Jun 06, 2023 Board of Supervisors

, WHAT YOU'LL SEE OCCASIONALLY IS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, OUTSIDE OF CAPE CHARLES, IF YOU'RE SITTING THERE ON THE, UH, WESTERN SIDE OF THE EASTERN SHORE, THOSE ARE BULK VESSELS THAT ARE, ARE, ARE QUEUED UP.

THOSE ARE SUPPORTING FOLKS LIKE KEN MORGAN, UH, NORFOLK, SOUTHERN COAL PIER, AND OTHER BULK TERMINALS THAT ARE HERE IN THE HARBOR.

BUT THAT'S NOT A PORT AUTHORITY, UH, TERMINAL.

THAT'S WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE DREDGING, THE SPOILS? UH, ARE WE PUTTING 'EM ON CRANNY ISLAND OR WE, UH, OCEAN DUMPING THEM? WE HAVE SORT OF THREE SOLUTIONS THERE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO REPURPOSE THE GOOD MATERIAL.

AND SO WE HAVE, UH, MOU WITH BOTH THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, THE CITY OF MAL, TO PROVIDE THE GOOD SAND, THE SAND FOR THE BEACH.

THEN OFF TAKEN TO THE, UH, CRAN ISLAND MM-HMM.

AND IF THERE'S METERING GOING ON, OCCASIONALLY YOU'D HAVE OFFSHORE DR.

DISPOSAL.

BUT TYPICALLY WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IT INTO CRANIAL ISLAND.

EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND.

THE OTHER BIG PROJECT WE'RE ABOUT TO KICK OFF IS, UM, NORFOLK, INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS NORTH OPTIMIZATION.

I HAVE, EXCUSE ME, I GOT A QUESTION.

IT'S, UM, JOEY, LOOK AT THE DEPTH HERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING IN A NEW, UH, OF COURSE OUR NEW TUNNEL'S GONNA BE WAY DOWN UNDERNEATH THE GROUND MM-HMM.

, BUT THE OLD TUNNEL ISN'T.

IT'S KIND OF THERE.

SO ARE WE, UH, ARE WE REACHING A POINT WHERE THERE'S A, WE'RE GETTING INSIDE THAT ZONE WHERE WE CAN'T GO ACROSS THE, UH, WELL, I, I CAN JUST TELL YOU THIS, WITH THE CURRENT DRAG PROJECT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, REGULATORY AND ENGINEERING EFFORTS THAT WENT INTO GETTING IT TO THE POINT OF CONSTRUCTION WERE EXTENSIVE, AND THOSE FACTORS WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

I KNOW THAT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE MM-HMM.

, WE DID TAKE IN, UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WERE MADE OR PUT IN PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, PROTECT IT.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT BY ANY MEANS.

DOES THE DREDGING HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE TUNNELS IN A, IN A NEGATIVE FACTOR? WELL, I'M NOT THE, IN, NOT THE DREDGING ITSELF, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE SHIPS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, THE HOLES YOU SEE THAT, UH, RIGHT HERE, THE PICTURE YOU'RE SEEING 56 FEET AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE REQUIRING DEEPER CHANNELS THAN WHAT WE HAVE, THEN SOMEWHERE THE TUNNELS STAYING EXACTLY THE SAME DEPTH.

AND SO WE HAVE, UM, THE PILOTS TYPICALLY HAVE A THREE FOOT UNDER KEEL REQUIREMENT, SO YOU'LL SEE A MAX OF ABOUT 53 FEET IN THEORY.

AND THEN WE HAVE A THREE FOOT TITLE RANGE, SO YOU COULD PLAY THE RANGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DON'T KNOW OF A SINGLE CONTAINER SHIP RIGHT NOW.

AND THESE ARE ONES THAT ARE MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT ARE CALLED THE US.

THESE ARE ONES CALLING ASIA TO NORTH EUROPE THAT ARE DRAWING MORE THAN 50 FEET OR 51 FEET.

I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPACE.

NOT JUST IN HAMPTON ROADS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH.

THIS WILL KICK OFF NORTH END IT OPTIMIZATION HERE.

UH, SHORTLY THIS YEAR, UH, WE RECEIVED A, UH, 262 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TO KICKSTART THIS PROJECT.

AND THIS IS TAKING A NON-AUTOMATED CONTAINER HANDLING FACILITY AND REALLY TAKING THE SAME TECHNOLOGY WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE REALLY PERFECTED AND REPLICATING IT THERE ON THE NORTH END.

SO TAKING ALL OF OUR CONTAINER OPERATIONS AND ADDING SIM AUTOMATION STACKING, WHICH JUST ADDS FOR MORE EFFICIENCY MM-HMM.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ADDS FOR SAFETY.

AND IT REALLY TAKES OUT THE, THE RISK OF, UH, INDIVIDUAL INTERACTION WITH THE MOVEMENT OF, UH, OCEAN SHIPPING CONTAINERS, WHICH, UM, IS DANGEROUS.

AND SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND BE ABLE TO REPLICATE IT AND PUT IT IN PLACE AT NORTH N IT WE'LL ALSO BE PUTTING IN NEW CRANES, WE'LL HAVE TO, UH, REMOVE THE CURRENT CRANES.

THERE'S SOME HEIGHT, UH, LIMITATIONS TO THOSE CRANES.

AND ALSO SOME HEIGHT LIMITATIONS BASED ON OUR LOCATION ADJACENT AND NAVY BASE.

THERE'S A 200 FOOT CEILING.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOW PROFILE, UH, UH, CRANE DESIGNED AND, AND BUILT AND, AND IN PLACE THERE TO SERVE THE LARGER SHIPS CALLING, UH, ANY PORT TODAY, WE CAN CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE PORT, BUT IT'S JUST AS CRITICAL THAT WE INTEGRATE OUR FREIGHT STRATEGY AND THE SYSTEM WE HAVE HERE,

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YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, THE IMAGE IS, UH, RENDERING, UH, THE H R B T MM-HMM.

, I THINK THAT'S 3.5 BILLION PROJECT ON THE LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TAKING PLACE ON THE ENTIRE EAST COAST TODAY.

AND SO WE'RE VERY, UH, EXCITED TO SEE THE POTENTIAL AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROJECT WILL SORT OF, UH, AWRY.

AND, AND, AND THE RELIEF IN CONGESTION IT WILL PROVIDE TO ALL OF US HERE IS, UH, RESIDENTS OF HAMPTON ROADS.

WE'RE FOCUSING ON DECARBONIZATION.

A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE, UH, THE DECARBONIZATION GOALS OF, UH, 2040 AS WE ARE VERY MUCH ALREADY ELECTRIFIED AS A PORT.

OUR CRANES ARE ALL ELECTRIC.

UM, A LOT OF OUR OPERATIONS ARE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON HYBRID AND HYBRID DIESELS.

SO WE HAVE, UM, AN EFFORT TO TRY TO ALSO MATCH OUR NEEDS OF THE CUSTOMER, WHICH IS GET TO THE NET ZERO CARBON BY 2040.

KIND OF HARD TO SEE HERE.

AND IT'S AN ICHART, I APOLOGIZE.

UH, BUT THIS IS SORT OF JUST A PROJECTION, UM, OF NATIONALLY OF WHERE WE SEE JOB GROWTH IN ALL INDUSTRY SEGMENTS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE AREA THAT HAS SOME OF THE BIGGEST GROWTH POTENTIAL IS ONE OF OUR THREE PILLARS MM-HMM.

HERE IN THIS REGION, WHICH IS LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TRANSPORTATION IN, IN MANUFACTURING AND WAREHOUSING MM-HMM.

AND WE SEE THAT AS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

AND THIS IS ALL PROVIDED BY BLS, THE, UH, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS AS BEING SOME OF THE, UH, LARGEST SEGMENTS OF GROWTH WITHIN THE WORKFORCE.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT HAMPTON ROADS AND JUST LOOK AT THE PAST THREE YEARS, WELL, TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING HAS HAD, ACTUALLY, WE LOOK AT JUST A TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS.

IT'S HAD THE, THE BIGGEST SINGLE INCREASE MM-HMM.

AND SO THERE'S A REAL, UH, SHIFT TAKING PLACE WITH THE JOBS, UH, OF MAYBE WHAT THEY WERE CONSIDERED JOBS OF MANY YEARS BACK.

UM, MAYBE WAREHOUSE WASN'T AS A DESIRING PLACE TO WORK.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU TODAY WITH AUTOMATION TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST FROM A LOT OF THE COMPANIES, BIG PLAYERS, BIG NAMES, WE ALL RECOGNIZE, UM, THESE ARE JOBS THAT PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE LIVING, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES, AND EVEN PROVIDE WAGES.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

AS FAR AS THE INCREASE IN JOBS, WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE COMING FROM? ARE THEY COMING, ARE THEY LOCAL PEOPLE OR ARE THEY COMING FROM OUT OF STATE INTO THE AREA? MANY JOBS ARE FILLED BY OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE MM-HMM.

AND WE SEE THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BOTH, UM, AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL, CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS BECOMING AVAILABLE AND BEING OFFERED.

YOU HAVE OUR PARTNERS WITH THE HAMPTON ROADS WORKHORSE COUNCIL YES.

BEGINNING TO STAND UP PROGRAMS. YES.

UM, AND, AND WHAT'S PROGRAMS AND WHAT'S REALLY NICE IS THAT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS WORK IN CONJUNCTION TO UPSKILL THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES, WHO MAYBE ARE WORKING IN AREAS WHERE THEY CAN'T GET AWAY TO GET THE TRAINING.

AND THERE ARE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THAT GAP FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO NEEDS TO WORK THEIR NINE TO FIVE OR WORK AT THAT RETAIL FACILITY OR WORK AT A RESTAURANT.

BUT THEY WANT TO GET UPSKILLED TO WORK IN ONE OF THESE HIGHLY AUTOMATED ADVANCED WAREHOUSES.

AND, AND THIS IS WHY IT'S THE WAGES YOU CAN SEE WEEKLY WAGES, UM, IS ALMOST, UH, $1,200 A WEEK.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING SEGMENT, SO THE WAGES HAVE REALLY, AS THE GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES, THE WAGES HAVE ALSO CONTINUED TO GROW.

AND, AND WHAT'S THE AVERAGE WAGE FOR SOMEONE COMING IN AVERAGE WAGE? AND, AND THIS IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE CALL IT LIKE THE AMAZON EFFECT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AMAZON PEGS IT AT LET'S SAY 15 OR 17.

AND I'M, AND THIS IS FROM READ AN ARTICLES, THE WAREHOUSES THAT I KNOW THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME LABOR LOOKING FOR THE SAME LABOR POOL ARE TYPICALLY GONNA BE WITHIN THAT AREA THAT RANGE.

AND THEY CONTINUE TO, UM, HAVE TO INCENTIVIZE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS TO, TO WORK.

AND THEY'RE ONLY, I THINK, OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORK IN THE WAREHOUSING TRANSPORTATION SPACE.

INTERMINGLED, BUT I HOPE TO HAVE LEFT SOME TIME.

AND THEN WE'RE A PARTNER HERE ON THE PENINSULA.

YOU KNOW, I, I MENTIONED HAMPTON WORKFORCE COUNCIL.

WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVELY INVOLVED ACHIEVABLE DREAMS AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOTH IN NEWPORTS AND HAMPTON.

AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO, UH, MYSELF.

AND, AND, UH, JUST CUZ MY GENTLEMAN NEXT TO ME IN MY OFFICE, UH, BILL CAT RUNS OUR MERCK DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S THE MARITIME INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM AND YORK COUNTY, UH, IN AND, AND FIRE AND RESCUE IS A BIG PARTNER MM-HMM.

IN, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE, UH, APPROPRIATE RESPONSE THAT WE HAVE ASSETS, WE HAVE COMMAND CENTER AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY, UH, WITH, UH, FIRE LIFE AND SAFETY UP HERE IN YORK COUNTY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THESE WATERWAYS SAFE AND, AND RESPONDING TO, UH, INCIDENCES.

I DUNNO IF I WENT 15 MINUTES OR NOT.

I KNOW WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS

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I'D LOVE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD GO AROUND, ASK STEVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.

FIR FIRST QUESTION.

HOW OLD ARE THOSE SIX SPORTS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO I CAN TELL YOU NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS, UH, REALLY BECAME A PORT DURING WORLD WAR I AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF ARMY, UM, AND SUPPORTING THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE ARMY INTO EUROPE.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS SORT DATES IT THERE, UM, THE CITY OF NORFOLK AT SOME POINT, UH, GAINED POSSESSION AND I WANNA SAY FIFTIES OR SIXTIES, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT REALLY HAPPENED HERE IN HAMPTON ROADS FOR ALL THE PORTS IS THAT IN THE SEVENTIES THERE WAS A, A UNIFICATION OF AN AUTHORITY, CUZ NEWPORT NEWS HAD A PORT CITY, PORT ORMAN, PORTSMOUTH CITY, PORT NORFOLK HAD A PORT, AND THERE WERE SOME, YOU KNOW, ONGOING COMPETITION, A VESSEL'S WHAT WE'LL CALL OVER HERE AND DISCHARGE SOME FREIGHT AND THEN WE'LL CALL IT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE MINES CAME TOGETHER, THE GREAT MINES.

UM, AND THEY STOOD UP THE VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY AND A, A VERY FINE GENTLEMAN, MR. BOBBY BRAY.

AND MR. BRAY WAS THE FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY.

AND, UM, HE UNIFIED ALL THE PORTS AND REALLY BROUGHT IT UNDER, UH, THE ONE MONIKER.

AND THEN SINCE THEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY EARLY EIGHTIES, WE'VE OPERATED AS, AS THE PORT OF VIRGINIA.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SECURITY FOR A SECOND.

WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTAINERS YOU GET IN ARE SAFE? THEY DON'T CONTAIN MATERIAL THAT ARE DANGEROUS OR MALICIOUS AND SO FORTH? AND ARE YOU ABLE TO TRACK THE CONTAINERS AFTER THEY LEAVE THE PORT? SO IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, WHERE TO GO TO FIND WHERE THEY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO A COUPLE THINGS THERE.

UM, WHEN A CONTAINER SHIP LEAVES, LET'S SAY ORIGIN OVERSEAS, THE ENTIRE, UH, SORT OF MANIFEST OF BILLS OF LADING, THE, THE LIKE LEGAL TENDER DOCUMENT THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHIPMENTS, THE BLS AS, AS REFERRED TO, ARE TRANSFERRED I THINK 48 OR 72 HOURS BEFORE DEPARTURE TO CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL.

SO HOMA, HOMELAND SECURITY, CBP TAKES THAT INFORMATION AND THEY BEGIN TO PROCESS ALL OF THIS DATA THAT'S CAPTURED IN THE BILL OF LADING.

AND SO AS IT'S MAKING ITS VOYAGE, UH, TO ARRIVE IN THE US SHORES, UM, IF THERE ARE CONTAINERS OF QUESTION AND CONCERN THROUGH CUSTOMS, WE WILL PULL THOSE CONTAINERS AND THEY DO DAILY INSPECTIONS.

CUSTOMS IS ON ALL OF OUR FACILITIES.

UM, AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CBP AS THEY'LL DO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INSPECTIONS.

AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY SEE OCCASIONALLY THEY WILL REMOVE THE CONTAINER FROM THE PORT AND TAKE IT TO A FACILITY IN CHESAPEAKE, UH, THE HAMPTON ROADS EXAMINATION WAREHOUSE.

AND THERE THEY WILL ACTUALLY, UH, REMOVE ALL CONTENTS AND INSPECT AND, AND LOOK FOR THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T, UH, BE IN THERE.

IN TRACKING.

SO OUTSIDE THE GATES, IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

A CONTAINER IS, UM, IS A METAL BOX WITH, WITH NUMBERS.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE ACTUAL METAL CONTAINER IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IT WAS INITIALLY DEVELOPED BY MALCOLM MCLEAN.

BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS FOR HIGH VALUE CONTENTS, FOR SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT KNOW THEY WANT TO TRACK, EITHER THEY'RE TRACKING THEIR TRUCKER OR THEY'LL HAVE PUT A, UM, ACTIVE RF D DEVICE WITHIN THE SHIPMENT.

UM, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE AREN'T.

BUT ONCE THEY LEAVE THE PORT, IT'S SIDE OF YOUR SCOPE FOR TRACKING.

IT'S CORRECT.

AND WE'VE CAPTURED AT THAT POINT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF IMAGERY.

WE KNOW EXACTLY THE CONDITION THAT CONTAINER WAS WHEN IT LEFT OUR FACILITY.

SO WHEN IT ARRIVES AT YOUR WAREHOUSE, OUR OPERATION, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A SKYLIGHT IN IT BECAUSE, WELL, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A HOLE ON THE ROOF OF THE CONTAINER, THAT STUFF HAPPENS.

WE CAN GO BACK AND SAY, WELL, NO, IT, IT WASN'T ON OUR, WE, WE HAVE THE IMAGES THAT APPROVE IT LEFT OUR FACILITY IN GOOD HANDLING AND, OKAY.

UM, SHEILA? NO, HE'S BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT ANSWERING MARK.

I SPENT 33 YEARS IN THE ARMY.

AND MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, UH, VULNERABILITY AND SECURITY.

IF A WAR BROKE OUT THAT INVOLVED US, THE COMMUNIST CHINESE, UH, PARTY IS MILITARY MM-HMM.

AND PERHAPS THE RUSSIANS AS WELL.

UH, THIS IS PROBABLY A, YOU KNOW, A CLASSIFYING ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, BUT I'D LIKE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF, UH, PLANNED IN PLACE.

UH, LET'S SEE.

DETER AN ATTACK ON THAT MAJOR PORT FACILITY THAT'S GOTTA BE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE THE FIRST 100 TARGETS BY OUR SO-CALLED ENEMIES.

UH, THERE IS CONSTANT AND CONSISTENT DIALOGUE GOING ON AS WE SPEAK BETWEEN ALL PARTIES, AND THAT WE'RE KEEPING THEM APPRISED OF MOVEMENTS AND VICE VERSA.

I, I CAN SATISFIED MY, MY CONCERN.

WELL, I MEAN, WE, WE WERE VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, OF COURSE STATE, BUT MORE IMPORTANT FEDERAL PARTNERS.

AND, AND SO BY ALL MEANS,

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AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES, BOTH IF IT'S, UH, ANYTHING WATERBORNE OR EVEN MALICIOUS CYBER TYPE OF ACTIVITY, WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST, UM, EFFORT WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND WE'VE CONTINUED AS AN ORGANIZATION TO INVEST BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE AND, AND YOU KNOW, HAS HAPPENED, UM, THAT CERTAIN COMPANIES HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH TAKEN OFFLINE BY SOME MALICIOUS ACTOR OUT THERE.

AND SO EVEN FROM SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF, UH, YOU KNOW, I DO MONTHLY TRAINING ON CYBERSECURITY, I HAVE TO, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A REQUIREMENT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S THAT IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE WE'RE THAT FIRST LINE DEFENSE TO PREVENT ANYTHING MALICIOUS HAPPENING, UH, AT THE BOARD.

THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD START.

, ANYTHING ELSE? GOOD.

CHAD, WHAT EFFORTS ARE YOU ALL TAKING TO UPGRADE YOUR COMPUTER SOFTWARE, UH, TO MAKE THE GRAINS AUTOMATED AND, UH, TO RIGHT NOW LIKE SINGAPORE, AMSTERDAM, THOSE CAN DO 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF, UH, CONTAINERS THAT NORFOLK CAN DO.

WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO AUTOMATE THE SYSTEM SO THAT, UH, THE CRANES CAN, UH, OPERATE IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER? YEAH, I, I THINK IT, FOR US, IT'S ALWAYS A, A BALANCING OF, OF BOTH THE TECHNOLOGY AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE, THE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR OUR WATERFRONT WORKERS MM-HMM.

AND SO, UH, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, WE ARE, WE HAVE BANNED SHIPPED TO SHORE CRANES.

UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST OPERATORS.

UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING TERRIFIC PRODUCTION.

UH, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UH, GREAT PARTNERS WITH THE ILA AND INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN ASSOCIATION WHO AT ANY GIVEN TIME HAVE, UM, A COUPLE THOUSAND, UH, MEMBERS WORKING ON THE WATERFRONT WITHIN OUR TERMINALS.

AND SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW WITH THE STACK YARD THAT'S ON THE SCREEN THERE, THOSE CRANES ARE REMOTELY OPERATED MM-HMM.

AND SO IF THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY WHERE IT CAN BE EFFICIENT AND, AND PROVIDING, AGAIN, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR, OUR PARTNERS WITH ILA, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAY BE ON THE HORIZON, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, UH, WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IS, IS, IS MIGHTY IMPRESSIVE.

AND EVERY CONTAINER HAS A UNIQUENESS TO IT BECAUSE IT'S A METAL BOX THAT'S BEEN BANGED UP AND BENT.

AND, AND, AND I TELL YOU, OUR, OUR, OUR CREWS, THEY'RE SOME OF THE BEST AND THEY'RE SOME OF THE SAFEST.

UM, AND WE WOULDN'T, WE COULDN'T OPERATE WITHOUT THEM.

JUST, I DID SOME QUICK MATH WHILE YOU WERE TALKING MM-HMM.

, AND YOU'RE ROUGHLY DOING ABOUT 5,000 CONTAINERS A DAY, WHICH COMES DOWN TO ABOUT 205 CONTAINERS EVERY HOUR.

SO, AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S CONSIDERING.

YOU'RE DOING A 24 HOUR.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME PORTS THAT ARE DOING YEAH.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, GLOBALLY, UM, VERSUS THE DOMESTIC VERSUS WE ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

I, UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, HAVING VICKY UP THERE TO GIVE ME, UH, I BELIEVE SHE WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE ME, OR SHE ESCORTED ME UP ANYWAY.

I DON'T, SHE WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE ME THE, THE BRIEFING.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PART THAT, UH, AND, UH, UH, HAD ROAD PLANNING, DISTRICT COMMISSION AND THE TPO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF HITS TO SOMETHING THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS JUST STUNNING WAS THEY HAD THE BIG SHIPS, THESE REALLY BIG SUCKERS COME IN THERE WITH THESE SOME JUST STACKED TO THE, TO THE YEP.

UP TO THE SKY WITH, UH, THESE TURN LITTLE TRAILERS.

I JUST COULDN'T GET OVER THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DON'T JUST COME UP HERE AND UNLOAD EVERYTHING.

THEY GOTTA COME OVER HERE, PICK UP SOME STUFF, OFFLOAD SOME STUFF, GO OFF TO ANOTHER PORT, PICK UP SOME STUFF.

SO YOU GOT THESE, ALL THESE CONTAINERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT HERE PACKED ON A SHIP, UH, OR A COUPLE SHIPS AND, AND, UH, AND THEY, SO THEY GOTTA MANAGE THIS THING.

AND WE USED TO HAVE THE PROBLEM OF ALL THE TRUCKS WOULD BE LINED UP AND THE GUYS WOULD BE SITTING THERE FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS WAITING TO GET INTO THE PORT, UH, AND OFFLOAD, GET THEIR SYSTEMS OFFLOADED OR WHATEVER.

AND NOW YOU SHOW UP.

I UNDERSTAND IT WAS WITH A, YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, CORRECT.

'EM AROUND SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO KEEP UNLOADING, OFFLOADING TO GET THE RIGHT SPOT.

SO THERE'S NO LONG LINES ANYMORE.

AND WHEN YOU GET IN THERE, THEY PULL THE TRAILER IN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY PULL THE TRUCK AND THE TRAILER IN, THE GUY GETS OUT, STANDS ON A, A WAITED PLATFORM OR SOMETHING, SIGNALS THAT THE TRUCK, THE GUY'S OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE, UH, TRUCK.

AND THEN THE CRANE GOES UP, GETS HIS, HIS, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTAINER AND BRINGS IT AND SETS IT DOWN AND BOOM, HE'S GONE.

HE'S OUT OF THERE PRETTY QUICK.

BUT ON THE SHIP WHEN THEY'RE TAKING THESE THINGS AND THEY'RE, THEY HAVE 'EM, I MEAN, LIKE, KEEP A TRACK OF WHERE EVERYONE IS, THEY'RE OFF.

THEY'RE MOVING

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SO, MAN, I TELL YOU WHY.

I WAS JUST, UH, THE, AND I WATCHED THE CRANE OPERATORS AND, YOU KNOW, THE REMOTE CONTROL STUFF.

AND IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME.

I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY EFFICIENT.

AND I'M, I'M VERY IMPRESSED.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY COULD BE EVEN MORE EFFICIENT THAN WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO OUR, OUR MOTOR CARRIER COMMUNITY AND THE TRUCKERS THAT CALL ON THE PORT EVERY DAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A TURN TIME.

SO FROM THEM COMING IN THE FACILITY AND LEAVING, UH, LESS THAN 60 MINUTES, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT 40 TO 39 MINUTE RANGE, AND THAT'S BEEN ALL YEAR.

THAT'S, AND, AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, VERY STRONG VOLUMES.

SO, UM, THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES THAT.

AND THE MORE, UH, QUICKER WE CAN GET 'EM IN AND OUT, UH, THE MORE TURNS THEY CAN GET AND OBVIOUSLY THE MORE REVENUE THEY CAN GENERATE FOR THEIR TRACTOR TRAILER.

ALL IT WAS.

AND I THINK THE NUMBER I SAW WAS LIKE 250,000 JOBS, UH, WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PORT YEAH.

IN VIRGINIA.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING DOWN THERE.

IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THE NEW INTERSTATE DEVELOPMENT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, WE WILL EXPEDITE IN AND OUTTA HERE.

I THINK IT WILL, I THINK THERE'S SOME EXCITING TIMES ON OUR HORIZON.

WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE.

GOOD BRIEFING.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

BEST LUCK TO YOU AND YOUR, YOUR, UH, IT'S JOY SUMMER INTERNSHIP HERE.

WHAT'S YOUR INTERNSHIP FOCUS ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORTATION POLICY.

UH, GO AHEAD AND THEN CONTINUE.

YOU'RE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF IT.

[CONSENT CALENDAR ]

WE'LL SEE RIGHT NOW.

NEXT THING IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE APRIL THE 18TH, MAY THE SECOND, AND MAY THE 16TH.

THAT'S ITEM TWO.

ITEM THREE IS A REFUND OF, UH, UH, LICENSE TAX FOR YEAR 2023.

NUMBER FOUR IS FUNDING OF, UH, LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

NUMBER FIVE IS TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT FOR YORK COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION AS PART OF THE HEAD START PARK AND RECREATION.

UM, THE ACCOMMODATION OF RETIRING EMPLOYEES.

UM, UH, DOROTHY JULIAN, WHO'S BEEN THERE WITH US FOR 36 YEARS.

AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO RETIRING EMPLOYEES, SCOTT LA LANEY.

HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR 43 YEARS, REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE.

AND THEN APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE 23, UM, 2324 YOUTH COMMISSION.

AND, UM, SO AT THIS POINT I WILL ASK, UH, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, ANY, UH, ITEMS THEY'D LIKE TO PULL.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE CONSENT.

HANG ON, HANG ON.

UM, OKAY.

SO THERE'S NO NOTHING.

WE'LL GO WITH THAT.

DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEMS? NO, NONE.

ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

APPROVE.

THEN WE'VE GOT NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER NINE IS THE JOINT EXERCISE POWER AGREEMENT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE, UH, REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER.

ROLL CALL.

MOTION MADE BY MR. GREEN IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS SUBMITTED.

[ 9 Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for a Regional Emergency Communications Center. Consider adoption of proposed Ordinance No. 23-9 to authorize the execution of a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement by and between James City County and York County and the Cities of Williamsburg and Poquoson to operate a Regional Emergency Communications Center. ]

SO NEIL OR WHOEVER'S BRIEFING THAT.

SO I'D LIKE TO START, UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYONE, UH, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

SOME, I KNOW THE BOARD WAS AWARE THAT THIS HAD BEEN WORKED ON.

UH, WE'RE AT THE POINT OF DECISION, UH, TONIGHT, UH, WITH ME AND PREPARED TO PRESENT AS MUCH AS Y'ALL CARE TO HEAR IS, UH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TERRY HALL AND ALSO ROSE MCKINNEY, OUR HR DIRECTOR, AND TERESA OWENS, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, WHO HAVE BEEN THE ONES WORKING WITH MYSELF AND THE ATTORNEYS IN JAMES CITY COUNTY.

ON THE DETAILS OF THIS, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE, UH, AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, WHICH IS A MECHANISM UNDER STATE LAW WHERE MORE THAN ONE LOCALITY CAN VOLUNTARILY DO A DEAL TO DO SOMETHING TOGETHER.

SO WE CHOSE THAT MECHANISM FOR DOING THIS.

SO WHAT IS THE IT, UM, MANY YEARS AGO, UH, YORK COUNTY 9 1 1 CENTER, UH, WITH THIS BOARD SUPPORT, UH, CONSOLIDATED WITH FIRST THE OSA 9 1 1 OPERATION, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY THE WILLIAMSBURG OPERATION.

AND SO THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO ALSO CONSOLIDATE WITH JAMES CITY COUNTY.

LONG TERM ADVANTAGES OF A MORE CONSOLIDATED OPERATION, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EFFICIENCY AND, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY COMPATIBILITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT OFF AND ON AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE.

I THINK OF MANY PEOPLE IN THE REGION SAW THE

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UH, BUT IT'S A HARD AND COMPLICATED THING TO DO.

UH, TWO ISSUES HAVE KIND OF CONVERGED TO CAUSE IT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF COME BEFORE US AT THIS POINT.

ONE WAS, UM, 9 1 1 CENTERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE HAVING EXTREME LABOR MARKET CHALLENGES.

AND, UH, JAMES CITY COUNTIES, UM, AMONG OTHERS HAS BEEN HAVING THAT ASSETS HOURS, BUT TO A LESSER DEGREE.

AND THEN, UM, THERE WAS A, AN ELECTRICAL FIRE AT THE JAMES CITY COUNTY 9 1 1 CENTER, I GUESS ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.

AND SO, UH, BECAUSE OF SOME PRIOR ADVANCED PLANNING AND GOOD WORK, UM, THEIR PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO COME TO OUR CENTER AND IN GOOD ORDER CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SERVICE ALONG WITH OUR EXISTING PERSONNEL.

AND I DO THINK THAT EVENT KIND OF OPENED SOME EYES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITIES OF BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

AND IT WAS NO LONGER THIS THEORETICAL THING THAT COULD HAPPEN.

THEY WERE BASICALLY HERE.

AND THE QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, HOW COULD WE, UH, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTFULLY MAKE THIS A PERMANENT ARRANGEMENT? AND AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE JAMES CITY COUNTY BOARD HAS TAKEN A COUPLE ACTIONS TO INITIATE THIS.

SO THE, THE SITUATION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES OF THE JAMES CITY COUNTY 9 1 1 CENTER THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR CENTER UNDER, UH, BASED ON A, A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT I HAVE WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OF JAMES CITY.

UH, MR. HALL SUPERVISES THEM AND SCHEDULES THEM ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

BUT, UM, THE CONSOLIDATION WOULD FINISH THE JOB AND ACTUALLY, UH, MAKE THOSE FOLKS YORK COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

UM, WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION WITH JAMES CITY COUNTY SAYING, WE'RE OPEN TO IT.

WE DON'T WANT TO BURN UP A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS A REAL THING AT THIS POINT, IT'S CLEAR THAT JAMES CITY COUNTY IS SERIOUS.

AND THEN WE SAID, OKAY, WHAT IS THE FAIR WAY TO DO THIS? AND AGAIN, AND I KNOW THEY'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, AND TERRY'S GOT SOME THINGS TO SAY, BUT ESSENTIALLY, UM, THE CHALLENGERS ARE IN A FEW CATEGORIES.

THE BIGGEST ONE IS TRANSITIONING EMPLOYEES.

UH, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE AND IT IS A REAL INCONVENIENCE AND A LOT OF WORK TO BE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW FOR MANY PEOPLE.

WITH DIFFERENT PAY SYSTEMS, DIFFERENT BENEFIT SYSTEMS, DIFFERENT LEAVE ACCRUALS.

UM, AND THOSE FOLKS KNOWING THAT THEY COULD COME HERE WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT THEY WERE, UH, THEY GOT CREDIT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MID-CAREER AND NOT HAVING TO START FROM SCRATCH MM-HMM.

AND BE TREATED FAIRLY BY YOUR COUNTY.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT TO DISADVANTAGE OUR OWN FOLKS, UH, WITH PEOPLE COME HERE WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, WORK CONDITIONS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THOSE THAT WE REQUIRE OF OUR OWN PEOPLE.

SO WHAT DOES ALL THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW ARE WE FAIR ABOUT OUR COST TO HEALTHCARE? HOW ARE WE FAIR ABOUT TO YORK COUNTY ABOUT THE COST OF THIS PERSONNEL? NOT, NOT ONLY THE ONES WHO WOULD COME OVER IMMEDIATELY, BUT ALSO THE VACANCIES THAT JAMES CITY COUNTY HAS THAT WE WOULD REALLY URGENTLY NEED TO FILL IN PART BECAUSE OF THE CONSOLIDATION AND WHAT DOES THAT COST LOOK LIKE? SO THE BIGGEST NUMBERS HAVE TO DO WITH THE LABOR COSTS OF BRINGING SURE PEOPLE OVER AND THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD COME IN, UH, THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR.

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO A WHOLE HOST OF ISSUES RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY COMPATIBILITY THAT TERRY AND HIS TEAM ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF.

AND ALSO LESS COMPLICATED THINGS ABOUT FACILITIES, LIKE THE BATHROOMS NEED TO BE EXPANDED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SO THE STRUCTURE WE'VE COME UP WITH TO KIND OF MOVE THIS FORWARD, BUT ALSO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE TIME IT TAKES TO WORK SOME OF THESE THINGS OUT IS WE, WE ALREADY HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT BASICALLY SAYS, FOR THE TIME BEING, FOR OPERATING PURPOSES AND SCHEDULING, EVERYBODY WORKS FOR MR. HALL.

THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH WE HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER TONIGHT.

AND THEN JAMES CITY COUNTY HAS ON THEIR AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK.

AND THAT ORDINANCE ENVISIONS ANOTHER DOCUMENT, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT I WOULD EXECUTE WITH SCOTT STEVENS ONCE, UH, TERRY AND ROSE AND TERESA, UH, HAVE WORKED THE DETAILS WITH THEIR JAMES CITY COUNTY COUNTERPARTS, AND RICHARD AND HIS COUNTERPART AND JAMES CITY HAVE, YOU KNOW, REVIEWED IT.

SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE ABOUT 90% ON THOSE DETAILS, BUT THERE'S NO, I'M NOT GONNA RUSH THAT.

I WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THAT RIGHT.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY RABBIT HOLES WERE GOING DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF THIS AND IS THIS FAIR? OR WHAT HAPPENS IF, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE COME AND THEN THEY LEAVE AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S FAIR TO JAMES CITY AND WHAT'S FAIR TO YORK? SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT.

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UM, BUT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IT'LL BE GOOD.

THIS WILL BE A REALLY GOOD THING FOR, GOOD THING ALL OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA.

SO WITH THAT, I KNOW, UH, TERRY DESERVES, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THIS STORY BECAUSE HE'S BEEN PEDALED METAL ON THIS FOR 90 DAYS.

SO TERRY, TERRY, PLEASE START.

CAN YOU INTRODUCE THE CHIEF? OH, SORRY.

I WAS GONNA START OFF BY NUMBER ONE.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND DO THIS PRESENTATION.

, UH, WITH ME TONIGHT IS CHIEF RYAN ASH, WHO IS THE FIRE CHIEF OF, UH, JAMES CITY COUNTY.

UH, YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THE FACE OF THE NAME.

UH, TOM ASH'S DAD WORKED FOR THE YORK COUNTY HOW MANY YEARS CHIEF? UH, PROBABLY 28 OR 30 YEARS.

YEAH, HE WAS HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE.

SO SOME OF, SOME OF THE FOLKS, SO WE'LL REMEMBER HIM.

BUT, UH, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT NOT ONLY TO CHIEF ASH, RAY IS HERE, RAY FLIPPING WITH MY TEAM, UH, AND THE OUTSTANDING GROUP OF FOLKS THAT WE HAVE WORKING ON THIS TO INCLUDE ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HR, LEGAL FOLKS FROM BOTH JURISDICTIONS.

IT TRULY IS A TEAM APPROACH.

AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THINK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY MAKING ALL THIS WORK AND NOT SITTING HERE AT A BOARD MEETINGS, THE PEOPLE UNDER THE HEADSETS BACK AT THE CENTER, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE OR BREAK WHAT WE DO.

AND THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.

SO WITH THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND I'M GONNA DO KIND OF A QUICK, UH, OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

I THINK MR. MORGAN COVERED A LAB, I'LL PROBABLY PROBABLY ADD A LITTLE BIT OF TALKING POINTS IN IT.

UM, THEY HAVE BEEN SUFFERING A CRITICAL STAFFING SHORTAGE FOR YEARS.

WE LOOKED AT THIS IN 2019 BECAUSE OF THE STAFFING SHORTAGE THEY HAVE.

BUT TO, UH, MR. MORGAN TOUCHED VERY BRIEFLY ON IT, THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC IN ALL 9 1 1 CENTERS.

NOT ONLY HERE IN THE, NOT ONLY HERE IN HAMPTON ROADS IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY DRIVEN.

YOU'RE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH POLICE, FIRE, EMS AND 9 1 1.

IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, UH, MR. MORGAN GIVEN A BRIEFING THAT HAMPTON WAS IN OUR CENTER.

THEY WERE THERE FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS, STAFFING ISSUES.

WE'VE FORMED THAT PARTNERSHIP.

SO WHEN, UH, JAMES CITY COUNTY, UH, TOOK A VOLTAGE SPIKE IN THEIR CENTER AS A, AS A RESULT OF A, OF A VENDOR PUTTING IN SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY, THEIR CENTER WENT DARK VERY QUICK.

AND THEY BASICALLY WERE SITTING IN THERE LIKE THEY WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING OR AN EARTHQUAKE.

THEY LITERALLY WENT RUNNING ACROSS THE PARKING LOT TO TELL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY NEEDED TO RESPOND TO THEIR OWN BUILDING.

FIRST PERSON OUT THE BUILDING WAS THEIR DIRECTOR WHO CALLED US ON OUR CELL PHONE.

THE NATURE OF ME THANKING THESE FOLKS, WE NEVER MISSED ONE PHONE CALL OR ONE RADIO TRAFFIC FROM ANYBODY, ANY CITIZEN IN YORK, PACOS IN WILLIAMSBURG OR JAMES CITY COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE REDUNDANCY AND THE EXISTING WORKING RELATIONSHIP WE'VE HAD FOR MANY YEARS.

SO I, I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

IT WORKED THAT WAY BECAUSE WE PRACTICE IT, IT WAS DESIGNED AND WE HAVE A LONG TERM WORKING RELATIONSHIP SHIFT.

SO ON APRIL 20, UH, FIFTH, THE JAMES CITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE, UH, A JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT.

WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

SO WE ARE RICH IN HISTORY IN, IN OUR TECHNOLOGY.

IN 2003, THREE OF THE MEMBERS SITTING HERE TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, APPROVED A VERY LARGE REGIONAL RADIO SYSTEM THAT ENCOMPASSED NOT ONLY YORK COUNTY, BUT JAMES CITY.

AND SINCE 2003, IT'S WORKED PRETTY FLAWLESS.

WE HAVE BUILT A LARGE SYSTEM.

WE'VE NOW INCLUDED GLOUCESTER COUNTY INTO IT.

AND WE HAVE SOME 2000 TO 3000 FOLKS THAT ARE TENANTS ON THE SYSTEM WHERE THEY ACTUALLY JOIN US FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY POINT OF VIEW.

BUT THEY BASICALLY ARE TENANTS ON OUR SYSTEM AND SHARE THE SYSTEMS FOR INTEROPERABILITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT WORKS FLAWLESS OUR REGIONAL 9 1 1 SYSTEM.

IT JUST GAVE YOU THE BEST SUCCESS STORY YOU COULD HAVE.

ONE CENTER TAKES A HIT, THE OTHER ONE PICKS IT UP WITH NO LOSS OF SERVICES.

WE'VE ENJOYED THAT SINCE 2003 AS WELL.

WE'RE NOW DEPLOYING WHAT'S CALLED NEXT GENERATION NINE ONE.

ONE STATE HAS MANDATED THAT EVERY 9 1 1 CENTER AT COMMONWEALTH VIRGINIA WILL PUT IN NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1.

IT'S A PARTIALLY FUNDED MANDATE BY WHICH THE STATE'S SPENDING NORTH OF 60 MILLION TO DEPLOY THIS IN EVERY 9 1 1 CENTER IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

WE'RE DOING THAT JOINTLY WITH JAMES CITY CURRENTLY.

AND THIS PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO, TO ENHANCE THAT.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE CAME TO THE BOARD AND Y'ALL APPROVED US RECEIVING A GRANT FOR A CAD TOCA INTERFACE WHERE WE HOOKED OUR DISPARATE TECHNOLOGIES TOGETHER SO THAT WE COULD DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TOOK TO PHYSICALLY MAKE A PHONE CALL TO ANOTHER CENTER.

STILL SLOW, BUT BETTER THAN MAKING PHONE CALLS.

THAT SYSTEM WAS UP AND OPERATIONAL UNTIL IT TOO HAD A PROBLEM HERE.

UH, AS A RESULT OF THE FEBRUARY 22ND,

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FOR YEARS WE HAVE HAD AUTOMATIC MUTUAL AID BETWEEN YORK COUNTY, WILLIAMSBURG, AND JAMES CITY FIRE.

IT IS WORK FLAWLESS, OUR RADIO SYSTEMS AND ALL THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE DEPLOYED.

IF YOU LISTEN TO THE RADIO TRAFFIC, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE URGENCY IS, WE SEND THE CLOSEST UNIT OUT OF ALL THREE OF THOSE.

I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW NICE THIS IS.

I WAS TALKING TO CHIEF ASH JUST BEFORE THE MEETING.

WE HAD A STRUCTURE FIRE ACROSS FROM THE POTTERY THIS PAST WEEK.

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE UP THERE, HAVING THREE DISPATCHERS SITTING IN THE SAME ROOM FOR THREE DIFFERENT AGENCIES WORKING MUTUAL AID.

THIS DEFINITELY IMPROVES, IMPROVES EFFICIENCY, OPTIMIZE STAFFING LEVELS.

, IT WAS A SIMULTANEOUS DISPATCH FOR YORK COUNTY, WILLIAMSBURG AND JAMES CITY COUNTY.

THAT IS MONUMENTAL SUCCESS.

ANOTHER ONE THAT WE HAD LITERALLY THE SECOND DAY THAT JAMES CITY WAS IN THERE, WE HAD A YORK COUNTY DEPUTY RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A, IT, IT WAS EITHER A ROBBERY OR A HOLDUP OR A THEFT.

IT WAS DISPATCHED BASED ON WHAT THE CLERK SAID.

THEY RAN THE TAG ON THE CAR, THE CAR WAS STOLEN.

JAMES CITY DISPATCHER LOOKED AT THEIR MOBILE DATA TERMINALS AND SAID, WE HAVE A UNIT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

BY THE TIME YORK COUNTY DEPUTY SHOWED UP, THERE WAS A JAMES CITY OFFICER BACKING HIM.

THEY DID A FELONY STOP ON THE VEHICLE AND TOOK THREE PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY.

AS A RESULT OF THAT HAPPENING, THAT ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WAS NOT UP THERE BY HIMSELF OR FOLLOWING THE CAR WAITING UNTIL HE GOT ON THE ROAD COULD RUN.

THESE SUCCESSES ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO ADD UP JUST AS THEY HAVE FOR YORK PASON AND WILLIAMSBURG FOR MANY YEARS.

BENEFITS IMPROVED, UH, IMPROVED EFFICIENCY, DECREASE IN RESPONSE TIMES.

I'VE JUST GIVEN YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW THAT WILL WORK.

ELIMINATE THE TRANSFERRING OF MISROUTED WIRELESS CALLS BETWEEN LOCALITIES.

A LOT OF FOLKS BELIEVE THAT IF YOU DIAL 9 1 1, WE CAN TELL EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE AT ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET AND THE TECHNOLOGY.

IF YOU DIAL 9 1 1 IN THIS PARKING LOT, YOU MAY GET US OR YOU MAY GET GLOUCESTER.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 64, ENTER YORK, ENTER JAMES CITY, ENTER WILLIAMSBURG, AND SO ON, IT NO LONGER MATTERS.

THEY ALL GO TO ONE CENTER AND WE CAN QUICKLY ROUTE YOU WHERE THE CALL NEEDS TO GO TO.

IT MAKES SENSE THAT ALL OF US DON'T, WHERE EVERY JURISDICTION IS NOT STRAIGHT OUT BUSY ALL THE TIME.

SO WHEN THE JAMES CITY PEOPLE ARE DOING JAMES CITY, THEY'RE DOING YORK SEN OR WILLIAMSBURG AND VICE VERSA.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THOSE RESOURCES.

ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT WE HAVE THAT MANY DO NOT IS REDUNDANCY IN THE BACKUP CENTER.

SO ALTHOUGH THEIR CENTER TOOK A PRETTY CATASTROPHIC, UH, AMOUNT OF DAMAGE, WE ARE REDESIGNING IT A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S BEING BROUGHT BACK UP IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.

AND THAT WILL REMAIN OUR BACKUP CENTER AS WELL AS THE TEMPORARY ONE WE PUT IN.

UH, THAT WOULD LAST US UNTIL WE COULD GET JAMES CITY'S REBUILT.

SO THIS IS GONNA WORK FOR US VERY WELL.

IMPROVE COORDINATION BETWEEN AND COMMUNICATIONS BEFORE BETWEEN FIRST RESPONDERS.

AGAIN, INFORMATION IS KEY TO SUCCESS.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT AN EMERGENCY CALL GOING ON, THIS PUTS EVERYBODY SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN THE SAME PODS.

IF YOU GO INTO OUR CENTER, YOU SEE THE FIRE PEOPLE SITTING TOGETHER, THE LAW PEOPLE SITTING TOGETHER, IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO DO THAT.

IT'S VERY EFFICIENT COST SAVINGS.

YOU'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE ECONOMICS AND OF SCALE.

SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOU'RE GONNA BUY ONE OF SOMETHING, YOU'RE GONNA PAY X.

YOU BUY TWO OF SOMETHING, YOU PAY A DIFFERENT PRICE.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES AND SOFTWARE AND FIRMWARE AND ALL THE SERVICES COME IN WITH IT, WE'RE ABLE TO DOWNGRADE WHAT WE WERE DOING FOR THE BACKUP CENTER AND WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME ECONOMY OF SAVINGS, NOT ONLY FOR YOUR COUNTY, BUT JAMES CITY COUNTY.

AND IT ALL BECOMES ONE.

WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME ECONOMY AS OF SCALES, WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE COSTS.

UH, AND YOU SEE IT SAYS MITIGATE, I JUST REALIZED THAT SHOULD SAY MIGRATE ONE, RE ONE REGIONAL COMPUTER AID DISPATCH SYSTEM.

SO RIGHT NOW, WHEN THEY CAME, THEY BROUGHT THEIR OWN MOBILE DATA TERMINALS, WHICH IS A COMPUTER THAT THEY CAN SIT THERE THAT'S TIED TO ALL OF THEIR POLICE AND FIRE.

WE HAVE A SEPARATE ONE.

SO OUR DISPATCHERS AND THEIR DISPATCHERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON TWO SEPARATE SYSTEMS AND THEY HAVE BOTH MASTERED IT WITHIN THE NEXT SIXTY, NINETY, A HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS, WE WILL BE MIGRATING THE CAT SYSTEM OVER TO ONE CAD, WHICH EASES THE RESPONSE FOR EVERYONE WORKING THESE SYSTEMS. BUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE PROUD OF WHAT THEY HAVE AND HAVE ESTABLISHED PROTOCOLS FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND THE FIRE AS WELL, THEY CAN MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE WE'RE LINKING THESE TECHNOLOGIES INTO OUR SYSTEM.

INCREASED

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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE WIRELESS E 9 1 1 SERVICES BOARD.

IT'LL BE COMING TO THE BOARD IN JULY, I BELIEVE.

CORRECT.

MR. MORGAN.

, UH, FOR, FOR Y'ALL TO APPROVE IT.

BUT WE'VE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR $1 MILLION AND I RECEIVED A GRANT AWARD LETTER TODAY.

SO WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD WITH THAT.

THAT'S GONNA HELP OFFSET THE COST FOR ALL OF THE CONSOLIDATION.

AND $250,000 IS SET ASIDE FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE CAN PUT IN.

YOU KNOW, THAT WILL INCLUDE THINGS LIKE VIDEO INTO THE 9 1 1 CENTER AND TRANSCRIPTION AND SO ON.

SO WE RECEIVED THAT JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN THE GRANT AWARD LETTER WE RECEIVED TODAY.

, HOW MUCH WAS THE GRANT? $1 MILLION.

$1 MILLION.

AND THAT WAS THE MAXIMUM FANTASTIC YOU COULD GET.

SO WE, WE PUT TOGETHER A GRANT AND UH OKAY.

WORKED WITH ALL OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, TO GO UP AND DO A PRESENTATION.

IN FACT, CHIEF ASH DID THE PRESENTATION, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CONSORTIUM AND WE WERE ABLE TO, TO RECEIVE THE, THE GRANT.

SO OTHER BENEFITS OR IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY JUST TALKED ABOUT IN NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1.

GOVERNANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO I THINK THE OLD, YOU KNOW, SAYING IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT.

WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE'VE ENJOYED SINCE THE FIRST, UH, CO-LOCATION OF PACOIN AND THEN THE CONSOLIDATION WITH WILLIAMSBURG WITH US IS THAT WE HAVE THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND THE CHIEF FIRE OF EACH ONE OF THESE AGENCIES BECOME MEMBERS OF A, OF A BOARD THAT OVERSEES THE OPERATIONS OF THE CENTER.

AND I BASICALLY REPORT TO THIS BOARD.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED THE FIRE CHIEF OF JAMES CITY COUNTY AND THE POLICE CHIEF OF JAMES CITY COUNTY TO THE BOARD.

AND IT'S NOT BROKE.

WE'RE NOT GONNA FIX IT.

IT WORKS VERY WELL.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

OTHER NOT BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SHE LIKE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU'VE COVERED IT VERY, VERY WELL.

I I'M EXCITED FOR YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND I THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU HAD TO, THERE IS WORK TO HAVE.

SO THANK YOU TERRY VERY MUCH.

I GOT THREE THINGS.

UM, YEAH, THE CONSOLIDATION I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA GIVEN THERE, OUR NEIGHBORS AND A LOT OF SIMILAR BETWEEN JAMES CITY COUNTY AND YORK COUNTY.

UH, FIRST QUESTION, STAFFING.

AT THE DAY WE TURN UP THE CONSOLIDATION AND WE BECOME ONE, DO WE HAVE THE STAFFING TO TAKE CARE OF THE ADDITIONAL LOAD FOR JAMES CITY, COUNTY OR WILL? WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF.

WE'RE IN, WE'RE HIRING CURRENTLY, AND THIS IS A COMMERCIAL FOR THOSE IN TV LAND, GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND APPLY FOR A JOB.

UH, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY, WE'RE CURRENTLY HIRING.

WE, UM, WHEN JAMES CITY WAS COMING TO US, IF WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE A STANDALONE CENTER, THEY SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 32 EMPLOYEES.

THEY HAD 28 THAT WERE, UH, THAT WERE DESIGNATED.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE 14 OR 15 THAT ARE GONNA COME.

OH.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE SHORT OF FOLKS, BUT WE'RE IN THE HIRING PROCESS NOW.

AND THE STAFFING THAT WE HAVE IS, WILL BE ADEQUATE TO TAKE ON WHAT WE NEED.

AND IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE FEBRUARY THE 22ND WITH A MINIMAL IMPACT ON, ON THE OPERATION.

AND THE MINIMAL, MINIMAL IMPACT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR DELIVERY OF SERVICE.

IT HAS TO DO WITH FOLKS NEEDING TO STEP UP AND STAND CALL AND WORK A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME, WHICH EVERYONE HAS TOTALLY VOLUNTEERED TO DO WITH ZERO ISSUE.

NEEDING TO GET 12 PEOPLE UP THERE AND 12 PEOPLE DOWN HERE AS YOU TRANSFER IT DOWN.

SECOND QUESTION.

UM, YOU AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT REDUNDANCY, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONSOLIDATE, GREAT, BUT THEN MAYBE WE LOSE SOME REDUNDANCY.

YOU AND I WORK IN A WORLD WHERE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES IS, IS A VERY BIG THING.

YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE PROVERBIAL MEDIA HITTING YOUR DATA CENTER.

WHAT DO YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THE LIGHTS STAY ON ACROSS THE COUNTY? SO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH OF, OF HOW WE ARE PROTECTED.

IF SOMEONE HAPPENS TO OUR IS A 9 1 1 CENTER, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE CALLS AND SERVE CUSTOMERS.

WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO WE DO? EXCELLENT POINT.

AND I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE ASKED YOU TO ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I'M BURSTING TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

SO WHEN JAMES CITY COUNTY CAME TO OUR CENTER, WE KNEW THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA HAVE A BACKUP FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.

SO WE PARTNERED WITH OUR COUNTY IT DEPARTMENT, WE PARTNERED WITH THE JAMES CITY COUNTY IT DEPARTMENT, AND THE FOLKS THAT WORK FOR ME.

AND IN ABOUT 40 HOURS WE STOOD UP A TEMPORARY 9 1 1 CENTER IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING.

WE LITERALLY WENT INTO THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING BECAUSE IT HAD A GENERATOR, IT HAD THE FACILITIES, IT HAD THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE NEEDED.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET FIBER IN THERE.

AND SO WITHIN 40 HOURS WE STOOD UP A CENTER THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE 12 PEOPLE.

SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A MEETING IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, YOU SEE THESE TABLES SET UP A BUNCH OF PHONES AND RADIOS AND STUFF AROUND IT.

THAT'S US.

THAT'S OUR IMMEDIATE BACKUP CENTER THAT WE CAN STAND UP IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WHEN JAMES CITY COUNTY COMES ONLINE, THAT WILL REVERT TO THEM HAVING THAT BACKUP CENTER BECAUSE THIS ONE'S BOUGHT AND PAID FOR.

WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME WAY TO MAYBE USE A TWO STEP WHERE THIS WILL BE ONE THAT YOU CAN BRING IT UP THIS QUICK AS OPPOSED TO

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UH, SO WE HAVE REDUNDANCY BUILT IN, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE CAN AFFORD TO DO IT.

I THINK IF I COULD JUST ADD, UM, THE JAMES CITY COUNTY, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS COMMITTED TO THAT.

THEIR CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE BACKUP CENTER, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

BUT I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT WE GET ALL THIS SORTED OUT LONG TERM.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE QUESTION, WHERE'S THE RIGHT PLACE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PERMANENT BACKUP CENTER.

SO THAT'S A, THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE, THE FUTURE.

AND, AND IF THAT NEEDS TO BE A PLACE OR MAYBE WE LOOK AT SOME TYPE OF MOBILE BACKUP CENTER SO THAT IF WE HAVE A MAJOR STORM EVENT, WE CAN MOVE IT TO WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO BE OR SOME COMBINATION.

RIGHT.

AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE A COMBINATION.

THE PROBLEM WITH MOBILE CENTERS AND YOU'RE RELIANT ON CELL SERVICE, AND THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT GOES OUT IN MAJOR CATASTROPHIC.

I UNDERSTAND.

SO IT COULD BE A HYBRID.

WILLIAMSBURG WAS SOMEWHAT MORE FAVORABLE.

THIRD QUESTION, AND THIS IS PROBABLY MORE TO NEIL AND TERESA COSTS, SO MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO DO ON PAPER, BUT WE GOTTA KEEP THE COST AS NEUTRAL AS POSSIBLE.

ONE ON DAY ONE TURN UP AND TWO ONGOING OPERATIONS.

AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS PROBABLY FROM OUR PARTNERS IN JAMES CITY COUNTY CONTINUING PROVIDING FUNDING AS IF THEY WERE MANAGING THEIR OWN WITH US.

SO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THE COST OF DOING THIS.

YEP.

I, I CAN'T ABSOLUTELY QUANTIFY IT YET BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT, BUT BROAD BRUSH, UM, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT THAT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE COST NEUTRAL TO YOUR COUNTY.

THAT'S, AND WHEN TERRY TALKS ABOUT THE SAVINGS AND ALL THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A FAIR WAY TO REALLY DESCRIBE THAT IS FUTURE GROWTH OF COSTS WILL BE LESS BECAUSE WE CONSOLIDATE THAN IF WE DID NOT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE SAYING IT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET FOR OUR, IT'S GONNA BE LESS, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION IS GONNA BE LESS, BUT IT, IT PROBABLY WON'T BE AS MUCH AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

SO THE, THE REASON THIS MOSTLY WORKS FOR BOTH PARTIES IS JAMES CITY COUNTY HAS AN APPROVED BUDGET WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE PERSONNEL FOR AN 9 1 1 CENTER.

SO THEY CAN AFFORD TO, AND, AND THE WORKING NUMBER IS, THEY WILL PROVIDE ONGOING FUNDING FOR 23 POSITIONS.

UM, EVEN THOUGH, AS TERRY INDICATED, YOU KNOW, ON DAY ONE THERE WON'T BE THAT MANY.

SO THAT'LL COVER SOME OF OUR OVERTIME AND OTHER THINGS AS WE STAFF UP.

UH, SO THAT'S, AND AND FOR THEM, THEY STILL COME OUT AHEAD BECAUSE AS LONG AS THAT'S LESS THAN THEIR TOTAL BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR 9 1 1, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WIN FOR THEM.

WE'VE, UM, GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT AND, AND THE TEAM HERE AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT LESSONS DID WE LEARN OR HOW SHOULD WE HAVE DONE IT DIFFERENT WHEN WE DID WILLIAMSBURG AND PACOIN, THE GENERAL PATTERN HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, PACOIN WAS PROBABLY THE LEAST FAVORABLE TO YORK.

AND IN, IN MY VIEW, WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR HERE IS, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY FAIR TO YORK COUNTY THIS TIME.

AND OF COURSE BECAUSE JAMES CITY IS PROPORTIONALLY LARGER THAN THE OTHER TWO, IT MATTERS MORE TO US.

SCENARIOS, WELL, WELL WHAT IF THESE PEOPLE COME AND THEN THEY LEAVE AND WE'RE STILL PAYING YOU ALL THIS MONEY? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MY PUSHBACK IS, YEAH, WELL WE HAVE TO REHIRE A REPLACEMENT FOR THEM AND THEN THAT WILL COST US MONEY.

THAT IT BE FAIR.

SO THE TRICKY STUFF WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH ARE, UM, THINGS LIKE, WHAT IS THE COST, WHAT IS FAIR ABOUT FUTURE HEALTHCARE COSTS MM-HMM.

, BECAUSE 23 PEOPLE WILL BE COMING OFF OF THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN AND 23 WILL BE COMING ON TO OURS.

AND WE, WE CARRY AN ONGOING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION FOR THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S ACTUARIAL STATISTICAL THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL HAVE CATASTROPHIC COSTS.

AND HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THAT? THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE'VE GOT IN THIS AGREEMENT AND, AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, IT'S BEEN VERY HONORABLE IN HIS DEALINGS WITH ME, IS WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT OVERHEAD FEE BUILT IN WITH AN INFLATER.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE 23 PEOPLE AND THE MONEY FOR 23 PEOPLE, WE WILL GET A 6% MANAGEMENT OVERHEAD FEE THAT WILL GROW OVER TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT US TAKING ADVANTAGE.

THAT'S THE REALITY THAT HR HAS TO DEAL WITH 23 MORE PEOPLE.

PAYROLL HAS TO DEAL WITH 23 MORE PEOPLE, ATTORNEYS HAVE TO DEAL WITH 23 MORE PEOPLE, ET CETERA.

AND, AND THAT'S THE REAL UPGRADE FROM THE ARRANGEMENTS WE HAD, UH, WITH OUR, WITH THE SMALLER PARTNERS.

UM, SO I THINK FIGURING OUT THE ONE TIME TECHNOLOGY COSTS, WHICH IS ON TERRY'S WORK PROGRAM AND PINNING DOWN KIND OF WHAT'S FAIR ON HEALTH INSURANCE, YOU, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE, ALL THE HYPOTHETICAL

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THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

WE ALSO ENVISION, UH, A CONTINGENCY AMOUNT IN THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS, NO MATTER HOW HARD WE WORK AT THIS AND HOW CLEVER WE ARE, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME THINGS ABOUT THIS THAT WE FORGOT.

AND SO IT WOULD BE AN AMOUNT THAT JAMES CITY COUNTY WOULD APPROPRIATE AND ESSENTIALLY HOLD AN ESCROW MM-HMM.

AND AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IN AUGUST WE GO UHOH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE FORGOT ABOUT THIS.

AND THEN AS LONG AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, JAMES CITY AND I, YOU KNOW, SORT OF AGREE THAT YES, THIS IS A FAIR WAY TO HANDLE THAT, THERE WILL BE SOME MONEY TO COVER THINGS THAT WE HAVE OVERLOOKED.

SO I I I THINK WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE FAIR TO BOTH PARTIES AND, AND IT STARTS BY HAVING A, YOU KNOW, A TRUSTED NEGOTIATING PARTNER.

AND, UH, AND I'M VERY COMFORTABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME WE WEREN'T SURE IF THIS WAS REALLY GONNA HAPPEN OR NOT, BUT ONCE WE GOT PAST THAT, WE SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? I'VE GOT ZERO COMPLAINTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR NEGOTIATED PART.

OKAY, GOOD.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF BOTTLES YOU'RE JUGGLING TO GET THIS DIALED IN, BUT APPLYING LESSONS FOR THE PAST IS A BIG HELP.

MR. RON ALREADY ASKED ABOUT THE MONEY, UH, SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR ANSWERS ON IT.

THE NEXT, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IS THIS BECAUSE THE MONEY REALLY DOESN'T MATTER IF AIR SYSTEM BECOMES INEFFICIENT OR RESPONSE TIMES INCREASE.

UH, SO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS SYSTEM'S GOING TO DECREASE, AS I HEARD YOU SAY THE RESPONSE TIMES.

AND THEN, UH, ALSO, MR. HALL, IF YOU COULD TOUCH ON, AND I'M TWO, THE 9 1 1 CENTER, IT'S KIND OF KINDA A LITTLE TIGHT IN THERE.

ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO ADD ON, WE GONNA HAVE TO RECONFIGURE SOME OF THE, UH, DESK IN THE WORKSPACE.

SO IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THOSE TWO ISSUES.

SO GOOD QUESTION MR. GREEN.

SO FIRST LET ME ADDRESS THE SPACE.

UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE REJUVENATED AND KIND OF DID A FORKLIFT, A WORKING FORKLIFT ON OUR COMMUNICATION CENTER.

AND WE ADDED, UH, A FEW MORE CONSOLE POSITIONS FROM THE LAST TIME THAT YOU WERE IN THERE.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE 17 POSITIONS IN, THEY'RE ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT GIVES US, UH, ENOUGH FOR TODAY, IT GIVES US ENOUGH FOR TOMORROW.

AND WHEN WE STAFF UP FOR STORMS AND SUCH, WE HAVE AMPLE POSITIONS THERE.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE SET UP A, A CALL CENTER FOR COVID.

UH, THAT CALL CENTER REMAINS SO WE CAN EVEN, UH, IF WE HAD A CATASTROPHIC ISSUE, YOU STAND UP THE CALL CENTER IN JUST A MATTER OF MINUTES.

SO I THINK THE, THE AMPLE COVERAGE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THEIR HEADSET ARE, WELL, UH, WE WILL BE BUMPING OUT, UH, PART OF THE BACK OF THE BUILDING FOR OFFICE SPACE FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN.

AND, UH, I DO RECALL THAT YOU STEPPED INTO OUR BATHROOM AND YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO SEATERS AND WE NEED TO GET THREE SEATERS WITH THE INCREASED NUMBER OF FOLKS.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THROUGH THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS AS WELL.

AS FAR AS THE EFFICIENCIES FOR, FOR OUR CALL THAT COMES IN, I GUESS TO SET UP A CALL, I'LL USE THE STRUCTURE FILE THAT WE HAD IN, UM, JUST THIS PAST WEEK WITH, UM, WITH JAMES CITY COUNTY CALL COMES INTO JAMES CITY COUNTY 9 1 1, WHERE'S YOUR EMERGENCY? MY MY HOUSE IS ON FIRE AND LET'S GET EVERYBODY EVACUATED INTO THE DISPATCHER.

BASICALLY TAKES, YOU KNOW, 90 SECONDS OR SO TO GET THE ABCS, YOU KNOW, AND TO GET THE CALL OUT VERY QUICKLY.

THEN THEY'RE WORRYING ABOUT AS WELL AS THEIR PARTNERS, BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY OUT, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S SAFE AND YOU'RE SENDING 'EM TO RIGHT ADDRESS AND DO ALL THE CHECKS AND BALANCES, ENTERING ALL THE DATA INTO THE CAD SYSTEM, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NO PREMISE HITS LIKE THESE STORE FIREARMS, ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE SECOND NATURE TO A DISPATCHER.

THEN YOU HAVE TO CALL TWO OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

YOU HAVE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND YOU HAVE TO CALL WILLIAMSBURG OR YOU HAVE TO PICK UP THE CALL AND CALL YOUR COUNTY.

SO JUST IN THAT CASE ALONE, YOU'RE ABLE TO SHAVE NOT SECONDS OFF OF CALLS, BUT POTENTIALLY MINUTES OFF OF A CALL THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THREE DIFFERENT FIRE DEPARTMENTS OPERATING ON THE EXISTING RADIO SYSTEM FIGHTING A FIRE.

AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION IN PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING THE SIREN CLOSE ENOUGH THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO, THAT YOUR HELPS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

SO THAT'S A REALTIME EFFICIENCY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO TODAY WITH HAVING EVERYONE OUT.

SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE DOORS QUICKER.

SO THIS COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE LIVES.

THE LOCAL BRIEFERS IS, JESUS, THIS IS REALLY NEAT.

100%.

AND I WOULD TAKE A WORD POTENTIALLY OUT.

IT WILL, WILL, IT WILL SAVE LIVES.

UM, MY COMMENT IS RELATED TO MY QUESTION TO THE FIRST BRIEFER TONIGHT OR ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY.

UH, WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM

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WE HAVE THREE ISLANDS, THE THE THREE JURISDICTIONS, AND WE'RE WORKING OURSELVES NICE AND TIGHT TO ONE KNOWN SO WE CAN RESPOND TO THINGS THAT OCCURRED HERE.

MY CONCERN, AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, SPENT A BIT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR MOTION.

WHAT'S THE, THE SYNERGISM BETWEEN THESE THREE ENTITIES, JAMES, CITY, COUNTY, YORK COUNTY, AND THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG? WOULD THE STATE HEADQUARTERS AND THE FEDERAL HEADQUARTERS IF THE BLUE REALLY WENT UP? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, MR. ZUREK.

AND I'M GONNA ANSWER A TECHNICAL QUESTION AS NON-TECHNICAL AS I CAN.

WE ALREADY HAVE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE PUMPING OUT OF OUR COMPUTERATED DISPATCH SYSTEM.

ANYTIME THAT WE HAVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, VDOT CAN SEE THEM IN THEIR SMART TRAFFIC CENTER.

WE ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION GOING OUT TO 'EM, WE'RE WORKING ON PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE WAYS THAT WE CONTACT VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE FUSION CENTER ALSO WITH STATE ENRICHMENT.

SO WE ARE CONNECTED TO THOSE.

PLUS WE HAVE REGIONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS HERE AND WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH HAMPTON AND NEWPORT NEWS AND SO ON.

SO WE HAVE NOT ONLY THE CONNECTION TO THE PENINSULA, WE HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THE STATE AND THE STATE OPENS UP THAT BOX TO GET IN THE FEDERAL FOLKS, BUT INITIALLY FROM NINE ONE ONE CALL OUT, IT'S A SERIES OF DOMINOES, IF YOU WILL, THAT ESCALATES TO THAT POINT.

AND AS IT RELATES TO THE SECURITY OF IT, ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE ARE INSTALLING HAVE MONITORING DEVICES THAT ARE ON 'EM, HAVE SOFTWARE THAT ARE ON THERE LOOKING CONSTANTLY, UH, FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD COME IN THAT COULD DAMAGE OUR SYSTEMS OR TAKE US OUT.

AND WE STILL HAVE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH, UH, VOIT CALLERS THAT ARE CALLING IN FROM TEXAS AND THEY'RE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME WITH SOMEONE ONLINE AND THEY DO A FICTITIOUS CALL TO US AND PRANK A CALL AT THEIR HOUSE.

JUST THIS PAST YEAR, WE CHANGED THE LAWS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TO BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE THEM.

SO WE IN YORK COUNTY, UH, ARE PARTICIPATING AND IN MANY WAYS LEADING THE CHARGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SECURE AND SAFE AND THAT WE'RE DEPLOYING TECHNOLOGIES THAT OVERLAY TO KEEP THOSE THREATS AWAY FROM US.

AND WE CONSTANTLY EXERCISE OUR PLANS IN WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR RADIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL DRILLS, HURRICANE EXERCISES AND SO ON.

AND WE PLAY OUT THE WORST COAST SCENARIO.

WORST CASE, WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS, WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS SO WORST PREPARED AS WE CAN BE? AS BEST AS WE CAN BE.

SO I THINK FROM WHAT YOU SAID, I CAN SLEEP A LITTLE BIT WITH SOUND THAN I I HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST MONTHS.

YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? YEAH.

NOW MY WIFE SAYS, IS MY WIFE SAYS IT'S AGING.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

BUT I SAID NO, IT'S MORE ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY NOW.

EVERYTHING WE READ AND HEAR ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, THE BAD GUYS.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

DON'T WATCH THE NEWS BEFORE YOU GO TO, SHOULD NOT WATCH THE NEWS AS NOT OF FACT, BUT THANKS MR. OKAY.

THAT'S, UH, TERRY, IS THAT IT? QUALITY FASHION? YES, SIR.

SO TERRY, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY COULD SEE THIS COMING, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2003.

IN FACT, WE DID SEE IT COMING BACK IN 2003.

EVENTUALLY IT'D BECOME MORE EFFICIENT BECAUSE, UM, SOME OF US REMEMBER THE, THE DEBACLE YOU WOULD HAVE IF YOU HAD AN EMERGENCY OVER IN J UH, IN TALK, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT.

IN, UH, NEWPORT NEWS.

YOU COULDN'T TALK TO THE, COULDN'T TALK TO THE POLICE, COULDN'T TALK.

EVERYBODY'S ON DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES FROM THAT.

WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS.

UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, DO WE STILL HAVE THE NINE TEXT 9 1 1? YES, SIR.

STILL, SO WE'LL UNDER THIS NEW CONSOLIDATION, THAT WILL STILL WORK, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

IN FACT, WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE USING SOME OF THE GRANT THAT WILL BE ENHANCED TO PROVIDE MORE, UH, MORE OVER THE TOP SOLUTIONS TO ULTIMATELY, UH, INCLUDE VIDEO INTO THE 9 1 1 CENTER, UH, AS WELL AS TRANSCRIPTIONS.

SO THAT WHAT THE CALLER'S SAYING IS BEING TRANSCRIBED MM-HMM.

AND EVEN TALKING TO THE SHERIFF ABOUT A TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD POSSIBLY ALLOW THE, UH, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO LISTEN TO IT ON THEIR MDTS IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.

SO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS, UH, I THINK WE WERE WITH THE FIRST ONES IN THE UNITED STATES.

TEXTING VERIZON FIRST TEXT.

AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEXT IS THAT YOU COULD TEXT 9 1 1 BECAUSE YOU MAY BE IN A SITUATION IN A SCHOOL, UNFORTUNATELY, OR SOMEWHERE, OR YOU'RE UNDER A DESK AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE, YOU DON'T WANNA BE TALKING AND YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU'RE TRYING TO HIDE.

AND WHAT THE TEXT ONE 11 GOES TO THE CENTER, AND MY UNDERSTANDING, IF I RECALL, THEY, THEY WILL TEXT BACK, BUT THE SAME, BUT HE'LL ALSO SEND A FIRETRUCK AT POLICE.

BE RUNNING THIS TEST BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE A WIDELY POPULATED WELL IT IS NOW.

THEY, IN FACT, IF YOU REMEMBER MR. SHEPHERD, WHEN I DID THIS PRESENTATION OF THE BOARD, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA

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WE NO LONGER HAVE TO RUN THE TEST.

WE GET ENOUGH REAL ONES.

RIGHT.

AND I REMEMBER YOU SAID THAT YOU COULDN'T TELL WHERE PEOPLE WERE, BUT WITH THIS SYSTEM YOU WERE ABLE TO GET IT DOWN TO LIKE THREE FEET, I THINK.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UH, WITHIN, UH, WITHIN ABOUT THREE METERS.

THREE METERS, SIR.

AND OVER THE TOP FUNCTIONALITY YOU MENTIONED, YOU MENTIONED VIDEO, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ASK THE PERSON CALLING IN THE 9 1 1 TO SAY, HEY, USE YOUR PHONE VIDEO, SHOW ME THE PLACARD ON THE TANKER TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF CHEMICAL THAT MAY BE PRESENT, PRESENT SO THAT THE RESPONDERS KNOW WHAT TO PREPARE FOR.

DON'T HAVE THAT TODAY.

SO THAT, THAT'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION.

AND, UH, THAT'S, REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE SENT YOU THE BILL ? YES.

THAT'S ONE OF THE, THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY EXAMPLES AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES BASICALLY, IF WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT, SOMEBODY, WE'LL BUILD IT.

YEP.

IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, SEEING NONE, UM, I NEED, UH, SOMEBODY WILL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ORDINANCE 23 9 DASH NINE.

SO, UH, A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

THE MOTION MADE BY MR. ZAREMBA IS TO ADOPT POSE ORDINANCE NUMBER 23 DASH NINE TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE JOINT EXERCISE OF POWER OF AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN JAMES CITY, COUNTY AND YORK COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF WILLIAMSBURG OF BEKO TO OPERATE A REGIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. CARRIE.

TAKE SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANKS FOR COMING OVER.

MOVE TO ITEM 10, WHICH IS THE KINGS FELLOW PUMP STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT.

OKAY, WELL NEXT

[10 Kings Villa Pump Station Rehabilitation Project. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R23-86 to execute a contract with Corby Energy Services, Inc., for the Kings Villa Phase III, Pump Station Rehabilitation Project. ]

YEAH, SIR, WE DO HAVE, UH, ROB HERE IF YOU, IF YOU CARE TO HEAR MORE.

UH, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THIS IS A ROUTINE SEWER PUMP STATION WE HAVE OTHER THAN IT'S GOT A LITTLE MORE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY TO SOME, UH, IT'S A MULTI-PHASE PROJECT.

AND THIS PARTICULAR PHASE IS REHABING, THE PUMP STATION.

THIS IS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION ON IT.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YEP.

IT'S WHAT WE'LL CALL IS PHASE THREE, THE KINGS VILLA PUMP STATION REHAB.

IT'S LOCATED AROUND MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

UM, THE PROJECT IS SLIP LINING, APPROXIMATELY 2000 LINEAR FEET OF GRAVITY SEWER LINE AND MANHOLE COVERS AROUND THE MORE CENTRAL LOCATIONS OF FRANCIS CIRCLE AND, AND WONDER ROAD.

UM, DURING WET WEATHER EVENTS, OUR PRESSURES GO UP IN THE LINE.

UM, THE PUMP PRESSURES, UH, WE SEE THE, THE WET WELL, YOU KNOW, EXCEEDS THE WORRY.

THERE IS, UH, THE EXTRA FLOW OVERWHELMS THE SYSTEM.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE EXTRA WATER ENTERING THE SYSTEM, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE EXTRA LEAKS LEAVING THE SYSTEM, UH, SLIP LINING AND REPAIR THE DAMAGE TO THE AGENT PIPE.

AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROJECT.

UM, IT'S MAINTAINING THE, THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM PER THE HRSD CONSENT ORDER.

IT'S PROTECTING THE HEADWATERS OF THE PACOIN RIVER AND FITS RIGHT IN WITH SWIFT AND THE EPA AND D EQ INITIATIVES.

UM, SLIP LINING'S ALSO A FRACTION OF THE COST OF REPLACING.

SO THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY STANDARD.

STANDARD, YEAH.

ANY QUESTIONS? QUICK TIMELINE.

UH, ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, AND I WOULD SAY WE GET THE REQUISITION, GET THE COMPANY IN, IN LINE, IT'S GOING THROUGH SOME MARSH, SO PROBABLY THREE MONTHS.

ALRIGHT.

THANKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WANT, I WANNA TALK BRIEFLY JUST WITH SLIP LINING IS JUST FOR THE FOLKS AT TV LAND, IT'S WHAT I, WHAT I SHOT OUGHT TO DO IS SEND YOU GUYS A VIDEO.

SO IT'S A, THE POLYMER, THEY'LL, THEY'LL PUT THROUGH THE EXISTING LINE AND IT DRIES AND HARDENS AS IT GOES.

UH, CUTS BACK ON THE DOWNTIME.

IT, IT'S LIKE A EPOXY AND THEY HEAT IT.

ONCE YOU SLIP, LINE THE PIPE, IT'S FREE OF LEAKS, CRACKS, FILLS, AND IS IT A SPRAY OR NO, IT'S AN ACTUAL EPOXY TUBE THAT'LL LINE THE PIPE AS IT GOES IN.

IT JUST BACKFILLS ITSELF ALL THE WAY THROUGH UP THE MAN WILL COVER, YOU'LL CUT IT OFF, OFF SEAL, THE MANHOLE COVERS.

IT'LL KEEP GOING RIGHT DOWN THE PIPE.

NOT NEARLY DISRUPT AS DISRUPTIVE FROM, UH, CUTTING UP THE ROADS AND DIGGING IN PEOPLE'S YARDS AND STUFF.

THAT'S GOOD.

WE HAVE A, UH, WE, WE, YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO WE BOUGHT A CAMERA.

YOU CAN RUN DOWN THE PIPES.

THE PIPES ARE REALLY CRAP.

IN FACT, THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW THE PIPES ARE.

SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'LL SEE IS, UH, THE, THE FLOWS, THE CHANGE OF THE FLOWS OF THE PIPES.

WE'LL ALSO SCOPE THE PIPES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.

ALRIGHT.

UH, STEVE, YOU WANNA MOVE RESOLUTION 2386.

R 23 DASH 86.

THE MOTION MADE BY MR. RON AS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH 86 TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH CORBY ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC.

FOR THE KINGS VILLA PHASE THREE PUMP STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT.

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NOW, UH, WE HAVE OPEN DISCUSSION.

UH, ANYBODY I WANNA GO FIRST, SHEILA? NOPE.

NOTHING TIME WAL.

UH, MY QUESTION DEALS WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR AND ANYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM.

THE COUNTY STAFF.

TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE QUEENSLAND CLUB, THERE IS WHAT PROCEEDS TO, PERTAINS TO WHAT THE QUEENSLAND COMMUNITY THINK IS A VERY, VERY SERIOUS MEETING, UH, WITH THE, YOU, THE STAFF OR WHOEVER.

I'LL BE THERE, BUT I, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF OUR ACCOUNTING, OUR INTENT WITH RESPECT TO THAT, UH, MEETING.

SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE WITH THE QUEENSLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IDENTIFIES A, A STORMWATER COMMITTEE ON THEIR PART MM-HMM.

TO WORK WITH THE STAFF AS WE TRY TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THAT PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, RAVINE UPGRADES, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST IMPORTANTLY FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THE, UH, DAM UPGRADE.

RIGHT.

AND ALSO THE SPILLWAY, WHICH IS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAM.

AND, UM, WE HAVE DONE SOME GOOD WORK.

AND, UM, HONESTLY, I, WHAT WE TOLD THE COMMITTEE IN THE LAST MEETING WE HAD WITH HIM IS THAT THE WAY WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT NOW IS REALLY NOT THE OPTIMAL WAY TO DO THIS PROJECT.

UH, WE WERE TRYING TO RESPECT THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TAKING ON THE DAM AND US TAKING ON THE SPILLWAY AND THE RAV BEAMS. AND IT'S, IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE.

AND SO, UH, THEY ACTUALLY BID OUT THE DAM REPAIR WORK A FEW MONTHS AGO AND GOT UNSATISFACTORY BIDS MM-HMM.

SO THEY REALLY CAN'T GO FORWARD WITH THAT.

THAT'LL HELP.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE TREATING THE SPILLWAY, WHICH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAM IS LIKE, SORT OF SEPARATE THAN THE DAM, WHICH KIND OF IS A STRETCH.

SO WHAT I AM SUGGESTING IS IF EVERYONE COULD BE AGREEABLE, AND OF COURSE I'M SAYING I NEED TO FIND OUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT BEFORE I BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD, UM, IS WE REALLY OUGHT TO TREAT THIS AS A SERIES OF COUNTY STORM ORDER PROJECTS.

LET US MANAGE THEM.

BUT THE DEAL WOULD STILL NEED TO INCLUDE SKIN IN THE GAME.

FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE QUEENS LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

SO MY IDEA IS, UH, IF THEY LIKE THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE A CASH, A CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION FOR THE, FOR THE PROJECT, AND THEN AN ONGOING, UH, PERMANENT MAINTENANCE CONTRIBUTION.

AND THEN YOU GIVE US THE EASEMENTS, YOU LET US RUN THE PROJECT WITH OUR ENGINEERS AND OUR, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTORS.

UM, WE GET IT DONE, WE GET IT DONE MORE EFFICIENTLY.

IT HAS TO BE DONE IN PHASES.

FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY COMPLICATED JOB.

IT'S NO MORE COMPLICATED THAN EDGEHILL DRAINAGE UPGRADES OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER SIZE THAT WAS COMPLICATED WAS LENGTHY.

NO KIDDING.

IT WAS LENGTHY.

SO, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS THE, THE, THE COMMITTEE, UH, LIKES THE IDEA AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO VERY FAR WITH IT UNTIL A LARGER GROUP OF THE ASSOCIATION HEARD THE IDEA.

SO SOME MORE NIGHT.

FISCAL, FISCAL DEPOSITION.

SO, SO, UH, MARK AND ROB AND I, AND A COUPLE OF ROB'S ENGINEERS ARE GOING, AND BASICALLY I'M ESSENTIALLY GONNA SAY WHAT I JUST SAID MM-HMM.

SO IF Y'ALL LIKE THAT, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT THAT WAY.

AND WE NEED TO SORT OF NEGOTIATE WHAT COMPENSATION WOULD BE MADE AND WHAT ORDER OF TIME.

AND THEN, UM, THE, THE NEXT BIG STEP IS ROB'S TEAM IS, IS CLOSE TO HAVING A, A FINAL FEE NEGOTIATION TO COMPREHENSIVELY DO ALL THE CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR ALL OF THIS.

UH, THE, UH, PRESIDENT OR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION.

AND THE, THE LOGICAL WAY TO DO THIS IS TO GO DO THAT DESIGN THE WHOLE THING, SAY IT'S GONNA BE BUILT IN PHASES.

AND THAT WOULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY EIGHT, 10 MONTHS.

AND WHILE THAT'S UNDERWAY, WE COULD HOPEFULLY WORK OUT, YOU KNOW, THIS NEW ARRANGEMENT IF THEY THINK THAT IS GOOD.

AND IF THE BOARD SUPPORTS IT, IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE THERE'S TWO KIND OF ENTITIES THAT HAVE TO GET AUTHORITY TO DO ANYTHING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA GO RECOMMEND THIS AND CHANGE EVERYTHING UNTIL I KNOW THAT THIS IS GOOD WITH YOU ALL.

OF COURSE.

SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

SO WHO DRIVES THE AGENDA TOMORROW NIGHT? THE COUNTY OR THE, OR THE, UH, WELL, UH, UH, DOUG IS THE,

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SO IT'S KIND OF HIS MEETING.

UH, HE WELCOMES IT.

I THINK THEY'VE GOT ME ON THE AGENDA TO ESSENTIALLY SAY WHAT I JUST SAID.

AND THEN I THINK, UH, ROB'S ENGINEERS PROBABLY EITHER JOE OR TRAVIS ARE GONNA BRIEF ON WHAT OUR CONSULTANTS THINK THE RIGHT SEQUENCE OF THE RAVINE WORK IS.

AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE, WHAT YOU GET INTO IS, THERE'S, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT COMPETING PRIORITIES OF COURSE.

AND IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE CAN FIGURE ALL THIS OUT, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT IN SOME LOGICAL SEQUENCE AND WE CAN'T DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT WE NEED TO START WITH IS THE DAM AND SPILLWAY, WHICH IS WHAT THIS ALL STARTED WITH.

AND THEN WE CAN WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE STUFF.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU DO NOT INTEND AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO WEAR A FLAT JACKET? UH, NO.

IF THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT I'LL SAY, I'M LIKE, HEY, I WAS, WE WERE ALL, WE WERE FAT DUMB.

WE, YOU KNOW, GOOD LUCK WITH THE DAM .

UM, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD DAMN PLAN.

DON'T TELL ME NOW.

SO, UH, WHAT I, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS, UH, I HAD TO, I HAD TO, I HAD TO.

YEAH, I DO.

LAST MEETING, LAST MEETING, MS. NOEL MENTIONED, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND, UH, COMING UP NEXT WEEK WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON WEDNESDAY, SEVEN O'CLOCK HERE, UPSTAIRS IN THE BOARDROOM, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A PUBLIC HEARING.

PLEASE COME GIVE ANY OF YOUR INPUTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UH, YOU CAN READ THE ROUGH DRAFT ONLINE, YOU CAN COME TALK.

UH, WE'VE HAD OVER CLOSE TO 30 MEETINGS, UH, WITH THIS PLAN THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS PLUS.

UH, IT'S A VERY GOOD AND WELL-WRITTEN, WELL PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENT.

MR. CROSS HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT, BUT NOW'S THE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND, UH, PUT THEIR 2 CENTS IN AND, UH, WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND SO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH, SEVEN O'CLOCK UPSTAIRS.

SEE YOU THERE.

ONE MORE TIME AROUND.

SHEILA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TED, YOU JUST REMINDED ME ABOUT GOING ONLINE AND, AND CHECKING ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE REALIZED THAT WHAT PEOPLE WHO SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH CAN NOW HAVE TRANSLATIONS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S ONLINE.

THERE'S A LITTLE ICON ON THE LOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE, AND IT ASKS YOU WHAT LANGUAGE YOU, YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, YOU CLICK ON IT.

AND I WENT THROUGH, I SAW GERMAN, I SAW LOTS OF THEM, BUT THERE'S, I LOOKED AT GERMAN AND I, I LOOKED AT SPANISH BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN AND IT CHANGES THE WHOLE PAGE.

AND I, FIRST PLACE I SAW THAT WAS AT THE LIBRARY WHEN I LOOKING FOR A BOOK AND I THOUGHT, I WONDER IF IT'S COUNTYWIDE.

SO THEN I WENT TO THE WEBSITE AND IT IS, SO I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR COUNTY THAT SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES THAT ARE MORE COMFORTABLE SOMETIMES IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT MOVE ON, ON WHOEVER DREAMED THAT ONE UP.

AND HOPEFULLY WHAT IT SAYS IS ACCURATE.

WELL, WELL, I MEAN, I, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT IT'S ACCURATE, BUT AT LEAST IT'S IN A, IT'S IN A LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S A FANTASTIC, ALL THE LANGUAGES THAT ARE COVERED LANGUAGE THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT ARE COVERED.

SO GO TRY IT EVERYBODY.

IT'S FASCINATING.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR.

NO.

WE ARE RIGHT AT A MONTH AWAY FROM AN ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION, AND I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS, HOW ARE THINGS SHAPING UP PARTNERS? GOOD TIMES.

WHAT? UM, WELL, WHERE'S BRIAN? THE CORNER? NOT SAYING .

OH, IS THIS A, A CLUE ENOUGH, BRIAN? WELL, BRI, BRIAN HAS BEEN, UH, EITHER THE FORMAL OR INFORMAL LEADER OF THE COUNTY'S EFFORTS ON THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

NOW CHRISTIE'S TEAM HAS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE, BUT I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT BRIAN IS OUR MOST EXPERIENCED 4TH OF JULY PERSON.

SORRY, .

UM, NO, ALL PLANS.

ACTUALLY.

WE GOT THE PERMIT TODAY FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

OH, FOR THE FIREWORKS? FOR, FOR THE EVENT.

SO, OKAY, GREAT.

SO THERE'LL BE A PARADE AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, UH, START DOWN AT WATER STREET, UH, AT THE BEACH PICNIC AREA, ASSEMBLE AND COME UPHILL AND AT THE MONUMENT.

SO I'M IN CHARGE OF DISAPPOINTING EVERYBODY IF THERE'S A THUNDERSTORM.

NO, THAT'S, WE ALL TAKE THAT BULLET.

SO NO, EVERYTHING'S BEEN GOING TO PLAN.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE, HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS STAFF.

CHRISTIE'S, UH, ECONOMIC TOURISM DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND EVENT STAFF.

KEVIN RICHEY, DARREN WILLIAMS ARE THE, THE LEAD PEOPLE.

CHRIS WARD HERE IS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO WE'VE HAD LOTS OF MEETINGS WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

UH, BUT EVERYTHING'S ON PLANS SCHEDULED AS SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.

IT'S KIND OF THE NICHE WE'VE FALLEN INTO WITH WHAT THE PARK SERVICE WILL ALLOW AND WHAT WE CAN DO.

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AND WE'LL HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES DURING THE DAY AT WATERFRONT, UH, DURING THE DAY.

AND THEN AT FOUR O'CLOCK, THE BATTLEFIELD PARKING LOT WILL LUMP AND UP.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE EVENING CONCERT AND FIREWORKS AT NINE 15.

GOOD SPEAKER.

NOW ANY GUEST SPEAKER? YOU DIDN'T GET THE INVITATION? ? I'M READY.

NO, NO.

GUEST SPEAKER.

SO, AND WE'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON JUNE 20TH, WHATEVER THE LATEST IS, IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE PARKING AND SQUARED AWAY.

CONFIRM ME.

UM, OH, ONE THING I FORGOT BECAUSE THAT JUST JUST HAPPENED TODAY.

UH, IS THERE IS SOME, UH, CONCERN ABOUT THE, THE PARK SERVICE DID ANNOUNCE TODAY TO US THAT IT'S GONNA BE A PARK FREE DAY.

SO THOSE PESKY FEES THAT EVERYBODY, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE.

UH, FOR THIS 4TH OF JULY, NO GUARANTEE ON THE FUTURE, BUT THIS 4TH OF JULY IS ONE OF THE PARK FREE DAYS, SO WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

WE WANT THAT CLEAR INDEPENDENCE.

UH, MY COMMENTS, BASICALLY, I'VE SAID THIS A MILLION TIMES AND I'M GONNA SAY IT IN, I'LL JUST KEEP SAYING IT AS, LARCENY FOR VEHICLES IS STILL NUMBER ONE CRIME IN, UH, UH, YORK COUNTY.

UM, AND THEY ARE, UH, IT, IT GOES UP WHEN THE KIDS GET OUTTA SCHOOL.

SO IF YOU WANT TO LOSE YOUR STUFF, OKAY, LEAVE YOUR CAR UNLOCKED AND, UH, UM, AND YOU MAKE, MAKE IT VISIBLE IN THE CAR SO THEY'LL KICK AND PICK THROUGH IT.

SO, I MEAN, THE STUFF THAT'S GETTING, UH, TAKEN OUT, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

AND FROM GUNS, WALLETS, PURSES, CAMERAS, PEOPLE USING CAMERAS, PHONES, ALL GOLF CLUBS, EVERYTHING.

AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE DOWN IN DISTRICT FIVE.

UH, UH, RUNNING MAN GOT HIT, UH, WITH CREEK FARMS WAS HIT.

AND IT'S JUST GUY THAT YOU CAN SEE IT JUST THE REPORTS.

IT'S GREAT THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING THE CALLS, KEEP MAKING THE CALLS IN CUZ EVENTUALLY, WE'LL, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT YOUR STUFF LABELED SO THEY CAN EASILY IDENTIFY IT.

BUT IF THEY DO THEN UH, IT HELPS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CATCH THESE GUYS.

UM, WE HIT A FIRE IN TAB, UH, SHEILA'S DISTRICT.

UM, AND UH, WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THE FIRE WAS THE RESIDENTS WERE AT HOME.

OKAY? AND TWO FOLKS.

IN FACT, I BELIEVE SOMEBODY I BELIEVE WAS A PART OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

SO PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE, PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYED, WHO WERE DRIVING BY SAW THE EITHER SMOKE, I THINK IT WAS A SMOKE PARTY COMING OUTTA THE HOUSE.

THEY CALL 9 1 1 9 1 1 GOES OVER THERE.

UH, NO ONE ANSWERS THE DOOR.

THEY BREAK IN, I GUESS.

CAUSE THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GONNA GET IN.

AND THEN THEY PUT OUT THAT THE WHOLE KITCHEN WAS AGUL IN FLAMES AND THEN THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE.

IT'S TOTALLY UNNECESSARY.

ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS SOMETHING ON THE STOVE OR WHATEVER IT WAS THAT CAUSED THE FIRE, BUT NO ONE WAS THERE TO, UH, TO ADDRESS THE FIRE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN HELP IS YOU HAVE A ALARM SYSTEM THAT'S TIED IN TO THE FIRE STA WHERE THEY CALL THE FIRE STATION FOR YOU.

UH, A LOT OF TIMES THE SMOKE ALARM WILL GO OFF FIRST AND THEN THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF ALARM, YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR IT.

UM, AND, UH, SO, UH, IT JUST HELPS BE SMART.

GET, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALARM, GET ONE.

IF YOU CAN GET ONE, UH, WITH, IT'S TIED INTO SOME ALARM COMPANY THAT THE MONITORS THAT THEY WILL CALL AND HAVE, THEY WILL CALL AND HAVE 'EM OUT THERE QUICKER.

I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ONE.

ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT LAST TIME WAS, UM, ALREADY AT GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD A CHILD THAT, UH, WAS HIT WITH A CAR.

UH, AND, UM, THE, ONE OF THE, MY BIGGEST FEARS IS ALWAYS BEING BACKING UP OVER A CHILD.

I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST ALWAYS MY, MY, JUST A BIG FEAR OF MINE.

CAUSE I'VE JUST SEEN SO MANY STORIES ABOUT IT AND HAVING YOUNG KIDS MM-HMM.

, UM, THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE, UH, DRIVER HAD DROPPED OFF.

THEY WERE IN A LINE, HAD DROPPED OFF THEIR, THEIR CHILD AND THERE WAS, UH, UH, THE LINE WAS NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH.

SO WHAT HAPPENS? HE DECIDES TO BACK UP.

HE BACKS UP AND, UH, AND HITS THE CHILD AND, AND THEN THE CHILD'S CLOTHING GETS HOOKED INTO THE CAR AND HE DRAGS THE CHILD DOWN THE STREET UNTIL EVERYBODY COMES OUT WAVING ARMS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY STOPPED HIM.

SO THE YOUNG LADY GOT A PRETTY GOOD ROAD RASH.

AND WHEN YOU'RE AROUND A SCHOOL, DO NOT RUSH.

IT IS A, IT IS A RECIPE FOR, IS A RECIPE FOR HURTING, UH, HURTING SOMEONE.

AND, UH, ANYWAY, THAT THIS, EXCUSE ME, CHILLS THINKING ABOUT THAT CASE.

UH, THE CHARGE, THE DRIVER WAS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING AS HE SHOULD HAVE.

AND, UM, ANYWAY, MY, MY INPUTS.

OKAY, SO, UH, WE'LL FINISH

[CLOSED MEETING ]

OPEN DISCUSSION.

WE'RE GONNA NOW GO INTO A CLOSED MEETING AND, UM, AFTER THE CLOSED MEETING WHEN WE COME OUT, UH,

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I'LL ADJOURN THE, UH, THE MEETING AT THAT TIME TO THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 PM ON JUNE THE 20TH.