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YES, THIS IS THE TIME KNOWN AS THE MOST AWKWARD 60 SECONDS OF THE MONTH FOR US.
[I. 2:00 PM - Call to Order]
TO ORDER THE JUNE 6TH, 2:00 PM SESSION OF THE GLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.I SEE A LOT OF REALLY HAPPY FACES IN THE CROWD, AND I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.
UH, WE'RE GONNA START THIS MEETING LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, UH, WITH AN INVOCATION.
AND THE INDICATION TODAY IS GONNA BE GIVEN TO US BY, UH, PASTOR BARBARA MARKS FROM ST.
AND THEN WE'LL BE LED, UM, IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY A VERY SPECIAL, UH, LEADER, UH, MS. LARISSA LYLE.
UH, LARISSA MOVED HERE FROM CHENEY IN 2016, AND, UH, SHE PASSED HER CITIZEN, HER CITIZENSHIP EXAM IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 AND BECAME A UNITED STATES CITIZEN IN APRIL.
SO WE, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY HONOR IF SHE WOULD LEAD US ALL IN THE PLEDGE.
SO, PASTOR MARKS, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE COME AND PLEASE STAND AS YOU'RE ABLE.
[II. Invocation]
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.IT'S, UH, MY HONOR TO BE HERE AMONG YOU TODAY.
AND WE ALL KNOW, UM, THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN, IN, UH, DENOMINATIONS IN MY, MY, UH, COLLEAGUE WHO I BELIEVE IS BAPTISTS TOLD ME I SHOULD BE BRIEF AND BRIEF TO AN A BAPTIST, AND BRIEF TO AN EPISCOPALIAN MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
GOD, YOU ARE ALWAYS FAITHFUL, AND YOU ASK US TO BE LIKEWISE FAITHFUL TO YOU, TO ONE ANOTHER, AND TO ALL OF OUR CREATION TODAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE FAITHFULNESS AND DEDICATION OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO THE COUNTY OF GLAND.
BLESS THEIR WORK, BLESS EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO AS THEY CARE FOR THIS, THIS COUNTY, THIS COMMUNITY FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND THAT THEY ARE A CONSTANT REMINDER OF WHAT IT IS TO BE FAITHFUL TO ALL WHO KNOW THEM.
AND WE THANK YOU IN YOUR LOVE AND FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS.
[III. Pledge of Allegiance]
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MRS. LYLE AND, UH, PASTOR MARS.
UM, NOW WE WILL MOVE INTO, UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS, UH, PRESENTING RESOLUTIONS.
UH, THIS RESOLUTION IS RECOGNIZING CAPTAIN EARL TAYLOR UPON HIS RETIREMENT FOR GSON COUNTY
[IV. Presentation of Resolution Recognizing Captain Earl Taylor Upon His Retirement]
FIRE AND RESCUE.I'M GONNA ASK MRS. LAS MS. LASETTE TO PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION.
AND, UH, EARL, IF YOU WANNA COME DOWN, MEET ME DOWN FRONT.
WE'VE GOT IT INTO A PAGE AND A HALF.
SO, UM, UM, WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR HAS DEVOTED NEARLY HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO FIRE RESCUE, JOINING GLAND COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE RESCUE ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED IN MARCH OF 1988 AT 16 YEARS OLD, SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AT CROZIER COMPANY TWO.
AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR COMPLETED TRAINING AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND BECAME FULLY CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTER, AND A SHORT WHILE LATER, AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN.
AND IN 1991, HE STARTED PULLING DUTY AT THE AMBULANCE
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ON THE AMBULANCE AT MANNEQUIN COMPANY ONE, WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR WAS ELECTED AS VOLUNTEER, UH, COMPANY OFFICER AT CROZIER, COMPANY TWO, RISING THROUGH THE RANKS OF LIEUTENANT CAPTAIN AND DISTRICT CHIEF.HIS DEDICATED LEADERSHIP PROVIDED FOR A SUCCESSFUL VOLUNTEER FIRE RESCUE COMPANY SERVING CITIZEN AND CROZIER AND LATER AND OTHER AREAS OF GOODLAND COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR WAS AWARDED LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP, WHICH THE GLAND COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE RESCUE ASSOCIATION IN 2003.
WHEREAS IN MARCH, 2009, CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR WAS HIRED IN THE FIRST GROUP OF 10 CAREER FIRE EM, FIREFIGHTER EMS PROVIDERS IN GLAND COUNTY.
HE WAS HIRED AS THE FIRST CAREER SUPERVISOR.
AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR WAS PROMOTED TO CAREER LIEUTENANT AND LATER TO CAPTAIN, UH, SERVING AS THE STATION COMMANDER OPENING NEW FIRE STATION IN HAYSVILLE IN 2017, THE FIRST COUNTY OWNED FIRE STATION.
AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR ACHIEVED ADVANCED CERTIFICATIONS OVER THE MANY YEARS AS A FI FIRE, UH, OFFICER, LEVEL THREE, A NATIONAL REGISTERED PARA PARAMEDIC, AN RSI PARAMEDIC AND DESIGNATED INFECTION CONTROL OFFICER, AND HOLDS INSTRUCTOR SHIPS IN C P R A C L S AND FIRE DISCIPLINES.
AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL TAYLOR IS FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE GUCCI PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, I A F F, LOCAL 48 65, HIS EXPERIENCE, BOTH AS A VOLUNTEER AND CAREER MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION, FOSTERED A POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP SUPPORTING COMBINATION FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT CONCEPT.
AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL TAYLOR, EARL A TAYLOR WAS DESIGNATED INFECTION CONTROL OFFICER ON CALL 24 7 TO ASSIST BOTH VOLUNTEER AND CAREER MEMBERS WITH BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, UH, EXPOSURES.
AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR HELPED ORGANIZE THE PEER P E E R SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH TEAM AND THE REGIONAL LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM.
AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR LED THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, ANNUAL ASSISTANCE TO THE GLAND CHRISTMAS MOTHER PROGRAM, ALWAYS PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTED FAMILY WITH CARE AND COMPASSION, BRINGING A SMILE TO A FAMILY MEMBER'S FACES DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR'S MOTTO IS SERVICE OVER SELF ALWAYS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS EXPECTED WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH WHEN DELIVERING EMERGENCY SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS.
HE IS A NATIVE OF GLAND COUNTY AND IS WELL RESPECTED BY HIS PEERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THESE RELATIONSHIPS HAVE HELPED BUILD AND ADVANCED THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT OVER THE MANY YEARS.
AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR HAS GIVEN SELFISHLY ALMOST 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO GLAND COUNTY, DEPARTMENT OF FIRE, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND TO THE CITIZENS OF GLAND COUNTY, 21 OF THESE YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER, 14 AS A CAREER MEMBER.
AND WHEREAS EARL TAYLOR WAS A CAREER FIREFIGHTER FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, PETERSBURG FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND HANOVER FIRE AND EMS FOR TWO YEARS ALWAYS DEMONSTRATING SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, UH, THE GUTZON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY, UH, COMMENDS, RECOGNIZE, RECOGNIZES, APPRECIATES, AND SINCERELY THANKS CAPTAIN EARL A TAYLOR FOR HIS SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO GOLAND COUNTY AND OFFERS HIM THEIR BEST WISHES IN RETIREMENT BOARD.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
I HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
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IT'S SUCH A GREAT, UH, START TO THE MEETING, AND THEN WE GO TO CHAIRS, COMMENTS, AND IT JUST GOES DOWNHILL FROM THERE.UM, ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
[V. Chair's Comments]
TO, NOW THAT WE'VE MOVED INTO A NEW SEASON WITH SUMMER'S, TIME IS UPON US.UM, JUST WANT FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE, LOOK ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE DIFFERENT TUCKER NIGHTS OUT AND THINGS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR THE ALERTS TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT OUR STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB, UH, PROVIDING.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MR. CARPENTER, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, JUST A FEW ITEMS FOR YOU.
[VI. County Administrator's Comments]
BOARD AND ALL CITIZENS OF THIS COMING WEEK.WE HAVE TWO VERY IMPORTANT MEETINGS.
ONE WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT, UH, JUNE THE 12TH, WHICH IS THE, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VILLAGE PLAN, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE CONCEPT.
AND THEN ON THURSDAY, JUNE THE 15TH AT 6:00 PM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE HAVING A JOINT WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS THE CENTERVILLE AREA PLAN.
ALSO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CITIZENS WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT, UH, IN THE NEXT MONTH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, EVENTS, UH, TO CELEBRATE, UH, SOME AMAZING THINGS IN AMERICA.
UH, JUNE THE 19TH IS A HOLIDAY, AND OF COURSE, JULY THE FOURTH IS A HOLIDAY.
UH, WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT 79 YEARS AGO TODAY, UM, 160,000 MEN, UM, STORMED THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY.
UH, MY FATHER WAS ON DAY TWO, SO, UH, GOD WAS GOOD.
AND HE, UH, HE SURVIVED ALL THAT AND, UH, LIVED TO, UH, SEE ME HERE TODAY.
SO LET US ALWAYS KEEP, UH, KEEP THE SACRIFICES OF THOSE MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR, IN OUR THOUGHTS.
AND, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S MY REPORT.
IS THERE ANY REQUEST TO POSTPONE AGENDA ITEMS AND DELETIONS,
[VII. Requests to Postpone Agenda Items and Additions, Deletions or Changes in the]
ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR CHANGES IN THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION? NO, SIR.OKAY, NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS
[VIII. Citizen Comment]
THE BOARD ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO GLAND COUNTY THAT ARE NOT ON OUR AGENDA.WE ASK THAT YOU COME TO THE PODIUM.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND AD ADDRESS, AND PLEASE TRY TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND I'LL OPEN THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
JONATHAN LYLE, 1521 MANNEQUIN ROAD.
I'M, I'M A LIT TOLD APPREHENSIVE FOLLOWING THE OPENING ACT.
UH, MY WIFE IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, UH, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ITERATE, UH, UH, MR. CARPENTER'S COMMENTS ABOUT D-DAY.
I'M A WORLD WAR II VETERAN'S SON, AND, UH, JUST THAT GREATEST GENERATION IS ONE THAT I, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, BEING REMEMBERED.
UH, A LITTLE EARLIER, I, I SHARED WITH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND STAFF THAT THIS IS JUNE NATIONAL DAIRY MONTH, AND, UH, WE ARE STILL BLESSED TO HAVE TWO, UM, UH, DAIRIES IN THE COUNTY.
THE PRIORS AND THE OFFICES ARE STILL WORKING DAIRIES.
UH, I'M NOT ONE TO SUGGEST THE BOARD WOULD EVER WANT TO PASS A RESOLUTION, UH, COMMENDING THEM FOR STICKING IT OUT CAUSE UM, THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES FOR THE FARM COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.
BUT, UH, THE OFFICES PARTICULARLY ARE VERY INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY OPEN THEIR, UH, FACILITY FOR SCHOOL TOURS.
AND ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN TO THE SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL OR SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THEIR FARM, UH, UH, PROMOTES ARE, ARE WORTH NOTING.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAVE REALLY BEEN APPRECIATIVE OF GLAND COUNTY OR BEING A RESIDENT OF GLAND COUNTY, UH, THIS PAST WEEK OR LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, BOTH GLAND DAY AND THE RASIC JUBILEE MADE ME APPRECIATE WHAT A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE COUNTY.
UH, I HEARD ONE PERSON SAY GUC AND DAY WAS HALF THE COUNTY COMING OUT TO WATCH THE OTHER HALF IN THE PARADE.
AND, AND I'M NOT ALWAYS EASILY IMPRESSED TO SEE WHAT THAT FOUNDATION IS PUT TOGETHER.
AND I KNOW THE COUNTY WAS SUPPORTIVE, BUT I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT CITIZENS ENGAGED AND INVOLVED WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND THEN MR. LEESFIELD, WITH HIS ACTIVITIES OUT THERE AT RAIC, UH, I HAD PEOPLE COMING UP TO ME, UH, CAUSE I WAS REPRESENTING MONICA AND, AND, UH, GOLAN SAYING, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS? I SAID, I ONLY HAVE, I'M, I'M ENJOYING IT.
AND THEY WERE SO COMPLIMENTARY AS TO THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
AND SO I KNOW AS WE'RE LOOKING AT TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY, I THINK BOTH GUC AND DAY AND RASIC ARE, ARE EVENTS THAT WE COULD REALLY FOCUS IN ON AND, AND CONTINUE TO PROMOTE.
UH, I WILL MENTION THAT TOMORROW, AND MS. MCGEE MAY BE AWARE OF THIS IS NATIONAL RUNNING DAY, SO ANY OF THOSE WHO MAY WANT TO, UH, PUT ON THEIR TRAINERS AND RUN TOMORROW'S NATIONAL RUNNING DAY, BUT IT'S THE EIGHTH, WHICH IS THE CORPORATE RUN.
AND, UH, I HAVE BEEN SHANGHAIED INTO PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
I'LL TRY TO BE THE ANCHOR ON A BUNCH OF FLEET FEEDED, UH, GUC LANDS OUT THERE.
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YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.UH, THANK YOU, UH, TO THE GUC LYMPH DAY FOUNDATION AND TO THE RASIC FOLKS, UH, I THINK WE GOT A LOT TO BE APPRECIATIVE OF AND THANKFUL FOR HERE IN GLAND.
I'M WENDY HOBBS, AND I SAY IN SANDY HOOK.
JUST GOT A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS ON JUNE 10TH, WHICH IS THIS COMING SATURDAY, WE HAVE THE JACKSON BLACKSMITH SHOP CELEBRATION AT THE BLACKSMITH SHOP ON 5 22.
AND ALSO JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH WILL HAVE ITS ANNUAL ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER, WHICH IS A CAR SHOW.
AND WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE.
AND ON JUNE THE 19TH, YOU HEARD MR. CARPENTER MENTION A HOLIDAY, BUT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT HOLIDAY.
IT IS JUNETEENTH, WHICH IS THE CELEBRATION OF, UM, SLAVES IN TEXAS GETTING THE MESSAGE THAT THEY WERE FREE.
AND, AND THAT WAS IN 18 65, 2 YEARS AFTER THE E EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
SO I THINK THAT'S A COMMENDABLE HOLIDAY THAT WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
ANYONE ELSE FOR CITIZEN COMMENT? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
[IX. Approval of Action Minutes]
UH, ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO APPROVE OUR MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 18TH AND MAY 2ND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETINGS.THEY ARE IN YOUR PACKET FOR REVIEW, AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A VERY ENTERTAINING MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, MR. MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, I MOVE APPROVAL, UH, OF OUR MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 18TH AND MAY 2ND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, FIRST UP, AS NORMA ARE PARTNERS
[X. Reports]
AT VDOT, MR. WYNN, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, MARSHALL WYNN WITH[1. 5734: VDOT - May 2023]
VDOT, UH, THIS PAST MONTH WE HAD 196 WORK ORDERS COMPLETED, 247, HAD 10 CALL OUTS AFTER OUR CALL OUTS, BEEN DOING REGULAR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, ASPHALT REPAIRS, PIPE REPLACEMENT AND CLEANING, DITCHING TREE REMOVAL AND CLEANUP.UH, FIRST MOWING CYCLE PRIMARIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, SECONDARY MOW CYCLE BY OUR CONTRACTOR IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW.
I NOTICED PROBABLY TWO DOZEN TRASH BAGS AT FAIRGROUNDS IN TWO 50.
THEY WILL GET THOSE UP BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY.
SO, UH, ANNETTE 5 22, UH, THE ROUNDABOUT THAT'S MOVING ALONG REAL GOOD.
I TALKED WITH THE ACE, UH, THIS MORNING.
I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE PAVING WELL.
HE SAID THEY'RE GONNA BE PAVING NEXT WEEK.
UH, THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO DO PAVEMENT MARKING AND, UH, FINISH THE LIGHT POLES.
I THINK THEY GOT THREE LIGHT POLES THEY STILL HAVE TO SET OUT THERE.
AND THE BIG, I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S A BIG GLITCH, SIGNAGE OUT THERE.
THEY'VE ORDERED SIGNAGE FROM CORMAN SIGNS, AND THEY NEED TO INSTALL THOSE AS WELL.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND THE JULY 4TH AREA TO HAVE THAT THING COMPLETELY OPEN, RIGHT IN THAT, RIGHT IN THAT AREA.
IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE A FEW DAYS BEFORE OR AFTER, SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE.
SO, UM, OUR CONTRACT STAFF IS PUSHING REAL HARD TO GET THAT DONE.
UH, SOME SCHEDULE WORK, IT IS GONNA BE COMING IN THE AREA NEXT WEEK.
UH, THEY GONNA BE WORKING OVER ON ROCK CASTLE, UH, RESURFACING THAT SEVERAL OTHER ROADS, THREE SQUARE 6 41, 6 42, AND 6 54.
THEY STILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND, UH, PUT THE SLURRY ON THE SUBDIVISION RIGHT WHERE NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO THAT SCHOOL BE FORTHCOMING.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE NOW, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE UP, UH, CHIEF FERGUSON FOR THE FIRE AND RESCUE MARCH, APRIL REPORT.
[2. 5730: Fire Rescue Report - March/April]
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, EDDIE FERGUSON, FIRE RESCUE CHIEF.UM, GUTZON FIRE RESCUE HAS BEEN BUSY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF
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MONTHS.UH, JUST WANNA START OUT BY SAYING THAT WE DID PROVIDE A REPORT FOR YOUR PACKET.
IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER, ANSWER THOSE.
UH, ALSO RELATED THIS SUMMER, UH, WE ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE A PLEA FOR WATER SAFETY DURING THE SUMMER.
AND WE ALWAYS MENTION, UH, THE JAMES RIVER IN THE FLOAT, UH, TIMES IT TAKES TO GO FROM ONE POINT TO THE OTHER.
AND SO OFTEN, UH, FOLKS WHO WANNA FLOAT THE JAMES RIVER WITH, UH, TUBES WILL, WILL LOOK AT THE, THE, THE STRAIGHT ROUTE SIX, AND FORGET ABOUT THE CURVE IN THE RIVER.
AND THEY PUT IN, AND THEN THEY'RE OUT THERE MUCH LONGER.
THEY THEN THEY ANTICIPATED, UH, EITHER SUNBURNT OR IN A SITUATION WHERE IT'S GOTTEN DARK AND THEY, THEY'RE ON THE RIVER.
SO JUST, UM, JUST THINKING, UH, ABOUT SOME OF THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TUBING BETWEEN COLUMBIA TO CARTERSVILLE, IT'S A, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT TO NINE HOURS.
AND IF IT'S CARTERSVILLE TO WESTVIEW, IT'S ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE HOURS.
AND WESTVIEW TO MAIDENS IS THE BIG ONE.
UH, 11 TO 12 HOURS TO GO FROM WESTVIEW TO MAIDENS IF YOU'RE GOING ON INNER TUBES.
UH, AND THE LOWER THE WATER IS, THE SLOWER THE CURRENT AND THE LONGER IT TAKES.
UH, SO JUST WANT PEOPLE TO PLAN AHEAD, MAKE SURE IF YOU OWN THE WATER THAT YOU HAVE, YOUR CELL PHONE, A LIFE JACKET, SUNSCREEN, UH, AND OF COURSE, FLASHLIGHTS ARE RECOMMENDED.
AND THERE'S SOME OTHER TIPS, UH, IN, IN THE, UH, FIRE RESCUE REPORT THAT GOES ALONG.
UH, WITH THAT, TO DATE, WE'VE, UH, ANSWERED 1,702 CALLS.
UH, BEEN A COUPLE MORE SINCE I'VE PRINTED THAT OFF.
YESTERDAY WAS A VERY BUSY DAY.
THERE WERE 15 CALLS THAT WE, UH, WE ANSWERED YESTERDAY.
AND THIS MORNING KIND OF STARTED OUT THE SAME WAY.
UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT WHO VISITED THE FIRE ENGINE OUT FRONT, AND ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORTED THE FIRE ENGINE PURCHASE.
UH, WE HAD A NEW FIRE ENGINE OUT FRONT.
IT'S GONNA GO TO CENTERVILLE, AND IT'S NEARLY IN SERVICE.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A FEW ITEMS OF LOOSE EQUIPMENT, UH, BEFORE WE PUT IT COMPLETELY IN SERVICE.
UH, WE ARE KEEPING THE OLD FIRE ENGINE, AND IT'LL BE A RESERVE UNIT.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE HAVEN'T MOVED ANY EQUIPMENT FROM THE OTHER UNITS.
WE'RE TRYING TO EQUIP THIS UNIT, UH, SOLELY, YOU KNOW, INDEPENDENT OF TAKING EQUIPMENT OFF THE OTHERS.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN BUSY, UH, COVERING THE, THE COUNTY FESTIVALS, UH, THE GLAND DAY, UM, ON MAY 20TH, AS WELL AS, UH, RASIC THIS PAST WEEKEND.
AND THEN WE ALSO COVERED, UH, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IN CONJUNCTION, UH, ALL OF THESE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TRYING TO, UH, KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
UH, EMS WEEK, NATIONAL EMS WEEK, WE CELEBRATED IT MAY 21ST THROUGH THE 27TH.
UH, THE THEME FOR NATIONAL EMS WEEK THIS YEAR WAS, WAS WHERE EMERGENCY CARE, UH, BEGINS.
AND WE HAD A, A FUNCTION THERE WITH THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUADS.
AND WE APPRECIATE, UH, MR. SPOON, HOWER, UH, MR. LUMPKINS AND, AND OTHERS WHO WERE, UH, INATTENDANCE THERE THAT DAY, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER STATE, UH, DIGNITARIES THAT, THAT CAME OUT AND SPOKEN, SUPPORTED THE STATEWIDE, UH, RECOGNITION.
WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS IN THE COUNTY SINCE WE WERE LAST BEFORE YOU.
UH, WE HAD A FARM MACHINERY ACCIDENT OUT ON, OFF OF DOGTOWN ROAD ON ONE OF THE SIDE ROADS WHERE WE HAD A PERSON WHO WAS, UH, TRAPPED, UH, AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO AN AREA TRAUMA CENTER BY MEDFLIGHT.
UM, WE HAD A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE FIRE THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
THIS WAS AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE IN ONE OF OUR INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN THE COUNTY.
OCCURRED ON A SATURDAY MORNING, AND DEFINITELY A SIGNIFICANT FIRE.
UH, BY THIS TIME IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE.
UH, IT HAD INVOLVED, UH, SIX DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS OR SIX JURISDICTIONS COUNTING GLAND, UH, FOR MUTUAL AID OR TO COVER OUR FIRE STATIONS OR PROVIDE A FIRE, FIRE MARSHAL, UH, TO ASSIST AIR FIRE MARSHAL TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN.
AND CAUSE THE OTHER THING THAT'S NOTABLE ABOUT THIS FIRE IS THAT WE DID USE ONE OF OUR DRY HYDRANTS, UH, THE NEAREST DRY HYDRANT, UH, THAT WOULD SUPPLY THE TYPE OF WATER WE NEEDED WAS THERE IN OILVILLE, NEAR FAIRGROUNDS, UM, AND BROAD AND BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND FAIRGROUNDS AND BROAD.
AND WE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAULED, UH, 57,000 GALLONS OF WATER WITH EIGHT TANKERS FROM THE PRIVATE POND, UH, TO USE WATER FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION DOWN IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.
ALMOST 45, UH, FIREFIGHTERS, UH, ALTOGETHER IT TOOK TO BRING THAT UNDER CONTROL.
THANKFULLY, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THAT.
UM, WE'RE IN WEEK NUMBER SEVEN OF HAVING THE, UH, AMBULANCE IN SANDY HOOK.
UH, SOME, SOME MAY KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE ROUNDABOUT CONSTRUCTION, THE DETOURS THAT WAS ADDING RESPONSE TIME TO CALLS, UH, NORTH ON 5 22 TOWARDS SANDY HOOK, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO STAND UP A AMBULANCE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM AND THAT HAS, UH, MADE A HUGE IMPACT, UH, NOT ONLY IN CALLS IN SANDY HOOK, BUT, UH, YESTERDAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN, WHEN WE HAD SIX CALLS THAT WERE ACTIVE AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS SIX AMBULANCES TIED UP AND WE HAD A SEVENTH ONE.
UH, SO WE NEVER COMPLETELY, WE IN UA OR NO UNITS AVAILABLE.
SO WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT TO HAVE THAT.
AND I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO'S, UH, SHOWED THEIR SUPPORT BY EITHER, UH, WRITING ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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OR GIVING US DONATING ITEMS FOR THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE THEY OWN.THE SANDY HOOK PROPERTY IS A COUNTY PROPERTY AND IS A FUTURE SITE OF THE SANDY HOOK FIRE STATION.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, EQUIP THE HOUSE, UH, IN A MODEST WAY SO THAT IT'S, IT'S USEFUL, UH, BASED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE TODAY.
BUT, UH, JUST HAVE AN AMBULANCE THERE.
UH, FOR THE ROUNDABOUT CONSTRUCTION DETOURS, JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THE I NEW ISO UH, RATE IS IN EFFECT.
UH, OF COURSE, IT'S UP TO YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY, WHETHER THEY ADJUST INSURANCE PREMIUMS TO, TO RECOGNIZE THE, UH, THE FOUR IN THE FOUR X THAT WE WERE AWARDED BACK IN THE EARLY SPRING.
WE'VE HAD, UM, REALLY GREAT SUCCESS, UH, WITH FIRE STATION RENOVATIONS.
I KNOW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARTIN DEAN IS, UH, IS IN THE AUDIENCE FROM THE VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, COMPANY ONE LOOKS MAGNIFICENT, UH, THAT THE INTERIOR RENOVATION THERE IS IS BEAUTIFUL.
I HOPE, UH, FOLKS WILL STOP BY AND SEE IT.
AND WE ARE JUST ABOUT READY TO START, UH, THE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS AT COMPANY THREE AND CENTERVILLE ON THURSDAY.
I KNOW A LOT OF PREPARATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, AND, UH, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE ENJOYING THE, THE BETTER BE DOORS AT COMPANY FOUR.
AND, UH, THEY'VE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DEAN AND AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ASSOCIATION, UH, RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS AND TAKING THE, THE RIGHT STEPS TO, TO GET THESE STATIONS, UH, RENOVATED.
AND AS, JUST, JUST TO MENTION, UH, FIVE OF THE FIRE STATIONS ARE OWNED BY THE VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION, AND COMPANY SIX IS THE, UH, THE COUNTY ON FIRE STATION THAT, UH, CAPTAIN TAYLOR WAS JUST RECOGNIZED, UH, FOR OPENING.
THE FIRE TRAINING CENTER, UH, IS ALSO CONTINUES TO FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UH, WE ARE EXPECTING ANY DAY NOW A NEW MODULAR CLASSROOM TRAILER THAT WILL BE BROUGHT IN THERE AND SET UP.
AND SO WE'LL BE BACK TO HAVING TWO CLASSROOMS. UH, WE'VE BEEN DOWN TO ONE.
WE DEMOLISHED THE OLDER TRAILER, AND SO WE HAVE A NEW TRAILER THAT'S GONNA BE COMING IN, AND THAT SHOULD BE A NICE IMPROVEMENT TO THE FIRE TRAINING CENTER.
AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THE, THE NEW LIVE FIRE TRAINING BUILDING THAT WE RECEIVED.
THE GRANT FOR HIRING PROCESS, UH, WENT WELL FOR FIRE RESCUE.
I KNOW, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE, UH, CONDITIONAL JOB OFFERS FOR ALL OF OUR POSITIONS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN JULY WITH THE FY 24, AS WELL AS FILL ALL OF OUR VACANCIES.
AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, GOOD DEPTH IN OUR POOL OF APPLICANTS, UH, GOING FORWARD, UH, THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HIRE, BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY, UH, WOULD BE THERE POSSIBLY IF, UH, IF WE HAD VACANCIES TO OCCUR OR, OR SOME OTHER THINGS CHANGED.
AND SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD RETURN ON THIS PROCESS OF 109 APPLICANTS.
THE MOST WE'VE SEEN IN ANY RECENT YEARS.
VOLUNTEERS, UH, ALWAYS, UH, APPLICATIONS ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTED, AND WE NEED VOLUNTEERS.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE SAFER GRANT THAT WE WERE AWARDED, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, TRYING TO FINALIZE STEPS TO HIRE THE, UH, PART-TIME RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION COORDINATOR THAT WILL, UH, PUT THAT SAFER GRANT TO USE AND, UH, INCREASE AWARENESS, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE OUR VOLUNTEER NUMBERS INCREASE.
ALSO, ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE NEEDS A SMOKE ALARM, UH, WE HAVE FREE SMOKE ALARMS AVAILABLE.
JUST CALL FIRE RESCUE ADMINISTRATION OR VISIT YOUR NEAREST FIRE STATION.
UH, FIRE RESCUE ADMINISTRATION NUMBER IS 8 0 4 5 5 6 5 3 0 4.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE, UH, TODAY.
MS. FLASK, I CAN GET THE MICROPHONE TO WORK.
UH, MAYBE THAT'S A SIGN, RIGHT?
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING, AND I, I BELIEVE YOU TRACK, UM, CALLS OUT OF THE DIFFERENT STATIONS.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE TRACKING THE SANDY HOOK CALL SEPARATE? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
WE ARE, HOW MANY CALLS ARE COMING OUT OF THERE? RIGHT.
SO KEEP IN MIND, UH, THE AMBULANCE HAS BEEN THERE FOR SEVEN WEEKS.
UH, IT'S AVAILABLE FROM SEVEN IN THE MORNING TO SEVEN AT NIGHT, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE, THE PEAK HOURS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR THE ROUNDABOUT CONSTRUCTION AND, YOU KNOW, NAVIGATING THE, THE DETOUR AROUND BY DICKINSON ROAD, UH, WILL ADD QUITE A BIT OF, UH, TIME TO GET UP THERE.
BUT YES, MA'AM, WE ARE TRACKING, UH, THE CALLS IN SANDY HOOK THAT THE UNIT HAS RESPONDED TO.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT IT'S BEEN HANDLING AT LEAST ONE CALL A DAY AND SOME DAYS, TWO OR THREE CALLS, BUT IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN AREAS OF FAR REACHING MORE SO THAN SANDY HOOK, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, THE OTHER DAY WE HAD A, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, UH, WITH A PERSON EJECTED ON SHANNON HILL ROAD, AND WE NEEDED A FIRE ENGINE BECAUSE WE HAD HAZARDS FROM A LARGE TRUCK THAT HAD OVERTURNED.
AND SO COMPANY SIX RESPONDED THE FIRE ENGINE, THAT WAS ALL THE STAFF WE HAD ON DUTY THERE, I TOOK TO RESPOND TO THE FIRE ENGINE.
AND THE SANDY HOOK AMBULANCE, UH, RESPONDED THERE AND ARRIVED THERE, YOU KNOW, A FEW MINUTES, UH, SOONER THAN, THAN THE UNIT WOULD BE COMING FROM FIFE.
SO WE'RE SEEING THAT ON 64, WE'RE SEEING IT BACK TOWARDS THE COURTHOUSE.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY IT WAS SO NICE TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCE WHEN, WHEN ALL THESE CALLS CAME IN WITHIN
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ABOUT AN HOUR OF EACH OTHER, AND ALL OF OUR UNITS WERE BUSY, AND YOU JUST, YOU JUST CAN'T, UH, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO FORECAST WHERE THE NEXT CALL'S GONNA BE, BUT WHEN THE WESTERN RESOURCES START MOVING EAST BECAUSE OF THE RUSH OF CALLS THAT OCCUR IN THE EAST END, THEN IT LEAVES THOSE AREAS OPEN, RIGHT? SO, BUT YES, MA'AM, WE'RE GONNA TRACK THOSE AND, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, UH, IT'S ONLY COVERING A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL TIME, BUT EVERY CALL YOU ANSWER, AND WHEN YOU REDUCE RESPONSE TIMES BY AS MUCH AS 10 MINUTES, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.AND I THINK WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT BOTH, BOTH NEW STATIONS.
COMING ON, COMING ONLINE HERE, PRETTY MA'AM SOON.
ANYTHING ELSE? BOARD, I'M SURE I'VE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT I KNOW I'VE, THE CITIZENS IN DISTRICT TWO ARE JUST LOVING IT AND, UM, VERY APPRECIATIVE.
AND I HAPPENED TO BE IN THE SITUATION WHERE I HAD TO HELP MY NEIGHBOR GET SUPPORT AND UH, THEY WERE THERE IN FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES, WHICH NORMALLY WOULD BE PROBABLY 11, 10 OR 11.
IT WAS FOUR AND A HALF, SO IT WAS, WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT PARTICULAR CALL YOU MENTIONED, UH, WE ALSO HAD COMPANY FIVE RESPONDENT, ROUNDABOUT CONSTRUCTION WAS IN FULL EFFECT, AND IT WAS LATE IN THE DAY, FOUR OR FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.
AND THAT'S WHEN I'VE NOTICED THAT THE TRAFFIC IS THE HEAVIEST ON DIXON DICKINSON ROAD.
IT STARTS BACK AROUND RE RENTALS, AND IT, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE AROUND THE CURVES.
AND SO WHEN THAT UNIT MARKED ON SCENE THERE IN SANDY HOOK AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THE AMBULANCE FROM COMPANY FIVE HAD JUST REACHED THE POINT OF DICKINSON ROAD IN, IN RIVER ROAD WEST TO COME BACK.
SO THAT'S A, THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IN ADDITION TO TRACKING TIME, JUST THE PHYSICAL LOCATION AND HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET AROUND THAT LONG LINE OF TRAFFIC.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE SUPPORT TO HAVE THAT RESOURCES.
NOW WE HAVE OUR REPORT FROM OUR HR
[3. 5724: Introduction of New County Staff]
DIRECTOR, SHAHA DYSON DYSON, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT INTRODUCING OUR NEW COUNTY STAFF.GOOD AFTERNOON, SHTA DYSON, HR DIRECTOR.
I WILL BE DOING THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR NEW STAFF.
SO, FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, WE HAD, UM, NEW HIRES IN FIRE AND RESCUE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ANIMAL PROTECTION.
AND AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN STAND SO WE CAN SEE WHO YOU ARE ON MAY 1ST, 2023, COURTNEY WILLIAMS AND JAMES THOMPSON JOINED FIRE AND RESCUE AS FIREFIGHTER EMS. IN THIS ROLE, THEY WILL PERFORM FIREFIGHTER DUTIES AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CITIZENS OF GUC COUNTY.
BRIAN HAMPTON JOINED THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON MAY 1ST AS A IT SYSTEM SUPPORT ANALYST.
IN THIS ROLE, HE WILL PROVIDE USER ASSISTANCE, TRAINED USERS ON APPLICATIONS, PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT DATA AND VOICE COMMUNICATION FOR THE COUNTY.
MR. TAYLOR HAS OVER 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD.
PRIOR TO COMING TO GIN COUNTY, HE HAS HELD POSITIONS OF A TECH SUPPORT WITH THE BUSINESS DATA OF VIRGINIA INCORPORATED.
AND ON MAY 16TH, JOANNE, I'M SORRY.
YEAH, JOANNE POTS POWELL JOINED ANIMAL PROTECTION AS A ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICER.
IN THIS ROLE, SHE'LL PROVIDE PROTECTIVE SERVICES TO CITIZENS, ANIMALS BY ENFORCING STATE LAWS AND COUNTY ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO CARE CONTROL AND LICENSING OF ANIMALS IN THE COUNTY.
MS. POTTS POWELLS HAS OVER 11 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN VARIOUS ROLES THROUGHOUT HER CAREER.
SO THANK YOU GUYS, AND I WELCOME YOU TO THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WELCOME BOTH OF YOU.
THE NEXT TWO REPORTS ARE IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW BOARD, THE, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT AND THE ACCOUNTS
[4. 5725: Planning and Development Activity]
PAYABLE REPORT FROM OUR TREASURER.UH, THE NEXT REPORT THAT WE HAVE, UH, TO DISCUSS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. PAUL DRUMRIGHT, WHICH IS OUR JUNE BROADBAND REPORT.
I'VE BEEN HEARING NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS, PAUL, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T
[6. 5721: June 6th Broadband Report]
BREAK THE STREAK.UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME'S PAUL DRUMRIGHT, UH, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MANAGER, AND I DO HAVE GOOD NEWS.
I'M GONNA PULL UP A PRESENTATION.
UM, I HAVE BROUGHT SOME NEW INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL, UM, WHILE I PULL THAT UP AGAIN, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THE, UH, UPDATE ON OUR BROADBAND, UH, PROJECT.
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YOU IS A MAP THAT I HAVE SHOWN YOU, UH, MANY TIMES.UH, REASON WHY I WANTED TO BRING MAPS AGAIN IS WE'VE CHANGED.
THEY'VE CHANGED, THEY'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THEY'VE BROKEN UP THE AREAS INTO MORE SPECIFIC ZONES.
AND SO THIS IS JUST, UH, ON, ON FIREFLIES PART AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, THEY ARE ABLE, THEY'RE STARTING TO BREAK IT DOWN AND STARTING TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA BEHIND EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, WHERE I WANNA FOCUS AGAIN AND WHERE WE HAD GOOD NEWS LAST, UH, MONTH, AND WE STILL HAVE GOOD NEWS, IS THIS IS THE RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC CO-OP AREA.
UM, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THE MOUNT HOPE SUBSTATION AREA.
AND, UH, THIS IS VERY HARD TO READ RIGHT NOW, WHICH I UNDERSTAND.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY DIVIDED THIS INTO TWO AREAS.
SO IF YOU LOOK, THERE'S, THIS IS PART OF IT HERE IN GLAND.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART DOWN HERE, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BROKEN THAT OUT.
AND THE GOOD NEWS PART IS THERE'S ACTUALLY A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING FOR PART OF THAT.
IT'S THE MOUNT HOPE PAYNES MILL PORTION OF THAT, WHICH IS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THAT MAP IS GONNA BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 22ND AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
UM, AS WE'VE MENTIONED ALREADY, RAPPAHANNOCK AND FIREFLY HAVE BEEN CONNECTING CUSTOMERS UP IN THE SHANNON HILL SUBSTATION AREA.
THEY'RE MOVED ON TO THE MOUNT HOPE SUBSTATION AREA, AND THEY'RE STARTING ON HALF THAT SUBSTATION NOW.
SO THIS TOWN HALL APPLIES TO HALF THAT SUBSTATION.
UM, BEFORE WE GO BACK, JUST, UH, FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO DO, WE'RE GONNA BE ADVERTISING THIS THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, BUT GO TO FIRE FIVE VA.COM/TOWN-HALLS AND THEY CAN SIGN UP TO ATTEND THAT VIRTUAL.
IT'S A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, UM, WHERE THEY WILL GET MORE INFORMATION.
FIREFLY WILL DISCUSS WHAT THE PROCESS IS, HOW THEY GET CONNECTED.
AGAIN, WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO TO FIREFLY VA.COM TO REGISTER FOR SERVICE.
THAT WAY THEY GET NOTIFIED ABOUT STUFF COMING UP.
THIS, WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU RIGHT HERE IS THE PAYNES MILL AREA OF THE MOUNT HOPE SUBSTATION.
SO THIS IS THAT WESTERN PORTION OF, UH, THE, UH, MOUNT HOPE.
IT'S, UH, WEST OF GUM SPRING, ESSENTIALLY.
SO, UM, IT IS ONE OF OUR UNSERVED AREAS.
IT SPLITS BOTH, UH, ON, UH, BROAD STREET ON THE, UH, SOUTHERN SIDE OF ROUTE SIX OR, OR OF 64, AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF 64.
IT INCLUDES UP WHERE, UH, WE HAVE GRAY HAVEN, THE WINERY IT IS, AND UP IN THAT AREA.
UM, SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT PORTION.
THIS IS THE OTHER PART OF THE MOUNT HOPE, UH, SUBSTATION IS CALLED COPPER LINE AS THEY REFER TO IT.
THIS AREA, THEY'VE NOT PUT A TIMEFRAME WHEN THEY'LL HAVE A TOWN HALL OR WHEN THEY'LL BE CONNECTED, BUT THAT'S COMING SOON.
WE EXPECT TO PROBABLY SEE THAT HAPPENING, UH, LATER THIS YEAR AS WELL.
THESE FOLKS UP IN THE RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC CO-OP AREAS ARE, UM, CLOSE TO GETTING SERVICE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL BUILDING OUT THE FIBER IN THERE, BUT THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVE INTO THAT SERVICE EXTENSION LINE, AND THEY'LL START WORKING THROUGH THE FOLKS WHO HAVE REGISTERED.
IT IS IMPORTANT, AGAIN, FOR FOLKS TO GO TO FIREFLY VA.COM TO REGISTER FOR SERVICE SO THAT THEY KNOW YOU WANT IT, AND SO THAT THEY CAN THEN ADD YOU TO THEIR LIST AS THEY REACH OUT TO CUSTOMERS.
SO, UH, NOW I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PURPLE AREAS.
THAT IS THE RISE PROJECT INVOLVING DOMINION.
AND HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, DOMINION IS CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS.
I'M GONNA DIVE INTO, I GOT, UH, SECTIONS OF EACH OF THESE TO SHOW YOU, BUT WE REALLY WANNA HIT THE THREE SQUARE AREA.
UM, THIS IS THE AREA THAT THEY STARTED WORKING ON THIS, UH, THIS YEAR ALREADY.
UM, HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE OUT OF, UH, 15.89 MILES, THEY HAVE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE.
6.09 MILES IS CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE IN THIS.
UM, THIS IS DOWN THERE IN, UH, SOUTHERN GUC AND ANOTHER AREA THAT IS BEEN NEEDING SERVICE FOR A LONG TIME.
SO IT IS GREAT TO SEE THIS HAPPENING.
THEY'VE NOT PUT A TIMEFRAME OF WHEN FIREFI WILL BE DOING CONNECTIONS FOR THERE, BUT THAT WILL BE COMING AT SOME POINT.
BUT AGAIN, THEY'VE COMPLETED 6.09 MILES OF CONSTRUCTION ALREADY ON THIS AREA.
ALL OF IT HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
ALL OF THAT AREA HAS BEEN RELEASED AND CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED.
AND YOU SAID THAT WAS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 15, 15.89 MILES.
UM, AND THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO IN
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YOUR BOARD PACKET, UH, IN THERE, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THIS INFORMATION.MOVING ON, THIS IS WHAT THEY REFER TO AS THE CALDONIA TAPSCOTT HAYDENVILLE AREA.
THIS IS UP THERE, UH, JUST SOUTH OF HAYDENVILLE.
UM, FIREFLY HAS ALREADY STARTED THEIR, UH, FIELD SURVEY DATA WORK UP THERE.
UM, DOMINION HAS NOT BEGUN WORK THERE.
THEY ARE TARGETING THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR TO START THEIR, UH, MIDDLE MILE FIBER CONSTRUCTION UP IN THIS AREA.
UM, IN MS. LASETTE, I'VE LOOKED AT THIS MAP, YOU WOULD BE INCLUDED THIS IN THIS AREA.
SO AGAIN, THIRD QUARTER THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TARGETING, UH, DOMINION TO START MIDDLE MILE WORK IN THIS AREA.
FIREFLY HAS PUT A DATE ON IT RIGHT NOW OF WHEN SERVICE WOULD BE CONNECTED.
THEIR ESTIMATE IS SPRING 2024.
IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE FURTHER THAN WE WOULD LIKE, BUT AT LEAST WE NOW HAVE A TIMEFRAME FOR THIS AREA.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT CAN CHANGE.
BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE TARGETING DOMINION THIRD QUARTER WORKING HERE, AND THEN RIGHT NOW CONNECTIONS TO START SPRING 2024 IN THIS AREA.
SO AGAIN, GREAT NEWS TO SHARE.
WE HAVE, WE CAN GIVE FOLKS AT LEAST A TIMEFRAME.
SO AS THEY START TALKING TO THEIR PROVIDERS ABOUT CANCELING OR RENEWING, WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHEN STUFF IS HAPPENING.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PLACE WHERE DOMINION HAS DONE THE MIDDLE MILE THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE SERVICE? NOT YET, SIR.
UM, SO THE, SO WHERE THEY STARTED WAS THAT, UM, THE THREE SQUARE AREAS IS THE FIRST AREA THEY TARGETED TO DO THEIR MIDDLE MILE.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.
THEY'VE NOT COMPLETE COMPLETED THAT.
THEY'VE GOT THAT AGAIN, 6.09 MILES.
DO THEY NEED TO COMPLETE WHATEVER THAT DELTA IS BEFORE? UH, SO, SO THEY, THEY DO NEED TO COMPLETE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILDING THE MIDDLE MILE AND THEN FIREFLY IS GONNA ROLL IN THAT WHOLE DISTANCE BEFORE FIREFLY WILL EVEN ROLL IN TO START.
UH, I, I, I BELIEVE THEY DO, BUT IT IS NOT UNHEARD OF A FIREFLY GETTING JUMPED, BUT REALLY THEY CANNOT CONNECT FOLKS UNTIL THEY HAVE IT F FURNISH.
SO IF FIREFLY WERE TO ROLL IN THERE TOMORROW, COMPLETE THEIR WORK, THEY STILL GOTTA WAIT ON DOMINION TO FINISH THEIR WORK, I GUESS, I GUESS DOMINION, THEY CAN'T LIGHT UP PORTIONS.
THEY HAVE TO GET ALL THE WAY TO THE END BEFORE THEY CAN LIGHT UP ANY OF IT.
UM, BUT, BUT F FIREFLY HAS ALREADY STARTED.
SO A, AS I MENTIONED, AND HERE, SO THIS IS THE THREE SQUARE AREA AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT, THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THEIR FIELD SURVEY DATA WORK BEFORE, UH, A SHOVEL WAS TURNED OR A, UH, A FIBER WAS PULLED BY DOMINION.
AND THAT IS THE CASE IN THIS AREA.
THE CALDONIA TAPS GOT HAYDENVILLE AREA AS WELL.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED DOMIN, FIREFLY HAS ALREADY STARTED THEIR WORK IN THIS AREA BEFORE DOMINION HAS EVEN GOTTEN THERE.
AND SO FIREFLY'S DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO TO GET, GET THEIR WORK DONE SO THAT THEY'RE READY ONCE DOMINION IS FINISHED DOING THEIR PART.
UM, SO HOW, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE SPRING OF 2024 IS WHEN FIREFLIES PROJECTING IT, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE GONNA HANG, HANG ONTO THAT.
THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT THEY ARE FIREFIGHTERS I GET PUBLICLY PUTTING OUT THERE.
BUT LET'S BE CAREFUL, HAS DOMINION BEEN KEEPING THEIR TIME COMMITMENTS? SO FAR FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT.
UM, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE TARGETING TO COMPLETE ALL THEIR WORK BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, ALL THEIR MIDDLE MILE WORK, UH, BY THE END OF 2023.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS A VERY AM, UH, AMBITIOUS AND IT'S, IT IS A, A REALLY LARGE PROJECT IN OCCURRING HERE IN GLAND.
IT'S OCCURRING IN OUR NEIGHBORS IN LOUISA AND ALSO INCURRING IN OTHER COMMON, UH, OTHER AREAS OF THE COMMONWEALTH BY DOMINION AS WELL TO WORK TO BUILD OUT THEIR MIDDLE MILE FOR THEIR PURPOSES.
AND THEN THEY'RE LEASING IT OVER TO FIREFLY FOR FIREFLY'S MIDDLE MILE.
SO FIREFLY CAN DO THAT LAST MILE.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IT WOULD NOT BE UNHEARD OF THAT SOME OF THE TIMEFRAMES MAY SLIP SOME DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO IF THEY START RUNNING INTO MATERIAL SHORTAGES AGAIN.
SO WHEN THEY STARTED BROADBAND AND SOME OTHER FOLKS WERE INVOLVING, WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH GETTING SUPPLIES BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ONLY OCCURRING HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, BUT THIS IS OCCURRING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE FOLKS ARE DOING FIBER EXTENSION.
AND AS WE SAW ON OTHER STUFF DURING THE PANDEMIC SUPPLIES WERE HARD TO GET.
UH, FORTUNATELY OUR PARTNERS FIREFLY UNVEILED A, UH, NICE BIG WAREHOUSE WHERE THEY WERE STARTING TO STOCK UP ON STUFF BEFORE THEY BEGAN THIS PROJECT.
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A LITTLE BIT BETTER PREPARED, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE UNHEARD OF THAT THERE MAY BE SOME SLIPPAGE.THEY ARE TRYING AS BEST THEY CAN TO PUT DATES THAT ARE REALISTIC.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT SHARING DATES FOR EVERYTHING UNTIL, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING OUT ONLY CERTAIN DATES THAT THEY'RE READY TO COMMIT TO.
AND, AND I'M NOT GONNA SHARE PUBLICLY DATES THAT WE DON'T, THAT THEY'VE NOT COMMITTED TO YET.
UH, THEY DO NOT HAVE A TIMEFRAME FOR THIS YET.
THEY DO NOT HAVE A TIMEFRAME WHEN THEY WILL START THEIR, UH, FIELD COLLECTION SERVICE.
SO, UH, UH, PART THAT FIREFI NEEDS TO DO.
DOMINION HAS NOT GIVEN US A TIMEFRAME ON THIS SPECIFIC AREA YET.
UM, OR THE NEXT ONE I'M GONNA SHOW YOU.
BUT THOSE WILL BE STUFF THAT I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO BE ASKING.
I CHECK IN WITH FIREFLIGHT ON A ROUTINE BASIS.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK ON FOR DATES THAT I CAN SHARE PUBLICLY SO THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH CITIZENS.
UH, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF TWO AREAS THAT THEY REFER TO AS CROZIER.
SO THIS IS THAT AREA RIGHT THERE AROUND.
SO IN CORPUSES, CARDWELL ROAD, GENITAL ROAD, SHALLOW, UM, LEE ROAD, SOME OF THIS AREA WAS VERY CLOSE TO OUR PORT 80 PROJECT.
UH, THAT WAS A UNIQUE PROJECT WHERE PORT 80 WAS ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND FIREFLY'S GOING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, COMPETITION, LET, LET, LET THEM HAVE AT IT.
UH, BUT SO THEY'VE NOT PUT A TIMEFRAME TO THIS PROJECT YET FOR THE MIDDLE MILE TO BE DONE, OR THE LAST MILE TO BE DONE EITHER.
THIS IS THE CROZIER WEST, WHICH IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT IT ON A MAP WITHOUT THAT CONTEXT, UH, IT IS WEST OF THE YEAR OF THE COURTHOUSE AREA, BUT THEY'VE LUMPED IT ALL TOGETHER AS A CROZIER AREA AND THAT'S HOW FIREFLY IS DOING IT TO RELEASE TO DOMINION FOR WORK.
SO THEY'VE, THEY LOOKED AT THE MAP AND OF HOW THEY WANT TO BUILD OUT THEIR NETWORK BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA BE A FIREFLY NETWORK THAT ULTIMATELY OPERATED.
AND SO THEY'VE LUMPED THE CROZIER WEST AND EAST TOGETHER AS ONE AREA FOR DOMINION'S WORK.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE, UH, PORTIONS OF CHAPEL HILL ROAD, UH, RILES BRIDGE ROAD, WHITE HALL, UH, ROUTE SIX.
UM, SO THAT IS, AGAIN, NO DATE FOR THAT COMING, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON IN THE FUTURE.
IS THAT, DOES THAT INCLUDE DOG TOWN ROAD? UH, DOG TOWN ROAD FOR THE MOST PART HAS SERVICE ALREADY.
SO, BUT NO, ROBIN, THIS, SO, CUZ ROBINSON ROAD IS JUST A TINY LITTLE ROAD THAT COMES RIGHT OFF OF DOG TOWN.
SO THOSE FOLKS IN ROBINSON ROAD, THEY MUST BE CLOSE TO EXISTING SERVICE.
THEY, THEY MORE THAN LIKELY ARE THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO LOOK AT AND COMING FORWARD, BUT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FIREFLY HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN DOING IT, THEY, AS THEY WERE SCOPING OUT, IS THEY HAD TO AVOID OVERBUILDING IN AREAS BECAUSE THAT CAN, COULD LEAD TO ONE CHALLENGES PLUS THE, THE BODY GRANT HAD A MAXIMUM OF HOW MUCH YOU COULD OVERBUILD IN AN AREA.
AND I, UM, MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, IT WAS ABOUT 10% SO THAT THEY CAN GO IN.
SO THEY TRIED, THAT'S WHY THIS, THIS MA KIND OF LOOKS A LITTLE FUNKY IS THEY WERE TRYING TO BUILD AROUND WHERE EXISTING SERVICE IS.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, CUZ THERE IS ADDITIONAL BROADBAND FUNDING COMING OUT, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT JUST JUST BECAUSE OF HOW MASSIVE IT IS.
WE'RE GETTING THIS PROJECT ROLLING AND OUR NEXT FOCUS IS THESE ADDITIONAL HOMES THAT ARE OUT THERE BECAUSE OUR GOAL, AGAIN IS TO GET EVERYBODY SERVICE.
SO THERE ARE ARE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT THAT WILL WORK.
THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING DOWN AND SO THAT'S, UH, INFORMATION WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY KEEPING TRACK OF, OF WHERE OR THERE FILLED, THERE'S STILL HOLES WHERE, WHERE THE GAPS WE NEED TO FILL.
SO, SO WHO, WHAT IS THE SERVICE I SHOULD KNOW, BUT WHAT IS THE SERVICE ON DOGTOWN? UM, SO SERVICE ON DOGTOWN FOR THE MOST PART IS, UH, COMCAST.
SO IS DO DOMINION DOING ALL THE MIDDLE MILE WORK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? SO, SO RIGHT NOW IN THIS PURPLE AREA? YES.
SO DOMINION IS GOING TO DO MIDDLE MILE WORK, I GUESS ALONG DOG TOWN TO, TO GET, SO IT, IT DEPENDS ON HOW THEY'RE RUNNING.
I DON'T HAVE THESE, THE, THE SPECIFICS OF HOW THEY'RE RUNNING.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT DOMINION AND FIREFLY HAVE IN, IN OUTLINED OF HOW TO MAKE THE NETWORK WORK.
UM, IS THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE? IF, IF, IF I'M, I I, I CAN INQUIRE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION READILY AT MY FINGERTIPS TO, TO PROVIDE.
UM, IT MIGHT, IF I LIVED IN THAT AREA, I'D PROBABLY WANNA KNOW LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, CUZ GET, GET A SENSE OF, BUT
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THEY HAVEN'T STARTED THE MIDDLE MILE WORK HERE.TH TH THIS IS AGAIN, UH, UH, PART OF THAT CROZIER EAST, CROZIER WEST AND THAT THEY'VE NOT PUT A TIMEFRAME TO THIS AND FIREFLY HAS NOT PUT A TIMEFRAME TO WHEN THEY WILL BEGIN THEIR FIELD SURVEY DATA WORK.
AND THAT FIELD SURVEY DATA IS KIND OF CONFIRMING HOMES THAT ARE THERE AND INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE FIELD SO THAT THEY CAN FINE TUNE THEIR FIBER NETWORK MAPS THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER AND THAT THEY CAN BEGIN THAT CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, DOMINION BUILDS THE MIDDLE MILE FIREFLY THEN BUILDS THE LAST MILE, AND THAT THAT'S LATERALS THAT'S GOING TO HOMES AND THAT'S LITERALLY GOING UP TO THE HOUSE.
BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BUILD TO EVERY SINGLE HOUSE UNLESS YOU REGISTER FOR SERVICE.
THEY'LL BUILD DOWN THE STREET, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BUILD TO EVERY SINGLE HOUSE UNLESS YOU REGISTER FOR SERVICE.
SO, SO IF I LIVED ON WHITE HALL AND LOOKED AT THIS MAP AND I LIVED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WHITE HALL, SHOULD I SAY, OH NO, I'M NOT GONNA GET SERVICE.
THEY, THEY PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE.
SO COMCAST RUNS DOWN A, A GOOD PORTION OF WHITE, OF WHITE HALL.
AND SO THEY ALREADY HAVE SERVICE, BUT AGAIN, ALSO FIREFLY HAS PARTNERED, HAS AGREED TO WITH US TO WORK ON ATTACKING HOLES IN OTHER AREAS AND OR GOING OUT AND CONNECTING AREAS THAT MAY BE JUST OUTSIDE THEIR CORRIDOR WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THE, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T VIOLATE THE 10% WELL, SO THEY, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T USE GRANT FUNDS, THEY CAN DO, THEY CAN GO IN AND BUILD INTO OTHER AREAS, BUT USING GRANT FUNDS, THEY HAD TO WORK WITH THAT 10% OVERLAP.
UM, SO THEY WERE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST TO PREVENT COMCAST FROM CHALLENGING THEIR GRANT IN BASICALLY ELIMINATING US FROM, FROM THIS PROJECT IS FILLING, IS FILLING SOME OF THE GAPS LIKE YOU WERE DESCRIBING A FEW MINUTES AGO? IS THAT DEPENDENT ON, ON YOU GOT TO BE AWARDED GRANTS? SO THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAMS. THERE'S ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING COMING DOWN AND SO THAT WOULD BE LOOKING AT, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN AWARDED OR JUST, UH, UH, GRANTS.
SO IT IS COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON BUILDING THAT OUT.
AND THIS, THIS IS THE LAST, UH, PIECE AND THIS KIND OF FITS WITH THE OTHER MAP YOU JUST SAW AND IT HITS, UH, OTHER PIECES OF WHITE HALL.
THIS IS THE U S D A RECONNECT AREA THAT FIREFLIES BUILDING THEMSELVES.
AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE, THE LAST, UH, PIECE, UM, REALLY AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT PROJECT, IT REALLY IS A PUZZLE MAP OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAMS, DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO IT GETS REALLY, WHEN YOU GET INTO SPECIFIC SECTIONS, YOU, YOU GOTTA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN FINE DETAIL.
I TRY NOT TO GET TOO, TOO FINE OF A DETAIL.
UM, DON'T WANNA BOG DOWN HERE ON THOSE.
UM, WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, AGAIN, ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO TO, UH, REGISTER AT, UH, FIRE FIVE VA.COM, UH, TO REGISTER FOR SERVICE AS WELL AS THEN FIREFLY VA.COM JUST FOR INFORMATION.
THERE'S A LINK TO THE PAGE THAT HAS INFORMATION, HAS COPIES OF THE MAPS WHERE I PULLED FROM AS WELL.
UM, BUT HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK ONE SLIDE TO THE LAST SLIDE.
SO, AND AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOU NOT GETTING IN THE WEEDS AND I CAN, IT'S EASY TO DO, BUT ON THAT POOR HOUSE ROAD IN THAT, IN THAT LITTLE, UH, TO THE RIGHT, THE MIDDLE TO THE RIGHT, YEP.
UM, THAT'S THE AREA THAT IS BEING DELAYED IN PART TO LOCATE, TO LOCATE A FACILITY.
SO IT'S JUST NOT, NOT THAT PART, IT'S NOT BEING DELAYED.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS AS PART OF THE RECONNECT PROJECT IS, UH, A FIBER HUT LOCATING A FIBER HUT FOR FIREFLY.
UM, HAS, AND SO IT'S NOT JUST, IT WOULDN'T BE JUST THAT PART.
IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE SERVING SERVICE LARGER, MORE AREAS.
I JUST SHOULDN'T HAVE CUT YOU UP THERE.
SO LARGER AREA THAN WHAT WE SEE ON THIS.
SO IT, THIS MAP WOULDN'T JUST BE IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA OF POOR HOUSE IN THERE, BUT IT WOULD ALSO SERVE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST COMBINED TO THIS, BUT IT'S RELATED TO OTHER, IS IT COMBINED TO MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER, LIKE THE OTHER SLIDES YOU SHOWED US BEFORE WHERE I THINK YOU HAD WEST OF WEST OF, OF, OF THE, IT, IT, IT, IT WOULD, SO IT WOULD, WOULD WEST, WEST, WEST OF THIS I THINK WAS THE LAST THING THAT YOU SHOWED US.
IT IT WOULD, IT WOULD SERVE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT.
SO WHICH LOCATION OF THE HUT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE YOU CAN COVER OTHER AREAS TOO.
SO IT, IT, IT, THEY WILL NEED THAT.
UM, BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY STOPPING THOSE OTHER AREAS EITHER.
IT'S JUST, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO NEED TO, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY A LOCATION AND TO, TO PLACE.
IF WE CAN'T IDENTIFY A LOCATION, I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT IF WE CAN'T BECAUSE YOU'RE, IT'S MAKES, YOU'RE MAKING IT SOUND LIKE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE FIND, FIND A LOCATION OR NOT
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IN TERMS OF WHEN PEOPLE WILL GET SERVICE, MR. LU.CUZ I THINK YOU AND MR. DRUMRIGHT, MAYBE MYSELF, MAY THE ONLY ONES THAT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE HUT.
SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT PROBLEM YOU'RE TRYING TO LIKE WELL WE, WE HAVE PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE GETTING CONCERNED.
THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING, UH, FRUSTRATED WITH THE EXPLANATIONS.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND THE ISSUE IS THERE'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT.
THERE'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PLACE AND THAT IS PART OF THE PROJECT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SURE, SURE.
MANY PEOPLE WEREN'T SURE WHAT THAT, THAT, THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
SO AS PART OF THE PROJECT OR PART OF THE RECONNECT, UH, THEY FIREFLY NEEDS TO LOCATE A FIBER HUT AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY BOTH COUNTY LOCATIONS WHERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE LOCATED.
WE'VE ALSO SUGGESTED OTHER AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM TO LOOK AT AS WELL.
AND THEY, THEY HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT IN THE PAST OR IF, IF WE CAN'T FIND A SUITABLE LOCATION, THEY MAY HAVE TO GO OUT AND PURCHASE PIECE OF PROPERTY TO PUT IT THEMSELVES.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THEM ON.
I MEAN, DO WE HAVE A TIME FOR, I MEAN, IS ANYBODY COMMITTED TO LIKE, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS DONE BY SUCH AND SUCH A DATE? THAT SEEMS TO ME KIND OF IMPORTANT MAYBE FROM SOMETHING, SOMETHING WE MAY ACTUALLY HAVE CONTROL OVER PROJECT IF WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER THIS, BUT, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME, IF WE'RE WILLING TO, UH, PUT UP A COUNTY, COUNTY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOT A WE'VE NOT PUT A, A TIMEFRAME TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT LIKE, UH, RIGHT NOW REVIEWING SOME, UH, LANGUAGE, UH, THAT THEY PROVIDED.
SO I'M, I'M GUESSING WHERE MR. LO IS GOING IS WHERE I WOULD GO SINCE THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP FACILITATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE TALKING, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
AND, AND BECAUSE REALLY, BUT YOU, YOU CONFUSED ME A LITTLE BIT AGO.
SERVICE CAN'T WE HAVE TO FIND A HUT AND PLACE EQUIPMENT BEFORE SERVICE IN THAT AREA AND OTHERS WILL GO LIVE? IS THAT CORRECT? BEFORE IT GOES LIVE FOR THAT AREA? YES.
AND OR OTHER AREAS, BUT AGAIN, HOW THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR NETWORK.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE, ALL THE PARTICULARS OF HOW THEY'RE ALL CONNECTING IN TO EVERY SINGLE SECTION.
SO I CAN'T ANSWER FOR YOU OR THE BOARD EXACTLY WHAT PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT MAY OR MAY NOT GO LIVE OR BE DEPENDENT ON THAT FIBER HUT.
AND, AND, BUT TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WE'RE NOT, NOT ON, WE COULD VERY WELL BE ON PROJECT SCHEDULE.
IT JUST MAY NOT BE THE SCHEDULE OF THESE THAT FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE DELAYED.
BUT MAYBE SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK OUT TO SEE IS THIS HOLDING US UP UNNECESSARILY.
AND IF WE CAN HELP, WE, WE CAN DO THAT IF WE, IF, BUT IF, I GUESS I'LL, I'LL WRAP UP HERE, BUT IF, IF WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND WE ARE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE SOME ASSETS THAT WILL GET UP, GET THEM OUTTA SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT RENT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LEASING FROM SOMEBODY ELSE AND, AND THEIR TERMS AREN'T, AREN'T MAYBE GONNA BE AS GENEROUS OR WHATEVER, OR THEY CAN'T GET THE LONGER TERM COMMITMENT THAT MAYBE THEY NEED THAT WOULD GIVE THEM SOME COMFORT.
IF WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, WE OUGHT TO BE TALKING ABOUT GETTING IT DONE BY A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME IS MY, THAT'S HOW I WOULD APPROACH IT.
THANK YOU MR. GREAT PRESENTATION.
CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, BEFORE YOU GO, OF COURSE I'VE GOT MAKE A COMMENT.
YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT BASED ON ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT FIREFLY RECEIVED BY HAVING A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE BROADBAND INTERNET, THAT THEY APPARENTLY DIDN'T READ THE MESSAGE BOARDS LIKE I DID.
SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU SAID THAT THERE'S A PLACE FOR FOLKS TO FI UH, SIGN UP FOR THAT TOWN HALL.
IS THERE A WAY TO OFFER AN OPTION THAT PERHAPS WE CAN HOST A ROOM AT CENTRAL HIGH FOR FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE BROADBAND THAT CAN'T PARTICIPATE? WE PROBABLY COULD, BUT WHAT THEY, THEY HAVE, AND I'VE ATTENDED SOME OF THESE TOWN HALLS IN THE PAST, IS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO THEN GET A RECORDING OF IT OR HAVE A LINK AND SO THEY, UM, WANT FOLKS TO INDIVIDUALLY SIGN UP FOR IT, UH, AND, AND GET THAT INFORMATION.
BUT WE CAN LOOK AT HAVING THAT OPTION AVAILABLE UP AT CENTRAL OR ANOTHER LOCATION.
BUT, BUT I, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
UH, IT, IT DOES, UM, YEAH, SO BRING SOME CHALLENGES WITH IT.
UH, BUT IF WE CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SAW THAT WE HEARD IT AND IF WE CAN OFFER A SOLUTION FOR OUR CITIZENS, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR MR. DRUMRIGHT PETERSON? JUST, UH, SUGGESTION PERHAPS A PARALLEL TELEPHONE TOWN HALL AS OPPOSED TO ONLINE, BUT THAT'S
UH, NOW WE HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL BOARD REPORTS FOR THOSE THAT ARE SERVING ON COMMITTEES
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THAT WANT TO PROVIDE[7. Board Reports]
ANY UPDATES.WHY NOT? WHY, WHY NOT? UH, YOU AND MR. CARPENTER GIVE THE REPORT FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION SINCE Y'ALL WERE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND, UM, Y'ALL, Y'ALL BETTER HAVE A BETTER PERSPECTIVE ON HOW IT WENT.
SO, WHAT MR. LUMPS IS REFERRING TO, UH, THE PLAN, RVA R TPO AND CBT A HAD THEIR SECOND ANNUAL JOINT MEETING.
UM, AND MR. LUMPKINS BEING THE HUMBLE CHAIR OF THE R TPO THAT HE IS, UM, DIDN'T WANNA SAY WHAT A GREAT EVENT IT WAS.
IT WAS GREAT TO GET SO MANY FOLKS IN THE ROOM.
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION CAME AND, UH, REALLY GAVE SOME PRETTY INTERESTING INSIGHTS.
AND WE ALSO HAD AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, UM, FROM ONE OF THE, UH, LARGER CONSULTANTS IN THE COUNTRY ABOUT HOW PEOPLE COME TO THE REGION, HOW BUSINESSES CHOOSE, WHAT REGIONS THEY COME TO, AND THE PARAMETERS THEY LOOK AT SITE READINESS AND, AND, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT I, I THOUGHT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STAFF TO EVEN HEAR, UM, AND MAYBE EVEN FOR, FOR OUR BOARD.
UM, BUT IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
I THOUGHT THE CONVERSATION WAS GOOD AND GET, AND THERE'S SO MUCH OVERLAP IN ALL THREE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
IT'S GOOD TO GET THEM TOGETHER, UM, EVERY SO OFTEN.
PLUS IT WAS IN THE NEW FACILITY.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR R TPO? SO, DID YOU WANNA SAY OR WANT ME? SO WE DID FIND OUT, UM, WE DID HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS OUT OF CV T A, UM, THE, UH, SECOND ROUND OF SMART SCALE, UH, HAS GONE THROUGH.
AND, UH, WE, OUR ASHLAND ROAD PROJECT, THE DOUBLE DEAD DIVERSION DIAMOND, WHICH HAD SCORED 78TH OUT OF 81 PROJECTS, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, FROM THE STAFF PROPOSAL, UH, CARLOS BROWN, UM, WHO IS OUR CTB REPRESENTATIVE, AND THIS IS THE LAST MONTH FOUND A WAY TO, UH, COME UP WITH THE MONEY.
SO TO ACTUALLY FUND THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
SO THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND PROJECT IS NOW FULLY FUNDED.
STAFF HAS ALREADY BEGUN WORKING, AND WE KICKED OFF, UH, CRITICAL, UH, SURVEYS AND REPORTS AND STUDIES, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO WE ARE WELL ON THE WAY TO GETTING SOME RELIEF IN THAT AREA FOR THAT INTERSECTION.
SO IT'S JUST SOME AMAZING NEWS, UM, AND THANKFUL FOR THE HARD WORK THAT, UH, STAFF HAS DONE, UH, TO SORT OF MAKE THE CASE AND SHOW THE VALUE.
AND ALSO FOR, UH, TO MR. BROWN AND SECRETARY, UH, MILLER AND SECRETARY MERRICK OF, UH, UH, SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, WHO WERE HUGE SUPPORTERS OF THIS PROJECT.
CAN'T I CAN'T GET A BETTER REPORT THAN THAT.
WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE SIX ITEMS CURRENTLY, UH, BOARD
[XI. Consent Agenda]
MR. UH, CARPENTER WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A MOTION WHETHER TO TAKE AS INDIVIDUALLY OR, UM, AS A, AS A SLATE.MR. GENERAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE SIX ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO KING AND QUEEN COUNTY'S WITHDRAWAL BE REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF KING AND QUEEN COUNTY STAFF, UM, AGREES WITH THAT AS WELL.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU, ITEM 57 19, IS AUTHORIZATION TO LOAN GOLAN VOLUNTEER FIRE RESCUE ASSOCIATION, 1.5 MILLION FOR RENOVATIONS AT FIRE STATION GLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE COMPANY.
THE VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION WISHES TO RENOVATE COMPANY FIVE, WHICH HAS NOT UNDERGONE RENOVATION SINCE ITS CONSTRUCTION IN THE 1980S.
THIS RENOVATION WILL UPDATE THE EXTERIOR ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING AT A NEW AREA AS A HOT ZONE AND DESIGN WARM AND COLD ZONES.
IN ADDITION TO KITCHEN AND BATHROOM RENOVATIONS, INDIVIDUAL BUNK ROOM SPACES WILL BE CREATED.
THIS RENOVATION HAS AN ESTIMATED LIFESPAN OF 25 YEARS, ESTIMATED COST OF 1.5 MILLION.
IT IS REQUESTED GSON COUNTY PROVIDE THIS FUNDING IN THE FORM OF A NON-INTEREST BEARING 20 YEAR LOAN.
SECOND ITEM NUMBER 57 15 IS A REQUEST TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 3RD, 2023, TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE GUCCI COUNTY CODE SECTION 2 44 OF POLLING PLACES TO CHANGE PRECINCT 3 0 1 BEAVER DAM'S POLLING PLACE TO THE GUCCI SPORTS COMPLEX.
THE ELECTORAL BOARD AND GENERAL REGISTRAR REQUESTED CHANGING THE POLLING PLACE FOR PRECINCT 3 0 1 FROM GUCCI COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER TO THE GUCCI SPORTS COMPLEX.
THE ANIMAL SHELTER WAS USED AS THE POLLING PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LAST YEAR'S ELECTION.
BOTH THE PARKING LOT AND INTERIOR VOTING AREA WERE FOUND TO BE INSUFFICIENT FOR EFFICIENT VOTING.
THE GUCCI SPORTS COMPLEX HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED TO THE POLLING PLACE AND VOTER SATELLITE OFFICE IS PARKING AND VOTING FACILITIES THAT PROVIDED AN EFFICIENT VOTING PROCESS IN THE PAST.
NUMBER 57 23 IS THE RESOLUTION REQUESTING VDOT EXCEPT ROADS AND CARVER OAKS SUBDIVISION INTO THE SECONDARY SYSTEM.
UH, CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION IS COMPLETE.
VDOT HAS NOTIFIED THE COUNTY, THE STREETS ARE READY TO BE ACCEPTED INTO THE SECONDARY ROAD SYSTEM.
UH, THE ROADS REQUESTED TO BE ACCEPTED ARE CARVER OAKS COURT FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH THE EXISTING ROUTE SIX 20 TO A CUL-DE-SAC, ROUGHLY 0.18 MILES.
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ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 GUCCI COUNTY BUDGET BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATING $517,555 IN THE SCHOOL OPERATING AND CAFETERIA FUNDS, AND AUTHORIZING FUND TRANSFERS EXCEEDING $10,000.THE REQUEST INCLUDES CATEGORICAL TRANSFERS IN THE OPERATING FUND AND THE APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS AND PRIOR YEAR FUND BALANCE IN THE OPERATING AND CAFETERIA FUNDS.
THIS REQUEST WILL PROVIDE FUNDS FOR WELDING EQUIPMENT, LANDSCAPING NEEDS, VEHICLE REPAIRS, AND INFLATIONARY COSTS.
THIS REQUEST REQUIRES NO ADDITIONAL LOCAL FUNDS.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I'VE REQUESTED TO BE WITHDRAWN.
ITEM NUMBER 6 57 12 IS A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE ANALYST'S ANNUAL SALARY FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
CURRENT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $15,000 PER YEAR WITH THE CHAIR RECEIVING 19,000 PER YEAR AND THE VICE CHAIR RECEIVING 17,000.
THE LAST INCREASE OCCURRED IN JANUARY OF 2020.
THE BOARD IS REQUESTED TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING SALARY SCHEDULE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE EFFECTIVE.
THE CHAIRMAN, $21,000 PER YEAR.
THE VICE CHAIRMAN, $19,000 PER YEAR AND MEMBER $17,000 PER YEAR.
THAT'S A $2,000 INCREASE PER POSITION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD, MR. MR. CHAIRMAN? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, AND IF YOU WOULD, THAT IT JUST WOULD BE AS AMENDED SINCE IT WAS AMENDED TODAY TO TAKE ONE OUT AS PRESENTED AS AS PRESENTED AS AMENDED
ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, I HAVE ONE.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE POLLING LOCATION, UM, TO THE, THE RECREATIONAL GYM HERE.
AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, AND I DID CONFIRM, UM, THE COUNTY WILL BE CLOSED THAT DAY.
SO JUST THROWING THAT INTO THE MIX.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY ABSTENTIONS.
MOVING INTO NEW BUSINESS, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION IN THE ADOPTION OF THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIC PLAN BOARD.
ARE WE GOOD TO, TO GO INTO THIS OR WE NEED TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES? COULD WE? SORRY.
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LIKE CONGEALED IN A LITTLE THING AND SO IT KINDA CHANNELS IT OUT.[XII. New Business]
GOOD VISITING WITH EVERYBODY BUDDY.WE GOT SOME MORE BUSINESS TO DO AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION AND THE ADOPTION OF A COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIC PLAN.
WHO TO THUNK IT STRATEGIC AROUND COMMUNICATIONS?
I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR PARKS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND TODAY I GET TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, SO BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE TWO PACKETS, UM, ONE THAT CONTAINS THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL AS THE APPENDIX.
AND THEN FOR SOME REASON IN YOUR PACKET, THE SURVEY RESULTS PRINTED OUT OF ORDER.
SO I WENT AHEAD AND JUST PRINTED IN A SEPARATE PACKET FOR YOU GUYS WITH THAT INFORMATION.
UM, SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT IN ORDER.
SO WE, THIS PLAN, UM, IS THE RESULT OF A SURVEY THAT BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2022.
UH, HOPEFULLY THE GRAPHIC UP THERE LOOKS FAMILIAR TO YOU ALL WENT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH EMAIL BLASTS.
WE ROLLED IT OUT AT THE FALL TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
IT WENT TO THE DIFFERENT HOAS AND THE COMMUNITY CHURCH ASSOCIATIONS AND DIFFERENT CIVIC GROUPS.
IT WAS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND IN PAPER COPIES, WE DID RECEIVE SOME PAPER COPIES TO THE SURVEY AND THAT INFORMATION WAS PUT IN, UM, AND IS SHOWN IN PART OF YOUR, UH, SURVEY INFORMATION THERE.
UH, SOME OF THE DELIVERABLES YOU'LL SEE ARE REFLECTED, UH, AS WELL IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC PLAN 20 14 20 18.
SO THE MISSION FOR OUR, UH, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS IS TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS THAT INFORM AND EDUCATE WHILE PROMOTING COUNTY OPERATIONS PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS WITH THE COUNTY'S GOALS AND VALUES.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE SO THAT EVERYONE IN OUR IDENTIFIED AUDIENCE IS GETTING THE INFORMATION.
UM, SPEAKING OF THAT AUDIENCE, OUR PRIMARY AUDIENCES ARE THE RESIDENTS, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, COUNTY STAFF, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS THE MEDIA.
SO HOW ARE WE CURRENTLY REACHING THEM? SO OUR WEBSITE CURRENTLY HAS 436 PUBLISHED PAGES AND 163 LINKED PAGES.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE CAN SUBSCRIBE TO GET NOTIFICATIONS THROUGH THE WEBSITE VIA NOTIFY ME, NEWSFLASH AND CALENDAR.
THIS, OF COURSE, IS SEPARATE FROM CODE WE RED, WHICH IS OUR EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE HOW MANY CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS WE HAVE UNDER EACH.
YOU'LL SEE THAT I HAVE FOR NOTIFY ME, FOR EXAMPLE.
THERE WE HAVE 415 SUBSCRIBERS ACROSS THREE LISTS.
THOSE LISTS ARE THINGS LIKE, UM, FACILITY CLOSURES,
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PARKS AND REC FIELD ALERTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.UH, SIMILAR FOR CALENDARS THAT MIGHT BE PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, PARKS AND REC.
SO WHERE IT SAYS 22 CALENDARS, THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT PEOPLE CAN REGISTER FOR.
THIS IS THE CURRENT CATALOG OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS THAT ARE RELATED TO, UH, THE COUNTY.
FOR THE MOST PART, THE DEPARTMENTS MAINTAIN THEIR OWN, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MAIN COUNTY PAGE AND THE TOURISM PAGE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, MR. DRUMRIGHT AND I TECH TEAM.
SO GETTING BACK TO THE SURVEY, HOW DID WE DO? WE HAD 643 RESPONSES, MOST OF WHICH RECEIVE INFORMATION BY WORD OF MOUTH, WHICH IS A DIFFICULT, UM, UNDERTAKING TO TRY AND CAPTURE THAT DEMOGRAPHIC.
HOWEVER THEY RECEIVE, THEY PREFER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION THROUGH EMAIL.
UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION IN THE SURVEY THAT ASKED OUTRIGHT HOW YOU FELT ABOUT THE COUNTY WEBSITE IF YOU FELT IT WAS EASY TO NAVIGATE.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE SAID YES.
HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TEXT RESPONSES TO ALMOST EVERY SINGLE QUESTION IN THE SURVEY, AN ISSUE WITH THE WEBSITE, WHETHER IT'S OUTDATED INFORMATION, REDUNDANT INFORMATION, UM, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IN THE WEBSITE.
UH, MOST REQUESTED UPDATES, UH, FOLLOWING THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE.
UH, BROADBAND UPDATES, BOARD OF SUPERVISOR VOTE SUMMARIES INFORMATION ON PROJECTS WITH TIMELINES SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN WITH THE TRANSPORTATION WEBSITE.
SIMILARLY, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND UPCOMING ROAD PLANS.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, WE SAT DOWN AND CAME UP WITH FOUR GOALS.
THE FIRST GOAL WOULD BE TO OPTIMIZE THE UNI USABILITY OF THE COUNTY WEBSITE, ENSURING THAT ALL SUBPAGES ARE UPDATED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, SO THAT I LOOKED FOR IT, BUT THE INFORMATION WAS OUT OF DATE WILL NO LONGER BE A THING.
UM, OPTIMIZING A NEW SECTION ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE SO THAT ALL OF THE ALERTS AND UPDATES THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT ARE ALL CATEGORIZED IN ONE SECTION.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE KIND OF A NEW SECTION, A MEDIA SECTION.
WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT OF THOSE.
SO KIND OF JUST PUTTING IT ALL IN ONE PLACE AND THEN CUSTOMIZE AND DEPLOY A COUNTY MOBILE APPLICATION, WHICH I AM HAPPY TO SAY IS LIVE.
UM, I'LL HAVE QR CODES AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO DOWNLOAD IT, AS WELL AS THERE'S A HALF PAGE FLYER OUT FRONT FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE THAT WITH THEM, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP.
GOAL TWO IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF COUNTY PROJECTS AND ACTIONS.
UM, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE MESSAGE MEANS KIND OF CASTING A WIDER NET, MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WE HAVE FOLLOWING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, WHICH IS THE QUICKEST WAY FOR US TO GET REAL-TIME INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THAT AUDIENCE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
SO, GROWING THOSE, BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT GROWING THE FOLLOWING ACROSS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, PROVIDING ACCURATE AND TIMELY INFORMATION REGARDING THE UPCOMING PROJECTS TO REACH THE AUDIENCES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR THE PROJECTS.
AND INCREASING AWARENESS OF UPCOMING MEETINGS SUCH AS THE E D A PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS WELL AS THE VOTING ITEMS. AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING AN ANNUAL REPORT FROM COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.
GOAL THREE, WELL INFORMED AND ENGAGED STAFF.
THIS KIND OF GETS BACK TO PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY GETTING OUR INFORMATION THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH.
SO WITH GLAND BEING AS SMALL AS IT IS, IT STILL IS, UH, YOU MIGHT BUMP INTO SOMEBODY AT FOOD LION AND THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT AN UPCOMING PROJECT.
IF I WORK IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN A DEPARTMENT DOWN THE HALL, I CAN'T PROPERLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION OR GUIDE THEM TO THE RIGHT PERSON.
SO MAKING SURE THAT P THAT THE COUNTY STAFF THAT WE HAVE ARE AWARE, AT LEAST AT A HIGH LEVEL OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS SO THAT THEY CAN DISPEL RUMORS OR CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT, UH, IS IMPORTANT.
AS WELL AS PROVIDING COMMUNICATION, DESIGN SUPPORT, FIRST DEPARTMENT SPECIAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE SMALL AREA PLANS.
GOAL FOUR IS TO STAY INFORMED OF COMMUNICATION TRENDS AND EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE AREA MEDIA.
UH, THIS INCLUDES DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH CURRENT MEDIA AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
SOMETHING THAT CAME IN HANDY A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH AN INCIDENT AT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT WITH THE MEDIA AND PROVIDE THAT BUFFER FOR THEM WHILE THEY WERE DEALING WITH THE SECURITY ISSUE, AS WELL AS JOINING PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
THAT KIND OF DOVETAILS WITH OBJECTIVE 4.1, MAKING SURE WE HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
IT JUST PROVIDES ADDITIONAL NETWORKING AND THEN TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING ON TOP AND BEING EFFECTIVE WITH OUR EFFORTS.
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THESE GOALS ARE NOT ONE-TIME MEASURABLES AND THEY HAVE TO BE SUSTAINED TO BE EFFECTIVE.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE REPEATED EVERY QUARTER, EVERY YEAR, EVERY WEEK, SOME
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EVERY DAY, UH, FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA BEST PRACTICES TO HELP STAY UP TO DATE WITH TRENDS TO HELP ENSURE OUR MAXIMUM IMPACT AND THAT WE'RE REACHING THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO REACH.PART OF THAT, AGAIN, IS STAYING ON TOP OF THE DIFFERENT ANALYTICS ACROSS OUR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. AND THEN THE RECENTLY ADOPTED TOURISM STRATEGIC PLAN ALSO INCLUDES MANY DELIVERABLES THAT FALL UNDER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS THAT WERE NOT MENTIONED IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND WITH THAT SHAMELESS PLUG FOR THE APP, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BOARD ANY COMMUNICATE QUESTION, ANY COMMUNICATIONS, ANY QUESTIONS.
MS. LASETTE, HE SAID, THANK YOU, MS. CRIME.
THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
HOW OFTEN DO WE INTEND TO UPDATE? IT'S LIKE ANNUALLY OR SO IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT ANNUALLY.
UM, DEPENDING OUR GOALS FOR THIS ARE, SHOULD ALL BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, RIGHT? SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AN, USING OUR ANALYTICS AND TRENDS AND SEEING HOW WE'RE DOING, WE CAN EFFECTIVELY GAUGE WHEN WE SHOULD COMPLETELY OVERHAUL THE PLAN.
BUT AT, AT THE VERY LEAST, ANNUALLY, YES.
AND, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT, I'M THINKING IN A YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, WHEN WE DO HAVE BROADBAND MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY MM-HMM.
HOW DOES THAT SHIFT OVER TIME? AND HOW DO WE REACH OUR CITIZENS, UM, IN A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY? MM-HMM.
SO IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS TRANSLATES.
I'VE BEEN HOPING TO SEE IT FOR A LONG TIME AND GLAD WE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE RUNNING IT.
BOARD, LAST THING ON OUR BUSINESS AGENDA IS THE APPOINTMENTS OF VERY IMPORTANT STAFF.
[2. 5733: Appointments - June `2023]
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO, WE ARE MOVING TO, UH, POINT A THREE YEAR TERM, UM, TO THE GLAND SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD.AND WE ARE, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE ANN CASEY'S NAME BACK IN SERVICE DISTRICT THREE.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO POINT, UH, MS. CASEY FOR A THREE YEAR TERM, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1ST, 2023 THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2026.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO APPOINT A CASEY DISTRICT THREE TO THE THREE YEAR TERM AS DESCRIBED.
MS. LASETTE, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IS IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE.
THANK YOU, MS. CASEY FOR, AND ALL THE CITIZENS THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE.
THAT IS, UNLESS MS. MS. GA LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS, I FORGOT SOMETHING, HIT IT ALL.
WE WILL BE TAKING OUR RECESS UNTIL OUR SIX, OUR SIX O'CLOCK SESSIONS.
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WITH OUR CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.THIS IS A CHANCE FOR CITIZENS TO COME AND ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY,
[XV. Citizen Comment]
UH, TOPICS REGARDING GUCCI COUNTY THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE, GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS.
UH, PLEASE, UH, LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
AND IF YOU COULD PUSH THE RED BUTTON DOWN THERE.
SO PEOPLE ONLINE CAN HEAR YOU.
I'VE BEEN TAUGHT NOT TO PUSH RED BUTTONS.
UH, MY NAME IS STEVEN SCHROCK.
I LIVE AT, UH, 12,000 2 0 1 BREMNER RIDGE CIRCLE IN MANNEQUIN.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A VDOT PLAN TO REMOVE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT HOCK ROAD IN BROAD STREET.
I KNOW THE, UH, VDOT PLAN, IT'S A VDOT PLAN.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A COUNTY PLAN, BUT I'M HOPING TO, UH, THAT YOU WILL USE YOUR GOOD OFFICES TO INTERVENE AND, AND MAYBE GET A WORD INTO THEM THAT MAYBE THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
UM, IT'S PART OF THE HOCKETT ROAD AND ASHLAND ROAD REALIGNMENT, AND OF COURSE, THE REALIGNMENT IS A GOOD IDEA.
I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE REASONS FOR THAT.
IT'LL SAVE US WELL, QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
BUT, UM, MAKING ALL TRAFFIC ON HOCKETT ROAD AND ALL TRAFFIC ON ST.
MATTHEWS LANE BE A RIGHT TURN ONLY, AND TAKING OUT THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
UM, IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY THE VDOT IS DOING IT.
UM, THE REMOVAL OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IS NOT EVEN IN THEIR SUMMARY DOCUMENT DESCRIBING THE PROJECT.
NOW, THE TRAFFIC STUDY CLAIMS THAT ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE HAWK ROAD TRAFFIC GOING NORTHBOUND CONTINUES UP TO ASHLAND ROAD.
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER THIRD OF IT THAT DOESN'T GO THAT WAY.
UH, THE PROBLEM IS THAT OVERWHELMINGLY PEOPLE ARE GOING UP H ROAD, GOING TO THE FOOD LINE, GOING TO ALL THE OTHER STORES.
UM, AND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE GOING LEFT AND THEN ALL THE WAY OUT BROAD STREET.
UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR PEOPLE TO GO NORTH AND GO ON ASHLAND ROAD AND GET TO THE FOOD LINE.
BUT THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE FOOD LION AND YOU WANT TO GO SOUTHBOUND, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? AND WHAT EVERYBODY IS GONNA DO IS GO TO PLAZA DRIVE RIGHT WHERE THE FIRE STATION IS, AND MAKE A LEFT TURN AND GET BY THE SHELL.
AND THAT IS GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE.
YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW THAT BETTER THAN, I MEAN, JUST A STOP SIGN.
YOU KNOW THAT, THAT BETTER THAN I.
THIS IS FOR, UH, THIS IMPACTS EVERYBODY UP AND DOWN THAT, UH, EVERYBODY UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD EATS AND, UM, THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, PARK AT CENTERVILLE READERS, BRANCH KINLOCK, EVEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MOSAIC.
AND OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE HOUSES ALONG H ROAD THAT ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THIS.
THANK YOU FOR MR. YOUR COMMENTS.
DOUG ELLIOT, UH, DEVELOPER AT BROADVIEW SHOPPING CENTER.
ARE Y'ALL AWARE, I MEAN, AS A, AS A BOARD, ARE Y'ALL AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO BESIDES JUST REMOV A LIGHT? ARE THE SUPERVISORS AWARE? THIS IS IN A, IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, GIVE COMMENTS TO THE BOARD IN AUSTRALIA, BUT I MEAN, I, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR ZONING CASES
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BECAUSE THEY IMPACT THE PUBLIC.WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT'S IMPACTING THE PUBLIC AND THERE'S NOT EVEN BEEN ANY COMMUNITY MEETING ABOUT IT.
SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THROUGH Y'ALL, THROUGH V OT, THERE'D BE A, A COMMUNITY MEETING ABOUT THIS SO THAT WE, YOU KNOW, CUZ Y'ALL ARE VERY GRACIOUS ABOUT TRYING TO BE INFORMATIVE, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION IN THIS CASE.
AND IT'S GONNA SAVAGELY IMPACT A, UH, ACCESS, UH, IN, IN THE CASE OF PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AND, AND WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THERE'S, THERE'S, IT'S JUST WAS EXPLAINED.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A REASON AS TO WHY THEY'RE REALLY TAKING IT ABOUT BESIDE THIS IS AN OPINION OF VDOT.
AND EVERYTHING'S ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT BEFORE ANY DECISIONS GET MADE, YAY OR NAY, BECAUSE Y'ALL ALWAYS HAVE THE POWER TO OVERRULE VDOT IS THAT Y'ALL COULD HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING AND GET THIS OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE DO IN A ZONING CASE.
AND LET'S BE INFORMATIVE AND MAKE SURE BEFORE THERE'S A FINAL DECISION MADE.
UH, RICK GELLE, UM, I DON'T, YOU DON'T NEED MY ADDRESS OR ANYTHING.
WE DO NEED 1 67 GAIN THRIFTY LANE, UH, MANNEQUIN SABBATH.
UM, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GOING, THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO THE COMMUNITY CUZ A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY DON'T, DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT ALL.
AND I WAS SPEAKING WITH SOMEONE TODAY ABOUT IT AND STUFF BECAUSE IT IMPACTS HER PROPERTIES TREMENDOUSLY RIGHT IN THERE BECAUSE SHE OWNS A GOOD PORTION OF, UH, WHERE THIS IS GONNA BE TAKING PLACE.
AND VDOT DOES NOT LIVE WHERE WE LIVE.
THEY DON'T, YOU ALL, SOME OF YOU ALL MAY, BUT VDOT DOESN'T.
SO THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING THERE AND HAVING TO USE THOSE ROADS, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY EVEN CARE.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT JUST LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EGRESS AND INGRESS AND HOW ALL THAT'S GONNA PLAY OUT.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE HERMITAGE ROAD TURN INTO A, UM, KIND OF A CUT THROUGH, WHICH IT ALREADY IS TO A CERTAIN POINT, BUT IT'LL BE IMPACTED EVEN MORE IF THIS TAKES PLACE AND EVERYTHING CUZ THEY CAN TAKE HERMITAGE ROAD DOWN AND THEN GO THROUGH WEST CREEK IN THAT WAY.
AND, UM, BUT THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GONNA HAVE ON PROPERTY VALUES AND THE IMPACT THAT'S GONNA HAVE ON, ON CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME OR OWN PROPERTY THERE FOR A LONG TIME IS JUST WAY BEYOND WHAT VDOT UM, THIS NEEDS TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE.
NO ONE, NO ONE AROUND ME KNEW THIS WAS GON THEY KNEW ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO THAT VDOT HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT THEY HAD NO REALIZATION THAT THIS WAS GONNA COME ABOUT.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE, AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT, LIKE DOUG SAID, ABOUT INFORMING THE COMMUNITY AND INFORMING US WHAT'S GOING ON AND STUFF.
BUT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT THIS AND UM, AND IT KIND OF BLINDSIDED US.
I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT YESTERDAY.
SO, UM, AND I'M IN PAC CUZ I USED THAT ROAD ALSO QUITE A BIT.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
ANYONE ELSE FOR CITIZEN COMMENT? OKAY, SEEING NONE, YOU CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMON PERIOD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU THAT BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
WE WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE STAFF LOOK INTO WHAT THAT SITUATION IS AND, AND WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING.
UH, WE WILL MOVE NOW INTO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND I BELIEVE SONS WILL
[XVI. Public Hearings]
BE PRESENTING.[1. 5705: District 3 - RZ-2023-00001 - Application by I-64 Industrial, LLC requesting]
MR. CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS, UH, CRYSTALSO I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF PRESENTING ONE SHORT PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
UM, YOU HAVE THE REZONING REQUEST OF I 64 INDUSTRIAL LLC.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY REQUESTING A DEFERRAL INSTEAD OF, UM, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST, WHICH WAS SLATED FOR JULY.
THEY'RE NOW REQUESTING AN AUGUST DEFERRAL DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE, THE TIMES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SYNC UP.
AS YOU REMEMBER, UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THESE APPLICATIONS WERE RUNNING CONCURRENT.
THERE'S ONE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY THROUGH HANOVER COUNTY.
UM, THERE WERE SOME AMENDMENTS MADE TO HANOVER COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH THEN LED TO A DELAY IN WHEN THEIR APPLICATION WITHIN HANOVER WAS MOVING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AS A RESULT, WE WILL NOT KNOW WHERE IT STANDS WITH HANOVER COUNTY UNTIL THE END OF JULY.
SO AS A RESULT, THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING A AUGUST DEFERRAL.
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NOTICE BOARD.MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE DEFER TO OUR AUGUST MEETING THE APPLICATION BY I 64 INDUSTRIAL LLC, CASE RZ 2020 301 TO, UH, AS REQUESTED TO THE, TO OUR AUGUST MEETING.
AND I, I DID SEE AN EMAIL FROM THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY AND I THINK HE HAS SOMEBODY IN HIS OFFICE HERE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF SHE DUNNO IF SHE WANTS TO COME UP AND CONFIRM THAT THE APPLICANT WANTS THIS, UM, SINCE HE CAME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE IF YOU
UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MY MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? OH, SECOND DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECONDED DISCUSSION MS. LELET? YES.
SO, UM, I WANNA BE CLEAR ON THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE, AND MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, THE EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED EARLIER, IT SOUNDED LIKE, UNLESS I READ IT WRONG, THAT THE HANOVER PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE HEARING THIS LATE JULY.
SO ARE WE NOT WANTING TO SYNC WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTE IN HANOVER? WE'RE OKAY.
SO IF HANOVER PLANNING MEETS LATE JULY, WE MEET IN AUGUST, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HANOVER BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS GONNA BE DOING AT THAT POINT.
SO I GUESS IS WHAT COMES FIRST.
I'M NOT SU IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, I THINK SINCE WE'VE TRIED TO COORDINATE WITH ANOTHER COUNTY.
SO MS. LASETTE, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, THE APPLICATION FOR THIS REZONING REQUEST HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THE PREMISES, THEN IT WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN HANOVER.
IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THE HANOVER BOARD.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK TO THE APPLICANT ABOUT, BUT AT THIS TIME, IT, IT'S THEIR CHOICE TO REQUEST AN AUGUST 1ST DEFERRAL.
IT WILL HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THEN IN THEORY, IT WOULD BE AT THE SAME PLACE IN THE PROCESS WITH GENERALLY YOU HAVE YOUR PROFFERED CONDITIONS, YOUR CONCEPTUAL PLAN, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AFTER YOU'VE GONE THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS SYNC UP AS BEST AS POSSIBLE LEGALLY IN TERMS OF WHICHEVER THEY CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD FIRST.
THERE'S NOT A, THERE'S NOT A LEGAL ANSWER AS TO WHICH, BUT, UM, I AGREE WITH MS. ANIS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO AT LEAST MAKE SURE THAT NO BOARD HEARDS IT IN COMMISSION AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF UP TO THEM WHAT THEY WANNA ASK FOR.
IT'S TO YOU WHAT YOU GRANT, BUT, UM, IT'S UP TO THEM WHAT THEY WANNA ASK FOR IN TERMS OF WHICH BOARD THEY'RE THEN IN FRONT OF FIRST.
YEAH, I JUST THINK IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING BECAUSE EACH BOARD'S GOTTA DECIDE PROPER CONDITIONS AND THIS IS GONNA BE INTERESTING.
AND THEN, SO IF I GET THE TIMING ON THIS RIGHT, UM, THE, THE 20TH IS WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS ON BOTH SHOULD SYNC UP SO THAT, OR AT LEAST THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY CORRECT CONTRADICTIONS.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE ENOUGH TIME AFTER THE 20TH TO ADVERTISE AND PUT IN THE PACKAGE WHAT WE NEED, UM, TO CONSIDER AS A BOARD IN CASE THERE'S ANY CHANGES IN THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN ON THE 20TH? BECAUSE, WE'LL, EXCUSE ME, OUR PACKAGE WILL BE PUT TOGETHER PRESUMABLY BEFORE THAT, MEANING AUGUST 1ST.
OUR, UH, OUR PACKET WOULD ALREADY BE ROLLING AND OUR ADS WOULD HAVE, AND THE, THE ADS ARE MORE SUMMARY.
UM, OUR PACKET WILL BE, YOU KNOW, IT ACTUALLY GETS OUT, COMES OUT THE FRIDAY BEFORE YOUR BOARD MEETING, BUT IT'S WHATEVER THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED US THAT WE OKAY.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT STAFF HAS ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE THE PACKAGE THAT GOES OUT AND, AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH BOTH BEFORE THIS BOARD CONSIDERS IT.
SO WE'RE CONSIDERING SOMETHING THAT'S WE KNOW HAS BEEN VETTED AND IS CONSISTENT AND AT LEAST HARMONIC OR, YOU KNOW, DOVETAILS FOR THE OTHER.
YEAH, WE MET WITH STAFF LIKE A WEEK AND A HALF AGO AND WE TOLD THEM OUR, OUR PLAN TO DEFER IN AUGUST.
I HAVE A, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
UM, MS. LASETTE
AND OUR SECOND AND FINAL CASE FOR THE EVENING, MR. CARPENTER, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, STAFF
[2. 5720: Resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2023 Goochland County Budget by]
TONIGHT IS REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2023 BUDGET FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF 1.4 8 3 1 4 8, UH, IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.AS A REMINDER, UH, THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS THE, UM, FAIRGROUNDS ROAD EXTENSION
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PROJECT, WAS A SUCCESSFUL REVENUE SHARING APPLICATION.AT THAT POINT, THE STATE APPROVED $2,243,755, WHICH THE COUNTY MATCHED FOR ITS LOCAL SHARE.
THEN THE BOARD PUT IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN ORDER TO DO ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 3.9 MILLION THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT.
IN ORDER TO GET THE PROJECT COMPLETED AND UNDERWAY, WE NEED TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF 1.48 MILLION.
OF THAT 1 MILLION WOULD COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SIGNED BALANCE 231,145 FROM PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED RESIDENTIAL ROAD PROFFERS AND $252,003 OF C V T A LOCAL DISTRIBUTION TO THE C I P FUND.
THESE NEWLY ALLOCATED FUNDS PLUS THE ALREADY APPROPRIATED FUNDS, WOULD BRING GUCCI'S TOTAL COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT OF $5,383,148.
STAFF PRESENTS THAT TO YOU IN FORM OF, UH, REQUEST FOR A MOTION.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARPENTER BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BOARD, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M, I'LL MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 23 GLAND COUNTY BUDGET BY BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATING 1.4 8 3 1 48 IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THE FAIRGROUND ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT.
UH, IF THAT GETS A SECOND, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT, WHAT IS, REMIND ME, AND WE MAY HAVE HEARD THIS, WHAT'S THE CONTINGENCY FACTOR IN THIS PROJECT? DO WE KNOW THE CONTINGENCY FACTOR BECAUSE WE ARE PRE-PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT IS 30%.
AUSTIN, FOR THE, UM, BENEFIT OF THOSE HERE AND POSSIBLY THOSE LISTENING AT HOME, UM, THE TIMING ON THIS PROJECT IF IT WENT FORWARD.
SO THE TIMING ON THIS PROJECT, THE PLANS, BECAUSE WE, UH, PREVIOUSLY WERE MO MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD, BUT THE COST WENT UP.
THEY'RE THEREBY PAUSING THE PROJECT ARE, ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY.
WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE PLANS BEING COMPLETELY APPROVED TO THROUGH VDOT S PROCESS IN THE NEXT 12 OR 18 MONTHS, UH, RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION FROM BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARDS SOON THEREAFTER.
AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS.
SO IF I DO THE MATH, THAT'S 20 25, 20 26 TIMEFRAME OF, OF OPENING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
UH, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL BE ADJOURNED TO MONDAY, JUNE 12TH AT 6:00 PM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL DISCUSS THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE PLAN, PUBLIC HEARING IN THIS ROOM, AND THEN TO THURSDAY, JUNE 15TH, WHERE WE'LL DO THE SAME FOR THE CENTERVILLE PLAN.
AND THEN OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED
[XVII. Adjournment: The Board of Supervisors will adjourn as follows:]
JULY 3RD, UH, BUSINESS MEETING, WE ARE ADJOURNED.