Aug 17, 2021 Board of Supervisors

AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE IN YOUR COMPANY WITH FOUR TO SUPERVISORS, ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.

UM, SCION IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN SEAFORD AND, UM, I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CHURCH FOR GOING ON EIGHT YEARS AND IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE IN THIS COMMUNITY ORIGINALLY FROM WILLIAMSBURG.

UH, THEN WHEN I WAS TOLD I WAS GOING TO BE GOING TO SEAFORD, I KNEW EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS.

NO ONE HAD TO TELL ME A C FOR IT IS.

SO IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND A PRIVILEGE.

AND WE S WE ARE OFFERING OUR SERVICES FOR IN-PERSON AT 10 O'CLOCK ON SUNDAYS, BUT WE STILL OFFER SERVICES ONLINE ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, UH, BOTH THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND ALSO THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.

SO WE TRY TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR AUDIENCE IS MUCH GREATER THAN JUST THOSE IN THE SEAFORD COMMUNITY AND THE YORK COMMUNITY, YOUR COUNTY COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOW EXTENDED INTO OTHER STATES.

AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO REACH TO THEM.

BUT AT THIS TIME I INVITE US ALL TO JOIN TOGETHER IN PRAYER.

LET US PRAY, DEAR ALMIGHTY, AND ALL GRACE FILLED GOD.

WE PAUSE FROM THE BUSY-NESS OF ANOTHER DAY, RECOGNIZING THAT OUR MINDS ARE STILL TRYING TO COMPREHEND WHAT CHALLENGES AND WHAT GIFTS WE HAD BEFORE THE STATE.

WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE GIFTS OF THE TODAY.

AND WE SEEK YOUR CONTINUED BLESSINGS ON THE WORK THAT STILL LIES BEFORE US, AS WE NOW PREPARE IN OUR MINDS AND IN OUR HEARTS TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES AND DECIDE MANY OF THE MATTERS AFFECTING THE RESIDENTS OF YOUR COUNTY.

AND LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND OUR, YOUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATION WITH YOUR WISE COUNSEL AND YOUR STRENGTH OF PURPOSE, LEAD OUR LEADERS IN YOUR THOUGHT, GUIDE THEM IN THEIR DIALOGUE AND OFFER THEM COMPASSION IN THEIR HEARTS.

AS THEY RECOGNIZE YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR GRACE, AND GRANT THEM IN ALL DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTIES, THE COURAGE TO ASK, WOULD YOU HAVE THEM DO THAT? THEY WILL BE SAVED FROM ALL FAULTS CHOICES AND THAT IN YOUR LIGHT, THEY MAY SEE LIGHT, AND THEN YOU'RE STRAIGHT PATH.

THEY MAY NOT STUMBLE.

AND AS OUR WORK CONCLUDES FOR THIS DAY, WE PRAY YOUR MERCY WERE REMAIN WITH US AS WE REST FROM OUR LABORS.

AND AS WE PREPARE THE FACE, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR NEW DAY WILL PRESENT TO US AS THE SUN RISES.

ONCE AGAIN, ALL GIFTS FROM YOUR GRACIOUS GLORY THAT WE GIVE YOU THINGS.

AND THIS WE PRAY IN YOUR HOLY NAME.

AMEN.

THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PRESENTATIONS AND OUR FAVORITE DIRECTOR OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OR REGIONAL DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU, PASTOR MAGRUDER.

THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MISS SNELL.

WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE PLEASE? WELL, MY NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

MR. ZAREMBA HERE.

MRS. NOLE HERE.

MR. GREEN HERE, MR. RYAN HERE, MR. SHEPHERD, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

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YEP.

[A. Virginia Department of Transportation. Receive quarterly update from Rossie Carroll, Residency Administrator.]

MR. ROSSI, CAROL, MR. CARROLL, YOU COULD GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TRANSPORTATION.

I SEEN OTHER DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT'S NICE TO BE HERE.

THIS, UH, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE THE QUARTERLY UPDATE FOR YOUR COUNTY V DOT.

UM, WE'VE COMPLETED 500 OR 714 MAINTENANCE WORK ORDERS THAT HAVE WE HAVE RECEIVED AT THIS PERIOD, WHICH IS ABOUT 70% OF THE WORK ORDERS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM RESIDENTS OR THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED IN THE AREA.

UM, MOST OF THE ONES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING AS QUARTERS BEFORE HAS BEEN DRAINAGE, UM, A LOT OF DRAINAGE CONCERNS OUT THERE.

A LOT OF DRAINAGE, UH, WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE CLEANED, UM, PIPES AND SIX MILES OF ROADWAY DRAINAGE THIS QUARTER, UH, THROUGH OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

UM, WE'VE PATCHED ROADWAYS DONE UNPAVED SHOULDER MACHINING.

THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY SHOULDER PULLING TO CLEAR THE ROADWAY.

UM, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING OUR COUNTYWIDE.

WE DIDN'T NOTICE, PROCEED FOR COUNTYWIDE MOWING AND LITTER PICKUP.

UM, WE ALSO, UH, HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON IN THE AREA, UH, THE ASCE 64 WIDENING PROJECT, WHICH I WON'T REALLY GO INTO THAT, BUT, UH, THAT IS MOVING ALONG, UH, VERY WELL.

WE HAVE THE 1 99 I 64 QUARTER TECH IT'S REALLY, UM, PUTTING FIBER OPTIC TO GET SOME CONNECTIVITY FOR OUR SIGNALS, UH, SO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE SO THAT THEY'RE ON THE SAME, UH, TIMESTAMP PER SE.

UM, AND WE'LL HELP, SHOULD HELP WITH, UH, HAVING SPECIFIC CORRIDORS TIMING WITH EACH OTHER TO LET TRAFFIC, UH, MOVE A LITTLE BETTER.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE PLANT MIX PROJECT THAT HAS STARTED.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE BIG BETHEL ROAD AND THE PTAB HIGH SCHOOL BUS LOOP THAT HAS BEEN PAVED, STILL LEFT TO BE MARKED.

UM, IN OUR TWO WEEK, LOOK AHEAD, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, 1 43 FROM LIKE THE PENNIMAN 1 62 AREA, THAT AREA.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE, THE, THE COMMONS WAY, UH, JOSHUA LANE THAT'S BEEN MILLED, BUT IT'S GETTING READY TO GET PAID.

THAT'S OFF OF 60 BYPASS, I BELIEVE.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THEATER ROAD WAS THEATER ROAD AND JOSHUA LANE, AND THEN WATER COUNTRY PARKWAY, UM, FROM LIKE 1 99 GOING BACK, UM, TOWARDS PENNIMAN ROAD.

SO WE HAVE THOSE IN THE NEXT, LET'S SAY BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER SIX.

UH, EVEN THOUGH OUR TWO WEEK LOOK AHEAD, GOES A LITTLE BIT FARTHER THAN TWO WEEKS, BUT, UM, THAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE SCHEDULE AND, UH, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PLANT MIX WORK TO DO A LOT, UH, COOK ROAD.

OH, YOUR CAMPTON HIGHWAY.

UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY TO, UH, 2 38, A LOT OF ROUTES, UM, IN THE SCHEDULE THIS YEAR.

SO, UH, THE CONTRACTOR IS ACTUALLY, UM, UTILIZING TWO CREWS, UM, TO TRY TO GET THE, THE TONNAGE THAT NEEDED TO KEEP STAY ON SCHEDULE.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING ALONG, GETTING BACK ON SCHEDULE WITH THAT AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE, UH, COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME WITH ALL OF OUR PLANT MAKE SCHEDULE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UM, A FEW UPCOMING PROJECTS.

UM, WE DID, UH, H SIP, UM, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AND THAT'S THAT'S, UH, TO INSTALL PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ON 1 34 FIRST STREET, INDIAN SUMMER DRIVE AND LONG GREEN BOULEVARD.

UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 90% PLANS ON THAT, UM, AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE SPRING OF 2022.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE PEDIMENT ROAD, GOVERNMENT ROAD, UH, ROADWAY, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, THAT'S GOING INTO WHAT WE CALL THE UTILITY RELOCATION PHASE, UM, FOR ABOUT A YEAR STARTING THIS MONTH FOR ABOUT A YEAR TO THE NEXT MONTH.

SO, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE SOME MOVEMENTS WITH THAT, WITH THAT PHASE.

UH, WE HAVE THREE SMART SCALE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN, UH, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, AND THAT IS THE ROUTE 17 WIDENING BETWEEN SIX 30 AND 1 73.

UH, THE, THE VICTORY, THE VICTORY BOULEVARD RIDING BETWEEN 17 AND 1 34.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, ROUTE 1 71 VICTORY BOULEVARD, CAST CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, BETWEEN 1 34.

AND I THINK IT'S

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HEAVEN'S WAY 1740.

SO, UH, THOSE ARE MOVING ALONG AND, UM, WE, WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME AGE SET PROJECTS FOR AN SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

AND THAT IS, UH, WE DID A STUDY AT LIKE COOK ROAD AND FALCON ROAD, UM, AND BOWMAN TERRACE AT VICTORY BOULEVARD, UM, LOOKING AT RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

THOSE POPPED UP AS SORT OF HOT AREAS FOR US, AND WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE, UH, STOP SIGN SIGNAGE SIZE AND PUT THOSE REFLECTIVE MARKERS AT THE STOP SIGNS.

AND INSTEAD OF INTERSECTION AHEAD SIGNS, WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP THE, UH, WATCH FRATERNITY VEHICLES, UM, JUST TO TRY TO GET A LITTLE MORE, UH, AWARENESS OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS, A LITTLE MORE AWARENESS ABOUT STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PROPER SIGHT DISTANCE.

UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE COUNTY, UH, SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING ALONG VERY WELL.

UH, THAT'S THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS ON ROUTE 60 BYPASS ROAD AT WALLACE MILL AND PALACE LANE.

UM, WE ARE VERY CLOSE AND WAITING FOR THE FINAL DESIGN TO COME FROM OUR CENTRAL OFFICE.

AND, UH, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT WE THINK WILL BE READY SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER TIMEFRAME START WORKING ON THIS.

SO, UM, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT MOVING, UM, THIS FALL.

AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS ON KILLING CREEK PARKWAY.

I THINK IT'S TWO NEW ONES AND REPLACEMENT OF, UH, AN EXISTING, UM, FROM THE RAPID FLASHING BEACON TO THE SOLAR, UH, RAPID FLASHING BACON.

SO, UH, THOSE ARE IN THE WORKS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME CONCRETE WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING, HOPEFULLY ALL OF THAT IS COMPLETED OR SPRING OF 20, 22.

I WILL BRING UP THAT WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW, UH, REV SHARE PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL HAD APPROVED, UM, PREVIOUS BOARD, UM, SESSION.

AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON A FEW OF THOSE.

UH, THEY'RE MOVING ALONG PRETTY GOOD.

UH, WE HAVE THE SIDEWALK PHASE TWO.

UM, THE DOT HAS THE FINAL PSE PACKAGE AND, UH, PREPARING THE FINAL FOR FINAL DISTRICT SIGNATURES.

UM, WE ARE WAITING ON SOME RIGHT AWAY CERTIFICATIONS, BUT, UH, UH, PROJECT ADVERTISEMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29, 21.

AND, UM, SHOULD, SHOULD MEET, MEET ALL OF THOSE AND STAY GREEN ON THAT.

UH, THE SIDEWALK PHASE ONE, UM, WE'RE PREPARING THE PSE PACKAGE FOR THE DISTRICT ENGINEER SIGNATURE.

UM, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DONE WITHIN TWO WEEKS, UH, ONCE THAT IS DONE, UM, PRIOR TO AVERAGE THE ADVERTISEMENT DATE, UH, WHICH WAS AUGUST 31.

AND, UH, IF, IF, UH, I THINK THE AVERAGE AWARD DATE IS NOVEMBER.

SO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MOVING ALONG PRETTY GOOD ON THE SIDEWALK PROJECTS, UH, THE FRONTAGE ROAD, UH, OFF OF, UH, IT'S KIND OF HIS OWN VICTORY, UH, BESIDE VICTORY.

UH, WE'RE PREPARING THE PSD PACKAGE, UH, THE COUNTY, WE'RE SEE THAT GO AHEAD TO, UH, START CONSTRUCTION OR START ADVERTISEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, IF NOT SOONER.

AND, UH, THAT ALSO HAS AN ADVERTISEMENT DATE LISTED AS OCTOBER.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE WARMLY CREEK EDGE HILL COVERED COVERT, UM, REVIEWING FINAL COMMENTS, PSD FOR D SIGNATURE ON THAT AS WELL.

UM, AND THAT THAT'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

SO, UM, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE REV SHARE PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO DO SOME TURN SOME DIRT.

UM, SO JUST TO SEE THOSE PROJECTS COMING TO FRUITION AND GETTING SOME OF THE PEDESTRIAN AND DRAINAGE ISSUES TAKEN CARE OF, UM, IS A GOOD THING.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROJECT, WHICH IS, HAS FEDERAL FUNDS, UM, AND THAT IS THE BAD PASS ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT.

UM, WE HAD SUBMITTED FOR FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION BACK IN JULY OF 28TH AND, UH, AND NORMALLY TAKES ABOUT 20 DAYS WE'VE, WE'VE REACHED BACK OUT TO THEM, TRY TO HURRY THAT UP AND GET IT, UM, SO WE CAN GET THE SIGNATURES NECESSARY AND PROJECT, UH, ADVERTISED AND AWARDED ON TIME.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE SOME REV SHARE PROJECT, UM, ON YOUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, UH, FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

BUT, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH, UH, WITH THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE RIGHT NOW, UM, TRAFFIC STUDIES, WE DID A BATTLE ROAD, UH, ROUTE REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT TO 35 FROM 45 MILES AN HOUR.

UM,

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ROUTE SEVEN, 12, UH, UH, BAY TREE BEACH REDUCED THE SPEED TO 25 FROM 40, UH, IN THAT SECTION, KIND OF COMING IN MOUNT POET, 1.8 TO 2.1, UM, ROUTE 1 99 RAMP AT 64 EAST, WE INSTALLED OVERSIZE, UM, 25 MILE PER HOUR RAMP SIGN, AND THEN COOK ROAD.

WE, WE INSTALLED THE OVERSIZE AGE, THAT PROJECTS, AND THEN ROUTE SIX 30 WOLF TRAP ROAD REDUCED TO SUCH TROY 55 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT TO 45 MILES PER HOUR.

UM, SO THAT WAS THE CHANGES THIS QUARTER, UM, WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ITEMS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY QUARTERLY UPDATES.

SO, UH, I'D BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.

AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MISS KNOLL.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THE, WE BOTH STARTED ON THE BOARD, WE WERE LUCKY TO FEED OUT KBC AS WELL ONCE, ONCE A YEAR.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU COME SCHEDULED AND YOU DO COME AND YOU ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING ME.

THERE'S A RAINBOW JUST TO PILE ON WHAT MISS KNOLL MENTIONED.

UH, JUST THAT LIST OF PROJECTS THAT VI IS UNDERTAKING.

YOU JUST DO A REVIEW OF THIS AS A MONSTROUS SET OF PROJECTS.

SO THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.

YOU MENTIONED PALACE LANE AND I, AND I KIND OF MISSED THE POINT OF THE PALESTINIAN PALACE LANE COMMENT ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO WITH TOURISTS, TRYING TO CROSS BYPASS ROAD, I THINK FROM TRACKER BELL TO MAYBE JOSE'S OR SOMETHING AND GOT KILLED IN ANY EVENT, BUT WHERE IS THAT CROSS WORKER TO GO, UH, AT PALACE LANE? UH, WE HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE FATALITY, THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOING FROM THERE TO, UH, GOLDEN CORRAL.

SO AS THEY WERE CROSSING IN THAT DIRECTION, UM, SINCE THEN WE'VE REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT IN THAT SECTION WHERE IT NORMALLY WAS FOUR.

AT THAT TIME, IT WAS 45.

NOW IT STEPS DOWN FROM, UM, FROM ONE 30 TO LIKE, UH, IT STARTS AT 45 STEPS DOWN TO 35.

AND THEN WHEN YOU HIT THE CITY, IT'S 25.

SO IT KIND OF STEPS DOWN IN INCREMENTS AS YOU, AS YOU'RE KIND OF GOING INTO THE CITY WAYNESBURG.

UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT WORKING WITH NEIL AND HIS GROUP AT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOME PEDESTRIAN, UH, CROSS WALKS WITH THE RAT AT THIS SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS.

SO WE COULD HAVE THE, THE BEACONS, THE PAD CROSSINGS THAT COULD, UM, CONTROL LIGHT CONTROL.

SO YOU'D CONTROL CROSSINGS, UM, AND, UH, WORKING THROUGH COUNTY SAFETY FUNDS, UM, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN, UH, BROUGHT IN OUR CENTRAL OFFICE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION, UM, AND WORKING IN A PLAN TO STRIPE AND PUT THE PET HEADS AND, AND SIGNAL TIMING, ALL OF THAT PIECE INTO THAT.

UM, SO IT'S VERY CLOSE.

UM, I EXPECT TO GET THE FINAL PLANS ANY DAY NOW AND THE PATIENT AT THAT LOCATION.

WHILE OUR MAIL AND PALACE LANE.

WHAT OTHER LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT, UH, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW THE UPDATE ON THAT AS RIGHT.

AS OF YET, BUT THAT IS IN OUR QUEUE.

UM, BUT I DON'T HAVE A, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S ALL MR. RAY.

WAS MS. CAROL, YOUR CREW IS CERTAINLY BEING BUSY AS EVER WITH LIST OF, UH, PROJECTS YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON.

I'M ALSO NOTICE YOU'RE WORKING ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF TAB ELEMENTARY, ALL YORKTOWN ROAD.

WE, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SHOULDER PULLING AND YEAH.

UH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MILLED AND PART OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN RE REPAVED, UH, WHAT, IT ACTUALLY STOPS HIM FROM STOPS AT THE, AT, UH, VICTORY BOULEVARD, BUT IT GOES PAST TAB, TAB ELEMENTARY.

I'LL HAVE TO CHECK INTO IT.

IT MAY, IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN PART OF THE SCHEDULE.

I MEAN, I KNOW ALL OF, OH, YOUR CAMPTON.

LET ME SEE THIS YEAR.

LET ME GET MY SECTIONS.

I THINK A ROSSI BIG, BIG BETHEL IS BEING REPAID ALREADY.

HE GOES TO THAT POINT IN YOUR TOWN.

AS PART OF OURS, AS PART OF OUR PAVING SCHEDULE.

IT'S MORE ABOUT PAVERS.

IT'S IT STILL NEEDS TO BE MARKED THOUGH.

BUT IT'S HOW I, I DIDN'T SAY HOW FAR BACK IT'S GOING PAST TABLET.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO END THAT

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AT VICTORY BOULEVARD.

UH, IT WENT FROM 1 34 TO TIDE MILL ROAD.

UM, THAT'S THE SECTION THAT THEY GOT PAVED SO FAR.

NOW THAT THERE IS, OH, YOUR CAMPTON HIGHWAY WHERE YOU SAID, OH, YORKTOWN, DIDN'T YOU, IT'S ON THE PART OF SOME BIG BETHEL THAT GOES OVER, UH, VICTORY GOES DOWN TOWARDS, UH, FAST HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE DID THE LOOP.

YOU DID THE LOOP.

UM, UH, ALSO IN THAT AREA IS THE HORNSBY ROAD THAT WILL BE PAVED AS WELL.

UM, UM, FROM ROUTE 6 30, 4 OLD YORK HAMPTON TO MELODY LANE.

YOU AND I HAVE TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT SOME WORK ON OLD LAKESIDE DRIVE AND SOME WORK ON THE, GIVEN SOME, THE DITCHES, SOME ATTENTION IN BRANDYWINE IS STILL STILL ON THE RADAR.

YES, IT'S IN OUR SCHEDULE, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S DRAINAGE IS, IS THE ROUGH.

AND WE HAVE A VERY, VERY LONG LIST.

WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE THEM AND GET TO THEM THE BEST WE CAN.

UH, WE ARE RUNNING MINI EXCAVATORS, WE'RE RUNNING TRUCK DITCHES.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KIND OF GET CAUGHT UP.

BUT, UM, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING CAUGHT UP.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND AS LONG AS WE'RE STILL ON THE THAT'S GREAT.

UM, RECENTLY PAST WEEK OR TWO, I'VE RECEIVED A HANDFUL OF EMAILS ABOUT FOLKS WHERE CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ROADS THAT THEY TRAVEL ON.

SOME OF THE SECONDARY ROADS, I GUESS I'LL CALL THEM.

THEY ALL HAVE THREE THINGS IN COMMON.

FOR THE MOST PART THEY'RE RELATIVELY NARROW, LITTLE TO NO SHOULDERS.

AND SPEED SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE.

UM, THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE NARROW NO SHOULDER.

I HAVE A PICTURE HERE.

RESIDENT SENT ME ON SEVEN HOLLY'S DRIVE WHERE A LARGE, IT WAS LIKE A DUMP TRUCK, DROPPED A TIRE OFF THE ASPHALT AND NO SHOULDER MEALY WENT INTO THE DITCH AND IT TORE UP THE ASPHALT.

AND NOW IT'S EVEN MORE NARROW AT THAT, AT THAT SPOT, BECAUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.

UM, JUST THOUGHTS, HOW, HOW WE CAN EXTRA SIGNAGE.

I MEAN, REALLY MOST OF THE, YOUR, MOST OF YOUR NARROW ROADS DON'T HAVE EDGE LINES.

THEY MIGHT HAVE A, THEY MAY HAVE A CENTER LINE.

IF THEY HAVE A CENTER LINE THEY'RE AT LEAST 18 FOOT WIDE.

UM, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE REV SHARE AND, AND A FEW OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN DO SOME ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IF IT'S THE PRIORITY OF THE BOARD.

UM, BUT I CAN NOT GO OUT AND DO A RECLAMATION AND EXTEND THE WIDTH OF THE PAVEMENT, UM, WITHOUT SOME SORT OF PROJECT.

UM, AND THE REASON, THE REASON THAT, I MEAN, I DO IT IN SOME INTERSECTIONS.

I'VE USED SOME COUNTY SAFETY FUNDS TO DO TURN LANES, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT WHEN YOU GET INTO ROAD WIDENING, UM, YOU REALLY HAVE TO BUILD IT.

IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU CAN'T EXTEND THE PAVEMENT.

I HEAR SO MANY TIMES THAT YOU'RE PAVING THIS ROAD.

WHY DON'T YOU ADD TWO OR THREE FOOT ON EACH SIDE? EVEN IF THE SHOULDERS THERE, IT'LL NEVER, IT'LL NEVER LAST.

UM, IT HAS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF TRENCH WIDENING PROJECT, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, UM, THAT WE DO, UM, TO, TO, TO MAKE IT LAST, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR THAT WE TRY TO PUT IN TO TRENCH WIDENING.

UM, MOST OF THAT, I TRY TO ASSIGN TO THE REGIONAL BIKE, UM, AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN, UM, TO IMPROVE THOSE AREAS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS PEDESTRIAN, BIKE ROADWAYS, STUFF OF THAT NATURE, UM, TO DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT THOSE.

UM, BUT SOME OF YOUR NARROW SECONDARY IS PROBABLY GET OVERLOOKED.

THEY WERE BUILT THAT WAY.

UM, RIGHT.

AND I'M NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT, WE CAN WIDEN THOSE ROADS WITH THEIR PROPERTY ON EITHER SIDE AND TRYING TO RECLAIM ALL THAT.

THAT'S PROBABLY NOT VERY DOABLE, BUT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT PUTTING SOME SIGNAGE UP TO ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES.

I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME VISUAL CUES WE CAN ADD TO THOSE ROADS AND GET PEOPLE TO REALIZE, HEY, IT'S NARROW KIND OF SLOW DOWN.

WELL, THERE, THERE ARE SOME NARROW ROADS.

SO IF YOU GIVE ME A LIST, I'LL LOOK AT IT.

I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU VIA EMAIL.

OR WE CAN I'LL LOOK AT THE CRASH.

HISTORY IS REALLY WHAT I WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON.

UM, CAUSE THERE'S NARROW ROADS EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? I JUST, UM, IF WE HAVE A SPECIFIC AREA THAT WE THINK THAT IS HIGH CRASH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DUMP TRUCK IN THE, IN THE DITCH AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE.

UM, WE MAY LOOK AT TO SEE ONE, WHAT IS THE RIGHT OF WAY OUT THERE? I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO THE PAVEMENT, BUT I MAY BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE SHOULDER WIDTH, WHICH GIVES YOU A LITTLE MORE RUNOFF ROOM.

WHAT I CAN DO, UM, FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR THOSE AREAS.

UM, IN SOME AREAS, BUT RIGHT AWAY WHEN I SAY RIGHT AWAY, THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, FROM CENTER LINE, LET'S SAY IF IT'S 50 FOOT IT'S TWENTY-FIVE FOOT EAST DIRECTION, I'M KIND OF LIMITED TO WHAT I CAN DO AND THERE'S UTILITIES IN THERE AS WELL.

SO IT LIMITS ME EXACTLY

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BUT, UM, I, I'M WILLING TO LOOK AT THEM, SEE IF THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE OR MAYBE WE CAN THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

AND, UH, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT DOWN.

I JUST DON'T.

NOW I'LL SAY ALSO TOUGH QUESTION.

I UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW I WASN'T EXPECTING TO HAVE AN ANSWER ON THE SPOT, BUT JUST KIND OF WANT TO START THE DIALOGUE.

I'LL SEND YOU EMAILS WITH THE, UM, WHERE THE PAIN POINTS ARE AT AND WE CAN JUST START TALKING FROM THERE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. SHEPHERD.

HEY ROSSI.

UH, YOU SAID THAT FRANK WROTE ON WHEN WENT ON VICTORY BOULEVARD AND UH, BY THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PROJECT SUPPOSED TO BE, I GUESS, GO OUT FOR BID.

THE, UH, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IS WE DO A PSN D AND AUTHORS THAT AUTHORIZED CAUSE IT'S LOCALLY ADMINISTERED.

SO WE AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY TO GO OUT TO BED AND WE SHOULD RECEIVE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THE BID DATE, UM, IT SAYS ADVERTISEMENT DATE 10, 19 21.

BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT, UM, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVERTISE THAT SOONER.

WHAT WOULD DRIVE IT, HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT? I ALSO REALLY IT'S, UH, IT'S GETTING THE INFORMATION BACK TO THE COUNTY, UM, THAT, THAT VISES ON THE COUNTY.

YOU, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM? WE HAVE IT, WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN THEIR REVIEWS NOW.

SO ONCE WE GET THE PSN BACK TO THE COUNTY SAYING YOU'RE AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE, THEN ONCE THEY DO THEIR CONTRACTING ADVERTISEMENT PROCESS, YOU CAN GO OUT TO ADVERTISE.

BUT THEY'RE JUST WAITING ON US TO SAY WE REVIEWED THE PLAN, UH, THE MONEY LOWS.

GOOD.

EVERYTHING'S RIGHT.

AND YOU'RE YOU'RE CAN GO ADVERTISE.

SO I CAN TELL MY CONSTITUENTS THAT IT'LL BE EITHER IN 1921, TOM, IF I COULD JUST LISTEN TO THAT, REALISTICALLY, WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS CARE ABOUT IS WHEN IS IT ACTUALLY GOING TO GET DONE AND WHAT THAT BID DATE, THAT MEANS BIDS ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER.

AND IT'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK.

SO I WOULD TELL FOLKS EARLY SPRING, THE WORK WILL ACTUALLY GET DONE THAT 20 TO EARLY SPRING.

22 SOUNDS MOST LIKELY TO ME, ROSSI.

UH, IT REALLY DEPENDS IF, IF WE ADVERTISE THEN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WE'RE STILL PAVING IN THAT AREA, BUT THERE'S SOME WORK THAT DOESN'T RECLAMATION WORK TO DO SO PAVEMENT.

YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET ANY PAVEMENT DOWN UNTIL THE SPRING UNTIL THE, WELL, IT'S NEVER HAD A ROLLS.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST A GRAVEL ROAD.

I KNOW IT'S NEVER BEEN, I KNOW, BUT IT HAS TO BE PAID, BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT A BASE IN IT.

YOU GOT TO DO THE WHOLE THING.

SO, I MEAN, UH, BUT THEY'LL, THEY MIGHT SEE DIRT TURN AND THEY MAY GO NOTICE PROCEED BEFORE THEN, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY WON'T, UH, THEY WON'T BE PAVING IT UNTIL THE, PROBABLY THE TEMPERATURES IT'LL BE DONE IN THE SPRING.

IT'S A, IT'S A LOCALLY ADMINISTERED PROJECT.

SO HERE'S CHAPEL.

UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THE CREW CAME DOWN AND CUT THE DITCH, UH, FROM, I THINK CHRIS LAID IN THE WOODS TAB NEIGHBORHOOD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COUNTY LINE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CARRIE'S CHAPEL.

UM, I DON'T RECALL SEEING IT DONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT ROAD.

MY UNDERSTANDING WAS BOTH SIDES NEED TO BE CUT BECAUSE THE, THE DITCH OR REFORMED THE DITCH AND THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE WERE KIND OF WAITING TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT.

I'M NOT SURE.

THANK YOU, ADMINISTRATOR CAROL.

IF YOU LOOK INTO THAT, APPRECIATE IT.

AND, UM, AND LIKE, AS SUPERVISORS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING, UM, UM, FOR THE COUNTY.

AND, UH, AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF, UH, OVER THE YEARS, MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND I REMEMBER TOO, SHEILA WAS TIME.

WE COULD GET BEAT UP EVEN EVEN TO ANSWER THE PHONE AND, UH, YOU'VE DONE IT.

YOU'VE JUST DONE TREMENDOUS JOB.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOUR STAFF HERE MAKES IT VERY EASY ON ME, YOU KNOW, JUST THE COMMUNICATION AND BEING ABLE TO WORK AND PICK UP THE PHONE AND TALK THINGS OUT.

UM, SO YOU'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THE STAFF THAT YOU GOT AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE 70% COMPLETION OF THE JOBS THAT YOU'VE DONE.

HOWEVER, I THINK I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER 30% PROBABLY ARE IN MY DISTRICT, BUT WANTED TO JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE WATER VIEW DRAINAGE ISSUE.

UM, AND I KNOW WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, MAKE SURE THAT'S STILL, UH, ON THE BOOKS AND READY TO GO.

THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, HORNS BEVILLE ROAD.

IT'S STILL BAD.

IT'S STILL UNSAFE ROAD.

UH, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND SURVEY AND THEN WORK OUT THERE.

UH, REMEMBER HORNSBY VAIL.

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, UH, WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT.

UH, SO PLEASE,

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UH, ALSO WE HAD TALKED EARLY IN THE SPRING ABOUT THE COOK ROAD AND YOUR CAMPTON HIGHWAY REPAVING CLEARING THE SHOULDERS FOR BIKES, THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STILL GETS DONE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE RIDING BIKES IN A HUNDRED DEGREE HEAT, BUT UH, COME THE FALL AND THE SPRING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO GET THEIR BIKES OUT AND BE RIDING AROUND.

SO I KNOW THAT WAS A VETO ON THE CRUISE HAVE DONE SOME WORK, BUT ALL OF THE PAVING WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE SHOULDERS ARE CLIPPED BEFORE.

MAKE SURE WE GET THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT TO EDGE PAYMENT, WHICH INCLUDES BIKE LANES.

GREAT.

AND THE LAST THING IS WE HAD A MR. HALL COME AND SPEAK TO US, THE LAST MEETING ABOUT, UH, SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES, A BIG DITCH IN HIS FRONT YARD.

AND, UH, PLEASE GIVE THAT THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE.

UH, HE COMMUNICATED, YOU WERE AT A MEETING WITH HIM TOMORROW, UH, OUT THERE AT THE PROPERTY AND, UH, ANY, UH, HELP THAT YOU COULD GIVE HIM ON THAT.

UH, THE DITCHES QUITE LARGE AND DEEP, AND I'M SURE HE'S FULLY FUNCTIONING, BUT IT COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD.

AND, UH, THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUES THERE.

SO ANY, UH, ANY HELP THAT YOU CAN GIVE HIM WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AND THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS AND I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, WHAT YOU DO AND, UH, GET, KEEP GETTING IT DONE.

AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE ANY, UH, TROPICAL STORM RAIN EVENTS.

AND, UH, WE'LL, UH, JUST GO RIGHT ON INTO SNOW SEASON.

RIGHT ALONG, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A STORM EVENTS FROM NOW KIND OF COMING UP THE COAT.

WELL, I THINK THE WESTERN PART OF VIRGINIA IS GOING TO GET THE MOST OF IT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL, WE'LL BE OKAY, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WON'T CALL ON US TO GO WEST, YOU KNOW, SO, YEAH.

[CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD]

AND I HAVE MR. CHAMBERLAIN, MR. CHAMBERLAIN, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TOM CHAMBERLAIN AND I RESIDE AT TWO 70 MARLO ROAD IN WILLIAMSBURG.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I'M GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF.

I'M ON DEVIATE FROM MY NOTES FOR ONE SECOND, WE HAD AN ISSUE AT BARLOW AND NEWMAN WHERE WATER WAS ACTUALLY GOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS NEWMAN ROAD.

I CONTACTED MR. WHOSE OFFICE AND WITHIN A WEEK IT WAS FIXED.

SO THEY WOULD DO A GREAT JOB.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, SO AGAIN, BACK TO MY NOTES, I'VE ATTENDED SEVERAL BOARD MEETINGS AS WELL AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW MEETING OVER THE LAST MONTHS.

AND MY CONCERN IS THE LACK OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THESE MEETINGS.

UM, AND CEREBRAL, I WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WAS ATTENDING.

I'VE GOT A FEW MORE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, SO I ASKED YOU IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS FROM HOME TO PLEASE COME OUT TO THESE MEETINGS, SPEAK UP, AND I KNOW THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR VOICE.

UM, ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPEN HOUSE THAT'S BEING HELD, THE LAND USE PORTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, THEY ARE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AT BRUTON HIGH AND SEPTEMBER 15TH AT TABLO HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M SORRY, TAB LIBRARY.

UM, EVERYONE SHOULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THESE IMPORTANT MEETINGS.

UM, BUT I WOULD ASK IF YOU COULD PUT THE NOTICE ON THE SCROLL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTY WEBPAGE, UM, RIGHT AT THE FRONT, THIS MEETING SHOWS UP THERE, THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS IN YORKTOWN THAT SHOW UP THERE, BUT IF WE COULD HAVE THAT MEETING NOTICE SHOW THERE AS WELL AND HELP PEOPLE FIND IT A LOT FASTER INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO TO PLANNING TO THE 20, 40 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.

YOU CAN GET THERE, BUT YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL STEPS TO GET TO IT.

SO IF WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD AND GET SOME MORE VISIBILITY TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

UM, AND FINALLY, I'VE APPLIED FOR AN OPEN SEAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER MY APPLICATION AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ATTORNEY REPORTS, MR. BARNETT, NO REPORT THIS, UH, THIS MEETING, UNLESS THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTION, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BARNETT? UM, ONE QUESTION THAT IS WHEN THE GOVERNOR, UM, KIND OF OVERTURNED A LOT OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD DECISIONS RELATIVE TO, UH, THE WORD MANDATORY WORK OF MASH DID VACO AND THE MANY TENTACLES OF COUNTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATED COUNTIES.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE COUNTY

[COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND REQUESTS]

DO ANY PUSHING BACK AT ALL? I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING FROM EITHER VML OR VACO ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.

WELL THANK YOU.

ALONG MR. MORGAN COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS, UH, GOOD EVENING.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

MOVING

[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS AND REQUESTS]

UH, I DO WANT TO, UH, MENTION COVID-19.

I WOULD LOVE TO NEVER TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN.

UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WE NEED TO, I SHARED WITH THE BOARD LATE LAST WEEK, THE INFORMATION,

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UH, I, AND SOME OF MY TEAM HEARD IN A REGIONAL MEETING LAST THURSDAY WITH THE LOCAL HOSPITAL SYSTEMS AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND, UM, THE BAD NEWS IS THE AMOUNT OF CASES IN VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN PART OF VIRGINIA HAS GONE UP QUITE A BIT.

UM, IT'S NOW AT A WEEKLY RATE THAT IS THE HIGHEST SINCE FEBRUARY.

UM, IT IS STARTING TO LEVEL OFF IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA STILL GOING UP PRETTY FAST AROUND HERE PROBABLY WOULD THAT THAT'S TOURISM RELATED, UH, SOMEWHAT OF A SIMILAR PATTERN LAST SUMMER, UH, IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE.

UM, AND, UH, THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS REPORTED THAT, UH, ABOUT 20% OF THE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITALS AROUND HERE, UH, WITH COVID SYMPTOMS, UH, HAD BEEN VACCINATED.

AND SO THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING, UH, ALTHOUGH THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED CONTINUE TO HAVE ONLY MILD OR NO SYMPTOMS. SO THE, THE CONCERN IS STILL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS CASES WITH THE UNVACCINATED.

BUT BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, UH, WE ARE IN COUNTY BUILDINGS DOING WHAT MANY OF THE LARGE EMPLOYERS AROUND HERE ARE DOING, WHICH IS ASKING OUR EMPLOYEES TO WEAR A MASK WHEN THEY'RE IN A PUBLIC SPACES, COMMON AREA SPACES IN OUR BUILDINGS.

SO WILL WE BE GOING BACK TO THAT AS OUR, UH, MOST OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND IN SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THIS REGION, NOT TO BE TOO DISCOURAGING.

UM, I WILL ALSO SHARE THAT, UM, UH, BASED ON, UH, RIVERSIDE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, DATA, WHICH COMBINES STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DATA AND THE DOD INFORMATION, UH, THEIR PROJECTION IS THAT 76% OF THE CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE VACCINATED HAVE BEEN.

SO THAT PUTS US VERY NEAR THE, UH, THE TOP, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO HAMPTON ROADS.

SO HOPEFULLY WITH THAT IN A LITTLE, UH, PRECAUTION, UH, WE CAN KNOCK THIS SPIKE DOWN, UM, AND GET CLOSER TO NORMAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

YOU'LL HAVE ALL MY ASSISTANTS THAT I CAN GIVE ME.

GREAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY, MR. TERRIFIC.

BEFORE THE MEETING WITH MR. CARROLL ABOUT, UH, ONE OF MY MOST IMPORTANT INTERSECTIONS IN THE APPLE COUNTY AND DESTRUCTION, AS YOU WILL KNOW, IN SNOW BOULEVARDS IN MOORESTOWN ROAD.

UH, AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO HIM THINKING THAT THE PROJECT WAS IN HIS HANDS TO GET IT DONE, AND HE QUICKLY TOLD ME, NO, NO, NO, NO, IT'S THE COUNTY'S BOWL.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE RUNNING WITH IT.

SO HAVING LEARNED THAT FROM MR. ROSS, AND WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT YOU EXPECT TO SEE A LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION, MORE TON OF ROOM AND, AND, UH, BULLET FUNDS.

AND I TELL YOU, UH, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF THREE O'CLOCK AND ABOUT SIX IN THE AFTERNOON ON RICHMOND ROAD, JUST OUT OF THE CITY, THERE IS A GO-KART REALLY EXCITING RIDE FOR YOUNG KIDS.

WELL, THAT PALES COMPARED TO WHAT OCCURS BETWEEN THREE O'CLOCK AND SIX O'CLOCK THE INTERSECTION OF BULLET FUNDS AND WORKED DOWN A ROAD.

I MEAN, IT IS A EXCUSE THE LANGUAGE, A CRAPSHOOT, UH, AND I CAN VOUCH FOR THAT BECAUSE I GO IN AND OUT OF THERE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY.

SO BEFORE WE, WE HAVE A MAJOR, MAJOR ACCIDENT ON TARA, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE AS TO WHEN WE MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE CONSTRUCTION? SURE.

I'LL GIVE YOU A SHORT ANSWER AND A LITTLE BIT LONGER ANSWER.

PERFECT.

SHORT ANSWER IS YOU AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIGHT AT THE LAST MEETING.

UH, AND IT'S ABOUT A 14 MONTH PROJECT.

THE REASON IT TAKES SO LONG IS BECAUSE THE MAST ARMS HAVE TO BE SPECIALLY FABRICATED BASED ON THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN LENGTH, WHEN LOAD, UM, TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE INHERENTLY COMPLICATED.

UH, THAT'S THE SHORT ANSWER YOU'VE AWARDED THE CONTRACT AND IT'S GOING FORWARD, WHO THOSE ALARMS COMING OUT OF CHINA OR RUSSIA, OR, UH, WHEREVER THEY COME FROM THAT YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T ORDER THEM UNTIL THE DESIGN IS APPROVED BY VDI.

UM, AND I'LL JUST AS A SLIGHTLY LONGER VERSION.

I'LL JUST BASICALLY SAY, I AGREE WITH YOU.

AND THAT IS WHY THE COUNTY PUSHED FORWARD, HIRED A CONSULTANT AND PERSUADED V.TO ALLOW US TO PROCEED, EVEN THOUGH THE WARRANTS HAVE NOT BEEN MET UNDER THE PREMISE, THAT BY THE TIME IT ACTUALLY GETS BUILT, THE WARRANTS WILL BE MET.

SO IN THEORY, WE COULD HAVE THIS INTERESTING SITUATION, 12 OR 14 MONTHS FROM NOW WHERE THE LIGHT IS THERE, BUT THE DOT, UM, SAYS WE CAN'T TURN IT ON.

I'M VERY CONFIDENT.

HOWEVER, IF ALL THAT HAPPENS WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE, WE'LL GET IT TURNED OFF.

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UH, DO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, UH, BOARD KID.

THANKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE, UH, BEFORE WE GO INTO MATTERS, PRESENTED BY THE BOARD, UH, WE GOT SOME TIME I'M GONNA TO GO AHEAD AND,

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

UH, AND I WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE FIRING RANGE, UH, WAS REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION.

THERE'LL BE RESUBMITTED AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE WALKWAYS AND BIKEWAYS PROJECT CAUSE ANYBODY WISH TO HAVE ANY OF THOSE REMOVED OR WHY.

UH, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE LEASE.

UH, I WAS STILL WORKING ON THE LEASE.

THE OTHER, THE OTHER PARTY REQUESTED THAT THE SH THE SHERIFF THAT WE DELAY AT A MEETING THE PROPERTY OWNER IS WE ARE THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT THE LEASE WAS WITH THE HAMPTON ROADS, REGIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING ACADEMY, AND THE TRAINING ACADEMY, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, REQUESTED TIME TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT BEFORE WE VOTED ON IT.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I LIKE CHAT ABOUT THE, THE WALKWAY AND BIKEWAY PROJECTS, UM, ROUGH ESTIMATE ON ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'LL TAKE TO SEE THEM ACTUALLY IN FINISHED AN IN USE ROUGH ASTOR? SO THESE PARTICULAR FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE OR REVENUE SHARING, AND CURRENT PROJECTIONS, THE MONEY DOESN'T BECOME AVAILABLE FOR FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.

UM, AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE.

SOME OF WHICH MR. CAROL MENTIONED THAT WE APPLIED FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO THAT ARE NOW SORT OF MARCHING ALONG.

IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION AND OTHER THINGS THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY MIGHT MOVE UP, OR IT COULD HAPPEN SOONER, BUT BASED ON THE SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW, UM, FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE WOULD PROBABLY THE MONEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR DESIGN AND ABOUT FOUR YEARS.

AND GIVEN THE PROCESSES, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH THE DESIGN REVIEW AND, UM, PROBABLY DONE IN SIX YEARS.

YEARS IS THE, UM, SOME OF THE BIGGER WEALTHIER COMMUNITIES, JUST ALWAYS MAX OUT THEIR REQUEST.

SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A RELATIVELY LONG TIME.

AND THE CONCERN IS THAT IN THAT TIMEFRAME, THINGS MAY HAVE CHANGED AND MAYBE A GIVEN PROJECT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME IMPORTANCE AS IT DOES SAYS, TONIGHT'S DECISION.

UM, HOW DO WE REVIEW THAT AS WE GO AHEAD, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING FIVE, SIX YEARS FROM NOW THAT REALLY ISN'T A NEED THAT WE DECIDED ON FIVE, SIX YEARS PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SPEND THAT MONEY WISELY AND, AND, AND BUILD THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE USEFUL.

SO HOW DO, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES, IT'S STILL THE RIGHT, THAT'S A VERY RATIONAL QUESTION.

UM, SO JUST LET ME ADD ONE OF THE THING, ONE OF THE FIVE PROJECTS, THE TA TA SET ASIDE THE SIDEWALKS, RIGHT? IN GRAFTON, THEY WOULD BE ON A, IF WE GET THE AWARD WOULD BE ON A FASTER SCHEDULE ABOUT A TWO YEAR SCHEDULE, BECAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM.

UH, THERE IS NO SIMPLE ANSWER.

I GUESS I START WITH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS IN THE MEMO.

UM, IF WE DON'T BUY A LOTTERY TICKET, WE CAN'T WIN THE LOTTERY.

AND THE RULES OF THE PROCESS ARE YOU HAVE TO ASK NOW TO GET IN THE QUEUE.

UM, IT'S ALSO TRUE THOUGH, THAT WE MADE REFERENCE TO THIS PROBABLY A HALF DOZEN ALPHABET SOUP PROGRAMS, UM, THAT INVOLVE SOME FEDERAL AND STATE MONEY FOR THESE THINGS AND THE RULES CHANGE EVERY YEAR, EVERY TIME CONGRESS, UH, REDOES THE TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION SOMETIMES BASED ON WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DOES.

AND THERE'S ALSO ACTION, UH, AT THE HR TPO REGIONALLY, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER SET ASIDE, FEDERAL ALLOCATIONS.

AND, UM, FORTUNATELY, UH, MR. CROSS, UH, OF OUR STAFF SERVES ON THE TPO, WHAT'S CALLED THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND EVERY YEAR HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES FROM ALL OVER HAMPTON ROADS, LOOK AT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.

THEY LOOK AT ALL OF THE CASH FLOWS AND THEY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

AND TRADE-OFFS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, HE GOT SOME EXTRA MONEY FOR THE VICTORY BOULEVARD, UM, MULTIPURPOSE TRAIL, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE QUITE ENOUGH SMART SCALE MONEY BY TRADING SOMETHING THAT HAD A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE WITH JAMES CITY COUNTY.

UM, SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, IMPERFECT.

AND, UH, WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE

[00:45:01]

AND THEN A LOT OF THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN ONLY AFFORD, YOU KNOW, $500,000 MATCH.

SO MAYBE WE ONLY ASKED FOR 500.

SO IT'S KIND OF A PROGRAM WHERE THE RICH GET RICHER, BECAUSE IF YOU CAN PUT UP THE MATCH, YOU GET A LOT MORE OF THE MONEY.

AND IN, IN RECENT YEARS, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD HAS SAID, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE TRANSPORTATION THINGS IN THE QUEUE, CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN AND SO FORTH.

LET'S, LET'S ASK.

AND, UM, SO AT THE MOMENT WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO GET 1, 2, 3, 4, OR FIVE OF THOSE APPROVED THE, THE ELEVATION OF THE FIRST TIDAL CREEK THERE, UH, IN SEAFORD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ONES ON THE LIST.

WE PUT THAT IN OUR APPLICATION THREE YEARS AGO AND IT GOT TURNED DOWN.

UH, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE SUSTAINABILITY, MORE FAVORABLY NOW.

SO WE THINK MAYBE WE HAVE A BETTER SHOT THIS YEAR.

UM, AND TYPICALLY OUR EXPERIENCE IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF ANY ONE SET OF APPLICATIONS DON'T GET APPROVED.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE'RE SORT OF ALL RIGHT, WHAT CHANGED IN THE LAST YEAR? WHAT, HOW ARE THE RULES DIFFERENT? HOW ARE THE NEEDS DIFFERENT? AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS A BAD THING BECAUSE SOMETIMES SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS AND GETS BUILT THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MAYBE A PRIVATE DEVELOPER, UH, PROFFER SOMETHING.

AND THAT CREATES A NEW OPPORTUNITY.

OR MAYBE WE FIND OUT VIA DOTS DOING CROSSWALKS.

AND NOW WE OUGHT TO BUILD TO THE CROSSWALKS.

AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT A YEAR BEFORE.

SO THERE'S ABOUT MR. RON, THERE'S ABOUT 50 OF THOSE VARIABLES FLAT AROUND.

AND, UM, UH, SO OUR, OUR GUIDE IS, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S IN OUR COMP PLAN, UM, PARTICULAR SEGMENTS THAT WE THINK MAKE SENSE.

UH, IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DON'T GET MONEY FOR THIS OR THAT, OR THIS GETS DELAYED, IF WE JUST BUILD SOMETHING FROM HERE TO HERE, WOULD THAT ADD VALUE STANDALONE? AND IF, AND IF IT MEETS THAT TEST, THOSE TEND TO GET FAVORED.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER THINGS LIKE, IS THERE ENOUGH RIGHT AWAY? DO WE BELIEVE THE CITIZENS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THIS? AND SOME CASES WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ASKING US, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING? OKAY.

SO, SO MY TAKEAWAY FROM THAT IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO BREAK GRIND, THERE IS SOME ABILITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS IT MAKES SENSE, WE, AND HAVE IN THE PAST, WE COULD EVEN STOP A PROJECT.

IF WE CHOOSE TO THE DANGER WITH THAT IS IT'S LIKE A FLYWHEEL AND IT GETS STARTED AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO SPEED UP AND, YOU KNOW, V DOT SOME OF THE MONEY GOES TO PAY FOR V.ENGINEERING.

AND SO, UM, IF WE SAY STOP, YOU KNOW, ANY FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPENDED, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH, OKAY.

BUT THERE'S NO ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT THAT WE GO FORWARD.

IF WE ALL DECIDED, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND GOOD MONEY AFTER AFTERWARDS, IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

UM, AND, AND GIVEN THE LOCATIONS OF THESE PROJECTS, I DON'T REALLY SEE WHERE THERE'LL BE ANY DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE ENVIRONMENT, IN, IN, IN THE PROPERTIES AROUND THAT, THAT WOULD NEGATE THE PLAN IS WE HAVE IT TODAY.

I KNOW THERE IS SOME SUPPORT TO HAVE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

UH, BIKE PATHS.

I THINK IT ALL MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THE SMART THING FIVE TO SIX YEARS FROM NOW WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY TIME TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING.

SO AS SMART AS WE CAN GIVE HIM THE RULES OF THE ROAD.

AND IT'S THE, THIS IS, THIS COMES WITH, UH, REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE, THE SLOW PACE THAT THE PROCESS WORKS.

MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, DUDE, YOU GOT TO GET IN THE PLANE.

YOU'RE NOT HEARING ME ON THE PHONE.

SORRY, YOU GOT TO GET IT.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THE PLANT.

IF YOU DON'T GET IN THE PLAN, THEN YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET, UH, ANY KIND OF COST SHARING.

AND I WERE GOING TO GET APPROVAL.

AND, UH, SO GETTING IN THERE A LOT OF TIMES IS JUST A FIRST STEP OR CONSIDERATION OF THE MONEY THAT ALLOWS THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN.

NOW, THERE ARE VARYING WAYS AND TIM CROSS DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB OVER THERE, UH, IN THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THIS, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN THE MAJOR SIGNIFICANT ROAD PROJECTS, THEY, THEY, 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING, RIGHT.

FOR A BIKE PATH DOWN VICTORY BOULEVARD.

SOME OF THE ROADS THAT WE WORKED IN OUR SECONDARY ROAD PROGRAMS, A PRIMARY EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS FOR 15 YEARS, UH, AT ONE OF WALT'S DISTRICT UP TO THE LAST ONE, WE'VE BEEN, SEEMED LIKE IT WAS NEVER GOING AWAY.

AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TO SOME FORM OR ANOTHER BIKE PATHS, BIKE TRAILS, AND SIDEWALKS IN, UM, 2000.

I'M TRYING TO THINK 2008, UM, WE HAD APPROVED AND SET ASIDE THE FUNDING

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UM, AND I MEAN, IT'D GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE HEARINGS.

IT HAD, WE GOT THE MONEY TO HIM AND WORKED IT OUT, COST SHARING.

AND WE WERE GOING TO PAY A SMALL PORTION OF THE $3 MILLION COST.

THEN WHAT HAPPENED? THE RECESSION HIT.

WE CANCELED IT, RIGHT? SO NOW IT'S 2008.

HERE WE ARE 2020 THINKING.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS THING BACK IN.

THAT'S HOW LONG THESE THINGS WORK.

SO IT'S, ONCE YOU GET ON THE LIST, YOU KIND OF ALMOST PROTECT THIS THING.

LIKE IT'S GOLDEN BECAUSE THE BIG CITIES WILL TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU.

IF YOU BACK OFF IT LOSE THE MONEY OR THE STATE WILL TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU, THE BIG CITIES WILL JUMP RIGHT IN AND SUCK UP ALL THE MONEY AND THERE'LL BE NO OPTIONS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE GUARD THESE THINGS VERY CLOSELY, VERY JEALOUSLY.

WE'LL GO TO MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD MS. SNOW.

THANKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? MISS KNOLL, UM, WAS THE CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY MISS KNOLL? MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOLE IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS SUBMITTED MR. ZAREMBA.

[MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD]

I'LL START WITH YOU.

AND I HAVE NO COMMENTS TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, MR. ZAREMBA, I'M ON A TRAJECTORY THAT INVOLVES CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

I'VE GOT THREE REPORTS I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

UM, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM EXCEPT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF IT, BUT ONE IS FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER UP IN RHODE ISLAND.

AND WHAT SHE'S BEEN BEING MADE TO GO THROUGH A WOMAN WITH HER PEERS WITH RESPECT TO CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

ALTHOUGH AS SHE POINTS OUT IN THE ARTICLE, I'M GOING TO PASS OUT TO YOU, CRT, THE WORDS, CRITICAL RACE THEORY, OR NEVER MENTIONED IN THE CURRICULUM, BUT THEY'RE TERMS SUCH AS SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING THAT IN FACT, ISN'T BEDDED IN CRT.

SO SHEILA, IF YOU PASS, TAKE ONE AND PASS THAT DOWN AGAIN.

IT'S JUST FOR YOUR READING.

WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, WE'RE STRAIGHTFORWARD, NOTHING DIFFICULT ABOUT THE READING AND THE REASON I, I PASS THESE OUT.

I'M NOT SURE YOU GET WHAT I GET WITH RESPECT TO YOU BY, UH, INPUT FROM EMAILS AND SO FORTH.

THE SECOND IS A REPORT FROM THE HILL, WHICH IS A PUBLICATION UP IN WASHINGTON, DC.

THAT KEEPS WHOEVER IS SUBSCRIBING TO WHAT INFORMED THAT WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS A REPORT.

THE TITLE IS 20 STATE ADJUTANT GENERALS TELL THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THEY OPPOSE TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

A NUMBER OF THESE STATES HAVE ALREADY, THE GOVERNORS HAVE ALREADY PROCLAIMED.

CRT WILL NOT BE TAUGHT IN THOSE STATES.

YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN YOU GET YOUR COPY OF THIS, VIRGINIA IS NOT PART OF THE 20.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SURPRISE TO INTERVIEW.

AND THEN I WANT TO BRING IT RIGHT DOWN TO HOME.

UM, IN POINT OF FACT, I SENT YOU THIS EMAIL, I THINK A WEEK AGO, WEEK OR SO AGO, BUT THIS IS A EMAIL RATHER DEEP IN MILL PEN BY THE PARENTS OF THREE STUDENTS IN OUR K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION SYSTEM.

IT TELLS YOU STRAIGHT OUT WHAT HER CHILDREN GOING.

SHE'S INVESTIGATED, UH, THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SCHOOL DIVISION.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO BRING IT FROM THE CAP, THE NATION DOWN THROUGH THE STATES, TO THE INDIVIDUAL IMPACT ON YOUR COUNTY.

LET ME READ SOMETHING FROM THE TEACHER.

THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILIES, LET ALL THE TEACHING BE DONE BY THE SCHOOLS.

UM, IT'S THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH.

THE LAST PAGE.

THIS IS THE RHODE ISLAND TEACHER NOTES SCHOOL TEACHER, 22 YEARS IN EDUCATION.

SHE SAYS, WELL, WE MUST ALWAYS STRIVE TO DO BETTER.

AS A SOCIETY.

WE CANNOT ALLOW HISTORY AND CULTURE TO BE WIPED OUT BY POLITICAL IDEOLOGY.

WE CAN NOT ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO BE TAUGHT.

THEY ARE INFERIOR.

WE CANNOT TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WHITE PEOPLE ARE THE ENEMY BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS BROWN, BLACK DIGITAS AND WHITE DESERVED TO BE CHILDREN AND NOT POLITICAL PAWNS OR POLITICAL WEAPONS AND THE CURRICULUM THAT SHAMES OUR CHILDREN OR DIVIDES OUR CHILDREN BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN SHOULD BE BANNED.

RATHER, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER, ALL COLORS, ALL RACES, ALL PARTIES TO RESTORE TRUTH AND PERSPECTIVE TO OUR CLASSROOMS AND STOP THE INDOCTRINATION OF OUR YOUNG CHILDREN.

THE WHOLE ISSUE OF COURSE, IS THE MARXIST IDEOLOGY THAT PITCHED THE OPPOSED AGAINST THE OPPRESSORS.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT PITS OR ATTEMPTS TO PIT BLACK STUDENTS AGAINST WHITE STUDENTS.

UH, AND THE END RESULT OF THAT, THE GOAL OF THAT IS FIRST OF ALL, TO ERADICATE

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UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, I, I, I SHARED THIS WITH YOU.

I DON'T KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT YOU ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF RESEARCH, BUT IT IS NOT GOOD.

UH, YORK COUNTY AT ONE POINT IN TIME, UH, AS, AS WE'VE TALKED BEFORE, IS ONE OF THE TOP, MOST SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

UM, CRITICALLY CONCERNED WHETHER WE RETAIN THAT SPOT OR NOT.

BUT AGAIN, THAT EMAIL, THE THIRD THING THAT I PASSED OUT TO YOU, I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET ANYWAY.

YEP.

I HAVE.

IT TELLS YOU FIRSTHAND FROM A FAMILY.

THAT'S GOT THREE KIDS IN OUR K THROUGH 12.

NOW A MONTH AGO, I ASKED THE QUESTION, UH, THROUGH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT WERE THAT WE WERE TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

HIS ANSWER WAS YOU WON'T FIND THE WORDS, CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN OUR CURRICULUM AND LEFT IT AT THAT.

RIGHT? SO AGAIN, YOU MIGHT ASK ME WHY THE HELL AM I INVOLVED OR CONCERNED ABOUT OUR S OR K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS? I THINK THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN IN SCHOOL SYSTEM.

THERE WILL LONG GONE.

OKAY, WHAT WERE ARE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS? AND IF I CAN DO THE ANALOGY CHILLY, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE, WELL, BUT THE TOP OF THE SHIP IN TERMS OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS THE CAPTAIN.

THE SCHOOL DIVISION, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LEARNING OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

50% OR THEREABOUTS OF THEIR BUDGET COMES FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AND WE HAVE AN IMPLIED RESPONSIBILITY, IF NOT A DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE DANG SURE WHAT HAPPENS WITH YOUR ACCOUNTING NOT REALLY AFFECTS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTY, BUT ALSO OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL.

AND I LEAVE YOU WITH THAT THOUGHT, OKAY.

BUT PLEASE READ THAT.

I'M TRYING TO BUILD A LITTLE FIRE IN YOUR BELLY.

UH, THERE MAY BE ONE, THERE MAY NOT BE, BUT THE POINT OF IT IS WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF STARTING A NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

OUR TEACHERS ARE ALREADY IN THE TRAINING FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

AND MANY OF YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO MOSEY THROUGH THE SCHOOL AT SOME POINT IN TIME AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE CALL ACROSS THIS NATION CRITICAL RACE THEORY, MR. RYAN, UH, IT REAL BRIEF.

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TODAY TO SPEAK WITH THE NEW INDUCTEES OF THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION, UM, AT THEIR ANNUAL KICKOFF MEETING, GET TO MEET EVERYBODY THERE.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY STRESS WITH THEM IS KIND OF DOVETAILS WITH MS. CHAMBERLAIN'S TALKING ABOUT TO A LITTLE WHILE AGO, WAS ENGAGEMENT GET ENGAGED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, GETTING CAGE WITH YOUR COUNTY, UH, YOUR COUNTY STAFF, YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, US HERE ON THE BOARD.

COME TALK TO US, COME AND TALK TO MR. MORGAN, UH, COME TALK TO YOUR, YOUR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND SO FORTH.

GET OUT OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

YOU WALK AROUND AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND SO FORTH, UM, AND CARRY THAT ENGAGEMENT FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, AFTER SCHOOL INTO COLLEGE, INTO THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

UH, SO IF YOU SEE SOME HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS WALKING AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, KNOCKING ON DOORS, IT MAY VERY WELL BE MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

UM, IF YOU HAVE YOUNG ONES IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR YOUNG ONES IN THE COUNTY, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION TO COME BACK AND BRING BACK TO THE BOARD CONCERNS YOUTH MAY HAVE RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNTY, UH, TO SHARE WITH US SO WE CAN, WE CAN LISTEN TO IT AND MAYBE TAKE SOME ACTION.

SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.

I HOPE THEY GET OUT THERE AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM.

CAUSE HE'S A GREAT, GREAT GUY GROUP OF YOUNG FOLKS THAT STARTED OUT THIS SEASON.

SO THANK YOU, MR. SCHAEFFER.

HOW YOU CAN GET INTO THE BUILDING, UH, IN THAT, UH, OPEN AREA.

UM, YEAH, THERE WAS MY NOTES REAL QUICK.

UM, YOU GUYS MAY RECALL THE, UH, THE ISSUE OF THE PRESSURE REDUCING SYSTEM, THE SEWER SYSTEM, UH, IN, UH, THE TAB AREA DOWN BY TAB HIGH SCHOOL AND A LOT PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED IN THE BACK.

UM, HRSD HAS BEEN, UM, WORKING TO AS A, AS THEY SAID THEY WOULD TO, UM, DEVELOP A CONCEPT FOR HOW, UH, THEY COULD INSTALL THE PRESSURE REDUCING STATION AND THE TWO TANKS.

UM, AND SO THEY'VE COMPLETED A 30 BY 30%, UH, DESIGN.

UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND TALK TO, UH, HSR, HAMPTON ROADS, SANITATION DISTRICTS.

HE ASKED ME, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THEIR PROPOSAL.

SO, UM, ON SEPTEMBER THE NINTH AT TAB HIGH SCHOOL, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF FIVE TO 7:00 PM, UM, TAB, UH, THE SCHOOL WILL, UH, IN THAT THE, THE, UH, COMMON AREA THINGS, WHAT THEY CALL AS A BIG, LARGE AREA TO PARK OUT IN THE OUT OF THE STU STUDENT PARKING AREA OR WHEREVER YOU CAN PARK.

AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO WALK UP THERE, DON'T TRY TO GO INSIDE DOORS CAUSE THEY WON'T LET YOU IN THAT WAY, BUT YOU COME IN THROUGH A WHERE THE TAB TIGER, UH, IS LOCATED AND THAT'S

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UM, UH, THE STAFF HRSD STAFF WILL BE THERE AND THEY'LL HAVE STATIONS SET UP AND THEY, YOU CAN COME IN AND REVIEW THE MATERIAL AT THE STATIONS.

THEY'LL SHOW THE DESIGN IS VERY SIMILAR TO, UH, THE, UH, FORMAT THAT V DOT, UH, HAS.

AND THIS IS A CHANCE TO, UH, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DESIGN IS ALL ABOUT, UH, THE HISTORY OF, UH, OF THE SEWER SYSTEMS, WHY THINGS WERE IMPORTANT.

UM, AND YOU'RE ALSO THERE TO EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS AND TO UNDERSTAND AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THE PLACEMENT.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF IT, UM, ON THE PROPERTY, THERE'S THREE SITES, UH, THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THE PRIMARY SITE, UH, AND ALTERNATE TO ALTERNATE SITES.

UM, AND THIS IS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO COME IN AND TALK TO THEM ALSO, UH, IT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, ABOVE GROUND, BELOW GROUND, UM, AT THE, WHAT W WHATEVER FACADE YOU WOULD LIKE AROUND A TANK.

I MEAN, THEY CAN MAKE THIS THING LOOK LIKE THE TAJ MAHAL, IF YOU WANT.

UH, THEY CAN, THEY CAN HIDE IT.

SO EMMA, LEAVE IT TO THEM TO DO ALL THIS PART.

OF COURSE, I'M ALL I'M DOING IS MAKING YOU AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO MEETING THIS WILL BE THE 30% DESIGN THAT THE IDEA IS THAT ONCE THEY GET INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, THEY WILL THEN GO TO A 50% DESIGN.

AND SUPPOSEDLY THERE'LL BE ANOTHER MEETING TO KIND OF DEMONSTRATE TO THE PUBLIC, WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO.

SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE ON SEPTEMBER THE NINTH, BETWEEN FIVE AND 7:00 PM AT TAB HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I ENCOURAGE, UH, ALL INTERESTED PARTIES DO SHOW UP, PREPARED TO WEAR A MASK.

DON'T LET YOU IN THERE AND THE CROWD, UH, AND THE IDEA IS, AGAIN, YOU DON'T JUST ALL GATHER AND THEN EXPECT SOMEBODY TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AT THERE'LL BE STATIONS.

THE IDEA IS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM KIND OF CONGREGATING.

YOU CAN COME IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING THROUGH THAT COUPLE HOUR PERIOD THERE.

UM, I WANT TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY IF I COULD ABOUT, I'M GOING TO ASK WALTER QUESTION BECAUSE I TELL YOU, WELL, I KNOW YOU'VE BROUGHT FOR MONTHS NOW.

YOU'VE BEEN BRINGING IT UP TO CRT AND, UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LOOKED, I'VE TRIED TO UNDERSTAND THE CRT AND I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T GET MY MIND WRAPPED AROUND IT.

I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, ANECDOTAL INFORMATION FROM PARENTS AND FROM TEACHERS AND FOLKS HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE CRITICAL RACE.

UM, AND I'VE, I'VE GONE INTO, I'VE DONE RESEARCH WITH THE, WITH THE EXPERTS THAT TEACH US AT COLLEGE AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT BEING A, UM, A FORMAT.

THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS A FORMAT FOR GRADUATE LEVEL WORK.

NOWHERE IN ANY WORK THAT I FIND WHERE THEY ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT, ANY EXPERTS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND, TALK ABOUT IT AT THE GRADE SCHOOL OR EVEN, UH, THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL.

SO THE CONCERN YOU RAISED, UM, UH, AND YOU TALK ABOUT GOING TO START A FIRE IN THE BELLY OF, OF, UH, THE SUPERVISORS.

WELL, MY QUESTION IS TO WHAT END, OKAY.

IF WE'RE GOING TO, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS TO WHAT END AND WHAT PART OF THIS THING THEY CALL THE CRT, UH, ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT, CAUSE I WILL TELL YOU AS A PERSON, A GRANDPARENT, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TWO KIDS IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEM HERE.

YOU KNOW, MY, MY SENSE IS WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH IS I WANT HISTORY TO BE TAUGHT, CAUGHT TOTALLY UNVARNISHED.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CONQUERORS WRITE HISTORY COURSE.

WE KNOW HOW THAT WORKS OUT.

I JUST WANT TO HEAR IT TOTALLY UNVARNISHED.

AND THERE'S THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED BAD IN OUR COUNTRY.

I MEAN, SLAVERY FOR 240 YEARS, AS YOU KNOW, IS NOT A GOOD THING OF WAY.

WE TREATED THE JAPANESE IN WORLD WAR II IS NOT A GOOD THING THAT THE TRAIL OF TEARS FOR THE CHEROKEE AND THE INDIANS THAT, UH, HA HOW THEY WERE TREATED.

UM, AND THE, AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE JAPANESE AND HOW THEY WERE TREATED AFTER THEIR INNOVATION AND A LOT OF FEARS AND STUFF.

AND DON'T FORGET, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY OTHER, UH, THE IRISH AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT JUST HAPPENS.

UM, WHAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY, UH, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH.

OF EQUITY WHERE WE ALLOW, AND WE, WE REQUIRE BUILDINGS TO HAVE AN ABILITY TO ALLOW PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS AND HAVING DISABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BE HANDLED IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND, UH, WE HAVE ISSUES OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS, WHAT WE CALL EQUITY AND, AND EQUALITY.

UM, AND SOME PARTS OF THAT IT'S GOOD AND SOME PARTS CAN GIVE OTHER FOLKS CONCERNED.

UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, TO ME, UH, ONE OF THE EQUITY THINGS WE HAVE THE AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT, ALL RIGHT.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WOULD ARGUE ABOUT THAT.

I'M SURE THERE'S PROBABLY SOMEBODY, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE

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WE SPENT A TON OF MONEY ON, UH, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ACTUALLY END UP WITH A TEACHER FALLING ONE SINGLE STUDENT THROUGH THEIR WHOLE 12 YEAR CAREER IN SCHOOL, PE UH, AND IT COSTS US A BUNCH OF MONEY.

I MEAN, THESE THINGS, AND I DON'T KNOW EVERY, I DON'T WANT ANYONE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT.

SO, I MEAN, THERE'S, I COULD GO THROUGH, I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF STATISTICS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU, IF, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RACISM, UH, IS A RACISM.

ALL AROUND THE COUNTY TO SLOW DOWN, BECAUSE KIDS WILL BE BACK IN SCHOOL.

I THINK WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THERE SOME OF THAT AND, OR MAYBE A LOT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE ISSUES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE.

I MEAN, HOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RATE OF EMPLOYMENT OR UNEMPLOYMENT AND ANOTHER GOOD ONE IS THE HALF OF OUR POPULATIONS ARE WOMEN AND THE WOMEN ON THE, IF HISTORICALLY DON'T RECEIVE THE SAME EQUAL PAY, UH, THAT MEN DO.

SO THERE IS WHAT CAUSES THESE SORT OF THINGS.

SO I, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A GRANDPARENT AND A PERSON IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I THINK WE ARE, MAN.

I TELL YOU WHAT IT IS, THE FRANCHISE PLAYER FOR OUR, FOR OUR SUCCESS, LOW CRIME RATE, LOW TAXES, GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE KEEP BEATING THE DRUM ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS, I MEAN, I HAVE NOT FOUND A GOOD EXPLANATION YET.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU WANT DONE? WAS THAT A QUESTION OR A DISTRICT? THAT'S THE QUESTION? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW? FIVE MINUTES WAS JUST WANTING TO GET TO WHERE, WHAT HAVE I DONE? I WANT US TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT IS GOING ON, NOT JUST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, WHAT IS AT, TO BE GOING ON IN YOUR COUNTY.

AND THERE'S EVIDENCE OF IT FROM WHAT I GAVE YOU WITH RESPECT TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FAMILY, WHO'S GOT THREE KIDS IN OUR K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION SYSTEM.

THEY'RE A POLL OF WHAT THEY FOUND WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE UNDERPINNINGS OF THIS THING CALLED CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

DOES THE EMPHASIS ON SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING TO THE, TO THE DETRIMENT OF LEARNING, HOW TO DO MATH, HOW TO WRITE ENGLISH, HOW TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU AND I, AND THIS BOARD LEARNED AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH K THROUGH 12.

NOW, TH TH THE TEACHERS ARE RIGHT NOW GOING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, MAKING SURE THAT THEY NOT ONLY KNOW HOW TO TEACH THEIR SUBJECTS, BUT ALSO THIS, THE ASPECTS OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

IT'S THERE, TOM, RIGHT? YEAH.

BUT WALTER, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU TALK TO US ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD OF THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT.

WHY AREN'T THEY TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THIS? BECAUSE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PROPOSE CUTTING FUNDING TO OUR SCHOOLS.

I PROPOSED TO GETTY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PARENTS AND THE EDUCATORS DO NOT INCULCATE THIS TH THIS TERRIBLE IDEOLOGY INTO OUR EDUCATION, CONCENTRATE ON STEM.

YOU KNOW, TH THE THINGS THAT STEM IS ALL ABOUT NOT ERASING OUR HISTORY, AS WE KNOW IT, OR HISTORY IS REPLETE WITH SLAVERY, BUT IT'S AN EVOLUTION OVER TIME TO TRY TO REDUCE THE APPENDAGES OF SLAVERY, RIGHT? THIS IS TRYING TO REVERSE THAT THE IDEOLOGY OKAY.

USING OUR CHILDREN AS THE PORNS WHITES ARE THE RACIST RICE, WHITES ARE THE OPPRESSORS.

BLACKS ARE THE OPPRESSED.

AND THAT PART OF THE CURRICULUM DEALS WITH THIS SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING WHERE WE WENT TO SCHOOL.

WE WENT TO SCHOOL, LEARNED THINGS THAT ULTIMATELY ALLOWS US TO EITHER GO TO COLLEGE OR JORDAN MILITARY, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT READ WHAT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU NECESSARILY OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN GET YOU INFORMED AS TO WHAT IS LIKELY GOING ON, BECAUSE IT WAS HAPPENING UP IN RHODE ISLAND.

IT'S HAPPENING IN VIRGINIA.

AND IF IT'S HAPPENING IN VIRGINIA, IT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR COUNTY, OR WILL SOON BE HAPPENING IN YOUR COUNTY.

SO SAYS THIS FAMILY, THAT'S GOT THREE KIDS IN K2 AS WELL.

READ THAT, READ THAT EMAIL AGAIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT OR READ OUT, BUT I WILL READ IT.

I'M GOING TO MOVE THIS ALONG BECAUSE WE HAVE A AGENDA HERE.

UH, LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE LABOR DAY.

I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY AND SAFE LABOR DAY.

I WANT TO TELL PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN ON THE ROAD.

SCHOOLS ARE STARTING BACK.

YOU MIGHT SEE THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS.

HE MIGHT NOT, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN A SCHOOL ZONE AND THEY'RE

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AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY START TO THAT NEW SCHOOL YEAR, UH, AND LEARN, BE EDUCATED AND NOT INDOCTRINATED, UH, AS MR. ZAREMBA WOULD SAY, HAVING SAID THAT WE'RE IN OUR SEVEN O'CLOCK HOUR AND IT'S TIME FOR

[1 Application No. UP-967-21, Magruder/Tabb Animal Hospital. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R21-93(R) to authorize a veterinary hospital without outside runs at 3525 Hampton Highway.]

OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.

AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON MR. CROSS, MR. GROSSE THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS YOU WILL RECALL, LAST MONTH, YOU ALL CONSIDERED AN APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO AUTHORIZE A VET CLINIC ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HAMPTON HIGHWAY AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH ASCOT DRIVE THE ENTRANCE INTO YORKSHIRE DOWNS SUBDIVISION.

AND YOU HAD A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THERE WERE, UH, SOME COMMENTS, UH, SOME CONCERNS RAISED BY SOME NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE NEED FOR SOME KIND OF A BUFFER OR BARRIER, UH, IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.

AND SO YOU ALL TABLED THE APPLICATION, UH, TO THIS MEETING TO GIVE THE PARTIES A CHANCE TO, UH, DISCUSS THOSE CONCERNS AND WORK SOMETHING OUT.

UH, WE, THERE WAS SUCH A MEETING IN EARLY AUGUST INVOLVING, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, DR.

WALLACE AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.

AND, UH, THEY DID REACH AGREEMENT ON A, UH, A, UH, A, UH, EARTHEN BERM, UH, THREE FEET IN HEIGHT TO BE BUILT, UM, BETWEEN THE TWO PROPOSED ENTRANCES, UH, WITH THE SIX FOOT HIGH, UH, TREE PLANTINGS ON TOP.

AND SO THAT WILL PROVIDE, UH, SOMEWHAT OF A BARRIER OF SOMEWHAT OF A BUFFER, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS YORKSHIRE DOWNS.

UH, EVERYBODY WAS AMENABLE TO THIS SOLUTION.

AND SO WE, UH, HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S A R UH, 2193 ARE, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH THE ADDITION OF CONDITION NUMBER, UH, THREE FIVE, WHICH REFERENCES THE BERM WITH THE LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS, UH, AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

THANKS.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. CROSS.

I SEE THE APPLICANT SEEN HERE.

UM, MR. WALLS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING OR WOULD YOU JUST LIKE TO, UH, OKAY.

TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE GOOD.

WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD TO, UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SAME ONE, WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER, AND I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP THAT TIME.

NOW I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION ON AND I'LL MOVE OUR 21 DASH 93.

OUR MADAM CLERK MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD.

THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 2193 ARE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS AMENDED MRS. NOLE.

MR. ZAREMBA, MR. GREEN.

[2 Amend York County Code Section 21-93. Consider adoption of proposed Ordinance No. 21-11 to amend York County Code § 21-93 to provide that the additional two dollar per room night Transient Occupancy Tax authorized by the Code of Virginia §58.1-3823(C) shall be distributed and expended solely for tourism and travel, marketing of tourism, and related initiatives.]

I'M GOING TO CALL HIM MR. BARNETT FOR AMENDING THE COUNTY CODE SECTION 21 DASH 93.

THIS IS REALLY JUST A WORDING CHANGE THAT IS NOW REQUIRED BY STATUTE THE 2020 GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTED SENATE BILL 5 88 AND, UM, INDICATING, UH, FOR THOSE LOCALITIES THAT HAD THAT ADOPT TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAXES IN EXCESS OF 2%, THAT THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT MUST BE USED ONLY FOR TOURISM.

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE AND WE'VE DONE IT.

WE JUST DIDN'T SAY IT IN THE ORDINANCE.

WE KNEW WHAT THE RULE WAS.

WE DID IT, BUT THE REVISED STATUTE SAYS, UM, LOCALITIES THAT NOW HAVE, UM, A TAX A GREATER THAN THE 2% HAVE TO ACTUALLY SAY IN THEIR ORDINANCE THAT THE ADDITIONAL MONIES WILL GO FOR THOSE PURPOSES.

SO ALL WE'VE DONE IS ADD THAT LANGUAGE INTO YOUR ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BARNETT, MR. RYAN, THAT $2 ARE ALREADY GOING THROUGH THE TOURISM? WELL, YEAH, IT IS.

AND ACTUALLY THEY'RE THE REAL CHANGE HERE.

I THINK THE TITLE TO THE ORDINANCE HAS MAYBE SLIGHTLY, SLIGHTLY MISLEADING THAT $2 TAX IS ACTUALLY GOVERNED BY ITS OWN STATUTE AND INDICATES PRECISELY WHAT WE WILL DO.

IT'S THE, IS THIS PRIMARILY AFFECTS THE, WE HAVE A 5% TAX AS HAVE WE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO DO FOR A LONG TIME UNDER A STATUTE.

WE SAID, IF YOU DO THAT, THEN, THEN THE ADDITIONAL 3%

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OR WHATEVER, EXTRA AMOUNT OR 2% HAS TO GO FOR TOURISM, GENERAL ASSEMBLY SAID, OKAY, NOW YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO SAY THAT IN YOUR ORDINANCE, YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO SAY IT IN YOUR ORDINANCE.

SO WE'VE JUST ADDED LANGUAGE.

THAT IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.

IT CHANGES NOTHING.

EXCEPT NOW WE'VE ADDED WORDS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WANTED IN OUR WORK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER? SEE NONE.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD MS. SNELL MOVE UP PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 21 DASH 11.

WELL, MADAM CLERK PROMOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY MS. KNOWLES.

THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOLE IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 21 DASH 11 TO AMEND YORK COUNTY CODE 21 DASH 93, PERTAINING TO THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANT OCCUPANCY TAX AUTHORIZED BY THE CODE OF VIRGINIA SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AND EXPENDED SOLELY FOR TOURISM TRAVEL AND RELATED INITIATIVES.

MR. ROAN? YES.

MR. SHEPHERD.

NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE THE AMEND YOUR COUNTY'S CODE TAX SECTIONS.

MR. ZAREMBA, MRS. NOLE.

[3 Amend York County Code Tax Sections. Consider adoption of proposed Ordinance No. 21- 15 to amend the York County Code tax sections lowering the interest rate to six percent on payments made to the County and eliminating returned check fees on electronic checks for reasons other than insufficient funds or closed account.]

AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. MORGAN, MR. MORGAN.

SO THIS PROPOSAL DOES TWO THINGS.

UM, IT REDUCES THE INTEREST RATE, UH, WHEN PEOPLE ARE LATE WITH PAYMENTS TO THE COUNTY FROM 10% TO 6%, UM, 10% GOES WAY BACK IN HISTORY, AND WE FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, THAT WAS A LITTLE USELESS.

UM, AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE TOO LOW BECAUSE WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO, YOU KNOW, PAY ON TIME.

SO WE THINK THAT'S FAIR AND REASONABLE.

UM, AND, UM, PARTICULARLY DURING THE WORST OF THE PANDEMIC, A LOT MORE PEOPLE WERE PAYING THINGS ELECTRONICALLY.

AND SOME OF YOU ALL GOT COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE THAT, UH, GOT A, UM, A BAD CHECK FEE, UH, NOT BECAUSE THEY BOUNCED THE CHECK, BUT BECAUSE THEY KEYED IN WRONG.

AND SO, UH, THIS CHANGE WOULD ALSO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

SO IF YOU ACTUALLY WRITE US A RUBBER CHECK, DO YOU STILL GET THE FEE? BUT IF IT WAS JUST OPERATOR ERROR AND YOU ENTERED THE WRONG THING, UM, THEN YOU CAN RESUBMIT IT.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS, WE CAN TELL WHICH IT IS GOOD.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

SEEING NONE.

I WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SAYING WHEN I WISH TO SPEAK TO THE CHANGES THE TAX CODE, SEE NONE.

WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD MR. RON? I LIKE TO PROPOSE ORDINANCE 21 DASH 15 MOUNTAIN CLERK.

MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY MR. RONAN TO MOVE THE ORDINANCE.

THE MOTION MADE BY MR. ROWAN IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 21 DASH 15, TO AMEND THE YORK COUNTY CODE TAX SECTIONS, LOWERING THE INTEREST RATE ON PAYMENTS MADE TO THE COUNTY AND ELIMINATING RETURN CHECK FEES.

MR. SHEPHERD.

MR. ZAREMBA, MRS. KNOLL.