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[Call to Order]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING THIS APRIL 5TH, 2022, THE MEETING WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.AND BEFORE WE START THE BEADING AND THE ROLL CALL, I'M GOING TO READ A STATEMENT BECAUSE MR. GREEN IS NO LONGER PHYSICALLY WITH US THIS EVENING, MR. GREEN IS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY THIS EVENING BECAUSE OF A PERSONAL MATTER, WHICH REQUIRES HIM TO BE AWAY AS PERMITTED BY CODE OF VIRGINIA.
SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 0 8 0.2 AND THE BOARD'S ROLE, A PROCEDURE ONE DASH NINE PROPER NOTIFICATION WAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD CHAIR.
THE PERSONAL MATTER CITED BY MR. GRADE IN HIS REQUEST FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION IS A PLANNED FAMILY TRIP TO VISIT RELATIVES OUT OF STATE ROLL CALL PLACE.
MR. ZAREMBA, MRS. NOLE, MR. GREEN, MR. RON, MR. SHEPHERD, MADAM CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
[Proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Budget. ]
UH, TONIGHT IS A WORK SESSION, AS YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE PRESENTATIONS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET.AND FOR THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE NEIL HORTON.
UM, WE HAVE A GENDA THAT WE HAVE PREPARED TO COVER CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY COVER IN THE BUDGET WORK SESSION ABOUT THE START OF YEAR.
UH, OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE THE, UH, WITH, UH, DR.
ACRES HERE AND, UM, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE WORK.
AND THEN, UH, ONCE, UH, WALT IS DONE WITH THAT, AND YOU ALL HAVE REACTED TO THAT.
I'M GOING TO ASK OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, THERESA TO JOIN ME.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS WE WOULD PROPOSE TO GO OVER, UH, PER NORMAL.
WE WOULD GO OVER THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND THE REGIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, THAT ARE IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
ALSO LIKE TO REVIEW, UH, QUESTIONS YOU'VE ASKED ABOUT THE BUDGET UP TO NOW AND WHAT, UH, INFORMATION WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, PROVIDED ABOUT THAT, WHAT A RECAP, SOME OF THE, UH, HIGH-LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE BUDGET.
AND THEN THE LAST THING WE'VE GOT IS TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE STILL WORRYING ABOUT AND SOME OF THE POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR, UH, OKAY.
I'M DELIGHTED TO BE BACK WITH ALL OF YOU IN PERSON.
AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A FAIRLY LONG TWO YEARS OF TELECONFERENCES, UH, BUT I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE COUNTY STAFF THAT WERE VERY HELPFUL IN PREPARING THE STUFF THIS YEAR, PARTICULARLY, UH, SHERRY, SHERRY NEWCOMB, UH, BRYAN FULLER AND DONNA ROSSMAN.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, FROM DISTRICT DISTRICT ONE, GREG SECOND ROW, UH, FROM DISTRICT TWO, ALEXANDRA PAYNE, UH, DISTRICT FOUR, ELLEN BECKER, AND FROM DISTRICT FIVE, DAVID ALLEN.
SO WE HAD 16 APPLICANTS THIS YEAR AND WE HAD TO REACH OUT TO THE GROUPS A COUPLE OF TIMES, BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT IN JANUARY, UH, SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE THAT NORMALLY FALL APPLICATIONS HAD COVID AND THEY FAILED TO FILE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF IT.
WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND EVENTUALLY WE GOT ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS IN AND AS ALWAYS, WE, UH, BREAK THE, UH, THE GROUPS INTO CATEGORIES OF SERVICE THAT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND WHICH GROUPS DO SIMILAR WORK IN A PRIVATE PRIORITIZE, WHERE THE FUNDING GOES.
WE HAVE FOUR GROUPS THAT PROVIDE MEALS AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION, THREE THAT FOCUS ON INDEPENDENT LIVING SUPPORT, TWO THAT PROVIDE REHABILITATION THERAPY AND TREATMENT TO THE PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY FOR GROUPS THAT PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND TRANSITIONAL SHELTER.
UH, ONE THAT FOCUSES ON END OF LIFE CARE, ONE THAT WORKS TO REDUCE POVERTY AND TWO OTHERS THAT PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART, SOME GROUPS PROVIDED MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF SERVICE, AND THIS BECOMES VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU DECIDE HOW TO ALLOCATE FUNDS.
SO THE WAY WE COMPUTED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST, UH, EACH OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES, UH, REVIEW THE APPLICANTS AND INDEPENDENTLY, THE DECIDE HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE MONEY ALLOCATED.
UH, WE AVERAGE ALL THE NUMBERS UP AND WE MAKE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THE NUMBERS ADD IN SOMETHING THAT ENDS WITH A FIVE.
UH, SO YOU'RE NOT WRITING A BUNCH OF CRAZY CHECKS, UH, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYBODY'S DONE THE RIGHT WORK, RIGHT, IT ALL COMES OUT EVEN IN THE END.
UH, SO THIS YEAR WE HAD $50,000 TO DISTRIBUTE AMONG, AMONG THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT'S 10,000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
UH, SO THAT'S, UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
SO BEFORE WE, UH, BEGIN WITH THE APPLICATIONS AND ONE POINT OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WILL WE CONSIDERED, UH, WHEN MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN, UH, WE PROVIDED A MAP OF THE SERVICE AREA THAT'S COVERED BY EACH OF THE APPLICANTS IN THE MIDDLE.
WE'VE GOT A CHART SHOWING THE NUMBER
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OF COUNTY RESIDENTS THEY SERVE VERSUS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OTHER LOCALITIES THAT THEY SERVE.WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED, UH, ON THE RIGHT A CHART SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF COUNTY FUNDING THEY RECEIVED COMPARED TO SURROUNDING LOCALITIES AND OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS.
UH, AND THAT MAY BE DONATIONS, UH, FEDERAL GRANTS OR FUNDRAISERS.
SO WHEN YOU TAKE ALL THESE FACTORS TOGETHER, GATHER IT GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE OF HOW EFFECTIVELY EACH ORGANIZATION SERVES THE RESIDENTS OF YOUR COUNTY.
AND AT THE OUTSET, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT OUR GROUP IS TASKED WITH DISTRIBUTING A FIXED AMOUNT OF MONEY, ACROSS MANY VERY WORTHY ORGANIZATIONS.
AND EACH YEAR THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS ALWAYS EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO MOST ORGANIZATIONS WILL NOT RECEIVE FULL FUNDING.
UH, THIS NO WAY SHOULD BE SEEN TO DIMINISH THE HIGH REGARD THAT WE HAVE FOR ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND WHAT THEY DO.
AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THE MOST GOOD WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
SO IN THIS CASE, LET'S BEGIN WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
UH, THE APPLICATION HERE IS FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICE.
SO THEY HAVE A VERY LARGE SERVICE AREA.
THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE, YOUR COUNTY RESIDENTS INCLUDE DISASTER RELIEF IN THE FORM OF FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING, AND MEDICATION.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SUPPORT TO ARMED FORCES MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND SMOKE ALARM INSTALLATIONS, WHICH I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF.
UH, THEY REQUESTED 5,000 AND FUNDING, UH, WHICH THEY TYPICALLY HAVE DONE IN YEARS PAST.
AND THIS YEAR WE'VE RECOMMENDED 1000, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE, CAN I ASK A QUESTION OKAY.
SO, UH, IT SHOWS IT'S, UH, I GUESS THEY'RE IN HIS LAST YEAR, RIGHT? UH, 700 PEOPLE FROM YOUR COUNTY RESIDENTS, YOUR COUNTY WERE SERVED AND 14.
SO YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE IT'S JUST PEOPLE SERVED AND NOT OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T REPRESENT A ONE POINT, WHATEVER IT IS.
1.7 MILLION PEOPLE OF THE, OF THE AREA.
TH THOSE, THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED A SERVICE FROM THE REGIONAL RED CROSS, UH, OFFICE.
I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK IS WHAT WAS THE MOST NEED NEEDY SERVICE? DID THEY EVER, DID THEY TELL YOU WHO THE, WHO THEY GAVE MONEY TO, OR WHAT THEY GAVE FOR A PURPOSE? WAS IT A FIRE AT A HOUSE OR A DISLOCATION, OR I DON'T THINK THEY SPECIFICALLY CALL THAT.
I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK THROUGH THE APPLICATION AGAIN, TO TELL YA, UM, IN A LOT OF CASES WE DON'T ASK FOR SPECIFICS ON THE STEP WE ASK FOR GENERALLY THE TOP THREE THINGS THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION PROVIDES TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY AND THE THINGS THAT THEY LISTED WERE THE DISASTER RELIEF IN, IN SOME WAY.
UM, UH, BUT SMOKE ALARM INSTALLATION, I THINK PROBABLY OCCURS MORE THAN YOU WOULD THINK SURPRISED AT THAT.
SO THAT THE NEXT ONE IS THE ARC OF GREATER WILLIAMSBURG.
AND THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDES, UH, SERVICES IN THE FORM OF WELLNESS PROGRAMS, RECREATIONAL THERAPY, SELF-ADVOCACY LIFE SKILL TRAINING TO 127 DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS IN YORK COUNTY.
UH, THEY'RE SERVED SERIOUS LIMITED TO JAMES CITY COUNTY, YOUR COUNTY, WILLIAMSBURG, AND
AND WE'VE RECOMMENDED $1,500 IN FUNDING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION, WHICH HAS AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE THE AVALON CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SHELTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 24 HOUR CRISIS LINE, UH, COUNSELING SERVICES AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
UH, WHILE THE BULK OF THEIR SERVICES GO TO WILLIAMSBURG AND JAMES CITY COUNTY, THEY ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN YOUR COUNTY WHERE THEY DIRECTLY SUPPORTED 167, UH, RESIDENTS LAST YEAR OF THE THREE SHELTERS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR.
UH, AVALON HAS BEEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE IN SECURING SUPPORT FROM SURROUNDING LOCALITIES AND FROM OTHER DONORS.
AND THAT SPEAKS VERY WELL OF THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE.
AND WE'VE RECOMMENDED FULL FUNDING, ANY AMOUNT OF $4,000.
DO THEY CONTRACT THAT OUT OR THEY RUN THEIR OWN SELTER, THEY RUN THEIR OWN.
AND IT'S, UH, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE RUNNING, YOU CAN'T GO AND SEE IT.
NOW, IS THAT IN YOUR COUNTY? IS THAT ELSEWHERE? I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.
I THINK IT IS IN THIS LOCALITY.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S IN WILLIAMSBURG PROPER, IF IT'S IN YOUR COUNTY.
UH, BUT THEY, THAT'S A FAIRLY WELL GARDEN THING.
AND NEXT WEEK IT'D BE BACON STREET, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.
UH, THIS WAS A NEW ORGANIZATION LAST YEAR, AND THIS ORGANIZATION FOCUSES LARGELY ON PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES,
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UH, TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF YOUTH ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE IN THE COMMUNITY.UH, THEIR JOURNEY HOME PROJECT PROVIDES SERVICES THAT ARE FREE OF CHARGE, UH, FOR YOUTH AGED 10 TO 16, AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
UH, THEIR PRIMARY SERVICE AREA IS JAMES CITY COUNTY, BUT THEY DID PROVIDE SERVICES FOR 450 YOUR COUNTY RESIDENTS THIS YEAR.
AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING $2,700 IN SUPPORT FOR THIS GROUP.
AND THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
SO THIS IS MIKE WALKER, WILLIAMSBURG AND FUNDING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS THE BICYCLE CO-OP OF WILLIAMSBURG AND PROMOTES BICYCLE SAFETY.
UH, THEY ALSO PROVIDE FREE BICYCLE HELMETS TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO NEED THEM.
AND WE'VE RECOMMENDED A 1050 AND FUNDING TO THIS ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS LESS THAN WHAT THEY ASKED FOR.
BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, AT THE BEGINNING, WHEN MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE HAD TO BALANCE THE RELATIVE IMPACT OF ALL OF THE APPLICANTS AGAINST THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
UH, WELL, IF I CAN, THAT JUST OPENED UP THIS PAST WEEK AND THEY'VE GOT OVER 30 VOLUNTEERS, IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY, THEY GET BIKES FROM PEOPLE, REFURBISH THEM.
AND THEN IN THE STORE THAT THEY'VE OPENED, THEY WILL SELL THE BIKES AND USE THE MONEY TO KEEP THEM WORKING AND KEEPING EVERYTHING GOING.
BUT OUR SOCIAL SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCIES CAN NOMINATE PEOPLE TO GET A BIKE FOR FREE.
SO WE'D BE FOR TRANSPORTATION TO WORK, FOR EXAMPLE, OR TO SCHOOL OR TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS.
AND THEN THEY GET THEM A BOAT, A BIKE, A VOUCHER, EXCUSE ME, AND THEY BRING IT TO THE OFFICE AND THEY CAN PICK OUT A BIKE AND TAKE IT HOME.
BUT WHAT IS SO WONDERFUL, IT IS THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY DO WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I MEAN, THEY, THEY, THEY TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO REPAIR BIKES AS WELL.
SO YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT.
AND AS I SAID, IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
IT'S, IT'S IN THE, UH, UH, YOU WALK PAST THE SHOPPING CENTER.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS HAD TO USE BIKES THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN HAVE LEFT HOME AND THEY GOT THESE BIKES AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION WHERE YOU COULD DONATE THE BIKES TO, AND THEY'D BE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THEM.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'D SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO DO THE REPAIRS, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY INTERESTING.
I MEAN, IT'S QUITE A, UH, A VERY BUSY ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING THEM SOME MONEY.
OH, WE'RE JUST MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU GOT TO GIVE UP.
WELL, I KNOW THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WE TRUST YOU IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE COLONIAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES, AND THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDES COURTROOM AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND LAST YEAR, THEY PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR 16 CHILDREN IN YOUR COUNTY, COLONIAL CASSA SUPPORTS, UH, JAMES CITY COUNTY, YOUR COUNTY, WILLIAMSBURG, AND POQUOSON, AND THEY RECEIVE SOME SUPPORT FROM SURROUNDING LOCALITIES, BUT THE BULK OF THEIR SUPPORT COMES FROM GRANTS AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS.
UH, THIS YEAR WE'VE RE RECOMMENDED AN INCREASE IN FUNDING TO THIS GROUP IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,450.
NEXT UP IS THE COMMUNITY BRAIN INJURY SERVICES.
UH, THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDES LIFE SKILL TRAINING, VOCATIONAL SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES TO YOUR COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SUFFERED BRAIN INJURY.
UH, THE GROUP HAS A FAIRLY LARGE SERVICE AREA THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE PENINSULA INTO GLOUCESTER AND ISLE OF WIGHT.
AND THEY'VE ALSO BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN SECURING GRANTS, UH, FROM THE SURROUNDING LOCALITIES, UH, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN TOTAL FUNDING THIS YEAR, WE'VE RECOMMENDED, UH, $1,850 BE ALLOCATED TO THIS ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE THAN FULL FUNDING.
THIS FELL UNDER THE OTHER CATEGORY.
UH, THIS IS A HISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCY.
UH, THIS ORGANIZATION WORKS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE SIGNIFICANT SCENIC AGRICULTURE AND HISTORIC LAND ALONG THE JAMES YORKE AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER.
UH, THEY LIST THE, ALL OF THE COUNTY CITIZENS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNTY CITIZENS AS BEING, UH, THEIR SERVICE POPULATION, UH, BECAUSE EVERYBODY THIS YEAR HAS GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND ENJOY THE LAND.
SO THEY'VE GOT A STRONG ARGUMENT FOR THAT, UH, AND WE'VE RECOMMENDED PROVIDING $1,800 TO THIS GROUP, UH, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
UH, HOW DO THEY, HOW DO THEY PROTECT THEM PRESERVE? WHAT ARE THEY, WHAT ARE THEIR ACTIVITIES I'M GOING TO LET BRIAN CHIME IN ON THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T, IT'S BEEN BUMPED THAT I HAVE SINCE I'VE AT THIS.
THEY, THEY WORK WITH TRYING TO PRESERVE, ACQUIRE LAND, UH, WORK WITH RESTORING WATERSHEDS AND JUST, THEY DO A LOT
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JUST TO TRY TO CONSERVE AND, AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS.AND THEY GO, I CLEAN UP ACTIVITIES ON THE WATER.
I BELIEVE THEIR WORK IS ADVOCACY, COORDINATION AND EDUCATION.
SO THEY PULL THE OTHER PEOPLE TOGETHER TO, TO DO THAT WORK.
NOW THIS IS, UH, A VERY WORTHY ORGANIZATION.
THIS IS HOSPICE HOUSE OF WILLIAMSBURG, AND THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HOSPICE SUPPORT AND END OF LIFE CARE TO THE TERMINALLY ILL.
AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE BEREAVEMENT SERVICES, UH, AND RESPITE SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS.
UH, THIS YEAR THEY PROVIDED SUPPORT TO 32 RESIDENTS IN NEW YORK COUNTY.
UH, THEIR OFFICIAL SERVICE AREA IS IN YOUR COUNTY, JAMES CITY COUNTY IN WILLIAMSBURG.
UH, NOW I MENTIONED THE NUMBER 32 LAST YEAR.
UH, THE NUMBER WAS MUCH HIGHER, UH, AND I THINKS A LOT OF THAT IN THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS HIGHER.
I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET OUT AND ABOUT, UH, WITH COVID GOING ON.
I WOULD EXPECT THIS, THIS GROUP WOULD HAVE A LARGER SERVICE POPULATION NEXT YEAR.
AGAIN, ONCE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND MORE, UH, THEIR OFFICIAL SERVICE AREAS IN YOUR COUNTY, JAMES CITY, COUNTY, AND WILLIAMSBURG, UH, BUT THEY OFTEN PROVIDE SERVICES TO PEOPLE AS FAR AWAY AS GLOUCESTER AND SURRY COUNTY.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN SECURING FUNDS FROM SURROUNDING LOCALITIES AND FROM OTHER SOURCES.
AND AGAIN, THIS SPEAKS VERY WELL TO THE QUALITY OF THE PROGRAM THAT THEY RUN AND WE'VE RECOMMENDED PROVIDING $3,900 TO THIS ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS AGAIN, AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
NOW THIS SHOULD BE ONE THAT YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS NATASHA, JUST DOWN THE STREET ON ROUTE 17, UH, AT GOODWIN NECK.
AND THIS ORGANIZATION IS LOCATED IN YOUR COUNTY AND PROVIDES TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SKILLS WORKSHOPS, UH, TUTORING AND COUNSELING, UH, TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
THEIR SERVICE AREA INCLUDES MOST OF THE PENINSULA, UH, BUT QUITE A FEW OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY SUPPORT IN THEIR PROGRAM ARE FROM HAMPTON AND NEWPORT NEWS.
UH, THEY FUND THE FUNDING THEY REQUESTED THIS YEAR IS LARGELY TO SUPPORT THEIR SEED TO TABLE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH PRODUCES ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS TO SUPPORT THEIR SERVICES.
UH, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, $8,000 IN SUPPORT.
UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER HERE IS A LARGER THAN WHAT WE SAW WITH THE OTHER TWO SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS.
A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN YOUR COUNTY DIRECTLY HERE.
AND SO WE BUILT THAT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE, UH, IN THE OTHER TWO CASES, UH, THE, UM, AVALON, UH, ONLY ASKED FOR 4,000 AND WE GAVE HIM THE WHOLE AMOUNT.
SO THEY ASKED FOR A LOT MORE THAN WE TYPICALLY GIVE.
UH, SO WE WE'D HAVE TO TEMPER ALL OF THAT.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVE AS THAT DOWN FROM YEARS PAST DUE TO THAT IS ACTUALLY, THAT IS A LITTLE DAMN, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME.
NOT TREMENDOUSLY, NOT A LOT NOW.
UH, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, UM, ESPECIALLY IN, IN THE CASE OF A SPOUSAL ABUSE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UH, WE WE'VE FOUND THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOCKED UP TOGETHER, THEY'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO GET FRUSTRATED WITH EACH OTHER.
SO, UH, THERE WERE ALL THREE OF THESE, UH, SHELTERS HAVE HAD AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY THINK, I THINK THEY COULD HANDLE.
UM, AND IT'S, I DON'T THINK THEY COULD GET AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS TO HANDLE MORE.
AND THIS IS THE THIRD ONE, THAT GROUP, AND THIS IS THE TRANSITIONS FAMILY VIOLENCE SERVICES.
AND AS THE NAME SUGGESTS THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDES EMERGENCY SHELTER, HOTLINE, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY, UH, TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UH, THEIR SERVICE AREA COVERS THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA, UH, BUT THE BULK OF THEIR SERVICES, AGAIN, GO TO THE RESIDENTS OF HAMPTON AND NEWPORT NEWS.
THEY ALSO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FUNDING FROM SURROUNDING LOCALITIES, AND I'VE HAD A VERY EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISING PROGRAM.
AND THIS YEAR WE'VE RECOMMENDED INCREASING THEIR FUNDING TO $5,000.
SO THIS IS A NEW ONE, AND WE STRUGGLED ABOUT THIS, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT OUR THOUGHTS WERE, UH, AND THE UNITED WAY, WHAT THEY REQUESTED WAS FUNDS TO SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE NETWORK, WHICH HELPS TO COORDINATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES TO THE WORKING POOR, AS WELL AS COORDINATING ADVOCACY SERVICES, UH, FOR 820 YOUR COUNTY RESIDENTS.
AND BECAUSE THEY'RE REQUESTING FUNDING TO COORDINATE WORK RATHER THAN, UH, YOU KNOW, DOING DIRECT WORK, UH, WE DIDN'T GIVE THEM AS MUCH AS THEY'D ASK FOR.
UH, AND BECAUSE THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING THAT EXACT SERVICE
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HERE AND THEY'RE OFFERING, UH, TO COORDINATE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING THE SERVICE.UH, BUT WE, WE FELT LIKE THE, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DID DIRECT WORK HAD MORE VALUE.
HEY, UH, DIDN'T THINK UNITED WAY, UH, JUST MOVE INTO YOUR COUNTY UP THERE, UH, BY THE, UH, ACE HARDWARE, UH, I BELIEVE STEVE KATZ IS THE, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, BUT THEY JUST MOVED INTO YOUR COUNTY AND WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE, I GUESS, THEIR VISIBILITY.
I DO REMEMBER SEEING, UH, THEIR SIGN ALONG THE STREET, UH, UP THERE NEXT TO WHERE, UH, THE YORKTOWN CRIER USED TO BE THE ACE HARDWARE.
SO PREVIOUSLY THERE WERE TWO FACILITIES, OFFICES WERE IN A CITY CENTER IN NEWPORT NEWS, AND THEY HAD A SERVICE CENTER, UH, UP IN THE NORTH COUNTY, UM, RIGHT OFF OF, UH, UH, WALLER MILL.
AND SO WHEN THE UNITED WAY OF WILLIAMSBURG AND THE UNITED WAY OF THE PENINSULA COMBINED, UH, THAT WAS PART OF A CONSOLIDATION OF ALL OF THEIR OPERATIONS TO THE, YOUR COUNTY FACILITY THAT MR. GREEN'S TALKING ABOUT.
SO, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,575, UH, FOR THAT ORGANIZATION.
AND THIS IS ONE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART, THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA FOOD BANK.
AND THIS GROUP PROVIDES A CENTRALIZED REPOSITORY FOR DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO NEEDY INDIVIDUALS ON THE PENINSULA.
THEY WORK WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO SET UP DISTRIBUTION POINTS, UH, WHERE FOOD CAN BE PROVIDED TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEST CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING WHO NEEDS IT.
UM, THEY'VE A VERY LARGE SERVICE AREA AND PROVIDE MEALS AND SUPPORT TO 6,405 RESIDENTS IN YOUR COUNTY.
UM, SO THAT IS A LOT, THAT'S A THIRD MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
I THINK NUMBERS OF PEOPLE SERVED OR IS IT MAYBE EACH TIME THEY SERVE A PERSON THAT COUNTS? NOPE, THERE IS A FORMULA.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, UH, GENERALLY WHAT THESE GUYS REPORT TO US, OUR MEALS, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT AND FIGURE OUT, AND IT'S MILLIONS OF MEALS, RIGHT.
UH, AND THEN THEY, THEY TELL US HOW MANY MEALS THEY PROVIDED IN EACH LOCALITY.
UH, AND WE USE A BASE CALCULATION TO GET THAT, BUT THE NUMBER OF THIS YEAR IS EXTREMELY LARGE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT IS MORE OFTEN THAN OTHERS, BUT IT'S A VERY LARGE PART OF THE POPULATION THAT RECEIVES A BENEFIT FROM THIS.
I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE COVID SITUATION OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND, AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN UP AND OUT OF WORK UP UNTIL NOW, UH, AT ANY RATE, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR FULL FUNDING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.
NEXT IS WILLIAMSBURG, FAITH AND ACTION.
AND THIS GROUP ALSO SUPPORTS, UH, INDEPENDENT LIVING BY PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, VISITS WELL CHECKS, AND HELPS THEM WITH CHORES AND DAILY TASKS TO 45, YOUR COUNTY RESIDENTS, THEIR OFFICIAL SERVICE AREAS IN WILLIAMSBURG AND JAMES CITY COUNTY, BUT THEY ALSO SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN THE BRUTON DISTRICT.
UH, THIS ORGANIZATION IS VERY WELL SUPPORTED THROUGH COMMUNITY DONATIONS AND GRANT GRANTS, AND BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THEIR WORK AND THE CHALLENGING TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING IN WE'VE RECOMMENDED MORE THAN FULL FUNDING TO THIS ORGANIZATION, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,525.
AND HERE WE HAVE THE WILLIAMSBURG AREA MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM AND THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS, BOTH YOUR COUNTY AND WILLIAMSBURG ARE PROGRAMS THAT FALL INTO TWO CATEGORIES.
FIRST, THEY PROVIDE HOT MEAL DELIVERY, UH, TO THE SICK AND ELDERLY, UH, BUT OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE.
THESE GUYS, UH, SUPPORT INDEPENDENT LIVING BY PROVIDING DAILY, UH, CHECK-INS FOR PEOPLE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE ALONE.
UH, OFFICIAL SERVICE AREA IS IN WILLIAMSBURG IN JAMES CITY COUNTY, BUT THEY ALSO PROVIDE SERVICE TO 135, YOUR COUNTY RESIDENTS, AND A BRUTON DISTRICT OF YOUR COUNTY.
UH, WE'VE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY RECEIVE $2,300 IN FUNDING THIS YEAR.
AND FINALLY WE HAVE THE, YOUR COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM AND LIKE THE OTHER NEW YORK COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM, UH, PROVIDES HOT MEALS TO RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, UH, THEIR SERVICE AREAS, EXCLUSIVELY YOUR COUNTY AND YOUR COUNTY RESIDENTS.
AND THEY SUPPORT 530 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'VE RECOMMENDED FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,350.
SO TO WRAP IT UP, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, YEAH, THE LAST ONE, 530 PEOPLE IN YOUR COUNTY RECEIVE ONE MEAL,
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OR THEY RECURRING VISITS TO THE SAME PEOPLE, UH, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY ONE MEAL DURING THE ENTIRE YEAR IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT.SO HOW DOES THAT, WHAT'S THE CONCEPT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S, IT'S LIKE FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
IT'S A ONE MEAL A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
UH, AND THAT THAT'S THE, UH, THE BENEFIT THEY GET FROM A WELLNESS CHECK ALSO IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S FALLEN DOWN FOUR OR FIVE DAYS LATER.
SO YEAH, THAT'S, I THINK IT MAY VARY OVER A WEEK AND I BELIEVE IT IS FIVE.
I DON'T THINK THEY EMILE THE DAY.
I'M SURE IT'S JUST ONE MEAL NUTRITIOUS MEAL.
AND TO WRAP IT UP, UH, AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS, THAT, UH, FOOD AND SHELTER FOR THE CITIZENS IN NEED HAS REMAINED THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, UH, FOR THE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.
UH, THERE WERE $106,808 WORTH OF REQUESTS THIS YEAR, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF RECOMMENDATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD, ALL ORGANIZATIONS, $50,000.
UH, THIS WAS A $10,000 INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
AND MOST OF THE CASES WE'VE TRIED TO ENSURE THAT GROUPS WITH SIMILAR ACTIVITIES HAVE RECEIVED SIMILAR FUNDING.
UH, BUT THERE IS SOME VARIATION BASED ON THEIR SERVICE AREA, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY PROVIDE SERVICES TO AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR.
SO GREAT JOB WITH YOUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING GROUPS THAT HAVE IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS. AND I REALLY LIKE THE GRADIENT MAPS, THE HELPS ME UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
I'M CURIOUS TO WHAT DEGREE IS YOUR TEAM ABLE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE? I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT THERE.
UM, AND THE IMPACT SOUND RIGHT, BUT ARE YOU ABLE TO, WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEED OUT THERE, RIGHT? THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY.
SO EFFICIENCY ENDS UP WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC MONEY.
EFFICIENCY BECOMES A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT, RIGHT.
AND FORTUNATELY, AS ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICIPATE WITH US ARE REQUIRED TO BE 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, THEREFORE THEY'RE REQUIRED EVERY YEAR TO, FOR FOLLOWUP FOR NINE 90 WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, AND THESE ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE BY GUIDESTAR.
UH, SO WHAT WE DO IS WE PULL DOWN THOSE FORM NINE 90 IS EVERY YEAR, AND WE CAN LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY PEOPLE ARE PAID WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY GOES DIRECTLY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES, WHAT PERCENT GOES TO, TO DO OVERHEAD AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THAT GIVES YOU A VERY CLEAR IDEA OF THEIR EFFICIENCY, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM.
AND A LOT OF CASES, WE HAVE TO RELY ON, UH, WHAT THE PANELISTS INDIVIDUALLY HAVE SEEN, UH, OR WHAT WE HEAR FROM, UH, THE, UH, COUNTY STAFF THAT WORK WITH US.
THEY'LL TELL US HOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE THESE ARE IMPACTED IN SOME CASES IS WITH THE LACKEY FREE CLINIC A FEW YEARS BACK, UH, THE IMPACT WAS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT WE SEPARATED IT FROM THIS, UH, AND MOVED IT INTO ITS OWN CATEGORY WHERE IT'S NOT EVEN CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
NOW IT'S ALL PART OF THE COUNTY BUDGET BECAUSE THE IMPACT THEY HAD WAS SO SIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO THE REST THAT IT ALMOST MADE SENSE TO GIVE THEM ALL THE MONEY AND THIS REALLY HURT EVERYBODY ELSE.
UH, THE OTHERS, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE, UH, THE GROUPS.
A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDE US, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE KNOW, BUT TO GET YOU TO GET THOSE NUMBERS TO WORK OFF OF.
UM, WHAT DO YOU HAVE A THRESHOLD FOR EFFICIENCY? IT ORGANIZED, IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EFFICIENT IN HOW WELL THEY DISPERSE THEIR FUNDS, UM, TO, TO MAKE THE, MAKE THE LIST.
NO, NO, THEY HAVE TO BE, UH, THEY HAVE TO BE A 5 0 1 C3 THAT HAS A HOST OF REQUIREMENTS THAT GO WITH IT.
UH, SO THAT, THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS WERE THE VETS THAT I TELL YOU, UM, WE WILL EVALUATE THAT AND MAKE THAT A PART OF THE FUNDING DECISION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I CAN SAY IS EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALS LOOK AT THESE THINGS THEMSELVES AND THEY MAKE A DECISION, UH, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO IT.
AND THEN WE SORT OF AVERAGE THAT, UH, SO THE, THE APPROACH THAT I TAKE IS, YES, I'LL LOOK AT IT AT HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY.
UH, IN YEARS PAST WE HAVE ACTUALLY ELIMINATED SOME ORGANIZATIONS, UH, EITHER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A FIVE, ONE C3 OR THE, UH, THE EXPENDITURES WERE TOTALLY IMPROPER.
IT WAS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING, UH, THAT WENT TO THE ACTIVITY VERSUS, UH, THE ORGANIZATION OR VERSUS THE, UH, THE SIGNIFICANT WORK IN THIS CASE.
ALL OF THESE ARE VERY HIGH PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS.
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OKAY.AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.
IF YOU FIND AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, RIDICULOUS, BUT 90% OF THEIR FUNDS ADMINISTRATION, THAT WOULD BE A BIG, BIG RED FLAG.
SO WE WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT.
THE, UH, KIND OF TAGGING ALONG WITH WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE AGENCIES OR
AND, UM, AND I, IT WAS INTERESTING AT THE FOOD BANK.
I NOTICED THE RATING WHEN IT HAD THE FIVE LEVELS.
I MEAN, IT'S ONE UP TO FIVE, RIGHT? FIVE STARS KIND OF THING.
AND, UH, THE ONE IN THE PENINSULA, I NOTICED THAT IT SAID THAT THEY WERE FIVE RATED FIVE STARS.
BUT WHEN I DID THE RESEARCH, IT SHOWED HIM FOUR STARS.
SO I CALLED THE DIRECTOR AND I SAID, WHY THE DISCREPANCY? AND SHE SAID, THEY MADE IT, THEY MADE A MISTAKE.
AND I HAVE A LETTER HERE FROM THE AGENCY THAT DID THE EVALUATION, AND THEN SHE MAILED IT TO ME.
I MEAN, SHE SENT OR SENT AN EMAIL.
IT SHOWED THAT THEY HAD ACHIEVED FIVE STARS.
THAT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT WAS BASED ON, UH, THE EFFICIENCY USE OF THE FUNDS, THE EFFICIENT USE OF FUNDS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE, IF YOU BUY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU GIVE A DOLLAR OR HOW MANY, UH, WHAT DOES IT COST TO, TO, UH, PROVIDE A BAG OF GROCERIES, A CERTAIN SIZE OF POUNDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN HOW MANY ARE THEY ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE? AND IT WAS PRETTY PHENOMENAL.
SO, UH, I KNOW ALL THESE, I DON'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO ALL OF THEM, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE AGENCIES THAT DO THIS EVALUATION, UM, THAT YOU'VE BET CITIZENS CAN GO TO AND FIND ONES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO.
I WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE HESITANT WHEN I SEE A 30% OVERHEAD RATE, AS OPPOSED TO ONE, IT MIGHT BE 5% OR TWO AND A HALF, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO YOU SAID THAT YOU CHECK ONLINE, YOU MIGHT JUST TELL A GUIDESTAR GUIDESTAR, UM, GUIDESTAR IS, IT'S GOT A FREE SERVICE THAT ANYBODY CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT THE LAST THREE YEARS OF FORM NINE 90 IS FROM ANY ORGANIZATION.
AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS 10 YEARS NOW, I HAVE LIKE 13 YEARS WORTH OF FORM NINE NINETIES.
UH, AND I DON'T GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE OLD ONES EVERY YEAR, BUT I KEEP THEM ON HAND BECAUSE I THINK AT SOME POINT I MIGHT WANT TO GO IN AND LOOK AT TRENDS OVER TIME FOR SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, UH, FOR THE, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THE WILLIAMSBURG AREA, UM, SOME, UH, YOU CAN GET A GOOD SENSE OF QUALITY OF THEIR PROGRAM FROM THE FUNDING THAT THE WAVE'S BURKE HEALTH FOUNDATION PROVIDES.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF ANALYTICAL CAPACITY THAT YOUR COMMITTEE DOESN'T HAVE AND OUR STAFF DOESN'T HAVE.
AND OFTEN SORT OF AS A PROXY, IF IT'S A SERVICE THAT'S PROVIDED IN THE WILLIAMSBURG AREA AND YOU SEE THAT THE HEALTH FOUNDATION IS PUTTING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY INTO IT, THAT MEANS THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT AND THINK IT'S A PRODUCTIVE PROGRAM.
AND YOUR COMMITTEE ENOUGH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I KNOW IT'S IN DEPTH AND OUT, YOU KNOW, ANALYZING EACH ONE THAT COMES IN TO YOU AND YOU SPEND AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME DOING IT.
AND I CAN'T BEGIN TO SAY, THANK YOU.
IT'S CERTAINLY OUR PLEASURE, BUT YES.
WHAT'S OUR BUDGET, UH, 200 MILLION, $200 MILLION.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT WITH THE HUT HIGHTOWN THAT YOU HAVE WITH THIS COMMITTEE, ALL RIGHT.
AND THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT GOES INTO DOING WHAT YOU DO, UH, TO ALLOCATE $50,000 OVER THESE 20 OR SO ORGANIZATIONS, IT'S GOTTA BE FRUSTRATING.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY SATISFYING, BUT FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES A THOUSAND BUCKS GET YOU NOWADAYS? WHAT'S IT, $1,500.
GET YOU NOWADAYS, NOT VERY MUCH.
THE SAVING GRACE OF COURSE, IS THE RIGHT-HAND CALL, WHERE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER MONEY THROUGH A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT YOU NEVER HEAR ANY, ANY COMMENT OUT OF ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF YOUR BOARD SAYING ONE, WHY ARE WE ONLY GETTING $50,000? WHAT ARE WE ADVOCATING WHEN THE BUDGET IS BEING DEVELOPED OR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBSTANTIVE THAN $50,000, UH, OR ARE YOU ALL VERY HAPPY DOING WHAT I SAID, YOU SATISFIED DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING? WOULD THAT REALLY DOES A REWARD FOR IT? I WON'T USE IT HERE.
WHAT THAT KIND OF MONEY, UH, IS.
I MEAN, TIME RIGHT NOW GET $50,000 A WALLET.
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SAID, DON'T SPEND THAT EVEN ON A THING.THE POINT OF IT IS 50,000 BUCKS.
HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU ADVOCATED TO THE, TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, UH, WAS AN ARGUMENT THAT MAY SUGGEST THAT THERE BE SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN, OKAY, SO YOU, YOU'VE RAISED A COUPLE OF INTERESTING POINTS THERE.
SO THE FIRST ONE, AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL, A THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NOT WHAT IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
SO THAT EVERYBODY'S SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN COSTS.
YOU GO TO THE LUMBERYARD, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UH, SO THAT IS ONE ISSUE AND THAT'S CERTAINLY WORTH CONSIDERING.
NOW I WOULD BACK UP 10 YEARS AND SAY, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT, WE HAD A BUNCH OF ORGANIZATIONS IN HERE THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, MUCH BIGGER AND HAD MORE NEED THAN THE GROUP THAT WE HAVE NOW.
AND OVER TIME, THE BOARD, YOU GUYS HAVE CONTINUOUSLY TAKEN THE HIGH-PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS OUT AND HAVE PLACED THEM AT A SEPARATE POINT IN THE PART IN THE BUDGET, UH, WHERE THEY CAN BE EXAMINED BY YOU GUYS PERSONALLY, AND ALLOCATED MORE FUNDING, UH, THAN WE WOULD HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.
I CAN REMEMBER AT LEAST THREE TIMES, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU'VE ALSO RAISED OUR FUNDING EVERY YEAR.
UM, NOW NOT 50,000 NOW IT'S 50001ST YEAR OF COVID, RIGHT? YES.
AND SO I LOOK AT THIS AND YES, IN A, IN A $200 MILLION BUDGET, $50,000 IS NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I THINK THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING, SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS FOREVER, FOREVER, WELL, VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS ARE LIKE LITTLE SPARKS OF MAGIC, RIGHT? THE PEOPLE THAT RUN THEM, RUN THEM BECAUSE THEY LOVE AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP THEM GOING.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE NUMBER ONE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS IS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE THAT THEY CAN KEEP GOING TO PREVENT THEM FROM FAILING, BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, IF THEY BLINK OUT OF EXISTENCE, THEY WON'T COME BACK.
SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN NECESSARILY POET POURING MORE MONEY INTO ALL OF THEM.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT THE ONES THAT, THAT HAVE A NEED THAT ARE IN A PRICELESS GET WHAT THEY NEED TO KEEP GOING.
UH, AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, UH, IF YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE MORE MONEY, I WOULD RECOMMEND POTENTIALLY, UH, INCREASING, UH, NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THIS GRANT.
AND, UH, CAUSE WE, WE NORMALLY GET THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO EXPAND THAT IF YOU, UH, INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT FOR THE MOMENT WITH THE GROUP THAT WE HAVE NOW AND, UH, THE NEED THAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED NOW AND THEIR ABILITY TO RAISE FUNDS ON THEIR OWN, I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE RIGHT NUMBER NOW.
BUT AS TIME GOES BY AGAIN, IF INFLATION CONTINUES THE WAY IT IS, UH, I THINK THAT MAY NEED TO BE REVISITED.
UH, BUT YEAH, YEAH, LIKE HE HAD A PORT COOK VERY IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT THIS IS JUST A SMALL GROUP OR SMALL AMOUNT RELATIVE TO ALL THE MONEY WE DO PROVIDE, I MEAN, A LACKEY FREE CLINIC OR THE, THE, ONE OF THEM
SO WE'RE, UH, SO WE, AND THEN ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN AS PART OF GOVERNMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YEAH, THIS, THIS, THIS WAS SORT OF A GROUP THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME FIGHTING OVER $500 HERE, $800 IN A GROUP.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO I REALLY, REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE WORKING WITH NICHOLSON TIMES TO SAVING GRACES THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, WHICH IS APPRECIABLY HOT, TALLER THAN THE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SO FORTH.
SO THEY'RE THERE SOURCES OF COURSE A MULTI-SITE SOURCES OF INCOME.
UH, I'M JUST SAY YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AUDIBLE JOB AND I'M JUST SIMPLY SAYING THAT TO GET THE MILEAGE OUT OF THE MONEY THAT WE ALLOCATE TO YOU, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLY HONORABLE THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING AS HARD AS YOU ARE WHEN WE, WHEN WE APPRECIATE THAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS AGAIN NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
AND THERESA IS GOING TO JOIN US AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE NEXT PART OF THE PRESENTATION OF
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YES MA'AM.UH, YES, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE SKILLS LOSE.
CAN YOU SAY HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU PUT INTO ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO? CAN YOU ADD BETWEEN 20, 22 HOURS A DAY OR? WELL, SOME DAYS ARE A LITTLE LONGER THAN OTHERS, BUT NOT TOO BAD.
SO, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PIECES OF THIS BUDGET WORK SESSION AND, UH, THERESA AND I ARE GOING TO KIND OF TAG TEAM WOULD PROBABLY INTERRUPT EACH OTHER.
AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH WHAT I THINK OF IS THE REGIONAL COMMITMENT PART OF THE BUDGET.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ROLL INTO, UH, SORT OF WHAT WE THINK OF AS THE BOARD'S PART OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT BUDGET, SORT OF THE, THE OTHER SIDE OF WHAT
SO, UM, UH, AS ALWAYS, WE TRY TO CATEGORIZE THESE EXPENDITURES IN TERMS OF YOUR PRIORITIES, UH, AS YOU'LL SEE, AS WE GET THROUGH THEM, IT'S NOT A PERFECT, UM, IT'S NOT PERFECT, UH, GROUPING BECAUSE THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT OVERLAP.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE BUYING HYBRID LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES THAT SHOWS UP UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT YOU KNOW, WOULD ALSO BE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.
UH, BUT THIS IS JUST A SORT OF A PIE CHART OF THESE REGIONAL INITIATIVES AND, UM, KIND OF HOW THEY BREAK OUT BY YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
SO THIS FIRST PART I WAS GOING TO COVER, UM, TRYING NOT TO HAVE A BLIZZARD OF NUMBERS ON THIS PART, UH, PAGE 57 IN YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL OF OUR SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL ACTIVITIES.
AND YOU ALL WILL RECOGNIZE ALMOST ALL OF THESE AND EACH ONE OF THEM HAS A HISTORY.
SOME OF THEM ARE TIED TO STATE STATUTE, SUMMERTIME TO REGIONAL MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND OTHER, UH, OTHER COMMITMENTS.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THESE AND DESCRIBE THEM.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU COULD SEE THE NUMBER, UH, BUDGET IN EVERY CASE ON THIS LIST.
IT IS, I BELIEVE, UH, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTS A HISTORIC COMMITMENT.
EITHER THE AGENCY YOU SEE, OR A LIKE AGENCY, YOU KNOW, IT GOES OCCASIONALLY THERE'S AN EVOLUTION AND SOME GRIDS CHANGES ITS NAME OR SOMEBODY CONSOLIDATES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO OF COURSE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES IS THE AGENCY THAT SUPPORTS PRE SART.
IN ADDITION TO OUR LEASE ARRANGEMENT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, FOR MANY YEARS HAVE MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO THAT NON-PROFIT OPERATION COLONIAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD THAT WE SHARE THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ACTIVITY WITH PERCUSSION WAYNESBURG AND JAMES CITY COLONIAL COMMUNITY
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CORRECTIONS IS BASICALLY ADULT PROBATION.UM, ALMOST ALL OF THESE THINGS REFLECT, UH, SOME TYPE OF REGIONAL COMMITMENT.
SOME OF THEM ARE HAMPTON ROADS WIDE.
SOME OF THEM ARE PENINSULA WIDE.
SOME OF THEM ARE A SUBSET OF THE PENINSULA, UH, THE COLONIAL GROUP HOME COMMISSION, WHICH OF COURSE LAST YEAR WE, WE CLOSED CROSSROADS REMAINS A, UH, REGIONAL OPERATION, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM STILL HAS A LOT OF, UM, SITUATIONS WHERE, UH, PEOPLE UNDER 18 OR PERHAPS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ARE CONVICTED TO, UM, STAYING AT HOME OR REPORTING TO THEIR COUNSELORS.
IT'S BASICALLY THE FLIP SIDE OF COLONIAL COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FOR JUVENILES.
THE HAMPTON ROADS ALLIANCE OF COURSE, IS THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT WE HAVE REJOINED.
UH, PREVIOUSLY, IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS LAST YEAR, THAT WOULD HAVE SHOWN UP AS THE GREATER WAYS WHERE PARTNERSHIPS, THANK YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE STORY ON THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE, UM, DOUG SMITH, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COME AND BRIEF THE BOARD PROBABLY IN JUNE ON THEIR ACTIVITIES.
SO WE HAVE REJOINED THE REST OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA.
WE BEING JAMES CITY WILLIAMSBURG IN YORK.
SO WE'VE REJOINED PERCUSSION HAMPTON AND NEWPORT NEWS.
UM, THE, THE ROADS MILITARY AND FEDERAL FACILITIES ALLIANCE, LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT, UH, OF THE FULL REGION, BASICALLY THAT WATCHES OUT FOR OUR FEDERAL FACILITIES, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ONE THIRD OF THE, OF THE ECONOMY OF HAMPTON ROADS TO MAKE SURE NEIGHBORING STATES AND, UM, REGIONS.
DON'T TRY TO PICK OFF OUR IMPORTANT FEDERAL FACILITIES, THE HAMPTON ROADS PLANNING DISTRICT.
YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT, BOTH THE TPO AND THE PLANNING DISTRICT SHOW UP IN THIS LINE ITEM, THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY THE SAME STAFF, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, STATUTORY AND TASKING.
UH, THE HAMPTON ROADS WORKFORCE COUNCIL, ISN'T ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF SOMETHING THAT'S EVOLVED.
WE PRIVACY, WE PREVIOUSLY, UH, SUPPORTED THE REGION ON A PENINSULA BASIS.
NOW WE HAVE FOLDED THAT INTO AN ENTIRE HAMPTON ROADS ACTIVITY, UH, HERITAGE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ONE OF TWO ANIMAL SERVICES OPERATIONS.
WE DID SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS ONE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR EXPANSION AND TO SOME DEGREE BECAUSE THAT PART OF THE COUNTY IS GROWING MORE RAPIDLY.
JAMESTOWN YORKTOWN FOUNDATION.
I THINK WE ARE SEVEN YEARS INTO A 10 YEAR COMMITMENT.
THAT WAS PART OF THE STATE'S INVESTMENT IN THE MUSEUM A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR.
SO, UM, THE SECOND PAGE OF THIS PART OF THESE REGIONAL COMMITMENTS, OBVIOUSLY JUVENILE DETENTION, THE SERVICE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE, UH, I THINK THE PSALM AND THE BUDGET, YOU CAN SEE OVER 200,000, UH, IN THAT CASE, UH, WE ARE A REGIONAL PARTNER WITH ABOUT 14 OTHER LOCALE AT 16, BUT WHO'S COUNTING, SORRY.
IT 16, I THINK IT IS 16, UH, PENINSULA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
THIS IS, UM, THERE'S THIS, THERE'S A SERIES OF THESE ALL AROUND THE STATE AND OUR REGIONAL CLUSTERING INCLUDES THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA AND THE, UH, THE MIDDLE PENINSULA.
AND THIS IS AN AGENCY THAT HELPS OUR FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY PARAMEDICS MAINTAIN ALL OF THEIR CERTIFICATIONS, PENCIL HEALTH DISTRICT.
OF COURSE, WE'VE ALL GOTTEN TO KNOW THEM VERY WELL IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UM, AND, UM, THAT IS A FORMULA BASED CONTRIBUTION.
UM, PENINSULA REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER, ABOUT 80% OF OUR ANIMAL SERVICES ARE, ARE SUPPORTED BY THIS FACILITY.
IT'S LOCATED AT NEWPORT DUES HAMPTON BECAUSE OF THE NEW YORK, OUR PARTNERS IN THAT SITUATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, IT SEEMS KIND OF PECULIAR TO ME TO HAVE THIS ON THIS LIST, BUT TECHNICALLY, EVEN THOUGH IN MANY WAYS THEY FUNCTION LIKE A COUNTY DEPARTMENT.
UH, THEY ARE, UH, AN ENTITY OF THE STATE AND IT IS THE
SO, UH, WE PROVIDE THE LOCAL MATCH.
US DOES AS DOES PERCUSS ON A PER CAPITA BASIS AND A LOT, A LARGE PORTION OF THE FUNDS FLOW FROM FEDERAL AND STATE SOURCES, UH, VIRGINIA PENINSULA, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AKA THOMAS NELSON, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A LOT OF INTEREST ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ROLE.
THEY PLAY AS, AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, ACTIVITY, UH, MANY YEARS AGO, UH, YOUR COUNTY COMMITTED TO BE A PARTNER, UH, WITH THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA, UH, IN AN ENTITY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED THE PENINSULA MAYORS AND CHAIRS ON HOMELESSNESS, ALL SIX, UH, PENINSULA LOCALITIES, UH, SEND THEIR MONEY TO NEW PRODUCE, WHICH IS THE FISCAL AGENT.AND I THINK YOU MAY BE AWARE THEY HAVE NOW OPENED A DAY SHELTER DOWN THE OLD MARINE BARRACKS PLUS TO THE, UH, DAILY PRESS BUILDING, UM, THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA REGIONAL JAIL.
UH, WE ARE FORTUNATE IN MY VIEW THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOCAL JAIL ANYMORE.
SO ALL OF OUR PRISONERS ARE HOUSED THERE, YOU KNOW, PRE-SENTENCING, AND, UH, THAT IS A FACILITY THAT WE RUN REGIONALLY WITH, UH, JAMES CITY WAYNESBURG AND
WE SPEND APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT ON THE REGIONAL JAIL AS WE DO ON LIBRARIES.
UM, THE, UH, WILLIAMSBURG AREA TRANSIT.
UH, SO THE MAJOR EXPENDITURE, UH, WE ARE TO SOME DEGREE, THE JUNIOR PARTNER, UH, W UH, WITH WILLIAMSBURG AND JAMES CITY, BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL BUS SYSTEM, THE, THE SPOKEN HUB OF IT WAS AROUND WILLIAMSBURG.
UM, THEY DO HAVE A GRANT AND WE'LL BE STANDING UP A DEMONSTRATION ROUTE DOWN ROUTE 17, UH, ALL THE WAY TO, UM, UH, WALMART, UH, TIED INTO A CONNECTION POINT IN LACKEY.
THERE'LL BE A THREE-YEAR DEMONSTRATION RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING EMPLOYEES TO RUN THE BUSES, BUT THAT'S, UH, COMING UP, UH, THE WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL LIBRARY, UH, IN OUR BUDGET THAT ALSO SHOWS UP AS YOU KNOW, PART OF LIBRARY FUNDING, WHICH IS A SUBSET OF EDUCATION.
UM, BUT IS THIS FORD WELLNESS, UH, WE'RE A FORMULA PARTICIPANT IN THAT SYSTEM.
AND, UH, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE.
AND WHENEVER ANYBODY ASKS ME ABOUT IT, I ALWAYS POINT OUT THAT IF YOU COMPARE IT TO, UH, UH, DESIGNING AND BUILDING AND OPERATING A THIRD LIBRARY, IT'S RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE COMPARED TO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT THIS POINT IN OUR COMMUNITY'S HISTORY.
AND THEN FINALLY THE YMCAS COMES IN TWO PARTS.
UM, THERE'S THE, UM, THE, UH, THE COMMITMENT, UH, FOR THE, UH, THE NORTH COUNTY, YFCA AT $75,000 A YEAR, WHICH I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER THREE YEARS OR SO TO PAY OFF.
AND, UM, THE TAB, Y YMCA IS IN THE MIDST OF A PLANNING AND FUNDRAISING EXERCISE OR EXPANSION.
UM, THEY IT'S TAKING LONGER AND THEY'D HAD SOME SETBACKS IN TERMS OF THEIR LAYOUT.
SO THAT, SO THE ONE THING THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE IS THEY'VE REDONE THE LOCKER ROOM COMPLEX.
AND SO WE JUST CONTINUED THE $50,000 PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT INITIATIVE.
UH, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, THEY MAY COME FORWARD WITH A, A MORE AMBITIOUS, UH, PROPOSAL AND REQUESTS, BUT AT THIS POINT THAT'S PENDING, BUT WHY NOT THE SAME AMOUNT FOR BOTH GLOBE YMCAS REGARDLESS? I MEAN, THEY SERVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
WELL, UM, I CAN ONLY REPORT THE HISTORY THAT SOME OF YOU ALL LIVED AND I'VE JUST HAD REPORTED TO ME THAT YOU HAD A 10 YEAR, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ARRANGEMENT WITH THE TAB LIBRARY, WHICH PAID OUT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
AND THEN YOU HAD A SIMILAR $75,000 A YEAR COMMITMENT FOR THE NORTH DISTRICT ONE SO THAT'S THE 75 IS ACTUALLY PER AGREEMENT.
UM, IT WAS IN THE, UH, THE ONE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I'VE BEEN WALTZ DISTRICTS IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NEAR THE HOSPITAL.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS IT'S, IT'S NOT THE SAME TYPE OF Y TO Y YMCA, MORE OF A, MORE OF A REHAB OPERATION THAN THE ONE YOU HAVE OVER IN A TAP THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT.
UM, THAT ONE, I THINK THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, THEY WERE ABOUT WHETHER THEY WERE DOWN BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT THEY GOT LIKE THE BIGGEST ONE, THE BIGGEST ONE IN THE WHOLE REGION.
AND IT'S, I WANT TO SAY IT'S AROUND 13,000 MEMBERS, SO IT WAS 18,000 FOR A WHILE.
SO MY POINT TO YOUR QUESTION IS THE, UH, THE WILKINSON ONE IS REALLY A, SORT OF A MORAL OBLIGATION, THE 75,000 FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS, THE 50,000 THAT I'VE GOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE TAB ONE IS JUST SORT OF A PLACEHOLDER
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NUMBER.THERE'S NO CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THE, UM, UM, THAT PARTICULAR WISE GUYS IS, IS INTERESTING BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE AREA.
I MEAN, THEY GET, THEY GET IS HUGE.
AND, UH, AND THE SPACE IS ONLY SIX AND A HALF ACRES, I BELIEVE.
AND SO THEY MAY END UP TRYING TO GO UP.
PUTTING MORE PARKING IS A PROBLEM.
THE PARKING IS A BIG PROBLEM, WHAT THEY USING THE LIBRARY, THEIR DEPARTMENT.
SO, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY COME IN AND TRY TO ASK FOR, ASK FOR SOME MONEY TO HELP WITH THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT, BUT CONSIDERING THE LAND THEY'RE ON IS OUR LAND AND THE SERVICE THEY'RE PROVIDING IS PRETTY HUGE.
AND WE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO REALLY SERIOUSLY CONSIDER DOING.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK THEY'RE READY YET.
SO, SO MY PURPOSE IN GOING OVER THOSE TWO SLIDES, I WAS GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THERESA FOR THE NEXT PART, WHICH HAS ACTUAL NUMBERS.
UM, ALL OF THESE, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS IN THE BOOK AND ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING AT HOME, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALSO, YOU CAN PULL THIS UP ONLINE.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S REPRESENTS OUR HISTORIC COMMITMENTS AND ALL THE REGIONAL INITIATIVES WITH MOSTLY ONLY INCREMENTAL CHANGES, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE BUDGET.
AND SOME OF THESE, WE HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF REGIONAL SERVICES THAN SOME OF OUR BIGGER NEIGHBORS.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST DO MORE THINGS THROUGH REGIONAL AGENCIES, UM, WHICH GENERALLY IS EFFICIENT OTHER THAN THEY ALL COME WITH A COST OF GOVERNANCE, BECAUSE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE THINGS HAVE SOME BOARD THAT ONE OR MORE OF US ANTICIPATE IN.
WOULD YOU HAVE, TELL ME WHAT THE NAME OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX AUTHORITY, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT? UH, BRIAN, CAN YOU REMEMBER THE HISTORICAL TRIANGLE, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AUTHORITY, TRIANGLE, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
I CAN'T WRITE THAT DOWN TOO FAST.
WOULD THAT EVENTUALLY MAKE IT HERE? IF THAT EVER BECOMES A THING WITH THAT DEGREE, GET OUT OF HERE.
UH, AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT FAR ENOUGH INTO THAT, RIGHT.
BUT THAT'S, THIS IS WHERE WE SEE IT AS, UM, AND THEY ARE TWO ANIMALS SHELTER RELATED.
SO THE PENINSULA ANIMAL SHELTER IS THE LARGER ONE THAT'S OVER THERE.
IF YOU KNEW WHERE A COATS AND CLARK USED TO BE, WHERE BROCKVILLE AND JEFFERSON, THERE'S A NEWPORT NEWS AND PARTNERSHIP WITH YORK HAMPTON AND BECAUSE, AND BUILT A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER IN, UH, 2012.
AND, UM, ABOUT 80% OF OUR ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, DOGS AND CATS AND CRAZILY, SOMETHING ELSE ARE TAKEN THERE.
AND THEN ABOUT 20% GO TO THE ONE ON THE HERITAGE, UH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY JAMES CITY ACTUALLY OPERATES THEIR ANIMAL SERVICES OUT OF THAT.
UH, I WENT TO THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THEIR EXPANSION.
IT'S OF COURSE IT'S IN YOUR COUNTY, UH, ON, UH, AND SO THE MAYOR OF WILLIAMSBURG WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AND JMC COUNTY ACTUALLY HAS THEIR FACILITY THERE.
UH, UH, KEPT, FELT A LITTLE BIT LEFT OUT.
WE COULD HOST, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT MORE MONEY TO, UH, WELL, THAT, OF COURSE THAT'S THEIR SOLE PROVIDER OF THE SERVICE.
WHEREAS WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST KIND OF ANCILLARY.
YOU HAVE A NORTH ON A SIDE OF BASICALLY, RIGHT.
I THINK THAT WAS A KILL SHELTER.
THEY DON'T, I MEAN, THEY'RE CERTAINLY DISCOURAGE IT, BUT THEY HAVE TO DO IT SOMETIMES.
SO, SO I'M GOING TO GO, I'M GOING TO GO TO THERESA AND JUST KIND OF THE SODA FOR THIS PART IS THESE ARE, UM, OBVIOUSLY HAVE NUMBERS IN THEM.
AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF CONTINUITY, BUT SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HAS TAKEN, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL ANSWER INTEREST IN, IN THE PAST.
AND WE WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THEM IN SOME DETAIL.
SO, UM, LIKE NEIL SAID, THESE ARE, UM, ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
HE WENT OVER THE REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ONES THAT WERE CONTRACTUAL.
AND SO THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE JUST LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE BOARD, UM, HAS GENERALLY APPROVED FUNDING FOR.
SO WHEN I WAS GOING TO DO HERE, THEY'RE ALL IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE HAVE WHAT WE'VE HAD, WHAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND THEN WHAT WAS REQUESTED FOR
AND THEN, UM, WHAT WE RECOMMENDED BASED ON EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, APPLICATIONS.
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SO, UM, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO LEAVE THIS UP HERE.AND THEN ONCE YOU, YOU ALL HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO, TO LOOK OVER THESE, THESE ARE ALL ON PAGE 57 IS WHAT IT WAS AS WELL.
UM, ONCE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THESE, UM, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, SOME OF WHAT WALT SAID, OR ARE IN HERE WHERE WE, WHERE, UM, WE'VE PULLED OUT FROM THE COMMITTEE AND WE'VE PUT THEM IN, UM, THESE WERE THESE, THIS, UM, THESE SLIDES SO THAT THE BOARD BOARD, UM, CAN, CAN LOOK AT THOSE, SEE IF THEY WANT TO FUND THEM.
DID THE WATERMAN'S MUSEUM PUT IN A REQUEST? YES.
ALWAYS JUST ONE STEP ONE, SLIDE AHEAD.
DID THE LIVING MUSEUM, ARE THEY ON HERE ANYWHERE? YES, THEY ARE AS WELL.
NO, THE LEMON MUSEUM IS NOT, THE MUSEUM HAS NOT, HAS NOT SUBMITTED, UM, APPLICATION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THEY, THEY MUST GET THEIR MONEY BECAUSE OUR KIDS GO OVER THERE.
I THINK YOU'RE FREE BECAUSE THEY REALLY GIVE, UH, THROUGH THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE LIVING MUSEUM IN THE PAST AND THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION SOMETIME IN THE PAST.
THEY DID, BUT NOT IN THE LAST, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I WAS THINKING OF THE VIRGINIA.
AND SO, SO TO, TO MR. GREENSPAN.
SO THERE WERE TWO PAGES OF THIS AND OUR THOUGHT WAS, WE WERE JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT ON ONE PAGE AND LET YOU LOOK FOR A LITTLE BIT AND GO TO THE OTHER ONE.
SO IF YOU COULD FLIP BACK AND FORTH, WHATEVER IT, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT, OR YOU CAN LOOK AT THE HARD COPY AND EACH OF THEM HAS A STORY, OF COURSE.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAD THE LACKEY FREE CLINIC CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE OLD TOWN WAS IN HERE AS WELL.
UM, YOUR CHAMBERS ARE IN HERE,
WHY ARE THEY WAS EMPTY? SO THEY ACTUALLY REQUESTED MONEY LAST YEAR.
AND YOU, YOU ALL GAVE THEM MONEY LAST YEAR.
AND WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO THEM, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO LAST YEAR.
THEY ALREADY HAD FINANCIAL FUNDING THIS YEAR, CORRECT? SO THEY, THEY DECIDED NOT TO, UM, THEY SAID, NO, HANG ON.
WE DON'T NEED THE MONEY THIS YEAR.
WE EXPECT TO SEE THEM IN THE, IN THE NEXT YEAR COMING UP, THEY WERE JUST BEING GOOD STEWARDS.
THEY GOT OUR MONEY AND KIND OF USE IT VERY GOOD.
REMIND ME OF THE LAUNCH PAD, RACHEL INCUBATOR.
SO, UH, THE LAUNCH PAD IS A, AN INCUBATOR THAT WE DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WILLIAMSBURG, JAMES CITY AND THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY THAT USED TO BE LOCATED IN NEW TOWN.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN MARRIED, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS.
SO THEY NOW HOST IT AT TRIBES SQUARE.
AND SO THIS IS OUR CONTRIBUTION FOR THE, THE OPERATIONAL PART OF IT.
UM, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY STATISTICS ABOUT HOW MANY BUSINESSES HAVE GRADUATED FROM THERE, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME POSITIVE SUCCESS STORIES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.