Apr 16, 2024 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting 04-16-2024

[I. Call to Order]

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OH MY GOSH.

I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE APRIL.

IT.

I CAN'T DO A MEETING UNLESS I MAKE A FOUL UP, SO, EXCUSE ME.

I'LL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE APRIL 16TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE GLAND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

WE WILL, UM, START WITH THE INVOCATION FROM, UH, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, VIC CARPENTER.

OKAY.

IF YOU WOULD, UM, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN HIM IN A WORD OF PRAYER STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE.

[II. Invocation]

LORD, WE WANNA THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS YOU'VE GIVEN US, THIS AMAZING NATION WE LIVE IN, THIS INCREDIBLE COUNTRY, COUNTY THAT WE CALL HOME.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE AND PROTECT US IN OUR MILITARY AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ON A DAILY BASIS.

AND THESE TROUBLED TIMES, LORD, WE ASK AHEAD OF PROTECTION, BE PLACED AROUND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

AND LORD, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN PLACED IN POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY.

WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE OUR BOARD THE WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT BE PLEASING TO YOU, AND THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP UCHIN COUNTY THE GREAT PLACE THAT IT IS.

ALL THIS WE ASK IN THE NAME OF OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

AMEN.

WE'LL, NOW DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[III. Pledge of Allegiance]

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

[IV. Chair's Comments]

UH, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY.

SO, UH, YES.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO REQUEST TO POSTPONE AGENDA ITEMS, DELETIONS, ADDITIONS, OR CHANGES

[VI. Requests to Postpone Agenda Items and Additions, Deletions or Changes in the Order of Presentation]

UH, WE HAVE ONE REQUEST FOR DEFERRAL FROM APPLICANT SIDNEY AND SIDNEY TO DEFER PUBLIC HEARING.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR 16, UH, 6,022 TO THE BOARD'S JUNE 4TH, 2024 MEETING.

THIS ITEM WILL BE MOVED TO ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER PUBLIC HEARING FOR MOTIONS THIS EVENING.

UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? OKAY.

UH, CITIZEN, UH, COMMENTS WILL NOW OPEN, BE OPEN, UH, WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR.

[VII. Citizen Comment]

COMMENTS SHOULD BE RESPECTFUL AND NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES IN LENGTH.

SHOULD MULTIPLE CITIZENS WISH TO HAVE A COMMON SPEAKER, THEY MAY SEE THEIR TIME IN TWO MINUTE INCREMENTS, UP TO A TOTAL ALLOTTED TIME OF 10 MINUTES PER BOARD.

RULES OF PROCEDURE, A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME INTENDED TO NOT BE MORE THAN AN HOUR IS ALLOCATED FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS.

UH, AND I WILL OPEN UP THE PERIOD.

OKAY.

I, OKAY.

I'LL TRY ONE MORE TIME.

I'LL LINDA MOORE, 2164, UH, PROFIT ROAD MANNEQUIN, SABO, VIRGINIA.

UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UM, MR. LYLE, MR. WINFREY AND MR. VAS

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UM, THIS, THE FOLLOWING ON THE EIGHTH.

OKAY.

UM, I HAVE SENT, UM, ALL THE PRESENTATIONS.

UM, PAUL COSTELLO ACTUALLY TRANSCRIBED ALL OF HIS .

HE GETS THE A FOR THE GROUP.

UM, I, SHE'S PASSING AROUND.

UM, PAUL HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CENTERVILLE FOR 25, 30 YEARS MAYBE.

AND THIS IS THEIR VISION.

IT, IT COMES FROM LIKE 2002, UM, I BELIEVE.

UM, AND HE JUST WANT US TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE HAD A VISION, UM, FOR CENTERVILLE, FOR ALL THOSE MANY, MANY MOONS.

UM, SO, UM, I APPRECIATE IT.

LIKE I SAID, WE HAD THE FIRE AND RESCUE, UM, UH, CHIEF FERGUSON.

UM, THERE.

WE HAD OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER WITH THE, UH, SO IT WAS ALL IN ALL, I THINK WE HAD A REAL GOOD TIME, .

SO, UM, UH, I HOPE THAT WE CAN KEEP IT GOING THAT WAY WHERE IT'S A POSITIVE, UH, EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER.

UM, AND I THANK YOU, UM, FOR EVERYTHING.

I HAVE A GOOD ONE.

THANK YOU, MS. MOORE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

JENNIFER STROGER OILVILLE, VIRGINIA 1810 FOX DOWNS LANE.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS CONCERNS REGARDING INFORMATION I RECEIVED THROUGH A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST.

MY FOYER REQUEST REVEALED THAT A BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEMBER ARRANGED VIA TEXT TO MEET WITH ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, OUR TWO LIBRARY BOARD TRUSTEES AND A PRIVATE CITIZEN KNOWN TO BE HOSTILE TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM TO DISCUSS THE LIBRARY, PROVIDE INPUT AND SUPPORT TO THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES, STATING THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES WERE ON THE FRONT LINES.

THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES RESPONDED, WE NEED ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN GET.

I'M WONDERING SUPPORT FOR WHAT THE TRUSTEES ARE TASKED WITH SUPPORTING AND ENHANCING OUR LIBRARY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS CITIZENS.

WHY WAS THIS CITIZEN HOSPITAL TO THE A LA IN LIBRARY? SUPPORTERS INVITED ODD.

I EMAILED MY SUPERVISOR ON FEBRUARY 1ST TO EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE DIRECTION OUR LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS WERE TAKING CENSORSHIP, OVERREACH, MICROMANAGEMENT, AND THE VILIFICATION OF THE A LA AND LIBRARIANS WORRIED ME.

IN A LETTER TO THIS BOARD FROM VET VOICE FOUNDATION, THE VETERANS GROUP WROTE THE ATTEMPTS TO IMPOSE BOOK BANS WITHIN OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND LIBRARIES.

NOT ONLY CONTRAVENE THE CONSTITUTION, BUT ALSO THREATEN TO IMPOVERISH THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY.

THEY EXPRESS THEIR FRUSTRATION AT THEY'RE HAVING RISK THEIR LIVES FOR THIS COUNTRY'S VALUES ONLY TO COME HOME AND SEE OUR PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES, THE INSTITUTIONS PROMOTING THOSE, PROMOTING THOSE VALUES UNDER ATTACK.

I'M HERE TO PLEAD THAT YOU STOP ATTACKING OUR INSTITUTIONS, IN THIS CASE, OUR LIBRARIES, LIBRARIANS, AND OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO WHITEWASH HISTORY, ERASE THE STORIES AND VIEWS YOU MAY PERSONALLY OBJECT TO, AND TO ERASE THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS TO FREELY PARENT THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND BE BEYOND WONDERING WHY THIS BOARD AND THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY BE SQUEAMISH AROUND CERTAIN SUBJECT MATTER OR FIND NEW IDEAS, SCARY AND DESTABILIZING.

THE REST OF US SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SUFFER FOR IT.

WHEN LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO BE CODDLED BY THOSE THEY REPRESENT, SOMETHING IS OUT OF WHACK.

AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE FACTS.

THIS BOARD APPOINTS THE P**N REGIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE PRL.

THE PRL RUNS OUR LIBRARY.

BEING A PART OF THE PRL AFFORDS US ACCESS TO MORE LIBRARIES, ONLINE BOOKS, ET CETERA.

A STANDALONE, STANDALONE LIBRARY DOES NOT.

THE RESULT OF THIS MICROMANAGING IS THE HOBBLING OF OUR LIBRARIANS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

THE GLAND LIBRARY TRUSTEES ARE ATTEMPTING TO LIMIT WHAT WE CAN SEE AND READ.

THEY'RE INTERFERING WITH A PARENT'S RIGHT TO PARENT, AND FOR ALL OF US TO ACCESS A WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWPOINTS AND IDEAS.

THIS IS ABOUT THE FEAR OF NEW IDEAS AND WAYS OF BEING AND THINKING.

WE AS CITIZENS HAVE NO ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, BUT ONE, WE CAN VOTE OUT THOSE WHO WOULD HARM OUR LIBRARIES AND ELECT INSTEAD, GOOD PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS WHO LISTEN TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHO PROVIDE WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT OUR TAXES PAY FOR.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ELECTIONS OF 2027 AND HOPE IN THE MEANTIME, ANY DAMAGE DONE BY THIS AND OTHER BOARDS, IT APPOINTS IS REVERSIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY MORE CITIZENS? OKAY, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE FLOOR.

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WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS FOR

[VIII. New Business]

MR. CARPENTER WILL PRESENT THEM ALL.

THANK YOU MR. CARPENTER.

MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TONIGHT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US THE 2025 BUDGET ADOPTION.

UH, MOVING TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE, UH, FOR YOU THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE TAX RATES FOR THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR.

[1. Resolution Adopting Tax Rates for the 2024 Calendar Year]

OH, I THOUGHT YOU, I THOUGHT YOU WERE, I'M SORRY.

I GOT IT.

OKAY.

I'LL GO DOWN THERE AND SEND IT.

OKAY.

BEING IN A SMALL TOWN, DO YOU WANT ME TO STILL CLICK, CLICK FOR YOU? I CAN CLICK.

OKAY.

SO, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS THE BOARD, AGAIN, WE START WITH THE RECAP OF THE, UH, PROCESS.

WE STARTED IN THE FALL OF 2023, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE WAY UNTIL OUR TOWN HALLS IN MARCH.

UH, WE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING TWO WEEKS AGO, AND TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADOPT, UM, AT THIS MEETING.

SO THE STEPS WE'VE GONE THROUGH TO COMPLETE IT.

THE FIRST IS TONIGHT, NUMBER ONE, WE ADOPT THE 2024 TAX RATES.

UH, THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN THE TAX RATES, UH, FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

SO WE REMAIN AT 53 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR REAL ESTATE.

FOR MOBILE HOMES.

UH, WE REMAIN AT $2 AND 99 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY.

UH, THE $3 AND 75 CENTS PER HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY, GENERAL RATE FOR BUSINESSES.

UM, THE, AGAIN, THE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR FIRE RESCUE, UH, WHICH ESSENTIALLY GIVES THEM ONE VEHICLE AT NO EXPENSE TO THEM.

FOR TAXES, UM, A VEHICLE MODIFIED FOR HANDICAP USE $2 PER 100.

PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR DATA CENTERS, 40 CENTS PER 100 COMMON CARRIERS, $1 PER 100 MACHINERY TOOLS, $1 AIRCRAFT 3 75, AND THE TUCKO CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT AT VALOR OF 32 CENTS PER $100.

SO, MS. CHAIRMAN, I, UH, SEEK A MOTION FOR THIS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? WELL, I GUESS I'LL COMPLETE THE MOTION THAT I STARTED.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF DROP BY RESOLUTION, THE TAX RATES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

OKAY.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

SO ROLL CALL TO, SO I'LL CALL THE ROLL NOW.

.

UH, MR. CHRISTIE? AYE.

MR. SPOON? HAER.

AYE.

MR. WINFREY? AYE.

MR. LYLE? AYE.

MR. VOS? AYE.

THANK, THANK YOU.

OKAY, MOVING ON.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF RATE.

AGAIN, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO SET THAT RELIEF RATE, UH, THIS YEAR.

THE

[2. Resolution Setting the Percentage of Personal Property Tax Relief for Qualifying Vehicles Obtaining Situs within the County during Tax Year 2024]

I WOULD SEEK A MOTION.

MR. CHAIR, DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? YOU, UH, I MOVE TO GUC COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPT BY RESOLUTION, THE PERCENTAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR QUALIFYING VEHICLES OBTAINING CITIZEN OF THE COUNTY DURING TAX YEAR 2024.

DO HAVE SECOND? SECOND.

ANY SEC? UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR VOTE.

I'M SORRY.

UM, MR. SPOONER? AYE.

UH, MR. WINFREY? AYE.

MR. LYLE? YES, MR. GREY.

MS. CHRISTIE? AYE.

MS. FODDERS? AYE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, THIRD, MOVING ON.

WE THEN GO TO, UH, BUDGET RELATED ORDINANCE

[3. Ordinance amending the County Fee Schedule, Appendix C to the County Code, to increase the utilities water and sewer volume and service fees pursuant to Virginia Code § 15.2-1427; and to increase the animal adoption fees]

UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT, UH, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING.

UM, THESE FEE CHANGES WILL ONE, INCREASE THE WATER AND SEWER VOLUME AND SERVICE FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS BY 3%.

INCREASE WATER AND SEWER VOLUME AND SERVICE FEES FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS BY 1%.

IMPLEMENT A TWO-TIER WATER AND SEWER RATE STRUCTURE FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE ADOPTION RATE OF CATS REGARDLESS OF GENDER TO $75 EACH.

AND THE INCREASE THE ADOPTION RATES FOR DOGS REGARDLESS OF GENDER TO $90 EACH.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD, UH, ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE AMENDING THE GLAND COUNTY FEE SCHEDULE APPEND SEED TO COUNTY CODE.

SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE ON THE VOTE, MR. WINFREY? AYE.

MS. LYLE? YES, MR. CHRISTIE? AYE.

MR. SPOON, HARE.

AYE.

MS. VARDOS? AYE.

OKAY, THEN MOVING ON TO THE BUDGET ITSELF AND ANY AMENDMENTS.

AS YOU RECALL, WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED THIS BUDGET AND DISCUSSED

[4. Resolution Adopting the County Budget and Appropriating Funds for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025]

AND WE PRESENTED AMENDMENTS TO THE

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AND TONIGHT AS WELL, WE'LL BE PRESENTING SOME MORE AMENDMENTS.

SO WE START BY THE AMENDMENTS THAT I PRESENTED ON APRIL 2ND.

UH, WE, UH, ADDED, UM, THE INCREASE OF HEALTH INSURANCE, UM, ADDED POSITIONS, UM, THAT HAD BEEN LEFT OUT BY MISTAKE BY STAFF IN THE ORIGINAL, UM, UH, PREPARATION OF THE BUDGET.

UH, WE ADDED SOME INCREASES, UH, FOR, UM, FIRE AND RESCUE SUV THAT WE HAD LEFT OUT, AS WELL AS DECREASED SOME EXPENSES THAT WE KNEW, UH, WERE NOT GOING TO, UH, ACTUALLY BE COSTING US.

UH, THE NET CHANGE TO THE BOTTOM LINE FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED ORIGINALLY, UH, AT THE APRIL 2ND AMENDMENTS, WAS NO CHANGE TO THE BOTTOM LINE.

I NOW PRESENT TO UNITED A SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS THAT STAFF IS REQUESTING CONSIDERATION FOR, UH, THE ADDITION OF FIVE NEW SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2025, THE ADDITION OF FIVE ADDITIONAL SHERIFF'S VEHICLES, ALSO FOR A JANUARY 1ST TIMEFRAME, A DECREASE IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S POSITION, A DECREASE IN THE SHERIFF'S JAIL FUNDING, DECREASE IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LINE ITEM, AND A DECREASE IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEE RETENTION.

RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.

AGAIN, THESE CHANGES HAVE NO NET IMPACT TO THE BOTTOM LINE WHEN YOU SEE THE BOTTOM LINE.

THE BUDGET ITSELF, AGAIN, THE BUDGET AS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED, IS STILL $134,056,574, WHICH IS STILL A NET DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND IT DOES INCLUDE, UH, THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, FOR FIRE AND RESCUE FOR OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER.

UM, AS WELL AS FOR OUR NEW SHERIFF'S POSITIONS THAT I'M REQUESTING CONSIDERATION FOR TONIGHT AS WELL.

SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, UM, ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT AS AMENDED THE BUDGET THAT I PRESENTED TO THE BOARD TONIGHT.

UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS BUDGET? INCORPORATING, INCORPORATING THE AMENDMENTS OF APRIL 2ND AND APRIL 16TH AS MENTIONED BY OUR ADMINISTRATOR.

MR. CARPENTER, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD, UH, ADOPT AS AMENDED THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET RESOLUTION AND APPROVE AS PRESENTED AS AMENDED OR AS AMENDED THE COUNTY'S 25 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

OKAY.

ANY DISCUSSION? UH, YES, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES.

OH, UH, YOU WERE TO YOU.

I, I DEFER TO SENIORITY.

WELL, ALRIGHT.

WE CAN DO THIS ALL NIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, OVER THE EIGHT WEEKS, I, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE BOARD AS WELL AS STAFF AND, AND THOSE WHO HAVE PRECEDED ME ON THIS BOARD.

AND, AND ONE OF THE OBSERVATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH ME WAS TO GO BEYOND SIMPLY CASTING MY VOTE, BUT ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN BRIEFLY, UH, THE RATIONALE FOR THE VOTE I'M ABOUT TO CAST.

UH, SO IN REFERENCE TO THIS BUDGET, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW OBSERVATIONS.

AND FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU ON THE BOARD WITH ME.

UH, YOU HAVE BEEN WILLING TO EXCHANGE IDEAS, OPINIONS, AND PERSPECTIVES, AND THEY HAVE MADE AN IMPACT WITH ME, PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU MIGHT REALIZE.

I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MR. CARPENTER, MS. CAVE, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, MS. MCGEE, UH, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, UH, THEY, UH, HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME AND THEY'VE EXHIBITED GOOD HUMOR IN CONVERSING WITH ME AND ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

SOMETIMES THE SAME QUESTION BEING ASKED MORE THAN ONCE.

UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

KMAR, UH, MS. WHITE, HAVE ALSO BEEN ACTIVE CONVERSATIONALISTS IN THIS BUDGET PROSPECT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT DIALOGUE VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CITIZENS, UH, THEY'VE CALLED AND WEIGHED IN AND BEEN PARTICULARLY, I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE THAT I'VE GOTTEN YOUR COMMENTS.

I'VE KEPT COUNT SO FAR.

I'VE HAD 43 EMAILS, VOICEMAILS, AND PHONE CALLS THESE PAST THREE WEEKS.

UH, BUT THIS BUDGET IS NOT PERFECT.

UH, NO BUDGET I'VE EVER WORKED ON IS PERFECT, BUT THEY'RE POSITIVES AND I THINK THEY'RE WORTH NOTING.

UH, IT'S BALANCED, UH, NOT BAR.

THERE'S NO BORROWING IN THIS BUDGET EXCEPT THOSE THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN REFERENDUM.

WE AS A COUNTY ARE LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS.

WE'RE NOT GONNA BE WORRIED WHEN THE AMERICAN EXPRESS BILL COMES NEXT MONTH.

UH, THE BUDGET FOCUSES ON PEOPLE.

UH, EVERY ORGANIZATION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE IN THAT ORGANIZATION.

THIS BUDGET HAS LOOKED AT STAFFING NEEDS FOR A COUNTY THAT IS GROWING, AND IT'S LOOKED AT THE COMPENSATION NEEDED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN, UH, PRODUCTIVE TEAM MEMBERS.

UH, BUT EVEN WITH THE FOCUS ON PEOPLE, THE REALITY OF THAT GLIN IS NOT THE LEADER IN PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PAY SCALE OR IN STAFFING LEVELS.

UH, THE RESULT IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF GLIN TEAM ARE HERE FOR MORE THAN JUST A PAYCHECK.

UH, THEY'RE INVESTING IN OUR COUNTY, UH, THROUGH TIME AND ENERGY AS WELL AS, UH, THEIR COMPENSATION.

BUT EVEN SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA LOSE TEAM MEMBERS.

UH, IN ONE PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE AKIN TO A MID-MAJOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM.

WE HAVE, UH, TALENT THAT DEVELOPS AND BLOSSOMS HERE.

AND SOMETIMES

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AND, UH, A COUPLE OF PLAYERS MAY EVEN TURN PRO, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY GIVE FULL EFFORT WHILE THEY'RE HERE.

AND I CAN SPEAK FOR THE BOARD WHEN WE SAY WE DO APPRECIATE THAT I, THIS BUDGET ALSO IS A, IS IS FOCUSED ON NEEDS.

UH, NOT EVERY BUDGET REQUEST INITIALLY SUBMITTED WAS FUNDED.

PRIORITIES WERE SET, AND THAT WASN'T ALWAYS EASY.

BUT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE EASY TO IDENTIFY, AND THAT IS PUBLIC SAFETY EDUCATION.

PEOPLE WE'RE ADDING MORE DEPUTIES, FIREFIGHTERS 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS.

THEY'RE ALL INTO BUDGET.

I WANNA MAKE A SPECIAL COMMENT OF APPRECIATION TO CHAIRMAN FODDERS, UH, RECENTLY, AND HE HAS INITIATED CONVERSATIONS ON ADDING ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES.

AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, LOCALITIES NOT GLIN HAVE MADE CHANGES IN THEIR POLICING PROTOCOLS, AND THAT HAS CREATED SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY BE UNINTENDED AND IMPACT GLIN NEGATIVELY.

UH, I THINK IT'S PRUDENT THAT WE BE PROACTIVE IN ANTICIPATING ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE INSTEAD OF BE REACTIVE.

UH, THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE, I THINK WE COULD SAY ANIMATED, UH, DYNAMIC AND UNEXPECTED.

BUT I THINK THAT THE END RESULT IS, IS A POSITIVE.

UH, THE SCHOOLS HAVE ALSO BEEN, UH, FUNDED AT A HISTORIC HIGH, AND THE REQUEST FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AND, UH, SUPERINTENDENT TO ADDRESS RECRUITING AND RETENTION ISSUES IS ACTIVELY BEING WORKED ON.

I'M BOLDLY CAUTIOUS THAT, UH, THOSE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS WILL HAVE POSITIVE OUTCOMES AS MR. CARPENTER AND DR.

CMAR COMPLETE THOSE EFFORTS.

THIS BUDGET ALSO DOES NOT CHANGE THE EXISTING TAX RATES.

THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATE WAS CUT SIGNIFICANTLY LAST YEAR FOR THE 18TH YEAR, I BELIEVE MY MATH RIGHT, UH, IN A ROW, GLAND'S REAL ESTATE TAX RATE REMAINS AT 53 CENTS.

THE TCSD RATE HAS ALSO BEEN MAINTAINED AT THE SAME 32 CENTS TAX RATE.

THERE IS A BENEFIT TO CONSISTENCY SUCH AS THAT, BUT AS I MENTIONED, IT'S NOT A PERFECT BUDGET.

THIS BUDGET DOES NOT CUT TAXES IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY.

WHILE THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE REMAINS FLAT AT 53 CENTS, PROPERTY VALUES AND ASSESSMENTS MEAN THE MAJORITY OF GOOSE AND RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE IN HER TAXES.

I STARTED MY BUDGET CONVERSATION WITH MR. CARPENTER BY ASKING CAN WE CUT TAXES? AND HE SAID, SURE.

WHAT DO WE NOT WANT TO FUND? EVERY PENNY OF THE 53 CENT TAX RATE REPRESENT ABOUT $860,000 IN, UH, TAX REVENUE.

SO 1 CENT TAX, TAX CUT IN THE RATE MEANS $860,000 LESS IN, UH, THE BUDGET.

SHOULD WE PRETEND THAT INFLATION IS NOT AT AN UNCOMFORTABLE HEIGHT.

FUEL COSTS ARE HIGHER, INSURANCE IS HIGHER REPLACEMENT VEHICLE AND TECHNOLOGY COSTS ARE HIGHER.

UNFUNDED MANDATES FROM WASHINGTON AND RICHMOND STILL OCCUR.

SHOULD WE HAVE FEWER 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS? NOT AS MANY DEPUTIES, NO AMBULANCE STATION IN SANDY HOOK, NO PROBATE OFFICER IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE, SHORTENED DMV HOURS IN THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.

THE CALLS, EMAILS, AND VOICEMAILS I RECEIVED WERE NOT ADVOCATING THOSE CUTS, BUT THEY DID ASK IF WE COULD CUT TAXES.

SO THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A PERFECT BUDGET.

UH, THIS ALSO, THIS BUDGET ALSO DOES NOT REFLECT SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS TAX BASE.

I BELIEVE GOING FORWARD, THAT TO LESSEN THE TAX BURDEN ON HOMEOWNERS, UCHIN HAS GOT TO GROW ITS BUSINESS TAX BASE.

SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE GET BUSINESS TO COME TO WEST CREEK.

IT IS A BUSINESS PARK.

THERE'S NO REZONING NEEDED.

IT HAS WATER AND SEWER.

IT HAS FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADS.

IT SITS ASIDE, IT SITS A STRIDE 2 88.

IT'S A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.

I HOPE THAT WE WILL CUT AND POLISH IT THIS YEAR.

A BILLION DOLLARS IN NEW BUSINESS IN WEST CREEK COULD CONTRIBUTE MILLIONS TO THE COUNTY'S TAX BASE.

NO DEMAND ON SCHOOLS, MINIMAL FIRE AND RESCUE CALLS.

AT LEAST I THINK THE CHIEF HAS TOLD ME THAT.

UH, LOW CALLS FOR SHERIFF.

AND, UH, I HOPE THE FUTURE BUDGETS WILL SHOW GROWTH IN THE COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.

THERE ARE OTHER POINTS THAT COULD BE SAID.

THE LIGHT'S NOT BLINKING, BUT I THINK I'VE EXCEEDED THREE MINUTES.

UH, HOWEVER, MR. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE ADVICE OF THOSE WHO PROCEEDED ME AND EXPLAIN WHILE I WILL BE VOTING FOR THIS BUDGET IMPERFECT, THOUGH IT MAY BE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR. NOW, I, I KIND OF WISH I WENT FIRST.

UM, , UH, THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW UP.

WELL DONE, MR. LYLE.

UM, SO THIS IS MY, ACTUALLY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY BEEN FOUR YEARS, MY FIFTH BUDGET, BECAUSE WE HAD THE BLESSING OF HAVING TO DE TWO BUDGETS IN 2020 WHEN IT'S COVID HIT.

AND THAT REALLY TAUGHT ME A LESSON,

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BUDGETS ARE, UH, WE, WE DO THE BEST MODELING THAT WE CAN.

UM, AND THEN WE LOOK TO SEE WHERE THE GREATEST NEEDS ARE.

UM, I TOO AM A LITTLE BUMMED.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I CAN REMEMBER ME BEING ON THE BOARD WHERE WE HAVEN'T SHOWN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN TAXES.

BUT AS WE'RE SEEING, AND AS I'VE LEARNED JUST THIS AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PERMITS IS BEING, IS BEING, UH, UH, IS IS DECREASING SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING, THE GROWTH IS STARTING TO SLOW DOWN.

UM, WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR CITIZENS THAT CONTINUING TO GROW AT THIS PACE IS NOT SMART.

AND WELL, EVERYBODY SAYS, OH, I'M, I'M FINE WITH GROWTH.

JUST DO BE SMART ABOUT IT.

SO IF YOU ATTENDED THE WORK SESSION, THIS BOARD MADE A COMMITMENT TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ON WHAT WE DO AND BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT WE DO.

AND TO BE SMART WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THINGS.

AND THE BUDGET IS THIS, BUDGET IS NO CONSIDERATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MR. LYLE MENTIONED, THE ADDITIONAL, THE DEPUTIES, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE TOOK THE NEW, OUR NEW SHERIFF AND PRESENTED A PLAN, A FIVE YEAR PLAN OF WHERE HE WANTED THE DEPUTIES, DISPATCHERS TO BE.

AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MEETING THAT PLAN.

AND I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR SHERIFF AND HIS, THE SUPPORT THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS BECAUSE PEOPLE TELL ME TIME AND TIME AGAIN, PUBLIC SAFETY AND EDUCATION ARE THE TWO BIGGEST CONCERNS.

AND, AND THAT OUR BUDGET REFLECTS THAT.

I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF OF GLAND COUNTY BECAUSE WE ASK YOU TO DO MORE WITH LESS.

AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, I, I SEE THAT HAVING COME FROM, UM, A FORTUNE 100 COMPANY THAT WE SAID WE WENT, WE WENT A MILLION MILES AN HOUR WITH OUR HAIR ON FIRE.

UM, Y'ALL REALLY DO IT EVERY DAY.

SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THIS.

UM, WE HA WE WILL BE GETTING, UH, GOOD STRATEGIES TOGETHER AND GOOD PLANS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.

AND, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE BEST JOB WE CAN.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. ROBERTS.

THANK YOU MR. AU.

ANYONE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK MR. LYLE AND MR. SPOON, UH, FOR THEIR THOUGHTS AND TAKING THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS.

AND I, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID AND I, I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND, UH, I THINK IT'S A VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND I'LL, I'LL FINISH UP.

JUST I'LL BE VERY BRIEF SAGGING EYES AND A WIFE WHO'S REALLY TICKED AT ME MEAN WE'VE DONE THE BUDGET PROCESS THE RIGHT WAY.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE CASUALLY DO AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

UM, WE CAN NEVER MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE HOURS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN BY SUPERVISORS AND ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYONE ON OUR STAFFS.

AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL.

SO WHEN I TALK TO CITIZENS, THOSE ARE THE MESSAGES I SEND RATHER THAN, WE DIDN'T GET THIS OR WE DIDN'T GET THAT.

UH, HARD WORK NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND REWARDED.

AND I'M PROUD OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE WORKING FOR GLAND COUNTY.

AND, UM, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

AND, UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S, SO I THINK WE'RE MOVING ON TO A VOTE.

MR. CARPENTER.

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OKAY.

SO, UH, MOVING ON TO A VOTE.

YOU DO IT.

OKAY, MR. LYLE? UH, YES.

MR. CHRISTIE? YES.

MR. SPOON.

HARE? YES.

MR. WINFREY? YES.

MR. VOS? YES.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

UH, WE'LL NOW BREAK TILL THE 6:00 PM PUBLIC MEETING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, VERY GOOD.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.

WELL, I TALKED TO SUSAN AND SHE SAID, AND MANNY BOTH SAID, LOOK, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE CASTING A BOAT, JUST DON'T,

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UM, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.

CITIZENS ARE REMIND THAT REMINDED

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COMMENTS SHOULD BE RESPECTFUL AND NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES IN LENGTH.

SHOULD MULTIPLE CITIZENS WISH, WISH TO HAVE A COMMON SPEAKER, THEY MAY SEE THEIR TIME IN TWO MINUTE INCREMENTS UP TO A TOTAL ALLOTTED TIME OF 10 MINUTES.

UM, AND NOW I'LL OPEN CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.

ANYONE? HELLO? MICHELLE GARMAN TURN.

QUICK SCREEN BUTTON ON THE MICROPHONE BUTTON.

GOT IT.

I'M MICHELLE GARMAN, 4,003 ROYAL VIRGINIA LANE, AND I WAS HERE LAST MONTH AND BROUGHT UP THE FACT OF THE HUNTERS THAT ARE GETTING WAY TOO CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTIES.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT, OR I SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE TO MATCH WHAT THE STATE REGULATIONS ARE, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

SO I'M BACK AGAIN THIS MONTH, MR. CHAIR.

WE HAVE COMMENT ON THAT.

LET SEE.

THANK YOU.

YOU DID.

I WAS REMINDED THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU AND I DID NOT.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU MEAN, AND TOUCH YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, UH, WITH OUR STAFF AND THE ATTORNEYS AND THE BOARD.

SO I APOLOGIZE VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

OKAY? AND JONATHAN HAS MY CO MY PHONE NUMBER.

I THINK YOU HAVE MY EMAIL AND ALL THAT.

OKAY.

JUST WANTED, DON'T YOU MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T FORGOTTEN.

THANK YOU MS. GARDNER.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY MORE CITIZENS? UM, EXCUSE.

SEEING NONE.

I'LL NOW CLOSE THE FLOOR.

EXCUSE.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE HAVE THREE TONIGHT.

UH, NUMBER

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SO DO I HAVE A, A MOTION TO DEFER THAT ITEM UNTIL THE JUNE 4TH MEETING? SO MOVED.

SECOND.

[4. District 3 - RZ-2024-00001 Application by Sidney & Sidney Developments, LLC requesting to rezone 55.414 acres from Agricultural, Limited (A-2) to Residential, Limited (R-1) with proffered conditions, to allow for a residential subdivision at the intersection of Greenbriar Branch Drive and Glebe Road on Tax Map Nos. 43-26-0-1-0, 43-26-0-2-0, 43-26-0-3-0, 43-26-0-4-0, 43-26-0-5-0, and 43-26-0-6-0. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Single Family Residential.]

ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, MR. CARPENTER, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL.

UH, YES.

UM, MR. CHRISTIE? YES.

MR. S BOHA? YES.

MR. WINFREY? YES.

MR. LYLE? YES.

MR. VALDERS? YES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE COUNTYWIDE ORDINANCE, AMENDING COUNTY CODE SECTION

[1. Countywide - Ordinance amending County Code Sec. 14-251 (Tuckahoe Creek Service District) to include within the Service District two parcels, located at 525 Wild Life Trail, identified as Tax Map Nos. 64-16-0-B-0 and 64-16-0-C-0]

UH, MR. LONGSHORE IS OUT OF TOWN TONIGHT, SO MR. STEVENS WILL PRESENT THE, WELL.

MR. CARPENTER WILL PRESENT THE REQUEST.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UH, TONIGHT I'M TALKING TO YOU ABOUT A REQUEST TO PUT TWO PARCELS INTO THE TUCKAHOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE TCSD IS A WATER AND SEWER SERVICE DISTRICT THAT WAS CREATED IN 2002 TO PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER SERVICES TO CERTAIN AREAS IN THE COUNTY AND PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE.

THERE ARE JUST OVER 2,500 PARCELS CURRENTLY IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES SUBDIVIDED SINCE 2002.

WE'VE HAD A SMALL NUMBER OF PARCELS THAT HAVE ENTERED THE DISTRICT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

UH, THE AMENDMENT TONIGHT IS DUE TO REQUEST FROM MS. LORI INGER, WHO'S THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE TWO PARCELS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

THEY'RE LOCATED AT 5 25 WILDLIFE TRAIL AND COMBINED THEIR 5.2 ACRES.

THEY SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION IN FEBRUARY OF 24.

ONE OF THE PARCELS ARE CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND THE OTHER PARCEL CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE RESIDENCE OF MS. REDINGER REDINGER.

UH, HER RESIDENCE HAS RECENTLY EXPERIENCED

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YOU SEE THERE, THE PARCEL IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SEE WHERE THE HOUSE IS AND THEN WHERE THE SECOND PARCEL IS AS WELL.

THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS SIMPLE, THE ADDITION OF THOSE TWO PARCEL NUMBERS TO THE OVERALL CODE ITSELF.

SO WE'RE MAKING NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, NO WORD CHANGES, ONLY ADDING TWO MORE PARCELS TO THE 2,500 PARCELS THAT ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN IT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF OR STAFF? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS AWARE THERE IS AN AD VALOREM TAX, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE MR. CHAIR AND OF THE APPLICABLE FEES FOR CONNECTIONS? YES.

THANK YOU MR. CHRISTIE.

DO YOU HAVE SOME? OKAY.

UH, THANK YOU MR. CARPENTER.

UM, I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.

THEY SHOULD ONLY BE ADDRESSED TO THE TOPIC OF THIS HEARING.

ANYONE? OKAY.

IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING.

, THIS IS SILLY .

UM, ANY FOLLOW UP COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY, MR. CARPENTER, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE MOTION.

MOTION.

WE HAVE MOTION.

MOTION, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT, SO I GUESS I'LL TAKE POINT ON THIS.

THERE WE GO.

I'M GONNA AD LIB HERE.

UH, I MOVE, UH, HERE WE GO.

LOOK AT THAT RIGHT THERE.

THIS ONE HERE? YES, SIR.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD, UH, ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE AMENDING GLAND COUNTY CODE SECTION 14 DASH 2 51 TO ADD TAX MAP NUMBER 64 16 0 B ZERO AND 64 16 0 C ZERO INTO THE TUCKAHOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT.

SECOND.

THANK YOU MR. CARPENTER, WILL YOU TAKE THE ROLL IN DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

MR. SPOON.

HARE? YES.

MR. LYLE? YES.

MR. WINTRY? YES.

MS. CHRISTIE? YES.

MS. VOS? YES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UM, THE REMAINING TWO I ITEMS OR REQUESTS FROM THE GLAND

[2. District 2 - CU-2024-00004 Application by Goochland County Public Schools requesting a conditional use permit (CUP) for an electronic message board on 104.35 acres at (future) Goochland Elementary School located at 2000 Bulldog Way on Tax Map No. 42-11-0-3-T. The applicant seeks two special exceptions to the electronic message board standards in County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 15-416: to allow messages to change more frequently than once per minute, and to allow the sign to turn on at 6:00 a.m. The CUP would consolidate existing CUP(s) approved for the property. The property is zoned Agricultural, Limited (A-2). The CUP is required by County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 15-416, and special exceptions are requested under 15-416.B of the County Zoning Ordinance. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as County/State/Institutional.]

THE APPLICANT SEEKS TWO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS TO THE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD STANDARDS IN COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 15 DASH FOUR 16 TO ALLOW MESSAGES TO CHANGE MORE FREQUENT FREQUENTLY THAN ONCE PER MINUTE.

AND TO ALLOW THE SIGN TO TURN ON AT 6:00 AM THE CUP WOULD CONSOLIDATE EXISTING CUPS APPROVED FOR THE PROPERTY.

THE PROPERTY IS ZONED AGRICULTURAL LIMITED, A TWO.

THE CUP IS REQUIRED BY COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 15 DASH FOUR 16 AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS OR REQUESTED UNDER 15 DASH FOUR 16 P OF COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS COUNTY SLASH STATE SLASH INSTITUTIONAL MS. SHERRY WILL PRESENT.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

MR. BADERS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE RECORD, I'M JAMIE SHERRY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE ARE TWO APPLICATIONS, UH, BEFORE YOU FOR PUBLIC HEARING FROM GLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

BOTH ARE REQUESTING AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD, UH, SIGN, AS WELL AS TWO EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE THE SAME.

SO IN, IN ORDER TO, UM, NOT BE REDUNDANT, UH, BE BEFORE BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS, I'M GOING TO PRESENT, UH, THE HISTORY, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORDINANCE, WHAT, UH, SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONS ARE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE DETAILS OF EACH APPLICATION FOLLOWED BY A PUBLIC HEARING AFTER EACH.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS, UH, TWO REQUESTS FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD BOARD SIGNS.

THE FIRST ONE IS IN DISTRICT ONE, BIRD ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS LOCATED ON HAYDENVILLE FIFE ROAD.

AND THEN FOR THE NEW GLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON BULLDOG WAY, BOTH ARE ASKING FOR THE SAME EXCEPTIONS.

THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THE CHANGING OF THE MESSAGE.

THEY'RE REQUESTING 15 SECONDS BEFORE EACH, UH, MESSAGE CAN CHANGE.

THE STANDARD, WHICH IS ELIGIBLE FOR AN EXCEPTION IS ACTUALLY ONE MINUTE.

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SO THOSE ARE THE TWO EXCEPTIONS.

SINCE 2022 WHEN WE ADOPTED THE REWRITE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WE'VE HAD FOUR ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD SIGNS THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE ARE THREE OF THE FOUR WERE GRANTED, UH, THE 15 SECONDS CHANGE BETWEEN EACH SIGN.

AND, UM, THE TOMMY'S CAR WASH DID NOT MAKE THAT REQUEST, WHICH THEY HAD THE BASIC STANDARD.

THERE'S ALSO SOME GRANTING OF EXCEPTIONS FOR THE TIME THAT THEY ARE TURNED OFF.

AS YOU CAN SEE, TWO OF THOSE SIGNS ARE FROM ALSO APPLICANTS WERE THE, UM, GLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

SO JUST A REAL HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS.

THERE ARE STANDARDS THAT, UM, APPLICANTS CAN MAKE REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTIONS.

THERE'S GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, DISPLAYED REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN BRIGHTNESS, COLD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS.

UM, ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE CODE DOES SPECIFICALLY STATE SEVEN DIFFERENT, UM, CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE BOARD AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO TAKE AS FAR AS EVALUATING THE APPLICATION.

SO BOTH HAVE THE PROPOSED EXCEPTION OF NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS DISPLAY.

UH, SO THAT STATES THAT THEY CANNOT CHANGE MORE THAN EVERY ONE MINUTE, ONCE EVERY MINUTE.

AND THEN, AS I HAD MENTIONED, THEY'RE REQUESTING 15 SECONDS.

THE APPLICANT IS MAKING THIS REQUEST TO PROVIDE GREATER EFFICIENCY OF MESSAGING AND WILL ALLOW THOSE SLOWING DOWN TO TURN INTO THE SCHOOL TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION.

THAT APPLIES TO BOTH OF THE REQUEST.

AS YOU'LL SEE WHEN I GET INTO THE PRESENTATION, THE LOCATION OF BOTH OF THOSE SIGNS DO BACK THAT UP.

AND THEN ALSO THE SECOND EXCEPTION IS FOR BRIGHTNESS CONTROL.

UM, SO THE SIGNS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN AUTOMATIC DIMMER AND BE TURNED OFF AT 11:00 PM OR AS LATE AS THE BUSINESS IS OPEN.

SO WHEN SCHOOL CLOSES AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO COME BACK ON AT, AFTER SUNRISE, THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY REQUESTING THAT 6:00 AM THEY BE ALLOWED TO TURN THE SIGNS BACK ON.

THEY WOULD STILL TURN 'EM OFF AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS OR 11:00 PM UM, THEY SAID THAT, UM, OFTENTIMES WHEN, UH, PEOPLE ARE EITHER DRIVING BY OR HEADING TO THE SCHOOL, AND IT'S NOT QUITE LAID OUT YET.

SO NOW I'M GONNA GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BIRD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO I'M GONNA, THIS IS ALL PERTAINING TO BIRD MS. SHERRY.

THE FIRST CASE ON THE AGENDA IS GE.

OH, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.

ELEMENTARY.

AH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND, UM, FORGIVE ME, I'M JUST GONNA FAST FORWARD.

DON'T LOOK.

I'LL BE, DON'T WANNA RUIN THE SURPRISE.

OKAY.

UM, SO , SO FORGIVE ME.

UM, THANK YOU.

THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE NEW GLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO, UH, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS LOCATED HERE, OR THE FUTURE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS LOCATED HERE IN GLAND COURTHOUSE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE AERIAL, UH, THE RED LINE ACTUALLY OUTLINES THE ENTIRE SCHOOL PROPERTY, UM, PARCEL.

SO THERE IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX UP HERE AND ACROSS THE STREET.

THIS IS WHERE THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL IS GONNA BE.

AND I'LL LATER SHOW YOU WHERE THE SIGN, UH, WILL BE LOCATED.

HOLLAND HILLS IS THE SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST.

SO THE PROPERTY IS ZONED A TO AGRICULTURAL LIMITED, WHICH DOES REQUIRE CUP FOR THIS TYPE OF SIGN.

AND, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES HAVE THIS AS PUBLICLY OWNED INSTITUTIONAL.

SO THEY ARE REQUESTING THE MESSAGE, BOARD SIGN.

AND SO HERE IS A PORTION OF THE, UH, PROPOSED SITE PLAN AS YOU'VE BEEN, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THE SCHOOL, IT'S, IT'S, WELL ON ITS WAY TO BEING COMPLETED.

BUT, UH, THIS IS A SKETCH OF WHERE THE LOCATION IS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED AT THE FAR, UM, I GUESS IT'S SOUTHERN PART OF THE SCREEN.

UH, WHERE THE LITTLE BLUE INSERT IS, IS WHERE THE SIGN WILL BE LOCATED.

THIS IS A, UH, AN IMAGE OF WHAT THE SIGN IS PROPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.

UM, THESE STANDARDS ARE BASED ON WHAT THE BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER WHEN MAKING THEIR DECISION FOR APPROVAL.

NUMBER ONE, THE PORTION OF THE SIGN FACE, IT IS APPROXIMATELY SIX, UH, 20%, EXCUSE ME, OF THE SIGN FACE IS, UM, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

AND THE COLORS WILL VARY.

UH, GENERAL CHARACTERISTIC.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE MOSTLY LARGE LOT EITHER RESIDENTIAL OR FARMLAND IN THE AREA.

AND AS FAR AS THE DISTANCE TO, UH, RESIDENCES, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSEST HOUSE IS APPROXIMATELY 725 FEET FROM THE SIGN.

OTHER FACTORS, UH, IS ARE THEY PROVIDING ANY LANDSCAPING? NONE AS CURRENTLY PROPOSED.

AND THE SPEED LIMIT OF THE ROAD, A BULLDOG WAY, IS A TWO LANE

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AND THIS SPEED LIMIT IS 40 MILES PER HOUR DURING REGULAR TIME.

OF COURSE, IT GOES DOWN LOWER DURING SCHOOL HOURS OR, UH, WHEN THE SCHOOL SIGNS ON.

THERE WAS A COMMUNITY MEETING HELD BACK IN JANUARY.

NO CITIZENS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON THIS REQUEST.

SO, AS MENTIONED, MR. VADDER MENTIONED THAT THIS IS AN, UH, AN EFFORT TO COMBINE ALL CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS THAT ARE LOCATED ON ONE PROPERTY.

AND SINCE THIS DOES INCLUDE BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, IN A RATHER LARGE SITE, IT DOES INCLUDE, UM, THE NEW, UH, GOOCHLAND COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, AND THE ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS.

THERE IS A CELL TOWER THAT WAS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY AND THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE, THE SIGN FOR THE GLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL, UM, WHICH IS AN ELECTRIC ME MESSAGE, BOARD SIGN.

UM, STANDARD CONDITIONS, THEY ACTUALLY HAD THREE EXCEPTIONS, UH, BECAUSE THE IS REPRESENTING TWO SEPARATE SCHOOLS, THERE WERE TWO SIDE FACES.

AND THE WAY THE STANDARD SAYS THAT THE, UM, EACH SIDE MUST BE THE SAME, BUT SINCE THE WAY THEY'RE LOCATED, AS WELL AS IT REPRESENTS TWO SCHOOLS, THE BOARD DID GRANT THAT EXCEPTION AND THEIR SIGNS ACTUALLY TURN ON AT 7:00 AM.

SO, UM, FOR THIS ACTUAL, UH, NEW PART OF THIS APPLICATION, UM, THE USES, UH, THE CONDITIONS INCLUDE THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD SIGNED FOR THE SIGN TO APPEAR.

THIS IS A SUMMARY, UH, FOR THE SIGN TO APPEAR, UH, LIKE EXHIBIT A IN THE PRESENTATION THAT IS LOCATED CONSISTENT TO THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT I SHOWED YOU, EXHIBIT B, UM, THAT ANY TRANSFER OR LEASE, UM, WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UM, NOTIFY THE COUNTY AND NOTIFY THE, THE NEW, UH, GRANTEE OR LEASE YOUR OWNER.

AND THEN THE LAST TWO ARE THE TWO EXCEPTIONS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING.

SO IF YOU WERE TO GRANT THIS, IT COULD INCLUDE THE DISPLAY AT 15 SECONDS AS WELL AS THE BRIGHTNESS CONTROL, UH, WITH THEM STARTING AT 6:00 AM WHICHEVER IS EARLIER.

SO THAT INCLUDES MY, UH, PRESENTATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL BOARD HERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MS. SHERRY.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? MR. LAU? UH, UM, ONE, UH, I THINK THE EXISTING CUP, UM, FOR BOTH RANDOLPH IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, SAY SEVEN.

THIS IS ASKING FOR SIX.

YES, SIR.

FOR SUNRISE.

UM, AND I'M NOT EVEN SUGGESTING THAT WE TRY AND CHANGE TO GET A CONSISTENCY THERE, BUT I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ON ONE OF THE SLIDES AND MAYBE I JUST MISUNDERSTOOD.

MM-HMM.

, IS IT SIX OR SEVEN? SO THIS REQUEST IS FOR 6:00 AM UM, 6:00 AM YEAH, SO EITHER THE BUSINESS CLOSING AT, UM, TURNED OFF WHEN SCHOOL HOURS ARE OVER, OR, UM, UH, 11 O'CLOCK IF THEY'RE OPEN LATER, IT HAS TO BE OFF BY 11.

AND THEN, UH, TURNING THEM BACK ON AT 6:00 AM UH, BOTH THE RANDOLPH AND MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL DID HAVE A SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SO THE, THE DIFFERENCE FROM THAT MAY BE BEST AS TO THE APPLICANT.

UH, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY, WHICH OKAY.

I, IF YOU WERE CURIOUS WHY MAKE SURE I WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.