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AUTHORITY, MADAM DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ORDER OF THE ROLE AND SEE IF WE HAVE A QUORUM? UH, MR. STALLONE HERE.DEAR, UH, LISA DEARIN IS ABSENT AND ARE, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VACANCY ON THE BOARD, SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN UP THE CITIZEN COMMENTARY.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF S HERE, NOT BOARD MEMBERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE ANY COMMENTS.
MR. LYLE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, JONATHAN LYLE, 1521 MANIC ROAD.
UH, CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE MONON SOIL WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
UM, AGRICULTURE IS BUSINESS AND NOT JUST PRETTY VIEW SCAPES.
UM, I WANT TO SHARE, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY OR MAY NOT, AND I'LL, I GUESS LEAVE IT WITH THE SECRETARY, BUT ON THE 27TH AT THE, UH, GLAND CENTRAL HIGH COMPLEX, WE ARE SPONSORING A LAND AND FARM CONSERVATION RESOURCES, UH, WORKSHOP.
WE'LL HAVE FOLKS FROM N R C S, DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY CORRESPONDING VIRGINIA COOPERATE EXTENSIONS.
AND THE, THE, THE INTEREST IS IN HELPING THOSE WHO ARE AGRICULTURALLY BUSINESSMEN STAY AGRICULTURALLY BUSINESSMEN.
AND, UH, WE KEEP GROWING CROPS AND NOT ROOFTOPS.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN US, WE WOULD LIKE THAT VERY MUCH.
IT IS THE 27TH AND IT'S AT 7:00 PM UH, NOT TO ENTICE PEOPLE WITH, UH, BRIBES, BUT THERE WILL BE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS.
SO, UH, BUT ANY, ANY HELP YOU CAN GET IN LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS, UH, WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, AND WE WOULD TARGET THIS SO YOU CAN PINGING PONG.
SO THEN THIS IS STEPS IN, I GET MINE.
UH, SO, SO, UH, TO THAT DEGREE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH THE AG INDUSTRY, UM, AS, AS A FOCUS, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE ARE HAVING A FARM TOUR, UH, COMING UP IN AUGUST, THE FIRST EVER FIRST ANNUAL.
SO, UM, I, I'M ALSO A DIRECTOR FOR THE USE OF THE FARM BUREAU.
AND MR. ALLEN, DANNY ALLEN, WHO'S ALSO DIRECTOR, IS AWARE OF IT.
THE REST OF THE FARM BUREAU WAS NOT.
SO, I GUESS IT IS A GENERAL SUGGESTION, NOT AN ADMONISHMENT, THAT THERE BE SOME BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FARM BUREAU AND I ASSUME THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS AND EXTENSION ALSO, JUST SO THAT THE FARMERS ARE AWARE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE SEVEN FARMS WERE SELECTED, THAT YOU'LL BE TOURING, BUT, UM, CLEARLY WE'RE AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND IN ORDER TO STAY THAT WAY, THE MORE WE CAN DO TO FOSTER COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIPS, AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THOSE OF US, UM, THOSE WHO ARE MAKING A LIVING THROUGH AGRICULTURE WOULD BE GREAT.
SO, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES 'CAUSE I CAN KEEP GOING, BUT I, I WILL, UH, UNDERSTAND THAT I, I I WILL BE DEPARTING.
I HAVE A SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING I'M GOING TO, SO I DON'T WANT TO TRESPASS UNDULY ON THE, THE, THE, I GUESS YOU'RE AN AUTHORITY, UH, COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR Y OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AND I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF Y'ALL, UH, ON THE 27TH.
AND IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD PROVIDE IT TO, UH, TO SARAH.
WELL, THERE'S THE QR CODE THERE, WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS TECHNOLOGY THAT, UH, YES, EVEN THOUGH TREES ARE A RENEWABLE RESOURCE AND TIMBER IS A CROP, UH, IF WE DON'T NEED TO UNDULY, UH, HARVEST IT, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THING TOO.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO AMPLIFY NO QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.
UM, EITHER ONE OF YOU TWO HAVE ANY, UH, AND I ASSUME WE HAVE NOTHING ON ZOOM, NO, UH, QUERIES OR ANYTHING THAT CAME IN.
SO I WILL CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 19TH MEETING.
UH, DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES HEARING, NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF MINUTES, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? ANY NOS? THANK YOU.
WE HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND MOVE ON TO THE SCHEDULED MANAGERS.
WE HAVE THE TREASURER'S REPORT IN FRONT OF US AND ALSO BILL TO BE PAID.
SO, MR. TREASURER, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS, MR. CHAIRMAN, NOT MUCH TO DISCUSS.
WE HAD ONE BILL, UH, SARAH TOLD ME ABOUT WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT X,
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CHRISTIAN, AND MARTIN.CHRISTIAN MARTIN, EXCUSE ME, UM, UH, LAW FIRM.
AND I JUST SENT A CHECK, UH, FOR THE, UH, INSURANCE PAYMENTS, UH, AND, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE WAS PRETTY MUCH AS IT WERE.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE? SURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE TREASURER HEARING? NO QUESTIONS.
CONSIDERATION OF A BILL TO BE PAID, IS THERE MOTION TO MOVE, UH, MOVE TO PAY CHRISTIAN BARTON? THE AMOUNT OF $182 AND 50 CENTS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON SAID MOTION? HEARING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PLEASE STATE AYE.
AND MADAM DIRECTOR, I BELIEVE YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE E D A TOOL? I DO, YES.
SO, UM, IT'S GONNA BE THE SARAH SHOW TONIGHT IS CHANCES ON VACATION THIS WEEK,
UH, THE DATE HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR JULY 19TH, UM, ONE TO ROUGHLY 5:00 PM UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO MEET AT HARDYWOOD FOR PICKUP, AND WE'RE GONNA BE UTILIZING A COMPANY, UM, CALLED LONG, LONG WEEKEND.
UM, SO THAT SHOULD HOLD US AND WHATEVER CITIZENS, UM, DECIDE TO JOIN US.
AND, UM, I WAS THINKING THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE AN E D A MEETING THAT NIGHT.
IT WAS, IT'S THE SAME DAY AS THE E D A MEETING.
SO, UM, UNLESS THAT THERE'S SOME ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN THAT COMES UP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT CANCELING THE FIVE 30 SESSION, UM, AND THEN WHEN WE ADJOURN TODAY, WE'LL ADJOURN TO JULY 19TH AT ONE O'CLOCK AND I'LL NEED TO ADVERTISE AND DO EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO DO.
BUT, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, WE NEED APPROVAL FROM YOU ALL FOR $500.
THAT'S THE COST OF THE BUS RENTAL.
UH, THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND IT'S UNDER SOME MINOR WORD ADJUSTMENTS, BUT ONCE THAT GETS SENT BACK TO US, WE CAN GET THE CHECK CUT AND WE WILL BE ON THE BOOKS FOR JULY 19TH.
SO, SO I DO KNOW WE, WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE POTENTIALLY INTERESTED IN ATTENDING.
ONE IS THE GENTLEMAN WHO PREVIOUSLY SPOKE IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE OTHER IS, UH, UH, MS. WARWICK.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHERS, BUT PLEASE, OH, AND, AND I, I UNDERSTAND BY RAISE OF HAND ALSO, THERE'S ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL HERE,
WELL, I MEAN, I, I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE I THINK I, I THINK I'M THE ONE THAT'S NOT, DIDN'T I SAY I HAD A CONFLICT? AND THEN I JUST TOLD YOU A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT I WAS GONNA BE IN TOWN THEN, SO I'VE GOTTA CHECK THAT OUT.
I'M PRETTY SURE I'M WAY OKAY, BECAUSE I, WHEN I LOOKED, I WAS LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR WHEN, WHEN WE TALKED, WHEN WE TEXTED ONE ANOTHER, AND I, I THINK I'M GONNA BE YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA BE AWAY.
BUT, SO IT WAS, ANYWAY, I JUST WANNA, I, I'M REALLY, THIS IS A MESSAGE TO SARAH BECAUSE I CONFUSED HER
SUE, YOU WILL NOT BE IN TOWN, I BELIEVE.
YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WONDER IF WE NEED TO CONSIDER THEN ANOTHER, THERE WERE NO OTHER DATES.
YEAH, WE WENT, WE WENT THROUGH THAT AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GONNA BE, UH, IN YOUR PROBABLY FLY FISHING FOR SALMON AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK INTO SEPTEMBER.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER DATES, OH, PLEASE DON'T LET ME UPSET THE YEAH, WERE, WERE THE END OF AUGUST.
UM, AND SO YEAH, IT WAS EITHER GONNA BE LIKE THE END OF AUGUST OR END OF SEPTEMBER AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO DO IT IN SUMMER, SO YES.
NOT, IF NOT, SHOULD WE LOOK INTO A, A LESSER EXPENSIVE OPTION OTHER THAN A 15 PASSENGER VAN? OR IS THAT THE MINIMUM? THAT IS THE MINIMUM.
AND I THINK WE NEED THAT AMOUNT TO HAVE THE PUB, SINCE IT'S A PUBLICLY, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ALSO BE TRANSPORTED WITH US.
SO IS IT AROUND FIGURE OF $500? YES.
IS THERE, CONSIDER I THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION ON HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL FAVOR? MOTION PLEASE STATE AYE.
A AYE AGAINST NAY AND I, I'M SAYING NAY, NOT AT BEING AGAINST, BUT ANY, OKAY.
UH, ANYTHING FURTHER ON THAT THAT WE NEED TO, NO.
AND MAYBE I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE, BUT MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A NEW, UH, E D A APPOINTEE BY THEN.
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MIGHT BE, I NEED, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE IF YOU'LL YEAH, BECAUSE THAT, I KNOW THERE'S, I BELIEVE THE BOARD'S LOOKING AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT, UH, OPTIONS THERE.BECAUSE, UH, THEY WOULD NEED TO ACT AT THEIR JULY 3RD MEETING IF THEY WERE GONNA APPOINT SOMEONE, SO, OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON LAST TIME WE MET.
I GAVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON SITE CHARACTERIZATION, UM, AND WHAT SITES I FEEL WE NEEDED TO PRIORITIZE AND, UM, TO GET THEM CHARACTERIZED, WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP IN ASCERTAINING WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE MAY OR MAY NOT BE NEEDED TO CHANGE TIERS TO MAKE THEM MORE MARKETABLE.
I'VE MET WITH THREE OUT OF THE FOUR LANDOWNER AND THE PRIORITY SITES AND MEETING WITH THE FOURTH ONE ON MONDAY.
ALL OF THEM ARE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN OBTAINING SITE CHARACTERIZATION, UM, AND WORKING ON DETAILS ON WHO WILL PAY FOR THEM, BECAUSE EACH ONE ALMOST HAS A DIFFERENT APPROACH AS TO HOW THEY WANT TO DO IT.
AND ONE OF 'EM WANTED TO JUST PAY FOR IT ALL OUTRIGHT.
UM, ANOTHER ONE WAS INTERESTED IN MAYBE DOING THE V E D P GRANT.
SO, UM, I'M WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THAT.
UM, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE LANDOWNER AND, AND HOW THEY WANTED TO APPROACH IT, BUT I'M LOOKING LIKE WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING FOUR SITES, WELL DEFINITELY THREE, AND GET THEM CHARACTERIZED.
SO THAT FIRST STEP IN
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL'S WILLINGNESS TO HELP SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.
UM, AND IF, IF THERE ARE FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, WHICH I DON'T KNOW YET, I'LL BRING THAT BACK BEFORE YOU, BUT, AND AT THIS POINT IT WOULD BE UNDER, IT WOULD BE UNDER $10,000 IF THERE WAS ANY ASK OF THE E D A.
SO IT, IT WOULD BE A, A SMALLER AMOUNT THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT.
UM, UNDER CONTINUING UNDER NEW BUSINESS ASHLAND ROAD, DIVERGENT DIAMOND WAS FUNDED.
SO, UM, REALLY GOOD NEWS, UM, ALONG OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR, UH, THE, THE C T V REARRANGED SOME MONEY.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER BACK IN, UM, DECEMBER OR JANUARY WHEN THE SCORES CAME OUT, WE DID NOT SCORE VERY WELL AND IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE WE WERE GONNA GET FUNDING FOR THAT INTERSECTION.
AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE SOME KEY EDUCATIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME C T B MEMBERS.
UM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, REARRANGE MONEY WITHIN THE EXISTING FUNDING STRUCTURE.
ONE OF THE EXISTING PROJECTS ACTUALLY WAS REMOVED AND THEN THEY REPLACED SOME FUNDING WITH SOME, SOME, UH, STATE FUNDING.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT FULL D D I FUNDED.
UM, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THIS COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD WILL VOTE, UM, TOMORROW, I DO BELIEVE, UM, TO OFFICIALLY GET THAT FUNDED.
AND THEN, UH, WE ARE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL, LIKE STARTING JULY ONE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH VDOT TRYING TO GET THAT MONEY FRONT LOADED.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY ASSIGN THE MONEY OUT OVER SIX YEARS.
AND SO THEY BREAK IT UP INTO THESE, LIKE, PLANNING CATEGORIES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MONEY FRONT LOADED AND TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN EVEN DO MORE OF A DESIGN BUILD STANDPOINT INSTEAD OF LIKE DESIGNING, SEND OUT A PROPOSAL FOR DESIGN AND THEN SEND OUT A PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTION, UM, WHICH JUST ADDS TO THE TIMELINE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET IT DONE FASTER.
RIGHT NOW, ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMPLETED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2029 AND 2030.
SO
BUT, UM, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT, IT, IT WILL HELP A LOT OF OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES.
CHANCE WENT OUT AND DID, UM, A BUSINESS WALK AND HE SAID EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS THAT HE TALKED TO IN ROCKVILLE COMMERCE CENTER SAID YOU'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO IT'LL HELP OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES, IT'LL HELP OPEN UP SOME LAND IN THAT CORRIDOR FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I'M WORKING 27 ACTIVE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, UM, ACTIVE PROJECT LEADS.
AND WE HAVE AROUND $903 MILLION UNDER ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION.
SO ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON ACTIVELY THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED, HAVE BUILDING PERMITS PULLED, WORKING ON SITE ABOUT $903 MILLION.
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THE I 64 INDUSTRIAL, UH, REZONING IS SCHEDULED TO GO BEFORE OUR BOARD ON AUGUST THE FIRST.THEY DID GET DELAYED IN HANOVER.
IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS THE 80 ACRE PARCEL THAT IS SPLIT BETWEEN GLAND AND HANOVER COUNTY.
THEY DID GET GLAND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
THEY, THEY, THEY WERE ORIGINALLY TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT NEED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.
AND SO THEY DID NOT FILE ONE AND THEN TURNS OUT THAT THEY DID NEED ONE.
SO THEN THEY HAD TO STEP BACK AND FILE.
UM, YOU WOULD NEVER SEE SUCH THINGS HAPPEN IN GLAND
UM, BUT, UH, THEY, AND SO IT DELAYED THEM A MONTH.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO MAKE IT THROUGH HANOVER'S PLANNING COMMISSION TO SEE WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS OR THINGS COME OUT OF THERE BEFORE IT GOES BEFORE OUR BOARD.
BUT IF YOU'LL RECALL, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE USES THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED, UM, IN THE COUNTY.
I'VE TURNED AWAY FOUR PROJECTS, UM, THAT, THAT WE COULD HAVE PLACED THERE.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD.
THAT COULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
YOU GUYS ATTENDING A MEETING OR SENDING A LETTER OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO, UM, AUGUST 1ST RIGHT NOW IS THE TENTATIVE DATE FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS CRESCENT COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS THE 350,000 SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL SPEC SPACE, UM, ON ASHLAND ROAD THAT IS SCHEDULED TO GO BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 6TH.
UM, THEY HAD SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION AT THEIR COMMUNITY MEETING.
MOST OF IT WAS IN REGARDS TO TRAFFIC.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WITH THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND FUNDING AND PLANS TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS PLANNED UPGRADES, UM, SOME OF THAT WILL BE ALLEVIATED.
BUT, UM, THAT IS SCHEDULED TO GO FOR THE PLANNING MISSION JULY 6TH.
AND THEN AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT IF YOU ALL WERE SO INCLINED COULD USE SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT.
UM, THE VILLAGE PLANS, THE GLAND BOARD ADOPTED THE GLAND VILLAGE, UH, PLAN AT THEIR LAST MEETING.
THE CENTERVILLE PLAN GOT DEFERRED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL.
UM, IT IS MAKING PROGRESS, UM, BUT IT'S GONNA GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, PROBABLY AT THE END OF JULY AND HOPEFULLY TO THE BOARD SOMETIME IN, IN AUGUST.
UM, THOSE DATES, I THINK WERE STILL IN FLUXX AT THE MOMENT.
UM, BUT THE BOARD AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD A PRODUCTIVE WORKSHOP LAST WEEK TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES.
UM, SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT CENTERVILLE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT THE GLAND PLAN DID GET ADOPTED.
I WILL BE NEXT STEPS IS I'M GOING TO BE TRYING TO WORK WITH, UM, AN ENGINEERING FIRM OR SOMEONE TO FIGURE OUT THE FAIRGROUND ROAD EXTENSION.
SO THE ROUNDABOUT, WHICH IS GONNA BE OPEN SOON, THEY SAID BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY.
BUT THAT'S COMING UP REALLY QUICK.
AND SO IN THE PLAN THAT CALLS FOR TO BE COMMERCIAL, AND SO THAT'S COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY THAT COULD BE COMMERCIAL.
SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT COULD MEAN WITH THE PLAN AND, UM, DO SOME POTENTIAL, UM, LIKE MOCKUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THAT'S NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, FROM MY STANDPOINT ON THE COURTHOUSE PLAN, UM, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE MET, I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT SPEEDO, WHICH IS A SOUTHERN PRIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA.
UH, YOU GUYS MAY REMEMBER WHEN THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN WAS ADOPTED.
WE WEREN'T QUITE SURE WHAT TO DO WITH THIS LARGE CHUNK OF LAND THAT'S KIND OF BOUNDED BY HOCKET AND WEST CREEK.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, A, A GOOD HUNDREDS OF ACRES.
UM, AND IT'S DESIGNATED FOR, UM, PRIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IT NEEDS INFRASTRUCTURE, IT NEEDS ROADWAYS, IT NEEDS WATER AND SEWER, UM, DESIGN TO BE BROUGHT IN THERE TO OPEN IT UP.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S ALMOST HOCKET AND THEN WEST BREAK AND NEEDS JUST HARD TO, TO GET IN THERE.
UM, SO THE COUNTY IS LOOKING AT DOING A PLANNED AREA STUDY FOR THAT.
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I WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CONSULTANT ON THAT.I'M ON THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND THEN WE WILL NEED AN E D A MEMBER ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
SO VOLUNTEER FROM SOMEONE WHO MIGHT WANNA BE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THIS SOUTHERN PRIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA WOULD BE NICE.
I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE YET AS TO WHEN THIS STEERING COMMITTEE WILL BE UP AND RUNNING, BUT JUST KNOW THAT I'LL BE ASKING.
UM, SO, UH, THAT IS IT FROM NEW BUSINESS UPDATE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR LET, LET ME ASK YOU, ON THE 903 MILLION, DO YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY THE TAX REVENUE THAT, UH, WILL COME IN OFF THAT? THAT'S JUST THE AGGREGATE OF THE DEVELOPMENT MONEY, RIGHT? THAT IS THE AGGREGATE OF WHAT THE BUILDING PERMIT COSTS ARE WHEN, WHEN YOU APPLY FOR BUILDING PERMIT, THEY HAVE TO GIVE A VALUE.
UH, THE COUNTY ASSESSOR ASSESSES HER OWN VALUE AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THE, THE ESTIMATED, YOU KNOW, TAX REVENUE COULD COME FROM.
THERE'S NO, NOTHING'S BEEN ESTABLISHED.
UM, SECOND ON THE TWO, EITHER LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR LET'S SAY ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF EITHER ONE OF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE A THOUGHT ON BEING ABLE TO EITHER BE AT THE MEETINGS OR SUPPORT BY LETTER, THOSE TWO DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, WHAT ARE THE MEETINGS AGAIN? UH, AUGUST 1ST IS THE, UH, TENTATIVE FOR THE I 64 INDUSTRIAL PARK.
AND THEN JULY 6TH FOR CRESCENT COMMUNITIES AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
YEAH, JULY 6TH HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE MEETING, BUT, UH, AUGUST 1ST.
SO, BUT SHOWING SUPPORT I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA.
AND WE CAN ALSO BRING A LETTER.
I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WRITE TWO LETTERS FOR, UH, OUR SUPPORT FOR THOSE TWO.
I CAN'T MAKE A COMMITMENT ON, UH, APPEARING IN PERSON.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND BOTH, BUT, UH OH, BOTH.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE LETTERS? NO HEARING, NO DISCUSSION.
ALL ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.
SO THAT PASSES, WE'LL HAVE THE TWO LETTERS AND I'LL TRY AND BE AT BOTH THOSE MEETINGS.
CAN YOU GIVE ME A FRIENDLY PING? YES.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I DID HAVE A QUESTION I, I, I WROTE DOWN, BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, PLEASE, SARAH, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, CENTERVILLE PLAN GOING BACK AND THE BOARD, UH, SET THE BOARD SAYING BACK TO THE PLAIN DISTRICT.
UH, I, I'M NOT REMEMBERING, BUT I REMEMBER THERE WAS A, A GUCH ON IN MY MIND, UH, TREATISE ON THAT.
IS THAT SUMMARIZED PRETTY, UH, ACCURATELY? IS THAT I HAVEN'T READ IT.
BECAUSE I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE, WHAT THE ISSUES WERE.
I COULD GO BACK AND READ THAT.
THE, THE ISSUES SURROUNDED AROUND, UM, WE HAD LANDOWNERS THAT WANTED THE CORE VILLAGE AND THE PROPOSED PLAN WAS BASICALLY ONLY HAD THE CORE VILLAGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROAD STREET.
AND WHAT THAT, WHEN YOU DO THAT, THEN THAT KIND OF BUTTS UP AGAINST RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO THE FIX, IF YOU WILL, IS TO ADD TRANSITIONAL ZONES.
AND SO, UM, TIMMONS WAS GONNA GO BACK AND WRITE OUT WHAT TRANSITIONAL ZONES COULD LOOK LIKE.
SO YOU COULD HAVE THIS URBAN MIX, UM, UH, MIXED USE AND THEN STEP BACK AS IT HITS EXISTING RESIDENTIAL.
SO IT'S NOT QUITE AS OBTRUSIVE UHHUH.
AND SO THAT WAS REALLY THE IDEA, UM, AND WHAT MOST OF THE DISCUSSION CENTERED AROUND.
AND SO WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARS IT, AGAIN, WE SHOULD HAVE CONCRETE DEFINITIONS ON WHAT THOSE THINGS LOOK LIKE.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT THE, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANYTHING THIS SHOWSTOPPER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I, I, I DON'T THINK SO.
UM, AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH WHAT THE TRANSITIONAL ZONES LOOK LIKE AND MM-HMM.
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OKAY.AND AREN'T SEVERAL, THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO EARLIER ABOUT THE SHOVEL READY? UH, AREN'T THEY ON THE SOUTH SIDE TOO? UM, OR ARE THEY FURTHER? NO, SO THIS IS CENTERVILLE PROPER.
UM, AND ONE OTHER QUESTION ON THE, UM, EXTENSION FAIRGROUND ROAD EXTENSION PART OF THAT PROPERTY WAS PART OF THE SCHOOLS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
SO IS THE CONSIDERATION, WELL, THE BOARD CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY ITSELF WILL ACTUALLY TRANSACT, LET'S SAY ANY, UH, SALE OF THE LAND VERSUS THE E D A.
IS THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE EVEN HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS YET.
SO FORTHCOMING, UNDERSTAND,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM NEW BUSINESS? NO, SIR.
SO, UM, CHANCE DID GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON, UM, HIS EXISTING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BEFORE HE WENT ON VACATION.
SO WE GOT TO CELEBRATE BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH IN MAY.
UM, AND WE HAD THE BOARD PROCLAMATION THAT WENT OUT, UM, ON MAY 2ND, AND WE DID HAVE A BUSINESS APPRECIATION EVENT, AND THERE WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT 25 ATTENDEES.
UM, AND THEN OUR BUSINESS AND OUR OPEN HOUSE, UH, THREE PEOPLE STOPPED BY.
AND THEN WE DID SOCIAL MEDIA BLAST.
SO WE DID GAIN SOME FOLLOWERS, UM, OVER THAT MONTH TIME PERIOD.
AND WE ALREADY MET AND TALKED ABOUT WAYS THAT WE COULD DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY NEXT YEAR TO TRY TO INCREASE THE ATTENDANCE AT THE BUSINESS APPRECIATION EVENT.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR.
AND I THINK IT COULD JUST ALSO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU JUST NEED TO DO IT CONTINUOUSLY, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS THE FIRST ONE
UH, WE ARE PLANNING A MAJOR, UM, BUSINESS, SO FOR OUR LARGER BUSINESSES EVENT IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND, UM, IT'LL BE HELD AT DOVER HALL AND MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON THAT, BUT THAT WILL BE FOR OUR LARGER EMPLOYERS AND, UM, LARGER REVENUE BUSINESSES TO GET TOGETHER AND TO NETWORK AND TO JUST GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER MORE.
UH, E D A WILL BE INVITED, UM, AS WELL AS THE BOARD SUPERVISORS.
SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE.
UM, CHANCE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT ALL OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARKS AND DO WALKTHROUGHS EXCEPT FOR LANIER.
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS THAT HE HAS HEARD IS, UM, WORKFORCE, UH, INDUSTRIAL PARK SIGNAGE, UM, BOTH AT THE GLAND BUSINESS PARK AND THE OLD DOMINION AND OILVILLE BUSINESS PARK.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE MEETING WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF NEXT WEEK TO SEE IF WE CAN AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR INDUSTRIAL PARK SIGNAGE.
UM, AND THEN TRAFFIC ON NATIONAL ROAD, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ON.
UM, FIRE SUPPRESSION NEEDS, LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE'S LACK OF WATER IN LINEAR INDUSTRIAL PARK.
THERE WAS A FIRE, UM, THE OTHER DAY AT HANNAMAN WOOD PRODUCTS.
LUCKILY IT WAS PUT OUT, THERE WAS A PIECE OF MACHINERY THAT WAS DAMAGED, BUT THAT WAS IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRETRUCKS HAD TO HAUL IN WATER AGAIN.
SO SIMILAR SITUATION, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S STRICTLY MANUFACTURING, WHICH WAS MUCH HORSE FIRE, UM, THAT HAPPENED IN, UM, EARLY MAY.
AND THEY HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THEIR BUILDING AND THERE'S NO FIRE SUPPRESSION IN, UM, THAT INDUSTRIAL PARK.
SO THE FIRETRUCKS HAD TO GO TO A DRY HYDRANT AND BRING IT BACK AND FORTH.
UM, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT SUPPRESSED.
NO ONE WAS INJURED OR HURT, BUT THEIR BUSINESS, UM, IS GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO RECOVER.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.
WE TRIED TO FIND 'EM SOME, SOME SPOTS, UM, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE OPERATION.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR THEM.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BRINGING WATER, ESPECIALLY TO BUSINESS PARKS THAT ARE IN THE T C S D AREA, I THINK SHOULD BE IT, IT MAKES SENSE, UM, FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION AND FOR OUR BUSINESSES.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING FORWARD TO THE BOARD TO SEE.
UM, THOUGHTS ON THAT? WHAT, WHAT, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT FORM WOULD THAT TAKE? YOU SAID BUSINESSES WITHIN THE TTC S D AREA, WHAT CAN'T THOSE BUSINESSES CONNECT NOW TO? NO, 'CAUSE THERE'S NO WATER LINE THERE.
SO THERE'S NO WATER LINE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN T C
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S D? YEAH.SO THEY'RE PAYING AVALOR
UM, BUT THEY'RE IN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY AND LIKE THE, UH, ROAD BEHIND 'EM HAS WATER, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE WATER ON THAT.
HE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THERE IS A COMPANY IN OILVILLE BUSINESS PARKS SOUTHERN COMPANIES.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY, UH, PURCHASED A BUILDING AND, UM, ARE DOING SOME SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION.
THEY ARE A BUILDING CONTRACTOR ALONG WITH MECHANICAL, UM, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING TRADES.
UM, SO, UH, HE ALSO SAID THAT, UM, HE HELPED VALENTINE CONSTRUCTION CONNECT WITH VIRGINIA CAREER WORKS AND THEIR C D L PROGRAM.
UM, AND I THINK THEY ACTUALLY GOT TO HIRE SOMEBODY DIRECTLY OUT OF THAT TO HELP WITH THEIR, UH, C D L NEEDS.
SO THAT WAS EXCITING, UH, TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
UM, AS MR. LYLE WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER, WE ARE HAVING, UM, A COUNTY AG FAIR ON AUGUST THE 12TH, AND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WILL BE THESE FARM TOURS.
UM, SO THE IDEA IS THAT FOLKS WILL COME TO THE AG FAIR, PICK UP A BROCHURE, WHICH WILL HAVE A QR CODE ON IT, WHICH WILL BRING UP AN APP SIMILAR TO OUR EXISTING MUTUALLY GUIDE TO FOOD BEVERAGE AND FUN.
BUT IT'LL BE THE FARM TOUR APP.
UM, AND SO THAT THEY CAN DRIVE AROUND TO, IT'S GONNA BE SEVEN FARMS. UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE DEMONSTRATIONS.
SOME OF 'EM WANNA DO DEMONSTRATIONS, SOME OF 'EM WANNA HAVE THEIR POTENTIAL FRUITS AND VEGGIES OUT FOR SALE AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR FIRST TIME DOING IT.
WE'RE HOPE TO GET MORE IN THE FUTURE, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING.
WHEN I DID MY AGRIBUSINESS OUTREACH, I GUESS IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR NOW, IS WHEN, UM, I COMPLETED MY KIND OF LAST ONE.
UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, SAID THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT FARMING IS.
AND, UM, THE, THE FARMS THAT WE CHOSE FOR THE TOUR WERE ONES THAT, UM, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON CERTAIN DAYS.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THEN CHANCE IS ALSO COLLABORATING WITH GLAND COUNTY, UM, C T E PROGRAM TO DO INDUSTRY TOURS.
SO THE IDEA IS THEY WILL GET, UM, TEACHERS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS TO GO OUT ON SOME INDUSTRY TOURS TO KIND OF SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT GLIN INDUSTRIES THERE ARE AND SEE IF THEY CAN MATCH, BEGIN TO MATCH STUDENTS, UM, WITH POTENTIAL INDUSTRIES FOR C T E PROGRAMS. SO, UM, I THINK HE'S WORKING ON THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER, MAYBE THE FALL TIMEFRAME.
UM, SO HE'S GOT A LOT GOING ON TOO.
SO THE FIRST STEP IS TO MAKE, IS TO GET THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS OUT THERE, GET THEM ON BOARD.
AND THEN IDEALLY IT WOULD GROW INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO YOU COULD TAKE THESE GROUP OF STUDENTS AROUND AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, SO IT, IT KIND OF GOES VERY HAND IN HAND WITH THEIR WORK-BASED LEARNING APPROACH, UM, THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS.
SO, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I CAN MOVE DIRECTLY TO TOURISM.
UH, SO TOMORROW I HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH N B C 12.
OH, THIS ARE GREAT ON, UH, THE RED, WHITE AND BREW CAMPAIGN.
SO THIS IS THE, UM, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, LOUISA, THE TOWN OF GORDONSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
UM, AND I'M MISSING SOMEONE CAN'T DO THAT ON LIVE TELEVISION,
AND, UH, WE ARE, UM, IT CREATED THIS, UH, LIKE 28 LOCATION BREW, UH, TRAIL.
UM, AND SO FOLKS, UH, DOWNLOAD AN APP AND WHEN THEY VISIT ONE OF THE LOCATIONS, THEY CHECK IN, AND THEN IF THEY, THERE'S THREE LEVELS THEY CAN COMPLETE, THEY CAN GET LIKE, UM, A T-SHIRT, A MUG, A T-SHIRT, OR A MUG AND A T-SHIRT IF THEY DO ALL 28, WHICH DON'T ATTEMPT IN ONE DAY, PLEASE.
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SO, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF TRACTION FROM THAT.UM, SO THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN FUN, UH, TO TAKE PART OF THAT.
AND THEN BEGINNING JULY ONE, WE ARE BEGINNING OUR CONTRACT WITH ADVANCED TOURISM AND TRAVEL.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING PAID SOCIAL MEDIA FOR US, UM, SOME BLOGS FOR US, AND, UM, GEOFENCING DISPLAY ADS.
SO WE ACTUALLY WE'RE TALKING BACK AND FORTH TODAY ABOUT WHERE WE WANT PUT UP THESE GEOFENCES.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT PEAN STATE PARK.
SO THAT WAY IF ANYBODY'S OVER IN PEAN, THEY LOOK AT THEIR PHONE, THEY'RE GONNA GET A NOTIFICATION THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, COME VISIT GLAND OR JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
AND SO YOU CAN DIRECT THESE VERY UNIQUE MESSAGES BASED ON THE GEOFENCE.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DO ONE AT, AT SHORT PUMP MALL ALONG THE LINES OF, YOU KNOW, WANNA GET A, GET OUT OF THE CITY AND COME, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE GOOCHLAND, GET AWAY TO GOOCHLAND.
UM, AND THEN I THINK WE'RE ALSO GONNA DO ONE FOR THE RED WHITE BREW TOUR UP AT LAKE ANNA, UM, TO SAY, HAVE YOU SEEN THE RED WHITE BREW TOUR COME DOWN TO GOOCHLAND? UM, SO BECAUSE WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, LAKE ANNA'S NOT THAT FAR.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT VISIT FOR LONG WEEKENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT OUT OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
THEY COME TO LAKE ANNA AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER HOUR GOON, LET'S GO.
UM, SO, UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE PROSPECTS.
AND THEN AT, ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THEIR CONTRACT, WE GET MOBILE, UM, VISITATION REPORTS AND CAMPAIGN REPORTING, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY MEASURE LIKE WHAT'S WORKING AND NOT WORKING, SO WE CAN TWEAK AS WE GO.
SO, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, STARTING THAT.
AND THAT'S JULY ONE, IS WHEN THAT STARTS.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAD FOR TOURISM.
ANY QUESTIONS ON TOURISM THAT DAY? UH, I WAS AT HARDYWOOD ON FATHER'S DAY.
IT WAS, IT WAS PACKED, IT WAS JAMMED, AND I FORGOT TO USE MY RED WHITE BREW, UH, THING.
BUT IT, BUT IT WAS LITERALLY, I MEAN, HAD ALL OVERFLOW PARKING GOING WOW.
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, SO IT LOOKED REALLY GOOD.
UM, I DO HAVE OTHER BUSINESS MATTER, SO, UM, IF YOU PICKED UP THIS EVENING, I, UM, THIS IS FROM, UH, CLOVER FOREST.
YOU, UH, MAY RECALL CLOVER FOREST IS A WEDDING VENUE, HISTORIC WEDDING VENUE OFF OF WHI CAMP ROAD, WEST TONTON PART OF THE COUNTY.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME CHALLENGES EVER SINCE COVID.
UM, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM WAS WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS SHUT DOWN ANY PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, OBVIOUSLY THEY COULDN'T OPERATE.
UM, SO THEY COULDN'T HAVE THE WEDDINGS, THEY COULDN'T DO MUCH OF ANYTHING.
UM, AND SO ANY OF THEIR CONTRACTS THAT THEY HAD IN 2020, THEY HAVE BEEN HONORING NOW THROUGH ALMOST HALF OF 2023.
SO THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN NEW REVENUE.
UM, SO THEY DID GET BEHIND ON THEIR TAXES AND ALL OF THIS, AND I TOLD HER THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE IN A PUBLIC FORMAT.
THIS IS HER LAST DITCH ATTEMPT
UM, SO THEY DID GET BEHIND ON THEIR TAXES.
UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK OUT A PAYMENT PLAN WITH THE TREASURER.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS SOME, UH, I THINK DISAGREEMENTS AS TO WHETHER PENALTIES AND INTEREST SHOULD APPLY IN A EMERGENCY, UM, DECLARED EMERGENCY.
AND, UH, THE TREASURER HAS, UM, JUST KIND OF CONFIRMED THAT YES, PENALTIES AND INTEREST TO APPLY.
AND, UM, SO CLOVER FOREST HAS NOT PAID THE PENALTIES AND INTEREST.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEM NOW IS THEY'RE GETTING READY TO BE REMOVED FROM THEIR LAND USE STATUS.
AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, THAT MEANS ROLLBACK TAXES WILL OCCUR.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNT OF THOSE ROBOT TAXES WOULD BE, BUT I THINK IT'S LIKE FIVE YEARS OF DEFERRED, UM, TAXES ON THEIR LAND, UM, STARTING JULY ONE.
SO, AND SHE WILL HONESTLY ADMIT, AND IT'S ALL IN THIS DOCUMENTATION, THAT SHE'S HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET LOANS OR CREDITS OR ANYWHERE FROM ANY TRADITIONAL FORMAT.
UM, SO 'CAUSE THEIR CREDIT IS NOT GOOD AT THE MOMENT.
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BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY LOANS OR DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.THE ONLY THING THEY ARE MISSING IS THIS PENALTY AND INTEREST.
SO THE REQUEST IS EITHER SOME TYPE OF GRANT OR A LOAN FROM THE E D A IN AN AMOUNT OF $2,443 AND 86 CENTS.
NOW, SHE WILL ALSO HONESTLY ADMIT THAT IF YOU DO A LOAN, LIKE SHE NEEDS TO GET IT PAID BY JULY ONE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO RUN THROUGH YOUR ATTORNEY AND TO DRAW LOAN DOCUMENTS AS TO WHAT THAT WILL ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE AND OR TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ANY OF HER FINANCIALS AS WE WOULD TYPICALLY DO WITH ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
WE HAVE A POLICY THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REVIEW FINANCIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A GRANT POLICY, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THIS WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF YOUR EXISTING POLICIES.
I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE JUST SAYING NO.
I MEAN, IT IS THE ADA'S MONEY, IT IS THE ADA'S DECISION.
SO I BRING IT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, SO BASICALLY, UM, THEY COLLECTED MONEY FROM, UH, THE PEOPLE LOOKING TO USE THAT VENUE AND THEY NO LONGER HAVE THAT MONEY.
SO, AND THERE, SO THEY'RE, THEREFORE THEY'RE HONORING IT, OR THEY HAVE COLLECTED, THEY HAVE, THEY COLLECTED THE MONEY DUNCAN DEPOSIT OR THE FULL PAYMENT? THEY COLLECTED THE FULL PAYMENT.
SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'VE COLLECTED THE FULL PAYMENT FOR WEDDINGS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN 2020 AND 2021.
SO THEY COLLECTED ALL THAT, ALL AT ALL THE NOT PARTIAL PAYMENT, NOT A DEPOSIT.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN HONORING THOSE CONTRACTS.
SO DID THEY MAKE A CHOICE TO SPEND THAT MONEY IN THAT TIMEFRAME TO STAY AFLOAT? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT, THAT YES.
DID THEY RECEIVE FULL PAYMENT FROM THEIR CUSTOMERS? YES.
AND WHERE THE, I THINK THE ISSUE COMES IN IS THEY WERE HONORING THOSE CONTRACTS SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BOOK NEW PEOPLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF, SO IF SOMEONE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MARRIED IN MARCH OF 2020 AND THEY DIDN'T GET MARRIED UNTIL MARCH OF 2022, THAT MEANS THEY COULDN'T BOOK MARCH OF 2022.
SO IT WAS TWO YEARS OF, OF YEAH.
INABILITY TO, TO BOOK NEW CLIENTS.
SO BECAUSE IF I, I MEAN, I WOULD BE ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT IF I, IF I PAID THEM, LET'S SAY JUST A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THEIR VENUE YEAH.
THAT I WOULD EITHER GET A REFUND OR THEY WOULD HONOR IT AT A LATER TIME.
AND THEY'VE BEEN HONORING IT AT A LATER TIME.
BECAUSE, AND THEN THEY'VE USED THAT MONEY A THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT I GAVE THEM A YEAR AGO.
TO, TO CONTINUE TO STAY AFLOAT.
BASICALLY JUST PAYING STAFF, I WOULD IMAGINE.
'CAUSE THERE'S, THEY JUST KEPT STAFF ON, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT MONEY WENT IN THAT MEANTIME.
YEAH, THAT'S, I DON'T, IF IT'S TRULY WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS OR NOT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM STAY IN BUSINESS.
SO THE INFORMATION WE HAVE REALLY IS CONTAINED IN THIS.
IT IS PACKAGE AND HEADSET SAID IT'S HOW, AND THE IN THE INDIVIDUAL DIDN'T FEEL APPROPRIATE TO COME HERE OR DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE WITH INE.
I, I, WELL, SHE CALLED ME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND THEN THIS WAS PROVIDED AT 4 45 THIS AFTERNOON.
SO I THINK IT WAS JUST A TIMELY TIME MATTER.
WELL, YEAH, IT'S, THAT'S A LOT.
AND, UH, THIS IS JUST TO COVER THE PENALTY, UH, FINES AND PENALTIES.
AND THE TREASURER MADE THE ASSESSMENT, OUR TREASURER MADE THE ASSESSMENT THAT, UH, THOSE WERE STILL APPROPRIATE EVEN DURING THE EMERGENCY.
DO WE KNOW ANYTHING HISTORY-WISE ABOUT THE RELATIVE INCOME OR BENEFIT OF THE FACILITY AND ITS OPERATIONS? I DO NOT, UNLESS IT'S IN THIS DOCUMENT.
AND ALSO, IS THIS A, WOULD THIS BE A BANDAID? YOU KNOW, WOULD PENALTIES AND INTEREST STILL ACCRUE BEYOND THIS AMOUNT? TO MY UNDERSTANDING, SHE, HER TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL.
AND THEN IT'S JUST THE PENALTIES AND INTEREST.
SO IF THEY WERE PAID, THEN THERE WOULD NO LONGER BE AC ACCRUING INTEREST AND PENALTIES.
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I THINK IF YOU LOOK ON, LET'S SEE, UM, PAGE 12 AT THE BOTTOM, IT SAYS, WHAT ARE YOUR FUTURE PLANS? UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'S VERY HONEST THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING IT OUT.UM, AND SO THERE IS NO PROMISE, IF YOU WILL, THAT EVEN THIS MONEY, IT WHILE WILL HELP 'EM IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW A YEAR FROM NOW WHETHER THEY'LL STILL BE SOLVENT.
UM, SO THERE'S NO LIKE BUSINESS PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS AGAIN, OUTSIDE OF TYPICALLY YOUR POLICY.
AND IN, IN THIS SITUATION, UH, CAN YOU, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD EVEN ASK, UH, YOU OR ASK THE, UM, ASK THE GROUP HERE, WHAT ARE OUR GUIDELINES AS FAR AS A GRANT, UH, AMOUNT REGARDING THIS TYPE OF SITUATION? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? TYPICALLY YOUR GUIDELINES ARE AROUND A GRANT FOR EVENTS WHEN PEOPLE REQUEST MONEY, SPONSORSHIP.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER GRANTS YOU GUYS HAVE DONE WAS YOU DID GRANT DURING COVID FOR, UM, WE DID SOME E-COMMERCE THINGS.
SO PEOPLE BUILT WEBSITES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE, WE REPAID, UM, THOSE, AND THERE WAS A GRANT TO THE GLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DURING COVID.
AND DO WE KNOW IF THERE ARE CHAMBER MEMBERS CURRENTLY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS? THEY WERE, THEY PROBABLY COULDN'T AFFORD IT.
THEY COULDN'T AFFORD, EXACTLY.
THIS, THIS IS SO FAR OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF OUR STANDARD, UH, POLICIES THAT WE ADOPTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I FEEL, UH, BEING A BUSINESS OWNER MYSELF, GOING THROUGH, UH, THE NIGHTMARE WE HAD, UH, I HEART GOES OUT TO THEM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'D, I'D SURE LIKE TO SEE THE OWNER ADDRESS THIS AND BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO OR, UH, QUESTION PERSON THAT THAT'S, THAT'S TOUGH.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT KNOWING THE EXTENT OF WHERE THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW, WHICH YOU JUST DOESN'T REALLY GIVE A GOOD DECLARATION OF ANY TYPE.
UM, THIS FEELS LIKE A PHILANTHROPY AT THIS POINT, ALTHOUGH IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TO SEE A, YOU KNOW, A STRUGGLING BUSINESS IN THE COUNTY.
IS THIS, THIS IS NOT, ARE YOU SEEING OWNERS THAT HAVE OWNED IT FOR, UM, IT'S 20 SOME YEARS? YES.
UM, I, I, I HAVE NO, JUST A PURE DISCLAIMER.
I, I HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP WITH OWNERS.
I HAVE BEEN AT THE FACILITY SEVERAL TIMES, BEAUTIFUL FACILITY.
UM, AND WE HAVE TILL JULY 1ST TO MAKE A DECISION.
WELL, WE COULD CALL ANOTHER MEETING BEFORE THEN.
UM, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, AT THE EARLIEST A WEEK FROM TODAY.
UM, I, I WOULD WONDER, MY FIRST QUESTION IN MY MIND IS WHAT WE WOULD BE OPENING UP WITH THIS TYPE OF, OF ACTION, THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OTHER BUSINESSES WOULD, MIGHT BE IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT.
AND THE SECOND, THE SECOND THING I'M WONDERING, WE AS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, I DON'T KNOW, CAN'T THINK OF ANY WORD, BUT CACHET WITH, UH, THE TREASURER WHERE WE MIGHT ASK THE TREASURER TO EXTEND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PAYMENTS, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
UH, BUT NEEDS JUST NEEDS SOME CONSIDERATION.
YOU KNOW, I JUST, I I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A MIDDLE, MIDDLE GROUND WHERE WE AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD CAN PETITION.
THE TREASURER'S OFFICE TO SEE IF THEY GIVE US, GIVE HER A BREAK PER THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, WE
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CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT.AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTION IN EITHER A GRANT, ONLY OUR POLICIES OR A LOAN.
IN, IN EITHER CASE WE CAN DO THAT.
UH, WE'RE KIND OF WIDE OPEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF COMES BACK TO WHAT ELSE DO WE OPEN OURSELVES UP TO.
THEY ARE, UM, IS THIS A PASSWORD, A PASSWORD PENALTY AND INTEREST FOR STATE TAXES FOR A SMALL BUSINESS? OR IS THIS A BUSINESS LICENSE? THIS IS MUTUAL BUSINESS LICENSE.
THIS TAX, THIS IS COUNTY REAL ESTATE TAXES.
'CAUSE I KNOW THE STATE TAX DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND THE I R S CAN OFFER A ONE TIME ABATEMENT, FIRST TIME ABATEMENT TO WAIVE PENALTIES AND INTEREST FOR THE FIRST TIME A OFFENSE, SO TO SPEAK.
AND I DON'T KNOW, CAN THE COUNTY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR YEAH.
AND AGAIN, THE TREASURER IS WHO DO THE, WOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE THAT RULE BOARD SUPERVISORS, YOU COULD NOT US WRITE, WRITE A LETTER AND ASK THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION AND POINT TO THE TREASURER.
TO THE TREASURER AND, AND REQUEST, YOU KNOW, AS A 'CAUSE SHE'S AN ELECTED OFFICIAL ON YOU, NOT AN ELECTED BOARD.
BUT YOU ARE AN ENTITY OF THE COUNTY.
WHAT? YES, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR TEXAS HISTORY IS EITHER.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR TEXAS HISTORY IS.
ALREADY GOTTEN SOME KIND OF A ABATEMENT.
OR WHATEVER YOU WOULD CALL IT.
MY, MY PREFERENCE IS NOT KNOWING THE INFORMATION.
I, I WOULD PREFER TO EITHER A, HAVE A ANOTHER CALL MEETING PRIOR TO JULY ONE, OR UNFORTUNATELY DENY JUST BECAUSE OF THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF GUIDANCE AS TO WHERE THEY'RE AT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFER, WHICH IS I THINK QUITE WELL WITHIN THE EMERGENCY ACTS.
SO I, I DON'T, AND I'D LIKE TO EVEN UNDERSTAND FROM OUR TREASURE WHY THIS IS, UH, WHAT IS, IS THE WAY IT IS.
AND IF WE HAVE TO CALL ANOTHER MEETING, CALL ANOTHER MEETING.
'CAUSE ONE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF RED LAST MINUTE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE, WE WOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS EARLIER, WE COULD HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
AND IF, IF, YOU KNOW, THE OWNERS WERE ABLE TO MEET US IN PERSON, YOU KNOW, COME TO THE MEETING, THEN I'D HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
AND WE JUST, I DON'T, I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A, MAKE A, A DECISION ON THIS AS OF RIGHT NOW.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, IF MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE EITHER REACH OUT TO THE TREASURER OR WE MAKE A MOTION TO SEND A LETTER.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, CLOCKS TEAM.
AND I DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, HOW, WITHOUT EITHER CALLING A MEETING AND, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE DID FIND OUT IF THE, UH, IF THE OWNER'S CAPABLE OF MEETING WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME MM-HMM.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOMETHING WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN, UH, WITH THE TREASURER'S FLEXIBILITY, THIS OFFSET.
'CAUSE THIS SHOULD BE, I WOULD THINK A SIMPLE MATTER.
I WAS A DAY LATE ON MY PROPERTY, PERSONAL PROPERTY, TRUCK VEHICLE TAX, AND I HAD TO PAY THE 10% PENALTY OR THE $10 PENALTY OR WHATEVER IT WAS FOR BEING A DAY LATE.
BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THEY GOT A HOLD OF LINE SOMEWHERE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR FLEXIBILITY CAN BE.
AND I THINK WE'RE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE POLICIES AND GUIDANCE THAT, UH, AND, AND PRECEDENTS, WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
SO, UM, I, I GUESS TO CALL MEETING OR SAY WE WOULD NEED A MOTION MM-HMM.
WE NEED A LETTER OR MOTION ALSO COULD HAVE ONE MOTION ADDRESS.
SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF EITHER ONE OF THOSE OR SHOULD WE, UH, DROP THE ISSUE? UH, I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE A HARD TIME DROPPING IT.
WE'RE, THIS IS PROMOTING, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I, I THINK WE, I LIKE THE IDEA OF I SEE YOU'VE GOT THE, UH, CURSOR AT ON THE 28TH.
IF IN THE AT NIGHT AND THE 28TH I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT DURING THE DAY.
I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, BUT, OKAY.
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I'D RECOMMEND WE LOOK AT THE 28TH GETTING THE BOARD BACK TOGETHER FOR A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE SUBJECT.UM, WHAT DO Y'ALL, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT MAYBE SENDING A LETTER TO THE TREASURER AND ASKING THE TREASURER FOR A RESPONSE OR CONSIDERATION? IS THAT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION? YES, PLEASE.
DO YOU WANNA SECOND THE, UH,
UM, IF THEY CAN CONSIDER A, A ONE TIME, UH, FORGIVENESS IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE, OF COURSE.
AND THAT, UM, WHAT ARE THE TREASURER'S OPTIONS RIGHT.
IN THIS SCENARIO, IF I DIDN'T REPEAT MYSELF.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
DO YOU ACCEPT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? I DO, YES.
SO WE HAVE SECOND, BASICALLY TWO ACTIONS IN THE MOTION.
ONE OF WHICH IS TO CALL A MEETING ON THE 28TH ON THE EVENING THEREOF.
AND, UH, ADDRESS, HOPEFULLY IT'D BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, UH, QUESTIONS WITH THE, WITH THE OWNER.
AND THEN ALSO SEND A LETTER TO OUR TREASURER UNDER TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, WHAT ACTIONS AND POSSIBILITIES THERE ARE THERE.
YOU WANT THE, THE APPLICANT TO ATTEND OR THE TREASURER THE APPLICANT, PLEASE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT DATE I WILL HAVE TO BE DOING, ACCOMPLISHING IT ZOOM, BUT OKAY.
THAT'S, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM AT FIVE 30.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, A, UH, SECOND END AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
UM, SINCE IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT ITSELF.
SO IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE.
SO THE MOTION PASSES THAT, WAS IT CLEAR ENOUGH? YES.
UM, AND, UH, MR. COLLIER, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ATTEND, UM, NEXT WEEK? YEAH, IT SHOULD BE OKAY.
IT, IT, RISKY SCENARIO WOULD BE REMITLY.
BECAUSE WE NEED, WE WOULD NEED IT FOR A FORM.
PREFERABLY YOU 'CAUSE YOU'RE YEAH.
AND I WILL DRAFT, GET A LETTER DRAFTED AND SEND IT OUT FOR YOUR REVIEW.
UM, AND THEN PUT, SO WE CAN GET THAT TO THE CHARGER, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND GET IN TOUCH WITH THE, UH, BUSINESS OWNER TOMORROW TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE CAN ATTEND.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR OTHER BUSINESS, UH, TWO POINTS ON OTHER BUSINESS.
UH, YOU MENTIONED A SERIES OF ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP.
CAN YOU, YOU PUT THOSE ON CALENDAR? YES.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S NOTEWORTHY IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS THAT YOU CAN THINK OF? UM, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY BESIDES THE 19TH WHERE, UH, YES.
BUT IF THERE'S ANY, I CAN'T, I REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THE, UH, THE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, THE OPENING TO, YEAH.
AND, UH, I DID ATTEND ALSO THE CITIZENS BANK ADDRESS OPENING YESTERDAY.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS COOL.
THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A GOOD OPENING AND THANKS, UH, TO OUR CHAMBER FOR SENDING THAT INFORMATION OUT ALSO.
AND CHICK-FIL-A, YOU MISSED IT.
I'VE EVER HAD SHRIMP MEATBALLS AND MUSHROOMS AT A CHICK-FIL-A
SO, BUT ANY, ANY OTHER, OTHER BUSINESS THAT YOU CAN THINK OF? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION? WE DO.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS HAVE A CLOSED SESSION WHERE WE DISCUSS MATTERS THAT, UH, ARE PERTINENT TO, UH, THINGS THAT MIGHT INVOLVE A CONTRACT OR OTHER THINGS.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
YOU CAN RETURN AFTER, UH, THAT CLOSED SESSION IF YOU SO DESIRE.
BUT WHAT WE'LL DO IS I'LL STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 AND 2.2372.
I MOVED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF USHMAN COUNTY TO BE IN A CLOSED MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY LOCATING IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ITS PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE AS PERMITTED BY THE VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS 2.23711
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PARAGRAPH A AND SUB PARAGRAPH FIVE.THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR YOUR HONOR.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? I SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION ON MOTION HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.