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EVENING, EVERYONE.I WANNA WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE AMWAY SALES PRESENTATION.
UM, WE DID NOT HAVE AN AMERICAN FLAG HERE.
I WAS HOPING WE'D START WITH THE PLEDGE TO REMIND US THAT WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN ONE OF THOSE RARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ALL HAVE, WHICH IS SELF-GOVERNANCE.
UH, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR TONIGHT IS TO YOUR BENEFIT BECAUSE YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT.
THIS IS OUR COUNTY, WE FUND IT.
AND TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED ME WITH REPRESENTATION, I, I TRY TO DO MY PART TO KEEP US A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE A FAMILY.
ELLEN ROBINSON'S GONNA DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS, BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I, UH, WANT TO FIRST OF ALL INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I AM THE FIFTH DISTRICT, UH, MEMBER, OR I'M THE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
THIS IS WHY I DON'T GO TO KARAOKE BARS.
UM, ALSO BECAUSE I DON'T SING WELL.
UM, I, I WANNA RECOGNIZE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE HERE.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT, UH, DAVID OWEN, WHO IS, HE IS HERE.
HE IS OUR MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
UH, HE IS, UH, A GREAT PARTNER.
HE AND I HAVE ANIMATED DISCUSSIONS ON A NUMBER OF THINGS.
UH, MY POSITION IS DON'T TELL US WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA FUND IT.
UM, BUT, UM, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UM, I THINK WE HAVE, UM, SOME MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HERE.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE, UH, DWAYNE COSBY, WHO'S THE CHAIRMAN FROM THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
UH, WE HAVE OTHER PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HERE.
UH, WE HAVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MR. WINFREY, UH, HE'S HERE FROM DISTRICT THREE.
UM, WE HAVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UH, CONGRESSMAN WHITMAN'S OFFICE, WHO IS A, UH, HOUSTON RESIDENT.
UH, HAVE I MISSED ANYBODY? I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE.
UM, WELL, WE DO HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORIC SOCIETY.
SO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S WELL REPRESENTED TOO.
I'M GONNA HAND THE MICROPHONE OVER TO ELLEN ROBINSON.
SHE'S GONNA MAKE SOME INTRODUCTIONS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED.
I WILL SAY THIS IS GONNA BE SPEED DATING.
WE WILL HAVE, I HOPE, AT LEAST AN HOUR FOR QUESTIONS AND INTERACTION, BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE COUNTY THAT ISN'T JUST THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UH, AND SO I THINK IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE.
MY PHONE RINGS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE TOD.
PEOPLE WANNA KNOW ABOUT TRAFFIC.
THEY WANNA KNOW ABOUT SCHOOLS.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT, SO WE'RE GONNA COVER THAT.
BUT I PROMISE YOU THERE'S A REASON THAT THE TOD IS THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND WE WILL, UH, CERTAINLY ADDRESS THAT TO THE DEGREE THAT WE'RE ABLE.
SO, ELLEN, ELLEN ROBINSON IS OUR FIFTH DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE HER BEFORE SHE INTRODUCES OTHERS.
ELLEN HAS BEEN IN EDUCATION HER WHOLE CAREER.
UH, SHE FINISHED HER CAREER HERE IN GOLAND.
SHE TAUGHT FOR NINE YEARS AT BIRD ELEMENTARY.
SHE KNOWS EDUCATION, AND SHE ALSO KNOWS GOLAND.
I CAN'T HAVE A BETTER TEAM THAN ELLEN AND DWAYNE ON THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.
I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, CALL US AND SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.
AND ELLEN, HERE'S THE MICROPHONE.
AS A FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER, I'M SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME,
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR DISTRICT FIVE TOWN HALL.
I'M MELON ROBINSON, YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
AND I CANNOT EXPRESS TO YOU HOW HONORED I AM TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU HERE TONIGHT AND INTRODUCE TO YOU SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING COUNTY LEADERS THAT WILL BE SPEAKING TO YOU THIS EVENING.
IT IS TRULY A TESTAMENT TO THE PASSION AND COMMITMENT WE SHARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ITS FUTURE.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE, NOT JUST AS RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FIVE, BUT AS PARTNERS IN FOSTERING GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, AND CONTINUE TO MAKE GLAND COUNTY SUCH A REMARKABLE PLACE TO LIVE, RETIRE, AND RAISE A FAMILY.
THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY LIES IN OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE OPENLY AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HEARING FROM AN OUTSTANDING GROUP
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OF LEADERS FROM DISTRICT FIVE WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.FIRST IN BRINGING TO YOU THIS TOWN HALL THIS EVENING IS JONATHAN LYLE, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
MR. LYLE HAS BEEN A STEADFAST ADVOCATE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
HE SERVES ON THE MONON SCHOOL AT SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT BOARD AND GLAND DIRECTOR FROM 2012 TO 2023.
HE GRADUATED IN ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
HE WAS A BUSINESS OWNER AND ENTREPRENEUR.
SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HE IS STILL VERY INVOLVED IN ARE THE VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ROTARY, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
FINALLY, HE BELIEVES CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR ACHIEVING OUR GOAL TO KEEP GLAND RURAL.
HE'LL BE SHARING SOME VITAL UPDATES ABOUT OUR COUNTY'S INITIATIVES AND ONGOING PROJECTS.
HE HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE ISSUES WE FACE AND WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT THIS EVENING ON HOW WE CAN COLLECTIVELY ADDRESS THEM.
ANDY ARMSTRONG, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
AS AN EDUCATOR, PARENT AND LEADER, DR. ARMSTRONG IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT OUR SCHOOLS PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN TO BE SAFE, TO LEARN AND TO THRIVE.
HE WILL BE DISCUSSING EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS IN ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS.
RAYLEY, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, HAS A KEEN UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COUNTY'S GOVERNMENTAL ROLES IN IMPLEMENTING OPERATIONS THAT ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
HE WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT CURRENT COUNTY OPERATIONS.
MR. DWAYNE COSBY FROM DISTRICT FIVE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL SHED LIGHT ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, THOSE AND THOSE STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE SHAPING OUR DISTRICT.
HE WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THOUGHTFUL PLANNING CAN LEAD TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US IN DISTRICT FIVE.
SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS AND MAKE THIS AN INFORMATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
UM, YOU DO NOT WANT ME PRESENTING ON THE SCHOOLS.
UM, I DID SPEND THREE YEARS IN THE THIRD GRADE, SO I'VE GOT SOME OF THOSE SKILL SETS, BUT, UH, UH, DR. ARMSTRONG, THANK YOU.
I'M, UH, ANDY ARMSTRONG, SUPERINTENDENT OF GLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROUD SUPERINTENDENT.
I'VE BEEN IN THE ROLE NOW SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
PRIOR TO MY APPOINTMENT IN APRIL BY MS. ROBINSON ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, I SERVED AS THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
AND PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT HERE IN GLAND FROM 2016 TO 2023, AND WAS A PRINCIPAL AND TEACHER IN ENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
BEFORE THAT CAME TO RICHMOND FROM NEWPORT NEWS, WHERE I GREW UP TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND.
AND HERE I AM, 30 YEARS LATER, I STILL IN THE AREA.
AND A PROUD PO FATHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS AS WELL.
HOW MANY OF YOU ALL IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN? GUIN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS? SHOW OF HANDS, WONDERFUL.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU, THAT DOES NOT CHANGE MY PRESENTATION.
ONE BIT
HOW ABOUT GRANDCHILDREN? THANK YOU.
MS. LIN DOES NOT CHANGE MY PRESENTATION A BIT BECAUSE I OPERATE UNDER THIS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT OF EVERY CITIZEN IN THIS COUNTY.
WHETHER YOU HAVE KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS, GRANDKIDS OR NOT, I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FACILITIES AND WHAT WE OFFER AS MUCH AS OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES DO.
SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL GIVING ME THE TIME TO SEE AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS.
A FEW QUICK, AT A GLANCE, UH, STATISTICS AND NOTES ABOUT GLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WE SERVE APPROXIMATELY 2,600 STUDENTS.
THAT NUMBER, AND YOU MAY KEEP TRACK OF THIS, EBBS AND FLOWS EVERY YEAR.
SLIGHTLY, THOUGH, WE, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A, A MAJOR UPTICK IN ENROLLMENT.
AND I, I CREDIT THAT TO RESPONSIBLE GROWTH IN THE PART OF OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.
UH, WE KEEP OUR CLASSES SMALL.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE OFFER OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO
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OUR SCHOOL DIVISION IN OUR SCHOOLS.UM, WE HAVE BEEN FULLY ACCREDITED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
I ASKED DR. GUY, OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, LIKE HOW MANY YEARS EXACTLY.
AND HE IS LIKE, AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVE BEEN FULLY ACCREDITED, WHICH IS SOMETHING, I THINK THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THE STATE OUT OF 130, ONE, LESS THAN 10 THAT CAN SAY THAT.
AND WE HAVE BEEN FULLY ACCREDITED FOR THAT ENTIRE TIME.
WE'RE AN APPLE DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL DIVISION.
OUR STUDENTS USE APPLE DEVICES.
AND WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE, UH, VERY PRUDENT AND PURPOSEFUL USE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.
WE ARE THE HOME OF THE REGION ONE SCHOOL, UH, TEACHER OF THE YEAR FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
THERE ARE EIGHT SUPERINTENDENTS REGIONS, AND SHE WAS, UH, RACHEL TATE AT GLAND HIGH SCHOOL, WAS THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR EVERY SCHOOL DIVISION IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
ALL THE WAY FROM SURREY TO GLAND TO HANOVER, DOWN TO SUSSEX.
SHE WAS THE NUMBER ONE IN THAT OUT OF EIGHT.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF RACHEL HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK WITH OUR VETERANS IN OUR COUNTY.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A, ABOUT 40 VETERANS, INCLUDING MR. SPOON HOWER.
AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME OTHERS HERE IN THE ROOM, UH, WHO CAME AND INTERVIEWED WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE ARMED SERVICES.
AND ANOTHER THING I WANNA MENTION, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IN A MINUTE.
74 OF OUR 200 GRADUATES AT GLAND HIGH SCHOOL THIS PAST MAY, GRADUATED WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM J SERGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
SO THEY LEFT HIGH SCHOOL WITH A DEGREE THAT TRANSFERRED TO THE FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY THAT THEY ATTENDED, OR THEY DECIDED TO USE THAT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE TO GO STRAIGHT INTO THE WORKFORCE, WHICH REPRESENTS MONEY SAVINGS, TIME SAVINGS ON BEHALF OF THEIR FAMILIES.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, EVERY YEAR THAT J SARGE GRADUATION, I SIT IN THE AUDIENCE.
WE'RE THE SMALLEST SCHOOL DIVISION BY STUDENT ENROLLMENT, BUT WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE THAN ANY OTHER SCHOOL DIVISION IN THAT ROOM.
AND THAT INCLUDES ALL THE BIG BOYS IN OUR AREA, THE ENRICO'S, THE HANDOVERS OF CHESTERFIELD.
SO VERY PROUD OF THAT STATISTIC FOR OUR STUDENTS.
A FEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP, UH, WE ARE UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS IS THE THIRD ITERATION OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH BEGAN BACK IN 2014.
AND WE WOULD, WOULD VALUE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
EVERYBODY'S, WE WANT FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY, FROM OUR PARENTS, FROM OUR STAFF, AND OUR STUDENTS DIRECTLY.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE, I'LL SHOW YOU A FLYER WITH A QR CODE.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE TO GO WITH THE LINK.
WOULD LOVE TO GET EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK ON THAT.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS AT THE NEXT TOWN HALL IN OCTOBER.
I AM IN THE MIDST OF MY SUPERINTENDENT'S ENTRY PLAN, WHERE I'M CONDUCTING FIVE LISTENING SESSIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY.
SO I STARTED IN THE WEST AT BYRD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND I WILL BE AT THE GUCH AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION ON, UH, SANDY HOOK ROAD NEXT TUESDAY.
AND THEN I'LL BE AT GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND RIGHT OVER ON THREE CHOPPED ROAD AT JERUSALEM BAPTIST.
JUST, UH, FINISH THAT OFF ON OCTOBER 20TH.
BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS IN THAT AS WELL.
WE WILL BE DEVELOPING OUR BUDGET STARTING IN NOVEMBER.
THAT IS A PROCESS THAT IS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR COUNTY COUNTERPARTS.
THAT REQUIRES A, A TON OF SCRUBBING OF LINES AND COLLABORATION WITH OUR LEADERS.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT TO PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD.
LIKELY THIS SPRING, WE'LL BE, UH, PROVIDING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATE AS WELL, WHICH IS OUR FACILITIES AND PLANS FOR, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WE HAVE IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON OUR CALENDAR.
THAT'S A REALLY BIG ONE FOR OUR PARENTS ESPECIALLY.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TO A THREE YEAR CALENDAR SO THAT OUR FAMILIES KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.
THEY CAN PLAN THEIR VACATIONS, THEY CAN PLAN THEIR ACTIVITIES, AND WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.
UH, WE OPERATE WITH ABOUT $46 MILLION ALL IN ANNUALLY.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY COMES FROM YOU ALL.
THE STATE OF VIRGINIA OPERATES ON WHAT'S CALLED A LOCAL COMPOSITE INDEX, WHICH MEANS THAT THE MORE RESOURCED YOUR LOCALITY IS, THE LESS MONEY YOU GET FROM THE STATES.
AND THE FEDS GLAND IS, HAS THE HIGHEST LCI YOU CAN HAVE.
WE HAVE A 0.8 LCI, WHICH MEANS THAT WE GET VERY LITTLE PROPORTIONATELY FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDS.
SO WE VALUE VERY MUCH, UH, YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND, AND YOUR RESOURCES TO HELP US TO PROVIDE WHAT WE DO FOR OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.
I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT WE'RE A LEAN SCHOOL DIVISION.
WE HAVE A, A RELATIVELY SMALL CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION.
WE LIKE TO PUT ALL OF OUR RESOURCES AS MUCH AS WE CAN INTO OUR CLASSROOMS. SO THE BULK OF OUR FUNDING GOES TO OUR CLASSROOMS AND TO OUR STAFF.
STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, THAT'S A QR CODE I MENTIONED.
OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR ITS EFFECTIVENESS.
WE WORK WITH, UH, THE LUCK COMPANIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN A PARTNER WITH US AS WE DEVELOP THIS.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND, UM, WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK.
OUR VISION, MISSION, CORE VALUES.
THESE ARE NOT JUST WORDS ON A POSTER IN GLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
OUR TEACHERS KNOW THEM, OUR STAFF
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KNOWS THEM, AND WE LIVE BY THEM.SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT UPDATING THIS FOR THE YEAR AHEAD.
I DID WANNA DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS.
UM, OUR FOCUS ON CAREER PATHWAYS.
ONE THING THAT ANYONE'S IN THE ROOM HAS HEARD ME TALK ALREADY HAS HEARD ME SAY, IS THAT I DON'T WANT ANY STUDENT IN GLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO GRADUATE ON A SATURDAY, GET THEIR DIPLOMA AND WAKE UP SUNDAY MORNING AND NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO NEXT.
IF THAT'S A SITUATION THAT I FEEL LIKE WE FAILED AS A SCHOOL DIVISION, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERY STUDENT NEEDS TO GO TO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE WAGE EMPLOYMENT IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT.
WE'RE ELEVATING THAT, AND WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE PATHWAYS TO EVERY STUDENT.
THAT MEANS STUDENTS WHO ARE GETTING CREDENTIALS TO GO STRAIGHT INTO THE WORKPLACE, THEY'RE GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE MILITARY THROUGH ROTC OR THROUGH ENLISTMENT, OR THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TWO YEAR, FOUR YEAR COLLEGE.
SO YOU SEE THAT THREE E LOGO, THAT'S THE STATE'S ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THIS YEAR.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING I WORKED ON AT VDOE, ENROLLMENT ENLISTMENT EMPLOYMENT.
SO MY WORK NOW WITH MR. WATSON, OUR CTE DIRECTOR IS HERE TONIGHT.
ALSO, ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS IS TO WORK TO TAKE THESE PATHWAYS AND ADAPT THEM TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE IN THIS REGION, THE AMAZON FACILITY.
WE'RE GONNA BE BEGINNING AN ACADEMY OF ROBOTICS LOGISTICS AND MECHATRONICS SO THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE GONNA BE PREPARED FOR THOSE JOBS BEFORE THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT RECENTLY ABOUT ELI LILLY, WE'RE WORK TALKING WITH JAY SARGE ABOUT ADVANCED BIOMANUFACTURING.
THERE ARE SIX FIGURE JOBS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THIS COMMUNITY.
WE KEEP THEIR TAXPAYER DOLLARS HERE.
THAT'S THE WAY WE NEED TO OPERATE AS A SCHOOL DIVISION.
NOT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CATERING TO THE STUDENTS WHO WE KNOW ARE GOING TO UVA.
WE GOT THAT TOO, BUT WE'VE GOTTA WIDEN THAT VARIETY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
UH, JAY SERGEANT REYNOLDS GRADUATION, I MENTIONED SOME OF OUR STUDENTS THERE.
SOME OF THE VIRTUAL REALITY OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE.
AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT MR. OWEN, WHO IS, YOU CAN SEE IN THAT PICTURE, WE HAVE A CTE SIGNING DAY EVERY YEAR.
SO SOME SCHOOLS DO AN ATHLETIC SIGNING DAY FOR THE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO PLAY FOOTBALL.
WE DO THAT, BUT WE ALSO CELEBRATE OUR KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO THE WORKFORCE.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ANYONE COME IN AND SEE US DO THAT.
IT'S A REALLY A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
MY ENTRY PLAN IS GONNA FOCUS ON THESE ITEMS. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SAFETY FIRST.
THAT'S KEEPING THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING.
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY, EXCUSE ME.
DATA INFORMED DECISION MAKING.
NOT JUST DOING THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CROWD SAYS IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE WANNA DO THIS BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW IS RIGHT AND WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS IS RIGHT, AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY TELLS US IS RIGHT.
AND THEN RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST BUILDING.
THAT'S WHERE THAT LISTENING DOOR COMES INTO PLAY IN TRANSPARENT, OPEN COMMUNICATION.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES UNDER ALL OF THOSE, BUT THESE ARE JUST THE, THE SUBTEXT BEHIND ALL OF THOSE OBJECTIVES IS MY ENTRY PLAN, SAFETY, CULTURE OF INNOVATION, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, INCREASING EFFICIENCY.
AND THIS IS A TIMELINE FOR THAT ENTRY PLAN.
SO THIS IS REALLY GONNA TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING A FIRST 100 DAYS REPORT IN FEBRUARY.
AND WE'LL BE LOOKING, UH, AT THE END OF THOSE LISTENING TOURS FOR ME TO COMPILE THE INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED.
THAT'S THE VERY QUICK, IN A NUTSHELL, UH, HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU'RE HERE TO, TO HEAR FROM OTHER FOLKS ABOUT SOME OTHER ITEMS, BUT I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL LISTENING TONIGHT AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.
QUESTIONS NOW? OR SHOULD I WAIT, MR. LAU? AM I GOOD? DID I HAVE 10? I DID START HIS CLOCK A LITTLE LATE, BUT THAT WAS 10 MINUTES AND SEVEN SECONDS.
AND WE ASKED HIM TO KEEP IT TO 10 MINUTES.
AND, UH, MAYBE I GOT A CAREER IN EDUCATION.
UM, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO TEACH ME HOW TO USE THIS.
UM, DO I POINT BACK HERE UP HERE, OR JUST, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
SO THE WELCOME IS, UH, MYSELF, MR. COSBY IS, UH, IN THE WINGS.
I MEAN, HE IS MY WING MAN IN SO MANY WAYS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT HERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ELLEN INTRODUCED US EARLIER.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO COVER EIGHT TOPICS HERE.
AND IT, AS I SAID, GONNA BE SPEED DATING.
WE'RE GONNA GO BANG, BANG, BANG.
ARMSTRONG'S DONE A GREAT JOB, AND, UH, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT MYSELF.
I KNOW THIS IS A PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BUT WE'RE ALLOWED TO SIT IN THE FRONT PEW.
I MEAN, IF ANYBODY IS, UH, TIRED OF STANDING, WE DO HAVE SOME CHAIRS UP HERE.
UM, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, MR. S SPAU, WHO'S THE SUPERVISOR FROM DISTRICT TWO CAME IN INCOGNITO, BUT HE'S A KIND OF A BIG FELONY.
SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES BOTH FROM DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT THREE FROM BEING HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, WITH SOME GOOD NEWS, LILY IS COMING TO GLAND.
UH, WE HAD A VERY HAPPY ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THAT, THAT TOOK A WHILE FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
YEAH, SEE, WE GOT SOME BAPTISTS
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THAT ARE COMING UP TO FRONT.SO, UH, AND, AND THIS IS JUST HUGE FOR US, IN MY OPINION.
UM, I MADE NO SECRET WHEN I RAN FOR THE BOARD.
IN FACT, I HAVE A COPY OF THE, UH, MAY 10TH, 2023 GOLING GAZETTE, WHERE I STATED ONE OF MY CAMPAIGN OR MY INTEREST IN RUNNING FOR THIS SEAT IS TO BRING MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, I HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE WHERE MOTOROLA KIND OF LEFT US AT THE ALTAR IN 1992.
AND THE CEO OF LILY EVEN MENTIONED THAT WAS ONE OF THE ATTRACTIVE ASPECTS OF THIS SITE, THAT THE PARKING LOTS WERE ALREADY BUILT.
UM, IT'S GONNA BRING, AS THEY PROJECT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AS THE BUILD OUT CONTINUES, 650 PERMANENT JOBS IN LIFE SCIENCES.
UH, I'M, I'M GETTING OLDER, AND, UH, I FIND I HAVE A MORE ROBUST RESUME IN THE MORNING WITH SOME OF MY, UH, PHARMACEUTICALS.
SO, UH, THIS IS MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GET AT A LOCAL RESIDENT DISCOUNT OR NOT, BUT, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST GREAT NEWS FOR US.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE HARD PERHAPS TO SEE, BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH WEST CREEK AND YOU SAW WHERE THOSE, UH, CURRENTLY ARE, SOCCER FIELDS, THAT IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO.
IT'S NOT A PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY HAVE, UH, SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY, BUT IT, IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL CONTRIBUTION IN ADDITION TO US HERE IN THE COUNTY.
ARMSTRONG'S ALREADY GIVEN HIS PRESENTATION.
THERE ARE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX THINGS I GET PHONE CALLS ON.
UH, WE GOT THE CONNECTION RIGHT OUT THERE AT ROUTE SIX.
UH, RIVER ROAD, COBBLESTONE ROAD, MONON AND COUNTRY CLUB ROAD.
I CALL IT SPAGHETTI JUNCTION, UH, POCKET ROAD, ROUTE SIX, THE TUCKAHOE PINES.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BARRIER THAT'S DOWN THERE, YOU SEE THE WHEEL MARKS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TURNING LEFT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT.
HOW DO I GET MY SUBDIVISION OR MY ROAD RESURFACED SPEED LIMITS? DOES ANYBODY WISH WE HAD LOWER SPEED LIMITS IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES? I KNOW YOU DO BECAUSE I GET THE CALLS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THAT ACTIVITY GOING ON AT I 64 AND ASHLAND ROAD, SPAGHETTI JUNCTION, WE HAVE DONE, OR WE, WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS HERE FROM VDOT.
SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE CAN ASK THAT AT THE QUESTION PERIOD.
BUT THAT IS A, UH, HIGH CRASH INCIDENT, UH, INTERSECTION.
UH, BENEDICTINE RECENTLY RECEIVED APPROVAL TO INCREASE THEIR ENROLLMENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE TRAFFIC THERE, PARTICULARLY IN THE MORNING AS STUDENTS ARE COMING WEST, TAKING A LEFT DOWN RIVER ROAD TO GET TO BENEDICTINE.
I WISH I COULD SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMETHING DONE IN THE NEXT, UH, SIX MONTHS.
WE DID PUT A WARSHOT BLO TEST DOWN.
ANY OF YOU SAW THE PAINTING MARKINGS? IT WAS HIEROGLYPHIC, SORT OF, UH, THAT DIDN'T WORK.
AND SO THEY WERE SCRAPED BACK UP AND WERE BACK TO NORMAL.
FOLKS, IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS, IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED.
MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT A ROUNDABOUT.
UM, SOMETHING'S GONNA BE DONE.
UH, BUT IF, IF IT'S, UH, SAFETY, I MEAN, VDOT UNDERSTANDABLY WANTS TO MOVE TRAFFIC.
THEY WANNA GET PEOPLE FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
AND HOW THEY CAN DO THAT SAFELY WITHOUT IMPEDING OR SLOWING TRAFFIC IS, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOK FOR AS THEY DO THEIR ENGINEERING.
UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT POCKET ROAD AND ROUTE SIX.
ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN THERE WHEN CARMAX, UH, PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP OR, UH, CAPITAL ONE IS GETTING OUT.
SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE COMING UP AND TRYING TO, UH, NOT SIT IN THE TRAFFIC JAM AS THEY'RE COMING RIGHT OUT OF, UH, WEST CREEK.
UH, THE STUDY WAS DONE, AND IT, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY DURING PEAK HOURS, UH, SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS OF HAVING A DEDICATED TURN LANE, UH, AND, AND NARROWING THAT INTERSECTION ON SIX TO WHERE YOU WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE EASTBOUND LANE, BUT THE SECOND LANE WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME OFF A HOCKET AND MERGE ONTO SIX AND HEAD WHAT EAST? UH, IT'S, THEY SAID NO THE FIRST TIME.
BUT IT'S LIKE ASKING SOMEBODY THE PROM.
IF THEY SAY NO THE FIRST TIME, YOU COME BACK AND ASK 'EM AGAIN, MAYBE.
SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN'T GET SOME RELIEF THERE.
BUT IT IS THEIR DETERMINATION.
IT WAS PEAK HOUR AND NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD, UH, UH, RECOMMEND MAKING CHANGES TO.
UH, WHEN TUCKAHOE PINES APPLIED FOR THEIR, UH, PERMIT TO, UH, PLAN A DEVELOPMENT, THEY COMMITTED AND PROFFERED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A RIGHT TURN ONLY EXIT FROM THAT, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THERE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM TUCK PINES? UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TURN LEFT.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA GO UP THE ROAD, DO A U-TURN AND COME BACK.
BUT, UH, THE FACT IS, FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, YOU'RE CROSSING, THERE'S NO, IT'S 55 AT THAT POINT.
UH, THERE'S, UH, LIMITED VISIBILITY IN SOME RESPECTS.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THEY ARE OLDER DRIVERS.
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SO IT IS RIGHT TURN ONLY UU TURN DOWN THE ROAD.IT'S NOT BEEN APPROVED FOR A SELF STORAGE TO GO INTO THE PROPERTY.
JUST THEY'RE GONNA TEACH ME HOW TO USE THIS POINTER.
UM, RIGHT IN HERE WOULD BE A SELF STORAGE.
UH, THE APPLICANT SAID IT'S PLACE PEOPLE STORE THINGS AND COME AND LOOK AT THEIR THINGS.
UH, I GUESS WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH SOME DOWNSIZING THAT WILL TRIGGER ADDITIONAL TURN LANES TO TURN INTO THAT FACILITY.
AND THAT MAY GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THAT INTERSECTION.
SO WE STILL MAINTAIN THE RIGHT TURN ONLY, BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE CONVENIENT FOR THE HOAX AS THEY'RE TRAVELING.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND.
ASHLAND ROAD HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.
I'VE BEEN IN THE COUNTY 35 YEARS, AND I'LL SAY FOR 36 YEARS IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE.
I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MR. SPOON HOUR.
HE SERVES ON THE CVTA, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
HE REALLY ACQUIRED THE NECESSARY FUNDING FOR THIS TO BE DONE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA GET A SECOND BRIDGE.
AND ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN DESIGNED CROSSROADS Y YOU KIND OF HAVE THAT THIS DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT MOMENT WHERE YOU'RE CROSSING OVER AND LIKE YOU'RE IN ENGLAND OR, OR SCOTLAND.
BUT THEY, AGAIN, THE AUTHORITIES WHO STUDY TRAFFIC SAY THIS MOVES TRAFFIC MORE QUICKLY.
IT IS SAFER, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A THREE YEAR PLUS OPERATION.
SO I WISH I COULD SAY IT'S ALL GONNA BE BETTER NEXT WEEK, AND IT WON'T.
UH, BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, I WAS THERE TODAY, THEY ARE PUTTING IN A TURN LANE, UH, TO ACCESS 64 WEST.
PROGRESS IS BEING MADE, BUT IT'S AT THE SPEED OF GOVERNMENT, NOT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE AT THE END.
SO, UH, IF SOMEBODY WHO IS, DO WE HAVE A TEENAGER IN THE HOUSE?
UH, NORTH WEST IS NORTH IS THAT WAY.
UH, THE PARK AND RIDE THAT CURRENTLY IS THERE, HAS BEEN RELOCATED.
WHO WOULD LIKE, WHO WANTS THE MIC? UH, WHERE, WHERE'S, WHERE'S CAN I CALL A FRIEND? UH, SO IF YOU ALL UNDERSTAND, I'M GONNA CLICK THE CLICKER AND WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH YOUR ROADS, CALL ME FIRST.
THEY'VE LEFT THEIR CARDS OUT FRONT.
THERE IS, IF, IF THERE'S A TREE ACROSS THE ROAD OR IF THERE'S BEEN HIGH WATER AND A WASHOUT OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, UH, VDOT DOES HAVE A 24 7 EMERGENCY LINE.
BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING CHIP AND GRAVEL DOWN ON YOUR ROAD, I'VE, WHEREAS MATTHEW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HIS SUBDIVISION, I I KNOW BROADVIEW TOO HAD GOT SOME SIGN ISSUES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF.
I I'M NOT GONNA COME WITH A SHOVEL AND DO IT MYSELF.
BUT I HAVE LEARNED THAT SOMETIMES WHEN SOMEBODY WITH SUPERVISOR ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR NAME, THEIR PHONE CALLS GET RETURNED.
AND SO, UH, I'M YOUR ADVOCATE.
I I WANT TO DO WHAT I CAN TO HELP LET YOU GET A RETURN ON THE TAX DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE PAYING.
ANYBODY GET A SURPRISE WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT THIS YEAR? BESIDES ME? UM, LET ME GET UP HERE TO MY NOTES.
PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT, WELL, HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH THIS? AND, AND THERE REALLY IS, I'M GONNA USE THE WORD SCIENCE TO IT.
IT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST MADE UP.
UH, THERE'S AN ALGORITHM AND IT LOOKS AT THINGS, PROPERTY DETAILS.
HOW BIG IS THE HOUSE? WHEN WAS IT BUILT? WHAT KIND OF AMENITIES DOES IT HAVE? AND THEY ALSO LOOK AT, UH, COMPARABLES, WHOSE HOUSE MAY BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN YOUR AREA.
THEY AREN'T GONNA LOOK AT SOMETHING, SAY, OUT IN, UH, HAYDENVILLE AND THEN COMPARE IT TO SOMETHING, SAY, IN MOSAIC OR, OR IN NOR TUCKAHOE.
BUT THERE IS AN ALGORITHM THAT COMES UP AND SAYS, A HOUSE LIKE THIS IN GLAND WITH THIS TAX RATE, THIS LEVEL OF SERVICES IS LIKELY GONNA BE WORTH X DOLLARS.
UH, THE STATE CODE REQUIRES THIS TO BE DONE THAT WE, UH, ARE WE, WE WE HAVE A WINDOW OF WIGGLE ROOM, BUT YOU CAN'T BE 70% LOW OR 130% HIGH.
AND WE ARE PRETTY DARN GOOD BECAUSE WE ARE HITTING, UH, I BELIEVE WHERE I GREW UP, UM, 98, 97, 98, THOSE ARE ALL PASSING GRADES.
UH, THERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, UH, UH, I CAN'T SELL MY HOUSE FOR THAT AND MY ASSESSMENT'S TOO HIGH.
BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND AGAIN, AND LOOK, HOUSES ARE SELLING WITH ABOUT A ONE OR 2% VARIANCE
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IN WHAT THEY'RE ASSESSED AT AND, AND WHAT, UM, THEY'RE SELLING FOR.WELL, MAYBE YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
YOU CAN CALL THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.
IT'S CALLED AN INFORMAL APPEAL.
THEY MAY HAVE, UH, ONE OF THE APPRAISERS COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE PROPERTY.
AND IF YOU AREN'T SATISFIED WITH THAT, WE HAVE A ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
YOU CAN PUT IN A FORMAL REQUEST FOR A REVIEW.
AND THESE ARE FELLOW CITIZENS.
THEY'RE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND IF YOU'RE STILL NOT REALLY HAPPY, UH, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE IT TO THE CIRCUIT COURT.
SO WHEN YOU GET YOUR APPRAISAL, IT REALLY IS BASED ON NOT SOMEBODY JUST THINKING THAT'S WHAT IT'S WORTH.
BUT THERE IS A PROCESS, THERE'S AN ALGORITHM THAT PUTS THE PRICE THERE FOR THAT.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE FROM LOWER TUCKAHOE.
THEY HAVE A 60 YEAR PLUS WATER SYSTEM THAT ORIGINALLY SOURCED OUT OF HENRICO.
UH, WE, UH, ONLY HAVE ABOUT 15% OF THE COUNTY THAT HAVE WHAT I'LL CALL MUNICIPAL OR, OR PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER, UH, THOSE AREAS IN THE COURTHOUSE.
WE WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
UH, AND THEN IN THE EASTERN PART, WE, THE COUNTY ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPERATION.
DOES ANYBODY HERE HAVE AQUA VIRGINIA AS A PROVIDER? THEY'RE PRIVATE.
WE HAVE AS A COUNTY, NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW THEY RUN THEIR OPERATION OR, OR HOW THEY PRICE THEIR PRODUCT.
UH, BUT FOR THOSE 15% OF THE COUNTY WHO ARE ON PUBLIC, UH, WATER, UH, THIS IS AN EYE TEST.
WE'RE THE EASTERN PART ALL THROUGH HERE.
I MEAN, WE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NUMBER OF MILES OR YARDS OF, OF PIPING WE HAVE.
WE DO HAVE, ELIZABETH IS HERE, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, SHE'S IN THE BACK WAVING AT ME.
UH, BUT, UH, SHE IS, UH, COME ON.
RAIL REFERRED TO HER AS A ROCK STAR.
SO, UH, WE ARE EXPECTING GREAT THINGS AND ALL THIS WILL BE SOLVED BY NEXT WEEK, BUT NO PRESSURE.
UH, BUT WE'RE AWARE THAT WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT.
UH, WE GET OUR WATER FROM HENRICO AND OUR AFFLUENT GOES TO THE CITY OF RICHMOND.
WE ARE NOT WHAT IS CALLED AN MS FOUR, AND THAT'S SOMEBODY WHO HAS THEIR OWN WATER SYSTEM.
WE ARE NOT, UH, SUBJECT TO DEQ OR EPA REGULATIONS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE AREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING YOU CLEAN, POTABLE WATER WITH PRESSURE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE A SHOWER.
UH, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, WE ARE SELF-FUNDED AS A UTILITY.
NONE OF THE MONEY THAT YOU PAY ON YOUR UTILITY BILL GOES INTO THE PUBLIC FUND.
IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT DEDICATED TO UTILITIES.
AND WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL REPAIR AND REPLACE.
SO PIPES WEAR OUT MAINS BREAK.
MR. CLEMENT'S HERE HAS ADVISED THAT OUR FIRE HYDRANTS NEED SOME TLC.
SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE USE THAT MONEY FOR, BUT WHEN YOU PAY YOUR WATER BILL, WHEN YOU PAY YOUR UTILITY BILL, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT DEDICATED TO THAT SERVICE.
PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WE'RE AWFUL EXPENSIVE.
AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT'S CHEAP.
SO I, UH, I PAY ELVIS TO COME PUMP MY SEPTIC TANK.
AND, UH, I ALSO GOTTA REPLACE MY WELL PUMP NOW AND AGAIN.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE WHO ARE USING WATER AND SEWER THROUGH THE COUNTY, IT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 2 CENTS A GALLON DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY DISCOUNT, WHETHER IT'S COMING OR GOING.
IT'S 2 CENTS TO GO AND 2 CENTS TO COME.
BUT THE BILL WORKS OUT TO ABOUT $5 AND 83 CENTS A DAY.
THAT'S COMPARABLE TO HANOVER AND PALATAN.
THEY HAVE SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
UH, I'M NOT ADVOCATING THAT WE INCREASE PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER IN THE COUNTY, BUT, UH, THERE IS SOME, I THINK, BENEFIT TO OUR SIZE OR RIGHT SIZED.
WE CAN DELIVER WHAT, UH, I THINK YOU DESERVE AND TO EXPECT.
AND, I DON'T KNOW, $5 AND 83 CENTS.
I'M NOT A STARBUCKS GUY, BUT I THINK WHAT THEY CALL 'EM, GRANDES, I MEAN, EVEN THAT'S MORE THAN $5 AND 83 CENTS A DAY.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE DOING SO FAR AS ISSUES? UH, LOWER HAS WATER PRESSURE ISSUES.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING A, A PUMP STATION AND ANOTHER WATER TOWER PUT IN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT IDENTIFIED.
IT'S IN WHAT WE CALL OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR OUR UTILITIES PLAN.
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I'M READING FROM HERE IN MY OWN NOTES.UH, THE AVALOR TAX IS ALSO SOMETHING I GET PHONE CALLS ON.
WHO, WHO HERE PAYS THE AVALOR TAX? YEAH, A COUPLE FOLKS.
UM, WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE TUCKAHOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO HOOK UP TO WATER AND SEWER.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
CONNECTION FEES, WHEN PEOPLE DO JOIN, THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO PAY.
THEY DON'T GET TO HOOK UP FOR FREE.
AND SOME FOLKS ARE SUGGESTING THAT A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY TO PAY TO HOOK UP.
BUT, UH, IT, IT IS THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
I DON'T THINK YOU WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE SUBSIDIZING SOMEBODY NEW WHO WANTS TO COME ON.
SO, UH, AGAIN, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR STAFF THAT THEY'VE CALCULATED THOSE PRICES FAIRLY.
AND SO IT, UH, IS SOMETHING, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE CAN WORK OUT TERMS. IF SOMEBODY IS IN A FINANCIAL SITUATION, WE CAN EXTEND PAYMENTS AND BE ACCOMMODATING TO HELP THEM GET THERE.
FIRE HYDRANTS, PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE THING.
I START ALL OF MY ANALYSIS ON A BUDGET.
ARE WE SAFE? IS THIS A COMMUNITY THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE LIVING IN? AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE OUR FIRE HYDRANTS WORK, UH, TO THAT POINT, WELL LOOK AT THIS.
I NEED TO FOLLOW MY OWN SLIDES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I REHEARSED THIS, SO THIS IS WHY I'M NOT ON BROADWAY.
SO THE WATER STORAGE IN THE PUMP STATION IS IN THE UTILITIES MASTER PLAN AS I SHARED.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE EXACTLY IT'S GONNA HELP.
I MEAN, LILY IS GOING TO NEED, UH, ADDITIONAL WATER RESOURCES AND THEY'LL WANT THEIR WATER PRESSURE TO BE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
UH, THEY'RE TWO PLUS YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH HENRIKE RIGHT NOW, PARTICULARLY FOR THE FOLKS ON THE RIVER ROAD CORRIDOR TO GET AN IMMEDIATE, UH, UH, I'LL CALL IT SOLUTION FOR THE, FOR THE WATER PRESSURE ON FIRE HYDRANT MAINTENANCE.
I'VE ASKED FOR POLITELY, BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TUDE, I WANNA SEE A QUARTERLY REPORT.
I MEAN, WE GOT, I THINK IT'S 823 FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE COUNTY.
I WANNA KNOW, ARE THEY WORKING? IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING, WHEN ARE THEY GONNA BE REPAIRED? AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THEY WERE LOOKED AT? I I, IT'S JUST FUNDAMENTALS.
I, I ONLY DID THREE YEARS IN THE MILITARY, BUT WE DID COMBAT READINESS.
AND SO YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOUR EQUIPMENT WAS READY FOR COMBAT IF YOU GOT CALLED, WHICH I WASN'T.
BUT, UH, I STILL KNEW THAT MY M 16 AND THE UNIT I WAS WITH WAS COMBAT READY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE OUR FIRE HYDRANTS CAN PUT OUT A FIRE.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE GOT 'EM.
UH, SO IF, IF WE GOT BROKEN WATER, FIRE HYDRANTS AND EVERYTHING, I MEAN, WATER HYDRANTS FREEZE, THINGS HAPPEN.
BUT, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY WORK.
SO THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATES AND THE, UH, A VALOREM THERE, THERE HAS BEEN A SUGGESTION THAT, WELL, THE FACT IS WE DO HAVE THE LOWEST TAX RATE IN THE REGION.
53 CENTS ON A HUNDRED DOLLARS NOW SOMETIMES COMES BACK TO HURT US.
'CAUSE OTHER LOCALITIES WILL SAY, WELL, WHY SHOULD WE HELP YOU FUND SOME OF YOUR ROADS THROUGH THE CVTA WHEN YOU'VE GOT SUCH A LOW TAX RATE? AND MR. SPOON IER CORRECTLY POINTS OUT, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE VERY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AND OUR GOVERNMENT'S HERE, WE, WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT RIGHT.
UH, SO THE PLA THAT THAT TAX RATE HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2007, UH, WE HAVEN'T CHANGED IT.
WE HAVEN'T RAISED IT, AND WE HAVEN'T LOWERED IT.
IT'S BEEN A CONSISTENT, THE APPRAISALS HAVE INCREASED.
THE TAX REVENUES COMING IN BECAUSE THE LAND IS SEEN TO BE, IS SEEN TO BE MORE VALUABLE.
SO I ADVOCATED LAST YEAR THAT PERHAPS WE COULD CUT OUR TAX RATE BY A PENNY.
WELL, THAT WOULD'VE DECREASED REVENUES TO THE COUNTY BY A MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, AND, UH, SO IF WE'D GONE FROM 53 TO 52, WELL, IN A HOUSE THAT'S APPRAISED IT'S $750,000, WE WOULD'VE SAVED THAT TAXPAYER, THAT HOMEOWNER 75 BUCKS.
NOW, ON PRINCIPLE, I LIKE THE IDEA OF CUTTING TAXES, BUT I WOULD RATHER SEE US MOVE THE NEEDLE, REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE AND GET RID OF THE AD VALOREM TAX.
'CAUSE THAT'S 32, YOU KNOW, WHOA, LET ME COME BACK TO THAT AND SAY, WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE VALOREM TAX.
AND, AND WE DO THAT BY GROWING THE PIE.
UH, RIGHT NOW WITH 32 CENTS ON A HUNDRED, THAT SAME $750,000 HOME WOULD SAVE $2,400 A YEAR.
WELL, WHERE I GREW UP, THAT'S REAL MONEY.
WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE A LOT CLOSER TO DOING THAT THAN MANY FOLKS MIGHT REALIZE.
THE BONDS AS ISSUED WOULD RUN ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2042.
LAST YEAR, WE MADE A, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY IN, OR A PRINCIPLE ONLY PAYMENT
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OF $18 MILLION.AND ACCORDING TO THIS TABLE, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, WE BRING MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTO, UH, WEST CREEK.
HAVE I MENTIONED LILIES COMING TO WEST CREEK, YOU KNOW, $5 BILLION CONTRIBUTION, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE WOULD FIND THE ADMIRAL NORM POSSIBLE AS A KEY WORD, UH, PAID OFF BY 2030, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CALL IT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
NOW, THAT'S PART OF WHAT I THINK WILL BRING REAL RELIEF TO THEIR FOLKS.
AM I OPPOSED TO LOWERING THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE? NO, NOT AT ALL.
BUT WE ALSO WANT OUR SHERIFF, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR SCHOOLS, UH, ALL OF THE AMENITIES AND, AND I DON'T, NOT SO MUCH AMENITIES, BUT CORE SERVICES THAT CO UH, COUNTY GOVERNMENT DELIVERS TO BE PROPERLY FUNDED PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY'S HERE FROM KIN.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE FROM KINLOCK.
WE HAD A LONG ONGOING DISCUSSION AS TO WHERE TO PUT WHAT'S CALLED FIRE STATION SEVEN.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THE LOCATION ON HOCKET ROAD.
WE WANTED TO DO DUE DILIGENCE AND EXPLORE.
WERE THERE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WOULD SERVE THE PUBLIC AND, UH, STILL PROVIDE US WITH, UH, THE, THE ECONOMICS OF BEING ABLE TO BUILD THAT FIRE STATION.
UH, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT WE'RE GONNA PROCEED WITH THAT LOCATION ON HOCKET ROAD.
UH, ENVIRONMENTAL WORK IS BEING LOOKED AT.
UH, THERE IS A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
WE HAVE ONE FIRE STATION IN DISTRICT TWO UNDER CONSTRUCT OR UNDERWAY.
AND SO IT'S THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN LEARN WHAT STATION EIGHT IS DOING.
UH, WE WANT TO CARRY THAT OVER TO STATION SEVEN, BUT I WOULD SAY WE'RE STILL PROBABLY TWO YEARS AWAY FROM SEEING STATION SEVEN OPEN UP HERE ON HOCKETT ROAD FIRE AND RESCUE.
WE HAVE A COMBINED SERVICE HERE IN THE COUNTY.
UH, WHAT WE DO IS EVERYBODY THAT IS, UH, ON SERVICE IS BOTH AN EMS AS WELL AS A FIREFIGHTER THAT ALLOWS A FIRE TRUCK TO GO OUT CRUDE WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN DO BOTH JOBS.
IF THE AMBULANCE GOES OUT, IT HAS A FIRE.
IT HAS SOMEONE ON IT THAT COULD FIGHT THE FIRE, AS WELL AS PROVIDE EMS SERVICES.
UH, WE ARE, I GUESS WE WOULD SAY A AGING POPULATION HERE IN THE COUNTY.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME 55 PLUS COMMUNITIES, BUT A LOT OF US ARE AGING IN, IN PLACE.
I DON'T HAVE A MORTGAGE, UH, EVEN WITH MY TAXES AND MY SEPTIC.
AND, UH, WELL, I'M LIVING IN MY HOUSE FOR ABOUT 20 BUCKS A DAY, WHICH IS BETTER THAN MOTEL SIX.
SO I'M, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
UH, AND SO WHAT THAT DOES THOUGH, IS IT PUTS PRESSURE ON OUR CAREER.
UH, OUR VOLUNTEER PER PARTICIPATION IS ROBUST.
WE STILL HAVE VERY ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS, BUT OUR SOCIETY HAS CHANGED.
IF, IF YOU ARE A PHARMACIST AND YOUR PHARMACY IS IN, OH, WELL, I'LL JUST SAY BROOK, I DON'T KNOW, UM, EASTERN HENRICO, AND THE ALARM GOES OFF, YOU'RE NOT GONNA LEAVE YOUR PHARMACY IN EASTERN HENRICO AND COME BACK TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.
SO WE'VE MOVED TO A CAREER, UH, POPULATION.
EACH ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND DEPUTIES, RULE OF THUMB IS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INVESTMENT.
UH, AND THAT'S, I THINK, A DEAL BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT ONLY GONNA SAVE PROPERTY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE GONNA SAVE LIVES.
SO WITH VOLUNTEERS, I'M GONNA OUT MYSELF.
I JUST BECAME AN AUXILIARY MEMBER OF STATION FIVE, I'M SORRY, STATION ONE, UH, HERE IN THE COUNTY.
UH, EVEN THOUGH I WENT TO COLLEGE IN THE SEVENTIES, MY FINGERPRINTS CAME BACK.
OKAY? SO, UH, I, I AM GOING TO WASH THE TRUCKS AND SWEEP THE FLOORS.
YOUR PROPERTY AND LIVES ARE SAFE.
I WILL NOT BE ON THIS VEHICLE WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR HOUSE.
SO, BUT IT'LL LOOK LIKE A REALLY GOOD WASHED TRUCK.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO FOR YOU.
SO CHIEF HAS SAID, HOW DO WE KEEP PEOPLE SAFE IN THEIR HOMES? UH, MOST OF OUR CALLS, 80% ARE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AMBULANCE CALLS.
IN FACT, IF YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE DO HAVE COPIES, IT'S GREAT.
2% OF THE CALLS ARE ACTUALLY FIRE.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES WE HAVE FALSE ALARM.
WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A, UH, UH, AS NEED, BUT 80% OF OUR CALLS TO 9 1 1.
AND WHEN WE DISPATCH VEHICLES, THEY'RE COMING BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL ISSUE.
UH, AND THAT'S OKAY, BUT IT PUTS PRESSURE ON US BECAUSE WHEN THAT AMBULANCE LEAVES THE FIRE STATION, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T JUST DRIVE TO ST.
MARY'S, TAKE THE PERSON OUT OR THE PATIENT AND LEAVE THEM THERE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
WE STAY UNTIL THEY'RE ADMITTED.
AND THEN THE TERM IS WALL TIME.
SO WE CAN HAVE AN AMBULANCE AT ST.
MARY'S FOR TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS UNTIL THAT PATIENT IS
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ADMITTED.AND AFTER COVID, THERE'S BEEN A REAL SHRINKAGE OF MEDICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS STAY THERE, WHICH MEANS THAT AMBULANCE CAN'T GO ON UNTIL 64 WHEN THERE'S AN ACCIDENT.
WE, WE ARE REALLY FINDING OURSELVES HAVING TO RAMP UP, WHICH IS GONNA HAVE INHERENT COSTS, BUT THAT'S PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND FOR ME, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I LOOK FOR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET.
UH, CHIEF DID ASK THAT WE PUT THIS IN.
THIS IS, UH, FIRE SAFETY WEEK.
SO SPARKY WANTS YOU TO, UH, CHANGE THE BATTERIES IN YOUR, UH, SMOKE DETECTOR.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, I THINK CHIEF WILL WILL GET YOU ONE.
UH, THEY'VE EVEN INSTALLED THEM FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE TO CLIMB LADDERS.
SO, UH, IT IS FIRE SAFETY WEEK.
AND IF YOU HAVE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, WHICH I THINK MOST COMPUTERS DO, UH, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T CATCH ON FIRE, IS HOW TO DO.
IS THAT GOOD? OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.
STAFFING, AS I SAID, IS GONNA CONTINUE.
WE'RE UP TO 82 CAREER AS WE ADD MORE FIRE STATIONS.
UH, USUALLY IF YOU GOT A FIRE STATION, YOU HAVE STAFF THERE.
UH, WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THE COUNTY IN 1990, WE DID NOT HAVE, FIRST OF ALL, CAREER.
AND SO IF THERE WAS A FIRE AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, UH, SOMEBODY HAD TO GET OUTTA BED, COME TO THE STATION, GET IN THE TRUCK, AND THEN GO TO THE FIRE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE AT THE STATION.
SO THE CALL COMES IN, THEY GET ON THE EQUIPMENT AND GO TO THE FIRE.
SO RESPONSE TIMES HAVE IMPROVED, BUT IT COMES AT A COST.
AND I EXPECT WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE VOLUNTEERS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR CAREER, UH, STAFF AND I, I WANT FOLKS TO FEEL SAFE THAT IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT, WHETHER IT'S MEDICAL OR FIRE, THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE THERE.
AND, UH, WE WORK TOWARDS THE NATIONAL RESPONSE TIMES.
WE'RE GLAND, I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVER GOING TO HAVE A, A FIRE STATION ON EVERY CORNER.
WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE, I SAID, WE CAN'T PUT A AMBULANCE IN A SQUAD CAR IN EVERYBODY'S DRIVEWAY.
SO THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT RESPONSE TIMES WILL NOT BE AS QUICK MAYBE AS NATIONAL STANDARDS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO REALLY CHANGE THAT.
VOLUNTEERS, I MENTIONED WE'VE GOT ROBUST VOLUNTEERS.
UH, IF I CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT.
UM, I'M NOT, I'M NOT THE RECRUITING AGENT, BUT IT IS GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I, AGAIN, I'M AUXILIARY, I'M GONNA WASH THE TRUCKS, ROLL THE HOSES, SWEEP THE FLOORS.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE EVEN HAD A CAREER IN MEDICAL, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE HAD SOME ROBUST HOURS.
UH, BACK IN 2024, WE HAD 12,005 YEARS AGO, WE HAD 18,000.
AND ONCE AGAIN, OUR SOCIETY'S CHANGING.
UH, PEOPLE NO LONGER LIVE AND WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
13% OF GLIN WORKS WHO LIVE IN GLAND WORK IN GLAND.
SO WE HAVE EITHER A HIGH RETIRED AUDIENCE OR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
PUBLIC SAFETY, THE SHERIFF IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
I MEAN, I, I, UH, I SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT.
UH, MY WIFE LIKES TO LOCK THE DOORS AT NIGHT.
SO, UH, WE LOCKED THE DOORS AT NIGHT,
UH, I KNOW THAT IN RANDOLPH SQUARE WE HAD, UH, SOME ITINERANT GANGS MOVING THROUGH AND THEY WERE DOING HOME ENTRY, HOME BREAKAGE OR BURGLARY.
UH, SHERIFF CREE TOOK CARE OF THAT AS QUICKLY AND AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, I FEEL SAFE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HE HAS THE TOOLS.
AS MY BOARD MEMBERS, MY COLLEAGUES, WE START WITH PUBLIC SAFETY EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET.
BUT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF ERROR OR FLUFF, I DON'T WANNA EVEN SAY FLUFF.
IF THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MARGIN IN A BUDGET, I EXPECT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, AND LET ME MAKE MENTION OF THIS.
I TAKE A VACATION, OH, MAYBE ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS.
UH, BUT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL VACATION WATCH.
AND SO IF YOU LET THE SHERIFF KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN, THEY ACTUALLY WILL COME AND PATROL.
THEY'LL DO A SPECIAL PATROL TO MAKE SURE YOUR HOUSE IS SECURE AND SAFE.
I ASKED STEVEN IF THEY WOULD START WATERING PLANTS AND BRINGING THE MAIL.
BUT, UH, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE DEDICATED PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, SERVANT THAN SHERIFF CREE.
HE REALLY DOES WANT TO, TO STAY SAFE AND BE SAFE.
SO KEEPING US RURAL, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN MY NAME ON THE BALLOT OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS FOR CONSERVATION DIRECTOR.
AND SINCE YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, I CALL IT THE S THAT OFFICE, UH, 30% OF YOU DIDN'T VOTE.
AND IT WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
BUT THE JOB WAS TO HELP THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY PUT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN PLACE.
DELEGATE OWEN HAS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF BEST
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MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY.SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LANDOWNERS.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BUILD ROOFTOPS.
YOU COULD ACTUALLY PUT IN WHAT'S CALLED A PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING IS SAYING, THIS LAND IS GONNA STAY IN A STATE OF AGRICULTURE OR OPEN SPACE.
AND THERE ARE TAX CREDITS THAT ALLOW YOU TO ACTUALLY ALMOST SELL THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
SO WE HAVE A GREENER VIRGI, UH, GOLAND.
YOU'RE NOT JUST GIVING THE LAND, EXCUSE ME, GIVING THE LAND AWAY, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP GONER RURAL IN A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THE COLORS UP HERE, THESE ARE ALL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
UH, SO SOME OF THEM ARE HELD BY, UH, CENTRAL, UH, CAPITAL REGION, LAND CONSERVANCY.
SOME ARE HELD BY THE VIRGINIA OUTDOOR FOUNDATION.
UH, THERE ARE VERY FEW ABOUT SIX THAT ARE ACTUALLY HELD BY UGLAND COUNTY ITSELF.
BUT IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE FORTUNATE FOLKS WHO HAS LAND AND YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU MIGHT CONSIDER A CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
I LEFT SOME MATERIAL OUT THERE FROM THE CAPITAL REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY.
OR YOU CAN GIVE, UH, PARKER AGLA DO OR JANE MYERS A CALL.
UH, THERE ARE OPTIONS BESIDES PUTTING ROOFS ON OPEN SPACE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I SAID WE'RE GONNA LEAVE ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO FOR CONVERSATION ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WHY DO WE WANT TO RECRUIT NEW BUSINESS RIGHT NOW? 85% OF THE TAX REVENUE COMES FROM HOMEOWNERS, COMES FROM US.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GET TO WHAT I CALL THE SWEET SPOT OF 70 30.
AND AGAIN, SIMPLE MATH MEANS, WELL, WE GOTTA GET MORE COMMERCIAL IN HERE.
UH, WHERE DO WE GET THAT 18% OF COMMERCIAL RIGHT NOW? UH, WE DO GET IT FROM PROPERTY TAXES.
UH, WE GET IT FROM MACHINERY AND TOOLS.
UH, THERE ARE SOME BUSINESS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
I KNOW THE TAX OF 1812, THE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OCCUPANCY OR UH, UH, LICENSING TAX HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS.
DATA CENTER TAXES, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA CENTERS, BUT THERE IS A TAX, THEREFORE THAT WE HAVE A GAS TAX.
UH, THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA, UH, CVTA, THERE IS A SMALL TAX NOW THAT WE PAY THAT COMES DIRECTLY BACK TO US HERE IN GLAND.
SO WE CAN START DOING SOME OF OUR OWN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN PERMITS AND CONTRACTING FEES, CONNECTION FEES.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT, HAS ANYBODY HEARD OF THIS DISCUSSION? DID ANYBODY COME FOR ANY REASON EXCEPT THE TOD
UH, THERE IS A NEED, I BELIEVE SINCERELY, THAT WE GROW OUR COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE JUST, UH, UNTHOUGHT THROUGH AND AND UNPLANNED.
AND IT'S MY OPINION THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH THE TOD IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
I'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THIS IS A DONE DEAL AND I HOPE POLITELY I'VE ADVISED THEM, NO, IT'S NOT.
THIS IS A PROCESS WE ARE GOING THROUGH.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES.
I'M UP TO 547 EMAILS AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS.
I HAVE NOT BEEN AS EFFICIENT IN RESPONDING TO 'EM ALL.
BUT YOU WILL GET A REPLY FROM ME IF YOU WROTE TO ME.
I THINK THAT'S UPON ME TO DO THAT.
AND I'VE GOT SOME DIALOGUE GOING ON WITH SOME, UH, I KNOW.
I'VE GOT PEOPLE, WE'RE ALMOST PEN PALS I GUESS.
THEY SEND ME A MESSAGE, I SEND THEM BACK AND, AND, AND I VALUE IT.
THE RISKS OF MY WIFE READS MINE.
UH, BUT I DON'T READ ANYBODY'S.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET THE QUESTIONS ABOUT ONE HALF SECOND.
CAN SOMEBODY SAY WHICH WAY IS NORTH? WE'RE PLEASED IS MOSAIC WOULD BE RIGHT THERE.
I I I, MY HEARING'S PRETTY GOOD, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.
WAS THAT IS WHAT HOCKET ROAD PLEASE THIS, RIGHT? WHOOPS.
THAT WELL, HOCKET WOULD, YEAH, THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE MOSAIC.
THIS WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD THIS
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BE? OH, WHAT? YEAH, I THOUGHT SO.AND THIS IS 64 IS THE RED TWO, UH, 88 IS THE BLUE.
UM, WHAT WOULD THE TOD IN ITS, AND I'M GONNA USE THIS WORD IN BIG BOLD LETTERS, DRAFT FORM, ALLOW, AND IT'S GONE THROUGH ITERATIONS MAYBE SINCE THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER TWO DAYS AGO.
BUT IF DANCE MANUFACTURING, THERE'S A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF LILLY.
HAVE I MENTIONED LILLY'S COMING TO GLAND? UH, THEY WOULD BE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, ROBOTICS.
UM, THEY ARE THE KIND OF COMPANY WE'D LIKE TO SEE.
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT DATA CENTERS.
DATA CENTERS ARE ONE OF THE INDUSTRIES THAT COULD COME, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD COME.
SHOW ME HOW TO GO BACKWARDS, PLEASE.
UH, SO, SO WE HAVE AN, A VARIETY OF WHAT I WILL CALL IS CORPORATE AMERICA IN THE FUTURE.
MY FATHER WORKED FOR US STEEL FOR 30 YEARS.
ONE OF THOSE FEW PEOPLE WHO TOOK A JOB AND STAYED WITH THE SAME COMPANY ALMOST HIS WHOLE CAREER.
THEY'RE NOT STEEL INDUSTRY IS GOING THROUGH A REAL DYNAMIC TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS LIFE SCIENCES.
UH, THOSE ARE AREAS WE THINK ARE GONNA BE ATTRACTIVE COMPANY TO COME TO GOLAND.
AND THAT'S BEEN OUR OBJECTIVE.
UH, THIS IS US SAYING WE WANT TO PUT THE WELCOME MAT OUT FOR THESE TYPES OF COMPANIES, BUT IF YOU COME HERE, HERE'S HOW WE DO THINGS.
THIS IS HOW WE, UH, MANAGE NOISE.
THIS IS HOW WE KEEP THINGS TO WHERE THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY ARE NOT COMPLETELY DISRUPTIVE.
UH, I HAD A COLLEAGUE SAY, WE WANT TO BE THE BEST IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE IN GOLAND.
SO WHY DON'T WE BE THE BEST IN NOISE ABATEMENT IN BUFFERING AND SCREENING IN SETBACKS AND THINGS THAT ALLOW US TO WIN-WIN.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S INCO, IT'S INCOMPATIBLE FOR US TO HAVE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND A, A HEALTHY, VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
I'M LOOKING FOR THAT SWEET SPOT.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS HAS BEEN PROPOSED, WELL, IF WE BRING INDUSTRY TO GLAND, WE WE SHOULD HAVE A HOLD HARMLESS OR WE SHOULD MAKE SURE HOMEOWNERS DON'T LOSE ANY VALUE.
UH, I WENT BACK AND PULLED THIS LANDOWNERS, UM, INFORMATION FROM 1996 ALL THE WAY UP TO THIS YEAR IN 1996, THEIR PROPERTY WAS AT $457,000.
AND SINCE THEN, IT HAS GONE UP TO 1,000,008, ALMOST 1,000,009.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE YEARS, 20 11, 20 12, 20 13, THEIR APPRAISAL WENT DOWN.
WELL, THERE WEREN'T ANY DATA CENTERS IN THE COUNTY AT THOSE YEARS.
WHAT MADE IT GO DOWN? SO, I, I'M JUST GOING TO STATE RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE COUNTY ESTABLISHING A FUND THAT WOULD ALLOW A PROPERTY OR A HOMEOWNER TO ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GONNA MAKE MONEY.
THAT'S NOT HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.
I, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THAT WENT DOWN.
I GUESS IT COULD HAVE BEEN NATIONAL ECONOMICS.
HOW WILL WE DETERMINE WHY A HOUSE LOST VALUE? UH, I APPRECIATE HEARING IT.
BUT I FELT COMPELLED TONIGHT TO SAY, IF THAT IS A LINE IN THE SAND, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT OR A COUNTY FUND THAT KEEPS EVERYBODY'S HOUSE GUARANTEED TO INCREASE IN VALUE.
I'M NOT GONNA SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW, UH, THE MARKET SYSTEM WORKS.
AND IF SOMEBODY KNOWS WHY THAT HOMEOWNER HAD THEIR HOME VALUE GO DOWN THOSE FOUR YEARS, UH, I MAY BE HAPPY TO LISTEN.
I MEAN, THEIR TAXES WENT DOWN 'CAUSE WE KEPT THAT SAME 53 CENT RATE.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE ORIGINAL REFRIGERATOR IN THE HOUSE IS 35 YEARS OLD.
THE RISK WOULD LIKE TO GET A NEW ONE, HONEY.
IT'S A GE UH, I RAN THE, UH, THE PHONE APP.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WELL, WE NEED TO HAVE ZERO SOUND FROM ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE TOD.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER REACH THAT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE IS A REASONABLE DISCUSSION.
IS 65 TOO LOUD? MAYBE IT'S 50.
WHAT IS, AND I, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING PEOPLE WHEN I HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? IS IT 50? IS IT 45? IF IT'S ZERO, I'M NOT YOUR GUY.
I I DON'T THINK IT'S CO I MEAN, CDAS ARE GONNA BE HIGHER THAN ZERO.
I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING INTO THE CDA POLICING INDUSTRY.
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THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A PROCESS.GIVE US, GIVE ME, I'M GONNA PERSONALIZE IT.
WHAT ARE THE BUFFERING, WHAT ARE THE SETBACKS? WHAT ARE THE BUILDING HEIGHTS? I, I TOLD ROB I WAS WILLIAMSON.
I WAS GONNA CALL HIM OUT IN A GOOD WAY.
HE HAS PROVIDED TREMENDOUS INFORMATION THAT HAS HELPED ME THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF SETBACKS AND WHAT KIND OF BUILDING HEIGHTS WOULD BE HELPFUL.
FOLKS, YOU LIVE HERE, YOU HAVE OPINIONS AND YOU HAVE INFORMATION.
I WAS TALKING WITH A NUCLEAR ENGINEER EARLIER.
FOLKS, YOU KNOW, STUFF HELP US GET EDUCATED.
WE MAY NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT LET'S BE PARTNERS IN THE PROCESS.
I WENT TO THE SIERRA CLUB PRESENTATION AND TIM'S A NICE GUY, I AM SURE.
BUT HE WAS SETTING US UP TO BE ADVERSARIAL.
WELL, YOU NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF THOSE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YOU NEED TO TELL THEM.
IT'S LIKE, LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A REMOTE ONE SIZE FITS ALL TOWN HALL.
YOU, I KNOW 537 OF YOU KNOW HOW TO EMAIL ME.
SO I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AND, AND IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD BE THE TYPE OF SATISFIERS FOR YOU, I WANT TO HEAR IT.
AND AS WE CAN BEST COME TO AN AGREEMENT, WE WILL.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE QUESTIONS IN ABOUT 13 SECONDS.
'CAUSE I GOT ONE OR TWO MORE SLIDES.
SO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS TO PUT, AGAIN, IN MY OPINION, PUT US, UH, ON, ON THE OFFENSIVE.
WE DEFINE IF YOU'RE COMING TO GOLIN, WE EXPECT THIS SO FAR AS NOISE ABATEMENT.
WE EXPECT THIS SO FAR AS SCREENING.
WE EXPECT THIS SO FAR AS BUFFERING.
UH, BUT I'M A PROPERTY RIGHTS PERSON.
I DON'T THINK I CAN COME AND TELL SOMEBODY WHO FOR 30 YEARS HAS BEEN IN THE, UH, WEST CREEK, UH, PLAN BUSINESS PARK TO SAY, OH, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE RULES ON YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND WHAT WE TOLD YOU YOU COULD DO FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS, YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
I MEAN, WE AMEND THE CONSTITUTION.
SO EVERYTHING CAN BE CHANGED, BUT IT'S NOT USUALLY PURSUED AND IT'S NOT USUALLY VIEWED VERY FAVORABLY BY THE COURTS.
SO HOW DO WE MAKE THE BEST SITUATION OF THE REALITIES OF 2025? I THINK WE CAN DO IT.
MY COLLEAGUES NEED YOUR INPUT.
LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO COME UP WITH A GOOD SOLUTION.
THAT'S MY, WHAT DO THEY SAY? THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING TO IT.
SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA GET? WELL, UM, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM, UH, GROWTH, AMAZON IS HERE.
WELL, SOMEBODY PUT SOME NEW SLIDES IN THERE.
MY SIDE'S PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT'S NOT THAT GOOD.
WE'RE GONNA SEE MAYBE $93 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS FROM ELI LILLY.
AMAZON IS GONNA CONTRIBUTE ONE AND A HALF MILLION A YEAR.
UH, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I HOPE ADD TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO ADD TO OUR REVENUE STREAM.
I DON'T THINK, AGAIN, THE TWO ARE INCOMPATIBLE.
UH, AND THESE ARE PRELIMINARY.
BUT I DO THINK THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH, COMMERCIAL GROWTH IS GONNA TAKE THE TAX BURDEN OFF OF US.
GET RID OF THE AVALOR TAX AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME, UH, I THINK, UH, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO MAYBE WE'LL GET TO 20% OF THE PEOPLE LIVE IN GOLAND, WORK IN GOLAND.
UH, THE ELEPHANT ROOM IS THE DATA CENTERS.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA HAS ABSOLUTELY UPSET THE APPLE CART.
UH, THEY DID IT PROBABLY AS WRONG AS YOU COULD DO IT.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, A LOT OF THE MONEY THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA GET HASN'T REALLY MATERIALIZED.
I'M REPEATING MYSELF BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.
THE TOD IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SET THE RULES.
WHAT DO WE WANT? AND AGAIN, I KEEP COMING BACK TO NOISE BUFFERING, SETBACKS, UH, SCREENING.
THE THINGS THAT I SEE IN MY EMAILS AT THE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING ON THE EIGHTH.
I THINK WE HAD A HIERARCHY OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN.
THOSE CONSISTENTLY ARE THE BIG EIGHT.
NOW, PEOPLE HAVE SOMETIMES SAID, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU'VE NEVER TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE 2035 COMP PLAN.
ALL OF THIS GRAY IS WHAT WAS CALLED PRIME
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2018.YOU'LL NOTICE IT WAS PRIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S RESIDENTIAL NOW.
UH, SO, AND THIS IS MONICA ROAD.
I WANNA SAY THAT I WANNA SEE US PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
BUT IN 2018, WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, I MEAN, I WAS HERE IN 2018, I KNEW WHAT THE PLAN WAS.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I RECOGNIZE WE GOT RESIDENTIAL NOW I WANT US TO MAKE IT A WIN-WIN.
I WANT TO KEEP THE NOISE DOWN.
I WANT TO SEE US HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS COMPATIBLE TO WHAT WE'VE GOT.
BUT WE CAN'T JUST SAY IT'S GONNA STAY AGRICULTURAL FOREVER.
IT'S UNFAIR TO THOSE LANDOWNERS.
THEY'VE BEEN PAYING TAXES ON IT SINCE 2018 THINKING THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT COMMERCIALLY.
SO IF YOU'LL HELP ME ASSEMBLE THAT INFORMATION, I MEAN, I'LL DO THIS EVERY WEEK.
MAYBE NOT HERE, BUT I'VE ALREADY BEEN PART OF A CREEKMORE COMMUNITY MEETING.
I I WILL COME AND PAY ATTENTION.
I'LL TAKE NOTES AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO REPRESENT YOU.
SO DWAYNE, I I WANNA GET THE TEAM OUT HERE.
ELLEN, DWAYNE, FIRST OF ALL, IT'LL LOOK A LOT BETTER IF THEY'RE UP HERE, JUST NOT ME, BECAUSE THEY'RE A LOT BETTER LOOKING THAN ME.
BUT DWAYNE IS CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND HE IS, HE IS MY TRUSTED, UH, ADVISOR.
HIS BACKGROUND IS IN PLANNING.
HE ACTUALLY HAS A MASTER'S IN URBAN PLANNING.
I TELL 'EM, DROP THE URBAN, JUST KEEP THE PLANNING.
UH, AND, AND THEN ELLEN AND DR.
RALEY IS GRACED WITH HAVING GRADUATED FROM UVA AND PLAYED ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE THERE.
HIS SON HAYDEN, IS TWICE HIS SIZE AND PLAYING FOR WILLIAM MARY RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK HE NEGOTIATED A, LIKE, IMAGES, UH, CONTRACT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE'S MAKING MILLIONS.
IS THAT, THAT, HOW THAT GOES, IS THAT, BUT ELLEN IS AGAIN, JUST A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR THE SCHOOLS.
HE AND I TALK, IF IT'S NOT THREE TIMES A WEEK, IT'S FOUR TIMES A WEEK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, HE DOES HIS THING.
I DON'T SAY, WELL, DWAYNE, I WANT YOU TO VOTE THIS WAY, OR I THINK YOU OUGHT TO DO THIS.
IF IF THAT WAS HOW IT WORKED, IT WOULDN'T WORK.
HE HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH VALUE WITH HIS BACKGROUND AND HIS INSIGHTS.
'CAUSE HE'S, HE'S, HE'S KIND OF ON POINT.
HE'S SEEING THIS AND HE'S CALLING ME AND SAYING, DID YOU KNOW, LET'S TALK TO OUTTA SENATOR.
DID YOU KNOW THAT IF A DATA CENTER IS SERVING A BANK CLIENT, THEY QUALIFY FOR BANK TAX RATES AND NOT COMMERCIAL TAX RATES.
AND DAVID, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ITS INFINITE WISDOM HAS CREATED A SPECIAL TAX RATE FOR BANKS.
AND SO I DON'T WANNA SEE A, A OPERATION COME IN THAT IS NOW SERVING A BANK AND OUR TAX RATE OR TAX REVENUE GOES FROM X MILLION TO ONE HALF X MILLION.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT WOULD UPSET ME.
I I WOULDN'T WANNA SEE THAT HAPPEN.
DWAYNE DOES THOSE KIND OF INSIGHTS.
AND IF I HAND HIM THE, UH, MICROPHONE, HE'S THE CHAIRMAN, SO HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
BUT, UH, HE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU TOO.
HOW MANY EMAILS HAVE YOU GOTTEN, DWAYNE? WELL, THAT'S CORRECT.
I, I ECHO WHAT, UH, MR. LAU HAS SAID AS WELL, JONATHAN, UM, THAT WE, WE DO WANT TO HEAR, UH, FROM YOU, UM, WHETHER IT'S EMAIL, AGAIN, YOU CAN CALL AS WELL.
UH, I'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM MANY FROM SOME OF YOU.
I'VE GOTTEN SOME EMAILS, LOTS OF EMAILS, UM, TEXT MESSAGES AS WELL.
AND I'VE ALSO HAVE BEEN IN SOME DIALOGUE WITH, WITH SOME OF YOU, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, WORKING WITH THIS TOD UH, ISSUE.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK ANY OF MY FELLOW PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE HERE.
BUT WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP.
UM, AGAIN, AS JONATHAN SAID, I HAVE A DEGREE IN URBAN REGIONAL PLANNING, UH, FROM VCU.
I'VE WORKED IN PLANNING FOR YEARS, UM, IN THE LOCAL SECTOR, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, FOR EXAMPLE, MICHAEL BAKER, MICHAEL BAKER ENGINEERING.
I'VE WORKED FOR SEVERAL REGIONAL PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.
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BEEN IN, UM, PUBLIC TRANSIT MANAGEMENT AND RECENTLY WAS SUPPOSEDLY RETIRED FROM PUBLIC TRANSIT CONSULTING.UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A GENTLEMAN ON OUR COMMISSION WHO IS A REALTOR HERE IN THIS AREA.
SO HE OBVIOUSLY IS VERY INVESTED, VERY VESTED AND VERY INVOLVED IN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH LAND VALUES AND HOUSING VALUES HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE A YOUNG LADY WHO ON OUR, UH, COMMISSION WHO'S ALSO A, UH, EDUCATOR WHO WORKS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO OBVIOUSLY SHE THINKS ABOUT THE, THE, UM, UM, THE, THE, THE YOUTH AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE HAVE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WHO'S RETIRED FROM THE MEDICAL FIELD.
WE ALSO HAVE THE LAST MEMBER ON OUR, UM, BOARD WHO, UM, I CALLED HIM THE THINKER.
HE IS A RETIRED INDIVIDUAL FROM NASA.
SO HE IS ALWAYS THINKING AND FIGURING THINGS OUT.
SO WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP.
UM, AND THAT'S VERY, AND THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE, WE CAN BOUNCE IDEAS AND THOUGHTS OFF OF EACH OTHER AND WE CAN JUST KIND OF RATTLE THINGS AROUND.
AND, AND SO, AND OF COURSE, EACH ONE OF US HAS JUST LIKE JONATHAN AND I WORK TOGETHER, EACH ONE OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN BOARD MEMBER TO WORK WITH, UM, AND TO, UM, HASH THINGS OUT AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU HELP THIS COUNTY BE THE BEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
AND I KNOW WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER.
UM, YOU DIDN'T MOVE HERE BY ACCIDENT.
YOU, UM, OF COURSE ARE VERY ENGAGED AND VERY, UM, VERY MINDFUL OF WHAT WOULD AND COULD TAKE PLACE IN THIS COUNTY.
AND OBVIOUSLY, 'CAUSE YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAME TO THE MEETING A COUPLE OF MONDAYS AGO AS WELL, AS MANY OF YOU WERE AT THE MEETING, UM, PLANNERS COMMISSION MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT.
UM, NO QUESTION IS A RIDICULOUS QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE PRESENTED, WE WANT A PROCESS.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT, WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN SERVE YOU, THE RESIDENTS OF GLAND COUNTY.
SO IT, IT'S, UM, WE'LL STAY HERE UNTIL THEY TELL US TO LEAVE, BUT WE'VE GOT AT LEAST 45 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, UH, HOW DO I DO THIS? UH, DO I NEED AN MC, DR.
LEY? I DON'T, I DON'T, UH, I, I, I'LL GO PREFORM.
BUT THERE, THERE'S ONE REQUIREMENT.
AND, AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, I'M SORRY, THE FIRST QUESTION HAS TO BE ON SCHOOLS.
SO SOMEBODY, WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING ON TOD.
SOMEBODY ASK A QUESTION ABOUT SCHOOLS.
OKAY, WE GOT, WE HAVE A WINNER, DR. ARMSTRONG, HERE'S THE MICROPHONE.
OR I, I THINK WE GOT A ONE OF THESE VAN.
A WHITE TYPE OF WANDERING AROUND THINGS.
YEAH, MY, ACTUALLY I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON SCHOOLS.
UH, THAT IS, I, UH, WORKED FOR DUPONT AND BASF FOR MANY YEARS.
AND SO I DID 10 YEARS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING.
UH, I ALSO LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT FIVE WITHOUT ANY SUPPORTING DATA, I'M ASSUMING IS THE HIGHER GROWTH AREAS, UH, IN GOLAND COUNTY IN TERMS OF POPULATION THAN THEREFORE FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, YOU, YOU SHOWED SOME NUMBERS THERE AND SAID THAT THE POPULATION EBBS AND FLOWS AND YOU'RE LOOKING FIVE YEARS AND 10 YEARS OUT ON WHAT THAT POPULATION, EXCUSE ME, IS EXPECTED TO DO, UH, ESPECIALLY FROM DISTRICTS, FOREIGN DISTRICTS, FIVE.
AND IF SO, HOW DOES THAT PLANNING PROCESS GO FOR, UM, EDUCATORS, UM, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF EDUCATORS AND EVENTUALLY THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND OUR DIVISION IN 2017, WHEN DR. BAILEY SERVED A SUPERINTENDENT, I WAS ASSISTANT, WE COMMISSIONED A LONG-TERM FACILITIES PLAN FROM A THIRD PARTY THAT DID A LOT OF THAT WORK.
AND SINCE THAT, UM, INITIAL PLAN, WHICH DID FACILITIES CONDITION INDEX, ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, LIVE BIRTH INDEX, A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH LED TO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I THINK FOR THE KNOWLEDGE HERE INCLUDED THE, UH, REPLACEMENT ON THE SAME SITE OR A DIFFERENT SITE OF THE CURRENT RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS THE CLOSEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO WHERE WE SIT ANTICIPATING THE YEAR 2040 OPERATIONAL 2040, AND THE CURRENT BIRD ELEMENTARY IN THE FAR WEST END IN 2035.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE NEXT, AGAIN, THAT, THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THAT STEERING COMMITTEE AND THAT TEAM AT THAT TIME.
WE'VE COMMISSIONED, UM, I'M SORRY, NOT COMMISSIONED YET.
UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH PROCUREMENT RIGHT NOW TO UPDATE OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THIS IS A REALLY, UH, I HAD THIS CONVERSATION I THINK IN OUR LEGISLATIVE WORKSHOP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
DOING AN ENROLLMENT PROJECTION IN GLAND IS A, IS VERY COMPLEX WORK.
AND YOU PROBABLY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN ESPECIALLY DISTRICT FIVE,
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FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I CAME TO THIS DIVISION, I LOOKED IN THE DIRECTORY OF ST.CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL AND THERE WERE 250 SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN THAT HAD GLAND ADDRESSES AT THOSE SCHOOLS ALONE.
SO YOU COMBINE THAT WITH COLLEGIATE, BENEDICTINE, AND OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHERE A LOT OF FAMILIES I KNOW IN THIS AREA ESPECIALLY SEND THEIR KIDS, IT'S, IT'S GEOGRAPHICALLY MORE CONVENIENT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT'S GENERATIONAL.
THEY, THEY'VE SEND THEIR KIDS THERE FOR, FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS.
BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING NOW FAMILIES ARE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY AND MOVING TO THE CENTER OF THE COUNTY.
SO THEY'RE MOVING TO A BREEZE HILL.
UM, YOU KNOW, SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTY THAT HAVE MEDIAN HOME PRICES AROUND 650 $700,000.
THEY'RE NOT CONVENIENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
THESE FAMILIES ARE GONNA SEND THEIR KIDS TO GCPS.
SO WHILE I DON'T HAVE THE CRYSTAL BALL IN ALL THIS, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF UNDERSCORE THE FACT THAT IT'S COMPLEX WORK AND WE'RE AWARE OF IT AND WE'RE VERY CAREFUL WITH WHO WE SELECT TO DO A LOT OF THAT WORK.
UM, BUT LONG TERM, AS I SAID, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT HUGE SWELL YET.
WE MAY NEVER, AND IT ALL DEPENDS AGAIN ON A LOT OF FACTORS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT FROM THE COUNTY AND SCHOOL'S PERSPECTIVE.
UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT I'M VERY ATTUNED TO AND OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
UH, SORRY, I DON'T WANT TO COMMANDEER THE ENTIRE Q AND A HERE, UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TO DO THIS WASN'T ABOUT, I'LL TAKE THIS QUESTION FIRST.
I'LL GIVE YOU MY OPINION ON THAT QUESTION.
UM, WE DO NEED BUS DRIVERS AND I'M COM COMPLETELY SERIOUS.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WILL GIGGLE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS, UH, OUR BUS GARAGE IS ON TRIPLET ROAD RIGHT THERE.
UH, ON YOUR WAY UP BROAD STREET TO CENTERVILLE, WE NEED DRIVERS.
UM, THE FIRST FACE OUR STUDENTS SEE IN THE MORNING, LAST FACE THEY SEE ON THEIR WAY OUT.
SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
I THINK I'M OFF THE HOOK NOW, MR. LYLE, SO I'M GONNA PUT YOU BACK ON SPOTLIGHT.
SO, ALRIGHT, MR. PENDERGRASS, I, YOU SAW YOUR HAND POP UP THERE? YES.
OKAY, LET ME, THERE'S A MICROPHONE IN DR.
YEAH, BUT THE LIVE STREAM WON'T HEAR YOU.
I LIVE OVER ON RIVER ROAD, UH, THE SPAGHETTI BOWL.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT FOR 15 YEARS.
IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? BENNY? UH, BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE WHO SUED THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL TO KEEP BENEDICTINE FROM COMING OUT HERE BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT WE WERE GETTING INVOLVED WITH.
I HAD DEALT WITH THEM IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND WHERE I WAS A TEACHER FOR 30 SOME YEARS.
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE SCHOOL ITSELF.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR KIDS, BUT THEY MANDATED THAT ALL THEIR STUDENTS WERE GONNA COME TURN, UH, LEFT OFF OF PATTERSON ONTO RIVER ROAD.
WELL, THAT LASTED ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN THEY STARTED COMING FROM WHEREVER.
AS THEY INCREASED THEIR ENROLLMENT, IT INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO BE THERE.
VDOT CAME IN WITH SEVERAL PLANS AT FIRST.
UH, THEY WERE GOING TO EXPAND THE, UH, TURN LANE, 400 FEET.
UH, THAT FELL BY THE WAYSIDE 'CAUSE IT WAS VDOT.
AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AFTER MANNY AND DAVE WILLIAMS, UH, FROM POWER TAM WERE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH MONEY FROM THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION TO DO THAT AND TO SQUARE UP THE, UM, THE INTERSECTION FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WANNA TURN LEFT OFF OF RIVER ROAD ONTO PATTERSON, UH, YOU CAN'T SEE DOWN THE ROAD IS, IT'S TOUGH.
YOU ALMOST HAVE TO PULL INTO THE INTERSECTION AND, AND LOOK BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 110 DEGREES.
SO GOIN COUNTY SHOULD NOT PUT A DIME INTO THIS, FIXING THIS PROBLEM.
AND BENEDICTINE HAS THE MONEY.
THEIR ASSESSMENT IS OVER $80 MILLION FOR THEIR LAND.
NOW IN SCHOOLS, THEIR REAL ESTATE TAXES, UH, PER YEAR WILL BE $480,000.
BUT THEY DON'T PAY IT BECAUSE THEY'RE TAX EXEMPT.
SO IF THEY WANNA GET THE MONEY AND THEY THINK IT'S A PROBLEM, LET THEM FIX IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A QUESTION IN THERE, BUT, UH,
AND, AND I'M NOT, I I, I WANNA ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THIS GENTLEMAN HAS ONE 'CAUSE HE RAISED HIS HAND.
QUESTION ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS.
UM, OTHER COUNTIES I'VE NOTICED HAVE BEEN DENYING THEM.
MOST RECENTLY I READ HENRICO OVER IN THE INE AREA HAS DENIED ONE.
ARE WE TALKING TO THESE OTHER COUNTIES TO FIND OUT WHY THEY'RE DENYING IT YET? WE'RE STILL PURSUING IT.
I SAW JOE CASEY, WHO IS THE COUNTY MANAGER FOR CHESTERFIELD LAST NIGHT I WENT TO THE CAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVANCY 20TH ANNIVERSARY.
JOE CASEY WAS THERE AND WE HAD AN ABBREVIATED CONVERSATION ON THAT.
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UH, THE TUCKAHOE SUPERVISOR IN HENRICO, GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF JODY ROGE, HE AND I BOTH SERVE ON THE RICHMOND REGION TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION, FINALLY CALLED THE R-R-T-P-O.AND HE AND I HAD A ANIMATED CONVERSATION, INFORMATIVE CONVERSATION, UH, THREE DAYS AGO.
UH, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
BUT, SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, WE ARE, WE ARE DOING DUE DILIGENCE.
I, I MAKE THE COMMENT, I NEED TO LEARN FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S MISTAKES.
'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE 'EM ALL MYSELF.
SO WE WANNA KNOW WHERE DID THEY GO WRONG? BUT, YOU KNOW, HENRICO STARTED OFF WITH I, RIGHT? AND THEY GOT THEMSELVES A WHOLE RAFT OF, UH, DATA CENTERS.
I THINK WHAT THEY'VE REALIZED IS WELL ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
UH, AND, AND THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE REASONS THEY HAVE MADE THEIR CHANGES.
BUT YES, WE ARE TALKING, WE'RE A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION AND, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE.
NOW I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE DIALOGUES AND I BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUES WILL TOO.
GENTLEMEN IN THE BACK HAS BEEN VERY PATIENT.
HE DOESN'T HAVE A MICROPHONE THOUGH, SO WE CAN'T KNOW WHAT HIS QUESTION IS.
IT'S FOR MUCH IT FOR THE PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME.
AND, AND BY THE WAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE HAVING THESE OPEN FORUMS AND, AND YOU HIT, YOU HIT MY HOT BUTTON WITH BUY.
THAT SCARES ME MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING.
'CAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I COULD BE WRONG, I'VE TRIED TO RESEARCH THIS, THAT IF, IF WE DO, IF WE ACCEPT ALL OF THIS, THIS TOD WITH THROUGH BUY, RIGHT? BASICALLY EVEN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL, WILL NOT HAVE A SAY SPECIFICALLY AS TO HOW MANY DATA CENTERS ARE GONNA GO WHERE AND, AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND THESE MEETINGS ARE GONNA GO AWAY.
AM I, AM I MISSING A BOAT THERE? THAT, TO ME, IN TALKING TO MY, MY FRIENDS AND AND COLLEAGUES IN RACO COUNTY, THAT WAS THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THE WHOLE BUYRIGHT IDEA THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT IF, AND I, I TOLD SOMEBODY, ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO DID NOT MAKE IT HERE TONIGHT, I WANNA SAY, BUT I SAID, IF YOU WANNA BE HEARD, YOU BETTER GET TO THESE MEETINGS NOW BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE SUCH A BIG HURRY.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA HEAR ALL OF US? ALSO, UM, THAT, I GUESS THAT WILL BE THE QUESTION IN THERE.
WHAT ABOUT BUYRIGHT AND HOW ARE YOU GONNA BE, BE HEARING EVERYBODY, AND I BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANNA BE HEARD, YOU GOTTA HEAR EVERYBODY BY NOVEMBER 4TH.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE FIRST MEETING I WENT TO WAS THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE VOTED ON THE FOURTH AND THAT THAT WORRIES ME TOO.
SO I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TOD AS I END THE TIME.
AND, AND THIS IS MY TAKE ON IT, IS WE SET THE RULES.
THAT'S, I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS ME.
I APPROACHED THIS AND, AND I'M HERE TO LISTEN.
I MEAN, PLEASE BE GENTLE, UH, BUT STERN THAT WE WOULD DEFINE WHAT WE FOUND ACCEPTABLE.
WHAT ARE THE BUFFERS, WHAT ARE THE NOISE LEVELS? WHAT ARE THE SETBACKS? WHAT ARE THE BUILDING HEIGHTS? IF WE SET THOSE RULES AND SOMEBODY CAME THAT WASN'T GOING TO COMPLY WITH THAT, WE'D SAY NO, UH, POLITELY.
BUT THIS ISN'T WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO THE, THE OTHER, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, IS IN WEST CREEK, THERE ARE ALREADY 10 YEAR AGO ESTABLISHED BY RIGHT PARAMETERS.
AND SO I'M NOT THROWING PREVIOUS BOARDS UNDER THE BUS.
I'M JUST STATING FACT, I WASN'T ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME.
I WAS A CONSERVATION DIRECTOR.
HOW DO WE MAKE THIS AS BEST AS WE CAN? AND MY THINKING, WHICH CAN CHANGE.
I'M ASKING MY WIFE TO COVER HER EARS.
UH, THAT MY THINKING CAN CHANGE WHEN I GET MORE INFORMATION.
SO IF BUYRIGHT IS SUCH A BUGABOO THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GO THERE, I'M GOING TO NEED TO GET MORE EDUCATED ON IT.
'CAUSE I WAS THINKING THIS WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SET THE RULES TO GO ON OFFENSE AND NOT PLAY DEFENSIVE.
THAT'S WHAT I, AND I, I'M, I'M HEARING THAT MAYBE MY THINKING IS FLAWED.
UH, THE GENTLEMAN, WELL, LEE, HE HE'S GONNA GET THE MICROPHONE AND THEN THE GENTLEMAN IN FRONT OF HIM.
AND SO I LEE HALVERSON, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON IT.
IT'S RELATED TO BUYRIGHT, BUT IT'S GOT TO DO WITH CHANGING THE SQUARE FOOT RATE.
UH, WHICH RATIO, WHICH IS NOW 300 SQUARE FEET FOR OF EVERY BUILDING HAS TO HAVE ONE PARKING PLACE.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT THING THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW IN BUY, RIGHT? SO IF THEY'RE GONNA COME IN AND BUILD A 2 MILLION OR A 1 MILLION SQUARE FOOT, UH, DATA CENTER, THEY'VE GOTTA PUT 3000 PARKING PLACES IN IT, WHICH WITH LANES AND CURBS AND GUTTERS IS PROBABLY 20 ACRES, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY THEY HAVEN'T WANTED TO DO IT NOW.
SO THAT IF WE DO AWAY WITH THAT PART OF THE CURRENT ZONING,
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THEN THEY CAN COME AND BRING ANYTHING INTO BUY.RIGHT? NO MATTER THE DANGER TO THE CITIZENS.
BECAUSE THE BOARD MADE A DECISION SOME 30 YEARS AGO WHEN NOBODY LIVED IN MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE LIVE IN, TO ALLOW BY RIGHT? WHEN THE MONSTERS OF DATA CENTERS WEREN'T THE SAME.
SO BY ALLOWING BY, BY RIGHT NOW ENDANGERS THE CITIZENS.
SO THE ONLY CONTROL WE HAVE IS THAT SQUARE FOOT RATIO FOR THE DATA CENTERS.
AND IN MY OPINION, AND I'M JUST A ONE OLDER GUY, MY OPINION, THE REASON WHY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HERE NOW IS BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG STEP.
THAT'S A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE OF REVENUE GENERATING DATA CENTERS THAT THEY WOULDN'T GET IF THEY HAD TO PUT IN THAT MANY PARKING SPACES.
SO IF THE BOARD REJECTS OR TAKES OUT OR CHANGE, MODIFIES THAT DOWN TO SOMETHING NORMAL, THEN WE WILL LOSE ALL CONTROL, THE ABILITY, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN WITH 50 FEET AND BE AS DANGEROUS AS AS THEY CAN BE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY NOT MAKE THIS AN ISSUE, PART OF THE TOD AND NOT A STANDALONE THING, SO THAT IF YOU WANT THEM TO COME IN, THEY WILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THE PARKING SPACES ALONG WITH THE BUFFERS AND OFFSETS SO THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY COULD COME IN IS THROUGH THE TOD OR THEY COULD GO INTO THE BUY RIGHT AND STILL COMPLY WITH THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS.
I, I'M, I'M TAKING MENTAL NOTES.
I, 'CAUSE WE'RE LIVE STREAMING, I'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS.
THESE, THESE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.
AND FOLKS, I'M JUST, I HAVE A DEGREE IN ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM BRIDGEWATER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A PHD FOR MOST OTHER UNIVERSITIES.
BUT, UH,
ARE YOU HERE? YEAH, THERE'S ANOTHER BRIDGEWATER GRADUATE.
SO, BUT MY POINT IS I NEED TO PROCESS THESE THINGS.
I, I MEAN, I AM, I'M, I'M NOT STUPID, BUT I'M NOT GONNA PRESENT MYSELF AS ABLE TO COMPLETELY GRASP.
YOU, YOU'VE BEEN A VERY FAITHFUL CORRESPONDENT AND YOU BROUGHT ISSUES TO THE TABLE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS KIND OF TOWN HALL INSTEAD OF SOMETHING REMOTE.
A COMMENT, THE, YOU MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, THE WATER SITUATION IN GOLAND COUNTY, VERY RESTRICTED.
YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH WATER PRESSURE AND WATER AVAILABILITY.
DATA CENTER WILL CONSUME HUGE AMOUNTS OF WATER.
THE SUPPORTING SMR TO POWER THE DATA CENTER WILL REQUIRE EVEN MORE COOLING WATER.
HAVE YOU EVEN LOOKED AT THAT? YES, WE HAVE.
AND, AND, UH, I, I WANT TO DO TWO THINGS.
AND WHERE IS THE WATER COMING FROM? UH, AND, AND I WILL ANSWER, UM, THE, THE WATER PRESSURE ISSUE IS, IS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS PRIMARILY IN, IN, UH, THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT ELIZABETH HAS PROMISED THAT SHE'LL HAVE SOLVED IN TWO HOURS.
I MEAN, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE WATER PRESSURE, AND THAT IS SEPARATE.
WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE AVAILABLE WATER TO US.
THE TUCKAHOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT HAS A CONTRACT, AND WE SOURCE OUR WATER FROM HENRICO.
UH, SOMEBODY, ELIZABETH, I'M NOT GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
I THINK IT'S 20 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
I MEAN, WE GOT ACCESS TO THAT AMOUNT.
SEE, I KNEW I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO CALL A FRIEND.
SO WE HAVE AN ABIL AND WE'RE USING ABOUT 2 MILLION, LESS THAN 2 MILLION A DAY.
SO THERE IS CAPACITY FOR WATER.
MY APPROACH ON, AND LET'S TALK ABOUT DATA CENTERS.
I WOULD PR I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEY BE A CLOSED LOOP COOLING, JUST LIKE THE RADIATOR ON YOUR CAR THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PULL FRESH WATER IN ALL THE TIME.
AND I'VE BEEN ADVISED BY, UH, FRIENDS THAT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS BECOMING STATE-OF-THE-ART.
'CAUSE DATA CENTERS DON'T WANNA SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON WATER IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
THEY WANNA ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOAL AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THE WATER, WATER PRESSURE IS A RESIDENTIAL THING.
ANY KIND OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, I'M HERE TO BELIEVE WOULD ADDRESS THEIR WATER ISSUES AND, AND WOULD, UM, TAKE CARE OF THAT.
SO, YES, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE WATER.
DID I GET THE NUMBERS RIGHT? DR.
THERE'S A YOUNG LADY BACK IN THE BACK STANDING UP.
OH, OH, HE HAS THE MICROPHONE.
I HAVE THE MICROPHONE, BUT I'M, I'M LISTENING WHILE I WALK BACK.
SO SHE HAS THE MICROPHONE NEXT.
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I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION.UM, I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDRESSING HERE.
THE TS TUCKAHOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT PRESENTLY IS ALL BY, RIGHT? YES.
BUT THE, BUT THE ZONE, THE ZONING IS ALL BY.
RIGHT? ANY, ANY COMPANY RIGHT NOW TODAY CAN WALK INTO TUCKAHOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISH A BUSINESS BY RIGHT.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT KILLING IT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS NO TOD WEST CREEK LAND GOES BEYOND CREEK SERVICE FORUM WITH ABILITY TO BUILD OR DIFFERENT.
ALL RIGHT, I IF SOMEBODY, SARAH, I SEE US SITTING OVER THERE.
EVERYBODY CAN HEAR NO TALK TO HER.
HI, I AM SARAH WORLEY, THE, UH, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO WHAT MR. LYLE WAS SAYING IS ACCURATE.
UH, THE TUCKAHOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT SERVICES, THE WATER AND SEWER THAT FEEDS WEST CREEK BUSINESS PARK.
WEST CREEK BUSINESS PARK, HAS M1 ZONING, WHICH DOES ALLOW CERTAIN USES TO OPERATE THERE BY RIGHT NOW, LIKE A DATA CENTER AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.
M1 ZONING HAS BUY RIGHT, RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE ALREADY HAVE BUYRIGHT IN THAT ZONE.
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TOD.
WHEN THE T IF THE TOD COMES IN AND OVERLAPS THAT ZONE, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE BUYRIGHT.
SO FROM BUY RIGHT POINT OF VIEW, NOTHING'S CHANGING.
IT CAN BE, THEY CAN BE IN THERE TOMORROW WITH BUYRIGHT, OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL THIS THING PLA PASSES AND WE WILL HAVE BUYRIGHT AS PART OF WHAT'S ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW GOING THROUGH THIS PLANNING COMMISSION IS THE PARKING SITUATION WHERE IT'S CHANGING FROM ONE ONE PER 300 TO ONE PER 30.
SO IF THE TOD THING GOES THROUGH, WE'LL BE DOWN TO ONE PARKING SPACE PER, WHAT IS IT? 30 SQUARE FEET PER 30 SQUARE FEET.
SO, TO, TO HIS ISSUE, I GUESS HE MADE HIS POINT.
ONE, ONE PARKING SPACE PER 30 SQUARE FEET.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WHAT IS IT? WHAT, RIGHT NOW IT'S ON THE BOARD.
WELL, LET'S GO ON TO JUST ONE OTHER LITTLE ISSUE WHILE WE'RE GETTING THE MICROPHONE STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT AWAY.
LET'S, LET'S GET THIS ONE OUT OF THE WAY.
UH, I NEED TO CONSULT THE ORDINANCE 'CAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WOOD WITH THE PARKING, UH, PROPOSED NEW PARKING REQUIREMENT IS, BUT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD REQUIRE MORE SPACES WHERE, WHERE WE, WE ARE PROPOSING TO REQUIRE LESS SPACES.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT MUST BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND THEN.
ONE PER 300 SQUARE FEET VERSUS ONE PER 30 SQUARE FEET RIGHT NOW
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TO HIS POINT.UM, THE, AND THIS ONE, I, THIS ONE THE, UM, PERSONAL PROPERTY, THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX FOR DA DATA CENTERS.
THREE DIFFERENT PLACES IN YOUR WEBSITE.
ONE SAYS 40 CENTS PER THOUSAND.
THE OTHER ONE SAYS 27 CENTS PER OR NOT PER THOUSAND.
PER HUNDRED 40 CENTS PER HUNDRED.
THE OTHER ONE SAYS THIRD SAYS 27 CENTS PER HUNDRED.
AND THE THIRD ONE SAYS 23 CENTS PER HUNDRED, WHICH IS IT? SO IT'S 40 CENTS PER HUNDRED.
SO WHEN BUSINESSES PUT IN THEIR BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATE, ANNUALLY, WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR LIST OF BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTIES THAT THEY HAVE, THERE'S AN ASSESSMENT FACTOR AT 60%.
SO IT'S 40 CENTS, BUT THE EFFECTIVE RATE IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
WE AS RESIDENTS DON'T GET THAT OPTION.
OURS IS $3 AND 75 CENTS PER HUNDRED.
AND ALL WE CAN HOPE FOR IS THE ASSESSMENT BEING LESS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY, AS MR. LYLE HAS SAID, THE ASSESSMENT'S NEVER COMING DOWN.
WELL, SOMEPLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT DECADE OR 20 OR TWO DECADES, SOMETHING, THEY PROBABLY CHANGED THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND THEN REALIZE, AH, THAT'S SCREWED UP.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA, YOU HAVE THE MICROPHONE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THIS THING, BUT MY NAME IS DIANE LEY AND I LIVE AT MOSAIC 93 15, UM, CITRINE DRIVE.
OKAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.
UM, IS ELI COMING IN HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE CHANGING THOSE, UM, THINKING OF CHANGING THE TOD IS THAT'S WHY THEY'RE COMING.
IF, AND IF NOT, THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO GET LILY HERE.
WHY DO WE NEED DATA CENTERS IF WE GET WONDERFUL PLACES LIKE E LIKE LILLY WITHOUT CHANGING THE ZONES, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, WORRYING ABOUT DATA CENTERS, ABOUT OUR NOISE LEVEL, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WHY WHEN WE CAN GET ELI LILLY OR OTHER MANUFACTURERS THAT WILL COME INTO A SPOT AND NOT HAVE ANY OF THESE ISSUES? UH, UH, UH, OKAY.
SO THE QUESTION WAS ELI LILLY.
AND, AND THAT WAS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN, NOT A PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY DO NEED HEIGHT FOR THEIR BUILDING, THEIR ROBOTICS.
AND I'M GONNA ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I'M GOING, I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
WELL, SHE GOT TO A CONCLUSION BEFORE I DID.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT, UH, THE ACCOMMODATION CAN BE MADE, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, ELI LILLY IS BUILDING A PLANT IN LEBANON, INDIANA RIGHT NOW, AND THEY WENT THROUGH A CUP IN ORDER TO GET 125 FOOT, UH, BUILDING BUILT THERE.
SO THEY'RE, WE'RE GONNA BRING ELI LILLY TO THIS COUNTY.
OR YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA SAY SOMETHING I HOPE NICE AT MY FUNERAL.
I MEAN, I, I'M THAT COMMITTED TO SEEING THIS QUALITY OF A CORPORATE CITIZEN COME TO OUR COUNTY.
UH, AND, AND SO THE TOD DOES HAVE THE ABILITY BECAUSE OF BUILDING HEIGHTS, UH, TO ALLOW THAT.
BUT WE'RE GONNA BRING ELI WILLIE ACROSS THAT FINISH LINE.
I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY A HUNDRED PERCENT.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THIS GENTLEMAN, MR. KIRBY, HAS BEEN VERY PATIENT RAISING HIS HAND.
AND, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I I'M NOT, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? LILY IS GOING TO NEED SOME ACCOMMODATION ON THEIR BUILDING HEIGHT.
AND, AND SO I I, I'M NOT GONNA AGREE WITH THAT.
'CAUSE I'M GONNA SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS A BOARD MEMBER.
UH, THEY HAD, AND EVERYBODY'S AWARE WITH THE NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS,
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IF YOU DON'T TELL ME SOMETHING, I CAN'T REPEAT IT.AND SO I WAS NOT AWARE OF A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING THAT WAS BEING DONE BEFORE IT CAME HERE.
I HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE TOD DISCUSSIONS AND DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO BRING ANY NUMBER OF TYPES OF BUSINESSES, A DATA CENTER BEING ONE OF SEVERAL OR MANY? SO I UNDERSTAND THE DATA CENTER IS A HOT BUTTON.
UH, AND I, AND I'M THINKING IT THROUGH AND I'M PROCESSING INFORMATION, BUT I AM COMMITTED TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE IN WEST CREEK.
OKAY, SO TOM, HERE'S THE MICROPHONE.
I LIVE ON RIVER ROAD NEAR 2 88, UH, IN BENEDICTINE.
I WANNA FOLLOW UP ON DAVE PENDERGRASS, UH, COMMENTS A LITTLE BIT, UM, WITH SOME QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE THE SPAGHETTI INTERSECTION, AS YOU CALLED IT.
AND WE'VE HAD LINES OF TRAFFIC COMING INTO RIVER ROAD FROM, UH, PATTERSON WESTBOUND THAT HAVE BACKED UP OUT OF THE TURN LANE AND INTO THE, UH, PASSING LANE.
SO WE RECENTLY GRANTED BENEDICTINE A NEW CUP TO INCREASE, UH, HEAD COUNT TO 1600 ON THE CAMPUS.
THERE WAS TRAFFIC CONSIDERED AT THAT TIME, AND YOU CAN ANSWER THAT.
UM, WHEN WE GET, WHEN YOU GET THE PHONE, THE MIC BACK, UH, COMMENT JUST ABOUT, UH, THE GOODLAND COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, UH, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE MANY PARENTS HERE TONIGHT.
AND THAT, I THINK THAT'S A SHAME.
BUT I THINK THAT EACH OF US BEING A LITTLE BIT MAYBE OLDER IN THE COUNTY, BETTER HOPE THAT THEY CONTINUE WITH THE STANDARDS THAT THEY HAVE NOW, BECAUSE GOOD ACADEMICS DECREASES JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.
AND THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE A JUVENILE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.
SO I COMMEND THE COUNTY SCHOOL WITH THAT.
UM, THE OTHER PART THAT I WANT YOU TO, TO, WELL THINK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, BUT DID, I'LL HAND IT BACK.
UH, AND WE LOOKED AT THAT AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM VDOT HERE.
I'M NOT GONNA PUT 'EM ON THE SPOT.
THEY COULDN'T MAKE A COMMITMENT.
WE'RE GONNA FIX SPAGHETTI JUNCTION.
UH, HOW EXACTLY I, I THINK I'M HEARING WE DON'T WANNA DO A ROUNDABOUT.
UH, OKAY, I'M JUST CONFIRMING.
IT IS A HIGH IMPACT CRASH SITE.
VDOT WANTS TO GET PEOPLE'S SAFELY FROM POINT A TO POINT B AT THE BEST AND MOST EFFICIENT RATE OF SPEED.
SO YES, WE LOOKED AT IT WITH BENEDICTINE, WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE AN ISSUE THERE.
UM, MR. PENDEGRASS COMMENT THAT BENEDICTINE SHOULD PAY FOR IT.
I WE'RE NOT GONNA GO AND JUST SAY, HERE'S THE BILL, PAY IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO GET ADDRESSED.
UM, MY NEXT ISSUE IS WITH THE COUNTY REAL ESTATE TAXES.
AND YOU SHOWED YOUR FACT THAT THERE WAS A DECREASE IN ASSESSMENTS AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION IN THE YEARS 2011, 1213.
BUT SINCE THAT TIME, THE COUNTY ASSESSMENTS HAVE ACCELERATED AT AN EXTREMELY FAST PACE.
AND THAT'S SUPPLY AND DEMAND TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.
HOWEVER, MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, IS IT FOR VIRGINIA CODE THAT THE COUNTY TAX AT THE ASSESSED VALUE, OR DOES THE COUNTY HAVE LEEWAY TO LOWER THE AMOUNT OF TAX UNDERNEATH THAT VALUE? IN, IN OTHER WORDS, COULD WE SAY YOUR HOUSE IS A, I'M GONNA USE, UH, SIMPLE MATH IN CASE THERE ARE ANY VIRGINIA TECH GRADUATES IN THE ROOM? UH, UH SO IF YOUR HOUSE IS ASSESSED AT A HUNDRED DOLLARS, WE WOULD ONLY TAX YOU ON 60 OF IT, OR 60%.
UH, THAT WOULD, I BELIEVE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
BUT DAVID OWEN STOOD UP, SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO ILLUMINATE ON THAT OR NOT.
UH, IF HE IS, I'M GONNA HANDLE THE MICROPHONE CAME.
AND THE OTHER WOULD BE TO DROP THE RATE FROM 53 CENTS TO FILL IN THE BLANK.
AND, AND I'M, I'M, I'M I'M SAYING THIS 'CAUSE IT'S TRUE.
I VOTED TO KEEP THE RATE AT 53, YOUR APPRAISAL WENT UP.
AND SO YOU IN ESSENCE, PAID A 5% INCREASE IN TAXES BECAUSE I DID NOT VOTE TO LOWER THAT RATE.
AND WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR MONEY.
I HOPE WE DID NOT, UH, UH, DO SILLY THINGS WITH IT.
BUT WE DO NEED TO RUN THE COUNTY.
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I'VE TOLD YOU HOW WE NEED MORE FIRE RESCUE SERVICE OR, OR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND ALL.SO, UH, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE US GROW THE PIE, WHICH IS THE COMMERCIAL GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING IN WEST CREEK.
UM, SOMEWHERE I WAS GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE, UM, AND I'VE FORGOTTEN THIS, SO I'M NOT EVEN GONNA TRY.
YOU, YOU'RE IN MY LINE OF SIGHT.
UM, I'M GONNA COMMENT A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR TAX ASSESSMENTS.
'CAUSE YOU ASKED A QUESTION IF ANYBODY KNEW, BEEN A BROKER FOR 35 YEARS, SO A LITTLE BIT IN THIS BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE.
SO THE AREAS, THE TIMES THAT IT CAME DOWN, UM, THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE BIGGEST HOUSING BUST POSSIBLY CAN IMAGINE.
UM, SO RATES, THE WHAT HAPPENS WITH ASSESSMENTS? ASSESSMENTS ARE ALWAYS AHEAD OF THE MARKET OR BEHIND THE MARKET.
SO IN SIX AND 7, 5, 6 AND SEVEN, WHEN THE MARKET WAS GOING UP, ASSESSMENTS GO UP.
'CAUSE THEY BASE IT, THEY BASE IT OFF OF SALES BY BUYERS, NOT BY VALUE.
THEY, AND THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, OUR ASSESSOR'S OFFICE BASES IT OFF OF DATA FROM OUR ASSOCIATION AND WHAT MARKET DATA COMES OUT AND WHAT HAS INCREASED FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
AND IF IT'S 8%, THEY GO UP 8%.
IT MIGHT BE A FORMULA THAT YOU SHOWED US.
BUT WHEN THE MARKET TANKS ASSESSMENTS ARE HIGH, AND THEN IT TAKES TWO OR THREE YEARS FOR IT TO COME BACK.
BUT WHEN IT TRANSFERS, THEN IT TRANSFERS AT THAT PRICE.
SO IF A PROPERTY HADN'T SOLD IN 20 YEARS AND THEN IT TRANSFERS, THEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT, IT WAS LOW FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THEN IT GOES UP.
SO THE REASON WHY EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM MOVED TO GOLAND IS BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE RURAL LIFE, BUT THEY ALSO WANTED TO HAVE THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE IN HENRICO.
SO THE ADV VALOR TAX PLUS THE, THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX IS LESS THAN LIVING IN HENRICO COUNTY.
IF YOU ADD THE TWO TOGETHER, IT'S LESS THAN HENRICO COUNTY.
SO IF YOU ADD CERTAIN BUSINESSES IN WEST CREEK, WHICH HAS HAD 35 YEARS TO DO THAT, IF YOU ADD CERTAIN BUSINESSES, IT WILL DECREASE THE VALUES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY MOSAIC READERS BRANCH.
IT, THE ONE THING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR IS THE THINGS IN HENRICO COUNTY.
WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE GO TO, UM, THE SCHOOL BOARD WHEN THEY PLAN ON CHANGING THE TERRITORY OF SCHOOLS? BECAUSE SCHOOLS AND VALUE ARE RELATED.
THE VALUE OF EASTERN PART OF GLAND IS 750,000.
THE MEDIAN PRICE IN GLIN IS OVER 750.
SO THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO GLIN, IS TO GET A, IS TO GET THAT RULE FEEL.
BUT THE VALUE OF GLIN IS SO HIGH BECAUSE OF IT'S SO POPULAR.
IF YOU TAKE THE POPULARITY OUTTA GLAND, YOU'LL DECREASE THE VALUES.
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
SO THE MORE SUPPLY YOU HAVE, IF YOU PUT DATA CENTERS IN WEST CREEK, THEN THE DEMAND, THE SUPPLY WILL GO UP, DEMAND WILL GO DOWN.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THE MARKET TODAY'S BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE SU DEMAND THAN WE DO SUPPLY.
THEY, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, THEY CAN'T, IT WILL GO DOWN BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS AND VALUES OF WHAT BUYERS ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THE PROPERTY.
I I KNOW, I I I LOVE BEING IN GOLAND BECAUSE I, THERE'S NO WAY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH I COULD EVER ASSEMBLE.
WELL, THIS IS MINE OF INFORMATION IN DETAIL.
AND, AND SO I, I'M NOT SUCKING UP, I'M, I'M SINCERELY THANKFUL THAT YOU FOLKS ARE HERE AND SHARING THIS INFORMATION.
'CAUSE I, I, I, I'M GETTING, I'M BEING SCHOOLED AGAIN.
SO THIS YOUNG LADY HAS A QUESTION.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE ANYBODY CALLED ME YOUNG.
UM, MY NAME IS SUSAN BON NIVA.
I AM BOTH A RESIDENT OF GLAND AND A BUSINESS OWNER IN GLAND.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MOST OF ALL YOUR EARNESTNESS ABOUT SAYING, I WANNA HAVE A DIALOGUE.
I REALLY WANT US TO HAVE A DIALOGUE.
UM, AND I, I MEAN THAT GENUINELY, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT'S NECESSARY FOR A DIALOGUE THAT LEAVES EVERYONE FEELING SATISFIED IN THE END, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT IN ANY NEGOTIATION, UM, IS THAT WE ALL FEEL WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND
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THE ISSUE AT HAND.UM, YOU HAVE MORE FAMILIARITY WITH THIS ISSUE.
YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
THOSE OF US WHO ARE NEWER RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS JUST FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN HIT.
UM, WE ARE JUST BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF ALL THE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD PLACE FROM WHICH TO HAVE A DIALOGUE AND TO MAKE A REALLY INFORMED DECISION AND TO ASK THE APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS AND NOT BE ASKING REALLY STUPID QUESTIONS, WHICH I FIND MYSELF INCLINED TO DO, GIVEN MY LACK OF EDUCATION ABOUT THE MANY ISSUES.
UM, SO I AM MOST CONCERNED ABOUT WHY THERE'S SUCH A RUSH.
WHY CAN WE NOT HAVE THE TIME THAT WE NEED AS CITIZENS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO THOUGHTFULLY AND IN A WELL EDUCATED MANNER RESPOND TO WHAT WE THINK WE'RE HEARING? BUT WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE IF YOU COULD READ ALL OF THE EMAILS THAT GO THROUGH MOSAIC IN A DAY, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY ANY OF US WANNA MAKE A DECISION.
NOR I'M SURE THAT YOU AS A SUPERVISOR DON'T WANNA BE HEARING YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WELL, WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WEREN'T IN SUPPORT.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US THIS? WHAT ABOUT THAT? AND I'M AFRAID THIS, THIS IS A TRAIN WRECK WAITING TO HAPPEN.
SO PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T MOVE THE DEADLINES SIGNIFICANTLY.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, I WAS LISTENING TO YOUR DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEMS WITH KEEPING UP WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN REGARD TO FIRE, UH, FIRE STATIONS, EMTS, ALL THOSE THINGS.
CHESTERFIELD'S DATA CENTERS HAD FOUR FIRES IN THE PAST YEAR.
THE LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH I'VE HAD TIME TO DO WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL IN A DATA CENTER.
UM, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS WHEN WE HAVE THAT KIND OF NEED FROM DATA CENTERS AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THOSE TWO QUESTIONS.
LIO WILL GET THE MICROPHONE BACK.
SO, SO I WANNA SUMMARIZE THE ONE, WHY ARE WE MOVING THIS ALONG? UM, I COME FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND I GET PHONE CALLS OF WHY DOES IT TAKE ME LOW SO LONG TO GET A PERMIT TO GET THIS, TO GET THAT? WHY CAN'T GOVERNMENT BE MORE EFFICIENT? AND SO I, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
IF, IF THIS IS OPERATORY AND, AND BRAND NEW AND I NEED TO RAMP UP.
I MEAN, I, I MADE THE JOKE EARLIER.
I SPENT THREE YEARS IN THE THIRD GRADE, BUT I, I DIDN'T.
BUT, UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I DO NEED TO CHEW ON TO, TO, TO GRASP AND UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND IMMERSED IN SOME OF THE COUNTY, A LOT OF THE COUNTY OPERATIONS.
I MAYBE PICKED SOME OF THIS UP.
SO YOUR COMMENT IS APPRECIATED.
WHEN I, I WAS IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
I DIDN'T LIKE TO CALL IT SALES, BUT I WAS IN SALES.
IF THERE'S UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, THERE'S DOUBT.
AND IF THERE'S DOUBT, THERE'S NO SALE.
I MEAN, UNTIL WE HAD ANSWERED THE CLIENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT BENEFITS THEY WERE GOING TO GET, AND WE'RE HERE TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION AND, AND IF THERE'S STILL MORE TO BE SHARED, I, I I I, I DRINK MY COFFEE WITH SUGAR AND CREAM.
I'LL COME ANYWHERE, ANY PLACE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE EFFICIENT, I MEAN, TO, TO DRAG SOMETHING OUT.
AND WHY DOES IT TAKE 18 MONTHS TO DO FILL IN THE BLANK.
OR CAN WE DO SOMETHING? AND, AND YET I'M HEARING THIS MAY BE TOO FAST FOR MANY FOLKS WHO TRULY WANT TO BE UP TO SPEED AND UNDERSTAND.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M SENSITIVE TO THAT.
I'M HEARING AN UNDERCURRENT OF HERE I AM.
I'M, AND, AND THE FIRE STATIONS, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND, UH, WE DO NOT, BECAUSE WE'RE AN EFFICIENT OPERATION IN GOLAND, WE DON'T HAVE SACKS OF MONEY JUST SITTING AROUND SAYING, WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? SO WE PLAN.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF THE GROWTH IN THE COUNTY HAPPEN TO PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE ROBUSTLY THAN WE WERE ANTICIPATING.
AND THEN ALSO THE NUMBER OF CALLS, UH, SOMEONE, I RECEIVED ONE EMAIL THAT SUGGESTED ACCUSED MIGHT BEEN A BETTER WORD, BUT SUGGESTED THAT WE HAD THE 55 PLUS COMMUNITIES SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AND, AND, UH, THOSE KINDS OF DEMANDS.
WHAT WASN'T UNDERSTOOD IS THE NUMBER OF AMBULANCE CALLS.
AND WE HAVE DISCOVERED, UH, CHIEF, I HOPE I'M NOT SPEAKING OUTTA CAST, THERE'S ONE PLACE THAT IS TURNED BY THE STAFF, THE PLACE, SOMEONE LIKE ERT.
WE DON'T SAY IT THE PLACE, WE DON'T SAY BECAUSE WE MAKE SO MANY TRANSPORTATION CALLS THERE THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE JUST SHOULD PARK
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THE AMBULANCE THERE.'CAUSE WE KNOW THE CALL'S GONNA COME IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
SO, SO WE MISSED THE MARK, I WOULD SAY IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE AMBULANCE CALL VOLUME WOULD BE.
UH, WE, WE CAN ONLY HIRE AND PROPERLY TRAIN SO MANY, UH, NEW STAFF IN A YEAR.
I MEAN, I HAVE BEEN PART OF A COMPANY THAT GREW TOO QUICKLY AND WE HAD INEXPERIENCED STAFF AND NOT THE RIGHT CADRE.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE IT.
I, I BELIEVE FIRE RESCUE AND THE SHERIFF ARE DOING A GREAT JOB IN BALANCING THAT.
IT'S MY JOB AS A SUPERVISOR IS NOT APPROVE SO MANY NEW HOMEOWNER DEVELOPMENTS, I GUESS.
BUT, UH, UH, THAT DOESN'T GET ME IN GOOD WITH THE HOME BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
I'M OKAY WITH THAT TOO, BY THE WAY.
I WILL PUT OUR FIRE RESCUE AND OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT UP AGAINST ANY SURROUNDING COUNTY.
I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, BEST IN CLASS, BUT THEY NEED TO BE, UH, PROPERLY FUNDED AND, AND WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
AND THEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS IT REALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? AND, AND AGAIN, I WAS THINKING, OH, WE'RE GONNA DEFINE THE RULES AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME PLAY IS GONNA FOLLOW OUR RULES, AND THEY'RE GONNA COME AND SAY, THESE ARE THE RULES WE WANNA FOLLOW.
YOU'RE HELPING ME UNDERSTAND MY PARADIGM OR MY PERSPECTIVE.
HAS IT EITHER BEEN FULLY EXPLAINED OR MAYBE I NEED TO RETHINK MY PERSPECTIVE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME I'M IN MOSAIC.
AND A LESSON FOR ALL OF US THAT WANNA RUN FOR OFFICE, REALIZE YOU PROBABLY WERE GETTING TWO EMAILS A MONTH AND YOU'RE NOW AT HOW MANY IN YOUR BOX JUST BY GETTING PEOPLE ACTIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
RIGHT? BARRY? I THINK YOU'RE SAYING THAT I WAS NOT VERY POPULAR AND NOBODY WANTED TO TALK TO ME.
NO, I THINK YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASKED FOR AND LISTENING TO THE, UH, RESIDENTS IS KEY.
AND TO RUN IT OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT DOWN IN MARKETING TO SEE WHAT WOULD THE RESPONSE BE? I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE INVOLVED IN THIS DECISION MAKING THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD TO BE THE RESPONSE.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, AND AS I ALWAYS KEEP SAYING, ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
THIS COUNTY I BOUGHT IN THIS COUNTY TO BE PART OF GOOSE LAND, RIGHT? FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
AND, AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE DISCLOSURE AND YOU SAY 2018, I KEEP HEARING THE SAME THING.
WE KNEW IN 18 THIS COULD HAPPEN, BUT WE STILL BUILT ALL THE HOMES THEY FORGOT TO SHELL AND SELL CRAFT AND HHI, THEY FORGOT TO DISCLOSE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
ALL THE HOUSES GET ALMOST BUILT AND NOW WE START TO HEAR THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
I ENCOURAGE, I COULD GET YOU, THERE'S 10 OF YOU MAKING A DECISION.
THEY WILL SELL YOU FOR WHAT THEY CLOSE THAT YOU TAKE THE FINANCIAL RISK AND WATCH YOUR INVESTMENT GO DOWN 20, 25% IF YOU PUT A DATA CENTER INTO QUALITY OF LIFE TO NOT BE WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE AS A RETIREE.
SO IF YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND IN ALL YOUR DIALOGUE, I KNOW YOU'RE ALL TALKING, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO THINK THIS THROUGH.
WHEN I LIVE IN A DEVELOPMENT AND I'M ONLY THERE A NUMBER OF MONTHS AND I HEAR PEOPLE SAYING, I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT, I'M A WRECK BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING THEIR, THEIR FUTURE, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIFE FOR IN MOSAIC, THIS IS WHERE WE CAME TO.
WE DIDN'T GO TO ASHLAND, WE DIDN'T GO TO CHESTERFIELD, WE DIDN'T GO TO HENRICO, WE CAME TO GOSLIN PROBABLY ALL FOR THE SAME REASON.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE DEAL, RIGHT? WE THOUGHT PAID A PREMIUM, EVERYTHING'S A PREMIUM, AND WE PAID IT GRACIOUSLY.
DO WE WANT TO MAKE MONEY ON OUR HOMES, JONATHAN, OF OF COURSE.
BUT CHANCES ARE WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE IN THE HOUSES.
SO THIS IS NOT MY STARTER HOME.
THIS IS NOT THE MIDDLE OF LIFE HOME.
MY MOVING COMPANY IS EITHER BLILEY OR UM, DIGNITY.
THEY'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF ME.
BUT WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE, AND I'VE HEARD MORE THAN TWO OR THREE PEOPLE SAYING THEY'RE AWAKE AT NIGHT.
THEY'RE SICK OVER THE LAST 12, UH, UH, 10 DAYS, 12 DAYS, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE JUST SO GETTING DEPRESSED ON THIS.
WE'RE GONNA GET SICK OVER THAT.
WAIT TILL THEY GET THE HUMMING 24 7, 7 DAYS A WEEK IF WE WERE TO GET A DATA CENTER.
AND IF THE BIG QUESTION I'M GONNA ASK YOU, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
IS THERE A WAY TO STOP? AND THE BOTTOM LINE, NOBODY WANTS A DATA CENTER IN MOSAIC.
SO ASKING THE DECIBEL, YOU'RE, YOU'RE BEING VERY DILIGENT, YOU'RE ASKING INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF NOISE? ZERO.
NOW I'M AFRAID WE ARE DISTRACTED WITH THIS.
IF THERE'S NO DATA CENTER REALLY COMING, AND MAYBE
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THIS IS JUST BEING PASSED ON THE LINE, SHOULD WE BE ASKING MORE ABOUT ELI LILLY? DO WE NOT KNOW WHAT'S COMING THERE? ALSO THAT COULD AFFECT US.I'VE NEVER MET ANYBODY IN MY DEVELOPMENT IN SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS THAT HAS SAID THEY DON'T BELIEVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS GOOD.
NOBODY, UM, WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, TO BE IN THE GAME, YOU GOTTA HAVE JOBS, YOU GOTTA CREATE AN ECONOMY.
UM, SO ANYWAY, UH, WE CAN GO ON AND ON.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERS FROM THE EMAILS, ALL OF YOU.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF SARCASM, A LOT OF BITTERNESS COMING ACROSS IN SOME OF THE EMAILS.
BUT IT, BUT IT REALIZE IT'S MORE EMOTION RIGHT NOW.
AND ALL WE NEED TO KNOW, WE LOOK AT MAPS.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHOSE BACKYARD IS IT GONNA BE IN IF WE DO AN SRM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT EVERY SEVEN YEARS.
THE STUFF'S GOTTA BE REPLACED.
WHERE DOES THAT WASTE GO WHEN THEY CLOSE DOWN FOR 30 DAYS? MARY, I AM GOING TO SOMEWHAT INTERRUPT BECAUSE YEAH, GO AHEAD.
WE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE UNTIL EIGHT AND I'M NOT SURE HOW A BELLIGERENT PRESBYTERIAN GET WHEN YOU OVERSTAY YOUR WELCOME.
I SEE, I SEE THE OFFICE MANAGER GIVING ME THE EYE.
UH, BUT I, I, I, I DO APPRECIATE STOP.
I CANNOT HERE, HERE RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN IF, OKAY, SO I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE OUR LAST QUESTION OF THE NIGHT YOUNG LADY IN YES MA'AM.
I GOTTA GET IT TO A MICROPHONE.
I APPRECIATE THE TOWN HALL 'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S DOING THEM.
UM, I'VE HEARD SOME REALLY GREAT POINTS TONIGHT.
I HAVE AN ENGINEERING BACKGROUND.
I WENT TO HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE EIGHTIES.
SO I'VE MOVED BACK HERE AND BROUGHT MY FAMILY HERE.
UM, AND I PLAN TO DIE HERE IN MY HOUSE.
SO WHAT I SEEM TO THINK IS THESE MAJOR COMPANIES, WE ALL LIKE ECONOMIC GROWTH.
HOWEVER, THESE COMPANIES ARE SEEKING OUT LOCATIONS.
THEY'RE SHOPPING JUST LIKE WE SHOPPED TO BUY OUR HOUSE.
WE CHECK BOXES ON THAT REALTOR.COM TO FIND OUR LOCATION AND OUR CRITERIA WERE VERY, MINE WERE VERY HIGH.
I HAD VERY HIGH STANDARDS TO MOVE BACK HOME.
UM, I THINK IT'S, AS WE LOOK AT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING THE REGULATIONS THAT WERE SET, LET'S LOOK AT WEST CREEK THAT WAS DEVELOPED ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO.
I DID A PROJECT IN COLLEGE FOR URBAN URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN AND I STUDIED WEST CREEK AS THEY WERE FORMING IT.
AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WAS THE WATER ISSUE.
IF YOU CAN GO BACK, I DUG THROUGH COUNTY DOCUMENTS IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE TO LEARN ABOUT IT.
THAT PROBLEM HAS NOT GONE AWAY.
AND DEVELOPMENT HAS GROWN AND GROWN POPULATION HAS GROWN.
SO YOU LOOK AT THESE HARD FACTS THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN NEW RESOURCE OF WATER.
SO IT'S, THERE'S A DEPLETION OF RESOURCES AS WE GROW AS A POPULATION.
SO I THINK IF WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL LOOKING AT THE CHANGING THE, UM, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, ANY REQUIREMENTS YOU CHANGE, THOSE CORPORATIONS THAT ARE SEEKING OUT LOCATIONS ARE CHECKING THEIR BOXES TOO.
AND THEY CAN SCROLL DOWN THROUGH THE DATA AND FIND THE LOCATIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO COME IN.
AND THEN THEY FIND WAYS TO SAVE MONEY AND CUT ON TAXES THAT THEY PAY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING FROM THE DATA CENTERS FALLING ON BANKING TO SAVE THEM MONEY.
SO I'M JUST HERE TO SAY CAUTION, HUGE CAUTION BECAUSE THEN YOU START TO MOVE TO INDUSTRIAL GAS PEAKING PLANTS, GREAT HEALTH RISK.
EVERYBODY CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT NUCLEAR PLANTS, BUT THE GAS PEAKING PLANTS ARE VERY SCARY AND THAT WOULD REALLY THREATEN THE HEALTH OF THE WHOLE COUNTY.
SO PLEASE USE CAUTION, CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE MEETINGS AND FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES, LOOK AT THE REGULATIONS HARD.
DO NOT CHANGE THEM WITHOUT CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND OTHER OR, UH, LOCATIONS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THESE THINGS AND NOT JUST GEE, WHO DIDN'T TAKE THEM AND WHY DIDN'T THEY, BUT WHO TOOK THEM AND THEY HADN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE CHANGING THEIR LIVES.
MY, UH, THE GENTLEMAN WHO SERVED, UH, YOU IN DISTRICT FIVE FOR 12 YEARS, KEN PETERSON, UH, WAS, WAS PHENOMENAL.
AND, UH, HE, I WILL SAY SOMEWHAT MENTORED ME SO FAR AS THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
AND HE WOULD ALWAYS ASK AT THE END OF ONE, HE SAYS, ARE THESE A GOOD IDEA? SHOULD WE KEEP DOING THEM? UM, I KNOW YOU ALL, UH, COMMITTED TIME TONIGHT TO BE HERE.
IF THIS WAS NOT USEFUL, I'LL STOP DOING THEM.
YOU FOLKS ARE SHARING INFORMATION.
I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO DO THIS MUCH WORK ON MY OWN.
SO YOU'RE SORT OF STAFF FOR ME IN A SENSE.
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UM, IT IS 8 0 6.UM, I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SORT OF SHOOT MY, NO, THIS IS, THIS IS SINCERE.
WILL YOU PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL SO I KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, AND MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE, BUT I I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
MY CARDS, MY PHONE NUMBER, 8 0 4 7 8 4.
I I MEAN AFTER NINE O'CLOCK I MAY NOT PICK UP.
I GET UP AROUND FOUR 30 IN THE MORNING.
IF ANYBODY ELSE IS EARLY RISER, WE CAN CHAT.
RALEY GETS IN THE OFFICE EARLY.
HE AND I TALK ABOUT SIX IN THE MORNING.
I WANNA HEAR FROM YOU AND, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
IF YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA HELP PUT THE CHAIRS UP.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HELP WITH THAT, THAT'S GREAT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, UH, LET'S KEEP ON KEEPING ON.
DID YOU GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED? IT'S ALRIGHT.