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I WILL CALL THIS, UH,[Call to Order ]
APRIL 7TH MEETING OF A REGULAR MEETING OF A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEASE.MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
[1. VDOT Quarterly Update. Presentation by Rossie Carroll, Residency Administrator. ]
TONIGHT, WE'RE STARTING WITH A VDOT QUARTERLY UPDATE, AND I'LL CALL ON BRIAN JEN HERE, HERE, HERE.THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
UM, I'M HERE IN PLACE, ROSSI CARROLL.
JUST SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE, HE IS ON TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT, UM, OVER AT THE FRANKLIN RESIDENCY.
SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, I'M GONNA BE YOUR POINT OF CONTACT THROUGH LIKELY JUNE THIS YEAR.
UM, SO HE FORWARDED ME HIS FORMAT THAT HE NORMALLY PROVIDES TO Y'ALL.
AND IF YOU, I WILL TELL YOU THIS, I DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OR THE INFORMATION ABOUT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT HE DOES, BUT I DID PULL OUT SOME OF THE MOST RECENT UPDATES I COULD FIND.
SO FIRST OFF, I'LL GET INTO THE WORK ORDERS THAT WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING.
AND OVER THIS REPORTING PERIOD IS GONNA COVER JANUARY 1ST THROUGH MARCH 31ST.
SO DURING THAT TIME THROUGH OUR CALL CENTER, WE RECEIVED 420 SERVICE REQUESTS, COMPLETING 352 OF THOSE FOR 83.8% COMPLETION RATE.
NOW, WE HAVE HAD A LARGE INFLUX OF POTHOLE REPAIRS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS YEAR.
UM, NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE WINTER WEATHER WAS A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT.
UH, RESPONDED TO A MEDIA INQUIRY THIS PAST MONTH ON POTHOLE REPAIRS IN THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE, JAMES CITY AND YORK COUNTY.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UM, JANUARY, OUR CREWS REPAIRED 47 POTHOLES FEBRUARY 213, AND IN MARCH WE REPAIRED 288 FOR 548 POTHOLES ACROSS YORK AND JAMES CITY COUNTY.
UM, WE ALSO DO AREA HEADQUARTERS GENERATED ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THIS IS TO PERFORM ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THAT'S HOW THEY CAPTURE THEIR SNOW REMOVAL ACTIVITIES, OR IF THEY COME ACROSS, UM, SOMETHING THAT NEEDS ATTENTION, TREE DOWN, UH, DEAD ANIMALS IN THE ROADWAY, THAT THEY'LL GENERATE THEIR SERVICE REQUESTS.
AND WE HAD 80 OF THOSE, THIS PERIOD WITH 77 OF THOSE COMPLETED, UM, COMBINED TOTAL BETWEEN THE CALL CENTER AND, UH, AREA HEADQUARTERS GENERATED WAS 500 FOR THIS PERIOD.
429 OF THOSE COMPLETED FOR A 85.8% COMPLETION RATE.
UM, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER A, UH, AN ACCEPTABLE COMPLETION RATE? SO THE WORK IS DONE, IT'S COMPLETED, THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TO IT.
NO, BUT I MEAN IT, WOULD YOU SAY 85.50, THAT RATE, IS THAT GOOD? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ANY, ANYTHING OVER 80% IS PRETTY GOOD.
THE, THE REASON BEING, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A LOW NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS, AND I, I BASE THAT OFF OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD A LOT OF SNOW, SO WE DON'T, WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF WORK ORDERS DURING THAT PERIOD.
UM, NORMALLY I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY AVERAGE, UH, ABOUT 6,000 WORK ORDERS A YEAR.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE PERIOD OF 500 IS PROBABLY NORMALLY CLOSER TO SIX 50 OR SO, 700.
SO IT WAS RE RELATIVELY LOW NUMBER.
WE HAVE SEASONAL THINGS THAT COME UP THAT WE'LL WE'LL HAVE MORE RESPONSE TO.
OUR RESIDENCY DIRECT LINE TO, UM, WILLIAMSBURG IS, UH, 7 5 7 2 5 3 5 1 3 8.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER.
IT CAN BE REACHED AT 1 804 ROAD.
UM, AND I'VE ADDED THIS IN, IF YOU'RE MORE TECH SAVVY, YOU CAN NOW REPORT YOUR SERVICE REQUESTS ONLINE.
EITHER YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TALK TO ANYONE.
AND THAT'S AT MY VDOT VIRGINIA.GOV.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS PERIOD, OF COURSE, WHERE THE MULTIPLE SNOW EVENTS THAT OUR STAFF RESPONDED TO, UM, CLOSE TO HOME HERE, WE HAD THE TRENCH DRAIN INSTALLATION RIGHT HERE ON CHURCH STREET, WHERE WE WERE CATCHING THAT RUNOFF THAT WAS RUNNING OVER INTO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY THERE.
UM, A JOINT EFFORT WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DOING THE BAMBOO REMOVAL DOWN ON WATER STREET.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S BEEN THROUGH RECENTLY, BUT THAT GROWS REALLY FAST.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO SEE SOME OF THAT COME BACK UP BEFORE WE'VE GOTTEN THE, UH, PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR
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DOWN ON IT.SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT SOME OF THAT AGAIN BEFORE WE GET IT SPRAYED.
UM, THE TREE CLEARING AND TRIMMING ON HAMPTON HIGHWAY RIGHT THERE AT K LANE.
UM, WHEN I GET TO PLANNED WORK, THAT'S, I'M GONNA REFER BACK TO THAT.
UM, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE TREE REMOVALS ON, UH, ROUTE 1 32 ON THE NORTHERN END LAKEHEAD DRIVE, GOVERNMENT ROAD AND AIRPORT ROAD, SOME TREE TRIMMING WORK ON MELISSA LANE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WIDE POTHOLE PATCHING AND SKIMMING ESTATES BY OUR CROKER STAFF.
UM, SOME PAVED DITCH CLEANING UP ON BARLOW ROAD AND OUR SEAFORD AREA HEADQUARTERS PARTICIPATED THIS PAST WEEK IN THE SEAFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAREER DAY.
IT WAS A NICE EVENT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN.
UM, SOME UPCOMING PLAN MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.
THE DITCH CLEANING AND GRADING THAT ROSSI SPOKE WITH YOU ABOUT ON ROUTE 17 AT DECEMBER'S.
MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO KICK OFF NEXT WEEK.
UM, THAT IS 17 SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN 1 73 AND 1 0 5.
UM, THE WILLIAMSBURG CREW'S GONNA BE WORKING ON SOME DITCH CLEANING ON 1 32.
THEY'VE ALSO GOT SOME PAVEMENT REPAIRS LINED UP FOR CORVETTE DRIVE.
AND WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF CURB AND GUTTER REPLACEMENT THAT IS GETTING READY TO KICK OFF ON CORVETTE DRIVE AS WELL.
THE SEAFORD CREW IS SCHEDULING SOME NIGHT WORK TO DO SOME PAVEMENT REPAIRS AT THE ROUTE 17 AND GOOLEY ROAD INTERSECTION.
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT NIGHT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
AND IF WE TRY TO DO THAT DURING THE DAYTIME, IT'S ALREADY, UH, SOME DELAYS 'CAUSE OF THE SIGNAL THERE.
AND WE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO AVOID THAT.
UM, GETTING READY TO KICK OFF SOME PIPE WORK AND REPAIRS TO THE DITCH THERE AT 1 34 AND K LANE, WHICH IS WHAT THE TREE WORK ORIGINATED FROM.
UM, CREW IN WILLIAMSBURG GONNA BE WORKING ON THE PIPE IN PASTURE LANE.
BROKER'S GONNA BE WORKING ON SOME BRUSH CUTTING AND FIT MILL ROAD.
MERRIMACK TRAIL'S GONNA HAVE SOME BRUSH CUTTING PERFORMED BY WILLIAMSBURG, AND THE FIRST MOTORCYCLE IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY.
SO THAT'S OUR CONTRACTED MOTORCYCLES TO START.
UM, BDOT PROJECTS ARE ON-CALL GUARD GUARDRAIL REPAIRS CONTRACTOR COMPLETED 20 OF 20 DOCUMENTED REPORTED HITS DURING THIS PERIOD.
THE ROUTE 1 43, UH, I 64 BRIDGE REPAIR, THAT'S ONGOING.
UM, THERE WERE SOME WEATHER DELAYS, BUT UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE WRAPPING UP FAIRLY SOON.
UM, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE CRACK REPAIRS AND I THINK THE, I THINK THE LEAD ASBESTOS TESTING IS COMPLETE, BUT I, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THOSE RESULTS.
UH, THE WITH CREEK ROAD PROJECT, THERE'S NO NEW INFORMATION TO REPORT ON SINCE THE, UH, DECEMBER MEETING.
I DO HAVE SOME UPDATES ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE 1 34 BRIDGE OVER 17.
UM, AND I SENT AN EMAIL OUT THIS WEEK ABOUT SOME UPCOMING WORK.
BUT, UH, PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE AND OVER THE PAST WEEK, THE JACKING AND BLOCKING HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE.
THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE INSTALLING THE DECK PANS AND THESE DECK PANS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SIT DECK PLANS.
THEY ARE STAYING PLACE DECK PANTS, UM, SUBSTRUCTURE REPAIR, REPAIR P TWO AND BE BEING FIVE.
AND THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON INSTALLING THE OVERHANGS.
THEY'RE GONNA KEEP CONTINUE WORKING ON THE DECK PLAN, THE DECK PLAN INSTALLATION, UM, INSTALLING THE OVERHANGS.
AND THOSE DECK PORES ARE COMING UP LAST WEEK OF APRIL.
THOSE ARE CONS GONNA CONSIST OF THREE PORES OF ABOUT 70 YARDS EACH.
IT IS GONNA REQUIRE THE BRIDGE TO BE CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
UM, FOR DAYTIME OPERATIONS FROM SEVEN TO FIVE O'CLOCK, THERE WILL BE A DETOUR IN PLACE.
UH, BUT IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE POURING WITH.
THEY, THEY HAVE TO CLOSE BOTH DIRECTIONS.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT DETOUR IS GOING? TAKE US? IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU 17 TO VICTORY TO 1 34.
IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE YOU LOT OF CHOICES
OH, THAT LITTLE SIDE DOWN THERE PARALLEL.
WE'RE NOT DIRECTING ANYBODY TO CARDINAL.
HEY, ONE QUESTION IS, I NOTICED THAT THE COMPLETION DATE ON THIS IS AROUND, UH, WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE COMPLETION DATE IS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
12 26 26 IS WHAT IT'S SCHEDULED.
AND THAT'D BE ABOUT RIGHT, I WOULD THINK.
BUT I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU'RE, THE WORK THEY'RE DOING NOW WAS THE WORK WAS THE PROJECT.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IS JUMP IN OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE
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MM-HMMTHERE'S, THERE'S TWO PARTS TO IT.
AND THEY NEVER, NO ONE'S EVER TALKED ABOUT TWO PARTS.
SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR TWO YEARS.
SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THINGS.
THIS BRIDGE IS GONNA BE SCREWED UP FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THE BAD NEWS IS WHAT IT IS.
WELL, THIS SAYS COMPLETION DATE'S GONNA BE SO JANUARY, JANUARY 1ST OF 27TH.
I, WELL, I'M AT, I'M TALKING, THIS IS WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT THE NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT 1 34 OVER SEVEN FOUR.
THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF DECEMBER.
THIS WILL THE 1 34, BUT THEN THEY'RE GONNA JUMP OVER.
YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WIDTH CREEK ONE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THE, THE WIDTH CREEK ONE.
THAT DON'T, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT, IT'S A BRIDGE.
YOU KNOW, BRIDGES TAKE FOREVER TO GET DONE.
THAT ONE'S BEEN GOING ON FOREVER.
THIS ONE, THE BRIDGE OVER 1, 3 4.
IF IT'S FIXED AND COMPLETED ON THIS PORTION, THEN WE'RE GONNA BE ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF TO FINISH THE OTHER SIDE.
NO, HE'S SAYING THAT'S ALL GONNA BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THAT'S, WELL THAT, SEE, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
ARE THEY GONNA SWITCH OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE? BECAUSE ROSSI IMPLIED TO ME WHEN HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT, IS THEY LAST WHEN, BEFORE HE LEFT, WAS THAT THEY WERE GONNA START OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND I'M SAYING WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO ONE SIDE AND THEN THEY CAN SHIFT TRAFFIC ONTO THAT SIDE AND THEN WE'LL REPAIR THE OTHER SIDE.
YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE DONE BEFORE THE 20 BEFORE, BEFORE DECEMBER.
THE, THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT SCHEDULE.
THERE WAS DELAYS BECAUSE OF SOME THINGS THEY CAME ACROSS.
UM, YEAH, BUT YOU GOTTA PULL THE WHOLE THING OUT.
LIKE YOU DID THE, YOU GONNA DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AS YOU DID ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
AND I MEAN, I'VE WATCHED THIS THING GOING ON FOR, IT'S BEEN OVER, WELL, IT'S OVER A YEAR.
IT'S BEEN, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.
CONTRACTOR SAYS THEY'RE GONNA BE FINISHED BY THEN.
I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT.
TH THIS IS THE SAME INFORMATION WE ALSO PRESENTED TO YOU THAT IS GONNA BE KICKED OFF SHORTLY.
UM, NO CHANGES TO WHAT HE PRESENTED TO YOU BACK IN DECEMBER.
UM, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO GO OVER TO WITH ANYBODY THAT YOU'D LIKE TO.
THE, UM, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND OF THE 14 MONTH SCHEDULE, THERE'S A COUPLE LINE ITEMS, RAPID AND DRIVE ARMOR DRIVE.
WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PRE THE NUMBERS FOR? IS THAT THE RIGHT NUMBER? SIX, SAY 6 21.
THOSE ARE ROUTE, THOSE ARE ROUTE NUMBERS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
I THOUGHT IT'D JUST BE EASIER TO READ.
EVERYBODY KNOWS 1 34, BUT THOSE ARE THE, THE WAY, UH, OUR SYSTEM BREAKS 'EM DOWN.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I KNEW WHAT I WAS READING THERE.
SO WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT BELOW, BELOW SECOND CHART? THERE'S TWO LINES.
SO, SO THERE, SO IT SAYS A 14 MONTH SCHEDULE D.
DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE THINKING THAT THEY'LL BE PAVED IN 26 OR NO, NO, NO, NO.
TH THIS IS JUST GETTING READY TO BE STARTED.
UM, THIS WAS 14 MONTHS FROM THE TIME OF THAT BACK THEN FROM, FROM THE WARD.
SO, SO, SO IT GIVES THEM MORE TIME TO DO WELL, IT GIVES THEM 14 MONTHS INSTEAD OF THEIR, THEIR NORMAL PAVING WINDOW UNDER UNDERSTAND.
SO THE, THE RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT TO SEE THAT.
PAYMENT OPERATIONS HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, PROBABLY.
'CAUSE PART OF IT, ONE OF THE MAIN PORTIONS IS THE, UM, WATER STREET.
ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS WE HAD, I CAN GIVE YOU NO UPDATE ON THE SHARED USE PATH ON VICTORY.
UH, NOTHING NEW ON THE ROUTE 17 WIDENING THE VICTORY BOULEVARD WIDENING.
UM, THIS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN MAY BY MAY, BUT THAT ONE LANE THEY'RE PUTTING IN OVER THERE ON ONE BETWEEN 17 AND 1 34.
THIS IS, IS THAT ONE ONE RIGHT? UH, THIS SOUTH LANE? THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN MAY.
THAT SAYS STARTS IN NO, THIS IS RIGHT.
I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
THIS IS TWO, THIS IS TWO DIFFERENT UPCS.
SO THIS IS THE TURN LANE EXTENSION AT 1 34.
SO IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE INTERSTATE, THAT TURN LANE EXTENSION ON THE LEFT, UM, YES.
WHICH PC ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORK.
WHICH U PC ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHICH ONE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SO THE TURN LANE EXTENSION IS 1 1 3 6.
AND THAT'S SAYING IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR? THAT IS THE PLAN.
SO ROSSI TOLD ME, I, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE THIS IS.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP, BUT I MEAN, IT
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DOESN'T, DOESN'T THE RIGHT TURNING LANE.THE RIGHT TURNING LANE WHERE, I MEAN, IS THAT RIGHT TURN LANE ONTO 1 34? YES.
I WAS TOLD, ROSSY TOLD ME THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE DONE BY MAY OF THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S LIKE SIX, THAT'S LIKE IN A MONTH.
YOU KNOW, I CAN CHECK WITH YOU.
I, I TOLD YOU I, ALL I GOTTA DO IS YOU GOTTA FINISH ALL THE GROUNDWORK.
ALL YOU GOTTA DO NOW IS JUST LAY THE ASPHALT.
IT STILL LOOKS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK BE DONE.
COULD THE TURN LANE AT THE SHELL STATION? YES.
I'D BE HAPPY TO CHECK FOR YOU.
NEXT ONE UP WAS THE SMART SCALE 20 ROUTE 1 71 CAPACITY.
NO NEW UPDATES ON AIRPORT ROAD.
UM, HAD A MEETING TODAY ABOUT THE GAP PROJECT ON 64.
IT'S SO WORK CONTINUES AS PLANNED.
NO NEW INFO ON THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR FOR THE QUEENS CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT.
I KNOW HE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I, I JUST DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO PROVIDE.
SO I'VE ONLY HAD THREE STUDIES COMPLETED THIS REPORTING PERIOD.
AND THE FIRST ONE WAS A LEFT TURN SIGNAL PHASE AND REVIEW FOR ROUTE 17 NORTHBOUND AT MARTIN FARM.
UH, ULTIMATELY IT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FYA.
UM, SO THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
COULD YOU LET'S THIS TOP TOP HERE, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
UM, IF A SIGNAL THROUGH MOVEMENT EXISTS ON APPROACH A MINIMUM TWO PER, OH YEAH.
I GUESS I NEED TO GET BACK TO THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS YOU WERE ASKING FOR THIS AND GIVE 'EM SOME GOOD SOLIDS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE D WHAT, WHY, WHAT DROVE THE NO DECISION FROM VDOT.
I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ENGINEERING.
UM, NEXT UP PAVEMENT MARKINGS FOR ROUTE 1 34 AT ROUTE 1544, WHICH IS UPPER SHOWER WAY.
UM, SO THAT ORIGINATED, UH, BY A HOMEOWNER ON UPPER SHOWER WAY.
UH, CARS WERE OVERSHOOTING THE TURN LANE BECAUSE IT COULD JUST CONTINUE DOWN TO THE GODDARD SCHOOL.
SO IT ENDED UP, UH, GETTING MARKED INSTALLED RIGHT LANE MUST TURN RIGHT SIGNAGE AND INSTALLED DELINEATORS RIGHT THERE JUST PAST THE GODDARD SCHOOL.
UM, SO IT DOESN'T GIVE ANY MISLEADING THAT YOU CAN JUST DRIVE STRAIGHT ON DOWN.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? BECAUSE THAT'S APPROACHED TO THE BRIDGE, RIGHT? THIS IS BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT.
I KNOW, BUT IT'S, SO WHY ARE THE, OKAY, SO WHAT'S THE SIGN DUE? SO THE, IT'S GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT? TURN ONTO UPPER SIDE.
IF YOU GETTING IN THAT TURN LANE, YOU GOTTA TURN OH, THAT'S A LITTLE, THAT LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD UP IN HERE.
BEFORE, YEAH, BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING, WERE OVERSHOOTING IT, SHOOTING IT.
'CAUSE THERE IS A SHOULDER THERE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GODDARD.
UM, AND FINALLY THE LAST THING THAT WAS COMPLETED BY A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING I CAN REPORT ON WAS THE PERSON WITH DISABILITY SIGN.
THE APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED, REVIEWED, AND THE SIGN HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
SO A COUPLE THINGS, WELL, MORE THAN A COUPLE THINGS WE HAVE QUEUED UP, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE QUEUE FOR EVALUATION IS THE FOUR-WAY STOP AT DOROTHY DRIVE AND ROLLINS WAY OVER IN WILLOW LAKES, I GOT A GENERAL SAFETY STUDY FOR BI CYCLISTS FOR THE INTERSECTION NEAR VICTORY BOULEVARD AND BIG BETHEL ROAD.
I GOT A GENERAL SAFETY STUDY FOR THE INTERSECTIONS ON SHOWALTER ROAD, SPECIFICALLY A CUSTOMER CONCERN WITH HOLLYWOOD DRIVE INTERSECTION, UM, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AS IT RELATES TO A COMPLETED SPEED STUDY ON ROUTE 17.
UM, OR ROUTE SEVEN 18 BACK CREEK ROAD.
THAT IS ACTUALLY GONNA TAKE PLACE, UH, NOT THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.
AND THAT IS GONNA COUNT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON THAT SEGMENT OF ROADWAY, UH, LANE DELINEATION MARKERS ON RO AMBO RIGHT THERE AT CAPITAL LANDING ROAD, WHERE THE SPLIT IS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST GOT PAINTED CENTER LINE AND YOU, IF YOU GO THROUGH THERE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE CROSSING OVER AND DRIVING THROUGH THE, THAT MEDIAN PORTION THERE.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST TO DELINEATE THAT THERE'LL BE SOME MARKING AND IF IT, IF THEY DEEM IT NECESSARY, SOME TYPE OF LANE DELINEATION, WHETHER IT'S MARKERS
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OR POLE POSTS.UM, I THINK WHEN THE, IT'S A SHORT YEAH.
AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, FOLKS THAT DON'T KNOW THAT THAT STRAIGHT LANE IS EITHER TURNING LEFT TOWARDS THE BASE OR GOING ON TO INTERSTATE ARE CUTTING THROUGH AND CUTTING IN FRONT OF FOLKS.
UM, UTURN TRAFFIC YIELD SIGNAGE OF ROUTE 17 SOUTHBOUND AND WOLF TRAP ROAD, UM, THAT HAS ARISEN, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH GREEN AT THE SAME TIME.
THE LEFT TURN FROM 17 SOUTH TO WOLF TRAPP IS GREEN AND THE RIGHT TURN FROM WOLF TRAPP ONTO 17 NORTH IS GREEN.
UM, SO I GOT THEM LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE IF WE NEED SOME RESTRICTIVE SIGNAGE TO YIELD TO.
WELL, WHO ARE YOU GONNA HAVE YIELD? WELL, THAT'S UP TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TO DECIDE.
WHAT STATE, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DRIVING RULES? DON'T WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY? THAT'S UP TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.
MAKING U U-TURN, MAKING THE U-TURN.
SO I'M KIND OF WONDERING IF YOU PUT A SIGN THERE TO STOP IT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A TRAFFIC RULE ISSUE.
UH, WE GOT A SPEED STUDY FOR 1 0 5 FORT S BOULEVARD AND THEY APPROACH THE 17 WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE A STEP DOWN FROM 55 TO 45, HAVE THEM LOOKING AT IT TO SEE IF, BECAUSE OF THE MM-HMM
WHAT IS DEVELOPED THERE WITH THE, UM, TOWNHOUSES AND RETIREMENT HOME.
IF THAT NEEDS TO BE FURTHER STEPPED DOWN TO 35 THROUGH THAT SEGMENT.
UM, THREEWAY STOP EVALUATION FOR HEAVEN'S WAY AND POLARIS DRIVE, THAT'S WHERE THEY'VE BUILT SOME NEW HOMES DOWN THERE.
REALLY? I, I, I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO THROW SHADE ON THIS, BUT HIS, THE HISTORY WITH VITA AND THREEWAY STOP SIGNS NOT GOOD.
I MEAN, YOU GOT, YOU, YOU, THIS IS, I SEE THIS IS LIKE ME OFFERING HOPE
YOU CAN PULL IT ACROSS IF, IF IF OUR CITIZENS LOOK IT UP ONLINE AND THEY ASK HOW TO GET IT SIGNED, IT SAYS TO CALL YOUR LOCAL RESIDENCY.
AND I'M OBLIGATED TO REQUEST A REVIEW.
WHETHER OR NOT I THINK IT'LL GO THROUGH OR NOT IS IRRELEVANT.
I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME, I THINK IT DISTRICT FIVE, I THINK THERE'S IN FACT ALL COUNTY, I ONLY KNOW A ONE THREE-WAY STOP THAT'S IN THE WOODLAKE CROSSING ON LAKE CRESCENT.
I KNOW, I KNOW EXACTLY WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND, AND VITA, ALL THE HELL'S BEEN, I'VE ASKED TO GET THREEWAY STOPS IN SOME OF THESE PLACES AND IT WAS LIKE, NO, NO, NO.
AND I SEE THIS, I'M GOING, OKAY, GOOD.
I I HAD ONE, I HAD ONE DONE OFF OF, UH, 2 38 DOWN THERE IN TYLER FARRO AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THIS, THIS PROBABLY WILL TOO, BUT I STILL HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE THE REQUEST TO HAVE IT REVIEWED.
AND IF IT'S DEEMED UNNECESSARY, IT WON'T BE, IT WON'T BE ABLE.
I MEAN, WHOEVER REQUESTED IT, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANNA GIVE 'EM SOME REALITY HERE.
AND THEN, UH, LAST TRAFFIC ENGINEERING IS, WE HAVE A SPEED STUDY INITIATED FOR ALLEN'S MALE ROAD DETERMINE IF THE CURRENT SPEED OF 35 MILE AN HOUR IS APPROPRIATE.
TH THOUGHT IT WAS 30, BUT LET, LET'S TALK MORE, LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
Y YOU, YOU'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR, FAMILIAR WITH THAT ROAD? YEAH.
WELL, I JUST MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS LIKE WITH THE YEAH, YOU, YOU DRIVE IT, RIGHT? I THINK SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW ME.
I WAS, I WAS IN SEAFORD FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
UM, SO, AND I RAN THAT AREA HEADQUARTERS FOR ABOUT 12.
SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRETY OF S MILL ROAD RIGHT.
UM, AND IT'S UNDERWAY OR QUEUED UP? WHAT, WHAT'S IT'S IN THE QUEUE.
SO THE IN THE QUEUE IS A LONG LIST OF STUDIES THAT INCLUDE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING ON IN YORK COUNTY, JAMES CITY COUNTY, UH, SURY COUNTY, THAT WE'VE GOT A LONG LIST OF 'EM THAT THEY'VE GOT QUEUED UP AS JUST THE ONES THAT GOING ON IN.
I UN UNDERSTAND IS, IS THERE A GOOD WAY FOR US TO UNDER KNOW WHEN IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY KICKING OFF AND OTHER THAN LOOKING, I CAN REQUEST, I USUALLY FIND OUT WHEN IT'S DONE.
UM, I DON'T USUALLY GET NOTIFICATION UNTIL AFTER IT'S COMPLETED BECAUSE I, I'VE GOTTEN SOME, UH, REQUESTS FROM RESIDENTS THERE FOR SPEED STUDY.
SO IN FACT, UH, UH, MARK AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS, THIS, THIS EVENING.
UM, SO IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW THAT IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THIRD QUARTER, JUST WHEN THEY CAN EXPECT IT IS ALL.
SO I, I, I UNDERSTAND YOU GOT IT QUEUED UP AND RESOURCES LIMITED, BUT JUST GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT.
I, YOU KNOW, JUST SIMILAR TO BAT CREEK ROAD, UH, I'LL ASK FOR AN APPROXIMATE TIME OR WHEN THEY ANTICIPATE IT, AND I, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
AT THIS POINT I WOULD TYPICALLY ASK IF, UH, SUPERVISORS HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT I THINK THEY'VE BEEN ANSWERED YEAH.
WELL, AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I DO HAVE ONE MORE THING, UHHUH.
UM, SO COMING UP APRIL 20TH THROUGH 24TH
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IS NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK.THAT IS NOT JUST FOR VDOT, THAT IS FOR ALL ROAD WORK, NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK'S, AN ANNUAL SPRING CAMPAIGN HELD AT THE START OF CONSTRUCTION SEASON TO ENCOURAGE SAFE DRIVING THROUGH HIGHWAY WORK ZONE.
KEY MESSAGE FOR DRIVERS IS TO USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE WORK SENTENCE.
ACTUALLY, I WANNA CLARIFY SOMETHING.
THE, THE MARTIN FARM, UM, TOPIC THAT WHAT I'M TRACKING IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THE, THE, WHAT I'M TRACKING IS A, UM, OKAY, UM, STOP INTERSECTION AND STOP SIGN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR MARTIN FARM AND GRAFTON DRIVE.
UM, I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO ROSSI ABOUT THAT, UM, ON 1ST OF FEBRUARY, UM, THE ITY OF SAFETY STUDY THEN.
SO IT MAY STILL BE IN, IN THE WORKS.
SO THAT, BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE MARTIN FARMER 17 THAT WE TALKED THAT THAT'S DIFFERENT, BUT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE, SO I'LL NEED TO CHECK ON THAT.
AND IT MAY BE QUEUED UP FOR THE SAFETY STUDY TOO.
HE SAID TURNAROUND TIME IS 60 TO 90 DAYS, SO WE MAY BE RIGHT AT THAT, AT THAT CUSP, BUT THAT, THAT WAS A DIFFERENT THING.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL CHECK ON THAT FOR YOU.
YEAH, THAT, THAT ONE ON, UH, THE SMART SCALE 18 VICTORY WIDEN.
UM, SO FROM JUNE, I LOOK AT THIS, IT SAYS START DATE WAS IN JUNE AND I CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER WHEN THEY STARTED IT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY STARTED IT BEFORE THAT.
AND, UH, AND THEN IT SHOWS A FIXED COMPLETION DATE.
SO THIS IS WHAT, A YEAR AND A HALF IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS PROJECT? AND I PULLED THIS STRAIGHT FROM THE PROJECT PAGE AT THIS.
SO THAT'S A YEAR AND A HALF, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF, IF I'M READING THIS A FIXED, THE START DATE AND FIXED COMPLETION DATES IS THE DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WOULD BE A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND, AND, UM, I WOULD YEAH, PLEASE GO BACK AND FIND, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, ROSSI TOLD ME, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS ROAD AND I'M LOOKING AT THE LEVEL OF WORK THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'VE BEEN GOING ON THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.
AND, UH, HE, AND HE DID TELL ME, UNLESS HE, WE WERE, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ONE OTHER PROJECT AND I WAS LOOKING AT ANOTHER, BUT IT WAS MAY IS WHEN HE SAID THAT, THAT THEY SHOULD BE FINISHED PAVING THAT ROAD.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STUFF, I'M LOOKING AT IT ON HERE, THE, THE UNDERCUT, THE REMOVING TREES, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, INSTALLING PIPES, ALL THAT'S DONE.
UH, I DON'T, ALL THE ASPHALT'S BEEN, I DON'T, I DIDN'T SEE JUST, I DON'T SEE ANY SOIL STRIPPING GOING ON.
I MEAN, MOST OF IT'S LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALL, MOST OF THIS HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.
SO, AND THIS WAS FROM, THIS WAS FROM LAST WEEK'S PROGRESS REPORT FROM CONSTRUCTION.
WELL LISTEN, BUT THIS WOULD TELL ME WE GOT ANOTHER NINE MONTHS TO GO ON THIS THING.
I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE DOWN THERE WITH PITCHFORKS IN, UH, IN UH, TAR, UH, I'LL SEND 'EM YOUR WAY.
I MEAN, REALLY, SERIOUSLY, AT THE INTERSECTION, I GET IT BETWEEN TWO REALLY DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS.
THE TRAFFIC IS CRAZY BETWEEN 1 34.
1 34 AND VICTORY AND ONE AND 17 AND VICTORY.
AND THOSE THINGS ARE A NIGHTMARE.
CONSTRUCTION IS, IS OFTEN A POINT OF PAIN AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO GOOD TIME TO DO IT.
NOT, NOT A NO GOOD TIME TO DO IT.
IT IS JUST AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE SEE THE WORK GETTING DONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHEN, WHEN, YOU KNOW, THIS SEEMS LIKE IT TAKES FOREVER.
I I, THERE WAS A LOT OF, I UNDERSTAND I'VE BEEN AROUND, BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
BUT I MEAN, I'M, WHEN ROSSI TOLD ME MAY I, I GOT MY HOPES UP AND UH, AND NOW I'M SEEING WAY PAST THAT'S REALISTIC.
AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, I, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO.
I WISH I KNEW FOR YOU, BUT I DON'T WHO WOULD HE WHO WOULD TELL HIM REALLY TO, I MEAN, THIS, YOU'RE GETTING A REPORT.
IT'S AN UPDATE, BUT IT'S THAT THE BUFFER IS A, THAT'S A LIKE A NINE MONTH BUFFER BASICALLY.
OR NOT A NINE MONTH, AT LEAST A SIX MONTH BUFFER.
SO I GET A REPORT FROM THE AREA CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER ON ONGOING PROJECTS AND I PULLED THAT DATA STRAIGHT FROM THERE.
LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE PROJECTS GOING ON.
I KIND OF GOT, UH, TOSSED INTO THIS LAST MINUTE.
SO I PULLED EVERYTHING I COULD, EVERYTHING I COULD FIND ON IT.
BUT I WILL CHECK WITH ROSS AND SEE IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO.
BRIAN, ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING FOR A SPEED STUDY FOR YORKTOWN ROAD OR MARK? DID, DID I FEEL LIKE WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ROSSI AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF WE DID OR NOT.
DO YOU RECALL? I REMEMBER THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
I'M NOT SURE HE WAS ASKED TO DO IT.
RIGHT? THE WHOLE THING PROBABLY.
THERE WAS A SMALL SEGMENT DONE WHERE THE,
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I THINK WHERE THE CROSSWALKS GONNA COME ACROSS FROM SMITH FARM TO THE MM-HMMI KNOW THE BIG CONCERN I GET FROM RESIDENTS RIGHT THERE IS THAT, THAT CURVE RIGHT PAST, RIGHT PAST BEYL BAPTIST CHURCH AND, AND YOU GET THAT STRAIGHTAWAY.
THAT'S THE SECTION RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S 35 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GO OUT OF IT, IT BECOMES 40 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN 40 MILES AN HOUR TO I THINK THE REST OF THE WAY UNTIL YOU GET TO THE SCHOOL ZONE AT MOUNT VERNON.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GOES DOWN TO 35 OR NOT.
AND THAT WAS THE CRITICISM THAT WE GOT ON THAT WAS THAT THEY FELT FOR THE REST, A FEW OF THE RESIDENTS FELT LIKE IT SHOULD BE 35 THE WHOLE WAY.
BECAUSE I, THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT IS 40 UP TO THAT POINT.
WE FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE FLYING AT 50, 55 BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THAT TURN, THEY, THEY'RE BREAKING DOWN TO 40 AND IT'S, BUT I, AGAIN, I CAN'T, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT A SPEED STUDY.
WE KNOW THERE WAS A SPEED STUDY DONE WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
USUALLY YOU, YOU, YOU DON'T DO ANOTHER ONE WITH WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
BUT THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES ON THAT ROAD.
SO WE THOUGHT MAYBE THE CHANGES WOULD PRECIPITATE AN ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
AND WE, WE, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE YEARS IS A GOOD GUIDE.
BUT IF THERE HAS BEEN DEVELOPMENT OR ANY CHANGES TO THE, THE WAY THE ROAD RUNS TO, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC LEVELS, THEN YEAH.
WE, WE DON'T WAIT THAT FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE RULE OF THUMB.
THEY DON'T, THEY WANT US TO WASTE THEIR TIME.
BUT WE, WE'VE PUT A LOT MORE HOUSES IN THAT SMITH FARM, THE STATES.
AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A SIDEWALK DOWN THAT ONE, DOWN THAT ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO TO BE CLEAR, ARE, ARE YOU ASKING MR. GENTRY TO DO A SPEED STUDY FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ROAD? I THINK THAT WOULD BE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE HE'S GOT ONE HALF OF THE ROAD.
YOU MIGHT HAVE MR. GENTRY IT OUT, THINK YOU BOX IT OUT, HAVE A BOXING MATCH.
DOES YOU HAVE THREE SUPERVISORS SUPPORTING THAT
ANYTHING ELSE? IT'S A ROAD THAT HAS, IT CHANGES SPEED FOUR TIMES.
IT USED TO BE 55 MILES AN HOUR.
THINK OF THAT GOING THAT FAST.
AND THEN THEY DID A SPEED STUDY BETWEEN KALHOR NECK AND BIG BETHEL.
AND THEY GOT IT DOWN TO 40, I THINK.
SO THEN IT GOES UP THERE AND THEN THEY GET UP TO THE SCHOOL, YOU, YOU KNOW, IT CAN GO FROM 25 TO 35 AND THEN IT GOES FROM 35.
YOU COME OUTTA THERE AND THEN IT GOES UP TO 40 AGAIN UNTIL YOU GET DOWN TO MOUNT VERNON.
THEN, THEN IT CHANGED, THEN IT CHANGES AGAIN.
AND YOU HAD THAT WHOLE WHOLE DIP DIP.
IT SHOULD BE 35 I THINK THE WHOLE WAY.
YOU'LL PUT IT IN THE QUEUE AND I WILL SUBMITTED IN THE FUTURE.
VERY THANKS FOR STUDYING IT FOR ROSS.
Y'ALL NEED ME FOR ANYTHING ELSE OR DO I DIP OUT? OH, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA ESCAPE.
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT, HANG AROUND ALONG, JUST MAKE SURE YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH ME.
[2. 2 Proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Budget. ]
THE AGENDA, WE HAD PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET ITEMS. SO TWO ITEMS TO COVER.FIRST ONE IS COMMUNITY SUPPORT LINE ITEMS. AND I'LL CALL ON DR.
UH, WAL ACRES COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT ADVISORY COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, UH, TO REPORT.
AND UH, SO THIS IS OUR COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.
MOST OF THE FOLKS ARE, UH, THE SAME FROM LAST YEAR.
EXCEPT CHERYL FIELDS, WHO'S NEW AND APPAR.
DO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE FROM DISTRICT ONE? IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED? IT LOOKS LIKE IT.
SO I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S I THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR A DISTRICT.
WHAT HAPPENED? DISTRICT FIVE? WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY.
HE USED TO BE, HE USED TO BE IN, HE'S IN DISTRICT THREE.
SO I, SO I NEED SOMEBODY FROM DISTRICT TWO.
HE GOT YOUR NUMBERS ALL MIXED UP.
HE USED FROM, FROM DISTRICT FIVE WANTS TO, UH, GET IN THE ACT.
SO, UH, THIS IS HARD TO SEE NOW BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE STUFF ON IT.
BUT THIS IS THE WHEEL OF THE WHEEL OF, UH, COMMUNITY CHARITIES AND BROKEN OUT IN, IN GROUPS BY CATEGORIES OF WHAT THEY DO.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE MORE AND MORE OF THIS AS WE GO THROUGH IT.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE GROUPS, EACH OF 'EM PUTS IN AN APPLICATION.
THE APPLICATION ASKS FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, THEY JUSTIFY IT, THEY TELL WHAT THEY DO.
AND INSTEAD OF REALLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING TOGETHER AND CHEW AND THROUGH ALL OF THESE, EVERYBODY TAKES THE APPLICATIONS HOME.
WE ALL SIT THERE, WE LOOK AT IT MM-HMM
AND WE JUST DECIDE AFTER READING IT WHAT WE THINK IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT.
THEN WE GET TOGETHER AND WE AVERAGE IT ALL OUT.
SO THERE'S NOT A, NOT A LOT THAT HAPPENS AT THE MEETING.
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TOLD HOW MUCH MONEY THERE IS.AND THAT WAY EVERYBODY'S ACTUALLY REPRESENTING, UH, WHATEVER THEIR, THEIR DISTRICT THEY REPRESENT.
UM, SO LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING.
SO THIS IS THE 1781 FOUNDATION.
UM, AND THIS IS A, A NEW GRANT REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS ALL KNOW MIKE STEEN DOWN AT THE WATERMAN'S MUSEUM.
AND HE'S, UH, WORKING TO PUT TOGETHER, UH, SOME EVENTS, TOWN WIDE EVENTS FOR THE YORKTOWN OR YORK COUNTY TWO 50TH IS COMING UP.
AND THAT WAS WHAT THE REQUEST IS FOR.
UM, HE REQUESTED QUITE A BIT BECAUSE WE BALANCE THESE THINGS ACROSS THE IMPACT THEY HAVE.
MOST OF OUR FUNDING GOES TO, TO HELP THE HOMELESS, TO HELP, UH, THE WOMEN THAT ARE DISPLACED AND ALL THAT.
SO THAT'S HOW MUCH WE RECOMMENDED THIS YEAR.
UH, AND I, I THINK LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION.
BECAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY JUST A ONE YEAR EVENT AND IT MIGHT BE WORTH CONSIDERING PUT A LITTLE MORE IN THERE.
I THINK, UM, FOR THAT ONE, AND THIS IS THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
AND FOR THE STUFF THAT THEY DO IN THE COUNTY, MOST OF IT REVOLVES AROUND, UH, PROVIDING NOTIFICATION TO ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY MEMBERS, WHICH IS VERY VALUABLE.
UH, AND THERE'S A OF HOUSE FIRES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEY HELP OUT WITH THAT TOO.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE IS NOT AS MUCH AS SOME OF THE, OF SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.
SO THE FUNDING'S A LITTLE LESS.
NOW, THIS IS THE ARC OF GREATER WILLIAMSBURG, AND THESE GUYS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO, TO RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
UH, AND THEY, THEY GIVE 'EM QUALITY OF LIFE TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY GIVE 'EM INSTRUCTION EIGHT TO 10 TIMES, UH, PER MONTH.
UH, SO IT'S A VERY IMPACTFUL THING.
WE, UH, RECOMMENDED THE ENTIRE MONTH.
DO YOU HAVE A LIST? DO YOU HAVE IN HERE WHERE YOU SAY THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THEY'RE IMPACTING? YES.
THAT'S, UH, ON THAT PIE CHART THERE.
BLUE IS, I'M LOOKING AT THIS THING.
SO BLUES, THE PEOPLE, UH, IN THE COUNTY ARE IMPACTING 50.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICE AREA OVER AT THE, ON THE FAR LEFT, THAT SHOWS THE ENTIRE AREA THEY'RE PROVIDING SERVICE TO.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THIS, THIS AREA AND, UH, JAMES CITY COUNTY.
SO IS JAMES CITY COUNTY GIVING 'EM MONEY? UH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, THEY, THEY LIST WHO THEY GET MONEY FROM.
AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE BAR CHART, WHICH I CANNOT READ FROM HERE, UH, IT SAYS OTHER LOCATIONS.
TYPICALLY ME FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE TOO.
UH, SO THAT'S, NOW THAT'S THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THESE THINGS.
A LOT OF THESE GUYS CAN GET GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT A LOT OF 'EM ARE MATCHING GRANTS.
SO THEY'RE TARGETING, UH, THE MONEY LOCALLY.
UH, SO THEY CAN MATCH IT OR GET THE GOVERNMENT TO MATCH IT.
SOMETIMES THOSE MATCHES ARE TWO TO ONE OR BETTER.
UH, SO IT'S ANYTHING THAT YOU, WE GIVE THEM, UH, IT ACTUALLY GOES A LOT FARTHER THAN YOU WOULD THINK.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THOSE CHARTS.
NOW THEY DO, IF YOU DID WANT TO DIG DOWN AND, AND SEE ALL OF THIS, IT'S ALL, ALL ON THEIR FORM NINE NINETIES.
UH, AND USED TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT FROM GUIDESTAR, BUT GUIDESTAR CHANGED THEIR NAME TO SOMETHING ELSE THIS YEAR.
BUT IF YOU GO TO GUIDESTAR ORG.ORG, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE NEW PLACE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT.
UH, AND THIS IS AVALON CENTER.
AND THESE GUYS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT RAISING MONEY.
AND THEY PROVIDE, UM, CRISIS LINE ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY SHELTER, UH, FOR BATTERED WOMEN AND FAMILIES AND WITH CHILDREN.
UH, SO THEY REQUESTED 5,000, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE WERE WORKING WITH THIS YEAR.
WE HAD TO GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY UP FROM LAST YEAR.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? THEY, I'LL GO TO THE NEXT AREN'T THEY? NO, THEY, THEY TEND TO NOT TELL YOU WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE FAIR.
SO THE, THE ONLY ONE OF THESE THAT I ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE IT'S LOCATED IS NATASHA HOUSE.
THE OTHERS, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
UH, THIS IS THE COLONIAL COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES.
THESE GUYS, UH, PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.
AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THEY SERVED IN YOUR COUNTY THIS YEAR WAS 13.
BUT THEY'RE VERY EFFECTIVE AT WHAT THEY DO.
UH, AND WE ALLOCATED 2,720 TO THEM, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT THEY ASKED.
UH, 'CAUSE I THINK SOMEBODY ON THE COMMITTEE WAS REALLY, UH, BEHIND THEM.
UH, SO IT DID UP BEING A LITTLE MORE THE CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES.
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BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH AND FINANCIAL COUNSELING SERVICES TO 105 YORK COUNTY RESIDENTS.UM, THEY'RE REQUEST THIS YEAR WAS FOR 5,000 AND WE RECOMMENDED 2,600, WHICH IS A HUNDRED MORE THAN, UH, WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
NOW THIS IS COMMUNITY BRAIN INJURY SERVICES.
THESE GUYS, THEY ONLY WORK WITH 20 RESIDENTS IN YORK COUNTY, BUT THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE IS INTENSIVE.
THEY REALLY WORK WITH THEM A LOT.
UH, AND THEY HAVE A HUGE BENEFIT FOR THOSE GUYS.
AND THIS YEAR WE ALLOCATED 2,400, WHICH IS A HUNDRED DOWN, BUT THAT'S BALANCED AGAINST EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THIS IS THE DUGOOD FOUNDATION.
THEY, THEY FIRST CAME IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT PROVIDE ACCESS TO, UH, DOLLY PARTON'S, IMAGINARY IMAGINATION LIBRARY.
AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW KIDS IN YORK COUNTY THAT BENEFIT FROM THAT.
AND I CAN'T SEE THE NUMBER FROM HERE.
SO IT'S, UH, THE 2,500 THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING IS LESS THAN THE EXPORT, BUT IT'S MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THAT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.
AND IS THAT, IS THAT DONE THROUGH OUR LOCAL LIBRARIES OR THEY HAVE A SEPARATE, THEY'RE MAILED.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY MAILED OUT THROUGH THE MAILED OUT, YEAH.
BUT KEVIN, KEVIN IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL.
WE, UH, WE PROMOTE THEM AND PROVIDE THE LITERATURE AND ACCESS TO HELP PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO THEY CAN, THEY CAN, THEY, THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR THE BOOKS THROUGH THE LIBRARY AND THEY'LL GET 'EM THROUGH THE MAIL.
SO THIS NEXT ONE IS DIFFERENT.
AND THIS IS AN, THIS IS AN ODD REQUEST.
WHAT DID THEY AND SO H THE FI YEAH, THE FIFES AND DRUMS ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE YORK COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION.
UH, SO IT WAS ODD THAT WE RECEIVED THIS, BUT I TALKED TO JIM MUCCI AND, AND HE DISCUSSED WHAT IT WAS.
AND APPARENTLY THE HVAC SYSTEMS FAILED IN THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING.
UM, BECAUSE THIS IS TOTALLY OUT OF TRACK WITH WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO.
WE ONLY ALLOCATED $1,950, BUT THIS PRICE OF AN AIR CONDITIONING.
THIS IS WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.
UM, I KNOW WE CAN RAISE MONEY.
I RAISED $400,000 WHILE I WAS OVER.
I REACHED OUT TO DOMINION, VIRGINIA POWER AND TO FERGUSON ENTERPRISE TO TALK TO 'EM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MATCHING GRANTS.
WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS TO DO IS CONSIDER OFFERING 'EM A MATCHING GRANT FOR EITHER A THIRD OR A HALF OF IT CONTINGENT ON THEM DOING THE FUNDRAISING WORK TO RAISE THE REST OF THE MONEY.
AND THAT WAY THEY GET BACK IN THE HABIT OF, UH, OF RAISING MONEY.
'CAUSE THAT'S JUST, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT ORGANIZATION THRIVES, IS BY BEING ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND RAISE MONEY.
AND SO I THINK IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE GIVE THEM AN INCENTIVE AGAIN TO DO THAT, I THINK THAT'LL WORK FOR, FOR ALL OF US.
HOW'S THE, HOW THE FI AND DRUM ARE THEY DOING? OH, THEY'RE DOING MUSICALLY.
I WISH THEIR NUMBERS WERE BIGGER, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE WE HAD, LIKE, AT ONE POINT WE HAD 80 KIDS IN THERE OR SOMETHING.
HOW MANY DO WE HAVE NOW? I, I DON'T, UH, WORK WITH THEM AS MUCH ANYMORE.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S AS LARGE A GROUP.
I THINK, UH, PROBABLY IN THE FORTIES.
THEY DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK WITH US PEOPLE.
SO WHERE'S 15,000 PEOPLE SERVED? OH, SO I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS.
THAT 15,000 PEOPLE, THEY HAVE, UH, 25 PERFORMANCES THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO EVERY SUMMER FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.
FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE COME OUT AND SEE THE EVENT.
THEY ALSO DO THE PARADES ON ALL OF YOUR MAJOR EVENTS HERE.
THERE'LL BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT THOSE.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE SYMPHONY CONCERT, THEY OPEN FOR THAT.
USUALLY 2,500 TO 5,000 PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
ANY MAJOR EVENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, THEY'RE THERE.
AND THEY HAVE A CROWD FOR IT DAY.
I MEAN THIS IS AT AN ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY GROUP.
IT DOESN'T FIT WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANTS, BUT I THINK THEY, THEY DESERVE CONSIDERATION.
YEAH, THEY WERE THE ATE THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY WERE THINGS LIKE OPENING FOR THE CONCERTS AND SO FORTH.
DO THEY DO FUNDRAISING EVENTS THOSE SAME EVENINGS? NO.
IT WAS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP HELP YOUR LOCAL PIP AND DRUM CORPS.
WELL, IT WOULD BE, BUT YOU KNOW, SO I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE YORKTOWN FOUNDATION AND THE CELEBRATE YORKTOWN COMMITTEE USES THAT NIGHT TO TRY TO RAISE MONEY TO, TO PAY FOR THE CONCERT.
UH, SO THEY, THEY DIG UP A HUGE AMOUNT OF THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DILUTE THEIR FUNDRAISING WITH THE OTHER ACTIVITIES.
UM, WHICH, WHICH I CAN UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERT COST A TON OF MONEY AND THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, RAISE IT EVERY YEAR.
AND QUITE A BIT OF IT COMES FROM THE COUNTY AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
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SO YEAH.PEOPLE THINK IT IS A FREE CONCERT, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY FREE BECAUSE OUR, WE'RE PAYING FOR PART OF THAT.
IT'S, IT'S FREE TO THE GUESTS AND FREE TO THE CITIZENS GUESTS.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT BECAUSE IT REALLY BUILDS THE COMMUNITY.
ARE WE USING ANY OF OUR TOURISM FUNDS FOR THIS? THAT'S A GOOD THOUGHT.
WE DO OFFER AN HONORARIUM WHEN THEY DO PAY FOR, YOU OFFER FOR EACH TIME THEY APPEAR.
WE PROVIDE HONORARIUMS. SO HOW MUCH IS THE AUTHOR HONORARIUM THAT YOU OFFER? I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
IT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH OCCASION.
WHEN WE DO PAY THE HONORARIUM, I'D HAVE TO, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO HUNDRED, COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
TYPICALLY IT'S NOT FOR EVERY SINGLE, IT'S, IT'S PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BUT WE DO PROVIDE TYPICALLY FOR PRIVATE PERFORMANCES.
SO FOR YOU, THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE FIFE AND DRUM FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.
UM, SO YEAH, IF ANYTIME THAT WAS A NICE THING ABOUT DOING PRIVATE PERFORMANCES WITH THE COUNTY.
IF YOU'VE GOT A BOAT COMING IN OR SOMETHING, WE'D SEND FIVE OR SIX GUYS DOWN THERE AND, AND WE GET A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS FOR IT AND IT, IT TENDS TO, UH, UH, COVER EXPENSES.
SO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP THE IDEA OF TOURISM FUND.
I, 'CAUSE THIS SEEMS TO FIT MM-HMM
SO ARE I, I DON'T HAVE A DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT.
ANY SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT? I'M SUGGESTING WE TAKE CARE OF IT OUTTA THE FIRST
IN A MATCHING, WE CAN DO IT MATCHING.
I THINK MATCHING WOULD, I THINK START OFF WITH THE, THE MATCHING PART.
UP TO LIKE, BECAUSE BLOOD OFFICIAL SKIN IN THE GAME.
WE, WELL THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS IN YOUR COUNTY THAT, THAT ARE PART OF YOUR COUNTY.
I MEAN, MEAN FIFE AND DRUM BEEN HERE FOR, I WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL FIFE AND DRUM HERE.
MY NAME IS IN THAT CAPSULE OUT THERE,
BUT I MEAN, BUT THOSE THINGS LIKE, THAT CAN'T WAIT.
SO CO MONEY PROBABLY GOT A FRO BACK THEN TOO.
I MEAN, WHAT, YOU KNOW, JUST SAY THERE'S THESE THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED.
LIKE THE, UM, THE WATERMAN'S MUSEUM, THE, UH, THE FIEND DRUM, THE, UH, CUSTOMS HOUSE, THE, YOU KNOW, THESE ITEMS MAKE UP THE HISTORICAL PART AND PEOPLE COME HERE BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND IT'S, I THINK TOURISM MONEY, IF WE GOTTA, WE'RE GONNA COLLECT TOURISM MONEY BESIDES PAYING FOR A SPORTS CENTER, WE CAN USE SOME OF THAT DOWN HERE.
SO IF YOU WOULD LET THEM KNOW, THEY JUST NEED TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE AND ONCE THEY'VE MADE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE GRANTS, WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY GET THE MATCHING FUNDS.
AND IN TOURISM FUNDS, TOURISM FUNDS DOES NOT AFFECT THE TAX RATE? NO.
SO THE ONE THING THAT, NO, THE TOURISM FUND COMES FROM TOUR TOUR.
SO THE ONE THING THEY WILL NEED FROM YOU GUYS IS A LETTER SAYING THAT, THAT YOU'RE GONNA PROVIDE A MATCH SO THAT THEY CAN USE THAT TO LEVERAGE THE OTHER PLACES.
JUST, JUST HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT MY OFFICE AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO THIS IS GRACE CHURCH, AND THEY USED THE FUNDING THAT THEY ASKED FOR TO, TO MAINTAIN THEIR BUILDING AS WELL.
AND THIS YEAR THEY'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING TO, UH, TO REPAIR THE STEEPLE AND, AND PAINT THE STEEPLE IN THE RY.
AND IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU SEE IT NEEDS IT.
UH, SO WE ACTUALLY ALLOCATED THE, THE WHOLE AMOUNT, UH, PLUS A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT WE GAVE 'EM LAST YEAR, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S BALANCED AGAINST EVERYTHING ELSE.
UH, THIS IS NEW AND I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THIS ONE, UH, UNTIL LATER.
UH, BUT THIS IS THE, UH, THE OUTREACH CENTER.
WE DID TO HAVE ONE ORGANIZATION THIS YEAR THAT WITHDREW AND, BUT WE'D ALREADY ALLOCATED FUNDING TO 'EM.
SO WHAT WE DID IS THEY RECOMMENDED TWO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THEY THOUGHT WERE GOOD.
SO WE SPLIT THE FUNDING BETWEEN THE TWO OF 'EM.
UH, AND THESE GUYS, WHICH ONE WHO RECOMMENDED IT? I, SO I DON'T WANNA MENTION THEIR NAME.
BECAUSE I, I'LL, I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN.
SO IT'S, UH, BUT THEY DON'T TELL, YEAH.
THEY, THEY, THESE GUYS HAVE A FOOD PANTRY AND EVERYTHING FOR, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE POOR MM-HMM
THEY DIDN'T PUT IN AN APPLICATION.
SO I HAD TO GO OUT AND DIG THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE, UH, TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT THEY DID.
AND THESE GUYS HAVE AN INCREDIBLE WEBSITE.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF EFFORT GETTING THE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THEY DO ON THERE.
AND THEY'VE GOT A PLAN FOR THE COMING YEARS.
THEY'VE GOT, UH, REPORTS FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
IT WAS VERY EASY TO FIND OUT HOW GOOD THESE GUYS WERE.
UH, AND IT'S JUST A, A REALLY GOOD GROUP.
SO THAT THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE ALLOCATED TO THEM.
THIS HISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCY.
THIS ONE WE'VE DISCUSSED IN YEARS PAST, AND I THINK WE DISCUSSED IT AT LENGTH LAST YEAR.
AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, AS I SAID LAST YEAR, IT'S BIG SERVICE AREA.
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY THE BENEFIT THAT THEY PROVIDE.
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MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU ASKED HIM TO SEND IN MORE INFORMATION THIS YEAR, AND THEIR APPLICATION WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.SO THIS IS THE ALLOCATION THAT WAS PROVIDED.
WELL, I'M PARTICULARLY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THEM IN THE PRESS THIS PAST WEEKEND NOW, UM, RECOMMENDING, UH, RATHER LARGE HOUSING COMPLEX AT, UH, CROKER ROAD AND, UH, FENTON MILL.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE, WHY WOULD, I DON'T KNOW, WHERE'S THE LAND CONSERVANCY IN THAT IT COMPLETELY BLOWS MY MIND THAT THEY WOULD'VE BEEN REPORTED AS SUPPORTING AN APPLICATION IN FRONT OF THE JCC PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND IT'S A QUICK, I THOUGHT THAT WAS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT'S, IT'S A LOT MORE THAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOING IN THERE.
THERE'S 700 PLUS UNITS AND THERE'S, UM, MULTIPLE AMENITIES GOING IN.
I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A LAND CONSERVANCY IS PART OF THAT EFFORT AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE LOST THEIR WAY.
UM, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT BECAUSE WE MADE THESE DECISION MONTHS AGO.
UH, BUT IF THAT HAS ANY BEARING ON YOUR DECISION, I CERTAINLY WOULD UNDERSTAND IT.
AND THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN HERE, UH, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BENEFIT.
I MEAN, IF I HAD TO PUT MY MONEY SOMEWHERE, I'D DO THAT.
WELL, YOU, YOU, YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS THEY DO.
IF YOU'RE NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THEY DO, WHY ARE YOU RECOMMENDING ANY FUNDS FOR 'EM? I DON'T RECOMMEND ANY FUNDS FOR THEM.
WELL, WHY, WHY WERE FUNDS RECOMMENDED FOR THEM.
THE, WELL, THE, IT'S, THERE'S FIVE GUYS ON THE PANEL.
THEY ALL PUT IN THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND MM-HMM
AND SEVERAL OF 'EM HAD A RECOMMENDATION AND AVERAGE, I THINK THE LAND CONSERVANCY IN THE PAST, WEREN'T THEY INVOLVED IN THAT PRE PRESERVATION OF THAT, UH, PURCHASE OF THAT.
THE YAGER TRACK, YEAGER TRACK, CHAD, THAT READOUT IN IT AND ALL THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, AND THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A LOT OF GOODWILL IN THERE, UM, BECAUSE THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A BATTLE HISTORICAL BATTLE THERE.
BUT I, YOU JUST TELLING ME THAT MAKES, DOESN'T MAKE, MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT.
WELL, AND LET ME SAY, I DON'T WANT TO, THIS SOUNDS BA I DON'T WANT TO DOWN ANY OF THESE GROUPS.
IT'S JUST THAT I JUST DON'T GET THIS ONE.
AND I'VE TRIED, I'VE READ THROUGH THEIR APPLICATIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I WISH IF THEY HAD A, A MISSION, I WISH THEY WOULD EXPLAIN IT.
IT SAYS THERE'S SERVICES TO IMPROVE CITIZENS' WELFARE AND OR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND IT'S ALSO A DISAPPOINTING, YOU ASKED FOR MORE DETAILS AND THEY JUST SUBMITTED THE SAME THING THEY SUBMITTED.
LAST YEAR, ONE OF THEM, OH, SORRY.
I THINK THIS IS ALSO GROUPED THAT WE, UM, WHO WAS IT BUDDY SPENCER, WHEN THEY BUILT THAT, THE VILLAS OF SHADY BANKS, THEY GAVE 'EM 25 ACRES.
YOU KNOW, TO PRESERVE THE, THE, THE MARSH AND THAT AREA UP ON THE SIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A, I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF A REAL TURNAROUND FROM WHAT I MEAN, BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME.
THIS IS A COMPLETE TURNAROUND FROM WHAT THEY, THEIR MISSION OF WHAT I'VE SEEN IN, IN THE PAST.
PEOPLE, PEOPLE, I THOUGHT WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO IS CONSIDER, THEY WERE BUYING, THEY WERE BUYING HISTORICAL PROPERTY, PRESERVING HISTORICAL PROPERTY, TORICAL PROPERTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NATURE, HISTORICAL TRIANGLE, A LOT OF IT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL UP AND DOWN.
UH, THEY'RE DOWN IN ALL OF VIRGINIA.
AND THEN TO, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME, I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN WITH ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT AFFECTED YOUR COUNTY.
IT'S WHERE THEY FORGET, THEY CHANGE OUT THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEY, WHAT THE, THEY HAVE NO CLUE COME FROM WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEY FLAIL AROUND AND THEY LOSE A LOT OF THEIR SUPPORT, BUT THEY JUST HAPPENS.
SO WE NEED TO GET SOME KIND OF CONFIRMATION OF WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION DOES.
I MEAN, I, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA AGREE TO THIS UNTIL WE FIGURE THIS OUT.
JUST TO BASE ON WHAT YOU JUST, YOU, THE WAY WE'RE TALKING HERE, IT, THIS, THIS, THIS.
WE, WE NEED SOME CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT THEY STAND FOR.
I WOULD, I WOULD'VE STOOD BEHIND THEM BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE DONE HISTORICALLY UNTIL I SAW WHAT HAPPENED ON THE WEEKEND WITH THE JCC.
UH, THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE.
I, I'M FULLY, FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF, IF YOU WANNA PULL THIS ONE, I'M OKAY.
NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, I'D, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THEY DID THAT.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD REASON.
THEY COME BACK AND LET US KNOW.
BUT, UH, I MEAN, THIS YEAR YOU GOT, THEY DIDN'T RESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO YOU.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU ASKED 'EM FOR MORE INFORMATION.
IT IS JUST, AND IF THEY, IF IT'S A LEADERSHIP ISSUE, THEN THEY NEED TO FIX THE LEADERSHIP.
I REACHED OUT TO THEIR CEO AND DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE THAT'S, I REACHED OUT THROUGH HIM AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU DID NOT GET A RESPONSE.
I TAKE HIM OFF YOUR LIST, TAKE HIM OFF, THEN THEY DON'T NEED MONEY.
THAT'S, YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT.
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BECAUSE IF, IF EVERYTHING YOU GIVE ME, SOMEBODY ON THAT GROUP IS GONNA SAY, I LIKE THAT, AND THEN WE END UP WITH IT.SO WE ON 17, WHATEVER IT IS AT THE FIRST ONE.
WELL, YOU WANNA WAIT TILL THE END BEFORE YOU, BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE THINGS THAT'LL CHANGE YOUR MIND IF WE GO THROUGH THIS.
NOW, HOSPICE HOUSE OF WILLIAMSBURG IS EXCELLENT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GREAT AND THEY PROVIDE A VERY IMPORTANT SERVICE, UH, THAT WE ARE GIVING 'EM A LITTLE LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AND A NUMBER OF NEW REQUESTS.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A REASONABLE AMOUNT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, PERCENTAGE WISE.
UH, AND I'M NOT JUDGING ANYBODY'S NAME.
SO THESE GUYS ARE A ANIMAL REHABILITATION THING.
AND, UH, AND IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE ON THE WEEKENDS AND STUFF, A LOT OF TIMES, LET'S SAY THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME, YOU FIND A RACCOON IN YOUR YARD.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
AND YOU CAN'T REALLY GET ANYBODY FROM THE COUNTY OUT THERE TO HANDLE IT BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, THE, THE ANIMAL GUY DOESN'T WANNA WORK ON THE WEEKENDS.
UM, SO THESE GUYS WILL COME OUT AND A LOT OF TIMES THE COUNTY WILL ASK THESE GUYS TO COME OUT AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
AND THEY'LL PICK UP THE ANIMALS.
THEY'LL TAKE 'EM BACK AND REHAB 'EM.
UM, NOW THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR A LOT.
WE DIDN'T GIVE 'EM A LOT BECAUSE THEY'RE ANIMALS.
AND MOST OF THIS STUFF IS PEOPLE.
AND I, I REALLY WANT TO SING THEIR PRAISES EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT, BE CAREFUL.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
PEOPLE LOOK AT ANIMALS LIKE THEY'RE PEOPLE.
BUT THEY HELP PEOPLE BY TAKING THE ANIMALS.
I MEAN, IT'S, LET'S LOOK THAT WAY.
AND IF THERE WEREN'T SO MANY OTHER WORTHY THINGS WE, WE CERTAINLY WOULD'VE GIVEN.
SO THAT'S REQUEST IN THE PAST CALENDAR YEAR.
THAT'S A, I MEAN, SO THAT'S A HUNDRED, UM, REQUESTS FROM YOUR KIND OF RESIDENTS OF THE PAST CALENDAR YEAR.
THIRD OF THE YEAR, THEY WERE RESPONDING TO REQUEST.
SO, UM, NOW HERE, HERE'S THE OTHER THING WITH THIS ONE, THEY DIDN'T SEND IN A FORMAL APPLICATION.
UH, SO I HAD TO GO TO FACEBOOK AND FIND ALL THEIR STUFF.
THEY SENT A LETTER AND THAT, THAT GOT FORWARDED TO US.
I WOULD ASK THESE GUYS TO PLEASE PUT IN AN APPLICATION NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS US TO COMPARE 'EM FAIRLY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
ONE OF, I GOTTA COME BACK REAL QUICK ON, ON THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF WAY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE USED TO DO THIS AND SIT IN THIS ROOM AND JUST FIGHT OVER $200, I MEAN, IN THE BUDGET CYCLE.
AND WE, AND WE SAID YOU GUYS WOULD DO A MUCH BETTER DECISION TO LOOK AT THIS.
AND I WANT TO SAY, I WANT KEEP IT IN YOUR LAP.
DON'T GET BACK TO US TO COME OVER HERE AND START FIGHTING OVER 200, $500,000 WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A HUNDRED MILLION, $200 MILLION BUDGET.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S WHY IT'S 'CAUSE YOU'RE GIVING IT THE ATTENTION THAT IT NEEDS.
AND SO THESE PEOPLE, THESE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT WANT HELP NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES.
WELL, I THINK, I THINK THESE GUYS DIDN'T KNOW.
THEY JUST, UH, I KNOW WE SEE THAT.
AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THEM THIS HERE THAT, THAT SORT OF FALL IN THAT CATEGORY.
UH, BUT YEAH, FOR NEXT YEAR, I'D LIKE 'EM TO, TO FILL OUT A FORMAL APPLICATION.
WELL, YOU CAN TALK TO THESE FOLKS.
RIGHT? YOU DON'T TALK TO THOSE FOLKS.
SEE HOW THAT BUCK GOT PASSED, MAN, SHE CAN SHOVE THAT RIGHT ON OVER THERE.
WE HAD DISCUSSION AND ALREADY TALKED TO THEM.
SEE IT, UH, THIS IS NATASHA, HOW YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE OF THEM AND WHAT THEY DO.
UH, AND I THINK THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF ANY OF THE GROUPS THIS YEAR.
UH, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN STEPPING UP THEIR GAME QUITE A BIT.
I WOULD LIKE TO STILL LIKE TO SEE THEM RAISE MORE MONEY FROM OTHER LOCALITIES.
THEY HAVEN'T REALLY DONE AS MUCH OF THAT.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD TOO.
UH, AND THIS IS SCORE OF WILLIAMSBURG.
THESE GUYS PROVIDE ADVICE AND MENTORING SERVICES TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT 75 SMALL BUSINESSES IN NEW YORK COUNTY.
UM, THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR A LOT, BUT WE GAVE THEM AT MOST OF WHAT THEY ASKED FOR.
WHY OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
DOES IT WORK THROUGH THE CHAMBER? IT USED TO BE, I WAS GONNA SAY, THIS IS THE CHAMBER'S JOB.
I'M NOT SURE, I'M NOT SURE WHO THEY WORK THROUGH OR WHAT THAT, BUT THEY, UH, THEY HAD, UH, A NICE WEBSITE.
THEY HAD A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT THE, THE PLACES THEY WERE PROVIDING SERVICE TO.
THE CHAMBER HAS THE SAME THING.
THEY HAVE MENTORING AND PROVIDE ADVICE ON, SO THESE GUYS MAY BE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM.
I'M NOT SURE IT'S ANOTHER ONE.
DARREN, DO YOU HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION? THAT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW.
PARTNER WITH SCORE WHERE THE CHAMBER DOES PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
I THINK THEY'RE MORE HYPER FOCUSED ON PROVIDING THIS SERVICES.
THEY ACTUALLY GO OUT AND HUNT, UM,
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UH, MENTORS IN INDIVIDUAL FIELDS.IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER.
SO THEY COULD HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S A HEAD OF A TECH FIRM AND THEY'LL PAIR WITH SOMEBODY THAT VOLUNTEERS WITH SCORE.
SO WE DO PARTNER WITH THEM WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, AND HOW WE WORK WITH THEM.
IT SEEMS LIKE A WORTHY GROUP FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A, A THEY CAST A WIDER NET FOR THEIR MENTORS THAN THE LOCAL CHAMBER DOES.
AND, AND WE BELIEVE THAT CREATES VALUE.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT, THEY THEY BRING A DIFFERENT SKILL SET AND YES, SIR.
SO THEY, THEY HAVE A VAST ARRAY OF, I WOULD SAY, A COMPLIMENTARY SKILL SET TO WHAT THE YES.
AND THIS IS TRANSITIONS FAMILY VIOLENCE SERVICES.
IT'S ONE OF THE, UH, THREE, UH, BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTERS THAT ARE, UH, PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COUNTY.
UH, AND THIS YEAR THEY ASKED FOR 6,400 AND WE MET THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN THEY ASKED FOR LAST YEAR.
UH, BUT THEY'RE ALSO, THEY, UM, GET QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING FROM OTHER LOCALITIES IN THE AREA.
UH, AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT, UH, FUNDRAISING AS WELL.
SO THIS IS A VERY EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION.
UH, THEY DON'T SERVICE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, BUT THEY, THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
THEY SERVICE OVER 2000 OTHERS.
UH, SO THIS IS ANOTHER STRANGE ONE.
AND I MAY LET YOU EXPLAIN THIS ONE, BUT THESE GUYS ARE, UM, THEY'RE IN A, A RELATIONSHIP WITH YORK COUNTY WHERE I BELIEVE THEY'RE PROVIDING AN $80,000 OR SOMETHING GRANT, UM, TO THE COUNTY AT SOME NUMBER.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT EITHER.
WELL, IT, I KNOW IT'S A OH, OH, OKAY.
I APOLOGIZE FOR HOUSING, RIGHT? YES.
WHAT? THEY PROVIDE FUNDING TO OUR HOUSING.
UM, AND SO IF, IF ABBOTT COMES ACROSS BY WHO NEEDS HELP, HE CAN TO THEM.
HE WORKS REAL CLOSELY WITH UNITED WAY.
HOMELESS PEOPLE OR EVEN US STUDENTS, A LOT OF TIMES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY TURN 18 AND PARENTS PUT 'EM OUT.
AND WE'VE GOTTA FIND A PLACE FOR THOSE CHILDREN.
THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC PROGRAM FOR YES.
ADDRESSING WHAT THEY CHARACTERIZES.
THE NOT HAS THE SHORTAGE, BUT YES.
THEY TURN 18 YEARS HOME AND THAT'S IT.
NEED HELP, HELP IN THAT CAPACITY.
AND THEY'LL SAY THAT'S IT'S, AND THEN WE TAKE THEM ON AND SOMEPLACE PLACE, HELP 'EM FIND JOBS FOR THE SUMMER JOB, AND THEN GET 'EM INTO COLLEGE IN THE FALL.
SO TYPICALLY THE UNITED WAY IS INCREDIBLE AT RAISING FUNDS.
THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF BUSINESSES.
SO TYPICALLY WE DON'T DO A LOT TOWARDS THEM.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THIS EFFORT THIS YEAR, AND THE FACT THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS, IS TO GET TECHNOLOGY TO, TO CREATE A COMMUNITY ASSISTANT NETWORK.
UH, SO, UH, EQUIPMENT FOR THAT, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS SORT OF A ONE STOP THING THAT WAS A GOOD MATCH OKAY.
'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THEY'VE GOT A CLEAR PROBLEM MM-HMM
THAT WE CAN HELP 'EM WITH DIRECTLY.
UH, WE DIDN'T RECOMMEND A LOT FOR IT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW THAT, THAT THEY THOUGHT, WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A WORTHY UH MM-HMM
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW, THESE GUYS ACTUALLY THERE, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THEIR MAIN ROLE, AND THE MOST BENEFICIAL THING THEY DO IS THEY, THEY ACT AS INTERMEDIARIES FOR VETERANS BETWEEN THE VETERANS AND THE PAPERWORK THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT TO GET SERVICES.
AND YOU, YOU GUYS, A LOT OF YOU'RE VETERANS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UH, AND THESE GUYS, THEY'VE GOT EXPERTS ON THE FORMS. SO VETERANS CAN GO IN THERE AND ASK FOR HELP.
THOSE GUYS WILL HELP 'EM PUT THE PAPERWORK TOGETHER AND ALL THAT.
AND IT GETS SERVICES THAT THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE.
IT'S A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FOR OUR VETERANS.
THIS IS, UH, THE VOLUNTEER GROUP IS REALLY WORTHWHILE.
SO THAT'S, UH, WE RECOMMENDED 4,400 FOR THEM.
UH, THIS IS THE WASHINGTON RO AMBO REVOLUTIONARY ROUTE.
AND THEY, AND ASKING FOR MONEY, I, THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN, UH,
UM, AND SO WE END UP HAVING TO GO THROUGH AND, AND CALCULATE WHAT THE NUMBER OF STATES ARE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE THINK MAYBE ARE IN EACH ONE.
SO THE NUMBERS THAT THEY HAVE, WE HAVE UP, THERE ARE NOT NUMBERS THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE, BUT NUMBERS THAT WE ESTIMATED BASED ON, ON WHAT THEY DO.
WHAT'S THE COUPLE THAT DOES THAT? I, I KNOW I'M JUST MEREDITH.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOREVER.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
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ROAL TRAIL IS VERY IMPORTANT.UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE COMING, I THINK TO THE END OF WHERE THAT ACTIVITY IS GONNA BE DONE.
UH, IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T, WELL, I KNOW THEY DID THE LIGHTS.
THEY DIDN'T WHAT 31 THINK YOU'LL HAVE EVENTS AND, AND THINGS GOING AT LEAST UNTIL 31.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA END AT THE TWO 12.
NO, THAT'S, YEAH, TWO 50 FOR 1831.
I MEAN, 1731 BE 1781 TO SURRENDER ONE OF THOSE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE TWO, I WAS NOT THERE AT THAT EVENT, BUT I WAS THE YEAR AFTER.
WELL, I KNOW THEY DID, BUT WHAT'S IT, THE BLUE LIGHT DIDN'T IT DIDN'T THAT PART OF IT.
THE MARKER THAT THE MARKER, THIS IS WHERE THE ROUTE PART OF THE ROUTE THAT WAS FOR CHRIS.
THAT'S THE S THE WHAT? THAT WAS CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH.
BUT THERE WAS A LIGHT THAT WAS, I THOUGHT THEY, THAT'S FOR THE CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH TRAIL.
OH, THAT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER TRAIL.
AT ANY RATE, YOU WERE PAD THEY'RE VERY HARD WORKERS.
IT, WE RECOMMENDED A LITTLE LESS THAN LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING I HELP OUT.
SO THIS IS THE WILLIAM AND MARY FOUNDATION, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING TUTORING, UH, TO 60 CHILDREN IN OUR NEW YORK COUNTY HEAD START PROGRAM.
UH, AND IT'S, IT'S A GREAT LITTLE GROUP.
UH, SO WE'VE RECOMMENDED 1450 TO THEM.
SO WHAT DO THEY, SO WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY DO? TUTORS? STUDENTS COME STUDENT.
AND THEY READ TO THE KIDS AND HELP TUTOR THE CHILDREN.
SO THIS IS A, THE OTHER, UH, YES.
ONE THAT'S, THAT THE HALF OF, OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, HOMELESS SHELTER.
AND THESE GUYS, THEY OPERATE A HOMELESS SHELTER.
ANOTHER FOOD PANTRY, ANOTHER FOOD PANTRY.
THEY'VE, YOU WANNA APPROVE THAT ONE? YEAH.
AND AGAIN, PLEASE GO TO THEIR WEBPAGE BECAUSE THESE GUYS DO SO MUCH.
YOU WOULD NE YOU'D NEVER KNOW.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK.
APPARENTLY, UH, THE WOMAN THAT THAT CREATED THIS, UH, RETIRED FROM BEING A NUN AND DECIDED SHE STILL WANTED TO DO NUN STUFF AND THERE YOU GO.
AND SHE JUST TOOK OFF AND NEVER STOPPED.
AND IT IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY WORK.
THAT THESE GUYS DO, SERVING OVER 11,000 PEOPLE.
UM, WILLIAMSBURG FAITH IN ACTION.
WE'VE BEEN FUNDING THESE GUYS FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UH, AND THIS, THIS IS ONE THAT FALLS IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY THAN MOST OF THE REST.
THIS IS REALLY ELDER, UH, ELDER INDEPENDENT LIVING SUPPORT.
THEY MAKE IT POSSIBLE, MUCH LIKE MEALS ON WHEELS DOES MM-HMM
TO, FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO STAY AT HOME, UH, AFTER THEY GET OLD.
THEY DO THE DAILY VISITS, THEY HELP UP, THEY HELP WITH CHORES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS REALLY A GREAT GROUP.
THEY ASK FOR, UH, 3,500 AND WE RECOMMENDED 29 20.
WHY IS THEIR REACH SO LIMITED? I MEAN, YEAH.
THEY COME INTO YORK COUNTY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PRETTY MUCH ONLY DISTRICT ONE AND 55.
AND YOU SEE ALL OF JAMES CITY COUNTY.
THEY'RE LOCATED IN JAMES CITY COUNTY AND THEY SERVICE WILLIAMSBURG.
SO THE MAP THAT'S OVER THERE IS REALLY AN ESTIMATE BASED ON MY READING OF THEIR SERVICE AREA.
THEIR SERVICE AREA MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
THEY'RE ON MURTON ROAD, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN YORK COUNTY.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE IN WILLIAMSBURG.
AND THEN THAT COMES BACK TO MY QUESTION IS WHY IS THERE A SERVICE SO LIMITED? WHY ISN'T IT IN, IN YORK COUNTY? I MEAN, IS IT JUST 'CAUSE OF THE GAP BETWEEN DISTRICT ONE AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY OR? WELL, THEY ALSO HAVE A PLACE IN NEWPORT NEWS, AND I THINK NEWPORT NEWS SERVES THIS AREA.
THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PORTION OF, UH, FAITH IN ACTION.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S BASED IN MORE THAN ONE LOCATION.
SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? SO, I'M, I'M WONDERING, SHOULD WE BE GIVING MONEY TO THE, THE ONE IN NEWPORT NEWS OR THE, THE ONE IN WILLIAMSBURG? JUST 'CAUSE THEY GOT A, THEY HAVEN'T ASKED.
I'M JUST, WHO HASN'T ASKED PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY MONEY TO WE'RE BE GIVING NEWS.
SO THESE GUYS DO PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT'S DISTINCT FROM ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU'RE FUNDING IN THIS GROUP.
IT SAYS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TOO, PROBABLY TO THE DOCTORS AND, YEAH.
IT'S HARD TO SAY NO TO ANY OF THESE THINGS READILY RIGHT.
UNLESS YOU HAVE YOU DOWN TO YORKTOWN HOSPICE HOUSE.
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WE DEFINITELY COULD USE A YORKTOWN HOSPICE HOUSE.THIS GROUP IS JUST STARTING OUT, SO SHE'S TRYING TO BUILD THE THING FROM THE GROUND UP.
UM, AND SO THE MONEY THAT THEY ASKED FOR WAS SPECIFICALLY, UH, TO DO MARKETING MATERIALS AND ALL OF THAT TO, TO HELP WITH FUNDRAISING.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THEIR TOTAL AMOUNTS? WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.
$5 MILLION IS THE AMOUNT THAT THE TOTAL THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO IT WAS WHAT THEY LISTED.
UH, SO THAT BRINGS ME TO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I HAVE FOR THESE.
WE DON'T HAVE AN EDUCATED POPULACE IN YOUR COUNTY TO FUNDRAISE.
THE PEOPLE HERE, THEY, THEY KNOW HOW TO ASK YOU GUYS FOR IT.
AND THEY KNOW HOW TO ASK OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES FOR IT, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO WRITE TO THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT GIVE A TON OF MONEY.
AND SO, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COUNTY DO, THERE'S A, SO WHEN WE WERE RAISING THE MONEY FOR THE FIFE AND DRUM, THERE WAS A DATABASE THAT WE COULD GET THAT HAD A LISTING OF EVERYBODY THAT DONATED MONEY IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT AND WE SAID, FIRST OF ALL, WHERE'S EVERYBODY, WHO'S EVERYBODY THAT'S LIKE US THAT'S ASKED FOR MONEY? WHO DID THEY ASK FOR MONEY AND HOW MUCH DID THEY GIVE 'EM? AND WE ASKED ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE FOR LESS.
AND WHERE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE FUNDRAISING, YOU GET ABOUT A THREE TO 5%, UH, RETURN.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE IN FOUR OF THE PLACES THAT WE ASKED CAME UP WITH THE MONEY THAT WE ASKED FOR BECAUSE WE TARGETED SPECIFICALLY BASED ON, ON GOOD INFORMATION.
AND NOW THE DATABASE IS NOT CHEAP.
IT COST US QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO GET IT, BUT IT WAS MONEY WELL SPENT.
WHAT WOULD BE NICE WOULD BE IF THE COUNTY HAD A SUBSCRIPTION TO THAT AND WE TRAINED, WE HAD A PROGRAM AND WE TAUGHT THESE GUYS SOME FUNDRAISING TECHNIQUES.
GET SOME GUYS IN THAT KNOW HOW TO RAISE MONEY AND TEACH THESE GUYS HOW TO RAISE MONEY.
LET 'EM AIM 'EM AT THAT DATABASE.
LET 'EM GET OUT THERE AND MAKE SOME REQUESTS AND SEE HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS.
I BET THAT YOU WOULD END UP SEEING A, A LOT OF, OF GOOD HAPPEN FROM THAT.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MODEST INVESTMENT.
UM, SO DO YOU HAVE TO GET A DATABASE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY? CAN YOU JUST GET IT FOR LIKE A REGION OF THE COUNTRY OR NO, YOU WANT IT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
IF YOU COULD GET IT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, YOU'D WANT IT.
YOU WANT TO GET AS LARGE OF A BASE OF INFORMATION AS YOU CAN MM-HMM
UH, BECAUSE YOU JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH IT AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SORTABLE, SEARCHABLE, UH, AND THIS WAS WHAT, 15 YEARS AGO AND WE WERE DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST, IT WAS INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE.
UM, BUT YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD DO? OR SHOULD IT SOMETHING THAT PRIVATE IN AN ORGANIZATION SHOULD DO? UM, SO AN ORGANIZATION COULD DO IT.
AN ORGANIZATION DOESN'T RUN THE LIBRARIES.
AN ORGANIZATION DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD WANNA RAISE MONEY TO COME IN AND LOOK AT IT.
SO YOU'RE THINKING THAT THAT WOULD BE A, A CHARITABLE ARM OF, OF THE COUNTY TO RAISE MONEY? NO, I THINK, EXPLAIN ME.
I'M THINKING YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT RAISING MONEY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROVIDING THE ABILITY TO RAISE MONEY.
I WOULD, I WOULD POINT YOU AT YOUR MASTER PARTNER PROGRAM AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO TEACH OUR CITIZENS.
AND IF WE CAN TEACH OUR CITIZENS HOW TO RAISE MONEY, ESPECIALLY THESE ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK, UH, I THINK YOU WOULD BE MONEY AHEAD ON THAT.
'CAUSE INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE COUNTY, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR JOB FOR YOU
UH, I HAVE A JOB AND
I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP WITH THAT.
I THINK IT'S A THOUGHT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE THERE'S, IT WOULD DO A LOT.
SO I'M, I'M TRYING TO PICTURE THIS.
YOU TALKING ABOUT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY? YEAH.
THIS IS, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE, WHAT IS, WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE YOUR COUNTY PLAYING IN THIS? I THINK WHAT I HEARD IS THAT, THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE THE SERVICE OUT OF OUR LIBRARY, THE DATABASE DATABASE.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR LIBRARY DOES ALREADY.
ISN'T IT? SOME PERIODIC TRAINING, BUT FOCUS ON, SO YOU DO WE, WELL, CAN WE COME BACK TO IT? THIS IS THE, IS THE COUNTY GETTING THE PEOPLE TO DO THE TRAINING OR ARE WE FUNDING THE TRAINING OR NO, I THINK WE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I THINK WE'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE IMPLEMENT THAT.
UH, I, I DON'T LIKE SPENDING MONEY.
YOU KNOW, I'M, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
SO I'M JUST TRYING, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT.
GRAB A DATABASE AND THEN TRAIN PEOPLE HOW TO, HOW TO GO TALK AND ASK FOR MONEY.
THAT'S, AND I'VE READ A MILLION OF THESE BOOKS ABOUT HOW TO RAISE MONEY.
UH, AND THEY ALL TELL YOU DIFFERENT
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THINGS, RIGHT.SO HAVING SOMEBODY WITH A LITTLE EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY DOING IT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT THAT'S A CURVE THAT CHANGES EVERY YEAR.
'CAUSE THE LANDSCAPE OF RAISING MONEY CHANGES DEPENDING ON ALL THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THAT ARE GOING ON.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST KNOW AND THEN YOU'RE A MASTER FOR FOREVER.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF, IF EVEN IF WE HAD THE IDEA OF GIVING LIKE QUARTERLY SEMINARS OR SOMETHING THAT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS COULD COME TO AND LEARN ABOUT HOW TO RAISE MONEY.
UH, BUT WHO YOU SAY WE GIVE THE WE? WHO'S WE? IT WOULDN'T BE US, NOT THE COUNTY.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT TYPE.
WELL, WE, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M TRYING, I DON'T MEAN YOU'RE GIVING YOUR AN INTEREST.
WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTING IDEA.
AND I'M, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN COUNTY THAT DOES THAT KNOW FAR.
HAVE THE INFORMATION BEING IN THE LIBRARY.
SO I I'M NOT SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD'VE ACCESS TO IT.
SO THE IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS I'M NOT SURE OF.
SO, UM, I KNOW OUR LIBRARY IN THE WILLIAMSBURG LIBRARY, WE HAVE GRANTS, DATABASES, AND I THINK IT MAYBE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US PUBLICIZING THE RESOURCES WE HAVE AND LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW UHHUH THAT THEY CAN COME TO THE LIBRARY FOR THESE GRANT RESOURCES.
AND DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY AT THE LIBRARY WHO COULD WALK 'EM THROUGH IT OR SHOW 'EM HOW TO USE IT? WE DO HAVE STAFF THAT CAN HELP 'EM DO THAT.
AND WE CAN ALSO LOOK INTO MAYBE HAVING SOME, UM, SEMINAR.
THAT'S GOOD WAY, KEVIN, FOR THE CITIZENS.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, WE DON'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND WE JUST NEED TO, WE JUST NEED TO PUBLICIZE.
SO THESE ARE THE SUBTOTALS FOR THIS YEAR.
AND AS ALWAYS, THEY, UH, THEY ADD UP TO $62,000.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF, UH, THE FUNDING IN LARGE PART WENT TO THE, THE BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTERS.
UH, AND THEN CAN'T READ THE REST OF THE STUFF.
SO YOU, THAT'S WHAT MY THOUGHT.
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO READ THIS UP CLOSE, IT'S, IT'S ONLINE.
THE COUNTY PUTS THESE THINGS ONLINE.
I'LL, I'LL PUT THIS ONLINE AS SOON AS I GET HOME TONIGHT AND THE COUNTY WILL PUT IT UP SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT.
BUT AS WE'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS, THE FONTS GONE DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN.
WELL, IF YOU DID IT SIDEWAYS, IT'D BE, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPE STYLE.
AT LEAST WE'D BE ABLE TO YEAH.
WELL, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT GROWTH LOOK LIKE IN THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS BEING SERVED, SERVED NOW THROUGH THE FUNDED? UH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER ON, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
SINCE, SINCE WHEN NOVEMBER 1ST STARTED IT SINCE WHEN? SINCE, NO, SINCE I STARTED SINCE LAST YEAR.
BUT THE THING IS, IT'S UP MUCH MORE THAN THAT OVER TIME, BECAUSE MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN MOVED FROM, UH, OUR, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNTY REGULAR BUDGET.
UH, SO IT'S JUST THE, THE ONES THAT ARE, ARE SORT OF OUT OF BAND THAT GET ASSESSED EVERY YEAR.
THAT NUMBER IS INCREASED TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK CLOSE TO 20 AT THIS POINT.
DO YOU, DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE APPROACHING A POINT WHERE, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT, THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SPREAD THE BUTTER TOO THIN? OR, I MEAN, AT SOME POINT YOU HIT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THE IS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE TO ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? WOULD WE BETTER OFF SMALLER NUMBER AND GREATER FUNDING? IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A HARD BALANCE, BUT, SO I I, I HATE TO SAY A SMALLER NUMBER BECAUSE I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF 'EM THAT, THAT COULD PROBABLY GO AWAY.
BUT MOST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO AN EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT THING.
AND THE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT INTO IT, IF WE JUST HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO KEEP THEM GOING, THEY PROVIDE MUCH MORE BACK IN RETURN.
I, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS, IS THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ACROSS, YOU KNOW, FOR EACH ONE, IS IT IMPACTFUL FOR EACH ONE? IT IS.
ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? YES.
I MEAN, NOW SOME OF 'EM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE.
BUT SOME OF THE MISSIONS ARE NOT BIG MISSIONS.
THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS IN A SMALL WAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN THERE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THESE GUYS LEVERAGE THIS MONEY SO THAT THEY CAN GET OTHER MONEY.
AND THAT, THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UH, SO IT, IT'S REALLY VALUABLE.
SO LET'S, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE'S ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
I JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT THAT THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THIS REGION ARE THE LIFEBLOOD YES.
OF WHAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY WORK.
IT'S WHAT MAKES IT KIND OF A ABSOLUTELY PRESTIGIOUS COUNTY.
AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THEIR WORK, I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT.
SO I WOULD, SO THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR DOING THIS.
'CAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST
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MINUTE.AND I WOULD SAY THAT FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN YOUR COUNTY ARE AMONG THE MOST GENEROUS PEOPLE I HAVE EVER KNOWN.
AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'VE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY HERE.
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE AND THEY GET TOGETHER AND THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING AND THEY CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER ON THEIR CHEAPNESS.
AND THIS YEAR, THAT LITTLE GROUP, THEY GOT TOGETHER AND THEY TARGETED ONE OF OUR CHARITIES.
NOW, THERE WAS NOTHING BAD THEY COULD SAY ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS GROUP, LITERALLY, THEY FEED THE HUNGRY, THEY CLOTHED THE POOR, BUT THEY JUST MADE IT UNCOMFORTABLE ENOUGH THAT THESE GUYS WITHDREW THEIR APPLICATION.
DIDN'T, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THAT DOESN'T SET RIGHT WITH ME.
SO EVELYN AND I WROTE A CHECK FOR HALF OF WHAT WE WERE GONNA ALLOCATE TO 'EM THIS YEAR.
AND WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT THE COUNTY THINK ABOUT, THINK OF THAT AS A MATCHING GRANT AND CONSIDER MATCHING IT.
I WOULD ALSO ASK THIS ORGANIZATION, FOR GOD'S SAKE, PLEASE PUT IN YOUR APPLICATION NEXT YEAR.
BECAUSE IF WE LET THESE HATEFUL LITTLE MEN STOP US FROM DOING THE RIGHT THING, THEN THE WHOLE WORLD'S A DARKER PLACE.
AND WITH THAT, KEEP ON KEEPING THE FAITH AND I'LL SEE YOU GUYS NEXT YEAR BEFORE YOU RUN OFF.
DON'T RUN OFF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, LET ME GET A LITTLE HISTORY HERE.
BEFORE WE HAD THIS ORGANIZATION.
AND WE ACTUALLY 25 YEARS AGO, GAVE A LOT MORE MONEY.
I MEAN, IT WAS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THE 62,000 IS A LOT LESS THAN WHAT IT WAS.
AND THEN WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN BECAUSE THINGS STARTED GETTING TIGHT IN THE COUNTY.
WE WENT THROUGH ALL THAT CYCLE WHERE WE, WE DIDN'T GET PAY RAISES.
WE PULLED MONEY BACK OUT TO FUND THE SCHOOLS.
WE TOOK IT AWAY FROM OUR EMPLOYEES AND ALL THAT.
AND EVERY, SO WHAT WE DID OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD, WE KEPT CUTTING IT IN HALF, KEPT CUTTING IN HALF.
I MEAN, IT WAS DELIBERATE PLAN TO CUT IT IN HALF THAT FOUR YEAR PERIOD.
AND THEN IT GOT DOWN TO AROUND 75.
AND I'M REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE IT AT 62.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EXTRA, THE EXTRA BUCKS THAT WAS IN THERE, BUT, BUT I KNOW IT GOT TO 75 AND THEN IT THEN, AND THEN PASSED.
YOU GUYS CAME IN AND IT STARTED DOING THIS TREMENDOUS JOB.
I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS NOT A, YOU TALK ABOUT A FOOD FIGHT, BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A FIGHT OF A, OF A PENNIES AND SO FORTH.
AND, AND AT ONE, AT ONE TIME, WE STOPPED GIVING ANY MONEY.
AND THAT'S, WELL, I DON'T EVER REMEMBER US NOT EVER GIVING MONEY.
AND THE THING OF IT IS THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED, WELL, THE, SOME HELP, THE IMPORTANT PART HAS BEEN MENTIONED HERE.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN CLEARLY UNDERSTATED.
CLEARLY STATED THAT THE, THESE ORGANIZATIONS, WHEN THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICE, SURE.
THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS COLLECTING, UH, YOU KNOW, 400, TWO COUPLE THOUSAND FROM US AND WE PUT IT OVER THERE.
IF WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE IN GOVERNMENT, IT WOULD COST US A TON MORE.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
YOU PAY FOR THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM GOES WITH IT.
YOU TAKE PLAY FOR THE BUILDINGS, THE EQUIPMENT, ALL THAT STUFF THAT GOES IN.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE THE, AS YOU SAID, THE VOLUNTEERS REPRESENT THE KIND OF THE CORE OF LOOK AT ME AS A WHEELS AND ALL THE OTHER VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS DOING THAT.
THIS IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THEY'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE.
THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING SERVICE BETTER THAN WE CAN IN A LOT OF CASES.
SO ANYWAY, FOR YOUR GROUP, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS DID.
AND, UH, AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVERY YEAR.
I JUST ALWAYS FEEL, I I, I FEEL DISAPPOINTED THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN'T GIVE MORE.
I MEAN, WE PROBABLY CAN IF WE WANT TO DO IT, BUT I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A, A YEOMAN'S JOB OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BUDGETED.
UM, I MEAN, IF WE WANTED TO RESTRICT IT, WE SAY THAT EVERYTHING HAS GOTTA BE IN THE COUNTY.
WE COULD DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF, BUT 'CAUSE THAT IF, IF YOU WERE TO THINK THAT'S THE LIST.
THE LOOK AT THE UNITED WAY LISTS.
JUST THAT LIST IS A TONE IN, IN, IN, IN CHARITIES.
SO ANYWAY, WE GOT A, YOU, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF DOING THIS.
YOU HAD ONE FOLLOW UP THOUGH, WHICH IS HOW DO WE WANT TO ALLOCATE THE HL VI, HL CVI, UH, THAT'S THE ONE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT THE CURRENT CONSERVANCY.
SO YOU GOTTA, HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE SPLIT THAT? WE PULLED THIS, I PUT IT ON THAT GROUP.
WHERE, WHERE DID YOU SEE WHICH GROUP? OH, SUPPORT FOR THE, OH, PUT IT WITH THIS.
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CITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION PAGE.SO THEY, SO THEIR PAGE SAID THAT THEY HVLC, WE DUE IT LAST PAST WEEK.
I THINK IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY, WAS THE SUPPORT OF, OF IT.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS IN THE DAILY PRESS.
AND I, I, I, I, I GO ALONG WITH WALT'S RECOMMENDATION.
JUST PUT THE MONEY OVER ON THAT, THAT GROUP.
PLEASURE GETTING HAMMERED THERE.
WELL, AND I THINK ONE OTHER THING WORTH MENTIONING, I MEAN, IT DID CAUSE US TO LOOK INTERNALLY AT OUR OWN SYSTEMS FOR HOW DOES THIS BOARD WORK AND CAN WE APPROVE, UH, FUNDING FOR AGENCIES WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE AN INDIRECT ROLE.
AND THAT'S BEEN RESOLVED AND WE NOW HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE IS ROBUST AND ALLOWS US TO DO THAT AND SHOULD NOT CREATE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE.
BUT CLEARLY THAT, UH, LED TO SOME OF THESE BAD FEELINGS OVER THE PAST YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.
NEXT UP IS, UH, BRIAN FULLER ON THE COMMUNITY AGENCY SUPPORT.
ZACH, UH, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW THAT ACT, SO, SO I WON'T TRY.
AND I WOULD STATE JUST BEFORE WE START, UM, THAT WAL WALTZ GROUP HAS DONE ALWAYS A, A GREAT JOB AND, AND GIVE IT A LOT OF THOUGHT.
AND OVER TIME WHEN WE'VE HAD SOME OF THOSE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS, WE'VE MOVED THEM OUT OF, OF HIS, UM, GRANT APPLICATIONS.
AND THAT'S ALLOWED HIM TO SERVE PEOPLE'VE TAKING GROUPS LIKE LACKEY OUT.
UM, I THINK TWO, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE TOOK OUT THE FOOD PANTRIES, UM, THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE THAT FREED UP ABOUT $15,000.
SO THAT'S ALLOWED HIM TO SERVE MORE GROUPS, UH, AS WELL WITH, WITH KEEPING THAT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.
'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE PUT THOSE IN OTHER PLACES.
SO, UH, HE'S TALKED OUT ABOUT ALL THE, UH, THE GROUPS.
I'M GONNA TALK TONIGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE REMAINING GROUPS THAT WE DO WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
UM, AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, UM, ALL OF, WE LOOK AT THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AND I'M GONNA BE VERY BRIEF TONIGHT.
THIS, THIS THING COULD GO ON FOR HOURS, BUT WE WON'T.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, UM, IS IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
IT'S, IT'S $9.3 MILLION, 40 DIFFERENT 46 DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE FUNDING'S DIVIDED UP, UH, AS IT RELATES TO OUR, YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AS WE FUND THOSE.
AND HERE'S REALLY A BREAKDOWN OF THE MONEY.
AND IT, IT GOES FROM FUNDED IN FY 26, WHAT IS PROPOSED IN FY 27.
AND YOU'LL SEE A DIFFERENCE OF, UH, INCREASE IN 500 AND, UH, $58,000.
AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS IN GREAT DETAIL, UH, NOT GREAT DETAIL, BUT, UH, IN SOME DETAIL AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT IT'S REALLY TWO CATEGORIES.
WE HAVE OUR CON CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, AND THESE ARE GROUPS THAT WE FUND.
EITHER WE HAVE AN ACTUAL CONTRACT WITH OR A FUNDING FORMULA, AND THEY PRESIDE SERVICES ACCOUNT.
YOU SEE, THAT'S WHERE A BULK OF THE INCREASES ARE.
SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THOSE.
THE OTHER $2 MILLION IS ONLY GOT A, A $46,000 INCREASE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THERE IS MORE DISCRETION.
SO AS FAR AS THE CONTRACTUAL FUNDING, I DO CREDIT ME COMING TO THE Y AND DOING EXERCISES WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH AT LEAST GETTING ME A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN SHAPE SO THAT WHEN I DID GET THE HEART ATTACK, UM, I WAS ABLE TO RECOVER A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
I THINK ALSO MY CHILDREN SLOW DOWN.
BY THE END OF THAT FIRST LESSON, REED WAS JUMPING IN THE POOL WITHOUT A LIFE JACKET.
I COULD SEE THAT HE WAS MAKING PROGRESS.
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AND AS MR. SHEPHERD SAID, THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHERE IF WE TRIED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, UH, THE COST WOULD BE EXPONENTIAL TO WHAT COMMUNITY GROUPS AND PARTNERSHIPS CAN DO.SO ON THIS PART ABOUT THE EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SAFETY, SOME OF THE GROUPS IN HERE, COLONIAL COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, PENINSULA REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER, MIDDLE PENINSULA JUVENILE CENTER, AND VIRGINIA PENINSULA REGIONAL JAIL MAKE UP 4.1, WHICH IS ALMOST HALF OF THE FUNDING.
AND THEY WERE, UH, $200,000 INCREASE IN THOSE.
AND THOSE WERE ALL BASED ON CONTRACTS, UH, AND FUNDING FORMULAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE DON'T REALLY CHANGE.
IT'S BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE AND PERFORMANCE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONTRACTUAL FUNDING, CONTRACTUAL BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE ORGANIZATIONS, IT'S EITHER CONTRACTUAL, EITHER.
SOMETIMES IT'S ACTUALLY PHYSICAL CONTRACT, OTHER TIMES IT'S REGIONAL AGREEMENTS.
MOST OF THESE ARE LIKE REGIONAL AGREEMENTS, REGIONAL JAIL.
THAT'S BETWEEN US AND CITY COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE A REGIONAL AGREEMENT.
THERE ARE FUNDING FORMULAS IN THOSE AGREEMENTS.
THEY GO UP BY THE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN COSTS PER YEAR.
SO THE REGION'S GOT TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE, LIKE THE REGIONAL JAIL.
AND WE, AND THE DIFFERENT LOCALITY DECIDED ON FUNDING MM-HMM
SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY CONTRACTOR.
THERE'S ANOTHER, WELL THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS.
WHEN WE AGREED TO THAT, THERE'S AN OUT, BUT WHEN WE AGREED TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO AN ORGANIZATION, FOR EXAMPLE, THE YMCA IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS.
WE GIVE 'EM MONEY, WE SAY WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.
THEY THEN TAKE THAT MONEY, THAT COMMITMENT OF THEM.
WE, WE DON'T MAYBE LIKE GIVE 'EM A MILLION DOLLARS OR $2 MILLION.
WE DON'T GIVE IT TO 'EM ALL AT ONE TIME.
WE GIVE IT OVER, OVER A MINI YEAR PERIOD.
AND THEN THEY GO BUILD, THEY TAKE THAT AND THEY GO BUILD STUFF.
SO NOW WE JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU GO MAP.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT AFTER THEY'VE ALREADY COMMITTED AND GOT A BUILDING BUILT AND THEY, THEY'RE ON THE HOOK FOR THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON A CONTRACT OR JUST, YOU KNOW, WAS IT, WAS IT AN AGREEMENT? SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT THOUGH? I KNOW WE HAVE AGREEMENT WITH THE Y WELL, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING FORMAL ORDER THEN TO GO GET THE FUNDING THEY NEED FROM LINDA LINDA'S SOURCES.
THEY COULDN'T JUST, WELL, NO, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE COUNTY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE COUNTY, I DON'T THE COUNTY HANDLES THAT DIFFERENTLY THAN IF YOU WENT TO A BANK AND YOU, YOU KNOW.
BUT, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THE Y WHYS TAKING THAT MONEY AND GOING TO OTHER LENDING SOURCES, LIKE, I GOT THIS ALREADY.
I NEED YOU TO HELP ME WITH THE REST.
BUT THEY GOTTA HAVE REAL COMMITMENT FROM, FOR THAT FIRST SOURCE.
OTHERWISE THE LENDING INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT GOING TO BACK 'EM IF THEY USE THE LENDING INSTITUTION.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S, EACH ONE OF 'EM ARE DIFFERENT.
BUT FOR THE COUNTY ITSELF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE REGIONAL AGREEMENTS AND THEN WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE OTHER BIGGER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THAT WE GIVE MONEY TO.
SO SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, CDR, COLONIAL JUVENILE, COMMER, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL LIBRARY, O AND HERE'S WHERE THE REGIONAL LIBRARY OR THE YMCAS ARE AS WELL.
AND THAT TOTAL WAS 1.6 WITH A $30,000 INCREASE VALUE DRIVEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS EV RFO, THE HAMPTON ROADS ALLIANCE, ALL HD, UH MM-HMM.
HAMPTON ROADS, UM, PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSIONS, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WADA.
SO IN THESE CATEGORIES THERE WAS A $296,000 INCREASE ON.
UM, IS IT MAINLY WATER? MAINLY WATER.
AND, AND I THINK YOU REMEMBER AS, AS WHEN MATT, UM, SCALIA CAME AND TALKED ABOUT THE COST OF WA THE FUNDING, UH, THE INCREASED ROUTES IN, IN THE COUNTY.
AND IT'S BASED ON THE MILEAGE FOR THOSE ROUTES AND THE HOURS OF SERVICE IN THE COUNTY.
AND YOU'RE BUYING A COUPLE BUSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT TOO.
THE NORTHERN TRANSFER STATION'S GONNA OPEN UP LATER THIS YEAR IN THE UPPER COUNTY HERE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE INCREASES IN SOME OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES.
PENAL HEALTH DISTRICT, MAYORS, CHAIRS, COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS ARTS COMMISSION, AND THE H-Y-P-D-C, WHICH IS A SMALL INCREASE.
NOW WE GET INTO THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.
UM, AND SOME OF THESE ARE LIKE LACKEY.
UH, I'VE BEEN COMING TO LACKEY CLINIC FOR CLOSE TO FIVE YEARS NOW, AND I'M SO PLEASED WITH EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE FOR ME.
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I HAD MOUTH PAIN FOR 20 YEARS.I'VE HAD TO GET, UH, I GUESS THREE EXTRACTIONS, MAYBE NINE FILLINGS.
I'VE GOT THE DENTAL SCALINGS, UH, THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.
THEY'VE HELPED ME WITH A GIGANTIC CYST ON MY FACE THAT I WAS EMBARRASSED TO SHOW MY FACE FOR YEARS.
AND THEY HELPED ME WITH EVERY MEDICAL NEED.
I, I HADN'T EVEN HAD A BLOOD TEST TO FIND OUT IF ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH ME SINCE I WAS PROBABLY 20 YEARS OLD.
SO IN EVERY WAY, LACKEY TAKES CARE OF ME.
YOU ARE A TRUE BLESSING FOR HELPING ALL EVERYONE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT.
OTHERWISE, LACKY CLINIC HAS TAKEN CARE OF ME.
SO HERE WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE DISCRETIONARY FUNDINGS HERE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE YET LACKEY CLINIC, AS WE MENTIONED, COLONIAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, OLD TOWN MEDICAL AND DENTAL CENTER, VIRGINIA FOOD BANK, AND THE YORK PARTS FOUNDATION.
THERE AGAIN, HERE WE GAVE, WE GAVE FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO THE FOOD BANK.
SO SOME THAT ARE RELATED TO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM.
JAMESTOWN, YORKTOWN FOUNDATION, LAUNCHPAD INCUBATOR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WATERMAN MUSEUM, AND NEW YORKTOWN FOUNDATION.
A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE INCREASES HERE ARE THE, FOR THE TALL SHIPS EVENTS THIS YEAR AND THE TWO 50TH EVENTS.
I WAS GONNA ASK, IS THIS ENOUGH? BECAUSE FOR THE VA TWO 50 YEAR, I WOULD'VE EXPECTED A HIGHER BUDGET.
DON'T HURT YOUR NECK THERE,
WHICH ONE ARE YOU TALKING? IT'S, IT'S AN INCREASE OF 22,000 ON 300.
SO IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY COST OF INFLATION.
WE SHOULD BE SEEING A HIGHER BUDGET.
WELL, SOME OF THAT'S CAPTURED IN OUR 4TH OF JULY BUDGET.
UM, AND, AND WE HAVE A LARGE 4TH OF JULY BUDGET NOW.
NOW WE DID INCREASE, UH, THEY TWISTED MY ARM AND, AND WE'RE SPENDING A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY MORE THIS YEAR ON THAT EVENT.
SO, SO FUNDAMENTALLY DO SO WE ARE, AND THEN IT IS COMING FROM A DIFFERENT, COUPLE DIFFERENT POTS.
AND SOME OF THAT IS SOME OF THAT, LIKE THE SALE EVENT THIS YEAR IS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO THAT INCREASE WAS LAST YEAR.
SO THE 4TH OF JULY IS ALWAYS KIND OF WONKY.
'CAUSE IT HAPPENS ON THE FOURTH DAY OF THE YEAR.
BUT WE, WE'VE GOTTA PROCURE EVERYTHING IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD HERE.
YES, WE WILL IN THE NEXT COUPLE THREE MONTHS.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE WANT DO IT RIGHT, BUT THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE HERE SPENDING MONEY TOO, RIGHT.
SO A LOT OF THE OTHER DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, UH, BECAUSE WE KNEW OF WHERE THE BUDGET WAS THIS YEAR AND THERE WAS NO CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT OR, UM, AGREEMENTS ARE RAISE THEM.
WE DID LEVEL FUND A LOT OF THOSE COMMUNITY GROUPS THIS YEAR THAT WERE DISCRETIONARY.
SO THIS KIND OF BREAKS DOWN THE SUMMARY OF THOSE CHARTS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH.
UH, AND, AND AS YOU CAN SEE OVER, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ALL OF THAT INCREASE WAS ON THE CONTRACTUAL SIDE WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, ABILITY TO CHANGE THAT AND VERY SMALL ON THE DISCRETIONARY SIDE.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE INTERACTION WITH THE COUNTY AND, AND THE PENINSULA COMMUNITY COLLEGE? UM, WE HAVE MEMBER, I THINK YOU HAVE TWO MEMBERS ON THEIR BOARD.
AND, AND WE'VE HAD LOTS OF MEETINGS OVER THE LAST, I THINK WE'VE HAD MORE MEETINGS WITH DR.
BATTEN, UM, THAN WE'VE HAD OR IN A LONG TIME.
SO WE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN A VERY GOOD PARTNER IN SOME OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PROVIDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND WORKING WITH THAT.
SO, SO THEY'RE HELPING US DEVELOP TALENT YES.
TALENT THAT'S USING THE ACADEMY.
IS THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TIED TO THE, UH, GOVERNOR SCHOOL?
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I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK SO.NEW HORIZONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SAME NEW HORIZONS IS ANOTHER ONE, BUT THAT COMES OUTTA THE SCHOOL.
SO REALLY, THAT'S A VERY QUICK BUT, BUT OVERVIEW.
BUT LIKE WE SAID, A LOT OF THIS IS JUST TIED UP WITH THE CONTRACTUAL GRIEVANCE.
THAT YOU RAISED, YOU RAISED A GOOD, YOU RAISED A GOOD, UH, GOOD POINT HERE.
I THINK THAT, UM, I DON'T HAVE A, I I KNOW, I GUESS ALL OF US GET SWAMPED, A LOT OF READING MATERIAL AND STUFF LIKE THIS, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I MAY HAVE MISSED SOMETHING.
BUT ARE WE GONNA GET LIKE A, A, A LAYOUT OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR TWO 50? YES.
SOMEBODY GONNA COME IN AND READ THE SONG ALL OUR YES.
IT'S NEXT, NEXT BOARD MEETING OR THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY? I BELIEVE IT'S IN MAY.
BUT WE, WE ARE ALSO, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON TWO, THIS ISN'T BUDGET RELATED, BUT, BUT FOR BOTH SALE TWO 50, UM, AND FOR THE YORKTOWN SALE FESTIVAL AND THE ZY VISIT, WHICH WILL BE OVER THE 4TH OF JULY, WE'RE WORKING ON A DETAILED KIND OF SO QUESTION SUMMARY OF WHERE EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE.
BUT IN MY MIND, THERE'S, BECAUSE I LIVE IN YORKTOWN OR YORK COUNTY, THERE ARE TWO, THERE ARE TWO SEMINAL POINTS.
ONE'S THE 4TH OF JULY, WHICH WE SELL OUR CELEBRATE, AND THEN THERE'S THE BATTLE, RIGHT.
SO, SO WHICH ONE ARE WE FOCUSED ON? BOTH.
SO, SO THIS YEAR WE'RE CELEBRATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MARK THAT.
UM, SO, UM, WHAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR HERE IN YORK COUNTY IS THE VICTORY, WHICH HAPPENED IN 1781.
SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO BOTH THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY, HAVING SOME ENHANCED ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS SELL YORKTOWN FESTIVAL JUNE 12TH THROUGH THE 14TH.
FAST FORWARD TO VICTORY WEEKEND, WHICH IS THE WEEKEND OF OCTOBER 19TH.
AND WE'RE GONNA NOTE AND HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS NOW THE FIVE YEAR COUNTDOWN TO THE VICTORY AT YORKTOWN.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO REALLY INCORPORATE WITH THIS.
I THINK SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT THAT GETS LOST.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO 50 EFFORTS OVER IN 2026, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.
UM, THE VA TWO 50 COMMISSION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 2031 JUST FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE VICTORY AT YORKTOWN.
SOMETHING ELSE REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL, AND I'VE ALREADY COMMUNICATED WITH, UH, COUNTY LEADERSHIP AND WE'RE ALREADY SITUATING THIS, YOU KNOW, EVERY 50 YEARS, EVERY, EVERY SEMI QUINCENTENNIAL OF THE VICTORY AT YORKTOWN, A SITTING PRESIDENT HAS COME TO YORKTOWN.
YOU GO BACK TO 31, IT WAS HOOVER 81 WAS MIRAN AND REAGAN.
AND WE FULLY INTEND TO, TO, UH, UH, APPROACH THAT ANGLE FOR 2031 AND DO IT THE JUSTICE IT IT DESERVES.
SO WHERE EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PHILADELPHIA, AMERICA TWO 50, OUR EYES ARE ABSOLUTELY ON 2031.
AND IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST SAY, HEY, IT'S GOOD.
WE'RE DOING SOMETHING EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS, STARTED WITH THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE YORKTOWN TEA PARTY.
SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE KNOWN TEA PARTY THAT HAPPENED, SHOW SOLIDARITY, SOLIDARITY, NEW WITH THE OTHER COLONIES.
BUT IT'S THESE BREADCRUMBS WERE DROPPING AND, AND THESE ARE ALL BREADCRUMBS LEADING UP TO OUR BIG EVENT, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER 19TH, 2031, THE SEMI QUEEN CENTENNIAL OF THE VICTORY.
WE CAN GET SO INVOLVED IN OUR DAILY LIVES, ESPECIALLY IN GOVERNMENT HERE.
YOU KIND OF, SOMETIMES AT LEAST I DO, I JUST FORGET ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS.
I MEAN, IT JUST HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE CONSTANTLY DEALING WITH IT.
BUT THERE WAS A TIME, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH EVENT IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS LAFAYETTE WHEN HE CAME IN AT THE GRAND TOUR OR IF IT WAS SOMETHING, THEY HAD 10,000 REENACTORS OUT HERE.
THEY BUILT A TRAIN TRESTLE THAT WAS 20, THAT WAS FOR THE 2, 202.
OH, I MEAN, THEY, THAT WAS IN 81.
I MEAN, AND WHEN THEY BUILT, WHEN THEY BUILT THE MONUMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE RAISING THE MONUMENT.
MONUMENT WAS THINGS STARTED BUILDING IT TILL A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER IT HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
BUT THEY, THEY HAD A STAGE OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY PUT THAT WHOLE, I MEAN THE WHOLE THING, IT WAS, IT WAS NO DIRT GRASS.
YOU WALKED ON IT, IT WAS ACTUALLY A WHOLE STAGE.
AND, AND I'M SITTING HERE THINKING, OKAY, TWO 50, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE SOUND LIKE A FIRECRACKER GOING OFF INSTEAD OF A, A CANNON.
AND I DON'T KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S, WE KNOW IT'S FIVE YEARS AWAY AND THAT'LL HAPPEN LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE FOCUSING NOW TO GET THROUGH THIS JULY AND, AND THE SALE WEEKEND THEN.
UH, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PARK SERVICE AND SOME OF THE NATIONAL LEADERS, UM, BECAUSE FUNDING FOR THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT, CAN'T FALL ON THE COUNTY.
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UM, WELL, NO, WE FUNDED TWO THE PARK SERVICE.I'LL NEVER FORGET THE PARK SUPER SUPERINTENDENT COMING IN AND SAID, AND YOU, I WON'T SAY WHO HE WAS, HE WASN'T POPULAR PEOPLE, BUT HE CAME IN, HE SAYS, THE ONLY THING HE SAYS, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE 4TH OF JULY.
WE, THE ONLY THING HE CARES ABOUT, HE CARED ABOUT WAS THE, UH, WE, WE VICTORY.
THAT'S ONLY THING HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR YORKTOWN DAY.
I GET BACK PAST PART, I MEAN, WE, WE HAD THE AMBASSADOR, I GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PAST PART.
YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT, THAT WAS THE ONLY THING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FELT THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR, EXCEPT GET OTHER THAN GETTING IN OUR WAY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY
SO, SO THE POINT IS, YES, IF THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, IT WOULD BE NICE TO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THEY GOTTA GIVE US SOME MONEY FOR, FOR ALL THIS STUFF.
AND WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT, WITH THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT AND, AND ALSO WITH, WHEN WE TALKED TO REPRESENTATIVE WHITMAN AND ALL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE MM-HMM.
FUNDING WILL COME, I WOULD ASSUME FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR THIS.
THERE, THERE'S CONGRESSIONAL FUNDING FOR THESE TYPES OF EVENTS.
AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY STRATEGIC WHEN WE'RE APPROACHING 2031.
RIGHT NOW, THE ATTENTION'S ON THE, THE TWO 50TH.
SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY, IF WE GO ALL IN RIGHT NOW FOR THAT, IT'S GONNA GET LOST IN THE NOISE OF THE OTHER TWO.
BUT WE'RE BEING VERY STRATEGIC AND, AND REALLY HIGHLIGHTING 2031.
AND WE WILL HAVE A FULL COURT PRESS IN ALL ANGLES AND, AND, UH, REALLY MAKE IT A SPECIAL OCCASION.
AND HAVING THE STATE EXTEND THE COMMISSION MM-HMM
HAVING THE STATE EXTEND THE VA TWO 50 COMMISSION TO 2031 IS A HUGE STEP.
OH, WE DON'T HAVE TO RECREATE THAT.
I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THAT, BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY HOW NICE THE NEW LOGO IS THAT WE ARE HAVING ON OUR STATIONARY AND ON OUR MAGAZINES.
I'M TRYING
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THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEN YOU CAN COME TO MATTERS BEFORE THE BOARD.WELL, LET'S HAVE THINGS TALK ABOUT
SO BRIEFLY REVIEWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
WE ARE FOUR SETS OF MINUTES HERE, JANUARY 30TH, FEBRUARY 3RD, FEBRUARY 17TH, AND MARCH 3RD.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AUTHORIZED PARTICIPATION IN AN OPIOID SETTLEMENT, UH, RESOLUTION 26 DASH 42.
UH, DOES ANYONE WISH TO DISCUSS OR POLL EITHER OF THESE? I CALENDAR ACTUALLY HERE ON THE OPIOID, UH, SETTLEMENT BECAUSE OH, SOMEONE DOES.
SO IF, IF, RICHARD, IF YOU COULD JUST RUN US THROUGH THIS ONE.
SO, UM, THIS IS, MOST OF THE SETTLEMENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD TO DATE IN THE OPIOID ARENA HAVE BEEN ONES THAT HAVE COME DOWN AS A RESULT OF OUR PARTICIPATION IN A STATE, MOU WITH THE STATE OF VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND A VARIETY OF OTHER LOCALITIES.
AND ALL OF THESE SETTLEMENTS HAVE BEEN MANAGED AS MULTI-DISTRICT, UH, LITIGATION.
AND WE GET A, BASICALLY A SET SETTLEMENT AMOUNT.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT IT WAS, IT, IT WAS PROPOSED BY IT, AND IT CAME DOWN FROM A, FROM A, A DIFFERENT MULTI DIFFERENT DISTRICT LITIGATION.
AND BASICALLY THEY'RE ASKING IN LOCALITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN IT AS AN OPT-IN SETTLEMENT.
UM, AND THE, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THE SETTLEMENT IS FINALLY APPROVED AND COMES ABOUT WILL DEPEND UPON THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION BY THE LOCALITIES.
UH, I THINK I, WE SET FORTH IN THE MEMORANDUM APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH MONEY WE WOULD BE IN LINE TO GET.
IT'S ABOUT $15,000, UM, ROUGHLY AS A FLAT AMOUNT, WHICH ISN'T A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT NOTHING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN DIRECT LITIGATION AGAINST ANY OF THESE COMPANIES IF WE DID NOT OPT IN.
SO I CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND INDICATE OUR DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHETHER THERE'S FULL PARTICIPATION, WE WILL, WE'LL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT GOES FORWARD.
AND IF IT DOESN'T GO FORWARD, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT SUFFICIENT LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN REEVALUATE AND THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL TRACKS, BUT CERTAINLY IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE EFFICIENT FOR US TO FILE OUR OWN SEPARATE CASE AGAINST THESE PARTICULAR COMPANIES.
AND MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, ARE WE LIKELY TO SEE MORE OF THESE? PROBABLY DEPENDING ON, ON HOW THESE GO.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE COMPANIES COMING OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT ARE, THAT ARE, HAVE EXPOSURE IN THESE OPIOIDS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEEING THE LEVELS OF SETTLEMENTS THAT
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ARE, THAT ARE, I MEAN THE SACKLER FAMILY WAS PROBABLY KIND OF THE, THE HIGH END OF, OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING.AND THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT.
UM, AND SO MY GUESS IS THAT OTHER COMPANIES ARE, WOULD SEE AN INCENTIVE TO TRY TO SETTLE THESE AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I THINK IT'S IN OUR INTEREST TO, TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE MRS. NOLLS ALREADY PUT MORE FORWARD A MOTION
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NO.I'M CALLING EACH BOARD MEMBER TO RAISE MATTERS BEFORE THE BOARD.
AND I'LL START WITH MRS. NOEL
I DON'T, ISN'T THAT, THAT'S REALLY MARVELOUS.
BUT WHAT I, WHAT ELSE IS MARVELOUS, LET ME TELL YOU, IS ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WHO WON A $25,000 SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE DESIGN OF THE COVER FOR A PHONE.
AND IT WAS A, IT WAS NATIONAL, NOT JUST HERE.
IT'S DONE BY COX COMMUNICATIONS, THEIR FOUNDATION ARM.
AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND NOT ONLY DID HE WIN $25,000 SCHOLARSHIP, BUT OUR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS GETTING A CHECK FOR $25,000 AS WELL.
BUT HE, HE IS THE WINNER, THE NATIONAL WINNER.
CAN YOU IMAGINE? SEE WHAT YOUR COUNTY PRODUCES.
HE'S A WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN AND I ONLY USE HIS FIRST NAME DAVID BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO CONTACT HIM.
SO, UM, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON ALL THE BUSINESSES GOING ON.
AS YOU WA RUN UP AND DOWN 17, YOU SEE QUITE THE PROGRESS GOING ON.
IT DELAYS ROUNDING THE CORNER.
I THINK THEY'RE ON THE WAY FROM THIRD BASE TO HOME AND, UH, LOOKS LIKE CHIPOTLE'S, UM, ON THEIR WAY AS WELL.
UM, COOKOUTS GOT SOME OF THE STRUCTURE UP.
THEY'RE DOING SOME, UM, GROUNDWORK OVER THERE AS WELL.
AND UM, COURSE DOWN AT THE PUB, UH, THAT WORK IS COMING ALONG VERY WELL.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE DONE HERE IN I'D SAY A MONTH OR TWO.
AND, UM, I GUESS, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS GETTING READY TO HAPPEN AT, UH, VIRGINIA BEER COMPANY.
I RODE BY ON THE WAY HERE AND THE PARKING LOT WAS HALF FULL ALREADY.
AND, UM, CUTE ADDIES IS ALWAYS FALSE.
SO, UM, EVERYBODY'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOOD.
MR. ROME? WELL, THERE'S TOO MUCH POLLEN IN THE AIR.
NO, IT'S ALL OVER MY, IT GOT BETTER AFTER THE RAIN.
AND, AND THEN OUR APPROACH AND OUR LUNGS.
SO I'LL JUST BE REAL BRIEF HERE.
JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT NEXT SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH FROM 10 IN THE MORNING TO ONE IN THE AFTERNOON IS THE NATIONAL HEALTHY KIDS DAY EVENT, UH, SPONSORED BY THE, UH, YMCA.
UM, SO OUR LOCAL YMCA DOWN ON 1 34, THE VICTORY YMCA IS GONNA BE A BIG PARTICIPANT IN THAT.
IT'S BEEN A BIG EVENT THE PAST FEW YEARS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF REPRESENTATION FROM THE COUNTY THERE.
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE, FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE.
PARKS RECREATION WILL BE THERE THIS YEAR.
UM, WE, DEPENDING ON THEIR, UM, THEIR, UH, TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE, THE, UH, CNU BASKETBALL TEAM SHOULD BE THERE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE KIDS AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS AND SPONSORS WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
SO IF YOU HAVE A, UH, ESPECIALLY A PRE PRE-TEEN KID AND LOOKING FOR SOME TIME AND SOME ACTIVITIES, SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTY, THAT IS A GREAT SPOT TO COME, STOP, SPEND, UH, SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, CHECK THINGS OUT AND, UM, AND VISIT WITH US.
SO, UH, HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
UH, AGAIN, APRIL 18TH FROM 10 TO ONE.
MR. SHE NOW I'VE TALKED ENOUGH.
AS FOR MYSELF, I'LL TURN TO DARREN.
WE'VE GOT TWO EVENTS COMING UP.
THE, UH, FRENCH MARKET DAYS AND THE BOOTS, BREWS AND BARBECUE.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE.
UH, SO THE FRENCH MARKET IS, UH, IT'S UH, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S THE FRENCH SISTER CITIES ORGANIZATION THAT BASICALLY USES THIS MARKET TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THEIR ORGANIZATION.
THEY DO A SOIREE AND BLANC, WHICH WE ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FOUNDATION, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT OUR FRENCH SISTER CITIES NOW, BLUE BOOTS, BRUISE AND BARBECUES.
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S.
BLUES BREWING BARBECUES IS UNDERGOING AND TRANSFORMATION THIS YEAR AND PIVOTED
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FROM BLUES MUSIC TO COUNTRY MUSIC.SO YOU HAVE COUNTRY MU MUSIC PERFORMERS, BREWERIES FROM OUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
BUNCH OF FANTASTIC FOOD OPTIONS AND JUST A GOOD TIME TO HEAD BY ALL.
SO, BUT JUST TO NOTE, THAT IS A TICKETED EVENT.
MOST OF THE EVENTS IN YORKTOWN ARE FREE.
HOWEVER, THIS ONE AND THE WINE FESTIVAL ARE A TICKETED EVENT.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THAT.
AND THOSE DATES ARE APRIL 18TH AND MAY 2ND.
AND THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE OUR GO GREEN AND GARDEN MARKET.
SO COME ON DOWN, GET SOME INFORMATION ON BEES GARDENING AND RECYCLING.
SO AFTER HEALTHY KIDS' DAY, SWING BY THE, THESE OTHER EVENTS DOWN HERE IN NEW YORKTOWN.
NO, THAT'S WHY WE DO HOW THE KIDS TAKE EARLY.
AND UH, MY LAST COMMENT IS GO GLUE.
ANYBODY WATCH A GOOD BASKETBALL GAME LAST NIGHT?
WHAT'S THERE? BASKETBALL ON LAST NIGHT? NO, NO.
NOW WHAT'S THAT, MR. SHEPHERD?
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I'LL ASK YOU TO TAKE US INTO A CLOSED MEETING.IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 11 A, ONE OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA MOVE THAT THE BOARD SUPERVISORS CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING TO CONSIDER A PERSONNEL MA PERSONNEL MATTER INVOLVING APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUAL BOARD COMMISSION.
ALSO IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 11 A SEVEN, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
I'LL MOVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONVENE AND CLOSE MEETING TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, CONSULTANTS AND OR STAFF ON A MATTER OF PROBABLE LITIGATION IN WHICH THE COUNTY MAY BECOME INVOLVED.
AND I, UH, WE NEED A ROLL CALL ON THAT.
AND I HAVE HERE THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 21, BUT WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING ON THURSDAY EVENING, I BELIEVE.
SO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD IS ON THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH AT FOUR.
YOUR CALL AND IT'S A BUDGET WORK.
IT'S A WORK SESSION, RIGHT? WE, BEFORE.