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AND WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 21ST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING THIS TIME.I'D LIKE TO CALL ON PASTOR BEN CARR FROM WATERS EDGE CHURCH AND PASTOR CARR.
IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD, PLEASE, AND, UH, RIGHT THERE.
AND, UH, IF YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR HOUSE OF WORSHIP AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
MY NAME IS BEN THE CAMPUS PASTOR AT WATER'S EDGE CHURCH IN YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA, JUST A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD.
AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, FOUR OTHER THREE OTHER CAMPUSES BESIDES THE ONE HERE IN YORKTOWN.
WE HAVE NEWPORT NEWS WILLIAMSBURG.
OF COURSE WE HAVE ONE DOWN IN CHESAPEAKE, I'M AT A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
AND SO I'M THE PASTOR FOR THE ONE HERE IN YORKTOWN.
AND, UH, WE'VE REOPENED BACK IN JUNE OF 2020, JUNE 13TH.
I BELIEVE THE DATE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND, UH, GOD HAS DEFINITELY BEEN DOING SOME GREAT THINGS, BUT, UH, JUST WORKING WITH PEOPLE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
SO WHAT TIME ARE YOUR SERVICES? WE HAVE SERVICES ON SUNDAY AT 9 30, 11, AND THEN YORKTOWN HAS 6:00 PM.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SERVICES ONLINE AT THOSE TIMES AS WELL AS TUESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
WE, UH, WE JUST COME BEFORE YOU AND WE NEED, WE NEED YOU FATHER.
WE NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER TO MOVE.
UM, AND THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WE CAN IMPACT IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE FATHER.
WE ALSO THINK ABOUT THOSE EVEN THIS WEEK.
UM, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED IN A DIFFICULT WAY, AND WE LIFT UP HERITAGE TO YOU TODAY.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE FAMILIES, PAY FOR THE FACULTY, THE STAFF, THE ADMINISTRATION, GOD, THOSE HURTING.
AND TONIGHT WE JUST LIFT THEM UP TO YOU, JUST GRANT THEM STRENGTH.
FATHER ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, THAT PAVED THE WAY THAT LEAD THE WAY AND ALL THE THINGS OF YOUR COUNTY WITH SCHOOLS.
AND GOD, I ASKED TONIGHT AS THE BOOK OF JAMES TELLS US THAT YOU WOULD GRANT THEM WISDOM, GOD, WISDOM, AND DISCERNMENT THAT COMES FROM YOU AND YOU PROMISE THAT YOU'LL GIVE IT TO US.
AND SO TONIGHT WE DO LIFT UP THIS TEAM, WE LIFT UP THE PEOPLE INVOLVED THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE SAID, GOD, THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID EACH ONE ANOTHER AND GOD TONIGHT, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE IN COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND GOD WE NEED YOU.
AND WE APPRECIATE THESE LEADERS IN THIS ROOM THAT CAN HELP DISCUSS THE MATTERS THAT MATTER MOST AND GOD THAT THEY CAN MOVE THE MISSION OF WHAT YOUR COUNTY IS ALL ABOUT TOWARDS YOU AND GOD THAT YOU'D GRANT THEM TONIGHT.
WISDOM THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TONIGHT AND THE DISCUSSION AND GOD LEAD THE WAY IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WE CAN REACH AND SEE PEOPLE, SEE FAMILIES, GOD PROVIDING A SAFE EDUCATION, A PLACE TO LEARN A PLACE TO GROW AND TO THRIVE IN JESUS NAME.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MR. ZAREMBA, YOU COULD LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
MR. GREEN, MR. ROAN, MR. SHEPHERD HERE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
[1 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Receive presentation from the Finance Staff on the American Rescue Plan Act. a. Memorandum from County Administrator]
LIKE TO CALL ON GREG GOULET AND HE'S GOING TO COME FORWARD AND TALK TO US.HE'S FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, HE'S GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT YES.
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DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
I WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY'S ALLOCATION OF THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW ON MARCH 11TH, 2021, AND PROVIDES $1.9 TRILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO RESPOND TO THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE CHRONIC VIRUS HEALTH EMERGENCY.
THE LARGEST SLICE OF THOSE FUNDS PROVIDED FOR INDIVIDUAL RELIEF THROUGH THE $1,400 DIRECT PAYMENTS THAT WENT OUT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND THE SECOND LARGEST IS GOING TO BE OUR FOCUS TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDED $350 BILLION IN DIRECT PAYMENTS TO STATE LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS OF THAT $350 BILLION IN FUNDING.
YOUR COUNTY WILL RECEIVE 13.26 MILLION IN TWO EQUAL TRONCHES OF 6.63 MILLION EACH.
UH, AS YOU KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED THE FIRST PAYMENT ON JUNE 7TH, 2021, AND WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE SECOND IN JUNE OF 2022.
THE SLF RP IS SEEN AS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF THE CARES ACT CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.
AND IT'S SIMILAR IN SEVERAL WAYS.
UH, BOTH ARE ADMINISTERED BY TREASURY AND MANY OF THE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES UNDER CARES ACT ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE UNDER THE SLF RP FUNDS.
HOWEVER, ONE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IS THAT WHILE REVENUE REPLACEMENT WAS SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED FOR CARES ACT FUNDS, SLF RP FUNDS MAY BE USED TO PROVIDE GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE EXTENT OF REDUCTION IN REVENUE TO THAT END TREASURY AND ITS FINAL IN ITS INTERIM FINAL RULE HAS PROVIDED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDANCE FOR CALCULATING REVENUE LOSSES DUE TO THE PANDEMIC BASED ON THAT GUIDANCE.
MR. MORGAN HAS PREVIOUSLY COMMUNICATED TO THE BOARD, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO USE THESE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TREASURIES REVENUE REDUCTION PROVISION.
WITH THAT IN MIND, THE BOARD APPROPRIATED OUR FIRST PAYMENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 2021 BUDGET AT THEIR JULY 20TH MEETING OUR INITIAL REPORT ON THE USE OF OUR SLF RP FUNDS WAS DUE TO TREASURY ON AUGUST 31ST AND YOUR COUNTY REPORTED REVENUE LOSSES OF $11.7 MILLION FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020.
FURTHERMORE, WE PROJECTED THE REDUCTION FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021 WILL EXCEED OUR TOTAL REMAINING ALLOCATION.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CALCULATED LOSSES ARE A FUNCTION OF THE TREASURY INSTRUCTIONS FOR DETERMINING THAT LOSS AND DO NOT IMPLY A DECLINE IN ACTUAL TOTAL REVENUE TREASURY'S INTENT IS TO FOCUS ON THE DECLINE IN REVENUE FROM GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS REAL ESTATE TAXES, SALES TAX, MEALS TAX, ET CETERA.
THEREFORE, A CERTAIN SOURCES OF REVENUE MUST BE ADDED TO OR EXCLUDED FROM OUR CALCULATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE TREASURY GUIDANCE REQUIRES US TO INCLUDE YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION REVENUE AS A COMPONENT UNIT, BUT IT EXCLUDES ALL FEDERAL REVENUES, INCLUDING THE CARES ACT AND CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.
ADDITIONALLY, TREASURY REQUIRES THAT WE REPORT OUR ACTUAL REVENUE ON A CALENDAR YEAR BASIS INSTEAD OF ON OUR FISCAL YEAR BASIS.
EACH OF THESE DIFFERENCES HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE CALCULATED REVENUE LOSS.
THE RULES FOR THE USE OF FUNDS UNDER THE REVENUE LOSS PROVISION ARE VERY FLEXIBLE.
THE ONLY INELIGIBLE USES ARE THOSE THAT DO NOT DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, SUCH AS EXTRAORDINARY ONE-TIME PAYMENTS TO RETIREMENT FUNDS, WHICH REDUCE AN UNFUNDED LIABILITY DEBT PAYMENTS, OR OTHER PAYMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
AND ANY ADDITION TO RESERVES OR RAINY DAY FUNDS.
THE GOVERNMENT SERVICES WE PROVIDED WITH OUR SLF RP FUNDS WERE ONE PERIOD OF PAYROLL HEALTH AND DENTAL CLAIMS TEMPORARILY WAIVE CREDIT CARD FEES, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, RADIO MAINTENANCE, AND REGULAR VRS PAYROLL CONTRIBUTIONS.
AND AS A SIDE NOTE PER THE TREASURY FAQ'S REGULAR PAYROLL CONTRIBUTIONS TO A RETIREMENT FUND ARE ALLOWABLE ONLY ONE TIME PAYMENTS THAT REDUCE AN UNFUNDED LIABILITY OR NOT.
WE CHOSE THESE EXPENDITURES AS A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE RELATIVELY LARGE EXPENSES AND THAT THEY'RE EASY TO AUDIT.
AND BY USING THESE FUNDS TO PROVIDE, PROVIDE GOVERNMENT SERVICES, WE WILL CREATE A $6.6 MILLION SAVINGS EACH YEAR IN BOTH FISCAL YEAR 21 AND FISCAL YEAR 22 IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN ACT, WE WILL FOLLOW SEVERAL KEY PRINCIPLES FOR SPENDING THESE SAVINGS.
ADDITIONAL SPENDING SHOULD BE FOR ONE
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TIME EXPENDITURES TO AVOID INCREASING FUTURE OPERATING COSTS.AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THOSE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC.
FINALLY, WHILE THIS BRIEFING FOCUSES ON OUR DIRECT SLF RP PAYMENTS ARE AUTHORIZED FEDERAL DOLLARS TO BE USED FOR OTHER PROGRAMS SUCH AS RENT RELIEF, UTILITIES, RELIEF, BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, AND EDUCATION.
AND FOR AN EXAMPLE, OUR HEADSTART PROGRAM HAS ALREADY BEEN AWARDED ADDITIONAL ARPA FUNDING.
IN ADDITION, THE STATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S MOST RECENT BUDGET ALLOCATED STATE ARPA FUNDING TO BE USED TO SUPPORT LOCAL RELIEF EFFORTS, BUT NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THOSE PROGRAMS IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, WE'LL KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED OF COURSE, AND ADVISE YOU ON HOW TO BEST COORDINATE FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING TO LEVERAGE OUR SLF RP FUNDS AND MAXIMIZE BENEFITS TO THE COUNTY AND KEEPING WITHIN THE PRINCIPLE OF ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES.
WE RECOMMEND USING APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE SAVINGS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AS A RESULT, THE MAJORITY OF THE SAVINGS WILL BE ALLOCATED THROUGH OUR NORMAL CIP PROCESS.
AND WE INTEND TO PRESENT YOU WITH OUR RECOMMENDED CIP FOR DISCUSSION ON THAT COMING MEETING.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE REMAINING FUNDS BE USED TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND AS A CONTINGENCY FOR OTHER ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES WITH THIS IN MIND, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON SEVERAL INITIATIVES.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, I THINK SOME OF YOU ALL REMEMBER, UH, GREG FROM HIS PRESENTATIONS DURING THE CARES ACT, UM, HE'S BEEN SUPPORTING TERESA AND HER TEAM.
HE'S BEEN THE GUY IN THE TRENCHES, FIGURING OUT ALL THESE RULES, UH, WITH ALL THESE, UH, FEDERAL COVID FUNDS AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB AND GREG, THANKS VERY MUCH.
UM, SO AS GREG MENTIONED OF, AS WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH YOU REALLY, SINCE WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDS, WE THOUGHT THAT THE 80 10, 10 CONCEPT WAS ABOUT RIGHT, FOR PLANNING FOR THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS.
I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ONE-TIME SPENDING AND, UH, YOU ALL HAVE GENERALLY INDICATED SUPPORT FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO THE PARTICULARS THAT WE MIGHT PROPOSE.
SO WHILE, UH, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENDITURE PROPOSALS TO FLOW THROUGH THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THERE'S THREE TOPICS I WANTED TO DISCUSS TONIGHT THAT, THAT I WOULD SUGGEST YOU SHOULD CONSIDER ON A, ON A SEPARATE SCHEDULE.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, WHAT I AM PROPOSING, UH, AS AN EMPLOYEE RETENTION PAYMENT OR BONUS, IF YOU WILL.
UH, STATE LAW RECENTLY, UH, WAS PASSED THAT REQUIRES, UH, A $3,000 A YEAR, ONE TIME PAYMENT TO SOME OF OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES.
HOWEVER, NOT ALL OF OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, ONLY THE ONES THAT ARE COMP PLAN AUTHORIZED, WHICH IS ABOUT 50% NATURALLY.
WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE A BONUS TO HALF OF OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND NOT THE OTHER HALF, UH, MORE BROADLY, UH, THIS BOARD IS AWARE OF THE, UH, THE LABOR, THE LABOR MARKET SITUATION.
WE FIND OURSELVES IN RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH, UM, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TURNOVER, UH, THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED DURING MY TIME.
AND OF COURSE IT'S ALSO THE CASE FOR MANY OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND MANY PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESSES.
UM, LAST YEAR IN
AND, UH, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO SO.
IN RETROSPECT, MAYBE, UH, I WAS A LITTLE TOO CAUTIOUS, UH, BUT CONSIDERING, UH, THE STATE REQUIREMENT THAT WE PAY, SOME OF OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND THE FACT THAT, UH, WE SORT OF GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE CURVE BECAUSE OF OUR CAUTIOUS APPROACH.
LAST YEAR, I WOULD BASICALLY RECOMMEND THAT THE 10% THAT WE HAD KIND OF SET ASIDE FOR BUDGET CONTINGENCIES, UH, BE USED FOR THESE ONE TIME RETENTION PAYMENTS.
AND IN PARTICULAR, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE DO THE $3,000 PAYMENT FOR ALL UNIFORMED PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL, INCLUDING SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, UH, FIRE LIFE SAFETY PERSONNEL, AND ALL 9 1, 1 OPERATORS WHO ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TRIAD AND FOR THE, OF OUR FULL-TIME WORKFORCE FOR THOSE BELOW THE LEVEL OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, SORRY, GUYS, UM, I'M RECOMMENDING A $1,500
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ONE-TIME PAYMENT AND, UM, FOR VARIOUS REASONS HAVING TO DO WITH THE STATE LAWS ON WHEN WE WOULD PAY THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND SOME OTHER TECHNICAL FACTORS, UM, IT WAS MY INTENTION TO BRING THAT, UH, ITEM BEFORE YOU, UH, AT THE OCTOBER MEETING AS A RESOLUTION.UM, SO FINANCE WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO THAT WAS KINDA MY FIRST, UH, PROPOSAL.
THE SECOND ONE IS IN FACT, A CAPITAL PROPOSAL.
UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO SORT OF TAKE IT OUT OF SEQUENCE FOR SOME REASONS THAT I THINK YOU'LL SUPPORT.
SO MY SECOND PROPOSAL IS THAT WE PROCEED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UH, WITH A PLAN TO CONNECT, UH, BY DARK FIBER, THE FIVE COUNTY PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE THREE FIRE STATIONS, AS WELL AS THE GRIFFIN YATES BUILDING AND THE REGISTRARS BRANCH OFFICE AT MORTON ROAD.
UM, AND THE COST OF THAT BY, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO A LEASE WE ALREADY HAVE WITH A, UM, UH, CABLE PROVIDER WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION.
AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS, UM, WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE, UH, HIGH SPEED CONNECTIVITY TO ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS CONNECTED TO OUR CENTRAL SERVERS ON THE MAIN CAMPUS AND ELIMINATE, UH, WHAT WE FREQUENTLY EXPERIENCED NOW IN THE NORTH COUNTY FACILITIES, UH, INTERRUPTIONS OF SERVICE BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE LINES ARE ON, ON POLES AND SUBJECT TO WEATHER AND TRAFFIC DISRUPTION.
THE OTHER THING IT WOULD DO IS GREATLY, UH, INCREASE OUR BANDWIDTH AND IN PARTICULAR, THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND PATROL IN THE NORTH COUNTY, UH, TO GO TO ANY OF THOSE FACILITIES, TO DOWNLOAD THEIR, UH, BODY CAM AND NOT SPEND HALF THEIR SHIFT, UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DOWNLOAD IT.
THERE'S A, UH, A SECOND REASON, UH, TO DO THAT PROJECT.
I THINK THE PUBLIC JUSTIFICATION NEEDS TO BE SECURITY AND CONNECTIVITY TO THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BUT IN USING A PRIVATE VENDOR THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH, WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE PROVIDING A NEW PUBLIC UTILITY OF HIGH-CAPACITY IN THE NORTH COUNTY, WHICH OVER TIME WOULD BE, UH, WOULD HAVE MANY STRANDS OF FIBER THAT BOTH BUSINESS RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER, UH, INTERNET PROVIDERS COULD CONNECT INTO THROUGH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
BUT OUR ACTION WOULD ESSENTIALLY LEVERAGE THE CREATION OF THE FACILITY, MUCH LIKE THE INSTALLATION OF A, OF A SEWER LINE OR A WATER LINE.
AND THE REASON, UM, THAT I WOULD RATHER NOT DELAY UNTIL YOU REVIEW THE WHOLE, UH, CAPITAL BUDGET PROPOSAL IS BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU HAVE READ, UH, JUST ABOUT EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE COUNTRY, AS WELL AS STATE AND FEDERAL ENTITIES ARE PUSHING BROADBAND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, JUST IN OUR IMMEDIATE AREA, UH, THE GLOUCESTER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ADVISE ME THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE USING HALF OR MORE OF ALL OF THEIR, OUR PRA FUNDS FOR BROADBAND CONSTRUCTION.
NOW, FORTUNATELY IN YOUR COUNTY, AVERAGE, CITIZENS HAVE SOME ACCESS TO INTERNET, ALMOST EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU HAVE IT OR YOU PAY FOR IT IS ANOTHER QUESTION, MANY OTHER PLACES IN VIRGINIA, THERE'S 20, 30, 40% OF THE POPULATION HAS NO ACCESS.
SO A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THESE FEDERAL AND PASS THROUGH STATE FUNDS AND LOCKING IN ALL THE CONTRACTORS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND, UM, I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD GET IN FRONT OF THAT WAVE AND GET OUR PROJECT DONE, UH, WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
UM, SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AT YOUR OCTOBER MEETING ON THAT MATTER.
ALTHOUGH WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MATH OF THE 10%, 10%, 80%, THAT 1.5 MILLION WOULD END UP BEING PART OF THAT 80%, UH, CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION, GREG SHOWED YOU THE 10% IDEA FOR, UM, COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, WHICH WE JUST KIND OF PUT OUT THERE AS A CONCEPT AND A PLACEHOLDER WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF FEDERAL AND STATE ARPA-E MONEY, UH, WHICH HAVE YET TO HAVE, UH, HAVE RULES, UH, PROVIDED.
AND WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO WORK.
WE JUST KNOW ABOUT BROAD CATEGORIES.
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SO HE MENTIONED ONE HAVING TO DO WITH HEADSTART.ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'VE, UH, HAVE FIGURED OUT AND I'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH IS WE HAVE, UH, GOTTEN OVER $1.6 MILLION OF CDBG MONEY, WHICH WAS ARPA CDBG MONEY.
UM, AND WITH THE WORK OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WE PROVIDED ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO 136, YOUR COUNTY BUSINESSES, UM, AS DIRECT GRANTS DO THIS.
AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN THROUGH OUR LOCAL ALLOCATION THAT HAS BEEN BY LEVERAGING, YOU KNOW, OTHER FUNDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT.
SO THE POINT OF THAT IS THERE ARE MANY OTHER, UH, BUCKETS OF FUNDS LIKE THAT IN THE WORLD OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE THAT WE DON'T YET TRULY UNDERSTAND.
SO WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A PATIENT APPROACH WHILE SORT OF STILL SETTING ASIDE ABOUT 10% OF OUR, OUR PER MONEY, BUT WAITING TO SEE HOW THESE OTHER PROGRAMS, UH, FALL OUT AND THEN LOOK TO SEE HOW WE CAN EITHER LEVERAGE THEM OR, OR FILL THE GAPS.
NOW WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU AS THAT SLIDE INDICATES, UH, YOU, YOU RECALL THAT YOUR COUNTY, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, PROVIDED SOME CARES, ACT FUNDS TO THE UNITED WAY AS AN EFFICIENT WAY TO PROVIDE SOME COMMUNITY SUPPORT LAST YEAR.
WELL, THE PENINSULA UNITED WAY IS EXPLORING A SIMILAR PROGRAM AND THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS ONGOING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THAT COMES TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE, UM, THERE WOULD BE SOME ADVANTAGES FOR YOUR COUNTY AND DOING IT THAT WAY BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO STAND UP A LOT OF PROGRAMS, UH, FOR USE OF ONE-TIME FUNDS.
UH, BUT OUR DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES IS WHILE MONITORING THAT SORT OF DEVELOPING SOME PARALLEL IDEAS.
SO ON THAT ONE, I JUST SIMPLY SAY STANDBY, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AS WE UNDERSTAND BETTER, UH, ALL OF THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE DETERMINE THAT ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS ARE PERFECTLY ADEQUATE FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR CITIZENS AND OUR BUSINESSES, THERE'S THE WAY GREG DESCRIBED THE ALLOCATION OF THIS ARBA MONEY.
THERE IS NO RULE THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND IT THAT WAY.
UM, SO WE COULD, FOR EXAMPLE, ADD IT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET IF A YEAR FROM NOW, WE DECIDE THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO USE IT FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO FINALLY, I DON'T THINK YOU MENTIONED IT IN THIS PRESENTATION.
ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN THE CARES ACT IN THE ARPA FUNDS IS THE ARPA FUNDS DO NOT HAVE THE CRAZY DEADLINE THAT THE CARES ACT HAD.
SO WE REALLY DO HAVE THE LUXURY OF TIME TO THINK THIS THROUGH, BUT HAVING SAID THAT I WOULD, I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THOSE TWO OUT OF THE GATE PROPOSALS, UH, THAT ARTICULATED.
SO WITH THAT, MR. MORGAN, JUST REAL QUICK, UH, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE CALENDAR, UH, EARLIER TODAY.
AND I NOTICE BECAUSE YORKTOWN DAY HAPPENS TO FALL ON OCTOBER 19TH, AS IT DOES EVERY YEAR, UH, HAPPENS TO BE OUR BOARD MEETING, WHICH WE WILL NOT BE HAVING.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, OCTOBER 5TH.
UH, WILL YOU BE, UH, READY WITH THESE? I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN, WILL BE WITH YOUR DIRECTION.
SO REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, GREG IS OUR EXPERT AND THERESA'S HERE AS WELL.
SO WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW ANY MORE ABOUT ARPA THAN WHAT WE HAVE TO SHARE WITH AT THE MOMENT.
UH, I GUESS THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND IS THE WAY THIS LAW WAS PASSED.
ONE OF OUR OPTIONS FOR RECEIVING THE MONEY WAS, UM, THE, KEEP IT SIMPLE, UH, ASK METHOD.
AND, UM, THAT'S THE ONE WE CHOSE EASY TO REPORT, EASY TO AUDIT, UH, AND THE, UH, CLEANEST IN TERMS OF THE DECISION MAKING, WHAT TO DO WITH IT IN THE FUTURE.
NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT HAS TO BE TRANSPARENT AND CLEAN SO THAT NOT ONLY DO WE UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS IT THAT WELL.
THANKS MR. RYAN, THE DOG FIBER INITIATIVE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DOG FIBER AS A UTILITY QUOTE, UNQUOTE, A UTILITY TO COUNTY RESIDENTS, ARE YOU SPEAKING IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THE BACKBONE OR YOU TALKING ABOUT ALSO RUNNING FIBER CONNECTION AND CONNECTIVITY? I HAVE TWO END USER, UH, THE, THE FIRST, UM, SO WHAT THIS ARRANGEMENT WOULD ENTAIL IS A, IS A, IS A BUSINESS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A LEASE RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROVIDES SIMILAR SERVICES TO SOME OF OUR SOUTH COUNTY BUILDINGS, PUTTING IN FIBER TO LINK ALL
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OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND OUR 10-YEAR LEASE PAYMENT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE THE CONTRACTOR TO FLUID THAT FIBER IN THE GROUND.BUT WE WOULD ONLY REQUIRE A RELATIVELY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE FIBER TO GEOMETRICALLY INCREASED OUR BANDWIDTH.
UH, AND THEN OTHER PROVIDERS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE OTHER PROVIDER THAT'S TRYING TO GET INTO THE WILLIAMSBURG AREA AS AN INTERNET PROVIDER TO COMPETE WITH COX.
THEY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN DEAL WITH, UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS TRUNK LINE PROVIDER OR BUSINESSES IN, UM, EXISTING SUPPLIERS, PROVIDERS LIKE VERIZON AND COX COULD MAKE THEIR OWN ARRANGEMENTS.
SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T PREDICT HOW THAT WILL PLAY OUT, BUT IN DOING SOMETHING THAT WE NEED FOR OUR OWN FACILITIES, WHAT WE WILL RENDER IS, UM, SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF 96 STRANDS OF FIBER, WHICH CAN BE TAPPED INTO OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ORDER THE 96 STRANDS, BUT WE'LL ONLY USE, ONLY NEEDS, WELL, WE, WE BELIEVE TWO TO FOUR WOULD BE THE MOST, WE WOULD NEED TO LEASE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
YEAH, NEIL, UM, THE LAST BULLET ON THEIR HEAD SPECIFICALLY TO THE UNITED WAY, AND I UNDERSTAND THE, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, UH, IF YOU ARE IN A HURRY, WE WANT TO GET THE ADMINISTRATION SET UP.
IF WE HAVE TIME THOUGH, I'M NOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
I MEAN, IF WE GOT MONEY TO DUMP INTO A PROGRAM, I'D RATHER INSTEAD OF PEANUT BUTTER SPREADING THIS THING ACROSS A MILLION DIFFERENT PROGRAM, FOCUSED ON SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE PENINSULA OR TO YOUR COUNTY MEAL.
WE TALK ABOUT MEALS ON WHEELS.
WE, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD BANK OF, UH, UH, PENINSULA FOOD BANK IS AN EXCELLENT SOURCE, UH, FORGIVEN.
UM, WHEN YOU GIVE MONEY, THEY BUY SO MANY MEALS AND THEY SPIN THAT RATED REALLY HIGH.
SO I'M JUST BRINGING IT, PUTTING THAT POINT OUT HERE.
I, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE SCRAMBLE TO AVOID HAVING TO DO SET UP, SET UP THE ADMINISTRATION PART FOR THAT.
BUT, UH, UH, I WOULD RATHER SEE ANY MONEY LIKE THAT.
UH, GIVEN THE SITUATION WE HAVE KIND OF GOING TO, UH, SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC FOR THE PENINSULA, FOR THE, FOR YOUR COUNTY, I GUESS.
CONTINUE ARE YOU FINISHED? I'M FINISHED IF YOU HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTION, WHAT DO WE WANT TO, UH, GIVE ANY FURTHER DIRECTION ON UNITED WAY? OR HOW WERE, WELL, I WASN'T ACTUALLY ASKING FOR ANY ON THAT ONE.
I WAS SIMPLY SAYING THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NOT IN A RUSH ON THAT ONE.
WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE HOW FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS ARE EVOLVING.
SO I WAS SIMPLY SAYING, UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT ONE AND WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF SOME TIME.
AND THE REASON I PUT THAT OUT THERE WAS BECAUSE THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS THAT THERE WERE TIMES IT WAS TIME FOR THIS, BUT I, BECAUSE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, THEY'LL COME IN UNDER A DIFFERENT, UH, POT OF MONEY.
UH, THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, I THINK, UH, KNOWING, KNOWING HOW WE ALL FEEL ABOUT VARIOUS PROGRAMS ON THE PENINSULA.
THAT'S WHY I PUT THAT ONE OUT.
UM, AND THAT WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, MY SPECIFIC TO WHERE THE, THE RETENTION PAYMENT AND THE DARK FIBER FOR THE NORTH COUNTY BUILDINGS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK FOR YOUR NEW, AND I WOULD SAY HEAD MOVE FORWARD ON THE FIRST TWO WITH THE BOARD'S CONSENT.
[2 Williamsburg Area Transit Authority Paratransit Service and Demonstration Route. Receive presentation from Zach Trogdon, Executive Director, concerning the paratransit service and lower York County Demonstration Route. a. Board Correspondence from County Administrator dated September 2, 2021.]
INTO OUR PRESENTATION FROM THE WILLIAMSBURG AREA, TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WADA, AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR. TRODDEN, ZACH, IF YOU LIKE IT, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO COME BACK AGAIN.
IT'S ALWAYS PLEASURE TO COME DOWN HERE AND SEE YOU ALL.
UM, I SEE ON THE AGENDA, IT'S ACTUALLY LISTED AS A PARATRANSIT SERVICE AND DEMONSTRATION ROUTE.
UM, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY.
LET ME RAISE THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I'LL TOUCH REALLY QUICKLY ON THE PARATRANSIT SERVICE PART.
WE HAVE, UH, AGREED RECENTLY THAT, UM, WATER WOULD PROVIDE PARATRANSIT SERVICE FOR THE YORKTOWN TROLLEY ROUTE.
IT WAS POINTED OUT TO US DURING THE TRAINING REVIEW.
THEY WANTED US TO BE A LITTLE MORE STRINGENT AND ENSURING THAT THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
IT'S, WHAT'S CALLED AN ADA COMPLIMENTARY PARATRANSIT SERVICE.
AND IT'S CALLED THAT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY AN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT TROLLEY THAT RUNS, IT COMES BY EACH STOP.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS A, IT'S REQUIRED TO REACH OUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE FOR SOMEBODY THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT FIXED ROUTE, UM, VEHICLE BECAUSE OF A DISABILITY.
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THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONVENIENT COMPLIANT AND WAS READY TO PERFORM THAT SERVICE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED.THEY WANTED TO SEE A LITTLE MORE.
SO WATER HAS A RATHER MATURE SERVICE ALREADY SET UP.
SO WE JUST ARE IN THE, IN THE PROCESS OF REACHING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY TO BASICALLY JUST EXTEND THAT SERVICE SOLOMON PROVIDED IF IT'S NEEDED, UM, AROUND THAT YORKTOWN AROUND THE YORKTOWN TROLLEY ROUTE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD HAD A, IF WE HAD HAD A YEAR OR TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING, MAYBE WE, YOU KNOW, WHERE YORK WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE ABLE TO SET SOMETHING UP, BUT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT INVOLVES ELIGIBILITY FOR PEOPLE AND CONFIRMING THEIR DISABILITY AND WHAT THEY CAN DO.
AND THEN AS WELL AS SCHEDULING.
SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT IN THE FOUR MONTHS THAT THAT WAS ALLOWED TO KIND OF SET IT UP, IT WAS JUST NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT WAS REALLY GOING TO BE POSSIBLE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A PROPOSAL YOU MAY SEE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UM, WITH, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL ROUTE AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND SOME ROUTES, BUT, UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE WITH DARREN AND HIS TEAM.
IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL THING THAT WE GET TO PARTNER ON WITH THE YORKTOWN TROLLEY.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THE QUESTION, HOW IS THAT GOING TO HOOK UP WITH THE TROLLEY? WELL, IT DOESN'T REALLY HOOK WELL, ALL IT IS IS THAT SO THAT IF THE TROLLEY RUNS JUST THE, THIS ROUTE AND IT'S ON THIS ROUTE, ANYWHERE WITHIN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OF THAT PARTICULAR ROUTE, IT'S A TOTALLY SEPARATE VEHICLE, A TOTALLY SEPARATE STATE.
IT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU CALL ORIGIN TO DESTINATION DOOR TO DOOR.
IT'S A VERY PERSONAL SERVICE, RIGHT? AND SO WE'LL GO HELP THE PERSON GET IN THE VEHICLE.
AND SO THEN TAKE THEM TO THE DESTINATION AND DROP THEM OFF.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY HOOK UP WITH THE TROLLEY.
IT, IT, IT JUST GOES ON ITS OWN TO DESTINATIONS AND NORA ORIGINS.
EXCUSE ME, IT'S AN ADDITION TO THE TROLLEY.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WORK WITH THE TRIAL.
YOU'RE NOT BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE TRIAL THAT COULD CERTAINLY HAPPEN, BUT NO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO.
BUT, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, AS I UNDERSTAND, SO, SO WHAT YOU'RE, AS A, AS A PUBLIC TRANSIT PROVIDER, YOU'RE HEAVILY REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND IN ONE OF YOUR AUDITS, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU PROVIDE THE BUSES THAT WE OPERATE, UH, AT THE, AS A TRIAL ARE OWNED BY WADA.
AND THEY SAID, YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING THIS ADA SERVICE AND THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO FIX IT.
AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY LIKE HANDY RIDE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF YORKTOWN.
SO, YEAH, IT'LL, IT'LL, UM, IT'S A NICE PERSONALIZED SERVICE.
THERE'LL BE ABLE TO, BUT SEE, THAT'S THE THING IS THIS IS DIFFERENT.
THE TROLLEY HAS A WHEELCHAIR LIFT ON IT.
IT CAN SERVE PEOPLE THAT ARE DISABLED, BUT THERE MAY BE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T GET TO A, BECAUSE THERE ARE DISABILITY.
AND SO WE CAN GO PICK THEM UP AT WHEREVER THEY ARE, IF THEY CANNOT GET TO WHAT'S THAT WHEREVER THEY, WHEREVER THEY REQUEST TO GO TO, IF IT'S WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT SAME SERVICE AREA, THE WHOLE SCHEDULING THING IS THAT THEY REQUEST A RIDE AND THEY RE THEY REQUEST A DESTINATION.
THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW PERSONAL IT SORT OF IS.
SO THEY MIGHT, THEY MIGHT REQUEST A RIDE TO THE LACK OF CLINIC.
WELL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY ON THE YORKTOWN TROLLEY ROUTE RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS THING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT MIGHT CHANGE THAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT'S ONLY THE ROUTE.
YOU SAID FROM EIGHT, SO IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T LET YOU BRIEF THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING TO CONTEND WITH WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US DIRECTLY.
SO, YEAH, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE CONNECTION BIT.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS A CONNECTION IN THE SECOND PART, YOU KNOW, IT, IT TALKS ABOUT THE FEDERAL RULES, UM, THAT IT HAS TO CONNECT TO, TO SERVICE WELL, WHERE WE HAVE HERE, BUT IT'S JUST THE YORKTOWN TROLLEY ROUTE THAT GOES AROUND AND JUST NOT CONNECTING WELL, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DROP THEM OFF AT A STOP FOR THEM TO GET ON THE TROLLEY.
IT JUST GOES TO DESTINATIONS WITHIN THE TROLLEY ROUTE, UM, WITH YORKTOWN SERVICE AREA.
SO IT JUST, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DROP THEM OFF AT THE TROLLEY.
IT'S JUST IN ADDITION TO, IT IS REALLY A COMPLIMENTARY KIND OF SUPPLEMENTARY AS WELL THING.
SO YEAH, THAT'S THE THING IS, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT IS A VERY HIGHLY PERSONALIZED SERVICE.
IT'S NOT AS NECESSARILY EFFICIENT AS THE FIXED ROUTE IS BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY IT'S ON DEMAND.
THEY CALL IT BECAUSE THEY SAY, OKAY, I NEED TO BE PICKED UP HERE.
I NEED TO GO OVER HERE, WHICH WILL BE WITHIN THE, YOU KNOW, BE REACHABLE BY THE ROUTE.
BUT, UM, SO FORTH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU PICK SOMEBODY UP AT THEIR HOME AND YOU WOULD TAKE THEM DOWN TO THE WATERFRONT.
AND NOT NECESSARILY TO THE TROLLEY THAT TAKES THEM TO THE WATER RIGHT.
TO THE MUSEUM, CORRECT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S IT IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING TO HIM, HE WAS RIGHT.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH THE FEDS.
AND SO A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN JUST TO THAT.
WE TAKE ALL THE OTHER STUFF OUT.
MA'AM WHAT VEHICLES DO YOU USE FOR THIS SERVICE? UH, WITH THIS, WE NORMALLY USE WHAT THEY CALL YOU, HEAR IT, CALL IT A BODY ON
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CHASSIS, A CUTAWAY BUS.IT'S THE TIE, IT'S THE TYPE OF THINGS YOU SEE WHERE IT HOLDS MAYBE, UH, IT'S GOT MAYBE 12 SEATS IN IT.
UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH A, YOU KNOW, A DOOR THAT OPENS AND THEY HAVE, WE HAVE A WHEELCHAIR LIFT ON IT.
HEFTY WHEELCHAIR LIFT, OR A RAMP, BOTH THE RAMPANT AND WHEELCHAIR LIFTS.
SO W WHERE ARE THOSE VEHICLES STAGED AT? WE HAVE THEM, WE HAVE THEM UP IN WILLIAMSBURG.
SO IT WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, A BIT OF A, UM, DRIVE DOWN HERE FOR US.
BUT AGAIN, WE, WE, WE'RE CONFIDENT WE CAN SCHEDULE THINGS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SCHEDULED SO WE CAN CERTAINLY USE OUR RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.
YOU GOTTA TELL US WHO'S PAYING FOR ALL THIS.
WELL, WE GET THIS MUCH FROM THE FED AS MUCH FROM THE STATE AS MUCH FROM OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO, SO YEAH, THAT'LL, THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE, UM, DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT, MR. TROJAN, CONTINUE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, SO THE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO DISCUSS REALLY BRIEFLY REAL QUICKLY IS A DEMONSTRATION ROUTE THAT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR BASICALLY THE ROUTE 17 CORRIDOR THAT'S CALLED A LOWER YOUR COUNTY, SOUTHEASTERN YOUR COUNTY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, REAL QUICKLY, UH, THE FUNDING FOR THIS WAS APPLIED FOR BACK IN 2015 AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE HR TPO AND IT WAS FOR SOMETHING AT THE TIME THAT WOULD GO TO, UM, THE DISTRICTS DOWN HERE ON 17 TWO, UH, AND IT WAS GOING TO ALSO CONNECT BACK UP TO WILLIAMSBURG.
UM, SO THE AWARD IS ACTUALLY THROUGH THE CONGESTION MITIGATION AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE SEAMAC PROGRAM, WHICH I'M SURE MR. SHEPHERD IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH ME AND THE TPO REPRESENTATIVE, UM, THE FUNDING AND TOTAL IS OVER.
WE'RE ABLE TO USE IT OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
THAT'S THE MAXIMUM TIME DURING WHICH YOU CAN USE THIS.
AND IT'S, THERE'S THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WAS BASICALLY PUT IN OUR APPLICATION AT THE TIME.
UM, NOW I KNOW YOU'LL BE SHOCKED, BUT, UH, OVER A TIME PERIOD FROM 2015 TO 2021, THINGS CAN CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN THE WORLD OF, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION AND PEOPLE MOVING AROUND AND THINGS BEING BUILT.
SO, UM, THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT IN HOW THE RAUL WAS INITIALLY APPLIED FOR, BECAUSE ACTUALLY AT THAT TIME, UM, THE ROUTE DID INCLUDE WHAT IS ALREADY BEING SERVED BY ROUTE 11, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE LACKEY ROUTE THAT SERVES LACKEY CLINIC NOW.
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO EXTEND, UM, WHAT WAS GOING TO BE THE ROUTE BACK IN THAT APPLICATION.
WE'RE ABLE TO EXTEND IT TO MAKE ITS WAY, UM, FARTHER DOWN ROUTE 17.
FORGIVE ME, I KNOW THIS MAP IS NOT VERY LEGIBLE TO YOU ALL AT THIS POINT.
IT'S JUST, THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A REAL OVERVIEWS, NOT TOO GREAT SCALE, BUT, UM, BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING THIS ROUTE AT THE YORK COURTHOUSE, UM, AND IT WOULD GO DOWN 17, AS YOU SEE, AND THIS WOULD DETERMINE DETERMINANTS FORD ON THE OTHER END, OUTBOUND WOULD BASICALLY BE AT, UM, THE, THE RIVERSIDE.
SO WE WOULD GO MOSTLY DOWN 17.
I THINK WE TAKE A LITTLE JAG OFF OF, UM, THE HIGH ROUTE 17 NEAR GRAFT HIGH SCHOOL TO GO BY AND HAVE TO HAVE A STOP THERE.
THEN WE GET BACK ON AND THE NEXT ONE IS WE TAKE HAMPTON HIGHWAY AND COME OUT AT, AT THE, AT RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL AND THEN COME BACK UP THROUGH TO WHERE WAWA AND WAL-MART ARE.
UM, IF THAT GIVES YOU A RELATIVELY CLEAR PICTURE.
SO WHAT THIS MAP SHOWS YOU, UM, ARE BASICALLY WHAT WE CALL TIME POINTS.
UM, AND FORGIVE ME, I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT, OUR TRANSIT PLANNER, BEN GODEL.
SO, UM, IF I GET CONFUSED ON SOMETHING, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ME TURN ON HIM AND SAY, SAVE ME HERE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE HAVE THESE, THIS SHOWS BASICALLY TIME POINTS, LIKE WHERE WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, THE BUS IS ON TIME.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT 25 AFTER IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT 30 MINUTES AFTER.
SO THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE DETERMINED AND, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE STILL ON TIME.
THIS, THIS IS WHAT'S OUTBOUND, WHICH OUTBOUND WE'RE CALLING, GOING FROM THE YORK COURTHOUSE GOING SOUTHBOUND ON ROUTE 17.
AS I SAID DOWN TO BASICALLY WALMART WAWA, UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT A LITTLE BIT WHERE EXACTLY THAT'LL BE INBOUND.
OF COURSE, YOU JUST TURN AROUND AND COME BACK IN.
THIS IS REALLY THE KIND OF ROUTE YOU LIKE TO HAVE BECAUSE IT PASSES BOTH PLACES.
UM, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN URBAN STREET WHERE YOU CAN JUST WALK ACROSS TWO LANES.
THERE IS A DIVIDED HIGHWAY THERE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL, UH, AS CLOSE WE CAN GET TO BI-DIRECTIONAL SERVICE AT THIS TIME WHERE IT'S GOING BY AT LEAST KIND OF BOTH AREAS, UM, ON THE WAY OUT AND THE WAY IN.
SO INBOUND, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE SAME STOPS.
WE BASICALLY HAVE THIS ONE, THIS INBOUND STARTING AT WALMART THOUGH, AND THEN COMING BACK UP TO THE, TO YOUR COURTHOUSE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY, IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT COMPLICATED TO REALLY HAVE HAD DESIGNED THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSE WITH COUNTY STAFF.
THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN JUST GIVING ADVICE ABOUT PERHAPS WHERE TO PUT STOPS, WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSE WITH YOUR PLANNING STAFF, OF COURSE, UM, MR. BELLAMY IS ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS WELL.
AND IT SAYS, HAS PROVIDED US A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT HAVE HELPED TO SORT OF, UM, DESIGN THE ROUTE.
UH, THIS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROUTE.
WE, WE TRIED OUT THIS PRESENTATION WITH THE KIWANIS CLUB.
UM, AND, UH, SO MR. GREEN GAVE US SOME FEEDBACK, DEFINITELY SAYING, PROVIDE YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE CAN ABOUT WHAT WE, WE EXPECT TO BE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES OF THIS.
UH, UM, WE, WE DID LIST ON ONE SIDE SORT OF WHAT THE APPLICATION
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WAS AGAIN, SIX YEARS AGO.AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE, BUT WE THINK WE HAVE SOME GOOD CHANGES.
SO THE ROUTE ITSELF WILL BE JUST OVER 18 MILES.
OF COURSE, THAT'S NINE DOWN AND NINE BACK ACCOUNTS, EVERYTHING.
UM, AND, UH, WE WILL BE RIGHT NOW OPERATED ON AN HOUR, MEANING THAT IT WILL PASS EACH STOP EVERY HOUR.
UM, AGAIN, IF WE WANTED TO CUT THAT DOWN TO 30 MINUTES, WE COULD JUST PUT ANOTHER BOSS ON THERE.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF HOW YOU, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT GOES.
SO NOT ALSO NOT TOO DIFFICULT THERE, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE REAL DIFFICULTY IN A MINUTE SORT OF ECHOING WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SAID, UM, AND IDEALLY, UH, WE'LL STOP, WE'LL HAVE STOPS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC AREAS, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME PLACES WHERE WE HAVE TO WORK WITH A PRIVATE LANDOWNER OR SOMETHING, WHICH WE TRY TO AVOID BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY OUT OF A, SUCH A SITUATION SORT OF IN LIGHTFOOT.
NOW THAT WE'LL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT IN A MEETING SOON, UM, ON OCTOBER 5TH.
SO, UM, WHAT WE DO, UH, YOU ESTIMATE RIDERSHIP MR. GREEN AT THE MEETING.
I, UH, AT THE QUANTAS MEETING, I TOLD YOU LIKE MAYBE 25 OR 30 I'M IN AN HOUR WHEN I SAID THAT.
SO I HAD THAT WRONG BY A BIG FACTOR, BUT WE DO EXPECT MAYBE 200 PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, A DAY OR SO.
SO IT'S ABOUT 75,000 FOR THE YEAR, AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, ONE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS WE ARE ALSO GONNA LOOK AT THE SAME TIME TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE CALL ROUTE 11, THE DOSE SERVE LACKEY, AND THAT WILL, THAT WILL ACTUALLY COME DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT.
SO I GOT THAT ONE, RIGHT? SO THAT, UH, WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD ENHANCEMENT, UM, AND THAT'LL HELP INCREASE THAT RIDERSHIP ALSO CONNECT CITIZENS.
UM, AND UPPER YORK COUNTY, WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY, BUT AT LEAST TO SORT OF THAT LACK AREA AND, UM, BRING THEM BACK TO, TO YORKTOWN PROPER AS WELL.
AND WE'LL ALSO HELP WITH ROUTE 11 BOOSTING THAT RIDERSHIP.
SO, UM, SO, SO THOSE ARE A FEW OF THE, UM, A FEW OF THE NUMBERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE HOPE YOU SEE THE POTENTIAL, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS, AS WELL AS WE DO ON A, ON A ROUTE SUCH AS THIS, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW IS WHAT, UH, MR. MORGAN WAS TALKING ABOUT A MINUTE AGO, WHICH JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME CRITICAL STAFFING SHORTAGES IS TRYING TO FILL THESE, THESE FRONTLINE, UM, YOU KNOW, STAFF, STAFF POSITIONS.
SO WE'RE ALSO WORKING HARD AT THAT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE, THE OPERATORS TO BEGIN THIS ROUTE.
IDEALLY WE'D BEGIN IT, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, SO OF 22, BUT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT OPERATORS IN THIS, IN THIS CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT, ABOUT WHEN WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT PLANNING TO GET THIS STARTED AND GET IT INTO OPERATION AND THEN GOING.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING OR ANY, ANY CONSISTENT, YEAH, I HOPE IT'S EXCITED.
UH, WE, WE DID HAVE A BUS, YOU KNOW, THAT RAN DOWN 17 TO A KMART AND BACK AND PEOPLE COMPLAIN BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE ON THE BUS AND THEY, THE BIG ARGUMENT WAS OF COURSE, THAT YOU WERE SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY FOR THE BUS.
YOU LOOK, YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THAT BUS LINE.
SO THAT MADE YOUR PLANS ACCORDINGLY TO THIS.
SO I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA WHAT YOU SEE, HOW IT GOES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND THE THREE YEARS OF FUNDING AND GIVE IT SOME, YOU KNOW, DESIGN AND MARKET IT, GIVE IT SOME TIME TO SORT OF TAKE HOLD AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL, THAT'LL ESTABLISH A BASELINE OF, OF, OF, UH, OF RIDERSHIP THERE.
UM, WE'VE HEARD THE, THE ADMINISTRATOR TONIGHT.
TALK ABOUT THE LOSS OF EMPLOYEES, HARD TO HIRE EMPLOYEES.
YOU SAID THE SAME THING, HAVE YOU, FROM A WATER STANDPOINT, DONE ANY, TRIED TO DO ANY ANALYSIS AS A WHY? UH, WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING EMPLOYEES.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, WE ACTUALLY HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND, AND MR. SHEPHERD MAY ALSO REMEMBER THAT AT THE TPO MEETINGS, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ACTUALLY DRIVERS HAVE BEEN HARD TO COME BY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, DRIVING PROFESSIONALS, AND MAYBE SOME OF IT'S THE CDL RECALL.
I THINK A LOT OF IT PROBABLY IS A CDL REQUIREMENT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN RESTRICT YOU A LITTLE BIT NOW, UM, WITH US ALSO, IT'S JUST A, WE DO DO SOME NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS NOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK SOME EMPLOYERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL AWAY THOSE THAT MAYBE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT IT IS.
SO, UM, IT JUST, UH, JUST IN GENERAL, JUST ALSO GETTING OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUR COMPENSATION AND STUFF UP.
SOME OF THESE PLACES CAN BE MORE FLEXIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO WATCH OUR MONEY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TEMPORARY, UH, FINANCING AND FUNDING RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY PROMISE EVERYTHING, MAYBE THAT SOME OTHER, UH, TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS CAN.
SO, SO YEAH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE FACTORS.
UM, DRIVERS HAVE BEEN HARD FOR QUITE A WHILE TO COME BY THE, SO YEAH, THAT'S SORT OF BECOME A LITTLE MORE CRITICAL TO LATELY.
ANY CONCERNS THAT PERHAPS THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HANDOUTS FROM THE FEDERAL
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GOVERNMENT, THE EFFECT OF THE ABILITY THAT PEOPLE WANT TO WORK? UM, I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF, I GUESS THE STUFF ENDED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, SO I THINK WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE WHETHER THAT WAS THE CASE.I THINK THE HR EXPERTS HAVE KIND OF TOLD ME THINGS, BUT I'LL, I'LL KIND OF LOOK AT THE RESULTS NOW AND SEE IF WE MAYBE GET MORE ACTIVITY TO LOOK REALLY.
TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT LED YOU TO A SERVICE THAT'S GOING TO RUN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 15 HOURS A DAY.
SO FOR ON SUNDAYS AND HAVE THE STOPS FROM POINT A TO POINT B, HOW DID YOU, WHAT WAS YOUR STUDY THAT SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IS NEEDED IN THIS AREA.
HOW DID, HOW DID YOU COME TO THAT? UH, THE, THE APP, AGAIN, THE APPLICATION WAS 15 PALSY AND THE PICTURE, BUT I WAS READING OVER AND I THINK THE, THE DENSITY OF YOUR COUNTY IS, IS THERE, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING, BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR COUNTY, IT DOES HAVE SOME PRETTY DENSE AREAS YOU MIGHT SAY.
I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ALONG 17.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN JUST THE, THE OTHER JUST SERVICE FACTOR OF, UM, HRT, YOU MAY KNOW THE HAMPTON ROADS TRANSIT AS THE OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER AROUND HERE, AND THEY DON'T SERVE, THEY DON'T SERVE THIS AREA.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO US, IT'S REALLY JUST A, UM, JUST A NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THIS AREA, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, ALMOST 13,000 PEOPLE WITHIN A CERTAIN, CERTAIN, UH, REACH OF THE ROUTE WITH, WITH SOME JOBS IN THERE.
SO JUST TO HOPEFULLY GET THE WORKFORCE THERE, IF THEY NEED IT, IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD A VEHICLE OR THE COST OF HAVING A VEHICLE, UM, THE, THE TIMES THEMSELVES, IT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE RUN IN OUR AREA.
SO JUST TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH OUR OTHER SCHEDULES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT, UM, YEAH, I THINK GOOD JUST GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF POPULATION AND JOBS AND STUFF HERE IS SOMEWHERE, WE FELT LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE REACHED AND AT THAT POINT, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. SHEPHERD, WHO IS THEIR TPO REPRESENTATIVE? YEAH, GUY.
I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THE BRIEF, UH, PRESENTATION, UM, AND, UH, I KNOW YOUR, YOUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER BACK THERE IS PROBABLY IS PROBABLY PUT PLENTY OF TIME IN IT.
I LOOK AT, I LOOK AT WHAT YOU GOT HERE AND, AND I OFTEN SEE THIS OVER THE YEARS IS THAT THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE PLANNING AND REALITY, RIGHT? UM, AS YOU MOVE IN HIS COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHERN END TO THE NORTHERN END, IT GETS THINNER AND THINNER AND THINNER.
NOW SOMEBODY WANTS TO JUMP ON THIS AND THINK, OKAY, HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE ME TO GET FROM THE BOTTOM DOWN HERE TO WALMART ALL THE WAY UP TO THE COURTHOUSE CAN TAKE AN HOUR.
AND YOU GO, OKAY, WELL, IF YOU GOT TO GET TO THE COURT, GREAT, AM I GOING TO GO UP THERE FOR THE, TO TAKE THIS, TO GO UP TO THE BEACH? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD DO THAT.
UM, UM, AND, AND THIS IS SORT OF, THE PROBLEM IS THAT 17 IS OUR MAIN STREET, BUT WE'RE NOT CONNECTED TO OUR MAIN STREET WITH SIDEWALKS, RIGHT? SO THE PEOPLE HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY IN THE COUNTY DRIVE TO THE MAIN STREET.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO WALK AND I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES, COVENTRY, HUGE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE TOUCHING ONE LITTLE PIECE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 3000 NEW HOMES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT, AND THE REST OF THEM WERE WAY AWAY.
YOU GO UP TO KIM CREEK BY KIM CREEK, WALMART'S CLOSEST, YOU GET TO KIM CREEK.
THERE'S ANOTHER 3000 PEOPLE LIVE IN THERE.
UM, AND SO IN THE PLANNING WHAT'S MISSING HERE IS A CONNECTION.
I MEAN, EVENTUALLY I WOULD THINK THAT SOME SORT OF A HUB AND SPOKE KIND OF OPERATION WOULD WORK, BUT YOU'RE NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE OR RIDE THESE THINGS CAN GET TO THESE SITES.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT OF DISTRICT FIVE AND HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO WALK DOWN THE SIDE OF VICTORY BOULEVARD, WHICH HAS NO SIDEWALKS.
AND THE BULK OF THE POPULATION IS NOT NEAR, UM, 17 FACT.
THERE'S NO PART OF MY DISTRICT IN DISTRICT FIVE AND EVEN TOUCHES 17.
YOU'D HAVE TO GO ACROSS HAMPTON HIGHWAY TO GET OVER THERE.
THERE'S NO SAFE WAY TO WALK ACROSS HAMPTON HIGHWAY, WHICH IN THAT INTERSECTION OF VICTORY AND HAMPTON, I HAD THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTION IN THE COUNTY FOR REX.
SO I SEE WHEN I, WHEN I, I DON'T MEAN TO BE REALLY CRITICAL ON THIS, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUT IT NEEDS TO MAKE SENSE FOR THE POPULATION.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS CORRECTLY WITHOUT SOUNDING A LITTLE TOO UPPITY, BUT THE COUNTIES, A RICH COUNTY.
OUR, OUR AVERAGE, UM, HOME INCOME IS UP AROUND $84,000, SOMEWHERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, ADD $84,000.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR AN AVERAGE.
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TALKED ABOUT, WHAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CARS TO DRIVE WELL, WHO DON'T, WHO DOESN'T HAVE A CAR TO DRIVE IN THIS PARTICULAR COUNTY AS GENERALLY GOING TO BE FOLKS THAT ARE DEAD OR NOT SO WELL OFF.RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT MANY ON THIS LINE.
THERE'S A FEW, NOT MANY, UH, AND KIDS OKAY.
WHO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND ON THE TRANSPORTATION.
AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS, IF I'M GOING TO SPEND AN HOUR TO DRIVE THE BUS, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO RIDE THE BUS.
UH, BUT THE W WE'RE ALMOST KIND OF CRAMMING THIS A NEED INTO A SITUATION THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY DEFINED.
I THINK IF THIS WAS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TWO LITTLE SPOTS THAT WOULD KIND OF CIRCLE AROUND AND ME AND A HUB SOMEWHERE, MAYBE WASHINGTON SQUARE OR WHATEVER, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO GO INTO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE COVENTRY, LIKE QM CREEK, UH, YOU, YOU GO DOWN THE ROADS AND SAY, HEY, COME TO THIS SPOT NOW ON RUNNING MAIN TRAIL, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'D LET YOU DOWN IT, YOU GET, YOU GET TO RIDE THE BUS AND YOU'D BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS.
I, I, I, YOU, ALL YOUR POINTS ARE ABSOLUTELY THE, AGAIN, MAYBE SOME OF THIS IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GETTING WORKFORCE HERE THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN THERE, BUT COMES FROM FARTHER OFF BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING EXPENSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I KNOW WE DEAL WITH THAT AND WE USE, WELL, ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT 74, 70, ABOUT 74% OF THE DISPOSABLE INCOME IN THIS CASE, IN THIS PENINSULA IS ON THIS SIDE OF
AND WHERE DO THEY GO? THEY GO ON THE OTHER SIDE AND SPEND THE MONEY.
WELL, IT'S NOT IN THE MIDDLE ON ROUTE 17.
BUT YEAH, ALSO, UH, WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT THAT THING CALLED LAST MILE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY DEVELOPING WITH IT, ESPECIALLY WHETHER WE CAN GET DOWN INTO NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE PEOPLE NEED RIDES AND MAYBE BRING THEM OUT TO, UH, TO STUMP THEM.
THAT'S MAYBE MORE WORKING, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THIS GETS TO WHERE YOU HAVE A RAPID THING WITH STOPLIGHTS THAT EVEN TIME FOR BUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING IN TRAFFIC, BUT, YOU KNOW, 17 WAS JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, STILL IN THE PROCESS, MAYBE BEING WIDENED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT ACCEPTS ALL THE TRAFFIC'S THERE NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, BUT, BUT ABSOLUTELY THERE'S AN EVOLUTION HERE AND THEN KEEP THINKING ABOUT IT AND USING TECHNOLOGY TO OUR ADVANTAGE AND, AND, UM, TRYING TO DESIGN THINGS LIKE YOU SAID, WE WORK ON THINGS AND SEE IF THERE'S WAYS TO DESIGN THEM THAT WORK BETTER FOR TODAY'S REALITIES.
LIKE YOU SAID, MR. CHAGA, AND I I'LL SHARE SOME OF MR. SHEPHERD'S CONCERNS.
HOWEVER, AFTER DRIVING DOWN ROUTE 17 THIS AFTERNOON, IF YOU CAN GET TWO CARS OR EVEN A HUNDRED OFF THAT ROAD AT EIGHT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, IT WILL BE A SUCCESS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD]
RIGHT.WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
CHRIS, IF YOU COULD, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THEM ALL, BUT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I'M AT 1 0 1 LONG GREEN BOULEVARD IN YORKTOWN, AND I REPRESENT AND HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VICTORY, FAMILY Y YMCA, WHICH IS THE FLAGSHIP OF THE YMCA OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULAS.
AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, THIS IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN YOUR COUNTY AND THE YMCA HAS BEEN SINCE JANUARY OF 2003.
UM, WE ARE SO BLESSED AND THANKFUL FOR ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE GIVEN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE WITH OUR YMCAS.
UH, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF TOURING.
I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE MOST LIKELY BEEN TO THE YMC, AND YOU CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT IT IS A COMMUNITY JUUL, UM, SO MUCH SO THAT WE ENJOY, UH, AT LEAST A THOUSAND PEOPLE VISITING US EACH AND EVERY DAY.
UH, WE SERVE OVER 14,000 JUST AT THAT ONE LOCATION.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, UM, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER BOAT PRETTY SOON.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO LOOK AT PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I CAN JUST GO THROUGH VERY QUICKLY, UH, WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, THAT MOST OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE OF.
UM, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WE JUST SERVED, UH, OVER 250 CHILDREN, UH, CLOTHING THEM AND PREPARING THEM FOR A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH OUR BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PROGRAM, WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A PARTNERSHIP WITH TAB ELEMENTARY, WITH OUR SECOND GRADE, LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TEACH SECOND GRADERS, THE LIFE-SAVING SKILL OF SWIM LESSONS.
UH, WE SERVICE, UH, THE TEENS THROUGH OUR LEADER'S CLUB PROGRAM, WHERE WE, UH, ALLOW AND SUPPORT
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THEM TO BECOME THE FUTURE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BY TEACHING THEM HOW TO FUNDRAISE, DO COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND THEN EARN THEIR WAY TO GO TO OUR BLUE RIDGE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL IN NORTH CAROLINA.UH, WE'RE ON THE CHRONIC DISEASE FRONT BY, UH, USING PROGRAMS CALLED LIVE STRONG AND DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE FIGHTING CHRONIC DISEASE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UM, WE KNEW WE WERE TURNING THE CORNER WHEN WE STARTED SEEING OUR, OUR SENIORS COME BACK IN TO OUR YMCAS.
UH, WE'RE A THRIVING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET THE SOCIALIZATION THAT THEY SO DESPERATELY NEED EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO, UM, ALL OF THE VIRTUAL LEARNING THAT WE DID BECAUSE WE TRANSFORMED OUR YMCAS INTO A SCHOOL WHEN WE NEEDED TO BE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED.
AND AS I WRAP IT UP, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE SUPPORTS, UH, AND ALL THE VISION THAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH US OVER THE PAST 17 YEARS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP IN THE FUTURE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE Y DOES, AND I KNOW, UH, MR. SHEPHERD IS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND I AM A PASSPORT OR DIRECTOR AT THE Y AND, UH, GREAT THINGS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL.
TOM CHAMBERLAIN, MR. CHAMBERLAIN IS ALSO ON OUR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, TOM CHAMBERLIN, TWO 70 MARLOW ROAD, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR SETTING UP THE LAND USE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, PLAN REVIEWS THAT WERE CONDUCTED AT BRUTON AND TAB LIBRARY.
UM, I THINK WE HAD PRETTY GOOD ATTENDANCE OUT THERE, MUCH MORE THAN IN THE PAST, AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE ADVERTISING THAT HAD BEEN, THAT HAD BEEN DONE.
AND, UH, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TALK TO THOSE FOLKS AND, AND REVIEW THAT PLAN.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANKS ROBYN FIELD MS. FIELD, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, GOOD EVENING.
THIS IS ROBIN FIELD 109 CHINABERRY WAY.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, I RECENTLY EMAILED YOU ALL AND THE SCHOOL BOARD IN REFERENCE TO JACOB'S NEW DRESS, A BOOK THAT WAS READ IN COVENTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL MY EMAIL, BUT I'M HUGELY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, UH, AFTER ADDRESSING THE SCHOOL BOARD ON THESE ISSUES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, IT ACTUALLY VOTED TO GO AGAINST THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN AGAINST CRT, S E L AND TRANSGENDER DIVERSITY TRAINING.
UH, WHAT WE WANT AND NEED IN OUR SCHOOLS IS TO BE FOCUSED ON ACADEMICS BASED IN TRUTH AND FACTS THAT WILL HELP OUR CHILDREN BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THEIR FUTURE.
POST-GRADUATION TEACHING TRANSGENDERISM BY READING THE LIKES OF JACOB'S NEW DRESS TO ENTIRE CLASSES IS NOT ONLY COUNTER PRODUCTIVE TO STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, BUT DAMAGING TO US AS A SOCIETY, IT WILL GIVE WAY TO STUDENTS, UH, TO QUESTION THEIR IDENTITY OF WHICH THEY WERE SECURE IN.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THE PERCENTAGE OF GENDER DYSPHORIA NATIONALLY IS 0.06%.
WE VALUE AND RESPECT EVERYONE, AND WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU IDENTIFY SEXUALLY.
IT IS BEST FOR TEACHERS, TEACHERS TO FOCUS ON ACADEMICS INSTEAD OF CONFUSING AND UNDERMINING THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN AS A PARENT AND A TAXPAYER.
IT IS MY CHOICE WHEN, HOW, AND IF I TEACH MY CHILDREN ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO IDENTIFY AS A GENDER, OTHER THAN THE GENDER THEY WERE BORN WITH, OR WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE SYSTEMIC RACISM IN OUR SOCIETY, I RAISED MY CHILDREN KNOWING THERE ARE TWO SEXES, MALE, AND FEMALE BASED ON SCIENCE AND TO LOVE AND TO BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
I DON'T TELL THEM TO BE KIND TO THE TRANSGENDER GIRL OR THE BLACK BOY, BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY IS RACIST AND BIGOTED SPEECH.
MY CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED TO JUDGE SOMEONE BASED ON THEIR CHARACTER, NOT THEIR GENDER SEXUAL PREFERENCE OR COLOR I AM TO TEACH THESE VALUES.
NOT THE SCHOOL IS MY CHILD AND MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TEACH THE VALUES SYSTEM THAT I THINK IS BEST.
IF A CHILD'S SEXUAL IDENTITY IS HINDERING HIM, THAT IS A CONCERN FOR THE PARENTS TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING.
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I SPEAK FOR MANY PARENTS.WHEN I SAY WE DO NOT WANT OUR TAX DOLLARS SPENT ON THIS POLITICAL AND MARXIST AGENDA.
I URGE YOU TO NOT APPROVE THE SCHOOL BUDGET, UH, YOUR PORTION OF THE SCHOOL BUDGET UNDER THESE TERMS OF POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION LAST YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR, THE STUDENT WITHDRAWAL RATE IN YOUR COUNTY HAVE INCREASED AS WELL AS MANY TEACHERS WHO HAVE LEFT YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISIONS BECAUSE OF THE DECISIONS TO IMPLEMENT CRT SEL AND TRANSGENDER POLICIES.
AND I VENTURE TO SAY THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO GROW BEFORE THIS YEAR IS OUT.
WE AS TAXPAYERS HAVE THE BALLOT BOX TO CHANGE THINGS.
AND AS WE KNOW, ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
THIS OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT WILL ALSO ALLOW TAXPAYERS TO KNOW WHO ON THIS BOARD IS FIGHTING FOR OUR CHILDREN.
INSTEAD OF PUSHING US BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR WHICH THEY RELIED ON A LIBERAL SUPERINTENDENT WITHOUT DOING THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
WE NEED LEADERS INSTEAD OF FOLLOWERS.
UH, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT WE HAD NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE TO COME TO YOU.
EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS.
UH, WE DO NOT WANT OUR TAX DOLLARS GOING TO THIS, SO WE NEED TO OPEN UP THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT EVERYTHING FELL ON DEAF EARS WHEN IT CAME TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND IT'S, IT'S A SAD, UH, SITUATION, BUT WE'RE CRYING OUT TO Y'ALL.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY MR. BARNETT, IF YOU COULD LET THE BOARD KNOW WHAT S C L AND TRANSGENDER TRAINING IS.
IF YOU COULD GET US SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, YOU DON'T.
NOT TONIGHT, MS. FAIRMAN MS. FAIRMAN, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, LINDA FAIRMONT, I LIVE IN THE TAB DISTRICT NEAR TABB HIGH SCHOOL.
DO YOU HAVE ADDRESS ALEKSEY WAY? THANK YOU.
AS A YORK COUNTY TAXPAYER FOR 24 YEARS, I AM CONCERNED WITH HOW OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED AND EXPECT YOU SUPERVISORS TO SPEND OUR MONEY WISELY, ESPECIALLY AFTER THESE LAST 18 MONTHS DURING THE SHUTDOWNS THAT GREATLY AFFECTED MANY FAMILIES FINANCIAL STATUS, YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION RECEIVES 45% OF YOUR COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET, NEARLY $29 MILLION.
MORE THAN WHAT'S BUDGETED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AS SUCH.
I BELIEVE YOU SUPERVISORS DO HAVE A SAY IN HOW THAT MONEY IS SPENT IN OUR SCHOOLS AS A FORMER YCS D CLASSROOM TEACHER, DEPARTMENT CHAIR, HOMEBOUND TUTOR, AND MORE RECENTLY A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER I'VE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED HOW THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS DON'T SEE MUCH OF THESE FUNDS AND OFTEN BUY SUPPLIES OUT OF THEIR OWN WALLETS REGARDING THE CURRENT YORK COUNTY TAX FUNDING OF WHY CSD TO THE TUNE OF OVER 68 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
I AM DISTURBED THAT WHY CSD HAS DECIDED TO SPEND $2.1 MILLION ON SERVICES FROM A COMPANY CALLED COGNITO TO SUPPOSEDLY TRAIN TEACHERS, TO IDENTIFY TRAUMA IN EACH STUDENT, AND THEN ADJUST THEIR LESSONS TO FIT THAT TRAUMA FOR TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES, SUPPOSEDLY BETTER LEARNING WHILE THEY ARE USING FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS FOR THIS.
WHY ISN'T THAT MONEY SUPPLEMENTING OUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS FOR ACTUAL ACADEMIC LESSONS TO FILL THE LEARNING GAPS CAUSED BY THE SHUTDOWN AND EXTENDED VIRTUAL LEARNING.
DOES Y CSD AUTOMATICALLY THINK OUR LOCAL TECHS MONEY, GRAVY TRAIN WILL ALWAYS BE THERE.
SO THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS CAN BE SPENT ON PET PROJECTS.
THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR WILL EXPECT TEACHERS TO PRACTICE PSYCHOLOGY WITH LITTLE TRAINING AND NO LICENSE WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR ANY MISTAKES FROM MISDIAGNOSIS, LEADING TO LITIGATION.
TEACHERS HAVE ENOUGH ON THEIR PLATES AND TRYING TO TEACH THEIR ACADEMIC SUBJECTS WITHOUT HAVING TO ANALYZE STUDENTS FOR PAST TRAUMA.
LEAVE THAT TO THE LICENSED EXPERTS.
WHEN PARENTS SEEK THAT CARE SCHOOLS ARE NOT MENTAL CLINICS, MAYBE SOME OF THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS COULD HAVE GONE TO REIMBURSING CLASSROOM TEACHERS FOR THEIR TIME AND MATERIALS THEY CREATED DURING THE RAPID SHUTDOWNS AND PANIC TO LEARN REMOTE VIRTUAL TEACHING.
MAYBE SOME OF THE TAX DOLLARS COULD GO BACK TO THE FAMILIES HAVING TO HIRE TUTORS OR CHOOSE HOMESCHOOLING OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS SO THEIR CHILDREN COULD SUCCEED IN SPITE OF BEING SHUT OUT OF WHY CSD SCHOOLS
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AS A YORK COUNTY, TAXPAYER AND FORMER TEACHER, I WANT MY TAX DOLLARS FUNDING, REAL ACADEMICS RATHER THAN NEW AGE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF OUR CHILDREN FILLED WITH INDOCTRINATION RATHER THAN EDUCATION.IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS? SEE NONE
[COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND REQUESTS]
MOVE INTO COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS.MR. BARNETT, I HAVE NO REPORT UNLESS THE BOARD HAS QUESTIONS.
[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS AND REQUESTS]
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. UH, JUST ONE ITEM I WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A, AN UPDATE ON, UH, COVID UM, IN THE EASTERN REGION, ACCORDING TO TODAY'S VDH STATISTICS, UM, CASES HAVE TENDED TO LEVEL OFF OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.UH, HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE STARTED TO GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO IT JUST TO, UH, TO A NOVICE LOOKING AT ALL THAT DATA, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE, UM, THE, THE, UM, LATE SUMMER SPIKE IS, UM, SORT OF STARTING TO LEVEL OUT, UH, WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY BE GOOD NEWS.
UH, OF COURSE ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IS HOW WAS THE, UH, SCHOOL, UH, RETURN TO SCHOOL GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, UH, THERE IS A WEBSITE, UH, THERE'S A ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE, THERE'S A PLACE WHERE THEY REPORT ALL THAT.
I DID CHECK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT TODAY AND HE SHARED WITH ME THAT, UM, UM, THEIR, UM, THEIR, THEIR CASES AND EXPOSURES ARE, HAVE SO FAR BEEN MANAGEABLE.
UM, AND, UH, HE CREDITS, UH, THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF, AND, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, GOOD COOPERATION ON MASKING POLICY.
AND SO FAR THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY, UH, SORT OF MASS SHUTDOWN SITUATIONS WITH OUR SCHOOLS.
SO THAT'S CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME, UH, RIVERSIDE SHARE SOME ENHANCED DATA ABOUT, UH, VACCINATIONS FOR YOUR COUNTY AND THE PENINSULA.
AND TODAY'S INFORMATION SUGGESTED THAT EXTRAPOLATING FOR DOD VACCINATIONS, UH, WHERE IT, 81.3% OF THE YORK COUNTY POPULATION THAT'S ELIGIBLE TO BE VACCINATED, UH, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE LOOKING REASONABLY GOOD HERE, AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ON THE HORIZON THAT WE'RE DOING CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR.
UM, AND VACO HAS ADVISED US THAT, UH, THEY BELIEVE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT A, A TESTING PROCEDURE FOR EMPLOYEES THAT AREN'T VACCINATED, UH, THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO STATE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, UH, GUIDELINES.
SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT WE'RE DOING SOME CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR THAT AS WELL AS FOR, UM, ANY, UH, CLINIC SUPPORT THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO PROVIDE FOR BOOSTER SHOTS.
SO THAT'S MY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MR. MORGAN, MR. MORGAN, ABOUT TWO THINGS.
ONE HAS TO DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, MORE TOWN ROAD, BULLET FUNDS.
NOW WE'VE BEEN FOOLING AROUND WITH THIS, WITH THIS PRUDE TRAFFIC SIGNAL FOR MONTHS.
UH, WE, WE DEFEATED THE JAPANESE AND THE NAZIS IN THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, FIVE AT MOST.
IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS OR MAYBE 12 MONTHS.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND WE CAN'T GET VETO OFF THEIR BACKSIDE, OR IS IT US? THAT'S THE IMPEDIMENT.
SO LET ME KNOW, LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ONE, THE LOW TRAFFIC LIGHT.
THAT IS THE MOST HA I, I QUESTIONED TOM'S ASSERTION, UM, ASSERTING THAT THE MOST HAZARDOUS INTERSECTION IN THIS COUNTY, AT LEAST IN THE UPPER COUNTY IS THE INTERSECTION OF BOULEVARDS IS MORE TOWN ROAD.
I, I KNOW IT'S A CRAPSHOOT BECAUSE I HAD TO GET IN THAT OUT OF THE PLACE AT LEAST TWICE A DAY.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, I NEED YOU LET US KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS.
WELL, THE STATUS IS YOU AWARDED THE CONTRACT TWO MEETINGS AGO.
CONTRACT'S BEEN AWARDED IT'S ABOUT A 14 MONTH PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE LEAD TIME AND FABRICATING THE MASTER ARMS. BUT, UM, EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED HAS BEEN APPROVED.
UH, AND SO, UH, AND THE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO GET IT BUILT NOW.
THERE'S CERTAINLY NOT THE CONTRACTOR'S FAULT.
WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BID IT OUT UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO.
THE, THE V DOT UH, COMPLAINT WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR REVIEW PROCESS ON THE FRONT END.
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THAT WE DON'T HAVE A COLOSSAL CRASH AT THAT INTERSECTION BECAUSE THIS WAITING FOR A TIME TO HAPPEN, YOU GOT OLD PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT AT THAT AREA.YOU'VE GOT YOUNG KIDS, YOUNG YOUNGSTERS DRIVING, EXCESSIVE SPEEDS.
AND ONE OF THESE DAYS WE'RE GOING TO CALL 9 1, 1 OR FROM THE HOSPITAL FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYING, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE.
SO LET'S HOPE WE CAN MOVE IT WRONG.
THANKS FOR YOUR, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR? NO COMMENTS, MR. MORGAN WAS BROUGHT UP TO TONIGHT ABOUT A COUNSELING PROGRAM.
IF YOU COULD, NEXT TIME YOU SPEAK WITH DR.
SHAND WHERE THE SCHOOLS WOULD ASK HIM SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE COUNSELING PROGRAM THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE HAVE IMPLEMENTED.
[MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD]
YOU.WELL, I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD.
MR. AND MRS. NOLA HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.
YEAH, I'LL MAKE IT SHORT, BUT IT'S A, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO ON TO THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE TWO LADIES HERE WITH RESPECT TO CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.
UH, I THINK I, I FAILED THE COURSE THAT WE'RE ALL WELL, YOU'RE ALL WELL AWARE OF BACK IN OH MANY YEARS AGO, CALLED HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE.
BECAUSE MY COMMENTS ARE NOT GOING TO GO VERY FAR IN WINNING FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND WITH RESPECT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, WE ARE TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
THE SUPERINTENDENT TOLD ME TWO MONTHS AGO, WE WERE NOT.
I'VE LISTENED TO THAT SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED EVERYTHING THAT THE STUDENT HAS REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO AS WAS POINTED OUT TONIGHT, I WOULD $2.1 BILLION CONTRACT AWARDED TO A COMPANY THAT COME IN TO TEACH OUR TEACHERS HOW TO BE PSYCHOLOGIST.
THAT TASK OF RAISING OUR CHILDREN WITH RESPECT TO THEIR MENTAL WELLBEING, BELONGS TO PARENTS.
THE SCHOOL BOARD, LET'S START WITH THE WHITE HOUSE COMING ON DOWN THROUGH RICHMOND, RIGHT ON DOWN TO THE SCHOOL, DIVISIONS, EVERYTHING NOWADAYS IT'S, LET'S MAKE THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY COME OUT OF ONE CENTRAL LOCATION THROUGH IT'S NO JOKE, NODULES SUCH AS THIS, THE STATE CAPITALS AND THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HANDOUT THAT A TAXPAYING GENTLEMEN GAVE ME TODAY, UH, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND ANY TIME ON IT.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO READ IT.
HE GOES, THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, WHICH IS THE WORK SESSION IN OCTOBER, I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP AGAIN.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
TALK TO YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
THREE BAGS TOOL TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WHEN IT CAME TO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, NOBODY ON THAT BOARD CHALLENGED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ALL THOSE PARENTS, IF YOU WATCHED ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT TRIED TO PLEAD THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TASK OF RAISING THEIR KIDS FROM A MENTAL STANDPOINT IS NOT TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.
IT'S JUST NOT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BEFORE TOO LONG.
UH, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF WE'RE ISSUED CERTAIN UNIFORMS TO WEAR.
SO WE'RE ALL LOOKING LIKE, OKAY.
LIKE SOME OTHER COUNTRY THAT WE'RE WE'RE WELL AWARE OF.
UH, I WANT YOU TO GET MAD WITH RESPECT TO TALK TO YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, TRY TO GET TO THE TRUTH OF WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY WON'T ADMIT TO THE TRUTH.
MAYBE, MAYBE THEY WILL FOR YOU.
MY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE LUNCH WITH ME BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED IN SOME SOCIAL MEDIA TRAFFIC, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND SHE CALLED ME UP AND SAID, NO, NO, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE LUNCH WITH YOU.
YOU'RE TOO CRITICAL OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION WHERE YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.
WE HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD SUPPOSEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT THEY'VE GONE WAY FAR WITH RESPECT TO THIS CONTRACT, THE $2.1 MILLION WITH RESPECT TO TEACHING THE TEACHERS, HOW TO BE PSYCHOLOGISTS OR, OR, OR, OR SOCIOLOGISTS IT'S JUST WRONG.
AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK, THIS LITTLE NOTE, THE GENTLEMAN GAVE ME TODAY.
UM, I WOULD HOPE AT SOME POINT IN TIME CHAIR, TRY TO BRING THE TWO BOARDS TOGETHER TO GET AT THE ROOM.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH RESPECT TO WHAT ARE WE DOING IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION WITH RESPECT TO GENERICALLY CORE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, BUT IT'S GOT ITS APPENDAGES, SOCIALLY SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING ABOUT CULTURAL TEACHING, UH, EVERYTHING TO DO WITH SOMETHING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ACADEMIC EXTRA.
AND IF YOU COULD, UH, THAT YOU GIVE US INDIVIDUAL COPIES
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OR YEAH.CAN YOU JUST GIVE THEM ONE FROM THE SNOW, BUT TAKE THAT READING IT THAT YOU'RE NOT, OR, YEP.
MAYBE WANTS TO COPY THAT TO MR. MR. ROWAN.
SO I AGREE IF I KEEP KEEPING THE LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS OPEN.
UM, IN FACT, WE COULD TO GO, I SAT DOWN AND HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, JIMMY RICHARDSON.
WHO'S MY COUNTERPART ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND WE ASKED, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS AND WE SPOKE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CERTAIN ITEMS, INCLUDING THE ISSUE ABOUT THE BOOK, JACOB'S NEW DRESS.
I HAVE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT FROM FOLKS.
AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND A COUPLE OF THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT THAT WAS THAT WASN'T PART OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY.
THAT WAS A BOOK THAT WAS BROUGHT IN BY THE TEACHER BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO TEACH A LESSON ABOUT BULLYING.
UM, BUT PROBABLY A DIFFERENT LESSON COULD HAVE BEEN USED THERE.
SO SOME CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE TO THE PROCEDURES ON WHICH BOOKS CAN BE READ IN A CLASSROOM SO FAR.
SO IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED A LITTLE BIT.
AND I THINK THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS IS LOOK AT SPECIFIC ISSUES AND START DRILLING DOWN INTO THAT.
SO AGAIN, AS I SAID BEFORE, I ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO TALK WITH YOUR KIDS IN SCHOOL, SEE WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING, SEE WHAT THEY'RE HEARING.
AND IF YOU SEE THINGS OR HEAR THINGS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO WHAT, WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT, UH, BRING, BRING UP THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY, BEST WAY FORWARD.
AND MAYBE IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH, WITH THE JIMMY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET.
SO WE CAN JUST HAVE A, HAVE A DIALOGUE AND, AND JUST TALK ABOUT THINGS AS THEY COME UP.
THAT WAS ONE THING, SECOND OF ALL.
THANKS MR. CHAMBERLAIN KIND OF BEING MY LEAD MAN, CAUSE TALKING ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, TURNOUT MEETING, UM, WE, WE DID HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT.
I THOUGHT THAT AT THE MEAN DOWN HERE, THIS SOME OF THE COUNTY AND UNDERSTAND THE ONE UP AT BRUTON HIGH SCHOOL HAD A SIMILAR TURNOUT AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S GREAT TO SEE, UM, LIKE TO SEE THAT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT, BUT THAT ISN'T THE END OF IT.
THERE WAS MORE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD.
THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SHARE OUR THOUGHTS.
SO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY KIND OF WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
SIMPLY GO TO THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE, DO A SEARCH ON, UH, YOUR 2040.
AND THE FIRST ITEM ON THE SEARCH LIST COMES UP IS THE WEBSITE THERE.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE AGENDA IS, WHAT THE PLAN IS, UH, ANDREW COMMENTS.
SO CURRENT, EVERYBODY HAVE TO KEEP FOLLOWING THAT THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE THERE AND LIKE TO EVERYBODY'S PARTICIPATION IN THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. ROWE, FOR SURE.
UM, I FOUND KIND OF INTERESTING AND LAST, UH, LAST MONTH, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE EFFECT IT'S HAD, UM, AND IT'S, AND WE'VE ALL LIVED THROUGH IT.
I MEAN, REMEMBER AT THE TIME WHEN WE'RE IN THE, I LOVE SAYING THIS, REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN YOU COULD FIND TOILET PAPER, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS HOARDING, TOILET PAPER HOLDING FOR AN ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
I MEAN, I WAS RIGHT IN THERE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE AND, UH, MY, UH, FORMAL DINING ROOM TABLE BECAME THE, MY NEW PANTRY, UH, JUST TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF THE STUFF.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AND NOW WE'VE KIND OF, WE'VE KIND OF SETTLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT, A LOT OF THE STUFF'S COME BACK, BUT A LOT HASN'T AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HASN'T COME BACK AND YOU'RE SEEING, YOU'RE SEEING IT RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE BUYING CARS BECAUSE OF THE CHIPS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND, UH, UH, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT TO THE COUNTY TO HAVE BUILT OR TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE, UH, IN OTHER OTHER AREAS IN COMMERCIAL, THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE HANDS ON STEEL.
IT'S TAKING ALMOST A YEAR TO GET STEEL, UH, THE BEAMS THAT, YOU KNOW, TO HELP BUILD THE BUILDINGS, UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DISCOVERED THE HARD WAY, UM, AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS THAT IF YOU NEED A WASH MACHINE AND DRYER, GUESS WHAT, THEY'RE NOT MANY OF THEM DIDN'T USE THE OLD RINGERS ANYMORE.
YOU HAVE TO ALL THIS CHIPS AND STUFF IN IT.
UM, AND, UM, IT CAN TAKE, AND SOME, SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR BRANDS, THEY CANNOT TELL YOU WHEN THEY WILL COME INTO, UH, THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE.
AND IF YOU, YOU, IF THE LAST TIME YOU PURCHASED THE WA UM, LET'S SAY, UH, A DISHWASHER AND YOU PAID $350 FOR IT, NOT ANYMORE.
THEY'RE AROUND 800, $900 NOW, FOR WHAT, UH, FOR A DISHWASHER AND A WASHING MACHINE AND A DRYER TOGETHER, IT CAN COST YOU EASILY TWO GRAND, ALL RIGHT.
IT'S A STICKER SHOCK IF YOU CAN EVEN GET IT.
SO I GUESS TO THE, THE CITIZENRY HERE, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'VE KIND OF LIVED THE LIVE, THE PAIN HERE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN, UNLESS YOU WANT TO STRING THE, UH, THE CLOTHES LINE TO YOUR GARAGE OR OUT THE BACK OF YOUR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION AND LET YOU DO IT, UH, YOU MET HER PLAN IN ADVANCE.
CAUSE IF YOUR DISHWASHER, OR IF YOUR DRYER WASHING MACHINE OR REFRIGERATORS CAUSING YOUR PROBLEM, YOU MAY WANT TO GO DOWN AND APPLY RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF HE CAN FIND ONE.
SO WE'RE ADDING THE BUS SERVICE.
[01:20:01]
KINDA TOUGH.UM, I RECEIVED, UM, UM, MISS, UH, TAKISHA DOC, ACTUALLY, DR.
TAKISHA SIMMONS NOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VA.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, THE, UH, A LOT OF VETERANS HERE IN OUR AREA AND SHE GAVE A TREMENDOUS BRIEFING, UH, TO THE HARRUMPH, UH, UH, BOARD CONCERNING THE, THE VA WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VA ONLY BASICALLY AS I WAS READING THE NEWSPAPER PRETTY MUCH, BUT I HAVEN'T STUDIED IT.
AND I JUST THOUGHT SOME THINGS TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, THAT WHAT OUR VA HAS BEEN DOING AND, UH, BY THE NUMBERS.
AND FIRST OF ALL, IT'S THE FOURTH OLDEST HOSPITAL IN THE UNITED MILITARY HOSPITAL IN THE UNITED STATES.
UH, IT ACTUALLY STARTED OFF AS, UH, AS A, UH, UH, CHESAPEAKE FEMALE COLLEGE.
AND THEN IN THE, SO, UH, THE CIVIL RIGHT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, IT WAS CONVERTED TO A MILITARY HOSPITAL IN 1870.
AND SO IT'S BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR, AS A HOSPITAL FOR OVER 150 YEARS.
UM, AND, UM, IT HAS ICU HAS ALL THE CAPABILITIES OF, BUT THE NUMBERS THAT THIS REALLY, UM, I JUST KIND OF GOT MY ATTENTION IS THE CATCHMENT AREA FOR OUR VA HOSPITAL HERE IS ALL THE WAY UP TO APA MATICS.
OR THE, UH, ACUMATIC, UH, AND ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST, TO, UH, JAMES JAMESTOWN AND DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA TO DARE DARE COUNTY DOWN THERE.
AND THAT'S PRETTY WELL SOUTH OF, UH, OF OUR AREA.
SO IT'S A HUGE CATCHMENT AREA.
UM, THE, THE CAMPUS ITSELF SAY LIKE 84 ACRES, UM, AND ITSELF THE ROADWAY AND EVERYTHING WAS THAT MADE MAJOR INNOVATIONS TOOK PLACE.
LAST ONE WAS IN 18, OR EXCUSE ME, 2012.
UM, IT PROVIDES ABOUT 46% DIRECT CARE TO PATIENTS.
UM, AND IT SERVES MORE THAN 60,000 UNIQUE VETERAN IN 2021, 60,000 UNIQUE VETERANS SITUATIONS.
UM, THE GROWTH, THE UNIQUE, UH, VETERANS GROWTH RATE NOW HAS BEEN 20.5% OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
THEY HAVE A STAFF OF OVER 2,500 AND IT'S AN INCREASE, UH, THIS LAST YEAR, OVER 12.2%, UM, THAT HAS MORE THAN 550,000 OUTPATIENTS, UH, IN 2021, THAT'S A BUNCH.
UM, AND THEY GOT 38, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING ON ANYWAY.
UM, THE, THE GROWTH, THE MARKET IS PROJECTED TO GROW 18.1% OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS FOR THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION THERE.
AND THEY HAVE THEN OVER IN CHESAPEAKE THERE, THEY'RE CREATING A NEW, UH, UH, NEWS, UH, VETERANS.
UH, I DON'T SAY IT'S A FULL UP HOSPITAL, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, UH, CLINICAL STEROIDS, WHICH WILL HELP THE, UH, HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THE STRESS AND MAKE IT MORE AVAILABLE TO THE VETERANS OVER IN THAT SIDE.
CAUSE THERE'S A HUGE NUMBER OF VETERANS, UH, FACTORS MORE OVER ON SIDE THAN THERE ARE ON THIS SIDE.
BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UM, OUR VETERAN, UH, ADMINISTRATION, UM, THE, UH, THE HOSPITAL, THEY, THEY TRULY DO GOD'S WORK AND THEY HELP, UH, THE, OUR, OUR, UH, CITIZENS THAT HAVE REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT THEMSELVES ON THE LINE FOR OUR COUNTRY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VA AND TO THANK YOU, MR. SHEPHERD.
UH, AS MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY FELT THE SAME THING THAT I HAVE, UH, KIND OF, UH, STIRRED UP NUS, AND NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY GET OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
EARLY VOTING FOR VIRGINIA NOW HAS VOTING SEASON INSTEAD OF VOTING DAY.
UH, EARLY VOTING STARTED FRIDAY LAST FRIDAY, THE 17TH, UH, UP THERE AT THE VOTER REGISTRAR'S OFFICE.
AND THERE'S ALSO A, A SATELLITE OFFICE UP IN DISTRICT ONE AND GOD'S COUNTRY UP IN MR. ZAREMBA LAND.
SO, UH, THERE'S NO REASON TO GET OUT THERE AND NOT VOTE.
UM, MY DAUGHTER AND I, MARGARET WENT AND, UH, WENT IN THERE AND GOT HER BALLOT.
IT WAS VERY SMOOTH, VERY PROFESSIONAL.
I LIKE TO THANK, UH, MR. RAWLS, WHO'S THE CHAIRMAN, MR. WOLF.
WHO'S THE VICE CHAIRMAN AND SANDY MOLYNEUX, WHO IS THE SECRETARY OF THE VOTING, UH, OUR, I GUESS, A VERY ELECTORIAL BOARD.
AND OF COURSE YOU HAVE WALT LATHAM WHO DOES A SUPER JOB AS THEIR REGISTRAR AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE IN THERE.
IT WAS, I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU HOW SMOOTH, PROFESSIONAL AND NICE IT WAS.
THERE'S NO EXCUSE NOT TO GET OUT THERE AND VOTE EARLY DURING VOTING SEASON.
SO, UH, THEY'RE EVEN HAVING A COUPLE OF SATURDAY, UH, TIMES, NOT SURE WHICH SATURDAY THEY ARE, BUT I WOULD CHECK BEFORE YOU GO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, SOMEBODY WILL BE THERE, BUT A VERY, VERY NICE, NO LINES, NO WAITING.
[01:25:01]
UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON INTO WHERE PUBLIC HEARINGS.WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
SO I'M GONNA MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM THREE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, ITEM FOUR, THE REFUND OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES, UH, TO PRIORITY AUTOMOTIVE AND WILLIAMSBURG.NUMBER FIVE, THE FIRING RANGE UPGRADES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HAMPTON ROADS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING ACADEMY, ITEM SIX APPOINTMENT TO THE HEADSTART POLICY COUNCIL ITEM SEVEN, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FORMAL STRUCTURES FOR PROGRAM GOVERNANCE, ITEM EIGHT EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER ITEM NINE, COMMANDING AND RETIREE EMPLOY ITEM 10, COMMANDING AND RETIRING EMPLOYEE ITEM 11 COMMITTING OR RETIRING EMPLOYEE.
DO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE DESIRE, MORE INFORMATION OR A NUMBER SEVEN? YES.
MR. ZAREMBA, WHO'S GOING TO ADDRESS IT.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN MORE FORMER STRUCTURE PROGRAM GOVERNANCE.
SHERRY NEWCOMB WOULD, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES IS PROBABLY THE MOST QUALIFIED.
MY QUESTION REALLY PERTAINS TO THIS, UH, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A FORMAL STRUCTURE OF FOR PROGRAM GOVERNANCE.
SOUNDS LIKE ONE BIG BUREAUCRACY TO ME.
I TELL YOU HOW I CAME ABOUT IT CAME ABOUT WHEN I WAS AT CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEE INVOLVEMENT OF THE BOARD.
THEY WANT TO SEE THEM INVOLVED BECAUSE YOU WERE ACTUAL OWNERS OF A, OF A FEDERAL GRANT ITSELF.
AND SO WE ESTABLISHED THE STRUCTURE SO THAT YOU'RE DELEGATING THAT DOWN TO THE MANAGER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
YOU'RE SAYING, I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M PART OF THE FORMAL STRUCTURE, BUT I'M GOING TO DELEGATE THE WORK TO THE MANAGER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
WHAT CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE FORMAL STRUCTURE? WHAT IS THE FORMAL STRUCTURE? THE FORMAL STRUCTURE IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DELEGATE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNING THE GRANT.
AND YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT GRANT, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW SELECTION CRITERIA HAS COMES ABOUT WITH THE CHILDREN OF HEAD START, THAT YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT TEST.
WE TAKE ONCE A YEAR, YOU TAKE IT ABOUT ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS WHO TOOK IT THIS TIME.
SOMEBODY TOOK IT THIS TIME, MR. ROME WILL BE DOING IT THE NEXT TIME.
BUT YES, THIS IS THE TEST YOU DO ONCE EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
YOU WELCOME ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BECAUSE SAID, CALENDAR, MADAM CLERK, EMOTIONS MAY HAVE BEEN MADE BY MS. KNOWLES TO MOVE THE CONSENT COUNTY.
THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOLE IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS SUBMITTED MR. ZAREMBA, MRS. NOLE, MR. ROWAN, MR. SHEPHERD, MR. GREEN.
[CLOSED MEETING]
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO, WE'VE GOT A CLOSED SESSION, BUT I WANTED TO JUST MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT.OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 5TH, AND THAT WILL BE OUR ONLY MEETING IN OCTOBER BECAUSE YORKTOWN DAY FALLS ON THE 19TH, WHICH WOULD BE OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING NIGHT.
SO THIS WILL TAKE US INTO CLOSE THE CHAIRMAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 11 80.
I MOVED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
CONVENIENT, CLOSE ME TO CONSIDER A PERSONNEL MATTER INVOLVING THE APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS LOCAL.
MR. ROWAN, MR. SHEPHERD, MR. ZAREMBA, MR. GREEN.