May 03, 2022 BOS Regular Meeting 5-3-22

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GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE

[I. 2:00 PM - Call to Order]

UM, WE ARE GOING TO START EVERY, EVERY WEEK.

LIKE WE DO EVERY MEETING THE RIGHT WAY BY, UH, HAVING AN INVOCATION.

AND THEN MR. SHARP WILL LEAD US INTO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO PLEASE STAND.

IF YOU'RE ABLE DO YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE, UH, WE THANK YOU FOR SPRAYING.

WE THANK YOU FOR NEW BIRTH AND NEW BEGINNINGS.

GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, THIS COUNTY THAT WE LIVE IN.

WE THANK YOU THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE THE GREAT PEOPLE OF GOOCHLAND LORD, PLEASE PROTECT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT HELP MAKE THIS COUNTY WORK.

I'D GIVE US THE WISDOM THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WOULD PLEASE YOU AND SERVE THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY.

WE THANK YOU FOR THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, PLEASE BE SEATED.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, MY FAVORITE MEETINGS WITH ONES THAT, WHERE WE START OFF WITH, UM, RECOGNIZING GREAT THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO.

UM, SO AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE, WE WERE GOING

[IV. Presentation of Resolution of Recognition to Diane Lloyd upon her Retirement from]

SO COME FORWARD AND, UM, MS. , WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE WELL ARE, AS IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO GIVE APPROPRIATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND RECOGNITION TO DIANE LLOYD WHO HAS RENDERED INVALUABLE SERVICE TO CITIZENS OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

AND WHEREAS MRS. LLOYD BEGAN EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GOOCHLAND BRANCH OF THE PUNKY REGIONAL LIBRARY IN 1995 AS A LIBRARY PAGE AND SERVE LATER AS A LIBRARY ASSOCIATE A PART-TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT, AND ULTIMATELY THE FULL-TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT AT THE LIBRARY.

WHEREAS MS. LLOYD HAS SERVED FAITHFULLY IN EACH OF THE JOB.

SHE HELD AT THE PUNKY REGIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE PAST 26 YEARS.

WHEREAS DURING HER TENURE, MRS. LLOYD WAS PRESENT AND PARTICIPATED IN MOVING THE GOOCHLAND BRANCH LIBRARY TO A NEW LOCATION IN A NEW BUILDING.

AND WHEREAS MS. LLOYD HAS HELPFULLY SERVE THE PATRONS OF THE GOOCHLAND BRANCH LIBRARY AND HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE MANY SERVICES OF THE LIBRARY.

WHEREAS MS. LLOYD WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO PROVIDE EVENTS FOR THE LIBRARIES, PATRONS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

WHEREAS MS. LLOYD WORKED WITH THE LIBRARIES BOOK, DISCUSSION GROUPS AND OTHERS TO PROVIDE LIBRARY MATERIALS FOR THEIR ENJOYMENT AND LIFELONG LEARNING.

WHEREAS MS. LLOYD HAS PROVIDED CIRCULATION SUPERVISION AT THE GOOCHLAND BRANCH LIBRARY FOR MANY YEARS.

WHEREAS THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL SINCERELY MISS THE DEDICATED SERVICE MS. LLOYD PROVIDED OVER THE PAST 26 YEARS NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HERE BY RECOGNIZED APPRECIATES CONGRATULATES AND SINCERELY THANKS MS. LLOYD FOR HER COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOOCHLAND COUNTY AND OFFERS ITS BEST, WHICH IS ON FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT.

WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED SECOND.

THANK YOU.

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AYE POSTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SINCE WE BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT HERE, WE COULD HAVE, WE WERE, SHE GAVE ME THE DAD I'VE BEEN HOLDING THE WRONG RESOLUTION THE ENTIRE TIME, SO MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE SPENT MORE TIME IN THE LIBRARY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UM, I JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WORKED FOR THE GOOCHLAND BRANCH THAT POLL MONKEY REGIONAL LIBRARY BOUGHT THE PAST 26 YEARS.

UM, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO MISS A LOT OF THAT PATRONS AND JUST WORKING WITH STAFF AND EVERYONE, BUT I DO WISH THE VERY BEST FOR THE BRANCH AS WELL AS THE WHOLE PUNKIN SYSTEM.

THANK YOU.

THERE IS ONE GROUP.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

MAKE SURE I GRABBED THE RIGHT ONE.

THIS ONE STANDS OUT AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OLDER AMERICANS MONTH.

WHEREAS GOOCHLAND INCLUDES A GROWING

[5366: Presentation of Resolution of Recognition to Diane Lloyd upon her Retirement]

AND WHEREAS COMMUNITIES BENEFIT WHEN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND BACKGROUNDS ARE WELCOMED, INCLUDED, AND SUPPORTED.

AND WHEREAS GOOCHLAND RECOGNIZES OUR NEED TO CREATE A COMMUNITY

[V. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing May 2022 as Older Americans Month]

AND WHEREAS GOOCHLAND CAN WORK TO BUILD AN EVEN BETTER COMMUNITY FOR OUR OLDER RESIDENTS BY PLANNING PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENCE, ENSURING ACTIVITIES ARE RESPONSIVE TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND PREFERENCES, INCREASING ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT SUPPORT AGING IN PLACE.

NOW THEREFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF GOOCHLAND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY, 2022 TO BE OLDER AMERICANS MONTH, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR EVERY RESIDENT TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR OLDER CITIZENS HELPED TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY AND JOIN EFFORTS TO SUPPORT OLDER AMERICANS CHOICES ABOUT HOW THEY AGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU BOARD.

UM, MR. CHAIR, A MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MAY 20, 22 AS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH.

SECOND.

THANK YOU.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

POST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS AMY STRIDE AND THIS IS ANGIE FALLON AND WE'RE WITH SENIOR CONNECTIONS, YOUR AREAS AGENCY ON AGING.

AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL IN THIS COUNTY.

WE THINK THE RESIDENTS AND WE ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS, THE WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF OLDER ADULTS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

GREAT STUFF THAT YOU'VE HEARD.

GREAT STUFF.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

UM, NOW MOVING ON TO THE CHAIR'S

[VI. Chair's Comments]

AND WHILE WE ALL AGREE, IT IS A GREAT PLATFORM.

UM, AND IT'S, UH, IT CAN BE AN EXCELLENT TOOL IF THIS TIME WITH THE LIMITED BROADBAND THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY, WE JUST FEEL LIKE BEING IN PERSON IS THE BEST WAY TO, UH, ADDRESS THE BOARDS, UH, DIRECTLY.

YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL US, OUR PHONE NUMBERS ARE LISTED, AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL OPEN TO ANY FEEDBACK AT ALL TIMES.

SO, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.

AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. ALVAREZ FOR HIS COMMENTS GERMAN.

[VII. County Administrator's Comments]

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WE HAD SOME FOLKS, WE HAVE A SKATE PARK DOWN IN THE LOWER LEVEL HERE ON THE, ON THE, I GUESS THE REC PARKS AND REC CAMPUS.

AND LAST WEEK, SOME, UM, YOUNG PEOPLE CUT THE FENCE AND DID SOME OTHER DAMAGE TO THE PARK.

SO I SHUT IT DOWN FOR ABOUT A DAY, UM, OR MAYBE, UH, MAYBE A DAY AND A HALF OR SO.

AND THEN, UH, WE CLOSED THE FAIR, WE FIXED THE FENCE AND THEY OPENED IT AGAIN AND WE'RE IN THERE SKATING ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

SO I WENT AND I SPOKE TO THEM AND THE REASON FOR SHUTTING IT DOWN IS WE HAVE PLANS TO IMPROVE THE PARK.

WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR, UH, RE DOING THE SURFACE.

UM, AND THERE'S A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT IS TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO BUILD NEW, NEW RAMPS AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED.

AND, UM, SO IT WAS PRETTY UPSETTING THAT THEY WOULD GO AND DO DAMAGE.

BUT I WENT, I SPOKE TO THE CHILDREN WHO WERE THERE SKATING BY THE TIME I GOT THERE AND HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY FENCED IN BECAUSE OUR FOLKS HAVE FIXED THE FENCE AND THEY WERE STUCK INSIDE.

BUT, UM, ANYWAY, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AND AGREED THAT THEY WOULD STAY, CONTINUE TO USE THE PARK UNTIL WE, UH, MAKE SOME REPAIRS.

THE PARKED IN REALITY LOOKED REALLY BAD AND THEY DIDN'T THINK THERE WERE, THEY HAD DONE, UM, MADE IT ANY WORSE THAN WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.

I THOUGHT IT DID.

BUT, UM, ANYWAY, SO WE HAVE A MEETING ACTUALLY NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 PM HERE IN THIS ROOM AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO.

BUT PART OF MY PURPOSE FOR MEETING WITH THEM WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD SOME BUY-IN AND OWNERSHIP FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK.

UM, IF, IF IT CONTINUES IN THE CA THEY KEEP DESTROYING IT OR TEARING DOWN THE FENCE, WE'LL JUST WE'LL HAVE TO SHUT IT.

CAUSE IT, IT COST A LOT OF MONEY EVERY TIME WE'D HAVE TO DO ANY WORK ON IT.

SO TH SO THAT'S NOT ANNOUNCEMENT.

AND THEN ALSO THE MEETING IS ON THE 11TH, 6:00 PM IN THIS ROOM, ANYBODY INTERESTED IN SKATING IN THE ROOM? UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM OF HARVEST A RECOGNITION AND DR.

FRANK IS NOT HERE IS ALYSSA LEWIS HERE.

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY.

OKAY.

SO THIS IS A RECORD, A RECOGNITION OF ALYSSA LEWIS.

SHE'S WITH THE GREATER RICHMOND MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS MRC, A UNIT SHE'S A UNIT COORDINATOR IN THE GREATER RICHMOND MRC, WHICH SERVES THE CITY OF RICHMOND AND COUNTIES OF CHARLES CITY GOOCHLAND, HANOVER, AND RYKO AND NEW KENT.

AND THERE WERE SELECTED AS A 2022 MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS, UM, AS A PROGRAM RECOGNITION AWARD D IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK, THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, AND OUTRAGEOUS ANNOUNCED RECIPIENTS OVER TO MERCY RECOGNITION AWARDS ON APRIL 19TH ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE WERE NEARLY 200 NOMINATIONS.

OUR VERY OWN GREATER RICHMOND MRC UNIT WON THE AWARD FOR COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE.

SO OF 200, UH, THEY WERE ONE OF THE TWO THAT WERE NOMINATED.

SO THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 2,202 COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE AWARD HONORS, AN MRC UNIT THAT HAS DEMONSTRATED CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND AIMED AT REDUCING VULNERABILITIES, BUILDING RESILIENCE AND IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS.

ONLY TWO MRC UNITS.

AS I MENTIONED, UH, RECEIVED THIS AWARD, UH, THE LOCAL MRC VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE A STUFFING AT GOOCHLAND, MULTIPLE COVID VACCINATION CLINICS AND COLVIN COVID TESTING EVENTS, AS WELL AS IN THE COMMUNITY, SMALL BUSINESSES, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS AND HOME VISITS.

AND THIS IS A REALLY HIGH HONOR, AND WE'RE VERY WELL-DESERVED AWARD, AND I WISH YOU COULD BE HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY WORKING, UH, TRYING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY HEALTHY.

UM, SO WE JOINED THE, OUR COMMUNITY AND THE REGION IN THANKING, UH, THOSE FOLKS FOR THEIR EXCELLENT SELFLESS SERVICE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF, OR MRC VOLUNTEER THE INFORMATION ON HOW TO JOIN WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S GERMAN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THAT ESCAPING PARKINSON'S.

THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT GOOCHLAND LIGHT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET IT STRAIGHT.

UM, BOARD WE'RE TALKING, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR AGENDA NEXT.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO ADD A NEW ITEM, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR UNDER NEW BUSINESS, UM, AND TO ADD A RESOLUTION TO APPOINT THE NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND AUTHORIZED

[VIII. Requests to Postpone Agenda Items and Additions, Deletions or Changes in the]

UM,

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UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER CHANGES REQUESTED FOR THE AGENDA? NO.

OKAY, GREAT.

OKAY.

AND MOVING INTO THE APPROVAL OF OUR ACTION MINUTES, UM, AS, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN TRACKING KNOW THAT, UH, THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THE YEAR ARE VERY BUSY AND, UM,

[X. Approval of Action Minutes]

SO A LOT OF, A LOT OF GREAT WORK GOING ON.

UM, SO I LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN GET A, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR MARCH 8TH JOINT WORK SESSION, OUR MARCH 8TH BUDGET SESSION, OUR MARCH 15TH WORK SESSION, OUR APRIL 5TH, THREE OF OUR MEETING AND OUR APRIL 8TH SPECIAL MEETING.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL FOUR SETS OF MEETING MINUTES BY FIVE.

OKAY.

FIVE.

SO THANK YOU.

FIVE SECOND, FIVE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED.

ALRIGHT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS.

GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE MOVE INTO OUR REPORTS.

WE HAVE, I'M SORRY.

IT'S KIND OF BURIED, UM, PERSISTENT COMMON PERIOD WITH THIS.

SO I MOVED THE AGENDA APPARENTLY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR CITIZENS COMMENT PERIOD FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES WITH GUCCI COUNTY.

THAT'S NOT ON TODAY'S CURRENT

[IX. Citizen Comment]

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND, UM, TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO THINK.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. SPIN, ERIC.

GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK, GREG.

YOU'RE BACK.

GOOD TO BE BACK.

UM, JOHN'S LAU 1521 MANNEQUIN ROAD, UH, MONICA STONE, THE WATER CONSERVATION BOARD CHAIRMAN AND, UH, GOOCHLAND FARM BUREAU DIRECTOR.

UM, UH, I TOLD MR. PETERSON AT THE END OF THE FUNNIEST COMMITTEE MEETING, I SAID, THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL NEED TO COME UP AND SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.

BUT I DID VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WATCHING THE WORK THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH.

IN FACT, AT THE END OF IT, MR. PETERSON DELIVERED A COUPLE OF TIPS TO ME, JUST AS A LITTLE SIDEBAR, YOU SAID THAT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR BONDS, WE'RE, WE'RE A PRETTY SPECIAL ISSUANCE.

AND HE SAID, JONATHAN, YOU DO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BONDS AND CONSERVATION DIRECTORS.

AND WHEN I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T, HE SAID, WELL, CONSERVATION DIRECTORS GET OLDER, BUT BONDS MATURE.

SO, UM, OKAY.

SO MAYBE, MAYBE HE DIDN'T SAY IT EXACTLY LIKE THAT, BUT SPEAKING OF BUDGET, UM, MONICA IS WORKING ON ITS BUDGET.

UH, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT THE COUNTY HAS PROVIDED IN ITS BUDGET.

UM, MOST OF OUR FUNDING IS STATE DERIVED AND THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE A BUDGET.

SO WE ARE VERY MUCH IN LIMBO AS TO EXACTLY.

BUT, UH, OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING IS, UH, FRIDAY AT 9:00 AM.

UH, AND, UH, W WE'RE GOING TO HAMMER THROUGH IT AS BEST WE CAN.

WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS.

UM, I WOULD WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT OUR BOARD IS COMPRISED OF SIX DIRECTORS.

ONE OF WHICH IS APPOINTED BY THE STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD.

UH, THAT POSITION WILL BE OPEN GOING INTO 2023.

AND SO, UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS.

WE WANT THE BOTH BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AND POWELTON, AND GOOSSENS KNOW OF THAT.

WE HAVE THE APPLICATION ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, BUT IT IS A FOUR YEAR TERM.

IT IS AN APPOINTED POSITION BY THE STATE BOARD.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET YARD SIGNS OR BE, UH, POLITICKING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS COMING UP AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT GOOCHLAND BOARD KNOWS ABOUT IT AS WELL AS POWELL TANS.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING UP HERE.

THE FUNNIEST COMMITTEE WAS ACTUALLY VERY INFORMATIVE AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU, MR. LAB, ANYONE ELSE CASEY NOW CLOSE TO THE CITIZEN.

COME UP, PERIOD.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE MOVE INTO OUR REPORTS.

I SEE OUR GOOD FRIENDS FROM VIET OUTTA HERE.

[XI. Reports]

UM, HAD SIX CALL-OUTS THIS PAST MONTH

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BUT THE BIG ITEM IS, IS THE, UH, DEBRIS CLEAN UP THEIR CONTRACT.

WE HAVE, THEY'D BEEN WORKING FOR 56 DAYS SO FAR, AND THEY'VE PICKED UP

[1. 5375: VDOT - April 2022]

RIGHT NOW, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM YESTERDAY, THREE OR FOUR ROADS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY TO BE COMPLETED DEBRIS PICKUP.

THEY'VE COMPLETED ALL THE CUTTING THAT THEY NEED TO DO EAST OF 5 22.

AND THEY WILL BE CONCENTRATING IN THAT AREA IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO PICKING UP THE DEBRIS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY CUT ON.

THE SHOULDERS OF THE ROAD ACTUALLY STARTED IN HANOVER TODAY ON SOME CUTTING AREAS.

SO THEY THERE'LL BE GETTING OUT OF GOOGLE HERE PRETTY SOON.

AND I'M GLAD TO SEE IT.

I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE GLAD TO SEE IT TOO.

UM, ONLY A THING COMING UP AS A PRIMARY MOMENT.

WE'LL BE STARTING THAT WEEK AFTER NEXT, GET THAT DONE BEFORE THE HOLIDAY AND EVERYTHING.

A COUPLE OF PROJECTS TO KNOW, UH, THE FAIRGROUND ROADS PROJECT.

WE HAVE A PRE-CON TOMORROW ON THAT.

UH, I THINK, UH, MR. GODWIN'S IS GOING TO BE THERE.

UH, WE'LL GO OVER THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT START DATE, BUT THAT'LL BE COMING TO BROWN.

START START WORK.

WE'LL BE STARTING UP SOON WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, WHATEVER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR, WHAT THE TIMEFRAME IS FOR IT.

UM, YOU'LL BE SEEING SURFACE TREATMENT, UH, EVERY SURFACE AND CONTRACTORS OUT THERE DOING PATCHING AND THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, GOT A LOT OF WORK GOING ON.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO, TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING FOR THIS SEASON FOR SCHEDULED WORK.

UH, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, WAS AN INTERSECTION, UH, STUDY AT WEST CREEK.

UH, SOME SIGNS SIGN IMPROVEMENTS WERE GOING TO BE DONE IN THAT AREA.

UH, THERE WERE THREE RURAL RUSTICS THAT WE, WE DID THAT WE DID.

AND INSTEAD OF DOING THE STATUTORY 35, A SPEED LIMIT SIGN ON THEM, WE'D HAD A STUDY DONE AND WE CHANGED THOSE THREE, UH, RURAL RUSTICS TO 25 MILES AN HOUR BECAUSE IT'S RESIDENTIAL BASICALLY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, BE SAFER FOR THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

NOT THAT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I LAST TIME.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. WYNN.

SO WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON THE ROUNDABOUT, THE ONE RIGHT HERE AT FAIRGROUNDS AND A FIVE 20, WOULD THERE BE A TIME WHEN THAT ROAD IS ACTUALLY CLOSED? AND AGAIN, CERTAIN TIMES IT WILL BE DONE.

I THINK THE PLANS ARE TO USE THE, THE ROAD THAT GOES BY THE J SERGEANT REYNOLDS DICKINSON ROAD.

I DON'T KNOW NAMES AROUND.

SO YEAH, THAT PART OF IT.

AND, UH, THEY, AT ONE POINT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BULLDOG WAY, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD THING TO, TO GOOD ROAD TO USE BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL COMING UP.

SO IT'D BE MOSTLY ON DICKERSON ROAD WHERE THE DETOUR WILL BE.

YEAH.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND, UM, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, DEPARTMENTS OF V DOT.

SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON A DETOUR PLAN.

THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT, UM, FOR THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION, IT'S PROBABLY ONLY GOING TO BE ABOUT TWO 30 DAY PERIODS THAT THEY WILL NEED TO COMPLETE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN THE INTERSECTION.

THE REST OF THE TIME THERE WOULD BE FLAGGERS OR YOU'D STILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH SIMILAR TO WHAT A BROAD AND 5 22 THAT'S BEEN OPEN MOST OF THE TIME.

SO WE KNOW THAT THE, THE ONE OF THE 30 DAY PERIODS WILL BE AT THE VERY END WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY MOVING THE ROUNDABOUT IN, UM, THE, UH, ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE IS OCTOBER.

UM, SO WE KNOW SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT TIME.

AND THEN THEY SAID SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LIKE THE NINE MONTH PHASE STAGE, UH, WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN JULY, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER 30 DAY PERIOD THAT IT WILL BE COMPLETELY CLOSED.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE DETOUR WOULD BE REQUIRED.

AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE SWERVING RIGHT INTO THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED, UH, LAST WEEK.

SO IF THIS IS GOING TO BE CLOSED DURING CERTAIN TIMES ALSO THE ONE, UM, TWO 50, WHICH IS LOUISA COUNTY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT AFFECTS US A LOT.

ALSO I HAVE PERIODS OF BEING SHUT DOWN, IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEY GO DO THIS ONE ON THE, THEY GO DO THE ONE THAT, UH, BROAD STREET AND 5 22 UNDER TRAFFIC.

THAT, THAT IS THE PLAN THEY ACTUALLY USING IT SIMILAR TO UP AROUND ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

UH, THEY GOT CONES AROUND IT WHERE PEOPLE ARE,

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THEY'RE JUST RUNNING AROUND THE ROUND ABOUT, YEAH, THEY'RE WORKING IN THE CENTER.

OH, OKAY.

YEAH.

SO, UH, JUST, IT MIGHT BE SOME DELAYS WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY'RE POURING CONCRETE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MINIMAL FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

AND WHAT IS THE COMPLETION DATE FOR THAT? DO YOU KNOW? WE WANT TO BROAD STREET AND I THINK WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEY'LL HAVE IT DONE.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CONFLICT.

WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IS HAVING BOTH OF THESE SHUT DOWN AT THE SAME TIME.

SO, AND THAT THAT'LL BE, THAT SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE THIS EVEN COMES OFF, THOUGH.

I BELIEVE I SENT YOU A REPORT YET TO THE MR. WHEN SENT ME AND THEY, THEY IT'S, IT STATES A LITTLE BIT DONE BY DECEMBER, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOONER THAN THAT BASED ON THE WAY IT LOOKS.

SO, UM, BUT THE, THE REPORT SAID COMPLETION, DATE, EVERYTHING COMPLETED BY DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

AND, OKAY, SO ANOTHER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THAT'S FINE.

THANKS.

UM, SO ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE CHAIR.

SO HAYNESVILLE FIVE ROAD, SO I KNOW HAYDENVILLE FIVE ROAD.

I KNOW THE SHERIFF HAD ASKED FOR THE SPEED LIMIT TO BE LOWERED TO 45.

IT'S BEEN DONE AND THAT'S BEEN DONE.

RIGHT.

BUT THERE'S STILL POCKETS.

THERE'S NOTHING OVER 45 ON THAT ROAD.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

I HAVEN'T DRIVEN THE WHOLE THING.

JUST PART OF IT, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE QUARTER SHOULD BE 45 30 AT THE MOST.

AND THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE'VE GOT THE YELLOW SIGNS FOR 35, THAT KIND OF THING.

ADVISORY SIDE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST WANT TO CHECK ON THAT.

OKAY.

I MEAN, DID WE GET THE, UH, THOSE TALK ABOUT, UM, DICKINSON ROAD BEING LIMITED TO NOT, NOT ALLOWING LARGE TRUCKS TO PASS THROUGH THERE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, PROBLEM WE HAD WITH THE ONE THAT TURNED OVER WELL, W W WHAT OUR PLAN IS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS OUT THERE, WIGGLE WIDEN THAT CURVE, WHERE THAT ACCIDENT HAPPENED TO GIVE TRUCKS EASIER, ACCESS TO MAKE THAT TURN, GO DO THAT WITH STATE FORCES IS ALL STATE PROPERTY BELONGS TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND EVERYTHING.

WELL, WE GO WIDEN IT TO A CERTAIN POINT IN PAVE THAT RADIUS AROUND THERE TO LESSEN, YOU KNOW, THE CURVE.

SO IT SHOULD BE OKAY.

I WOULD THINK I LOVE IT WHEN YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

MR. ALVAREZ, DO WE HAVE ANY NEW COUNTY STAFF, MR.

[2. 5377: Introduction of New County Staff]

SO I'LL PRESENT THE REPORT FOR YOU TODAY.

ON BEHALF OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE NEW STAFF AND THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE'S OFFICE ANIMAL PROTECTION AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON APRIL 1ST, 2022.

LINDA ROBLERO JOINED THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE'S OFFICE AS A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE.

ONE MS. ROBLERO COMES TO GOOCHLAND WITH YEARS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE IS HERE TODAY.

SEAN RUTLEDGE RETURNED TO GOOCHLAND COUNTY AS AN ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICER ON APRIL 1ST, 2022.

MR. RUTLEDGE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR GOOCHLAND COUNTY ANIMAL PROTECTION FROM 2018 UNTIL 2021.

FINALLY, STEWARDSHIP BURTON BEGAN WORKING PART-TIME FOR THE GOOCHLAND SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON APRIL 25 AS A COURT SECURITY SPECIALIST.

MR. BURTON HAS MANY YEARS OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR THEIR SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

AND WE WELCOME ALL OF THEM.

I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE IS HERE.

HMM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YES, NOW.

WELL, WE'LL COME TO OUR NEW TEAM.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THE NEXT TWO, WE HAVE THEIR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ARE IN OUR PACKETS FOR YOUR REVIEW.

[3. 5361: Planning and Development Activity]

[4. 5376: Accounts Payable April 2022]

[5. Board Reports]

SO NOTHING NEW ON THERE.

THANK YOU.

SURE.

NOTHING NEW SINCE THE LAST MEETINGS COMING UP THIS WEEK.

PERFECT.

MR. PETERSON, MR. , THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING MET IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THIS SESSION, AND WE HAD SOME VERY SPIRITED DISCUSSION, UM, AROUND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TOPICS.

UH, ONE IS, ARE WE REVISITED OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATING BUDGET AND THE RESERVES, UH, POLICIES.

UH, THERE'S NOTHING NEW TO BRING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT, BUT WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE UP TO DATE.

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AND WE ALSO DISCUSSED, UM, THE THIRD QUARTER OF 22 REPROJECTION AND I'LL, UM, RATHER THAN STEAL THUNDER FROM OUR FINANCE FOLKS.

I'LL JUST REMIND THIS BOARD THAT WE'LL HEAR, UH, A BRIEFING ON THAT, UH, UNDER NEW BUSINESS, UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.

AND THE LAST THING WE DISCUSSED WAS THE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF THE RISING INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT.

UM, WE KNOW TODAY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD IS MEETING AND TOMORROW THEY'LL ANNOUNCE THEIR NEW INTEREST RATE, WHATEVER THAT IS.

AND, UM, THERE MAY BE SOME RIPPLE EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS A 30 YEAR MORTGAGES GO UP AND OUR RESERVE FUNDS START TO EARN INTEREST RATHER THAN NOT EARN INTEREST AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THOSE WERE THE PRIMARY THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED, BUT NOTHING THAT REALLY BEFORE THIS BOARD AT THIS POINT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SOUNDS GOOD.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, FROM THE CBTA PERSPECTIVE, WE HAD OUR FIRST ROUND OF PROJECTS, UH, PRESENTED, AND, UM, LET'S JUST SAY, UM, WE'RE REALIZING IT'S A NEW ORGANIZATION AND IT HAS SOME GROWING PAINS AND WE'RE WORKING THOSE THINGS OUT.

UM, MORTAR COM WHEN WE KIND OF FIGURED OUT W W UH, GOOCHLAND IS, IS POSED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE PROJECTS.

UH, AND THIS IS THE, THE PROJECTS FOR THE REGIONAL PORTION OF THE CBTA FUNDS THAT, UH, GOOCHLAND CONTRIBUTES TO THROUGH, UH, THE NEW GAS TAX AND SALES TAX THAT WENT INTO EFFECT TWO YEARS AGO.

UM, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, WHAT WE'LL DO AS WELL.

I'LL ASK MR. ALVAREZ TO READ THESE AND THEN BOARD, IF YOU, IF WE, UH, LIKE

[XII. Consent Agenda]

UM, BUT, UM, MR. ALVAREZ, OKAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE FIRST ITEM IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 22

[1. 5356: Resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2022 Goochland County Budget by]

THIS IS A CHANGE TO THE MEDIA AND IN FRONT OF COMPANY ONE, SO THAT BIG, NEW LOT OF TRUCK AND MAKE AN EASY LEFT TURN COMING OUT OF THE FIRE STATION.

THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 7TH TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING COUNTY

[2. 5368: Request to set public hearing for June 7, 2022, to consider an ordinance]

AFFIDAVIT'S MISSION THAT LINE FROM APRIL 30TH TO MARCH 31ST, THIS COINCIDES WITH A STATE LAW, ANY QUESTIONS, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT.

UM, THE TURN LANE PROJECT IN FRONT OF COMPANY, ONE IS, UH, BEING FUNDED WITH CBTA FUNDS.

SO A SMALL RETURN FOR THE TAXES THAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING.

SO WE ARE GETTING AT LEAST SOME MONEY BACK AND MORE USES FOR THAT MONEY TO COME IN THE FUTURE.

WE JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT, RIGHT.

AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT'S OUT OF THE 50% THAT AUTOMATICALLY COMES TO US, NOT ANY OF THE REGIONAL, I'M NOT SURE I COULD, WE COULD CONVINCE POWER TAN AND HENRICO THAT A LEFT TURN LANE OUT OF OUR FIRST STATIONS REGIONAL, BUT IF, IF THEY NEED HELP, I CAN DO IT.

AND I GUESS THEY WOULD.

OKAY.

UM, BORED.

ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH DOING THIS AS A, AS A BLOCK OR DO WE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL IT UP RIGHT THEN? I WILL PLEASE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YEAH.

MR. JARED, UM, I MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM ONE AND TWO, UM, AS PRESENTED SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. PEARSON, THIS LAST FOOT, ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, AYE.

POST.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY.

ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

UM, IF MY INBOX AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA

[XIII. New Business]

SO MR. DRUMRIGHT TO YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PAUL DRUMRIGHT, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MANAGER.

AND, UH, YOU ARE CORRECT.

SO WE, UH, BROADBAND IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC HERE IN THE COUNTY, AS YOU ALLUDED TO EARLIER.

UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF SUCCESSES RECENTLY, AND, UH, WE DECIDED, WE ASKED OUR PARTNERS, UH, WITH FIREFLY AS WELL AS WITH RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, CENTRAL VIRGINIA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, IF THEY COULD COME AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO WASTE ANY MORE TIME BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM ARE SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE, UH, UH, HAPPY TO HAVE GARY WOOD WITH A CENTRAL VIRGINIA ELECTRIC CO-OP AND FIRE AND

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WELCOME BACK, MR. WOOD GOING FORWARD BACKWARD, AND THEN THAT SERVICES A LASER.

OKAY.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU.

AND, UM, I'LL HAVE TO SAY, I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS RECENTLY, AND I WAS ON THE BOARD AND NELSON FOR EIGHT

[1. 5367: Firefly Fiber Broadband Regional Internet Service Expansion (RISE) Project]

SO LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROJECT.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE, UH, OUR PARTNERS, UH, FIREFLY, THE, UH, WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA ELECTRIC CO-OP DOMINION ENERGY, RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC, AND GOOCHLAND COUNTY IS CRITICAL TO THIS, UH, PROJECT ON THIS SLIDE IS A GOOD TIME TO STOP AND SAY THAT I HAVE WITH ME FROM FIREFLY, UH, GALEN CREEKMORE, WHO STAYS IN CONTACT WITH PAUL AT LEAST ONCE A DAY, IF NOT TWICE, IT SEEMS. AND, UH, THEN MARK PONTON FROM RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC AND RAPPAHANNOCK IS DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK, UH, IN THEIR SERVICE AREA.

AND WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM IN SEVERAL COUNTIES, INCLUDING, UH, THEIR AREA OF GOOCHLAND.

AND WE'LL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON, ON WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING HERE IN JUST A MINUTE, UM, TO GIVE YOU A QUICK STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WE ARE, WE ARE MOVING IN A NUMBER OF AREAS.

UH, SOME OF IT IS HARD TO SEE, AND THAT'S A GOOD REASON FOR ME TO TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.

UH, BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS, UH, AND THE REST OF THE SLIDES, MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE PUT THE SLIDE AT THE END, THE REST OF THE SLIDES, TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PATCHWORK QUILT BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE WAY WE'RE WORKING ON THE DOMINION AREA, A DIFFERENT WAY IN RAPPAHANNOCK, A DIFFERENT WAY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA, AND THEN A DIFFERENT WAY IN THE RECONNECT PROJECT THAT'S FUNDED.

UH, SO THERE'S KIND OF FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'RE APPROACHING THIS RIGHT NOW.

UH, CARTERSVILLE, THE, THE CIRCUIT THAT COMES OUT OF THE CARTERSVILLE SUBSTATION IS COMPLETE, HAS BEEN COMPLETE.

AND WE'VE GOT PEOPLE CONNECTED WHO WON'T SERVICE DOWN THERE.

WE STILL GET A FEW SIGNED UP FROM WEEK TO WEEK AND WE GO BACK AND ADD THEM IN AS WE CAN.

WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE NEW AREAS AND PUTTING IN SERVICE JOBS.

THERE FIRST ARE SHANNON HILL SUBSTATION.

THE FIBERS COMPLETE.

MOST OF THE SPLICING IS COMPLETE.

WE ARE STILL SPLICING BECAUSE TODAY I WENT BY A CVC SPLICE TRUCK CAME IN.

SO I KNOW THEY'RE STILL HERE.

UM, SO THEY'RE SPLICING THAT GETS THE CONNECTIONS FOR THE FIBER.

UH, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SERVICE DROPS TO SERVICE DROP INSTALLATION SHOULD START VERY SOON.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE ACTIVELY ONLINE.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 448 WHO ARE REGISTERED AND WAITING OUT OF THE SHANNON HILL SUBSTATION FOR US TO GET THOSE SERVICE JOBS AND CONNECT THEM.

SO, UH, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE WILL START HAPPENING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

UM, WE HAVE SYSTEM WIDE RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 2,500 PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERED AND WAITING IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, 12 TO 14 CREWS WHO WORK IN AND WE SPREAD THOSE AROUND.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND MAKE PROGRESS.

UM, AND WE'RE ADDING ABOUT 150 NEW SERVICES SYSTEM-WIDE PER WEEK.

SO WE'LL GET INTO SHANNON HILL AND START CONNECTING THOSE FOLKS VERY SOON.

WE DO HAVE ABOUT A 70% TAKE RATE OUT OF SHANNON HILL, WHICH IS AN INDICATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT NEED, WHICH YOU ALREADY KNOW.

UH, OUR RURAL AREAS.

WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE ESTIMATED A 35% WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS WOULD TAKE SERVICE WITH COVID.

WE SAW THAT INCREASE IN THE HIGHEST AREAS WE'VE BEEN IN WHEN THAT 65 TO 70% INITIAL TAKE RATE IN THE WESTERN GOOCHLAND AREAS.

ONE OF THOSE OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 91 MILES OF FIBER INSTALLED TODAY.

WE'LL PUT ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF, UH, FIBER INTO THE, UH, COUNTY.

SO FAR.

WE ALSO, UH, HAVE STARTED, UH, OR WE'LL START SOON THE DATA GATHERING FOR OUR RECONNECT PROJECT.

SO OUR RECONNECT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DELAYED.

I FEEL LIKE RECONNECT AND DELAYED, BE IN EVERY SENTENCE TOGETHER, BUT, UH, WE'VE HAD TWO DIFFERENT RECONNECT GRANTS, ONE FROM, UH, FOR THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION EFFORT.

THAT'S PART OF THE REASON SHANNON HILL WAS PUSHED BACK BECAUSE IT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT RECONNECT, THEN FIREFLY PURSUED, AND GOT A SEPARATE RECONNECT GRANT.

THAT'S ALL UNDERGROUND IN AREAS OUTSIDE THE CVC TERRITORY.

AND THAT COVERS PART OF, UH, GOOCHLAND.

WE RECEIVED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THAT AWARD LAST AUGUST.

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SO THEN THEY, UH, THE LAST PIECE OF THAT WAS A FINAL REVIEW FOR A DESKTOP REVIEW OF HISTORICAL RESOURCE, UH, IMPACTS, AND TO SEE WHETHER THE UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE ROADWAY WOULD IMPACT THE VISUAL, UH, COMPONENT OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES, AS WELL AS, UH, POTENTIALLY, UH, DISRUPT ANY ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES.

WE ARE STAYING WITHIN THE V DOT RIGHT-AWAY AND PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED GROUND.

SO AFTER THE REVIEW, THE REVIEW SHOWED THAT THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T BE AN IMPACT, WHICH MEANS DEPARTMENT OF STORK RESOURCES SHOULD APPROVE THAT SOON.

UH, THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO REVIEW THE REPORT.

WE TURNED IT IN ABOUT 10 TO 15 DAYS AGO.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TURNED TO LOOSEN.

WE HAVE GOTTEN APPROVAL TO AT LEAST START DOING DATA GATHERING.

AND THE FIRST STEP OF THAT IS COMMUNICATIONS, UH, WHICH MEANS SOON THE, UH, CITIZENS IN GOOCHLAND WHO WERE IN THE RECONNECT AREA, EVERYONE WILL GET A LETTER SAYING WE'RE GOING TO START DOING DATA GATHERING.

HERE'S WHAT THE TRUCKS WILL LOOK LIKE.

HERE'S THE STEPS OF THIS PROCESS.

WE'VE GOT TO GO DO THE DATA, GATHERING THE DESIGN, THEN WE'LL BRING IN CONTRACTORS AND EVENTUALLY YOU'LL GET SERVICE, BUT THAT'LL DO TWO THINGS THAT ALERTS EVERYBODY THAT WE KNOW OF THAT'S IN THE SERVICE AREA AND THAT WE HAVE GOOD ADDRESSES FOR.

UM, AND SECONDLY, IT GIVES THEM A TIMELINE KIND OF, OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO GET THERE.

SO IN RECONNECT, THAT'LL START VERY SOON, POSSIBLY WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, WEEK OR TWO, WE'LL GET THOSE LETTERS OUT.

THE VIRGINIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED IN DECEMBER, WHICH IS THE LARGER AREA WE'RE WORKING IN TANDEM WITH, UM, DOMINION AND WITH RAPPAHANNOCK, WE'RE GOING TO ALSO START SOME DATA GATHERING IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS DOMINION HAS ALREADY STARTED.

SO WE ARE UNDERWAY BOTH WITH THE, OR IN ALL OF THE AREAS WITH CVC, FINISHING UP SPLICE AND GETTING READY TO DO SERVICE JOBS WITH THE RECONNECT AREAS.

WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THE FIRST STEPS OF DATA GATHERING AND DOMINION HAS ALREADY STARTED WORK, DOING FIELD ENGINEERING, UM, FOR SOME OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION, THAT WILL BE THE BACKBONE TOWER LARGER PROJECT.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE STATUS IS.

HAVING SAID THAT HERE'S THE ENTIRE AREA THAT WE'LL COVER.

THE YELLOW AREA IS ALL, UH, EITHER PART OF THE RECONNECT OR THE, UH, VADI PROJECTS.

THE BLUE AREA IS THE CVEC FOOTPRINT.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE FIBER IS ALREADY IN PLACE.

UM, THE BODY PROJECT IS, UH, CLOSE TO A $28 MILLION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT INSIDE GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONNECT AMERICA FUND FUNDED AREA.

MOST OF YOUR CITIZENS REALLY DON'T CARE WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM.

THEY JUST WANT TO KNOW IF, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET CONNECTED, BUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO SHOW YOU HOW THE TOTALS COME OUT, I PUT ALL THIS STUFF ON THIS SLIDE.

UH, SO THAT GIVES YOU, UM, UH, THE TOTAL RISE PROJECT IS THE BODY AREA PLUS CONNECT AMERICA FUND AREAS.

SO WE'RE ABOUT $29 MILLION WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION.

PLUS THERE'LL BE ANOTHER $6 MILLION WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION OUT OF THE RECONNECT PROGRAM.

SO A LOT OF MONEY GOING INTO THE COUNTY FOR FIBER.

UM, WE'RE RECEIVING ABOUT $4 MILLION FROM THE STATE FOR THE BODY OF BOARD, AND THEN THE COUNTY, UM, UH, MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION WITH, UH, A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION TO THAT BODY PROJECT.

PLUS, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MONEY THAT YOU CONTRIBUTED TOWARD RECONNECT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO START THAT AS WELL.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

ALL TOTAL WILL BE PASSED ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 3,500 LOCATIONS, UM, PLUS THE 800 AND SOME AND RECONNECT.