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CAN YOU RECORD? CLASSIC PARTY? CLASSIC.
AND WELCOME TO THE START OF THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR GOODLAND COUNTY.
MS. BURLEY, DO WE HAVE AN FORUM ALL PRESENT? YOU DO HAVE A QUORUM.
UH, REPORT FROM ELECTION OF 2 23 OFFICERS.
OH, KENNY AND I MET, AND WE'VE DONE SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, AND WE, UH, CAME UP WITH A SLATE FOR THIS CHAIR'S, UH, BOARD.
AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER, OFFER UP
UM, AND BEN IS THE VICE CHAIR.
AND KENNY AS THE CHAIR? NO, READY.
YOU ALL GOOD WITH THAT? MM-HMM.
SO WE'VE GOT, UH, TREASURER DB, UM, CHAIRPERSON BEN SLOAN AND VICE CHAIR KEN COLLIER.
WE'LL GO TO CITIZEN COMMENT, CITIZENS COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL CLOSE THAT AND GO TO A FEW MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ON DECEMBER 14TH.
WELL, MR. CHAIRMAN, BEING THAT, UM, I WAS ELECTED CHAIR, SHOULD I TAKE OVER THE DUTIES OF THE CHAIR? IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT, IT WOULD NOT TROUBLE ME, BUT THEN AGAIN, I WOULD NOT WANT TO, UH, HAPPILY MOVE OVER.
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE INTO A, UH, ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AS CHAIRMAN
UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A BETTER YEAR THAN WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE THROUGH THE VARIOUS FINANCE REPORTS.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
UH, WE HAVE BEFORE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING, IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER MINUTES FOR MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF LAST MONTH'S MINUTES? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL? AMENDMENT MINUTES.
NOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK WITH THE NEW TREASURER OR SINCE WE HAVE A TURNOVER THAT MIGHT NOT OCCURRED? UH, ACTUALLY WE DO.
UH, MR. TREASURER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, PUT FORTH THE REPORT? ANY DISCUSSIONS? YEAH, I MEAN, I'VE GONE THROUGH EVERYTHING AND NOTHING STANDS OUT AS, AS, UH, AN ISSUE.
AND, UH, IF YOU WANT TO BACK ME UP ON THAT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO, BUT OTHERWISE, I THINK EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE OVER.
AND THEN, UH, WE SIGNED, I SIGNED A CHECK, WAS IT LAST WEEK? YES.
UH, FOR THE, UM, ATTORNEY FEES AND OTHER, OTHERWISE WE'LL TALK ABOUT OTHER CHECKS THAT WE TO SIGN.
I DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FOR PAYMENT AS WELL.
AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR TREASURER? NO.
UH, MADAM DIRECTOR OR I, I ASSUME YOU WANTED TO TAKE THE FLOOR WITH REGARDS TO THIS INTERVIEW AND COURTHOUSE YEP.
ACCEPT IT, OR HOW? I'LL INTRODUCE THIS TO YOU AND I'LL, WELL, HERE, I'LL IT TO YOU.
I'LL, WHILE I'M DOING, SO, I WILL INTRODUCE MS. JAMIE SHERRY.
SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND IS THE LEAD ON THE CENTERVILLE AND COURTHOUSE SMALL AREA PLANS.
AND SHE'S HERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE.
JUST A REAL QUICK, UH, AGENDA.
I'M GONNA GIVE A LITTLE CIVIC, UH, LESSON, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
THEN I'M GONNA DELVE INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS, UH, THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THE DRAFTS.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO ASK ME SOME QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, HERE'S SPECIFIC LESSON.
SO, THE, UM, COUNTY HAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, ANY OR ANY LOCALITY THAT HAS A ZONING ORDINANCE MUST HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A POLICY GUIDE.
IT IS NOT A, UM, UH, THE ORDINANCE IS, IS ACTUALLY THE LAW.
UM, BUT THIS DOES, UM, IT IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT THAT GETS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF, UM, SUPERVISORS, REQUIRES PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IT IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN, UM, UM, APPROVED, EMBEDDED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, WHAT IT, WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES
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IS GIVES GUIDANCE TO BOTH, UH, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON LAND USE MATTERS.SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE QUICK CIVIC LESSON.
SO, UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS, UH, WAS ORIGINALLY, UH, ADOPTED BACK IN 2015 AND HAS BEEN UPDATED PERIODICALLY.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WHAT THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE, UH, PLAN IS TO GIVE GUIDANCE.
UM, SO ONE OF THE KEY, UH, VALUES, I GUESS WE COULD SAY IN, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT THERE'S A LAND USE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO KEEP 85% OF THE COUNTY'S LAND USE RURAL, AND TO DEVELOP THE, THE OTHER 15%.
THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL AND, AND, AND HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO OCCUR.
UH, THE PLAN BACK IN 2035 DOES, UM, IDENTIFY GROWTH AREAS.
AND THOSE ARE, UM, THE TWO VILLAGES.
UH, THE MAJOR VILLAGES ARE THE COURTHOUSE AND THE CENTERVILLE.
UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS NOW, IF THOSE ARE ADOPTED, UM, THEY WOULD REPLACE THE EXISTING, UM, LAND USE MAP AND POLICIES THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR THOSE TWO, UM, THOSE TWO VILLAGES.
AND THEN FORTHCOMING ANY, UM, ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, UH, TO ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE LAND USES ALLOWABLE WOULD THEN FOLLOW.
SO WHY ARE THESE PLANS NEEDED? SO, UM, THE COUNTY IS EXPERIENCING EX UM, SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THE TWO VILLAGE AREAS.
UH, KIND OF OBVIOUS IN THE CENTERVILLE VILLAGE, THE SHORT PUMP AREA IS REACH THE, REACH THE COUNTY LINE.
AND, UH, I CAN SAY, I'M SURE SARAH GETS THE SAME PHONE CALLS.
I GET 'EM CUZ WE WANT TO PUT APARTMENTS.
WE COULD BUILD, WE COULD FILL THE ENTIRE VILLAGE WITH APARTMENTS IF, UH, IF WE WOULD ALLOW IT.
UM, THEN HERE AND IN THE CENTER, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, IN THE, UM, COURTHOUSE, IT SAYS CENTERVILLE THERE TWICE.
THE SECOND ONE IS MEANT TO BE, UM, COURTHOUSE.
WE HAVE RECENTLY HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S BEEN, UM, MOST RECENTLY RURAL HILL, UM, WAS APPROVED FOR 170 LOTS IN REED MARSH JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND HAS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR 64 LOTS.
UM, WE'VE CONTINUED TO GET PHONE CALLS.
UH, THERE IS AN ACTIVE CASE OVER ON FAIR GROUNDS ROAD.
SO WHEN THESE, UM, WHEN THESE PLANS WERE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE ARE MAKING THESE LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
DO, ARE THERE UTILITIES ARE THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPER, UH, SERVICES TO GO ALONG WITH THIS.
BACK IN 2015, UM, THERE WAS LIMITED, UM, CAPACITY IN CENTERVILLE AND THERE WAS, UH, LIMITED, UM, ABILITY TO PUT UM, UH, UH, SEWER WATER HERE IN THE, UM, IN THE COURTHOUSE.
SINCE THEN, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT IN BOTH VILLAGES.
UM, WE GET OUR, UM, UH, WATER FROM, UH, THE, UM, WATER AND SEWER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, CORRECTIONS.
DO C I WAS GONNA SAY DOJ
AND SO WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY.
SO, UM, AS THAT HAS CHANGED, OUR POLICIES HAVE STILL SAID NO, NO, NO, WE DON'T.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT PREPPED FOR THOSE, UM, TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS.
SO IT HAS GIVEN, UM, THE BOARD AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION KIND OF A TOUGH TIME CUZ PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND SAYING, WE WON'T, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THIS NOW.
THESE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS WERE DONE IN THE PAST, WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE WANT TO DO IT.
SO EVERY CASE THAT COMES BEFORE THEM IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FORCED TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GRAPPLE BACK AND FORTH.
IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER AND, AND MUCH, MUCH BETTER, UM, PROCESS IF THE VETTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CURRENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST POINT TO THE PLAN AND SAY, UNLESS YOU GIVE ME A REALLY GOOD REASON, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO STICK WITH THAT, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT.
UH, SO THE LAND USE PLAN, THESE TWO PLANS, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ON, UM, YOUR, UM, NORMAL, UH, LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
AND IT, IT'S ALSO GONNA DO A DEEPER DIVE.
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE, THE PURPOSE OF THESE SMALL AREA PLANS.
THE, THE LARGE DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT ACTUALLY LEFT IN THE CARMEN BRING IT IN.
ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE IT, I CAN BRING IT OUT.
UM, REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE HIGH OVERVIEW OF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS SHOULD BE, UH, THE GROWTH AREA, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY GET INTO THE DETAILS OF HOW AND WHY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UH, LAND USE DESIGNATIONS, TRANSPORTATION WALKABILITY, UM, DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE SOME OF THE HIGH, UM, HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT TO EXPECT OUT OF THE PLANTS.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
UM, THIS KICKED OFF, UH, ALMOST A YEAR AGO WITH
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COMMUNITY MEETINGS.UM, WE ARE RUNNING THESE TWO PLANS CONCURRENTLY, BUT THEY ARE BEING DEALT, UM, AS SEPARATE PLANS.
THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT AREAS, HAVE VERY DIFFERENT NEEDS.
SO EACH PLAN, EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE BACK TO BACK THE PLANNING MEETINGS ARE, UM, HELD INDIVIDUALLY.
THEN IN MARCH, UM, THE CONSULTANT HAD ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS.
THEY HAD CITIZENS BUSINESSES DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HERE IN THE, UM, COURTHOUSE.
WE HAD, UM, CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, UH, J SAR, SORRY, REYNOLDS COLLEGE, AS WELL AS, UM, CARES AND Y M C A, THE LIBRARY, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE HERE IN, IN THIS, UM, VILLAGE.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A SURVEY THAT WAS OUT FOR A COUPLE MONTHS.
IT WAS, WE VERY WELL RECEIVED.
I, I LIKE THE BANK, UM, COURTHOUSE.
WE HAD 240 CENTERVILLE 190 RESPONSES.
I WORKED IN A LOCALITY WHERE I PROBABLY SENT OUT 7,000 PLUS, UM, NOTICES FOR PEOPLE TO DO IT.
SO THIS, THIS IS, I WAS PRETTY PROUD THAT THIS CAME IN HUGELY, DOES NOT.
UM, THEY DEFINITELY PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, VOTING PLANS, SO THAT'S VERY GOOD PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, SO THEN WE MOVED ON TO MIDWAY MEETINGS BACK IN JUNE AND JULY WHERE, UM, THE CONSULTANTS BASICALLY GAVE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THEY WERE WORKING ON.
AND MOST RECENTLY IT WAS CONTINUED, CALLED A FINAL DRAFT COMMITTEE MEETING.
IT ACTUALLY HAD A VERY, UM, THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE THE FINAL DRAFT BEFORE IT WENT TO PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, WE, WE, I'LL GET INTO OUR SCHEDULE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE.
UM, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY THIS MONTH WE HAD A JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE BOARD SUPERVISORS AND THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, THAT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD LOTS AND LOTS OF CITIZEN INPUT, BUT IT WAS ALSO GOOD TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM, UH, THE DECISION MAKERS, UM, THEIR THOUGHTS ON IT AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA START WITH THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE JUST TO SORT OF GO OVER, UM, SOME OF THE CENTRAL TENANTS, THE POOR, UM, VALUES AS PART OF THE PLAN.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA READ THEM, FORGIVE ME.
UM, THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE PLAN AIMS TO ASSIST WITH A VISION FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT FITS EXISTING CHARACTER AND HAS A SENSE OF PLACE PURPOSE, AS WELL AS MEETING THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF THE VILLAGE.
UM, AND THEN A CENTRAL FOCUS IS BLENDING USAGE AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS VILLAGE, THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE ALREADY HAS AN IDENTITY, IS, UM, IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE HUB OF THE COMMUNITY AND HAS BEEN FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, UM, OR MORE.
AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE OUR SCHOOLS ARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOPPING, THE LIBRARY, THE Y M C A, THE COLLEGE, REALLY A LOT OF THE SERVICES THAT, UM, SERVE THE ATTIRE COMMUNITY ARE HERE IN, UM, UCHIN COURTHOUSE.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE OUT COME OUT OF THIS IS THAT BLEND, UH, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR, UM, NEW DEVELOPMENT CUZ OF WHAT, AS I MENTIONED, THE INTEREST IS HERE AND IT'S COMING, UM, TO BE ABLE TO INTERFACE, I GUESS WITH THE HISTORIC PORTION OF, UM, THE COURTHOUSE.
YOU KNOW, THE INFILL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, SAME SKY, SAME SCALE, WALKABILITY, THINGS ALONG ALONG THOSE LINES.
UM, SO, UM, THE PLAN IS ACTUALLY PRETTY SMALL, BUT I'M GONNA JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IT IS, UM, REPRESENTING, AS I MENTIONED, THE CORE VILLAGE, UM, THAT IS THE AREA IDENTIFIED IN THE HATCH MARKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REALLY SEE IT.
UH, I DON'T THINK I HAVE A POINTER, BUT IT'S THE SOUTHERN PART OF ROUTE SIX.
SO THAT AREA IS WHERE WE CONSIDERED THE MORE TRADITIONAL CORE, UM, IN THAT AREA.
THERE'LL BE ALLOWANCES FOR COMMERCIAL, UH, MIXED USE, SOME RESIDENTIAL, UM, WITH THE INTENTION OF IT TO BE AT A SMALLER SCALE, MORE WALKABLE.
UM, THEN, UH, AS YOU GO HIGHER TO THE, UH, MIXED USE AREA, THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE LARGER SCALE IS AROUND THE, UM, THE AREA, RIGHT AROUND THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE OR THE, UM, ROUNDABOUT THEY, UM, THAT AREA IS, YOU KNOW, ALREADY A COMMERCIAL.
IT HAS THE FOOD LINES, SOME OTHER, UM, SOME LOCAL, SOME NON-LOCAL, UH, BUSINESSES ALREADY THERE.
WE EXPECT THAT THAT WOULD BE THE AREA WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A HIGHER DENSITY OF, UM, RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE CHIPOTLE WILL GO.
YOU KNOW, THE PLACE THAT KIND OF IDENTIFIES THAT AREA WITH, YOU KNOW, UPPER LEVEL, UM, UH, RESIDENTIAL, LOWER LEVEL, UM, SERVICES.
UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE ON THERE? JUST TO BE CLEAR, CHIPOTLE HAS NOT CONTACT
BUT IT DID NOT NEED CHICK-FIL-A, UH, NO'S NOT HERE, BUT THERE IS A CHICK-FIL-A.
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UH, SO, AND ALSO JUST FOR THE AREA THAT, UM, IS TRADITIONALLY LIKE YOUR, YOUR SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, UM, IT IS STILL RECOMMENDING, UH, LIKE THE SINGLE FAMILY, UM, UH, HOUSES WITH A LITTLE HIGH HIGHER DENSITY THAN IS CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED.UH, THERE, THERE ARE DISTINCTIONS WITHIN THE TWO DIFFERENT COLOR YELLOWS I HAVE CHOSEN INTENTIONALLY NOT TO GET INTO THE, THE CRUX OF THAT.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REVAMPING THE, UM, THE, UH, DENSITIES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LAND USES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL ONLINE.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO LOOK AT 'EM.
UH, BUT I, I I, I CHOSE TO LIKE, KIND OF JUST MINIMIZE THAT CAUSE IT IS A WORK IN PROCESS.
SO THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE CENTERVILLE VILLAGE.
UM, I'M GONNA READ THIS AS WELL.
UM, THE CENTRAL FOCUS IS BLENDY COMMUNITY BALANCE DEVELOP AND GREEN OPEN SPACE.
UM, TYING CENTERVILLE TO ITS RURAL ROOTS, THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A DISTINCT IDENTITY FOR CENTERVILLE THAT IS NOT, THAT NOT ONLY FOSTERS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, BUT WILL ALSO REPRESENT A BALANCE AND RESPECT FOR THE CORE LAND USE VALUES OF THE COUNTY AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO, UH, ANYBODY'S BEEN TO, UM, CENTERVILLE, IT'S A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT PLACE THAN IT IS RIGHT HERE.
UM, THE VILLAGE ITSELF, UM, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A VILLAGE FOR SOME, FOR MANY YEARS.
FOR SOME, THEY, IT'S MANNEQUIN SAD THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS VILLAGE IS, IS A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD.
UM, IT IS KIND OF A BLANK SLATE.
UM, AS WE SAID, DEVELOPMENT IS COMING.
THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE HAS BEEN ONE APPROVED, UM, MISUSE DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE ALREADY SO THAT THE, THIS IS NOT SO NEW THAT IT'S NOT BEEN ALLOWED IN THE PAST.
UM, MANNEQUIN TOWN HAS BEEN APPROVED, UH, BACK IN 2019.
SO WHAT THIS, SO THERE'S THE LANDINGS PLAN.
UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE COLORS ON THIS, UH, ON THIS MAP AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE, UM, WORKED THROUGH CUZ THERE'S JUST WAY TOO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON HERE.
BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
SO I'M GONNA JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO THE GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S THE AREA IDENTIFIED AND THE PINK RUNNING KIND OF ALONG THE, UM, THE FLOODPLAIN.
UM, THAT IS AN AREA THAT IS INTENDED TO REALLY, WHEN YOU LEAVE, UM, UH, HENRICO COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THE FEEL OF THE, OF, OF THE AREA EAST OF, UM, 2 88 ALREADY KIND OF FEELS LIKE SHORT PUMP LIGHT, UM, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T, OH GOSH, WE'RE GETTING RECORDED, AREN'T WE? WE SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT ON PUBLIC RECORD.
UM, BUT THAT REALLY, THE DISTINCTION IS, IS LIKE WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH, YOU GO BACK PAST THE INTERSTATE THAT YOU FEEL THE, THAT YOU'RE REALLY ENTERING INTO A SPECIAL PLACE.
A PLACE THAT IS NO, YOU KNOW, NO LONGER THE, UM, SHORT MONTH YOU'VE ARRIVED TO THE VILLAGE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS THE FLOOD PLANE THAT IS RUNNING THROUGH THERE.
SO DEVELOPMENT WILL BE KIND OF LIMITED.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT, UH, WE'RE IS TO GO, THERE IS INTENDED TO BE LARGE AREAS OF OPEN SPACE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE A, A COUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE GIVEN THINGS LIKE BALL FIELDS OR, YOU KNOW, WINERY AND ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF IDEAS.
BUT REALLY THE INTENTION IS YOU CAN'T REALLY DO TOO MUCH WITH THAT, UM, FLOODPLAIN AREA.
LET'S MAKE THAT REALLY BE THE TRANSITION INTO THE VILLAGE.
UH, THE PURPLE, UM, THAT IS NE NEXT TO EACH OF THE, UH, INTERSTATES INTERCHANGE COMMERCIAL.
UM, THOSE AREAS ARE TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, VALUABLE AS FAR AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOES.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GRAB THE PASSERBY TO COME IN AND SPEND A LITTLE MONEY, GET A LITTLE, UH, CONVENIENCE ACTION AS THEY MOVE ON.
UM, BUT ALSO TO BE, UM, A, A PLACE THAT IS SPECIAL FOR EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AS THEY HEAD OFF TO WORK.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA SWING BY MY, YOU KNOW, STARBUCKS CUZ IT'S MY STARBUCKS.
I GO THERE EVERY MONTH, EVERY DAY ON THE WAY TO WORK, YOU KNOW, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, UM, I HAD MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS, UM, VILLAGE THAT, OR EVEN IN THE INTRO, THAT THE DESIGN GUIDES ARE REALLY GONNA BE THE KEY THAT ARE REALLY GONNA MAKE THIS STAND OUT UNIQUE FROM ANY OTHER, UM, INTERCHANGE.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU STILL MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, A WAWA THERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO ADHERE TO SOME VISUAL STANDARDS, LANDSCAPING, THE, YOU KNOW, THE OPEN SPACE TO REALLY MAKE IT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT JUST GOING INTO ANYWHERE USA YOU HAVE ENTERED THE VILLAGE.
UM, MOVING ON FROM THERE, WE HAVE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH SARAH ON THIS.
AND REALLY THE DISTINCTION, UM, FOR THIS IS TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS THE SAME SORT OF INTENT THAT WE HAVE FOR, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WHAT WAS IT? IS IT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA? WHAT IS IT? PRIME, PRIME DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, SAME SORT OF, UH, IN INTENT AS FAR AS THE USE, BUT AGAIN, WITH THAT DISTINCTION BEING THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ATTRACT CLEAN, UM, INDUSTRY TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO HAVE AN
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AREA THAT IS WITHIN THE VILLAGE THAT IS PRODUCING MONEY, PRODUCING JOBS, TAX DOLLARS, USING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MIXED WELL WITH THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY.IT CAN BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT REALLY IS MEANT TO BE NOT JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
IT IS REALLY INTENDED TO, TO BE A SPECIAL PLACE AS WELL.
UM, THEN, UM, ONE OTHER DESIGNATION.
THIS ONE'S KIND OF UNIQUE TO THE ENTIRE AREA, KIND OF JUST SORT OF SITS THERE AS A, A BLOB IN ME IN THE, IN THE CORNER, THE UPPER, UM, EASTERN CORNER.
UH, THAT IS WHERE, UM, HIGH DENSITY IS RECOMMENDED.
UM, IT, IT, IT'S BASICALLY THERE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE COUNTY LINE.
THIS WOULD BE A, A WAY TO JUST, UM, CONTINUE, CONTINUE IT, ALLOW FOR SOME APARTMENTS, SOME CONDOMINIUMS, UM, BUT REALLY THAT BEAT THE HARD LINE TO THAT HIGH DENSITY, UM, USE.
THEN I TAUGHT, UH, THEN THE, UM, THE RED AREA AND THE AREA DOTTED WITH THE, UM, THE HASH MARKS THAT IS THE CORE VILLAGE.
UM, THIS HAS CHANGED SLIGHTLY SINCE, UH, THE ORIGINAL, UM, THE LAND USE MAP WAS CHANGED TO SHOW THE, UM, THE, THE CORE VILLAGE AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, IT HAS MOVED A LITTLE BIT FARTHER TO THE NORTH.
UM, SO IT IS A LITTLE DECEIVING, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE AREAS IN THAT DARKER ORANGE THROUGH ACTUALLY ALLOW FOR SOME HIGHER DENSITY TOWN HOMES.
UM, SO WHEREAS WE'RE MOVING THE COMMERCIAL WALKABLE PART UP SO IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COHESIVE.
WE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING LIKE, HOW CAN YOU HAVE LIKE A QUARTER VILLAGE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MAJOR ROAD, RIGHT, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
SO I THINK THAT WAS THE WAY TO, TO TRY AND, AND, AND ADDRESS THAT.
UM, UH, SO THE INTENT OF THAT AREA IS AGAIN, UM, HOW IT IS PROPOSING HIGHER DENSITY THAN WHAT MANNEQUIN TOWN WAS APPROVED FOR.
UH, SO THERE, THERE IS THAT ELEMENT OF IT, BUT THE, THE BIG ELEMENT TO A LOT OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY AND, AND SAYING, OH, HIGHER DENSITY, HIGHER DENSITY, WE, WE CLEARLY KNOW THAT THERE IS A DESIRE FOR IT, UH, BY THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE, THE NEEDS FOR THE CITIZENS, AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY, UM, EVIDENT IN CENTERVILLE.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC BUILDINGS OTHER THAN ONE FIRE STATION.
SO THERE IS A NEED, A NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE AMENITIES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO COME DOWN TO, TO HEAR FOR EVERY SINGLE THING THAT THEY NEED TO DO, PAY A BILL.
WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TALKING POSSIBLY A LIBRARY, UM, OFF LIKE LITTLE AREA WHERE THE LIBRARY CAN DELIVER TO OR SOMETHING.
BUT, UM, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE LIBRARY FOR THE RECORD
UM, WE DID HAVE, BUT NOTHING'S BEEN, UH, DECIDED ON.
BUT, UM, SO THESE DENSITIES THAT I KEEP TALKING ABOUT, SO THE, THE THOUGHT IS WHEN WE GET INTO WRITING THE ORDINANCES, THE THOUGHT IN THE THEORY IS TO HAVE A BASELINE, UH, DENSITY THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.
AND IF ANY HIGHER DENSITY THAT, UM, THEY WOULD BE WANTING, THEY COULD BE GIVEN IN BONUS, BONUS DENSITY BASED ON WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE, WHETHER THEY'RE PROVIDING OPEN SPACE, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE PROVIDING A STOREFRONT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ACTUALLY, THE, THE, UM, COUNTY CAN, CAN RENT IT OUT, USE IT FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE INTENT BEHIND IT.
UM, THE, THE LAND IS VERY VALUABLE UP THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF US, THE COUNTY BEING ABLE TO JUST GO IN AND BUY A, UM, A LARGE SWATH OF PROPERTY UP THERE, JUST ABOUT VERY FISCALLY FEASIBLE AT THIS POINT.
SO, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF WAYS TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE THINGS FOR, UM, THE RESIDENTS UP THERE, THERE WE HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT THEY SAID WE NEED SERVICES.
QUESTION IS, OF COURSE, IS ALL THE DARK GREEN? IS THAT ALL THE GOLF COURSE? IT IS.
AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE CHANGING A LITTLE BIT TOO.
THEY DO HAVE SOME IDEAS AS TO HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, AND, AND I THINK THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO REPRESENT WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE UP THERE.
IF THEY DON'T WANT REMAIN GOLF COURSE, IT'D BE SILLY FOR US TO KEEP IT AS A GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW.
SO, UM, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I I, OF COURSE, YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS, I MISSED IT.
CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT A ROAD? AM I LOOKING AT THE, UM, H ROAD GOING AROUND THE VILLAGE ON THAT MAP? IS THAT WHAT I, IS THAT WHAT I SAID? THE HOCKET ROAD IS CONSISTENT WITH THE, UM, THE, THE HOCKET ROAD, UM, UH, ALIGNMENT THAT HAS BEEN, UM, UH, IN THE USE THE MOUSE.
SO SEE, THIS IS HOCKETT ROAD, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO ROAD CURRENTLY COMES UP YEAH.
AND HITS ROUTE, UM, TWO 50 RIGHT THERE.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN AN APPROVED PROJECT AND RECENTLY WE LEARNED THAT FUNDING IS PROBABLY GONNA BE COMPLETE, UH, FOR THIS PROCESS.
UM, WE'RE JUST BASICALLY WAITING FOR THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING
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TO, TO GET THE, UM, TO, UH, THE PROCESS GOING.UM, THERE'S AN AREA THAT, UM, IT IS BEING ALIGNED, UM, AND IT IS GOING, LINED UP DIRECTLY WITH ASHLYN, RIGHT? ASH ASHLEY.
I, THAT'S COME ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME AND HAS BEEN, WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE.
I I'VE SOONER HER RATHER THAN LATER.
UM, WE, UH, HAD SOME PRELIMINARY, UH, FUNDING, UH, INFORMATION FROM VDOT TODAY, AND I, I THINK IT MIGHT GET US TO THE FINISH LINE, BUT THAT'S, THOSE ARE FAMOUS LAST WORDS WITH THE COST AND EVERYTHING THESE DAYS.
BUT ONE RESIDENT I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'LL BE A, A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T MENTION IS IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, UM, THAT RED, UM, AREA, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WHITE LINES GOING THROUGH THERE.
THERE'S NOT A GREAT DISTINCTION FOR, UM, FOR OUR PURPOSES.
THERE IS LOCATED ON OTHER MAPS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW ROADS PROPOSED IN THERE.
AND THE INTENT OF THAT IS TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THIS TO BE THE PASSER BUYS, BUT ALSO GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME OF THAT OFF THE ROAD SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE FOLKS BE ABLE TO GET IN AND AROUND THE COUNTY WITHOUT STRICTLY JUST BRINGING ALL THE TRAFFIC TO, UM, TO BROAD STREET ROAD.
UM, SO I'VE TOUCHED ON THE CORE AND THE AREAS IDENTIFIED, LIKE IN THESE YELLOW AND ORANGES, THOSE ARE ALL, UM, RESIDENTIAL, UM, AREAS IDENTIFIED AT HIGHER DENSITY THAN THEY ARE NOW.
BUT, UM, I SUSPECT THAT SOME OF THOSE WILL BE CONDENSED AND, AND MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE MORE SENSE.
THAT'S A WHOLE LOT NEW LAND USES TO, TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
UM, I THINK I TOUCHED ON ALL OF THOSE.
SO, UM, THE CURRENT EFFORTS, SO AGAIN, FORGIVE ME, THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL LOOK.
I'D BE HAPPY TO GO BACK AND GET SOME MORE DETAIL, UM, AS, AS YOU NEED IT.
BUT, UM, SO CURRENTLY STAFF IS WORKING ON, UM, TAKING IN ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD, INCLUDING, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD AT THE JOINT, UM, WORK SESSION, UM, AND MAKING THE, UM, THE PLAN MORE GUIN CENTRIC.
SO WE HAD HEARD LIKE WHEN THE DOCUMENT CAME OUT THAT IT, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE COOKIE CUTTER USA AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE JUST CONTROL F AND PUT GUIN IN.
I MEAN, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE GOT AND, AND I HAVE TO SAY THEY'RE NOT WRONG.
UM, SO STAFF IS ACTUALLY TAKING, UM, ON SOME OF THAT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TO MAKE IT MORE PERSONAL.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE OVERALL INTENT OF IT.
YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, SO INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS ON HERE.
WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING IT MORE UCHIN CENTRIC.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS BUCHLA, THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING IT FOR UCHIN, FOR EACH OF THE, UM, VILLAGES, CUZ WE'RE VERY UNIQUE PLACES.
UM, THEN, UH, WE ARE ALSO, UH, LOOKING TO, UH, MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY.
THERE'S LOTS OF, UH, DETAILS IN THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY TAKE AWAY FROM SOME OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FROM THE PLAN.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, UH, AS WELL.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE, UM, WORKING ON, UM, A DRAFT TO MAKE IT THE, UM, THE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GO OVER THE DETAIL THAT I JUST GAVE YOU ALL HAVE THAT BE THE CENTER FOCUS ALONG WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND, UM, REALLY FINDING THAT WE HAVE IT UP THERE IDENTIFIED AS THE SWEET SPOT, BUT FINDING OUT WHAT THAT ACTUAL DENSITY IS.
UM, THE DENSITY THAT WAS PROPOSED IS HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS, IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING, UM, ALLOWED.
SO FINDING WHAT THAT SWEET SPOT IS AND, AND MAKING IT MAKE SENSE AND MAKING IT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY, UM, IMPLEMENT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, BONUS DENSITIES FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, FOR PUBLIC USER OR WHATEVER THOSE BONUS, YOU KNOW, MORE HEDGEROWS, YOU KNOW, YOU LEAVE BIGGER BUFFERS, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH ON.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, REVISING THE DRAFT.
SO, UH, TALKED ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.
I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT NOW ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT.
UM, SO IN MARCH, UH, WE PLAN TO HAVE, UM, A DRAFT, UH, AND BETTER FORMAT BROUGHT BACK TO BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THE REGULAR MEETING.
UM, AND THEN AT THE END OF MARCH TO HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
UM, THESE ARE ADDED COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
THE, UM, PLAN, THE ORIGINAL SCOPE.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED IN NINE MONTHS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD AGREED AS WELL AS AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS NEEDS MORE TIME TO GET IT RIGHT, THEN, UM, LET'S EXTEND THE SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS OUR PROPOSED SCHEDULE NOW, LATE MARCH, HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THEN FOLLOWED WITH, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS AT BOTH THE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION IN APRIL AND IN MAY, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
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AGAIN, THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE CAUSE WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.SO IF, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTRIGHT, EVEN AFTER IT'S WHITTLED DOWN SOME WE'LL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO PARTICIPATE.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE A MAILING LIST.
UM, SO FOR EACH OF THE, THE VILLAGES WHEN WE HAVE ANYTHING NEW OR INTERESTING COME OUT, LET'S PUT SOMETHING ON THE WEBSITE.
WE'LL SEND OUT A COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED.
UM, WE'LL PUT IT ON, UM, THE WEBSITE, BUT WE'LL ALSO SEND AN EMAIL OUT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO JOIN, UH, THE EMAIL, UM, GROUP, JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND US AN EMAIL TO THAT.
WE'LL ADD YOU, YOU ALWAYS CALL.
THAT'S THE MAIN NUMBER AT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CALL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN, UM, IF YOU WANNA GET UP TO SPEED ON WHAT I MENTIONED, ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR IS ON THE WEBSITE.
WE HAVE EVERY COMMENT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
WE HAVE, UM, EVERY, UM, MEETING WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE, UM, THE, THE SLIDES FROM THE MEETING.
SO IF YOU JUST WANNA LOOK THROUGH THE SLIDES, COMMENTS THAT RECEIVED AT THOSE MEETINGS, ALL, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE ON THE WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO REALLY BRING YOURSELF UP TO SPEED, THERE'S PLENTY OF INFORMATION TO DO.
SO, AND THAT IS MY VERY, VERY, VERY QUICK VERSION OF, UH, THE VILLAGE PLANS.
I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THE MAPS, BUT OTHERWISE ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT, HOW, WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF HOW THE COMMUNITY IS REACTING TO THE HIGHER DENSITY ISSUES? UM, WELL, IT'S INTERESTING.
I MEAN, IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER.
UM, I THINK A LOT OF THE, UM, I, I THINK A LOT OF THE CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAVE IS THAT, AND THIS IS WHERE THE CONSULTANT FELL SHORT, I'M GONNA BE HONEST.
WE'VE TOLD THEM DIRECTLY, UM, THEY, THE VISUALS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT, THEY, THEY DON'T RARELY REPRESENT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST, THEY LOOK LIKE VAST, UM, PICTURES OF THIS GIANT AREAS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS, YOU KNOW, FIND THAT SWEET SPOT AND, AND REPRESENT IT.
LIKE WHAT WOULD IT ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE, LOOK AND FEEL LIKE AT THAT DENSITY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND IT.
UM, I THINK THERE'S A, A COUPLE THINGS, UH, LISA, THEY, UH, DON'T, SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE VILLAGE WAS WELL RECEIVED AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2015 AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DON'T WANT ANY MORE COMING IN AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT IS HIGHER DENSITY THAN THE, THE REST OF THE COUNTY ALREADY.
SO THERE, THERE'S SOME OF THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALREADY ARE TAKING THE HIT THERE, THERE'S SOME OF THAT.
UM, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO THE, THE NOT UNDERSTANDING, I THINK REALLY THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND CLEAR THAT UP.
AND UM, BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME SUPPORT.
I MEAN, THROUGH THE, UM, THE, UM, SURVEYS WE HEARD, WE WANT THIS, WE WANT THAT, WE NEED MORE RESTAURANTS, WE NEED MORE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING ARE, ARE WANTING, OUR DEMANDING, ARE WANTING, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES WITH THESE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
SO YOU REALLY NEED TO REALLY FIND WHAT IS GOING TO BE THAT, THAT SWEET SPOT.
I'M, FORGIVE ME, I AM GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE.
I DO HAVE TO GO TO GLE THIS EVENING.
UM, MY CARD IS HERE IF ANYBODY, UH, WANTS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME DIRECTLY.
AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, STUFF, UM, THE PRESENTATION ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE PLAN.
AND NEXT STEP IS PRESENTATION WITH REGARDS TO GK DAY FOUNDATION.
AND LADIES, IF YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE IT AWAY.
SO I COULDN'T GET MY POWERPOINT TO SHARE WITH, UM, SARAH, SO WE ARE GONNA WORK ON YOU PDF, WHICH IS FINE AND ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU TOO IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, SO THIS IS CAROL COOK, SHE'S OUR SECRETARY FOR NOW.
UM, SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF GO INTO IT.
UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW TALENTED PEOPLE THAT KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, LIKE I SAID, TENSE AND, UM, ENTERTAINMENT AND JUST WE'RE LEARNING EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT WHERE WE LEARN SO MUCH MORE.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GO OVER THE BUDGET AND, UM, WELL, THE BUDGET WAS ATTACHED BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET THIS TWO PAGE THING TO GO ON ONE PAPER, BUT, UM, WE CAN OH, YOU GOT IT ALREADY.
UM, SO WITH OUR BUDGET, I GUESS WE JUST WANTED TO, TO KICK IT OFF WITH, UM,
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ATTENDED, DID Y'ALL ATTEND GLAND DAY LAST YEAR? MM-HMM.UM, I KNOW LISA, UM, SHE WAS MULTITASKING LAST YEAR AND KENNY WAS ONE OF OUR SPONSORS TOO.
UM, SO WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND BEING ATTENDANCE AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
SO IF YOU CAN'T COME OUT, WE WOULD, UM, INVITE YOU TO, IF YOU WANT TO, UM, BE IN OUR PARADE.
WE'VE GOT SPOTS AND WALKING AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BEING SHAKEN HANDS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND STUFF.
UM, SO THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO.
MOSTLY THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE CRUCIAL DAY IS FOR THE CREAM, PRIMARILY IT'S AN HOUR, UM, HOUR LONG THING, BUT SO THE BUDGET, UM, A LOT OF OUR BUDGET IS, UM, CONSUMED BY THINGS THAT WE CAN'T AVOID AND WE HAVE TO HAVE.
UM, THE BIGGEST PART WITH OUR, UM, EXPENSES, I WON'T JUMP OVER THERE YET, BUT IS, UM, SHERIFF'S OFFICE OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE PAID AND WE SIGN AND MAYBE WE SHOULD DRIVE EXPENSES.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP AROUND A LOT, BUT, SO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS, UM, ESTIMATED AT 5,000 AND THEN THE MECHANICALS AND THE INFLATABLES AND ALL THEIR FREE STUFF THAT THE KIDS LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, KEEPING THEM BUSY WHILE THEIR PARENTS CAN SHOP AROUND AT THE LITTLE VENDORS, UM, IS ABOUT ALMOST $5,000.
AND I THINK WE JUST SIGNED OUR CONTRACT WITH, UM MM-HMM
AND, UM, SO FOR THIS YEAR WE DO HAVE A RAIN DATE AND, UM, EVERYTHING IS TAKEN IN CONSIDERATION FOR THAT.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET SWAMPED LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, MAY 7TH.
UM, WE WANT TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY AND GET IT PUBLICIZED TO MAKE THAT DECISION EARLY ON, BUT HOPEFULLY WHEN WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA THANK HAPPY THOUGHTS.
UM, SO GOING BACK TO THE REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS, WE DO HAVE, UM, WE HAVE, WE INCREASE OUR FEES AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE PAIN POINT FOR ME BECAUSE AS A GUC NATIVE FIRM MEMBER GUC DAY, AND THEN WE HAVE NON-PROFITS JUST LIKE, JUST LIKE US, HOW DO YOU CHARGE PEOPLE TO BE IN, INTO PARADE OR TO BE A VENDOR? SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE A EVENTUALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO GET TO.
WE HAVE ENOUGH SPONSORSHIP AND, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DONATIONS AND, UM, JUST SUPPORT IN GENERAL THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THEM.
BUT, UM, AS YOU KNOW, ALL GOOD THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS FREE.
AND SO, UM, WHEN WE DO GIVE AWAY THINGS, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP.
SO HAVING A COST, UM, EVEN FOR THE NONPROFITS MEANS THAT OUR EVENT WILL BE, UM, THEY'LL ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND THEY'LL HAVE ENTERTAINMENT AND THEY'LL HAVE THINGS FOR THE KIDS.
SO, UM, YOU CAN'T PROMISE A HUNDRED VENDORS AND THEN ONLY 50 OF 'EM SHOW UP.
SO, SO WE DID RAISE OUR PRICES.
UM, THE FOOD TRUCKS IS, UM, ACTUALLY 150 MM-HMM.
PREVIOUSLY, THE BEVERAGE VENDORS HAVE BEEN FREE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UM, MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO COME AND BE A PART OF IT YET, UM, THEM HAVING THEIR SALES TOO.
AND WE JUST FIGURED THAT IT WAS NOT, UM, ADVANTAGEOUS TO SEPARATE THE TWO BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL, IT'S ALL FOR PROFIT.
UM, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY BEHIND THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE, UM, EVENT BRIGHT SALES THAT WE DO.
UH, NOT A RAFFLE TECHNICALLY, UM, WHERE THAT IS SOCIALIZED ON PUBLIC MEDIA.
UM, THEN WE HAVE, UM, 50 50 SUPPORTS.
UM, AND THEN GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM, WE ARE GONNA TRY THE T-SHIRT SALE IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, THOSE WILL HAVE OUR SPONSORSHIPS ON THE T-SHIRTS AS WELL.
AND, UM, THAT'S ABOUT, THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR THAT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT, UM, THE SALES BOOTHS I MENTIONED.
UM, THEY ARE CURRENTLY $50 RIGHT NOW FOR NOT A, FOR OUR FOR PROFIT.
SO IT'S FAIRLY CHEAP TO BE ABLE TO BECOME A VENDOR AT GLAND DAY IF YOU WANNA SELL YOUR STUFF.
IT DOES INCREASE, UM, UM, FEBRUARY, MARCH 1ST.
IT INCREASED MARCH 1ST,
SO IT'S STILL NOT, NOT TERRIBLE.
I THINK THE HEADLINE TOO IS WE'RE TRYING TO STAY FLAT OVERALL WITH BUDGET MM-HMM.
UM, SO SPONSORSHIPS, WE ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE FROM THAT BY 10%.
SO THAT'S WHERE, AGAIN, ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS YOURS ARE SUCH A, THE HELP TO US WITH OUR BOTTOM LINE AS WE CHASE THE DOLLARS AND WHAT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS FOOTPRINT, YOU KNOW, TO SOLICIT DONATIONS.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES BY REDUCING BUDGETS ON SOME THINGS IN ENTERTAINMENT OR SWITCHING IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE GOT A PETTING ZOO COMING
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THIS YEAR, SPENT A LITTLE LESS ON INFLATABLES, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO STAY FLAT OVERALL.UM, JUST TRYING TO MANAGE OUR MONEY, UH, JUDICIOUSLY.
SO WE'VE GOT A NET PROFIT OF, UM, 1500 ROUGHLY.
UM, SO WE HAVE SIGNED CONTRACTS WITH THE PETTING ZOO AND UM, WE'RE LOOKING INTO SOUND EQUIPMENT AND MUSICIANS AND UM, ALL THAT STUFF.
SO IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE BOOKED SOON.
AND THE, THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE NEEDS $5,000 FOR ONE DAY.
WE'VE GOT ALMOST 20 OFFICERS COMING BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE AT EVERY SINGLE ROAD THAT YOU GUYS KEEP BUILDING AND APPROVING
SO THE PARADE, THEY HAVE TO, THE PARADE IS THE MOST PART OF IT.
IT'S UM, I THINK EIGHT, UM, 20 OFFICERS.
AND THEN FROM THERE, SIX OF THEM WILL, UM, GO TO THE FESTIVAL.
SO WE'RE PAYING 20 OFFICERS $60 AN HOUR TIMES WHAT, THREE HOURS FROM, UM, OKAY.
I MEAN, JUST THE, IT'S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THEY WERE, UM, SIX, THEY WERE $45 I THINK IN 2021.
NO, MAY, AND THEN THEY WENT UP TO 60.
WHAT'S A TENNIS BEEN LIKE? UH, OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS? SO THREE YEARS OR TWO YEARS.
BUT THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IT WAS TRENDING UP WELL, LAST YEAR IT WAS, EXCEPT WE HAD HORRENDOUS LEATHERS, SO IT WAS PRETTY GLOOMY AND COLD AND RAINY AND STILL HAD A DECENT IN ATTENDANCE.
SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING WITH A LITTLE, WE'RE MOVING IT BACK TO MAY 20TH, SO MOVING IT BACK A FEW WEEKS, UM, WE'RE HOPING WE'LL HAVE SOME BETTER ATTENDANCE.
I MEAN, IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, FOR COMMUNITY THE SIZE, IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.
UM, AND THEN IT JUST, THE DRAIN, I MEAN THE RAIN HELD OFF IN THE PARADE AND THEN IT KIND OF SLOW DRIZZLE ALL DAY LONG.
THAT WAS THE YEAR IT WAS REVIVED? OR WAS IT YEAR BEFORE YEAR? SO THIS, IT'S ONLY BEEN, IT ONLY HAVE, UH, TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UH, UH, SINCE IT'S BEEN REVIVED, I GUESS, WITH THE PARADE ITSELF.
SO IN 2018, THEY ACTUALLY STARTED AND THEY HELD IT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY STILL HAD VENDORS AND THEY STILL HAD ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MUSIC.
THEY HAD DJS, UM, THAT WAS RAN BY THE PTSA.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAME ON IN 2020, WE GOT, UM, NON-PROFIT, UM, CERTIFIED, UM, IN ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN WE WANTED TO HAVE IT IN MAY, 2021, BUT WE WERE STILL COVID, WE WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE OVER PROMISING, SO THEN WE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE JUST GONNA DO IT IN SEPTEMBER.
AND WE WERE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH, UM, PARKS ON REC.
UM, BUT I DON'T, I THINK THAT WAS A VERY SMALL PARTNERSHIP.
UM, AND SO THEN WE DID PROMISE A PARADE AND WE, WE CREATED A PARADE AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, OLD GLAND WAS, IS, IS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO RECREATE.
SO THE FESTIVAL IS GREAT, BUT THE PARADE IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR AND THAT'S WHAT COSTS ALL THE MONEY.
BUT THE INSURANCE, THE INSURANCE KEEPS GOING UP AS YOU KNOW, CUZ OTHER PEOPLE ACT STUPID IN OTHER STATES AND WE GET TO PAY THE CONSEQUENCES FOR IT.
UM, BUT THE FESTIVAL STATISTICS, SO I'VE INCLUDED, UM, THE 2023 EXPECTATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO THE ATTENDANCE, BUT THE FIRE, FIRE AND POLICE OFFICERS ESTIMATED LIKE THEY SAY SIX TO 8,000 AND I WAS LIKE, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN COUNT ALL THEM PEOPLE.
UM, BUT OUR BUDGET WAS A LOT SMALLER.
IT WAS 24,000, 2022, IT WAS RAINING.
SO IT, YOU GET WHAT YOU EXPECT.
BUT, UM, SO THEN 2023, WE STILL THINK THAT WE ARE STILL GONNA DO SIX TO 8,000 PEOPLE.
UM, THE BUDGET IS 36,000, WHICH RIGHT NOW IT'S AT 37.
UM, WE HAVE AROUND, WE EXPECT AROUND 33 SPONSORS JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING MORE INTERESTED.
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SO THE MORE THEY, YOU KNOW, GIVE US MONEY, THE MORE WE CAN DO, ESPECIALLY WITH ENTERTAINMENT.AND UM, PREVIOUSLY, UH, I KNOW SLATE RIVER BAND, UM, FRIEND, SHE WAS LIKE, HEY, I HEARD THAT WE SHOULD BE AT GLAND DAY.
BUT, UM, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO INSULT YOU BY NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY YOU BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR MONEY IS GOING TO INFLATABLES.
AND THIS YEAR WE'VE DONE DOWNSIZED INFLATABLES AND INCREASE OUR ENTERTAINMENT, UM, MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT BUDGET.
SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO MEET SOME OF THOSE OTHER NEEDS AND, UM, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, UM, MUSIC TOURISM, SO MM-HMM.
UM, AND WE'RE, UM, WE'RE HAVING MORE PEOPLE LIKE CAROL, SHE CAME ON, UM, SHE HELPED OUT IN 2022, BUT THEN SHE KIND OF REALLY, YOU KNOW, DOVE DEEP, UM, INTO THIS ONE.
SO WE ARE GETTING MORE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, MORE ENGAGED BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THE, UM, WE'VE GOT A SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR.
TERESA HICKS WITH H AND H HEATING, SHE WAS BEEN ONE OF OUR SPONSORS FROM THE GET-GO, BUT SHE HAS, UM, CAME ON AS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR.
SO JUST KEEPING THE, THE CONVERSATION GOING.
UM, PROVIDES, LIKE, THE CLOSER WE GET TO IT, I WILL BE BOMBARDED.
AND I HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB AND THIS IS, THIS HAS NOT MY FULL-TIME JOB
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ABSOLUTELY YES.
WERE YOU ASKING ABOUT VENDORS AS WELL? YOU MEAN AS FAR AS YES, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE A REASON TO COME BACK AND, UH, YEAH, I I WHAT I'VE HEARD, AND WE'VE HEARD FROM VENDORS, THIS IS A VERY INEXPENSIVE POINT OF ENTRY AND ALL OF THEM, EVEN LAST YEAR, DESPITE THE TERRIBLE WEATHER DID WELL, DID WELL.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANYBODY SAY THEY DIDN'T DO WELL.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TROUBLE GENERATING INTEREST FROM THE VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANT TO BOOK THEM EARLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE A HOT COMMODITY.
UM, LOT OF COMPETITION THAT TIME OF YEAR.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REACHING OUT TO ALL THE ONES WHO PARTICIPATED LAST YEAR AND MAYBE EXPANDING A LITTLE, UM, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS PARTNERING WITH, WITH US THIS YEAR.
THEY'RE GOING TO TO SPONSOR WINE GARDEN.
UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE AREA WITH THE WINERIES.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD COURTHOUSE CREEK AND ELK ISLAND WANNA SIGN UP.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK BIRD SAID THEY'RE GONNA BE PARTICIPATING THERE.
HAVE YOU HAD HARDYWOOD AND, UM, LICK HALL CREEK AND THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING? OR? UM, THEY'VE ALL BEEN INVITED, LET'S JUST SAY THAT.
UM, I KNOW COURTHOUSE CREEK HAD, UM, FAMILY EMERGENCY LAST YEAR AND THEY, THEY GAVE DONATION TO ALL THESE THINGS AND UM, THEY WERE GOING TO COME.
UM, BUT THIS YEAR, I THINK EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE GONNA BE INVITED, EVERYBODY'S INVITED.
WE DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE ANYBODY.
UM, WE COULD HOME WAS THERE LAST YEAR.
UM, SO WE DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE ANYBODY, BUT WE ARE BECAUSE BEER SALES IS A LITTLE BIT MORE TRICKY.
UM, IN WHAT, WHAT ABC LICENSE? YEAH.
WHAT IS IT'S TARGETING? PERMITTED WINE IS, WINE IS FINE.
BEER IS, UM, WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA TRY TO JUST HAVE A, UM, BEER TRUCK WITH LOCAL, LIKE THREE, MAYBE FOUR OPTIONS.
THREE LOCAL AND THEN ONE BUD LIGHT OR SOMETHING TO MEET EVERYBODY'S NEEDS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE WINERIES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE CIDER THERE SO THEY CAN, THEY CAN SELL.
AND OUR ABC LICENSE, WHAT'S COOL ABOUT OUR VENUE IS, UM, I HATE TO SAY THIS CAUSE I DON'T WANNA GET IN TROUBLE FOR IT ONE DAY, UM, FOR THE ABC TO TAKE AWAY, BUT THEY, WE HAVE 5 22 SHUT DOWN FOR THE FESTIVAL.
AND SO THIS YEAR, UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA AVOID, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION AND THEY CREATE THE MAP, BUT WE'RE GONNA NOT USE THE, UM, UPPER FIELD OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD FOR THE VENDOR SPACES BECAUSE THEY, IT'S HARD TO GET IN THERE.
IT'S HARD TO NOT HAVE YOUR PEOPLE DRIVING ON THE FIELD.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA USE FARMER'S MARKET SHUT DOWN 5 22, LIKE, LIKE LAST YEAR, AND THEN USE THE NAPA NAPA FIELD, UM, PARKING LOT IN THE FIELD AND THEN ALSO USE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRACK.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, UM, LONG PERIMETER OF, UM, BEING ABLE TO CARRY YOUR, YOUR DRINKS WITH YOU ALONG THE ROUTE IN THE SHOP.
UM, SO WITH ALL THOSE POLICE OFFICERS, I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE PROBLEMS. I THINK YOU, IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE WE WERE GONNA PUT THE WINE, UM, THE FARMER'S MOR THE THE WINE GARDEN WINE AND MORE GARDEN AND THE, UM, FARMER MARKET WHERE YOU HAVE ALL, YOU'RE DOWN THE HILL IN THE GRASS.
BUT THEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT PUTTING THE
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SHERIFF'S OFFICE RIGHT INUM, SO THEN YOU'RE GOING DOWN TO, AND THEN I COPY THE, UM, OUR LIST OF FEES.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHEN THEY INCREASE, UM, ON THE PAGE BEFORE.
UM, AND I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN THAT ORDER A LITTLE BIT.
SO I, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT PARADE DONATIONS AND WE'VE KIND OF DONE EVERYBODY, EVEN IF THEY, AND THIS IS WHERE SPONSORSHIPS REALLY COME IN HEAVILY BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'VE SAID THIS IS $50 FOR EVERYBODY TO JOIN IN.
SO IF YOU HAVE A COMPANY, UM, IT'S $50 TO JOIN IN.
IF YOU ARE A GYA A YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR FOOTBALL TEAM OUT THERE, IT'S $50.
SO WHETHER THEY CAN GET A SPONSORSHIP OR WE CAN MATCH UP THE SPONSORSHIP AND KIND OF CROSS TRANSFER THE DOLLARS.
UM, WE, WE STILL NEED APPLICATIONS FROM EVERYBODY JUST SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS SQUARE AWAY.
BUT, UM, IT DOES INCREASE IN MARCH, SO EVERYTHING INCREASES IN MARCH JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE LAST MINUTE PLANNING.
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE IF WE CAN HAVE A BETTER GAME PLAN.
UM, AND THEN VENDOR BOOST SPACE IS 50, FOOD TRUCK FEE STARTS AT 150.
AND THEN IF THEY WANT A SPECIFIC LOCATION AVAILABLE, CAUSE THAT'S A HUB THAT WE WHOLE NOTHER PAIN POINT OF, I WANNA BE HERE, YOU, I WANNA BE HERE.
AND THEN NEXT PAGE, AND THIS IS WHERE THE SPONSORSHIPS COME IN.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A, A MAX ON YOUR SPONSORSHIP.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, A COUPLE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
WE HAVE A FRIEND, UM, AND THAT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT THE FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND OR YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT JUST WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE LOVE G WE REMEMBER GO DAY.
UM, AND THEN ADVOCATE, ENTHUSIAST, SEED, SOWER AND A CULTIVATOR.
SO WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS A CULTIVATOR.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR MOU, ONE OF OUR, OUR BIGGEST THINGS ON THE MOU WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS YEAR WAS, UM, GETTING LIGHT COURTHOUSE, LIGHT POLE BANNERS.
SO OUT OF ALL OF THESE BANNERS WHERE THEY PUT THE FLAG ON THE BANNERS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE BANNERS THAT ARE, UM, HAVE A BRACKET HERE AND BRACKET HERE AND THEN, AND IT'S GONNA ADVERTISE DAY.
UM, IT'S NOT GONNA REALLY HAVE A DATE ON IT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE REUSING THEM.
BUT FROM THE MONTH OF, UM, APRIL, OUR EVENT IS MAY 20TH THIS YEAR, SO ABOUT A MONTH IN ADVANCE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THESE BANNERS HANGING OUT THROUGHOUT, IT'S GONNA BE 20 OR SO BANNERS.
UM, AND THEN 20% OF THEM WILL ALLOW FOR A SPONSOR.
SO THAT IS A, UM, BENEFIT THAT WE'RE OFFERING THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE WANT, WE WANT OUR PRIOR, OUR SPONSORS TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT BUSINESS, UM, AND TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA BE SO PRETTY IN THE COURTHOUSE.
SO, UM, SO THE COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO BUYING THE BRACKETS, WHICH IS A NICE BENEFIT TO US.
PART OF THE BENEFIT THERE WAS, I THINK THEY HAVE PUT, UH, AMERICAN FLAGS UP ON THE POLES.
I THINK THOSE BRACKETS, WE WERE TALKING TO SCOTT FOSTER FROM GENERAL SERVICES.
I THINK HE WANTED TO REPLACE THEM ANYWAY WITH A, A BANNER MORE OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
I THINK HE SAID SOMEHOW FLAGS GET TRICKIER.
SO I THINK HE WANTED PATRIOTIC BANNERS TO GO UP INSTEAD OF, OF FLAGS.
SO IT'S SORT OF A WIN-WIN THAT THEY'LL BE PAYING FOR THE BRACKETS, WE'LL BE BUYING THE PHYSICAL BANNERS.
AND THEN AS CARRIE MENTIONED, OUR HIGHEST LEVEL OF SPONSOR WILL GET THEIR LOGO ON A BANNER IN THE COURTHOUSE AS WELL.
AND THEIR, UM, COUNTY IS GONNA BE PUTTING THOSE BANNERS UP AND TAKING THEM DOWN FOR US THAT WITH MOU ALLOWANCE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PART? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ACTIVITIES STATION OR FEATURE SPONSOR? WHAT'S THAT MEAN? SO I FORGOT TO BRING THIS, I WAS SO UPSET WITH MYSELF.
SO YOU GUYS LAST YEAR, UM, WE USED YOUR FUNDS TO, UM, PAY FOR THE EVENT IN PART AND ALSO YOU WERE SPONSORED OF THE ADRENALINE RUSH EXTREME, WHICH WAS A HUGE INFLATABLE.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ACTUAL COST OF IT, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE YARD SIDE LOOKED LIKE.
UM, AND IT JUST SAYS THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR SPONSORSHIP WITH KUNDE.
AND WE, WE HAD I THINK ONE OF THEM, AND WE PUT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE, UM, INFLATABLE.
SO IT JUST, UM, ADVERTISES WHO, AND YOU KNOW, A SPONSOR RECOGNITION AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE INFLATABLES, WE ALSO HAVE THE PETTING ZOO PONY RIDES THIS YEAR TOO.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANTED? YEAH.
AND THEN THIS ONE ON OUR APPLICATION I DID.
SO THIS YEAR GOING, THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR ARE, UM, WE HAVE A MECHANICAL BULL, WE HAVE A JOHN DEERE BARREL TRAINING, WE HAVE A VERTICAL RUSH EXTREME OBSTACLE.
WE HAVE A, UM, ANIMAL CLEAN GUM PLAYGROUND, AND WE HAVE A DUAL LANE SLIDE.
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SO WE HAVE, UM, FIVE, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? WHAT IS, UM, AMUSEMENT DEVICES? SO THOSE ARE WHAT I NEED TO GET PERMANENT MM-HMM.UM, SO THAT, THOSE ARE OPTIONS.
SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, UM, AND AS THINGS CHANGE AND WE GET CLOSER, THIS WAS KIND OF LIKE, UM, UM, OFF IDEA THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY ADVERTISE LAST YEAR, BUT WE DID JUST GO AHEAD AND DO IT BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE THE, I LOVE GLAND SIGNS AND, UM, SO JUST LITTLE MARKETING TACTICS WHERE PEOPLE COULD, THE IDEA WAS TO HOLD A SIGN WITH I LOVE GLAND DAY AND THEN DO A HASHTAG OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE COULD MARKET ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, BUT THAT WAS WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
ADDITIONALLY, AND, UM, ALL THE OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND FACEBOOK AND, UM, WEBSITE AND ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.
UM, WHAT ABOUT LIABILITY? HAVE WE HAVE RISE AND STUFF LIKE THAT? IS THERE, IS THERE WE HAVE LOTS OF INSURANCE.
INSURANCE AND THEY WERE NAMED ON A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE FROM THE LENDER AS WELL.
FOR BOTH THE PONY RIDES AND FOR THE EMPLOYS.
UM, UNDER HERE IT SAYS THAT, UM, THE ED MAY CONSIDER REQUESTS UP TO 2,500 PER APPLICATION AND THAT IS WHAT YOUR REQUEST IS? YES.
AND THEN IT SAYS, UM, NO MORE THAN 25% OF THE EVENT BUDGET, WHICH WOULD BE 9,000 AT, UH, 25,000, I'M SORRY, AT 25 7.
SO, UM, SO YOUR REQUEST IS $2,500, WHICH WOULD BE THE, THE ONE APP PER APPLICANT.
SO LET'S I ANSWER MY QUESTION
AND I BELIEVE THE DONATION WAS 2,500 LAST YEAR.
ARE WE? NONE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THERE.
A MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE ED.
I'LL MOVE THAT WE, UH, SUPPORT THIS, UM, ACTIVITY AGAIN, ONCE, ONCE AGAIN, THE SHEER ED, THE AMOUNT OF 2502ND.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION HEARING? NO DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.
LET'S HOPE FOR GOOD WEATHER AGAIN.
I'M GLAD YOU MOVED IT BACK A LITTLE BIT CUZ SHE'S LESS CHANCE OF HAVING RAIN.
I JUST, I WISH WE COULD TAKE OVER SEPTEMBER AND WE COULD EVEN HAVE BETTER THEMES WITH THE PARADE.
AND I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS AND THERE ARE ALREADY SO MANY THINGS IN THE FALL AND YEAH, SO, SO WE, WE WERE KIND OF BOUNDED BY ROK EARLY JUNE.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO FIT IT IN AS LATE AS POSSIBLE, BUT, AND OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO KEEP THE, UM, STUDENTS INVOLVED TOO, BECAUSE WE WANT THE STUDENT, THE SENIORS TO WELCOME UP PARADE AND STUFF.
UM, SO I WENT TO THE BUSINESS THIS SINCE ECONOMIC FORECAST, WHICH WAS, UM, THIS PAST WEEK AT, UH, THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, WHERE THEY HAD SEVERAL ECONOMISTS AND THEN SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESSES SIT ON A PANEL.
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST BRIEFLY GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY SAID.
UH, I KNOW YOUR COMMENT EARLIER, UM, REGARDING FINANCIAL FORECASTS.
UM, BASICALLY THEY SAID A RECESSION IS GUARANTEED IF WE'RE NOT ALREADY IN ONE.
IT IS GUARANTEED, HOWEVER, IT WILL NOT FEEL LIKE 2008 TO 2010.
UM, THEY ARE SAYING NOW THAT IT WON'T BE AS DRAMATIC FOOD AND GOODS INFLATION SHOULD FALL SOON OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
WE SHOULD SEE THOSE GOING DOWN.
HOWEVER, SERVICES INFLATIONS WILL REMAIN HIGH BECAUSE OF WAGE GROWTH.
SO, UM, WHILE WE HAVE SEEN THE INFLATION NUMBER CREEP DOWN, IT'S STILL NOT AT A PLACE WHERE THE FEDS ARE HAPPY WITH IT FROM A NATIONAL STANDPOINT.
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SEEN A SLIGHT SLOWDOWN IN NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION.UM, HOWEVER, WELL DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY IS ALWAYS SLOW ANYWAYS FOR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UM, I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY NEW ONES IN OVER THE LAST MONTH.
UM, SO I WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT TO SEE IF THAT IS A CONTINUING PATTERN THAT I'M SEEING.
UM, IT, WE DID HEAR FROM THE E D P, THEIR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.
HE SAYS, UH, VIRGINIA HAS A SHORTAGE OF LABOR FORCE.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S 330,000 JOB OPENINGS IN VIRGINIA AND UNEMPLOYMENT IS BELOW 3%.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU WANT A JOB, YOU GOT ONE ALREADY
AND SO THAT GOES ALSO TO THE SERVICES INFLATION, WHERE FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL AT THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN STILL WAGE NEGOTIATE AND CHANGE JOBS AND GET, AND GET A HIGHER WAGE.
SO IT'S STILL, WE'RE STILL DRIVING UP THAT.
UM, THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT SITE SELECTORS AND COMPANIES LOOK FOR IN AN AREA IS WORKFORCE AVAILABILITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT VIRGINIA AS A WHOLE.
AND THEN THEY COME DOWN TO THE RICHMOND REGION.
DO I HAVE THE WORKERS IF I MOVE MY COMPANY HERE, IF I EXPAND HERE, DO I HAVE THE WORKERS? AND, UM, SO IF IF THEY DON'T THINK THAT THEY DO, THEN WE'RE AUTOMATICALLY OUT.
DOESN'T MATTER IF WE GOT THE GREATEST SITE IN THE WORLD.
UM, IF THERE'S NOBODY TO FILL THE JOBS, THEY'RE NOT COMING HERE.
SO, UM, SO THEY DON'T LOOK AT THE REGION? YEAH, YEAH.
SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, THE REGION AS A WHOLE, UM, IS TRYING TO DO A GOOD JOB OF PROMOTING OUR EXISTING WORKFORCE AND WHAT WE DO HAVE.
UM, SO WE DON'T GET KNOCKED OUT OF THAT RUNNING.
UM, I'M WORKING 16 ACTIVE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, UM, AT 704 MILLION IN INVESTMENT.
THAT DOES INCLUDE PROJECT, UH, ROCKY.
UM, SPEAKING OF PROJECT ROCKY, THEIR P O D IS UNDER REVIEW.
UM, AND WE ARE PLUGGING ALONG WITH THOSE REVIEWS FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT.
WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO RELEASE A LAND DISTURBANCE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS FOR THEM.
UM, SO THAT IS STILL, UH, MOVING ALONG.
WE DID NOT GET THE BEST OF NEWS ON OUR SMART SCALE FUNDING, UM, APPLICATION THAT WE MADE FOR OUR DIVERGENT DIAMOND ASH ASHLAND INTERCHANGE.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE END OF THE ROAD FOR IT.
SO, UH, BASICALLY SMART SCALE IN THE FUNDING SCORE CARDS COME OUT IN JANUARY.
IT IS A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF WHICH PROJECTS SCORED AND HIGHEST TO LEAST AND, AND WHY.
UM, SO NOW WHAT HAPPENS IS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE OUR SCORING IN TO SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE IT IN ANY WAY AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE OUR, UM, SCORING UP TO SEE IF WE CAN STILL GET FUNDED.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT STRATEGIES TO SEE WAYS WE CAN GET THAT INTERCHANGE FUNDED.
HOW, WHAT, WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO SCORE BETTER.
UM, SO FROM, UM, WE COULD SCORE BETTER FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, UM, IF WE CAN RELEASE, UM, SPECIFIC PROJECT PARAMETERS, UM, AND THEN JUST HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, SO SOME OF THE MORE BLACK AND WHITE NUMBERS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T CHANGE
SO, UH, WE'RE THROWING ALL OF OUR BEST EFFORTS AT THAT DIRECTION OVER THE NEXT, UH, THREE MONTHS.
UM, THE I 64 INDUSTRIAL PROJECT THAT I I TOLD YOU ABOUT, UH, LAST MONTH, IT IS, UM, A POTENTIAL NEW BUSINESS PARK THAT'S GOING TO BE ADJACENT TO THE OILVILLE BUSINESS PARK.
THE LOTS PUT RANGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO AND A HALF ACRES TO ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF ACRES.
IT'S INTERESTING IN THAT THE PROPERTY IS SPLIT BETWEEN GLAND AND HANOVER PROPERTIES.
THERE'S 40 ACRES IN GLAND AND 40 IN HANOVER, AND THE DEVELOPER IS SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKING WITH HANOVER FOR REZONING.
UM, SO IT COMES THROUGH BOTH FORDS.
UM, NINE OUT OF THE 14 LOTS WOULD BE IN GLAND.
THE ACCESS WOULD BE THROUGH GUC LAND.
AND THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD REALLY ASSIST IN SATISFYING THE NEED FOR SOME OF THE SMALLER LOT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES.
UM, I TURNED AWAY FOUR PROJECTS BETWEEN SAY NOVEMBER AND THE END OF DECEMBER.
UM, THAT WAS, LOOK, THAT WERE LOOKING FOR SMALL
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LOT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, UM, DUE TO JUST LACK OF AVAILABILITY.UM, MOST OF OUR BUSINESS PARKS ARE COMPLETELY BUILT OUT.
AND SO, UM, IS THIS ALREADY COUNTY OWNED? IT IS NOT.
SO IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED, PRIVATELY DEVELOPED.
UM, AND THE, UH, REZONING CASE WILL BE, THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 26TH.
SO IT'S GOTTA GO THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS.
SO YOU THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT OF SLACK ABOUT IT IN COMMUNITY? SO THIS, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT THEY PLAN TO DEVELOP THE, UM, PARK VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING OILVILLE BUSINESS PARK.
SO A LOT OF THE SAME BUFFER REQUIREMENTS, A LOT OF THE SAME USES.
UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO POINT VERY SPECIFICALLY TO AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXISTING PARK THAT THAT'S NOT, UM, DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR NEW BUSINESS UPDATE.
CAN I ASK YOU TWO QUICK QUESTIONS? SURE.
DID THEY TALK ABOUT THE, UH, FOUR WEEK TRAILING, UH, AVERAGE ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND HOW THAT IS NOT INDICATIVE OF A RECESSION, UM, AT THAT MEETING AND ALSO THE 21 DIFFERENT LOCALES THAT THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED FOR THE 90 MILLION MM-HMM.
UM, SO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY SPOKE TO THAT.
DO YOU WANNA, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO HIM? WELL, NO, I MEAN, I, I FALL.
I FALL IT IS A, YOU KNOW, PART OF I'LL SAY INDICATION OF A, OF RECESSIONS AND SO FORTH, AND WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR, WHICH MEANS THE RECESSIONS FURTHER OUT EITHER TO ME THIS YEAR, INTO NEXT YEAR AS, AS LONG AS THE FED KEEPS RAISING RATES, WHICH I, THEIR BEIGE BOOK JUST CAME OUT TODAY, AND THEY'RE GONNA KEEP BRUISING RATES ACCORDING TO THAT.
UM, SO NO, AND, UH, YEAH, THEY SAID MORE LIKE SECOND TO THIRD QUARTER THIS YEAR.
I, I, I SEE IT BACK FURTHER UP THAN THAT YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER.
I, I JUST, IT'S TOO INTERESTING.
AND, AND IF YOU LOOK AT A CLASSICAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S 24 MONTHS PLUS OR MINUS TWO MONTHS.
UH, HISTORICALLY POST WORLD WAR II, WHEN A RECESSION OCCURS AFTER A FED STARTS RAISING RATES, THE ONLY ARGUMENT YOU CAN MAKE IS THE FED STARTED RAISING RATES VERY LIKE THIS CYCLE.
YOU KNOW, IT DOES, BUT THE, THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE NOWHERE NEAR WHAT THEY NORMALLY BE, SO YEAH.
IT'S COMPLICATED
SO I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UM, THE GOVERNOR.
SO THE GOVERNOR MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT RECENTLY WITH, UM, OVER 20 LOCALITIES RECEIVING FUNDING FOR THEIR BUSINESS RUN SITES PROGRAM.
WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS, THERE'S TWO PORTIONS OF IT.
THERE'S ONE WHERE YOU, THEY HAVE GRANTS TO GET SITES CHARACTERIZED BETWEEN BEING, UM, IT'S LIKE ONE TO FIVE, ZERO TO ONE IS YOU ARE COMPLETELY GREENFIELD SITE.
YOU HAVE NO WATER AND SEWER ANYWHERE NEAR YOU ARE JUST NOT READY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT ALL.
FIVE BEING YOU ARE PAD READY OR SHOVEL READY, LIKE YOU HAVE PERMITS IN PLACE, THE BUSINESS JUST HAS TO SHOW UP AND BUY THE LAND.
UM, SO BETWEEN ZERO AND FIVE, YOU CAN RATE EACH SITE ON THAT SCALE.
SO THEY HAVE GRANTS AVAILABLE.
SO YOU TAKE THIS, THIS CHUNK OF LAND AND YOU SAY, WHERE DO I FALL? AND SAY, YOU FALL, LIKE, UM, WE GOT WEST CREEK, UM, SITE CHARACTERIZED AS A WHOLE, AND THEN YOU'LL REMEMBER WE BROKE 'EM UP IN THE CAMPUSES.
BUT AS A WHOLE, WEST CREEK IS A TWO.
SO THERE'S WATER SEWER NEARBY IN THE BUSINESS PARK.
THERE'S ACCESS ROADS NEARBY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WETLAND STUDIES DONE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PARK.
WE DON'T HAVE, UM, GEOTECHNICAL DONE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PARK.
SO THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE COULD GET DONE THAT WOULD THEN RAISE US TO LIKE A THREE OR A FOUR, WHICH MAKES THEM MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR SITES ELECTORS AND FOR CORPORATE HEADQUARTER RELOCATIONS.
SO THE FUNDING THAT WAS ANNOUNCED FROM THE GOVERNOR WAS ACTUALLY SITES THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN CHARACTERIZED AND REQUESTED FUNDING TO MOVE UP THEIR CHARACTERIZATION.
SO THE LARGEST ONE THAT I SAW WAS UPPER MAGNOLIA FROM CHESTERFIELD, GOT 25 MILLION
AND I'M SURE THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL PLAN AS TO HOW THEY'RE GONNA USE THAT MONEY.
BUT, UM, THEY'RE GO BASICALLY GONNA TURN A, A GREENFIELD SITE INTO, UM, A SITE WITH BETTER SITE, UM, CHARACTERIZATION
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SO THEY CAN GET HIGHER ON THE SCALE.THERE'S TWO KIND OF REQUIREMENTS THAT GO HAND IN HAND WITH RECEIVING THESE GRANTS.
ONE OF THEM IS BEING, THERE'S A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH THAT'S REQUIRE, SO THEY AWARDED 25 MILLION.
THAT MEANS CHESTERFIELD COUNTY OR CHESTERFIELD ED IS ALSO PUTTING ON 25 MILLION.
UM, IN ADDITION, THE LAND HAS TO BE EITHER PUBLIC, PUBLICLY OWNED, OR THERE HAS TO BE AN OPTION.
UM, BASICALLY THE COUNTY HAS TO HAVE AN OPTION ON THE PROPERTY OR THE ED A WOULD'VE TO HAVE AN OPTION ON THE PROPERTY FOR THEM, FOR THE STATE TO PUT MONEY TOWARDS THE SITE TO INCREASE ITS CHARACTERIZATION.
SO THOSE TWO THINGS HAVE REALLY LIMITED OUR ABILITY IN THE PAST TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT MONEY.
UM, ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO IDENTIFY SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT NEED TO BE CHARACTERIZED, CHARACTERIZED,
BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA BE COMPETITIVE IN, IN THE RICHMOND REGION.
THANK YOU TO A SHORT QUESTION.
SO BASICALLY, I JUST KIND OF KNOCKED WEST CREEK OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE PARK.
SO MY, MY PLAN, MY GOAL FOR WEST CREEK IS TO GET THE CAMPUSES THAT WE BROKE OUT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST FEEDBACKS THAT WE GOT FROM B EEDP WAS YOU, THE WHOLE SITE IS CHARACTERIZED, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE A PORTION OF IT THAT'S ACTUALLY HIGHER BECAUSE THE GEOTECHNICAL HAS BEEN DONE, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN DONE.
BUT THEY STILL CAN'T GET THE MONEY IF IT'S NOT, IF WE DON'T HAVE AN OPTION OR IF IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED.
SO THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS ABOUT WHETHER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO TO INCREASE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, TO GET THIS INFORMATION AND TO INCREASE THEIR SITE CHARACTERIZATION.
SO IT WOULD BENEFIT THE LANDOWNERS BECAUSE WE WOULD BE PAYING TO DO GEOTECHNICAL REPORTS OF WETLAND STUDIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S, AND THEY WOULDN'T, THEY NECESSARILY HAVE TO SELL IT TO, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU AN OPTION.
SO THERE'S WAYS WE CAN WORK AROUND IT.
WE JUST, THERE'S JUST CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN THAT WE HAVE SINCE NOT HAD, AND IT'S MY GOAL TO HAVE THOSE SO
BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT SINCE, I GUESS THE FAR WESTERN YEAH.
SO, WHICH BY THE WAY, HAS, HAS HAD A LOT OF SALES RECENTLY.
UM, YEAH, SO, UM, BECAUSE CBEC HAS BROADBAND OUT THERE NOW, UM, I WANNA SAY THEY MAYBE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT LOTS THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE TURNED OVER A LOT.
AND SO WITH EXISTING BUSINESS, YEAH.
SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY FIRST SIX WEEKS FOR ME AND EVERYTHING, BUT, UH, UH, SO ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS TWO OR THREE DAYS AFTER OUR, OUR LAST MEETING, UH, SARAH TOOK, UH, MYSELF AND, UH, MR. CARPENTER OVER TO LEFT COMPANIES, UH, FOR INTRODUCTION MEETING.
AND WE ALSO SAT DOWN AND DISCUSSED SOME, SOME IDEAS THEY HAD FOR PROPERTIES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN LAST WEEK WE HAD A SECOND VISIT, OR NOT A SECOND VISIT, BUT ANOTHER VISIT TO SHELTERING ARMS, UH, FOR MR. CARPENTER AND I TO, TO DO A TOUR OF THE, UH, FACILITY AND TO, TO MEET, UH, KIND OF, THEY SEE SUITE AND EVERYTHING AND, UH, BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP.
UM, AND THEN WE KIND OF LOOKED AT SOME OF THE FUTURE IDEAS FOR THEIR CURRENT CAMPUS AND, UM, KIND OF TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HELP SERVE THE COMMUNITY, UH, BETTER WITH THEIR IDEAS FOR THEIR, THEIR FUTURE CAMPUS.
UM, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THIS UPDATE WOULD BE IN NEW BUSINESS, BUT I, UH, I MET AND CALLED WITH, UH, THOMAS EXPRESS
SO I GAVE THEM A CALL LAST WEEK, UM, LETTING THEM KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHO I AM THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
AND THEN I WENT OVER THE NEXT DAY WITH A GOODIE BAG, UH, WITH ALL THE RESOURCES AND THINGS THEY MIGHT NEED, UM, AS WELL AS MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO, UM, THAT WAS GREAT TO GET OUT THERE AND TO MEET THEM.
AND WE GOT THE VEHICLE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WASHED, UH, SO THAT WAS GOOD.
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NEXT MONTH, UH, WE HAVE A TOUR WITH GREENSVILLE, UH, ON THE BOOKS, UH, FOR MYSELF.AND THEN, UH, MAGGIE GARINGER, UM, FROM BVP.
UM, SHE'S A BUSINESS OUTREACH SPECIALIST, SO HER AND I WILL BE DOING A TOY THERE MID-FEBRUARY.
UM, AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I REACHED OUT TO, UH, 18 LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT TYPICALLY HOST EVENTS, UM, AND EDUCATED THEM ON THE, UH, TOURISM EVENTS CALENDAR THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE TOURISM WEBPAGE, AND TOLD 'EM, UM, HOW THEY CAN UPLOAD THEIR EVENTS, UH, STRAIGHT TO THAT WEBPAGE AND CALENDAR SO THAT THEY CAN POPULATE IT.
UM, BUT THEN I ALSO HAD THEM ASK THEM TO SEND, UM, THEY HAVE 20, 23 EVENTS SCHEDULED TO ME SO THAT I COULD GO AHEAD AND JUST PUT IT INTO THE WEBSITE SO IT'S READY TO GO WHEN IT LAUNCHES.
UM, AND I HEARD BACK FROM FIVE OF THOSE BUSINESSES THOUGH, THAT WAS GREAT TO KIND OF GET THOSE INTRODUCTIONS, UH, DONE.
UM, AND THEN YESTERDAY WE HOSTED THE RICHMOND, UH, SVC, UM, AND WE HAD TWO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS COME TO THAT, UM, FOR SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE SVC.
AND THEN, UH, WE FURTHER SPOKE WITH, UH, ONE OWNER YESTERDAY, AND THEN I FOLLOWED UP WITH ANOTHER OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WAS HERE.
UM, AND THEN OTHER, AND THEN INTERNALLY FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A LOT OF WAYS FOR US TO, TO BEEF UP OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES TO BETTER REACH OUR BUSINESSES.
UM, AND ALSO LOOKING AT DOING IMPOSSIBLE, UH, BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTHLY LATER THIS YEAR, UM, FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, UH, EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES.
I, I'M JUST GONNA ASK, HAS ANYTHING BEING DONE SINCE IN SESSION NOW WITH REGARDS TO THE WHOLE ISSUE OF THE GREENHOUSE TAX? YES, YES.
UM, WE GOT, UH, DELEGATE ROXANNE ROBINSON AND SENATOR MARK PEAK BOTH CARRIED THE BILL SPECIFIC FOR GREENSVILLE.
THERE'S THAT TABLED, UM, UNDER FINANCE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR IS BRINGING FORTH A BILL THAT HE WANTS TO ADDRESS GREENS WELL'S ISSUES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ADDRESSES, UM, ALL KINDS OF CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE.
SO IT WILL BE A MORE BROADER BILL.
IT HASN'T DROPPED YET, BUT IT'S GOT HIS NAME ON IT AND HE'S REQUESTING IT TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT BETWEEN THE ONES THAT ARE TABLED NOW AND HIS BILL, THAT IT'S GONNA GET SOME TRACTION.
UM, SO IT'S GOTTEN A LOT FURTHER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN BEFORE.
UM, SO YES, CHANCE JUST MENTIONED, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO A, UM, SMALL BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH IN MAY, WHICH IS, UM, THE STATE'S SMALL BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH.
IT'S ALSO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IS ONE OF THE WEEKS OF MAY.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO, UM, BRAINSTORM THAT MORE AND TO PUSH IT OUT, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE DOING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND WHO'S GOING TO ADDRESS TOURISM? TOURISM? I WILL, I'LL HOP ON THAT.
SO, UM, UH, THE BOARD APPROVED OUR TOURISM STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, AT THEIR JANUARY MEETING.
UM, SO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT AND VERY EXCITED.
AND SO CHANCE HAS BEEN WORKING OVER TIME ON THIS, THIS WONDERFUL TOURISM WEBSITE THAT WE ARE NEED TO MAKE FEW FINAL TWEAKS AND THAT WE'RE GONNA LAUNCH.
ONE OF THE TWEAKS THAT WE'RE MAKING IS WE'RE CHANGING THIS FONT UP HERE.
WE'RE GONNA PUT OUR LOGO UP HERE, AND WE'RE CHANGING THIS TO EXPLORE GOOCHLAND.
UM, BUT IT LOOKS A LITTLE GRAINY ON THIS SCREEN BECAUSE I'VE GOT THE LIVE STREAM, UM, ROLLING.
WHICH, BY THE WAY, LET ME APPLY THAT TO THE FOLKS WATCHING CAN SEE IT.
UM, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE SCREENY IN REAL LIFE.
UM, BUT, SO UP HERE WE HAVE DROPDOWNS EXPLORE AGRITOURISM, ARTS AND CULTURE, OUTDOOR RECREATION SHOPPING.
THIS IS THE EVENTS, UM, THAT HE WAS JUST REFERRING TO.
AND THEN OUR DAY TRIP ITINERARIES, WHICH I'LL COME BACK TO, WE HAVE A WINE AND DIME, WHICH LISTS OUR CRAFT BREWING AND DINING.
WE HAVE, UM, STAY ACCOMMODATIONS, WHICH LIST OUR HOTEL, AND THEN SEVERAL LIKE, UM, SHORT TERM BRITTLE YEAH.
AND THEN A, A WHOLE, UM, PAGE ON THE HISTORY OF GLAND.
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GETAWAY.GETAWAY WILL BE THE, THE FINAL FRONT PAGE FOR THIS.
THAT WAS JUST A PLACE LOAD FOR NOW.
SO, UM, YOU MAY REMEMBER OUR ARPA GRANT FUNDING.
WE, UM, PARTNERED WITH PLATINUM PR AND THEY CREATED THESE DAY TRIP ITINERARIES FOR US, AND THEY WENT OUT AND GOT ALL THESE WONDERFUL PHOTOS, STICK OUT WITH THE DAY TRIP ITINERARIES.
UM, SO A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK HERE IS, UM, WE'VE GOT A HERITAGE ROUTE WITH HEART, WHICH IS OUR, UM, KIND OF OUR HISTORY BASED TOUR.
WE'VE GOT A GUY'S DAY OUT IN GLAND, WHICH EXPLORES LIKE WAR PACKS AND DRIVE SHACK AND A BREWERY OR TWO, YOU KNOW, DISTILLERY IN THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN IN GLAND.
SO WE'VE GOT, UM, YOGA PLACES AND WINERIES TO GO TO AND SHOPPING EXPERIENCES AND THEN FAMILY MEMORIES MADE IN GLAND.
SO, UM, ALL SORTS OF FUN THINGS THERE BETWEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, CASUAL FAMILY DINING TO, UM, LIKE ONE OF THE MINI GOLFS.
AND THEN OF COURSE GOING OUT FOR THE DRIVE-IN, UM, IN THE EVENING.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE A DOG FRIENDLY DAY OUT IN GOLAND MM-HMM.
SO, UM, KIND OF LIST OUT WHERE YOU COULD TAKE YOUR DOGS TO OUR PARKS, UM, AND THEN SOME OF OUR BREWERIES THAT ARE MORE DOG FRIENDLY.
SO, UM, THE USER WILL BE ABLE TO CLICK ON THESE AND THEN FIND THE STOPS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED.
UM, COOL TO GET THIS UP AND GOING.
WHERE'S THE RIVER? THE RIVER IS, DID WE HAVE THE RIVER? YEAH, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT.
THERE'S, THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S SO MANY GREAT THINGS TO DO IN BUCHLA, RIGHT? AND SO YOU DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANY OF 'EM OUT, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIX ITINERARIES.
SO IT'S, IT'S HARD TO TO WORK IN EVERYTHING, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
MAYBE WE SHOULD NEED TO PUT THE RIVER, I THINK.
BUT YOU GO TO OUTDOOR RECREATION OR FAMILY? FAMILY FRIENDLY.
YEAH, OUTDOOR RECREATION HAS INFORMA IF GO UP ONE, JUST WAIT FOR THE PICTURE THIS WAY, GET THERE OVER, SLOW DOWN AND YOU HAVE, UM, NEAT SUPPLIES, THE MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAILS.
UM, AND THEN THERE FLOAT TIMES AT THE BOTTOM.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET THIS, UM, TO GET THIS OUT.
WE'RE HOPING, HOPING BY THE END OF JANUARY.
WE WANTED IT MID-JANUARY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY HERE AND IT'S COMING FAST.
SO MAYBE BY THE END OF JANUARY.
ARE, ARE FARMER'S MARKETS ONLY? YES.
UM, I THINK, UM, THEY'RE DEFINITELY ON THE GIRLS TRIP OR ON THE AGRITOURISM.
AND THEN, AND THEN IF YOU ACTUALLY CLICK ON SHOPPING, THE FIRST PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM IS, YEAH, I NEED TO, I TRIED TO INCORPORATE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PICTURES THAT I NEED TO REPAINT THAT SIGN
WE HAVE BLURB ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, THEY'RE ALSO SPECIFICALLY IN THE GIRLS' DAY TRIP ITINERARY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER COOL THING, IT SAYS, FEATURE YOUR BUSINESS OR EVENT.
SO ON MOST OF THE PAGES DOWN HERE WE HAVE THIS LITTLE BLURB SO THEY CAN, BUSINESSES CAN SUBMIT THEIR, UM, THEIR BUSINESS OR THEIR EVENT TO US, UM, AND THEN WE APPROVE IT AND THEN IT'LL GO ONLINE.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST A WAY TO, TO MAKE IT EASIER MM-HMM.
UM, IF WE GO UP TO EVENTS, UM, SO WE ALREADY HAVE A, THIS IS VERY GRADY, I'M SORRY, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A, UH, A VERY FULL LISTING OF EVENTS GOING ON.
I KNOW, RIGHT? SO WHEN SOMEBODY'S LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S GOING ON ATISHA? GO HERE, THERE.
AND NO, NOBODY USED TO EVER PUT THEIR STUFF ON THE CHAMBER.
WELL, YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE A CHAMBER MEMBER OR WELL, DID YOU HAVE TO BE A CHAMBER MEMBER? NOT IT'S RIGHT.
GO TO THE DIRECTOR TO GET IT DONE.
SO THIS IS, THIS WILL BE EASY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER KIND OF FUN THING, SANDY WARWICK, I'LL GIVE HER ALL THE CREDIT FOR THIS ONE.
SHE EMAILED ME AND SAID, SARAH, YOU NEED TO DO A GET HITCHED AND GUC ON YOUR TOURISM PAGE.
CAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A WIDE WEDDING VENUE COMMUNITY HERE.
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WE ACTUALLY HAVE THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE PAGE HERE.AND WE LIST OUT, UM, ALL OF OUR WEDDING VENUES AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY.
THAT WAS GRA NEEDS TO BE ON THERE TOO.
CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY DO A LOT OF WEDDINGS.
SO IT'S CHEAPER THAN A LOT OF THOSE OTHER PLACES.
UM, I SEE RIVER, THAT'S THE, THOSE WERE THE MAIN SECTIONS.
AND THEN YOU, YOU CLICK ON A VIEW COMPLETE LIST OF WEDDING VENUES, ESSENTIALLY A BIGGER LIST.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HOST WEDDINGS, AND YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
SO THEN IT IS A DEEPER LIST THAN EVERYTHING.
PEOPLE WERE WHERE I THINK MAYBE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT A SPECIFIC WEDDING, DIDN'T YOU? BUT THEY HAVE WEDDINGS THERE.
SO VERY EXCITED TO SHOW YOU ALL THIS.
IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND THE CHANCE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AT IT, SO GOOD JOB.
OTHER P****S? FIRST TIME I, I WANT TO BRING UP, WE'RE STILL, YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON THE TOUR? UH, I AM.
UM, I HAVEN'T WORKED A LOT ON IT,
IT'S BETTER DURING SPRING THAN IT'S WHERE, RIGHT.
IS THIS A CHORE FOR US? I CAN'T REMEMBER.
WE'LL HAVE TO ANNOUNCE IT, BUT IT'LL BE FROM YEAH, WE GO.
WE'RE GETTING A WRITTEN, UM, GONNA DO ONE, ONE OF THE COUNTY VANS OR YEAH, SO WE CAN, I THINK WE DO HAVE A COUNTY VAN, UM, OR WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO, TO DO LIKE A SMALL, SMALLER VAN OR WHATEVER, UM, AND HAVE SOMEBODY DRIVE US.
AND SO THEN THAT WAY, LIKE I CAN SPEAK
AND PLUS I THINK WE HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAYBE INVITING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SO IF THEY WANNA COME TOO, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LARGER, SO.
UH, NOW ON OUR CONSIDERATION OF OTHER BUSINESSES, UH, REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF HER BYLAWS.
SO, UM, THE, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID THAT, UM, ACCORDING TO STATE CODE, A CHANGE ABOUT SOME, UM, ELECTRONIC MEETING POLICIES.
SO WE NEEDED TO UPDATE OUR BYLAWS.
SO THE ONLY TWO CHANGES IN THERE ARE SOME VERY MINOR UPDATES TO ELECTRONIC MEETING POLICY AND THEN CHANGE THE MEETING LOCATION FROM THE GUCCI ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TO THIS BUILDING.
AND THEY'RE IN YOUR PACKET WITH YOU.
AND DO YOU KNOW IF OUR COUNCIL HAS SEEN THIS? I DID NOT SEND IT TO HIM.
I, I CAN'T, UH, IT DEPENDS UPON THE PLEASURE OF THE EED.
I, I, I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.
I MEAN, I MEAN, NOT WORTH THE COST OF YEAH.
UH, THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, PRONOUNS, RIGHT? FIX THE PRONOUNS, FIX THE, UH, THE, YEAH, THE LOCATION, THE, UM, ELECTRONIC MEETING MM-HMM.
UM, I, I DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT MYSELF.
SO IF WE'RE CHANGING THE LOCATION OR THE PRONOUNS YEAH.
AND IT, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO SEND A EX EXPOS FACTOR OF APPROVAL WITH, IF THAT'S A CONSIDERATION BY THE DDA, JUST SO HE HAS A COPY OF THE CURRENT VERSION.
ALSO, I'LL LEAVE TO MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
MAYBE BE SEND IT TO THE ATTORNEYS.
UM, I MEAN, JUST FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR FILING TO HAVE ON FILE.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT EX EXPOS FACTO OF APPROVAL? YES.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED.
FOR THE BYLAWS, PLEASE STATE AYE.
AND NEXT ITEM CONSIDERATIONS ARE
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2023 MEETING COUNTER.WHY THE SECOND ONE?
SO THERE'S A CONFLICT THERE, RIGHT?
UH, THIS MONTH IS THE SOUTHERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
SO I WILL BE OUTTA TOWN THIS MONTH IS ANOTHER VITA CONFERENCE, WHICH I COULDN'T MISS, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IF WE'RE DOCKING THE CALENDAR, IF WE CAN MOVE IT UP, THAT'S FINE.
AND THEN THIS ONE WE TYPICALLY DO, YEAH.
ON THE SECOND ANYWAY, SO CONFLICTS WITH TRAVEL AND, NO, I'M GONNA MISS THAT ONE ANYWAY.
IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE THE CALENDAR AS STATED? IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE MOTION ON THE COURT? SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION HEARING? NO DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ALL OPPOSED ABS I WILL SEND THIS OUT TO YOU IN UPDATE THE CALENDAR INVITE.
CAUSE I THINK THE ONE THAT'S ON THERE SAYS THE THIRD WEDNESDAY.
SO I WILL GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOUR CALENDARS ARE UPDATED.
AND YOU'RE GUYS, YOU'RE, YOU ARE GONNA SEND THAT? YES.
IS THERE, ARE THERE ITEMS FOR POSITION? UM, I HAVE TWO MORE OTHER BUSINESS ITEMS. OKAY.
UM, THE CHAMBER ANNUAL GALA IS JANUARY 26TH.
THE E D A GETS FOUR TICKETS AS PART OF THEIR CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP.
SO, UM, IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW, PREFERABLY SOON.
I WOULD LOVE TO GO
WHERE IS IT THIS YEAR? IT'S AT HERMITAGE.
AND THEN I THINK THE PROGRAM STARTS AROUND SIX 30.
UM, AND I'M, IF YOU DON'T MIND, OH, PLEASE.
UM, IS SARAH CONSIDERED THE SECRETARY? YES.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, HAVE SARAH CONTINUE THE SECRETARY.
YEAH, I'VE BEEN CALLING HER RECORD.
SO NO, I, I, YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY GREAT.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION, HEARING ANOTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE STATE AYE.
SEE THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WAS CALLING YOU DIRECTOR.
THAT ALEX NOT AND DIRECTORS TECHNICALLY SECRETARY IS YES.
WELL, I THOUGHT I WAS JUST GONNA BE OUT OF A JOB AND SO
AND YOU SAID YOU HAD ONE OTHER ONE? I DID.
UH, JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO GET THEIR, UM, CO CLOSURE.
I'M BRING IT BACK OR DO I NEED TO GIVE IT TO YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ME AND I CAN GIVE IT TO HER TOMORROW.
CAUSE I'LL OVER THERE TOMORROW.
IT'S STILL A CASE NO LIQUID ON THE SIGNATURE, CORRECT? YEAH, IT'S GOTTA BE SO MR HAS ALREADY DONE HIS COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
SO YEAH, I WANTED TO REMIND YOU ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, NO, I DO NOT HAVE A SESSION.
UH, MR. FORMER CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SINCE, REALLY APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
AND IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 8TH.