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[Call to Order]
EVENING.AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 1ST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH, IT WILL FOLLOW THE WORK SESSION FORMAT.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? MRS. NOLE HERE.
MR. GREEN, MR. ROWAN HERE, MR. SHEPHERD.
BEFORE WE START OUT TONIGHT'S MEETING, I'D JUST LIKE TO, THERE'S A COUPLE OF SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, ERROR, MADAM CLERK, DIANE ANKROM.
AND NOT TO BE LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE BOARD SAYING TO YOU, BUT, BUT NOT TO BE OUT DONE.
UH, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. MORGAN, UH, MR. MORGAN, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY.
AND WE'D LIKE TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SO THAT'S GOODNESS.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO PASS ON SINGING.
[A York County Youth Commission. Presentation of a resolution of commendation to the 20202021 Youth Commissioners.]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PRESENTATIONS AND I'M GOING TO GO DOWN FRONT, THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION.IT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THE YOUTH COMMISSIONERS FOR 2021.
WE'RE SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.
AND THE ONES THAT ARE HERE ARE CALL YOUR NAMES OUT.
WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, MICHELLE KNEW JEN KENDALL, GRACE ETHERIDGE, ISABELLA ESPOZITO, THOMAS COLE, GEORGE KYLIE SANDBERG, CAITLIN SANDER, JULIA SKINNER, CAITLIN LOPEZ, AND THE DANIEL VIRGIL FENDERLESS.
WE ARE MISSING SOME OF OUR MEMBERS TONIGHT, BUT I'M GOING TO CALL THEIR NAMES OUT AND THEY'LL BE RECEIVING IT AT A LATER DATE.
JENNIFER ZANG, ROBERT NOVAK, LOGAN RICHARDSON, BONNIE K CAMRY, CALEB LEE AND HANNAH NAM KUHN.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOUTH COMMISSION.
WHAT OUTSTANDING YEAR YOU'VE HAD THIS TIME.
[B Active Transportation]
ON OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. MORGAN, FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.UH, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT'S GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD TONIGHT ON THIS, UH, VERY INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT TOPIC.
UH, I DON'T WANT TO, UH, STEAL FROM THE COMMENTS THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE,
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BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE POINTS.UH, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, DECADES, THE COUNTY HAS HAD, UH, PLANS TO IMPROVE OUR SIDEWALK AND BIKE TRAIL SYSTEM, CONNECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO CONNECTING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UH, THIS BOARD HAS GIVEN US DIRECTION TO, UH, CHANGE THE CONVERT, THOSE PLANS INTO SOME REAL PROJECTS.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
UH, MARK BELLAMY CHAIRS, A STAFF WORKING GROUP.
THAT'S BEEN PUSHING THIS AND BASICALLY TRYING TO CONVERT, UH, GENERAL IDEAS AND TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME, UH, FOR ALL KINDS OF REASONS, AND EACH PROJECT'S GOT ITS OWN PERSONALITY.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO ALL THOSE DETAILS.
THE ONLY POINT I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE, UM, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WONDERING OR IF YOU'RE WATCHING, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTY? UH, IT IS MY PERSONAL VIEW THAT, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR CONTROL THAT WE CAN INVEST IN TO MAKE, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THIS COUNTY BETTER.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
UH, IF YOU CONNECT A SCHOOL BY SIDEWALK TO A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU CUT DOWN ON TRAFFIC.
IF YOU CONNECT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS BY SIDEWALKS OR BIKE TRAILS, UH, MAYBE SOME PEOPLE TAKE A FEW TRIPS BY BIKE OR WALKING INSTEAD OF GETTING IN THEIR CAR.
SO IT'S GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN MOST, ESPECIALLY IT'S GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH BECAUSE WE GET OUT AND WALK AND BIKE.
AND FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY A GREAT INITIATIVE.
AND WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT POINT WHERE WE'RE GETTING READY TO MOVE FROM DESIGNING THINGS AND ACQUIRING EASEMENTS, UH, TO ACTUALLY, UH, STARTING TO GET THE BULLDOZERS ROLLING ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO MARK, THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS, UH, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SO TONIGHT FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE ALSO HAVE AMY PARKER, UH, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AND BETH ARTS GWEN FROM PUBLIC WORKS WITH LADIES ARE HERE AND THEY THEY'LL BE DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THIS PRESENTATION THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SOME OPENING COMMENTS, AS WELL AS NEIL SAID, EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS HAS A LIFE OF ITS OWN.
AND IF YOU THINK BACK A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE THE BOARD HAD ASKED US TO ENTERTAIN THIS, IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET HERE.
AND THERE'S A REASON THAT IT HAS, THERE'S NOT THAT ANY ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAS DONE ANYTHING WRONG, BUT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH V DOT.
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE NAVY.
UH, THERE'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR FEDERAL GRANTS.
ALL THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT FOR EVERY ORGANIZATION AND TO COMPLIMENT THE LADIES THAT ARE COMING UP, THEY HAVE, UH, BECOME EXPERTS AND IN THIS FIELD.
SO, UH, LEARNING, UH, THE HARD WAY.
SO WE THINK WE'RE RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF YOU REALLY SEEING SOME PROGRESS.
WE THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, THEY THINK THAT, OH, WELL THAT MUST BE A SHOVEL OR A BULLDOZER.
THAT'S WHEN CONSTRUCTION STARTED.
BUT IF YOU TALK TO THESE LADIES, THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING MUCH DIFFERENT.
THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE YEAR, THE TWO YEARS, MAYBE THREE YEARS THAT IT TOOK TO GET THESE PROJECTS TO A POINT WHERE THAT SHOVEL OR THAT BULLDOZER COULD ACTUALLY HIT THE GROUND.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S A LABOROUS PROCESS AND THEY HAVE DONE VERY WELL WITH IT.
AND WE WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET HERE, BUT THAT FLYWHEEL IS REALLY STARTING TO TURN.
AND I THINK BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME REAL PROGRESS ON THIS.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE FOLLOWED UP BY MORE YEARS THAN THIS UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE JUST A SECOND.
SO AMY IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BIKE TRAILS.
AMY, UH, SITS ON A PDC COMMITTEE THAT DEALS WITH BIKE TRAILS.
SHE'S ALSO THE COUNTY'S LIAISON TO THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HIT BACK.
UH, BETH HAS BEEN WORKING WITH V DOT AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, SHE'S BECOME QUITE THE EXPERT WITH REVENUE SHARING.
SO THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW FOR US TO USE GRANT DOLLARS TO HELP US WITH THIS CONSTRUCTION.
SO SHE SHE'S WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT.
UM, ONE OTHER THING WE'D LIKE TO, TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF WHAT'S NATIONAL, WHAT'S REGIONAL AND HOW ALL THOSE THINGS FIT INTO OUR LIVES AND THAT HOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US AND THE COMMUNITY.
NEIL TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS.
HE MENTIONED THOSE THREE THINGS TO YOU ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND THE WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A MORE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH SOME NATIONAL STUFF.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME REGIONAL STUFF.
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UM, BETH IS GOING TO HIT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN YORK COUNTY.AND THEN JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS WON'T BE THE END OF, UH, THIS TYPE OF PRESENTATION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HR PDC, BOB CRUMP.
AND HE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICA TRAIL, WHICH IS A REGIONAL PROJECT AS WELL.
SO, UH, AMY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT JUST BRIEFLY.
AND THEN POSSIBLY AT THE END, WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW POSSIBILITIES BECAUSE NEW REVENUE SHARING IS OUT THERE AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS WE SHOULD RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD IN THIS NEW ROUND OF REVENUE SHARING.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AMY AND BETH.
IT'S NICE TO BE UP HERE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A ZONING CASE.
IT'S NICE TO HEAR YOU SPEAK ABOUT THINGS OTHER THAN ZONING CASES, RIGHT? OKAY.
ANNUALLY, YOU REVIEW STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNTY AS I'VE GOT THEM UP HERE.
AND ONE OF THEM OF COURSE, IS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP FOCUS ON RESILIENCY.
AND THAT'S HOW, UM, BIKEWAYS WALKWAYS ALL FITS INTO THAT.
NATIONALLY, WE'VE GOT THE TRANS AMERICA BICYCLE TRAIL OVER 4,000 MILES LONG.
IT STARTS IN EITHER CALIFORNIA OR OREGON AND RUNS ALL THE WAY TO YORKTOWN YORKTOWN IS THE END OF IT.
UM, I RAN INTO SOMEONE FROM FRANCE A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT HE'D ACTUALLY DONE THE WHOLE THING AND HE WAS JUST FINISHING IN YORKTOWN.
AND, UH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE FRONT WHEEL, YOUR BIKE AND DIP IT IN THE YORK RIVER WHEN YOU GET DONE THAT, AND THIS TRAIL WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1976 AS OF THE BICENTENNIAL.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE CAPITOL TRAIL STATE TRAIL THAT RUNS FROM RICHMOND DOWN TO, UH, JAMESTOWN 51, JUST OVER 51 MILES, UH, CONNECTS, CONNECTS RICHMOND, HENRICO, CHARLES CITY AND JAMES CITY COUNTY.
AND BEYOND THAT, THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICA TRAILER BOAT TRAIL, AS WE CALL IT.
UM, THIS WAS, UH, THE RESULT OF A STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN 2017, UM, TO EXTEND THE CAPITOL TRAIL.
UM, THE ORANGE ON HERE IS THE CAPITOL TRAIL, OR IT ENDS THERE BY, UH, JAMESTOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE PENINSULA SIDE, IT WAS TO CONNECT THE CAPITOL TRAIL, UM, DOWN AS FAR AS FORT MONROE.
AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE TO CONNECT DOWN TO THE SOUTH HAMPTONS TRAIL, IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT THAT STUDY, UH, WITH THE VITA, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION, THE REGIONAL PLANNING DISTRICT COMMITTEE, AND A VOTE TRAIL THAT ALSO INCLUDED, UH, STAFF FROM THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND, UM, CITIZEN BICYCLE ACTIVISTS AND THE, WE STILL MEET QUARTERLY.
I, WE REALLY GOT STARTED WITH BICYCLES BACK IN THE EARLY 1990S WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE HISTORICAL TRIANGLE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR HIT BACK, I'LL TALK, I'LL REFER TO, TO PROMOTE INFORMATIONAL EDUCATIONAL BICYCLING EFFORTS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE THREE JURISDICTIONS FOR FUTURE BIKEWAY PROJECTS.
UH, IT'S MADE UP OF A BOARD OF SUPERVISOR AND CITY COUNCIL, A CITIZEN APPOINTEES STAFF FROM EACH OF THE THREE JURISDICTIONS, WILLIAMSBURG, JAMES CITY IN YORK AND INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY.
AND WE MEET QUARTERLY AS WELL.
THIS IS THE, UH, CURRENT REGIONAL BIKE WAVES MAP, UM, BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS BY HIT BACK.
UH, IT SHOWS BOTH THE EXISTING AND PLANNED, UH, BICYCLE TRAILS.
IT'S PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE UPDATE FUTURE BIKE TRAILS BASED ON, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE GET, UH, DURING OUR COMP PLAN UPDATES THAT THE THREE JURISDICTIONS DO.
AND WE, WE STRESS CONNECTIVITY, UH, WITH THE ADJACENT JURISDICTIONS, AS WELL AS, UH, IN BETWEEN, UH, COMMUNITY AND RESORT, UM, REGIONAL PLACES, SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, COMMERCIAL SITES, RECREATION FACILITIES, ET CETERA.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, UM, YOU WITH THIS, BUT FIRST I WANTED TO, TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF BIKEWAYS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY ACCOMPLISHED.
THE BLUE LINE IS A, UH, FOUR A FOUR-FOOT SHOULDER LANE, UH, THAT WE HAD STRIPE CONNECTING PENNIMAN ROAD AT THE WILLIAMSBURG LINE WHERE THERE'S AN EXISTING BIKE TRAIL.
SO WE BASICALLY EXTENDED THAT DOWN AS FAR AS A FILLMORE
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WHERE YOU SEE A GREEN LINE PICKS UP THAT IS THE PENNIMAN ROAD, GOVERNMENT ROAD, UH, RECONSTRUCTION.AND THAT WILL INCLUDE, UH, BIKE LINKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AND THE LONG RANGE PLAN, UH, CONTINUE DOWN PENNIMAN UM, TO CONNECT UP ALL THE SITES ALONG THERE, INCLUDING, UH, THE WHITAKERS MILL SUBDIVISION, THE MARQUEE, UH, COMMERCIAL SITE THAT THE MARQUIS HILL SUBDIVISION, THE, UH, WATER COUNTRY, KINGS CREEK TIMESHARES, THE WEAPONS STATION AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COLONIAL PARKWAY.
SO WE WANT TO CONNECT UP ALL THOSE, THOSE AREAS.
AND, UH, THIS WHOLE PEDIMENT ROAD CONNECTION IS A HIGH PRIORITY WITH HIT BACK.
ANOTHER PROJECT WE HAVE IN THE WORKS WE, UH, HAD, ARE JUST COMPLETING GETTING FUNDING FOR IS A VICTORY BOULEVARD, A, UM, OFF STREET MULTI-USE PATH, 10 FOOT, EIGHT TO 10 FOOT WIDE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD WILL BE COMPLETED IN SEGMENTS ON THE WEST END.
IT'LL GO FROM THE NORTH BOWMAN TERRACE AS FAR AS BIG BETHEL.
AND THEN THE NEXT SEGMENT IS BIG BETHEL, AS FAR AS CARRIE'S CHAPEL.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, WORKED WITH US.
THEY'VE GOT A PROJECT ALSO FUNDED TO CARRY IT BETWEEN CARRIE'S CHAPEL ALL THE WAY OVER TO WITH CREEK ROADS, WHERE IT'LL CONNECT UP WITH AN EXISTING MULTI-USE PATH THERE AND CONNECT UP DOWN TO EVENTUALLY TO HAMPTON.
IS THAT, IS THAT ONE GOING TO BE ON THE NEXT RIGHT ON VICTORY BOULEVARD OR WHAT ADJACENT TO VICTORY OFF, NOT ON THE ROAD ADJACENT TO IT.
AND IT IS AN ANCILLARY, UH, BOAT CONNECTION AS WELL.
THIS IS A LITTLE CLOSER UP VIEW OF THE, UM, OUR REGIONAL BIKE WASTE MAP.
AND I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO CLAYBORNE PHILLIPS IN OUR GIS DEPARTMENT, AND HE WAS A GREAT HELP IN PUTTING THESE TOGETHER, UM, THE DOTS WE'VE GOT HERE, CONNECTION POINTS, SCHOOL PROPERTIES, UM, RECREATION CENTERS, PARKS LIBRARIES.
WE LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHERE WE WANT THAT INTERNAL CONNECTIVITY OR NOT.
SEE, I'LL SEE A BUNCH OF DOTS.
BUT SO THAT, IT'S AN SCENARIO YOU WANT TO TRY AND GET YOUR BIKES BIKEWAYS CONNECTED UP TO.
UH, AND THE, UH, BOAT TRAIL IS IN RED, UM, COMING UP FROM THE, THE SOUTH THROUGH, UH, JAMES CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG.
AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON TWEAKING THE LOCATION OF THIS.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2017.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON SOME UPDATES TO THAT, AND THIS IS A LOWER COUNTY BIKEWAYS AGAIN, THE BOAT TRAIL IS IN RED AND CONNECTIVITY.
WE'VE GOT TO CONNECT IT UP TO NEWPORT NEWS PARK, BOTH IN NEWPORT NEWS AND IN YOUR COUNTY CONNECTING UP TO THE, UM, TRAILS, UH, UP IN THE, UH, BATTLEFIELD PARK, DOWN ACROSS, UH, FORT EUSTIS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO UP DENBY AND THEN CROSS ACROSS THE, UM, NEWPORT NEWS PROPERTY WHERE THERE'S EXISTING TRAILS AND THEN HOOK UP TO THE MAC SPORTS CENTER FROM THERE DOWN 17 TO HAMPTON HIGHWAY, THE ORIGINAL BOAT TRAIL WAS GOING DOWN BIG BETHEL AND ACROSS THE RESERVOIR.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AMENDING THAT ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET THAT IMPLEMENTED.
IT WILL REMAIN ON THE REGIONAL, UH, BIKE WASTE PLAN.
UM, BUT WE'RE CHANGING IT TO GO DOWN TO, UH, OH AND DAVIS HERE WHERE THE SCHOOL IS, AND THEN TO COVENTRY WHERE THERE'S EXISTING BIKE LANES.
SO THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW FUTURE AND, UH, EXISTING AND FUTURE BIKE TRAILS IN THE COUNTY.
AND I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MS. MERTZ WHEN HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UM, SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
IF YOU COULD, MS. PARKER, IF YOU COULD HOLD ON JUST A SECOND THING, WOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
YEAH, AMY, UM, I THINK MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY HEAR THE TERM TRAIL THINK OF A DIRT, UH, OR SOME GRAVEL OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UH, BUT MOST OF THESE BIKE TRAILS ARE EITHER PART OF, OR JASON TO BLACKTOP, RIGHT ROADS.
THEY CAN EITHER BE A SHOULDER BIKE LANE, UM, OR MULTI-USE PATH, WHICH IS A PAVED OFF ROAD.
SO WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR TIMELINE OR OUR TIMELINE, WHEN CAN WE SEE SOME PUBLICATION THAT ANNOUNCES THESE BIKE TRAILS ARE AVAILABLE? HERE'S THE MAP HERE'S, WHAT'S ALONG THE MAP AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO MARKET.
THESE WERE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, QUITE A WHILE, I WOULD THINK.
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YOU THE PENNIMAN ROAD THAT, UM, INTERSECTION THERE, THERE IT'S BY UNDERSTANDING CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START BY NEXT SUMMER NEXT FALL AT THE LATEST AND THE PENNIMAN ROAD.I MEAN THE VICTORY BOULEVARD, IT'LL PROBABLY BE INTO 20, 26 BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY SEE CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE GOT FUNDING.
WHAT ABOUT RIGHTS OF WAY FOR THESE PATHS, UM, HAVE YOU TO PURCHASE IT OR ARE THEY NOW, THESE ARE BOTH IN, IN VIETNAM RIGHT AWAY WITHIN THE VA DIVVIED OUT RIGHT AWAY.
WE, WE TRY AND ALWAYS HAVE THEM WITHIN V DOT RIGHT AWAY WHEN WE, WHEN WE CAN.
BUT CERTAINLY SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT DO INVOLVE SOME RIGHT AWAY ISSUES AND SOME OF THOSE, BUT THOSE TWO, THE RIGHT OF WAY EXISTS THAT'S MARCH.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES IT TAKE A LOT LONGER.
IF YOU'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH TOTAL TOTAL NUMBER OF, UM, BIKE PROJECTS THAT THE COUNTY IS, IS DRIVING.
UM, I GUESS, CAUSE LIKE MR. ROMERO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A ROADMAP TO HAVE TARGETED DATES OF WHEN WE CAN EXPECT TO THOSE PROJECTS BE TURNED UP.
SO FOR YOU, WELL, THOSE ARE THE, THE TWO THAT I MENTIONED ARE TWO THAT ARE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, LONG RANGE PLANNING, THERE'S AT LEAST A DOZEN, NO BETTER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALL RIGHT.
TWO ACTIVE ABOUT A DOZEN IN PLANTS.
IF I COULD JUST ADD, UH, WHEN MR. CRUM FROM PDC COMES, HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE SIGNATURE REGIONAL INITIATIVE, WHICH IS THE BOW TRAIL THAT AMY WAS TALKING ABOUT AND SHARE WITH YOU THE PROGRESS ON THAT.
AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR ATTENTION WILL NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE OTHER THINGS WILL CONNECT INTO THAT.
AMY, I, UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE TALK ABOUT THE PLAN.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WELL, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FROM, AND WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM FOR THESE, UM, IF THERE IS SOME UPFRONT SEAMAC, UM, SMART SCALE.
SO IS COUNTY PUTTING ANY MONEY ON THIS? SOME OF THE PROJECTS WILL BE, UM, I THINK THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE KIND OF INTERESTED IN SEEING THE SHARING HERE, UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, VICTORY BOULEVARD.
SO IT'S QUITE A FEW YEARS BACK.
WE HAD, YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER, UH, THAT WERE ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME WHERE THAT W W WE WERE, WE HAD A GRANT, UH, FROM, UH, THE TPO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND FOR ROADS, WHICH WAS GOING TO GIVE US, UH, ABOUT $3 MILLION.
OR, EXCUSE ME, THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE US THAT WE WERE GOING TO PAY ABOUT $574,000 FOR TRAIL ALONG VICTORY BOULEVARD.
AND THEN THE STATE WAS GIVING US TO A GRANT, THE REST OF THE MONEY, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE AROUND TOTAL VALUE IS $3 MILLION FOR A MILE AND A HALF OF, UH, OF A TRAIL.
UM, SO WHEN YOU NOW TALK ABOUT TRAIL TO ME, UH, I'M GETTING A PICTURE OF THAT TRAIL, WHICH IS, I GUESS THAT'S A DOT RIGHT AWAY, BUT, UH, IT WAS, I COULD BE 10 FEET WIDE.
IT'S GOT A THOUSAND FEET OF A BRIDGE WORK AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF THROUGH THERE.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT PROGRAM OR ARE YOU TALKING? YEAH, THINK IT'LL BE A 10 FOOT WIDE, A OFF ROAD.
I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU SOME MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S SOME ISSUE IS INVOLVED HERE THAT CAME FROM THE PREVIOUS, BUT YEAH, WE HAD IT FUNDED.
WE HAD TO CANCEL IT BECAUSE OF QUICK SEQUENCE DURATION AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT WAS HITTING US.
UM, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A BAD DEAL, BUT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THAT IMPACTED NEIGHBORS ALONG THAT WAY.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST, YOU KIND OF CATCH ME A LITTLE BIT BY SURPRISE.
I KNOW THAT I KNOW IT WAS, WE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, BUT NOT IN THE DETAIL WHERE, UM, I'M THINKING OF THAT OLD, UH, THE OLD APPROACH THAT WE HAD.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO NEED TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON IT.
SO JUST TO RECALL, THIS IS THE V DOT APPROVED, SMART SCALE PROJECT THAT THE COUNTY, AND BECAUSE JOINTLY APPLIED FOR IT, I UNDERSTAND.
AND, BUT THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THIS.
AND I JUST, I, I, AND THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE IT'S CATCHING ME BY SURPRISE ON THIS IN A WAY, BECAUSE THE SMART SCALE ONE, I UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT MONEY'S COMING FROM, AND I KNOW HOW IT WORKS OUT, BUT THERE WERE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THE PATH THAT WE HAD BEFORE THAT MONEY WAS NOT GOING NECESSARILY ADDRESS.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND I'LL TALK MORE WITH THE STAFF ON THIS.
SO THE, THE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE ON THAT ONE WAS BACK THEN THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO HAVE A FOUR LANE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO
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NO, THAT WAS, THAT WAS AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT.SO NOW THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT ONCE EXISTED FOR THAT WIDTH, SOME OF THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRICT FOR THIS, FOR THIS MONEY.
I KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A, BUT I SEE, I WAS ALWAYS UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WAS GOING TO BE A DOWN THE SIDE OF VICTORY BOULEVARD.
UH, NOT, I WANT TO END THIS AT BOTH.
BOTH OF THEM COULD BE DESCRIBED AS BEING DOWN THE SIDE, BUT WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT I DESCRIBED WAS MORE OFFSET AWAY FROM THE ROAD, UH, CLOSER TO SOME OF THE HOMES, OVER A LOTS ACRES AND A FEW THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH HAS BEEN, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, UH, IN THOSE DAYS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT AND VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THAT.
BUT NOW WE'RE TALKING SOMETHING, IT SOUNDED LIKE I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAY ITSELF.
IT JUST HAS ISSUES THAT WE, YOU GUYS, ALL OF US NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, UM, BEFORE ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYBODY GOES, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, SO I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THE PERCEPTION OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING NOW IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR CURRENT SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
I AM BETH AND I AM THE ENGINEER AT PUBLIC WORKS THAT IS WORKING ON PULLING ALL THESE TOGETHER AND BRINGING THEM TO THE, AND I'M LOOKING FOR WHERE DO YOU CLICK TO MAKE THIS GO FORWARD? AS PARKER IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO WORK THAT BECAUSE SHE DOES SOME ZONING.
SO THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE BYPASS ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT IS A FIVE FOOT WIDE CONCRETE SIDEWALK ALONGSIDE THE ROAD.
WE'RE MAKING THE SIDEWALK MORE ADA COMPLIANT.
THERE ARE LOCATIONS ALONG THIS ROUTE WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS ONLY 18 INCHES WIDE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE WHOLE PATH AND MAKE THE ENTIRE PATH ADA COMPLIANT.
SO THIS CONNECTS THIS, THE SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ROUTE 1 32, THIS IS BEING DONE WITH FEDERAL GRANT MONEY.
SO THIS IS AN 80 20 SPLIT VIDOT IS PLAYING 80% OF OUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATE.
AND WE'RE PAYING 20% OF OUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATE.
IF WE GO OVER OUR ESTIMATE, THEN WE PAY THE DIFFERENCE.
WELL, THERE'LL BE A CROSSWALK.
UH, THERE, I WAS SPEAKING TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO, UH, OWNS ROCCO'S RESTAURANT AND, UH, HE WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT A CROSSWALK.
I HAVE A PICTURE COMING UP IN THE SLIDES THAT SHOWS YOU TOO ME.
SO ALL THE EASEMENTS ON THIS PROJECT ARE FINALLY COMPLETE BECAUSE THIS WAS A FEDERAL PROJECT.
IT DID REQUIRE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS ON OUR PART TO MEET FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
THERE WERE SOME STRUCTURES ALONG THE ROAD THAT WERE, UM, OVER 50 YEARS IN AGE THAT HAD TO BE EVALUATED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT EFFECTING THEM ADVERSELY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO TO MEET THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EXTRA EFFORT.
WE HAVE REQUESTED PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE THIS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
WE REQUESTED THAT PERMISSION TO BEGINNING OF MAY.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HEAR BACK SOON.
THE NEXT PROJECT I HAVE HERE IS THE HUBBARD LANE SIDEWALK, OR RATHER, I SHOULD SAY THE EXTENSION OF THE HUBBARD LANE SIDEWALK.
UM, THIS SIDEWALK IS ALSO A FIVE FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK.
IT WOULD CONNECT TO THE EXISTING, UM, SIDEWALK THAT IS ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE.
WE CONNECT TO THAT OUR, UM, THIS STARTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF HUBBARD LANE, AND IT WILL THEN COME UP AND CROSS HUBBARD LANE AT SHEPHERD AND BEYOND THE EAST SIDE, THE COMPLETION POINT OF THE SIDEWALK, ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T DRAWN TO COBBLESTONE IS STILL UNDETERMINED.
WE HAVE, UM, THIS CONNECTS IN SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE WAY TO MAGRUDER ELEMENTARY.
THIS PROJECT, WE ARE GOING TO HOLD AS A SHOVEL-READY PROJECT WHILE WE SEEK SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS SOME DESIGN CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH.
SO WE'RE PULLING THIS FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION BUNDLE WHILE WE, SO WE DON'T SLOW OUR OTHER PROJECTS DOWN.
THIS WAS BUNDLED WITH TWO OTHER PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW THE OTHER TWO TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION.
WHILE WE FOCUS ON ADDRESSING SOME ISSUES THAT WE RAN UP AGAINST, THIS IS A STATE FUNDED PROJECT.
IS THAT SIDEWALK CROSS IN A POWER LINE RIGHT AWAY? IS THAT THE BIG GREEN STRIP IN THE MIDDLE? THAT IS OKAY.
THE NEXT ONE THAT I HAVE IS THE, UM, ROUTE 1 34 SIDEWALK.
THIS ONE CONNECTS THE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM, UM, AUTUMN WAY TO LIKE DALE.
SO THAT'S EDGEWOOD, MEADOW LAKES, WOODLAKE CROSSING, AND THE SOON TO BE VICTORY
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TAB SUBDIVISION AND KIRKWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WOULD ALL BE CONNECTED TOGETHER BY THIS SIDEWALK.IT IS ALSO A FIVE FOOT WIDE CONCRETE SIDEWALK, AND THIS IS STATE MONEY.
THIS SIDEWALK WAS BUNDLED WITH HUBBARD LANE.
THIS ONE IS GOING TO GO AHEAD.
THERE WERE NO ISSUES ON THIS PROJECT.
AND THE NEXT ONE, I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE AHEAD.
WHILE WE, WE WORK ON HUBBARD, UM, WE ARE FINALIZING THE LAST EASEMENT ON THIS ONE, AND IT'S FROM THE NEW SUBDIVISION, THE VICTORY AT, AT TAB.
SO IT TOOK US A LITTLE, WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THEM TO COME UP WITH THEIR DESIGN BEFORE WE, WE GOT OUR EASEMENT AND THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE IN PHASES, RIGHT? THIS PARTICULAR SIDEWALKS COULD BE DONE IN PHASES.
DOES INCLUDE A CROSSOVER INTO, UH, UH, TO, UH, TOWARDS YFCA.
I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE TO SHOW YOU THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, WE WILL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ISSUES ALONG THE HUBBARD LANE, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE ISSUES ARE? UM, SOME OF THEM ARE EASEMENTS.
ONE OF THEM IS THAT THERE ARE TWO VERY LARGE DOMINION POWER BOXES, THOSE BIG GREEN BOXES, NOT THE LITTLE ONES THAT YOU SEE, WE'RE TALKING 10 FOOT, AND THERE'S TWO OF THEM SIDE BY SIDE AND ONE LADY'S BACKYARD RIGHT UP AGAINST THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THAT'S CAUSING SOME ISSUES LIKE WHAT'S THE ISSUE BEAT OUT.
WON'T GET IT PICK OUT OF THE EREWHON, UM, NOT VETO, BUT, UH, THE MAIN POWER.
WELL, THE, THE LADY WHO HAS LIVED THERE HAS HAD AN EXPERIENCE WHERE ONE OF THOSE BOXES CAUGHT ON FIRE.
SO SHE'S BECOME A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR US AS FAR AS ACQUIRING AN EASEMENT TO GET ACROSS THERE, BECAUSE SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE BOXES AND WE NEED SEVERAL EASEMENTS ALONG THIS ROUTE.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT HAVE DECIDED THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE PARTICIPATE IN THE ROAD.
SO WE'RE JUST DOING WORK THROUGH THESE ISSUES SLOWLY, RATHER THAN TRYING TO SLOW THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS DOWN, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T CATEGORIZE HER AS A STUMBLING BLOCK.
IT IS UGLY AS ALL GET OUT BECAUSE OF THE RESOURCES THAT IN THOSE TWO BOXES, YES, SIR.
YOU WERE ON FIRE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE SCARED OUT OF HER MIND, AND WE CAN'T GET OUR FRIENDS, THE MANY RESOURCES DO A DAMN THING.
SO THE, UM, LET ME GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH WOULD BE THE THIRD S UM, PROJECT.
UM, THIS ONE IS ALSO PART OF THAT.
THIS IS, UH, THE ROUTE, UM, 17 SIDEWALK.
IT'S ALSO A FIVE FOOT WIDE CONCRETE SIDEWALK.
UM, THIS ONE CONNECTS THE LIBRARY WITH NELSON'S GRANT AND THE SHOPPING AT FORT EUSTIS.
THIS IS A STATE MONEY PROJECT.
THE EASEMENTS HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED ON THIS, AND WE HAVE REQUESTED PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD FROM VIETNAM.
WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR THEIR DECISION.
THE NEXT ONE I HAVE IS ALSO A THREE SIDEWALK BUNDLE.
THIS IS, UM, THE OLD WILLIAMSBURG ROAD SIDEWALK.
UM, IT WILL BE A FIVE FOOT WIDE CONCRETE SIDEWALK.
IT IS STARTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.
LACKEY CLINIC MOVES TO THE NAVY GATE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
WE WILL BE ADDING IN A SIGNALIZED PUSH-BUTTON CROSSWALK AT, AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
UM, THE SIDEWALK WILL THEN PICK UP AT THE GATE AND IT WILL CONTINUE ON TO THE YORKTOWN APARTMENTS.
UM, YORKTOWN APARTMENTS HAS RECENTLY SUBMITTED A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO SLIDE ONE OF THEIR EXISTING ENTRANCES THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONNECT TO.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT, BUT THAT'S OUR FINAL EASEMENT TO PICK UP ON HERE.
AND ONCE THAT'S, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT DONE HERE VERY QUICKLY.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE CAN MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS.
THE BIG ISSUE ON THIS ONE WAS THE NAVY AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.
WE HAVE AGREEMENTS RATHER THAN EASEMENTS WITH BOTH OF THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY CHOOSE TO OPERATE.
SO WE ARE IN THE FINAL PHASES OF THESE, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL HAVE THESE CLOSED OUT VERY SHORTLY.
THE NEXT PROJECT IN THIS IS THE BIG BETHEL ROAD SIDEWALK.
AGAIN, FIVE FOOT CONCRETE SIDEWALK.
THIS ONE CONNECTS THE, UM, EXISTING BIKEWAYS ALONG RUNNING MAN TRAIL TO BIG BETHEL ELEMENTARY.
AND WE'VE DECIDED TO PUT IN A PUSH BUTTON, THEY CALL IT A RAPID FLASHING BEACON.
WE DON'T HAVE TO CONNECT IT TO ANYTHING, AND THE CHILDREN CAN THEN GO OUT AND PUSH A BUTTON AND IT WILL FLASH AND STOP TRAFFIC SO THAT KIDS CAN GET ACROSS THE STREET.
AND WE'RE MODIFYING THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL TO RECEIVE IT.
SO IT'LL BE ADA COMPANY, CLIENT THAT'S
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TAB ELEMENTARY IS WHAT YOU MEANT.YES, ELEMENTARY, SORRY, EASEMENTS FOR OUR COMPLETE ON THIS PROJECT.
THE NEXT ONE I HAVE IS, UM, PENNIMAN ROAD, MERRIMACK TRAIL SIDEWALK.
SO THIS ONE ALSO CONNECTS TO THE EXISTING HUBBARD LANE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF MAGRUDER ELEMENTARY AND PROGRESSES ACROSS MAGRUDER ELEMENTARY, AND THEN UP MERRIMACK TRAIL, ALL THE WAY TO THE BUS STOP IN FRONT OF THE JAMES YORK SHOPPING CENTER.
UM, THIS ONE IS DONE WITH STATE MONEY.
THE EASEMENTS ON THIS HAVE BEEN COMPLETE, AND WE ARE ASKING TO MOVE FORWARD FROM.TO CONSTRUCTION.
THE NEXT ONE I HAVE IS A BRAND NEW PROJECT FOR US.
IT'S QUEENS LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE'VE JUST MET WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND WALKED THROUGH THE ISSUES ON SITE.
AND WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED HIS, UH, PROPOSAL, BUT WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING THAT SHORTLY.
SO THIS IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND IT'S GOING TO CONNECT QUEENS LIKE MIDDLE TO THE ROYAL GRANT DRIVE SUBDIVISION.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FEDERAL GRANT PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS AN 80 20 SPLIT AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES AND WE'RE LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE PROPOSAL SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT YET STARTED.
WE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED GRANTS FOR, UH, THIS IS THE VILLA WAY SIDEWALK.
WE WILL BE, IT'LL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF VILLA WAY FROM YORKTOWN ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE END WITH A CONNECTION MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY, THE FUNDS FOR THIS BECOME AVAILABLE IN 2025.
THIS IS THE LAKESIDE DRIVE SIDEWALK.
THIS ONE IS, UM, ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF LAKESIDE DRIVE FROM BAILEY ROAD ACROSS THE FRONT OF GRAFTON, BETHEL CROSSING LAKESIDE DRIVE WITH, UH, ANOTHER RAPID FLASHING BEACON CROSSWALK TO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CONTINUING TO CARE AWAY TERRORISTS.
AND THESE STATE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN 2026.
CAN YOU GO BACK REAL QUICK, PLEASE? YES.
I THINK I CAN LITTLE BIT OF THOUGHT INTO THAT.
WE'RE CONNECTS DOWN TO CAREWAY TERRORISTS.
I WOULD IMAGINE A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE WALKED IN THAT DIRECTION TO GET ACROSS THE STREET TO THIS, TO THE CVS PHARMACY.
ANY THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE THERE, ANOTHER CROSSWALK, I THINK IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK IN THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO CVS AS OPPOSED TO THE GOING NORTH.
WE CAN ADD THAT TO OUR LIST OF THINGS TO LOOK INTO.
I WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT.
I CAN SEE THAT YOU USE LIKE THAT.
UM, SIEGE LANE IS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SIEGE LANE FROM RUNAWAY ALL THE WAY PAST YORKTOWN ELEMENTARY TO THE YORK WAR WORK ROAD.
THE STATE FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE IN 2025.
THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CONNECTING SIEGE LANE TO THE BOAT TRAIL.
SO THAT'LL BE A NICE ADDITION.
THIS WOULD CONNECT TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS AT THE TAB HIGH SCHOOL.
IT CONTINUE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE TAYLOR FARM WAY.
AND THESE FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE IN 2026.
THE DEVELOPER OF TAYLOR FARMS WILL BE PROVIDING THE CROSSWALK FOR THIS ONE.
UM, WE HAVE THE SIDEWALK THAT WE'LL BE CONNECTING ON THE NORTH WESTERN SIDE OF XY, Y BROOKLYN CONNECTING TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK AT THE YORKTOWN MEMORIAL PARKING LOT.
AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO THE EXISTING BRICK SIDEWALK ON BALLARD STREET, TRAVELING BEHIND THE WELCOME TO YORKTOWN SIGN.
WILL THIS BE A BRICK SIDEWALK? ALSO IT, MOST OF IT WILL BE BRICK WE'RE TOYING WITH NOT USING BRICK WHERE WE CONNECT IN THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY EXPOSED AGGREGATE.
SO WE THOUGHT WE'D MATCH THE EXPOSED AGGREGATE ON THAT SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE.
AND THEN WE'D START UP WITH THE BRICK AND CARRY IT ALL THE WAY TO THE BALLARD STREET.
SO IT WOULD BE JUST A SHORT PIECE OF POSSIBLY EXPOSED AGGREGATE.
THERE'S A TREE THERE, A VERY LARGE FULL TREE.
SO WE ARE FINALIZING DESIGNS ON THIS.
THIS ONE IS BEING DONE WITH COUNTY FUNDS.
WHEN IS THIS ONE GOING TO BE DONE? WHEN, WHAT YEAR? HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO TO BED AND THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
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THANK YOU.THIS IS THE ADDITION TO LONG GREEN THAT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THAT CONNECTION ON ROUTE 1 34.
SO THIS SHOWS BOTH THE CROSSWALK AND THE LITTLE ADDITIONAL PIECE OF SIDEWALK THAT WE WOULD BE DOING.
SO, UM, THE
OUR COUNTY PORTION OF IT IS THE, UM, SIDEWALK CONNECTING TO THEIR RAMP THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN AT THE CROSSWALK AND CARRYING IT ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE Y AND THEN ACROSS THE ENTRANCE AND ADDING IT TO THE EXISTING CROSSWALK THAT GOES BETWEEN THE Y AND THE LIBRARY.
HEY BETH, COULD YOU JUST STOP FOR JUST A SECOND CLOSE? YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL THESE DETAILS, JUST THE POINT OUT THE BIG PICTURE ON THIS ONE AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO WHEN THIS RELATIVELY MODEST PROJECT IT'S DONE, NOT MODEST, IF YOU'RE THE ONE TRYING TO GET ALL THE EASEMENTS, I RECOGNIZE COORDINATING WITH V DOT ON THE CROSSWALK AND ALL THAT.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CHURCH CONNECTED, UH, PEDESTRIAN CROSSWAY ACROSS THE HAMPTON HIGHWAY TO THE Y IN THE LIBRARY, CONNECTED IN WITH ANOTHER SIDEWALK THAT GOES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND THERE, JUST WITH THAT VERY SMALL LITTLE CONNECTION, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL INTERCONNECTED TO THOSE TWO VERY BIG ACTIVITY, GENERATES LARGE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS.
SO RELATED TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OBVIOUS PLACE TO PUT A SIDEWALK FOR THAT TYPE OF CONNECTION, BUT HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT VETTING THE OTHER? HOW DO YOU DECIDE, HEY, WE NEED THIS SIDEWALK HERE VERSUS NOT HERE.
WHAT WHAT, SO, SO MARK MIGHT WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN HAVING, UM, INTERNAL MEETINGS ON THIS FOR THREE YEARS, UH, BASICALLY TAKING EVERYBODY'S IDEA FROM ANY SOURCE.
IN SOME CASES THEY WERE CITIZENS SUGGESTIONS.
SOME CAME FROM YOU, ALL, SOME WERE, UH, IDENTIFIED BY V DOT AND THEN IT'S SOME IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, MARK.
YOU WANT ME TO JUST FINISH MY POINT? IT'S A DISTILLATION OR THE QUESTION, HOW MANY, HOW MUCH RESOURCES WE THINK WE HAVE SOME JUDGMENT ABOUT WHAT IS ACCOMPLISHED? WE, WE LIKE LITTLE SNIPPETS OF PROJECTS TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING, CONNECT TO TWO PLACES OR CONNECT TO AN ACTIVITY CENTER, BUT THEN KEEPING IN MIND SORT OF A LONGER TERM, LARGER NETWORK OF CONNECTIONS.
UH, SO ALL OF THAT GOES INTO PLAY AND THEN SOMEBODY LIKE BETH MIGHT LOOK AT A BUNCH OF IDEAS AND SAY, WELL, THERE'S ENOUGH RIGHT AWAY HERE.
I PROBABLY COULD DO THIS IN OUR LIFETIME, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WAY THIS ONE'S GONNA WORK.
UM, THAT THAT'S PART OF IT, MARK, UH, UH, MR. RON IS PART OF IT, THE ANSWER AS WELL AS SOMETIMES IT'S JUST SERENDIPITY.
UH, VIDOT APPROACHED US SOME TIME, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND SAID, WE HAVE A FEDERAL GRANT TO DO THIS KIND OF PROJECT.
IF YOU CAN HELP US WITH THE EASEMENTS AND THE SIDEWALKS WE'LL PAY FOR THE SIGNALIZATION, WHICH IS A LARGE EXPENSE.
SO THEY WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT A NUMBER OF CROSSINGS IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS, AS NEIL SAID, BY REQUEST OR SOMETHING THAT WE THINK MAKES SENSE TO CONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, BUT THEY KNEW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS AND BETH, I ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW THE OTHER TWO ON THE HAMPTON HIGHWAY.
SO ALL THREE OF THESE ON HAMPTON HIGHWAY ARE RESULT OF THAT CONVERSATION WITH V DOT.
AND THEY'RE ALSO, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW THE ONES THAT KILL CREEK.
SO, UH, MRS. KNOLL HAS TWO AND KILL CREEK THAT ARE A RESULT OF THE SAME CONVERSATION WITH VDI.
SO OFTENTIMES IT'S THE RANDOMNESS OF SOMEONE SHOWING UP WITH A GIFT OF MONEY TO SAY, I CAN DO THIS FOR YOU.
AND A COMBINATION OF SOMEONE ASKING FOR IT, STAFF RECOGNIZES IT, THE BOARD MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL THOSE THINGS COMBINED IS HOW WE GET TO WORK.
AND THEN FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS SAYING, HEY, LIKE BE NICE TO HAVE A SIDEWALK HERE.
AND IT, IT, IT OCCURS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
RARELY A WEEK GOES BY THAT I DON'T CALL BETH AND SAY, BETH, I HAD A SUGGESTION FOR, PLEASE PUT IT ON OUR LIST.
AND AS WE HAVE TIME, WE GO THROUGH, WE, BETH GOES THROUGH AND DOES THE ENGINEERING PART OF IT AND SAYS, THIS IS FEASIBLE.
OR WE CAN'T DO THIS FOR WHATEVER REASON.
SO WE DO KEEP A LIST OF ALL THOSE REQUESTS WHEN MADE.
AND WE TRY TO SEE THE VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT AND WE MAKE DETERMINATIONS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF MONEY CAN WE GET ON A GRANT? IS THAT AN 80 20 MATCH? IS IT A 50 50 MATCH? IS IT GOING TO BE THE COUNTY GOING IT ALONE? UH, SO WE TRY TO DO THAT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY BETH AND AMY AND NEIL ALL TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPRINKLE IT ACROSS THE FIVE DISTRICTS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS
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THERE.WELL, CHAIRMAN YES, BY MAKING SURE WHILE WE'RE ON THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ONE AND ALSO THE SIDEWALK CROSSOVER, UM, ON, UM, BIG BETHEL, THERE'S TWO OF THEM TOGETHER.
NOW THE NICE THING ABOUT THE BIG BETHEL ONE IS THAT WHEN SCHOOL'S IN SESSION, THERE'S A FLASHING LIGHT FOR SPEED LIMIT ON BOTH OF THEM.
UM, SO THIS IDEA, UH, SOMEBODY JUST PUSHED THE BUTTON.
UH THAT'S UH, THAT SET OF CROSSWALK IS ONE THING TO HAVE THE OTHER ONE WITH THE SPEEDING IN SCHOOL ZONES.
ANOTHER, UM, THIS ROAD IN PARTICULAR, YOU CAN GET, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON HAVE PEOPLE DOING 70 MILES AN HOUR DOWN THIS ROAD.
I MEAN, IT CAN GO FASTER IF THEY COULD CAUSE IT'S STRAIGHT, LONG STRAIGHTAWAY AND YOU GOT ALL THOSE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS RUNNING, MAN.
I MEAN, NOT RUNNING MAN, BUT A WELL PARTIALLY RUNNING MAN, BUT MOSTLY IT'S A WOODLAKE CROSSING AND ITCH ITCH WOULD AND A FEW OTHERS OVER THERE, KIDS TRYING TO GET ACROSS.
THIS IS THE ONE THING SCARES THE HECK OUT OF ME IS THAT THESE INTERSECTIONS WE DID THE STANDARD LIGHTING AND A WARNING SIGNALS ARE, I THINK ARE INADEQUATE.
SO I WOULD ASK THE STAFF TO REALLY EXPLORE THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE.
CAUSE I JUST, I MEAN, IT'S A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY DIVIDED.
UM, THERE'S NO WAY GENERALLY YOU CAN GET ACROSS AT ONE, ONE LIGHT.
AND UH, I JUST, I DIDN'T HAVE NIGHTMARES THINKING ABOUT KIDS COMING ACROSS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME YOUNG CHILDREN, BECAUSE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THEM MAYBE YOUNGER SEVEN, BUT SEVEN TO WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT IS IN THE FIFTH GRADE COME, JUST COMING ACROSS IT.
AND THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND, OR I KNOW PUSH THE LIGHT BUTTON.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A HIGH PROBABILITY OF, UH, OF, UM, CONCERN HERE.
I MEAN, I'M GOING TO HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE INTERSECTIONS WHERE LIKE PEOPLE COME ACROSS, IT'S GOTTA BE SO LIGHTED.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IN AN INTERSECTION.
CAUSE I TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED OVER AT QM CREEK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE GUY DECIDED, WELL, NO, I CAN WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO THIS AREA.
AND I DID REALLY SLAM ON BRAKES TO GET THROUGH THERE.
AND I WAS ONLY DOING 35 MILES AN HOUR.
SO, UM, I'VE JUST, WE GOT TO NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS PARK, ESPECIALLY THESE INTERSECTIONS WHERE THEY'RE CROSSING PRETTY WIDE ROADS, OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU SAID, MR. SHEPARD, A V DOT AND THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS CAN SHARE THAT.
AND THEY PUT A LOT OF ATTENTION INTO THE DESIGN.
I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT WE HAD A REALLY BAD PEDESTRIAN FATALITY ON THIS ROAD WITH SOMEBODY TRYING TO CROSS THE ROAD WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF CROSSING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FLIP SIDE OF IT.
IF I COULD MAKE ONE MORE POINT TO MARK'S SERENDIPITOUS COMMENT, THAT WAS ALSO TRUE ABOUT BYPASS ROAD, BECAUSE OF COURSE, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD COMMITTED THROUGH REVENUE SHARING TO REDO THAT SIDEWALK, CONNECTING ALL THOSE HOTELS INTO WILLIAMSBURG.
UH, AND THEN THERE WAS A PEDESTRIAN KILLED UP THERE AND SUDDENLY VIDOT WAS MOTIVATED TO WORK WITH US.
AND SO THAT CROSS-WALK PROJECT WITH THE DOTS SORT OF DROPPED IN WITH OUR WORK AND THAT SORT OF CAME TOGETHER.
BUT EVEN THOUGH IT'S TRUE, WE TRY TO DO GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE AND LOOK FOR SMALL SEGMENTS THAT ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING.
UH, I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO THINK OF IT AS BUILDING A NETWORK.
YOU KNOW, THAT OVER A VERY, VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME CONNECTS MORE AND MORE.
AND JUST TO MENTION THAT THIS ONE IS BEING DESIGNED WITH A MID CROSSING REFUGE.
SO THERE'D BE A RATHER LARGE AREA IN THE MEDIAN WHERE IF SOMEBODY CAN'T MAKE IT ACROSS ON ONE LIGHT SIGNAL, THERE'S, THERE'S A PLACE TO REMAIN UNTIL THE NEXT LIGHT SIGNAL.
THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE SAFER ONES, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST, RIGHT.
PEOPLE THINK OF SIGNS, BUT TO KEEP THEM ALIVE.
THIS IS THE FIRST STREET CROSSWALK.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT DONUTS ON A STICK IF THAT RINGS A BELL.
SO THIS IS BEING DONE ALSO COMPLETELY WITH VIDOT FUNDS.
UM, THIS CONNECTS THE MILITARY HOUSING ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE ROAD, TWO DONUTS ON A STICK AND TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK, WHICH HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF CENTRAL BAPTIST FOR SOME TIME.
SO WE'LL BE CONNECTING INTO THAT.
WE WILL BE, UM, ALTERING THE ENTRANCE TO DONUTS IN THE STICK TO MAKE IT SAFER.
THIS WILL ALSO, AND THIS WILL ALSO HAVE A MID-BLOCK CROSSING REFUGE.
THE LAST OF THE V DOT CROSSWALKS I HAVE IS AT YORK DOWNS DRIVE CROSSWALK.
THIS ONE IS, UM, AGAIN CONNECTING TO EXISTING SETS OF CRA OF SIDEWALKS THAT ARE, ARE NOT ADA COMPLIANCE.
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SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON EITHER SIDE THERE TO MAKE THE CONNECTION, UM, ON ALL THREE OF THESE SIDEWALKS V DOT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS.AND, UM, WE HAVE ACQUIRED THOSE EASEMENTS FOR THEM SO THAT THEY COULD GET THESE DONE.
AND, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE, UH, WILL BENEFIT FROM THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SHOP THAT'S, YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF OF AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE IS THE EASTMAN BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT, BETH, IN ADDITION TO HER ENGINEERING TALENTS TURNS OUT SHE'S AN EXCELLENT DIPLOMAT.
SHE'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN GETTING NO COST EASEMENTS FOR A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS WITH HER EFFORTS.
IT'S OUT OF THE YORK SHARED DOWNS NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? YES.
YORKSHIRE DOWNS IS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S CROSSING BY THE GAS STATION UP THERE, DOWN OVER TO THE APARTMENTS APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO THIS ONE IS BYPASS ROAD AND SET UP ONE CROSSWALK.
WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL TWO CROSSWALKS BECAUSE BOTH AREAS HAVE HIGH, UM, TRAFFIC.
THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE FUNDED ENTIRELY BY VITA.
SO IT CONTESTS THE, UM, EXISTING SIDEWALKS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BYPASS TO OUR NEW BYPASS ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT.
SO THEY ARE IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES WITH THIS ONE.
IT'S NOT BEING DONE AT THE SAME SPEED AS THE OTHER THREE, BUT THEY'RE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THIS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE, UM, W W WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THE FINANCING OF THIS OR THE DESIGN, BUT THEY ARE DOING THAT.
AND THERE WERE NO EASEMENTS REQUIRED FOR THIS ONE.
SO NEXT TIME WHEN I SPEAK WITH MR. ROCCO, UH, WHAT TIME PERIOD SHOULD I GIVE HIM ON THIS BEST GUESSTIMATE? OH, I WOULD LIKE IT WITHIN THE YEAR.
IT'S GOING TO START THIS FALL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT COORDINATE WITH OURS BECAUSE IF YOU IMPROVE THE SIDEWALK, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE END UP USING IT.
SO THE QUICKER WE GET THE CROSSWALK, THE BETTER I REALIZE IT'S HARD TO MAKE EVERYTHING HAPPEN IN EXACTLY THE SAME TIME, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IT THE NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS AT LEXINGTON COURT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING KILLING CREEK TRAIL.
UM, THIS WILL CONNECT THAT EXISTING MULTIPURPOSE TRAIL TO THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT SURROUNDS LEXINGTON COURT.
UM, TO DESCRIBE THIS, THE COUNTY IS PAYING FOR THE GROUNDWORK.
SO WE ARE GOING TO PUT IN THE RAMP AND THE LITTLE BIT OF SIDEWALK WE NEED TO MAKE THE CONNECTION.
THE, UM, V.IS GOING TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY STRIPE THE CROSSWALK AND PUT IN THE PUSH BUTTON, RAPID FLASHING BEACON ON THESE TWO.
AND, UM, KILL CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION HAS GRACIOUSLY, UM, OFFERED TO TAKE IT.
CAN'T TELL BECAUSE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN A WINTER TIME, BUT THAT TREE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS GOING TO BLOCK THE SOLAR PANELS TO THE RAPID FLASHING BEACON.
SO THEY HAVE AGREED TO TAKE THE TREE DOWN AT NO COST TO US.
THIS IS, UM, THE OAKWOOD SUBDIVISION.
WE JUST FINISHED THE ROADS IN.
THIS'LL BE A CROSSWALK CONNECTING AGAIN TO THE KILL CREEK TRAIL.
AGAIN, WE WILL BE DOING THE GROUNDWORK.
WE WILL PUT IN THE RAMPS AND VIDOT, WE'LL STRIPE IT AND DO THE RAPID FLASHING BEACON.
THERE IS, UM, EXISTING, UM, COMMERCIAL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE CONNECTING TO EVERYTHING.
THE KILLING CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION HAS ALSO AGREED TO TAKE DOWN ONE CREPE MYRTLE AT THIS LOCATION FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RAPID FLASHING BEACONS CAN RECEIVE POWER REASON THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE IS THE TREES BECAUSE TO MEET ADA COMPLIANCE, THE RAPID FLASHING BEACON BUTTON HAS TO BE WITHIN 10 INCHES OF THE SIDE OF THE RAMP.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THAT MEANS THAT THE POLL FOR THAT CAN ONLY GO IN ONE PARTICULAR LOCATION.
AND SO I HAVE TO HAVE SUN AT THAT LOCATION SO THAT IT IS ALL THE PROJECTS I HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
BETWEEN YOU AND, UH, MARK FOR YOU, UH, YOU SORT OF TRIED TO TELL US WHY THINGS WERE SO SLOW TO GET DONE.
UM, BUT IF YOU WERE TO PICK ONE OR TWO MAJOR ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S THE MAGNITUDE OF THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE, WHETHER, UM, IT WAS THE LOCATIONS, WHAT IS THE HOLDUP? WE STARTED IN ONE
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THE SECOND WORLD, WHARTON AT MOST FIVE YEARS, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT? ALRIGHT.IT, YOU KNOW, THREAT FREE ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANYTHING DONE, WHETHER IT'S UP IN THE UPPER COUNTY OR DOWN INTO THE LOWER COUNTY, IT JUST TAKES FOREVER.
AND WE ALL, WE ALWAYS HAVE AN EXPLANATION.
YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING TAKES THREE YEARS AND THEN CONTRACTS AT THE BE LET OUT AND THEY GOTTA BE REVIEWED AND DOING, AND DO THESE CONTRACTS MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT GO UP TO MAYBE EVEN WASHINGTON.
IT'S CRAZY, BUT, BUT, UH, MARK, YOU GET TO COME TO THE RESCUE EACH ROUND OF, OF V DOT, UH, DESIGN.
UM, THE WAY V DOT LIKES TO DESIGN LIKES TO REVIEW PLANS IS THEY WANT TO SEE A 30%, A 60%, A 90%, AND THEN A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO FINISH THE WHOLE PLAN AND BRING IT IN.
THEY WANT TO SEE A 30% PLAN AND THEY WANT TO, TO DROP IT OFF AND THEY TAKE THEIR TIME AND THEY GIVE YOU BACK THEIR COMMENTS.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE VALID AND SOME OF THEM AREN'T AND WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO REDESIGN, AND THEN WE HAVE TO BRING THEM THE 60% PLANS AND WAIT FOR THAT REVIEW.
THE PROCESS IS, IS SLOW AND METHODICAL, BUT IN DOING IT THAT WAY, THEY ADDRESS EVERYTHING.
WE WENT THROUGH THE BYPASS SIDEWALK, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE THREE STRUCTURES THAT WERE CLUSTERED TOGETHER THAT WERE MORE THAN 50 YEARS OLD.
AND THERE ARE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS THAT SAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT HARMS A STRUCTURE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE OF HISTORIC NATURE, THEN YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT.
SO WE HAD TO STOP AND WE HAD TO HIRE SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY CAME DOWN FROM FREDERICKSBURG AND REVIEWED THE STRUCTURES AND SAID, NO, THEY'RE NOT HISTORIC WROTE US A REPORT, TOOK PICTURES.
YEAH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT AND WE GO THROUGH IT AND WE GO THROUGH IT.
AND I GUESS THE INDUSTRY IS, IT'S JUST ONE BIG BUREAUCRACY THAT REALLY STINKS.
AND IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS.
WELL, BUT JUST DO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS MANY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT BETH WAS DESCRIBING ARE 50 TO 80% FUNDED BY NON-LOCAL DOLLARS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE PRICE OF GETTING THE GRANTS.
BUT FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE'VE TALKED, WE'VE LISTENED.
WE'VE HEARD EVERY DAY, THERE WAS TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS BY WASHINGTON AND SO FORTH.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY ISSUE, HOW DID IT CONTINUE TO BE A MONEY ISSUE? I KNOW IT'S A MONEY ISSUE, BUT THE POINT OF IT IS IT'S, IT'S CRAZY.
AND IT'S UNDER SATISFACTORY TO MOST TAXPAYERS CITIZENS.
IT REALLY IS RIGHT IN, UM, COMPARISON.
WHEN WE DID COME TO GRAS, WE SUBMITTED IT ONCE AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND THEY MADE COMMENTS.
WE ADDRESSED THEM AND IT WAS APPROVED A HUNDRED PERCENT COUNTY FINANCED, A HUNDRED PERCENT COUNTY MR. BROWN.
SO SPEAKING OF FUNDING, I'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF TIMES NIGHT, HOW CONNIE STAFF HAS WORKED WITH STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, GRANT RESOURCES TO DEFINE OPPORTUNITIES TO PAY FOR SOME OF THIS, TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON THE COUNTY BUDGET.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LEG WORK THAT GOES INTO GETTING THOSE GRANTS.
UM, LIKE FOR THE, THE BIKE PATH, I'D LIKE TO SEE A TIMELINE ROADMAP, BUT WE'LL BEGIN TO SPEC THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO GO INTO SERVICE, JUST TO TARGET.
I UNDERSTAND THAT TIMELINE HAS CHANGED, BUT IT'D BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO, OR AT RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, THIS IS PLANNED.
FIRST IS COMING UP SECOND, JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA OF WHEN THESE, THESE THINGS GET ROLLED OUT.
AND LASTLY, ARE WE DOING ANY TYPE OF MONITORING OF USAGE AFTER THESE PROJECTS GO INTO SERVICE TO SEE IF WE'RE GETTING THE AMOUNT OF USAGE WHERE EXPECT OUT OF IT? AND IF NOT, WHY NOT? DO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN INCOME? I DON'T WANT TO JUST ROLL THESE THINGS OUT AND JUST ASSUME IT'S BEING PUT IN BEING USED.
I'D LIKE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK THAT, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE MEET SOME METRICS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT UTILIZED OR WHATEVER, OR WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME FOLLOW-UP ON THAT TO, I CAN WORK THAT INTO MY, MY, UM, PROGRAM.
WE, I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY OWN ANECDOTAL, I KNOW COME TO, GRASS' GETTING USED IMMENSELY EVERY TIME I THERE TO CHECK IT ON MY PIPES TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS FUNCTIONING THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
BUT IF WE RUN INTO ISSUES WHERE SOMETHING ISN'T BEING USED, AS MUCH AS WE EXPECTED, WE WANT TO LOOK TO SEE WHY DO WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE? IT'S JUST THE NEED TO ADVERTISE BETTER, WHATEVER WE, WE MADE SURE WE GET GOOD UTILIZATION OUT OF THESE PROJECTS WHEN WE'RE ALL DONE.
YEAH, IT WAS A REALLY, UH, EXCELLENT BRIEFING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY RAISED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND, UM, UM, RE UH, REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO HEAR MORE ABOUT EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.
UH, I THINK THAT, THAT YOU CAN TELL FROM THE
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SUPERVISORS QUESTIONS WHO ARE KIND OF REALLY INTERESTED IN THE DETAIL TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO OUR, OUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT THEIR AREA.SO, UM, EXPECT TO HEAR FROM US INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A GROUP ON THE, ON THESE QUESTIONS.
SO IF YOU HAVE IDEAS, PLEASE TELL ME, THIS IS, THIS IS THE LAST COMMENT.
THIS IS MORE A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION, AND IT GOES TO YOU AND MR. BELL MAY AND MR. MORGAN, UH, REITERATE WHAT MR. ZAREMBA SAID, MR. RON TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.
YOU ALWAYS HEAR THERE'S SO MUCH FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS.
AND IF WE CAN KEEP AN EYE ON THAT, BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS ABOUT TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, AND IF WE COULD BE IN LINE AND HAVE OUR HANDS OUT, STRETCHED TO GET THAT MONEY, UH, AND MAKE THESE PROJECTS, UH, HEAD.
AND I KNOW THAT WOULD MAKE, UH, MR.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON FEDERAL DOLLARS AND HAVE THESE PROJECTS, I GUESS, UH, AT THE READY TO GO AT THE, WHAT, WHAT YOU CALL THE 60% STAGE, OR IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED SHOVEL-READY OR WOULD 90% BE SHOVEL READY TO ME MEANS A HUNDRED PERCENT DONE.
AND MR. MORGAN HAS DIRECTED US WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW PROJECTS RIGHT NOW TO BE, TO BE OPEN MINDED ABOUT WHAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT WOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD IN TO SPENDING THINGS, PROJECTS THAT THEY MIGHT LIKE.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE CREATIVE IN HOW WE SELECT THE PROJECTS, BECAUSE EVERY DAY YOU HEAR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SPENDING ON THESE THINGS, AND THIS IS, THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHERE GOVERNMENT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR A VERY GOOD USE.
[C York County License Plates.]
BELLAMY'S TO TALK ABOUT THE YORK COUNTY LICENSE PLATE.SO SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, UH, ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE ASKED US ABOUT DOING A SPECIAL YORK COUNTY PLATE, AND WE PULLED THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND CAME UP WITH A CONSENSUS THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE, UM, AN INTEREST RATHER IN, UH, DEVELOPING THIS PLATE.
SO WE HAVE TAKEN SOME TIME TO DO SOME PRELIMINARY, UH, INVESTIGATION, TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
IF YOU GO, UM, TO THE DMV WEBSITE, YOU'LL FIND THIS, THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET ACCUSTOMED PLATE, VANITY PLATE, SPECIALIZED PLATE, WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO CALL IT.
UH, YOU COULD BE A CITY AND TOWN MUNICIPALITY, THE COLLEGES YOU'VE SEEN THE ONES WITH VIRGINIA TECH, ALABAMA, ROLL TIDE.
UH, SO THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO DO THAT.
SO WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THAT'S WHERE THAT INFORMATION COMES FROM RIGHT OFF THE V UH, NOT BEAT DOT DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, DMV, UH, RIGHT OFF THEIR WEBSITES.
SO WHAT WE DID TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROCESS WAS TO COME UP WITH SOME, SOME CONCEPTS THAT WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT, UH, BRING TO YOU FOR YOUR EVALUATION.
AND I WOULD SAY IT'S BEEN A MONTH OR SO AGO.
WE SENT YOU A MEMO THAT HAD SOME OF THESE CONCEPTS IN IT.
AND SINCE THEN, UH, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE TEAM THAT'S WORKED ON THIS BEHIND ME OVER TO MY LEFT IS CHRISTI, AUSTIN AND DARREN WILLIAMS, UH, WHO WORK ON THE TOURISM.
AND WE HAVE BEEN CONVERSING WITH DMV ABOUT WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
SO SOME OF THOSE CONCEPTS, UH, THEY TOLD US RIGHT OFF THE BAT, THEY WERE NOT GOING TO WORK.
WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ICONIC TO YORK COUNTY.
AND WHEN YOU SAW IT, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THAT WAS A YORK COUNTY PLATE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT IS THIS IS OPTION NUMBER ONE.
AND THESE HAVE BEEN, UM, PRELIMINARILY VETTED THROUGH THE DMV.
AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK WITH SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.
SOMETIMES, UH, THE MONUMENT THERE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE SHRUNK JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, SO THAT IT DIDN'T INTERFERE WITH THE MONTH DECAL THAT WOULD BE ON THE LICENSE PLATE.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WHEN YOU SEE THESE,
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THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THIS, UH, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME CHANGES GRAPHICALLY THAT WILL NEED TO BE MADE.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE JUST HAD OUR PRELIMINARY REVIEW FROM THEM AND WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, BUT OPTION NUMBER ONE, OPTION NUMBER TWO, UH, IS THE CANNONS ON THE YORKTOWN ONIONS? LET YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR JUST A SECOND.
AND THEN THIS IS OPTION NUMBER THREE, BACK TO THE MONUMENT WITH THE LOGO THAT WE USE.
HOW DOES THAT DIFFER FROM ONE OF THE DIFFERENT, HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM ONE? OKAY.
THE MONUMENT I WANT TO GET TO ONE HAS THE, UM, ONIONS ON IT.
AND THE THREE HAS THE LOGO ON IT.
LOCAL YOU'LL COME AND SEE THE LOCAL LITTLE FLAG OR SORRY IF I PUT, OKAY.
PROBABLY A LOT BRIGHTER THAN THE CHOSEN.
AND, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT DMV HAS ALREADY TOLD US THAT THEY DON'T THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE A PLATE THAT'S IN PRODUCTION THAT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, BUT THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COLORING ON THIS PLATE, BUT W WE LEFT IT IN HERE BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A STRONG REPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY.
IT TIED IN WITH THE MARKETING AND THE USE OF THE LOGO.
WILL WE BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE, UH, TEXTS, YOU KNOW, THE 1000 YC WITH SOMETHING MORE PERSONAL, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THIS TO YOU, BUT I WANTED YOU TO GET A FEELING FOR THE PROCESS.
THIS, THIS HERE, THIS IS JUST DMVS PROCESS.
AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS, WHERE EACH OF THESE, UM, PIECES OF THAT PROCESS EXISTS TALKS ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS, EIGHT WEEKS, 10 WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS.
IF YOU GO BACK AND ADD ALL THOSE UP, EXTRA IN THE MOST EXTREME, THIS IS A 10 MONTH PROCESS JUST FOR THAT, JUST FOR DMV.
AND THIS DOESN'T COUNT THAT WE NEED TO GO OUT AND SIGN UP 350 PEOPLE TO AGREE TO THIS.
MA'AM THEY PAY FOR IT AHEAD OF TIME.
AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND AS WELL.
SO IN TERMS OF THE PLATES, THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO DO THIS.
UH, IT WAS POSED ORIGINALLY AS A REVENUE SHARING, UH, WHERE WE WOULD SELL UP, SELL THE PLATE, TAKE A RESERVATION, HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO CHARACTERIZE IT.
UH, WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE $25 UNDER REVENUE SHARING FOR JUST A SPECIAL PLATE.
IF YOU CHOSE TO PUT, UM, SHEILA ON THE PLATE, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $10.
NOW OF THAT MONEY, IF WE CHOOSE THE, IF YOU WERE TO CHOOSE THE REVENUE SHARING ASPECT OF IT, THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE 15 FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE PLATES, WHETHER IT'S A SPECIALIZED, A CUSTOM PLATE OR NOT, UH, THE COUNTY WOULD RECEIVE $15 FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE.
AND THE OTHER OPTION FOR YOU IS, UH, YOU KNOW, A LESS EXPENSIVE OPTION THAN THE NON-REVENUE SHARING, WHERE THE SPECIALIZED PLATE, WHERE YOU DON'T PICK THE NUMBER, YOU GET, WHAT THEY PULL OFF THE STACK, UH, THAT'S $10.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, GO TIDE, IT'S $20, BUT THE COUNTY DOESN'T GET ANYTHING FOR THAT UNDER THE NON-REVENUE SHARING.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE STATISTICS WITH YOU, AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, UM, FOR JENYA HAS MORE VANITY PLATES THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE NATION.
ROUGHLY SPEAKING, I'M SPEAK, SPEAKING ROUND NUMBERS, ROUGHLY SPEAKING, IF YOU GO GOOGLE SEARCH, THIS 16% OF THE PLATES IN VIRGINIA ARE VANITY PLATES.
THEY'RE SIX AND A HALF MILLION REGISTERED CARS IN VIRGINIA.
SO THAT MEANS ABOUT 1.5 MILLION CARS HAVE VANITY PLATES ON THEM.
SO THAT 16% IS THE PENETRATION RATE.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY SOLD 16, UM, 16% OF THE TAGS THAT ARE SOLD ARE ALREADY VANITY PLATES.
SO WE'RE JUMPING INTO A MARKET THAT IS, UH, GOT A LITTLE COMPETITION FOR IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT IF WE, WE HAVE 66,000 CARS, ROUGHLY, AND THE COUNTY REGISTERED ALMOST A CAR FOR EVERY PERSON IN THE COUNTY.
SO AT THAT RATE, AT THAT PENETRATION RATE, THAT'D BE ABOUT 10,000 CARS.
IF YOU COULD GET SOMEONE THAT'S 10,000 CARS WHO ALREADY HAD
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VANITY PLATES.SO NOW WE EITHER HAVE TO CONVINCE THOSE PEOPLE TO ABANDON THE VANITY PLATE THEY HAVE.
NOW WE HAVE TO SELL NEW ONES, MAKE NEW RESERVATIONS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF, OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING.
YEAH, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ANY PLACE NOW DIDN'T HAVE AN OPTION FOR YOUR COUNTY AT THE TIME.
SO IT WOULD GIVING THEM ANOTHER OPTION HERE.
AND YOU COULD TAKE YOUR, IF YOU WANTED TO PUT WALT ONE, IF HE WANTED TO TRANSFER HIS RIGHT OVER TO THE, YOUR COUNTY PLATE, HE COULD.
SO, SO WHAT I NEED FROM THE BOARD ARE THREE DECISIONS.
WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO THIS, IF YOU DECIDE YOU DO WANT TO DO THIS, DO YOU WANT REVENUE SHARING PLATE OR NON REVENUE SHARING PLATE? AND THEN WHICH PLATE IS IT? SO MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU AS TO WHETHER YOU AND THE OTHER, YOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS TONIGHT.
OR YOU'D LIKE TO PONDER IT A LITTLE BIT.
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PONDER IT, BUT I AM GOING TO SAY THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE PLATE AND WE APPRECIATE THE THREE OPTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THIS.
UH, YOU, YOU SEE A PLATE WITH A COLONIAL FIFE FIFER ON IT THAT WAS DESIGNED BY A YORK COUNTY STUDENT BACK IN 19.
HER NAME IS COURTNEY, MIKE, MICHAEL.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME IS M I C H E L.
AND THAT'S ONE OF MY VANITY PLATES THAT I HAVE.
I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD NECESSARILY CHANGE.
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, UH, THERE IS A COURTNEY, MICHAEL WHO WORKS AT CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY AND SHE IS THE MANAGER OF CREATIVE SERVICES THERE.
AND I DIDN'T CALL HER TO FIND OUT IF SHE WAS THE ONE, BUT LOOKING AT THE DATES AND SO FORTH, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THAT.
SHE MIGHT VERY WELL BE THE ONE.
SO IF WE DON'T LIKE ANY OF THE DESIGNS, OR IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, MAYBE SHE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT TOO.
BUT YEAH, TWO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
ONE IS I HEARD THAT PLATES LIKE THIS ARE PRODUCED IN THE STATES PENAL SYSTEM.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT, BUT, BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT, UM, HOW ABOUT A, A PROTOTYPE PAPER? DOESN'T LOOK REALLY EXCITING TOO MUCH, BUT IF WE GO DOWN PATH A, B OR C, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A PROTOTYPE, WHICH I CAN IMAGINE TAKES THAT MUCH EFFORT TO DO, ESPECIALLY IF THE CONTRACT'S GOING TO BE FOR SELF THOUSAND OF THESE MIGHT ONE.
I DIDN'T SEE THAT NONE OF THE BULLETS, I WAS JUST WONDERING, THERE IS A PROTOTYPE THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.
IT ESCAPES ME EXACTLY WHERE IT IS IN THE PROCESS, BUT ONCE THE DESIGNS CONFIRMED THERE, THERE IS A PROTOTYPE IN THE PROCESS.
I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT FOR YOU AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO FIND OUT.
AND SO, AS I SAID, THOSE THREE QUESTIONS AND JUST TO WRAP UP A LITTLE BIT, SO THE WAY WE SEE THIS GOING FORWARD IS, UH, AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BASICALLY, UH, DARREN WILLIAMS, CHRISTI OLSON, MYSELF, JUST TO KIND OF KEEP THE LOGISTICS AND THE DAY-TO-DAY THINGS MOVING, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME REAL HELP.
AND I, AND I SEE US GETTING HELP FROM FOLKS LIKE YOU WHO ARE PROMOTING THIS AND ASKING THEIR FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES, YOU KNOW, TO SIGN UP FOR THIS.
UH, I CAN IMAGINE THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A LIST.
UH, DARREN AND CHRISTIE HAVE THAT TALKS ABOUT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD TALK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE SCHOOL BOARD, UM, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE PTA THERE THERE'S 35 OR 40 PEOPLE ON THIS LIST, ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD TALK TO, BUT WE WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.
IF, IF YOU ALL HAVE A CREATIVE SUGGESTION, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
MARK, HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE FROM THE TIME THAT YOU DECIDE YOU HAVEN'T GOT A THOUSAND SIGN SIGN UP FOR IT BEFORE THEY WILL CUT THEM THREE 50? I THOUGHT IT WAS THE NAVY PLATE IS STILL SHORT.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A THOUSAND THAT THEY HAD TO GET THREE 50 IS THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO ACHIEVE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE TIMELINE AS HOW LONG
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IT TAKES TO GET THIS DONE.I THREE FIFTIES DMVS NUMBER, BUT I THINK OUR NUMBER INTERNALLY IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FOUR AND 500, BECAUSE I, AS I SHOWED YOU, THE PROCESS FOR DMV IS 10 MONTHS ALONE.
BY THE TIME WE GET ALL THESE PEOPLE SIGNED UP, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE BOUGHT NEW CARS.
THEY'RE GOING TO WRECK THE CAR.
THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THE CAR TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER.
I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN TO THOSE CARS WHERE THEY'RE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE MORE CARS ON THE LIST THAN WE ACTUALLY NEED, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA FALL SHORT.
SO OUR NUMBER INTERNALLY IS SOMETHING ABOVE 400.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS.
AND WE DO THINK THAT THIS COULD BE TWO YEARS.
SO THERE ARE SOME LOCALITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS BESIDES US COAST.
AND OBVIOUSLY HAS THIS, UM, THEY'VE DONE THIS.
UM, IT TOOK THEM A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS TO PULL THIS OFF CHESAPEAKE IN VIRGINIA BEACH.
BOTH HAVE ONE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THERE, THERE ARE FAILED ATTEMPTS AS WELL.
I MEAN, THIS, THIS IS A BIG LIFT.
IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF RESOURCES ON A LOT OF TIME.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP.
AS I SAID, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN JUST WITH STAFF.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN FROM THE TOP.
UM, IS THERE A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY TO PURSUE THIS? EVEN IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I MEAN, BEYOND JUST NORMAL STAFF, OUR WORK IN GENERAL.
SO THE, THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT IS GOING TO BE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WE GET TO AGREE TO RESERVE THEIR PLATE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT 25, 35 OR 10 20, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS THAT YOU ALL DECIDE, WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT THAT FROM THEM AND HOLD IT IN RESERVE UNTIL WE MEET THAT NUMBER.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE MAY SIT ON THEIR $25 OR THEIR $35 FOR A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE THEY EVER REALIZED THAT GOT ANYTHING FOR IT.
SO THAT THAT'S A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC.
SECOND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT REVENUE SHARING OR NOT REVENUE, SHARON, I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE PURSUED THIS, WHAT, WHAT THEIR SUCCESS HAS BEEN ONE WAY THAT OTHER COASTLINE IS NOT A REVENUE SHARE.
THEY'VE CHOSEN TO NOT DO THAT.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT NIGHT, BUT JUST KIND OF A BROAD BRUSH, 75% DO WELL.
WE CAN DO, WE CAN DO SOME REAL QUICK MATH.
IF YOU GO TO THE REVENUE SHARING, UH, AT 16%, IT'S ROUGHLY 10,000 CARS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ALL THOSE.
SO LET'S, LET'S CALL IT THOUSAND FOR EASY MATH.
IS THAT $15,000 WE COLLECTED? AND LAST, I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE, JUST FIRST, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, UM, UM, FOLLOW UP YOUR, YOUR FIRST OPTION FOR LICENSE PLATE.
I'M CONCERNED BY THE TIME YOU REDUCED THE MONUMENT, SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT, AND YOU GOT TO LOSE IT IN THE BACKGROUND TO THE ONIONS, THE THIRD OPTION, SIMILAR CONCERN.
AND ALSO WE HAVE OUR CURRENT LOGO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
WE CHANGED OUR LOGO AND THAT DOESN'T MATCH THE LICENSE PLATE.
COULD WE GO BACK AND TAKE YOUR LICENSE PLATE? DO YOU HAVE THAT? SO I LIKE OPTION TWO, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST ME, MY FEEDBACK, MR. CHEF DULY NOTED.
YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS EASY AS POSSIBLE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ASKING PEOPLE TO, UH, SPEND $35 TO GIVE SOME TO THE COUNTY, LIKE GIVE IT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE.
THEY WILL GO 20 MILES OUT OF THEIR WAY TO AVOID A 50 CENT TOLL.
UH, THAT THEY AREN'T GOING TO PAY TOLL FOR ANYWAY.
SO WHATEVER OPTION WE DO, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IF I'M ON THE THING I'M GOING TO SUPPORT US.
SO YOU WANT TO WAVE YOUR FLAG OF YOUR COUNTY BY A LICENSE PLATE.
UM, BUT GIVING MONEY, DOING IT AS A FUNDRAISER IS NOT, THIS IS NOT, IT'S ALMOST AN INSULT.
MY GUT FEEL FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH IS THAT THERE'LL BE A TSUNAMI OF CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY WHO WANT IT.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.FIRST ITEM IS A RETIRING EMPLOYEE.
SECOND ITEM IS RETIRING EMPLOYEE, MARK STEVENS, EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.
NUMBER FOUR IS FUNDING COMMUNITY SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS FOR 2022.
AND THE FIFTH ONE IS FUNDING LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS FOR 2022.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE WISH TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION OR WISH TO BE PULLED? SEE, SEEN NONE.
MR. SHEPHERD, WOULD YOU VOTE? YEAH.
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MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD TO MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.MADAM CLERK AND MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR AS SUBMITTED MR.
[OPEN DISCUSSION]
ASK ANY OF THE MEMBERS, IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.AND I'M GOING TO START, AS I ALWAYS DO WITH MS. NICOLE, MS. NOLAN MATTERS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD.
MAYBE THE OTHER MEMBERS GOT THIS TOO FROM THE YORK COUNTY CHURCH WOMEN UNITED FOOD CLOSET.
AND I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE THAT THE NUMBERS, THE FOOD CLOSETS STATISTICS FOR 2020, THEY SERVE 5,810 PEOPLE, WHICH IS IN 2019.
THIS IS FOR YOUR COUNTY AND PICASSO RESIDENTS.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CLIENT VISITS PER WEEK IN 2020 WAS 129 THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS ONLY 63.
AND THE BUSIEST DAY OF THE YEAR WAS THEY HAD 262 PEOPLE COME FOR HELP.
AND THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS ONLY 67, THAT'S QUITE A, QUITE A JUMP.
AND I, AND I, I HAVE TO THANK THESE LADIES VERY, VERY MUCH FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND AS THEY SAID, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITHOUT THE OUTPOURING GENEROSITY OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHILE THEIR NUMBERS SKYROCKETED.
SO DID THEIR DONATIONS, CHURCHES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS DONATED THOUSANDS OF NON PERISHABLE ITEMS, EVEN TOILET PAPER AND PAPER TOWELS, AS WELL AS GIVING MONETARILY AND THE GIFTS INCREASED BY ALMOST 147% THAT GENEROSITY HAS ENABLED THEM TO CONTINUE WHAT THEY DO WITH A FEW MODIFICATIONS AND HATS OFF, BECAUSE THIS IS A, IT'S A FAMILY.
YOUR COUNTY IS A FAMILY, AND WE TRY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILY.
AND YOU CAN TELL THE PEOPLE WHERE THEIR DONATIONS THOUGHT OF OTHERS WHEN THEY DID IT.
AND I HAVE TO THANK THIS ORGANIZATION VERY, VERY MUCH FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR PEOPLE IN NEED.
THANK YOU, MR. HALL, MR. ZAREMA.
COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS REAL QUICK.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN YESTERDAY'S MEMORIAL DAY.
WE DO IT EVERY 31 MAY AND IT WAS A NICE TURNOUT, A COUPLE OF THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT MAYBE A LITTLE MORE REHEARSAL WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE THE MIDDLE BETTER.
BUT BOTTOM LINE IS, IT WAS A WONDERFUL WAY TO BRING YOU IN MEMORIAL DAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED IN MY MEDIA OUTLETS AND TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON, THAT WHITE HOUSE, AND ALSO THE, THE, UM, THIS CHAMELEON HARRISON IS THE CHEMICAL HARRIS'S OFFICE.
AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WHERE THEY RECOGNIZE WHAT MEMORIAL DAY IS ALL ABOUT IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO'VE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO DATE, MAKE THIS COUNTRY WHAT IT IS A SECOND SUBJECT.
IT'S TIED TO THE GREAT PRESENTATION BY THE TWO LADIES WITH RESPECT TO ROADS AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE ROADS, BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG, BIG PROBLEM.
AND AS YOU GET BETTER IS THE INTERSECTION OF MORE TOWN ROAD AND BULLA FONTS FULL OF IS A BIG PROFESSIONAL PARK OUT THERE.
UH, MR. UH, PETE HENDERSON IS, HAS GOT THIS HUGE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX HE'S BUILT.
HE'S BEEN BUILDING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, AND, UH, THAT INTERSECTION IS A DISASTER WAITING FOR A PLACE TO HAPPEN.
A SMALL DISASTER HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
UH, PEOPLE COMING OUT OF BULL FINES TO TRY TO GET ACROSS MORE TOWN, TWO OR MORE TOWN ROAD, IT'S LIKE A CRAPSHOOT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN KIND OF DRIVER WHO, UH, WON'T WAIT FOR THINGS TO QUIET DOWN AND TRIES TO MAKE IT.
AND BINGO, THERE'S ONE OF THE, AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN THAT ACCIDENT, HOLD OFF TO THE HOSPITAL.
THANK GOD CENTURA IS WRITING RIGHT THERE.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE THE FACT THAT V.IS SITTING ON THAT REQUEST OF OURS.
THAT'S BEEN APPROVED TO PUT A LICENSE, A STREETLIGHT THERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NICE THING TO KNOW THAT THE HOSPITAL'S READILY AVAILABLE BECAUSE NOTHING BUT MORE ACCIDENTS GOING TO OCCUR THERE BECAUSE IT'S NONSTOP CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, BOTH INDIVIDUAL HOUSES, TOWNHOUSES, UM, YOU NAME IT IT'S THERE AND IT JUST KEEPS GROWING MORE AND MORE, LESS COMMON.
I WANT TO, UH, MAKE AND THAT'S TO THE BOARD.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING CALLED CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
I MENTIONED IT LAST WEEK, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, WANTED HIM TO GIVE US A LITTLE INSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS BECAUSE I'M READING
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AND SEEING AND HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THIS.THIS LET'S CALL IT A MOVEMENT TO INCULCATE OUR EDUCATION K THROUGH 12 AND UNIVERSITIES WITH CA WITH THIS CONCEPT OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY, WHICH IS A MARXIST CONCEPT THAT CONCEPT THAT INSTEAD OF PITTING THOSE WHO HAVE ECONOMICALLY AGAINST THOSE WHO DON'T, IT PITS PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT COLOR SKINS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
LET'S START WITH THE K THROUGH 12.
I WOULD ASK THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MR. CHAIR, UH, TO SEE IF WE CAN DO SOME COORDINATION WITH THE SCHOOL, WELL BOARD TO GET A FUEL FROM THEM SINCE THEY'RE THE GUYS AND GALS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR EDUCATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE, WE HAVE CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND KEEP IN MIND THAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY BY OTHER WORDS IS STILL CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
AND I TOLD YOU, I THINK MAYBE I DIDN'T, I GOT A RESPONSE FROM THE FRONT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THAT WAS ANYTHING BUT REAL STRONG, POSITIVE MY QUESTION.
OKAY, MR. MORGAN, IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THAT FOR SURE.
SO REAL QUICK WITH THE WEATHER WARMING UP AT VIRGINIA, OPEN IT BACK UP.
I KNOW COUNTY TERRORISM, I KNOW COUNTY PARKS REC AMONG OTHER TWO COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING A LOT OF PROMOTING A LOT OF ORG ORGANIZING OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY AS YOU'RE ABLE TO GET OUT AND ENJOY YOUR COUNTY.
I KNOW THERE ARE MANY COUNTY BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE VERY EAGER TO ACCEPT PEOPLE TO COMING BACK INTO THEIR DOORS AGAIN.
SO NOW'S THE TIME IF YOU GET OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND ENJOY YOUR COUNTY.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, UH, COMPLIMENT, UH, THE FOLKS THAT, UH, DID THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY NICE IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID IT IN FRONT OF YOUR CALL HERE.
THERE'S A MONUMENT, A MONOLITH THAT WE ADD THERE TALKS ABOUT THE SOLDIERS THAT HAVE DIED, THAT ARE MEMBERS ARE LIVED IN YOUR COUNTY, UM, AND, UH, OVER THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GOING BACK TO THE BACON REBELLION, I BELIEVE.
AND, UH, THE SPEAKER, UH, WAS BILL TOWNSLEY, WHO YOU MAY RECALLS A LOT OF TIMES A MODERATOR FOR THE PARADES.
AND, UH, HE DOES A LOT OF COORDINATION FOR ACTIVITIES LIKE ON 4TH OF JULY, VERY PATRIOTIC INDIVIDUAL IS ALSO A SILVER STAR, UH, RECIPIENT FOR, UH, HIS ACTIONS IN VIETNAM, OVER 400 MISSIONS WHERE HE, AND HE HAD TO JUMP OUT OF A, OF AN OTU, UH, WHICH WAS, UM, UH, OBSERVATION PLANE WAS VERY DANGEROUS, UH, MISSION.
AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING SHOT AT, AS HE WAS IN HIS PARACHUTE COMING DOWN AND LANDING NEAR HIS AIRCRAFT.
THE THING THAT, UH, BILL POINTED OUT, UM, THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT WAS HE HAS HIS AT THE VERY END OF HIS TALK, WHERE HE SAID, HE UNDERSTOOD THE, UH, THAT WHEN YOU'RE LAYING THERE, YOU GET SHOT AT YOU EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THE BEACHES OF OMAHA OR ATTACK A READOUT OR, OR VIETNAM OR, OR, UH, DESERT STORM OR ANYWHERE IN AFGHANISTAN OR ANY OF THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE MILITARY, YOU PUSH FORWARD, YOU PUSH FORWARD AND YOU JUST HOPE THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH, BUT IN, BUT YOU COULD WORRY ABOUT THAT.
BUT THE POINT, THE POINT IS YOU JUST, YOU CAN'T STOP.
YOU GOTTA KEEP PUSHING FORWARD.
AND, UM, AND NOW I THOUGHT THAT THAT, THAT HIS EXPERIENCE ALLOWED HIM TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE MEANING OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DIED AND WHAT THEY MIGHT BE THINKING, BECAUSE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HUGGING THE BUSH AND WHILE THEY WERE FIRING AT HIM TRYING, AND HE WAS TRYING TO SAY, WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD, KEEP PUSHING FORWARD.
SO IT WAS A VERY, UH, MOVING, UH, COMMENTS, UH, FROM A BILL AND, YOU KNOW, AIR FORCE, COLONEL RETIRED.
I KNOW PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP, WE HAD A NICE, VERY NICE SHOWING.
I KNOW IT'S A BIG FAMILY EVENT THAT PEOPLE CAN BE THERE, BUT IT'S A SOMETHING TO REMEMBER THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THE, UH, THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, THE LAST MEASURE, UM, TO, SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY THESE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO I JUST, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK, THE STAFF AND, AND THE FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED IN IT.
IT WAS JUST VERY, IT WAS, IT WAS WONDERFUL.
I LIKE TO BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
THE COASTAL VIRGINIA MAGAZINE EVERY YEAR DOES A READER'S CHOICE, UH, SURVEY OF A CONTEST.
AND I WANTED TO BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
WE HAD A LOT OF WINNERS HERE IN YORKTOWN.
RIVERWALK LANDING WAS VOTED BEST PLACE TO HEAR LOCAL BANDS.
YORKTOWN PUB WAS VOTED IN BEST NIGHTLIFE.
YORKTOWN PUB WAS ALSO VOTED BEST LUNCH AND SPORTS BAR.
THE WATER STREET GRILL WAS VOTED BEST OUTDOOR PATIO DINING PATRIOT TOURS WAS VOTED BEST LOCAL RECREATION STORE.
THE, YOUR AIR YORKTOWN TROLLEY WAS VOTED BEST TRANSPORTATION SERVICE AND YORKTOWN BEACH WAS VOTED THE BEST PLACE TO PICNIC.
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WINNERS WERE THE GALLERY ON YOUR CALL WAS THE BEST ART GALLERY.THE, A REVOLUTION MUSEUM AT YORKTOWN WAS THE BEST LOCAL ATTRACTION MOBJACK BAY COFFEE ROASTERS, UH, WITH JOE AND CELESTE DOWN, THERE WAS THE BEST COFFEE SHOP.
BEN AND JERRY'S WAS VOTED THE BEST ICE CREAM, FROZEN TREATS, STORE WATER STREET, GRILL, BEST HAPA STYLE RESTAURANT ALEXANDER'S PHOTOGRAPHY, BEST LOCAL PHOTOGRAPH PHOTOGRAPHER.
UH, AND THE COLONIAL NATIONAL PARK VISITOR CENTER WAS THE BEST PLACE TO HIKE AND WALK AND OUR BRONZE WINNERS.
AND HERE WERE THE RIVERWALK LANDING.
AGAIN FOR MUSIC VENUES, THE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE BEST MUSEUM BEST CATERING WAS CHEF KS AND KS CAFE ON MAIN STREET ORDER STREET GRILL CAME IN WITH BEST SPECIALTY COCKTAILS, AGAIN, UM, THE RIVERWALK RESTAURANT, BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT, PENINSULA, BRONZE WINTER MARKET DAYS, BEST FARMER'S MARKET.
AND THE HORNS HOUSE WAS VOTED THE BRONZE WINNER BEST LOCAL BED AND BREAKFAST.
SO I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THOSE PEOPLE AND URGE EVERYBODY TO GET DOWN HERE, SUMMERS IN FULL SWING, GET DOWN THERE AND ENJOY SOME OF THE GREAT ATTRACTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND IN CLOSING, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, I SEE A CANDIDATE FOR THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, MR. AC CORDOZA WHO'S OUT THERE.
AND, UH, JUST LIKE TO HAVE STAND UP AND APPRECIATE, UH, OF CANDIDATES COMING AND LISTENING TO OUR ISSUES HERE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO OUR WORK SESSION TONIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAD INTO OUR
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CLOSED SESSION.THIS IS AN OLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 70 11 80, 1 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
I MOVED AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CONVENING CLOSED MEETING TO CONSIDER A PERSONNEL MATTER INVOLVING THE PERFORMANCE OF A, OF A SPECIFIC OFFICER APPOINTEE OR EMPLOYEE WILL CALL MRS. NOLE.