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UH, WELCOME TO THE GULA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A FULL ROOM TONIGHT.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO START, LIKE WE START EVERY MEETING, UM, WITH AN INVOCATION, WHICH I WILL GIVE, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MR. LYLE FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND THEN WE WILL ASK YOU TO REMAIN STANDING AFTER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
UH, PLEASE STAND AS YOU'RE ABLE DEAREST.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU, UH, THAT WE COULD INVITE YOU HERE TONIGHT, LORD, AND THAT YOU'LL COME AND THAT YOU'LL BE HERE WITH US AND GUIDING US AND GRANTING US THE WISDOM THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR THE GREAT PEOPLE OF GLAND COUNTY.
LORD, HELP TO KEEP DISTRACTIONS AT BAY, TO BE, TO KEEP OUR CONVERSATION COLLEGIAL, LORD, TO HELP US HAVE A GREAT EVENING TONIGHT, DOING YOUR WILL FOR THE CITIZENS AND THE PEOPLE OF YOUR COUNTY.
IT'S IN YOUR SON'S NAME, WE PRAY.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS YOU'RE ABLE.
UM, CHAIRMAN CHRISTIE HAS ASKED THAT WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, AS ARE TRUTH ARE OF DEPLOYED IN HARM'S WAY, THAT WE WOULD, UH, TAKE SOME TIME TO THINK OF THEM.
SO PLEASE, UH, TAKE THAT TIME RIGHT NOW, PLEASE.
CHAIRMAN CHRISTIE, UH, SENDS HIS REGRETS THAT HE IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT, UH, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO STRIVE ON, UH, AND DO SOME GOOD WORK.
UH, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS.
UM, ON THE THIRD ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS, UH, WE ARE CONSIDERING A $250,000 TRANSFER FROM THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT OPPOSITION EFFORTS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS EXPERTS TO ASSIST IN OPPOSITION EFFORTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION LINES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
THE, THE REALITY IS THERE'S VERY LITTLE THAT WE CAN DO AS A BOARD, AS THIS DECISION IS NOT IN OUR HANDS, IT'S IN THE SCCS C'S HANDS, BUT AS A BOARD, WHAT WE COULD DO IS WORK WITH OUR CITIZENS, THE MOST
[I. 6:00 PM - Call to Order]
[II. Invocation]
POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY,[III. Pledge of Allegiance]
TO HAVE[IV. Moment of Silence]
OUR VOICES HEARD[V. Chair's Comments]
AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE BEING HEARD.SEVERAL RESIDENCES HAVE ALSO HAVE, HAVE OFFERED TO ASSIST THE BOARD.
UH, WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO COLLABORATE ON THIS TOPIC AND WE'LL PROVIDE STAFF SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO WISH TO JOIN RESOURCES.
WE'RE WE'RE THINKING LIKE CITIZEN LED COMMITTEE.
THE COUNTY WILL BE PLACING A FORM ON THE VALUE ON OUR, ON OUR VALLEY LINK WEBSITE IN THE COMING DAYS FOR PEOPLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO FILL OUT.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THIS COMMITTEE AND HELPING TO TELL GUCCI'S STORY AND WHY THIS, THESE PATHS THAT ARE PROPOSED THROUGH GUCCI ARE NOT THE BEST PATH FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR FUNDING DIRECTLY RELATES TO, TO THE BOARD'S VOTE LAST WEEK TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN FORMAL OPPOSITION TO THE VALUE LINK TRANSMISSION PO PROJECT.
SINCE THE VOTE, THE APPROVED RESOLUTION HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO VALUE LINK DOMINION ENERGY, FIRST ENERGY TRANSMISSION, TRANS SOURCE ENERGY, THE VIRGINIA STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA GLAND COUNTY'S REPRESENTATIVES IN THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
AS NOTED, THE RESOLUTION STAFF IS ALSO EXPLORING AND HOW THE COUNTY CAN PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SAC PROCEEDINGS TO ENSURE GLAND'S INTEREST IN COMMUNITY IMPACTS ARE BEING FULLY REPRESENTED, INCLUDING COORDINATING WITH NEIGHBORING LOCALITIES, REGIONAL PARTNERS, AND STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES.
THE CHAIRMAN IS ALSO REQUESTING THAT WE SCHEDULE A PUBLIC BOARD MEETING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF DOMINION ENERGY AND VALLEY LINK FOR THE PRESENTATION ON VALU LINK PROJECT AND THE PROPOSED ROUTE FOR UCHIN COUNTY.
AT THIS PUBLIC MEETING, THE BOARD WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE PROJECT REPRESENTATIVES AND ALLOW TIME FOR QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF YOU, OUR STUDENT, OUR RESIDENTS, CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS WORK.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH VALLEY LINK AND OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES IN RICHMOND AND IN CONGRESS.
CONTACT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP IN HELPING US TO DO WHAT IS BEST
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FOR GLAND COUNTY.MR. REALLY IS A MOTION IN ORDER? NO.
REALLY, ARE YOU, UH, READY FOR YOUR ADMINISTRATOR COMES? I AM.
HOWER AND GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME EVERYONE.
WE'RE CERTAINLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TO BE A PART OF, UH, THE PUBLIC PROCESS ON THE IMPORTANT WORK IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND SHARE.
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THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IS RIGHT WITH GLAND.THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE HAVE TO BE PROUD OF AS A COMMUNITY, AND I HAD THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING PRETTY AWESOME ON SUNDAY AND I WAS INVITED TO THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH AT THE GYAA OPENING DAY ON SUNDAY, AND IT WAS JUST SO AMAZING TO SEE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, CHILDREN, COACHES, SPONSORS WHO PAID FOR THE UNIFORMS. UH, OUR TEAM HERE IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF ALL COMING TOGETHER, TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE PRETTY SPECIAL MOMENT AND, AND MEMORIES FOR THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND IT'S JUST A TRUE TESTAMENT TO WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY SPECIAL.
THE FACT THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SOME PRETTY AWESOME THINGS HAPPEN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH THE DAY WAS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS PITCHED.
IT WAS A LITTLE LOW AND OUTSIDE.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS AWESOME AND JUST WANTED TO CELEBRATE THIS COMMUNITY.
JUST, JUST REALLY PROUD OF, OF WHAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING GREAT THINGS FOR
[VII. Requests to Postpone Agenda Items and Additions, Deletions or Changes in the Order of Presentation]
KIDS HERE.SO, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT POSITIVE MOMENT.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN REQUEST TO POSTPONE AGENDA ITEMS IN ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR CHANGES.
THE CHAIR IS REQUESTING TO MOVE THE PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER THREE, UH, APPLICATION BY MICHAEL AND KAITLYN SUP TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE EVENING TO ALLOW ANY STUDENTS OR PARENTS OF SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE HEARD AND TO BE ABLE TO GET HOME AT A REASONABLE
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HOUR.ANY OTHER CHANGES, SUBMISSIONS OR DELETIONS? YOU'RE ALL GOOD WITH THOSE.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE WILL, UH, MOVE INTO OUR CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
RAIL, IF YOU COULD PLEASE BE SO KIND AS TO READ THE GUIDELINES.
SO CITIZEN COMMENT IS, UH, CERTAINLY AND NOT INTENDED TO LAST MORE THAN ONE HOUR, AND SO WE WELCOME THE COMMUNITY'S FEEDBACK ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT, AND SO CITIZEN COMMENT IS INTENDED FOR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING.
SO, UH, WHEN MR. SPOON, HOWER OPENS UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, UH, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD ONE AT A TIME AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WHEN YOU START, THE LIGHTS IN FRONT OF YOU WILL TURN GREEN.
THEY WILL THEN CHANGE TO YELLOW AND THEN A FLASHING YELLOW, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WILL END WITH A SOLID RED LIGHT TELLING YOU THAT YOUR TIME IS UP.
IF YOU DO NOT WANNA SPEAK, BUT YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE, YOU CERTAINLY CAN SEED YOUR TIME AND YOU CAN SEE UP TO TWO MINUTES AND ONE SPEAKER CAN HAVE A TOTAL OF 10 MINUTES AND MS. BISQUE WILL CERTAINLY MANAGE ALL THAT FOR US.
WE DO ASK THAT YOU DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD RATHER THAN TO THE AUDIENCE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GLAND HAS ALWAYS DONE EXTREMELY WELL IS EXHIBIT DECORUM.
IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, UH, WE DO ASK TO MAINTAIN A RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT THAT WE AVOID APPLAUDING AND CLAPPING AND ANY SORT OF SNEERING OR JEERING FROM, FROM THE AUDIENCE.
UH, WE WELCOME COMMENTS, CERTAINLY RESPECT THOSE COMMENTS AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE FOR OUR COMMENTS HERE THIS EVENING.
WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD, AND IF, IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN YOU TURN THE LITTLE BUTTON, TURN THE LIGHT GREEN.
CHRISTIE PAYNE, 4 6 3 0 3 CHOP ROAD GUM, SPRING, VIRGINIA 2 3 0 6 5.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PASSING THE OPPOSITION RESOLUTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED JOSHUA FALLS TO YEE TRANSMISSION LINE.
I APPRECIATE THE BOARD TAKING THE FORMAL STEP TO REPRESENT THE CONCERNS OF THE GLAND RESIDENTS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE BOARD ALLOCATE $250,000 TO SUPPORT GLAND COUNTY'S EFFORTS TO FORMALLY ADVOCATE AGAINST VALLEY LINKS PROMO PROPOSED TRANSMISSION LINE, WHILE THE RESOLUTION IS AN IMPORTANT ACTION.
THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS PROCESS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION WHERE DECISIONS ARE BASED ON FORMAL EVIDENCE, EXPERT ANALYSIS AND LEGAL ARGUMENT VALLEY LINK AND ITS PARTNERS WILL BE REPRESENTED BY EXPERIENCED LEGAL TEAMS, ENGINEERS, AND CONSULTANTS.
TO EFFECTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS, GLAND MUST BE PREPARED.
ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS WOULD ALLOW THE COUNTY TO RETAIN LEGAL COUNSEL AND EXPERIENCE IN IN NSCC PROCEEDINGS TO FORMALLY REPRESENT THE COUNTY'S POSITION, ENGAGE INDEPENDENT ENGINEERS AND ENERGY EXPERTS TO REVIEW THE PROJECT AND EVALUATE ALTERNATIVES.
CONDUCT ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS RELATED TO WETLANDS, WILDLIFE HABITATS AND PROTECTED SPECIES.
PERFORM PROPERTY VALUE IMPACT STUDIES TO PROVIDE DATA SUPPORTED FINDINGS, ASSESS FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES IMPACTED ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE.
PREPARE EXPERT TESTIMONY AND DOCUMENTATION THAT TO MEET THE SEC REQUIREMENTS.
THIS IS A TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY PROCESS
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WHERE WELL SUPPORTED EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENTS CARRY SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT WITHOUT APPROPRIATE RESOURCES.THE COUNTY'S ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME IS LIMITED.
THE ALLOCATION WOULD ENSURE GLAND IS POSITIONED TO PRESENT A COORDINATED, CREDIBLE AND WELL DOCUMENTED CASE.
THE SCALE OF THE PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE, APPROXIMATELY 765 KV WITH TOWERS REACHING 150 TO 165 FEET AND A RIGHT OF WAY OF 150 TO 200 FEET REQUIRES A THOROUGH, PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTED RESPONSE.
OTHER LOCALITIES HAVE ALREADY TAKEN STEPS TO PREPARE FOR THIS PROCESS.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT GLAND DOES THE SAME.
THE FUNDING REPRESENTS THE PROACTIVE STEP TO ENSURE THE COUNTY CAN FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE REVIEW PROCESS, ADVOCATE EFFECTIVELY ON BEHALF OF ITS RESIDENTS.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE ALLOCATION, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO PROTECT GLAND COUNTY BECAUSE AT THIS STAGE IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER GLAND SHOULD BE INVOLVED.
IT IS A QUESTION WHETHER GLAND WILL BE PREPARED.
I LIVE AT 1 2 2 5 3 BREMNER RIDGE CIRCLE MANNEQUIN SABOT, VIRGINIA.
AND I'M A FRIEND OF GLAND FOR THE RECORD.
TODAY IS MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY, BUT I DECIDED I WANTED TO COME OUT HERE AND SEE YOU ALL FOR A BIT.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY RELATED TO DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT AND THE USE OF NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS BY THE COUNTY AND ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND HOW NDAS DO NOT ALLOW US TO PROPERLY GAUGE THE ACCURACY OF A BUDGET OR A PLAN.
I RECENTLY SUBMITTED A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, A FOIA REQUEST SEEKING NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS EXECUTED THIS YEAR.
THE COUNTY PROVIDED A REDACTED NDA FROM JANUARY 7TH, 2026, REDACTING THE IDENTITY OF THE DISCLOSING PARTY, CITING AN EXEMPTION RELATED TO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE CONFIDENTIALITY IS APPROPRIATE, PARTICULARLY IN EARLY STAGE DISCUSSIONS.
HOWEVER, THE FOIA IN VIRGINIA REQUIRES EXEMPTIONS BE NARROWLY BASED AND NOT ESPECIALLY WITH PUBLIC BODIES, AND DEMONSTRATE A CLEAR AND SPECIFIC HARM, NOT A GENERAL CONCERN BEFORE THEY WITHHOLD INFORMATION.
IN THIS CASE, THE COUNTY ASSERTED REVEALING THE IDENTITY OF THE COMPANY WOULD HARM NEGOTIATIONS OR CAUSE THE COMPANY TO WALK AWAY.
THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC HARM, BUT IT DOES RAISE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
HOW CAN THE PUBLIC, WE CITIZENS MEANINGFULLY EVALUATE COUNTY BUDGETS, LAND USE DECISIONS, ZONING CHANGES, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS, AND LONG-TERM COMMUNITY CONSEQUENCES.
IF THE IDENTITY OF THE MAJOR COMPANIES LIKE THIS OR THE DETAILS OF THEIR PROJECT ARE WITHHELD AND KEPT SECRET, THE NDA DISCLOSING PARTY HAS NOTICED THEY GET TO DO ALL THEIR HOMEWORK.
THE PUBLIC GETS LITTLE, IF ANY TIME TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND GET THEIR WHEELS UP TO SPEED.
THESE AREN'T ABSTRACT ISSUES WHEN DECISIONS OF THIS SCALE ARE BEING CONSIDERED.
IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR MY SPECIFIC REQUEST.
I HAVE REQUESTED GUIDANCE FROM THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ADVISORY COUNCIL.
I HOPE TO GET THEIR DECISION SOON.
IN THE MEANTIME, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO ENSURE THAT THE FOIA EXEMPTIONS ARE NARROWLY APPLIED TO PRIORITIZE TRANSPARENCY WHERE PUBLIC POLICY AND LAND USE DECISIONS ARE INVOLVED.
AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT PUBLIC TRUST DEPENDS ON OPENNESS.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT OPPOSING ECONOMIC ALL DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S ABOUT ENSURING DEVELOPMENT OCCURS WITH TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC AWARENESS.
TRANSPARENCY AFTER A DEAL IS DONE IS JUST AN AUTOPSY.
BEFORE THE CLOCK BEGINS, I'D LIKE TO HEAD SOMETHING TO THE CLERK.
FOUR, THE SUPERVISOR, THE ONE FOR DR.
SOMEONE TOLD ME I WAS AMUSING AS A PREACHER 'CAUSE I ALWAYS TRY TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHEN I COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
AND THIS ONE WILL SURPRISE YOU, MY FRIENDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU AS SUPERVISORS AND THOSE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THE COUNTY.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? OH, THANK YOU.
I LIVE AT 1 2 4 8 2 NORTH CROSSING DRIVE IN MANNEQUIN SABOT, PART OF READERS BRANCH, A POLITICAL
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SEUSS EXCERPT FROM MY RECENTLY PUBLISHED PARODY.WHEREAS THE SENSIBLE FOLKS SAY WHEN IT COMES TO DATA CENTERS, KEEP THEM AWAY.
THEY'LL CONTAMINATE THE SOIL, POISON THE AIR, DRINK ALL OUR WATER, BUT WILL ZUCKER BOT CARE TONS OF STEEL, ZILLIONS OF CHIPS AND MILES OF WIRE AND ELECTRICITY.
BILLS WILL GO HIGHER AND HIGHER.
HEAT DOS WILL FORM HOME VALUES WILL PLUNGE, AND THEN THERE'S THAT UNNERVING, INCESSANT, GOD.
WE DON'T WANT THEM AS NEIGHBORS, WE DON'T WANT THEM AS PETS.
AND IN GREENLAND I CAN SAY WE DON'T EVEN WANT THEIR RENT.
I'M GLAD THERE WERE CHILDREN HERE.
FOR THE RHYME, LIKE THE SUNRISE RESIDENTS IN GREENLAND COUNTY, THE RESIDENTS IN THE EACH EAST OF OUR COUNTY DO NOT WANT DATA CENTERS EITHER 99.5% OF RESPONDING RESIDENTS OPPOSED THE TOD WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
YET OUR INPUT HAD ZERO IMPACT UPON THE DECISION.
THE PRACTICE OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY IN THIS CASE FAILED.
CHANGES IN THE TOD DO NOT IMPACT ONLY DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE, BUT ALSO DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, AND THREE IN ONE PARCELS EXIST, EXIST ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THEY'RE ALL IMPACTED BY THE COUNTYWIDE TOD CHANGES IN ZONING.
IN ADDITION, THERE IS NO EXPLICIT PROHIBITION AGAINST THE EXTRACTION OF GROUNDWATER BY DATA CENTERS IN THE TOD.
THIS MAKES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A DATA CENTER SPREADING ACROSS THE COUNTY EVEN GREATER.
REMEMBER ONCE THE COUNTY PROMISED NOT TO PUT RESIDENTIAL IN THE PRIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA, THAT PROMISE LASTED UNTIL IT DIDN'T.
THAT'S WHY THE RIVAL WEST IS FIGHTING THE VALLEY LINK PROJECT SO HARD AND WE IN THE EAST SUPPORT THAT FIGHT VERY HARDILY.
AND WHILE THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY SPENDING $250,000 TO FIVE VALLEY LINCOLN IN THE WEST, IT IS ALSO SPENDING $250,000 TO BRING DATA CENTERS INTO M1 PARCELS IN THE EAST WHERE THE AFFECTED AREA DUE TO PREVIOUS COUNTY REZONING DECISIONS IS EVEN MORE DENSELY POPULATED THAN THAT IN THE WEST.
THE COUNTY WAS IN SUCH A HURRY TO JOIN THE DATA CENTER GOLD RUSH.
IT DIDN'T LOOK FOR A BETTER WAY TO GET THAT FABLE DATA CENTER REVENUE, BUT THERE IS, I BELIEVE A BETTER WAY AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO TONIGHT.
DESIGNATING HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS AS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, WHICH THEY ARE BELONGING ONLY M AND TWO IS THAT ALTERNATIVE THE BOARD NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE ZOA TO PLACE HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS IN M TWO ONLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
THE DUTY OF CARE THE BOARD HAS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE LIVING OF THE COUNTY DEMANDS IT.
LINDA MOORE, 2164 PROFIT ROAD MANNEQUIN SABBATH.
I'M COMING TO GIVE THANKS TO THE NUMBER OF RESOURCES THAT WERE GIVEN TO A WORKSHOP THAT I HAD ON MARCH 26TH.
RAYLEY, I HAD CHIEF AT A FERGUSON.
I HAD, UH, THE, THE, UH, MY, UM, UM, MAJOR EAST.
I HAD THE, UH, VOL VOLUNTEER, UM, CS, UH, I HAD TABLES, I HAD FREE PIZZA.
UH, HE EVEN HAD MR. WATERS COME IN AND SPEND, UH, A FEW MINUTES WITH US.
IT WAS THE MOST DELIGHTFUL EVENT THAT I'VE HAD IN A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.
I THANK, UM, THE GUGLIN COUNTY STAFF FOR WORKING WITH ME.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT ON A MONDAY NIGHT WHEN THE TORNADO CAME THROUGH.
SO, UM, WE QUICKLY SCRAPPED IT IN PLENTY OF TIME BECAUSE ROBIN HILLMAN WAS TEXTING ME SAYING, UH, NO, YOU CAN'T GET ALL THOSE PEOPLE OVER TO GLAND BAPTIST CHURCH, UM, AND NOT BE ABLE TO SEND THEM HOME.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BEDS OR
UM, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR IN GLAND COUNTY.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE, UM, OVERWHELMED BY THINGS THAT WE DON'T QUITE A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE ON, BUT I FEEL
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LIKE THIS BOARD AND THE PREVIOUS BOARDS ALWAYS TRIED TO LISTEN TO US.THEY DIDN'T ALWAYS REACH THE SAME CONCLUSIONS, BUT THEY TRIED.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU.
HELLO, I'M VIRGINIA DONALDSON, 45 62 3 CHOPPED ROAD GUM, SPRING, VIRGINIA 2 3 0 6 5.
UM, I'M HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOCATE THE $250,000 TO BE USED FOR ADVOCACY EFFORTS AGAINST THE VALLEY LINK PROJECT.
I SURE APPRECIATE YOU ALL PASSING THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU DID IN OPPOSITION AND YOUR WORDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING.
UM, MANY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ONE WOULD SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION, BUT IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL.
IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S BEEN NO FORMAL FILING WITH THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION.
ALSO, THERE'S BEEN NO FORMAL SUBSTATION APPLICATION FILED AND NO FINAL ROUTE SUBMITTED TO THE SCC.
THAT MEANS THERE IS STILL TIME TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME IF WE ACT.
ADVOCACY MATTERS THE MOST AT THIS VERY TIME UNTIL YOU'RE AFFECTED, YOU JUST DON'T HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE GRAVE IMPACT.
SOMETHING HAS LIKE THIS ON YOUR LIFE.
IT'S EASY TO OVERLOOK SOMETHING AND UNTIL IT AFFECTS YOUR OWN HOME, I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'M THERE.
THREE WEEKS AGO, MY NEIGHBOR ALERTED MY HUSBAND AND ME TO THE PROPOSED VALLEY LINK LINE.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE VARIATION G WOULD COME THROUGH OUR SMALL RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN WOULD SLICE OUR PROPERTY DIRECTLY IN HALF.
WE WERE ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED, AS I KNOW MY NEIGHBORS WERE AS WELL.
WE WILL HAVE OWNED AND LIVED ON OUR PROPERTY FOR 36 YEARS THIS YEAR AND HAVE WORKED HARD TO KEEP AND MAINTAIN OUR INVESTMENT FOR OUR WELLBEING, FOR SOME SECURITY AND OUR LATER YEARS AND IS AN INHERITANCE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
JUST AS MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE DONE THE SAME NOW WE ARE FACING SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DEVALUATION AND GREATLY REDUCED APPEAL TO ANY POTENTIAL BUYERS SHOULD WE NEED TO SELL, EVER ARISE.
IF VARIATION G GOES THROUGH, WILL WE LOSE THE SERENE ATMOSPHERE THAT WE DESIRED WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY? WE'LL BE LIVING IN A MORE INDUSTRIALIZED TYPE SETTING WITH THE TRANSMISSION LINES IN ITS TOWERS SEEN FROM THREE SIDES OF OUR HOME IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY, WELL ABOVE THE TREE LINE, NOT TO MENTION THE SWATH OF FOREST LAND.
THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED FOR RIGHT AWAY.
OUR OTHER CONCERNS INCLUDE OUR HEALTH.
I'M AWARE THAT SOME STUDIES HAVE INDICATED THAT THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE FOR HARM YET IN MY RESEARCH OVER THE LAST WEEKS, THERE ARE STUDIES THAT DO INDICATE LINKS TO CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA, INCREASES IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, CHANGES IN WILDLIFE AND OTHER HEALTH HAZARDS.
THE FACT IS THE RESULTS ARE INCONCLUSIVE AND WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THESE HIGH POWER TRANSMISSION LINES AFFECT OUR HEALTH.
DON'T THINK THAT THIS PROJECT STOPS WITH THE CURRENT PROPOSED ROOTS.
VIRGINIA IS THE LARGEST HOME OF DATA CENTERS WORLDWIDE WITH THE EXORBITANT ENERGY NEEDS THAT DATA CENTERS REQUIRE.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, A SKELETON SYSTEM THAT WILL ENABLE BRANCHES TO SUPPORT MORE AND MORE DATA CENTERS.
FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT YOUR PROPERTY WILL ONE DAY FACE THE SAME AS OURS IF WE DON'T ACT NOW.
SO I'M SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION IN THE HOPES THAT WE CAN PROTECT ALL OF UCHIN COUNTY IN A WAY THAT REDUCES ITS DAMAGE TO OUR PROPERTIES AND LANDSCAPE.
THERE ARE EXPERTS WHO KNOW OF OTHER ALTERNATIVES, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE NEED NOW TO REPRESENT US AND HELP US WITH THE FCC IF WE HOPE TO PRESERVE OUR LAND AND THE RURAL ATMOSPHERE OF GLAND COUNTY.
MY NAME IS BARBARA SLOAN AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, SEED MY TIME TO BEN SLOAN.
I LIVE AT 30 30 11 SWANSON CRESCENT IN DISTRICT TWO.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEED MY TIME TO BEN SLOAN.
MR. CHAIRMAN, HONOR MEMBERS OF BOARD DR.
RAILY, ADAM COUNCIL ADAM CLARK.
I RESIDE AT 2 0 5 2 MAIDENS ROAD, MAIDENS, VIRGINIA 2 3 1 0 2.
UH, I RISE TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE LAST, UH, MONTH.
ABOUT JUST UNDER FOUR WEEKS AGO, I WAS OUT IN SAN JOSE AT A, UM, VERY LARGE EVENT.
AND THAT VERY LARGE EVENT BROUGHT FORTH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPEAKERS.
ONE OF THE SPEAKERS WAS A DOCTOR.
HE IS ACTUALLY MULTI DEGREED DOCTOR FROM MD FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY, ALSO AN ENTREPRENEUR.
AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 10,000 RARE DISEASES KNOWN TO MANKIND, AND ABOUT 30 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE THOSE
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DISEASES.AND HE WAS ALSO EXPRESSING A METHODOLOGY THAT IN TWO NO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, THOSE ARE GONNA BE RESOLVED.
SO WALKING INTO ANY DOCTOR'S OFFICE, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ASCERTAIN WHAT THAT RARE DISEASE MIGHT BE BECAUSE NO DOCTOR CAN REMEMBER ALL 10,000.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA CENTERS, OUR WORLD IS CHANGING.
BACK IN 2019, I WENT OUT TO THE SAME CONFERENCE.
IT WAS HELD IN A SMALL SAN JOSE AUDITORIUM AT THE SAN JOSE, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
THIS YEAR IT WAS HELD IN THE SAP CENTER, WHICH HOLDS 19,000 PEOPLE, HOLDS FIVE TO 6,000 PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR, AND PEOPLE WERE TURN TURNED AWAY A MONTH AHEAD OF TIME.
THE THE SITUATION IS WHERE THE FIRST ONE I WENT TO WAS PREDOMINANTLY ALL GEEKS.
THIS ONE WAS PREDOMINANTLY FINANCIAL PEOPLE.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH A REVOLUTION LIKE NEVER SEEN IN MANKIND EXCEPT FOR ONE EXTREME.
AND THAT IS US INDUSTRIALIZATION FOR WORLD WAR II, WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE PYRAMIDS, THE ROMAN EMPIRE ELECTRIFICATION, THE RAILROADS APOLLO PROJECT, THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE EXCEEDED NEXT YEAR, THE US INDUSTRIALIZATION FOR WORLD WAR II BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
JUST A WEEK AGO I WAS AT TYLER CONNECT.
TYLER IS ALSO ONE OF THE VENDORS FOR THE COUNTY THAT MAKES MUNI OR EERP.
AND AT THEIR KEYNOTE, IT WAS NOTHING BUT AI.
IT'S COMPLETELY CHANGING GROWTH, IT'S CHANGING OUR KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND IT'S ENHANCING AND WILL BE FURTHER ENHANCING ALL OUR LIVES.
WHEN I LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE THINGS THAT AREN'T ON OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, I LOOK AT OUR, OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, WHETHER IT BE CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE OR LET'S SAY PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THIS COUNTY.
I WILL ARGUE THAT THE REASON FOR AI INFERENCE CENTERS IS FOR ALTRUISTIC MEANS.
THAT IS, IT BENEFITS ALL OF HUMANITY.
WHEN I LOOK AT IT FROM THE COUNTY STANDPOINT, IT ENHANCES TAX REVENUES.
THEREFORE, I WILL SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THE INCREASE TO $3 FOR THE DATA CENTER PROPERTY TAX IS UNREASONABLE.
WE ARE HIGHER OR THAT WOULD MAKE US HIGHER TO START WITH IN NEGOTIATIONS THAN IN RIKO.
AND RIKO DOESN'T EVEN WANT DATA CENTERS.
WE'VE HEARD THAT FROM VARIOUS SPEECHES AND WE'VE SEEN THAT FROM THEIR PARTICIPATIONS HERE IN THE T-O-D-T-Z.
IT'S A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN REALLY SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE A CUP IN PLACE FOR THE ONE ACREAGE THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO T-O-Z-T-O-D-T-Z.
IF THERE IS A NEED TO CHANGE THINGS, IF THERE IS A NEED TO NEGOTIATE THINGS, THAT SHOULD BE DONE NOW BY CHANGING THE TOD TZ FOR THE AREAS WHERE THE CO P'S NOT REQUIRED, I'LL SUGGEST THAT'S THE CASE.
ALL THESE MEETINGS FOR ACTUALLY NOW AT LEAST THREE, IF NOT FIVE YEARS, ALL OUR MEETINGS, ALL MEETINGS ACROSS 3,143 COUNTIES, CITIES, UH, NOT CITIES, BUT BOROUGHS AND PARISHES ARE RECORDED.
ALL THAT INFORMATION FROM ALL THESE RECORDINGS AND ALL THE AGENDAS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ARE FED INTO SYSTEMS. THERE'S AT LEAST TWO COMPANIES THAT DO THIS.
THAT MEANS EVERYTHING THAT'S SET UP HERE, EVERYTHING THAT'S SET BACK HERE IS RECORDED, IT'S INDEXED, AND ANYBODY CAN ACCESS IT BY JUST STATING THE FACT THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING GOING TO A $3 TAX.
WE'RE ALREADY AT THE DETRIMENT TO OTHER PEOPLE DOING RESEARCH IN THIS SECTOR.
AND I'LL SUGGEST THAT WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST PALATAN, CHESTERFIELD, LOUISA, AND LET'S SAY 95 OTHER COUNTIES, LET'S SAY, OR EXCUSE ME, 92 OTHER COUNTIES EXCLUDING ENRICO FOR ALL THAT BUSINESS ALONG WITH THE 3,143 OTHER COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WHAT'S GOING ON DEVELOPMENT WISE? IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON VIRGINIA DEVELOPMENT WISE, IF WE DID NOT HAVE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, VIRGINIA WOULD BE IN A RECESSION RIGHT NOW.
IF WE DON'T HAVE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT GOING FORWARD, WE WILL BE IN A RECESSION AND WE WILL NOT BE DOING OUR JOB AS PART OF THE ALTRUISTIC CHANGE THAT'S HAPPENING, THE MAJOR EVOLUTION THAT'S HAPPENING WITH KNOWLEDGE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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NAME IS ANNETTE JONES AND I LIVE AT 4 8 4 1 ASHGROVE LANE, UCHIN, VIRGINIA.I COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING A RESOLUTION FORWARD.
AMENDING THE BUDGET TO TRANSFER 250,000 FROM THE UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND TO BE USED FOR ADVOCACY EFFORT FOR EFFORTS AGAINST THE VALLEY LINK TRANSMISSION PROJECT.
WE APPRECIATE AND RECOGNIZE THE EFFORT.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT HERE IN OUR COUNTY WITH DOMINION ENERGY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LOOK AT THE CARS CENTER TO NORTH END PROJECT.
THAT WILL COME RIGHT THROUGH GLAND ON THE EXISTING LINE ALONG CARDWELL ROAD FROM CROZIER TO OILVILLE.
THEY ARE ADDING A 500 KILOVOLT LINE TO THE EXISTING 230 KILOVOLT LINE.
SO THAT TELLS ME THAT THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN TO THE WEST CREEK LINE AND SUBSTATION BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING THEM THE NEED BECAUSE OF THE DATA CENTER.
I'LL PUT IN SOME WORK TODAY TO TRACK OUR EXISTING POWER LINES WITH THE PROPO, WITH THE PROPOSED VALLEY LINK LINES, THE EXISTING LINES INTERSECT WITH THE PROPOSED LINES IN FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SAY ON WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO PUT ON THOSE LINES BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS.
SO IT MAY BE BEST TO CONSIDER THOSE EXISTING LINES IF WE CAN'T PUSH IT COMPLETELY OUT.
I WON'T GIVE UP ON THE FACT THAT YOU CAN STILL CHOOSE TO PULL BACK ON THIS TOD AND CHOOSE NOT TO BE A PART OF THE PROBLEM.
GIVE US A SOLID FIGHTING CHANCE WITH THE SEC AND BE ABLE TO SAY THAT GLAND ISN'T GOING TO BE A SELLOUT COUNTY TO ANY OF THIS.
THE DATA CENTERS SMRS BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES ARE HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LAWNS.
WE DO HAVE ONE SOLAR FARM, AND HONESTLY, IF THAT DRAWS THE LAWNS AND WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE, EVERYONE THAT HAS AGREED TO BE A PART OF THIS WEB KNOWS HOW IT IS GOING TO PAN OUT.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR US TO FIX OUR MISTAKES.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? UH, PETER MUNI, 53 15 DUVAL ROAD, KENT STORE, UH, FAR WESTERN UCHIN COUNTY.
UM, ALSO JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE, THE VOTE OF, OF, UH, PUTTING DOWN THE DOMINION, UH, VALLEY LINK, UH, TRANSMISSION LINE, UH, THROUGH GLAND COUNTY.
UM, AND AGAIN, JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT, UH, THE COST ASSOCIATED, I MEAN, I, I CERTAINLY CAN APPRECIATE THAT, UH, THAT IT MAY BE A TRANSFORMATIONAL TIME IN OUR, IN OUR LIVES.
UM, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UH, I WANT URANIUM DUG UP IN MY BACKYARD, RIGHT? SO THE AMOUNT OF WATER RESOURCES, THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY, THE COST THAT IT WILL TAKE TO DO THIS, UM, IN OUR BACKYARD, I JUST, I THINK IT'S WISE FOR US TO, TO PUSH THAT OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE, SOMEWHERE WHERE IT MAKES MORE SENSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN GET SOLAR POWER SOMEWHERE THEY CAN DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN OUR BACKYARD, THAT'S GONNA TAKE OUR WATER RESOURCES AND TAKE ALL OF OUR TIME, EFFORT, AND MONEY.
AND THE 250 THAT Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING, UM, I BELIEVE WILL MORE THAN PAY FOR ITSELF AND, AND, AND WHAT WILL NOT HAPPEN IN DEVALUATIONS ON OUR PROPERTIES, UH, WITHIN THE COUNTY AND, AND THE DETERIORATION OF WHO WE ARE AS A COUNTY.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT, THAT WE VOTE FOR IT AND, AND REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL EVEN TAKING UP THE THE POINT.
[IX. New Business]
CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.I'M EXCITED FOR ALL THESE KIDS TO GET TO SEE GOVERNMENT WORK.
THIS IS JUST, THIS IS FANTASTIC.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR NEW BUSINESS NOW.
SO IT'S TIME FOR THE BOARD TO GET TO WORK AND ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES.
THE FIRST ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS, UH, IS, UH, THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE TAX RATES FOR THE 2026 CALENDAR YEAR BOARD.
[1. Resolution Adopting Tax Rates for the 2026 Calendar Year]
MR. LYLE.UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE, UH, TAX RATES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 AS UH, ADVERTISED.
SINCE I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SEEING NO SECOND, THE MOTION DIES.
DO I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION? YES.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT, UH, THE BOARD ADOPT A PROPOSED RESOLUTION SETTING THE TAX RATES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 AS AMENDED WITH THE DATA CENTER TAX PORTION OF THAT RATE BE, BE SET AT 44 CENTS PER 100.
THANK YOU MR. WINFREY, FOR THE MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, THANK YOU MR. VARS.
MOTION IS IN A SECOND, UH, BOARD DISCUSSION.
I GOT ALL KINDS OF GREEN LIGHTS.
UM, I, I, UM, I, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT.
THEY WERE ILLUMINATING AND, UM, UH, MY MOTION TWO MEETINGS AGO, UH, TO SET THE DATA CENTER RATE AT $3 WAS, UH, LAST MINUTE.
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I, I, I CONFESS OR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, BUT IT, IT WAS NOT, UH, NOT THOUGHT THROUGH.AND, UH, AND HAS BEEN FURTHER THOUGHT THROUGH.
UH, I, I, UH, COME FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND, UM, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO START RUN A COUPLE OF COMPANIES.
AND WE LIVED AND DIED ON OUR ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE SALES, IF YOU WILL.
I, I DIDN'T KEEP A RECORD OF HOW MANY TIMES I WOULD HAVE A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INDIVIDUAL COME TO ME AND SAY, IF WE DROP OUR PRICE, WE'LL GET THIS DEAL.
OCCASIONALLY WE WOULD DROP OUR PRICE AND WE WOULDN'T GET THE DEAL BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST PRICE.
AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED HERE SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ATTRACTIVE THINGS ABOUT GLAND COUNTY.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE GROWTH IN THE DATA CENTER ARENA, GLIN IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A LOT OF THOSE POSITIVE REASONS.
AND WITH A HIGHER TAX RATE, JUST AS WE DID WITH LILLY, WE'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO NEGOTIATE.
THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION, HOW COULD WE GET LOWER DECIBEL RATES.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S SET AT 55, I BELIEVE.
WELL, TECHNOLOGY RIGHT NOW SAYS 40 IS POSSIBLE.
WELL, IF WE WERE TO COME OFF OUR TAX RATE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA COST YOU SOME MONEY, DATA CENTER INDUSTRY TO LOWER THOSE, UH, DECIBEL RATES TO 40, WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT GIVING YOU SOME RELIEF ON YOUR TAX RATE? JUST AS WE DID WITH LILY.
LILY, I THINK WILL BE AT ABOUT $2 AND 20 CENTS.
WE CAME OFF A $3 75 CENT RATE, BUT THEY WERE BRINGING A $5 BILLION INVESTMENT, 600 JOBS, AND A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO THE HEALTH SCIENCES.
I'D LIKE THE COUNTY TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF NEGOTIATING ROOM, WHICH I THINK WE WOULD HAVE IF WE WERE TO SET SOMETHING ABOVE THE 40 CENTS OR NOW HAS BEEN MOVED 44 CENTS.
UH, I, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WISDOM IN GIVING THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY AND THE GOV, UH, ADMINISTRATION OF THE COUNTY AN OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN, I, I DON'T BUY MANY CARS.
I DON'T BUY MANY USE OR NEW CARS, BUT WHEN YOU GO IN, RARELY DOES A SALES PERSON SAY, WELL, HERE, IT'S $10,000 FOR THIS CAR.
AND THEN AFTER YOU'VE BEEN TALKING A WHILE, I SAY, WELL, NOW YOU KNOW, THE PRICE IS GONNA BE 12.
YOU KNOW, THE PRICE, IT'S HARD TO GO UP ON YOUR PRICE, BUT IT'S A LOT EASIER TO NEGOTIATE DOWN WHEN IT'S A WIN WIN.
UH, I'M GONNA OPPOSE IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE WRONG DECISION.
I THINK WE ARE TAKING AWAY A TOOL THAT WE COULD USE TO OUR BENEFIT AND, UH, TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNTY.
UH, AND SO MR. CHAIRMAN, I, UM, APPRECIATE AND, UH, I GAVE IT THE OLD BRIDGEWATER TRY.
SO I JUST, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SEVERAL POINTS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPOSED, UH, AMENDED TAX RATE.
UM, FIRST IS WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS, AS MR. SLOAN MENTIONED IN IN HIS COMMENTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS IN THE, UH, FUTURE OF GLAND COUNTY.
UM, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE OVER $230 MILLION IN ESSENTIAL AND NECESSARY CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE AREN'T JUST IN SINGLE AREAS.
FIRE AND RESCUE, THAT'S 33 MILLION.
UH, THAT INCLUDES FIRE STATION SEVEN SCHOOLS.
THAT'S 46 MILLION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION EXPANSION AND GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL UPGRADES BEING THE TWO PRIMARY ONES.
THE COURTHOUSE 60 MILLION IS AN UPGRADING AND OBSOLETE 200 YEAR OLD STRUCTURE TO MAKE IT MODERN, MORE SECURE AND TECHNOLOGICALLY CAPABLE.
OLD GUCCI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAN BE REPURPOSED FOR ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SERVICES.
UTILITIES NEED NECESSARY UPGRADES OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AT $25 MILLION.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS PUT $7.6 MILLION IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND PARKS AND RECREATION HAS A MASTER PLAN IN PROCESS TO TRANSFORM OUR COUNTYWIDE RECREATIONAL ASSETS.
AND THAT IS A $31 MILLION INVESTMENT.
IF WE LOOK EVEN FIVE YEARS FURTHER IN YEAR SIX THROUGH 10, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $145 MILLION IN NEEDED CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, BRINGING THE 10 YEAR TOTAL TO OVER $375 MILLION.
WHERE CAN WE GENERATE THESE FUNDS? A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID, JUST BRING MORE LILIES.
THE PLANNED ELI LILLY INVESTMENT IN GLAND COUNTY COULD INCREASE ANNUAL TAX REVENUE BY
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APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION A YEAR.THAT IS A GREAT INVESTMENT BY ELI LILLY, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE OF IT.
THAT BEING SAID, ELI LILLY IS BEING BUILT ON THE LAST REMAINING LARGE PARCEL IN WEST CREEK THAT HAS INFRASTRUCTURE AND IS READY TO DEVELOP.
ELI LILLY HAS TO BE SAID, IT'S A ONCE IN A GENERATION INVESTMENT IN OUR COUNTY.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE, BUT WE CANNOT EXPECT INVESTMENTS OF THIS TYPE TO COME IN A BUNDLE IN A, IN MASS.
ADDITIONALLY, LILLY TYPE INVESTMENTS, LARGE SCALE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD ADD SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS TO THE COUNTY BY BOTH BY WAY OF HARD COSTS AND OR INCENTIVES TO BE PROVIDED TO THE DEVELOPER.
ASSUMING DEBT FINANCING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, CIP BUDGET WOULD REQUIRE OVER $17 MILLION IN ANNUAL DEBT SERVICING COSTS.
AND IF WE LOOK TO THAT 10 YEAR NUMBER OF OVER $375 MILLION, THAT'S 28 MILLION IN ANNUAL DEBT SERVICING COSTS.
SO WE DO HAVE IMMENSE COMPETITION FROM OTHER COUNTIES FOR BUSINESS INVESTMENTS.
HENRICO AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMPARABLES SHOWING PUBLISHED RATES AT $3 PER HUNDRED OR MORE ARE NOT APPLICABLE IN THIS SITUATION.
WE HAVE TO ASK, WHAT WERE THE RATES WHEN CONTRACTS WERE LOCKED IN WITH THESE COUNTIES AND HENRICO, OUR NEIGHBOR, THEIR RATE WAS 40 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS LOCKED IN WITH META FOR 20 YEARS.
WHAT DO THE HIGHER RATES DO? AND HERE I'M GONNA QUOTE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OF HENRICO COUNTY, JOHN VITOS, WHO IN TIME MAGAZINE MARCH OF THIS YEAR, SAID, WE ARE LETTING THE INDUSTRY KNOW, LOOK, WE ARE GOOD.
WE HAVE AS MANY DATA CENTERS AS WE CAN POSSIBLY SUB SUSTAIN.
THEY ARE CLOSED FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THEY DON'T WANT ANYMORE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE SIGNALING AT A $3 RATE VIRTUE SIGNALING IN LINE WITH NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND HENRICO WILL KEEP THIS VALUABLE TAX GENERATING OPPORTUNITY OUT OF GOOCHLAND.
IT WILL SIMPLY KEEP IT OUT OF GOOCHLAND.
OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTIES SUCH AS NEW KENT AND PEAN WILL GLADLY TAKE THIS INVESTMENT IN THEIR COUNTIES.
WE HAVE IMMENSE COMPETITION IN THIS MARKET.
HOW DO WE WIN THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO SECURE GLAND'S ECONOMIC FUTURE? I PROPOSE WE KEEP THE CURRENT DATA CENTER TAX RATE AT 40 CENTS PER 100, OR INCREASE IT SENSIBLY TO A RANGE OF 42 CENTS PER HUNDRED, WHICH WOULD BE A 5% INCREASE, OR 44 CENTS PER HUNDRED, WHICH WOULD BE A 10% INCREASE.
ANY INCREASE ABOVE THIS COULD PREVENT US FROM GETTING ANY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR ECONOMIC NEEDS AND WITH POTENTIALLY WASTE OVER A YEAR'S WORK OF STAFF.
AND THIS BOARD ON THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT DEMONSTRATE THIS ALSO WOULD ALLOW US TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE STANDARDS WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH THE TOD WILL MAKE GLAND'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY A MODEL FOR OTHER LOCALITIES.
I HEARD IT NOTED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD FURTHER REFINE STANDARDS WITH NEGOTIATIONS.
I WOULD ARGUE WE SET VERY STRONG STANDARDS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT AND GOT AGREEMENT FOR THOSE WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT ACROSS THE BOARD AND ACROSS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS COUNTY.
THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO LOCK IN TRANSFORMATIONAL TA TAX REVENUE STREAMS THAT WILL ALLOW FUNDING OF OUR ENTIRE CIP AND MAINTAIN BALANCED OPERATING BUDGETS FOR DECADES TO COME.
WHEN THIS ALL COMES TOGETHER, WE WILL BE SHIFTING THE TAX BURDEN FROM REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY TAXES TO OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS IN LINE WITH OUR STATED COUNTY GOAL OF 70% RESIDENTIAL TAXES, 30% COMMERCIAL TAXES.
THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN REGION LEADING TAX RATES AND HOPEFULLY LOWER THEM OVER TIME AS THIS REVENUE COMES TO BEAR.
THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO LEAD DISCUSSIONS ON FUTURE MAJOR PROJECTS, DISCUSSIONS WE CANNOT HAVE NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, NOT WAITING ON VDOT FOR ALL THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
WE'VE SEEN HOW THIS CAN TAKE YEARS AND YEARS FOR THOSE TO COME TO FRUITION BECAUSE THE COUNTY SIMPLY DOES NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THIS ON OUR OWN.
SO WE'RE WE'RE AWARE A 3% PER HUNDRED DOLLARS TAX RATE WOULD LEAD TO NO LARGE SCALE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE TECHNOLOGY OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND I POINT TO THE QUOTE, ONCE AGAIN, IT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT COUNTIES USING
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A RATE LIKE THAT ARE DETERRING INVESTMENT IN THESE, UH, IN THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.A PLAN DE AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, A PLAN DEPENDENT ON MULTIPLE ONCE IN A GENERATION LIKE PROJECTS LIKE ELI LILLY OVER THE NEXT DECADE IS NOT SENSIBLE, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
TAX RATE INCREASES, THIS WOULD LEAD TO TAX RATE INCREASES TO SUPPORT NECESSARY CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OVER THE NEXT DECADE OR RISK THE LONG-TERM DELAY OR ABANDONMENT OF ESSENTIAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
AND THIS WOULD LEAD TO CERTAIN FAILURE OF THIS BOARD TO MEET OUR STATED GOALS OF ACHIEVING A 70% RESIDENTIAL, 30% COMMERCIAL TAX REVENUE MIX.
FOR ALL THESE REASONS, I ONCE AGAIN THINK THAT A RANGE OF 40 CENTS TO 44 CENTS AS WAS PROPOSED AND SECONDED IS THE WAY TO GO.
MR. WINFREY, MR. VOS, UH, I I WANT TO TAKE US TIME TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THAT SUMMARY AND YOU KNOW, WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I, IT, I CAN'T ADD ANYTHING TO IT.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, IT IS VERY GOOD.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND I'D MAKE THE DECISION, MR. RY, I'M ASKING YOU TO DO THAT, MR. VICE CHAIR.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW, AM I ALLOWED TO SPEAK? YOU WANNA SPEAK? I I THINK IT'D BE, I I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
THIS IS HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKS KIDS.
UM, THIS IS, I THINK GREAT POINTS ARE BROUGHT UP BY ALL, UM, MR. LYLE, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT HAVING SOME AREA FOR NEGOTIATION IS, IS IMPORTANT.
AND I DO THINK THAT THAT STILL EXISTS.
I THINK THERE ARE OTHER LEVERS THAT WE CAN PULL AS FAR AS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE HOW, UM, EQUIPMENT AGES AND, AND, AND HOW WE LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.
SO I DO THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE COULD DO.
THE, THE THING THAT WE CAN'T DO, AND I'M IN BUS, I WAS IN BUSINESS MYSELF FOR, UH, SEVEN YEARS IN, IN MARKETING.
IF YOU DON'T GET 'EM TO THE TABLE, YOU CAN'T EVER GET 'EM TO SPEAK.
JUST LIKE I HAD A BOSS TELL ME, YOU CAN NEVER TURN DOWN A JOB.
SO THE, THE, THE, THE, THE THING IS HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE COMPETITIVE WHILE DOING THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO AND HAVING, UM, THE CONTROL THAT WE WANT? I BELIEVE THAT THE WORK THAT STAFF THIS TEAM, THE PUBLIC INPUT, THAT WHAT WE PASSED WITH THE TOD AND THE TZ GIVE US THAT LEVERAGE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE HAD NO PROTECTIONS.
SO I FEEL, AND THEN I, I I SUPPORT SAYING THAT WE'VE INCREASED THAT TAX RATE 10%, WHICH ON PROJECTS OF THIS SIZE IS SIGNIFICANT.
THIS IS NOT, THIS AIN'T A $3 PEPSI.
THIS IS, THIS IS BIG, BIG MONEY.
I'M SORRY IF I STEPPED ON YOUR TIME.
UM, I, THE CALL, THE CALL TO THE QUESTION IS A VERY, VERY POWERFUL, WELL, I'M SORRY THAT'S THE NUCLEAR OPTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, MY MY, JUST THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME IS I THINK THIS, THIS MOTION AS AMENDED SHOWS GOOD FAITH, UM, TOWARDS THE DEVELOPERS AS WELL AS HELPING THE COUNTY.
ALRIGHT, WELL, YEAH, YEAH, I DO APPRECIATE, UM, THERE WERE SOME, UH, DECLARATIVE STATEMENTS THAT I TAKE EXCEPTION TO.
I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, AND, AND IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THIS WOULD CLOSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOD, BUT I THINK THE INFERENCE WOULD CLOSE THE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND AGAIN, I HAVE NOT SIGNED ANY NDAS.
I'M NOT PRIVILEGED TO, UH, INSIDER INFORMATION, BUT I'VE HEARD DISCUSSIONS THAT THE PHONES ARE RINGING AS AUTOMOBILE DEALERS OFTENTIMES CLUSTER.
YOU HAVE A LIFE SCIENCE COMPANY SUCH AS LILLY THAT HAS COME TO GLAND.
AND SO TO SEE OTHER LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES, WE HAVE ONE GO TO ALBEMARLE, ASTRAZENECA, WE HAVE ONE IN PETERSBURG PLOW.
UH, I THINK THAT THERE, AND WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS AS I SHARED AT THE D DISTRICT FIVE TOWN HALL.
UH, THE REYNOLDS CAMPUS MAY BECOME A, UH, UH, INCUBATOR FOR, UH, LIFE SCIENCE, UH, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO I, I STARTED COMPANIES GROOM.
I'LL CONFESS, BUT I'M AN OPTIMIST.
I BELIEVE IN GOLIN AND I BELIEVE IN THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE.
I APPRECIATE IT'S A CONTACT SPORT.
WE'VE GOT TO REACH OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND BRING 'EM TO THE TABLE.
ROMANCE 'EM, IF YOU WILL, AS TO WHY THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO DO BUSINESS.
UH, I, I'M NOT UNCOMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE, BUT I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO COME DOWN AND NOT HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GO UP BECAUSE
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WE DIDN'T REALIZE X, Y, OR Z.SO, UM, I'M, I'M THINKING OUT LOUD, WHICH IS NOT PRETTY.
I MAY WIND UP VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE HAS IT'S AMENDED EVEN THOUGH I DISAGREE WITH THE DECISION ON THE 44 CENTS, BUT THE OTHER TAX RATES ARE PART OF THIS MOTION, SO I DO NOT WANNA VOTE AS MUCH AS I LOVE GOIN, WE DO HAVE TO PAY SOME AMOUNT OF TAXES IN ORDER TO RUN TO PLACE.
SO I DON'T WANNA VOTE NO ON THE TAX RATES AND HAVE ZERO MONEY COMING IN.
SO, UM, IF, IF I SEEM A LITTLE CONFUSED, ONE, YOU MIGHT BE CORRECT, BUT TWO, THE REASON IS I THINK THE OVERALL TAX RATES NEED TO BE APPROVED.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, MR. THANK YOU MR. LAU.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE CALL FOR THAT MOTION.
MR. LEY, COULD WE DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE
[2. Ordinance amending the County Fee Schedule, Appendix C to the County Code, to increase the utilities’ water and sewer volume, service, and connection fees; and to add a fee for building code appeals]
PLEASE.ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND ITEM.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COUNTY FEE SCHEDULE, APPENDIX C TO THE COUNTY CODE TO INCREASE UTILITIES, WATER AND SEWER VOLUME, SERVICE AND CONNECTION FEES.
AND TO ADD A FEE FOR BUILDING CODE APPEALS.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COUNTY FEE SCHEDULE APPENDIX C TO COUNTY CODE.
ANY DISCUSSION? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I, UH, HAVE HAD CONVERSATION WITH STAFF AND THIS IS TO COVER COSTS.
THIS IS NOT A REVENUE SOURCE, BUT WHEN WE ARE, UH, CONSIDERING THESE TYPE OF PROCESSES, UH, THERE IS A COST.
AND, AND, AND SO JUST AS, UH, WE WOULD EXPECT, UH, AN ELECTRICIAN OR A PLUMBER WHO COMES TO OUR HOUSE TO DO SOMETHING, AND THEN IF THEY HAVE TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE WOULD COMPENSATE 'EM FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS FEE DOES, IS IT SIMPLY COVERS COST.
UM, AND, AND SO, UH, THAT'S JUST A WORD OF EXPLANATION AS TO WHY IT'S THERE.
IT'S STAFF HAS SAID, GOSH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INCURRING STAFF TIME AND, AND WE GOTTA COVER COSTS.
EITHER THAT OR WE GET TO RAISE TAX RATES ON EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO COVER COSTS, AND I'D RATHER PUT THE COSTS WHERE THEY'RE BEING INCURRED.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
[3. Resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2026 Goochland County Budget by transferring and appropriating $250,000.00 from the Unassigned General Fund to be used for advocacy efforts against the Valley Link Transmission Project]
VOTE PLEASE.OUR THIRD ITEM IN NEW BUSINESS BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARING IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 2026 COUNTY BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING AND APPROPRIATING $250,000 FROM THE UNDECIDED GENERAL FUND TO BE USED FOR ADVOCACY EFFORTS AGAINST THE VALLEY LINK TRANSMISSION PRO PROJECT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? UH, MR. CHAIR? YES, SIR.
UM, IT WAS SAID BEFORE, BUT I DO WANNA REITERATE IT.
UM, THIS IS A STATE LEVEL ISSUE WITH THE SCC.
WE ARE WANTING OUR VOICE TO BE HEARD IN GLAND COUNTY, AND I THINK THIS ALLOWS US TO DO SO AND FIND WAYS TO, UH, THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTIES TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE IN THAT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I DO WANNA STRESS ONE THING THOUGH, THAT WHILE I AM, UM, COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUES, WHILE THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED, WE MUST BE EXTREMELY JUDICIOUS IN OUR EXPENDITURES.
UH, ANYTHING, UH, ON THIS, UH, ADVOCACY, WE JUST HAVE TO BE FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN FOR A STATE LEVEL DECISION, HOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT WHERE THEY CAN TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I'M HAPPY WITH OUR VOICE BEING HEARD, BUT I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH WHERE WE CAN TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND NOT JUST BE SPENDING MONEY FOR ADVOCACY FOR ADVOCATE ADVOCACY'S SAKE.
UM, I WILL SAY THIS, AND I HOPE THAT THE, UM, CITIZENS LOOK INTO THIS EVEN MORE IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY.
THIS TRANSMISSION LINE AND THIS NEED FOR THESE TRANSMISSION LINES IS BECAUSE OF THE FAILURES OF THE VIRGINIA CLEAN ECONOMY ACT, YOU CANNOT HAVE OUR STATE TAKE AWAY POWER GENERATION WHEN WE WERE ALREADY A NET IMPORTER AND EXPECT US NOT TO HAVE TO IMPORT IT FROM EVERYWHERE.
THIS, THAT BILL IS A FAILURE AT THE STATE LEVEL.
PLEASE TELL YOUR DELEGATES, TELL YOUR SENATORS IT IS A COMPLETE ABOMINATION.
AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE FAILURE IN RICHMOND.
IT UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT SOMETHING
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THAT WE CAN GO AND FIX TOMORROW.WE HAVE TO GET THE MESSAGE TO RICHMOND AND WE WILL TRY AND DO THAT.
BUT WHEN WE SPEND THOSE, THAT MONEY TO TRY AND DO THAT, IF WE DO SPEND ANY OF THIS MONEY, WE WILL BE, I HOPE, VERY JUDICIOUS IN THAT PROCESS.
LEY, WOULD YOU DO THE ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
[X. Public Hearings]
UH, WE'LL START WITH MR. VAERS.GREAT JOB TEAM ON, UH, OUR NEW BUSINESS.
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AS, UH, WE ADAPTED EARLIER.
SO WE WILL NOW BE HEARING FROM MS. JAMIE SHERRY ON I SEE YOU 2 20 26 QUADRUPLE ZERO TWO.
JUST SO, UH, I SEE THERE'S MAYBE A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TO THESE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE.
THE WAY THIS WORKS IS STAFF, STAFF IS GONNA COME UP AND THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT THE CASE.
UM, AFTER THE STAFF PRESENTS THE CASE, THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO COME UP AND PRESENT THE CASE.
BOTH TIMES THE BOARD MAY ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE OR THERE AFTER WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED.
I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD JUST SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW WITH THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD AFTER, AFTER EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING PERIOD, AND THEN, UM, WE'LL OFFER THE APPLICANT AN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER ANYTHING THAT CAME UP FROM DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
AND THEN WE WILL TAKE IT OVER AND WE'LL DO OUR WORK.
AND THAT'S HOW GOVERNMENT GOES.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
[3. District 4 - CU-2026-00002 Application by Michael and Katelyn Alsop (Acton School) requesting a conditional use permit (CUP) for a school on 7.09 acres at 775 Three Chopt Road & 800 Broad Street Road on Tax Map Nos. 46-1-0-16-B and 46-1-0-16-C. The property is zoned Agricultural, Limited (A-2). The CUP is required by County Zoning Ordinance Sec 15-112. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Rural Enhancement Area.]
I'M JAMIE SHERRY AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING IS IN DISTRICT FOUR.
THIS IS AN APPLICATION BY MICHAEL AND CA UH, CAITLYN SSOP REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A SCHOOL.
THE VICINITY MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WITHIN THE RED CIRCLE.
THE AERIAL PHOTO ON THE RIGHT OUTLINES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN RED, WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO PARCELS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY SEVEN ACRES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THREE CHOP ROAD AND BROAD STREET ROAD.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS WITH THE COUNTY, SO I'M GONNA CLARIFY THAT IT IS WHERE THE WOODLAWN HISTORICAL PROPERTY IS, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE.
AND THIS IS GRACE CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH.
FOR REFERENCE, THE ZONING MAP SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ZONED AGRICULTURAL LIMITED WITH RESIDENTIAL RURAL ZONING TO THE SOUTH.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA AS RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA.
THE BROWN AREAS INDICATED SUB, UH, SEMI-PUBLIC USES.
AND ON THE SCREEN THAT IS THE BROWN.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS, UH, GRACE CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH.
AND THEN THERE'S A SMALL CEMETERY ON THE WOODLAWN PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO RELOCATE THE ACTON ACADEMY WEST END SCHOOL THAT IS CURRENTLY OPERATING AT WHAT WE REFER TO AS PLUM TREE CORNER AT BROAD STREET ROAD AND SHALLOW WELL ROADS.
THE EXISTING SCHOOL IS LOCATED ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF EAST OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY ON BROAD STREET ROAD.
WEST END SCHOOL LOCATED AT THE PLUM TREE CORNER IS APPROVED FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BACK IN 2022.
THAT IS EXPECTED TO, UM, THAT IS, UH, ANTICIPATED TO BE EXPIRED IN JULY OF 27TH.
IF THE PERMIT IS APPROVED FOR THIS APPLICATION, THE SCHOOL WOULD BE DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES.
PHASE ONE WOULD UTILIZE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS WITH NO NEW CONSTRUCTION.
PHASE TWO WOULD ADD TWO NEW BUILDINGS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 16,500 SQUARE FEET.
AT FULL BUILD OUT, THE SCHOOL WOULD SERVE UP TO 125 STUDENTS WITH A CONDITION CAPPING, CAPPING THE STUDENTS AT 85 WITH PHASE ONE.
THE AERIAL PHOTO ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S CURRENTLY DEVELOPED AS A FARM AND A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
THERE'S A BARN A SHED, TWO SILOS, AND A DWELLING WITH AN ATTACHED GARAGE.
I'M GONNA POINT AT THOSE HERE.
SO THIS IS THE DWELLING WITH THE ATTACHED GARAGE.
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AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S TWO SILOS, A BARN AND A SHED, AND THE FRONT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT.ALL SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE RESIDENTIAL WITHIN WITH THE ARE RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE AS SHOWN ON THE AERIAL.
THE CLOSEST HOMES TO THE PROPERTY LINE ARE APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET TO THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE THAT IS RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS 80 FEET FROM THE STRUCTURE TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND 65 FEET TO THE NORTH.
AND THIS IS INDICATED RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S 65 FEET JUST TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
OKAY, ON THE SCREEN IS A ZOOMED IN VERSION OF PAGE ONE OF THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, WHICH SHOWS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AS SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THE NORTHERN PARCEL IS DEVELOPED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AND FARM STRUCTURES AND THE SOUTH OR THE SOUTHERN LOT IS VACANT.
THIS PLAN SHOWS WHERE, WHERE THE TWO EXISTING DRIVEWAYS ARE ON THE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE ONE ON THREE TOP.
THIS IS THE EXISTING, UH, ACCESS, AND THEN ONE OVER HERE, WHICH IS BROAD STREET ROAD.
THAT'S THE BROAD STREET ROAD ACCESS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT.
THE EXISTING BUILDINGS WILL BE RETROFITTED FOR THE SCHOOL, USE AN INTERNAL, UH, AN INTERNAL LOOP ROAD WILL BE CREATED FOR STUDENT DROP OFF AND PICKUP.
THIS CREATES A SECOND ACCESS POINT ONTO THREE CHOP ROAD JUST SOUTH OF THE EXISTING ENTRANCE.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE EXISTING ENTRANCE.
THERE'S A LOOP ROAD THAT ENDS HERE, SO IT'S IN AND OUT THE SOUTHERN ONE.
THERE ARE TWO STORM WATER PONDS IDENTIFIED ON THE PLAN, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONLY ONE WILL BE REQUIRED.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE DAILY PARKING FOR, UH, STAFF AND OVERFLOW PARKING IN THE GREEN.
AND SO ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, THIS IS THE STAFF PARKING AND THE OVERFLOW PARKING IS THERE IN THE GREEN AND THAT WOULD BE GRASSED.
THE DRIVEWAY WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS TO THE BARN.
SO WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IS THE, UM, EXISTING ACCESS TO BROAD STREET ROAD THAT WILL BE CONVERTED TO AN EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY AND WILL BE IMPROVED SO THAT FIRE, UH, RESCUE CAN GET TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE IS ALSO, LANDSCAPING IS ALSO PROPOSED TO THE NORTH AND WEST, MITIGATE VISUAL IMPACTS TO THE CLOSEST RESIDENTS, AND THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ALONG THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IN INCLUDES AN ADDITION OF, UH, ONE TH UH, 11,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING SHOWN IN YELLOW, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE, AND A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING SHOWN IN ORANGE.
WITH THIS PHASE, THE PARKING AREA AND ACCESS DRIVE WILL BE EXPANDED FOR TO SUPPORT THE FULL BUILD OUT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT'S A WIDER, UM, A LONGER LOOP TO ACCOMMODATE MORE VEHICLES AND MORE PARKING.
THE LANDSCAPING SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IS ALSO SHOWN ON THE PHASE ONE SCREEN AS IT WILL BE INSTALLED WITH THE PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT.
THE IMAGES ON THE SLIDE ARE PAGE ONE AND PAGE FIVE.
OF EXHIBIT B, WHICH IS THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS FOR THE PROPOSED NEW BUILDINGS ON THE SITE.
THE DESIGN INCORPORATES THE EXISTING BARN IN SILOS AND THE NEW STRUCTURE IS INTENDED TO MAINTAIN A COHESIVE RURAL CHARACTER.
SO ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE THE EXISTING BARN.
YOU CAN SEE THE TWO SILOS IN THIS AREA, AND THIS WOULD BE THE NEW 11,500 SQUARE FOOT STRUCTURE.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED AGRICULTURAL LIMITED, OR A TWO, WHICH IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE RURAL NATURE OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY, WHICH IS GENERALLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL GENERAL OR A ONE AND THE MORE INTENSE DEVELOPMENT IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
THE RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA DESIGNATION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND RURAL USES WITHOUT PUBLIC UTILITIES.
SO NOW I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION AND THE DETAILS OF THE CASE.
CHOP ROAD IS A LOCAL ROAD WITH A 45 MILE SPEED LIMIT.
AND BROAD STREET ROAD IS A MINOR ARTERIAL WITH THE 55 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
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INCLUDES TWO ACCESS POINTS ONTO THREE CHOP ROAD, FORMING A LOOP WITH ONE ENTRANCE AND ONE EXIT.THE EXITING ACCESS ONTO BROAD WILL BE CONVERTED INTO AN EMERGENCY ACCESS, O ACCESS ONLY.
A TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS SHOWS THERE WAS NO IMPACT ON MORNING PEAK HOURS, WHICH ARE SEVEN TO 9:00 AM.
HOWEVER, ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR A RIGHT TURN LANE TAPER DURING PM PEAK HOURS, WHICH IS FOUR O'CLOCK TO 6:00 PM SINCE FOUR TO 6:00 PM ARE NOT CUSTOMARY TO SCHOOL USE.
AND TO ENSURE TRAFFIC WOULD NOT IMPACT THOSE PM HOURS, THERE'S AN IMPOSED CONDITION REQUIRING TIMES FOR STUDENTS TO BE PICKED UP BY THREE 30, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS, THEREFORE MITIGATING THE NEED FOR THE TURN LANE.
A COMMUNITY MEETING WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2025.
APPROXIMATELY 19 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDED ALONG WITH PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS, PATAK AND DEAN AND DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR.
VAS COMMENTS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON TRAFFIC AND TURN LANES COMPATIBILITY WITH THE RURAL AREA, SEPTIC AND WELL CAPACITY PROPERTY VALUES AND O OVERALL SUITABILITY FOR THE SITE.
THERE WAS A MIX OF SUPPORT AND OP OPPOSITION AT THE MEETING.
STAFF RECEIVED EMAILS IN BOTH SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION OF THIS APPLICATION AS WELL AS PETITIONS, BOTH IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION.
THE OPPOSITION CONCERNS WERE RELATED TO TRAFFIC AND WHETHER THE SITE WAS APPROPRIATE FOR A SCHOOL RATHER THAN OPPOSITION TO A SCHOOL ITSELF.
IN RESPONSE TO THESE CONCERNS, CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ADDRESSING BUFFERING, LIGHTING, TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC, AND PRESERVATION.
THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO REDUCED THE SIZE OF THE STUDENT CAPACITY SINCE THE PRE-APPLICATION STAGE, THE FE, THE FEBRUARY PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS APPLICATION.
THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH AMENDMENTS TO LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING WITH A FOUR ONE VOTE.
PLANNING COMMISSIONER DEAN VOTED AGAINST THE APPRO AGAINST THE APPROVAL, EXCUSE ME, 13 INDIVIDUALS SPOKE AND 11 SPOKE IN OPPOSITION.
RAISING CONCERNS RELATED AGAIN TO TRAFFIC, SAFETY, NOISE, LIGHTING, FENCING, ROAD CONDITIONS, POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO WELLS AND THE WATER TABLE.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND BUFFERING SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE CONDITIONS AND IS RECOMMENDING A FEW REVISIONS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE COMMISSIONS, UH, ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE CONDITIONS AND THE AMENDMENTS, AND ALSO TO, UM, ELIMINATE SOME REDUNDANCY THAT ARE EXISTING IN THE CONDITIONS.
THE MODIFICATIONS ARE PERTAINING TO LIGHTING, DESIGNATED PICKUP TIMES, SIGNAGE AND CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
I'LL GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUALLY.
THE REVISED LIGHTING CONDITION REFLECTS, REFLECTS THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S INTENT TO LIMIT LATE NIGHT LIGHTING.
THE BLACK LINE CONDITION ON THE SCREEN REQUIRES LIGHT TO BE TURNED OFF BY 9:00 PM OR TWO HOURS AFTER SUNSET, MEANING LIGHTS HAVE TO BE TURNED OFF BY 9:00 PM OR HOURS OR TWO HOURS AFTER SUNSET, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.
AS IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN IN THE SUMMER WHEN SUNSET IS AROUND EIGHT 30, THE LIGHTING COULD RAIN ON, REMAIN ON UNTIL 11:30 PM WHICH WAS NOT THE INTENT OF THE COMMISSION AND CONFLICTS WITH THE NINE O'CLOCK SHUTOFF REQUIREMENT.
THE NEXT RECOMMENDED CONDITION CHANGE IS TO THE PICKUP TIME CONDITION AS IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO CLARIFY THAT SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITIES MAY OCCUR AFTER 3:30 PM AFTER PICKUP TIME, PROVIDED THE ACTIVITIES ARE INCIDENTAL TO THE SCHOOL AND ARE TYPICAL OF A SCHOOL.
THE ADDED SENTENCE READS, THIS CONDITION DOES NOT PRECLUDE LIMITED AFTER HOUR USE OF THE FACILITIES SLASH SCHOOL FOR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE INCIDENTAL OR CUSTOMARY TO A SCHOOL.
PROVIDED SUCH ACTIVITIES REMAIN SUBORDINATE TO THE PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL USE.
EXAMPLES OF SUCH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PARENT TEACHER MEETINGS, TUTORING, A PLAY DATE ON THE PLAYGROUND OR CLUB MEETINGS.
THE NEXT RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDED
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CHANGE IS TO REMOVE THE SIGN CONDITION AS IT DUPLICATE DUPLICATES THE EXISTING ZONING, UH, FOR THAT DISTRICT.IT'S ELIMINATING SOME REDUNDANCY.
AND LAST, THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE TO THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN CONDITION.
THE APPLICANT HAS UPDATED THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE LANDSCAPING CONDITIONS AS AMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CIRCLES ARE ON THE WHERE THE RED IS ON THE CONDI ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
ADDITIONALLY, THE DATE WAS CHANGED WITHIN THE CONDITION TO REFLECT THE DATE THAT THE CHANGES WERE MADE.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO THROUGH A SUMMARY OF THE CONDITIONS.
I ALSO HAVE SLIDES WITH FULL CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH STAFF RECOMMENDED, UH, CHANGES UNDERLINED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM IN FULL, I HAVE THEM AS A SLIDE NUMBER ONE.
THE USE A SCHOOL IS PERMITTED TO OPERATE ON THE PROPERTY, PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
NUMBER TWO, PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE SCHOOL CANNOT BEGIN OPERATIONS UNTIL THE POD IS APPROVED, WHICH MAY BE COMPLETED IN PHASES.
NUMBER THREE, STUDENT CAPACITY IS LIMITED TO 85 IN PHASE ONE AND 125 FOR PHASE TWO.
NUMBER FOUR, THE DEVELOPMENT MUST GENERALLY ALIGN WITH THE APPROVED CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS.
NUMBER SIX REQUIRES DARK SKY COMPLIANT LIGHTING, REDUCES THE POLE HEIGHTS, UM, REQUIRES NO SPILLOVER AT THE PROPERTY LINE, AND THAT ALL NON-SECURITY LIGHTING BE TURNED OFF BY EARLIER OF 9:00 PM OR TWO HOURS AFTER SUNSET.
NUMBER SIX, LANDSCAPING PERIMETER PERIMETER PLANTINGS ARE REQUIRED ALONG ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND PUBLIC ROADS TO HELP SCREEN AND SOFTEN VIEWS OF THE USE.
NUMBER SEVEN, A SIX FOOT WOODEN FENCE MUST BE INSTALLED AROUND THE PROPERTY CONSISTENT WITH THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
THE USE MUST COMPLY WITH ALL VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD SERVICE AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS. NUMBER NINE, OPERATIONS ARE LIMITED TO BETWEEN 8:00 AM AND 9:00 PM.
NUMBER 10, OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND IS NOT PERMITTED.
NUMBER 11, PARKING IS PROHIBITED ALONG BROAD STREET ROAD AND THREE CHOP ROAD.
NO PARKING SIGNS MAY BE REQUIRED.
NUMBER 12, STUDENTS MUST BE PICKED UP BY 3:30 PM FOR REGULAR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WITH FLEXIBILITY FOR INCIDENTAL AFTER HOUR USES.
ANY EVENT WITH OVER 250 PEOPLE OR MORE WILL REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
NUMBER 14, THE EMERGENCY ACCESS ROAD MUST MEET FIRE AND RESCUE ACCESS REQUIREMENTS.
NUMBER 15, A TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT PLAN.
A PLAN IS REQUIRED TO ADDRESS VEHICLE STACKING INTERNAL CIRCULATION AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS DURING PEAK TIME, HOURS OR PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS.
NUMBER 16, ANY POND, ANY STORM WATER POND THAT HOLDS WATER MUST BE ENCLOSED WITH A FOUR FOOT FENCE.
AND ALL PONDS MUST BE SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW.
THE NEW BUILDINGS SHOWN ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN ARE PERMITTED AND THESE AND THE EXISTING RESIDENTS BARN AND SILOS MUST BE RETAINED AND PRESERVED.
THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS VALID THROUGH APRIL OF 2031.
AND LASTLY, TRANSFER OR LEASE PRIOR.
PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER OR LEASE, THE COUNTY AND THE FUTURE OWNER OR LEASEE MUST BE NOTIFIED OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND ITS CONDITIONS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UH, THE BOARD AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE.
DO WE WANNA HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT FOLKS? I HAVE ONE.
MS. SHERRY, YOU SAID THAT THE TURN LANE REQUIREMENT RIGHT HAND TAPER WAS MITIGATED.
THAT WAS A TAPERING ON TWO 50.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME FORWARD?
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MM-HMMFORWARD BACKED AS THE POINTER.
YOU SHOULD BE, YOU SHOULD BE A PROFESSIONAL AT THIS KID KNOW.
AND THEN DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
IS THAT GOOD? OR DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE IT FULL SCREEN? UM, FULL SCREEN'S GREAT.
IF IT LOOKS THAT WAY, IT'LL CLICK.
AM I CLOSE TO IT? I DON'T ROTATE.
I DON'T, I CAN'T REALLY SEE THAT FAR.
OH, WELL, I I DID IT EARLIER, CAITLIN, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, IF THE CLICKER WORKS, I CAN MAKE IT WORK.
UM, I AM CAITLIN SUP AND MY HUSBAND IS MICHAEL SUP.
WE LIVE AT 2 3 3 0, WENDY RUN.
AND WE HAVE BEEN GOOSE IN RESIDENTS FOR AND BUSINESS OWNERS FOR OVER 12 YEARS.
UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING FROM US.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING THIS ROOM BE FULL OF CHILDREN
AND, UM, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING WITH SOME OF YOU AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK OUR ACTON FAMILIES.
IF YOU ARE HERE IN SUPPORT FOR ACTON, WILL YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? MA'AM, CAN YOU PLEASE PRESENT YES TO THE BOARD? OH YEAH, SURE.
AND SO I HAVE, UM, 129 SIGNATURES FROM GLAND RESIDENTS, UM, UH, ON THIS PETITION.
AND I, I SHARE THAT JUST BECAUSE THAT IS THREE TIMES LARGER THAN THE SCHOOL ITSELF, MEANING THAT THAT IS, UH, SHOWING THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT'S NOT JUST WITHIN OUR LITTLE CIRCLE.
UM, I ALSO, UM, WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE, AND I'M SURE YOU'VE READ THAT THIS IS A STACK OF EMAILS THAT HAVE COME IN, IN SUPPORT FROM OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY, GRANDPARENTS, OTHER FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE SCHOOL AS WELL.
UM, SO, UH, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE WATCHED THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SO I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
BUT WE STARTED THIS SCHOOL IN 2022.
UM, AND THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING IN 2026.
WE HAVE OUTGROWN OUR SPACE, UH, AND WE KNOW WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS COMING.
AND SO, UH, WE STARTED THREE YEARS AGO.
WE STARTED TO SEARCH FOR OUR FOREVER HOME.
UH, WE PURSUED SIX DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, ONE THAT TOOK OVER A YEAR OF OUR TIME, UM, TO LATER FIND OUT THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.
BUT WE, WHAT WE LEARNED IN THAT PROCESS WAS THAT WE NEEDED A PROPERTY, UM, WITH AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET TO 85 LEARNERS, THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO FINANCIALLY AFFORD A EDUCATIONAL BUILDING.
UM, AND SO WE COULDN'T ACTUALLY BUILD ON RAW LAND LIKE WE FOUGHT.
AND SO ON JUNE 13TH, 2025, AND I KNOW I'VE SHARED THIS STORY BEFORE, BUT IT'S PRETTY MIRACULOUS AND BEARS REPEATING, UM, JUST THIS IS 48 HOURS AFTER OUR FIRST, OUR YEAR LONG PROPERTY PURSUIT FELL APART.
UM, I FOUND MYSELF ON THE PROPERTY OF MS. DANIELS FARM AND WAS SHARING OUR STORY AND BOLDLY ASKED IF SHE WOULD SELL US A FARM THAT WAS NOT FOR SALE.
AND INSTEAD OF TELLING ME THAT I WAS CRAZY, SHE REACHED OUT HER HAND AND SAID, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.
AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE HER FRIENDSHIP.
UM, AND EVER SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY PURSUING THAT.
THAT NIGHT WE WENT HOME, ACTUALLY.
UM, AND WE LOOKED UP THIS PROPERTY ON ZILLOW 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU GET EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING.
AND, UM, WE FOUND THAT NOT ONLY WAS THE BARN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, UM, AND A DA COMPLIANT, WHICH IS A WIN, UH, WE FOUND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY OWNED THE BARN, UM, AND WHO CURRENTLY LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROPERTY ITSELF HAD SHARED AN IMAGE, UM, OF CHILDREN IN THE BARN.
AND THAT IS WHAT REALLY MADE US REALIZE THIS COULD BE IT, THIS COULD BE OUR PLACE TO GROW THIS SCHOOL.
AND SO WE SPENT THE NEXT 10 MONTHS PREPARING TO DO JUST THAT.
UM, AND SO WE HIRED A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, CIVIL ENGINEER, DRAINFIELD ENGINEER, STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, ALL THE THINGS REQUIRED TO GET THIS PROCESS ROLLING.
WE EVEN GOT GARY FISHER THERE BEFORE HE RETIRED TO TELL US HIS THOUGHTS.
UH, AND SO THEN WE MOVED ON AND WE HAD, UM, OUR TEAM FROM THE SCHOOL.
THIS IS OUR STAFF TEAM THAT SERVES THESE CHILDREN IN THIS ROOM EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND FROM EVERYONE'S OPINION, WE GOT TO SEE THAT THIS SEEMED TO WORK AND EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD, THAT THIS COULD ACTUALLY BE POTENTIALLY OUR FINAL LANDING PLACE.
AND SO A LACK CAN HAPPEN IN 10 MONTHS.
UM, BUT ACTUALLY A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN TWO MONTHS BECAUSE SIX, THE, SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE HAVE HAD NOT ONE, BUT THREE MORE FAMILIES WHO HAVE HAD OFFERS ACCEPTED THAT ARE MOVING TO GLAND COUNTY.
AND THESE ARE NOT JUST GLAND FAMILIES, THESE ARE GLAND TAXPAYERS.
THESE ARE CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE EXCITED TO RENOVATE AND MANY OF THEM ARE REBUILDING OLD FARMHOUSES AND OLDER RANCHERS, UM, OUT ON EASTERN GLAND SO THAT THEIR FAMILIES CAN GROW UP THERE.
UM, SO THESE FAMILIES MOVE TO BE CLOSER TO THIS SCHOOL, AND THAT IS THE MAIN REASON WHY THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION IS EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, THE RED DOTS REPRESENT ACTON FAMILIES, AND THE BLUE DOTS REPRESENT GLAND OWNED BUSINESSES THAT ARE OWNED AND OPERATED BY, UM, IN PARENTS.
UM, ANOTHER REASON THIS LOCATION IS A PERFECT FIT FOR OUR SMALL SCHOOL IS BECAUSE
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WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD THIS SCHOOL WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE PROPERTIES RURAL CHARACTER.SO ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE ANYTHING IN GREEN IS REMAINING GRASS.
OVER 80% OF THE FRONT LOT WILL REMAIN A FIELD AS IT'S BEEN FOREVER.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT BEING STRIPPED CLEARED, ALL THE UTILITIES ARE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AND THE SEPTIC IS BURIED UNDER THE GROUND.
UM, SO WE ARE PROVIDING PUBLIC BENEFIT, BRINGING IN MORE TAX DOLLARS, WHILE NOT PUTTING ANY PUBLIC BURDEN ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT FOR A COUNTY.
ANOTHER TOPIC, UH, THAT CAME UP IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, WAS SAFETY.
AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE NEIGHBORS BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE IS NO ONE IN THIS ROOM THAT CARES MORE ABOUT SAFETY THAN THE PARENTS OF ALL OF THESE CHILDREN.
UM, THEY'RE OUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSIONS.
AND SO WHEN YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THIS IS ONE REASON WE'RE EXCITED TO MOVE, IS BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN PLAY OUTSIDE A LOT, SEVERAL HOURS EVERY DAY.
UM, AND CURRENTLY WHEN THEY'RE OUTSIDE, YOU CAN SEE THEM VERY CLEARLY FROM BROAD STREET, UM, THE IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM, BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE FARM, THEY WILL BE PLAYING BEHIND THE BARN.
YOU WILL NEVER SEE THEM FROM BROAD STREET, WHICH MAKES US FEEL REALLY GREAT ABOUT THE SAFETY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
UM, SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER REASON.
THE FARM IS A GREAT OPTION FOR OUR LEARNERS AND OUR FAMILIES, AND THAT'S TRAFFIC SAFETY.
SO OUR NEIGHBORS STOOD UP SEVEN WEEKS AGO AND PRESENTED A STACK OF ACCIDENT REPORTS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, SHOWING OVER 65 INCIDENTS THAT HAD HAPPENED AT THIS INTERSECTION.
UM, AND THIS WAS QUITE HONESTLY SHOCKING TO US, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY PAID $15,000 FOR A TIA, UH, AND WORKED WITH VDOT TO GET AN ANALYSIS OF THIS EXACT INTERCESSION.
AND THESE WERE NOT OUR FINDINGS.
SO THE STAFF REVIEWED, UM, AND WE COMMUNICATED, UM, THAT WE HAD ALSO REVIEWED EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT.
UM, AND WE DID THIS BECAUSE WE SIMPLY COULDN'T MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK IN OUR HEAD.
BUT AFTER WE REVIEWED THEM VERY CRITICALLY, WE, WE STARTED TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER.
AND I'M GONNA EXPLAIN THAT, UM, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER EXPLAINED THAT WHEN VDOT IS LOOKING FOR DATA TO, TO SERVE AS WHETHER OR NOT AN INTERSECTION IS SAFE, WE NEED TO GO BACK THREE YEARS AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT 250 FEET AROUND THE INTERSECTION.
UM, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOT JUST A STACK OF ACCIDENT REPORTS, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY ANALYZING THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
AND PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS THE EXACT DATA FROM THE FOYER REPORT REPORT FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND I AM NOT GOING BACK JUST THREE YEARS, I'M GOING BACK 11 YEARS.
SO I'M OVER TRIPLING WHAT VDOT REQUIRES WHEN DETERMINING IF AN INTERSECTION IS SAFE.
SO THESE ARE THE INCIDENTS FROM THAT DATA PROVIDED BY THE, UM, THE STAFF PROVIDED THEM TO US.
AND, UM, I, I FIRST WANT TO JUST SHOW YOU, UH, IF YOU TAKE AWAY 9 1 1 CALLS THAT DID NOT RESULT IN POLICE REPORTS, AND IF YOU TAKE AWAY ANIMAL INCIDENTS, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DEER IN GLAND, WE ALL KNOW THAT IF WE TAKE THOSE AWAY, YOU'LL SEE THE WHITE SHOW UP ON THE SCREEN.
OKAY? NOW, IF WE'RE GONNA REMOVE ALL OF THE NON COLLISION INCIDENTS, SO SINGLE VEHICLE REPORTS, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO RAN THEMSELVES OFF OF THE ROAD, PEOPLE, SOME OF THEM, UM, THE DETAILS WHERE THEY BACKED OUTTA THEIR DRIVEWAYS AND CALLED THE POLICE.
IF YOU WERE TO REMOVE THOSE, THAT IS WHAT THE SCREEN NOW LOOKS LIKE, THE WHITE AREAS.
NOW, THIS IS THE PART OF THE ANALYZATION PROCESS THAT WAS MOST EYEOPENING TO ME.
UM, AT FIRST GLANCE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A REPORT FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHEN YOU GLANCE AT THAT, IT SAYS BROAD STREET AND THREE CHOP.
AND IT JUST CLEARLY MAKES YOU THINK THAT EVERY SINGLE REPORT THAT WAS DETERMINED WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT INTERSECTION.
BUT WE, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THAT LITTLE BLACK BUBBLE ON THE LEFT REALLY MATTERS BECAUSE THAT IS SOME TELLING ME WHETHER OR NOT IT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OR NOT.
THE TOP INCIDENT THERE CLEARLY HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION THAT WE ARE ANALYZING.
THE, UH, INCIDENT ON THE BOTTOM HAPPENED A MILE EAST THAT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT INTERSECTION THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY WA RABBIT, UH, WARREN ROAD AND NOT BROAD STREET AND ON THREE CHOP.
SO WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE AWAY, YOU ARE LEFT WITH 14 MULTI-VEHICLE INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AT THE EXACT INTERSECTION OF THREE CHOP AND BROAD OVER THE SPAN OF 11 YEARS.
THAT AVERAGES OUT TO 1.27 INCIDENTS A YEAR.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT DATA AND I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT HOW MANY, 'CAUSE THIS IS WHAT MATTERS FOR US AS PARENTS, HOW MANY OF THOSE INCIDENTS HAPPENED DURING OUR PICKUP TIME AND OUR DROP OFF TIME? BECAUSE WE DO NOT ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
SO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR PICKUP WINDOWS.
AND IT'S ZERO, ZERO INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST 11 YEARS IN ANY OF OUR OPERATIONAL WINDOW TIMES WHERE WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE PARENTS PULLING IN TO DROP OFF OR PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
THAT IS BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF INCIDENTS HAPPENED FROM FOUR TO 8:00 PM WHICH, UM, AND THAT IS PEAK HOUR.
SO PEAK HOUR OF BROAD STREET, IT MAKES SENSE THAT THAT'S WHEN THE INCIDENTS ARE OCCURRING.
UM, BUT UNLIKE OTHER BUSINESSES, UM, OUR HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, LIKE WHAT MENTIONED EARLIER, IS GONNA END AT THREE 30.
AND WE ARE WELL OUTSIDE OF THE PEAK TIME.
SO IF WE TRULY WANNA MAKE A DATA-DRIVEN DECISION, I WOULD LOVE TO ALSO CONSIDER OR HAVE CONSIDERED OUR TRACK RECORD.
UM, WE ARE OPERATING ON BROAD STREET CURRENTLY.
WE OPERATE, UM, AT A FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION OF BROAD AND SHALLOW WELL, WHICH IS MORE CONGESTED THAN A THREE-WAY INTERSECTION OF BROAD AND THREE CHOP.
AND IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE 28 FAMILIES EVERY SINGLE WEEKDAY DROPPING OFF THEIR CHILDREN AND PICKING UP THEIR CHILDREN.
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ZERO INCIDENTS, ZERO NEIGHBOR COMPLAINTS, ZERO COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS, AND ZERO PARENT SAFETY CONCERNS OPERATING AS A SCHOOL ON BROAD STREET ON A SIDE STREET.UM, SO OUR PARENTS ARE VERY ACCUSTOMED TO BROAD STREET TRAFFIC.
THEY'RE DRIVING AT EVERY MORNING AND EVERY AFTERNOON.
THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO MOVE AWAY FROM A FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION AND MOVE TO A THREE-WAY INTERSECTION.
UM, CURRENTLY, I WISH HE COULD BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT OUR NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES RIGHT BEHIND THESE BUILDINGS ON THE SCREEN, UM, HE IS A GREAT ADVOCATE OF OURS.
HE'S SAD TO SEE US GO, BUT HE MENTIONED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLICLY STATING THAT HE LEAVES WITH HIS CHILDREN EVERY DAY WHEN WE ARE HAVING PICKED UP AND HAS NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH SAFETY.
UM, SO DESPITE ALL THAT DATA, UH, AND THE TIA AND THE FEEDBACK, WE ARE STILL VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE HAVE UPDATED OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT WE PRESENTED.
AND SO I WANNA, UM, OUTLINE THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE.
UM, SO PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S, UM, REQUEST AND, UM, SOME SUPERVISOR'S THOUGHTS, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE HAVE SIGNAGE OR FLASHING SCHOOL SIGNS DURING DROP OFF AND PICKUP.
UM, VDOT, WE'VE CONNECTED WITH THEM.
WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE SIZE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE FLASHING SCHOOL SIGNS.
WE ARE JUST, WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE, BUT MAYBE IF I ASK EVERY YEAR, THEY WILL GIVE IN.
UM, BUT IF NOT, WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK PERSONALLY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN THAT REGARD.
UM, THE SMALL NUMBER OF EASTBOUND FAMILIES, UH, THAT WOULD BE COMING EASTBOUND WOULD BE REDIRECTED THROUGH A PARENT HANDBOOK.
WE HAVE A PROCEDURE, THEY, THEY'RE AGREEMENT TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH IT ALREADY.
UM, AND THEY WOULD BE USING THE LOOP, WHICH IS A HUGE, UH, ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE AT THIS NEW LOCATION THAT WE DON'T GET TO HAVE AT THREE CHOP AND SHALLOW WELL, OR AT A BROAD STREET AND SHALLOW WELL, RIGHT NOW, THE NEWEST, UH, ADDITION IS HAVING A TRAFFIC ATTENDANT AT THE EXIT OF OUR PROPERTY WHENEVER WE ACTUALLY HAVE TRAFFIC.
UM, AND THAT IS SERVING US WELL BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO NOT LET ANY PARENTS OUT OF THE PROPERTY WHEN SOMEONE'S STILL WAITING AT THE STOP SIGN.
SO WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WILL STAND THERE AND DIRECT TRAFFIC.
IT ALSO SERVES OUR NEIGHBORS WELL BECAUSE IT MEANS ANY RESIDENT WHO'S TRYING TO LEAVE THREE CHOP, THEY GET RIGHT OF WAY.
SO OUR PARENTS WAIT AND THE NEIGHBORS GET TO GO THROUGH.
UM, AND THEY WILL NEVER HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANYONE TO GET OUT OF THEIR ROAD.
UM, SO, UM, LET'S, I OH, OH, CANNOT FORGET THIS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THERE'S NO STACKING EVEN AT FULL SCALE.
WE HAVE DESIGNED THAT GRAVEL LOOP TO BE ABLE TO HOLD EVERY SINGLE CAR.
THERE WILL NEVER BE A CAR EVEN WHEN WE HAVE 60 FAMILIES THERE, UM, BACKING UP IN THREE CHOP.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
BUT, UM, I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE'RE GOING TO DEFER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN WE HIT THE STAGE WHERE WE ARE GROWING, WHEN WE'RE HITTING AROUND A HUNDRED LEARNERS.
UM, DEFERRING TO THEM TO LET US KNOW WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IN OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN? WHAT DO YOU SEE IN OUR HISTORY? WHAT DO YOU SEE WITH BROAD STREET TRAFFIC, UH, THAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, TO UPDATE OUR TRAFFIC PLAN, UM, AS THAT GROWTH HAPPENS.
UM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, THIS, THESE ARE THE CHANGES WE HAVE MADE SINCE WE HAVE MET WITH OUR, UH, NEIGHBORS SINCE WE'VE HEARD THEIR CONCERNS.
AND SOME OF THESE WERE ALREADY MENTIONED, BUT I WILL GO SO FAR AS TO SAY, UM, WE WANT THE BEST FOR THIS RELATIONSHIP.
WE WANT TO SEE THIS SCHOOL GROW.
THIS, THIS ROOM IS FULL OF AMAZING PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR CHILDREN AND WANNA DO SCHOOL DIFFERENTLY.
AND THEY ARE, UM, THEY ARE REALLY CHAMPION PARENTS, THE PARENTS THAT ARE REALLY INVOLVED AND WE, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THEM.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA SHARE THAT IN SAYING YES TO THIS, YOU'RE NOT JUST SAYING YES TO THE SCHOOL GROWING.
UM, A SUPERVISOR ASKED US RECENTLY, ARE WE SELLING OUR CURRENT PROPERTY? AND I, TO BE HONEST, I DON'T WANNA SOUND CRAZY, BUT WE HAVE A DREAM FOR THAT PROPERTY.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR THAT PROPERTY TO BE A, A GENERAL STORE, TO BRING A GENERAL STORE BACK TO GLIN, TO HAVE HAND UP ICE CREAM FOR SOME OF THESE LEARNERS.
EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THIS ROOM HAS TO CREATE A PRODUCT EVERY YEAR AND SELL IT.
WE WANT THEM TO PRACTICE SELLING THAT IN A REAL WORLD SETTING.
UM, AND WE THINK GLIN COULD BEAR TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE MOMS COULD MEET UP AND HAVE A PLAY DATE.
AND SO WHILE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, IT DOES SPEAK TO THE, THAT'S A DREAM, RIGHT? IT'S A DREAM, BUT DREAMS START SOMEWHERE.
THIS WAS A DREAM THAT I JUST HEARD ABOUT AND THOUGHT, NO ONE IN RICHMOND'S DOING THIS, WE'RE GONNA BRING IT TO GLAND AND IT'S THRIVING.
SO SAYING YES TO OUR DREAM TODAY PRODUCES CHANGE FOR GLIN.
I ASK YOU TO BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND I ASK YOU TO BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF GLIN.
HAVE TO PUT THAT IN OUR RULES TO DO THIS.
UM, ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA GET READY TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD LEARNERS.
SO WE HEARD THE ONE THING I'LL ASK, THIS IS A LARGE ROOM, UM, WITH A LOT OF FOLKS THAT I'M SURE WANNA SPEAK.
SO WHAT I'D ASK YOU TO DO IS, IS IF YOU'RE ON THIS SIDE OF THE POLE LINE UP ON THIS SIDE, IF YOU'RE ON THIS SIDE OF THE POLE, LINE UP ON THIS SIDE AND THEN JUST ALTERNATE AND COME UP, I WOULD, UH, ALSO ASK, IT IS COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE.
IF YOU'VE HEARD A POINT BEING MADE, IT'S COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE TO SAY, I AGREE WITH WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID, AND I SUPPORT, OR I AGREE WITH WHAT WAS SAID, AND I DON'T SUPPORT THIS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY.
AT THIS, I'M GONNA OPEN THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING
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AND REMEMBER TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
I LIVE ON 2 3, 3 0, WENDY RUN.
I HAVE BEEN A LEARNER AT ACTON ACADEMY FOR FOUR YEARS.
I LOVE MY SCHOOL BECAUSE I ENJOY LEARNING AT MY OWN PACE, AND I WANT OTHER KIDS TO BE ABLE TO LEARN AT THEIR OWN PACE TOO.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO MOVE THE SCHOOL TO THE FARM BECAUSE IT, WE WOULD HAVE MORE SPACE TO GROW AND EXPLORE.
ACTON IS NOT JUST A SCHOOL, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BECOME GREAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AFTER THREE YEARS OF SEARCHING, WE HAVE FINALLY FOUND A PLACE THAT COULD BE OUR FOREVER HOME.
AS AN ACTIN LEARNER, I ASK YOU TO VOTE YES SO MY SCHOOL CAN GROW AND CONTINUE CHANGING LIVES JUST AS IT HAS CHANGED MINE.
MY NAME'S KRISNA MATTEO, AND MY PARENTS OPERATE YELLOW AND THEY FOUND ACTON.
AND MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT ACTON IS THAT YOU CAN LEARN BY YOURSELF, AND IF YOU NEED HELP, PEOPLE CAN HELP YOU.
AND I HOPE ACTON CAN BE A BIG AND STRONG SCHOOL FOR OTHER KIDS LIKE ME TO LEARN AND EXPLORE.
HELLO, I AM JACK NICHOLS AND I LIVE AT 2 3 8 8 WIND RUN ROAD.
I'M 11 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE BEEN GOING TO ACTON FOR FOUR YEARS.
I THINK ACTON SHOULD GET TO BUILD THE NEW SCHOOL, AND HERE ARE FOUR REASONS WHY.
ONE, THE NEW LOCATION IS A SAFER PLACE FOR ME AND OTHERS TO GET DROPPED OFF.
SINCE IT'S FARTHER FROM BROAD STREET, IT IS A BIGGER PLACE FOR US TO LEARN, PLAY, AND TINKER WITH IDEAS.
THREE, THE NEW SCHOOL WILL HAVE TWO NEW STUDIOS, SO MORE PEOPLE CAN COME TO THE BEST SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA FOUR AT THIS NEW LOCATION.
OUR OUTSIDE FREE TIME AREA ISN'T VISIBLE FROM BROAD STREET, SO WHEN WE PLAY OUTSIDE, WE HAVE MORE PRIVACY, WHICH MAKES ME FEEL SAFER.
THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR LISTENING.
I HOPE YOU VOTE YES AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. NICHOLS, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS NICHOLAS WORSHAM, AND I LIVE AT 7 85 3 CHOPPED ROAD.
UM, I LIVE THERE WITH MY WIFE, SONYA.
UM, SHE'S ACTUALLY GONNA GIVE HER TIME TO ME.
SHOULD I, SHOULD I HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE? YEAH, SHE NEEDS, IF SHE COULD JUST COME UP DOWN AND JUST SEE HER TIME, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I LIVE AT 7 8 5 3 CHOP ROAD, AND I'M SEATING MY TIME TO MY HUSBAND.
NICHOLAS WORSHIPS 7 85 3 CHOP ROAD.
I LIVE THERE WITH MY WIFE AND, UH, MY TWO DAUGHTERS.
UH, THEY ARE 12 COMING UP ON 12 AND 15 YEARS OLD.
AND, UH, WE ARE THE HOUSE THAT IS 80 FEET FROM, UH, THIS PROPOSED SCHOOL.
WE SHARE, UM, THE, IT WOULD BE THE REAR PROPERTY LINE OF THE EXPANDED SCHOOL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST REAL QUICKLY, WE, WE RAISED OUR GIRLS OVER AT, UH, ON ROUTE SIX AND BLUE GOOSE.
AND, UH, WE WERE THERE FROM 2010 TO 22.
ALL THE EXPANSION, UH, UP THERE IN THE COURTHOUSE AREA TURNED KIND OF INTO, UH, THE DAYTONA 500 THERE.
UM, AND I MADE THE HARD DECISION TO, UH, TO SELL THAT HOME, A HOME THAT WE LOVED TO GET AWAY FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, BEFORE WE PURCHASED THREE CHOPPED ROAD, I, YOU KNOW, I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE.
I, I'VE BEEN A REAL ESTATE BROKER FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT VIRGINIA'S A BUYER BEWARE STATE.
SO I STUDIED THE ZONING, I STUDIED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTOOD THE RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA PRINCIPLES.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND BASED ON THESE THREE FACTORS AND LOOKING AT THE GISI DID NOT FORESEE ANY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT DUMB.
I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S COMING, BUT LOOKING AT THE PARCELS, I SAW MAYBE SQUEEZING IN THREE OR FOUR HOMES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD CERTAINLY, UH, LIVE WITH.
UM, I, I DID NOT SEE, UH, SOMETHING OF THIS LEVEL COMING, UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT, RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A COUPLE CONCERNS.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, UM, I, I COULDN'T, I WAS IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM.
I COULD NOT SEE, UH, THE LANDSCAPING PROPOSED.
UH, LAST I HEARD IT WAS A SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE AND A LINE OF BUSHES OR TREES.
UM, WITH ALL THIS THAT I SAW GOING ON, I, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT'S SUITABLE, UM, AS A BUFFER, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, TWO TO THREE HOURS, UH, OUTSIDE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE LIGHT SITUATION, UH, IS, IS OKAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT NOISE.
I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE WELL ON SEPTIC CAPACITY.
I, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS AREA EVER INTENDED THIS LEVEL OF USAGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WILL, AM I GONNA HAVE WATER IN A DROUGHT, WHICH WE ARE CERTAINLY IN, IN NOW.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST CONCERN, AND STILL IS A CONCERN EVEN
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AFTER LISTENING TO WHAT I HEARD, IS THE TRAFFIC THAT THE CORRIDOR IS ALREADY HEAVILY CONGESTED.UM, THE DROP OFF TIME DIRECTLY OVERLAPS WITH, UH, PEAK COMMUTER HOURS.
AND THE PICKUP TIME, UH, IS DIRECTLY AFFECTED WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.
THERE'S A BUS BUSES THAT COME THROUGH THERE.
THERE'S A LONG LINE OF TRAFFIC.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THIS PICKUP LANE ON SITE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN ALL GO IN, BUT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY TURN TO, TO EXIT, UH, THE STOP SIGNS THERE, THEY'RE GONNA GET BACKED UP.
THERE'S PROBABLY ROOM FOR 10 CARS THERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT THAT THEY CAN PULL OFF THERE.
BUT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY LEAVE, THERE'S GONNA BE A BACKUP AT THREE CHOPPED ROAD AND BROAD STREET.
NOW, I, I'M A PARENT, I'M SURE YOU ARE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RUSHING TO GET YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND BACK TO WORK.
YOU'RE PICKING THEM UP, TRYING TO GET 'EM FED, TRYING TO GET 'EM TO THEIR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
NOW, WHEN, WHEN THAT PASS, UH, WHEN THAT, UM, TRAFFIC BACKS UP AND PATIENTS WEAR STENTS, PEOPLE ARE GONNA MAKE RUSH DECISIONS.
THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO BEAT THE NEXT, NEXT ONCOMING CAR.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, THE OPERATION OF THE CUP WILL, WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE THERE IN THAT AREA.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WILL START DRIVING NEXT YEAR.
UH, THE THOUGHT OF HER NAVIGATING THIS D DAILY GRIDLOCK IS A REAL PROBLEM.
IT'S A REAL CONCERN, NOT ONLY FOR MY FAMILY, BUT ALL THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA.
THE CORRIDOR IS ALREADY STRAINED.
ADDING INTENSITY DOES NOT IMPROVE SAFETY.
IT INCREASES EXPOSURE TO PREVENT PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS.
NOW, I JUST PULLED, I WAS CURIOUS WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR, FOR THESE FOLKS TO PERHAPS BUY IN THIS AREA.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BUILD BECAUSE IT COSTS TOO MUCH MONEY.
THERE'S TWO 10 ACRE PARCELS, CAMELBACK DANIEL TOWN, UH, EIGHT ACRE PARCELS FOR SALE ON HOCKETT ROAD.
UM, THERE'S SIX ACRES ON MAIDENS, EVEN THOUGH I WOULD NOT WISH ANY MORE TRAFFIC TO THOSE FOLKS LIVING IN THAT AREA.
AND 112 ACRES ON DENVER, YOU COULD HAVE A THREE MILE LOOP THERE AT ON 112 ACRES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SEEMS CLEAR.
THE RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA IS MEANT TO PRESERVE LARGE PARCELS OPEN SPACE.
IN AGRICULTURAL, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EXISTS TO PROVIDE PREDICTABILITY.
IF WE SET ASIDE, IF WE SET IT ASIDE, IT LOSES ITS MEANING.
THE RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA SHOULD REMAIN RURAL DIRECT GROWTH WHERE IT BELONGS HIGH DENSITY ZONES AND VILLAGES, RESPECTFULLY, THAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE UPHELD.
AND FOR THESE REASONS, I OPPOSE THIS EXPANSION.
MY NAME IS CALLIE DEUCER, AND I MIGHT BE YOUR MOST EXCITED BRAND NEW GLAND RESIDENT.
UH, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE 8 0 5 ROCKFORD ROAD AND MANNEQUIN SABOT.
AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO START RENOVATING AND BRINGING NEW LIFE BACK TO THIS 10 ACRES.
WE ARE MOVING TO GLIN BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR FAMILY DUE TO ACTON ACADEMY.
I'D LOVE TO JUST BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
WE'VE LIVED IN SHORT PUMP FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND OUR ONLY EXPOSURE TO GLIN HAS BEEN, UH, TRIPS TO FIELD DAYS HAVE PASS, AND AN ANNUAL TRIP TO THE BETHLEHEM WALK.
NOW THAT BOTH OF OUR BOYS HAVE BEEN AT ACTON ACADEMY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE FOUND SO MUCH MORE THAN GLAND EVENTS.
WE HAVE FOUND AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION MODEL, AND WE HAVE FOUND COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION.
WE ARE PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER ACTON FAMILIES THAT HAVE ALSO PURCHASED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND WE ARE THRILLED AND EXCITED THAT OUR KIDS GET TO GROW UP WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
QUITE HONESTLY, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE QUITE EXCITED TO GROW UP IN GOOCHLAND AS WELL, HOPEFULLY GROW OLD TOO.
THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE NEW SCHOOL.
WE ARE EXCITED AT THE THOUGHT OF OUR CHILDREN LEARNING AND GROWING AND PLAYING OUTSIDE, UH, IN AN ACCESSIBLE LOCATION, BUT ALSO A LOCATION THAT IS NOW SEVERAL FEET OFF OF BROAD STREET.
NOT ONLY IS MY FAMILY MOVING TO GLAND, BUT I'M ALSO JOINING THE ACTON STAFF THIS FALL.
WHY? BECAUSE I SEE THE IMPACT THAT THIS EDUCATION IS MAKING IN MY OWN FAMILY'S LIFE, IN GLAND COMMUNITY'S LIFE.
THIS SCHOOL IS A GIFT TO OUR FAMILY, TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY GROW AT THIS PROPERTY.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
HI, MY NAME IS, UH, BURKE MORTON, AND I LIVE AT 7 6 4 3 CHOP ROAD, UH, WITH MY WIFE NAN, WHO UNFORTUNATELY I FOUND OUT HAS FOUND THE LINK TO THIS TO STREAM.
SO I PROMISED TO BE BRIEF AND BEHAVED.
UM,
I SERVED ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SERVED AS THE BOARD HEAD OF HANOVER ACADEMY UP IN ASHLAND.
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UM, AND CAITLIN MAY BE AWARE OF THAT, BUT I MEAN, IT WAS A SMALL SCHOOL WHERE IF YOU'RE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WHILE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GLAMOROUS JOB TITLE, IT MEANS YOU CUT THE GRASS.YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CHANGE THE TOILETS, YOU DO ALL THE ELECTRICAL WORK, AND I'M SURE THERE'S MANY IN THE ACTON FAMILY BEHIND ME THAT ARE DOING THAT
UM, WE PURCHASED OUR LAND OUT IN, UM, OFF THREE.
SO WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THREE CHOP ROAD, WE'RE THAT GRAVEL ROAD THAT SORT OF PEELS OFF.
UM, AND THERE ARE FIVE OF US THAT LIVE ON THERE.
SO YOU HAVE THE BUTLERS, THE WISES, THE MORTONS, THAT'S US.
YOU HAVE THE WEST AND THEN THE GREENWOODS LIVE DOWN THERE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE, UM, NO STATE MAINTENANCE.
WE HAVE NO WATER AND SEWER, WE HAVE NO COMCAST INTERNET, WHICH I ASSUME PROBABLY WAS DICTATED BY THE COUNTY CONTRACT, BUT OF COURSE, CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE IT A HUNDRED YARDS DOWN BROAD.
I BUILT NETWORK FOR AWS FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS UP IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
SO AGAIN, UNDERSTAND INTERNET.
UM, AND, UM, AND WE LOVE THAT BECAUSE ALL FIVE OF US, WE MAINTAIN, I PLOWED THAT SNOW, AND IF YOU ANYBODY REMEMBER THE SNOW, UH, MY LITTLE KUBOTA TRACTOR DIDN'T LIKE THAT, UH, SNOW CREEK MUCH, YOU KNOW, AT ALL.
AND, UH, WE, WE SHARE IN CUTTING GRASS, WE SHARE AND BUYING GRAVEL.
WE, WE PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, AND ALL THAT.
AND, AND I THINK BY MY ESTIMATION, OH, PROBABLY OVER SINCE WE'VE BEEN THERE, UM, AND, AND WE BUILT, BOUGHT THE LAND IN 99, WE IMPROVED IT BY SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE YEAR 2000.
AND BY MY CALCULATION, WE PROBABLY SPENT, BETWEEN THE FIVE OF US, WE PROBABLY SPENT A OVER 1.5 MILLION IN TAXES IN BOTH REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY TAXES OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, MY OPPOSITION PARTICULARLY, UH, TO THE CP IS ONCE AGAIN, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S IS TRAFFIC.
WE ARE IN AND OUT OF THREE CHOP ROAD, YOU KNOW, FIVE TIMES A DAY.
WELL, I APPRECIATE I LOOKED AT TIA DATA AND, UM, I WAS OBVIOUSLY IN THE WRONG BUSINESS, UM,
IT'S, UM, YOU HAD THE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD THE HEAD OF FIRE AND SAFETY FOR GLAND STANDUP, IT'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UM, AND, AND INDICATE THAT HE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE INTERSECTION.
UM, AND, UH, IT, IT'S OUR OPINION THAT, AND SINCE THAT MEETING, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CHANGES TO THEIR TRAFFIC PLAN AT ALL, OTHER THAN WE PLAN TO DO SOMETHING OURSELVES AND NOT LET BDOT DO IT.
UM, SO, SO THAT'S OUR CONCERN.
I THINK THAT'S OUR PRIMARY CONCERN AMONG ALL OF US.
I'M AT SEVEN, OH, SORRY, THAT'S THE OLD ADDRESS.
UH, I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF GLAND COUNTY.
I'M ACTUALLY A PROUD NEW RESIDENT OF GLAND COUNTY.
MY FAMILY CHOSE TO MOVE HERE, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF ACTON ACADEMY WEST END.
WE ARE EXACTLY THE KIND OF FAMILY THIS SCHOOL ATTRACTS, AND WE ARE EXACTLY THE KIND OF FAMILY GLAND'S GHOST GROWTH STRATEGY IS DESIGNED TO WELCOME.
I'M HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ACTON ACADEMY, UH, NEW LOCATION.
I WANNA MAKE THE CASE THAT THIS ISN'T JUST GOOD FOR THE FAMILIES WHO SEND THEIR KIDS THERE.
COUNTY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS A STATED MISSION TO PURSUE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH THAT MAXIMIZES OPPORTUNITY WHILE PRESERVING THE COUNTY'S RURAL HERITAGE.
THE BOARD'S OWN VISION IS TO PROVIDE A PROSPEROUS AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY, RICH WITH HISTORY AND OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REINFORCES THAT BALANCE DEVELOPMENT, THE KIND THAT ENSURES THE CONTINUATION OF THE COUNTY'S RURAL CHARM WHILE BENEFITING ITS CITIZENS.
ONE OF THE CLEAREST SIGNS OF A THRIVING COMMUNITY IS THAT FAMILIES HAVE CHOICES IN HOW THEY EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN.
GLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS SERVE THIS, UH, COUNTY WITH DISTINCTION, AND HAVING STRONG PRIVATE OPTIONS ALONGSIDE THEM ONLY STRENGTHENS THE OVERALL PICTURE.
WHEN FAMILIES KNOW THEY CAN FIND THE RIGHT EDUCATIONAL FIT FOR THEIR CHILD HERE IN GLAND, THEY STAY, THEY INVEST, THEY PUT DOWN ROOTS SCHOOL CHOICE IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.
AND QUALITY OF LIFE IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE.
ACTON ACADEMY IS A DIRECT ENGINE OF THAT PROGRESS.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF THIS CALIBER ATTRACT YOUNG, PROFESSIONALLY ESTABLISHED FAMILIES WHO BUY HOMES, PAY PROPERTY TAXES, START AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND COMMIT TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE LONG TERM.
THERE ARE DOZENS MORE JUST LIKE US FAMILIES WHO RELOCATED TO OR REMAINED IN GLAND BECAUSE OF THIS SCHOOL.
THAT IS NOT INCIDENTAL TO THE COUNTY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
THE NEW PROPERTY ADVANCES THIS WITHOUT COMPROMISE.
IT REMAINS ON THE BROAD STREET CORRIDOR.
SO THERE IS NO RURAL LAND OPENED UP, NO SPRAWL AND NO THREAT TO THE CHARACTER.
THIS COUNTY, COUNTY WORKS HARD TO PROTECT.
THE SITE SITS FURTHER BACK FROM THE ROAD AND AT A THREE-WAY INTERSECTION, RATHER THAN A FOUR-WAY, WHICH REPRESENTS A SAFER AND MORE MANAGEABLE TRAFFIC CONFIGURATION FOR
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A SCHOOL.AND CRITICALLY, THIS NEW LOCATION GIVES ACTON ACADEMY THE CAPACITY TO GROW AND SERVE MORE GLAND FAMILIES IN THE FUTURE THAN THE CURRENT SITE EVER COULD.
THIS IS NOT A LATERAL MOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT IS A STEP FORWARD APPROVING THIS PERMIT IS CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING GLAND HAS SAID.
IT WANTS TO BE A PLACE THAT IS PROSPEROUS, VIBRANT, AND GROWING SMARTLY.
HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU DOING TONIGHT? UH, MY NAME IS JESSE GLOVER.
I LIVE AT, UH, 8 0 1 BROAD STREET ROAD, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THE, UH, PROPOSED SCHOOL IS LOOKING TO GO.
I JUST WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
LAST TIME THE LAWYER HAD SAID AT THE END OF HIS, OUR, OUR, OUR TALKING POINTS, UM, HE CALLED, SAID, THIS PROPERTY WOULD NEVER EVER BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT, BUT LET'S NOT BE MISTAKEN.
IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE SCHOOLING EITHER.
AT THE PRICE TAG OF THIS SCHOOL, IT ALIENATES THE VAST MAJORITY OF GLAND RESIDENTS FROM EVER ATTENDING THERE.
SO IT'S NOT THE BEST, YOU KNOW, FIT.
UH, THE TRAFFIC DATA SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
THEY CAN GO THROUGH IT AND SAY THAT THERE'S HASN'T BEEN ANY TRAFFIC DURING THEIR HOURS, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ADDING THE VOLUME OF CARS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ADDING IS GOING TO CREATE A BRAND NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN.
UM, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF IF THERE'S GONNA BE AN ACCIDENT, IT'S A QUESTION OF WHEN.
I DON'T BELIEVE JAMMING MULTIPLE KIDS IN CARS TO LESSEN TRAFFIC, WHICH JUST PUTS, YOU KNOW, ONE VEHICLE, ONE ACCIDENT, WE CAN KILL MULTIPLE CHILDREN.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A, UH, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVE USE FOR TRAFFIC TO MY, THAT'S JUST ME.
UM, I WAS TALKING TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA ABOUT THIS SCHOOL COMING IN AND I WAS TOLD THAT, UM, JAY SERGEANT REYNOLDS IS AVAILABLE THAT, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR A SCHOOL SINCE IT IS A SCHOOL, UH, HAS WATER, HAS SEWER GREENHOUSES, HAS, UH, AVAILABILITY TO THE FARMER'S MARKET RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN, UH, GROW AND MAKE PRODUCTS TO SELL GREAT LOCATIONS TO THE FARMER'S MARKET.
ALSO, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE IMCA.
SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PLACE FOR A SCHOOL, JUST FOR THE SAFETY ASPECT.
THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, THE INSANE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ADDED TO IT WILL IN FACT CHANGE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO THEM MAKING IT A RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC DURING THEIR SCHOOL TIMES.
SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS, IT'S IF SHOULDN'T BE THERE, IT DOESN'T BELONG HERE.
IT'S A COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, NOT FIT.
I LIVE AT 2 2 4 0 FAIRGROUND ROAD IN MAIDENS, VIRGINIA.
I MOVED TO GLAND COUNTY IN MARCH OF 2024.
I MOVED FROM LOUDOUN COUNTY WHERE I HAD LIVED FROM 1990 UNTIL THAT TIME, AND THAT WAS UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND YOUR, UM, INTENTIONALITY IN MAINTAINING MEASURED GROWTH AND PROTECTING GRU LIN'S RURAL LIFESTYLE.
I LOVE BEING ABLE TO OWN LAND.
I LOVE THE SLOW, SLOWER PACE AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY HERE IN GLAND.
LOUDOUN COUNTY, IT SEEMED WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO BUILD A SCHOOL TO CATCH UP WITH ITS GROWTH.
AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT ACTON ACADEMY IS LOOKING AHEAD TO EXPANSION.
I'M EXCITED THAT GLAND COUNTY HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER AN EXPANDED EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, UM, OFFERING ITS CITIZENS THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR A DIFFERENT EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONAL MODEL.
UM, STUDENT-LED LEARNING OPEN CLASSROOM.
I'M A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER UP THERE IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, AND I SEE THIS AS A WIN THAT IT ADDS UP TO SUCCESS.
I ALSO AM A GRANDPARENT TO TWO ACTON ACADEMY STUDENTS WHO HAS TO GO THROUGH THAT PICKUP AND DROP OFF ON SHALLOW WELL ROAD.
AND I APPRECIATE ACTON ACADEMY'S CREATIVITY IN PICKUP AND DROP OFF AND THEIR WINDOWS.
BUT I SEE THIS, UM, PROPOSAL AS VERY SAFE AND A TIME WHEN I CAN COME AND GET THE CHILDREN AT A TIME WHEN IT SEEMS, AND IT WAS STATED THE WHOLE SCHOOL COULD BE COMING IN AND PICKING UP, WHICH IN THIS DAY AND TIME IS GREAT IF THERE WERE EVER AN EMERGENCY AND THE KIDS HAD TO BE PICKED UP ALL AT ONE TIME.
I THINK I UNDERSTOOD ALSO THAT I HEARD KAITLYN SAY THAT THEY WILL MONITOR, HAVE A PERSON ALLOWING EGRESS TO THAT STOP SIGN THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED
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ABOUT.I SEE THAT THE SCHOOL HAS DONE WELL IN THIS TRAFFIC CONGESTION OFFICE.
SHALLOW WELL ONTO BROAD RUN, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE HISTORY KAITLYN REPORTED.
UH, JUST THIS AFTERNOON AROUND THREE O'CLOCK.
I WAS TRYING TO GET OUT ONTO BROAD STREET.
AND THIS IS AT THE TIME WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA BE DISMISSING SCHOOL.
IT'S THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS ALL DEPENDENT UPON THE STOPLIGHTS ON EITHER END AT OILVILLE OR CENTERVILLE.
SO THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.
I'M ONE OF THE CO APPLICANTS WITH MY WIFE KAITLYN.
UH, I'M HERE TO READ A NOTE SENT BY OUR NEIGHBOR AT OUR CURRENT SCHOOL.
I LIVE AT 1910 SHALLOW WELL ROAD.
I'M IN THE DIRECT NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR OF ACTON ACADEMY.
THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS AND IN THAT TIME THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS. MR. ALSO, I'M VERY SORRY TO SAY THIS, BUT YOU CAN'T READ SOMEBODY ELSE'S OH, WORDS INTO THE RECORD.
THEY'RE HAPPY TO EMAIL US, UM, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE FOLKS.
I LIVE AT 7 8 4 3 CHOP ROAD, MANNEQUIN SABOT, VIRGINIA.
I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
AND MY BIG CONCERN, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE WHO SPOKE AGAINST IT, IS THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE THEIR TWO ENTRANCES AT EXIT MY DRIVEWAY'S HERE GETTING OUT.
AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK AND SHE KNOWS I LOVE HER PROGRAM, RIGHT? I'M A FORMER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER.
MY KIDS WENT THROUGH GLAND SCHOOL, BUT I WANNA ASK BECAUSE NEVER HAD AN ANSWER, PLEASE.
HOW MANY OTHER PARENTS WHO PRESENTLY GO TO ACTON ACTUALLY NOW LIVE IN GLAND AND I B***H IT'S LESS THAN HALF.
MY QUESTION IS, WHO BENEFITS FROM THIS? IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME.
AND YOU'VE GOT THE SEVEN ACRE NOW TOTALLY COVERED WITH A SIX FOOT FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND IT.
HOW DOES THAT CAPTURE THE RURALNESS OF GLAND WHEN ALL YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS A FENCE? OKAY, THAT DOESN'T QUITE FIT WITH THIS WHOLE THING IS 'CAUSE IF YOU KNOW THE AREA, THE BARN IS ONE OF THE ICONS OF GLAND, PARTICULARLY ON BROAD STREET OUT THERE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THE BARN OUT THERE.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, OKAY? BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT.
IT'S JUST NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
UM, AGAIN, MY THING IS WHO BENEFITS AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE GLAND RESIDENTS.
ALL THOSE ARE SPEAKING FOR IT.
THEIR PARENTS, IT'S THEIR SCHOOL.
I WAS IN FAVOR OF MY KIDS' SCHOOL, LOVED TO HAVE SPOKE FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY SHOULD, BUT THEY'RE NOT CLAND PARENTS.
MOST OF THEM LIVE IN HENRICO CHESTERFIELD, AND THAT'S WHO THE 125.
NOW THINK ABOUT IT, SHE'S GONNA HAVE 125 KIDS PLUS STAFF.
SO WE TALKING A HUNDRED EIGHTY, A HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE PEOPLE GOING AND COMING EVERY DAY.
AND THEN YOU GET SCHOOL BUSES AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA TALK IN A FEW MINUTES ABOUT ALL THE FARM TRUCKS THAT GO UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD FROM THE ARVIS FARM ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS TIME OF YEAR, HOLLY MANURE BACK AND FORTH AND LITTLE, LITTLE AT FERGUSON SAID, THAT'S A BAD, DANGEROUS THING.
AND IF YOU MUST, IF YOU MUST, OKAY, THIS, AT LEAST MAKE THEM PUT THE ENTRANCES ON BROAD STREET WITH A TURN LANE THREE CHOP IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR THE TURNING LANES.
THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN RIGHT NOW.
I'LL NEVER GET OUTTA MY DRIVEWAY.
PUT IT ON THREE CHOP ROAD, MAKE THEM PUT A TURN LANE AND THINGS WILL BE A LOT SAFER FOR EVERYBODY.
ANYONE ELSE? UH, BARBARA SLOAN.
I LIVE ON MAIDEN'S ROAD IN DISTRICT THREE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN, UH, IN FAVOR OF THIS, OF THIS EXPANSION OF ACTON SCHOOL.
UH, BEN AND I RAISED THREE KIDS IN THIS COUNTY.
THREE OF THEM ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
ONE GRADUATED FROM GLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE TWO OTHERS GRADUATED FROM TWO OTHER SCHOOLS IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
UM, BECAUSE OUR KIDS WERE SO DIFFERENT, THEIR LEARNING STYLES WERE DIFFERENT AND WE CHOSE TO ALLOW THEM TO,
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TO FLOURISH WHERE THEY NEEDED TO FLOURISH.THANKFULLY HAD THERE BEEN AN ACTON SCHOOL IN GOOCHLAND WHEN OUR KIDS WERE BEING RAISED, I GUARANTEE YOU AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WOULD'VE ATTENDED IF THEY WOULD HAVE US.
SO I WOULD, UH, NOBODY WANTS ANYTHING IN THEIR BACKYARD, ME INCLUDED.
UH, GROWTH IN ALL OF ITS DIFFERENT PHASES AND, AND FLAVORS IS COMING TO GLAND.
I SEE THIS AS A HUGE WIN FOR GLAND AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL APPROVE IT.
THANK YOU MRS. SLOAN TO LONG, MY NAME IS MELVIN R BUTLER.
I LIVE AT 7 8 4 FREE CHOP ROAD, MANNEQUIN SABBATH.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET FROM US PROJECT, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LETTING THEM GO TO EIGHT OR NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND LIGHTS.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE LIVE IN A RURAL AREA FOR THAT KIND THING.
UH, I BELIEVE IN KEEPING GOLAND RURAL.
UH, I'M NOT AGAINST THE SCHOOL.
I THINK THEY CAN FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY WITH WATER AND SEWER AND THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED.
UH, MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS, UH, FREE CHOP ROAD IS THE HARVEST FARM.
THEY MILK ABOUT 850 COWS A DAY AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF SLUDGE.
AND THAT SLUDGE, WHEN THEY DRAIN THE POND COMES DOWN DOWN FREE CHOP ROAD TO GO TO THE FARMER.
THEY, UH, HAVE ABOUT THREE OR 400 ACRES THAT THEY SERVICE OFF OF FREE CHOP ROAD.
GOING PAST THAT SCHOOL, UH, IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE OFFICES HAVE SOLD, UH, 300 AND AND 18 ACRES OF LEASED FARM LAND.
THEY LEASED A LOT OF FARM LAND ALL OVER, UH, GOLAND AND ORDER THAT 300 AND, UH, 18 ACRES.
70, UH, NO 47 ACRES WAS FOR AMAZON.
THAT WAS THE OLD KNUCKLES FARM, A FRIEND OF MINE AND THEY SOLD IT TO AMAZON AND, UH, GEORGE AND THEM LEASED THAT LAND FOR YEARS.
BUT MY FRIEND MR. MARSHALL WILL TELL YOU IN A MINUTE, HOW MANY TRUCKS AND FARM MACHINERY GO DOWN THAT ROAD TODAY? UH, I LIVED, UH, 50 YEARS IN THAT AREA, COME TO GLAND AND I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST HOME AROUND THERE.
WELL, AND THEN AS THEY START THE BUILDING, I NOW HAVE A 385 FOOT.
WELL, SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER THEY NEED FOR 125 PEOPLE AND THE SEWER, HOW THEY GOING TO GET RID OF THE SEWER.
I THINK THEY COULD FIND A BETTER PLACE FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT AND I HOPE WE WILL.
IT'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND IT'S A LOT CHEAPER LAND.
I TOLD 'EM ABOUT ONE PIECE THEY COULD HAVE BOUGHT FOR SEVEN 50, MAYBE LESS, THAT HAD 12 ACRES.
NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE THEIR SCHOOL IS NOW.
BUT THEY CHOSE NOT TO LISTEN TO ME.
HELLO, MY NAME IS HAMILTON SANDECK.
LET GO MANNEQUIN DON'T, DON'T HOLD IT.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR FOUR YEARS.
AND THE REASON I LIKE IT IS BECAUSE IT'S VERY CREATIVE AND IT IS GROWING VERY FAST.
WE NEED MORE SPACE FOR THE LEARNERS EVERY YEAR ABOUT, I'D SAY AT LEAST 10 LEARNERS, 10 NEW LEARNERS COME INTO THE SCHOOL AND IT MAKES IT GROW.
AND WE NEED MORE SPACE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE MORE SPACE, LIKE I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACCIDENTS OR ANY OF THAT
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ACCIDENTS WITH LIKE FOUR YEARS OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND GOING OUT EVERY DAY.I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH IT'S GROWING.
NOW WE NEED MORE SPACE AND THAT IS MY CONCERN.
HI, MY NAME NAME'S SCOTT MARSHALL.
UM, LIVE AT, UH, 8 23 CHOPPED ROAD.
UH, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS, SO I'M PAST THE ROAD WHERE ALL THE BUTLER AND ALL THOSE FOLKS LIVE.
SO I'M UP AROUND THE CURVE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PORTION.
UM, EVERYBODY'S BOBBING THEIR HEAD, SO THAT'S COOL.
SO YOU'VE BEEN TO THE INTERSECTION OF THREE CHOP AND TWO 50, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN A BOTTOM.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK LEFT OR RIGHT, YOU'RE LOOKING UPHILL AND YOUR LINE OF SIGHT IS VERY LIMITED.
SO WHEN YOU DECIDE TO GO, YOU BETTER GO AND COMMIT TO IT, RIGHT? UM, SCHOOL SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PLACE.
UH, I JUST THINK IT'S THE WRONG LOCATION.
A SAFETY, BIG SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME.
UH, RUDY MENTIONED THE FARM, UH, THE O FARM.
UM, I GOT WITH DENNIS VIS TO GET SOME DATA ON HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS REALLY GOING UP AND DOWN THREE CHOP ROAD.
THEY ACTUALLY WORK 825 ACRES, UM, OF LAND, EITHER ON, ON DOGWOOD TRAIL OR SHEA ROADS.
EVERYTHING ON SAY ROAD, SAY ROAD, THAT'S A FIELD THEY'RE WORKING ALL OF THAT, ALL OF IT.
UM, AND THEN SPOTTY ON DOGWOOD TRAIL.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY WORK OVER THERE AS WELL.
UM, YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW SOME OF THESE NAMES.
FIELDCREST, UH, WALTER DABNEY, COX'S LV, WILCHER COSBY SISTERS, THE DABNEY'S, UH, BRYANT'S, CHILDRESS, BROOKS, ANDERSON'S, COCHRAN'S AND BOWLES.
SO THAT BOWLES IS RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE, THAT FIELD BEHIND MY HOUSE, UH, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO WHEATLAND.
WHAT THAT EQUATES TO IN TRUCKLOADS, THESE ARE TRACTOR TRAILERS, OKAY? UH, 25 TRUCKLOADS OF, OF BEANS.
SO IT'S, IT'S GOING BY THE SCHOOL TWICE.
SO THAT'S 50, UM, 80 TRUCKLOADS OF CORN, 160 TIMES PAST THE SCHOOL SILAGE CHOPPED CORN, UM, 350.
EVERYONE'S FAVORITE COW MANURE.
750 TRUCKLOADS OF COW MANURE GOING PAST THE SCHOOL 1500 TIMES.
AND IN THE FALL IT'S SPLIT, RIGHT? IT'S NOT ALL AT ONE TIME.
AND IN THE FALL, ABOUT SIX WEEKS AT A TIME, THEY RUN FROM 7:00 AM TILL 10:00 PM AT NIGHT.
MENNONITES ARE RUNNING THESE TRUCKS, SIX TRUCKS RUNNING CONSTANTLY THE WHOLE TIME.
AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT JAKE BREAKING IS, WE ALL ENJOY THAT.
UH, WHILE THAT'S GOING ON, STRAW, A HUNDRED LOADS OF STRAW, UH, 200 TIMES PAST THE SCHOOL, 400 LOADS OF RYE, 800 TIMES PAST THE SCHOOL, 65 LOADS OF FERTILIZER, 130 TIMES PAST THE SCHOOL, GRAND TOTAL OF 3,540 TIMES PAST THE SCHOOL WITH AN 18 WHEELER.
THAT DOESN'T COUNT THE LITTLE TRUCKS, THE SPRAYERS.
I HAVE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, THAT'S ALL.
SO, UM, I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS GONNA CREATE A DANGER FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY.
I LIVE AT 4 6 2 MASSES LANE MANNEQUIN SABOT WITH MY HUSBAND AND OUR TWO KIDS.
UM, OUR OLDEST, AMEN IS FINISHING HIS FIRST YEAR AT ACTON.
UH, BEFORE HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO ATTEND ACTON, THOUGH I USED TO DROP HIM OFF EVERY SINGLE MORNING, UH, FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS AT OUR BABYSITTER'S HOME, RIGHT OFF OF SHALLOW, WELL, BASICALLY TWO STREETS PAST THE SCHOOL'S CURRENT LOCATION.
UM, MY DAILY ROUTE WAS COMING FROM MANNEQUIN ROAD, TURNING LEFT, UM, OFF OF BROAD ONTO SHALLOW, WELL, SAME COMMUTE AS I HAVE TODAY.
AND DURING THE SAME EXACT PEAK DROP OFF AND PICK UP WINDOWS BEING DISCUSSED TONIGHT, OVER THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, MAKING THIS TRIP ABOUT 10 TIMES A WEEK, MORNING AND AFTERNOON, I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN ACCIDENT, A CLOSE CALL OR ANYTHING THAT RAISED SAFETY CONCERNS.
WHAT I OBSERVED WAS SIMPLY PART OF THE NORMAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
IN FACT, EVEN BEFORE MY SON STARTED ATTENDING ACTON, I ACTUALLY WITNESSED ACTON PARENTS WHO I DIDN'T KNOW YET, UM, YIELDING TO PASSING TRAFFIC ON SHALLOW WELL, UM, AS THEY ENTERED AND EXITED THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT.
SO WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS DEMONSTRATED OVER THE YEARS IS THAT WE CAN OPERATE SAFELY AT CURRENT, AT THE CURRENT LOCATION OFF OF BROAD STREET ROAD.
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TONIGHT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE OFFERING THIS EDUCATIONAL MODEL TO MORE STUDENTS AT A NEARBY LOCATION SET FARTHER OFF OF BROAD STREET ROAD ON A THREE-WAY INTERSECTION AS OPPOSED TO A FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION.AND REALLY, AS A MOTHER WHO'S UTMOST CONCERN IS SAFETY OF HER CHILDREN AND SOMEONE WHO DRIVES THESE ROADS DAILY, THAT DIFFERENCE IS MEANINGFUL.
THIS ISN'T GLAND HIGH SCHOOL TRAFFIC.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FEWER THAN 50 CARS TWICE A DAY DURING A SHORT WINDOW.
AND EVEN WITHIN THAT WINDOW, FAMILIES DON'T ARRIVE ALL AT ONCE.
UM, WE LIKE TRAFFIC EBBS AND FLOWS OVER ABOUT A 15 MINUTE WINDOW.
AND FURTHERMORE, THE SCHOOL HAS DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THEY'VE COMPLETED A TRAFFIC STUDY WITH A LICENSED ENGINEER TO CONFIRM THAT TRAFFIC DATA SUPPORTS OUR EXPERIENCE.
THAT TRAFFIC STUDY FOUND THAT THERE WERE ZERO TRAFFIC INCIDENTS AT THE PROPOSED SITE OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS DURING THE PROPOSED DROP OFF IN PICKUP TIMES.
SO WHEN CONSIDERING SAFETY OF THE PROPOSED SCHOOL LOCATION, WE ARE EVALUATING TRAFFIC RISKS AND INCIDENT RATES DURING THESE TIME PERIODS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN OUR FAMILIES ARE ON THE ROAD.
IF WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS LOCATION, YOU WOULD NOT SEE THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT IN THIS ROOM.
I ALSO WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST COMING INTO GLAND FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
WE ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY.
WE DRIVE THESE ROADS EVERY DAY, AND WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AS MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY, WE ALSO CARE ABOUT THE CHARACTER AND VITALITY OF THE COUNTY, AND WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE ACTON COMMUNITY SUPPORTING THIS SCHOOL WILL CONTINUE TO PRESERVE AND CONTRIBUTE THESE KEY ELEMENTS OF OUR COUNTY.
SEEING MY SON AND SO MANY CHILDREN LIKE HIM EXCITED TO GO TO SCHOOL, IS ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL GIFTS ACTON HAS GIVEN OUR FAMILY.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS ABOUT SAFETY, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT SOMETHING BIGGER.
IT'S ABOUT GIVING CHILDREN THE CHANCE TO WAKE UP, EXCITED TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO FEEL CONNECTED TO THEIR COMMUNITY, AND TO TRULY LOVE LEARNING.
WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US PRESERVE THAT AND ALLOW IT TO GROW SAFELY IN THIS NEXT CHAPTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
HI, MY NAME IS JENNIFER CARLTON.
I LIVE AT 6 8 2 C ROAD IN MANNEQUIN ABBOTT.
UM, I HAVE THREE KIDS AT RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY, WHICH WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE.
UM, BUT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES, AND I THINK ACTON COMING TO THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION.
UM, IT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD HELP THOSE THAT DON'T JUST HAVE THE TRADITIONAL LEARNING STYLE THAT RANDOLPH OR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN, CAN AID.
I, I DIDN'T COME PREPARED TO SPEAK, BUT, UM, I WAS HEARING A LOT OF POINTS AND OUR BUS DOES GO BY THAT AREA, UM, THAT INTERSECTION EVERY DAY.
MY KIDS ARE TAKEN TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNINGS, SO WE ARE DRIVING BY THAT INTERSECTION AND THEN THEY RIDE THE BUS HOME.
UM, SAFETY HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE TRAFFIC.
UM, I'VE, YEAH, THEY, THE SCHOOL ALSO, IT DEPARTS AT TWO 30, SO IT WOULD NOT BE OVERLAPPING.
IT WOULD NOT BE ADDING TO THE TRAFFIC AT ACTON, BUT I'VE WATCHED THE SAB STREAMS COME ALIVE FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.
SO I KNOW CHANGE IS DIFFICULT FOR SOME, UM, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME, BUT, UM, IF THOSE AROUND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY, I KNOW IT'LL BE BEAUTIFUL FOR GLAND AND AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP, SO THANKS.
ANYONE ELSE? GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY ADDRESS IS 8 0 6 BROAD STREET ROAD MANNEQUIN SABOT.
IN 1999, MY HUSBAND AND I, KEVIN AND I BOUGHT, GUTTED AND RESTORED THE WHITE FARMHOUSE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND RAISED OUR THREE CHILDREN HERE.
HAVING LIVED HERE FOR 27 YEARS, WE KNOW BROAD STREET HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS AND THE CURRENT TRAFFIC IS ALMOST CONSTANT.
DURING WEEKDAYS, WE'VE SEEN SO MANY ACCIDENTS THAT OUT OF CONCERN.
I WAS THE ONE THAT INITIATED THAT FOIA REQUEST TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
OUR ANALYSIS OF THE DATA VARIES FROM THAT OF THE APPLICANT, IS OF COURSE YOU WOULD EXPECT.
I'D ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THE SHEER VOLUME OF DATA THAT KAITLYN PRESENTED.
IT TOOK UP THREE COMPUTER SCREENS AND THE IMPACT OF THAT THAT WILL HAVE ON THE LIVES OF CHILDREN.
WE'VE SEEN A HELICOPTER AIRLIFT A SERIOUSLY INJURED PERSON OUT OF THE INTERSECTION, A GLAND COUNTY FIRE TRUCK PLOW INTO SEVERAL VEHICLES THAT WERE SLOWED TURNING ONTO THREE CHOPPED AS IT FLEW OVER THE BLIND HILL, AND SO MANY OTHER ACCIDENTS.
HOW MANY OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD TO CALL 9 1 1 EVEN ONCE FOR AN ACCIDENT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME? MUCH LESS MULTIPLE TIMES.
WE UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANTS ARE IN A RUSH TO MOVE THE
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SCHOOL DUE TO THE SEPTIC SYSTEM FAILURE.AND ACCORDING TO KATELYN ALLISON AT, AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING, THEIR FENCE HAD ALREADY BEEN WRECKED FIVE TIMES.
IT'S NOW BEEN WRECKED SIXTH TIME SINCE THEY OPENED, UM, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
WHY WOULDN'T THEY FIX THE SEPTIC SYSTEM AND GROW TO THE, GROW THE SCHOOL TO THE 60 STUDENTS THAT CAN BE ALLOWED AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION WHILE THEY'RE WORKING TO FIND A SAFER LOCATION? KNOWING THAT GOOCHLAND IS ONLY GROWING ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT'S PLAN, THIS WELL-KNOWN UNSAFE INTERSECTION WOULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL 300 PLUS CAR TRIPS IN AND OUT OF THE SEVEN ACRE PARCEL OF LAND EVERY DAY.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THAT 75 CAR NUMBER ON THEIR PLAN IS JUST HOW MANY WILL FIT ON THEIR INTERNAL LOOP.
IT'S NOT ACTUAL STUDENTS OR FAMILIES BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS HAVE NOT BEEN ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL YET.
UM, AND SO WHO'S TO SAY THEY MIGHT HAVE 85 CARS, A HUNDRED CARS IN AND OUT OF THE LOCATION EVERY DAY? UM, ENTIRE SUBDIVISIONS IN GLAND GENERATE LESS DAILY TRAFFIC THAN THIS.
AND WHEN THEY DO, THE COUNTY REQUIRES PROFFERS TURN LANES AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS APPLICATION HAS NONE OF THOSE PROTECTIONS.
GLAND COUNTY ORDINANCE NUMBER ONE UNDER SECTION 15 DASH 60 STATES, THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE OR OPERATION OF THE CONDITIONAL USE WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO OR ENDANGER THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, COMFORT, OR GENERAL WELFARE.
THE INTENSITY OF ACTIVITY CALLED FOR BY THE CUP WILL RESULT IN MORE ACCIDENTS.
THAT IS A LOGICAL CONCLUSION WHICH WILL ENDANGER THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF EVERYONE WHO TRAVELS THIS ROAD.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT TRAFFIC, IT'S ABOUT ACCIDENTS.
NOT IF THEY'LL HAPPEN, BUT WHEN, AND IT'S WITHIN YOUR POWER TO ACT.
THESE KIDS' LIVES ARE DEPENDING ON YOU, SO IS MINE AND, AND YOUR LIFE AS WELL.
SO PLEASE DON'T DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO JEOPARDIZE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
MY NAME IS LIZ EMMONDS AND I LIVE AND I HAVE CURRENTLY LIVED AT 1410 GRAND DRIVE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
I AM A PARENT AT ACTON ACADEMY OF WEST END.
WE JOINED ACTON AFTER THIS PAST CHRISTMAS BREAK AFTER OUR SON RYLAND ACTUALLY SWITCHED HALFWAY THROUGH HIS FIFTH GRADE, UH, SCHOOL YEAR THIS YEAR OVER TO ACTON.
I'M HERE TODAY TO STRONGLY SUPPORT APPROVAL OF ACTON NEW PROPERTY AT 7 7 5 3 CHOP ROAD.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS IS ROOM TO GROW.
AS PARENTS, WE ARE EXCITED FOR THIS SPACE FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN AND GROW, AND A SETTING THAT IS SET FURTHER BACK FROM THE MAIN ROAD, CREATING A QUIETER AND MORE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT BEYOND THE LOCATION AND SAFETY.
ACTING AS A REAL ASSET TO THE CHUIN COMMUNITY IS A SMALL INTENTIONAL SCHOOL THAT OFFERS FAMILIES EDUCATIONAL CHOICE, ROOTED IN INDEPENDENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND REAL WORLD LEARNING.
WHILE PRESERVING THE RURAL CHARACTER OF THIS COMMUNITY, OUR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING TO TAKE OWNERSHIP, SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY.
THEY ARE BEING SHAPED INTO FUTURE NEIGHBORS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND LEADERS RIGHT HERE IN GLAND.
ACTON STRENGTHENS THE COMMUNITY BY ATTRACTING FAMILIES WHO ARE INVESTED IN EDUCATION AND ENGAGED IN THEIR SURROUNDINGS WITHOUT BRINGING LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT OR CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF THE COUNTY.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS PROJECT FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES AND FOR THE FUTURE OF UCHIN COUNTY.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
I LIVE AT 8 0 6 BROAD STREET ROAD.
UH, MY WIFE AND I, UH, HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 27 YEARS.
UH, I'M OPPOSED TO THE INTENSE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMALL PROPERTY PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY AS SHOWN IN PHASE TWO, UH, FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
FIRST SECTION 1560, ITEM ONE OF THE GLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES STATES THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE OR OPERATION OF THE CONDITIONAL USE WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO OR ENDANGER THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, COMFORT, OR GENERAL WELFARE.
THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, I'M NOT GONNA KEEP BEATING THAT HORSE.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE'S CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS, SO I'M GONNA SKIP SOME OF THAT PARAGRAPH.
BUT IT'S A, IT'S A VERY VALID CONCERN AS WE HAVE SAT THERE FOR SO MANY DECADES WATCHING THE TRAFFIC, THE SIRENS, THE LIGHTS, THE AMBULANCES.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN COM COMMIT TO A DATA SHEET AND SAY IT DOESN'T EXIST.
UM, AS A SIDE NOTE, ALL TRAFFIC FOR THE BUSINESSES IN PREVIOUS CS FOR THIS EXACT PROPERTY HAS BEEN ROUTED TO BROAD STREET BY THE SAME BOARD, UH, TO PROTECT THE SAFETY AND PRIVACY OF THE CURRENT USERS OF THREE CHOPPED ROAD.
UH, MY SECOND POINT IS THIS PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED AS RURAL ENHANCEMENT BY GO BY THE GLAND COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH I FEEL IS MORE THAN JUST A GUY THAT WE, UH, PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN WE WANT TO GO BUY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MAKING FINANCIAL DECISIONS BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
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WHERE TO PURCHASE PROPERTY, WHAT TYPE OF PROPERTY TO PURCHASE.AND WE SAY IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
UH, IF WE SAY IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, WE JUST USE IT WHEN WE WANT TO USE IT.
THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
UH, I'M A RULE FOLLOWER AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO FOLLOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
OR IF WE DON'T LIKE IT ANYMORE, I THINK WE OUGHT TO CHANGE IT FOR THIS CORRIDOR OR BETWEEN CENTERVILLE AND OILVILLE.
UM, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION TONIGHT HAS BEEN A RURAL LANDMARK IN GLAND FOR OVER 80 YEARS, AND THAT MANY CONSTITUENTS AND VISITORS HAVE ADMIRED AS THEY TRAVELED BY.
IT NEEDS NO BEAUTIFICATION OR, OR, OR COMMERCIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO CONTINUE ITS LEGACY.
IN FACT, THE IMPROVEMENTS SHOWN ON THE APPLICATION, INCLUDING LARGE PARKING LOTS, GYMNASIUMS AND SEDIMENT PONDS WOULD DIMINISH THIS RURAL GYM TO A GENERIC COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE AND PROPERTY WOULD, THE PROPERTY WOULD NO LONGER EXHIBIT A RURAL CHARACTER.
LASTLY, I JUST WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO SEVERAL KEY POINTS.
THE CEP IF APPROVED, WE'LL LEAVE MY WIFE AND I SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO QUASI COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
IT IS ELIMINATING TWO RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND ESTABLISHING ONE LARGE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN AN AREA THAT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR.
SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BOARD.
HOW WE FEELING? DO WE NEED A, A RECESS OR ARE WE ABLE TO GO INTO IT? GOOD.
UM, WOULD THE APPLICANT COME LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO ANYTHING THAT THEY HEARD? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I'M COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT IN THIS MATTER.
UH, WE'VE JUST GOT A A FEW ITEMS THAT I WANNA CLARIFY BASED ON, UH, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT.
WE REALLY WANNA HONOR YOUR TIME, SO WE'RE GONNA, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO QUICKLY THROUGH THEM.
UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, IS OF COURSE WHAT INFORMS, UH, YOUR ADOPTION OF CUP USES IN THIS DISTRICT.
UM, THE, UH, THE SCHOOL USE WERE HERE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL USE, UH, YOU DETERMINED WHENEVER YOU ADOPTED THE SCHOOL USE, UH, AS A CUP USE, UH, YOU DETERMINED THAT IT WAS IN, UM, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OTHER, UH, ZONING USES.
THERE WERE A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT MAYBE A VILLAGES DISTRICT WOULD BE BETTER.
THE DI VILLAGES DISTRICT WOULD CREATE SOME PRETTY SERIOUS PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE SAFETY REASON THAT WE'RE COMING HERE IS THAT THERE'S NO, THERE ARE NOT PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS, UH, HERE.
UM, I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE A ONE AND A TWO USES THAT ARE BY RIGHT, THAT ARE PERMITTED, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER, UH, IN TERMS OF THE INTENSITY OF THIS USE.
SO THESE ARE THE USES, UH, THAT, THAT ARE IN YOUR CODE, IN YOUR ORDINANCE, UM, THAT, THAT HAVE, UM, I THINK AN IMPORTANT INTENSITY AND NOISE, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT ARE, THAT DON'T REQUIRE AN APPLICANT TO COME, UH, TO THE BOARD THAT ONLY WOULD REQUIRE A SITE PLAN REVIEW.
UH, SO THAT'S A HORSE SHOW, AN EQUESTRIAN SCHOOL, UM, A KENNEL, A MOBILE SAWMILL, UH, TRUCK HAULING AND ASSISTED LIVING.
UH, SO THOSE USES, WHILE THEY'RE NOT SIMILAR, THEY'RE VERY INTENSIVE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE USES THAT CAN COME BY, RIGHT? UH, WITHOUT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, YOU, UH, THERE WERE A FEW COMMENTS THAT SUGGESTED THAT OUR PICKUP AND DROP OFF TIMES, UH, OVERLAP WITH PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS.
UH, THERE'S TWO 15 MINUTE WINDOWS, UH, ONE IN THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE AFTERNOON.
UH, AND AS WE NOTED, THE, UH, THE PEAK HOURS ARE AFTER OUR TIME, UM, THAT IS, UH, DESIGNATED IN OUR, OUR TRAFFIC, UH, PLAN.
UH, VDOT HAS REVIEWED ALL OF OUR PLANS, INCLUDING SITE LINES.
UM, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN IS NOT A REPLACEMENT, UH, FOR VDOT REVIEW.
UH, THE STU THE, UH, THE, UH, TIA HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
UM, IT'S, UM, IT, IT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE, THE, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN THE STACKING STUDY IS BASED ON THE CURRENT USE AND THE CURRENT INTENSITY OF USE AT THE EXISTING LOCATION.
UH, SO THERE, THERE WAS, THERE WAS SCIENCE AND, AND OUR, OUR PAST USE HAS INFORMED, UM, ALL OF THOSE, UM, NUMBERS, UH, ADDITIONALLY IN TERMS OF, UM, UM, SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING BY THAT WAS MENTIONED, UH, THE CURRENT SITE IS THE SAME TRAFFIC THAT GOES BY, UH, THE, UH, THE EXISTING LOCATION.
SO THE SLUDGE TRUCKS, UH, THEY GO BY OUR EXISTING LOCATION, AND, AND WE DO, WE DO WATCH THEM, UH, GO BY.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A, A, A LOT OF THE SIMILAR IMPACT IN WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
UH, THERE WAS A, A, A MISSTATEMENT ABOUT THE SIX FOOT FENCE.
UH, THE SIX FOOT FENCE WILL ONLY BE, UH, WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT, AND THAT'S SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT, UM, PLAN.
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DOESN'T, UH, DISGUISE OR HIDE, UM, THE, UH, THE SORT OF ATTRACTIVE CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE FRONT.UM, WE SHOWED A POPULATION MAP IN THE PRES IN THE PRESENTATION THAT SHOWED, UH, HOW MANY, UH, FAMILIES LIVE IN THE COUNTY, UH, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, BUSINESSES.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY FALSE TO SUGGEST, UH, THAT THIS IS NOT A, A GLAND COMMUNITY.
THEY, THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE, HAVE BEEN SHARING WITH YOU THAT THEY DO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE, UM, I, I THINK THERE'S ALSO A MISCONCEPTION, A MISCONCEPTION THAT THIS WILL BE A FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SITUATION.
UH, THE SPORTS, THERE IS NOT A SPORTS PROGRAM.
UM, THERE IS SOME RECESS DURING SCHOOL HOURS, AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS AND, UH, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR THESE FAMILIES BECAUSE IT'S A HOMESCHOOL CO-OP, UH, THAT HAPPENS OFFSITE WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, SO THIS IS NOT LIKE A PUBLIC SCHOOL WHERE YOU HAVE LIGHTS ON INTO THE NIGHT, UH, THEIR EXISTING USE, THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT OCCUR, UM, AFTER DARK.
AND, UH, I, I DO WANT TO, I MENTION AGAIN, THE LINES OF SIGHT ARE SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.
AND, UH, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER, UM, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? UM, NO.
UM, YOU, YOU SAID TRAFFIC'S NOT THE SAME, BUT, UH, IF YOU KNOW WHERE SAY ROAD IS AND HOW YOU GET THERE FROM HERE, I MEAN, SOME OF THAT FARM TRAFFIC IS NOT GONNA GO PAST THE INTERSECTION DOWN THERE.
SO I, I ONLY SAY THAT 'CAUSE OF OUR, WE ARE, UM, CONSTANTLY THE SLUDGE IS SMELLED.
WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM CHILDREN CONSTANTLY.
WE SEE, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S EXACT UHHUH AMOUNT, BUT IT IS, THEY PASS US TO GET ACROSS.
SO, SO WHEN I FINISH MY COMMENTS, OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, SO WHAT I WAS GETTING TO WAS THAT THE FARM TRAFFIC IS NOT GOING PAST THE, THE CURRENT LOCATION, BUT IT IS CURRENTLY.
'CAUSE SOME OF THAT LAND IS LEASED, IT'S NOT OWNED BY THE ALBUS.
UM, IT DOES GO DOWN THREE CHOP ROAD AND, AND SAY ROAD.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE REAL NUMBERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA STOP WHETHER THE SCHOOL'S THERE OR NOT.
SO, I MEAN, I HOPE THEY DON'T BECAUSE THAT MEANS AGRICULTURE IS DIMINISHING.
BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE EXCEPTION TO YOU REPRESENTING THAT THE FARM TRAFFIC WAS THE SAME AT THE CURRENT LOCATION AS WHAT IT IS GOING DOWN SIX 12.
WE, WE, WE JUST ARE SHARING THAT WE OBSERVE A LOT OF THE SLUDGE TRUCKS.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PHASING.
SO WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE, THE PROPOSED TIMING FOR THE PHASING? AND I, WHERE'D YOU GO? I MISS SHARING.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS PRO PROFFERED IN, LIKE HOW IS, HOW DOES THAT WORK? EXCUSE ME.
UH, SO THEY COULD DO IT WHEN, UH, THEY ARE ABLE TO BUILD OUT, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO GO TO THE PHASE ONE FIRST, COMPLETE THAT, AND THEN GO TO PHASE TWO.
SO THERE IS A TIMING FROM THAT ASPECT.
UM, WITH THE PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT, WITH IT BEING SCHOOLS, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING JUST, WE SAW A COUPLE ELEVATIONS FOR THE MAIN SCHOOLS, BUT FOR LIKE THE GYMNASIUM, HOW DO WE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, CONTROL THAT OR MONITOR THAT SO THAT IT STAYS WITHIN THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, UM, AT BUILDING.
UM, WHEN WE GET BUILDING PERMITS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OBSERVE.
WE LOOK BACK AT EACH OF THE CASES, SEE WHAT, UM, IS REPRESENTED.
AND, UM, IF IT IS GENERALLY IN CONFORMANCE OKAY.
AND THEN ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO HER
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE A CUP AT THE CURRENT LOCATION.
CAN THAT CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A SCHOOL? THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD WHEN IT, UM, EXPIRES IN 27.
SO THE CUP WE'RE NOT TRANSFERRING THE CUP.
THIS IS A BRAND NEW CUP, DIFFERENT LOCATION, DIFFERENT SCHOOL, DIFFERENT PROPERTY.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAD, UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS THAT VEHICLES WOULD STACK UP ON THREE CHOPPED.
I DID HEAR SOME, SOMETHING ABOUT MAYBE AN ATTENDANT HOLDING TRAFFIC.
IS THAT PROFFERED? IS THAT, IS THAT, HOW IS THAT BEING, SO THERE IS A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE, A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED, UM, THAT WOULD COME INTO THE COUNTY AT PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE WOULD LOOK AT IT THEN AND, AND REVIEW IT AND TALK WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT IT AT THAT POINT.
BUT THEY, IT COULDN'T BE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE SEEING WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ATTENDANT THERE.
BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD SAID, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WAS THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ATTENDANT IF TRAFFIC WAS COMING DOWN THREE SHOP.
THEY WOULDN'T LET THE, THE, YOUR, YOUR PARENTS OUT.
UM, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY IN SIX MONTHS? SURE.
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UM, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE, UM, THE MANAGEMENT PLAN BEFORE THEY OPEN THE SCHOOL, THAT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PLAN AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT WE WOULD ACCEPT.BUT IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE OFFERED.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TIMEFRAMES ON OUR C PS TO MAKE SURE, SURE.
THINGS THAT ARE PROMISED ARE FINE.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
MR. WINFREY, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.
I LIVE ON SHALLOW WHALE ROAD, AND, UH, I'VE SEEN YOU ALL THRIVE.
AND OF COURSE, I'M, I ALWAYS WOULD LIKE, WOULD LIKE TO SEE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES IN OUR COUNTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK THAT SAFETY, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT INVOLVES CHILDREN, IS GOT TO BE THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN THAT YOU ALL WOULD HAVE.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE, IF YOU HAVE INCIDENTS THAT WOULD JUST, WOULD BE SO DAMAGING TO YOUR REPUTATION AND EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND I'VE SEEN IT, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S FEWER STUDENTS AND FEWER CARS COMING IN AND OUT, VERY SAFE, NO PROBLEMS. AND I COMMEND YOU FOR SORT OF TAKING A ER CORNER
THAT HAD A HISTORY OF BEING, I THINK, UNSUCCESSFUL MM-HMM
AND, AND TURNED IT INTO A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
THAT, AND, AND I, I APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR BEING SUCCESSFUL.
I HOPE THAT WHOEVER COMES IN THAT LOCATION AFTER YOU ALL VACATE IS EQUALLY GOOD.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SUCCESSFUL.
MR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BOARD? I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF ANYBODY'S READY TO MAKE IT.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD GRANT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU 2026 DASH TWO APPLICATION BY MICHAEL AND KAITLIN OP, SUBJECT TO THE IMPOSED CONDITIONS AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, MR. WATERS? YES.
UM, I'VE GOT A FEW POINTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE, MR. CHAIR.
UM, SO FIRST I JUST CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH.
THIS IS AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH PRECEDENT OF OPERATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT I SAY THAT WITH BUSINESSES.
I SAY THAT WITH ANY ORGANIZATION THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
THEY ARE TAKING A PART OF BEING, UM, A THRIVING MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT ALWAYS GAINS CREDIBILITY AND, UH, GOODWILL, IN MY OPINION.
SECOND, RETROFIT AND REPURPOSE ARE IMPORTANT TERMS TO ME.
UM, NOT ONLY THE FARMHOUSE, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT AS A RURAL LANDMARK, RETROFITTING AND REPURPOSING SOMETHING OF THAT AGE IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
IN THIS DAY OF DAY AND AGE, WE SEE SO MANY TORN DOWN, NOT WORKED WITH THE A, NOT PEOPLE NOT WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECTURE, NOT MAKING IT WORK TO MEET NEW NEEDS.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS NEEDS CAN'T CHANGE.
WE LIKE TO KEEP THE, UM, LOOK.
BUT THAT'S GREAT WHEN WE CAN FIND NEW, UH, MODIFIED NEEDS THAT FIT OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THIS APPLIES TO THE CURRENT SCHOOL.
THEY ARE, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THEIR VISION, THEIR ABILITY TO TURN THIS INTO A GENERAL STORE AT A PLACE THAT, THAT HAS FAILED BEFORE.
AND HONESTLY, WITH THE HORSEPOWER THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, THEY'VE GOT A HELL OF A CHANCE TO THRIVE.
UM, AND SO THOSE, THAT'S THE SECOND POINT.
APPLICANT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY AGREEABLE TO CONDITIONS AND CONCESSIONS.
THERE IS A LONG LIST OF CONDITIONS IN THIS APPLICATION.
UM, I'LL SAY THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED MANY OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT I'VE MADE, AND I THINK THEY HAVE LISTENED TO OTHER SUPERVISORS AS WELL.
AND THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
IT'S NOT A GROUP THAT IS BARRELING THROUGH SAYING, WE'RE GROWING, WE'RE MOVING.
THIS IS A GROUP THAT IS THOUGHTFUL AND WORKING, UM, IN EVERY WHICH WAY THAT THEY CAN.
UM, FOURTH, THESE CHILDREN ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE ACTON PROGRAM, THEY ARE AT A YOUNGER AGE, ARE ON CAMPUS, BUT AS THEY GET OLDER, THEY ARE OUT TRYING TO DO, UM, I WON'T USE THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY, BUT APPRENTICESHIPS AND, AND LEARNING IN VERY DIVERSE WAYS.
AND THAT HELPS TO THE GREATEST CONCERN AROUND TRAFFIC.
THEY ARE PREPARED FOR MAXIMUM CAPACITY TO THINK THAT THAT IS GONNA BE A DAILY THING.
JUST, I DON'T BELIEVE IS CORRECT.
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AND THEY ARE, BUT THEY ARE PREPARED, AND THAT IS VALUABLE.FIFTH, THEY HAVE NUMEROUS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AS THEIR PARENTS.
I MEAN, AS A SUPPORTER OF STRONG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, I LOVE SEEING THAT WE NOT ONLY HAVE RESIDENTS ON OUR COMMUNITY, BUT BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE STUDENTS BE FUTURE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK WITH THE LOCATION THAT THEY HAVE AND THEIR INGENUITY, THAT THEY HAVE A GREAT CHANCE TO DO SO.
UM, AND SIXTH, THIS COMPLIMENTS GLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALL OUR EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS VERY WELL.
UH, I REACHED OUT TO ANDY ARMSTRONG, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN GLAND COUNTY, AND ASKED, I SAID, WHAT IS THE MARGINAL COST OF HAVING AN ADDITIONAL STUDENT IN GLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS? UM, THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW IS $16,595 PER STUDENT AT 31 STUDENTS.
THAT IS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
THAT IS A BURDEN THAT IS NOT ON THE TAXPAYERS.
UM, THAT IS, THAT IS MEANINGFUL, AND THAT CAN'T BE DENIED IN REGARDS TO THIS APPLICATION.
UH, FINALLY, I'LL SAY DURING THESE THREE YEARS THAT THE ALLSUPS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER LOCATION, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO BE INVOLVED IN MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
THEY'VE ENGAGED, THEY'VE, THEY HAVE TRIED TO MAKE NUMEROUS PLACES WORK.
IT'S NOT SIMPLY A REAL ESTATE SEARCH.
IT IS TRYING TO FIND A, A UNIQUE SETTING FOR THIS SCHOOL, UH, ENVIRONMENT.
THE EFFORT AND PASSION TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN CANNOT BE DENIED.
AND I GOT TO SEE THE PURSUIT OF THEIR DREAM THAT THEY SPEAK ABOUT.
I'M PROUD TO CALL THEM COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN GOLAND COUNTY.
AND THIS IS MY ONE MAN'S BELIEF.
I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE EXCEPTIONAL NEIGHBORS.
UM, I'D LOVE TO HAVE NEIGHBORS THIS THOUGHTFUL.
UM, I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS, BUT I DO THINK WE WORK TO MITIGATE RISK EVERY DAY AND FIND WAYS TO MAKE THINGS WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND APPROVING THIS SCHOOL, I THINK IS A WAY WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
MR. NO, OUR TWO, UM, PROBABLY THE HIGH POINT OF MY WEEK LAST WEEK.
NO OFFENSE TO MY COLLEAGUES, 'CAUSE WE HAD A BOARD MEETING ON TUESDAY, BUT WAS THE TUESDAY MORNING I GOT TO SPEND AT ACTON SCHOOL.
UH, I LEARNED, UH, AND
I HAVE CAST ON THIS BOARD TONIGHT BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY ENDORSE THEIR MISSION, HOW THEY COMPORT THEMSELVES.
AND AS I SPENT TWO AND A HALF HOURS WITH KAITLYN AND MIKE, IT'S SAFETY.
I KNOW THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT ON FAIRGROUND ROAD, IT WASN'T THAT IT WOULD BE A BAD SUBDIVISION, IT WAS ROAD SAFETY.
AND THAT IS WHAT I AM BEING LED BY RIGHT NOW.
I, UH, LIVE ON 6 21, AND WE, WE HAD A CONVERSATION.
I USE NUMBERS, NOT ROAD NAMES, AND I COME UP SIX 12 AND I SIT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION.
AND IN THE 36 YEARS I'VE LIVED IN THIS COUNTY, I HAVE SEEN THE TRAFFIC AT THAT INTERSECTION GET MORE ACTIVE AND MORE ACTIVE AND MORE ACTIVE.
UH, MY WIFE, WHO WAS BORN IN EUROPE, UH, WE WENT OUT TO, UH, BROTHERS PIZZA OR BROTHERS FOR PIZZA ON SUNDAY.
AND WE SAT THERE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SHE UNPROMPTED COMMENTED, BOY, THIS IS A BAD INTERSECTION.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN SEE EAST WHEN THE TRAFFIC'S COMING YOUR WAY, WHEN YOU'RE DOWN THERE AT THAT NEW DOG LEG THAT I GUESS THEY PUT IN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY STRAIGHTENED THAT ROAD OUT, BUT THEY DID.
AND I DID REACH OUT AND, UM, I, I TALKED TO OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THAT THAT'S JUST AN UND PROBABLY HORSE AND BUGGY TRAIL THAT'S BEEN PAVED OVER IT.
IT JUST IS NEVER GOING TO GET IMPROVED UNTIL EITHER THE COUNTY OR VO COMES UP WITH THE MONEY.
SO I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.
I, I MEAN, MY TWO BOYS WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL ROUTE.
THEY STARTED THE DAY WITH A PLEDGE AND A PRAYER.
AND, AND SO THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY ENDORSEMENTS FOR DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES.
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT MISSION STATEMENT.
I JUST CAN'T GET MY HEAD AROUND THE LOCATION.
SO FROM THAT PURPOSE, UH, I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE WE COULD DEFER, MAYBE WE COULD GIVE
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THEM ADDITIONAL TIME.MAYBE THE EDA COULD GET INVOLVED AND LOOK AT SOME KIND OF BRIDGE LOAN THAT WOULD FOSTER AND CULTIVATE THIS WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL OPERATION IN A BETTER LOCATION.
BUT, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A VOTE TONIGHT.
I'M NOT COMING TO THIS VOTE EASILY.
I DID TALK WITH, UH, THE FIFTH DISTRICT PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
HIS COMMENT IS, ONE, I'LL PROBABLY CHANNEL MY HEART SAYS YES.
UM, I'LL JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
I WASN'T PLANNING ON SAYING ANYTHING TONIGHT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, NONE OF US, I, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF LIKING ACTON SCHOOL.
I CAN'T PASS THIS BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL.
IF IT WAS A LOUSY SCHOOL AND IT WAS THE RIGHT PLACE TO PASS IT, IF IT WAS THE RIGHT USE OF THAT PROPERTY, THEN THAT IS THE DECISION THAT I HAVE TO MAKE.
SO, WHILE I LOVE THAT YOU LOVE YOUR SCHOOLS, I'VE NEVER LOVED A SCHOOL AS MUCH AS YOU ALL LOVE YOUR SCHOOLS
UM, THAT'S NOT A LUXURY I HAVE.
I HAVE TO LOOK AT, IS THIS THE RIGHT USE FOR THAT PROPERTY.
NOW, I ALSO, UH, GREW UP IN A RURAL AREA.
I UNDERSTAND KEEPING GMAN RURAL, I APPRECIATE, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT IS CO THE, THE, UM, I THINK MR. VADER SAID IT VERY WELL WHEN IT, WHEN IT SAID THE MAINTAINING OF THE BARN IN THE SILOS, I WOULD OFFER, THE NEXT PROJECT THAT'S PROPOSED IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW THAT.
AND IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE BY, RIGHT? SO I FEEL LIKE I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOMETHING HERE THAT LOOKS LIKE GLAND, THIS FEELS LIKE GUC AND IT MAINTAINS GLAND HISTORY.
AND IT, IT TEACHES SOME PRETTY GREAT KIDS AND WELCOMES SOME GREAT FAMILIES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I DO HOPE THEY'RE A GOOD SCHOOL.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOOD CONTRIBUTORS TO THE, BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH THE VERY SIMILAR THING WHEN WE PASSED THE, UH, WHEN WE PASSED THIS A FEW YEARS AGO FOR THEIR ORIGINAL PLACE.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONSTERNATION, A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS, A LOT ABOUT SAFETY AND TRAFFIC.
I'M, I'M, I, SAFETY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I LOOK AT.
AND I DON'T, I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE MANAGED VERY WELL.
UM, AND, BUT AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WITH WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING, THIS IS THE RIGHT THING FOR THAT AREA, FOR THAT PIECE OF LAND.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA CALL FOR THE ROLE.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS 'CAUSE I'M SURE SOME FOLKS NEED TO GET HOME AND GET TO BED.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT ANY OF US, SO WE DON'T GET TO GO.
SO, UH, COME BACK WHEN, UH, THE BIG HANDS ON THE 10.
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RIGHT, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE NIGHT.
UH, MS. SHERRY, MS. SHERRY, YOUR MIC.
I THOUGHT I SOUNDED AWFUL QUIET.
UM, OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS AN APPLICATION
[1. District 3 - RZ-2025-00006 Application by BJ’s Hauling, L.L.C. requesting to rezone 2.16 acres from Agricultural, Limited (A-2) to Industrial, General (M-2) with proffered conditions for an office and outside storage for trucking business at 1991 Triple T Lane on Tax Map No. 45-7-0-C-0. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Industrial.]
IN DISTRICT THREE BY BJ'S HAULING LLC.THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL LIMITED TO AGRICULTURE MEAN TO INDUSTRIAL GENERAL WITH PROFFERED CONDITIONS.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR A TRUCK HAULING BUSINESS WITH AN OFFICE AND AN OUTSIDE STORAGE LOT FOR TRUCK FOR TRUCKS.
THE VICINITY MAP ON THE LEFT PROVIDES A GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WITHIN THE RED CIRCLE.
THE AERIAL MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED.
FOR CONTEXT, THE PARCEL IS LOCATED ON TRIPLET LANE JUST NORTH OF BROAD STREET ROAD, ACROSS FROM THE COUNTY SCHOOL BUS DEPOT.
THE ZONING MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND EAST ZONED AGRICULTURAL LIMITED.
WHILE THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST ARE ZONED INDUSTRIAL, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND MUCH OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AS INDUSTRIAL.
THE BLUE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL DESIGNATION IS FOR THE SCHOOL BUS PROPERTY.
THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE 2.16 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL LIMITED TO INDUSTRIAL GENERAL TO ALLOW FOR A TRUCK HAULING BUSINESS WITH AN OFFICE AND OUTDOOR STORAGE LOT FOR TRUCKS.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROFFERED A CONCEPTUAL PLAN, SIX OTHER PROFFERS ADDRESSING ITEMS SUCH AS BUFFER REQUIREMENTS, DRILLED WELLS, CONSTRUCTION HOURS RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION, PROHIBITED USES, AND SCREENING OF OUTDOOR STORAGE.
ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROPOSED VIA A NEW STRAIGHT ENTRANCE ONTO TRIPLET LANE.
THE BACK PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WOULD REMAIN UNDEVELOPED.
THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN SHOWS THE EXISTING RESIDENCE IN YELLOW TO REMAIN IN PLACE.
THIS WILL SERVE AS THE OFFICE FOR THE BUSINESS.
AND THAT'S LOCATED RIGHT HERE.
EMPLOYEE PARKING WILL BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT HERE.
AND A FENCE STORAGE AREA FOR THE TRUCK FLEET IS LOCATED BEHIND THE PROPOSED OFFICE.
AND THAT IS FENCED HERE WITH ADDITIONAL SU SUPPLEMENTAL LANDSCAPING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THE REAR PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WILL REMAIN UNDEVELOPED.
ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY FROM TRIPLET LANE WILL BE ALTERED, PROVIDING A STRAIGHT ENTRANCE ONTO TRIPLE T.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, IT GOES STRAIGHT.
THIS WILL CORRECT A SIGHT LINE ISSUE CAUSED BY THE BEND IN THE ROAD THAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THE SUB, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN GREEN AND IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A RESIDENT TRIPLET LANE SHOWN IN RED.
MAKES A SHARP TORN, A SHARP TURN IN FRONT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, CREATING A SITE DISTANCE ISSUE.
AND JUST REAL QUICK, THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ACCESS ONTO THE ROAD.
SO IF YOU GO, THERE'S A CURVE THAT WAY FOR GOING THAT WAY, IT STARTS A CURVE THAT WAY.
SO IT CREATES AN ISSUE WITH SEEING IF THERE'S ANY TRAFFIC ONCOMING.
TWO RESIDENTS TO THE NORTH ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO TRIPLE TREE LANE THROUGH THE DRIVEWAY SHARED WITH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IN YELLOW.
AND THEY ACCESS ALSO THROUGH THE SAME DRIVEWAY AS PROPOSED IN THE SITE PLAN.
THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH WOULD NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO TRIPLET LANE THROUGH THE SHARED DRIVEWAY.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED PLAN DOES NOT LANDLOCK THESE PROPERTIES AS THERE IS
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THE ABILITY TO ESTABLISH DIRECT ACCESS ONTO TRIPLET LANE.ALTHOUGH IT DOES NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, IT IS INTENDED THIS DISTRICT IS INTENDED FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES TO ALLOW OUTDOOR STORAGE BY RIGHT.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE PROPERTY AS INDUSTRIAL.
THIS DESIGNATION CALLS FOR MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING FABRICATING ACTIVITIES, WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE WAREHOUSE, AS WELL AS OFFICE SERVICE.
AS THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE TO INDUSTRIAL.
THIS APPLICATION IS CONSISTENT WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS WAS PROVIDED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
THE ANALYSIS INDICATED THE PROPOSED USE WILL GENERATE MINIMAL TRAFFIC AND DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
THE STRAIGHTENING OF THE ACCESS TO TRIPLE T LANE WILL ADDRESS EXISTING SITE DISTANCE ISSUE THAT ARE CAUSED BY THE CURVE IN THE ROAD.
THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PROFFERED RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION TO BE DETERMINED DURING THE PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT.
TRIPLE T LANE IS A LOCAL ROAD WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MILES PER HOUR.
THERE WAS A COMMUNITY MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2025.
DISCUSSION FOCUS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON BUFFERING AND SCREENING FENCING AROUND THE OUTDOOR STORAGE ACCESS CHANGES AND IMPACTS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
OVERALL, THERE WAS GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE APPLICATION.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS REQUEST ON JANUARY 15TH OF THIS YEAR.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE WITH NO ONE SPEAKING AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS REQUEST BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WAS DEFERRED FROM THE MARCH MEETING TO TONIGHT.
THE DEFERRAL WAS GRANTED TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME TO ADDRESS CONCERNS FROM THE NEXT DOOR.
NA NEIGHBOR RELATED TO THE APPLICANT RELOCATING THE DRIVEWAY OF THE NEIGHBOR AS STATED STRAIGHTENING OF THE ACCESS WOULD BLOCK THE ACCESS FOR THE ADJACENT NEIGHBOR, UM, TO ACCESS TRIPLE T.
UM, IN MY PRESENTATION, I SAY THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.
IT'S BY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE APPLICANT WAS ABLE TO, UM, MEET WITH THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HERE TONIGHT IN THE BUILDING.
I ACTUALLY MET WITH HER AS WELL.
UM, AND THIS, UM, THE, HER CONCERNS HAVE BEEN, UM, RESOLVED.
I'LL LET THE APPLICANT TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT MY PRESENTATION NO LONGER REFLECTS, UH, WHAT WHAT IS CURRENTLY, UH, THE TRUTH.
UM, SO THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO, HAS AN AGREEMENT TO, UM, CONNECT THEIR, ARE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY STRAIGHT ACROSS TO TRIPLE T LANE.
UM, AND THIS IS A PRIVATE DISCUSSION.
IT'S NOT PART OF A CONDITION OR A PROFFER RELATED TO THIS CASE, BUT I DID WANNA LET YOU KNOW THE, THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR NO LONGER HAS THIS CONCERN.
UM, ADDITIONALLY THERE WAS ANOTHER CONCERN BY THE NEIGHBOR, WHICH IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE AS WELL.
UM, THE APPLICANT CAN EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION RELATED TO, UM, THEIR BUSINESS OPERATION.
AND, UM, THE NEIGHBOR, AS MY UNDERSTANDING HAS LEFT, UM, SATISFIED AND IS NO LONGER, UM, GONNA BE SPEAKING AGAINST THIS APPLICATION.
ON THE SCREEN IS A SUMMARY OF PROFFERED CONDITIONS.
I HAVE SLIDES WITH THE EXACT LANGUAGE IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
BUT AS A SUMMARY, THE PROFFERS INCLUDE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT, GENERAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPING BUFFER ALONG THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
SCREENING OF ALL OUTDOOR STORAGE LIMITATION ON CONSTRUCTION HOURS, RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION ALONG TRIPLET LANE AND RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL USES.
THESE, THESE PROPERS ARE INTENDED TO MITIGATE IMPACTS ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND ENSURE COMPATIBILITY.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
AND AS I STATED, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE.
THANK YOU, MS. SHE ANYTHING FOR MS. SHERRY BEFORE WE CALL THE APPLICANT? MR. HOW, UH, MS. SHERRY, YOU'VE, YOU'VE STATED THAT TWO CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
WHAT WERE THE CONCERNS? OH, I'M SORRY.
I, I KIND OF SKIMMED OVER 'EM.
UH, SO THE WORD, THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER NO LONGER HAD, UM, ACCESS TO THE SHARED DRIVEWAY ONTO TRIPLET.
UM, ALL ALONG I KNOW THE APPLICANT HAD BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, MS. WILSON, THE NEIGHBOR.
WE'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THEM.
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AND, UM, AN AGREEMENT WAS MADE THIS EVENING FOR, UM, THE APPLICANT TO CONSTRUCT A DRIVEWAY DIRECTLY FROM HER PROPERTY ONTO TRIPLET.THIS WOULD ALSO DO THE SAME EFFECT OF HAVING A STRAIGHT LINE WOULD MITIGATE THAT SAME SITE DISTANCE ISSUE THAT SHE HAS CURRENTLY WITH ACCESSING THE DRIVEWAY.
THE SECOND CONCERN WAS, UH, RELATED TO, UM, EARLY MORNING, UH, TRUCK STARTING, UH, THAT WOULD BE IDLING IN THE, UM, STORAGE AREA IN, IN THE EARLY MORNING.
THE, UM, APPLICANT AND THE, UH, NEIGHBOR HAVE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING AND SHE WAS HERE AND HAS CHOSEN NOT TO COME AND SPEAK ON THAT CONCERN.
SO, SO STAFF'S HAPPY THAT THERE'S, OKAY, SO YEAH, I MEAN WE, WE HAD NOT HAD, UM, THAT CONCERN COME UP.
IT JUST CAME UP THIS LAST WEEK, WHICH IS WHY IT PROBABLY WAS NOT PRESENTED, UH, IN, IN DETAIL IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
BUT I, I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR BEING INFLUENCED BY CURRENT BUSINESS PARK DISCUSSIONS WHERE CERTAIN THINGS ARE VERBALLY AGREED TO AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE NOT.
AND, AND, AND SO I GUESS I'D JUST LIKE NOT TO REPEAT.
UM, IF I MAY, UH, UH, COUNSEL CAN BACK ME UP ON THIS.
UH, WE HAD ENTERTAINED THE IDEA THROUGHOUT 'CAUSE WE HAD BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBOR TO, YOU KNOW, TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT WERE OUTSTANDING.
AND, UM, THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE A PRIVATE, UH, AGREEMENT, UH, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, THEY SIGNED SOMETHING OR IF IT WAS VERBAL, IT'S OUTSIDE OF, UH, PARAMETERS OF SOMETHING WE WOULD ACCEPT AS A PROFFER.
SO, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE, WE THE COUNTY CALLED INTO, WE, WE GOT A REFEREE SOMETHING.
UM, THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
UH, ANDREW BROWNING, YOUNG BLOOD, TYLER AND ASSOCIATES, UH, HERE REPRESENTING BJ'S HAULING.
UM, I DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I'LL SPEAK TO THE NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH.
WE HAD BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HER FOR A WHILE ON KIND OF HOW AND WHERE SHE WANTED US TO CONNECT HER DRIVEWAY OUT TO TRIPLE T, UH, THAT SHARED DRIVEWAY ACCESSED THOSE OTHER PARCELS.
SHE DID HAVE A DEEDED EASEMENT OFF THE REAR OF HER PROPERTY OUT OF A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND SHE ALSO ALSO FRONTS ON A, ON A PUBLIC ROAD.
BUT OUR PROPOSAL WOULD BE TAKING AWAY HER ACCESS.
AND SO THE RIGHT THING TO DO WOULD BUILD, BUILD HER A NEW DRIVEWAY.
UH, AND SO WE'VE BEEN KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH HER AS TO WHERE AND HOW SHE WANTED THAT.
AND, AND HER OTHER QUESTION ABOUT NOISE ALSO HAD TO DO LIKE WHEN, WHEN THEY STARTED WORKING IN THE MORNING AND EAT WHEN THEY CAME BACK IN THE EVENING.
AND I THINK SHE WORKED SOME NIGHT SHIFTS MAYBE, AND UH, AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT NOISES LIKE THREE OR FOUR IN THE MORNING, MAKING SURE THEY WEREN'T WORKING ALL NIGHT, THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO WE DID, IN THE TIME THAT WE HAD EARLIER, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK IN AGREEMENT WITH HER.
WE DID GET SOMETHING WRITING BETWEEN US.
AND SO I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED THEIR CONCERNS AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER CONCERNS.
AND SO WE HUMBLY ASK FOR YOU GUYS APPROVAL TONIGHT.
BOARD ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY, THANK YOU.
LET ME, UH, GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING QUESTIONS.
I MAKE A MO I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED REZONING, RZ 20 25 6 APPLICATION BY BJ'S HAULING LLC WITH PROFIT CONDITIONS AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WERE BOTH RESIDENCES, RIGHT? THERE WAS NOTHING BEING DONE ON THIS OTHER PROPERTY, IT WAS JUST A RESIDENCE.
NOW WE'RE OFFERING A BUSINESS THAT CUTS SOMEBODY'S DRIVEWAY OFF.
LIKE, SO HOW, HOW IS THAT, EXPLAIN TO ME HOW WE CAN JUST CUT SOMEBODY'S ACCESS OFF TO THEIR DRIVEWAY.
SO THE, UM, THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT'S NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE LEGAL ACCESS TO THAT.
THEY'D JUST BEEN ACCESSING IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND WHEN THEY CAME THROUGH WITH THE, UM, WITH THE PROPOSAL, SO LEMME LEMME ASK YOU PAUSE THERE.
HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD THE COUNTY ALLOW A HOUSE TO BE BUILT WITH NO ACCESS? OH, THERE, THERE IS ACCESS THIS, AND I MAY NOT HAVE COVERED IT VERY WELL ON THE SCREEN.
I HAVE THE, UH, I, I SEE THAT IT'S THERE, BUT IF THERE'S, WE WOULDN'T REQUIRE SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT OR THIS IS A LONG TIME AGO, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN ALLOWED.
BUT THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO POTHOLE ROAD.
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IS POTHOLE ROAD AND THEY WERE ACCESSING THIS WAY AS WELL.SO I THINK ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WAS, PLUS THEY DO HAVE LEGAL ACCESS TO, UM, GO DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC ROAD, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO, THEY DON'T HAVE A DRIVEWAY THAT DOES THAT.
RIGHT? SO THAT THERE WAS AN EASEMENT.
UM, THE EASEMENT SHOWED THAT, I GUESS IT WENT TO POTHOLE ROAD, NOT THE SOUTHERN, BUT, SO I GUESS I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY THE DEFERRAL THEN, UH, BECAUSE THE APPLICANT, UM, WANTED TO WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT.
'CAUSE AGAIN, AS I SAID, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, THERE'S NO AGREEMENT BEFORE US.
I'M NOT TRYING TO REALLY NO, NO, NO, THAT'S, IT'S QUITE ALRIGHT.
THE COUNTY SHOULD NEVER HAVE, UM, PROVIDED, UH, CREATED A LOT WITHOUT ACCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT OCCURRED TO CREATE THIS SO CLOSE TO TRIPLET, BUT WE DID PULL A PLAT WHEN THE, UM, ISSUE CAME UP AND IT DID INDICATE THAT ON OUR SIDE, AGAIN, WE WERE, IT'S KIND OF BECOMES A PRIVATE MATTER, BUT IT DID INDICATE THAT THE DID NOT HAVE LEGAL ACCESS THROUGH THE SHARED DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE PROPERTY ABOVE IT? DO THEY HAVE OTHER ACCESS IT LOOKS LIKE? YES.
SO THAT, THAT FIRST YELLOW BOX.
SO THE FIRST YELLOW BOX, AND THEY ACTUALLY CURRENTLY GO THROUGH, THEY, THEY DON'T COME THIS WAY.
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY A KIND OF LIKE A LOT OF STUFF IN THE AREA.
SO OVER THE YEARS THEY'VE GONE ACCESSING ALL POTHOLE POTHOLE ROAD AND THE, UM, NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WAS ACCESSING THIS WAY WHEN, UH, THE APPLICANT BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, THIS IS CAME TO THEIR ATTENTION.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR A LONG TIME.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS THEY PURCHASED, THE PROPERTY LEARNED, I CAN ONLY ADVOCATE SOME FOR SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO BE ADVOCATED FOR.
SO I CAN'T, IT JUST SEEMS ODD TO ME THAT WE'RE CUTTING OFF SOMEBODY'S ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY BY DOING A RESULT.
AND THEN WITH THE BUFFERS, MR. LAW BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT.
WHAT OF THESE BUFFERS ARE NATURAL, LIKE MM-HMM
UM, WE RAN INTO SITUATIONS WHERE BUFFERS BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE PROPERTY ADJOINING OR NEXT DOOR, UM, THEY DIDN'T COUNT.
SO WHAT WILL THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO BUILD? SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS A 30 FOOT BUFFER REQUIREMENT, UM, FOR THE, UH, ZONING DISTRICT WHEN YOU GO FROM ONE DISTRICT TO, UH, AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
SO THAT 35 BUFFER IS REQUIRED.
THEY'VE ALSO PROFFERED TO, UH, CONSTRUCT A FENCE.
LET'S SEE, LEMME GET BACK TO THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE IS THAT 50 FOOT BUFFER, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY, BY ORDINANCE, BUT THEY HAVE SUPPLEMENTED ADDITIONAL SCREENING WHERE THERE WAS NOT ANY.
BUT THE SCREENING HAS BEEN PROFFERED IN, YES.
AND, AND IT IS ON THEIR PROPERTY, NOT ON, UH, THE ADJACENT NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.
UM, PLEASE DO A CALL THE ROLL.
[2. District 3 - CU-2026-00001 Application by Innyi and Cheryl Ju requesting a conditional use permit (CUP) for home-based business to allow fabrication of custom parts and tools for electro-mechanical and fluid-power systems on 16.99 acres at 2250 Pleasant Hill Lane on Tax Map No. 32-4-0-7-0. The property is zoned Agricultural, Limited (A-2). The CUP is required by County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 15-112. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Rural Enhancement Area.]
LYLE.HOWER? YES, MR. ALRIGHT, I'M MOVING INTO OUR FINAL HEARING OF THIS EVENING.
I'M SURE THERE'S AN EASIER WAY FOR ME TO DO THIS.
I KNOW IT DID LIKE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING IS IN DISTRICT THREE.
IT'S A REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BY DENNY AND CHERYL JEW TO ESTABLISH A HOME-BASED BUSINESS FOR FABRICATING PARTS AND TOOLS.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON PLEASANT HILL LANE.
THE VICINITY MAP ON THE LEFT PROVIDES THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CERVICAL IN RED.
THE AERIAL MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED.
THE 17 ACRE PROPERTY IS MOSTLY WOODED AND IS LOCATED AT THE END OF PLEASANT HILL DRIVE, WHICH IS A GRAVELED PRIVATE ROAD CONNECTING TO PONY ARM ROAD.
AND THAT IS THE ENTRANCE, THE DRIVEWAY THAT GOES TO PONY FARM ROAD.
THE ZONING MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ALL PROPERTIES
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IN THE AREA ZONED AGRICULTURAL LIMITED.THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ALL THE, ALL THE AREA PROPERTIES AS RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE END OF PLEASANT HILL LANE AND IS DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITH SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO ESTABLISH A HOME BUILD, HOME-BASED BUSINESS TO CONDUCT TO BE CONDUCTED IN A 900 SQUARE FOOT DETACHED GARAGE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO FABRICATE CUSTOM PARTS AND TOOLS FOR ELECTRO MAGNA ELECTROMECHANICAL AND FLUID POWER SYSTEMS. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AND HE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL HAS EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE PRE-APPLICATION PROCESS.
THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR FABRICATION OF TOOLS AND PARTS, BUT IN ADDITION, THE UH, APPLICATION WAS FOR REPAIRING AND ONSITE SALES OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT WITH OUTDOOR STORAGE.
IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL COMPATIBILITY CONCERNS RELATED WITH THE, UM, EXTRA USES, UM, TO INCLUDE TRAFFIC, UM, ON THE PRIVATE ROAD, AUTO AND EQUIPMENT SALES FROM THE PROPERTY BEING INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE RURAL CHARACTER.
AND THE, THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND STAFF ALSO IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL NEED FOR THE PRIVATE ROAD AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS FEEDBACK, THE APPLICANT ELIMINATED VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND SALES, OUTDOOR STORAGE, AS WELL AS ONSITE CUSTOMER ACTIVITY.
SO TO REITERATE, THE FORMAL COM UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING IS JUST FOR FABRICATING OF FA OF CUSTOM TOOLS AND PARTS.
THERE WILL BE NO OUTDOOR STORAGE.
SALES OF PARTS AND TOOLS WILL BE ON AN ONLINE SALE ONLY, MEANING NO CUSTOMERS COME TO THE SITE.
FABRICATION IS PROPOSED MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM WITH NO WORK ON SUNDAY.
MR. J WILL BE THE ONLY EMPLOYEE AND ALL FABRICATION WILL OCCUR INDOORS WITHIN THE PROPOSED GARAGE WITH THE WINDOWS AND DOORS CLOSED.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE BUSINESS.
THE APPLICANT WILL USE A RANGE OF MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR BOTH PROTOTYPING, NEW IDEAS FOR FABRICATING TOOLS AND ITEMS. MATERIALS TO BE USED INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO A VARIETY OF METALS, POLYMERS, CERAMICS, ORGANIC MATTER SUCH AS WOOD FIBERS AND COMPOSITES.
TOOLS THAT WILL BE USED WILL INCLUDE WELDERS, A LATHE, A 3D PRINTER, A PLASMA CUTTER, A BENCHTOP CNC MACHINE, AND A POWER, A POWER POWDER COATING OVEN.
THIS LIST IS MEANT TO BE, UM, AN AN AID FOR THE BOARD TO PICTURE WHAT THE PRO THE PROJECT ACTUALLY COULD LOOK LIKE, BUT THIS IS NOT LIMITING THEM.
UH, THE BUSINESS TO THESE, THESE TYPES OF TOOLS OR MATERIALS.
THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN SHOWS THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY.
SO NOTABLY WE HAVE A DRIVEWAY.
SO COMING OFF OF RABBIT HILL, A DRIVEWAY HEADING TO THE RESIDENCE AND A SERIES OF RESIDENTIAL, UM, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
AND MOST NOTABLY WE HAVE, UM, IN YELLOW THE PROPOSED LOCATION FOR THE, UM, THE BUILDING IN WHICH THE, UM, THE 900 SQUARE FOOT METAL BUILDING WHERE THE ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR.
A COMMUNITY MEETING WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2025.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDED TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THE COMMUNITY MEETING INCLUDED POTENTIAL IMPACTS BY CUSTOMERS ON THE PRIVATE ROAD, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, HOURS OF OPERATION, THE USE AND DISPOSALS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RELATED TO AUTO REPAIR.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDED THE USES THAT WERE WITH THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, THE AUTO SALES, THE REPAIR AND OUTDOOR STORAGE.
THE APPLICANT SINCE HAS REDUCED THE SCOPE OF THE REQUEST TO FABRICATION OF SMALL PARTS AND TOOLS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE PROPERTY AS RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA, RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA PROVIDE FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AGRICULTURAL FOREST, OR OTHER USES WHICH ARE NOT PLANNED FOR PUBLIC OR CENTRAL UTILITIES.
AT THE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026 MEETING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDED
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APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE.NOBODY SPOKE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'LL NOW SUMMARIZE THE EIGHT CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED, UM, UH, BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE BOARD, CONDITIONS ONE AND TWO LIMIT THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS ACTIVITY.
SO THAT PROPOSED IN THE APPLICATION AS ILLUSTRATED ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
NUMBER THREE REQUIRES ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS BE CLOSED WHILE FABRICATION ACTIVITIES ARE OCCURRING, UH, TO HELP REDUCE THE NOISE CONDITION.
FOUR, PROHIBITS OUTDOOR STORAGE CONDITION.
FIVE LIMITS THE HOURS OF OPERATION BY PROHIBITING ANY WORK TO OCCUR ON SUNDAYS OR BEFORE 8:00 AM OR AFTER 8:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
SIX PROHIBITS THE ONSITE SALE, MEANING NO CUSTOMERS WILL BE PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY.
NUMBER SEVEN ESTABLISHES A FIVE-YEAR PERMIT EXPIRATION DATE, THE ENDING DATE BEING AT THE END OF APRIL, 2031.
AND FINALLY, CONDITION EIGHT IS THE STANDARD CONDITION WHICH REQUIRES PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER OR LEASE THE COUNTY AND FUTURE OWNER OR TENANT BE NOTIFIED OF THE CONDITION USE PERMIT AS WELL AS THE CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AS I MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT IS IN ATTENDANCE IF YOU NEED ANY MORE, UH, DETAILS ON HIS ACTUAL BUSINESS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. SHERRY BEFORE WE
SO ME, MATERIALS TO BE USED INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO.
AND THEN WE SAY METAL, POLYMERS, CERAMICS, ORGANIC METAL OR, AND COMPOSITES.
WHAT'S LEFT? UH, I MEAN, AGAIN, NUCLEAR MATERIALS.
I MEAN I, I I REALLY NO, I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S LIKE, WELL THAT'S EVERYTHING ISN'T IT? UM, THAT IS, THIS REALLY IS NOT EVEN A CONDITION THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF THE, OF THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE HE COULD, THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT, BUT YOU SAY THIS IS NOT A CONDITION.
WELL THEN IT DOESN'T, ALL RIGHT.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? HI.
I LIVE AT 2250 PLEASANT HILL LANE, MAIDENS, VIRGINIA 2 3 1 0 2.
SO COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT, I THINK WE'RE ALL A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO, UM, WHAT I WAS ORIGINALLY LOOKING AT WAS LIKE IF THERE IS A OLDER VEHICLE, UH, SAY THEY CAN'T GET A PART OR THE PART THEY CAN ONLY GET OVER IN THE WEST COAST, THEN THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE OVER TWO TO FOUR WEEKS OR EVEN LONGER TO EVEN GET THE PART.
SO I FIGURED IF I WAS ABLE TO, UM, OFFER A SERVICE OF BEING ABLE TO RECREATE THAT PART BY, UM, REVERSE ENGINEERING AND PRINTING IT OR MAKING IT A, A DIFFERENT WAY THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, ASSIST THE OTHER, UM, PEOPLE.
SO IS THIS MOSTLY AUTOMOBILES OR SO I WAS JUST GONNA BE A RANGE OF, UM, SO I WAS ALSO THINKING, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE CAME TO ME WITH, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN APPLIANCE THAT THEY NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, CREATE PARTS FOR THAT, I COULD POTENTIALLY ALSO HELP THEM.
I DIDN'T WANNA BE LIMITED TO JUST VEHICLES.
UH, THAT'S WHY I MADE IT MORE OF ELECTROMECHANICAL AND FLUID POWER SYSTEMS SO THAT I CAN HELP NOT JUST PEOPLE WITH CARS, BUT OTHER, OTHER, UH, MACHINISTS POTENTIALLY.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? UH, I HAVE A 1950 STUDEBAKER CHAMPION THAT'S IN NEED OF A DIFFERENTIAL THAT I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE.
I MAY WANT TO TALK TO YOU AFTERWARDS.
AT THIS TIME, UH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION MR. WINFREY? YEAH.
I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION IF YOU COULD WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
OH, WE GOT, ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I RESIDE AT UH, 2203 PONY FARM ROAD.
AND THE ONLY QUESTIONS I REALLY, I'M SORRY.
AND YOUR NAME? UH, J JOHN RUSSELL CROW.
UM, ANYWAY, THE ONLY QUESTIONS I REALLY HAVE IS LIKE, HE SENT US A FEW LETTERS ABOUT USING OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
I DON'T CARE AT ALL WHAT HE DOES ON HIS PROPERTY OR IT DOESN'T CONCERN ME AT ALL AS LONG AS HE'S NOT USING OUR RIGHT OF WAY IN OUR DRIVEWAY FOR HIS BUSINESS OR POTENTIAL, UH, LOGGING THE FORCE THERE.
THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE.
AS LONG AS HE'S NOT USING OUR DRIVEWAY, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERN WHAT HE DOES ON PLEASANT HILL LANE OR HIS PROPERTY.
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GOOD EVENING.I STAY, UM, 84 BROAD STREET ROAD.
THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WE HAVE IS ADJACENT TO THIS AND IT'S BEEN OUR FAMILY FOR ABOUT 90 YEARS OR SO.
UM, WE ALSO SHARE RIGHT AWAY, UH, WITH THE UM, YOUNG MAN WHO WAS HERE EARLIER.
I JUST WANNA SAY A FEW THINGS.
UM, MS. LAND HAS BEEN OUR FAMILY FOR OVER 90 YEARS.
WE HAVE ENJOYED IT AS A WAY TO BRING ABOUT FAMILIES AND PARTICULARLY IN A SAFE, ENJOYABLE ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S A PEACEFUL PIECE OF PIECE OF LAND BOARDED BY 64 AND FULL OF TREES, GRASS, DEER, AND OTHER SMALL ANIMALS.
AND IT'S A CREEK AT THE BOTTOM THAT SOLITUDE AND BEING AT ONE OF THE NATURE IS IMPORTANT TO US SO THAT WE CAN PASS THIS ONTO OUR CHILDREN.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SEWER SYSTEM SET UP AROUND US.
IT'S ALL WELL WATER AND ALL THE WASTE THAT COMES WITH INDUSTRY, PARTICULARLY WITH THIS PROPERTY BEING A, A BIT HIGHER IN THE HILL, WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO INTO THE GROUND AND TAMING THE GROUNDWATER AROUND US, WHICH WE ALL HAVE TO LIVE AND DRINK.
THERE ARE NO OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND, SO IT'S ONLY GLAND DURT LIKE ME AND MY FAMILY TRYING TO MAKE A PRISTINE PLACE TO LIVE FOR OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN.
THE LAND HE WANTS TO USE IS NOT LAND USE COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AROUND HERE.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF BUSINESS PARKS AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT GLAND HAS PLENTY OF THAT HE CAN GO TO AS WELL AS RICHMOND RIKO, PARTICULARLY 900 SQUARE FEET IS NOT THAT MUCH TO FIND A SPACE TO LEASE TO PERFORM THE WORK WITHOUT HAVING TO AFFECT, UM, THE GROUNDWATER AND STUFF IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UM, THESE OTHER PLACES YOU COULD LEASE ALREADY HAVE SEWER HOOKUPS, WATER HOOKUPS AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY'RE ALREADY ESTABLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF SMALL BUSINESS.
UM, THIS WILL CREATE, THIS FACTORY WILL CREATE TANGIBLE BURDENS THAT THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE ISN'T DESIGNED TO HANDLE.
WE DO NOT HAVE A ROAD SET UP AND HE'S DEPENDENT ON RIGHT OF WAY OF WHICH THE PRIVATE CITIZENS DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN AND, AND LEVEL AND KEEP THE GRAVEL IN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS IN THIS AREA, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE ALLOTTED SPACES FOR BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES HERE IN GLAND.
AND I HEARD YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE, UH, DRUG COMPANY COMING IN AND STUFF.
AND SO WE HAVE PLACES FOR THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS.
WHY DOES IT NEED TO BE IN THE BACK OF A RURAL AREA, HALF MILE OFF THE ROAD IN THE FOREST FOR SOMETHING 900 SQUARE FEET? I THINK THIS WILL POTENTIAL RUNOFF AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE MAY CHANGE THE WATER TABLES.
IT MAY DO SOME DESTRUCTION OF WILDLIFE.
HE HAS TO CLEAR LAND FOR THIS.
IT MAY ERODE THE QUALITY OF LIFE BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BUY SOME LAND AND DO IT CHEAPLY WITHOUT GOING TO A NORMAL ROUTE OF THE BUSINESS PARKS AND RETAIL PLACES.
I LIVE AT 3 27 REX MORE TERRACE IN MIL LUTHERAN, VIRGINIA.
BUT I AM A FAMILY MEMBER THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY THAT'S ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND SO EVERYTHING THAT MY NEPHEW JUST SAID I AGREE WITH ALSO WANTED TO ALLUDE THE FACT THAT THERE'S A CREEK THAT'S ON THAT PROPERTY.
UM, THE CREEK RUNS RIGHT ADJACENT TO WHERE HIS, UH, UTILITY SHED OR WORKSHOP WILL BE.
IT ALSO COVERS THE PROPERTY THAT, UM, IS OWNED BY MY FAMILY AND SEVERAL OTHER FAMILIES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AGAIN, I'M MORE CONCERNED WITH, UH, THE TYPES OF MATERIALS THAT'S BEING MANUFACTURED AND IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANY TYPE OF WELL WATER OR RUNOFF, UM, THAT COULD IMPACT THE, THE CREEK IN THE, IN THE WILDLIFE AND THAT UTILIZED THAT THE CREEK IN THAT AREA.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS? EITHER IN FAVOR OR AGAINST? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WHAT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE DID? OH YEAH, I'M SORRY.
DID THE, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO ANYTHING YOU HEARD? I THINK.
ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTION? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION OF THE APPLICANT.
UH, MR. DUKE, COULD I JUST, SO YOU PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, YOU, YOU ALL YOU LIVE RESIDE ON THIS PROPERTY? YEAH, I, I DO.
I LIVE AND THE WELL IS BASED YOUR, YOUR OPERATING WELL IS RIGHT NEAR IT.
COULD YOU JUST DESCRIBE, GENERALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING MOST OF THE WASTE IS, UH, PACKED UP AS GARBAGE.
DO YOU TAKE THE LANDFILL? I MEAN WHAT? SO I WON'T HAVE ANY LIKE, VOLATILE GASES FOR ANY OF THE MANUFACTURING OR PROTOTYPING I'LL BE DOING.
UM, AND AS FAR AS ANY TYPE OF UH, FLUIDS, UH, THE GOON COUNTY, UM, CENTER, THE CONVENIENCE CENTER IS ONLY 10 MINUTES AWAY.
I USUALLY GO THERE FOR ALL OF MY PERSONAL STUFF ANYWAYS.
SO I WOULD GO THERE, DISPOSE OF ANY, ANY OTHER, UH, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
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OKAY.CAN I'M SORRY BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN YEAH.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ACCESS? LIKE HOW ARE YOU ACCESSING THE PROPERTY? IS IT ON THE SHARED DRIVEWAY OR DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN DRIVEWAY? OH NO.
SO THE PRIVATE ROAD TURNS INTO MY DRIVEWAY.
SO I'M AT THE END OF THE END OF THE PRIVATE ROAD OF PLEASANT HILL LANE.
AND THEN SO PLEASANT HILL LANE TURNS INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND AS SOON AS YOU GO DOWN MY DRIVEWAY, THE BUILD THE NEW PROPOSED BUILDING'S RIGHT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
AND THEN IF YOU GO FURTHER DOWN MY DRIVEWAY, YOU'LL SEE UM, MY HOU MY MY HOUSE.
SO WE HEARD FROM ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT CAME UP WITH BEING MR. KENNY THAT ABOUT BEING, WOULD YOU BE, WOULD YOU IN FACT BE USING THEIR RIGHT OF WAY? SO I BELIEVE THAT'S A SHARED RIGHT OF WAY, UH, ACCORDING TO UH, THE PAPERWORK THAT I HAVE, UM, UH, BEHIND MY HOUSE.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTIONS OF USING THAT RIGHT OF WAY, UH, FOR MY BUSINESS.
AND THEN ON TOP OF IT, I WOULDN'T EVEN BE USING REALLY, UH, PLEASANT HILL LANE FOR ANY OF IT 'CAUSE IT'S ALL ONLINE.
SO THE ONLY EXTRA TRAFFIC THERE WOULD BE WOULD BE COMING DOWN PLEASANT HILL LANE FOR THE PARCEL TRUCKS.
UM, LET ME REHASH A COUPLE THINGS HERE.
YOU'RE GONNA BE THE ONLY EMPLOYEE.
YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE PUTTING ON A STAFF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY RETAIL SALES, SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
SO IT'D BE BASICALLY YOUR VEHICLE UTILIZING THE THE ACCESS YES.
AND I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK MS. SHERRY TALKED ABOUT HAZARDOUS MATERIAL YES.
THAT YOU'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH THAT.
SO THERE IS NO CONDITION THAT LIMITS, UH, STATES WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WITH THEIR MATERIALS.
UM, THERE WAS DISCUSSION AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING AS IT PERTAINED TO, UM, AUTO REPAIR AND THE, UM, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT COULD GO WITH THAT.
OIL GASES AND STUFF ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO WE DID NOT ADDRESS THAT DURING THE, UM, WITH THE CONDITIONS.
SO, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY AUTO REPAIR? NO.
UM, SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.
AGAIN, I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE LIMITED, BE SMALL AMOUNTS LIMITED.
I, UM, HONESTLY, THE, THE ONLY THING I COULD POTENTIALLY THINK OF IS JUST HAVING METAL SHAVINGS MM-HMM
AS, AS ANYTHING FOR USING A LAY.
NOW YOUR WATER USAGE, WOULD THAT GO UP, UP AS A RESULT OF YOUR SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, SO IN THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR WATER.
I DIDN'T EVEN ADD WATER TO IT.
ALL I, UH, WAS, UH, WAS ELECTRICAL, SO THERE WAS NOT GONNA BE EVEN WATER OR SEWAGE GOING TO THAT BUILDING.
IS YOUR BUILDING GOING TO INTERRUPT THAT STREAM THAT HE MENTIONED? SO IT STILL COME BY YOUR BUILDING, BUT NOT, YOU DON'T ALTER THE ROUTE OF THE STREAM OR ANYTHING? NO.
MR. SHERRY, CAN YOU BRING UP THE, THE DIAGRAM AGAIN? YEAH.
THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
IS IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUILDING IS AS CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE AS IT COULD BE.
IS THAT ACCURATE OR IS JUST THAT IT IS, UM, IT BEATS THE SETBACKS FOR A, UM, AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE 'CAUSE IT IS A, UM, GARAGE.
IT IS, UM, SO THE PROPERTY IS ACCESSED, IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE SETBACKS, BUT YES, IT IS LOCATED, UM, IN THIS AREA INTENTIONALLY BY THE APPLICANT.
AND THERE WERE NO CONCERNS AT ANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS BASED ON THE LOCATION.
THERE IS A, UM, A, UH, A BRIDGE THAT, UH, ACTUALLY A PRIVATE BRIDGE IS HIS.
AND SO HE WANTED TO KEEP IT ON THIS SIDE.
I THINK AS IT PERTAINED TO HIS ORIGINAL, UM, PROPOSAL OF HAVING THE, THE, THE EQUIPMENT AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES CROSSING OVER THAT, THAT WAS PROBABLY A BETTER ANSWER FOR HIM TO ANSWER, BUT I THINK THIS WAS A FLAT, CLEAR AREA.
IT JUST, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S VERY INTRUSIVE ON THE NEIGHBORS.
AND FOR A 30 BY 30 INDU, THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF LAND THERE.
IT COULD BE PLACED IN A LOT BETTER PLACES.
I, I THINK I, THIS DOES NOT SHOW IT.
I THINK, UH, THERE IS SOME ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, ISSUES ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK THE STAFF PLANNER WHO HAS WORKED THIS CASE TO KIND OF BACK ME UP A LITTLE BIT ON THIS.
'CAUSE THIS DOESN'T, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, THANKS.
CONCEPTUAL DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL, SO YEAH.
UM, GOOD EVENING, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M STAFF WITH THE COUNTY'S PLANNING PROGRAM.
I'M SORRY, THE, UH, POLLEN IS TRYING TO TAKE MY VOICE, BUT I'M GONNA FIGHT BACK HERE TONIGHT.
SO I HAVE VISITED THE SITE AND, UH, MET WITH MR. J ON THE PROPERTY AND IT'S,
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UH, I WAS STRUCK BY FIRST OF ALL THE TERRAIN.THERE IS A, THERE'S A DRAINAGE THAT COMES, UH, OUT OF AN EXISTING POND HERE AND KIND OF BISECTS THE PROPERTY, WHICH, UM, SOMEWHAT LIMITS WHERE THERE ARE FLAT AREAS ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S ALSO A GOOD AMOUNT OF TREE COVER.
AND I WAS STRUCK BY AN OPEN AREA THAT HAD BEEN, UM, KIND OF A FLAT AREA WHERE THE PROPOSED, WHERE THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS HERE.
UM, THE ONE ASPECT OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION HERE IS THAT, UM, PARCEL TRUCK COULD COME TO THE PROPOSED BUILDING SITE WITHOUT HAVING TO CROSS, UH, THE CREEK.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMEWHAT RELEVANT BECAUSE THERE'S A BRIDGE, UH, WITHIN THE ALIGNMENT OF THE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY THAT CROSSES THE CREEK THAT HAS A 10 TON LIMIT, UM, STATED ON IT.
NOW, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC ROAD, IT'S ON A SECTION OF THE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY.
BUT, UM, I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME WASHOUT AT SOME POINT IN THE, IN THE PAST AND THAT BRIDGE WAS LIKELY, UH, REBUILT AND THEN AS A, A WARNING TO DRIVERS A 10 TON LIMIT KIND OF SIGN PLACE THERE.
AND SO THERE WAS A DESIRE BY THE APPLICANT TO CITE THE, UM, BUILDING SO THAT PARCEL TRUCKS DID NOT NEED TO CROSS THE BRIDGE TO GET ON AND OFF THE PROPERTY.
UM, EARLIER I HEARD, UM, STATEMENTS, UH, RELATED TO ACCESS AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF THIS IS NOT ACCURATE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE EASEMENT IN QUESTION IS OVER IN THIS AREA HERE AND THE APPLICANT HAS NEVER SIGNAL SIGNALED WITHIN THE APPLICATION ANY DESIRE TO USE, UH, TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY ANY OTHER WAY THAN PLEASANT HILL LANE AS SHOWN ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, WHICH IS, UH, A RECOMMENDED CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO, UH, OPERATE THE USE CONSISTENT WITH THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
AND YES, MR. BARBER, JUST, CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS IS OVER 17 ACRES IN TOTAL, CORRECT.
LET ME JUST GO BACK AND GET THAT.
BUT IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS SIZE, THIS IS SIZABLE PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE, THAT WAS ONE REALITY THAT STRUCK ME WHEN I DID VISIT THE SITE.
IS, UM, YEAH, IT IS A, A FORESTED PARCEL.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, PLEASE.
MR. WELL, UH, DID I HEAR THERE WILL BE ELECTRIC BUT NO WATER IN THE BUILDING? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WOULD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND CLARIFY? I DON'T WANNA PLEASE.
THE ONLY INTENTION WAS TO HAVE ELECTRIC OUT THE GARAGE FOR ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT.
SO IF I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE CLOSEST HOUSE IS, SORRY, RIGHT AROUND HERE.
WOULD THAT BE ACCURATE? UM, I BELIEVE SO.
WE'RE LITERALLY RIGHT ON TOP OF THE CLOSEST NEIGHBOR OVER WHAT SECTION? SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, I HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SO THE NEAREST DWELLING IS ROUGHLY 200 FEET TO THE WEST.
AND UH, THAT ADDRESS IS 2, 2 5, 1 PLEASANT HILL LANE.
SECOND CLOSEST WOULD BE ROUGHLY 440 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST.
GREAT ANSWERS AND, AND WOODED ALSO BETWEEN THE AREAS.
LET, LET ME GO BACK TO THE AERIAL PHOTO.
I THINK THIS IS, UM, HELPFUL TO SEE THE FORESTED NATURE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE.
UM, WITH EXCEPTION OF THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND, UH, THERE'S A, A CLEARED AREA HERE WHERE THE PROPOSED DWELLING IS, IS PROPOSED, I'M SORRY, THE PROPOSED, UM, GARAGE IS PROPOSED, BUT THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF FOREST COVER BETWEEN THE CLOSEST DWELLING, UH, TO THE WEST, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT ROUGHLY 200 FEET AWAY.
SO THERE IS, UH, SOME AMOUNT OF, UH, EXISTING VEGETATIVE BUFFER THERE.
WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO.
DO WE DON'T OH, WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION.
I FOUND THAT PREMATURE, UH, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD GRANT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU 2 26 1 APPLICATION BY
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ENI AND CHERYL TEJU SUBJECT TO THE IMPOSED CONDITIONS AS PRESENTED.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I I, I JUST CAN'T GET MY HEAD AROUND THERE BEING NO WATER IN THE BUILDING AT ALL.
I MEAN, UH, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY MANUFACTURING MACHINE.
SO I, I'M, I'M JUST, I DON'T KNOW.
CONFUSED EASILY, I SUPPOSE, BUT THAT'S FINE.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS
[XI. Adjournment]
FOR THE EVENING.YOU GOT YOUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UM, AND WE WILL BE ADJOURNING TO NOT TOO LONG FROM NOW.
TUESDAY, MAY 5TH, 6:00 PM FOR BUDGET ADOPTION.
UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ADJOURNED.