Jun 07, 2022 Board of Supervisors

[Call to Order]

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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THE JUNE 7TH, UH, RURAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AS THIS IS THE FIRST, EXCUSE ME.

I'VE GOT A FROG IN MY THROAT AS THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH.

IT IS A WORK SESSION MEETING, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE MEETING HIM IN THE BOARD ROOM, I'LL CALL THEM.

YOU NEED TO ORDER NOW AND ROLL CALL PLEASE.

MR. CEREBRO IS NOT WITH US.

IF YOU NOTICE THAT HE'S MISSING BECAUSE HE'S HAD KNEE SURGERY, IT HAD BEEN CANCELED AND NOW IT WAS RESCHEDULED.

AND I HOPE HE'LL BE BACK HERE VERY SHORTLY.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL CALL MR. ZAREMBA, MRS. NOLE HERE.

MR. GREEN, MR. ROWAN, MR. SHEPHERD, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, FIRST PRESENTATION,

[A. Employee Service Recognitions. Receive presentation from Mark Bellamy, Deputy County Administrator ]

SO MRS. NOLE, WELCOME BACK, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UH, AS YOU RECALL, WE HAVE THE SERVICE RECOGNITION.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT THIS WAY FOR ABOUT LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF RECOGNIZES AND RECOGNIZING EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CELEBRATING ANNIVERSARIES FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE IN INCREMENTS OF FIVE YEARS.

UH, TONIGHT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SHORT LIST, BUT THEY ARE ALL SIGNIFICANT.

NONETHELESS, THESE FIRST EIGHT THAT WE'LL DISCUSS ARE, UM, ALL 20 YEARS.

FIRST ONE BEING KEVIN RICHIE AND, UH, MR. SHEPHERD, JILL, APPRECIATE THIS.

I THINK KEVIN DESERVES AN EXTRA AWARD FOR, AND DURING MY GOLF ALL THESE YEARS.

SO HE'S PROBABLY DESERVING OF A LITTLE MORE SO KEVIN'S INVOLVED AND, AND SOME OF THE RIVERWALK EVENTS, THINGS LIKE, UH, BLUES BREWS AND BARBECUES AND PIRATES WEEKENDS.

SO WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR THERE WITH KEVIN.

AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S 20 YEARS.

WE HIRED HIM BACK IN 2002 AS A RECREATION SUPERVISOR AND TODAY HE'S EVENT PLANNER.

OKAY.

THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, JAMES HAZELWOOD.

HE'S A DEPUTY IN A SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AND JIM HAS, UH, BEEN WITH THE COUNTY SINCE 2002.

OBVIOUSLY HE'S A MEMBER OF THE DRONE TEAM AND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.

AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT WATCH TOO MUCH TV EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM IS ALSO LIKE A SWAT TEAM.

AND HE, HIS CURRENT ASSIGNMENT HE'S SERVING WARRANTS RIGHT NOW WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

KENNY THOMPSON IS A FIREFIGHTER AND PARAMEDIC WITH OUR FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY.

UH, BESIDES HIS REGULAR DUTIES, KENNY ALSO TAKES CARE OF THE SCBA STUFF FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THEIR BREATHING APPARATUS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GO INTO A BURNING BUILDING AND COME OUT HEALTHY.

THE NEXT, UH, 20 YEAR EMPLOYEE IS MICHAEL STENSON, HE'S LIEUTENANT, AND MIKE IS RECENTLY ASSIGNED TO FIRE STATION TWO, AND HE'S ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE ROLE, WHICH MEANS HE GOES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR FOLKS WHO SEE, UH, PARAMEDIC SERVICES ON A REGULAR BASIS AND TRIES TO DO A LITTLE INTERVENTION THERE.

JOSEPH SANDAFORD GOES BY ERIC, AS I RECALL.

AND HE IS ALSO AN EMS PROVIDER AND WORKS AS AN ACTING OFFICER WHEN NEEDED.

AND I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR LAST 20 YEAR.

NO, WE GOT ONE MORE.

THIS IS KYLE DONNIE, AND KYLE'S RECENTLY BECOME A BATTALION CHIEF.

AND KYLE SERVES AS THE MANAGER OF COMMUNITY SAY OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY DIVISION NOW, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE PLAN REVIEWS, ANIMAL CONTROLS, AND, UM, FIRE INVESTIGATIONS.

JUST TO NAME A COUPLE AMY PARKER, YOU ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH.

WE SEE AMY UP HERE ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH, UH, SUP'S.

IN ADDITION TO BEING HER REGULAR DUTIES.

AMY ALSO WORKS WITH THE BICYCLE, UH, GROUPS AND, UH, THE HISTORICAL GROUPS HERE ON THE COUNTY'S BEHALF, ELIZABETH WEBSTER WORKS WITH TERRY AND THE 9 1 1 DIVISION.

SHE, UH, PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE VERY HAPPY ABOUT US DOING THIS BECAUSE TERRY TELLS ME THAT SHE DOES NOT LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED.

SHE LIKES TO DO HER WORK, UH, IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND SHE'S VERY PROUD OF WHAT SHE DOES, BUT SHE WOULD RATHER NOT BE RECOGNIZED,

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SHE HAS SEVERAL PETS THAT SHE TAKES CARE OF AND SHE CAME TO US FROM SAVANNAH GEORGIA A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS AGO.

THE NEXT GROUP OF EMPLOYEES ARE 25 YEAR EMPLOYEES.

THE FIRST ONE YOU WILL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE AS WELL.

JOE SIZZLER IS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS NOW, AND MOST NOTABLY JOE IS KNOWN FOR WORKING ON THE COUNTY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, JUST GENERALLY THE POINT CONTACT POINT OF CONTACT FOR THOSE.

AND IT'S FAIRLY COMMON FOR JOE TO BE HERE AND BRIEF YOU ALL ON THE STATUS OF THOSE PROJECTS.

DOUG IS A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR EMPLOYEE AS WELL.

DOUG WORKS DOWN AT FLEET SERVICES.

HE STARTED AS A FLEET TECHNICIAN BACK IN 1997.

AND I, THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH, UH, DOUG AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT DOUG IS REALLY A MAGICIAN.

HE CAN MAKE ABOUT ANYTHING AND REPAIR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.

AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAS REALLY HELPED OUT A FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH SPECIALTY PIECES, FOR THEIR TRUCKS AND THE TROLLEYS.

ALSO SOME OF OUR FIRST TROLLEYS HAD PROPRIETARY, UH, WHEELCHAIR LIFTS, AND THAT COMPANY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET PARTS FOR THE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS.

DOUG WOULD FABRICATE THOSE.

SO HE IS A GREAT TALENT.

WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE IT DOWN THERE AS THE SUPERINTENDENT.

NOW, SHANNON WORLEY WORKS IN THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

I TALKED TO, UH, KRISTEN READ ABOUT HER THIS MORNING AND KRISTIN DESCRIBED HER AS THE ROCK OF THE OFFICE AND SHE'S THEIR MOST SENIOR PERSON DOWN THERE.

AND SHE'S THE MOTHER OF TWINS.

SO SHE HAS A LOT TO DO TO HELP KRISTEN AND TAKE CARE OF A FAMILY AS WELL.

AND THAT, UH, CONCLUDES THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE FOR RECOGNITION TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING IT, BUT I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS AND THE EMPLOYEES FOR ALL THE YEARS AND ALL THE SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO US IN THE COUNTY.

ONE THING THAT'S ALWAYS IMPRESSED ME IS THE LONGEVITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE COUNTY.

AND I THINK THAT HAS HELPED TO MAKE THIS TRULY A FAMILY.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, OR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT HERE TO GET OUR ACCOLADES, I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIRMAN WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES WITH ALL THOSE YEARS.

I HOPE YOU HEARD IT.

UH, THE NEXT PRESENTATION

[B. American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Receive presentation from Greg Gillette, Budget Analyst III.]

UH, THIS IS THE FIFTH PRESENTATION THAT WE PROVIDED THE BOARD ON SOME OF THE VARIOUS FORMS OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE RELATED TO COVID RELIEF.

UM, THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS ONE TONIGHT IS FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SECOND AND FINAL TRAUNCH OF ARPA FUNDS.

SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, UM, APPROPRIATE TO UPDATE YOU ALL, UH, BOTH A QUICK LITTLE REMINDER OF THE HISTORY OF THE CARES ACT AND HOW THAT ALL WORKED.

AND THEN, UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE ARPA MONEY THUS FAR, WHAT YOUR DIRECTION IS KIND OF WHAT REMAINS OUTSTANDING AND, UH, HAD REALLY WANTED, UH, GREG ROULETTE, UH, OUR SENIOR BUDGET ANALYST TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.

HE'S BEEN THE FACE OF ALL THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND OUR POINT GUY AND MAKING SURE WE FOLLOW ALL THE RULES.

UNFORTUNATELY, UM, HE CAME DOWN WITH AN ILLNESS AND WE DECIDED THAT HE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE HERE.

AND, UM, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TERESA IS OUT OF TOWN.

SO I'M GOING TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

I THINK I CAN COVER THE BIG PICTURE.

WELL, BUT, UH, IF, IF I CAN'T COVER A DETAIL, I DO HAVE, UH, CAROLYN CAN THRILL OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IN THE ROOM WHO HAS THE ANSWER TO ALL QUESTIONS.

SO AS BOARD AND CITIZENS ARE PROBABLY AWARE, THERE'VE BEEN A SERIES OF PIECES OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION, UM, THE TWO LARGEST ONES BEING, UH, THE CARES ACT, UH, THAT WE FIRST, UH, STARTED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IN MARCH OF 2020 AND THE SECOND LARGE ONE, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, WHICH IS A PART OF THAT IS WHAT TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS ABOUT.

AND THERE WERE SOME OTHER, UH, ACTIONS THAT WERE SORT OF TANGENTIAL TO THOSE, UH, IN BETWEEN.

SO, UM, THIS IS THE REMINDER PART.

THIS PART IS DONE.

UH, ALL THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN TURNED IN, IT'S BEEN

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UM, SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF TO PEOPLE OFTEN SAY, WELL, WHAT KIND OF FEDERAL AID DID WE GET AND WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT? SO, UH, THIS IS THE HISTORICAL PART, AND THEN I'LL GO INTO THE CURRENT PART.

UM, SO MARCH OF 2020, UM, THERE WERE A SERIES OF RULES.

THE RULES ARE OFTEN KIND OF COUNTERINTUITIVE.

WHAT REALLY, UH, YOU NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND WAS WE FOUND OUT IN MARCH, WE WERE GOING TO GET THIS FEDERAL MONEY.

AND THE INITIAL RULE WAS NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SPEND IT BY DECEMBER NINE MONTHS.

UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CARE, ZACK FUNDS THAT WE ENDED UP GETTING.

AND THESE WERE DOLLARS THAT INITIALLY CAME TO THE STATE AND THEN WERE ALLOCATED TO LOCALITIES WAS 11.9 MILLION, UM, QUITE SIGNIFICANT.

AND WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL KINDS OF PROJECTS AND AGAIN, UH, FOLLOWING SOME PRETTY SPECIFIC RULES IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HOW THAT MONEY WAS SPENT.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE INTERESTING RULES WITH THAT PROGRAM, UH, BACK IN THE SPRING OF 2020 WAS THAT WE COULD USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SALARIES.

KNOW THE IDEA AT THE TIME WAS THAT, UH, REVENUES WERE EXPECTED TO CRASH AND WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE LAYING OFF, UH, FIREFIGHTERS AND SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YOU WILL SEE THAT BY FAR, THAT WAS THE SINGLE BIGGEST LINE ITEM IN THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND, UH, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO PEEL THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO SAY, WELL, WHAT DID THAT REALLY MEAN FOR US? SO WHAT MEANT WAS INSTEAD OF USING THE MONEY THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO USE FOR THESE SALARIES, UH, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION IN THAT SPRING, WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO PAY FOR.

SO THAT MEANT THAT, UH, THE COUNTY DOLLARS DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM LINE AND ALLOWED US TO HAVE A LARGER SURPLUS OR A SURPLUS WHEN OTHERWISE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE RECALL IN THAT BUDGET YEAR.

WE FROZE EVERYTHING, NO SALARY INCREASES, CIP FREEZE, ALL OF THAT.

AND SO WHILE THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS IN THE BUDGET AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMPLICATED, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT REAL SIMPLY WE'RE BUILDING A $4 MILLION FIRE STATION, NUMBER SEVEN WITH CASH IN THE MONEY THAT WE'RE USING TO DO THAT DROP TO OUR BOTTOM LINE BECAUSE WE SPENT THIS FEDERAL MONEY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SALARIES.

UH, WE ALSO, UH, YOU'LL RECALL THE SCHOOLS WE'RE IN.

I THINK WE CALLED IT A MOONSHOT AT THE TIME, UH, ATTEMPT TO SET UP A DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND WE ALLOCATED $2 MILLION OF OUR CARE ZACK MONEY TO SUPPLEMENT SOME FUNDS.

THEY GOT TO DO THAT.

WE RENOVATED THE IE 9 1 1 CENTER TO SPREAD EVERYBODY OUT, KIND OF KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, BECAUSE THAT WAS A PROJECT WE HAD INTENDED TO DO ANYWAY, BUT IT ALLOWED US TO DO THESE RULES, FOLLOW THESE FEDERAL RULES.

UM, WE, UH, ACQUIRED AND DEPLOYED TECHNOLOGY FOR TELEWORKING, UH, THAT WERE AUTHORIZED THINGS WE DID.

WE BOUGHT SOME TURNOUT GEAR FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND AS YOU GO DOWN THE LIST, THE DOLLARS GET SMALLER, UM, RECALL WE WAIVE CREDIT CARD FEES FOR CITIZENS THAT YEAR, UM, AS A WAY TO LIGHTEN THEIR BURDEN, UH, WITH TAXES, UH, THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HAZARD PAY THAT WAS ALLOWED FOR FIREFIGHTERS, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY EXTRA PAY.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU COULD USE THAT MONEY FOR.

BECAUSE REMEMBER IN 2020, WE WERE ASKING OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO GO INTO HOMES WITH MASKS AND GOWNS.

THERE WERE NO VACCINATIONS.

IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A SCARY TIME.

UM, THERE WERE SOME BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY THROUGH THE EDA, UM, A BADGING SYSTEM, WHICH WE HAD LONG, WANTED TO IMPLEMENT, UH, WAS AUTHORIZED AN AUTHORIZED USE OF THOSE FUNDS.

AND WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THAT.

UM, WE, UH, PUT IN SOME DARK FIBER FOR THE YORKTOWN LIBRARY, WHICH IS GOING TO SERVE AS WELL.

UH, WHEN THE RENOVATION IS DONE, UM, WE ASSISTED SOME NONPROFITS ON THE FUNDAMENTAL, ALONG WITH OUR NEIGHBORS WHO WERE PROVIDING CHILDCARE AT A TIME WHEN THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CHILDCARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WE UPGRADED THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.

YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO DO.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT ANY OF THESE, THESE ARE ALL DONE REPORTED AND AUDITED.

THAT WAS THE TOTAL WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

UM, WHAT WE DID WAS

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NOW, WHAT WAS CRAZY ABOUT THAT WHOLE PROCESS? I MEAN, I HAVE NEVER IN MY CAREER, UH, AND PROBABLY YOU ALL IN YOUR SERVICE, I'VE NEVER SEEN WHERE YOU GET SOME MONEY LIKE THAT WITH ALL OF THESE RULES.

AND YOU SAY, IF YOU DON'T SPEND IT IN NINE MONTHS, YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

AND THEN RIGHT, AS WE WERE FINISHING EVERYTHING IN DECEMBER OF 2020, UM, TH THIS IS SOME, THERE WERE SOME OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL CARES ACT FUNDS THAT DIDN'T COME THROUGH THE COUNTY, UH, WHICH WE BENEFITED FROM, UM, AND THIS HIGHLIGHTS THOSE, BUT TO GET TO MY PUNCHLINE ON THE CARES ACT, UM, THIS OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL BILL CALLED THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE RELEASE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION, WHICH HAD JUST SOME REALLY SMALL SUMS WE PICKED UP ON.

BUT THE OTHER THING THEY DID IN THAT LAW IN DECEMBER TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE OLD LAW SAID THAT WE HAD TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY, THEY PASSED A LAW AND SAID, YOU HAVE ANOTHER YEAR, UH, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY IN OUR CASE, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER AND, AND PULL THE TRIGGER ON ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT WAS THE CARES ACT WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL, UH, CYRISSA ACT.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE LIST OF HOW ALL THAT MONEY WAS DEPLOYED.

SO ARPA WAS THE NEWER ONE, UH, THAT CAME ABOUT IN THE, UM, UH, FEBRUARY OR MARCH TIMEFRAME OF 21.

SO THINK ABOUT THAT TIMEFRAME, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAT WAS IN THE MIDST OF COVID VACCINE RUSH AND, UH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO SORT OF HOPING TO TRY TO GET US ALL BACK TO NORMAL, AGAIN, ADMINISTERED BY THE TREASURY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SET OF RULES.

UM, AND YOU'D HAVE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WHO IN GOOD FAITH CAME UP WITH THE FIRST PROGRAM AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, TALKING TO EVERYBODY, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME LESSONS WERE LEARNED AND SOME THINGS WERE DONE DIFFERENT WITH THE SECOND BATCH OF FUNDS, WHICH MADE IT A LITTLE BIT LESS CRAZY IN PART, UM, THE RULES OF HOW LONG YOU HAD TO SPEND THE MONEY.

AND, UH, A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THIS CASE, RATHER THAN THE MONEY COMING THROUGH THE STATE, UH, IT'S COMING TO US IN TWO TRANCHES.

THE FIRST ONE WE RECEIVED AN APPROPRIATED THIS TIME LAST YEAR, AND WE HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND WE'RE EXPECTING THE SECOND TRAUNCH ANY DAY.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS WHICH IS REQUIRED BY OUR RULES WOULD BE TO, UH, APPROPRIATE THAT MONEY SO WE CAN DEPLOY IT IN THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED.

AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER HERE IN A MINUTE.

NOW I DO HAVE ONE LITTLE WHINY THING I HAVE TO SAY HERE.

UM, EVEN THOUGH THIS MONEY HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF HOW WE HAVE DEPLOYED IT ALREADY AND WHAT WE CONTINUE TO PLAN TO DO WITH IT.

I JUST GOT TO SAY, BECAUSE OF SOME QUIRK IN THE LAW, VIRGINIA, CITY'S GOT MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH PER CAPITA AS VIRGINIA COUNTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HATE TO BE COMPLAINING ABOUT $13 MILLION, BUT THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG AND THE CITY OF PICASA EACH RECEIVED MORE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE CARES ACT THAN THE COUNTY OF YORK.

NOW WE WON'T EVEN GO TO HOW MUCH HAMPTON GUIDE OR NEWPORT NEWS GUIDE OR VIRGINIA BEACH GUIDE.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT $5,000 BONUSES HERE AND BIG PROJECTS THERE, KEEP IN MIND THAT A LOT OF THE CITIES GOT A TREMENDOUSLY LARGER SUM THAN THE COUNTY DID, ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY HELPFUL AND WE'RE CERTAINLY PUTTING IT TO GOOD USE.

DON'T WORRY.

YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD.

I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE LISTENING, RIGHT? SO, UM, WHEN WE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THIS, BUT WE SENT A SERIES OF REPORTS AND GREG ROULETTE STARTED MAKING PRESENTATIONS TO YOU.

AND THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY WE LANDED ON WAS LET'S ATTEMPT TO SPEND APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THESE SONGS FOR ONE-TIME CAPITAL THINGS, THINGS THAT EITHER WE WERE GOING TO DO ANYWAY, OR THINGS THAT EVERYBODY KNEW NEEDED TO BE DONE, BUT NEVER QUITE MADE THE CUT BECAUSE OF OTHER PRIORITIES.

UM, WE, WE SORT OF SET ASIDE 10% FOR ONGOING COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND 10% FOR CONTINGENCIES OR OTHER ONE-TIME COUNTY NEEDS.

AND THERE'S SOME DEFINITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT BASICALLY THAT ALL THE DECISIONS YOU HAVE MADE AND ALL THE DIRECTION YOU'VE GIVEN HAVE TRACKED WITH THAT BASIC APPROACH.

SO HERE'S WHAT, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING ALL OF WHICH, UH, YOU HAVE DIRECTED IN THESE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, IN SOME CASES APPROVED IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY, UH, AWARDED THE CONTRACTS OR ALLOCATED THE FUNDS.

SO WE HAVE SET ASIDE $2 MILLION OF THAT CASH.

UM,

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UH, WE KNOW THAT CONSTRUCTION PRICES ARE GOING UP, WHETHER THAT WILL BE ENOUGH REMAINS TO BE SEEN, BUT THAT'S A CERTAINLY A, A WISE USE OF SOME OF THAT FEDERAL MONEY AND WOULD FALL INTO THAT 80% CATEGORY.

WE SET A SIMILAR SIDE AMOUNT, UH, ASIDE SIMILAR AMOUNT FOR THE UPCOMING, UH, RIVERWALK LANDING WATER STREET, GRILL RENOVATION PROJECT.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A COUNTY AND BUILDING LEASE TO THE EDA, UH, WE'LL PARTNER WITH THE TENANT, BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO LARGELY DO THIS PROJECT WITHOUT USING, YOU KNOW, OTHER LOCAL FUNDS, SOME LOCAL FUNDS, BUT THIS TAKES CARE OF SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT, AGAIN, SAME, UH, SOMETHING WE KNOW WE NEEDED TO DO, UH, BUT WE DIDN'T OTHERWISE, UH, HAVE IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, DARK FIBER INSTALLATION.

THAT WAS ONE THAT WE KIND OF RUSHED FORWARD.

THIS IS A DARK FIBER THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE NORTH COUNTY.

THE NORTH COUNTY'S INTERNET SERVICE AND OPTIONS ARE NOT AS GOOD AS SOUTH OF YORKTOWN.

UH, AND INITIALLY THIS, UH, RING WILL TIE A BUNCH OF COUNTY BUILDINGS TOGETHER, BUT IT CREATES THE POTENTIAL, UM, FOR PRIVATE SERVICE TO CONNECT OFF OF THAT RING.

UM, WE ALSO APPROVED AS A PLANNING CONCEPT, IT'S OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE BUDGET, SO YOU CAN STILL REVISIT THIS, UM, SOME MONEY FOR A PARK UPGRADES.

AND AT YOUR RETREAT, YOU SAW MR. FULLER GAVE A PRESENTATION ON SOME OF THE THINGS WHERE THAT MIGHT BE, UH, WHAT MIGHT BE DONE.

AND AGAIN, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR BUDGET AND CONTINGENCIES EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, IN THE, AS WE REDO THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT.

UH, WE DID, UH, USE THE 10% THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE FOR THE COUNTY AS WE CALL IT A RETENTION INCENTIVE.

IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT A BONUS, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN.

UH, WE GOT SOME MONEY FOR, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES THROUGH THE STATE.

AND WE WERE KIND OF IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO JUST GIVE COMP BOARD AUTHORIZED PEOPLE, UH, PAYMENT AND NOT EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO WE OPTED TO DO THAT.

UM, WE BOUGHT AN EXTRA AMBULANCE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A YEAR TO ARRIVE IN ANTICIPATION OF THE OPENING OF FIRE STATION SEVEN.

AND WE SET ASIDE SOME FUNDS, UH, FOR THE, UH, CONSOLIDATION OF OUR IT, UH, OPERATION, UH, AT THE OPERATION CENTER.

SO REMEMBER THAT WE ALSO, UH, ESTABLISHED A COMMITTEE, UH, WITH SOME FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO, UH, AID.

UM, THE CITIZENS ARE CONTINUE TO BE IMPACTED BY COVID.

UM, WE, UH, PROVIDED THE, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF SOME, SO THEY COULD PROVIDE SOME ONE-TIME SMALL CAPITAL GRANTS IN ADDITION TO THE OPERATING CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY TYPICALLY WOULD PROVIDE THROUGH OUR BUDGET.

UM, AND, UH, WE STILL HAVE SOME UN-DESIGNATED CONTINGENCIES, UH, THAT THE BOARD IN THE FUTURE.

UM, WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ONE FINAL POINT ON THIS.

UH, I MENTIONED THAT IN ARPA, THE RULES WERE LESS CONVOLUTED.

THERE WAS THIS ARBITRARY, ALTHOUGH ADVANTAGEOUS RULE THAT SAID, UM, IF YOU'RE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN A CERTAIN CATEGORY, UM, YOU CAN BUY FORMULA SAY THAT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, IS REVENUE REPLACEMENT.

AND IN THE ARBITRARY FORMULA THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS, ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WE GOT QUALIFIED AS REVENUE REPLACEMENT.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH A LOT OF HOOPS AND WE COULD ESSENTIALLY DEPLOY IT USING ALL THE NORMAL PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES THAT THE BOARD WOULD, WOULD USE, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE SOME OF THE CITIES WITH, THEY GOT A LOT MORE MONEY.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL HOOPS TO GO THROUGH, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO.

SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S DROPS THROUGH HOURS BUDGET AND BECOMES THE COUNTY'S MONEY.

UM, RECALL THAT, UM, IN ONE OF YOUR LAST BRIEFINGS ON THIS, WE RECOMMENDED AND THE BOARD APPROVED, AND WE SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED IN RCIP, UH, PROVIDING THE SCHOOLS WITH SOME CAPITAL MONEY FOR SMALL RECREATION ORIENTED PROJECTS, REALLY SPRINKLED AROUND JUST ABOUT EVERY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY.

AND, UH, MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY AND MANY OF THEM THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET DONE THIS SUMMER WITH SCHOOL BEING CLOSED, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UH, THE BRUTON, UH, PROJECT, WHICH IS THE SINGLE LARGEST, ONE OF THE PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.

AND THEY'RE HOPING TO GET STARTED IN ABOUT A WEEK.

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WE KNOW THIS NEVER MAKES YOUR CUT ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET, BUT WE KNOW YOU HAVE THESE NEEDS.

AND ANOTHER THING THAT YOU ALL LIKED ABOUT IT AND STAFF LIKED ABOUT IT WAS MANY OF THESE WHILE THERE THEY HELPED THE SCHOOL KIDS.

MANY OF THESE ARE FACILITIES THAT ARE GENERALLY USED BY THE COUNTY.

SO I WON'T SPEAK TO ALL OF THESE, BUT THIS IS THE LIST THAT THE SCHOOL'S PROVIDED AND IS REFLECTED IN OUR APPROVED CIP.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THAT 80% ON ONE TIME, CAPITAL A, WHICH WAS OUR PHILOSOPHY WITH THIS MONEY.

AND SO THAT IS THE TOTAL.

AND, UM, WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S THE SETUP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

LET ME SEE WHAT MR. JOE MCGILL THAT WAS GOING TO DO NEXT.

UH, OH, THERE WAS SOME OTHER ARPA FUNDING THAT DIDN'T FLOW TO THE COUNTY.

UM, YOU RECALL YOU RECENTLY APPROPRIATED THAT, UH, TOURISM SUPPORT GRANT, I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, THERE, YOU SEE THE CARDBOARD REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SHERIFF, WHICH WAS ALSO REFLECTED IN WHAT OUR MATCH WAS FOR THE RETENTION BONUS FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES.

UM, AND THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL HEADSTART FUNDING AND SOME UTILITIES RELIEF MONEY, UH, THAT IN THE COUNTY'S CASE WAS USED FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR SEWER PROGRAM.

SO AGAIN, TO RESTATE ALL OF THE CARES ACT FUNDS HAVE BEEN SPENT ACCOUNTED FOR AUDITED AND REPORTED TO THE FEDS, UH, THE FIRST TRAUNCH OF SLUR, WHICH IS ANOTHER ACRONYM THAT I'M DEGENERATING THE CALLING ARPA, UH, IN THEIR DIFFERENT ACRONYMS, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GO IN THE LAW, SAME THING.

UH, WE HAVE EXPENDED REPORTED AND AUDITED, UH, THE BATCH WE GOT LAST YEAR.

SO THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL TRAUNCH THAT I'M PROPOSING THAT WE APPROPRIATE TONIGHT FOR THE PURPOSES, YOU KNOW, OUTLINED AS WE DISCUSSED.

AND WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, MADAM CHAIRMAN, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR CAROLYN, UH, AND AS APPROPRIATE WE CAN GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, MR. MORGAN, WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SAY IS THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN TRANSPARENT WITH THE MONEY, WHICH IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT.

OUR CITIZENS KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT'S BEING USED AND TO THEIR BENEFIT.

AND I THINK SOME OF THE STAFF, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

I KNOW YOU WILL SO HAVE LOOKING AT YOU SURE.

I DID MY MATH, RIGHT? THE, UH, THE FUNDS TO MEET ALL THE FUNDING FOR RIVERWALK THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 80% OF THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR RENOVATION CLOSE.

SO, I MEAN, TRUTHFULLY PROJECT HASN'T BEEN BID YET.

AND SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THE COST IN JANUARY.

THE ARCHITECT'S ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT WAS 4 MILLION.

AND AT THAT POINT, WHEN WE SORT OF CAME UP WITH THE FORMULA, UM, THE, UH, THE TENANT, UM, WAS, IS TO PAY 35% OF THE COST.

AND THE EDA WITH THE HELP OF THE COUNTY WOULD TAKE 65% OF THE COST.

SO AT 4 MILLION, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE 2 MILLION AND THE ONE POINT SOMETHING MILLION THAT THE TENANT WOULD PAY, THERE WOULD BE A DELTA THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO BE PAID EITHER THROUGH THE EDA CAPITAL FUND OR THE BOARD'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTINGENCY.

THE WAY THE CONTRACT IS WRITTEN, THE PERCENTAGES STAY THE SAME REGARDLESS OF THE BID PRICE, SO THAT BOTH PARTIES HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO, YOU KNOW, WANT THE SAME THING AND THE RESULT.

SO IF IT GOES UP, BOTH PARTIES GO UP.

IF IT GOES DOWN, BOTH PARTIES GET US DOWN.

UH, ONCE WE HAVE THE BID IN, I'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND TO THIS BODY EXACTLY HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT.

BUT TH THAT'S THE ROUGH FORMULA TO THE FORECAST.

THANK YOU, CHAD, YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, EVERYONE KNOWS, UH, LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE PARKING GARAGE AT THE STRUCTURAL ISSUE.

WOULD THERE BE, SHOULD WE HOLD BACK SOME OF THIS MONEY IN ANTICIPATION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO TEAR DOWN THE PARKING GARAGE OR MAKE SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS TO IT? SO IT'D BE MY QUESTION FOR YOU BEFORE WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON SOME THINGS MAYBE THAT ARE NEEDED, BUT NOT ESSENTIAL.

SO FAIR QUESTION.

UM, IF WE NEEDED TO, DO WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO IT RECALL THAT YOU STILL GOT ABOUT A HALF MILLION COMPLETELY UNALLOCATED? AND WE HAVE ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF FOR FUTURE PARKS PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT A COUPLE YEARS OUT IN THE CIP STILL, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO REVISIT ANYWAY, CAUSE WE HADN'T EVEN DEFINED, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROJECT OR PROJECTS WE WANTED

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SO IN THE EVENT IT WAS A MAJOR CATASTROPHIC THING AND INSURANCE DIDN'T PAY FOR IT.

THAT COULD BE AN OPTION.

I MEAN, THE COUNTY DOES CARRY PROPERTY INSURANCE WITH A SMALL DEDUCTIBLE.

SO UNDER MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN IF IT'S A, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE GRAFTON FIRE OCCURRED IN THE END, THE SCHOOLS, IT WAS A $12 MILLION WITH HAIR AND THE SCHOOL'S PAID A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO, UM, I CAN'T ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD BE AN INSURANCE JOB, BUT THAT'S SURE NUMBER ONE LINE OF ATTACK.

AND WHILE WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN, UH, OUR EXPERTS DO NOT THINK IT'S GOING TO DO ANYTHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE, UH, REPLACE A BEAM.

AND SO, UH, I MEAN, I THINK AT MOST WE'RE TALKING TIME AND PERHAPS LOW SIX FIGURES, NOT, UM, SEVEN FIGURE TYPE OF JOB, BUT IF WE HAD TO YOU HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.

CORRECT.

THANK YOU, TOM.

YOU HAVE QUESTION.

YEAH.

NEIL, APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING DETAILS.

UM, IN THE TOTAL, SINCE THE CORONAVIRUS AND ALL THE ACTS THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER, WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT WE'VE RECEIVED OR NOT RECEIVED, BUT GOING TO RECEIVE ALL WELL, THE, THE DIRECT MONEY TO THE COUNTY, UH, THE TOTAL WAS THE 11, UH, WAS, WAS IT 11, NINE, CAROLYN OF CARES AND 13, UM, 2 13, 2 IN ARPA.

YOU ADD THOSE TOGETHER.

SO THAT'S, UH, 20 APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY.

NOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WERE NOT TO MINIMIZE IT, BUT RELATIVELY SMALL SUMS THAT VECTORED IN LIKE HEADSTART GOT SOME DIRECT GRANTS AND THE UTILITY RELIEF PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T COME FROM THAT POT OF MONEY.

UM, AND THE REALLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE WAS STATE.

THE STATE PUTS SOME CDBG MONEY, UH, UH, INTO BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, WHICH OUR, UH, COMMUNITY SUPPORT OR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAMED UP ON.

AND SO WE DEPLOYED AN ADDITIONAL $1.3 MILLION OF FEDERAL THINK IT WAS CARES, ACT MONEY.

I'M NOT SURE IT MIGHT'VE BEEN ARPA MONEY, UM, FOR, UH, ABOUT A HUNDRED, YOUR COUNTY BUSINESSES IN THREE SERIES OF SMALL GRANTS.

SO IF YOU ADDED ALL THAT UP 25 MILLION PLUS THROUGH THE COUNTY, IN THOSE FIT, THAT LIST OF THINGS I SHOWED YOU, AND THEN PROBABLY ANOTHER, UH, 2 MILLION IN DIFFERENT, SMALLER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, PASS THROUGH THE COUNTY WITH TARGETED TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.

SO THE OTHER RESTRICTION ON THESE, ON THE, UM, ON THE USE OF THE FUNDS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S TYPICAL FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY HERE.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST SCRAMBLING AROUND TRYING TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT, BUT THEY PUT THESE RESTRICTIONS ON US.

UM, AND THEY ENDED UP PUSHING DOWN A TRUCK, A TON OF MONEY, A TON OF MONEY ON THE CITIES AND THE, AND THE COUNTIES ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES HAS OVER 3000 COUNTIES OVER THERE ABOUT 3,100 COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS AND I'VE GOT ONE OF THE THINGS OF A DELTA HERE BETWEEN, LET'S SAY, UH, THE CORONAVIRUS NEVER HAPPENED, WHAT ARE WE PICKING UP? WHAT ARE WE FROM 20, $25 MILLION? WHAT'S WHAT WE, WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT THAT 25 MILLION? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE CORONAVIRUS NEVER HAPPENED, THAT'S SORT OF A MAJOR CAVEAT ON WHAT MY ANSWER MIGHT BE.

SO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF IT, THAT MIGHT BE AN AVERAGE YEAR OF TOTAL CAPITAL SPENDING SCHOOLS AND COUNTY COMBINED.

SO ONE SIMPLE WAY TO SAY WOULD THE, A FREE YEAR OF CAPITAL BUDGET SPENDING, THAT WOULD BE SORT OF ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.

OF COURSE IT WAS SPREAD OUT OVER THREE DIFFERENT FISCAL YEARS.

AND SO IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF IT, IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND GENERAL FUND IS SOMETHING LIKE $155 MILLION.

AND, UH, SO ON THE OPERATING SIDE, IF YOU TOOK A THIRD OF THAT, YOU KNOW, 8 MILLION, THAT WOULD BE A SIX, 7%.

UM, BUT SINCE THIS BODY, I THINK RIGHTLY DECIDED TO USE WHEREVER POSSIBLE, THE MONEY FOR CAPITAL, PROBABLY THE CAPITAL BUDGET WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT AS THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.

SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE GOTTEN DRAGGED INTO A LOT OF PROGRAMMATIC USES OF THE MONEY.

AND,

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I THINK YOU ALL WERE UNANIMOUSLY.

DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE YOU STAND UP A PROGRAM AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU STOP IT WHEN THE MONEY GOES AWAY? AND SO THE, THE BEAUTY OF THE ONE-TIME APPROACH IS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN CAPITAL BUDGET TERMS, THERE'S ALWAYS NEED THAT CAN'T BE MET.

AND SO IF YOU USE IT FOR THINGS THAT YOU FIX, THE PROBLEM, AND THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY FOR 10 OR 20 YEARS, THEN YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING WHEN THE MONEY DRIES UP, YOU STILL COME OUT AHEAD.

WHEREAS IF YOU START SOME SOFT PROGRAM AND THEN THE, AND THEN THE MONEY DRIES UP, THEN YOU EITHER HAVE TO PULL THE PLUG AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HURT OR YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP IT GOING.

SO I THINK THE SINGLE BEST THING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE TIME, HOW CAN WE ENHANCE ALL OF OUR CAPITAL NEEDS? AND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN A BIG AREA OF NEED, YOU KNOW, REINVESTING IN FACILITIES, UH, COUNTY AND SCHOOLS, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEFER OR NOT DEFER, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID, UH, UH, LOANS BORROWING BECAUSE THAT'S THE, YOU'RE GOING TO END UP BUILDING THESE BUILDINGS EVENTUALLY AND GETTING TO THEIR SOME WAY, EITHER OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BORROW THEM.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE RULES OF THE PROGRAMS, VARIED CARES ACT WAS A LITTLE MORE STRINGENT THAN ARPA, BUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THAT MONEY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE TOOK A ONE-TIME APPROACH WITH MOST OF IT THAT MONEY DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM LINE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE BUILDING FIRE STATION SEVEN WITHOUT BARLIN AND DON, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUILD FIRE STATIONS THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY, AND WE'VE GOT A RESERVE FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUILDING.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE BID PRICE HAS COME IN HIGH AND WE'VE GOT A WAY TO COVER THAT WITHOUT BORROWING WATER.

UM, SO YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THE CAPITAL BUDGET WAY OF THINKING ABOUT IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST MEANINGFUL WHAT TIME SPENT WITH JEWEL, WHICH WAS THE BEST WAY TO GO.

UH, SPEAKING ABOUT MONEY.

I

[1. State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Appropriation. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R22-111 to appropriate funds in the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget for Federal Funding received from the American Rescue Plan Act. ]

AND THE FIRST ONE IS TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTION, OUR 22 DASH 111 TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 BUDGET FOR FEDERAL FUNDING TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

MR. MORGAN, ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE THIS ONE? PRETTY MUCH SAID WHAT BABY YOU MIGHT HAVE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO SINCE YOU'VE DONE THAT QUITE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF FUNDING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? NOT YET, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO CARED, WHO WOULD SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? SEE NONE.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BOARD COMMENTS OF ANY.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO MOVE BACK TO HEAR THAT.

THANK YOU.

I'LL MOVE OUR 22 DASH 1 1 1 WE'LL CALL, PLEASE.

THE MOTION MAY FIND MR. GREEN IS TO ADOPT POST RESOLUTION R 22 DASH ONE 11 APPROPRIATING FUNDS AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET FOR FEDERAL FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN HAT.

MR. GREEN, MR. ROAN, MR. SHEPHERD, MRS. NOLE.

YES.

MOTION CARRIED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THEN

[2. Application No. PD-57-22, Commonwealth Green, LLLP. Consider adoption of proposed Ordinance No. 22-11 to approve an application to amend the conditions of approval applicable to the previously approved Commonwealth Green Mixed-Use Development]

AND WE GOING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE 2211 TO AMEND CONDITIONS FOR THE APPROVAL APPLICABLE TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED COMMONWEALTH GREEN MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

AND I SEE YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UH, THIS IS AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GREEN PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY, UH, IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE, UH, NEWPORT NEWS CITY LINE.

IT'S A PLANT DEVELOPMENT MIXED USE, UM, AND IT WAS APPROVED IN 2012 THROUGH A REZONING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

OH, THAT'S ABOUT A 46 ACRE PROJECT, UM, OUTLINED IN BLUE HERE ON THE ZONING MAP.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SURROUNDING ZONING IS, UM, GENERAL BUSINESS, THE MIXED-USE VISION FOR THIS AREA.

IT GOES BACK TO THE 2005 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEN WE CREATED THE MIXED USE OVERLAY DESIGNATION, AND WE APPLIED IT TO VARIOUS AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT YOU CAN SEE THE CROSSHATCHED AREA ON THIS COMP PLAN MAP, UH, INDICATING THE MIXED USE OVERLAY DESIGNATION AND THE FEELING AT THE TIME WAS THAT THIS WAS A GOOD LOCATION GIVEN ITS PROXIMITY TO, UH, KILL THEM CREEK, UH, THE BUSINESSES THERE ON VICTORY, THE AIRPORT OVER ON THE WEST AND, UH, TO RETAIL ON THE EAST HILL ON ROUTE 17, THE FEELING WAS THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR SOME TYPE OF MIXED USE, UH, RETAIL BUSINESS

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AND, UH, THE COMMERCIAL USES KIND OF ON, ON EITHER RANDOM.

THE VISION WAS PREDICATED ON THE NOTION OF HAVING ACCESSIBILITY TO BOTH COMMONWEALTH DRIVE TO THE EAST AND ROUTE 17 OR RIGHT TO THE WEST AND ROUTE 17 TO THE EAST AS SHOWN ON THE MAP HERE, IT WAS ENVISIONED AS BASICALLY AN EXTENSION OF COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, UH, TO, UH, ROUTE 17 AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH, UM, COVENTRY BOULEVARD, WHICH IS OF COURSE A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION.

YOU CAN SEE IT A LITTLE BETTER ON THIS AERIAL PHOTO.

AGAIN, THAT WAS THE VISION.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE VISION WAS NOT ABLE TO BECOME REALITY, THE, UH, DEVELOPERS OF THIS PROJECT, UH, OR NOT ABLE TO, UH, GET THE, UH, APPROVAL OF ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF ROUTE 17 TO COME THROUGH PUNCH THAT ROAD THROUGH, UH, THEIR PROPERTY.

AND SO THEY CAME UP WITH, UH, THE NEXT BEST SOLUTION, UH, WHICH IS THE ROAD ALIGNMENT THAT YOU SEE UP HERE, UH, BASICALLY TAKING WHAT IS NOW KEENER WAY, UH, SORT OF A CIRCUITOUS, UH, UH, CURVER, UH, CURVILINEAR ROAD OVER TO, UH, ROUTE 17, UH, NEAR APPLE LANE.

IT'S A, UM, IT'S ONLY A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT.

AND, UH, SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT, UH, WAS ULTIMATELY APPROVED.

THE, UH, VETO WAS NEVER, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ALIGNMENT.

UH, THEY HAD CONCERNS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, UM, UH, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE DEVELOPER, THIS WAS NOT THE DEVELOPER'S PREFERENCE EITHER.

VIDOT, UH, VIDELE'S PREFERENCE WAS TO, UH, HAVE THE CONNECTION THERE AT COVENTRY BOULEVARD, COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALSO THE DEVELOPERS PREFERENCE.

CERTAINLY IT WAS THE STAFF'S PREFERENCE.

UH, WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, THE ALIGNMENT, NOT THEREBY BY APPLE WAY OR APPLE ROAD.

UM, UH, BUT, UH, IN FACT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO OUR, UH, RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION IN 2012.

UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMMONWEALTH DRIVE THE AREA OUT IN BOLD AND ALIGN IN BLUE IS 324 APARTMENT UNITS.

UH, THE MAIN STATE CONDOMINIUMS, UH, THERE ON, UH, KEENER WAY, WHICH ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UH, THEY'RE APPROVED FOR 94.

I THINK THEY'RE UP TO 62 NOW, CONDOMINIUM DUPLEX KIND OF UNITS.

AND THEN THERE WAS A COUPLE OF COMMERCIAL COMPONENTS TO THIS, UH, OUTLINED IN GREEN HERE IS THE AREA WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING TO BUILD THREE, UH, UP TO THREE, THREE UNIT LIVE ABOVE, UH, BUILDINGS WITH THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL OVER COMMERCIAL.

AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF KEENER WAY, UH, ABOUT A 1.67 ACRE SITE, UH, THERE'S A SITE PLAN, UH, UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW FOR A, UH, 89 ROOM HOTEL ON THAT SITE.

SO THE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD, UH, TOWARD COMPLETION.

UM, A COUPLE OF PICTURES.

THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO COMMONWEALTH GREEN.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE APARTMENTS, UH, IN THE BACKGROUND, THIS IS LOOKING DOWN KEENER WAY.

UH, THE, THE, UH, DUPLEX UNITS, THE CONDO IS THEIR MAIN STATE, UH, CONDOS.

YOU CAN SEE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, AND THEN YOU GET TO THE END OF KINA WAY, AND IT JUST STOPS.

UH, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, THE FIRST OF THOSE THREE, UH, LIVE ABOVE, UH, BUILDINGS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL OVER COMMERCIAL, THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY MARKETING.

UM, SO, UH, WHEN THE PROJECT WAS FIRST APPROVED IN 2012, THERE WAS A CONDITION, UH, THAT, UH, UH, THE ROAD CONNECTION TO ROUTE 17 WOULD BE COMPLETED BY A CERTAIN DATE.

UH, AND ALSO THE EXTENSION OF UTILITIES.

UH, THEY RAN INTO PROBLEMS WITH THE DEQ, GETTING THE WETLANDS PERMITS.

THERE WAS AN EXTENSION GRANTED, UH, THEY RAN INTO SOME MORE PROBLEMS AGAIN WITH THE DEQ AND ALSO SOME OTHER PROBLEMS AS FAR AS THE MARKETABILITY OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, CONDOS, UH, CONDO DESIGN.

AND SO THAT SLOWED THINGS DOWN.

AND SO, UH, THAT ANOTHER EXTENSION WAS GRANTED, UM, UH, MORE RECENTLY.

AND SO CURRENTLY THE DEADLINE FOR, UH, EXTENDING THAT ROAD IS OCTOBER 5TH OF THIS YEAR.

AND SO, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT ACTION, THIS IS THE CURRENT APPROVED MASTER PLAN FOR COMMONWEALTH GREEN.

UH, SO THEY SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN, UH, LAST YEAR.

AND, UH, I GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS, UH, FROM V DOC.

UH, AGAIN, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED ROAD ALIGNMENT.

THEY REITERATED THOSE CONCERNS.

UM, THEY HAD, UH, UH, AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUSHING FOR THE ROAD CONNECTION THAT COVENTRY BOULEVARD COURSE THAT'S OUT OF THE DEVELOPER'S CONTROL.

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THEY DIDN'T, THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT IT BECOMING A CUT-THROUGH, UH, JU UH, GENERATING CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC, UH, DOWN KEENER WAY, WHICH IS BASICALLY A RESIDENTIAL STREET.

AND WE HAD SOME, SOME, UH, SOME RESIDENTS FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT COME AND SPEAK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO ALSO HAD THOSE CON THOSE KINDS OF CONCERNS.

THEY'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER UTILITIES PLACED UNDERNEATH THE ROADWAY PAVEMENT, AND, UH, THE LACK OF SIDEWALKS ON JEANETTE DRIVE.

AND SO ULTIMATELY THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE ROAD CONNECTION TO ROUTE 17 SHOULD BE ELIMINATED AND THAT WE JUST ALLOW KEENER WAY TO END IN A TYPICAL CUL-DE-SAC.

UM, SO, UH, THAT'S THE APPLICATION THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, THAT'S THE REQUEST THAT'S BEING MADE BY THE DEVELOPERS? UH, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT VR IS NOT GOING TO APPROVE JANETTE DRIVE.

UH, THEY DID PROPOSE AN ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENT.

HOWEVER, IF THE DEVELOPERS WERE TO DO THAT, THEY'D HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN WITH THE WETLANDS PERMITS, BECAUSE IT WOULD CHANGE THE WETLANDS IMPACT.

A REMINDER THAT PROCESS TOOK THEM ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

UH, AND SO, UH, AND IN THE END, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S EVIDENT THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO APPROVE THE ROAD.

UH, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION, AND THIS WOULD ALLOW, AGAIN, THIS WOULD ALLOW KEENER WAY TO END IN A CUL-DE-SAC AND, UH, YOU CAN DO THIS THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 22 DASH 11 PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE APPLICATION, THEIR APRIL MEETING AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

UH, THE DEVELOPERS APPLICANTS ARE HERE.

MR. DAVIS IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR ME AT THIS TIME.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

QUICK QUESTION.

IT LOOKED LIKE THAT ALIGNING THAT ROAD WITH COVENTRY BOULEVARD MADE A LOT OF SENSE.

I MEAN, THAT, THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR IT, BUT YOU SAID THAT WAS STOPPED BECAUSE I GUESS THE PINE MEADOW VETERINARIAN IT'S ACTUALLY THE BRAIN FAMILY OWNS THE PROPERTY THAT'S DIRECTLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF 17, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE LOGICAL EXTENSION FOR THAT ROAD AND WHERE THAT ROAD SHOULD COME OUT.

CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.

THE COMP PLAN RECOMMENDS.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.

RIGHT.

SO I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M HAVING TROUBLE BOOK.