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DETERMINE WHETHER WE HAVE A QUORUM? QUORUM? YOU DO HAVE A QUORUM.UH, AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMENT.
DO YOU, UH, HAVE ANY COMMENTS, SIR? CITIZEN DOES.
UM, I, I JUST AGAIN, WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE WHAT, WHAT SEEMS NOT, SEEMS TO IS WHAT I'M OBSERVING.
THAT IS A ENERGIZED FOCUS ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, THE COUNTY.
IT, IT IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GROW THE BUSINESS TAX BASE.
UM, I HAVE BEEN SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH THE 2025 APPROVED CURRENT BUDGET.
AND AS I LOOK AT, UM, WHAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE DOWN THE ROAD, UM, THE GROWTH AND DEMAND FOR SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION, UM, THEY'RE GONNA GET SMALLER.
AND, AND, AND SO UNLESS, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT GUY THAT SAYS WE, WE WE'RE GONNA INCREASE THE RESIDENTIAL OR REAL ESTATE TAX RATE, NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TAX RATE.
SO AGAIN, I AM TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATIVE, SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
I HOPE AS THINGS EVOLVE THAT THERE IS, UH, THE GROWTH AND COLLABORATION.
UH, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY IT'S NOT A RUBBER STAMP.
I, I HAVE VOTED NO ON A COUPLE OF THE, UH, BUDGET ITEMS THAT, UH, HAVE COME BEFORE THE BOARD.
UH, I, I BELIEVE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT TODD'S PROGRAM IS NOT NECESSARY.
AND IT WAS, UH, MISDIRECTED FUNDS.
AND I WOULD'VE RATHER HAVE SEEN THE APPLICATION RATES AND, AND LICENSE, NOT LICENSING, BUT THE, THE COST OF GETTING PERMITTING CUT ACROSS THE BOARD.
INSTEAD OF A $50,000 DOLL OUT HERE, DOLL OUT THERE.
UH, IF WE HAVE EGREGIOUSLY, UM, UNFRIENDLY APPLICATION AND PROCESSING AND FEES, I WOULD WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE ACROSS THE BOARD AND NOT JUST SAY, WELL, THIS PERSON'S APPLYING AND WE'RE GONNA REBATE THEIR MONEY, AND THIS PERSON'S NOT APPLYING, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET A REBATE.
I'D RATHER US LOWER THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS AND USE THEM ACROSS THE BOARD AND TAKE, TAKE LESS BURDEN ON STAFF.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROCESS THIS STUFF.
'CAUSE THEN THE FEES AND THE RATES AND PROCESSING COSTS ARE THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY.
I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROCESS, BUT I AM, UH, TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE GOALS THAT ARE BEING PURSUED.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S MORE IN COMMON THAN THERE IS, UH, NOT IN COMMON.
SO FROM THIS MEMBER BOARD SUPERVISORS, I WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP HERE, LEARN WHAT I CAN AND SUPPORT WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
I DIDN'T SEE A LIGHT GOING OFF, BUT I BET YOU THAT WAS CLOSE TO THREE MINUTES.
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR ATTENDANCE AS ALWAYS.
SO WE'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
AND UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO, UH, REQUEST THAT WE MOVE THE ITEM FOUR TO, UH, AFTER, UH, ITEM BRAVO AND, UH, ALSO ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND MOVE THE TREASURER'S REPORT, UH, JUST BELOW THAT, UH, FOR UNDER THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
SO WE CAN GET TO ITEM FIVE BRAVO, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE AND LOGO TOUCH, UH, GRANT PROGRAM.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, INSERT THE WEST CREEK, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT GRANT AGREEMENT.
UH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, DO, DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UM, A FORM FOR THE, IN THE MINUTES? UM, YES, WE DO, BUT WE CAN ALSO PUT THAT OFF TO THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT'S NOT, THAT'S WITHIN THE ROBERT SCH OF ORDER.
SO HEARING NO OBJECTION, WE'LL MOVE ON.
AND ADAM, SECRETARY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO, AND DIRECTOR YOU WANT TO ADDRESS ITEM, FIND BRAVO FIRST.
UM, YEAH, THE SMALL BUSINESS EXPANSION FUND, IF YOU WILL TURN TO PAGE NINE IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, IT'S IN THE BOARD, UH, I MEAN THE EDA PACKET.
UM, WE'VE CREATED AN APPLICATION AND KIND OF SOME GUIDELINES, UH, YOU WILL RECALL, WE DISCUSSED THIS ORIGINALLY BACK IN AUGUST DURING THE BOARD AND EDA WORKSHOP SESSION.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT CAME OUTTA THAT SESSION.
UM, SINCE THEN, THE BOARD HAS ALLOCATED THE EDA, THE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THESE, UM, TWO PROGRAMS. ONE BEING THE SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE PROGRAM, AND THEN THE, THE LOGO TODD'S PROGRAM, UM, $50,000 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
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AND, UM, IT WOULD BE FOR, UH, TO ENCOURAGE AN AID GLAND'S EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH THEIR EXPANSION PLANS.SO, UM, IT WOULD BE FOR A, FOR-PROFIT SMALL BUSINESS, EXPANDING THEIR OPERATIONS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AND GROW THEIR BUSINESS.
UM, BUSINESSES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UP TO 5% OF THEIR INVESTMENT, BUT NO MORE THAN $20,000.
SO IT'S GONNA BE ON A SLIDING SCALE BASED ON THEIR INVESTMENT.
UM, AND THERE ARE SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING.
THE, UH, APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED BY STAFF FOR AN ROI BEFORE THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THE EDA EACH APPLICATION.
AND APPLICANT WILL COME BEFORE THE EDA TO MAKE THEIR CASE AS TO WHY, UM, THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD USE THIS INCENTIVE.
AND THEN THE EDA WOULD VOTE TO APPROVE THE INCENTIVE OR NOT.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS PROGRAM PROGRAM, UH, STARTED IMMEDIATELY.
ALL IT TAKES IS THE EDA VOTE TO ADOPT IT AND, UH, WITH THESE GUIDELINES AND WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
AND I WAS GONNA ASK REAL QUICK FOR A MOTION.
THAT WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY GET INTO YOUR DISCUSSION AND MOVE AHEAD.
SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE HIM TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, PUT FORTH AND I YOU'LL MOVE SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS FIRST 'CAUSE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE 250 EMPLOYEES OR LESS.
UM, HOW IS THAT DETERMINING THAT IS A STANDARD THAT'S USED BY A SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
250 EMPLOYEES, UM, IS A TYPICAL NUMBER THAT'S CONSIDERED A SMALL BUSINESS.
WE'VE SEEN TWO 50, I THOUGHT I SAW 50.
THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE LOCAL ONE I THINK, BUT THE, THE SMALL BUSINESS WAS TWO 50 RIGHT THERE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
UM, CAN YOU TELL ME, THERE WE GO.
BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTY? YES.
AND MOST, UM, THIS IS BETWEEN 50 AND TWO 50.
I WOULD SAY 99% OF OUR BUSINESSES ARE TWO 50 OR LESS.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE NUMBER I PULLED OUT.
BUT WE ARE THAT MOST OF OUR, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF LARGE BUSINESSES AND THEN THE REST ARE CONSIDERED SMALL BUSINESSES.
MY, MY INITIAL GUT REACTION WOULD BE, I FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL TO A 50 PEOPLE OR LESS BUSINESS.
BUT I MEAN, I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A REASON WE WENT WITH TWO 50 VERSUS 50.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF OUR SMALLER BUSINESSES.
UM, SO THEY DON'T FEEL, BECAUSE OF THE LARGE COMPANIES GET A LOT OF, UM, FOCUS A LOT OF TIMES AND I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE EVEN SMALLER.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE INCLUSIVE.
200 PEOPLE'S A BIG BUSINESS IN MIGHT MY WORLD.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE ELSE FEELS.
AND WE DO HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE LANDSCAPING COMPANIES.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY ARE A, UH, A LARGE BUSINESS.
BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE 150, 200 EMPLOYEES.
SO WOULD YOU WANNA MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO, IS IT AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION OR SUBSTITUTE MOTION? EITHER ONE.
YOU CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION OR SUBSTITUTE TO CHANGE IT TO, UH, I WOULD PROPOSE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION, UM, TO LOWER TO 50 EMPLOYEES OR FEWER EMPLOYEES AND REALLY TRY TO, UM, CATALYZE THESE MICRO BUSINESSES.
WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, DISCUSSION ON THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE, I I DON'T KNOW.
ARE THERE ENOUGH BUSINESSES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AT 50 OR LESS? THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN.
I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE IT AT THE TWO 50 LEVEL.
AND, AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL BASED ON BOARD APPROPRIATION.
SO NEXT YEAR, IF WE FIND THAT MOST OF THE BUSINESSES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGES OF IT ARE LESS THAN 250 AND THE BOARD REAPPROPRIATE THE FUNDING THAT MAYBE WE COULD, BUT OUR PURPOSE IS TO, TO PROMOTE GROWTH.
BUT, UH, 250 BUSINESS IS ALREADY A LARGE BUSINESS IN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S WORLD.
SMALL BUSINESS, THE DEFINITION IS IN EVERY WORLD AS THE PERSON WHO GOES OUT AND MEETS WITH ALL THESE BUSINESSES, I THINK 50 LIMITED TO BELOW 50 WOULD BE RESTRICTIVE.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT 50 TO 60 RANGE THAT LOOKING AT EXPANDING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD THEN BE CUTTING OUT, UM, FROM THIS PROGRAM THAT THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES A SMALL BUSINESS.
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I TWO 50 IS HIGH.I THINK GOING DOWN TO 50 IS A, A MAJOR JUMP THAT IS GOING TO LEAVE OUT A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES.
DO WE HAVE TO STICK WITH THE PREDETERMINED DEFINITION NUMBERS OR CAN WE SAY A HUNDRED? YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
WELL NOW AMEND TO BE A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES OR VIEWER.
THE ONLY, ONLY PROBLEM I SAW WITH IT WAS THE SBA DEFINITION OF WHAT A SMALL BUSINESS IS.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN DEFINE THAT IN OUR OWN WAY IN THIS MOTION.
SO I WOULD PROBABLY WITH A HUNDRED, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH APPLYING THEN, I MEAN NEXT YEAR, BUT I DO THINK 50 IS TOO RESTRICTIVE.
BUT A HUNDRED, I'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
SO I WOULD MOVE THAT, WE WOULD AMEND THE MOTION TO SAY A HUNDRED, UM, EMPLOYEES OR LESS SO.
AND BY YEAH, YOUR, YOUR CHANGE AND YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE CHANGE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT PER PROCEDURE, UH, DEPARTMENTAL PROCEDURE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM ON THE AMENDMENT? I, I JUST, JUST ON THE AMENDMENT.
IF THERE'S NO, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, WHAT I'LL DO IS CALL FOR A VOTE, UH, HEARING NO DISCUSSION.
AND SO THEREFORE, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT AS REVISED, PLEASE STATE AYE.
SO WE'RE BACK TO THE MAIN ISSUE.
I, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, HOW ARE YOU GONNA MARKET THIS? OH, UM, DEFINITELY WE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO A COUPLE COMPANIES SAYING THAT IT'S IN THE WORKS.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, DOING SOME DIRECT EMAILS OUT TO COMPANIES THAT WE KNOW ARE, UM, IN THAT CATEGORY.
IN THAT CATEGORY, AND THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
I'LL PROBABLY ALSO PUT IT IN THE NEWSLETTER.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WHEN CHANCE GOES OUT AND MEETS WITH COMPANIES, IT'LL BE
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION HEARING? NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.
UM, ONTO CHANGING THE AGENDA DISCUSSION ON THE LOGO COX GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WOULD SUPPORT BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND THE GLAND TOUR TOURISM INDUSTRY WITH ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE TO DRIVE VISITORS TO TOURIST LOCATIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
IT WOULD BE OPEN TO BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.
AND WE HAVE LISTED WHAT THOSE ARE OUT.
UM, IT, WE DID ADD AGRIBUSINESSES, UM, 'CAUSE THEY WEREN'T ORIGINALLY IN THERE.
AND THE STEER HAD MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION AT THE WORKSHOP SESSION.
UM, AND, AND SPECIFICALLY WE, UM, ALLOWED IT TO BE OPEN TO ORGANIZATIONS FOR HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS.
SO IF THIS SECOND, LIKE ROSENWALD SCHOOL WANTED TO HAVE A SIGN, UM, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY.
'CAUSE IT DOES DRIVE VISITORS INTO THE COUNTY WHO DID SPEND MONEY IN THE COUNTY, UM, AFTER SEEING SITES.
SO NONPROFITS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS GRANT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK TOO.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T FOR THE OTHER ONE.
UM, WE DID ALLOW NONPROFITS, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE AN ORGANIZATION IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.
ARE WE IN DISCUSSION FOR THIS? OR WE MOTION? WELL, I, I WAS GONNA ASK FOR MOTION FIRST TO, TO EITHER APPROVE OR DENY.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE WITH AN AMENDMENT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND.
DISCUSSION? UM, I WOULD JUST WANNA CHANGE THE 50 TO A HUNDRED FOR, UH, OH WORK CONTINUITY.
UM, UH, AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION AS TO, FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, ONLY BUSINESSES NOT CURRENTLY UTILIZING CAN APPLY.
UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT.
SO THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION THAT CAME OUT AT THE WORKSHOP SESSION ABOUT, UM, IF, IF BUSINESSES ALREADY HAVE SIGNS AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR APPROVAL, THEY THEY CAN GET IT IN IMMEDIATELY AND IT KIND OF GIVES THEM A FOOT UP, IF YOU WILL, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE SINCE IT IS A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE KIND OF THING.
SO WHAT WE DID TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD IS ONLY BUSINESSES THAT DON'T HAVE SIGNS NOW ARE ELIGIBLE THIS FIRST YEAR.
AND THEN IF IT, THE GRANT GETS REFUNDED FOR THE SECOND YEAR, ALL BUSINESSES WILL BE ELIGIBLE AND ALL BUSINESSES MOVING FORWARD WOULD THEN BE ELIGIBLE.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD A LITTLE BIT THERE.
WHAT IS, UH, PARDON ME, WHAT DOES, UH, BEDA TYPICALLY CHARGE? THE SIGN? SO IT CAN BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN LIKE A THOUSAND TO, WELL, I'D SAY 800 TO
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$2,000 ANNUALLY, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE SIGNAGE IS AND HOW MANY SIGNS YOU NEED.SO YOU COULD HAVE A SIGN ON THE INTERSTATE AND THAT'S A, A FEE.
AND THEN IF YOU GET OFF THE INTERSTATE AND YOU NEED TO MAKE TURNS TO GET TO YOUR FACILITY, EACH ADDITIONAL SIGN COST ADDITIONAL MONEY.
BUT THERE IS A STANDARD BASICALLY.
RIGHT? SO IT'S A, IT CAN BE A RIVER RUN HAS THREE, I THINK.
AND IT'S ALL, SO, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, GRAY HAVEN, THEY HAVE THOSE WINE TRAIL SIGNS AND SO THOSE ARE NOT A VDOT LOGO OR TODD SIGN.
SO IF THEY WANTED TO PUT A SIGN ON 64, THAT WOULD BE THEM DOING A NEW SIGNAGE AND WITHIN THIS PROGRAM AND THEY COULD QUALIFY BECAUSE THE SIGNAGE THEY CURRENTLY HAVE IS NOT ON 64 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING, IF I PUT ANOTHER QUESTION, UH, PLEASE, MAYBE THIS, THIS FOR CHANCE.
WHEN YOU TALK TO TALK TO EXISTING CUSTOMERS ABOUT THIS, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU PRESENT THAT? BASICALLY YOU'RE UPFRONT WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY IN THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, SO WE DON'T, YEAH, I'VE BEEN, WHEN I'VE TALKED WITH 'EM, UH, TO THE BUSINESSES SO FAR THAT I'VE VISITED, UH, THAT I WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS, UM, I'VE MADE THAT CLEAR MADE, UH, TALKED WITH BIRD SELLERS ABOUT IT.
THEY KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
'CAUSE THEY CURRENTLY ALREADY HAVE SIGNAGE.
UM, THIS FIRST YEAR IS REALLY TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE AND GET THOSE, UH, BUSINESSES WITHOUT SIGNS TO GET THOSE SIGNS UP.
AND THAT, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FROM APPLICATION TO APPROVAL WITH THE I TRY.
I HAD A TALK, I HAD A CALL WITH VDOT AND UH, THEY DIDN'T GIMME A GOOD ANSWER.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS LIKE, IS SOMEBODY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN A YEAR? OH YEAH.
SO BIRD CELL IS, THEY LAUNCHED IT THIS YEAR AND THEY HAVE SIGNED UP ON 64 THIS YEAR.
UM, SO YEAH, AND I, I KNOW, UM, THE FIRST ROUND THAT THE PROGRAMS BY
SO, UM, THE FIRST BILLING CYCLE WAS IN, LIKE IN FEBRUARY AND THAT'S FOR TODD'S.
AND, AND THEN THE LOGO BILLING CYCLE WAS IN OCTOBER.
UM, I MIGHT HAVE THOSE FLIP FLOP, BUT, UM, SO NO, IT CAN BE DONE WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND THIS, WILL THIS BE, UM, IS THE YEAR GONNA BE A CALENDAR YEAR? A FISCAL YEAR? UH, NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE'RE STARTING HERE.
LIKE WHEN WILL THE YEAR BE UP FOR THE FIRST YEAR? I'M THINKING IT'S GONNA BE, UH, CALENDAR YEAR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION HEARING? NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR WITH MOTION, PLEASE? STATE AYE.
HEY, MY ONLY COMMENT ON IT IS WE NEED TO STOP THIS SOURCE OF FEED OFF REVENUE AND ACTUALLY TURN IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND
BUT, UM, UH, WE ARE RUNNING CLOSE.
YEAH, I GOT JUST LIKE COUPLE THREE MINUTES.
SO, UM, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, THE BOARD GAVE THE EDA $500,000 TO DO, UM, DO, TO HELP PROPERTY OWNERS DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE TO GET THEIR SITES MORE READY AND MARKETABLE.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UM, THE OWNERS SOME PROPERTIES IN WEST CREEK.
AND, UM, THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE ON A LOT OF THEIR PROPERTIES.
AND THEY HAVE A PROPOSAL, IT'S LISTED AS EXHIBIT A IN THE SCOPE OF WORK HERE.
SO THIS IS THE WORK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING DONE.
AND THEY'VE ASKED THE EDA, UH, IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, UM, TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF 75 UP TO $75,000 WORTH OF THAT WORK.
SO HOW IT WOULD WORK IS, UM, IF THE EDA WAS AMENABLE, UM, WE WOULD GO BACK AND TELL 'EM THEY WOULD, WE WOULD WORK OUT THIS PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.
THEN THE NEXT MONTH YOU WOULD OFFICIALLY ADOPT THIS, THIS, THIS AGREEMENT.
UM, WITH WHATEVER TERMS HAS DECIDED ON, THEY WOULD DO THE DUE DILIGENCE, PROVIDE THE DUE DILIGENCE TO US.
ONCE WE'VE DETERMINED THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT'S LISTED HERE, WE WOULD ISSUE THEM A CHECK FOR $75,000, UM, IS HOW IT WOULD WORK IN REALITY.
SO THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND IT, AS IN, DOES THE EDA WANT TO REQUIRE THE LANDOWNER IF AND WHEN THE LAND SELLS TO RETURN THE $75,000 BACK TO THE EDA? OR DOES THE EDA WANT TO, UM, GO AT THIS AND
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SAY THAT YOU'RE, WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THIS AS, AS PART OF GETTING PROPERTY UP AND MARKETABLE AND NO EXPECTATION OF THE MONEY COMING BACK? DO OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS GENERALLY HAVE TO DO ALL THIS KIND OF THING? ARE THEIR OWN POCKETS OTHER LANDOWNERS LAND? UM, YES.I MEAN, DUE DILIGENCE FOR PROPERTY, YES.
UM, BUT SO HOW WOULD THAT BE PERCEIVED IF, IF, WELL THIS IS, THIS, UM, OPPORTUNITY IS FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY IN GOLAND COUNTY.
SO IF ANOTHER LANDOWNER WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND BRING THEIR SITE AND DO DUE DILIGENCE WITH THEIR SITE, THIS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THEM AS WELL.
SO, AND HOW MANY POTENTIAL PROPERTIES COULD THAT POSSIBLY BE? UM, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT MANY
AND SO, AND, AND EACH ONE WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION BY THE EDA AS TO WHAT IT WOULD BRING TO THE COUNTY.
THESE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES ARE IN WEST CREEK, THEY'RE ALREADY ZONED INDUSTRIAL.
UM, THIS WOULD IN, IT COULD INCREASE THEIR SITE READINESS.
UM, AND, UM, THEY NEED IT IN ORDER TO GO OUT AND ATTRACT A CERTAIN TARGETED INDUSTRY THAT THE COUNTY IS AFTER.
WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL PAYOFF FOR THIS? UH, I WOULD SAY, I MEAN, IN THE IMMEDIATE, IF THE LAND SELLS AND A PROJECT LANDS BILLION DOLLARS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING AFTER.
BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, IF THE, IF THE PROJECT DOESN'T LAND AND THE LAND DOESN'T SELL, THEN WE HAVE DONE DUE DILIGENCE.
WE NOW OWN THAT DUE DILIGENCE, WHICH I CAN USE TO MARKET TO OTHER PROJECTS.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? REAL QUICK, COULD WE HAVE A MOTION EITHER TO TABLE APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE THIS? I'M ASSUMING YOU HAD THIS DONE BY THE RETURNS? YES.
UH, MICHAEL GONZO HAS REVIEWED THIS.
AND THE ONLY QUESTION IS REALLY WHETHER YOU WANT THE MONEY TO COME BACK OR NOT.
IF IT COMES BACK, WOULD THAT MAKE IT A LOAN PROGRAM? I GUESS YOU COULD LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
SO MAY I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? ALRIGHT, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND DEVELOPMENT.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
I'M CONFUSED ON THAT DISCUSSION.
ANY DISCUSSION ON IT? ON THE MOTION TO TABLE? UH, MOTION.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO TABLE PLEASE STATE AYE.
ANY, UH, ANYONE AGAINST ANY ABSTENTIONS? SO IT IS TABLED UNTIL, UH, CONSIDERATION AND MAY WE MAKE THIS, WOULD IT BE, UH, A PROBLEM TO MAKE IT, UH, COME UP AT THE FOURTH MEETING? DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? UM, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HONOR, BUT I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T HAVE REALLY TIME TO DELVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, BUT YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT INTO THIS AND ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, I DON'T WANNA RUSH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'M GONNA TAKE A HOME STUDY FOR ME LEAVING.
ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
WANT MOTION ON HER LEAVING
WELL, WE STILL HAVE QUO, RIGHT? YES.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA SAME PLACE.
WE WILL, UH, COME BACK AROUND THEN TO, SINCE WE DO HAVE SIX 40, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND, OH, EXCUSE ME, NOT AN HOUR, JUST UNDER AN HOUR.
UM, IF IT'S NOT AN ISSUE, WE'LL GO BACK TO THEN THE UN UNLESS MADAM SECRETARY ADAM, ECONOMIC DIRECTOR, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THINGS, ACTION STAFF, IF WE SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE LOSS OF FORM.
YEAH, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE MINUTES.
AND THEN THE TREASURER'S REPORT, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ONE ANYWAY.
UM, WE'LL DO, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE THE MINUTES? OR MODIFY THE MINUTES? I MOVE THE APPROVE.
SECOND, WE, SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED? HEARING NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? ANY ONE AGAINST NOT HEARING ANY? SO MOVING ON AS STATED, WE DO NOT HAVE THE TREASURER'S REPORT AVAILABLE, SO
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THAT WILL NOT BE A MATTER THAT WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER UNDER SCHEDULED MATTERS, WHICH LEADS US TO NEW BUSINESS UPDATE.SO, UM, I HAVE 1.7, UH, BILLION IN ACTIVE PROJECT AND LEADS RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE, UM, IDENTIFIED, WE HAD A PROJECT FROM THE STATE, UM, THAT WAS LOOKING AT US THAT HAS DECIDED THAT, UM, NONE OF THE AREAS IN THE STATE THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT, UH, WE'RE QUALIFIED IN WORKFORCE FOR THEM.
UM, THEY, THEY REALLY LIKED THE SITE AND THE SIZE AND THE LAYOUT OF THE SITE, BUT IT WAS, UM, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, UM, BIOTECH KIND OF PHARMACEUTICAL WORKFORCE.
AND THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH WITHIN 30 TO 45 MINUTES THAT THEY COULD IDENTIFY AS A WORKFORCE.
SO THEY, THEY'VE ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE ELIMINATED VIRGINIA AS A WHOLE OUT OF, OUT OF THEIR SITE SELECTION PROCESS.
SO UNFORTUNATELY WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT PROJECT, BUT
UM, AND WE HAVE 441 MILLION UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
SOME OF THOSE, UM, I WENT THROUGH THE SPREADSHEET TODAY AND MOVED SOME OF THEM 'CAUSE THEY HAVE SINCE OPENED, UM, AND HAS COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UM, MOVED THOSE OVER INTO THE, THE NEW BUSINESSES.
UH, WE HAD UNDER GROUNDBREAKING, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
THE PRESS RELEASE WENT OUT, UM, LAST WEEK.
UM, SO THAT WAS EXCITING, UH, TO HAVE.
THEY ARE, UM, IT'S GREAT LAKES HONDA AND THEY'RE OUT OF OHIO.
AND THIS IS THEIR FIRST VIRGINIA, UH, DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHOSE GLAND COUNTY.
UM, FAIRGROUND ROAD EXTENSION, THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IS STILL UNDER A STAFF REVIEW ON THAT, AND THE DUE DILIGENCE HAS KICKED OFF.
SO, UM, THE SURVEY CREWS HAVE GONE OUT THERE AND DONE SOME SURVEY WORK, UM, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR PHASE ONE, UH, TO GET THE DEVELOPABLE AREAS AS TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED ALONG THAT, THAT ROADWAY DOOR.
UM, THE GOOCHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO GIVE, UH, THE OLD GOOCHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, TO THE COUNTY THE OTHER NIGHT AT THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
SO WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
IT'S BEEN KIND OF ON HOLD TILL THAT DECISION CAME THROUGH.
UM, SO THE NEXT KIND OF STEPS IS WE'RE GONNA NARROW DOWN SOME POTENTIAL USES, UM, THAT MAKE SENSE FOR THE SITE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HOLD COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY, UM, IS IN FAVOR OF SOME OF THE POTENTIAL USES THAT WE COULD DO THERE.
SO, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
HAS THE STUDY ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED ON THAT? NO, WE HELD, WE GOT, UM, AN INITIAL ANALYSIS THAT SAID THAT, UM, APARTMENTS COULD WORK IN THERE.
WE COULD GET LIKE UP TO 36 APARTMENTS.
UM, A BOUTIQUE HOTEL COUNTY OFFICES, AN ARTISAN SPACE MARKET, COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, CHILDCARE, RESTAURANT, THOSE KIND OF USES COULD WORK IN THERE.
WE HAVE SINCE ASKED 'EM TO ALSO IDENTIFY OR TO LOOK AT THE CTE BUILDING BECAUSE THAT BUILDING COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME OF USE AS WELL IN THE FUTURE.
AND WHAT COULD THOSE TWO THINGS LOOK LIKE TOGETHER? SO, UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT ANALYSIS TO COME BACK.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NEW BUSINESS UPDATE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT NEW BUSINESS HERE AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO EXISTING BUSINESS.
YEAH, SO SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, EXTREMELY BUSY FOR EXISTING BUSINESS, UH, COMPLETED.
UH, MY WALKTHROUGHS, ALL THE INDUSTRIAL PARKS.
UM, KIND OF THE MAJOR TRENDS AND CHALLENGES I HEARD FROM THEM WERE, WERE WORKFORCE.
UH, UH, WHILE THAT HAS SLOWLY IMPROVED SINCE COVID WORKFORCE IS STILL DEFINITELY A MAJOR PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY FOR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES, SKILLED TRADES.
UM, SO IS THAT GETTING PEOPLE OR GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE OR ALL THE ABOVE? YES.
UM, TRAFFIC, UH, IN COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN, UH, JUST GENERAL GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS.
UM, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TOP THREE ISSUES I KEPT HEARING WENT OVER, UM, FROM MY COUNT, THOUGHT YOU GUYS MIGHT LIKE THIS.
WE HAVE SIX INDUSTRIAL PARKS THAT ARE HOME TO, UH, ROUGHLY 133 BUSINESSES.
UM, UH, OF COURSE COULDN'T VISIT ALL 133 OF THOSE, BUT GOT TO A LOT OF 'EM.
UM, VERY HIGH OCCUPANCY RATES IN ALL OF OUR INDUSTRIAL PARKS.
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VACANCIES.UM, THE ONLY ONE IS REALLY MIDPOINT THAT HAS A LOT OF DEVELOPABLE LAND, YET OILVILLE HAS ONE LOT LEFT.
UM, SO THOSE ARE EXTREMELY SOUGHT AFTER IS THAT SMALL INDUSTRIAL SPACE.
UM, AND JUST FROM THOSE VISITS WORKING WITH MULTIPLE BUSINESSES ON A FEW EXPANSIONS AND, AND GETTING THEM THROUGH SOME STATE PROGRAMS, UM, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE.
UH, IN EARLY DECEMBER I'M GONNA GO OVER AND WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE CENTERVILLE BUSINESSES AND THEN SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES ON PARIS AVENUE AND, AND RIVER ROAD JUST TO STOP BY, CHECK IN, UM, SEE HOW EVERYTHING'S GOING.
I DID THAT AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
SO TIME FOR ANOTHER ANNUAL CHECK IN WITH THEM, WITH THEM.
UM, SOME GENERAL NUMBERS THIS YEAR.
I THOUGHT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
UH, BETWEEN SARAH AND I, WE'VE HAD OVER 370 INTERACTIONS WITH BUSINESSES.
SO THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM, UH, BRE MEETINGS TO MY BUSINESS, WALK VISITS AND, UH, GENERAL TOUCH POINTS, WHICH COULD BE THEM EMAILING, ASKING ONE QUESTION OR JUST ASKING FOR A RESOURCE OR SOMETHING.
UM, SO ANOTHER GOOD YEAR PROBABLY, UH, WITH OVER 150 BUSINESSES MAKE UP ABOUT THE MAKE UP THOSE 370 INTERACTIONS.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING OUR TWO ROUND TABLES, OUR FOUR WORKSHOPS, THREE NETWORKING EVENTS, UM, AND THEN THE MORE EVENTS THAT WE PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMBER ON.
SO IT'S BEEN AN ACTIVE YEAR FOR EXISTING BUSINESS, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE.
UM, OUR LAST WORKSHOP WE HAD IN MID-OCTOBER, UH, WAS A SUCCESS.
WE HAD 12 BUSINESSES ATTENDING, WHICH IS, UH, ON THE HIGH NUMBER FOR A LOT OF OUR WORKSHOPS.
THAT WAS ON, UH, IT WAS A QUICKBOOKS ONE-ON-ONE WORKSHOP.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMBER ON.
UM, CURRENTLY WORKING ON MY FIRST WORKSHOP FOR Q1.
WE DO OUR WORKSHOPS QUARTERLY AND IT'S GONNA BE, UH, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING WORKSHOP.
UM, SO I HEARD A LOT FROM BUSINESSES IN THESE LAST, THIS SUMMER AND FALL THAT THEY WANT TO DO MORE BUSINESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
SO I FIGURED IT'D BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION FOR THEM ON BEST PRACTICES.
UM, RECENTLY MET WITH A NEW EXTENSION AGENT, SKY BRICK HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT AGRIBUSINESS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO PARTNER WITH THEM JUST TO PROVIDE SOME MORE PROGRAMMING FOR OUR FARMS AND AGRIBUSINESSES IN THE COUNTY.
UM, BEEN OUT AND ABOUT DROPPING OFF SHOP LOCAL MATERIALS FOR OUR BLUE DOT PROGRAM AND HEARD SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY REALLY LOVE IT.
UM, THE OWNERS AT WILLIS FARMHOUSE BEEF SHOW ARE HUGE FANS OF IT.
THEY HAVE, THEY, THEY HAVE OUR CARDS PLACED THROUGHOUT THE RESTAURANT, RAILROAD COTTAGE, UH, MISS
AND WHEN I WAS AT THE CHRISTMAS MARKET ON NOVEMBER 2ND, SHE STOPPED ME AND SAID, I HAVE MULTIPLE CUSTOMERS SAY THEY KEEP THEIR RECEIPTS EVERY TIME THEY SHOP HERE TO SCAN INTO THAT APP.
UM, THE OWNERS AT THE VIRGINIA ARCHERY CENTER JUST ACROSS THE STREET, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY LOVE SEEING THE COUNTY TRY TO JUST CREATE MORE BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND THEN, UM, THE OWNER AT SPORTS PAGE, WHEN I SAW HIM DROPPING 'EM OFF, HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU GUYS DO THIS.
SO, UH, IT WAS NICE HEARING THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE BUSINESSES AS I WAS, I WAS OUT AND ABOUT MEETING WITH THEM TO LET HIM KNOW THAT WAY.
WE RENEWED THE FUNDING FOR IT.
UM, HEARD POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE, THOSE THAT ATTENDED THE MAJOR BUSINESS EVENT, UH, WOULD'VE LIKE TO SEE, UM, SOME MORE ATTENDANCE.
ABOUT HALF THE BUSINESSES THAT RSVP YES SHOWED UP.
SO, UM, OTHER PEOPLE JUST COULDN'T MAKE IT.
UM, SO NEXT YEAR WE BRAINSTORMING SOME IDEAS JUST TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE AND SEND OUT SOME MORE REMINDERS JUST SO WE GET THOSE THAT CAN'T, THAT SAID YES, MAKE SURE THAT THEY REMEMBER TO COME.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS AND VENDORS A POINT SPONSORED THE FOOD AND BEER HARDWOOD HOSTED US.
UM, WE HAD SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, PROVIDE FLOWERS AND HONEY, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE.
UM, AND THEN LAST THING, SO YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, SEVEN LADIES VINEYARD AT DOVER HALL.
THEIR GROUNDBREAKING IS GOING TO BE ON DECEMBER 11TH OR 18TH.
UM, SARAH SENT, HOLDS OUT FOR YOUR CALENDARS.
UM, THEY'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR FROM SOME DIGNITARIES ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN ATTEND BEFORE THEY FINALIZE THE DATE FOR THAT GROUNDBREAKING.
BUT THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR EXISTING BUSINESS MIDPOINT.
THE ISSUE IS, UH, REALLY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN RICHMOND AND OR CHARLOTTESVILLE.
RIGHT? I WOULD SAY, YEAH, IT'S THAT IT'S ALSO, IT'S A LOT OF RAW LAND.
IT IS A LOT OF FO LAND, SO OF COURSE DEVELOPMENT COSTS ARE GONNA BE HIGHER.
UM, BUT I WILL SAY SINCE I STARTED, THERE'S BEEN MORE A, UH, ACTION OVER THERE.
UM, ESPECIALLY ONCE BROADBAND KIND OF GOT IN INTO THAT AREA, FIREFLY, WE'VE SEEN SOME MORE DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE.
BUT I WOULD SAY A COMBINATION OF JUST DISTANCE FINDING THE WORKERS AROUND THERE IS GONNA BE MORE DIFFICULT.
UM, BUT WE GET CALLS FROM ENTREPRENEURS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, STARTING SMALL BUSINESSES, LOOKING AT MIDPOINT, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF HOW CONVENIENT IT IS TO, TO 64
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AS WELL AS IT IS ONLY ABOUT 30 TO 40 MINUTES FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE.UM, SO I, I WOULD IMAGINE IN THE YEARS TO COME AS, AS SPRAWL GROWS FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE AND RICHMOND, HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SOME MORE DEVELOPMENT IN IN MIDPOINT AND BUSINESS APPRECIATION.
HOW MANY WERE ACTUALLY INVITED? APPROXIMATELY 63.
AND SO, UM, AND THEN WE HAD ABOUT 30 YESES OUT OF THE 63, AND THEN ABOUT 15 TO 16 BUSINESSES ATTENDED.
YEAH, BECAUSE I, I MEAN, THAT WAS PHENOMENAL.
IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM AS POPULATED AS I THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE.
YEAH, ANY, OH YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS AT THE OYSTER FESTIVAL THIS YEAR AND SOME LADIES WE HAD A BIG TENT.
UH, THEY MUST'VE BEEN DOING SOMETHING RIGHT 'CAUSE PEOPLE, I DIDN'T WANNA STAND THE LINE, SO I DIDN'T GO IN THERE.
BUT, UH, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS NICE TO SEE A GUCH ONE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, DOWN IN THE MATTHEWS THERE, THE OYSTER FESTIVAL.
SO THAT'S WHO ELSE TO THEM? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.
UM, SO I ATTENDED THE, UH, VA ONE, WHICH IS, UH, VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE ALONG WITH MR. LYLE LAST WEEK.
UM, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD CONFERENCE, UM, AND GOOD CONTENT.
UM, A LOT OF GOOD KIND OF NETWORKING.
IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO, UM, TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO DEAL SPECIFICALLY IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY,
SO, UM, BUT IT'S NICE TO GET THEIR, THEIR INPUT SPECIFICALLY.
BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME CAMPAIGN INSIGHTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE LAUNCHED OUR, UM, NEW YEARS MARKETING IN JULY FOR TOURISM.
UM, AND THE VTC GRANT THAT WE GOT, UH, FOR THE COZY COUPLE GETAWAY HAS BEEN ON SINCE AUGUST.
AND, UM, WE HAD JUST IN OCTOBER 6,318 NEW USERS TO OUR WEBSITE IN JUST OCTOBER, UM, 337 RETURNING USERS.
OUR DISPLAY AND PAID SOCIALS WERE THE NUMBER ONE AND TWO SOURCES OF TRAFFIC.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PUSHING OUT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, OUR PAID SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS ARE DRIVING THIS.
UM, WE HAD 9,617 PAGE VIEWS IN, UM, OCTOBER, EXCUSE ME, UM, FOR THE COZY COUPLE.
GETAWAY CONTINUES TO BE THE NUMBER ONE VIEWED PAGE.
SO, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MARKETING THAT WE'RE PUSHING OUT IS, UM, HITTING PEOPLE.
UM, THE TOP THREE DESTINATIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS ASHBURN, VIRGINIA BEACH AND WASHINGTON DC.
SO FOLKS ARE LOOKING, I THINK, TO GET OUT OF SOME OF THOSE LARGER CITIES.
UM, AND TO COME OUT FOR A LONG WEEKEND.
WE SAW, UM, 350 VIEWS ON OUR ACCOMMODATION PAGE THIS MONTH, WHICH WAS UP FROM LIKE 30 PREVIOUSLY.
SO IT'S PUSHING TRAFFIC TO OUR PAGE.
SO HOPEFULLY, UM, AND, AND IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO TO SAY WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY TAKE THE NEXT STEP
ANY QUESTIONS ON TOURISM UPDATE? OH, AND I FORGOT TO SAY THE LAFAYETTE EVENT WAS, UM, WENT OFF WONDERFULLY.
IT WAS AROUND 150 PEOPLE THERE AT TUCKAHOE, UM, TO JOIN LAFAYETTE
YES, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD EVENT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, UM, THERE WERE ITEMS THAT I BELIEVE YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS, MR. CHAIR? WELL, JUST THE ITEMS I SENT FORTH ON THE EMAIL, AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO ADD ONE ITEM, FIRST OF ALL.
ONE IS, UH, THE, THE FOUR THAT ARE ON THERE ARE THE ANNUAL BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO DO THAT JUST AS A, A DECLARATION OF WHAT MONIES WE PLAN TO SPEND AND DO SPEND AGAINST THAT, JUST FOR REPORTS TO BOTH THE BOARD, UH, AND THE CITIZENS IN GENERAL.
AND IT, I THINK IT'S RELATIVELY TRIVIAL PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE INSURANCE AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND I, I BELIEVE LOOKING, UH, PY UM, UH, PREVIOUS YEAR, 1, 2, 3 BACKWARDS IN TIME, WE COULD GET SOME, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY APPROVE A BUDGET
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THAT IS ALONG THE LINES OF, UM, LET'S SAY WHAT WHAT THE COUNTY DOES SINCE WE'RE A SEPARATE ENTITY, JUST SO WE HAVE SOMETHING.BUT I CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
IT'S JUST A THOUGHT THAT WE OUGHT TO DO THE SAME THING.
THE THOUGHT IS JUST TO PROVE OUR OWN, OUR OWN BUDGET.
AND SO IF THERE'S A CHANGE, THEN WE REFLECT THAT AND ALSO CAPTURE ALL THE, THE, LET'S SAY, A TRANSFERS THAT OCCUR, WHETHER IT BE, UM, OUR FRIENDS IN, IN WEST CREEK, UH, THAT THE MONEY COMES IN FROM IN THROUGH CAP ONE OR ANYTHING ELSE WE DO.
SO I, I FELT THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE NOT THE BEST TRANSPARENCY THAT WE'VE PROBABLY OUGHT TO FOR, FOR THAT.
AND IT WAS ALSO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR MONEY'S GOING, WHERE OUR MONEY'S COMING FROM.
AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD A MAJOR, UH, SINCE THE LAND SALE BEFORE THAT, SINCE, UH, SHELTERING ARMS BOND ISSUE.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO, SO WE CAN START CAPTURING THAT AND JUST A THOUGHT, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN ALSO LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SCHOOLS DO DO THAT.
UH, NATURALLY THE BOARD DOES THAT, AND I THINK WE COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE OR EVEN HAVE A SEPARATE AGENDA.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE ITEMS I, I, I DON'T LIKE THE CONCEPT OF, UH, BUSINESSES HAVING TO PAY, LET'S SAY, UH, NECESSARILY ON AN ANNUAL FEE TO VDOT.
IT'S PART OF THEIR REVENUE THAT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE.
OR, UH, FOR, WE DID HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE LAND THAT IS IN THE COURTHOUSE AREA THAT I BELIEVE WE COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY WITH PERHAPS THE, THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE, UH, SEEDINGS IN, UH, IN THE COMMONWEALTH THAT, UH, WE COULD LOOK AT OTHER USES FOR WHETHER IT BE THE COLLEGE, AND AGAIN, NOT GETTING TOO FAR AHEAD, BUT, AND ALSO THE TWO, UM, FACILITIES THAT ARE IN, WELL, ONE INN AND JUST OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES.
SO THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE, 'CAUSE THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT, UM, IN ONE CASE IS BEING GROSSLY UNDERUTILIZED AND THE OTHER ONE HAS A FACILITY, UH, I THINK IT'S VERY OLD.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A VERY RESPONSIVE, UH, DELEGATE FORCE RIGHT NOW.
AND ALSO, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A NEW SENATOR, UH, ELECTED TO REPRESENT US IN THE 10TH, UM, PROBABLY EARLY JANUARY.
WOULD YOU ENVISION SUBMITTING THAT TO THE COUNTY TO HAVE IT AS PART OF THEIR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA DAY? LIKE WHAT I, I THINK IT'D BE SOMETHING THAT, A CONVERSATION WITH, WITH THE COUNTY, THE BOARD TO SEE HOW THEY WANT TO PLAY IT, BECAUSE OUR, I WOULD HOPE OUR GOALS WOULD BE THE SAME, BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR OUT FROM THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT THE BOARD SUPERVISORS WANT.
UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UH, COUNTY STAFF ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE MEETING STARTS TO GATHER INPUT FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS TO WHAT THEY COULD MAYBE WANNA PUT ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
AND THEN, UM, IT GETS VETTED THROUGH THE BOARD.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY I WOULD NEED TO START HEARING ITEMS FROM THE EDA IN SEPTEMBER AU AUGUST, SEPTEMBER IN ORDER TO GET ON THE COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
UH, IN, IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS THAT IT'S A SEPARATE ITEM.
IT WOULD BE LIKE THE SCHOOLS LIKE, SURE.
JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PERCEPTION, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST, UH, THINKING ON IT.
UM, THE FOURTH THIRD ITEM IS THE DATA CENTER ORDINANCE REVIEW AND GENERAL MARKETING.
AS WE'VE TALKED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE ITEM IN THERE THAT REQUIRES TOO MANY PARKING LOTS AT A DATA CENTER, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY COMING IN JUST DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY REFLECT AND SAY, WE'RE OUT OF HERE BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T FIT AND WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE THE TIME TO DO IT.
AND I HEARD THAT FROM A, UH, UH, MADAM DIRECTOR AND I HAVE HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, UM, SOME PEOPLE I'M TALKING TO THAT HAVE LAND THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, PROCESS IN LOUISA, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EVERYTHING TO BE RIGHT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND YOU'VE ACTUALLY STATED THAT BEFORE TOO, THAT PEOPLE WILL JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
SO I, I, I KNOW I'M DOING THAT MYSELF.
SO IF WE COULD MAYBE COME TOGETHER AT A MEETING, UM, AND JUST BRING ANYTHING WE INDIVIDUALLY FIND TO GET, TRY TO GET THINGS CORRECTED ON
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ANY, AND I THINK WITH ALL DIFFERENCE, TO THE HONORABLE GENTLEMAN SITTING HERE, UM, GETTING RID OF THE FAR REQUIREMENTS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE, I THINK IS A PART OF IT.AND I THINK THERE'S SOME, SOME OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO.
AND, UM, BACK, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I PUT FORTH WHAT ENDED UP BEING A FOIA ASKING THE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL THINGS.
AND I THINK YOU HAD TO DO A LOT OF WORK TO FIND, UH, IN PARTICULAR OILVILLE INFORMATION.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER AT SOME POINT, AND, AND THIS IS GONNA REALLY TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK, SARAH, UH, EXCUSE ME, MADAM DIRECTOR, UH, TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN HELP FACILITATE A DIGITAL LIBRARY FOR ALL THESE STUDIES THAT KEEP GOING ALONG.
'CAUSE I, I'VE FOUND SOME THINGS THAT, UH, WHETHER IT BE THE, A PARTICULAR ROAD STUDY THAT, UH, WAS NEVER ACTED ON, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN HAVE TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO PULL UP AND, AND THANK YOU FOR GATHERING ALL THAT INFORMATION, BUT THERE'S NO REASON FOR YOU TO HAVE TO DIGITIZE IT AND, AND, AND DO SOME OF THIS WORK.
SO I, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER US SOMEHOW HELPING STAFF AND OR THE BOARD, UH, TO GET A SOLUTION FOR THIS.
AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE.
AND, AND, AND ALSO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, SENDING ME THE INFORMATION.
UM, AND I, SOME OF THAT'S MARKED A LITTLE.
UM, SO I, I HESITATE ON THE SHARING MM-HMM.
UH, I THINK THERE WAS SOME PROPRIETARY ON SOME OF IT.
SO I, SO THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT NEED TO WORK OUT FOR SHARING, UH, WITH REGARDS TO ANY EFFORT WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING WITH, UH, OUR ANALYSIS OF REVIEW AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE MIGHT BE.
AND THEN THE, THE LAST ITEM IS, UM, I HATE TO TAKE UP SO MUCH, SEAN, ON THIS IS ACTUALLY COMING UP IN JANUARY, I THINK IT'S 22ND, IS THE PRESENTATION TO THE, UH, OUR FRIENDS AT THE GLE OH, NIGHT IS THE 22ND.
UM, AND I'M, I'M MORE AND WILLING TO PRESENT AT THAT IF IT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
BUT I, I'D, I'D LIKE TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE UP TO SPEED, UM, AT LEAST HAVE SOMEBODY SHOW UP TO SEE WHAT GOES ON AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO FACILITATE THE EDUCATION OF, UH, CITIZENS THAT ATTEND THE GLE, UM, GOING FORWARD.
AND, AND IT'S ALWAYS VOTED AS THE BEST SESSION.
SO I, WE GOTTA KEEP THAT, KEEP THE COMEDY ACT UP.
SO I, I THINK, AND WHEN IS THAT? IT'S, UH, JANUARY 22ND.
IT'S, UH, ALL, IT'S BACK STILL AT FARM BUREAU, FARM BUREAU HEADQUARTERS IN WEST CREEK.
IT'S AT 6:00 PM AND, UM, THAT, IN FACT, THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING I'LL, I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL OR IF YOU WANNA SEND OUT AN EMAIL, UH, THAT WE, WE HAVE THAT, UH, ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, PLEASE, I, DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE, UH, PROPOSALS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, I GET HIT WITH A RADIO WAVE TERMS SOURCE.
IT SAID THAT THE, UH, UH, PACKAGE IS PRETTY, IS PRETTY FAR ALONG SO THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE TO INPUT INTO THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS WE, WE SHOULD DO WITHOUT
BECAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S I THINK, A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD REALLY FACILITATE GOING FORWARD THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UH, IT'S JUST, WELL, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH SOME OF THE PROPERTIES AND SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUT THERE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE JLR MIGHT COME BACK WITH ON THE, UH, WHOLE ISSUE OF DATA CENTERS OH.
THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA AFFECT US ALL.
BUT I MEAN, THE CONVERSATIONS ARE JUST, UH, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR OFF.
SO ANYWAY, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WITH OTHER BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? AND IF NOT, WE STILL HAVE 20 MINUTES? WELL, YOU ARE RIGHT.
SO, UM, THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, I CAN, I CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THE DRAFT TO YOU GUYS, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS IT AT YOUR DECEMBER 4TH MEETING.
BUT NO PROMISES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO AMEND IT AT THIS POINT.
'CAUSE I THINK THE BOARD HAS ALREADY KIND OF LOCKED IN ON SOME STUFF, BUT IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD STARTING.
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BECAUSE WE, WE WOULD KNOW THEM.WELL, AND I'LL SAY TOO, THAT, UM, ANYTHING YOU PUT ON THERE, THIS YEAR'S NOT HAPPENING
AND THE BOARD HONESTLY SHOULD PROBABLY DO A LOT EARLIER TOO, BECAUSE BILL DRAFTING DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 25TH.
SO ALL OF OUR BILLS ARE ALREADY PUT IN, AND WE ONLY 15 THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S LIKE, IT'D BE MUCH BETTER TO GET THAT IN LIKE OCTOBER.
BUT THE, UH, INTRODUCTION DATE WILL BE SOMETIME IN EARLY JANUARY, TYPICALLY.
BUT WITH THE BILL LIMIT, EVERYBODY'S ALREADY CAPPED OUT.
SO BY, BY THIS TIME, I WAS JUST GONNA POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T END WITH THAT THOUGH.
THERE'S STILL, UM, THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REPRESENTATIVES TO INFLUENCE THE LEGISLATURE, EVEN IF NOT THIS SESSION, THE NEXT SESSION.
THAT'S THE THING WE SHOULD BE VISITING.
WE SHOULD BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF, UH, HILL DAYS OR WHATEVER THEY CALL 'EM NOW, UH, WHERE WE GO VISIT THE LEGISLATORS AND TELL 'EM WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE, PARTICULARLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE NEW SENATOR, UH, AROUND THAT TIME.
AND, UM, THE, UH, OTHER VERY HELPFUL THING WOULD BE IN THOSE SAME VEINS IS STUFF TO LOOK OUT FOR OR STUFF THAT, HEY, THE EDA THINKS THIS WOULD BE A TERRIBLE POLICY YEAH.
WHEN THOSE THINGS DO START TO COME OUT EARLY JANUARY, END OF SUMMER OR JANUARY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT LOBBY DAYS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TOO.
UM, THE DIGITIZATION OF YOUR FILES.
SO, UM, I DID FIND THE OILVILLE STUDIES AND GOT THOSE, YOU KNOW, A SCANNED THEM THROUGH, SO THAT WASN'T A BIG DEAL.
BUT THE EDA DOES HAVE A COUPLE BOXES ABOUT THIS BIG OF FILES THAT ARE FAIRLY WELL ORGANIZED, BUT THEY'RE NOT DIGITAL.
AND SO THE THOUGHT WAS IF WE WANTED TO, IF THE EDA WANTED TO HIRE FIRM TO GET THOSE DIGITIZED AND OCR, SO LIKE WE CAN WORK SEARCH WARRANT OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO AT THAT POINT, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL MOVING FORWARD.
DOES THE COUNTY HAVE A, A STANDARD CONTRACT? STANDARD WORK? THEY DO NOT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, A WORK, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD, UH, GET POTENTIALLY SOME FIRMS AND GET YOU SOME QUOTES, BUT YEAH, I I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT TO ENTERTAIN BECAUSE I, HAVING ALL THE INFORMATION, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE A REPOSITORY OF ALL THE INFORMATION, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THERE'S INFORMATION AS YOU WELL KNOW THAT THAT'S LOST.
NOW WE'LL BRING UP A GENERAL, UM, DIGITAL LIBRARY OF STUDIES AT OUR NEXT DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING, BECAUSE I DO THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS YOU, IT WASN'T, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT OIL WELL, THAT THE WATER AND SEW STUDY WOULD'VE LIVED WITH UTILITIES, BUT UTILITIES DID NOT HAVE RECORD OF IT.
IT WAS IN EDA FILES FROM 1999 IN 2008.
SO
UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEST, BEST PRACTICE.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT I TAKE FORWARD TO, TO THE FULL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN OUR, UM, NEXT MEETING, WE ARE TECHNICALLY SCHEDULED TO MEET ON DECEMBER 11TH, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE CONFLICTS WITH THAT.
DAY ONE COULD BE THE SEVEN LADIES VINEYARD, UH, GROUNDBREAKING.
AND THEN ALSO THE CHAMBER HAS HOLDING THEIR HOLIDAY MINGLE JINGLE
SO DECEMBER 4TH CAME ABOUT AS A POTENTIAL DATE FOR US TO, TO MEET, UM, AND EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE AVAILABLE.
UM, SO I'M GONNA MOVE OUR DECEMBER 11TH TO DECEMBER 4TH AND GET THE ADVERTISING OUT AND GET ALL THAT DONE.
AND DO HAVE A COUPLE MINOR ISSUES FOR CLOSED SESSION? I DO.
SO UNLESS THERE'S OTHER BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS, I WILL READ OUR CLOSED SESSION MOTION AND OF COURSE, WITH REVISIONS OF VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS 2.23711 AND 2 2 3 7 2, I MOVE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAM COUNTY CAN ENCLO MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION CONCERNING A PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY LOCATING A COMMUNITY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ITS PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE IN DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY OR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, OR A DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WITH ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC
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BODY AS PERMITTED BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.23711, UH, SUBPARAGRAPH A THREE AND A FIVE.ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ANY IMPOSED ABSTENTIONS OR ENCLOSED SECTION, UH, AS I LEAVE THE ROOM, I MIGHT MENTION, I ACTUALLY MAY HAVE A COPY OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA OR WISHLIST IN THE CAR FOR MY TWO BY TWO THIS MORNING.
I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LEAVE IT.
BUT IT IS CHUCK ALONG AND AS WAS OBSERVED EARLIER, IT, IT IS A TARGETED AND IT IS OPPOSED UNFUNDED MANDATES, ENCOURAGE TEACHER, FIREFIGHTER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DEVELOPMENT.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S LIKE VERY AMORPHOUS.
BILL 12 93, 67 DASH 7 3 6 2 1 7 6, NOT THAT SPECIFIC, WHICH IS A BILL NUMBER.
SO, BUT IT, IT, IT IS, IT IS IN A TWO BY TWOS AND WE'LL VOTE ON THAT, WHERE IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR A VOTE DECEMBER 3RD SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE COUNTY STAFF WHEN THEY'RE AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO BARRACKS FOR, AND SAY, HEY, DON'T GIVE US MORE UNFUNDED MANDATES.
HELP US RETAIN TEACHERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS IN THERE THAT SAYS, GET RID OF, UH, ONE OF WHICH LEGISLATION LAST YEAR TOOK AWAY THE ABILITY FOR THE COUNTY TO REQUIRE CERTAIN DISCLOSURES SUCH AS THIS HOUSE IS ACROSS THE ROAD FROM A QUARRY AND THEY BLAST AND YOUR CHINA IS GOING TO SHAKE, OR THIS HOUSE IS ACROSS AND GREAT BIG OPEN FIELD.
AND IT MAY SOMEDAY BE HOME TO A DATA CENTER.
SO DON'T COME FUSS WHEN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE ON INDUSTRIAL LAND.
I MEAN, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
WE CAN'T REQUIRE THAT DISCLOSURE 'CAUSE THE, THE REALTORS, UH, SAID, OH NO.
AND A LOT OF IT WAS DRIVEN BY THE REAGAN AND, UH, DULLES FLIGHT PATTERNS WHERE THEY DID NOT WANT, UH, TO HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT THIS CONDO IS GOING TO BE IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF DULLES OR REAGAN.
SO, NOT TO SPEAK POORLY REALTORS, BUT MAN, THEY REALLY, THEY POWER, THEY DID A JOB.
I'LL TRY NOT TO LET THIS HIT ME ON THE WAY OUT.
SO AND SO I AM HEARING THEN DON'T WORRY ABOUT BRINGING THAT BACK.
AND I KNEW, WHAT IS IT? MEMORY BOX.
ARE THESE GUYS ON THE RADIO? THEY'LL DO SOMETHING FOR, UH, NINE BUCKS A BOX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT WILL TAKE ALL YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIGITAL AND YOUR SUPER EIGHT FILM AND TURN IT INTO DIGITAL.
I FORGET IS THE MEMORY BOX I, YOU GUYS, IT'S ONE OF THEM.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROMPT IS THAT WE CAN'T SEE BACK, WE'RE BACK.
THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2 3 71, 12 PARAGRAPH D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, I MOVED TO GLAND COUNTY ECONOMIC BILL AUTHORITY HEREBY CERTIFY TO THAT, TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE.
ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER TREATMENT INFORMATION ACT.
AND TWO, ONLY SUCH BUSINESS MATTER, PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN A MOTION CONVENING.
THE CLOSED MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE CHEM COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
IN THE CLOSED MEETING OF THIS STATE, MADAM ECONOMIC DIRECTOR SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? I REMEMBER THIS TIME YOU DID
AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS OR AB EXTENSIONS, IT PASSES.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I SO MOVE.
AND SINCE THAT'S NOT DEBATABLE.