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EVERYONE.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AND FOLKS CAN JOIN US AS THEY'RE ABLE, THERE ARE CERTAINLY PLENTY IN THE SEATS, SO AS THEY ARE ABLE TO, UH, JOIN US, THEY CAN SPREAD OUT.
THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF, UH, MY NAME IS JEREMY LEY.
I'M THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HERE IN GOLAND, AND THANKFUL TO HAVE A FEW, UH, HOURS WITH YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
WELCOME TO GLAND HIGH SCHOOL, HOME OF THE BULLDOGS, AND, UH, GLAD THAT WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL FACILITY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWS US TO GATHER AND DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US THIS EVENING AND IN THE FUTURE.
UH, JUST A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS SO THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND SO, UM, EXITS, WE HAVE EMERGENCY EXITS TO THE BACK.
YOU HAVE EMERGENCY EXITS AS WELL IN THE BACK, ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT, AS WELL AS EMERGENCY EXITS HERE.
RESTROOMS, IF YOU EXIT OUT THE BACK AND MAKE A RIGHT, YOU GO TO WHERE YOU SEE THE BULL DOG PAINTED ON THE WALL.
THERE'S A TROPHY CASE, KEEP GOING, AND THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY ON YOUR RIGHT.
UH, THEY'RE BACK IN A LITTLE BIT OF A CUBBY HOLE THERE.
SO BOTH THE MEN AND THE WOMEN'S ROOM IS ON THE RIGHT AS YOU EXIT OUT THIS END.
UH, SHOULD WE HAVE A FIRE DRILL OR ANY SORT OF NEED TO EVACUATE THIS EVENING? OUR PRIMARY MUSTER AREA WILL BE IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT, AND THEN THE SECONDARY MUSTER AREA WOULD BE IN THE BACK PARKING LOT IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO USE THAT FOR COMMUNICATION OR ANY SORT OF CRISIS PURPOSES.
I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
UH, I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR STAFF.
UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT SUPPORTING THIS ENDEAVOR.
WE'RE LOCATED OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY.
WE ALSO HAD A FEW FOLKS OVER AT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
SO THANKFUL THAT THEY WERE HERE TO DIRECT EVERYBODY AND UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WANT TO BE THIS EVENING.
UH, IN ADDITION TO MYSELF, SARAH WARLEY, WHO IS OUR DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE'LL BE HERE SHARING SOME SLIDES AND SOME INFORMATION WITH ME THIS EVENING.
AND WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR PLANNING STAFF, OUR ZONING STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF, SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE WITH US THIS EVENING.
UH, WE DO HAVE MR. NEIL SPOON POWER, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT TWO ONE, THE
WE HAVE MR. CHARLIE BOERS, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT FOUR ONE, THE GLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS WELL AS MR. JONATHAN LYLE, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT FIVE.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS WITH US THIS EVENING, MR. KIRK UCK, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT FOUR, AS WELL AS MR. DWAYNE COSBY, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT FIVE.
HE IS THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WE ALSO HAVE MR. BEN SLOAN, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF
SO OUR PLAN FOR THIS EVENING IS WE HAVE SLATED FOR TWO HOURS OF TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HEAR INFORMATION FROM YOU AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU.
UH, WE ARE PURPOSEFULLY USING THE CARD SYSTEM THAT YOU PICKED UP WHEN YOU WALKED IN, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WITH THE CROWD THAT WE HAVE HERE THIS EVENING, UM, IT WOULD BE UNWIELDY TO HAVE AN OPEN MIC NIGHT.
UH, BUT ULTIMATELY YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE IN THE TWO HOURS THAT WE HAVE HERE THIS EVENING.
EVERY COMMENT CARD, IF NOT READ THIS EVENING, WILL BE READ AND WILL BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO SPEAK PUBLICLY AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH AT SIX O'CLOCK.
THAT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
SO WE WILL HAVE FACILITIES AND, AND AREAS SET UP TO, UH, WELCOME THE CROWD THAT WE HAVE.
YOU ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON NOVEMBER 6TH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS POTENTIAL ACTION BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SO IT'LL BE A CHANCE FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR REMARKS THERE.
WE ALSO WELCOME EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, AND WE WELCOME ANY SORT OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU PROVIDE FOR OUR ONLINE FORM.
SO AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK THIS EVENING AND WELL BEYOND THIS EVENING AS WELL.
THERE'S ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT GLAND AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING THIS COMMUNITY FOR NINE YEARS, BOTH AS ITS SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND NOW IN THIS ROLE AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
THE GLAND IS SPECIAL AND UNIQUE IN SO MANY WAYS, AND IF THERE IS ANY PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE CIVIL DISCOURSE IN A PROFESSIONAL, PRODUCTIVE MANNER IN GLAND COUNTY, AND I'VE SERVED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WHERE THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT I DO BELIEVE IN OUR COUNTY AND I BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY, I BELIEVE IN YOU AND OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ALL HAVE IMPORTANT ISSUES AND THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH US NOW AND WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
AND SO THIS EVENING IS A CHANCE FOR US TO HEAR FROM YOU, SHARE INFORMATION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UM, PROVIDE FEEDBACK ALONG THE WAY.
UM, WE WILL PUBLISH A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENT AS WELL.
'CAUSE I'M SURE MANY OF THE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE MAY NOT BE ANSWERED THIS EVENING.
THEY MIGHT BE, AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY ARE.
UH, BUT THOSE THAT ARE NOT ANSWERED, CERTAINLY WE CAN PUBLISH ON FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY
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WE WANT ALL THE INFORMATION TO BE SHARED.SO, UM, OUR GOAL FOR TONIGHT IS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION AND, AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
SO I'M GONNA KICK US OFF A LITTLE BIT AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SARAH.
SO OUR GOALS FOR THIS EVENING, NUMBER ONE, IS TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT IS, BUT IT IS NOT WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE IS, WHAT IT IS NOT.
AND SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE ATTENDED THE MEETING THAT WE HAD IN JULY, OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE ATTENDED.
SO FOR SOME OF YOU, THIS MAY BE REDUNDANT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE STARTING FROM THE SAME PLACE AND THAT EVERYBODY HAS A FIRM UNDERSTANDING AND THE GOOD BACKGROUND OF THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS TOPIC.
UH, WE ULTIMATELY WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE HAVE HEARD TO DATE.
UH, THERE CERTAINLY ARE COMMON THEMES THAT WE HAVE HEARD IN THE MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE HAD.
UH, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH RESIDENTS IN READERS BRANCH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SOME RESIDENTS IN MOSAIC.
UH, WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WALK THE PROPERTY ALONG THE MOSAIC LINE AND ALONG THE READERS BRANCH LINE, WE HAD THE CHANCE TO ENGAGE TOGETHER AT THE BLOOM TEST THAT TOOK LAST WEEK.
SO WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING FEEDBACK ANECDOTALLY AND INFORMALLY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED TODAY HAS INFORMED THE ITERATION AND THE VERSION, UH, THAT YOU WE'RE GONNA SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
SO WE'LL PROVIDE THAT OVERVIEW AND THEN I'LL LAY OUT THE NEXT STEPS.
TONIGHT IS AN IMPORTANT MEETING, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT NO ACTION IS GOING TO BE TAKEN THIS EVENING.
THERE'S NO VOTE, THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATION.
OUR GOAL FOR THIS EVENING IS TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU AND ALSO ME HEAR YOUR VOICE AS WELL, AND GATHER ALL THAT IMPACT, INPUT AND FEEDBACK AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE WORK, WHICH WOULD BE A HEARING BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER THE 18TH AT 6:00 PM AND IN THAT MEETING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR STAFF PRESENTATION, BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM YOU, AND THE STAFF WILL ULTIMATELY, UH, THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTION IS A RECOMMENDATION.
IT IS ADVISORY, AND ULTIMATELY THAT RECOMMENDATION AND ADVICE WILL BE SHARED WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO WILL TAKE ACTION, UH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER THE SIXTH.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT ORDINANCES JUST FOR CLARITY, TECHNOLOGY, OVERLAY DISTRICT AND TECHNOLOGY ZONES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GATHER FEEDBACK THAT ULTIMATELY AS STAFF, OUR JOB IS TO PROVIDE A THOROUGH AND WELL VETTED RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.
BUT ULTIMATELY, AS STAFF, UH, WE DO NOT GET A VOTE IN FINAL PROCESS, BUT WE WORK, DO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR SUPERVISORS AND WORK HAND IN HAND TO PROVIDE A THOROUGH AND WELL-VETTED RECOMMENDATION TO THEM.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL AS STAFF IS TO BALANCE OPPORTUNITY THAT MAY BE COMING TO US IN THE FUTURE IN THE FORM OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH ULTIMATELY PROTECTING WHAT MAKES GLAND SO SPECIAL.
YOU HAVE MOVED TO GLAND FOR A REASON.
YOU HAVE PURCHASED YOUR HOMES FOR A REASON, BECAUSE YOU WANT IT TO BE WHERE YOU ARE NOW.
AND SO ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL AS STAFF IS TO DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION THAT BALANCES, UH, WELCOMING HIGH QUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT PLACES IN GOLAND WITH WHAT YOU HAVE PURCHASED, AND PROTECTING THAT AS A HOMEOWNER, REALLY WORKING HARD TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE.
SO BALANCE IS A KEY WORD IN TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN GLAND'S, RURAL NATURE, AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND THE BOARD CURRENTLY AND PRIOR TO THIS BOARD, HAS ESTABLISHED A GOAL OF MAINTAINING A SPLIT OF 85% OF OUR COMMUNITY, REMAINING RURAL, UH, 15% OF OUR COMMUNITIES BEING ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED AND, UH, NOT AS RURAL.
AND SO ULTIMATELY, BALANCE, AGAIN, IS A KEY WORD, AND WE'RE PURSUING THE BEST PATH FORWARD BALANCE.
WHEN I WAS AT READERS BRANCH, I TALKED ABOUT GETTING TO AND NOT, OR, AND OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN FIND THAT BALANCE AND THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE ANY SORT OF ACTION IS TAKEN.
BUT ULTIMATELY ALIGNING OUR WORK AS STAFF WITH THE BOARD'S VISION, WHICH IS PROVIDING A PROSPEROUS AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY, RICH WITH HISTORY AND OPPORTUNITY WHERE CITIZENS AND THEIR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS ARE PROTECTED.
SO FULFILLING THE COUNTY'S MISSION AS WELL IS IMPORTANT.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ON A WEBSITE, OUR COUNTY'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY SERVICES IN EFFICIENT AND ACCOUNTABLE MANNER TO TRY AND BRING ALL THAT TOGETHER.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, THIS BOARD AND PREVIOUS BOARDS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THOUGHTFULLY LIMITING TAXES AND KEEPING TAXES LOW FOR ALL OF OUR PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO THIS 85 15 SPLIT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALLOWING US TO ACCOMPLISH THAT IS REALLY BASED ON BRINGING HIGH QUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT PLACES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED IN THE
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN A PART OF COUNTY PLANNING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.AND SO OUR APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ABOUT BALANCE, THAT KEY WORD THAT I HAVE SHARED ALREADY THIS EVENING, PROTECTING OUR RURAL LIFESTYLE WHILE BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THIS TOPIC OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN THE EAST IS NOT A NEW TOPIC.
THIS IS A TOPIC THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IN OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1975.
SO THE DESIRE OF MAINTAINING THE RURAL NATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY WHILE BUILDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BASES IN THE EAST HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND THEN IN 19 87, 3500 ACRES WERE REZONED TO CREATE THE WEST CREEK INDUSTRIAL PARK.
THAT'S BEEN A DECISION, UH, FOR MANY YEARS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN IN 1995, THERE WAS A PROPOSED PLANT THAT SPURRED SOME INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS ROADS, SEWER, AND WATER.
THAT WAS THE IMPETUS FOR THE HOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT.
AND THEN IN 2002, A FEW YEARS LATER, THAT WAS FORMED AND BROUGHT ADDITIONAL WATER AND SEWER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN IN 2015, THE COUNTY ADOPTED A 20 YEAR PLAN FOR ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, GET US THROUGH 2035, SHOWING THE EASTERN DESIGNATED GROWTH AREA AS THE ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO A LONG HISTORY OF THIS TOPIC IN GOLAND.
AND SO WHY, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NEW BUSINESSES? AND ULTIMATELY THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO US AS CITIZENS ARE BASED ON THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE PAY AS RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE IN GOLAND.
YES, THERE'S PERSONAL PROPERTY ON OUR VEHICLES, BUT THAT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE REVENUE THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVES.
ULTIMATELY, THE GREATEST SOURCE OF REVENUE IS FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
AND SO ULTIMATELY, IF WE'RE ABLE TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO OCHIN COUNTY, THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND DESERVE CAN BE PROVIDED NOT ON THE BACKS AS US AS RESIDENTS, BUT ON THE BACKS OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS.
AND SO WE CAN GET THOSE RES THOSE THAT REVENUE THROUGH A VARIETY OF TAXES, MACHINERY, AND TOOLS.
AND YOU SEE THEM LISTED THERE AS WELL.
UH, BUT CURRENTLY, UH, WE'RE RECEIVING 18.65% OF OUR OVERALL COUNTY REVENUE FROM COMMERCIAL SOURCES AND PREVIOUS BOARDS.
AND THIS BOARD HAVE ESTABLISHED A GOAL OF INCREASING THAT PERCENTAGE TO 30% SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES MORE FROM COMMERCIAL REVENUE RATHER THAN ON THE BACKS OF RESIDENTS.
SO A 70 30 SPLIT IS ULTIMATELY WHERE PREVIOUS BOARDS AND THIS CURRENT BOARD HAS SET THEIR GOALS.
AND SO ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CONCENTRATE GROWTH BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND BASED ON THE HISTORY THAT I DESCRIBED, GETTING BACK TO 1975 OF WEST CREEK AND THE EASTERN CORRIDOR, BEING IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING 85% OF OUR COMMUNITY RURAL FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DIVERSIFYING OUR TAX BASE, RATHER BEING DEPENDENT ON ONE ELEMENT OF INDUSTRY OR ECONOMIC BUSINESS, ATTRACTING HIGH VALUE, LOW IMPACT BUSINESSES TO REACH THE DESIRED TAX REVENUE GOAL OF 70 30, BALANCING OUR PROTECTIONS AND OUR INVESTMENT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN FIND THAT BALANCE WHERE WE CAN ATTRACT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PRESERVE THAT WAY OF LIFE THAT YOU HAVE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE, AND FINDING THAT RIGHT, THOSE RIGHT VARIABLES SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN NARROW IN ON THAT.
WE ALSO WANNA STAY REGIONALLY COMPETITIVE WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
ULTIMATELY, THERE ARE MANY, MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS GREAT STATE OF VIRGINIA THAT ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO WE ARE, WE ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
'CAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT I'VE SHARED BEFORE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE SO THAT WE CAN FUND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WE CAN FUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE CAN FUND OUR SCHOOLS WITHOUT OVERBURDENING OUR PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL OF YOU, I'M SURE WHO ARE IN THE TCSD IS FINDING ECONOMIC REVENUE THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO PAY DOWN OF THE HOPE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT, WHICH IS 32 CENTS ON THE HUNDRED OF EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF, OF OF 32 CENTS ON THE HUNDRED OF EVERY, UM, HOMEOWNER IN THE TCSD, WHICH ULTIMATELY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF A HOME, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS POTENTIALLY THAT COULD BE COMING TO OUR RESIDENCE IN THE PCSD IF WE'RE ABLE TO PAY THAT DOWN EARLY.
AND THEN WE WANT TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE TO MAKE SMART INVESTMENTS, NOT JUST ANY SORT OF INVESTMENT BUT SMART INVESTMENTS THAT ARE HIGH QUALITY ALIGNED WITH GLAND'S, CHARACTER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO MAKE US PROUD.
SO ATTRACTING THAT INVESTMENT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT STANDARDS LEAD TO STRONGER PROTECTIONS, BUFFERS, SETBACKS, NOISE LIMITS AND DESIGN CONTROLS THAT WITHOUT THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON CERTAIN FIRST PARCELS OF PROPERTY BY, RIGHT? SO THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY
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DISTRICT, IF ADOPTED AND IF PROPERTY OWNERS CHOOSE TO BE A PART OF THE DOD DOES ADD ADDITIONAL, UH, CONTROLS AND SUPPORTS FOR NEARBY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.BALANCE, AGAIN, KEEPING THE KEY WORD BEING COMPETITIVELY, REGION REGIONALLY COMPETITIVE WHILE SAFEGUARDING THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND I BELIEVE AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR THAT WE CAN IN FACT DO BOTH.
I DO BELIEVE WE CAN FIND THAT BALANCE.
I BELIEVE WE CAN FIND AND AND PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT PLACES WITH HIGH QUALITY IN ZONES THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED SINCE THE SEVENTIES, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ENSURING THAT WE HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE'RE ALL PROUD OF.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE FILL OUT THE COMMENT CARD, WE'LL COLLECT THOSE AND WE'LL GET TO THOSE QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE EVENING.
SO WE ARE LISTENING TONIGHT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE YOUR VOICE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY.
THERE WILL BE MORE CHANCES BEYOND THIS EVENING TO SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
AND WE ARE LISTENING TO WHAT YOU HAVE SHARED SINCE JULY.
BUT YOU WILL SEE THIS EVENING WHEN SARAH PROVIDES HER PRESENTATION IS A REFLECTION OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED TODAY.
AND SO THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO REVISE THIS BETWEEN NOW AND ANY SORT OF BOARD ACTION.
AND TOGETHER WE MAKE A STRONGER RECOMMENDATION BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK.
THE WORK WE DO AS STAFF WITH YOU WILL MAKE ANY SORT OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD EVEN STRONGER.
WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER A HUNDRED COMMENTS AND I BET BY THE TIME THIS EVENING IS OVER, THAT WILL BE NEARLY 500 COMMENTS I'M SURE.
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS WORK.
'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND AS ONE GOIN WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING GREAT DECISIONS NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE, BUT FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES RESIDENTS, WE WANNA MAKE STRONG DECISIONS FOR ALL OF GLAND.
SOME OF THE THEMES THAT WE HAVE HEARD OVER TIME AND WE HAVE TAKEN THE COMMENTS TO DATE AND WE HAVE CATEGORIZED THEM.
AND THESE, THESE CATEGORIES PROBABLY ARE NOT MUCH OF A SURPRISE TO YOU, BUT OF ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE HEARD, NEARLY A QUARTER OF THOSE HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO NOISE.
UM, NEXT IN LINE ARE COMMENTS RELATED TO BUFFERS, SETBACKS IN HEIGHT.
WE'VE HEARD COMMENTS ABOUT PRESERVING THE RURAL CHARACTER OF
UM, COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RELATED TO BUYRIGHT DEVELOPMENT AND WHY CERTAIN PROPOSALS ARE BUYRIGHT AND WHY WE ARE UTILIZING A BUY RIGHT APPROACH VERSUS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PRO PROCESS.
UH, THE SCALE AND THE LOCATION OF ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN A THEME AS WELL AS SOME COMMENTS THAT WE, WE HAVE RECEIVED RELATED TO TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC INPUT.
SO THERE ARE THE MAJOR BUCKETS, AND MY GUESS IS THERE MAY BE SOME MORE BUCKETS OF WORK THAT WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS EVENING, BUT TO DATE, THERE ARE THE THEMES THAT WE HAVE HEARD.
SO SARAH'S GOING TO DIVE INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS, BUT HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THAT WERE PART OF THE INITIAL PROPOSAL, AND WE HAVE SEGMENTED THESE THOUGHTS INTO SETBACKS AND BUFFERS, HEIGHT, NOISE, ENERGY, USE BY RATE, DEVELOPMENT, SCALE AND LOCATION, JUST LIKE THOSE BIG BUCKETS I SHARED WITH YOU IN THE BAR GRAPH.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THE REVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THE LAST TIME THIS PLAN WAS DISCUSSED PUBLICLY IN JULY.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA DIVE INTO SOME OF THOSE DETAILS THIS EVENING.
SO ULTIMATELY, WE ARE HERE WITH YOU TO PURSUE THE BEST PATH FORWARD IN A PATH WHERE ALL OF GLAND'S RESIDENCE OUR BUSINESSES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY CAN BENEFIT FROM THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER AS YOUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
LEY SAID, MY NAME IS SARAH WORLEY.
I'M THE DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HERE IN GALAND COUNTY.
I'VE WORKED FOR THE COUNTY FOR 20 YEARS, SO YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ME IN VARIOUS ROLES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UM, AND UH, THIS EVENING I AM AM GOING TO GET INTO SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY HEARD SOME OF THIS IF YOU WERE AT THE JULY MEETING OR IF YOU'VE BEEN, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE.
UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY SEEN SOME OF THIS, BUT, UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH IT FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE NEW TO THIS.
UM, SO YOU ALL MIGHT BE WONDERING WHAT IS A TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT OR WE REFERRING TO IT AS TOD.
UM, IT IS A REGULATORY OVERLAY THAT SUPPLEMENTS AND OVERLAYS THE UNDERLYING ZONING.
IT PERMITS TARGETED USES SUCH AS THINGS LIKE DATA CENTERS AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.
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TO NOTE THOSE USES WILL BE SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SUCH AS SETBACKS, BUFFERS, AND DESIGN CRITERIA TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND PROTECT AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE TOD.NOW, THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS TO HAVING A TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND AS DR.
RALEY SAID, WE ALL KNOW THAT GLAND IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE AND WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT SPECIAL.
THESE AMENDMENTS WILL HELP US PROTECT LANDS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THIS EOD BY SPECIFICALLY DIRECTING INVESTMENT TO AREAS THAT CAN SUPPORT AND ARE PLANNED FOR THIS TYPE OF GROWTH.
THE DOD WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EXTRA SECURITY FOR ADJACENT RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE EXIST.
DR AI DID MENTION THAT BOTH DATA CENTERS AND MANUFACTURING USES ARE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT AND WEST CREEK BUSINESS PARK AND THROUGHOUT OTHER M1 AND M TWO ZONINGS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SO THIS IS THE MAP SHOWING WHERE THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY OF THE LAKE DISTRICT WILL BE GOING.
UH, THE PARCELS IN WHITE ARE THE PROPOSED TOD TO THE EAST, WHICH IS THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN IS HENRIK COUNTY, AND THE BLUE IN THE MIDDLE IS ROUTE 2 88.
THE RED AT THE TOP IS INTERSTATE 64 COUNTY STAFF ANALYZED WATER, SEWER, ROAD ELECTRICAL AND NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE TO DETERMINE AREAS WHERE WE THOUGHT THE TOD COULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE.
WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION EXISTING ZONING AND LARGE TRACKS OF DEVELOPABLE LAND TO DETERMINE THOSE AREAS.
THE PROPOSED TOD BOUNDARY ENCOMPASSES AROUND 2% OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND AROUND 21% OF OUR EAST END DESIGNATED GROWTH AREA.
SO YOU ALL MIGHT BE ASKING WHAT IS SPECIFICS A TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS.
SO, UM, A TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS COULD INCLUDE LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, A DATA CENTER OR A MANUFACTURER OF TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS SUCH AS CHIPS PANELS, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONICS, OR A MANUFACTURING THAT USES ROBOTICS OR 3D MANUFACTURING METHODS.
A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE LEGO, UH, MANUFACTURING FACILITY THAT ANNOUNCED IN CHESTERFIELD.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT KIND OF USES WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S BASICALLY THREE TYPES OF USES IN OUR ZONING CODE.
THERE'S BUY RIGHT USES, THERE'S CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND THERE'S ACCESSORY USES.
THE BUY RIGHT USE IS, UH, WHAT WE HAVE PORTRAYED ON THIS SLIDE HERE.
AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S BUY RIGHT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S UM, NOT THAT IT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT IT'S NOT REGULATED.
IT WILL BE REGULATED BY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
IT JUST MEANS THAT THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC REVIEW THAT THE UH, USE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SEVERAL OF THESE USES SUCH AS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND DATA CENTERS ARE ALREADY ALLOWED NOW IN WESTLAKE, THE USES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE STRATEGICALLY CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER HIGH REVENUE PRODUCING USERS OR THE ACT IS A SUPPORT SYSTEM TO THOSE HIGH REVENUE PRODUCING USERS.
I WILL BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE TWO BY RIGHT USES THAT ARE A CHANGE FROM THE JULY VERSION.
THESE USES ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN VERY LIMITED AREAS IN THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THEY ARE UTILITY GENERATING STATION AND ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY.
SO LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THE UTILITY GENERATING STATION.
WE HEARD FROM MANY OF YOU WITH CONCERNS ABOUT ENERGY USAGE.
GLIN IS BEING FORWARD THINKING AND WANTS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE ENERGY RESILIENCY.
WE ARE LIMITING UTILITY GENERATING STATION TO TWO AREAS TO TWO USES.
ONE BEING A SMALL MODULAR REACTOR AND ONE BEING A GAS PEAKING PLANT.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE LIMITING THE AREA WHERE THOSE USES CAN GO.
PLEASE SEE THE AREA OF GLUE ON THE SCREEN.
SPECIFICALLY THESE USES ARE ONLY ALLOWED WHERE IT'S DESIGNATED INDUSTRIAL OR FLEXIBLE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INSIDE THE TOD BOUNDARIES.
IN ADDITION, WE LAYERED ON ADDED PROTECTION THAT THOSE USES MUST BE 1500 FEET FROM A RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND THE COUNTY LINE.
SO TO REPEAT, THE UTILITY GENERATING STATION IS ONLY ALLOWED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT IN THE AREA THAT'S SHADED IN BLUE ON THE SCREEN.
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IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOWING THE PROPERTIES IN THE DOD BOUNDARIES THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR INDUSTRIAL OR FLEXIBLE.SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AREAS CIRCLED IN BR IS THE AREAS THAT WE ARE SHOWING AS APPROPRIATE FOR THOSE TYPES OF USES IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THE SAME LEVEL OF TENSION AND A THOUGHT WAS ALSO GIVEN TO ENERGY STORAGE.
THIS USE WOULD ALSO BE RESTRICTED 1500 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND THE COUNTY LINE AND ONLY BE ALLOWED A QUARTER MILE FROM ROUTE 2 88 OR I 64 AS DEMONSTRATED IN THE BLUE ON THE SCREEN.
IN ADDITION, WE ARE ALSO LIMITING THE BATTERY TYPE AND WE'RE REQUIRING A CITING AGREEMENT FOR ENERGY USAGE.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT BUYRIGHT USES WILL BE ALLOWED, THEN WE NOW HAVE THE ACCESSORY USES.
THE ACCESSORY USES ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO SUPPORT ONE OF THOSE MAIN USES WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF I HAD AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURER WHO ALSO NEEDED A FOOD SERVICE FACILITY ON SITE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES, THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AS AN ACCESSORY USE.
SO AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BY RIGHT DOES NOT MEAN FREE FROM OVERSIGHT.
ALL USES ARE SUBJECT TO LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS INCLUDING AIR EMISSIONS, BUILDING CODE ZONING, ENVIRONMENTAL AND STORMWATER COMPLIANCE.
SPECIFICALLY THE UTILITY GENERATING STATION AND ENERGY STORAGE FACILITIES MUST MEET ALL STATE AND FEDERAL PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS AND UNDERGO ONGOING SAFETY REVIEWS.
SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT IS, WHERE IT'S BEING PROPOSED, WHAT TYPES OF USES ARE GONNA BE ALLOWED.
NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT GO ALONG WITH THOSE USES TO PROTECT, UM, ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
UM, THESE STANDARDS ARE INTENDED TO ADDRESS IMPACTS AND PROMOTE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS.
SO WE ARE REQUIRING THINGS LIKE DARK SKY LIGHTING FENCING, UH, REQUIRE CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS, PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING DESIGN, ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS AND OPEN SPACE MINIMUM OF 20%.
AND THEN ADDITIONAL SCREENING.
SO HERE'S A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
THIS IS A 60 FOOT BUILDING AND IT, THIS COULD BE WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE USING THE TOD RESTRICTIONS.
SO IF YOU NOTICE THE VARIATION AND BUILDING HEIGHT WITH THOSE STEP BACKS AND RECESSES TO BREAK UP KIND OF THE BUILDING MASS TO GIVE IT MORE OF A TRADITIONAL OFFICE TYPE FEELING, THERE'S A REQUIRE A REQUIREMENT FOR FENESTRATIONS, WHICH IS ALSO, UM, KNOWN AS LIKE FA BUILDING FA WINDOWS.
SO YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, WINDOW TYPES AND UM, YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT MUST BE SCREENED.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT WE HEARD COMING OUT OF THE JULY COMMUNITY MEETING.
WE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS AROUND NOISE.
UM, SO WE ARE UH, SETTING SOME RESTRICTIONS ON NOISE AND THESE STANDARDS ARE INTENDED TO MITIGATE THAT THE USERS HAVE IMPACT UPON ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
SO WE ARE LIMITING NOISE TO 65 DECIBELS, UH, DURING THE DAY AND 60 AT NIGHT OVERNIGHT.
THAT NOISE WILL BE, COULD BE MEASURED AT ANY LOCATION WITHIN AN ADJACENT ALLY ZONED PROPERTY OR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH RESIDENTIAL USE OF USES.
THAT IS A CHANGE FROM UH, LAST TIME THIS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU LAST TIME.
IT WAS MEASURED AT THE PROPERTY LINE AND UH, THIS IS, UH, IN RECOGNITION THAT SOUND DOESN'T STOP AT A PROPERTY LINE AND THAT IT CAN BE MEASURED ANYWHERE INSIDE OF THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
I WILL NOTE THAT NOISE RESTRICTION DOES NOT APPLY TO SOUNDS GENERATED BY CONSTRUCTION OR GENERATORS OPERATING DURING AN EMERGENCY OR DURING GENERATING TESTING.
GENERATING TESTING IS NOW LIMITED TO TWO HOURS PER DAY, BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 5:00 PM AND THAT IS A CHANGE.
SO WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW NOISE WILL BE REGULATED AND SO I'D LIKE TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
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A NOISE SOUND STUDY WITH THE INITIAL PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT AND CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN WHEN IT COMES IN.UM, THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND THEY HAVE TO DO A NOISE STUDY TO ESTABLISH WHAT THAT BASE NOISE LEVEL IS.
THEN THROUGH ENGINEERING, THEY HAVE TO PROVE TO US THAT THEY ARE MITIGATING THEIR NOISE BY USING WHATEVER STANDARDS THAT MAY TAKE AND MAY TAKE SOUND LAWS AND MAY TAKE FULL ENCLOSURE OF UH, GENERATORS OR FANS.
UH, BUT THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THEY ARE GOING TO MEET THOSE SOUND REQUIREMENTS.
THEN ONCE IT'S OPERATING AND BUILT WITHIN THREE MONTHS THEY HAVE TO PERFORM A SECOND SOUND STUDY AND SUBMIT THAT TO US TO VERIFY THAT IT IS MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF THE FOUR ANNUALLY MUST BE PROVIDED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.
IF THERE'S ANY ALTERATION TO THE BUILDING OR ANY MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, UH, CHANGE OUTS OR THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR CAN REQUEST IT TO INVESTIGATE A NOISE COMPLAINT.
SO YOU CAN SEE UM, HERE ON THE SLIDE WHAT WAS THE INITIAL REQUIREMENT AND THEN WHAT WE ARE REVISING IT TO.
SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE LIMITED LIMITING GENERATIVE TESTING BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND FIVE, SO ONLY TWO HOURS PER DAY.
UM, AND UM, AND ONLY TWO HOURS PER DAY.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS ALLOWED ANYTIME BETWEEN 6:00 AM AND 8:00 PM UH, THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR CAN REQUEST NOISE STUDY UP TO FOUR TIMES.
UM, I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE ARE NOW MONITORING ANY POINT WITHIN THE PROPERTY AND WE ALSO CLARIFIED THAT NOYCE, UM, MUST BE PREPARED BY THIRD PARTY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
SO THE NEXT ELEMENT THAT UH, WE HEARD THAT HAD CAUSED A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM THE FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING IS HEIGHT AND ASSOCIATED SETBACKS AND BUFFERS WITH THOSE HEIGHTS.
SO AN EVALUATION OF SOME, UH, TYPICAL USERS, WE FOUND THAT THEY MAY NEED HEIGHTS IN, UH, HIGHER THAN THE BASE ORDINANCE ALLOWS OF 60 AND 80 FEET.
WE ARE NOW PROPOSING TO ALLOW INCREASED HEIGHT LIMIT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MITIGATING THE IMPACT ON THE NEARBY PROPERTIES.
SO WE ARE NOW RECOMMENDING AN INCREASED HEIGHT SETBACK FOR INCREASED HEIGHT.
IN ADDITION, WE RECOGNIZE THAT DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN THE MAIN CONCERN.
SO WE'RE ADDING IN AN INCREASED SETBACK FOR DATA CENTERS, SPECIFICALLY AN INCREASED SETBACK AND AN INCREASED BUFFER FOR DATA CENTERS SPECIFICALLY.
NOW THERE IS GOING TO BE PROPOSED 250 VEGETATIVE BUFFER WITH A 300 FOOT SETBACK FOR ALL DATA CENTERS LOCATED NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL.
IN ADDITION, IF A USE WANTS TO GO HIGHER THAN 60, THERE IS AN INCREASED SETBACK UP TO 600 FEET.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SETS DATA CENTER AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IS ALLOWED BY WRIGHT AND WEST CREEK.
THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO BUILD UNDER THESE TOD STANDARDS AS OUTLINED OR BUILD UNDER THEIR BY RIGHT STANDARDS.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE, UH, THAT WE SHOWED EARLIER, BUT WE CAN POINT OUT THE BUFFERS AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO ON THIS SPECIFIC SCREEN THERE'S A HUNDRED FOOT BUFFER ALONG, UH, FROM A COLLECTOR ROAD, WHICH WOULD BE FOR AN EXAMPLE HAW ROAD.
UH, THERE'S A 35 FOOT BUFFER IN BETWEEN COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTY.
AND THEN ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING, THERE COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN A TWO TO 300 FOOT SETBACK AND A TWO TO 250 FOOT BUFFER.
SO AGAIN, THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE FROM THE INITIAL REQUIREMENT IN JULY, WE WERE JUST REQUIRING A 200 FOOT BUFFER FOR ALL USES.
AND SO NOW AGAIN, A 300 FOOT SETBACK.
JASON, I THINK SOMEBODY PROBABLY JUST HIT THE LIGHT SWITCH.
UM, SO NOW THERE IS A 300 FOOT SETBACK, UM, AND 250 FOOT BUFFER FOR DATA CENTERS AND ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 600 FOOT SETBACKS, UM, WITH A 200 FOOT BUFFER FOR TALLER BUILDINGS.
SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUFFERS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HELP MITIGATE THE VISUAL AND AUDITORY IMPACTS.
UH, OUR BASE ORDINANCE BUFFER REQUIREMENT WAS INSUFFICIENT.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING A MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUFFER REQUIREMENTS WITH THE
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TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT.THE BUFFERS PROPOSED WITH THE TOD ARE DENSE AND THEY INCLUDE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PLANT MATERIALS.
THESE ARE DESIGNED TO BE MORE LIKE NATURAL AREAS AND NOT JUST LANDSCAPING.
UH, AS THE BUFFER VEGETATION MATURES, THE DISTRIBUTION AND THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS PREVENTS BUFFER LOSS FROM SEASONAL CHANGES AND THEY CREATE A MUCH MORE VISUAL IMPACT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE AREA IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED WITH TREES.
THE TOD WILL REQUIRE THAT IT REMAIN IN ITS NATURAL STATE.
THOSE TREES CAN BE SUPPLEMENTED BUT NOT DESTROYED.
THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE ONLY FOR AREAS WITHOUT ADEQUATE.
SO THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE SCREEN ARE ONLY FOR AREAS WITHOUT ADEQUATE NATURAL BUFFER.
SO NOW I'M GONNA GO THROUGH A SERIES OF, UH, DIAGRAMS, UH, TO SHOW YOU, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS.
SO THIS IS A VIEW OF SIDE VIEW OF THE 60 FOOT TALL BUILDING THAT'S SEPARATED, UM, BY, UH, A BUFFER FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, METERS BRANCH AND A 50 FOOT BUFFER.
THIS IS WHAT CAN BE EXISTING BY RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS WHAT CAN BE DEVELOPED BY RIGHT UNDER EXISTING ZONING AT THE MOMENT.
YEP, WE HAVE SOMEBODY JUST HIT THAT MIC BACK THERE YET.
UM, THIS IS THE SIDE VIEW OF A 60 FOOT TALL BUILDING.
THIS COULD BE A DATA CENTER BECAUSE THE BUFFERS AND THE SETBACKS WE HAVE REPRESENTED ARE 250 FOOT BUFFER AND A 300 FOOT SUN PACK FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO IF I GO BACK, THAT'S WHAT'S EXISTING NOW.
I THINK, UM, MAYBE WE SHOULD STAND NEXT TO THE LIGHT
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS A SIDE VIEW OF A 60 FOOT TALL BUILDING SEPARATED BY 200 FOOT BUFFER FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THIS IS A SIDE VIEW OF AN 80 FOOT TALL BUILDING SEPARATED BY A 200 FOOT BUFFER IN A 500 FOOT SETBACK FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND THEN THIS IS THE SIDE VIEW OF 120 FOOT TALL BUILDING SEPARATED BY 200 FEET AND A 600 FOOT SETBACK FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UH, THESE TWO ARE PERSPECTIVE VIEWS.
IF YOU WERE AT GROUND LEVEL ADJACENT TO THE TOD BOUNDARY OF AN 80 FOOT TALL BUILDING AND 120 FOOT TALL BUILDING, UH, SEPARATED BY 500 AND 600 FOOT SETBACKS, THEY'RE BOTH FULLY HIDDEN AT GROUND LEVEL FROM AN ADJACENT TOD.
WHAT NOW? UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HIRED AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO DO A BALLOON TEST HEIGHT.
THE FOLLOWING IMAGES WERE TAKEN FROM VARIOUS VANTAGE POINTS THROUGHOUT READER'S BRANCH AND MOSAIC SUBDIVISIONS.
WE CHOSE POINTS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED TO TOD BATTERIES AND WE CHOSE POINTS THAT HAD HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL GOT THAT PERSPECTIVE.
WE DO, WE FLEW THE BALLOON OUT TO THE SETBACKS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, 300, 500 AND 600, AND WE SET THE BALLOON HEIGHT AT 8 60 80 AND ONE 20.
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE SHOW AT THE MAX 120 HEIGHT BECAUSE FROM OUR VANTAGE POINTS WHERE IF WE TOOK THE PHOTOS, WE COULD NOT SEE THE 60 OR 80 FOOT.
THERE WAS, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS AT ATTENDANCE AT THE TEST AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME PHOTOS THAT ARE CIRCULATING THAT APPEARS TO SHOW THE BALLOON AT MUCH HIGHER HEIGHTS.
WHILE WE'RE NOT DISPUTING THE VALIDITY OF THOSE PHOTOS, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN WHILE THE BALLOON WAS IN FLIGHT TO ITS DESTINATION.
THE BALLOON WAS ATTACHED TO A DRONE WITH A 50 FOOT TETHER.
SO THE DRONE HAD TO LIFT OFF AND FLY MUCH HIGHER THAN 120 FEET TO SAFELY REACH THE DESIRED SETBACK DESTINATION.
SO YOU MAY HAVE SEEN PHOTOS THAT COULD HAVE SHOWN THE BALLOON CLOSER OR HIGHER THAN WHAT WILL BE ALLOWED UNDER THE DOD REGULATIONS.
SO THE FIRST, UM, GROUP OF PHOTOS IS FROM READER'S BRANCH.
THIS WAS TAKEN FROM SOUTH CROSSING DRIVE AND THE FLIGHT WENT SOUTH.
SO WE HAD BEACH HALL CIRCLE LOOKING SOUTH AND WEST.
WE HAVE SOUTH READER'S CIRCLE LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT 120.
WE HAVE SOUTH CROSSING DRIVE LOOKING
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SOUTH AT 120.WE COULD NOT SEE THE BALLOON AND WE HAVE COLLETTA PARKWAY LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
WE COULD SEE THE DRONE, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, THE DRONE IS 50 FEET HIGHER THAN THE BALLOON AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO WE COULD NOT SEE THE BALLOON FROM READERS FROM OUR VANTAGE POINTS.
WE TOOK THREE FLIGHTS FROM MOSAIC.
THE FIRST ONE WAS FROM BELLINI CRESCENT AND WE FLEW SOUTH.
SO WE HAVE KALEIDO GUT ROW LOOKING SOUTH.
WE COULD NOT SEE THE BALLOON VERA TERRACE LOOKING SOUTH.
WE COULD NOT SEE THE BALLOON CILIUM FLEE LOOKING, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
WE COULD NOT SEE THE BALLOON BELLINI CRESCENT LOOKING SOUTH.
WE COULD NOT SEE THE BALLOON BISK TERRACE LOOKING NORTHWEST.
WE COULD SEE THE BALLOON AT 120 FEET.
SO I'LL PAUSE HERE SO WE CAN AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
SO OUR SECOND FLIGHT IS FROM MOSAIC.
WE FLEW FROM DISK TERRACE, NORTHWEST DIRECTION.
SO FROM KALEIDOSCOPE WE COULD NOT SEE FROM VERA TERRACE LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
WE COULD NOT SEE IT FROM, UH, ILIAN PLACE LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
WE COULD NOT SEE IT FROM BISK TERRACE LOOKING NORTHWEST.
COULD NOT SEE IT AT 60 OR 80, BUT IT COULD BE SEEN AT 120 AND BELLINI, UH, CRESCENT, WE COULD NOT SEE IT.
SO THE LAST FLIGHT WE DID WAS AGAIN FROM THIS TERRACE, BUT WE WENT SOUTHEAST ON THIS ONE.
VERA TERRACE, WE COULD NOT SEE ILIAN PLACE.
WE COULD NOT SEE BISK TERRACE ON THIS ONE.
THEY, UM, WE FLEW AND THEN WENT OUT.
SO WE WERE STANDING AT GRAHAM LEVEL, SO IT WAS FULLY HIDDEN.
AND BELLINI CRESCENT, WE COULD NOT SEE IT.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND AREAS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN OR OUTSIDE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PARKS, UM, KNOWN AS WEST CREEK.
SO THE AREAS CIRCLED IN RED, HERE ARE AREAS, UM, IN THE PROPOSED COD THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF WEST GREEN.
AND THEY MUST MEET ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS PROPOSED.
SO THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN, SIGN DESIGN, PACKAGE, NOISE, HEIGHT, LIGHTING, FENCING, BUILDING DESIGNS, SCREENING OF EQUIPMENT, LANDSCAPING, BUFFERS, SETBACKS, AND THAT OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.
SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WILL NOT APPLY TO WEST CREEK.
WEST CREEK IS GENERALLY SHOWN ON THE TOD AS PARCELS IN THE RED CIRCLES THERE.
WEST CREEK WAS REZONED IN THE 1980S AND HAS ROBUST STANDARDS SPECIFIED IN THEIR PROFFERS AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT ENCOMPASSES ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS AND LANDSCAPING.
SO WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE ANY OF THOSE IN THE TOD REGULATIONS.
ALSO, CERTAIN USES ARE ALREADY ALLOWED BY WRIGHT AND WEST CREEK.
SO THOSE USES OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND DATA CENTERS ARE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.
SO THEREFORE, WITHOUT ANY REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS, A MANUFACTURING FACILITY OR A DATA FACILITY DATA CENTER CAN LOCATE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL WITH NO NOISE RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITED BUFFERS AND SETBACKS WITH THE PROPOSED TOD ORDINANCE.
IF THESE USES, IF THE USER TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AS OUTLINED IN THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE OR WANTED TO GO HIGHER THAN 60 FEET ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WITHOUT A CUP, THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE TOD RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING THE NOISE AND THE TOD MANDATED SETBACKS FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONE PROPERTY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
SO TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE EXISTENCE FOR WEST CREEK NOW THEY HAVE BUILDING DESIGN AND MATERIALS ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
THEY HAVE AN OPEN SPACE MINIMUM OF 30%.
THEY REQUIRE SCREENING OF EQUIPMENT FROM ROADS, ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
THEY HAVE TO SCREEN OUTDOOR STORAGE AND LOADING AREAS AND PARKING AND THEY DO REQUIRE PERIMETER BUFFERS.
UM, BUT IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S 50 FEET FROM PROPERTIES
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EXCLUDING TUCK AND CREEK AND PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED IN ONE.SO AGAIN, I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IMAGE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
THIS IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN BY RIGHT NOW.
AS PART OF THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT, UH, AS WE CONSIDERED ADOPTING OR PROPOSING THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY CONCEPT, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE PLANNING AREA AND THAT IT SHOULD RESIDE WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEREFORE, WE'RE PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ESTABLISH THIS TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT AS A CATEGORY UNDER LAND PLAN AREAS.
THIS WILL BE PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT YOU WILL HEAR BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER, MAKE SURE YOU FILLED OUT THAT COMMUNITY INPUT CARD.
I'M GONNA GET INTO THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE INFORMATION HERE NEXT.
UM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS, HAD THEIR COMMENTS.
AND SO MOVING INTO KIND OF THE SECOND PART OF THIS PRESENTATION ON TECHNOLOGY ZONES, YOU MAY RECALL FROM THE BEGINNING DR.
RALEY MENTIONED THAT STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING TWO AMENDMENTS TO THE GLAND COUNTY CODE.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS COMPLIMENTARY AND PERTAINS TO INCENTIVES FOR TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE WILL COVERS THE SAME AREA AS THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
A TECHNOLOGY ZONE IS A TOOL THAT WILL ALLOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE EDA TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES TO LOCATE IN OUR PRIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS.
SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT IT IS COMMON PRACTICE TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESSES TO LOCATE OR TO EXPAND INSIDE OF A COUNTY, WHICH ONE HAS GIVEN NUMEROUS INCENTIVES OVER THE YEARS TO BUSINESSES SUCH AS CAPITAL ONE PARTY WOOD AND THE RESIDENCE END.
THESE WERE DONE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND BY WHAT IS KNOWN AS A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.
FOR EACH INCENTIVE, WE PERFORM WHAT IS CALLED A RETURN ON INVESTMENT CALCULATION.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNTY IS MAKING SMART INVESTMENTS BY OFFERING THE INCENTIVE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT LOOKS AT THE TYPE OF TAXES AND HOW MANY TAXES AND HOW MUCH TAXES WILL BE PAID OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
A PORTION OF THOSE TAXES CAN THEN BE REIMBURSED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR A LIMITED TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2021, THE RESIDENCE INN RECEIVED AN INCENTIVE OF $200,000 TO BUILD A COUNTY'S FIRST HOTEL.
SINCE THAT TIME, THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER 400,000 TO OUR COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING WITH THE TOD IS A LITTLE D EXCUSE ME, WITH THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT IT WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY THE ABILITY TO REIMBURSE BUILDING AND UTILITY FEES FOR TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES THAT LOCATE IN THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE.
THIS ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE ADDS FLEXIBILITY TO ATTRACT HIGH REVENUE PRODUCING PROJECTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, A UTILITY CONNECTION FEE FOR A HIGH WATER USER COULD BE AS HIGH AS $2 MILLION.
THE COUNTY COULD LOOK AT THAT FUTURE WATER USE AND THAT TAX BENEFIT AND DETERMINE THAT THE CONNECTION FEE COULD BE REDUCED TO A MILLION OR 1,000,005.
HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE THESE TYPES OF INCENTIVES MAKES GOODLAND MORE COMPETITIVE AND IT SHOWS COMMITMENT TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO A TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS WOULD HAVE THE SAME DEFINITION AS IT DOES IN THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
EXCEPT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THESE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES FOR THE TECHNOLOGIES ZONE ARE FOR PROFIT BUSINESSES.
SO THEY WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE COUNTY'S TAX BASE.
THERE WILL BE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TO RECEIVE INCENTIVES.
WE PURPOSELY MADE THESE REQUIREMENTS LOW BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE COULD BE A SMALL AI OR FINANCIAL TECH COMPANY THAT'S CREATING SOFTWARE OR SMALL ROBOTICS MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INCENTIVIZE FOR GROWTH.
AGAIN, WE WILL PERFORM A RETURN ON INVESTMENT CALCULATION FOR EACH PROPOSAL TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNTY IS MAKING A SMART INVESTMENT.
SO THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP THE FORMAL PART OF THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE INFORMED ABOUT NEXT OPPORTUNITIES.
RALEY MENTIONED, OUR ANTICIPATED NEXT STEPS AS, UM, WE'RE HELD IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING HERE THIS EVENING.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A, UM, DISTRICT FIVE TOWN HALL HOSTED BY MR. LYLE AT HOPE CHURCH AT 6:00 PM ON SEPTEMBER 22ND.
THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR FORMAL PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH IN THE BOARD ROOM
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AT 6:00 PM AND THEN LASTLY, THE BOARD IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 6TH ON THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY ZONE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE HELD IN THE BOARD ROOM AT 6:00 PM AND ONE LAST, UH, REMINDER TO FILL OUT THESE COMMENT CARDS AND, UM, I THINK AS SOON AS WE LIKE DR.LEY HAS SOME CARDS AND IS IS READY TO START READING, WELL I THINK A KEY WORD FOR THE NEXT STEPS OR THIS IS A PROCESS AND THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE STEP ALONG THE WAY.
NO DECISIONS ARE GOING TO BE MADE THIS EVENING THAT DECISIONS ARE GOING TO BE MADE IN SEPTEMBER AND ULTIMATELY NO DECISIONS ARE MADE UNTIL THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A VOTE AT A PUBLIC BOARD SUPERVISOR'S MEETING.
SO, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT IS A CHANCE FOR US AGAIN, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION TO YOU, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE REVISIONS, MAKE REVISIONS THOUGHT AND MAKE THIS STRONGER.
SO, UH, AGAIN, PROPOSAL BEING THE KEY WORD AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NOTHING IS FINAL UNTIL THERE IS FINAL BOARD ACTION.
SO I'LL START WITH A FEW QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND MY GUESS IS THAT MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS WILL FALL IN SIMILAR BUCKETS AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED BY OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, BUT IF THEY HAVE NOT, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO, UH, HONOR THESE QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
UM, SO ALL QUESTIONS WILL BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD AND AGAIN, WE'LL PUBLISH A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING LATER ON IN THIS WEEK.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT IF THE CURRENT LANDOWNERS DO NOT OPT INTO THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT? AND I THINK SARAH HAS ANSWERED THAT.
ULTIMATELY THAT'S A DECISION THAT PRIVATE LANDOWNERS WILL NEED TO MAKE.
PRIVATE LOAN LANDOWNERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 10TH.
AND OCTOBER 10TH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THIS WORK STAYS ON THE SAME TRAJECTORY WITH THE NOVEMBER DECISION, THEN ULTIMATELY THAT MAP WOULD HAVE TO BE FINALLY CREATED FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
AND YOU NEED TO ALLOW AMPLE TIME IN THERE.
SARAH HIT THE WAY THINGS ARE CURRENTLY ZONED NOW AND HOW ULTIMATELY THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLY DISTRICT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THE BUYRIGHT USAGE AS ZONED IN 1987.
IF WEST CREEK CAN DEVELOP BUYRIGHT ZONING, WHY WOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DEVELOP THE MORE STRINGENT POD REGULATIONS? DOES WEST CREEK ABUT READERS BRANDS FOR ARE THEIR OTHER OWNERS ORDERING READERS BRANCH? SO WEST CREEK IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF READERS BRANCH AND ULTIMATELY THAT'S A DECISION THAT PRIVATE LANDOWNERS WOULD NEED TO MAKE.
UH, ULTIMATELY AS YOU NOTICED ON ON THE LAST SLIDES IS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE INCENTIVES, A PROPERTY MUST BE WITHIN THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
SO ULTIMATELY THAT'S A BUS BUSINESS DECISION THAT ANY PRIVATE LANDOWNER WOULD HAVE TO MAKE.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO DEVELOP A PROPERTY WITH THE CURRENT ZONING AND OPT OUT OF THE TOD OR OPT IN AND ABIDE BY THE TOD AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THE INCENTIVES AS A PART OF THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE, AS THE OVERLAY IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE BUFFER FOR DATA CENTERS IS ONLY 300 FEET WHEN THE BUFFER FOR UTILITY GENERATING STATIONS IS FIVE 1500 FEET.
UH, IN SECTION FIVE, CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN PERIMETER BUFFER IS 200 FEET FROM BOTH RESIDENTIAL ZONE PARCELS AND AGRICULTURALLY ZONE LAND.
IT WOULD SEEM THAT THERE SHOULD BE A FAR GREATER BUFFER FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONING, AT LEAST DOUBLE THAT OF AGRICULTURAL ZONING.
UH, ULTIMATELY WHEN THIS IS PRESENTED IN JULY, THE BUFFER FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONING WAS 200 FEET.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE INCREASED THAT IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL TO 300 FEET NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL.
THESE ZONE PROPERTIES AGRICULTURALLY IT'S 200.
SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE PROPOSAL BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND RESIDENTIAL.
HOW COULD THESE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS BE APPROVED KNOWING ADJACENT PROPERTIES HAD THESE BIO RATE DIVISIONS WITH MINIMAL RESTRICTIONS? DIDN'T YOU ASK FOR THIS REACTION FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS? AND I KNOW THIS MAY NOT BE A POPULAR ANSWER, BUT THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS AND CURRENT STAFF ARE NOT PART OF THOSE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE AT THAT TIME.
UH, BUT ULTIMATELY THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE TO, UH, APPROVE READERS BRANCH AND APPROVE MOSAIC, UH, IN A TIME WHEN MANY OF US WERE NOT IN THIS ROOM.
UH, BUT NOW THAT'S THE REALITY THAT WE FACE AND IT'S UP TO US AS STAFF TO MAKE A SOUND RECOMMENDATION BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.
UH, THAT'S THE REALITY THAT WE FACE NOW.
THAT'S THE THE CHALLENGE THAT WE WILLFULLY ACCEPT AND WE WILL DO IN THE COMING WEEKS.
CAN GOLAND COUNTY CHAIN ZONING TO ONLY ALLOW 40 DECIBELS IF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE AND ZONING BE CHANGED TO NO BUY RIGHTS? CAN BUFFER BE CHANGED TO A THOUSAND FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL
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PROPERTIES? ULTIMATELY THE ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS IS THEY CAN BE ULTIMATELY IS THAT, UH, WHERE THE RECOMMENDATION WILL LAND AND IS THAT, UH, A BALANCED POSITION AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL NEED TO WORK THROUGH IN THE COMING WEEKS BEFORE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION.SO THOSE VARIABLES, YES THEY CAN BE TWEAKED, THEY CAN BE MODIFIED, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE DISTANCE, WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE NOISE LEVEL, WHERE ARE THOSE VARIABLES IN THE EQUATION THAT WE NOW NEED TO BALANCE NOISE AT MOSAIC WHEN DATA CENTERS REUSED 24 7 IS A CONCERN TO THIS PERSON.
UH, UTILITIES, UH, THIS PERSON LOOKS CORRECTLY CONCERNED ABOUT UTILITIES AND PROPERTY VALUES AND WHY HAS IT CHANGED? THE ZONING? THE ZONING OF COURSE GOES BACK TO 1987 OR THE PREVIOUS ZONING WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD SUPERVISORS FOR ANY LAND PARCEL AT THE TIME.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS THAT WOULD GO ON TOP OF THE CURRENT ZONING.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT BANK OF QUESTIONS.
WHAT HAS PROMPTED THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT? WAS THIS INITIATED BY PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WANT TO SELL DATA CENTERS, WHO WANT TO LOCATE HERE THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO SEEK SOURCES OF REVENUE OR WHEN WAS THIS ZONING INITIATED? SO SARAH, I MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP ON THAT SINCE I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
SO WHAT PROMPTED THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT? UH, SO THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT IS AN INITIATIVE THAT CAME OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
I NEED TO STEP AWAY FROM THAT SO WE'RE NOT GETTING FEEDBACK YET.
UM, SO, UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN INCREASE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN GLAND COUNTY.
LEY MENTIONED, UM, EARLIER, REALLY DIVERSIFY OUR TAX BASE.
AND SO, UM, IT BECAME, UM, AN IDEA.
OTHER LOCALITIES HAVE DONE IT, COLD PEPPER LOUISA.
SO WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THEIR, UM, REGULATIONS AND, AND UH, DECIDED THAT SPECIFIC AREAS IN THE COUNTY AND OUR DESIGNATED GROWTH AREAS THAT CAN HANDLE, UH, THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IT COULD BE AN APPROPRIATE AREA.
AND SO, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE BROUGHT IT FORWARD AS AN INITIATIVE.
YOU, SARAH, UH, THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE RUSH MOSAIC RESIDENCE? WERE JUST INCLUDED IN THIS ON AUGUST THE 25TH.
ULTIMATELY THAT'S A DECISION THAT NEED TO BE MADE AT A LATER TIME.
AND UH, THAT DECISION CAN BE MADE, UH, BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UM, AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
UH, THIS QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE TIMELINE OF THE DATA CENTER TO BE BUILT IN THE TOD? HOW CAN YOU PRACTICE FROM NOISE? WHAT BUFFERS ARE YOU PLANNING TO BUILD? SO WE TALKED ABOUT BUFFERS AND NOISE AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND CONTINUE TO WELCOME FEEDBACK, UH, ALONG THE LINE ON THOSE TOPICS.
UH, WE HAVE NO TIMELINE AT THIS POINT IN TIME 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROJECTS.
NO ONE HAS APPROACHED US AS STAFF REGARDING A PROJECT.
UM, YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT ONE THIS TIME.
WHAT'S NEXT BUCKET OF QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE, SIR? NO.
YOU GUYS TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MA'AM IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE FEEL OUT.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS QUESTION IS, I WANT THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR REACTORS EXPLAINED PERMITTING PREVIOUS THESE MACHINES IN THE USA IS THE VIRGINIA, IS THE VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD IN INVOLVED.
AND SO, UH, THE PROPOSAL DOES INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL OF SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS.
THAT IS, AGAIN, A PROPOSAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND ULTIMATELY THAT'S A DECISION THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE.
IS THAT A BUYRIGHT USAGE? IS THAT A CONDITIONAL USE USAGE? IS THAT NO USAGE AT ALL? UM, ULTIMATELY IF THERE WOULD BE ANY SORT OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO THAT, WE WOULD WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO, UM, FOLLOW ANY SORT OF REQUIREMENTS.
UM, A LOT OF THESE THINGS WILL BE VERY HEAVILY REGULATED AND DICTATED TO ANY LOCALITY REGARDING WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DONE AND SHOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT LAND ON OUR DOORSTEP.
WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND SAFETY.
THIS QUESTION IS WHAT IS GOLAND SAFETY PROTOCOL FOR THIS REACTOR? AGAIN, THERE IS NO REACTOR AT THIS TIME, UH, BUT IF THERE WOULD BE A REQUEST OR THE APPROVAL TO HAVE ANY SORT OF SMALL MODULAR IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNATED, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.
AND SO THERE'S NO NEED TO DEVELOP SAFETY PROTOCOL UNTIL WE, WE HAVE A LEAD AND HAVE THE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT
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PLANNING.WE CERTAINLY DO THAT PLANNING AND COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
WELL, THERE'LL BE AN EMERGENCY AND EVACUATION PLAN IN CASE OF NUCLEAR FAILURE.
UH, ALL OF THAT WILL BE SCRIPTED TO US AND WE'LL WORK CLOSELY AGAIN WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.
AND WE HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS ALREADY WITH LOUISA COUNTY.
AND SO YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT LOUISA COUNTY IS 50 MILES AWAY AND SO WE ALREADY DO SOME PLANNING AND COORDINATION WITH LOUISA COUNTY.
WE HAVE SOME TRAINING AND THINGS WE'VE ALREADY DONE AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT GOES, BUT ULTIMATELY WE WOULD WANT TO ADVANCE OUR WORK ON THAT IF THIS IS EVEN SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NUCLEAR POWER IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE POWER OF BUSINESSES.
WHERE WILL THIS BE LOCATED? SARAH REFERENCED THAT ANY SORT OF ENERGY GENERATION WOULD BE IN THE NORTHERN AREA AS OUTLINED IN BLUE.
CAN YOU SHOW THE OVERLAY MAP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, SHOWED THAT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, THAT'S IN THE NORTHERN AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PAST WHEN WE SHOWED THAT THAT'S, UH, NORTH OF 64 THERE.
UM, PLEASE SHOW 65 60 DECIBELS.
MAKE THE NOISE IN THE AUDITORIUM SO WE CAN HEAR IT.
UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT EVENING.
YOU CAN ALL DO YOUR OWN TEST ONLINE, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ALREADY HAVE.
UM, IF THE SOUND TEST FAILS, IF THE SECOND TEST, WHAT HAPPENS IS IT SHUT DOWN UNTIL THEY FIX IT? THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS, MANY PEOPLE HAS SAID, WHAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE? AND SO ULTIMATELY, UH, AN ENTITY THAT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE, WHETHER IT'S UH, AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTY IN ONE OF OUR BUSINESS PARKS OR UH, SOMETHING IN THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT, WE HAVE A PRESCRIPTIVE PLAN FOR ENFORCEMENT.
UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IN ANY DISCIPLINE CASE, IT'S A CONTINUUM THAT YOU START WITH COMMUNICATION ON THE FRONT END AND YOU BRING IN THE HEAVY HAND AT THE END.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, IF A BUSINESS WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THEM TO COURT.
AND, UM, THE CIRCUIT COURT'S JUDGE WILL DECIDE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, WHICH COULD INCLUDE A WORK STOPPAGE.
SO WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
AND SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET TO THAT POINT IN TIME.
BUT THERE ARE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US, IF ANY BUSINESS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH OUR ZONING.
ARE THE BALLOONS VISIBLE WHEN THE LEAVES ARE OFF THE TREES? ARE THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AWARE OF THE ALTERNATE OF THE LAND? SO IN TRANSPARENCY, OF COURSE, THIS TEST WAS DONE LAST TUESDAY AND LEAVES WERE ON THE TREES.
SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IS, IS THAT'S WHAT IT WAS AT THAT SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
UH, AND ULTIMATELY WE KNOW THAT VIRGINIA IS IN FOUR SEASONS AND LEAVES ARE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE ON TREES, BUT WHEN WE DID DO THE TEST, THERE WERE LEAVES.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UH, ARE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AWARE OF THE ALTERNATE ENERGY PLANS? AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES.
I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF RESIDENTS FROM INCREASED AIR POLLUTION DUE TO DIESEL GENERATOR CONTRIBUTING TO PARTICULATE MATTER, CARBON MONOXIDE AND NITROUS OXIDE? ULTIMATELY, ANY SORT OF AIR POLLUTION OR ANY SORT OF PARTICULATES IN THE AIR WOULD BE GOVERNED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, OR AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE EPA.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION NOW ABOUT ALTERNATIVES IF DIESEL GENERATORS, UM, I WAS IN A SITUATION EARLIER LAST WEEK ACTUALLY, WHERE, UM, THERE IS NATURAL GAS THAT'S BEING USED TO POWER CERTAIN FACILITIES, AND SO NATURAL GAS VA CLEANER FUEL THAN DIESEL FUEL.
SO, UH, ULTIMATELY WHETHER IT'S NATURAL GAS OR DIESEL OR ANY OTHER SORT OF SOURCE THAT WOULD BE GOVERNED BY, UH, THE STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS FROM A POLLUTION STANDPOINT, THE NUCLEAR RE REGULATORY COMMISSION MANDATES TYPES OF TWO TYPES OF EMERGENCY ZONES.
10 MILE RADIUS OF PLUME EXPOSURE, 50 MILE RADIUS PROTECTING PEOPLE FOOD, MILK, AND WATER.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SHARED WITH THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH LOUISA.
YOU CAN REQUIRE BANDS IN CONTAMINATED FOOD.
HOW CAN YOU PUT IN NUCLEAR REACTOR WITHOUT INPUT FROM EFFECTIVE RESIDENTS IN HENRICO AND RICHMOND? AND, UH, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTION AND HAD CONVERSATION WITH OUR NEARBY, UM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS.
SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING THIS EVENING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE FEDS NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON ANY SORT OF PLANNING, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS HERE.
DELAND, UM, THIS PERSON'S CONCERNED ABOUT DATA CENTERS BEING TOO CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS DON'T MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL NEAR RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNING.
UM, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BUFFERS.
UM, SO THERE IS AN INTENT TO HAVE GREATER BUFFER CLOSER TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND IF THERE WOULD BE ANY SORT OF ENERGY GENERATION, IT WOULD BE 1500 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS WELL AS THE ENRICO COUNTY BORDER.
SO ULTIMATELY THOSE DECISIONS WOULD NEED TO BE MADE AS THE BOARD CONSIDERS FINAL ACTION.
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AS FAR AS I CAN DETERMINE, THERE CURRENTLY ARE NO OPERATING SMALL NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS IN THE US.ONE ATTEMPT TO INSTALL IN TEXAS FELL THROUGH IN 2023.
WHY ARE WE CONSIDERING SUCH AN EXPERIMENT SO CLOSE TO SIGNIFICANT POPULATION CENTERS? PLEASE DON'T APPROVE THIS.
THERE IS ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT CITING A SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTOR NEAR THE JAMES RIVER.
WILL ZONING PREVENT LOCATION IN A POSSIBLE FLOOD CLAIM AREA? YES, IT IS CLEAR FROM GLUC JIMA THAT A FLOOD CAN OVERRIDE ALL SORTS OF REACTOR SAFETY DEVICES.
ONE MORE NOTE, DOMINION JUST ANNOUNCED THAT RATE INCREASE REQUESTS INCLUDE A SPECIAL HIGHER RATE FOR DATA CENTERS DUE TO THEIR LARGE
IT APPEARS DOMINION IS BECOMING CHALLENGED.
WE ENERGY NEEDS IN OUR AREA AND ADDED DEMAND CREATE PROBLEMS FOR RELIABILITY OF THE DIS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
SO, UM, HE HENCE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, ENERGY GENERATION IS A CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENERGY RESILIENCY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S A DECISION THAT WE'VE MADE AT THE BOARD LEVEL.
ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW ENERGY GENERATION BY RIGHT? IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN AT ALL? ULTIMATELY THOSE DECISIONS WILL BE MADE AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE PROCESS IN THE COMING WEEKS WHILE THE GOON WANTS TO IMPLEMENT BUYRIGHT WHEN OTHER COUNTIES IN THE REGION HAVE DIALED BACK ON THIS APPROACH.
UH, THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION.
YEAH, SO THAT'S A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH AND, AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE, THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO DECIDE OUR APPROACH HERE IN GLAND.
UH, THERE ARE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES OF EACH APPROACH.
UH, THE POSITIVE ASSOCIATED WITH BUYRIGHT USAGE IS ULTIMATELY IT WOULD MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR SOMEONE WHO IS CONSIDERING LOCATING TO A COMMUNITY WHO WOULD HAVE BUYRIGHT USAGE.
UM, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, IS MORE CHALLENGING FOR DEVELOPERS BECAUSE, UH, OF THE LENGTH OF TIME ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UM, OUR CHALLENGE NOW IS IF THE BOARD CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A BYR APPROACH, THAT WE GET THE PARAMETERS RIGHT ON THE FRONT END.
BYR CAN BE ATTRACTIVE TO DEVELOPERS IF WE MAKE THE PARAMETERS RIGHT NOW AS NOISE DECIBEL SETBACKS, ALL THE FACTORS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AGAIN, WE CAN FIND THAT BALANCE.
WE CAN PROVIDE PARAMETERS THAT ARE GOING TO PROTECT OUR HOMEOWNERS AND OUR RESIDENTS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAKING GOON ATTRACTIVE FOR BUSINESS.
AND SO THE BY RATE APPROACH PROVIDES THOSE ADVANTAGES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LEVER THAT CAN BE PRESSED UP OR DOWN IN WHAT WILL BE ALLOWED BY, RIGHT, WHAT WILL BE ALLOWED CONDITIONALLY USED.
AND SO ULTIMATELY THAT'S A DECISION THAT THE BOARD WILL MAKE IN TIME AS WE GATHER FEEDBACK AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WELL, ESSENCE, HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM LOUDON COUNTY'S MISTAKES WITH BUYRIGHT DEVELOPMENT FOR DATA CENTERS? WHAT UTILITY REQUIREMENTS EXIST FOR DATA CENTERS? THE ADDITIONAL NEEDS, UH, WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DOMINION HERE THIS EVENING, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT.
OUR HOPE IS THAT IN FUTURE MEETINGS, EITHER THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE BOARD, UH, WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM DOMINION HERE WHO CAN PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UH, FOR THESE QUESTIONS.
'CAUSE ULTIMATELY, UTILITY GENERATION IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WILL HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT DOMINION CAN MEET THEIR NEEDS.
ULTIMATELY, WE AS A COUNTY DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT.
THAT'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A PROVI PRIVATE PROVIDER AND THE UTILITY.
UH, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM PRESENT IN A FUTURE SETTING.
AND ULTIMATELY WE DO WANT TO LEARN OUR LESSONS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE TAKING, UM, THE MOMENT TO HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE POSTPONE THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 'CAUSE WE WANT TO GAIN ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO WE WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT FOR GLIN, WHICH IS NOT THE HENRICO COUNTY WAY OR THE LOUDOUN COUNTY WAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE WAY THAT'S GONNA BE BEST FOR ALL OF US.
WHY CAN'T GLIN ADOPT THE SAME CHANGES? LOUDOUN COUNTY AND HENRICO COUNTY AND RACO COUNTIES DID BUYRIGHT.
SO ULTIMATELY THAT'S A DECISION THAT WILL NEED TO BE MADE IN TIME.
UH, WOULD YOU CONSIDER CONSULTING WITH OTHER COUNTIES THAT HAVE, UH, DECIDED AGAINST THE BUYRIGHT DEVELOPMENT? WHAT IS THE TIMING FOR THE FIRST, FIRST FID? NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THAT IS, BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN IT COMES TO DATA CENTERS, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROJECTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UH, SO WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THERE WAS A PROJECT AND WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH, WITH THAT VENDOR.
UH, IF IN FACT THERE IS A PROJECT IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT LOUD AND HENRICO COUNTIES HAVE CHANGED FROM BUYRIGHT, WHY DOES FUTURE PERSIST IN THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT? WE WOULD RATHER PAY HIGHER TAXES AND HAVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS.
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THIS PERSON SAYS BUY RIGHT SHOULD GO.ANYTHING THAT STANDS TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON RESIDENCE SHOULD BE OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
OTHER COUNTIES ARE MOVING AWAY FROM IT.
AND, UM, THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE WELCOME THROUGH THAT.
NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE BUYRIGHT CONCEPT AND HOW THAT CURRENTLY IMPACTS ALL SECTIONS OF MOSAIC.
I BELIEVE WE ADDRESSED THAT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THERE IS PROPERTY THAT IS NEXT TO MOSAIC.
IT IS NOT CURRENTLY ZONED, UH, LIKE THE WEST CREEK PROPERTY.
IT IS AGRICULTURALLY ZONED CURRENTLY.
UH, SO THE BUY RIGHT ELEMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE PROPERTY THAT IS BORDERING MOSAIC.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BALL GAME THERE.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO EXPAND UPON WHEN IT COMES TO THAT? UH, I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THERE'S FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, A DOCUMENT ON THE WEBSITE WHERE WE ACTUALLY LAY OUT VERY SPECIFICALLY, I LIVE IN READER'S BRANCH, WHAT ARE MY PROTECTIONS? I LIVE IN MOSAIC, WHAT ARE MY PROTECTIONS? SO PLEASE GO IN AND CHECK THAT OUT.
IF YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER READING THAT DOCUMENT, PLEASE SUBMIT ON THE FORM OR SEND US AN EMAIL OR GIVE US A CALL AND WE CAN PULL UP YOUR PROPERTY INDIVIDUALLY AND WALK THROUGH WHAT YOUR PROTECTIONS COULD LOOK LIKE.
THE BUYRIGHT CODE WAS ENACTED YEARS AGO WHEN DATA CENTERS WERE SMALL BUILDINGS.
DOES THE COUNTY STILL BELIEVE THE CHARACTER OF DATA CENTERS IS NOW IRRELEVANT AND BUYRIGHT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE? AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WORKING TO STRIKE THE BALANCE BETWEEN, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHILE PROTECTING RESIDENTS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE COME KNOW AND LOVE.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE AND FIND THE RIGHT VARIABLES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE THAT RIGHT RECOMMENDATION REPORT.
WHY CAN YOU DEVELOP A TOD WHEN YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP WEST CREEK? IF ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES, WHY NOT USE THOSE IN WEST CREEK AS IT IS, THIS PERSON OBJECTS TO
YES, ULTIMATELY THE COUNTY DOES NOT DEVELOP PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THAT'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND ANY SORT OF BUSINESS THAT WOULD WANT TO RELOCATE ON ANY SORT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCENTIVIZE THE USE OF THAT PROPERTY.
UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT'S A DECISION MADE BETWEEN THE PRIVATE ENTITY.
IF WE WOULD BE MARKET DRIVEN, IS RICHMOND COUNTRY CLUB CONSIDERED RESIDENTIAL WITHOUT SOME RULES, YOU WOULD RUIN THE ENVIRONMENT AND POTENTIALLY RISK LOSING 75 YEAR BUSINESS COMMUNITY? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
SO I REACH OUT TO MY TEAMMATES.
WE KNOW IF RICHMOND COUNTRY CLUB IS CONSIDERED RESIDENTIAL RICHMOND, RICHMOND COUNTRY CLUB IS OWNED AGRICULTURE.
SO YOU WOULD LOOK AT THE AGRICULTURAL ZONING PROTECTIONS AND THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
I MAY NEED SOME HELP ON THIS ONE TOO, SARAH.
THE MAP SHOWN INDICATES THAT TD SLASH TZ PASSES OVER COUNTRY CLUB LANE NORTH OF RICHMOND COUNTRY CLUB.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE SINCE IT'S PRIVATE LANE? SO THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE HAVING THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO PRIVATE LANDOWNER WHO ARE PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
AND THIS PERSON DID NOT LEAVE THE NAME, BUT IF YOU WANNA CHAT FURTHER, WE'RE HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU AFTER, AFTER THE MEETING.
UH, OKAY, THE NEXT BUCKET OF QUESTIONS HERE.
WHO WILL PAY FOR THE A HUNDRED PERCENT UTILITY CONNECTION FEE FOR DOMINION? IF BUYRIGHT CAN GLAND REQUIRE THE NOISE SETBACK AGRICULTURE STANDARDS, WHY CHOOSE BUYRIGHT? UH, WHY NOT OTHER NON-INTRUSIVE AREAS OF WEST CREEK? WHY NOT AMEND IN 1970S DOCU BY RIGHTS SO THAT NO LONGER, UH, ALLOWS SUCH USES CONNECTED TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA? AND SO ULTIMATELY THAT DECISION WAS MADE IN 1987.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE RULES AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UNLESS THERE IS A DECISION THAT IS TO BE MADE TO OVER OVERRIDE THAT AND THE COUNTY CANNOT MAKE THOSE CHANGES BEYOND WHAT WE'RE ALREADY PROPOSING.
OKAY? SO A PRIVATE LANDOWNER WOULD NEED TO COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO CHANGE THE PREVIOUS ZONING.
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS OVERLAYING THE CURRENT
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ZONING SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE PROTECTIONS AS DESCRIBED TO YOU THIS EVENING.BUT WE CAN'T GO TO THE LANDOWNER AND SAID YOU MUST.
AND PRIVATE LANDOWNER WOULD HAVE TO COME TO US AND SAY, WE WANT TO CHANGE WHAT WAS DONE IN 1987.
SO OUR DESIRE, AGAIN, IS TO OVERLAY THAT PREVIOUS ZONING TO INCENTIVIZE THOSE LANDOWNERS TO COME INTO THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE INCENTIVES AND THEN ULTIMATELY PROVIDE THE GREATER BUFFERS.
AS WE DESCRIBED, UTILITIES AGAIN ARE HANDED BETWEEN THE PRIVATE ENTITY AND DOMINION.
THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE NO ROLE IN ELIMINATING UTILITY CONNECTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO POWER BETWEEN A PRIVATE ENTITY AND DOMINION WHO OPERATES THE REACTOR AND PAYS FOR FUTURE REPAIRS.
ULTIMATELY THAT WOULD BE A PRIVATE MARKET DRIVEN DECISION.
THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE NO ROLE IN OPERATING WITH A REACTOR IF THAT WERE EVER TO BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DO NOT WANT A DATA CENTER WHAT OUR ALTERNA ALTERNATIVES ARE THERE.
HOW DOES IT GENERATE TAX REVENUE? HOW DO YOU CONTROL UTILITY COSTS? WHAT DIRECTLY ADJACENT? WHY DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD? SO, UM, ALTERNATIVES FOR TECHNOLOGY INCLUDE, UH, THINGS THAT SHARON SHARED.
SHE SHARED, UM, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, ENERGY GENERATION, ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A TECHNOLOGY USE.
AND THERE WAS A LONG LIST OF THOSE THINGS.
IT COULD BE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE SPACE, IT COULD BE A TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL.
I MEAN, THERE'S A WIDE DEFINITION OF WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS CONSIDERED IN THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
AND SO ULTIMATELY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOES GENERATE TAX REVENUE BECAUSE THE COUNTY GETS 53 CENTS ON THE HUNDRED PLUS, THE 32 CENTS ON THE HUNDRED, THE AVALOR.
AND ULTIMATELY THAT TAX REVENUE COMES TO THE COUNTY AND ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE AND DESERVE.
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT BRING STUDENTS WHO ARE RIDING SCHOOL BUSES AND, UM, DOES NOT REQUIRE THE DRAIN ON SERVICES THAT OTHER CERTAIN ELEMENTS MAY HAVE.
AND SO ULTIMATELY, GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HIGH QUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BRINGS TAX REVENUE WHILE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME NOT REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT SERVICES.
WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON UTILITY COSTS? UH, THAT IS A DECISION THAT IS MADE BETWEEN DOMINION AND, UM, THE, I GUESS THE SCC, WHICH IS A STATE ENTITY WHO ANALYZES UTILITY RATE STRUCTURES FOR ALL UTILITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
AS A COUNTY GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY IN UTILITY COSTS.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT FALLS ON US, IS THAT IT'S NOT IN OUR PURVIEW.
THAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRIVATE UTILITY AND THE SCC.
ASHLAND ROAD IS UNUSABLE SEVEN 30 TO 9, 11 30 TO 1230.
WHY HAS THE, WHY HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAGGED SO FAR BEHIND CONSTRUCTION? AND SO THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IS TAKEN TO BEING TAKEN TO ACCELERATE THAT WORK.
AND ULTIMATELY, THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE LONG TERM, WE WILL ALLEVIATE THAT.
UH, SAW A PICTURE TODAY WHERE THE RIGHT HAND TURN LANE HEADING WEST ONTO INTERSTATE 64 IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO WE'LL GET SOME RELIEF THERE.
THERE'S A NEW STOPLIGHT THAT'S SLATED TO, UH, BE INSTALLED ANY DAY NOW.
AND SO THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE THAT ARE SHORT TERM, BUT ULTIMATELY THE LONG TERM SOLUTION IS THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND, AND THAT'S GONNA MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN A POSITIVE PLATE TO THE TRAFFIC AT THAT LOCALITY.
THE IMPACT ON UTILITY COSTS, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UM, IF A DATA CENTER WATER USAGE REQUIRES ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WHO HAS TO PAY EVERYONE IN THE TUCKAHOE CREEK WATER DISTRICT? NO, THAT WOULD BE COST THAT WOULD BE INCURRED BY THE PRIVATE PROVIDER.
THAT WOULD BE A DEVELOPMENT COST THAT THEY WOULD INCUR TO GET THE WATER AND SEWER TO THEIR FACILITY.
THE COUNTY WOULD NOT BEAR THE COSTS OF THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
THE ROAD EXPANSION ON NATIONAL LANDS ON ASHLAND STOPS WITH AMAZON.
WHAT IS WILL BE DONE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FROM THE OTHER WAREHOUSES IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WAS THE ESTIMATED REDUCTION IN PROPERTY VALUE FOR PARKSIDE VILLAGE, UM, WITH THE INCREASED INDUSTRIAL TAX BASE, LOWER RESIDENTIAL TAXES, AND HOW WE ACCOMMODATE WATER DEMANDS FROM DATA CENTERS.
AND SO THIS IS, UH, THERE'S A LOT TO THIS QUESTION, SO I WON'T TAKE IT ONE AT A TIME.
UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS BEYOND THE AMAZON FACILITY.
UH, BUT ULTIMATELY WE DO HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH VDOT.
IF THEY'RE, WE ARE HAPPY TO COLLABORATE AND COMMUNICATE WITH 'EM AND STUDY ANY SORT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE IN THAT STRETCH NORTH OF AMAZON.
UH, THE ESTIMATED REDUCTION OF PROPERTY VALUE FOR PARKSIDE VILLAGE, UH, I, WE, WE ARE NOT FORECASTING A REDUCTION IN PROPERTY VALUES DUE ON PROPERTY, UH, HAS BEEN VERY, VERY MUCH WANTED IN THE REGION.
UH, AND THERE IS A LOT OF ATTRACTION TO OUR COMMUNITY FROM A RESIDENTIAL STANDPOINT.
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UM, ULTIMATELY NONE OF US HAS A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING THAT OUR PROPERTY VALUES WOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AT THE, AT THE LEVELS THAT THEY HAVE AND IF NOT INCREASED.RALEY, CAN I JUST ADD, THE PARKSIDE VILLAGE IS NOT ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED TOD, SO, UM, IT IS MUCH FURTHER NORTH THAN EVEN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TOD.
SO PARKSIDE VILLAGE IS NOT ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UH, HOW WILL WE ACCOMMODATE WATER DEMANDS FROM DATA CENTERS? AND, UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A 5 MILLION GALLON PER DAY AGREEMENT WITHIN RECO COUNTY.
AND WHEN EVERYONE IN THE TCSD IS WATERING THEIR LAWNS IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER, WE'RE USING TWO AND A HALF MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
SO THERE IS PLENTY OF CAPACITY IN THE CURRENT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN HE RACO COUNTY, AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EXPAND THAT RELATIONSHIP UP TO AS MUCH AS 25 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
UM, ULTIMATELY THAT'S A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP.
WE FEEL WE HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY NOW AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GAIN ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THROUGH THAT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH HECO.
WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THESE TODS TECH ZONES? WHO'S GONNA PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING SIMILAR TO THE, TO THE HOMES AND THE MESS THAT'S ON ASHLAND ROAD? UH, WHAT PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE WILL SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND ULTIMATELY WE WILL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH A PRIVATE LANDOWNER.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, HAPPEN WHEN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR THE COUNTY TO FUND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
AND VDOT, UH, IS MORE REACTIVE THAN PROACTIVE BASED ON THEIR CURRENT MODEL.
WE DO HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH VDOT, BUT MOST RECENTLY WE HAVE FOUND THAT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE COMING WITH THE INVESTMENT OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
SO ULTIMATELY WE WOULD EXPECT THE SAME IN THIS CASE, WHAT IS THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR NOISE VIOLATIONS WHO WILL DEVELOP, OWN AND OPERATE POWER GENERATION AND BATTERY STORAGE? UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM, THAT'S THAT VIA ZONING, UH, ENFORCEMENT AS WE DISCUSSED, WHO WILL DEVELOP AN OWNER RATE POWER GENERATION OF BATTERY STORAGE.
THAT WOULD BE A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT WOULD BE MARKET DRIVEN.
THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE NO ROLE IN THAT OTHER THAN SETTING THE PARAMETERS ON THE FRONT END TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR THAT INVESTMENT TO TAKE PLACE.
UH, WHO, WHAT AND WHERE IN THE NEW TOD ARE PERSPECTIVE TECH COMPANIES LOOKING TO DEVELOP FIRST? UM, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY LEADS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS ATTRACTIVE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH AN AIRPORT THAT'S 30 MILES TO THE EAST AND AN INLAND PORT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER HOUR DOWN THE ROAD AND ACCESS TO 2 88 AND INTERSTATE 64.
AND PLUS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE.
WE, WE HAVE A STRONG COMMUNITY AND SO PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE, PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE.
SO OUR COMMUNITY IS ATTRACTIVE NOT ONLY FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO LIVE HERE AS RESIDENTS, BUT FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO START A BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, I THINK I'VE ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS.
CAN WEST CREEK SUPPORT THE MASSIVE WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY DATA CENTERS? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND NOT IMPACT THE ADJACENT HOMEOWNERS.
UM, YOU ULTIMATELY, WE DO NOT WANT TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT ANY EXISTING SERVICES THAT WE HAVE.
ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO HAVE SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS.
AND SO WE DO NOT EXPECT THAT ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT, UH, WATER ACCESS.
WHAT WILL WATER SOURCES BE FOR THE MASS REQUIREMENTS OF THE DATA CENTERS? IT WOULD BE THROUGH THE TUCKAHOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT AND THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH ENRICO FOR WATER SERVICE.
UM, HOW WILL THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE BE ADDRESSED IF SMRS ARE BEING CONSIDERED? AND SO WHAT I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND WITH SMALL MODULAR REACTORS IS IN FACT THEY ARE MODULAR.
UM, THEY ARE INTENDED TO BE BROUGHT IN ON TRUCKS AND PLACED ON SITE.
AND WHEN THE FUEL IS SPENT, THEY ARE TRUCKED OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
THERE IS NO DISPOSAL THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY AT ALL.
UM, AND HENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFIT OF, OF THE MODULAR APPROACH THERE, WHERE'S THE WATER COMING FROM TO FUEL THE NUCLEAR PLANT? AND SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, ANY SORT OF ENERGY GENERATION WOULD TAKE PLACE IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE THE HOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT PROVIDES THAT WATER WON'T JUST RAISE ELECTRICITY REQUIREMENTS, UH, ELECTRICITY PRICES.
AND AS I HAD SHARED, THAT IS A DECISION MADE BETWEEN DOMINION AND SCC.
WATER IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR A NUCLEAR PLANT.
WHERE'S THE WATER COMING FROM? LAKE THERAN.
LAKE ANNA IS APPROVED FOR TWO ADDITIONAL PLANTS.
WHY NOT THERE? UH, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, UH, ANY SORT OF PRIVATE ENTITY WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHERE THEY WANT TO LOCATE THEIR BUSINESS.
SO THAT'S A PRIVATE MARKET DRIVEN DECISION WITH ALL
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THE RECENT WATER PROBLEMS THAT THE METRO AREA HAS HAD, WHAT IS THE POSSIBLE IMPACT ON THOSE SYSTEMS? WE ALSO HAVE WETLANDS BEHIND US, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE TOD AND CERTAINLY HONOR AND RESPECT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED RELATED TO THE CHALLENGES IN IN RICHMOND.UM, BUT OPTIMISTIC THAT THAT IS, UM, BEHIND US AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE THAT WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AS WE HAVE NEEDS IN THE FUTURE.
WE HAVE HIRED A NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
I'M REALLY PROUD THAT HIRE AND SHE'S GOING TO LEAD THESE EFFORTS FOR US.
UM, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A STRONG POSITION RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
IF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES 70% OF GOOD HOME REVENUE, WHY NOT OPEN MORE LAND UP FOR RESIDENTIAL? SO IF WE WERE TO DEVELOP MORE LAND FOR RESIDENTIAL, THAT WOULD INCREASE THAT PERCENTAGE BEYOND THE 70% SPLIT.
UH, ULTIMATELY PREVIOUS BOARDS IN THIS BOARD HAVE A DESIRE TO HAVE 70% OF OUR RESIDENTIAL, OF OUR REVENUE COMING FROM RESIDENTIAL.
SO OPENING MORE RESIDENTIAL WOULD SKEW THAT PERCENTAGE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
AND WITH RESIDENTIAL GROWTH COMES THE NEED FOR SERVICES AND SCHOOLS AND TRAFFIC AND OTHER THINGS, THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BRANDS.
SO THERE IS, UM, MORE OF A FOCUS RIGHT NOW ON ECONOMIC COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
BUT ULTIMATELY THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER ANY SORT OF APPLICATION THAT THEY GET FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'LL CONSIDER THAT WHEN THE MERITS SHOULD HAVE COME ACROSS THEIR DESK.
WITH THE 85 15 RURAL DEVELOPED SPLIT, WHY ISN'T THERE MORE DEVELOPED IN THE WEST END OF GOLAND AND ALWAYS DEVELOPED
AND SO I HAVE HEARD THAT AS I HAVE TALKED WITH FOLKS.
AND SO GOING BACK TO THAT SLIDE WE SHARED IN 1975, THERE WERE DECISIONS MADE THAT HAVE CONTINUED SINCE THAT TIME WHERE THE GROWTH WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON THE EAST END AND IS IN LINE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT DEVELOPING IN THE WESTERN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THERE IS LIMITS TO WATER AND SEWER.
AND SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO INVEST A LOT OF MONEY IN YOUR BUSINESS, YOU WANNA HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND AND RESOURCES.
AND SO, UH, YES, WELLS AND SEPTICS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE WESTERN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BUT ACCESS TO MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER IS NOT.
SO THAT MAKES DEVELOPMENT THERE MORE OF A CHALLENGE.
WEST CREEK BUSINESS PARK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1986.
SO WHY DID THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF OVER 1000 HOMES? YEAH, 1000 HOMES BETWEEN BROAD STREET AND TUCK HILL CREEK NOW PROTECT AND SUPPORT THOSE RESIDENTS.
AND YES, THAT'S, UH, APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT.
AND SO NOW, UH, WE CAN'T GO BACK IN TIME, BUT ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS NOW KNOWING THAT THAT'S THE CASE THAT WE ARE FACED WITH.
AND THAT'S THE REALITY THAT WE HAVE.
AND OUR CHALLENGE NOW IS TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, TO FIND THAT BALANCE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT.
UH, WHEN WEST CREEK HAS SO MANY MILES OF LAND, WHY ARE YOU JUST PUTTING IT IN A HIGH RESIDENTIAL AREA ALSO? WHO IS THE ENGINEER WORKING ON THIS AND WHY IS IT NEAR SO MANY ELDERLY PEOPLE? UH, THE COUNTY IS NOT WORKING ON THIS AND WE ARE NOT THE ENGINEERS IN THIS WORK.
UM, ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE LANDOWNER WILL DECIDE WHERE, UH, ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR LAND WOULD GO.
AND SO IF ANY OF US WERE TO OWN LAND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WANNA MAKE THAT DECISION AS WELL.
THE COUNTY DOESN'T DECIDE THAT THAT'S BETWEEN THE PRIVATE LANDOWNER AND THE MARKET.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THOSE CONDITIONS NOW SO THAT WE CAN STRIKE THAT BALANCE AND BRING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TAKING CARE OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTS.
WHY SHOULD THE NEARBY RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT IN THE TCSD SUFFER FROM THE DEVELOPMENT YOU APPROVE WHEN THEY GET NONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE TEST? TCSD ONLY INCREASED TAXES.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS INTERESTING, THE BOARD HAD A MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH WHERE WE AS STAFF LAID OUT THE CURRENT DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TUCKER HILL CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT A PLAN FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE PAY THAT TCSD DEBT OFF.
AND SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A PLAN TO PAY THAT TCSD OFF IN APPROXIMATELY THE 2030 FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS NOT TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD.
AND WE ALSO SHOWED HIS STAFF HOW MUCH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD NEED TO BE, WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO PAY THAT OFF SOONER.
AND IT'S, IT'S A COUPLE OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT OF PAYING OFF THE TCSD.
AND SO ONE OF THOSE MOST SIGNIFICANT
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BENEFITS IS THAT FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE TCSD WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY 32 CENTS ON THE HUNDRED OF ASSESSED VALUE, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN YOUR OVERALL TAX BILL IF THAT'S THE DECISION THAT'S MADE.AND CURRENTLY THE COUNTY HAS A COST SHARING AGREEMENT OF 55% WHERE THE COUNTY IS CONTRIBUTING 55% OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO PAY OFF THE TCSD DEBT.
SO IF THE TCSD IS PAID OFF, THAT'S A BENEFIT TO HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE YOUR TAXES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION IN REVENUE THAT WE ARE SENDING TO THE TCSD TO PAY OFF THAT DEBT.
THOSE $4 MILLION GOES TOWARDS SERVICES, AMENITIES, AND SUPPORTS FOR ALL OF GLAND COUNTY'S RESIDENTS.
SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO PAYING THAT OFF, UH, TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
HAVE YOU WAGE MORAL OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE VALUE OF READERS, BRANCH AND MOSAIC FILM OWNERS ALLOWING 'EM TO INVEST OVER 400 MILLION IN NEW ASSESSED VALUE IN GOLAND, ALLOWING HOPES IN THE TOD AND VALIDATES ALL FUTURE CAM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BY RIGHT.
HAVE YOU VISITED ASHBURN AND LEESBURG LOUD AND PRINCIPAL WILLIAM TO SEE THE CRUSHING FLOAT TO QUALITY OF LIFE? I HAVE NOT HAD THAT VISIT, BUT, UM, APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT.
IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE TARGETING THE WEST SIDE OF 2 88 VERSUS THE EAST SIDE OF 2 88.
EAST DOESN'T HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS, I THINK WHY NOT TARGET THIS SIDE THERE? THE TOD DOES INCLUDE BOTH EAST SIDE OF 2 88 AND WEST SIDE OF TWO 80, IS THAT CORRECT? SINCE YOU ARE DESTROYING OUR PEACEFUL LIFE AND PROPERTY VALUES AND READERS BRAINS AND MOSAIC, WILL YOU EXEMPT THIS FROM THE TUCKAHOE CREEK TAX CHARGE? WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
NO DATA CENTER WITHIN A HALF MILE FROM A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT.
UH, NO DATA CENTERS WEST OF 2 88, NO ENERGY STORAGE OR POWER DISTRIBUTION WEST OF 2 88 SOUTH BY 64.
UH, COST AND PARCELS ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL NEED, A MINIMUM OF A THOUSAND FOOT SETBACK AND 40 HEAT, 40 FOOT HEIGHT MAXIMUM, UH, NO HEALTHY TREES WILL BE REMOVED IN THE FIRST 100 FEET.
RIGHT NOW IT'S 250 FEET, UH, NO EXTENSION OF COLLETTA PARKWAY SOUTH TO ALLOW EASY ACCESS TO WEST CREEK TOD, NO DIESEL AND NATURAL GAS PROPANE BACKUP POWER GENERATORS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND NO GENERATOR TESTING MORE OFTEN THAN THREE TIMES A WEEK.
SO GOOD FEEDBACK FOR US TO CONSIDER.
HAVE THE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS DEFINED RCC BACKING UP TO MOSAIC EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SELLING TO A TECH OR DATA CENTER? AND DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH 'EM NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE HIGHWAY OR A WAY AT ALL? UH, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONVERSATION WITH THOSE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS ABOUT ANY SORT OF INTEREST IN A TECHER DATA CENTER.
UH, THE ADDITIONS TO THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT WERE A REQUEST FROM PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT RELATIONSHIPS THEY HAVE, IF ANY, WITH ANY SORT OF DEVELOPER.
UH, WHERE IS THE WINDHAM NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS PLAN? ARE YOU AWARE OF AN EARTHQUAKE NEAR THE HUNTING GUN CLUB EARLIER THIS YEAR? WE'LL NEED SOME HELP WITH THAT.
THE WINDHAM NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOCATED IN HENRICO COUNTY, SO IT'S NOT LOCATED IN GOOCHLAND, IT IS NORTH, UH, EAST OF THE GLAND COUNTY BORDER.
IT WOULD NOT BE, UM, ADJACENT TO THIS TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
WHY ARE THE NOISE LIMITS TIED TO TOD AND NOT PART OF THE M1 AND M TWO ZONINGS? ARE THERE ANY NOISE LIMITS IN THE CURRENT BUYRIGHT WEST CREEK? THERE ARE NO CURRENT NOISE LIMITS IN THE BUYRIGHT IN WEST CREEK ZONING NOW.
SO, SO AGAIN, THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT DOES HAVE NOISE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NOT THERE.
UM, THAT PART OF THE EXISTING STONE 65 DECIBELS IS 65 DECIBELS.
NO MATTER WHAT THE SETBACK IS A HUNDRED OR 500 FEET.
THE FARTHER SETBACK NOT ONLY ALLOWS FOR MOY NOISE MAKING EQUIPMENT, A 24 HOUR DAY CONSTANT NOISE MAKES SITTING OUTSIDE UNBEARABLE.
THAT 24 HOUR NOISE WILL ONLY BE INTERRUPTED BY MORE NOISE DIESEL GENERATOR.
I, BECAUSE I SHOWED IN ONE OF THOSE GRAPHS THAT, UM, NOISE
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IS CERTAINLY A, A FACTOR THAT WE HAVE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT IN THIS, IN THIS PROCESS.UH, WHAT PORTION OF THE COUNTY POPULATION LIVES IN DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE IS THE VOICE OF THIS POPULATION PROPORTIONALLY REPRESENTED? AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES.
WHEN THE ELECTORAL DISTRICTS WERE CREATED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, THEIR, THEIR GOAL AND THEIR OBLIGATION, QUITE HONESTLY WAS TO SPREAD, SPREAD THE COUNTY POPULATION EQUALLY AMONGST FIVE DISTRICTS.
SO, UH, EACH DISTRICT IS, IT'S NOT EQUALLY REPRESENTED, BUT SIMILARLY REPRESENTED WHEN IT COMES TO POPULATION AMONGST THE FIVE DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE EAST TO WEST.
PLEASE SPECIFY WHAT AREAS BY ROADS ARE BEING CONSIDERED IN NEAR WHAT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
HAPPY TO, TO MAP IS GONNA BE ON THE WEBSITE, OF COURSE, FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.
AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER HOW THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHETHER IT'S IN OR OUT, VEGETATIVE, BUFFERS DO NOT BLOCK NOISE.
HOW THE NOISE BE BLOCK BLOCKED AND BUFFERED.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING AVAILABLE NOW RELATED TO NOISE MITIGATION.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION, OH, A WEEK OR SO AGO ABOUT THE KIND OF GENERATORS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE SPECIFIED.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF GENERATORS, UH, AND ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO CONTINUALLY FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO MITIGATE THAT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED REGARDING, UM, SURROUNDS OF GENERATORS, PLACING GENERATORS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BUILDING FROM THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOODS, POTENTIALLY INCENTIVIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A FUTURE DEVELOPER TO REALLY NARROW DOWN ON THEIR DECIBEL PRODUCTION.
SO, UM, THE NOISE CONTINUES TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE REALLY WORKING HARD TO PAY ATTENTION TO BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT SEEMS TO BE OF ALL THE THREADS THAT WE HEAR, THE MOST COMMON CONCERN THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM RESIDENTS, THERE ARE MANY AS WE KNOW, UH, BUT THE NOISE CONTINUES TO BE ONE THAT IS ON THE MINDS OF, OF MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
VEGETATIVE BUFFERS DO NOT STOP NOISE.
UH, NOW THIS PERSON IS ASKING FOR 50 AND 55 DECIBELS, NOT 65 AND 60.
HOW IS WINDHAM NEIGHBORHOOD AFFECTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT? HOW WOULD HECO BENEFIT FROM THIS? ULTIMATELY, WINDHAM IS NOT IN GOLAND AND UH, CERTAINLY WANT TO BE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS IN THE REGION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IN THE BEST INTEREST OF, OF GOLAND COUNTY RESIDENTS AND, UM, ELECTED BY GOLAND COUNTY RESIDENTS, NOT HECO FROM THE RESIDENTS.
UH, THE TOD BORDERS IN RACO COUNTY.
ARE YOU PLANNING TO GET ANY INPUT FROM HENRICO RESIDENTS? UH, WE CAN'T VOTE IN GLAND, BUT THESE DECISIONS HAVE POTENTIAL TO DIRECTLY IMPACT RACO COUNTY RESIDENTS AND CERTAINLY RESPECT THAT.
UH, WE HAVE BUILT THOSE BUFFERS IN TO THE HENRICO COUNTY LINE AS DESCRIBED 1500 FEET.
UH, AND I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST.
HE SENT NOTICES TO LANDOWNERS AND ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE DATA CENTERS WINE, NO NOTIFICATIONS TO RESIDENTS IN HENRICO, LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE FROM A POTENTIAL OR NUCLEAR SITE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC TO FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS, AS WELL AS, UH, CHECKING OUT OUR WEBSITE.
WE WANNA PROVIDE CONTINUALLY NOTICE THERE.
SO ANYBODY HEAH WHO'S INTERESTED, PLEASE, UH, FOLLOW US ON OUR TWITTER AND OUR FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AS WELL AS CHECKING OUT OUR WEBSITE.
AND SO YOU ARE AWARE WITH ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, THE NEXT CONVERSATION ON THIS IS SEPTEMBER THE 18TH, AND NOW BE A PUBLIC MEETING AT SIX O'CLOCK.
SAME FORMAT? UH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WELL, IT WILL NOT BE THE SAME FORMAT OF THE FORMAT FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL BE WHAT'S CONSIDERED A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'LL, I'LL WALK THROUGH WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
YOU'LL HAVE STAFF GIVE A PRESENTATION, MAYBE THE SAME PRESENTATION, A VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW THIS EVENING, AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WILL PROVIDE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THREE MINUTES TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AT THE PODIUM.
AND SO, UM, THAT WILL PROGRESS.
AND AS LONG AS THERE ARE FOLKS WHO WANT TO SPEAK.
AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD EXPECT THAT FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WE WILL HAVE SATELLITE ROOMS WHERE FOLKS CAN LISTEN TO, UH, THE, THE MEETING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SEATS AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE RESERVED SPOTS AND WE'LL JUST FILL IN THE SPOTS.
FOLKS CAN COME UP AND SPEAK AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE SATELLITE ROOM KNOWS THAT, HEY, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
SO IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT LOGISTICAL LAYOUT, BUT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO SPEAK IN THAT SETTING.
UM, HOW DO YOU MEASURE NOISE WITHOUT THE TRAFFIC ON THE STREETS? HOW CAN ROADS SUPPORT THE TECHNOLOGY PARK WHEN OUR TAXES NEED TO INCREASE
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THE SUPPORT, THE ROADS WOULD ROUTE THE LEAVES WHEN THEY'RE GONE.WE, WE, WE DISCUSSED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD QUESTIONS FROM SOME FOLKS IN READERS BRANCH.
THERE'S A STUB ROAD, I CAN'T REMEMBER, I THINK IT'S BEACH HALL CIRCLE IS ONE OF THE AREAS.
AND SO, UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT MAY MEAN FOR ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE WOODS.
AND WE, WHEN WE HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, ANY SORT OF COMMERCIAL USAGE THAT WOULD BE NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL USAGE WOULD NOT BE USED FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC.
UM, IT MAY BE USED FOR ANY SORT OF EMERGENCY ACCESS AND TYPICALLY THAT WOULD BE WITH A GATE THAT WOULD BE THERE SO THAT NOBODY COULD ACCESS IT.
BUT WE AS STAFF ARE CONSIDERING IF WE WOULD WANT TO PUT ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS ON THAT.
ULTIMATELY WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES TO DETERMINE THE BEST APPROACH THERE.
BUT THAT'S A, A QUESTION I'M SURPRISED IT HASN'T COME UP THIS EVENING THAT, UM, I HEARD FROM RESIDENTS WHEN I WAS THERE LAST WEEK.
NOISE RESTRICTIONS OF 60 TO 60 FIVES EQUAL TO WHAT TYPE OF NOISE? UH, JET ENGINE LEAF BLOWER.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, YOU SPEND SOME TIME RESEARCHING THAT.
WE WERE STANDING NEXT TO, UH, AN AIR CONDITIONER THAT WAS GOING OFF WHENEVER WE WERE AT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE HOME SITES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS VERY INFORMAL.
AND SO THAT AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING WAS 65 DECIBELS.
UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE DISTANCE IS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT STANDING TOO FAR AWAY FROM, FROM THAT AIR CONDITIONER.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE HOPING TO DO AT ONE OF THE FUTURE MEETINGS IS TO BRING IN AN INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL WHO, UM, KNOWS SOUND AND IS AN EXPERT IN SOUND AND PROVIDE THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.
'CAUSE AGAIN, SOUND CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR MOSTLY ABOUT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING EDUCATING AND FACTUAL INFORMATION ON THAT IMPORTANT TOPIC.
UH, THIS PROJECT BUFFER CANNOT CONTROL TRAFFIC AND THE NOISE THAT IT BRINGS.
GENERATIONAL PROPERTY WITHIN RESIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE, WELL POLLUTION IS A CONCERN OF THIS PERSON.
WHAT ABOUT INCENTIVES FOR RESIDENTS OF GUTZON AS TAXES CONTINUE TO INCREASE? UM, AS I NOTED IN IN MY INTRODUCTION, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO KEEP PROPERTY TAXES LOW SO THAT ULTIMATELY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD PAY FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED RATHER THAN BEING ON THE BACKS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THIS INDIVIDUAL IS SAYING, PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
WE HEARD THAT AT READER'S BRANCH AND WE RESEARCHED THAT AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PUT ON THE BALLOT.
WE DID GET A LEGAL OPINION ON THAT.
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS TO WEIGH IN.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, LEGALLY CAN BE PUT ONE A REFERENDUM.
HOW WILL THE ACTIVE UTILIZATION OF DATA CENTERS IMPACT UTILITY COSTS? WHAT WILL BE THE NOISE LEVEL ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACTIVE DATA CENTER? UH, HOW WILL GOODLAND COUNTY TAX THESE FACILITIES? AND SO TAXES WILL BE, UH, IMPLEMENTED AT THE SAME RATE AS US AS HOMEOWNERS, UH, WHICH IS OF COURSE 53 CENTS ON A HUNDRED AS WELL AS UM, TCSD, SARAH TAXES.
IS THERE ANYTHING I'M MISSING ON THAT? OH, THESE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES CONTRIBUTE, UM, COMMERCIAL TAXES AS WELL AS REAL ESTATE TAXES.
SO YOUR, UM, THEY'LL HAVE THINGS LIKE MACHINERY AND TOOLS, TAX AND BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
IN ADDITION, UH, DATA CENTERS SPECIFICALLY HAVE A LOT OF THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX INSIDE OF THEM, THE EQUIPMENT AND THE SERVERS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES INSIDE OF A DATA CENTER IS ALL TAXED.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THAT REVENUE DOES COME FROM.
OH, UM, IS THIS ALREADY A DONE DEAL? NO, IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL.
DO WE EVEN HAVE A VOICE? YES, YOU DO.
YOU HAVE SEEN CHANGES FROM THE FIRST ITERATION TO THIS SECOND ITERATION AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING THIS EVEN STRONGER THAN IT IS ALREADY.
AND IT'S NOT FINAL UNTIL THE DL GOES DOWN ON ANY VOTE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY MAKE.
IT'LL TAKE A MOTION, IT'LL TAKE A SECOND, WE'LL TAKE DISCUSSION AND THEN ULTIMATELY A VOTE THAT WILL BE DONE PUBLICLY.
SO NOTHING IS FINAL UNTIL THAT VOTE HAPPENS WHENEVER THAT MAY TAKE PLACE.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO GATHER FEEDBACK 'CAUSE YOUR PERSPECTIVES ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO MAKE THIS ENTIRE THING EVEN STRONGER.
GOIN COUNTY IS VERY DIVERSE FROM EXTREMELY WEALTHY TO EXTREMELY POOR.
HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS? WILL THERE BE LOWER REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES TO INCREASE TO THE INCREASES IN BUSINESS TAXES? AND SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE DRIVING FACTORS IS KEEPING A LOW TAX RATE.
IN GOEL, WE HAVE A VERY COMPETITIVE TAX RATE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PERSONAL AND PROPERTY TAX, 53 CENTS ON A HUNDRED, EVEN WITH THE AVALOR
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TAX RATE, OUR TAX RATE IS STILL VERY COMPETITIVE AMONGST OUR NEIGHBORS.AND THEN ULTIMATELY, IF THIS IS DONE AND DONE WELL, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REDUCE THAT TAX RATE IN THE ALOR.
AND I EXPRESSED SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF REDUCING, UM, THE ALOR AND PAYING THAT OFF IS, THAT'S ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE CAN USE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE ALL HAVE COME TO KNOW DESERVE ARE IF PROPERTY VALUES GO DOWN, IS THE COUNTY WILLING TO DO TAX ABATEMENTS? AND AND ULTIMATELY THAT WOULD BE A POLICY DECISION.
AND THE BOARD CONSIDERS THEIR BUDGET EVERY YEAR.
AND PART OF THAT BOARD DISCUSSION IS WHAT ARE WE FORECASTING AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAXES? WHAT WOULD THE ASSESSMENTS BE? IS THERE GONNA BE AN INCREASE OR A DECREASE IN HOW DOES THAT IMPACT REVENUE? BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, UH, THE, THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE DRIVES OUR COUNTY'S BUDGET.
AND SO, UH, THAT WOULD BE A DECISION THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH IS CERTAINLY DONE PUBLICLY.
HOW WILL YOU PROTECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND WAY OF LIFE IF YOU ALLOW DATA CENTERS BACKED UP TO READERS, BRANCH, MANNEQUIN, T AND ROCKVILLE AREAS REPRESENT ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE COUNTY'S TAX BASE.
WE AS TAX PAYING CITIZENS SHOULD BE YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
I SUPPORT THE RMS SMALL NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND NATURAL GAS BACKUP REDUNDANCY.
DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING ALL OF THIS IN EASTERN GLAND ISLAND WESTERN HENRICO RESIDENT.
WELL, I, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.
YOU VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE CITIZENS.
I RETIRED MY DOG UP IN THE MORNING, MY SENIOR CUP PROPERTY COME UP HERE, COUNTY IN WEST.
HONOR POWER HERE TO ANOTHER MEETING.
WILL THIS NOT HAVE AN NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES AND RAISE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY COSTS? WE DISCUSSED THAT ONE.
WILL THE SLIDE PRESENTATION BE PUBLISHED ON THE
AND GIVEN THE TIME OF THE EVENING, AND I DO NOT EXPECT IT TO BE PUBLISHED THIS EVENING, BUT WE WILL, UH, DO OUR BEST TO HAVE THIS PUBLISHED BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS TOMORROW.
WILL TONIGHT'S MEETING HAVE AN OFFICIAL RECORD OF COMMENTS AND RESPONSES? ALL OF THESE COMMENTS WILL BE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
AND PENDING THIS EVENING, WE WILL BE WORKING ON A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENT TO CLARIFY QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS HAVE HAD THIS EVENING.
UH, THIS, THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY.
I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 2016 AND I SAW THAT WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR AND CONTINUE TO SEE THAT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH EVERYBODY IN AND OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY.
SO EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS, THIS BOARD.
UH, ALSO IN ADDITION, WE ARE LIVE STREAMING THIS MEETING USING OUR SOFTWARE, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY TRANSCRIPTS.
SO, UH, THAT WILL BE POSTED AND YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT TRANSCRIPTION OF THE, ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND ALL OF THE ANSWERS.
THIS INDIVIDUAL'S EXPRESSION, CONCERNS ABOUT ADJACENT PROPERTY VALUES, UH, WILL BE THE IMPACT ON A BUDDING WILDLIFE, UH, PETS AND WILDLIFE.
SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE NOISE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE HEARD, UM, THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UH, WHY WAS MAP 10 A AMENDED TO THE EX TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARY OF THE TOD WELL BEYOND WEST CREEK IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE SPECIFIED IN THE 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THIS LANE IS CURRENTLY DESCRIBED AS SUITABLE FOR OFFICE RETAIL OR OPEN SPACE.
AND MEANS THE PROPOSED TO OD WITH BORDER MANNEQUIN VILLAGE WITH NO BUFFER.
WHY IS WEST CREEK AND TCSD BEING ALLOWED TO CREEK WEST? UM, SO ULTIMATELY THESE LANDOWNERS THAT WERE ADDED BETWEEN VERSION ONE AND VERSION TWO MADE THAT REQUEST.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS EVENING, THE BOARD WILL DECIDE ON THE MAP, WHO'S IN, WHO'S OUT, ALL THE PARAMETERS, BUFFERS, NOISE, THE THINGS WE'VE DISCUSSED ULTIMATELY WILL BE A BOARD DECISION.
AND SO BASED ON THAT LANDOWNER'S REQUEST AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IN THIS VERSION, IT'S IN, UH, BUT ULTIMATELY THE BOARD WILL MAKE FINAL DECISION ON THAT.
I PLACE THE DATA CENTER SO CLOSE TO OCCUPIED NEIGHBORS AND ROADS WHEN GO ON SUCH A LARGE COUNTY WITH PLENTY OF SPACE.
WHY NOT USE THE MOTOROLA PROPERTY? BUY RIGHT? IS THE TOO LOWEST STANDARD? CAN WE ATTRACT BUSINESSES WITHOUT PROSTITUTING OURSELVES? HOW MUCH LONGER WILL I PAY TCSD AT VALOREM? 85% RURAL AND 70 30 AS YOU'VE BOXED
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IN MAKING FOR BAD DECISIONS? SO TO THE LAST POINT, ULTIMATELY THAT'S A GOAL.UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PREVIOUS BOARDS IN THIS BOARD HAVE STRUCK, HAVE TRIED TO GET TO AT 85, 15 AND 70 30.
UM, AND SO THE MOTOR, ALL THE PROPERTY IS ULTIMATELY THE HANDS OF PRIVATE LANDOWNERS.
AND SO THAT'S A DECISION THAT, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE.
BUT THAT OVERALL THE PROPERTY IS IN THE DCSD.
HAVE YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTIES THAT HAVE REVISITED THEIR STANCE ON BUYRIGHT DATA CENTERS? SO WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED SOLAR POWER ALTERNATIVE TO NUCLEAR POWER OR PEAK POWER? LARGE SCALE SOLAR ARRAYS AND BATTERY STORAGE FARMS COULD BE LOCATED FURTHER FROM RESIDENCE.
UH, ULTIMATELY YES, SOLAR POWER COULD BE AN ACCESSORY USE WITHIN WEST CREEK AS ENERGY GENERATION.
SHOULD SOMEONE WANT TO LOCATE A BUSINESS AND USE SOLAR POWER AS A SUPPLEMENTARY ENERGY GENERATION SOURCE THAT IS CERTAINLY WITHIN THEIR LIFE, UH, EXPLAIN WHY AND HOW IT IS THAT THERE IS NO PUBLIC DEBATE.
ALSO, YOU SAID THEY COULD GO WITH THE LESSER REQUIREMENTS IF THEY WANT.
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? UH, ULTIMATELY THAT'S A POLICY DECISION THAT IS MADE AT THIS POINT IN TIME OR ALLOWING PRIVATE LAND LANDOWNER THE CHOICE TO DETERMINE HOW THEY WOULD WANT TO UTILIZE THEIR LAND, WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE IN OR OUT.
ULTIMATELY THAT IS, UH, IS, UM, THEIR CHOICE AS LANDOWNERS.
UH, THERE IS PUBLIC DEBATE IN ADDITION TO THE NIGHT WE HAVE PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS, EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, ALL VOICES ARE WELCOME.
WILL THE COUNTY CONSIDER A DATA CENTER BAN IF THE CITIZENS ASK FOR IT? YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THAT IS A DECISION THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE AT THE POLICY LEVEL BY OUR BOARD.
UM, THAT'S WHERE ULTIMATELY WE'RE TRYING TO STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE, HOW THAT WE CAN WELCOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STILL, UM, PRESERVE THIS WAY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW.
WELL, THE COUNTY ALLOWED DEVELOPER TO REQUIRE AN NDAI OPPOSE PUBLIC BODIES AGREEING TO SUCH AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE COMPANIES.
THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT ITS REPRESENTATIVES ARE AGREEING TO THAT PERSON'S CONCERNED ABOUT THAT TOPIC.
UM, AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A PRIVATE DECISION.
I THINK IT'S COMMON PRACTICE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORLD WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY IMPORTANT FACTORS AT PLAY.
ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE DEVELOPERS WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEIR PROJECT HAS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.
AND SO USING AN NDA, IT'S A COMMONPLACE IN THE INDUSTRY.
IF THE PROPERTY OWNER OPTS OUT OF THE TOD, WHAT PROTECTIONS WILL THE COUNTY GIVE TO ADJACENT HOMEOWNERS? DISCUSS THAT FROM THE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE.
IF THE DATA CENTER FARM IS BUILT IN WEST CREEK, HOW WILL YOU MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF SUCH A VENTURE? WHAT ALTERNATIVE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE YOU ASSESSED? AND SO IN ADDITION TO DATA CENTERS, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND LIST OF TECHNOLOGY USES AS DESCRIBED, UH, ON THE SLIDES ARE AVAILABLE.
AND SO ULTIMATELY I THINK ALIGNMENT WITH THE BOARD'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD BE A MEASURE OF SUCCESS.
UM, THAT RATIO OF 70 30 AND 85 15, OUR METRICS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.
SO, UM, SITTING BACK IN A FEW YEARS TO SEE IF THOSE METRICS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED WOULD BE A FEW OF THE MANY MEASURES THAT COULD BE USED TO DETERMINE SUCCESS
UM, HOW DO YOU PLAN ON HAVING VEHICLES ACCESS THESE AREAS, NEW ROADS AND LOCATION? TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STUB ROAD INSIDE A BREEDER'S BRANCH, AND THAT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE CONNECTED TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO, IF SHOULD WE GET A PROJECT, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO USE MAJOR ARTERIALS RATHER THAN COLLECTOR ROADS AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL ROADS.
ULTIMATELY, KNOWING TRAFFIC HAS BEEN A CONCERN, IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED IN SOME SETTINGS, AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.
HOW MUCH REPRESENTATION REPRESENTATION HAVE WE HAD FROM THE 60% OF THE COUNTY NOT INVOLVED WITH THE TOD? UM, WE RECEIVE EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FROM EVERYBODY ACROSS THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAVE TWO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS HERE TODAY WHO REPRESENT COMMUNITIES WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE DOD.
UM, THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS ASKED MULTIPLE QUESTIONS, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
UM, BUT THE SPECIFIC QUESTION IS, IF CURRENT LANDOWNERS DO NOT ACCEPT THE TOD, THEN THE NEIGHBORS WOULD SUFFER.
WHAT DO WE DO IF THEY CHOOSE? NO, UH, ULTIMATELY THAT IS A DECISION MADE BY THOSE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS BASED ON THE 1987 ZONING OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.
SO WE'RE WORKING TO INCENTIVIZE THE INCLUSION IN THE TOD ULTIMATELY, SO THOSE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS COULD HAVE ACCESS TO
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THOSE INCENTIVES AND PROVIDE GREATER BUFFERS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.SO WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT TAKES PLACE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT IS A, A PRIVATE DECISION.
WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT TONIGHT.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US TONIGHT.
UH, THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT, FEEDBACK PROCESS.
EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE PUBLICLY.
AND SO HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH AT SIX O'CLOCK WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HAVE A HEARING ON THIS.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM AND SHARE YOUR VOICE IN THAT SETTING.
UH, PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS THROUGH THE ONLINE APPLICATION AND STAY TUNED WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING ON OUR POD WEBSITE.
OKAY, THANK YOU'ALL DRIVE SAFELY.