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Good afternoon, welcome to the afternoon session of the April 24th. This is a budget meeting, Madame Clerk.

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Madame Chair, the first item on the agenda is approve of the minutes for the April 10th meeting.

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You have each been provided a correction to the procreation's resolution on page 179.

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On page 169. Also, there's a couple of corrections on page 176 and 177.

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Which should have re-painted there, and Megan is here if we have any questions about those.

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Anybody have any questions or do I have the most real proven minutes as amended?

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I'm a little bit, I'll be in the second.

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On favor?

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On favor?

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I do too.

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The question of President Ida's conditions, the lesions are changes in the order of presentation.

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This really has requested that I am 13b1c resolution, recognizing painful and national donate

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life months in Chesterville County, be moved to follow Ida 114 member reports.

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It's our most approved agenda as a message.

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I'm sorry.

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All in favour?

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All in favour?

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I have three work sessions.

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A, every day excellent, start the case.

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Well, please to report, we have another candidate coming forward, and Scott Smedley is here

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to introduce it, and we're running no shortage of candidates.

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In fact, there's somebody who might be recognized for things they've done a year ago, but

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we're going to try and get them all in this year for you at some point.

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Mr. Smedley.

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Good afternoon, Madam Chair Members of the Board. Dr. Casey. As you know, the last year has been

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quite extraordinary for the amount of rainfall and that has created quite a lot of challenges for

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our department. I like to bring Mr. Duffy up and recognize him for the extraordinary work that he

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and his drainage crews have done and trying to tackle some of these problems. One of them was out

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in the Glent Eagle subdivision near Brandermel community.

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There was an old drainage channel on Brandermel property

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that over time through large tree growth,

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and so forth had gotten diverted and was starting

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to encroach on the Glent Eagle's home.

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And it was a difficult situation

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because we didn't have the traditional stormwater infrastructure

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and easements in the area.

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So trying to figure out how to correct it and make a difficult situation better was quite challenging.

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I'd like to bring off Miss Darling Jerome from the Glen Eagles subdivisions.

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She'd like to just describe the challenges that they were going through at the time.

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So yeah, I've been in my home for four years, but the community that I'm in Glen Eagles was built in 1977.

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And at that time, there was as I understand it just a drive ditch behind the homes, but over time with more building and development in the area, the drainage became quite severe.

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Such that eventually there'll be some pictures. You'll see that the drainage was so much that it was coming up and coming in,

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switching in on the foundations of some of our homes.

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So we appealed to Brandermell and then we appealed to the county

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and over time, yeah, I took them some time,

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but he'll explain that.

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This is government, I guess, I don't know, but you see here,

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this is recycled cement that they put in

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and it's made a huge difference.

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Originally when we moved in, this whole stream was about that

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But it became this wide in about a year, the past year with all the rain and the snowmout.

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So that was just coming in here and I live right about here.

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So we were losing our backyard.

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So they have made a big difference for grateful.

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And time will tell if it does the trick, but I think it's going to.

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But I'm not an engineer. I'm just the home owner.

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And I appreciate your help.

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Thank you.

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I would like to say we've had a incredible intense rain event since this work was done.

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And it is worth it.

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This is an explanation.

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This is an intermittent strain that runs behind and comes off from the front of the parkway

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for the common area of the BCA.

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Many needles, it's not part of the BCA, it's kind of a little wedge in there.

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They're independent of BCA, so they don't get a lot of support from BCA.

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We worked and got permission from the United States to improve the problems of this

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company.

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We came in there and we were causing our damage and we fixed and then the getting this

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material is shortage because the truck is booming so our suppliers will have to

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well to get something you can acquire or do the job.

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But you can see the units up on the top, the stream, taking a turn and really cut and

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post their decks. So we've armored that whole bank and then installed check

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them along this travel. It's created the pools of water to go to the energy

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and come down the channel and also it feels back in with sediments. So we'll go back in

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and it's working like a champ. We're really surprised how much was behind them already

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just three months. This is another one of them. Check the end. Put in. I'm out of doesn't

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hope that channel until it turns out that the blood plant up in some areas we did. It's

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growing up so fast. I wish you would take a special last month as the vegetation is covered

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up so quickly. It's worth it very well.

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Jerry, I want to say thank you. I've been out there

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a couple of times but before and after check on this and even the pictures you have

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a good but they don't do it just as he all really did a solid job on this and you made

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it work in a way that you really, you know, we didn't have the rights as you say to get in

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their dual this but you did it in a low cost and efficient, cooperative way with friend

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and mill there and I just can't thank enough for thinking outside the box and getting done.

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So I really appreciate you.

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You're not allowed to retire.

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I'd like to thank you, Jerry, for all the things you've done in my district, in my husband.

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There's a guy at his work that he calls the Magic Man, because he can pick any computer problems.

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I call you the Magic Man when it comes to brain issues, because you managed to figure out ways.

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I almost like when people call me up with a drainage problem.

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And you really, you're just so customer friendly, and just really go out of your way for our citizens, and it's been that way since I've been on the board, and so it's just to me who really thank you for that.

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I might say thank you appreciate thank you for being here to share as well to appreciate you being here.

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Did you see an Asian there in the mirror?

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And I'd also like to mention he fixed one of my, he was working with Billy Stubbs, who's

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96, he's a 94, 95 years old, and he's a World War II veteran, and Jerry was had plans

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to bring him up to see the Marine Corps Museum, but Billy sometimes, when you try to take him

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places, then he's not feeling well, but Jerry's going to keep trying on it.

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to keep trying, it's hearing aids aren't working on the range for him to be interviewed by the

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Marine Corps, our Congress, for his office, that's absolutely stories to tell, and what

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is both on.

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It's not, you know, I'm good, part of it's hearing aids from him.

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It's been a kind of tells you the kind of employed jerry isn't that best for servicing, doesn't

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mean just fixing your drainage, you see another need that he boards on taking care of it.

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So, thanks so much, Jerry.

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You're not thinking we have appropriated another system for you and starting to do that one

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I don't mean you get to stay at all, but it's not going to help you, but it's going to help you to

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get inside.

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I don't need a lot of help.

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That's going to be true in itself.

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I'm glad we're able to do that.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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And train people to be like you.

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We have given one of those I want to do.

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It's not glamorous work.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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The next more session is the rich from Metropolitan Transportation Authority Update.

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It's a seat.

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Thank you.

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Go for you.

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It's a town right there.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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My name is Joy Dean.

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I am a CEO for Richmond Research Policy Transportation Authority.

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I'd like to first take Chairman Hayley for the opportunity and Vice Chairman

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As well as Kelly and Administrator Joe Casey and I would be

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verivastified in a knowledge our former R&G board shareman Jim Holland.

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Thank you for the opportunity today to speak with you this afternoon and we'll

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attend to be brief and just give you my goal is to provide you with an overview of

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we are, our mission, our people, our legislative authority, our assets, our strategic priority,

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and chair some information about our largest project today.

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So if you have any questions, go free to ask them as I click through, and I will do my

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best to answer them.

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So we'll start with our mission, and our mission has stated that it's a new mission,

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It was developed by the RTA board in 2017 and conjunction with the completion of our strategic plan.

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And this new mission is broader and aligned with what the RTA has legislative authority to do

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and is to facilitate and provide a variety of transportation and public facilities

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that improve the quality of life in the written metropolitan area.

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We have a board of 16 members.

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I am fortunate to have a diverse board that brings a varied experiences, both in the public

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private sector, alone.

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Our Chancellorfield members, you have a former V-back commissioner, a former county administrator.

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And of course, Mr. Elzley, it's a vice chair, it's on our board as well.

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We have five members from Henrico County, which includes former v.engineer and we have four members

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currently from the city of Richmond, which includes transportation, planning, consultant,

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bankers, lawyers, and these diversity of experiences and vocations, when did some for deliverative discussion in the collaboration with our board.

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This is an RMTA team. Just a little bit about myself. I've been with the RMTA for approximately five years.

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The first three years, I have a position of Chief of Staff before my time at the RMTA.

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I spent over a decade working in the U.S.

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Dole and I will go over to a little more arena in New Jersey with the New Jersey Attorney General's Office

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and the New Jersey Port of Utilities as well as a small boutique public affairs firm founded.

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I have an outstanding team of individuals that help us do what we do every single day.

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We have a profitability of 140 employees, 16 of which I work with directly every day in our Central Office

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In about another 124, who are part of our expressway operations.

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Our average employee tenure, as you'll see there in about 25 years,

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it takes that we're chosen because both of these individuals

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recently celebrated an anniversary with us.

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The gentleman on the left has celebrated 40 years with us

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and the gentleman on the right 20 years.

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So, we are, we are who we are because of our great employees and our great team.

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So, a little bit about our legislative authority.

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We were created by Actors, the General Assembly in 1966 to plan finding its build and maintain

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at the time of much of the expressway system.

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Upon the completion of the Powwai Parkway, the downtown expressway and greater accessibility

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into the downtown area. There was an increase need for parking facilities and in 1923, we were

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authorized to provide the HIKI on the parking facilities. In 1984, our statute was amended

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to allow for the authorities to construct own and operate a sports facility in 1985, we built

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in 2003 on the authority was asked to manage the ministry station on behalf of the city upon the completion of their renovation.

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And in recent times,

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in 2014, this is the most significant change for us.

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The general assembly amended our authority statute to one and then the main transportation as a part of our name.

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Equalized our board with five members for each jurisdiction and it allowed for the appointment of elected officials to our board.

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Additionally, the stipulations that have been listed allowed for jurisdictional and mayor approval to do a number of items.

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to purchase these trucks and acquire additional highway projects to own operating

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provides transit to take care of our parking, enforce facilities, and issue debt,

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farm money, and expand the data and repayment after that.

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The extent, this legislative authority, and change.

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To our statutes in 2014, really allows for the authority to be a sure regional transportation authority and encourage regional collaboration.

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And lastly, in 2016,

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we were authorized to construct a own and operate policy in an areas.

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So what do we do? We connect the Richmond region. This map that you see honey is an old

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map, but I really prefer to use it because it's a great illustration of our asset.

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If you look in the very heavy red, it clearly shows where the downtown expressway stops in the

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roadway in between that's owned by V dot and where the arm chain picked back up across the river

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to the Chippenham Parkway interchange.

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Just so he fastened out our assets.

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We have 6.5 serene lane miles.

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We have 65 lane miles.

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We have 36 bridges, and we have four tunnels.

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The Boulevard Bridge, which is a fetchway known

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as the Nickel Bridge, was purchased by the authority in 1969.

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It underwent extensive renovations in 1992.

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And it's a place to concrete deck on which allow for us to widen the lanes and construct a single walkway, which people love to use going across the bridge.

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Our next asset is the downtown expressway. It opened in 1976 to 73 and then the connecting ramp in final portion were completed to 195 in 1977.

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in our portion of the Poway Parkway, which opened in 1973, and it goes from the Shepanian

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interchange across James River to Carrey Street. Since these are just snapshots of our assets.

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And so let's let's move on to our revenues. We had in fiscal year 2019, we had about $43.8 million

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of revenue, our operating budget was 16.8 million money from debt service was 14.7 million

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and available for capital was about 12.3 million.

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We are a self-supporting entity.

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We received no ongoing local state or federal funding.

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So in 2016, our board engaged in approximately a year-long process and completed and approved

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strategic plan in the fall of 2017. The following strategic priorities, which you can see on the slide,

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the first, is to become the go-to authority for transportation and other infrastructure projects

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in services in the region, with the equalization of our board and the history of successful transportation

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infrastructure projects and facility projects on the RMTA stands at the ready to support the region.

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The second was to provide world-class customer service through strong communications and best-in-class customer experience.

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We provide ourselves, we provide ourselves on our customer service, and we continue to ensure that our staff is trained

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and consistently reminded of the importance of customer service.

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A communication for us is key, which is one of the reasons why we're here, I'm here sharing our story today.

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And the third was to ensure security of existing revenue streams while evaluating alternative funding approaches to support new initiatives.

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Our staff continues to review our revenue and traffic information and research innovative and alternative funding opportunities.

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The fourth is to attract and retain the best staff and the business and that's what we continue to do on every day by making the RMT day a great place to work.

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And lastly, we take full advantage of new technologies to ensure safety and enhance customer service experience and operate efficiently.

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And so, what does that mean that that takes us to our next slide?

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Which is, our toll replacement, our toll system replacement project, which is the largest project that we've had today.

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We are using a project to upgrade our current toll collection systems at the Powite Parkway, the Downtown Expressway and the Boulevard Bridge.

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We have been engaged in about a two-year project.

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We have developed the RAP.

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We have selected a transfer as the implementer.

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We are currently in the design phase.

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We have the expectation of implementation in late fall or winter.

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This system will replace all of the old and obsolete hardware, architecture, and software.

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And it will allow us to be primed for the future technology needs that are in line with

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industry trends or maintaining an optimal level of customer service.

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What are the, what are the industry trends in this area of total lecture?

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I've noticed that we've been on a floor to sometimes and you see how it basically got

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or ridded of the foods where they're collecting dollars and replaced them with all

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electronic.

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Is that happening elsewhere or is that just for them that is that primarily across the country

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It is on the industry trend

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is all electronic

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Tolling 80

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The type of terminology for that

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Or partial electronic

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And so what you've seen in Florida, if you see it up in northern Virginia

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You don't have to use express lanes there that's all like for on it

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We'll see it down in North Carolina

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Now, Raleigh just opened up, a new toll road down there,

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you'll see the same thing.

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And so that's not necessarily the direction

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that we're going in right now, but the opportunity,

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the technology that we're putting in place

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will allow for that in the future.

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It's the poor deterrent that the direction they would like to go in.

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Are they getting rid of good dates?

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We will not be getting rid of good dates.

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I feel like I'm going to, but we will be replacing the dates.

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to walk them down the coast and nobody has gained to get the po-way that takes it.

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Of course, I do.

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Not as of yet, we'll be replacing you.

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I always drive it.

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Because you're just so used to piss him when I come back from a trip.

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Because you're just so used to having no gates.

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The good news is if you hit one that I've heard.

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It's a salt.

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It's a salt.

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That's my question, like so when you're saying you're upgrading, what does that upgrade include to see?

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Because I had to tell you I have a car that I mean, have I been in the easy past 10 times?

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I go fine on the per-white, the downtown expressway rejects the place when I'm in my easy past.

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So they've set me one to put on my license plate and it won't read that one.

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So then they set me one to put that up.

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I mean, so is this going to solve that problem of me trying to pay and keep getting snacked?

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Well, that's how I hit the post, because I think it's going to read in it.

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Oh, that's not something I'm aware of, we can't talk about that.

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Why?

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It's the kind of car I have, and they say, did they say every car like this?

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As you pass says, they only have trouble on the downtown express.

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Oh, really?

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We can talk about the point about that.

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We can talk about your new car.

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That's what you want.

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It's just going to play one place, it's like I'm doing whatever you tell me.

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I'm just wondering, is it going to be a better system, or is it?

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It's going to be a new and improved system.

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What you will initially see, you want to initially see really any big difference.

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You will see on the replacement of the machines, of the cash machines.

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You will see, but primarily is the technology that's in the toll booths that's being upgraded.

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So those are the first steps of the system replacement.

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And then over the course of time, probably right after the system or in conjunction

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when the internal computer systems are replaced, you'll see externally

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their placement of food and summer placement of gates.

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And so I'm hopeful that, you know, with the new system that, you know, your, your reader will be a little bit better, but we can talk about that

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in the other questions.

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So this system and all lanes will be able to operate in cash, mix electronic mode.

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And like I said, this will allow for us to be prepared for any other future technologies and the tolling industry.

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Our toll system has not been replaced in about 10 years.

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And so we are, we are primed for the placement.

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Most of the systems do not the industry are replaced

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of every five to seven years depending on the location.

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So is the system that gets that R&TAUs is the same system that they use

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that on the other tolls further down the way?

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That would be that section.

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The video.

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Yes.

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We both use the generator transport.

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So the similar system.

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So is that replacement that you folks are undergoing something to feed on?

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It's going to do as well.

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Do you know that?

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Are you out of the way?

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Okay.

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Have they ever really looked at?

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I mean, does that make you the one that holds when it gets up?

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It just seems so obsolete to have that in the whole process.

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So he's traffic moving and just seems so obsolete to have the killing up and down.

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I don't have those numbers in front of me.

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They just take a picture of you.

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Why?

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They take it away.

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They take it away.

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They take it away.

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They take it away.

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They take it away.

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They take it away.

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They take it away.

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They take it away.

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They take it away.

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But what you also have before you is kind of an infographic.

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which is a larger version of what's on the next slide.

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And it's essentially just the infographic on the Tulsa System replacement by the number and what you can expect and also include a timeline.

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And we have been working on a sub-page for our website, and so we will be including this on the sub-page, as well as some additional information about the new system.

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and doing some communication to the public so that they can know what's going on.

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One of our opportunities move forward from the RTA perspective, we hope that we can work with

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our local jurisdictions on regional projects and serve as a resource in the area of transportation.

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We hope to strengthen our partnerships and relationships by leveraging experience and background

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our board of directors and we hope to continue the dialogue with local jurisdictions about

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on your current future needs.

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And so, I thank you for this opportunity and if there are any additional questions, I'd be happy to answer them.

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You know, just to comment, about the same, the percentage of the people that used

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Yeah, I'm going to put in both white or chest book and I read it.

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So that roadway is very important to us.

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Yes, I appreciate that.

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Yeah, I thank you for your leadership, Ms. Dean.

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You've done a outstanding job.

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I found out when the first man I first joined that argument here,

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if you had worked with my cousin, who was the attorney general of New Jersey,

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appointed attorney general.

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And that's it.

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Because I'm Peter.

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It is so interesting.

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One question I have.

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This is one of the reports.

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As you stated in 2016,

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the journal Assembly, House Bill 13,

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1237, a lot of,

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allows, I operate the Coliseum,

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anything new in the Coliseum project.

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If you were,

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I think I was a joke.

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Those curious.

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You're gonna see Chris, you're gonna do it.

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Okay.

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I'll put on that one too.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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The next work session topic is the tourism update.

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Let's just run by.

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Good afternoon.

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Adam chair.

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I'm going to talk to you about local tourism.

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I want to start us off with just one quick slide.

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to a kind of set-to-context and multi-ordered to the presenters.

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Figures you see here are just for Jessica Kelly.

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As you can see tourism is a significant driver for leisure and hospitality sector.

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With almost 14,000 jobs and a payroll of close to 250 million dollars.

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In 2018, the occupancy rate was very strong.

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At right about two thirds of our available hotel rooms in our 41 hotels.

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Of course not all this is traced to tourism.

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there aren't business travelers that come to Chesterfield, such as at Columbia Gas where they

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had their regional training center here and people come to train. We deal with people coming

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from all the country and visit people who family and lives here in the county as well. But still

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a good portion of it is related to tourism. It's not just sports tourism now and we're going to talk

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a lot about that today but of course people come to CR historical sites and like as part,

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are focused on as part, the zoo, many other things, line of risks, so there's a lot of great venues

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within Chesterfield County.

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If I can direct your attention to the bar chart on the right-hand side, the rise in tourism is really

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best demonstrated by that.

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You can see the growth of occupancy taxes since 2010, and you can really see how the pace started

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to increase after the county purchased River City Sportsplex in 2016 and re-energized it.

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So, as you can see occupancy tax grew by 65% in nine years from three and a half million

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though over $5.7 million.

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That was just, you know, but it's grown since we purchased the company.

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1%.

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I don't have that.

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But I'll get it to you.

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It looks like the single biggest jump on there.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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It was fairly level for the years prior to 2016.

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And that's when it takes off, but I'll get that for you.

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Although I wonder how much of that growth contributed to that complex opening.

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Because we bought it.

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It was bringing that and we bought it because we were afraid it wasn't going to continue.

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I'm sure they'll be talking about how many more weekends there are events out there and how it's prospering.

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Of course, these taxes are important because they fuel Richmond regional tourism's budget and then that allows us to be sustainable and allows the growth to continue to sell.

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In addition to our outstanding parks, our record department, a lot of that success is really about the partnerships we have.

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And so, three of those groups I hear the talk today, we've got John Loveville from Sports Packers,

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Jack Barry from Richmond Region of Sours, and Matt North of Burton from Peterford Region of Sours,

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who will continue the presentation.

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Good afternoon, Madam Chair.

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There was a board, Dr. Casey, I'm Jack Barry from Richmond Region of Sours,

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and we're together, John Loveville is a sports factors,

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present a wonderful, wonderful summary of what Scott just mentioned.

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Before I get into my presentation, I'd like to introduce part of my team, with us today's

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capital down, Dasha Ronin, Jason Kmerma, Dr. Lee, and one who does not need an introduction

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that not worth saying, I'm still sorry that we stole Danny, but we took Danny, who's on

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a more recent story, he's doing a bad old job, into acting with us, but it's been another

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here in sports tourism and speaking of sports, everybody thinks about March Manus, of course,

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with New Year's recent national change.

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But we have a different version of March Manus here in

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the different region, of course that involves the Jefferson Cup, which is a four consecutive

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weekend of soccer. What's most interesting, it's 1500 and 73 teams from 30 different states and

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Annabelle. There's 700 NCAA college coaches that are here for those two of those weekends recruiting athletes.

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And moving over from soccer to swimming, as you all know, of course, the tier pro swim series brought over 450 athletes from a long ago, just Jessica County athletes were competing included representatives of 41 different national teams in the 33 professional athletes.

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This caliber of competition in our own backyard is a huge inspiration for all aspiring

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swimmers in the region.

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In addition to the tiered post-Swing series, there were 13 additional sport tours of

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Swimming Arts held in the past year.

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We continue to host championship, caliber of events, and swimmers from clubs across the

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state.

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VHSL, class 1-4 Swimming Championships were held this past year, and thus a swimming

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The future's North Championship was August of 2018, and USA is swimming eastern zones,

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long course age group championships was here August of 2018 as well.

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But of course, the shining star is of course the River City Sports Complex.

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It dominates our sports tourism schedule just without an entire region and continues to help

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brand its company as a sports destination.

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University of Sports Complex is established in itself as a nationally award-winning,

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earning two national awards this past year. Sports events magazine made

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river city sports clubs top ultimate soccer and across destination and venue

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receiving the most national votes out of 30 top facilities. Also was awarded

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the National Association of Counties Naco Achievement Award for the program title

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River City Sports Plugs operational overhaul.

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This highlighted the outstanding work done by Harks and REC staff

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to overcome the operational maintenance challenges

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faced as led to the facility becoming a premier sports destination.

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Sports tourism toys, just at River City,

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26 out of town children weekends, $32.3 million

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of economic impact from River City Sports events,

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$1.2 million of just to be a tax revenue from these sports tourism events.

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Overall, visit numbers for it at Riverside, 549,000 total visits to the facility,

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$192,000 in termine visitors, and 347,000 in recreational open play visitors.

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And an easy benefit to sports tourism events that's always highlighted is the economic impact

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But there are additional benefits that can be equally beneficial, but not as well seen in the dollar figure.

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For example, a local athlete and family gets to stay home and compete with a field hockey showcase here,

459
00:35:26,140 --> 00:35:28,840
where we're thanks to the weekend instead of traveling with California.

460
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:38,020
Channel Aates, a local athlete, rising at collision on the cross scholarship because of being

461
00:35:38,020 --> 00:35:43,380
recruited at university sports clubs, making Chesterfield the pipeline to college across.

462
00:35:44,060 --> 00:35:49,180
And then, as your familiar with sport and sports, for junior off-wires, a travel boys

463
00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:55,340
with cross club were created in the Richmond region as a result of court and sports enterprises

464
00:35:55,340 --> 00:35:59,260
is continued partnership over the past five years,

465
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:02,480
posting five events in Chesterfield each year.

466
00:36:02,740 --> 00:36:04,680
It creates an additional competitive sport

467
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,280
opportunities for the local citizens.

468
00:36:09,610 --> 00:36:13,450
For overall, it's a huge sport diversity.

469
00:36:14,650 --> 00:36:17,890
We have a total of 14 different sports to place

470
00:36:17,890 --> 00:36:20,850
in fiscal year 18 of the sports tourism reports,

471
00:36:21,530 --> 00:36:25,190
including baseball, field hockey, black football,

472
00:36:25,190 --> 00:36:28,550
across the boys and girls mountain biking,

473
00:36:29,130 --> 00:36:34,450
put by road racing 5K, rowing, soccer boys and girls,

474
00:36:34,970 --> 00:36:39,430
softball, spruce triathlon, swimming, trail running,

475
00:36:39,770 --> 00:36:40,450
and volleyball.

476
00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:44,470
In total of 13 different facilities hosted these events,

477
00:36:44,890 --> 00:36:47,210
nine of the 13 were account facilities.

478
00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:53,980
So the regional economic impact was A4.1 million dollars,

479
00:36:53,980 --> 00:36:58,340
up from $81.7 million in fiscal year 17.

480
00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:04,620
62 events took place from July 1st, 2021, June 30, 2018.

481
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:12,180
The regional quote, Economic Impact, is derived by each visitor, spending $208 per day

482
00:37:12,180 --> 00:37:13,900
times the average number of rooms,

483
00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:20,860
say, a county impact, up from last year, it's $41 million.

484
00:37:20,860 --> 00:37:29,240
Last year was $38.6 million, including 62 events from July 1st, 2017 to June 3rd, 2018.

485
00:37:29,460 --> 00:37:35,820
Just for your county, had a huge regional economic impact, again, with real nice funding

486
00:37:35,820 --> 00:37:36,340
the region.

487
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,120
And I hope this is a video in the bathroom.

488
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:43,280
Here's one more time.

489
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:49,340
And this video will showcase some of the local businesses that it's not only the

490
00:37:49,340 --> 00:37:53,200
I've never seen sports non-lux make in Maine for itself, but it's forced to travel.

491
00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:58,500
In the short time, Czech Republic County is owned and operated river city sports flex.

492
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,520
Thousands of athletes have come here to play.

493
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,780
Not only is this growing or reputation as a sports destination,

494
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,220
but it's also strengthening our local economy.

495
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:12,320
It's just unbelievable the impact that youth sports tournaments have had.

496
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,300
Mike Watkins is the general manager of Double Tree Midlothian,

497
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:20,240
and he says they often book up to 175 rooms each weekend of a sports tournament.

498
00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:24,400
It's a wonderful environment. I mean the hotel's full. It's busy. It's active.

499
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:30,100
Just down the street from Riverside's course class. The young competitors and their families get their barbecue

500
00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:38,500
fix from local staple, the flying pig. They've been a fitness a lot. Not only from the regular business,

501
00:38:39,140 --> 00:38:45,620
but at a town, business, they come once, then they start calling the next year and they say, oh yeah,

502
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:49,300
we came last year. We really liked it. Can we make a reservation for this year?

503
00:38:49,300 --> 00:38:54,400
The staff at the Flying Pig actually moved their vacations around to be able to work the tournament weekends.

504
00:38:54,660 --> 00:39:00,120
They definitely benefits us to have a big boost all day long, because the games are different times.

505
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:06,460
So you have people coming in right when we open at 11 or 12, coming in at 2 or 3, or coming in at 7 or 8.

506
00:39:06,740 --> 00:39:14,020
The environmental electric. There's lots of kids out here before getting a lot of kids out here after getting one of those.

507
00:39:14,020 --> 00:39:16,360
You can see how happy they are being with their teams,

508
00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:21,540
hey now with their families, it's really great to see the amount of just enthusiasm

509
00:39:21,540 --> 00:39:22,780
that comes to the door.

510
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:27,220
If Andy says he sees the enthusiasm across all of his dark and doughnuts locations,

511
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:28,860
I'm going to just affect this restaurant.

512
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:30,820
I've got four of the restaurants in the middle of the area,

513
00:39:31,540 --> 00:39:34,400
and those weekends also really benefit those restaurants,

514
00:39:35,060 --> 00:39:37,820
because there are hotels that are out there that are housing these teams,

515
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,780
and so there's restaurants as well that are really picking up

516
00:39:39,780 --> 00:39:41,220
their shoes, groups, and sales so that we can.

517
00:39:41,220 --> 00:39:46,040
Chesterfield County works with businesses beforehand to make sure everyone has a great experience.

518
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,680
Fortunately, we've been given schedules in the dams.

519
00:39:48,860 --> 00:39:55,060
What this allows us to do is be able to see how many teams are coming, what potential customers,

520
00:39:55,380 --> 00:39:58,340
and how many will come in to be in this area that we can.

521
00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:03,520
They're probably going to stop our rest of us, make sure we do provide the adequate service that each shop needs in the area.

522
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:06,240
So that's a huge benefit for us.

523
00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:11,140
being of a no way ahead of time, the impact that you're going to see is what's going to

524
00:40:11,140 --> 00:40:11,920
have to ask.

525
00:40:12,060 --> 00:40:15,620
The economic impact that Sports Tourism has on the region continues to grow.

526
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:21,300
The Liberty Sports Complex helps the business, helps the community, so yeah, it's a big

527
00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:23,200
part of the community and everybody knows about it.

528
00:40:23,460 --> 00:40:30,300
Big hats off and thank you to all of the Chastophil County officials for stepping up and making

529
00:40:30,300 --> 00:40:32,540
Reversity sports plots a reality

530
00:40:34,060 --> 00:40:42,860
We enjoy working with our local businesses and appreciate all of our help and continuing to have our Chesterfield as a sports destination for Chesterfield County. I'm Danny Boniface

531
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:14,320
members of the board, testimonial kind of leadership systems and the Chester film, John

532
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:21,140
Onethville, Executive Director of the Sports Packers, and I get to follow up on Jack.

533
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:27,280
I feel like I'm one of the subs at UVA, I mean, I just had a cabal and I already just knocked

534
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:31,640
it out of the park, and I just got to keep the score, keep the spread.

535
00:41:32,540 --> 00:41:37,860
So the big news about the growth again in sports terrorism, and then when we went to

536
00:41:37,860 --> 00:41:44,000
That's the earlier Jacklings over to me, and I hope we can keep the straight going, and that really is the hard part.

537
00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:46,600
And that's what this first slide is about.

538
00:41:47,180 --> 00:41:48,800
There are tournaments that leave.

539
00:41:49,300 --> 00:41:54,400
And so constantly working to grow new product is ongoing after.

540
00:41:55,940 --> 00:41:59,980
So there were 14 new events in the 2018 year.

541
00:42:00,500 --> 00:42:03,960
Swimmer VA hosted seven of those new swimming events.

542
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,860
So that has totally economic impact at $5.9 billion.

543
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,420
So that constant turnover is really important,

544
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,420
but that's also why Jack Lee Knower to me,

545
00:42:13,540 --> 00:42:17,060
it's scary that it's not like this business just comes and we,

546
00:42:17,260 --> 00:42:21,780
it's not like flying pig where they can just look at last year's numbers.

547
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:24,960
This requires new additional work to come in.

548
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:34,840
Doing events from the previous year, yes, put goal, major tournament, the Eastern Elven

549
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:43,220
came here, U.S. lacrosse had their under 15 nationals here, their numerous soccer tournaments.

550
00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:51,080
And the club Champions League had had new events here as well.

551
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:58,740
They're now bringing five events to River City and talk about another tournament here in a second around volleyball.

552
00:42:59,660 --> 00:43:07,760
One of the things that I think we all know intuitively that these four stores and events aren't just filling hotel rooms and restaurants.

553
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:16,060
This is a way for people from outside of Rish outside of Chesterfield to come here and actually see and feel and live in your community.

554
00:43:16,060 --> 00:43:23,820
And so that's how you actually really drive economic development, even more so than the actual tourism

555
00:43:23,820 --> 00:43:24,240
office.

556
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:28,620
People are coming here and experiencing your quality of life and whether that's the tacky

557
00:43:28,620 --> 00:43:34,160
light run and you can see your wackiest, weirdest, capture boot or whether it's your

558
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:38,120
parks or whether it's the VHSL championships and they're seeing your high quality schools.

559
00:43:38,460 --> 00:43:44,300
These events can showcase what's great about TensorFlow County and normally if it's just

560
00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:53,960
Professorville Residence, seeing it's like you're preaching to the choir, but if you actually have a chance to have those out of town people come, that's your opportunity to really be preaching to a new audience.

561
00:43:55,680 --> 00:44:11,400
One of the new additions was the RBC Facility at Stonebridge, that just Pro County partnered with, and one of the tournaments that we're talking about is news, a new AAU Fit Tournament that was hosted there, that location, and we're going to see more of that comments.

562
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:14,400
that facility, it's just recently been completed

563
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:15,660
and it's coming online.

564
00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:18,280
There are also two other Atlantic Coast

565
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,880
powerly championship and transfer that facility.

566
00:44:21,420 --> 00:44:23,780
And obviously, to use for regular recreational activity

567
00:44:23,780 --> 00:44:28,040
for RBC, and it has a lot of opportunities

568
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,360
in the future as well.

569
00:44:30,820 --> 00:44:33,460
I mean, in the volleyball club, not only sports,

570
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,400
but it also brings such light back into that,

571
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:38,320
helping light back into that area.

572
00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:41,140
for people in, which is what you really need.

573
00:44:41,900 --> 00:44:45,720
And I think, you know, the activated in a space like that

574
00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:48,560
is really important, and they have that daily activation.

575
00:44:49,240 --> 00:44:53,260
And while we talk a lot about what we do,

576
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,280
the peak room nights and the peak events,

577
00:44:55,500 --> 00:44:57,820
and those are incredibly important for hotel room nights,

578
00:44:58,400 --> 00:44:59,960
but if you're a...

579
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:16,040
So, or a rest of this nearby, that daily activity is incredibly important. And you might just ramp up or not, let your staff go and leave during that one weekend, but if it's everyday all year, you have to hire additional staff. So, that long-term impact is really important.

580
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:32,040
Sports Tourism challenges. So obviously there's competition. There's new complexes. You all are very, very well-positioned, but there is more and more complexes being built every year.

581
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:39,420
And again, even though I'm going to mention Henry Good County, competition really is in Delaware

582
00:45:39,420 --> 00:45:43,960
and Pennsylvania and Indiana and North Carolina and South Carolina.

583
00:45:44,540 --> 00:45:49,520
So in Merle Beach, those more fields, that's competition for you all, and I know it's easy

584
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:50,160
to think of.

585
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:55,300
And right, those are the competition, and yes, they're building new fields that cover park

586
00:45:55,300 --> 00:46:00,740
in a new Aquatic Center, but no way, that's kind of our regional product that helps us

587
00:46:00,740 --> 00:46:07,720
region in a way, they are competition, but they're kind of not. I would be more worried about

588
00:46:07,720 --> 00:46:12,720
Raleigh, I'd be more worried about the new complex in Delaware, and the new complex in Philadelphia,

589
00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:20,040
right outside of Philadelphia. So, the landcaster, this is not where I was closing up. So, that's

590
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:24,660
So that really is that challenge going forward.

591
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:33,040
Looking ahead in the Chesterfield, there's upgrades going on in the River City Sportsplex.

592
00:46:34,100 --> 00:46:37,220
Lights were recently added to the backfield's 10-12.

593
00:46:38,020 --> 00:46:41,140
Fencing the restroom and concession buildings on those fields,

594
00:46:42,340 --> 00:46:46,780
leaving of the parking lot back there, which really had been abandoned twice

595
00:46:46,780 --> 00:46:48,580
for its quest back in the day.

596
00:46:49,180 --> 00:46:51,700
And then the replacement of TARF on Philip 4

597
00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:53,480
in fiscal year 20.

598
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:58,000
New events, fiscal year 20, is a spiteful national championship.

599
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:02,580
A new Adidas soccer tournament as well.

600
00:47:07,490 --> 00:47:09,570
One thing before I go on to the partners,

601
00:47:10,130 --> 00:47:12,350
I was at a meeting this morning with V-DOT

602
00:47:12,350 --> 00:47:14,250
around the Asyl and the Petersburg Trail.

603
00:47:14,530 --> 00:47:15,750
And while a lot of this presentation

604
00:47:15,750 --> 00:47:24,530
has been around teams and events. One of the things that we've seen is the unbelievable success

605
00:47:24,530 --> 00:47:29,610
of the Virginia Capitol Trail and how to become one of the top regional attributes. And we see

606
00:47:29,610 --> 00:47:35,510
that Ashland and Peter's bird trail actually having more significant numbers because of the

607
00:47:35,510 --> 00:47:41,590
corridor that will actually reach. Now, we'll connect to the Virginia Capitol Trail, but that trail

608
00:47:41,590 --> 00:47:42,830
when it's eventually completed,

609
00:47:43,010 --> 00:47:47,890
and I know that's when could be a really tremendous asset

610
00:47:47,890 --> 00:47:50,390
to test a real county in a huge set.

611
00:47:50,430 --> 00:47:52,730
I think the longest section of that trail

612
00:47:53,310 --> 00:47:54,930
would be three-chester real county.

613
00:47:55,630 --> 00:47:57,990
So just so you know that that's out there for the future

614
00:47:57,990 --> 00:48:03,010
and while it's not like a sports tournament,

615
00:48:03,250 --> 00:48:06,190
but the way it creates that just ongoing regular business,

616
00:48:06,310 --> 00:48:07,850
and you see it at the Virginia Public Trail

617
00:48:07,850 --> 00:48:08,890
on a regular basis.

618
00:48:09,610 --> 00:48:13,310
Sports Tourism Partners, I'm going to lead off with Danny.

619
00:48:14,810 --> 00:48:18,610
Guys, we'll get his benefit of him still working to help sports tourism, and you don't have to pay anymore.

620
00:48:20,950 --> 00:48:22,050
Then that comes out of the check.

621
00:48:22,170 --> 00:48:23,170
We can give a jack.

622
00:48:23,570 --> 00:48:25,010
Of course, it's good for her anyway.

623
00:48:26,290 --> 00:48:27,010
I didn't do that.

624
00:48:28,890 --> 00:48:35,110
But, but Paul's step right in and it's doing a great job for you, and it's really picked up.

625
00:48:35,110 --> 00:48:42,770
and James Worsley has been doing a fantastic job and really understands the bigger picture.

626
00:48:43,130 --> 00:48:45,830
It's often that you're worried about the fields and the help keep.

627
00:48:46,090 --> 00:48:50,590
And when we deal with parts and direct people around the region that often tends to be,

628
00:48:50,690 --> 00:48:54,890
well, I don't know if I want new stuff because it's going to be more trash pick up and more maintenance.

629
00:48:55,290 --> 00:49:01,270
And you never ever hear that from Dr. Worsley. So there is an understanding that this has real value

630
00:49:01,270 --> 00:49:12,210
of the county. And then, Jackson's awesome, if we've mentioned throughout, but really the

631
00:49:12,210 --> 00:49:17,070
Richmond Kickers, the Richmond Strikers, swim RBA, the partners that we've worked with

632
00:49:17,070 --> 00:49:25,790
to produce these events are vital to this success. And while many of the partners that are

633
00:49:25,790 --> 00:49:40,790
or obvious, you know, Amy DeFour at the Capitol Hill House, she, she has this whole, for every major tournament, she has this whole strategy to reach out to them and help make them welcome Neil and me and machine hotels just a huge partner.

634
00:49:41,530 --> 00:49:49,270
When you actually see it in action, you would think this was normal, like of course communities do this, well think, don't.

635
00:49:49,270 --> 00:50:19,250
And so that Dunkin, I guess it's not Dunkin Dunkin anymore, that Dunkin manager, it's hard to even say, that Dunkin manager, actually having a staff plan ahead of what their leave is, can you imagine that happening in Atlanta or in the Washington DC, see, so it's just not happening, and so that is something that we're able to do slash we collectively, that really makes a difference, so your staff, when they're out there doing those contacts, that actually,

636
00:50:19,270 --> 00:50:21,350
adds up to a much better experience.

637
00:50:21,750 --> 00:50:23,810
And so, so this partner's run deep.

638
00:50:24,210 --> 00:50:25,250
They run deep here.

639
00:50:25,770 --> 00:50:31,710
And everybody is really, I think because of that chart,

640
00:50:32,090 --> 00:50:33,650
when you look at that growth,

641
00:50:34,270 --> 00:50:36,110
and the thing to keep remembering

642
00:50:36,110 --> 00:50:39,290
if there are some down here somewhere in here,

643
00:50:40,550 --> 00:50:43,090
it's not because there isn't just a tremendous team effort.

644
00:50:43,430 --> 00:50:45,130
And so I think that tremendous team efforts

645
00:50:45,130 --> 00:50:47,650
what's going to help us continue to grow.

646
00:50:47,650 --> 00:50:54,190
One thing I think if I could comment, and I think it's what's really cool is that, you

647
00:50:54,190 --> 00:50:58,270
know, one of the things we realized if we have so many natural assets to, so for instance,

648
00:50:58,330 --> 00:51:02,630
the river, and what we've got the opportunity to allow our crewing teams, which is really

649
00:51:02,630 --> 00:51:08,610
growing about the master's level at the highest level, and sometimes I think that this partnership

650
00:51:08,610 --> 00:51:14,870
benefits because, you know, we've had that ability to sort of be able to create relationships

651
00:51:14,870 --> 00:51:19,110
have said a level that maybe some of those really larger cities can't so for instance

652
00:51:19,110 --> 00:51:24,390
what our economic development folks saw in community with Richmond Bowie Ball in the need

653
00:51:24,390 --> 00:51:30,130
and the ability to make that partnership work in a way that really hadn't been necessarily

654
00:51:30,130 --> 00:51:35,490
considered before but really it win-win like all the way around and it's a win for our

655
00:51:35,490 --> 00:51:42,590
residents as well as not just the aspect of engaging and pulling people in outside. It's also how

656
00:51:42,590 --> 00:51:47,110
I think this woods up in and stop and really committed to making sure that there's

657
00:51:47,110 --> 00:51:52,350
that balancing piece of, there's real benefit to our residents to see this broad base of

658
00:51:52,350 --> 00:51:57,870
opportunities to somehow stay active in your life like, you know, pickle balls,

659
00:51:58,130 --> 00:52:02,830
an exact example to how the growth is occurring and we're listening to that and we're expanding

660
00:52:02,830 --> 00:52:09,390
that, you know, who knows what the end result of that is, but you know, I know right before I

661
00:52:09,390 --> 00:52:14,550
came on the board. I was very, very vocal about our lack of interest on a high school level

662
00:52:14,550 --> 00:52:20,250
and regular cross-in. And I said, you know, that's got to me. We've got to be always looking

663
00:52:20,250 --> 00:52:25,350
at what the active communities are looking for, and that should be in our high schools at

664
00:52:25,350 --> 00:52:30,370
every level with programming. So I think that it's really important that we're listening to you

665
00:52:30,370 --> 00:52:34,910
folks too, who are sort of the experts out there, to say, are we making sure that what we're

666
00:52:34,910 --> 00:52:38,210
doing mirrors what the public interest is, too.

667
00:52:38,690 --> 00:52:41,290
So that we don't become sort of stagnant to say,

668
00:52:41,290 --> 00:52:43,270
you know, the only thing to do is look at soccer

669
00:52:43,270 --> 00:52:44,270
or look at lacrosse.

670
00:52:44,550 --> 00:52:47,070
I mean, as it, as those opportunities expand,

671
00:52:47,590 --> 00:52:50,650
because that's why I think we can potentially continue

672
00:52:50,650 --> 00:52:54,350
to keep that horizon open to say,

673
00:52:54,370 --> 00:52:57,390
so who notes, like, will pickleball start traveling?

674
00:52:58,290 --> 00:52:59,250
Who knows, right?

675
00:52:59,690 --> 00:53:02,190
I mean, it's amazing to me to growth.

676
00:53:02,190 --> 00:53:08,110
that is happening areas like that, right, where it's just there's spending a

677
00:53:08,110 --> 00:53:14,570
folks are spending a lot of active time out there is exciting to see. So, I think that's

678
00:53:14,570 --> 00:53:19,650
the other value we get is that, you know, we want to hear from you folks like what

679
00:53:19,650 --> 00:53:24,690
opportunities exist too that we might be able to use and again, I remember from opportunities.

680
00:53:25,030 --> 00:53:30,790
I mean, I love going to sing, you know, the regardless and that aspects of folks coming in

681
00:53:30,790 --> 00:53:36,390
how we can better utilize that, you know, those, those pieces. So it has been a real

682
00:53:36,390 --> 00:53:40,250
partnership. It made me, it's only because of the relationships we built, that partnership

683
00:53:40,250 --> 00:53:46,250
is so strong. We have such communication, because I'm not sure it exists in other areas.

684
00:53:47,410 --> 00:53:51,750
That's very interesting. You say that, I said people will start traveling with people walking

685
00:53:51,750 --> 00:53:56,170
because when you think about it, that was the generation that started traveling with sports for your

686
00:53:56,170 --> 00:54:02,030
You know, I, I, I, we talked about your friends, you know, I grew up, we never stayed in the hotel.

687
00:54:02,090 --> 00:54:06,270
Like it's, they've read the hotels, you know, it, it was just a, it was just a chip.

688
00:54:07,130 --> 00:54:08,870
And so that, that's really interesting.

689
00:54:09,030 --> 00:54:14,010
I believe Florida is actually a premier pickleball tournament site for travel teams.

690
00:54:14,190 --> 00:54:19,070
And so I want to go down there and put a sign up about Chesterfield pickleball capital of the world.

691
00:54:19,070 --> 00:54:30,130
I mean, it's always looking at what the next opportunities are in the trail with no other way up and up another pickable.

692
00:54:31,410 --> 00:54:31,590
Right.

693
00:54:31,590 --> 00:54:31,670
Right.

694
00:54:32,430 --> 00:54:40,410
And I gather work just like we go to the restaurants and hotels around the River City complex.

695
00:54:40,870 --> 00:54:48,410
I gather we're starting to do that at Stonebridge because I would say that they would really appreciate that information.

696
00:54:48,410 --> 00:54:53,030
When there's a volleyball update, then it kind of a volleyball tournament in that center.

697
00:54:53,550 --> 00:54:54,250
Got the program.

698
00:54:57,430 --> 00:54:57,530
Yeah.

699
00:54:57,690 --> 00:54:58,450
I made.

700
00:54:58,530 --> 00:54:59,330
If I made.

701
00:54:59,370 --> 00:55:00,930
I just want to thank you.

702
00:55:00,950 --> 00:55:01,350
Leadership.

703
00:55:03,010 --> 00:55:03,750
And for us.

704
00:55:04,450 --> 00:55:05,270
For all your leadership.

705
00:55:05,650 --> 00:55:05,790
Gentlemen.

706
00:55:06,330 --> 00:55:06,370
Gentlemen.

707
00:55:06,370 --> 00:55:07,090
I'm off as well.

708
00:55:07,230 --> 00:55:07,830
It's a huge burden.

709
00:55:08,170 --> 00:55:09,470
It's a whirlpool.

710
00:55:10,070 --> 00:55:10,730
It customary.

711
00:55:11,250 --> 00:55:14,730
Because that's something the tourism is really working on.

712
00:55:14,910 --> 00:55:15,870
This is a customary experience.

713
00:55:15,870 --> 00:55:18,790
how we treat, you know, they come here from around the country.

714
00:55:19,270 --> 00:55:22,030
For baseball tournaments, all those events and matters,

715
00:55:22,610 --> 00:55:24,970
how we interact with them and now applaud you.

716
00:55:25,370 --> 00:55:27,150
And at the end of the day, I've always said,

717
00:55:27,330 --> 00:55:29,510
at the end of the day, it starts to answer people.

718
00:55:30,070 --> 00:55:31,750
And that's what we see in this region.

719
00:55:32,170 --> 00:55:33,830
We see exceptional people, John.

720
00:55:34,070 --> 00:55:37,050
For example, at the all you do and others

721
00:55:37,050 --> 00:55:38,590
that make a difference in this area.

722
00:55:38,990 --> 00:55:41,330
And so we don't applaud you for your outstanding efforts

723
00:55:41,330 --> 00:55:43,070
because truly you make a difference.

724
00:55:43,070 --> 00:55:47,190
And as I said, no that it pops from red, I was just emphasized as well, Dr. Worsh

725
00:55:47,190 --> 00:55:51,430
and the leadership in areas. So the customer expenses are very supportive of this

726
00:55:51,430 --> 00:55:55,730
and we appreciate all you do because we don't want to take it as your stage.

727
00:55:55,890 --> 00:55:57,250
We don't want to take it for granted.

728
00:55:58,170 --> 00:56:03,310
I'm Madam Chair, and I say one more thing, I had a pleasure meet with Dr. Worsh and his staff

729
00:56:03,310 --> 00:56:08,830
recently on the University Sportsplex. I know we're going to be leaning on you all because

730
00:56:08,830 --> 00:56:15,330
you have the global view. You have the look at Raleigh. You have the look at Delaware. And so

731
00:56:15,330 --> 00:56:22,630
as we develop out the rest of the diversity sports flags, we'll be listening intently

732
00:56:23,730 --> 00:56:30,750
to what we, what you think are are supplemental things we can consider in future budgets and cycles.

733
00:56:31,410 --> 00:56:36,410
And so I greatly appreciate that knowledge base and your expertise in that area and your staff.

734
00:56:36,410 --> 00:56:38,190
and you all very much for that.

735
00:56:38,590 --> 00:56:42,110
As a matter of fact, we're conditioned and consulted for a tourism master plan.

736
00:56:42,710 --> 00:56:44,950
And a huge component is sports tourism.

737
00:56:45,390 --> 00:56:47,590
We're working with sports backers.

738
00:56:47,830 --> 00:56:49,490
They're posted on the assets.

739
00:56:49,970 --> 00:56:51,270
And that's where we need to go.

740
00:56:51,590 --> 00:56:52,630
As you can't sit still.

741
00:56:52,830 --> 00:56:54,690
We have to keep people forward.

742
00:56:55,250 --> 00:56:55,410
Right.

743
00:56:58,170 --> 00:57:00,350
One last note to wrap up.

744
00:57:00,350 --> 00:57:02,590
We'd be remiss not to thank you all.

745
00:57:02,950 --> 00:57:04,890
Members of the Board.

746
00:57:05,790 --> 00:57:06,470
Mr. Casey.

747
00:57:06,470 --> 00:57:12,810
for showing up at some of these events and letting these event owners know that this is important

748
00:57:12,810 --> 00:57:19,130
and that leadership trickles down and I think people throughout that are working in this,

749
00:57:19,770 --> 00:57:26,770
really see that and that's really impactful. So thank you all for being part of that and I know

750
00:57:26,770 --> 00:57:32,810
public affairs team works with you on that and does a great job also of making these event owners

751
00:57:32,810 --> 00:57:39,320
a special one there here at the school. So thank you. Thank you very much.

752
00:57:39,860 --> 00:57:44,160
Yeah. So Mark, I'd say if you were to the Mr. Alzukali, answer to your question.

753
00:57:44,300 --> 00:57:47,020
Twenty-nine percent increase into the fire.

754
00:57:49,500 --> 00:57:50,540
Thank you.

755
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:51,160
All right.

756
00:57:51,700 --> 00:57:51,940
Thank you.

757
00:57:57,500 --> 00:57:57,760
Okay.

758
00:57:59,020 --> 00:58:01,180
I'm going to start first.

759
00:58:03,060 --> 00:58:04,100
Good afternoon.

760
00:58:04,100 --> 00:58:07,160
And I would share my words with the Board, Dr. Casey,

761
00:58:07,340 --> 00:58:08,340
it's a pleasure to be back.

762
00:58:08,500 --> 00:58:12,820
I was here a year ago, and we're still having fun.

763
00:58:13,380 --> 00:58:17,360
And we're still growing, and we're still creating ambassadors

764
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:19,120
because you're absolutely right.

765
00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:23,520
Everyone that I have in contact with, I want them to go home

766
00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:29,320
and talk about a nice, you know, what fun they had,

767
00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:48,700
It was good all of that, because I don't have the budget to go out to them, so when they come to me they're going to hopefully get the very best experience possible and they're going to go home and tell somebody, because I go out, I go home and tell people I think they're going to do that too.

768
00:58:50,050 --> 00:58:59,390
And I really am excited to be here today, especially in not last week, but same for because we have a lot of new things going on.

769
00:58:59,450 --> 00:59:02,190
We have a package in front of you.

770
00:59:03,570 --> 00:59:09,230
We have a new visitor guide that was delivered to our office Monday afternoon.

771
00:59:09,230 --> 00:59:14,350
And so you are the first floor for that, for example, to see our brand new hot-out

772
00:59:14,350 --> 00:59:17,230
depressed visitor's eye, we're excited about it.

773
00:59:17,270 --> 00:59:24,970
We think that it is water in scope that previously we think it's right and

774
00:59:24,970 --> 00:59:27,850
powerful and has less words and more pictures.

775
00:59:28,830 --> 00:59:32,110
And it has a heavier emphasis on Dani.

776
00:59:32,150 --> 00:59:38,990
It has a heavier emphasis on outdoor living, it has a heavier emphasis on all the

777
00:59:38,990 --> 00:59:44,510
and the adrenaline rushes, and it also includes all of our histories.

778
00:59:45,610 --> 00:59:48,770
And I invite you to look through that and explore.

779
00:59:49,750 --> 00:59:53,830
We also have a brand new Explorer Advantage River,

780
00:59:53,950 --> 00:59:59,950
the planning district commission and part and follow our work together on this.

781
01:00:00,110 --> 01:00:10,870
And we're excited to have this because we have an actual portrayal in its growing and expanding. And so we had much to add to that.

782
01:00:11,150 --> 01:00:24,290
And you'll see here on other collaboration, this is the 2019 conference followed. This is a planning district commission resource conservation and development collaboration.

783
01:00:24,290 --> 01:00:33,830
and all of your farmers markets and the farmers and producers are in food and data, so we appreciate all the input.

784
01:00:36,250 --> 01:00:42,630
We are in 50 days of law happening in the best part of Virginia.

785
01:00:43,330 --> 01:00:49,590
We started Saturday and started our resume A, and it is happening, and we're excited.

786
01:00:49,590 --> 01:00:53,170
that we picked it off Saturday at the Wonder City of Oklahoma,

787
01:00:53,170 --> 01:01:02,030
the big craft year festival and we're going strong and I would invite you to look through the events

788
01:01:02,030 --> 01:01:07,990
because I want to see you out without loving and having fun and you will be loving and having fun.

789
01:01:08,150 --> 01:01:13,930
The sum of your businesses is who are our partners. We're seeing that be a work. She's going to launch

790
01:01:13,930 --> 01:01:18,290
and you'll be across Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock called Lovers Club.

791
01:01:20,190 --> 01:01:22,730
And Saturday, we'll all be at River Fest.

792
01:01:23,130 --> 01:01:27,730
All the follow-ups will be at River Fest in Beijing, families,

793
01:01:28,250 --> 01:01:33,090
in the opportunity of the opportunities, and we will be there.

794
01:01:34,110 --> 01:01:39,050
We also, if you go to page two,

795
01:01:39,050 --> 01:01:46,110
Ashton Creek, then you're just launching a new one celebration on May 9th so we're excited

796
01:01:46,110 --> 01:01:54,190
to have them as a part of our 50-gays of love, April 20th, Virginia 8th, on 5-gays

797
01:01:54,190 --> 01:02:04,030
admission to an artist is 50% off, 50-gays of love, 50% off. The halfway house is doing special

798
01:02:04,030 --> 01:02:06,150
We're doing a seafood-lovers promotions

799
01:02:06,150 --> 01:02:11,450
through out the 58, so 1.0 and have a seafood appetizer

800
01:02:11,450 --> 01:02:15,930
or a seafood clatter, and they will be happy to see you,

801
01:02:15,950 --> 01:02:17,910
and we will be happy that you're there.

802
01:02:18,770 --> 01:02:21,870
And Swift Creek, we all came up with quite a creative idea.

803
01:02:22,690 --> 01:02:25,410
They have launched a big Facebook campaign

804
01:02:25,410 --> 01:02:27,230
and we're partnering with them.

805
01:02:27,490 --> 01:02:32,910
And they're asking people to send in their love stories

806
01:02:32,910 --> 01:02:35,510
from the street to maybe they met there,

807
01:02:35,510 --> 01:02:37,530
but rather than effortly,

808
01:02:38,590 --> 01:02:41,290
or some amazing were married here,

809
01:02:41,610 --> 01:02:45,270
or whatever, they're gonna be sending in their stories

810
01:02:45,270 --> 01:02:48,910
and we're gonna give two different couples

811
01:02:48,910 --> 01:02:51,770
of eight nights at the Crete Hill,

812
01:02:51,950 --> 01:02:54,550
with champagne and flowers and all of that.

813
01:02:54,550 --> 01:02:57,890
So that's just the chest of the heart of this,

814
01:02:58,310 --> 01:03:01,010
but we're excited to have the enthusiasm

815
01:03:01,010 --> 01:03:03,170
of which are our just field partners.

816
01:03:04,450 --> 01:03:07,430
We have on our board, Scott Zigan book.

817
01:03:07,510 --> 01:03:12,470
We have Rick Young from Halfway House, who is chair of our board, and we have great

818
01:03:12,470 --> 01:03:18,970
two key guys from Ashton Creek Vineyard on our board and we're really thrilled to have them

819
01:03:18,970 --> 01:03:22,530
and John want, is chairing our marketing committee.

820
01:03:23,050 --> 01:03:24,630
And he's doing a wonderful job.

821
01:03:24,810 --> 01:03:30,990
We're having to sort of structure that, and he is the right person at the light time.

822
01:03:30,990 --> 01:03:40,150
we're doing that. So we're very excited about that. And now, first of all, I want to tell you

823
01:03:40,150 --> 01:03:47,590
one other thing. Next week, we'll be running ads on WTBR for Hinn Rockus at Hinn

824
01:03:47,590 --> 01:03:53,190
like this. We've always been big supporters of Hinn Rockus events. And we are running as

825
01:03:53,190 --> 01:04:00,110
this week for so long with a fast on WTBR. And during the 50 days of law, part has a segment

826
01:04:00,110 --> 01:04:06,870
every Tuesday morning, and it's now that this week, tomorrow morning as well, talking about what's

827
01:04:06,870 --> 01:04:12,810
going on in the region calling attention to all of the activities associated with 50 days of

828
01:04:12,810 --> 01:04:20,850
love, and we are very excited because in addition to the return market, those segments will be running

829
01:04:20,850 --> 01:04:29,330
on those mornings in the notebook market under the TKR, so we are now able to really

830
01:04:29,330 --> 01:04:34,210
trucks who get into the hand-to-roads market will heavily then we have there.

831
01:04:34,710 --> 01:04:39,330
And it's interesting to note that I've been with two of our major attractions to get recently

832
01:04:39,330 --> 01:04:45,350
to tell us that Virginia Beach is the jurisdiction that they get the most visitors from

833
01:04:45,350 --> 01:04:51,710
outside of our area. So we have a lot of hand-to-roads interests, so we're able to tap into that.

834
01:04:52,050 --> 01:04:57,810
And I made a six-old year invited to pamphlet historical park for parks very first.

835
01:04:58,790 --> 01:05:04,910
national tourism week celebration. And we will be welcoming, we're going to

836
01:05:04,910 --> 01:05:10,090
make plenty from President and CEO of the Junior Tourism Corporation, who is

837
01:05:10,090 --> 01:05:17,810
Virginia's curator. And all of this 50A stuff comes from the fact that in 1969,

838
01:05:19,510 --> 01:05:25,230
50 years ago Virginia's Toronto's launch. So that's part of partnering with Virginia

839
01:05:25,230 --> 01:05:30,730
tourism to call attention to that. And I had a very green of like me and a

840
01:05:30,730 --> 01:05:35,610
most recent creator planning district commission meeting. And every since then

841
01:05:35,610 --> 01:05:41,250
I shot her when I went to the mirror because I was carrying all about 50 days of

842
01:05:41,250 --> 01:05:47,270
love in 1969 and I asked everyone the table where were you in 1969. And Mr. Lynn's

843
01:05:47,270 --> 01:05:50,530
lawyer was kind enough to share with me that he didn't exist.

844
01:05:53,490 --> 01:05:59,270
I'm the other hand, so I'll let you succeed in the summer time if I'm not my mother's license.

845
01:06:00,310 --> 01:06:01,850
Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

846
01:06:02,030 --> 01:06:03,550
Yes, thank you so much.

847
01:06:03,550 --> 01:06:03,970
Thank you so much.

848
01:06:04,570 --> 01:06:06,430
I'm going to go wild.

849
01:06:07,010 --> 01:06:10,710
But I am very excited now to call attention to Chris Hall.

850
01:06:11,330 --> 01:06:18,430
Chris is from Helium, which is up a firm in Chocolate Slip and they built a website

851
01:06:18,430 --> 01:06:21,030
about seven, seven and a half years ago.

852
01:06:21,850 --> 01:06:26,030
And if you don't stay all and so you are doing our first

853
01:06:26,030 --> 01:06:28,610
and we're going to share it with you.

854
01:06:29,030 --> 01:06:32,270
So let me get out of the way so that I don't walk anyway.

855
01:06:33,110 --> 01:06:35,790
And Chris, you tell them about it.

856
01:06:36,450 --> 01:06:38,930
Yeah, thanks again for having us.

857
01:06:40,230 --> 01:06:43,990
As more dimension, we told the site six, seven years ago,

858
01:06:44,470 --> 01:06:47,210
and we were very proud of it, and we thought it was great.

859
01:06:47,210 --> 01:06:54,210
over time, internet, taste, change, and it just started to look a little whole.

860
01:06:55,650 --> 01:07:04,290
The three goals with the redesign really were simplicity, showing a variety of attractions

861
01:07:04,290 --> 01:07:05,610
and engagement.

862
01:07:07,810 --> 01:07:11,990
So from the engagement standpoint, you see one of the big features is this background

863
01:07:11,990 --> 01:07:20,270
video that loops. This was a really nice way to very quickly show your users all of the different

864
01:07:20,270 --> 01:07:28,650
things that they can do in the region. And it's kind of like the old photoslider that all the websites

865
01:07:28,650 --> 01:07:35,550
have, and over the last 10 years, the background video is fast becoming sort of a favorite splash

866
01:07:35,550 --> 01:07:37,110
feature with the website.

867
01:07:39,390 --> 01:07:45,450
The navigation was also reconfigured into simple buckets.

868
01:07:46,510 --> 01:07:49,850
Do eat, drink, events, plan, and stay.

869
01:07:51,310 --> 01:07:55,350
Very simply, you can get to the content you need to get to very quickly.

870
01:07:55,350 --> 01:08:10,570
And we've also recaverized a lot of our attractions, so we're not so silo, so now we have things that cross different categories.

871
01:08:11,150 --> 01:08:18,770
So something in sports might also be in family fun or arts and culture could be combined with attractions and museums.

872
01:08:18,770 --> 01:08:28,750
So, as you deep deeper into these sections, you can get down to all of the photography,

873
01:08:30,010 --> 01:08:34,930
it was a re-cut, and a lot of new photography was added.

874
01:08:36,330 --> 01:08:37,790
We took a lot of it.

875
01:08:37,990 --> 01:08:40,830
Just descriptions away from the main landing pages.

876
01:08:41,290 --> 01:08:47,390
So when the user goes deeper into these pages, they can, they can read smaller bits of content.

877
01:08:50,910 --> 01:08:59,130
And long-versed if they choose one of my favorite features of the website is this app travel planner.

878
01:08:59,510 --> 01:09:06,010
User can click this and their favorites show up in the my favorite section.

879
01:09:06,990 --> 01:09:12,590
So this allows you user to collect different pieces of content throughout the site.

880
01:09:12,590 --> 01:09:18,930
And then when they're done, they can print them out and they just have one place where they can get to all the different kinds.

881
01:09:35,580 --> 01:09:39,380
We just want people to know that whatever it is that they love.

882
01:09:40,420 --> 01:09:42,700
They can find it in the best part of the gym.

883
01:09:43,600 --> 01:09:46,560
So, you have questions that we have to answer them.

884
01:09:46,900 --> 01:09:48,860
I think I did one over.

885
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:51,120
That's very exciting.

886
01:09:51,660 --> 01:09:51,700
Yeah.

887
01:09:51,700 --> 01:09:52,680
There really is.

888
01:09:52,680 --> 01:09:53,780
We're very excited about that.

889
01:09:53,780 --> 01:09:54,240
It is.

890
01:09:54,480 --> 01:09:55,500
It's a very exciting.

891
01:09:55,840 --> 01:09:57,800
I think really engages people.

892
01:09:57,800 --> 01:10:06,060
But we feel some new energy from the BTC campaign and then this.

893
01:10:06,680 --> 01:10:15,940
When we applied for the grant to BTC for 50 years of love, we had to have a minimum of 10 partners.

894
01:10:16,820 --> 01:10:20,480
And we thought, well, you know, with six jurisdictions, we can certainly get 10 partners.

895
01:10:20,660 --> 01:10:25,100
We had 24 partners, and we still have people that are getting excited and want the window

896
01:10:25,100 --> 01:10:32,520
on their door and want to get into the game and so I think there, you know, it's a growing

897
01:10:32,520 --> 01:10:38,220
recognition that we're very proud of and excited to energize our communities again.

898
01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:44,500
Thank you for bringing the energy you do to this because I think that's a really

899
01:10:44,500 --> 01:10:49,920
leadership. I will say also greatly you should walk out appreciate it. This was wonderful. I love

900
01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:54,660
you have a love who doesn't love murder. That's right. That's right. And I like these kids

901
01:10:54,660 --> 01:10:59,760
sent hot dogs too. I'm out there. I'm out there. I'm all in a whole world get war. Yeah, yeah.

902
01:11:00,020 --> 01:11:07,760
We were trying to figure out restaurants to include in the days, if you use 50 days. I wanted to

903
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:14,740
find the restaurants in the region that were actually in business in 1969 and are still in this.

904
01:11:14,740 --> 01:11:18,820
Well, how about quick ones? You've been in business 93 years.

905
01:11:19,480 --> 01:11:19,600
Wow.

906
01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:23,340
They sell over 200,000 hot dogs.

907
01:11:23,420 --> 01:11:24,620
Oh, they must be good.

908
01:11:25,380 --> 01:11:27,180
You know, it's not believable.

909
01:11:27,440 --> 01:11:28,020
It's just unbelievable.

910
01:11:28,140 --> 01:11:28,520
It's just unbelievable.

911
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:29,240
Yeah.

912
01:11:30,360 --> 01:11:31,140
Thank you.

913
01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:31,620
Thank you.

914
01:11:31,780 --> 01:11:32,480
It's a great idea.

915
01:11:33,140 --> 01:11:33,780
Thank you.

916
01:11:34,220 --> 01:11:34,740
Thank you.

917
01:11:36,160 --> 01:11:38,540
The next full session is a planning update.

918
01:11:38,740 --> 01:11:39,400
Mr. Gillis.

919
01:11:43,450 --> 01:11:44,510
You might leave us a little more.

920
01:11:46,230 --> 01:11:47,130
I don't know anything.

921
01:11:47,130 --> 01:11:50,550
A little more.

922
01:11:54,770 --> 01:11:55,570
Nice.

923
01:11:56,170 --> 01:12:01,110
Be happy in just a little at the moment.

924
01:12:01,830 --> 01:12:02,790
So may I come?

925
01:12:03,230 --> 01:12:06,410
All right, thanks so much for that talk.

926
01:12:07,190 --> 01:12:09,550
Here, listening.

927
01:12:09,550 --> 01:12:10,810
I think that was...

928
01:12:10,810 --> 01:12:11,070
Yeah.

929
01:12:11,650 --> 01:12:12,370
Right enough.

930
01:12:13,630 --> 01:12:14,550
We're all here listening.

931
01:12:16,210 --> 01:12:16,550
Thank you.

932
01:12:16,950 --> 01:12:18,710
Thank you.

933
01:12:18,850 --> 01:12:19,490
Hello.

934
01:12:20,030 --> 01:12:28,310
The main reason for this particular agenda item is when you all have to speed on the comprehensive

935
01:12:28,310 --> 01:12:34,770
plan of updating what's going on, where you can scroll and the visions that we've made.

936
01:12:35,190 --> 01:12:37,490
Excuse me and cover all that stuff for that in a minute.

937
01:12:37,490 --> 01:12:46,270
We thought it was also a good opportunity just to make it a little more broad, but other things are going on within the planning department.

938
01:12:46,530 --> 01:12:48,690
It's going to be a busy summer for us.

939
01:12:49,230 --> 01:13:01,570
And just to kind of let you all kind of have a peak sneak peek is to kind of what's coming around the corner and what types of projects you're going to be hearing from us in your future.

940
01:13:02,950 --> 01:13:05,810
I'm going to just quickly kind of go through this.

941
01:13:06,290 --> 01:13:06,990
You got any questions?

942
01:13:07,390 --> 01:13:10,410
I'll be going ahead and have to be so clear.

943
01:13:11,190 --> 01:13:16,350
But first of all, we have, you know, three basic plans that we're still working on

944
01:13:16,350 --> 01:13:17,570
in some form of fashion.

945
01:13:18,490 --> 01:13:24,490
The comprehensive plan update, obviously, is the Keystone project that we've been working on for almost

946
01:13:24,490 --> 01:13:25,350
three years.

947
01:13:25,990 --> 01:13:27,250
And we're right there.

948
01:13:27,410 --> 01:13:29,270
This is, you know, we're hopefully tonight.

949
01:13:29,270 --> 01:13:37,030
you guys are going to set the public hearing for May and we'll have that public hearing and bring

950
01:13:37,030 --> 01:13:46,010
that one across the finish line in May. Secondly, the Lothian Special Area Plan Village

951
01:13:46,790 --> 01:13:52,580
Special Area Plan. We've been working really hard with the stakeholders with that as well as

952
01:13:52,580 --> 01:13:59,880
Michael Watkins, a special architectural consultant that we hired as well, and developing a kind

953
01:13:59,880 --> 01:14:08,660
of working draft, we're finishing up that document, this month of early May, and then our plans

954
01:14:08,660 --> 01:14:17,160
are in middle of June to have a series of community meetings within, and loads of it for

955
01:14:17,160 --> 01:14:22,560
that plan and unveil that and have those types of conversations with the citizens of

956
01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:29,580
out there. So that will be a big, and then the public hearing for that for you all most likely

957
01:14:29,580 --> 01:14:37,320
be September is what we're looking at for that. The next item we have, which is the Jeff

958
01:14:37,320 --> 01:14:49,140
Davis Specialary Interimation, the Gibbs Implementation Committee keeps coming up with new ideas

959
01:14:49,140 --> 01:14:56,900
and things for staff to kind of perfect and bring forth that will help stimulate development.

960
01:14:57,140 --> 01:14:59,140
We're starting to see some of the...

961
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:07,880
So that already, the transit study has been completed, the transit demonstration project, the $2 million award that

962
01:15:07,880 --> 01:15:17,940
Jesse got just, I guess, later earlier this month, is a huge piece of that. The market study that was part of the implementation

963
01:15:17,940 --> 01:15:22,760
a proof that was mentioned to you all back in, I think, as it was fall,

964
01:15:25,760 --> 01:15:26,840
was coming to a

965
01:15:26,840 --> 01:15:33,680
completion and the implementation committee is going to hear from the consultant on that next

966
01:15:33,680 --> 01:15:39,420
week, and we may be bringing that to you all for some sort of presentation in the near future on

967
01:15:39,420 --> 01:15:46,940
that. We've part of the whole Jeff Davis thing was to try to get more kind of eyes on the

968
01:15:46,940 --> 01:15:56,120
We've had designated code enforcement officer spending their time doing proactive code enforcement

969
01:15:56,120 --> 01:16:00,860
throughout the neighborhoods as well as on the commercial corridors so that's starting

970
01:16:00,860 --> 01:16:04,940
to pay dividends and seeing some of the clean up and of course the last weekend we had

971
01:16:04,940 --> 01:16:11,600
with the cleanup programs out in the various neighborhoods there where it was a big success.

972
01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:17,280
And there were 12 tons of trash, full tons.

973
01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:24,020
Well, some of the other ideas that the implementation committee has been coming up with

974
01:16:24,020 --> 01:16:28,480
as one is a performance agreement policy, and I'm not going to go into too much detail

975
01:16:28,480 --> 01:16:28,820
on it.

976
01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:36,680
But basically the idea of someone had a kind of a cattle's project that was, say, $5 million

977
01:16:36,680 --> 01:16:48,080
more that was going to be infused into the area. So in the way that we could basically reduce

978
01:16:48,080 --> 01:16:57,160
their real estate taxes from to 8% per 7 year period of times to give them some of the stimulus

979
01:16:57,160 --> 01:17:03,740
to go ahead and invest in that particular project. That we're refining that performance agreement,

980
01:17:03,740 --> 01:17:09,660
policy and we'll be bringing that back to you all in the near future. One of the other

981
01:17:09,660 --> 01:17:15,360
interesting word of a land use techniques is creation of a new overlay that we're going to

982
01:17:15,360 --> 01:17:22,120
place on top of the existing C3 and C5 zoning district. That's kind of our more flexible,

983
01:17:23,640 --> 01:17:31,720
commercial zoning districts. But we have a ton of it was in the Jeff Davis corridor.

984
01:17:31,720 --> 01:17:35,360
However, it does not allow for multi-family development.

985
01:17:36,160 --> 01:17:42,820
So, our thought is for some of the smaller site, like a three to five acres in size,

986
01:17:43,040 --> 01:17:48,600
would be an optimal infant project where if they met the certain criteria that were establishing

987
01:17:48,600 --> 01:17:56,580
for that multi-family project, we would make multi-family use, and I buy right opportunity

988
01:17:56,580 --> 01:17:59,320
within that C3 and C5 industry.

989
01:17:59,320 --> 01:18:15,040
And that would be just for this, you know, geographically, the linearity area, and it's another technique they're trying to get some newer types of urban style residential development that started occurring along that spine of the Jeff Davis corridor.

990
01:18:15,800 --> 01:18:29,040
And then a more broader and bigger zoning district creation of a new kind of urban mixed use district that would allow for larger projects 10, 20 plus acre sites.

991
01:18:29,040 --> 01:18:38,480
It could have a combination of multi-family as well as commercial office, entertainment,

992
01:18:38,600 --> 01:18:45,700
type uses of a more flexible kind of zoning district that could be manipulated and

993
01:18:45,700 --> 01:18:53,100
create just a more customized opportunity without having to go through kind of our typical

994
01:18:53,100 --> 01:18:56,500
the CUPD process that we usually drop in the program.

995
01:18:57,520 --> 01:19:00,440
So those are some of the newer things we're looking at on the

996
01:19:00,440 --> 01:19:01,420
project.

997
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:07,740
As for the process improvements, of course you've heard me talk at length about the whole

998
01:19:07,740 --> 01:19:13,780
new zoning and review and the approval process we essentially started that in December.

999
01:19:14,580 --> 01:19:18,980
But if we started the technical review committees, remember it's kind of the heart of that.

1000
01:19:18,980 --> 01:19:23,780
That started in January, so we've had about a half dozen of those technical review committees.

1001
01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:40,760
Again, that's the kind of in-house around-table review of each project where we have all the different county departments that have an active role in the land development sitting around having the discussion and making that list of their concerns and critique of the projects.

1002
01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:45,260
And then we're getting those comments out at the end of the week to the to the advocacy.

1003
01:19:45,260 --> 01:19:50,160
We're trying to speed up that commentary and substantial as that's gone.

1004
01:19:50,280 --> 01:19:54,100
We have 27 cases in that queueing for that here.

1005
01:19:54,360 --> 01:19:54,580
See that.

1006
01:19:55,280 --> 01:19:57,300
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's not.

1007
01:19:57,860 --> 01:20:02,180
What's somebody's dating the cases that say this is really deep,

1008
01:20:02,740 --> 01:20:04,100
Everybody in the meeting.

1009
01:20:04,660 --> 01:20:06,640
Yeah, we have it set up.

1010
01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:09,720
I think that there's some cases that are minor and

1011
01:20:10,260 --> 01:20:11,260
You know,

1012
01:20:11,260 --> 01:20:15,000
maybe more, you know, planning department oriented.

1013
01:20:15,340 --> 01:20:17,340
We've got it separated so that, you know,

1014
01:20:17,340 --> 01:20:19,020
one part of the day or morning,

1015
01:20:19,460 --> 01:20:22,040
it says sign for the more multi-disciplinary projects

1016
01:20:22,040 --> 01:20:25,100
and then the ones that are more just kind of planning related

1017
01:20:25,100 --> 01:20:27,360
would be later in that morning.

1018
01:20:27,580 --> 01:20:29,160
So we've separated that.

1019
01:20:29,300 --> 01:20:31,540
There may be some others that basically get a pass

1020
01:20:31,540 --> 01:20:34,120
for even having to go before the TRC

1021
01:20:34,120 --> 01:20:37,400
because there's really not a whole lot of interaction

1022
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:38,600
between the departments.

1023
01:20:38,600 --> 01:20:42,380
but some of our conditional uses and so forth.

1024
01:20:43,460 --> 01:20:44,160
So that's going to be interesting.

1025
01:20:44,980 --> 01:20:48,500
One of the things we're bringing to the Planning Commission next month

1026
01:20:48,500 --> 01:20:51,400
is kind of some new improvements with public engagement.

1027
01:20:51,640 --> 01:20:54,720
We've been trying to kind of rethink not only just our website

1028
01:20:54,720 --> 01:20:56,960
and how we can make what are used on our website,

1029
01:20:57,420 --> 01:21:05,200
but also kind of how to get around the inundrum of having a good public engagement,

1030
01:21:05,200 --> 01:21:09,940
But not having to hold a community meeting for everything that we do.

1031
01:21:10,140 --> 01:21:16,900
And the idea of trying to do more of that either through a video on our website or having

1032
01:21:16,900 --> 01:21:24,000
some sort of opportunities to get kind of a taped overview of that particular project or

1033
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:30,580
anybody, you know, if they get home at 1039, they can click on that link and see what that

1034
01:21:30,580 --> 01:21:36,630
what that particular project near their house is being, is proposing without having to, you know,

1035
01:21:37,680 --> 01:21:43,620
hear Marco, when they night leave their kids and those sit in public schools somewhere.

1036
01:21:43,920 --> 01:21:49,000
That's a real good point because I don't think it's required under any statute that we do these needs.

1037
01:21:49,180 --> 01:21:52,620
We do them for the specific purpose of public outreach.

1038
01:21:53,560 --> 01:21:54,720
And again, get input.

1039
01:21:54,720 --> 01:21:58,340
But so I think that's a very good comment.

1040
01:21:59,500 --> 01:22:01,640
More and more is being done online.

1041
01:22:01,900 --> 01:22:02,320
Right.

1042
01:22:02,320 --> 01:22:04,500
It just seems that we could utilize and leverage that.

1043
01:22:04,500 --> 01:22:07,420
I want to try to use some other aspects within the new

1044
01:22:07,420 --> 01:22:10,680
Civic Plus kind of website that we have.

1045
01:22:11,300 --> 01:22:12,760
That's called Civic Sand.

1046
01:22:12,760 --> 01:22:13,680
It can get comments.

1047
01:22:13,940 --> 01:22:15,480
It's going to do kind of online surveys.

1048
01:22:15,640 --> 01:22:18,240
We're going to try to take more advantage of a lot of those

1049
01:22:18,240 --> 01:22:22,080
type of tools that are within that software.

1050
01:22:24,980 --> 01:22:28,380
You said something I just want to come in on and give you a different perspective.

1051
01:22:29,180 --> 01:22:34,280
On your technical review committee, you said, again, you get a group together

1052
01:22:34,280 --> 01:22:39,260
and to really talk about or get come up with a list of concerns.

1053
01:22:40,300 --> 01:22:44,860
I would rather turn that around and say, and we get a list of advantages of having this business come

1054
01:22:44,860 --> 01:22:51,560
into the county because if thinking of our staff is, why are there what concerns do we have

1055
01:22:51,560 --> 01:22:54,080
with what the VISTA community wants to do.

1056
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:56,600
It puts them on a defensive right away

1057
01:22:56,600 --> 01:22:59,240
that they're coming in to a negative environment

1058
01:22:59,960 --> 01:23:01,480
rather than coming in and saying,

1059
01:23:01,480 --> 01:23:03,980
how staff gonna help us accomplish this.

1060
01:23:04,180 --> 01:23:08,700
It may sound matter, but when you say it or listen to concerns,

1061
01:23:08,960 --> 01:23:11,900
it's makes me think we're trying to figure out why we don't want this

1062
01:23:11,900 --> 01:23:15,460
or what restrictions we're gonna put on someone

1063
01:23:15,460 --> 01:23:16,920
that wants to do business in the county.

1064
01:23:17,340 --> 01:23:20,500
And just that mindset so that we can kind of

1065
01:23:20,500 --> 01:23:27,320
the start, charting that in the other ways, and how they think there are many times, many

1066
01:23:27,320 --> 01:23:29,060
more advantages and disadvantages.

1067
01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:36,240
So, I'll probably use the wrong words, sorry about that, but the idea that, you know, what we're

1068
01:23:36,240 --> 01:23:43,080
trying to do is make sure that we get the best product possible for the county and the applicant

1069
01:23:43,080 --> 01:23:51,220
to come out of the review process so that we can be ready to have a worthwhile community meeting

1070
01:23:51,220 --> 01:23:55,940
and be ready to go to the public hearing and get this thing through the issue that much

1071
01:23:55,940 --> 01:24:01,080
faster. That's the old hall to make a lot of this private flow holes in their design and what

1072
01:24:01,080 --> 01:24:07,280
have you have coming? I think it did take a word of that quite a lot of thought.

1073
01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:12,100
You'd probably be better to have like the technical review.

1074
01:24:12,700 --> 01:24:14,800
Many, you know, to make sure it's meeting standards.

1075
01:24:16,100 --> 01:24:17,580
And you said, well, that's really good.

1076
01:24:20,580 --> 01:24:22,820
So then I guess from an awareness thing.

1077
01:24:22,920 --> 01:24:25,100
I don't mean to interrupt, but you know, one of the things too,

1078
01:24:25,240 --> 01:24:27,640
as you go through these things, I've realized the zoning ordinance

1079
01:24:27,640 --> 01:24:30,020
is going to go through a fairly comprehensive amendment.

1080
01:24:30,800 --> 01:24:34,540
But sometimes our own disadvantages is our own anchor

1081
01:24:34,540 --> 01:24:38,140
of some antiquated zoning ordinance language.

1082
01:24:39,280 --> 01:24:42,240
So, a lot of times, but if we say, now we have to be polite and say,

1083
01:24:42,420 --> 01:24:45,960
we really believe it's because of a language situation,

1084
01:24:46,360 --> 01:24:48,060
so it's going to go back to Mr. Oslo, it's point.

1085
01:24:48,720 --> 01:24:50,560
We need to be on the same page with the applicant

1086
01:24:50,560 --> 01:24:53,580
that is certain part of the zoning ordinance may not be fitting.

1087
01:24:53,680 --> 01:24:58,640
What is a good product and how we can work together to bring this case forward,

1088
01:24:59,020 --> 01:25:00,820
recognize the fact that we may need to accept

1089
01:25:00,820 --> 01:25:05,840
to an ordinance that that again can cause with is another perspective.

1090
01:25:06,900 --> 01:25:10,180
That's a good segue in the next thing I would like to talk about.

1091
01:25:10,700 --> 01:25:17,980
We're working on trying to put together an IRP for the new zoning ordinance with that.

1092
01:25:18,160 --> 01:25:28,860
But trying to make sure we have internal discussions with various departments as well as kind of our frequent fires just throughout the zoning process to get there.

1093
01:25:28,860 --> 01:25:34,200
kind of first takes as to what things really need to get adjusted with the new zoning ordinance.

1094
01:25:35,060 --> 01:25:40,260
And I want you all to understand that as we go forward with that new zoning ordinance process,

1095
01:25:40,300 --> 01:25:48,000
we're still not going to stop making certain adjustments necessary adjustments to the older zoning ordinance.

1096
01:25:48,040 --> 01:25:52,100
Because we understand what is a kind of a longer process.

1097
01:25:52,300 --> 01:25:56,340
And we still need to stay fairly nimble or make some changes to the existing zoning ordinance.

1098
01:25:56,340 --> 01:26:00,080
So we'll have to be kind of balancing that going both.

1099
01:26:00,500 --> 01:26:04,060
You'll be seeing still seeing some zoning amendments

1100
01:26:04,060 --> 01:26:06,680
come before you for the existing zoning ordinance

1101
01:26:06,680 --> 01:26:09,360
over the next year or so just to keep up

1102
01:26:09,360 --> 01:26:13,420
is that keep me trying to stay up with the times

1103
01:26:13,420 --> 01:26:15,880
as much as we can until we get the new document in place.

1104
01:26:16,080 --> 01:26:18,700
Did you envision it being a local firm?

1105
01:26:20,430 --> 01:26:22,530
Just don't bring me no California firm

1106
01:26:22,530 --> 01:26:24,230
in here to rewrite our system.

1107
01:26:24,230 --> 01:26:36,250
My local, if you mean Virginia, maybe, I'm going to try to cast a fairly large net, I'm not sure

1108
01:26:36,250 --> 01:26:40,830
California firm would be that interested or cost effective to come here.

1109
01:26:42,110 --> 01:26:50,610
But I do think some of the perspectives of other communities on the East Coast could be used here to advance our development.

1110
01:26:50,610 --> 01:26:56,610
So we'll see, well, we're the process of writing that RFP.

1111
01:27:00,260 --> 01:27:06,740
As for affordances right now, we're working on half dozen different zoning amendments.

1112
01:27:08,060 --> 01:27:12,640
Right now that you'll be seeing soon the solar facilities amendment that we have coming forward.

1113
01:27:13,480 --> 01:27:22,720
That's to see helping us divide in the old days of solar facilities with a fall into kind of a power plant kind of category.

1114
01:27:22,720 --> 01:27:27,420
And again, Dr. Casey mentioned it was kind of whole language and an old zoning ornament.

1115
01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:35,820
And the idea of getting that cleaned up is high priority when we're working on that right now.

1116
01:27:36,140 --> 01:27:39,200
The sign ordinance, sign amendments, we're working on that.

1117
01:27:39,320 --> 01:27:41,060
That should be coming forward to you soon.

1118
01:27:41,480 --> 01:27:45,060
Huffers with Crete and some of the tree canopy language.

1119
01:27:45,060 --> 01:27:46,660
We're changing some of that.

1120
01:27:46,840 --> 01:27:47,980
You'll be seeing that soon.

1121
01:27:47,980 --> 01:27:56,420
That says in the hand retaining walls, we're making some changes to that that you've seen as a need and is a quick fix that we can get done.

1122
01:27:56,780 --> 01:28:04,300
And of course the zoning application which kind of goes along with the zoning process where we've met with, I think everybody in

1123
01:28:05,020 --> 01:28:09,500
Creative Richmond on the net topic I think is going to pretty well cover, we should be bringing that back for you.

1124
01:28:10,020 --> 01:28:13,480
Right. And then the vast manufacturing is another one on our list.

1125
01:28:13,480 --> 01:28:22,540
So those are the various items we have kind of on our work list for this summer and early fall.

1126
01:28:22,860 --> 01:28:26,260
That's an addition to all the cases that they might come in your way.

1127
01:28:26,960 --> 01:28:31,120
But that I'm going to shut up and let Steve get into the comprehensive plan.

1128
01:28:34,740 --> 01:28:37,700
First I'll start off with a joke because Matt Harris, someone need to do that.

1129
01:28:38,100 --> 01:28:39,580
So I always follow the rock.

1130
01:28:42,060 --> 01:28:45,120
What does the pod do when his car got wrecked?

1131
01:28:45,120 --> 01:28:47,360
You got it.

1132
01:28:49,300 --> 01:28:49,720
Okay.

1133
01:28:49,720 --> 01:28:50,420
I can't imagine.

1134
01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:51,860
You just don't get away.

1135
01:28:52,120 --> 01:28:53,220
This is a planning job.

1136
01:28:54,680 --> 01:28:54,980
All right.

1137
01:28:55,120 --> 01:28:56,160
That's a fiscal joke.

1138
01:28:57,320 --> 01:28:58,060
Thanks, man.

1139
01:28:59,980 --> 01:29:01,140
I'm probably going to continue.

1140
01:29:01,780 --> 01:29:02,040
Or one.

1141
01:29:03,120 --> 01:29:03,320
All right.

1142
01:29:03,640 --> 01:29:07,460
So we've been at this plan as India said for almost three years.

1143
01:29:08,260 --> 01:29:11,000
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

1144
01:29:14,380 --> 01:29:16,680
I'll probably begin in July of 16.

1145
01:29:16,940 --> 01:29:19,820
Your party commissioners have worked very hard on this document.

1146
01:29:20,300 --> 01:29:24,160
They have gone through each of the 16 chapters of this comprehensive plan with a fine

1147
01:29:24,160 --> 01:29:24,920
to come.

1148
01:29:25,420 --> 01:29:28,820
I would like to say three times in total since we've started this process.

1149
01:29:29,920 --> 01:29:33,300
We have had a lot of citizen input throughout the three years.

1150
01:29:33,440 --> 01:29:34,480
We've been at this project.

1151
01:29:35,240 --> 01:29:39,760
So we have engaged the citizens in a variety of ways through the website, in community

1152
01:29:39,760 --> 01:29:44,580
meetings and meetings with them in person. We have done our best of course

1153
01:29:44,580 --> 01:29:48,540
communication and media. I will see the power back there has been a great help in

1154
01:29:48,540 --> 01:29:52,640
pushing this effort to social media using Facebook and doing some targeted

1155
01:29:52,640 --> 01:29:57,300
blasts with our videos and everything else. I feel very pleased with the outreach

1156
01:29:57,300 --> 01:29:59,960
effort we have done on this project. I think

1157
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:15,660
We have informed a lot of the citizens and we've heard a lot of this feedback from the community and what we've been up to. Since we've met in October, our joint meeting, which was changed after some bad weather events, we have not done a whole lot of major revisions to the plan.

1158
01:30:15,880 --> 01:30:23,360
We've tried to keep staying stable, what we've heard from the community in our fall outreach in 2018, pretty much confirmed the direction we were heading in.

1159
01:30:23,360 --> 01:30:26,680
people are are generally happy with the direction of our vision in the

1160
01:30:26,680 --> 01:30:30,800
comprehensive plan and where we want this county to be 20 years from now, going

1161
01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:34,940
in the course that we'll have this direction between now and then, and just to

1162
01:30:34,940 --> 01:30:39,160
give you overview of the chapters again, we haven't done a lot of major philosophical

1163
01:30:39,160 --> 01:30:44,140
changes to where we want to go on how we want to go over the 2012 plan. I would say

1164
01:30:44,140 --> 01:30:48,020
the two biggest changes or chapter changes that we have done is housing and

1165
01:30:48,020 --> 01:30:52,440
revitalization. Housing because our housing chapter frankly was very weak and

1166
01:30:52,440 --> 01:30:57,100
not really provides any good guidance to what we expect our community to be.

1167
01:30:57,400 --> 01:31:01,580
And that's important because, as you know, the majority of our county is made up of

1168
01:31:01,580 --> 01:31:04,220
neighborhoods and communities and those are very important places.

1169
01:31:04,660 --> 01:31:08,980
If our communities go down here, our county quickly follows the health of those communities

1170
01:31:08,980 --> 01:31:14,100
is very important to us and making sure that as we go forward into the future that we're

1171
01:31:14,100 --> 01:31:19,100
accommodating of a variety of lifestyles and supporting a range of housing types and

1172
01:31:19,100 --> 01:31:21,720
community lifestyles for people with them is going to be very important.

1173
01:31:21,720 --> 01:31:24,000
It's not one size, so it's all just one count.

1174
01:31:24,400 --> 01:31:30,040
We've got to have a variety of communities living arrangements for all walks of life and for all all types of people.

1175
01:31:30,380 --> 01:31:34,520
Yeah, and I would like to comment that on that because I do see on those bits and housing.

1176
01:31:34,960 --> 01:31:37,460
You know, we always use the term affordable housing.

1177
01:31:37,980 --> 01:31:44,640
I feel like that's kind of a buzzword in the industry and affordable housing.

1178
01:31:44,780 --> 01:31:49,580
I mean, not that you don't want affordable housing, but affordable housing,

1179
01:31:49,580 --> 01:31:55,760
I think the concerns are when you're in your major metropolitan areas and you can't afford

1180
01:31:55,760 --> 01:31:56,640
to live there.

1181
01:31:56,980 --> 01:32:03,300
When you think about affordable housing in just fields, really unaffordable housing in

1182
01:32:03,300 --> 01:32:08,200
just a field that is what will create the revitalization and the desire that they're going

1183
01:32:08,200 --> 01:32:12,380
to are in a room because you can afford the housing that's on there.

1184
01:32:13,160 --> 01:32:17,960
So sometimes I think we could just put those words in there because that's what the industry's

1185
01:32:17,960 --> 01:32:26,300
talking about, but I'm having a harsh time really figuring out how your complaint is applying

1186
01:32:26,300 --> 01:32:26,680
that.

1187
01:32:26,760 --> 01:32:30,240
So I just think it's something that we can need to think about.

1188
01:32:31,760 --> 01:32:37,440
Yeah, now I think what we've done in this, the draft that's before you, is we've defined

1189
01:32:37,440 --> 01:32:40,760
for what housing is really, it's not like a targeted income range.

1190
01:32:40,900 --> 01:32:46,920
It's really a matter of whatever your income is, are you able to sufficiently live in your

1191
01:32:46,920 --> 01:32:56,880
without paying an undo amount of money to that housing cost, whether you're a millionaire or whether you're, you know, on the lower end of the spectrum, you know, there's housing burdens all in the spectrum.

1192
01:32:57,620 --> 01:33:03,060
So what we try to do here is kind of set the stage that affordable housing is something that's important to our community.

1193
01:33:03,620 --> 01:33:11,880
And then what we want to do is on the implementation section as we want to undertake an affordable housing strategy and Dan Cohen shop is, it's really in the way on that,

1194
01:33:11,880 --> 01:33:25,000
Well, we investigate one of the tools available to us in Virginia to really address some of those needs, and then bring those forward to you all, and the hiring commission to see which of those tools would best suit trust your county and how we might deploy them.

1195
01:33:25,240 --> 01:33:35,300
So we really have never done that exercise about, you know, what is Virginia law allowed us as a county to do one of the best practices out there, the whole counties are doing, and then bringing that to you all.

1196
01:33:35,300 --> 01:33:38,820
So we can determine which of those tools can not all of them are going to fit us.

1197
01:33:39,120 --> 01:33:42,920
Which of those tools would best help us in our goals for 4,000 or 4,000 or 4,000 times?

1198
01:33:43,220 --> 01:33:47,740
But the plan really sets the stage to point that out as an important issue for our community.

1199
01:33:48,000 --> 01:33:49,720
Without what is solving it at this point.

1200
01:33:50,360 --> 01:33:59,300
And it's not a mistake that we put neighborhoods and housing in the same chapter, because the whole sustainability of the neighborhood is really the main character.

1201
01:34:00,600 --> 01:34:02,120
Hard of it all, I'm right.

1202
01:34:02,660 --> 01:34:07,960
And of course revitalization, we've learned a lot since 2012 about where we want to go through revitalization.

1203
01:34:08,240 --> 01:34:15,360
Thanks, Dr. Casey, we have a new department community enhancement that is tasked with every day coming into work, saying how they can make our communities better places.

1204
01:34:16,440 --> 01:34:24,200
So, that this plan reflects the direction of that department, Dan Cohen is ways in heavily on that, by this additional alterations there.

1205
01:34:24,200 --> 01:34:26,380
of some mutual identifications as well.

1206
01:34:26,700 --> 01:34:29,780
But those are really the most significant chapters.

1207
01:34:30,060 --> 01:34:32,820
I think change-wise that we have done in the plan, of course,

1208
01:34:32,920 --> 01:34:34,500
our implementation chapter is very important

1209
01:34:34,500 --> 01:34:35,880
because it's a new plan.

1210
01:34:36,020 --> 01:34:37,500
So we have a new set of projects identified.

1211
01:34:38,380 --> 01:34:42,300
For more specifically, since the fall, when we last met,

1212
01:34:42,840 --> 01:34:43,920
we've added several things.

1213
01:34:44,240 --> 01:34:46,300
Some at the suggestion of U.S. board members,

1214
01:34:46,520 --> 01:34:48,220
some we've heard from citizens and some things

1215
01:34:48,220 --> 01:34:49,160
from the plan of commission.

1216
01:34:50,100 --> 01:34:52,800
One chapter four, we've added a map to an vacant residential

1217
01:34:52,800 --> 01:35:21,840
So if you remember in our demographics and trends chapter, we went on a table form, how much vacant residential zone land is still out here in the county because I think people lose lose that number and and you know as they talk about the county be able to amend this amount of zone land still to go and then on top of that I think we heard from you all the four members it's not not to just see a number where is all that land located so we've added them after kind of gives people perspectives that it's not just in the left and part of the county.

1218
01:35:21,840 --> 01:35:27,480
We have large swats of undeveloped Brazil-ized land throughout our districts.

1219
01:35:28,400 --> 01:35:30,700
That we need to figure out why does that need to be used?

1220
01:35:30,880 --> 01:35:32,120
And what do you do, too?

1221
01:35:32,120 --> 01:35:36,300
Do you, you know, grow that way rather than everything has to have to have to have to live a dinner.

1222
01:35:37,620 --> 01:35:41,380
And I chuck a seven revitalization, of course we change names with traffic as a lunchevirus,

1223
01:35:41,680 --> 01:35:42,560
various various strategies.

1224
01:35:42,840 --> 01:35:43,920
Now it's revitalization.

1225
01:35:45,180 --> 01:35:49,840
Then I want to undertake a separate revitalization strategy which is more specific actions

1226
01:35:49,840 --> 01:35:55,940
and task focus, then what the comp plan can do, so that reflects his direction and

1227
01:35:55,940 --> 01:36:00,580
mantra, I believe, is there. And again, CE as we're viewed the chapter and identified

1228
01:36:00,580 --> 01:36:05,940
additional tools available in Virginia, in a list format, and how we might use them in

1229
01:36:05,940 --> 01:36:09,800
Joshua County, and I'm sure as he goes forward, he'll be bringing those to you as those

1230
01:36:09,800 --> 01:36:15,260
developed. Chapter 10, the land use plan map, Mr. Gales, it's talk to you about the

1231
01:36:15,260 --> 01:36:18,720
new zoning ordinance that our government needs to undertake, I would say once,

1232
01:36:18,720 --> 01:36:21,080
but needs to undertake this as long as we're due.

1233
01:36:21,800 --> 01:36:23,320
Then we undertake that exercise.

1234
01:36:23,640 --> 01:36:26,200
I'm sure there's going to be things that

1235
01:36:26,200 --> 01:36:28,460
new ways of thinking that we're going to want to bring back

1236
01:36:28,460 --> 01:36:31,060
into chapter 10 of our comprehensive plan

1237
01:36:31,060 --> 01:36:32,460
once that exercise is done.

1238
01:36:33,060 --> 01:36:35,980
So we have not deliberately made major changes to our land use

1239
01:36:35,980 --> 01:36:38,340
chapter as far as the philosophy of broken development.

1240
01:36:38,780 --> 01:36:42,020
We have other more guidelines and more information to that chapter

1241
01:36:42,020 --> 01:36:45,540
that helps citizens understand what the county is building for,

1242
01:36:45,540 --> 01:36:51,320
build up, but zoning means to the comprehensive plan of how that relationship works, and then, of course,

1243
01:36:51,440 --> 01:36:55,880
a more simplified land use vision rather than the mix of colors that can kind of be

1244
01:36:55,880 --> 01:37:00,200
mind on them and also that's in the second. But what we really want to do is once that zoning

1245
01:37:00,200 --> 01:37:05,740
ordinance project is completed and adopted, we're going to come back to the board with amendments to

1246
01:37:05,740 --> 01:37:10,540
chapter 10 to again reflect that new direction zoning. So the complaint and zoning are now in sync.

1247
01:37:10,700 --> 01:37:14,480
We have been out of sync for a long time with our zoning ordinance, because the zoning

1248
01:37:14,480 --> 01:37:20,900
is been stuck since 1990, or our client has continued moving forward in time. So we're going to

1249
01:37:20,900 --> 01:37:27,100
line those that up together and make sure that they support each other that way. As far as

1250
01:37:27,100 --> 01:37:32,400
other for the changes, the planning commission did determine in the specific area plans chapter,

1251
01:37:33,420 --> 01:37:40,320
a prioritization order for the next round and future specific area plans. And if you're

1252
01:37:40,320 --> 01:37:43,000
state and once there are recommendations, you can go with that.

1253
01:37:43,200 --> 01:37:47,760
Really quickly, you need us to say this to Jackson, make sure that the daily area, along

1254
01:37:47,760 --> 01:37:50,740
with the people of specterate plan is at the top of that list.

1255
01:37:51,580 --> 01:37:53,260
Chapter 13 of transportation.

1256
01:37:53,880 --> 01:37:57,460
The only real change we did there, I think Mr. Nicholas came from you was add some

1257
01:37:57,460 --> 01:37:59,680
more guidance on proactive acquisition of right away.

1258
01:38:00,480 --> 01:38:03,280
So, getting the right away ahead of development rather than the government doesn't place

1259
01:38:03,280 --> 01:38:08,040
and then we gotta take people's houses down or try to acquire land as much more expensive

1260
01:38:08,040 --> 01:38:14,080
after the area is developed. And then for chapter 15, well, and so also at least people in

1261
01:38:14,080 --> 01:38:20,500
one vote. I mean that, it's not just the money, it's the leader of the law, I mean, I mean not

1262
01:38:20,500 --> 01:38:24,420
being able to sell their home or to many people in their home. So much expectation of the

1263
01:38:24,420 --> 01:38:29,900
my and the right away or my. And for chapter 15, public facilities, we'll major changes there.

1264
01:38:29,980 --> 01:38:34,640
I'll throw a socket for you since since the fall. We, the planning commission,

1265
01:38:35,240 --> 01:38:43,040
I think based on the discussion we had at the fall, joint meeting, then we had really felt

1266
01:38:43,040 --> 01:38:48,360
that we needed to have more direction for the school section of the public facilities plan.

1267
01:38:48,880 --> 01:38:53,980
There's some efforts underway in county administration to do a more detailed job on forecasting

1268
01:38:53,980 --> 01:38:57,220
impacts on public facilities, specifically with schools.

1269
01:38:57,400 --> 01:39:02,840
And so we really want to let that exercise mature before we make any further recommendations

1270
01:39:02,840 --> 01:39:07,860
in the school section. So there, recommendation to you all was not to change anything in the

1271
01:39:07,860 --> 01:39:12,160
school section of the Public Facilities Plan at this time. Lead the 2012 plan in place,

1272
01:39:12,380 --> 01:39:18,280
which covers adequately new facilities that we might need until such time as the two boards

1273
01:39:18,280 --> 01:39:24,440
can come in a further direction for households will undertake future facilities and future

1274
01:39:24,440 --> 01:39:29,200
reinvestment in those areas. So that will come back to you all quite a later time,

1275
01:39:29,360 --> 01:39:32,500
maybe next year with an amendment specific to the school section of the plan,

1276
01:39:32,500 --> 01:39:38,260
What you are, are welcome to do at any time, you can amend any part of the comprehensive plan on the sequence whenever there's a week.

1277
01:39:39,060 --> 01:39:48,700
And if I could interject, we're setting up a meeting of Dr. Dardy's team and our team of physical related and planning just to illustrate what a plan is.

1278
01:39:48,960 --> 01:39:55,380
Because we're orienting on that, what a community facility plan is, what a CIP is, what a bond referendum is.

1279
01:39:55,380 --> 01:40:19,340
And again, as you all know, the CIP, especially, you know, and again, over the last five years since the last plan has been adopted, we've done tremendous things in our CIP relative to new schools and pivoting from renovation to new, so it's not as if the community facilities plan is an anchor, it's necessarily to our school improvement plans, and where there is a team where there to do what we think is right in each budgetary process.

1280
01:40:19,340 --> 01:40:24,340
So again, between what Mr. Carmine's exercise will be with getting probably the best data we had,

1281
01:40:24,580 --> 01:40:30,740
geographic specific to school districts rather than just a generic one or half a child for

1282
01:40:30,740 --> 01:40:35,020
household, which may not necessarily work throughout the county. But again, that's an orientation

1283
01:40:35,020 --> 01:40:40,460
in the process that I'm a hopeful doctorate will understand and appreciate and respect as we don't

1284
01:40:40,460 --> 01:40:45,000
necessarily need to hold up an entire section of the compound and by default the entire

1285
01:40:45,000 --> 01:40:49,040
a complaint for what we host today, just again, a productive discussion.

1286
01:40:49,960 --> 01:40:56,120
And Mr. Holland and I, we had the school's version and we didn't feel comfortable enough.

1287
01:40:56,900 --> 01:41:01,140
Just in yesterday's meeting, we were able to look at it and pass it up to this board.

1288
01:41:01,360 --> 01:41:06,080
And if you say, you know, because it hasn't been out of the book, and we haven't fully edited it.

1289
01:41:06,720 --> 01:41:10,400
But a couple of things I can show us have a chance to leave that in all the way.

1290
01:41:10,400 --> 01:41:18,600
And there were a couple things that came up and we did discuss, when you look at renovations,

1291
01:41:18,900 --> 01:41:24,860
if you're not adding capacity, just even really belong in the comprehensive plan, if you're replaced in this school.

1292
01:41:25,380 --> 01:41:31,300
And I mean, I think they made a point in, does it really have to be specific in the complex,

1293
01:41:31,700 --> 01:41:36,120
what schools are going to be built and renovated over the next tax amount of years,

1294
01:41:36,120 --> 01:41:43,900
because when you look at what Dr. Casey pointed out when you look at our comprehensive plan,

1295
01:41:44,100 --> 01:41:47,000
it didn't have any of what we've done, so there's that.

1296
01:41:47,020 --> 01:41:54,200
But I mean, I also think we should probably discuss when you look at your comprehensive plan

1297
01:41:54,200 --> 01:42:01,160
and your facilities to me, it makes more sense that the state has certain guidelines of where

1298
01:42:01,160 --> 01:42:13,960
school should be located, so it would seem to me once those guidelines and met, I would think would be more the role of the Board of Supervisors to choose who the location is, because you're looking at a bigger picture.

1299
01:42:14,540 --> 01:42:26,220
You know, the school are just looking at operating it. We need to be looking at how does the school fit into what the retail is going to be, what the other public facilities are going to be, what neighborhoods are there.

1300
01:42:26,220 --> 01:42:30,400
I mean, I just, I don't know what the laws are on that, but it looked to me with, I showed

1301
01:42:30,400 --> 01:42:31,320
something in my code.

1302
01:42:31,540 --> 01:42:36,920
It looked to me like, and right before the supervisors pursue this and buys it.

1303
01:42:37,380 --> 01:42:42,960
So I'm not, just think it's food for thought as to what, you know, why would they in isolation

1304
01:42:42,960 --> 01:42:49,160
choose the location of the school that really doesn't have anything to do with what their job

1305
01:42:49,160 --> 01:42:49,480
is?

1306
01:42:49,820 --> 01:42:55,320
Unless the state says you're supposed to, I, do I, do I, because we end up with me on them.

1307
01:42:55,320 --> 01:42:59,860
necessarily makes sense. Yeah, yeah. If I made my own chair, I can

1308
01:42:59,860 --> 01:43:03,300
curve fully with that assessment. Because I remember when we built the new

1309
01:43:03,300 --> 01:43:08,880
Bulusville, we we that I directed to look at areas of science, five

1310
01:43:08,880 --> 01:43:11,920
sites, the choose the best site economically that was there,

1311
01:43:12,220 --> 01:43:15,480
concerning the neighborhood. So I really do fully in that regard. The

1312
01:43:15,480 --> 01:43:18,660
board of supervisors is this chart with building facilities provided

1313
01:43:18,660 --> 01:43:23,040
facilities. The school is charged with using them effectively and had

1314
01:43:23,040 --> 01:43:32,660
So another point I want to pivot from that you mentioned, if I may briefly, and that is on the data on the data for garter school use and seats in accounting.

1315
01:43:33,300 --> 01:43:42,340
I think involved and talked about the need to look at redistricting and altering the school's seat capacity rather than just building schools.

1316
01:43:42,340 --> 01:43:47,360
because we want to make sure all available seats are used in our county that we can't

1317
01:43:47,360 --> 01:43:53,260
efficiently and why so knowing that it can cause concerns and families with feeder paddles,

1318
01:43:53,680 --> 01:43:58,600
patterns, but I think we got to be aware of that because when you look at the calls of the

1319
01:43:58,600 --> 01:44:03,660
new schools that we mentioned in the liaison being yesterday, $100 million on new high school

1320
01:44:03,660 --> 01:44:08,580
is a significant investment that affects the county for years to come, the tax fails, the interest

1321
01:44:08,580 --> 01:44:15,600
calls and in the future use so that something we have to be really cognizant if and so I have

1322
01:44:15,600 --> 01:44:20,640
to read that statement fully and we did talk about we did bring up the idea of high

1323
01:44:20,640 --> 01:44:25,800
schools you know if anything I think elementary schools will probably pretty much stay the

1324
01:44:25,800 --> 01:44:30,960
same but when you think about high schools between online between text schools between

1325
01:44:30,960 --> 01:44:36,720
internship between going to John Tyler you know maybe we really need to think about when I

1326
01:44:36,720 --> 01:44:45,040
model can, you know, even from 2012, a monocone was at 85% when you look in the school in the 2012

1327
01:44:45,040 --> 01:44:52,420
and it's now at 65%. So we've really got to think you're at how to utilize that space

1328
01:44:52,420 --> 01:44:58,300
we can do by school. And like I said, I do think that will change somewhat.

1329
01:44:58,300 --> 01:45:00,000
Well, I think that's why we're all

1330
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:13,640
All really anticipating the work that Alan Carme and his team are doing that will be that, fair, final work that we can make a lot of forecasts in the decision based on the particular public facilities and schools issues.

1331
01:45:13,860 --> 01:45:24,800
So I think that's really... It probably makes a lot of sense based upon that for us to just carry this in this way. And then amend that chapter later as necessary.

1332
01:45:24,800 --> 01:45:30,020
I think it's really important to talk about the school issue.

1333
01:45:31,340 --> 01:45:34,240
What will the next board to be seated in January?

1334
01:45:35,280 --> 01:45:42,200
What will they use to support a future referendum on the early stages of planning for a referendum?

1335
01:45:42,780 --> 01:45:52,820
In the past, you've used the comprehensive plan very effectively to advocate for future improvements that will be funded through a bond referendum.

1336
01:45:52,820 --> 01:46:08,380
And the lion's share of that seems to go to the schools historically anyway, so, you know, as I recall, we had really two big project schools in the public safety radio system on the bomber for the last time around.

1337
01:46:08,940 --> 01:46:22,700
So, you know, if you build a document right, you would have instant advocacy platform for just a fines on me, we really looked at this, and we determined with some, you know, real study.

1338
01:46:22,700 --> 01:46:25,240
that there is a future need that has to be funded,

1339
01:46:25,340 --> 01:46:27,800
and it's one way of justifying it.

1340
01:46:27,920 --> 01:46:31,200
Well, I think that unlike subagulast

1341
01:46:31,200 --> 01:46:33,460
reference, there are some government needs

1342
01:46:33,460 --> 01:46:38,060
that we have sort of not advocated

1343
01:46:38,060 --> 01:46:42,480
because of the significant sort of hindering,

1344
01:46:42,980 --> 01:46:47,260
the significant need that schools had.

1345
01:46:47,540 --> 01:46:49,960
And so I think there's going to have to be that balancing also

1346
01:46:49,960 --> 01:46:52,540
an interest when it comes to what the government side needs

1347
01:46:52,540 --> 01:46:58,640
as well as we anticipate that and hopefully those conversations we can start even now in anticipation

1348
01:46:58,640 --> 01:47:03,600
of the fact that what we know on the school's line it would be a completely ignored.

1349
01:47:04,020 --> 01:47:07,120
We're going to be important to have a consensus right to these questions.

1350
01:47:07,580 --> 01:47:15,240
So hopefully again that these data that comes out and allowing us to really see what demographic

1351
01:47:15,240 --> 01:47:19,840
trends are, what growth trends are in things like that is going to be critically important on both sides

1352
01:47:19,840 --> 01:47:22,400
to have those conversations and start those conversations.

1353
01:47:22,720 --> 01:47:25,160
And I can tell you that chair to chair Mr. Combs,

1354
01:47:25,220 --> 01:47:28,060
and I have had those conversations about us looking

1355
01:47:28,060 --> 01:47:29,520
at that data when it comes out.

1356
01:47:29,580 --> 01:47:30,820
Starting down that line.

1357
01:47:31,280 --> 01:47:32,160
All right,

1358
01:47:36,020 --> 01:47:38,100
just want to be negative.

1359
01:47:38,440 --> 01:47:40,840
But to just give you a little bit of idea of some of the things

1360
01:47:40,840 --> 01:47:42,380
that we've heard at the public hearings

1361
01:47:42,380 --> 01:47:45,380
for the commission, as well as from some citizen comments

1362
01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:47,960
that you might expect when you have your public hearing

1363
01:47:47,960 --> 01:47:49,200
because you've scheduled an MA.

1364
01:47:49,200 --> 01:47:56,660
There's been a lot of concern over section of the plan relative to residential development adjacent to existing residential development.

1365
01:47:57,180 --> 01:48:01,880
There was a zoning case that came up that kind of plan some of this a little bit.

1366
01:48:02,420 --> 01:48:07,120
But there's a philosophy out there that stack just doesn't agree with when the planning commission does not either.

1367
01:48:08,160 --> 01:48:15,480
That all neighborhoods should be similar in size similar in house type house price point, those kind of things.

1368
01:48:15,480 --> 01:48:20,140
Our comprehensive plan really sets forward more general density guidelines and in whatever

1369
01:48:20,140 --> 01:48:26,320
a lot size you meet to get to meet that maximum density is really up to the market to the size.

1370
01:48:26,840 --> 01:48:31,300
So again, we don't believe in the one size fits all approach. However, there you may hear

1371
01:48:31,300 --> 01:48:35,340
at your public hearing from some statements to the population that are somewhat fairly organized

1372
01:48:35,340 --> 01:48:39,960
that is something they don't agree with. But again, that is something that we had a discussion

1373
01:48:39,960 --> 01:48:46,020
with the money commission I went about and it's going to staff and feel that we should be supporting

1374
01:48:46,020 --> 01:48:50,780
a range of housing types and densities even on properties where they are adjacent to each

1375
01:48:50,780 --> 01:48:56,480
other. As long as it's not primarily access through that existing neighborhood. So I just want

1376
01:48:56,480 --> 01:49:04,380
to ask a question about that. So what there's what that point that solar making is that older

1377
01:49:04,380 --> 01:49:08,180
development should determine newer development.

1378
01:49:09,160 --> 01:49:14,040
Yes, so it's all in the ground, so because it got their first, it should determine

1379
01:49:14,040 --> 01:49:19,580
what goes their net. And is there any, is there any caveats to that? Is there any other

1380
01:49:19,580 --> 01:49:24,280
because there are any exceptions to that that you're hearing in terms of, no, okay.

1381
01:49:24,720 --> 01:49:31,780
Well, I think that's the way things had always been done and always the perception that whatever you

1382
01:49:31,780 --> 01:49:35,840
built around you was going to be the same.

1383
01:49:36,400 --> 01:49:39,460
And, you know, for many years, two-story Colonials,

1384
01:49:39,720 --> 01:49:41,900
that that was the only kind of house that there was.

1385
01:49:42,660 --> 01:49:44,660
And so people were fine with that

1386
01:49:44,660 --> 01:49:46,520
because that's what the market was demanding.

1387
01:49:47,140 --> 01:49:48,360
But things have changed.

1388
01:49:48,680 --> 01:49:50,240
And there's different market demands.

1389
01:49:50,640 --> 01:49:54,780
It's not the same group of people moving into neighborhoods.

1390
01:49:55,460 --> 01:49:56,780
People want different styles.

1391
01:49:56,960 --> 01:49:58,880
So the market really needs to reflect that.

1392
01:49:58,880 --> 01:50:06,480
Steven, didn't there a caveat when you're expanding and existing neighborhood that that might be a realistic expectation like extending the street?

1393
01:50:06,600 --> 01:50:10,700
Right. They're already part of a zoning case and that expectation set. That's one thing.

1394
01:50:10,820 --> 01:50:16,820
But if you're a virgin land and you're coming in for a zoning, I think there's a same elaboration that thinks that you should ask for the same zoning.

1395
01:50:17,000 --> 01:50:18,960
That's the next story. You should build the same thing.

1396
01:50:19,260 --> 01:50:23,060
Definitely if you're part of a existing subdivision and they're just building out the rest of that,

1397
01:50:23,140 --> 01:50:26,600
we should have an expectation bottom of that neighborhood that it's going to reflect somewhat.

1398
01:50:28,040 --> 01:50:33,840
But I mean, used to be, you know, the expectation was that the state, you have the same size.

1399
01:50:33,900 --> 01:50:36,520
Lots and the neighborhood next to you, you have the same size.

1400
01:50:36,780 --> 01:50:39,120
We're putting it to housing with that change.

1401
01:50:39,240 --> 01:50:44,640
People aren't demanding the same size of lots and they're not demanding the same size housing.

1402
01:50:45,420 --> 01:50:48,420
They want higher quality within it, but a smaller footprint.

1403
01:50:49,060 --> 01:50:49,180
Yeah.

1404
01:50:49,540 --> 01:50:50,520
We're finding house size.

1405
01:50:50,660 --> 01:50:54,540
It used to be a determinant quality that it's now working against us,

1406
01:50:54,540 --> 01:50:58,040
people aren't looking for house size, they're looking for location, they're looking for amenities,

1407
01:50:58,580 --> 01:51:02,360
and those kinds of things, naturally they're not focused on the fall of the ground, and that's

1408
01:51:02,360 --> 01:51:06,420
how big it is. No, I think you keep in mind, our really successful large communities,

1409
01:51:07,000 --> 01:51:14,200
Brandon Bell, would like. And they're all mixed, size, developed, but Jason, to one another. Right.

1410
01:51:14,240 --> 01:51:19,400
That's true. I know you see that in wood like, you know, it's still still young families in there because

1411
01:51:19,400 --> 01:51:23,460
They can go over them and then they move to a larger air, right?

1412
01:51:24,060 --> 01:51:24,900
Yeah, agree with you.

1413
01:51:24,960 --> 01:51:25,860
I think you're right.

1414
01:51:26,100 --> 01:51:26,300
Yeah.

1415
01:51:26,560 --> 01:51:27,520
So just so you have a heads up.

1416
01:51:27,600 --> 01:51:29,000
You may hear some of them.

1417
01:51:29,000 --> 01:51:29,420
I'm in the department.

1418
01:51:29,720 --> 01:51:32,860
We also have a lot of little versus should and I'll look to check here.

1419
01:51:33,300 --> 01:51:37,820
But we are adamant in our conference of plan that we do not use the word real shell.

1420
01:51:38,080 --> 01:51:38,860
This is not an ordinance.

1421
01:51:39,080 --> 01:51:40,900
It is a visionary guiding document.

1422
01:51:41,180 --> 01:51:44,880
Our zoning ordinance tells you if you must do and what you're required to do.

1423
01:51:45,240 --> 01:51:49,260
We keep that language out of the confland, but some people want to use the confland.

1424
01:51:49,260 --> 01:51:55,400
as the hammer to fight against development cases or certain things that they don't want to see in the community.

1425
01:51:55,980 --> 01:51:57,000
We just don't think that's appropriate.

1426
01:51:57,420 --> 01:51:59,800
You're heads up, you'll get some of that probably too.

1427
01:52:00,080 --> 01:52:01,940
There's anything mandatory in it.

1428
01:52:02,080 --> 01:52:02,280
Right.

1429
01:52:03,200 --> 01:52:04,100
It's not different.

1430
01:52:04,460 --> 01:52:04,980
It's a plan.

1431
01:52:05,520 --> 01:52:07,960
And it's like defying to see a guideline over.

1432
01:52:08,900 --> 01:52:12,600
In my own observation of this, there are some even councils.

1433
01:52:12,600 --> 01:52:16,440
We worked at developers attorney to work in localities that have the will and

1434
01:52:16,440 --> 01:52:21,440
language and they've actually had to pause in their cases while the locality amended the

1435
01:52:21,440 --> 01:52:26,380
complaint to accommodate the case. And there are certain localities one of which I made

1436
01:52:26,380 --> 01:52:31,500
work for that that had to do that. And that just that just elongates the process.

1437
01:52:32,600 --> 01:52:37,900
In the same vein you'll see the plan versus owning one. So be things like one of the things

1438
01:52:37,900 --> 01:52:43,560
that came up extensively in your district, Mr. Helgwick, was the landfill issue. While we were

1439
01:52:43,560 --> 01:52:48,020
to say in the confidence of plan that there will never ever be another landfill in this county.

1440
01:52:48,560 --> 01:52:52,040
We just can't put that kind of language in the compound. So what we have done is our best to

1441
01:52:52,040 --> 01:52:56,340
start the line legally saying we don't want any more landfills. I just say we don't want them in a

1442
01:52:56,340 --> 01:53:01,100
park a district. Did you? We tried putting in the COVID hill, but I think it's probably

1443
01:53:01,100 --> 01:53:06,980
what they did. You get two nos on that one. But you will have a confusion over the

1444
01:53:06,980 --> 01:53:10,060
plan versus zoning orders and they want to have things in the plan that's really

1445
01:53:10,060 --> 01:53:13,940
we're appropriating a zoning or a certain uses, certain types of development, certain restrictions

1446
01:53:13,940 --> 01:53:16,060
on, you know, government standards.

1447
01:53:16,580 --> 01:53:17,980
Those, again, are all zoning ordinance things.

1448
01:53:18,000 --> 01:53:18,620
We tried.

1449
01:53:18,880 --> 01:53:23,020
We added into this content that you have before you, a section that tries to explain to the

1450
01:53:23,020 --> 01:53:26,500
public the difference between zoning and the content and how they work together.

1451
01:53:27,180 --> 01:53:28,620
So, you may hear a little bit confusing there.

1452
01:53:28,700 --> 01:53:30,120
And then, of course, the East West Freeway.

1453
01:53:31,080 --> 01:53:32,140
They're pretty well-lunch.

1454
01:53:32,160 --> 01:53:32,960
You know, the segment there.

1455
01:53:33,000 --> 01:53:35,380
They want the line taking off the Fair Park plan.

1456
01:53:35,440 --> 01:53:38,720
However, that East West Freeway has been on our Fair Park for 189.

1457
01:53:38,720 --> 01:53:44,760
And until we have a decision that the Southern Western part of the county is going to be permanently rule,

1458
01:53:45,040 --> 01:53:48,600
that line will stay on our corporate plan because the government could occur,

1459
01:53:48,920 --> 01:53:52,320
and we do accommodate the transportation needs if that should happen.

1460
01:53:53,040 --> 01:53:54,540
So that's our thinking that way.

1461
01:53:55,140 --> 01:53:57,860
So I would also like to comment on that.

1462
01:53:57,960 --> 01:54:02,520
I mean, that's not saying that some of it will still remain rural,

1463
01:54:02,900 --> 01:54:04,420
even though there's a road to it.

1464
01:54:04,860 --> 01:54:06,420
I mean, that won't stay rural.

1465
01:54:06,420 --> 01:54:11,260
It can still stay rural and it depends on if you just don't give access to certain areas.

1466
01:54:11,820 --> 01:54:18,520
But the idea of never giving the future, the opportunity to have a way to get from one end of the county to the other.

1467
01:54:18,800 --> 01:54:21,960
I mean, I don't think anyone on this board will do that to a future board.

1468
01:54:22,540 --> 01:54:27,260
But I think it needs to be made clear that, although they are made.

1469
01:54:27,500 --> 01:54:31,080
I mean, you, you've got many areas and you see you can, you drive on a road.

1470
01:54:31,120 --> 01:54:33,000
There's absolutely nothing around that.

1471
01:54:33,640 --> 01:54:36,700
That doesn't mean it's taking you all of the people.

1472
01:54:36,840 --> 01:54:40,460
You got to know where the bones are going to be for the nature development of the

1473
01:54:40,460 --> 01:54:40,580
society.

1474
01:54:40,960 --> 01:54:41,880
It's been 20 years.

1475
01:54:42,920 --> 01:54:43,060
Yeah.

1476
01:54:43,600 --> 01:54:48,000
In their place, we'll say that important made a good decision rather than pop where those

1477
01:54:48,000 --> 01:54:48,380
foods.

1478
01:54:48,600 --> 01:54:49,380
I think about that.

1479
01:54:49,440 --> 01:54:49,760
That's right.

1480
01:54:50,040 --> 01:54:50,680
That's right.

1481
01:54:50,680 --> 01:54:51,820
We're not going to be to food.

1482
01:54:52,100 --> 01:54:56,020
If you're a immigrant, you're in a harbour point somewhere over there.

1483
01:54:56,200 --> 01:55:01,680
You're going to be able to get to Chester in a direct and quick fashion.

1484
01:55:01,680 --> 01:55:07,480
And it's just over time, it's going to get harder and harder to make that timely trip.

1485
01:55:08,340 --> 01:55:12,780
Just because we're in direct, we're in direct and then to have you serve fairs, but

1486
01:55:12,780 --> 01:55:18,100
are already having heavy traffic, rather than giving the mail turn to the Z-Broad with cars.

1487
01:55:18,540 --> 01:55:26,820
So it just makes sense without us pre-defining that all the world goes away just because of that.

1488
01:55:26,860 --> 01:55:28,540
So I think we'll be in the safe, so.

1489
01:55:28,540 --> 01:55:30,720
And that's where our land use plant region matters here.

1490
01:55:30,800 --> 01:55:33,260
So this is the new map we've added into our chapter 10.

1491
01:55:33,440 --> 01:55:36,340
This helps to explain to the public really what the philosophy of plan is.

1492
01:55:36,460 --> 01:55:39,480
The green is our rural area that we want to keep rural,

1493
01:55:39,520 --> 01:55:42,920
full and sense of purposes, the Spanish areas are neighborhoods.

1494
01:55:43,000 --> 01:55:45,300
We want to make sure our neighbors are healthy, thriving places,

1495
01:55:45,720 --> 01:55:48,580
attractive to new families and retirees as well.

1496
01:55:48,900 --> 01:55:51,220
And then you see the circles up there.

1497
01:55:51,320 --> 01:55:55,220
And the circles are varying levels of regional and community centers.

1498
01:55:55,220 --> 01:55:58,420
And this is kind of the emphasis of our confidence of plan.

1499
01:55:58,620 --> 01:56:01,280
Now, we have plenty of suburban living lifestyle choices

1500
01:56:01,280 --> 01:56:02,380
if that's what you prefer.

1501
01:56:02,560 --> 01:56:05,020
We have a whole big section of rural,

1502
01:56:05,240 --> 01:56:06,320
if that's what you prefer.

1503
01:56:06,440 --> 01:56:07,540
I'm also saddening like I can.

1504
01:56:08,220 --> 01:56:09,900
What we do not have in this county,

1505
01:56:10,100 --> 01:56:12,000
and where we are putting a lot of our emphasis

1506
01:56:12,000 --> 01:56:14,720
as we move forward on rezoning the limits of our new work,

1507
01:56:15,080 --> 01:56:17,540
is developing these 24-hour active lifestyle centers

1508
01:56:17,540 --> 01:56:22,240
in a contact, walkable, more time density, vertical orientation.

1509
01:56:22,900 --> 01:56:25,120
At key locations, we don't want these things everywhere,

1510
01:56:25,120 --> 01:56:31,960
But at major intersections such as 280A and its intersections like 60, 360, 10 and 1,

1511
01:56:32,200 --> 01:56:36,220
those are opportunities to have some higher-sense, high-quality development that is attractive

1512
01:56:36,220 --> 01:56:41,460
as we know to the one-elogeration as well as the baby boomers that are looking for a place

1513
01:56:41,460 --> 01:56:47,340
that is connected to various activities, including entertainment, recreation, shopping, living,

1514
01:56:47,600 --> 01:56:51,480
working all kind of in a compact, walk-able area.

1515
01:56:51,480 --> 01:56:55,540
Again, just offering that lifestyle choice to a few for residents.

1516
01:56:55,700 --> 01:56:59,700
So that's really kind of what we really lack today and what our confidence is trying to

1517
01:56:59,700 --> 01:57:00,780
strive for us to achieve.

1518
01:57:01,100 --> 01:57:07,180
A lot of these areas exist today as dirt malls, as shopping centers, and the nature retails

1519
01:57:07,180 --> 01:57:07,680
changing.

1520
01:57:07,800 --> 01:57:12,620
The nature of people's expectations for when they go out about in their life is changing.

1521
01:57:13,340 --> 01:57:16,580
You know, nobody really enjoys doing the one stop shopping trip anymore.

1522
01:57:17,260 --> 01:57:20,940
But if you can have a destination, a logical variety of things,

1523
01:57:20,940 --> 01:57:25,900
maybe I can get something to eat, pick up a new shoes, and then go see a concert, and

1524
01:57:25,900 --> 01:57:26,720
get a drink or something.

1525
01:57:26,820 --> 01:57:33,520
That's what we're talking about all in a kind of active kind of high energy area, and

1526
01:57:33,520 --> 01:57:36,760
that's what we're trying to develop, and that's also part of place making.

1527
01:57:37,380 --> 01:57:41,420
We want to be a community of places, not just a community of subdivisions and strut models,

1528
01:57:41,540 --> 01:57:43,520
so that's really kind of what our emphasis is on.

1529
01:57:44,100 --> 01:57:49,380
This of course is our normal land use plan after all the bureaucrats and people that have

1530
01:57:49,380 --> 01:57:52,720
with what users go where, but really for the public

1531
01:57:52,720 --> 01:57:55,100
benefits, the same is just just kind of explained

1532
01:57:55,100 --> 01:57:56,980
in any more technical manner.

1533
01:57:58,160 --> 01:57:59,540
Now of course our third board plan,

1534
01:57:59,800 --> 01:58:02,360
we haven't really made any changes to that.

1535
01:58:02,900 --> 01:58:04,960
Most of those are the rows there in there for a while.

1536
01:58:06,020 --> 01:58:08,260
So with that, tonight you'll have on your

1537
01:58:08,260 --> 01:58:10,160
consent agenda, the setting of the public hearing

1538
01:58:10,160 --> 01:58:13,220
for May 22nd, staff will explore to your recommendation

1539
01:58:13,220 --> 01:58:16,240
to set that and hear what the public has to say.

1540
01:58:16,720 --> 01:58:18,200
The commission, the announcement of doors,

1541
01:58:18,200 --> 01:58:19,840
this comprehensive plan.

1542
01:58:20,520 --> 01:58:22,800
I mean, staff are very proud of the work that we have in the

1543
01:58:22,800 --> 01:58:25,880
climate department as well as the various other departments that have

1544
01:58:25,880 --> 01:58:27,240
contributed a lot of time and energy.

1545
01:58:27,720 --> 01:58:30,740
And this as well as you will to make this plan great.

1546
01:58:30,880 --> 01:58:34,180
I think it's a much better plan than the 2012 plan that we had

1547
01:58:34,180 --> 01:58:34,600
currently.

1548
01:58:34,800 --> 01:58:36,040
I think it's more modern.

1549
01:58:36,100 --> 01:58:39,180
It sets the stage for some new innovative things that we're going to

1550
01:58:39,180 --> 01:58:42,680
attempt to do to our new zoning ordinance and some other initiatives we have.

1551
01:58:43,080 --> 01:58:46,680
And with that, I can answer any questions you might have on the process or

1552
01:58:46,680 --> 01:58:49,620
any particular section of the point?

1553
01:58:49,920 --> 01:58:50,960
Better chair.

1554
01:58:52,640 --> 01:58:54,000
Chapter four.

1555
01:58:54,400 --> 01:58:56,560
I don't want to say a page of my own,

1556
01:58:57,500 --> 01:58:58,180
BT6.

1557
01:58:59,360 --> 01:59:00,320
This is what they talked about,

1558
01:59:00,580 --> 01:59:01,700
Audrey, and the county.

1559
01:59:02,100 --> 01:59:05,600
Incoming poverty is the top of the A.

1560
01:59:06,620 --> 01:59:10,660
And, obviously, this is something we've spent a lot of time on,

1561
01:59:10,740 --> 01:59:16,380
both on many of the future and essentially every department in some way.

1562
01:59:16,380 --> 01:59:25,420
has its fingers on this issue and it's a very complex issue, right? One of the things I noted

1563
01:59:25,420 --> 01:59:36,660
is that the plan and in this chapter it sort of goes back and forth sometimes between years

1564
01:59:36,660 --> 01:59:44,460
of data and I see that we've got 2016 they're using a 2016 number here for poverty rate at 7.4%.

1565
01:59:44,460 --> 01:59:51,300
And this, of course, doesn't capture our recent reduction in the poverty rate in the county

1566
01:59:51,300 --> 01:59:55,660
that came out from the Fed just last October.

1567
01:59:55,860 --> 01:59:57,550
We went down to 7.2%.

1568
01:59:58,320 --> 01:59:59,960
And I think that...

1569
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:12,300
And that was for the year of 2017. I think that for the year of 2018, you're going to see a further reduction in that number based on the strength of the local economy.

1570
02:00:13,180 --> 02:00:29,000
So I just wonder if it is appropriate to highlight that here in some form of fashion, because even if it levels out, it's something to note.

1571
02:00:29,960 --> 02:00:37,260
And I think it's important to make it known in here somewhere that at this time,

1572
02:00:37,560 --> 02:00:42,700
those things operating the way they are, not just national, but locally, the policy

1573
02:00:42,700 --> 02:00:50,000
of the public, we are having this sort of an impact for those who are looking at this in

1574
02:00:50,000 --> 02:00:57,140
the future and taking stock of what policies have been enacted, what policies have been enacted,

1575
02:00:58,360 --> 02:01:03,640
And so, I don't know, to me, it just makes sense to maybe try to mention it here.

1576
02:01:04,020 --> 02:01:08,200
Well, I don't even understand why we have to avoid this quote income.

1577
02:01:08,540 --> 02:01:11,240
I don't know why we have to add an end-pop or an end-pop, or an end-pop.

1578
02:01:11,240 --> 02:01:12,800
It's part of the set of income.

1579
02:01:14,940 --> 02:01:19,760
And if you remember, we had taken that out, and the commission asked for that.

1580
02:01:19,980 --> 02:01:22,640
We put back in, and that's why it's in the version.

1581
02:01:22,640 --> 02:01:25,200
And if that's the desire of the board has that's something

1582
02:01:25,200 --> 02:01:27,960
as you vote on the planet, you can make change with us too.

1583
02:01:28,220 --> 02:01:30,360
Well, we need to call it what it is.

1584
02:01:30,560 --> 02:01:32,660
I mean, it is, I mean, it is, we need to say

1585
02:01:32,660 --> 02:01:33,660
you're following it down there.

1586
02:01:33,760 --> 02:01:35,620
I think we can't wait to tie it over.

1587
02:01:35,980 --> 02:01:39,000
Yeah, we need to not go all so well, but rather recognize

1588
02:01:39,000 --> 02:01:41,880
and identify what we're dealing with.

1589
02:01:41,920 --> 02:01:44,020
Yeah, I mean, I think both, right.

1590
02:01:44,600 --> 02:01:46,200
I have to agree, Jim, I mean,

1591
02:01:46,320 --> 02:01:48,840
I think that with the warmth of the community on the future

1592
02:01:48,840 --> 02:01:55,820
done on it. We really highlighted this as a strategic issue and we've attacked it this way

1593
02:01:55,820 --> 02:02:01,220
in a very public fashion. So I think it makes sense for us to do so also at our

1594
02:02:01,220 --> 02:02:06,560
compound that we're paying attention to this particular number manually because we're talking

1595
02:02:06,560 --> 02:02:13,360
about, but so even just that adjustment from 7.4 to 7.2 to 7.17, that's 700 families,

1596
02:02:13,640 --> 02:02:18,100
you know who are not living on the poverty on that line anymore.

1597
02:02:18,100 --> 02:02:24,720
You know, they're involved that line and something that think, you know, we should attempt to highlight in some fashion.

1598
02:02:24,720 --> 02:02:26,620
I say, I just throw that out there.

1599
02:02:26,860 --> 02:02:32,220
Part of it, part of it is that's trying to use the same statistical and I saw that.

1600
02:02:32,460 --> 02:02:36,560
You know, this is mostly census and American community survey information.

1601
02:02:36,800 --> 02:02:40,500
So we're trying to be careful to apple that, I don't remember.

1602
02:02:41,000 --> 02:02:44,840
Mr. Woodlow, the reference, you know, the source of that reserve thing.

1603
02:02:45,200 --> 02:02:46,120
So, you know, that's different.

1604
02:02:46,120 --> 02:02:53,160
So, we're trying to keep it as a comparable consistent data source.

1605
02:02:53,980 --> 02:02:58,180
So, we can make some additional efforts, maybe, to other sources,

1606
02:03:00,640 --> 02:03:05,360
to provide a source of reduction in poverty.

1607
02:03:06,700 --> 02:03:08,260
We're not, we're not, we're not, we're not.

1608
02:03:08,740 --> 02:03:12,180
You know, that part, the part that's, that somewhat troubling me,

1609
02:03:12,400 --> 02:03:14,100
is just that whole paragraph of general,

1610
02:03:14,100 --> 02:03:17,260
by nature of the fact that we're passing a plan in 2019

1611
02:03:17,260 --> 02:03:18,860
that references statistics.

1612
02:03:19,540 --> 02:03:23,680
We're in 2016, it references also sort of a trend

1613
02:03:23,680 --> 02:03:25,180
or a demographic trend.

1614
02:03:25,360 --> 02:03:27,380
We're already three years into a trend

1615
02:03:27,380 --> 02:03:29,420
at the beginning of a five-year plan.

1616
02:03:30,220 --> 02:03:33,040
I just, that whole paragraph is troubling to me

1617
02:03:33,040 --> 02:03:35,720
because it's based on data that's already old.

1618
02:03:36,300 --> 02:03:38,580
And so I just feel like there's a better way

1619
02:03:38,580 --> 02:03:40,040
we can capture.

1620
02:03:41,620 --> 02:03:58,620
You know, do we have to capture it in data so much as we just capture somewhat what our commitment is to the entire spectrum of, you know, of how we're addressing it and come level slash already loves live in the county.

1621
02:03:59,000 --> 02:04:03,720
I mean, I just still like that that's what this really speaks to it speaks to the commitment of the board.

1622
02:04:03,720 --> 02:04:12,300
acknowledge that, you know, we have the verse pockets of income slash poverty that exist

1623
02:04:12,300 --> 02:04:19,340
and that we have the we are programmatically intent upon addressing those issues providing resources.

1624
02:04:19,580 --> 02:04:23,980
I mean, I just sort of feel like that's more of the importance of this than it is saying

1625
02:04:25,100 --> 02:04:30,660
what the actual demographic numbers are that we can only capture so much of the fact.

1626
02:04:30,660 --> 02:04:40,940
I mean does that kind of make sense to folks because we really, that is the tone that this board has taken in programming and services and that.

1627
02:04:41,200 --> 02:04:43,000
It does matter of chair and I agree with you.

1628
02:04:43,040 --> 02:04:47,960
And I think staff sort of called between a rock and argon and this some degree because you've got,

1629
02:04:47,960 --> 02:04:51,980
I mean you've got these estimates. So American community survey five year estimates.

1630
02:04:52,200 --> 02:04:55,300
But if you start off your lead year high.

1631
02:04:55,300 --> 02:05:03,080
And then you start going down, you're not going to capture that in any estimate probably in this area, you're just not going to capture that.

1632
02:05:03,120 --> 02:05:13,300
I don't think anybody thought at the beginning of 2015, the 2016-2017-2018 would do as well as we've done.

1633
02:05:13,300 --> 02:05:18,780
look at what the local economy at 2.9% unemployment rate, second, and in a nationwide growth.

1634
02:05:18,940 --> 02:05:24,720
You just start going through these statistics for the county and the estimates don't

1635
02:05:24,720 --> 02:05:30,300
really catch that. I just wonder in key spots if we should not try to get something that's

1636
02:05:30,300 --> 02:05:35,000
a little more current to the extent we think it makes sense. That's all I would say. I don't want

1637
02:05:35,000 --> 02:05:40,340
to rewrite necessarily, but it's just a... Yeah, Dr. Casey.

1638
02:05:40,340 --> 02:05:45,340
one observation is, and you have this challenge when you're nine years away from the most recent

1639
02:05:45,340 --> 02:05:50,760
census. The fact is the census is the best strategy. Surveys are samples and we don't need

1640
02:05:50,760 --> 02:05:55,920
to get to all those details. So the question is, is there a placeholder that's just done and maybe

1641
02:05:55,920 --> 02:06:01,800
a caveat saying when census data becomes available, you know, then that's, you know, reflecting

1642
02:06:01,800 --> 02:06:08,500
in some table or a tendency at least, but it's, and that won't be total the spring of 2021,

1643
02:06:09,980 --> 02:06:17,200
But there's a whole wealth of data and senses that until you have that, you're just, you're taking guess.

1644
02:06:17,320 --> 02:06:19,360
There's only thing I'll speak to with this, too.

1645
02:06:19,660 --> 02:06:24,040
The increase while it may seem alarming, there's other facets that actually work to your advantage.

1646
02:06:24,340 --> 02:06:32,240
And that we may be having a more affordable housing stock that people aren't living in one household of three generations.

1647
02:06:32,240 --> 02:06:37,780
You know, that that twenty-two year olds are just starting their career with a $10 or $12

1648
02:06:38,240 --> 02:06:43,720
an hour job, very well-made back to finding a household now to live in, quote-unquote,

1649
02:06:43,840 --> 02:06:46,440
they're in poverty per se from a table perspective.

1650
02:06:46,660 --> 02:06:49,780
That's why the word poverty is, you know, someone should be celebrating that they got their

1651
02:06:49,780 --> 02:06:55,140
first job and they're on their way, hopefully, and for us to classify them as such, because

1652
02:06:55,140 --> 02:06:57,060
we now have a household for them to live in.

1653
02:06:57,920 --> 02:07:01,220
So to have affordable housing, you are by nature

1654
02:07:01,220 --> 02:07:02,620
going to have a higher statistic.

1655
02:07:02,980 --> 02:07:05,760
And this may actually be the right trend line of evade,

1656
02:07:05,800 --> 02:07:07,520
flat, then, statistic going forward,

1657
02:07:07,520 --> 02:07:09,880
or something that's not having these changes.

1658
02:07:10,240 --> 02:07:11,380
And I'm just making assumptions.

1659
02:07:11,700 --> 02:07:14,660
You know, I have no facts, yeah, I'm just making observations.

1660
02:07:15,700 --> 02:07:17,240
I would say that we don't want the conflict

1661
02:07:17,240 --> 02:07:19,160
and to be the source of data for people,

1662
02:07:19,220 --> 02:07:20,340
one of the things we have in the beginning

1663
02:07:20,340 --> 02:07:22,960
or this chapter is the belief that we're not going to think

1664
02:07:22,960 --> 02:07:23,820
or not, right?

1665
02:07:23,820 --> 02:07:25,600
And it's so too much data in here.

1666
02:07:25,720 --> 02:07:26,020
Right.

1667
02:07:26,020 --> 02:07:27,860
All right, well, it's good for this moment and time,

1668
02:07:27,900 --> 02:07:29,660
but the second is plan to stop us out of favor.

1669
02:07:29,760 --> 02:07:31,380
But we do have, we're going to have links in here

1670
02:07:31,380 --> 02:07:32,500
that are going to link you to the web page,

1671
02:07:32,600 --> 02:07:34,840
where we do have any reports on all these different things

1672
02:07:34,840 --> 02:07:36,340
that keep the data up to date.

1673
02:07:36,480 --> 02:07:37,520
Well, then, and I guess that's good.

1674
02:07:37,800 --> 02:07:38,920
The question that's being raised is,

1675
02:07:39,180 --> 02:07:41,380
is should these links, should we not have this,

1676
02:07:41,680 --> 02:07:43,780
should we just have the links be a permanent source

1677
02:07:43,780 --> 02:07:47,940
and a change in source that's needed and not embedded 100 times.

1678
02:07:48,280 --> 02:07:49,820
So that's something the board can decide.

1679
02:07:49,980 --> 02:07:51,860
I think the commission, we had this discussion

1680
02:07:51,860 --> 02:07:54,020
with the commission early on, and they felt

1681
02:07:54,020 --> 02:07:57,720
desire to keep data into the plan, but we'll make the final decision.

1682
02:07:58,820 --> 02:08:00,300
I like the link in our deal.

1683
02:08:00,900 --> 02:08:02,020
I like that.

1684
02:08:02,920 --> 02:08:03,460
I like that.

1685
02:08:03,460 --> 02:08:04,400
I don't like that.

1686
02:08:05,960 --> 02:08:06,280
Okay.

1687
02:08:08,380 --> 02:08:10,780
When you know all this data, it's much more than a copy.

1688
02:08:11,280 --> 02:08:12,100
It is.

1689
02:08:12,440 --> 02:08:12,960
It is.

1690
02:08:12,960 --> 02:08:13,160
It is.

1691
02:08:13,760 --> 02:08:15,160
It could be a copy.

1692
02:08:15,160 --> 02:08:15,980
It could be a copy.

1693
02:08:15,980 --> 02:08:16,460
It could be a copy.

1694
02:08:16,940 --> 02:08:18,600
It could be a copy.

1695
02:08:19,460 --> 02:08:23,100
That's what we got into the deal.

1696
02:08:23,100 --> 02:08:28,060
to secure data and things really something in terms of the plan.

1697
02:08:29,140 --> 02:08:30,420
To be that resource, right?

1698
02:08:31,220 --> 02:08:31,360
Okay.

1699
02:08:31,360 --> 02:08:32,380
That can be the next reason.

1700
02:08:35,380 --> 02:08:36,180
You done?

1701
02:08:38,320 --> 02:08:40,760
I really, first of all, thank you all for all the hard work.

1702
02:08:41,180 --> 02:08:44,860
I mean, this has been out there, as you say, since 16, so it's been a lot of work

1703
02:08:44,860 --> 02:08:46,800
and I have to watch the commissioners.

1704
02:08:46,860 --> 02:08:49,060
I know my commissioners have really been working on it.

1705
02:08:49,060 --> 02:08:54,260
get it out before roof small hoots and all. So I apologize you all for bringing that forth today.

1706
02:08:54,840 --> 02:09:01,460
If two errors, one error, now I go back early to what you were saying earlier, Mr. Dobrik,

1707
02:09:01,640 --> 02:09:07,680
that is communications with the community and the citizens and neighborhoods affected by

1708
02:09:07,680 --> 02:09:12,660
hate-to-zone encases, it makes sure we improve the process. I know you have doing that,

1709
02:09:12,660 --> 02:09:17,120
and I applaud the improvement in the process, the great man in the process to make it very

1710
02:09:17,120 --> 02:09:23,160
efficient for business community, our development community, and I know your input has been

1711
02:09:23,160 --> 02:09:30,120
included in making the process more amenable to them as a customer of the county as

1712
02:09:30,120 --> 02:09:38,620
way. The second area is the proper, as we respect, to the revitalization. I know we include

1713
02:09:38,620 --> 02:09:44,020
that chapter and it's very important. And now we look at cases where the environment revitalization

1714
02:09:44,020 --> 02:09:58,920
And we, the proper, at some point, it would be nice to have a gauge as to how well that process is working with the elimination of properties and revitalization areas.

1715
02:09:59,080 --> 02:10:05,400
I don't have some data on what that policy has meant to the county.

1716
02:10:05,400 --> 02:10:11,880
has it improved the county in terms of more areas with increased assessments.

1717
02:10:12,480 --> 02:10:17,820
Things of that nature that benefit the tax structure of the county will be helpful

1718
02:10:18,600 --> 02:10:22,460
because that was a significant change in our policy, our problem policy,

1719
02:10:23,220 --> 02:10:25,540
a couple of years ago, it would be helpful.

1720
02:10:25,960 --> 02:10:32,400
And how will continue to improve those areas and all the areas of the county

1721
02:10:32,400 --> 02:10:33,600
is very significant.

1722
02:10:34,040 --> 02:10:36,760
As you've mentioned earlier, Steve is important

1723
02:10:36,760 --> 02:10:41,160
that we look at improving all aspects of just a field.

1724
02:10:41,400 --> 02:10:43,520
First, it's just moving out to a media.

1725
02:10:44,340 --> 02:10:47,680
And pushing everything out, we want to utilize the end

1726
02:10:47,680 --> 02:10:52,940
and make sure that we really enhance our older areas.

1727
02:10:53,360 --> 02:10:55,640
And in Dale, for example, we'll make sure we have

1728
02:10:55,640 --> 02:10:59,340
older areas in Dale and not, but just the entire county.

1729
02:10:59,400 --> 02:11:01,720
I think that's very important for us to do.

1730
02:11:01,720 --> 02:11:07,260
So those are areas and continue to improvement as you point out, I love the idea of being able

1731
02:11:07,260 --> 02:11:12,060
to go to the website and receive information at night versus having to attend to meet

1732
02:11:12,060 --> 02:11:12,680
people.

1733
02:11:12,840 --> 02:11:17,700
I really visit and you realize that technology purer wells we learn through the budget process

1734
02:11:18,480 --> 02:11:20,220
reach way more people that way.

1735
02:11:20,560 --> 02:11:21,700
So that will be excellent.

1736
02:11:21,940 --> 02:11:27,320
But I just believe in the continuous improvement in the process and in terms of meeting needs

1737
02:11:27,320 --> 02:11:31,040
of our customers, and specifically, as well as the brief comments.

1738
02:11:33,730 --> 02:11:34,310
Thank you.

1739
02:11:34,370 --> 02:11:34,770
Thank you.

1740
02:11:35,550 --> 02:11:35,910
Thank you.

1741
02:11:35,910 --> 02:11:36,130
Thank you, Paul.

1742
02:11:39,080 --> 02:11:44,040
I am forward towards today's report on district, monthly report on district approval.

1743
02:11:45,100 --> 02:11:49,540
Are there any questions regarding the district to improve on the follow-up report?

1744
02:11:50,100 --> 02:11:50,500
No.

1745
02:11:50,500 --> 02:11:51,580
I appreciate your report, ma'am.

1746
02:11:52,240 --> 02:11:52,480
Yes.

1747
02:11:52,560 --> 02:11:53,420
I appreciate the data.

1748
02:11:53,760 --> 02:11:53,940
Thank you.

1749
02:11:54,160 --> 02:11:54,600
I love the data.

1750
02:11:55,320 --> 02:11:57,800
Seeing no questions, I'm forward to accept that.

1751
02:11:57,880 --> 02:11:58,700
I am 5.

1752
02:11:58,720 --> 02:11:59,400
15 minutes.

1753
02:11:59,400 --> 02:12:02,320
So this is a time and period of time instead of matter if we have no speakers.

1754
02:12:02,900 --> 02:12:07,240
Six closed session for two sections, two point two, that's 37, I'm an A8.

1755
02:12:07,620 --> 02:12:11,640
However, junior ninety-five is amended for consultation with the county attorney, requiring

1756
02:12:11,640 --> 02:12:14,880
the provisions of legal advice regarding possible opioids and litigation.

1757
02:12:15,480 --> 02:12:16,980
We need a motion to go into closed session.

1758
02:12:17,180 --> 02:12:17,560
Oh, man.

1759
02:12:18,220 --> 02:12:18,580
I'm sorry.