* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order] [00:00:04] AND GOOD EVENING, LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO THE MAY 16TH BOARD SUPERVISOR MEETING. I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. ZAREMBA. HERE, MRS. NOEL. HERE. MR. GREEN. HERE. MR. RON? HERE. MR. SHEPHERD. HERE. MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. UH, THE INVOCATION. I'LL CALL UP MEGAN, UH, PETERS. YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER HERE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER BELIEVERS. LORD, WE ASK THE YOU GRANT US THE BLESSING OF A SAFE, FRUITFUL EVENT. LET OUR DISCUSSIONS BE WHOLESOME IN MAY OUR SPIRITS BE LIFTED BECAUSE OF THE FRIENDSHIPS WE SHARE. MAY WE HONOR YOU WITH HEARTS OF OBEDIENCE AND WORDS THAT ARE FULL OF TRUTH AND LOVE. PLEASE BUST THIS GROUP AND KEEP US SAFE IN YOUR LOVING ARMS. LET THERE BE PEACE AMONG EVERYONE. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, MEGAN. OKAY, EVERYONE, PLEASE, UH, RISE IF YOU'RE ABLE. AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE OF ALLEG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. LIBERTY. THANK YOU. OKAY. [1* 2023 Outstanding Youth Awards. Presentation to the recipients of the Outstanding Youth Awards in the categories of Courage, Compassion, Community Service, and Overall Achievement.] WE'LL BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH, UH, ONE OF OUR, OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO HERE. AND IT'S TO RECOGNIZE, UH, OUTSTANDING STUDENTS FOR THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD, UM, IN YOUR COUNTY. TONIGHT, THE BOARD, THE SUPERVISORS ARE PRIVILEGED TO PRESENT OUR 2023 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD WINNERS. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL AWARD GIVEN TO HIGH SCHOOL, UH, STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND AT HOMESCHOOL. THIS AWARD SELECTS ONE WINNER IN FOUR CATEGORIES, COMMUNITY SERVICE, COMPASSION, COURAGE, AND OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT. THIS AWARD ALSO INCLUDES A $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP FOR FROM THE COUNTY. NOMINATIONS FOR THIS AWARD ARE RECEIVED FROM TEACHERS, PARENTS, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND MENTORS. ONCE SUBMITTED, A SELECTION COMMITTEE IS FORMED CONSISTING OF TWO YOUTH COMMISSIONERS, UM, A BOARD OF SUPERVISOR REPRESENTATIVE. THIS YEAR, IT'S, UH, MR. RON, WHO IS A LIAISON FOR THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THAT REVIEW ALL OF THE NOMINATIONS AND ANNOUNCE THEIR CHOICES. WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF ALL THE YORK COUNTY STUDENTS, AND THIS IS ONE SMALL WAY IN SHOWING THAT HOW PROUD WE ARE AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN ACKNOWLEDGE AND REWARD THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS TO INTRODUCE THE WINNERS, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH MR. GREEN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MR. GAVIN PETERS. HE HAS BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE 2023 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. HE'S DEMONSTRATED THROUGH HIS COMMITMENT TO VOLUNTEERISM AND DEVOTING HIMSELF TO HELPING IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS. AS A CHILD OF A HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM, WILLIAMSBURG CLASSICAL ACADEMY, GAVIN SERVES AS THE CAPTAIN OF HIS SAILING TEAM. HE'S ALSO HELPED DESIGN HIS SAILING TEAM'S UNIFORMS. ADDITIONALLY, HE USES HIS SKILLS TO TEACH YOUNGER STUDENTS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SAILING. HE'S ALSO TAUGHT, UH, STRING INSTRUMENTS, A PART OF A STRING ENSEMBLE. GAVIN SERVES AS A MEMBER OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, WHERE HE IS BEEN PART OF THE SCHOOL'S, FALL FESTIVAL, PROM, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL PLANNING COMMITTEES. GAVIN DONATES HIS SPARE TIME AND TALENTS TO THE ST. JOAN OF ART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. HE HAS JOINED THEIR LANDSCAPE TEAM FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS BY LED THE PRUNING TEAMS, LED THE BOY SCOUTS ON GARDENING ADVENTURES, AND BECOME A HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH LEADER FOR RETREAT TEAMS. HE'S VOLUNTEERED TO HELP FELLOW MEMBERS OF HIS CHURCH MOVING LANDSCAPING OR EVEN VEHICLE CARE AND MAINTENANCE. GAVIN NOT ONLY VOLUNTEERED FOR HIS CHURCH, BUT HE HELPED ELSEWHERE. HE HAS COORDINATED THE COLLECTION OF NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS FOR THE HOUSE OF MERCY. VISITED DISABLED VETERANS, UH, ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, AND VISITED ELDERLY AND ASSISTED LIVING HOMES DURING THE HOLIDAYS, BRINGING GIFTS AND CARDS. HE HAS HELPED ASSEMBLE FOOD AND HYGIENE CLOTHING ITEMS FOR LOCAL HOMELESS SHELTERS. DESIGNED AND BUILT A 925 SQUARE FOOT PATIO FOR ST. CLAIR OF A CC RETREAT CENTER IN HAMPTON, AND USED HIS HATO SKILLS TO TEACH CONFLICT CONTINUUM CLASSES ALONGSIDE THE DIRECTOR AND COORDINATOR OF HIS TACTICAL HATO ALLIANCE, INCLUDING [00:05:01] TEACHING THESE CLASSES TO MILITARY MEMBERS. ACCORDING TO HIS NOMINATOR, JIM ORBAN, THE CHAIRMAN AND COORDINATOR OF ST. JOAN OF ARTS LANDSCAPE TEAM GAVIN IS A GENTLEMAN WHO NEVER SAYS NO AND EXEMPLIFIES A CAN-DO ATTITUDE TOWARDS ANY CHALLENGING FACES AND JUMPS IN TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO HELP REGARDLESS OF THE TASK. GAVIN, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PUBLICLY RECOGNIZES YOU AS THE MOST WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EXTENDS ITS SINCERE ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM. AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GIVES YOU BEST WISHES TO GO WITH YOU AS YOU CONTINUE ON YOUR EDUCATION AND USE YOUR, UH, TALENTS. AND YOUR HONOR, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO BELMONT COLLEGE NEXT YEAR, SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK THE LAST FOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. MANY HOURS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO MY COMMUNITY, AND I'M PLEASED THAT THIS HAS RESONATED WITH OTHERS. HOWEVER, SOMETHING LIKE THIS CANNOT BE DONE ALONE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. JIM ORBAN FOR HIS MENTORSHIP AND EXPERTISE IN DOING THESE THINGS. MY GREATEST THINGS GOES TO MY PARENTS AND SISTERS WHO PROVIDED MY EDUCATION AND TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE THE MAN I AM TODAY. THANK YOU ALSO TO ST. JOAN DEBAR CATHOLIC CHURCH YOUTH SAILING VIRGINIA AND THE SENIOR BETA CLUB FOR THEIR HELP IN PROVIDING THE MEANS FOR THESE PROJECTS. AS I GRADUATE AND GO TO COLLEGE, I HOPE TO CONTINUE MY WORK AND INSPIRE OTHER STUDENTS TO DO THE SAME. MY LAST, BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST THANKS, GOES TO YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE YOUTH COMMISSION. I AM HONORED AND APPRECIATIVE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE WILL, AFTER WE GET THROUGH WITH THE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TALK, THERE'S GONNA BE A FILM, AND THEN WE'LL HOLD OUR APPLAUSE. WE'LL, WE CAN GET IT THEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW I'LL CALL ON, UH, MR. RON. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, SO IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TONIGHT TO, UM, ADDRESS THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COMPASSION AND INTRODUCE EVERYBODY THIS EVENING TO MS. ELISE HOLAND. DID I GET THAT CORRECT? YES. PRETTY CLOSE. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. SO, UH, GET MY GLASSES ON. SO, ELISE HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY THE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE THE 2023 A STANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COMPASSION, WHICH SHE SOLIDIFIES BY HER COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO INDIVIDUALS WITH AND THE SOCIETY OF DAM SYNDROME. AS A JUNIOR AT YORK HIGH SCHOOL, ELISE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGES A DEMANDING SCHEDULE AND PURSUES HER PASSION FOR DRAMA THROUGH THE DRAMA CLUB AND THE HIGH SCHOOL THESPIAN SOCIETY, AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING OUT FURTHER AS A SENIOR NEXT YEAR. ELISE ALSO SERVES AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HAMPTON RAINBOW FOR GIRLS ASSOCIATION. ELISE GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO ENSURE HER TWO ADOPTED OLDER SIBLINGS ARE CONSTANTLY ENCOURAGED, HELPED, AND GUIDED TOWARDS LEADING SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT LIVES. DESPITE THEIR DIAGNOSIS OF DOWN SYNDROME, ELISE'S SIBLINGS CREATED HER LOVE AND DETERMINATION TO SUPPORT THE DOWN SYNDROME COMMUNITY, AND SHE CHOOSES TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL DYING SYNDROME SOCIETY IN CELEBRATION OF HER SIBLINGS. THIS PASSION LED TO HER ORGANIZING A FUNDRAISER FOR THE NEW YORK CITY BUDDY WALK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022. FURTHERMORE, COORDINATING AND LEADING THE GROUP TO JOIN HER IN VOLUNTEERING AT THE BUDDY WALK IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY, SHE SERVED AT THE FINISH LINE HANDING OUT MEDALS TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS WITH DIANE SYNDROME DANCE ON STAGE WITH HER TWO SIBLINGS, AND SHOWED HER TRUE COMPASSION FOR THE COMMUNITY, RAISING ALMOST $2,500 AT HER FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT THE BUDDY WALL, AT LEAST ALSO ASSISTED HER FAMILY WHEN THEY NEEDED HER MOST. DESPITE SOME STRESSFUL AND DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AT HOME, HELPING HER OLDER AND YOUNGER SIBLINGS TO FEEL SAFE AND TO PREVENT ANYONE FROM HARM TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITY, STAYING CALM, COOL, AND COLLECTED WHILE PUTTING HER FAMILY FIRST, AT LEAST SEEK A DEGREE IN THEATER EDUCATION. AND FURTHERMORE, CAREER AS A DRAMA TEACHER, SUCH THAT SHE MAY MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON CHILDREN, AND HELP INCLUDE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEATER PROGRAMS, WHICH SHE HOPES TO ALSO HELP WITH NEXT YEAR. AS A SENIOR STUDENT AT YORK HIGH SCHOOL, AT LEAST THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PUBLICLY RECOGNIZES YOU AS THE MOST WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COMPASSION. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR EXTENDS THEIR SINCERE ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY LIFE DEDICATED TO HELPING OTHERS. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BEST WISHES GO WITH YOU, IS TO CONTINUE TO USE YOUR TIME AND TALENTS AND GREAT SERVICE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. I AM SO HUMBLED TO RECEIVE THE OUTSTANDING [00:10:01] YOUTH AWARD FOR COMPASSION, AND THANK MY MENTOR MEGAN MURRAY FOR NOMINATING ME. I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD SHOW COMPASSION, EVEN THOUGH IT IS HARD, I WAS ABLE TO TURN DIFFICULT TIMES INTO VOLUNTEERING FOR THE NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY WITH MY FRIENDS IN THE VIRGINIA RAINBOW FOR GIRLS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR PERSEVERING THROUGH THE DIFFICULT TIMES WE HAD LAST YEAR. I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK MY SIBLINGS FOR HELPING ME THROUGH THOSE DIFFICULT TIMES. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION FOR SELECTING ME FOR THIS AWARD. THANK YOU. GO, ELISE. VERY GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS. NOW I'LL CALL ON MS. NOEL, UH, TO PRESENT THE COURAGE. IT IS MY HONOR, THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE AWARD FOR COURAGE. NATHANIEL LAMBRIGHT HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY THE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE THE 2023 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COURAGE, WHICH HE DEMONSTRATES THROUGH HIS PERSEVERANCE, THROUGH ALL OF LIFE'S CHALLENGES. ACCORDING TO HIS NOMINATOR, DEBORAH GIBBONS, A PARAEDUCATOR AT GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL. NATHANIEL HAS EXPERIENCED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN A WHEELCHAIR. HE HAS NOT ALLOWED THIS CIRCUMSTANCE TO AFFECT HIS ACADEMICS ACHIEVING A 3.9956 C GPA THROUGHOUT SEVERAL AP COURSES. THAT'S A AWARDED END OF THE YEAR ACADEMIC HONORS EACH OF HIS YEARS AT GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL, AND HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT MEMBER OF THE HONORABLE. NATHANIEL NOT ONLY ESTABLISHED HIS ABILITY IN REQUIRED CLASSES, BUT ACTIVELY SOUGHT OUT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIMSELF JOINING THE CHESS CLUB, TAKING CREATIVE WRITING AS AN ELECTIVE, AND PURSUING NEW GOAL. REGARDLESS OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY PROVIDE, NATHANIEL HAS HAD TO OVERCOME VARIOUS PHYSICAL AND LEARNING CHALLENGES AS A STUDENT AND AS AN INDIVIDUAL. HE HAS HAD TO ADAPT AND APPRECIATE SPECIALIZED TECHNOLOGY TO ASSIST HIS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, ENDURED STRUGGLES AND FRUSTRATIONS THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE YET, HAS PERSEVERED EVERY DAY AND NEVER DATE UP ON HIS DREAMS. NATHANIEL SPENDS HIS SPARE TIME OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL IN PHYSICAL THERAPY, EITHER ON HIS OWN OR WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS STRENGTHENING HIS BODY AND INCREASING THE MOBILITY OF HIS BODY, HOPING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE CRUTCHES INSTEAD OF A WHEELCHAIR FIGHTING EVERY DAY IN HOPE TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE AND ACCEPT HIS DIPLOMA. NATHANIEL PLANS TO ATTEND VIRGINIA PENINSULA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PURSUIT OF A TRANSFER TO OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY IN A FEW YEARS, AND IS NEVER SATISFIED WITH THE EASY WAY OUT, BUT TRULY EXEMPLIFIES THE COURAGE TO KEEP FIGHTING THROUGH LIFE TO ACHIEVE HIS GOALS. NATHANIEL, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PUBLICLY RECOGNIZES YOU AS A MOST WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COURAGE. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EXTENDS THEIR SINCERE AND ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY SPIRIT OF COURAGE. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BEST WISHES GO WITH YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO USE YOUR BRAVERY TO MARCH THROUGH LIFE. HELLO, MY NAME IS NATE LAMBRIGHT, AND I'M A SENIOR FROM GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS NOMINATED FOR THE, THE YORKTOWN YOUTH COURAGE AWARD BY MS. GIBBONS, WHO I WOULD NOT ONLY LIKED TO THANK FOR THE NOMINATION, BUT FOR ALWAYS PUSHING ME AND SUPPORTING ME THROUGHOUT MY HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. HERE SHE'S GIVING ME MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'M GRATEFUL FOR. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY PARENTS AS THEY ARE ALWAYS IN MY CORNER AND ARE THE REASON I HAVE MY COURAGE. SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE TEACHERS THAT HELPED ME GET TO GRADUATION, WHICH THERE ARE TOO MANY AT ACCOUNT. AND I AM HONORED THAT A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE YOUTH COMMISSION SELECTED ME TO RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH I PLAN TO USE THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR MY COLLEGE AND STUDY GRAPHIC DESIGN. CONGRATULATIONS, NATHANIEL. IT'S VERY GOOD. OKAY. AND FINALLY, THE AWARD FOR OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT. [00:15:01] UH, MR. ZAREMBA, THIS IS FOR OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, INDIA GIS. INDIA GIS HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY THE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE THE 2023 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AS SHE EPITOMIZES EXCELLENCE IN SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE AND A HOST OF ENDEAVORS AS A SENIOR PUTIN HIGH SCHOOL. INDIA'S NOTEWORTHY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE EARNING A 4.46 GPA. I'LL REPEAT THAT. 4.46 GPA, RECEIVING SOME OF THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC HONOR THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL WITH 10 ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES IN OTHER WEIGHTED COURSES, RANKING NUMBER SEVEN IN HER CLASS, PARTICIPATING IN THE BRUIN HIGH SCHOOL HONORS PROGRAM AND EARNING MEMBERSHIP INTO THE GOVERNOR'S HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY. INDIA HAS ALSO BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BRUIN HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY TEAM, CROSS COUNTRY TEAM, AND TRACK AND FIELD TEAM FOR ALL FOUR YEARS OF A HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. INDIA'S LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS ARE NO LESS EXCEPTIONAL. INDIA IS THE SECRETARY OF THE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA, A PANTHER ACHIEVEMENT LEADER, PRESIDENT OF THE HEALTH OCCUPATION OF STUDENTS OF ME, PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY, SECRETARY OF THE CHEMISTRY HONOR SOCIETY, AND A MEMBER OF THE MATH HONOR SOCIETY. INDIA SERVICE TO OTHERS IS EQUALLY AS IMPRESSIVE AS HER ACADEMIC AND LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS. SHE WORKS AS A JUNIOR VOLUNTEER AT CENTARA WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SERVES CUSTOMERS AT THE MONGOLIA DALE HOUSE CAFE, AND ASSISTS TRAVELING FAMILIES AS A RETAIL ATTENDANT AT THE GREAT WOLF LODGE. THESE JOBS UTILIZE A VARIETY OF COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO NA TO NAVIGATE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FELLOW STAFF, PATIENTS, AND CUSTOMERS. ALL OF THESE POSITIONS, SKILLS AND INTERACTIONS ALLOW INDIA TO HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON HER COMMUNITY. INDIA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MORE THAN MATCHED BY HER CHARACTER, KATHERINE GAYLOR, HER NOMINATOR AND SCHOOLED COUNSELOR. IT RELATES HOW SHE EXEMPLIFIES GRACE, CALM, AND PERSEVERANCE IN HER ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL LIFESTYLE. SHE ALSO MENTIONS THAT INDIA IS ONE OF THE MOST HARDWORKING AND DETERMINED INDIVIDUALS SHE HAS EVER MET, AND HOW SHE HAS GROWN FROM KINDERGARTEN UNTIL NOW, INDIA, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISED PUBLICLY RECOGNIZES YOU AS A MOST, MOST WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR OVERRULED ACHIEVEMENT. AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EXTENDS THEIR SINCERE ADMIRATION, APPRECIATION FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE AS A ROLE MODEL TO THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WISHES GO WITH YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO APPLY YOUR MANY TALENTS AND ABILITIES TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE WORLD. THROUGH ALL OF YOUR CONTINUED EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER PURSUITS IS AN HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS YEAR'S OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT FROM THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YOUTH COMMISSION. I'D LIKE TO START BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY. I'D FIRST LIKE TO THANK MY MOTHER AND FATHER FOR RAISING ME TO BE SUCH A HARDWORKING, INDEPENDENT, AND LOVING PERSON THAT I AM TODAY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY FRIENDS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER FAMILY WHO HAVE SHOWED ME UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THIS AWARD MEANS SO MUCH TO ME BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY SHOWS RECOGNITION TO MYSELF, BUT TO MY NOMINATOR WHO HAS TAUGHT ME MANY THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. MISS GAYLORD, I HAVE KNOWN MISS GAYLOR FROM A YOUNG AGE, AND SHE HAS GUIDED ME A LOT THROUGHOUT SCHOOLING. I FINALLY LIKE TO THANK THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR CHOOSING ME AS THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENT FOR THE OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. OKAY, SO, UH, WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO IS, UH, STEVE RON, WHO'S DOING, BEEN DOING THE YOUTH COMMISSION, THE VICE CHAIRMAN AND I WILL COME DOWN. WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A PICTURE AND I INVITE THE, UH, THE, UH, AWARDEES TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. WE'RE GONNA, WE'LL DO IT. UH, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE DO IT RIGHT HERE. YEP. OKAY. VERY UNFORTUNATE. IT'D BE BETTER IF THE LIGHT, WE GET THE LIGHTS ON HIM UP HERE. SO THAT WAS FUN, WASN'T IT? OKAY. HOT'S PUT YOU HOT. OKAY. COME ON OVER HERE. WE, WHO'S GOT THE CAM? YOU GOT THE CAMERA? SO WE'LL BE RIGHT HERE. OKAY. RIGHT HERE. COME ON. GET, GET CLOSE. YOU WANNA GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. YEP, YEP. YEP. BOOK ENDS HERE, FRANK. EXACTLY RIGHT. FRAME THIS UP, . THAT'S GREAT. AND, UH, JUST AS A FINAL NOTE, UH, [00:20:01] YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, WHEN WE START THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GET AN IDEA OF, WELL, OKAY, WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE KIDS? I MEAN, THE OTHER KIDS KNOW ABOUT THE KIDS. PARENTS KNOW ABOUT THE KIDS, THE SPONSORS KNOW ABOUT THE KIDS, BUT SUPERVISORS DON'T OTHER THAN GET A CHANCE TO MEET 'EM RIGHT NOW. AND, AND, UH, IT'S INTERESTING THROUGH LIFE AS THEY GROW UP, THEY'LL HAVE KIDS. AND HOPEFULLY, JUST AS WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE HERE THAT ONE OF THE, UH, AWARD WINNERS FROM, WHAT, 1995, I BELIEVE? UH, YEP. 1995. AND, UH, AND SO HERE THEY ARE. OKAY. IT'S WONDERFUL. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, OUR OUTSTANDING YOUTH. HE'S, UH, WE, WE HAD A, A NICE, UH, GROUPING TO LOOK AT. AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, WHEN YOU GET THE WINNERS, IT'S JUST LIKE THE, THE, THE CREAM. OKAY. IT JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE COUNTY AND WHAT THE CITIZENS CAN DO, AND WHAT THE PARENTS CAN DO, AND WHAT THE TEACHERS CAN DO, AND WHAT THE MENTORS CAN DO, AND WHAT FOLKS CAN DO FOR OUR CHILDREN AND HELP THEM GROW UP AND, AND SUCCEED IN LIFE. AND SO, YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR JUST INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT, AND YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE, ALL THE 12,000, ALMOST 13,000 STUDENTS IN, UH, YORK COUNTY. UH, SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, STEVE. ANY COMMENTS? YEAH. J JUST REAL BRIEFLY, ONE OF THE HONORS I HAVE AS A, AS A LIAISON OF YOUTH COMMISSION IS I'M PART OF THE PANEL THAT LOOKS AT ALL THE APPLICANTS FOR THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS, ALONG WITH, UH, A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION. SO WE LOOK AT 'EM INDIVIDUALLY, THEN WE GET TOGETHER IN A ROOM AND LOOK AT 'EM COLLECTIVELY. AND IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB TO NARROW DOWN TO THE, THESE FOUR, UH, RECIPIENTS BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF STRONG CANDIDATES THIS YEAR, LIKE, LIKE IN LAST YEAR. BUT YOU, YOU ALL HAVE EARN EARNED, EARN EVERY, EVERY BIT OF IT. UM, AND THAT IS NOT TO MEAN THAT THERE AREN'T OTHER, UM, VERY DESERVING YOUTH OUT THERE AS WELL. SO IT IS AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND TO SEE THE QUALITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN YORK COUNTY AND OUR YOUTH UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO YOUR, YOUR MARCHING ORDER, IT SAYS TO, UH, DON'T STOP HERE, GO OUT AND DO BETTER. . CONGRATULATIONS. SO WE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOU GETTING OFF HOWEVER YOU DO THIS. TOM, TOM, WE GOT SOMETHING. OH, WE GOTTA PRESENT. OKAY. STAND. YEAH. I GLAD I SOMEBODY, MY WIFE. DON'T FORGET THIS PART. VICE CHAIRMAN. EVERYBODY'S WATCHING AFTER ME HERE, SO WE FORGOT ABOUT THE, SO, YES, SO HERE YOU GO. OKAY, GOOD. VERY IMPORTANT HERE. GOSH, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT. THIS IS A RESOLUTION, UM, FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE THE, UH, THE WINNERS. OKAY. AND THEY, WHAT THEY'LL GET, AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IS, UH, IT'S GOT THE SEAL ON IT AND TO COME SIGNED BY ME TOO. IT MAKES IT SPECIAL. AND, UH, SO THIS IS WHAT THEY'LL HAVE. NOW, LET'S, UH, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES. WHO'S GOT THE CAMERA? WHO HAS IT? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE, WE'RE GONNA HAND THESE OUT. HEY, UH, LET'S SEE. GAVIN, THAT YOU OKAY. GONNA KEEP ALL THE NAMES RIGHT HERE, ELISE. GOD, I SAID IT RIGHT THAT TIME. . OKAY. I'M LOOKING AT HERE. INDIA. THERE YOU GO. VERY GOOD, NATE. HERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. SO, OKAY. LET'S MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS TO SEE YOU GET TO SEE THE AWARDS. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. DID I, NOW IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO HAND OUT? I, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK FOR THIS. OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. GO, GO DO GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THE NEXT PRESENTATION. HOLD ON A SECOND HERE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THE YOUTH, [2* York County Youth Commission. Receive final quarterly report from the York County Youth Commission and presentation of a resolution of commendation to the 2022-2023 Youth Commission.] UH, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE, UH, YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION QUARTERLY UPDATE AND PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION OF REC OF COMMENDATION. UM, AND THIS, UH, TOM SHINER. THERE YOU ARE. OKAY. AND YOU'LL PRESENT THE FINAL, THIS WILL BE THE FINAL QUARTERLY REPORT. OKAY. AND, UH, ALRIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WHEN WE GET TO IT. LIGHTS' NOT COMING UP. THERE. THERE, THEY'RE, THAT'S WHAT THOSE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS THOMAS SHINER AND I AM CURRENTLY A JUNIOR AT BRUTON [00:25:01] HIGH SCHOOL AND A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION. UM, TONIGHT I WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE YOUTH COMMISSION HAS DONE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. OUR MOTTO IS Y C Y C, YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUTH COMMUNITY. THIS MOTTO EMPHASIZES THAT THROUGH COLLABORATION, UNITY, AND RECOGNITION OF YOUNG VOICES, WE CAN BUILD A STRONGER COUNTY AS A WHOLE. THE YOUTH COMMISSION HAS VARIOUS GOALS THAT WE TRY TO ACHIEVE EACH YEAR. WE AIM TO PARTICIPATE IN OFFERED COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. WE CONDUCT STUDENT SURVEYS TO GET A CLEAR VIEW OF THE CONCERNS OF OUR PEERS, AND WE TRY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMON GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY. AT OUR APRIL MEETING, DR. VICTOR SHANDOR, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION WAS OUR GUEST SPEAKER. HE TALKED ABOUT HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES HE HAS FACED ALONG THE WAY. DR. SHANDOR GAVE US AN IN-DEPTH VIEW ON HOW THE SCHOOL DIVISION FUNCTIONS AND HOW THE SCHOOL DIVISION HAS OVERCOME CHALLENGES IN THE RECENT YEARS, LIKE THE GRAFTON COMPLEX FIRE AND THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, HE ALSO SHED LIGHT ON THE PROCESS OF CREATING, REVISING, AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION, AS WELL AS HIS OUTLOOK ON THE DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION. IN YEARS TO COME, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR. SHANDOR FOR SHARING HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH US AT OUR MAY MEETING. OUR GUEST SPEAKER WAS MR. BRIAN LEE, THE 9 1 1 SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR. HE GAVE THE YOUTH COMMISSION AN INFORMATIONAL TOUR OF THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE ACTION. MR. LEE EXPLAINED THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A 9 1 1 DISPATCHER AND ELABORATED ON HOW THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER OPERATES DAY TO DAY. THE GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH COMMISSIONERS GAVE OUT MUCH NEEDED SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO THE TEACHERS, WHICH INCLUDED POST-IT NOTES, HAND SANITIZER, AND PENCILS TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE YOUTH OF YORK COUNTY. FROM APRIL 18TH TO THE 21ST, EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN YORK COUNTY HOSTED THE ANNUAL Y C S D TOWN HALL MEETINGS. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COUNTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE SUBMITTED BY STUDENTS IN THE WEEKS PRIOR, AND THOSE STUDENTS WERE INVITED TO WATCH AS YC. YC MEMBERS ASKED THE TOP 10 COUNTY AND SCHOOL-BASED QUESTIONS TO EITHER A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REPRESENTATIVE, OR A SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS CONCERN THINGS LIKE SCHOOL SAFETY, BUDGETING, AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SCHOOLS AND COUNTY. AFTER THIS, STUDENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO GENERATE FURTHER DIALOGUE ABOUT THE ISSUES AND TOPICS PRESENTED. THIS YEAR, THE YOUTH COMMISSION SPONSORED A SPRING MOVIE NIGHT AT BRUTON HIGH SCHOOL. STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY WERE INVITED TO WATCH SPIDER-MAN NOWAY HOME ON BRUTON'S PRACTICE FIELD, WHILE ENJOYING DRINKS AND POPCORN. WITH THE HELP OF YORK COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION, THE YOUTH COMMISSIONERS SET UP AND TOOK DOWN THE MOVIE SCREEN, AS WELL AS OPERATED THE CONCESSION STAND AT THE PIRATE MARKET. MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION HELPED LITTLE KIDS MAKE PIRATE SHIPS OUT OF PAPER, POPSICLE STICKS AND CLOTHES PINS. THE KIDS DECORATED THEIR SAIL AND THEN GLUED IT ONTO A POPSICLE STICK, WHICH WAS THEN ATTACHED TO A CLOSED PIN TO CREATE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL SAILBOAT. ACCORDING TO THE LITTLE ONES, THE YOUTH COMMISSION MEMBERS CHAPERONES, SKATE ROUTER, AND ROLL AT DARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS ENSURED THE SAFETY OF THE SKATERS WHILE CREATING A FUN ATMOSPHERE FOR ALL, INCLUDING THE PARENTS THAT WERE DRAGGED THERE. APPLICATIONS FOR THE 20 23 20 24 SESSION OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND DECISIONS ON APPLICANT STATUS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING MONTHS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENIORS ON THE YOUTH COMMISSION. 13 OUT OF THE 15 MEMBERS ARE GRADUATING SENIORS. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE THIS YEAR, AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN THE FUTURE. AND FINALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. STEVEN RH, MS. LISA HANKS, AND MR. SCOTT HENDRIX FOR THEIR DEDICATION THIS YEAR. WE HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM MR. RON'S LEADERSHIP SERIES AND WOULD NOT HAVE HAD SUCH A SUCCESSFUL YEAR IF IT WEREN'T FOR MISS LISA AND MISS MR. SCOTT. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 20 22, 20 23 YOUTH COMMISSION MEMBERS. UM, THESE INCLUDE CAROLINE MORRIS, WHO IS THE CHAIR. CONNOR LIUM, WHO WAS THE VICE CHAIR, SKYLAR FICKLIN, WHO IS SECRETARY? MEGAN PETERS. ABIGAIL ROBERTS, THOMAS RINER, ADRIAN RYAN, SUE LAO, SKYLAR MOSS, MANDY POTI, JACK WALSH, KEVIN STERN, DANIEL CH SONA, SHAW, AND MONTU T R. WE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE YC YC, VISIT OUR WEBSITE@WW.YCYC.INFO OR CALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE AT 8 9 0 AT 7 5 7 8 9 0 3 5 0 0. AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. [00:30:01] OKAY. UM, LET'S GO DOWN HERE. START, UH, MY CHANCE. HAD TO GO TO ANOTHER MEETING. BE BACK. YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, MR. ZAREMBA, GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND YOU'RE GONNA BE DOWN HERE. OKAY. UM, WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD SUPERVISORS, UH, WOULD APPRECIATE THE, UH, YOUR TIME IN GOVERNMENT, UH, CUZ YOU WERE OFFICIAL PART OF, UH, OF OUR YORK COUNTY GOVERNMENT SERVING THE, NOT ONLY JUST THE, THE, THE HIGH SCHOOLERS, THE KIDS OF, UH, OF 13,000, I BELIEVE IS WHERE WE STAND TODAY, UM, IN YORK COUNTY. BUT ALSO, UH, ALL THE, YOU'RE HELPING US HELP OUR BUILD OUR COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK. OKAY. UM, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE, UH, THE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP AND, UH, MR. ROME WILL GO, WILL BE DOWN THERE AND, AND, UH, MR. HENDRICKS WILL HELP HIM HAND OUT THE, UH, UM, THE RESOLUTIONS. JUST, I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M JUST KIDDING. DO MY DO MY ONE TIME. ALL RIGHT. SO, SO, SO, COUPLE, COUPLE QUICK WORDS. UM, SO THIS CONCLUDES THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE BOARD LIAISON TO YOUTH YOUTH COMMISSION. I REALLY ENJOYED A GREAT DEAL. IT'S A NATURAL KIND OF GOOD FIT FOR ME FROM MY YOUTH SPORTS COACHING BACKGROUND. SO I REALLY, REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH THIS TEAM. WE GET, WE GET EVERY YEAR, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALL REALIZE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKING INDIVIDUALS IN YORK COUNTY HERE. LIKE YOU SAID THIS, 13 OUT OF THE 15 ARE GRADUATING SENIORS THIS YEAR. SO THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE GETTING READY FOR COLLEGE, EITHER OR INTO THE WORKFORCE. THEY ALL HAVE OTHER ACCESS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. SOME OF THEM PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS, SOME OF THEM VOLUNTEER, SOME OF THEM HAVE PART-TIME JOBS. AND THEY TOOK THE TIME TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU, THAT YOU SEE ON THE REPORT. SO, UM, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF YOUTH IN YORK COUNTY, IT'S, IT'S EASY TO GO OUT AND LOOK IN SOCIAL MEDIA OR JUST THE MEDIA IN GENERAL TO SEE PLENTY OF BAD EXAMPLES OF THE YOUTH, OF THE CO OF THE COUNTRY. BUT IF YOU COME TO YORK COUNTY AND TAKE A YOUTH, LOOK AT THE YOUTH OF YORK COUNTY, YOU, YOU SEE, YOU SEE ALL THE GOOD. SO I, I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL THESE KIDS YEAR AFTER, AFTER YEAR. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. THE NEXT NEXT PASS COMES UP. I'M HOPING SOME OF Y'ALL WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND AS THAT CLASS GETS STARTED TO TRY TO HELP FILM GET ROLLING, UM, GET THEM OFF TO A GOOD START. UM, BUT, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MS. LISA SCOTT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN FRONT OF THAT. I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF BEHIND THE SCENES THAT NOBODY SEES THAT YOU, YOU GUYS GOTTA HELP KEEP STRAIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MS. LISA. THEY HAVE MS. LISA BACK THERE, SO, SO THANK YOU. SO TONIGHT WHAT WE WANNA DO IS RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WHO COULD JOIN US WITH A OFFICIAL YORK COUNTY RESOLUTION. I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THAT CAUSE WE'LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT, . BUT WE DO WANT TO, UM, HAND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY AND THE NAMES. I SAW THE NAME ON HERE EARLIER. WHERE'S MY, WHERE'S THE NAME AT? OH, OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, SO, OKAY, SO HOW YOU WANNA JUST HAND 'EM ALL OUT THEN? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN, THIS IS, IT WON'T READ IT ALL TO YOU, BUT EVERYBODY GETS A COPY OF THEIRS TO TAKE WITH YOU AND MAYBE PUT IN YOUR RESUME WHEN YOU, YOU GET THE CHANCE TO DO THAT. SO, SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOP, YOUR COPY. WE NEVER DID GET TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SOFTWARE PROGRAM. I TOLD YOU, BABE, A GOOD CHANCE TO, WELL NEED YOUR COPY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE VACATION, YOUR COPY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. GOOD JOB WITH THAT. THANK YOU. YOUR COPY. AND HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MR. MORGAN AS INTERN APPRENTICE. I WANNA GET A INTERN, UM, TO GET EVEN MORE INSIGHT INTO THE COUNTY, HOW ALL THE COUNTY WORKS AS WELL. SO THAT'S GREAT. OUR TWO TIME, UM, UH, PARTICIPANT IN THE YOUTH COMMISSION. SO, YEP. AND YOURS. THANK YOU. AND THIS, THIS MS. CAROLINE HERE WAS OUR CHAIR THIS YEAR AND KEPT ALL OF US STRAIGHT AND KEPT THE MEAT AND RUNNING ON A AGENDA, EVERYTHING. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT AS WELL. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. UM, MORE PICTURES, I GUESS. HERE. EVERYBODY SQUEEZED TOGETHER. MS. LISA, YOU SHOULD BE UP HERE WITH US. COMMISSION YOUR CLASS. TURN, TURN SILENT. YEAH. NOW SQUEEZE IN. COME ON. [00:35:01] GET UP HERE. GET UP IN SOMEBODY. HOLD SOMEBODY, HOLD AT THE THING. I DON'T HAVE, THAT'S FINE. GROUP. THANK. [3* Youth Leadership Academy. Receive presentation from David Godwin, Coordinator for the Youth Leadership Academy, and members of the Academy.] OKAY. FOR OUR FINAL, UH, PRESENTATION OF THE EVENING, I'M GONNA CALL, UH, DAVID GOODWIN, THE COORDINATOR FOR THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN SHEPHERD AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRENNAN THALER. I'M HERE REPRESENTING ALTERNATIVES INC. A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE. I AM THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND FACILITATOR OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, UM, HELD AT THE YORKTOWN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THIS YEAR. OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT COMES FROM BOTH THE LANGLEYS FOR FAMILIES FOUNDATION AND THE YORK COUNTY VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION FOR WHICH WE ARE SO GRATEFUL EVERY YEAR. THE STUDENT, THE STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD, TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND INFORM THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ALL THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED. ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND ALTERNATIVES INC, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US. WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE CONTINUED SUPPORT. HELLO, MY NAME IS JACKSON. THIS IS MY FIRST DEAR PARTICIPANT. HAVE HIM PULL, PULL, PULL THE MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT. JUST PULL IT DOWN. THERE YOU GO. MY NAME IS JACKSON. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR PART. UH, THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR PARTICIPATING IN THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. Y L A IS A COMMUNITY-BASED LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT MEETS ONCE A WEEK FOR 12 WEEKS. OUR SESSIONS ARE HELD AT THE YORKTOWN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THE STUDENTS OF THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HAVE BEEN MEAN TOGETHER SINCE MARCH AND HAVE LEARNED A LOT. WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED WITH YOU TODAY. AND NOW, NOW YOU PICK THE MIC UP. , N Y L A. WE DEFINE LEADERSHIP AS A POWER TO INFLUENCE THE THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS OF OTHERS THROUGH THE USES OF QUALITY, SKILLS OR KNOWLEDGE. ONE POSSESSES AN EXAMPLE OF A WAY I LEAD IS BEING ON TEAM MO AND MOTIVATING OTHER MEMBERS TO STRIVE FOR THE BEST. MY NAME IS ISA. I AM IN THE SEVENTH GRADE, AND I'M A Y L A MEMBER. AS LEADERS, IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, TO, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND OUR STRENGTHS, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO GROW. IN ORDER TO KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO GROW. YOU GET TO PICTURE THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BECOME, BE CALL US A VISION. MY VISION FOR MY BEST SELF IS BEING ABLE TO HELP OTHERS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS, AS WELL AS IMPROVING MYSELF ALONG THE WAY. MY NAME IS MAYA. I'M IN THE SEVENTH GRADE, AND THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR AS A Y L A MEMBER. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR PERSONAL VISIONS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IN THE PROGRAM, WE IDENTIFIED ONE SEARCH GOAL THAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH BY THE END OF THE PROGRAM, AND ONE STEP GOAL THAT WAS EASY ENOUGH FOR US TO DO. EVERY DAY. EVERY WEEK, WE SHARE WITH OUR, WE SHARE WITH EACH OTHER OUR PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE ON OUR GOALS. MY GOAL WAS TO DO SOMETHING THAT HELPED WITH MY ANXIETY. I'VE MADE PROGRESS ON THIS GOAL BY TAKING COLDER SHOWERS, MAKING MY BED IN THE MORNING, AND GIVING MYSELF MORE TIME TO GET READY IN THE MORNING. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE HELPED ME AND I PLAN TO CONTINUE THESE HABITS EVEN AFTER Y L A. MY NAME IS MACKENZIE. I'M IN THE SEVENTH GRADE AND I'M A Y L A MEMBER. A TRUE LEADER IS NOT ONLY CONCERNED WITH THEIR GROWTH, BUT THE GROWTH OF OTHERS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT LEADERS UNDERSTAND SERVICE. WE DEFINE SERVICE AS THE ACT OF HELPING OTHERS WITHOUT, WITHOUT THOUGHT OF REPAYMENT, RECOGNITION, OR REWARD. I THINK SERVICE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS PEOPLE AND BETTER OUR COMMUNITY TO BE A BETTER PLACE. OUR NAMES ARE RE AND GRACE, AND WE'RE IN THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE AND ARE Y Y L A MEMBERS. I JOINED Y L A TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COUNTY AND TO VOICE MY IDEAS, I DECIDED TO RETURN TO Y L A BECAUSE IT ALLOWED ME TO BETTER MYSELF AS A LEADER. IT HELPED ME REACH MY GOALS AND HELPED MY COMMUNITY. Y L A HAS TRULY HELPED ME BECOME A BETTER PERSON. AS A GROUP. WE BRAINSTORMED DIFFERENT PROBLEMS WE NOTICED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND DECIDED WHICH ONES WERE WE WERE MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT. THE TWO ISSUES WE DECIDED TO FOCUS ON WERE HUNGER AND HOMELESS SHELTERS. TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, WE'LL BE ORGANIZING AND HOSTING AN EVENT. AIM [00:40:01] TO COLLECT CANNED GOODS AND MONEY TO DONATE IT TO LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES. ALL RIGHT, AND GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVID GODWIN. UM, I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER. UM, PREVIOUSLY I WAS THE FACILITATOR AND COORDINATOR, BUT THAT WAS BRENNAN THIS YEAR. AND, UM, SO HE ASKED ME TO COME AND JUST CLOSE FOR US. AND SO I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROGRAM FOR THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE, AND I'VE COME HERE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND EVERY YEAR YOU ALL HAVE MADE SPACE IN THIS MEETING FOR THESE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COME AND SPEAK, WHICH MEANS THE WORLD TO THEM. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US AT ALTERNATIVES, INC. UM, IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF FLEX THEIR CIVIC MUSCLES, LETS THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S A SPACE WHERE THEIR VOICE CAN BE HEARD AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. NOT ONLY FOR, UM, GIVING OUR STUDENTS SPACE HERE AT THIS MEETING EVERY YEAR, BUT ALSO WHAT YOU DO WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION, THESE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS, THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN AT EVERY COUNTY OR EVERY CITY ACROSS AMERICA. AND SO WE, WE SAY THANK YOU TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE IS HERE FROM 1995, UM, AN OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD, UM, WINNER. RIGHT? I THINK I HEARD THAT IS AMAZING. THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR SO LONG. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALTERNATIVES INC. AND THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, BRENNAN AND MYSELF, THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT. WE APPRECIATE THE, UH, TO ALL THE YOUTH, THE PARENTS, THE MENTORS, THE TEACHERS, UH, EVERYONE THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE YOUTH, UH, IN A COUNTY. UM, IT'S A REAL HONOR FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. IT'S A JOY, ACTUALLY. UM, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT DONE EVERYWHERE AND IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE. UM, I CAN ONLY STRESS THAT, UH, FOR CHILDREN, UH, GROWING UP IN, IN OUR SOCIETY, TAKE TIME TO AND FOR PARENTS, TO EVERYONE TO TAKE TIME, TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE, TO ACHIEVE AND WORK AND SAY, I HEARD THE WORD GOAL IN THE, IN THE PRESENTATION AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. UH, TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO, HOW TO ESTABLISH GOALS AND WORK FOR GOALS IN, IN, IN LIFE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, YOUR PARTICIPATION AND COMING HERE TONIGHT. UM, IF, UH, WHAT I WOULD DO AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA, THIS IS THE END OF, UH, THE PRESENTATION PERIOD, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA START INTO THE AGENDA. I WOULD GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO, UH, SEE WHAT, WHERE'S MY CLOCK HERE? SEE, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 15 MINUTES, SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND LEAVE AT THIS TIME IF YOU WISH, OR WE WE'RE GONNA PROCEED INTO THE REST OF THE MEETING IF YOU WANNA STAY. OKAY. CUZ I'M GONNA GO, I'M GONNA GO, GO INTO IT. . THANK YOU. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UM, [CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD] MOVE INTO THE, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD. I HAVE THREE PEOPLE AND IF YOU CAN GET THE DOOR DOWN THERE, PLEASE. UH, FIRST, UH, SPEAK. UH, DOUG HOY. DOUG HOY, 1 0 3, MARINA POINT BERG. MR. CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISORS, UH, BY NOW YOU'VE EACH, UH, RECEIVED YOUR, UH, TAX INVOICES IN THE MAIL. I THANK YOU FOR THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, INVOICE. IT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE. UM, I MAY BE THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM, BUT I SAW A RATHER LARGE INCREASE ON MY PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BILLS. MY VEHICLE TAXES, ONE OF 'EM UP BY 26%, ONE OF 'EM UP BY ABOUT 10%. NOW I MAY BE THE ANOMALY, I ACCEPT THAT. [00:45:01] BUT I SPOKE WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE'S OFFICE YESTERDAY AT LENGTH FIRST, FIRST TO, UH, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE APPEAL PROCESS WOULD BE, WHICH IS OUTLINED ON THE BACK OF THE TAX FORM. THERE IS NO APPEAL PROCESS. SO THAT WAS PRETTY CLEAR. UM, WHEN YOU SPEAK TO THEM, THEY, THEY TELL YOU THAT, UH, THE RATE IS SET BY THE SUPERVISORS AND THE ASSESSMENT IS FROM NADA AND THAT'S IT. THERE'S NO, NO FURTHER DEBATE ON THAT. SO THEN WE HAD A BIT OF A DISCUSSION ON THE 23 RESULTS VERSUS 21. WE HAD LEARNED FROM NEIL MORGAN BACK IN MARCH THAT, UH, WE COULD EXPECT A 4%, UH, DECREASE BELOW THE 21 LEVELS. UM, IN THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE UH, PREPARED THIS YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE FELT THAT THE NUMBER WAS MUCH CLOSER TO 20% INCREASE. SO THEY'RE STILL ANTICIPATING A FAIRLY SIZABLE SURPLUS TO BE GENERATED THIS YEAR BASED ON A 20% INCREASE OVER THE 21 LEVELS. MY REQUEST TO YOU IS TO RECONCILE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL TAX INVOICES THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO OUR CITIZENS VERSUS THE PROJECTED BUDGET. ARE WE LOOKING AT A SURPLUS? IF WE ARE, WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT A REBATE. AGAIN, THAT'S MY REQUEST. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES CHAPMAN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JAMES CHAPMAN. I LIVE AT ONE 30 YORKSHIRE DRIVE. UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A TOPIC OF THE BUDGET. UH, I SPOKE PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THE MEETING WITH MR. SHEPHERD ABOUT A SUBJECT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, TALK TO HIM. BUT ANYWAY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT FOR THE LAST BUDGET, I MADE UP A RECOMMENDATION FOR I THINK FIVE PROPOSALS FOR THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER. UH, I THINK ONE OF 'EM IS GOING TO BE ACTED UPON CAUSE MR. SHEPHERD SPOKE TO THAT EARLIER ABOUT CHANGING THE PERIOD OR THE MAKE OF HOW YOU DO THE BUDGET, LINKING IT OUT SO THAT THERE'S PROBABLY DIALOGUE BETWEEN CITIZENS AND THE, AND THE COUNTY. THE OTHER ONE IS, THE LAST COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT I DID MAKE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I THINK THAT DIALOGUE BETWEEN YOU AND THE CITIZENS ARE IMPERATIVE TO THE SATISFACTORY ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUDGET. AND IF YOU ESTABLISH A QUORUM TO LOOK AT THE NEXT YEAR'S PROCESS OF THE BUDGET AS TAKE POINT, YOU WANT CITIZEN INPUT, I'LL VOLUNTEER FOR THAT. AND I THINK THAT IT SHOULD CONSIDER INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION. YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM THEM WHAT THEY EXPECT OF YOU. NOW, I DID MAKE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND AS SUCH, SINCE I, THERE WAS NOT A DIALOGUE BETWEEN YOU AND ME ABOUT THOSE, WHETHER THE PROS AND CONS, DO HALF OF IT, DO ALL OF IT OR NOT AT ALL? I'M GOING TO FORMALLY REQUEST THAT I RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM THE BOARD AS TO WHY THEY WERE NOT ACTED UPON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND THEN NEXT IS, UH, THIRD SPEAKER IS JACK VAUGHN MONZ VAUGHNS FRANZ. JUAN FRANZ. OKAY. LEFT THE F OFF. SORRY. UM, GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND YORK CITIZENS. MY NAME IS JACQUE VAN MON FRANCE. I LIVE ON CHURCH STREET RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FOR THIS BUILDING. AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF YORK COUNTY, I FEEL VERY INVESTED IN MY COMMUNITY. I WAS SURPRISED TO DISCOVER THAT RECENTLY, THAT WHILE ALL ALL YORK COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND DISTRICT STUDENTS FOR THAT MATTER, ARE EXPECTED TO HEAR, ADHERE TO CODES OF CONDUCT. BUT THE YORK YORKTOWN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OP OPERATES WITHOUT SUCH A CODE. AS SUCH, YOU ARE UNIQUE AMONG GOVERNING BODIES OF THIS REGION. THE GLOUCESTER OF MATTHEWS AND JAMES CITY COUNTY BOARDS ALL HAVE ADOPTED CODES OF ETHICS AS HAVE NEWPORT NEWS AND WILLIAMSBURG. THIS STARTLING FACT PROMPTED ME TO JOIN YORK CITIZENS FOR A CODE OF ETHICS, WHICH I REPRESENT THE HERE TONIGHT. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY ESTABLISHING YOURSELVES AND FUTURE MEMBERS A CODE OF ETHICS THAT SETS A UNIFORMLY HIGH STANDARD OF BEHAVIOR FOR THE BOARD. SUCH A CODE NEED NOT BE PUNITIVE. RATHER, IT WOULD SERVE AS A SELF ENFORCING SET OF EXPECTATIONS THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER WOULD STRIVE TO HONOR. A MAJORITY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD LIKELY AGREE THAT TAKING THIS ACTION WOULD INSTILL GREATER PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE WAY YOU HANDLE BUSINESS. ON BEHALF OF THE YORK COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT YOU COLLECTIVELY REPRESENT THE JAMES CITY COUNTY CODE OF ETHICS PROVIDES AN [00:50:01] EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF SUCH A CODE. THE PREAMBLE READS, QUOTE, THE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES OF JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE FAIR, ETHICAL, AND ACCOUNTABLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS EARNED THE PUBLIC'S FULL CONFIDENCE FOR INTEGRITY. THE EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF DEMOCRATIC GOV GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS BOTH ELECTED AND APPOINTED COMPLY WITH BOTH THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE LAWS AND POLICIES AFFECTING THE OPERATIONS OF GOVERNMENT. THAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS BE INDEPENDENT, IMPARTIAL, AND FAIR IN THEIR JUDGMENT AND ACTIONS. THAT PUBLIC OFFICE BE USED FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD, NOT FOR PERSONAL GAIN, AND THAT THE PUBLIC DELIBERATIONS AND PROCESSES BE CONDUCTED OPENLY UNLESS LEGALLY CONFIDENTIAL IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF RESPECT AND CIVILITY. IT GOES ON TO FORMULATE 18 MORE DETAILED EXPECTATIONS RELATED TO THE PREAMBLE AND EACH REQUIRED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT ANNUALLY. I'VE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE CODE FOR EACH OF YOU, AND WE WOULD STRONGLY URGE YOU TO DRAFT A SIMILAR POLICY FOR THIS BOARD. IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. DOES ANYONE CARE TO SPEAK? OKAY, AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN [COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND REQUESTS] COMMENT PERIOD. A COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND REQUESTS. UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UM, I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO INTRODUCE TO EVERYBODY HERE, THE NEW, UH, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY IN OUR OFFICE, MS. SHERRY CONSTANTINO, MRS. SHERRY CONSTANTINO. UM, SHERRY COMES TO US AFTER SEVERAL DECADES OF LEGAL PRACTICE ON THE PENINSULA, UH, THE LAST 18 OF WHICH SHE SPENT PROSECUTING VIOLENT CRIMES AND ADVISING THE CHIEF OF POLICE AS A DEPUTY COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY IN THE CITY OF HAMPTON. UM, SHE'S ALREADY BEEN PROVIDING EXCELLENT AND INVALUABLE ADVICE TO OUR OFFICE AND TO THE COUNTY AND IS THE PRIMARY, UH, ADVISOR AND REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT. AND, UM, HER, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES ARE EXPANDING ON A DAILY BASIS AND SHE IS GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO YORK COUNTY. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME HER, UH, HERE. YEAH, WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNTY ATTORNEY VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING, MADAM. IT IS MY PLEASURE. UM, I AM HAPPY TO BE RETURNING ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS SUPPORT HEARING COUNTY WHERE I ACTUALLY WAS SWORN IN AS A NEW BABY ATTORNEY BY RETIRED JUDGE JAKE SMITH IN THE JUVENILE COURT HERE BEFORE I EVER WENT UP TO RICHMOND TO BE SWORN IN BY THE, UM, VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT. AND, UM, I DO HAVE CONNECTIONS AND ROOTS HERE IN YORK COUNTY. MY FIRST HOME WAS HERE IN THE COUNTY. MY OLDEST CHILD ATTENDED IN ELEMENTARY. SO IT'S PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND I'M VERY MUCH, UM, PLEASE. WELL THEN I THINK I'M GONNA SAY WELCOME HOME, . VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? YOU GUYS GOT ANY COMMENTS OR? OKAY, THANK YOU. [COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS AND REQUESTS] UM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS AND REQUESTS, UH, TWO MATTERS. UM, MR. ZBA ASKED ME TO UPDATE ON OUR SPRINGFIELD ROAD ALTERNATIVE STUDY, UM, PROVIDED BOARD AN UPDATE IN THE MIDDLE OF APRIL. WE HAVE HIRED THE FIRM, A ENVIRONMENTAL LOCAL ENGINEERING COMPANY TO DO THAT STUDY. UH, THEY HAVE PROMISED TO GET US THEIR DRAFT REPORT SOMETIME IN LATE JUNE, SO WOULD HOPE TO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE BOARD, UH, NO LATER THAN JULY. UM, ON A VERY SIGNIFICANT MATTER, UH, THE BOARD IS AWARE THIS IS GOING ON. UM, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT, UM, WE'RE, UH, FULL GO ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE, UH, JAMES CITY COUNTY 9 1 1 CENTER WITH THE YORK BECAUSE, AND WILLIAMSBURG 9 1 1 CENTER. JAMES CITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS, UH, TAKEN ACTION ON TWO OCCASIONS AND THEY'VE AUTHORIZED THEIR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, UH, TO WORK WITH ME ON PREPARING AN AGREEMENT FOR, FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER. UM, UH, WE'RE NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH. AS YOU ALL UNDERSTAND, THERE'S LOTS OF COMPLICATED QUESTIONS, MAINLY HAVING TO DO WITH, UH, FAIR TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES. THAT WOULD BE SHIFTING FROM JAMES CITY EMPLOYMENT TO YORK. AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE ONE TIME AND ONGOING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSOLIDATION ARE BORN BY JAMES CITY COUNTY AND NOT JAMES CITY, NOT YORK. UH, WILLIAMSBURG AND PACOIN, I BELIEVE ARE ON TRACK. UH, IF THINGS GO WELL, I PLAN TO HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT JUNE, [00:55:01] JUNE 6TH MEETING. SO STAND BY FOR MORE DETAILS ON THAT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE COUNTY, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR? I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IT, IT'S RATHER SENSITIVE WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING PEOPLE FOR ONE JURISDICTION TO ANOTHER, THE EQUITABLE LIST OF THE PAY SCALE AND IT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE. THAT IS THE HANGUP. WELL, THERE'S, UM, I MEAN, THE GOOD NEWS IS, UM, IN PRINCIPLE, UH, JAMES CITY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAS NOT TAKEN EXCEPTION WITH ANYTHING WE HAVE ASKED FOR OR POINTED OUT. I REALLY DO THINK THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS. OF COURSE, DEFINING FAIRNESS AND DETAIL CAN STILL BE A CHALLENGE. SO THERE ARE THE HR THINGS, UH, THEIR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND PAY SCALES ARE NOT RADICALLY DIFFERENT, BUT SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. AND SO WE HAVE TO RECONCILE ALL THAT, MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FAVORABLY TREATED AS ALL THAT COMES TOGETHER. MM-HMM. , THERE'S ALSO TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES, FACILITY CHALLENGES, UM, AND, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, NEW PEOPLE IN OUR HEALTHCARE, UH, INSURANCE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT? AND SO, UM, WE HAVE GROUPS WORKING ON ALL OF THAT. OF COURSE, MR. HALL AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, UH, IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, HR AND FINANCE AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND, AND OTHERS WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEE NONE. I'M WANT TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. LOST MY PAGE. AND, UH, WE'LL BEGIN FOR [4 Application No. UP-1006-23, Hans Hohlrieder. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R23-76 to authorize the establishment of an auto/light truck sales, rental, and service facility at 100 Ashby Park Drive.] THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERING A PROPOSED RESOLUTION, DIS RESOLUTION WILL BE FOR R 23 DASH 76, APPLICATION BY HANDS, WHOLE RIDER TO AUTHORIZE ESTABLISHMENT OF, UH, AUTO SLASH TRUCK SALES, RENTAL AND SERVICE. AND IS THAT THE ONE YOU'RE DOING THERE, TIM? YES, SIR. OKAY. YOU'RE ON. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS APPLICATION IS A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT WHO AUTHORIZED AN AUTO DEALERSHIP AT, UH, 100 ASHBY PARK DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS, UH, MR. HANS HOLE RIDER WHO OWNS AND OPERATES AUTO HOUSE, IMPORT AUTO DEALERSHIP, UH, RIGHT HERE IN YORK COUNTY ON GREEN DRIVE. IN ROUTE 17. HE HAS ANOTHER DEALERSHIP UP ON SECOND STREET IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, UH, AS WELL AS ONE IN VIRGINIA BEACH. THE WILLIAMSBURG SITE IS A LEASE SITE, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE OUT OF THERE, RELOCATE AND BUILD A EXPANDED DEALERSHIP, UH, ON ASHBY PARK DRIVE. UH, THE SUBJECT PARCEL PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW AND HAS A LITTLE STAR IN IT HERE ON THE ZONING MAP. IT'S 4.1 ACRE PARCEL AT THE CORNER OF MOTOWN ROAD AND ASHBY PARK DRIVE. ZONED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN ZONED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY SINCE 1995. IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY SINCE THE 1991 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, THE EO ZONING PROVIDES FOR A WIDE BROAD MIX OF, UH, RETAIL, OF OFFICE, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL, TOURIST ORIENTED TYPES OF USES. UH, USES THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED AS A MATTER OF RIGHT. UH, INCLUDE HOTELS AND MOTELS, RESTAURANTS, BREW PUBS, MICRO BREWERIES, UH, DA, UH, DAYCARE CENTERS, EMERGENCY CARE CLINICS, VAPE SHOPS, SHOPPING CENTERS, AUTO DEALERSHIPS, HOWEVER, DO REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THE, UH, PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS ZONED OF RURAL RESIDENTIAL OCCUPIED BY A SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED HOME AND ACCESSORY, UH, UH, BUILDINGS, PR. THE PDR ZONING THAT YOU SEE TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY IS THE, UH, ARBORDALE PLAN DEVELOPMENT. UH, THE TOWNHOUSE, UH, SECTION OF THAT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY ABUTS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THAT'S THE ARBORDALE PROJECT THAT, UH, WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD BACK IN 2017. THE, UH, PROPERTY, UH, MOORE TOWN ROAD IS THE DIVIDING LINE HERE BETWEEN YORK COUNTY AND JAMES CITY COUNTY. SO THE ZONING OVER ON THE JAMES CITY SIDE IS R TWO, WHICH IS GENERAL RESIDENTIAL. UH, THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD OF SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES ALONG MOTOWN ROAD. UH, AN AVERAGE, UH, LOT SIZE OF ROUGHLY A THIRD OF AN ACRE. SO, AS I SAID, IT'S A 4.1 ACRE PARCEL. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO BUILD A 25,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR AUTO DEALERSHIP, AUTO SALES AND SERVICE. THE, UH, USED AUTO SALES, UH, SERVICE, ALL REPAIR WORK WOULD BE CONDUCTED INDOORS. THERE WOULD BE NO BODY WORK PAINTING, UH, THE HOURS OF OPERATION, GENERALLY SPEAKING, DAYLIGHT HOURS, UH, EIGHT TO SIX MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NINE TO FOUR SATURDAYS, AND THEY WOULD NOT BE OPEN ON SUNDAYS. [01:00:02] UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO BUILD A SIX FOOT EIGHT OPAQUE PRIVACY FENCE TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE, WHERE ABUTS UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, THERE WOULD BE A 45 FOOT GREEN BELT BUFFER ALONG MOTOWN ROAD. MOTOWN ROAD IS, UH, IDENTIFIED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS A GREEN BELT ROAD. 40 40, 45 FOOT UNDISTURBED BUFFER IS REQUIRED. AND, UH, WHERE THE, WHERE THE EXISTING LANDSCAPING MAY BE DEFICIENT, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING WILL HAVE TO BE PLANTED. UH, THERE ARE, UH, REQUIRED TRANSITIONAL BUFFERS AND LANDSCAPE YARDS 20 FEET ALONG ASBURY PARK DRIVE, 14 AND A HALF FEET TO THE EAST, ADJACENT TO THE 35 FOOT TRANSITIONAL BUFFER THAT'S ON THE ARBORDALE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. AND A 35 FOOT TRANSITIONAL BUFFER IS REQUIRED TO THE SOUTH SIGNAGE, UH, WOULD HAVE TO BE GROUND MOUNTED MONUMENT TYPE. UH, LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC, UH, ACCORDING TO THE TRIP GENERATION MANUAL, THIS WOULD GENERATE UP TO 677, UH, TRIPS PER DAY, 53 A AND PEAK 94 IN THE PM PEAK. THE, UH, NUMBERS PROVIDED BY THE, UH, UH, APPLICANTS ENGINEER ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CUZ HE TOOK IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT APPROACH. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT, UH, THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO MEET OUR THRESHOLDS FOR REQUIRING A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. WE DID SEND THE, UH, APPLICATION TO VDOT FOR THEIR REVIEW, AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY HAD NO COMMENTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE APPLICATION. THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY AS IT APPEARED IN A COUPLE YEARS AGO, 2021. SO YOU CAN SEE AT THAT TIME THE ARBORDALE TOWNHOUSES WERE, UH, UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE PROPERTY IS UNDEVELOPED, UH, INCLUDED A PICTURE OF THE EXISTING AUTO HOUSE ON GREEN DRIVE SINCE THE, UH, APPLICANT'S NARRATIVE DID, DOES STATE THAT, UH, THE NEW BUILDING WOULD BE MODELED, SORT OF MODELED AFTER THE EXISTING BUILDING. AND YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. UH, HERE'S A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY, UH, FROM, UH, THIS IS MOTOWN ROAD IN THE FOREGROUND, AND THEN ASHBY PARK DRIVE OVER HERE IN THE BACKGROUND. UH, TOWARD, UH, OVER HERE YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THROUGH THE TREES, THE ARBORDALE, THE TOWNHOUSES. AND HERE'S A VIEW FROM DIRECTLY IN FRONT, MORE TOWN ROAD. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE TOWNHOUSES BACK THERE. AND THEN THIS IS A VIEW FROM ASHBY PARK DRIVE. AND THEN THIS IS, UH, A CLOSER VIEW OF THE HARBORDALE TOWNHOUSES. AND THEN LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, UH, THIS IS, UH, LOOKING TOWARD TO THE JAMES CITY SIDE OF MOORE TOWN ROAD. THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS THE APPLICANT'S SKETCH PLAN. UH, UH, I MENTIONED THE SIX FOOT OPAQUE FENCE THAT WILL BE BUILT, UH, ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ON THE, UH, TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST. UH, THE GREEN ON THE MAP THAT YOU SEE HERE REPRESENTS THE BUFFERS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED. UM, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. UH, THEY WILL BE, UH, LANDSCAPING PLANTED IN THOSE BUFFERS AS YOU, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE, UH, PHOTOS YOU SAW MM-HMM. , UH, THAT THERE'S A NEED OF LANDSCAPE FOR, FOR LANDSCAPING OUT THERE. UH, AND SO, UH, THERE WILL BE LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, ALONG ASBURY PARK, DRIVE ALONG MOTOWN ROAD. IN, IN, IN THE PARKING LOT ITSELF. UM, UH, WE DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT BAY DOORS, UH, BE SCREENED, UH, WITH LANDSCAPING OR IN SOME OTHER FORM. AND SO, UH, THAT WILL BE A REQUIREMENT, UH, IF THIS APPLICATION IS APPROVED. AND THEN THIS IS JUST, UH, OVERLAY MM-HMM. OF THE SKETCH PLAN ONTO, UH, THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT. SO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE ORIENTATION, UH, OF THE PROPOSED DEALERSHIP TO THE, UH, TO THE, UH, TOWNHOUSES IN PARTICULAR TO THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL. AS I SAID, THERE'S A 35 FOOT EXISTING TRANSITIONAL BUFFER ON THE ARBORDALE SIDE. SO WITH 14 AND A HALF FEET ON THE AUTO HOUSE SIDE, THAT GIVES YOU ALMOST 50 FEET, UH, OF BUFFER BETWEEN THE TOWNHOUSE LOTS AND THE PARKING LOT. UH, THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES 35 FEET, SO, UH, MORE, MORE LANDSCAPING THAN REQUIRED. UH, UH, AN ISSUE WITH, WITH COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN, UH, SURROUNDING OR ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, THAT ALMOST COMES UP AS LIGHTING, UH, UH, SIGHT LIGHTING. UH, IN THIS CASE IT'S, UH, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT, UH, THAT SPECIFIES THAT WHEN YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL, THE, UH, LEVEL OF BRIGHTNESS, UH, THAT'S ALLOWED IS LOWER THAN IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. SO, UH, TO THE, TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY, WE'RE AT ABUTS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. UH, THE STANDARD, THE MAXIMUM OF BRIGHTNESS IS 0.1 [01:05:01] FOOT CANDLE. UH, AT THE OTHER TWO PROPERTY LINES ALONG MOTOWN ROAD AND ASBURY PARK DRIVE, THE THRESHOLD IS 0.5. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, 20% OF THE BRIGHTNESS, UH, ALLOWED ON THE RESI, UH, ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND HERE'S A, UH, ELEVATION, UH, RENDERING THAT WAS, UH, SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS FAIRLY WELL MODELED AFTER THE EXISTING FACILITY, UH, ON MOUND ROAD, ATTRACTIVE BUILDING. AND THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THE, UH, TYPE OF FENCE THAT WILL BE BUILT, UH, ADJACENT TO THOSE TWO RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UH, IN SUMMARY, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE ADDITION TO THE MOORE 10 ROAD, UH, CORRIDOR AND WILL EXPAND THE COUNTY'S TAX BASE WITHOUT HAVING ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE, UH, SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN RESOLUTION PC 23 DASH 76 PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE APPLICATION BACK ON APRIL 12TH AND VOTED, UH, SIX ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. MR. HO RIDER, THE APPLICANT IS HERE, UH, AS IS HIS ATTORNEY, UH, MR. GREG DAVIS, WHO IS PREPARED TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR ME AT THIS TIME. OKAY. UH, WALT, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, MAYBE A COUPLE OF ANY PUSHBACK FROM THE, UH, TOWNHOUSES THAT'S CALLED ARBORDALE BY THOSE THAT ARE OCCUPIED BY PURCHASES. UH, VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, I RECEIVED TWO EMAILS FROM, UH, RESIDENTS OF THE TOWNHOUSE SECTION OF ARBORDALE THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICATION. UH, THE FIRST EMAIL SAID THAT IT DOESN'T BELONG HERE. IT SHOULD BE, UH, A DEALERSHIP OUGHT TO GO ON COMMERCIALLY OWNED PROPERTY. I EMAILED HIM BACK AND, AND JUST EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THIS PROPERTY IS COMMERCIALLY ZONED, AND HE THANKED ME FOR THE CLARIFICATION. UH, THE OTHER EMAIL, UH, WAS FROM A AR AN ARBORDALE, UH, TOWNHOUSE RESIDENT WHO IN THE EMAIL SAID SHE WAS VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEN SHE WENT AND MET WITH MR. HOLE RIDER, AND I BELIEVE SHE ATTENDED THE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING THAT THE APPLICANT HELD WITH THE ARBORDALE RESIDENCE. AND AFTER THAT, SHE, IN FACT, CAME TO, SHE AND HER HUSBAND CAME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING AND SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION. UH, SO HER OPPOSITION WENT AWAY. UH, THEY WERE THE ONLY TWO WHO CAME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING. UH, WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. YOU ASKED ONLY ABOUT ARBORDALE, BUT I'LL JUST GO SAY THIS. IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, I DID RECEIVE SOME, UH, PHONE CALLS FROM THE THREE, UH, UH, JAMES CITY COUNTY RESIDENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MOTOWN ROAD, WHO EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE APPLICATION. YEAH. UH, TWO OF THEM SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THEY WERE OPPOSED TO IT, AND ONE OF THEM JUST EX EXPRESSED CONCERNS. THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD HOPED THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD REMAIN UNDEVELOPED. MY MY SECOND, UH, QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE EXISTING, UH, DEALERSHIP. I THINK IT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UM, SECOND STREET AND PARKWAY DRIVE. YES. IT'S WHERE THE OLD PATRIOTS CHEVROLET RIGHT. USED TO BE. SO WHAT'S THE PLANS OF THE, OF THE, UH, OWNER IN TERMS OF GOING FORWARD WITH THE UTILIZATION OF THE EXISTING FACILITY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WELL, UH, A, THAT FACILITY IS IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG. YEAH. UH, B HE IS LEASING THAT SITE, SO, UH, HE'S NOT THE OWNER. SO, UH, HE MIGHT, MAY OR MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THE OWNER'S PLANS ARE, UH, FOR THAT SITE. UH, HIS LEASE RUNS OUT, I BELIEVE, THE END OF NEXT YEAR. SO THEY'RE IN KIND OF A, KIND OF A TIGHT TIMETABLE TO GET APPROVAL, GET THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS, BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HAVE THE, HAVE THE, UH, DEALERSHIP BUILT AND READY TO MOVE INTO BY THAT TIME. YEAH. WELL, THE REASON I RAISED IT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, WILLIAMSBURG, YORK COUNTY, GEM CITY COUNTY. AND, UM, I, I CAN IMAGINE THAT I DON'T HOPE THIS, UH, OCCURS WHEN YOU VACATE A FACILITY AND JUST LET IT ALONE. YOU KNOW, OVER TIME IT AROS AND JUST KIND OF GOES TO POT. THAT'S, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WILLIAMSBURG PROBLEM, BUT I RAISE IT ANYWAY. WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU REMEMBER THE, UH, AUTO REPAIR GARAGE ON THE YORK COUNTY SIDE OF SECOND STREET? IT TOOK A LONG TIME. MM-HMM. , BUT IT'S FINALLY BEEN REDEVELOPED INTO A VERY SUCCESSFUL AND, AND, UH, ATTRACTIVE, UH, MICRO BREWERY, VIRGINIA BEER COMPANY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . OKAY. STEVE GAIN. YEAH. YEAH. THANKFULLY, A FEW THINGS. SO I THINK YOU SAID THAT THIS HAS BEEN ZONED EO SINCE 1995. YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. SO FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING SOME TYPE OF BUSINESS COME ONTO THIS PROPERTY AND DEVELOP IT. THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. UM, CERTAINLY LISTENING [01:10:01] TO YOUR LIST OF, UH, BUY RIGHT BUSINESSES, THAT A WHOLE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS CAN GO THERE AND SOME MORE OR LESS INTRUSIVE THAN OTHERS COMPARED TO, UH, AUTO DEALERSHIP. UM, SO RIGHT NOW MY FOCUS IS ON HOW DO WE GET THIS IMPLEMENTED BUT STILL MAINTAIN A GOOD SEPARATION BETWEEN THE BUSINESS AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AROUND IT? AND WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO IMPEDE UPON THE DALE'S DEVELOPERS' PLANS TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY WITH HOMES. PEOPLE ARE SCARED BECAUSE THERE'S A BUSINESS GOING UP THERE. SO LET'S, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, HOW WE'RE GONNA SEGREGATE THE BUSINESS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL. SO CAN WE GET ANY, THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GONNA GET PLANTED THERE, HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK, AND NOT JUST THE ARTIST RENDITION, BUT ACTUAL GONNA GO THERE AND BE MAINTAINED. BEFORE I DO THAT, LET ME SAY TWO THINGS. UH, I NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT AFTER THAT COMMUNITY MEETING, WE DID RECEIVE TWO EMAILS, UH, FROM TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ARBORDALE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, BOTH EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE APPLICATION. UH, AND I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN WHAT THE SECOND THING WAS. I WAS GOING TO, I WAS GOING TO MENTION. UM, BUT ANYWAY, OKAY. OH, YEAH. OUR, OUR RAIL IS BUILT OUT. IT'S COMPLETE. IT IS. OKAY. SO THOSE TOWNHOUSES, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, BUT IT WAS STILL, WELL, IN THE AERIAL PHOTOS, IT WAS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT. BUT YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL BUILT OUT. OKAY. OKAY. SO, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, SEGREGATION BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, YOU'VE GOT THE 35 FOOT BUFFER ON THE SOUTH SIDE ADJACENT TO THAT RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE PROPERTY. AND THAT'S A BIG PROPERTY THAT'S A NINE ACRE PIECE OF, OF A PROPERTY. AND, UH, THE HOUSE ITSELF IS KIND OF FAR FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT, UH, THEY WILL HAVE A 35 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. AND YOU CAN'T JUST, IT'S NOT JUST GRASS. UH, THERE ARE LANDSCAPE PLANTING RATIOS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT HAVE TO BE MET MM-HMM. . AND IT'S A SYSTEM WHERE YOU, UH, WHERE YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO ACHIEVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF LANDSCAPE CREDITS, CREDIT UNITS, AND IT'S, IT'S A NUMERICAL SYSTEM WHERE YOU GET MORE CREDIT FOR BIGGER TREES. MM-HMM. , YOU GET MORE CREDIT FOR PRESERVING EXISTING TREES. UH, AND ACTUALLY THEY DO HAVE SOME, THEY DO HAVE, UH, A FAIR AMOUNT OF VEGETATION ALONG THAT SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE. UM, BUT MOST OF THE TREES THAT YOU SAW IN THE TOWNHOUSE, UH, IN THE TOWNHOUSE PICTURES ARE ON THE ARBA DALE SIDE. UH, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO PLANT A MIX OF TREES AND SHRUBS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANTING OF RATIOS. UH, IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, I MENTIONED THE TH 45 FOOT GREEN BELT BUFFER. NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS ADJACENT TO THE JAMES CITY COUNTY SIDE, BUT THAT'S STILL RESIDENTIAL, UH, 45 FOOT BUFFER, AND THERE WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS THERE TOO, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE AERIAL? NO, THE AERIAL PHOTO, JUST THE PHOTOS. UH, THERE'S DEFICIENT LANDSCAPING IN THAT FRONT LANDSCAPE YARD. SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT UP, UH, TREES AND PLANTS AGAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANTING RATIOS SPELLED OUT IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. AND AS PART OF THAT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PROVIDE SOME VISUAL SCREENING OF THE, UH, SERVICE BAY, UH, DOOR THAT YOU, THAT YOU GO INTO, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE ELEVATION, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GO IN TO GET TO YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR TICKET WRITTEN UP, UH, FOR, FOR SERVICE. UH, AND THEN ON THE DALE SIDE, UM, YOU'VE GOT, WELL, THERE'S 30, THERE'S A 35 FOOT TRANSITIONAL BUFFER ON THEIR SIDE OF THE LINE. AND THEN THERE'S A 14 AND A HALF FOOT BUFFER ORDINANCE ONLY REQUIRES 10. THEY'RE PUTTING A 14 AND A HALF FOOT BUFFER ON THE AUTO HOUSE SIDE OF THE LINE. AND, UH, ON BOTH THOSE, UH, BOTH, UH, BOTH THE SOUTH AND EAST, UH, PROPERTY LINES, I MENTIONED THE SIX FOOT OPAQUE PRIVACY FENCE. UH, AND FROM WHAT I HEAR, UH, THE, THE REACTION, THE RESPONSE TO THE FENCE DESIGN WAS VERY POSITIVE AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND ALSO AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. OKAY. UH, SO YOU'VE GOT THE FENCING, YOU'VE GOT THE LANDSCAPING, UH, YOU'VE GOT GOOD, UH, PROTECTION THERE, UH, UH, OF THE RESIDENTIAL FROM COMMERCIAL. I MENTIONED THE LOWER LIGHTING THRESHOLDS THAT ARE PERMITTED ON THE, ON THE, UH, AUTO HOUSE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE, UH, AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE, THE, THE VEGETATED BUFFER AND MAINTAIN IT. SO TREES EVERY, TO MAINTAIN DIE OFF HAS TO BE MAINTAINED. THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. AND YOU, YOU'VE ADDRESSED THE LIGHT QUESTION, UM, SINCE THIS IS A SERVICE AS WELL, SERVICE BAYS AS WELL. SO WHAT ABOUT NOISE? YOU GOT AIR COMPRESSORS, YOU GOT LIGHT MACHINERY. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T INTRUDE UPON THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS? WELL, ALL THE WORK IS GONNA BE CONDUCTED INDOORS. UM, AND, UH, I, I'VE BEEN TO, UH, THE, UH, THE OTHER DEALERSHIP, UH, IT'S REALLY NOT [01:15:01] ALLOWED OPERATION. UH, AND THEY WILL BE OPERATING BASICALLY ONLY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. UH, AS I SAID, UH, WEEKDAYS NO LATER THAN SIX O'CLOCK. UH, SATURDAY'S NO LONGER THAN FOUR. IN FACT, I THINK THE SERVICE PORTION, UH, ENDS ABOUT A, UH, A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN THE SALES PORTION. UH, ON THOSE DAYS, UH, THEY WILL NOT, UH, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT IN THE ORDINANCE ABOUT, UH, NOT HAVING, UH, SPEAKER SYSTEMS, PAGING SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE, I SAW A NUISANCE. AND, UH, ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT. UH, THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, BY, BY PHONE, BY TEXT. RIGHT. UH, RATHER THAN WITH, UH, OUTDOOR SPEAKER OR PAGING SYSTEM. SO YOU WON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM. OKAY. THERE'S ROOM ON THIS PROPERTY TO COEXIST WITH, WITH THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOR. WE JUST GOTTA LEARN HOW TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS WITH THE RIGHT VEGETATED BUFFER AND NOISE ABATEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T INTRUDE TO ONE ANOTHER. SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU, YOU GOT THAT COVERED. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. SO THANK YOU. YES, SIR. I UNDERSTAND, SHEILA. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'VE COVERED ENOUGH. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN, UH, BENJAMIN ZANG, WHO IS, UH, SITTING IN THE BACK THERE. OKAY. YOU'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED . OKAY. UH, SO THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. UM, I'LL GIVE, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. OH, YOU CAN USE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M GREG DAVIS, ATTORNEY WITH THE WILLIAMSBURG OFFICE OF KAUFFMAN AND CANALS. MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING MR. HOLE RIDER. THE APPLICANT WITH ME IS MY COLLEAGUE, UH, THE UHFOR SAID BENNY ZANG AND MR. HOLE RIDER. UH, MY CLIENT, THE APPLICANT, OUR ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT IS A TCS ENGINEERING. MR. CROSS DOES A VERY THOROUGH JOB WITH HIS PRESENTATIONS. AND I'LL WORK NOT TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF POINTS ABOUT THIS NEW BUSINESS FOR YORK COUNTY, WHICH WE THINK ARE EXCITING, AND WHICH I THINK WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR SENSITIVITY TO THE CONCERNS OF ARBORDALE NEXT DOOR. HERE'S THAT SAME AERIAL BEFORE THE ARBORDALE TOWNHOUSES WERE BUILT OUT, UH, TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS ABOUT BUFFERING, UH, MR. ROME. SO THE TWO BLACK ARROWS ARE THE TWO PROPOSED ENTRANCE LOCATIONS, WHICH WILL BE OFF OF ASHBY PARK. MM-HMM. . AND THEN, AS MR. CROSS REFERENCED, WE HAVE THIS, UH, GREENWAY BUFFER OF 45 FEET ALONG MORE TOWN ROAD TO THE LEFT OR THE WEST. AND THAT THOSE PLANTINGS MUST BE ENHANCED. AND MY CLIENT UNDERSTANDS AND EMBRACES THE OBLIGATION TO, UH, NOT ONLY INSTALL, BUT MAINTAIN THAT LANDSCAPING TO THE REAR. THE, THE PLAN FOR THIS FOUR ACRE SITE HAS LONG INCLUDED COMMERCIAL USE MM-HMM. . AND SO WHEN THE PROPERTIES WERE UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP, AND, AND THE ARBORDALE DEVELOPMENT WAS PLANNED, THERE WAS A 35 FOOT BUFFER ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE REAR PROPERTY LINE OF THE TOWNHOUSES AND THE REAR PROPERTY LINE OF WHAT WE WOULD HOPE WILL BE THE AUTO HOUSE SITE. SO WE'VE GOT THAT 35 FEET, AND THAT'S OWNED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. SO MY CLIENT CAN'T GO IN THERE AND DAMAGE ANY LANDSCAPING. AND IN FACT, IT'S LOADED WITH MATURE PINE TREES. SO THERE'LL BE 35 FEET THERE, PLUS THE 14 AND A HALF, SAY 15 FEET THAT MR. CROSS INDICATES THERE'LL BE, UM, 50 FEET FROM A PROPERTY LINE TO THE NEAREST CAR PARKED AT AUTO HOUSE. AND IN FACT, THERE WILL BE A SIX FOOT FENCE IN ADDITION TO THAT 50 FEET. WE ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE BUFFERED THOSE TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTS ADEQUATELY, AND THEY AGREED. AND PART OF THE MESSAGE OF THIS SLIDE IS WE'RE LISTENING. SO THIS IS THE SAME CONCEPT PLAN THAT, UH, MR. CROSS SHOWED YOU WITH SOME MINOR CHANGES. AND YOU SEE THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE FENCE TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST OF THE SITE. THIS IS THE WATERSHED PROTECTION BOUNDARY. MM-HMM. , UH, THAT, THAT PROTECTED AREA WOULD ALLOW MY CLIENT TO PUT THE DUMPSTER THERE AT THE REAR OR EAST PROPERTY LINE. AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S LOCATED ON THE DRAWING THAT MR. CROSS SHOWED YOU, RIGHT THERE WAS THE PLAN FOR THE DUMPSTER. WELL, WE MET WITH ARBORDALE FOLKS, AND THEY SAID, WE'RE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING THAT DUMPSTER NEXT TO OUR PROPERTY LINE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE DUMPED IN THERE, WILL IT SMELL? WE SAID, NO PROBLEM. THE DUMPSTER LOCATION IS NOW HERE, NOT ONLY OUTSIDE THE WATERSHED PROTECTION AREA, BUT WELL AWAY, I THINK 130 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE WITH ARBORDALE. THIS WAS ONLY ONE OF THE SUBJECTS THAT CAME UP AT OUR MEETING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THOSE ARBORDALE RESIDENTS, I SUPPOSE WE HAD 35 OR 40 FOLKS THERE. [01:20:01] THEY WERE KIND TO INVITE US TO VISIT. THE FENCE CAME UP, AND, AND WE WERE AB ABLE ACTUALLY TO CONDUCT A BIT OF A STRAW POLE. SOME OF THE RESIDENTS SAID, WELL, WE THINK THAT FENCE, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH IT, OR IT SHOULD BE PARTIALLY COMPLETED. BUT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY SAID, NO, WE LIKE THAT SOLID FENCE. WE LIKE IT THAT COLOR, AND WE WANT IT MADE OUT OF THAT MATERIAL. AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. IN ADDITION, THE ARBORDALE RESIDENCE HAD VISITED THE WILLIAMSBURG AND GREEN DRIVE LOCATIONS OF AUTO HOUSE, CHATTED WITH MR. HOLE RIDER. THEY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOURS AND DELIVERIES, UH, AND WHICH I'LL SPEAK TO LATER. THEY ASKED ABOUT WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN HISTORICALLY ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT AUTO HOUSE FROM NEIGHBORS ON GREEN DRIVE, TO WHICH THE ANSWER WAS NO. THEY ASKED ABOUT TEST DRIVES. WERE FOLKS GONNA COME TO DRIVE A CAR AND MOTOR OFF INTO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD? MOST HOLE RIDER EXPLAINED THAT NO FOLKS ARE BUYING, TYPICALLY THESE EUROPEAN LUXURY OR SPORTS CARS WANT TO GET 'EM WARMED UP AND GET 'EM TO HIGHWAY SPEED. YOU, YOU DON'T REALLY TEST DRIVE A SPORTS CAR IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE RESIDENTS COULD UNDERSTAND THAT AND, AND SEEM VERY MUCH PLACATED BY THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT LIGHTING, AND I THINK MR. CROSS HAS ADDRESSED THAT ADEQUATELY IN A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DID HAVE EMAILS OF SUPPORT FROM THE ARBORDALE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION RESIDENTS, AND A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS WHO CAME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND SPOKE IN FAVOR. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OPPOSITION SPEAKERS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. I'LL GET AWAY A LITTLE BIT FROM PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS AND TELL YOU JUST A BIT ABOUT THE OPERATIONS AT AUTO HOUSE, UH, JUST IN CASE THAT'S OF CONCERN TO YOU AS YOU CONSIDER THIS BUSINESS NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL. FIRST OF ALL, AS MR. CROSS MENTIONED, NO OUTDOOR SPEAKERS OR PAGING SYSTEM AT AUTO HOUSE. THEY DO USE TEXT MESSAGING TO TALK TO EACH OTHER OR, UH, FORWARD MESSAGES ON SITE. WE EMBRACE THE LIGHTING PLAN, AND OF COURSE, THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, UH, WHICH IS THE SIDE OF THE AUTO HOUSE BUILDING FACING OUR NEIGHBORS, WILL BE THE AREA THAT NEEDS THE LEAST LIGHTING. UM, THE HOURS OF AUTO HOUSE ARE IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS LITTLE CHART, THE HOURS ARE BASICALLY EIGHT TO FIVE 30 OR SIX ON WEEKDAYS, AN ABBREVIATED SCHEDULE ON SATURDAYS. NOTE THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS OPEN FROM NINE TO TWO ON SATURDAYS, BUT THEY DON'T WORK ON CARS ON SATURDAY. NO, I FOUND THAT OUT. YOU CAN COME IN AND DROP OFF OR PICK UP, BUT YOU CAN'T GET YOUR CAR WORKED ON ON SATURDAY AND THEN TO CLOSE ON SUNDAYS. AND THOSE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE PART OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT CONDITIONS. SO WE CAN'T WANDER AROUND ON THOSE. UH, BASED ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT CONDITIONS, MORE ABOUT THE OPERATIONS, MR. HOLE RIDER'S SHOP IN WILLIAMSBURG SERVICES ABOUT 20 VEHICLES A DAY. I FRANKLY WAS SURPRISED AT HOW LOW THAT NUMBER WAS, BUT I THINK IT TELLS A GOOD STORY ABOUT TRAFFIC. THAT'S NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC. IN ADDITION, APPARENTLY, IT, IT MAY BE THE AUTO BUSINESS TODAY, OR IT MAY BE THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE, BUT THE DAYS OF FOLKS DRIVING AROUND THE CAR LOT OR GETTING OUT AND KICKING TIRES AND HOPING THAT A SALESPERSON COMES OUT TO GREET 'EM, APPARENTLY OVER. AND THE EXPERIENCE AT AUTO HOUSE IS FOLKS MAKE APPOINTMENTS BEFORE THEY COME IN TO TALK ABOUT A CAR, AND THEY MAKE UP ONLY ABOUT EIGHT APPOINTMENTS A DAY AT AUTO HOUSE. SO AGAIN, I THINK A POSITIVE MESSAGE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND THE IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORS THERE IS AFTER HOURS DROP OFF, BUT AUTO HOUSE'S EXPERIENCES, THERE ARE ONLY THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE PER EVENING. NOW, OUR NEIGHBORS SAID, WELL, ARE FOLKS GONNA BE THERE ALL NIGHT DROPPING OFF CARS? WELL, FORTUNATELY, AUTO HOUSE SECURITY CAMERAS TELL US EXACTLY WHEN PEOPLE TEND TO DROP OFF THEIR CARS. AND IT'S IN THE EARLY EVENING. NOBODY COMES OUT AT 11 OR 12 O'CLOCK MIDNIGHT TO DROP THEIR CAR OFF FOR SERVICE. FINALLY, WHEN INVENTORY VEHICLES ARE DELIVERED TO THE SITE, THAT HAPPENS DURING BUSINESS HOURS. WE HAD SOME CONCERN WE LISTENED TO FROM OUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT, UH, AN 18 WHEELER DELIVERING A BIG LOAD OF CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND NOISE HEADLIGHTS. WELL, THE WAY THE INDUSTRY WORKS THESE DAYS IS THAT THE DRIVER OF THAT TRUCK WHO'S DELIVERING THE VEHICLES, GETS PAID FOR THE VEHICLES. THERE'S NOBODY AT AUTO HOUSE AT MIDNIGHT TO PAY FOR THE VEHICLES. SO THE DELIVERIES COME DURING BUSINESS HOURS. IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO NOTE THE HISTORY OF THIS SITE AS BEING PLANNED FOR BUSINESS FOR 30 YEARS. UH, THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE TO OUR NEIGHBORS AT ARBORDALE. THEY TOLD US, THEY SAID, LOOK, WE KNEW WE WERE LOCATING NEXT TO A BUSINESS. AND YET, WITH THE BUFFERING AND THE PLANNING, UH, THEY SUPPORT THE APPLICATION. SO IN CONCLUSION, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL SAY THAT THIS BUSINESS USE IS CONSISTENT WITH LONGSTANDING ZONING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THE NOISE ISSUE. [01:25:01] MR. RON. UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH, UM, MECHANICS TODAY IS THEY WANT TO HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONED SITE. AND SO THAT'S A GOAL OF MR. HOLE RIDER AT THE YORK COUNTY LOCATIONS TO HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN THE SERVICE BAY, WHICH ALLOWS THE DOORS TO BE CLOSED, UH, ALMOST ALL THE TIME. SO, NOT TERRIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT NOISE ESCAPING. UH, AND THERE'S VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC GENERATION FROM THE PROJECT. AS MR. CROSS POINTED OUT, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A VERY HIGH QUALITY, WELL ESTABLISHED YORK COUNTY BUSINESS, WHICH IS FAMILY RUN. MR. HO RIDER AND HIS FAMILY ARE REALLY THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS OPERATION, EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF BRINGING A SECOND LOCATION TO YORK COUNTY. AND, UH, THEY'LL BRING 30 TO 50 EMPLOYEES TO THIS SITE AS THEY LOCATE IN YORK COUNTY, WHICH WILL BE AN INCREASE OVER THE EMPLOYMENT ROLE IN THE CITY. SO THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL THANK YOU AND THE BOARD FOR LISTENING. HAPPY TO FIELD QUESTIONS. MR. HOLE RIDERS HERE IF, UH, YOU'D LIKE HIM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. OKAY. WE'LL START AT THE OTHER END OF THE SCREEN. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MS. NO, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. STEVE, I WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE YOU BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT THE DUMPSTERS. NOT ONLY THE ODOR, BUT WHEN THE TRASH TRUCKS PICK EM UP, CAN MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF NOISE WHEN I'M BANGING AROUND. SO MOVE 'EM AWAY FROM THE APARTMENTS AND ASSES ARE BIG, BIG HELP. SO, GOOD JOB. YES, SIR. MR. ZIBA THE PRESENTATION. THANKS A LOT, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. SIR. ONE QUESTION. YES, SIR. AND, UH, I WAS KIND OF LEARNED SOMETHING HERE, SO WHEN A TRUCK COMES IN, I, I CARRY IN ALL THE CARS. THEY, THEY, YOU GOTTA WRITE HIM A CHECK BEFORE THEY COME OFF THE TRUCK. THAT'S IT. HE TAKES THE CHECK. I WOULD, I'M SURPRISED BY THAT. YEAH, I'M SURPRISED TOO. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THAT YOU LEARNED PRINCIP. OH, OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE PAYING FOR THE CARS. , JUST THE TRANSPORT. OKAY. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. . ALL RIGHT. YES. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK. OKAY, LET'S SEE. NOW I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. ANYONE CARE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? SEE YOU NONE. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, OKAY. I NEED A MOTION ON US RESOLUTION R 23 DASH 76. OKAY. UM, SO ANY, UH, ANY BOARD COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS. OKAY. GOOD. THEN, UH, CALL FOR ROLL CALL, PLEASE. THE MOTION MADE BY MR. GREEN IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 23 DASH 76 TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED. MR. ZBA? YES. MRS. NOEL? YES. MR. GREEN? YES. MR. RON? YES. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU. GREAT. UH, GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BUSINESS. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU BET. OKAY, THE [5 Application No. UP-1005-23, Cliff’s Automotive, LLC. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R23-75 to authorize auto/light truck sales, rental, and service - limited to golf cart sales and service at 8427 George Washington Memorial Highway] NEXT APPLICATION IS THE NUMBER FIVE, AND THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED ADOPTION OF A PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 23 DASH 75 FOR, UM, SEE CLIFFS AUTOMOTIVE, L L C TO AUTHORIZE AUTO LIGHT TRUCK SALES, RENTALS AND SERVICES LIMITED TO GOLF CART SALES AND SERVICES AT 8 4 27, UM, GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HEY, THIS APPLICATION IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO AUTHORIZE AN EXISTING AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FACILITY TO SELL AND SERVICE GOLF CARTS. UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH IS OCCUPIED BY CLIFFS AUTOMOTIVE, IS A 1.9 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED ON ROUTE 17 ACROSS FROM THE YORKTOWN LIBRARY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED GB FOR GENERAL BUSINESS AND DESIGNATED GB IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE SURROUNDING PARCELS ARE ZONE GB AND R 20 FOR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH IS A VACANT PARCEL, WHICH IS THE FUTURE SIDE OF RIVERSIDE HEATING AND COOLING. UH, TO THE EAST IS ROUTE 17 AND THE YORKTOWN LIBRARY BEYOND, UH, TO THE SOUTH IS CLAREMONT WAY AND BEYOND THAT IS A VACANT 12.5 ACRE PARCEL WITH AN ABANDONED SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOME ZONE GB. AND TO THE WEST IS ONE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOME. THE APPLICANT, MR. CHRIS FAIRBANKS, SEEKS AUTHORIZATION TO SELL ELECTRIC GOLF CARTS AND DISPLAY UP TO FIVE AT A TIME ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO HIS EXISTING AUTO-REPAIR FACILITY, HE PROPOSES TO INSTALL A GRAVEL DISPLAY AREA MEASURING 15 BY 40 FEET IN THE NORTHERN CORNER OF THE PROPERTY ALONG ROUTE 17. MM-HMM. . HE ALSO STATED IN HIS PROPOSAL THAT THE GOLF CARTS WOULD BE STORED INSIDE THE BUILDING DURING THE HOURS THAT CLIFFS AUTOMOTIVE IS NOT OPEN. GOLF CART DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT EXPLICITLY ADDRESSED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, SINCE GOLF CARTS ARE VEHICLES, THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR HAS DETERMINED THIS PROPOSED LAND USE TO BE MOST SIMILAR TO AUTO OR LIGHT TRUCK SALES. AUTO DEALERSHIPS ARE PERMITTED IN THE GB ZONING DISTRICT ONLY UPON THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUIREMENT RECOGNIZES THAT AUTO RELATED USES COULD HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE CHARACTER AND AESTHETIC QUALITY OF THE COUNTY'S MAJOR CORRIDORS. IN THIS CASE, THE AUTO RELATED [01:30:01] USE AND AUTO REPAIR FACILITY HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED, AND THE APPLICANT IS SIMPLY, UH, REQUESTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL GOLF CARTS. THE APPLICANT, UH, STATED HE WOULD ALSO SERVICE GOLF CARTS ON THE PROPERTY CLIPS. AUTOMOTIVE IS ALREADY AUTHORIZED TO SERVICE VEHICLES DUE TO ITS STATUS AS A LEGALLY CONFORMING SPECIAL USE. UH, THE VEHICLE'S SERVICE, UH, LAND USE WAS ESTABLISHED LONG BEFORE THE ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED TO REQUIRE SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR AUTOMOTIVE USES IN THE GB ZONING DISTRICT. THOUGH BECAUSE GOLF CARTS ARE CONSIDERED VEHICLES, CLIFFS AUTOMOTIVE IS ALREADY PERMITTED TO SERVICE GOLF CARTS. STAFF BELIEVE THE PROPOSED USE WOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING AREA. HOWEVER, STAFF HAS PROPOSED A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS TO ENSURE THE OPERATION REMAINS SMALL AND SCALE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL, STAFF HAS PROPOSED A CONDITION THAT WOULD REQUIRE ALL GOLF CARTS ON THE PROPERTY TO BE POWERED SOLELY BY ELECTRIC ENERGY TO ELIMINATE THE RISK OF, UH, GASOLINE LEAKING INTO THE GROUND. PROPOSED CONDITIONS WOULD ALSO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF GOLF CARTS THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED ON THE PROPERTY AT ANY ONE TIME TO FIVE AND REQUIRE ALL GOLF CARTS BE STORED INSIDE DURING THE HOURS THAT CLIFFS IS NOT OPEN TO LIMIT THE VISUAL IMPACT OF THE OPERATION. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS TWO EXISTING DRIVEWAYS, ONE OF WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 85 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF CLAREMONT WAY AND ROUTE 17. THIS ENTRANCE DOES NOT MEET B DOT'S CURRENT ACCESS MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE COUNTY REQUIRE THIS ENTRANCE BE CLOSED AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. CLOSING THIS DRIVEWAY WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CONFLICT POINTS AND IMPROVE SAFETY AT THAT INTERSECTION. THEREFORE, STAFF HAS PROPOSED A CONDITION OF APPROVAL REQUIRING THE ENTRANCE BE CLOSED AND CONVERTED INTO A LANDSCAPE YARD THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. TO FURTHER BEAUTIFY THE PROPERTY, STAFF HAS PROPOSED AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION OF APPROVAL REQUIRING THE APPLICANTS TO PLANT FOUR EVERGREEN SHRUBS OF AT LEAST TWO FEET IN HEIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PROPOSED GOLF CART DISPLAY AREA. MM-HMM. , THE ZONING ORDINANCE ALSO REQUIRES GOLF CART DISPLAY, THE GOLF CART DISPLAY AREA TO BE PAVED. MM-HMM. , UH, OR GRAVELED, AND DOES NOT ALLOW ANY VEHICLES TO BE, UH, VEHICLES DISPLAYED FOR SALE TO BE PARKED ON GRASS OR LANDSCAPED PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL TO INSTALL A 600 SQUARE FOOT GRAVEL PAD MEETS THIS REQUIREMENT. UM, STEPH HAS PROPOSED AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION OF APPROVAL, UM, LIMITING THE DISPLAY AREA TO THE 600 SQUARE FOOT AREA SHOWN ON THE SKETCH PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. THE COUNTY'S FIRE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY HAS REQUESTED THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION. NUMBER ONE, GOLF CARTS ARE NOT TO BE STORED ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED AN INSPECTION OF THE BUSINESS TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO FIRE CODE VIOLATIONS. UM, NUMBER TWO, AN UPDATED EMERGENCY CONTACT FORM BE SUBMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROPOSED USE. AND NUMBER THREE, A KNOX BOX BE INSTALLED ON THE PROPERTY, UM, PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROPOSED USE TO ALLOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. THE INSTITUTE OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TRIP GENERATION MANUAL DOES NOT ADDRESS GOLF CART SALES. IT DOES DISCUSS NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS, BUT ONLY ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE THAN WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED. REGARDLESS, GIVEN THE SMALL SCALE OF THE PROPOSED LAND USE, STAFF BELIEVES IT WOULD NOT GENERATE ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC TO THE LOCATION. IN STAFF'S OPINION, ALLOWING, UH, AN EXISTING AUTO REPAIR FACILITY TO HAVE ACCESSORY GOLF CART SALES REP REPRESENTS A FAIRLY SMALL INCREASE IN INTENSITY OF USE. GIVEN THE SMALL SCALE OF THE PROPOSED USE, STAFF BELIEVE IT IS UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE, UM, ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING AREA. IN ADDITION, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH MAKE THE NEARBY INTERSECTION SAFER AND IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF THE PROPERTY WITH LANDSCAPING. MM-HMM. , FOR THESE REASONS, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH AND PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER PC 23 DASH FIVE. I FORGOT TO INCLUDE, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WAS SIX 20, UM, IN FAVOR. OKAY. SO, QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE STAFF, UH, MR. ZAREMBA, I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. RON? YES. UM, SO SALES AND SERVICE, SERVICE OF JUST WHAT THEY SELL OR SERVICE OF ANY GOLF CARTS, I'LL DEFER TO THE APPLICANT FOR THAT. OKAY. I'M NOT SURE. CUE THAT. CUE THAT ONE UP. UM, DO YOU TEST DRIVE GOLF CARTS? ARE YOU GONNA HAVE A TEST DRIVE OFFICE? I'M ON THAT AS WELL. UM, AS FAR AS FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE SAFETY, UM, I KNOW SOME ENERGIZED VEHICLES PRESENT UNIQUE CHALLENGES IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION IN A FIRE OR SO FORTH IS, AND I HAVEN'T KEPT UP ON THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY OF BATTERY POWERED GOLF CARTS. DO THESE GOLF CARTS BRING ANY UNIQUE CHALLENGES TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO, IF THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO A FIRE WITH ONE OF THEM, UM, AGAIN, CALL APPLICANT? I, I DON'T, WELL, I SENT THIS, UM, PROPOSAL TO THE, OUR DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY, AND THEY RESPONDED WITH THEIR COMMENTS AND THEY DIDN'T MENTION THAT AT ALL. BUT YES, THE APPLICANT [01:35:01] CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO THAT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL WAIT WHEN HE GETS A CHANCE. OKAY, MS. NOEL? NO, NO QUESTIONS. MS. GREEN, THIS IS MORE A COMMENT. IT SEEMS LIKE A AWFUL LOT OF HOOPS FOR THE APPLICANT TO JUMP THROUGH TO SELL FOUR OR FIVE GOLF CARTS OUT IN FRONT OF HIS STORE, AND THAT HE'S ALREADY SELLING A FEW CARS OR HAS THINGS, UH, DIFFERENT ITEMS. WOULD HE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS SAME TYPE RIGAMAROLE IF HE WERE SELLING, SAY LAWN MOWERS? HMM. , MR. CROSS? YES. IS A, IS A LAWN MOWER A VEHICLE? ER, , COME ON. MAYBE WE KNOW THE ANSWER. PROBABLY NOT. I DON'T HAVE THE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY SETS, UH, SETS FORTH VEHICLE SALES, I, I MEAN, I MEAN, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND, BUT THERE WAS NO WAY AROUND THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS SINCE IT IS, UH, VEHICLE SALES. YOU MAY REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH THE DIRTY QUADS. YEAH. UH, DOWN AT KILN CREEK. UH, DIRTY. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME THING IF IT WERE LAWNMOWERS. . ALRIGHT. THANK, THANK YOU. SO, UH, OKAY. SO YOU, OKAY, SO QUESTION, UM, ARE THE, UH, ARE THE GOLF CARTS, UH, CERTIFIED FOR ROAD, UH, FOR VDOT ROAD TO RUN THE VDOT ROAD SYSTEM? I THINK I NEED YOU TO FURTHER THE APPLE NOW. OKAY. SO WE HAVE, UH, NOW WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE, UH, IN YORK COUNTY THAT, THAT AUTHORIZES, UH, GOLF CARTS. OKAY. AND IT HAS VERY SPEC, VERY SPECIFIC SPECIFICATIONS, UH, ON SPEED LIMITS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. NOW, THIS ROAD OUT THERE IS LIKE, I THINK ABOUT 45, 55 MILES AN HOUR. SO YOU CAN'T DRIVE THESE, UH, CARDS UP TO THE UP THERE. SO THEY HAVE TO BE DELIVERED TO THE SITE UNLESS THEY CAME IN FROM, WHAT IS THAT EDGEWOOD IN THE BACK THERE? UH, EDGEHILL. EXCUSE ME. EDGEHILL. SO, UM, SO THE, I GUESS THESE ARE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. THEN I'M JUST, UH, KIND OF SO THEY'RE GONNA BE JUST ELECTRIC, OR ARE THEY GONNA BE GAS ONLY ELECTRIC. HOLD ON. ONLY ELECTRIC. ALRIGHT. SO THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD AND, UH, GIVE US, UH, COMMENTS AS NECESSARY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UM, FELT LIKE OUR PRESENTATION. EXPLAIN NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. UH, MY NAME IS, UH, RICHARD JENKINS. I'M AT 1 0 2 BROKEN BRIDGE ROAD, WHICH IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY BEHIND, UH, CLIFFS. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED, UH, FAR AS SERVICING, WE WILL BE SERVICING OTHER GOLF CARTS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE ELECTRIC. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY GASOLINE SERVICE ON GOLF CARTS. UM, MOST GOLF, MOST GOLF CARTS SOLD TODAY ARE GASOL OR ARE ELECTRIC. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU CAN FIND GASOLINE ONES ANYMORE. EVERYTHING'S SWITCHED TO THAT. UM, THESE GOLF CARTS WOULD PROBABLY FALL UNDER THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE ORDINANCE FOR ALLOWING 'EM TO DRIVE ON. UH, I BELIEVE Y'ALL'S ORDINANCE SAYS THAT IF THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD IS EITHER 35 OR 25 OR LESS, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DRIVE ON IT. 25. YOU CAN CROSSROADS AT 35. YES. YEAH. UM, AND THESE GOLF CARTS, TOP SPEED IS LIKE 20 MILES AN HOUR. SO, UM, THESE WOULD FALL WITHIN, WITHIN THAT, UM, FAR AS FIRE SAFETY HAZARD, I, I'M NOT SURE I, I, I WOULDN'T SEE ANY CHALLENGES. THEY ARE, THEY HAVE THEIR DEEP CYCLE BATTERY. UM, THE, THESE PARTICULAR GOLF CARTS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY THE, ANY OF THE OTHER GOLF CARTS THAT ARE IN EDGE HILL NOW. UM, AND THERE'S PROBABLY 50 OF 'EM IN THERE, I WOULD IMAGINE. LIKE I SAID, I LIVE IN EDGE HILL AND 10 DRIVE BY MY HOUSE EVERY NIGHT. SO, SO I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION THERE. SOUNDS LIKE THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL BIG 12 VOLT DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES AND SERIES AND THAT YES. SPECIAL LITHIUM BATTERIES? NOT YET. NOT YET. OTHER HAZARDS. OKAY. THOSE SURPRISES FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. YEAH. THE IDEA FOR US IS, UM, THE AUTO INDUSTRY'S CHANGING, GOING ELECTRIC. UM, WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO ADD ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM TO OUR BUSINESS, BUT ALSO BRING IN YOUNGER TECHS. AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD WAY TO TAKE SOMEBODY WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND ALLOW THEM TO SERVICE GOLF CARTS AND THEN THEY CAN GRADUATE FROM GOLF CARTS UP TO AUTOMOBILES, UM, AS PART OF LIKE A TRAINING PROGRAM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THE ONLY ONLY QUESTION I HAVE ON GOLF, THE GOLF CART YOU SAID IS, UH, YOU'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF GASOLINE. I THAT I, I HATE THOSE THINGS, BUT THE, UM, BUT YOU'RE SEEING THE, WHERE I'VE SEEN THESE ELECTRIC OR THE GASOLINE ONES ARE THE ONES WHERE THEY HAVE RIGHT STEEP PILLS TO CLIMB. YEAH. UH, YOU SEE 'EM, UH, THEY LANG, THE AIR FORCE BASE HAS 'EM, UM, I THINK YOU HAVE IT, UH, OUT THERE WHERE, UH, WHERE THE, UH, WHAT IS THAT? UH, OUT NEAR LIGHTFOOT, UH, GOLF COURSE OUT THERE. UH, MY BRAIN DEAD, BUT I THINK THEY HAVE 'EM ALSO. AND THERE'S A FEW UP IN MATTHEW'S [01:40:01] COUNTY. SO THERE'S, THERE ARE GASOLINE OPERATED PARTS AROUND HERE, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR THAT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT'S, I SEE 'EM AROUND. WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THE, ON THE GASOLINE ONES, YOU KNOW, SO, SO WHERE DO YOU, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY ON THIS, UH, WHERE DO YOU SEE MOST OF YOUR SALES TAKING PLACE? JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE, OR WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ALL LIKE, WELL, YOU, YOUR ELECTRIC GOLF, ELECTRIC GOLF CARTS. OKAY. YOU'RE GONNA SELL NEW CARTS, RIGHT? YES. BRAND NEW CARTS. OKAY. WHERE DO YOU SEE MOST OF YOUR SALES? UH, YOU MUST HAVE STUDIED THE AREA. YOU KIND OF BUSY. WE HAVE, UM, MORE OF SOME OF THE BIGGER NEIGHBORHOODS, KILN CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD, COVENTRY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, UM, EDGEHILL MARL BANK. WE FEEL, UM, THE, THE SPEED LIMITS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS MATCH WHAT, WHAT'S ALLOWED. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ENVISION SELLING THEM LOCALLY IN YORK COUNTY, FOR SURE. RIGHT. WELL, WE DON'T FORGET DANDY. YEAH, DAN. YEAH. DANDY. THEY, THEY LIVE ON, THEY LIVE ON GOLF CARTS OUT THEY ORIGINAL GOLF CART. YEAH, THEY'RE, THAT'S RIGHT. SO . OKAY. WELL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, LET'S SEE. COMMENTS? UH, BOARD, BOARD, UH, SEE, LET ME OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SO I'M OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE CARE TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE? SEEING NONE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, OKAY. YEAH. LET'S SEE. NEED A MOTION. I MOVE. R 23 DASH 75. OKAY. BOARD COMMENTS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL PLEASE. THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOEL IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 23 DASH 75 TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED. MRS. NOEL? YES. MR. GREEN? YES. MR. RON? YES. MR. ZAREMBA? YES. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. GOOD LUCK IN YOUR BUSINESS. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. OKAY, [6 Six-Year Secondary System Improvement Program - FY 2024 through FY 2029. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R23-77 to approve a project priority listing for secondary road construction for the six-year period FY 2024 through FY 2029 to approve a construction budget for FY 2024.] NOW, NEXT ONE, NUMBER, ITEM SIX, CONSIDER ADOPTION OF BOHO RESOLUTION R 23 DASH 77. AND THIS IS THE SIXTH YEAR, UH, SECONDARY ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FY 24 THROUGH FY 29 TO APPROVE A PROJECT PRIORITY LISTING FOR SECONDARY ROAD CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEXT SIX YEAR PERIOD. FY 24 TO FY 29 TO APPROVE. CONS, UH, CONSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR FY 24 AND TIM CROSS. YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE, UH, CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES THE BOARD TO ADOPT, UH, PRIORITY LISTING FOR HOW SECONDARY, UH, ROAD FRONT FUNDS PROJECTED TO BE ALLOCATED ARE GOING TO BE, UH, UH, SPENT OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS AND TO ADOPT A CONSTRUCTION BUDGET. UH, Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT. IT'S THE REALIGNMENT OF GOV GOVERNMENT ROAD, UH, TO, UH, AT THE INTERSECTION, UH, CHANGING THE INTERSECTION WITH PENMAN ROAD FROM A Y INTERSECTION TO A T INTERSECTION. IT, UH, DOES INCLUDE, UM, UH, SHOULDER BIKE LANES ALONG PENMAN ROAD AS WELL AS CARBON GUTTER. UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS PROJECT, UH, IS MOVING FORWARD. IT DOES HAVE TRACTION. UH, THEY HAVE, I'M TOLD, HAVE THEY HAVE REQUIRED ACQUIRED, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THE MAIN STUMBLING BLOCK OVER THE PAST YEAR WAS GETTING APPROVAL FROM THE NAVY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROJECT CROSSES THE CHEETAH MANNOX RAIL SPUR. MM-HMM. , UH, YOU KNOW, NAVY IS, UH, VERY THOROUGH AND IT CAN BE VERY TIME CONSUMING DEALING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, BUT I'M TOLD THAT THAT HURDLE HAS BEEN CLEARED. AND, UH, THE OTHER GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO, UH, OBTAIN 1.6 MILLION FROM THE REGION, UH, RE, UH, RS T P FUNDS TO ELIMINATE THE FUNDING DEFICIT ON THIS PROJECT. UH, SO IT'S FULLY FUNDED AND IT'S JUST ABOUT READY TO GET STARTED. IT IS, UH, SCHEDULED TO BE ADVERTISED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN OCTOBER OF, UH, THIS YEAR. AND SO, UH, I KNOW WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. MM-HMM. , UH, AND THEN WE CAN START LOOKING AT OTHER SMALLER, QUICKER PROJECTS, UH, TO SPEND OUR SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS ON. THE CODE DOES REQUIRE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING, JOINT COUNTY VDOT, PUBLIC HEARING. AND, UH, MR. BROOKS FROM THE, UH, VDOT WILLIAMSBURG RESIDENCY, UH, IS HERE AS WELL. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. OKAY. UM, CHAD QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. I'M JUST OKAY. NO QUESTIONS, STEVE. OKAY. FINALLY, UM, DO ONE QUESTION. SO THIS HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR, WHAT, 10 YEARS? 15 YEARS? OH, HOW ABOUT 20? AT LEAST 15. PROBABLY CLOSER TO 20. BEEN NICK, WE WE'RE JUST USING WHATEVER MONEY WE CAN GET. SO GLAD WE GOT TO BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE IT. OKAY. YES. UM, SO I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. OKAY, GREAT. SO THE STATE NEED TO SAY ANYTHING TO US ABOUT IT? [01:45:01] NO, NO QUESTIONS THERE, . ALL RIGHT. UM, OKAY. LET'S SEE. THERE IS AN OPEN, THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. I OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS. SEE ANYONE JUMPING FORWARD TO SAY, MAKE SOME COMMENTS. SO NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, YOU NEED A MOTION, PLEASE? I'LL MOVE. R 23 DASH 77. OKAY. ANY CO BOARD COMMENTS? WE SEEM TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, SO IT'S FINALLY GLAD TO PUT IT TO BED. MULTIPLY THAT 8 53 AND YOU MAYBE WOULD BE HOW LONG I COULD SEE TO IT. YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN ON FOR DECADES AND, UH, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S ABOUT TIME TO US IS THAT WHAT THIS IS GONNA BREAK LOOSE SOME MONEY, AS TIM POINTED OUT, TO GET ON SMALLER PROJECTS. AND, AND THE PROJECTS THIS WOULD FIT INTO WOULD BE LIKE SIDEWALK PROJECTS AND TRAILS. SO I THINK, UH, THE NEXT, UH, NEXT TIME WE SEE THIS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, MAYBE START THINKING ALONG THOSE LINES. AND I KNOW THE COUNTY STAFF ALREADY LINED UP THOSE PROJECTS. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEE A CALL FOR A ROLL CALL. AND THIS MOTION'S BEEN MADE. THE MOTION MADE BY MR. RON IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 23 DASH 77 TO APPROVE A PROJECT PRIORITY LISTING FOR SECONDARY ROW CONSTRUCTION FOR A SIX YEAR PERIOD FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024. BUDGET. MR. GREEN? ABSOLUTELY. YES. MR. RON? YEP. MR. ZAREMBA? YES. MRS. NOEL? YES. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. WE'LL GO BACK TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS. EXCUSE ME. UH, MATTERS PRESENTED BY THE BOARD. AND, UH, MR. GREEN, JUST REAL QUICK, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, CHAIRMAN SHEPHERD, YOU WERE BEEN THERE. WE HAD TWO RIBBON CUTTINGS IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS, AND I CANNOT THINK OF A TIME WHEN WE'VE HAD NEW BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES, EXISTING BUSINESSES EXPANDING IN NEW YORK. UH, FRIDAY WE HAD WORLEY'S HOME SERVICES, WHICH REPURPOSED THE OLD RIPS, UH, CIGARETTE AND CONVENIENCE STORE, UH, THERE ON OUR MAIN STREET OF 17. AND THEN YESTERDAY WE HAD DOD, RV AND MARINE THAT REPURPOSED THE OLD GRAFTON GARAGE, UH, THERE ON OUR MAIN STREET ON 17. I WANTED TO WISH BOTH MR. WARLEY AND MR. DOD, UH, THE ABSOLUTE BEST. AND, UH, WAS JUST AN EXCITING TIME TO BE HERE IN YORK AND THE REPURPOSING OF 17. OKAY. MR. DO OKAY, MS. KNOWLEDGE. OKAY. TODAY IS PROBABLY THE, THE BEST DAY OR THE, THIS MEETING. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. EVERY SINGLE YEAR WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN YORK COUNTY, THEY'RE VERY SPECIAL TO US. SO THEY'RE SPECIAL, I KNOW, TO THEIR PARENTS. UH, BUT THIS JUST SHOWS YOU THE FUTURE THAT WE HAVE, AND THEY'RE OUR FUTURE. SO IT'S REALLY VERY, IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY. UM, I DON'T KNOW, EXCUSE ME IF ANY OF YOU GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO, UH, ART AT THE RIVER LAST WEEKEND. IT WAS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ART, THE JOYED ART SHOW. AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND THIS TIME THEY HAD CASSETTE, THEY HAD TENTS OUTSIDE. NORMALLY THEY DO IT INSIDE, BUT THIS OPENED IT UP TO EVERYBODY WHO WAS DOWN AT THE RIVERWALK. AND THEY HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPATION AND PRIZES WERE GIVEN. AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND FINALLY, IT'S AT 10 YEARS, SO I WISH 'EM 10, AT LEAST 10 YEARS MORE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, MR. ZAREMBA, REAL QUICKLY, UM, THE, UM, ADMINISTRATOR EARLIER HAD MENTIONED THE, THE SUBJECT THAT I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT, IT HAS TO DO WITH SPRINGFIELD ROAD. AND IF THE BOARD REMEMBERS, UM, TWO OR SO, UH, MEETINGS AGO BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WE TASKED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO PUT TOGETHER A, UH, A CONTRACT, GO OUT AND GET A STUDY STARTED ALONG SPRINGFIELD ROAD. WHEREAS I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OUT THERE. AND THE ROAD HAS BEEN INUNDATED WITH LARGE CONTRACT VEHICLES TO THE DISMAY OF THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE ALONG SPRINGFIELD ROAD. SO, GLAD TO HEAR TONIGHT THAT, UH, THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN LET, UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE'S SOME ACCELERATION IN THE, THE CONTRACTOR TO GET THAT STUDY DONE SO THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR CAN DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO SUPPORT THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE ALONG SPRINGFIELD ROAD. APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS YOU MADE. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. ROME? YEP. UH, TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO START OFF BY COMMENDING OUR SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT. LAST NIGHT, I GOT MADE AWARE OF A POTENTIAL HOMELESS PERSON THAT MAY BE IN NEED OF SOME ASSISTANCE. I, UH, TOOK THAT INFORMATION AND SHOT OFF WHAT I KNEW TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, POSSIBILITIES OF MAKING CONTACT WITH THIS PERSON, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS OVER, [01:50:01] HAD ALREADY GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM THOSE DEPARTMENTS. IDEAS ALREADY STARTED TO BE GENERATED, AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH. SO THERE'S VERY QUICK RESPONSE, UM, GOOD IDEAS ALREADY IN PLACE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE DEPARTMENTS BEING SO RESPONSIVE TO THIS POTENTIAL PERSON IN NEED. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THAT CONTACT SOON AND, AND HELP HELP THEM OUT. SECOND OF ALL, UM, MR. MORGAN, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING OFF AND ON OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I THINK EVEN BACK IN THE LAST YEAR, ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF LOOKING AT EXISTING PROPERTIES AS SET ASIDE SPACE FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE SAVE PROPERTY POTENTIAL FOR GREEN SPACE, SO FOR OTHER FUTURE USES BEFORE THE PROPERTY DISAPPEAR. NOW, MOST OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE AROUND LARGE AREAS OF PROPERTY, BUT I THINK THERE'S A, THERE'S SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SMALLER PLOTS AS WELL. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO KIND OF START BRAINSTORMING MORE ON TAKING THAT TO THE NEXT STEP. WHAT'S, WHAT OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE COUNTY, FOR THE COUNTY'S FUTURE? SO WE DON'T LOSE EVERYTHING AS OUR AVAILABLE LAND IS QUICKLY BEING BOUGHT UP AND, AND DEVELOPED. SO, UM, SOMETHING I HOPE WE CAN, WE CAN CONNECT ON MORE HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND START PUTTING A PLAN IN PLACE. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. COMING THERE. WE GOT THAT. UM, ONE THING THAT, UH, I WANNA KIND OF FOLLOW UP, BUT SHEILA TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS IN YORK COUNTY, AND THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE, AND I KNOW WE SAID A LOT ABOUT IT TONIGHT, IS THE WATCHING THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF OUR YOUTH IN THE, IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM AND, AND IN LIFE. AND, UH, IT'S JUST, JUST THAT'S A REAL JOY TO SIT UP HERE AND, AND THEN, AND CELEBRATE WITH THEM THEIR VICTORY. UM, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH. I THINK THERE'S JUST SADLY THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUR COUNTY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO, BE ABLE TO DO THOSE TYPES OF CELEBRATIONS. SO IF YOU'VE GOT IDEAS OUT THERE, UH, PLEASE SUBMIT 'EM TO THE BOARD, UH, YOU, UH, AND JUST TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE SO WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD AS A DISCUSSION. UM, THE YOUTH OF, UH, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH COMMISSION HAS BEEN, UH, VERY ACTIVE. I MEAN, THESE, THESE KIDS ARE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE IN, IN LIFE THAT, UH, THAT YOU KNOW, THE OLDER FOLKS IF YOU WILL HAVE. AND SO, UM, SO THEY, THEY KIND OF, THEY KIND OF BUMP IT INTO THINGS AND THEY GET THE GUIDANCE FROM THEIR PARENTS AND FROM THE CHURCH AND FROM THE, FROM THE FOLKS THAT THEY ENGAGE WITH THE TEACHERS AND SO FORTH. BUT YOU, AS THE ADULTS HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR YEARS, DECADES, YOU KNOW, CENTURIES, WHATEVER. JUST, UH, THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND, UH, CUZ WE, WE, WE TRY EVERYTHING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE IDEAS. AND, AND, UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD ASK THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO. UM, AND, AND, AND WITH, UH, CHAD'S COMMENTS. IT'S JUST, UH, AND THIS IS LIKE ABOUT THE SIXTH TIME. SIXTH TIME I THINK I'VE BEEN CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. AND I DON'T EVER REMEMBER A TIME WHEN I'VE HAD THIS MANY, UM, RIBBON CUTTINGS FOR NEW BUSINESSES. AND IT'S JUST BEEN LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK IT'S EITHER ONE OR TWO RIBBON CUTTINGS. AND IT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE YOU SEE THE DEDICATION AND THE COMMITMENT OF THE PEOPLE. UM, I DON'T CARE IF THE COMPANY'S JUST A SMALL, UM, UH, VERY SMALL ONE OR TWO PERSON OPERATION OR A GIANT OR, UH, UH, OPERATION LIKE WALMART, UH, THOSE OPENINGS, THEY MEAN A LOT TO THE PEOPLE. THEY MEAN A LOT TO THE EMPLOYEES. AND YOU COULD JUST SEE IT. EVERYBODY'S JUST, THEY'RE CHARGED UP IN IT. AND THEN THEY'RE VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT TOO, BECAUSE IT, IT'S A, IT'S A STRETCH IN LIFE THAT, UH, THAT, UH, HAS GOT A LOT OF MEANING IN THE SUCCESS AND, AND THE SACRIFICES THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE TO SUCCEED WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT STARTING A BUSINESS. IT IS TOUGH. IT IS TOUGH, TOUGH, TOUGH. AND THERE'S A LOT OF SACRIFICE AND HARD WORK WHEN CONGRATULATIONS FOR EVERYONE THAT STEPS UP. AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR EVERYONE THAT SUCCEEDS. AND, UM, SO I MEAN, I JUST, THAT TO ME IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND FINALLY, LAST COMMENT. UM, I WANT TO COMMEND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. UM, SINCE OUR DEPUTIES HERE, HE'S OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MURDER THAT OCCURRED, UH, IN YORK COUNTY. AND, UM, UH, THEY FOUND THE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS, UH, SHE WAS DEAD ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND, UH, WE DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED OTHER THAN SHE WAS, SHE WAS MURDERED AND, UH, IT APPEARS TO BE MURDERED. AND THEY HAVE ALREADY ARRESTED, I THINK FOUR PEOPLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, THAT THEY, UH, JUST, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY SUCCEED LIKE THIS. IF YOU HAVE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH, WITH OTHER CITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU, YOU ONLY SUCCEED THAT IF YOU GET, YOU, YOU, YOU, WE AS THE GOVERNMENT, WE AS THE PEOPLE ACCEPT THAT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND MONEY TO HAVE THE PROPER AMOUNT OF DEPUTIES, [01:55:01] WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE RIGHT TRAINING FOR OUR DEPUTIES. AND, AND, UH, AND THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE GOT THAT NEW BUILDING GOING UP BECAUSE OUR, OUR, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S BEEN JUST LIVING IN A CLOSET, BASICALLY. MM-HMM. . AND NOW WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM A REAL PLACE TO, TO TRAIN AND, AND, UH, AND, AND DO STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS. HOWEVER, IT'S UP TO US AS CITIZENS TO PAY ATTENTION WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US. UH, DOWN IN MY, UH, DISTRICT, WE HAD, UH, WHICH IS DISTRICT FIVE, WHERE AROUND, I USED JUST RUNNING MAN AS A REFERENCE, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, CAR BREAKINS LARCENY FROM, FROM VEHICLES IS OUR NUMBER ONE CRIME. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY A, A PLUS IF THAT'S YOUR BIGGEST CRIME RATE. IT'S NOT MURDER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S STILL, IT'S, YOU LOSE, YOU LOSE STUFF YOUR CAR'S DAMAGED OR YOU, WHATEVER PRODUCTS, UH, YOU HAVE IN THERE. IT COULD BE GUNS, GOLF CLUBS, CAMERAS, YOUR BILLFOLD, YOUR WALLETS, UH, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. IT'S TAKEN. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF RECOUPING. UH, AND IT'S NOT EASY. IT'S JUST NOT EASY. SO, UM, FORTUNATELY IN YORK COUNTY, WE HAVE, UH, POLICE, UH, OUR SHERIFF, WE HAVE POLICING, I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY ACTIVE IN WORKING WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO TRACK THESE PEOPLE DOWN. AND SOMETIMES WE GET LUCKY, UM, UH, AND THEN, AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T, BUT CITIZENS NEED TO BE, UH, IF YOU'VE GOT A CRIME WATCH SIGN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, DON'T TREAT THAT AS, OKAY. THAT'S GONNA SCARE OFF THE BAD GUYS BECAUSE IT DOES JUST THE OPPOSITE. IF YOU'RE NOT ACTIVE, IF YOU DON'T CALL, UH, AND REPORT THAT YOU'VE HAD AN INCIDENT, ESPECIALLY, UH, BREAKING IN THE VEHICLES. UH, SO ANYWAY, THIS, LET'S, LET'S BE AWARE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. OKAY. ANYWAY, THAT'S THE LAST COMMENT I HAVE. NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS GO INTO A CLOSED MEETING AND, UH, LET'S SEE IF I'VE GOT TO GET EVERYTHING OFF THE SHEET SHEET. WE SHOULD HAVE, YEAH, I KNOW HE'S GOT THE SHEET, BUT I'M LOOKING IN HERE. SO, UH, WHEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE CLOSED MEETING AND THEN WE'LL COME OUT OF CLOSED MEETING. BUT WE DO, WE COME OUT AT THAT TIME, I WILL BE ADJOURNING TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD SUPERVISORS, WHICH WILL BE HELD, UM, AT 6:00 PM ON TUESDAY, ON JUNE THE SIXTH, 2023 IN THE, EACH ROOM OF YOUR CALL. SO GO AHEAD AND LET'S TAKE US IN THE CLOSED MEETING. OKAY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 37 11 A, ONE OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, I MOVE THAT THE [CLOSED MEETING] BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONVENE IN A CLOSED MEETING TO CONSIDER A PERSONAL MATTER INVOLVING APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, OR THE, UH, APPOINTMENT, UH, THE PERFORMANCE AND SALARY REVIEW. OKAY. UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. RON? YES. MR. ZAREMBA? YES. MR. NOEL? YES. MR. GREEN? YES. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY, WE'RE GOING A CLOSE MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.