* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:07] CALL [A. Call to Order ] THIS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER ON MAY 19TH. I'LL REPEAT THAT. I'LL CALL THIS, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER ON THIS, UH, MAY 19TH. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MR. ROY. PRESENT. MRS. NOLL? HERE. MR. DRURY? MR. R. HERE. MR. SHEPHERD. HERE. MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. UH, I'LL CALL AN INVOCATION. FOR THE INVOCATION. WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, DONNY OR BABA OF THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION GIVE, GIVE THE, UH, INVOCATION. OKAY. ALRIGHTYY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME UP. SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT BEFORE THE WORK OF THE MEETING BEGINS. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL TO, TO BE HERE TOGETHER, UH, IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND FOR THE SUPERVISORS AND STAFF WHO HAVE ACCEPTED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP. AND MAY THIS MEETING BE GUIDED BY WISDOM AND INTEGRITY AND HUMILITY, AND MADE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE WITHIN THIS MEETING BE MADE WITH CLARITY AND FAIRNESS AND SINCERE COMMITMENT TO THE WELLBEING OF ALL RESIDENTS OF YOUR COUNTY. AND LET US ALSO JUST KIND OF REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING WITH RESPECT AND LEADING WITH COMPASSION, AND ALSO JUST KIND OF SERVING WITH WELL HONESTY AS WELL. AND SO MAY WE BE GUIDED TO WISDOM AND WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, DONNIE. NEXT, I'LL CALL ON, UH, LOUISE WANG, ALSO THE YOUTH COMMISSION TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. PLEASE STAND. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AT THIS [1. Service Recognitions. Present service pins to the following employees to honor their years of service to York County.] POINT, I'LL CALL ON MR. SHEPHERD TO, UH, TAKE OVER AS CHAIR OF THE MEETING. OKAY. CHAIRMAN'S GOING DOWN TO THE FRONT BECAUSE HE'LL BE HANDING OUT AWARDS, TAKING PICTURES, KISSING BABIES, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT. . OKAY. THE FIRST PRESENTATION'S, THE SERVICE RECOGNITION, AND I'M GONNA CALL HIM ROB KRIEGER TO, TO RECOGNIZE MATTHEW GREEN FOR GROUND MAINTENANCE, UH, A MOUNTAIN GREET, EXCUSE ME, CAN'T EVEN TALK. GROUND MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN HORO, VICE CHAIR, SHEPHERD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. BELLAMY, MR. HILL. TONIGHT I HAVE A GREAT PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING A VERY LONG-TERM, UH, PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE THAT HAS WORKED IN THE DIVISION OF GROUNDS MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION. UH, HE'S BEEN, THIS IS HIS 30 YEAR, UH, MARK. HIS NAME IS MATTHEW GREEN. COME ON UP. MATTHEW. I'M, I'M GONNA TELL SOME STORIES ABOUT YOU. MATTHEW IS, UH, JOINED BY HIS FAMILY, MARY, FATHER HAROLD, AND BROTHER JASON. DID YOUR KIDS EVER, TRISTAN AND MIKAYLA ALSO MADE IT GOOD. GOOD. SO OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, MATTHEW'S HAD A, HIS TENURE. HE'S BEEN A, A GROUNDSKEEPER, A GROUNDSKEEPER, TWO EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, MAYBE A LANDSCAPE TECHNICIAN, AND IS CURRENTLY A GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. HE HOLDS VARIOUS CERTIFICATIONS. HE HAS A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, PESTICIDE, UH, APPLICATOR'S LICENSE, FERTILIZER, AND THEN HAS, UM, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED SOME LANDSCAPE SUPERVISOR LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATIONS AS WELL. HE CAN DRIVE ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN FROM A TRACK LOADER, WHEEL LOADER, TRASH TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, FORKLIFT. I KNOW I'M, I'M MISSING SOME EXCAVATOR BACKS AND HAS DONE THAT ALL IN HIS TIME. HE'S BEEN, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE AT SCHOOLS, PARKS, COUNTY BUILDINGS, MAX SPORTS COMPLEX, THE 42 LINEAR MILES OF BEAUTIFICATION CORRIDOR. HE'S INSTALLED PLAYGROUNDS, FENCING GOALS, WORKED ON PIERS, KAYAK LAUNCHES, AND, UH, EVEN PICKLEBALL COURTS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS. IN HIS SPARE TIME WHEN HE IS NOT TAKING CARE OF ALL THOSE THINGS, HE VOLUNTEERS FOR VARIOUS EVENTS, RHYTHMS OF THE RIVER WALK, SHAGGING JULY 4TH. YOU MAY EVEN GET TO SEE HIM ON THE 250TH. ARE YOU WORKING? OH, YEAH. YOU'RE WORKING. AND THEN [00:05:02] ON HIS WEEKENDS AND, AND EVENINGS, AND I APOLOGIZE TO HIS FAMILY AND CHILDREN FOR THIS, I TEND TO CALL HIM IN TO WORK UNDER ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL, WHETHER HE'S HANDLING LIMB AMNESTY OR TAKING CARE OF HURRICANE ISABEL, OR IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TON OF SNOW. HE'S PLOWED HERE ON THE WEEKENDS AND ON HOLIDAYS, I, I'D BE A, A WEALTHY MAN. SO IN TALKING TO MATTHEW A. LITTLE BIT, I SAID, UH, WHAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU DID HERE? SO 30 YEARS AGO, MATTHEW HELPED BUILD AND CONSTRUCT THE ROOF ON THE BATHHOUSE AT KILN CREEK PARK. AND THEN I STARTED THINKING SELFISHLY, WHAT IS SOMETHING REALLY COOL THAT MATTHEW AND I WERE INVOLVED WITH? WELL, MATTHEW WAS INVOLVED WITH THE DEMOLITION, DEMOLITION OF THE FREIGHT BUILDING AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE BEAMS AND BUILDING A ROAD TO MOVE THAT BUILDING, WHICH IS WHAT YOU NOW KNOW AS THE FREIGHT BUILDING. UH, LITTLE BIT OF NICKEL KNOWLEDGE HERE IS THE SAME COMPANY THAT MOVED, THAT ALSO MOVED VK PATRIS LIGHTHOUSE. UH, MOST RECENTLY HE HAS BEEN, UH, INVOLVED WITH THE, UH, ROPING OF THE RODEO OF TFC CARTS FROM A DEFUNCT RECYCLING CONTRACT WHERE WE PICKED UP, WAS IT 3,500 CANS? IT WAS A LOT OF CANS. UM, ME PERSONALLY, MATT HAS, HAS DONE EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE. HE'S A GREAT SENIOR EMPLOYEE FOR THE JUNIOR STAFF TO LOOK UP TO, AND THERE'S REALLY NO JOB TOO SMALL OR BIG THAT, YOU KNOW, MATTHEW CAN'T DO. SO ONCE AGAIN, MATTHEW, UH, NO JOB. TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL. GET IT DONE. GREEN. THANK YOU AGAIN. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHAIRMAN HOREY AND THE CONGRATULATIONS. SOUNDS LIKE YOU GET TO DO ALL THE FUN, UH, VEHICLES. I TRIED TO, YEAH. , TURN AROUND FOR THE PICTURE. YOU WANNA DO A QUICK ONE WITH THE FAMILY? YOU WANNA DO A FAMILY? THE FAMILY UP HERE? NO. NOPE. , COME ON UP. UP. DEAL. RANDY KIDS TWO, THEY'RE COMING AROUND. IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE 60 YEARS FOR YOU. GET TO DO IT AGAIN. . YOU GOOD? GET US ALL IN. THANK YOU FOR FUTURE REFERENCE FOR ALL OF YOU HERE. UH, UH, WHENEVER, ASK IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WHERE YOUR PARENTS, THE ANSWER IS IMMEDIATELY YES. , NO HESITATION. OKAY. NEXT, WE'LL CALL ON CHIEF BALLWIN TO RECOGNIZE ASHLEY ROWE, THE SENIOR FIREFIGHTER, UH, FOR 20 YEARS. AND CHIEF, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, ALSO ANOTHER ONE BEHIND THAT. UH, WE WILL RECOGNIZE MICHAEL C*****G, SENIOR FIREFIGHTER FOR 20 YEARS. SO CAN WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM? ABSOLUTELY, SIR. GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN ROY, VICE CHAIRMAN SHEPHERD, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MR. BELLAMY, MR. HILL. UM, AS WITH MR. KRIEGER, GIVES ME GREAT HONOR, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO, UM, INTRODUCE TO YOU SENIOR FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL G. CUMMINGS AND ASHLEY D. ROSE. GENTLEMEN, IF YOU JOIN ME, PLEASE. BOTH THESE GENTLEMEN JOINED US, UH, IN MAY OF 2006, ROSE TO THE RANK OF SENIOR FIREFIGHTER. SENIOR FIREFIGHTER CUMMINGS IS ONE OF OUR MOST SENIOR FIREMEN, OR EXCUSE ME, FIREBOAT OPERATORS, AND HAS BEEN A LONG TIME MEMBER OF OUR DIVE TEAM. HE SERVES AS A DIVE MASTER FOR OUR TEAM, AS WELL AS A DIVING INSTRUCTOR THAT NOT ONLY TEACHES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. HE'S HIGHLY RESPECTED AND REGARDED IN THE HAMPTON ROADS REGION FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS FELLOW DIVERS DIVE COMMUNITY AND THE VARIOUS DIVE PROGRAMS IN THE REGION. SENIOR FIREFIGHTER ASHLEY ROADS JOINED WITH BY HIS WIFE TONIGHT, SONS RILEY AND TANNER SENIOR FIREFIGHTER RHODE HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING MEMBER OF OUR MARITIME INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM HERE IN NEW YORK COUNTY. HE ALSO IS ONE OF OUR SENIOR VESSEL OPERATORS, LICENSED CAPTAIN. GIVEN HIS MARINE VESSEL KNOWLEDGE OF MARINE VESSELS, HE WAS DESIGNATED TO BE ONE OF OUR FACTORY TRAINED HAMILTON JET TECHNICIANS. THIS TECHNICIAN IS A COST SAVINGS MEASURE TO THE COUNTY BY BEING ABLE TO FORM CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE ENGINE MAINTENANCE HERE, INSTEAD OF SENDING THE PARTS OUT OR BRINGING SOMEBODY IN. IN ADDITION TO HIS DUTIES WITHIN YORK COUNTY, SENIOR FIREFIGHTER RO HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO SERVE IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES WITH THE PORT OF VIRGINIA MARITIME INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM TRAINING CADRE. HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN DELIVERING PROGRAMS AT THE STEPHEN TODD DOLEY SEARCH AND RESCUE FORUM, THE ROBERT ROMANS MAR MARINE FIREFIGHTING SCHOOL IN THE HAMPTON ROADS MARITIME INCIDENT COMMAND COURSES. SO, AGAIN, [00:10:01] MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THESE TO GENTLEMEN TO YOU PATRICK, CONGRATULATIONS. I HAVE ANOTHER GIFT TO HAND YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE. HAVE A, NO, THAT'S NOT IT. NOPE. NOPE. LITTLE WHITE, LITTLE WHITE BOX, SIR. THANKS. LITTLE WHITE BOX. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST FOR THE, THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD MEMBERS, THE LITTLE WHITE BOX ACTUALLY IS A JEFFERSON CUP THAT THE DEPARTMENT GIVES FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. THANK, THANK YOU. WELCOME. THIS LOOK LIKE A CUP TO ME. . OKAY, SO NOW [2. Volunteer Appreciation Month: Presentation by Michelle Justiniano, Juvenile Services Manager ] WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE VOLUNTEER APPRECI. YEAH. VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH. I'M GONNA CALL ON MICHELLE, JUST YANO TO COME FORWARD TO, UH, SHE'S, UH, IN THE JUVENILE SERVICE MAN. SHE'S THE JUVENILE SERVICE MANAGER ALSO. UM, SHERRY'S, WHERE ARE YOU? SHERRY? YOU, YOU'RE GONNA BE AT THE, UH, UH, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA COME UP HERE AND YOU'RE GONNA PRESENT FIVE AWARDS, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. SO, UH, MICHELLE, YOU'RE ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN ROY. UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. BOARD MEMBERS, MR. BELLAMY AND ESTEEMED GUESTS. MY NAME IS MICHELLE ANA. I'M THE JUVENILE SERVICES MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES. IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO PRESENT THE OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARDS, UM, THIS EVENING. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE FUN PART, I WILL TRY MY BEST TO PROVIDE SOME INTERESTING HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT THE YORK COUNTY VOLUNTEER SERVICES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025. SO HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS. UH, THE 28 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY RECOMMENDING VARIOUS ISSUES FACING THE COUNTY, AND THEY CAN BE FOUND WITHIN EIGHT DEPARTMENTS. THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNITY SERVICES, ECONOMIC AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, LIBRARY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS. THE GROUPS THAT ARE PART OF, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE VARIOUS AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. AND THE EIGHT PROGRAMS FOUND, UM, ARE FOUND IN FOUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS, YORK POSAN, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. NOW, THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS ALL LAID IN DIFFERENT NUMBERS, BUT HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THESE. UH, YORK COUNTY POCOS POSAN SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAVE THE AUXILIARY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S AND THE DARE PROGRAM, FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY WITH CERT AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. PUBLIC WORKS HAS THEIR CLEANUP PROJECTS SUCH AS CLEAN THE BAY, THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP AND ADOPT A SPOT LIBRARY USES VOLUNTEERS THROUGH THEIR FRIENDS OF LIBRARY FOUNDATION, CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA FOOD BANK, KIWANIS, OLD TOWN MEDICAL AND DENTAL LIONS CLUB, THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY AMERICORPS, AND MANY LOCAL CHURCHES. UM, ECONOMIC AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OVERSEAS. THE GALLERY MARKET DAYS, YORKTOWN TALL SHIPS CELEBRATE YORKTOWN ART AT THE RIVER JULY 4TH PARADE, ART STROLL HISTORICAL MUSEUM, AND OTHER YORKTOWN EVENTS. PLENTY OF THINGS FOR THEM TO DO AND PLENTY OF THINGS FOR US TO SEE. UM, AND RIGHT NOW THEIR BIGGEST FOCUS IS THE 20. WELL, IN 2025 WAS INITIATING THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THE 2050 OF THE TWO 50 ANNIVERSARY EVENTS FOR VIRGINIA. UM, AND THEN FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, MORE THAN A THREE QUARTERS OF THE VOLUNTEERS AT PARKS AND RECREATION WERE DEDICATED COACHES AND ASSISTANT COACHES. THEY WERE ALSO WORKING GROUPS THAT PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT NEW QUARTER PARK AND ONE VOLUNTEER WHO PROVIDED OVER 600 HOURS OF TIME FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. VOLUNTEERS ALSO SUPPORTED PROGRAMS IN THE SENIOR CENTER. YOUTH VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH SAFETY TOWN AND A NUMBER OF HELP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SERVE ON THE YOUTH COMMISSION VOLUNTEER HOURS. THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION WAS FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR ITS HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM IN 2025, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND STATE GRANTS OF $62,765, COUPLED WITH VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTIONS OF TIME AND RESOURCES, MADE IT POSSIBLE TO COMPLETE REHAB WORK ON 78 HOUSES SUCCESSFULLY, ALLOWING YOUR COUNTY FAMILIES TO LIVE IN SAFE AND SANITARY HOMES. THEY COULD AFFORD. THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS GRATEFUL FOR THE VOLUNTEERS AS WELL AS DONATIONS AND IN-KIND RESOURCES WHICH ASSIST ALL THE FAMILIES UNDER [00:15:01] THEIR CARE. AND VCE VOLUNTEERS PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN PLANNING, ORGANIZING, AND DELIVERING NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, BENEFITING YORK COUNTY AND OCN RESIDENTS. THEIR WORK WAS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE YORK OCN FOUR H SUMMER RESIDENTIAL CAMP, AND THEY ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THE MASTER GARDENERS AND MASTER NATURALIST WHOSE WORK INCLUDE TEACHING, PREPARING CLASSES, ORGANIZING EVENTS, AND PROVIDING RESEARCH-BASED INFORMATION AND OFFERING HANDS-ON SUPPORT TO RESIDENTS THROUGH THE YORK PICOS AND BCE OFFICE. OVERALL, WE HAVE HAD 1,877 VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATED 62,982 VOLUNTEER HOURS AND HAD PROVIDED OVER 300,000 MONETARY AND IN-KIND DONATIONS. UM, SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES IN 2025? WOW. $2,645,672. FABULOUS. YEP. YEAH. UH, WE'LL PUT IT UP HERE. OH, THAT'S GREAT. YES. THERE ARE SOME PICTURES. THERE'S A FEW PICTURES OF VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION. WE HAVE THE GALLERY AND YOUR CALL RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS. UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, LIBRARY VOLUNTEER BOOK SALE, VOLUNTEER EVENTS AND CLASSES AND VCE VARIOUS, UM, AND MASTER GARDNER CLASSES. AND WE, THE PEOPLE YORK VOLUNTEERS FOR ECONOMIC AND TOURISM. SO NOW THIS IS THE FUN PART. SO THE OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARDS RECOGNIZE EXEMPLARY VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTING THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. BEFORE WE PRESENT AWARDS TO THE OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE YORK POCS AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THEIR DEPARTMENT HAD THE MOST OUTSTANDING IN KIND AND MONETARY DONATIONS THAT WENT TOWARDS UNDER THEIR AUXILIARY DEPARTMENT SHERIFF'S ASSAULT PROGRAM AND THEIR SHOP WITH THE SHERIFF PROGRAM. THEIR VIPS, VOLUNTEERS IN POLICE SERVICE PROGRAM OFFERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHILE STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEIR CITIZENS. THE VS. VOLUNTEERS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ASSISTING WITH NON-ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS AND OPERATE AND ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, INCLUDING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, AND OTHER VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. CONGRATULATIONS DEAR COUNCIL. DONE. APPRECIATE IT. SO OUR FIRST 2025 OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER WARD GOES TO MS. VIANNA DALE. YEP. VIANNA DALE IS NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER FOR HER KINDNESS, DEDICATION, INNOVATION, AND LEADERSHIP AT THE SENIOR CENTER OF YORK, A FORMER VICE CHAIRPERSON AND CURRENT BOARD MEMBER. SHE REPRESENTS OUR PROGRAMS WITH DISTINCTION AND IS ALWAYS READY TO SUPPORT EVENTS AND INITIATIVES WHEREVER NEEDED KNOWN FOR HER WARMTH AND ENTHUSIASM. SHE LAUNCHED THE NEWCOMERS COFFEE THROUGH THE HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE TO WELCOME NEW PARTICIPANTS AND AS A LEADER IN THE QUILTING GROUP, MENTORS OTHERS WHILE CREATING BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE QUOTES THAT RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CENTER AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. VIANNA OFTEN SAYS THE CENTER IS A BLESSING TO HER, BUT SHE IS TRULY A BLESSING TO US. CONGRATULATIONS, VIANNA. GET IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THE NEXT 2025 OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD GOES TO GARY ACK. YES. HEY, COME ON UP. WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE VOLUNTEER GARY CUSACK FOR HIS OUTSTANDING DEDICATION, GENEROSITY AND IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. SINCE 2019, MR. CUSACK HAS CONSISTENTLY CONDUCTED CLEANUPS IN THE COVENTRY COVE COMMUNITY ON AN ALMOST WEEKLY BASIS. WHAT SETS MR. CUSACK APART IS HIS ABILITY TO INSPIRE OTHERS. MS. MCNEIL HAS RECEIVED MESSAGES FROM OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN MOTIVATED IN THEIR OWN CLEANUP EFFORTS BY MR. CUSACK, OFTEN REACHING OUT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOUR COUNTY. HIS NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW RESIDENTS SEE HIS EFFORTS AND [00:20:01] WANT TO FOLLOW SUIT. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM AS A YOUR COUNTY RESIDENT AND DEDICATED VOLUNTEER. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. WANNA BRING FAMILY MEMBER UP? THE NEXT 2025 OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD GOES TO PASTOR DAVID MCGRUDER. UNFORTUNATELY, PASTOR DAVE HAS ANOTHER COMMITMENT AND WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. SO, MS. AMBER RITCHIE HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT THE AWARD ON HIS BEHALF. PASTOR DAVE MCGRUDER HAS SERVED ON HEAD START POLICY COUNCIL FOR OVER FIVE YEARS. HIS OPTIMISM, HUMOR, AND COLLABORATIVE ATTITUDE HAVE BEEN A JOY TO OUR POLICY COUNCIL AND PROGRAM AS A WHOLE. HE HAS VOTED ON KEY DECISIONS THAT HAVE LED TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO HIS SERVICE ON OUR POLICY COUNCIL, PASTOR DAVE AND HIS CONGREGATION HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN DONATING CLOTHING TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR PASTOR DAVE'S DEDICATION AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR DIVISION. CONGRATULATIONS TO PASTOR DAVE AND OUR FINAL 2025 OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD GOES TO CATHERINE BRESNAN. COME ON, MASTER GARDNER. CATHERINE BRESNAN IS NOMINATED FOR BEING INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING THE YORK OCN MASTER GARDENERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN HER ROLE AS MASTER GARDNER COORDINATOR. MORE RECENTLY, SHE BECAME THE CHAIR OF THE NEWLY FORMED YORK OCN MASTER GARDNER ASSOCIATION AND ORGANIZATION. SHE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN BRINGING TO LIFE THROUGHOUT HER SERVICE. CATHERINE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, VISION, AND DEDICATION. SHE APPROACHES EVERY CHALLENGE WITH A CALM, POSITIVE, AND OFTEN, OFTEN JOVIAL DEMEANOR. CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE VOLUNTEERS FEEL SUPPORTED, VALUED, AND MOTIVATED. CATHERINE CONTINUALLY REMINDS OUR GROUP OF THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATION AND HER COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING THOSE CONNECTIONS HAS HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR PROGRAM. CATHERINE'S LEADERSHIP SHINES THROUGH IN ALL THAT SHE DOES AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS TRULY EXEMPT FLY THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO YOUR COUNTY, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY, BEFORE EVERYBODY HEADS OUT, WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, ALL THE AWARD WINNERS COME UP. OKAY. MR. YOU GO DOWN AND HELP AND YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES. IT'S PICTURE TIME. WHERE'S THE OTHER AWARD? GET, UH, TWO, TWO AWARD WINNERS ON ONE SIDE AND TWO ON THE OTHER, OR THREE ON THE OTHER. I THINK IT'S FINE. WELL, IT'S ONLY GONNA BE THREE. OKAY. WE GOT, WE GOT LIKE FOURTH CAMERA EVERYONE LOOKING AT. OKAY. OKAY. LOOK AT, SORRY. ALL ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. GET THE BIG CHECK. I'LL GET THE BIG CHECK. OKAY. UH, AS SOON AS EVERYBODY CLEARS [3. Joint Presentation – Youth Awards ] OFF HERE, WE GOT, I'LL CALL ON JACOB CORBETT, CHAIRMAN OF THE YCRC TO GIVE, LET'S SEE, MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT ONE. YEAH. TO GIVE A REPORT, UH, PRESENTATION. SO JACOB, WHERE ARE YOU? RIGHT THERE. OH, THERE YOU ARE. OKAY. I HOPE I GOT EVERYBODY. YEAH. DID I MISS SOMEONE? OH, I'M SORRY. CAITLYN CHICKEN. I KIND OF JUMPED WAY AHEAD. SO CAITLYN SMITH IS OF THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION AND SHE'S DOING THE OUTSTANDING, UH, YOUTH AWARD PRESENTATION THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT. OKAY. I'M SORRY I SCREWED THAT UP. , YOU'RE ON. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CAITLIN SMITH AND I'M A SENIOR AT YORK HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE SERVED ON THE COMMISSION FOR TWO YEARS AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS VICE CHAIR. THIS EVENING MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND I WILL BE INTRODUCING THE 2026 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD RECIPIENTS. THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1990 BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THROUGH A YOUTH COMMISSION PETITION. SINCE THEN, THE COUNTY HAS RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT BEST EXEMPLIFY FOUR CORE CRITERIA, COMMUNITY SERVICE, COMPASSION, COURAGE, AND OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT. EACH OF THE FOUR STUDENTS SELECTED EACH YEAR RECEIVE A [00:25:01] $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO USE IN THEIR FUTURE EDUCATION PLANS. IN MARCH, A SELECTION COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO SELECT FOUR OUTSTANDING YOUTHS FROM AROUND OUR COUNTY. THIS YEAR, THE COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF MR. ROH FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND OUR YCYC CHAIR JACOB CORBETT. WE WILL NOW PRESENT THE WINNERS, WINNERS. WHEN WE OPEN YOUR SLIDE AND BEGIN TO INTRODUCE YOU, PLEASE STAND UP FOR RECOGNITION. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR THANK YOU VIDEO. ONCE ALL FOUR WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED, WE WILL INVITE YOU ALL UP TO THE DAAS TO RECEIVE YOUR RESOLUTION AND TAKE A GROUP PICTURE. I WILL START BY INTRODUCING OUR FIRST WINNER. IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE 2026 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COMPASSION. GRACIE MOREHOUSE, A FELLOW STUDENT AT YORK HIGH SCHOOL. GRACIE HAS HELD SEVERAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, INCLUDING A POSITION AS SOPHOMORE CLASS PRESIDENT, WHERE SHE DEMONSTRATED HER DETERMINATION TO HELP OTHERS BY DECORATING THE HALLWAY TO WELCOME INCOMING FRESHMEN. SHE'S WELL KNOWN BY TEACHERS AND PEERS FOR HER INTELLIGENCE, MATURITY, AND DEDICATION TO OTHERS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. GRACIE IS A LEADER AND A CHANGE MAKER. SHE'S ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS, WHERE SHE HELPS ORGANIZE SERVICE PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY. HER COMMITMENT IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN HER VALUES. SHE CARES ABOUT PEOPLE, THE PLANET AND THE FUTURE, AND SHE WORKS TIRELESSLY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. INSTEAD OF ENGAGING IN FRUITLESS PURSUITS, SHE USES HER IMAGINATION TO COME UP WITH YVC ACTIVITIES LIKE VALENTINE'S CARS FOR THE ELDERLY SUPPLY DRIVE, SO AT RISK YOUTH CAN HAVE CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS AND DRUMS UP SUPPLIES FOR THE THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE. WHETHER SHE'S ANALYZING LITERATURE, LEADING A CLUB, OR DECORATING A HALLWAY, SHE APPROACHES EACH TASK WITH GRACE, INTELLIGENCE, AND DETERMINATION. SHE'S A MA. SHE, SHE IS MATURE BEYOND HER EAR, HER EARS, AND SHE RADIATES A QUIET CONFIDENCE THAT INSPIRES THOSE AROUND HER. GRACIE, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE YOUTH COMMISSION, WE WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE MOST WORTHY, OUTSTANDING YOUTH RECIPIENT FOR COMPASSION. WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE ADMIRATION AND RESPECT TO YOUR DETERMINATION AND HELPING OTHERS, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YOUTH COMMISSION'S BEST WISHES GO WITH YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO USE YOUR TIME AND TALENTS IN GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE WILL NOW PLAY GRACIE'S. THANK YOU VIDEO. HI, MY NAME IS GRACIE MOREHOUSE. I'M FROM YORK HIGH SCHOOL AND FIRSTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S GOTTEN ME TO THIS POINT. UM, ALL OF MY TEACHERS, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY MY NOMINATOR, DR. MILLER, FOR NOMINATING ME FOR THIS AWARD. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I WOULD NOT BE WHERE I AM TODAY WITHOUT ALL OF THIS AMAZING SUPPORT IN MY LIFE. I ALSO WANT TO SPECIFICALLY THANK MY MOM AND ALL THE AMAZING WOMEN IN MY LIFE WHO'VE PUSHED ME AND INSPIRED ME TO BE THE OUTSPOKEN, PASSIONATE PERSON THAT I AM TODAY. I PLAN TO USE THIS MONEY TO GO TOWARDS MY, UH, TUITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, AND I'M SO EXCITED FOR MY FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NATHANIEL DUNSTER AND I'M A JUNIOR AT TAB HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS MY HONOR TO ANNOUNCE THE 20 20 26 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COURAGE PEYTON FOREST PIT, SOME SIZE, A LEVEL OF STRENGTH, PERSEVERANCE, AND QUIET BRAVERY THAT GOES FAR BEYOND HER YEARS. PAYTON HAS BEEN HEARING DISABLED SINCE HE WAS SIX MONTHS OLD AND HAS SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE NAVIGATING CHALLENGES MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HAD TO CONSIDER SINCE SHE WAS A BABY. SHE HAS ENDURED COUNTLESS SURGERIES TO RECONSTRUCT HER EARDRUMS, ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE AND OR RESTORE HER HEARING. THE SURGERIES WOULD TAKE HER OUT OF PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES IN SPORTS FOR THREE TO SIX MONTHS AT A TIME, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR HER. UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE HER DOCTOR'S VERY BEST EFFORTS, SHE ONLY HAS 75% HEARING IN ONE EAR AND ABOUT 20% IN HER OTHER. WHAT IS MOST REMARKABLE ABOUT PEYTON'S JOURNEY IS NOT SIMPLY WHAT SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH, BUT HOW SHE HAS FACED IT. EVERY SURGERY, SETBACK AND RECOVERY HAS BEEN MET WITH RESILIENCE, DETERMINATION, AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. SHE HAS CHOSEN NOT TO WEAR A HEARING AID, NOT OUT OF DENIAL, BUT FROM A DESIRE TO FEEL LIKE HERSELF AMONG HER PEERS OR COURAGEOUS CHOICE FOR A YOUNG PERSON LEARNING TO NAVIGATE IDENTITY AND CONFIDENCE RATHER THAN ALLOWING HER DISABILITY TO LIVE IN HER IN ANY WAY. SHE HAS IMMERSED HERSELF FULLY IN LIVING AND LOVING LIFE. SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, INCLUDING SOCCER, BASKETBALL, SWIMMING, VOLLEYBALL, SOFTBALL, PIANO, LACROSSE, FIELD HOCKEY, GUITAR, AND EVEN SHAG DANCING EVERY SUMMER IN MYRTLE BEACH. SHE'S A TWO TIME STATE CHAMPION FOR TAB FIELD HOCKEY AND A GIFTED LACROSSE PLAYER FOR TAB SCORING OVER A HUNDRED GOALS THROUGH HER 11TH GRADE SEASON. SHE HAS BEEN A FOUR H YOUTH LEADER AND A YOUTH LEADER TEACHING YOUNGER CHILDREN HOW TO SHAG DANCE EVERY SUMMER IN MYRTLE BEACH. SHE APPROACHES EACH ENDEAVOR WITH ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT, NEVER [00:30:01] ALLOWING HER HEARING LIMITATIONS TO DEFINE HER CAPABILITIES OR DAMPEN HER AMBITIONS. ACADEMICALLY, SHE'S EQUALLY EXCEPTIONAL. SHE HAS MADE STRAIGHT A'S ALL THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SO FAR, TAKING AN EXTREMELY RIGOROUS ACADEMIC LOAD. HER ETHIC, DISCIPLINE AND DRIVE REFLECT A DEEP INNER STRENGTH AND BELIEF THAT PERSEVERANCE AND COURAGE OPENS DOORS EVEN IF THERE ARE OBSTACLES FOR HER. PAYTON'S HEARING LOSS HAS ALSO GIVEN HER A UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL GIFT, THE EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO TUNE INTO OTHERS. SHE'S DEEPLY EMPATHETIC, REMARKABLY PERCEPTIVE, AND HIGHLY ATTUNED TO OTHERS' BODY, LANGUAGE AND EMOTIONS. THESE QUALITIES SHAPED BY HER LIFE EXPERIENCES HAVE INSPIRED HER TO WANT TO APPLY TO NURSING SCHOOLS FOLLOWING GRADUATION SO THAT SHE CAN CARE FOR OTHERS. THE WAY SO MANY NURSES COMPASSIONATELY CARED FOR HER DURING HER OWN MEDICAL JOURNEY. PAYTON'S COURAGE IS NOT LOUD OR ATTENTION SEEKING. IT IS STEADY, QUIET, PERSISTENT, AND WOVEN INTO THE WAY SHE LIVES HER LIFE FULLY. SHE SHOWS UP, PUSHES FORWARD, AND CHOOSES OPTIMISM EVEN WHEN HER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE DIFFICULT. SHE'S A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF WHAT TRUE COURAGE LOOKS LIKE. PEYTON, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YOUTH COMMISSION, WE WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE MOST WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COURAGE. WE EX EXTEND OUR SINCERE ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY SPIRIT OF COURAGE. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YOUTH COMMISSION'S BEST WISHES GO WITH YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO USE YOUR BRAVERY TO MARCH THROUGH LIFE. WE WILL NOW PLAY PEYTON'S THANK YOU VIDEO. TURN IT UP. THAT LED ME TO THIS AWARD. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME THE STRENGTH, GUIDANCE, AND THE COURAGE THAT BROUGHT ME TO THIS MOMENT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY PARENTS FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME, BELIEVING IN ME, AND GUIDING ME THROUGH EVERYTHING I DO. THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT HAS MEANT MORE THAN THEY KNOW. I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK MY NOMINATOR FOR SEEING SOMETHING IN ME AND FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE MY STORY. I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL TO MY SCHOOL, MY COMMUNITY, AND MY FRIENDS. EACH OF YOU HAVE PLAYED A PART IN HELPING ME GROW WHILE REMINDING ME THAT I'M NEVER ALONE. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE YOUR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE YOUTH COMMISSION, THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION FOR SELECTING ME FOR THIS AWARD AND THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT IN TO RECOGNIZING YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. RECEIVING THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COURAGE MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ME BECAUSE COURAGE ISN'T ALWAYS LOUD OR DRAMATIC. SOMETIMES IT'S QUIET. SOMETIMES IT'S SIMPLY CHOOSING TO KEEP GOING WHEN THINGS ARE DIFFICULT. THIS AWARD REMINDS ME THAT THE CHALLENGES I FACE AND THE STRENGTHS I'VE TRIED TO SHOW THROUGH THEM MATTER. IT REMINDS ME THAT COURAGE CAN INSPIRE OTHERS. JUST AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE INSPIRED ME. WHEN I GROW UP, I ASPIRE TO BECOME A NURSE ANESTHETIST. I GREW UP HEARING DISABLED AND HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES TO RECONSTRUCT MY HEARING, SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AROUND NURSES AND ANESTHESIA TEAMS. EVEN THOUGH THOSE MOMENTS WERE SCARY, THE NURSES WHO CARED FOR ME MADE ME FEEL SAFE AND CALM. SEEING HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THEY MADE INSPIRED ME TO WANT TO DO THE SAME FOR OTHERS. MY NEXT STEPS ARE TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR AND THEN ATTEND A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY TO EARN MY NURSING DEGREE. I'M EXCITED TO KEEP WORKING HARD AND BUILD THAT FOUNDATION FOR MYSELF THAT I NEED TO REACH MY GOALS. THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME AND BELIEVED IN ME. I'M TRULY HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD. LORD, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MIKAYLA SCOTT AND I'M A SENIOR AT GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL. I AM HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THE 2026 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE RECIPIENT EMMA REY. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING EMMA BOTH AS MY BEST FRIEND AND AS A CO CO-FOUNDER AND LEADER ALONGSIDE HER IN ECO EXPLORERS, AND I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT HER DEDICATION TO SERVICE IS EXTRAORDINARY, NOT ONLY IN SCOPE, BUT SUBSTANCE. THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL. EMMA HAS COMPLETED OVER 500 VOLUNTEER HOURS, UM, THROUGH THE YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS, BUT WHAT TRULY DISTINGUISHES HER WORK IS ITS CONSISTENCY AND DEPTH. EMMA DOES NOT APPROACH SERVICE AS A CHECKLIST. SHE COMMITS TO PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LONG TERM. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, SHE HAS VOLUNTEERED EVERY WEDNESDAY AT SPECIAL OLYMPICS BUILDING, BUILDING GENUINE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ATHLETES. SHE SUPPORTS. THIS CONSISTENCY HAS FOSTERED TRUST, INCLUSION AND CONNECTION VALUES. EMMA NATURALLY BRINGS INTO EVERY SPACE SHE ENTERS. SHE ALSO SERVES MONTHLY AT THE PENINSULA RESCUE MISSION, WHERE SHE PREPARES AND SERVES MEALS AT A HOMELESS SHELTER DIRECTLY HELPING ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. EMMA'S ALSO AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER WITHIN THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD OF HAMPTON ROADS. SHE ADVANCED FROM MEMBER TO PRESIDENT, PLANNING AGENDAS, LEADING MEETINGS, AND OVERSEEING PROJECT COMMITTEES THAT DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED NEW SERVICE INITIATIVES. HER LEADERSHIP EXPANDED INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH HER ROLE ON THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD, WHERE SHE SERVED AS ONE OF ONLY FIVE EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS. IN THIS POSITION, EMMA HELPED LEAD MEETINGS OF [00:35:01] 30 YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES AND CREATED INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECTS THAT REACHED MORE THAN 4,800 VOLUNTEERS ACROSS OVER 40 AFFILIATES, AN IMPACT THAT IS BOTH RARE AND REMARKABLE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. ADDITIONALLY, EMMA SERVED AS A JUNIOR TEAM LEADER FOR YOUTH VOLUNTEERS SUMMER CORPS OF SERVICE, WHERE SHE GUIDED VOLUNTEERS DAILY FACILITATED SERVICE LEARNING ACTIVITIES, AND HELPED ORGANIZE LOGISTICS FOR VOLUNTEER BASED SUMMER CAMPS. HER ABILITY TO MOTIVATE PEERS WHILE REMAINING EMPATHETIC AND APPROACHABLE MADE HER A TRUSTED LEADER AMONG BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF. EMMA HAS ALSO DEDICATED MORE THAN A HUNDRED HOURS VOLUNTEERING AT RIVERSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ACROSS SEVERAL DIFFERENT UNITS. AS A HOSPITAL AMBASSADOR, SHE MENTORED AND ORIENTED MORE THAN 45 NEW VOLUNTEERS, EXTENDING HER IMPACT FAR BEYOND HER OWN SERVICE HOURS AND ENSURING OTHERS FELT WELCOMED AND PREPARED. I HAVE SEEN EMMA'S CHARACTER MOST CLEARLY THROUGH OUR WORK TOGETHER IN ECO EXPLORERS, WHERE WE TEACH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH HANDS-ON LESSONS. EMMA'S ONE OF THE MOST EMPATHETIC PEOPLE I KNOW WORKING WITH HER. I'VE SEEN HOW INTENTIONAL SHE IS WITH YOUNGER STUDENTS AND HOW MUCH SHE CARES ABOUT MAKING SURE EVERY CHILD FEELS INCLUDED AND ENGAGED. SHE LISTENS WITHOUT JUDGMENT, LEADS WITH KINDNESS, AND NATURALLY MAKES SPACE FOR EVERYONE AROUND HER. THESE QUALITIES SHOW UP IN EVERY PART OF HER COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ARE A BIG PART OF WHY SHE'S SUCH AN EFFECTIVE VOLUNTEER AND LEADER. EMMA, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE YOUTH COMMISSION, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE 2026 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD RECIPIENT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE YOUTH COMMISSION'S BEST WISHES GO WITH YOU AS YOU CONTINUE USING YOUR TIME AND TALENTS TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'LL NOW PLAY EMMA'S THANK YOU VIDEO. HI, MY NAME IS EMMA SORAY AND I'M TRULY HONORED TO BE A RECIPIENT OF THIS SCHOLARSHIP. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME ALONG THE WAY TO RECEIVING THIS AWARD. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY NOMINATOR MIKAYLA SCOTT FOR OPENING THE DOORS TO THIS OPPORTUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR ALWAYS ENCOURAGING ME AND SUPPORTING ME IN EVERYTHING I DO. YOUR GUIDANCE AND BELIEF IN ME HAVE SHAPED WHO I AM TODAY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY FRIENDS FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME AND MOTIVATING ME TO KEEP GOING EVEN DURING CHALLENGING TIMES. FURTHERMORE, I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR MY TEACHERS AND MENTORS AT GRATON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU FOR PUSHING ME TO GROW ACADEMICALLY AND PERSONALLY AND FOR INSPIRING ME TO ALWAYS STRIVE TO DO MY BEST. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS OF HAMPTON ROADS FOR PROVIDING ME WITH MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY. THROUGH YOUR PROGRAMS, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW AS A LEADER, CONNECT WITH OTHERS, AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR ENCOURAGING MY PASSION FOR SERVICE. THIS IS SCHOLARSHIP IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO ME BECAUSE IT RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING BACK. SERVICES PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN SHAPING MY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, AND IT HAS TAUGHT ME THE VALUE OF COMPASSION, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY. I PLAN TO CARRY THESE LESSONS WITH ME INTO THE FUTURE AS I CONTINUE MY EDUCATION AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEREVER I GO. IN THE FALL, I'LL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA WHERE I PLAN TO STUDY BIOCHEMISTRY ON A PRE-MED TRACK. I ASPIRE TO BECOME A PHYSICIAN BECAUSE I WANT TO, TO COMBINE MY PASSION FOR SCIENCE, WITH MY COMMITMENT TO HELPING OTHERS THROUGH MEDICINE. I HOPE TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES JUST AS SERVICES ALLOWED ME TO DO THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR. I FURTHER HAVE THE HONOR OF ANNOUNCING THE 2026 OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT. ARUSHI RE AHI IS SOMEONE I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THROUGH SCHOOL AND ECO EXPLORERS, AND SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENTLY DRIVEN AND GENUINELY KIND PEOPLE I KNOW. SHE LEADS EFFECTIVELY AND BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN THE PEOPLE AROUND HER ACADEMICALLY. ARUSHI IS VALEDICTORIAN AT TAB HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDS THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WHERE SHE CHALLENGES HERSELF WITH RIGOROUS COURSEWORK IN MATH, SCIENCE, AND RESEARCH. SHE HAS EARNED NUMEROUS ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS, INCLUDING BEING SELECTED AS A NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE CAMP DELEGATE, ONE OF ONLY TWO STUDENTS CHOSEN FROM VIRGINIA, AS WELL AS RECOGNITION AT THE STATE AND REGIONAL LEVEL FOR HER SCIENTIFIC WORK. SHE'LL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL ON A FULL RIDE MERIT SCHOLARSHIP, CONTINUING HER PATH IN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH. ARUSHI IS ALSO A THOUGHTFUL AND COMMITTED LEADER AS A FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF TABS MORGAN MESSAGE CHAPTER, SHE HAS RAISED AWARENESS AROUND [00:40:01] ATHLETE MENTAL HEALTH AND ENCOURAGED OPEN CONVERSATIONS WITHIN HER SCHOOL COMMUNITY. AS VICE PRESIDENT OF UNIFIED TIGERS, SHE HAS WORKED TO PROMOTE INCLUSION TO HELP ORGANIZE EVENTS THAT BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER ACROSS THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION. IN ADDITION, ARUSHI IS A CO-FOUNDER AND LEADER OF ECO EXPLORERS, WHERE SHE HAS HELPED BRING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO HUNDREDS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH HANDS-ON LESSONS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. SHE HAS ALSO PURSUED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN CANCER DRUG DEVELOPMENT, FURTHER REFLECTING HER INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND HELPING OTHERS. AUSSI ALSO EXCELS AS A STUDENT ATHLETE, SERVING AS A CAPTAIN ON HER FIELD HOCKEY TEAM AND EARNING MULTIPLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ALONG WITH ALL STATE AND ALL REGION HONORS. HER TEAMMATES RESPECT HER, NOT JUST FOR HER SKILLS, BUT FOR HER CONSISTENCY IN THE WAY SHE LEADS BY EXAMPLE. WHAT I APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT AUSSI IS HER BALANCE. SHE'S ABLE TO EXCEL IN SO MANY AREAS WHILE STAYING GROUNDED AND GENUINE IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES. SHE'S DEPENDABLE, THOUGHTFUL, AND ALWAYS WILLING TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE AROUND HER AUSSI. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YOUTH COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE YOU AS MOST WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD FOR OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT. WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE EXAMPLE YOU SET FOR YOUR PEERS, AND WE WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR EDUCATION AND FUTURE CAREER. WE'LL NOW PLAY AUSSIE'S THANK YOU VIDEO. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE FOR ALL THOSE THAT THAT HAVE HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY TO THIS AWARD. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING ME AND GUIDING ME THROUGH EVERYTHING I DO. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY NOMINATOR MIKAYLA SCOTT. ADDITIONALLY, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO MY TEACHERS AND MENTORS AT TAB HIGH SCHOOL AND THE GOVERNOR SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR PUSHING ME TO BECOME THE BEST STUDENT AND PERSON I COULD POSSIBLY BE. FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, YOUTH COMMISSION SCHOOL BOARD, AND PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION FOR SELECT ME FOR THIS AWARD AND ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THEY PUT FORTH IN THE SELECTION PROCESS. AN OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS MORE THAN JUST SUCCESS IN ONE AREA. TO ME, IT REPRESENTS THE BALANCE OF ACADEMICS, LEADERSHIP, INVOLVEMENT, AND PERSONAL GROWTH THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHOWS THAT THE EFFORT I PUT INTO MY SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY MADE AN IMPACT. I LEARNED HOW TO LEAD, COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS, AND CHALLENGE MYSELF EVEN WHEN THINGS FELT DIFFICULT. IT REMINDS ME THAT GROWTH COMES FROM DEDICATION OVER TIME, NOT JUST ONE ACCOMPLISHMENT. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I PLAN TO ATTEND UNC CHAPEL HILL ON A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP AS PART OF THE CHANCELLOR'S SCIENCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM TO STUDY DATA SCIENCE AND BUSINESS. I HOPE TO WORK IN FINANCE WHEN I'M OLDER BECAUSE IT COMBINES THE ANALYTICAL THINKING WITH REAL WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING. I'M ALSO DRAWN TO THE LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT COME WITH CAREERS IN FINANCE. I WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN HELP MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS, CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESS, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH BOTH FOR BUSINESSES AND FOR PEOPLE. THANK YOU. COULD YOU JOIN ME DOWN HERE? GOT IT. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE HURO, THE BOARD CHAIR AND MR. ROWAN, MEMBER OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO COME DOWN AND PRESENT THE RECIPIENTS OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS WITH THEIR SIGNED RESOLUTIONS. AT THIS TIME, WILL ALL THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARD RECIPIENTS PLEASE COME UP AND RECEIVE THE RESOLUTIONS FROM MR. HURO AND TAKE A GROUP PHOTO. GRACIE? NOPE. RIGHT HERE. . I'VE GOT DENS. OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING ON STAGE? NOPE. WE'LL GET 'EM, WE'LL GET 'EM ALL UP ON STAGE IN A MOMENT. JUST HOLD THOSE. THAT SHOULD BE EMMA AND AHI. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN. NOW WE NEED ALL FOUR UP HERE. GOOD. EVERYBODY. THIS IS WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION, DO YOU WANT YOUR PARENTS UP HERE FOR A PICTURE? AND THE ANSWER IS YES. , THEY LEARN SMART STUDENTS , THEY LEARN. COME ON, PARENTS. YOU ARE THE SPOT. WE'LL, [00:45:01] WE'LL DO BOTH. CAN WE DO BOTH SUITABLE? DOES ANYONE NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE A PICTURE? I'M COMING. NOBODY LEFT IN THE AUDIENCE TO TAKE PICTURES. READY? 1, 2, 3. AWESOME. THANK YOU. NOW HOLD. NOW WE WANT TO DO ONE WITH EACH. DO YOU WANT AN INDIVIDUAL WITH YOUR FAMILY? CAN I GET ANOTHER PICTURE PLEASE? HEY, CASEY. CASEY, YOU GUYS, YOU, YOU CAN, WHEN THEY GET THROUGH, YOU GET YOUR PICTURE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. ENJOY UNC. HEY, SORAY, YOU'RE UP. YEP. RIGHT. GIVE THERE DAD TOGETHER. 1, 2, 3. THANK YOU. YEP, GO AHEAD. CLOSE ENOUGH. READY? 1, 2, 3. AND THE INTENT IS FOR STEVE AND I TO BE FAR ENOUGH AWAY THAT WE'RE OUTTA THE PICTURE. WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, UH, JACOB, UH, CORBETT, CHAIRMAN OF THE YCRC IS HERE TO GIVE A REPORT AND PRESENTATION. JACOB, YOU'RE ON. OKAY. NOPE, THAT'S MINE. THAT'S YOURS. YEAH. MY GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JACOB CORBETT AND I'M A SENIOR AT YORK HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE SERVED ON THE COMMISSION FOR THREE YEARS, AND THIS YEAR IS MY SECOND YEAR AS CHAIR. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU ALL A REPORT ON OUR ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR. THE YOUTH COMMISSION'S MOTTO IS YCYC, YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUTH COMMUNITY. THE GOALS OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION ARE TO PARTICIPATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES, CONDUCT STUDENT SURVEYS, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMON GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY. THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS. ONE OF OUR LARGEST PROJECTS THIS SEMESTER WAS THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS. WE HAD A LOT OF OUTSTANDING APPLICANTS AND WE HAD SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE. ANOTHER CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF OUR WINNERS. TONIGHT WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 14 APPLICATIONS ACROSS OUR FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND WE ARE ACTIVELY DISCUSSING METHODS TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND RAISE INTEREST IN THIS AMAZING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. IF ANYONE IN THIS ROOM OR ANYONE WATCHING FROM HOME KNOW AN OUTSTANDING YOUTH WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY, PLEASE KEEP THEM IN MIND WHEN NOMINATIONS OPEN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SINCE THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST SEMESTER, YCYC HAS BEEN MEETING DILIGENTLY EVERY MONTH TO PREPARE FOR IMPORTANT EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SEMESTER. DURING THE SEMESTER, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE DEVELOPED, HAVE HELPED WITH SEVERAL MARKET DAYS, LISTENED TO GUEST SPEAKERS, AND VISITED A FIRE STATION. THE MOST NOTABLE UNDERTAKING THIS SEMESTER WAS HOSTING THE ANNUAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND CLEANING UP OUR ROAD FOR ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION IS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN YOUTH CONCERNS AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE YCYC GATHERS THE MOST PRESSING CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS. THESE QUESTIONS ARE THEN PRESENTED TO EACH DISTRICT'S REPRESENTATIVES, THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEMBERS. EACH HIGH SCHOOL HOSTS A TOWN HALL MEETING WHERE YCYC MEMBERS LEAD THE DISCUSSION BY POSING QUESTIONS AND INTRODUCING THE REPRESENTATIVES. DURING THESE MEETINGS, ONE SUPERVISOR FROM THE BOARD AND ONE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ANSWER SEVERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUTH CONCERNS RELATED TO THE COUNTY AND SCHOOLS RESPECTIVELY. THIS YEAR, WE TRANSITION TO A NEW FORMAT, HOSTING IN SCHOOL SAMPLE SURVEYS TO FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS IN THE CLASSROOMS AND GATHER SOME NEW QUESTIONS AND [00:50:01] PERSPECTIVES. WE ALSO TRANSITIONED TO A PRIMARILY OPEN AUDIENCE FORMAT, ALLOWING STUDENTS THE FREEDOM TO ASK QUESTIONS DIRECTLY FOSTERING A DISCUSSION BETWEEN TODAY'S YOUTH AND COUNTY LEADERSHIP. THE Y-C-Y-C-A FEW YEARS AGO ADOPTED A HIGHWAY IN YORK COUNTY. THIS YEAR'S COMMISSION WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK, SO WE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A TWO MILE STRETCH ON GOODWICK NECK ROAD. IT SPANS FROM THE HORNSBY VILLAGE AND GOODWIN NECK INTERSECTION TO SEA AVENUE BY THE HOPE OF GLORY CHURCH. THE COMMISSION INITIATED THEIR FIRST CLEANUP ON SATURDAY, MAY 9TH, AND PICKED UP A FLIPPER, A HUBCAP, AND AN OLD REAL ESTATE SIGN, AND A LOT OF DISPOSED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. AND IT WAS A DAY FULL OF LAUGHTER, SINGING AND COMMUNITY. IT WAS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE AND COMMISSIONERS ELIGIBLE FOR SELECTION NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION. LOOK FORWARD TO CARRYING ON THE TRADITION. FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE@WWW.YC.INFO. EMAIL US AT YC@YORKCOUNTY.GOV OR CALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE AT 7 5 7 8 9 0 3 5 0 0. BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE 20 25 20 26 YOUTH COMMISSION FOR RECOGNITION, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE BOARD FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS, SHEILA? NOT AT THIS POINT, NO. NO, THANK YOU. WHAT I'LL JUST SAY SINCE LAST NIGHT WAS LAST NIGHT FOR THIS COMMISSION'S GET TOGETHER FOR THE YEAR. YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN BEEN WORKING WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION SINCE I'VE STARTED, SO IT'S BEEN BEEN SEVERAL YEARS, SO ALWAYS TOUGH TO SAY GOODBYE, BUT, UM, ALSO HAD A LITTLE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT. WE GOT PEOPLE GOING TO NOTRE DAME, UVA AND WE, UH, WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, I THINK I REMEMBER RIGHT, UH, SOME, UH, NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL, CHAPEL HILL AND, AND RIGHT AND AROUND. SO WE GOT SOME PEOPLE GRADUATING, SOME PEOPLE COMING BACK. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UM, SOME OF THE FOLKS COMING BACK AGAIN NE NEXT YEAR. UM, JUST ANOTHER, ANOTHER GREAT GROUP AND, AND WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION AS WELL AS WITH THE RECIPIENTS, UH, OF THE STANDARD YOUTH AWARDS. IT'S BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS SINCE JACOB AND I SAT DOWN TO LOOK AT ALL THE APPLICANTS TO MAKE THE DIFFICULT CHOICES, TO SELECT ONE, UH, TO EACH CATEGORY. AND IT'S EASY TO FIND EXAMPLES IN NEWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, PERHAPS YOUTH BEHAVING IN WAYS THAT YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO, YOU WANT TO SEE. THAT'S EASY TO FIND. BUT TONIGHT, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE OTHER END OF THAT SPECTRUM OF HIGH QUALITY, MOTIVATED, INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUALS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GET TO SHOW, SHOWCASE THEM AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN, IN YORK COUNTY, IN YORK COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR THAT. AND THIS WAS THE FIRST NIGHT I ACTUALLY GOTTA SEE THE RECIPIENTS IN PERSON, THE PERSON BEHIND THE APPLICATION. SO THAT WAS A REAL TREAT FOR ME AS WELL. SO, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RECIPIENTS. NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR Y'ALL. EVERYBODY'S GRADUATING, MOVING ON WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION. AGAIN, NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR Y'ALL. AND HEY, WE'RE ALWAYS HERE. COME BACK TO YORK COUNTY. IT'S THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE. LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. SO THINK ABOUT US. THANK YOU, MR. ROOM. AND I HAD ONE POINT TO ADD. WE RECENTLY HAD THE TOWN HALLS AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT WAS ORCHESTRATED BY THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND THAT WAS EXTREMELY WELL DONE. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THAT'S ALL. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THE YOUTH OF YORK COUNTY IN AN EXTRAORDINARILY UNIQUE WAY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. SCOTT HENDRICKS, THE BOARD, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, AND ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE MADE THIS EXPERIENCE PROFOUNDLY SPECIAL TO THE FUTURE YOUTH COMMISSIONERS. REMEMBER WHO YOU'RE SERVING AND WHY TO FORMER COMMISSIONERS. REMEMBER THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE SERVED TO THE BOARD. NEVER FORGET THIS ONE THING. THE YOUTH ARE NOT JUST THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTY, THEY'RE THE COUNTY. RIGHT NOW. ON BEHALF OF THE YORK COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION, I THANK YOU FOR GRANTING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REP REPRESENT OUR PEERS IN AN ESTEEMED GOVERNMENT BODY SUCH AS THIS. WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MR. HORO AS THE BOARD CHAIR AND MR. RONE AS THE STAFF LIAISON TO THE COMMISSION TO COME DOWN AND COMMEND THE YCYC COMMISSIONERS. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME UP FRONT, RECEIVE YOUR ASSIGNED RESOLUTION, AND TAKE A GROUP PICTURE MY CHAIR UP FRONT. YOU CAN'T BE SITTING DOWN THERE SERVING DISTRICT ONE. WE HAVE JESSE KOAC, ABIGAIL SHELDON, AND ALEXANDRA HAYES. SERVING DISTRICT TWO, WE HAVE ANN ELIZABETH CHERIAN, LILA HARMON, MCKAYLA SCOTT AND JULIANNE MCMICHAEL, SERVING DISTRICT THREE. WE HAVE MYSELF, JACOB CORBETT, NATALIE MOSS, KATE HOGAN, AND BRADY [00:55:01] TORRES. SERVING DISTRICT FOUR, WE HAVE LUIS WONG, KAITLYN SMITH, EVAN STURGILL, AND SOPHIA KUT. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, SERVING DISTRICT FIVE, WE HAVE DONNY OR BAV, EDDIE ZOO. NATHANIEL DUNSTER AND SNEHA SHAW. JACOB, YOU GOTTA COME UP HERE TOO. . WELCOME. ONE MORE. OKAY. COME ON IN. DON'T BE SHY. . THERE YOU GO. OKAY. JUST LOOK HERE. THANKS. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. WHILE THEY'RE COMING BACK UP, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIG, UH, GREAT, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU YOUTH HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THESE YEARS, AND, UH, CONGRATS TO ALL OF THE, UH, AWARD RECIPIENTS TONIGHT. UM, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS FROM YOU GUYS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THE PARENTS. WELL DONE, WELL DONE. SCOTT, YOU TAKING ICE CREAM? NOW THAT BRINGS US TO, UH, [F. Citizens' Comment Period ] CITIZEN'S COMMENT, PERIOD. AND I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP AT THE MOMENT, UH, PAM PEO NAME, NAME, AND ADDRESS IN THREE MINUTES, PLEASE. PAM FAU, 1 0 3, KIMBERLY COURT, YORKTOWN, DISTRICT FOUR. TRUMP IS NOT FIGHTING CRIME. HE'S CHOOSING WHO CAN GET AWAY WITH IT AND BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIONS. HIS $1.7 BILLION TREASURY SL SLUSH FUND GIVES OUR TAX DOLLARS TO HIS PRIVATE WHITE SUPREMACIST. JANUARY 6TH. MILITIA AND WEALTHY BUDDIES WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF DEFRAUDING THE GOVERNMENT, DON JUNIOR AND ERIC WILL BENEFIT TOO SINCE THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT AS TO WHO BENEFITS. HE IS USING OUR TREASURY AS HIS PERSONAL A TMA REPORTER ASKED TRUMP, TO WHAT EXTENT ARE AMERICAN'S FINANCIAL SITUATIONS MOTIVATING YOU TO MAKE A DEAL WITH IRAN? TRUMP SAID, QUOTE, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT. I DON'T THINK ABOUT AMERICA'S FINANCIAL SITUATIONS. I DON'T THINK ABOUT ANYBODY. OH, HOW HE HAS PROVED THAT IN THE PAST YEAR, TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED TO $5.1 BILLION BY PRESIDENTIAL GRIFT. TRUMP HAS BILLED THE TAXPAYERS 1.5 TRILLION FOR THE PENTAGON, 170 BILLION FOR ICE AND BP, 47 BILLION FOR THE BORDER WALL THAT MEXICO WAS GOING TO PAY FOUR 40 BILLION TO ARGENTINA, 1 BILLION TO HIS FREE QATARI JET. A $1 BILLION BALLROOM, 496 MILLION TO SEND NATIONAL GUARD TO CITIES. UH, 200 MILLION FOR CHRISTY NOAM'S JET 100 MILLION FOR TRUMP'S GOLF OUTINGS, 52 MILLION TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR, 15 MILLION TO ATTEND THE SUPER BOWL. 13 MILLION FOR THE REFLECTING POOL. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT HIS ARC TO TRUMP WILL COST AND PERMANENT BILLIONAIRE TAX CUTS WHILE OUR TEMP HOURS ARE TEMPORARY AND SO MUCH MORE. TRUMP SAID, A FORMER PERSONAL ATTORNEY AND ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE. WE HAVE A MAN WHO'S DOING A GREAT JOB BECAUSE HE'S KEPT ME OUT OF JAIL FOR YEARS. HE IS ADMITTING TO BEING A TEFLON DON CRIMINAL. THE CORRUPT SUPREME COURT UNDER TRUMP'S DIRECTION HAS DESTROYED THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT JUST AS HE DESTROYED ROE JIM CROW IS THRIVING. RACIAL GERRYMANDERING IN THE SOUTH WILL DISENFRANCHISED 26 MILLION BLACK VOTERS FROM VOTING FOR, UH, BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. IEPS, SNAP BENEFITS, RURAL HEALTH, UH, HOSPITALS, UH, 900 BILLION FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. POOR WHITES WILL SUFFER LOSSES TOO. AND WHAT NEXT? RESCINDING THE 19TH AMENDMENT. GIVING WOMEN RIGHT TO VOTE. 15TH AMENDMENT, GIVING BLACK MEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE OR THE 14TH AMENDMENT GIVING BIRTHRIGHT, CITIZENSHIP AND EQUAL PROTECTION. CHRISTIE OM SAID QUOTE, WHEN IT GETS THE TO ELECTION DAY, WE HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE VOTING, ELECTING THE RIGHT LEADER TO LEAD THE COUNTRY. TRUMP SAID HE WAS ENTITLED TO THE EXTRA SEATS IN TEXAS RIG THE ELECTION. OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1870 DURING RECONSTRUCTION WITH WASHINGTON FIELDS, A BLACK MAN SERVING ON THIS BOARD. 121 [01:00:01] YEARS LATER, ANOTHER BLACK MAN, DENNIS GARDNER, SERVED ON THIS BOARD. NO OTHER BLACK CANDIDATE HAS WON ELECTION. WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS WHITE SUPREMACY. NOT LONG AGO, POCOS WAS A SUNDOWN TOWN. THIS IS ALL PROVEN AT THE VOTING BOOTH, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE MOST CORRUPT, BIGOTED, AND INSANE ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY. THANK YOU. IT IS ALL. I HAVE SIGNED UP. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, MR. WILLIAMS STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. THREE MINUTES. MARK WILLIAMS, FIVE 13 CHARLES ROAD. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE YOUTH TONIGHT. I THEY'RE ENCOURAGING. LET'S KEEP, UH, YORK COUNTY MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL OF OUR HELP AND EVERYBODY JUST GIVING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA. I DO WANNA WARN PARENTS AND CHILDREN, SCHOOL CHILDREN, OR REALLY ANY PEDESTRIAN. UM, APPARENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A CRACKDOWN ON A PEDESTRIAN FOOT TRAFFIC. I CAN'T MENTION THE DEPUTY BY NAME, BUT HE IS A SERGEANT. HIDE YOUR WIVES, HIDE YOUR CHILDREN. UM, THAT'LL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH RON. WITH THAT, I REVERT BACK TO WHAT I SAID PREVIOUSLY. THE YOUTH WAS, UH, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS GOING FORWARD AS WE AGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. PAUL KESSLER. UH, MY ADDRESS IS 2 0 3 DOROTHY DRIVE. I WANTED TO RESPOND TO THE, UH, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE YORK COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE IN REFERENCE TO DATA CENTERS AND PREPARING FOR THOSE DATA CENTERS. I THINK THAT THE CURRENT TEXT RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE BIT TOO REACTIVE AND LAX ENFORCEMENT TEETH AND IT LEAVES SEVERAL LOOPHOLES CAPABLE FOR THE, UH, AI DATA CENTERS AND THOSE CORPORATIONS TO ACTUALLY SLIP THROUGH THOSE. AND I THOUGHT I WOULD OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, THOUGHTS ON THIS. UH, SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THERE'S A LOT OF SHELL COMPANY BEHAVIOR THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH AI DATA CENTERS. AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE STOOD UP LLCS AND THOSE LLCS HAVE BEEN USED TO REALLY SH UH, HIDE KIND OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE DOING AND TRY TO GET THROUGH BOARDS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. AS A PART OF THAT, UM, THERE'S A CONCERN THAT THE TEXT ITSELF DOES NOT MANDATE AN UPFRONT LEGALLY BINDING DECOMMISSIONING PLANNER OF FINANCIAL ASSURANCE. AND WITHOUT HAVING THAT, I THINK THAT, UH, WHAT WE END UP POSING IS A, IS A BIT OF A THREAT THAT THESE CORPORATIONS AREN'T REALLY GOING TO COVER THEIR PART OF, UH, ANY SORT OF DECOMMISSIONING. SO A SOLUTION IS TO MANDATE DECOMMISSIONING BONDS. UH, THE ORDINANCE MUST REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO POST A PERFORMANCE BOND, ESCROW ACCOUNT, OR LETTER OF CREDIT BEFORE A BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED. THIS MONEY MUST BE DEDICATED SOLELY TO THE COST OF DISMANTLING THE FACILITY, REMOVING HAZARDOUS BACKUP GENERATOR FLUIDS AND RESTORING THE LAND AND THE FACILITY, UH, WHEN THE FACILITY IS VACANT, UH, FOR MORE THAN 12 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN I THINK WE COULD, UH, ASSURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, PROTECTIONS. UH, SO THERE'S A LOSS OF RESOURCES OR GRID OVERLOAD THAT ALSO CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH A LOT OF THESE AI DATA CENTERS WHERE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOMS, UH, IN OVERALL BILLS, POTENTIALLY FOUR TO FIVE TIMES. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THAT HAPPEN OVER IN LAKE TAHOE WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT ABLE TO SUPPLY THE POWER. SO IN ORDER TO, UH, UH, TAKE CARE OF THAT SITUATION, I THINK THAT, UM, A POSSIBLE SOLUTION IS TO PRO PROHIBIT, UH, RATE PAYER BURDEN FOR ANY SORT OF, UM, WITH EXPLICIT LANGUAGE, STATING THAT THE DEVELOPER MUST FULLY FUND ALL LOCALIZED GRID INFRASTRUCTURE, UPGRADES, SUBSTATIONS, AND TRANSMISSION LINES. THERE MUST ALSO BE SOME SORT OF ENERGY CAP AND REEVALUATION THAT REQUIRES A LETTER FROM THE ELECTRIC PURVEYOR STATING THAT A MAXIMUM MEGAWATT CAP FOR THE SITE, IF THE DATA CENTER UPGRADES ITS INTERNAL TECH AND EX EXCEEDS THAT CAP, IT MUST TRIGGER A MANDATORY REVIEW AND AMENDMENT OF THEIR SPECIAL USE PERMIT. UH, CO-LOCATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IS ALSO ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE COULD ADD TO THOSE, UH, PARTICULAR ZONING REGULATIONS THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER. UM, ALSO UNHEALTHY WATERWAYS AND RESOURCE DEPLETION WHEN THEY ARE USING WATER TO ACTUALLY COOL THEIR THEIR SYSTEMS. WHAT IS A MAJOR CONCERN THERE IS THAT THAT WATER IS SOMETIMES TREATED AND THAT WATER WILL GET INTO THE WATERWAYS THAT WE ALL, UH, HAVE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE AND ACTUALLY ARE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THAT COULD END UP IN OUR DRINKING WATER AS WELL. SO IT SHIFTS THE MASSIVE WATER BURDEN ENTIRELY INTO THE PUBLIC UTILITY. UH, SO ONE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO MANDATE A CLOSED LOOP, UH, SYSTEM RATHER THAN AN OPEN LOOP ONE. COULD I GET ADDITIONAL TIME? 15 MORE MINUTES? NO, 15 MINUTES? NO, NO. IF YOU NEED 15 SECONDS, I'LL GIVE, I MEAN THREE MINUTES. I, IT'S JUST A COUPLE MORE MINUTES. I CAN NO, NO MORE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, [01:05:03] INTERESTING POINTS. WERE THERE ANY OTHER CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK IN THE A COMMENT PERIOD? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE CITIZENS COMMENT PERIOD. I'M GONNA DEFER THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND MATTERS OF THE BOARD TO THE END OF OUR MEETING. UH, WE'LL MOVE TO A RECESS AT THIS POINT AND COME BACK IN FIVE MINUTES TO BEGIN PUBLIC HEARINGS. [4. Application No. UP-1065-26, TRC Williamsburg LLC: Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R26-89 to authorize a farm equipment sales, rental, and service store at 118 Waller Mill Road (Route 710). ] ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BEGIN, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS. I PLACE THE STATION A CALL ON, UH, EARL EARL ANDERSON FOR A PRESENTATION ON FARM EQUIPMENT SALES RENTAL SERVICES ON UH, WALLER MILL ROAD. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING. UH, THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR TRC WILLIAMSBURG, LLC, UM, OTHERWISE IT'S TRACTOR SUPPLY STORE. I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT. UM, ESPECIALLY USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR THESE TO GO INTO THE COUNTY. AND SO, UH, THEY ARE LOOKING AT A LOCATION AT ONE 18 WATERMILL ROAD HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN THE BLUE. UM, THE PROPERTY IS IN THE KINGS GATE GREEN SHOPPING CENTER. UM, THERE'S A GREEN SPACE UP THERE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE HERE REAL QUICK. UM, RIGHT WHERE THEY'RE GOING. UH, THAT WHITE WALL RIGHT THERE, THAT'S THE, UH, DOLLAR, UH, STORE. DOLLAR GENERAL, I THINK IT'S THE DOLLAR GENERAL, UM, UP THERE. UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILDING ADJACENT TO THE STRUCTURE THAT'S EXISTING NOW, UM, ADDING ONTO THE SHOPPING CENTER. UH, BUT THEY'LL BE CREATING THEIR OWN PARCEL. SO THEY'LL BE SEPARATE FROM THE SHOPPING CENTER, BUT PART OF THE SHOPPING CENTER, THAT KIND, THAT PIECE OF IT. UH, THE SURROUNDING ZONING IS MOSTLY GB, GENERAL BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL IN NATURE. UM, THE SNOW COMPANY OFFICE BUILDING IS LIMITED BUSINESS, UM, ACROSS WALLER MILL ROAD THERE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THERE, UH, THE GOLF, THE MINI GOLF COURSE, THE HOTELS, UM, ARE ALL GENERAL BUSINESS. UH, THERE IS AN R 13 GREEN SPRINGS, UH, SUBDIVISION THAT HAS A SLIGHT, UM, AREA THAT'S ADJACENT TO IT, UM, WHICH WILL REQUIRE THEM TO PUT IN A TRANSITIONAL BUFFER IN THAT AREA. AND THEY HAVE THAT AS PART OF THEIR PLAN. SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SHOPPING CENTER AND WE'VE ADDED THE DRAWING ON HERE. UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA ADD THE, THE STRUCTURE THERE AT THE END OF THE EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER. I'LL BLOW IT UP HERE A LITTLE BIT. IT'S ABOUT A 22,000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION. BUILDING WISE, UH, THEY WILL HAVE AN OUTDOOR AREA SIMILAR TO THE ONE HERE ON ROUTE 17, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THEIR LITTLE GATED AREA THERE WHERE THEY'LL HAVE OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF MATERIALS. UM, THEY MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF STUFF OUT FRONT OF THE BUILDING ALSO. UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A, UM, A TRAILER DISPLAY DOWN HERE ALONG WALLER MILL ROAD, UH, WHERE THEY'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, TRAILERS FOR SALE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THERE. UM, A PARKING STUDY WAS CONDUCTED FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WAS WHAT KIND OF HELD THEM UP THE LAST TIME BETWEEN THEM AND THE SHOPPING CENTER. BUT ALL THAT'S BEEN SOLVED, UH, THE PROFIT PARKING STUDY SHOWED THAT THEY, UH, WOULD NOT HAVE ANY, ANY PROBLEMS ALLOWING THE TWO, UH, THIS ADDITIONAL USE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER. SO, AS I SAID, THE, UM, THE PROPERTY IS RIGHT OFF OF BYPASS ROAD AND THE MOTOWN ROAD AREA. UM, IT, IT'S NOT WITHIN THE TOURIST CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT OVERLAY, UH, BUT IT IS PRETTY CLOSE. AND SO BECAUSE OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WE HAVE REQUIRED A FEW CONDITIONS ON THEIR SITE, UM, TO KIND OF IMPROVE IT. UH, THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEIR ARCHITECTURE MATCHES THAT OF THE EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER. UH, WE WE'RE GONNA LIMIT THEM TO A MONUMENT STYLE SIGN, UH, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE ON 17 RIGHT NOW. THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN THE FENCED IN AREA, THE OUT OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREA WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF DECORATIVE OR WROUGHT IRON TYPE FENCING, UH, JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE. IT'S A NICE AREA. IT IS KIND OF LEADS INTO THE TOURIST CORRIDOR. UM, AND THE APPLICANT'S BEEN MADE AWARE OF ALL THESE, AND THEY'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF THOSE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. SO, UM, THIS IS AN AUTHORIZATION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THAT USE. UM, IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES IN THE SHOPPING CENTER, UM, WHICH MAKE UP AN ASHLEY FURNITURE STORE. OLLIE'S, UH, THE CONTRACTOR SHOP THAT, OR NOT SHOP, BUT IT'S A STORE THAT SELLS HVAC, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, UH, THE DOLLAR STORE. THERE'S A COUPLE RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH IN THERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S A VERY COMPATIBLE USE IN THIS. AND WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH ONE ON 17. UM, SO WE THINK IT'S, IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA. UH, WE DID APPLY THOSE CONDITIONS TO KIND OF PROJECT THE ADJACENT AREA, PROTECT THE ADJACENT AREA AND THE TAURIST QUARTER AREA. AND, UM, AS I SAID, THE PARKING IMPACTS ARE, ARE MANAGEABLE FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER. IT HAS PLENTY OF PARKING AND, UH, THIS USE WON'T OVER OVERLY IMPACT IT. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. UH, YOU HAVE RESOLUTION 26 89. UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS APPLICATION AND VOTED SIX TO ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF IT. UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE FOLLOW UP ON ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. [01:10:01] ANY QUESTION, MR. SHEPHERD? YEAH. UH, JUST SIMPLE QUESTION HERE. THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH, UH, SURROUNDING BUSINESSES, THEN WHY IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUIRED? UM, IN 95, YOU ALL, WELL, NOT YOU ALL, BUT THE BOARD WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MOTOR VEHICLE USES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UM, WERE PROTECTED AND HAD EXTRA CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SORRY, SAY THAT. LA OKAY. SO WHAT HAPPENED IN NINE FIVE? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PROLIFERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE TYPE USES, LIKE GAS STATIONS AND CAR SALE LOTS AND CONVENIENCE STORES AND THINGS UP AND DOWN 17. AND THE BOARD WAS KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THAT DEVELOPMENT WE WERE GETTING. AND SO WE CHANGED THE ORDINANCE AS I UNDERSTOOD IT. WE PUT ALL OF THOSE USES AND THIS WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE USES THAT KIND OF CAPTURED INTO THAT TO REQUIRE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SO THEY WOULD HAVE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION BY YOU AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE BOARD, AND GIVES THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND COMMENT ON IT. OKAY. BASED ON EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID. I MEAN, I, I, IT, THAT WAS 95. WHAT IS THAT, 30 SOME YEARS AGO. UM, SO IN OUR, IN OUR ORDINANCE, I'M WONDERING IF THIS NEEDS TO BE UPDATED BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS TO ME IS JUST A, IS A RETAIL BUSINESS. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS BUSINESS THAT WOULD WARRANT, UM, UH, BUSINESS COMING INTO YOUR COUNTY, HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS IS A, A HOOP TO HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH MM-HMM . SO I'M, I WOULD SAY TO THE BOARD, I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS NECESSARY ACTION FOR THIS KIND OF BUSINESS. I MEAN, THIS STORE HAS BEEN AROUND, THESE BUSINESS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR, FOR DECADES. AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY, UH, WE, WE GOT ONE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD HERE ON 17. YEP. AND, UH, IT FITS IN WITH ANY HARDWARE STORE, SOME CLOTHING, UH, PET STORES. I, I DON'T SEE WHY THIS IS, HAS TO BE AS OTHER THAN WHAT WE JUST HAVE IT IN THE BOOKS. OKAY. I REMEMBER. THAT'S NOT A JUNKYARD. OKAY. DEFINITELY NOT. NO. AND IT'S NOT A GAS STATION . UM, SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR BOOKS, BUT I THINK THIS PERSONALLY, I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THAT. I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. YES, MA'AM. ANYTHING ELSE? UM, JUST FOR SCALE SIZE, THE, THE PROPOSED BUILDING COMPARED TO THE ONE ON 17, IS THAT THE SAME SIZE? JUST I KNOW. I'LL LET THE APPLICANT TELL YOU. 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE HOW BIG THE ONE ON 17 IS. OKAY. BUT I, I THINK IT'S COMPARABLE SIZE WISE. AND ARE THEY, AND MAYBE THIS APPLICANT TWO, ARE THEY GOING TO BE SELLING, UH, PROPANE REFILL ON, ON SITE? YES. YES. THAT'S PART OF THE OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREA. THEY HAVE A PROPANE SECTION. ALL RIGHT. MM-HMM . SO THAT, THAT, SO WHILE I AGREE THAT OVERALL THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A BUSINESS THAT NEEDS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, IF WE'RE SELLING, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE BIG PROPANE TANKS AS I, MAYBE THAT PART OF IT MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT EXTRA CONSIDERATION, BUT WE'LL, THAT'S A PROBLEM TO SOLVE LATER ON. BUT SOME, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION IF I MAY. YEP. YEP. UM, YOU SAID IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THE BUILDING IS GONNA BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER. NOW, IF IT WERE NOT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WOULD YOU REQUIRE THEM TO BE, UH, COMPATIBLE IN, IN ARCHITECTURE? NO. NO. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE. THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . BUT, BUT TO PROVE A SITE PLAN THERE WOULD STILL SUBMIT A SITE PLAN, CORRECT? YES. IT WOULD BE A SITE PLAN. AND YOU STILL MAY GIVE SOME STIPULATIONS ON THE SITE PLAN AND MAKE IT COMPATIBLE IF NECESSARY. BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE A REQUIREMENT ARCHITECTURALLY TO REQUIRE THEM TO DO THAT. BUT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PUT CONDITIONS ON ON IT THAT ARE SOMEWHAT, HAVE A NEXUS WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WE JUST FELT LIKE THAT THAT WAS ONE THAT THEY COULD DO VERY EASILY. OKAY. AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S A PROBLEM TO SOLVE ANOTHER MEETING, BUT YEAH, THE APPLICANT COULD ANSWER A COUPLE OF THOSE QUESTIONS. SURE. SO, THANK YOU MR. HENDERSON. YOU'RE WELCOME. UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE. WE HAVE ERIC AUBREY. THANK YOU ALL. MY NAME'S ERIC AUBREY. I'M THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ON THE PROJECT. I REPRESENT, UH, TRC WILLIAMSBURG, UM, EARL AND HIS TEAM, VICKI GTI, UH, MADISON . THEY'VE ALL BEEN VERY HELPFUL AS WE NAVIGATE THE PROCESS. UM, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL POSTPONING THIS A MONTH WHILE WE WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. BUT, UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE. IT'S GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION I HAD. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET WRAP MY HEAD AROUND SCALE. 'CAUSE I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, YOUR OPERATION ON 17 SI SIZE OF THE BUILDING. COMPARABLE, BIGGER OR SMALLER. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UH, LOCATION, BUT TRACTOR SUPPLY DOES HAVE PROTOTYPICAL DESIGNS. UM, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL VARIATIONS. SO IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 19,000 SQUARE FEET TO 23,000 SQUARE FEET. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF VARIANCE THERE. 20 FOLLOW FALLS KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE, SO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. JUST TRYING WRAP [01:15:01] MY HEAD AROUND WHAT, HOW LARGE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE. SURE. AND I THINK WE JUST SAID WE'RE DOING PROPANE SALES. YES. RE REFILLS. YEP. ON SITE. OKAY. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. AND HOW IS THAT PROPANE STORED? UM, IT'S STORED BEHIND, UH, SOME BOLLARDS AND A COVERED, UM, ENCLOSURE WITHIN THE FENCED OUTDOOR DISPLAY. ARE THESE LITTLE TANKS, I'M SORRY, ARE THESE A SMALL TANKS, BARBECUE KIND TANKS? YES. WE HAVE ONE LARGE TANK THAT YOU CAN REFILL THE SMALLER ONES FROM. OKAY. IT'S THE SMALL ONES. AND IT'S ABOVE GROUND. IT IS ABOVE GROUND. RIGHT. AND, WHICH MADE ME THINK IT PROBABLY BACK TO MR. ANDERSON PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH GAS STATIONS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO STOP OPERAT AS A GAS STATION, YOU GOTTA REMOVE THE TANKS. IS THAT APPLICABLE FOR ABOVE GROUND PROPANE TANKS HERE? SHOULD THEY STOP OPERATING? I BEL I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT I, MAYBE THIS IS WHERE CHIEF BALDWIN COULD JUMP IN, BUT I MEAN, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD NOT, THEY WOULD NOT KEEP SUCH A USE JUST SITTING THERE. OKAY. UM, WITH, WITH GAS IN IT. ANYTHING YOU HAVE. WE'LL, EVEN WITHOUT IT, YES. SO THE FIRE CODE, UM, AND SOME REFERENCE TO THE BUILDING CODE SPELLS OUT EXACTLY THAT. THE INSTALLATION GUIDELINES AND THE REMOVAL GUIDELINES. JUST AS ANY OTHER ABOVEGROUND OR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AND REMOVAL, VACATING OF THE TANK, CHANGE OF USE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. TANKS WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE. YES. SO IF, IF FOR SOME REASON, HOPEFULLY IT NEVER HAPPENS, BUT IT, IF THAT BUSINESS, IF THAT LOCATION WOULD CHANGE THE BUSINESS USE AND GO TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE A PROPANE FACILITY, THEN THOSE TANKS WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED PROPERLY. NOW YOU TALKING ABOUT BELOW GROUND TANKS OR THE BIG ABOVE GROUND, UH, ABOVE GROUND TANKS, THE PROPANE ABOVE GROUND, BUT THE SAME, IT'S REALLY THE SAME THING APPLIES TO EVEN THE UNDERGROUND TANKS. ANY STORE, ANY UNDERGROUND FUEL TANKS, IF THEY'RE REMOVED AGAIN, HAVE TO BE REMOVED, ABANDONED, OR SHUT OFF. THEY HAVE TO BE REMOVED. THEY CAN'T LEAVE THEM IN THE GROUND LIKE WE USED TO YEARS AGO. SAME THING WITH THE ABOVE STORAGE TANKS. IF THEY'RE NOT BEING FUNCTION FUNCTIONING ANYMORE, THEY HAVE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A DISCUSSION FOR A SEPARATE ACTION BY THE BOARD. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST THE BUSINESS ITSELF IS THE BUSINESS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ACROSS VIRGINIA AND IN OUR REGION, WE'VE GOT, I, I DO A TAYLOR'S DO IT, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A HARDWARE STORE. MM-HMM . THEY SELL PROPANE OUT THE BACK. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED BY CODE TO TAKE SUPPOSEDLY A A BARBECUE SIZE, WHATEVER YOU CALL THESE PROPANE TANKS. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT INTO THE STORE AT ALL. PERIOD. YOU GO TO A FOOD LION. OKAY. UM, YEAH. FOOD LION AND YOU BUY PROPANE TANK. THAT'S RIGHT. OR, OR YOU SWAP A TANK BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE THE DOOR. MY POINT IN THE CONCERN HERE IS THAT THERE IS SOME OF THESE RULES WERE BASED IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE, WE, THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY. IF WE COULD THROUGH THE CODE, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT PROPANE TANK WOULD BE A, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR REQUIREMENT. I JUST DON'T, I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL THAT. UM, HOWEVER, THAT'S JUST ME. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A DISCUSSION POINT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ACTION. NO, NO, NO. NOT, NO. BUT I JUST WANNA KNOW IF IT ISN'T, IF THAT WAS A SERVICE THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE THERE. UM, 'CAUSE TRACTOR SUPPLIES IN YORK COUNTY, WELL, IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES YOU ACTUALLY GET A TANK REFILL. AND I'VE REFILLED 'EM, ANY ONE OF THEM WITH THEIR YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE FOR CONCESSION. SO APPRECIATE THAT SERVICE BEING RIGHT. SO, NO, I THINK WE'VE COVERED IT. ALRIGHT. WELL, I HAD ONE COMMENT TO MAKE. THIS IS BEEN A LONG TIME IN COMING, UH, SINCE THE KMART CLOSED AT THAT LOCATION. UH, IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A DERELICT SITE AND WE'VE SLOWLY BROUGHT BUSINESSES BACK TO THAT. AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE TRACTOR SUPPLY UTILIZING THAT, UH, SAME, UH, LOCATION AT THAT REALLY FILLS OUT THE COMPLETE, UH, UH, SHOPPING MALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL, UM, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND CALL ON ANY CITIZENS WHO MIGHT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEE NONE. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY BOARD DISCUSSION. I'M EXCITED THAT THEY'RE IN YOUR COUNTY. YEP. YEP. I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION. I'LL MOVE. R 26 89. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. THE, THE MOTION MADE BY MR. GROAN IS TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION. 26 89. MRS. NOEL. YES. MR. DRURY. YES. MR. RONE. YES. MR. SHEPHERD. YES. MR. HORO. YES. MOTION CARRIED. NEXT [5. Application No. ZT-216-25, York County Board of Supervisors: Consider adoption of proposed Ordinance No. 26-12 to amend the performance standards for Data Centers in the York County Zoning Ordinance, Section 24.1-489.1. ] WE'LL, UH, COVER APPLICATION, UH, FOR ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO DATA CENTERS IN YORK COUNTY. AND I'LL ASK, UH, JEANNIE CARNER FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEY, GOOD EVENING. THIS APPLICATION CONTAINS AMENDMENTS TO THE YORK COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE. TO UPDATE THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR DATA CENTERS, I'VE GROUPED THESE AMENDMENTS INTO SEVERAL CATEGORIES, INCLUDING SPECIAL USE PERMIT SUBMISSION [01:20:01] REQUIREMENTS, ENERGY AND WATER USAGE, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, NOISE STANDARDS, AND DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS. I'M GONNA START BY DISCUSSING UPDATES TO THE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. SUBSECTION A ONE REQUIRES DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS TO SUBMIT A LETTER FROM THE ELECTRIC UTILITY PURVEYOR INDICATING SUFFICIENT PROXIMITY AND AVAILABILITY TO A SUBSTATION AND TRANSMISSION LINES TO SERVE THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER. THIS, UH, THIS SUBSECTION HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO REQUIRE THE INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THE LETTER FROM THE ELECTRIC UTILITY PURVEYOR. THE SOURCE FROM WHICH THE ENERGY WILL BE DERIVED AND THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND VOLTAGE LEVEL THE DATA CENTER WILL USE AT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EACH PHASE OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN INCLUDED AS A REQUIRED SUBMISSION DOCUMENT. UH, WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUBSECTION A THREE CONSTITUTES A NEW PROPOSED SUBSECTION. IF FUEL IS STORED ON SITE, A SKETCH PLAN SHOWING THE LOCATION AND METHOD OF STORAGE, IN ADDITION TO A SUMMARY OF THE QUANTITY AND TYPE OF FUEL TO BE STORED, WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. APPLICATION ABOVE GROUND STORAGE OF LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS WOULD BE PROHIBITED TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE. NEXT, WE'LL DISCUSS AMENDMENTS TO THE PROVISIONS FOR, UH, ENERGY AND WATER USAGE. THE EXISTING STANDARDS FOR DATA CENTERS ALLOW SUCH FACILITIES TO EXPAND THEIR USAGE OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER BY 25% WITHOUT ADDITIONAL APPROVAL. WHILE EXPANSIONS EXCEEDING THE THRESHOLD REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE BOARD PROPOSED SUBSECTION B ONE WOULD REQUIRE DATA CENTER OPERATORS, UH, TO OBTAIN AUTHORIZATION FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOLLOWING A PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO ANY INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY OR WATER USAGE. NEXT, I'LL ADDRESS UPDATES TO THE PROVISIONS REGARDING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT. SUBSECTION E WOULD REQUIRE DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS TO SUBMIT A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PLAN, AS WELL AS A STORM WATER RUNOFF PLAN DETAILING THE METHODS PROPOSED TO ENSURE THEIR, UH, THAT NO HAZARDOUS OR PETROLEUM BASED PRODUCTS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO INFILTRATE GROUNDWATER OR SURFACE WATER RESOURCES DURING THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS. THESE PLANS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY THE YORK COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY, AS WELL AS THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN. IN THIS NEXT SECTION, I'LL COVER CHANGES TO THE NOISE STANDARDS. THE EXISTING STANDARDS FOR DATA CENTERS PROHIBIT THESE FACILITIES AND THEIR ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT FROM PRODUCING NOISE LEVELS THAT EXCEED THE AMBIENT NOISE CAPTURED IN THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT NOISE STUDY. OR 55 A WEIGHTED DECIBELS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER REVISED. SUBSECTION F TWO ADDS A LIMIT OF 65 C WEIGHTED DECIBELS TO THIS STANDARD TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF LOW FREQUENCY NOISE PRODUCED BY SERVER FANS, COOLING UNITS AND HVAC SYSTEMS. THE EXISTING NOISE STANDARDS FOR DATA CENTERS HAVE ALSO BEEN MODIFIED TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT DATA CENTERS HAVE AN ACOUSTIC BARRIER SURROUNDING ALL EXTERIOR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH PROPOSED SUBSECTION F THREE, WHICH REQUIRES ALL MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT TO BE, BE IN GOOD CONDITION AND OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. IF A MUFFLER OR OTHER SOUND ATTENUATING DEVICE COMES STANDARD ON THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, OR WAS REQUIRED IN THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT SOUND STUDY TO MEET THE DECIBEL REQUIREMENTS, IT SHALL BEAR THE SAME REQUIREMENTS. MM-HMM . THE EXISTING NOISE STANDARDS FOR DATA CENTERS LIMIT ONSITE GENERATOR TESTING TO ONE HOUR PER WEEK OR LESS. PROPOSED SUBSECTION F FOUR STRIKES THAT LIMIT AND REPLACES IT WITH A REQUIREMENT THAT GENERATORS BE TESTED ONE AT A TIME. THIS AMENDMENT IS INTENDED TO ELIMINATE THE INCENTIVE FOR DATA CENTER OPERATORS TO GENERATE EXCESSIVE NOISE BY OPERATING MULTI MULTIPLE GENERATORS SIMULTANEOUSLY TO COMPLY WITH THE ONE HOUR LIMIT, SUBSECTION F FIVE WOULD LIMIT GENERATOR USAGE TO TESTING, COMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES AND BACKUP OR EMERGENCY USE. THIS AMENDMENT REFLECTS THE INCREASING RELIANCE BY DATA CENTER OPERATORS ON GENERATORS TO BRIDGE POWER SUPPLY GAPS AND TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS ONSITE POWER GENERATION AND IS INTENDED TO PRECLUDE SUCH PRACTICES. THE LA THE LAST SECTION WILL COVER REVISIONS TO THE, UH, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS. SUBSECTION G CONTAINS AMENDMENTS. SUBSECTION G CONTAINS AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD, UH, CHANGE THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FROM 200 FEET FROM ALL PROPERTY LINES AND 500 FEET FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TO 100 FEET FROM ANY NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTY LINES AND 500 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINES. MM-HMM . THIS REVISION WOULD PROVIDE, UM, INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN THE SITING OF DATA CENTERS WHILE MAINTAINING SAFEGUARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. OKAY. THE EXISTING STANDARD FOR DATA CENTERS REQUIRE THEM TO BE SURROUNDED BY A VEGETATIVE BUFFER OF AT LEAST 50 FEET AND WIDTH, BUT OFFER THE BOARD LATITUDE TO APPROVE AN ALTERNATIVE BUFFER. AN AMENDMENT IN PROPOSED SUBSECTION H WOULD ELIMINATE THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO APPROVE AN ALTERNATIVE BUFFER, THEREBY ENSURING A CONSISTENT BUFFER IS PROVIDED TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY. [01:25:01] SUBSECTION I ONE ADDS THAT DATA CENTERS THAT FACE EXISTING OR PLANNED PUBLIC ROADS MUST HAVE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCREENED FROM VIEW TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA. IF SET EQUIPMENT IS INSTALLED ON THE ROOF, SCREENING MUST BE PROVIDED ON ALL FOUR SIDES A REVISION. AND SUBSECTION I TWO INCREASES THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE BUILDING HEIGHT FROM 35 FEET TO 75 FEET TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENT LAND USE. THAT'S A LONG, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS REFLECT EVOLVING PRACTICES AMONG DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS AND OPERATORS, AND A MORE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FACILITIES. THESE REVISIONS STRENGTHEN EXISTING REGULATIONS BY CLARIFYING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, ADDRESSING EMERGING OPERATIONAL TRENDS, AND REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADVERSE EFFECTS ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND COMMUNITIES. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER OH, 26 DASH 12. THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED SIX TO ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS WELL. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I JUST HAVE, WHAT ABOUT THE 75 FOOT HEIGHT? HOW DO WE GET TO THAT POINT? 75 FEET IS WHAT'S ALLOWED IN OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, SO WE BROUGHT IT UP TO MATCH THAT. WELL, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT IF IT'S NEAR A HOUSING AREA? WE, THERE'S BUYER, UH, BUFFERS REQUIRED FOR IT AND INDUSTRIAL, UM, AREAS ARE USUALLY LOCATED AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONED AREAS. NOT ALWAYS. NOT ALWAYS. THAT'S WHAT, THANK YOU. SO IF IT'S NEAR A HOUSING AREA, THEN THERE WOULD BE SOME REMEDIATION, YOU KNOW, AS THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT CONDITIONS IN PLACE THAT WOULD PROTECT THAT. THAT'S WHY WE'VE SET IT UP THAT WAY. WELL, THEY GOT A MINIMUM OF 500 FEET FROM ANY HOUSING MM-HMM . AS WELL. YEAH. SITE LOOKING FOR SITE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELCOME MR. SHEPHERD. YEAH. I'M KIND OF CURIOUS AS TO, UM, WHERE THE STAFF CAME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS. I MEAN, THEY COME UP WITH THE PARAMETERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. UM, I KNOW WE'RE, THIS IS GONNA BE AN ITERATIVE PROCESS. ONE, THERE'S SOME SENSE OF URGENCY ONE, UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA PUSH BACK ON A DATA CENTER. WE GOT PLACES HERE WHERE DATA CENTERS WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE IN YOUR COUNTY. MM-HMM . UM, AND SO WE, WE WANNA BE CAREFUL TO THE POINT WHERE THAT WE WANT THE DATA CENTER THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR US, THAT USES, THAT FITS OUR POWER REQUIREMENTS, THAT FITS THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT I DON'T WANNA PUT IT TO A POINT WHERE IT'S SO ODIOUS THAT THEY DON'T, IT'S NOT WORTH COMING TO. I THINK WE TRIED TO AVOID THAT FROM THE GETGO IN OUR PLANNING. SO WHERE DID YOU GUYS COME UP WITH THIS STUFF? I MEAN, HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS? DID YOU TALK TO DATA CENTERS? YOU DID. WAS THERE SOME OTHER GOVERNMENT YOU REFERRED HANOVER COUNTY OR HENRICO, OR WHAT, HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE NUMBERS? TRY. WE EVALUATED OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UM, REGULATIONS ON DATA CENTERS WHEN WE DID OUR INITIAL, UM, RESEARCH OF THIS PROJECT. BUT THESE AMENDMENTS ARE A PRODUCT OF, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, TEXT AMENDMENT SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THESE ITEMS. OKAY. ARE THEY, ARE THEY, ARE THEY, UH, EXPERTS IN DATA CENTERS? I'M JUST, I MEAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO GET A STACK OF REGS FROM HENRICO COUNTY OR, OR HANOVER OR STAFFORD OR WHATEVER AND GET THOSE. UM, BUT THEY DON'T TELL YOU THE REASON WHY. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY MAY JUST BE A CHECKBOX AND, UH, SOME PARAMETER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MY POINT IS, WHAT'S THE RATIONALE BEHIND THIS STUFF? YES, SIR. WE HAD A GOOD, GOOD PRESENTATION FROM THE PUBLIC ON THINGS LIKE IN, UH, COOLING SYSTEMS AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT THEY'RE, THAT ARE VERY VALUABLE THAT I, THAT I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM OR ABOUT BECAUSE I'M NOT A DATA CENTER EXPERT. SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS, HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THE RATIONALE BEHIND WHY THEY, THESE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS? YOU KNOW, THE 75 FOOT, THAT'S, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR, OUR, OUR DOCUMENT. THAT DOESN'T TELL ME THE RATIONALE FOR 75 FEET. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. IT SAYS IT'S JUST A NUMBER WE HAVE IN A BOOK. SO WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING HERE THAT'S, UH, THAT CAN BE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTY REVENUE WISE. UM, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE A, A PROBLEM. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, OR I'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE RATIONALE BEHIND THESE THINGS. YEAH. UM, THERE, THERE HAS BEEN WORK THAT'S PUBLISHED, UH, THAT TALKS ABOUT THE RATIONALE. UH, PLANNING ASSOCIATIONS HAVE GIVEN, UH, US SOME, UH, PAPERS THAT TALK ABOUT THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SO, UH, WE DID DO A LOT OF RESEARCH AHEAD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. OKAY. SO I HAVE TO TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT, WHICH I DO. ALL RIGHT. BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME REFERENCE THAT IF I CAN IN A QUIET MOMENT, I, I MIGHT WANT TO [01:30:01] TAKE A LOOK AT AND UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE, THE THINKING HERE. JUMP IN HERE REAL QUICK. SO THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, WE, WE DID A TON OF RESEARCH ON WHEN WE ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THIS TO YOU. WE TALKED TO PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, WHO'S HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH DATA CENTERS. UH, WE TALKED WITH, UH, LOUDON, UM, WHO'S HAD THEY, THEY STARTED OUT WITH BUYRIGHT AND SO THEY HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF EXPOSURE. THEY'RE IN THE NEWS A LOT LATE RECENTLY ABOUT HOW MANY THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING ON. UM, THESE NEW CHANGES KIND OF CAME FROM NEW EXPERTS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD. UH, ONE OF THE EXPERTS THAT WE, WE, UM, DIDN'T TALK TO BUT THAT WE GOT INFORMATION FROM IS THE LOUDON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAIR. UM, HE HAS BASICALLY BECOME A NATIONAL DATA CENTER EXPERT. AND, UM, I THINK MR. ROY HAD SEEN HIM AT THE VACO CONFERENCE AND SEEN HIS PRESENTATION. AND SO HE GUIDED US TO THAT INFORMATION. SO WE, WE SAT DOWN WITH THAT. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT IN HERE HAVE BEEN FROM EXPERIENCES THAT LOCALITIES HAVE HAD WITH DATA CENTERS. UM, SO LIKE THE NEW NOISE REQUIREMENTS, UM, WE PULLED A LOT OF THOSE OUT OF, UM, FROM, UH, THE GENTLEMAN FROM LOUDOUN COUNTY. I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS BASED OFF OF THE EXPERIENCE OF ANOTHER LOCALITY THAT THEY'VE HAD AND HOW THEY WISH SOMETIMES THAT THEY HAD PUT THESE THINGS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS. MM-HMM . AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE CAME FROM, IS WE WANT TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT IF ONE IS IN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT SO THAT YOU AND THE PUBLIC GET A CHANCE TO MAKE ANY TAKE ON IT YOU WANT FROM THE BEGINNING. UM, SO IF YOU DON'T WANT 75 FEET, YOU CAN TELL 'EM THAT YOU DON'T WANT 75 FEET, OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO 75 FEET, YOU PUSH IT TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SIDE AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . THAT GIVES YOU THE CONTROL. THAT'S WHAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS IS THERE FOR. SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE DATA CENTER DEVELOPER CAN COME TO YOU AND SAY, HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I BEST DO THIS AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC, BUT STILL BE BRINGING SOMETHING TO, TO THE COUNTY, UM, THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT US INDUSTRIALLY, COMMERCIALLY, HOWEVER YOU WANNA CONSIDER A DATA CENTER. MM-HMM . OKAY. IS THAT HELPFUL? I, WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. MM-HMM . THE POINT IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME SUMMARY OF THE RATIONALE BEHIND SOME OF THESE SO THAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY VOTING ON. OKAY. UM, I'LL GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE. DATA CENTER, WE HAVE DATA, WE HAVE NOISE LEVEL, AND WE HAVE INSTITUTED OVER TIME, UM, CERTAIN DECIMAL LEVELS. YES. RIGHT. UH, FROM, NOT ONLY FROM THE INDUSTRY, BUT FROM NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR. AND WE'VE TRIED TO, WE'VE USED IT AS NECESSARY. HOW IS THAT ENFORCED? SO, OKAY. SO LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND. HOW IS THAT ENFORCED? OKAY. WHAT WE DO, UM, SOMEBODY HAS A NOISE COMPLAINT. THEY DON'T CALL YOU, THEY CALL THE SHERIFF. RIGHT? SO ARE THEY GONNA, SOMEBODY GONNA CALL THE SHERIFF TO GO OUT AND, AND ENFORCE THE DATA? I MEAN, ENFORCE THE DECIMALS, UH, ON THE, ON THE DATA CENTER? WELL, WE PROBABLY WORK WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THIS CASE BECAUSE IT IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND WE COULD REVOKE THEIR SPECIAL USE PERMIT IF THEY'RE EXCEEDING THEIR NOISE. SO LIKE, LET'S JUST SAY THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO TEST ALL THE GENERATORS. HANG ON. SECOND, I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT. IT'S A PROCESS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS. SURE. SO THE, THE SHERIFF IS LOATHED TO GO OUT AND USE A DECIMAL METER IF EVER SINCE WE'VE CREATED THIS LAW OR LAW, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT LAW CODE, THEY'VE BEEN LOATHED TO USE THIS ON NEIGHBORS. OKAY. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA USE THIS ON A DATA CENTER, BECAUSE IF THEY ONLY DO IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M SURE THE DATA CENTER DOESN'T WANNA VIOLATE WHATEVER WE SET UP. SO THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT IT, IT HELPS US KIND OF WORK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WORM THROUGH THIS STUFF SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE END. THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. SO, I MEAN, WE CAN'T HAVE, WE CAN'T SIT HERE AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING MM-HMM . WHICH WAS WHAT WE'VE GOT AND WE GOT STUFF. OKAY. BUT IT, IT'D JUST BE HELPFUL IF WE UNDERSTOOD THE RATIONALE BEHIND ALL THE STUFF WE'RE DOING. SURE. AND IF THERE, THERE'S, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA PUSH OFF A DATA CENTER, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A PROBLEM EITHER. RIGHT. AND WE DON'T EITHER. WE, I MEAN WE WE'RE VERY OPEN TO A DATA CENTER COMING HERE AND BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. UM, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE PROTECTED THROUGH THESE PROCESSES. AND I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN OUR, AS STAFF, THAT'S BEEN OUR BIGGEST CONCERN THE WHOLE TIME IS JUST AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS HOW CAN WE BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMENT AND BE A PART OF THE PROCESS, UM, BUT ALSO PROTECT THEM IN THE FUTURE. SO, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU GUYS TALKED TO ANY DATA CENTER PEOPLE? WE HAVE ACTUALLY. WE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE COME IN AND, AND SPEAK TO US ABOUT THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE IN PLACE. WE GOT, UM, DISCUSSION THROUGH ECONOMIC AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PEOPLE THAT HAD COME TO THEM ABOUT IT. UM, SO SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS [01:35:01] YOU SAW TONIGHT, KIND OF REMOVING SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, EXTRANEOUS THINGS THAT WE HAD IN THAT ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. RIGHT. UM, SO WE'VE REMOVED SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER IN, IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND THAT WAS BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM DEVELOP, UM, DATA CENTERED DEVELOPERS. YES. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I, I'D ESPECIALLY LIKE MR. ANDERSON ACTUALLY PULLED, PULLED ME INTO THAT SERIES OF, UH, DISCUSSIONS SO THAT SOME OF THE ENRICO AND MM-HMM . AND UM, HANOVER COUNTY INFORMATION WAS CONVEYED MM-HMM . AND MADE SURE THAT IT WAS UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY. MM-HMM . YEAH. ESPECIALLY LIKE ONE GENERATOR AT A TIME. 'CAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT 10 OR 12 GENERATORS RUNNING, IT CAN GET PRETTY NOISY. SO I DEFINITELY LIKE THAT. SO GOOD. UM, THE 75 FOOT REQUIREMENT, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF WATER, OF COOLING TOWERS, ROOF MOUNTED AC UNITS. IT'S NOT JUST THE BUILDING ITSELF, RIGHT? YES SIR. ALRIGHT. SO, UM, WITHIN THE, THE, UM, THE NOISE STANDARDS, DOES THE COUNTY HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO ACCURATELY TEST TO THOSE STANDARDS? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE, THE GENERATOR THING, UM, I THINK IT AT SMART THAT TO DO ONE GENERATOR AT A TIME, BUT AT THE, AT THE SAME TIME YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU WANT TO LIMIT THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT AN EXCESSIVE NOISE. BUT IF WE HAVE A NOISE, UM, STANDARD, HOW THAT WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T MATTER. YOU COULDN'T RUN ANY MORE THAN, THAN YOU COULD WITHOUT AN HOUR EXCEEDING THE, THE NOISE ANYWAYS. SO AGAIN, I I, I'M OKAY WITH, WITH ONE, AT ONE AT A TIME. IT SOLVES SOME OTHER PROBLEMS TOO. BUT THAT'S FOR TESTING ONLY THOUGH, RIGHT? FOR TE TESTING GOES THERE BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S DOCUMENTATION HERE ABOUT NOT RUNNING IT AS A PRIMARY POWER SOURCE. IT'S ONLY FOR TESTING AND EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY USES. SO THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAD ONE QUESTION THAT WAS RELATED TO THE COMMENTS MADE DURING CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD. SO IF A DATA CENTER IS BUILT AND THEN ABANDONED, UH, IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR DISMANTLING? IS THERE A REQUIREMENT THAT, UM, GENERATORS, ET CETERA BE REMOVED? UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT IN OUR STANDARDS. I JUST, NOT IN THE DATA ORDINANCE. YES SIR. I DON'T HAVE THE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST NOT IN OUR NOTES. IT, IT IS IN THERE RESOLUTION. YEAH. THANKS. FORBEARING THAT OUT. 'CAUSE I WAS, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAD SOME TYPE OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, BUT I WASN'T JUST LIKE THIS. SURE. I'VE FORGOT TO ASK ABOUT THAT. IT IS. UM, OKAY. L IT STARTS AT K AND GOES THROUGH L AND M. SO IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT THAT THE DATA CENTER CEASES TO OPERATE FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD, UM, THEY'LL BE CONTACTED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOTTA PROVIDE EVIDENCE SO THEY'RE STILL OPERATING. IF NOT, THEN THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A RESTORATION PLAN. UM, AND THE, IT'S ALL ENFORCED THROUGH THE ZONING ORDINANCE. UM, I'M TRYING TO RE REMOVAL OF DATA CENTER EQUIPMENT SHALL BE, UM, TAKE PLACE ACCORDING TO AND GOVERNED BY THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM. AND IT HAS TO BE DONE WITHIN 180 DAYS ONCE THE COUNTY GIVES THEM THAT INFORMATION. AND THAT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT THE AGREEMENT IS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED WHEN THEY START OPERATION. THAT'S A, AN AGREEMENT THAT IS WRITTEN BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE DATA CENTER OPERATOR. SO WE HAVE THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, YOU'RE GONNA MOVE THINGS LIKE, UM, FUEL TANKS AND, AND GENERATORS AND COOLING TOWERS AND AC UNITS AND SO FORTH. WHAT ABOUT THE ACTUAL BUILDING ITSELF? DOES THAT GET REMOVED AS WELL? OR IS USUALLY WE DON'T HAVE THEM REMOVED THE BUILDING, BUT USUALLY THE THINGS INSIDE OF IT, LIKE THE SERVERS AND EQUIPMENT AND THAT NATURE WOULD BE REMOVED. IT'D BE SIMILAR TO KIND OF OUR, I HATE TO COMPARE IT TO THE GAS STATIONS, BUT YOU KNOW, THE GAS TANKS COME OUT, THE CANOPY COMES DOWN AND RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A, A MARKETABLE SITE FOR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT RIGHT. AND RIGHT. AND THE BUILDING COULD BE A BIG ASSET AND, AND THAT SITE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THERE, SO. CORRECT. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. OKAY, THANKS. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING CALL ON ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS, UH, TOPIC SHOW 1 0 3. KIMBERLY HAVE NOT YET MOVED. UM, I HADN'T PLANNED TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE TONIGHT, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS. UM, DO WE REQUIRE A BOND, UH, TO BE, UM, ABLE TO ENSURE THAT IF A COMPANY GOES BANKRUPT, THAT THEY HAVE THE FUNDS TO REMOVE WHATEVER YOU'RE REQUIRING THEM TO REMOVE IF THEY'RE NO LONGER IN BUSINESS? THAT BOTHERS ME BECAUSE THESE ARE HUGE AND IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO HAVE TO HAUL EVERY STUFF, EVERYTHING OUT OF THERE AND DIG UP STUFF IN THE GROUND. ALSO, IN VERY MANY COMMUNITIES WHERE THESE [01:40:01] DATA CENTERS ARE COMING IN, MANY OF THEM ARE CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THEY ARE NOISY, THEY CAUSE GROUNDWATER POLLUTION. THEY CAUSE AIR POLLUTION AND NOISE POLLUTION. AND THEY'RE UNWANTED. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, BECAUSE OF THE INCOME THAT THEY WILL POTENTIALLY BRING INTO THE COMMUNITY AS OUR RATES GO UP FOR OUR UTILITIES, UM, THAT OUTWEIGHS THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS. AND I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. WE ARE HERE FIRST AND WE SHOULD HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PEACE WHERE WE RESIDE. THANK YOU MR. WILLIAMS. MARK WILLIAMS, FIVE 13 CHARLES ROAD. YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL ME MARK, MR. MAKES ME FEEL OLD. UM, MR. ? YEAH, I THINK I'M GETTING THE WHITE PAPERS FROM LOUDOUN COUNTY BEING THAT THEY HAVE THE, UH, LARGEST MAJORITY OF, UM, DATA CENTERS. THEY'VE ACTUALLY CREATED A WHOLE INDUSTRY, UH, WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL AT NBCC, WHICH TNCC DOWN HERE IMITATED BY CREATING ALL THE CAMPUSES HERE. ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT, THEY'VE ACTUALLY CREATED A WHOLE INDUSTRY UP THERE. THERE'S CONSTRUCTION TEAMS THAT WERE TRAINED THROUGH THE, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND IT'S CREATED A WHOLE NEW INDUSTRY. UM, I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE WANTING US TO BE THE COUNTY OF YES. UM, AND THERE'S A LOT TO BE DESIRED FROM THAT. WE MAY NEED TO BE THE COUNTY OF MAYBE. AND MAYBE YES. UM, TAKING OFF ALL GUARDRAILS COULD LEAD TO, UM, FURTHER WORK DOWN THE ROAD RATHER THAN JUST DEALING WITH THE SPECIAL REQUEST OR WHATEVER THESE THINGS ARE CALLED, UM, TO GET AN ORDINANCE PASSED OR, UM, APPROVAL FOR A PROJECT. UM, I'VE GOT A MINUTE 50, SO I BETTER START TALKING, UH, LOGICALLY HERE. AS FAR AS THE, UH, RATING, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT COMES OUT. DOES IT READ DBA DB? THIS THE SCIENCE BEHIND NOISE GENERATION. UM, DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES GO DIFFERENT LINKS DEPENDING ON THE POWER THAT'S CREATING THE NOISE BEING LOW FREQUENCY, HIGH FREQUENCY. UM, MOST OF US MEN THAT LOSE OUR HEARING DOWN TO ABOUT 8,000 HERTZ CAN NO LONGER HEAR HIGH PITCHED WOMEN SPEAK OR CAT'S MEOW. UM, SO WE MAY NOT BE AS IMPACTED, BUT IF IT'S A LOW FREQUENCY, IT'S WEIGHTED ON A DIFFERENT SCALE. SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK AT IS WHAT WAITING BECAUSE A PARTY NEXT DOOR THAT'S THE KIDS ARE PLAYING TOO LOUD AT MIDNIGHT IS A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY THAN A DATA CENTER'S GONNA CREATE IT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE LOOK INTO AS TO WHAT, WHAT WAITING SCALES NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO MEASURE NOISE FROM A DATA CENTER. AND I THINK LOUDOUN COUNTY COULD PROBABLY BE GET IT AS THAT. THE OTHER CONSIDERATION GOING FORWARD, TAKING OFF OUR GROUND RAILS. WHAT DO WE BRING IN A DATA CENTER THREE YEARS FROM NOW? THEY WANNA PUT A SMALL NUCLEAR PLANT TO GENERATE POWER TO TAKE THEMSELVES OFF OF DOMINION. AND THAT BRINGS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND SO THERE'S, UM, STRONG CONSIDERATIONS AS TO HOW THEY'RE GONNA POWER THESE DATA CENTERS GOING IN THE FUTURE. 'CAUSE IT IS PUTTING A TAP ON THE GRIDS. WE'RE PROBABLY ALSO AWARE THAT DOMINION POWER MAY BE EMERGING WITH A NEW COMPANY THAT WAS JUST RELEASED YESTERDAY. UM, OF COURSE IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE SEVERAL STATES BECAUSE IT'S A COMPANY OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND FLORIDA. AND SO DOMINION MAY BE MERGING, WHICH THEN PUTS THIS INTO, UH, INTERSTATE UNDER INTERSTATE CODE. UM, I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL. MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER CITIZENS? WISHING TO SPEAK. SEEING NONE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY FURTHER BOARD DISCUSSION. I I'LL JUST SHARE THE, THE WHOLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE DATA CENTER ORDINANCE IS GONNA CONTINUE TO BE AN INTERATIVE PROCESS AS WE LEARN MORE AND MORE OVER TIME. AND WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS IT MAKES SENSE TO, AGAIN, TO PROTECT THE COUNTY AND ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY AND THE RESIDENTS. AND WE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA PRETEND WE'LL GET IT ALL RIGHT IN ANY ONE SHOT, BUT, BUT WE WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE LEARN MORE. I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION. I'LL MOVE. UH, ORDINANCE 26 DASH 12. I THINK THAT'S THE PLEASE. THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOLES TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE 26 DASH 12 AS SUBMITTED. MR. DRURY? YES. MR. ROH? YES. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MRS. NOLL? YES. MR. HORO? YES. MOTION CARRIED. [6. Easement Vacation: Walmart - Partial Easement Vacation - 731 East Rochambeau Drive. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R26-72 to authorize the County Administrator to execute documents vacating interest in a portion of a County-owned permanent easement located over private property at 731 East Rochambeau Drive, County of York, Virginia.] MOVE ON TO, UH, NUMBER SIX, EASEMENT VACATION FOR WALMART. [01:45:01] UH, THIS IS A PARTIAL EASEMENT VACATION. UH, AND MR. KREGER WILL, UM, PROVIDE US THE DETAILS I'VE BEEN DELEGATED. OKAY. SO, UH, MR. RHODES FROM, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. THANK YOU. UH, EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. UM, I AM HERE TO PRESENT THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON THE VACATION, THE PARTIAL VACATION OF A UTILITY EASEMENT, ESSENTIALLY BEHIND THE WALMART UP IN WILLIAMSBURG. AND, OH, OKAY. UH, OH. I CLICKED SOMETHING. ANYWAY, I'M JUST GONNA READ IT OFF TO YOU REALLY QUICK. THE SHORT GIST OF IT IS, IS THAT WALMART WANTED TO PUT A GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATE ELECTRICAL CONDUIT WITHIN A EXISTING PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT. WE HAVE A PUMP STATION BACK THERE. AND THROUGH COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND PUBLIC WORKS, WE DECIDED THAT A PARTIAL VACATION IS BEST. THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE WAS AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT. WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE, THE PREVIOUS, UM, SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO ESSENTIALLY RECOMMEND VACATING PARTIALLY THIS EASEMENT. AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS, EVERYONE? YEP. OKAY. AND SO IN VACATING THE, THE EASEMENT, OH, WE'RE JUST, UH, UH, HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT US IF WE HAVE TO GO ON THE PROPERTY? SO IT'S A PARTIAL VACATION. UH, UTILITY ENGINEERING REVIEWED THE, ESSENTIALLY THE MEETS AND THE BOUNDS OF THE AREA BEING VACATED. AND IN OUR OPINION, WE ARE OKAY WITH THE EASEMENT. AS WITH THE REMAINING EASEMENT. THAT'S NOT GONNA BE VACATED. IT'S GONNA GIVE OUR GUYS ENOUGH ROOM TO GET BACK THERE AND MAINTAIN EVERYTHING BY RIGHT. GET ENOUGH ROOM. YEP. OKAY. THAT'S MY, THAT WAS MY CONCERN. THAT'S RIGHT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WHICH CASE? I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SORRY. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? NONE. NONE. I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION. I MOVE R 26 DASH 72. WE'LL CALL PLEASE. THE MOTION MADE BY MRS. NOLL IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION 26 DASH 72 AS SUBMITTED. MR. ROME? YES. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MRS. NOLL? YES. MR. DRURY? YES. MR. ROY? YES. MOTION CARRIED. [7. York County Secondary Six-Year Plan (SSYP) FY27–32 Draft Allocations and Project Programming Update. Consider adoption of proposed Resolution R26-73 to approve a project priority listing for secondary road construction for the six-year period FY 2027 through FY 2032 and to approve a construction budget for FY 2027] ITEM SEVEN IS, UH, YORK COUNTY AND VDO T'S SECONDARY SIX YEAR PROJECT PLAN. THIS IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 THROUGH 32 DRAFT ALLOCATIONS AND PROJECT PROGRAM UPDATE. AND ROB? YES, SIR. GOOD TO BE BEFORE YOU AGAIN THIS EVENING. UM, EACH YEAR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MUST REVIEW AND THEN ADOPT A PRIORITY LISTING FOR THE SSYP, UH, FOR ALLOCATED FUNDING, UM, FOR FUTURE PROJECTS WITHIN THE COUNTY. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY FOR THIS, FOR THE SIX YEAR PROGRAM, BUT ONLY THE FIRST YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION IS, IS NOTED AND FUNDED. UM, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES THAT THIS COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND, UM, VDOT FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND INPUT. UH, THERE WAS A SMALL CHANGE TO THIS. UM, IT WENT UP ABOUT 70,000 ISH DOLLARS, BUT IT ADDED A SIDEWALK AND PEDESTRIAN AREA AT BETHEL MANOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BY THE BASE. UM, SO IT HAS INCREASED OR OUR, OUR ALLOCATION HAS INCREASED. UH, THE CHANGE HAS BEEN, UM, APPROVED BY THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION. IT CONFORMS WITH THE YORK COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FALLS IN LINE WITH YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF EX EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SAFETY. IT ALSO, UM, IS CONCURRENT WITH OUR APPROVED DPW STRATEGIC CAPITAL PLAN THAT YOU GOT APPROVED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. AND THEN IT, UM, FITS NICELY IN WITH, UH, CITIZEN SURVEY AND THE FLASH VOTE FOR MORE SIDEWALKS, BIKE TRAILS, PEDESTRIAN. SO, UM, BASICALLY THE SSYP IS THE SECONDARY SYSTEM, UH, SIX YEAR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THIS, I, I GUESS I'LL CALL IT A, UM, PRIORITIZED FINANCIAL DOCUMENT AND YOU'LL REVIEW IT ANNUALLY, UM, AND GET A CHANCE TO APPROVE IT. UM, THE RESIDENCY IS HERE WITH BRIAN GENTRY. HE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. ABSOLUTELY. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. , IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A ROLLOVER OF LAST YEAR'S PLAN THOUGH, IS IT NOT? CORRECT. YEAH. WITH THE BETHEL MANOR AND THEN IF YOU, EXCEPT FOR THE SIDEWALK. OKAY. [01:50:01] LET'S CORRECT, I'M GONNA CORRECT YOU HERE. OKAY. SO, AND THIS, AND I READ THIS. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT IT BEING NEAR THE SCHOOL. OKAY. THERE WAS A WALK FROM THE, THE HOUSING, BETHEL HOUSING AREA ON ONE SIDE ACROSS TO THE, THE OTHER SIDE ON RAPTOR, WHICH IS NOT NEXT TO THE SCHOOL. RIGHT. SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SCHOOL. UH, THE BASE COMMANDER, UM, APPROACHED ME ABOUT THIS. UH, THESE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF HELP YOU GUYS? UM, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, OKAY? THE WHOLE HAMPTON ROSE COMMUNITY IS TO MAKE IT, UM, UH, HOW DO I DESCRIBE THIS IS, IS TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE MILITARY, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OUR CONTRIBUTION TO KIND OF HELP OUT THE MILITARY. UH, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS IN COMPETITION WITH OTHER, OTHER LOCALITIES, UH, FOR, AND I, I'M TALKING ABOUT LOCALITIES AWAY FROM VIRGINIA. OKAY. SO IT'S LIKE MOVING A BASE OR, OR CLOSING A BASE OR DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S TO HELP A, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE MILITARY FAMILIES. 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO CROSS BIG BETHEL ROAD. MM-HMM . AND, AND THERE'S KIDS THAT ARE A LOT OF KIDS ON ONE SIDE. THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE AND THERE'S LITERALLY NO MARKINGS. THERE'S NO NOTHING TO PROTECT THEM. AND WHAT MAKES THIS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN, THAN NORMAL IS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO, YOU'RE GONNA PUT SOME MARKING, SUPPOSEDLY THIS WOULD END UP WITH MARKINGS ON THE ROAD FOR THE CROSSING, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SOME SORT OF WARNING LIGHTS OR SOME LIGHTED SYSTEM. AND THIS, WERE GONNA REQUIRE A MORE, A LITTLE MORE ENGINEERING THAN YOU WOULD DO JUST A STRAIGHT UP CROSSWALK. IT, IT'S, IT'S, THE ROADS ARE NOT LINED UP CORRECTLY AND IT'S TO SHARE IF YOU'D LIKE. AND IT'S RIGHT, IT'S, I MEAN, IF I'M OFF, I'M OFF. PLEASE. COME'S THE REC CENTER, ISN'T IT? I HAVE THE, UM, I IT'S COME TO THE MIC. SORRY. YEAH. I HAVE TO SPEAK TO THE MIC. IT'S THE ONLY WAY THE VIEWERS CAN HEAR YOU. GOOD EVENING. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. UM, BRIAN GENTRY. I'M WITH VDOT WILLIAMSBURG RESIDENCY. SO, UM, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, RAPTOR BOULEVARD. MM-HMM . BIG BETHEL ROAD. AND THAT WOULD, IT'S GONNA CONSIST OF SHIFTING THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OVER. SO WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT SURFACE. UH, RETROFITTING THE EXISTING CURB RAMPS FOR 80 A REQUIREMENTS, INSTALLATION OF VISIBILITY, HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALK MARKINGS, INSTALLATION OF PEDESTRIAN WARNING SIGNAGE, AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACON SIGNS. BUT THIS IS JUST ACROSS ONE HOUSING DIVISION, CORRECT? RIGHT ACROSS BIG BETHEL TO THE OTHER. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SCHOOLS. 'CAUSE YOU HAD TO GO DOWN THE, DOWN THE ROAD. DOWN THE ROAD. IT IS RIGHT THERE AT BOULEVARD. IT'S, YEAH, IT'S AT THE REC CENTER. IT HEADS DOWN THE ROAD TO THE REC. YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE YOU GET TO THE SCHOOL. IT'S TO SERVE THE, SERVE THE, UH, MILITARY COMMUNITIES BACK AND FORTH HERE. AND THAT'S IT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. ALRIGHT. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO. SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING CALL ON ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY FURTHER BOARD DISCUSSION. THIS HAS COME UP. UM, THIS, THIS PROJECT'S COME UP SEVERAL TIMES IN DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE BASE, WITH RUMPA THROUGH, UH, THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, SEVERAL OTHER THINGS. SO THE, THE, THE, THE COMMANDER WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. MM-HMM . AND THE IDEA WAS IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT. OKAY. BECAUSE OF ALL THIS ALTERATIONS, IT, IT JUST, THE ROADS DON'T LINE UP, THE CURBS DON'T LINE UP. AND, UM, BUT IT'S A, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN, IT, IT'S SOMETHING IN OUR BEST INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY. BEST INTEREST FOR, FOR THE, THE MILITARY HERE IN OUR AREA. SO IF THERE'S NO ISSUE ON THAT, I'LL MOVE THE RESOLUTION. 26 73 I BELIEVE. ALRIGHT, SO MOVED. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. SHEPHERD. MOVED. MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION. 26 DASH 73 AS SUBMITTED. MR. SHEPHERD? YES. MRS. NOLL? YES. MR. DRURY? YES. MR. ROH? YES. MR. ROY? YES. MOTION CARRIED. AND MR. GENTRY, I'D LIKE TO GET 30 SECONDS YOUR TIME BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT, IF THE MATTER THANKS . YOU BETTER RUN NOW. YEAH, IT'LL BE JUST, IT'LL BE QUICK. I THINK IT'S 30 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. UH, I'LL CALL ON MR. HILL TO, UM, DISCUSS SALARIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, THERE ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION [01:55:01] THIS EVENING. UNDER THIS AGENDA ITEM, THE FIRST WOULD SET THE SALARIES, UH, AT THE STANDARD AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN SET PLUS A 5% INCREASE. THE SECOND RESOLUTION WOULD RETAIN THE EXISTING AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST OF $9,000 FOR THE BOARD AND, UH, 1200 FOR THE VICE CHAIR AND 1800 FOR THE BOARD CHAIRMAN. THIS, THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE, WOULD BE ADOPTED UNDER VIRGINIA STATE CODE 15.2141 4.3, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL THE ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE TO ESTABLISH BOARD SALARIES. IT REQUIRES THE BOARD TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT AN ORDINANCE. YEAH, THESE ARE ORDINANCES, , UM, EVERY, UH, EVERY YEAR. AND WE HAVE USED THAT PROCEDURE ANNUALLY IN YORK COUNTY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO ESTABLISH OUR SALARIES. THERE'S ALSO A, AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PLEASE DISCUSS THAT? YES. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THERE IS A, UH, PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT WOULD, UH, ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM SALARY OF $11,000 FOR BOARD MEMBERS WITH, UM, UH, 1800 FOR THE CHAIR AND 1200 FOR THE VICE CHAIR BEGINNING JANUARY, ONE OF 2028, FOLLOWING THE NEXT ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND THAT IS THE PROCEDURE THAT IS UTILIZED, UM, THE STANDARD PROCEDURE, WHICH REQUIRES THE BOARD TO ADOPT A MAXIMUM SALARY, BUT IT, THEY'RE NOT, IT CAN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THERE'S AN INTERVENING ELECTION BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ELECTION. SO THIS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION, NEXT YEAR OF ALL MEMBERS. AND IT WOULD NOT BE. AND, AND THEN THE NEXT BOARD THAT TAKES OFFICE, UH, IN JANUARY 1ST, 2028 WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT TILL THERE'S ANOTHER INTER ANOTHER ELECTION, WHICH WOULD NOT HAPPEN FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE, THE FIRST 1, 26 DASH 11 IS FOR NEXT YEAR, 26 DASH 11 OR 26 DASH 11 R WOULD BE FOR THE, THIS CURRENT UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR IS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR? YES. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONE IS AFTER THE ELECTION IS WHAT NUMBER IS THAT? THAT IS, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT IS, UM, NUMBER 15. YEAH. YEAH. 1526 R DASH, IT'S R 26 DASH 88. UM, AND THEN I WOULD NOTE THAT IF THE BOARD WERE TO ADOPT THE BOARD, THE BOARD HAS TO ADOPT SOMETHING FOR ITS SALARIES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR OR YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE ORDINANCE. THAT'S THE ONE THAT, YEAH, IF THE BOARD, WE NOT, WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT FOR THE COMING YEAR. YEAH. IF, IF THE BOARD WERE TO ADOPT THE MAXIMUM TO GO INTO EFFECT AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION, YES. NEXT SPRING, YOU'LL STILL NEED TO THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. ADOPT SALARIES FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIOD BETWEEN JULY 1ST AND THE BEGINNING OF THAT DECEMBER 3RD SALARY. MM-HMM . SO MY REC, WE'VE, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS OFF AND ON EVERY YEAR, UH, IT'S BEEN MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE FOLLOW THE WHAT'S SHOWED IN THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR. THAT IS THE PROCESS USED FOR JCC AND OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY SET A MAXIMUM AMOUNT. AND IT'S FIXED FOR THE TERM OF, UM, THE, THE ELECTION, THE FOUR YEARS. THE FOUR YEARS. UH, AND THAT, UH, WE BASICALLY MOVED TOWARDS ADOPTING THAT. WHAT'S IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR, RIGHT? YEAH. WHAT'S IN THE, WHAT ACTION UNDER ITEM EIGHT IS, UH, DO WE MAINTAIN THE SALARIES AT THE CURRENT LEVEL THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR? THAT'S RIGHT. OR DO WE INCREASE IT BASED ON AN INFLATIONARY INCREASE MAINTAINING IT IS R CORRECT. R YEAH. CORRECT. YEAH. SO I, I WOULD SUPPORT 26 11 R MAINTAINING WHERE'S THE R THE SALARY IS AS, AS THEY'VE EXISTED HERE OVER THE, SINCE, I DUNNO, HOWEVER FAR BACK. SO I NEED TO FIRST OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, CALL IN ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. THIS IS ITEM EIGHT. AND PAM PAU HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST. PAM PAU 1 0 3. KIMBERLY, THERE'S A POST SALARY INCREASE FROM 9,000 TO 11,000 GOING INTO EFFECT BY STATUTE IN 2028. AND APPROXIMATE 22% RAISE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR MILEAGE, TRAVEL EXPENSES, AND COUNTY [02:00:01] BUSINESS MEALS ARE ALL REIMBURSABLE. IF YOU SO DESIRE, THIS SHOULD NOT BE A LIFETIME CAREER. I TRULY BELIEVE IN TERM LIMITS. NO MATTER HOW FANTASTIC A SUPERVISOR MAY BE AT HIS OR HER JOB, SERVE EIGHT YEARS AND GO HOME, NEWPORT NEWS PAYS THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS $47,000, WHICH IS BEYOND OBSCENE. SO I GUESS 11,000 SHOULD NOT BE A CONCERN TO THE TAXPAYERS, BUT IT IS, AT THE VERY LEAST. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD PUBLISH ONLINE. HOW MANY HOURS EACH WEEK YOU ADDRESS BOARD EVENTS IN PERSON AND WHAT THEY ARE. HOW MANY HOURS ON THE PHONE AND COMPUTER DO YOU SPEND? HOW MANY TOWN HALLS, IF ANY, IF YOU WANT TO BE PAID FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, AT LEAST LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING BESIDES ATTENDING TO MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS. I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT SERVICES WE'RE PAYING FOR. THANK YOU MR. WILLIAMS. MARK WILLIAMS, FIVE 13 CHARLES ROAD. UM, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS. HOWEVER, I'M NOT IN CONTROL OF THE BUDGET. UM, YOU GUYS ARE, ONE THING I DIDN'T HEAR IS THE, THEY SAY THE TRUTH IS IN THE DETAILS. WHICH WAY DO WE COME OUT FINANCIALLY BETTER OR WORSE? DID WE IMPLEMENT IT RIGHT AWAY OR GO WITH THE FOUR YEAR PLAN? AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT, UH, PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH DID BACK IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, OR AS HE WAS LEAVING OFFICE, HE INCREASED THE SALARY FOR THE PRESIDENCY, BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL THE NEXT TERM. BASED UPON THAT PRECEDENT. I LOOK AT THAT DIRECTION. UM, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE STATE WOULD'VE INCLUDED SOMETHING JUST TO ALLOW PERCENTAGES EACH YEAR BASED UPON INFLATION, BUT APPARENTLY THEY DIDN'T GIVE A, THAT'S NOT AN OPTION. MR. HILL FROM THE STATE. I, I CAN'T ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. OH, A HEAD NOD, YES OR NO WOULD'VE WORKED. UM, SO ULTIMATELY YOU GUYS HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION OF WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR YOUR, FOR YOURSELVES. AND, UM, THE CITIZENS WILL LIVE WITH IT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CITIZENS? WISHING TO SPEAK. SEEING NONE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS. TALKING. TALKING. WHICH ONE ARE WE DOING FIRST? RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TALKING. WE'RE TALKING EIGHT. OKAY. WHAT? EIGHT? UM, EIGHT. WAIT A MINUTE. EIGHT. THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE ON. AGENDA ITEM. AGENDA [8. Establish the salaries of members of the York County Board of Supervisors effective July 1, 2026. Consider proposed Ordinance No. 26-11 to establish salaries for the Members of the York County Board of Supervisors effective July 1, 2026. ] ITEM EIGHT. AGENDA ITEM EIGHT. WE'RE EITHER MAINTAIN THE CURRENT RANGE. THAT'S FOR THE CURRENT, RIGHT. I'LL MOVE, UH, DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. WELL, YOU WILL LET, LET HER MOVE AND THEN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION. HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT. SHE CAN MOVE, BUT NO, WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BECAUSE THERE'S TWO ORDINANCES HERE. OKAY, GO AHEAD. DISCUSS. THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS IS A, TO ME IT'S A QUANDARY. AND I THINK SETTING OUR SALARY IS KIND OF A CRAZY, CRAZY DEAL FOR ME. UM, I THINK IF IT'S SET BY THE STATE, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WOULDN'T JUST BE A COST OF LIVING RAISE. AND THEN WE NEVER TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN. WE JUST NEVER TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN. IF IT'S SET ON THE RECORD THAT IF IT'S AT 9,000 OR 11,000 EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE A COST OF LIVING RAISE, IT GOES UP AND WE NEVER TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN. MR. HILL AND I HAD THIS DISCUSSION, UH, WOULD YOU CARE TO ELABORATE? I UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T DO THAT. THE, THE LAW DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE THAT KIND OF A PROCEDURE. THE THERE'S, THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO WAYS YOU COULD DO IT. STATE LAW PROVIDES THE MINIMUM, THE, THE, THE SET LEVEL OF 9,000 FOR MEMBERS. BUT YOU HAVE TO ANNUALLY PASS AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THAT. WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU WANT A COST OF LIVING OVER THAT, YOU HAVE TO ANNUALLY ADOPT THE COST OF LIVING. ALTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN SET A MAXIMUM THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION AND THEN IT'S IN EFFECT FOR FOUR YEARS. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT FOR THE FOUR YEARS. BUT THERE'S JUST NO MECHANISM FOR THIS CURRENT BOARD BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE ELECTED EVERY FOUR YEARS AND ALL FIVE OF YOU ARE ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME. THERE'S NO REALISTIC MECHANISM TO DO SOMETHING LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING OTHER THAN JUST TO VOTE ON EVERY YEAR JUST TO BE A COST OF LIVING. YOU COULD ANNUALLY VOTE A COST OF LIVING UP TO 5% OVER WHATEVER THE SALARY IS. STARTING WITH THE BASELINE. YES. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT SIMPLE. WAIT A MINUTE. I'M GETTING CONFUSED WHEN I JUST SEEMS WEIRD. I'M JUST MR. ROME. WELL, YEAH, LET, [02:05:01] LET, LET'S MAKE IT SIMPLE AND IN MY CASE, LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS. WE GOT WHAT WE GOT. I WOULD SUPPORT 26 11 DASH R TO LEAVE THE SALARIES AS THEY EXIST TODAY, AS THEY EXISTED OF THE PAST FEW YEARS. MM-HMM . ROLL CALL. MR. I MEAN, I, THIS, I THINK IN THAT ALL THE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. WE'VE ONLY RAISED THE SALARY ONCE. YOU DON'T NEED TO. I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE. ONLY ONCE AND THAT WAS PROBABLY 15, 20 YEARS AGO. SO I DON'T CARE. I IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT ALL GOES TO CHARITY ANYWAY. THAT'S RIGHT. SO I'M NOT RAISING IT. SO CAN I HAVE A RESOLUTION ON R I'LL MOVE, I'LL MOVE. 26 11 DASH R. YOU GOT IT. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. THIS IS THE MOTION MADE BY MR. ROH IS TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE 26 DASH 11 R AS SUBMITTED. MRS. NOLL, THIS IS TO KEEP IT AS IS. YES. MR. DRURY? YES. MR. ROME. YES. MR. SHEPHERD. YES. MR. ROY? YES. MOTION CARRIED. WE HAVE NO, UH, UNFINISHED BUSINESS. I'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT [M. Consent Calendar ] CALENDAR. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FIVE DIFFERENT BOARD MEETINGS, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS. THEY'RE PRIMARILY ALL, UH, BUDGET RELATED MEETINGS. SO MARCH 24, MARCH 26, APRIL SEVEN, APRIL NINE, AND APRIL 21. THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE APPLICATIONS FROM, UH, PRISA HOUSE ASSOCIATES, LLC REQUESTING AN EXTENSION TWO YEAR EXTENSION OF THEIR DEADLINES FOR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, UH, PROJECT AT 9 0 5 DENBY. SO THOSE THREE APPLICATIONS ARE TO ESTABLISH AN ACCESSORY AUTOMOBILE FUELING DISPENSING TO ESTABLISH A MINI STORAGE WAREHOUSE FACILITY AND TO EXPAND THE EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORE. AND NUMBER 13 IS REQUEST, UH, FOR REFUND FOR REAL ESTATE TAXES FROM DISABLED VETERANS. NUMBER 14, IS IT BUILDING ADDITION AND RENOVATIONS TO AUTHORIZE THE CONTRACT OF THE IT BUILDING ADDITION AND RENOVATION PROJECT. AND NUMBER 15 IS ESTABLISHED A MAXIMUM SALARY FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF $11,000 STARTING IN JANUARY OF 28. UM, AND I WILL ASK IF ANY OF THE BOARDS WISH TO HAVE ANY OF THE ITEMS PULLED FOR A DISCUSSION. I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT 10, 11, AND 12. ANY QUESTION? PULL THE LAST ONE. YEAH, I DO TOO. SEE YOU TALKING ABOUT SALARIES AGAIN. NUMBER ABOUT 15 AND 15. ALRIGHT, I DON'T SEE THE NUMBERS. 15. 15. EARL, CAN I HAVE YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT 10, 11, AND 12? I HAVE VISUALS IF YOU WANT THEM. , WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT? I HAVE VISUALS IF YOU WANT THEM. OKAY. NO, I, I, I REMEMBER WHEN THIS FIRST CAME TO THE BOARD AND THE ORIGINAL SPECIAL USE PERMIT. AND I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION IS BASICALLY, ALRIGHT. SO I DON'T THINK MUCH HAS BEEN DONE, AT LEAST THE NEXT TIME. LAST TIME I DROVE BY THERE, I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY, ANY ACTIVITY IN ANY OF THIS CONSTRUCTION. SO IS DO WE KNOW IF A TWO YEAR EXTENSION IS GONNA BE SUFFICIENT OR WE'RE GONNA BE BACK HERE IN TWO YEARS WITH THE SAME, UH, I'M NOT SURE. THE, THE ISSUES THAT THEIR LETTER, UM, TALKED ABOUT WAS THEY WANTED TO PUT THEIR BMP UNDER THE DOMINION POWER LINES, AND THEY'VE BEEN UNABLE TO GET, UM, GRANTED APPROVAL FOR THAT FROM DOMINION. UM, SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THEY HAVE TO FIGURE SOME OTHER WAY TO DO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ON THE SITE. AND, UM, THAT POSSIBLY MEANS UNDERGROUND STORAGE OR REDUCING THE INTENSITY OF ONE OF THE USES TO ALLOW FOR A BMP TO BE PUT IN. I'M NOT REALLY SURE. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, BECAUSE THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO GET DOMINION TO AGREE TO LETTING THEM PUT THE BMP THERE. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT. UM, THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TONIGHT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM COME UP AND ANSWER, BUT, UM, YEAH. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THAT'S BEEN THE PROBLEM IS WHERE THAT BMP IS GONNA GO. AND SO THE, THE, THE, THE ISSUE BEING HOWEVER FAR BACK WHEN WE FIRST CONSIDERED THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, IT'S PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC HAD OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT, THE INITIAL THE PLAN. BUT WHEN IT GETS DELAYED, YOU GET A TWO YEAR EXTENSION AND YOU GET DELAYED AGAIN. YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO, WELL, HEY, WE, WE, WE, OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. I UNDERSTAND SITUATIONS COME UP AND THINGS HAPPEN, IT DOESN'T WORK ACCORDING TO THE PLAN. BUT WHAT I DON'T WANNA SEE HAPPEN IS, E TWO YEARS FROM NOW WE'RE BACK HERE, ANO ANOTHER EXTENSION. ANOTHER EXTENSION. AND AT WHAT POINT DO WE BRING THE, THE BACK TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TO LET THE PUBLIC TO VOICE THEIR THOUGHTS INTO, INTO, INTO THE PROJECT? SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IT'S TWO YEARS GONNA BE ENOUGH. HOPEFULLY [02:10:01] IT IS, BUT WE, IT JUST CAN'T GO ON FOR FOREVER. SO THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M RINGING IT UP. THANKS. I GOT A QUESTION. SERIOUSLY. YEP. WHY NOT? WELL, IT GOES BACK TO, AGAIN, WHEN IT FIRST CAME TO THE BOARD, IT WAS, IT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING. CITIZENS HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO IT IN FAVOR, WHATEVER THE CONCERNS IT GOES. 10 YEARS, NEW RESIDENCE HAS MOVED IN, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING THERE. SO YOU SAY IT REACHES A POINT WHERE THEN IT BECOMES ANOTHER ISSUE PROBABLY SO. RIGHT. BUT, BUT WITH THIS, THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK FOR, I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO HAVE WHATEVER GENERATION OF RESIDENTS HERE TO I PUT IT ON AN EXTENSION. IT DOESN'T. THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. THIS JUST EXTENDS THEIR SPECIAL USE PRINT ANOTHER TWO YEARS AND, UM, IF THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO IT IN TWO YEARS, THEY MIGHT COME BACK AND ASK AGAIN. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF THIS PROCESS, I, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IT IS, BUT IT IS THE PROCESS WE KINDA HAVE TO ALLOW MM-HMM . USES TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD IF THEY NEED TO. UM, I WISH I COULD PREDICT THE FUTURE, BUT IT, I MAKE LOTS MORE MONEY, BUT, UH, YEAH. NO, BUT I DO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE, WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO INPUT. UM, I WILL SAY THAT DURING THIS, THAT PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, THEY, THEY HAD NOBODY COME OUT AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST IT. RIGHT. AND I REMEMBER IT'S REALLY NOT SURROUNDED BY TOO MUCH. RIGHT. OTHER THAN BUSINESS AND THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX. YEAH. THAT'S TODAY. THAT'S TODAY. CORRECT. CORRECT. TWO, FOUR YEARS, SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. RIGHT. DON'T KNOW. AND WELL, THEY WOULD ONLY GET TWO YEARS. CORRECT. THEY WOULD ONLY GET TWO. RIGHT. GETTING TO COME BACK TO THE NEXT BOARD IN TWO YEARS. YES, SIR. AND SO FORTH. UM, AND THEN THERE COULD BE, WHO KNOWS WHAT'LL BE DEVELOPED THERE AND THEN SUDDENLY LIKE, WHERE DID THIS, THIS COME FROM? CORRECT. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I BRING IT UP. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . UM, YOU GOTTA BE MINDFUL OF, AND WE WERE ALL SUPPORTIVE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, OF, OF THIS WORK. LET'S IMPROVE THE BUSINESS AND, AND, AND, AND SO FORTH. SO WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, BUT AT SOME POINT YOU GOTTA FISH OR CUT BAIT, SO MM-HMM . WHAT? WANNA BRING IT UP, KEEPING IT THE WAY IT IS GIVES US ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. AS YOU SAID, TIMES MAY HAVE CHANGED, BUT I DON'T THINK IT DOES. DOES YOU DON'T TOTALLY. I NOT FOLLOW ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID. WHAT SO DOES I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THIS FACT THAT IF WE LET A USE CONTINUE LONG ENOUGH, THE ENVIRONMENT CAN CHANGE TO A POINT WHERE IT IS REALLY TIME TO COME BACK AND LET THE PUBLIC HAVE A COMMENT. RIGHT. 'CAUSE WE MAY EVEN, IT'LL BE DIFFERENT BOARDS. EXACTLY. RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, THIS IS, WOULDN'T THIS OLD RIPS RIP? YEAH. OLD RIPS. YEAH. SO PROBABLY WHEN THIS THING, I REMEMBER SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS IS LIKE 20 YEARS AGO, OKAY? MM-HMM . AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THE BOARD CHANGE UP HERE. SO YEAH. IF YOU KNOW HOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T, HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS COME THROUGH HERE? THIS IS THE FIFTH FIRST EXTENT. THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION CAME TO YOU TWO YEARS AGO. ALRIGHT, GIVE 'EM ONE MORE TIME AND THAT'S IT. THEN YOU'RE GONNA COME. THAT'S IT. I MEAN, TWO TIMES IS ENOUGH AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS BRINGING UP. IS THIS GONNA BE BE ENOUGH? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S A MECHANISM TO SAY THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING TO. WE BRING IT BACK UP FOR SPECIAL FOR PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A MECHANISM IN PLACE FOR THAT. CORRECT. IF YOU, IF YOU WERE TO EX GIVE THEM AN EXTENSION, THEY WOULD, THEY COULD COME IN, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, A YEAR FROM NOW, 18 MONTHS FROM NOW, AS LONG AS THEY START THAT USE AND GET IT GOING, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU. I UNDERSTAND. RIGHT. OKAY. IF YOU DIDN'T EXTEND IT, THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU TO ASK FOR THE, TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN. THE THREE SPECIAL USE PERMITS AGAIN. RIGHT. OKAY. SO I, MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE ABOUT, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR TWO YEARS WITH VIRGINIA POWER TO FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA WORK WITH THEM. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE REASONING YES. THAT THEY TOLD US. RIGHT. SO THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF, A LOT OF TIME TO BE TIED UP WITH ONE COMPANY AND THEN SAY NO, AND THEN YOU START FROM SCRATCH. SO WHAT WAS THE BACKUP PLAN? THAT'S WHAT I DON'T GET. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY THINK THEY MAY HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO PUT THE BMP? THEY'RE NOT SURE THAT I'M, LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A BACKUP PLAN. THAT I'M NOT SURE OF. YES. I MEAN, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO FIND THAT OUT BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE'RE SITTING HERE TWO YEARS LATER AND THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET VIRGINIA POWER TO DO WHAT THEY ARE NOT GONNA DO, THEY DON'T HAVE A BACKUP PLAN. I THINK THE OTHER PART OF THIS WAS THE SEWER. THEY CAN'T TIE INTO THE SEWER LINE DOWN THERE. THEY'VE GOTTA PUT A PUMPING STATION IN. NOW ARE THEY PREPARED TO DO THAT? AND DO THEY HAVE PLANS TO DO THAT? AND HAVE THEY SKETCHED THOSE PLANS UP AND HAVE THEY ENGINEERED THOSE PLANS? SO ARE WE MOVING FORWARD OR ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY COME BACK AFTER TWO YEARS AND SAY, WELL, WE'RE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU OTHER THAN WE THINK WE CAN DO THIS AND WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT. I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED SOME CONCRETE EVIDENCE THAT SAYS IN GOOD FAITH THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED MOVING IN ENGINEERING THEIR BACKUP PLAN THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE. THAT'S MY CONCERN. RIGHT. [02:15:01] AND THEY DIDN'T PRESENT ANY OF THAT TO US. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT ON THAT. OKAY. AND, AND THE OTHER THING IS LIKE, GOES BACK TO STEVEN, LOOK OVER THERE BEHIND IT. THEY'RE BUILDING LIKE CRAZY. THEY'RE BUILDING TOWNHOUSES OR APARTMENTS BACK THERE. I MEAN, THEY'RE PUTTING 'EM UP BY THE HUNDREDS. SO TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WHO KNOWS HOW BIG THAT PLACE WILL BE BACK THERE. RIGHT. WHEN THIS WAS BEFORE YOU, BEFORE THE APARTMENT BUILDING BEHIND IT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NOW IT'S BEEN COMPLETE OF COURSE. RIGHT. UM, BUT NOW YEAH, IT GOES BACK TO STEVENS. IF WE HAD PUBLIC HEARING, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE MIGHT COME OUT THE WOODWORK EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T LIVE IN YOUR COUNTY NECESSARILY. BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF PLAN THEY'VE GOT. WELL, AS I SAID, THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU WANT YEAH. TO BRING THEM UP. I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME AND SPEAK. THAT'D BE GREAT. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS JIN AND I'M SURE IS, UH, YOU GIMME LIKE TWO YEARS, UH, ACTIONS. AND I CAN, I AM SURE I CAN DO FINISH THE EVERYTHING BECAUSE BEFORE LIKE, UH, DOMINANT POWER AND BMP AND LOT OF TIME I'M TALKING MY ENGINEER AND RIGHT NOW I'M SURE I'M DUE ON A PRETTY SOON. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE DESIGN WORK DONE? YES. YES. YOU DO? YEAH, WE HAVE DESIGN WORK, UH, EVERYTHING READY, BUT ONLY LIKE, UH, I'M STUCK WITH THE ALL PEOPLE LIKE, UH, MEET ON A BMP GUY, UH, ALL LIKE, UH, DOMINION POWER. AND NOW PRETTY SOON LIKE MY UH, ENGINEER, UH, CIVIL ENGINEER, HE PUT IN A PLAN ON A, SO VIRGINIA POWER'S OUTTA THE WAY. RIGHT. SO YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH THAT. EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE. HE, HE SAY ONLY BMP PROBLEM RIGHT NOW. I'M SAYING WHERE, WHAT'S YOUR BACKUP PLAN? BACK? BACKUP PLAN. HE SAY LIKE A BMP, UH, IS A GRAVEL GRAY WALL, UH, SERVER. LIKE YOU PUT IN A, HE ALREADY LIKE TALK ON A, UH, PLAN ON A, YOU KNOW, THE, HE SAY NEWPORT NEWS PUMPING STATION, GRAVEL BASE. THAT'S FOR THE SEWER. YEAH, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BMP. ARE YOU PUTTING IT UNDERGROUND? YEAH, UNDERGROUND. B MP. YOU'RE GONNA PUT THE UNDERGROUND. YEAH. UNDERGROUND. AND YOU HAVE THAT DESIGN DONE. YES. SO YOU GOTTA COVER IT. YOU'RE GONNA COVER IT. DON'T WANNA MAKE SURE. YEAH. COVER LIKE ON THE PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING. YEAH. YOU PUT IT ON THE PARKING LOT. YEAH. ON THE PAR ON THE BACK SIDE. YEAH. PARKING LOT. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE THE DESIGN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE SEWER PLAN AS WELL? YES. YES. OKAY. OKAY. AND YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE APPROVED, BUT YOU HAVE 'EM, YOU HAVE THE ALREADY LIKE, UH, SUBMIT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, POWER STATION. UH, HE ALREADY SUBMIT AND UH, HE DISCUSS AND MAYBE LIKE COUPLE MONTH EV EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY. WHO'S YOUR ENGINEER? IS IT DAVIS? DONNA? DONNA DAVIS. DAVIS. DAVIS. OKAY. OH, OKAY. AND YOU UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERN, BUT WE NEED TO SEE MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE RESIDENTS MAY BE COMING IN, TELL THE PEOPLE OWN THE PROPERTY, UNDERSTAND AND THEY SEE WHAT'S THERE TODAY. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. THEN SUDDENLY SOMETHING POPS UP AND LIKE, WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? YEAH, NO, I UNDERSTAND. TOTALLY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I WAS ENCOURAGED BY WHAT I SAW YOU SITE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, AND I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AND SO I'M EAGER TO SEE THAT THAT HAPPEN, SO MM-HMM . OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON 10, 11, 12? SO THE, THE, THE THING IS YOU'RE GONNA GET TWO YEARS RIGHT? AND PROBABLY NOT MORE. OKAY. THAT'LL BE IT. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. PROBABLY BEFORE I CAN FINISH. YES. YEAH. OKAY. I'M SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NUMBER 15? 15. IT'S WHEN YOU WANT IT PULLED. OKAY. 15. I HAS TO BE PULLED. THAT'S, THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, SALARIES FOR THE INCOMING BOARD, CORRECT? RIGHT, RIGHT. CORRECT. OKAY. WE, WE HAVE SPOKEN AT LENGTH ABOUT NEEDING TO EVENTUALLY WE, WE, WE HAVE, WE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M AGAINST IT, BUT, AND PRINCIPAL, AS TOM SAYS, WE DON'T DO THIS FOR THE MONEY. WE, WE, WE DO IT TO SERVE. YOU DON'T THINK WE'RE GETTING RICH. AND SO I DON'T, I I I DON'T THINK THAT MONEY SHOULD BE A DRIVING FORCE FOR PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE FOR THIS PARTICULAR OFFICE. AND SO, SORRY GUYS. WELL, REMEMBER ONE OF THE BENEFITS, IF I, IF MAKE SURE I'M READING IT RIGHT, IS THAT SETS IT FOR FOUR YEARS. THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION FOR FOUR YEARS. WE WON'T COME UP TO NUMBER EIGHT AGAIN. WHY, WHY COULD IT NOT BE FOUR YEARS FOR THE, AT THE PRESENT SALARY AND IT, AND IT, AND IT COULD BE, BUT I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT ONE, ONE OF, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT IS WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN FOR FOUR YEARS, STARTING THE NEXT TERM. WHICH I WOULD LOVE NOT HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. ME TOO. [02:20:01] SO THAT'S GOOD. IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE THERE'S BEEN ANY INCREASE. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY OVERDUE. UM, THAT'S WHY I RECOMMENDED AN INCREASE. I UNDERSTAND. ALRIGHT. YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONE I, I WILL SAY THIS, THE, MY CONCERN, UH, IS THERE'S TWO CONCERNS HERE. FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CITIZEN GOVERNMENT IN, IN VIRGINIA. I MEAN, IF YOU, I MEAN THE, WHAT IS IT? THE, UH, UM, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS TO ASK A WORK SOMEWHERE 'CAUSE IT, BECAUSE THE SALARY IS NOT ENOUGH. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SENATORS AND THE DELEGATES, THEY HAVE TO WORK SOMEWHERE BECAUSE THEIR SALARIES DON'T PAY FOR ANYTHING. AND, AND SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT, I MEAN, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA, FAIRFAX COUNTY IN PARTICULAR, THEY HAVE A WHOPPING SALARY UP THERE FOR THEIR SUPERVISORS. THEIR BUDGET'S $3 BILLION AND PLUS. AND, AND THEN THEY EVEN HAVE A STAFF MEMBER TO HELP 'EM OUT. MM-HMM . OFFICE SPACE. AND THEN IF YOU IN OFFICE SPACE, THEY BUILD, HAVE A BUILDING WITH THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE IN IT. AND YOU THINK OF THE, UH, THE QUESTION OF, WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR YOUR COUNTY? OR WHAT DO YOU DO FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT? UH, IF YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF STUFF ALL THE TIME, THEN IT ACTUALLY BECOMES AN INHIBITOR FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD THAT KIND OF OPERATION. IN OTHER WORDS, UM, IT IS AN INHIBITOR. IT CAN ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE BASICALLY INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY CAN OPERATE IN THAT KIND ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY GET, THEY GOT, THEY GET THE MONEY FROM SOME SOMETHING ELSE. SOMETHING ELSE THEY DID. SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE GOT GOING HERE IS THAT IT'S, UH, IT ACTUALLY TAKES A PART OF OUR CITIZENRY OUT OF THIS JOB FOR CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT. YEP. ALRIGHT. MM-HMM . I MEAN, IF YOU, IF YOU SITTING HERE WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, OR, OR WILL A SOLID SALARY THAT FROM RETIREMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YEAH. YOU CAN DO THIS. AND IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T MEAN A LOT. UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF MY, MY, MY OTHER CONCERNS. AND THEN THE, THE PART IS, UM, I, I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH PEOPLE LIVING OFF SOMEBODY ELSE'S LABOR. THAT'S CALLED SOCIALISM. RIGHT. THE BOTTOM LINE. THAT'S SOCIALISM. AND, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S THE PRIDE OF DOING THE SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC IS ONE THING. THE OTHER PART OF IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WORKING, LIVING OFF, LIVING OFF SOMEBODY ELSE'S WORK, THE LABOR. AND I HAVE SO BOTH. SO THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE THAT I'M, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE IT OTHER THAN SAY, YEP, OKAY, I'M NOT GETTING THE SALARY. I'LL GIVE IT TO WHOEVER COMES UP NEXT. YOU KNOW, KIND OF SET 'EM UP. BUT IT IS $11,000 GONNA DO IT. IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE ANYBODY WEALTHY. I MEAN, IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE 'EM WEALTHY. IT'S NOT EVEN GONNA ALLOW 'EM TO DO PART-TIME JOB UNLESS THEY GOT THAT JOB PLUS TWO OTHER JOBS OR THREE OTHER JOBS. AND IF THEY HAVE TO LIVE ON THAT, THEN IT'S A STRUGGLE. SO, GUYS, I DON'T KNOW. YOU HELPED ME FIGURE THIS ONE OUT. I JUST, I'M, I'M SITTING HERE. I DON'T NEED THE MONEY. I, UH, I GIVE THEM ALL OF, I GIVE A SALARY AWAY EVERY YEAR. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M THINKING OF SOMEBODY COMES IN BEHIND US, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER HERE. I SAID SOMETHING I'VE STRUGGLED WITH FOR YEARS. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE COMING BEHIND US. MM-HMM . CONTRARY TO WHAT, UH, MS. EO SAID WE, WE ARE NOT COMPENSATED FOR, FOR, UH, ANY KIND OF EXPENSES. UM, YEAH. ALRIGHT. I UNDERSTAND. UM, ONE OF OUR CITIZENS COMMENTED ON, UH, UM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FILE FOR ALL BUSINESS EXPENSES. THAT'S NOT TRUE. UM, SO WE ARE BASICALLY SELF-FUNDING OURSELVES IN THIS ROLE. AND I CAN TELL YOU TRANSPORTATION COSTS ALONE, UH, PROBABLY CHEW UP THIS AMOUNT. UM, I THINK IT, I THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR INCOMING BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST, UH, BE COMPENSATED ENOUGH TO, TO COVER THEIR COSTS. AND THAT'S, THERE'S ANOTHER TIE TO THAT ALSO. UM, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF COSTS CAN BE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SUBMIT A, A EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY AND THEY WILL, THE COUNTY WILL, THE STAFF WILL DO IT. BUT THEN THAT IN ITSELF IS PART OF THE JOB. IT BECOMES A JOB. ALRIGHT. SO, UM, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. I DON'T DO IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST A PAIN IN THE BUTT. I DON'T DO IT. THAT'S ALL IT IS. IT'S JUST PAIN BUTT. EVERY TIME I RUN OVER TO CHESAPEAKE, I GOTTA DO THAT TWO OR THREE TIMES A MONTH. IT'S 41 MILES ONE WAY. 41 MILES BACK. YEP. I CAN JUST SIT THERE AND FILL IT OUT. IT'S A PAIN IN THE BUTT. I'M NOT GONNA DO IT. OKAY. SO, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. THE ANSWER IS GONNA BE MORE OF WHO ARE WE HELPING HERE ON THE END, ON THE END SIDE, HELPING ANYBODY. AND, AND WELL, AND TO WHAT MR. HO IS SAYING, IT IT LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, $9,000, $11,000. [02:25:01] NO ONE'S LIVING OFF THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT PARTYING OFF THAT, WHATEVER. BUT IT DOES COVER EXPENSES. UM, 'CAUSE I THINK, I THINK YOU, YOU'RE LIKE ME. YOU KNOW, WE SUBSCRIBE TO SERVICES. SO THAT ENABLES US TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT COMES OUT OF OUR, OUR POCKET. MM-HMM . UM, THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS COMES OUT OF OUR, OUR POCKET. WE HAVE, WE ALL HAVE MONTHLY EXPENSES AS PART OF THIS JOB TO BE ABLE TO, TO COMMUNICATE AND SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS AND, AND OUR, OUR SALARY, SUCH AS IT IS JUST COVERS THOSE EXPENSES. UM, AND 9,000, 11,000, WHATEVER. I MEAN, THOSE, THOSE COSTS ARE GOING UP EVERY MONTH FOR US, US AS WELL. UM, SO I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO, I'M CERTAINLY NOT TRYING TO MAKE, MAKE ANY MONEY OFF THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO COVER THE EXPENSES THAT IT COSTS ME TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND THE CONSTITUENTS OTHER. OTHERWISE JUST MAKE THE SALARY ZERO AND, AND CALL IT A DAY. BUT THEN YOU'RE NOT COVERING, YOU'RE NOT EVEN BEGINNING TO COVER YOUR EXPENSES. THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THIS SALARY IF, IF YOU WILL, DOES. IT'S NOT A SALARY, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, IT'S LIKE A PER DIEM TO COVER THE EXPENSES OF BEING IN, IN, IN THIS ROLE. THAT'S IT. I AGREE. I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF HIDDEN EXPENSES THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL PROBABLY HAVE COX OR VERIZON. RIGHT? WELL, YOU RIDE THE SYSTEM, IT'S IN YOUR HOUSE. YOU'VE GOTTA PAY FOR IT. AND, AND, AND, UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE OUR, WHERE'S OUR OFFICE? OUR OFFICE IS IN OUR HOUSE. OKAY. SO I COULD SUBMIT A BILL TO THE COUNTY FOR, SO PART OF MY COX BILL. RIGHT. UM, YEAH. THE, THE BIG COST IS PROBABLY GAS RIGHT NOW. GAS. ESPECIALLY GAS. THAT'S BASICALLY, I THINK THE COST. UM, PARKING PAPER. YOU USE PRINT STUFF FOR CITIZENS. I MEAN, THERE'S GAS, THERE'S, THERE'S WEB HOSTING SERVICES, THERE'S, UH, CONSTANT CONTACT. THERE'S EMAIL AT ALL. ALL THAT STUFF. WE, WE, WE GOTTA PAY FOR OUT OF POCKET. WELL, WE COULD SUBMIT, WE COULD SUBMIT AN APP, SUBMIT A VOUCHER FOR THAT REIMBURSEMENT. I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT. I'M, BECAUSE IT'S A PAIN IN THE BUTT. AND IT COULD, AND IT COULD BE END UP BEING MORE EXPENSIVE ANNUALLY THAN, THAN THE SALARY TOO. WELL TRY ABOUT A CARTRIDGE. HOW ABOUT YOUR CARTRIDGE AND YOUR PRINTER? I TRY NOT TO PRINT MUCH. ARE EXPENSIVE. SO, I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT IS, IS THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO COVER HERE. I HAD TO BUY, I HAD TO BUY, I NEEDED A LAPTOP FOR, SO, ALRIGHT. I HAD TO BUY, I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER COMPUTER FROM, AND THE COUNTY DIDN'T BUY THIS ONE. I HAD TO BUY MY OWN COMPUTER. YEP. SO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS JUST TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS. NOT USING THE ACCOUNT SYSTEM. RIGHT. WELL I'M, I'M WITH DOUG ON THIS. I THINK, UH, I WANNA LOOK OUT FOR THE PEOPLE COMING IN BEHIND US. AND IF YOU LOOK UP HERE, WE GOT A BUNCH OF GRAY HAIR EXCEPT FOR STEVE. THAT NEEDS I HAVE, I I DON'T HAVE MUCH. UM, I WOULD LOVE TO ENCOURAGE YOUNGER PEOPLE TO RUN FOR THESE SEATS. YOUNGER PEOPLE'S NOT GONNA RUN FOR THESE SEATS AT $9,000 A YEAR. IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE A LIVING DOING IT. NONE OF US NEED IT TO MAKE A LIVING. THESE YOUNGER PEOPLE, AND WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, YORK COUNTY'S NOT AFFORDABLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND WE, WE MAKE IT HARDER FOR THEM TO RUN FOR THESE SEATS BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA PAY 'EM ENOUGH TO EVEN PAY FOR THEIR GAS. SO I THINK PART OF IT IS, YES, WE HAVE A SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT WE DO IT FOR. WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT DOING IT FOR TWO OR 300 BUCKS A MONTH AFTER TAXES AND STUFF ARE TAKEN OUT. BUT I THINK WE DO THE SERVICE BECAUSE WE LOVE YORK COUNTY. BUT I THINK IT WOULD ENCOURAGE YOUNGER PEOPLE TO RUN FOR THESE SEATS. AND THAT'S THE REASON I WAS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. BUT I DON'T THINK THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN FOR THE INCOMING BOARD IS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THAT. I DON'T EITHER TO GET PEOPLE TO, BUT WE GOTTA START SOMEWHERE. RIGHT. THAT AMOUNT, MAYBE IN FOUR YEARS, IT GOES UP TO 13. I DON'T KNOW. IT REALLY, IT'S INCREMENTAL. SO TAKE IT TO 15. SO NO NO, I'M, I'M JUST PLAYING THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT GONNA BRING IT. SO WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? JUST LEAVE IT AT NINE AND NOT GIVE ANY INCENTIVE. I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE MONEY IS THE DRIVING F FORCE FOR PEOPLE RUNNING THROUGH. IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT. IT'S NOT. I THINK EVERY ONE OF US WOULD AGREE ON THAT. WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $2,000 CHANGE AND WE'RE BURNING THROUGH $2,000 RIGHT HERE WITH ALL THE STAFF. STAFF SITTING IN HERE AND EATING UP THEIR TIME. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVED. I'LL CALL PLEASE. I'M GONNA HAVE TO SAY NO 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT MOVING AT EACH ONE. OKAY, I'LL MOVE EACH ONE. WHY? NO, JUST SAY MOVE THE CAS CONSENT COUNT ABSENT NUMBER 15. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT. 'CAUSE SHE, SHE'S GONNA HAVE AN OBJECTION. OKAY. THAT ONE. SO ABSENT 15 AND THEN I'LL VOTE ON 15 SEPARATELY. THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS AMENDED WITH THE DELETION OF [02:30:01] ITEM 15. NO REMOVING, REMOVING, NOT DELETING. SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. WE'RE NOT DELETING OH. TO VOTE ON THAT SEPARATELY. YES. MR. DRURY. YES. MR. ROME. YES. MR. SHEPHERD. YES. MRS. NOLL. YES. MR. ROY? YES. MOTION CARRIED. THAT'S MOVE. 15. NO, WE MOVE. 15. ROLL CALL PLEASE. YOU PUT IT, I'LL MOVE IT. THE MOTION MADE BY MR. SHEPHERD IS TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION. R 26 88 AS SUBMITTED. MRS. NOLL? NO. MR. DRURY. YES. MR. R. YES. MR. SHEPHERD. YES. MR. ROY? YES. MOTION CARRIED. FOUR. ONE COMPLETES CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE IS NO NEW BUSINESS. [G. County Attorney Reports and Requests ] I'D LIKE TO COME BACK TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTS. MR. HILTON. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, I HAVE ONLY A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE. UH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE NEWS TODAY THAT, UM, GOVERNOR BERGER VETOED THE, UH, RETAIL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENT BILL. SO THAT IS DEAD FOR THIS YEAR. REALLY? AND IT WILL BE, THAT'S A RELIEF BACK IN THE NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JANUARY. UH, SHE ALSO VETOED THE CLASS ACTION PROVISIONS THAT WOULD'VE ESTABLISHED, UM, CLASS ACTION LITIGATION AT THE STATE LEVEL. MM-HMM . AND YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE THAT LAST WEEK SHE VETOED THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT MANDATED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SO ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE VERY LIKELY TO BE BACK NEXT YEAR AND PROBABLY TO PASS IN SOME FORM. BUT IN THE CURRENT FORM THAT PASSED OUT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THEY WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE GOVERNOR. MM-HMM . SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT FORM COULD THEY PASS THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY, I MEAN, THEY WERE FAIRLY ODIOUS NOW. UM, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE MARIJUANA, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE MARIJUANA OR YOU DON'T HAVE MARIJUANA. RIGHT. ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS THAT WAS EXPRESSED BY THE GOVERNOR THAT WAS ALSO EXPRESSED BY A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WAS THE ABILITY ENFORCEMENT. UM, AND, AND MECHANISMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. AND THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE ABILITY OF, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE ABILITY OF LOCALITIES TO RETAIN SOME TRADITIONAL POLICE POWERS OVER THESE BUSINESSES. SO ALL OF THAT'LL BE REVISITED. HOW ABOUT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING? NOW THAT ONE'S A PROBLEM. WELL, SHE WANTED TO MAKE IT LOOSE. I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE AS TO WHAT MAY HAVE PROMPTED THAT OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY PUSHING IT OUT FURTHER BEYOND WHERE IT IS. THAT'S THE TWO YEARS. SO MM-HMM . THERE'S A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THAT. EVEN, UH, BIPARTISAN PUSHBACK. SO I'M KIDDING. I MEAN, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE A, WHO WOULD WANT TO HAVE A TAX INCREASE AT 24%? I MEAN, NOT 24 CENTS. I MEAN, YES. NOT PERCENT CENTS. THAT'D BE CRAZY. ALL RIGHT, MR. BELLAMY [H. County Administrator Reports and Requests] COMMENTS FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR? YES, SIR. I HAVE, UH, GO QUICKLY HERE. UH, FIRST OF ALL FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT YET DONE. SO, IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH YOUR PICKS FOR THE YOUTH COMMISSION. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO WE CAN GET THAT, UH, MOVING. AND THEN NUMBER TWO, I HAVE BEEN, UH, IN CONVERSATION WITH THE, UH, PENINSULA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE YORK COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND WE ARE GOING TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN STATE OF THE COUNTY. MR. ROY HAS AGREED TO GIVE THE ADDRESS. THE DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR AUGUST 25TH. THE LOCATION WILL BE THE GREATER WILLIAMSBURG SPORTS AND EVENTS CENTER. OH, REALLY? IT'LL BE ONE OF THE FIRST EVENTS. WE'RE GONNA FILL IT UP. THAT'S THE PLAN. THAT IS EXACTLY THE PLAN. I'M SURE MR. MCKENNA WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. SO ONE OF THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD RECENTLY, UH, WITH SCHOOLS, AND I, I THINK DURING THE BUDGET SEASON, YOU ALL HAD A BRIEFING ON CIP FROM THE SCHOOLS. THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT A FACILITY STUDY. AND I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT I HAD A MEETING WITH DR. CARROLL THIS WEEK, AND HE AND I HAVE DISCUSSED [02:35:01] WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT PROCESS. IT'S MOVING RIGHT ALONG. AND I HOPE TO, UH, SEE DR. CARROLL IN A COMPLETED REPORT LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD PROBABLY, UH, PRECIPITATE ANOTHER JOINT MEETING MM-HMM . WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HEADS UP THAT THAT WORK IS PROGRESSING AND I THINK THEY'LL HAVE SOMETHING CONCRETE TO SHARE WITH US IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. WHY DO THEY WANT TO DO THIS? I MEAN, WHAT'S, WHAT, WHY? I MEAN, I'M, I I'M HEARING THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE OKAY. I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE THEY'RE OLD, BUT WE'RE CLEANING 'EM UP. BUT WHAT, WHAT'S DRIVING A FACILITY STUDY? I MEAN THAT THEY ANTICIPATE A NEW SCHOOLS IN SOMEWHERE. WELL, I WOULD, I I DON'T REALLY, I WILL JUST SPECULATE MY OWN SPECULATION. I DO NOT WANNA SPEAK FOR DR. CARROLL. UH, PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WAS THAT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS ARE, ARE, UH, FAIRLY WELL DATED. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY CONDUCIVE TO MODERN EDUCATION. AND THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH CAPACITY AS WELL. AND I WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO SHARE I OUTCOME OF THE STUDY SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. UH, SO I'LL JUST WAIT TILL THAT HAPPENS AND LET THEM SHARE IT WITH YOU. I'M SORRY MR. SHEPHERD THAT I CAN'T DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT. NO, THAT'S FINE. I'M JUST TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO, WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE HEARING? UH, 'CAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE PAPER ABOUT A, UH, SALARY STUDY. I, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. WELL, I MEAN THAT OKAY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE YORK COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM NOW DOING A SALARY STUDY. NO, IT WAS FOR THE BOARD. WAS THAT JUST FOR THE BOARD? YES. IT WASN'T FOR THE WHOLE, WASN'T FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. I DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IT WAS THE BOARD THAT I SAW A SALARY STUDY FOR THE BOARD. YES. YES. THEY GETTING THAT KIND OF MONEY THAT THEY GOTTA HAVE A STUDY , THEY'RE CONSIDERING IT GET PAID TOO MUCH. OKAY. MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. I'M CERTAINLY, THANK YOU. CERTAINLY AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. , I THINK WE'VE HAD ENOUGH QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MATTERS [I. Matters Presented by the Board ] BEFORE THE BOARD. UH, MRS. NOLL. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, TODAY'S BEEN A WONDERFUL DAY. WHEN WE BRING TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, WE BRING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BEFORE THE BOARD AND TRYING TO SHOW OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR CITIZENS WHAT WONDERFUL YOUNG PEOPLE YORK COUNTY HAS. AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALL FEEL, BUT I FEEL SO VERY PROUD OF ALL THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND I LOOK AT THEIR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THOSE OF US WHO ARE LOOKING TO PUT NEW STUDENTS ON THE YOUTH COMMISSION, ESPECIALLY, I MEAN, I'VE HAD DIFFICULT YEARS MAKING MY CHOICES, BUT I AM REALLY VERY HARD PRESSED THIS YEAR. 'CAUSE I'D LIKE TO PUT THEM ALL ON MY ON AND WE CAN'T DO IT. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE INCREASED THE, THE AMOUNT WE STARTED, I THINK WITH TWO, AND THEN WE WENT TO THREE, AND NOW WE'RE AT FOUR. IT'S BECAUSE IN INVOLVING THE YOUTH IN WHAT GOES ON IN THE, IN THE COUNTY AND EXPOSING THEM TO ALL THE DIFFERENT FACETS OF LIFE HERE IS SO IMPORTANT TO THEIR GROWTH. AND I'M JUST SO PLEASED THAT THE STAFF TAKES THE TIME TO WORK WITH, WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE. AND I WISH WE COULD WORK WITH MORE, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION, AND WHEN YOU LOOK WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE GOVERNMENT SERIES THAT WE'VE DONE WITH OUR CI OUR CITIZENS, UM, HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU WHO TAKE THE TIME TO REALLY DO IT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT VISIBILITY, WE TALK ABOUT, UH, WHATEVER. BUT SHARING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S, THIS IS ONE BIG COMMUNITY OF ALL AGES. AND, AND THE INTERPLAY OF IDEAS AND, UH, SUGGESTIONS HELP US ALL. AND SO I THINK IT'LL STOP TALKING NOW. I THINK I'LL KEEP GOING ON, BUT IT'S JUST MY ENTHUSIASM YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COME BEFORE US MAKE OUR LIVES WORTHWHILE. THANK YOU, MR. SHEPHERD. I'VE JUST, UH, I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF CITIZENS THIS PAST WEEK ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS AND, UM, AND IT WAS JUST EVEN, IT WAS, IT'S AMAZING THE THE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE GET INVOLVED IN. YOU NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TALKED TO ME ABOUT, UH, THE, TALKED TO ME ABOUT [02:40:01] CONDITION OF HOUSES. SO WE'VE HAD THAT IN THE PAST AND, AND, UH, WE'VE SEEN IT IN ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOME HOME SOMEWHERE THAT'S GOT A PROBLEM, OR, OR WE'RE DEALING WITH BARKING DOGS OR GARBAGE CANS DUMPED IN THE DUMPED OUT THE WRONG, OR IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST A WHOLE LITANY OF STUFF. BUT WHEN YOU GET THROUGH IT ALL, UH, THE THING THAT FOLLOWS IT UP AT THE END WAS THAT I, YOUR COUNTY'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. I REALLY LIKE LIVING HERE. YOU KNOW, SO, SO IT IS LIKE THEY WANT TO, SO TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE, BUT, BUT, BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO IT, YOUR COUNTY HAS GOT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, SAFETY WAS A BIG THING. AND, YOU KNOW, RON MONTGOMERY AND, AND, UH, AND THE, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S DOING JUST A BANG UP JOB. I THINK, I MEAN, WHEN, WHEN YOUR, YOUR NUMBER ONE CRIME IS TRAFFIC, UH, SPEEDING. MM-HMM . I MEAN, I MEAN, THERE'S PEOPLE, THERE'S PLACES THAT, THAT WOULD JUST LOVE TO HAVE THAT AS A PROBLEM. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST AMAZING THOUGH. BUT FOLKS ARE VERY PROUD OF THE COUNTY. MM-HMM . THEY, THEY, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THEIR HOME. UM, THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF IT. THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE SCHOOLS, PROUD OF THE, THE, THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN GO TO SOME OF THE NEARBY CITIES MM-HMM . AND THAT RELATIONSHIP IS NOWHERE NEAR AS, AS CONGENIAL AS IT IS HERE IN YORK COUNTY. UM, THE STAFF IS JUST DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB. I MEAN, WE JUST GOT THROUGH THIS BIG BUDGET. WE FINISHED THAT THING UP. THAT WAS KIND OF A NERVOUS PROBLEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THAT TICK. WE GOT RID OF IT. AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN ALL THOSE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKS AND REC AND, AND THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY MORE STUFF THAN PEOPLE, THAN WE HAVE MONEY TO BUY. I MEAN, HECK, OUR CIP IS WHAT, 300 AND BY $306 MILLION, IF NOT MORE. UM, IF WE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT, WHAT, FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS. AND SO THAT, IT'S A, JUST A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STAFF HAS TO DO IS GET US THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SMART DECISIONS AND KEEP IT THAT WAY. KEEP IT MOVING. UM, SO I'M, I'M, THIS IS JUST A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. MM-HMM . IT'S JUST A, JUST A DAMN GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. OKAY. 'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T THINK SO, JUST GO OVER AND JUST VISIT SOME, SOME COUNTIES AND SOME CITIES AROUND, AND YOU'LL SEE REAL QUICK, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. SO THANKS THE STAFF AND THANK THE FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR GREAT WORK, MR. CURRY. YES, SIR. WELL, I, I'M GONNA ECHO WHAT TOM JUST SAID ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO LIVE HERE IN YORK COUNTY. I THINK IT'S THE BEST PLACE MAYBE IN VIRGINIA TO LIVE. UM, I TELL PEOPLE THIS ALL THE TIME. WE GOT THE NUMBER ONE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WE GOT THE NUMBER ONE FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY, AND WE GOT THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN VIRGINIA. DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. I WOULD ADD ONE, YOU HAVE THE NUMBER ONE COUNTY STAFF TOO. WE DO HAVE NUMBER ONE COUNTY STAFF, SO I'M NOT FORGETTING THOSE. UM, BUT I THINK LIVING IN YORK COUNTY IS A PRIVILEGE AND IT'S A, A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO CALL YORK COUNTY HOME. AND ON TOP OF THAT IS WHERE WE WANNA RATE OUR FREEDOM. AND WE WILL, WE WILL CELEBRATE THAT HERE COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. SO, A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY IN YORK COUNTY, NEW CHICK-FIL-A RIBBON CUTTING. SO, UM, I KNOW MY WIFE IS THRILLED, AND I KNOW MY GRANDSON WILL BE THRILLED. UM, THERE'LL BE A PATH TO THAT PLACE MOST EVERY DAY, I THINK. BUT, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UH, IF YOU'VE RIDDEN DOWN 17, YOU, YOU SEE A BUNCH OF TREES COMING DOWN BY THE CHIPPER AND, UH, DUTCH BROTHERS IS CLEARING THE LOT AND GETTING READY TO START BUILDING THERE. SO THAT'S LOOKING GOOD. UH, COOKOUT AND CHIPOTLE IS STILL MOVING ALONG PRETTY WELL. I SEE THE BRICKS GOING UP THERE AT, UH, COOKOUT. AND, UM, SO WE'RE MOVING, UH, VERY WELL. I SEE THE, UH, PROGRESS'S BEING MADE FOR THE COVERED SEATING DOWN IN YORKTOWN BY THE PUB. SO THAT, THAT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. I SUSPECT THAT'LL BE COMPLETING UP HERE SOON. UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING, UM, I WANTED TO BRING UP JUST FOR, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION. 'CAUSE I KNOW, UH, A TON OF MY, MY, UH, CONSTITUENTS, UH, ARE INTERESTED IN THE NO WAKE ZONE PROGRESS. SO WE'VE HAD THREE MEETINGS OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS MM-HMM . UM, WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER, UM, GUIDELINES ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BRING, UH, A REQUEST AND AN APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR APPROVAL TO PUT, UH, A NO WAIT ZONE IN. AND SO WE'RE GETTING THAT SECURED AND FINALIZED HOPEFULLY, UH, MAYBE TOMORROW NIGHT. AND, UM, WE'RE ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF THE EXISTING NO WAKE ZONES PLOTTED, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT MAP TOMORROW NIGHT AS WELL. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA START GOING ONE BY ONE TO SAY, OKAY, IS THIS NEED TO BE HERE? UH, OR [02:45:01] DOES IT NOT NEED TO BE HERE? AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. UM, I, I REALLY, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I, WE GOT A, A TEAM OF ABOUT 14 OR 16 PEOPLE THAT ARE FANTASTIC. EVERYBODY WE'VE GOT ON THAT TEAM, UH, IS THEY BRING SOMETHING, EVERY ONE OF THEM BRINGS SOMETHING TO THE TABLE. UM, A LOT OF 'EM ARE VERY, VERY SMART WHEN IT COMES TO NAVIGABLE WATERS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS. UM, HATS OFF TO FRITZ FOR BEING THERE. UH, BRIAN'S DONE A GREAT JOB. THE DOCK MASTERS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THE MAP TOMORROW. ONCE WE GET THAT, I HOPE WE CAN SOLIDIFY THIS THING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND THEN ONCE WE SOLIDIFY THAT, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, UH, OF THAT. AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, THE DOC MASTER'S GONNA GO OUT AND START PUTTING UP BRAND NEW NO WAKE SIGNS. UM, AND ALSO ON EACH OF THOSE NO WAKE SIGNS IS GONNA BE A-A-G-P-S MARKER. SO IT WILL, IT WILL CONNECT TO ALL NAVIGABLE GPS SYSTEMS. SO IF YOU'RE A BOATER AS I AM, I'LL BE ABLE TO PULL IT UP ON MY GPS MAP AND IT'LL SHOW ME THE NO WAKE ZONE, UH, ALL THE NO WAKE ZONES IN YORK COUNTY. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO, UH, HATS OFF TO THIS TEAM THAT'S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND EVERYBODY'S MAKING EVERY MEETING, SO IT'S AWESOME. SO, THANK YOU CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. AND SLATE. LET ME, LET ME WRAP IT FIRE HERE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA RECOGNIZE CHIEF BALDWIN AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRE-HOSPITAL CARE. UH, THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES PRE-HOSPITAL AGENCIES FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEART ATTACK AND STROKE CARE, ALONG WITH HONOR ROLL DESIGNATION AND STROKE AND HEART ATTACK CARE, UM, RECOGNIZES THE AGENCY THAT CONSISTENTLY MEET CRITICAL BENCHMARK DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE TIME FROM FIRST MEDICAL CONTACT TO THE DEFINITIVE HOSPITAL TREATMENTS. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT ON ACHIEVING THAT. GOING BACK TO YORK COUNTY, BEING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WE, WE TRY TO KEEP YOU ALIVE HERE SO YOU CAN LIVE HERE, UM, FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE COUNTY HAS A NEW CRISIS MANAGEMENT GUIDE, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR YORK COUNTY BUSINESSES. THIS GUIDE ADDRESSES A BROAD RANGE OF SITUATIONS THAT MAY THREATEN BUSINESS CONTINUITY, INCLUDING FIRE, SEVERE WEATHER, OPERATIONAL DISRUPTION, CYBERSECURITY THREATS, PUBLIC RELATIONS INSTANCE, AND OTHER UNFORESEEN CRISIS. SO IF YOU'RE PART OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UH, THAT, UH, MANAGEMENT GUIDE IS ON OUR WEBSITE, CHECK IT OUT. SEE IF YOU CAN GET SOME BENEFIT FROM THAT TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OPERATIONS. UM, WE ARE WELL INTO THE SPRING, COMING INTO THE SUMMER, UM, ACTIVITIES, LISTS, LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON. BUT THE SOMETHING, THERE'S THREE THINGS I WANNA BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO GET IT ON YOUR CALENDAR THIS MONDAY, UM, MEMORIAL DAY, HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER HOLES. AND JUST OUTSIDE OF YOUR CALL HERE, WE'LL HAVE A MEMORIAL DAY RECOGNITION. F THE DRUM CORPS WILL BE THERE, REPLAYING CEREMONY AND SO FORTH. SO, UH, IF YOU'RE ABLE PLAN ON MEETING US HERE, UH, MONDAY AT NOON FOR THAT, UH, SECOND JUNE 6TH AND SEVENTH THIRD ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE BOATS. UM, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BOAT RACES, BOAT PARADE, SUNDAY AFTERNOON DOCKING CONTEST. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME, UM, PARTICIPANTS FROM MARYLAND WANT TO COME DOWN HERE AND SHOW YORK COUNTY HOW TO DOCK BOATS. SO, UM, SO BE THERE FOR THAT. AND THEN THE NEXT WEEKEND AFTER THAT IS GONNA BE OUR, UH, UM, YEAH, YEAH. NEW YORK TIMES SALE FESTIVAL. UM, UM, FRIDAY THE 11TH THROUGH SUNDAY THE 13TH. A LIST OF ACTIVITIES FOR EACH OF THOSE THREE DAYS ON THE WEBSITE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME BIG SHIPS IN HERE. TALL SHIPS IN HERE, DIFFERENT THINGS. 12TH THROUGH 14TH. WELL, ACTUALLY THAT IT'S, IT STARTS ON FRIDAY THE 11TH AND GOES THROUGH SUNDAY THE 14TH. OKAY. SO IT'S ALL, SO THAT, THAT'S A LITTLE, LITTLE DIFFERENT. BUT, UM, UM, SO THREE DAYS OF ACTIVITIES, UH, CAP SCRUBS OF DOCK, DOCK MESS IS A GREAT JOB. WE'RE BRINGING SOME OF THESE TALL SHIPS IN. SO AGAIN, WEATHER HOLES OUT BE SOME GREAT WEEKENDS, LOTS OF STUFF HAPPENING, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS 'CAUSE THOSE ARE SOME THINGS I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO. THANK YOU. I HAD A, JUST TWO VERY MINOR ITEMS. I HAD A CHANCE THIS MORNING TO, UH, HAVE BREAKFAST WITH, UH, ALZHEIMER'S GROUP. THEY HAVE, UH, KICKED OFF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN ONCE AGAIN. UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S NO PIE IN THE FACE OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR, SO YOU WON'T SEE ME IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA RECEIVING A PIE. UH, BUT OCTOBER 31ST THEY'LL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL WALK, UH, TO END ALSA AND ALZHEIMER'S. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE ALSO HAD A, UM, VISIT OF THE COURTHOUSE THIS MORNING BY OUR, UH, ELECTED, UH, DELEGATES AND SENATOR AND HAD A GOOD WALKTHROUGH, UH, GOOD PRESENTATION BY KRISTEN REED, KRISTEN NELSON, AND, UM, UH, JUDGE JANDY MULLINS MULLINS. THAT'S IT. . THANK YOU. AND, UM, VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, SOME OF THE, THE SPACE ISSUES WE FACE IN, IN THE CURRENT COURTHOUSE. SO THAT, THAT WAS IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. TAKE [02:50:01] ANY COURT. YEP. WILL DO THAT. SO MR. SHEPHERD, [O. Closed Meeting ] TAKE US INTO CLOSED SESSION. MR. CHAIRMAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 A ONE, THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONVENE IN A CLOSED MEETING TO CONSIDER A, UH, PERSONNEL MATTER INVOLVING APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS TO BOARD AND COMMISSIONS. WILL YOU TO VOTE ON THAT? YES. YEAH. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. DREWRY? YES. MR. ROH? YES. MR. SHEPHERD. YES. MRS. NOLL? YES. MR. ROY? YES. MOTION CARRIED. FIVE ZERO. ANNOUNCE THE NEXT MEETING OF THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL BE HELD 6:00 PM TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND IN THE EAST ROOM OF YOUR CALL. AND WE STAND ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.