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UH, ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'LL NOW CALL THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO ORDER FOR JANUARY 6TH, 2026.
UM, WE'LL NOW HAVE IN INVOCATION BY PASTOR JOE BROWN GLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PASTOR BROWN,
[I. Call to Order]
[II. Invocation: Pastor Joe Brown, Goochland Presbyterian Church]
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AT THE START OF THIS NEW YEAR.WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ARE SOVEREIGN AND GOOD AND KIND, AND WE SEEK YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS GREAT COUNTY OF GLAND COUNTY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE GIFT OF THIS NEW SEASON AND FOR THE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN WHO'VE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR SPECIFIC GUIDANCE DURING THIS MEETING.
AS THE BOARD PREPARES TO ELECT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR THE COMING YEAR, WE GRANT THESE, WE ASK THAT YOU GRANT THESE SUPERVISORS, SUPERVISORS, CLARITY AND PEACE AS THEY SELECT THE LEADERS WHO WILL FACILITATE THEIR WORK.
WE PRAY THAT THESE CHOSEN LEADERS WOULD BE GRANTED A DOUBLE PORTION OF WISDOM, A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY, AND THE COURAGE TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS, AND A HEART FOR EVERY CITIZEN.
GRANT THIS BOARD THE FORESIGHT TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, THE DISCERNMENT TO HANDLE THE COMPLEXITIES OF GROWTH AND THE PERSISTENCE TO SEE THEIR GOOD WORK THROUGH TO COMPLETION.
SO WE LIFT UP THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITIZENS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
MAY THIS CHAMBER BE A PLACE WHERE CIVIL DISCOURSE FLOURISHES, WHERE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ARE HEARD WITH RESPECT, AND WHERE A SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD ALWAYS OUTWEIGHS INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS.
MAY YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION IN FAVOR REST UPON OUR GREAT COUNTY OF GLAND COUNTY THROUGHOUT 2026, AND WE OFFER THIS PRAYER IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
PLEASE JOIN ME FORGI ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW, AS FAR AS THE AGENDA'S CONCERNED, IT'S, UH, IT'S A TIME THAT I WOULD, UH, TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO DR.
RALEY AND WE WOULD, UH, BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ELECTING A NEW CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN AND SO FORTH.
BUT I WANNA TAKE THE TIME JUST BRIEFLY TO REFLECT A LITTLE BIT, UH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO, WHEN WE DO REFLECT, WE HAVE, WE REALIZE WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OVER THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA MENTION EVERYTHING, I, I'M SURE I'M FORGETTING SOME THINGS, BUT SOME MAJOR, MAJOR THINGS HAVE HAPPENED FOR OUR COUNTY, WHICH I THINK STRENGTHEN OUR COUNTY, UH, ARE PROGRESSIVE AND MOVE US FORWARD.
UM, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, I THINK, IS THE HIRING OF OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, UM, WHICH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DELIBERATED ON AT LENGTH AND, UH, TOOK OUR TIME AND, UH, THANKFULLY SO, BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL, AND YOU ALL WOULD AGREE WITH US, THAT, UH, WE, WE MADE A GOOD CHOICE AND DR.
RAIL, AND THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING TOO.
UM, AND THEN ALONG COMES WITH HIM, FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF OUR STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL RESOURCES THAT ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY, UH, BENEFICIAL TO US.
SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CHANGES, A LOT OF POSITIVE CHANGES.
AND I THINK MY TAKE ON IT IS THE STAFF, THE MORALE REFLECTS THAT THIS, THAT THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN EMBRACED AND, UH, SUPPORTED AND SO FORTH.
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THAT JUST STAY TUNED, FOLKS, BECAUSE A LOT IS YET TO COME.A LOT OF POSITIVE HAS YET TO COME.
UM, THEN OF COURSE, ELI LILLY COMING, THAT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE, UH, DEAL OR WHATEVER WE WANNA CALL THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT FOR GLAND COUNTY.
UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME UNPLEASANTNESS, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF, PART OF THE JOB.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I REGRET THAT THERE'S EVER ANY UNPLEASANTNESS, BUT THERE IS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS A, HAS A RIGHT TO, TO THEIR OWN FEELINGS AND SO FORTH.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.
UM, AND THEN FURTHER, THERE'S, THERE'S FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE PATHWAY HAS BEEN LAID TO FOR, FOR MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SO FORTH.
AND, AND I THINK, UH, THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR CUSHMAN COUNTY AS WE MATURE AND BECOME MORE OF A REGIONAL PRESENCE, UH, THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
[III. Pledge of Allegiance: Vice-Chair Jonathan Christy]
STAY TUNED[IV. Annual Organizational Meeting (Chair turns gavel over to County Administrator)]
AND, UH, WITH OUR NEW CHAIRMAN AND, AND, AND VICE CHAIRMAN, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME GREAT THINGS.YOU HAVE TO COME IN 2026, SO THANK YOU ALL.
AND I'LL NOW TURN TO GAVEL OVER TO YOU, DR.
AND, AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND MR. CHRISTIE AND, AND THE BOARD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS YOUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THANKING THE BOTH OF YOU FOR STEPPING FORWARD TO SERVE IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN A TIME IN OUR SOCIETY WHEN, UH, FOLKS ARE NOT NECESSARILY STEPPING FORWARD.
YOU HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL AND HAVE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY EXTREMELY WELL.
I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE BOTH OF YOU AND, AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR TO, TO LEAD THIS BOARD AND TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR ME AS YOUR NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
UH, SO BOARD MEMBERS, GIVEN THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR, AND IT IS OUR REORGANIZATION MEETING, WE'RE GONNA START OFF TODAY WITH, UH, SELECTING YOUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2026.
AND SO BOARD MEMBERS, I'LL WELCOME ANY NOMINATIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR CHAIRMAN FOR 2026, MR. ROW.
UH, I MOVE THAT JONATHAN CHRISTIE, BE CHAIR OF THE GLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR MR. CHRISTIE THAT HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMAN FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR? OKAY, SO HEARING NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, WE DO HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
SO WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE.
UH, WE'LL START WITH MR. LYLE.
SUBORDINATE MEMBERS, I'LL ALSO WELCOME NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR FOR 2026.
DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THIS POSITION? MR. CHAIRMAN? I WOULD NOMINATE, UH, NEIL SPOON.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SECOND.
MOTION FROM MR. LAU AND A SECOND FROM MR. WINFREY.
SO, HEARING NONE, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS WE NEED TO FORMALLY, UH, APPROVE A RESOLUTION ELECTING YOUR OFFICERS FOR THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR.
SO, BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS RESOLUTION,
[1. Resolution Electing 2026 Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board of Supervisors]
MR. RAYLEY? UM, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ELECTING JONATHAN CHRISTIE'S 2026 CHAIR AND NEIL SPOONER'S, 2026 VICE CHAIR OF THE GLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALRIGHT, MR. CHRISTIE, I'LL TURN THIS GAVEL BACK OVER TO YOU.
WHERE A CHAIR? WE HAVE, UH, TARA.
I'LL, UH, TURN IT OVER TO TARA MCGEE
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FOR THE RESOLUTION, ADOPTING THE CODE OF ETHICS.THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN CHRISTIE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH YOU AND VICE CHAIR MR. SPOON HOWER, AS WELL AS OUR GRATITUDE TO YOU AND MR. WINFREY FOR SERVING SO ABLY, UH, THIS PAST YEAR.
[2. Resolution Adopting Board of Supervisors' 2026 Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct]
TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU THREE DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, THAT ARE A PART OF YOUR ANNUAL MEETING HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION AND A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 2026 CODE OF ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.
UH, THE GUIN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS HAD, UH, A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS FOR PAST MANY YEARS, OVER A DECADE.
AND I HAVE PROVIDED FOR YOU AND IN THE PACKET OF BLACKLINE VERSIONS OF CHANGES THAT WERE, UH, ESSENTIALLY PROPOSED BY ME IN, UH, STANDARD OF CONDUCT.
NUMBER FOUR, UH, WAS ALWAYS WRITTEN ABOUT HOW, UH, ALL BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE ON AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO MORE THAN ONE.
BUT REALISTICALLY, THAT'S NOT SUPPORTED BY FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT LAW.
THERE IS A RECOGNITION THAT IT IS POTENTIAL, IF YOU ARE ALL IN A GROUP EMAIL AND RESPONDING PROMPTLY, IT COULD BE CONSIDERED A MEETING.
AND SO I HAVE, UM, PROPOSED LANGUAGE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT DOES NOT ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
BUT TO SAY SIMPLY SUGGEST THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU MAY WANNA MAKE EACH OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS AWARE OF SOMETHING, BUT NOT THROUGH A JOINT MESSAGE STANDARD OF CONDUCT.
NUMBER FIVE HAS, UH, BEEN ADDED IS ALL NEW, AND IT JUST TALKS ABOUT THE FLOW OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, UM, ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO ADVISE YOUR COLLEAGUES WHEN THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT BE RELEASING PUBLICLY THAT, THAT THEY MAY BE UNAWARE OF.
AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT YOU ALREADY EXPECT OF ONE ANOTHER, BUT SIMPLY PUTTING IT IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT SHARES THOSE EXPECTATIONS.
UM, I ALSO HAD LOOKED AT THE PROCESS, THE PROCEDURE THAT IS AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT.
IT'S A PROCEDURE THAT WAS ADOPTED SINCE I STARTED IN 2017.
I THINK IT WAS SUBJECT OF THE 2018, UH, OR 2019, EXCUSE ME, AMENDMENTS.
UM, AND I BEGAN TO COMPARE IT AGAINST OTHER CODES OF ETHICS.
UM, AS I WAS LOOKING AT YOURS, I BEGAN TO LOOK AT OTHERS OF LIKE A DOZEN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES.
AND WHAT I FOUND WAS, UM, WE ALONE HAD A, A, A PROCESS LIKE THIS THAT MADE CHALLENGES TO YOUR ETHICS OR YOUR STANDARDS OF CONDUCT BE SOMETHING INITIATED BY A CITIZEN.
INSTEAD, I FOUND THAT OTHER CODES OF ETHICS EITHER SAY NOTHING ABOUT SOME ENFORCEMENT OF IT, OR THEY CONTAIN LANGUAGE SIM SIMILAR TO WHAT I HAVE PROPOSED, WHICH IS THIS IS AN ASPIRATIONAL DOCUMENT THAT EACH ONE OF YOU COMMITS TO WHEN WE DO THIS, WHEN YOU ACCEPT A PLACE ON THE BOARD AND THEN SIT HERE TODAY AND AGREE TO BE ABIDE, UM, BY THE ETHICS AND, UM, CONDITIONS.
IN THE YEARS SINCE WE HAVE HAD THAT COMPLAINT PROCESS, I HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN ANY TIME IT WAS EVER IN, UM, UH, UH, SELECTED AND LARGELY IN FACT, OVERWHELMINGLY THINGS WERE BROUGHT UP AS ETHICAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE BOARD THAT WERE REALLY DISAGREEMENTS WITH HOW A BOARD MEMBER ACTED, VOTED, OR A COMMENT MADE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES AND TIME TO GO INTO THAT.
UH, THE, THE, THAT ISN'T REALLY THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THIS TYPE OF, UM, ACTION.
SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH MY STARTING BACK IN, UH, OCTOBER TO REVIEW WHAT IS IN OTHER THINGS AND THEN TO BRING IT BEFORE YOU, IT IS MY PROPOSAL THAT THE PROCEDURE CLARIFY THAT THESE DOCUMENTS ARE HOW YOU CHOOSE TO HOLD YOURSELVES AND HOW YOU HOLD YOURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
AND THAT'S AN AMENDMENT THAT I PROPOSE FOR YOUR ADOPTION, UH, TODAY.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT MR. CHAIR? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CODE OF ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED.
LEY, CAN YOU CALL A ROLL CALL? HAPPY TO, UH, MR. LYLE? YAY.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, IF I MAY, AS A SIMILAR RESOLUTION ADOPTING A 2026 CODE OF ETHICS AND STANDARD OF CONDUCT, THIS IS FOR COUNTY APPOINTEES FOR THE
[3. Resolution adopting the 2026 Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct for County Appointees]
PEOPLE THAT THIS BODY APPOINTS TO THE BZA, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF PARKS AND REC ADVISORY COUNCIL.UH, IT WAS IN 2021 THAT THE BOARD REALIZED THAT THERE'S A CODE OF ETHICS IN THE COUNTY EMPLOYEE MANUAL AND THAT YOU ALL HAD ONE, BUT THAT THERE WAS THIS OTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO TRULY REPRESENT GLAND COUNTY WHO DIDN'T HAVE THIS GUIDANCE
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TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT THEIR OWN, UH, BEHAVIORS AND, AND WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF THEM.THE THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ADOPTED IT EVERY YEAR.
I HAVE REVISED IT TO COMPORT WITH THE PROCEDURAL CHANGE THAT I PUT INTO YOUR DOCUMENT, WHICH IS, THERE'S SIMILAR LANGUAGE TO SAY THEY SHOULD HOLD THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THIS BODY OR COULD BE INVOLVED IN HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
UM, BUT IT IS DONE TO COMPORT WITH THE CHANGE YOU JUST MADE TO YOUR, YOUR, UH, UH, CODE OF ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT BOARD.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN AND I, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD, UM, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ADAPTING THE 2026 CODE OF ETHICS THAT THE STANDARDS FOR OF CONDUCT FOR THE COUNTY APPOINTEES.
LEY, CAN YOU TAKE ROLL CALL VOTE MR. LYLE? YAY.
AND MY FINAL PROCEDURAL DOCUMENT FOR THE BOARD, THIS, UH, ANNUAL MEETING IS YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.
AGAIN, A DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN LONG ADOPTED AND GETS AMENDED EVERY YEAR.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO PROPOSED CHANGES, UM, BOTH FROM ME.
ONE IS A LITTLE CLARIFICATION OF THE LANGUAGE IN FOIA.
UH, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT HAD DROPPED OFF THE CHANGE OF LANGUAGE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THIS IS JUST BRINGING YOUR LANGUAGE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH IT AS TO WHEN YOU CAN HAVE VIRTUAL OR ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION.
AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION, I DIDN'T FIND
[4. Resolution Adopting Board of Supervisors' 2026 Rules of Procedure]
THE LANGUAGE AS CLEAR AS IT COULD BE WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION CAN BE CHANGED OR NOT.AND I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT COULD BE CHANGED IN, IN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE BOARD FOUND SO THAT IT WANTED TO.
SO WITH THOSE TWO MINOR CHANGES I PROVIDED TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RULES OF PROCEDURE AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIR? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO POINT OUT, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR, AND THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO JUST RUBBER STAMP AND PUT OUT THERE.
A, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY COULD JUST SAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA ADOPT THE SAME THING WE DO EVERY YEAR, BUT WE DON'T DO THAT.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO ITERATE TO GREAT.
SO I WANNA THANK THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR THAT AND, UM, THANK THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THIS AND ALWAYS STRIVING TO BE BETTER.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UM, ALRIGHT.
[5. Resolution Establishing the Board of Supervisors’ 2026 Meeting Schedule]
ITEM UNDER YOUR REORGANIZATION IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUR 2026 MEETING CALENDAR.YOU HAVE THOSE DATES AND TIMES IN YOUR PACKET JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, UH, PENDING APPROVAL BY THE BOARD.
YOU'LL SEE SOME TIMES, UH, WHERE WE'RE HAVING MORE EVENING MEETINGS THAN WE MAYBE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST, AND THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW, UH, GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PUBLIC TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.
ALL THE MEETINGS, UH, REGULAR MEETINGS ARE ON TUESDAYS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, WHICH IS THE DAY AFTER THE UPCOMING ELECTION.
UH, SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS TODAY BOARD MEMBERS, MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 2026 MEETING SCHEDULE AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL BOARD MEMBERS IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND ALL THAT WAS EVERYBODY, RIGHT? YEP.
[V. Chair's Comments]
WE HAVE CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS.I, UH, RETRACT THAT STATEMENT.
UM, SO, UH, FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR TRUSTING ME AND IN THIS POSITION OF LEADERSHIP.
UM, I WANT TO, I PRAY THAT I MAINTAIN TRUST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UH, FOR, UH, MY PERFORMANCE HERE.
I, I, UH, YEAH, JUST, UH, AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY.
UM, I'M NOT AS LONG-WINDED AS MR. WINFREY HERE,
SO I'M GOING TO, UH, THAT HURT.
I'M GONNA KEEP IT SHORT LIKE MYSELF.
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AND, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE.[VI. County Administrator's Comments]
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DR.RAYLEY FOR HIS ENTRY PLAN CLOSEOUT, UH, POINT OF ORDER.
MR. CHAIRMAN, DO WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? OH, WE'RE NOT WITNESS'S NOT HERE YET.
THIS FRIDAY, I'LL BE CELEBRATING MY SEVEN MONTH SEVENTH MONTH ANNIVERSARY.
AND TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN.
UH, AND SO AGAIN, JUST GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER AS A TEAM OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS.
AND, UH, MY GOAL FOR TODAY IS TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND POTENTIALLY THINK ABOUT HOW THAT CAN SET THE TONE FOR WHERE WE GO IN THE FUTURE.
UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS, I'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME GETTING TO KNOW OUR COMMUNITY AND GETTING TO ASK QUESTIONS AND
[1. Reflection on First Six Months]
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET FOLKS THAT I NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH BEFORE.SEE PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO VIEW.
AND, UH, MR. LYLE TOOK ME IN PLACES I DIDN'T KNOW EXIST IN GLAND, AND SAW SOME BEAUTIFUL THINGS WHEN I WAS IN THE CAR WITH MR. SPOON HOWER.
AND SO THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEARN BY ASKING QUESTIONS AND LATE LEARNING, UH, ALL THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING OVER 190 MEETINGS WITH OUR COMMUNITY BUSINESS LEADERS, CITIZENS, CLERGY, MEN AND WOMEN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MEMBERS, STAFF FROM THE SCHOOLS, LIKE A VARIETY OF FOLKS FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS, HAVE REALLY INFORMED THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND WILL SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE WORK THAT ULTIMATELY WE DO IN THE FUTURE.
ULTIMATELY, THROUGH THIS LISTENING OPPORTUNITY HAS REALLY SET THE STAGE FOR HOW WE CAN TOGETHER WORK FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I HAVE REALLY LEARNED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT ABOUT THIS EXCEPTIONAL TEAM, MANY OF WHOM ARE SITTING BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW, AND THE TREMENDOUS DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT THAT THIS TEAM HAS.
TRUE SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY, EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DEDICATED TO WHAT THEY DO AND ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD.
AND ULTIMATELY, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THERE'VE BEEN MANY SUCCESSES AS A RESULT OF THIS TEAM, SPECIFICALLY THE WORK OF OUR FIRE RESCUE TEAM AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO BE ONE OF ONLY 20 EMS PROVIDERS IN THIS STATE WHO ARE PROVIDING A WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM.
IF YOU THINK NATIONWIDE, OF ALL THE FIRE RESCUE EMS PROVIDERS, NATIONALLY, THERE ARE ONLY 280, AND GLIN IS ONE OF 280.
SO KUDOS TO OUR TEAM FOR THAT LEADERSHIP THAT IS PROVIDING THAT LIFESAVING SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SARAH WORLEY HAD THE CHANCE TO SHARE SOME OF THE SUCCESSES OF OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM IN A PRESENTATION IN DECEMBER.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD AT STRENGTHENING THE REVIEW PROCESSES, FOCUSING ON CUSTOMER SERVICE, RESTORING PREDICTABLE TIMELINES FOR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED OUR WORK TOGETHER IN TWO TH IN IN JUNE OF 2025, THERE WERE 109 OUTSTANDING PLAN REVIEWS, 109 PLAN REVIEWS THAT HAD NOT YET BEEN REVIEWED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BOARD MEMBERS.
THAT BACKLOG HAS REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND SO A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM WHO HAS TAKEN THIS TASK SERIOUSLY AND HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO REVIEW ITS PROCESSES AND PRIORITIZED THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS FROM A GENERAL SERVICES STANDPOINT.
SHOUT OUT TO SCOTT FOSTER AND HIS TEAM AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT STATION EIGHT IS GOING TO BE READY TO GO TO COME OUT OF THE GROUND IN THE SPRING OF THE YEAR.
AND WE'RE POISED AND READY TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COURTHOUSE.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, AS MR. WINFREY SAID, A LOT OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED AS A RESULT OF OUR WORK WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE STRONG SUCCESSES OF THAT TEAM, THE WORK OF OUR TEAM, HAVE BEEN CERTAINLY DRIVEN BY CORE PRINCIPLES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
AND THAT HAS BEEN A FOCUS FIRST ON LISTENING AND THEN ULTIMATELY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING CLEARLY AND THEN TEARING DOWN SILOS SO THAT WE ARE NOT JUST OPERATING AS ONE TEAM HERE AND ONE TEAM HERE.
WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE.
AND THAT COLLABORATION HAS BUILT, SHARED UNDERSTANDING.
AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO FOLLOW THROUGH, NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING, BUT DOING SOMETHING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE RETURNING, UH, TO OUR CITIZENS WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE REFERENCE HERE ON THIS SLIDE TO ONE OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAS CELEBRATED THE WORK OF THAT TEAM.
AND THIS IS ONE OF MANY SUCCESSES BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE HAVE HAD TOGETHER AS A GROUP IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO, DURING MY CONVERSATIONS WITH CITIZENS BUSINESS PARTNERS AND AND STAKEHOLDERS, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER THEMES THAT HAVE RISEN TO THE TOP THAT HAVE BEEN COMMON, NO MATTER WHOM I HAVE TALKED TO.
AND THAT IS A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND A PRIDE IN BEING A GOOSE AND RESIDENT.
UH, AGAIN, RECOGNITION OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DEDICATED TO THEIR CRAFT, AND THEN RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO BE
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A PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN GLAND.WE HAVE A STRONG AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND A CITIZENRY THAT CARES ABOUT COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND OUR RESIDENTS WANT CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ENGAGED.
AND THEN OUR PARTNERS, BE IT BUSINESS PARTNERS REGIONALLY OR HERE IN GLAND WHO WANT ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE AND STRUCTURING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN STAKEHOLDERS THAT I TALK TO WANT INTENTIONAL PREPARATION FOR GROWTH.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE POISED AND READY FOR WHAT IS NEXT FOR GLAND COUNTY? THOSE SHARED PRIORITIES INCLUDE CONTINUED STRENGTHENING OF OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND RESPONSIVENESS TO THE WORK WE DO IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, DEEPENING OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT, MAKING SURE THAT INTERNALLY WE ARE ALIGNED AND WE ARE DOING OUR WORK WITH A STRATEGIC FOCUS IN PREPARING FOR INTENTIONAL GROWTH AND THEN ULTIMATELY SUSTAINING A VALUES DRIVEN WORKFORCE CULTURE.
ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY REALLY HAVE, HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE WORK OVER THE COURSE, WELL THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
BUT ULTIMATELY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE DO WE GO FORWARD IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS? AND SO THESE ARE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY, UH, TO DEVELOP A CONTINUED PLAN WHERE WE ULTIMATELY HAVE ONGOING ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR CITIZENS AND FORMALIZING SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN IS ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, UH, TO SERVE AS A TWO-WAY CHANNEL AND A VEHICLE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION MORE WIDELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND HERE ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, VERN FLEMING IS SITTING BEHIND ME, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT VERN SHARED WITH ME EARLY IN MY TENURE AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
AND I'VE ALWAYS, UM, WELCOMED VERN'S PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY HEALTHY TO US AS WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I'M INTERESTED WITH NORA AMOS AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO STRENGTHEN OUR COURTHOUSE AND TO REALLY BE PURPOSEFUL IN BRINGING BUSINESS AND AND DEVELOPMENT TO OUR COURTHOUSE AREA.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY GETTING STARTED WITH A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT WILL KICK OFF ACTUALLY THIS FRIDAY WITH SOME WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO INTERNALLY AS A TEAM.
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN A STRONG GLIN TEAM WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON GOALS, CLEAR EXPECTATIONS AND COMMUNICATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
WE'RE DEVELOPING A BUDGET THAT'S GONNA SET THE TONE FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS AND 18 MONTHS OF OUR WORK.
AND SO ULTIMATELY MAKING SURE THAT THAT BUDGET IS ALIGNED WITH OUR PRIORITIES, OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON OUR CAPITAL AND OUR TALENT.
UH, AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M EAGER TO INTRODUCE TO THE BOARD IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS IS A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO SHARE TRANSPARENTLY WITH OUR COMMUNITY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND DATA THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO THE OPERATIONS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS IS REALLY BUILDING IN SOME PROCESSES I'VE LEARNED THAT WE ARE, UM, A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR US IS REALLY STRENGTHENING OUR, OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCESSES.
AND WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO AVOID SOME SINGLE POINTS OF FAILURE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WITH SOME CONTINUED CROSS TRAININGS GOING TO STRENGTHEN US IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN AS WE LOOK BEYOND THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, SOME POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AS WE THINK FORWARD IS MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ALIGN OUR STAFFING AND BUDGETING NEEDS TOGETHER, ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, LOOKING AT WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH OUR COMPENSATION GOALS FOR OUR WORKFORCE.
AS WE SHARED ON 1219, THERE ARE A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH TOGETHER.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, AS MR. WINFREY SAID, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE INTERACT WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE ROLE THAT GLAND PLAYS FROM A REGIONAL STANDPOINT.
AND THAT, AS I REFERENCED TO MAKING SURE THAT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE A PART OF WHAT WE DO, IT BECOMES THE CULTURE OF HOW WE OPERATE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE BACKUPS AND SYSTEMS IN PLACE IF WE EVER HAVE A TRANSITION BEYOND THAT.
UH, I DO BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WE ARE AND CAN CONTINUE TO BE A MODEL OF TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY DRIVEN GOVERNANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THAT THROUGH A MODEL OF ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE A CULTURE IN OUR ORGANIZATION THAT'S ROOTED IN OUR CORE VALUES AND THEN ULTIMATELY PRESERVE GLAND'S STRONG IDENTITY, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SUPPORTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GROW IN A BALANCED AND INTENTIONAL WAY.
UM, SO BOARD MEMBERS, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE TOGETHER HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND SO EAGER TO GET ON OUR RUNNING SHOES.
AND HERE WE GO, NEW YEAR, NEW WORK, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS TOGETHER WITH YOU.
I DID MEMORIALIZE THAT IN A REPORT TO YOU THAT'S IN IT'S YOUR SPOTS AND AT THE BACK.
AND WE'LL ALSO POST THAT ONLINE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE AS WELL.
BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING OUR TEAM'S WORK OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH,
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MR. CHAIRMAN, I, I WOULD, UH, DR.LEY SIMPLY EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS.
UM, I BELIEVE I HAVE HEARD FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MORE IN YOUR FIRST SIX MONTHS
AND, AND, AND IT'S BEEN VERY WELCOMED.
UH, YOUR RESPONSIVENESS IS, IS APPRECIATED.
I DON'T ALWAYS GET THE ANSWER I WANT, BUT I ALWAYS GET AN ANSWER.
UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LET US, MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF KNOW WHAT WE CAN BE DOING TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, APPRECIATE THAT.
WHEN I CALL YOU AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING, YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE OFFICE,
UM, AND WHEN I CALL AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, YOU'RE JUST NOW STARTING TO GO HOME.
SO, UM, PLEASE DON'T FORGET, FAMILY IS THE FIBER THAT BINDS US TOGETHER.
AND I DON'T NEED TO ADMONISH YOU THAT YOU PUT FAMILY FIRST, BUT UCHIN IS YOUR FAMILY.
SO YOU READ INTO THAT WHAT YOU WANT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN BE, UH, HELPFUL AS YOU, UH, EXECUTE ON THIS PLAN.
I JUST WANNA SAY KUDOS TO YOU AND THE STAFF.
I THINK THE CHALLENGE FOR US BOARD MEMBERS IS TO KEEP UP
WE DO THIS WORK TOGETHER, MR. CHAIR.
UM, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 190 MEETINGS, UH, DATA POINT THAT YOU PRESENTED, I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL.
YOU ALSO STRESSED STAKEHOLDERS AND I THINK THAT'S A CONCEPT THAT GETS LOST VERY OFTEN IS THERE ARE STAKEHOLDERS ON BOTH SIDES OF ALL OF THESE KEY ISSUES THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING.
RAIL, ONE THING HE HAS DONE IN HIS FIRST SIX MONTHS HAS SHOWN A DRIVE AND AN ENERGY TO DO THAT.
SO HE'S TRYING TO REACH RESOLUTION AND THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S GOVERNANCE AND, UH, ADMINISTRATING OF COUNTY.
UM, AND, AND ALSO I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TOO IN MANAGING RESOURCES IS, UM, WE ARE, WE, LIKE ANYBODY NEED TO NOT REST ON OUR LAURELS AT ANY TIME.
AND WHETHER, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT TIRE US OUT, DR.
RAIL HAS SHOWN THAT HE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO.
SO THAT IS, UH, WONDERFUL TO SEE.
AND, UM, I, I JUST, UH, GIVE YOU KUDOS, BUT ALSO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ENERGIZING US WITH ALL OF THIS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT GLAND, WE GOT A MAJOR UPGRADE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO.
UM, SO BOARD MEMBERS, A FEW OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS, UH, JUST A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC, UH, THAT OUR COUNTY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON JANUARY THE 19TH FOR MARTIN
[2. Goochland County Offices will be closed on January 19, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]
LUTHER KING DAY, AND WANTED TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US FOR A[3. January 20, 2026, 6:00 PM BOS CIP Work Session, Conf Room 270, meeting is open to the public]
BUDGET WORK SESSION IN JANUARY 20TH AT SIX O'CLOCK ACROSS THE HALL IN ROOM TWO 70.OUR PLAN FOR THAT BUDGET WORK SESSION RIGHT NOW IS TO FOCUS ON REVENUE PROJECTIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND OTHER PERSONNEL TOPICS AND PREPARATION FOR THE NEW BUDGET YEAR.
AND IT WOULD NOT BE A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT WITH
[4. Did You Know?]
A FEW.DID YOU KNOWS, UM, DID YOU KNOW THAT OUR TEAM TOGETHER COLLECTED 162 POUNDS OF FOOD AND DONATED THESE GOODS TO GLAND CARES IN SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY? AND DID YOU KNOW THAT TEAM GLAND PROCESSED 130 REQUEST FOR RECORDS, INCLUDING DOCUMENTS, EMAILS, AND OTHER ARTIFACTS THROUGH THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS FOIA IN THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2025? DID YOU KNOW THAT OUR COUNTY'S MAIN PHONE NUMBER FIVE FIVE SIX FIFTY EIGHT HUNDRED RECEIVES 400 CALLS PER MONTH? AND EACH ONE OF THEM IS ANSWERED BY OUR VERY OWN LISA BISK ALL WHILE PROCESSING FOER REQUESTS
SO LISA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, ANDREW, TRUE DEDICATION AND FOR KEEPING THIS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR STRAIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO, UH, COUNTY EMPLOYEE HEART OF SERVICE AWARD.
[VII. County Employee Heart of Service Award]
THAT'S CLIFF.ALL RIGHT, MR. AND THAT'S MR. HELLER.
ELLIOT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR FIRST EVER HEART OF SERVICE AWARD.
UH, A LITTLE RECAP OF OUR HEART OF SERVICE AWARD.
UH, IT WAS CREATED TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WHO EXEMPLIFY THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS IN THEIR DAILY WORK, HONOR,
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EMPATHY, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, AND TRANSPARENCY.PLEASE JOIN TEAM GLAND IN RECOGNIZING OUR INAUGURAL HEART AWARD WINNER, STEVEN PARRISH.
I HAVE A FEW NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT STEVEN IN FURTHER EMBARRASSMENT.
UM, OUR GENERAL SERVICE TEAM PERFORMS MULTIPLE TASKS TO ENSURE OUR CITIZENS, VISITORS, AND EMPLOYEES HAVE SAFE, WELCOMING AND CLEAN FACILITIES.
THEY SUPPORT THE COUNTY'S MAJOR IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, BUT ALSO PERFORM MANY DAY-TO-DAY TASKS THAT DO NOT GARNER MUCH ATTENTION.
MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM SERVE AS THE BACKBONE THAT PROVIDES NEEDED S SUPPORT AND TO ENSURE THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT OPERATION OF OUR COUNTY'S FACILITY ASSETS.
STEVEN PARRISH IS ONE OF THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR GENERAL SERVICES TEAM.
IN HIS ROLE AS FACILITIES TECHNICIAN, HE APPROACHES HIS WORK WITH A SMILE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE WHEN TASKED WITH MANY THINGS OTHERS WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO DO.
HE ARRIVES PREPARED TO COMPLETE THE TASK AT HAND, AND HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS TRULY PHENOMENAL.
IT IS STEVEN'S DILIGENCE THAT KEEPS OUR FACILITIES LOOKING GOOD AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.
IT IS ALSO HIS OPTIMISM, ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND POSITIVE ENERGY THAT HAS EARNED STEVEN PARIS OUR COUNTY'S FIRST HEART AWARD.
WHILE STEVEN EMBODIES ALL THE VALUES OF HEART, ACCOUNTABILITY IS HIS STRENGTH, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING WHEN MUCH OF THE WORK HAPPENS OUTTA THE PUBLIC VIEW.
WE RECOGNIZE AND SEE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY IN STEVEN AS HE TAKES TREMENDOUS PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT HE DOES AND IN THE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
TODAY, WE ARE PRESENTING STEVEN WITH OUR FIRST UCHIN COUNTY CHALLENGE COIN, RECOGNIZING IN SERVICE.
PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE STEVEN PARRISH.
I ALSO HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, OUR EMPLOYEE QUARTERLY AWARDS.
THIS PAST SUMMER COUNTY ADMINISTRATION COLLABORATED WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS TO DEVELOP AN EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM FOCUSED ON CELEBRATING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MEMBERS OF TEAM GLAND IN FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
THOSE ARE EMPLOYEE TEAM, ROOKIE LEADER, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
STAR RECOGNITION IS PROVIDED TO THESE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE EXCELLED IN THESE AREAS EACH QUARTER, AND THE QUARTERLY WINNERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN ANNUAL AWARD AS THE EMPLOYEE TEAM, ROOKIE LEADER, OR CUSTOMER SERVICE STAR OF THE QUARTER.
PLEASE JOIN TEAM GLAND IN RECOGNIZING OUR QUARTERLY AWARD WINNINGS WINNERS FOR THIS PERIOD OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
OUR FIRST IS OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE STAR OF THE QUARTER.
THAT WOULD BE ABIGAIL CORDOVA FROM ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION.
UM, I'M GONNA SAY SOME NICE THINGS ABOUT HER THEN, THEN SHE CAN COME UP.
UM, ABIGAIL, UH, SIMPLIFIES OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE IN HER ROLE AS THE OFFICE ASSOCIATE AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
AS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR CALLERS AND VISITORS, SHE CONSISTENTLY CREATES A POSITIVE AND WELCOMING EXPERIENCE FOR THE PUBLIC.
ABY MANAGES FRONT DESK INQUIRIES WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND WARMTH, WHILE ALSO SERVING AS THE PRIMARY DISPATCHER FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION CALLS, ENSURING TIMELY AND ACCURATE COMMUNICATION WITH FIELD STAFF.
HER EXCELLENT ATTITUDE, STRONG WORK ETHIC, AND PERSONABLE NATURE REFLECT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL ON THE DEPARTMENT AND ON GLAND COUNTY.
ABIGAIL'S DEDICATION, RELIABILITY, AND EXEMPLARY REPRESENTATION OF THE SHELTER MAKER.
HIGHLY DESERVING OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD.
CAN YOU HIDE THE BALLOONS LIKE STEVEN DID? SURE.
OUR NEXT AWARD WINNER IS EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.
THAT WOULD BE SHANNON GRAYSON, OUR DEPUTY REGISTRAR.
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SHANNON EMBODIES THE MODEL EMPLOYEE.SHE EXUDES SHEER CONFIDENCE IN HER JOB AND DEMONSTRATES EXCELLENCE DAILY AND AN ELECTION JOB WHERE POLARIZING OPINIONS AND BELIEF ARE BELIEFS ARE EVER PRESENT.
SHE IS A BEACON OF CALM AND RATIONALE.
THE COUNTY CONSTITUENTS WHOM SHE SERVES CONSISTENTLY REMARK UPON HER RESOURCEFULNESS IN HELPING THEM WITH THEIR INQUIRIES AS WELL AS HER KINDNESS.
VOTERS MAY NOT KNOW WHO SHE IS WHEN THEY COME TO THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, BUT THEY WILL LIKELY LEAVE ON A FIRST NAME BASIS.
AND THOSE WHO SHE DOES KNOW WILL PROBABLY BE SENT OFF WITH A HOOK.
SHANNON HAS BEEN A PATIENT AND EFFECTIVE TEACHER WITH OUR NEW EMPLOYEE, AND SHE SUBSCRIBES TO LEARNING BY DOING AND IS ALWAYS OPEN TO ANSWERING EVEN THE SIMPLEST OF QUESTIONS WITHOUT JUDGMENT.
CRAN COUNTY HAS A TRUE GEM OF EMPLOYEE IN SHANNON.
GRAYSON IS PROUD OF THE WORK SHE DOES.
OUR NEXT AWARD WINNER IS LEADER OF THE QUARTER, DON LEFTWICH, GENERAL SERVICES CONVENIENCE CENTERS.
DON HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT LEADER SINCE JOINING THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE SPRING OF 2024.
AS OUR CONVENIENCE CENTER MANAGER.
MANY COUNTY RESIDENTS AND I'VE PERSONALLY HEARD THIS, UM, HAVE COMMENTED ON HIS HUMOR, HELPFULNESS AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
HE'S DEVOTED TO HIS TEAM PROVIDING A PLEASANT WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT, LISTENING AND CARING ABOUT TEAM'S CONCERNS AND ACTING UPON THEM, AND PROVIDES FORWARD THINKING AND INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP.
DON LEWI, WE GOT YOUR BALLOON YESTERDAY.
OUR NEXT AWARD WINNER IS ROOKIE OF THE QUARTER.
TIFFANY EFFER COUNTY ATTORNEY.
SHE'S THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.
TIFFANY JOINED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON JULY 1ST WITH YEARS OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE, BUT NOT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW.
SHE HAS DILIGENTLY READ TREATISES AND WATCHED TRAINING VIDEOS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TOPICS TO LEARN AREAS OF PRACTICES IDENTIFIED FOR HER TO WORK ON.
SHE'S HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND EAGER TO JUMP IN THE FRAY WHEN SHE WAS TOLD SHE COULD WATCH ANOTHER ATTORNEY GIVE A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOIA TRAINING TO COUNTY STAFF, AND THAT SHE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO GIVE IT THE NEXT TIME SHE VOLUNTEERED TO GIVE THE TRAINING INSTEAD OF WATCHING SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT.
SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB IN THIS QUARTER.
IN PARTICULAR, TIFFANY HAS BEGUN TO HANDLE MATTERS FOR CLIENT DEPARTMENTS.
THREE OF HER CLIENT CONTACTS WERE SO IMPRESSED WITH TIFFANY THAT THEY REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, HER SUPERVISOR, TO COMMEND HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
EXCELLENT ANALYSIS AND HELPFUL DEMEANOR.
TIFFANY IS AN EXCELLENT RECENT ADDITION TO THE COUNTY AFTERNOON.
LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, OUR TEAM OF THE QUARTER IS THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, THE TREASURER.
THE TREASURER'S OFFICE DOES A LOT MORE THAN TAKING MONEY FOR TAXES.
ALL FUNDS THAT ARE ALLOCATED THROUGH THE COUNTY END UP AT THE OFFICE TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE RIGHT GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTS.
THERE ARE MANY UNSEEN TASKS INCLUDING BILLING, COLLECTING FUNDS, PHONE CALLS, AND BALANCING THE COUNTY FUNDS, ET CETERA.
THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO RUNNING THE OFFICE AND THE OFFICE STAFF ARE LOOKED AT AS PEOPLE THAT TAKES TAX PAYER MONEY AND DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
THEY ALWAYS COME IN EARLY AND WORK SO MUCH MORE, SO MUCH MORE
THEY ALWAYS COME IN EARLY AND WORK LATE DURING EVERY TAX SEASON TO MAKE SURE THINGS GET PROCESSED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THEY LISTEN TO THE RUDE COMMENTS AND THE NICE COMMENTS WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE.
THERE ARE SO MUCH BEHIND THE SCENES ACTIVITY THAT THEY DO IN THE ONLY WAY ANYONE WILL EVER KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO WORK ON THE TREASURER'S OFFICE TO ACTUALLY HAVE WORKED IN ONE.
THEY DESERVE THIS AWARD FOR AN AMAZING UNSUNG JOB THAT THEY DO.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY CAN'T ALL COME UP BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY RUNNING THE TREASURER'S OFFICE AT THE TIME.
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THANK YOU FOLKS.THANK YOU MR. HELLER FOR, UH, AWARDING SOME OF OUR STELLAR EMPLOYEES.
[IX. Requests to Postpone Agenda Items and Additions, Deletions or Changes in the Order of Presentation]
REQUEST TO POSTPONE AGENDA ITEMS IN ADDITION, DELETIONS CHANGES IN ORDER OF PRESENTATION.ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FROM THE BOARD? NOPE.
SO NOW WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO CITIZEN COMMENT.
[X. Citizen Comment]
YOU READ THE RULES? SURE.AND, UH, WHEN WE, MR. CHRISTIE OPENS UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
YOU DO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A LIGHT THAT WILL TURN GREEN WHEN YOU START, AND IT'LL CHANGE TO YELLOW AT ONE MINUTE, LEFT TO SPEAK.
AND THEN 30 SECONDS WE'LL START TO BLINK.
AND THEN RED LIGHT, YOUR SPEAKER TIME IS UP.
WE DO WELCOME PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MEETING, NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SPEAKERS DO STAY TO THEIR THREE MINUTE TIMELINE.
IF YOU DO CHOOSE TO SPEAK, UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
UH, IF YOU DO WANT TO CEDE YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE, WE DO HAVE A PROCESS WHERE YOU CAN CEDE YOUR TIME.
AND THAT PERSON'S TIME IS INCREASED BY TWO MINUTES PER PERSON FOR A TOTAL OF 10 MINUTES AND ALL.
ALL RIGHT, CITIZEN COMMENT IS NOW OPEN.
YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL START WITH MR. ROBIN LIN REPRESENTING, UH, VA TWO 50
HE'S DOING THE SLIDE CHAIR RIGHT HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS MR. CHRISTIE ON YOUR ELECTION AS CHAIR.
REALLY FOR REMINDING ME THAT I'VE BEEN RETIRED FOR SEVEN MONTHS,
[Manuel Alvarez -& Robin Lind - Update on VA250 Commission]
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA JUST GONNA GO THROUGH QUICKLY THROUGH SOME OF OUR TWO 50 COMMISSION FORMATION AND THEN, UH, ROBIN, ROBIN WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE HISTORY AND SOME OF OUR NEXT STEPS.
UM, ROBIN WAS HERE TWO 50 YEARS AGO.
SO I'LL TELL YOU HOW WE WERE FORMED.
OUR MEMBERSHIP, OUR PART IN THE REVOLUTION, UH, CO WALLACE IS MARCHED THROUGH GLAND AND SOME OF THE TWO 50 COMMISSION EVENTS.
AND THEN OUR CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE CREATING CALLED THE WITNESS STREET CHALLENGE.
UM, SOME OF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD WHEN THE COMMISSION WAS FORMED, UH, TWO OF YOU I THINK.
AND, UM, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION PASSED TO CREATE THE COMMISSION AND ASSIGNED THE, UM, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PUT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN CHARGE OF CREATING THE, THE COMMISSION.
UM, MR. ALVAREZ WAS APPOINTED CHAIR BACK THEN, BUT HE TOOK A LITTLE BRIEF BREAK, UH, TO COME IN AND, UM, SERVE AS INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU, MR. CHRISTIE WAS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT WHEN WE HIRED RAYLEY.
SO THE MEMBERS, THERE ARE SEVERAL MEMBERS HERE.
UH, UM, I KNOW ALSO LINDA AND, UH, CHRISTINA DUNN.
I DON'T KNOW IF TOM C**K IS HERE.
UH, WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN SARAH OFF THE LIST 'CAUSE WE KNOW SHE'S BUSY, BUT WE STILL COUNT ON HER A LOT.
AND PARTS AND REC IS VERY WELL, VERY ENGAGED WITH US.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ROBIN, WHO'S GONNA TELL US ABOUT THE LINS PART IN THE REVOLUTION.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS TIME TO MAKE THE ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH WE PROMISED YOU IN OUR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
UM, AND IT IS NOT TRUE THAT I KNEW THOMAS JEFFERSON.
I I MAY HAVE KNOWN HIS FATHER, BUT I DID NOT KNOW HIM HIMSELF.
UM, SO THE, UM, PART OF THE, UM, MOST PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IS STARTING IN NEW ENGLAND AND BEING INVOLVED IN SKIRMISHES UP THERE.
AND THAT CERTAINLY HAPPENED, BUT OF COURSE, YOU
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KNOW ABOUT PATRICK HENRY DOWN HERE IN VIRGINIA.AND THE, UH, DISCUSSIONS THAT WENT ON BEFORE THE REVOLUTION ACTUALLY GOT GOING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCORD AND, UM, FAMILIES WERE DIVIDED, INCLUDING IN GLAND.
MANY PEOPLE WERE STILL LOYALISTS, UM, AND FELT THAT THEY HAD THEIR LOYALTY TO ENGLAND AND HAD NOT YET SUPPORTED THE REVOLUTION.
IT WAS PROBABLY ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD, UH, PATRIOTS LOYALISTS AND PEOPLE WHO REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON.
HOWEVER, IN 1781, UM, THE BRITISH ARMY ACTUALLY CAME THROUGH GLAND.
AND THIS WAS THE, UM, WHEN, UM, LORD KORN WALLACE CAME THROUGH WITH HIS ARMY COMING INTO GLAND FROM THE NORTH, FROM LOUISA COUNTY, UM, AT NAPIER'S MILL, WHICH IS NOW WHERE WE WOULD CALL OILVILLE.
USED TO BE CALLED WATKINS MILL.
AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT REMEMBER THAT.
UM, HE THEN MOVED FROM THERE DOWN TO BATES PLANTATION WHERE THE NEW GLAND HIGH SCHOOL IS.
AND FROM THERE MOVED ON TO ELK HILL, UM, JEFFERSON'S ELK HILL ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE ELK HILL ACADEMY.
CORNWALL ACTUALLY USED THAT AS HIS HEADQUARTERS.
AND IN JUNE OF, UM, 1781, FINALLY DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO THE SO-CALLED SAFETY OF YORKTOWN.
AND YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE, BUT HE HAD PLUNDERED, UM, UH, JEFFERSON'S PROPERTY AT ELK HILL.
HE HAD TAKEN WHAT HE NEEDED TO, TO, UM, PROVIDE SUSTENANCE FOR HIS ARMY, WHICH DID NOT TRAVEL WITH THE QUARTERMASTER'S CORPS.
UM, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE EXTREMELY UPSET ABOUT THE BRITISH ARMY COMING THROUGH HERE.
SO THEY ACTUALLY CREATED MORE SUPPORT IN GLAND, UM, FOR THE REVOLUTION.
YOU'LL SEE HERE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SOMETHING AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WHICH SHOWS, UM, THE MARCH OF KORN WALLACE'S ARMY.
AND THERE'S A CLOSEUP HERE THAT THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS YOU CAN SEE THAT, THAT HE GOT AS FAR AS, UM, ELK ISLAND THERE.
UM, JUST BELOW THE POINT OF FORK, HE ACTUALLY SENT JOHN GRAVE SIMKO UP TO THE POINT OF FORK, UM, WHERE HE SEIZED THE ARSENAL AND FOOLED VON STEUBEN INTO THINKING THAT HE HAD A MUCH LARGER FORCE THAN HE DID.
UM, BANISTER TALTON WENT UP TO CHARLOTTESVILLE TO TRY AND CATCH JEFFERSON AND THE LEGISLATURE, JEFFERSON IS REPORTED TO HAVE ACTUALLY STOOD AT MONTICELLO, NOT THE MODERN MONTICELLO WE SEE, BUT THE ONE THAT HE WAS BUILDING AND SAW THE SMOKE COMING UP FROM ELK HILL AND KNEW THAT CORNWALL HAD BURNED ALL OF HIS BARNS AND DESTROYED HIS PROPERTY DOWN THERE.
THEN, THEN CORNWALL TURNED AROUND AND CAME BACK, AND YOU CAN SEE HE WENT TO THE GLAND COURTHOUSE AND THEN DOWN TO DOVER, AND THEN BACK TO RICHMOND, HEADED BACK SOUTH AND, UH, EAST TO YORKTOWN.
WE ARE, UM, REALLY GROUND ZERO FOR, UM, A COUNTY THAT HAD SUCH A CLOSE CONNECTION TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
OUR, UM, MOST FAMOUS NATIVE SON, UM, WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, WAS BORN IN GLAND COUNTY, GREW UP IN GLAND COUNTY.
HIS FATHER WAS THE SHERIFF OF GLAND COUNTY IN 1731.
AND HIS GRANDFATHER, AISHA RANDOLPH, LIVED AT DUNGEONS AT THE END OF ROCKCASTLE ROAD.
HE HAD A VERY STRONG CONNECTION TO GLAND, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT HIS WIFE HAD BROUGHT HIM THE PROPERTY AT ELK HILL.
NOW I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION.
IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE TWO 50 COMMISSION HAS BEEN DOING.
SO SOME OF YOU KNOW, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS AT THE RUN TO THE REVOLUTION, 5K AT ELK HILL ACADEMY ACADEMY IN 2024.
WE REPEATED THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND IN FACT, THE, UM, WINNER OF THE RACE WAS YOUR OWN, UH, JONATHAN LYLE.
UM, I CAME IN SECOND BEHIND THE YOUNG LADY FROM HANOVER.
I WAS THE FIRST, WELL, SO HE WAS A FIRST MALE WINNER.
THE FIRST FEMALE WINNER WAS, UM, UH, WHAT'S HER NAME FROM THE HODGE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? CAITLYN HODGE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN HOLDING THEM AT ELK HILL BECAUSE OF THE SYMBOLIC NATURE OF RUNNING THROUGH THERE.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING NOW WHETHER TO DO IT THERE AGAIN THIS COMING THIS YEAR OR, OR TO MOVE IT CLOSER TO TOWN BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FAR WEST, ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME FROM ALBERT MAR COLD PEPPER ALL OVER.
I THINK WE, WE'D GET MORE HENRICO AND RICHMOND RUNNERS IF WE HOLD IT HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE.
SO, AND THIS YEAR WE HAD SOME REENACTORS.
WE SHUT OFF A MUSKET TO GET THE RACE STARTED AND WE HAD A FIVE, UH, PLAYER, UH, WHO'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
UH, THEN IF YOU RECALL BACK ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2024,
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WE CELEBRATED THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE'S VISIT THROUGH GLAND.UH, WE HAD GREAT FOOD PREPARED BY THE, UH, CULINARY SCHOOL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD PUBLICITY FROM THAT EVENT.
AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER BACK TO ROBIN TO TALK ABOUT THE WITNESS TREE CHALLENGE.
AND I CONCEIVE, UH, MS. MS. SCHITZ SAYING SPEED IT UP.
SO THE WITNESS TREE CHALLENGE IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED AND THIS YEAR WITH COOPERATION FROM THE GLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS, THE GLAND COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WITH THE TWO 50 COMMISSION.
AND WE ARE CHALLENGING STUDENTS TO GO OUT INTO THEIR COMMUNITY AND SEE IF THEY CAN FIND A TREE OR MORE, MORE THAN ONE TREE THAT WAS GROWING 250 YEARS AGO.
THE THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE NEWSLETTER, WHICH COMES OUT NEXT WEEK, HAS A PICTURE OF ONE, WHICH YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH ON THE CORNER OF FAIRGROUNDS AND MAIDEN'S ROAD, WHICH IS CERTAINLY OVER 250 YEARS OLD.
UH, THERE ARE TREES IN THE COUNTY THAT MAY BE AS MUCH AS 300 YEARS OLD.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THEM, IDENTIFY THEM, HAVE THE, THEY'RE NOT DISCOVERERS, BUT THE FINDERS, UM, WILL BE RECOGNIZED, UH, FOR THEIR ROLE IN FINDING THESE TREES AND IDENTIFYING THEM, PUTTING TAGS ON THE TREES WITH, WITH LANDOWNERS PERMISSION.
UM, AND THEN, UM, HAVING THIS CULMINATE, UH, AROUND ARBOR DAY AT THE END OF APRIL WHERE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM RECOGNIZED BY THE COUNTY, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UM, THE, THE SITES OF THOSE TREES MAPPED SO THEY CAN BE PROTECTED FOR THE FUTURE.
UH, AND WE'D LIKE THEM TO UNDERSTAND BOTH THE SCIENCE, HORTICULTURE, ENGINEERING, UM, AND HISTORY INVOLVED IN THESE TREES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SO ALL OF THIS WILL BE, UM, ALSO CULMINATING WITH, WE HOPE THE PLANTING OF MORE PROSPECTIVE WITNESS TREES, UM, WHICH MAY BE AROUND 250 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THE PEOPLE IN GLAND ARE CELEBRATING THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
WE HOPE TO BE THERE TOO FOR THAT
SO WE WE'RE ALSO PLANNING A NICE EVENT FOR JULY 4TH THIS YEAR.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE FIREWORKS.
UM, AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AT THIS POINT IS TO HAVE AN EVENT HERE IN THE, IN THE COURTHOUSE AREA.
WE WERE ORIGINALLY THINKING OF DOING SOMETHING AT THE OLD COURTHOUSE 'CAUSE IT'S MORE HISTORIC, BUT BY BRINGING IT HERE, WE WILL LEVERAGE THE PEOPLE THAT COME FOR THE FIREWORKS.
WE KNOW THERE'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND SO WE, UH, PLAN TO HAVE PETRI MUSIC PRESENTATION OF COLORS AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND OF COURSE WE'LL TRY TO INCLUDE, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND SO ON IN THOSE EVENTS.
UH, WE WANT TO HAVE A PUBLIC READING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT MAY BE YOU IF YOU SO DESIRE.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SOLEMN READING OF THE NAMES OF GLA PATRIOTS WHO ARE KNOWN TO HAVE SERVED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
WE HAVE A LIST IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THOSE NAMES.
AND WE WE'RE THINKING OF OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE HAVING A MEETING ON THURSDAY TO START, UH, SOME OF THAT PLANNING, AND THEN AT THE END WE'LL HAVE A BIG CAKE AND WE'LL CELEBRATE THE TWO 50TH PRIOR TO THE FIREWORKS EVENT STARTING.
SO I THINK, I THINK IT'LL BE A REALLY GOOD EVENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY MONEY? I MEAN,
ALRIGHT, ARE THERE ANY OTHERS FOR CITIZEN COMMENT? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE COMMENT PERIOD.
BOARD MEMBERS, UH, NEED AN APPROVAL OF THE ACTION MINUTES, MR. CHAIR? YES.
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I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE NOVEMBER 6TH MINUTES TO INCLUDE TWO MOTIONS THAT WERE MADE BY MR. LYLE, BUT WERE NOT SECONDED, AS PER MY EMAIL TO YOU THIS MORNING.UH, BOARD MEMBERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED? MR. CHAIR? I, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE AS AMENDED THE ACTION MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025
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REGULAR MEETING.ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[XII. Reports]
CHRISTIE, WE'LL TRANSITION INTO THE LIST OF REPORTS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA.FIRST WE'RE GONNA START OFF, WE'RE GONNA BRING MR. HELLER BACK TO THE MICROPHONE AND HAVE HIM INTRODUCED TWO OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES TODAY.
GIVE US A SECOND TO GET, UH, SITUATED HERE.
[1. Introduction of New County Staff]
I CAN, OH, HERE WE GO.WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT HER? I DON'T KNOW.
UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
UH, WE HAVE TWO NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THAT WERE HIRES EITHER TOWARDS THE END OF DECEMBER OR, UH, ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY IN JANUARY.
SO OUR FIRST ONE IS NORA AMOS.
NORA STARTED ON JANUARY 2ND AS A NEW DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE TENANT OF ASHLAND, WHERE SHE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
NORA HAS OVER 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SERVING COMMUNITIES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
NORA'S ORIGINALLY FROM THE WINCHESTER AREA AND IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF RADFORD UNIVERSITY AND IS VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE GLAND FAMILY.
SO NORA, IF YOU COULD COME UP, GOTTA GET A PICTURE.
OUR SECOND NEW EMPLOYEE IS OUR, IS DAVE WILSON, OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
DAVE WILSON HAS JOINED THE COUNTY, UH, AND HAS AN EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AS A FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL.
MOST RECENTLY SERVING IN THE SAME ROLE WITH KING WILLIAM COUNTY AND GLOUCESTER COUNTY.
DAVID IS A GRADUATE OF OLD DOMINION IN NORFOLK AND ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY ALONG WITH HIKING AND FISHING.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, CONTINUING THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, TO HAVE OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND TEAMMATES SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO WE HAVE JOB WHO IS GOING TO, UH, OUR DIRECTOR
[2. Animal Care and Protection Report]
OF ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION, GONNA PROVIDE SOME UPDATE REGARDING THE GREAT WORK HE AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING.I'M HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON OVER AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
UM, AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS A PUBLIC SAFETY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTNER.
IT PROTECTS PEOPLE, ANIMALS, AND COUNTY RESOURCES.
AND WE HAVE THREE MAIN PARTS OF OUR OPERATION, AND THAT'S FIELD SERVICES, SHELTER OPERATIONS, AND THE VETERINARY CARE WE PROVIDED.
WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH FIELD SERVICES.
UH, LAST YEAR WE HANDLED 252 2,537 CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH WAS A JUMP OF 6% FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
ONE OF THOSE CALLS WERE STRAY AND NUISANCE ANIMALS.
AND WE HANDLED 112 POSSIBLE RABIES CASES AND 316 CALLS FOR WILDLIFE SERVICES.
A FIELD SERVICE AND CALL VOLUME.
UM, ANIMAL PROTECTION IS AVAILABLE 24 7 365 DAYS A YEAR FOR EMERGENCY CALLS.
WE'RE MANDATORY REPORTERS FOR CHILD WELFARE AND ELDERLY NEGLECT.
UH, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT SUCH AS GLAND, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES, STATE POLICE, FIRE, EMS, SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE, LIKE I SAID, AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH RABIES EXPOSURES.
UH, WE HAVE SEEN A SPIKE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN OUR WILDLIFE CALLS.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS JUST THAT MORE DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES.
AS THE COUNTY EXPANDS, YOU'RE GETTING MORE WILDLIFE COMING INTO THE PUBLIC VIEW.
BUT IN, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IN 2021, WE HANDLED 67 CALLS FOR WILDLIFE.
AND IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE HANDLED OVER 300 A YEAR.
UM, AND DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES HAS VERY LIMITED SCOPE.
THEY HAVE ONE OFFICER COVERING THREE COUNTIES.
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JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE STEPPING IN AND HELPING OUT.AN INSTANCE, SO THAT IS OUR BAT FRIEND HERE WAS AT HIDDEN ROCK PARK AND, UH, WAS FOUND BY A GROUP OF YOUTHS, AND THEY ALL DECIDED TO HANDLE HIM BEFORE OFFICER UH, RUTLEDGE COULD GET THERE.
SO HE WAS SENT AND THANKFULLY TESTED NEGATIVE FOR RABIES, BUT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE.
SO ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS HANDLE THE BITE INVESTIGATIONS, THE QUARANTINE ENFORCEMENT, THE UH, SUBMISSION OF SPECIMENS TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR RABIES TESTING.
AND THE MOST COMMON VECTORS FOR THAT THAT WE SEE ARE RACCOONS, SKUNKS, BATS.
UH, SO THE ANIMALS THAT TYPICALLY GET TESTED FOR RABIES SHELTER OPERATIONS AND PET ADOPTIONS.
THIS IS THE WARM AND FUZZY AHA
WAS THERE A PUN INTENDED? I DON'T, YES.
UH, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THESE NUMBERS HERE.
UH, THE TRADEMARK GLAND DID, DID YOU KNOW, UH, THAT WE PROCESSED 788 ADOPTIONS IN 2025? AND THAT WAS A RECORD, AND THAT'S A JUMP OF 39%.
WE IMPOUNDED 1060 ANIMALS, AND THAT WAS A 21% INCREASE.
UM, AND WE ALSO DROPPED OUR EUTHANASIA RATE BY 25% THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THAT IS WITH THE INCREASED INTAKES.
AND LIKE DR REALLY WAS SAYING ABOUT WORKING WITH PARTNERS AROUND US AND WANTING TO BE LEADERS, WE WANT TO BE A LEADER.
WE WANNA SET THE STANDARD FOR ANIMAL CARE AROUND IN VIRGINIA, UH, WE TRANSFERRED 30, WE TRANSFERRED ANIMALS FROM 30 DIFFERENT VIRGINIA MUNICIPALITIES THIS YEAR, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IF YOU REALLY GET IN THE WEEDS ABOUT IT, TYPICALLY NONPROFITS ARE PULLING ANIMALS FROM MUNICIPAL SHELTERS, NOT TO VICE VERSA.
UM, SO I THINK OUR REPUTATION'S GOTTEN OUT THAT WE WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN FOR EVERY ANIMAL THAT COMES THROUGH OUR DOOR.
AND WE'VE BEEN AWARDED THE LAST THREE YEARS THE NO KILL EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY.
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD OF THAT.
ANOTHER BIG PART OF OUR SHELTER PROGRAM IS THE VOLUNTEERS.
THEY DO THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK FOR US EVERY YEAR.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT 'EM.
UM, WE HAVE 94 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND A LOT GOES INTO THAT.
YOU HAVE TO TRAIN THEM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CAPACITY.
YOU HAVE THE FACILITY TO HOUSE THEM, BASICALLY LIKE THE ANIMALS
UM, AND YOU GOTTA HAVE A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THE STAFF.
AND ERIN IS OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, AND SHE DOES A GREAT JOB THERE.
AND THEN OUR VETERINARY PROGRAMS, WE HAVE A, BASICALLY A FULL VETERINARY HOSPITAL AT THE SHELTER.
WE GOT A DENTAL X-RAY MACHINE INSTALLED TODAY.
WE HAVE A REGULAR X-RAY MACHINE.
WE HAVE FULL SURGERY SUITE, ULTRASOUND, DENTAL EQUIPMENT, LABORATORY, AND DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT.
AND OUR AMAZING VET STAFF, THEY DID 1,862 VACCINATIONS LAST YEAR, 273 IN-HOUSE SPACE, ANTERS, AND 534 OTHER PROCEDURES IN 2025.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, OUR VETS ARE PART-TIME.
THEY WORK ABOUT, UH, 10 TO 12 HOURS A WEEK, AND THERE'S TWO OF THEM.
WE HAVE, UH, DR. LORI ELLIOTT, AND WE HAVE DR.
ERICA DETZLER, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR WONDERFUL FULL-TIME VET TECH OVER THERE.
BRIDGET FOSTER, SHE'S BEEN A GODSEND FOR US.
SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT IS WE ARE ABLE TO PUT BASICALLY WHAT I CALL TURNKEY PETS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE BEEN TESTED FOR HEARTWORMS. THEY'VE, UH, BEEN MICROCHIPPED SO THEY CAN GET BACK TO THE OWNER IF THEY GET LOST.
THEY'RE ALL SPAYED AND NEUTERED.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY ANIMAL THAT GOES OUT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF GLAND COUNTY AND THE QUALITY WE REALLY WANT IN THAT VETERINARY STUFF.
AND SPEAKING OF PARTNERSHIPS, THE GREAT GLAND PET LOVERS PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE, THIS IS DAGNEY, THE GERMAN SHEPHERD.
HE WAS SHOT IN THE FACE IN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY.
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THEY CALLED RICHMOND ANIMAL CONTROL, WHO HAS THE TOMMY FUND, WHO SAID, IF YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER SHELTER TO TAKE HIM, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, UH, YOU CAN'T, DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND, UH, STAFF TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
UH, WE'LL PAY FOR THE SURGERY.
HE WAS ADOPTED BY THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY IN GLAND.
HE'S LIVING THE LIFE OF RILEY WITH THEM.
UM, AND, AND GLAND PET LOVERS PICKED UP ALL THE AFTERCARE BILLS, SO IT DIDN'T COST ANYTHING FOR THE COUNTY OTHER THAN THE TIME WE SPENT TAKING CARE OF HIM AT THE SHELTER.
UM, THEY'RE A GREAT PARTNER TO HAVE.
AND JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS, YOU CAN SEE THAT DOG GETTING THE MRI THERE.
SHE WAS HIT BY A CAR RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN MANNEQUIN SABOT, UH, HAD A SEVERE BACK INJURY, NEEDED BACK SURGERY, NEEDED.
THE MRI, GOOCHLAND PET LOVER SAID, WE GOT IT.
UM, SHE'S AT THE SHELTER RIGHT NOW IN RECOVERY, AND SHE'S DOING GREAT.
SO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH G AND PET LOVERS ALLOWS US TO SAY YES TO ANIMALS AND SITUATIONS THAT MOST MUNICIPAL SHELTERS AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD OF THAT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COME INTO THE SHELTER.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY, BRINGING THINGS TO US.
AND YOU MAY BE WONDERING, UH, WHY IS THERE A PICTURE OF FIREWORKS IN THIS ANIMAL? UH, PROTECTION, UH, PRESENTATION
AND I GOT THAT PICTURE FROM TOM, AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE
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IT DRIES THE DOGS NUTS TO THE SHELTER, WHICH IT DOES.UM, BUT ACTUALLY, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN CALL AND HE MADE A $500 DONATION TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
HE SAID, I, AND HE LIVES IN PAAN, BUT HE SAID, I LOVE YOU GUYS AND I LOVE YOUR FIREWORKS
SO YEAH, THERE'S PARKS AND REC GETTING US A 500 DONATION
AND THIS LITTLE GIRL HERE IS DUCHESS.
UH, SHE BELONGED TO MR. AND MRS. UH, VETTER, WHO WERE 40 YEAR RESIDENTS OF GLAND COUNTY.
AND SHE WAS FOUND AT THE GLAND COUNTY DUMP IN 1971 BEFORE THERE EVEN WAS AN ANIMAL SHELTER DOWN THERE.
UM, SHE SENT US A CHECK FOR OVER $6,000 BECAUSE HER HUSBAND, WHO HAD PASSED TWO YEARS, DR.
UM, KEITH VETTER, UH, HAD PASSED TWO YEARS AGO AND JUST LOVED THE IDEA THAT THE SHELTER WAS BUILT.
AND IT HAD, UM, EXCUSE ME, IT HAD, UH, A WONDERFUL, GREAT PLACE FOR ANIMALS TO GO IN GLAND COUNTY.
AND THEN JUST LOOKING FORWARD, WE HAVE AN INFORMATION SESSION COMING UP FOR HOME-BASED RESCUE GROUPS AND COMMUNITY CAT ORGANIZATIONS.
THAT'S JANUARY 9TH, UM, FROM SIX TO EIGHT IN ROOM 10, 2 70.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE WE'VE EVER DONE.
AND WE JUST KINDLY ASK PEOPLE TO RSVP, THE PHONE NUMBER THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE RAINBOW BRIDGE GAZEBO PROJECT, AND THAT'S GONNA BE IN HIDDEN ROCK PARK ON A DOG WALKING TRAIL.
UH, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A RE A REFLECTIVE SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, REMEMBER THEIR PETS THAT HAVE PASSED.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY I'M REALLY PROUD OF MY TEAM.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB FOR PEOPLE OVER THERE, AND ANIMALS.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DON'T REMEMBER MR. MR. CHAIR.
I, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M, I'M DELIGHTED TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH GLAND PET LOVERS, CONTINUE.
UH, WHAT HAS IT BEEN, UM, SINCE ALMOST 10 YEARS NOW.
AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING THAT.
AND, UH, IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO HEAR YOUR VOICE AND NOT EXPECT A FRYE VIDEO TO FOLLOW
UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
YOU KNOW, I WASN'T AROUND WHEN MS. DIXON, UH, HAD THIS VISION.
I THINK THE ORIGINAL PLAN, BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF OUR COUNTY AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE WERE MOVING ON FROM, WAS JUST, JUST THE, YOU BRING YOUR PET THERE AND WHATEVER HAPPENED, THERE WAS NO ADOPTION CENTER.
UM, AND MS. DIXON, UH, GOT THIS TEAM TOGETHER WITH PET LOVERS, AND WHILE I NEVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET HER, I FEEL LIKE HER LEGACY LIVES ON.
AND I THINK SHE'D BE VERY, SHE'S VERY PROUD OF THESE NUMBERS, AND SHE BE PROUD OF YOUR TEAM.
AND IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING TO GO THERE.
I SEND PEOPLE THERE WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT THE COUNTY, UH, AS ONE OF OUR, OUR SHINING EXAMPLES.
UM, ONE THING THAT WAS INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, I DO A LOT OF RIDEALONGS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH DIFFERENT FOLKS I'VE DONE RIDEALONGS WITH, UH, WITH YOUR GUYS MM-HMM
BUT, UM, THE, THE STAT YOU HAD ABOUT THE, THE INCREASE IN POPULATION AND THE INCREASE IN CALLS, WHICH YOU CAN HYPOTHESIZE THAT, THAT'S A, I'M MOVING TO THE COUNTRY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING INTO, KIND OF THING.
UM, AND I'VE OFTEN TALKED, I'VE TALKED TO, UM, WITH, UH, CHIEF FERGUSON THAT HOW GREAT IT WOULD BE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME, SOMETHING LIKE A WELCOME TO THE RE WELCOME TO THE COUNTRY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FROM FIRE AND RESCUE PERSPECTIVE IS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACT ON A COUNTRY ROAD WHEN AN AMBULANCE COMES UP BEHIND THEM.
UM, OR, YOU KNOW, SO SOMEBODY SEES A BLACK BEAR JUST MEANDERING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE GREAT, YOU KNOW, GREAT, UH, GRIZZLY BEAR MM-HMM
BUT MAYBE SOMETHING IN COMBINATION OF A, HEY, WELCOME TO GUCCI COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT, YOU MAY NOT HAVE WATER AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME ANIMALS AND IT'S NOT A BAD THING.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO.
I WOULD, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
WHAT'S THE MINIMUM AGE FOR THE YOUTH? 16.
WE'LL MAKE ROOM 'CAUSE MY DAUGHTER'S GROWN UP QUICK.
JOB, JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP AND THE PROFESSIONALISM OF YOUR TEAM.
UH, IT'S TRULY A PLEASURE TO HAVE THEM DOING GREAT THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT STARTS WITH THOSE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU CREATE AND JUST GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BOARD MEMBERS, OUR NEXT REPORT IS FROM ANDREA HANIN AND THE TEAM AT GLAND CARES.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SEVERAL, SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH ANDREA AS A PART OF MY
[3. Goochland Cares Report]
TRANSITION PLAN.AND, UH, SHE AND I HAD A CHANCE TO CHAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUDGET.
AND SO SHE'S HERE TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUCCESSES OF THE TEAM AND, UH, SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.RALEY, MR. CHAIRMAN AND, AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME YOUR TIME TODAY.
I AM ANDREA HANIN, CEO OF GLAND CARES, AND I'D FIRST LIKE TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE, UM, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK, ASK THOSE WHO CAME TO JOIN TODAY TO PLEASE STAND.
UH, WE HAVE 21 UPSTANDING LEADERS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO VOLUNTARILY SERVE ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION TO MAKE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN THE WORK THAT WE ACHIEVE, AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
SO, THANK YOU ALL, AND THANK YOU, UH, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, AS YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE, UH, GLAND CA, UH, CARE'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE BASIC HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE TO OUR GLAND NEIGHBORS IN NEED.
OUR VISION IS AN EQUITABLE COMMUNITY WHERE ALL PERSONS HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET, EMPOWERING THEM TO LEAD LIVES OF DIGNITY AND WELLBEING.
SO FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, GLAND COUNTY HAS SUPPORTED OUR WORK WITH THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO OFFSET THE COSTS WE INCUR FOR SEVERAL OF OUR 12 PROGRAMS. SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNTY AND CITIZENS FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT IN THOSE AREAS.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE IMPACT OF THAT FUNDING FOR THE LAST COMPLETE FISCAL YEAR.
FIRST IS THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR WHICH WE RECEIVE $78,000 IN FUNDING AND FUEL, WHICH IS 35% OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM COST OPERATED BY GLAND CARES.
AS YOU KNOW, WITH NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN OUR GEOGRAPHICALLY LARGE AND RURAL COUNTY, MANY RESIDENTS FACE ISOLATION FROM NECESSARY SERVICES LIKE FOOD OR HEALTHCARE.
IN FACT, THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY IS CONSIDERED A FOOD DESERT.
THOSE WHO ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED FACE THE GREATEST HARDSHIP WITHOUT ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION.
THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSPORT 104 RIDERS LAST YEAR, WHICH INCLUDED 64 SENIORS AND 56 DISABLED RESIDENTS ON 960 RIDES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
242 RIDES TO THE GREATER RICHMOND AREA FOR A TOTAL OF 37,757 MILES BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES AND ONE AND A HALF, UH, STAFF MEMBERS.
NEXT IS THE SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM, FOR WHICH THE COUNTY PROVIDES $28,000 OF FUNDING, OR 6% OF THE TOTAL PROGRAM COST.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT IMMUNE TO SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
LIKE MANY GLAND COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE IS STAFFED 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BY THE GLAND CARES PROGRAM TEAM.
WE PROVIDE SAFE TEMPORARY SHELTER WITH OUR EMERGENCY HOUSE, OR PROVIDING HOTEL STAYS FOR VICTIMS IMPACTED BY THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE.
WE CONNECT VICTIMS TO LEGAL SUPPORT, ACCOMPANY THEM TO COURT, PROVIDE ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND WALK SIDE BY SIDE WITH VICTIMS AS THEY REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
LAST YEAR, WE, PER WE SERVED 68 INDIVIDUALS INCLUDED, INCLUDING FOUR SENIORS AND 10 CHILDREN.
WE ANSWERED 38 HOTLINE CALLS TO FRIGHTENED INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF SUPPORT, AND WE PROVIDED 1,455 NIGHTS OF SHELTER TO 25 INDIVIDUALS.
YOUR SUPPORT IS A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE TO AID THOSE IN CRISIS AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE TIME.
LAST IS OUR CRITICAL HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
THE COUNTY HAS PROVIDED IN THE LAST YEAR, $130,000 OF FUNDING, WHICH REPRESENTS 27% OF THE TOTAL COST TO OPERATE THIS GLIN CARES PROGRAM AIMED AT KEEPING INDIVIDUALS SAFELY IN THEIR HOMES.
LAST YEAR, WE SERVED 132 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING 87 SENIORS AND 18 CHILDREN.
98 HOMES WERE REPAIRED THROUGH 159 PROJECTS RANGING FROM PLUMBING TO HVAC, RAMPS, ROOFS, ELECTRICAL, AND MORE.
38% OF THE PROJECTS COMPLETED WERE URGENT NEEDS THAT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED QUICKLY.
AND YET THOUGH MUCH WORK WAS COMPLETED AND DONE SUCCESSFULLY, MANY PROJECTS UNFORTUNATELY REMAIN INCOMPLETE DESPITE MORE THAN DOUBLING OUR TOTAL PROGRAM FUNDING FROM 2019, UH, WITH A BUDGET OF $218,000 TO 2025 AT OVER 500,000, THE WAIT LIST HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, WHEREAS WE ONCE CARRIED OVER VERY FEW PROJECTS YEAR TO YEAR BECAUSE OF BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, WE NOW CARRY OVER DOZENS.
WE ENDED THE 2025 CALENDAR YEAR WITH 31 PROJECTS ALREADY ON THE WAIT LIST FOR 2026.
WE ATTRIBUTE THIS TO SEVERAL FACTORS.
THE POPULATION OF GLAND IS AGING, UM, WITH THOSE IN THE LOW INCOME CATEGORY, MOSTLY ON A FIXED INCOME.
THE LARGEST POPULATION AGE GROUP IN GLAND COUNTY IS 65 OR OLDER, REPRESENTING 23% OF THE POPULATION.
62% OF THE GLAND CARES CRITICAL HOME REPAIR CLIENTS ARE 65 OR OLDER.
IN FACT, THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
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PLAN FOR GLAND COUNTY LED BY THE DEPART VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IDENTIFIED THE TOP THREE POPULATION HEALTH PRIORITIES AS NUMBER ONE, OLDER ADULT SERVICES AND SUPPORT TWO, MENTAL HEALTH AND THREE ATTAINABLE AND SAFE HOUSING.SECONDLY, IS NO SECRET THAT WHILE INFLATION AND COST OF LIVING HAS SHARPLY INCREASED OVER THE FI LAST FIVE YEARS, GLAND COUNTY'S OWN PROPERTY ASSESSMENT AND TAXES HAVE ALSO RISEN LEADING TO LESS MARGIN FOR LOW INCOME CITIZENS.
SINCE 2021, BOTH THE US INFLATION RATE AND GLAND PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS HAVE INCREASED BY 20% OR MORE.
WE HAVE SEEN THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES REPRESENTED IN THE UNBELIEVABLE RISE IN DEMAND FOR BASIC NEEDS, SUPPORT OF WHICH GLAND CARES PROVIDES, SUCH AS OUR FOOD PANTRY.
SINCE 2021, OUR FOOD PANTRY VISITS HAVE INCREASED IN ASTONISHING 75% INDIVIDUALS ARE STRUGGLING.
WE CAN ASSUME THAT IF INDIVIDUALS ARE STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, EXPENSIVE HOME REPAIRS ARE GOING TO GO UNADDRESSED.
THE AVAILABILITY OF LOW INCOME HOUSING IN GLAND IS DECREASING.
WHILE THE CONDITION OF EXISTING LOW INCOME HOUSING ALSO DETERIORATES FROM THE COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP HOUSING REPORT, ONLY 14% OF HOUSING UNITS IN GLAND ARE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE FOR THOSE AT 50% OR LESS OF THE AREA MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
ADDITIONALLY, ONE OUT OF FIVE HOMES.
SO 20% OF HOMES IN GOLAND COUNTY HAVE ONE OR MORE SUBSTANDARD HOUSING CONDITIONS.
THOSE INCLUDE CONDITIONS SUCH AS LACK OF COMPLETE PUMP, PLUMBING OR KITCHEN FACILITIES.
A HIGH NUMBER OF AVERAGE OCCUPANTS PER ROOM OR MONTHLY HOUSING COSTS EXCEEDING 50% OF THEIR MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
THE BUILDING EXPEN INSPECTION OFFICE CURRENTLY ALSO HAS A WAIT LIST OF 143 HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THEM BY NATURAL DISASTERS.
WITH REMEDY FOR THOSE SITUATIONS NOT YET HAVING OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF OUR GLAND CARES CRITICAL HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, THERE ARE VERY LIMITED RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE CITIZENS IN FIXING HOUSING ISSUES THAT THREATEN THEIR ABILITY TO STAY IN THEIR HOME SAFELY.
OUR TEAM WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH MANY OTHER ENTITIES, BUT ACROSS THESE RESOURCES, LESS THAN $20,000 OF COLLECTIVE FUNDING IS RELIABLY DEDICATED TO MEET THOSE NEEDS OUTSIDE OF GLAND CARE'S PROGRAMMING AND THE COUNTY'S, UM, SUPPORT OF THAT.
THAT MEANS THAT OUR PROGRAM IS HEAVILY RELIED UPON, UM, TO MEET THIS GROWING NEED WITHIN THE COUNTY.
YOU MAY WONDER, WHAT DO WE, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DO NOT MEET THIS NEED? AND TO ANSWER THAT IS, MANY NEIGHBORS WOULD BE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT STATISTICALLY, THE MAJORITY OF THE CLIENTS SERVED THROUGH THIS CRITICAL HOME REPAIR PROGRAM ARE SINGLE AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE SENIORS.
IF THESE CITIZENS MUST LEAVE THEIR HOMES, THEY'LL OFTEN TURN TO OTHER RESOURCES LIKE SOCIAL SERVICES, GLAND CARES, OTHER 11 PROGRAMS AND OTHER LOCAL SERVICES FOR FURTHER SUPPORT.
WITH OUR EMERGENCY HOUSE BEING THE ONLY LOCAL SHELTER IN THE COUNTY, WE KNOW THAT THE DEMAND FOR THAT PROGRAM IS STANDING TO RISE.
WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S A MUCH GREATER FINANCIAL STRAIN TO SUPPORT AN UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL AT AN AVERAGE COST OF $2,500 PER PERSON PER MONTH, COMPARED TO AN AVERAGE PROJECT COST OF A HOME REPAIR AT $2,600 TOTAL.
ADDITIONALLY, IT IS TREMENDOUSLY MUCH MORE BENEFICIAL AND FOR THE WELLBEING, EMPOWERMENT, AND DIGNITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO STAY IN THEIR HOME VERSUS RELYING ON AN EMERGENCY SHELTER.
IN REQUESTING A 20% INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR GLAND CARES TO BOOST OUR CRITICAL HOME REPAIR FUNDING PROGRAM, THE COUNTY CAN SUPPORT A PROGRAM THAT ONE ENSURES THAT THOSE SERVED ARE TAX PAYING CITIZENS REQUIREMENTS FOR CLIENTS TO RECEIVE SUPPORT INCLUDE MEETING OUR REGISTRATION GUIDELINES, UM, IN LIMITATIONS.
SO THEY MUST BE AT 250% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL OR BELOW.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, ABOUT 90% ARE ACTUALLY UNDER 200, UH, PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THE CRITICAL HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
UH, THEY MUST BE A HOMEOWNER OR HAVE LIFETIME RIGHTS TO THE PROPERTY, AND THEY MUST BE CURRENT ON THEIR LOCAL GLIN, UH, PROPERTY TAXES.
UH, YOU CAN ENSURE ALSO THAT THE PROGRAM UTILIZES LOCAL CONTRACTORS, VENDORS, AND SUPPLIERS GIVING BUSINESS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
87% OF OUR PROJECTS COMPLETED ARE DONE BY LOCAL LICENSED CONTRACTORS.
AND FINALLY, OF COURSE, THE PROGRAM ADDRESSES A REAL NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, PRIORITIZING THE WELLBEING, SAFETY, AND HEALTH OF VULNERABLE SENIOR CITIZENS.
UH, IN CONCLUSION, I'D LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU AND THE COUNTY, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE CITIZENS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF ALL OUR VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS, AND ASK YOU TO PLEASE CAREFULLY CONSIDER OUR REQUEST.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK MANNY ALVAREZ, A LONGTIME SUPPORTER AND MEMBER OF THE
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GLAND CARES BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO COME UP AND GIVE A FEW PARTING REMARKS.AS YOU KNOW, I'VE KINDA SERVED IN YOUR ROLES, ALL OF YOUR ROLES, EXCEPT FOR LISA GU.
I'M DEFINITELY NOT QUALIFIED FOR THAT ONE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS HEARD WHEN I WAS ON, UH, REGIONAL COMMITTEES AND SO ON AND FROM CITIZENS, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH SOCIAL ISSUES LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, ABUSE, FAMILY ABUSE? AND I ALWAYS SAID, I DON'T HAVE TO BECAUSE OF GLAND CARES.
SO I THINK IT IS A GREAT RESOURCE, AND I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO CON LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER INCREASING THE FUNDING FOR THE, UH, HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
ALL OF THE FOLKS, I, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE, UH, ASSIST BY THAT PROGRAM HAVE LIVED IN GOOSE LAND ALL THEIR LIVES.
THEY'RE OLDER, THEY WANNA STAY IN THEIR HOME.
AND IF, IF THE HOME IS NOT REPAIRED, THEY'RE GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE CONDEMNED AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE OUT.
AND WHATEVER INVESTMENT IS MADE THERE STAYS IN GLAND COUNTY.
SO I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT AS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'LL LET Y'ALL KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I HAD A MAJOR ISSUE WITH MY WATER SUPPLY.
UH, IT COST ME OVER $8,000 TO GET IT ROLLED REPAIRED.
IN THE END, MOST OF OUR CLIENTS, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF OUR CLIENTS THAT QUALIFY FOR OUR SERVICES THAT COULD HAVE DONE THAT.
SO MORE THAN LIKELY, THEY WOULD'VE GONE TO BUYING BOTTLED WATER WHEN THEY COULD, UM, OR MAYBE WALK INTO THE WELL WITH A BUCKET.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD OR, YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, SHARE ONE LAST STORY OF A, A LOCAL, UH, CITIZEN, A CLIENT OF OURS.
UM, AND AT 96 YEARS OLD, EDITH LIVES ALONE IN HER GLAND HOME WHERE SHE HAD LIVED HER WHOLE LIFE.
SHE REACHED OUT TO OUR TEAM ON A COLD WINTER DAY LAST WINTER, SEEKING OPTIONS FOR HELP AND SHARING WITH US THAT SWEATERS AND SPACE HEATERS WERE THE ONLY WAY SHE WAS KEEPING WARM.
OUR TEAM JUMPED INTO ACTION AND WITHIN DAYS HAD A CONTRACTOR OUT TO REPAIR HER HVI HVAC SYSTEM IN HER HOME SO THAT SHE COULD HAVE WORKING HEAT.
SHE WAS OVERCOME WITH GRATITUDE FOR OUR QUICK RESPONSE.
AND WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY MORE CITIZENS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW OF YET THAT ARE LIVING LIKE EDITH AND NEEDING SUPPORT TO STAY SAFELY IN THEIR HOMES.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, I WELCOME QUESTIONS OR, OR COMMENTS, UM, AND JUST APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ALL DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
UH, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I, I JUST DID SOME, UH, BACK OF AN ENVELOPE MATH.
SO THE 20% IS THE INCREASE IN THE 130 HOME REPAIR? NO, I'M SORRY.
THAT'S 20% OF THE TOTAL FUNDING.
THAT, WHICH INSTEAD OF 26, IT WOULD BE 46,000 IF I DID THAT MATH RIGHT? I THINK IT'S 61.
WELL, I TOOK 2 36, WHICH IS WHAT YOU GOT THIS YEAR AND 20% OF THAT, BUT MAYBE I, I THINK IT'S 2 92 IS THE CURRENT FUNDING.
I JUST ADDED UP THE NUMBERS YOU SHARED THERE.
BUT REGARDLESS, I, I ENDORSED THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY TAKING CARE OF ITS CITIZENS.
AND, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UH, AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, WE COULD BE AS EFFICIENT AND AS CONNECTED AS WHAT UH, I SEE AT GLAND CARE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS.
I ALSO APPRECIATE SPECIFICITY THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST SAYING WE'D LIKE MORE HELP, BUT YOU'RE, AND YOU'RE SHOWING US WHERE IT GOES.
AND I DO HAVE, UM, MORE MATERIALS TO LEAVE WITH YOU ALL WITH SPECIFIC NUMBERS AND SUCH TOO.
YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'VE JUST COVERED IS JUST A SMIDGEN OF WHAT GLAND CARES DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, EVERYWHERE I GO, WE ARE SO, EVERYBODY IS SO PROUD OF GLAND CARES, AND WE JUST NEED TO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU DIRECTORS FOR GIVING OF YOUR TIME AND RESOURCES AND DONATIONS, I'M SURE, UH, TO THIS WONDERFUL CAUSE.
AND, UM, SO I KNOW WE WILL GIVE GOOD CONSIDERATION TOWARDS YOUR REQUEST, REALIZING WE HAVE BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS MM-HMM
THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.
UM, MR. CHAIR, UM, MSHO, ONE THING THAT I WOULD STRESS AS YOU, AS WE WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, IS DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE ASPIRATIONAL.
AT LEAST THAT'S A COMMENT COMING FROM ME.
I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUES, UH, SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
BUT WE, WE ARE DOING THINGS TO ADVANCE THIS COUNTY ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS.
CARE THOUGH OF ALL OUR CITIZENS SHOULD ALWAYS, UM, BE A PRIORITY.
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AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT HELP US MAKE SURE WE CAN AFFORD IT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND PAY FOR IT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ELIMINATE THESE THINGS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AND Y'ALL WORK.SO I JUST, I'VE STRESSED THIS TO DR.
RAYLEY, I'LL STRESS IT TO YOU.
I'LL STRESS IT TO ANY DEPARTMENT HEAD.
PLEASE DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE HOLDING BACK.
AND I THINK CREATIVITY, I, I THINK A BUDGET PROCESS IS MADE BORING BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP IT BORING.
IT, IT, IT'S MADE FOR CREATIVITY.
IT'S MADE FOR THINKING THROUGH ALL THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING GLAND CARES IS DOING, BUT I STRESS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, FOR YOUR ASK.
UM, I'VE GOT A GREAT HISTORY WITH, UH, UCHIN CARES.
ONE OF MY WIFE STARTED HER BUSINESS, SHE STARTED WORKING WITH THEM LONG TIME AGO.
UM, I GOT TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF UCHIN CARES.
AND IF IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A TOSS UP WHETHER TO SEND THEM TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER FIRST OR THE UCHIN CARES
WE LOVE THE ANIMAL SHELTER TOO.
UM, I'M HOPING MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME BECAUSE FOR FIVE YEARS I HAVE BEEN ASKING YOUR TEAM, UH, YOUR PREDECESSOR TO HELP ME, UH, DO WHAT I THINK GUCH AND CARES DOES BEST, WHICH IS UTILIZE, THE REASON I GOT ON THE BOARD OF GUCH AND CARES IS 'CAUSE I NEVER SAW AN ORGANIZATION STRETCH A DOLLAR MM-HMM
LIKE THEY DID WHEN I WENT DOWN AS A SERVICE PROJECT FOR MY CHURCH TO PAINT THE, THE, THE, AT THAT TIME, THE FOOD PANTRY, WHICH WAS, WAS, UH, HAD DIVINE INTERVENTION BECAUSE IF YOU DID THE MATH, THERE'S NO WAY ALL THE REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS COULD RUN OFF THE OUTLET THAT IT WAS RUNNING OFF
UH, SO I JOINED THE BOARD, AND THEN AS I STARTED WORKING WITH THEM, UM, EVEN IN MY CAPACITY AS, UH, DOING ADVERTISING WITH YOU GUYS AND WORKING WITH THE, THE, AND I GOT TO MEET YOUR CLIENTS, THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT THEY SAID UNSOLICITED WAS WHEN I ASKED WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT UCHIN CARES, IT'S NOT GOVERNMENT.
UM, SO THERE'S NOT THE RED TAPE, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.
IT, IT, IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING FOR ME THAT FOR FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN ASKING YOUR TEAM AND YOUR PREDECESSOR MOSTLY, BUT MOST RECENTLY, UH, MS. FRAZIER, WHEN, UH, SHE ASKED ME TO TALK TO HER ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL COULD POSSIBLY DO AT THE BANK TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT IS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO ME THAT GOVERNMENT MAKES IT MORE EXPENSIVE FOR YOU TO DO THE REPAIRS THAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO I'VE, I'VE OFTEN, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT, THAT WE CAN HELP DECREASE THE COST OF THIS.
UH, MOST RE IT USED TO BE SOMEBODY COULD GO AND HELP OUT AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A LICENSED CONTRACTOR, BUT THEN WE HAD, SO THERE, THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO.
AND YET THE ONLY, I WAS NEVER TAKE, I'VE NEVER BEEN TAKEN UP ON THAT OFFER.
SO I'M HOPING MAYBE YOU WOULD TAKE US UP ON THAT OFFER TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING MORE DOLLARS AT IT, MAYBE WE THROW MORE DOLLARS AND MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE AND HAVE MORE, MORE IMPACT.
HAPPY TO, TO TAKE THAT BACK TO MY TEAM AND BRAINSTORM AND GET BACK TO YOU.
MY ONLY ASK IS JUST DO NOT DROP THE GOLIN IN.
GOLAND CARES IN A NAME, AND IT'S OUR MISSION, SO ABSOLUTELY.
YOU'VE GOT OUR, OUR, UH, WORD ON THAT.
UM, BOARD MEMBERS, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR MONTHLY UPDATE FROM OUR PARTNERS AT VDOT AND JUST CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WE DO IN
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COLLABORATION WITH PHILIP FRAZIER AND HIS TEAM.WE DID HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION ON ANOTHER TOPIC TODAY.
AND EVERY TIME THAT I'VE CORRESPONDED WITH PHILIP, HE'S BEEN RIGHT THERE TO RESPOND.
AND PHILIP CONTINUALLY THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE FROM YOU TODAY ABOUT, UH, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER.
APPRECIATE THOSE KIND WORDS, DR.
UM, GOOD EVENING MEN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, MR. CHRISTIE, MR. SPOON, HOWER, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NOMINATIONS.
UM, SO TODAY, WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I BROUGHT MY OWN, UH, DRINK IN CASE I HAVE ANY ISSUES.
UM, BUT, UH,
UM, BUT LAST MONTH I GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR SNOW OPERATIONS AND OUR SNOW PLAN.
UH, THIS MONTH I'M NOT BRINGING ANY KIND OF LARGE PRESENTATION, BUT I DO WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON A FEW PARTICULAR LARGE SCALE PROJECTS IN GLAND COUNTY THAT ARE KIND OF COMING UP ON THE TAIL END.
SO I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER EVERY SINGLE PROJECT, BUT I DO WANNA BRING UP A FAIRGROUND ROAD EXTENSION.
THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY PHASE.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT COULD MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH THE RIGHT OF WAY PHASE, FASTER THAN NORMAL, BECAUSE THERE'S A DONATION THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
UM, ONCE WE FINISH THAT, THEN WE'LL FINISH, WE'LL GO INTO THAT FINAL DESIGN PHASE.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, ROUTE SIX 17 AND 64, THE ROUNDABOUT AT THE OILVILLE INTERCHANGE.
UH, SOME, SOME SLIGHTLY BAD NEWS, BUT NOT TERRIBLE NEWS.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ADVERTISED IN DECEMBER.
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WE HAD SOME DESIGN ISSUES WITH SOME DRAINAGE ITEMS. SO THE ADVERTISEMENT HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK UNTIL MARCH.BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SCOPED THE PROJECT AND WE SET THE SCHEDULE, UM, THE, THE ADVERTISEMENT DATE WAS ACTUALLY OUT PAST, UH, INTO 2026.
SO IF WE HAD DELIVERED IT IN MARCH, WE WOULD'VE BEEN A FEW MONTHS EARLY.
UM, THIS KEEPS US RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
UH, THE NEXT ONE, THE DIVERGING DIAMOND AT 6 23, I BELIEVE I'VE MENTIONED THAT PROJECT.
UM, THE RFP OR THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
UM, IT'S ON TRACK FOR THAT AWARD.
AND AT THE END OF, UH, THIS FALL IN 2026, UH, HOCKET ROAD AND ASHTON ROAD, THE EXTENSION PROJECT, UM, THAT PROJECT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP NEXT TUESDAY.
UH, I BELIEVE IT'S AT THE, UH, THE CHURCH RIGHT THERE ON, UM, HOCKET ROAD.
UH, I BELIEVE IT, IS IT DOVER? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME, BUT I THINK IT IS DOVER.
UM, ANYWAY, SO THAT'S NEXT WEEK AND I WILL BE THERE, UH, TO SUPPORT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
NEXT ONE, HARD SHOULDER RUNNING PROJECT.
THIS IS A, A PRETTY LARGE PROJECT, UM, THAT SPANS BOTH GLAND AND PEAN COUNTIES.
UH, THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY WAS ADVERTISED LET, AND THE BIDS EXCEEDED, FAR EXCEEDED THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE, YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, WE ONLY HAD ONE BIDDER AND, AND IT WAS FAR ABOVE WHAT WE WERE, UH, ESTIMATING.
SO AGAIN, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL GO BACK, WE'LL SCRUB THE PROJECT, SEE, UH, MAYBE CONNECT WITH INDUSTRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, MAYBE WE LEFT ON THE TABLE, IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF CONFUSION, UM, WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE MAY HAVE MISSED IN OUR CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT? UH, AND THEN PUT THE CONTRACT BACK TOGETHER, ADVERTISE IT, UM, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
SO, SO THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
THAT RE ADVERTISEMENT GONNA BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK.
THERE'S SO MUCH, UM, TECHNOLOGY BASED, UH, SCOPE, UM, ITS THAT WE CALL.
UM, AND IF WE'RE GONNA DO THE, THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF 2 88, IT'S GONNA BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING THAT PROJECT, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THE SAME RISKS.
SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE, THE FIVE PROJECTS I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON.
UM, THE LAST THING I WILL MENTION IS, UH, WE DID MEET WITH COUNTY STAFF EARLIER THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, ASHLAND ROAD, AT THE INTERSECTION WITH ROCKVILLE ROAD OR 6 22.
UM, WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, MAKING TURNING MOVEMENTS TO GO KIND OF NORTH ON 6 23 BACK TO THE INTERSTATE.
UH, SO MY TEAM WORKING WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM AT OUR DISTRICT OFFICE IS LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, NOT SURE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE QUITE YET, BUT ONCE WE HAVE, UM, COLLABORATED WITH THOSE GUYS, WE WILL DEVELOP, UM, A FULL REPORT AND RESPONSE AND SHARE BACK WITH THE COUNTY.
UH, SO APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND APPRECIATE DR.
LEY, YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR HAVING THESE VERY, THESE GOOD AND FRUITFUL CONVERSATIONS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, NOTHING ELSE TO ADD AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS BOARD ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, MR. FRAZIER, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE, UH, UH, I, I AM ACTUALLY A FAN OF VDOT.
I DO TRAVEL ACROSS OTHER STATE LINES AND, UH, I I WILL PUT, UH, THE VIRGINIA HIGHWAY SYSTEM UP AGAINST OTHERS NOT TO GET SWELL HEADED.
IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT I, I THINK YOU ALL ARE A, UH, A WHIPPING POST ON OCCASION AND UNFAIRLY I WOULD SUBMIT SOMETIMES, UH, YOU SAID THAT THE HARD SHOULDER, YOU WERE GOING TO SCRUB THE PROJECT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS YOU WERE GONNA CLEAN IT UP OR YOU WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO SHOOT IT AND KILL IT,
WE ARE NOT KILLING THE PROJECT WHAT WE DO.
SO SCRUB MEANS WE, WE LOOK AT IT, WE TRY AND IDENTIFY WHY MAYBE THERE WASN'T A LARGE INTEREST IN THE PROJECT AND WHAT MAYBE WAS INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT THAT MAYBE PROVIDED OR CREATED SOME TYPE OF RESERVATION FROM, FROM BIDDING IT OR CONFUSION.
SO WE, WE TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A, A MORE SPECIFIC CONTRACT AND GET BIDS.
IT, WE BELIEVE ARE ALRIGHT, SCRUB.
I JUST THOUGHT NASA WHEN THEY SCRUB A LAUNCH THAT IT'S LIKE THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.
NO, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT KILLING THAT PROJECT.
AND, AND, AND IT IS DOVER BAPTIST CHURCH.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON MANNEQUIN ROAD.
IT'S WHERE YOU ACTUALLY HAD THE ROUNDABOUT PRESENTATION LAST YEAR SOMETIME WITH THE SAME PROJECT.
THIS WILL BE THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, AND NOT TO, UH, ARE ALL OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED?
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'CAUSE I KNOW AT ONE TIME SOME OF THEM WEREN'T AWARE AND, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD DO AS A COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPERTY OWNERS ADJOINING AND INTERESTED PARTIES ARE, ARE AWARE OF THIS? SO I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE ALL BEEN CONTACTED.WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THE REASON WE'VE ALREADY HAD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS WAS BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOT CONTACTED.
SO, SO WE CAME BACK AND DID A, AN A FOLLOW UP LOCATION, PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, I, I WOULD HATE TO ADMIT THAT WE MADE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE FOR NOW, THE DESIGN PUBLIC HEARING.
RAIL, I GUESS WE KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE, IS THAT CORRECT? THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE, THE DE THE DEPARTMENT.
WE, WE CAN, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE I CAN, ALL RIGHT.
JUST BRIEFLY, UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, UM, 'CAUSE I GOT A CALL ON THE WAY TO THE MEETING TODAY ABOUT, UH, RIVER ROAD AND ROUTE SIX THERE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB.
JUST GIVE US A LITTLE UPDATE ON, SO AT ROUTE AT SIX IN, IN RIVER.
OKAY, SO AT SIX AND SIX 50 WHERE WE MET, UM, PREVIOUSLY, UH, THERE'S NO UPDATE AT THIS POINT THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE NOTHING IN THE, IN THE QUEUE TO IMPROVE THE INTERSECTION.
UM, WE DID COME UP WITH A DESIGN, WHAT WE CALLED AN R CUT, UH, WHICH IS FORCING FOLKS TO MAKE A RIGHT OUT OF THE INTERSECTION, GO DOWN AND MAKE A U-TURN, UM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A SAFER MOVEMENT, UH, TWO PHASED MOVEMENT VERSUS CROSSING THE INTERSECTION, UM, AS IT'S CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED.
THAT TYPE OF PROJECT WOULD REQUIRE A DESIGN PHASE AND POTENTIALLY RIGHT OF WAY AND UTILITY IMPACTS.
SO IT'S A LARGER SCALE PROJECT THAT I THINK THAT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND COUNTY STAFF, WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAYBE PURSUE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, BUT THERE IS NO CURRENT, UM, IMPROVEMENT THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR THE INTERSECTION.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, SO THAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA LATER ON TODAY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FUNDING FROM THE BOARD TO APPROPRIATE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO, UH, WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR SO THAT WE ARE POISONED AND READY FOR THE SMART SCALE ROUND SEVEN APPLICATION THAT'S FORTHCOMING.
THAT IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT IS ON THE LIST.
ALRIGHT GUYS, HAVE A GOOD EVENING WITH GOOD WORK.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, THE REMAINDER OF THE REPORTS ARE IN YOUR PACKET.
WE DO HAVE STAFF WHO ARE HERE.
THOSE, UH, REPORTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE WITH A BROADBAND REPORT, THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORT FOR DECEMBER OF 2025.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM, WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY REPORTS, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SHARE ANYTHING WITH THE PUBLIC FROM ANY, UH, COMMITTEES THAT YOU MAYBE HAVE BEEN A PART OF AS WELL? NOPE.
UH, SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA AND BOARD MEMBERS.
[XIII. Consent Agenda]
ARE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WERE DISCUSSED AT OUR DECEMBER THE 19TH CIP WORK SESSION.THOSE ITEMS INCLUDE NUMBERS ONE, THREE, AND FOUR.
UH, NUMBER ONE ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA IS WHAT I JUST SHARED, AND THAT IS A REQUEST TO APPROPRIATE $225,000 FROM THE CVTA LOCAL FUND TO OUR CIP PROGRAM FOR ASSISTANCE WITH OUR ROUND SEVEN SMART SCALE APPLICATION.
AS WE DISCUSSED ON THAT 1219 MEETING, WE HAVE BEEN THE BENEFICIARY OF A SIGNIFICANT, UH, AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR TRANSPORTATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK IN ADVANCE AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY PROACTIVE IN INVESTING DOLLARS THAT HAVE RETURNED THIS REALLY SIGNIFICANT DIVIDEND FOR THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE MADE.
WE'VE RECEIVED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
SO SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL TO INVEST $225,000 TODAY.
UH, THE OTHER PROJECT THAT WE DISCUSSED ON 1219 IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, AND THAT'S CONSIDERING AMENDING, UH, OUR CURRENT BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING $3.29 MILLION IN THE CIP FUND FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS ROAD MAIDEN'S ROAD ROUNDABOUT PROJECT.
UH, WE ARE ALSO SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL, UH, TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 3RD FOR A RESOLUTION ALLOWING US TO PURCHASE THREE FIRE ENGINES AND ONE TANKER PER OUR DISCUSSION.
UH, ULTIMATELY GIVEN THE NUMBER OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, REQUESTED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, IT IS GREATER THAN 1%.
SO ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING TO DO THAT.
AND SO YOUR ACTION TODAY WOULD BE SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT NO ACTION UNTIL FEBRUARY 3RD.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM WE DID NOT DISCUSS AT OUR 1219 CIP WORK SESSION, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE TALKED INDIVIDUALLY WITH YOU ABOUT.
AND THAT IS A REQUEST FROM THE GLAND
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COUNTY FIRE RESCUE ASSOCIATION, UH, FOR A REIMBURSEMENT UP TO $150,000 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A 24 BY 48 MODULAR HOME ON THE SITE OF FIFE STATION FOUR.AND THAT IS TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS FOR OUR FIRE RESCUE PROFESSIONALS OUT IN THAT FACILITY.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, JUST A COMMENT, MR. CHAIR.
THE TWO AND ITEM ONE, THE $225,000, I THINK I JUST WANNA CALL IT TO THE PUBLIC THAT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO TAKE THAT FROM CVTA FUNDS.
SO THAT WOULD NOT BE FROM, UH, REVENUES GAINED FROM PROPERTY TAXES, BUT THROUGH THE TAX ON THE FUEL AND SALES THAT WENT INTO EFFECT 2020, THAT, UM, 50% OF THAT MONEY COMES BACK TO THE LOCALITY.
SO THIS, THIS TRANSPORTATION TAXES GOING TO TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. GREAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YEAH, YEAH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD JUST COMMENT ON THE FIVE, UH, FIRE STATION, $150,000 IS A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN $12 MILLION FOR A NEW FIRE STATION.
SO I THINK THAT IS A, UH, HUGE, UH, WIN-WIN THAT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THAT VERY NECESSARY FACILITY OPERATING.
UM, AND AT $150,000, I, I CALL THAT A BARGAIN.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF WE WANNA LOOK AT THAT FOR STATION EIGHT OR NOT, BUT, UH, IT, UH, WOULD BE ONE
ANY OTHERS? MR. I, UH, ADDING TO WHAT, UH, MR. LAW JUST SAID, I, I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT IS NEEDED AT STATION FOUR HIGHLIGHTS WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT D IN DETAIL AT THE CIP MEETING IN THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE CAPEX ISSUES IN THIS COUNTY THAT HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED AND NOT ADDRESSED.
AND I'LL SPEAK, I, I APPRECIATE THAT GROUPS LIKE THE, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION HAVE DONE MORE WITH LESS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
BUT, UH, I FOR ONE, DO NOT WANT OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN A MODULAR HOME TO BE A REGULAR OCCURRENCE, UM, VERSUS REALLY MAKING SURE WE SUPPORT AND FUND OUR CIP ENHANCEMENTS MOVING FORWARD.
MR. WINFREY, I'M TRY TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I WANNA SAY SOMETHING.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ON SATURDAY TO WITNESS FIRSTHAND, UH, ACTION AIRMEN AND WOMEN IN AIR, FIRE AND RESCUE IN ACTION ON A PROPERTY THAT I OWNED
AND, UH, I, I WENT OVER THERE AND I WITNESSED, I JUST VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY ORDERLY, VERY TE TEAMWORK INVOLVED DISPLAY OF JUST GREATNESS BY OUR FIRE.
AND I, CHIEF WATKINS, I SEE YOU THERE AND I, I JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, I COMMEND YOU ALL FOR THAT.
AND, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THEN I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TIMELY.
'CAUSE WE ARE HAVING A, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, BUDGET ITEM
AND SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE, UM, THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, UM, AS PRESENTED AND WITH GREAT APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE CONCERNED.
I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND VOTE.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS NEXT ON YOUR AGENDA IS NEW BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU SOME REGIONAL BOARD APPOINTMENTS, UH, FOR, FOR THIS MONTH, AS WELL AS SOME CITIZEN
[XIV. New Business]
APPOINTMENTS BY YOU AS A BOARD.UH, CERTAINLY IF YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS, YOU CAN TAKE THEM AS A SLATE WITH ONE MOTION HERE TODAY.
BOARD MEMBERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE TO APPROVE THAT SLATE.
I THINK, UM, WE ORIGINALLY WERE GIVING CONSIDERATION FOR A PLANNING COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATIVE TO THE, UH, PLAN R VA, AND THAT'LL MAKE THAT DECISION LATER ON.
BUT THE REST OF IT, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
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LAST ITEM ON YOUR, UH, THREE O'CLOCK AGENDA TODAY, BOARD MEMBERS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AT A CLOSED MEETING OF PERFORMANCE AND DUTIES OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR[XV. Closed Meeting & Certification]
PER VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.23711 A ONE.I'LL NEED A, NEED A MOTION TO ENTER ENC CLOSED SESSION.
RALEY, IF YOU COULD DO A ROLL CALL.
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MEMBERS, DO I HAVE A CERTIFICATION TO CLOSE THE MEETING OR A MOTION FOR CLOSURE? SO MOVED.UH, THE ATTORNEY IS GONNA SAY SOMETHING.
DON'T SHE WANT YOU TO READ IT? YEAH, I DO.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM.
UH, PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE, UH, 2.2 DASH 3 7 12 D, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HEREBY CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND ONLY THE PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING.
THE CLOSED MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE CLOSED MEETING.
I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
RAYLEY, CAN YOU CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? VOTE MR. LYLE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL NOW TAKE A RECESS AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT 6:00 PM THERE
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ORDER.[XVII. 6:00 PM - Chair Calls Meeting Back to Order]
COMMENT.LEY, IF YOU'D HANDLE THE RULES.
WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE WITH US HERE THIS EVENING.
AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING TONIGHT, THE BOARD WELCOMES THAT PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL ALLOW THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
UH, AS YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
WHEN YOU START THE LIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU WILL TURN GREEN AND THEN IT WILL CHANGE TO YELLOW AT ONE MINUTE.
AND THEN WE'LL START TO FLASH WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.
AND WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, IT WILL FLASH TO RED.
IF WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO SEED THEIR TIME SO A SPEAKER CAN SPEAK LONGER, CERTAINLY THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
UH, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES PER, PER TIME UP TO A TOTAL OF 10 MINUTES.
AND ALL THE BOARD WELCOMES PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT PUBLIC COMMENT'S NOT INTENDED TO LAST MORE THAN ONE HOUR.
[XVIII. Citizen Comment]
OPEN.ANYONE WANNA COME FORWARD? OH, THE PLEASE HIT THE BUTTON ON THE MICROPHONE.
YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
AND I WANNA SEED MY TIME TO DANNY DALTON.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND, UH, SUPERVISORS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT CU UH, 25 0 0 1 2 VIRGINIA SPORTS PARK PROPOSAL TO PUT 17 PUBLIC USE SHOOTING STATIONS NEXT TO FAMILY HOMES.
I LIVE LIVE AT 46 21 WALTON ROAD, 500 YARDS FROM LOCATION.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSAL CHIEF AMONG THEM ARE THE NOISE, THE LEAD POLLUTION, INCREASED TRAFFIC, AND ALREADY DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS, PROPERTY DEVALUATION.
UM, AS VSP DEVELOPER AND SITTING, UH, GLAND COUNTY SUPERVISOR, MR. WINFREY, UM, SHOULD WELCOME THE CONCERNS OF ALL GLAND COUNTY CITIZENS.
HOWEVER, VSPS DIRECTOR ADNAN HEINI HAS ATTEMPTED TO SILENCE OUR CONCERNS BY REPORTING YARD SIGNS TO VDOT FOR REMOVAL ON TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS.
THEY REMIND THE FACT THAT THE DATA CENTER SIGNS HOME FOR SALE SIGNS AND GOLAND BUSINESS SIGNS HAVE EXISTED ON THOSE INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FOR MONTHS.
IT SEEMS THEY WANT TO SILENCE OUR CONCERNS, UM, OVER THEIR PROPO, OUR CONCERNS OVER THEIR PROPOSAL.
A PUBLIC USE GUN RANGE DOES NOT BELONG NEXT TO FAMILY HOMES.
THERE ARE SEVEN HOMES WITHIN A QUARTER MILE.
OVER 30 HOMES WITHIN HALF A MILE, OVER 120 HOMES WITHIN A MILE, OVER 500 HOMES WITHIN TWO MILES.
THE SHOOTING STATIONS ARE POSITIONED RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINES WITH MINIMAL DISTANCE AND NEIGHBORING HOMES.
CLOSEST HOME IS ONLY 600 FEET AWAY FROM THE S***T STAND.
THAT'S 400 YARDS FROM THAT'S 400 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
UH, THE NEIGHBOR WILL BE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS AND, UH, HAZARDOUS SOUNDS SIMPLY BY STANDING ON HIS OWN PROPERTY FROM THE ONSET.
VSB HAS WAS DECEPTIVE ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL.
VSB STATED THAT THE RANGE WOULD PROVIDE BIG ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY, BUT IT'S A NONPROFIT, SO THERE'LL BE MINIMAL BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY.
VSP SAY THAT THEY WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS SO THEY WOULDN'T BEGIN OPERATIONS TILL 9:00 AM BUT THEIR CUP LISTS 8:00 AM TO DUSK, 365 DAYS A YEAR, ALL WEEKENDS, AND ALL HOLIDAYS BE POLLUTED WITH GUNFIRE.
THEIR CP MEASURES 40 TO 70 PATRONS EXPECTED ON WEEKENDS, BUT THEY'RE ON RECORD STATING THAT 70 TO A HUNDRED PATIENTS WOULD BE EXPECTED FOR TOURNAMENTS.
GUHA COUNTY'S NOISE ORDINANCE STATES THAT RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE AND ENJOY THEIR HOMES FREE FROM RESPECTIVE NOISE THAT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF NUISANCE.
VSPS PROPOSED, UH, RANGE WILL RISE BEYOND THE LEVEL OF NUISANCE AND IMPOSE, IMPOSE HAZARDOUS NOISE LEVELS TO ITS CLOSEST NEIGHBORS.
P'S TRA TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS STUDY WAS DEFICIENT, DID NOT EXAMINE A CRUCIAL INTERSECTION LESS THAN A MILE FROM THEIR SITE.
UH, WHERE THREE CHOP ROAD MEETS BROAD STREET, UH, ROAD AT DE MO'S MARKET RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON A DAILY BASIS FROM DRIVERS MAKING IMPROPER TURNS.
PATIENTS OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY FROM TRAFFIC FROM THE WEST PATIENTS TURNING ONTO THREE, CHOPPED ONTO ONE, TURNING THREE CHOPPED INTO A ONE LANE ROAD DUE TO IMPROPER PARKING AND MORE.
VSP HAS NOT CONDUCTED A FORMAL SOUND STUDY.
THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY DETAILS ABOUT THE INFORMAL STUDY THEY CONDUCTED IN A AUGUST OF 2025, BUT EXPECT NEIGHBORS TO TAKE THEIR 53 DBA SOUND MEASUREMENTS SIMPLY ON TRUST AND NOT VERIFIABLE FACT.
VSP HAS HAD OVER TWO YEARS TO DEVELOP THEIR APPLICATION.
NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD ONLY TWO MONTHS TO RESPOND AND IT HAS FALLEN ON THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
THIS GIVES AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE TO THE DEVELOPER, ESPECIALLY WE CONSIDER THAT VS.
WE ARE ASKING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DEFER THEIR CONSIDERATION UNTIL A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS REDONE
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TO INCLUDE THE THREE CHOPPED AND BROAD STREET INTERSECTIONS.A FORMAL SOUND STUDY IS CONDUCTED WITH CONDITIONS AGREED UPON BY ALL INVOLVED PARTIES AND THE COMMISSION AS SUPERVISORS IMPOSE REASONABLE LIMITATIONS UPON THE CUP BASED ON PRECEDENTS, UH, WITH THE, OR PPAC CUP, THAT EXISTING RANGES IN NEARBY COUNTIES TO PROTECT THE EXISTING FAMILY HOMES ON WALTON ROADS.
IN CONCLUSION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME WALK MY PROPERTY AND THAT OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO SEE OUR PROXIMITY TO VSPS PROPOSAL AND THE ADVERSE EFFECT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR FAMILIES.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS, UH, ADNAN HAMEDI AND I LIVE ON N LANE IN MANNEQUIN SABOT.
I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST ANYTHING, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PAY RESPECT AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO GUZMAN'S FINDERS FIRE, FIRE AND RESCUE.
UH, LAST SATURDAY WE HAD A SMALL INS, WELL, NOT TOO SMALL AN INCIDENT AT OUR HOME AND EMERGENCIES GENERALLY DO NOT ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND AS A FORMER FIRST RESPONDER, I KNOW THE, UH, IMPORTANCE OF, UH, URGENCY OF TIMING, OF RESPONSE TIME, AND ALSO DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE ON SITE.
I LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAD ABOUT SIX UNITS TOTAL ARRIVE AT OUR FARM ON, UM, ON SATURDAY, UH, EARLY AFTERNOON.
AND, UH, THE FIRE AND RESCUE, THEY WERE BEYOND PROFESSIONAL.
THEIR RESPONSE TIME WAS AMAZING.
UH, FIRST UNIT ARRIVING WITHIN FIVE MINUTES AND THE REMAINDER ARRIVING IN LESS THAN NINE MINUTES.
AND UH, NOT ONLY DID THEY STICK AROUND AND TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE FOR US, BUT THEY MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS CHECKED BEFORE THEY LEFT.
THEY LAID DOWN MATS SO THEY WOULDN'T RUIN MY RUGS.
THEN THEY LEFT, THEY OFFERED TO CLEAN UP, THEN THEY CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.
JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE AMAZING MEN AND WOMEN IN GOLAND FIRE AND RESCUE AND AS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF THE LEADERSHIP AND ALSO CHIEF FERGUSON.
ANY OTHER CITIZENS? WANNA MAKE A COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
I LIVE AT 4 6 0 2 WALTON ROAD.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO SECOND EVERYTHING MR. DALTON SAID.
I LIVE BASICALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THE VIRGINIA SPORTS PARK IS BEING PROPOSED.
GOT A 3-YEAR-OLD SON, ONE MONTH OLD SON.
THAT'S WHERE WE CHOSE TO RAISE OUR FAMILY.
AND I MEAN, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY LOUD.
THEY HAD MENTIONED IN THE FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WELL, MAYBE THEY COULD COME ENJOY THE SHOOTING RANGE SOMETIME.
SO THAT'S GREAT CHILDHOOD RUIN.
DIDN'T GET A QUIET MOMENT EVEN ON A SUNDAY, BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN GO SHOOT.
I GREW UP SHOOTING, I WAS ON MY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL S***T SHOOTING TEAM.
WE NEVER SHOT THAT CLOSE TO ANYBODY'S HOUSE.
I MEAN, I JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY IT NEEDS TO BE SAID, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST CRAZY.
I MEAN, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUES.
WHO WOULD BUY A HOME THAT CLOSE TO A SHOOTING RANGE WHEN YOU CAN MOVE 10 MINUTES UP THE ROAD? SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I'VE GOT FOR RIGHT NOW.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
I LIVE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE PROPOSAL THING.
I JUST BUILT A HOUSE RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE CHANCE TO OF THE HOUSE.
I SPENT LIKE A LOT OF MONEY RIGHT THERE FOR DOING THE HOUSE.
AND I'M, I HAVE A PLAN TO BUILD FOUR MORE HOUSES RIGHT THERE.
BUT WITH THIS SITUATION, IT, THE HOUSE, MY HOUSE NOT GONNA BE LIVABLE.
'CAUSE FROM MY HOUSE I CAN SEE THE 64 RIGHT THERE, LIKE VERY CLOSE TO.
AND UM, MY HOUSE IS ON THE TOP OF THE HILL.
I CAN HEAR THE HALLWAY ALL THE TIME WITH THIS PURPLE THING.
YOU KNOW, IF THEY COME THROUGH THE HOUSE, NOT LIVING ANYMORE.
I WAS JUST, MY CONCERN IS ABOUT NOISE.
'CAUSE MY HOUSE IS LIKE A HUNDRED FOOT OFF THE PROPER LINE.
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WITH A BUCK SHUT, I'D BE DEAD.YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SAFE FOR ME.
IN MY FAMILY, I HAVE THREE KIDS AND I, I'M PLANNING TO BRING ANIMALS, HORSES, ALL THIS.
I ALREADY STARTED FENCE THE PROPER, EVERYTHING I, MY CONCERN IS ABOUT ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M JUST STAYING WHERE HE SAY THANK YOU.
SIR, CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? 46 0 3.
WE ROAD THE NEXT, THE FIRST HOUSE BESIDE THE LOCK STONE.
RIGHT? I, I KNOW, I KNOW WHERE YOUR HOUSE IS.
I'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR ABOUT 24 YEARS.
I MOVED TO THE COUNTRY 'CAUSE I GREW UP IN THE COUNTRY AND WE MOVED THAT FAR OUT.
I DRIVE IN AND OUT, COMMUTE IN AND OUT TO RICHMOND EVERY DAY.
UM, WE, MY HUSBAND WORKS NIGHTS, SO HE SLEEPS DURING THE DAY.
I MEAN, WE WILL HAVE NO PEACE.
NOT ONE DAY A WEEK, NOT, AND I KNOW IT'S CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, BUT I FEEL MORE WILL BE COMING AS THE GUN.
GUN RANGES HAVE INCREASED IN POPULARITY.
I KNOW NIGHTTIME SHOOTING AND THAT WOULD BE AROUND THE CLOCK FOR US.
I KNOW THE PROPOSAL'S ONLY FOR THE DAYTIME, BUT IT IS EVERY DAY FROM DAWN TO DUSK IN THE EVENING.
AND I SAID WE WOULD JUST HAVE NO PEACE I MEAN, IT'S NOT, NOT EVEN THE PROPERTY VALUE FOR US.
I PLAN ON LIVING HERE AND RETIRING OUT HERE.
I MOVED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S A FAMILY COUNTY.
I, MY CHILDREN, MY SON WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH SCHOOL OUT HERE, AND WE PLANNED ON STAYING OUT IN THE COUNTY.
BUT I WANT THE COUNTY TO RESPECT ME AS A RESIDENT AND PLEASE TAKE MY CONCERNS AS VALID AND PLEASE LOOK INTO IT.
AND ALL THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AS COMMUNITY, UM, WE DON'T OPPOSE GUN RANGE.
MY HUNT HUSBAND HUNTS, HE S***T SHOOTS ALL THE TIME.
WE WERE, WE WOULD SUPPORT VSP IN THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT, NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE WE HAVE TO, IT'S GONNA CHANGE OUR ENTIRE LIFE, OUR ENTIRE BEING.
MY HUSBAND'S NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE AREA THAT WORKS NIGHTS AND HAS TO SLEEP DURING THE DAY.
I MEAN, WE LIVE, WE LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO ALEJANDRO.
WE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY PEACE WHATSOEVER.
WE WOULD HEAR THIS DAY AND NIGHT.
I MEAN, WE HEAR GUNSHOTS IN THE COUNTY, SO WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE, BUT IT'S NOT CONSTANT.
IT'S NOT FROM DUSK TO DAWN, I MEAN, FROM DON TO DUSK.
IT'S, IT, THERE IS SOME, YOU KNOW, SERENITY OUT THERE WHERE WE'RE AT.
I JUST HOPE THAT YOU'LL TAKE OUR CONCERNS, UM, TO HEART AND UNDERSTAND, PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
SEEING NONE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE A COMMENT PERIOD.
[XIX. Public Hearings]
NOW WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.[1. District 1 - CU-2025-00006 - Application by Paul Busch requesting to renew conditional use permit (CUP) case CU-2019-00021 for mining operations on 34.368 acres on Shannon Hill Road approximately ¾ mile southwest of Payne Road on Tax Map No. 3-1-0-5-0. The property is zoned Agricultural, General (A-1). The CUP is required by County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 15-102 in accordance with Sec. 15-283.F. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Rural Enhancement Area. The applicant has withdrawn the application, no further action needed.]
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN.UH, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, PAUL BUSH WAS AN APPLICATION CU 2025 HAS WITHDRAWN HIS APPLICATION.
THERE IS NO ACTION THAT IS, UM, NECESSARY FROM THE BOARD, BUT I DID WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS, UM, WITHDRAWN.
UH, CHAIR CHRISTIE, VICE CHAIR SPOON HOWER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
I'M DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING.
UM, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY CONGRATULATING BOTH OF YOU ON THE ELECTION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH BOTH OF YOU THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
SO THIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CASE CU 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 7.
THIS IS AN APPLICATION BY ROGEL
[2. District 1 - CU-2025-00007 Application by Rogel and Marta Venson requesting a conditional use permit (CUP) for short-term rental, unhosted on 30 acres at 4700 Fleming Road on Tax Map No. 2-1-0-32-0. The property is zoned Agricultural, General (A-1). The CUP is required by County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 15-102 in accordance with Sec. 15-285.G. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Rural Enhancement Area.]
AND MARTA BENSON.THE REQUEST IS FOR AN UNHOSTED SHORT-TERM RENTAL LOCATED AT 4,700 FLEMING ROAD IN DISTRICT ONE.
THE VICINITY MAP ON THE LEFT IDENTIFIES THE PROPERTY'S LOCATION IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY, SHOWN WITHIN THE RED CIRCLE.
THE AERIAL PHOTO ON THE RIGHT OUTLINES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN RED, PROVIDING
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A CLOSER VIEW OF THE SITE.THE BLACK LINE SHOWN ON THE MAP REPRESENTS THE COUNTY BOUNDARY BETWEEN GLAND AND LOUISA COUNTY.
THE ZONING MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ZONED AGRICULTURAL GENERAL OR A ONE.
THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES WITHIN GLAND COUNTY ARE ALSO ZONED A ONE.
THE ADJACENT PROPERTY LOCATED IN LUISA COUNTY IS ZONED FOR A COMBINATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES UNDER THE LUISA COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE 20 20 35 COMPREHENSIVE MAP ON THE RIGHT DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES WITHIN GLAND COUNTY ACROSS THE COUNTY LINE.
THE LOUISA COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES FOR RESIDENTIAL USES.
THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE AN UNHOSTED SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNHOSTED.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL MEANS A PORTION OF ORENT, OR THE ENTIRE DWELLING IS RENTED FOR STAYS OF FEWER THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS, AND THE OWNER IS NOT PRESENT DURING THE RENTAL PERIOD.
OCCUPANCY IS LIMITED BY THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS ALLOWED BY THE SEPTIC SYSTEM PERMIT, BUT CANNOT EXCEED.
A COMMUNITY MEETING WAS HELD ON AUGUST 11TH, 2025 AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
FOUR CITIZENS, FOUR CITIZENS ATTENDED, TWO OF WHOM EXPRESSED OPPOSITION CONCERNS RAISED INCLUDED TRAFFIC ON FLEMING ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE AND THE BEHAVIOR OF GUESTS ON THE RENTAL PROPERTY.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 30 ACRES LOCATED AT THE END OF FLEMING ROAD.
APPROXIMATELY 15 ACRES ARE OPEN LAND REFLE REFLECTING PRIOR AGRICULTURAL USES.
THE PROPERTY INCLUDES A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING OF APPROXIMATELY 1500 SQUARE FEET ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND AN IN GROUND POOL.
THE APPLICANTS DO NOT RESIDE ON THE PROPERTY, BUT USE IT FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
FLEMING ROAD SERVES 39 LOTS AND IS PARTIALLY PUBLIC AND PARTIALLY PRIVATE.
APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER MILE IS PUBLIC WITH THE REMAINING BEING PRIVATE AND TERMINATING AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
ROAD WIDTH VARY AND PORTIONS OF THE ROAD NARROW NEAR THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY.
THE ROAD DOES NOT MEET CURRENT COUNTY CODE STANDARDS FOR ROADS.
IF FLEMING ROAD WERE CONSTRUCTED TODAY TO SERVE 39 LOTS, IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET PUBLIC ROAD STANDARDS AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR VDOT ACCEPTANCE.
HOWEVER, CURRENT CODE ONLY REQUIRES ROAD IMPROVEMENTS UNDER SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS NEW ACCESS POINTS, SIGNIFICANT EXPANSIONS OR SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN TRAFFIC.
THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT MEET ANY OF THOSE THRESHOLDS, SO NO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED.
THE APPLICANTS ARE NOT PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXISTING ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
WHEN THE SHANNON HILL SUBDIVISION WAS CREATED, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS GIVEN ACCESS TO THE ROAD WITHOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTENANCE.
BECAUSE THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSIDERED RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE, THERE IS NO CHANGE IN USE OR TRIP GENERATION.
SO THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC ANALYSIS REQUIRED FOR THIS APPLICATION.
THE APPLICANTS HAD PREVIOUSLY OPERATED A SHORT-TERM RENTAL WITHOUT A PERMIT.
ONCE THEY BECAME AWARE THAT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WAS REQUIRED, THEY CEASED BOOKING RESERVATIONS.
APPROVAL OF THIS PERMIT WOULD ALLOW THE USE TO RESUME IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COUNTY CODE AND THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE BOARD.
THE PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA AND THE 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS DESIGNATION SUPPORTS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND RURAL USES THAT MAINTAIN OPEN SPACE AND MINIMIZE IMPACTS WITH THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025.
ONE CITIZEN SPOKE IN OPPOSITION AND SUBMITTED A PETITION SIGNED BY 13 NEIGHBORS.
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INCLUDED SPEEDING NOISE, A TV AND DIRT BIKE USE UNDERAGE DRINKING AND GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS.AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MUCH DISCUSSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE AS AMENDED.
THE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE ONE HOUR REDUCTION IN MUSIC ON OUTDOOR MUSIC, EXCUSE ME, 10:00 PM INSTEAD OF 11:00 PM ONE YEAR APPROVAL PERIOD RATHER THAN THE STANDARD FIVE YEARS.
A CAP OF 12 SHORT TERM RENTAL RESERVATIONS PER CALENDAR YEAR AND A PROHIBIT A PROHIBITION ON GUEST USE OF A TV AND DIRT BIKES ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
I WILL GO THROUGH EACH OF THE CONDITIONS AND POINT OUT THE CHANGES TO THE STANDARD CONDITIONS FOR AND UNHOSTED SHORT-TERM RENTAL CONDITIONS.
ONE AND TWO ARE STANDARD CONDITIONS CITING THAT THE PROPERTY MAY OPERATE AS AN UNHOSTED.
OVERNIGHT OCCUPANCY IS LIMITED TO SIX PEOPLE BASED ON THE EXISTING SEPTIC SYSTEM.
IF THE SEPTIC SYSTEM IS UPGRADED, UM, THE OCCUPANCY MAY INCREASE, BUT IT MAY NOT EXCEED.
CONDITIONS THREE AND FOUR ARE ALSO STANDARD CONDITIONS STATING THAT STRUCTURES USED FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL MUST HAVE WORKING CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS AND SMOKE DETECTORS AND EMERGENCY ACCESS VEHICLES MUST BE ABLE TO GET ONTO THE PROPERTY.
CONDITION FIVE IS RELATED TO SOUND AND GENERAL PROPERTY CONTROLS.
AMPLIFIED MUSIC, INCLUDING MUSIC OR SPEECH, IS PROHIBITED OUTDOORS.
IN ADDITION, OUTDOOR MUSIC MUST END BY 10:00 PM WHICH REPRESENTS A REDUCTION FROM THE STANDARD CONDITIONS OF 11:00 PM.
CONDITIONS SIX AND SEVEN ARE STANDARD, REQUIRING THE POSTING AND MAINTENANCE OF NO TRESPASSING SIGNS ON ALL PROPERTY BOUNDARIES AND FOR THE PROPERTY TO MAINTAIN A RESIDENTIAL APPEARANCE AND THE RESTRICTION OF FIREARMS ON THE PROPERTY.
CONDITION NUMBER NINE, OUTLINES THE GUEST NOTICE REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS.
ALL GUESTS MUST BE INFORMED IN WRITING OF THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE MAXIMUM OVERNIGHT OCCUPANCY SOUND RESTRICTIONS TO REFLECT THE ONE HOUR REDUCTION AND OUTDOOR MUSIC, NO PRESS, NO TRESPASSING REQUIREMENTS, THEIR PROHIBITION ON HUNTING AND DISCHARGING OF FIREARMS ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS CONTIN, THIS CONDITION IS INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT GUESTS ARE AWARE AND COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS ON THE PROPERTY CONDITION.
10 STATES, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF JANUARY, 2027.
THAT'S ONE YEAR RATHER THAN THE STANDARD FIVE YEARS TERM WITH ASSOCIATED WITH THE STANDARD CONDITIONS.
CONDITION 11 IS A STANDARD CONDITION REQUIRING ANY TRANSFER OR LONG-TERM LEASE OF THE PROPERTY BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE COUNTY, AND THAT THE DISCLOSURE OF THE PERMIT CONDITIONS ARE MADE TO THE NEW OWNER OR LEASE CONDITIONS.
NUMBER 12 AND 13 ARE CONDITIONS IMPOSED IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARD CONDITIONS.
CONDITION NUMBER 12 LIMITS THE SHORT TERM RENTAL TO NO MORE THAN 12 RESERVA RESERVATIONS PER CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH IS AN ADDED RESTRICTION BEYOND THE STANDARD CONDITION.
STANDARD CONDITION IMPOSES NO LIMITS ON RESERVATIONS PER YEAR.
CONDITION NUMBER 12 ADDRESSES THE LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO, UM, TO B12.
OH YEAH, I JUST TOLD YOU THAT.
UH, THE CONDITION NUMBER 13 PROHIBITS GUESTS FROM OPERATING ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES AND DIRT BIKES ON THE PROPERTY.
SO TO RECAP, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE STANDARD CONDITIONS, THE ONE HOUR REDUCTION IN MUSIC FROM 10:00 PM UM, INSTEAD OF 11:00 PM A ONE YEAR APPROVAL PERIOD RATHER THAN THE STANDARD FIVE YEARS, A CAP OF 12 SHORT TERM RENTAL RESERVATIONS PER CALENDAR YEAR AND A PROHIBITION OF GUESTS USING
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ATVS OR DIRT BIKES ON THE PROPERTY.THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AND THE APPLICANT IS IN ATTENDANCE BOARD MEMBERS.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AGREED.
JUST, UH, MS. SHERRY, UH, ON SLIDE NINE, YOU, YOU SAID, UM, OH, SHA I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE ROAD.
IT SAID 0.25 IS PUBLIC AND 0.25 IS PRIVATE.
OH, DID I SAY THAT OR IS IT SAID THAT ON THE, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY 0.25 IS, UM, PUBLIC, THE REST IS A MILE AND THAT WOULD BE A MILE, APPROXIMATELY A MILE THAT IS PRIVATE.
I APOLOGIZE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REST OF THE ROAD? I JUST
AND THEN, UM, I, I, I DID TALK WITH, UH, MR. DEAN ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION MM-HMM
AND WHAT IS THE LOGIC FOR THE ONE YEAR CONDITIONAL USE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IS TERMED THE STANDARD FIVE YEAR? SO, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, AND AGAIN, I I HAVE TALKED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, UM, YOU KNOW, A IMMEDIATELY AFTER ABOUT THE CONDITIONS.
UM, BUT, UM, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, UM, THE PLA THE PLANNING COMMISSION INTENDED TO ALLOW, UM, THE USE, BUT TO GIVE IT KIND OF A TRIAL PERIOD SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF THEY APPROVED IT FOR THE FIVE YEARS AND IT WAS IN FACT IMPACTFUL THAT IT WAS ONLY A YEAR RATHER THAN THE FIVE.
THAT'S MY, UM, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I THINK THAT WAS BASICALLY STATED AT THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING.
WELL, THAT LEADS ME TO A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
UH, HAS IT, IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE, HAS THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUT THAT RESTRICTION ON ANY OTHER UNHOSTED RENTALS? UH, NO, SIR.
I HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO THAT AS WELL.
UH, HOW MANY ONE YEAR CCPS EXIST IN THE COUNTY OR HAVE EXISTED? THERE HAVE BEEN A HANDFUL.
I KNOW THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE, BUT BANDAGE RIDGE IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE I BELIEVE IT WAS ONLY LIKE A NINE MONTH APPROVAL.
UM, AND, UH, THEN THEY CAME BACK AND THEN WERE, UH, ALLOWED THE, THE REGULAR, UH, FIVE YEARS.
THEY SUED THE COUNTY FOR THE NINE MONTH APPROVAL IN CIRCUIT COURT AND THERE WAS THAT
UM, MR. SHERRY, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW WERE THE APPLICANTS NOTIFIED OF BEING, OR THAT THEY WERE NOT IN GOLDEN LINES PERMITTED? YEAH.
SO, UM, MR. BENSON AND HIS WIFE ACTUALLY HAVE A, UM, UNHOSTED, UM, AIRB UH, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL, EXCUSE ME, UM, ON SONGBIRD, UM, LANE.
AND WHEN, UH, THEY WERE NOTIFIED BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GOING THROUGH SOME OTHER PROCESSES AND WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, UM, I THINK THAT WAS THROUGH THEIR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT THEY HAD FOR THEIR, UM, HOME BUSINESS.
UM, WE, WE NOTIFIED 'EM AT THAT POINT.
AND SO THEY CAME THROUGH WITH, UM, HAVING THAT APPROVED AND THEN THEY KNEW THAT THIS ONE WAS, UM, NOT IN COMPLIANCE, SO THEY APPLIED AT THAT POINT.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A, THEY WERE FORTHRIGHT THAT THEY WERE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE IN NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN MY FOLLOW UP WOULD BE, IF WE DO, UH, HOW MUCH TIME OF STAFF WOULD BE REQUIRED OF A RENEWAL GIVEN WHAT'S PROPOSED BEING SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE CUP? IS IT SOMETHING MORE PERFUNCTORY, ASSUMING WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, ANY SIGNIFICANT MATERIAL ISSUES? OR ARE WE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT HOURS AND HOURS OF STAFF TIME, NOT TO MENTION PUBLIC PRESENTATION, THINGS LIKE THAT? FOR THIS RENEWAL? WELL, ASSUMING, UH, THAT IT WOULD BE A SMOOTH, UH, RENEWAL AND PRE-APPLICATION PROCESS.
THE PRE-APPLICATION PRO PROCESS AT MINIMUM REQUIRES PROBABLY FIVE MEETINGS WITH STAFF AT MINIMUM.
THERE'S THE COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, THEN THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, WE, WE DO NOTIFY, UM, THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, DO MAILINGS AND STUFF ALONG THOSE LINES.
THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THERE IS NO, UM, IMPACT.
SO A COUPLE HOURS, YOU KNOW, 10 HOURS MAYBE AT MINIMUM.
UM, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE A 13 PERSON, UH, PETITION THAT WAS SIGNED, BUT WHY DID THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION IMPOSE THIS SHORT TERM RESTRICTION ON IT? YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE REASONING BEHIND IT? WHAT MADE THEM COMPEL THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD DO THAT? WELL, I, I CAN'T SPEAK EXACTLY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH THEIR MINDS WHEN THEY MADE THAT, UM, RECOMMENDATION.
I DO KNOW THAT, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, UH,
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BY THAT ONE CITIZEN.THERE WAS THE PETITION, BUT THOSE PE INDIVIDUALS WERE NOT HERE.
SO, UM, WE DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR FURTHER THOUGHTS WERE.
UM, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT NOISE, ABOUT THE ATVS, WHICH THEY ADDRESSED.
UM, AND, UM, I, I THINK JUST GENERAL, UM, UH, ACTIVITY ON THE PROPERTY THAT THE NEIGHBORS WERE CONCERNED WITH.
AND SO I I, I CAN ONLY ASSUME IN MY CONVERSATION WITH THEM THAT IT WAS, AS I STATED TO MR. LYLE, THAT IT WAS SORT OF A, OKAY, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO PROVE THAT, UM, THIS IS, UM, GONNA BE INAPPROPRIATE USE.
IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THERE'S A HISTORY OF THAT SORT OF THING OR THAT THIS IS ANTICIPATORY? UM, IT WOULD, WELL, I MEAN, WE CAN ONLY GO WITH WHAT THE ONE CITIZEN STATED, UM, BUT, UH, PROBABLY ANTICIPATORY.
MR. WINFREY, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE RECORDS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ANY OTHER SORT OF REPORTS THAT ARE A RECORD OF ANY SORT OF BEHAVIOR THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING.
THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I LIVE IN THREE SEVEN ONE SANBORN LANE.
UM, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE IN GLAND COUNTY.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, AND, UH, I WANNA SAY THAT, UH, UH, THE ROAD THAT I'M NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR, UH, I DO HELP.
UM, UM, I JUST WANNA CLEAR THAT, UM, UH, THE LAST MEETING WE HAVE HERE, I TALKED TO MY NEIGHBOR, I CAME TO HIM AND SEE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS.
UH, HE COMPLAINS ABOUT PEOPLE SPEEDING.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO I, WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I, ONCE WE LEFT HERE THAT DAY, I, I CAME TO HIM AND I SEE WHAT YOUR ISSUE AND WHAT CAN I DO TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO IMPROVE, UM, THAT PLACE.
I, I HAVE, I LOVE IT IS IS THE MIDDLE OF 30 ACRES.
MY GRANDKIDS, MY WIFE AND I, WE ENJOY ON THE WEEKENDS.
IT HAS A POOL ON IT AND IT'S QUIET, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
UM, AND, AND THE WAY, YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL IF I RENT, UM, AN AIRBNB, I HAVE THE TIME TO ENJOY IT AS WELL WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, LONG TERM.
AND SOMETIME PEOPLE DO DESTROY IF YOU LIVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THERE LONG.
SO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S IT.
AND I GUESS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY MORE QUESTION? NOT RIGHT NOW.
CAN I GET FIVE YEARS PLEASE?
WHAT'S UP? WELL, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
SO WE DON'T MAYBE HAVE TO CALL YOU UP LATER.
UM, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE RESTRICTIONS REGARDING 12 RENTALS PER YEAR? I, I WISH IT WAS MORE.
I WISH IT WAS MORE, BUT YOU KNOW, IF I CAN GET MORE, IT WOULD BE BETTER.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER? UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T PROPOSE ANY NOW, CORRECT? SORRY, MS. CHAIR, IT'S NOT YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT.
THE, UH, STANDARD CONDITIONS DO NOT HAVE THAT AS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT BOARD? ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS ON 30 ACRES AND YOU HAVE YOUR PERSONAL RESIDENCE ON THERE AS WELL? NO, SIR.
I LIVE ACTUALLY ON SUNBIRD LANE.
SO THIS IS 30 ACRES AND THE HOUSE IS LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 30 ACRES, SO IT'S NOT, I'M NOT BOTHERING ANYBODY.
AND IS IT IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY? UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING YOU CAN'T RUN AN A TV ON THERE AND WE'RE SAYING YOU CAN'T HUNT ON IT.
IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY, UM, THAT WOULD BE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTING THE PROPERTY, IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR THE CUP ACTIVITY.
UM, UM, MR. VINCENT AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, COULD YOU DO THAT BY RIGHT.
AND IF YOU CAN ADD ONE MORE THING IS NO PARTY ALLOWED, YOU KNOW, I DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO GO THERE, DRINK, PARTY, OR DO ANY CRAZY THINGS EITHER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS ALL? ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU SIR.
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RIGHT.I'LL NOW OPEN UP CITIZEN COMMENT FOR THIS APPLICATION.
UM, SAME RULES APPLY AS BEFORE, SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION? COULD WE DISCUSS FIRST? 'CAUSE I THINK THE MOTION, MAY I CHANGE? THAT'S FROM THAT I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, SO I, I APPRECIATE, UM, WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS' TRYING TO, UM, SATISFY THE FOLKS THAT SHOWED UP AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS.
UM, IF I LOOK AT THIS, AND I'M NOT GONNA ASK MS. SHERRY COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND ASK HER QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THE ANSWER TO, UM,
BUT TODAY, IF, IF, UH, IF MR. BENSON MOVED INTO HIS HOUSE, HE COULD RIDE ATVS TODAY, HE COULD SHOOT HIS GUNS TODAY, HE COULD ADD OUTSIDE MUSIC IF IT'S, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T REACH THE LEVEL OF NUISANCE.
SO TO ME, BY PUTTING SOME UNHOSTED UH, CONDITIONS ON THIS, HE, IT'S ACTUALLY MAKING HIM THE PROPERTY MORE RESTRICTED.
SO MY PREFERENCE, UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, I WROTE IT DOWN, BUT THE, THE AVERAGE TRIPS FOR A HOME PER DAY IS ABOUT NINE AND A HALF, UH, BASED ON THE TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE.
SO IT'S NINE AND A HALF TRIPS THAT, UH, POTENTIALLY WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FULL-TIME RESIDENCE.
SO I THINK THAT LESSENS THE, THE ISSUES ON THE ROAD, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY.
AND WHILE I KNOW THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LEGALLY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT JUST THE USE OF THE LAND, UM, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW MR. VINCENT, NOT PERSONALLY NEVER SPOKEN TO HIM PERSONALLY, BUT THROUGH CASES WITH SOMBERG AND, AND, UM, UNDERSTANDING HE'S GOT ENOUGH STANDING BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I DO THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE CHARACTER OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE THERE.
UM, AND HIS, FROM MY LIMITED INTERACTIONS THROUGH SOME VERY TENSE SITUATIONS, HIS CHARACTER HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT EXEMPLARY.
SO I FEEL LIKE THE NEIGHBORS HAVE VERY LITTLE TO WORRY ABOUT.
UM, AND I DON'T FEEL, AND WHILE I DO UNDERSTAND, UH, MS. MCGEE WON'T CORRECT ME THAT THERE ARE NO PRECEDENTS SET, THERE ARE SOME STANDARDS AND I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING TO, TO HANDCUFF, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS GENTLEMAN AND, AND THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
AND I LOVE FOLKS TO GO OUT AND SEE THE GREAT THINGS IN DISTRICT ONE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF A MOTION WOULD BE MADE THAT WOULD, UH, HAVE THE, THE NORMAL FIVE YEAR CUP AND UNLIMITED AS PER IS PER OUR STANDARD.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
JUST, UH, MR. CHAIR J JUST ONE CLARIFICATION TO YOU, MR. AUER.
UM, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THOSE TWO POINTS.
THE THIRD, I AGREE WITH YOU FOR THE, THE LANDOWNER THEMSELVES.
I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
I, I AM, IF THERE IS A RESTRICTION IN PLACE, I'M FINE WITH RENTERS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO HUNT OR USE ATVS.
WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF THAT.
AND SO WELL, WHICH DOES, WHICH DOES MAKE IT HARD TO, TO, TO POLICE ACTUALLY.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T, IF YOU HEAR SHOT, YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, SO WE'VE RUN INTO THAT IN SOME OF THE CASES THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD RECENTLY AS WELL.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I, I I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT I'M GLAD MR. SPIN HOWER BROUGHT UP PRECEDENT.
UM, WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS ON THAT, BUT MORE, EVEN MORE SO THAN, YOU KNOW, ARE WE TREATING ALL OF THE SHORT TERM RENTALS FAIRLY ACROSS THE COUNTY? WHAT RESOURCES ARE BEING CONSUMED BY OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, OF OUR STAFF AND, UM, WHEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO PROCESSES LIKE THIS? NOT, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD UNDERSTAND IF MR. BENSON HAD A HISTORY OF ACTING IN, UH, NEGATIVELY OR IF WE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE JUST LARGER RED FLAGS ON THIS, BUT I DON'T, WHILE I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS GOING WITH A TRIAL PERIOD, I DO NOT LIKE THE PRECEDENT SETS BY SAYING COME BACK IN A YEAR AND POTENTIALLY CONSUME UP TO 10 PLUS HOURS OF OUR STAFF'S TIME, UM, FOR TO, TO GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT WE CAN ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WE DO HAVE THE CITIZEN'S REPUTATION.
WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT CAN ALLOW US TO MAKE A SOUND JUDGMENT AS A BOARD.
SO, UM, I JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS MR. SAUER.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THOSE, MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I OFFER JUST SOME INFORMATION THAT MAY, THE BOARD MAY FIND HELPFUL? UM, PAGE 1 98 OF YOUR PACKET SHOWS THE FOUR CHANGES MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO REVIEW WHAT WAS ADDED OR CHANGED, IT'S RIGHT THERE ON PACKET PAGE 1 98 AND THERE'S ONLY FOUR OF THEM.
AND SO IT IN THE, IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT
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MIGHT GO BACK TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THAT GIVES YOU A PLACE TO, TO LOOK AND TO, TO CONSIDER.SO, SO WE'RE, WE ARE CONSIDERING ALL FOUR OF WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAID NOW, WHAT THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION SAID.
BUT, BUT ON PAGE 1 98, RIGHT? YEAH, IT SHOWS THE STRIKE FROM, BUT I'M, I'M ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO WE'RE NOT BEING ASKED WHAT IN, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US NOW IS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, NOT FROM THE APPLICANT, CORRECT.
THE, THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION ON, IN YOUR ON PAGE 1 98 IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW, HEY, WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE BEFORE THEY STARTED MONKEYING WITH IT? IT'S PAGE 1 98, WHICH IS, IS THAT, IS THAT THE LEGAL TERM? IT IS, YEAH.
MAYBE IT'S RACCOON WITH IT NOW AFTER, UH, AFTER ASHLAND IN ANY, ANYWAY, JUST, JUST A PLACE THAT MIGHT HELP YOU AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING WHAT YOU MIGHT DO TONIGHT.
UM, WELL, THE, MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW THAT INFORMATION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I, I'M NOT A FAN OF, UH, PUTTING BURDEN ON, UH, A HOMEOWNER OR A PROPERTY OWNER, UM, OR PUTTING THEM IN A PROBATIONARY STATUS BASED OFF OF LITERALLY NOTHING.
UH, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BURDEN OF PROOF BEFORE WE COULD DO THAT.
AND ON THAT NOTE, UH, I'M NOT A FAN OF APPROVING THINGS THAT DON'T MEET THE MERIT.
SO CASES EITHER MEET A MERIT OR THEY DON'T, AND IT SHOULD BE STANDARD.
SO IF WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR STANDARD, THAT SHOULD BE THE STANDARD.
UM, AND, AND AS YOU NOTED, UNLIMITED AS WELL.
WITH THAT SAID, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION, UNLESS FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'M GONNA ADD TO YOU AND REINFORCE WHAT YOU JUST SAID BECAUSE, UM, THERE ARE REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO ABUSES AND SO FORTH.
AS WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THERE'VE BEEN NO POLICE REPORTS, THERE'S NO VIOLATION OF LAW, NO, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE FAITH THAT, UH, IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG, AND WE, WE DO HAVE, UH, CURATIVE MEASURES THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO BRING THESE PEOPLE IN LINE WHO ARE ABUSIVE.
SO TO TRY TO ANTICIPATE EVERYBODY ABUSING THINGS AHEAD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE PUTTING A CART BEFORE THE HORSE, SO TO SPEAK.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I'M MAKING ANY SENSE, UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, MR. VINCENT HAD AN APPLICATION IN FOR A, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL IN DISTRICT FIVE, MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO.
AND HE WITHDREW THAT APPLICATION BECAUSE OF HIS INTERACTION WITH HIS NEIGHBORS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY, THEY EXPRESSED CONCERN AND, UH, HE, HE, UH, RESPONDED TO THOSE CONCERNS AND, AND DECIDED AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR, AS A GOOD CITIZEN, HE WAS NOT GONNA PURSUE THAT AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
UM, I THINK HE TURNED IT INTO A LONG-TERM RENTAL OPPORTUNITY.
SO IF I CAN PILE ON TO HIS, UH, POSITIONING AND, AND CONCERN FOR NEIGHBORS AND THE COMMUNITY, HE'S, HE'S NOT JUST TALK THE TALK, HE'S ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THAT.
SO I'M IN CONCURRENCE THAT WE'RE OVERCOMPLICATING SOMETHING.
EITHER WE'VE GOT A, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL PROCESS THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING AND HAS BEEN OBSERVED.
IF THERE'S VIOLATION, WE HAVE CHANNELS TO PURSUE.
SO I, UH, AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, UH, MARTIN DEAN WHO WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND HE EXPRESSED CONCERN, AND I GUESS HE LOOKED FOR THE NEW GUY CARD TO BE PLAYED WHERE THIS WAS SOMETHING HE WAS EXPERIENCING FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT HE EXPRESSED DISCOMFORT FOR, FOR THESE RESTRICTIONS BEING ADDED, UM, AS, AS THEY WERE.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE A MOTION THAT WILL REMOVE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, IMPOSED AND, AND THAT WE, UH, FOLLOW PROCESS AS WE WOULD WITH ANY OTHER, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL APPLICATION, CUP.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UM, I MOVED TO THE BOARD GRANT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 20 25 0 7 APPLICATION BY ELLE AND MARTA VINCENT, SUBJECT TO THE IMPOSED CONDITION.
THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS AMENDING ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THAT FIVE B, THERE SHOULD BE NO OUTDOOR MUSIC CHANGING FROM 10:00 PM BACK TO 11:00 PM UM, ITEM NINE B FROM THE SAME TIME, UH, 10:00 PM BACK TO THE ORIGINAL 11:00 PM THAT THE CUP WOULD EXPIRE IN 2031, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS.
AND THAT WE, THE ITEM NUMBER 12 NUMBER OF RESERVATIONS WOULD GO FROM 12 TO THE UN UNLIMITED, AS IS OUR POLICY.
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ALL RIGHT, DR.[3. Countywide ordinance to amend County Code Sec. 14-251 (Tuckahoe Creek Service District) to include within the Service District a parcel located at 350 Hamlet Road, identified as Tax Map No. 58-8-0-2-A]
THERE.UM, I'M ELIZABETH MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE.
UH, CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 2 51, PART A ONE TO ADD THE PARCEL LOCATED AT 350 HAMLET ROAD TO THE TUCKAHOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT.
UH, TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH SOME HISTORY, THE TCSD WAS CREATED IN 2002 TO PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE TAKEN TO CONSTRUCT WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTY'S EAST END.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE ULTIMATELY PROVIDED PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER SERVICES, UH, TO THE PARCELS LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE JUST OVER 2,500 PARCELS IN THE TCSD.
UM, AND SINCE ITS CREATION IN 2002, NUMEROUS PARCELS HAVE ENTERED THE TCSD AND THE SMALL NUMBER HAVE EXITED.
UM, THERE IS A FORMAL APPLICATION PROCESS TO DO EITHER OF THOSE ACTIVITIES, UM, AND THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED TO DO SO.
UH, AN APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 16TH BY SCOTT GAZER ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE APPLICATION CONSISTS OF ONE PARCEL, PARCEL NUMBER 58 DASH EIGHT DASH TWO DASH A, WHICH IS OWNED BY VIJ RA AND ULA SOURA.
THE PARCEL ZONED A TWO AND CONSISTS OF ONE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.
THE EXISTING SEPTIC SYSTEM IS FAILING, WHICH IS WHY THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE TCSD AND CONNECT TO PUBLIC SEWER SERVICES.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS DO NOT INTEND TO CONNECT TO PUBLIC WATER AT THIS TIME.
HERE IS A MAP HIGHLIGHTING THE PARCEL BEING DISCUSSED.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS JUST NORTHWEST OF THE HOCKET ROAD IN TUCKAHOE CREEK PARKWAY INTERSECTION.
THIS ADDITION WOULD NOT CHANGE THE OVERALL BOUNDARIES OF THE TCSD.
IT IS MERELY ADDING A PARCEL THAT IS ALREADY WITHIN THE BOUNDARY THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED.
THE PURPLE SHADING ARE PARCELS THAT ARE ALREADY PART OF THE TCSD.
THE PROPOSED CODE CHANGE WILL BE TO CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 14 DASH 2 51 A ONE, AND WILL INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF PARCEL 58 DASH EIGHT DASH TWO DASH A TO THE LISTING OF PARCELS.
INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE, PARCELS ARE LISTED IN NUMERICAL ORDER WITHIN THE ORDINANCE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.
AND THE APPLICANT WHO IS REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNERS IS ALSO HERE, BOARD MEMBERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? JUST ONE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, WHEN A PARCEL COMES INTO THE DISTRICT, IS THERE A, UH, I DON'T WANNA CALL IT A CALL CLAW BACK, BUT IS THERE, UH, YOU GO BACK FIVE YEARS AND CALCULATE FOR A NEW PARCEL ENTERING THE TCSD WHEN THEY PAY THEIR CONNECTION FEE, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 20% SURCHARGE ON THAT FEE.
ALRIGHT, BUT NO BACK ASSESSMENT OF OF T-C-S-D-A VALOR? NO.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CASE, BUT I'D LIKE TO MISS YOUR, ANY OTHER, DID I MISS WHY THEIR SEPTIC TANK IS SEPTIC IS FAILING? YES.
ANY OTHER? I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION.
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YEP.UM, I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS? OH WAIT.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK? NO.
MR. CHAIR, WE, YOU WANT ME OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I'LL NOW OPEN PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS APPLICATION AND SEEING NONE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT.
ALL RIGHT, MR. VOS, I'M NOW READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE TO AMEND COUNTY CODE SECTION 14 DASH 2 51 TO ADD THIS TAX PARCEL INTO THE TUCKAHOE CREEK SERVICE DISTRICT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, SECOND.
MR. BOARD MEMBERS, THE LAST ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS AN ORDINANCE CHANGE, UH, TO TWO CHAPTERS IN THE GLAND COUNTY CODE.
THE CHANGES COME ABOUT SOLELY DUE TO RECENT, UH, CHANGES
[4. Ordinance to amend Goochland County Code in Chapter 5 (Erosion and Stormwater Management Program), to replace references to director of community development with county engineer in several sections, and define county engineer; and in Chapter 14 (Water and Sewer) to replace references to county engineer with director of public utilities in several sections]
IN TITLES OF, UH, EMPLOYEE POSITIONS HERE IN GLAND COUNTY.THE COUNTY CODE, FOR INSTANCE, FOR MANY YEARS, HAS REFERRED TO A COUNTY ENGINEER UNDER UTILITIES.
EVEN WHEN THOSE ACTIONS WERE BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES.
WE NOW HAVE A COUNTY ENGINEER POSITION WHO IS NOT OPERATING THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR US TO CHANGE ALL OF CHAPTER 14 TO REMOVE COUNTY ENGINEER AND MAKE IT REFER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DIRECTOR
SIMILARLY, WE NO LONGER HAVE A POSITION ENTITLED THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT TITLE IS USED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHAPTER FOR SOME THINGS THAT ACTUALLY ARE BEING DONE BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER TODAY.
AND SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND MADE THE REVISION TO, UH, THOSE REFERENCES IN THE CODE OF, UH, FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTIONS.
NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES WERE MADE TO EITHER OF THESE CHAPTERS.
IT'S MERELY REPLACEMENT OF THE TITLES.
THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.
MS. MCGEE? DO, DOES THE PUBLIC GET INPUT ON YES SIR.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MCGEE? ALL RIGHT, I'LL NOW OPEN CITIZEN COMMENT FOR THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE.
UH, SEEING NONE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT.
BOARD MEMBERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN? UH, YES.
UH, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT, UH, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE POSITION TITLE CHANGES.
I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
DID IT? SO NOW WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND WE'LL RECONVENE ON JANUARY, 2026
[XX. Adjournment]
AT 6:00 PM WITH A BOS WORK SESSION.THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.