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I CALLED THE ORDER THE, UH, JUNE 18TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE UCHIN COUNTY ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.MADAM SECRETARY AND ECONOMIC DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE FOR DETERMINATION OF QUORUM? MR. SPIT? HERE.
AND, UH, IT'S NOW CITIZEN COMMENT, PERIOD.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS THAT WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT AND THE HONORABLE JOLY FROM, DID YOU KNOW SHE LAUGHED AFTER HE SAID THAT
UH, I I, I DO WANNA BE HABITUAL, UH, IN SAYING HOW IMPORTANT WHAT YOU DO IS TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS COUNTY, UH, FOR THE FUTURE.
WE NEED COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND SO YOUR EFFORTS, UM, ARE APPRECIATED BY THIS SUPERVISOR, THIS CITIZEN.
NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.
I'M SPEAKING AS A CITIZEN, BUT I'M GONNA CHANGE THAT ANYWAY.
I I WAS ON HENRICO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BACK IN THE DAY, AND, UH, WE WERE OFFERED A MAGNIFICENT $50 A MEETING, WHICH I DECLINED.
UM, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A BAG OF CHIPS AND, UH, NAPS OR, OR ANYTHING, BUT WE GET MILEAGE.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, YOUR EFFORTS ARE, ARE HIGHLY, HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
I'M GONNA SWITCH GEARS BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY, UH, TRESPASSED ON, UH, MS. WORLEY'S AND MR. SLOAN'S TIME, BUT, UH, THERE HAS BEEN CHATTER ABOUT PUTTING ADDITIONAL APARTMENTS INTO WEST CREEK, TAKING B ONE M1 LAND AND, AND PUTTING 500 APARTMENTS IN THERE.
AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE WEST CREEK ASSOCIATES, SUGGESTING I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA.
UH, AND I'M WORKING ON A SPREADSHEET THAT MAKE THE NUMERICS THAT IT'S A BAD IDEA.
UH, BUT I AM OF A SCHOOL THAT IT'S EASY TO CRITICIZE.
IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO OFFER SOLUTIONS.
AND SO MY REQUEST IN ALL OF Y'ALL'S, UH, SPARE TIME, GIVE THEM ALTERNATIVES.
IT'S BETWEEN, UH, THE APARTMENTS AND AVERY POINT.
UH, I WANT TO SEE $2 BILLION IF ECONOMIC DEVELOP, MAYBE IN WEST CREEK.
I DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S IN A SMART MOVE TO PUT A 3%, ONE FELL SWOOP INCREASE IN OUR POPULATION BASE INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY, I LIVE IN SHORE PUMP.
THEY'RE GONNA SHOP IN HENRICO.
THERE WILL BE LIMITED, UH, CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL BECOME, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE YEARS THERE MOVING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TAKING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAND AND TURNING IT INTO, TO ME, UH, A MISUSE OF SOME PRIME CRIME OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT WHAT ELSE COULD GO IN THERE? AND THAT'S WHERE I'M NOT STRUGGLING.
THAT'S WHERE I'M PURSUING SOLUTIONS.
AND ANY HELP THAT YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE, I, I WELCOME IT.
AS I MENTIONED, I'VE ALREADY, UH, ENSNARED MS. WORLEY AND MR. SLOAN, BUT IF WE CAN IDEATE ON THAT, IT WOULD BE HUGE.
I, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE US MISUSE SOME OF THAT PROPERTY.
I BELIEVE WE DID IT WITH MOSAIC.
I THINK READER BRANCH WAS A BIT OF A STRETCH.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS GETTING PEOPLE WANTING TO BUILD HOMES HERE.
WE NEED THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU ALL ARE SO, SO VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, UH, I THINK THERE'S NO FLASHING LIGHT, BUT MY SENSE OF MY PAVLOVIAN TRAINING TELLS ME I'M ABOUT TO USE THREE MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I WILL, UH, WE WILL, UH, WELL JUST A MATTER OF RECORD, AS YOU WILL KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A TONGUE CLOCK ON ANY CITIZEN COMMENT.
SO, AND WE WORK, WORK IN A VERY COLLEGIATE MANNER ANYWAY.
SO I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
AND I ASSUME SINCE WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS HERE, THAT WE HAVE NOTHING ONLINE EITHER.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE DR.
RALEY TO THE EDA AND ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO LEARN ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING AND COLLABORATING WITH YOU TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR GLAND COUNTY AND THANKFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND SERVE AS GREAT COMMUNITY AND THIS GOOD ROLE.
AND, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I ALSO MEANT, UH, SAY THAT OUR WONDERFUL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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PRESIDENT'S HERE.SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE.
'CAUSE WE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND IT A LOT OF VERY CONSTRUCTIVE WORK WITH REGARDS TO THE REVENUE BASE WITHIN THE, UH, WITHIN ACCOUNTING.
SO OUR NEXT MATTER BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL MINUTES.
DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND OR CHANGES OR DENIAL OF THE, UH, MINUTES? SEVEN.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ANY, UH, NAYS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SCHEDULED MATTERS, OUR TREASURER'S REPORT.
MADAM TREASURER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
STILL FIGURING ALL OF THIS OUT, BUT LOOKS LIKE OUR IMBALANCE ACTUALLY, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THERE BETWEEN THAT WELLS FARGO AND THE LGIP? YEAH, THE WELLS FARGO IS YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT.
AND THEN THE LGIP IS YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
THAT'S PAYING INTEREST, UH, TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL.
SO WE'RE AT 1.3 AND SOME CHANGE.
WE'VE GOT TWO CHECKS THAT WENT OUT FOR KINDRED SPIRIT AND
AND CISCO DESIGNS, BUT FOR
AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS YOU A LONG, LONG WEEKEND CHECK STILL ASKING IT.
SHE'S NOT GONNA, I DON'T THINK SHE'S PLANNING ON CASHING IT.
UM, SO I JUST NEED TO TELL THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO JUST, UM, GET IT OFF THE, THE BOOKS.
I THINK SHE PROVIDED THE SERVICE TO THE EDA FREE OF CHARGE.
THAT WAS THE TOUR BUS THAT WE DID, WHICH IS PUTS AROUND THE COUNTY.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS IN YOUR PACKETS AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAS BEEN MADE OUT.
WHAT IS, UM, STILL OUTSTANDING WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED.
LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT 2 27 LEFT IN THAT FUND.
SO ARE THERE QUESTIONS OF THE TREASURER OR THE TREASURER'S REPORT AT THIS TIME? UM, DID, DID WE ISSUE THE CHECK FOR THE VIBRATION MONITORING? UM, WE ENTERED INTO THE CONTRACTS AND THEY PERFORMED THE WORK, BUT WE HAVEN'T PAID THEM YET.
BUT WE HAVEN'T PAID OUT PAID OUT YET.
AND DO WE NEED TO BOOK ON PAYMENTS TODAY OR ANYTHING? YES.
UH, VACO, WHICH IS YOUR INSURANCE ANNUAL INSURANCE PAYMENT? UM, IT'S GONE DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW, I, I WAS THINKING, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF WE'VE HAD NO CLAIMS AGAINST IT AND WE'VE GOT A PRETTY SOLID RECORD IN TERMS OF VIOLATION CRIME.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UH, SINCE IT'S A TREASURER'S REPORT, WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO THE BILLS TO BE PAID, WHICH IS THE VA COURT.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO BE ENTERTAINED? I'LL MOVE THAT.
WE CUT THE CHECK FOR 22,209 $5.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE? STATE AYE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS UPDATE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, CHANCE IS ON VACATION THIS WEEK, SO WE'LL BE HEARING ALL FROM ME.
UH, BUT I DO HAVE HIS UPDATES TO, TO GIVE YOU.
UM, SO FIRST UNDER NEW BUSINESS UPDATE, UM, I ATTENDED THE VIRGINIA SITE CONSULTANTS FORUM.
IT WAS HELD IN TYSON'S CORNER, UM, IN, AT THE CAPITAL ONE ARENA UP THERE.
UM, I MET WITH 25 SITE CONSULTANTS, UM, AND I WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH A HANDFUL THAT I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD MADE A GOOD CONNECTION OR I HAD HEARD THAT THEY KIND OF HAD PROJECTS THAT WOULD FIT FOR GLAND.
UM, NOTHING HAS LANDED SPECIFICALLY FROM THOSE CONNECTIONS, BUT IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEM AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO GLAND ON THAT.
UM, WE'VE HAD NINE NEW PROJECTS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET.
WE DID MEET IN MAY, SO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN APRIL MEETING.
SO GOTTEN IN NINE NEW PROJECTS.
UM, SINCE THEN, UM, PROJECTS LEADS, UM, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD ONE SITE VISIT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER ONE NEXT WEEK.
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INTEREST.THESE PROJECTS ARE INTERESTED IN WHICH ONE THEY'RE GONNA COME ON SITE TO LOOK AT OUR PARTICULAR SITE.
UM, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW I HAVE 48 TOTAL PROJECTS AND LEADS THAT REPRESENT $10 BILLION.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ALL OF THAT, BUT UM, IF WE COULD JUST GET MAYBE ONE OR TWO, WHY NOT
UM, HOW ARE MOST OF THESE COMING TO US? UM, A LOT.
THE LARGER ONES HAVE BEEN COMING FROM THE STATE RECENTLY.
THE OTHER ONES HAVE BEEN COMING FROM, I THINK A LOT OF OUR ORGANIC, UM, DIGITAL MARKETING THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, HAS SHOWN SOME, UM, UH, RESPONSES FROM THAT.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE RICHMOND REGION AS A WHOLE AND WE CONSIDER MUTUAL ONE.
WILL ANY OF THAT BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION? I DO HAVE SOME THINGS YES.
SO YOU SAID FROM THE STATE THAT'S THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP? YES.
UM, SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS ON THE ROCKVILLE OPPORTUNITY CORRIDOR, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DEEMED THE ASHLAND ROAD CORRIDOR FROM BROAD STREET UP TO THE HANOVER LINE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, AMAZON TO PROVIDE A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AS THAT TRANSPORTATION WORK GETS DONE AND AFFECTS THE CITIZENS BUSINESSES AND THOSE WHO TRAVEL THAT CORRIDOR.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH ONE POINT, UM, TRANSPORTATION.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THEIR, UH, REPORTINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT.
UM, SO THIS WAS FROM APRIL 1ST TO JUNE.
AND UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE REACHED OVER, UH, 400,000 IMPRESSIONS, WHICH MEANS THOSE ARE LIKE HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THIS INFORMATION OR SEEN IT? UM, TOTAL VIEWS ACROSS ALL THE PLATFORMS. SO THAT'S, UH, LINKEDIN, UM, FACEBOOK AND WEBSITE IS 20,000.
UM, AND THEN THE TOTAL REACH, 41,000 PEOPLE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR WEBSITE, THEY'VE DRIVEN OVER 9,000 VIEWS TO OUR WEBSITE.
UM, SEVEN OVER 7,000 ACTIVE USERS THEN, UM, HAVE SEEN THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE, UH, ROCKFALL OPPORTUNITY CORRIDOR WEBSITE AND THE DETAILS OF THE FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM.
UM, AND THEY'VE DONE A GEO REFERENCE.
SO THEY PULLED OUT CERTAIN AREAS, UH, ALONG THE CORRIDOR SO THAT WAY WHEN PEOPLE TRAVEL, IT PINGS THEIR DEVICE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, DELIVER THAT INFORMATION TO THEIR DEVICE 'CAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRAVELING CORRIDOR DOOR.
UM, SO ALL OF THIS HAS GONE IN TO PROVIDE AN INFORMATION TO OUR BUS BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UM, THE TEMPORARY SIGNAL, YOU MIGHT RECALL WHEN AMAZON GOT REZONED, THEY PROFFERED TO PAY FOR A TEMPORARY SIGNAL AT THE EASTBOUND, UM, INTERCHANGE.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A TEMPORARY SIGNAL THERE.
AND THEY ALSO PROFFERED TO PAY FOR THE ADDITION OF A TURN LANE WESTBOUND AT THE INTERCHANGE.
SO THAT WORK IS GONNA START NEXT WEEK.
AND SO YOU'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY IN ABOUT A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A NEW LIGHT GO UP.
UM, AND THAT'LL HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONGESTION THAT IS THERE NOW.
UM, AND THEN VDOT IS HOLDING THEIR OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND ON JULY 22ND.
STAFF WILL ATTEND AND WE'LL BE SURE TO SEND YOU CALENDAR INVITE IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND AS WELL.
THAT'S THE OFFICIAL B PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND.
AND WHAT DATE WAS THAT? JULY 22ND.
AND IT'S GONNA BE HELD AT SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH 'CAUSE THEY ARE EXPECTING A LARGE CROWD.
SO WE PAY FOR THIS, CORRECT? WE DO NOT PAY FOR THIS.
DO YOU HAVE ME SAY IN THE MESSAGING? YES, THE MESSAGING IS, UM, CENTERED AROUND TRANSPORTATION UPDATES AND ALSO, UM, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT AND SPOTLIGHT BUSINESSES ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND OR AVAILABLE PROPERTIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR IN THAT MESSAGING AS TIME GOES ALONG.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO JUST REALLY FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION.
CAN WE USE IT FOR EDUCATION? LIKE, THIS IS HOW THINGS WORK, PLEASE DON'T BE MAD AT US.
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I THINK WE COULD, UH, PERHAPS SOME MESSAGE MESSAGING AROUND, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW IMPORTANT, UH, COMMERCIAL TAX REVENUE IS AND HOW IT'S FUNDED.AND IN FACT, A LOT OF THE MESSAGING IS SOME OF THAT.
LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, AMAZON IS FUNDING THIS, THEIR TAX REVENUE WILL BE ABLE TO FUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND I TALKED TO JESSICA ABOUT THAT TOO, UM, WITH THE COUNTY AND I WAS LIKE, NEED CONTENT.
I WOULD LOVE SOME MESSAGING ABOUT HOW DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND THE FACT THAT WE'LL NOT BUILD YOU A ROAD BEFORE MM-HMM
I THINK THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE COMMENT I SAW.
OTHERWISE WE HAVE A ROUNDABOUT HILL
YOU KNOW, I TEASE EVERYBODY WHO COMPLAINTS.
I'M LIKE, WELL, WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT ON ABOUT HILL 20 YEARS AHEAD OF TIME.
THAT IS ALL FOR EXISTING BUSINESS UPDATE.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS SHOULD SAY ON THE BUSINESS UPDATE? I WHAT? UH, THE LIGHT AND THE IN THE CORNER.
WHERE'S THAT GONNA BE? EXACTLY? THE, UM, SO ON THE, NOW, UM, THE INTERCHANGE HAS ONE LIGHT WHEN YOU WERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INTERCHANGE WITH 64 MM-HMM
THAT IS AT THE, UH, WHEN YOU'RE COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE OR ENTERING WESTBOUND, THERE'S A LIGHT, RIGHT? THIS WOULD BE IF YOU'RE ENTERING EASTBOUND OR COMING OFF HITTING SOUTH.
SO IT'S THE, IT'S THE INTERCHANGE THAT'S BEFORE THE BRIDGE.
YEAH, IT'S CURRENTLY UNSIGNED.
SO THEY'RE GONNA PUT A LIGHT THERE AND, AND TWO LIGHTS ON THAT BRIDGE ESSENTIALLY.
ONE BEFORE THE BRIDGE AND THEN ONE AFTER THE BRIDGE.
AND WE'RE HOPING 'CAUSE WE'RE, WHAT WHAT WE DETERMINED WAS THAT A LOT OF THE BACKUPS WERE, ARE OCCURRING BECAUSE TRACTOR TRAILERS GET THROUGH THE FIRST LIGHT AND THEN THEY GET CAUGHT TRYING TO TURN LEFT TO GET ONTO THE INTERSTATE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC HITTING NORTH.
AND SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT A LIGHT STOPS, THE TRAFFIC HITTING NORTH WILL ALLOW THE TRAFFIC TO GET THROUGH THE OTHER LIGHT FASTER AND GET THEM OFF THE ROAD AND MOVE IT TO, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH FASTER.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERS FIGURED THAT OUT, ALL OF THAT OUT.
IT'S BASICALLY A TEMPORARY DIVERGENCE TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING NEW BUSINESS HERE AND NOW? LET'S MOVE ON TO EXISTING BUSINESS.
SO, UM, YOU GUYS MIGHT REMEMBER A COUPLE MONTHS AGO YOU AWARDED THREE SMALL BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
ONE OF THEM WAS ATECH SERVICES.
THEY HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO MOVE TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT ON ASHLAND ROAD.
THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT TIMING AND HOW LONG IT WAS GONNA TAKE FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT TO GET, UM, UP AND RUNNING SINCE IT'S JUST NOW GOING THROUGH REZONING PROCESS.
SO HE HAS, UM, BUT HAD ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE HIS LEASE IS UP AND HE, AND HE NEEDS TO BE OUT AT A, IN A TIMELY FASHION.
AND SO HE HAS PUT AN OFFER IN ON ONE OF THE I 64 20 FARM ROAD LOTS THAT WAS RECENTLY RE RESUMED AND UNDER DEVELOPMENT NOW.
UM, AND SO HE PLANS TO MOVE HIS BUSINESS THERE AND BY DOING SO, IT DOES SPEED UP THE TIMEFRAME FOR HIM.
BUT, UM, WE HAD CALCULATED THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, SPECIFICALLY ADDING IN THE TCSD TAXES BECAUSE IF HE HAD MOVED TO THE ASHLAND ROAD SITE, HE'D BE PAYING TCSD TAXES MOVING TO THE PONY FARM I 64 SITE.
SO HE WILL NOT BE PAYING, BE PAYING TCSD TAXES.
SO, UM, THE ROI WENT FROM, HE WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO HIT IT AT, UH, TWO TO THREE YEARS.
UM, NOW HE'S GONNA HIT IT IN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
STILL CONSIDERED AN APPROPRIATE ROI FOUR TO FIVE YEARS IS STILL FINE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I BROUGHT THIS BACK TO YOU SO YOU KNEW THAT HE WAS A MOVING LOCATIONS AND B THE ROI HAS BEEN PUSHED OUT MAYBE, UM, UP TO TWO YEARS.
IS THIS THE ONE I VOTED AGAINST? YES.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HAD THE RIGHT COMPANY.
YEAH, SO YOU, UM, YOU HAVE SOME OPTIONS.
YOU CAN, UM, LEAVE THE AWARD AS IS IT WAS 20,000 KNOWING THAT IT COULD BE AN ROI FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, YOU CAN REDUCE THE AWARD TO 15,000, WHICH WILL HIT, UM, IN YEAR THREE AT THAT POINT.
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STANDS AS IT IS MM-HMMAND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE A MODIFICATION TO THE YES, CORRECT AGREEMENT TO THE AWARD DOES.
SO IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION TO DO WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION.
DOES THE EXTENDED ROI TIMELINE FIT WITH THE ORIGINAL GRANT GUIDELINES? 'CAUSE YES.
WHAT WAS THE TWO YEAR THING WE HAD IN THERE? UM, AND HIS SPECIFICALLY, WE PUT A DEADLINE ON HIS, HIS RIGHT.
HIS, BECAUSE YOU, YOU HAD SAID THAT HE NEEDED TO, UM, THE EQUIPMENT WELL BECAUSE HE WAS MOVED, HE HAD TO MOVE OUT OF HIS SPACE AND GET A NEW SPACE BEFORE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO YOU HAD, YOU, YOU WANTED HIM TO MAKE HIS INVESTMENT WITHIN TWO YEARS MM-HMM
BUT THAT DOESN'T, THE ROI IS AFTER HE'S MADE HIS INVESTMENT AND HE STARTED COLLECTING TAX REVENUE.
SO THE TWO YEARS WAS ONLY ON HIM USING IT MOVING, YEAH.
WHICH HE'LL NOW HAVE MOVED HIS FACILITY BEFORE TWO YEARS.
I FEEL LIKE THE CHANGE OF SCOPE AND A GRANT WARRANTS IT BEING REEVALUATED.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
SO SHOULD WE EVALUATE THAT NOW IN OUR BUSINESS? PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THE ACTUAL ROI WILL HAPPEN IF HE'S MOVED THE MOVE DATE UP.
AND WE, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GONNA BE, UH, IT WAS PREVIOUSLY GOING TO BE LIKE FOUR, THREE TO FOUR YEARS.
UM, I GUESS IT WOULD, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE SAYING THOUGH, IT'S BECAUSE HE'S NOT MOVING.
LIKE IT DIDN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT NOW HE'LL HAVE OCCUPANCY EARLIER
UM, WHEREAS BEFORE WE WERE CONSIDERING TO HAVE OCCUPANCY LATER AND THEN IT, IT DID PUSH IT DOWN.
SO I, I'D LIKE TO SEE, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE IT IN A SPREADSHEET OR SOMETHING.
WOULD YOU SHARE RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE? MAY, MAY I SUGGEST THIS IN THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND PRIOR THAT MEETING, WE HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS SENT OUT, WE REVIEW THEM, THEN COME TO OUR NEXT MEETING AND THEN LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJUST.
OR IF NO CHANGE IS NECESSARY, IT'S HARD TO SEE BECAUSE WE, I JUST, BECAUSE CALENDAR WISE WE'RE IN, WE'RE STILL IN REAL GOOD SHAPE.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SARAH MAY IT MIGHT BE NECESSARILY, I DON'T KNOW FROM A CALENDAR STANDPOINT, THERE'S NO, NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN UNTIL, UH, NO.
SO I THINK, HAVE WE HAD ANY NEW APPLICATIONS? NO, NO.
YOU'RE, YOU WERE OUT OF MONEY SO WE HAVEN'T PUSHED IT OUT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE TAKING APPLICATIONS WITH, UM, AND PUTTING HIM IN THE Q OR WHATEVER.
UM, YOU MEAN THAT FUND IS OUT OF MONEY? YES.
AND THAT'S AFTER WE ALSO PUT 10,000 OF THE MONEY INTO THAT TOO.
SO THIS IS THE NEW NO, IT'S A $20,000.
THIS IS THE NEW ROI DE DEPENDING ON HIS INVESTMENT, THE ASSESSOR'S ESTIMATE VALUE.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT BUILT YET.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT'LL BE.
BUT SHE SAID BETWEEN SEVEN 50 AND 9 75.
UM, SO YOU SEE THAT YOU'LL HIT THE YEAR FOUR COULD HIT AT 20 IF IT'S ON THE HIGHER END.
AND THEN HE ALSO HAS HIS BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY INVESTMENT, WHICH DOES HELP BRING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UM, SO THAT'S THE, THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE NEW ROII DON'T HAVE THIS COMPARED AGAINST THE ROI.
SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE WE DON'T RECOVER THE MONEY ON THAT.
THE COUNTY WON'T RECOVER TAX WISE NECESSARILY.
UH, I GUESS THAT'S NOT CUMULATIVE.
THAT'S INDIVIDUAL YEARS OR IS THAT CUMULATIVE? IT'S JUST CUMULATIVE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING BY YOUR FOUR HE WOULD'VE PAID A TOTAL OF $20,000.
SO IT'LL TAKE US, TAKE THE COUNTY FOUR YEARS TO REALIZE YES.
AND, AND THESE ARE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, $2 JUST TO GET IT REALLY SIMPLE BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE I YEAH.
THIS IS COUNTY'S ROI THIS IS WHAT WE GET FOR INVESTING IN 25.
UH, AND YOU'RE FOUR, WE SHOULD BE COLLECTING 20,000 ADDITIONAL TAX.
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RIGHT.YOU WOULD'VE COLLECTED $20,000 OVER THOSE FOUR YEARS IN NEW TAX REVENUE.
WE KNOW THAT'S A RANGE, CORRECT? YES.
IT'S, IT'S FOR THAT RANGE IS WHAT THE TAX COLLECTION WOULD BE.
AND DO WE KNOW WHEN YEAR FOUR IS? RIGHT.
SO YEAR FOUR IS BASED ON WHENEVER HE STARTS, FINISHES, GETS HIS CO SO WE DON'T HAVE, HE DOESN'T GET MONEY UNTIL HE GETS HIS CO AND THEN THE ASSESSOR WILL PICK IT UP THAT YEAR AND THEN START TAXING THROUGH THAT YEAR.
SO WE JUST, SO RIGHT NOW IT DEPENDS ON HOW SOON HE CAN GET HIS BUILDING UP AND BUILT.
I SAY WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF MAYBE.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A SIX YEAR ROI TECHNICALLY, I THINK IT'S A CONCERN ABOUT TIME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR PERIOD TIME.
YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY MY CONCERN AND HER CONCERN TO SATISFY THAT CONCERN.
WE, WE ASK THEM TO REAPPLY IF THEY HAD ITT FINISHED THEIR BUILDING IN TWO YEARS.
SO MAY I ASK THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US AND, AND I CAN HELP, HELP WITH THE ACCUMULATION OF IT BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING? YEP.
AND THEN WE CAN EVALUATE IT OURSELVES, THEN COME TO THE MEETING AND YEAH.
'CAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ORIGINAL WAS MM-HMM
ALSO POSSIBLY AND OPEN OPEN AND INVITE TO THEM.
COME BACK AND COME BACK ALSO IN CASE WE DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I ASSUME, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, AND FORGIVE ME, IS THE ZONING COMPLETE ON THE UH, YES.
SO IT'S UNDER DEVELOPMENT NOW? YES.
AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, NATIONAL ROAD PROPERTY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON THAT AT ALL.
THEY HELD A PRE-APPLICATION COMMUNITY MEETING A MONTH OR SO AGO, BUT, UM, THEY HAVE NOT.
SO THERE'S NO FILING EVEN ON BOOKS FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S PART OF HIS MOTIVATION FOR MOVING.
WE'LL, UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION TO THAT.
NO, NO, WE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS, YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT LOLA'S UH, FARMHOUSE BISTRO IS HAVING SOME SEPTIC ISSUES.
SO, UM, I'M SO TIRED OF SEPTIC ISSUES.
I KNOW, UM, THEY HAVE A FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEM.
IT WAS NOT DISCLOSED WHEN THE BUSINESS WAS PURCHASED.
SO THE BUSINESS ITSELF HAS, UM, HAS A NEW BUSINESS OWNER AS OF A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, LIKE WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO.
UM, THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, JUST THE BUSINESS.
AND THEN, UM, IT'S LEASED, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER.
UM, SO CONNECTING TO SEWER IS IMPERATIVE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS THERE.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE OPERATING ON, UM, THEY'RE PUMPING AND HAULING.
SO THEY'RE HAVING TO BRING IN A TRUCK AND PUMP OUT ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
CONTINUE THEIR OPERATE, UM, OPERATIONS.
SO, UM, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THEM AND, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, CHANCE AND WAYNE STEVENS, WHO'S OUR COUNTY ENGINEER, UM, WENT OUT AND MET WITH THEM TO DISCUSS CONNECTING THE SEWER AND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND WE THINK THAT WE FOUND A SOLUTION TO CONNECT 'EM TO SEWER, BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE COSTLY.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO BASICALLY CROSS MANNEQUIN ROAD AND GO UP TO THE PARK, SADDLE CREEK TO GET TO WHERE SEWER IS.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW LOLA'S IS IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, GETTING A SURVEY DONE.
AND THEN WAYNE IS GOING TO DO THE ENGINEERING BECAUSE THAT LINE WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE COUNTY.
WAYNE IS ABLE TO DO THE ENGINEERING FOR THAT, WHICH HELPS COST CUT DOWN THE COST ON THAT.
UM, ONCE WE KNOW THAT AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE CHANCE HAS BEEN CONNECTING THEM TO, UM, BANKS, SBA AND SMALL BUSINESS, UH, FINANCING AUTHORITY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM SOME KIND OF MICRO LOAN OR SOMETHING IN ORDER TO BRIDGE THAT GAP THAT'S GONNA COST TO MAKE THAT SEWER CONNECTION.
AND MY REQUEST TO THE EDA IS, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT AMOUNT YET, BUT WE WILL BE BRINGING IT FORWARD TO YOU PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO MONTHS, UM, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH TO SEE IF THE EDA CAN PROVIDE SOME KIND OF LIKE EITHER GAP FINANCING IF YOU MIGHT GET THE FULL LOAN OR POTENTIAL TO HELP BUY DOWN SOME OF THE INTEREST RATE ON THE LOANS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YET, BUT I KIND OF WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION SO YOU'LL
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KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING.UM, WE'D BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AN EXISTING BUSINESS THAT, UM, IS LOCAL AND VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CENTERVILLE MANNEQUIN AREA IN OUR TOURISM BASE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT COULD, IS THAT
THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE FURTHER OUT HOME MANNEQUIN ARE ALREADY CONNECTED.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A GAP AND THAT PARK ON THE, UM, CORNER IS ALREADY CONNECTED.
SO DO YOU MIND IF I PLEASE, OKAY.
SO I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS.
SO IT'S THE LOLA'S IT'S NOT, THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
WHO DOES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? OR IS LOLA'S? LOLA IS RESPONSIBLE.
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T, WELL, THEY CAN'T, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN ALSO HELP.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S NOT A SECONDARY SPOT ON THE PROPERTY FOR ANOTHER DRAINFIELD.
SO IT IS, BUT IT'S, NO, NO, NO.
UH, I JUMPED AHEAD TO ANSWER YOUR NEXT QUESTION BEFORE YOU
AND THE, UH, ITEMS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TO MAKE IT WORK ARE EITHER JUST AS EXPENSIVE OR MORE EXPENSIVE THAN CONNECTING THE STORE.
THAT'S, IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO A SEPTIC FOR A RESTAURANT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE DISCUSSION.
WE, THE REASON THEY'RE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE DURING COVID, THEY OPENED UP THE OUTSIDE AND HAD AN OUTSIDE, UH, RESTAURANT, AND NOW THEY'RE OPERATING BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WITH THE SAME SEPTIC FIELD, WHICH IS NOT ABLE TO, UH, TAKE TO HANDLE PARTICULARLY WASTE FROM THE KITCHEN.
SO I, I THINK THAT IT, I'VE SET THE STAGE HERE.
I THINK IT IS, THIS IS A LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENT BASICALLY.
AND DOES THAT, DOES THAT, UH, COMPLICATE THINGS TOO MUCH? UH, UH, I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS DONE.
FRANKLY, IT'S A, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T THINK IT DOES.
WE IMPROVING A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BY CONNECTING IT TO SEWER.
UM, BUT WE'RE, THEY NEED TO WORK OUT WHO'S PAYING FOR WHAT ON THEIR END.
WHETHER IT'S THEY NEED TO, TO WORK OUT WHETHER IT'S LOLA'S OR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
OH, THEY HAVEN'T WORKED THAT IDEA.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS WORKED OUT.
I THOUGHT THAT'S, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LOLA'S IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEWER CONNECTION, ORDER THEM TO CONTINUE BUSINESS THERE.
IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO BUSINESS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SERVER CONNECTION.
IT TYPICALLY FALLS BACK AS A PROPERTY ENHANCEMENT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN ESSENCE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO, AND I DON'T MIND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THAT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE.
IT, IT, LOLA WALKS AWAY IF LO DEAL, THE OWNER GETS THE BENEFIT OF THAT.
BUT, BUT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, BUT YOU HAVE IT EITHER WAY.
EVEN WE'RE CONNECTING A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO SEWER, SO IT, IT WOULD ONLY HELP.
WELL YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
SO MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON THAT.
UM, UH, WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH AND DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF INCREASED TRACTION ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
UH, WE HAD ABOUT 20 BUSINESSES COME OUT TO THE BUSINESS APPRECIATION EVENT.
AND THEN CHANCE AND I WERE ABLE TO DROP OFF BUSINESS APPRECIATION GIFTS TO, UH, ABOUT 15 BUSINESSES.
SO, UM, THAT WAS A FUN DAY FOR ME.
I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT MEETING BUSINESSES IN A WHILE, SO IT'S GOOD TO DO THAT.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME VERY STRONG BLUE DOT NUMBERS THIS YEAR, OPEN REWARDS.
UM, AND SO I WANTED TO BRING UP TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THIS, UM, DASHBOARD HERE.
WANT MAYBE REMIND OUR GUESTS WHAT THIS IS? YES.
SO THIS IS THE OPEN REWARDS PROGRAM.
UM, THIS IS THE SHOP LOCAL, UH, WHERE FOLKS CAN DOWNLOAD AN APP AND, UM, PROVE THAT THEY SPENT MONEY AT CERTAIN BUSINESSES IN GOLAND COUNTY.
AND THEN THEY GET FIVE UP TO 5% BACK TO SPEND THAT AT OTHER BUSINESSES IN GOLAND COUNTY.
IT'S FUNDED BY THE EDA OUT OF THE EDA FUNDS.
UM, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE'VE DONE IT.
AND I'LL SAY THAT, UM, SO TOTAL THE EDA HAS PUT IN $10,000 INTO THIS PROGRAM AND THERE'S BEEN $229,000 THAT HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED, UM, IN
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THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.UM, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I THINK WERE VERY NICE TO HEAR, ONE WAS, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
IT SHOULD BE PUBLICIZED ON FACEBOOK GROUPS IN THE COUNTY.
UM, IT DIDN'T AFFECT ME GOING THERE.
I WAS HAPPY TO FIND OUT THAT I COULD SUBMIT A RECEIPT FOR THE REWARD.
I'M TRYING TO GET OTHER BUSINESSES TO LOOK INTO THIS.
TRYING TO GET MY CHIROPRACTOR TO SIGN UP.
I LOVE THE EXTRA INCENTIVE TO SUPPORT LOLA.
I MEANT TO SUPPORT LOLA TO SUPPORT LOCAL
UM, THE APP BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SO IN THAT WAY THE APP, ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE FUTURE LOAN PROGRAM FOR ENCOURAGING LOCAL SHOPPING WAS AN INCENTIVE TO SHOP AT THIS LOCATION.
UM, SO JUST REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE WE ARE ALMOST OUTTA MONEY.
WE HAVE 11, ALMOST $1,200 LEFT.
SO WE'LL ALSO BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO REFUND IT.
UM, PROBABLY NEXT MONTH OR IN AUGUST.
CAN WE START RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME? YEAH.
WE SPENT, I'D SAY WE'RE ABOUT A MONTH AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR FOR RUNNING OUT OF MONEY.
UM, SO IT HAS PICKED UP IN USAGE, UM, AND THERE'S 544 USERS ON IT, SO THAT'S NICE.
UM, WE HAD A VERY WELL ATTENDED WORKSHOP SESSION ON MARKETING AND AI.
AND, UM, THERE'S TWO MORE SCHEDULED FOR THE YEAR.
ONE FOR ACCOUNTING AND ONE ON SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION.
UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS HELD TWO REALLY GOOD NETWORKING EVENTS RECENTLY.
ONE AT OUTDOOR KITCHEN CREATIONS AND ONE AT KINDER SPIRIT LAST NIGHT.
THEY HAD SOME GOOD TURNOUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, JUAN PABLO SEGURA, HAS OFFERED TO HOST A BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE IN GOLAND COUNTY OR TENTATIVELY LOOKING AT AUGUST 25TH.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT SOMEWHERE IN WEST CREEK, POTENTIALLY IN, UM, A PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP.
UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT, AS SOON AS IT'S SOLIDIFIED, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT INFORMATION TO YOU ALL TO HAVE YOU ATTEND AS WELL.
UM, THIS WOULD KIND OF TAKE THE PLACE OF THE MAJOR EMPLOYER EVENT THAT WE USUALLY DO IN THE FALL TIMEFRAME.
YOU FEEL LIKE THE SAME, UM, INVITE LIST WOULD, WOULD GO OUT TO THIS BUSINESS ROUND TABLE.
UM, AND THAT IS ALL EXISTING BUSINESS UPDATES I HAVE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR EXISTING BUSINESS UPDATE? HEARING NONE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO TOURISM UPDATE.
SO, UH, BELIEVE THAT I MENTIONED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY THAT WE ARE DOING, UH, THE DRIVE TOURISM GRANT.
WE, UH, WERE AWARDED THAT FROM VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION.
THE GOAL OF THAT PROGRAM IS TO CREATE COMMUNITY SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT HELP COMMUNITIES, UM, PROMOTE AND DO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND BASICALLY ALL THE EXPERTS AT VTC ARE GONNA COME INTO THE COUNTY.
WE'RE GONNA HOLD A WORKSHOP SESSION.
IT'LL BE FROM ONE TO 4:00 PM ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.
AND, UH, WE'RE LIMITED TO 20 INVITEES FOR THAT.
SO WE'VE ASKED LISA DARDEN TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE, UM, BECAUSE OF HER TOURISM AND FARMER'S MARKET BACKGROUND, UM, FOR THE EDA.
AND SO WE ALSO HAVE TARGETED OTHER, UH, INVITEES, UH, TO, TO GO TO THAT.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL GET SOME GOOD INFORMATION OUT THERE.
AND THEN OUT OF THAT WORKSHOP, VTC IS GONNA COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THINGS THAT WE CAN DO SPECIFICALLY FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO, I HAD ONE THING THAT TO BRING UP.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY IN TOURISM, SORRY.
BUT, UM, REGARDING THE, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESS SIGNAGE, I NOTICED THAT, THAT, HAVE YOU HAD ANY FEEDBACK ABOUT, ABOUT WITH THE DESIGN BEING IMPROVED AND SO ON? YEAH, WE'VE, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH, UM, GOODLAND INDUSTRIAL PARK.
SO THAT'S, UM, MERCHANT'S LANE.
UM, TO WORK WITH THE LANDOWNERS BACK THERE TO PUT UP A, A SIGN ON BROAD STREET, UM, AND HAVE THEIR SIGNAGE ALL IN ONE.
IS EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH THE DESIGN, THE ADDRESS, BUT THAT YES, I HAVE AN OPINION.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
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I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE REALLY GOOD WORK THAT OUR, UM, JESSICA AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS BEEN DOING FOR TOURISM.AND SO THIS WAS ONE OF THE, UM, OH, COME ON.
ANYBODY WANNA LOG INTO FACEBOOK? UM,
AND UM, SHE'S DONE A REALLY COOL REELS.
SHE'S BEEN GOING OUT TO BUSINESSES AND GETTING PHOTOS AND, UM, COMPILING THEM AND DOING JUST SOME REALLY COOL STUFF.
SO WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF TRACTION ON THAT FROM OUR ORGANIC SOCIAL.
OF COURSE WE'RE CONTINUING OUR PAID SOCIAL AS WELL.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAD FOR TOURISM UPDATES.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS UP? TOURISM? I HAVE A QUESTION THAT WOULD BE RELATED TOURISM, BUT, UM, DUNNO IF YOU MAY ASK.
I HEARD THAT PROBABLY THE ONE DAY VENDOR EVENTS THAT VENDORS HAVE TO BUY A COUNTY BUSINESS LICENSE.
IS THAT TRUE? UM, THE, WE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VENDOR LICENSING.
AND OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE.
I KNOW WE MADE IT BETTER AND EASIER.
UM, BUT I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND, AND SEND IT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE SPECIFICS AROUND IT.
I, I THINK IT'S CALLED A ER'S LICENSE.
SO ER'S LICENSE I THINK WAS DIFFERENT.
I THINK SO THEN THEY RECLASSIFIED THE ONE DAY VENDORS NOT TO HAVE TO PAY LERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE LERS WAS MORE EXPENSIVE THAT HAD TO DO MORE WITH FOOD TRUCKS, I BELIEVE.
UM, IF WE COULD LOOK INTO, I JUST HATE THE THOUGHT OF, YOU KNOW, GRANDMA SELLING NET HATS IS HAVING TO PAY TO SELL NET HATS AT A COMMUNITY FAIR FOR ONE DAY.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF KIND SEE MORE ABOUT THAT, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND YES.
SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT MORE THE MOST BUSINESS FRIENDLY.
UM, MAY AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT RECENTLY THAT HONESTLY CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID.
SO, SORRY, ACTUALLY THREE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THREE DAY PERMIT OR SOMETHING.
I KNOW THAT THE FOOD TRUCKS STILL HAVE TO PAY AS THEY DO ON EVERY, UH, MUNICIPALITY TRUST FIELD.
IF, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR, THEN THE COUNTY WANTS A PIECE OF IF THEY, IF THE TRUCK COMES INTO THAT COUNTY MM-HMM
SO THEY HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON WHAT THEY SELL IN BACK NO, IT AN ANNUAL PERMIT, BASICALLY.
BECAUSE IT TAKES PERMIT FROM THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE IN, THAT ARE ALREADY PAYING TAXES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD LIKE MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THE YEAR RIGHT.
BUT THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN A VENDOR WHO ATTENDS A FAIR RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING OF THAT NOT NECESSARILY A YEAH.
I KNOW CAROLINE COUNTY DOES THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE GO OUT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS OUT THERE AND THEY WANT A PIECE OF THAT.
WHEN PEOPLE GO FOR 10 DAYS AT THE FAIR AND THEY WANT, IT'S A PRETTY BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE FOR THOSE VENDORS.
BUT THERE'S SO MANY ONE DAY EVENTS HERE WITH VENDORS, HOW THEY ENFORCE IT.
SO THE RESPONSIBILITY ON PEOPLE, IT'S LIKE THE EVENT COORDIN HAS TO BE THE TASK POLICE.
WELL, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO REVIEW AND UPDATE OUR, UH, INITIATIVES AND PRIORITIES, LET ME SAY TWO THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, LISA, YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON PROVIDING US WITH A PLATFORM TO GO THROUGH.
WE, WE DECORATED OUR 20 FOOT FLATBED FOR THE PARADE, PUT A BUNCH OF STRAW AND PUT OUR EDA COLORS ON THERE.
WE HAD THREE FOX, RED, YELLOW LIPS, FOX RED.
GOOD WAYS KIDS BEHAVED BETTER THAN ONE
AND ON BEHALF TO DEDA, YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED YOUR FLOWERS.
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EDA HAS FOR YOU, KNOWING YOUR DESIRE AND FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING THIS STREAMING.AGAIN, THIS WAS PAID BY THE MEMBERS OF THE EDA DIRECTLY OUTTA POCKETS.
IT WAS NOT PAID FOR BY EDA FUNDS OR TAXPAYER FUNDS.
A NICE BOTTLE OF, UH, BOURBON.
NOT THAT I'M TAKING ANYTHING BACK.
UM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
WE, WE KNOW YOU'RE OVERWORKED.
WE KNOW YOUR STAFF AT TWO IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
ESPECIALLY JUST LISTENING AND SUPPORTING US.
I I I APPRECIATE IT.
AND UM, YOU GUYS ARE A BIG PART OF WHAT I DO AND, UH, COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT EITHER.
SO ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST YEAR, I THINK, UM, REALLY ARE PART YOUR SUCCESS AS WELL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? WE ALL LOOK AT OURSELVES AS A PART OF THE TEAM.
THAT'S 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA GET UP TO 73.
GOT TOO MANY CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND A WHOLE SERIES OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TO OCCUR.
AND DID YOU GET SOME GREAT SHOTS UP THERE ON THE STAGE WITH THE GOVERNOR? I DID.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES I GET, UM, BOGGED DOWN IN, IN THE WORK AND I FORGET WHAT AN AWESOME INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS.
AND IT WAS JUST NICE TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND SAY, STEP BACK AWAY FROM THAT AND GO, WOW, THIS IS HUGE FOR
SO IT'S VERY NICE CADENCE CHANGER.
AND LET ME, LET ME ADDRESS WHAT OUR DISTINGUISHED AND HONORABLE DISTRICT FIVE SUPERVISOR BROUGHT UP.
UM, AND, AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON IT, I'M ALSO WORKING ON AND, UH, COMPLETELY CONCUR WITH YOU AND PARTIALLY BACK TO A STATEMENT, I THINK IT WAS AT OUR LAST MEETING IN MAY THAT YOU SAID, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF VOLUME OPPORTUNITIES AND SO FORTH COMING OUR WAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S VERY TRUE THERE.
WE'RE IN A VERY UNIQUE PERIOD BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BEING HELD OUT IN THE, UH, PUBLIC, BUT A LOT OF PRIVATE EQUITY AND ALSO THE CORPORATE, UH, UH, CASH FLOW THAT HAS REALLY BUILT UP A LOT OF COFFERS.
I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BRING FORTH A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN THE NEAR TERM.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M THINKING WE'RE IN A REAL GOOD SPOT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR COUNTY GOVERNANCE.
IT'S, UH, AT THE, AT THE LEVEL IT IS OUR TAXATION, OUR GENERAL ABILITY TO ENABLE THINGS TO OCCUR.
SO I'M, UH, I'M A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON PROVIDING YOU WITH THE INFORMATION
UH, BUT I, I'M, UH, WITH LOOKING AT ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT MADE, AND LET ME DIGRESS IN THE, THE SLIDE, THE SHOW THAT YOU BROUGHT UP FROM DEDP, ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND INTERESTING IN THERE IS A SECONDARY FOCUS ON DATA CENTERS.
AND WHICH IS REALLY SUPPORTING THE, THE AI I THINK WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF DATA CENTER AI EXPANSION RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS PREDICTED TO BE, UH, OVER $240 MILLION THIS YEAR ALONE.
A BILLION DOLLARS I SHOULD SAY.
UH, THAT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED BY THAT.
AND SO, UH, KENNY FOR, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND TODAY? YESTERDAY.
UM, HE ACQUIRED THE ENTIRE BEDP SLIDE STACK.
SO HE SENT IT TO SARAH AND I AND WE'LL GET IT OUT TO EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND ARE ANY TAKEAWAYS THAT YOU WANT TO STRESS? UM, IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
THEY HAD TWO DIFFERENT SESSIONS.
UM, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY IT.
UM, ONE THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME ON A GRAND SCALE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD BROUGHT UP THAT VIRGINIA IS RANKED NUMBER ONE FOR BUSINESS BY CNBC.
AND THANKFULLY OUR GOVERNOR IS REALLY PUTTING A HUGE PUSH BEHIND THIS.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE PART OF THIS.
UM, I DO URGE, YOU KNOW, AND HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE OUR DISCRETION AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ACCEPT AS FAR AS NEW BUSINESSES INTO OUR COUNTY.
AND I SAY STRESS CONTINUE TO USE OUR DISCRETION.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR.
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SO WE'VE GOTTA BE, BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WITH THAT.UM, THE VVP, IT'S BEEN DOING A LOT AND THEY OFFER A LOT OF RESOURCES AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST FRESH TO ME, SO I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, DIGEST IT BEFORE I REALLY GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT IT.
SARAH'S FULLY AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AS FAR AS ON THE STATE LEVEL AND FEDERAL LEVEL THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
AND I THINK OUR, UH, MENTIONING, UM, ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS, UH, THERE, THERE ARE I THINK SEVEN OR EIGHT STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES THAT ON A STATE LEVEL THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON.
AND I THINK WE KIND OF FALL IN LINE WITH THAT AS WELL.
I SAW A LOT OF FOCUS ON BIOPHARMA, PHARMACEUTICAL, ET CETERA, BUT IT'S, I SAW A CATEGORY TWO AND I WAS KINDA STUNNED AT CATEGORY TWO.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE, UM, THINKING ABOUT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND TOO.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I ONLY HAVE ONE EXTRA, SO IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND SHARING, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.
UH, WE HAVE A, A COUPLE DIFFERENT, UH, AND THIS IS PART OF THE REVIEW OF THE TDA INITIATIVES AND PRIORITIES.
WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS OVER THE LAST, UH, LAST, UH, IS THAT IT'S NOT IN THE PACKAGE, IS IT? IT IS.
THIS IS A SET UP DIFFERENTLY, BUT YEAH, THIS IS A SLIGHT UPDATE THAT, YEAH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY AND I APOLOGIZE.
THE ONE I PROVIDED HAS LIKE, UM, ASSIGNMENTS AND, UM, BROKE THEM INTO A HIGH PRIORITY, MID PRIORITY AND LOW PRIORITY THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AT OUR LAST MEETING.
AND THAT'S MY FAULT FOR NOT CONVERSING.
WELL, WE CONVERSED, BUT NOT ABOUT THIS.
AND I HAVE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THIS TOO AND YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, TAKING, UH, ANOTHER COUNTY OUT OF ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS THAT WAS IN HERE FOR OUR DISCUSSIONS.
AND I'M STILL INTERESTED IN THE BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY TOWARD JUST, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SUBMIT HERE, BUT I THINK THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A RUMOR OUT THERE THAT, UM, WITH THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION THERE MIGHT BE A GLOBAL COMMONWEALTH, UH, CHANGE TO, THERE'S NO CHOICE FOR
UH, SO IF WE COULD START WALKING DOWN THIS, IF THAT'S ON A, IF NOBODY HAS A OBJECTION, UM, AND THERE'S, SO WE'LL GO WITH WHAT'S IN THE PACKAGE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT I'VE JUST HANDED UP.
AND THERE ARE TWO OTHER THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
WHICH ONE DEALS WITH THE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROUND TABLE.
BUT IT ALSO A BUSINESS SURVEY AND, AND TAYLOR AND I HAVE ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LAST NIGHT.
UM, AND ALSO THE CONCEPT OF SILOS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, IT SEEMS APPARENT, WELL, I, AND I'LL POINT TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF A, UM, COLLEGIATE, A GREAT COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL TEAM.
ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN IN, IN ALL MY LIFE IS, IS THE CONCEPT OF TEAMS, WHETHER IT BE SPORTS TEAMS OR OTHER TYPES OF TEAMS. SO WHAT I'LL SAY IS THAT THERE'S ENOUGH SILOING GOING ON THAT IT TENDS TO HURT US.
I THINK, UM, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO BREAK DOWN A LOT OF WALLS WITH REGARDS TO INFORMATION AND NOT ONLY WITHIN, LET'S SAY LEADERSHIP OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND BETWEEN THAT LEADERSHIP, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE CITIZENS.
BECAUSE BACK TO YOUR POINT, UM, FROM ABOUT FOUR MEETINGS AGO WHERE THERE IS A WORRY THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CITIZENS THAT ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL BUILDING, AND HENCE EVEN THE CONCEPT OF WHY THERE'S A LOT OF PUSH TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL INSTEAD.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE CAN, UH, KINDA LOOK AT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA STARTING AT THE TOP, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? I TALKED TO GEORGE LIAISON AND SHE, UM, HAD TALKED TO HER ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE TOO.
SO WE HAD TWO CONVERSATIONS GOING AND SHE DIDN'T GET BACK TO ME ABOUT EITHER PHONE, TELL ME TO FOLLOW UP WITH HER.
AND I NOTICED THE ROADS ARE MISSING FROM THAT LIST.
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I, AGAIN, I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS ONE SECOND PAGE.NO PRIORITY
HE DIDN'T DO IT SIX YEARS AGO.
APPARENTLY HE IS ABOUT IT NOW, SO, OKAY, GREAT.
BECAUSE I, I I, I FEEL EVEN IF WE, AND, AND WE HAD TO BRING THIS TO THE BOARD ANYWAY.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT THE ONES THAT DO ANYTHING ON THIS, BUT, UM, THE SUGGESTION IS THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR OWN ROADS NOW, LIKE INRE AND, AND SEVEN OTHER.
AND I, I APOLOGIZE, I HAVEN'T COME BACK WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF CITIES THAT MAINTAIN THEIR OWN ROOTS IN THE SEVEN.
I THINK THERE'S SEVEN REALLY JUST ARLINGTON AND FREDERICKSBURG.
I THINK IT'S, YEAH, THIS CITY RICHMOND.
THERE, THERE'S AN, THERE'S ACTUALLY A NUMBER.
AND SO I, I THINK THAT'S, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'LL GO ANYWHERE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT ALSO HELPS TO PUT PRESSURE BECAUSE BACK TO THE WHOLE, LIKE WE WERE DISCUSSING ABOUT THE CUT THROUGH, UH, WHY ISN'T THAT DONE YET? WELL, IT'S NOT IN OUR CONTROL.
WHY IS, WHY IS ASHLAND ROAD SUCH A PROBLEM? IT'S NOT IN OUR CONTROL.
SO WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMETHING TO OCCUR, WHETHER IT BE ACCIDENTS OR LET'S SAY WE'RE OVER ABUNDANCE OF TRAFFIC AND REALLY A DETRIMENT, I THINK THE CITIZENS, WHETHER IT BE FIRE AND RESCUE OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S JUST A CONCEPT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER.
UH, BUT UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ON LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, OH, WHAT'S THE TIMING ON THIS AGAIN? UH, THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE DRAFTED INTO PAUL BY AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER.
AND DB, I, I KNOW THE CONCEPT YOU PUT FORTH IN OUR LAST CYCLE ON THIS.
YOU WANNA BRING THAT BACK UP TO I OUT THE ROADS OR I'M MISSING YOU? UH, THE, UM, THE STATE SIPS, UM, HAS THE COUNTY SET A LEGISLATIVE TAPE LEGISLATIVE MEETING NEXT YEAR? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF IT.
GRANT ON MY LIST OF THINGS THAT WORK WITH STAFF TO THAT FORWARD BE FOR, BE EARLIER IN THAT PROCESS.
'CAUSE SEPTEMBER WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT BETTER.
OUR LEGISLATIVE SLOTS ARE FILLING BACK, SO THAT'S A PROBLEM.
SO MANY PEOPLE DO THEIR MEETINGS IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND I'M LIKE, WE WE'RE DONE.
SO, SO YOU WOULD NEED, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD WANNA HAVE SOME KIND OF, UM, FORMAT OR STATEMENTS THAT YOU WANT DRAFTED BY THE AUGUST MEETING TO VOTE ON SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM TO THE COUNTY FOR CONSIDERATION.
IS THAT DUE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR, TO INCLUDE IN THE LEGISLATION, THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PACKET? YEAH.
WELL, I'LL GO BACK AND RESEARCH IT AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE OUTTA TOWN THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST SO I CAN BE, SO, SO WE CAN VOTE ON AND DISCUSS IT IN JULY BEFORE YOU'RE DONE.
I'LL NOTE THAT THE JULY MEETING IS THREE WEEKS AWAY.
IT'S JULY 9TH BECAUSE I'M GOING OUT OF TOWN.
SO
YOU ARE GOING OUT TO WATCH, RIGHT? SO NO UNDERSTAND.
YEAH, SO WE CAN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET GATHERED BY THEN AND, UH, WE'LL DISCUSS IT AND VOTE ON IT OUR NEXT MEETING TO PROPOSE IT TO THE BOARD SUPERVISORS.
UM, UNDER TOURS, UH, I'M STILL WORKING ON GAS COMPRESSION STATION.
UM, AND IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY, BECAUSE OF WHAT OUR COUNCIL HAS SAID, IT REALLY APPLIES AS A MEETING.
SO, UH, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, JENNY AND I ALONG WITH THE, THE GENTLEMAN OVER TO OUR BY FAR.
UM, AND THEN, UH, OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WORKING ON THAT AND OF COURSE YOURSELF, CHANCE, WHOEVER ELSE IS, UH, INTERESTED IN ATTENDING.
SO I'M JUST, UH, TRYING TO GET DATES THAT SATISFIES ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED AND WE HAVEN'T TALKED FURTHER ON THE GAS TURBINE AND ELECTRIC.
UM, BECAUSE WE, WE, WELL WE'VE HEARD BACK FROM COUNTY, WE CAN'T ALL GO AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DO SEGREGATED VISITS OR, UH, WHAT THE CITY, I'VE ALREADY SEEN IT, SO I DON'T NEED.
WELL HOW ABOUT UNLESS IT'S A PROBLEM, HOW ABOUT IF, UH, KENNY AND I GO FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO HOW I HAVE TO GET IT? UH, AND KNOW PART OF THAT IS THE ASPECT OF, UH, WHETHER THAT CONCEPT, UH, OF THE GENERATION
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PLANT MAKES NO SENSE HERE THOUGH, TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT, ABOUT THAT, BUT YEAH, THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC.SO RUNNING, UH, THROUGH THE EDA ACTIONS, UH, OR THE PORTAL'S UNDERWAY, THE PORTAL IS ACTIVE.
UM, IT'S A SHAREPOINT AND ALL OF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT VIA YOUR COUNTY EMAILS AND I'LL BE SURE TO RESEND THAT OUT.
UM, SO WE COULD START LOADING DOCUMENTS, UM, IN IT, OBVIOUSLY LIKE THE OILVILLE WATER AND SEWER STUDIES THAT WERE FOUND AND ALL THAT OTHER GOOD STUFF, UM, CAN BE LOADED THERE AND THEN HAVE IT AS A REPOSITORY FOR FUTURE GOOD.
IS BACK IN THE OVAL OFFICE, IS THERE A STANDARD, UM, THAT THE LY STATUS FOR A LIBRARY, UH, FOR I'LL SAY DOCUMENTATION LEVELS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NOT THAT I KNOW OF BECAUSE I MEAN, WE COULD SET UP OUR OWN, UM, ALL THE REPORTS OFF THAT FOR YOU AND SO FORTH.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT.
I DUNNO IF THAT'S OFF THE SHAREPOINT.
WITHIN THE SHAREPOINT MM-HMM
AND JUST BY, UH, STRICT LIBRARY FUNCTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES SENSE, BUT, AND THEN SHARE AMONGST, UM, I'M ALSO ON THE, THE SECOND BULLET ITEM PHASE OUT WAR OF 1812 TAX.
UM, THAT I, I'VE ACTUALLY GOT A SPREADSHEET ALMOST COMPLETE ON THAT TOO.
I HAVE CHANCE WORKING ON IT, UM, TO BENCHMARK AND TO BRING IT BACK BEFORE YOU GUYS, SO YEAH.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SEND IT OVER TO YOU IN CHANCE BECAUSE IT'S, I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE, UH, PROJECTED AND EXISTING, AND I HAVE A GRAPH CREATED OFF OF THAT TOO FOR THE LAST, I'D SAY IT'S THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS OF, OF THE TAX.
SO, AND ALSO THE, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING FOR THE FLOOR OF THAT TOO.
SO, BUT AGAIN, I'LL GET THAT OUT HOPEFULLY BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, AFTER I INTENDED TO HAVE IT OUT HERE, UH, FOR TODAY.
BUT TIME HASN'T, UH, ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME WITHIN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY JUST LOOKING FOR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT ARE PARTICULAR TO THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IN PARTICULAR THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE FROM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S WITHIN THAT SPACE OF THE TOTAL REVENUE AND ALSO THE SEGREGATION OUT OF THAT OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL.
SO YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE THE DIFFICULT PART.
AND SO YOU, THAT'S BEING WORKED ON.
IT IS, I HAD A CONVERSATION, UH, EARLIER TODAY ACTUALLY WITH DR.
RAYLEY ABOUT, UM, THE EDA PRIORITIES AND LET HIM KNOW THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THEM THAT, SO I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD NATURE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE IT WOULD APPEAR BASED ON OUR LAST GRAPH, WE'RE SLIPPING A LITTLE BIT WRONG WAY.
SO, UH, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE STAY ACTIVE SO THAT WE NEVER LET IT SLIP.
UM, WE'VE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF, OF THE PROPERTIES AND THAT'S REALLY AGAIN, SOMETHING WE JUST RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD BECAUSE A LARGER EXTENT OF THE GOLAND VILLAGE IS ALL OWNED BY THE COMMONWEALTH.
UM, YOU'RE WORKING ON THE TECHNOLOGY DISTRICTS? YES.
UH, THE BOARD WILL BE REFERRING TWO ORDINANCES AT THEIR JULY 1ST MEETING, ONE FOR TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT AND ONE FOR TECHNOLOGY ZONE.
AND THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT WILL ALLOW CERTAIN USES IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, UM, TO BE DEVELOPED BY RIGHT AND THEN THE TECHNOLOGY INCENTIVE ZONE, UM, PROVIDES INCENTIVES FOR THOSE USES.
SO THE, THEY WON'T ACTUALLY BE UP FOR A VOTE ON THE NO, THEY ARE BEING REFERRED, UH, THE FIRST JULY 1ST.
OH, THEY'LL, THE FIRST, THEY'RE BEING REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN OCTOBER.
SO A BOARD PUBLIC HEARING IN OCTOBER.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HEAR IN AUGUST? SOME INPUT INTO ALSO? YES.
UM, I WILL BE PROVIDING YOU ALL OF THOSE DETAILS AND FURTHER DISCUSSIONS PROBABLY AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
I'M NOT, I DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF THE BOARD AND SHOW YOU GUYS THINGS THAT THE BOARD HASN'T
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NECESSARILY SEEN YET.UM, SO, UH, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY MEETING HELD ON JULY 7TH ON THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND THOSE LETTERS HAVE GONE OUT EARLIER THIS MONTH, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK.
WHERE WOULD THAT BE HELD? IT'S GONNA BE HELD IN THE BOARDROOM TWO 50.
AND I'LL SEND OUT CALENDAR INVITES FOR ALL OF THAT.
UM, WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE FUNDING ON OUR BOOKS THAT, UH, HAS NOT BEEN EXPENDED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO REALLY DISCUSS THAT A WHOLE LOT FURTHER.
UM, JUST AS A CONSIDERATION, MAYBE AT SOME POINT, UM, YEAH, YOU HAVE EXTENDED ALL OF THESE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, PENDING OUR TECHS CHANGE, UM, AND THEN THE TODD LOGO PROGRAM THAT I BELIEVE STILL MIGHT HAVE SOME FUNDING LEFT IN IT.
AND WE STILL HAVE THE 200, YOU HAVE 227000% SITE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE SITE DEVELOPMENT, I THINK IS STILL, IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THERE.
AND THERE'S NOTHING UPCOMING ON ELEVATION OF ANY SITES, CORRECT? UM, THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL, BUT I'M NOT THERE YET.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 50 TO 75,000.
SO WE SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE, UH, ASSUMING THAT FUNDING.
UH, I KNOW I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION WITH THE, UH, CHAIRMAN ABOUT THE, UH, SCHEDULING THE ANNUAL MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF LISA'S REACHED OUT TO YOU.
UM, WE'VE BEEN EXCHANGING DATES BACK AND FORTH.
UM, SHE'S TRYING TO NARROW IT DOWN ON THE BOARD SIDE, SO THEN I CAN PROVIDE SOME DATES TO THE EDA.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A FALL MEETING SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER TIMEFRAME.
SAME LOCATION AS BEFORE PROBABLY.
UH, AND BACK YOUR COMMENT ON THE, UM, CITIZEN OUTREACH, WHICH IS ONGOING AND WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK, I, I THINK ANY METHOD THAT CAN BE U UTILIZED, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, WAS IT THREE BOARD MEETINGS AGO WHEN THERE WAS A WHOLE SERIES OF APPROVALS OF DIFFERENT ZONING REQUESTS, UH, OF BUSINESSES? THERE WAS NOBODY THERE BUT US YEAH.
BUT IT WORRIES ME AND THEN I KNOW IT ALL OF US, THAT THERE'S MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, SOME ARE, WE NEED TO HELP EDUCATE, EDUCATE.
FOR LACK TERM AND BUDGET DOCUMENT.
I HAVE NOT DRAFTED THAT DOCUMENT AND I WAS, UM, I'M NEGLIGENT ON THAT PART, SO I'LL TRY AND HAVE THAT DONE BY THE NEXT MEETING WE HAD DISCUSSED ABOUT, UM, THE RAPID ACTION.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S EVER A, A TIME WHEN I NEED TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT ON YOU ALL'S BEHALF TO DO WORK IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE I HAVE A, A SITE VISIT THAT'S COMING UP AND I NEED TO GET SOME ENGINEERING DONE OR A DISPLAY OR SOMETHING DONE FOR THAT SITE VISIT.
UM, NOT HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MONTH TO BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
UM, AND SO, UM, I ASKED WHAT, HOW THE COUNTY HANDLES IT UNDER THEIR POLICIES.
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS ALLOWED TO MOVE UP TO $25,000 BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THE TOTAL MATCH BUDGET, IF THERE'S SOMETHING OVER HERE, YOU CAN MOVE IT OVER THERE TO 25,000.
UM, AND THEN FROM A PROCUREMENT STANDPOINT, UM, ANYTHING $10,000 AND, UM, UNDER, UH, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A PO OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN ANY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UM, OVER 80,000 REQUIRES, OR ANY ALLOCATION, ANY REQUEST FOR FUNDING, UM, OVER $80,000 GOES TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE US, ME HAVING TO DO SOMETHING THAT LARGE ON YOUR BEHALF, I WOULD DEFINITELY BRING THAT TO YOU, BUT I'M MORE INTERESTED IN SETTING AN AMOUNT THAT YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH, THAT IF I NEED TO MAKE A A DECISION, I CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT MONEY TO MAKE THE DECISION AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A BUDGET THERE.
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MOVE THE CHUNK MONEY FROM ONE COLUMN TO ANOTHER? NO, IT WOULD BE, UM, I WOULD USE THE PSYCH DEVELOPMENT MONEY.WHY CAN'T WE APPROVE BY EMAIL IF WE MADE THE BYLAWS? UM, BECAUSE THAT ALL OF YOUR ACTIONS HAVE TO BE IN A PUBLIC FORMAT.
SO YEAH, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE HAVE AN ALLOCATION AMOUNT THAT IT'S GRANTED TO MEMBERS OF, OF THE BOARD, THE AUTHORITY THAT COULD, COULD SIGN OFF ON THAT.
I WONDER HOW THAT INTERSECTS WITH THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK THAT WE THIS AS THE BOARD HAVE.
BUT SHE'S DEFINITELY A MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
WELL, ACTUALLY I DID NOT, SHE, SHE'S NOT A VOTING MEMBER, BUT I THINK WHAT WOULD FALL BACK TO IS US MM-HMM.
ONE OR TWO, I WOULD'VE TO SIGN OFF ON IT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE A SEPARATE, WE'RE A SEPARATE, SEPARATE ENTITY FROM THE, FROM THE COUNTY ANYWAY.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE GRANTED TO US TO SIGN OFF.
I MEAN, I'M THINKING BACK TO THE LAST, YOU KNOW, THE LAST PROJECT WE DID THIS YEAH.
AND I NEEDED TO PULL THE TRIGGER IMMEDIATELY.
SO DO YOU HAVE, WHICH ONE WAS THAT IN? WHAT WAS THAT THE LAST WE CAN'T TALK? THAT'S, UH, WHAT'S TOTAL COUNTY BUDGET BUDGET? 48 MILLION.
WHAT PERCENT? 25,000, 48 MILLION.
BUT, BUT THAT, THAT LAST PROJECT WAS 65,000 SIGNED OFF.
AND THAT, SO WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M THINKING WE COULD ALLY, WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A CHANGE OF, OF BYLAWS, BUT THAT WE HAVE, I'LL SAY TWO INDIVIDUALS OF THE AUTHORITY SIGN OFF AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING IT HAS TO BE APPROVED AND IF NOT APPROVED.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING WE THAT AND DECIDED ON THAT WE HADN'T DISCUSSED FIRST.
I MEAN, UH, UH, SHE MAY, UH, SHE MAY HAVE PULLED THE TRIGGER ON AT THAT TIME, BUT, BUT, BUT SHE HAD A SENSE OF THE BOARD BEFORE ANY ANYTHING HAPPENED.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISCRETIONARY EXPENDITURES AND IF SARAH THINKS, YOU KNOW, I'VE AND HER, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE'VE LAID, LAID IT OUT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON THAT, UH, AND THEN GO BACK TO THE BOARD AND THEN WE'LL GET, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE HER THE, UH, FORMAL APPROVAL.
NO, AND I SAY, I PUT, I SAY PUT A LIMIT ON IT LIKE JENNY SAID.
DID YOU, DID YOU HAVE A LIMIT IN MIND? I WOULD THINK THAT, UM, 25,000 WOULD PROBABLY BE SUFFICIENT FOR ANYTHING THAT I WOULD NEED IMMEDIATELY.
UM, AND THEN IF, UM, SO I WAS JUST LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST TIME, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAD TO DO IT, IT WAS 77,000, BUT I DIDN'T, THE 77,000 INCLUDED WORK THAT COULD HAVE WAITED A LITTLE BIT.
SO IT, I WOULDN'T NEED THE FULL 77,000.
LIKE THAT WORK COULD HAVE, I COULD HAVE HELD ON THAT.
AND, UM, SO I THINK 25 WOULD PROBABLY BE SUFFICIENT.
MIGHT BE A LITTLE HIGH IF YOU WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT LESS.
AND IS THIS JUST FOR THE SITE FUND, LIKE THE SITE PLAN FUND? THIS IS GONNA GIMME WHATEVER YOU WANT.
I THINK I NEED IT JUST FOR THE SITE FUND.
I WOULD, I WOULD THINK IT'D BE JUST BECAUSE IT, IT IS ONLY IN RESPONSE TO IMMEDIATE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
AND IS IT AUTHORIZING OR THE ACTUAL MOVEMENT OF MONEY? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHEN YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION? IT WOULD JUST BE AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZATION.
THE, THE MONEY'S ALREADY THERE IN YOUR ACCOUNT.
I WAS JUST, I DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO SPEND IT WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL.
SO BY THE NEXT MEETING, HOW ABOUT IF WE LOOK AT OUR BYLAWS, SEE WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE NEEDED TO BE MODIFIED THERE, AND THEN ALSO COME BACK WITH A MOTION THAT SAYS, HERE IS WHAT THE DELEGATION IS FOR THOSE MONIES FOR ONLY THE CATEGORY OF SITE ENHANCEMENT.
I'D BE WILLING TO LOOK AT THE BYLAWS TO DO THAT, TO LOOK AT IT.
I GUESS, UM, MY, WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS, YOU KNOW, SHOULD IT BE A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT'S IN THERE, BUT THEN YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO SPEND PROBABLY IN ONE TRANSACTION MORE THAN WOULD BE A PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE PROBABLY COMFORTABLE.
I THINK WE NEED TO, I, I WOULD THINK A DOLLAR AMOUNT WITH APPROVAL VOICE OF VOICE APPROVAL AND, AND WELL, AND SIGNATURE ON THE CHECK MM-HMM
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SO, UH, RIGHT.SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I AUTHORITY UP TO 25,000 WITH CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT WAY I HAVE TO CALL THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR AND SAY, I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
I WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY ABILITY TO ENTER INTO THIS CONTRACT AND, AND SIGN OFF UP TO 25,000.
AND THEN, AND YOU ALWAYS HAD SOME SIGNATURES, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND BASICALLY THE CHAIR'S SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD AND, AND, UH, COMFORTABLE.
I THINK AS LONG AS WE DOCUMENT IT WITH ALL THE EMAIL PER OUR CONVERSATION ON THE PHONE ON XY DAY WITH THIS TIME, I APPROVE THAT WE AND FOLLOW UP PAYMENT YEAH.
THAT WE'LL CONSIDER AS A MOTION AND VOTE ON IT.
IT'LL ALWAYS BE BROUGHT TO YOU.
THAT COULD BE PART OF THE BYLAW AMENDMENT BE BROUGHT AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR FULL VOTE OF THE EDA FULL RECORDED VOTE.
ONE THING YOU CAN BRING UP THE, UM, IT'S LISTED ON HERE REGARDING AS THE FINAL BULLET FOR THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE REGARDING STAFF MEETS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S IN A SHORT TERM PRIORITY TO ME.
WHAT WAS THAT? UH, JUSTIN, OUR STAFFING, THIS SARAH STAFF, THIS IS, THIS IS ON MR. STALLONE'S COPY.
OH, IT'S NOT ON THE COPY YOU PUT FORTH.
I, I, I COMPLETELY CONCUR THAT, UH, AND THIS IS A DISCUSSION I ACTUALLY HAD WITH A NUMBER OF SUPERVISORS THAT WERE AWAITING THE NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
WE FEEL AS A UNITED AUTHORITY THAT, UM, THE CURRENT STAFF OF TWO IS GREATLY OVERWORKED, AND THERE'S A WHOLE NEED FOR IN, IN ONE SENSE, SOME OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS EVEN ORDER TAKING AS OPPOSED TO BEING AGGRESSIVELY OUT IN THE MARKETPLACE, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THAT TOO.
BUT, UH, WITH THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES WE HAVE WITHIN THE COUNTY WITH THE CONSTRAINTS ON, LET'S SAY GOOD QUALITY PEOPLE WITHIN GOVERNANCE, THAT WE A NEED TO KEEP OUR STAFF AND ALSO ENHANCE IT TO FURTHER SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMERCIAL ENVELOPE WITHIN THE COUNTY.
AND THEN ONE OTHER THING TO ADD IS THAT THIS, UH, THEY'RE ALSO TASK FOR TOURISM AS WELL.
WHICH I, I AGREE IT DOES FALL UNDER THESE CATEGORIES, BUT IT IS ANOTHER RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY, THEY DO TAKE ON DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES, VERY DIFFERENT IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO A WHOLE SERIES OF OTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT NEED TO BE CHALLENGED WITHIN THE CHEMISTRY TOO.
UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEGREE OF EVALUATION AND APPROVAL OF, UH, OR DENIAL OF PROPOSALS, UH, WITHIN THE COUNTY.
AND MAKE IT WITH ADDITIONAL STAFF HERE, MAKING IT EASIER TO, UH, HELP WORK WITH THAT SO THAT THE BUSINESSES HAVE A KIND OF A CHAMPION WITHIN THE, BEYOND WHAT THE TIME THEY CAN SPEND ON IT.
BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST YEAR, UM, WE HAVE TWO VERY OVERWORKED INDIVIDUALS AND TWO VERY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, RESURRECTION OF THE, UH, NEAR RESURRECTION OF DEBT FOR PROJECT ROCKY AND, UH, ONE OTHER WE CAN'T MENTION PROJECT.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY, UH, WITH THE REVENUES THAT EITHER WELL, UH, THAT ONE WILL BRING IN.
AND OF COURSE THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT, I THINK, CONTINUED TAX REVENUES BECAUSE AS DEPRECIATION OCCURS, THERE'S GONNA BE CONTINUAL UPGRADE TO THESE FACILITIES THAT I'M NOT SURE IT'S GONNA BE ACCOUNTED FOR WITHIN THE REVENUE SPACE TOO.
SO, NO, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIG IN WITH ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT PRIORITIES HERE TONIGHT AND OTHERS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, I MET WITH SARAH ON DAY ONE, I THINK IT WAS ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, AND I SAT DOWN AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU NEED? AND SHE'S VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT SHE NEEDS, AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE TEAM HAS BATTED ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT AND HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS WITH THE STAFF TOO.
AND ULTIMATELY, I BELIEVE ONE OF MY MANY ROLES IS PROVIDING THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THAT STAFF NEED TO DO AMAZING THINGS.
AND I'M THANKFUL THAT THE SUPERVISORS HAVE GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO ORGANIZE STAFF AS NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH OUR, OUR, OUR SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM GOALS.
AND TO BE ABLE TO ORGANIZE THE TEAM IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW DO SOME TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE.
SO DAY ON THE JOB TODAY, AND I HAVE, UM,
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HAVE LEARNED A LOT ALREADY AND, UH, HAVE SOME, SOME IDEAS I THINK THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZE IN A WAY IT'S GONNA ULTIMATELY ALLOW THE FUTURE SUCCESS.FROM A PURE PHILOSOPHICAL STANDPOINT, THERE'S VERY FEW ENTITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT THAT BRING, HELPS BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
SO I THINK IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDER, DON'T ALWAYS SPEND EITHER
UM, SO LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, THERE'S NOTHING UNDER THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALL MOVED AT THE TOP PRIORITY OR VERY LOW PRIORITY.
UM, SO WE OH, ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE TOURS EXCEPT FOR THE DATA CENTER.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW APPLICABLE THAT MIGHT BE.
DATA CENTERS ARE KIND, SOMEWHAT BORING,
I MEAN, I, WE, YEAH, WE HAVE THIS, UH, A NUMBER OF DATA CENTERS, DATA CENTERS WE WORK WITH, AND IT'S, IT'S ABOUT THE WHIRLING FANS AND PUMP.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO US BY ONE OF THE VENDORS, WHICH LET ME THAT, HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM THEM THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC? NO.
WE,
UM, I, UH, YEAH, THIS ONE BUSINESSES, WE DID TOUR, MADE A TOUR LAST YEAR.
IS THERE A NEED? IS THERE A DESIRE TO LOOK AT OTHER BUSINESSES WITHIN GOOSE? AND DO WE, IS THAT EITHER CONSIDERATION? WINE TASTINGS ARE NICE.
WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO CONTINUE, UH, HEAVY FOCUS ON OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES AS WELL.
AND SO, I MEAN THAT MIGHT, SHOULD WE LOOK AT THAT FOR THE FALL? IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? OKAY.
UH, A TOUR OF OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES.
THAT TOUR WE TOOK OF, UM, IN, IN INDUSTRIAL PARKS YEAH.
AND A TOUR UP TO MOUNT BEACHLAND AND ALL THAT STUFF.
I, IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING.
VERY, WE, SO I THINK WE OUGHT DO THAT.
FOR THE CORE FALL DAYS, RIGHT? YES.
UM, IT, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WAS ALLUDING TO IS DECREASED TIME FOR PLANNING COMMISSION AND, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION.
UM, I KNOW BACK IN THE PREVIOUS FOUR, THEY EXTENDED THE TIMEFRAME FOR REVIEWS OF, UH, APPLICATIONS AFTER, UH, WELL, WITHIN THE PROCESS, LET'S JUST SAY THAT WAY.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT TO CHANGE THAT BACK AND ALSO ENHANCE THAT DEPARTMENT, UH, HELP EXPEDITE CERTAIN THINGS.
I MEAN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STORIES THAT, UH, ARE OUT THERE, SORRY.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING DEMANDS ON STAFF AS TIMELINES HAVE CHANGED, CHANGED EFFECTIVE JULY ONE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
SO ALL MORE REASON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT STAFF ON THE RIGHT SEAT, ON THE RIGHT BUS, MAKING SURE WE HAVE STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO IT, BUT I HEARD THE SEPTIC SEPTIC STUFF IS GONNA BE REALLY CHANGING DRAMATICALLY.
JUST THE INSPECTION PROCESS THAT'S GONNA, THE EXPENSES AND AND SO FORTH ARE GONNA BE CHANGED A LOT.
CHANGED BY STATE LAW OR CATHOLIC.
I THINK IT'S STATE LEVEL, ISN'T IT? I BELIEVE IT'S STATE LAW.
THESE CHANGES I WAS REFERENCING, IS STATE LAW EFFECTIVE? I HAVE, YES.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL, I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL MUST HAVE BEEN, AND, UH, UPDATES TO THE BOARD.
WE DON'T REALLY MAKE ANY TIME UPDATES.
JUST, WE'LL, WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ENGAGE THE BOARD AT ANY TIME, ANY PLACE.
UM, AND OF COURSE, BELOW PRIORITY MAINTAIN ITS ROADS, WHICH THE FIRST BULLET ITEM YEAH.
I STRUCK IN RECO OUT THAT A LONG TIME AGO.
BUT, UH, ON THE FIRST BULLET UNDER BOARD OF SUPERVISOR ACTION.
AND THEN, UH, I'LL, WELL, LET ME, I WON'T GO THERE RIGHT NOW OTHER THAN SAY
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I BELIEVE IN DATADRIVEN DECISIONS AND THERE'S A LOT OF DATA TO ACQUIRE WITHIN ACCOUNTING TO MAKE, UH, GOOD DECISIONS.SO I'LL LEAVE IT THAT, WHETHER IT BE SEISMIC MM-HMM
AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT AIR QUALITY IS ACTUALLY HANDLED BY OUR, UH, REGIONAL, UH, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, UH, REGIONAL SECTION.
SO ANYWAY, UM, IS THERE ANY WELL, I, I HAD MENTIONED THE TWO OTHERS, WHICH I'D LIKE TO ADD ON THERE, WHICH ARE THE GENERAL BUSINESS SURVEY, WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER ON THAT SO THAT WE COULD, HOW YOU SPREAD IT OUT THERE ANYWAY.
CAN A GENERAL BUSINESS SURVEY MM-HMM
UM, THE, THE PROBLEM IS, IT, IT'S GOTTA BE AND, AND CHANCE HAS LOOKED AT DOING ONE.
UM, IT'S GOTTA HIT A CERTAIN SWEET SPOT ON THE LENGTH OF TIME.
THE SURVEY IS SO YOU CAN GET ENOUGH, AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU WANT AND NEED TO GET, BUT DON'T MAKE IT SO LONG WITH THE BUSINESSES ARE LIKE, AH, I'M NOT DOING THAT
UM, AND SO, UH, AND ALSO YOU'D WANT IT TO BE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND SO YOU NEED TO GET THE RESPONSES BACK.
WELL, WHAT I'LL SUGGEST IS YOU NEED TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL THAT KNOWS HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S A VERY, ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS IN THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS RIGHT.
AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS LEAD IN WITH FURTHER QUESTIONS THROUGH A DIFFERENT MEANS.
IF SOMEBODY'S REALLY THAT INTERESTED IN RESPONDING.
BUT THAT ALSO TIES INTO THE ROUND TABLE.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A, A QUITE A FRANK DISCUSSION ABOUT BUSINESSES AND GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
'CAUSE I DON'T, OTHER THAN YOUR ATTEMPTS AT FEEDBACK, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY OCCURRED IN A, IN A LARGE, A FORMAL SURVEY.
UM, I DID A FORMAL SURVEY WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN LIKE 2018 ISH.
UM, BUT UM, IT WASN'T STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
I DIDN'T GET A LOT OF RESPONSES.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN A CHANCE DOING HIS BRE OUTREACH AND HIS BUSINESS VISITS AND JUST BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HEARING THINGS, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE FORMAL SURVEY FEEDBACK, UM, ASKING VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE CAN GET THE BUSINESSES TO RESPOND.
THEIR BUSINESS AND THEY'RE LIKE GOVERNMENT.
I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T, YOU'LL HEAR UNLESS THEY HAVE YOU HEAR A, THERE'S A COMPLAINT.
OR IF THERE'S AN INCENTIVE, SOME KIND RIGHT.
WHERE WOULD YOU WANNA SEE THAT ON THE PRIORITY LIST? UH, PERSONALLY, UM, MEDIUM.
'CAUSE IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO FORMULATE IT CORRECTLY.
AND THEN ALSO THE SILO CONCEPT, WHICH I HAVEN'T, I EXPRESSED SOMEWHAT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN'T DISCUSS WITH OUR OWN SUPERVISORS BECAUSE IT'S IN CLOSED SESSION, BUT, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE FOCAL POINT THAT GOES BETWEEN BOTH, WHICH IS YOU OR CHANCE MM-HMM
OR POSSIBLY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
SO I, I'M THINKING WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT FROM, UH, A PRACTICALITY STANDPOINT SO THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE SAME CONCEPTS AND YEAH.
YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE SALE OF THE HCA PROPERTY MM-HMM
THERE WERE, THERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCEPTS THAT WERE IN ENTERED OUT.
WELL, THAT'S ALSO PRIME GAS LINE PROPERTY TOO.
SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT THAT, UH, COULD BE WORKED THROUGH THAT PROVIDE, WOULD PROVIDE A LOT OF ADVANTAGE TO THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF CROSS COMMUNICATION AND THE TEAM.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'RE FACING IS AMOUNT OF LAND THAT WE HAVE THAT'S CAPABLE OF BEING DEVELOPED.
AND THERE'S ABOUT SIX MAYBE DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE WISHES OF THE BOARD ARE, GET A FEEL FROM CITIZENS AND, AND SO FORTH THAT WE WANT TO CREATE A TECHNOLOGY YEAH.
ZONE AROUND CERTAIN TWO 30 VOLT LINES, MAYBE
UM, SO I, I, I HAVEN'T EXPRESSED THAT IN
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ANY TERMS, BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ON HERE UNDER LEAST CONSIDERATION.AND THEN ALSO, MR. COLER, YOU HAD SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT, UM, JUST TRYING TO REENGAGE OR TO KEEP TOP OF MIND REGIONAL DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP.
UM, A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT IS GRP, THE GREATER RICHMOND PARTNERSHIP, WHO WOULD BE OUR REGIONAL GROUP IF WE WERE TO BE ABLE TO JOIN ONE, UM, HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
AND IN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, THEY DID, UH, DIRECT THEM TO EVALUATE EXPANDING THEIR FOOTPRINT, AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO, UM, THEIR BOARD AND IT WAS REJECTED AND SAID THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT.
SO THE GRP BOARD HAS SAID, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN EXPANDING OUR FOOTPRINT.
WOULD, SO I, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT.
AND I THINK WHAT, THERE ARE FOUR COUNTIES YEAH.
THAT SURROUND, SURROUND AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND.
I'M TALKING ABOUT OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, IT'S US LIKE PEAN, A COUPLE COUNTIES.
AMELIA IS, THERE COULD BE A THOUGHT OF THOSE US.
WE HAVE OUR OWN BLOCK OF OUR OWN GROUP.
OR DO WE LOOK AT OTHER GROUPS THAT WE BORDER THAT HAVE SIMILAR LIKE, I GUESS INTERESTS MM-HMM
'CAUSE OUR INTERESTS MAY NOT BE MINE.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE LOOKED AT, UH, JOINING THE, UH, CENTRAL VIRGINIA PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS CHARLESVILLE,
UM, THE PROBLEM IS OUR GROWTH AREA AND EVERYTHING WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT IS ON THE EAST END OF THE COUNTY.
WE'VE GOT THEN 40 MILES BETWEEN
AND SO IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM AND IT'S DIFFICULT.
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR PROJECTS AND FOR BUSINESSES TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE MESH WITH THAT REGION.
'CAUSE WE DON'T REALLY, UM, THE ISSUE WITH CREATING YOUR OWN REGION IS THAT IT HAS TO BE STAFFED.
SO THEN AT THAT POINT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HIRING STAFF, YOU'RE HIRING NEW PEOPLE AND SETTING UP A WHOLE NEW AGENCY.
WELL, I WAS JUST BRAINSTORMING THAT BECAUSE IT'S, YEAH.
YOU LOOK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE AND IT'S THIS BIG GAP.
WHAT ABOUT LOUISA AND HANOVER? LOUISA'S PART OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA PARTNERSHIP AND HANOVER'S PART OF GREATER RICHMOND PARTNERSHIP.
IT, SO THAT TO ME, WE DON'T PLAY WITH GO AT ALL.
DO YOU
UM, AND, BUT WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY FROM 'EM.
WELL, AGAIN, WHAT I'VE MENTIONED IS PROS AND CONS OF IT.
THERE'S DEFINITELY, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF PROS TO BEING A PART OF A REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP.
UM, IT, THEY DO LEAD GENERATION.
IT'S, IT WOULD BE LIKE HAVING ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR SURE.
UM, I'VE BEEN ON SEVERAL RECENTLY PROJECTS THAT GREATER ORIGINAL PARTNERSHIP HAS ALSO BEEN A PART OF, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN
UM, AND SO IT, IT DOES, THEY DO PROVIDE A, A, A REAL SERVICE TO THE COUNTIES THAT THEY REPRESENT.
I WOULD SAY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS CONTINUED RELATIONSHIP BUILDING BETWEEN LOCALITIES, SPECIFICALLY CHESTERFIELD AND HENRICO.
UM, TO, TO BUILD AMEND BRIDGES.
THAT'S NOT A, UM,
UM, TO, TO JUST, YOU KNOW, FIX, FIX WHATEVER RELATIONSHIPS THERE.
UM, AND TO SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES IN THE, IN THE FUTURE THAT GRP WOULD OPEN TO US.
YOU WERE AT THE LUXE STONE EXPANSION MEETING WITH YES.
HISTORICALLY, IT, IT IS VERY, IT'S, IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'RE AN OUTLIER.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BENEFITS OF, OF EXPENDING THAT MONEY.
BUT IF YOU WIN A HUGE PROJECT OUT OF A LEAD THAT THEY GENERATED OR HELPED WITH, THEN THEY PAID FOR THEMSELVES FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
SO GAMBLE, IT'S WITH THEIR HOUSE
OR WE COULD FUND ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS IN HOUSE AND WE CAN DO OUR OWN LEAD GENERATION
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AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN.IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION I DO HAVE, UM, CAN YOU GIVE US, ARE THERE ANY UPDATES TO THE, UM, ROUNDABOUT CUT THROUGH TO ROUTE SIX? FAIRGROUND ROAD EXTENSION? MM-HMM
I, IT, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF WHERE THAT STANDS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2027.
UM, AND SO THE, UM, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND I'M STILL DIGGING INTO THAT.
AND THE NEXT PHASE, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO GET WITH THE PLANNING OFFICE AND DEVELOP WHAT THAT ZONING COULD LOOK LIKE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
AND WE HAVE THE DEVELOPABLE AREA EXHIBITS SO WE KNOW WHAT CHUNKS OF LAND CAN BE DEVELOPED, WHERE THOSE WETLANDS ARE.
AND SO TAKING THAT INFORMATION PLUS THE DENSITIES THAT WE'RE CALCULATED AND THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH, UH, WHAT THE ZONING SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN, UM, AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT TO THE PUBLIC AND, AND SEE.
BUT THE ROAD IS, DID YOU SAY ROAD WAS 27? MM-HMM
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE LATER IN THERE.
I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS 28TH START 20.
BUT I, YEAH, IT COULD BE WRONG.
AND ANYTHING ELSE ON THE OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? YEAH.
UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN, UM, SOME FINAL ANALYSIS BACK WITH SOME ESTIMATES ON WHAT THE POTENTIAL REUSE COULD BE FOR THAT, UH, SPACE.
AND WE'RE WAITING ON ONE MORE FINAL ESTIMATE.
LEY HAS A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO
BUT, UM, THE BOARD HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC TO REALLY KIND OF NAIL DOWN WHAT WE WANT THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BE IN THE FUTURE.
SO WAS ANY OF THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PART OF THE CONSULTING WORK THAT WAS DONE FOR THE GOLAND COURTHOUSE AREA? NOT REALLY.
THE PLAN COURTHOUSE VILLAGE PLAN? MM-HMM
WHERE IS THAT PLAN? THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE PLAN? IT'S ON, YEAH, IT'S ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE.
THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE PLAN IS ADOPTED.
THE CENTERVILLE PLAN WAS THE ONE THAT DIDN'T GOT STOPPED.
GOT STOPPED AND HAS NOT RESTARTED.
UM, WHAT DO WE DO FOR STRATEGIC PLAN? UPDATE? OVERDUE.
UM, YEAH, WE ARE OVERDUE AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I DIDN'T PUT IT IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
I WILL PUT IT IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, THE COUNTY'S BUDGET.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DO IT.
UM, THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE WROTE IN 2018 WAS VERY BASIC BECAUSE WE BASICALLY DIDN'T HAVE A DEPARTMENT LIKE WE WERE STARTING FROM SCRATCH MM-HMM
AND SO YOU'LL SEE VERY BASIC THINGS IN THERE AND WE'VE EVOLVED SO MUCH SINCE THEN.
I THINK WE NEED A CONSULTANT TO HELP, UM, KIND OF FLUSH OUT WHAT OUR NEXT STRATEGIC MOVE SHOULD BE.
I THINK A CONSULTANT FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN'S DEFINITELY WARRANTED.
WHEN'S THE COUNTY DATE FOR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE? YESTERDAY.
AND THAT'S CAT THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE SINCE 2018.
AND WHAT LACK WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND CALL SHARE.
I DIDN'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF THE COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S HERE.
WE SHOULD JUST DO US ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
THE SWIMMING TREE FREAKED DOWN SILOS.
BOTH TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLANS ARE NOW STALE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY TO COME TOGETHER.
ANY OTHER, THE EDA DID NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE IT DOES NOW.
LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESTRICTIVE PLAN, IT'S MORE STRUCTURED NOW.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING ALL THIS NEW BUSINESS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, THOUGHTS ON REVIEW, UPDATE ON EDA INITIATIVES AND PRIORITIES? ATTORNEY THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESSES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR, FROM ANY OF OUR MEMBERS TO BRING
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FORWARD OR SARAH, OR EXCUSE ME, MADAM.WE'LL MOVE ON TO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS 2.23711 AND 2.23712.
I MOVE THE, THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF HOUSTON COUNTY CONVEN A CLOSED MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION CONCERNING A PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY LOCATING IN THE COUNTY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ITS PLANS HAS BEEN MADE IN DISCUSSION WITH CONSIDERATION, ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE BODY AS PERMITTED BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.23711.
PARAGRAPH A SUBPARAGRAPH THREE AND A FIVE, UH, SECOND WITH THE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.
AB, UH, AGAINST ANY EXTENSIONS.
AND I'M GONNA TAKE A QUICK WATER.
WE ARE BACK PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.23712 DELTA OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA AND MOVE TO UCH COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HEREBY CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER, KNOW ONE ONLY BUSINESS MATTERS.
COOPER EXEMPTED FOR OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT AND TWO, ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WE'RE IDENTIFIED.
THE MOTION CONVENING, THE CLOSED MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE GRUN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
IN THE CLOSED MEETING OF THIS DATE, MADAM SECRETARY, ECONOMIC DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OH, YOU NEED A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NO DISCUSSION? WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? YES.
ALLIES, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE AUTHORITY AT THIS POINT? OTHERWISE ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURN UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO SECOND, WHAT'S REMEMBER IS JULY 9TH.
UM, YEAH, ADJOURN HAS NO, UH, DISCUSSION.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.