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HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE GOMAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
MEETING MADAM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND SECRETARY OF THE EDA.
PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD THE, YEAH.
MR. COLLIER PRESENT? MR. STALLONE HERE.
JENNY SLADE IS PARTICIPATING ELECTRONICALLY FROM A LOCATION IN HENRICO COUNTY.
UM, DB SMIT IS ABSENT, BUT YOU DO HAVE A FORM.
AND, UM, I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS HERE.
DO WE HAVE ANY DESIRE TO MAKE CITIZEN COMMENT? YEAH, JUST IF, IF YOU WOULD, MY NAME
UM, AND, UH, YOU DON'T NEED MY ADDRESS RIGHT? UH, WELL, IT'S FORMALITY TO YES, PLEASE.
IF YOU 2164 PROFIT GROVE MANNEQUIN SEVEN.
UM, UM, I'M NOT HERE TO GRIPE
UM, I JUST REALLY WOULD HOPE THAT I COULD GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY ANTSY ABOUT UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T.
UM, WHEN WE DID THE VILLE SMALL AREA PLAN, THEY WENT AND THEY PUT SOMETHING LIKE MISS AND, YOU KNOW, FACTS AND, AND SOMETHING A ONE PAGER THAT KIND OF HELPED.
UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD GET THAT OUT, BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE JUST SCARED TO DEATH OF WHAT THEY'RE HEARING.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE, UM, RIGHT NOW FOR ANYONE.
UH, BUT THAT WOULD HELP, UM, THAT REASONABLE PEOPLE GET THE INFORMATION OUT, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY UNDERSTAND ANY OF WHAT THE INTENT IS FOR THE T-O-D-T-Z.
AND, UM, UH, FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE, I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT MYSELF, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, A LOT OF IT IS THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS NEVER FORMALLY TRAINED ON, AND YOU GUYS ARE FORMALLY TRAINED ON IT, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GAP IN, YOU KNOW, AND I'M TRYING MY BEST TO CATCH UP.
THAT'S WHY I COME TO, THEY HAVE COME FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS TO TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON.
UM, I UNDERSTAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VERY WELL.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR IT.
I JUST NEED TO KIND OF SETTLE, YOU KNOW, A A FEW PEOPLE DOWN SO THAT THEY CAN GET, GRASP IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THEY ARE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING AT 'EM AND, AND, AND SCARING 'EM TO DEATH.
UM, SO I'M, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.
UH, UM, UH, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT YOU COULD GET, YOU KNOW, A A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACTS, A A ABOUT IT A LITTLE BETTER OR NOT.
IS THAT, NOT, IS THAT POSSIBLE? NO.
YEAH, I, UM, I, I THINK IT IS.
AND I THINK THE, THERE'S THE FAQ PAGE OUT THERE NOW, RIGHT? YES.
THAT, UH, AND, AND I WOULD DIRECT YOU, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE FAQ PAGE? YEAH, I HAVE.
IT NEEDS TO BE KIND OF IN LIKE A BULLET, YOU KNOW, UH, A BULLET FORM.
SO PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO READ THROUGH ALL THAT STUFF, UH, TWO PAGES.
THEY JUST DON'T, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TERMINOLOGY, SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FOLLOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND FRANKLY, IF I HADN'T BEEN DOING IT FOR 11 YEARS, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD, I COULD CATCH ON LIKE IN THREE MONTHS, AND IT'S ALL COME WITHIN THE LAST, SINCE JULY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A QUICK TIMEFRAME FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT A ZONING DISTRICT IS.
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DON'T, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A GRASP OF IT.AND THEN WE ARE BEING INNOVATED WITH EMAILS FROM OUTSIDE FACTIONS THAT ARE SCARING THEM TO DEATH.
AND I DON'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF CALLS I GET, BE FROM SOMEBODY CRYING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SELL THEIR HOUSE, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEY JUST MOVED IN AND, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M TRYING TO TELL 'EM, PLEASE SIT DOWN AND, AND A COUPLE OF 'EM HAVE COME OVER TO MY HOUSE AND WE'VE HAD A CUP OF COFFEE, YOU KNOW? BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SCARED.
IF, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, AND YOU'VE INVESTED YOUR WHOLE LIFE SAVINGS INTO SOMETHING LIKE MOSAIC THAT ARE NOT CHEAP TO, TO, TO, TO LIVE IN, AND THEN YOU HEAR THAT ALL THE SCUTTLEBUTT, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A, A DATER CENTER, UH, UH, JOINING THEM, AND I'M SURE SARAH, YOU WOULD'VE BEEN HIT WITH, WITH ALL THE, YOU KNOW, FRANTIC CALLS.
AND IT'S JUST, I, I, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE, UH, A LITTLE MORE COMMUNICATION THAT, UM, WHEN WE WERE WORKING, AND I'M, I'M GOING, I'M GONNA CHANGE SUBJECT A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN WE WORKED ON THE BOND REFERENDUM, UM, WE HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE EXPERIENCED WITH WHAT THE BOND REFERENDUM WAS AND WHAT IT MEANT TO THE COUNTY.
AND IT WAS EASY TO GIVE OUT TO PEOPLE.
AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST, WHEN THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THEY'RE NOT HEARING ANYTHING BUT SOMEBODY ELSE WHO'S GOT A MICROPHONE THAT'S, THAT'S BLARING IN THEIR EARS, UM, IT'S NOT PRODUCTIVE.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BALANCE THAT I'M JUST A CITIZEN, BUT I DO, I DO KNOW, AND LISA KNOWS THAT AREA, AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE VERY ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THINGS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE THAT COULD HELP, YOU KNOW, UM, TO, TO GET THINGS SETTLED DOWN AND SO THAT THEY COULD KIND OF GRASP THINGS A LITTLE BETTER.
SO I, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S MY TAKE.
I MEAN, I'VE, IN, IN 11 YEARS, WE, WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, UM, CONTENTIOUS ZONING CASES, BUT THEY NEVER REACHED THE LEVEL WHERE ANYBODY WAS THREATENING TO, UH, UH, TO DO SOMEBODY IN
I MEAN, NOT, NOT NOT IN MY GROUP ANYWAYS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PROJECT ROCKY
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S KIND OF GONE
I'M SURE SOMEBODY WILL TELL ME.
UH, BUT, UM, BUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING.
LIKE I SAID, UM, UM, UH, THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH.
WELL, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK INTERNALLY ALSO AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FACILITATE.
I MEAN, A LOT OF IT'S REALLY UP AT COUNTY STAFF, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH COUNTY STAFF, WE'LL WORK WITH THE BOARD AND TRY TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
ALSO, SINCE I KNOW I'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE, OH, PEOPLE WITHIN THE READER'S BRANCH HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO ME TOO, AND MOSAIC.
UH, SO JUST CASUAL CONVERSATIONS, I THINK HELP, UH, DEESCALATE A LOT OF THE, LOT OF THE CONCERNS.
SO, UH, I HAD A MEETING AT MY HOUSE ON THURSDAY, UM, TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WORK AS ONE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF, OF GLAND, UNFORTUNATELY, TWO OR THREE KIND OF AMBUSH
AND SO, I MEAN, I, I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU, UM, HOW DISAPPOINTED I WAS WHEN THE CONVERSATION REACHED THAT THEY WOULD
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LIKE TO SUE.UM, AND, UH, I FINALLY SAID TO THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE SUING CITIZENS OF BLAND COUNTY.
A SUIT IS A LOSE, LOSE LOSE FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU EVEN WANNA SAY,
AND I, I JUST, IT'S JUST A SHAME 'CAUSE GLAND IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, UM, AND YOU GUYS WORK SO HARD TO TRY TO BRING QUALITY BUSINESSES TO OUR NECK OF THE WOODS.
AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET TO THE, TO A, TO A BETTER PLACE.
AND LIKE I SAID, I, I AM ALL FOR TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, FACILITATE ANYTHING.
BUT, UM, I DON'T, I TRY NOT TO SEND OUT ANYTHING THAT IS FROM ME.
I USUALLY, UH, SEND OUT SARAH'S, SARAH'S STUFF, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, DIRECT THEM TO, UH, THE WEBSITE AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN ONLY DO ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR BEING HERE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS.
LINDA, OR MS. MS. MOORE, SHE PROPERLY ADDRESS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL MOVE ON CLOSE TO THE CITIZEN COMMENTARY, AND WE HAVE MINUTES BEFORE US FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? ALL TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES HEARING? NO DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVE OF THE MINUTES, PLEASE STATE AYE.
AND ANY ABSTENTIONS HEARING, UH, THAT, UH, WE MOVE ON, UH, WITH THE APPROVAL TO, UH, OH.
CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS ARE UP RIGHT UP FRONT.
UM, A COUPLE QUICK ITEMS I WANT TO MENTION.
UH, UH, SUPERVISOR
UH, CHARLIE AND I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH, UH, SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BATTERY STORAGE.
AND SO WE, UH, WE WENT OVER THERE AND VISITED THAT AND FOUND IT'S ACTUALLY A LIMITED, UH, 20 MEGAWATT ELECTRIC SITE OVER, OVER IN PALTON ON THE VERY EAST END OF PELOTON.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WAS VERY INTERESTED, UH, VERY INTERESTING FROM A, A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT AND A, UH, A POLICY STANDPOINT.
UM, I, BATTERIES ARE CHANGING DRAMATICALLY, AND THEY'RE TECHNICAL EXPERTS THAT WERE THERE, UH, INFORMED US, UH, PROBABLY OUR ROADMAP, WHICH WOULD NOT BRING WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN THE MELROSE ENERGY CENTER HERE.
UH, NEXT THING, I WAS AT THE, UM, I DID ATTEND AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY DOWN IN LYNCHBURG.
AND, UM, WE WERE NOTED AS A, UM, COUNTY TO, THAT'S SETTING THE PRECEDENTS BECAUSE OF WHAT'S IN THE TOD WITH REGARDS TO, UH, OR MIGHT BE, AND THE TOD WITH, WITH REGARDS TO OUR SMRS. AND IT GOT QUITE A BIT OF, UH, RECOGNITION DOWN THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A RECENT, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THAT I KNOW I'VE BEEN TO, I THINK EVERYONE, AND JENNY HAS TWO.
UM, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IN PARTICULAR ON THE SIXTH ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TO ME, I WILL NOT UNFORTUNATELY BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
SO IF WE CAN, IF ANYBODY CAN BE THERE, I'M GONNA WRITE SOMETHING TO OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN TERMS OF MY THOUGHTS.
BUT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, I, WELL, FORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO GO TO MY GRANDSON'S, UH, BIRTHDAY PARTY ON, UH, THAT DAY.
SO I WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT FORTH OUR THOUGHTS TO THE BOARD BECAUSE, UM, AS, AS PREVIOUSLY COMMENTED, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF MISDIRECTION AND FACTS AND LACK OF FACTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, WE ALSO HAD THE, UM, UH, UPCOMING IS THE, UH, GCPS BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL ROUNDTABLE.
UM, THAT I THINK IS GONNA BE A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM.
UH, I WAS AT THE LAST ONE LAST, WAS IT EARLIER THIS YEAR? APRIL? CORRECT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO GO TO, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A LOT OF OUR BUSINESSES WILL BE THERE IN ADDITION TO THE FOREFRONT OF, UH, UH, AS I CALL HIM, DOCTOR, BUT ACTUALLY MR. WATSON IS ALWAYS, UH, PROMOTING WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING THROUGH THE CTE PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, I'M GONNA GO BE UP IN DC AT THE NVIDIA
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GTC CONFERENCE.UH, THAT'S A HUGE AI CONFERENCE, AND I'LL BRING BACK WHAT I CAN FROM THAT.
UH, AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, NVIDIA IS THE LEADER IN NOT JUST CHIPS, BUT SOFTWARE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ALL THE AI PROGRAMS. AND I PUT FORTH MY STANDARD DISCLAIMER SINCE I DO OWN STOCK AND HAVE OWNED STOCK FOR A WHILE IN NVIDIA.
UM, ON 17TH OF THIS MONTH, I ALSO HAVE A QUICK MEETING WITH GLEN DAVIS TO TALK.
IT'S KIND OF A FOLLOW UP TO THE MEETING WE HAD, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, BUT ALSO FOCUSED ON THE COMMONWEALTH FUSION SYSTEMS PLANT DOWN IN CHESTERFIELD.
I WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, ON, AND I DON'T KNOW, UM, MADAM SECRETARY, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, UH, UH, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, EXCUSE ME, SIR.
UM, ON THE 21ST, UH, THE GL E'S GONNA BE HOLDING THE, UH, SESSION THAT DEALS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND EITHER WE NEED TO MOVE IT OR MOVE OUR MEETING LOCATION TO FARM BUREAU IS, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE ON, UH, WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO? BECAUSE WE'LL BE VOTING ON THE SCHEDULE WHAT, UH, DECEMBER, RIGHT? YES.
SO, UH, IS THERE A PREFERENCE? SO IT'S LIKE A JOINT GLE? WELL, WE COULD MEET BEFORE THE GLE OH, SURE.
AND JUST SO I CAN REACH OUT TO, YEAH.
WE JUST NEED TO COORDINATE WITH THE FARM BUREAU TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A, A ROOM AVAILABLE TO US.
UH, IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING, SO PUBLIC WILL ATTEND.
SO THE FARM BUREAU NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, OR HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING.
THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE WHO COME OKAY TO THEIR FACILITY, BUT THESE ARE VERY SECURE BUILDINGS AND YEAH.
UM, AND LISA AND I DID ATTEND, AND WE WENT THROUGH THE EMAILS WITH REGARDS TO WHO COULD ATTEND TO THE NICE, UH, NICE SOURCE AND COLUMBIA GAS OF VIRGINIA COMMUNITY ENERGY FORUM MEETING.
AND I THINK THAT WAS, UH, A GREAT MEETING FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT STANDPOINT.
YES, VERY EYEOPENER, REALLY FOR WHAT COLUMBIA GAS CAN DO FOR US IN THIS COUNTY TO ASSIST US WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I DID SEND THAT EMAIL OUT TO, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.
IT'S, I, I WAS IN, IT'S GREAT.
I WAS GETTING PINGED A LOT BY DR. WATSON.
SO I, UH, UH, TRYING TO GET, UH, COLUMBIA GAS TO HAVE AN ATTENDEE AT THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, AND THAT, SO THAT, UH, AND I, WE DID GIVE GRATITUDE TO COLUMBIA GAS BECAUSE, UH, WE TALKED TO THE PROJECT MANAGER, AND IT WAS INTERESTING, THE PROJECT MANAGER, EXCUSE ME, FOR THE, UM, ELA LILLY PROJECT, AND THEY'RE LITERALLY SQUEEZING ALL THE MOLECULES THEY CAN OUT OF THE PIPELINE TO GET IT THERE AS PART OF THEIR COMMITMENT.
SO, UH, WE OWE THEM A, A LOT OF DATA GRATITUDE ALMOST, UH, FOR WHAT THEY CAN DO.
THEY ALSO SAID THEY HAD OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, AND FINALLY WE WERE GONNA HAVE A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, EDA TWO BY TWO MEETING TODAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT, UH, DID NOT HAPPEN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, WASN'T ON THE SCHEDULE, DID NOT HAPPEN EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON THE SCHEDULE.
AND THAT, UH, IT WAS, UH, ONE, ONE THE CHAIRMAN, UH, HONORABLE CHAIRMAN, UM, WINFREY WAS, UH, UH, PREDISPOSED.
UM, AND ONE OTHER THING I, I WANT TO THROW OUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT DATA CENTERS, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, A LOT OF THE POWER REQUIREMENTS, SO FORTH AND SO ON, IT'S BEEN, UH, CHARACTERIZED A LOT OF THE EMAILS I'VE BEEN SENDING OUT.
AND, UM, I, I DID A, A CHECK GTP ANALYSIS, SO I CHEATED, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, OF THE 20 LARGEST, UH, MONUMENTAL HUMAN PROJECTS COULD BE NATIONAL OR, YOU KNOW, GOING AWAY ALL THE WAY BACK TO GREAT PYRAMIDS AND EXPANSION, ROMAN EMPIRE, ET CETERA.
UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE AT THE START OF, I THINK IS THE LARGEST EXPANSION OF ANY TYPE IN HUMAN HISTORY.
OUTSIDE OF, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT, ONE THING, WHICH IS THE, UH, UH, US INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION DURING WORLD WAR II, THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT A FIVE, $6 TRILLION EFFORT.
BUT WE ACCO WE GO WAY PAST, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE.
THE MOON LANDING PROJECTS, UH, LARGE CRON CLYDE OR EVERYTHING IS BEING SUPERSEDED RIGHT NOW BY THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT, HENCE THE, UH, INTEREST IN THAT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAIRMAN? NOTHING RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE TREASURER'S REPORT.
JENNY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE, UH, THE SHEETS OR IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A TREASURER'S REPORT OR DEFER IT.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? WE DO HAVE THE SHEET IN FRONT OF US.
UM, IF SARAH DOESN'T MIND TAKING THIS TIME, I APPRECIATE IT.
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OKAY.WELL, WE CAN SEE THE SHEETS IN FRONT OF US AND, UM, NO MAJOR CHANGES FROM THE, UH, TRANSACTION STANDPOINT AT ALL.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS SINCE THERE ARE NO BILLS TO BE PAID.
SO, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DESK DIRECTING THE TECHNOLOGY ZONE UPDATE, WE ARE, UH, WORKING ON THOSE AMENDMENTS TO PUT FORTH TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.
AND WE, UM, ARE GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING AVAILABLE ONLINE NEXT WEEK.
SO THE WEBSITE, G US SLASH TOD WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE REVISED ORDINANCE, REVISED FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, REVISED, UM, INFORMATION.
WE HOPE TO BE DOING A, A SHORT VIDEO WHERE WE TALK THROUGH THE CHANGES TO TRY TO HELP TO MS. MOORE'S POINT, TRY TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHANGES ARE.
WE'VE DONE WHAT WE'RE CALLING A CROSSWALK, SO WHERE WE ARE LISTING OUT CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL TO THE FINAL PROPOSAL, WHAT THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN ALONG THE WAY, SO IT'S EASIER FOR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AND WHAT'S IS NOW BEING PROPOSED.
UM, SO AGAIN, THOSE WILL ALL BE MADE PUBLIC NEXT WEEK, AND, UM, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN AFTER IS AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC NEXT WEEK, WE CAN DISCUSS FURTHER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? FAIR ENOUGH.
THE, UM, GOOD NEWS, THE I 64 INDUSTRIAL PARK, SO THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS REZONED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IN OILVILLE, IS THROUGH THEIR LAND DISTURBANCE AND THROUGH THEIR POD, THEY'RE ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW AND ARE PLATTED AND THEY'RE SELLING LOTS, SO
SO GOOD NEWS COMING OUT OF THAT.
SO, UH, WE HAVE, UM, SOME LOTS ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT UP THERE, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UM, PROJECT ROCKY, THE AMAZON ON ASHLAND ROAD IS MOVING ALONG IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE.
SO, UM, THE PROJECT ALONG ASHLAND ROAD IS, UH, MOVING ALONG.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE RECENTLY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY ARE, UH, FULLY ERECT AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE TEMPORARY SOUTHBOUND, EXCUSE ME, TEMPORARY WESTBOUND, UH, TEMPORARY PERMANENT WESTBOUND RAMP AT THE INTERCHANGE IS INSTALLED AND IS FUNCTIONING.
THE TEMPORARY LIGHT IS INSTALLED AND IS IN FLASHING MODE AND WILL BE OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
SO ALL OF THAT IS COMPLETED NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT TRAFFIC WILL BE MOVING A LITTLE BIT FASTER THROUGH THAT INTERCHANGE.
THOSE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE DIVERSION DIAMOND INTERCHANGE UPGRADE.
AND SO, UH, THOSE TWO THINGS WILL BE THERE AND PERMANENTLY UNTIL THE, THE DVI IS COMPLETE, UM, WE HAVE PLACED AN AD IN SITE SELECTOR MAGAZINE.
WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING FROM THE ELI LILLY ANNOUNCEMENT.
AND SO, UH, WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD PLACE THE AD IN SITE, ELECTRO MAGAZINE, WE HAVE A IMAGE OF WHAT THAT AD LOOKS LIKE.
SITE ELECTRO MAGAZINE IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY A MAGAZINE THAT GOES OUT TO SITE SELECTORS.
THEY DO USE IT, THEY DO LOOK AT IT.
UM, AND SO, UH, THIS IS ONE OF OUR, UH, THE AD THAT WE HAVE PLACED WITH THEM.
UM, AND SO THE QR CODE TAKES IT BACK TO OUR DEDICATED LANDING PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE CAN TRACK TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING, HOW MUCH TRAFFIC THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THIS, UM, AD.
UM, SO, AND OTHER NEWS CHANCE WILL BE, UH, ATTENDING ECONOM, WHICH IS A SITE SELECTION, UM, CONFERENCE.
UM, AND THERE'S GONNA BE 32 SITE SELECTORS THERE.
AND SO HE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
THEY HAVE LIKE OFFICE HOURS THAT HE CAN GO AND TALK WITH THEM, UM, AND PROMOTE GLAND OPEN THROUGH THERE.
WHEN, WHEN IS THAT? UH, NEXT MONTH, NOVEMBER.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NEW BUSINESS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT HEARING? NO
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QUESTION.AND SINCE, SINCE YOU'RE NEW AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH CITIZEN COMMENT, I'LL REOPEN IT UP IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE, UH, NO, I'M JUST HERE SITTING IN.
WELL, THANK, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
UH, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO, UH, TO NEW BUSINESS, EXISTING BUSINESS, I MEAN EXISTING BUSINESS BECAUSE WE JUST COVERED NEW BUSINESS.
UH, SO SARAH TOOK SOME OF MY THUNDER, BUT I WAS GONNA JUST BRING UP DIOCESE FOUR INDUSTRIAL PARK, UM, UH, WITH LOTS UNDER, UH, CONTRACT, ONE OF THOSE BEING R TECH SERVICES.
AND THEY ACTUALLY FILED THEIR POD FOR THEIR LOT, UH, LAST WEEK.
THOUGHT YOU GUYS WOULD BE GOOD.
UM, I AM WRAPPING UP MY INDUSTRIAL PARK WALKS.
IT'S AT LANIER INDUSTRIAL PARK TODAY.
AND YESTERDAY I SPENT THE DAY OUT AT ROCKVILLE COMMERCE CENTER.
UM, IT'S BEEN BUSY TIME, YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH ALL THOSE BUSINESSES, FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM, AND, UM, KIND OF A RE REOCCURRING THEME, WHICH HAS BEEN THE RE RECURRING THING IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, ESPECIALLY IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARKS, IS, UH, WORKFORCE FOR BLUE COLLAR SKILLED TRADES.
UM, A LOT OF THEM REALLY ENJOYED.
SO I HAVE BEEN BRINGING MY PARTNER FROM VIRGINIA CAREER WORKS WITH ME ON THESE WALKS.
UM, AND SOME OF 'EM HAVE, YOU KNOW, TAKEN UP, UH, SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS RIGHT AWAY.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS OUT ON A GO INDUSTRIAL PARK AND THERE'S A DIESEL MECHANIC BUSINESS BACK THERE CALLED SBS ON MECHANICS.
UM, THEY'RE LOOKING TO HIRE THREE NEW MECHANICS FOR THE DIESEL SHOP, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY STARTED TALK TALKING, UH, WITH VIRGINIA CAREER WORKS, VIRGINIA CAREER WORKS, THEN SENT ON A JOB DESCRIPTION TO OVER A HUNDRED PLUS, UH, DIFFERENT WORKFORCE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE RICHMOND REGION, WHICH INCLUDE BRIGHTPOINT REYNOLDS, UM, UH, ADULT EDUCATION, VO TECH PROGRAMS, ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S BEEN A REALLY, UH, GOOD, GOOD THING THAT I BROUGHT.
VIRGINIA CAREER WORKS OUT JUST BECAUSE WORKFORCE CONTINUES TO BE A REGULAR DISCUSSION AND KIND OF BEING THE BUSINESS IS, BEING ABLE TO PUT A, A FACE TO THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, THE OTHER GOOD NEWS KIND OF WORKFORCE RELATED AS WELL IS, UM, STRICTLY MANUFACTURING.
AS YOU GUYS REMEMBER EARLIER THIS YEAR, THEY GOT A VIRGINIA JOBS INVESTMENT, UH, PROGRAM GRANT FOR THEIR, UH, INVEST FOR THEIR EXPANSION IN LAG INDUSTRIAL PARK.
AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH, UH, MY COUNTERPART AT VEP AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THEIR FIRST PATCH OF NEW EMPLOYEES TO GET REIMBURSED, UM, FROM THE STATE HERE VERY SOON.
SO VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO KEEP, UH, GROWING AND WORKING THROUGH THAT VDP PROGRAM.
UM, SO, AND THEN LAST MONTH, DR.
RAIL AND I HAVE WRAPPED UP OUR VISITS FOR BUSINESSES THAT HE WANTED TO BE WITH IN HIS FIRST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME GOOD TRIPS AND REALLY GOT TO SHOW HIM AROUND TO JUST, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES REALLY, UM, THROUGH WEST CREEK TO THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
SO THOSE WERE REALLY NICE VISITS BUSINESSES.
LEY AND I GOING ON AND MEETING WITH THEM.
SO, UM, LAST WEEK WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING AT THE STATE OF RIVER ROOM FOR THE NEW PAVILION.
UM, IT'S A NEW SOLAR PANEL PAVILION, ALLOW 'EM TO HOLD EXTREMELY LARGE EVENTS.
UM, AS, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE REALLY CUT THEIR ELECTRICITY BILL DOWN BY USING THOSE SOLAR PANELS ON THAT PAVILION.
SO THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH IT.
UM, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING WORKSHOP WITH SCORE IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION.
WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THIS MOMENTUM.
WE'VE HAD 20 PLUS ATTENDEES AT EACH OF THE LAST TWO, WHICH BLOWS, UH, THE WATER OF WHAT WE'VE HAD AT ALL OF OUR PAST WORKSHOPS.
SO I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER AND SCORE HAS REALLY GROWN THOSE.
AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM, UM, MOVING INTO 2026.
AND, UH, IF ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THAT, LET ME KNOW.
I'LL SEND YOU GUYS AN INVITE, PLEASE.
UM, SHOULD BE A GOOD TOPIC ON, ON SEOS.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU STOLE MY THUNDER ON THE CTE BUSINESS AND EDUCATION ROUND TABLE, BUT ON OCTOBER 22ND, UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO GIVE A QUICK FIVE EIGHT MINUTE BRIEFING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNTY, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT I DID THIS PAST SPRING.
SO I WILL BE SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT NEXT WEEK.
THE CHAMBER IS HOSTING ANOTHER RIBBON CUTTING FOR GOLDEN SANCTUARY, WHICH IS A ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, UH, SMALL, SMALL ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY OUT ON THE, UM, EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
UM, SO THEY'RE BRAND NEW, AND SO IT'S OCTOBER 21ST, THREE TO FOUR.
UM, CAROL SHOULD BE SENDING YOU GUYS OUT INSIDE TOO SOON.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'LL BE DOING A HEAVY PUSH OF SHOP LOCAL CONTENT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STARTING NEXT, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
UM, I DO KIND OF WANT BRING IT UP TO YOU GUYS.
IF YOU ALL WANTED TO DO ANY BLUE DOT PROMOTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY,
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BLACK FRIDAY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.UM, YOU KNOW, BACK IN MEMORIAL DAY FOR THAT LONG WEEKEND, I THINK WE UPPED THE PERCENTAGE AMOUNT FROM FIVE TO 10%.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, DO A LITTLE BIT MORE DIGGING INTO IT AND BRING THIS IDEA BACK INTO NOVEMBER.
WE'LL HAVE A FEW WEEKS TO PUSH IT OUT TOO FOR A BLUE DOT.
UM, BUT JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE THAT, UM, I'VE SEEN OTHER COMMUNITIES DO STUFF AROUND SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY WITH THE OPEN REWARDS PROGRAM, BUT JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE IN CASE YOU GUYS WANT TO DISCUSS OR HAVE ANYTHING COMMENTS ON THAT.
I WAS GONNA JUST CLARIFY, I THINK IF YOU WANTED TO DO SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, WE WOULD NEED A DECISION THIS EVENING.
'CAUSE IF WE WAIT TILL NOVEMBER MEETING IT, IT MIGHT CLOSE TOO LATE.
NO, I WOULD THINK I WOULD, WE SHOULD ADD TO IT ADD TO THE FUND FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS.
DIDN'T WE DO THAT? NO, IT'S NOT ADDING TO THE FUND.
WE, WE HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF FUNDS LEFT ON TRACKING THAT.
IT WOULD JUST BE MORE, OH, JUST BUMP IT, BUMP UP THE PERCENTAGE FOR IT THAT WEEKEND, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I, I'LL DO SOCIAL, I CAN ACTUALLY TEXT THE APP USERS, UM, DIRECTLY, UM, THROUGH THE APP AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT END PROMOTIONS OR ANYTHING.
IT WAS JUST FOR THE ONE WEEKEND.
YEAH, WE DID IT FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND SAW A NICE BUMP AT THE END OF MAY WITH IT, BUT, UH, YOU COULD DO IT YOU, OR YOU COULD JUST DO IT FOR LIKE SMALL BUSINESS AT YEAH, YOU COULD JUST DO IT FOR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AS WELL.
WHAT PERCENTAGE BUMP ARE YOU REFERRING TO THAT WE DID? UH, UH, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND? UH, WE DID, IT WAS LIKE 10%, 10% OVER THE WEEKEND INSTEAD OF FIVE.
YOU SAID YOU HAVE PLENTY IN THERE STILL? YEAH, I THINK LAST 10%.
I WOULD MAKE, OR YEAH, GO AHEAD.
I MOVE THAT WE, UM, SUPPORT BUMPING UP FROM 5% TO 10% FOR THE MEMORIAL OR FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.
ANY DISCUSSION, JENNY? ANY THOUGHTS? UM, NO, I CAN'T THINK.
SO ANY DISCUSSION, HEARING, NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ANY NAYS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? IT PASSES.
AND I'LL WORK WITH BLUE DOT, THEY DID IT FROM MEMORIAL DAY WHERE THEY CREATED SOME NEW GRAPHICS THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED, SO I'LL GET THEM TO CREATE SOME HOLIDAY GRAPHICS THAT COME WITH IT TOO, SO.
YEAH, AS ALWAYS, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR EXISTING BUSINESS.
WELL, MAY I DIGRESS BACK? ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? OH, ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
FOR EXISTING, UH, MAY I DIGRESS BACK TO THE, UM, THE SCHOOL G-T-C-G-T-E MEETING, UH, IS, UM, AND, AND I, I HAD A REMOTE ELI LILLY CONTACT, WHICH WAS THE STATE AND, UH, LOCAL, UH, FEDERAL STATE, I THINK IT IS UP OUT MECHANICSBURG, UH, TIMOTHY MAYBE.
SO I PASSED THAT TO HIM AND ALSO TO, UH, TO BRUCE.
SO, AND THEN WE ALSO PASSED, UH, OUR COLUMBIA GAS.
UH, THE PERSON THAT'S IN CHARGE THERE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO, TO BRUCE AND VICE VERSA.
SO I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE A BETTER CONTACT FOR EITHER, EITHER ONE OF THOSE.
I THINK WE SHOULD SHARE OUR CONTACT WITH CAROL TOO.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A GOOD CHUNK OF MONEY FROM HIM TOO.
I THINK ANY FURTHER? NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS.
SO FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW, UH, THIS MONTH'S, UH, LOGO AND TODD'S SIGNAGE GRANT APPLICATION.
AS YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO TRY TO HELP SUPPORT, UH, SMALL, UH, KIND OF, UH, TOYS AND BUSINESSES THAT KIND OF QUALIFY FOR BDOS LOGO AND TODD SIGNAGE WITH THAT FIRST YEAR COST BECAUSE OF HOW COST PROHIBITIVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIGNS ARE AND EVERYTHING.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE OUR SECOND APPLICATION, AS WE REMEMBER LAST, UH, MONTH, WE APPROVED, UM, BANDITS RIDGE, UM, WHO'VE GOT THEIR SIGNS UP ON I 64.
AND SO TONIGHT I'M BRINGING IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, THE, WHAT'S IT, THG FAIRGROUNDS, LLC, OR, UH, BETTER KNOWN AS THE ROCKVILLE DUNKING DONUTS.
IT'S THE NEW DUNKING DONUTS IN THE ROCKVILLE COMMERCE CENTER, UM, ON ASHTON ROAD.
SO THEY HAD GONE THROUGH, UH, VDOT AND GOT APPROVED.
THE SIGNS UP, DROVE BY A FEW TIMES THIS, UH, WEEK ALREADY TO AND FROM MY VISITS TO ROCKVILLE.
AND, UH, THE BRIGHT ORANGE REALLY POPS
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ON THOSE WOOD SIGNS.UM, BUT SO HE HAS APPLIED, UH, FOR THE LOGO TIDES REIMBURSEMENT.
UM, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, DUNCAN IS A FRANCHISE.
UM, AND YOU GUYS MIGHT BE THINKING THAT'S NOT THE TYPICAL BUSINESS WITH TALKING, BUT, UH, MR. CABRAL, THEY'RE A LOCAL, UH, HE, HE IS A LOCAL FRANCHISE, LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, REALLY GIVES BACK TO COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHEN HE APPROACHED SARAH AND I THIS SPRING AND ASKED ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT, UM, YEAH, YOU CAN DEFINITELY QUALIFY FOR THIS, FOR THIS GRANT.
UM, JUST RUNNING DOWN THE NUMBERS REAL QUICK, UH, THE COST OF PRODUCTION FOR THEIR LOGO SIGNAGE, UH, THIS FIRST YEAR WAS, UH, $1,152 AND 40 CENTS, AND THEY JUST RECEIVED THEIR ANNUAL PERMIT FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR, WHICH WAS PRORATED AT, UH, $784 AND 64 CENTS.
THIS BRINGS THEIR TOTAL FIRST YEAR INVESTMENT FOR THE LOGO SIGNAGE TO $1,901 AND 4 CENTS.
AS YOU KNOW, UM, THERE IS A 50%, UH, REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE OFFER WITH THE, UH, VOTER GRANTS.
SO THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A MAX GRAND AMOUNT OF $950 AND 52 CENTS.
UM, AND SO I'M BRINGING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU TO DISCUSS AS YOU GO THROUGH, UH, YOU HAVE HIS FULL APPLICATION HERE.
THE BUSINESS ADDRESS, UM, IS THE NEW LOCATION ON ASHTON ROAD.
THEY'VE BEEN, UH, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR, A LONG TERM TENANT HERE IN THE, IN THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE.
UM, AND JUST A HUGE SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
UM, THEY'VE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN EITHER BDOS LOGO OR TODD SCIENCE PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO IT IS RIGHT, UH, ON SOME, UH, EXIT 1 73 ON EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND I 64.
UM, AND THE INVOICES RIGHT IN HERE, ONE FOR THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIGN, WHICH SHOWS 1001 $50 AND 40 CENTS.
BEHIND THAT, UH, IS THE SAME INVOICE AT THE TOP.
HE RECEIVED THAT FROM VDOT, BUT I ALSO INCLUDED THE EMAILS THAT VDOT SENT WITH THOSE ATTACHMENTS.
SO YOU, YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT VDOT AND THOSE, UM, BACK BACK.
AND THEN AS YOU GO, THE NEXT INVOICE IS FOR THE PRORATED AMOUNT OF $784 64 CENTS.
AND THEN THERE IS, THERE'S A, UH, PAYMENT APPROVED FOR THAT AMOUNT, UM, ON AFTER THAT.
AND THEN JUST THE EMAILS WOULD BE NOT SHOWING THE FULL PAYMENT.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
UH, MR. CABRAL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING IN FRONT OF YOU, DA OR ANDREW NUDGE BUSINESS? UM, SURE.
I LIVE AT, UH, 6 0 8 CROSSROAD LANE IN MANNEQUIN SIDE.
UM, I'VE BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER HERE FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS NOW, AND, UH, WE JUST OPENED UP IN MARCH.
AND THE SITE, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT SITE, IS STRUGGLING THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF ALL THE, UM, TRAFFIC CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC FROM THE AMAZON AND ALL THAT.
SO HAVING THE SIGN ON THE HIGHWAY HAS ALREADY HAD A, A SMALL BUMP IN SALES, WHICH IS REALLY WELL, WELL, UH, NEEDED.
SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP THAT WE CAN GET OVER THERE BECAUSE WE'RE CURRENTLY, WE'RE WORKING AT A BELOW BREAKEVEN NUMBER.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FRANCHISE, PEOPLE MISCONSTRUE THAT WITH ONE BIG CORPORATION.
AND IT'S NOT, WE PAY THE COMPANY EVERY WEEK FOR THE, FOR THE PLEASURE OF PUTTING THE NAME ON THERE.
BUT EVERYTHING WE DO IS BOUND AND, AND BORN BY ME.
I HAVE TO FIND THE SITES, I HAVE TO SECURE THE FINANCING, I'VE GOTTA GET THE ARCHITECTS.
I COME TO THE MEETINGS FOR THE COUNTY TO GET THE PERMITS AND EVERYTHING IS DONE LITERALLY BY ME.
SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE BRAND COMES IN AND DOES SWEEPS OUT A WAND AND, AND DOES IT ANYMORE.
ALL THEY DO IS, UH, STICK THEIR HAND OUT AND WHERE'S MY PAYMENT
SO HAVING SOME UH, ASSISTANCE HERE IS, UM, IS REALLY APPRECIATED.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR BUSINESS TO GOOSE.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR $950 AND 52 CENTS.
THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE A SECOND? UH, SECOND THAT, UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, IS IT? EXCUSE ME.
ANY DISCUSSION? IT'S THE ONE TIME, RIGHT? YES.
JENNY, ANY DISCUSSION ON YOUR PART? YOU STILL THERE, JENNY? OKAY.
UH, WELL HEARING NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? SO MOTION PASSES.
YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY THE REST OF THE TIME.
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AND, UH, SINCE I EXTENDED IT AFTER OUR ORIGINAL, UH, COMMENT PERIOD TO GENTLEMEN ARRIVED LATER, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENT, UM, APPRECIATE IT.SO, UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER SCHEDULED BANNERS THAT WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED.
OH, THERE IS ONE THING I DID NOTE.
I JUST RECEIVED A, A TEXT, UH, WHEN I WAS COMING IN HERE FROM A FRIEND, A NEW FRIEND OF MINE IN READER'S BRANCH THAT, UH, DOMINION ENERGY, UH, IN WEST CREEK HAS, IS PROPOSING SIX MILES OF NEW DOUBLE CIRCUIT, TWO 30 KV ELECTRIC, UH, TRANSMISSION LINE AND NEW SUBSTATION.
SO APPARENTLY THAT'S OUT ON THE NEWS WIRES OR AT LEAST, UH, THROUGH, UH, THE DOMINION ENERGY, UH, UH, WEBSITE.
SO THEY'RE CONSIDERING IT WITHOUT HAVING A PROJECT INVOLVED.
I I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YEAH.
THEIR ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ARE GREATER THAN THE BREAD BOX OR GREATER THAN TOAST.
MR. POND, THAT WAS ON THE DOMINION WEBSITE.
IT'S ON, UH, DOMINION ENERGY.COM UNDER, LET'S SEE.
DO I HAVE IT UNDER? YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, I THINK THE ONLY THING IS IS JUST THAT DOG ON IT.
WE DID HAVE A, A ADDITIONAL TOURISM INFORMATION UPDATE.
WE DID, YEAH, WE DID
THERE'S ALWAYS MORE FOR TOURISM.
KEEP THE MOUSE ON THE, SO WE'LL GO TO THAT ONE FIRST.
SO ON FRIDAY WE HAD A INFLUENCER COME OUT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, WHAT IS IT, OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK COMBINED.
UM, HIS NAME IS, UH, BY GOLLY, MR. OLLIE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOCAL.
THEY'VE DONE WORK FOR AMTRAK, UH, LAS VEGAS.
THEY ACTUALLY JUST CAME BACK FROM LAS VEGAS, RICHMOND, FARMVILLE.
UM, SO THEY SPENT A DAY OUT IN GLAND.
I GOT TO MEET HIM OUT AT TUCKER PARK.
HE WENT TO THE COURTHOUSE GREEN, MADE A STOP AT, UH, RIVER ROAD COLLEGE.
AND, UH, HE ALSO WENT AND HAD LUNCH AT LOLA'S.
AND HE FINISHED HIS DAY WITH A DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATER.
SO HE HAD A GREAT DAY OUT HERE.
THEY'LL BE PUT PUTTING TOGETHER A DEDICATED REEL THAT WILL GO ON THEIR FACEBOOK.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, THEY CREATED SOME USER GENERATED CONTENT THAT WE'LL LOOK OVER AND IF WE WANT TO, UM, PURCHASE ANY THAT WE WILL, UH, DO THAT FROM THEM.
WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING WITH INFLUENCERS.
I BELIEVE YOU MET HIM AT I DID VA ONE LAST YEAR.
WHICH IS THE VIRGINIA TOURISM SUMMIT.
SO HE, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM.
UM, OTHER UPDATE IS, UH, I'M FINALIZING OUR DRIVE TOURISM GRANT, UH, RIGHT NOW FOR VIRGINIA TOURISM, UM, FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
I'M WORKING WITH COUNTY PARKS AND REC TO KIND OF DETERMINE FEASIBILITY.
I HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AND USE THE MONEY FOR.
UM, THE NICE THING IS I DO HAVE 18 MONTHS TO SPEND THE MONEY AND I CAN AMEND THE GRANT TO KIND OF, UM, I, I'M NOT SET IN STONE BASED OFF WHAT I SAY WHEN I SUBMIT THIS GRANT NEXT WEEK.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE KIND OF WORKING ON THAT AND MIGHT BRING SOME IDEAS TO YOU ALL.
SO IS THIS A DIFFERENT GRANT THAN THE ONE THAT WE, OR IS THIS WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING WHEN WE HAD THAT WORKSHOP? SAME ONE WE WERE DISCUSSING WHEN WE HAD THE WORKSHOP.
SO YEAH, THE WORKSHOP IS PART OF THE WHOLE GRANT PROCESS AND EVERYTHING.
SO I THINK WE'RE NOW FINISHED WITH TOURISM UPDATE.
I WOULD NEVER WANT TO CUT OFF AN INFLUENCER.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT'S THAT CUTE
I PREFER FOX, RED, YELLOW LETTUCE.
UNLESS THERE'S OTHER SCHEDULED MANNERS WILL MOVE ONTO OTHER BUSINESS.
AND THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS UNDER OTHER BUSINESS IS FOIA DISCUSSION.
UM, LET ME START THAT OFF BY, UH, SARAH HAD SENT OUT TO ALL OF US THE, UH, PREVIOUS EMAIL FROM MICHAEL OR COUNSEL DISCUSSING HIS READING ORIGINALLY ON, UM, THE IDEA OF TOURS AND, UH, ALSO WHAT WOULD AND WOULD NOT CONSTITUTE A QUORUM.
AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THAT TIME IS, IS, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN A READING BACK THROUGH TOM, EXCUSE ME, THE HONORABLE SENATOR GARRETT'S OFFICE, UH, AS A RESULT OF SOME WORK THAT, UH, JENNY HAS DONE.
AND, UM, IN LOOKING AT HB 8 1 8 AND SENATE BILL, UH, 36, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO THE ORIGINATION AND MOTIVATION FOR THAT, THOSE BILLS THAT WENT AND CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF
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A MEETING.SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE GO BACK TO MICHAEL WITH, UH, THIS INFORMATION AND THE INFORMATION THAT I SENT, I ASSUME YOU BOTH GOT IT OR EXCUSE ME, RECEIVED IT FROM ME WITH REGARDS TO WHAT CAME IN FROM THE, UH, FOIA COUNSEL, OR EXCUSE ME, COUNSEL, AS OPPOSED TO COUNSEL.
UM, AND, UH, SEND THAT OFF TO MICHAEL WITH SOME, UH, EXPLANATION ABOUT IT TO SEE IF WE CAN WORK WITHIN THE TOLERANCES OF WHAT THE DEFINITION OF MEETINGS IN PARTICULAR IS AND WHAT THE MOTIVATION FOR THE BILLS WERE AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA, UH, COMMONWEALTH SUPREME COURT RULING, UH, WITH REGARDS TO FOIA.
AND IT REALLY AFFECTS TOURS WHERE TOURS ARE.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY BIGGEST HANGUP IS I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT A SITE VISIT VERSUS A MEETING, THERE SHOULD BE SOME DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE TWO.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M CONFUSED ABOUT AND I'LL SUGGEST THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT WENT TO THE SUPREME COURT SUPREME COURT AND REASON THOSE TWO BILLS WERE PASSED.
SO, UM, AND WHAT, WHAT IF IT'S NOT A PROBLEM, WHAT I'LL DO IS JUST GENERATE A, A DOCUMENT TO SEND TO, UH, TO MICHAEL, UH, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY OUS MM-HMM
SO YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I'M, I'M, I MISSED OUT ON THAT GAS TOUR.
AND THAT'S A HUGE EXAMPLE OF, AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE MISSING A LOT OF IT.
IT'S HURTING, IT'S HURTING THE COUNTY.
THE MEETING WE WENT TO THE OTHER NIGHT, WE HAD THE PROJECT MANAGER THERE.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE CEO OF COLUMBIA GAS NICE HORSE.
SO, AND I, I THINK IT WAS VERY, IT WAS A VERY SMALL MEETING MM-HMM
IT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE MORE OF OUR MEMBERS THERE.
BUT, UH, AND SO IF IT'S NOT A PROBLEM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO, TO TAKE A VOTE PER SE, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET CONSENSUS AND OF COURSE I KNOW JENNY'S UH, JENNY'S BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, JUST CONSENSUS TO SEND A, SEND A EMAIL.
I THINK TO MICHAEL THIS ABSOLUTELY.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT TILL WE GET IT STRAIGHT.
AND I'LL SEND IT OUT FOR INTERNAL, UM, CONCURRENCE, WELL, NOT CONCURRENCE 'CAUSE WE CAN'T CONCUR OR EMAIL, BUT JUST FOR INTERNAL VIEWING, UH, PRIOR TO THAT.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT, UM, PLEASE COPY ME IF YOU DO SEND IT TO MICHAEL.
OH, I'LL, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
HE'S BEEN, I'LL SEND IT TO DR.
UH, I'LL SEND IT TO UH, UM, WHO ELSE IS THERE? I GUESS THAT'S IT.
HE'S, UM, WELL TOM, HE'S EXPERIENCED SOME MEDICAL ISSUES AND SO WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING A DIFFERENT ATTORNEY WITHIN HIS FIRM.
STEVE LIPMAN HAS BEEN STEPPING IN OH REALLY? FOR MICHAEL.
SO I DON'T KNOW MICHAEL'S STATUS OF HIS RETURN.
I DON'T KNOW STEVE THAT WELL, BUT YES.
SO, UM, UH, MOVING ON TO ELI LILLY ANNOUNCEMENT.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A MEETING SINCE, SINCE IT WAS FORMALLY ANNOUNCED.
NOW, SEPTEMBER 16TH, UM, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, UM, WE ARE, UM, WORKING TO DO SOME PRE-WORK FOR THAT SITE.
AND ONE OF THE PRE-WORK, UH, TO GET THAT SITE GOING FOR THEM IS, UM, A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OR A TIA THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THAT SITE.
UM, SO WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT THE EDA GO AHEAD, UM, AND MAKE A MOTION TO DO THE TIA ANALYSIS FOR THAT SITE.
WE HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE AND THE SITE CHARACTERIZATION FUND MM-HMM
UM, THAT YOU ALL HAVE, IN FACT, THE SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUND HAS $225,000, UH, $225,000 AND $57 50 CENTS IN THAT FUND.
SO THE FUND, IT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT STARTED FOR THEM SO WE CAN, UM, BECAUSE THE TIA TAKES A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT, THEY HAVE TO COLLECT THE TRAFFIC NUMBERS AND THEN DO THE ANALYSIS, UM, IN ORDER, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE BEFORE THEIR POD CAN BE APPROVED.
SO THE QUICKER WE CAN GET THAT STARTED FOR THEM, THE QUICKER THEY CAN GET THEIR POD UNDERWAY AND UNDER REVIEW.
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YEAH.SO I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AMOUNT FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
AND SINCE YOU, UH, YEAH, I'LL SECOND THAT.
WHAT, YEAH, I DO WANNA DISCUSS THAT THOUGH.
UM, THIS IS STANDARD, A STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR, FOR BUSINESSES TO COME INTO THIS COUNTY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING OUT OUTSIDE OF THE ORDINARY FOR, UM, I KNOW THIS IS A BIG DEAL, RIGHT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT IN A FINANCIAL POSITION.
THIS IS A STANDARD THING THAT WE, THIS IS PART OF THE INCENTIVE PACKAGE.
THAT WE PROVIDED TO, UH, LILY TO GET THE SITE READY FOR THEM.
THAT, THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION.
IS THAT INCENTIVE LETTER APPROPRIATE TO DISTRIBUTE INTERNALLY NOW THAT THE DEAL IS ATED? NO.
THERE, NO, THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT IS STILL UNDER, UH, NDA.
NO, IT'S STILL UNDER COUNTY AND ATTORNEY REVIEW RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE IT, UM, ON THE NOVEMBER EDA AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
SHOULD WE TAKE A LOOK, UH, ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? IT PASSES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? UH, SO WHAT WILL THAT BRING OUR TOTAL AMOUNT BALANCE DOWN TO THE, DO I DO THAT NOW? LIKE 61 56 IS THE NUMBER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AND 2 75 RIGHT AROUND SUNDAY ISH.
SO AT SOME POINT WE MIGHT NEED TO GO BACK TO THE FOUR SUPERVISOR.
DO WE NEED TO, DO WE ACTUALLY NEED TO GO TO MAKE A FORMAL ASK TO THE, FOR THAT? YEAH, BECAUSE SHARED WITH ME.
OR WE COULD PROBABLY JUST WRITE A LETTER, HUH? SOMEBODY.
I KNOW THE BOARD WOULD ENTERTAIN CERTAINLY.
AND ULTIMATELY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS GONNA CONSIDER THE INCENTIVE PACKAGE AT THEIR DECEMBER BOARD MEETING AFTER EVERYTHING'S PREPARED BY THE LEGAL TEAM.
THEN WE BETTER GET THAT ASK IN THERE.
'CAUSE WE, IT IS IT ALREADY IS? IT ALREADY IS, YEAH.
OR WILL CONSIDER THAT IN DECEMBER.
THAT'S ALL, THAT'S A SHORT CHANGE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WITH ELI LILLY THAT WE NEED TO, TO, UH, BE, BE AWARE OF OR AHEAD OF IN FRONT OF? UH, WE ARE SETTING UP MONTHLY.
UH, WE HAVE SET UP MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THEM.
AND SO WE'RE MEETING MONTHLY WITH THEM, UM, TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF THEIR, UM, PRE-WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THEY FILE THEIR PLAN OF DEVELOPMENTS AND, AND EVERYTHING.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH 'EM, UM, AS THEY WORK THROUGH THE SITE AND STILL VERY EARLY STAGES RIGHT NOW AT, UM, AT WHAT PART, UH, SHOULD WE CONSIDER, UM, BRINGING ON A PROJECT MANAGER? SO, UH, YES.
WHAT'S THAT? THE COUNTY IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT ASPECT OF IT.
SO THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO GO OUT AND PROCURE THAT.
HAVE THEY ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM? AND HOW LONG IS THAT PROGRAM? IS IT A CHAIR PROGRAM OR A FOUR YEAR PROGRAM? UM, THE, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UH, PROGRAM, THEY'RE SETTING UP A UNIQUE PROGRAM FOR PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING.
MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A WORKFORCE KICKOFF CALL THIS PAST WEEK, WAS IT LAST WEEK? LAST WEEK.
UM, SO THERE'S WORKFORCE PARTNERS BEING BROUGHT IN FROM, FROM ALL OVER, UM, FROM LIKE CLEAR DOWN TO MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL ALL THE WAY UP TO UNIVERSITY LEVEL, UM, TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE THESE DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS FOR THEM.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UM, LILY? MM-HMM.
NEXT IS CONSIDERATION OF MOBILE FOOD UNIT PROPOSAL, WHICH, UH, YOU SET OUT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE COPIES OF IT.
AND JENNY, I'VE WORKED ON, UH, AND I'VE GOT MINE ON THE IPAD.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY COPIES OF IT.
SO WE DISCUSSED THIS IN OUR LAST MEETING BRIEFLY, UM, PARTLY BECAUSE OF ELI LILLY.
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MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE SOME OLD FOOD UNITS PLURAL.UM, AND BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, FOOD TRUCKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE COUNTY, IN A QUOTE QUOTE, PERMANENT PLACE, UM, UH, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS.
UM, THERE'S AN INTERNAL POLICY ABOUT, UM, FOOD TRUCKS BEING IN A PERMANENT PLACE.
SO DID SOME RESEARCH ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO PUT TOGETHER AN ORDINANCE TO HELP THE COUNTY OUT, UM, GIVE THEM, UH, AT LEAST SOMETHING TO START WITH, UM, TO, UM, INCORPORATE, UM, AN ORDINANCE ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS THAT WANT TO BE IN ONE PLACE AND STAY IN ONE PLACE.
UM, SO TAKING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, CAME UP WITH A APOL OR A, AN ORDINANCE, A DRAFT ORDINANCE, UM, AND HAD TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, A DH REQUIREMENTS, FIRE MARSHAL, VDH, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, UM, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, UM, COUNTY, UM, ORDINANCES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS AS FAR AS, UM, PARKING AND TRAFFIC AND, UM, TRASH AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THIS INCLUDES THE ORDINANCE, UM, A DRAFT APPLICATION, UM, AND EVEN A, UM, UH, SAMPLE SKETCH PLAN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT.
UM, SO LET'S SAY, UM, A, UH, LET'S SAY ELI WANTED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE 1800 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR FIVE YEARS.
THEY WANTED TO HAVE THEIR OWN CLUSTER OF FOOD TRUCKS.
SO THIS WOULD, UM, ALLOW THEM TO HAVE UP TO FIVE.
UM, IF IT'S JUST ONE, THEN THE FOOD TRUCK WOULD SUBMIT THE APPLICATION.
BUT IF IT'S FIVE, THEN THERE WOULD BE A COORDINATOR FROM THE SITE THAT WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AND GATHER ALL THE, UM, PERMITS AND, AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUCKS AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION AND PAYING THE FEE.
SO THERE'S, I HAVEN'T COME UP WITH ANY FEE, UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE FAIRLY EASY TO DO.
BUT, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A KIND OF A UNIFIED APPLICATION, SO IT COULD BE ONE FOOD TRUCK OR IT COULD BE A CLUSTER UP TO FIVE.
UM, THE ONLY, UM, THING THAT I KIND OF STRUGGLED WITH A LITTLE BIT WAS THAT, UM, I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, THE VDH INSPECTOR THAT I DEALT WITH WHEN I HAD A COMMISSARY FOR YEARS.
UH, AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T NECESSARILY LIKE ORDINANCES FOR MOBILE UNITS BECAUSE SOMETIMES, UM, THE, UH, VDH, WHICH IS HAS A STATEWIDE POLICY, UM, A LOCAL ORDINANCE MIGHT NOT JIVE WITH THAT.
SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY ON THE STATE BOOKS MM-HMM
UM, SO AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE, UM, OUR, OUR FRIENDS DOWN HERE WITH THE TACO TRUCK, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN IN A PERMANENT LOCATION FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, UM, IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED A MOBILE UNIT BY BDH, THEY, THEY'RE REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE TABLES AND CHAIRS MM-HMM
AND, UM, SO BECAUSE THAT MOBILE UNIT, UM, IS REGULATED BY THE COUNTY WHERE IT HAS IT, WHERE THEY USE THE COMMISSARY, UM, WHICH IS NOT WITHIN, UM, GLAND'S, UM, OMI DISTRICT'S, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INSPECTOR, IT'S IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OVER THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF UNSURE.
SO WHAT I DID IS I INCLUDED, UM, UH, A SECTION THAT SAID WHERE THERE IS A CONFLICT, VDH HAS PRIORITY.
I HAVE NOT, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT.
UH, SO I I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS
JENNY, DO YOU, UH, BEING THAT YOU WORKED ON IT WITH LISA, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO ADD IN ADDITION TO WHAT LISA JUST SPOKE TO? UM, I REALLY LIKE HOW, UH, I THINK LISA CREDIT, SHE WROTE 9, 9, 4 9 AND COMPILED IT AND, UH, WE WENT OVER IT TOGETHER.
I REALLY LIKE WHERE SHE'S STARTED WITH IT.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE SOME RULES, HAVE SOME STRUCTURE, HAVE A PROCESS, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR
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RESTRICT RESTRICTED, IT'S NOT TOO PERMISSIVE.UM, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD, UM, THING TO, TO SERVE THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING IN.
UM, THAT, UM, ONE THING, UH, I KNOW'S BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE, BUT I WANTED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK IT OUT, UM, AND PROBABLY HAVE SOME PUSHBACK ON BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES MM-HMM
HOW WILL YOU, HOW DO YOU THINK THEY WILL REACT TO THIS AND HOW DOES THAT, LIKE, IS THERE ANY KIND OF DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FROM A, FROM A BRICK AND MORTAR THERE, THERE'S NO DISTANCE ORDINANCE FROM ANOTHER RESTAURANT IN THE, IN THE ORDINANCE.
BUT, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE REASON WHY JENNY AND I DISCUSSED COMING UP WITH SOMETHING.
BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE, UM, JUST MORE, MORE EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE AND FAIR FOR THE CURRENT, THE BRICK AND MORTARS THAT WE DO HAVE.
UM, SO WHAT THIS DOES, AND IT IS, IT ENSURES THAT EVERYBODY, UM, IS REGULATED.
EVERYBODY IS, UM, PAYING THEIR FEES AND EVERYBODY IS PAYING BY THE SAME RULE BOOK, AND THAT THERE IS A PUBLIC WAY TO, UM, APPLY AND THAT IT'S NOT, UM, SO THAT IT DOESN'T FALL ON SOMEONE WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT JUST HAS TO MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL, WHICH IS WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT CAN BE PERCEIVED BY THE PUBLIC AS BEING A LITTLE UNFAIR.
BUT FOR THE, FOR THE BRICK AND MORTARS, UM, WE, THE MORE IN OUR, IN, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, AND I, I THINK JENNY WOULD CONCUR, THE MORE BUSINESS WE CAN BRING IN, THE MORE, UM, UM, DIVERSITY AND THE FOOD THAT WE CAN BRING IN TO OFFER CUSTOMERS THE, THE MORE TOURISM WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
SO, AND I, AND TO ADD TO THAT, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
UM, TO, TO ADD TO THAT, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THE STATE DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL THAT A BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANT FOR ONE AND FOR TWO, THERE'S NOTHING EXISTING IN THE COUNTY ORDINANCES RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD STOP A RESTAURANT FROM BUILDING ANOTHER ONE DIRECTLY NEXT TO A RESTAURANT AS WE HAVE IN THE FORECAST SEVERAL RESTAURANTS DIRECTLY NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
SO I THINK THEIR ARGUMENT IS KIND OF MOVED.
IT'S, IT IS A DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE, THINGS ARE CHANGING, SO WE HAVE TO ADAPT, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT FAIR AND E FOR EVERYONE AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE PLAYS BY THE RULES.
AND I'M NOT VERY WELL VERSED IN THIS, BUT, AND THERE WAS ALSO SOMETHING BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UM, THEM HAVING TO MOVE LOCATIONS LIKE SO AT A CERTAIN DATE, NUMBER OF BABIES OR SOMETHING, THE FOOD TRUCK.
THIS IS WHY WE WANT AN ORDINANCE ON THE BUS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME IN OTHER COUNTIES, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER COUNTIES, SOME OF THEM HAVE ORDINANCES AND SOME OF THEM DON'T.
BUT SOME OF 'EM SAY YOU CAN ONLY HAVE A FOOD TRUCK IN ONE PLACE FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS, AND THEN IT HAS TO MOVE, SO IT, IT CAN'T BE PERMANENT.
SO IN THE, IN THE EYES OF THE INSPECTOR THAT I WORKED WITH FOR YEARS AND HER OPINION, WHICH IS SHOULD EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION ON THE POLICY OR THEY INTERPRET THE POLICY OF VDH.
BUT THEIR, THEIR PO HER POLICY, HOW SHE INTERPRETS HER POLICY IS THAT, UM, IF THE FOOD TRUCK IS ABLE TO MOVE, UH, IT'S MOBILE, BUT IF YOU PLUG INTO, UM, MUNICIPAL WATER OR COUNTY WATER OR SEWER, THEN, THEN YOU'RE, YOU HAVE TO GO UNDER WHAT IS CONSIDERED A RESTAURANT WITHIN THE COUNTY.
SO YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN WATER AND YOUR OWN SEWER AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE.
AND WHERE WE WERE, WHERE JENNY AND I DECIDED TO COME AT THIS WITH, WAS COMING A LITTLE BIT BROADER AND NOT SO NARROW SO THAT, UM, WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO MAKE SOMEBODY MOVE.
UM, WE JUST WANT THEM TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
UM, BUT THEY CAN'T BE, THEY HAVE TO STAY ON WHEELS.
BUT IT DOESN'T LIMIT THEM TO HAVING TO MOVE EVERY SO OFTEN.
THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, LET ME ASK YOU WITH REGARDS TO THE DEFINITION OF FOOD THAT WOULD INCLUDE OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE STREET, RIGHT? MM-HMM
JUST 'CAUSE I, I WASN'T CLEAR ON THAT.
UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE LAYOUT OF, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY LAYOUT THAN OUR STANDARD ORDINANCES, OUR COUNTY ORDINANCES.
BUT I GUESS IT'S NOT A PROBLEM 'CAUSE OUR, UH, EXCUSE ME, PLAIN COMMISSION STAFF CAN, CAN TRANSPOSE THAT ANYWAY.
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MAKE SURE HAVING, AGAIN, IT WAS AN INTERNAL JUDGMENT CALL BY SOMEBODY TO APPROVE THAT.WELL, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY JUST WANNA THANK MS. DEAR AND MS. LEE FOR THE WORK ON THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD THE BANDWIDTH TO MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD AND SO APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP AND, AND HELPING US GET SOMETHING THAT WE CAN NOW WORK FORWARD WITH.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT AND, AND AS I SAID, WE MADE IT BROAD AND, AND IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF, YOU CAN NARROW IT IF IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT WE, WE TRIED INTENTIONALLY TO KEEP IT BROAD.
BECAUSE I, I'VE JUST RUN ACROSS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOOD TRUCKS, DIFFERENT COUNTIES THAT IT'S A LITTLE UNMANAGEABLE WHEN THEY MAKE THEM SO NARROW YES.
FOR THE, THE ACTUAL BUSINESSES TO DEAL WITH.
AND I HAVE THIS IN THE WORD FORMAT.
SO WHAT WOULD BE OUR PROCESS? YEAH, SO I THINK WHAT NEXT IS, UM, I DO HAVE IT IN MY INBOX AND SO I WOULD SAY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WE COULD WORK THIS INTO STAFF'S, UM, WORK PROGRAM TO REVIEW IT AND TO BRING BACK AND SEE IF STAFF HAS COMMENTS ON IT BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
UM, COULD BRING IT BACK BEFORE THE EDA IF THEY DO HAVE COMMENTS.
IF THEY DON'T AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO ADOPT IT, THE NEXT STEP WOULD THEN BE, WE WOULD GET IT IN COUNTY FORM.
WE WOULD TAKE IT TO THE BOARD, UM, IN TWO BY TWOS AND DRAFT IT, YOU KNOW, REVIEW IT WITH THEM AND THEN, UM, IT WOULD REQUIRE THE BOARD TO INITIATE A ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, WHETHER IT GOES IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE OR WHETHER IT GOES SOMEWHERE ELSE, DETERMINES WHETHER IT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR NOT.
AND THEN, UM, EVENTUALLY BACK TO THE BOARD FOR FORMAL ADOPTION.
SO THE ENTIRE PROCESS COULD TAKE EIGHT MONTHS, SIX MONTHS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT STAFF HAVE THERE TO ENSURE THAT.
IT, IT CALLS THAT WOULD INCLUDE LEGAL QUESTION THAT WOULD INCLUDE LEGAL OFFICER, RIGHT? YES.
WHAT IS THE COUNTY'S POSITION GONNA BE IN THAT? UM, IN THE INTERIM.
SO SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, HOW ARE WE GONNA TREAT FOOD TRUCKS IN THE MEANTIME? WE'LL CONTINUE TO TREAT FOOD TRUCKS.
WHY OUR EXISTING INTERNAL POLICY IN THE MEANTIME.
AND SO THAT BEING AN INTERNAL POLICY, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IT'S, CAN WE GET THAT PUBLISHED? I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
IT MAY STILL BE IN DRAFT FORM STILL.
IT'S SO, SO THAT IT'S NOT OFFICIAL POLICY THAT CAN BE ENFORCED.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE, WE WOULD THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO FALL BACK TO THE STATE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS INTERPRETIVE.
THAT'S WHAT WE STAND, THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO, THAT'S WHY WE DO, WE DO THIS, THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT DO WE DO TO FAST TRACK IT THEN? IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S SOMETHING TO DO ABOUT
I THINK BOARD MEMBERS, JUST TRANSPARENTLY, ONE OF THE THINGS AT STAFF LEVEL THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IS THE SAME STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE WORKING THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE CAPITAL IMPACT MODEL WHO ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE SUBDIVISION WORKERS WHO ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE MIX PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
WELL NOW BE WORKING ON THE FOOD TRUCK.
AND SO IT'S ULTIMATELY JUST RACKING AND STAFFING AND PRIORITIZING THE MULTITUDE OF ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
AND CERTAINLY THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE'RE, WE JUST HAVE TO WORK THAT INTO THE WORK PLAN AND WE'RE, WOULD WE, WOULD WE HAVE LIKE MAYBE 10 FOOD TRUCKS AT ANY GIVEN TIME IN THE COUNTY? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SO MUCH JUST HAVING ONE FOOD TRUCK COME IN, IT'S WHEN THEY WANNA COME IN AND STAY IN A PERMANENT SPOT.
WE, WE HAVE, SO WE DON'T, WE HAVE A FEW, WE HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD TRUCKS THAT COME IN YEAH.
AND THEY SET UP FOR LUNCH AND THEN THEY LEAVE.
IT IS, THE ISSUE IS WHEN THEY COME IN AND THEN THEY SET UP A PERMANENT LOCATION, RIGHT? YEAH.
IS WHERE IT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCES,
SO BEFORE ELI, THIS LILY STARTS CONSTRUCTION
WELL, I MEAN HONESTLY LIKE YEAH.
THEY, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A FOOD TRUCK COME IN AND TEMPORARILY SERVE LUNCH AND THEN LEAVES, LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT IN CONFLICT WITH ANY OF OUR ORDINANCES.
AND I THINK THE CATALYST FOR THIS CONVERSATION WAS THOSE VENDORS WHO ARE PERCEIVED AS NOT MOBILE.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THIS CONVERSATION IS GENERATED.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, UH, MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE EDA IN THREE MONTHS, WHETHER THAT'S COMMENTS BACK TO YOU OR WHETHER THAT'S STAFF AGREES AND IT'S IN DRAFT FORMAT AND,
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AND MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS.BUT WE WERE ALL JUST AT THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE COFFEE TRUCK, WHICH DOESN'T MOVE VERY MUCH.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE MEANTIME? SO WHY JUST MENTION THAT THE ISSUE BECOMES, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, IF THERE'S A COMPLAINT THAT'S FILED, THEN THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO ACT ON THE COMPLAINT AND DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S A VIOLATION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
WE'VE NOT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT FOOD TRUCK.
SO THE FOOD TRUCK CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS IT IS, BUT WE'RE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT BEING FAIR AND EQUITABLE AND THAT'S NOT, WE CANNOT LEAVE BUSINESSES IN THIS GRAY AO FOR AN INDETERMINATE AMOUNT OF TIME.
I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THREE MONTHS.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE A, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A PUBLIC FACING POLICY, WE CAN'T CALL THAT BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO THROUGH STUFF OR JUST AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THIS ALONE TILL WE HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN ACTUALLY SEND PEOPLE ON LEGALLY.
SO WE DO HAVE PRECEDENT WHEN THERE IS, UM, ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS IN THE WORKS THAT WE DO NOT ENFORCE ZONING, UM, COMPLAINTS OR VIOLATIONS.
THIS COULD BE AN INSTANCE WHERE THAT IS APPLICABLE.
IS, IS THERE ONE EXAMPLE, JENNY, THAT YOU KNOW OF? OR THAT THAT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE RIGHT NOW? THAT THAT'S THE TACO TRUCK HAS BEEN TOLD THEY, THEY, EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE TO MOVE THEIR TRAILER AROUND THE CORNER STILL VISIBLE, JUST MOVED AROUND THE CORNER.
BY WHO? ZERO DIFFERENCE ZONING.
SO IF THIS ORDINANCE WERE GOING THROUGH THE WORKS, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THAT? UH, UH, WE, THERE IS PRECEDENT, LIKE I SAID, IF THERE IS A ZONING, UH, ORDINANCE AMENDMENT THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO BRING A NONCONFORMING USE INTO A CONFORMING USE, THEN GENERALLY THE VIOLATION IS STAYED UNTIL THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS ADJUDICATED.
SO, UM, I WOULD, I'M GONNA HAVE TO RUN THAT THROUGH LEGAL BEFORE I CAN MAKE THAT STATEMENT, BUT THAT, THAT IT COULD APPLY TO ANY OF OUR COFFEE TRUCKS.
AND SEE, SEE IF THAT PERTAINS TO, YEAH.
IN THE MEANTIME, UM, DO WE NEED A RESOLUTION JUST TO STATE THAT AN AUTHORITY IS PROPOSING THIS FOR CONSIDERATION BASED STAFF? NO, I KNOW IT'S NECESSARY.
I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE AND ULTIMATELY WANNA BRING RESOLUTION TO IT FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR STAFF.
SO OUR STAFF HAS CLEAR CUT DIRECTION AND KNOWS HOW TO INTERPRET THIS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF GRAY AREA.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE CLARITY FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S INVOLVED.
SO YOU DON'T WANNA FORGET ABOUT THE LITTLE BUSINESSES EITHER, CORRECT.
WE, UH, THAT IS ALL THE MATTERS UNDER OTHER BUSINESS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, OTHER BUSINESS ITEMS? PRINT FOUR.
MR. CHAIRMAN AND I ASSUME WE DO HAVE CLOSED SESSION.
AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY I MUST ASK ALL CITIZENS TO DEPART CLOSED SESSION.
I HAVE A HARD TIME WATCHING YOU ALL ON ZOOM FOR SOME REASON.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, WHY WE'RE BETTER.
LOOK AT A PERSON, BETTER LOOK AT PERSON.
BY THE WAY, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I'M A CITIZEN.
ANYBODY WANT A WATER? WATER? SURE.
THE ONE THAT HE GAVE OUT ABOUT THE LOGO.
HE DIDN'T GET YOUR ONE SAUCE IN THE DOOR.
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THANK YOU.I GOTTA, I GOTTA DO MY HOMEWORK.
LINDA INTERCOURSE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF BRIDGET CODE SECTIONS 2.2371 AND 2.23712.
I MOVE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF GLAND COUNTY CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY RELOCATING IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ITS PLANS HAS BEEN MADE.
AND DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF ACQUISITION OR REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC HELD PRO REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION ON NEGO NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY AS PER MINUTE BY VIRGINIA.
CODE SECTIONS 2.23711 PARAGRAPHS A THREE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NO DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? I DID SAY AYE.
OH, I GUESS I COULDN'T ASK THAT.
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2371 2D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, I MOVE THE UCHIN COUNTY ECONOMIC GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HEREBY CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
AND TWO, ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS.
AS WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE MOTION CONVENING, THE CLOSED MEETING, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE UCHIN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
IN THE CLOSING MEETING OF THIS STATE, ADAM'S SECRETARY AND DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
IS THERE A SECOND? HERE WE GO.
IT'S BEEN MOTION SECONDED BY MS. DEN.
SO IS THERE ANY FURTHER MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE AUTHORITY AT THIS TIME? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MOVE.
MAY WE DON'T DISCUSS ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE.
ABSTENTION OR AGAINST? ABSTENTIONS.