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>> councilmember fox will be

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giving the invocation followed

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by the pledge of allegince from

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councilmember bagdassarian.

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MS. Fox?

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>> tonight I'm just going say

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that I'm thankful for the

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privilege of being here this

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evening and serveg you

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serving you tonight

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and I'm thankful to be in this

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wonderful town and country and

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for the liberties afforded us in

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this country and I ask that we

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ask to preserve our individual

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libtds in this

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liberties and so would you take

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a noament

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moment to reflect on the things

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in your lives that you are

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thankful for.

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Thank you.

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>> thank you.

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MR. Bagdassarian?

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>> all right, let the record

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reflect that all members of town

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council are here tonight.

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We have two work session

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minutes, one from SEPTEMBER 13,

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2021.

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Do I have a motion to accept

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them?

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Vice-mayor martinez second by

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councilmember cummings, all in

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favor, aye -- perng.

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>> I'm going abstain --

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>> okay, so that is 6-0-1, and

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regular minutes of the SEPTEMBER

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14th meeting, all in favor

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indicate by saying aye.

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Opposed?

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So that is 7-0.

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Adopting the meeting --

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>> MADAM Mayor.

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>> do I have a motion to adopt

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the meeting agenda?

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Moved by councilmember martinez

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and second?

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>> second

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second.

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>> councilmember steinberg.

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>> do you have a change --

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like to move c and

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the hope is this item can be

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reconsidered at the

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the council's

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next meet.

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>> you are tabling it to the

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OCTOBER 12 meeting?

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All right, all in favor of the

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motion to defer to OCTOBER 22 --

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did I say the right day?

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The 12th okay, the 12th.

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Okay to the town manager can get

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information that came in late

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this afternoon.

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All in favor, aye.

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Opposed?

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Okay, so that is 6-0-1.

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All right, we have no

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certificates of recognition but

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we do have a presentation for

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the national arts and humanities

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month.

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Gets over in your space?

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I'm sorry.

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All right, I'm going read this

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proclamation and then I'm going

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to go down on the floor and

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kaeley boyle is going to accept

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this.

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This is national arts and

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humanities month, OCTOBER 2021.

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Whereas, the covid-19 pandemic

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has devastated america'

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s arts

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sector, with 99% of producing

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and presenting organizations

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having canceled events with

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artists being among the most

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severely affected segment of the

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nation'

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s workforce;

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yet, notwithstanding this fact

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the arts have helped

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collectively lead us throughout

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the darkest times of the

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pandemic-

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lifting our spirits,

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unifying communities, and

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helping to jump-start the

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economy;

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and whereas, the nation'

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120,000 non-profit arts

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organizations, the national

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endowment for the arts, the

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national endowment for the

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humanities, the nation'

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s 4,500

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local arts agencies, and the

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arts and humanities councils of

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our 50 states and six U.S.

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Jurisdictions and districts have

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regularly issued official

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proclamations on an annual basis

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designating OCTOBER as national

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arts and humanities month;

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and whereas, cities and states-

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through their local and state

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arts agencies representing

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thousands of cultural

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organizations-

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have celebrated

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the value and importance of

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culture in the lives of

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americans and the health of

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thriving communities during

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national arts and humanities

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month for several years;

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and whereas, the humanities help

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diverse communities across the

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united states explore their

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history and culture with the

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support and partnership of the

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national endowment for the

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humanities, the 50 state and six

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territorial and district

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humanities councils, and local

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educational and cultural

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institutions;

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and whereas, we recognize the

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loudoun arts film festival as a

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non-profit organization in our

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community serving as a platform

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for independent filmmaking,

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creative expression, and

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immersive entertainment;

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therefore, proclaimed, that the

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mayor and council of the town of

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leesburg in virginia do hereby

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proclaim OCTOBER as national

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arts and humanities month, and

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recognize kaeley boyle as the

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co-founder and director of

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loudoun arts film festival.

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We call upon our community

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members to celebrate and promote

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the arts and culture in our

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nation and to specifically

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encourage greater participation

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by those said community members

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in taking action for the arts

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and humanities in their towns

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and cities.

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Proclaimed this 28th day of

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SEPTEMBER, 2021.

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So I'm going to go down and

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present this to kaeley at this

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point and if you would just give

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me a couple of minutes.

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And so kaeley is here, there she

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s and I want to recognize kaeley

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for the fact that she started

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this film festival and then

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covid hit and she had to do it

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virtually and now you are able

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to do it in person.

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Eye tended several events and I

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was so impressed.

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the topics, just a really

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thoughtful time to reflect on

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what I had just seen.

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doing this and the organization

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you put together for a two-week

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festival is just amazing.

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I want to thank you very much

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and I want to give you this as a

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recognition for all of your hard

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work but I would like you to say

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a few words about it and what it

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meant to you to today

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do all ofnlg.

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of this.>> I would be remiss not to

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think about owen my cofounder.

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We started this DECEMBER 2019

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and come up with this idea and

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then covid hit.

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drive-in last year mixed with a

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virtual festival but it's been

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just such a blessing to bring it

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back to leesburg which was the

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original intend and jack

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o'donnel and ellen, we would not

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have been able to do this

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without them.

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>> thank you and if you ever go

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by the bridge that goes over the

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town branch and there is a

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bridge there on king street and

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look over the side of the

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bridge, kaeley is the artist who

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did the train mural on both

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sides, and I'm sure that you

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could write a book on that.

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Thank you for all that you do

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and for making the arts to

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from the tree commission.

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Elizabeth welsh is she here?

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Oh, there is elizabeth.

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My name is elizabeth,

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commissioner for -- I'm a tree

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commissioner and today I'm

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speaking on the spotted

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lanternfly and threet it

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threat to poses

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to loudoun, leesburg and the

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northern virginia region.

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In our lifetimes we have lost or

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are losing the following trees

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to these diseases or insects,

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american chestnut and the elms

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and ash, and while the spotted

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lanternfly will not destroy one

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tree in particular it is a

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threat to our agriculture and

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especially our wine and stone

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fruit industries such as apple

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orchards and cherry trees,

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anything in the stone fruit

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family.

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This is an invasive species from

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asia, and they are losely

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related to the cicada family and

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look like moths but act more

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like grasshoppers in my opinion

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and I sadly had the opportunity

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see some in person in

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pennsylvania two weekends ago,

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and they usually hop from one

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place to another but there has

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been a record of them flying up

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to 10 miles.

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They do not pose a threat to

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humans or animals, however they

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do consume grapevines, stone

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fruit trees, hard woods and

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other plants and I will goat to get to

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the damage in a bit and it could

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have a devastating impact on our

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local economy.

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Just to give you the stages of

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development for the spotted

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lanternfly, there are four nymph

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stages which you see here.

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fourth stage and a lot of people

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mistake them for lady dugger

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bugs

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bugs froma distance until you see the

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mature adult, and those are the

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egg nests and those can be

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scraped offer and destroyed and

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I hate to be indelicate, but you

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can swish them.

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They are resistant to cold

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weather and will definitely

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survive our winters.

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Here are key identifiers.

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I will leave this up for a few

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seconds.

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Okay, so the preferred host tree

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is unfortunately another

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invalentine's dayive to

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valentine's

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invasive and that is the tree of

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heaven, of which we have many,

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many in leesburg, it is the host

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tree they need to complete their

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life sickle and

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sick cycle

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cycle and they use this

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tree to feed and that makes them

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undesirable to predators like

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birds because they end up

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tasting very bitter.

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So they have a lack of

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predators, too.

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Here is an example of trees

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under attack.

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More importantly and the

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grapevines totally swarmed.

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And again two weeks ago I

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personally got to see this in

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action and it was pretty

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disturbing to see in person but

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they do indeed swarm like this.

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So as of right now, pennsylvania

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has the most complete data and

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so to compare ourselves to

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themselves, they are estimate

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around

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324 to -- million a year and 484

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jobs have been lost so far in

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pennsylvania.

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So what is the more direct

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damage?

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I have talked about the

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economics but there is also

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physical damage, too, and they

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feed from the floam of most

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trees and love walnuts, birch,

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and maple as well.

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Plenty of trees that we have

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here in leesburg.

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And they cause the trees to leak

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honeydew which is damaging to

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cars and our property and it

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leaves the trees vulnerable to

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other diseases, the biggest of

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which is mold which is difficult

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to manage and can destroy trees.

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So how close can it?

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Mixed report, I was going to

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skip straight through this

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because last week we already had

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a report that it was here in

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loudoun but then it was a false

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alarm but there have been social

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media posts throughout that I

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have seen myself, even at market

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station of seeing life spotted

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lanternflies.

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So it's on our borders but it's

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been verified in augusta, page,

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frederick and other countries.

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As of APRIL 2021, a while ago

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unfortunately there had been

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sitings and now we know that

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could be the case.

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And here is a map as of two

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weeks ago what we had and so now

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fairfax and loudoun would

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possibly be added to that, too.

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So what can the town of leesburg

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do and when we are asking?

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We are asking the town to create

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a proclamation for spotted

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lanternfly awareness ago there

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are not many farms here within

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our town borders, we definitely

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have the tree of heaven.

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And we have host plants for the

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spotted lanternfly that will

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effect the rest to

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of the county.

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I estimated looking up data that

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for example our vin

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architectural design standards win yards and

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wine tourism creates about 56

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million a year and that is at

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risk and they would like to have

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campaigned and social media

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posts to reach out to our

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citizens.

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And just for everyone here, how

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they can help, and for the

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commissioners who have this

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presentation, for more

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information, but learn to

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identify the life stages as you

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follow the nymph stage and it

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they are difficult to identify

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but once they get to the fourth

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stage it's easy to identify

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them.

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And removing the tree of heaven,

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if it's possible for people to

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remove those from their

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property, that is best but I

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have seen towns in pennsylvania

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and the mid-atlantic, they are

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leaving what we are calling

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entrapment trees of heaven but

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they are specifically used to

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trap nymphs and kill and dispose

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of them.

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Inspect your surroundings and

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look for egg masses and check

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tree trucks, wheel wells and

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storage buildings and fences and

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rock, they are adhere easily.

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When we left the other day and I

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went up to pennsylvania, we

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stopped along the way -- once we

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got a little bit out of town to

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check our vehicle because there

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are just that many and they are

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hitchhikers.

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Take pictures and/or pap

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capture in

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a container and please report

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it.

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And if you have spotted a

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spotted lanternfly, again,

431
00:20:27,937 --> 00:20:29,237
please report it, but more

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importantly once you have taken

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the picture please destroy the

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spotted lanternfly, I know it's

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pretty, and we had this

436
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conversation earlier with

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another person, and they are

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like but they are so beautiful,

439
00:20:43,152 --> 00:20:43,919
but they are very damaging and

440
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so please destroy.

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And we also have a wealth of

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information in our commercial

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horticulturist from the virginia

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cooperative extension, and she

445
00:20:56,632 --> 00:20:57,867
is willing to give training for

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00:20:57,867 --> 00:20:58,835
anyone who would like more

447
00:20:58,835 --> 00:21:01,235
information and information on

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how to trap and kill the

449
00:21:06,576 --> 00:21:08,576
lanternfly.

450
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>> thank you, very useful

451
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information, I don't think many

452
00:21:12,182 --> 00:21:15,484
of us realize what a predator

453
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this is and we'll follow flu through

454
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with your request.

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00:21:17,530 --> 00:21:19,422
>> thank you very much.

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>> all right, any regional

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commission reports?

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I sent nine you previously and

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that leatds

460
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leatds us

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leads us to our petitioners

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00:22:01,198 --> 00:22:02,365
section.

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00:22:02,365 --> 00:22:02,933
One of the first orders of

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00:22:02,933 --> 00:22:03,267
business is to hear from the

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public.

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All members of the public are

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00:22:04,869 --> 00:22:05,469
welcomed to address the council

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on any item, matter, or issue.

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00:22:06,103 --> 00:22:06,737
Please identify yourself, and if

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comfortable doing so, give your

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address for the taped record.

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Any public speaker will be

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requested to state their name

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and spell it for the purposes of

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closed captioning.

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In the interests of fairness, we

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also ask that you observe the

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five-minute time limit.

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If you are participating in

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00:22:12,243 --> 00:22:12,910
person on or webex.

481
00:22:12,910 --> 00:22:13,477
The green light will turn yellow

482
00:22:13,477 --> 00:22:14,112
at the end of four minutes

483
00:22:14,112 --> 00:22:14,679
indicating you have one minute

484
00:22:14,679 --> 00:22:15,312
remaining, at that time, we

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00:22:15,312 --> 00:22:15,946
would appreciate you summing up

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00:22:15,946 --> 00:22:16,547
and yielding the floor when the

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bell indicates that your time

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has expired.

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For those participating on the

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00:22:18,116 --> 00:22:18,483
phone, you will hear a bell when

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your time is up.

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And under the rules of order

493
00:22:19,651 --> 00:22:20,251
adopted by this council, the

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00:22:20,251 --> 00:22:20,484
five-minute time limit applies

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to all.

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00:22:21,352 --> 00:22:24,952
First up is keith reid to

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followed by vincent gonzales.

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>> I'm keith reid

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reed and I reside

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at 980 east virginia place and

501
00:22:46,478 --> 00:22:47,478
i'm here to comment on the

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00:22:47,478 --> 00:22:48,914
covid-19 resolution that I

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00:22:48,914 --> 00:22:49,314
understand you guys have

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00:22:49,314 --> 00:22:51,216
deferred.

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The reason I'm not here is not

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00:22:53,284 --> 00:22:54,920
so much to fight a vaccine

507
00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:56,221
mandate but I'm here to talk

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about overreemping

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00:22:58,223 --> 00:23:00,223
overreefing

510
00:23:03,361 --> 00:23:05,361
overreaching by this

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00:23:06,665 --> 00:23:09,501
council, a vote of 5-2 so bring

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00:23:09,501 --> 00:23:10,936
this forward is not only

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concerning to me but a lot of

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00:23:12,370 --> 00:23:14,370
other people here.

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At the end of the day at what

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point does it not bandage

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become

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overreaching.

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You might be say all of our

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00:23:23,616 --> 00:23:25,818
employees are going to be fired

521
00:23:25,818 --> 00:23:28,454
after 90 days, okay, at what

522
00:23:28,454 --> 00:23:30,323
point do you tell me to leave

523
00:23:30,323 --> 00:23:32,724
the town because I'm not

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00:23:32,724 --> 00:23:34,460
vaccinated and I am no longer

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allowed to live in this town

526
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because your mandate is about

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00:23:36,663 --> 00:23:38,663
the vaccine.

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And what about political

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00:23:41,701 --> 00:23:42,680
representatives elected to these

530
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,680
positions?

531
00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:48,607
Are you going to go through and

532
00:23:48,607 --> 00:23:50,243
make an amendment to the state

533
00:23:50,243 --> 00:23:52,112
constitution that requires every

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00:23:52,112 --> 00:23:53,513
single elected official to

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00:23:53,513 --> 00:23:53,846
follow through with those

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00:23:53,846 --> 00:23:55,481
resolutions.

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00:23:55,481 --> 00:23:57,350
I ask you to think about what

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00:23:57,350 --> 00:24:00,120
you're doing before you do it

539
00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:01,521
and before you put it out there,%

540
00:24:01,521 --> 00:24:03,689
why not put it out to the public

541
00:24:03,689 --> 00:24:05,659
and let them understand it and

542
00:24:05,659 --> 00:24:06,893
before you lose a lot of vital

543
00:24:06,893 --> 00:24:08,194
employees in this town, think

544
00:24:08,194 --> 00:24:08,928
about the impact there as well.

545
00:24:08,928 --> 00:24:10,928
I thank you.

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00:24:14,201 --> 00:24:16,601
>> thank you, MR. Reed.

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00:24:18,805 --> 00:24:21,805
MR. Gonzales followed by cesar

548
00:24:22,543 --> 00:24:22,743
chavez.

549
00:24:22,743 --> 00:24:24,743
Perng.

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00:24:28,648 --> 00:24:30,417
>> vincent gonzales, a member of

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00:24:30,417 --> 00:24:32,510
the leesburg mobile human had

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00:24:32,510 --> 00:24:33,621
community and I've livered

553
00:24:33,621 --> 00:24:35,621
lived there

554
00:24:35,790 --> 00:24:37,758
18 years nearly my whole life,

555
00:24:37,758 --> 00:24:39,460
and I'm here to remind you where

556
00:24:39,460 --> 00:24:41,495
you sit on the town council.

557
00:24:41,495 --> 00:24:43,300
You sit there to protect people

558
00:24:43,300 --> 00:24:45,233
from big quorp rations

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00:24:45,233 --> 00:24:46,167
corporations and

560
00:24:46,167 --> 00:24:48,167
development companies.

561
00:24:48,603 --> 00:24:48,836
You sit here to protect the

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00:24:48,836 --> 00:24:50,836
people.

563
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,440
The subject has reached many

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00:24:56,511 --> 00:24:58,145
social media outlets, something

565
00:24:58,145 --> 00:25:00,381
has never occurred in leesburg

566
00:25:00,381 --> 00:25:02,781
is the potential gentrification

567
00:25:02,951 --> 00:25:04,151
of working-class families, the

568
00:25:04,151 --> 00:25:06,151
seam

569
00:25:07,222 --> 00:25:08,556
same families labeled essential

570
00:25:08,556 --> 00:25:10,325
during the pandemic.

571
00:25:10,325 --> 00:25:13,325
We are your construction worker,

572
00:25:15,329 --> 00:25:16,965
your landscaper and painters,

573
00:25:16,965 --> 00:25:19,467
think about us and remember us.

574
00:25:19,467 --> 00:25:21,236
All eyes are on you.

575
00:25:21,236 --> 00:25:22,570
We will know who fought for us

576
00:25:22,570 --> 00:25:24,970
and who did not.

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00:25:25,974 --> 00:25:26,207
Our community is based off

578
00:25:26,207 --> 00:25:28,207
latinos.

579
00:25:28,809 --> 00:25:30,245
We are roughly about 20% of the

580
00:25:30,245 --> 00:25:30,612
demographic population of

581
00:25:30,612 --> 00:25:32,612
leesburg.

582
00:25:36,452 --> 00:25:38,353
Our vote will be decisive come

583
00:25:38,353 --> 00:25:39,421
the town election and will

584
00:25:39,421 --> 00:25:41,623
determine if many of you

585
00:25:41,623 --> 00:25:43,580
continue to sit in those seats.

586
00:25:43,580 --> 00:25:43,926
I'm here today to ask to you

587
00:25:43,926 --> 00:25:45,926
fight for us.

588
00:25:47,963 --> 00:25:49,963
Fight for us.

589
00:25:50,632 --> 00:25:52,935
Our community has united.

590
00:25:52,935 --> 00:25:55,400
We are fighting and we want to

591
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,404
stay here in leesburg.

592
00:25:58,741 --> 00:25:58,941
Help me give my community a

593
00:25:58,941 --> 00:26:00,941
voice.

594
00:26:02,111 --> 00:26:04,180
Let them be heard.

595
00:26:04,180 --> 00:26:06,281
We are leesburg as well.

596
00:26:06,281 --> 00:26:08,351
We want to stay in leesburg.

597
00:26:08,351 --> 00:26:10,351
We love leesburg.

598
00:26:10,653 --> 00:26:12,522
So please, fight for us and find

599
00:26:12,522 --> 00:26:14,123
a solution for this issue.

600
00:26:14,123 --> 00:26:17,123
Thank you for your time.

601
00:26:17,794 --> 00:26:20,194
>> thank you, MR. Gonzales.

602
00:26:20,430 --> 00:26:23,500
The clerk, could you please --

603
00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:23,833
the time is three, not five.

604
00:26:23,833 --> 00:26:25,833
Okay.

605
00:26:29,606 --> 00:26:32,606
And cesar chavez followed by

606
00:26:35,779 --> 00:26:37,779
andy argupta.

607
00:26:41,218 --> 00:26:43,953
>> I'm cesar chavez, I'm here to

608
00:26:43,953 --> 00:26:45,923
ask you guys to help us come up

609
00:26:45,923 --> 00:26:47,558
to a solution and answers for

610
00:26:47,558 --> 00:26:49,910
our community, we've been asking

611
00:26:49,910 --> 00:26:50,727
and not getting clear answers

612
00:26:50,727 --> 00:26:52,596
for our community and it's

613
00:26:52,596 --> 00:26:54,364
uncertain what will be our lives

614
00:26:54,364 --> 00:26:55,666
ayear from now after this

615
00:26:55,666 --> 00:26:58,660
corporation dmos and takes

616
00:26:58,836 --> 00:27:00,938
comes in and takes

617
00:27:00,938 --> 00:27:03,340
over our land and we want to

618
00:27:03,340 --> 00:27:03,641
know if we'll be able to stay in

619
00:27:03,641 --> 00:27:05,109
leesburg.

620
00:27:05,109 --> 00:27:06,977
I've been in the community ten

621
00:27:06,977 --> 00:27:08,279
years and I think living in such

622
00:27:08,279 --> 00:27:10,679
a good wear in

623
00:27:11,148 --> 00:27:13,150
area in leesburg has

624
00:27:13,150 --> 00:27:14,985
helped me be the person that I

625
00:27:14,985 --> 00:27:16,220
am today and raise children in

626
00:27:16,220 --> 00:27:17,822
schools that are great.

627
00:27:17,822 --> 00:27:20,240
Loudoun county is known as one

628
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:20,290
of the top school areas in the

629
00:27:20,290 --> 00:27:22,290
country.

630
00:27:22,426 --> 00:27:23,628
And for us to have that

631
00:27:23,628 --> 00:27:25,496
opportunity is only because we

632
00:27:25,496 --> 00:27:26,497
live in a neighborhood that is

633
00:27:26,497 --> 00:27:27,665
affordable that we would not

634
00:27:27,665 --> 00:27:29,634
have in another county.

635
00:27:29,634 --> 00:27:32,360
Living in this county has helped

636
00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:34,380
not only us but has helped many

637
00:27:34,380 --> 00:27:35,540
of you guys as business owners

638
00:27:35,540 --> 00:27:38,375
and community leaders here today

639
00:27:38,375 --> 00:27:40,378
and we will ask that you return

640
00:27:40,378 --> 00:27:41,779
to us the help we need to

641
00:27:41,779 --> 00:27:44,315
continue to sai stay in

642
00:27:44,315 --> 00:27:46,284
stay in the

643
00:27:46,284 --> 00:27:48,119
community that we love, others

644
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,890
have been here 20 years and now

645
00:27:51,890 --> 00:27:53,290
we are being kicked out and we

646
00:27:53,290 --> 00:27:55,827
don't know where to go and don't

647
00:27:55,827 --> 00:27:56,694
have answers so we know what

648
00:27:56,694 --> 00:27:58,694
follows afterwards.

649
00:27:58,997 --> 00:28:00,997
>> thank you.

650
00:28:02,634 --> 00:28:05,340
Next is andy argupta.

651
00:28:08,206 --> 00:28:10,206
>> good been evening.

652
00:28:10,375 --> 00:28:12,100
`and I've been living in a

653
00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:13,879
trailer park since I first moved

654
00:28:13,879 --> 00:28:16,810
in around 10 years ago.

655
00:28:16,810 --> 00:28:18,784
Many of the families there such

656
00:28:18,784 --> 00:28:21,653
as my own have worked hard to

657
00:28:21,653 --> 00:28:23,422
own a trailer to call it home,

658
00:28:23,422 --> 00:28:26,392
not wanting to continue hunting

659
00:28:26,392 --> 00:28:29,392
for affordable housing and tired

660
00:28:29,862 --> 00:28:31,630
of working just to afford a roof

661
00:28:31,630 --> 00:28:33,630
over their heads.

662
00:28:33,799 --> 00:28:36,799
We are all working-class members

663
00:28:37,637 --> 00:28:41,240
of society and all try our best

664
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,209
to help each other during hard

665
00:28:43,209 --> 00:28:45,278
times especial during what we

666
00:28:45,278 --> 00:28:47,913
are going through now, and we

667
00:28:47,913 --> 00:28:49,549
were surprised to get a letter

668
00:28:49,549 --> 00:28:51,517
that they want to purchase the

669
00:28:51,517 --> 00:28:54,153
property for 11 million and we

670
00:28:54,153 --> 00:28:56,122
all know they would likely

671
00:28:56,122 --> 00:28:57,323
redevelop the land because of

672
00:28:57,323 --> 00:28:58,324
the location of the property

673
00:28:58,324 --> 00:29:00,324
near downtown.

674
00:29:00,493 --> 00:29:01,828
All of the hard work put into

675
00:29:01,828 --> 00:29:03,263
build this community might have

676
00:29:03,263 --> 00:29:05,970
been for nothing just because

677
00:29:05,970 --> 00:29:06,399
people want to buy us out for

678
00:29:06,399 --> 00:29:08,399
their own agenda.

679
00:29:09,350 --> 00:29:10,903
If this happens, many of us

680
00:29:10,903 --> 00:29:12,771
would have to relocation not

681
00:29:12,771 --> 00:29:15,410
just outside of leesburg but

682
00:29:15,410 --> 00:29:16,710
outside of loudoun county due in

683
00:29:16,710 --> 00:29:18,111
large part to the lack of

684
00:29:18,111 --> 00:29:20,111
affordable housing.

685
00:29:20,747 --> 00:29:23,500
This would mean many of us would

686
00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:24,685
lose our jobs and make it even

687
00:29:24,685 --> 00:29:26,420
more difficult to put food on

688
00:29:26,420 --> 00:29:26,687
the table and provide for our

689
00:29:26,687 --> 00:29:28,188
families.

690
00:29:28,188 --> 00:29:30,157
What would they do then?

691
00:29:30,157 --> 00:29:31,457
It's already hard enough to find

692
00:29:31,457 --> 00:29:33,560
employers willing to hire, not

693
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,629
to mention that we are still

694
00:29:35,629 --> 00:29:36,597
suffering from an on-going

695
00:29:36,597 --> 00:29:38,565
pandemic.

696
00:29:38,565 --> 00:29:40,868
And I otherred constantly see

697
00:29:40,868 --> 00:29:42,736
this as more news comes out.

698
00:29:42,736 --> 00:29:45,472
They say they want us to move

699
00:29:45,472 --> 00:29:47,875
our homes but those homes are

700
00:29:47,875 --> 00:29:49,510
meant to stay and I ask you,

701
00:29:49,510 --> 00:29:53,110
councilmembers to help us in any

702
00:29:53,681 --> 00:29:55,583
way you can such as changing the

703
00:29:55,583 --> 00:29:57,983
restructuring plan in leesburg

704
00:30:01,688 --> 00:30:04,688
to the trailer park stays.

705
00:30:08,763 --> 00:30:11,163
>> thank you, carmen, followed

706
00:30:11,332 --> 00:30:13,332
by lourdes.

707
00:30:26,647 --> 00:30:28,647
>> (Speaking spanish).

708
00:30:28,917 --> 00:30:31,317
>> excuse me for interrupting

709
00:30:33,530 --> 00:30:33,822
but could you push the mic so we

710
00:30:33,822 --> 00:30:35,590
can hear you?

711
00:30:35,590 --> 00:30:35,757
We are having trouble hearing

712
00:30:35,757 --> 00:30:37,757
you.

713
00:30:43,632 --> 00:30:44,766
Thank you.

714
00:30:44,766 --> 00:30:46,766
>> start over?

715
00:30:48,203 --> 00:30:50,172
>> no, just continue where you

716
00:30:50,172 --> 00:30:51,939
were, that is g and we'll

717
00:30:51,939 --> 00:30:53,939
good, and we'll

718
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,520
give you extra time.

719
00:32:27,671 --> 00:32:29,671
>> (Speaking spanish).

720
00:32:31,108 --> 00:32:33,108
>> gracias, thank you.

721
00:32:34,377 --> 00:32:37,114
>> do you want me to translate?

722
00:32:37,114 --> 00:32:37,782
>> have we got copies of the

723
00:32:37,782 --> 00:32:37,949
translation?

724
00:32:37,949 --> 00:32:38,916
No?

725
00:32:38,916 --> 00:32:40,916
Go ahead.

726
00:32:42,186 --> 00:32:43,721
>> again, I call on the

727
00:32:43,721 --> 00:32:45,256
authorities to please help us in

728
00:32:45,256 --> 00:32:47,558
this situation, every since we

729
00:32:47,558 --> 00:32:50,494
got notice of the sale it's not

730
00:32:50,494 --> 00:32:52,797
easy to live calmly in our homes

731
00:32:52,797 --> 00:32:54,466
because day after day there are

732
00:32:54,466 --> 00:32:55,767
people measures without

733
00:32:55,767 --> 00:32:57,235
explanation.

734
00:32:57,235 --> 00:32:59,704
And -- why do you want to

735
00:32:59,704 --> 00:33:01,720
displace us for being humble and

736
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,720
hard-working families and

737
00:33:03,375 --> 00:33:04,141
because our homes do not

738
00:33:04,141 --> 00:33:06,110
beautify the city?

739
00:33:06,110 --> 00:33:07,120
That is the question we need the

740
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,120
answer to.

741
00:33:10,282 --> 00:33:12,584
For $11 million we will be

742
00:33:12,584 --> 00:33:12,884
displaced and less valuable for

743
00:33:12,884 --> 00:33:14,819
authorities.

744
00:33:14,819 --> 00:33:17,722
Put yourself in our shoes and

745
00:33:17,722 --> 00:33:18,823
now we are threatened by the

746
00:33:18,823 --> 00:33:19,625
developers -- struggling to

747
00:33:19,625 --> 00:33:20,325
support their families.

748
00:33:20,325 --> 00:33:22,325
Thank you.

749
00:33:25,263 --> 00:33:27,332
>> thank you very much.

750
00:33:27,332 --> 00:33:29,332
Was that carmen?

751
00:33:32,370 --> 00:33:35,637
i have lost my place, and

752
00:33:47,253 --> 00:33:47,453
lourdes suarez followed by emma

753
00:33:47,453 --> 00:33:49,453
ortiz.

754
00:33:50,689 --> 00:33:52,689
>> welcome.

755
00:34:30,797 --> 00:34:33,797
>> (Speak spanish) You you you

756
00:35:07,868 --> 00:35:09,868
you you you.

757
00:35:11,172 --> 00:35:13,374
>> my name is lourdes and my

758
00:35:13,374 --> 00:35:15,109
husband and I are essential

759
00:35:15,109 --> 00:35:17,311
workers and elderly people, we

760
00:35:17,311 --> 00:35:19,347
have a great need to stay here

761
00:35:19,347 --> 00:35:21,820
more than the millionaires who

762
00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:23,451
want to buy and displace us.

763
00:35:23,451 --> 00:35:26,955
There are other places they can

764
00:35:26,955 --> 00:35:29,257
put their business and this is

765
00:35:29,257 --> 00:35:31,920
an example of how in the name of

766
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:31,326
development they trample on

767
00:35:31,326 --> 00:35:33,326
people.

768
00:35:35,163 --> 00:35:37,132
>> thank you.

769
00:35:37,132 --> 00:35:39,132
Emma ortiz.

770
00:35:40,335 --> 00:35:42,938
>> hi, you might remember me, I

771
00:35:42,938 --> 00:35:44,938
am here again.

772
00:35:45,340 --> 00:35:49,540
I am pleading for my home and

773
00:35:51,345 --> 00:35:54,215
for my son, his home.

774
00:35:54,215 --> 00:35:57,815
He had my house under renovation

775
00:35:58,153 --> 00:36:00,255
in 2020, and how it looks today,

776
00:36:00,255 --> 00:36:02,255
everything is new.

777
00:36:03,525 --> 00:36:03,725
My kitchen, my bathrooms, my

778
00:36:03,725 --> 00:36:05,725
floor.

779
00:36:08,630 --> 00:36:11,660
My windows, my washing machine,

780
00:36:11,660 --> 00:36:13,469
my stove, everything is new.

781
00:36:13,469 --> 00:36:15,469
My savings

782
00:36:16,304 --> 00:36:17,539
ings of 11 years is here.

783
00:36:17,539 --> 00:36:21,139
I don't have other place, this

784
00:36:21,143 --> 00:36:24,313
is my home for my son and for

785
00:36:24,313 --> 00:36:26,313
me.

786
00:36:27,490 --> 00:36:27,249
Please, preserve the mobile home

787
00:36:27,249 --> 00:36:28,217
park.

788
00:36:28,217 --> 00:36:29,218
>> thank you.

789
00:36:29,218 --> 00:36:31,218
>> thank you.

790
00:36:33,550 --> 00:36:35,258
>> thank you very much.

791
00:36:35,258 --> 00:36:37,660
MS. Ortiz is followed by

792
00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:40,660
jonathan lopez and he is

793
00:36:42,598 --> 00:36:43,199
followed by veronica

794
00:36:43,199 --> 00:36:44,901
lopez-gonzales, I believe.

795
00:36:44,901 --> 00:36:47,901
>> good evening, to each and

796
00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:52,439
every one of you.

797
00:36:53,410 --> 00:36:56,112
My name is veronica dison

798
00:36:56,112 --> 00:36:58,112
gonzales,

799
00:36:59,349 --> 00:37:00,216
I'm going to read a letter my

800
00:37:00,216 --> 00:37:02,184
husband wrote.

801
00:37:02,184 --> 00:37:03,520
this is my little family, and

802
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:04,621
first I would like to thank you

803
00:37:04,621 --> 00:37:05,789
for giving me the opportunity to

804
00:37:05,789 --> 00:37:07,890
address these words to you.

805
00:37:07,890 --> 00:37:11,194
I want to address to you to

806
00:37:11,194 --> 00:37:13,594
express my concerns regarding

807
00:37:14,798 --> 00:37:16,199
the leesburg mobile park issue,

808
00:37:16,199 --> 00:37:17,200
I've been living there about

809
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,200
four months.

810
00:37:19,503 --> 00:37:21,380
We decided to buy a mobile home

811
00:37:21,380 --> 00:37:23,440
because it is the only place

812
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,176
where the monthly rent is

813
00:37:26,176 --> 00:37:29,680
affordable for my family, it is

814
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,649
a quiet place away from travel

815
00:37:31,649 --> 00:37:33,500
and a place where humble

816
00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:34,284
families have mutual respect for

817
00:37:34,284 --> 00:37:36,284
each other.

818
00:37:37,754 --> 00:37:39,723
I've recent been informed by a

819
00:37:39,723 --> 00:37:43,323
letter that the mobile park is

820
00:37:43,327 --> 00:37:45,629
about to disappear, and this is

821
00:37:45,629 --> 00:37:48,320
very frustrating but I spent my

822
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,701
savings on buying a mobile home

823
00:37:50,701 --> 00:37:51,669
and I was able with much work to

824
00:37:51,669 --> 00:37:53,669
safe

825
00:37:56,173 --> 00:37:58,576
save this money and I honestly

826
00:37:58,576 --> 00:38:00,110
ask you to ensure the welfare of

827
00:38:00,110 --> 00:38:01,779
the people of the county so they

828
00:38:01,779 --> 00:38:04,182
can give us a solution to this

829
00:38:04,182 --> 00:38:04,449
problem that is impacting many

830
00:38:04,449 --> 00:38:05,917
families.

831
00:38:05,917 --> 00:38:09,854
I would like to you place your

832
00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:11,550
hand on your heart and analyze a

833
00:38:11,550 --> 00:38:12,891
situation and remember that we

834
00:38:12,891 --> 00:38:15,291
are going thraw pandemic

835
00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:17,893
that you a pandemic

836
00:38:18,163 --> 00:38:19,797
that has impacted our homes.

837
00:38:19,797 --> 00:38:22,601
I would also like to add in the

838
00:38:22,601 --> 00:38:24,869
12 years I have lived in the

839
00:38:24,869 --> 00:38:26,504
united states, leesburg is the

840
00:38:26,504 --> 00:38:27,304
place I have loved the most to

841
00:38:27,304 --> 00:38:29,304
live in.

842
00:38:29,775 --> 00:38:31,760
The town of leesburg is

843
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:31,509
historical roots that we

844
00:38:31,509 --> 00:38:33,509
appreciate.

845
00:38:33,945 --> 00:38:35,247
It will be sad to see that

846
00:38:35,247 --> 00:38:37,115
change one day.

847
00:38:37,115 --> 00:38:40,219
This is a town full of history

848
00:38:40,219 --> 00:38:44,419
and if we let investors come in,

849
00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:48,928
the town will cease to become a

850
00:38:48,928 --> 00:38:49,728
historical sign and it will lose

851
00:38:49,728 --> 00:38:51,663
its history.

852
00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:52,631
I'm sure you are the people in

853
00:38:52,631 --> 00:38:54,631
whoam the

854
00:38:54,733 --> 00:38:56,733
whoam

855
00:38:57,470 --> 00:38:59,538
whom the people of the towns

856
00:38:59,538 --> 00:39:01,106
that placed their trust to make

857
00:39:01,106 --> 00:39:02,608
a decision.

858
00:39:02,608 --> 00:39:05,110
Thank you for the time each of

859
00:39:05,110 --> 00:39:05,344
you have taken to listen to our

860
00:39:05,344 --> 00:39:07,344
testimony.

861
00:39:09,615 --> 00:39:12,584
I hope our word are heart, GOD

862
00:39:12,584 --> 00:39:13,520
bless you and have a good

863
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:14,220
evening.

864
00:39:14,220 --> 00:39:16,220
Thank you.

865
00:39:20,493 --> 00:39:23,493
>> and next is aaron taylor,

866
00:39:24,196 --> 00:39:24,363
followed by octave I can't

867
00:39:24,363 --> 00:39:24,457
ramo

868
00:39:24,457 --> 00:39:26,457
n.

869
00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:31,700
>> my name is erin taylor, I'm a

870
00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:34,700
homeowner in the leesburg mobile

871
00:39:34,908 --> 00:39:36,900
park since 2017 and I have

872
00:39:36,900 --> 00:39:37,677
nothing but positive things to

873
00:39:37,677 --> 00:39:39,512
say about my neighborhood, I

874
00:39:39,512 --> 00:39:41,381
know many people personally

875
00:39:41,381 --> 00:39:43,450
through church and tutoring

876
00:39:43,450 --> 00:39:46,185
children, I have gone on

877
00:39:46,185 --> 00:39:49,185
vacation with the families and

878
00:39:49,256 --> 00:39:51,240
shared meals and attended

879
00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:52,326
weddings, baby showers and more,

880
00:39:52,326 --> 00:39:54,940
our community is an important

881
00:39:54,940 --> 00:39:55,529
place to live for many people

882
00:39:55,529 --> 00:39:57,597
myself included who would have

883
00:39:57,597 --> 00:39:59,333
no other affordable place to

884
00:39:59,333 --> 00:40:01,733
live in loudoun county.

885
00:40:01,735 --> 00:40:05,500
As a result of the sale, the

886
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:06,340
rent could increase and if the

887
00:40:06,340 --> 00:40:07,541
tenants with forced off of the

888
00:40:07,541 --> 00:40:11,141
property I don't know what we

889
00:40:11,579 --> 00:40:13,347
and my neighbors would do.

890
00:40:13,347 --> 00:40:15,548
Affordable housing is very hard

891
00:40:15,548 --> 00:40:17,518
to find in the area and the

892
00:40:17,518 --> 00:40:19,520
reality is our homes are simply

893
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:21,520
not mobile.

894
00:40:21,988 --> 00:40:24,825
Many are decades old and have

895
00:40:24,825 --> 00:40:27,461
had additions build on and many

896
00:40:27,461 --> 00:40:30,461
would not survive a move.

897
00:40:30,631 --> 00:40:33,340
We continue to face job losses

898
00:40:33,340 --> 00:40:35,434
and reduced noam and

899
00:40:35,570 --> 00:40:37,405
income, and we ask

900
00:40:37,405 --> 00:40:39,340
that we be allowed to stay on

901
00:40:39,340 --> 00:40:41,341
the property with no increase

902
00:40:41,341 --> 00:40:42,310
for rent for the current please

903
00:40:42,310 --> 00:40:43,645
term

904
00:40:43,645 --> 00:40:45,645
please

905
00:40:48,917 --> 00:40:50,752
lease term andask that the plans to redevelop

906
00:40:50,752 --> 00:40:52,921
the property be immediately

907
00:40:52,921 --> 00:40:55,921
abandoned and that future plans

908
00:40:56,324 --> 00:41:00,395
be shared with us as far in

909
00:41:00,395 --> 00:41:02,464
advance as possible, this has

910
00:41:02,464 --> 00:41:03,899
far-reaching personal emotional

911
00:41:03,899 --> 00:41:04,933
and financial implications for

912
00:41:04,933 --> 00:41:06,435
all residents.

913
00:41:06,435 --> 00:41:09,371
This is not a business issue,

914
00:41:09,371 --> 00:41:11,440
it's a personal issue and

915
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:14,440
replacing these family woos be

916
00:41:14,510 --> 00:41:16,510
absolutely devastating.

917
00:42:12,340 --> 00:42:13,303
(Speaking spanish) Thank you for

918
00:42:13,303 --> 00:42:15,703
your time and attention.

919
00:42:17,807 --> 00:42:19,909
>> thank you, MS. Taylor.

920
00:42:19,909 --> 00:42:22,309
Octavio romano followed by

921
00:42:22,979 --> 00:42:24,648
sherry taylor.

922
00:42:24,648 --> 00:42:26,648
>> good evening, everyone.

923
00:42:32,256 --> 00:42:34,424
My name is octavio romero.

924
00:42:34,424 --> 00:42:36,424
I live

925
00:42:41,465 --> 00:42:46,203
romano.I have lived in this park since

926
00:42:46,203 --> 00:42:46,703
2012 and I have my wife and

927
00:42:46,703 --> 00:42:48,703
children.

928
00:42:50,141 --> 00:42:52,877
My wife works in catoctin

929
00:42:52,877 --> 00:42:56,147
elementary school and I am here

930
00:42:56,147 --> 00:42:56,914
to ask you to allow us to stay

931
00:42:56,914 --> 00:42:58,914
in our homes.

932
00:42:59,883 --> 00:43:02,530
As you know, our house is old

933
00:43:02,530 --> 00:43:04,453
and I cannot move.

934
00:43:05,890 --> 00:43:07,991
And from the pandemic I have an

935
00:43:07,991 --> 00:43:10,528
opportunity to -- in front of --

936
00:43:10,528 --> 00:43:12,897
inside of my house because I

937
00:43:12,897 --> 00:43:13,230
think I live there for a long

938
00:43:13,230 --> 00:43:15,230
time.

939
00:43:17,935 --> 00:43:20,772
When I receive a letter like two

940
00:43:20,772 --> 00:43:22,740
months ago that a buyer is

941
00:43:22,740 --> 00:43:25,140
offering $11 million we never

942
00:43:27,911 --> 00:43:30,181
imagined that we would have to

943
00:43:30,181 --> 00:43:33,181
move from leesburg mobile park.

944
00:43:33,585 --> 00:43:38,190
My wife has her job, and my job

945
00:43:38,190 --> 00:43:40,190
is 20 minutes away.

946
00:43:42,527 --> 00:43:45,630
I hope to stay living -- I

947
00:43:45,630 --> 00:43:46,365
appreciate that you help us to

948
00:43:46,365 --> 00:43:48,365
stay in home.

949
00:43:50,769 --> 00:43:52,769
Thank you.

950
00:43:57,108 --> 00:43:57,543
Sherry taylor, followed by

951
00:43:57,543 --> 00:43:59,543
cesar frias?

952
00:44:07,860 --> 00:44:08,487
>> good evening, my name is

953
00:44:08,487 --> 00:44:09,154
cesar frias and I live in the

954
00:44:09,154 --> 00:44:11,154
mobile park.

955
00:44:11,457 --> 00:44:14,590
As you know the land under our

956
00:44:14,590 --> 00:44:16,696
homes will be sold at a cost of

957
00:44:16,696 --> 00:44:17,996
$11 million, that is what this

958
00:44:17,996 --> 00:44:21,596
letter that we received from the

959
00:44:21,934 --> 00:44:23,934
owner stated.

960
00:44:24,137 --> 00:44:26,606
But they do not care what will

961
00:44:26,606 --> 00:44:27,540
happen to more than 75 families

962
00:44:27,540 --> 00:44:29,540
that live there.

963
00:44:36,637 --> 00:44:36,733
They do not care that we have

964
00:44:36,733 --> 00:44:36,831
our homes that our children were

965
00:44:36,831 --> 00:44:36,930
born and lived there and that we

966
00:44:36,930 --> 00:44:37,280
have a supportive community as

967
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,280
neighbors.

968
00:44:39,219 --> 00:44:41,287
The future owner tells us to not

969
00:44:41,287 --> 00:44:43,287
worry for 12 months.

970
00:44:45,692 --> 00:44:45,892
But then what happens after

971
00:44:45,892 --> 00:44:47,860
that?

972
00:44:47,860 --> 00:44:50,396
What awaits us and our families?

973
00:44:50,396 --> 00:44:53,330
We have families that have lived

974
00:44:53,330 --> 00:44:53,233
here for 20, 25 and even more

975
00:44:53,233 --> 00:44:55,233
years.

976
00:44:57,737 --> 00:44:58,705
We are families that have helped

977
00:44:58,705 --> 00:45:00,705
the community grow.

978
00:45:01,674 --> 00:45:02,976
Good families that help the

979
00:45:02,976 --> 00:45:05,376
development of the community

980
00:45:05,712 --> 00:45:07,414
that work every day to fulfill

981
00:45:07,414 --> 00:45:09,414
its obligation.

982
00:45:11,318 --> 00:45:13,687
We live and help lived many

983
00:45:13,687 --> 00:45:15,389
years in harmony with society,

984
00:45:15,389 --> 00:45:15,989
but apparently nobody cares

985
00:45:15,989 --> 00:45:17,989
about us.

986
00:45:19,993 --> 00:45:21,628
But I want to tell you that you,

987
00:45:21,628 --> 00:45:23,931
just like each of you, we also

988
00:45:23,931 --> 00:45:25,832
have the right to have a home

989
00:45:25,832 --> 00:45:27,832
for our children.

990
00:45:27,902 --> 00:45:32,702
That is why I turn to you so

991
00:45:34,208 --> 00:45:34,642
that you can help us stay in our

992
00:45:34,642 --> 00:45:36,760
homes.

993
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:38,478
You are our authority chosen by

994
00:45:38,478 --> 00:45:39,847
the people and your duty is to

995
00:45:39,847 --> 00:45:41,847
protect each citizen.

996
00:45:42,983 --> 00:45:45,850
It is you, it is you who make

997
00:45:45,850 --> 00:45:46,353
regulation, and decrees and laws

998
00:45:46,353 --> 00:45:47,488
and many other things for the

999
00:45:47,488 --> 00:45:49,888
good of the community.

1000
00:45:51,192 --> 00:45:52,927
Do not leave us helpless among a

1001
00:45:52,927 --> 00:45:55,290
selling owner who did not think

1002
00:45:55,290 --> 00:45:57,232
for a single moment about us,

1003
00:45:57,232 --> 00:46:00,168
and a buyer who offers his

1004
00:46:00,168 --> 00:46:04,368
millions to at the point us to

1005
00:46:04,773 --> 00:46:06,841
live for 12 months and then

1006
00:46:06,841 --> 00:46:09,811
throw us out on the streets.

1007
00:46:09,811 --> 00:46:11,546
I ask to you listen, we are more

1008
00:46:11,546 --> 00:46:12,313
than 70 families with an

1009
00:46:12,313 --> 00:46:14,313
uncertain future.

1010
00:46:15,817 --> 00:46:17,986
You are the authorities and we

1011
00:46:17,986 --> 00:46:20,955
are not asking to you get us

1012
00:46:20,955 --> 00:46:23,291
houses or pay us rend but to

1013
00:46:23,291 --> 00:46:24,126
help our homes that are going be

1014
00:46:24,126 --> 00:46:26,610
taken from us.

1015
00:46:26,610 --> 00:46:26,261
We ask that you protect our

1016
00:46:26,261 --> 00:46:28,630
homes.

1017
00:46:28,630 --> 00:46:30,933
We are families, families with

1018
00:46:30,933 --> 00:46:31,900
the right to a home just like

1019
00:46:31,900 --> 00:46:33,869
every citizen.

1020
00:46:33,869 --> 00:46:34,360
Do not take that right away from

1021
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:35,300
us.

1022
00:46:35,300 --> 00:46:36,838
Thank you.

1023
00:46:36,838 --> 00:46:38,838
>> thank you.

1024
00:46:40,900 --> 00:46:41,310
Was sherry taylor, is she here?

1025
00:46:41,310 --> 00:46:41,404
No?

1026
00:46:41,404 --> 00:46:42,711
-

1027
00:46:42,711 --> 00:46:44,711
okay.

1028
00:46:52,855 --> 00:46:55,255
Julie boathouse followed by

1029
00:46:57,760 --> 00:46:59,760
ernesto arenas?

1030
00:47:02,131 --> 00:47:04,660
>> julie boathouse.

1031
00:47:04,660 --> 00:47:05,735
Affordable housing is ahuge

1032
00:47:05,735 --> 00:47:06,936
issue and not one that leesburg

1033
00:47:06,936 --> 00:47:08,936
can solve alone.

1034
00:47:09,237 --> 00:47:12,308
However there are steps you can

1035
00:47:12,308 --> 00:47:14,430
take to preserve the affording

1036
00:47:14,430 --> 00:47:17,246
housing stock that we have, the

1037
00:47:17,246 --> 00:47:19,883
median value of owner occupied

1038
00:47:19,883 --> 00:47:22,185
homes is currently around

1039
00:47:22,185 --> 00:47:24,387
500,000 and the market rate for

1040
00:47:24,387 --> 00:47:26,222
newly build is 500 to 800,000

1041
00:47:26,222 --> 00:47:29,726
and the people who live into

1042
00:47:29,726 --> 00:47:31,261
these homes are generally

1043
00:47:31,261 --> 00:47:31,795
migrating from more expensive

1044
00:47:31,795 --> 00:47:33,795
locations.

1045
00:47:34,431 --> 00:47:36,333
In this current market building

1046
00:47:36,333 --> 00:47:38,535
more market rate housing does

1047
00:47:38,535 --> 00:47:40,137
not relieve the existing housing

1048
00:47:40,137 --> 00:47:42,638
stock because the people who

1049
00:47:42,638 --> 00:47:45,380
live here currently cannot

1050
00:47:45,175 --> 00:47:48,245
afford them much of the cost is

1051
00:47:48,245 --> 00:47:52,445
due to their large size and many

1052
00:47:53,583 --> 00:47:55,886
being built range from 2500 to

1053
00:47:55,886 --> 00:47:57,454
4,000 square feet, and older

1054
00:47:57,454 --> 00:47:59,623
stock provides homes for

1055
00:47:59,623 --> 00:48:02,230
families under 1,000 square feet

1056
00:48:02,459 --> 00:48:04,859
including these mobile homes.

1057
00:48:07,597 --> 00:48:09,330
My 1950's era home comfortably

1058
00:48:09,330 --> 00:48:11,769
accommodates a family of four,

1059
00:48:11,769 --> 00:48:14,769
and the how soon has

1060
00:48:16,390 --> 00:48:18,390
historically accommodated modest

1061
00:48:18,876 --> 00:48:21,412
income residents with homes for

1062
00:48:21,412 --> 00:48:25,120
new families but the homes being

1063
00:48:25,116 --> 00:48:27,510
built are just as if not more

1064
00:48:27,510 --> 00:48:30,510
expensive than the counties, and

1065
00:48:30,355 --> 00:48:31,356
I would argue we are facing

1066
00:48:31,356 --> 00:48:33,356
jennryification and

1067
00:48:34,425 --> 00:48:36,825
jenngentrification and the best

1068
00:48:37,462 --> 00:48:40,565
thing you can do is to adopt

1069
00:48:40,565 --> 00:48:40,932
policies that head off that

1070
00:48:40,932 --> 00:48:42,867
gentrification.

1071
00:48:42,867 --> 00:48:43,400
I would ask yourself what is

1072
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:45,360
next?

1073
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:47,438
If this happens to them, about

1074
00:48:47,438 --> 00:48:50,438
the garden apartments on fort

1075
00:48:50,642 --> 00:48:51,810
evans and plaza or the rentals

1076
00:48:51,810 --> 00:48:53,778
on dry

1077
00:48:53,778 --> 00:48:56,778
dry mills road be next?

1078
00:48:57,182 --> 00:48:59,384
I ask to you adopt policies that

1079
00:48:59,384 --> 00:49:01,784
include retaining the decades

1080
00:49:03,422 --> 00:49:05,390
old mobile home park and it must

1081
00:49:05,390 --> 00:49:06,224
be recognized as residential and

1082
00:49:06,224 --> 00:49:08,127
not commercial.

1083
00:49:08,127 --> 00:49:09,560
It is the only residential in

1084
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:11,463
the crescent design district and

1085
00:49:11,463 --> 00:49:14,463
should never have been included

1086
00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:18,103
in the first place either bring

1087
00:49:18,103 --> 00:49:21,103
back mobile home zoning or

1088
00:49:24,343 --> 00:49:26,846
include a clause in the crescent

1089
00:49:26,846 --> 00:49:29,246
design district design district

1090
00:49:31,984 --> 00:49:34,384
that includes a prohibition

1091
00:49:39,459 --> 00:49:39,692
against destroying affordable

1092
00:49:39,692 --> 00:49:41,692
housing.

1093
00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:51,680
>> buenos noches.

1094
00:51:15,557 --> 00:51:17,557
(Speaking spanish)

1095
00:51:18,526 --> 00:51:20,526
>> gracias.

1096
00:51:21,296 --> 00:51:22,731
>> any name is nester and I live

1097
00:51:22,731 --> 00:51:24,466
in the mobile park and I've

1098
00:51:24,466 --> 00:51:26,434
within worried every since

1099
00:51:26,434 --> 00:51:28,336
receiving the letter notifying

1100
00:51:28,336 --> 00:51:31,600
of the sale and my children ask

1101
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:33,575
us what happens, dad, because we

1102
00:51:33,575 --> 00:51:36,545
could lose our house where we

1103
00:51:36,545 --> 00:51:38,380
were able to final by give each

1104
00:51:38,380 --> 00:51:40,816
of them their own rooms all for

1105
00:51:40,816 --> 00:51:43,840
a millionaire who is already a

1106
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:46,840
millionaire and wants to ruin

1107
00:51:47,156 --> 00:51:48,757
the lives of those who live

1108
00:51:48,757 --> 00:51:50,225
happily, my wife and children

1109
00:51:50,225 --> 00:51:50,893
with happy to give in this

1110
00:51:50,893 --> 00:51:52,628
community because they have a

1111
00:51:52,628 --> 00:51:54,597
roof over their heads.

1112
00:51:54,597 --> 00:51:56,565
We don't want anything for free

1113
00:51:56,565 --> 00:51:58,867
and we always do our jobs,

1114
00:51:58,867 --> 00:51:59,969
cleaning houses and mowing the

1115
00:51:59,969 --> 00:52:00,703
grass and working

1116
00:52:00,703 --> 00:52:01,670
working in

1117
00:52:01,670 --> 00:52:03,380
restaurants, the work that no

1118
00:52:03,380 --> 00:52:05,107
one wants to do.

1119
00:52:05,107 --> 00:52:07,743
That is who we are, and on

1120
00:52:07,743 --> 00:52:10,379
behalf of all of the families we

1121
00:52:10,379 --> 00:52:12,214
s ask for your support, between

1122
00:52:12,214 --> 00:52:17,140
GOD and you we have no one else

1123
00:52:17,190 --> 00:52:18,187
to turn to, you are are an

1124
00:52:18,187 --> 00:52:19,522
elected officials.

1125
00:52:19,522 --> 00:52:21,522
GOD bless you.

1126
00:52:25,610 --> 00:52:26,663
>> thank you.

1127
00:52:26,663 --> 00:52:28,663
>> speaking

1128
00:53:32,230 --> 00:53:34,230
(Speaking spanish).

1129
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:37,468
>> good evening, my name is be

1130
00:53:37,468 --> 00:53:38,969
beatrice and I've been living in

1131
00:53:38,969 --> 00:53:41,272
loudoun county for 18 years.

1132
00:53:41,272 --> 00:53:43,441
Eight years ago I was able to

1133
00:53:43,441 --> 00:53:45,800
buy my mobile home with the help

1134
00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:49,208
of my brother, and before that I

1135
00:53:53,184 --> 00:53:55,184
was paying $1400 and $1800.

1136
00:53:58,223 --> 00:54:00,425
The rent in the apartments was

1137
00:54:00,425 --> 00:54:01,393
can pay $620, it's a blessing to

1138
00:54:01,393 --> 00:54:03,393
my life.

1139
00:54:04,562 --> 00:54:06,298
I work as a housekeeper for a

1140
00:54:06,298 --> 00:54:08,298
long time.

1141
00:54:09,367 --> 00:54:12,871
My hands hurt a lot and because

1142
00:54:12,871 --> 00:54:13,105
I use the vacuum a lot, all day

1143
00:54:13,105 --> 00:54:15,105
long.

1144
00:54:15,273 --> 00:54:17,576
I'm worried because now that

1145
00:54:17,576 --> 00:54:19,778
they are trying to take away my

1146
00:54:19,778 --> 00:54:22,714
mobile home, I worry because I'm

1147
00:54:22,714 --> 00:54:25,170
a single mom with two daughters,

1148
00:54:25,170 --> 00:54:27,170
between 15 and 1 years

1149
00:54:29,621 --> 00:54:31,621
13 years old.

1150
00:54:33,124 --> 00:54:36,327
I ask to you please help us to

1151
00:54:36,327 --> 00:54:37,296
keep our leesburg mobile home.

1152
00:54:37,296 --> 00:54:39,296
GOD bless you.

1153
00:54:53,679 --> 00:54:55,679
>> thank you.

1154
00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:34,680
>> (Speak spanish).

1155
00:56:35,249 --> 00:56:36,785
>> good evening, I've been

1156
00:56:36,785 --> 00:56:38,853
living in leesburg mobile park

1157
00:56:38,853 --> 00:56:40,487
since APRIL of this year, I'm

1158
00:56:40,487 --> 00:56:42,570
living here because I have not

1159
00:56:42,570 --> 00:56:44,126
found another place to live,

1160
00:56:44,126 --> 00:56:45,560
staying here is good for us,

1161
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:47,195
since my daughters and I can

1162
00:56:47,195 --> 00:56:49,630
live alone without sharing a

1163
00:56:49,630 --> 00:56:50,666
home with other families and she

1164
00:56:50,666 --> 00:56:54,266
has a list of addresses where

1165
00:56:55,700 --> 00:56:57,272
she has lived, I have lived in

1166
00:56:57,272 --> 00:57:00,175
other addresses, in total ten,

1167
00:57:00,175 --> 00:57:01,743
and it's good for my daughters'

1168
00:57:01,743 --> 00:57:02,177
mental health to move so many

1169
00:57:02,177 --> 00:57:04,177
times.

1170
00:57:05,247 --> 00:57:07,416
This allows hey to be stable

1171
00:57:07,416 --> 00:57:09,518
with in my home because of the

1172
00:57:09,518 --> 00:57:09,752
price, stable for families like

1173
00:57:09,752 --> 00:57:11,752
me.

1174
00:57:12,221 --> 00:57:14,323
I ask to you put in legislation

1175
00:57:14,323 --> 00:57:16,525
and respect our homes which is

1176
00:57:16,525 --> 00:57:17,426
good both for the government and

1177
00:57:17,426 --> 00:57:19,426
private companies.

1178
00:57:19,462 --> 00:57:21,300
I work in construction and

1179
00:57:21,300 --> 00:57:23,633
although I'm not able to buy a

1180
00:57:23,633 --> 00:57:24,834
house in this condition, I

1181
00:57:24,834 --> 00:57:29,538
have -- I don't know the rest of

1182
00:57:29,538 --> 00:57:30,940
the translation, um, thank you

1183
00:57:30,940 --> 00:57:32,940
for your time.

1184
00:57:34,577 --> 00:57:34,810
>> okay, thank you very much.

1185
00:57:34,810 --> 00:57:36,546
Gracias.

1186
00:57:36,546 --> 00:57:38,614
That is the last name on our

1187
00:57:38,614 --> 00:57:40,817
list and is there anyone else in

1188
00:57:40,817 --> 00:57:42,218
the audience that did not get a

1189
00:57:42,218 --> 00:57:44,521
chance to sign up who would like

1190
00:57:44,521 --> 00:57:46,521
to speak?

1191
00:57:46,923 --> 00:57:48,358
Yes, sir, come forward and

1192
00:57:48,358 --> 00:57:50,250
please give us your name and

1193
00:57:50,250 --> 00:57:50,326
spell it for the closed

1194
00:57:50,326 --> 00:57:52,326
captioning.

1195
00:57:57,133 --> 00:58:00,903
>> my name is josh carter, j-o-s-h c-a-r-t-e-r.

1196
00:58:00,903 --> 00:58:01,404
205 primrose court, leesburg

1197
00:58:01,404 --> 00:58:03,404
virginia.

1198
00:58:04,807 --> 00:58:06,877
I'm a proud member of the

1199
00:58:06,877 --> 00:58:09,179
leesburg police department and I

1200
00:58:09,179 --> 00:58:11,281
police and reside in this town,

1201
00:58:11,281 --> 00:58:11,481
i coach and I worship in this

1202
00:58:11,481 --> 00:58:12,815
town.

1203
00:58:12,815 --> 00:58:14,217
I want you to think long and

1204
00:58:14,217 --> 00:58:16,860
hard about the decisions you are

1205
00:58:16,860 --> 00:58:18,589
about to make in regard to the

1206
00:58:18,589 --> 00:58:20,123
vaccine mandate.

1207
00:58:20,123 --> 00:58:21,759
I'm sure -- I'm not sure you

1208
00:58:21,759 --> 00:58:23,940
fully understand how your

1209
00:58:23,940 --> 00:58:23,393
decision could impact our police

1210
00:58:23,393 --> 00:58:25,393
department.

1211
00:58:27,419 --> 00:58:27,523
This decision has the potential

1212
00:58:27,523 --> 00:58:29,523
to des

1213
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:31,435
decimate lpd and our town

1214
00:58:31,435 --> 00:58:33,471
could lose a lot of amazing

1215
00:58:33,471 --> 00:58:34,571
police officers who care about

1216
00:58:34,571 --> 00:58:36,874
this community and who place

1217
00:58:36,874 --> 00:58:38,309
their lives on the line to

1218
00:58:38,309 --> 00:58:39,710
protect the citizens of leesburg

1219
00:58:39,710 --> 00:58:41,145
on a daily basis.

1220
00:58:41,145 --> 00:58:44,215
If you decide to move forward

1221
00:58:44,215 --> 00:58:46,283
with mandating this vaccine, the

1222
00:58:46,283 --> 00:58:47,718
loss of officers on on you and

1223
00:58:47,718 --> 00:58:51,918
I'm going come back and ask what

1224
00:58:53,890 --> 00:58:58,229
your plan is to keep my plan and family

1225
00:58:58,229 --> 00:59:00,330
and officers safe with new

1226
00:59:00,330 --> 00:59:02,330
few to no

1227
00:59:02,901 --> 00:59:03,701
officers patrolling our streets.

1228
00:59:03,701 --> 00:59:05,701
>> yes, sir.

1229
00:59:06,871 --> 00:59:09,271
>> you can go next.

1230
00:59:10,208 --> 00:59:13,208
>> hello, my name is william

1231
00:59:19,484 --> 00:59:21,484
butter field, w-I-l-l-I-a-h

1232
00:59:21,853 --> 00:59:24,122
and -- trust me, it's really

1233
00:59:24,122 --> 00:59:25,570
hard, we're from the leesburg

1234
00:59:25,570 --> 00:59:27,457
police department as well.

1235
00:59:28,860 --> 00:59:31,630
So kind of what -- to echo the

1236
00:59:31,630 --> 00:59:32,598
sentiments of my colleague

1237
00:59:32,598 --> 00:59:34,233
MR. Carter spoke with you about

1238
00:59:34,233 --> 00:59:36,635
and I want to give you the

1239
00:59:36,635 --> 00:59:38,737
ability to grasp your decision

1240
00:59:38,737 --> 00:59:40,380
if you mandate the vaccine for

1241
00:59:40,380 --> 00:59:41,907
all town employees.

1242
00:59:41,907 --> 00:59:44,743
I consider myself more of an

1243
00:59:44,743 --> 00:59:46,178
independent and I see both sides

1244
00:59:46,178 --> 00:59:47,580
of the yielt

1245
00:59:47,580 --> 00:59:49,580
yale

1246
00:59:52,618 --> 00:59:55,618
aisle and as someone to

1247
00:59:56,122 --> 00:59:59,125
give you the facts you would

1248
00:59:59,125 --> 01:00:02,725
lose a high number of officers

1249
01:00:04,430 --> 01:00:07,660
due to our poor pay scale and --

1250
01:00:07,660 --> 01:00:08,701
one question I have kind of a

1251
01:00:08,701 --> 01:00:11,537
rhetorical question, but I know

1252
01:00:11,537 --> 01:00:14,507
you can't talk but when was this

1253
01:00:14,507 --> 01:00:16,142
concern about our public health

1254
01:00:16,142 --> 01:00:18,778
and safety about a year ago when

1255
01:00:18,778 --> 01:00:21,813
I was going to a call of a

1256
01:00:21,813 --> 01:00:24,350
gentleman in town who tested

1257
01:00:24,350 --> 01:00:26,552
positive twice and MR. Carter

1258
01:00:26,552 --> 01:00:28,655
held his hand on a wound on

1259
01:00:28,655 --> 01:00:32,255
someone who was bleeding out and

1260
01:00:32,392 --> 01:00:32,486
got a life saver award and could

1261
01:00:32,486 --> 01:00:34,486
-

1262
01:00:35,228 --> 01:00:37,397
have gotten covid from that but

1263
01:00:37,397 --> 01:00:39,599
concern was absent from our town

1264
01:00:39,599 --> 01:00:41,234
government because we got no

1265
01:00:41,234 --> 01:00:43,436
benefits from covid whereas

1266
01:00:43,436 --> 01:00:45,839
others are getting checks from

1267
01:00:45,839 --> 01:00:47,507
cares act funding and I will

1268
01:00:47,507 --> 01:00:48,208
leave that up to you guise.

1269
01:00:48,208 --> 01:00:50,208
Another

1270
01:00:52,546 --> 01:00:55,482
guys.You guys are probably going hurt

1271
01:00:55,482 --> 01:00:58,482
a profession that already cannot

1272
01:01:00,821 --> 01:01:03,821
be replenished, it's hard to

1273
01:01:03,927 --> 01:01:06,327
find cops now days.

1274
01:01:06,526 --> 01:01:08,695
I was at the recruit firearms

1275
01:01:08,695 --> 01:01:11,932
training and got a chance to see

1276
01:01:11,932 --> 01:01:15,350
some of the recruits there, and

1277
01:01:15,350 --> 01:01:17,238
I don't to speak poorly but your

1278
01:01:17,238 --> 01:01:19,340
pool of applicants for police is

1279
01:01:19,340 --> 01:01:21,642
not great due to certain things

1280
01:01:21,642 --> 01:01:23,978
like starting pay and due to

1281
01:01:23,978 --> 01:01:26,470
things like mandating vaccines.

1282
01:01:26,470 --> 01:01:28,983
If this becomes mandated I will

1283
01:01:28,983 --> 01:01:31,152
be seeking over employment.

1284
01:01:31,152 --> 01:01:34,752
I have a lot of certifications

1285
01:01:35,356 --> 01:01:37,325
and I'm a firearms instructor

1286
01:01:37,325 --> 01:01:38,960
and I'm on the bike and the swat

1287
01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:40,528
team, and you guys will be

1288
01:01:40,528 --> 01:01:44,728
losing a lot of money that you

1289
01:01:45,767 --> 01:01:48,690
invested in me that I gratefully

1290
01:01:48,690 --> 01:01:49,704
appreciate that and you will be

1291
01:01:49,704 --> 01:01:52,540
losing that in me and other

1292
01:01:52,540 --> 01:01:55,176
officers like me, so I urge you

1293
01:01:55,176 --> 01:01:56,912
to reconsider and we can make

1294
01:01:56,912 --> 01:01:58,446
decisions for ourselves that we

1295
01:01:58,446 --> 01:02:01,446
feel are necessary for our

1296
01:02:01,550 --> 01:02:02,918
families and community and I ask

1297
01:02:02,918 --> 01:02:03,118
to you look at the truth of

1298
01:02:03,118 --> 01:02:05,118
that.

1299
01:02:07,956 --> 01:02:09,391
>> thank you, anyone nels the anyone else in the

1300
01:02:09,391 --> 01:02:10,692
audience who like to come

1301
01:02:10,692 --> 01:02:14,292
forward, give us your name and

1302
01:02:14,463 --> 01:02:16,331
spell is for closed captioning.

1303
01:02:16,331 --> 01:02:20,531
And could we pull down the mike?

1304
01:02:20,669 --> 01:02:23,405
>> my name is myra and I've been

1305
01:02:23,405 --> 01:02:23,772
living for a few months in the

1306
01:02:23,772 --> 01:02:25,772
trailer.

1307
01:02:28,243 --> 01:02:30,312
My mom is a hard worker and me

1308
01:02:30,312 --> 01:02:32,515
and my sister we are always at

1309
01:02:32,515 --> 01:02:34,160
school and we work hard, I don't

1310
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:37,218
want to might have out of the

1311
01:02:37,218 --> 01:02:37,419
trailer because my mom works so

1312
01:02:37,419 --> 01:02:39,419
hard.

1313
01:02:40,489 --> 01:02:41,656
>> thank you, myra what was your

1314
01:02:41,656 --> 01:02:43,656
last name?

1315
01:02:44,961 --> 01:02:46,961
>> minya.

1316
01:02:47,290 --> 01:02:48,931
>> okay, thank you very much.

1317
01:02:48,931 --> 01:02:51,768
Anyone else that did not get the

1318
01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:53,303
opportunity to speak bhold like who had

1319
01:02:53,303 --> 01:02:55,303
like to

1320
01:02:57,573 --> 01:02:59,442
would like to speak at this

1321
01:02:59,442 --> 01:03:01,311
point, and did we skip you?

1322
01:03:01,311 --> 01:03:01,911
Were you not on the list?

1323
01:03:01,911 --> 01:03:03,460
No?

1324
01:03:03,460 --> 01:03:05,460
Okay, sorry.

1325
01:03:06,349 --> 01:03:09,949
>> hi, good evening, my name is

1326
01:03:20,563 --> 01:03:20,897
kathryn, k-a-t-h-e-r-I-n-e.

1327
01:03:20,897 --> 01:03:22,766
E-s-c-o-b-a-r.

1328
01:03:22,766 --> 01:03:24,500
Last time I came to translate

1329
01:03:24,500 --> 01:03:25,836
for my grandma and today I'm

1330
01:03:25,836 --> 01:03:27,771
here on my own and I don't know

1331
01:03:27,771 --> 01:03:29,906
if you guys can directly do

1332
01:03:29,906 --> 01:03:31,906
anything [Inaudible] Would

1333
01:03:32,175 --> 01:03:34,177
really appreciate if you guys

1334
01:03:34,177 --> 01:03:35,779
could help, I feel that it's

1335
01:03:35,779 --> 01:03:39,379
unfair for people to have to

1336
01:03:39,550 --> 01:03:41,485
leave their homes for a business

1337
01:03:41,485 --> 01:03:43,554
which at the end of the day they

1338
01:03:43,554 --> 01:03:46,390
are just going to kick everyone

1339
01:03:46,390 --> 01:03:47,458
out because they know this will

1340
01:03:47,458 --> 01:03:49,360
benefit them economically and

1341
01:03:49,360 --> 01:03:51,228
this is one of the few places in

1342
01:03:51,228 --> 01:03:53,631
leesburg that is low-income that

1343
01:03:53,631 --> 01:03:56,631
provides a safe home because

1344
01:03:57,000 --> 01:03:58,436
many places that are low income

1345
01:03:58,436 --> 01:03:59,736
are not always in the best

1346
01:03:59,736 --> 01:04:01,738
condition and these are one of

1347
01:04:01,738 --> 01:04:03,374
the few places that does provide

1348
01:04:03,374 --> 01:04:05,374
that and more.

1349
01:04:08,746 --> 01:04:11,148
During the pandemic, food pant pantry

1350
01:04:11,148 --> 01:04:12,616
would come and drop food off and

1351
01:04:12,616 --> 01:04:14,518
it's just the perfect place and

1352
01:04:14,518 --> 01:04:16,187
I feel like people should not

1353
01:04:16,187 --> 01:04:17,188
have to leave their homes just

1354
01:04:17,188 --> 01:04:18,890
for these things.

1355
01:04:18,890 --> 01:04:20,457
It's hard, because having to

1356
01:04:20,457 --> 01:04:22,626
start brand new with the thought

1357
01:04:22,626 --> 01:04:24,596
that oh, now you have to stress

1358
01:04:24,596 --> 01:04:26,230
out or stress yourself out more

1359
01:04:26,230 --> 01:04:27,899
because you have a family to

1360
01:04:27,899 --> 01:04:28,633
provide for, especially

1361
01:04:28,633 --> 01:04:31,135
considering that a lot of the

1362
01:04:31,135 --> 01:04:31,403
people in the neighborhood are

1363
01:04:31,403 --> 01:04:33,403
elderly.

1364
01:04:33,571 --> 01:04:35,206
So I just wanted to leave that

1365
01:04:35,206 --> 01:04:37,420
thought with you, and we would

1366
01:04:37,420 --> 01:04:38,910
really appreciate it if there is

1367
01:04:38,910 --> 01:04:41,120
anything that you could do.

1368
01:04:41,120 --> 01:04:43,120
Thank you.

1369
01:04:43,181 --> 01:04:45,500
>> thank you, anyone nels

1370
01:04:45,500 --> 01:04:46,251
anyone else in the

1371
01:04:46,251 --> 01:04:48,219
audience who did not get a

1372
01:04:48,219 --> 01:04:48,887
chance to sign up who would like

1373
01:04:48,887 --> 01:04:50,887
to speak?

1374
01:04:53,125 --> 01:04:54,993
Yes, sir, come forward and spell

1375
01:04:54,993 --> 01:04:56,993
your name.

1376
01:05:01,967 --> 01:05:04,367
>> good evening, matt connelo.

1377
01:05:05,103 --> 01:05:07,306
I'm speak on behalf of another

1378
01:05:07,306 --> 01:05:08,808
officer, gabriel, and he stated

1379
01:05:08,808 --> 01:05:10,910
I have served the leesburg

1380
01:05:10,910 --> 01:05:13,910
community and its citizens to

1381
01:05:14,313 --> 01:05:17,313
over 17 years, served during the

1382
01:05:17,483 --> 01:05:21,830
height of the covid pandemic and

1383
01:05:21,320 --> 01:05:22,621
served on a covid task force and

1384
01:05:22,621 --> 01:05:25,210
followed the procedures of

1385
01:05:25,124 --> 01:05:26,392
wearing a mask and wash my hands

1386
01:05:26,392 --> 01:05:28,860
and social distancing but now

1387
01:05:28,860 --> 01:05:33,600
you are forcing me to get a

1388
01:05:35,101 --> 01:05:35,435
vaccine or lose my job in 920 90

1389
01:05:35,435 --> 01:05:37,435
days.

1390
01:05:38,371 --> 01:05:40,340
I have worked too hard for you

1391
01:05:40,340 --> 01:05:42,275
now to tell me what to do with

1392
01:05:42,275 --> 01:05:43,442
my body, and if you divorce us

1393
01:05:43,442 --> 01:05:45,442
to

1394
01:05:46,813 --> 01:05:49,813
force us to getthe veen

1395
01:05:52,850 --> 01:05:53,953
vaccine will you cover us if

1396
01:05:53,953 --> 01:05:56,953
something happens and you will

1397
01:05:57,324 --> 01:05:59,359
lose numerous employees who will

1398
01:05:59,359 --> 01:06:01,940
be hard to replace.

1399
01:06:01,940 --> 01:06:02,929
>> all right, anyone else who

1400
01:06:02,929 --> 01:06:03,129
would like to have a chance to

1401
01:06:03,129 --> 01:06:05,129
speak?

1402
01:06:05,499 --> 01:06:07,567
All right, that being the case,

1403
01:06:07,567 --> 01:06:08,936
I will close the petitioners

1404
01:06:08,936 --> 01:06:12,105
section and thank you all very

1405
01:06:12,105 --> 01:06:14,505
much for coming out.

1406
01:06:14,608 --> 01:06:17,478
The vaccine issue has been

1407
01:06:17,478 --> 01:06:19,413
deferred and we will be looking

1408
01:06:19,413 --> 01:06:21,649
at it in preebl few

1409
01:06:21,649 --> 01:06:23,383
probably a few weeks.

1410
01:06:23,383 --> 01:06:24,818
And the citizens here from the

1411
01:06:24,818 --> 01:06:26,787
trailer park there is a citizens

1412
01:06:26,787 --> 01:06:28,956
meeting and many of us will be

1413
01:06:28,956 --> 01:06:31,691
in attendance and know that we

1414
01:06:31,691 --> 01:06:33,661
most certainly hear you and we

1415
01:06:33,661 --> 01:06:34,295
are concerned and trying to do

1416
01:06:34,295 --> 01:06:36,630
what we can.

1417
01:06:36,630 --> 01:06:37,598
Thank you very much, and have a

1418
01:06:37,598 --> 01:06:39,598
good evening.

1419
01:06:40,100 --> 01:06:43,437
Now that takes us to the

1420
01:06:43,437 --> 01:06:46,437
approval of the consent agenda.

1421
01:06:46,574 --> 01:06:49,310
I will read the items and then

1422
01:06:49,310 --> 01:06:52,713
ask for a motion and a second

1423
01:06:52,713 --> 01:06:55,713
and ask if anybody wants

1424
01:07:04,692 --> 01:07:05,327
anything removed.

1425
01:07:05,327 --> 01:07:08,296
A. Retiree medicare part d

1426
01:07:08,296 --> 01:07:08,896
contract with retiree first

1427
01:07:08,896 --> 01:07:09,297
b. General hauling and debris

1428
01:07:09,297 --> 01:07:09,497
removal services-

1429
01:07:09,497 --> 01:07:11,497
contract

1430
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:14,000
awards

1431
01:07:14,736 --> 01:07:15,337
c. Amendment to right-of-way

1432
01:07:15,337 --> 01:07:17,737
license agreement with lumos

1433
01:07:20,442 --> 01:07:21,176
networks, inc.

1434
01:07:21,176 --> 01:07:21,743
D. Third renewal of right-of-way

1435
01:07:21,743 --> 01:07:24,680
license agreement with at&t

1436
01:07:24,680 --> 01:07:25,280
corporation

1437
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:27,680
e. Motion to approve

1438
01:07:29,751 --> 01:07:30,185
polish-american heritage month

1439
01:07:30,185 --> 01:07:32,185
proclamation.

1440
01:07:32,488 --> 01:07:34,156
Moved and seconded and does

1441
01:07:34,156 --> 01:07:35,524
anybody have anything they want

1442
01:07:35,524 --> 01:07:38,393
removed? That being the case,

1443
01:07:38,393 --> 01:07:38,627
in all favor, aye.

1444
01:07:38,627 --> 01:07:40,627
Opposed?

1445
01:07:40,929 --> 01:07:45,729
That is 7-0 and that takes us to

1446
01:07:46,802 --> 01:07:50,339
our resolutions do I have a

1447
01:07:50,339 --> 01:07:53,309
motion for the first resolution

1448
01:07:53,309 --> 01:07:56,309
which is annual capital funding

1449
01:07:57,179 --> 01:08:00,779
to the county of loudoun for

1450
01:08:01,818 --> 01:08:02,318
fiscal year 2023, moved and

1451
01:08:02,318 --> 01:08:04,318
seconded, councilmember

1452
01:08:04,687 --> 01:08:05,321
martinez, is there a potential

1453
01:08:05,321 --> 01:08:07,321
presentation on this.

1454
01:08:07,390 --> 01:08:08,191
>> there is if you would like

1455
01:08:08,191 --> 01:08:10,191
one, MADAM Mayor?

1456
01:08:11,394 --> 01:08:13,290
>> do we want a presentation on

1457
01:08:13,290 --> 01:08:15,298
the capital funding request to

1458
01:08:15,298 --> 01:08:17,901
the county for the fiscal year?

1459
01:08:17,901 --> 01:08:19,501
I think I can tell you, and one

1460
01:08:19,501 --> 01:08:20,370
of the things I would ask

1461
01:08:20,370 --> 01:08:22,370
councilmembers during this

1462
01:08:22,805 --> 01:08:26,405
presentation is to look at what

1463
01:08:28,812 --> 01:08:30,547
are the items and staff has

1464
01:08:30,547 --> 01:08:32,315
prioritized them but we need to

1465
01:08:32,315 --> 01:08:34,500
look at it and see if we

1466
01:08:34,500 --> 01:08:35,919
really -- if we agree with that

1467
01:08:35,919 --> 01:08:36,119
and want to move it forward or

1468
01:08:36,119 --> 01:08:37,200
back.

1469
01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:38,889
All right?

1470
01:08:38,889 --> 01:08:41,889
>> okay, so you gave my

1471
01:08:41,992 --> 01:08:44,992
introduction away, so we'll go

1472
01:08:45,128 --> 01:08:48,128
with the next slide here.

1473
01:08:49,166 --> 01:08:50,934
Every year the county requests

1474
01:08:50,934 --> 01:08:53,336
projects from the town to be

1475
01:08:53,336 --> 01:08:55,736
included in their cip.

1476
01:08:56,730 --> 01:08:58,242
Our applications are due OCTOBER

1477
01:08:58,242 --> 01:08:59,910
29, 2021.

1478
01:08:59,910 --> 01:09:00,878
Town staff has been working with

1479
01:09:00,878 --> 01:09:03,878
the loudoun county staff and

1480
01:09:04,615 --> 01:09:06,150
they are recommending that we

1481
01:09:06,150 --> 01:09:07,451
submit a pry

1482
01:09:07,451 --> 01:09:07,685
prioritized list to

1483
01:09:07,685 --> 01:09:09,860
them.

1484
01:09:09,860 --> 01:09:11,122
What are the criteria for our

1485
01:09:11,122 --> 01:09:13,157
projects to be eligible?

1486
01:09:13,157 --> 01:09:14,392
If the capital improvements

1487
01:09:14,392 --> 01:09:16,327
facilities owned by the county

1488
01:09:16,327 --> 01:09:18,396
are located within the town by

1489
01:09:18,396 --> 01:09:19,630
operating by the county -- it

1490
01:09:19,630 --> 01:09:22,366
doesn't sound like that applies

1491
01:09:22,366 --> 01:09:23,534
but the next one does, local

1492
01:09:23,534 --> 01:09:25,103
pedestrian or transportation

1493
01:09:25,103 --> 01:09:25,670
related improvements that

1494
01:09:25,670 --> 01:09:27,670
benefit loudoun county.

1495
01:09:27,939 --> 01:09:29,573
The projects that we are

1496
01:09:29,573 --> 01:09:30,775
proposing are these nine

1497
01:09:30,775 --> 01:09:33,411
projects and I will go through

1498
01:09:33,411 --> 01:09:33,811
them in a little bit more

1499
01:09:33,811 --> 01:09:35,811
detail.

1500
01:09:36,347 --> 01:09:37,682
This is our prioritized order

1501
01:09:37,682 --> 01:09:39,317
and I'm going to cover them in

1502
01:09:39,317 --> 01:09:41,252
this order.

1503
01:09:41,252 --> 01:09:44,122
Our first project is the route

1504
01:09:44,122 --> 01:09:46,122
15 bypass, edwards ferry

1505
01:09:47,525 --> 01:09:49,525
interchange, requesting $5

1506
01:09:49,728 --> 01:09:53,328
million from the county to match

1507
01:09:57,702 --> 01:09:58,809
the 5.4 million we have from

1508
01:09:58,809 --> 01:09:59,438
nvta.

1509
01:09:59,438 --> 01:10:01,340
Once we get furtherer in the

1510
01:10:01,340 --> 01:10:04,940
design it will put this project

1511
01:10:04,943 --> 01:10:06,911
in a better position for further

1512
01:10:06,911 --> 01:10:09,311
fundser funding from either

1513
01:10:11,817 --> 01:10:14,217
smart scale or nvpa.

1514
01:10:14,686 --> 01:10:16,421
We are asking 5.8 million for

1515
01:10:16,421 --> 01:10:18,190
this widening project in

1516
01:10:18,190 --> 01:10:19,524
addition to the 6 million that

1517
01:10:19,524 --> 01:10:20,526
loudoun county has already given

1518
01:10:20,526 --> 01:10:22,594
us on this project.

1519
01:10:22,594 --> 01:10:24,363
As you all know the economy is

1520
01:10:24,363 --> 01:10:26,980
killing us on construction

1521
01:10:26,980 --> 01:10:27,767
projects and our most recent

1522
01:10:27,767 --> 01:10:30,503
estimate is that this project

1523
01:10:30,503 --> 01:10:33,500
will also increase in cost, thus

1524
01:10:33,500 --> 01:10:35,405
the ask for 5.8 million.

1525
01:10:37,610 --> 01:10:40,120
We figure this is a good froj project

1526
01:10:40,120 --> 01:10:41,981
to put forward because there are

1527
01:10:41,981 --> 01:10:44,817
three schools and it is a major

1528
01:10:44,817 --> 01:10:45,284
route to the loudoun county

1529
01:10:45,284 --> 01:10:47,284
landfill.

1530
01:10:47,586 --> 01:10:49,689
And veterans park, we are asking

1531
01:10:49,689 --> 01:10:51,924
for an additional $2 million and

1532
01:10:51,924 --> 01:10:54,127
the county briefly gave us 4

1533
01:10:54,127 --> 01:10:56,763
million and this 2 million would

1534
01:10:56,763 --> 01:10:58,264
complete the master plan

1535
01:10:58,264 --> 01:11:00,266
component of this park.

1536
01:11:00,266 --> 01:11:01,968
This is currently under design

1537
01:11:01,968 --> 01:11:03,636
and is planned to go to

1538
01:11:03,636 --> 01:11:05,171
construction mid to late spring

1539
01:11:05,171 --> 01:11:07,171
of '22.

1540
01:11:07,540 --> 01:11:09,542
Washington and old dming I don't

1541
01:11:09,542 --> 01:11:13,142
know trail lighting, we have in

1542
01:11:13,580 --> 01:11:15,882
this our cip out in a25 for

1543
01:11:15,882 --> 01:11:17,950
design in 26 for construction,

1544
01:11:17,950 --> 01:11:20,253
and we are asking for the county

1545
01:11:20,253 --> 01:11:22,890
to fund this program in its

1546
01:11:22,890 --> 01:11:24,890
entirety in a23

1547
01:11:27,794 --> 01:11:30,794
a23 so we can get

1548
01:11:31,198 --> 01:11:34,198
this connected to the catoctin

1549
01:11:34,301 --> 01:11:36,637
circle and connecting employment

1550
01:11:36,637 --> 01:11:38,172
areas with residential.

1551
01:11:38,172 --> 01:11:39,673
the mobile command center, this

1552
01:11:39,673 --> 01:11:41,375
has been in and out of

1553
01:11:41,375 --> 01:11:43,243
discussion but pd has requested

1554
01:11:43,243 --> 01:11:44,278
for replace the mobile command

1555
01:11:44,278 --> 01:11:46,278
center.

1556
01:11:46,279 --> 01:11:47,147
This would help facilitate with

1557
01:11:47,147 --> 01:11:49,547
emergency response through all

1558
01:11:49,783 --> 01:11:52,183
of the emergency services,

1559
01:11:52,286 --> 01:11:54,210
police, sheriff, state patrol.

1560
01:11:54,210 --> 01:11:56,991
And the estimated cost on that

1561
01:11:56,991 --> 01:11:59,626
is $900,000 and it also serves

1562
01:11:59,626 --> 01:12:00,595
as our backup emergency

1563
01:12:00,595 --> 01:12:02,595
separations

1564
01:12:05,866 --> 01:12:07,835
operations center if power fails

1565
01:12:07,835 --> 01:12:09,704
at police stations.

1566
01:12:09,704 --> 01:12:11,573
Next we have this project in our

1567
01:12:11,573 --> 01:12:13,573
priority futures.

1568
01:12:13,941 --> 01:12:15,810
Listed in our current capital

1569
01:12:15,810 --> 01:12:17,810
program, requesting 800,000 for

1570
01:12:18,446 --> 01:12:19,614
one side of this road to have a

1571
01:12:19,614 --> 01:12:21,820
pedestrian sidewalk on it and

1572
01:12:21,820 --> 01:12:21,616
the tie for that is the

1573
01:12:21,616 --> 01:12:23,616
courthouse expansion.

1574
01:12:24,119 --> 01:12:25,220
And we have the church and

1575
01:12:25,220 --> 01:12:27,620
layouten street development in

1576
01:12:29,491 --> 01:12:30,691
the process of doing bonding to

1577
01:12:30,691 --> 01:12:32,227
start that project and it is

1578
01:12:32,227 --> 01:12:33,862
close to the county parking

1579
01:12:33,862 --> 01:12:34,863
garage and so that is a good

1580
01:12:34,863 --> 01:12:36,598
connection and I don't know if

1581
01:12:36,598 --> 01:12:38,367
you've been there at lunch time

1582
01:12:38,367 --> 01:12:42,738
but a lot of people walk in the

1583
01:12:42,738 --> 01:12:43,505
middle of this alley, not the

1584
01:12:43,505 --> 01:12:45,505
safest.

1585
01:12:47,742 --> 01:12:50,612
Seven is the ida lee recreation

1586
01:12:50,612 --> 01:12:52,481
center as an emergency shelter

1587
01:12:52,481 --> 01:12:54,650
in place location and this is to

1588
01:12:54,650 --> 01:12:56,751
provide a generator to run that

1589
01:12:56,751 --> 01:12:59,255
facility so it could be an

1590
01:12:59,255 --> 01:13:01,655
additional shelter in town.

1591
01:13:03,726 --> 01:13:06,126
Number 8 is our town-wide

1592
01:13:06,662 --> 01:13:09,620
fiberoptic redundancy giving us

1593
01:13:09,732 --> 01:13:11,700
a redundant ring around town for

1594
01:13:11,700 --> 01:13:13,736
all of our communications

1595
01:13:13,736 --> 01:13:16,500
facilities and traffic signals.

1596
01:13:16,500 --> 01:13:17,740
We have communication to all by

1597
01:13:17,740 --> 01:13:21,100
five of our traffic signals now

1598
01:13:21,100 --> 01:13:23,120
and this would be a redundancy

1599
01:13:23,120 --> 01:13:26,820
effort on that plus to the town

1600
01:13:26,820 --> 01:13:27,717
hall and police and all of the

1601
01:13:27,717 --> 01:13:29,118
ancillary facilities away from

1602
01:13:29,118 --> 01:13:31,118
town hall.

1603
01:13:33,289 --> 01:13:34,323
And nine is the traffic signal

1604
01:13:34,323 --> 01:13:35,925
camera replacement.

1605
01:13:35,925 --> 01:13:38,862
Right now we have cameras on a

1606
01:13:38,862 --> 01:13:41,397
lot of our traffic signals, and

1607
01:13:41,397 --> 01:13:44,397
we monitor the capacity and

1608
01:13:44,568 --> 01:13:46,536
signal timing and police ask for

1609
01:13:46,536 --> 01:13:48,505
information on accidents if they

1610
01:13:48,505 --> 01:13:48,705
are looking for car, things like

1611
01:13:48,705 --> 01:13:50,240
that.

1612
01:13:50,240 --> 01:13:52,542
We are starting to have failures

1613
01:13:52,542 --> 01:13:53,943
in our cameras and also with our

1614
01:13:53,943 --> 01:13:55,511
server and the system we

1615
01:13:55,511 --> 01:13:58,511
currently have, we cannot get

1616
01:13:59,536 --> 01:13:59,639
any additional licenses for

1617
01:13:59,639 --> 01:14:00,984
cameras on

1618
01:14:00,984 --> 01:14:02,853
on the server we have,

1619
01:14:02,853 --> 01:14:03,587
is that is why we have this

1620
01:14:03,587 --> 01:14:05,587
project in here.

1621
01:14:06,656 --> 01:14:06,923
With that, I will take your

1622
01:14:06,923 --> 01:14:08,923
questions.

1623
01:14:10,930 --> 01:14:14,118
And I will go back to the list

1624
01:14:14,118 --> 01:14:14,226
of projects.

1625
01:14:14,226 --> 01:14:14,318
>> I have a question.

1626
01:14:14,318 --> 01:14:16,318
>> okay.

1627
01:14:17,534 --> 01:14:21,134
>> is there a reason that the

1628
01:14:21,705 --> 01:14:22,840
bridge over the tuscarora creek

1629
01:14:22,840 --> 01:14:23,874
at lawson road was not included

1630
01:14:23,874 --> 01:14:25,874
in this?

1631
01:14:26,844 --> 01:14:28,479
>> we have the application in

1632
01:14:28,479 --> 01:14:31,820
for the federal dollars on that,

1633
01:14:31,820 --> 01:14:33,170
and this project does not --

1634
01:14:33,170 --> 01:14:34,952
that project does not connect to

1635
01:14:34,952 --> 01:14:37,352
any county facilities, it

1636
01:14:40,958 --> 01:14:42,827
connects to the wno and d trail

1637
01:14:42,827 --> 01:14:44,128
but we were looking at the

1638
01:14:44,128 --> 01:14:45,930
larger dollar projects for this.

1639
01:14:45,930 --> 01:14:48,132
>> okay, anyone else have any

1640
01:14:48,132 --> 01:14:49,901
questions at this point?

1641
01:14:49,901 --> 01:14:51,836
>> I've got a question, thank

1642
01:14:51,836 --> 01:14:53,836
you very much.

1643
01:14:54,406 --> 01:14:56,741
The camera server replacement

1644
01:14:56,741 --> 01:14:59,377
are you talking about video

1645
01:14:59,377 --> 01:15:02,113
analytics being able to track

1646
01:15:02,113 --> 01:15:03,615
the flow of traffic and the

1647
01:15:03,615 --> 01:15:06,150
traffic signal switches --

1648
01:15:07,619 --> 01:15:09,530
>> the signal is not switched

1649
01:15:09,530 --> 01:15:12,653
based on what the camera cease

1650
01:15:13,758 --> 01:15:16,895
and if we get a complaint about

1651
01:15:16,895 --> 01:15:19,295
an intersection our technician

1652
01:15:21,660 --> 01:15:22,935
will watch the video and he can

1653
01:15:22,935 --> 01:15:24,803
make a signal timing change from

1654
01:15:24,803 --> 01:15:25,137
his desk and send it out to the

1655
01:15:25,137 --> 01:15:27,137
field.

1656
01:15:27,539 --> 01:15:27,806
>> so not real-time video

1657
01:15:27,806 --> 01:15:29,207
analytics.

1658
01:15:29,207 --> 01:15:30,750
>> correct.

1659
01:15:30,750 --> 01:15:32,750
>> MS. Fox?

1660
01:15:32,244 --> 01:15:34,244
>> yeah, one second.

1661
01:15:39,180 --> 01:15:40,986
The mobile command center for

1662
01:15:40,986 --> 01:15:42,988
$900,000 is that just for the

1663
01:15:42,988 --> 01:15:43,255
vehicle or is it fully

1664
01:15:43,255 --> 01:15:45,255
outfitted?

1665
01:15:45,491 --> 01:15:46,125
>> I am not sure, I think it is

1666
01:15:46,125 --> 01:15:48,125
fully outfitted.

1667
01:15:48,761 --> 01:15:50,463
>> I just don't remember seeing

1668
01:15:50,463 --> 01:15:52,198
this and if I missed

1669
01:15:52,198 --> 01:15:53,499
something -- you know, last year

1670
01:15:53,499 --> 01:15:55,499
maybe if --

1671
01:15:55,701 --> 01:15:58,304
>> it's been talked about at

1672
01:15:58,304 --> 01:15:59,639
staff level but has not reached

1673
01:15:59,639 --> 01:16:01,941
council as far as I'm aware.

1674
01:16:01,941 --> 01:16:06,141
>> and it's not a bad idea, I

1675
01:16:06,412 --> 01:16:08,714
like it, I was just wonder if

1676
01:16:08,714 --> 01:16:09,749
you knew what the yearly cast

1677
01:16:09,749 --> 01:16:10,750
for operating this would be.

1678
01:16:10,750 --> 01:16:12,185
>> I do not.

1679
01:16:12,185 --> 01:16:14,185
>> okay.

1680
01:16:14,186 --> 01:16:14,621
>> anyone else have any

1681
01:16:14,621 --> 01:16:15,922
questions?

1682
01:16:15,922 --> 01:16:19,522
Does anybody want to change the

1683
01:16:21,194 --> 01:16:22,662
order of the projects?

1684
01:16:22,662 --> 01:16:24,898
Well, you guessed right although

1685
01:16:24,898 --> 01:16:26,733
you didn't have the bridge over

1686
01:16:26,733 --> 01:16:28,733
lawson road.

1687
01:16:29,340 --> 01:16:31,400
That would have made me a lot

1688
01:16:31,400 --> 01:16:31,805
more happy.

1689
01:16:31,805 --> 01:16:33,440
Okay.

1690
01:16:33,440 --> 01:16:34,341
Is -- do you need a motion to

1691
01:16:34,341 --> 01:16:36,310
accept these?

1692
01:16:36,310 --> 01:16:37,677
>> we do have to have a

1693
01:16:37,677 --> 01:16:39,680
resolution to go with your

1694
01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:42,800
application to the county.

1695
01:16:44,485 --> 01:16:46,485
>> so councilmember steinberg

1696
01:16:50,691 --> 01:16:54,291
moved that we accept the request

1697
01:16:58,766 --> 01:17:01,166
and I'm on --

1698
01:17:01,634 --> 01:17:02,570
>> we just need to vote on t we

1699
01:17:02,570 --> 01:17:04,505
already discussed.

1700
01:17:04,505 --> 01:17:06,600
>> oh, you are right, and why i

1701
01:17:06,600 --> 01:17:07,775
doubt you I never know.

1702
01:17:07,775 --> 01:17:10,111
That's right, MR. Cummings made

1703
01:17:10,111 --> 01:17:12,380
the motion and vice-mayor

1704
01:17:12,380 --> 01:17:13,581
martinez seconded, all in favor,

1705
01:17:13,581 --> 01:17:13,815
aye.

1706
01:17:13,815 --> 01:17:15,749
Opposed?

1707
01:17:15,749 --> 01:17:17,749
That passes 7-0.

1708
01:17:19,921 --> 01:17:22,457
All right, the capital funding

1709
01:17:22,457 --> 01:17:25,727
request -- we just did that.

1710
01:17:25,727 --> 01:17:28,696
The virginia main street program

1711
01:17:28,696 --> 01:17:30,598
authorizing al tier 2

1712
01:17:30,598 --> 01:17:31,333
application to the virginia

1713
01:17:31,333 --> 01:17:33,733
department of housing and

1714
01:17:33,834 --> 01:17:36,234
community development, and will

1715
01:17:36,771 --> 01:17:37,572
martinez made a motion seconded

1716
01:17:37,572 --> 01:17:39,307
by councilmember steinberg, is

1717
01:17:39,307 --> 01:17:40,408
there a presentation on this?

1718
01:17:40,408 --> 01:17:40,609
No?

1719
01:17:40,609 --> 01:17:42,609
Okay.

1720
01:17:43,578 --> 01:17:47,778
I will not be voting for this

1721
01:17:53,321 --> 01:17:56,591
tonight unless we could add -- a -- a time line to the sub

1722
01:17:56,591 --> 01:17:59,940
mission that the -- after six

1723
01:17:59,940 --> 01:18:02,940
months the economic development development

1724
01:18:04,133 --> 01:18:07,733
director needs to come back with

1725
01:18:08,403 --> 01:18:12,603
a report as to whether we are

1726
01:18:13,750 --> 01:18:13,309
ready to move into tier 3 or

1727
01:18:13,309 --> 01:18:15,309
not.

1728
01:18:16,110 --> 01:18:17,646
So I'm asking vice-mayor

1729
01:18:17,646 --> 01:18:19,646
martinez and councilmember

1730
01:18:22,651 --> 01:18:23,152
steinberg if that is a friendly

1731
01:18:23,152 --> 01:18:25,152
amendment?

1732
01:18:25,720 --> 01:18:26,889
>> I apologize, could you

1733
01:18:26,889 --> 01:18:28,889
restate the amendment?

1734
01:18:29,559 --> 01:18:31,427
>> I would like to see us have a

1735
01:18:31,427 --> 01:18:34,596
time limit on the amount of time

1736
01:18:34,596 --> 01:18:38,534
we can stay in tier 2 before we

1737
01:18:38,534 --> 01:18:41,534
get a report identifying our

1738
01:18:41,871 --> 01:18:43,773
ability to move into tier 3.

1739
01:18:43,773 --> 01:18:46,750
>> okay, I guess if you're

1740
01:18:46,750 --> 01:18:48,778
asking for a report within a

1741
01:18:48,778 --> 01:18:50,113
certain time frame, I am

1742
01:18:50,113 --> 01:18:52,513
comfortable with that, yes.

1743
01:18:53,550 --> 01:18:55,550
>> MR. Martinez?

1744
01:18:55,819 --> 01:18:58,455
>> are you asking for movement

1745
01:18:58,455 --> 01:18:59,355
into tier 3 at that report or

1746
01:18:59,355 --> 01:19:01,355
just the report.

1747
01:19:01,624 --> 01:19:01,825
>> depends on what the report

1748
01:19:01,825 --> 01:19:03,825
says.

1749
01:19:04,628 --> 01:19:07,280
>> I'm okay with it.

1750
01:19:07,430 --> 01:19:09,366
>> my reason for this is we've

1751
01:19:09,366 --> 01:19:10,800
been work on this for many, many

1752
01:19:10,800 --> 01:19:12,769
years and I don't think we need

1753
01:19:12,769 --> 01:19:14,771
to wait another whole year to

1754
01:19:14,771 --> 01:19:17,730
get a report on moving to --

1755
01:19:17,730 --> 01:19:18,608
>> do we want to include a

1756
01:19:18,608 --> 01:19:18,876
specific time frame in the

1757
01:19:18,876 --> 01:19:20,876
amendment?

1758
01:19:20,877 --> 01:19:23,460
>> I'm just saying six months.

1759
01:19:23,460 --> 01:19:24,414
>> six months, all right,.

1760
01:19:24,414 --> 01:19:26,383
>> MR. Cummings?

1761
01:19:26,383 --> 01:19:27,884
>> I just wanted to make a

1762
01:19:27,884 --> 01:19:29,787
point, I spoke with a member of

1763
01:19:29,787 --> 01:19:32,790
the edc today and one of the

1764
01:19:32,790 --> 01:19:34,558
issues with the tier 2 is there

1765
01:19:34,558 --> 01:19:37,610
is some grant money out there

1766
01:19:37,610 --> 01:19:38,262
that MAY help us have a

1767
01:19:38,262 --> 01:19:41,262
professional run some of the

1768
01:19:41,565 --> 01:19:43,965
discussions with the businesses.

1769
01:19:44,735 --> 01:19:46,370
And so I support putting a time

1770
01:19:46,370 --> 01:19:49,970
line on this because we don't

1771
01:19:50,641 --> 01:19:52,143
want it to sit idle for another

1772
01:19:52,143 --> 01:19:54,543
year or tworks but

1773
01:19:55,313 --> 01:19:56,747
two, but I wonder if we

1774
01:19:56,747 --> 01:19:58,616
could have flexibility on that

1775
01:19:58,616 --> 01:20:01,152
six months and depending on if

1776
01:20:01,152 --> 01:20:01,552
we can get some of this grant

1777
01:20:01,552 --> 01:20:02,987
money --

1778
01:20:02,987 --> 01:20:04,755
>> there is no reason they could

1779
01:20:04,755 --> 01:20:05,857
not put that in the report when

1780
01:20:05,857 --> 01:20:06,824
we come back with the report.

1781
01:20:06,824 --> 01:20:07,692
>> okay.

1782
01:20:07,692 --> 01:20:09,692
>> okay?

1783
01:20:10,862 --> 01:20:12,864
All right, all in favor with the

1784
01:20:12,864 --> 01:20:14,499
friendly amendment indicate by

1785
01:20:14,499 --> 01:20:14,733
saying aye.

1786
01:20:14,733 --> 01:20:16,733
Opposed?

1787
01:20:18,970 --> 01:20:20,405
All right, that passes 7-0, and

1788
01:20:20,405 --> 01:20:22,730
the covid employee vaccine has

1789
01:20:22,730 --> 01:20:22,307
been deferred to the next

1790
01:20:22,307 --> 01:20:24,307
meeting.

1791
01:20:27,412 --> 01:20:29,281
That takes us to future council

1792
01:20:29,281 --> 01:20:30,349
meetings and agendas.

1793
01:20:30,349 --> 01:20:33,349
Anyone have anything they want

1794
01:20:33,685 --> 01:20:35,720
to put on for a future agenda.

1795
01:20:35,720 --> 01:20:40,520
>> I do, I was just going to ask

1796
01:20:44,296 --> 01:20:47,896
if we could do the spotted

1797
01:20:50,302 --> 01:20:50,569
lanternfly lantern proclamation

1798
01:20:50,569 --> 01:20:52,371
requested.

1799
01:20:52,371 --> 01:20:53,705
>> do we have four people

1800
01:20:53,705 --> 01:20:56,705
interested in doing that --

1801
01:20:58,644 --> 01:20:59,812
>> I had one land on me in win

1802
01:20:59,812 --> 01:21:00,346
winchester and now I know what

1803
01:21:00,346 --> 01:21:02,346
it was.

1804
01:21:02,681 --> 01:21:04,681
>> all right, disclosures.

1805
01:21:06,285 --> 01:21:10,485
>> I do, I just have one on

1806
01:21:10,723 --> 01:21:13,459
SEPTEMBER 15th, met with greg

1807
01:21:13,459 --> 01:21:14,930
wigfield regarding the greenway

1808
01:21:14,930 --> 01:21:15,395
manor application.

1809
01:21:15,395 --> 01:21:16,829
>> and MR. Bagdassarian?

1810
01:21:16,829 --> 01:21:18,431
>> no disclosures.

1811
01:21:18,431 --> 01:21:20,333
>> MS. Fox?

1812
01:21:20,333 --> 01:21:22,333
>> just one disclosure.

1813
01:21:24,403 --> 01:21:27,390
I too, had a meeting with

1814
01:21:27,390 --> 01:21:29,390
MR. Greg witness

1815
01:21:32,312 --> 01:21:32,511
witfield on SEPTEMBER

1816
01:21:32,511 --> 01:21:34,511
15th.

1817
01:21:35,582 --> 01:21:37,582
>> MR. Steinberg?

1818
01:21:38,785 --> 01:21:39,119
MR. Cummings?

1819
01:21:39,119 --> 01:21:41,119
MR. Martinez?

1820
01:21:42,220 --> 01:21:45,220
>> nothing other than a happy

1821
01:21:45,625 --> 01:21:47,828
birthday to my 1-year-old

1822
01:21:47,828 --> 01:21:48,462
granddaughter delivers by doris,

1823
01:21:48,462 --> 01:21:49,630
my wife.

1824
01:21:49,630 --> 01:21:51,630
>> there you go.

1825
01:21:57,137 --> 01:22:00,874
All right, I would like to thank

1826
01:22:00,874 --> 01:22:02,842
kaeley boyle and let me tell you

1827
01:22:02,842 --> 01:22:04,945
the movies were independent

1828
01:22:04,945 --> 01:22:06,113
films but they were the most

1829
01:22:06,113 --> 01:22:07,881
thought provoking things I have

1830
01:22:07,881 --> 01:22:11,481
seen in a long, long time.

1831
01:22:11,619 --> 01:22:14,320
On the 17th a number of us met

1832
01:22:14,320 --> 01:22:15,222
with senators to talk about our

1833
01:22:15,222 --> 01:22:16,657
legislative agenda and they

1834
01:22:16,657 --> 01:22:18,124
agreed to look at it and get

1835
01:22:18,124 --> 01:22:20,124
back to us.

1836
01:22:20,194 --> 01:22:21,728
I don't know MR. Dentler if they

1837
01:22:21,728 --> 01:22:23,564
have gotten back to us yet on

1838
01:22:23,564 --> 01:22:25,199
some of the issues we were going

1839
01:22:25,199 --> 01:22:26,968
to investigate further?

1840
01:22:26,968 --> 01:22:28,802
Maybe we could make a phone call

1841
01:22:28,802 --> 01:22:31,202
and check on that.

1842
01:22:36,430 --> 01:22:39,514
On the 18th I want to thank

1843
01:22:39,514 --> 01:22:41,850
MR. Bagdassarian and MR. Bobchek

1844
01:22:41,850 --> 01:22:44,452
on the wonderful -- I'm just

1845
01:22:44,452 --> 01:22:48,520
amazed what a wonderful job the

1846
01:22:48,656 --> 01:22:50,910
music festival was and just

1847
01:22:50,910 --> 01:22:51,292
another example of how art

1848
01:22:51,292 --> 01:22:54,292
drives the committee, and it

1849
01:22:55,430 --> 01:22:57,632
economy, and it was

1850
01:22:57,632 --> 01:23:00,468
an opportunity to hear great,

1851
01:23:00,468 --> 01:23:04,405
great music and a lot of fun.

1852
01:23:04,405 --> 01:23:08,430
And I joined the relay of life

1853
01:23:08,430 --> 01:23:10,879
cancer survivors and joined --

1854
01:23:10,879 --> 01:23:14,383
to serve ice cream, and he's

1855
01:23:14,383 --> 01:23:15,250
been doing this almost 20 years

1856
01:23:15,250 --> 01:23:17,250
now.

1857
01:23:19,320 --> 01:23:21,923
Supervisor umstad and I held a

1858
01:23:21,923 --> 01:23:24,660
town hall on homelessness and it

1859
01:23:24,660 --> 01:23:27,830
was very informative and I thank

1860
01:23:27,830 --> 01:23:29,364
the councilmembers who shows up

1861
01:23:29,364 --> 01:23:32,100
and I want to welcome

1862
01:23:32,100 --> 01:23:35,100
chick-fil-a, we had a ribbon

1863
01:23:36,705 --> 01:23:38,541
cutting and this is their second

1864
01:23:38,541 --> 01:23:40,743
chick-fil-a out here in leesburg

1865
01:23:40,743 --> 01:23:42,440
and I'm sure they are going to

1866
01:23:42,440 --> 01:23:44,440
be very successful.

1867
01:23:45,470 --> 01:23:49,847
I want to thank jill MAY and pat

1868
01:23:50,586 --> 01:23:51,686
daly for the loudoun laurels,

1869
01:23:51,686 --> 01:23:53,656
honoring the people that have

1870
01:23:53,656 --> 01:23:56,656
contributed to the community and

1871
01:23:57,493 --> 01:24:01,693
raising money to give each -- a

1872
01:24:01,831 --> 01:24:03,660
number of students a $40,000

1873
01:24:03,660 --> 01:24:05,100
scholarship.

1874
01:24:05,100 --> 01:24:07,100
And congratulations to

1875
01:24:07,303 --> 01:24:09,303
integrative chiropractor, we

1876
01:24:10,273 --> 01:24:10,940
recognized them two years a very

1877
01:24:10,940 --> 01:24:12,940
successful business.

1878
01:24:13,143 --> 01:24:15,212
And all of the people involved

1879
01:24:15,212 --> 01:24:17,800
in the air show,

1880
01:24:17,800 --> 01:24:18,181
congratulations, it was a

1881
01:24:18,181 --> 01:24:20,181
spectacular vanity and

1882
01:24:23,353 --> 01:24:25,521
spectacular event and I met at

1883
01:24:25,521 --> 01:24:27,391
the house cafe, one of the

1884
01:24:27,391 --> 01:24:29,359
things I thought was very

1885
01:24:29,359 --> 01:24:30,994
interesting is there was a young

1886
01:24:30,994 --> 01:24:32,796
gentleman there with a young

1887
01:24:32,796 --> 01:24:35,165
toddler and he told me he had

1888
01:24:35,165 --> 01:24:37,000
been in leesburg three months

1889
01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:38,969
and I asked him what brought him

1890
01:24:38,969 --> 01:24:39,303
here and he said affordable

1891
01:24:39,303 --> 01:24:41,303
housing.

1892
01:24:41,404 --> 01:24:44,575
So I guess it's all relative,

1893
01:24:44,575 --> 01:24:47,544
and I would like to thank burk

1894
01:24:47,544 --> 01:24:50,348
green, for a wonderful family

1895
01:24:50,348 --> 01:24:51,114
reunion that honors the

1896
01:24:51,114 --> 01:24:51,882
long-time leesburg

1897
01:24:51,882 --> 01:24:52,850
african-american families here

1898
01:24:52,850 --> 01:24:54,850
in leesburg.

1899
01:24:55,520 --> 01:24:56,686
Just this afternoon I attended

1900
01:24:56,686 --> 01:24:58,923
the greater washington aviation

1901
01:24:58,923 --> 01:25:00,358
operation and it was a very

1902
01:25:00,358 --> 01:25:03,294
well-attended event and they had

1903
01:25:03,294 --> 01:25:05,290
some of the most amazing private

1904
01:25:05,290 --> 01:25:05,897
planes I have ever seen, I'm are

1905
01:25:05,897 --> 01:25:07,664
to go fly.

1906
01:25:07,664 --> 01:25:10,201
I want to remind everybody that

1907
01:25:10,201 --> 01:25:11,836
this weekend is the vml

1908
01:25:11,836 --> 01:25:15,436
conference, I hope to see you

1909
01:25:17,308 --> 01:25:20,378
all there, and one sad note, ad

1910
01:25:20,378 --> 01:25:22,347
barnes our planning commissioner

1911
01:25:22,347 --> 01:25:24,749
had a heart attack and will be

1912
01:25:24,749 --> 01:25:27,749
having a triple bypass tonight

1913
01:25:28,153 --> 01:25:31,656
or tomorrow in the hoapt and I hospital and

1914
01:25:31,656 --> 01:25:32,356
I know we all wish him the best.

1915
01:25:32,356 --> 01:25:33,358
Town manager?

1916
01:25:33,358 --> 01:25:35,358
>> no comment.

1917
01:25:35,360 --> 01:25:36,528
>> do I have a motion to

1918
01:25:36,528 --> 01:25:36,761
adjourn?

1919
01:25:36,761 --> 01:25:38,761
Second?

1920
01:25:38,863 --> 01:25:41,733
Made by vice-mayor martinez and

1921
01:25:41,733 --> 01:25:42,000
seconded by councilmember

1922
01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:43,802
steinberg.

1923
01:25:43,802 --> 01:25:44,168
In all favor?

1924
01:25:44,168 --> 01:25:46,168
Opposed?