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[Call to Order]
AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THE MAY 17TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL PLEASE.UH, FOR THE INDICATION WE HAVE VICTORIA SONYA FOR THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION, VICTORIA, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE? HI, MY NAME IS VICTORIA SAW AND I'M HERE TO SAY THE INVOCATION TONIGHT.
I THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THIS GATHERING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY THAT STRIVES FOR UNITY, STRENGTH AND PURPOSE.
THANK YOU FOR OUR ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN MEANINGFUL WORK THAT IS CENTERED AROUND THE WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY.
AND AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, GIVE US THE HEART TO ACT WITHOUT SELFISHNESS, SPEAK WITH KINDNESS AND MAKE DECISIONS WITH WISDOM.
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT US NOT ONLY THE COURAGE TO LEAD WITH VIRTUE, BUT ALSO THE HUMILITY TO SERVE WITH COMPASSION.
HELP US HAVE CLARITY AS WE ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO HERE TODAY AND LET ALL THAT IS DONE.
BE DONE WITH THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE, TRUTH AND LOVE IN YOUR NAME.
AND THEN THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICTORIA.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MR. SHEPHERD, PLEASE BE SEATED
[A. 2022 Outstanding Youth Awards. Presentation to the recipients of the Outstanding Youth Awards in the categories of Courage, Compassion, Community Service, and Overall Achievement]
TONIGHT.THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS PRIVILEGED TO PRESENT THE 2022 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS.
THESE ARE VERY SPECIAL AWARDS GIVEN TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL OR HOMESCHOOLS, AND INCLUDES A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP COMING FROM THE COUNTY.
THERE'S ONE WINNER FROM EACH OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES, COMMUNITY SERVICE, COMPASSION, COURAGE, AND OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT.
THE NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS AND FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND MENTORS.
AND ONCE THEY WERE SUBMITTED, THERE WAS A SELECTION COMMITTEE TO GO OVER ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WAS MADE UP OF TWO MEMBERS FROM THE YOUTH COMMISSION, A MEMBER FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, A MEMBER FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND THAT WAS MR. ROLAND BECAUSE HE IS A LIAISON FOR THE YOUTH COMMISSION THIS YEAR.
AND ONCE THEY REVIEW WITH ALL THE APPLICANTS, THEY ANNOUNCED IT, THEY MADE THEIR DECISION AND THEN THEY ANNOUNCED IT.
THE BOARD IS SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF ALL OUR, YOUR COUNTY STUDENTS.
AND IT'S ONE SMALL WAY THAT WE HAVE AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AWARD YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER TO SHARE WITH YOU ONE OF THE WINNERS AND THE FIRST ONE WILL BE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THAT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO ASK, UM, SHAYLA DAWSON AND HER FAMILY TO STAND.
AND IF THE NOMINATION WAS MADE BY SOMEBODY OTHER THAN FAMILY, HE OR SHE CAN STAND AS WELL.
I'D LIKE YOU TO REMAIN STANDING AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, UH, AWARD FOR YOUR DAUGHTER, THE 2022 OUTSTANDING YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES IS SHAYLA DAWSON.
WHAT'S VERY EXCITING ABOUT THIS AWARD IS THAT SHAYLA IS A SOPHOMORE AT TAB HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF GIVING BACK TO HER SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY AND HER CHURCH.
SHE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGES A VERY BUSY SCHEDULE.
FOR EXAMPLE, SHE'S AN, A STUDENT AT TAP HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE TAB, FIELD HOCKEY TEAM AND GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAMS. SHE IS THE CURRENT TREASURER FOR HER SOPHOMORE CLASS AND IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF SIX CLUBS, NOT ONE, TWO OR THREE, BUT SIX.
THEY ARE DECA Y STREET KEY CLUB, BETA CLUB, UNIFIED TIGERS AND BEACH CLEANUP.
SHAYLA IS A KEY PLAYER IN THE Y STREET CLUB.
IT WAS THE ONLY STUDENT SELECTED TO JOIN THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S STAFF.
AND FIRST LADY IN BRAINSTORMING HOW TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFER, HEALTHIER FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SHE WAS ALSO GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE SCHOOL'S NUTRITION DIRECTOR, TO DISCUSS NOURISHMENT FOR TEENAGERS, TO HELP THEM BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.
SHAYLA ADVANCED TO THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AND STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AS A DECA MEMBER, THE PAST TWO YEARS,
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MAYBE, UH, SHAYLA, YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US SOME IDEA WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME.I PLAY BASKETBALL AND I LIKE SPENDING TIME WITH MY FAMILY.
WELL, SHE DOES A LOT MORE THAN THAT IN HER SPIRIT TIME AS WELL.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, SHE IS A CARING PERSON FOR OTHERS.
SHE HAS AN ATTITUDE THAT EXPANDS BEYOND HER SCHOOL.
AND SHALE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF HER CHURCH, LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE CHAPEL, AND A JUNIOR USHER.
SHE HELPS PREPARE AND PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS PRE-SERVICE DUTIES, ALWAYS STEPS UP WHEN SHE'S NEEDED.
SHEILA IS ON THE PROTESTANT ADVISORY BOARD AND TOOK ON THE ROLE OF SECRETARY ABOVE THE, UH, ABOVE THE ADULTS TO ENSURE THAT DOCUMENTATION NEEDS OF THE CHURCH WERE MET GROWING UP AS A MILITARY CHILD, SHE TRULY UNDERSTANDS THE SACRIFICE THAT MILITARY MEMBERS MAKE AND FELT COMPELLED TO ASSIST RETIREES INDEPENDENCE THAT ARE FRONTING CHALLENGES, CHALLENGES TIMES IN THEIR GOLDEN YEARS.
SHE AND HER OLDER SISTER DELIVERED OVER 200 MEALS TO WIDOWS OF MILITARY MEMBERS AND ELDERLY IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SHALE HAS PASSED OUT SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKS, OTHER LITERATURE, TO MORE THAN 120 PARISHIONERS MONTHLY DURING THE PANDEMIC.
SHE HAS VOLUNTEERED COUNTLESS HOURS AT THE LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE AIRMAN'S ATTIC AND OTHER LOCAL THRIFT STORES ORGANIZING STORING ITEMS AND CLOTHING AND HELPING PATRONS SHAYLA'S FATHER.
HER NOMINATOR AFFIRM THAT SHE HAS A PASSION TO SERVE THOSE INDEED AND WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
SHAYLA, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PUBLICLY RECOGNIZES YOU AS THE MOST WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THE BOARD EXTENDS ITS SINCERE ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION FOR EXEMPLARY SPIRIT OF GIVING BACK.
AND THE BOARD'S BEST WISHES TO GO WITH YOU AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR COMMITMENT TO USING YOUR TIME AND TALENTS IN SERVICE TO OTHERS.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO VERY WELL AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW UP AND SUPPORT WHATEVER COMMUNITY YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN AND PROBABLY A LOT MORE THAN JUST SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY.
SO MIKE, CONGRATULATIONS, SHEILA, AND I KNOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONGRATULATES YOU AS WELL.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOUR VIDEO FIRST.
I'D LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR HELPING ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY TWO WONDERFUL PARENTS FOR SUPPORTING ME AND GUIDING ME THROUGH EVERYTHING I CHOOSE TO PURSUE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY TWO SIBLINGS FOR BEING GREAT ROLE MODELS FOR ME TO FOLLOW.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY SCHOOL COMMUNITY CHURCH, EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR SHOWING ME LOVE AND SUPPORTING ME AS WELL.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR CHOOSING ME TO WIN THIS AWARD.
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT I WANT TO BE A DOCTOR FOR THE REASON BEHIND THAT, BEING THAT WITH WHATEVER I DO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM IT AND THAT I HELP PEOPLE.
THE NEXT AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. GREEN AND IT IS FOR COMPASSION.
AND AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK KYLIE AND HER FAMILY TO STAND UP.
AND AS MR. LLEWELLYN, HE'S NOT, HE'S A NOMINATOR, HE'S NOT HERE.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, KYLIE CALIFOR IS A SENIOR AT GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL AND IS THE 20, 20 22 RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COMPASSION.
THE QUALITY SHE EMBODIES THROUGH CONSISTENTLY EXTENDING HERSELF TO SUPPORT AND BETTER THE LIVES OF OTHERS SHE'S ACHIEVED HONORS AND ALL FOUR YEARS, AND IS ALSO A STUDENT ATHLETE.
HIGH SCHOOL IS ALSO NOTABLE AS SHE IS THE SECRETARY OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL ADVISORY BOARD, VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY PLAYER, A MEMBER OF THE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA HISTORY AND NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETIES, SPECIAL OLYMPICS CLUB AND PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION.
WOW, THAT'S A LOT IN SPITE OF OUR VERY BUSY SCHEDULE, SHE ALWAYS THINKS OF WAYS TO HELP OTHERS KYLIE'S APPROACH HER NOMINATOR SAYS MR. MATT LLEWELLYN IS TO SEE IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO ASSIST HIM WITH SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS.
DURING HIS PE CLASS, SHE WAS EAGER AND EXCITED TO MEET AND WORK WITH THEM.
DURING HER LUNCH, HER GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO MAKE EACH AND EVERYONE FEELS SPECIAL AND NOTICED MR. LLEWELLYN SAID, EVERY TIME KYLIE WOULD COME INTO THE GYM, SHE WOULD MAKE A POINT TO SAY HELLO AND ENCOURAGE THEM.
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LAUGH AND SMILE.KYLIE PARTICIPATES IN THE YORK COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATIONS LEADERS IN TRAINING PROGRAM, VOLUNTEERING WITH SPECIAL RECREATIONS CAMPS AS A COUNSELOR WHERE SHE BUILDS STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF HER CAMPERS, NOT ONLY DOES KYLIE'S COMMITMENT TO SPENDING HER FREE TIME AND WORKING TIME WITH SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS.
SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERS AT A HOMELESS SHELTER AND WORKS WITH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TEACH THEM RESPECT OF POLITENESS AND COURTEOUSNESS TOWARDS EACH OTHER.
AND SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERS WITH DUCKS UNLIMITED, WHICH WE APPRECIATE KYLIE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE MOST WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS FOR COMPASSION AND EXTEND THEIR S CIRRUS ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION TO YOU.
AS YOU CONTINUE TO LIVE A LIFE OF EXEMPLARY LOVE AND CONCERN FOR OTHERS, THE BOARD'S BEST WISHES GO WITH YOU AND YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THIS WORLD BY TOUCHING SO MANY LIVES.
NOW YOU GET TO WATCH THE VIDEOS.
WATCH THE VIDEOS BEFORE COMPASSION FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY TO GOD FOR GUIDING ME THROUGH LIFE AND MY MOM AND DAD FOR RAISING ME TO BE A LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE PERSON TO ALL THIS AWARD IS SO MEANINGFUL TO ME BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY GIVES RECOGNITION TO MYSELF AND MY CLASSMATES AND PEERS, BUT ALSO MY NOMINATOR AND FORMER TEACHER, MATTHEW LLEWELLYN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK HE DID TO START THE PROGRAM WE CREATED AT MY SCHOOL FOR MY SPECIAL NEEDS CLASSMATES.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE YORK COUNTY LEADERS IN TRAINING PROGRAM FOR FURTHER AIDING, MY LOVE OF SERVICE TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR SELECTING ME AS THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENT OF THE COMPASSION AWARD.
THANK YOU AND NOW MR. ROWAN WILL PRESENT THE AWARD FOR COURAGE.
THANK YOU, JUSTIN COOPER IS OUR RECIPIENT AND UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T JOIN US THIS EVENING AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY IN A MOMENT, BUT HIS NOMINATOR, MRS. DEBRA WRIGHT IS HERE COULD ASK MS. WRIGHT TO PLEASE STAND FOR US, PLEASE.
UM, SO JUSTIN COOPER IS OUR JUNIOR AT GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL.
HE IS OUR 2022 RECIPIENT OF THAT STANDING YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR COURAGE.
JUSTIN EXEMPLIFIES TRUE COURAGE, A QUALITY OF WHICH HE IS DEEPLY RESPECTED.
AND BY ALL PRIVILEGED TO KNOW HIM, JUSTIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA AND HOSPITALIZED FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY RECEIVING WEEKLY CHEMOTHERAPY, MULTIPLE BLOOD TRANSFUSING AND BONE MARROW TESTS.
THESE CHEMO TREATMENTS ARE EXHAUSTING AND DEMANDING AND DUE TO HIS VULNERABLE IMMUNE SYSTEM, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GO TO REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL.
JUSTIN WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND YOUR KIND OF SCHOOL DIVISIONS, VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO HE WOULD RECEIVE APPROPRIATE EDUCATION AND HE MORE THAN MADE THAT WORK JUST AS DETERMINATION TO MEET THE ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS WERE CHALLENGING AT TIMES, BUT HE SOUGHT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STAYING AFTER AND REACHING OUT TO TUTORS.
HE HAS NOT HAD AN EASY PATH, BUT HE STILL MAINTAINS CLOSE TO A 4.0 GRADE POINT AVERAGE THROUGH HIS DETERMINATION.
AND DESPITE HIS HEALTH SETBACKS, HIS NOMINATOR MRS. DEBORAH, RIGHT SHARED COURAGE IS THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT FRIGHTENS ONE IN THE FACE OF PAIN AND SORROW PAIN AND GRIEF.
JUSTIN IS COURAGE AND HE INSPIRES ME TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND ALL WHO KNOW HIM.
JUSTIN, YOU'RE A PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED AS A MOST WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COURAGE IN OUR EXTENDED, THE UTMOST ADMIRATION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR YOU, TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS INSPIRATION, AND EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US, THE BOARD'S BEST WISHES GO TO GO WITH YOU FOR A MOST REWARDING AND BRIGHT FUTURE.
AGAIN, JUSTIN WAS EIGHT, WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT BECAUSE HIS CONDITION THAT HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT FEELING VERY WELL TONIGHT.
UM, AND AS YOU ALL CAN IMAGINE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A REGULAR LIFE, NOT TO MENTION THE 4.0 AVERAGE WITH ALL THE TESTS AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS TO GO THROUGH IS, IS QUITE, IS QUITE AN ENDEAVOR.
AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF, OF JUSTIN'S, UM, EFFORTS THROUGH THAT.
FOR NOMINATING ME, THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND YOU'VE COMMISSIONED FOR SELECTING ME FOR THIS DISTINGUISHED AWARD.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING YEAR FOR ME.
I AM SO GRATEFUL AND BLESSED FOR THE HELP AND SUPPORT I HAVE RECEIVED FROM MY FAMILY TEACHERS TUTOR.
AND OF COURSE MY WONDERFUL AND CARING FAMILY.
THEY KEPT ME FOCUSED WITH MY EYE ON THE PRIZE OF GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND MOVING FORWARD TO COLLEGE.
ONCE AGAIN, MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YOU'VE COMMISSIONED
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NOW, MR. SHEPHERD WILL PRESENT THE OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.UM, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, DANIEL AND HIS FAMILY, HIS MOM AND DAD, AND, UH, MR. UH, LIVO IS MR. LIVA WITH HERE TONIGHT.
SO IF MOM AND DAD AND DANIEL FEELS STAND UP, PLEASE, IT'S ALWAYS PLEASURE TO, UH, IF YOU EVER WANT TO TALK ABOUT A SCHEDULE, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FULL LIFE.
DANIEL
HE IS A SENIOR AT TAB HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDS THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL.
DANIEL'S EXEMPLARY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE MAINTAINING A 4.868 GRADE POINT AVERAGE.
YOU COME CLOSE TO A THIRD IN HIS CLASS WITH A DEMANDING CURRICULUM EARNING THE HIGHEST HONORS ALL FOUR YEARS MEMBERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL HONOR, SOCIETY SCIENCE HONOR SOCIETY.
THE TRI M HONOR SOCIETY AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE MEW ALPHA THETA HONOR SOCIETY KEEPING BUSY VAPE, UH, DANIEL
HIS ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.
THIS SEAT, THIS SCHOOL YEAR, HE PARTICIPATED IN THREE EARNED INTERNSHIPS, THE NASA UNDER SPACE, MISSION ANALYSIS BRANCH, UH, WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN ANALYSIS AND CREATION OF COMPUTER ALGORITHMS TO PIT UMYES MISSION BENEFITS.
YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO BE DOING ALEC THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY INTERNSHIP, AND THE CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT NEWS ROBOTIC INTERNSHIP.
DANIEL HAS ACHIEVED PLENTY OF AWARDS, INCLUDING THE GEORGIA TECH PROVOST SCHOLAR, UH, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA RODMAN SCHOLAR, COLLEGE BOARD, NATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN RECOGNITION PROGRAM SCHOLAR AND THE NATIONAL MERIT COMP, UH, UH, COMMENDED.
UM, HE PLAYS SECOND IN THE TIDEWATER SCIENCE FAIR AND THE CATEGORY OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY STUDIES AND QUALIFIED FOR THE VIRGINIA STATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR PLAY SECOND AT THE MARY SMART STATE PIANO COMPETITION.
AND HE IS AN AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION.
NOW THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE ACADEMICS, DANIEL ENJOYS GIVING BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY.
HE VOLUNTEERS IN HIS SPARE TIME AT THE
DANIEL DANIEL HAS A PASSION FOR MUSIC AND HAS BEEN STUDYING MUSIC AND MUSIC THEORY FOR 12 YEARS.
HE ENJOYS PLAYING THE PIANO FRENCH HORN AND IS A SECTION LEADER FOR THE PTAB HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC MARCHING BAND, AND HAS RECEIVED SUPERIOR RATINGS BY THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS.
THE LAST THREE YEARS DANIELS FOR A FORMER MATH TEACHER AND THE NOMINATORS MR. CHRISTOPHER OLIGO ALLEVO SHARES THIS WORDS.
DANIEL IS A VERY EXCELLENT OR EXCUSE ME, A VERY INTELLIGENT AND, UH, IS NOT AFRAID TO CHALLENGE HIMSELF AND EMBODIES THE CHARACTER OF AN OUTSTANDING YOUTH.
UNQUOTE DANIEL'S EXEMPLARY, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MORE THAN EQUAL TO HIS CHARACTER AS AFFIRMED BY ALL WHO KNOW HIM.
DANIEL TONIGHT, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PUBLICLY RECOGNIZES YOU AS WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AND YOUR EXTENDED, THE BOARD'S SINCERE ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE AS A ROLE MODEL TO THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE BOARD'S BEST WISHES GO TO YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO USE YOUR OUTSTANDING TALENTS AND ABILITY TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR WORLD.
AND, UM, I WANT TO ADD, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO CALTECH, RIGHT? AND THERE SHOULD BE A VIDEO THERE.
WE HAVE A VIDEO I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE YOUTH COMMISSION FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY AND SELECTING ME FOR THIS AWARD.
IT'S AN AMAZING HONOR THAT I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY NOMINATOR, MR. LIVO, MY MATH TEACHER, HE HAS CHANGED ME NOT ONLY AS A STUDENT, BUT AN INDIVIDUAL THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY MENTORS, MY TEACHERS, AND MY COACHES FOR TEACHING ME DISCIPLINE AND PERSEVERANCE.
UM, I WOULD NOT BE AS WELL-ROUNDED AS I AM TODAY, IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM.
AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK MY PARENTS AND MY FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING ME THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER.
I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITHOUT THEM
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ONCE AGAIN.THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS HELPED ME TO GET THIS AWARD
SO LET'S SAY THAT DANIEL, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD?
AND NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS FOR THE YOUTH AWARDS,
[C. Youth Leadership Academy. Receive presentation from David Godwin, Coordinator for the Youth Leadership Academy, and members of the Academy.]
BUT WE ALSO ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THAT COMES ANNUALLY TO TELL US WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.SO WITH DAVID GOVERNMENT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
CHAIRMAN NOLL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, I'M IYANLA, XO, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING ALTERNATIVES, INC.
A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
I AM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND FACILITATOR OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HELD AT THE YORKTOWN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
THIS YEAR, OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT COMES FROM THE YORK COUNTY VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION AND THE LANGLEY FOUNDATION TO WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE OUR THINGS EVERY YEAR.
THE STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD AS A WAY TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND INFORM THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ALL THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US.
WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
I'M A GRADUATE FROM THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, AND I'M NOW SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE PROGRAM.
THE REASON I RETURNED TO THE PROGRAM AS A VOLUNTEER IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE GROUP THAT HELPED ME BECOME WHO I AM TODAY.
WILEY IS A COMMUNITY WHILE IS A COMMUNITY BASED LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT HELPS MEET, OH, SORRY.
WILEY'S A COMMUNITY BASED LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT MEETS ONCE A WEEK FOR 12 WEEKS, OUR SESSIONS ARE HELD AT YOUR TOWN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
THE STUDENTS OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HAVE BEEN MEETING TOGETHER SINCE FEBRUARY AND HAVE LEARNED A LOT.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED WITH YOU TODAY.
MY NAME IS SYDNEY PARKING AND I AM IN THE SEVENTH GRADE IN A WHILE.
I REMEMBER AND WHY WE DEFINE LEADERSHIP AS THE POWER TO INFLUENCE THE THOUGHT AND THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS THROUGH THE USE OF QUALITY SKILLS OR KNOWLEDGE, ONE POSSESSES.
WHAT LEADERSHIP SHIP MEANS TO ME IS BEING THE BIG PERSON AND SHOWING YOUR LEADING SKILLS AS WELL AS CAPABILITY ON YOUR OWN.
IT DEFINES YOU BEING FEARLESS AND STRONG.
UM,
I'M IN THE SIXTH GRADE AND A YLI MEMBER AS A LEADER.
I KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
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I UNDERSTAND MY STRENGTHS, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT I RECOGNIZE THE AREAS WHERE I NEED TO GROW IN ORDER TO KNOW WHERE I NEED TO GROW.I HAVE TO PICTURE THE PERSON I WANT TO BECOME MY VISION FOR MY BEST SELF IS BEING THE BEST I CAN BE AT EVERYTHING IN SCHOOL AND, AND AT MY YOUTH AT MY YORK COUNTY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AT YMS HELLO, MY NAME IS MIKAYLA BENGIO.
I'M IN THE SIXTH GRADE AND A WHILE I REMEMBER IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR PERSONAL VISIONS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT IN THE PROGRAM.
WE IDENTIFIED ONE STRENGTH GOAL THAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH BY THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, END OF THE PROGRAM IN ONE STEP GOAL, THAT WAS EASY ENOUGH FOR US TO DO EVERY DAY.
EVERY WEEK WE SHARE, WE SHARE WITH EACH OTHER, THE PROCESS WE HAVE MADE ON OUR GOALS.
MY GOAL WAS TO GET BETTER AT DRAWING.
I MAY PROBABLY PROGRESS ON THE SKULL BY GETTING MORE DRAWINGS, PLUS LOVES IN MORE ART VIDEOS.
AND I'VE TRIED DRAWING EVERY DAY.
MY NAMES ARE GRAYSON DYLAN, AND WE ARE SIXTH GRADE, Y N Y LA MEMBERS.
A TRUE LEADER IS NOT ONLY CONCERNED WITH THEIR OWN GROWTH, BUT WITH THE GROWTH OF OTHERS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND TOO.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT LEADERS UNDERSTAND SERVICE.
WE DEFINE SERVICE AS THE ACT OF HELPING OTHERS WITHOUT THE THOUGHT OF REWARD OR REPAYMENT.
I THINK SERVICE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEN WHEN YOU DO A DEED DEEDS, WHEN YOU DO GOOD DEEDS, YOU DO THINGS OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF YOUR HEART.
AND NOT JUST FOR A REWARD AS A GROUP, WE BRAINSTORM DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. WE NOTICED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DECIDED WHICH ONES WE WERE MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT.
THE ISSUE WE DECIDED TO FOCUS ON WAS THE ENVIRONMENT TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
WE ARE CREATING A COMPOST BIN AT THE YORKTOWN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BY CREATING THIS COMPOST BIN, WE ARE ABLE TO REDUCE WASTE AND USE THE COMPOST TO HELP GROW THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL ALSO BE HOLDING AN EVENT AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT COMPOSTING AND THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING TO US AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING LONG TIME SUPPORTERS OF THE PROGRAM.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOU AND
[B. York County Youth Commission. Receive final quarterly report from the York County Youth Commission and presentation of a resolution of commendation to the 2021-2022 Youth Commissioners.]
NOW THE FINAL, UH, YOUTH PRESENTATION, WE WILL HAVE I'LL CALL ON THE FAMILY OF VANILLAS.I JUST MISSED THE PIECE OF PAPER.
CHAIRMAN KNOLL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MORGAN AND CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY.
I'M THE PHENO VIRTUAL FELLOWS.
AND I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION.
I AM PROUD TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR QUARTERLY REPORT.
OUR MOTTO IN THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION IS Y CYC, YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUTH, COMMUNITY.
AND OUR GOALS ARE TO PARTICIPATE IN AND OFFER COMMUNITY SERVICE TO THE HIGH SCHOOLERS IN OUR COUNTY.
WE ALSO CONDUCT STUDENT SURVEYS AND TRY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.
DURING THE THIRD QUARTER, THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION DRAFTED AND CONDUCTED A COUNTY-WIDE SURVEY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF YOUR COUNTY.
THE RESULTS WERE OUTSTANDING AND THE RESPONSES WERE AT A RECORD NUMBER.
IN THIS QUESTION, WE CAN SEE THAT 65% OF STUDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE MOST PRODUCTIVE IN IN-PERSON LEARNING.
AND ANOTHER QUESTION STUDENTS WERE ASKED, DO YOU FEEL AS IF YOU WERE LACKED AS IF YOU ARE LACKING IN REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE OR SKILLS AS A RESULT OF THE ADAPTED VIRTUAL LEARNING MODEL FROM LAST YEAR AND MOST STUDENTS ANSWERED, YES.
THIS QUESTION ASKS LAST YEAR, YOU REPORTED THAT THESE ISSUES WERE PRIORITIES FOR THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH.
DO YOU FEEL THAT THESE ARE STILL PRIORITIES? MOST OF OUR RESPONSES WERE YES TO MENTAL HEALTH.
THEY HAD DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF RESPONSES AS COMPARED TO OTHER ISSUES SUCH AS ACTIVITIES AND RECREATION SCHOOL-RELATED ISSUES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND BULLYING.
LAST QUESTION WAS WHICH RECREATIONAL AREAS IN YOUR COUNTY ARE MOST WELCOMING TO TEENS.
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STUDENTS ANSWERED YORKTOWN BEACH WITH YOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS, TAKING THE SECOND SPOT FOR THE MOST SELECTED IN APRIL, WE HAD OUR ANNUAL TOWN HALL MEETING CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY.IT IS A CHANCE FOR THE YOUTH AND EACH SCHOOL TO HAVE SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT THEIR SCHOOLS AND ABOUT THEIR COUNTY BY BOARD, BY EXCUSE ME, THE COUNTY'S TOP OFFICIALS, SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING WERE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE YORK COUNTY TOURISM DEPARTMENT IN THE PIRATES INVASION MARKET HERE.
WE HELP THEM TO RUN ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR THE ATTENDEES.
WE ALSO SENT A YOUTH COMMISSIONER TO THE YORK PICASA AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
THE HOPE HERE WAS TO FOSTER A GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND THE YORK POQUOSON SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR YEARS TO COME.
THE APPLICANTS FOR THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS THIS YEAR WERE ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
OMARI RANDALL, VICTORIA SON, MRS
AND IT WAS A DIFFICULT PROCESS BECAUSE OF ALL THE AMAZING STUDENTS IN THIS COUNTY.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE APPLICANTS FOR THE AWARD AS THEY WERE TRULY OUTSTANDING AND AMAZING AND IMPACTFUL PARTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE RECEIVED A LOT OF SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS AWARD.
FOR THESE AWARDS, FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, WE RECEIVED 13 CAUSE SUBMISSIONS FOR COMPASSION RECEIVED 11 FOR COURAGE.
WE RECEIVED ANOTHER 11 AND FOR OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT RECEIVE 15.
THIS TRULY SHOWS HOW IMPACTFUL AND ACTIVE OUR YOUTH ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAD ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR OUR, YOUR COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION APPLICATIONS.
WE HAD ABOUT 30 APPLICATIONS FROM YOUTH ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.
I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COMMISSION.
AS ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS ARE, ALL OF THESE APPLICANTS ARE VERY DISTINGUISHED YOUNG LEADERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR ESTEEMED GUESTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY, FROM COMING FOR COMING TO SPEAK TO US AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING AN INTEREST IN MENTORING US, MR. RON, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING, FOR SUPPORTING US IN OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MISS HEATHER SCOTCH SHOT, EXCUSE ME.
THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSIONS QUARTERLY REPORT.
THANK YOU, MISS KNOLL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT TO YOU TONIGHT.
LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THIS.
YEAR'S YOUR COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION FOR DISTRICT ONE.
WE HAVE A MARI RANDALL FROM BRUTON HIGH SCHOOL, LOGAN RICHARDSON FROM BURTON HIGH SCHOOL FROM DISTRICT TWO.
WE HAVE SARAH MOD FROM GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL CONNOR LININ FROM GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL, VICTORIA SON FROM GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT THREE.
WE HAD ALEC DENNY FROM GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL, OLIVIA MCKINLEY FROM PENINSULA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL LACIE PARISH FROM YOUR HIGH SCHOOL AND A DISTRICT FOUR.
WE HAD THOMAS COLE, GEORGE FROM GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL, CAROLINE MORRIS FROM GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL AND JULIA SKINNER FROM YOUR HIGH SCHOOL.
LASTLY, FOR DISTRICT FIVE, WE HAD SARAH CHAUN FROM GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL, KATELYN SANDER FROM TABB HIGH SCHOOL AND MYSELF, NATHANIEL VIRGIL, FENTON LEWIS FROM TAP HIGH SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF OUR YOUTH COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE PRESENT TODAY.
UM, SO THE FRONT, MR. ROMAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE? WELL, MR. ROWAN IS, IS GOING DOWN THERE TO TAKE PICTURES WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSIONERS.
I'M GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY WILL BE RECEIVING.
WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ESTABLISHED A YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION IN 1983.
AND WHEREAS THE YOUTH HAVE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE 20 21 22, YOUR COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION.
AND WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH A WORTHWHILE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE YOUTH COMMISSION THIS PAST YEAR AND WISHES TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE MEMBERS FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE PREPARING FOR THE YEAR BY ATTENDING ORIENTATION
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LAST AUGUST TO DISCUSS GOALS FOR THE YEAR.UH, THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE, YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONS HISTORY AND MISSIONS, AND THEN MEETING TOGETHER MONTHLY IN SMALLER WORKING COMMUNITY COMMITTEES, HOSTING GUEST SPEAKERS, INCLUDING LEADERS FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS AND PARTNERING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION AND ECONOMIC AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR VARIOUS EVENTS AND CREATE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH IN YOUR COUNTY.
AND CO-SPONSORING THE ANNUAL OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS PROGRAM WITH THE BORDER SUPERVISORS BY HELPING TO PUBLICIZE THE PROGRAM THROUGH SCHOOLS AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING TO MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND COORDINATING AND HOSTING THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS VIRTUALLY THIS YEAR AND OTHER YEARS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULDN'T GET TOGETHER WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SCHOOL, BOARD, PRINCIPALS, YOUTH COMMISSIONERS, AND STUDENTS FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE, YOUR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY OF 2022, THAT THE 20 21 20 22, YOUR COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION MEMBERS B, AND THEY ARE HEREBY CONGRATULATED FOR THE DEDICATED SERVICE TO YOUR COUNTY AND COMMENDED FOR AN OUTSTANDING YEAR.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE, YOUR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY EXTENDS ITS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS TO THESE LEADERS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW.
WE'VE GOT SOME POSTPONE MIT HERE, LOT OF SPORTS FOLKS UP HERE.
SOME FOLKS CAN, I DON'T WANT US TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAVE MATES.
YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS TO PREPARE FOR.
SO THIS IS NOT THE ENTIRETY OF THE GROUP HERE.
NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK RECESS.
IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE STUDIES TO DO OR HOMEWORK, OR JUST HAVE SOME FUN.
SO IF YOU CARE TO LEAVE, YOU MAY AND WHAT FIVE MINUTES, UH, WE'RE BACK IN SESSION NOW.
AND BEFORE WE START THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THAT WOULD CONSIDER THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPLICATION FOR THE TRAYS.
POLITICOS IS NOT GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT DUE TO, UH, AN ISSUE THAT THE FAMILY HAS.
AND THEY ASKED US TO PLEASE CHANGE THE CHANGE THE DATE.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON AUGUST THE 16TH.
SO THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'S HERE WHO WISH TO SPEAK TO THAT SUBJECT.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, BUT YOU SHOULD COME BACK REALLY ON THE 16TH TO SPEAK AS WELL, OR SAVE YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL THE 16TH.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THAT ISSUE? OKAY, THEN THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY ME TO SAY MADAM CHAIR, JUST ONE POINT OF PROCEDURE.
IF WE KNOW A DATE TO WHICH THIS IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED, THEN AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, YOU KNOW, AT THE SEVEN O'CLOCK HOUR OR WHENEVER WE TYPICALLY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WITHOUT CLOSING IT, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONTINUE IT TO THAT DATE.
AND THAT ACTUALLY SAVES THE COST IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE HASSLE OF TRYING TO RE ADVERTISE IT.
I'D RATHER SAVE MONEY IF I COULD.
[CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD]
OPENED THE PUBLIC, THE CITIZENS COMMENTS PERIOD.THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE IS PAULETTE GLIDING.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
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MY NAME IS PAULAI LEAVE AT ONE 10 CO CRESCENT YORKTOWN 2, 3, 6, 9, 2.
I'VE COME HERE THIS EVENING TO REQUEST THAT YOU TEST THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD TO CREATE A DOG PARK.
I HAVE COLLECTED SIGNATURES ON A PETITION, WHICH YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, I HOPE, UH, I MUST SAY THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED THIS PETITION DID SO WITH INCREDIBLE ENTHUSIASM, NOT ALL OF THEM SAID, IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
WE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE ONE AND WE SHOULD HAVE TWO BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF YOUR COUNTY.
I HAVE GRANDDOGS WHO LIVE IN DENVER AND PHILADELPHIA, AND I HAVE TAKEN THEM TO DOG PARKS THERE.
THE DOGS HAVE A GREAT TIME PLAYING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE DOG OWNER IS COMMUNICATE, CONNECT AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS.
UM, IT'S JUST LIKE A PLAYGROUND WHERE KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS AND CARE CAREGIVERS MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND SHARE INFORMATION.
I STILL HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHO I MET AT PLAYGROUNDS IN YORK COUNTY AND
I STRONGLY FEEL THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED A PLACE WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER FACE TO FACE OUTSIDE IN NATURE AND CONVERSE, ESPECIALLY NOW IN THIS ALMOST HOPEFULLY POST COVID TIME, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS HAVE SKYROCKETED DURING COVID.
AND I BELIEVE DOG PERK WOULD GREATLY RELIEVE SOME ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.
SOME OTHER POINTS TO NOTE A DOG PARK IS NOT AN INEXPENSIVE PROJECT.
I DIDN'T LOOK UP AND RESEARCH HOW MUCH IT IS, BUT I THINK ACCORDING TO HOW IT'S CONSTRUCTED, IT'S NOT VERY EXPENSIVE.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF LAND IN YOUR COUNTY ON WHICH TO CREATE A DOG PARK, MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T OWN A DOG ENTHUSIASTICALLY SIGNED THIS PETITION.
YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE A DOG TO ENJOY A DOG PARK CASE IN POINT IN PHILADELPHIA, WHERE MY SON LIVES.
SOMETIMES THEY STOP AT THE DOG PARK WITHOUT MY GRANDDAUGHTER, UH, AFTER SHOPPING AT WHOLE FOODS, BECAUSE I COOK A LOT WHEN I'M THERE WITH THEM.
THE PARK IS BEHIND WHOLE FOODS TO PET DOGS AND TALK TO PEOPLE.
I HAVE FRIENDS THERE WHO KNOW ME BY NAME NOW, AND THEY KNOW MY GRAND DOG TOO.
AND I'M A BIG DOG AND PEOPLE OVER, UH, THIS MAKES ME HAPPY AND IMPROVES MY MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH.
NUMBER SIX, A DOG PERK IS LOW MAINTENANCE AND SELF POLICING.
UM, PLEASE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
PLEASE GIVE OUR REQUEST YOUR UTMOST CONSIDERATION.
AND BY THE WAY, AS WE LEARNED TONIGHT, UM, FROM THE YOUTH COMMISSION, NATHANIEL WAS HIS NAME THAT MENTAL HEALTH WAS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN OF THE YOUTH IN YORK COUNTY.
SO MY, MY THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED SOMETHING TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER AND I THINK WE NEED IT DESPERATELY.
YEAH,
AND, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE A HAIR, BUT THIS YEAR FOR, FOR THE DOG PARK, EH, YOUR ACCOUNT IS VERY EXTENDED.
WE DON'T HAVE REALLY THE SENSE OF A, OF A TOWN IN QUEER.
WE CAN MEET OUR NEIGHBORS AND ANY VENUE WHERE WE CAN INCREASE OUR INTERACTION WILL BE REALLY VERY HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
AND IN PARTICULAR, IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES WHERE, AS IT WAS SAID, PEOPLE HAVE HAD MENTAL ISSUES OR DEPRESSION BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATION THAT HAS EXACERBATED.
AND I THINK IN GENERAL, THESE WHO HELP BRING OUR COMMUNITY TO WELL, THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE CITIZENS HERE IN YOUR COUNTY.
I'M GOING TO SPEND LESS THAN THREE MINUTES TO JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF THE HORNSBY HOUSE.
THIS BOARD APPROVED US TO BECOMING IN OVER 12 YEARS AGO, WE OPENED IT ABOUT 10 AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
AND MY BROTHER AND I WERE BOTH HALF OWNERS IN THE HOME.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS NOW, AND IT'S BEEN QUITE A FUN PROCESS OF RUNNING IT AS A NEON.
UM, OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE HAD OVER 19,000 GUESTS COME THROUGH THE HORNSBY HOUSE.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN QUITE AN AMAZING THING.
UH, THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE OPEN, I SPENT 200 NIGHTS THERE, BUT NOW WE HAVE A DEDICATED INNKEEPER THAT HAS A DEGREE IN HOSPITALITY.
SO WE'VE KIND OF EXPANDED AND GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS WE GO ALONG.
UM, WE HAVE OVER 500 AND SOME FIVE-STAR REVIEWS IF YOU GO TO THE DIFFERENT SITES.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN, UH, PHILLIP AND I HAD A LOT OF FAMILY FUN
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AND, UH, AND, AND DOING THE FAMILY LEGACY WAS A GREAT TENURE PROCESS AT BREAKFAST IN THE MORNINGS.I LEARNED A LOT OF HISTORY FROM THE GUESTS AND, UH, DOING OTHER THINGS.
I WOULD SIT WITH THE GUEST AND HAVE COFFEE STILL DO TELL THEM THE HISTORY OF THE HORNSBY HOUSE HISTORY WITH, UH, MY GRANDFATHER AND ANDREW HISTORY YORKTOWN AND GOTTEN QUITE GOOD ON GOOD AT THAT.
ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE ADDED A NEW THING CALLED THE PAVILION, THE GRAND PAVILION.
AND, UH, THAT'S BEEN INTERESTING TOO BECAUSE WE HAD OVER 50 WEDDINGS, UH, IN THE, AT THE YEARN.
WE'VE HAD MILITARY RETIREMENT PROMOTION CEREMONIES, FAMILY REUNIONS, UH, IN 2019, WE HAD OVER 19 NON-REVENUE LOCAL, UM, COMMUNITY USE OF THE IN FACT, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD THE PRINCIPALS OF THE, UH, YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MET THERE AND THEY HAD A GREAT GREAT MORNING SESSION AND EVERYTHING.
UH, SO THE PAVILION HAS BEEN QUITE A SUCCESS.
UM, THE ONLY SAD THING I HAVE TO, UM, BRING UP IS THAT I LOST MY BROTHER PHIL LAST, FEBRUARY, 2021, AND I MISS HIM DEARLY.
UM, PHIL WAS A QUITE AN INTERESTING GUY AND, UH, BUT THE, THE END IS GOING ON.
WE HAVE NEW BLOOD COMING DOWN.
I'M GOING TO STILL BE THE ELDER STATESMAN, BUT WE GOT PHILLIP'S SON.
GRAY IS VERY INTERESTED IN HIS WIFE.
THEY'RE TAKING MORE AND MORE OVER THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION.
AND MY BROTHER, JOHN SEAN SHERWOOD.
SO THOSE THREE, AND THEN PLUS ASHLEY, UH, BECKMAN WHO HAS A DEGREE FROM EAST CAROLINA IN HOSPITALITY, THEY ARE THE NEW BLOOD AND, UH, WE HAVE NO INTENT OF SHOWING THE END.
THERE'S MY THREE MINUTES DROP.
UH, SO WE HAVE NO PLANS TO SELL AND LIFE IS GOOD ON THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU'RE AT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 1 0 2 CEDAR POINT CRESCENT YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA, 2 3 6 9 2 I'M NEIGHBORS OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, UM, PAULA AND, UM, JOSE.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE, YOUR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A DOG PARK, UH, FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
UM, FIRST REASON BEING THAT IT WOULD BE A, UH, AN ATTRACTION THAT WOULD BE VISITED BY VARIOUS AGE GROUPS FROM CHILDREN, ALL THE WAY TO THE ELDERLY AS, UM, AS A DOG PARK IS ALL THAT'S NEEDED IS AN INTEREST IN BEING OUT IN NATURE.
AND, UM, AND SO MANY OWNERS OF DOGS ARE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN.
AND SO IT WOULD SERVICE A WIDE DIVERSE, UM, POPULATION GROUP OF DIFFERENT AGES AND SECOND CONSIDERATION THAT, UM, I'M FORTUNATELY BLESSED TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS WALKABLE, AND I'M ABLE TO CONVERSE WITH NEIGHBORS AS I'M OUT WALKING MY TWO DOGS.
UM, WHEREAS NOT EVERYBODY LIVES IN A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
AND SO HAVING A DOG PARK COULD PROVIDE A SAFE OPPORTUNITY FOR DOG OWNERS TO, UM, VISIT WHO MIGHT LIVE ON A BUSY ROAD OR, UM, OR NOT HAVE THE, UM, LOCATION TO WALK THEIR DOG IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND SO THAT IS MY REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF A DOG PARK IN OUR, IN OUR COUNTY.
AND IT WOULD BE FREQUENTLY VISITED BY MYSELF IN MY NEIGHBORS.
I THINK YOU AND GORIAN, OH, I DIDN'T COME HERE FOR THE DOG PARK, BUT I AGREED WITH THE DOG PARK.
UM, ACTUALLY I'M HERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE ISSUE OF YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT TOURIST HOMES, UM, SPECIFICALLY HOTEL STYLE, NON RESIDENT, NON-OWNER OCCUPIED TOURIST HOMES THAT ARE SHORT-TERM OVERNIGHT TYPE FACILITIES.
UM, AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THEM SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO OUR 20, UM, DESIGNATED OUR 20 ZONE HOMES.
UM, I HAVE, UM, NO EXPERIENCE WITH LIVING IN HIGH DENSITY MULTI-USE OR RURAL AND HOW THEY WOULD FEEL ABOUT THAT IN THAT COMMUNITY.
SO I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO HOW I FEEL ABOUT, UM, WHERE I LIVE.
I LIVE IN
UM, OUR 20 IS DESIGNATED AS A SINGLE FAMILY, MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING.
AND WHEN I PURCHASED MY HOME IN 2005, UM, I TOOK THIS DESIGNATION TO MEAN THAT I WAS PURCHASING A NON-BUSINESS LOW TRANSIENT, UM, AREA HOUSING AREA.
UM, SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UM, BUT THAT BY RIGHT, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE, OR EVEN BY PERMIT SHOULD WHEN THEY'RE NOT RESIDING
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IN THE PROPERTY THAT IT FITS THE SPIRIT OF THEUM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A NIGHT BY NIGHT RENTAL, UM, WHEN IT'S APPROVED BY THE SUP, WHETHER IT'S WHETHER, WHETHER THEY LIVE NEAR THE, THE, UM, THE HOME OR IN THE HOME, IN THE HOME AND A BETTER BREAKFAST STYLE, UM, FACILITY, IT STILL FITS AT DEF DESIGNATION.
BUT I FEEL LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE, UM, IN THESE TRANSIENT HOMES, TOURIST HOMES, IT BECOMES SO TRANSIENT WHEN THEY DON'T LIVE NEAR IT.
I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING NERVOUS.
SO, SO EVERY APPROVAL OF AN SUP SUP, WHETHER IT'S FOR AN IN BUSINESS HOME, A BED AND BREAKFAST, OR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL BY NATURE, IT'S OUTSIDE THE DESIGNATED PURPOSE OF AN
UM, SO EVERY EXCEPTION THAT'S GRANTED ADDS TO THE BLURRING OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGNATION.
IT'S MY FEELING THAT APPROVING A SINGLE NIGHT RENTAL TO NON-OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANT TO ADDRESS, UM, THAT IT STEPS OVER THAT LINE.
AND, UM, SO LIKE I SAID, I WOULDN'T VENTURE TO SPEAK HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT IN A MIXED USE OR RURAL OR HIGH DENSITY.
I JUST FEEL LIKE WHERE I, WHERE I PURCHASED THAT, UM, THAT THIS IS REALLY AN ISSUE THAT THE BOARD SHOULD ADDRESS AND SOLICIT COMMUNITY INPUT.
UH, GARY LOWE, NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
THREE MINUTES, UH, AFTER I AM CARRIE LOWE AT ONE 11 BIRCHER ROAD AND GRAFTON ONE 11 BIRCHER ROAD GRAFTON.
UH, I, I DID COME TO SPEAK ON THE TRAY POLLITOS, UM, THING, AND I MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND READ MY STATEMENT.
UH, I CAN ONLY RENEW MY OBJECTION, OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE APPLICATION BEFORE THE BOARD, DO THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANTS ARE UNWILLING TO CHANGE THEIR POSITION AND APPEAR TO STEAMROLL ON AHEAD WITH THIS IDEA, REGARDLESS OF THE CITIZEN'S CONCERNS, WHEN ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING BY THE CHAIRPERSON ABOUT MITIGATING CONCERNS, THE APPLICANTS FAILED TO OFFER ANY CONCESSIONS, AMENDMENTS, COMPROMISE, OR ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE THESE CONCERNS NOR, UH, ESTABLISH ANY REPORT AS THEY STATED THEY DO WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY SEEM NOW TO THROW GASOLINE ON THE FIRE BY ADDING HUNTING, HUNTING RIGHTS, TO UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO HAVE BEEN HUNTING APPARENTLY ILLEGALLY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAS PASSED AWAY.
AND HE CERTAINLY CAN'T GIVE PERMISSION FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP ON HUNTING.
UH, LAST MONTH I DID RECOVER A CROSSBOW BOLT, WHICH IS AN ARROW WITH A, UM, BROAD HEAD TIP DESIGNED FOR KILLING WAS IN, WAS IN MY PROPERTY, FIRED FROM THAT DIRECTION OF ALAN'S MILL.
AND IT SEEMS PRETTY SERIOUS TO ME WITH PETS AND OUR FAMILY LIKES TO ENJOY OUR OWN PROPERTY.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, I POINT OUT THAT BOUNDARY MARKERS ARE HARD TO FIND IF YOU LOOK FOR THEM, IT'S ALL WOODS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ALL DOWN THROUGH, UH, DARE BEHIND US.
AND EVEN ACROSS THE ROAD, OVER TOWARDS THE PENINSULA HARDWOOD MULCH, IF, IF YOU CAN FIND A BOUNDARY MARKERS, IT'S ONLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU LIVE THERE AND YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT, THERE COULD BE JUST LITTLE CONCRETE STUBS IN THE WOODS, TREES AND EVERYTHING FALLING.
SO ANYBODY HUNTING BACK THERE, ESPECIALLY SHORT-TERM RENTAL PEOPLE, THEY WOULDN'T KNOW THAT THE LIMITS OF THEIR PROPERTY AT ALL.
AND SIX ACRES MAY SEEM LARGE, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THAT KIND OF SHOOTING ACTIVITIES ON, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE NO ASSURANCE THAT THESE SINGLE NIGHT UNVETTED TRANSIENTS WOULD, UH, HAVE THE SAME HIGH MILITARY STANDARDS AS THE APPLICANTS, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD STATED IT WAS GOING TO BE THE LANGLEY WIVES AND ALL OF THESE, UH, REPUTABLE PEOPLE, BUT ON, ON THE INTERNET, THAT'S NOT WHAT AIRBNBS ARE THERE.
YOU KNOW, FIRST COME FIRST SERVE WHAT'D YOU 50 BUCKS.
AND IF MILITARY FAMILIES ARE TO BE THE CLIENTELE, THEN 30 DAY OR MORE, UH, RENTALS WOULD BE IDEAL.
THEY SAID THEY, PEOPLE ARE IN TRANSIT, THEY CAN'T GET THEIR HOUSING AND SO FORTH AND RE JUST QUICKLY REGARDING THIS DELAY.
BUT IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO APPEAR, IT'S BEEN 60 DAYS NOW, NOW ANOTHER 90 OR WHATEVER, WHAT IF THEY'RE, UM, TRANSFERRED OUT OR TDY, OR I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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HERE WHO ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, ALTHOUGH YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, SEE NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M GOING, AND INSTEAD OF DOING THE COUNTY REPORTS,[1. Six-Year Secondary Road Improvement Program. Receive public comments jointly with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and consider adoption of proposed Resolution R22-86 to approve a project priority listing for secondary road construction for the six-year period Fiscal Year 2023 through Fiscal Year 2028 and to approve a construction budget for Fiscal Year 2023.]
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAVE ON THE SIX YEAR SECONDARY ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.MADAM CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, EACH YEAR THE BOARD NEEDS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS, UH, PROJECTED TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE COUNTY BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OVER THE NEXT 60 YEARS.
AND, UH, YOU ALSO NEED TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, SO WE'RE TALKING HERE ABOUT THE FYI 23 TO 28, UH, ALLOCATIONS AND THE
OUR PROJECTED SECONDARY ROAD ALLOCATION, UH, IS A LITTLE OVER 1.2 MILLION OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS, ABOUT $206,000 PER YEAR ON AVERAGE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY AN INCREASE, UH, OF ABOUT 5%.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN AN INCREASE IN MANY, MANY YEARS.
UM, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, OUR SECONDARY ROAD PROJECT IS THE RECONSTRUCTION AND WIDENING OF PENNIMAN ROAD, BETWEEN ALEXANDER LEE PARKWAY AND FILLMORE DRIVE AND THE REALIGNMENT OF GOVERNMENT ROAD TO A T INTERSECTION IN PLACE OF THE CURRENT Y INTERSECTION.
UH, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF FOUR FOOT SHOULDER BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF PENNIMAN ROAD.
AND THE ADDITION OF CURB AND GUTTER PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING HAS COMPLETE RIGHT OF WAY.
ACQUISITION IS JUST ABOUT COMPLETE.
UH, THE ONLY HOLDUP IS GETTING FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE NAVY FOR THE UTILITY EASEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO RELOCATE VERIZON AND COX, UH, UTILITY LINES AND AN ENCORE VIRGINIA WATER LINE.
UH, THE COUNTY'S GOING THROUGH SIMILAR PROCESS ON ONE OF OUR SIDEWALK PROJECTS THAT REQUIRES PEDESTRIAN, UH, EASEMENTS FROM THE NAVY.
SO I CAN TELL YOU, IT IS A VERY SLOW PROCESS, UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT HOLDING UP.
UH, THAT'S, WHAT'S HOLDING THINGS UP RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, THIS IS A JOINT COUNTY V DOT PUBLIC HEARING.
AND SO GLEN BROOKS, UH, FROM THE WAYNE'S READOUT WAVES WORD RESIDENCY IS ALSO HERE.
AND, UH, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME.
AND WE RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTION OR STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION PROPOSED RESOLUTION OUR 22 DASH 86.
ANY QUESTIONS? JUST ONE MADAM CHAIR, UH, TIM, THE EXPECTED TIMELINE TO GET THIS DONE.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOFT, BUT WHAT'S THE CURRENT TIMELINE I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE, UH, PROJECT MANAGER PROJECTS BEING MANAGED OUT OF THE, UH, UH, HAMPTON ROADS DISTRICT OFFICE IN SUFFOLK, UH, WAS SPEAKING TO HIM THE OTHER DAY.
AND, UH, HE BELIEVES THAT, UM, THE PROJECT WOULD LIKELY BE READY TO GO TO ADVERTISEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION, UH, THIS FALL, OH, THAT'S NOT A HARD DATE.
UH, AND IN FACT, TO BE ON THE CAUTIOUS SIDE, UH, THE ACTUAL AD DATE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY NOT UNTIL NEXT YEAR, BUT HIS OPINION, UH, THE WAY THINGS ARE MOVING, THEY'RE STARTING TO MAKE PROGRESS PROGRESS WITH THE NAVY.
UH, AND, UH, HIS OPINION WAS THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, THIS FALL, THEY COULD ACTUALLY ADVERTISE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUSY ACCEPTED TIMELINE TO DO THE PROJECT APPROXIMATELY, UM, I DON'T KNOW, GLENN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT ABOUT TWO YEARS, I GUESS, UH, FOR CONSTRUCT ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. CROSS, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WOULD CARE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? SEE NONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY COMMENTS I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION.
IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION AMONGST THE BOARD, I'LL MOVE OUR 22 DASH 86.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. ZAREMBA IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION OUR 22 DASH 86 TO APPROVE A PRIORITY LISTING FOR SECONDARY ROAD CONSTRUCTION FISCAL YEAR, 2023 THROUGH
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FISCAL YEAR, 2028, AND A CONSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.MR. GREEN, MR. ROWAN, MR. SHEPHERD, MRS. NOLE.
[2. Application UP-983-22, Tres Pollitos. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R22-49 to approve a Special Use Permit to authorize a tourist home at 533 Allens Mill Road.]
OUR THIRD PUBLIC HEARING IS A REAL ESTATE TAX RELIEF FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED PROGRAM AND ALASKA, EXCUSE ME.WE GOT TO OPEN THAT HEARING AND THEN TABLE IT.
IF YOU, YEAH, JUST OPEN IT AND THEN, UM, I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH A MOTION TO, TO CONTINUE.
UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED RESOLUTION, OUR 22 DASH 4 49 BETRAYS REPUBLIC HOSTS.
I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO CARES TO SPEAK TO THIS SUBJECT? SEE NONE.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY PRIOR TO CLOSING.
THEN NOW THEN MAKE THE MOTION AND THE, YOU ACTUALLY LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN UNTIL, UNTIL YOU THEN RESUME IT.
AND I BELIEVE THE DATE THAT'S BEEN SELECTED OR SUGGESTED BY AUGUST 6TH, AUGUST 16TH.
SO A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO AUGUST I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE IT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE HEARING UNTIL AUGUST 16TH.
AND TO COMPLETE THAT MOTION AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, UM, HERE IN THIS BUILDING PROTOCOL, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
THE POINT OF ORDER ARE WE TABLING OR DELAYING OR WHAT ARE WE DOING? USUALLY THE TABLING TABLING UNDER ROBIN'S RULES ACTUALLY INDICATES, INDICATED YOU INTEND TO BRING IT UP LATER IN THE SAME MEETING.
SO YOU'RE SIMPLY CONTINUING SAV CONTINUED TO MEET THAT.
YOU'RE CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO, OKAY.
MOTION MADE BY MR. GREEN IS TO CONTINUE PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 2249 R TWO, AUGUST 16TH, MR. GREEN, MR. ROWAN, MR. SHEPHERD, MR. ZAREMBA, MRS. NOLE.
[3. Real Estate Tax Relief for Elderly and Disabled Program. Consider adoption of proposed Ordinance No. 22-10 to amend Chapter 21, Article III, Sections 21-42 and 21-44 of the York County Code to change the Gross Income Guidelines.]
WE WILL DO PUBLIC HAIRY NUMBER, THE REAL ESTATE TAX RELIEF FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED PROGRAM.AND I'LL CALL ON OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
UH, AT YOUR APRIL WORK SESSION ON THE BUDGET WE DISCUSSED STAFF RECOMMENDED AND THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY DIRECTED US TO IMPLEMENT A 10%, UM, UPGRADE OF THE ELDERLY, UM, AND DISABLED REAL ESTATE TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, AND, UH, I PUSHED YOU TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE ME DIRECTION THAT NIGHT, UH, SO THAT WE COULD PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET.
UM, BUT UM, PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED.
AND SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HAPPENING TONIGHT, BUT YOU ALREADY TOLD ME TO DO IT.
UH, AND, UM, SO JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, WE ALL CONCLUDED THAT DUE TO INFLATION, IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO MAKE THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED REAL ESTATE TAX ABATEMENT SOMEWHAT MORE FAVORABLE.
UH, AND SO GIVEN THE LIMITED TIME WHEN WE WANTED TO MOVE QUICKLY.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE MADE A 10% ACROSS THE BOARD ADJUSTMENT SO THAT AT ALL, ALL INCOME LEVELS WERE INCREASED BY 10%.
UH, THE ASSET, UH, LIMITATION WAS INCREASED BY 10%.
AND BY YOU DIRECTING US TO DO THAT IN APRIL, THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE WAS ABLE TO GET ALL THAT PAPERWORK DONE AND GET THE PROGRAM ADVERTISED.
SO TO BE CANDID, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS A FORMALITY.
UM, BUT I ALSO DID COMMIT TO HAVE A STAFF TEAM SORT OF LOOK AT THE PROGRAM MORE BROADLY.
UH, SO THAT PRIOR TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET DISCUSSION, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME THOUGHTFUL IDEAS ABOUT WHERE ELSE WE MIGHT WANT TO GO WITH THAT.
IF YOU WOULD, UM, NEIL PUT IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS OR I, FOR EXAMPLE, LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
UH, I TOOK AWAY FROM YOUR, YOUR WONDERFUL SUMMARY THAT WHEN I DO MY TAX RETURN, I'M GOING TO SET IT.
I THINK I KNOW, BUT I'M A SENIOR.
UH, WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE? YEAH.
SO THIS IS STRICTLY ABOUT THE COUNTY REAL ESTATE TAX.
YOU WANT TO GET 10% ALSO? SO WHAT, SO THE, THE, OUR PROGRAM HAS A SERIES OF RULES, UM, AND I CAN GO THROUGH THEM, BUT BASICALLY WITH THE NEW 10% ADJUSTMENT, IF YOU WERE AN INDIVIDUAL AND YOU MAKE LESS THAN $24,000 A YEAR, UH, YOUR REAL ESTATE TAX IS WAIVED.
AND THEN THERE'S A GRADUATED SET OF INCOME RULES UP TO 55,000, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE UP TO A, UH, $330
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REDUCTION.SO IF YOU HAD TO PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS, OTHERWISE YOU'D ONLY HAVE TO PAY A THOUSAND MINUS 330.
SO WE USE INCOME TO DEFINE HOW MUCH OF A CREDIT ON YOUR REAL ESTATE TAX YOU GET.
SO THE 10% ADJUSTMENT I REFERRED TO WAS, UM, MORE, MORE FAVORABLE TO THE POTENTIAL RESIDENTS.
SO INSTEAD OF THE INCOME LEVEL LEVEL BEING, UH, 50,000 AT THE PEAK, IT WAS RAISED TO 55,000 WITH A 10% INCREASE.
UH, THE OTHER PART OF THE, UH, THE RULE IS, UH, THE OLD PROGRAM.
YOU COULD NOT HAVE NON REAL ESTATE ASSETS, UH, MORE THAN $200,000 IN LIQUID ASSETS.
AND SO WE ALSO, UH, CHANGE THAT BY 10%.
SO THAT, THAT LIMIT WENT UP FROM 200 TO 220,000.
SO JUST TO KEEP IT SIMPLE AND MOVE FAST, YOU ALL DIRECTED ME TO JUST MOVE EVERYTHING 10% TO TAKE INFLATION INTO ACCOUNT, AND THEN TAKE A MORE THOUGHTFUL LOOK AT IT GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.
SO HAVE YOU, YOUR, THE TERMINUS OF THE FOLKS IN THE COUNTY WHO WARS SENIORS, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE SENIORS OR, AND LET'S STICK TO SENIORS WOULD ACTUALLY BE POSITIVELY AFFECTED BY THE, YEAH.
SO WHEN IN THE WORK SESSION, THERESA GAVE YOU SOME, SOME SPECIFIC NUMBERS AND WE CAN PULL THAT FOR YOU.
AGAIN, WHAT WE BELIEVE HAPPENED IS A FEW PEOPLE THAT SLIPPED OUT OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF INFLATIONARY INCREASES WILL NOW BE ABLE TO GET BACK IN THE PROGRAM.
UM, OUR ESTIMATED REVENUE LOSS, AS A RESULT OF THIS 10% CHANGE WAS $50,000 TOTAL, TOTAL TO THEM.
SO, UM, JUST GIVES YOU A SENSE OF IT, BUT, BUT WE CAN SEND YOU OUR ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM.
SO WE, SENIORS WOULD SAY, THANKS A LOT.
WELL, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 50,000.
THAT'S AN ADDITION TO THE, THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES.
SO NEIL, WHAT'S THE MAGIC, UH, WHY IS 10% THE MAGIC NUMBER? WHY NOT? AND WHY NOT? UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING HERE THINKING IF A PERSON MAKES $30,000.
UM, WHEN THEY GET THROUGH THE TAXES AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, 500, 700, $800, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR FOLKS LIKE THAT.
SO WHY NOT HAVE VARIOUS VARIOUS, I KNOW IT GETS COMPLICATED.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PEOPLE ON STAFF THAT THAT'S THEIR JOB TO FIGURE THIS OUT WHEN ONE AT 20%, UH, WHEN I'M 50%, WHAT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER HERE.
SO THE HONEST ANSWER TO THAT AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE WORK SESSION IS I LIKE HONESTY.
I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME YOU MESSED WITH THIS PROGRAM WAS BEFORE ANYBODY WAS EVEN ON THE BOARD, THAT'S HERE NOW.
AND SO, UH, WHAT WE CONCLUDED WAS IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO MAKE A MOVE, TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
AND SO 10% WAS A CLEAN, EASY TO EXPLAIN, UH, EASY TO CALCULATE NUMBER THAT AT LEAST CAPTURED A COUPLE OF YEARS OF INFLATION.
SO THE DECISION AND THE DIRECTION MAKE THAT 10% ACROSS THE BOARD ADJUSTMENT FOR THIS UPCOMING REAL ESTATE YEAR, AND THEN ANALYZE THE PROGRAM TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING, GOING INTO NEXT.
SO, SO IT WOULD NEXT YEAR WE WOULD BE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE NEXT YEAR, MORE WITH A MORE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF CORRECT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO THAT.
YOU COULD NEED THE ASSET BALANCE, YOU COULD MOVE THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS.
WHAT ARE THE, UH, REVENUE IMPLICATIONS OF DOING THAT? HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE AFFECTED? THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WEREN'T ABLE IN THAT VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO REALLY GIVE THOUGHTFUL ANSWERS TO ANY OF THAT, WHICH WE WOULD PROPOSE TO DO BEFORE.
ACTUALLY, LOOK, I GOT THE FLOOR HERE.
SO, UH, LOOKING AT THE FUTURE, JUST AS AN INPUT FROM THE DISTRICT FIVE SUPERVISOR IS THAT I WOULD LIKE A VARIATION IN TAXES FOR VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE, OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM.
IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE A BROAD BRUSH, 10% OR 20% ACROSS THE BOARD.
IF WE DO THE ANALYSIS, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IN SOME CASES, MAYBE AS MUCH AS 50% MIGHT BE A MORE APPROPRIATE FOR A FAMILY.
UH, THAT'S IN LOW INCOME BRACKET.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO PUT A BAND-AID OVER AN ARTERY CUT.
I WANT TO, I WANT TO BE, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO REALLY FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THEY CAN HAVE IT CONTINUED.
UM, LIKE OBVIOUSLY WE, YOU KNOW, THANKS AND THANKS TO THE CITIZEN, UH, THAT, UH, WROTE TO US AND ASKS US WHY AREN'T WE UPDATING THIS? AND IT'S BECAUSE HE HAD GONE ON WEISS FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS, 2004 WAS THE LAST, QUITE A LONG TIME.
I'M SOME VARIATION AND THAT IS OUR PLAN.
I, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS WHEN YOU GET ALL
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THE FORMULAS FIGURED OUT AND THE WHEREVER IT IS, WHATEVER I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES AND FLUCTUATES ACCORDING TO WHAT THE SITUATION IS WITH THE COST OF LIVING OR WHATEVER IT IS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK.IT'S A SHAME THAT WE DIDN'T DO THIS SOONER, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE DOING IT NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A FORMULA THAT WOULD FLUCTUATE ACCORDING TO YOU HAVE SOME EXCELLENT READING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I WAS CONTACTED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN MY CHURCH, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES.
AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY HELPFUL.
UH, SOME PEOPLE WERE GETTING SQUEEZED AND, UH, WE'RE MAKING THAT, UH, WE'RE MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT INSTEAD OF SOME ELDERLY FOLKS IN THE COUNTY.
AND, UH, IT SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR YOUR QUICK ACTION ON THIS.
AND WELL, MR. SHEPHERD, WE'LL GET IT RIGHT.
UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH IT AND WE'LL GET IT RIGHT.
BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO ACT ON AND, UH, SOME POSITIVE OUTCOME FROM THERE.
IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY WHO CARES TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE, SEE NONE.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
IF NOT, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION ORDINANCE.
MR. SHEPHERD, THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 22 DASH 10 TO ADMIN SECTIONS OF THE YORK COUNTY CODE TO CHANGE THE GROSS INCOME GUIDELINES.
MR. ROAN, MR. SHEPHERD, MR.
[4. York County Easement Conveyance – Arbordale Subdivision. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R22-61 to execute Deeds of Easements on two parcels owned by the County located at 115Z Bulifants Boulevard and 528Z Bulifants Boulevard in order to convey variable width access and maintenance easements to the Arbordale Property Owners’ Association, Inc. and Bulifants Residential, L.L.C. for the construction and maintenance of segments of the Arbordale Planned Development Pedestrian System.]
OKAY.HEARING NUMBER FOUR IS TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 22 DASH 61, YOUR COUNTY EASEMENT CONVEYANCE ARBOR DEL SUBDIVISION.
AND AGAIN, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, PLEASE.
SO THE ARMIDALE DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE EVEN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, MUSTARDS AND RUMBA.
AND, UM, THE PLAN ENVISIONED A SYSTEM OF PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, UH, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO CONNECTING TO, UH, THE BACK OF THE SHOPPING CENTER AND IN ORDER FOR THE DEVELOPER TO, UH, COMPLETE THAT PLAN, UH, THEY NEED TO CROSS, UH, COUNTY AND STORMWATER LAND IN THOSE TWO AREAS IDENTIFIED IN A YELLOW.
UM, AND SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS BECAUSE WE ARE PROPOSING TO CONVEY A VARIABLE WITH EASEMENT, UH, WHICH THEN THE HOA AT ARMIDALE WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN, UH, FOR THAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, IF NOT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC, HEARING ANYBODY HERE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
SEE NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BOARD COMMENTS.
IF NONE, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION I'LL MOVE PROPOSE RESOLUTION R 22 DASH 83.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. GREEN IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 22 DASH 61 TO EXECUTE DEEDS OF EASEMENTS ON TWO PARCELS OWNED BY THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO CONVEY VERITABLE WITH ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE EASEMENTS.
MR. ZAREMBA, MR. GREEN, MR. ROAN, MRS. NOLE.
[5. Conveyance of Utility Easement to Newport News Waterworks across a portion of abandoned Champions Path, Woods of Tabb Subdivision. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R22-83 to execute deeds and other documents as may be required to convey to Newport News Waterworks a waterline easement across property owned by the County and located near the existing water main on Champions Path, in connection with Phase Two of the Legacy Project]
FINAL PUBLIC HEARINGS.WE CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTION, OUR 22 DASH 83, THE CONVEYANCE OF A UTILITY EASEMENT TO NEWPORT NEWS WATER WORKS ACROSS A PORTION OF ABANDONED CHAMPION'S PATH IN THE WOODS OF TAB SUBDIVISION AND MR. MORGAN.
SO, UM, THIS STREET, WHICH TERMINATES IN YOUR COUNTY IS A CONTIGUOUS WITH THE CITY OF PICASA AND WHERE A NEW DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY.
UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD BENEFIT, UH, AS WOULD THE RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM A LOOPED WATERWORKS SYSTEM CONNECTING THROUGH THERE AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENTLY STUBBED OUT SYSTEM.
SO, UH, THE REQUEST FROM THE DEVELOPER AND ALSO FROM NEW PRUNERS WATERWORKS IS THAT WE CONVEY THIS EASEMENT, UH, ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF NEWPORT NEWS WATERWORKS, UH, INSTALLING A WATERLINE CONNECTION, UH, FROM THE CURRENT PUBLIC SYSTEM IN YOUR COUNTY TO BE LOOPED INTO THE PROPOSED SYSTEM.
AND POQUOSON ANY BOARD QUESTIONS.
SEE NONE OF THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION IS THE APPLICANT HERE.
WOULD YOU CARE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? GOOD EVENING.
UH, MY NAME IS RYAN STEVENSON WITH AES CONSULTANT ENGINEERS, 52 48 OLD TOWN ROAD IN WILLIAMSBURG, AND I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT AND I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC, HEARING ANYONE CARE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE.
SEE NONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING
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FOR COMMENTS.UM, I'M CHAIRMAN THIS, UM, THIS IS IN ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, AND I SUPPORT THE, UM, THE APPLICATION, UM, THE AFRICANS, UH, UM, REQUESTS BECAUSE, UM, ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS WE HAD IN THERE, YOU KNOW, WE DID, WE DID SHUT DOWN THE, THE ROAD, TOOK IT OUT OF THE ROAD SYSTEM, BUT, UH, IN THE FUTURE PLAN, THE PLANNING, WHAT THEY DID IS, UH, UH, THE DEVELOPER FOR WOODS TAB HAD CREATED THAT CONNECTION AT THAT POINT.
SO WHEN NEIGHBORS MIGHT SEE THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT THERE MAY OR MAY NOT EVEN, IT'S GOING TO BE SO CLOSE TO THE BOUNDARY, PROBABLY IN, RIGHT ON THE BOUNDARY.
UM, IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENCE.
THE BIG CONCERN WOULD BE THAT THEY DON'T GO EXCITED THINKING WE'VE, WE'VE PROVED THE ROAD THROUGH THERE CAUSE WE HAVEN'T.
IT'S JUST CONNECTING WATER AND SIGNIFICANCE TO, IN A WAY I UNDERSTAND IS, AND TALKING TO MR. SPENCER IS HERE TODAY, UH, WAS THAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY ENHANCE THE WATER SUPPLY FOR NOT ONLY THE LEGACY OF THE COAST, BUT ALSO THE WOODS OF TABS.
SO I THINK THIS IS, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, UH, A GOOD, A GOOD DEAL FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AND A GOOD NEIGHBOR ACTION, UH, FOR ANYBODY ELSE CARE TO COMMENT, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 22 DASH 83 TO EXECUTE DEEDS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED TO CONVEY TO NEWPORT NEWS WATERWORKS, A WATERLINE EASEMENT ACROSS PROPERTY OWNED BY THE COUNTY.
MR. ZAREMBA, MR. GREEN, MR. ROWAN, MR. SHEPHERD, UH, JUST POINT ORDER REAL QUICK.
WHAT DID, WHAT WAS THE RESOLUTION NUMBER ARE 22 DASH 83.
OKAY, THEN YES, THIS IS I GUESS, NICE AND KERRY.
I'VE GOT IT TIED TO HERE IT IS.
WE'VE MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.
UH, I THINK I'LL DO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO COMMENTS BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE BOARD BEFORE WE ADJOURN, UH, BRIEFLY THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR, UH, NUMBER SIX IS TO APPROVE OF THE MINUTES.
NUMBER SEVEN IS THE APPLICATION FOR YORK COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
NUMBER EIGHT IS THE VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION AMERICA RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING, ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION.
NUMBER NINE IS THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHELTER UPGRADE FUND GRANT ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION.
NUMBER 10 IS THE FIRE AND RESCUE APPARATUS REPLACEMENT.
NUMBER 11 IS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.
IS THERE ANY MORE ISSUES ANYONE THAT SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL? IT'S NOT LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON NUMBER EIGHT AND I SEE MS. OLSON'S HERE AND SHE CAN GIVE US A OVERVIEW OF THAT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ONE THAT YOU WOULD CARE TO DISCUSS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON SEVEN AND 10, PLEASE? SEVEN AND 10.
WELL, LET'S SEND, WE'LL GO IN ORDER.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'LL TAKE NUMBER SEVEN.
THAT'S THE YORK COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
SO THIS IS THE 19% EXPANSION OF WHAT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONVERT SOME OF THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT TO, IS THAT THE 19% OR SO IF I MIGHT'VE LIKED TO ASK MATT JOHNSON FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM DEPARTMENT TO COME UP AND PULL UP A COUPLE OF PHOTOGRAPHS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT UNDER OUR DESIGN REVIEW PROCEDURES IN YORKTOWN, UH, SINCE, UH, PART OF WHAT IS NOW OUTSIDE DOWNEY DINING IS GOING TO HAVE A MORE PERMANENT ROOF STRUCTURE THAT AS A PERCENTAGE OF A FLOOR AREA EXPANDS THE FOOTPRINT.
AND ALSO, UH, IF YOU'LL RECALL THERE, UH, THE PROPOSAL IS TO ADD SOME OUTSIDE DOWNING IN THE FRONT, RIGHT? SO I BELIEVE THE ANSWER MATT IS IF YOU TAKE THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER, THAT RESULTS IN THE 19% CALCULATION.
SO IF YOU TAKE THESE AREAS RIGHT HERE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE YELLOW, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, WOULD BE OPEN, UH, OPEN AIR SEATING.
UH, THEY ARE CURRENTLY COVERED, UH, AT LEAST THE THREE ON THE RIVER SIDE, WHICH IS THE SORT OF THE TOP OF YOUR GRAPHIC THERE.
THOSE WILL GO UNDER A PERMANENT COVER, WHICH THEN MAKES THEM CONSIDER PART OF THE COVERED FLOOR PLAN.
THERE'S ALSO AN EXPANSION OF THE ATRIUM, THE ENTRANCE ATRIUM THAT'S HERE NEAR THE BOTTOM, AND THAT CONTRIBUTES TO IT AS WELL AS ABOUT 2,600 GIVE OR TAKE, UM, SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL
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SPACE IS BEING ADDED.AND THEN, UH, JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, THERE IS SORT OF THIS PINK AREA.
UM, SO IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR SQUARE FOOTAGE CALCULATION THAT ADDS TO THE 19%, BUT JUST IN CASE, YOU'RE WONDERING THAT WILL BE NEW SEATING, BUT IT'S OUTDOOR SEATING AND NOT FIGURED INTO THE 19%.
SO NOT SO NOT, NOT, NOT CHANGING THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT OF THE FACILITY.
WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE DESTINATION BY PUTTING A PERMANENT ROOF IN OVER EXISTING OUTDOORS.
THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS ONE QUICK QUESTION.
WHAT'S THE COST ALLOCATION BETWEEN THE, UH, THE, UH, OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT AND THE COUNTY.
SO THE EDA AND, UH, THE OWNER MARK ON ARE WORKING HAVE COME TO, UM, SORT OF A GENERAL AGREEMENT ON A COST PERCENTAGE BREAKOUT.
THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY A TWO THIRD, ONE THIRD SPLIT OF THOSE CALLS.
DID YOU LET US KNOW THAT WHEN THIS DETERMINED? SURE.
NUMBER EIGHT IS THE VIRGINIA TOURISM.
UM, SO IN LOOKING AT THE, OF THE RE THE READING, IF YOU WILL READ THE HITS FOR US THAT AND THE DESCRIPTIONS, UM, I, I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE, IN THE DIAGRAM OF, CAUSE I TOOK THE DIAGRAM AND LOOKED AT IT AND I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED AT SOME OF THE CHANGES.
I DIDN'T QUITE CAPTURE ALL OF IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WALKING IN THERE AND THE WAY IT DESCRIBES THAT PINK AREA YOU HAD DOWN THERE, THERE'S ONLY A GATE.
AND I DON'T GUESS THAT GATE'S GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE INTO THAT AREA.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO GET IT BACK OVER TO THE FOUNTAIN, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AREA HERE, THAT SORT OF A AREA THERE'S A WALL AROUND THERE, THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT THERE WOULD BE A WALL THAT WOULD BE, UM, SORT OF WALLED OFF.
THERE'S AN OUTDOOR SEATING HERE.
YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THIS NEW MAIN ENTRANCE AREA TO ACCESS THE RESTAURANT AREA AS A WHOLE.
AND THEN YOU COULD COME AROUND TO, UM, OUTDOOR SEATING THAT WOULD BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE THAT WERE GUESTS OF THE RESTAURANT.
OR YOU COULD COME TO ANY OF THE INDOOR OR THE NOW COVERED, UH, PERMANENTLY COVERED OUTDOOR SEATING.
NOW WE UNDERSTOOD THE DESIGN THAT HALL THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE RIVERWALK, YOU WOULD GO DOWN TO THE LEFT OF THE BATHROOMS AND THEN IT WOULD NORMALLY GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK TO THE BALL, THE BANQUET AREA, THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF TAKEN OUT OF THERE, RIGHT? THAT'S NOW A BIG, IT LOOKS LIKE A HUGE KITCHEN, CORRECT.
SO THERE ARE, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME RENOVATION WORK THAT WILL RELOCATE SORT OF WHERE THAT ENTRANCE IS, UH, AND MODIFY THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT, ESSENTIALLY BECOMES THIS AREA HERE, GOING FORWARD.
THIS BECOMES THAT MAIN ENTRANCE FOYER AND INTO THE SPACE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AREA.
I THINK THAT CURRENTLY HAS ROUGHLY ABOUT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE.
BUT THERE WAS A HOLE THAT WENT DOWN INTO THE LEFT AND THAT'S NOW NOT GOING TO BE THE WAY YOU GET TO THE BEST.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHERE THE BAR, I THINK HE SHOWED UP THE BAR IN HERE TODAY, YOU'D GO IN AND YOU TURN LEFT AND THEN IT'D BE A BAR ON THE RIGHT.
THE BAR IS GOING TO BE THERE, BUT THAT WALLS, BIG WALLS COMING OUT BEHIND THE BAR OR TO ONE OF THE BAR.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXISTING, UM, THE EXISTING BAR THAT'S ON THE WATER STREET GRILL SIDE TO THE RIGHT IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE.
SO ALL OF THIS GETS REVAMPED INTO SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, KITCHEN, UH, BASICALLY, UH, LOOKING TO INCREASE EFFICIENCIES WITH THE KITCHEN REDESIGN.
SO MOST OF THE SEATING WILL MOVE HERE TO THE OUTER OUT OUTER EDGES, JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN INCREASE HERE.
SO YEAH, WE'LL GO BACK TO THERE AGAIN, GO BACK TO MY RIGHT THIS WAY.
AND THERE WAS WHERE THE BAR IS.
AND THE REASON I HAVE REASON I'M POINTING THIS OUT IS THAT I THINK THE BOARD WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE WHEN I WAS READING, I DIDN'T CAPTURE ALL OF THIS.
I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN AND WHERE THE WALLS ARE AND, AND HOW IT'S BEING DESIGNED OUT.
SO AT SOME TIME, IF WE COULD POSSIBLY MAYBE GET A, I MEAN, WHEN WE FIRST DID THIS, WE GOT A PRETTY DETAILED LAYOUT OF WHAT THIS WHOLE PLACE WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WE HAD THE MODEL AND WE GOT TO SEE EVERYTHING, AND NOW WE'RE MAKING A $4 MILLION CHANGE TO THE COUNTY PROPERTY.
AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A, HAVE A MORE DETAILED LAYOUT.
SO THE SUPERVISORS WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED OR BE ABLE TO TALK.
I ALREADY HAD A CONSTITUENT CALL ME AND THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING.
I MEAN, CAUSE THE WAY THE WORDS COMING OUT THERE.
AND SO I HAD TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THIS, SO IT WOULD HELP, WE COULD HAVE A, ANOTHER WORK SESSION ON IT THIS SUMMER IF YOU'D LIKE, OH, I THINK WE NEED ONE.
NUMBER NUMBER EIGHT WAS A VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION.
RUSTY, BRING THIS DOWN GOOD EVENING.
UH, SUPERVISOR GREEN ASKED ME JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW.
UM, I THINK MOST OF YOU PROBABLY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPA TOURISM
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RECOVERY PLAN, BUT JUST TO KIND OF PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROCESS, UM, THAT KIND OF LED TO TONIGHT, UM, THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA MADE AVAILABLE $28 MILLION FROM THE STATES, UM, REMAINING STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY PROGRAM DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY FOR TOURISM PROMOTION.UM, THERE WAS A SET ALLOCATION THAT WAS BASED ON STATE REVENUE TAX, UM, RELATED TO TOURISM FROM THE YEAR 2019.
SO THEY DEVELOPED, UM, A SET ALLOCATION FOR EVERY SINGLE LOCALITY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
UM, THE REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING WAS THAT YOU HAD TO WORK WITH YOUR LOCAL DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION, OUR DMO, WHICH FOR US, IS VISIT WILLIAMSBURG ALSO KNOWN AS THE WILLIAMSBURG TOURISM COUNCIL, UM, TO OBTAIN A SUPPORT LETTER AND TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM ON THE SPENDING OF THOSE FUNDS.
THE PURPOSE OF THOSE FUNDS WERE TO ENHANCE RECOVERY IN THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY SO THAT IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF ELIGIBLE EXPENSES MUST BE PROMOTION FOR YOUR DESTINATION TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO COME HERE OVERNIGHT, STAY HERE AND VACATION HERE.
SO WE APPLIED, UM, OUR ALLOCATION WAS $300,000.
AND WE DID APPLY BY THE END OF LAST YEAR BY APPLYING.
UM, BY THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE ARE ABLE TO GET 50% OF THAT FUNDING UPFRONT, WHICH I THINK WE MIGHT'VE ALREADY RECEIVED.
AND THE OTHER 50% OF THE FUNDING WILL BE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.
SO THE THREE MUNICIPALITIES JAMES CITY COUNTY, CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG IN YOUR COUNTY GOT TOGETHER AND MET WITH, UM, VISIT WILLIAMSBURG AND VICKIE SEMINO, UM, AND DEVELOPED A PLAN AND AGREED THAT THE BEST EFFORT, UM, TO GET HEADS AND BEDS AND FOLKS HERE, VACATION IN WHICH ALL THREE MUNICIPALITIES BENEFIT FROM WOULD BE TO OPEN A NEW MARKET.
SO THIS YEAR, UM, THEY WENT INTO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WITH A VERY, VERY ROBUST MARKETING PROGRAM WITH CABLE AND BROADCAST TV AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING.
UM, AND OUR SPLIT WAS KIND OF 75, 25.
SO 240,000 WILL GO TO THOSE EFFORTS TO ATTRACT VISITORS, TO COME TO THE WILLIAMSBURG AREA, TO STAY IN OUR PROPERTIES AND VACATION HERE, THE REMAINING 60,000, WE WILL UTILIZE FOR OUR YORK COUNTY TOURISM EFFORTS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY GETTING FOLKS HERE IN THE HOTELS IS A PRIORITY.
DOESN'T ALWAYS GET THEM TO ALL OF OUR YORK COUNTY ATTRACTIONS AND TO YORKTOWN GETS THEM IN THE HOTELS.
BUT WE ARE COMPETING WITH THOSE DRIVER ATTRACTIONS OF BUSH GARDENS AND COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG.
SO WE ARE EXPANDING OUR OWN DIGITAL MARKETING PROGRAMS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS OF THE AGENCIES THAT THE VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THEY ENCOURAGE US TO WORK WITH.
UM, SO WE'RE KIND OF EXPANDING OUR FOOTPRINT INTO THE BALTIMORE DC AREA TO ENCOURAGE YORKTOWN, UM, ALIGNED WITH THE WILLIAMSBURG AND STATE TOURISM MESSAGES, ALL APPROVED BY THEM AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING EFFORTS.
AND SO TONIGHT IS REALLY SIMPLY TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD THAT WE DID RECEIVE AND ALLOCATE THE FUNDS.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
SO FIRST TIME WHEN I READ THIS THING, I KIND OF GOT MY, YOU KNOW, BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, BECAUSE MY TAKE WAS AT WILLIAMSBURG, YOU HAVE BANNED ANY OF US LOVE US CAUSE WE GO OUT AND GET A GRANT AND WE GIVE THEM $240,000 OF A GRANT THAT WE WORKED ON, RIGHT.
THAT NO, THEY PROVIDED THEIR OWN SPENDING PANIC PLAN AND BUDGET AS WELL.
SO THEY WORKED ON THE GROUND AND OF THE $300,000 WHO IS THAT FOR THE HISTORICAL TRIANGLE.
THERE WAS THAT FOR YOUR COUNTY 240,000 WILL BE SPENT ON THE VISIT WILLIAMSBURG AREA.
THE $300,000 WAS THAT YOUR COUNTY'S CUT OR IS THAT THE HISTORICAL TRIANGLE CUT? YOUR COUNTY'S CUT IS 60,000, BUT THE FULL 300,000 IS FUNNELED THROUGH THE LOCALITIES, BUT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO WORK WITH YOUR DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE SPENDING.
SO BASICALLY THE, YEAH, WE GOT A PIECE OUT OF THE 300,000.
AND I UNDERSTAND WORKING TOGETHER AFTER I SIT AND CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT, THEN I REALIZED, CAUSE THERE'S OTHER THINGS BEHIND THIS.
WHEN I CALMED DOWN A LITTLE BIT, THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT WHO HAS THE MOST OF THE HOTEL ROOMS AND IT'S US.
SO GETTING WHETHER WE GET THEM IN THE, YOU KNOW, OVER AT THE, THE, UH, THE, WHATEVER THE LATEST AND GREATEST, UH, ROLLERCOASTER RIOT IS, OR FRANK AND BEER OVER THERE, OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE REVENUE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME REVENUE, AT LEAST INTO THE RESTAURANTS AND TO THE HOTELS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
COULD I JUST STOP? YES, WE ARE TOO.
WE, HOW DO WE CHOSE CHOOSE THE BOSTON MARKET TO TRY AND ATTRACT PEOPLE? WHAT, WHAT DROVE THAT DECISION? UM, PRIMARILY RESEARCH THAT VISIT WILLIAMSBURG CONDUCTED SHOWING THAT IT WAS AN INCREASING MARKET AND INTEREST AND INTENT TO VISIT THIS AREA.
SO THE REASON THE BOSTON FOLKS LIKE TO COME DOWN HERE, IT'S A GROWING MARKET FOR OUR DESTINATION.
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MR. BORDEN.SO I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT ON MR. SHEPHERD'S COMMENT AND MS. ALLISON'S ANSWER.
THE REALITY IS EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE LIKE TO THINK IN TERMS OF OUR OWN LOCALITY, WHENEVER THERE'S A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU'RE IN BOSTON THINKING ABOUT TAKING A VACATION HERE, YOU'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO THINK ABOUT TAKING A VACATION TO WILLIAMSBURG THAN, YOU KNOW, YOUR COUNTY.
SO THAT THAT'S OUR REALITY IN TERMS OF BRANDING, YOU KNOW, GREATER WILLIAMSBURG IS WHAT IS UNDERSTOOD.
CAUSE I WANT TO BRING IT GUYS.
I MEAN, I KNOW GOD'S COUNTRY, UH, THE CITY WILLIAMSBURG HAS A POPULATION THAT'S SMALLER THAN ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS.
AND THEY CARRY AN OVERSIZE INFLUENCE THAT JUST, THAT JUST GETS TO ME.
UH, AND I'VE WATCHED THIS CAUSE WE GO TO THESE A LOT OF THESE REGIONAL MEETINGS.
THE, YOUR COUNTY WITH ITS POPULATION OF FIVE TIMES, THE SIZE OF WILLIAMSBURG WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE MEETING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
WE'RE NOT A CITY AND THIS IS A, THERE'S A PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS.
AND I'VE GOTTEN ON THE, YOU KNOW, STOOD UP AND GOT ON THE DESK WITH A FEW OF THE, THE DELEGATES TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR COUNTIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN HAMPTON ROADS REPRESENT A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE.
I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE.
SO WHEN I SEE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO SLIGHT ONE OF THESE COUNTIES, I'M GETTING, I GET A LITTLE, I GET A LITTLE, UH, RIGHTFULLY SO I GET A LOT JARRED ABOUT IT.
I UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL TRIANGLE ASPECT OF IT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND.
I WOULD THINK ONLY A WILLIAMSBURG, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, IS THE DRAWL AND HAPPENED TO BE IN THE, IN THE CITY CALLED WILLIAMSBURG.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK AROUND WILLIAMSBURG AND THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE, THE MAJORITY OF THE TOURISTS WHO COME DOWN HERE PHYSICALLY DON'T STAY IN, WE'LL USE BIRD.
THEY JUST THINK THEY DID, BUT YOU'RE SAVING YOUR KIDS AND ALL THE RIBBONS.
I CALL IT THE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE.
I THINK WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 10, CHIEF KICINSKI WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, PLEASE? THIS IS ANOTHER APPARATUS THAT WE NEED MIGHT AS WELL GET IT NOW WHILE THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
SO, SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA YOU, YOUR DEPARTMENT, I'M ASSUMING YOUR DEPARTMENT PROBABLY WORKING WITH THE, THE STAFF THAT DOES MAINTENANCE, WHAT'S THE CRITERIA YOU USE TO DETERMINE WHEN IT'S TIME TO RETIRE AN APPARATUS LIKE THIS? I KNOW YOU'RE NOT WAITING FOR IT TO BREAK DOWN.
UM, SO I WOULD IMAGINE USAGE BASED ON MILES AND HOURS ON THE CLOCK AND SO FORTH.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE OLD TRUCK.
DOES IT GO OR GOOD AUCTION? DO WE TRADE IN AND GET SOME MONEY OUT OF THAT? WHAT HAPPENS? SO, SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, UH, THANKS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A COMMON QUESTION THAT WE GET IS THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A RELIABLE FLEET.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T HAVE FIRE APPARATUS OR MEDIC UNITS THAT WOULD TEND TO BREAK DOWN WHILE WE'RE PROVIDING FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS OR TRANSPORTING A PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO OUR PUBLIC WORKS, FLEET MANAGEMENT DIVISION PAYS CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE TIME THAT, THAT THE ANTICIPATED TIME OF REPAIRS AND SO FORTH.
SO ON AND THE MORE ACTIVE, AND THE MORE MILES YOU GET ON THE VEHICLES, OBVIOUSLY THE MORE COSTLY THE REPAIRS ARE, THE LESS RELIABLE THE UNIT, UH, BECOMES.
UM, AND REALLY WHILE MILEAGE IS IMPORTANT, THE, THE HOURS ON APPARATUSES IS, HAS A MORE TELLING EFFECT.
UH, THERE'S A CALCULATION THAT'S USED THAT ROUGHLY USE THE NUMBER OF HOURS AND MULTIPLY FIVE BY 33 AND IT GIVES YOU THE MILES EQUIVALENT OF, OF A VEHICLE.
AND SO, SO WE CONSULT WITH, UH, FLEET, THE FLEET STAFF, AND THEY ADVISE WHEN THEY BELIEVE IT OUGHT TO BE REPLACED.
UH, IN THIS CASE, THE DELIVERY OF FIRE AND RESCUE APPARATUS, LARGE APPARATUS LIKE THIS, THIS IS ABOUT A TWO YEAR DELIVERY TIME SIMPLY BECAUSE OF PRODUCT AVAILABILITY AND PARTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO WE HAVE TO REALLY ANTICIPATE WHEN SOMETHING IS GOING TO GET UNRELIABLE OR, OR IS BETTER USE THAN A RESERVE CAPACITY.
UH, SOME OF OUR APPARATUSES IS PLACED IN, IN FOR SURPLUS.
UH, IN, IN THIS CASE WE DO NOT HAVE A RESERVE LADDER AND WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT IT WOULD AT POINT THAT IT'S REPLACED, IT WOULD BECOME A RESERVE LADDER THAT IN FACT, UH, IMPACTS YOUR INSURANCE SERVICES RATING AND YOUR INSURANCE RATES BY HAVING RESERVE
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APPARATUS SUCH AS THAT.SO WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN A TRUCK GOES OUT OF SERVICE, WE WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT CAN FILL IN THIS PLACE.
I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL THE ISSUES.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. ZAREMBA IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS SUBMITTED MR. GREEN, MR. ROWAN, MR. SHEPHERD, MR. ZAREMBA, MRS. NOLE.
[COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND REQUESTS]
NOW WE'LL GET TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS.UH, NO, NO REPORT, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
THE ONLY THING I COULD ADD IS, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THERE IS NOT YET A STATE BUDGET AND WE DO NOT WHEN THEY WILL BE ONE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY? THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.
[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS AND REQUESTS]
NOW, COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS REPORTS.I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TWO INDIVIDUALS TONIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF HR REPORTED FOR DUTY LAST WEEK, ROSE MCKINNEY.
SO ROSE, JUST TO SAY HELLO AND INTRODUCE YOU TO THE BOARD.
WELL, WE'LL BE HEARING MORE FROM HER IN THE FUTURE, UM, BUT DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER, UH, BEING HERE AND, UM, SOMEONE WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION, UH, BRIAN WOODWARD, UH, HE, UH, THIS IS HIS LAST MEETING AS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
AND, UM, UH, SO WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY GOODBYE IN A SOCIAL SETTING NEXT WEEK, BUT I DID JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 35 YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, MR. WOODWARD'S BASICALLY, SINCE HE GRADUATED FROM VIRGINIA TECH HAS BEEN WORKING FOR YOUR COUNTY AND OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTIES HAVE A DIFFERENT PLACE BECAUSE OF ALL OF HIS EFFORTS.
ARE YOU GOING TO STAY IN THE AREA? THAT'S GOOD.
WE COULD CALL AND YOU, IF WE NEED YOU.
[MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD]
BOARD MEMBERS.I HAVE TWO RELATIVELY SHORT COMMENTS.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, I OWE THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, A THANK YOU.
AND THEN THE APOLOGY I WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE MY LEFT KNEE REMOVED AND REPLACED ON THE 4TH OF MAY.
I WENT THROUGH, UH, MY TEAM OF DOCTORS GOT CLEARANCES FROM EVERYBODY.
UH, UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, THE COUNTY HAD SET IN MOTION, A BEAUTIFUL BASKET OF FRUIT.
THE DAY BEFORE THE OPERATION, THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST CANCELED THE SURGERY TO THIS DATE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY STILL WAITING FOR THAT REPORT.
THE FRUIT WAS FANTASTIC, AND I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WHEN I AM SCHEDULED TO HAVE THAT DEEP REMOVED, A SECOND FACET IS ON THE WAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL GIFT.
UH, THE, THE OTHER HAS TO DO WITH THE COUNTY, MAYBE MR. ADMINISTRATOR, IT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU.
UH, I RECEIVED A CALL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, THE UPPER COUNTY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A MEETING INVOLVING SOME KEY PEOPLE FROM THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM, MARY COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG AND WILLIAMSBURG.
AND THEY THOUGHT THE OUTCOME OF THAT MEETING MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO YOUR COUNTY AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT HAD TO DO WITH VERIZON.
AND THEY'D BEEN EXPERIENCING A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM OF CONNECTIVITY TRYING TO MAKE A PHONE CALL AND YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH FOR WHATEVER REASONS.
AND IT SURPRISED ME TO HEAR THIS.
UH, I HAVEN'T HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT EXTENSIVELY IT INVOLVES BOTH THE CITY CW AND THE COLLEGE.
AND SO AGAIN, THE REASON I GOT THE CALL WAS, HEY, THIS MIGHT HAVE SOME INTEREST TO YOUR COUNTY.
SO MAKING THE COMMENT ADMINISTRATIVE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST MAKE A SURVEY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, FORUM VERIZON'S, THAT'S BEEN REPORTED HAS CRANKED UP WHATEVER THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN WITH RESPECT TO CONNECTIVITY TO MAKE, UH, THE ISSUES GO AWAY AGAIN, BUT JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD AND WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND HIS STAFF.
UH, THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY A STATEMENT AND A QUESTION, UH, ON THE SAME, ABOUT TWO, THREE YEARS AGO, PRIOR TO COVID WE REFERRED THE ISSUE OF A DOG PARK TO OUR PARKS AND REC BOARD.
UH, SO I JUST WANT TO LET THE FOLKS KNOW THAT IT'S IN THE WORKS.
AND NOW THE QUESTION IS TO MR. MORGAN, UH, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT? UH, I GUESS DELIBERATIVE PROCESS THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PARKS AND REC BOARD CONCERNING THIS DOG PARK THAT WE HAVE, UH, LAID UPON THEM.
SO, UH, WE, UH, THEY COMPLETED
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THEIR WORK AND I SENT THIS BOARD A REPORT.I MEMORY DOESN'T DOESN'T SERVE EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, BUT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND, UH, THE PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE, UH, WITH ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH STAFF SUPPORT LOOKED AT VARIOUS OPTIONS.
AND THE ONE THEY PREFERRED WAS, UH, BASICALLY ON COUNTY PROPERTY BEHIND THE OLD LANDFILL THAT WOULD BE ACCESSED BY THE PARKING LOT THAT ALREADY EXISTED THE WOLF TRAP SOCCER FIELDS.
AND SO THEY DID THEIR WORK AND SUBMITTED THE REPORT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I LET YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD TELL YOU ALSO, UH, FRIDAY AT OUR RETREAT IN, UH, UH, ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FULLER'S PRESENTATION, UM, HE'S GOING TO GO DOWN A LIST OF POTENTIAL PARKS AND REC INVESTMENTS IN THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, UH, YOU KNOW, A LIST MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT WE WOULD END UP DOING, UH, BUT JUST SORT OF GIVE YOU ALL A TEASER AND STIMULATE YOUR THINKING.
AND THAT'S ON THE LIST ALONG WITH ABOUT 30 OTHER THINGS.
SO, UM, SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW EVERYONE REACTS ON FRIDAY, UH, WILL REFRESH YOUR MEMORY ON WHERE WE WERE AT WITH THAT.
SO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE RECIPIENTS OF THE STAND OF YOUTH AWARDS THAT OF THE FREIGHT CHEF, A LITTLE CELEBRATION, AND THEN FOLLOWED UP HERE WITH SOME MORE RECOGNITION, AS WELL AS HEARING FROM THE, UH, YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION, UH, THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE SAD BECAUSE WE HAD A LAST MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO DEPART AND GO FROM, GO FROM HERE, LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE TO WORK WITH, WITH A NEW COMMISSION.
WE HAD A LOT OF APPLICANTS FOR THAT, UH, FOR THE NEXT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS I TOOK AWAY FROM MY TIME WITH THEM IS ONE FILLED WITH HOPE, BECAUSE I SEE THE QUALITY OF OUR YOUTH HERE IN YOUR COUNTY.
AND I CAN IMAGINE THAT ALSO EXPANDS THAT ELSEWHERE TOO.
I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT IN SEEING THEM COMING UP, TAKING OUR SPOT, EVENTUALLY TAKING OUR SPOTS IN INDUSTRY, IN, IN INCORPORATIONS AND, AND ELSEWHERE AS LEADERS.
UM, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE TO SEE THESE FOLKS COME UP AND ALSO LEARN TO BETTER APPRECIATE WHAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE AND NOT UNDERESTIMATE THEM.
UM, CHALLENGE THEM, YOU KNOW, PUT HARD THINGS IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEY'LL THAT'LL ACCOMPLISH IT.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE FOLKS ON THAT YOUTH COMMISSION DOES IN ADDITION TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION FROM GETTING READY FOR COLLEGE SPORTS, AND YOU HEARD SOME, SOME OF THE SUMMARY OF WHAT, WHAT THE, UH, PARTICIPATE IN DURING SCHOOL IS TRULY REMARKABLE.
SO WE ARE BLESSED WITH SOME GREAT KIDS HERE IN THIS COUNTY.
I SAY KIDS, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING MORE AT THEIR AGE THAN I EVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING WHEN I WAS THEIR AGE.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THEM WITH US LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THEY'LL, WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT GROUP COMING BEHIND THEM.
UM, THIS FRIDAY, I HAD A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN A, UM, RIBBON CUTTING, UH, FOR THE, UH, IS THE ASHLEY HOMESTORE, UM, CENTER AND THE KING'S GATE SHOPPING.
IT'S THE KING KINGS GREAT SHOPPING CENTER.
UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
I DIDN'T FEEL I DON'T GO IN THE SHOP, UH, TO A GROCERY STORE, GROCERY STORE GO INTO FURNITURE STORES THAT OFTEN.
UM, BUT I WAS JUST TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY BY THIS FURNITURE STORE.
IT'S, UH, IT'S UP THERE AND UP THERE WERE WALT LIVES.
UM, AND IT'S, UH, IT WAS, UH, IT IS, IT'S SOMETHING IT'S A SUCCESS THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF CELEBRATE.
AND WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THESE, UH, BOX STORES OR NOT BOX STORES, BUT JUST BUILDINGS, BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDINGS, AND THEY'RE FADING OUT AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO AWAY, UH, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SHOP ONLINE.
UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY INFLATION'S BOOMING TOO, BUT THE ECONOMY HAS REALLY TAKEN OFF.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IS INVESTMENT IN THESE, UM, IN THESE BUILDINGS AND HERE WAS THE BIG K WE ALL KNOW THAT KMART WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND IT LEFT A LOT OF VACANT STORES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND WE'RE SEEING BILL FILLED WITH THINGS LIKE, UH, MAYBE UPS OR AMAZON.
AND I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING IN SOON DOWN NEAR THE KROGER.
UM, UM, UH, WHAT IS IT? HOBBY LOBBY OR WHATEVER IT IS, HOBBY TOWN.
IT'S COMING INTO, AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THE WORK THAT OUR EDA IS DOING TO MAKE THIS, MAKE THESE THINGS WORK.
AND THIS PARTICULAR CASE AT THE KING'S GATE SHOPPING CENTER, UM, HERE WE HAVE SHOPPING CENTER THAT GIVES 80% THEY CAN'T, OR, YOU KNOW, EXCUSE ME, WELL, MAYBE MORE THAN THAT, IT MAY HAVE BEEN ALMOST COMPLETELY VACANT.
AND THEN OVER TIME THROUGH ACTIONS THAT COME TO US, UM, THE ADA HAS, UH, EDA HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS OF YES, STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH,
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WE HAD AN, WE HAVE A SORT OF, UH, A $200,000 AGREEMENT IF YOU WILL GRANT TO THE OWNERS OF THIS, UH, THE FRANCHISE.UM, AND THEN IT WAS ABOUT 2 MILLION, TWO AND A HALF MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT WERE PUT IN BY THE PRIVATE INVESTORS.
AND WHAT THIS DID IS IT WAS KIND OF A SERIES OF ACTIONS THAT HAVE LED TO THE ASHLEY FURNITURE STORE OPERATIONS, 29,000 FOOT, UH, 29,000 SQUARE FOOT STORE.
GOT BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE IN IT.
THE BROTHERS, UH, UH, TREBEK BROTHERS, IT WAS, UH, MICHAEL AND, UH, DANNY, UH, THAT'S THEIR 13TH STORE.
AND IT KIND OF MOVING DOWN FROM THE NORTH OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
AND THEY'VE REALLY JUST DID A TREMENDOUS JOB IN THE REMODELING AND EVERYTHING OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME WAS WHILE THEY WERE THERE, THEY HANDED OUT SOME CHECKS AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT PICKED UP A THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK.
UM, I THINK THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PICKED UP A THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK.
UH, THERE, THE YMCA WAS NOT OUR YFCA HERE, BUT THE YMC FOR THEIR HOMETOWN, UH, PICKED UP $6,000.
CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEIR FOCUS IS OBVIOUSLY IN OUR HOMETOWN, BUT THEY HANDED OUT SOME OTHER CHECKS AND IT'S ABOUT 10 GRAND WHEN THEY GOT THROUGH WITH EVERYTHING.
AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT KIND OF BUSINESS COMING IN TO YOUR COUNTY WHERE PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THE NAME, THE OTHER STORE WAS THE LOCK SUPPLY COMPANY IS GONE IN THERE.
AND SO WHAT YOU NOW HAVE IS A BEAUTIFUL SHOPPING CENTER.
THAT'S BEING COMPLETELY, IT'S ALMOST FULL.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, THERE'S A COUPLE OF SMALL STORES IN THERE, BUT THIS IS WHERE PRIVATE INDUSTRY, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE INVESTORS THAT ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND SEE THE MARKET WANT TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF, TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS WAS A REAL POSITIVE THING FOR YOUR COUNTY.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WALT, THAT KIND OF GOT MY ATTENTION WHEN I WAS TALKING TO MICHAEL ABOUT THE MICHAEL TREVIS, THE OWNER, ONE OF THE CO-OWNERS AND I SAID, MAN, THIS IS GREAT, GREAT STORY.
HE SAID, MAN, WE'RE SO GLAD TO BE IN WINESBURG.
AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND I LOOKED AT HIM.
I SAID, UH, YOU ACTUALLY IN YORK COUNTY.
AND HE GOES, REALLY? HE SAYS, I THOUGHT I WAS IN WILLIAMSBURG.
AND THEN I KIND OF EXPLAINED TO HALF THE PEOPLE UP THERE THAT LIVE UP IN, UP IN GOD'S COUNTRY.
THINK THEY'RE IN WILLIAMSBURG WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN YOUR COUNTY.
AND, AND, UH, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, IT WAS, I SAID IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY CONFUSING, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STORE.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT FOLKS GIVE A CHANCE, UH, FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY, UH, EVERYWHERE TO GO UP THERE AND SEE THE FURNITURE STORE.
I DID NOT REALIZE THE ASHLEY FURNITURE IS THE LARGEST AND NUMBER ONE FURNITURE STORE MAKER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT IN THE UNITED STATES, OKAY.
THAT THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY HUGE.
AND THESE FRANCHISES, YOU KNOW, THEY SELL THE FRANCHISES.
SO THEY ACTUALLY STORE ACTUALLY MAKES, AS ASHLEY MAKES THE FURNITURE STORES, THEY HAVE THE BUSINESS TO SELL AND SELL IT.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY A TOP QUALITY BUSINESS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EDA AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS, UH, WIN FOR YOUR COMPANY.
AS YOU WERE TALKING, I WAS REMINDED OF THIS SAYING MR. SHEPHERD, A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WAS STILL SMELL AS SWEET.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY CALL IT WILLIAMSBURG, WE KNOW WE COLLECT THE MONEY AND THAT'S, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU.
I SAY, OKAY, I HAVE SOMETHING HERE THAT I'M GOING TO READ.
IT'S THE VIRGINIA CENTER FOR INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES.
AND THEY'RE REACHING OUT, UH, BECAUSE THERE IS A CON A SUMMIT THIS SUMMER FOR RISING SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS AND SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE.
IT'S FREE BECAUSE THE ATLANTIC UNIT UNION BANK IS PAYING FOR EVERYBODY WHO WISHES TO, TO ATTEND.
BUT STUDENTS HAVE TO APPLY BY MAY 22ND.
THE PROGRAM WILL BE JULY 26, 27 AND 28 FROM 10 O'CLOCK TO 4:00 PM EACH DAY.
AND CONNECTIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE, AT FORT MONROE AND THERE'LL BE FOOD AND SO FORTH.
BUT THE CLASSES ARE TRYING TO DO TO ENGAGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE SHOULD BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU COME FROM OR ANY OF THAT NATURE, UH, FOR MORE DETAILS.
AND I WISH WE COULD PUT IT UP ONLINE.
UM, IT'S HTTPS INCLUSIVE VA.ORG/HR STUDY.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT, UH,
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EMMA COX, HER EMAIL ADDRESS, WHICH IS MUCH SIMPLER IS ECOX@INCLUSIVEVA.ORG.IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT YOU HAVE TO APPLY BY MAY 22ND.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK MR.
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SHEPHERD TO TAKE US INTO CLOSE MEETING.AND WHEN WE COME OUT OF CLOSE MEETING, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND WE WILL HAVE OUR GERMAN TO THE BOARD RETREAT, WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY.
AND IT WILL BE HELD FROM 8:30 AM, FRIDAY, MAY 25TH AT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MUSEUM IN YORK TOWN FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A RETREAT.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD.
IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AND THINGS MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT WE DIDN'T DO, AND PERHAPS WAYS THAT WE COULD DO THINGS BETTER.
SO IT'S JUST A TIME FOR US ALL TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH STAFF AND LISTEN TO STAFF TO SEE WHAT THEIR IDEAS ARE.
AND TOGETHER WE WILL PUT THE BOARD ON THE RIGHT PATH FOR THE COMING YEAR.
SO ANYWAY, SO MR. SHEPARD, WOULD YOU NOW TAKE US INTO CLOSER THOSE MEETINGS AND MAKE A MOTION THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11, A ONE OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONVENE AND CLOSED MEETING TO CONSIDER PERSONNEL MATTER INVOLVING, UH, LET'S SEE, LOOKS LIKE PERFORMANCE AND SALARIES OF A SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICER APPOINTMENTS SLASH APPOINTEES WILL CALL POLICE MR. ROWAN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.