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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.WE'RE, UH, EVERYBODY STARTED THE, EXCUSE ME, APRIL 16TH, 2025, MEETING OF THE GLAND COUNTY ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND, UH, MAD ECONOMIC DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLE SO WE CAN DETERMINE A QUORUM, UH, ALL PRESENT EXCEPT FOR MS. WOOD, SHE'S RUNNING LATE.
UM, AND, UH, YOU WANNA TAKE A RESET? NO, I'M GOOD.
YOU'RE GOOD? I SEND A PASSWORD.
UH, AND FOR ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING, LISTENING, WE WERE JUST, UH, UH, SETTING UP SOME ACCOUNTS, AND THAT IS COMPLETE.
WE WERE GONNA TAKE A RECESS TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE BACK IN, UH, BACK IN ORDER.
UH, NEXT UP IS CITIZEN COMMENT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE WANTING TO MAKE CITIZEN COMMENT, SEEING NONE? AND I ASSUME WE HAVE NO ONE ON THE LINE WISHING NOR CAN'T, UH, THAT WAY MAKE ONE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL MINUTES.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE MINUTES, PLEASE? I, THERE DO WE, UH, UH, DOCUMENT MINUTES AS SUBMITTED FOR MARCH? THANK YOU,
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING, NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR MARCH 19TH MEETING.
UH, AGAINST AND EXTENSIONS? IT PASSES.
SO NOW MOVING ON TO TREASURER'S REPORT.
OUR TREASURER IS CURRENTLY STUCK IN TRAFFIC AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.
UM, SO WE WILL DELAY THAT ITEM OF BUSINESS UNTIL, UH, SHE RETURNS OR, UH, HOPEFULLY ARRIVES, I SHOULD SAY.
UM, SO THIS EVENING, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, LAST, LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT DOING KIND OF A BRAINSTORMING SESSION AND PRIOR AUTHORIZATION.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA GIVE VERY QUICK COMMENTS ABOUT SOME UPDATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEN LET YOU GUYS REALLY KIND OF GET INTO MORE DISCUSSION PURPOSES.
BUT, UM, FROM A NEW BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, UM, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS A NEW WEBSITE THAT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED.
IT'S CALLED THE ROCKWELL OPPORTUNITY CORRIDOR.
AND THIS IS IN DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UM, DEVELOPMENTS ALONG ASHLAND ROAD AS WE ARE.
UM, THOSE ARE COMING UNDER, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
AND AS THE NEW DIVERGENT DIAMOND INTERCHANGE COMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE THOUGHT WE'D TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY KINDA HIGHLIGHT THE CORRIDOR, THE BUSINESSES ALONG THE CORRIDOR, AND ALSO INFORM CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION AND WHEN IT'S HAPPENING.
SO, UM, ON OUR MAIN GLAND PAGE, THERE'S A LINK THAT SAYS ROCKVILLE OPPORTUNITY CORRIDOR.
AND WE WORKED WITH, UM, A, UH, COMMUNICATION AT ONE POINT COMMUNICATION TO KIND OF GIVE US SOME BRANDING AND MESSAGING ON THIS.
AND SO IT HAS BEEN NAMED THE ROCKVILLE OPPORTUNITY CORRIDOR, WHICH WE THINK FALLS VERY NICELY INTO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE.
AS WE LOOK AT ASHLAND ROAD AS A WHOLE, IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING BUSINESS IN AND FOR OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES TO EXPAND AND TO DO MORE BUSINESS WITH EACH OTHER IN THIS CORRIDOR.
UM, WE HAVE LISTED OUT ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE LINK OUT TO INDIVIDUAL SITES WITH MORE INFORMATION, BUT THEY'VE DONE A REALLY NICE MAP, UM, SHOWING WHERE THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE TAKING PLACE.
SO WE'VE GOT THE AXIAL 64, THAT'S THE SPEC WAREHOUSE, UM, THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
WE'VE GOT PROJECT ROCKY UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
WE HAVE THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND, UM, THAT'S UNDER KIND OF ENGINEERING NOW.
WE'LL GO INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THE PARK AND RIDE RELOCATION CHANGE.
AND THEN, UM, SOME OF THE TEMPORARY, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE TO THE INTERCHANGE FROM PROJECT ROCKY, UM, WHILE THE FULL INTERCHANGES IS, UM, UNDERWAY.
AND THEN AS YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF A TIMELINE OF WHEN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE HAPPENING.
UM, SO E EACH ONE OF THESE PAGES HAS INDIVIDUAL MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECTS AND UPDATED TIMELINES.
UM, WE ARE PUSHING THIS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'RE DOING TARGETED, UM, KIND OF, UM, ANALYSIS TO, UH, USERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, BUSINESSES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
CHANNEL EIGHT CAME OUT TODAY AND INTERVIEWED ME, SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A SEGMENT EITHER
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TOMORROW OR AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT WEEK COMING OUT ON IT.SO, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, IF I MAY, THE RY HILL ROAD, UH, THERE WAS NOTHING, UH, SKETCHED IN ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT THERE.
IS THAT NOT ON THE
SO IF, IF IT WAS TO GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE UPDATE.
THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S STILL, IT STILL BE GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, HASN'T DONE THAT PART YET.
THE, UH, RELOCATION OF THE PARKING RIDE.
IS THAT RELATED TO THE LER PROJECT? IT, IT IS.
UM, IT, RIGHT NOW THE PARK AND RIDE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE INTER INTERCHANGE.
UM, WITH THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND.
UM, THEY THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, POTENTIALLY REUTILIZE SOME OF THAT SPACE THAT'S ALREADY IN, IN RIGHT OF WAY.
AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT MOVING THAT TO THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE PROJECT.
IT'S BEEN KIND OF ROLLED ALL TOGETHER NOW AS PART OF THE DIVERGENT DIVING INTERCHANGE.
IT MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP TRAFFIC GOING SOUTH REALLY COMES OUT OF THAT PARK AND RIDE YEAH.
ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER YEAH, IT'S DIFFICULT.
AND FURTHERMORE, BENNINGTON ROAD, UM, HAS BEEN FULLY REALIGNMENT.
SO THEY'RE BRINGING IT UP FURTHER AND CONNECTING IT WITH FOREST TO GET IT KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THAT FUNCTIONAL AREA OF THE INTERCHANGE SO THEY CAN NOW MAKE FULL LEFTS AND RIGHTS OUT OF BENNINGTON ROAD.
SO THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE INTERCHANGE.
UM, WE HAD, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD AN EXISTING BUSINESS LIST FIELD CONTRACTING THAT OPERATES DOWN BENNINGTON.
AND THEY HAD EXPRESSED A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE A LEFT OUT OF BENNINGTON ROAD ONCE THE INTERCHANGE IS COMPLETED.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATE FOR THEM, UM, TO VDOT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT CHANGE INTO THE DI.
UM, WE, UM, YESTERDAY MET WITH CONGRESSMAN JOHN MCGUIRE'S OFFICE.
MS. DEARIN AND MS. SLADE, UH, JOINED US.
AND SO THAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL VENTURE, UM, MEETING WITH HIS OFFICE.
THE CONGRESSMAN WASN'T, UM, HE HAD A, UH, A STAFFER COME AND TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT.
WE GAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UPDATES A LOT GOING ON IN THE COUNTY, MADE SURE THAT HE KNEW ALL THE GOOD STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
UM, WE ALSO EXPRESSED TO HIM SOME CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM BUSINESSES REGARDING TARIFFS AND, UM, THE CONTINUED SUPPORT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONGRESS GIVE TO THE EDA, THE FEDERAL EDA AND THE USDA TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE NOT, UM, DEFUNDED, UH, THROUGH CONGRESS.
AND THEN, UM, IT WAS JUST GENERAL DISCUSSION, UM, AND I, AND I THINK IT WAS GOOD.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF MS. STEWART AND OR MS. SLAVE WELCOME HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO OUR CONVERSATION WITH CONGRESSMAN MCGUIRE'S OFFICE YESTERDAY.
UM, WE JUST ASKED HOW WE COULD HAVE THEM ASSIST US, MAYBE INTRODUCE, UM, US TO ANY FEDERAL AGENCIES WHERE WE COULD BENEFIT FROM ANY KIND OF, UM, INITIATIVES THAT ARE BEING KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
BUT THERE, THERE AREN'T REALLY ANY RIGHT NOW THAT ANYBODY KNOWS OF.
UM, IT'S JUST THINGS ARE KIND OF SETTLING FOR A LITTLE BIT.
BEFORE THEY KNOW KIND OF WHICH INITIATIVES THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON.
SO WE DIDN'T GET ANY REAL SPECIFICS.
UM, BUT THE CHANNELS ARE OPEN FROM MCGUIRE'S OFFICE TO THE POWER IN WASHINGTON, AND HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD TAKE ANY INFORMATION THAT WE COULD GIVE THEM.
AND WHAT WAS THE, THE ONE MINUTE, UM, THING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? SO HE DID SAY THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, ON THURSDAYS, EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT GETS TO DO A ONE MINUTE UPDATE, UM, TO ADMINISTRATION.
AND SO HE SAID THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING THAT NEEDS TO BE ELEVATED, UM, TO SEND IT TO HIM AND HE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND JENNY BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT SHE WAS GONNA FORWARD, UM, MORE DETAILS TO HIS OFFICE THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE SOME HELP WITH.
A PHARMACY, UM, LOCAL PHARMACIES ARE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME STAYING AFLOAT DUE TO SOME FEDERAL REGULATIONS
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WITH INSURANCE.UM, SO BROUGHT THAT TO THEIR ATTENTION.
AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY WITH EPA REGULATIONS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, ENERGY AND, AND HOW SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON ENERGY IS, IS, IS HOLDING BACK SOME, UM, OF AT LEAST DOMINION'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE ENERGY TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, BROUGHT THAT TO HIS ATTENTION.
UM, IS THIS JUST A, IT WAS A GLAND MEETING OR WAS THERE, WERE THERE OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? IT WAS JUST GLAND.
GLAND WAS, UM, THE MANNY, THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE, UH, ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO, UM, BOARD SUPERVISORS.
YES, MR. WINFREY, UM, WAS THERE.
SO, UM, SO NOW WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, GOOD COMMUNICATION CHANNELS OPEN AND WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION AS NEEDED.
NOTHING WAS SAID ABOUT THE, UH, FEDERAL RESERVE BUILDING.
I DID, BUT I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A KIND OF QUASI FEDERAL BUILDING AND OUR, UM, AND OUR LOCALITY THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A YEAR.
ANYTHING ELSE WITH REGARDS TO UPDATES? UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF NEW BUSINESS, UH, EXISTING BUSINESS.
I'LL JUST, I'LL BRING BACK TO YOUR ATTENTION.
WE HAVE OUR BUSINESS DEPRECIATION EVENT ON MAY 8TH AT KINDRED SPIRIT ROOM.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YOU LOOK LIKE I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, AND THEN SOME GOOD NEWS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW IT, BUT LICKING HOLE, UH, CREEK CRAFT BREWERY IS LOOKING TO REOPEN, ALBEIT A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, SO TAKING A SMALL KIND STEP FORWARD, UH, FOR THEM TO REOPEN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, BEING ABLE TO HELP HER AS SHE REOPENS.
AND WE'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO MAKE SAME MOTIVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY MONEY OUTSTANDING WITH THEM? NO.
YOU WANNA GIVE YOUR UPDATES? YEAH, I'VE GOT A FEW.
I JUST WANNA SAY REAL QUICK, JENNY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, SINCE UH, YOUR ARRIVAL BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL, WE DID THE QUORUM CITIZEN COMMENT.
WE HAD THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UH, AS, AS WRITTEN.
AND, UH, WE, WE ON TREASURY'S REPORT IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A TREASURY REPORT, BUT WE CAN PUSH THAT BACK BECAUSE WE, UH, GO AHEAD.
WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE.
UM, SO NEXT WEEK WE PARTNER, UH, WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO DO A NETWORKING EVENT WITH THEM OUT IN ROCKVILLE.
UM, THEY DO CONNECT AT FIVES, UH, AND THEY'RE DOING FOUR THIS YEAR.
DIFFERENT BUSINESSES OR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY TO TRY TO HIT DIFFERENT, UH, REGIONS IN THOSE BUSINESSES IN PARTICULAR.
SO NEXT WEEK'S IS APRIL 22ND FROM FIVE TO SEVEN AT OUTDOOR KITCHEN CREATIONS, WHICH IS IN THE LANIER INDUSTRIAL PARK.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT GREAT, UM, IT SHOULD BE A GOOD GROUP OF BUSINESSES.
AND WITH A GOOD MIXTURE OF, OF INDUSTRIES.
UM, SARAH ALREADY COVERED THE BUSINESS APPRECIATION EVENT.
UM, I DID WANNA BRING THIS UP.
THE ONLY RESPONSE I GOT WAS FROM DB, UM, MAY 16TH IS, UH, THE FRIDAY.
AND THAT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK AND, UH, FOR THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE DO ON THAT FRIDAY IS WE HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THE BUSINESS CENTER TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME IN.
AND EITHER SARAH AND I WILL BE HERE ALL DAY TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, UH, IT KIND OF POPPED IN MY HEAD OF DOING SOME SORT OF TWO HOUR WINDOW WHERE WE GET TWO EDA MEMBERS HERE AND DO A AN A MA AND ASKING ANYTHING KIND OF FORUM WHERE, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS KNOW FOR TWO HOURS THEY CAN COME IN AND TALK TO TWO EDA MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT TO DO, I'D BE HAPPY TO PUT IT ON.
I DON'T THINK IT'D BE A HUGE LIST.
LIKE, I'M ALREADY GONNA BE HERE ALL DAY.
UM, AND LIKE IF WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE, GREAT.
IF WE DON'T GET A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE TRY AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND GOT THOSE THINGS AGAINST THE WALL AND SEE WHAT STICKS.
UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S FOUR WEEKS AWAY FROM THIS FRIDAY, SO THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME TO PROMOTE IT AND EVERYTHING.
AND DB ALREADY SAID HE'D BE HAPPY TO COME, UM, AND SIT HERE FOR TWO HOURS AND SEE IF ANY CITIZENS COME BY WITH QUESTIONS.
SO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE WITH YOU GUYS AND C HERE NOW AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS.
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UH, DO FRIDAY, MAY 16TH, I CAN DO A MORNING SHIFT.BUT WE HAVE GOOD ONE DAY STUFF ALL AFTERNOON, EVENING
YEAH, I CAN, I CAN BE HERE WHENEVER THERE'S NEED.
YEAH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING LIKE A TWO HOUR WINDOW EITHER IN THE MORNING OR IN THE AFTERNOON.
UM, I WAS THINKING AFTERNOON, SINCE PEOPLE MIGHT BE COMING AROUND FOR A GOOSE IN DAY STUFF ANYWAY, THEY DON'T WANT TO POP IN.
UM, AND IF WE COULD GET TWO MEMBERS HERE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM AND DO ALL OF THAT, THAT'D BE PERFECT.
OR IF WE HAVE THE PEOPLE TO DO LIKE TWO YEAH.
A MORNING OR AN AFTERNOON ONE THAT WORKS TOO.
HAPPY TO BE HERE IN THE MORNINGS.
OR EVEN UP UNTIL LIKE TWO 30 PROBABLY.
WELL THEN IT, UH, SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND GET STARTED ON PLANNING AND EVERYTHING AND PUT, PUT SOME, UH, IDEAS AND HOURS AROUND IT AND GET IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND FIGURE OUT WHICH TWO EDA MEMBERS WILL BE HERE WHEN.
UM, COUPLE OTHER QUICK HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, UH, THREE BRE VISITS TO RESTAURANTS, WHICH IS EXCITING THAT I USUALLY DON'T GET BRE VISITS WITH RESTAURANTS.
BUT, UM, THEY WANTED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE LOGO AND TODD SIGNAGE WITH VDOT AND THAT PROGRAM.
SO THERE IS SOME INTEREST FROM, FROM RESTAURANTS ON THAT, WHICH IS GREAT TO HEAR AND GET THEM, GET MY FOOT IN THE DOOR WITH THEM.
UM, WE HAVE A MAY WORKSHOP COMING UP WITH SCORE IN THE CHAMBER.
THE DATE'S GONNA BE SEPTEMBER 27TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE FOUR BUSINESS OR FOUR FARMS LINED UP TO PARTICIPATE, UM, WITH A COUPLE NEW ONES THAT'S, IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
BUT THOSE ARE MY QUICK UPDATES.
DO WE HAVE EMAILS FROM THOSE DATES BY CHANCE ON WELL, LIKE THE AI, THE, UH, I CAN SEND, I CAN SEND YOU GUYS EMAILS.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T, IT'D BE GREAT.
BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE THINGS LOVE THE TED.
YEAH, I CAN JUST START PUTTING THAT ON YOUR GUYS' CALENDARS.
SO, UM, FROM A TOURISM PERSPECTIVE, WE DID GET, UM, IT'S CALLED DRIVE TOURISM GRANT.
SO THIS IS A VERY EXCITING THROUGH THE VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION.
UM, IT'S ONLY AWARDED TO 10 DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS A YEAR.
UM, CHANCE PUT TOGETHER THE, THE GRANT APPLICATION AND WE WERE AWARDED.
SO WHAT IT BASICALLY DOES IS VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION IS GONNA COME INTO OUR LOCALITY AND HOLD A WORKSHOP SESSION, A FOUR HOUR WORKSHOP SESSION ON TOURISM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE 20 STAKEHOLDERS COME IN, AND IT'S GONNA BE PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY, UM, WHETHER THEY HAVE TOURISM EXPERIENCE, JUST CITIZENS, WHOEVER THAT WE THINK WOULD, WOULD HAVE GOOD IDEAS AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF BRAINSTORM.
THEY'RE GONNA DO BASICALLY LIKE LOOK AT OUR ASSETS, LOOK AT COMPETITORS, AND SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO INCREASE OUR TOURISM PRODUCT AND OUR ASSETS IN THE COUNTY.
THEN COMING OUT OF THAT WORKSHOP, WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING TO DO WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THE WORKSHOP.
SO IT'S, UM, IT'S VERY EXCITING.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, THE AFTERNOON FOR THE WORKSHOP SESSION, AND WE WILL DEFINITELY BE PUTTING THAT OUT FOR YOUR CALENDARS AND EVERYTHING AFTER IT'S FINALIZED, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT.
YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE DEFINITELY ON THE LIST.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK IT'LL REALLY HELP US KIND OF IDENTIFY, UM, SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE ARE UNDERSERVED IN THE TOURISM ASPECT.
UM, ALSO, GLIN DAY IS COMING UP AND I DO HAVE SOME THINGS TO SHOW YOU.
ONE OF THEM BEING, SO AS PART OF YOUR SPONSORSHIP THAT YOU APPROVED LAST MONTH, YOU GET, UM, THEY CALL IT AN ACTIVATION.
AND SO ONE OF THEM WAS, UH, THERE WAS A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT WE COULD GET AND YOU GUYS CHOSE A MEASURING TAPE, AND SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
SO IT'S GONNA SAY GLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THEN EXPLORE GLAND ON IT.
SO FOR BE A MEASURING TAPE THAT THEY, THEY'RE, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF ALL AROUND GLAND DAY, UM, AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO, TO GET.
UM, AND THEN I WORKED WITH JESSICA KRONBERG, UM, WHO'S OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UH, DIRECTOR HERE AT THE COUNTY.
SHE'S WORKING ON A BANNER, THIS IS A FIRST DRAFT OF IT.
I ASKED HER TO CHANGE THIS LOCAL TO BE A LITTLE, LITTLE
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BIT MORE BOLD.SO WE CAN SEE THAT IT SAYS SHOP LOCAL, BUT UM, SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR A BANNER FOR THE, UM, UH, THE PARADE.
SO I THINK, UM, FOR THE FLOAT, YEAH, FOR THE FLOAT.
SO WE GET ONE ON EACH SIDE? YEP.
SO WE HAVEN'T QUITE NAILED IT DOWN YET, BUT IT'LL LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
YOU CAN HAVE IT ON THE, THE SIDES OF THE TRAILER.
AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER GOODIES THAT WE GOT, UM, THIS CUP, I HAD TO GET IT BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUT COLD WATER IN IT, IT TURNS BLUE
SO THEY, UM, THE CUPS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HIT, UM, KIND OF IN THE TOURISM ASPECT.
SO IT'S A, LIKE A ONE OUNCE POUCH, UM, SUNSCREEN SAYS, GOT OUR LOGOS, SAYS EXPLORE GLAND ON IT.
UM, THIS IS FOR, UM, MORE THAN JUST GLIN DAY, BUT, UM, THE KIES ARE ALWAYS A HIT AT LIKE THE GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT SOMETIMES WE SPONSOR.
AND THEN, UM, I ORDERED THESE LITTLE CHANGE PURSES.
SO, UH, WE HAVE MULTIPLE THOUGHTS ON THIS.
UH, WE ALSO ORDERED MAGNETS FOR SHOP LOCAL, OUR OPEN REWARDS PROGRAM.
SO THEY'RE LIKE, UH, MAGNETS ABOUT THIS SIZE ARE GONNA FIT PERFECTLY DOWN IN HERE SO WE CAN PUT 'EM IN THERE AND HAND 'EM OUT.
WE CAN HAND 'EM OUT SEPARATELY.
UM, ALSO WE THOUGHT, UH, FOR GOLF TOURNAMENTS, THIS WOULD BE PERFECT TO PUT SOME GOLF TEAMS IN, UM, WHEN WE SPONSOR THOSE.
YEAH, YOU SEE THOSE, SO I THINK PEOPLE WON'T THROW THEM AWAY.
AND IT IS PERFECT POOL POUCH FOR CREDIT CARDS, CHANGE MONEY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE, THE ITEMS THAT, UM, I WENT AHEAD AND ORDERED AND FURTHER GOOD NEWS, THEY WERE ALL SO CHEAP ENOUGH I COULD PAY FOR IT OUT OF THE COUNTY BUDGET.
SO, AND IT HAS TO COME FROM THE D WOW.
AND THE, THE OPEN REWARDS MAGNETS ARE FREE.
THEY'RE PART OF, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR PRODUCT DEAL.
SO, UM, ALL THAT'S BEEN ORDERED.
UM, SOME OF IT'S ALREADY HERE, SOME OF IT.
SO, SO WE'RE PRETTY SET FOR GLAND DAY GIVEAWAYS.
LET'S JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T POUR DOWN RAIN
UM, UH, I DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID SIGN UP FOR A FLOAT AND JAMES IS GONNA HAVE HIS TRUCK WITH THE TRAILER WITH THE LIGHTS, FLASHING LIGHTS.
SO WE WANNA, AND NOW I KNOW IT'S GREEN AND BLUE SO WE CAN, WE CAN YES.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE THERE.
I THINK I SENT OUT AN EMAIL WITH LIKE TIMES THAT YOU NEED TO BE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ARE YOU, UM, YOU'RE PLANNING ON ATTENDING FLOAT.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO RIDE ON THE FLOAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, YEAH, JUST STRAW BALES ON THE TRAILER.
THEY MIGHT BE IN THE BACK SEAT HANGING THEIR HEADSS OUT.
KIDS WILL PROBABLY BE ON WITH ME.
YOU COULD BRING YOUR DOG ON THE TRAILER.
MY DOGS ARE GONNA BE IN THEIR SPOTS.
I CAN FIND ORKINS IF WE WANT MORE KIDS.
AND THEN, UM, WE'LL PROBABLY BE ON THE FLOAT, UM, AS WELL.
BUT ALSO AFTER THAT THERE'S GOING TO, WE HAVE A, UM, AS PART OF YOUR SPONSORSHIP, YOU GET A BOOTH SET UP.
SO WE'RE GONNA SET UP A TENT AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE HANGING OUT FOR MOST OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, UM, BRING AWARENESS TO OUR TOURISM AND MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS THAT THAT COME THROUGH KNOW THAT, UM, GLAND'S ALSO A GOOD PLACE TO HAVE FUN.
AND SO SHOULD WE GET LIKE CANDY AND THROW OUT OR ARE WE GONNA BE LIKE TOSSING SOME OF THESE GOOD.
SO WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, STUFF TO GO IN BAGS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE HANDING OUT, OR WE CAN WALK ALONGSIDE AND HAND OUT THINGS ALONG THIS AVERAGE CAMP.
DON'T WANT ANYBODY CRAWLING AROUND THE WHEELS.
UM, LIFE WOULD STILL BE DIFFERENT.
YEAH, SHE DOES A GREAT JOB KEEPING EVERYTHING VERY, UH, SEAMLESS.
UM, AND CONGRATS ON THE GRANT.
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UM, I DID HEAR BACK FROM, UM, UH, YOUR ATTORNEY ON LIKE TOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.YOU GUYS HAD ASKED LIKE IF, IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, AND HE SAID, UH, PRETTY MUCH IF IT'S A RESTRICTED ACCESS, I CAN ONLY BE TWO OF YOU AT A TIME.
SO THERE HAS, IT HAS TO BE A PUBLIC OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN ORDER FOR ALL, ALL OF YOU TO BE THERE.
SO IF YOU DO DECIDE TO GO ON TOURS, IT DOES HAVE TO ONLY BE TWO AT A TIME.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS, EXCITING PROJECT.
ROCKY GROUNDBREAKING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 14TH AND 9:30 AM I THINK I HAVE THAT ON MY CALENDAR ALREADY.
I THINK I SENT OUT A HOLD THE DATE.
WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING MORE INFORMATION.
UM, AND UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
I'M SORRY, MR. STALLONE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND WORK CONFLICT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA SIT OUT, WE'RE GONNA NAIL DOWN DETAILS ABOUT LIKE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO COME.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU NEED TO COME AT NINE 30 OR WHETHER IT'S GONNA ACTUALLY START RIGHT AT NINE 30, SO STILL OKAY.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR GENERAL UPDATES.
A COUPLE QUICK THINGS I WANNA BRING UP IS, FIRST OF ALL, I'VE BEEN SENDING OUT A LOT OF EMAIL AND EMAIL THAT I'M TYPICALLY SENDING OUT IS SOMETHING IS DIRECTED TO THE BOARD SUPERVISORS, TO SARAH AND MYSELF.
NOW, THERE'S BEEN A FEW EXCEPTIONS TO THAT WHERE THERE'S BEEN SINGULAR OR COUPLE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO IS IT OVERBURDENING YOU CARE? IS IT TOO MUCH? BUT ALL.
I'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT UNTIL SOMEBODY SCREAMS. UH, NO MO AND I THAT YOU DID IT IN ONE THREAD, I THINK THIS LAST WEEK OR TWO, THEY WERE ALL KINDA LIKE IN ONE THREAD.
AND I REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE I CAN GO BACK AND REFERENCE FOR LINKS
I'LL, I'LL TRY AND KEEP 'EM ALWAYS IN ONE THREAD.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE IF IT'S WELL, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT SOMETHING.
OR, OR IS IN LET'S SAY A FORM THAT CAME FROM A PRESS RELEASE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT CAN'T BE OR SHOULDN'T BE.
BUT YES, I WILL, I WILL TRY AND PAY BY THAT IN ALL CASES.
UM, WE, WE, BEING SARAH VIA ZOOM, IT WAS ZOOM, RIGHT.
AND JENNY AND I HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, MR. GLEN DAVIS, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
AND HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT IN WILL AND I'VE FORGOTTEN WILL'S LAST NAME.
DO YOU RECALL IT? NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
DO YOU RECALL SENT AN EMAIL? UH, GREAT GUY.
ANYWAY, HE, UH, HE IS HIS GAS MAN.
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE MEETING? AND IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR, UH, APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR.
IT STARTED A LITTLE BIT LATE BECAUSE OF THE PHONE CALL RAN OVER, BUT WE DISCUSSED POWER REQUIREMENTS WITH THE GENERALITY OF WEST CREEK.
AND IT EVOLVED INTO REALLY MORE OF A DISCUSSION OF ALL THINGS ABOUT, UH, GAS BECAUSE OF THE GAS AVAILABILITY THEORETICALLY IN THERE.
AND WILL WAS BROUGHT IN AS, UH, THE GAS EXPERT OUT OF THE OFFICE.
AND SO THEN THE DISCUSSION TALKED ABOUT THE CONTACTS AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THAT WITH THAT, THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN, UM, LET'S SAY POWER GENERATION AND OTHER TYPES OF, UH, POWER THAT CAN BE BROUGHT INTO THE WEST CREEK AREA SINCE IT DOESN'T HAVE ELECTRIC, UH, AT LEAST AT THIS TIME, DIRECT ELECTRIC POWER.
SO, UH, WE CAN TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF JENNY OR SIR IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE MEETING.
I JUST THOUGHT IT, UM, WAS GOOD BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WILL MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH SOME ROADBLOCKS WE PREVIOUSLY RAN INTO.
AND HOPEFULLY IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THOSE WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEM, IT'LL PUSH A LOT OF THINGS FORWARD.
AND WOULD ALL THEN DISCUSS, UH, LAST NIGHT, AS I MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE EMAILS, I DID ATTEND A BOARD MEETING TO SUPPORT STRICKLAND MANUFACTURING LLC BECAUSE WE HAD, UH, THE GRANT MONEY, INCENTIVE MONEY, EXCUSE ME, PROVIDED IN PART BY, MOSTLY BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ALSO OUR $10,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THAT AGGREGATE FUND.
AND, UH, SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THAT.
BUT, UH, AND IT PASSED AND THERE WERE FIVE OTHER TOTAL FIVE MAJORS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ABOUT SIX FIVE TOTAL, UH, MAJORS OF BUSINESS, UH, THAT PASSED ALSO.
AND THE BOARD SUPERVISORS WAS VERY HAPPY THAT THAT MANY CAME UP ALL IN A ROW AND THERE WAS NO DIS DESCENDING OPINION ON ANY OF 'EM.
AND ONE OF THEM INVOLVED THE, UH, GOOSE LAND COMPRESSOR STATION, WHICH IS AT 1436 HERINGTON ROAD.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE
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IT, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN OFF IN THE WOODS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY LOOKING AT, IT'S A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY THAT, UH, IS PART OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE FROM CALGARY, CANADA AND FROM THE GULF ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UH, WELL THROUGH RICHMOND.IT'S FLIES PART RICHMOND, I THINK PART OF CHESTERFIELD.
THERE'S ALSO SOME PLANTS HERE OR, UH, NODES OFF OF IT HERE.
AND THEN IT CONTINUES DOWN TO THE TITLE ORDER AREA.
SO IT'S YES, GUESS, WHICH IS KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE DISCUSSION WITH, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE UH, I ALSO, UH, TALKED TO THE LAND REPRESENTATIVE THERE, UH, CEDRIC, UH, CLIENT WHO WORKS FOR TC.
UH, THERE'S ABOUT FOUR ORGANIZATIONS ALL UNDER THIS UMBRELLA AND SOME NOT UNDER THE UMBRELLA THAT FALLS UNDER TC ENERGY OUTTA CANADA, WHICH THEN ALSO OWNS GULF, EXCUSE ME, COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION.
THEY ALSO OWN COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION.
UM, AND SO ALL THESE COMPANIES AND ALSO COLUMBIA GAS OF VIRGINIA THAT ALL WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE GAS TO VIRGINIA THROUGHOUT THEIR SYSTEM AND BEYOND.
BUT A LOT OF IT, UH, THAT IS REALLY, UH, I THINK APPLICABLE TO US COMES THROUGH THE LINES.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ALSO.
BUT HE IS, UM, WILLING TO GIVE US A TOUR AND BACK TO WHAT SARAH WAS CONFIRMING WITH, UH, OUR COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO GO TO, TO, UH, AND A BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEMBERS ARE ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN THIS.
UH, AND OF COURSE WE, SARAH'S NOT A PROBLEM 'CAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO ABIDE BY THOSE PARTICULAR LAWS, BUT, UH, I'M THINKING TWO PLUS TWO PLUS SARAH, AND THEN PERHAPS EVEN INVITING WILL.
AND, UH, WE'RE JUST WAITING BACK ON DATES TIMES FOR THAT.
AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY RUN EVERYBODY THROUGH IT.
BUT I THINK IT, IT BECOMES IMPORTANT 'CAUSE IT'S THEORETICALLY, UM, AND, AND, AND LET ME BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH CEDRIC LAST NIGHT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING THIS ELSEWHERE.
AND SO THERE'S A POPULAR CONCEPT OF NON METERING POWER GENERATION.
SO THE POWER GENERATION JUST GOES RIGHT TO THE INDIVIDUAL ENTITY THAT NEEDS TO BE POWERED.
IT'S EITHER SET UP BY THAT ENTITY, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ENTITY OR ANOTHER, UM, ENTITY TO SUPPLY POWER WITH NO METER.
SO IT JUST BECOMES A BASE CHARGE BASED ON WHAT'S CALLED THE DERMS OF THE, OF THE GAS THAT'S SUPPLIED THROUGH CONTRACTS.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT IS AN INTERESTING PROCESS.
SO I THINK WE'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT AS, AS, EXCUSE ME, AS TIME PROGRESSES.
UM, DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THIS POWER, THIS GAS IS FOR POWER GENERATION.
IS IT GENERALLY, IS IT LIKE LAST MILE TYPE THING WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO WHERE YOU OTHERWISE DON'T HAVE THIS IS EVERYTHING KINLOCK IS SUPPLIED BY THIS MM-HMM
THERE, THERE ARE SUBSTATIONS OFF OF IT.
UM, AND WE CAN, WE CAN VIEW IT HERE IN A MOMENT TOO.
UM, ROAD, IT'S COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
IT, IT, THERE SUBSIDIARY HANDLES RESIDENTIALS AND THERE'S A LOT OF, IT'S A BACK HAUL THROUGH, UH, THAT GOES ALL THE WAY.
AND THEN THE COMPRESSOR PLANT PREDOMINANTLY SUPPLIES RICHMOND AND ALSO KEEPS THE LINE PRESSURE ON IT.
SO IT'S A, AGAIN, A FAIRLY LARGE FACILITY, BUT THEY WERE, THEY, UH, HAD AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR CP THAT WAS UP LAST NIGHT.
THEY, THEY'RE BRINGING IN A NEW MODULAR BUILDING FOR AN OFFICE AND PLANNING THEIR EXISTING BUILDING, THEIR EXISTING OFFICE PLANNING.
SO IT'S, IT IS A VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT THAT I THINK, UH, CAN PROVIDE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL OPTIONS IN THE WEST CREEK AREA.
UM, DO WE WANT TO DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE WANT TO PASS ON TO SUPERVISORS OR WHAT, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF, OF THE AUTHORITY? UM, I, YOU KNOW, WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED SOME OF THE ACTIONS AND WE'VE HAD SOME POINTS MADE TO ME OFF SCREENS OF OUR MEETINGS, WHICH IS PERFECTLY PERMISSIBLE IN TERMS OF THE SETTINGS AND NUMBERS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED.
ONE OF WHICH IS, UM, UH, SUPPORT, UH, ON THE ROADS FROM ANOTHER COUNTY.
BUT, UM, WOULD, WOULD IT BE APPLICABLE TO EVEN WRITE A, I I CAN WRITE UP JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THOUGHTS HERE AND WE CAN,
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UH, TAKE THAT AND THEN APPROVE IT AT A MEETING, DISCUSS IT AT A MEETING, APPROVE IT, AND THEN SEND IT TO, UM, CHAIRMAN WOODS? OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION WITH HENRICO COUNTY ABOUT, UM, WORKING WITH THEM ON THE ROAD ROAD SHARE? AS FAR AS I KNOW IN THE RECENT HISTORY, NO.AND IT WAS, THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOME, DO THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO EXPAND IT? IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WHOLE PROCESS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS SET UP.
BUT NOW I, I DON'T KNOW THE POLITICS OF IT, QUITE FRANKLY.
I MEAN, WOULD IT BE, I JUST DON'T KNOW EITHER.
WHETHER WOULD IT BE, I WOULD SAY WE'RE PROBABLY NOT, IT WOULD BE, I'D SAY WE'RE PROBABLY NOT IN A VERY GOOD POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
AND SO IT, IT, THE THING I LOOK AT THIS AS IS A MULTI-YEAR PLAN BECAUSE IT, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
AND I, I THINK JUST THE SAME WITH THE, UH, CONCEPT OF HAVING THE COMMONWEALTH, UH, RED SELF ASSIGNMENT PROPERTIES.
THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
I, I MIGHT BE WRONG ON IT, BUT I, I THINK SOME OF THESE ACTIONS HAVE TO BE JUST REINFORCED.
AND AS LONGER YOU REINFORCE SOMETHING, YOU EITHER GET AN UNEXPECTED CHANGE OR EXPECT A CHANGE IN YOUR FAVOR.
THE UNEXPECTED MIGHT BE ALL OF A SUDDEN WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S POSITIVE, BUT IN A GOOD WAY OR A BAD WAY, I THINK HOPEFULLY ONLY A GOOD WAY.
I THINK, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS MAYBE, UM, LIKE A, A PRIORITIZATION LIST OR AN EDA KIND OF STRATEGIC PLAN AS TO SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND THEN THAT WAY WHEN YOU GUYS DO EVER TRANSITION OFF THE BOARD, THERE'S HISTORY THAT HAS BEEN A KIND OF ENDORSED AND VOTED ON ANNUALLY BY THE EDA TO SET THE PRIORITIES AND TO SET THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
UM, WELL WE'VE NEVER DONE A STRATEGIC PLAN JUST FOR THE EDA.
AND THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS NECESSARILY A, A PLAN PER SE, BUT IT IS ALMOST LIKE A STRATEGIC AGENDA FOR YOUR PRIORITIES.
AND SO, AND THEN YOU CAN SITUATE THEM INTO THINGS LIKE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN ONE OF THOSE COULD BE CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, HENRICO COUNTY ABOUT ROADS A MEETING STRATEGIC.
UM, AND SO THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN KIND OF TALK THROUGH EACH ITEM AND THEN DECIDE ANNUALLY, YEAH, THIS IS STILL IMPORTANT TO US, OR THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, OR THIS IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS IT WAS, LET'S MOVE IT DOWN.
AND SO I THINK MR. STALLONE HAS GIVEN A REALLY GREAT STARTING POINT HERE.
AND WHAT WE CAN KIND OF DO IS GO THROUGH AND MAYBE GROUP THEM, UM, AND THEN DECIDE WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, A PRIORITY MOVING FORWARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT IS JUST CHANCE AND I, AND WE'RE PULLED IN 50,000 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND MAYBE WE CAN ONLY MAKE ONE EDA PRIORITY HAPPEN
SO AS LONG AS WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION, ANY MOVEMENT ALONG THOSE LINES OF GETTING SOME ASSISTANCE FOR YOU? UM, NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE PUT IN, UM, THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IN SIX MONTHS IF WE DO WIN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, I THINK IT COULD DEFINITELY BE A CONVERSATION THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN.
MY CONVERSATIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS, BUT MY CONVERSATIONS IS THERE'S ENOUGH, I DON'T WANNA USE THE T WORD, BUT, UM, YEAH,
HOWEVER, I THINK WITH PROJECT ROCKY COMING ON STREAM AND EVEN THE SPEC WAREHOUSE AND MAYBE ONE OTHER MINOR OPPORTUNITY, I THINK THERE'S REALIZATION THAT THERE'S ALREADY PAYBACK.
AND SO I THINK, I, I MIGHT BE WRONG.
I THINK WE'VE GOT AT LEAST THREE, I, I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS.
I, I WOULD SAY THAT TOO IN MY CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD.
SO, AND, AND IT, AND IT'S OKAY THAT IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JULY ONE, LIKE I I THINK THAT
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WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS, I'M USED TO THE PUBLIC SECTORAND SO, BUT WITH THE, UH, OUR PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE YEP.
UH, BUT THE PUBLIC SECTOR MOVES A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
BUT I THINK WE CAN, I THINK THINGS ARE CHANGING ALSO.
I THINK IT'LL HAPPEN SOONER THAN LATER, BUT I THINK WE, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THAT WE ARE WHEELS TURNING AND EVERYTHING GREASED BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THERE'S, WE, WE WORK WITH TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE OVERWORKED MM-HMM
AND THEY'RE PULLED TOO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND THAT'S NOT GOOD.
ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED, AND I, I CALLED YOU UP AND, AND PUT ON THE SIDE, IT WENT THROUGH THE NORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE CHANNEL, WHICH WENT RIGHT BACK TO YOU WAS, HEY, WE NEED A SHARED PRICE SO WE CAN SHARE DOCUMENTS AND, AND THINGS.
NATURALLY IT'D BE FOIBLE, BUT UM, UNLESS IT WOULD BE, WE'LL HAVE MAYBE A THING COME UP DURING THE, OUR CLOSED SESSION, BUT WE, WE NEED TO HAVE, WE ALL NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE REPOSITORY EXACTLY.
AND, AND SO WE ALL HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION SO WE CAN ALL MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
AND IF WE'RE WRONG, SOMEBODY CAN BRING UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WRONG HERE.
AND SO, UM, I DID SPEAK WITH OUR IT DIRECTOR ABOUT THAT AND UM, HE IS SPINNING UP A SHAREPOINT SITE, SO WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SHAREPOINT SITE THROUGH YOUR COUNTY EMAILS, WHICH WE'RE GETTING ESTABLISHED.
UM, AND SO THEN THAT WAY WE CAN START LOADING IN, EVEN LOADING IN SOME OF THESE LIKE STUDIES, UH, THAT, THAT, LIKE THE OIL STUDY THAT WE FOUND FROM THE 1990S AND THE
SO ALL THOSE THINGS COULD BE, AND IT'S GONNA BE A GROUP EDA SHAREPOINT FILE.
UM, SO THAT IS, UH, IN THE WORKS NOW.
SO I'M GONNA PUT THAT ON A PRIORITY ONE AS WELL.
THERE IS ONE ITEM THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING BEFORE THE MEETING, I COMPLETELY FORGET ABOUT, WHICH I DO REMEMBER NOW WHAT IT WAS OR WHAT IT IS.
AND THAT IS ON OUR SE BANK MONITORING CONTRACT.
THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY $22,000 YES.
THAT WE APPROVED LAST MEETING.
UM, IS THAT ESTABLISHED? THAT'S OVER A TIME PERIOD, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S OVER TWO MONTHS.
AND THEN, SO WE'RE STILL AT THE MERCY OF WHAT HAPPENED SCHEDULE-WISE ON THE BLASTING, OBVIOUSLY.
AND I'VE HAD, UM, ACTUALLY JUST RELEASED THE CONTRACT YESTERDAY.
IT, IT TOOK SOME TIME, BUT WE'RE THERE
SO, UM, THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE HORIZON THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM BLASTING.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET THE MONITORING EQUIPMENT OUT THERE, THEY CAN DO THEIR BLASTING AND THEN WE CAN GET SOME GOOD RESULTS.
AND, AND, AND THE FIRST WAS COVERED BY THE COUNTY.
THIS IS COVERED BY THE EDA, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND IS THAT, DID WE SEGREGATE THAT OUT OF THE MONIES THAT CAME FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS? UM, OR IS THAT OUT OF THE IT IS OUT OF THE MONIES THAT CAME FROM THE BOARD.
SO THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE EDA ADDED THE 500,000.
AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE BUDGET SHEET, THE SECOND THIRD PAGE, THERE'S A, A BREAKDOWN OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN, UM, THE SITE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN, UM, ALLOCATED AND, UH, CHECKS THAT HAVE GONE OUT IN PAYMENT.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE DOWN TO $227,000 IN THAT FUND.
SO WE STILL HAVE SOME, AND WE'RE GONNA VOTE OUT CLOSED SESSION ON WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNT, BUT NOT THAT MUCH.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SHOW PAYBACK ON THAT TO THE BOARD VISOR.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM.
DID YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER? I DID, YEAH.
UM, WHAT, WHY AM I NOT MATH HERE? UM, 500,000 MINUS 2 27 6 5 4 5.
WHAT, WHERE ARE WE GETTING, WHY, WHERE ARE WE GETTING 2 27? 5 45.
SO IT'S, UM, THE BALANCE, UH, OF WHAT'S ENCUMBERED.
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GOT IT.I ALL, I HAVE RIGHT PHONE TOO.
CAN I, CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION ON YOUR, UM, ACTION ITEMS? UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO SAVE OUT THIS E TAX? THE, THE ANSWER I THINK IS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE PAST, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, I HAVEN'T STUDIED IT ENOUGH, BUT THE CEILING HAS BEEN BEING, IT, IT'S BEING RAISED.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A CONTINUATION AS FAR AS INCOMING TAX.
WELL, NO, THE, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT, WHAT WAS SAID WAS BECAUSE IT'S A TAX ON REVENUE, NOT ON, UH, PROFIT TO BE PULL TAXES.
SO WHAT HAD HAPPENED IS THE REVENUE WAS BEING RAISED AND IT'S STILL, I THINK I'LL SAY IT'S 250,000 BUCKS.
I DUNNO WHAT IT'S OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW.
UH, BUT IT WAS BEING RAISED, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL UP TO 50.
HOW MUCH? 50 UP, UP TO 50,000.
LIKE YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T PAY THE FEE TAX.
THAT'S ALL I THINK SO I'VE BEEN, COULD BE WRONG.
I COULD BE SNUGGED, I'VE BEEN SNUGGED, IT COULD BE WRONG.
SO THE, THE IDEA WAS TO KEEP GRAZING IT SO THAT IF YOUR REVENUE WAS LESS THAN 50,000 YEAH.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANY OF IT AT ALL.
AND THE IDEA TO KEEP RAISING THAT, SO THAT, LET'S SAY A BUSINESS THAT'S $500,000 IN REVENUE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANY TAXES YEAH.
ON UP UNTIL EVENTUALLY JUST GOES AWAY.
UM, I'M NOT SURE OF THE EXACT AMOUNT.
IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS OLD ROLLING IN AROUND $5 MILLION.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE ONE, ONE, I THINK THE LAST TIME SOMEBODY TOLD US WAS AROUND 3 MILLION.
SO WHAT WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT WE DO SOME BENCHMARKING ON ADJACENT LOCALITIES.
'CAUSE I DO KNOW LIKE HENRIK AND JUSTIN DEAL AND HANOVER HAVE HANDOVER DOESN'T HAVE EQUAL HENRIK AND JESSICA FIELD HAVE RISE, HAVE RAISED THEIR MINIMUM THRESHOLDS UP.
SO LIKE A LOT OF BUSINESSES DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GIVE BUSINESS LICENSE, UM, DON'T HAVE TO PAY THAT FEE ANYMORE, STILL HAVE TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE AND I DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE FEE.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE CAN DO SOME BENCHMARKING AND THEN DO SOME ANALYSIS BASED ON LIKE HOW MUCH, UM, HAS COME UP IN REVENUE WISE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE CAN PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD AS THEY ANTICIPATE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE IN THE SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME IS WHEN USUALLY THEY START THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT I WOULD TASK A CHANCE TO, TO PUT TOGETHER TO DO THAT ANALYSIS.
AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT TWO AND A HALF MEMBERS THAT ARE WILLING TO MM-HMM
WELL, IT'S SOMETHING AGAIN THAT WE JUST GOTTA PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND KIND OF WORK TOWARD IT.
AND, AND I THINK WITH OUR CHANGING COMMERCIAL TAX REVENUE, IT SHOULD BE REALIZED.
AND I THINK YOU ALSO LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS IN HANDOVER VERSUS, UM, I KNOW THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WAS ALSO A TOPIC THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING THOUGHTS ON, UM, IN PREPARATION FOR WHEN THE COUNTY GETS, THEIRS KIND OF RAMPED UP.
I THINK THEY START THEIRS, UM, IN SEPTEMBER-ISH.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START THINKING ABOUT IT.
UM, AND SO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU DID HAVE ON THERE WAS, UM, THE GLAND STATE PROPERTY IN GLAND COUNTY AND WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN MAINTAIN ITS OWN ROADS.
BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A LONG TERM PLAY IN THAT ONE.
UM, SO IF YOU WANT, IF, IF AN EDA MEMBER WANTS TO KINDA TAKE ON THE ROLE OF IDENTIFYING LIKE THE, THE PROPERTIES AND COMING UP WITH A STATEMENT THAT WE CAN THEN PROVIDE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ABOUT HOW THE EDA FEELS ABOUT, UH, THE STATE PROPERTY BEING IN GLAND COUNTY, THEN THE EDA, THE BOARD CAN CONSIDER PUTTING THAT ON THEIR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BY THE FALL.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK DB UH, ALSO, ACTUALLY I STILL MUL OVER THE B POLL TEXT.
UM, UH, WE'RE ALSO MULLING THAT.
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WHAT'S, WHAT'S, WHAT IS AT STAKE IN TERMS OF RAW DOLLARS FOR THAT? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT.AND WE'RE GONNA FI WE'RE GONNA FIND ALL THAT OUT AND THEN PRESENT IT BACK TO YOU PROBABLY IN THE SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANNA PRESENT TO THE BOARD WITH THE BENCHMARKING.
BETWEEN THE LOCALITIES AND THE, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO? BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT IS UP TO YOU.
I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION'S GONNA BE TO YOU GUYS.
LIKE IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY A HALF A COUPLE HOURS WORTH OF WORK FOR US.
IT'S NOT TERRIBLE TO PUT ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.
WE CAN PROBABLY GET IT DONE FASTER.
ONLY BECAUSE WE KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
AND
LIKE DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE ON THOSE BUILDINGS? NO.
AS THEY STAND, ARE THEY, ARE, ARE THE STATE WILLING TO SHARE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION? I'VE HEARD THAT J SARGE, THE NUMBER 30,000 A MONTH WAS THROWN OUT, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE IT COSTS THAT MUCH TO MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY.
BUT I'VE HEARD THAT NUMBER AND I HEARD THAT THEY WANTED TO CHARGE US 60,000 BUCKS OFF
SO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THESE PROPERTIES HERE, WE, WE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT.
AND I ACTUALLY HAVE MEANT TO CALL DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I CAN PUT THAT ON MY LIST TO DO BECAUSE I CAN CALL THE LEGISLATIVE PEOPLE HMM.
BUT I, I CAN SEE IT BEING 30 BETWEEN UTILITIES, ELECTRICITY AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE ALONE.
I MEAN, HOW MANY ACRES IS IT LIKE 90 ACRES? IT'S TRUE.
AND I'LL CONTACT THE PEOPLE I WAS TALKING TO ABOUT THAT AS WELL, SO WE CAN GET THAT CONVERSATION BACK ON.
I THINK WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A PRETTY STRONG ARGUMENT TO THE COUNTY ABOUT ASKING FOR THESE PROPERTIES IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO THE BUDGET.
THAT'S GOTTA BE OH, ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S GOTTA BE VERY WELL PRESENTED.
AND, AND, AND I'LL, I'LL SUGGEST THAT THE COUNTY WILL PROBABLY WANT TAKE OVER THOSE PROPERTIES TOO.
WE COULD I GUESS, BUT, BUT, BUT WE COULDN'T, UM, FINANCE WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF REVENUE STREAM.
WE DID THE, UH, WE DID THE, UM, PROPERTY THAT BECAME WHITE OAK, WHITE OAK HENRICO.
AND I THINK WHEN WE DID THAT AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THE, I GUESS THE WHITE OAK CHIP MANUFACTURING PLANT LIKE THAT BEFORE WE, BUT THAT, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTAL HEALTH PROPERTY.
THEY, THEY HAD, UH, OWNED THAT, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE NAME OF THE PROPERTY, BUT, UH, WE HAD TO TRANSFER IT.
I THINK WE JUST DIRECTLY FROM MENTAL HEALTH TO HENRIK COUNTY.
AND UH, THAT'S THE, IT WAS DONE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES.
THAT'S, THAT WAS MY CONNECTION WHEN WE DID THAT.
UM, ELKO TRACK IS WHAT IT WAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A TEMPKIN VILLAGE THAT, THAT THEY HAD PUT IN, UH, BETWEEN RICHMOND AND BEYOND THE AIRPORT.
SO PRESUMABLY THE GERMANS WOULD BOMB THAT FIRST AND IT WOULD BE JUST AN EMPTY, YOU KNOW, VILLAGE.
BUT ANY RATE, I, IT WOULD BE, IF WE HAD SOME PROSPECTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WOULD BE MORE COMPELLING, UH, FROM STATE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT.
UM, AND IF YOU TAKE OVER THOSE PROPERTIES, ALL THOSE BUILDINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT IS PROBABLY GONNA BE, IT'S PRETTY GONNA BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GONNA HEAT THE BUILDINGS AND YOU'RE GONNA MOW THE GRASS AND YOU'RE GONNA DO ALL THE STUFF THAT INMATES DO AND YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING, UM, I'S A LOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
SO UNLESS YOU, UNLESS YOU TURN IT RIGHT OVER, TURN IT RIGHT OVER.
TAKE THEM, TAKE THE BUILDINGS DOWN.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.
FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN A WATER STORAGE, UH, LOCATION AT THE, UH, EVENTS FACILITY.
FOR, UM, BUT YES, WE PUT A TO ON THAT BRIDGE,
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WAS LIKE, I USE THAT BRIDGE THOUGH.I THINK PUSHING IT NOW SOMETIMES AND, AND LOOK AT THE REALIZATION OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE VILLAGE.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE VILLAGE PROPERTY IS NOT OWNED BY YEAH.
THE COUNTY OR PEOPLE WITHIN, WITHIN THE COUNTY.
UH, DEFINITELY IT ON THE LIST RIGHT NOW, THINK WAY.
IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY POTENTIALLY FOR LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE SCHOOL, THE OLD SCHOOL, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF STUDY DONE SAYING WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THESE PROPERTIES? COULD WE FUND SOME KIND OF A STUDY LIKE THAT WITH THESE PROPERTIES? UH, I THINK THE STATE HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THEY DO ARRANGE THE PROPERTIES.
AM I MAKING THIS UP? OH, LIKE PROPERTY REMEDIATION.
IT WASN'T DO WELL IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY, SO WE COULDN'T DO IT.
PROPERTY REMEDIATION, UH, PLAN FOR EVENTUAL AND UM, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? IT'S LIKE A USAGE REPORT TYPE OF THING.
WHAT IT, HOW MUCH IS BEING USED CURRENTLY? IS IT BEING USED IN CAPACITY? IS IT NOT? IS IT ON A LIST TO BE SURPLUS? SUR WHAT DO YOU THINK? THEY MIGHT ALREADY HAVE A REPORT LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK THEY, I THINK DGS SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME LAST TIME I TALKED TO THEM.
UM, BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WOULD HAVE IT BECAUSE THERE'S A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BUILDING, SO THERE'S TWO OF THE ONES THAT WE BE IN.
I MEAN THAT, THAT WOULD BE AT LEAST A START.
BUT YOU THINK THAT THE COLLEGE MIGHT ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT FOR THE COLLEGE.
MAYBE, MAYBE HIGHER EDUCATION DOES THAT MAYBE.
UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S STILL IN, IT'S UNDER VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEMS. MM-HMM
AND IT SEEMS LIKE BUDGETARY WISE IT'D BE, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'D WANT TO DO THAT.
JUST LET THAT BUILDING IN THE GROUNDS JUST SIT THERE 30,000 MORE A MONTH.
UM, SO I DO HAVE, I PUT THAT DOWN.
UM, JUST THE CONCEPT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE REYNOLDS BUILDING, IS MORE OF AN IMMEDIATE NEED.
I DID PUT THAT DOWN FOR A PRIORITY ONE WITH JENNY AS THE LEAD.
UM, AND THEN RIGHT HERE THE UM, YOU KINDA GET INTO DECREASED TIME FOR PLANNING COMMISSION AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION PROCESS.
AND UM, THE SECOND BULLET PERFORM A COMPLETE REVIEW OF THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION APPROVAL.
THAT IS SOMETHING, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
AND I WOULD PUT THAT MAYBE AS LIKE A MIDTERM PRIORITY.
I DO HAVE SOME OTHER STUFF, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO KIND OF READDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND THE THIRD BULLET IS ACTUALLY COVERED BY INTER GOV NOW.
UM, INTER GOV DOES SHOW ALL OF THE PERMITTING DOCUMENTS.
BUT I THOUGHT THE THIRD BULLET HAD TO DO WITH LIKE, UM, EDA PROJECTS LIKE A REPOSITORY.
BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS
SO, AND UM, I THINK, I THINK THE SHAREPOINT'S GONNA HELP US WITH THAT, SO THAT'LL BE GOOD.
UM, BPO WE'VE PUT DOWN, SO WE'LL DO SOME WORK ON THAT.
NOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH OUR, WITH THE BOARD AT OUR LAST JOINT WORK SESSION AND BEING ABLE TO TRACK TRUE COMMERCIAL VALUES OF THINGS, BUT THAT IS NOT, UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO COMPLETELY TAKE ON.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I DON'T HAVE CONTROL.
I DON'T THINK YOU
BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET DOWN TO THE GRANULARITY OF HOW MANY PETS WERE ADOPTED ON THE CENTERS.
YOU KNOW, IT IS SO WIDESPREAD I THINK ACROSS THE, UH, THE ENTIRE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION THAT, YOU KNOW, IT
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SHOULD BE THE JOB FROM THE NEW ADMINISTRATIVE TITLE.SO I CAN, WE'LL, I'LL PUT IT DOWN AS A, LIKE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE EDA, BUT THAT IT'LL BE EDA LED TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THEN WHEN THE NEW ADMINISTRATOR COMES IN AND WE HAVE OUR ORIENTATION STUFF, I'LL DEFINITELY TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT AND SHARE YOUR PRIORITIES.
SO HIM OR HER SHOULD SAY, UM, TECHNOLOGY DISTRICTS, THAT IS DEFINITELY A PRIORITY THAT I'M ALREADY WORKING ON.
SO WE'LL PUT THAT ONE DOWN AS A ONE.
DO, DO WE, HAS THAT BEEN DISCUSSED? 'CAUSE THAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF A TECHNOLOGY DISTRICT? YEAH.
UM, SO THERE'S TWO, TWO BENEFITS.
YOU CAN HAVE A TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT OKAY.
WHICH WOULD ALLOW PROPERTIES, UM, TO DO, TO, TO HAVE CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES LOCATE ON THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A FULL REZONING PROCESS.
IT DOES HAVE ALREADY IN IT BUFFER REQUIREMENTS, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
SO IT WOULD BE LIKE A SPECIFIC ZONING, BUT IT WOULD, IT WOULD KIND OF ALLOW, UH, CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES TO GO IN AND TO OPERATE, UM, UNDER THOSE CERTAIN GUIDELINES.
SO IS THAT NECESSARILY, NECESSARILY GEOGRAPHIC? IT'S BASICALLY PUTTING ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS IN LINE.
SO ANY BUSINESS WOULD COME IN AND IT IT WOULD, IT IS IN CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
SO THERE WOULD BE A MAP ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
IT'D BE FOUR AND FIVE BASICALLY.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT WEST CREEK RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO, UH, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WEST CREEK, UM, AND WOULD ALLOW CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY TYPE BUSINESSES TO GO IN THERE AND, AND TO OPERATE WHERE WE HAVE OUR WATER, WHERE WE HAVE OUR SEWER, WHERE WE HAVE OUR ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A TECHNOLOGY, UM, OVERLAY TECHNOLOGY, THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT DISTRICT, THERE'S A TECHNOLOGY INCENTIVE ZONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT WOULD BE THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY, BUT WOULD ALLOW CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES TO GET CERTAIN INCENTIVES THAT, UM, WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE ALLOWED.
LIKE, UH, UTILITY, UH, TAP FEES COULD BE WAIVED, BUILDING PERMIT FEES COULD BE WAIVED, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, WHICH ISN'T CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN OUR ORDINANCE.
SO BY ADOPTING THIS ESPECIALLY, IT WOULD ALLOW THOSE THINGS OH, IT WOULD NOT PRECLUDE IT ANOTHER FEDERAL RESERVE, LIKE, UH MM-HMM.
AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE EDA COULD JUST SAY, WHAT'S THE PROCESS THAT THEY IT IS A ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, SO, OKAY.
SO IT'S GO IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING, THE PLANNING, COMMISS PLANNING AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
IT JUST SOUNDS REALLY COMPLICATED, BUT IT'S NOT.
AND I'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS TO YOU FOR REVIEW.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A HIGH PRIORITY.
UM, ENABLE REAL TIME DATA MONITORING FOR DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS.
WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT BESIDES SEISMIC ACTIVITY MONITORING
I I, I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS SUBJECT MATTER, UH, WITH SEVERAL SUPERVISORS ALSO, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DECISIONS BEING MADE WITHOUT HAVING THE DATA BEHIND THEM.
AND SO IT, IT'S REALLY BROADER THAN JUST THE, UH, SOME OF THE CONCEPTS IN THE DA BUT IT ALSO HAS A APPLICABILITY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PARTICULATE AIRBORNE, UM, YOU COULD QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A EDA APPLICABILITY.
BUT IF YOU NOTICE AT THE PROJECT ROCKY HEARINGS, THERE WAS A VERY EXTENSIVE STUDY BROUGHT UP ABOUT PARTICULAR MATTER AROUND PROJECT ROCKY.
UH, I DUNNO IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
AND I'VE HAD FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS, UH, ABOUT THAT, WHICH ARE VERY INTERESTING.
THERE IS A LOT OF MONITORING LIKE THAT THAT'S ALREADY DONE.
UM, THE, OUR HEALTH DISTRICT, UM, ALSO, I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE, UM, BROUGHT THAT, BROUGHT, BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE REAL TIME MONITORING TO, UM, PUSH, PUSH BACK TO PUT FORTH THE RIGHT DATA ON IT.
AND IF ANYBODY WOULD'VE BEEN MONITORING ASHLAND ROAD ON A CONSTANT BASIS, I, I WOULD HOPE WE
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WOULD NOT BE IN THIS SITUATION.BUT THAT ALSO BRINGS IN THE ROAD.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DATA POINTS.
UH, THERE'S ALSO DATA POINTS INVOLVED, THE ENVIRONMENT TO LOOK AT UPSTREAM OF GOLIN, DOWNSTREAM OF GOLIN AND IN BETWEEN FOR REAL TIME MONITORING TO ASCERTAIN WHAT YEAH.
WATER, AIR, WATER, AIR SEISMIC TRAFFIC, UH, ALL THESE VALUES THAT CAN BE, UH, SET UP.
SO IT'S REALLY, AGAIN, BEYOND THE EDA.
YEAH, JUST EA, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO WORK ON TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND MAKE DATA-DRIVEN.
I'M PUTTING THAT AS FUTURE YEAH.
IT, IT, IT'S SOMETHING THOUGH.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA FOR A LOT OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT ARE SAID.
UM, AND THEN MR. SCHMIDT HAD PROVIDED THIS RECOMMENDATION PROVIDING A REGULAR EDA SPOT ON THE BOARD'S AGENDA, WHICH, UM, I CHILLS DOWN.
SUGGESTED I JUST, BUT I SEE IT MUCH MORE, MUCH SIMPLER THING THAN MAYBE MAKING IT, AND I WOULDN'T PUT ANY MORE BURDEN ON YOU OR, OR, OR CHANCE THAN, THAN YOU HAVE TO.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ONE WHO REGULARLY VISITS US IS, IS, UH, MR. LYLE.
AND, UH, IT MIGHT BE A WAY OF JUST SAYING, HEY, THESE ARE THE FOLLOWING THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO I'M, I'M NOT PUSHING THAT, BUT I JUST OFFER THIS
WELL, THIS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO PRESENT UP ON THE SCREEN AND THROW TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SAY, OKAY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH YOUR MONEY.
AND THAT, AND I THINK THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE, I WAS PLANNING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON OUR FOLLOW UP, WHICH IS I THINK THE NEXT, UM, THE NEXT BULLET POINT, OUR FOLLOW UP WORKSHOP.
SO WE CAN SAY, LAST YEAR WE DID THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH IT.
UM, SO I DO THINK THAT ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I JUST DON'T, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND PREP AGENDA
I, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK WE CAN I WAS GONNA SAY, IS THAT SOMETHING WE TAKE TURNS? YEAH.
GET UP THERE AND SAY WE GO TWICE A YEAR WOULD BE THE COMMITMENT, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY.
SO, AND, AND PUT FORTH WHAT, WHAT WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING.
AND, AND I THINK, I SEE THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING, LOOKING AT RESPONSE LAST NIGHT, LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH PROJECT ROCKY AND MM-HMM
AND WHAT, AND THIS KIND OF TIES INTO WHAT, UH, JENNY HAD SAID.
WHAT WAS IT ON THE BACK? OH, OH, UH, SECOND.
NO, SECOND TO LAST BULLET THERE.
THERE'S NOT AN UNDERSTANDING AND I, I'LL GO OFF IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT RABBIT HOLE RIGHT NOW, BUT I ATTENDED A MEETING, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ON MEETINGS ROAD, AND WE HAVE GOT TO DO A LOT OF EDUCATING OF OUR CITIZENRY.
I MEAN, OUR CITIZENRY REALLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND CERTAIN THINGS OF WHAT THE BOARD CAN DO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WHAT THE PORT CAN'T DO.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPERATIVE, BUT SOME, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS COMMERCIALLY, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF PITCHFORKS AND TORCHES RISE UP TO SAY NO.
AND, AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HELP THE BOARD AND HELP OUR CITIZENS, CITIZENS, EXCUSE ME, I'M RUNNING OUT WATER, UH, UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE WHAT AND SO FORTH.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, THAT WE CAN DO TO, IN COMMUNICATIONS OUTWARD TO THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THEY ARE WELCOME TO WATCH THE MEETING ONLINE OR COME AND GIVE US THEIR COMMENTS? YEAH, WE CAN, UM, WITH JESSICA AND TO PUT SOME SOCIAL MEDIA AND STUFF OUT, UM, AND TO TRY TO ENGAGE, INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EDA.
DOESN'T MEAN THEY WERE GONNA GET ANYBODY.
AND THEN THE, UM, THE ASK ME ANYTHING SESSION I THINK IS, IS A GOOD ALSO STARTING POINT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET OUT TO EVERYBODY, SO MM-HMM
UM, I, I WOULD SAY LET'S HOLD OFF ON DOING BOARD MEETING BRIEFINGS UNTIL WE GET A NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
YOU MIGHT OR SHE MIGHT THINK DIFFERENTLY.
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AND, UM, WITH THE WHOLE EDUCATION PIECE TOO, I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART IS VDOT IT, UM, EDUCATING PEOPLE ON HOW VDOT WORKS.AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO, NEITHER DOES DOMINION
AND SO THEN BUDGET DOCUMENT IS THE OTHER KIND OF ONE.
WE, WE HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OUTREACH AND EMPLOYEE, UM, BUDGET DOCUMENT.
SO I'M, I'M ENVISIONING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT I PUT TOGETHER FOR, FOR THAT FUNDING.
BUT EVEN MORE LIKE, THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE WANNA SPEND UNDER THESE SPONSORSHIPS.
THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE WILLING TO SPEND FOR PROMO MATERIALS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, LET ME SCRATCH SOMETHING OUT OKAY.
YOU TO THE AUTHORITY ON THAT BECAUSE YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
BASED ON, AND I'LL TRY AND HAVE THAT DONE BY NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN I THINK THE LAST BULLET POINT, THE RAPID ACTION DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE METHODS CAME OUT OF LIKE WHEN I NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION ON MOVING FORWARD TO DO A CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR A PROJECT THAT I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO WAIT FOR EDA MEETING, UH, TO GET YOUR APPROVAL TO, TO USE THE MONEY.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING UP TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I'M ALLOWED TO SPEND UP TO X AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CERTAIN REASONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THAT WAY I HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO IT AND THEN INFORM YOU.
ISN'T THAT SOMETHING WE CAN JUST HAVE AN AMENDMENT OR A VOTE ON NOW? LIKE COME UP WITH A MOTION AND SAY, YES, THANKS, PLEASE.
LIKE WHAT? DO YOU HAVE A SET THAT IN MIND? UM, LET'S SEE.
THIS WAS, WELL, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING ANYWHERE FROM 22 TO 98 ON THIS.
IT'S NINE, EIGHT, I THINK I THAT I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UM, COULD WE AMEND THE BYLAWS TO ALLOW FOR EMAIL APPROVAL ON CERTAIN BUDGET ITEMS? I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT BY EMAIL.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN VOTE VIA EMAIL THOUGH.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO LIKE, IF YOU'RE VOTING FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MONEY.
YEAH, WE, WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO HAVE SCHEDULE PART OF OUR SESSION COMING UP TO REVIEW OUR BYLAWS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE NEW MEMBERS MM-HMM
BUT I WAS JUST LOOKING AT OUR BYLAWS TODAY STOOD THIS SUMMER.
IT'S A LITTLE OUT DATE, BUT I REMEMBER A MAJOR OVERHAUL.
YOU AND I WERE ON THAT SPEND A LOT TIME.
I THINK, LEMME LOOK AT THE, THE COUNTY HAS LIKE ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT, UH, BUDGET.
SO LIKE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS ALLOWED TO MOVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, LINE ITEMS AND BUDGETS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
LET ME, LET ME LOOK AT THOSE GUIDELINES.
THAT MIGHT HELP INFORM SOME GUIDELINES FOR THE EDA TO, JUST TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT YOU'RE NOT LIKE WAY OUT OF OUT OF LINE.
I WANNA SAY IT'S LIKE 30,000 OR 50,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, SO LET ME LOOK AT THAT AND THEN I CAN BRING THAT BACK AS A RECOMMENDATION.
THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU.
BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING WRITTEN THAT'S NOT YEAH.
LET'S NOT TRY TO REINVENT THE WHEEL AND IT WOULD PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY.
SO THAT WAY IF I DO NEED TO SAY, OKAY, I NEED, I NEED TO GET THIS DONE, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT, I CAN, YEAH, I CAN CAN GET IT DONE.
UM, ONE QUESTION RELATED TO ALL THIS, BACK TO TAXES.
I SEE THE LAST YEAR YOU DID, BEFORE THE BOARD HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE, WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS PROPERTY TAX, LIKE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX.
UM, PREVIOUSLY THE MINIMUM THAT YOU COULD BE CHARGED WAS $10.
SO EVEN IF YOUR BACK IS A DOLLAR 26, THEY STILL CHARGED YOU $10.
THE BOARD HAD TALKED ABOUT CHANGING THAT.
DO YOU KNOW IF THAT CHANGE OR THE COMMISSIONER CHANGED THAT? BECAUSE IF NOT, IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.
AND I KNOW KEN HAD PUSHED A MINIMUM OF $10 BECAUSE
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IT COSTS THAT MUCH JUST FOR THE STAMPS AND THE LETTERS AND EVERYTHING.AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING IT SO THAT IF IT WAS, IF YOUR TAX WAS $10 OR LESS, THEY JUST DIDN'T CHARGE YOU THAT.
PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN LAST YEAR.
NO, NO, THIS WAS, THIS WAS IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
MAYBE WOULD'VE REACHED OUT TO CARLA CAVE, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.
THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE WON WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US TOO.
BUT YEAH, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THAT BECAUSE IF YOUR TAX LI BILL IS ONLY DOLLAR 26 WHERE YOU EVEN $10, UM, AND ABOUT NOT TO CUT YOU OFF THERE, BUT ABOUT THE TOURS, IF THE COMPRESSOR STATION TOUR BECOMES AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, I WANT TO JUMP ON THAT FOR A COUPLE REASONS WE'LL TALK ABOUT, BUT DOES ANYONE MIND IF WE START WITH THE SAME CREW THAT DID THE YEAH, I THINK YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD BECAUSE SHE'S ALREADY GOT CONTACT.
IF YOU'VE, YOU'VE ALREADY KIND OF GOT SOME, WE CAN CONTACT CONTACT WITH THAT.
WE'LL, I'VE GOT MIKE, WHO'S SUPERVISOR WISE, WE CAN GET IT WHAT THAT'S INTERESTED IN DOING TOO.
SO, AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH HIM AND GET EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, CYCLE THROUGH IT.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S INTERESTED ON THAT.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE GAS TURBINE AND I THINK JENNY, YOU HAD THAT INSIGHTS INTO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTEREST MIGHT BE TO GO TO, WHAT IS IT ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY? I, IT'S IN ONE'S ABOUT 30 COLUMBIA, ONE'S IN COLUMBIA, ONE'S IN PAST WORK UNION,
THAT'S NOT IT FOR, IS IT? THEY'RE BOTH WITHIN LIKE 30, 45 MINUTES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'D WANT TO, I MEAN, WE COULD GO TWO TO ONE, TWO TO ANOTHER.
ONE'S NOT ONE'S WHAT? SIX 80 MEGAWATT? THE OTHER ONE'S LESS THAN THAT.
SO ONE'S A PRETTY SIZABLE PLANT.
UM, AND GET THE, GET THE FEEL FOR THAT.
WHAT'S THE CONCERN THEN? MORE THAN TWO? I KNOW THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING CAME IN, BUT IT WOULDN'T MATTER.
THAT'S WHAT SARAH'S, IT'S NOT AN OPEN FACILITY.
SO IF WHEN YOU HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING, IT HAS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND WITH YOU.
SO YOU'RE TAKING A RISK AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA SHOW UP.
AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO COME IN.
AND IT'S EVEN LIKE WITH THE COMPRESSOR STATION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, BOS SUBMITTAL FOR THE CUP CHANGE.
EVERYTHING IS, YOU CAN'T EVEN READ IT BECAUSE IT'S A SECURITY ISSUE.
GOING BACK TO THE ROADS AND MAINTEN MAINTENANCE, IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN WITH
SO, SO I PUT IT ON THE LIST AS FUTURE DISCUSSION.
SO THEN THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN GET INTO IT AS YOU I'LL 100% SAY YES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN'T CHANGE ANY OF OUR ROADS RIGHT NOW TO SUIT BUSINESSES.
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES EVEN THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT TO PROPERTY ZONE PLACES THAT WE CAN'T EVEN OPEN UP BECAUSE WE, I, SO THAT'S AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME KIND OF BUDGET ANALYSIS TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST US FOR ALL THAT EQUIPMENT AND WHERE WE WOULD MAINTAIN THEM AND OH, WE WOULD BE, WE, WE, WE WOULD GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF FARMING THAT OUT.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S WHAT ENCO IS IT THE REASON? I THINK THERE'S FIVE LOCALITIES THAT MIGHT BE SIX THERE, TWO, THERE'S IT HAVE YOUR OWN ROAD.
FAIRFAX, ENCO, WELL, THERE'S ARLINGTON, THERE'S CITIES ALSO.
UM, THERE ARE TWO I THINK IN THE TYPE I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FIND THE LIST.
BUT IT IS, IT'S MORE THAN WHAT IS REPRESENTED BECAUSE BDOT DOESN'T WANT, I GOTTA BE CAREFUL.
UM, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE'S MONIES THAT COME IN THAT NORMALLY WOULD COME IN THROUGH BO PLUS.
IT IS TAKES ABOUT A THIRD OF THE COST TO DO SOMETHING AT THE CHURCH IF WE DO OUR OWN.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE THE SIDEWALK.
SO DO YOU JUST CONTRACT IT OUT TO ANOTHER COUNTY TO DO IT? LIKE ENCO OR JUST PRIVATE CONTRACTORS? CONTRACTORS.
YOU SAY, OKAY, HERE'S THE SPEC, HERE'S THE JOB, HERE'S THE TASK,
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GO DO IT.I THINK THAT I WOULD NEED TO MAKE, I, I DON'T, I NEED TO BE CONVINCED TOO.
UM, TURNAROUND TIME TO, IT'S SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED WITH VDOT VERSUS I CAN SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT.
THE COUNTY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN PRIORITIES YEAH.
AS TO WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT VERSUS WHAT THINKS IS MORE IMPORTANT.
UM, I, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, IS THAT IF WE DID GO, LET'S JUST SAY TAKE IT IN HOUSE, UM, WHAT, HOW WOULD THAT WORK WITH GETTING STATE FUNDS? YEAH.
AT THE SAME AMOUNT, WOULD WE HAVE TO LIKE BASICALLY GO TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THEY TREAT OUR BUDGET COMPARED TO HOW THEY DO IT NOW? WOULD THEY SAY, OH, WELL IT'S ONLY COSTING YOU A THIRD SO WE'RE GONNA CUT THE AMOUNT WE GIVE YOU BY TWO THIRDS.
AND THEN WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE STATE EVERY YEAR AND BEG FOR MONEY VERSUS WHAT'S AUTOMATICALLY COMING IN, UH, THREE TO 59? SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO GO TO THE, UH, GO TO THE STATE EVERY YEAR AND MAKE FOR MONEY VERSUS THEM AUTOMATICALLY DOING THEIR, THEIR ANALYSIS.
AND I JUST DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER RURAL COUNTIES THAT ARE AS SMALL AS WE ARE THAT ARE DOING IT.
AND IF THERE ARE, MAYBE THEY HAVE SOMETHING THEY COULD SHARE WITH US SAYING, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW WE DO IT, DOUG.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH.
UH, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE, WE CAN START WITH WHO ACTUALLY DOES IT NOW, AND THEN LOOK AT THEIR ALLOCATIONS THAT COME IN.
'CAUSE THERE IS A VDOT BUDGET SET UP FOR, UNLESS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR GOOSE ONE EVERY YEAR.
AND MANUEL TELLS THIS GREAT STORY OF, REMEMBER WHEN THE ROAD TO ELK ISLAND WAS DAMAGED, THE BRIDGE, IT, THAT BRIDGE HAS TO BE IN PLACE BECAUSE OF SOME THINGS THAT WERE DONE POLITICALLY IN THIS COUNTY S AGO.
AND IT WAS DAMAGED, IT WAS TAKEN OUT AND THAT BRIDGE REPAIR COSTS MORE THAN THE ENTIRE BUDGET THAT VDO HAD ALLOCATED FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
SO IT, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FUNGIBLE THINGS THAT GO ON.
AND NOW WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF THE GASOLINE TAX THAT COMES INTO GOLAND, WHICH HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED, UH, THE REVENUES THAT WE DO HAVE ACCESSIBLE, UH, WITH THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND OTHER THINGS, THERE'S, THERE'S A DIFFERENT, THERE'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SLICES OF POTS AND POTS OF MONEY THAT ARE AVAILABLE MM-HMM
SO AGAIN, LIKE I'D LIKE TO SEE, LIKE BEFORE WE MAKE SOME KIND OF LEGISLATIVE ASK, DO SOME KIND OF A STUDY OR HAVE, I, I PERSONALLY WANT DATA TO, TO LOOK THAT, TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S A LOW PRIORITY
WELL, AND, AND MAYBE IN DOING SOME KIND OF A STUDY OR GETTING SOME MORE DATA, WE CAN MORE LOGICALLY PUT IT IN ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE IN OUR PRIORITY LIST.
BUT RIGHT NOW I'M JUST KIND OF LIKE A CRAP SHOOT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT.
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE DATA.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING EVERY MEETING NOW.
I MEAN, I CAN SEE BOTH WAYS, BUT I JUST, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING SOMETHING WHERE I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY DATA REALLY.
WELL, LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, WE, IF, UH, VDO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RIK ROADS INSTEAD OF RIK BEING, WE DID, WE'D HAVE THAT TUCK ROAD CREEK BRIDGE BY OUT, BECAUSE VDO WOULD PUT THAT DAMN THING IN
SO SIX TO THIS DAY IT STICKS IN MY CRAW TOO.
I'M CONVINCED IF THEY WERE IN CHARGE OF DESERT, WE'D RUN OUTTA SAND IN FIVE YEARS.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE REVISITED THAT BRIDGE? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
AND THE PARK CAN'T BE DESTROYED THEN.
THAT'S A SPIKE PARK THEY GOT CALLED SPING GOLAND.
IS THAT WHAT ALL THAT WAS ABOUT? YEP.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A PARK THERE.
IT'S LIKE A WHOLE BOARDWALK THING.
THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THE WHOLE TRAIL NOW TOO, SO THAT NOTHING CAN GO ACROSS IT.
SOMEBODY DONATED MONEY OR LAND OR SOMETHING FOR THAT.
UH, RECENTLY I THINK I HEARD SOMEBODY TELL YOU.
SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, WE, YOU KNOW.
AND THAT'S, THEN WE HAD HOW MANY COMMISSIONERS AGAINST THE LOCK STONE EXPANSION
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FROM RECO? THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SPOKE AGAINST IT, BUT, OH WELL THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.SO WHAT EL OH, UM, I'LL TAKE IT AS, THERE'S NO OBJECTION ON THE, ON THE TOUR OF, OF AT LEAST RIGHT NOW ON THE COMPRESSOR STATION.
UM, AND WELL, WE'LL, WE, I GUESS WE WILL INTO ENOUGH TIME ALREADY AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
SHE WAS, AND WE DO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION AND WE DO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION THAT MIGHT LAST A MOMENT OR TWO TOO.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE IN THE BUILDING.
SO DO WE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER MATTERS?
DO YOU WANT TO BRING FORTH SOME ITEMS FOR OUR ATTENTION? YES.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO, TO HEAR IN THIS REPORT? I, I JUST, I WANTED IS THE LAND, THE LAND THAT'S ON THERE ON THAT FIRST PAGE IS, IS THAT COMING OUT OF THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE SOLD FOR THE, THAT'S A CREDIT.
THAT'S THE MONEY WE GOT FOR RIGHT? YES.
YOU SOLD IT FOR MORE BUT A HUNDRED, BUT YOU HAVE THE ASSET ALREADY LISTED FOR THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S, THIS STAYS ON YOUR YES.
I THINK I ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE.
AND THEN ON THE, ON THE NEXT PAGE, REALLY THE TRANSFERS IN AND OUT ARE ALL OF THE INCENTIVES SO THAT THE BOARD PROVIDES THE EDA PAYMENTS, TAX PAYMENTS TO, UM, PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED APPROVED INCENTIVES.
AND THEN THE EDA CUTS A CHECK FOR THAT AND NOT HAVE THEM ALL HERE
SO THAT'S WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY COMING, THAT THE LARGE MONEY COMING IN AND OUT, UM, IS FROM WHERE IT SAYS, UM, UH, $415,000 UNDER P NINE TRANSFER IN GENERAL FUND.
AND WHAT WAS THE 5,000? THE 5,000, UH, 60 WAS THE AMOUNT THAT THEY GAVE THE EDA TO DO, UH, SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AND NO, THE, THE 5,000 IN PERIOD FOUR OH 5,000 AND PERIOD FOUR.
OH, THAT IS, UH, THE UH, BLUE DOT
WHAT I HAVEN'T HAD, AND I'M MOW MYSELF A NOTE TO FOLLOW UP, IS I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A BILL FROM CHRISTIAN AND BARTON IN LIKE NINE MONTHS.
SO I NEED TO EMAIL 'EM AND SAY, LOOK, YOU NEED TO BILL US 'CAUSE WE NEED TO GET THAT DONE AND APPROVED BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO, SO WE DON'T, OUR ATTORNEY'S FEES ARE NOT LISTED UNDER THESE CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR EIGHT.
THE LAST ONE THAT WAS PAID WAS PERIOD ONE FOR 2 9 2.
THAT'S UNDER PROFESSIONAL NOT CONTRACT.
AND IS THE, UM, THE GLAND DAY CHECK, SO THE 2,500 THAT'S UNDER P NINE, UM, THE GOOCHLAND DAY CHECK? YEAH.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA SHOW UP UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
SO THIS IS MARCH 31ST AND I DON'T THINK SHE CUT IT TILL APRIL, SO, OKAY.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS JUST THE TRANSACTION REALLY.
NOW OBVIOUSLY THE SITE INFRASTRUCTURE YEP.
I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE MM-HMM
NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO VOTE ON IF WE CAN VOTE ON YEAH.
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS. BUT THAT WOULD MY THOUGHT.
AND WHAT OUR GENERAL BALANCES ARE.
I MEAN, UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR TOTAL CASH, YEAH.
OUR TOTAL CASH IS, I'M LIKING THAT INTEREST BAD ENOUGH.
BUT KEEPING 227,000 OF THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE SITE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.
AND THEN 50,000 IS DEDICATED TO THE SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE FUND.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THING, THE LAST THING WE WOULD CONSIDER WOULD BE BILLS TO BE PAID.
THEY ARE NOT, THIS NOT, IS THAT STILL CORRECT? STILL CORRECT
SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR TREASURER? HEARING NONE LEARNING I TRIAL TO FIRE HOW WE DID IT.
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OKAY.AND OF COURSE, WITH THE PROVISIONS OF VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS 2.23711 AND 2.23712, I MOVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF GLAND COUNTY CONVENING A CLOSED MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HIS PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE.
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2372 PARAGRAPH D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, I MOVE THE DE GUIN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HEREBY CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS ON THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
AND TWO, ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSE MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE GWIN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
IN THE CLOSED MEETING OF THIS STATE, MADAM DIRECTOR, SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD? IS THERE A SECOND? OH, I SECOND IT.
UM, AND, UH, PER OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, WHICH WE FORGOT TO HAVE, UH, OKAY.
SO, UM, I HAVE, UM, AN UPDATE TO THE CONCEPTUAL.
YOU GUYS HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH DEBERRY TO DO SOME CONCEPTUAL, UM, RENDERINGS AND SOME ENGINEERING FOR A CRIME SITE IN WEST CREEK THAT I PRESENTED TO A PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE A REQUEST TO UPDATE THOSE CONCEPTUALS TO SHOW SOME DIFFERENT BUILDINGS ON THEM.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST $4,200 TO DO THAT UPDATE.
I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR 4,200 TO DO THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS.
SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER? CARRY NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS, IT PASSES.
AND IS THERE ANY OTHER MATTER TO COME FOR OUR AUTHORITY AT THIS TIME? HEARING NONE.
I'LL CONSIDER MOTION TO ADJOURN.
IS THERE A SECOND? UH, THAT'S NOT A DEBATABLE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.