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GOOD EVENING, LADIES[Call to Order]
AND GENTLEMEN.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THE JANUARY 21ST MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
THE INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE DONE BY THE REVEREND DAVID ZARK.
DAVID, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME FOR ME, PLEASE.
THAT WAS CLOSE, BUT, UH, CLOSE.
LAST NAME IS CIGAR NAME LEE CIK LAZAR LEE CIK.
IT'S A GOOD POLISH NAME FROM THE YORK ASSEMBLY OF GOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
AND, UH, I AM THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT YORK ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH HERE IN YORKTOWN.
AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO IMPART GOD'S BLESSINGS UPON YOU ALL AS YOU CONTINUE ON IN THIS NEW YEAR IN REPRESENTING THE, THE GOOD PEOPLE OF YORK COUNTY.
SO LET'S JOIN TOGETHER IN PRAYER.
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TOGETHER IN UNITY OF FAITH AND IN ONE ACCORD.
WE DILIGENTLY SEEK YOUR FAVOR UPON THOSE HERE WHO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THOSE THEY SERVE.
MAY YOU GIVE THEM DISCERNMENT AS ISSUES COME BEFORE THEM.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF PROPOSALS MADE AND WISDOM TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS BASED ON EQUITY AND FAIRNESS.
FOR ALL PARTIES CONCERNED, MAY THIS NEW YEAR BE CROWNED WITH EXCELLENCE IN ALL ENDEAVORS, AND FOR BOUNTIFUL PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS FOR YORK COUNTY AND ITS RESIDENTS, FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WE ASK IT ALL IN JESUS' NAME.
NOW WE'LL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEASE STAND WITH US IF YOU CAN.
YOU SAID THE PLEDGE, MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE FLAG FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC WITHAND ONE NATION INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[1. Service Recognition*. Presentation of a 50 year service recognition pin to Sheriff Ron Montgomery and honor his years of service to York County.]
RECOGNITION TONIGHT, THE PRESENTATIONS, AND I'M GONNA CALL ON MAJOR TOMMY WEST TO PRESENT TO SHERIFF RON MONTGOMERY WITH HIS 50 YEAR PEN, YEARS OF SERVICE IN RECOGNITION.THE PEN, THE PEN, TO HONOR HIS YEARS IN SERVICE TO YOUR COUNTY.
AND I'LL BET IT'S EVEN MORE THAN 50 YEARS.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE A MAN WHO HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE AND SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
A TRUE PILLAR OF LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT.
TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE SHERIFF MONTGOMERY FOR ACHIEVING AN EXTRAORDINARY MILESTONE, 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COUNTY OF YORK THROUGH THE YORK SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THE SHERIFF'S JOURNEY BEGAN WITH THIS AGENCY JANUARY 1ST, 1975, WHERE HE STARTED AS A JAIL DEPUTY DEMONSTRATING AN IMMEDIATE COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE JAIL ACADEMY COURT SECURITY ACADEMY, AND BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY BY APRIL OF THAT SAME YEAR.
IN TRUE FORM, HE WASTED NO TIME MOVING INTO UNIFORM PATROL, BEGINNING HIS FIRST SHIFT IN THE PATROL DIVISION, THE SAME EVENING OF HIS GRADUATION.
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, HIS CAREER HAS BEEN MARKED BY MOMENTOUS PROGRESS AND EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP.
IN OCTOBER, 1979, HE WAS PROMOTED TO A POSITION OF AN INVESTIGATOR SHOWCASING HIS KEEN EYE FOR DETAIL AND HIS PASSION FOR JUSTICE.
BY JULY OF 1983, HIS TALENTS WERE RECOGNIZED WITH ANOTHER PROMOTION.
THIS TIME TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.
JUST FIVE YEARS LATER, HE WAS ENTRUSTED WITH OVERSIGHT OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS, GUIDING BOTH THE INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION AND PATROL DIVISION.
IN JANUARY OF 2000, HE BECAME THE CHIEF DEPUTY.
DEPUTY, SOLIDIFYING HIS ROLE AS A TRUSTED AND HIGHLY RESPECTED LEADER WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
AND OF COURSE, ON JANUARY 1ST, 2023, HE ASSUMED THE ROLE OF THE HIGHEST ROLE IN THE OFFICE AND BECAME OUR SHERIFF, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A SUCCESSFUL ELECTION THAT NOVEMBER.
IN ADDITION TO HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE SHERIFF HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINOLOGY.
HE GRADUATED SUMMA C*M LAUDE FROM SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY.
HE IS ALSO A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH SCHOOL, I'M SORRY, POLICE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL.
BEYOND THE BADGE, THE SHERIFF IS A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN.
HE'S HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE, TERRY, FATHER OF THREE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS.
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TWO SIBLINGS, THE PROUD GRANDFATHER OF FIVE WONDERFUL GRANDCHILDREN.HE'S ALSO A DEVOTED SON TO HIS MOTHER AND UNDOUBTEDLY, WHO UNDOUBTEDLY INSTILLED IN HIM THE VALUES THAT HAVE GUIDED HIM THROUGH HIS EXTRAORDINARY CAREER.
TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE NOT JUST A MAN WHO HAS SERVED FOR 50 YEARS, BUT A MAN WHO EMBODIES THE VERY ESSENCE OF DEDICATION, SERVICE, AND LEADERSHIP.
SHERIFF MONTGOMERY HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THIS AGENCY, THIS COMMUNITY AND HIS LEGACY WILL SERVE AS THE GUIDING LIGHT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING AND HONORING SHERIFF MONTGOMERY FOR HIS REMARKABLE 50 YEARS OF SERVICE.
I I'M GONNA HAVE A COUPLE REMARKS.
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE UP A LOT OF YOUR TIME.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT, LOT OF BUSINESS TONIGHT.
UM, MY GUEST, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE TERRY.
UH, SHE JOKES WITH ME ALL THE TIME.
I DON'T THINK SHE THINKS I'M EVER GONNA RETIRE, BUT THAT DAY WILL COME SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
UM, PEOPLE KEEP ASKING ME, HOW DID YOU DO 50 YEARS? THIS WAS NEVER A JOB.
I ENJOY IT AS MUCH TODAY AS THE FIRST DAY I WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS IN 1975.
I'VE BEEN BLESSED DURING MY ENTIRE CAREER TO WORK WITH NOT ONLY OUTSTANDING PEOPLE IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LIKE YOURSELVES, AND PARTICULARLY THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW THAT THE REPUTATION THAT WE HAVE AND THE, AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY IS A BIG REASON WHY I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS.
AND I DON'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE TONIGHT.
I'M HUMBLED BY IT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE HERE FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS, BUT WE'LL GIVE IT OUR BEST SHOT.
TOM, DO YOU WANNA MAKE ANY COMMENTS? OH, WELL, I MEAN, YES.
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT 50 YEARS
I MEAN, IT'S, UH, RON, UM, YOU KNOW, I, YOU YOU CAN TELL FOR THE, THE DEPUTIES, PEOPLE IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT KNOW THIS BECAUSE THEY SEE IT ALMOST A DAILY BASIS.
UH, WE SEE IT AS SUPERVISORS BECAUSE WE, WE TALK, WE END UP HAVING TALKED TO RON ABOUT RON OR THE SHERIFF, UH, ABOUT, UH, STUFF.
AND WE SEE THE, THE ACTIVITIES NOW IN THE NEW BUILDING.
UM, YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THIS COUNTY CANNOT REALLY BE DEFINED BY THESE YEARS.
IT'S BY THE PERSON, YOUR HEART, YOUR COMMITMENT, YOUR DEDICATION TO THE, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SERVE AND THE LOVE FOR YOUR, YOUR, NOT ONLY FOR YOUR FAMILY, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT WORK WITH YOU.
AND, AND YOU STRIVE TO, UH, YOU TRY, YOU STRIVE TO JUST BE EXEMPLARY, UH, PERSON THAT, THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK UP TO AND YOU'VE SUCCEEDED.
UM, I ONLY KNOW ONE OTHER PERSON THAT, THAT I KNOW PERSONALLY, UH, THAT SERVED MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN ONE JOB.
AND, UH, HE WAS A FOUR STAR GENERAL, OR ADMIRAL, FOUR STAR ADMIRAL.
AND, UH, AND I TELL YOU THE HISTORY AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'VE ACCUMULATED, WE WILL NEVER, WE, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T GATHER THAT.
SO, ON BEHALF OF, OF MY, MY SIDE OF THE COUNTY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
CONGRATULATIONS, SHERIFF MONTGOMERY, YOU KNOW, I CAME ON HERE TO THE BOARD RIGHT AT THE TRANSITION AS SHERIFF DIGS WAS KIND OF MOVING ON TO OTHER ENDEAVORS, AND YOU WERE COMING ON YOURSELF.
SO I GOTTA KIND OF GET TO KNOW YOU REALLY EARLY ON IN THAT TRANSITION.
ONE, I REALLY LEANED ON YOU, ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO HELP ME DO MY JOB UP HERE.
'CAUSE YOU USED TO HAVE SO MUCH HISTORY THAT I SIMPLY DON'T HAVE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME BEND YOUR EAR ON THINGS FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS IMPRESSED ME, RIGHT AT THE RIGHT OUTTA THE GATE WAS, IT'S EASY AFTER 50 YEARS TO JUST MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO AND JUST KEEP THE TRAIN ON THE TRACKS.
BUT NOT ONLY HAVE YOU DONE THAT, BUT YOU'VE ALSO IN INSTITUTED NEW PROGRAMS, UM, STARTED NEW THINGS WITH, WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE.
SO YOU'RE NOT SITTING ON YOUR LAURELS.
YOU'RE ACTIVELY GETTING OUT THERE AND DOING MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND LEAVING A LEGACY BEHIND.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT INCENTIVE.
THAT AND, AND BEING INNOVATIVE LIKE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND EMBRACING ALL THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.
WE GOT ONE OF THE BEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AROUND, AROUND THE AREA.
I CAN BOAST ON IT ALL DAY LONG WITH ANYBODY.
AND THE LARGE PART IS THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US HERE THIS PAST FEW YEARS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MAYBE NOT 50 YEARS, MORE OF IT, BUT AS MANY WARRIORS WE CAN GET.
SO, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, DOUG.
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WELL, I THINK, I THINK, UH, STEVEN PRETTY MUCH SAID EVERYTHING.UM, BUT, BUT I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I SAW THE TRANSITION FROM DANNY TO, UH, TO, TO RON.
RON CAME IN IN THE FIRST MONTH AND PRESENTED A ENTIRE LIST OF ACTIVITIES THAT HE WAS GONNA ACCOMPLISH WITHIN THAT FIRST YEAR.
AND I LOOK AT THE SUCCESS WE'VE HAD WITH, UH, CAMERAS GOING IN, IN THE SCHOOL ZONES, UH, WHAT HE'S DONE FOR FOLKS AT, UH, GLEE AND, AND OLD WILLIAMSBURG ROAD.
WHEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE AND WE NEED TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR COUNTERPARTS, AND YOU ASK RON TO DO IT, IT GETS DONE.
AND, AND TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN, IN, IN OUR EMPLOYEE THAT, UH, IS THAT CAPABLE AND, AND THAT SUCCESSFUL.
I, I JUST, MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RON, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE COUNTY, WAYNE.
UM, BUT, UH, RONNIE HAS BEEN GREAT GETTING TO KNOW YOU FOR MY TIME HERE ON THE BOARD.
AND, UM, I WILL SAY THAT YOU'RE A STANDUP GUY.
EVERY TIME I'VE CALLED YOU OR BUMPED INTO YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN, UH, JUST A STATEMAN AS DOUG SAID.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR EFFORT, YOUR TEAM BEHIND YOU, ALL THESE GUYS AND GIRLS THAT MAKE YOUR JOB LOOK EASY, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT, UH, YOU, YOU'RE A GOOD, GREAT LEADER FOR THESE PEOPLE.
AND, UH, I WISH YOU GODSPEED AS, AS LONG AS YOU'LL STAY WITH US.
LISTENING TO WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS, YOU'VE GOT THE TIGER BY THE TAIL.
AS SOON AS YOU CAME IN, YOU STARTED IMPLEMENTING ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WE, YOU'VE JUST GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND I, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH BECAUSE IT BRINGS NEW LIFE TO THE ORGANIZATION, AND IT, IT GIVES THE CITIZENS MORE INPUT TO WHAT THEY CAN HEAR FROM YOU.
AND I HAVE TO SAY HOW MUCH YOU ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATED.
I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT.
SO 50 YEARS IS A MARVELOUS, MARVELOUS MILESTONE.
AND AS YOU SAID, IT'S, IT HAS NOT BEEN HARD.
AND THAT'S THE KEYSTONE THAT OF SERVICE.
AND THAT GIVES YOU THE CAPACITY TO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE MORE TO THE OTHERS.
SO GOOD LUCK FOR MANY, MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.
[2. VDOT Quarterly Update*. Receive update from Rossie Carroll, Residency Administrator. ]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE V DOT QUARTERLY UPDATE, AND I CALL ROSSI CARROLL.MADAM CHAIR, OTHER DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
Y'ALL ALWAYS HAVE ME LIKE RIGHT BEHIND THE BIGGEST THING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO FOLLOW, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.
UM, SO WE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD, UH, QUARTER.
THIS QUARTER IS GONNA BE OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER.
UH, FOR THIS REPORT, UM, DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, WE RECEIVED 319 WORK ORDERS, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC OR FROM OUR CUSTOMERS.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED 274 OF THOSE, WHICH, UH, IS 86%.
UH, ALSO DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, WE CREATED ANOTHER 90 WORK ORDERS AND COMPLETED ABOUT 99% FOR A TOTAL COMPLETION OF WORK ORDERS, ABOUT 89%, UM, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME SUBDIVISION DITCHING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UH, WE DID A TOTAL OF 63,000 LINEAR FEET IN THAT QUARTER.
UM, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ONES WERE OAK STREET, BIRD STREET, TRINITY DRIVE, PINE STREET, SHAMROCK AVENUE, UM, PAGELAND DRIVE, PINEY POINT ESTATES, UH, SOME DARE ROAD, STILL WORKING OUT THERE ON DARE ROAD.
BUT WE'VE GOTTEN ABOUT 26,000, UM, UH, FEET DONE.
UM, CARRIES CHAPEL ROAD, UH, CURRENTLY WORKING ON PRODUCTION DRIVE.
UH, DID SOME WORK IN, UH, SPRING, UH, SPRINGFIELD ROAD.
AND, UM, A FEW OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS QUARTER IS, UH, SOME, SOME SNOW PREP AND SNOW BRINING AND SNOW REMOVAL, AND A LOT OF LONG DAYS AND NIGHTS.
BUT, UH, I THINK THEY'VE DONE A FAIRLY GOOD JOB WITH THE TWO EVENTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR, UH, THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, UH, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TREE TRIMMING THIS QUARTER.
UM, DARE ROAD, OWEN DAVIS BOULEVARD, RAILROAD RAILWAY ROAD, UH, TIDES MILL ROAD AND REED STREET.
UH, SOME PLANNED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, UH, FOR THIS NEXT QUARTER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
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LANE.WE HAVE SOME PIPE JOINT BANDS THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING IN.
UM, THERE'S SOME SINK HOLES THERE NOW THAT HAVE TEMPORARY REPAIRED UNTIL WE CAN GET THE BANDS IN, UH, TO FIX THE SEPARATED JOINTS.
UH, WE'LL BE DOING SOME TREE TRIMMING ON ROUTE 17 FROM COLEMAN BRIDGE, UH, TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS ABOUT NINE MILES, UH, MATTHEW STREET AND ROUTE 17.
WE'LL BE DITCHING PULLING SHOULDERS AND DOING SOME TREE TRIMMING IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
UM, UH, OME PLACE, UH, WE'LL BE DOING SOME TREE TRIMMING, UH, DITCHING, OUTFALL DITCHING AS WELL ON EASEMENT AND, UH, BAPTIST ROAD AND CHURCH ROAD.
WE'RE DOING WASHOUT REPAIRS THIS QUARTER.
UH, HORNSBY ROAD WOULD BE DO DITCHING THE 800 BLOCK.
AND THEN, UH, CERTAINLY WE'LL BE DOING SOME ROADWAY SWEEPING.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THE ABRASIVES OUT THERE, BUT, UH, WHENEVER WE HAVE BIG WINTER, UM, CREATES A, A PRETTY BIG SWEEPING SEASON RIGHT AFTERWARDS.
SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE VDOT AND THE HIRED EQUIPMENT SWEEPERS OUT, UM, PROBABLY THE LATTER PART OF THE QUARTER.
UM, SOME OF VDOT ADMINISTERED PROJECTS.
UH, WE HAVE A PROJECT GOING ON ON 1 99 WESTBOUND RIGHT NOW.
IT IS A SLOPE STABILIZATION PROJECT IN THE COUNTY.
UM, IT IS BETWEEN LODGE ROAD AND I GUESS THAT WOULD BE 1 43.
UM, WE'RE DOING SOIL NAILS, UM, INJECTING SOIL NAILS AND STABILIZING THOSE BANKS.
THAT PROJECT JUST GOT STARTED THIS MONTH.
UM, AND IT'S GOT ABOUT A TWO, TWO AND A HALF MONTH, UM, SCHEDULE FOR IT.
SO, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING ALONG PRETTY WELL.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT FINISHED AND ALL THE BARRIERS UP AND THE GUARDRAIL BACK UP BY EARLY APRIL.
UM, WE HAVE A, A DA RAMP REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT'LL START AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
THAT'S RIGHT THERE AT 17 IN FORT TIS.
AND THEN ALSO RIGHT HERE, ALL OF THE STREETS IN YORKTOWN.
UM, SOME OF THIS IS PRIOR TO NEXT YEAR'S PAVING SCHEDULE.
UH, PENMAN ROAD, GOVERNMENT ROAD RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG, UH, FAIRLY NICELY.
UM, THE PLAN CONSTRUCTION DATE, UH, PLAN COMPLETION DATE FOR CONSTRUCTION IS AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
UH, THE ROUTE 1 77, RIGHT TURN LANE EXTENSION DOWN HERE, UM, THAT IS MOVING, MOVING ALONG.
THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED, UH, WITH THE PROJECT TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL LANE FROM 17 THE OTHER DIRECTION TO 1 34 ON VICTORY BOULEVARD.
SO BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ADVERTISED TOGETHER.
UM, TWO SEPARATE FUNDING SOURCES, BUT IT'LL BE THE SAME CONTRACTOR.
IT WORKS BETTER WITH MOT THAT WAY.
MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC, UH, WITH CREEK ROAD PROJECT.
I REALLY NOT GONNA TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE IT'S IN KOUM.
BUT, UM, THAT'S MOVING ALONG PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY WELL.
UH, IT HAS A AUGUST, UM, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER COMPLETION DATE OF 27.
UM, THERE IS A 1 34 BRIDGE REHAB PROJECT OVER 17 COMING UP, UM, IN ABOUT A YEAR.
AND, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, ABOUT MOT FOR THAT ONE LANE WILL BE THROUGH AT ALL TIMES, BUT WE WILL DETOUR THE RAMP, UM, THAT COMES FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION AS WE SHIFT TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE.
SO IT'LL BE ONE LANE, THEN SHIFT TO OTHER SIDE, REPLACE THAT SIDE, HAVE THE NEW BRIDGES, THE OPEN LANE.
UH, PLANNED ASPHALT PAVING FOR 2025.
UM, SO DARE ROAD, UH, FROM JACOBS RUN TO LAKESIDE DRIVE.
UH, THE REST OF THE ROADS WE'RE DOING, UH, MILL AND, AND FILL, UH, ROUTE 17 NORTHBOUND FROM CITY OF NEW NEWPORT NEWS BACK TOWARDS 1 34.
UM, AND THEN PRETTY MUCH ALL THE STREETS, INCLUDING 2 38 BALLARD STREET, EVEN UP TOWARDS THE, UH, COAST GUARD STATION HERE IN YORKTOWN, UH, WILL BE MILLED AND PAVED THIS SUMMER.
WHEN I SAY THAT THERE IS A CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT THAT THEY CANNOT DO ANY WORK BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY, UM, IN YORKTOWN.
UH, SO EITHER THEY'LL GET MOST OF IT ON THE FRONT END, OR EITHER THEY WILL GET IT ON THE BACK END OF THE CONTRACT.
UM, BUT DURING THE BUSY, YOU KNOW, TOURIST SEASON, WE'RE GONNA STAY OUT OF IT.
UH, WE ARE GONNA USE A, UH, BROWNSTONE ASPHALT MM-HMM
SO IT, IT GOES DOWN BLACK, BUT IT TURNS BROWN.
SO I'M SURE I'LL GET QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ALL THE BLACK ASPHALT.
BUT AS IT WEARS, IT TURNS BROWN WITH A, UH, IT'S GOT A BROWNSTONE ROCK IN IT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, REGULAR OLD QUARTZ GRAY ROCK.
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JUST TO GO THROUGH WITH SOME SMART SCALE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WORKING, UM, WE HAD SMART SCALE 18, THAT'S THE ROUTE 17 WIDENING BETWEEN SIX 30 AND, UH, ROUTE, UH, WELL DIM BE.UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE ROUTE 1 71 WIDENING, UM, BETWEEN 17 AND 1 34.
I TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, ADDING THE OTHER PROJECT WITH IT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE ROUTE 1 71 CAPACITY ENHANCEMENTS BETWEEN 1 34 AND 1740.
UM, ALL OF THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH ON, ON SCHEDULE FOR ADVERTISEMENT, THE 17 WIDENING.
UM, BUT BETWEEN SIX 30 AND 1 73, UM, LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT A CURRENT ADVERTISEMENT DATE OF 11 10 26.
UM, PROJECT AWARD SOMETIME EARLY 2027.
UM, THE 1 71 WIDENING IS, IS ADVERTISED, UM, TO 1 34.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AWARD DATE FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT AWARDED.
UM, THE TURN LANES THE SAME, THAT'S A, THAT'S NOT A SMART SCALE PROJECT.
IT'S A, A, A HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT H CIP FUNDED PROJECT, BUT PACKAGED IN THE SAME, SAME, UH, ADVERTISEMENT.
THE 1 71 CAPACITY ENHANCEMENTS BETWEEN 1 34 AND 1740.
UM, CURRENT ADVERTISEMENT DATE, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T CLOSED SCOPING IS, UH, DECEMBER OF 27 WITH A MARCH APRIL COMPLETION OF 2028.
AND THEN, UH, VICTORY BOULEVARD SHARED USE PATH, UM, THAT HAS A, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2029 ADVERTISEMENT.
AND A, UH, JANUARY FEBRUARY OF 2030 COMPLETION.
LAST ONE IS, UH, SMART SCALE 22 IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN
AND THAT WAS THE MOTOWN ROAD AIRPORT ROAD, ROUTE SIX, RICHMOND ROAD, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT IS LOOKING TO GO TO ADVERTISEMENT 2030.
UM, AND THAT IS JUST GETTING KICKED OFF.
UM, I 64 GAP WIDENING PROJECT DESIGN BUILD PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
UH, COMPLETION NOVEMBER, 2027.
UM, SO IT'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, ON THE HORIZON AND A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
UM, SO JUST BEAR WITH US AS YOU ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THE COUNTY OR AROUND THE AREA.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, LANE CLOSURES, A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED, UM, TO GET SOME OF THE STUFF BUILT.
THE, UH, THE COLONIAL PARKWAY IS, HAS JUST CLOSED THEIR PHASE THREE SECTION, SO THAT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WITH TRAFFIC IN THE AREA HAS A LOT TO DETOURS AND STUFF WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE CHANGED SOME TRAFFIC PATTERNS AT HUBBARD AND, UM, PENMAN ROAD.
UH, WE HAVE HAVE VARIABLE MESSAGE BOARDS OUT THERE.
WE DID SOME TEMPORARY RUMBLE STRIPS, BUT WHAT IT DID, IT, IT MADE HUBBARD TO PENMAN OUT TO MAGRUDER A THROUGH VERSUS PENMAN USED TO BE THE THROUGH AND, AND PUT A STOP, UH, STOP SIGN, STOP BARS ON PENMAN ROAD.
UH, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC BEING THAT THE COLONIAL PARKWAY SECTION'S GONNA BE CLOSED, UH, SHOWED THAT THIS WOULD, UH, HELP WITH THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY BEING RIGHT IN THE CORNER AS WELL.
UM, HELP WITH GETTING THROUGH TRAFFIC AND NOT SUCH A QUEUE.
UM, ON HUBBARD LANE, UH, WE ARE LOOKING, I HAD A MEETING WITH THEM TODAY.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME MORE MARKING IN THAT INTERSECTION TO CONNECT THE CENTER LINES OF HUBBARD AND PENMAN.
UM, AND ALSO THEY'RE WORKING ON A, UM, SOLAR, UH, POWERED, UH, BLINKING STOP SIGN FOR, UM, FOR PENMAN.
I MEAN, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS OUT THERE, RUMBLE STRIPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT JUST TO HELP, UM, PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT THERE IS A NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN.
UH, THE VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS CERTAINLY SAY NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN AHEAD, DAH, DAH, DAH, BUT Y YOU KNOW, YOU, YOUR HABIT IS, YOU KNOW, IT STILL LOOKS LIKE A THROUGH, EVEN THERE'S A STOP SIGN THERE.
IT STILL LOOKS LIKE A THROUGH FARE.
SO, UH, I THINK THESE THINGS WILL HELP, UM, AS WE GET THOSE IMPLEMENTED AS WELL.
UM, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES.
UH, WE DID SOME PAVEMENT MARKING REVIEWS, UM, ON BRUTON HIGH SCHOOL EXIT ROAD.
UM, INSTALLED SOME START STOP BY, EXCUSE ME, INSTALLED SOME STOP BARS, UM, INSTALLED SOME CENTER LINE, EDGE LINE PAVEMENT MARKINGS,
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UM, INSTALLED LEFT AND RIGHT ARROWS FOR PAVEMENT MARKINGS.AND, UH, REMOVED THE WRONG WAY AND PUT A DO NOT ENTER SIGN IN THERE.
UH, CROSSWALK REVIEWS FOR OWEN DAVIS ROAD.
BASED ON REVIEW, WE INSTALLED HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALK PAVEMENT MARKINGS ACROSS THE NORTH LEG OF, UH, OWEN DAVIS AT BLACKSMITH ARCH.
AND, UH, UH, SEEK WRIGHT DRIVE.
AND THEN ALL THE WARNING SIGNS THAT IT GO WITH CROSSWALKS AS WELL.
UM, INTERSECTION REVIEW AT, UH, TRISTAN DRIVE, UH, BLEVINS RUN AND LONG GREEN BOULEVARD.
UM, BASED ON THE FIELD REVIEWS, UM, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DID NOT, DID NOT RECOMMEND INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
UH, WE DID, UH, BRIDGE SIGNING, UH, REVIEW FOR, UH, ROUTE 17.
UM, WE INSTALLED A DUAL BUMP SIGN DOWN AT THE BRIDGE AT, I THINK IT'S HARWOOD MILLS IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.
UM, JUST BECAUSE THE ELEVATION THERE IS SUCH A MM-HMM
SO WE DID A WARNING SIGN THERE JUST TO SAY, HEY, UM, THERE IT IS SOMEWHAT, SOMEWHAT OF A BUMP AS YOU, UH, AS YOU APPROACH THE BRIDGE.
UM, JUST FOR SOME AWARENESS, NOT, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ACCIDENTS DOWN THERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT SAFETY WISE.
BUT, UM, THERE IS, THERE IS A SUBTLE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A BUMP THERE.
UM, WE DID A GENERAL STUDY AT, UH, TAF FARRO ROAD.
UH, WE INSTALLED ADVANCED WARNING COMBINATION INTERSECTION, UH, HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT SIGNAGE ON, UH, FARRO, UM, NORTHBOUND AND EASTBOUND APPROACHING, UH, THE INTERSECTION THERE.
WE DID SPEED STUDY ON LAKEHEAD DRIVE.
UM, WE ALSO DID AN INTERSECTION CRASH EVALUATION FOR HAMPTON HIGHWAY AND YORKTOWN ROAD.
UM, ALL OF THESE ARE IN THE REPORT.
UH, DID SOME DEER WARNING SIGN, UH, REVIEWS FOR BATTLE ROAD, UH, THAT WAS NOT, UH, MEET THE CRITERIA FOR DEER WARNING SIGNS.
DID INTERSECTION REVIEW AT DOROTHY DRIVE AND ROLLINS WAY.
UM, WE DID, UH, WE DID REMOVE AND RELOCATE THE EXISTING RIGHT TURN STOP BARS.
KIND OF MOVED THEM OUT EIGHT FOOT TO HELP WITH SITE DISTANCE, UM, EXTEND THE SOLID WHITE EDGE LINES AND, UH, REFRESHED ALL THE PAYMENT MARKINGS ON THE EASTBOUND LANE.
UH, INTERSECTION SAFETY REVIEW FOR LAKESIDE AND DARE ROAD.
UH, WE ARE, WE REFRESHED THE INTERSECTION STOP BAR AND DOUBLE YELLOW LINES, UM, INSTALLING DUAL 36 BY 36 STOP SIGNS.
SO KIND OF ADDITIONAL THERE IT IS IN YOUR FACE.
AND, UM, SOME WARNING SIGNS AS WELL, UM, SAYING, YOU KNOW, STOP A, SOME STOP AHEAD TYPE SIGNS.
WE DID DARE ELEMENTARY CROSSWALK REVIEW.
WE, WE DID THE REFRESH, THE YIELD PAYMENT MARKINGS THERE.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, RFB, WHICH IS A WRAPPING, RAPID WRAPPING FLASHING BEACON, YOU KNOW, FOR CROSSWALKS WAS RECOMMENDED.
UH, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR, UM, THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
THAT'S ABOUT A $65,000, UM, PROJECT.
SO, UH, WE, WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO INSTALL THAT.
WE DID A CROSSWALK REVIEW AT MEADOW LAKE.
UM, SO IT, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS INSTALL THREE HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALK PAVEMENT MARKINGS, UM, ON THE NORTH LEG OF MEADOW LAKE, UH, AND MURRAY WAY, AND THE NORTH LEG OF MEADOW LAKE AND ATLANTA HAND DRIVE.
AND THEN ALSO THE SOUTH LEG OF MEADOW LAKE AND SUSAN NEWTON LANE.
UM, AND THAT'S WITH ALL THE SIGNAGE, UM, THAT COMES WITH THAT AS WELL.
WE DID IN INTERSECTION REVIEW THERE AT LANCE WAY AND RICHTER LANE, UM, BASED ON THE DATA COLLECTED, UH, THEY RECOMMENDED INSTALLING A STOP BAR ON LANCE WAY IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE DRIVER COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN I TALKED ABOUT PENMAN AND HUBBARD A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY QUARTERLY REPORT AT THIS TIME.
I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, WAYNE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THANK YOU.
ALWAYS LIKE HAVING YOUR UPDATES AND KEEPING US ABREAST OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU HEAR ME? UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A WIDENING FROM GOODWIN NECK TO, UM, FORT USES WRIGHT.
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YES.AND WHEN, WHEN IS THAT SLATED IN 27? IS THAT NOT ON MY SMART SCALE? DID I MISS IT? MAKE SURE I GIVE YOU THE RIGHT DATES.
SO ROUTE 17 WIDENING THAT IS LOOKING AT ADVERTISE A CURRENT ADVERTISEMENT DATE OF NOVEMBER OF 2026.
AND, UM, PROJECT COMPLETION APRIL, MAY OF 2027.
AND IS THERE PLANS TO WIDEN IT TO THE BRIDGE? NOT AT THIS TIME.
YEAH, THIS, THIS IS A SMART SCALE PROJECT.
SO THE COUNTY ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, AND RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THE SMART SCALE PROCESS.
UM, THERE IS NO OTHER WIDENING PROJECT ON 17 ON THE BOOKS OR IN THE SIX YEAR PLAN AT THIS POINT.
AS USUAL, A VERY THOROUGH REPORT.
A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS IN MY AREA AND I, I WANT TO PASS THAT ON.
MIDDLETOWN FARMS FOLKS ARE THRILLED.
UM, THE NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS ALONG MOTOWN ROAD, I'VE ALREADY HAD, I THINK FIVE PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME.
AND JUST THANK, THANK ME FOR, UH, HAVING THAT.
UH, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
'CAUSE I FORGOT TO, THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THIS QUARTER, 'CAUSE WE DID IT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, BUT WE INSTALLED FY SO ON YORK, ON, UH, MOTOWN FABULOUS WORK.
AND THEN THE HUBBARD PENMAN, YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE THERE AND THE, AND THE EXTRA EFFORT TO TRY AND, UH, IMPROVE ON WHAT WE'VE GOT.
I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THOUGH.
UM, ON THE LAST PAGE HERE, YOU HAD A CROSSWALK ON MERRIMACK.
IS THIS AT THE JAMES YORK PLAZA OR IS THIS THE ONE FURTHER DOWN BY THE HAMPTON HOTEL? THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO HAVE ONE ON MERRIMACK AT, UM, THE JAMES YORK.
AND, AND JUST ONE LAST QUESTION.
THE, THE, THE ROADS TO BE PAVED ARE MAINLY IN YORKTOWN.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF YORKTOWN OR IS THAT IN A, A QUARTER, QUARTER TWO THAT FILLED UP THE FUNDING THAT WE HAD ALLOTTED FOR THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, 26 NOW, UM, WITH OUR TARGETS FOR LANE MILES AND FUNDING.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPEFULLY HERE IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
I'LL HAVE SOMETHING MORE FOR 26.
YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS ALWAYS GONNA BE PHEASANT SPRINGS.
AND THE, A NUMBER OF SINKHOLE WE'VE HAD WE JUST DISCUSSED PRIOR.
IT'S JUST, UM, WITH, SO A LOT OF THINGS TOO, YOU'LL SAY, OH, YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS SIDE OF THE COUNTY OR THAT SIDE.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS TOO, WE'RE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT, UM, ROADWAY CONDITION INDEXES, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF GO OUT AND JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE GO OUT AND ACTUALLY HAVE A TRUCK THAT READS, READS THE PAVEMENTS.
PAVEMENTS TELLS ME WHETHER THERE'S LOAD RATED CRACKS OR NON LOAD RATED, YOU KNOW, CRACKS OR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND HOW IT RIDES AND, AND ALL THAT.
UM, FROM THAT WE KIND OF TRY TO PUT A SCHEDULE TOGETHER FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MIX.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S EITHER ON THE CON THE, THE RESTORATIVE, YOU KNOW, SIDE WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY MILLING AND REPLACING THE ASPHALT.
OR IT MAY FALL INTO A, A CATEGORY WHERE I DO PREVENTATIVE OVERLAYS, WHICH IS THE LATEX OR THE SLURRY SEAL OR SURFACE TREATMENT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
OR A 4.75 MILLIMETER TYPE MIX.
UM, BUT WE LOOK AT THAT AND THEN TRY TO LOOK AT MOT AS WELL TO TRY TO GET THE BEST PRICING.
SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING'S KIND OF SCHEDULE TOGETHER IN AN AREA, BECAUSE I CAN GET BETTER PRICING.
'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT MOVING ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
UH, THEY CAN PULL FROM ONE PLANT VERSUS USING TWO OR THREE PLANTS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT JUST I WANT TO, WHEN WE PUT OUR PROCESS IN THIS, TRYING TO STILL FIT IT IN INSIDE THE ENVELOPE THAT WE'RE GIVEN, UM, A LOT OF TIMES IT LOOKS LIKE, OH, YOU'RE JUST DOING ONE THING.
WELL, THAT'S ALL I CAN DO WITH WHAT I HAVE, BUT I WANT TO TRY TO KEEP MOT DOWN AS WELL.
UM, SO IT MAY JUST BE ON ONE SIDE OF THE COUNTY VERSUS NEXT YEAR.
IT MIGHT BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY.
UH, WE HAD SOME CONCERNS RAISED BY CITIZENS AT HUBBARD PENMAN INTERSECTION, UH, ROSSI WAS OUT THERE THE VERY NEXT DAY PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT INTERSECTION.
AND WHAT FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS COULD WE MAKE YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND? THANK YOU.
WELL, MR. CARROLL, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN BUSY AGAIN THIS PAST QUARTER AS AS USUAL.
SO GOOD JOB WITH ALL THE THINGS YOU GOT ACCOMPLISHED.
UM, I GOT A FEW THINGS TO HIT YOU WITH.
UM, A COUPLE 'EM TO KIND OF PUT ON YOUR PLATE AND YOU GET BACK TO ME ON, AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH EMAILS ON THE ROADS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, YOU MENTIONED DITCH
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WORK EARLIER A COUPLE YEARS AGO Y'ALL HAD STARTED A, UM, A DITCH REHABILITATION PROJECT AND IN BRANDYWINE, AND I KNOW OTHER PRIORITIES PULLED YOU AWAY AND SO FORTH.BUT IS THAT ON THE BOOKS? GONNA GET BACK TO THAT PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF? I, I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND THERE WAS A SCHEDULE FOR THAT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE HIT IT.
UM, I GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS, A COUPLE RESIDENTS ON CHARLES ROAD.
Y'ALL HAD RECENTLY REPAID IT OR RESURFACED IT, BUT THEY'RE SAYING THERE ARE SOME, SOME ISSUES, SOME ROUGH PATCHES ON THAT ROAD STILL.
UM, AGAIN, SOMETHING PUT ON YOUR PLATE, YOU COULD CHECK ON THAT AND MAYBE WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE DARE ROAD WORK, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE, YOU CAN TIE THOSE TWO AND TOGETHER.
UM, JUST THIS AFTERNOON I GOT A, UH, MESSAGE FROM ANOTHER RESIDENCE RESIDENT ABOUT, UH, UH, GOING INTO BREEZY POINT, DOWN LINDSEY LANDING LANE.
AND IN THE QUARTER MASS DRIVE, QUARTER MARSH DRIVE, UH, THE, UH, THE ROAD PAINTING HAS PRETTY MUCH FADED AWAY.
PROBABLY NEEDS A TOUCH UP, UM, DITCHES.
UM, SO IF THE BRIDGE OVER THE RESERVOIR OVER THE SPILLWAY HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO PUT SIGNS UP TO WARM PEOPLE, BUT THE BUMP, SO IT, IT HASN'T SETTLED ANY SINCE IT, SINCE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED.
UM, THERE WA IT WAS THERE WHEN IT WAS APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UM, HOWEVER, OVER TIME, MORE TRAFFIC, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, MOTORCYCLES, WE THOUGHT IT WAS SAFER TO PUT UP A WARNING SIGN EVEN THOUGH THAT IT'S NOT A SAFETY HAZARD THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ACCIDENTS, UM, BASED ON OFF THE DIP.
UM, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT IT.
THE ISSUE IS, UM, WITH THE BRIDGE BEING CONCRETE AND THE ASPHALT, THE WAY THE GRADE IS WITH THE DRAINAGE, AS YOU COME UP TO THE BRIDGE, THAT BRIDGE IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE ROADWAY COMING UP TO IT.
IT'LL BE VERY, VERY COSTLY TO RAISE THE ELEVATION OF THE ROADWAY MM-HMM
TO MATCH THE ELEVATION OF THE BRIDGE THERE BECAUSE ALL THE DRAINAGE STRUCTURES, ALL THE CURBING, CURBING EVERYTHING THERE WILL HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED.
IT'S NOT JUST ADJUSTING THE PAVEMENT.
UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH IT.
UH, IT MAY BE A DAY THAT WE HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND TAKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RE RECONSTRUCT THAT, UM, TO TRY TO MATCH ELEVATIONS A LITTLE BETTER.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE THINK IT'S STILL SAFE TO MANEUVER.
WE JUST WANT TO GIVE A WARNING TO SLOW DOWN WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THERE, UM, JUST AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.
UM, FOR THE 64 WORK, UM, THE EXPANDING INTO 64, WHAT, WHAT TIME DO THE LANE CLOSURE START IN THE EVENING? SO ARE YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WIDENING PROJECT? YEAH.
THAT IS DESIGN BUILD AND IT DOESN'T REALLY RUN THROUGH MY OFFICE.
BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FIND OUT FOR IT.
AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHEN THE, WHEN THE LANE STARTS AND EVEN CLOSURE YEAH.
BECAUSE Y'ALL DOING THAT OVERNIGHT.
SO WE DO THAT BASED OFF LIMITATIONS OF OPERATIONS.
TYPICALLY, THERE'S ABOUT A SIX HOUR WINDOW DURING THE DAY BETWEEN NINE AND THREE.
AND THEN USUALLY ABOUT, IT'S ABOUT A 12 HOUR WINDOW IN THE AT NIGHT TO, TO LIKE NINE TO FIVE OR EIGHT TO FIVE.
BUT IF THE ENGINEER SAYS, OKAY, WE WANNA ADJUST THAT, IT COULD BE ADJUSTED FROM THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN ADJUSTED FROM THE LIMITATIONS OPERATION.
AND LAST THING, I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT YOU LOOKED AT, UH, A DEER WARNING SIGN UP HERE IN BATTLEFIELD ROAD SOMEWHERE CLOSE.
AND YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T NEED ONE.
SO, UM, SO LIKE EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT MEET THE WARRANTS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
UM, DEER WARNING SIGNS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FIVE REPORTED CRASHES.
DEER CRASHES A YEAR FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS TO MEET THE WARRANTS FOR A DEER SIGN.
SO WHEN YOU SEE A DEER SIGN ON THE ROAD THAT STRETCH, THAT ONE MILE STRETCH HAS MET THAT CRITERIA.
IT JUST FUNNY YOU MENTIONED IT BECAUSE THIS EVENING COMING UP HERE, THERE'S A LITTLE FOUR POINT BUCK THAT WOULD PROBABLY ARGUE 'CAUSE WE ALMOST HAD A CLOSING ENCOUNTER COMING IN HERE.
SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT, IT MADE ME THINK, UM, I THINK THAT DEER WOULD, WOULD, UM, YEAH.
SO THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S NATIONAL.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST CREATED.
IT'S SORT OF NATIONAL STANDARDS.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
IT'S FIVE REPORTABLE CRASHES, ONE MILE STRETCH, FIVE OF 'EM, CONSECUTIVE TWO YEARS.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH, WITH THE STREET NAMES FOR YOU.
TOM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, ROSSI, UH, JUST TO ADD ON TO ABOUT THE DEER CROSSING THAT'S REPORTED ACCIDENTS.
THE PEOPLE RUN INTO DEERS, AND I CAN TELL YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE CARCASSES ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEY'RE NOT BEING REPORTED.
SO WE'VE, I'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE.
UM, I'VE GOT YOUR, UH, YOUR REPORT
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HERE.I'M NOT GONNA BORE EVERYBODY WITH, UH, THE INFORMATION I NEED.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
[3. Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Update*. Presentation by Dr. Amber Price, President]
AGENDAS, WE HAVE A REMARKS FROM DR.AMBER, AMBER PRICE GOING GIVE US AN UPDATE ON SENTARA WILLIAMSBURG.
MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT, I HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, MEET WITH DR. PRICE IN OCTOBER, UH, VERY THOROUGH, UH, VISIT TO, UH, SENTARA MEDICAL.
AND WE TALKED AT THAT MEETING AND DECIDED THAT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT, THAT THIS BOARD COULD HELP HER WITH.
AND ALSO JUST THE COMMUNICATIONS OF, OF A MESSAGE THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO DELIVER TO THE, TO THE AUDIENCE.
AND SO I MADE SURE THAT WE INVITED HER.
AND THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE JUST SAID AN UPDATE.
UM, SENTARA WILLIAMSBURG IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN YORK COUNTY AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE.
I ACTUALLY DON'T COME WITH ANY MAJOR ASKS TONIGHT.
UH, MOSTLY UPDATES AND SOME COMMENTS.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOME TIME TO DO THAT TODAY.
ALRIGHT, SO, SO TARA WILLIAMSBURG IS A 145 BED LICENSED FACILITY.
WE HAVE 28 EMERGENCY ROOM BEDS.
AND IN YORK COUNTY ITSELF, WE HAVE SEVERAL MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE SEEING RECORD VOLUMES IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS.
UH, THAT HAS BEEN INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR.
BUT SENTARA WILLIAMSBURG ALONE IS SEEING MORE THAN 40,000 PATIENTS A YEAR IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE SERVE A POPULATION, UM, THAT IS OLDER THAN THE AVERAGE IN THE STATE.
SO WE'RE SEEING MORE HIP FRACTURES, UH, ORTHOPEDIC INJURIES, UH, CARDIAC ARRESTS, UH, CURRENTLY LOTS OF FLU, C-O-V-I-D-R-S-V.
UM, BUT THE RE MOST HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN AT RECORD CAPACITY.
UM, SO THAT IS, UM, IMPORTANT TO KNOW AS I GIVE YOU FURTHER UPDATES AS I GO ALONG.
SO OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS SINCE WILLIAMSBURG HAS BECOME A FULL SERVICE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, WE WERE ALWAYS KIND OF A BREAD AND BUTTER GENERAL MEDICINE, UH, CENTER.
BUT WE HAVE BECOME A REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN OUR OWN RIGHT.
UH, AND NOW IF A PATIENT COMES TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT OUR HOSPITAL, THEIR RISK OF BEING TRANSFERRED OUT TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE IS LESS THAN 1.3%.
AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FROM THREE YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN IT REALLY WAS VERY LIKELY THAT IF THERE WERE A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, YOU WOULD BE SENT TO A DIFFERENT HOSPITAL.
UH, PART OF HOW WE DID THAT, UM, IS TO ADD SOME CRITICAL SERVICES THAT WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO RECRUIT BEFORE.
AND I WILL SAY THE PANDEMIC REALLY SLOWED DOWN PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE MORE THAN 30 PHYSICIANS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WHICH IS, UH, A PHENOMENAL IMPROVEMENT.
MOST ARE YOUNGER PHYSICIANS COMING TO PUT ROOTS HERE IN YOUR COUNTY, UH, TO WORK AT OUR HOSPITAL AND GROW OUR SERVICES.
UH, SO THAT'S BEEN PHENOMENAL.
UH, AT THE TOP OF THE LIST HERE, YOU'LL SEE A NEW TERM FOR YOUR COUNTY, AND THAT'S TRAUMA SERVICES.
UH, SENTARA WILLIAMSBURG WILL BE DESIGNATED AS A LEVEL THREE TRAUMA CENTER IN EARLY SUMMER.
UM, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY IS A SECOND ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY THE MEDICINE OF THE FUTURE.
WE'RE GONNA SEE FEWER CUTTING, UH, AND A LOT MORE, UH, WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH SPECIALLY TRAINED RADIOLOGISTS WHO CAN ACTUALLY WORK WITH A NEEDLE AND DO THE SAME THING THAT USED TO BE DONE VIA SURGERY, INCLUDING VERY RAPID STOPPING OF INTERNAL BLEEDING, WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING WE COULD NOT DO EVEN A YEAR AGO AT SENTARA WILLIAMSBURG.
AND SO WE'VE TRULY BECOME A REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN ITS OWN RIGHT, BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF CRITICAL PATIENTS.
UH, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
THE REASON I MADE A POWERPOINT IS THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO IT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU QUESTION, UH, IF SOMETHING'S AVAILABLE, I CAN TELL YOU WITH CONFIDENCE, UH, MORE THAN 99% OF THE TIME I CAN SAY THAT IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTY.
SO THE WAY THAT WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE CURRENTLY, UM, EMPLOYING 1,140, UH, EMPLOYEES JUST IN THE HOSPITAL ITSELF.
UM, ON THE UPPER AND LOWER PENINSULA COMBINED, WE HAVE ANOTHER 5,000 EMPLOYEES.
SO WE ARE GROWING AS A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
UM, OUR HOSPITAL SERVES 250,000 LIVES, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION, UM, EVERY THREE YEARS.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ASKS THAT I'LL, UM, HAVE AT THE END.
UH, WE DO AN ASSESSMENT OF OUR REGION AND OUR AREA, AND WE TRY TO ASCERTAIN WHAT THOSE TOP THREE THINGS ARE THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON AS A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
UM, AND WE WANNA KNOW HOW TO BEST SERVE THOSE 250,000 LIVES.
SENTARA IS AN INTEGRATED DELIVERY NETWORK, SO WE ALSO HAVE HEALTH PLANS.
IN FACT, WE HAVE 40% OF THE STATE'S MEDICAID POPULATION.
SO WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DATA AROUND HOW PEOPLE UTILIZE HEALTHCARE, UM, WHAT THE POVERTY LEVEL LOOKS LIKE IN SEVERAL REGIONS, AND HOW WE, UH, HELP ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
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HAS, UH, TRADITIONALLY DELIVERED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND 800 BABIES.WE ARE AT 800 BABIES THIS YEAR.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING 1100 BABIES NEXT YEAR.
SO, SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN OUR YOUNG POPULATION.
UM, I CANNOT GET ENOUGH PEDIATRICIANS HERE THE MINUTE I HIRE ONE, I NEED TO HIRE THE NEXT ONE.
WE HAVE A VERY LARGE PEDIATRIC POPULATION, UH, IN OUR COUNTY.
UH, LAST YEAR, 37,000 ED VISITS.
THIS YEAR WE ANTICIPATE 40,000.
WE DO 9,000 HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS ANNUALLY.
UH, WE ONLY ADMIT PATIENTS WHEN THEY'RE CRITICALLY ILL.
WE TRY TO TREAT PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY.
WE TRY TO TREAT THEM IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO 9,000 ADMISSIONS IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
YOU HAVE TO BE PRETTY SICK NOWADAYS TO GET ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL.
16% OF OUR PATIENTS NOW ARE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
WE'RE SEEING A DEFINITE INCREASE IN SELF-PAY.
ABOUT 7% OF OUR PATIENTS CANNOT PAY US AT ALL.
UH, AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM THREE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS AROUND THREE OR 4%.
UM, SO THAT IS A INCREASING, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH MEDICAID REALLOCATION AND PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR MEDICAID NO LONGER QUALIFIED WHEN THEY HAD TO SIGN BACK UP.
UH, SENTARA OFFSETS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, ARE NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES THROUGH GRANT FUNDING.
SO WE PARTNER, UM, WITH MANY DIFFERENT, UH, NOT-FOR-PROFITS IN THE ORGANIZATION.
THERE ARE 21 IN PARTICULAR, UH, THAT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THAT HELP US ADDRESS THINGS LIKE ADDICTION, MENTAL HEALTH REC, RECIDIVISM FOR PRISONERS COMING OUT OF FEDERAL PRISON WHO ARE COMING BACK INTO OUR COUNTY.
UM, AND SO WE PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT THROUGH OUR GRANTS.
AND LAST YEAR, SENTARA PUT MORE THAN $260 MILLION INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE ARE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, THIS IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
UM, WE ARE REALLY ON THE MAP AS NOT JUST A HOSPITAL THAT CARES ABOUT ITS PATIENTS AND HAS FULL SERVICE CARE, BUT WE ARE AN AWARD-WINNING HOSPITAL.
UM, AND THIS, UH, YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME WE WERE NAMED BY NEWSWEEK AS ONE OF THE BEST HOSPITALS IN THE WORLD.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT.
UH, WE WERE RECENTLY NAMED BEST IN STATE.
WE'RE IN THE TOP 13 IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
UH, WE HAVE THE WOMEN'S CHOICE AWARD.
WE WERE NAMED BEST MATERNITY HOSPITAL IN THE STATE.
UH, WE'VE WON THE HEALTHGRADES PATIENT SAFETY AWARD.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE WON THAT.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT MORE THAN 80% OF OUR PATIENTS RATED AS A NINE OR A 10 IN THEIR CARE.
SO WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT AND JUST LEARNED.
WE ALSO WON HEALTHGRADES PATIENT, UH, SAFETY AWARD, WHICH IS ANOTHER, UH, SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT.
AND THEN LEAPFROG, WHICH IS A ORGANIZATION THAT RANKS HOSPITALS NATIONALLY EVERY THREE MONTHS, HAS RATED AS AN A FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS STRAIGHT WITHOUT ANY BREAKS IN THAT.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE HOSPITAL? THAT'S NEW.
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT THEM AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WE KNEW ABOUT THAT ALREADY.
UM, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT USED TO BE, UH, SENT OUT TO RICHMOND IS A TECHNOLOGICAL CALLED SHOCKWAVE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP RIGHT, UH, THAT IS A, A, A BLOOD VESSEL.
UM, WE CAN NOW ACTUALLY USE ULTRASOUND WAVES TO BREAK UP CARDIAC DEPOSITS, UH, THAT ARE CLOGGING PEOPLE'S ARTERIES, CAUSING THEM, UH, A HEART ATTACK.
IT'S DONE OUTPATIENT, AND WE CAN COMPLETELY CLEAR THOSE BLOCKAGES AND SEND PATIENTS HOME.
THAT HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
IT USED TO HAVE TO HAPPEN IN A LARGER CENTER AND BE A SIGNIFICANT BURDEN FOR FOLKS.
AND NOW THEY CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE ADDED A TELES SITTING HUB.
WE ACTUALLY SERVE AS THE REGIONAL HUB FOR TELES SITTING.
THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN ROLL A CAMERA IN ANY PATIENT ROOM IF SOMEONE'S AT RISK OF FALLING.
IF WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THEY'RE USING SUBSTANCES, UH, ANY CONCERN AT ALL, WE NOW ARE ABLE TO WATCH THOSE PATIENTS AND SAFEGUARD THEM.
I INVITE ANY OF YOU TO COME AND LOOK AT THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING.
UH, THE FOLKS IN THAT ROOM, AND THAT'S THAT MIDDLE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT, UM, CAN SEE IF SOMEBODY'S READY TO FALL IMMEDIATELY ALERT THEIR NURSE AND PREVENT THOSE INJURIES FROM HAPPENING.
UM, THE PATIENTS ACTUALLY BOND WITH THEM.
THEY KNOW THEIR NAME, PARTICULARLY CONFUSED PATIENTS.
UH, WE WERE RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, UH, FOR OUR WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH SEVERE DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S.
UH, THESE FOLKS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN LEAVE AND THAT THEIR LOVED ONES ARE, ARE COMPLETELY WATCHED IN A STATE OF PRIVACY WHILE THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL.
UH, AND THEY FEEL THAT THEY CAN GET A BREAK, UH, AND TRUST THAT A SET OF EYES IS ALWAYS ON THOSE LOVED ONES.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE LEFT.
WE WERE NAMED THE FIRST SENSORY INCLUSIVE CERTIFIED HOSPITAL IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA LAST YEAR.
AND THAT MEANS FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM OR PEOPLE WITH, UH, SEVERE DEMENTIA ISSUES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEPARATE ROOMS AND SPACES THAT HELP THEM STAY CALM AND EXPERIENCE THEIR CARE IN A VERY RESPECTFUL SETTING.
WE CAN EVEN DRAW BLOOD IN THOSE SPACES FOR CHILDREN SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BACK, UH, INTO THE GENERAL SPACES IN THE HOSPITAL.
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THING WE'VE ADDED THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO URGE YOU, UH, TO KEEP IN YOUR MIND.UM, I SPOKE TO SEVERAL PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY AND SAID, WHAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? AND CERTAINLY HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT ADULT CONTINENCE ROOMS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN MOST PLACES IN THE COUNTY, MUCH LESS IN THE HOSPITAL.
AND THAT MEANS IF THERE'S AN ADULT WHO'S DISABLED OR AN ADULT WHO HAS CONTINENCE ISSUES, UM, THAT THERE'S A SPECIAL ROOM WHERE YOU CAN CHANGE THOSE PATIENTS WITH DIGNITY WITHOUT INJURING YOUR BACK.
AND SO WE HAVE INSTALLED THOSE AT THE HOSPITAL AS WELL.
THAT IS A HUGE CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S AN INEXPENSIVE THING TO DO.
UH, THIS DOES NOT COST MORE THAN $2,000 TO INSTALL IN A BATHROOM, AND WE HOPE TO SEE THOSE EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTY.
UM, IF IT'S NOT THERE, PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR LOVED ONES ON THE FLOOR OF THE BATHROOM, OFTEN AN OPPOSITE GENDER BATHROOM, UM, TO CHANGE THEM.
AND SO REALLY URGING THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT OUR DISABLED, UM, FRIENDS IN THE AREA.
UM, YOU ALSO SEE OUR 3D MAMMOGRAM BUS.
WE ARE ADDING ONE JUST FOR OUR AREA, UH, THAT WILL BE HERE IN EARLY JUNE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BRING MORE ACCESS TO MAMMOGRAPHY, UH, INTO OUR COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE HOSPITAL.
BREAST CANCER IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE DIAGNOSED CANCER IN OUR AREA.
UH, AND THE NUMBER ONE CHRONIC DISEASE IS CARDIAC DISEASE.
SO, UM, LOTS OF WORK AROUND THAT.
UM, ROBOTICS, WE ADDED A ROBOT TWO YEARS AGO.
WE ARE NOW, UH, THE ONLY MINIMALLY INVASIVE GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL SITE OUTSIDE OF VIRGINIA BEACH.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING PATIENTS TRAVEL ALL THE WAY FROM RICHMOND NOW INTO THE AREA TO GET THIS MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY DONE.
IT'S DONE BY OUR EVMS COLLEAGUES WHO ARE NOW BASED HERE IN YORK COUNTY WITH US, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AS WELL.
WE ARE ONE OF ONLY TWO AGE-FRIENDLY HOSPITALS IN THE STATE, AND WE HAVE EARNED LEVEL TWO.
UH, THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE SPECIALIZED IN THE CARE OF THE ELDERLY.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER ONE IS A TRAUMA HOSPITAL RUN BY INOVA IN NORTHERN, UM, VIRGINIA.
AND WE ARE THE ONLY GOLD LEVEL GERIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
UM, WE ARE THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A PEDIATRIC, A CHILD ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL BETWEEN RICHMOND AND NORFOLK.
WE'RE THE ONLY HOSPITAL THAT CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE THE ONLY HOSPITAL WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A BABY AND HAVE YOUR BABY CARED FOR EMERGENTLY BETWEEN RICHMOND AND NEWPORT NEWS.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
WHAT WE HAVE ADDED, AND THIS IS, UH, PART OF WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, IS 24 HOUR IN-HOUSE OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGIC SURGEONS.
UH, THEY STARTED AT THE END OF AUGUST AND IN TWO MONTHS, UH, ACTUALLY ON MARCH 18TH, WE'LL BE OPENING ANOTHER EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC FOR OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC EMERGENCIES THAT IS, UH, ABSOLUTELY NEEDED IN OUR AREA.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT, UM, FINDING ACCESS TO PRENATAL CARE OR CANNOT AFFORD PRENATAL CARE.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO EMERGENT HELP, UH, WHEN ANY MOM, UM, OR WOMAN SHOWS UP WITH ANY EMERGENCY, UM, ANYWHERE IN OUR AREA.
SO WE WILL SERVE AS THE REGION'S OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TRAUMA THREE.
UM, WE INTERNALLY LAUNCHED THAT.
WE, UH, RECRUITED, UH, TOOK 10 YEARS TO FIND A TRAUMA SURGEON.
WE FOUND ONE FROM CLEVELAND CLINIC.
UH, DR. TAYLOR WALSH JOINED US.
HE WAS SIX YEARS OUT, UH, AND HAS NOW PUT ROOTS DOWN HERE.
OUR INTERNAL LAUNCH WAS IN NOVEMBER.
IT MEANS THAT WE CAN GO FOR, UH, OUR FORMAL DESIGNATION IN EARLY SUMMER, AND WE WILL BE A LEVEL THREE TRAUMA CENTER.
UH, THAT WILL COME PROBABLY WITH INCREASED EMS TRAFFIC, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE'LL BE THAT REGIONAL HUB.
UH, MR. HORO, UH, MR. SNELL, YOU'VE BOTH BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ME KIND OF THINK THROUGH THAT VISIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY.
SENTARA HAS TAKEN THAT FIRST STEP.
WE'RE CHANGING OUR INTERNAL SIGNAGE, SO IT'S EAS MORE EASILY VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD, SAME SIZE, A LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER COLOR, SO IT'S MORE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE AND WE'RE, IT'S MORE CLEAR TO SEE FROM THE ROAD WHERE YOU NEED TO TURN AND GO.
UM, BASED ON YOUR GUIDANCE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT UNDERBRUSH CLEARANCE TO REALLY GET SOME VISIBILITY.
SAME FOR OUR HELICOPTER ACCESS, OUR, UM, AIR TRANSPORT FOR EMERGENCIES AND, AND INCOMING TRAUMAS AS WELL.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND YOUR ONGOING LISTENING EAR AND HELPING US RESOLVE THOSE VISIBILITY ISSUES.
UM, AND LASTLY, MY ASK TONIGHT IS THAT LAST BULLET, IT'S THE CHNA OR WHAT WE LOVINGLY CALLED ITNA.
IT'S THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
IT HAS OPENED AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE THAT SURVEY.
YOU CAN FIND IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, FROM US, FROM RIVERSIDE, FROM ALL OF OUR NOT-FOR-PROFIT PARTNERS IN THE REGION.
UH, THIS IS HOW WE KNOW WHAT THE PRESSING ISSUES ARE IN COMMUNITY.
THREE YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN WE GOT THE RESULTS RIGHT AFTER THE PANDEMIC, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SOARED TO THE TOP.
THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE HERE IN OUR AREA.
UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT NOW WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND HOW WE CAN BEST INTERCEPT, PREVENT, UH, TREAT PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY,
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UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT LEVEL OF CARE.UM, THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE NOTICING ARE CHRONIC DISEASE, HEART DISEASE, KIDNEY DISEASE, ARE COMING OUT ON TOP.
AND THEN LASTLY ARE THE, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE VIOLENCE, THEY ARE SUICIDE PREVENTION, CHILDHOOD OBESITY.
AND WE SEE THOSE THINGS COME THROUGH JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR.
THEY TEND TO STAY STEADY, BUT WE'RE HOPING FOR LOTS OF PARTICIPATION SO THAT WE GET A REALLY GOOD VIEWPOINT OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK THOSE ISSUES ARE TODAY, UH, SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE CAN BE MOST SUPPORTIVE.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
UM, AND I CAN OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, TOM? NO.
AGAIN, WHAT'S THE, UH, ACRONYM? CH HNA STAND FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
C UM, THE CURRENT ONE IS VERY EASY TO ACCESS.
ALL HOSPITALS, UH, THAT ARE NOT-FOR-PROFIT, HAVE THEM ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, SO YOU CAN GO TO ANY OF OUR LOCAL NOT-FOR-PROFITS, AND THEY, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO POST IT.
UM, AND YOU CAN EASILY FIND IT.
YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
IT ACTUALLY TRACKS, UM, WHERE THOSE AT RISK POPULATIONS ARE, AND IT'S EXTREMELY RESOURCEFUL.
UH, ONCE WE GET THE RESULTS OF THIS CURRENT ONE, AND WE'RE HOPING FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND RESPONSES, I ALWAYS HOST THAT AT THE HOSPITAL.
AND I GIVE A FULL DEBRIEF OF WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED.
AND I'LL BE SURE TO ISSUE AN INVITATION TO THE BOARD IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING.
SO YOUR WEBSITE IS WHAT? SENTARA HEALTH.COM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
UM, SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SUCH A, SUCH A, UM, ESTABLISHED AND WE'LL, UM, APPOINTED, UH, HOSPITAL AS PART OF OUR YORK COUNTY'S HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO VERY HAPPY THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE TO, TO BUILD THAT OUT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, AN IDEA OF THE, UM, BREAKDOWN OF THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE BEING IN WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YORK COUNTY VERSUS JAMES CITY COUNTY VERSUS WILLIAMSBURG VERSUS RICHMOND? I'M KIND OF CURIOUS WHERE, WHERE YOU PULL, WHERE YOU PULL FROM.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS IN MY HEAD.
IF YOU ASK ME ABOUT THEIR INSURANCES, I COULD PROBABLY RATTLE THAT OFF FOR YOU.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, UH, LOCALLY OR WITHIN ABOUT 30 MILES OF OUR HOSPITAL.
BUT WE SEE PATIENTS FROM EVERYWHERE.
NORTHERN NECK, MIDDLE NECK, GLOUCESTER, NEW KENT, UM, ALL THE WAY TO RICHMOND.
UM, AND THEN ALL THE WAY EAST EASTERN NEWPORT NEWS.
UM, IT IS A PRETTY LARGE REGION.
AND THENA, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT DEFINES THAT AREA AND THE WAY WE DEFINE OUR AREAS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE KNOW OUR PATIENTS ARE COMING FROM OR WHERE WE'RE THE ONLY OR CLOSEST REGIONAL ACCESS.
SO SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS A BIT MORE ON THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE SEE FROM DIFFERENT AREAS.
THE BREAD AND BUTTER STUFF, YOU KNOW, STOP MY TOE OR YOUR BREAK A LEG TENDS TO BE MORE LOCAL.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE WILLIAM AND MARY STUDENT POPULATION AS WELL.
UM, AND WE GET THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC.
SO BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT ON 64, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO THE BEACH OR BUSH GARDENS OR TOURIST SEASON, WE SEE QUITE A FEW UM, HIGHWAY TRAUMAS OKAY.
AND SECOND QUESTION, TELEMEDICINE.
SO HAVE YOU BEEN EXPANDING THAT? WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR FORECAST FOR THAT ROADMAP? SO INTERESTING IS THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD TO RELY ON IT.
UH, AND THE STATE REGULATIONS CHANGED IN HOW WE COULD BUILD FOR THAT AND USE THAT.
BUT WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT, UH, GO AROUND OF THE LAST COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESS IS PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TELEMEDICINE.
THEY WANT A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR PHYSICIANS.
UM, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR PHYSICIANS FEEL THE SAME WAY.
THEY MISS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR PATIENTS.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO THINK THROUGH WHERE TELEMEDICINE IS HELPFUL, UM, WHERE IT IS LIFE SAVING, AND WHERE WE CAN BEST USE IT, AND IN WHAT INSTANCES WE REALLY NEED TO GET PEOPLE IN PERSON.
UM, SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE USING TELEMEDICINE IN TWO VERY SIGNIFICANT WAYS CURRENTLY.
ONE IS AN IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO PSYCHIATRIC HELP IN A PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY.
IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT PSYCHIATRISTS.
IF SOMEONE COMES IN WITH A PSYCHIATRIC CRISIS, THEY HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO SOMEBODY VIRTUALLY WHO CAN DIAGNOSE, TREAT VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND THAT HAS BEEN PIVOTAL CHANGE FOR US BECAUSE IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET SOMEONE WHO COULD DRIVE TO WILLIAMSBURG AND DO THAT IN PERSON.
THE SECOND WAY WE DO THAT IS IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OWN FLAGSHIP HOSPITAL IN NORFOLK, NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR REALLY CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WHO NEED A HIGHER LEVEL OF STROKE CARE OR NEUROLOGIC CARE.
SO IF SOMEBODY COMES INTO OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH SYMPTOMS OF SIGNIFICANT STROKE, THEY GET OUR TOP PHYSICIANS AT NORFOLK GENERAL IMMEDIATELY IN VISUAL ACCESS, EVEN WHILE THEY'RE GOING INTO THAT CT OR MRI SCAN.
UH, AND THAT HAS BEEN, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING LIVES, UH, IN OUR AREA.
SO WE UTILIZE THAT WHEN WE HAVE A LOW BANDWIDTH OF PHYSICIANS AND WE WANNA USE THEM TOO, AND WE GET THE SAME LEVEL OF CARE AS YOU GET IN
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OUR FLAGSHIP.IT IS GOOD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE USING AS A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX AND NOT AS THE TOOL.
SO WE DO NOT, WE DO HEAR FROM PATIENTS FOR QUICK FOLLOW UP VISITS.
THEY'RE PERFECTLY FINE WITH THAT.
BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT TECHNOLOGY IS STILL CHALLENGING FOR THEM OR THAT THEY DISTRUST IT IN SOME WAY.
SO WE'VE MADE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO IT, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A PATHWAY TO SEE SOMEBODY IN PERSON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION BEING HERE.
I WILL SAY, UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT YOUR HOSPITAL'S DOING, AND SO I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DRIVING THAT TRAIN AND, UH, SO YOU MUST BE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I ONLY HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
IS THAT LIKE PLAQUE IN YOUR ARTERIES, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? YES, IT IS LIKE PLAQUE IN YOUR ARTERIES, EXCEPT IT SITS IN THE WALL, UM, OF YOUR ARTERIES.
AND SO IT, IT BUSTS, IT, IT CONSTRICT.
SO AS CALCIUM DEPOSITS BUILD UP, IT HELP, IT CONSTRICTS THOSE ARTERIES.
AND IN THE PAST, WHAT WE HAD TO DO IS GO IN WITH A DEVICE INSIDE THE BLOOD VESSEL AND KIND OF MOVE IT AROUND AND IT, RIGHT, IT CAUSED BLEEDING AND IT COULD OPEN THAT UP.
UM, AND THAT IN ITSELF COULD ALSO CAUSE INFLAMMATION AND OTHER DOWNSTREAM ISSUES.
NOW THIS LITTLE GUIDE GOES IN THAT ARTERY AND IT EMITS ONLY SOUND WAVES AND IT BREAKS EVERYTHING UP IN THAT WALL.
UH, WITHOUT ANY BLEEDING AT ALL OR ANY TRAUMA TO THE VESSELS.
AND IT'S PAINLESS FOR THE PATIENT.
YOU'RE AWAKE, UH, WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD INVITE ANY OF YOU, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS TECHNOLOGY OR WOULD JUST LIKE THAT BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR AND SEE HOW HEAVILY WE USE TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE TO PLEASE COME AND VISIT.
DR. PRICE, UH, YOU IMPRESSED ME WITH YOUR DISCUSSION ON STROKE PATIENTS.
UH, WHEN, WHEN, UM, WHEN I'VE VISITED THE HOSPITAL, IT, IT IS BASICALLY THE ONLY PLACE IN THIS REGION YOU CAN GO FOR RECOVERY FROM STROKE.
DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT AT ALL? YES.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
WE'RE THE ONLY HOSPITAL YOU CAN COME FOR A HEART ATTACK, UM, BETWEEN RICHMOND AND NEWPORT NEWS, AND IT'S THE ONLY INPATIENT REHABILITATION FOR STROKE PATIENTS IN THE AREA AS WELL.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED INPATIENT UNIT.
WE SEE PATIENTS FROM EVERYWHERE.
THEY COME FROM RICHMOND, UM, AND OTHER PLACES FOR THAT REHABILITATION.
UM, AND WE HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM OF PHYSICAL THERAPISTS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MAKESHIFT CAR SO PEOPLE CAN RELEARN TO DRIVE, UM, IN OUR, UH, REHAB LABS, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO HOME AND BE INDEPENDENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
AND I'VE SEEN THE PICTURE OF SUPERWOMAN
AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT WAS VERY ILLUSTRATIVE TO WHAT GOES ON.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE HOSPITAL STARTED AND YOU'VE JUST GROWN AND GROWN AND GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH A LOT WITH THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE'VE PROVIDED.
IT'S AN HONOR FOR US TO CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
[4. Budget Mid-Year Review*. Receive presentation from Susan Goodwin, Assistant County Administrator. ]
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE SUSAN GOODWIN, OUR ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, WHO WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE MIDYEAR BUDGET REVIEW.UH, TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE SHARING WITH YOU A MIDYEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST.
IT'S GONNA BE PRI FOCUSED ON THE GENERAL FUND.
OH, SUSAN, PLEASE USE THE MICROPHONE.
IT'LL BE FOCUSED ON THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY OPERATING FUND OF THE COUNTY.
FINANCE STAFF CONTINUALLY MONITORS THE BUDGET, UH, TO DETERMINE IF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE TRENDING, AS WE WOULD EXPECT, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE YEAR AS NECESSARY.
AND THIS MONITORING COMES IN SEVERAL FORMS. SO WHETHER IT'S LOOKING AT, UM, UH, MONTHLY REVENUE COLLECTIONS, UH, BIWEEKLY OR MONTHLY EXPENDITURES OR SYSTEM CONTROLS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T OVER EXPEND THE BUDGET WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
UM, THIS MONITORING, OF COURSE, ASSISTS US WITH LOTS OF THINGS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR LONG-TERM PLANNING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, AS WELL AS DEVELOPING OUR FUTURE YEAR OF BUDGET.
AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, WE'RE ABOUT SIX MONTHS IN, WE HAVE ENOUGH FINANCIAL DATA TO, TO BE ABLE TO PROJECT WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GONNA END THE, THE FY 25 BUDGET YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
SO THE GENERAL FUND HAS OVER 200 INDIVIDUAL REVENUE LINE ITEMS. UM, BUT THE KEY ONES ARE LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE, AND THEY MAKE UP 89% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
THE REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, OF COURSE, ARE THE BIG, THE BIG ONES.
UM, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT THE STATE ALLOWS THE COUNTY TO CONTROL.
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SO HERE I'M SHOWING A SLIDE FOR, UH, REAL, REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE FOR 21 THROUGH 24.AND THAT'S OUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
AND THEN THE LIGHTEST BLUE SHOWS YOU WHAT OUR PROJECTION IS TO FINISH THIS YEAR AT.
SO FOR, UM, FY 25, WE EXPECT, UH, REVENUE, UH, TO FALL SHORT OF THE BUDGET BY $2.6 MILLION FOR REAL ESTATE.
NOW WE DO COLLECT REAL ESTATE REVENUE AND IN DECEMBER AND IN JUNE, SO WE HAVE FIRST HALF COLLECTIONS.
NOW THAT WE'VE BASED THAT, THAT ESTIMATE ON THAT, UH, PROJECTION, UM, IS PICKING UP ON, UH, LESS THAN EXPECTED GROWTH FOR THE YEAR, UM, AS WELL AS A HIGHER, UM, VETERANS, UH, DISABLED VETERANS EXEMPTION.
SO I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.
SO SINCE 2011, WHEN THE JOURNAL ASSEMBLY, UM, ENACTED THE DISABLED VETERAN, UH, TAX RELIEF PROGRAM, OUR, OUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM HERE IN THE COUNTY HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
IN 2011, THE ANNUAL, UH, EXEMPTION AMOUNT WAS $172,000.
IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, IT'S GROWN BY $1.2 MILLION, AND AT $4 MILLION FOR 2024, THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 3 CENTS ON THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN UNFUNDED STATE MANDATE, AND SO WE REALLY HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THIS BECAUSE YORK COUNTY HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST, UM, CONCENTRATIONS OF VETERANS IN OUR COUNTY.
UM, SO WE DO EXPECT THAT THIS TAX RELIEF, UM, EXEMPTION PROGRAM IS GOING TO GROW.
AND OF COURSE, THAT IS AN IMPACT ON OUR, ON OUR REVENUE.
HERE YOU CAN SEE PERSONAL PROPERTY ATTACKS, UM, COLLECTIONS FOR THE LAST, UH, UH, FOUR YEARS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR BUDGET AND OUR ESTIMATE, LIKE REAL ESTATE, WE COLLECT THIS TWICE A YEAR.
SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GONNA FINISH THE YEAR AT.
UM, AND WE ARE EXPECTING THIS TO BE ON BUDGET, A LITTLE OVER BUDGET, ABOUT $250,000.
SO A LITTLE OF A BIT OF A SURPLUS THERE.
UH, SO THIS IS OUR PUBLIC SERVICE CORP REVENUE STREAM.
UH, THIS IS, UM, A, UH, REVENUE ON, UM, UTILITY COMPANIES, UH, THINKING POWER, GAS, TELECOM, COMMUNICATION COMPANIES.
THE STATE ACTUALLY DOES THE ASSESSMENT FOR THESE PROPERTIES, NOT THE COUNTY.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, IN 24, UH, IN 23 TO 24, THERE WAS A PRETTY BIG DECREASE IN WHAT THOSE ASSESSMENTS, UH, WERE.
AND ACCORDINGLY, THE REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
WE FACTORED IN A SIMILAR TREND FOR 25.
BUT THE, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS WHEN WE RECEIVED THE ASSESSMENT FROM THE STATE IN SEPTEMBER, IT WAS MUCH HIGHER.
UM, AND SO WE EXPECT TO FINISH THE YEAR $1.6 MILLION ABOVE OUR BUDGET, UM, IN THIS CATEGORY.
NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE OTHER LOCAL TAXES, CATEGORY OF REVENUE.
THIS IS OUR MOST CONSUMER SENSITIVE, UH, REVENUE SOURCES.
AND I'VE JUST LISTED HERE THAT THE TYPES THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT AND, UH, WHAT THE STATE CODE, UM, AUTHORIZATION IS FOR US TO COLLECT THOSE.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS SALES TAX.
UM, THE STATE COLLECTS 6% SALES TAX AND 1% IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNTY MONTHLY.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WE ONLY HAVE COLLECTIONS THROUGH OCTOBER, SO WE'RE BASING OUR PROJECTION ON, ON JUST THOSE FEW MONTHS.
BUT BASED ON THE COLLECTIONS SO FAR, WE ARE ESTIMATING TO FINISH SLIGHTLY, UM, BELOW BUDGET FOR 25, ABOUT 215,000 BELOW BUDGET.
NEXT IS THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE TAX.
SO THAT IS, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE 6% TAX, THIS 1%, UH, SALES TAX CHARGED IN WILLIAMSBURG, JAMES CITY COUNTY, YORK COUNTY.
UM, 50% OF THAT REVENUE IS DEPOSITED INTO THE HISTORIC, UH, TRIANGLE MARKETING FUND.
AND THE OTHER 50% IS DEPOSITED HERE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
WE'RE EXPECTING THAT REVENUE STREAM, UM, UH, BUDGET OF $5.9 MILLION TO MEET, UM, FOR 25.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM 21 TO TO 25, WE'VE SEEN A, A SHARP INCREASE HERE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO TELL IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IT'S LEVELED OUT.
UM, THIS MEALS TAX IS 4% CHARGED ON PREPARED FOOD AND BEVERAGES.
UM, 50% OF THAT MEALS TAX COLLECTED WE ALLOCATE TO STORMWATER, SEWER, AND WATER PROJECTS.
AND THE OTHER 50% IS DEPOSIT HERE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THAT'S THE ESTIMATE YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
WE EXPECT TO MEET BUDGET FOR 25.
NEXT WE HAVE THE LODGING TAX REVENUE.
UM, LODGING TAX OF 5% IS CHARGED ON ANY ROOM RENTED FOR, ON A SHORT, SHORT TERM BASIS.
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THAT REVENUE IS EARMARKED FOR TOURISM ACTIVITIES PER STATE CODE.THE REMAINING 40% IS ALLOCATED TO THE GENERAL FUND AS SHOWN HERE.
AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO, TO MEET THE FY 25 BUDGET OF $2 MILLION.
WHAT'D YOU SAY? THE 60% WAS, I'M SORRY, THAT'S ALLOCATED TO THE TOURISM FUND.
UM, NO, I DON'T WANNA GIVE AWAY THE ENDING TOO SOON.
THIS IS BUSINESS LICENSE, UH, REVENUE.
SO WE COLLECT THIS ANNUALLY IN MARCH, AND IT'S BASED ON THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEARS, UH, GROSS RECEIPTS FOR BUSINESSES.
SO WE HAVEN'T STARTED REALLY COLLECTING THIS ONE YET.
UM, BUT BASED ON OUR PROJECTION, UM, OUR, OUR BUDGET WAS BASED, UH, PROJECTED TO REMAIN FLAT FOR THE YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE FROM 24 TO 25 NO CHANGE.
UM, AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE PROJECTING TO RECEIVE, UM, THE BUDGET AT 9.1 MILLION.
SO IN TOTAL FOR GENERAL FUND REVENUE PROJECTION, UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ALL THE AREAS THAT I'VE, I'VE GONE OVER HERE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? FOR 25? WE ARE EXPECTING TO FINISH THE YEAR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE BUDGET WITH ABOUT A $100,000 SURPLUS.
I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY CLOSE, LESS THAN 1% OF OUR, OUR TOTAL BUDGET.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING TO DATE.
OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT THOSE COLLECTIONS AND, AND ADJUST THOSE PROJECTIONS AS WE GO.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE HERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, TO END THE YEAR.
UM, WE'RE PROJECTING A $2.9 MILLION SURPLUS IN TOTAL.
UM, MOST OF THAT RELATES TO PERSONNEL SERVICES, WHICH IS SALARY AND FRINGES.
UM, MOSTLY RELATED TO VACANCIES.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IN TOTAL, WHEN YOU COMBINE THE, THE SMALL REVENUE SURPLUS AND THE EXPENDITURE SURPLUS, IT'S ABOUT $3 MILLION OR 1.6% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET.
AND YOU MAY WONDER HOW THAT COMPARES TO PAST YEARS.
UM, AND SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS, UM, GENERAL FUND SURPLUS HISTORY.
UM, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC AND ALL THE ONE-TIME CARES AND ARPA DOLLARS, OUR SURPLUS WAS HOVERING IN, IN THE FOUR TO $6 MILLION RANGE.
AND IT'S BEEN SLOWLY COMING BACK DOWN TO THAT POINT.
OF COURSE, FOR 25, WE'RE PROJECTING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THAT.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AS WE GET MORE OF THOSE CONSUMER SENSITIVE, UH, REVENUES.
THAT'LL BE A, A, A GOOD INDICATION OF, OF HOW THE ECONOMY'S GOING.
BUT WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT SO FAR, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING AND THAT'S, THIS IS WHAT WE'LL USE AS WE START BUILDING, UH, THE BUDGET FOR 26.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAD, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS, TOM? UM, ANY REAL ESTATE TAXES? UH, YOU SAID WE'RE ABOUT $2.6 MILLION SHORT WHAT YOU PROJECT? YES.
UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE, THAT'S IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET? CURRENT CURRENT BUDGET, YES.
SO HOW ARE WE MAKING, TRYING TO MAKE UP ANY OF THIS? WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO WITH THE REAL ESTATE TAX, UH, COLLECTIONS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, GROWTH ISN'T EXACTLY WHERE WE HAD HOPED IT'D BE DURING THE YEAR.
AND OF ALSO THE EXEMPTION PROGRAM ARE PUTTING A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, A DRAG ON ON THAT REVENUE DOLLAR.
NOW, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT WHERE THIS, UM, THAT REVENUE SOURCE LOOKS LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT RIGHT NOW, NO, WE'RE MAKING IT UP IN THE OTHER LINE ITEMS. THE BIG ONE IS, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS.
SO THOSE UTILITY COMPANIES WERE THAT, THAT REVENUE ESTIMATE ALONE IS $1.6 MILLION SURPLUS.
SO THAT OFFSETS A LOT OF THE REAL ESTATE ON RESIDENTIAL ON IN THE OTHER CATEGORIES.
SO, UH, LET'S GO OVER TO DISABLED VETS TAX RELIEF.
IS THIS ALL STATE DRIVEN? YES.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOTHING THAT WE ARE DOING.
IT IS A UNFUNDED STATE MANDATE.
AND SO IF, IF THE, IF THE, UM, RESIDENT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE PROGRAM, UM, THEY HAVE TO BE TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED.
UH, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A TOTAL EXEMPTION ON REAL ESTATE TAX.
AND THEN SALES TAX REVENUE, THAT'S 250,000 SHORT? YES.
WHAT'S THE 250,000? DO YOU HAVE ANY, I I MEAN, IT'S ONLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION.
AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE REALLY BASING IT ON, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIONS THROUGH OCTOBER BECAUSE THE STATE COLLECTS IT AND THEN RETURNS OUR PORTION TO US.
AND SO WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MONTHS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO PROJECT THIS ON.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT LAST YEAR AND HOW THINGS
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ARE CYCLICAL AND WHEN WE GET MORE REVENUE AROUND DECEMBER OR JUNE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE.
SO IN TOTAL, THE, UH, GENERAL FUND PROJECTIONS BASED ON THE, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU'RE SHOWING IT DOWN TO BASICALLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TOTAL REVENUE? YES.
THAT'S, YEAH, THAT IS VERY CLOSE.
I MEAN, NORMALLY WE HAVE A COUPLE MILLION MM-HMM
UM, WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL, BUT THIS, SO THAT, THAT AFFECTS ANY THINGS THAT WE TRANSFER.
DOES THIS, DOES THIS, UH, HOW'S THE SCHOOLS GONNA TIE INTO THIS? 'CAUSE WE NORMALLY TRANSFER MONEY BACK TO THEM FOR THEIR, THEIR PROGRAMS ON BUSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WELL, THAT'LL RELATE TO THEIR SUB SURPLUS.
SO THEY'LL COME TO US AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND IF THEY'VE HAD A SURPLUS AND THEY'RE OPERATING, UM, OF THE BUDGET WE'VE APPROVED FOR THEM, THEN THEY'LL BRING THOSE REQUESTS BACK TO US AND THEN WE CAN REAPPROPRIATE IT FOR THEIR USE.
SO HOW DOES THIS REFLECT OVER INTO THE, THE CIP? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO PART OF OUR CIP IF YOU'LL REMEMBER FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT, UH, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR GAVE IN DECEMBER, IT SHOWS THE FUNDING SOURCES.
AND ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES IS JUST WHAT WE ROUTINELY, UM, BUDGET IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, YOU KNOW, FOUR TO $5 MILLION.
BUT ANOTHER SOURCE IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO HAVE AVAILABLE IN SURPLUS TO FUND THE CAPITAL PLAN.
AND SO THIS PROJECTION DOES IMPACT WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT HAVING AVAILABLE TO PUT OVER IN THE CAPITAL PLAN OVER AND ABOVE THE, THE REGULAR ALLOCATION IN THE BUDGET.
UM, SO WHAT WE DO HAVE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT.
SO, SO AFTER, ARE YOU SAYING ALL THIS, I, WHAT I GET A LITTLE CONFUSED ON HERE IS A PROJECTED FY 25 SURPLUS IS $3 MILLION.
I MEAN, YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, IF I LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND PROJECTION, IT'S A HUNDRED.
IT'S BA BASICALLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO WHERE IS THIS 2,900,000 COMING FROM? THAT'S FOR THE PROJECTED FY 25 SURPLUS.
THAT'S ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
SO WE EXPECT TO SAVE, UM, $2.9 MILLION OR BE UNDER BUDGET ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
AND WE'RE NOT SPENDING ALL THE MONEY WE HAD BUDGETED.
BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE A SUR DO WE HAVE, DO WE, IS THAT REALLY A SURPLUS? IT IS.
AND, AND WHEN WE TALK IN TERMS OF SURPLUS, THE SLIDE I SHOWED YOU WITH THE HISTORY, THAT'S TOTAL SURPLUS.
SO THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT REVENUES, UM, SURPLUSES, UH, WHICH WE, YOU KNOW, THE TRUE TERM OF SURPLUS AND THEN EXPENDITURE SAVINGS.
BUT THAT DOES ADD TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
SO BOTTOM LINE ON ALL THIS $3 MILLION? YES.
SO, UM, THEN THAT WILL GO INTO THE CIP WELL, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT WHEN WE PRESENT THAT OPERATING BUDGET.
I MEAN THE, THE TOTAL BUDGET, WHAT I DON'T WANT US TO DO, I MEAN, I'M, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED WITH THE CIPI MEAN, ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, IS I DON'T WANT TO HAVE OUR GOVERNMENT END UP, UH, LIKE SOME OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND US WHO AFRAID TO ADDRESS ISSUES AND THEY JUST TAKE THEIR, THEIR CIP PROJECTS AND JUST KEEP PUSHING 'EM OUT, PUSHING 'EM OUT UNTIL, LIKE, UNTIL A ROOF COLLAPSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND AT THAT TIME, IT ENDS UP COSTING US MORE MONEY AND DOES A TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO OUR PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE WATER.
THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF RICHMOND
SO WE DON'T WANT, WE, WE AS SITTING UP HERE ARE OBLIGATED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, UH, THAT WE, WE DON'T TRY TO POLITICIZE OUR CIP OR OUR, OUR NEEDS TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO THE NEXT BOARD OR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT CAN RIP NEXT YEAR.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, BRIEFING.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO LOOKING AT YOUR PROJECTIONS, SO IN 2024, REAL ESTATE TAXES WAS 8 85 AND A HALF.
WE'RE PROJECTING, CALL IT 90,000,025.
SUCH A THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE.
I WOULD IMAGINE MOST OF THAT IS FROM NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION.
O OVER THE YEARS SINCE THE, SINCE THE, UH, THERE, THERE HASN'T BEEN A NEW ASSESSMENT IN, IN, IN REAL ESTATE TAXES.
SO, BUT SO THAT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR INCREASES FROM NEW HOME BEING ADDED INTO THE COUNTY FOR THE MOST PART MM-HMM
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION FROM 24 TO 25? YEP.
AND FROM 24 TO ESTIMATE FOR 25, YES.
THAT WAS THE GROWTH THAT WE PUT IN THE BUDGET BASED ON YES.
AND THAT'S MAINLY NEW HOMES AND ASSESSMENTS, NEW HOMES COMING INTO THE COUNTY? YES.
I HAD TO LOOK AT, WHICH WAS THE ASSESSMENT YEAR
LAST YEAR WAS NOT AN ASSESSMENT YEAR.
NOW PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES WAS, UH, $24 MILLION AND 24 AND PROJECTING 23.2.
SO $800,000 DECREASE ESTIMATE.
AND MOST OF THAT PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE COMING FROM MOTOR VEHICLES, CORRECT? YES.
WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS NEW HOMES MEAN NEW PEOPLE.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE WE WOULD'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN VEHICLES IN THE COUNTY AND NOT A DECREASE IN PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES, BUT MAYBE AT LEAST LEVEL, IF NOT AN INCREASE.
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KNOW WHAT'S DRIVING THAT DOWN? WELL, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO FROM 24 TO 25, UM, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN PART OF OUR BUILDING OF THE BUDGET LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE A RATE DECREASE.UM, AND IT WAS BASED ON THE VALUES AT THAT TIME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, AND, AND, AND WE'RE MAKING ESTIMATES FOR THE FUTURE ON, ON NEW PROPERTY THAT'S GONNA BE ADDED, NEW VEHICLES THAT ARE GONNA BE ADDED.
I WILL SAY THAT THE PERSONAL PRO PROPERTY TAX PROGRAM IS ALSO IMPACTED BY THE DISABLED, UM, VETERAN EXEMPTION.
AND SO IF YOU ARE, UH, IF YOU MEET THE CRITERIA, YOUR PRIMARY VEHICLE, UM, IS EXEMPT FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX AS WELL.
SO WE'RE PROTECTING COMING IN $3 MILLION OVER BUDGET.
IS THAT LEVEL OF SURPLUS GONNA BE, GIVE US A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR BOND RATING? UM, WE DO HAVE ANY CONCERNS THERE? NO CONCERNS THERE.
WE STILL MEET OUR FUND BALANCE POLICIES, UM, AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND SO NO CONCERNS FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
IT, IT TO MR. SHEPHERD'S QUESTION, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT AS, AS PART OF THE CIP AND HOW MANY DOLLARS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO, TO PUT OVER INTO THE PLAN.
WAYNE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? THANK YOU.
UH, I MEAN IT'S SEEMS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY RIGHT NOW.
JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THROUGH THE BUDGET THIS NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO THANK YOU.
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS THE UNFUNDED MANDATE.
DO WE SEE ANY PROGRESS WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH DISABLED VETS? WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL AGREE WITH, WITH THE TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE DISABLED VETS.
NOBODY IN IN THE ROOM DISA DISAGREES WITH THAT.
BUT HOW MANY UNFUNDED MANDATES CAN WE CONTINUE TO, TO ABSORB, UH, WITHOUT IT IMPACTING THE REST OF OUR BOTTOM LINE? ANY PROGRESS? ANYTHING WE'RE HEARING? UH, IT, I KNOW IT IS AN INITIATIVE EVERY YEAR THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LETTING, UH, THE STATE KNOW WHAT IMPACT THIS HAS HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
UM, PROGRESS THOUGH, I'M, I'M AFRAID I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT.
IT'S A MUCH BIGGER NUMBER THAN WE WERE EXPECTING.
WE NEED TO GET THAT MESSAGE THROUGH TO RICHMOND.
[CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD]
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS CIN AS CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD.I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP AND IT'S PAM PAU.
MS. PACHE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU NAME AND ADDRESS IN THREE MINUTES.
WATCH FOR THE LIGHT WHEN IT TOWARDS YELLOW.
CUT DOWN TO WHAT YOU WANNA SAY.
I RESIDE AT 1 0 3 KIMBERLY COURT, YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA 2 3 6 1 2 DISTRICT FOUR.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY CONCERN ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDING UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
AT THE LAST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, 2024, TRUMP PROMISED TO CUT IN HALF OUR UTILITY BILLS WITH HIS DRILL BABY DRILL POLICY.
SO IN A FEW YEARS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAVE ON UTILITY COSTS.
OF COURSE, WHEN THE PRICE OF OIL DROPPED IN 2020 DURING COVID FROM LOW DEMAND, TRUMP ASKED OPEC TO SHARPLY REDUCE OUTPUT, ESPECIALLY RUSSIA AND SAUDI ARABIA IN ORDER TO RAISE PRICES IN THE US TO PROTECT THE PROFIT MARGINS OF OUR OWN FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY.
SO A MARKET FLOODED WITH THE NEW PRODUCT WILL RESULT IN LOWER PRICES AND TRUMP WILL AGAIN COME TO THE RESCUE RACING FUEL PRICES.
TRUMP PROTECTS BILLIONAIRES, NOT THE LITTLE GUY.
DON'T EXPECT TO SEEK PROMISED SAVINGS.
THE CONMAN IS STILL CONNING AGAIN.
ON ANOTHER NOTE, I AM SO VERY SORRY THAT NONE OF ONE OF YOU TO MY KNOWLEDGE, HAS ANY CHANCE TO SERVE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS YOU TRULY DON'T MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS OF HIS STANDARDS.
NOT ONE OF YOU HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY OR SERVED TIME IN PRISON, HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OR CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR SEXUAL TRAFFICKING OF MINORS, OR AN ALCOHOLIC, ACCEPTED OR OFFERED BRIBES, BEEN CONVICTED OF FRAUD, REFUSED RENT TO MINORITIES, HIRED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS PER YOURSELF, PERJURED YOURSELVES IN COURTS OF LAW, LIED TO A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE OR REFUSED A LAWFUL SUBPOENA.
STOLEN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS SUCCESSFUL.
UH, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT? OR ARE YOU SPEAKING ON SOMETHING THAT IS LOCAL INTEREST, WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY USE THIS PODIUM FOR? IT'S MY PERSONAL OUTLOOK ON THE CURRENT SITUATION.
ARE YOU SHUTTING ME UP? I THINK YOU'RE FINISHED.
CITIZENS COMES UP HERE UNLESS THEY'RE PROFANE OR DOING SOMETHING TO THAT DELIBERATELY ATTACKS SOME, SOME PERSON,
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THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR THREE MINUTES AND SPEAK.IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY GOT TO SAY, THAT'S TOUGH.
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH CITIZENS.
IT'S OUR, SHE'S A MEMBER OF YORK COUNTY.
ANY CITIZEN UP HERE HAS A RIGHT TO SPEAK.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT AT PUBLIC MEETINGS, PEOPLE HAVE STOOD UP AND READ THE BIBLE.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERHAPS, BUT IT IS THEIR VIEWPOINT AND THEY'RE ENTITLED TO DO IT WHETHER WE AGREE WITH IT OR NOT.
UM, STOLEN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL HUCKSTER GONE BA SIX TIMES, RESULTING IN GREAT LOSSES OF INCOME OR CREDIT TO CREDITORS.
USED YOUR OFFICIAL POSITIONS TO PERSONALLY, FINANCIALLY PROFIT, DESTROYED GOVERNMENT OWNED DOCUMENTS CONSPIRED WITH OUR FOREIGN ADVERSARIES, ALIGNED YOURSELVES WITH WHITE SUPREMACISTS BEEN EMPLOYED BY FOX NEWS, NOR HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED MILLIONS TO PROMOTE AN INSURRECTION OR SUPPORT THOSE WHO INSTIGATED IT.
I THINK YOU BELIEVE IN LAW AND ORDER AND WOULD NEVER CONSIDER LETTING CONVICTED FELONS WHO ASSAULTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OUT OF PRISON BEFORE COMPLETING THEIR SENTENCES.
SOME OF YOU MAY BE SERIAL ADULTERERS, BUT I ADMIT I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE TO THAT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
IF SO, THAT WOULD BE ONE POINT IN YOUR FAVOR.
YOU MAY HAVE SWORN GUILTY TO TRUMP, BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO ENGAGE IN THE SAME ACTIVITIES AS HE AND HIS NOMINEES HAVE DONE, YOU JUST DON'T RISE TO HIS EXACTING AND RIGOROUS STANDARDS.
NOBODY ELSE HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IF THERE'S SOMEONE WHO WOULD CARE TO SPEAK, PLEASE STEP UP.
THIS IS NOT, IS THIS ABOUT BUDGET OR IS THIS GENERAL? GENERAL.
WELL, I APPARENTLY FILLED OUT THE WRONG FORM.
SO MY NAME IS GARY PORTER AND I LIVE IN TAB LAKES SUBDIVISION.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING TONIGHT MYSELF, MY WIFE, AND 24 OTHER MEMBERS OF TAB LAKES WHOSE SIGNATURES I PERSONALLY COLLECTED TO URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 DASH ONE.
IN THE 35 YEARS I'VE LIVED IN YORK COUNTY, IT HAS BEEN FIRST AND FOREMOST A FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
OUR SCHOOLS RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, UH, HISTORIC SITES AND HIGH LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAVE CONSISTENTLY ATTRACTED YOUNG FAMILIES AND WOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO.
IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE LATER? IF SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES ARE ALLOWED TO ESTABLISH NEAR SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, OR RESIDENCES, IT WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY.
SO I WILL THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ADOPTING THIS COMMON SENSE ORDINANCE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD CARE TO SPEAK? SEE NONE.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD.
AND I'M GONNA MOVE TO COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS.
NOTHING TO REPORT THIS EVENING.
[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS AND REQUESTS]
YES, MA'AM.UH, I WOULD, I'LL MAKE THIS VERY QUICK.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, THE WINTER MARKETS HERE IN YORKTOWN WILL START ON FEBRUARY 8TH.
WE'LL HAVE ONE ON FEBRUARY 22ND AND MARCH 15TH.
THESE, UH, MARKETS ARE FROM 10 TO TWO.
THAT'LL ALLOW IT TO WARM UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
IT'LL BE A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE OUT THERE.
THE OTHER COUPLE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU, A LITTLE RECOGNITION FOR SOME OF THE STAFF, UH, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, A PWA, UH, AND THE MID-ATLANTIC CHAPTER IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, WORKED ON.
THE YORK COAST AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ONE, UH, THE BYPASS ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT, THE COUNTRY LANE STREAM RESTORATION.
AND THERE ARE REPAIRS AT THE RIVER WALK LANDING ON THE FLOATING PIERS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT ON ANOTHER NOTE, UH, THAT MS. OLSON WAS RECOGNIZED AS AN IMPACT MAKER, WOMEN LEADING WITH VISION AND HEART BY COASTAL VIRGINIA MAGAZINE.
AND THIS RECOGNITION CELEBRATES WOMEN WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COASTAL COMMUNITY.
AND LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, CAPTAIN JAMES SCRUGGS, OUR DOCK MASTER AND A COUPLE OF HIS COLLEAGUES FROM, UH, FROM OUR DOCK MASTER'S OFFICE, UH, AS THEY WERE, UH, COMING TO WHITE HOUSE COVE MARINA WHILE DOCKING A BOAT, THEY CAME ACROSS THE FIRE AND THEY MANAGED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, CALL THE PCOS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, GET THAT, UH, CLEANED UP.
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MM-HMMSO THEY, THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
VERY CIVIC ORIENTED FOLKS, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THEM.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR? YES, I DO ACTUALLY.
I HAD READ ON THE, UM, CAPTAIN SCRUGGS COMING TO THE RESCUE THERE, SO G GOOD ON HIM.
UH, QUICK QUESTION IN THE READ AHEAD MATERIAL, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THE REPAIR WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO THE ELECTRICAL LEADING DOWN TO THE PIERS AND 'CAUSE THE, I DON'T, I'M NOT QUITE SURE SOMETHING WAS CORRODED, I GUESS A PEDESTAL THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S IN A INACCESSIBLE PLACE FOR INSPECTION? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW I GOT THAT GOT GOT THAT GOT THAT BAD THAT WE HAD TO KINDA SHUT THINGS DOWN.
IS IT IN A BAD SPOT, MR. KRIEGER? EVERYBODY'S RU SOMEBODY, ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK ON IT? OKAY, HERE WE GO.
SO THE ELECTRICAL AND THE PIERS, UM, IT'S KIND OF A MULTI-TASK OR MULTI PICTURE THING.
UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THE PEDESTALS GET SO CORRODED THEY'VE ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WE'VE BEEN REPLACING SOME OF THOSE PEDESTALS.
BUT UPON FURTHER INSPECTION WHEN WE WERE, UM, SETTING THE ANCHORS AND THE CHAIN REPLACEMENT, THEY WERE TAKING ANOTHER LOOK CLOSER, LOOK AT THE PIERS AND THE ELECTRICAL BOX ON THE PIER ITSELF IS CORRODED AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AND REPLACED.
UM, THOSE BOXES ARE 15, 20 YEARS OLD AND THEY'VE JUST LIVED OUT THEIR LIFECYCLE.
AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO SOME TYPE OF ANNUAL, SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW INSPECTION OF THOSE SO WE DON'T GET SURPRISED.
WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK CLOSER, LOOK AT 'EM.
UH, THE PROBLEM IS WITH, WITH SOME OF THESE BOXES THAT WE HAVE NOW, IS WE'RE GONNA TRY TO UPGRADE 'EM TO A, A, A HARDER MARINE, UH, BOX THAT ENCLOSE IT MORE.
AND THEN CODE HAS CHANGED, UH, SOME OVER THE YEARS.
IF THE PIERS WERE BUILT TODAY, THOSE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WOULD NOT BE ACTUALLY ALLOWED ON THE PIER.
THEY'D BE, THEY'D BE PUT ON LAND.
BUT BACK WHEN THE PIERS WERE BUILT, THE CODE WASN'T LIKE THAT.
SO, SO WE GOT OTHER MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF IT, TOM, RIGHT? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO POSTPONE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD AND WE'LL HAVE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
THE MEETING IS BACK IN SE IN SESSION, AND THE FIRST THING WE
[3. Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Public Forum. Receive public comments on the development of the proposed FY2026 Budget. ]
HAVE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IS PUBLIC FORUM ON FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET.AND I'LL CALL HIM MARK BELLAMY FOR THE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA ASK MRS. OWENS TO DO IT.
THAT IS, THAT IS, NO, IT'S ALL GOOD.
UM, TONIGHT BEFORE WE START THE PUBLIC HEARING OR THE THE PUBLIC FORUM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE, UM, YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THE 26TH, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE 26TH BUDGET AND WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
UM, THE FIRST THING IS THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, WE DO START, WHEN WE START TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET, WE DO START WITH THE BOARD STRATEGIC GUIDANCE AND THEIR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
UM, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, SUBMITTED ALL THEIR BUDGETS INTO THE BUDGET OFFICE.
UM, FROM THERE, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, BUDGET STAFF BUDGET COMMITTEE CONDUCT, CONDUCT, UM, OUR BUDGET REVIEW MEETINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
SO THOSE ACTUALLY STARTED TODAY.
THOSE, UM, THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FROM THERE ARE RECONCILED BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.
ONCE WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.
MR. BELLAMY WILL PRESENT THAT TO YOU ALL IN MARCH.
AND FROM THERE WE HAVE OUR LEGAL PUBLIC HEARINGS, BOARD REVIEW, AND THEN ADOPTION IN MAY.
SO WHAT DOES 26 LOOK LIKE? UM, JUST AS SUSAN MENTIONED A LITTLE WHILE AGO, UM, THE REVENUE OUTLOOK IS, IS A LITTLE, A LITTLE SLOW RIGHT NOW.
WE SEE MODEST TO LITTLE GROWTH IN REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
OUR CONSUMER TAXES ARE RUNNING PRETTY FLAT.
SO NEXT YEAR RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOTHING THAT'S TELLING US ANY DIFFERENTLY.
WE DO WANNA MAINTAIN THE TAX RATES.
I THINK THAT'S BEEN A, A BOARD, UM, WISH FOR US.
AND THEN WE ARE SEEING SOME SMALL INCREASES IN STATE REVENUE BASED ON THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET.
UM, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, UM, HERE, THESE ARE THE 25 BUDGETED EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF OUR BUDGET, 67% OR SO OF THE BUDGET IS COUNT IS, UM, SCHOOL AND PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED.
UH, THE REST OF IT, OF THE BUDGET, WHICH IS VERY 30% IS EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE COUNTY.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR EX OUR EXPENDITURE CONSIDERATIONS? SO THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE WANNA CONTINUE TO MEET OUR
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LEGAL AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.OUR POLICIES, LIKE, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY.
WE WANNA MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THEN WE WANNA SHOW AS MUCH SCHOOL SUPPORT AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GIVE AND INVEST IN THE EMPLOYEES.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2026.
NO, NO SPECIAL THINGS COMING UP.
SO, UM, AFTER TONIGHT WE HAVE SOME OTHER IMPORTANT BUDGET DATES.
MARCH 4TH AND APRIL 1ST WE'LL HAVE SOME TYPE OF PRESENTATION IN THE, IN OUR REGULAR WORK SESSIONS THAT Y'ALL NORMALLY HAVE ON MARCH 18TH, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WILL PRESENT HIS PROPOSED BUDGET MARCH 20TH THROUGH 24TH.
THERE'S VARIOUS MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE, UM, THE WEEKS THERE.
THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN, UM, BUDGET WORK SESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT.
ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL WANNA TALK ABOUT, DIG DEEPER, CITIZENS WANNA TALK ABOUT.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE SEVEN MEETINGS, WE'LL HAVE TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
UM, AN ADDITIONAL ONE LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR WHERE WE'RE BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD AND CITIZENS.
WE'RE GONNA DO TWO OF THOSE THIS YEAR.
AND THIS IS ALL AFTER, UM, THE BUDGET HAS BEEN PRESENTED.
WE'LL HAVE OUR LEGAL, UM, PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE ON THE TAX RATES AND THE BUDGET.
AND OF COURSE OUR SCHEDULED ADOPTION ON MAY 6TH.
WE DO WANNA HEAR INPUT FROM OUR CITIZENS.
WE ENCOURAGE IT SEVERAL WAYS TO DO THAT.
UM, EMAIL COMMENTS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS@YORKCOUNTY.GOV.
WE DO HAVE WHAT WE CALL A JOT FORM OUT THERE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THAT IS ON THE WEBSITE.
THE HOTLINE IS ALSO THERE TO CALL AND LEAVE MESSAGES.
AND WHAT WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR IS WE DID LAST YEAR ARE SOME VIDEO SHORTS WHERE WE BASICALLY EXPLAINED SOME OF THE THINGS, SOME QUESTIONS, WE'LL GET THOSE QUESTIONS FROM OUR, FROM THE JOT FORMS. UH, WHERE'S REVENUE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DO THE BUDGET? THAT KIND OF THING.
WE'LL BE OUT THERE BOTH ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND IT'LL BE RERUNNING ON, UM, THE CABLE CHANNELS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
THE, UM, EXPENDITURES, UH, THAT PIE CHART.
SO PIE CHARTS WOULD LOVE PIE CHARTS.
WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH WITH A BIG SLICE OF PIE? 22%.
YOU GOTTA NEED TO DI DIVVY THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THAT, THAT IS MADE UP OF OTHER SERVICE.
THAT'S ABOUT 10 TO 12 DEPARTMENTS IS MADE AT THAT 22.
WHAT ARE THEY? UM, TREASURER, COMMISSIONER, FINANCE, COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR PLANNING.
SO A HUNK OF THOSE IN THERE THOUGH, WE USED TO ADVISE, WE USED TO TAKE THIS PIE CHART MM-HMM
AND IT USED TO BE SMALLER SLICES.
SO PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC JUST SIT THERE AND LOOK AT 22%.
AND IF YOU'RE SITTING THERE AND, AND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT REVENUE, THEY GO, WELL GO IN THE 22% AND START TAKING THAT OUT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND EDUCATION AND WE UNDERSTAND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND, AND, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT 22% SHOWING, WE'RE SHOWING 22%.
THAT'S JUST A, IT'S, IT'S JUST TOO H TWO BIG A HUNK.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT, IT NEEDS MORE INFORMATION IN THERE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TREASURER AND WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE, THESE ARE STATE MANDATED FUNCTIONS.
SO PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HELP PROVIDE ASSETS AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, MONEY TO THESE SAINTS.
BUT WE'RE BEING REQUIRED TO DO THAT, TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE STATE MANDATES.
WE SHOULD TALK, TALK ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES.
BUT, UH, IN FACT THEY'RE, THE, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE.
NOT IN THAT PIECE, BUT THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT UNFUNDED.
WHAT THEY ARE IS A REQUIREMENT BY OUR CITIZENS.
IF WE LOOKED AT A A, I, I ALWAYS LOVE TO USE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
YOU HAVE OVER A HUNDRED DEPUTIES, BUT THE STATE ONLY GIVES US ENOUGH FOR 50.
RIGHT? WELL, WE CAN'T, OUR, OUR CITIZENS ARE NOT GONNA ACCEPT LESS THAN A HUNDRED BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO, TO FIGHT OUR CRIME.
AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT A HIGH LEVEL OF SECURITY.
WELL, IT'S THE SAME THING IN THAT 22%.
THERE'S THINGS IN THERE THAT WE WANT OUR MONEY COLLECTED, WE WANT IT DISPERSED, WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S GOT RIPPED OFF.
AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS IN THERE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC, WHEN THEY COME UP TO US AND START TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WELL WE WANT TAKE THIS OUT, WE WANNA CUT THIS, WELL, WE NEED TO NEED FOR THEM TO TRULY TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THE, IN THESE PIECES OF PIE.
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IS NOT DEFINED WELL ENOUGH.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I MEAN, I, YOU, YOU'VE GOT THAT, YOU ALREADY GOT THAT PRIOR CHART BROKEN OUT.
I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE EARLIER DOCUMENTS FROM THE READ AHEAD, SO IT'S ALREADY THERE.
AND I, I, I AGREE WITH MR. SHEPHERD.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZEN TO STAND.
WE'RE HOW THAT IS ALL DISPERSED BECAUSE THEY'RE LITTLE PIES AND YOU TAKE SOME MONEY AWAY, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA MOVE THE NEEDLE VERY MUCH.
THAT'S WHY YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE BIG SLICES, PUBLIC SAFETY AND EDUCATION, THAT'S GONNA MOVE THE NEEDLE.
BUT WE CAN MORE TO COME AS AS WE PRESENT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY SEPARATE THAT PILE A LITTLE BIT? YEAH.
I THINK A QUESTION, SORRY IT'S NOT A QUESTION.
IT'S REALLY JUST THE NEXT REAL KICKOFF FOR ALL OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS IS A SPECIAL WORKSHOP THAT WE HOLD ON THE 31ST.
THAT'S AND THAT IS A PUBLIC MEETING.
THE BOARD RETREAT IS THE 31ST AND IT IS GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THE BUDGET.
NOW I'LL CALL THE ORDER OF THE PUBLIC FORUM AND OPEN, OPEN IT UP TO THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO LET ME SEE WHERE I START FIRST, WHAT I HAVE ON THE LIST IS SANDFORD WARNER, SANDY, SANDY, WARNER, NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
I ALSO GO BY SANDY AT 55 46 RIVERVIEW ROAD.
UH, I'M HERE AS THE FORMER CHAIR OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES BACK IN THE MID EIGHTIES.
AND I'M NOW WORKING WITH THEIR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO GET ENOUGH FUNDS, UH, UP TO $12 MILLION TO RENOVATE AND EXPAND WHAT WAS FORMERLY WILDER MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BE THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER SERVING OUR FOUR LOCALITIES, YORK COUNTY, JAMES CITY, WILLIAMSBURG, AND KOSIN.
OUR BUDGET REQUEST HAS BEEN TURNED IN, WE'RE ASKING FROM YORK COUNTY THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 AS THEIR CONTRIBUTION AS A LOCALITY.
THE SHORT TERM SAVINGS FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP SUCH AS THIS IS OUR PROGRAMS PREVENT CRISIS ESCALATION SERVICES REQUIRING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, ER VISITS.
AND THE LONG-TERM SAVINGS IS INVESTING IN CDRS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, UH, HAS A REDUCED IMPACT ON YOUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND YOUR SOCIAL SERVICES.
YOU HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE, MANY, MANY CHILDREN WHO HAVE HAD THEIR DEVELOPMENT ISSUES RESOLVED AND THEY HAVE MADE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO THE YORK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND AGAIN, THE FACT THAT WE ALSO TREAT THE FAMILIES OF THOSE CHILDREN, THAT HAS REDUCED THE IMPACT ON YOUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. YOU WILL HEAR LATER, UH, THIS SMART THIS AFTERNOON, THIS EVENING, ACTUALLY, UH, FROM A, UH, A CDR UH, UH, FAMILY.
UH, AND AGAIN, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS ASTRONOMICAL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHO PARTICIPATE.
AND AGAIN, I HAVE BEEN VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF, UH, CDR BACK IN THE MID EIGHTIES WHEN WE FIRST EMBARKED ON A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO BUILD THE CURRENT FACILITIES, WHICH CAN NO LONGER KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH IN OUR FOUR LOCALITIES.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE SIGNED UP IS, UH, IS CHARADE MCNEIL.
YOU NEED ME TO STATE ADDRESS? NAME AN ADDRESS PLEASE.
SHARDAY MCNEIL AT 1 0 3 STONE LAKE COURT.
UM, AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, I AM ONE OF THOSE CDR FAMILIES.
MY DAUGHTER, KALANI WAS BORN AT 23 WEEKS WEIGHING ONE POUND SEVEN OUNCES.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT'S EXTREMELY PREMATURE.
IT'S ALSO CONSIDERED BEING A MICRO PREEMIE.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, SHE SPENT A GOOD TIME IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT ONCE SHE RETURNED HOME, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 24 HOURS BEFORE I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM CDR, UM, TELLING ME ABOUT WHAT THEIR SERVICES WERE AND WHAT THEY HAD TO OFFER.
BRINGING HOME SOMEBODY BORN THAT EARLY,
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THERE IS VERY OBVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS, INTELLECTUAL DELAYS, PHYSICAL DELAYS THAT CAN HAPPEN, UM, WITH A MICRO PREEMIE.AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE WEREN'T ON A WAITING LIST FOR THERAPIES.
WE WEREN'T WAITING AROUND FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY.
WE HAD A THERAPIST LITERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS ON ZOOM.
UM, 'CAUSE AT THE TIME THAT WAS COVID AND THEY COULDN'T MEET US IN PERSON.
UM, AND THEY WERE THERE WITHIN 48 HOURS ON ZOOM WITH A PHYSICAL THERAPIST, BEGINNING THERAPIES WITH HER.
FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ME WHO HAS FOUR KIDS AND NEVER HAD A PREEMIE BEFORE IN THEIR LIFE, I HAD NO CLUE WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND CERTAIN LANGUAGE IN REGARDS TO ADJUSTED AGES AND WHERE SHE, SHE BE AT AND IN HER DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES BECAUSE I WAS NOT USED TO THAT.
UM, THAT WAS SERVICES PROVIDED FROM CDR.
UM, ANYTHING THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT EVEN, UM, IN REGARDS TO SPEECH THERAPY, UM, DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPY, THEY GOT A CERTAIN SPECIALIST IN CONTACT WITH ME.
WITHIN 24 HOURS,
UM, THOSE, UM, THAT ALSO HELPED ME IN REGARDS TO COVID.
'CAUSE WE COULDN'T TAKE HER OUT THE HOUSE BECAUSE HER LUNGS WERE SEVERELY UNDERDEVELOPED.
UM, AND SO HAVING SOMEBODY COME IN MY HOME AND JUST ONE PERSON COMING IN MY HOME, THAT WAS EXPONENTIAL FOR ME.
I WOULD, AS A YORK COUNTY RESIDENT MYSELF, I WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, SAY THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE SERVICES CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS LIKE ME.
UM, TODAY MY DAUGHTER IS FOUR YEARS OLD.
SHE'S IN PRESCHOOL AND SHE HAS FULLY CAUGHT UP TO ALL OF HER PEERS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WITHOUT CDR.
THEY STEPPED IN WHEN I DIDN'T KNOW WE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO STEP IN.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S MADE SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN HER DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
I ALWAYS SAY THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WHEN THEY CUT YOU OFF, UM,
AND IT WAS WHEN IT WAS TIME TO LET GO AND THEY SAID THEY NO LONGER NEEDED OUR SERVICES.
AND BECAUSE THEY BECAME A PART OF OUR FAMILY.
AND SO THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART.
AND TODAY I STILL TALK TO ALL OF HER THERAPISTS 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA LET THEM GO.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? DID NOT SIGN UP? UH, OKAY.
OO, SHOW 1 0 3 KIMBERLY COURT.
UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT CHILDCARE IN THE COUNTY.
UH, THE SCHOOLS PROVIDE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WANNA SIGN UP FOR THEIR PROGRAMS, UM, IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
BUT AS THEY GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL SIXTH GRADERS, THERE'S VERY LITTLE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
I MEAN, THEY DO HAVE SOME THINGS, BUT PARENTS DON'T APPARENTLY WANNA SIGN THEIR KIDS UP.
I PERSONALLY THINK 11-YEAR-OLD IS TOO YOUNG TO STAY BY THEMSELVES.
BUT
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO.
BUT I DO KNOW THERE IS A SHORTAGE AND QUALITY CARE IS REALLY A SHORTAGE.
UH, TOO MANY HOMES, THE KID COMES IN AND THEY PUT IN FRONT OF A TV SET AND GIVEN SOME PEANUT BUTTER AND THAT'S IT.
AND THEY, THE BACKYARDS ARE FULL OF MUCKING MUD AND, AND BROKEN TOYS.
I'VE SEEN IT AND IT'S, IT'S SHOCKING, TRULY THE ANYBODY WOULD HAVE TO PUT THEIR CHILDREN THERE.
BUT IT'S EXPENSIVE, UH, TO PAY FOR, UM, CHILDCARE.
AND WHEN A PARENT HAS TO WORK TWO AND THREE JOBS TO PAY FOR CHILDCARE SO THEY CAN PAY FOR THE RENT, THAT'S EVEN MORE OBSCENE.
BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO.
I'LL BE HONEST, I HAVE NO CLUE.
BUT IF YOU WOULD DISCUSS IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY FOR THOSE WHO DESPERATELY NEED CHILDCARE AND ARE HAVING DI DIFFICULTY EITHER FINDING IT OR AFFORDING IT.
UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL
[4. Application No. ZT-201-24, Sexually-oriented Businesses. Consider adoption of proposed Ordinance Number 25-1 to approve amendments to various sections of the York County Zoning Ordinance Chapter 24.1, York County Code, to incorporate provisions concerning sexually orientated businesses. ]
MOVE ON TO APPLICATION ZT 201 DASH 24 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES.CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 DASH ONE TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE YORK COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE.
THIS, AS MS. NOEL MENTIONED, THIS IS AN APPLICATION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO YORK COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE.
AND THIS WOULD BE TO INCORPORATE REGULATIONS FOR SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES.
I WANNA BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE BACKGROUND
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OF WHAT KIND OF BROUGHT ABOUT THESE AMENDMENTS.AND REALLY PARTIALLY WHERE THIS ORIGINATED WAS A DISCUSSION IN THAT AD HOC HOME-BASED BUSINESS COMMITTEE THAT MET BACK IN FALL.
PART OF THAT DISCUSSION IN THAT COMMITTEE WAS ADULT USES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AS HOME OCCUPATIONS AND WANTING TO PROHIBIT THOSE.
PART OF THAT ISSUE IS WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REGULATIONS FOR ADULT USES IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW.
SO TO CART CRAFTING REGULATIONS, THERE'S KIND OF A TWOFOLD APPROACH WE TOOK AS STAFF FIRST WAS TO STUDY EXISTING ZONING REGULATIONS IN OUR SISTER CITIES AND COUNTIES AND ALSO LOOK AT EXISTING HOME, EXCUSE ME, EXISTING ADULT USES.
SO WHAT ARE THE BUSINESSES? WHAT ARE THE ESTABLISHMENTS? I'M GONNA DELVE INTO THAT IN A UPCOMING SLIDE.
SO WHEN I DISCUSSED LOOKING AT ADJACENT REGULATION, SO WE LOOKED AT THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA, CITIES AND COUNTIES, AND THEN ALSO THE CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE RICHMOND REGION.
WE SAW A LOT OF VARIATION HERE.
YOU KNOW, SOME LIKE CHESAPEAKE, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A WHOLE SUPPLEMENT TO THEIR ZONING ORDINANCE THAT WAS ABOUT SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES AND WAS VERY ROBUST.
UM, OTHER LOCALITIES REALLY ONLY HAD LIKE A DEFINITION AND THEN MAYBE SOME PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
SO A LOT OF VARIATION THERE ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND ALSO WE SEE DIFFERENCES WITH IT BEING BY RIGHT OR BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
I WANNA NOTE THAT JAMES CITY NEW KENT AND WILLIAMSBURG DO NOT HAVE REGULATION IN THEIR ZONING ORDINANCES.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TO RESEARCH IS WHAT ARE THE EXISTING ADULT USES.
UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY THROUGH THE NINETIES, THROUGH THE EARLY AUGHTS TO NOW, THE NATURE OF THESE BUSINESSES HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.
SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT, OKAY, WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE HAMPTON ROADS REGION THAT'S OPERATING AS A BUSINESS? WHAT ARE THE NATURE AND PLACES THEY ARE? AND THEN HOW CAN WE REG REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS THAT? AND WE KIND OF SAW TWO PREDOMINANT BUSINESS TYPES EMERGE FROM OUR ANALYSIS IN BLUE.
THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS OF WHAT I'M GONNA CALL ADULT RETAIL STORES.
AND WHEN WE DID, AND THIS IS PART OF YOUR READ AHEAD, BUT WHEN WE DID THAT ANALYSIS, WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S THE ZONING DISTRICT ARE IN, WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? ARE THEY NEAR RESIDENTIAL? ARE THEY MOSTLY IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS? ARE THEY IN CERTAIN CORRIDORS? THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE PINK WE ALSO SAW WAS LARGELY WHAT WE, I'M GONNA CALL, YOU KNOW, ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT.
AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED, WHAT, WHAT'S SURROUNDING THEM, WHAT KIND OF ZONING DISTRICT ARE THEY IN? AND THEN HOW CAN WE WRITE REGULATION TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS.
I WOULD BE REMISS TO DISCUSS REGULATING ADULT BUSINESSES WITHOUT DELVING VERY LIGHTLY INTO SOME OF THE LEGAL ISSUES.
I WANNA CAVEAT THIS BY I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY AND THIS IS IN NO WAY LEGAL ADVICE.
THESE ARE JUST KIND OF THE BROADER LEGAL PRO KIND OF CONCEPTS THAT WE CONSIDERED AS STAFF WHEN WRITING THESE.
SO REALLY WHAT'S PARAMOUNT TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WRITING REGULATION FOR ADULT USES IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
AND THAT'S AGAIN, THE PROTECTION OF FREE SPEECH, FREE EXPRESSION.
AND THE SUPREME COURT THROUGH MANY CASES OVER MANY YEARS HAS CONSIDERED HOW DOES FREE SPEECH INTERACT WITH ADULT USES.
AND WHAT'S KIND OF COME OUT OF THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ADULT MEDIA TO AN EXTENT IS PROTECTED AS FREE SPEECH.
AND SO YOU CAN ZONE FOR THE LOCATION OF PLACES THAT PROVIDE THAT.
BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY BAN ADULT MEDIA NECESSARILY.
MERCHANDISE ADULT MERCHANDISE IS A LITTLE MORE MURKY.
NOW THE SUPREME COURT HASN'T RULED ON THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT THERE'S CASE LAW FROM LOWER COURTS THAT AGAIN, TRYING TO BAN THAT IS NOT REALLY HELD UP.
AND SO WHERE THAT KIND OF LEADS US TO THE LEAK, OUR CONSIDERATIONS IN WRITING THESE REGULATIONS SO OUTRIGHT PROHIBITION OF ADULT USES ACROSS THE BOARD HAS SHOWN TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN IF THAT, THAT GETS CHALLENGED.
AND WHEN WE'RE CREATING THESE REGULATIONS, WE NEED IT TO AVOID FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES.
AND REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS, YOU KNOW, THE REGULATIONS OF YOUR CRAFT IN A SENSE HAVE TO BE ALMOST CONTENT NEUTRAL IN THAT THEY'RE GONNA WITHSTAND WHAT'S CALLED AN INTERMEDIATE SCRUTINY TEST.
THE SPEECH IS NOT SUPPRESSED TO A DEGREE WHERE IT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF A FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION.
AND THEN WHATEVER DEFINITIONS WE'RE GONNA WRITE TO DEFINE THESE BUSINESSES HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA KIND OF ALL SEGUE INTO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THESE AMENDMENTS.
IN SECTION 24 1, 1 0 4, WE HAVE A SLEW OF NEW DEFINITIONS.
THAT'S THAT UMBRELLA DEFINITION, SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES, WHICH I'VE ABBREVIATED AS SOB.
THE REASON WE WENT WITH THAT, AS OPPOSED TO LIKE ADULT USE OR ADULT BUSINESS, IS WE FELT THAT THAT TERM WAS A LITTLE VAGUE.
THE TOBACCO STORE IN ADULT BUSINESS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF BUSINESS WE ARE DISCUSSING AND DEFINING.
YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PROPOSED ORDINANCE THERE, THERE'S SUB DEFINITIONS UNDER THAT LARGER DEFINITION.
AND THEN FURTHER SUB DEFINITION.
NOW,
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IS WHEN YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF BUSINESS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A RUSSIAN NESTING DOLL IN THE SENSE THAT ONE DEFINITION LEADS TO ANOTHER DEFINITION.AND PASS CASE LAW AND PAST PRACTICE HAS SHOWN US THAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY GET DOWN INTO THAT SPECIFIC DEFINITION.
OKAY, WELL WHAT IS AN ADULT STORE? IT CARRIES THIS WELL, WHAT'S THAT? AND SO YOU HAVE TO GET DOWN TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
THAT'S THE SECTION ABOUT PROHIBITED HOME OCCUPATIONS.
AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO PROHIBIT SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES AS A HOME OCCUPATION.
3 0 6, THAT'S OUR TABLE OF LAND USES IN CATEGORY 11.
LINE SIX IS RESERVED RIGHT NOW.
WE WOULD STRIKE THAT AT SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS THERE AND IT WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN GENERAL BUSINESS AND EO ZONING DISTRICT, THAT'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
AND FOUR 70.2, THAT WOULD BE NEW PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SOBS.
AND THEY KIND OF FALL UNDER THESE THREE THEMES.
THE DISTANCE VISIBILITY, AND THEN OPERATION AND ACCESS REQUIREMENTS.
WHEN TALKING ABOUT DISTANCE, WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IS A 1000 FOOT BUFFER FROM A SCHOOL OR DAYCARE OR A SECONDARY INSTITUTION, AND THEN A 500 FOOT DISTANCE BUFFER FROM A HOME OR A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, A PLACE OF WORSHIP, A PARK, A TIMESHARE MOTEL RESORT, OR ANOTHER SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS.
NOW, WHEN LOOKING AT SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS, WE FELT THIS WAS IMPERATIVE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANNA HAVE SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THESE KINDS OF BUSINESSES AND A SCHOOL, BUT WHAT REALLY PAST PRACTICE AND CASE LAW HAS SHOWN US THAT, YEAH, SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS, THEY'RE DEFENSIBLE, THEY'VE HELD UP IN COURT, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE REASONABLE.
SO WHAT WE DID AS A STAFF WAS WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT DISTANCE SCENARIOS.
OKAY, 2000 FEET, HALF A MILE, 500, A THOUSAND FEET, AND WE WENT TO JIS AND DREW THESE BUFFERS AND SAY, 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME AMOUNT OF LAND AVAILABLE FOR THE LAND USE WHERE, SO WHAT, WHAT DISTANCE ALLOWS THAT? THAT ALSO DOES WHAT WE WANT IT TO DO AND PROVIDES THAT BUFFERING FROM THE MORE SENSITIVE LAND USE.
AND THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS WE KIND OF LANDED ON IN DISCUSSING VISIBILITY.
AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT ANY VIS ADULT ITEMS VISIBLE FROM OUTSIDE AN ADULT ESTABLISHMENT.
AND THEN REQUIRING RENDERINGS AND PLANS FOR SIGNAGE THAT WOULD COME WITH A USE PACKET FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT OPERATION AND ACCESS, WE'VE PROPOSED HOURS OF OPERATION FOR ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES AND ADULT STORES HAS KIND OF BEEN JUST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SECURITY CONCERNS AND WHAT THE SHERIFF NEEDS TO DO.
UH, WANNA NOTE THE LITTLE BIT IN THERE ABOUT ADULT VENDING MACHINES.
THAT ACTUALLY COMES FROM A CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH A COLLEAGUE IN ANOTHER STATE WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE.
WE HAD THIS KIND OF VENDING MACHINE THAT WANTED TO LOCATE THERE, AND THEY HAD NO MECHANISM IN THEIR ORDINANCE FOR HOW TO ADDRESS IT.
SO THIS IS KIND OF PREEMPTIVE IN CASE IT GETS PROPOSED, WE HAVE SOMETHING THERE.
AND THEN FINALLY, ADULT ESTABLISHMENTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO ARE OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE.
SO TO CONCLUDE, THIS IS A CHALLENGING TOPIC, AND IT, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY UNIQUE REGULATORY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO WRITE ORDINANCE FOR THIS.
ULTIMATELY, THE REGULATIONS WE'RE CRAFTING, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND WE HAVE TO REALLY BE CONSIDERATE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WRITING HERE.
AND SO WE WANT, REALLY, THE GOAL OF THESE REGULATIONS IS WE WANNA MITIGATE THOSE POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVE SECONDARY IMPACTS WITH REASONABLE OPERATING SEPARATION AND VISIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, REGULATION IS STRICTLY REGULATION.
ADOPTING REGULATION DOESN'T REALLY MEAN I'M, YOU KNOW, RENDERING A MORAL OPINION ON THE USE, BUT I'M REGULATING IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO REGULATION.
SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THIS AT THEIR DECEMBER MEETING.
THEY DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AND TONIGHT YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH YOUR ADOPTION OF THAT PROPOSED ORDINANCE 25 DASH ONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, Y'ALL.
UM, I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
ANY QUESTIONS, SPEAKERS? IF NOT, WHAT I TWO? NO.
DO YOU HAVE TWO, TWO QUESTIONS? AND, AND I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED ONE OF THEM, BUT I'LL, I'LL I'LL ASK IT A SECOND TIME.
WHEN I WENT THROUGH, UM, DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS MM-HMM
PARTICULARLY, UH, WHEN I LOOKED AT, UM, THOSE WHO HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL OFFENSES MM-HMM
AND WERE RELEASED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, MANY OF THEM HAD A 2,500 OR A 2000 FOOT, UH, REQUIREMENT, UH, TO BE AWAY FROM SCHOOLS.
AND I GUESS THAT LED TO THE QUESTION OF WHY WOULD I PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS A THOUSAND FEET FROM A SCHOOL.
I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED IT, THAT AT 2000 FEET IS, IS THERE NO, NO ZONING LEFT OR IS THERE ACTUALLY, YEAH, WE, WHEN WE APPLIED THAT BUFFER, UM, THERE WAS QUITE LITERALLY NO LAND IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE USE COULD GO.
AND THAT'S THE SITUATION WE NEEDED TO AVOID.
SO A THOUSAND FEET WAS BASICALLY WHAT YOU LANDED ON, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE MINIMUM WE COULD HAVE AND STILL HAVE ZONING.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY ILLUSTRATED BEAUTIFULLY WITH
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THAT.THOSE MAPS WE PROVIDED WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT, FORTUNATELY A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ARE ALSO KIND OF NESTLED IN THOSE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO KIND OF THE BUFFERS ALMOST WOULD LIKE LAYER ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
SO YOU DO GET A NICE SEPARATION FROM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE, WE THAT DISTANCE BETWEEN WHERE THEY COULD POSSIBLY GO.
AND THE PRE-READ PACKAGE YOU GAVE US, COMPARED TO A NUMBER OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, MOST OF 'EM HAD A 10:00 PM CURFEW AND YOU'VE LANDED ON 11:00 PM AND I WONDERED WHY 11? SO THAT COMES FROM KIND OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT, LIKE GENERAL OPERATING HOURS, AND WE, WE SAW THAT 11 WAS KIND OF COMMONLY WHAT, OKAY.
SO WHEN I SAY THIS, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE AS HEAVY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
UM, WE SAW THAT WAS KIND OF A TYPICAL LIKE HOURS, AND SO WE WANTED TO BE RE LIKE, FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE, BUT ALSO HAVE A REASONABLE HOURS RESTRICTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IF 10, IF THE BOARD FEELS 10 IS MORE APPROPRIATE, THEN WE COULD ADJUST THAT.
MY REACTION WAS I WOULDN'T WANT TO INVITE PEOPLE FROM OTHER MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES TO SHOW UP IN YORKTOWN BECAUSE WE STAY OPEN LATER.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY CONCERN.
SO I, I WOULD OPT FOR 10:00 PM IF, UH, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, ACTUALLY I WANNA DEFER TO MR. HILL, UM, BECAUSE I'M SURE PROBABLY EVERYBODY SITTING ON THIS BOARD IS GETTING INUNDATED BY PEOPLE CALLING AND VOICING THEIR CONCERN ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SO, UM, RICHARD AND I HAVE TALKED, UH, AT SOME LENGTH, AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE VALID VALIDITY OF THE LAW, THAT AT A, AT A COUNTY LEVEL, OUR HANDS ARE SOMEWHAT TIRE TIED.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER, MAYBE MR. HILL CAN EXPOUND ON THAT.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING ME? THE LAW.
SO WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS.
I THINK THE, UH, PROPOSAL THAT HAS COME UP FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THE PLANNING STAFF HAVE COME UP WITH DOES A GOOD JOB OF NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE LAW BY NOT PROHIBITING IT, BUT PUTTING IN REASONABLE TIME, PLACE, MANNER RESTRICTIONS MM-HMM
AND IN ANY EVENT, YOU'D STILL HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SO IT DOESN'T OUTRIGHT PROHIBIT THE USE IN THE COUNTY.
UH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION, RIGHT? YES.
RELATED TO THE DISTANCE BUFFER, IF THE SOB GETS ESTABLISHED OUTSIDE OF THE BUFFER AND THEN LATER A RESIDENCE OR A CHURCH OR A SCHOOL OR SOMETHING GETS BUILT WITHIN CLOSE TO THE SOB THAT MAKES THEM WITHIN THE BUFFER, ARE THEY GRANDFATHERED AT THAT POINT? OR WOULD THEY BE CONSIDERED A THEY WOULD, IT WOULD PREEXIST THAT PARTICULAR CASE.
OKAY, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE WHO'VE SIGNED UP.
THE FIRST ONE IS KEITH EBERT E BOARD.
KEITH EBERT 1 0 6 AT DEL COURT YORKTOWN TAB LAKE SUBDIVISION.
UM, I, ALONG WITH THE OTHER FOUR TAB LAKES, HOA BOARD MEMBERS OF WHICH THREE ARE PRESENT HERE TONIGHT, HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW BUSINESS IN THE OLD SPEEDWAY GAS STATION, LOCATED RIGHT OUTSIDE THE TAB LAKE SUBDIVISION.
ALL OF THE INPUTS WE RECEIVED WERE IN FAVOR OF THE NEW REVISED ZONING ORDINANCES CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION NUMBER ZT DASH 2 0 1 DASH 24 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE SIGNED UP IS DANE ROYAL.
MY ADDRESS IS 9 3 4 TAB LAKES DRIVE IN YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA.
UM, I AM A MEMBER OF THE TAB LAKES HRA BOARD, AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
UM, I KNOW GROWING UP IN YORK COUNTY, WE ACTUALLY MOVED HERE TWICE FROM MY FATHER IN THE AIR FORCE.
AND CHOOSING TO RELOCATE AFTER COLLEGE BACK IN YORKTOWN WAS A KEY DECISION DUE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THE SCHOOLS, AND THE RESALE VALUE.
UM, YORK COUNTY'S MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, UM, FOR HOUSES.
HOWEVER, THE TAXES ARE LESS SO.
I KNOW WITH THE SPEEDWAY GAS STATION, THERE ARE SOME GAPS WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH RAISES A FEW CONCERNS TO WHERE,
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UM, IF YOU WERE TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY, YOU COULD BE SUBJECT TO A BUSINESS GOING OUT AND THEN HAVING A SEXUAL ORIENTED BUSINESS MOVING IN, WHICH THEN WOULD POTENTIALLY DECREASE YOUR RESALE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY.SO I KNOW SPEAKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PIE CHARTS AND BUDGETS, THAT SOME OF THESE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES COULD ACTUALLY AFFECT SOME OF THE COUNTY BUDGET BASED ON ALLOWING ONE TO GO IN SO CLOSE TO AN ANCHORED HOA AND COMMUNITIES SUCH AS TAB LAKES, HOW THAT COULD DEFINITELY IMPACT, UM, RESALE VALUES AND POTENTIALLY EVEN THE COUNTY BUDGET LINE.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS AMENDMENT.
UM, WHILE I WISH ALL OF KIND OF THE AREAS SURROUNDING NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY AND OTHERS COMMUNITIES WERE ALSO ADDRESSED IN THIS, I UNDERSTAND THERE HAS TO BE SOME REASONABLE BUFFER.
UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION, UM, AND EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A PERMIT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE, I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHT WHEN THESE GO IN TO SEE HOW THEY AFFECT, UH, OTHER AREAS OF THAT AS WELL.
I HAVE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO CARE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? IF NOT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MENTION FROM THE BOARD, A MOTION FROM THE BOARD.
I WOULD MOVE, UH, ORDINANCE 20, ORDINANCE ORDINANCE, UH, 25 DASH 1 25 DASH ONE R WITH A, WITH A MODIFICATION OF THE CURFEW HOURS TO 10:00 PM OKAY.
I I, I WE'RE GONNA, HE MADE A MOTION, BUT I'M GONNA, JUST BEFORE YOU WE DO THAT, I'M GONNA POINT OUT SOMETHING.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE COUNTY IN ANY JEOPARDY OF LEGAL ACTION SIMPLY BASED ON SOME, UM, MINOR OR MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE DON'T DO TO OTHER BUSINESSES.
I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT YOU KNOW, I I, TO ME, THIS IS JUST, YOU JUST, YOU JUST OPENED THE DOOR.
SO I THINK IT'S, UM, I, I THINK IT JUST PROVIDES A, IT PROVIDES AN ACTION THAT BRINGS OUR, UM, RESOLUTION OR THE, THE, THIS ORDINANCE TO ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA OPEN IT UP.
AND THAT'S WHY I, I DON'T WANNA DO, I DON'T WANNA DO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IF THERE'S, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE.
I'M NOT EVEN GONNA GET INTO BIG DISCUSSION ON THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF I GOT A PLACE DOWN HERE SELLING FRIED CHICKEN, OKAY, WHY AM I NOT MAKING THEM CLOSE A A AT 10 O'CLOCK? YEAH.
I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA DISTINGUISH THIS BUSINESS MODEL FROM ANYTHING.
I'LL PULL THE RESOLUTION AND REVISE IT TO, UH, 25 DASH ONE.
NO R NO R NO R ROLL CALL PLEASE.
WE, WE, DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT AND THE RESEARCH YOU DID INTO IT AND, AND TO CRAFT THE DOCUMENTATION.
I WOULD ASK THAT PLANNERS, IF IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS BUSINESS LIKE THIS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT ONLY RUN WITH THE BUSINESS AND NOT BEING PERPETUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LOCATION.
JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND IF WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, OTHERWISE GOOD DOCUMENTATION.
DOCUMENTATION TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
ARE WE READY FOR A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? I HAVE ONE LAST COMMENT.
UH, THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE WHERE I THINK THE COUNTY IS OUT IN FRONT OF THE CURVE, AND I APPLAUD THE EFFORT OF THE PLANNING STAFF TO PULL THIS ORDINANCE TOGETHER.
CLEARLY CAME UP AS A CONCERN DURING HOME-BASED BUSINESS, AND YOU ACTED VERY QUICKLY TO PUT THIS, UH, PACKAGE TOGETHER.
WOULD YOU, YEAH, I'VE JUST GOT ONE, UH, ONE WORD OF, UH, CLARITY.
I HAD PEOPLE CALLING ME SAYING THAT THE, SOMEBODY HAD PUT A PERMIT IN FOR THIS, UH, TYPE OF BUSINESS THERE.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UH, MAYBE MARK OR SOMEBODY CAN, CAN, UM, CAN SAY, BUT, UH, OR SUSAN, SOMEBODY, UH, AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NOBODY PUTTING ANY PERMITS IN.
SO I THINK THIS WAS KIND OF A PIE IN THE SKY AT THIS POINT.
SO I THINK THIS GIVES US, UH, A, A WAY TO REGULATE THEM WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION AS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
AND HOPEFULLY WE MAY NOT EVER GET TO
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THAT POINT, BUT WHEN WE DO, THEN WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A PRETTY LONG DISCUSSION ON HOW WE PROTECT OUR KIDS AND OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.THIS IS STRICTLY A LAND USE DECISION ON OUR PART, RIGHT? ADAM? CHAIRMAN, I DO HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS MOTION.
UH, I DON'T THINK, I WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THE, UH, COMPLEXITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
I GUESS I'LL GUARANTEE YOU THE, I GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHAT I SAY SIMPLY BECAUSE I, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA OPEN ANY, ANY ACTION FOR LITIGATION, UM, AGAINST THIS BOARD.
WHAT THE, THE STAFF HAS DONE HERE HAS TAKEN A REALLY COMPLICATED, UH, SUBJECT, WHICH HAS BEEN, REMEMBER WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND, AND WATCHING THE SUPREME COURT OR STATE ACTIONS, UM, THAT ACTUALLY WERE GETTING SHOT DOWN, UH, BY THE SUPREME COURT, AND EVERYBODY WAS SHAKING THEIR HEAD.
CAN'T BELIEVE IT, CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
'CAUSE A LITTLE DIFFERENT TIME, BUT IT'S THE SAME.
IT ISN'T DIFFERENT, IT'S JUST THE SAME TIME.
BUT NOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE GUIDANCE THAT'S COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON OUR, OUR CONSTITUTIONAL, UH, OBLIGATIONS IN GOVERNMENT.
SO I, IT WAS JUST UDI DID A GREAT JOB, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND EVERYBODY THAT COMMU COMMENTED ON THIS THING, I THINK EVERYBODY STANDS IT.
I THINK THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB, JUST A TREMENDOUS JOB OF WORKING THROUGH THIS MINEFIELD TO GET US TO A POINT WHERE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, I WANNA SAY SUCCEED, BUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A BUSINESS.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. ROY IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE 25 DASH ONE TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE YORK COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 24.1 YORK COUNTY CODE TO INCORPORATE PROVISIONS CONCERNING SEXUALLY ORIENTATED BUSINESSES.
[5. Application No. YVA-58-24, Yorktown Main Street, LLC. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R25-8 to approve an application to authorize a tourist home in an existing dwelling at 606 Main Street.]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPLICATION NUMBER, UH, 58 DASH 24 YORKTOWN, MAIN STREET, LLC, TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF A PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 25 DASH EIGHT TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION TO AUTHORIZE A TOURIST HOME AT 6 0 6 MAIN STREET.YOU GOING, ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION? YEAH.
JULIE, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL FIND THE PACES LOUDER, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MRS. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THIS APPLICATION IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TOURIST HOME IN AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING LOCATED AT 6 0 6 MAIN STREET.
THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED IN A 0.48 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED IN YORKTOWN VILLAGE ACTIVITY, AND IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HORNSBY HOUSE INN.
THE SUBJECT PARCEL HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN PINK AND THE SURROUNDING PARCELS ARE ZONED YVA FOR YOUR TOWN VILLAGE ACTIVITY.
THIS IS AN AREA VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
THE ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT THE OWNER OR THE PROPRIETOR RESIDE EITHER IN THE HOME OR IN AN ADJACENT PREMISE OR DESIGNATE A RESPONSIBLE PARTY WHO CAN RESPOND TO AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS OR COMPLAINTS THAT MAY ARISE WHILE RENTALS ARE TAKING PLACE.
ALSO, BOARD POLICY NUMBER BP 24 30 STATES THAT THE OWNER OF A TOURIST HOME SHOULD RESIDE EITHER IN THE HOME OR IN AN ADJACENT PREMISE.
IN THIS CASE, YORKTOWN MAIN STREET, LLC, OWNS THE HORNSBY HOUSE IN DIRECTLY ACROSS SMITH STREET, AND THEIR GENERAL MANAGER AND STAFF WILL MANAGE THE TOURIST HOME
THIS IS A PICTURE LOOKING TOWARDS SMITH STREET AT THE HORNSBY HOUSE INN.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE PARKING AREA WHERE IT WILL ACCOMMODATE THREE CARS, THREE VEHICLES.
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THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS APPROXIMATELY 1200 SQUARE FEET.STAFF HAS PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT WILL REQUIRE THE TOURIST HOME TO BE RENTED AS A WHOLE HOUSE RENTAL WITH AN OCCUPANCY OF UP TO FOUR GUESTS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, AND LENGTHS OF STAY RANGING FROM A MINIMUM OF TWO NIGHTS TO SEVEN NIGHTS.
IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT STATED THAT THEY DO NOT WISH TO HAVE SIGNS ADVERTISING THE TOURIST HOME.
THEREFORE, STAFF HAS PROPOSED A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THEM.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL MEETS THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TYPE AND INTENSITY OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED HOMES.
STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER TOURIST HOME WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE CHARACTER OF THE YORKTOWN VILLAGE PLANNING COMMISSION.
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION AND THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER R 25 DASH EIGHT.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
AND THE MANAGER OF THE HORNSBY HOUSE IN IS HERE ALSO TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? REAL, REAL QUICK? YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE STAFF OF THE SHIP HOUSE IN WILL BE WATCHING THAT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, THAT THAT PROPERTY, UM, AND I THINK THE REDHEAD MATERIAL SAID YOU'RE ON STAFF 24 7.
SO PRETTY MUCH COVERAGE ALL THE TIME, CORRECT? YES.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SATURATION.
UH, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE OTHER HOMES ARE IN THAT LOCATION? I ACTUALLY INCLUDED A MAP HERE.
DID I MISS THAT? UM, I DON'T HAVE IT, I DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THE PACKAGE THAT, UM, THAT MAYBE YOU HAD, BUT THIS IS A MAP OF YORKTOWN VILLAGE, AND THESE ARE THE NOT MANY SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT ARE IN THE VILLAGE.
THE GREEN ONES REPRESENT ACTIVE SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
AND I KNOW THAT THE MAP IS SMALL, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT THE ACTIVE ONES, AND, AND AGAIN, YORKTOWN VILLAGE IS EXEMPT FROM THE BOARD POLICY OF MM-HMM
SO WE WILL SEE, UM, DOWN HERE ARE THE TWO YORKTOWN VILLAGE, UH, COTTAGES.
THIS GREEN ONE HERE, WHERE THE CURSOR'S AT IS THE HORNSBY HOUSE IN, AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS THE PROPO, UH, THE PROPOSED ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
UH, ALL THE WAY UP HERE IS AMBLER STREET, AND THE REST ARE EITHER INACTIVE OR IN PROCESS.
THIS ONE HERE IS MR. VANCE, AND THAT WAS APPROVED A MONTH AGO.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO CARE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? SEE, NO.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? I'LL MOVE UP.
UH, ORDINANCE, UH, R 25 DASH EIGHT.
ANY DISCUSSION? I THINK, UH, IT, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDELINES WE PUT IN PLACE WITH SDRS AND, UH, I SEE NO REASON WHY WE WOULD WANT TO, UH, OBJECT TO THIS, UH, APPLICATION.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. R IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION R 25 DASH EIGHT TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED.
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WE MOVE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA MAKE BOARD COMMENTS BEFORE OR AFTER THE CONSENT CALENDAR? WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER? LET'S DO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
NUMBER SIX IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 3RD TO DECEMBER 17TH, 2024.
NUMBER SEVEN IS THE COUNTY OF YORK PERSONNEL POLICIES.
NUMBER EIGHT IS A PURCHASE RESOLUTION FOR METRO FIBER LEASED AGREEMENT NUMBER NINE OF BOARD POLICIES PROPOSED REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS.
NUMBER 10 IS LAND LEASE TO SELCO VERIZON, CELL PHONE TOWERS.
NUMBER 11 IS HR T REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF UP TRUST PARTICIPATION.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS APPROVAL OF AN OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY AWARD FOR DRUG COURT FUNDING.
NUMBER 13 IS TAX REFUND VETERANS EXEMPTION.
NUMBER 14 IS REQUEST FOR REFUND OF REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR SOMETHING OR OTHER NUMBERS.
ITEM 15, AGAIN, IS A REQUEST FOR REFUND OF
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REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR BF SOMETHING OR OTHER.UH, ITEM NUMBER 16 IS RETIREMENT RECOGNITION FOR SENIOR FIREFIGHTER.
CHRIS REINACH THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD CARE TO PULL? I GOT A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT NUMBER EIGHT.
WHO'S GONNA ANSWER THE QUESTION FROM METRO FIBER? I THINK TIM'S ON HIS WAY.
10 YEAR LEASE IS 10 YEAR TYPICAL TIMEFRAME.
IT'S WHAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE AND KIND OF SERVES THE COUNTY.
DOES, DOES THAT INCLUDE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT 10 YEARS? OR YOU GOT, WHAT DO WE GOT? WE STARTED AT YEAR ONE.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS, IT'S FOR THE ACTUAL FIBER.
IT'S A PIECE OF GLASS FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
WHAT WE'RE MAINLY PAYING FOR IS THE LEASE OF THAT HARDWARE AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE.
IF A BACKHOE GOES THROUGH IT DAMAGES IT ANYWAY, THEY RESPOND, FIX IT.
IT'S JUST THE FIBERS, NOT THE SWITCHES AND THE REPEATERS OR ANYTHING.
THIS IS WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS DARK FIBER SINCE IT'S JUST GLASS FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
THERE'S NO SWITCHES, NOTHING IN BETWEEN.
IT'S MUCH BETTER FOR SECURITY.
IT'S MUCH BETTER FOR THROUGHPUT.
WE CAN UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGY ON ONE, ON BOTH SIDES OF IT AND PUSH MORE DATA ACROSS IT.
THEY OWN THE FIBER AND MAINTAIN.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF CONSENT CALENDAR? IF NOT, WILL SOMEONE I HAD A QUESTION ON NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE.
NUMBER SEVEN IS THE PERSONNEL POLICIES.
AND ON SECTION 14 TWO ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES, I'VE, I'VE REVIEWED THE REQUEST ROSE, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD, REVIEWED THE REQUEST FOR ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULES.
AND I'VE GONE THROUGH THE, UH, ASSIGNMENT FORM, UH, FOR THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING IT.
I JUST FELT THAT THERE WAS STILL, UM, A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, DOCUMENTATION AROUND THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE APPLICABLE LENGTH, WHAT'S THE REVIEW PROCESS, UM, IS THERE, UM, A ROTATION AMONGST ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES? FELT TO ME THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE DETAIL IN THAT PARTICULAR PROCEDURE.
I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH GOING FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE POLICY TONIGHT, BUT I THINK AS A TAKEAWAY WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT AND PERHAPS CONSIDER WHETHER IT NEEDS, UH, MODIFICATION.
UM, SO MR. HORWOOD, THAT WE CERTAINLY CAN TAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS YOU ALL HAVE.
THAT POLICY INTENTIONALLY IS BROAD FOR A REASON BECAUSE IT'S LEFT UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TO MANAGE THAT AMONG THE REST OF THEIR STAFF.
SO AS YOU SAW ON THE FORM, IT DOES PROVIDE THE EMPLOYEE TO PROVIDE START AND END DATES.
AND IT'S TO BE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY BY THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS SO THAT THEY CAN DECIDE STAFFING WISE.
IT IS VERY MINIMAL ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO TELEWORK ANYWAY.
BUT IT IS ALSO NICE TO HAVE AN EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER LIKE WE'RE HAVING NOW C-O-V-I-D-R-S-V PEOPLE OUT SICK SO THAT IF THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK, THEY CAN STILL WORK, JUST DO IT REMOTELY, BUT HAVE SOME GUIDELINES ON HOW TO DO THAT AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.
BUT CERTAINLY WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE AGAINST THE POLICY.
IT'S A, IT'S A CASE OF SHOULD IT BE MORE CLEARLY STATED IN THE, IN THE GUIDELINES THAT DOESN'T PREVENT, PREVENT US FROM APPROVING IT AT THIS POINT.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE CONSENT? I'LL MOVE IT.
THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS SUBMITTED.
AND WE'LL GO BACK THIS TO, UH, REPORTS OR MATTERS
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BE PRESENTED BY THE BOARD.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS AT THIS POINT? I HAVE SOMETHING I WANNA BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION HERE.
MAKE SURE I GET MY RIGHT PAGE.
UM, SO EARLIER, GOSH, WHERE IS IT? HERE? SO EARLIER THIS WEEK, OR NOT THIS WEEK, BUT LAST WEEK, UM, I, I KIND OF, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THIS, UH, KERRY'S CHAPEL, UH, ROAD.
WE HAVE A REVITALIZATION PROJECT GOING ON DOWN THERE WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, GAVE US, UH, $1.4 MILLION.
NOW, I HAVE HEARD FROM THE, SOME CITIZENS, NOT MANY, JUST VERY FEW, BUT HAVE COMPLAINED IT'S A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.
NOW, THERE'S TWO THINGS TO THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO, A GRANT GIVEN US $1.4 MILLION.
AND IF WE DID NOT USE IT, SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD.
OKAY? AND IT GIVES US THE, SO THAT'S ONE PART.
THE SECOND PART IS UNDERSTANDING OVER TIME AND HISTORY AND, UM, AND
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THE CONDITIONS.IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE, WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THESE, THIS CONSTRUCTION IS TAKING PLACE IN THE HOMES, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN IN YOUR COUNTY FOR GENERATIONS.
YOU CAN GO BACK PROBABLY BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.
THEIR FAMILIES HAVE TIED TO THIS LAND.
AND, UM, AND SO, UH, THERE, THERE WASN'T A VERY AFFLUENT AREA.
AND IF YOU HAVE A PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY THAT IS REALLY ROUGHING IT IN SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE HOUSES HAD BEDS WITH NO SHEETS OR ANYTHING.
IT WAS JUST A SPRING AND A MATTRESS.
UM, AND SO TWO TIMES I'VE GONE OUT THERE AND I'M GONNA THANK, UM, OUR, OUR, UM, SHOULD I GET IT RIGHT HERE? IT'S THE, UM, DIVISION OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION FOR ONE, GETTING THIS AND TWO, FOLLOWING UP WITH THE, AND DETERMINING WHAT, HELPING DETERMINE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, AND THEN GETTING THE CONTRACTORS TO COME OUT.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE COULDN'T GET, UH, ON A $4 MILLION PROJECT.
WE, UH, TO REVITALIZE THE, UH, RIVERWALK RESTAURANT.
WE COULDN'T GET ANYBODY TO MAKE A BID ON THESE PROJECTS.
THERE WERE, I THINK IT'S ALMOST MANY AS 20 CONTRACTORS, UM, OR DARE TO BID ON THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
AND, UH, AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT.
UH, SO WE'RE GETTING GOOD PRICES AND WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD WORK DONE.
NOW, I'M GONNA DESCRIBE ONE OF THE HOUSES.
IT'S IN A KIND OF A MARSHY AREA.
UM, AND WHEN THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT, UH, 1940, I THINK IT WAS 40 OR 1945, THERE WERE NO, THERE WERE REALLY NO STANDARDS FOR HOU BUILDING A HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST BUILT YOUR HOUSE.
AND YOU COULD IMAGINE THIS, WHAT THIS COUNTY LOOKED LIKE IN, IN THOSE DAYS, THERE WAS A LOT OF, A LOT OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY WEREN'T EVEN THERE, WEREN'T EVEN PLOTTED.
AND, UH, SO IT WAS WAY REALLY OUT IN THE WOODS.
SO THIS ONE HOUSE WE WENT INTO, UM, THE PEOPLE HAD ALREADY VACATED THE HOUSE BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY IT'S GONNA BE REDONE.
THE WHOLE INSIDE WAS GONNA BE DONE.
NOW, ON THE FLOOR OF A HOUSE, YOU HAVE THE JOISTS, AND THOSE ARE THE BEAMS THAT GO ACROSS THE, UH, ACROSS THE, UH, THE BOTTOM OF THE, OF THE HOUSE THAT HOLD THE FLOOR UP.
OKAY? UH, THERE'S, THERE'S THE, UH, PYLONS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL, WHAT, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? YOU KNOW, THE THINGS YOU PILLARS.
THE PILLARS ARE WHAT THEY'RE BASED ON APPEARS.
BUT THE, BUT THE JOS ARE BASICALLY THE, THE, THE BOARDS.
THEN ONCE YOU PUT 'EM ON THE PYLONS MM-HMM
UH, YOU, YOU THEN NAIL YOUR FLOOR DOWN AND YOU COULD PUT WHATEVER KIND OF FLOORING YOU WANT.
THIS ONE HOUSE WE WENT INTO, ALL THE JOISTS HAD COLLAPSED.
OKAY? SO THE, LITERALLY, THAT MEANS THAT THE FLOOR WAS BROKEN.
AND, AND SO, UH, AND THEN WHEN THEY TRIED TO CRAWL UNDER TO INSPECT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUSE, THIS IS HOW THEY DISCOVERED THIS.
THEY GOT DOWN IN THERE, THEY HAD A HOLE THEY COULD GET THROUGH, AND THEY CRAWLED DOWN IN.
AND GUESS WHAT? THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT ACROSS THE FLOOR BECAUSE THE JOIST WERE BROKEN.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
NOW WE HAVE CAMERAS WE CAN RUN THROUGH THERE THAT ARE THE SAFER, AND THEY COULD SEE THE DAMAGE UNDERNEATH, AND IT'S THE MOISTURE THAT CAME UP.
SO IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE AND YOU DON'T HAVE IT, YOU'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF THAT MOISTURE UNDER.
THIS COULD EVEN HAPPEN TO A HOUSE THAT'S SEVERAL FEET OFF THE GROUND.
UH, IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOUR HOUSE.
SO, SO THESE PEOPLE WERE NEVER GONNA, THEY, THEY WERE LIVING THERE.
AND IN FACT, IT WAS, I WAS TOLD, UH, BY, UM, UH, OH GOD, WHAT ABBOTT WOODALL, WHO IS DIVISION HEAD, THAT PROBABLY WHAT WAS HOLDING UP THE WALLS OF THE HOUSE WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY HAD IN THE HOUSE.
I MEAN, THIS IS HOW DANGEROUS THIS THING THE SITUATION WAS.
SO, UH, THEY'VE PULLED ALL THE STUFF OUT.
THEY'VE TAKEN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, AND THEY'VE PUT 'EM UP IN A, IN A, I THINK A HOTEL OR A MOTEL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEY'RE GIVING, YOU KNOW, SO THEY GOT ALL THE CLOTHES, THEY PUT STUFF IN THEIR, THESE PODS, THEY COULD STORE IT IN THERE.
AND, UM, AND THESE LADIES, UH, THEIR TWO LADIES, THEY WERE THE SISTERS AND THEY WERE BOTH, UH, VERY OLD, I'D SAY SOMEWHERE OVER 85 OR SO.
AND I WAS JUST AMAZED, JUST AMAZED THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS.
AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO HELP THESE FOLKS.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER, OTHER, OTHER HOMES THAT I SAW THAT WERE IN VARIOUS DEGREES OF DILAPIDATION, BASICALLY THE, THE, IF YOU THINK BACK IN THOSE DAYS, YOU PAINTED WITH LEAD PAINT, OKAY? AND SO WE HAD THEN MITIGATE THE LEAD PAINT BECAUSE THE WHOLE HOUSE INSIDE WAS COVERED IN LEAD.
AND THESE, THE HOUSES BUILT BY 1945 AND, UH, WALLS WERE COLLAPSING CEILING.
SO, UM, IT WAS JUST, IT, IT WAS JUST VERY HEARTWARMING TO SEE THIS.
AND I WENT INTO SEVERAL HOMES THAT HAD BEEN DONE, AND IT WAS AMAZING THAT AT A REASONABLE COST, THEY WERE ABLE TO MODERNIZE THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, FIX THE PLUMBING, FIX THE,
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UH, THE, THE FLOORING, FIX THE CEILING, UH, HOUSES, SOME OF THE HOUSES, HAD GAPS ON THE WALL TO THE OUTSIDE.THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO FIX ALL THAT.
AND THEN SEVERAL OF THE HOMES WE ACTUALLY HAD TO TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD A HOME.
OKAY? BUT, BUT ALL THIS STUFF, WE WERE, WE WERE, I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW MANY HOMES, BUT IT WAS JUST THE FACT THAT OUR STAFF WAS ABLE TO WORK THIS, GET THE RIGHT CONTRACTORS IN THERE AND, AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THESE PEOPLE.
AND, UH, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, MY HAT'S OFF TO, UH, ABBOTT AND THE, AND THE FOLKS THAT, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING.
THIS IS JUST A REAL HUMAN THING TO DO.
SO, UM, YEAH, ONE OF, ONE LAST THING.
NOW YOU'VE PROBABLY, EVERYBODY'S HEARD ABOUT COYOTES.
COYOTES COMING DOWN IN THE AREA.
COES, LEMME TELL YOU WHAT THE COYOTES ARE HERE.
AND, UH, I LIVED OUT WEST FOR, FOR QUITE THE COES A FEW YEARS.
AND I, I WAS, I LIVED IN, UH, OUT WEST AND I WOULD SEE A COYOTE, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS FLYING, UH, AT THE AIRPORT NEAR THE, NEAR THE RUNWAYS AND STUFF.
YOU SEE THE COYOTES RUNNING AROUND, BUT I'D NEVER SEEN ONE HERE.
AND, AND THEY NORMALLY DON'T RUN IN PACKS UNTIL YOU GET THE MATING SEASON.
WELL, SURE ENOUGH, I'M DRIVING DOWN BIG BETHEL ROAD AND THREE OF THEM CROSS THE ROAD.
OKAY? NOW, THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS THAT THEY'RE A PREDATORY ANIMAL.
UM, THEY WILL GO OUT FOR CATS, DOGS, DOGS, IF YOU'VE FERAL CATS, THEY PROBABLY WON'T HAVE 'EM VERY LONG.
THEY'LL GO AFTER RACCOONS AND POSSUMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I, I SAW FILM, WELL, ONE, CHASING A CHILD, A SMALL, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF, 4-YEAR-OLD CHILD.
AND NORMALLY, NORMALLY THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE FATHER SAW THIS, SAW THE CHILD RUN BY, AND THEN SAW THE COYOTE, AND THE FATHER THEN DOVE IN REAL QUICK AND GRABBED THE CHILD.
AND THEN THAT WAS LIKE, HOLY MACKEREL.
SO THE POINT IS, ONE, THESE ARE THESE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY OPEN SEASON FOR SHOOTING THESE THINGS, OKAY? 'CAUSE THEY'RE SUCH A, THERE CAN BE SUCH A NUISANCE.
UM, THE OTHER THING TOO IS THEY CARRY RABIES.
AND, UH, AND, AND SO IF YOU CORNER ONE OF 'EM, YOU BETTER BE, THEY MAY LOOK LIKE A SMALL DOG, BUT YOU BETTER BE READY FOR A FIGHT BECAUSE THEY, THEY ARE, THEY'RE NOTED FOR JUMPING FENCES AND GOING AFTER PEOPLE IF YOU GET CORNERED.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS? YEAH, BY ALL MEANS, GO AHEAD.
OKAY, SO YES, CODY, YEAH, THEY'RE COS ARE HERE.
THEY ALSO GET IN THE TURKEY NEST AND RUIN THE TURKEY NEST.
SO THEY'RE IN SEASON ALL YEAR ROUND.
BUT BE CAREFUL ABOUT DISCHARGING FIREARMS IN CERTAIN AREAS TOO.
SO JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY GET IN TROUBLE.
UH, I'LL JUST KEEP IT BRIEF INTEREST OF TIME.
REMIND MY NEIGHBORS, IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE ON THE FOUNDATION, MAKE SURE YOU CLOSE YOUR VENTS.
I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE PEOPLE HERE WERE THE WEATHER COMING IN AND THEY KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT IT.
AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY FINDING OUT THEY GOT A FROZEN PIPE AND, AND THEN CRAWL AT THE HOUSE, TRY TO FIX IT WITH THE BLOWTORCH.
AND THEN MR. LUGO AND HIS, HIS COLLEAGUES RIGHT THERE TRYING TO PUT A FIRE, RIGHT? SO LET'S, UH, JUST BE CAREFUL.
PUT A LITTLE BIT OF PREVENT MAINTENANCE.
UH, ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM I THINK WE SHOULD MENTION IN TERMS OF COUNTY ACTIVITIES.
WE'VE GOT THE YORKTOWN LIBRARY FOUNDATION MEETING ON THURSDAY NIGHT, UH, KICKOFF OF THAT, UH, EFFORT TO, UH, UH, RAISE, UH, FUNDS FOR THE FOUNDATION TO IMPROVE ON OUR OVERALL LIBRARIES IN, UH, YORK COUNTY.
WHAT TIME'S THE START? I BELIEVE IT'S 7:00 PM.
WAYNE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? TIME? I'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT.
I'LL TAKE, I'LL TAKE CHECKS FROM ANYBODY.
UM, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT TOM JUST TALKED ABOUT.
UM, WHEN WE WENT TO THE, THE VACO CONFERENCE, UM, THIS YEAR, UH, I WENT TO ONE OF THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS GRANT MONEY.
AND THESE CONTRACTORS ARE DOING THIS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LOW INCOME AND THEIR HOUSES ARE FALLING APART.
UM, I, I SAW SOME GREAT PICTURES OF BRAND NEW HOUSES.
SOME OF 'EM THEY HAD TO TEAR DOWN AND SOME OF 'EM, THEY JUST WENT IN AND TOTALLY GUT IT AND REDID IT.
AND THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING IN BRAND NEW HOUSES BECAUSE OF STATE FUNDING.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE TOM SAID, IF WE DON'T USE IT, ANOTHER JURISDICTION'S GONNA GET OUR MONEY.
SO IF WE CAN USE IT TO BETTER OUR OUR PEOPLE HERE, THEN YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO US TO DO THAT.
UM, THE SECOND THING IS, UM, WATCH OUT FOR THE WEATHER.
MY UNDERSTANDING SNOW'S COMING IN TONIGHT, SO I'VE HEARD ANYTHING FROM TWO INCHES TO A HUNDRED.
BUT, UH, YEAH,
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SO JUST BE CAREFUL OUT THERE IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE.YOU KNOW, WE, WE USED TO GO DO DONUTS IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN THE SNOW.
UM, DON'T, Y'ALL ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO LISTEN TO THAT, BUT THAT WAS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
UH, BUT PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO DRIVE IF YOU'RE NOT USED TO DRIVING IN THE SNOW.
AND THEN ONE OTHER, ONE OTHER THING I WANNA BRING UP THAT'S REALLY BEEN ON MY MIND, UH, FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT I WANT TO START, UH, WORKING ON IS GETTING METAL DETECTORS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AND, UM, I KNOW THAT'S GOTTA COME THROUGH THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT, UM, I'M HOPING I CAN GET SOME SUPPORT OF THAT.
I KNOW WE DON'T, WE DON'T CONTROL THEIR MONEY.
UH, I'VE SPENT, UH, SOME EXTENSIVE TIME WITH SHERIFF MONTGOMERY TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE.
I'M I'LL, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I'M QUITE FRANKLY ASTONISHED THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT FOR THE NUMBERS THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN, UM, AROUND $380,000 TO PUT AT LEAST ONE IN EVERY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY.
I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT WE THROW THAT KIND OF MONEY AWAY.
AND THIS IS OUR KIDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THE ONE THAT HIT HOME WAS THE, THE RECENT ONE WHERE THESE KIDS WERE SHOT AND THE TEACHER WAS SHOT AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
IT'S OUR JOB AS THE BOARD TO PROTECT OUR KIDS.
AND WHEN I SAW THE NUMBER OF $380,000, I'M LIKE, I CAN'T, I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM THAT WE, WE ARE NOT DOING THAT.
I PUT MONEY FROM THE, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A DROP IN THE BUCKET WHEN WE LOOK AT A $200 MILLION BUDGET AND WE CAN'T COME UP WITH $380,000 TO PUT METAL DETECTORS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO PROTECT OUR KIDS.
AND THE BEAUTY OF IT, UH, SHERIFF MONTGOMERY, UH, SHARED WITH ME THAT, 'CAUSE I ASKED HIM COULD WE GET PORTABLE ONES? AND HE SAID THE ONES THEY'VE QUOTED ARE PORTABLE SCHOOL SPEEDING.
SO WE CAN TAKE THE ONES OUT OF THE SCHOOL AND PUT IT AT THE BALL FIELDS WHEN WE HAVE BALL GAMES.
AND SO IT, IT WILL SERVE ITS PURPOSE FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
AND SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
I'M GONNA, LIKE I SAID, I'M GONNA TRY TO GET ON DR.
SHE'S CALENDAR, UH, TO CHAT WITH HIM ABOUT IT AND SEE WHERE HE AND HIS BOARD ARE.
UH, BEFORE WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL MEET FOR THEIR ANNUAL RETREAT AT 8:30 AM FRIDAY, JANUARY 31ST, 2025 AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUILDING, COMMUNITY MEETING ROOM.
AND WITH THAT NOW, WILL WE GO INTO CLOSED
[CLOSED MEETING]
SESSION, PLEASE? MR. ROY? I MOVE THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION SR ONE TO CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS.DID HE GET THAT? NO, I DIDN'T.
YOU GOT GOTTA GET TO THE RIGHT ONE.
WHERE'S THE RIGHT ONE? MM-HMM
LEMME SEE IF I'M NOT GONNA WING IT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU READ IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2 DASH THREE SEVEN A ONE OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONVENE AND CLOSE MEETING TO CONSIDER A PERSONNEL MATTER INVOLVING APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESSES OR INDUSTRY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2 3 71, A FIVE OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONVENE AND CLOSE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS A PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY EXPANSION, UH, WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE.
WE'LL MOVE FOR THE CLOSED SESSION.