBTAINED INFORMATION FROM THE PETERSBURG POLICE AND PRINCE GEORGE'S POLICE. I PROVIDED THE DATA TO YOU. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYBODY ON THE BOARD YET WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING, BUT ALL THE DATA SHOWS THAT THAT INTERSECTION IS ACCIDENT PRONE. FAR MORE AND GREATER THAN THOSE INTERSECTION AT THE CRATER WAGONER INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW IN VIEW. PRINCE GEORGE POLICE PROVIDES MUTUAL AID, SO PRINCE GEORGE DOES HAVE INVOLVEMENT IN INVESTMENT OF RESOURCES AT THAT INTERSECTION. AGAIN, I HAVE THE DATA. I CAN GIVE IT TO MISS SMITH, BUT I NEED YOU TO REQUEST HER TO INITIATE REQUESTS DIRECTLY WITHIN THE VDOT. WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR PETERSBURG TO TAKE AN ACTION. OR EVEN THE STATE TAKE AN ACTION. PRINCE GEORGE'S RESIDENTS DESERVE TO BE SAFE AT THAT INTERSECTION. MISS MEYERS, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME'S EXPIRED. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT THING WE GOT IS ADOPTED AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. CHAIRMAN, IF THERE ARE NO UPDATES TO BE MADE, I SO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SECOND. MS. KNOTT CALLED A ROLL PLEASE. YES. NEXT WE HAVE THE [C. Consent Agenda] CONSENT AGENDA. MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD SO MOVE THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SECOND. MS. KNOTT, CALL ROLL, PLEASE. YES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO SUPERVISOR COMMENT. [D. Comments] I'M GOING TO START ON MY RIGHT WITH MR. BROWN. FIRST, LET ME SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TONIGHT, EVEN IN THIS RAINY WEATHER. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. THE I WANT TO MAKE ONE RESPONSE, I WILL MR. COX AND I WERE ASKED THAT QUESTION AT THE TOWN HALL ABOUT MORATORIUM. WHY WE COULD DO IT ON THE CHICKENS, BUT NOT THE SOLAR FACILITIES. I HAVE PRESENTED THAT IN AN EMAIL TO OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND I DID COPY ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR HER TO GIVE US AN EXPLANATION OF THAT. SO AS SOON AS WE GET THAT. MR. STEELE, MR. QUIST, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT RESPONSE BACK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT RESPONSE IS RIGHT NOW, SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IS IN THE WORKS. ALSO, IT WAS STATED WEEKS AGO WHEN MISS SMITH WAS HERE, WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY INITIATING A STUDY AT THE WAGNER ROAD COURTHOUSE ROAD. SHE CLEARLY EXPLAINED THAT THAT IS CONSIDERED PETERSBURG. AND BECAUSE IT'S PETERSBURG, IT HAS TO BE INITIATED BY PETERSBURG. I KNOW SHE'S HERE TONIGHT. BUT I CAN SAY THAT THAT WAS A QUESTION SHE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED THAT NIGHT WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP. SO AGAIN, WE HEAR YOU, WE ASK QUESTIONS, WE SEND EMAILS, WE CHECK ON THINGS. BUT I'M JUST GIVING YOU THOSE TWO UPDATES BASED ON TWO THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. COX. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT MR. BROWN SAID. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND THANKS FOR THE ONES THAT SPOKE. SO PEOPLE KNOW WHEN YOU SEE ME UP HERE, WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING. IF I'M NOT LOOKING AT YOU, I'M WRITING. I'M TAKING NOTES. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IGNORING YOU. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, MR. STEELE, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND SPEAKING AND THANKING US FOR COMING. VERY WELL RUN MEETINGS. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THEM AND COMING OUT. WHEN WE GET TOGETHER LIKE THAT AND THAT KIND OF ATMOSPHERE WHERE WE CAN SIT AND TALK, I THINK IT DOES EVERYBODY SOME GOOD. SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THEM ON. AND OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYBODY, PLEASE, WHEN YOU LEAVE TONIGHT, BE SAFE IN THE RAINY WEATHER. WE WENT FOR A LONG TIME AND COULDN'T GET NO RAIN. NOW WE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. MRS. WAYMACK. AND YES, THANKS FOR EVERYONE COMING OUT IN THIS BAD WEATHER. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE LIKE TO HAVE YOU HERE. THIS PAST WEEK WAS A WEEK LIKE NO OTHER. WE'VE HAD LEARNED LOTS OF THINGS. ONE OF THOSE IS THAT THE COWS ALL HAVE BIRD FLU. [00:20:03] AND SO NOW THE FEDS HAVE PUT UP A LOT OF MONEY TO SORT OF ALLOW THE FARMERS TO TEST THEIR COWS AND HAVE EQUIPMENT TO PROTECT THEIR WORKERS. AND WE'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE. A LOT OF EXPERTS THINK THAT THIS IS A NEXT PANDEMIC. LET'S HOPE NOT. SO KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND. YOU SHOULD NOT DRINK MILK THAT'S NOT PASTEURIZED. SO THAT'S THE THING. THE PASTEURIZATION DOES ELIMINATE THE BIRD FLU VIRUS. SO BE SURE THAT YOU IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO'S GIVING IT TO THEIR CHILDREN, THAT'S A NO NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M. I ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID. IT'S GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE COME OUT, ESPECIALLY ON A RAINY NIGHT. LIKE, BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU GO HOME ON THE SOLAR FARMS. WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT, MR. QUIST. WE WILL LOOK AT THAT LIST YOU GAVE US AND SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH. IT'S BE STRAIGHT UP WITH YOU. IT'S BEEN A LEARNING CURVE SINCE VIRGINIA FIRST CAME OUT WITH THIS GO GREEN THING, AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ANSWERS AS FAR AS WHAT WE COULD AND WHAT WE COULDN'T DO. AND IN THE VERY BEGINNING, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULDN'T. AND NOW I'M HEARING ONE SENATOR SAID THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IT. BUT YOUR EXPLANATION OF WHY THAT GOT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT PUT IN THAT FORMAT. AND I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL VACO MEETINGS, AND I'VE NEVER HEARD IT FRAMED LIKE THAT AS FAR AS WHAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO DO VERSUS IT JUST NARROWLY FAILED. BUT IT WAS BACK ON THE DOCKET FOR 25, BUT IT WASN'T OVER, SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. SO WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT. OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. JUST A FEW MEETINGS COMING UP. CALENDAR EVENTS, WEDNESDAY 15TH. TOMORROW WILL BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT NOON. THE NEXT PRINCE GEORGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUBLIC WORKSHOP WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH, TOMORROW IN THE PRINCE GEORGE LIBRARY LARGE MEETING ROOM. AND I KNOW THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND LOOKING AT ANOTHER DATE THAT IS NOT A WEDNESDAY AND NOT AT THE SAME TIME TO MOVE IT AROUND. THURSDAY, MAY 16TH, PRINCE GEORGE. TEACHER AND STAFF JOB FAIR AT THE PRINCE GEORGE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE FROM 12 P.M. TO 6 P.M. AND SATURDAY THERE ARE THREE EVENTS GOING ON. WE HAVE THE SPRING FLEA MARKET AT THE PRINCE GEORGE RURITAN CLUB FROM 7 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. THEN YOU CAN GO OVER TO THE PRINCE GEORGE FARMER'S MARKET AT SCOTT PARK FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. FOR YOUTH ENTREPRENEURIAL DAY. ALSO ON SATURDAY, MAY 18TH, IS THE HUNTER SAFETY COURSE HELD AT THE PARKS AND REC COMMUNITY CENTER ON OLD STAGE ROAD, AND THAT IS FROM 8 TO 4. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU MR. STOKE. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE NIGHT. [E. Public Hearings] IT'S GOING TO BE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FY 25 BUDGET. MS. DREWRY IS GOING TO PRESENT. GOOD EVENING, MISTER CHAIRMAN. BOARD MEMBERS, MR. STOKE, MISS ERARD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FY 24-25 BUDGET. OKAY. THE FY 25 INTRODUCED BUDGET WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC ON MARCH 26TH BY MR. STOKE, FOLLOWING INPUT FROM THE BOARD ON PRIORITY CONSENSUS. THE FY 25 GENERAL FUND BUDGET, AS INTRODUCED AND ADVERTISED, IS JUST OVER $74 MILLION. IT IS A 1.3 MILLION OR 1.79% OVER THE CURRENT YEAR, FY 24 BUDGET. THE TOTAL BUDGET AS INTRODUCED AND ADVERTISED, IS 162.65 MILLION AND REPRESENTS AN 8 MILLION OR 5.18% INCREASE OVER THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. THE INCREASE IN THE TOTAL BUDGET IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THAT $1.3 MILLION GENERAL FUND INCREASE, A SCHOOL FUNDS INCREASE OF 6.255 [00:25:09] MILLION LARGELY FROM STATE FUNDING, ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING, UTILITY FUND DECREASE OF JUST OVER $1 MILLION, AND A CHANGE IN OUR INTERFUND TRANSFERS THAT WE TAKE OUT OF THE TOTAL BUDGET SO THAT THEY ARE NOT COUNTED TWICE. THIS IS A VISUAL OF OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES IN THE INTRODUCED GENERAL FUND BUDGET. THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF SALARIES AND BENEFITS, 42.6%. TRANSFERS TO SCHOOLS REPRESENTS THE NEXT LARGEST SEGMENT AT 24.4. OUR DEBT TRANSFERS REPRESENT 6% FOR COUNTY DEBT AND RESERVES, AND 3.7% FOR SCHOOL DEBT. OPERATING EXPENDITURES SUCH AS SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT REPRESENT 15.6%. 4.5% IS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THROUGH SOCIAL SERVICES AND CAPITAL OUTLAY. EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT 3.1% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. OUR LARGEST GENERAL FUND SOURCE OF REVENUE IS REAL PROPERTY TAX AT 42.2%. PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REPRESENTS 17.2%. OTHER TAXES. OTHER PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH ARE PUBLIC SERVICE TAXES, MACHINERY AND TOOLS, AND PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, REPRESENTS 6.1%. OTHER LOCAL TAXES ARE PEOPLE SALES TAX, CONSUMER UTILITY TAXES, BANK STOCK AND LODGING. THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF LODGING TAX ARE 11.3. STATE REVENUES ARE ABOUT 14.7% OF THE INTRODUCED BUDGET. FEDERAL REVENUES ARE 3%, AND THEN TRANSFERS IN FROM THE SCHOOLS ARE LESS THAN 1%. TO GIVE THE BOARD AND PUBLIC A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. THE GENERAL FUND BY FUNCTIONAL AREA SOCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTS 9%. THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLEX IS OTHER AND TRANSFERS, WHICH IS $32.5 MILLION. THE MAJORITY OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET AT 44% PUBLIC SAFETY IS 24%, THE SECOND LARGEST SEGMENT BY FUNCTIONAL AREA. OPERATIONS ARE 7%, FINANCIAL SERVICES ARE 5%, CONTINGENCIES ARE LESS THAN 1%, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ARE 2%, AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS REPRESENT 7% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. WHAT ARE OUR FUNCTIONAL AREAS? PUBLIC SAFETY, OF COURSE, IS POLICE, FIRE THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, ANIMAL CONTROL AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND THAT REPRESENTS $17.9 MILLION, IN ADDITION TO TAXES THAT WE COLLECT TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY, THE STATE PROVIDES HOUSE BILL 599 REVENUES OF JUST OVER 1.1 MILLION. WE ALSO RECEIVED SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANTS OF 275,000. FOR THOSE OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO SCHOOLS, WE DO CHARGE EMS, FIRE AND EMS, MEDICAL TRANSPORT BILLING. AND THAT TOTALS 810,000. AND WE HAVE AN EMS GRANT THAT SUPPORTS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER POSITION FROM THE STATE OF 25,000, SOCIAL SERVICES IS 6.8 MILLION. AND WE DO RECEIVE STATE AND FEDERAL REVENUES OF ABOUT 4.3 MILLION, WHICH MEANS OUR LOCAL SUPPORT IS JUST UNDER 2.5 MILLION FOR SOCIAL SERVICES ACTIVITIES. OPERATIONS IS GENERAL SERVICES, GARAGE AND RECREATION. THAT IS 4.9 MILLION. AND THE ONLY OFFSET IS OUR RECREATIONAL FEES THAT ARE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 154,000. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CODE COMPLIANCE AND PLANNING. OUR PERMIT AND PLANNING FEES ARE 631,000 OF THAT $1.668 MILLION TOTAL FOR THAT FUNCTIONAL AREA. ADMINISTRATION IS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGET, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, HUMAN RESOURCES AND COUNTY ATTORNEY BUDGET, AND THAT IS 1.789 MILLION. FINANCIAL SERVICES IS COMPRISED OF THE FINANCE OFFICE, THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND OUR TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. AND THAT IS 3.4 MILLION. THERE ARE SOME MINOR COLLECTIONS FOR LAND USE, APPLICATION FEES AND TRANSFER FEES WITHIN THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, OF COURSE, ARE OUR COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE, THE TREASURER, SHERIFF, COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY AND THE CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT. WE DO RECEIVE COMPENSATION BOARD REVENUE FROM THE STATE, SOME OF THE OPERATIONS IN THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES, AND THAT IS ESTIMATED AT JUST OVER 2 MILLION. WE ALSO RECEIVE A SHARE OF THE FINES AND FORFEITURES THAT ARE COLLECTED IN THE COURT. [00:30:06] RECORDATION TAXES AND COURT FEES. AND THE CONCEALED WEAPON PERMIT IS PART OF THAT 468,000. THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY HAS ALSO SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED FOR TO OPERATION CEASE FIRE GRANTS THAT ARE ABOUT $105,000. OUR OTHER AND TRANSFERS. AGAIN, THIS IS THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLEX. THE OTHER AREAS ARE NON-DEPARTMENT, OUR REGISTRAR, THE GENERAL DISTRICT COURT, OUR MAGISTRATE COURT SERVICES, OUR JUVENILE AGENCY, DRUG COURT, VICTIM WITNESS, OUR COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, FARMERS MARKET AND OTHER NON-DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES, AND THEY'RE JUST OVER 1.36 MILLION. WE DO RECEIVE SOME REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE VIRGINIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS. WE HAVE A DRUG COURT GRANT THAT'S $90,000. VICTIM WITNESS GRANT, 94,000. WE RECEIVE A REIMBURSEMENT FOR JUVENILE ACTIVITIES OF 52775. AND WE DO COLLECT FEES AT THE FARMERS MARKET. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER ENTITIES IS A VERY LARGE PIECE OF THAT 32.5 MILLION. OUR RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL CONTRIBUTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 2.44 MILLION. CRAMER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION IS JUST UNDER 400,000, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS 286,000. OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD CONTRIBUTION IS 169. CONTRIBUTION TO OUR APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM IS ABOUT 706,000, AND WE MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION OF 25. OUR GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS ARE OVER 27 MILLION. WE MAKE AN OFFER, A SCHOOL AND TEXTBOOK OPERATIONAL TRANSFER OF JUST OVER 18 MILLION. WE CONTRIBUTE 1.7. 2 MILLION TO THE DEBT FUND TO MEET OUR DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATIONS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, COUNTY AND SCHOOLS. WE ALSO CASH FUND VEHICLES AND BUSSES FOR THE COUNTY AND SCHOOL, AND WE FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS SET ASIDE IN OUR ORDINANCES. 74.4 AND 74.6 FOR FIRE APPARATUS, WHICH DEVOTES TWO PENNIES OF YOUR REAL ESTATE TAX, DOLLAR, FIRE AND EMS EQUIPMENT, WHICH DEVOTES A PENNY OF YOUR REAL ESTATE TAX DOLLAR. WE MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY, AND WE ALSO SUPPORT WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS VOLUNTEER ANNUITY PROGRAM. SO THAT WAS THE FUNCTIONAL AREA. SO OUR TAX RATES, OUR TAX RATES REMAIN UNCHANGED FROM THE CURRENT YEAR $0.82 FOR REAL ESTATE MOBILE HOMES PERSONAL PROPERTY REMAINS AT $3.90. AND MACHINERY AND TOOL REMAINS AT $1.50 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE. THE BOARD DID CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATES ON APRIL 9TH, AND THOSE TAX RATES WERE APPROVED AGAIN. YOU APPROVED THE USE OF CALENDAR YEAR 2023 FY 24 REAL PROPERTY VALUES FOR FY 25. THEREFORE, THERE WAS NO EFFECTIVE REAL ESTATE TAX INCREASE AND TAXPAYERS WHO OWN THE HOUSE THAT THEY OWNED LAST YEAR WITHOUT IMPROVEMENTS WILL PAY THE SAME TAXES THEY PAID IN THIS CURRENT YEAR. THE GROWTH IN THE REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES WAS 200,000, AND THAT IS ONLY FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS. OUR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ARE LEVEL FUNDED AT $12 MILLION. THE FINAL BOOK WAS COMPLETED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE ON APRIL 19TH, AND MY OFFICE RECEIVED THOSE BOOK VALUES EARLY MAY. VEHICLE VALUES OVERALL HAVE DROPPED BY 0.0.4 5% SINCE MAY OF 2023, AND MOST TAXPAYERS WHO HAVE THE SAME VEHICLES WILL PAY LESS THIS YEAR THAN THEY PAID LAST SPRING, AND THOSE TAXES ARE DUE JUNE 5TH. THIS PROVIDES A VISUAL THAT YOU SAW IN YOUR INTRODUCED BUDGET PRESENTATION OF WHERE OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS GREW OR SHRUNK. THE LARGEST INCREASE WAS IN OUR LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX. OUR COMP BOARD AND HOUSE BILL 599 REVENUE INCREASED INTEREST REVENUE INCREASED FROM OUR INVESTMENTS THAT THE TREASURER OVERSEES. SOCIAL SERVICES REVENUE INCREASED ALONG WITH PUBLIC SERVICE TAX REVENUES, BOWL AND GRANT FUNDING. WE SAW SOME MINOR INCREASES AND SOME OTHER GENERAL FUND SOURCES, AND THEN REDUCTIONS IN MOBILE HOME STATE COMMUNICATION, TAX, ROLLING STOCK, OUR RENTAL AUTO TAX AND MOBILE HOME TITLING TAX. WE ALSO HAVE AN OPERATION CEASEFIRE GRANT THAT ENDS IN DECEMBER OF 2024, HALFWAY THROUGH NEXT FISCAL YEAR. [00:35:06] AND OUR PLANNING AND PERMIT FEES HAVE DECLINED SOME KEY COMPONENTS OR INITIATIVES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED BUDGET. WE DO HAVE TO MEET A MANDATED RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION INCREASE ON THE EMPLOYER. WE HAVE NO CHOICE IN DOING THAT. FOR THE CURRENT COMPLEMENT OF EMPLOYEES, WE WILL PAY A HIGHER VRS RATE. IT'S GOING FROM 16.44% TO 17.56%. WE ALSO WILL BE PAYING A PORTION OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE FROM HIGHER CLAIMS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING, BUT A PORTION OF THAT INCREASE IS BEING PASSED ALONG TO EMPLOYEES. WE WILL BE PROVIDING A STEP INCREASE FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES TO BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE LEVEL TO WHERE IT WOULD BE ON JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE SATISFIED THOSE REQUIREMENTS. THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A 3% MANDATED PAY INCREASE FOR STATE SUPPORTED LOCAL EMPLOYEES. THOSE ARE EMPLOYEES AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES AND COMP BOARD FUNDED POSITIONS AND FOR OUR RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY WE WILL FINE TUNE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOLLOWING YOUR BUDGET ADOPTION. WE DO NOT THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE FINAL STATE NUMBERS FROM OUR FUNDING AGENCIES, OR AT LEAST NOT ALL OF THEM, BEFORE WE ADOPT IN TWO WEEKS. SO THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF THREE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS IN THE ECC. IT ADDS ONE POLICE OFFICER. IT ADDS A BUDGET MANAGER AND IT ADDS A SOCIAL SERVICES BENEFIT PROGRAM SPECIALIST THREE. WE ARE ALSO MAKING MARKET DRIVEN AND REQUESTED RECLASSIFICATIONS TO OUR SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND DEPUTY COURT CLERKS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE TO MEET MANDATED COMP BOARD MINIMUM SALARIES. WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING MARKET DRIVEN PERCENTAGE INCREASES TO POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS. OUR NEIGHBORS SEND A LOT OF MONEY OR PUT A LOT OF MONEY IN PUBLIC SAFETY. AND TO KEEP PACE, WE ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE THOSE MARKET INCREASES. WE ALSO WILL BE ADJUSTING PERMIT TECHNICIANS, ANIMAL SERVICES, KENNEL ATTENDANTS AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE. WE ARE MAKING A COUPLE OF REQUESTED RECLASSIFICATIONS WITHIN POLICE AND FIRE. WE ARE RECLASSIFYING AN ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SPECIALIST IN BOTH OF THOSE OFFICES TO BECOME AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND THEN A PERMIT. TECH ONE HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A PERMIT TECH TWO, AND THAT INCREASE FOR JULY 1ST HAS BEEN INCLUDED. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE INTRODUCED COUNTY BUDGET PROVIDES 18.07 MILLION IN LOCAL FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS, THE AMOUNT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE ESTABLISHED REVENUE SHARING CALCULATION. THE TRANSFER IS LESS THAN THE CURRENT YEAR, AMENDED CONTRIBUTION BY 878,000. ALSO INCLUDED IS A CAPITAL TRANSFER FOR FOUR SCHOOL BUSSES OF 543,000, THE SAME AMOUNT OF THE TRANSFER THIS YEAR. THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTS 2.759 MILLION IN SCHOOL RELATED DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATIONS AND TRANSFERS TO, AND PAYMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ARE 21.37 MILLION AND ARE ABOUT 29% OF THE COUNTY'S INTRODUCED GENERAL FUND BUDGET. THE PROPOSED FY 25 SCHOOL BUDGET, ALL FUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES IS 94 MILLION AND IS 6.255 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE CURRENT YEAR ADOPTED. BUDGET. DEBT SERVICE. WE WILL BE MAKING $925,000 LOWER CONTRIBUTION THAN THE CURRENT YEAR CONTRIBUTION BECAUSE OF A REDUCTION IN OUR DEBT PAYMENT AMOUNTS AND DUE TO A DEBT DUE TO A REDUCTION IN WHAT IS BEING CONTRIBUTED FOR DEBT RESERVES. FOR CAPITAL RESERVES, THERE ARE NO NEW PROPOSED GENERAL FUND SUPPORTED CAPITAL PROJECTS IN YOUR FY 25 BUDGET THAT WILL REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT. HOWEVER, WE WILL SEEK AUTHORITY FOR A FALL BORROWING FOR FIRE APPARATUS. YOU'RE DEVOTED TO PENNIES. OUR BOND RATING HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED, WITH MOODY'S AND S&P A TWO WITH MOODY'S AND DOUBLE A PLUS WITH STANDARD AND POOR. A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. THE COUNTY WILL MAKE CAPITAL AND VEHICLE BUS PURCHASES USING AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES, INSTEAD OF BORROWING CONTRIBUTIONS TO FULLY FUND [00:40:01] THAT. TWO PENNIES FOR APPARATUS AND ONE PENNY FOR FIRE AND EMS EQUIPMENT WILL ALSO BE MADE. AND OF COURSE, THE BOARD CAN ALWAYS CONSIDER THE USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IF ANY ARISE. WE DID EXPERIENCE SOME INFLATIONARY AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION INCREASES. OUR UTILITIES AND FUEL HAVE INCREASED, AS HAS SOFTWARE. THE COST AND SCOPE OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE CONTRACTS HAS INCREASED, ALONG WITH LEASES FOR SOME POLICE EQUIPMENT, FIRE AND EMS EQUIPMENT THE COST OF PHYSICALS AND THE REQUIREMENT TO PERFORM PHYSICALS WITHIN FIRE AND EMS HAS INCREASED. OUR MEDICAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES SUPPLIES HAVE INCREASED BECAUSE OF STATE REGULATION CHANGES. OUR GAME OFFICIAL COSTS HAVE INCREASED, AS HAVE OUR COST FOR SUPPLIES AND TRAINING. THIS IS A VISUAL THAT PROVIDES THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CHANGE IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. THIS PROVIDES THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE PAY INCREASE THAT IS PROVIDED FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THAT STEP CAREER DEVELOPMENT MARKET REGRADES. THEN OUR MANDATED INCREASES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES AND THE VARIOUS OTHER BENEFIT INCREASES. THIS NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES A VISUAL OF AMOUNTS THAT WE ARE RESERVING FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, AND FY 25 TO COVER COST OF AN ANNUAL FEE AND ARE UM THAT WE WILL EXPERIENCE WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM IN FY 26. THAT COST IN FY 26 WILL BE 600. WE WILL REMOVE THESE ONE TIME COSTS TO FUND THAT 600,000 WITH NO INCREASE IN RESOURCES IN FY 26. THIS IS A VISUAL OF THE VARIOUS NON-SALARY INCREASES THAT WERE DISCUSSED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. AND THIS SLIDE DEPICTS REDUCTIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. THE LOSS OF GRANT. REDUCTION IN OUR CONTINGENCY. THE SWAP OUT OF BUSSES. WE DID INCLUDE AT THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S REQUEST, TRANSFER TO OPERATIONS WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THEY SUBSEQUENTLY GOT ADDITIONAL STATE MONEY AND ASKED US INSTEAD TO FUND BUSSES. THEN TRANSFER FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS IS LESS, AS I MENTIONED. AND OUR GENERAL FUND TRANSFER FOR DEBT AND DEBT RESERVES. PUBLIC UTILITIES. PUBLIC UTILITIES IS A SELF-SUPPORTING ENTERPRISE FUND. IT SERVES OVER 4600 CUSTOMERS. 4224 RESIDENTIAL, 425 COMMERCIAL. SOME ARE WATER AND SEWER, SOME ARE WATER ONLY AND SOME ARE SEWER ONLY. THE TOTAL INTRODUCED UTILITIES BUDGET FOR FY 25 IS 11.4 MILLION AND 8.35 MILLION, NET OF INTERFUND TRANSFERS. IT IS A MILLION LESS THAN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, PRIMARILY DUE TO GRANT FUNDED AND CASH RESERVE FUNDED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN FY 24 THAT ARE ABSENT IN THE FY 25 BUDGET. YOUR UTILITIES BUDGET CALLED FOR AN INCREASE IN TIER TWO AND THREE WATER USER CHARGES AND SEWER RATES FOR FY 25, 3% FOR WATER, 1% FOR SEWER. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON APRIL 23RD, AND THE BOARD DID APPROVE THOSE INCREASE IN UTILITY RATES. THAT RESULT IN ABOUT $198,000 IN NEW OR ADDED REVENUE. THE RESIDENTIAL IMPACT IS ABOUT $1.50 PER BILL OR $9 PER YEAR. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL IMPACTS WERE MORE SIGNIFICANT, AND THOSE RATES WILL BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE RATE STRUCTURE THAT WAS IN PLACE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AH, THESE RATE ADJUSTMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO COVER OPERATIONAL INFLATIONARY INCREASES, TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, AND TO MAINTAIN OUR ASSETS. THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES FIRST YEAR ON A BORROWING $30 MILLION IN BORROWING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND AGAIN, THAT IS FUNDED BY WATER AND SEWER RATES. IT ALSO INCLUDES PAY AND BENEFIT INCREASES FOR UTILITY EMPLOYEES, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WERE INCLUDED FOR GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES AND TWO NEW REPLACEMENT VEHICLES. OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REMAINS UNCHANGED. THAT IS SUPPORTED BY MEALS TAX REVENUE. [00:45:01] THE TOURISM FUND IS SUPPORTED BY THE LODGING TAX AND THAT IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 50,000. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS OR RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY IS EXPECTING TO GO UP ABOUT 80 83,006 62. OUR VOLUNTEER ANNUITY PROGRAM REMAINS UNCHANGED. ADULT ED IS SLIGHTLY LESS, SPECIAL WELFARE FUND REMAINS UNCHANGED, AND OUR STORM WATER FUND, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF FEES, WILL INCREASE BY $10,000. AND ANY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SUPPORTED IN THESE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS WILL RECEIVE THAT SAME STEP INCREASE AND WILL WE WILL HAVE THE SAME BENEFIT RATE INCREASES FOR THOSE FOLKS TOO. WE ARE THE FISCAL AGENT ONLY FOR ADULT ED. SO AGAIN, TO RECAP, THE TOTAL FY 25 BUDGET IS 162.5 MILLION. IT IS 8 MILLION HIGHER THAN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. FOR THOSE REASONS, OR FOR THOSE AMOUNTS THAT WE DISCUSSED ON ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES. THE BOARD DID HAVE A NUMBER OF PRE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS WHERE BOARD PRIORITIES WERE ESTABLISHED AND THOSE THAT WERE APPROVED BY CONSENSUS WERE INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED BUDGET ON MARCH 26TH. WE DID HAVE A WORK SESSION ON THE 28TH OF MARCH THAT WAS CANCELED. APRIL 9TH, YOU DID HOLD YOUR PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT TAX RATES. THE APRIL 18TH BUDGET WORK SESSION WAS CANCELED DUE TO A LACK OF ANY UPDATED INFORMATION FROM THE STATE. APRIL 23RD, THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF YOUR UTILITY RATES. MAY 7TH WORK SESSION AGAIN WAS CANCELED BECAUSE THE STATE HAD NOT FINISHED ITS BUDGET. MAY 14TH, TONIGHT IS YOUR BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING, AND THE TARGETED DATE FOR ADOPTION WILL BE MAY 28TH. WE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BRING YOU STATE CHANGES FOLLOWING THAT DATE. AND THOSE CHANGES WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED BY AMENDMENT. AND TONIGHT, THE BOARD MAY OR MAY NOT ADOPT OR APPROVE THE BUDGET. THE CODE OF VIRGINIA PROHIBITS YOU DOING, HOLDING YOUR PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTING THE BUDGET THE SAME NIGHT. THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST A SEVEN DAY SEPARATION. THE BUDGET WAS ADVERTISED AND THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS ADVERTISED AND THE MAY 2ND EDITION OF THE PROGRESS-INDEX. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT AGAIN, THERE IS NO ACTION REQUESTED FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MS. DREWRY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORTH AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST. PLEASE APPROACH. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WILLIAM STEELE IN DISPUTANTA. I COME BEFORE YOU EVERY YEAR AND TALK ABOUT THIS BUDGET, AND I KNOW I'M TALKING TO THE WIND. YOUR MINDS ARE ALREADY SET ON THIS, AND THERE'S NO CHANGE. I DID PRESENT TO YOU A DOCUMENT SHOWING THE DRASTIC INCREASE OF BUDGET COSTS THAT THIS BOARD HAS PASSED ON TO THE TAXPAYERS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHILE INFLATION RATE HAS INCREASED BY 20% OVER THE LAST OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, YOUR BUDGET, WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR HAS INCREASED OVER 28% OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. YOU'RE RAISING OUR TAX BILLS AGAIN THIS YEAR IS MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT THE AVERAGE INFLATION RATE. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING OUT FOUR BASIC POINTS THAT I WANT TO BRING OUT. FIRST OF ALL IN MISS DREWRY'S EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. ONCE AGAIN AT NO TIME. AT NO TIME DO YOU TELL US TAXPAYERS WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO CUT SPENDING. YOU ARE AGAIN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS TAX AND SPEND BOARD HAS TO CUT SPENDING, BUT YOU REFUSE TO CUT SPENDING. YOU HAVE DONE THAT REFUSAL OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE MARKED IT OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT. SECONDLY LAST YEAR WE HEARD THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE EMPLOYEES ON HERE, WE GAVE THEM BIG PAY RAISES LAST TIME WE ADJUSTED THEIR LEVELS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES GET GOOD BENEFITS A LOT BETTER THAN WE DO OUT ON THE CIVILIAN SECTOR. IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY BEING A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, GET OUT AND GO WORK FOR THE CIVILIAN SECTOR AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE. AS FAR AS BENEFITS GOES, WE DON'T GET NEAR THE THINGS THAT THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES YET. YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, MAKING SURE THEY GET ALL THE BENEFITS POSSIBLE, ALL THE PAY RAISES POSSIBLE AT OUR EXPENSE, MOST ESPECIALLY AS SENIORS WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOMES. WE DON'T GET THESE RAISES. WE DON'T GET ANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE TO FORK OUT MORE AND MORE AND DO LESS AND LESS BECAUSE THIS BOARD CANNOT CUT ITS SPENDING. [00:50:06] THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE IS AGAIN, THE FAILURE TO OR THE INCREASING IN THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT IS EXPENSIVE TO RUN. MISS DREWRY HERE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THE MANDATE THAT WE HAVE TO ADD BY BY THE STATE MANDATES FOR A HIGHER SALARIES AND ALL FOLKS, AT SOME POINT YOU'VE GOT TO STOP INCREASING THE SIZE OF THIS GOVERNMENT. AT SOME POINT, WE'VE GOT TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IT COSTS A LOT FOR THESE EMPLOYEES. YOU CONSTANTLY GIVE THEM BETTER BENEFITS, CONSTANTLY GIVE THEM BETTER RAISES. YOU'VE GOT TO STOP. HEY, WE'VE GOT TO CUT EMPLOYEES. WE'VE GOT TO GO AHEAD AND STOP ALL THIS HIRING AND RAISING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT. I COULD GO ON AND ON. WE'VE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET IN DEPTH. AGAIN, WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION. I ASKED THE BOARD THAT YOU DIRECT THE STAFF TO GO BACK, FIND SOMETHING TO CUT FOR THE TAXPAYERS. THINK OF THE TAXPAYERS FOR ONCE. YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT SINCE 2017, YOU HAVE FAILED TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP THE TAXPAYERS. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO DIRECT THE BOARD, A STAFF TO GO BACK, FIND SOME BENEFITS WE CAN DO FOR THE TAXPAYER FOR A CHANGE. MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. STEELE. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? GOOD EVENING BOARD. IT'S LAILA MEYERS, 8711 SECOND COURT DISPUTANTA VIRGINIA. 23842. THE ONE THING I NOTICED ON THAT BUDGET PRESENTATION IS THE HUGE LUMP OF 44% OTHER EXPENSES, 44% IS PRETTY BIG LUMP. I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE SHOULD START DESCRIBING WHAT'S IN THAT 44% LUMP OF EXPENSES. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BIG CHUNK TO JUST THROW INTO MISCELLANEOUS OTHER. YOU'D BE LIKELY NICE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TO SEE IF THEY'RE JUSTIFIED EXPENSES, BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING 42% REAL ESTATE TAX, 17% PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX. SO MOST OF IT IS GETTING SPENT AS THE OTHER CATEGORIES. AND AGAIN, MAYBE YOU CAN ASK YOUR DEPARTMENT MANAGERS TO LOOK INTO REDUCTION OF STAFF. AND MAKING THEIR STAFF DO MORE JOB. IN MY PRIVATE WORK, I KEEP BEING GIVEN MORE WORK LOAD. NOBODY JUST CREATES NEW STAFF POSITIONS. YOU JUST MAKE YOUR STAFF DO MORE TRAIN THEM, INCREASE THEIR SKILLS, INCREASE THEIR PRODUCTIVITY PER DAY, PER HOUR. WORKLOAD INCREASES. YOU DON'T NEED TO CREATE NEW STAFF POSITIONS, NEW BENEFITS, NEW SALARIES. I DON'T GET THE SAME RATE OF BENEFITS AND INCREASES THAT IS EXPECTED BY THESE PEOPLE. SO IF YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO REDUCE THE CART LOAD THAT THE HORSE THAT WE, THE RESIDENTS ARE PAYING AND PULLING, THAT WOULD HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. MURRAY. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? ONE MORE TIME. ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? SEEING NO ONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK MS. DREWRY TO TO EITHER COME BACK UP OR EXPLAIN. BUT AND I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION IN YOUR LINE BY LINE BUDGET THAT IS PUBLISHED DOESN'T IT EXPLAIN WHAT THAT OTHER CATEGORY. YES, SIR. THERE THERE IS A SLIDE THAT SHOWS WHAT THAT LARGE. THE LARGEST CATEGORY OR SEGMENT BY FUNCTIONAL AREA. OKAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS. I'M JUST. YES, SIR. STATING THAT BECAUSE IT IS A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, DISTRICT COURT, THE MAGISTRATE COURT SERVICES, JUVENILE CORRECTIONS, DRUG COURT, VICTIM WITNESS, COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, FARMERS MARKET THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION OF THAT. THEN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE JAIL, CRATER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DISTRICT 19, OUR REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM, SOIL AND WATER, AND THEN THE LARGEST SEGMENT OF THAT 44% OR THAT 32.5 IS OUR GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS TO SCHOOLS, TO OUR DEBT FUND FOR CAPITAL PURCHASES, FOR RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY AND FOR OUR VOLUNTEER ANNUITY PROGRAM. [00:55:04] IT'S THAT SLIDE THERE. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU GOOD? YES, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, MS. DREWRY. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO VDOT SECONDARY, SIX YEAR PLAN, MISS SMITH. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS YEAR'S SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN WILL RUN FROM 2025 TO 2030. EACH YEAR THE PLAN FOR THE SIX YEARS, THE COUNTY WILL BE RECEIVING $105,125 FOR A TOTAL OF $630,750. THE COUNTY HAS ONE PROJECT IN THE PLAN THAT WILL BE FUNDED WITH DURING THIS SIX YEARS. THAT PROJECT IS THE ROUNDABOUT AT MIDDLE AND JEFFERSON, WHICH WILL RECEIVE THE FULL 105, 100, $105,125 FOR YEARS 25 THROUGH 28, FOR A TOTAL OF $420,500. THE REMAINING FUNDING FROM THE YEARS 29 AND 30, TOTALING $210,250, IS RECOMMENDED TO BE PLACED IN THE COUNTYWIDE ENGINEERING LINE ENTRY THAT IS A HOLDING SPOT FOR CARRYOVER. AS I SAID, YOU CURRENTLY HAVE TWO PROJECTS IN YOUR PLAN. THE PRIORITY PROJECT IS MIDDLE AND JEFFERSON. THE SECOND ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WHICH ARE THE TWO BRIDGES, THE ONE ON GOLF COURSE ROAD AND THE OTHER ONE ON LONE OAK MILL. NO FUNDING FROM THE SIX YEARS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TWO BRIDGE PROJECTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE CURRENTLY FULLY FUNDED WITH PREVIOUS FUNDS. AT THIS TIME. THE BOARD MAY OPEN TO A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER WHILE SHE'S UP THERE? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, HERE AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT. SIX YEAR PLAN FOR OR AGAINST. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH. IT'S ALL RIGHT. JUST REAL QUICK. TIM QUIST, COUNTY LINE ROAD THERE'S PUBLISHED A STUDY THAT VDOT PLANS ON DOING ON CRATER ROAD BETWEEN REEVES AND WAGNER. IT'S ASTOUNDING TO ME THAT THE STUDY STOPS WHEN YOU HIT WAGNER RIGHT AT AGRA SUPPLY. THAT ROAD KEEPS GOING TO 460. IT KEEPS GOING TO 460, WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF THIS TALK EARLIER ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS BEING KILLED AT THAT DAMN INTERSECTION. WHY IS THAT STUDY BEING STOPPED AT AGRA SUPPLY AND NOT BEING FINISHED DOWN WAGNER ROAD? I'D LIKE IT TO BE ADJUSTED IF WE'RE GOING TO STUDY IT, LET'S STUDY THE WHOLE AREA, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE PROJECTING OVER A MILLION VISITORS TO A CASINO THAT'S GOING TO COME TO THAT INTERSECTION. WHY WOULD YOU STOP AT AGRA SUPPLY? A PORTION OF THOSE MILLION VISITORS ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO THIS COUNTY, TO THAT INTERSECTION, CREATING, MAKING THAT PROBLEM EVEN WORSE THAN IT ALREADY IS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISTER QUIST. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? BEFORE I CLOSE MISS SMITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY FOLLOW UP COMMENTS? I WILL SHARE THAT THE WAGNER PROJECT IS NOT FUNDED THROUGH SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN FUNDING, NOR CAN IT BE FUNDED BY THIS COUNTY SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN. AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD CAN NOW MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION IF THEY SO CHOOSE. THANK YOU MISS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? OKAY. I'M SORRY. I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE FROM IT. ALL RIGHT. MR. CHAIRMAN I WOULD SO MOVE THAT WE WOULD ADOPT THE VDOT SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN THAT AS PRESENTED SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. THAT FINISHES OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. [01:00:02] YEAH, MISS SMITH MIGHT AS WELL STAY UP HERE. I'M GETTING READY TO CALL YOU AGAIN. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M TRYING TO READ MY NOTES BECAUSE I DON'T, I LIKE TO WATCH PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE UP THERE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO REPORTS. [F. Reports] FIRST UP IS MISS SMITH, VDOT. SO IT'S BEEN MENTIONED WE DID DO THE WORK AT ARWOOD AND HINES. THAT IS NOT COMPLETE. WE STILL HAVE SOME ASPHALT WORK TO DO THERE. WE ALSO HAVE SOME PIPE REPLACEMENT PLANNED ON 460, JUST ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF THE SUSSEX COUNTY LINE. THERE MESSAGE BOARDS UP. THERE WAS MENTION ABOUT THE MESSAGE BOARD BEING MOVED FROM GOLF COURSE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO AVAILABLE MESSAGE BOARDS. ONE IS BROKE, WHICH WAS THE ONE AT 156. IT'S AT THE SHOP. THE OTHER ONE WAS RELOCATED TO NOTIFY THE TRAVELING PUBLIC FOR THE WORK THAT'S UPCOMING ON 460. THAT'S PLANNED FOR NEXT WEEK. THE COURTHOUSE IN BULL HILL ROAD IS STILL MOVING FORWARD VERY SLOWLY. YEAH. WE ARE BECOMING A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT THIS CONTRACTOR WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE WITHIN THE FIXED COMPLETION DATE ON THEIR SCHEDULE, BUT WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED. GOLF COURSE ROAD IS STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION. LONE OAK MILL ROAD IS ALSO ON SCHEDULE FOR THEIR COMPLETION DATE. THE SLURRY SEAL IS COMPLETE. THEY'RE WORKING ON PUNCH LIST ITEMS. THE SURFACE TREATMENT. CONTRACT IS ALSO COMPLETE. WORKING ON THEIR PUNCH LIST ITEMS. AND OUR PLANT MIX SCHEDULE HAS STARTED. I THINK THEY'VE DONE ROUTE TEN AND THEY'RE WORKING ON 156. ALL OF OUR CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE GRADUATION, AND WE DON'T EXPECT ANY CONFLICTS OR ISSUES THERE. THE 460 SPEED REDUCTION REQUEST FROM COURTHOUSE TO THE END OF THE EXISTING 45 HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TWO CRASHES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS RELATED TO SPEED. ONE OF THOSE WAS IN WET WEATHER, AND IT APPEARED THAT THE OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING THE POSTED SPEED, BUT IT WAS NOTED THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY TOO FAST FOR THE WEATHER. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS A PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY. THEREFORE, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING FURTHER STUDY ON THE FOUR 60 SPEED LIMIT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, MISS SMITH? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO MY QUESTIONS. ONE QUICK QUESTION, AND THIS MAY BE TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD RIGHT NOW, BUT ONCE WE FINISH THE BRIDGE ON GOLF COURSE DRIVE, ARE THERE ANY PLANS? YES, THE ROAD ITSELF. YES. THERE WILL BE SOME MORE ASPHALT WORK. OKAY. SURFACE WORK? YES. ONE THING I DID NEGLECT TO MENTION THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED. DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. EVEN THOUGH I CANNOT AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURES IN THE CITY LIMITS I'M MORE THAN GLAD TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION, AND I CAN FORWARD THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY WITH ANY CONCERNS THAT I SEE IN THE DATA THAT'S PROVIDED. PLEASE DO. IF YOU DON'T MIND. YES, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO PASS ON TO YOU THE CONTRACT YOU HAVE DOING THE ASPHALT ON ROUTE TEN. DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN THE LAST ONE. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH, THE CONNECTIONS ARE SEAMLESS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. ANY FURTHER PROGRESS ON THE NOTE? THREE TRUCKS DOWN IN THE TEMPLETON AREA? YES, SIR. I RECEIVED FINAL APPROVAL, AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED THAT FOR THE SIGNS TO BE PURCHASED. OUR CREWS WILL BE INSTALLING ALL THE SIGNS BOTH WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AND IN SUSSEX. OKAY. AS SOON AS WE GET THE STOCK. AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THE GOLF COURSE BRIDGE IS ON SCHEDULE, BUT WHAT IS THE DATE AS OF RIGHT NOW? SO I HAVE SAID OCTOBER IS THE FIXED COMPLETION, BUT THE DATE IN THE CONTRACT IS SEPTEMBER THE 9TH. OKAY. THAT SOUNDS A WHOLE LOT BETTER. YEAH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ON IT. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KNOW WHICH DATE WAS THE REAL DATE. I USUALLY DON'T GIVE THE EXACT DATE. THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE ALL CONTRACTS CAN DO WORK ORDERS FOR TIME EXTENSIONS. AND SO I TRY TO GIVE AN ABOUT DATE. WE HAVE TO BE FAIR WITH OUR CONTRACTORS IF WE HAVE AN EXCESSIVE RAINY SEASON OR THERE'S A CONFLICT IN THE PLANS THAT WE PROVIDED, THEN WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM EXTRA DAYS TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT. SO OKAY, UNDERSTANDABLE. AND ONE LAST QUESTION. ONCE GOLF COURSE IS BACK OPEN, ARE THERE ANY PLANNED ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO THWEATT DRIVE? [01:05:01] YES, SIR. OKAY. YES. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SOME ASPHALT IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE JUST KIND OF TRYING TO LIMP IT ALONG UNTIL THE BRIDGE IS COMPLETED SO THAT WE DON'T CREATE. YES. MORE PROBLEMS WITH TRAFFIC. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, RIGHT NOW THERE'S TRUCK TRAFFIC TO DEAL WITH TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYTHING ADDITIONAL. THANK YOU, MISS SMITH. THANK YOU. YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING. ALL RIGHT. BE SAFE. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE A TODDLER FARE UPDATE. MISS JUDGE. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN WEBB FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, MR. STOKE AND MISS ERARD. I AM HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU INFORMATION CONCERNING A COMMUNITY EVENT HOSTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THE TODDLER FAIR. GO BACK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE WITH ME THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR MICHELLE BENNETT, WHO SUPERVISES THE FAMILY SERVICES STAFF, WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PUTTING ON THE EVENT THIS YEAR. THE TODDLER FAIR WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH 2024. SO THE COUNTY, THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY TODDLER FAIR WAS INTRODUCED IN 2015 AND WAS HELD ANNUALLY UNTIL 2019, WHEN THE PANDEMIC HALTED ALL ACTIVITIES. THIS WAS THE FIRST EVENT SINCE THAT TIME. WE WANT EVERY CHILD IN PRINCE GEORGE TO ENTER SCHOOL READY FOR SCHOOL, AND PROVIDE REFERRALS TO THOSE WHO NEED ASSISTANCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE LEADS FOR THIS EVENT WAS AMANDA BENFORD AND DANIELLE BATTS JONES. JONES BATTS. AMANDA IS THE SENIOR WORKER FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. I'M SORRY, FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION. AND DANIELLE IS THE SUPERVISOR FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE TODDLER FAIR IS TO SCREEN CHILDREN AGES BIRTH THROUGH FIVE IN VARIOUS AREAS. SO WE LOOK AT DENTAL, HEARING, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE, VISION AND DEVELOPMENT. SO EVERY FAMILY THAT COMES TO THE FAIR WITH A CHILD FIVE AND UNDER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCREENING AND ALL OF THE AREAS I JUST MENTIONED. SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCREENINGS, THOUGH. THE DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS IS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES STAFF, SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND THE LOCAL CSB WHO IS TRAINED IN THE AGES AND STAGES. QUESTIONNAIRE SPEAKING, SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING SCREENINGS WERE CONDUCTED BY THE COLLEGE PROFESSORS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM THE SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA. ALSO KNOWN AS SLHV, VISION AND DENTAL, WERE THE EQUIPMENT FOR THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE LIONS CLUB AND THE LIONS CLUB, AS WELL AS DSS TRAINED PERSONNEL. STAFF MANAGE THESE SCREENINGS. THE DENTAL SCREENING WAS CONDUCTED BY CENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES. IN EVERY SCREENING PROCESS, CHILDREN ARE DETERMINED TO EITHER BE IN THE MEETS, TARGETS, RANGE OR NEEDS MONITORING, OR IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL EVALUATIONS. THE FAMILY OF CHILDREN NEEDING MONITORING MONITORING ARE GIVEN WRITTEN RESOURCES TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS SO FAMILIES OF THE CHILDREN IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL EVALUATION ARE REFERRED FOR SERVICES, AND ALSO THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVE ON SITE FROM PRINCE GEORGE'S SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL AS DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD THAT CAN ACCEPT REFERRALS OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SPOT. SO ALL SERVICE ARE VOLUNTARY AND FAMILIES MAY DECLINE TO ACCEPT A REFERRAL FOR SERVICES. OUR STAFF AT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES MAKE PHONE CONTACT WITH FAMILIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES, AS INDICATED BY THE ASQ. [01:10:05] THERE WERE GREAT INCENTIVES TO COME OUT THAT DAY. IN ADDITION TO JUST BEING AN ACTIVITY FOR THE COUNTY AND ENJOY SCOTT PARK AND THE LIBRARY. EVERY FAMILY THAT REGISTERED WAS ELIGIBLE TO WIN A $100 WALMART GIFT CARD. AND FOR EVERY SCREENING THE CHILD COMPLETED, THE FAMILY RECEIVED A RAFFLE TICKET, WHICH THEY MAY USE TO WIN A CAR SEAT, A PACK AND PLAY A TRICYCLE, A KNOBBY LEAP PAD, A LEAP FROG, AND GIFT BASKETS. DRAWINGS WERE HELD AT THE END OF THE EVENT AND YOU DID NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN. SO THE PETTING ZOO CAME OUT. IT'S ALWAYS A FAVORITE OF FAMILIES. THE CHILDREN GOT TO LOOK AND PET THE ANIMALS. THERE WAS A TEDDY BEAR PARADE. EVERY CHILD WAS ELIGIBLE OR IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TEDDY BEAR PARADE AT THE END OF THE EVENT, AND IS GIVEN A FREE STUFFED ANIMALS. WE ORDER ADDITIONAL TEDDY BEARS TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD HAS A TEDDY BEAR. GLORIA SHOWED UP FROM MADAGASCAR. FEATURED THERE. SHE WAS NONE OTHER THAN LATONYA GORDON FROM SOCIAL SERVICES, WHO AGREED TO ENTERTAIN THE KIDS, AND SHE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THAT AS WELL. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STATS. SO FOR THE VISION SCREENINGS WE HAD 37 WITH NINE NEEDING REFERRALS. FOR THE DENTAL SCREENINGS. WE HAD 52 CHILDREN WHO COMPLETED THAT, WITH ONLY SEVEN NEEDING REFERRAL. HEARING SCREENINGS. THERE WERE 43 CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATED, WITH TEN NEEDING REFERRAL, AND THE SPEECH AND ARTICULATION SCREENINGS. THERE WERE 30 WHO PARTICIPATED AND 14 NEEDED ADDITIONAL REFERRALS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING, WHICH IS THE ASK. THERE WERE 41 CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATED, WITH TEN NEEDING ADDITIONAL EVALUATION. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE AGES STAGES QUESTIONNAIRE, IT TAKES SOME TIME. I MEAN, IT REALLY TAKES, I WOULD SAY, A GOOD TEN MINUTES OR SO PER CHILD. AND SO IT WAS IT'S JUST ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE INVESTMENT OF THE CHILDREN, OF THE FAMILIES WHO TAKE THE TIME BECAUSE THEY COULD BE OUT AT THE PETTING, YOU KNOW, AREA OR PLAYING AND DOING OTHER THINGS THAT STAY AND DO THIS. SO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WERE SO CRITICAL WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THEIR HELP. ANTHEM HELP KEEPERS WAS THERE, UNITED HEALTH WAS THERE, HOPEWELL PRINCE GEORGE, HEALTHY FAMILY, PRINCE GEORGE SCHOOLS, PRINCE GEORGE'S SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT PERFORMED SAFETY CAR SEAT CHECKS. MANY THANKS TO THE PLANNING TEAM, MY STAFF AT THE SOCIAL SERVICES WHERE EVERY EMPLOYEE SHOWED UP FOR THE EVENT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT. FIRST CONNECTIONS. HOPEWELL, PRINCE GEORGE, HEALTHY FAMILIES DISTRICT 19, COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD THRIVE BIRTH TO FIVE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LIBBY VANCE, WHO HAD THE FORESIGHT TO START THIS INITIATIVE SOME YEARS AGO. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. CHILDREN WHO NEED THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND REFERRED FOR SERVICES. IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO HOST THIS EVENT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BIG THANKS. IT'S A GREAT EVENT. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT BY THE BERKELEY GROUP. COME FORWARD PLEASE OR MR. BALDWIN. GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN WEBB. VICE CHAIRMAN BROWN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I'M SIMPLY GOING TO BE INTRODUCING OUR TEAM WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP THAT'S ASSISTING AND WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON UPDATING THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THE INTENT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE PLAN IS ADOPTED TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE INTO THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE COUNTY ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES. [01:15:05] SO AS PART OF THE EFFORT ON ASSESSING THE AND WORKING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE ASKED THE BERKELEY GROUP TO DO A, AN ASSESSMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC OF THE COUNTY'S CURRENT ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES, AND SO THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT. MR. CHRIS MUSSO AND CATHERINE REDFERN, WHO'S ALSO WORKING ON OUR CONFERENCE WHEN THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT, AND WE GIVE THE BOARD THE RESULTS OF THEIR DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES. THANK YOU. GREAT. GOOD EVENING, PRINCE GEORGE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU, AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU. AS BOB JUST SAID, MY NAME IS CHRIS MUSSO. I'M A PLANNER WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP. I'M JOINED WITH CATHERINE REDFERN, A PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP AS WELL. WE PARTNERED WITH YOUR COUNTY TO WORK ON YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, AND AS A PART OF THAT UPDATE PROCESS, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A DIAGNOSTIC OF YOUR SUBDIVISION AND ZONING ORDINANCE. I'VE BEEN TOLD I HAVE 15 MINUTES TO GO THROUGH THIS, SO I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH A SUMMARY OF OF WHAT WE FOUND. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY QUICK, DO I DO THAT RIGHT HERE, I ASSUME? YEP. THANK YOU. HERE'S OUR AGENDA FOR THIS PRESENTATION. WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, THE SCHEDULE. WE'LL GO THROUGH THE FINDINGS FROM THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION DIAGNOSTIC, AND THEN WE'LL JUMP INTO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION BY YOU BEFORE TALKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS. REALLY SHORT AND SIMPLE. HERE'S OUR SCHEDULE THAT YOU CAN SEE. THE BLOCKS IN RED ARE PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE HAVE DONE A A DIAGNOSTIC OF THE COMPREHENSIVE THE EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CHECK IT WITH COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING STATE CODE, CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT AND BEST PRACTICES, INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES. WE'VE NOW DONE THE SAME WITH YOUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION DIAGNOSTIC. WE CHECKED IT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH CODE OF VIRGINIA STATE CODE SECTIONS, AS WELL AS INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES. AFTER WE FINISH UP THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, WE WILL ALSO DO A COMPARATIVE DIAGNOSTIC TO COMPARE THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH THE EXISTING ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE DEFICIENT. AS FAR AS HOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GUIDING THE SUBDIVISION AND ZONING ORDINANCE, AND FOR A QUICK UPDATE ON HOW THAT LOOKS FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT THAT MAY NOT BE FULLY AWARE, WHAT IS ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE DOES? BASICALLY, A ZONING ORDINANCE REGULATES THE USES ON A LAND, AND A SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE GENERALLY REGULATES HOW YOU CAN CUT THAT LAND UP. BOTH OF THESE DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE GUIDED BY A LOCALITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS IMPORTANT WHICH IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO SO AFTER WE FINISHED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW TO REGULATE THE LAND, AS THAT WILL BE GUIDED BY THE POLICIES, THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT YOU SET IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WITHIN THE REPORT, YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. THE TOTAL REPORT, THIS IS THE TABLE OF CONTENTS TO THAT REPORT IS A QUICK OVERVIEW GOING OVER THE PURPOSE AND THE SCOPE OF THE DIAGNOSTIC AS WELL AS THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS. AND THEN A BRIEF OVERALL HIGHLIGHT OF THE THE SUMMARY FINDINGS THAT WE FOUND IN OUR DIAGNOSTIC, BOTH FOR THE ZONING AND THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, INCLUDING KEY FINDINGS THERE. AT THE END OF THAT REPORT, YOU'LL FIND TWO APPENDICES. APPENDIX A IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE DIAGNOSTIC MATRIX. APPENDIX B IS THE SAME FOR THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. AND THESE ARE LINE BY LINE BREAKDOWN OF EACH RELEVANT SECTION OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. HOW IT APPLIES TO PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH IT, AND ARE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW YOU CAN BECOME COMPLIANT WITH THAT SECTION OF STATE CODE. AND WE'LL DO A OVERVIEW OF THE OVERVIEW, IF YOU WILL, A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS INSIDE OF THAT REPORT. THIS SLIDE IS A DIRECT PULL OF A GRAPHIC WITHIN THAT REPORT. THIS IS AN OVERALL VIEW OF HOW IN COMPLIANCE, THE PRINCE GEORGE ZONING ORDINANCE IS WITH THE CODE OF CODE OF VIRGINIA SECTIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. CHART ONE DEPICTS WHICH SECTIONS ACTUALLY APPLY TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND OF THE 130% OR 130 ZONING ORDINANCE RELATED SECTIONS OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, 116 OF THOSE APPLY TO PRINCE GEORGE. CHART TWO SHOWS OF THOSE APPLICABLE. HOW MANY OF THOSE SECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY MANDATORY TO BE INCLUDED AND ADDRESSED IN A ZONING ORDINANCE? SOME, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HAVE ALLOWED LOCALITIES TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WISH TO INCLUDE THEM IN A ZONING ORDINANCE OR NOT. OTHERS, THEY REQUIRE YOU AT THE LOCALITY TO INCLUDE THOSE INTO YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE. SO OF THOSE REQUIRED SECTIONS, CHART TWO IS SHOWING YOU HOW MANY YOU HAVE INCLUDED INTO YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE, HOW MANY YOU HAVE PARTIALLY INCLUDED INTO THEM, BUT MIGHT NEED A LITTLE TWEAKING, A LITTLE UPDATING, AND THEN HOW MANY ARE NOT INCLUDED? AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR THE MOST PART, THE MAJORITY OF OF THOSE MANDATORY SECTIONS ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CURRENTLY IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. AND THEN CHART THREE DOES THAT SAME BREAKDOWN WITH OPTIONAL PROVISIONS OF THOSE OPTIONAL PROVISIONS THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO INCLUDE. [01:20:01] THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION. ZONING ORDINANCE. SO THESE ARE PROVISIONS THAT PRINCE GEORGE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE FOLLOWING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SEE IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE ANY OF THESE OPTIONAL PROVISIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED. KEY TAKEAWAY MAJORITY OF THIS ORDINANCE, THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. AND DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR KEY RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO UPDATE IT TO GET IT WITHIN COMPLIANCE. SO HERE IS THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. AGAIN TOP PRIORITY UPDATING TO ALIGN IN THE CODE OF VIRGINIA OR REORGANIZING THE ORDINANCE. CONSIDER INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL PROVISIONS AS WELL AS CONSOLIDATING AND MODERNIZING THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR BROADER USES, MORE MODERN USES, AND JUST MAKE FOR A MORE MODERNIZED DOCUMENT THAT'S RELEVANT FOR TODAY'S WORLD. DO A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF INDIVIDUAL RECOMMENDATIONS, SOME SOME SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATING THE ORDINANCE. THESE ARE NOT IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, BUT THE TOP ONE IS PROBABLY THE TOP PRIORITY, WHICH IS TO UPDATE AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, CLARIFY PROCEDURES FOR APPLICANTS AND REVIEWERS. CLARIFY THE PROCESS STEP BY STEP PROCESS FOR HOW AN APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED, HOW IT'S REVIEWED, HOW IT'S APPROVED. MODERNIZE THE ORDINANCE WITH TABLES, CHARTS, GRAPHICS MAKE THINGS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. COMPREHEND BOTH FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO HELP WITH EASE, WITH ADMINISTRATION, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND YOUR ORDINANCE BETTER. REEVALUATE THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND THOSE DISTRICTS STANDARDS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE DRIVEN BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WON'T BE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT POLICY FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. CREATE A USE MATRIX. THIS IS A, AGAIN, ANOTHER TABLE, A CHART THAT BREAKS DOWN WHAT USES CAN BE ALLOWED IN WHAT DISTRICT IN A VERY EASY TO READ FORMAT. IT'S AN INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE. MOST LOCALITIES HAVE ADOPTED THIS BY NOW. AGAIN, REORGANIZING AND REEVALUATING USE STANDARDS. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, USE STANDARDS ARE BASICALLY, IF YOU THINK OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WHERE YOU CAN ATTACH CONDITIONS TO A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. USE STANDARDS ARE BASICALLY CONDITIONS THAT ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE APPLICABLE TO THAT USE. SO IF YOU ALWAYS WANT, I DON'T KNOW A SPECIFIC CONDITION ATTACHED TO A SPECIFIC USE. YOU THROW IT INTO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS A USE STANDARD, APPLIES TO ALL USES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, NO MATTER WHAT, AND WE RECOMMEND ADDING THOSE, CREATING THOSE, PUTTING THEM ALL IN ONE EASY TO FIND LOCATION. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN USE TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE COMMON SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. SORRY, NOT SPECIAL USE PERMITS. SOME OF THOSE COMMON SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. YOU CAN TURN THOSE INTO BY RIGHT USES AND THEN ATTACH THOSE CONDITIONS REGULARLY. APPROVE CONDITIONS AS USE STANDARDS. CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN TO BOTH YOURSELF AND YOUR STAFF. ENSURE EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DEFINED IS ESPECIALLY ALL USES SHOULD HAVE A DEFINITION WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SHOULD NOT BE RELYING ON STAFF ZONING ADMINISTRATOR INTERPRETATION FOR REGULATION, THOUGH I'M SURE MR. BALDWIN IS MORE THAN UP TO THE CHALLENGE. UPDATE USES TO INCLUDE NEW TYPES TECHNOLOGIES AS WE ADVANCE OUR USES ADVANCE, WE HAVE DIFFERENT USES ALWAYS COMING IN. THIS IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR BUSINESS. GETTING NEW BUSINESS IN HERE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE WHATEVER BUSINESS WANTS TO RELOCATE HAS A USE AND YOU HAVE A LOCATION FOR THAT USE. AND THEN ENHANCING AND INCORPORATING DESIGN STANDARDS HERE I HAVE JUST ENHANCED LANDSCAPING STANDARDS. BUT THIS APPLIES TO ALL AND ALL DESIGN STANDARDS, INCLUDING LIGHTING NOISE REGULATIONS. AND THIS SHOULD REALLY BE DRIVEN BY COMP PLAN, BE DRIVEN BY WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS. FINALLY, JUST A BREAKDOWN OF A COUPLE SPECIFIC USES THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THESE TELECOMMUNICATION REGULATIONS, PERSONAL WIRELESS FACILITY, CELL PHONE TOWERS, THAT SORT OF THING. THESE ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING, AND THE CODE OF VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS ALWAYS CHANGING THEM. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED REGULARLY. YOU ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEM RIGHT NOW. SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. THEY'LL HAVE TO BE UPDATED. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, THIS IS A GREAT NEW USE, KIND OF AN INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE TO INCORPORATE THESE TO HELP ADDRESS HOUSING CONCERNS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, HELPS ALLOW LANDOWNERS TO SUBSIDIZE THEIR LAND, THEIR MORTGAGE, MORTGAGE WITH ACCESSORY PERMITS. HELPS PEOPLE HAVE MOTHER IN LAW SUITES, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING. ELDERLY COME LIVE WITH THEM. SO ADDING THAT USE CAN REALLY BE A GREAT BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY. MANUFACTURED HOUSING IS CURRENTLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES THAT ALL MANUFACTURED HOUSING BE TREATED EXACTLY THE SAME AS STICK BUILT HOUSING, REGULAR SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING IN ALL AGRICULTURAL ZONES. SO YOU CAN'T REQUIRE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT YOU DON'T REQUIRE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. ALL THE SAME, REGULATIONS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HAVE TO APPLY TO A MANUFACTURED HOME ONLY IN AGRICULTURAL ZONES, AND THEN SIGN REGULATIONS CURRENTLY ARE VERY LIMITED, WHICH MIGHT [01:25:07] BE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND WE REEVALUATE AFTER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO HAVE BETTER SIGN REGULATION AND CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, YOU CAN YELL AT ME IF I'M GOING TOO FAST. I'M TRYING TO KEEP TO MY 15 MINUTE MARK HERE. WE WILL MOVE INTO SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE ANALYSIS. SAME THING HERE. THESE CHARTS BREAK DOWN WHAT SECTIONS OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO SUBDIVISIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO PRINCE GEORGE? CHART TWO SHOWS OF THOSE SECTIONS. HOW MANY OF THEM ARE MANDATORY? WHAT OF THE MANDATORY ONES? HOW MANY ARE YOU IN COMPLIANCE WITH? CHART THREE IS SHOWING OF THE OPTIONAL ONES. HOW MANY ARE YOU OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH? AND I'LL JUST SAY RIGHT NOW, YOUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE WAS WAS PRETTY GOOD. I WAS I WAS VERY RELIEVED WHEN I WENT FROM THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. YOU ARE MOSTLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA FOR THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. YOU'LL SEE WHEN I JUMP HERE TO THE KEY TAKEAWAYS. I HAVE WAY LESS THAN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SO OVERALL A PRETTY GOOD JOB ON THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS A WHOLE LOT OF WORK, BUT IT COULD STILL BENEFIT FROM SOME ADDITIONAL REORGANIZATION. DEFINITELY UPDATING THOSE NON COMPLIANT CODE OF VIRGINIA SECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE BE ADDRESSED. AND ADD SOME MORE OPTIONAL CODE OF VIRGINIA SECTIONS, DEPENDING ON ON WHAT THE COMP PLAN SAYS. SO PRETTY GOOD THERE. WE'LL TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS REAL QUICK. FIRST OFF, PRELIMINARY PLATS. YOU CAN'T REQUIRE PRELIMINARY PLATS FOR ALL SUBDIVISIONS. YOU CAN ONLY REQUIRE THEM FOR SUBDIVISIONS OF LOTS 51, 51, LOTS OR MORE. CURRENTLY I THINK IT'S REQUIRED FOR FOR ALL MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS, BUT THAT HAS TO BE ONLY APPLICABLE TO TO 51 OR GREATER. THAT'S DRIVEN BY CODE OF VIRGINIA. YOU CAN STILL OFFER THEM AS AN OPTIONAL PROVISION TO APPLICANTS. AND THEY CAN SUBMIT THAT IF THEY IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT, THEY CHOOSE TO DO. CLARIFYING PROCESS AGAIN, HOW DOES AN APPLICANT APPLY FOR ALL ALL SUBDIVISION PERMITS? HOW DOES THAT PERMIT GET APPROVED? WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS? THEIR ORDINANCE REALLY SHOULD BE LIKE AN EASY TO FOLLOW, STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO GET A SUBDIVISION APPROVED. THERE ARE NO MENTIONS OF DAM BREAK AND INUNDATION ZONES IN THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. THESE SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE SHOWN WHEN APPLICABLE. IF A DEVELOPER WANTS TO COME IN AND BUILD ANYWHERE WITHIN A DAM INUNDATION ZONE, THAT SHOULD BE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN, AND MORE SO, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA ACTUALLY ALLOWS LOCALITIES TO REQUIRE A DEVELOPER TO FRONT SOME OF THE COSTS THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE THAT DAM BREAK AND INUNDATION UNSAFE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER AND SHOULD DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT AND INCORPORATE FOLLOWING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I WOULD SAY ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND REMEDIATION PLANS. YOU CAN REQUIRE THAT ALL DEVELOPERS DISCLOSE OF REMEDIATION SITES AND PLANS, AND YOU CAN REQUIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT STUDIES FROM THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. THIS IS NOT A REQUIRED PROVISION. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL PROVISION. BUT I'M RECOMMENDING IT BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR ENVIRONMENT SAFE, KEEPING THINGS RURAL PRIVATE ROAD STANDARDS. THESE SHOULD BE REEVALUATED AFTER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ENSURE THEY'RE MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS. AND THEN FINALLY, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES THAT IF A LOCALITY ALLOWS FOR CLUSTER SUBDIVISIONS, I BELIEVE YOU CALL THEM DENSITY ZONE DENSITY ZONING RIGHT NOW THAT IT MUST APPLY TO 40% OF ALL THE LAND WITHIN THE LOCALITY CURRENTLY ONLY ONLY APPLIES TO R2 AND R3 ZONING DISTRICTS, WHICH IS IS PRETTY MINIMAL. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THAT REQUIREMENT. SO WITH THAT, I WILL STOP TALKING. I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. THAT'S OUR SUMMARY OF THE REPORT I ASKED YOU, I URGE YOU TO READ THROUGH THAT REPORT FOR A MORE IN DEPTH SUMMARY OF OUR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS PERTAINING TO THE CODE OF VIRGINIA COMPLIANCE, AGAIN CAN BE FOUND IN APPENDIX A AND B FOR THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, RESPECTIVELY. THAT BREAKS IT DOWN LINE BY LINE. THIS IS THE SECTION OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. THIS IS WHAT YOUR WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE. THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ANY DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME. ANY QUESTIONS. NO, SIR. NO, I GOT ONE. SURE. YOU MENTIONED MODULAR, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED AGRICULTURE ONLY VERSUS A STICK BUILT. YES, SIR. EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, PLEASE. AS FAR AS MANUFACTURED HOUSING. YEAH. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT? THINK ALLOW IT IN ONE KNOT AND IT'S NOT REQUIRED. THINK OF A DOUBLE WIDE. A DOUBLE WIDE IS CONSIDERED A MANUFACTURED HOUSING. SOMETHING THAT'S BUILT OFF SITE, BROUGHT INTO SITE, AND SET DOWN ON A PERMANENT FOUNDATION. THEY CONSIDER THAT A MANUFACTURED HOUSING. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE TREATED EXACTLY THE SAME AS A TRADITIONAL WILL WHERE THEY POUR CONCRETE SLAB AND THEY, YOU KNOW, BUILD UP A HOUSE. THEY NEED TO BE TREATED EXACTLY THE SAME, SAME SETBACKS, SAME HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. [01:30:05] OKAY. SAME USE. YEAH. EVERYTHING. EXACTLY. YOU JUST NEED TO TREAT THEM LIKE SINGLE FAMILY. YOU CAN STILL CONSIDER THEM TWO SEPARATE USES AND YOU CAN TREAT THEM DIFFERENTLY IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. BUT IN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS THEY HAVE TO BE TREATED THE SAME. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I JUST LEARNED SOMETHING. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IF I COULD, THOUGH, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT WORK YOU'VE DONE SO FAR. I MEAN, IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING STUFF BASED ON A REQUEST COMING IN, AND THIS IS LONG OVERDUE. SO I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, AND NOW I LOOK FORWARD TO THE END PRODUCT. YEAH. WELL THANK YOU. YEAH, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT WORK. YOU KNOW, BERKELEY GROUP IS HERE TO SUPPORT ALL COMMUNITIES IN VIRGINIA, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT THAT REALLY NEED THE HELP. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT. YEAH. SO JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT NEXT STEPS HERE. AS I SAID, WE ARE WORKING ON YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE RIGHT NOW. BUT IN GENERAL, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE PRINCE GEORGE ZONING ORDINANCE, KEY ZONING ORDINANCE WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM A COMPREHENSIVE REWRITE. THIS REWRITE, HOWEVER, SHOULD BE INFORMED AND DRIVEN BY THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SHOULDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THAT IS COMPLETE. FROM HERE, OUR TEAM WILL BE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. SO LAST YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE IS GOING TO BE UNTIL WE FINISH THE COMP PLAN. SO WE WON'T TOUCH ON THIS STUFF AGAIN UNTIL WE GET DONE WITH THE COMP PLAN. WE EXPECT TO COME BACK HERE AND TALK TO YOU AGAIN ABOUT THIS STUFF. IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND FALL OF 2025. THAT'S A TENTATIVE DATE. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM THE DATES, WE'VE KIND OF GOT NEXT STEPS REVISING AND FINALIZING THIS REPORT AND THE MATRICES. SO THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND THEM ALONG TO YOUR COUNTY STAFF. THEY'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH US AND WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT GETS UPDATED. AND THEN ANOTHER PLUG. I KNOW THAT MR. STOKER ALREADY POINTED OUT, BUT WE HAVE A PUBLIC WORKSHOP TOMORROW NIGHT RIGHT NEXT DOOR AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 6 P.M., I BELIEVE FOR ALL FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WE URGE ALL INVESTED CITIZENS TO COME OUT AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. LET US KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AND WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT IS IT, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ORDER OF BUSINESS. [G. Order of Business] THIS IS GOING TO MS. DREWRY, AWARD OF THE CONTRACT FOR GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MISTER CHAIRMAN. BOARD MEMBERS. WE WERE BEFORE YOU ON FEBRUARY 27TH REQUESTING FOR YOU TO AWARD A CONTRACT USING A PETERSBURG CITY CONTRACT. HOWEVER, THAT PROVIDER, AFTER MORE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION INDICATED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ALLOW US TO USE PETERSBURG'S CONTRACT. THEY HAVE A MORE CENTRALIZED LOCATION, AND THE PROXIMITY TO HIS BUSINESS WAS MUCH CLOSER THAN PRINCE GEORGE. WE HAVE MULTIPLE FUELING SITES, OUR VOLUNTEER STATIONS. SOME OF THEM HAVE DIESEL ONLY SOME OF THEM HAVE SPLIT GAS AND DIESEL IN ADDITION TO OUR FLEET GARAGE. HE GRACIOUSLY DID ALLOW US TO USE THAT CONTRACT THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO PREPARE AN INVITATION FOR BID, WHICH WE DID. WE PREPARED AN IFB. THOSE BIDS WERE DUE ON APRIL 18TH, AND WE DID RECEIVE FIVE BIDS. WE DID PROVIDE THE BID TABULATION SHEET FOR YOUR REVIEW. AND THE LOWEST AVERAGE DIFFERENTIAL PRICE WAS BARKSDALE OILS, INC. AT AN AVERAGE DIFFERENTIAL OF 0.0875. AND WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE AWARD OF CONTRACT TO BARKSDALE OIL, AND THERE IS A RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET. THE DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS IFB AND PETERSBURG'S CONTRACT IS UNDER 6000, BUT IT DOES ALLOW THAT PROVIDER TO PAY THE LABOR TO PAY THE FUEL COSTS FOR THOSE DELIVERY IMPACTS. SO IT'S NOT A HUGE FINANCIAL IMPACT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE OUR BUDGET AS A RESULT OF IT OR REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. NO QUESTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. MS. DREWRY, YOU MIGHT AS WELL HANG AROUND. YES, SIR. RESOLUTIONS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR FY 24 FIRE PROGRAM FUNDS. $193,651. YES, SIR. [01:35:04] WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE RECEIPT OF OUR ANNUAL FIRE PROGRAM FUNDS FROM THE STATE. AND WE ARE REQUESTING APPROPRIATION OF THOSE TO THE FIRE AND EMS CENTRAL BUDGET. THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO BE USED FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING. AND SPECIFICALLY, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED FOR FIRE HOSE AND RELATED SUPPLIES LIKE NOZZLES AND TRUCK DIVIDERS OR HOSE DIVIDERS WITHIN THE TRUCKS, SOME CONEX BOXES, SOME EXTRICATION TOOLS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR FIREFIGHTERS. SO WE ARE REQUESTING AN APPROPRIATION. THE CHIEF DOES EVALUATE REQUESTS FOR EACH STATION AS THEY COME IN, BUT ULTIMATELY APPROVES THE USE OF THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES ARE FOLLOWED AND THAT THEY ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FIRE PROGRAM FUND REQUIREMENTS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS, AND IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND I'LL SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE THE APPROVED MOU WITH PETERSBURG FOR MUTUAL AID, RADIO PATCH AND RADIO PROGRAMING. INTERIM CHIEF TAYLOR. MR. CHAIRMAN. YES? MR. TAYLOR OR CHIEF TAYLOR AND I ARE GOING TO TAG TEAM ON THIS. THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO RECEIVE AND PROVIDE MUTUAL AID WITH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG FOR RADIO AND COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES. NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT THAN THAT, OTHER THAN IT AUTHORIZES US TO ENGAGE IN THOSE SERVICES TOGETHER. OKAY. CHIEF TAYLOR. SHE HIT ON MOST OF IT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD THESE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS. YOU LET HER GO FIRST, SO SHE STOLE YOUR THUNDER. IT'S REALLY AN UPDATE TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY CURRENTLY DOING WITH ALL OF OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS. IT'S GOT THE NEW RADIO SYSTEM IN PLACE. SO PETERSBURG WANTED A UPDATED AGREEMENT TO GO INSIDE WITH THAT. SO WE'VE GOT SIMILAR REVIEWS. CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE WITH PETERSBURG AND DINWIDDIE AND ALL THE REGIONAL PARTNERS. I THOUGHT WE DID BRING IT UP TO 2024. OKAY, I'LL JUST ASK FOR APPROVAL. YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'M SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. YES. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE ARPA BUDGET TRANSFER TO FUND UTILITY PROJECTS $3,572,249.88. MR. HOLCUMB. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKES. MS. ERARD. WAIT FOR THIS TO COME UP. AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, WE'VE RECEIVED THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS IN TWO TRANCHES. FIRST TRANCHE IN AUGUST OF 21 AND THE SECOND IN AUGUST OF 22, IN EQUAL TRANCHES, A TOTAL OF ABOUT $7.5 MILLION. OF THAT $7.5 MILLION, THE BOARD HAS ALREADY DESIGNATED AND SPENT SOME MONEY ON ON PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES NOT RELATED TO UTILITIES, AND THAT EQUAL TO ROUGHLY ABOUT $706,000. AND I LISTED A FEW THINGS ON HERE WHERE YOU MAY SEE WHAT THOSE HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR. AND THE BOARD ALSO COMMITTED $6 MILLION FOR UTILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. SO THAT REMAINS OF WHAT HAS NOT BEEN COMMITTED OR DESIGNATED $743,000, ROUGHLY ARPA FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE DESIGNATED THOSE FUNDS NEED TO BE DESIGNATED AND SPENT OR, EXCUSE ME, OBLIGATED BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A PO ISSUED A WATER PROJECT AND THE PO ISSUED TO A CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE FUNDS. AND FURTHERMORE, WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE ALL THOSE FUNDS EXPENDED BY DECEMBER OF 2026. 3.1 MILLION. NEARLY 3.2 MILLION OF THOSE COMMITTED FUNDS TO ARPA HAVE ALREADY BEEN USED FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED THERE. AND THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE BOARDS ALREADY APPROVED, THAT REMAINS AGAIN, 2.8 MILLION OF THAT 6,000,000 IN UTILITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMMITTED. SO WE STILL HAVE A TOTAL OF $3.57 MILLION OF FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMMITTED THAT NEED TO BE COMMITTED AND OBLIGATED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. JUST A BRIEF REVIEW. I KNOW MISS DREWRY HAS ALREADY DESCRIBED THIS AT A PREVIOUS MEETING OF WHAT THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR, SO I WON'T GO OVER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. [01:40:09] BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT THE FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC. SO ANYTHING THAT WAS HEALTH RELATED OR HELPED US TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THOSE FUNDS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT. ALSO THE VERY BOTTOM, THEY ALSO ALLOWED THAT THOSE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR INVESTMENT IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHLIGHT THOSE HERE ONLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE WE'RE GOING TO SHOW FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING ON HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY USE THESE ARPA FUNDS. SO THE FOLLOWING LIST OF PROJECTS ALREADY MEETS OUR COUNTY STRATEGIC GOALS. AND BUT YET THEY STILL NEED SOME FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED. AND THEY AGAIN, THEY NEED TO BE OBLIGATED. THE REASON WHY I PICKED THESE FOUR PROJECTS IS THESE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BEING OBLIGATED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY WE'RE SELECTING THESE PROJECTS. THE RIVER ROAD TANK AND BOOSTER STATION. WE ARE WORKING ON FINAL DESIGN AND PERMITTING. SO WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT SOON. I'LL GO OVER ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THESE ARE. AGAIN, IF YOU COULD READ THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC GOALS FOR 1.3 AND 1.4. TO DELIVER WATER AND TO RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS. THE ALL THESE PROJECTS MEET THOSE GOALS AND AGAIN, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE REALLY BRIEFLY. THE RIVER ROAD TANK AND BOOSTER STATION PROJECT WILL ALLOW US TO TO GAIN AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY TO GIVE US A TOTAL OF 3.33 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. OF WATER FROM THE APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY TO OUR CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM. IT ALSO REDUCES OUR LOW PRESSURE ZONE. CURRENTLY, WHERE EXISTING PUMP STATION IS ON, JEFFERSON PARK CREATES A VACUUM OF WATER FROM FROM COLONIAL HEIGHTS THAT LOWERS THE PRESSURE EVERY TIME WE'RE IN THAT VACUUM STATUS AND WHEN MOVING THIS BOOSTER STATION TO REMOVE THAT, THAT THAT LOW PRESSURE ZONE AND PROVIDE MORE CUSTOMERS WITH BETTER PRESSURE. THE ESTIMATED COST OF THAT PROJECT IS 15 MILLION. AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PLAN AND REGULATORY APPROVALS. WE EXPECT TO HAVE ALL THOSE BY JUNE, AND WE'D BE ABLE TO BID THIS PROJECT BY JULY AND AWARD IT IN OCTOBER AND THAT ALLOWS US A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM TO GET THIS OBLIGATED AND A PURCHASE ORDER ISSUED TO THE CONTRACTOR. SHOWING ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES HERE, THAT OF OUR ABILITY TO FUND THIS PROJECT. OF COURSE, WE WOULD USE THE ENTIRE 3.57 MILLION FROM ARPA. 8 MILLION FROM OUR UTILITY RESERVES, AND 2.1 MILLION OUT OF OUR UTILITY CAPITAL BUDGET TO FUND THAT PROJECT. AND THAT, AGAIN, THEIR COST IS A CHALLENGE. WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T. FULLY ANTICIPATE THE PROJECT COMING IN UNDER BUDGET. THE COSTS HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, SO EVERYBODY'S BUSY. SO YES, PEOPLE ARE PUTTING OUT BIDS. BUT THEY'RE THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. SO WE ARE HOPING THAT WE STILL HAVE OR STILL BE ABLE TO COME IN UNDER BUDGET. NOW THE ROUTE 156 TANK AND BOOSTER STATION. AGAIN, THIS ONE TO HELP US GAIN AN ADDITIONAL ONE MGD. INITIALLY, IT'LL BE EVENTUALLY EXPANDABLE TO THREE MGD. BUT THIS IS A CONNECTION INSTEAD OF WITH APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY. IT'LL BE CONNECTED TO VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER AND REALLY PROVIDES A MORE OF A REDUNDANT WATER SOURCE. SO IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN WITH OUR CURRENT WATER SUPPLY, WE STILL HAVE SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLY FROM VIRGINIA AMERICAN TO SUPPLY OUR CUSTOMERS IN A TIME OF EMERGENCY. THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS PROJECT IS 7 MILLION. THE TIMELINE. WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE ON THIS TODAY, ACTUALLY, AND TALKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT. THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY A BIG STRUGGLE TO TO MEET THIS TIME FRAME, TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE FUNDS OBLIGATED. WE ASKED THEM FOR A SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME SO WE CAN BID IT IN OCTOBER. AND RIGHT NOW THAT WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE DESIGN PHASE, IT'S GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE WHEN I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE AT. SO AT THIS POINT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT IS EVEN FEASIBLE. BASED ON THAT UPDATE TODAY. NOW AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE PAST, SO THERE IS NO FUNDING SOURCE IDENTIFIED. AND AGAIN, THE TIMELINE IS OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE AND IT'S STILL PROVEN TO BE SO. TEMPLE AVENUE WATERLINE CROSSING UNDERNEATH THE APPOMATTOX RIVER. THIS REPLACES THE EXISTING PIPELINE THAT'S CURRENTLY ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT BRIDGE. IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST CRITICAL ASSETS. IT HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE TWO TIMES IN THE SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE. AND FOR SIGNIFICANT PERIODS OF TIME WHERE WE ALMOST LOST WATER FOR OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. SO WE ARE WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SOME GOOD NEIGHBORS TO HELP US TO CONTINUE WATER AT THAT TIME. SO THIS PROJECT PROVIDES SOME CERTAINTY THAT WATER MAINS SHOULD NOT GO OUT OF SERVICE. AS MUCH AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE RECENT PAST. [01:45:01] THE ESTIMATED COST IS ABOUT 2.8 MILLION. WE ARE NEARLY DONE WITH THE PLANS AND REGULATORY APPROVALS, SO WE EXPECT THAT AGAIN IN JUNE, BE ABLE TO BEGIN BID IN JULY, AWARD IN OCTOBER, AND HAVE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED BY OF DECEMBER OF 25. THE FUNDING SOURCES HERE, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED NEARLY 960,000 OF CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING USING CONGRESSWOMAN MCCLELLAN'S GRANT FUNDS AS WELL AS WE'RE HOPING TO GET AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF HALF $1 MILLION FROM THE SOUTH CRESCENT REGIONAL. DON'T FORGET TO SEE THE SCRC GRANT, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE NOTIFICATION LATER THIS MONTH. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE 1.3 MILLION OUT OF OUR UTILITY CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH WILL BE OUR MATCHING REQUIREMENTS. OUR MATCHING REQUIREMENT IS ONLY A 500,000 OR ANYTHING ABOVE WHAT THE ACTUAL COSTS ARE. BUT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE 20% OF THAT CONSTRUCTION COST OR 500,000, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS ONE IS OF THE $3.5 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS, WE WOULDN'T USE IT ALL. SO WE STILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY OTHER SOURCES. ANOTHER PROJECT TO SPEND THE REMAINING ARPA FUNDS. AND THEN FINALLY THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THIS IS FOR DESIGN ONLY. AGAIN, THIS WOULD MEET OUR LONG TERM WATER NEEDS TO PROVIDE FOUR MGD TO OUR CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM TO MEET ALL OF OUR FUTURE GROWTH DEMANDS. AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF THAT DESIGN IT CAN BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 AND $5 MILLION, ABOUT $5 MILLION HERE. BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT AND UNDERSTANDING, WE GOT SOME OF THAT PROJECT ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH THE TEMPLE AVENUE TANK AND BOOSTER STATION SHOULD SHAVE OFF, SOME OF THAT COST. THE TIMELINE HERE. OBVIOUSLY, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS ISSUE AN RFP AND AWARD THE DESIGN. SO THIS WOULD TAKE VERY MINIMAL TIME TO GET ACCOMPLISHED IF WE DECIDE TO USE THIS, USE THE FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT. CURRENTLY THE FUNDING SOURCE AGAIN, ARPA FUNDS, WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 3.5 MILLION REMAINING IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AND UTILITIES CAPITAL BUDGET. IF ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NEEDED WE DON'T SEE ANY CHALLENGES TO THIS PROJECT BEING COMPLETED ON TIME. AND JUST SOME CONSIDERATIONS ALREADY MENTIONED ALREADY ABOUT TEMPLE AVENUE WATERLINE CROSSING UNDER THE APPOMATTOX. IT DOES NOT USE THE FULL ARPA FUNDS. SO WE YOU KNOW, IF WE EVEN IF WE DO USE THOSE ARPA FUNDS, WE STILL HAVE TO TRANSFER OTHER FUNDS TO ANOTHER PROJECT. SO THE IDEA IS WE WOULD WE WANT TO TRY TO FIND ONE PROJECT THAT WE CAN OBLIGATE ALL THE FUNDS IN AND EXPEND THEM ALL AND ONE PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY TRACK THE PROJECT. THE RIVER ROAD TANK AND BOOSTER STATION PROJECT WORKS WITH OUR CURRENT OUR WATER SUPPLY AND OUR FUTURE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO THEREFORE IT DOES REDUCE THE FUTURE COST OF THAT WATER TREATMENT PLANT CONSTRUCTION. THE ROUTE 156 TANK, AGAIN, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED IT. THE TIMELINE RISK THAT WE ARE TAKING, WE WOULD TAKE IF WE DO OBLIGATE IT THERE, BUT IT ALSO DOES CREATE SOME DEPENDENCY ON VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER AND MAY HURT OUR SOME SOME OF OUR FUTURE NEEDS TO USE THAT WATER TREATMENT PLANT. SO WE ROLL ALL THIS UP IN A NICE LITTLE SPREADSHEET FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT LATER. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS SHOWS IS YOU KNOW WHAT ALL THE COSTS ARE WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM. I WON'T HARP ON THIS PAGE TOO, TOO LONG. I'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH MOST OF THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT'S THE DECISION MAKING MATRIX THAT WE HAVE ON THIS FINAL PAGE. JUST KIND OF SHOWS THE FUNDING STATUS WHERE WE'RE AT AS, AS IS IT COMPLETELY FUNDED OR WE STILL NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING? AND THE RANKINGS HERE, OBVIOUSLY LOW IS ONE IS A LOW NUMBER FIVE IS THE BEST NUMBER YOU CAN GET. SO THE RIVER ROAD TANK AND BOOSTER STATION, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT FULLY FUNDED YET, IF WE DO HAVE THE ARPA FUNDS AND WE GET SOME FAVORABLE BIDS, WE SHOULD BE FINE. THE AMOUNT OF ARPA FUNDS OBLIGATED. MEANING, CAN WE SPEND ALL THE ARPA FUNDS IN THAT ONE PROJECT? EXCUSE ME. SURE. THERE YOU GO. THEN CAN WE SPEND THE ARPA FUNDS WITHIN THE TIME FRAME? THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE GOT JUST OVER SEVEN MONTHS TO GET THE FUNDS OBLIGATED AND THEN TWO YEARS TO GET THE FUNDS AFTER THAT TWO YEARS TO GET THE FUNDS SPENT AND THE PROJECT COMPLETE. SO RIGHT NOW, BASED ON ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE SHOW HERE THE RIVER ROAD TANK AND BOOSTER STATION IS THE GETS THE HIGHEST SCORE ON BEING ABLE TO ADEQUATELY USE THOSE ARPA FUNDS. AND THEREFORE, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO TRANSFER THOSE FUNDS TO THIS PROJECT ALLOWS US TO USE THE FULL USE OF OUR OUR WATER SUPPLY. THESE ARE LONG TERM WATER SOLUTIONS FOR FUTURE DEMANDS, AND THEN THE RISK ARE RELATIVELY LOW. OTHER THAN RIGHT NOW, WE GOT 13.7 MILLION OF FUNDING IDENTIFIED. [01:50:04] OUR ESTIMATES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR COUNTY ENGINEER DOES HAVE A LOT OF OF UNCERTAINTY IN THEM. THEY'VE ADDED SOME FLUFF IN THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT THE LOW BID. SO WE BELIEVE WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THIS IN UNDER 15 MILLION. SHOULD WE BE IF NOT ABLE TO GET IT THERE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME OPTIONS IN THE IN THE BID TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CUT SOME THINGS OUT OF THE PROJECT, TO BE ABLE TO COME UNDER UNDERNEATH THE BUDGET. IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT STILL, THEN THE BACKUP PLAN WOULD BE THAT WE COULD USE THOSE ARPA FUNDS FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE WOULD STILL HAVE TIME TO QUICKLY ISSUE AN RFP OR WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANTS TO GET A PRICE TO DESIGN THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THEREFORE, THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION. THERE IS A DRAFT RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET REQUESTING FOR THAT TRANSFER OF ARPA FUNDS TO THE RIVER ROAD TANK AND BOOSTER STATION PROJECT. ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB, MR. HOLCOMB. WE'RE BEHIND THE CURVE. WE'RE STILL BEHIND THE CURVE. BUT WE'RE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO. AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO GET THAT MONEY BACK. ABSOLUTELY. WE NEED TO UTILIZE IT. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. SO MOVE. SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. DON'T. THANK YOU, MR. HOGAN. I DON'T BELIEVE I MISSED ANYTHING, SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TILL MAY 28TH. SO MOVED HERE SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. HAVE A SAFE DRIVE HOME. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.