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ON AUGUST 13TH. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO ORDER AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT.
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MS. KNOTT CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE MR. BROWN TO PARTICIPATE ELECTRONICALLY FOR A MEDICAL REASON? SO MOVED. SECOND.
RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 371181
[B. Closed Session]
OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF AN APPOINTMENT FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM TO THE APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD AND APPOINTMENT TO SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD.MS. KNOTT CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
FOLKS WE'LL BE IN CLOSED SESSION FOR A SHORT, SO IT SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG.
OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CERTIFIED THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH BOARD MEMBERS KNOWLEDGE THAT ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS WAS DISCUSSED, AND THAT ONLY THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE CLOSED MEETING MOTION WERE DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD.
NEXT, WE HAVE INVOCATION BY MISS WAYMACK AND THEN MR.
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PUGH IS GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE PLEDGE.DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
WE THANK YOU FOR SPARING US DURING THE BAD WEATHER.
WE COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US.
DEAR LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES IN YOUR ARMS AND GIVE THEM COMFORT.
WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN SPIRIT.
WE ASK THIS IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY, OH LORD.
NEXT, FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
BOARD. MY NAME IS WILLIAM STEEL, 9921 COUNTY LINE ROAD.
MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL ORDINANCES RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CHICKEN LAWS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STORM THING.
I'D LIKE TO BRING THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD ANOTHER PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT I THINK I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO LOOK AT, AND THAT IS SECTION 54-2, THE COUNTY'S ORDINANCE AGAINST TRESPASS, WHICH IS VERY CLEAR.
IT JUST STATES TRESPASS AFTER HAVING BEEN FORBIDDEN TO DO SO.
MOST OF YOU KNOW THE INCIDENT GOING ON WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND ME DEALING WITH THIS IDIOT OR THIS INDIVIDUAL FROM CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA, WHO OWNS A BUSINESS IN SUSSEX COUNTY AND FEELS HE HAS THE RIGHT TO TRESPASS OVER OUR PROPERTY TO GAIN ACCESS INTO HIS BUSINESS IN SUSSEX COUNTY.
WHEN HE WHEN HE TRIED TO DO THAT, OF COURSE I STOP HIM.
AND ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS THE COUNTY POLICE SAYS WE CAN'T GET INVOLVED.
I SPOKE TO CHIEF EARLEY ABOUT THIS, WONDERING WHY CANNOT WE ENFORCE ORDINANCE 54-2? IT'S CLEAR AS A BELL IN MY BOOK.
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INDIVIDUAL OWNERS OF SINGLE BUILDING PROPERTIES, SUCH AS MINE OR OPEN FIELDS.LET'S MAKE THAT ORDINANCE CLEARLY STATE THAT.
IF THEY POST THEIR PROPERTY PROPERLY, THEN THE COUNTY SHOULD USE THIS TOOL AS AN ENFORCEMENT.
SO, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE BOARD TO CLARIFY THIS ORDINANCE, SO WE KNOW ABOUT IT.
I PRESENTED A LETTER TO THE BOARD I TRUST IT'S BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF YOU.
WE'VE GOT. AND YOU'VE GOT THE BOARD.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I ASK, PLEASE TAKE ACTION ON THIS.
WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR, WHERE ARE WE ON THE SOLAR PANEL OR THE SOLAR POLICY THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT OVER WELL OVER A YEAR NOW TO IMPROVE? I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM THAT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OTHER THINGS TO BRING TO THE THAT WE WERE GOING TO BRING UP.
THAT SEEMS TO BE FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE.
I'M ASKING THE BOARD, HEY, LET'S STAY TRANSPARENT.
LET'S ACT ON THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU AND AT LEAST RESPOND.
WE APPARENTLY SUPPOSEDLY HAVE AN INFORMATION OFFICER WHO SHOULD BE SHARING THIS.
NOBODY KNOWS WHO THIS PERSON IS.
SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU LOOK AT MY LETTER, RESPOND, AND LET'S FIX THIS ORDINANCE.
THE RESTRAINING ORDER WE HAVE AGAINST THIS GUY EXPIRES IN THE END OF THE MONTH.
I'M HOPING NOTHING WILL COME OF IT, BUT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT AND HELPFUL TO THE POLICE TO HELP PROTECT US PROPERTY OWNERS AGAINST UNWANTED TRESPASSERS. THANK YOU.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. WEBB, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SIR. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I LIVE AT 8075 SEAVER ROAD AND I'M BRINGING UP THE BOARD ISSUES WITH SO-CALLED DUPLEXES, STATING THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
A DUPLEX IS NOT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
IT'S A TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
ALSO, THOSE LOTS ARE 24B, 100012 010 ALL THE WAY TO 14.
ANYTHING BUILT ON THOSE LOTS IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE COUNTY SEWER AND COUNTY WATER.
WELL, THIS ONE LOT IS BEING BUILT AND IT HAS A ENGINEERED DRAIN FIELD AND SEPTIC SYSTEM.
I GOT THE INFORMATION, I CAN LEAVE THE PAPER HERE.
THE ADDRESS IS I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 6615 AND 6623 PRINCE GEORGE DRIVE RIGHT NOW.
I GOT THE PAPERWORK SAYING, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THE WEBSTER DICTIONARY, I MEAN, IT TELLS YOU DUPLEX IS A SINGLE IS NOT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. IT'S TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
I WORKED HARD ALL MY LIFE, AND I KNOW OTHERS DID, TOO.
I WAS IN THE MARINE CORPS, I RESIDED HERE AFTER I GOT HURT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING.
I SEE THIS HAPPENING AND I WENT THROUGH THE CHANNELS.
THESE ARE OUR ZONING R2S, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION AND SEE IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS.
SIR, THIS IS NOT A BACK AND FORTH.
IT IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'VE WRITTEN YOUR CONCERNS DOWN.
WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE.
I DON'T LIKE FUSS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY I HAVE MY DOG RIGHT HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO GO CRAZY.
BUT I AT LEAST I'M THANKFUL FOR BEING HEARD.
THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
MR. NOBLIN, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME UP.
JUSTIN NOBLIN, 8724 CENTENNIAL ROAD.
I WANTED TO SPEAK TODAY AGAIN ABOUT THE YANCEY TRACK.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN SPENT ON THE YANCY TRACK NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.
WE'VE OWNED IT FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
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I'VE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS UP HERE AT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS TALKING ABOUT THE YANCY TRACK.I DID A FOUR YEAR REQUEST SEVERAL WEEKS AGO TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON THE YANCEY TRACK.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE PURCHASED A PROPERTY FOR $1 MILLION.
BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL PLANS, AND IT WAS, IT WAS MORE THAN JUST SCHOOLS.
IT WAS A PUBLIC POOL, NATURE TRAILS SOCCER FIELDS.
LOOK BEAUTIFUL. EVERYBODY SEEMED TO LOVE IT WHEN THEY SAW IT.
I'M NOT REAL SURE WHY IT DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION, BUT AFTER WE HAD BOUGHT THE YANCEY TRACK AND THAT PLAN WAS DONE THEN WE BOUGHT THE BUREN TRACK AND DECIDED TO PUT A LOT OF THE STUFF THERE.
THAT WOULD HAVE GONE ON THE YANCY TRACK THAT WAS PROMISED TO THE PUBLIC.
SINCE THEN I SPOKE WITH THE DEPARTMENT TODAY THAT SAID WE HAVE SPENT AN ESTIMATED 150,000 TO DATE ON THE PUMP STATION DESIGN, WHERE 95% COMPLETE ON THE PUMP STATION DESIGN.
AND NOW WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT HOPEWELL MIGHT NOT HAVE THE AVAILABILITY.
WHILE THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY HAVE THE AVAILABILITY, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GIVE IT TO US BECAUSE IT'S UNDER CONTRACT WITH OTHER BUSINESSES WHO DON'T WANT TO GIVE THIS UP.
WE ALSO SPENT $90,000 ON THE CONVENIENCE STATION DESIGN, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS GOING TO COST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT MORE THAN WE HAD EXPECTED, SO WE SHELVE THAT.
ALL OF THAT IS TO SAY THAT WE, AS A COUNTY AND AS A BOARD, SEEM TO SPEND MONEY ON STUFF BEFORE WE KNOW WHETHER WE CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH IT OR NOT, BEFORE WE KNOW THAT IT'S A VIABLE ENTITY.
WE HAVE SPENT OVER $1.25 MILLION ON THIS PROPERTY, AND TO DATE, WE HAVE A GATE AND A HUGE DIRT HILL OF SPOILS ON THE PROPERTY.
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE PUMP STATION IS IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO HOPEWELL.
AND THEN TO FIND OUT TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, THE LAST MEETING, WE VOTED TO DENY THE GRANT BASED ON STIPULATIONS THAT WERE PUT ON, THAT THE COUNTY WAS NOT, THAT THE RESIDENTS WERE NOT ACCEPTING.
AND IT WAS CLEARLY STATED THAT A VOTE TO DENY IS A VOTE TO DENY THE GRANT IN ITS ENTIRETY.
AND LO AND BEHOLD, WE GOT THE GRANT ANYWAY.
BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT BEFORE SPENDING MONEY ANYMORE.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? MISS KNOTT, WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP? ANYBODY CALL IN? NO SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA? MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
SECOND. MS. KNOTT CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT, I HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? SO MOVED. SECOND.NEXT, WE HAVE SUPERVISOR COMMENT, AND I'M GOING MR.
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BROWN, SINCE YOU'RE REMOTE, I'M GOING TO GO WITH YOU FIRST.THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK EVERYONE WHO'S THERE TONIGHT.
SORRY THAT I AM NOT PHYSICALLY THERE.
I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL.
I DO WANT TO MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT ON TWO THINGS.
ONE IS REGARDING A MATTER THAT'S FLOATING AROUND THE COUNTY, BUT I HAVE PICKED UP WORD THAT THERE'S SUPPOSEDLY A STATEMENT OUT THAT I AM ONE OF THE BOARD, OR I AM A BOARD MEMBER WHO WROTE A RECOMMENDATION FOR SOMETHING IN HANOVER, HENRICO, WHEREVER IT WAS.
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I DO NOT KNOW THE CHAIR, CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THAT LOCALITY, AND I HAVE HAD NO COMMUNICATIONS, WHETHER WRITTEN ELECTRONICALLY OR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH CELL PHONES OR WHATEVER.I HAVE HAD NO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THAT, SO I PERSONALLY WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT MATTER. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO JUST ADDRESS REAL QUICK IS ABOUT THE STATEMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AROUND THE GRANT, BECAUSE I WAS ACTING AS THE CHAIRMAN THAT NIGHT WHEN WE HAD THAT MEETING.
WHEN THE MOTION WAS MADE, THE MOTION WAS MADE TO DENY THE RESOLUTION, WHICH THE RESOLUTION WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE AND PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY ON DOING THE WASTEWATER LINE GOING TO HOPEWELL.
AND IF THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT, THEN WE WERE GOING TO COMMIT TO DOING A WASTE TREATMENT PLANT.
I MISSTATED IT, I MISSTATED THE MOTION WHEN I SAID IT OUT LOUD.
BUT WHEN MR. COX MADE THE MOTION THAT NIGHT, HE SAID, I MOVE TO DENY THE RESOLUTION.
AND SO THAT IN ITSELF DENIED THAT RESOLUTION OR THAT AGREEMENT.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP BECAUSE I WAS THE PRIMARY PERSON ON THAT NIGHT, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I'LL MOVE TO MY LEFT, MR. COX. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
MR. FITZWATER, I SEE THAT MISS PUDLO HAS GOT WITH YOU SO SHE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
MR. STEELE, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I THINK HE'S MAY HAVE STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM.
I KNOW HE'S IN HERE. OKAY, WELL, EITHER WAY, HE.
HE GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE WITH HIM LAST WEEK TO THE NIGHT OUT, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
AND WE GOT TO GO TO FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY.
GLAD TO SEE THE ATTENDANCE WAS OUT THERE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ATTENDANCE UP NEXT YEAR, BUT IT WAS KIND OF HOT LAST WEEK, SO.
BUT THAT WAS A VERY NICE EVENING.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU.
COVID IS GOING AROUND AGAIN, AND THEY FULLY EXPECT TO HAVE A VACCINE AVAILABLE FOR THE FALL.
SO, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THAT IF THEY'RE SO INCLINED.
OF COURSE, IF THEY LIKE BEING SICK THEN JUST DON'T GET IT.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE'S THINGS SAID.
WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN FIND OUT.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT AT THIS TIME.
ALL RIGHT. I'VE STATED EARLIER THANKING EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
WHAT'S GOING ON IS TRULY DISGUSTING AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE DEALT WITH.
BUT THIS BOARD HAS NO CONTROL OR NO AUTHORITY OVER THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE ARE STRICTLY A FUNDING SOURCE.
AND, MR. NOBLIN, JUST SO YOU GET YOUR LIST STRAIGHT, NOT PICKING ON YOU ALL.
BUS GARAGE WAS ALSO LOOKED AT ONE TIME TO GO ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
THE JUNCTION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE REASON IT'S RUNNING THERE WAS WITH THE INTENT TO GO TO HOPEWELL, BASED ON THE LAST PROPOSAL THAT CAME ACROSS ON WHERE WE COULD GO SPLITTING IT BETWEEN NOW AND SOUTH CENTRAL.
AND THE LINES ARE SMALLER, WHICH THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
WE DID NOT ASK FOR THE STATE TO PUT THAT ON THAT LETTER.
HAVE I ALWAYS BEEN A PROPONENT OF THINKING THAT'D BE THE BEST THING FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY? SOMEWHERE, IF NOT THERE, SOMEWHERE TO BE IN OUR OWN DESTINY? YES I DO. FOR A LONG TERM, TEN, 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO FACILITIES THAT HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY, EVEN IF THEY CAN GET SOME BACK FROM THE BUSINESSES. BUT YOU ARE CORRECT, THE CITY MANAGER IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN APPROVE IT, AND HE CAN'T APPROVE IT UNTIL HE GETS THE AGREEMENT FROM THE BUSINESSES TO GIVE SOME ALLOTMENT BACK, WHICH ALSO SERVICES, IF I CORRECT, AND MR. STOKES MAY HAVE TO CORRECT ME, THE TWO REGIONAL JAILS.
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FOR GREG ADAMS. FOR GREG ADAMS AND PRINCE GEORGE.I'M NOT GOING TO ATTEMPT TO SPEAK ON THE SOLAR FARMS. WE ARE PUSHING BACK.
THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO LEGAL.
WHATEVER LEGAL COMES UP, MR. BALDWIN COMES UP BASED ON WHAT THE STATE COMES UP WITH, WHAT WE CAN DO.
I DO KNOW WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF WHAT THE STATE WANTED US TO BE AT.
AND I WANT TO SAY IT'S LIKE 3700 SOMETHING STATEWIDE AS FAR AS SOLAR FARMS. AND THE QUESTION IS STARTING TO COME UP.
WELL, WHY IS EVERYBODY PUSHING TO KEEP GOING SO FAST IF WE'RE ALREADY AHEAD OF TARGET? I DO KNOW THAT MUCH.
I JUST CAN'T STATE THE SPECIFIC NUMBER.
I TRY TO KEEP UP ON STUFF LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S COMMENTS.
SENIOR GAME DAY, HOSTED BY THE PRINCE GEORGE SENIOR TASK FORCE, BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH.
DISPUTANTA COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 11 A.M.
THE PRINCE GEORGE FARMERS MARKET CONTINUES IN FULL SWING ON SATURDAYS.
IT'S NATIONAL HONEY BEE DAY THIS SATURDAY FROM 9 A.M.
THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REOPENED FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR ON MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.
WE'LL MOVE TO REPORTS AND I BELIEVE CHRIS WAS OUT.
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SO, WE GOT MR. PAUL HENSON.I DIDN'T KNOW IF I PRONOUNCE THE NAME RIGHT OR NOT.
HOW YOU DOING, SIR? WELL, I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO BUTCHER A FEW, SO DON'T FEEL, DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT CALLING ME OUT.
I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US UPDATE YOU TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
I'M GOING TO READ THIS BECAUSE CRYSTAL PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET IT ACCURATELY.
THESE ARE OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
WE FINISHED THE DECK OVERLAY AND OUR WATERPROOFING IS COMPLETE.
WITH ANY LUCK, WE'RE GOING TO GET IT OPEN SOON.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS THAT OUR CONTRACTOR IS MEETING OUR FIXED COMPLETION DATE.
THERE IS A CLOSURE PHASING PLAN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE SOME DETOURS FOR BOTH BULL HILL ROAD AND FOR COURTHOUSE ROAD.
THE DETOUR WILL BE BULL HOUSE ROAD, FOR BULL HOUSE ROAD WILL BE ROUTE 460 TO 156 TO 106, AND THOSE ARE SHOWN ON YOUR DETOUR PLAN SHEETS WITH ARROWS AS TO WHERE THE DIRECTION IS.
OUR TOTAL ANTICIPATED IMPACT FOR BOTH DETOURS IS APPROXIMATELY 42 DAYS, AND WE BE SURE AND GIVE THE BOARD HARD DATES WHEN WE'RE CONFIDENT OF WHEN THE DETOURS ARE GOING TO OCCUR.
ALL OF OUR STORY AND LATEX CONTRACTS ARE COMPLETE FOR THIS, FOR THIS CYCLE.
AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE WITH THE RUMBLE STRIPS, WE'LL INSTALL OUR FINAL PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE ABOUT ANY OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? YES. MR. PUGH.
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YES. SO WE'LL TAKE ANYTHING WE CAN GET.THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGING DETOUR.
WE'LL BE GLAD TO GET THAT ONE OPEN.
YEAH, AND ONE THING, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE NEXT WEEK THAT THEY PAY CLOSE ATTENTION ON COURTHOUSE ROAD BEING THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL WITH BUS TRAFFIC AND ALL TRYING TO KEEP THAT TRAFFIC MOVING FREELY.
I THINK OUR WORK HOURS ARE 9 TO 3:30 OUT THERE, SO HOPEFULLY THE BUSSES WILL GET THROUGH THERE BEFORE WE START ANY WORK, BUT I'LL BE SURE AND RELOAD THOSE CONCERNS TO OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS SO THAT CONTRACTORS ARE AWARE OF.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. STARTING ON MONDAY, MEYERS WAYMACK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. I WISH YOU LUCK ON BULL HILL.
I JUST CAME THROUGH THERE TODAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT A WHOLE LOT TO GO BEFORE YOU GO TO PHASE TWO.
WE ARE SUBJECT TO CONTRACTING LAWS, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO, WE DON'T GET TO SELECT OUR CONTRACTORS.
SO, WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT WORKS OUT SOMETIMES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU, SIR. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE CRATER WORKFORCE, REGIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TABITHA TAYLOR.
MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MISS TAYLOR BEFORE SHE GETS STARTED? YES SIR, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
BOARD MEMBERS MISS TAYLOR IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE CHAIR FOR THE CRATER WORK FOR THE CLEOS. THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICERS.
AND MISS TAYLOR HAS BEEN DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
I MEAN, WE USED TO FEAR COMING TO MEETINGS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO HEAR AND SHE'S JUST TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORN, AND I CAN'T GIVE HER ENOUGH KUDOS, AND I WANTED HER TO COME AND SPEAK TONIGHT SO THAT SHE CAN TELL YOU AND SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS THAT SHE'S MAKING IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AND THE OTHER LOCALITIES.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, GUYS.
THESE MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS MY FAVORITE.
BECAUSE GOOD STUFF IS HAPPENING.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE ONLY GET TO HEAR ABOUT THE BAD STUFF.
SO, WE HAVE PREPARED A REGIONAL IMPACT REPORT.
SO JUST TO REFRESH EVERYBODY'S MEMORIES.
IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAS 14 WORKFORCE BOARDS.
THOSE ARE DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR AND SO OUR REGION ENCOMPASSES OUR NORMAL NINE LOCALITIES THAT ARE TYPICALLY KIND OF SEEN AS THE CRATER REGION. AND WE KIND OF HAVE WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT MISSIONS.
REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ANYBODY THAT HAS A HAND IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THE GOAL IS THAT WE ARE ASSISTING IN THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, THAT WE'RE DECREASING DUPLICATION, AND THAT ALL OF THOSE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ARE DONE IN A WAY THAT HOPEFULLY BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY AND IS DONE IN A WAY THAT MAXIMIZES POTENTIAL FOR IMPACT.
SO I HAVE A FULL WORKFORCE BOARD WHICH IS A BUSINESS LED BOARD.
WE TYPICALLY RANGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 INDIVIDUALS ON THAT BOARD.
A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS SIT ON THAT BOARD AS WELL, AND THEY REALLY DRIVE A LOT OF OUR DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES HELPING US UNDERSTAND AND KIND OF GET AN EAR TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CHIEF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS CONSORTIUM, OR WHAT WE CALL THE CLEOS.
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AND THAT REALLY IS AN OVERSIGHT BOARD.SO, THEY ENSURE THAT OUR BUDGET IS PUT TOGETHER EACH YEAR THAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND LOCAL PLAN IS IN PLACE AND REALLY KIND OF ARE THE VOICE FOR THE LOCALITIES. OH, THERE WE GO.
AND MOST OF THIS IS FROM A REGIONAL VIEW, NOT FROM A COUNTY VIEW, BUT I'LL ADD SOME ADDITIONAL KIND OF DETAILS IN AS WE GO THROUGH ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS. SO OUR POPULATION HAS INCREASED UP A COUPLE THOUSAND FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE LOOKED AT INFORMATION, WHICH WAS BACK IN 2023.
WE HAVE A LOW ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A HIGH AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS, 11.4% WHO LIVE IN OUR REGION THAT DO NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE FOUND IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS NOT NECESSARILY FULLY PREPARING INDIVIDUALS ONCE THEY GRADUATE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN WORKFORCE AND SO THERE I'M SURE YOU GUYS KNOW THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF INITIATIVES RIGHT NOW AROUND KIND OF GETTING IN SCHOOLS EARLIER TO TALK TO YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT BEING READY REALLY MEANS TO GO INTO THE WORKFORCE. AND SO, I ANTICIPATE I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS NUMBER DECREASE, THAT WE WILL HAVE LESS AND LESS PEOPLE WHO COME OUT WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. AND THOSE WHO DO COME OUT, HOPEFULLY WILL COME OUT WITH THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE WORKPLACE WITH EMPLOYERS IN OUR AREA, THE AVERAGE EARNINGS FOR OUR REGION IS $56,880.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT INFLATION IS LIKE.
SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS GO OUT AND TALK WITH BUSINESSES AND GIVE INFORMATION TO THEM ON WHAT SUSTAINABLE WAGES REALLY MEAN AND HOW YOU KNOW THAT THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS RETENTION, AND IT IMPACTS THE LEVEL OF PRODUCTION AND SUCCESS THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES HAVE.
THERE'S BEEN TALK OF A RECESSION FOR, I THINK, YEARS AT THIS POINT NOW.
I REALLY THINK WE'VE BEEN IN ONE FOR A WHILE.
BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.
THE AGE AND RACE DEMOGRAPHICS THERE.
THOSE ARE HARD FOR ME TO READ FROM THIS DISTANCE IF I'M BEING HONEST, BUT THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE WHERE, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SERVING OUR MIDDLE AGE FOLKS ARE WHO WE SERVE THE MOST OF AND THEN OUR RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE WE SERVE IS PRETTY, PRETTY EVENLY SPREAD.
SO WE WE'RE UNIQUE IN THAT OUR REGION IS DIVERSE.
AND SO I THINK THAT BRINGS A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS AND POSITIVE CHANGES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION IS 59.2%.
YOU CAN SEE THE VIRGINIA RATE THERE.
I THINK I CAN SEE IT SAYS 65% THERE.
UNDERNEATH, OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE AT 3.6%.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
THE POVERTY LEVEL FOR THE REGION IS AT 19%, WHERE VIRGINIA IS AT 10%.
SO WE ARE CONSIDERED A DISTRESSED REGION FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO AGAIN, REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE IN JOBS AND STILL HAVE THEM LIVING IN POVERTY, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE OUR BUSINESSES BE WILLING TO INVEST IN FOLKS TO GIVE THEM A SUSTAINABLE WAGE AND ALSO FOR AS WE MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING BENEFITS THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR, THAT WE THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF THAT BENEFITS CLIFF LOOKS LIKE.
AND SO IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE IN THE WORKFORCE SYSTEM, TO KNOW WHAT OTHER SUPPORTS THEY CAN HAVE IN PLACE TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL WHILE THEY'RE WORKING. OKAY.
SO WE DO HAVE TWO CAREER CENTERS HERE IN THE REGION.
HOPEFULLY YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE THAT'S HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.
OVER ON CROSSINGS BOULEVARD, WE ARE IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE TOUCHSTONE BUILDING.
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IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THAT IS, WE'VE BEEN THERE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.OUR CENTER CLOSEST TO HERE BEFORE THAT WAS IN PETERSBURG DOWNTOWN.
WE ALSO HAVE A SMALLER CENTER IN EMPORIA.
AND KIND OF DOWN THAT, THAT END OF THE REGION.
73% OF THOSE WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO THIS IS 23RD JULY, ONE OF 23 TO JUNE OF 24.
AND THEN 26% WALK THROUGH THE DOORS IN OUR EMPORIA CENTER.
THE OVERALL NUMBER FOR OUR PRINCE GEORGE CENTER FOR VISITORS WAS SEVEN, JUST OVER 7800 INDIVIDUALS.
THAT IS, INDIVIDUALS NOT REPEAT VISITORS.
THAT IS ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS WALKING THROUGH OUR DOOR.
SO, 7800 PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, 11% OF THOSE FOLKS WHO WALKED IN THE DOOR.
SO THAT NUMBER IS PROBABLY HIGHER.
AND SO, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TITLE ONE.
ESSENTIALLY IT'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. IT'S ONE ON ONE CASE MANAGEMENT AND CAREER COACHING.
WE OFFER SUPPORTS SUCH AS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
SO WHETHER THAT BE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, FUNDING FOR ACTUAL OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING OR ON THE JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE FOLKS ARE GETTING WORK BASED LEARNING.
WE OFFER TUTORING, WE OFFER ASSISTANCE WITH CHILDCARE.
SO, ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE ONE UNDER THAT GRANT FUNDING.
WE PROVIDED 1391 SERVICES TO THOSE 300 INDIVIDUALS.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT EVERY TIME A CASE MANAGER MEETS WITH A CLIENT THAT COUNTS AS AN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE, EVERY TIME WE PAY FOR A TRAINING THAT COUNTS AS AN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
$580,643 OF OUR FUNDING WERE USED DIRECTLY TO SERVE PARTICIPANTS.
THAT'S ABOUT HALF OF OUR BUDGET, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN HALF OF OUR BUDGET.
LAST YEAR WE GOT $1.2 MILLION.
AND SO, THE REST OF THOSE FUNDS ARE USED FOR VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT WE THE STATE MANDATES THAT WE SPEND AT LEAST 40% OF OUR BUDGET ON TRAINING.
WE WE TRY TO SPEND THE UPWARD END OF THAT CLOSER TO 50%.
AND SO THAT'S MONEY THAT'S GOING DIRECTLY TO CONSTITUENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY RECIPIENTS THOSE WHO ARE ENROLLED WITH US WERE ABOUT 40 INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN THAT TITLE, ONE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY, AND WE SPENT ABOUT $48,000 DIRECTLY ON THOSE FOLKS.
SO, SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WERE INTERNS.
WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS FOLKS GO TO OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING TO GET THINGS LIKE CDL OR CNA LICENSES.
SO WE PAID FOR TRAININGS FOR FOLKS, AND THEN WE PARTNERED WITH A COUPLE SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYERS IN THE AREA TO DO ON THE JOB TRAINING OR WHAT'S CALLED WORK EXPERIENCE. SO ESSENTIALLY GIVING THEM SOME SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS TO HELP KIND OF THAT TRAINING PROCESS AS THEY'RE BRINGING NEW EMPLOYEES ON BOARD.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE REALLY PROUD ABOUT IS OUR PROUD OF IS OUR YOUTH SERVICES COMPONENT.
AND THAT'S BOTH IN SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH.
TYPICALLY WE SERVE THOSE IN JUNIORS AND SENIORS.
SOMETIMES WE GET SOME 10TH GRADERS, BUT TYPICALLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR 14 YEAR OLD YEARS OLD AND UP.
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SO JUST KIND OF RECENTLY, WE SERVED 75 YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATED IN SUMMER INTERNSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.LAST YEAR'S NUMBER WAS 21, SO WE ADDED 50 PLUS PEOPLE THIS SUMMER, 50 PLUS YOUTH.
WE WERE ABLE TO PAY THEM STIPENDS FOR THEIR INTERNSHIPS, THEY WERE PAID INTERNSHIPS, THEY RECEIVED A DEBIT CARD, AND THOSE FUNDS WERE DEPOSITED FOR THEM EVERY TWO WEEKS FOR THEM TO USE THE FUNDS THAT THEY EARNED DURING THAT.
THAT'S TAX FREE MONEY FOR THEM, TAX FREE DOLLARS.
AND THEY MOST OF THOSE FOLKS WERE HOSTED IN OUR LOCALITIES, MEANING THAT THEY WORKED IN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN IT.
REALLY THE GOAL FOR THOSE FOLKS WAS TO GET THEM EXPOSURE TO WHAT KIND OF SMALL TOWN GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE AND GIVING THEM PURPOSE IN THAT, ENCOURAGING THEM THAT, HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE HOME TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL CAREER, AND HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SEE HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR FINAL NUMBERS.
IT'S ACTUALLY CLOSER TO $125,000 ON THOSE SUMMER INTERNS.
YOU CAN SEE OUR SUMMER PARTNERS THERE INCLUDED MOST OF OUR LOCALITIES.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET ALL OF THE LOCALITIES CONTRIBUTING AND TAKING PART IN THAT NEXT SUMMER.
THIS IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS, RIGHT? IS OUR PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES.
SO I CAN I CAN SELL YOU ALL KINDS OF PRETTY STORIES.
BUT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN AS MUCH.
OUR PERFORMANCE IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, DOL WILL NOT CONTINUE TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO THE LOCAL BOARDS IF WE DO NOT PERFORM WHERE THEY WANT US TO PERFORM AND THOSE STANDARDS THAT THEY SET FOR US.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE A NEGOTIATED LEVEL THAT WE WORK WITH DOL DIRECTLY ON THESE FIVE PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES. SO WE HAVE EMPLOYMENT SECOND QUARTER AFTER EXIT, MEANING AFTER SOMEONE'S PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS. TWO QUARTERS LATER, ARE THEY GAINFULLY EMPLOYED? THEN WE DO THE SAME THING IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
SO THOSE ARE RETENTION PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
IN A DIFFERENCE TO WHAT THEY ENTERED THE PROGRAM.
WE WANT THEM TO GET AN INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL SO THAT THEY CAN GO AND BE EMPLOYED ANYWHERE WITH THAT CREDENTIAL AND HAVE SOMETHING THAT SAYS THEY HAVE THE SKILLS TO DO THAT JOB. AND THEN MEASURABLE SKILLS GAIN, MEANING THAT WHILE THEY'RE IN TRAINING, THAT THEY'RE MAKING SUCCESSFUL PROGRESS.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT THAT, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE MONITORING.
AND THEN OUR YOUTH, THERE'S A NEGOTIATED LEVEL THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO AIM TO MEET.
WE'VE MET AND EXCEEDED THE PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION FOR THOSE.
AND THEN FOR THE REST, YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THEM SIT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 70 AND 100%.
WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE OUTLIERS.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT MOST OF THOSE ARE IN THE YOUTH CATEGORY.
AGAIN, YOUTH ARE HARD TO SERVE AND WE'RE WORKING.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE GREAT PERFORMANCE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL PROGRAM PERCENTAGE WE ARE FOR ADULTS.
WE'RE AT 87.6 DISLOCATED WORKER.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE SOME AREAS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
BUT NUMBERS FROM TWO YEARS AGO, TO GIVE YOU GUYS PERSPECTIVE.
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FOR THE ADULTS, WE WERE SITTING AT ABOUT 63% OF THE PROGRAM PERCENTAGE, DISLOCATED WORKERS.SO TO GET FROM 12%, UP TO 79% IN TWO YEARS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.
WE CERTAINLY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET THE REST OF THOSE ITEMS UP.
BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS WE'RE MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE BASIC LEVEL FOR ALL OF THOSE.
EVERY TIME YOU DO BETTER THAN THEY INCREASE YOUR PERCENTAGE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND SO WE WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE 100% ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH MATTERS.
SO, I YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WANT TO SHOW THOSE NUMBERS, TO SHOW THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
THAT'S MEASURABLE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THESE ARE NOT SELF-REPORTED NUMBERS.
THESE ARE PULLED FROM WAGE DATA.
AND SO, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE ENTER AND GET CREDIT FOR.
EMPLOYER SERVICES AND OUTREACH.
SO WE DON'T JUST PROVIDE SERVICES IN OUR CENTERS.
NOT EVERYBODY CAN MAKE IT TO A CENTER, OR IT IS NOT MOST CONVENIENT FOR FOLKS TO COME TO CENTER.
SO, WE MEET THEM AT LIBRARIES.
WE MEET THEM AT YOUTH CENTERS IN THE AREA.
WE MEET THEM AT SCHOOLS, WHEREVER IT WORKS FOR THEM.
WE HELD WORKSHOPS THAT WERE FOCUSED ON TECH RELATED ITEMS FOR YOUTH.
WE PARTICIPATED OVER THE LAST YEAR IN 40 PLUS EVENTS.
AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER TO EMPLOYERS AND HOPEFULLY GET OUR JOB SEEKERS CONNECTED WITH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY ARE DONE WITH TRAINING OR PREPARED TO GO INTO THE WORKFORCE.
THANK YOU. SO OUR HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF OUR FINANCIAL OVERVIEW.
SO WE ARE PRIMARILY THE BOARD IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THOSE TITLE ONE DOLLARS.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE AT ABOUT $1.5 MILLION.
AND SO THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS IS MOST OF WHAT OUR, OUR BUDGET IS MADE UP OF.
WE RECEIVED A SMALL GRANT FROM UNITED HEALTHCARE.
THAT'S FOCUSED ON YOUTH THAT IS ADDING A GOOD LITTLE BIT OF BUDGET TO OUR POCKET.
AND THEN, WE RECEIVED $25,000 IN LOCALITY CONTRIBUTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES WHAT WE DO TRICKY IS $1.5 MILLION SEEMS LIKE A LOT TO SERVE AN ENTIRE COUNTY FULL OF PEOPLE WHO NEED SERVICES AND TO OPERATE TWO CENTERS.
IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T GO VERY FAR.
OUTSIDE OF THAT, ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE USE THOSE UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS FOR IS MARKETING IS GETTING THE WORD OUT THAT OUR SERVICES EXIST TO BOTH JOB SEEKERS AND BUSINESSES AND HELPING THEM GET CONNECTED WITH OPPORTUNITIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FOLKS OFTEN ASK ME IS HOW THEY CAN HELP WITH OUR IMPACT.
AND SO HERE'S A, YOU KNOW, MONEY MATTERS.
AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CONTRIBUTIONS, WHETHER THAT'S FROM A LOCALITY OR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT FOLKS MIGHT RUN ACROSS THAT THEY SAY, HEY, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THE BOARD COULD ENGAGE IN.
WE ALWAYS CAN USE EXTRA BODIES AND PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY AT OUR LARGE SCALE EVENTS.
WE DO HAVE A LARGE REGIONAL JOB FAIR COMING UP ON OCTOBER 4TH.
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 70 EMPLOYERS HOSTED OVER ON THE RICHARD BLAND CAMPUS, AND HOPEFULLY HOSTING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FOLKS COMING OUT TO GET INFORMATION.SO, WE CERTAINLY WILL BE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT EVENT.
WE AS A BOARD CANNOT ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY FOR OURSELVES IN THAT WAY LEGISLATIVELY.
BUT CERTAINLY WE DEPEND ON YOU GUYS FOR ANYONE'S EAR THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY TIME YOU MIGHT WANT ME TO COME OUT AND SHARE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT, AND THEN LAST BUT PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS SPREADING THE WORD. LETTING FOLKS KNOW WHEN YOU RUN INTO THEM AND THEY SAY, HEY, I'M, YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT LAID OFF.
SEND THEM OUR WAY. CONNECT THEM WITH US.
WE'LL GET THEM CONNECTED WITH RESOURCES.
AND HOPEFULLY GET THEM INTO SOMETHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO THEM.
I KNOW I JUST THREW A LOT OF INFORMATION AT YOU PRETTY QUICK.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE MAYBE TO LOOK AT IT AHEAD OF TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO? Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? PHILIP. NO QUESTIONS.
SO, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM, TEACHES THE KIDS A LOT OF THINGS, AND I SUPPORT IT 100%.
AND I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE SAME THING.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE PROFFER PRESENTATION, MS. ERARD.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE. EVERYBODY ALWAYS WANTS TO KNOW HOW LONG IS THE PRESENTATION GOING TO BE? AND I HAVE NINE SLIDES.
SO, I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE.
BUT I WANTED TO JUST TALK BRIEFLY TONIGHT ABOUT LAND USE AND ONE SPECIFIC AREA OF LAND USE, WHICH IS ZONING AND PROFFERS AS THEY RELATE TO ZONING. SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST LIKE A LITTLE SLICE OF LAND USE.
SO I USED TO TEACH AT THE LAW SCHOOL, AND I WOULD TALK TO THE STUDENTS AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET A GOOD JOB AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE MONEY, AND THEN ONE DAY YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A PIECE OF LAND AND YOU'RE GOING TO THINK, THIS IS MINE, I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT WITH IT.
YOU'RE BUYING THAT LAND SUBJECT TO THE LOCAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THE LOCALITY YOU LIVE IN MAY PLACE ON THAT LAND, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH THAT.
THE POWER TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN AND CANNOT GO ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY COMES FROM THE AUTHORITY TO ZONE, WHICH COMES FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AND SO AS YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN PRINCE GEORGE, WE HAVE THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE LISTED UP THERE.
THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL ACRONYM OF ALL ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO IT'S GOING TO VARY FROM LOCALITY TO LOCALITY.
BUT THESE ZONING DISTRICTS TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO IN ANY PARTICULAR AREA.
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SO FOR WHOOPS, SO FOR EXAMPLE IF WE LOOK AT R1 IT LISTS THERE ALL OF THE PERMITTED USES.SO, IF YOU BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN R1, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO WITH THAT PROPERTY, RIGHT? LET'S SAY I STARTED OUT WITH A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS AGRICULTURAL AND I WANTED TO ZONE IT, REZONE IT TO R1. OKAY, THERE'S THIS THING CALLED CONDITIONAL ZONING, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A FLEXIBILITY MECHANISM FOR LOCALITIES AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW MAYBE THE STRICTEST TERMS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ESCAPE HATCH.
IT LETS YOU DO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO THAT ESCAPE HATCH OR THAT MECHANISM IS SOMETHING THAT WE CALL PROFFERS NOW IN VIRGINIA WE HAVE A FAIRLY LONG HISTORY OF WHAT WE CALL VOLUNTARY PROFFERS.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DEVELOPERS THAT WILL DISPUTE THAT.
THEY ARE, IN FACT, TRULY VOLUNTARY, BUT THEY REALLY DO HAVE TO BE VOLUNTARY.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE PROFFERS, WE SHOULD JUST HAVE A COST OF DEVELOPMENT, A STANDARD FEE THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD PAY, AND THAT SHOULD BE IT.
WELL, FOR RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE CONDITIONAL PROFFERS AND I HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE THE WAY THAT THE COURT PHRASED IT.
PROFFERS ARE VOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS MADE BY LANDOWNERS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE APPROVAL OF CONDITIONAL ZONING AND REZONING REQUESTS BY AMELIORATING THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR OF THEIR PROPERTY, ON THE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT OF ADJOINING LAND.
AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A HIGHFALUTIN WAY OF SAYING IT'S A WAY FOR THE PERSON ASKING FOR THE REZONING TO SWEETEN THE POT, IF YOU WILL.
UM, THERE IS AUTHORITY IN STATE LAW FOR THESE PROFFERS. AND AGAIN, THE STATE CODE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE IDEA IS TO MAKE IT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE. NOW, IF YOU HAVE A REZONING CASE AND YOU HAVE A SET OF PROFFERS AND YOU ACCEPT THOSE PROFFERS, THOSE PROFFERS HAVE THE SAME FORCE OF LAW OF ANY OTHER ORDINANCE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES.
AND IF THE PROFFERS WANT TO BE AMENDED OR MODIFIED IN ANY WAY, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS THAT YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH IN THE FIRST PLACE TO GET THEM APPROVED.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY I OWN AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY.
I WANT TO REZONE IT TO R1 AND I SUBMIT WRITTEN PROFFERS AND I SAY I WILL NOT ALLOW ANY SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT ON THIS PROPERTY.
THAT MEANS THAT ANYBODY WHO BUYS MY PIECE OF PROPERTY AFTER ME CANNOT BUILD A SCHOOL ON IT.
I COULD ALSO PROFFER THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 2400FT².
I CAN PROFFER THAT THERE WILL BE NO FRONT FACING GARAGES.
I CAN PROFFER ALL SORTS OF THINGS AND PROFFERS CAN BECOME VERY, VERY COMPLICATED.
LIKE, YOU CAN PROFFER A CONCEPT PLAN OR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS, COLORS, BUILDING MATERIALS.
YOU CAN PROFFER A LOT OF THINGS.
THE TRICK IS IT HAS TO BE VOLUNTARY.
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KNOW WHAT THE LOCALITY WANTS TO GET THE REZONING TO GO THROUGH.BUT IT'S NOT LIKE YOU KNOW, MR. BALDWIN CAN SIT DOWN AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, HERE'S THE DEAL.
THIS IS ALL THE THINGS WE WANT.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE THIS TO US, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET YOUR REZONING.
THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW, AND IT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT I KNOW MR. BALDWIN WOULD EVER DO.
OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE TO RE-ADVERTISE AND THEN GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AGAIN.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, OR ELABORATE FURTHER IF YOU WOULD LIKE. YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS MR. PUGH? NO, SIR.
MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, MS. ERARD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ALL RIGHT. SPEAK OF THE DEVIL.
NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING ON REZONING REQUEST RZ-24-02.
[G. Public Hearings]
CANON INVESTMENTS LLC.THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN WEBB, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE AND MR. ERARD.
AND THANK YOU, MR. ERARD, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
IT'S OF COURSE RELEVANT FOR THIS ONE.
SO THIS REQUEST IS COMING BACK TO YOU.
IT WAS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD ON JULY 9TH.
AND SO IT'S JUST TO RECAP IT BRIEFLY, THE REQUEST WAS TO IS TO CONDITIONALLY REZONE THREE ABOUT THREE ACRES FROM OUR A AND B1 TO JUST B1 FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED BEHIND 5840 TO 5844 ALAN ROAD.
THESE ARE THE THREE BUILDINGS AT THE ROUNDABOUT AT SAWMILL AND COURTHOUSE AND THIS.
THE PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED BY THREE DIFFERENT TAX MAP NUMBERS AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INDICATES THIS AREA IS PLANNED FOR VILLAGE CENTER USES. THERE'S A MAP SHOWING THE THREE PARCELS INVOLVED, OR THREE PORTIONS OF PARCELS INVOLVED.
ANYWAY, BEHIND THOSE THREE BUILDINGS.
THERE'S THE ZONING MAP SHOWING HOW PART OF IT TODAY IS ZONED B1.
THIS IS A PLOT SHOW IN MORE DETAILED VIEW OF THE PROPERTY LINE CHANGES THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON.
SO THE BACKGROUND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW PART OF THIS IS ZONED B1.
AND THERE'S A SET OF PROFFERS APPLIED TO THAT B1.
SO YOU HAVE A PIECE OF LAND WITH, WITH A SET OF PROFFERS APPLYING TO ONLY PART OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, SUMMARY VERSION OF THEM.
AND SO THAT IS MORE LIMITED LIST OF USES THAN IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
SO AND THEIR SECOND PROFFER IS TO REQUIRE A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER SCREENING AREA IN BETWEEN THE B1 ZONING AREA AND THEN ANY ADJACENT RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES AT SUCH TIME AS THE LAND MAY BE DEVELOPED.
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OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND THE APPLICANT SUBSEQUENTLY STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE REVISING THE PROFFERS.AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
WE ALSO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE.
AND SHE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, YOU MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. PUGH. NO, SIR, MR. BROWN. NO, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.
PLEASE COME UP. MR. WEBB, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WILLIAM STEELE, COUNTY LINE ROAD I HAVE NO DOG IN THIS FIGHT.
NO COMMENTS ABOUT THE EXACT PROFFER, BUT I BRING UP AGAIN OVER AND OVER.
THIS BOARD HAS CONSTANTLY, CONSTANTLY DECIDED TO REZONE AND THESE SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS.
I KNOW EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBER, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
EVERY BOARD MEMBER PRACTICALLY HAS SAID, OH, WE'VE GOT TO CUT BACK.
WE'VE GOT TO STOP SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
WE'VE GOT TO STOP THE REZONING.
WE'VE GOT TO WAIT UNTIL THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS DONE.
I SAT THROUGH IT LAST TIME WHEN YOU ALL DID THIS, TALKED ABOUT IT, GOOD IDEAS, YADA YADA YADA.
IT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GOT TO STOP.
WE'VE GOT TO STOP THESE REZONING.
WE'VE GOT TO STOP THESE SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS UNTIL THE POINT THAT WE REDO OUR COMP PLAN, IT'S ALLOWED TO, BUT WE OVERDO IT IN THIS COUNTY, WAY OVERDO IT. WE HAVE INDUSTRIAL CREEK.
WE HAVE THE BUILDING EXAGGERATED.
AND, MR. CHAIRMAN, AS YOU SAID, YOU DON'T WANT TO TURN THIS INTO A CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
AND I THINK MS. ERARD, MS. ERARD, THAT WAS AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION.
AND THAT WAS PG COUNTY, MARYLAND.
OF COURSE, THAT MAPS OUT UP THERE.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL THESE IMPACT FEE STUFF IN MARYLAND.
AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN DOWN HERE.
CALL IT PROFFER AND MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU'LL RECALL WHEN WE HAD THIS ISSUE DOWN THERE WITH THE SOLAR PLANT DOWN ON HARWOOD ROAD, I USED THE TERM THE PROFFERS AREN'T PROFFERS, PROFFERS ARE A BRIBE.
AND BELIEVE ME, FOLKS, THAT'S THE CASE THAT'S GOING ON.
WAS THAT NOT YOUR WORDS? I WILL SWEETEN THE POT TO GET YOU TO VOTE TO CHANGE OUR COUNTY.
FOLKS, THAT'S WHAT I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT AGAIN, NOT COMMENTING ON THIS ONE.
GREAT IDEA I GUESS, YADA YADA YADA ON THAT.
BUT PLEASE, WE'VE GOT TO STOP THIS REZONING.
AND I JUST ASK THE BOARD, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND YOU NEED TO STOP THE GROWTH.
PUT EVERYTHING ON HOLD UNTIL WE GET OUR COMP PLAN DONE.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? PLEASE APPROACH.
HELLO, BOARD. JUSTIN NOBLIN 8724.
I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH THE LAST STATEMENT.
WE PUT IN REQUESTS FOR ZONING CHANGES ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS.
THAT'S THE WAY THE PROCESS HAS BEEN DESIGNED A LOT OF THE COMP PLANS AND A LOT OF THE ZONING HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED SINCE THE 60S.
AND OUR COUNTY HAS CHANGED A LOT SINCE THE 60S.
WE HAVE WE HAVE TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE.
OTHERWISE, OUR TAXES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE ROOF.
SO, THIS IS ALREADY PARTIALLY ZONED BUSINESS.
THEY'RE JUST CLEANING THE PROPERTY UP.
THEY'RE OFFERING A BUFFER NEXT TO THE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH SEEMS VERY FAIR.
I KNOW THERE WAS CONCERNS AT THE LAST MEETING, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS POSTPONED THAT THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE OR SOMETHING KEPT ON THE PROPERTY NEAR THE DAYCARES.
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SO IT'S KIND OF A MOOT POINT AT THAT THAT WE WOULD RESTRICT THIS ONE WHEN THAT ONE ALREADY ALLOWS IT.SO I DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THIS IN THIS PROPERTY.
I HAVE NO AFFILIATION WITH IT AT ALL.
BUT I THINK THIS SHOULD BE REZONED.
WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR REQUESTING REZONING, AND IT'S BEEN A LONG STANDING PROCESS.
THIS PERSON IS FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED, IT'S GONE THROUGH PLANNING.
DO I HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? PLEASE APPROACH.
ALL RIGHT. TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, MR. WEBB? IF I COULD.
I WAS ONE THAT HAD SOME QUESTIONS AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MR. CANNON. VERY NICE GENTLEMAN.
HAD A NICE LONG CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
I THINK HE'S THINKING IN LINE, AS A LOT OF US DO IN THE COUNTY.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IT.
ALL RIGHT, A SECOND. I'LL SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUESTS SC-24-05.
OKAY. I TOLD YOU I WOULD BUTCHER SOMETHING BEFORE TONIGHT WAS UP.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
SO THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TONIGHT.
AND THIS IS A REQUEST TO PERMIT A FAMILY DAYCARE HOME WITHIN A LIMITED RESIDENTIAL.
THAT'S R-1 ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO A PARTICULAR CODE SECTION.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW CHILDCARE FOR UP TO 12 CHILDREN AS A HOME OCCUPATION.
AND SO THIS HOME, THIS HOME PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 6824 HEARTHSIDE DRIVE TAX MAP NUMBERS PROVIDED.
THE APPLICANT'S NAME IS MICHAELA SEMELIE AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HER FATHER, I BELIEVE CO SEMILIE.
THERE IS A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.
AND A CLOSER IN VIEW, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A FENCED IN PLAY AREA IN THE BACKYARD.
THE APPLICANT ALREADY HAS CHILDCARE FOR UP TO FOUR CHILDREN.
NO PERMISSION NEEDED FROM THE BOARD FOR THAT.
THEY HAVE AN ACTIVE BUSINESS LICENSE AND THEY DO THAT AT THE HOUSE TODAY.
SO THEY'RE ASKING TO HAVE GO FROM FOUR UP TO FOUR CHILDREN TO UP TO 12 CHILDREN AS A MAXIMUM NUMBER.
THE PROPERTY TO THE REAR OF THAT IS ZONED RA.
SO AS I MENTIONED, THEY ALREADY PROVIDE CHILDCARE FOR UP TO FOUR CHILDREN.
THEY SPECIFICALLY WANT TO PROVIDE FOR UP TO TEN CHILDREN.
THE THEY WOULD NEED TO OBTAIN A STATE LICENSE TO ALLOW FOR THAT.
MANY CHILDREN RECEIVE CARE AND THEY WOULD PROVIDE A STATE LICENSED CURRICULUM.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND CAN PROVIDE ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HER BACKGROUND IF YOU.
SO AFTER I'M DONE WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
ONE OF THEM IS A FAMILY DAYCARE HOME LARGE.
AND THERE'S A DEFINITION PROVIDED FOR THAT BASICALLY MEANS UP TO 12 CHILDREN AS A HOME OCCUPATION.
AND THE REASON PROVIDED IS IT'S EXPECTED TO BENEFIT THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE REASON THAT THEY PROVIDED THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON ARE IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THERE WERE NONE ON THIS REQUEST PRIOR TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT ONE QUICK QUESTION, MR. GRAVES. IT STATES IN THE APPLICATION UP HERE THE KEY DECALS FOR APPLICATION MATERIALS.
AND THEN THE COMMENT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STATES DOES NOT APPROVE OR PERMIT HOME KITCHENS.
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THEREFORE, NO FOOD IS ALLOWED TO BE PREPARED IN THE HOME FOR THE CHILDREN.SO HOW DOES THAT IMPACT AND WHAT WILL THEY DO? YEAH. SO THE KEY DETAIL THAT THAT DID COME FROM THAT WAS KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY PROVIDED IN THEIR STATEMENT.
AND THEN ONCE STAFF RECEIVED THAT STAFF REVIEWED IT, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL APPROVE.
SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THEY COME UP? THANKS. ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT IT'S FOR THE APPLICANT.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE THE APPLICANT? LET ME. CAN I ASK MY, I GOT ONE QUESTION.
UNLESS I READ SOMETHING WRONG.
ONE PART, IT SAID 10, AND THE OTHER PART SAID 12.
SO THEY'VE ASKED FOR TEN IN THEIR APPLICATION MATERIALS.
AND, AND THEY CAN ALSO CONFIRM THAT THE CODE ALLOWS FOR UP TO 12.
OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I READ IT RIGHT.
BUT THEY SPECIFICALLY SAID THEY WANT TO DO UP TO TEN.
AND THERE'S ALSO THE BUILDING CODE WOULD SET OUT BASED ON HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE THEY HAVE.
AND THE THINGS THEY HAVE IN THE BUILDING WOULD DEFINE HOW MANY THEY CAN HAVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WITH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, UNLIKE A REZONING WITH A PROFFER.
EXCUSE ME. YOU CAN MODIFY OR SUGGEST CONDITIONS TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSED USE OF THE PROPERTY.
I THINK I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS.
ME PERSONALLY HAVE THEM COME UP.
HELLO. SO MY NAME IS MICHAELA.
I AM CURRENTLY WANTING TO APPLY FOR 12 CHILDREN.
IT WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT TO ADDRESS THE FOOD.
SO I WOULD GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH LICENSING WHERE THEY WILL TALK WITH ME ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY I WOULD NEED TO DO, BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO SERVE EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE FOOD PYRAMID, AND I WOULD HAVE TO SERVE CERTAIN SERVING SIZES.
IT IS NOT THAT I CANNOT HAVE FOOD AT ALL, I JUST NEED TO GO THROUGH THEM FIRST.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT.
I WANT TO FIGURE OUT, HOW ARE WE GETTING AROUND THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT LEGALLY.
IF VDH SAYS THEY WILL NOT PERMIT FOOD TO BE PREPARED IN THE HOME FOR THE CHILDREN.
I'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO THE PERSON THAT WROTE THAT EMAIL, AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT IF NEED BE.
IT WAS JUST LIKE HOW THEY WORDED IT THAT IT CAME OUT WRONG.
BUT I DID GET CLARIFICATION IN AN EMAIL LATER ON ABOUT I CAN SERVE FOOD.
IT'S JUST THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
AND IF NEED BE, I CAN PROVIDE THAT LATER ON.
ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YOU'RE GOOD.
YES, I HAD, I HAD AND SO LET ME LET ME GO TO THE PREPARATION OF FOOD.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING OR MY INTERPRETATION OF THAT IS YOU CAN'T BE COOKING FOOD FROM SCRATCH THERE IN YOUR FACILITY. BUT LIKE IF YOU HAD FOOD THAT IT WAS FROZEN AND YOU WERE GOING TO HEAT IT UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
SO PER LICENSING AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ALL OF OUR KIDS BRING IN THEIR FOOD AND THEIR SNACKS.
I AM ALLOWED TO GIVE THEM SNACKS THAT ARE STORE BOUGHT, AND THEY ARE IN THEIR CONTAINERS WITH THEIR LABELS AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN PREP FOR THEM YET, JUST BECAUSE I HAVE TO FOLLOW LICENSING GUIDELINES AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS GETTING THEIR FOOD AND WHAT THEY NEED, IS THAT KIND OF ANSWER THE QUESTION.
LET ME GO TO MY MAIN QUESTION.
MY MAIN QUESTION WAS YOU'RE GOING FROM THE NUMBER YOU HAVE TODAY TO POTENTIALLY UP TO 12.
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IS THAT A STEP PLAN OR BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS FOR YOU TO GO FROM YOUR CURRENT LEVEL TO 12.THAT'S A HUGE JUMP IN A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN THERE FOR GETTING TO THAT EVENTUAL NUMBER THAT YOU'RE ASKING TO GET TO? WELL, I'VE BEEN IN THIS FIELD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I ACTUALLY WAS A TWO YEAR OLD TEACHER WHERE WE COULD HAVE 16, TWO YEAR OLDS IN ONE ROOM.
SO 12 YEAR, 12 KIDS AT ONCE IS NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT I STRESS ABOUT.
SO IF I WANT JUST INFANTS, I CAN'T HAVE 12.
IF I WANT JUST TODDLERS, I CAN ONLY HAVE FIVE.
IF I WANT PRESCHOOLERS, I CAN ONLY HAVE EIGHT.
AND IF I WANT FIVE YEARS OLDER AND OLDER KIDS, I CAN HAVE THE FULL 12.
SO IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S A VERY BROAD BIG NUMBER, BUT IT DOES COME WITH STEPS.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN JUST HAVE 12 BABIES BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I FOLLOW WITH LICENSING SO THE DAY CAN GO SMOOTHLY.
AND AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS NOT THAT I'M AGAINST WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE AREA THAT YOU'RE IN, THAT THAT GROWTH IS PROPER AND THAT EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, AND I DO REALIZE THAT THE STATE HAS GUIDELINES AND THE STATE WILL ALSO BE MONITORING THINGS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A BOARD, IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE ALL OF THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING AS TO HOW THAT'S GOING TO OPERATE. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSES.
AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT IT IS ACTUALLY ME AND MY HUSBAND THAT RUN IT TOGETHER.
SO WE DO HAVE TWO SETS OF EYES.
IT WON'T JUST BE ME WITH 12 CHILDREN.
I DO WILL STILL HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WORKING WITH ME WHO IS ALSO CPR FIRST AID TRAINED, MAT TRAINED.
STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE WILL BE IN HOME AND IT HAS THAT STIGMA THAT'S KIND OF BAD.
BUT WE WILL RUN AS READY BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE THAT'S WHAT WE STRIVE FOR.
YOU GOOD, MR. BROWN? YES, I'M GOOD, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS COUPLE? I HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. GRAVES. I'M SORRY.
DO AND I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY DAYCARES WE HAVE IN THAT AREA? I DO NOT KNOW THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO THAT? YEAH, I CAN TALK.
OR THEY'RE RESORTING TO BABYSITTERS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD A DAYCARE.
SO WE KNOW OF ONLY ONE DAYCARE RIGHT NOW THAT'S ACTUALLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT SHE'S CLOSING IT DOWN AS SHE WILL BE GOING TO DESTINATION CHURCH AND OPENING A CHURCH CENTER CALLED LEGACY.
BUT THAT IS THE ONLY DAYCARE THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.
THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN.
EVERYTHING IN THE MATERIALS ALL SAYS 12.
AND I THINK I JUST HAD IT WRONG ON THE THAT ONE SLIDE.
I WAS JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.
YEP. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY WISH TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? PLEASE APPROACH.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST, PLEASE APPROACH.
SEEING NO ONE, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD.
TURN IT BACK. OVER TO THE BOARD.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MY ONLY CONCERN.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT OUR BOXES CHECKED.
AND IT COMES FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT.
WE JUST NEED IF WE'RE GOING TO VOTE THIS AND PASS IT.
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EVENT, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.ANYBODY ELSE? I'VE GOT ONE OTHER COMMENT.
THERE WAS ONE QUESTION RAISED.
THE EMAIL FOR VERIFICATION THAT YOU GOT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PROVIDE THAT CONTINGENT ON THIS BEING APPROVED IF IT'S APPROVED.
IT JUST TIGHTENS IT ALL JUST SOLIDIFY EVERYTHING.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT IT WITH THE TERMS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN THE CAD SYSTEM AND ALL THAT FOR WHEN UNITS RESPOND TO IT, AND THEN WE FOLLOW UP WITH IT. ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ALL RIGHT, MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO POSTPONED ITEMS.
[H. Postponed Items]
IT'S A RESOLUTION. IT'S APPOINTMENT FOR UNEXPIRED TERM.APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD.
DO I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? YOU HAD THAT ONE.
MR. COX? NO, I DIDN'T WRITE THE NAME DOWN.
ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT DANIEL CLAIRBORNE ROACH.
I WILL SECOND. MR. CHAIRMAN. ALL RIGHT, MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT, ON THE ORDER OF BUSINESS, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR APPOINTMENT TO SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD.
[I. Order of Business]
IT'S A FOUR YEAR TERM.DO I HAVE A NOMINATION? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT ASHLEY BASS.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE AWARD OF CONTRACT, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND ZONING ORDINANCE DIAGNOSTIC YEAR TWO, BERKELEY GROUP BASED ON AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $117,044 IN FY 25, AND A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED 125,000, FY 25.
THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN WEBB VICE CHAIRMAN BROWN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THIS PROJECT WAS INITIATED DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, AND WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROJECT, AND WE WERE IN NEED OF HAVING THE BOARD APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR YEAR TWO SO WE CAN CARRY THE PROJECT ON TO ITS CONCLUSION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST OF 2025.
IT'S THE SAME CONTRACT AMOUNT JUST SHOWING HOW IT'S BEEN SPLIT OVER THE TWO YEARS.
YES, SIR. ANY QUESTION FOR MR. BALDWIN? NO, SIR.
AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD SO MOVE THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS ITEM.
SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT.
SINCE OUR PROJECT IS CONTINUING AS WE SPEAK, THE PROJECT CONTRACT CALLS FOR A WORK SESSION AND SORT OF A CHECK IN WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP CONSULTANTS TARGETED FOR DECEMBER.
YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP, TRYING TO.
YOU KNOW, DECEMBER IS A VERY DIFFICULT MONTH TO TRY TO FIND A CLEAR SPOT FOR A WORK SESSION MEETING.
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THE DATE THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED IS DECEMBER THE 2ND.IF THAT IS A MONDAY, AND AGAIN, WE DON'T NEED A FINAL DECISION.
I MYSELF, I NEED TO CHECK MY CALENDAR AND I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ON A MONDAY NIGHT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS NOT MEETING IN THAT ROOM AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BECAUSE THEY USE THIS ROOM A LOT.
WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU, MR. BALDWIN, IF THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE A RESOLUTION REAPPROPRIATION.
OUTSTANDING, JUNE 30TH, 2024, INCUMBENTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS.
BOARD MEMBERS, MR. STOKE AND MISS ERARD.
THE NEXT FEW ITEMS OR THE NEXT THREE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY ARE JUST YEAR END TRANSITION BETWEEN TWO FISCAL YEARS.
REAPPROPRIATIONS OF OBLIGATIONS.
THIS FIRST ITEM IS COUNTY PURCHASE ORDERS THAT WERE OPEN ON JUNE 30TH OF 2024.
AS THE BOARD KNOWS, OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS ON JUNE 30TH.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF OPEN OBLIGATIONS AS OF JUNE 30TH AND WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST PERMISSION TO RE-APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO HONOR THOSE OBLIGATIONS THAT STRADDLED BOTH FISCAL YEARS AND FY 25.
THE TOTAL OF THOSE FUNDS THAT REQUIRE YOUR REAPPROPRIATION IS $572,670.83.
THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THAT IS 538,479.77, AND THE LARGEST OF THOSE 15 OPEN PURCHASE ORDERS IS THE PURCHASE ORDER TO VISION SOFTWARE FOR YOUR REASSESSMENT PROJECT THAT YOU AUTHORIZED IN MARCH.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
THERE'S ALSO A LISTING OF 31 PURCHASE ORDERS IN OUR CAPITAL FUND, OUR STORMWATER FUND AND UTILITIES CAPITAL FUND THAT DO NOT REQUIRE YOUR REAPPROPRIATION, BUT I HAVE PROVIDED THOSE TO YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT ANY OF THESE OBLIGATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS SIR? MR. BROWN? NO, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN. ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TAKE, THIS IS CORRECT.
WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY EVERYTHING HITS.
SECOND. MS. KNOTT CALLED THE ROLL.
THE NEXT ONE IS A REAPPROPRIATION OF 913,613.52 OUTSTANDING JUNE 30TH 24 FOR SCHOOL OPERATING FUNDS 0500.
BASICALLY THE SAME THING AS ON SCHOOL SIDE.
YES, SIR. THERE WERE TWO PURCHASE ORDERS OPEN WITHIN THE SCHOOL OPERATING FUND THAT TOTALED $913,613.52. THE LARGEST PURCHASE ORDER WAS FOR AN HVAC PROJECT AT HARRISON ELEMENTARY.
THAT PROJECT COULD NOT START UNTIL STUDENTS WERE OUT OF THE BUILDING, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO OF COURSE IT WAS LATE JUNE BEFORE THAT PROJECT COULD GET UNDERWAY, AND IT CONTINUED INTO FY 25.
THE SCHOOL OPERATING FUND BALANCE.
WHEN I RAN A REPORT LAST WEEK AND CONFIRMED BY MISS BARNES, WHO IS WORKING ON A CONTRACTED BASIS A FEW HOURS A WEEK, THEIR BALANCE IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT REAPPROPRIATION.
FUND 500 OR THE SCHOOL OPERATING FUND IS NOT ALLOWED TO TECHNICALLY CARRY A FUND BALANCE, SO ANY MONIES THAT THE SCHOOL DIVISION HAS LEFT OVER IN THEIR OPERATING FUND REVERTS TO YOUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
SO THAT IS WHY THE RESOLUTION ASKS FOR YOU TO RE-APPROPRIATE FROM GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
WHATEVER THEY HAVE LEFT WILL GET SWEPT INTO YOUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
SO, TO RE-APPROPRIATE THESE OBLIGATIONS, IT WOULD NEED TO COME FROM THAT GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AS BEST AS BEST I CAN.
ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BROWN? NO, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
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I'LL MAKE A MOTION.ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE IS APPROPRIATION FOR UNEXPENDED 2023-24 BUDGET TO FY 24-25.
$620,528.93. GRANTS, DONATIONS AND DESIGNATED FUNDS.
THIS AGAIN IS A YEAR IN TRANSITION ITEM.
WE RECEIVE A NUMBER OF FUNDS THAT ARE WHOSE MISSIONS, I GUESS, STRADDLE MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS.
GRANTS, DONATIONS AND SOME DESIGNATED FUNDS COME IN THAT WHOSE MISSION AGAIN CONTINUES IN MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS. THERE ARE CERTAIN SPECIFIC FUNDS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUND, THE TOURISM FUND, THE UTILITIES CAPITAL PROJECT FUND, AND SPECIAL WELFARE FUND THAT WE ARE REQUESTING TO BE RE-APPROPRIATED FROM FY 24.
THOSE BALANCES ARE ON HAND AT JUNE 30TH, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE SPENDING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE FUNDING STREAMS IN FY 25. SO THE GRAND TOTAL IS $620,528.93, OF WHICH $497,265.82 IS GENERAL FUND.
THERE IS A LIST PROVIDED AS ATTACHMENT A THAT SHOWS EACH DEPARTMENT EACH GRANT SOURCE FOR THOSE DESIGNATED FUNDS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR AN APPROPRIATION FROM FUND BALANCES.
I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN AND IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY, I WOULD SO MOVE THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS.
I SECOND. MS. KNOTT CALL THE ROLL.
THESE ARE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE JUST NEED BOARD CONSENSUS.
BUT IT'S FOR THE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES THAT WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROCESS THAT WE BRING TO THE BOARD FOR CONSENSUS.
WE WANT YOUR EYES ON IT BEFORE WE GO FORTH AND MAKE PURCHASES.
SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY IN FY 22 AND IN THE SIX YEARS PRIOR TO THAT, THERE HAD BEEN A ROLLING STOCK BORROWING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MORE RECENTLY, COUNTY VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS.
THE INITIAL FOCUS WAS ON PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES, SPECIFICALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND IN FY 20, PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES WERE INCLUDED IN THAT BORROWING. WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO CASH FUND VEHICLES AFTER FY 2022, AND IN YOUR ADOPTED FY 25 BUDGET, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IN 450,000 TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A UPDATE OR TO GIVE YOU A MORE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, WE HAD SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES DURING FY 23 OR 2 YEARS AGO.
SEVEN VEHICLES THAT WE ORDERED DURING FY 23 HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED AT THE END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
THOSE SEVEN VEHICLES THAT WERE ORDERED IN 23 PLUS SEVEN MORE VEHICLES, NEW VEHICLES AND A USED VAN THAT WE ORDERED IN 24 ALL CAME IN IN FY 24, SO WE HAD 15 VEHICLES COME IN DURING FY 24.
IT DOES NOT APPEAR ON YOUR LIST, NOR DOES THE VEHICLE APPEAR ON YOUR LIST THAT IT'S REPLACING, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO THROW THOSE SAME VEHICLES IN THE HOPPER TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.
WE ALSO TALKED TO YOU LAST YEAR ABOUT PURCHASING A KEY VALET SYSTEM TO MOVE TO A POOLING PROCESS.
IT IS ON SITE AND INSTALLED, AND THERE ARE TRAININGS FOR THAT SYSTEM THAT WILL OCCUR FOR THE GARAGE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TOMORROW AND OTHER STAFF ON FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IN TALKING TO MR. TALMADGE. SO JUST FOR CLARITY, FOLKS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE STARTED DOING SEVERAL YEARS BACK, AND IT'S CASH FUNDING VERSUS TRYING TO BOND AND THEN PAY ANY INTEREST ON IT.
THE VALET IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PROPOSED BY MR. STOKE AND MS. DREWRY, AND THAT IS TO TRY TO REDUCE THE VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT DON'T GET USED A LOT AND MIGHT NEED TO, YOU KNOW, RUN TO THE, I'M GOING TO USE THE
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EXAMPLE, RUN THE POST OFFICE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.THEY DON'T NEED A FULL CAR SITTING ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
YES, SIR. AM I CORRECT WHAT I JUST SAID.
YEP. SO AGAIN WE HAVE CASH FUNDED VEHICLES SINCE 2023.
YOU'RE ADOPTED FY 25 BUDGET CONTAINS $450,000 FOR REPLACEMENT VEHICLE PURCHASES.
I DID WORK WITH ONE OF MY TEAM MEMBERS AND I WORKED WITH GARAGE STAFF.
WE WORKED WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM, SPECIFICALLY POLICE AND FIRE AND EMS. AND WE ALSO TALKED WITH THE SHERIFF'S STAFF.
WE USED THE ASSET WORKS SYSTEM, OR A LISTING PRODUCED FROM THE ASSET WORKS SOFTWARE SYSTEM TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO ANALYZE THE VEHICLES.
THERE ARE CATEGORIES OF VEHICLES THAT WE'VE OUTLINED WITHIN ASSET WORKS, COUNTY, FLEET AND SPECIALTY, FIRE AND EMS FLEET POLICE MARKED UNMARKED AND SPECIALTY VEHICLES.
WE DID EXCLUDE FIRE AND EMS APPARATUS AND FIRE AND EMS SPECIALTY VEHICLES FROM THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE CONVERSATION OCCURRING ON NEXT MONTH REGARDING THOSE RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENTS.
SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE CATEGORIZE THINGS AND ASSET WORKS, THIS JUST GIVES YOU A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT EACH OF THOSE VEHICLES MEANS.
SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
MARKED MEANS IT'S MARKED, POLICE MARKED.
BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU SOME DEFINITION OF WHAT THOSE CATEGORIES MEAN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT LIST, THAT ASSET CATEGORY ID.
FURTHER, THERE IS ALSO A LIFE CYCLE STATUS CODE ACTIVE OR THE VEHICLES THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON.
THOSE THAT ARE PREPPED FOR DISPOSAL, PREP FOR SERVICE AGAIN HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED, AS HAVE THE REPLACEMENT AND PROCESS THAT THOSE VEHICLES ARE REPLACING. TO AVOID CONFUSION, WE ALSO ADDED ONE NEW CATEGORY TWO VEHICLES ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR DISPOSAL WITH THE POOLING IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW SLIDES DOWN.
THANKS. SO IDEALLY WE DID WE DEVELOPED SOME REPLACEMENT CONVENTIONS.
AND IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND EMS RESPONSE VEHICLES AFTER 100,000 MILES OR EIGHT YEARS, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST, AND ALL OTHER FLEET VEHICLES WITH 125,000 MILES OR TEN YEARS.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IF WE REPLACED EVERY VEHICLE MEETING EITHER OF THOSE CRITERIA, WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING TO REPLACE 55 VEHICLES IN FY 2025, SOME OF WHICH ARE SPARES.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, FIVE MARKED POLICE VEHICLES HAD OVER EIGHT YEARS IN SERVICE AND 100,000 MILES.
14 VEHICLES HAD EITHER OR, BUT NOT BOTH.
THREE FIRE AND EMS RESPONSE VEHICLES OR FLEET RESPONSE VEHICLES HAD OVER EIGHT YEARS AND 100,000 MILES, BUT 16 HAD EITHER OR, BUT NOT BOTH.
31 ONE COUNTY SPECIALTY OR COUNTY POLICE SPECIALTY AND POLICE UNMARKED AND SHERIFF HAD OVER TEN YEARS OR WILL REACH 125, BUT ONLY SIX HAD OVER 125000 MILES ON THEM.
SO, TO REPLACE 55 VEHICLES, IT WOULD COST NEARLY 2.6 MILLION BALLPARK.
USING AN AVERAGE PRICE OF 47,000, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ONLY HAD 450, SO WE HAD TO PRIORITIZE AND WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON MILEAGE FIRST, THEN THE CONDITION AND AGE OF THE VEHICLE.
AND SOME VEHICLES REVEAL, WE REVEALED FOR SOME VEHICLES THAT SOME DEPARTMENTS, AS MR. WEBB MENTIONED, DIDN'T NEED A DEVOTED VEHICLE.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DID APPROVE LAST YEAR, IN AUGUST TO MOVE TO THE KEY VALLEY SYSTEM AND A POOLED ARRANGEMENT FOR SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS. SO YOU HAVE TWO LISTS OR HAVE TWO LISTS IN YOUR PACKETS.
THOSE LISTS ARE IN BOARD DOCS AS WELL.
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DEPARTMENT. THE REPORT THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON FOR REPLACEMENT DISCUSSIONS IS REPORT B, ACTIVE COUNTY VEHICLES, SORTED BY ASSET TYPE AND THEN BY AGE.IT DOES EXCLUDE APPARATUS FOR FIRE AND EMS AS WELL AS SPECIALTY VEHICLES FOR THEM AND TRAILERS.
ACTIVE VEHICLES AGAIN, ARE THOSE VEHICLES THAT ARE IN USE FOR WHICH A REPLACEMENT IS NOT BEING PREPARED FOR DISTRIBUTION AND A REPLACEMENT IS NOT ON ORDER.
SO, WE ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF VEHICLES, THE MILEAGE, THE AGE TO REPLACE OR PURCHASE SEVEN NEW VEHICLES AND ONE USED.
AND THEY ARE ALL PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES, FIVE POLICE MARKED VEHICLES WHICH ARE SHADED IN BLUE.
ONE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VEHICLE A USED VEHICLE WHICH IS ALSO SHADED IN BLUE.
AND THEN ONE SHERIFF MARKED VEHICLE ALSO SHADED IN BLUE.
ONE ADMIN PD VEHICLE IS NEEDED.
HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF PURCHASING A VEHICLE BECAUSE RESOURCES DO NOT ALLOW THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OFFERED UP HIS FORD EXPLORER TO BE USED FOR THAT PD ADMIN VEHICLE.
IT WAS GOING TO MOVE TO THE POOL AND NOW INSTEAD WILL BECOME A PD ADMIN VEHICLE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S SHADED IN ORANGE AS WELL.
JUST SOME NOTES AT THE BOTTOM.
FLEET TWO 2017 AGAIN WILL BE SHIFTED FROM COUNTY ADMIN.
WE HAD INITIALLY PLANNED TO PUT THAT IN THE POOL.
HOWEVER, IT WILL MOVE TO THE PD.
FLEET 112 2012 WILL BE SHIFTED TO STATION FIVE AS RESPONDER FIVE AS OLD RESPONDER FIVE WAS DECOMMISSIONED IN 2024 AND FLEET 212 2018 WILL BECOME FIRE AND EMS SPARE.
AND IN TALKING WITH INTERIM CHIEF TAYLOR AS SYSTEM WIDE SPARE.
JUST A SIDEBAR QUESTION, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER, IF YOU CAN'T, THAT'S FINE.
WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE FUEL FOCUS? IS IT FULLY IMPLEMENTED? NO, SIR, IT'S STILL BEING IMPLEMENTED.
WE DID GO LIVE FOR A NUMBER FOR THE FUELING AT SOME OF THE STATIONS, BUT THE DECALS ARE STILL BEING INSTALLED AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS.
THAT HAS THE CAPABILITY TO DOWNLOAD AN ERROR CODES AND STUFF SO WE CAN TRY TO CATCH UP.
YES, SIR. ONCE ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE CODES ARE INSTALLED? YES. WE'LL DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF THE VEHICLES A LOT BETTER.
YES, SIR. I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH MR. SIMMONS AND MR. TALMADGE ABOUT PROVIDING THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE ON THAT AND THE TARGETED TIMELINE.
SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VEHICLES, THAT'S ALL.
YES, SIR. SO, AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO PURCHASE FIVE NEW POLICE MARKED, ONE NEW SHERIFF MARKED TO PAY FOR THE VEHICLE COST OF A REPLACEMENT COMMAND VEHICLE.
THERE ARE SOME ONE TIME MONIES BUDGETED WITHIN FIRE AND EMS TO DO THE EQUIPMENT AND SPECIALTY LIGHTS INSTALL FOR THAT VEHICLE AND THEN TO PURCHASE USED EMS USED SUV.
A PARTIAL PORTION OF THAT COST WILL BE COVERED FROM THIS FOUR FROM THE 450.
THERE WERE ALSO $16,776, $66 LEFT FROM FY 24 AND THE COUNTYWIDE CIP VEHICLE ACCOUNT CODE THAT WE WOULD ROLL TO PURCHASE THESE RECOMMENDED VEHICLES.
AND AGAIN, WE AGAIN HAD HOPED TO PURCHASE A USED VAN AND A USED SUV FOR THE POOL.
WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE A USED VAN.
THIS DOES EXCLUDE THIS LISTING.
EXCLUDES TWO REPLACEMENT TRUCKS, WHICH ARE BUDGETED WITHIN THE UTILITY'S CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO WE WILL BE ASKING FOR CONSENSUS TO PURCHASE THESE FROM THE 450 AND FROM MR. HALTOM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TO REPLACE TWO TRUCKS WITHIN UTILITIES THAT ARE BUDGETED IN HIS BUDGET.
CORRECT. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO ASKING AGAIN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT POOLED ARRANGEMENT.
JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, WE DID NOT CONSIDER POOLING VEHICLES FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS
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AND CERTAIN JOBS WITHIN DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEIR VEHICLES ARE THEIR MOBILE OFFICES, OF COURSE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CODE COMPLIANCE, ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTION, RECREATION USES THEIR TRUCKS.GENERAL SERVICES, OUR GARAGE AND THE FOOD BANK.
WE ALSO DID NOT INCLUDE ANY POOLING ARRANGEMENT, DISCUSSION, PUBLIC SAFETY AND CERTAIN OTHER DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR FUNDING STREAMS LIKE SOCIAL SERVICES, RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND UTILITIES.
BUT THESE VEHICLES ON THE GREEN LIST, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE THOSE PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED VEHICLES TO BECOME POOL VEHICLES, AND SOME ON THIS LIST ARE ALREADY POOL VEHICLES TO WITHIN THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WOULD MOVE TO A POOLED ARRANGEMENT.
ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES WAS DRIVEN JUST OVER 2000 MILES LAST FISCAL YEAR.
THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN 442 MILES LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DROVE 731, AND OUR TREASURER'S OFFICE DROVE 136 MILES.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING TO MOVE INTO A POOLED ARRANGEMENT.
AND THOSE FOLKS CAN CHECK OUT A VEHICLE AS NEEDED USING THE KEY VALET, AND HOPEFULLY WILL ROTATE THE VEHICLE THAT THEY'RE CHECKING OUT, NOT JUST CHECK IT OUT FOR A MONTH AT A TIME.
OR AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE SAME LOW MILE NUMBERS NEXT YEAR.
POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT WILL WORK WITH MR. TALMADGE TO ADDRESS IS CLEANING OF AND CLEANING AND FUELING THOSE POOL VEHICLES.
THE BUDGET IMPACT WE DID TAKE CARE OF FOR FY 25.
WE MOVED VEHICLE COSTS FROM THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO OUR NON-DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT 917 AND FY 25.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSENSUS TO DO.
THE KIOSK AGAIN IS IN OUR MAIL ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING.
IT'S A SOFTWARE, IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE PROCESS.
OUR EMPLOYEES CAN USE THEIR BADGES TO GET INTO OUR MAIL ROOM, AND I WILL ACTUALLY CHECK OUT VEHICLES FROM THEIR COMPUTER PRIOR TO GOING TO THE VALET AND THE MAIL ROOM.
TRAINING AGAIN IS GOING ON THIS WEEK, SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE ARE ASKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SEVEN NEW VEHICLE PURCHASES AND ONE USED REPLACEMENT VEHICLE PURCHASE TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT POOL ARRANGEMENT THAT IS IN PROGRESS, ALL AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 450,000 FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PURCHASING TWO NEW UTILITIES TRUCKS AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 150 FROM MR. HALTOM UTILITY BUDGET.
AND I WILL BE ASKING IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM TO ADD THREE VEHICLES TO THE FLEET FROM A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
PHILIP. YES, SIR, MR. BROWN. NO QUESTIONS SIR.
DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS? NEED TO VOTE OR JUST SPEAK UP? I'M GOOD. ARE YOU GOOD, MR. COX? MISS WAYMACK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ALL RIGHT.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY UP THERE.
YOU ALL RIGHT? OH, DID WE MISS THE VOTE? OH, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A CONSENSUS.
NO VOTE. WELL, THAT'S WHAT WAS WRITTEN DOWN, THAT'S WHY I WENT BACK.
OKAY. THIS NEXT ONE IS A RESOLUTION, APPROPRIATIONS GENERAL FUND, FUND BALANCE AND AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE THREE ADDITIONAL POLICE CARS FOR NEWLY ADDED POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS. $163,712.
AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVED AN OPERATION CEASEFIRE GRANT FOR A NEW POLICE OFFICER.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT POSITION IS A DETECTIVE POSITION.
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AND OF COURSE, THE GRANTS WERE NOT APPROVED UNTIL AFTER JULY ONE.SO WE DO NEED TO ADD THREE VEHICLES TO THE FLEET FOR THESE THREE NEW POSITIONS.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR AN APPROPRIATION FROM FUND BALANCE TO DO SO.
THE PD WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE TWO NEW MARKED VEHICLES AND ONE USED ADMIN VEHICLE FOR THE CEASE FIRE.
DETECTIVE. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR ALL THREE IS $163,712.
SO WE'RE GIVING THEM TWO ADMIN VEHICLES.
ONE IS STOKE'S OLD CAR AND ONE IS PURCHASED, WE WILL PURCHASE A USED SUV.
YES, SIR. THIS IS FOR THE NEW OPERATION CEASE FIRE POSITION.
THE OTHER ONE WAS A REPLACEMENT ADMIN.
YES, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. MR. BROWN.
IT SAYS FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THE VEHICLES, ONCE THEY ARE PURCHASED, WOULD BE DIVVIED OUT BASED ON THE NEED.
AND THEN ONE OF THE OLDER VEHICLES COULD BE USED FOR THE RESOURCE OFFICER.
SO THAT'S I JUST WANT TO REITERATE MY STATEMENT I'VE MADE BEFORE.
YES, SIR. CHIEF EARLEY AND MAJOR YOUNG HAVE INDICATED THAT WILL BE THE CASE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER WOULD HAVE THE NEW VEHICLE.
THERE DOES NEED TO BE A NEW VEHICLE ADDED, BUT THE VEHICLES WOULD BE ROTATED ACCORDING TO THE NEED.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE.
MR. BROWN IS CORRECT AND MR. RENAULT, THAT IT IS BASED ON NEED.
IT'S IN THE FLEET AND THEY'LL BE DISPERSED AS NEEDED WITHIN THE FLEET.
AND MR. PUGH, TO YOUR INQUIRY ABOUT THE ADMIN VEHICLE, THE ONE ADMIN, THE ADMIN VEHICLE, THAT'S THE TITLE OF THE VEHICLE.
BUT BOTH VEHICLES WILL BE GOING TO DETECTIVES.
OKAY. SO THE ONE CURRENT VEHICLE REPLACED I BELIEVE IS A HONDA WITH 180000 MILES ON IT.
SECOND. MS. KNOTT CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
THANK YOU. UNLESS I MISSED SOMETHING, THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
AND WE WILL ADJOURN TO SEPTEMBER 10TH, 6 P.M..
RIGHT HERE. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL.
YOU NEED A MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
SECOND. MR. STOKES DISTRACTED ME.
WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, FOLKS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.