1 00:00:23,556 --> 00:00:26,392 time. August 11th, 2026. 2 00:00:26,392 --> 00:00:27,627 Regular Council meeting. Roll 3 00:00:27,627 --> 00:00:30,396 call. Madam Clerk. Mayor Reeves 4 00:00:30,396 --> 00:00:32,499 here. Vice Mayor Shaw here. 5 00:00:32,499 --> 00:00:34,300 Council member. Dike here. 6 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:36,102 Council member Olinger here. 7 00:00:36,102 --> 00:00:37,904 Council member. Rimeikis here. 8 00:00:37,904 --> 00:00:39,672 Council member. Russell here. 9 00:00:39,672 --> 00:00:41,141 Council member. Schmidt here. 10 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:43,176 Council member Sternberg here. 11 00:00:43,176 --> 00:00:44,444 And council member Yao here. 12 00:00:44,444 --> 00:00:46,846 All right. Any changes to the 13 00:00:46,846 --> 00:00:48,681 agenda? If not, motion to 14 00:00:48,681 --> 00:00:50,549 approve. So moved. Second. All 15 00:00:50,549 --> 00:00:53,386 in favor? Aye. Opposed? All 16 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:56,655 right. Pledge allegiance, Mr. 17 00:00:56,655 --> 00:01:03,096 Sternberg. I pledge allegiance 18 00:01:03,096 --> 00:01:05,231 to the flag. And the United 19 00:01:05,231 --> 00:01:07,767 States of America. And to the 20 00:01:07,767 --> 00:01:09,569 Republic for which it stands. 21 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:12,472 One nation under God, 22 00:01:12,472 --> 00:01:15,275 indivisible, with liberty and 23 00:01:15,275 --> 00:01:22,482 justice for all. All right. 24 00:01:22,482 --> 00:01:26,486 Consent agenda. Jim. Good 25 00:01:26,486 --> 00:01:29,389 evening. Consent agenda. 5.1 26 00:01:29,389 --> 00:01:30,823 report and recommendation for 27 00:01:30,823 --> 00:01:32,258 approval to purchase. Two stand 28 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:35,528 on track loaders. 5.2 important 29 00:01:35,528 --> 00:01:36,930 recommendation for approval to 30 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:38,765 purchase K-9 Luna from Culpeper 31 00:01:38,765 --> 00:01:41,301 County Sheriff's Office. 5.3 32 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:43,403 Report and recommendation for 33 00:01:43,403 --> 00:01:45,205 Acceptance of Virginia Tourism 34 00:01:45,205 --> 00:01:49,642 VA. 250 Grant funds. 5.4 Report 35 00:01:49,642 --> 00:01:51,311 and Recommendation Resolution 36 00:01:51,311 --> 00:01:53,813 adopting the two 2026 Personal 37 00:01:53,813 --> 00:02:00,720 Property Tax Relief Rate. 5.5. 38 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,289 Paid bills listing and 5.6 39 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:06,059 minutes of previous meetings 40 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:08,595 the consent. Second. All in 41 00:02:08,595 --> 00:02:10,930 favor? Aye. Opposed? All right. 42 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:15,435 Thank you. Public forum. 43 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:16,903 Members of the public forum may 44 00:02:16,903 --> 00:02:18,671 address Council on matters 45 00:02:18,671 --> 00:02:21,273 related to town government. At 46 00:02:21,273 --> 00:02:23,109 this time, please state your 47 00:02:23,109 --> 00:02:25,178 name and address for the record. 48 00:02:25,178 --> 00:02:26,479 Each speaker shall have three 49 00:02:26,479 --> 00:02:27,580 minutes and shall comply with 50 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:29,782 the citizen Participation 51 00:02:29,782 --> 00:02:31,618 policy. Groups are requested to 52 00:02:31,618 --> 00:02:33,786 have a spokesperson. Questions 53 00:02:33,786 --> 00:02:35,622 should be directed to the mayor. 54 00:02:35,622 --> 00:02:37,056 Is there anyone would like to 55 00:02:37,056 --> 00:02:42,161 speak tonight on any town issue? 56 00:02:42,161 --> 00:02:45,665 No one. All right. Close the 57 00:02:45,665 --> 00:02:47,300 public hearing. I mean, close 58 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:48,968 the hand at this time. All 59 00:02:48,968 --> 00:02:52,505 right. 9.1 ordinance amending 60 00:02:52,505 --> 00:02:54,307 chapter eight of the Town Code. 61 00:02:54,307 --> 00:02:59,012 Second reading. Andrew. Thank 62 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:00,713 you, Mr. Mayor. As noted, this 63 00:03:00,713 --> 00:03:01,847 is a second reading for an 64 00:03:01,847 --> 00:03:03,283 amendment to the town's outdoor 65 00:03:03,283 --> 00:03:05,418 burning ordinance requiring 66 00:03:05,418 --> 00:03:06,719 permits. It's an update, really, 67 00:03:06,719 --> 00:03:07,887 to bring the ordinance in line 68 00:03:07,887 --> 00:03:10,890 with current practices. And 69 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:13,092 it's a provides much greater 70 00:03:13,092 --> 00:03:14,526 clarity and certainty as far as 71 00:03:14,526 --> 00:03:15,694 what requires a permit, what 72 00:03:15,694 --> 00:03:17,463 does not require a permit, as 73 00:03:17,463 --> 00:03:18,664 well as safe burning practices. 74 00:03:18,664 --> 00:03:19,698 So the recommendation before 75 00:03:19,698 --> 00:03:20,699 you this evening is that 76 00:03:20,699 --> 00:03:21,767 Council holds your second 77 00:03:21,767 --> 00:03:22,935 reading and adopts ordinance 78 00:03:22,935 --> 00:03:26,339 number 2026-006, amending 79 00:03:26,339 --> 00:03:27,840 chapter eight of the Town Code 80 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,677 by adding sections 8.31 through 81 00:03:30,677 --> 00:03:32,111 8.34 related to permit required 82 00:03:32,111 --> 00:03:33,546 for outdoor burning and 83 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:34,714 authorize authorizes the mayor 84 00:03:34,714 --> 00:03:36,416 and town Clerk to execute the 85 00:03:36,416 --> 00:03:37,550 document. Happy to answer any 86 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:40,019 questions the Council may have. 87 00:03:40,019 --> 00:03:42,889 Okay. Hey, Andrew. One of my 88 00:03:42,889 --> 00:03:44,424 one of the constituents 89 00:03:44,424 --> 00:03:46,893 contacted me regarding the 90 00:03:46,893 --> 00:03:49,195 burning plan, and they brought 91 00:03:49,195 --> 00:03:51,130 up fireworks and, you know, 92 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:53,066 being close proximity to homes 93 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:55,701 and units and people lighting 94 00:03:55,701 --> 00:03:57,337 it and potential dangers of 95 00:03:57,337 --> 00:03:59,238 fireworks going near people's 96 00:03:59,238 --> 00:04:00,339 homes or striking people's 97 00:04:00,339 --> 00:04:01,808 homes. Can you comment on how 98 00:04:01,808 --> 00:04:03,443 that could possibly relate to 99 00:04:03,443 --> 00:04:05,244 this? Sure. It really wouldn't 100 00:04:05,244 --> 00:04:06,679 relate to this. We do have a 101 00:04:06,679 --> 00:04:08,247 separate section of town code 102 00:04:08,247 --> 00:04:12,051 related to fireworks and to the use of fireworks. We 103 00:04:12,051 --> 00:04:13,553 amended that a couple of years 104 00:04:13,553 --> 00:04:15,355 ago, related particularly to 105 00:04:15,355 --> 00:04:16,756 indoor use of fireworks that 106 00:04:16,756 --> 00:04:18,591 was occurring. But so this 107 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:19,992 particular section is not 108 00:04:19,992 --> 00:04:24,697 related to fireworks, right. 109 00:04:24,697 --> 00:04:29,035 Anyone else? Thank you. Andrew. 110 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:31,137 Motion to approve. Agenda. So 111 00:04:31,137 --> 00:04:34,040 moved. Second. Any discussion? 112 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,843 Roll call, Madam clerk. 113 00:04:36,843 --> 00:04:38,711 Councilmember dich I 114 00:04:38,711 --> 00:04:41,247 Councilmember Ohlinger I mayor 115 00:04:41,247 --> 00:04:43,416 Reeves I. Councilmember 116 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:45,184 Rimeikis. I Council member. 117 00:04:45,184 --> 00:04:47,019 Russell. Aye. Council member. 118 00:04:47,019 --> 00:04:49,188 Schmidt. I. Vice mayor. Short. 119 00:04:49,188 --> 00:04:50,990 Aye. Council member. Sternburg. 120 00:04:50,990 --> 00:04:53,526 Aye. Council member. Yao. Aye. 121 00:04:53,526 --> 00:04:56,396 The motion carries. All right. 122 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:58,865 9.2 proposal for historic 123 00:04:58,865 --> 00:05:00,700 Storywalk at Rockwood Park. 124 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:02,869 Andrew. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. 125 00:05:02,869 --> 00:05:04,069 The Parks and Rec Commission a 126 00:05:04,069 --> 00:05:05,204 couple of months back received 127 00:05:05,204 --> 00:05:07,140 a request from a local Eagle 128 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:08,274 Scout wanting to do a project 129 00:05:08,274 --> 00:05:10,009 in conjunction with the town 130 00:05:10,009 --> 00:05:12,178 library to install a series of 131 00:05:12,178 --> 00:05:13,646 signs at Rockwater Park. These 132 00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:16,115 signs. There'll be 17 in total. 133 00:05:16,115 --> 00:05:17,583 When read in progression would 134 00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:19,752 essentially tell a story. The 135 00:05:19,752 --> 00:05:21,954 story would be rotated by the 136 00:05:21,954 --> 00:05:24,157 town's library. The library 137 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:25,525 services would take 138 00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:26,959 responsibility for both. 139 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:28,394 Selection of the stories, 140 00:05:28,394 --> 00:05:30,163 installation of the stories, 141 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:32,365 the signs, and then again, the 142 00:05:32,365 --> 00:05:33,866 maintenance of the particular 143 00:05:33,866 --> 00:05:35,635 signs. Parks and rec did 144 00:05:35,635 --> 00:05:37,837 recommend approval of this idea 145 00:05:37,837 --> 00:05:39,172 and recommended the County 146 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:40,506 Council. It was presented at 147 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:41,507 Council Committee and the 148 00:05:41,507 --> 00:05:42,508 recommendation before you this 149 00:05:42,508 --> 00:05:43,509 evening is. The Council 150 00:05:43,509 --> 00:05:44,577 approved the installation of 151 00:05:44,577 --> 00:05:46,045 the Storywalk signs at 152 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:47,413 Rockwater Park and authorizes 153 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:48,948 the town Manager to sign an 154 00:05:48,948 --> 00:05:49,949 agreement with the Culpeper 155 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:51,451 County Library related to the 156 00:05:51,451 --> 00:05:52,552 maintenance and decommissioning 157 00:05:52,552 --> 00:05:54,620 of the signs. So I'd be happy 158 00:05:54,620 --> 00:05:55,687 to answer any questions the 159 00:05:55,687 --> 00:05:58,824 Council may have on this matter. 160 00:05:58,824 --> 00:06:00,493 Any questions? Go ahead. 161 00:06:00,493 --> 00:06:03,396 Rimeikis. Go ahead. Do you want 162 00:06:03,396 --> 00:06:05,631 to? I'll let him. Go ahead. 163 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:07,433 I'll move the motion. No. Let 164 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:13,773 him go ahead. Go ahead. And ask. 165 00:06:13,773 --> 00:06:15,208 Probably should have been asked 166 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:17,843 at committee, but never seem to 167 00:06:17,843 --> 00:06:22,381 have enough time to. And it 168 00:06:22,381 --> 00:06:23,916 probably be answered better by 169 00:06:23,916 --> 00:06:27,186 the librarian and I, I don't. 170 00:06:27,186 --> 00:06:28,221 There's nobody here 171 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:29,354 representing the library. Not 172 00:06:29,354 --> 00:06:30,756 this evening. So I'm just going 173 00:06:30,756 --> 00:06:33,759 to throw it at you. So so a lot 174 00:06:33,759 --> 00:06:35,728 of it's a great idea and a lot 175 00:06:35,728 --> 00:06:36,895 of thought went into putting 176 00:06:36,895 --> 00:06:37,963 this together, but most of it 177 00:06:37,963 --> 00:06:40,165 is all the implementation and 178 00:06:40,165 --> 00:06:41,534 it kind of stops there and 179 00:06:41,534 --> 00:06:43,769 doesn't go any further. So one 180 00:06:43,769 --> 00:06:49,041 of the questions I had was. 181 00:06:49,041 --> 00:06:50,275 Well, one of the questions is 182 00:06:50,275 --> 00:06:52,411 like monthly seems like a 183 00:06:52,411 --> 00:06:54,413 little ambitious for Rock Water 184 00:06:54,413 --> 00:06:59,618 Park. And, and the reason is my 185 00:06:59,618 --> 00:07:01,753 thinking is the water park is 186 00:07:01,753 --> 00:07:05,024 like a one season park and the 187 00:07:05,024 --> 00:07:09,962 draw is the splash pad. So I 188 00:07:09,962 --> 00:07:11,030 was wondering, like, how did 189 00:07:11,030 --> 00:07:12,865 the number 12 come up? Why not 190 00:07:12,865 --> 00:07:15,001 every two months or quarterly 191 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:16,568 or that sort of thing? Because 192 00:07:16,568 --> 00:07:18,170 that seems to be like a lot of 193 00:07:18,170 --> 00:07:21,407 work for the library to, to be 194 00:07:21,407 --> 00:07:26,178 doing. Sometimes there's two 195 00:07:26,178 --> 00:07:27,813 seasons if there's snow and 196 00:07:27,813 --> 00:07:29,048 there's a lot of sledding going 197 00:07:29,048 --> 00:07:30,783 on over there. And I'm there 198 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:34,053 too, with the. And then the 199 00:07:34,053 --> 00:07:35,721 next question. Well, and that 200 00:07:35,721 --> 00:07:36,955 is that okay, if you build it, 201 00:07:36,955 --> 00:07:38,824 will they come? I mean, will, 202 00:07:38,824 --> 00:07:42,028 what's the incentive for. Oh, 203 00:07:42,028 --> 00:07:43,962 and I asked about a committee 204 00:07:43,962 --> 00:07:45,932 and I think the age group was 205 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:47,767 preschool. Isn't it like 206 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:49,201 elementary, elementary, but 207 00:07:49,201 --> 00:07:50,369 early elementary because it's 208 00:07:50,369 --> 00:07:52,071 still like reading development, 209 00:07:52,071 --> 00:07:55,207 that sort of thing. So that's, not, you know, some kid 210 00:07:55,207 --> 00:07:56,308 running around on his own, 211 00:07:56,308 --> 00:07:58,210 that's a parent that has to go 212 00:07:58,210 --> 00:07:59,444 with them so that it's like an 213 00:07:59,444 --> 00:08:01,714 extra, you know, factor to, to 214 00:08:01,714 --> 00:08:04,183 consider. And how's the library 215 00:08:04,183 --> 00:08:08,453 going to measure? The response 216 00:08:08,453 --> 00:08:09,688 or the effectiveness of it? I 217 00:08:09,688 --> 00:08:10,856 mean, how are they going to 218 00:08:10,856 --> 00:08:13,659 know how many kids in a month, 219 00:08:13,659 --> 00:08:14,860 you know, read the story? I 220 00:08:14,860 --> 00:08:16,728 mean, there's a lot of ways to 221 00:08:16,728 --> 00:08:17,963 do that. I'm just wondering if 222 00:08:17,963 --> 00:08:19,699 they thought that out, because 223 00:08:19,699 --> 00:08:20,899 that then leads to the what you 224 00:08:20,899 --> 00:08:21,833 mentioned with the 225 00:08:21,833 --> 00:08:22,335 decommissioning. 226 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:25,237 right. What, you know, what's the 227 00:08:25,237 --> 00:08:26,939 trigger on that? I mean, how 228 00:08:26,939 --> 00:08:32,745 many years when you have these. 229 00:08:32,745 --> 00:08:35,314 Structures which are permanent, 230 00:08:35,314 --> 00:08:37,049 you know, embedded in concrete, 231 00:08:37,049 --> 00:08:38,117 there's, you know, two legs for 232 00:08:38,117 --> 00:08:44,624 each one of these. Signs, you 233 00:08:44,624 --> 00:08:46,325 know, that public Works now has 234 00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:49,662 to mow around 17 obstacles on a 235 00:08:49,662 --> 00:08:51,897 half, half mile loop. Or we'd 236 00:08:51,897 --> 00:08:57,937 walk around. And have they ever 237 00:08:57,937 --> 00:09:00,439 considered something less 238 00:09:00,439 --> 00:09:14,120 permanent? So. I think it's, I, think they're all important. 239 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,757 Anyone else? Motion to approve. 240 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:20,593 So moved. Second. Any 241 00:09:20,593 --> 00:09:23,496 discussion? Mr. Yeah. Mr. mayor, 242 00:09:23,496 --> 00:09:29,268 just a quick comment. This is a scout an Eagle Scout 243 00:09:29,268 --> 00:09:30,769 candidate project. And just for 244 00:09:30,769 --> 00:09:32,838 those of you who are unaware, 245 00:09:32,838 --> 00:09:34,674 this is a capstone project for 246 00:09:34,674 --> 00:09:36,041 this young man to earn his 247 00:09:36,041 --> 00:09:38,611 Eagle Scout. And it is quite an 248 00:09:38,611 --> 00:09:40,546 extensive program. It's a it's 249 00:09:40,546 --> 00:09:42,548 an in-depth project management 250 00:09:42,548 --> 00:09:44,316 exercise. He's. He's got to 251 00:09:44,316 --> 00:09:45,418 determine where the materials 252 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:47,319 come from. The stakeholders in 253 00:09:47,319 --> 00:09:50,156 the Community planning office, 254 00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:51,891 any sponsors in the area, 255 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:53,392 Lowe's or construction 256 00:09:53,392 --> 00:09:55,061 companies. He's got to assemble 257 00:09:55,061 --> 00:09:57,329 a team, plan it out and lead it 258 00:09:57,329 --> 00:09:59,498 all the way through to 259 00:09:59,498 --> 00:10:00,732 implementation. So I wish we 260 00:10:00,732 --> 00:10:02,601 could have met the young scout 261 00:10:02,601 --> 00:10:03,803 tonight, but just hats off to 262 00:10:03,803 --> 00:10:06,305 him and I'm glad he's looking 263 00:10:06,305 --> 00:10:08,107 at his community to support it. 264 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:09,241 So and thank you for the 265 00:10:09,241 --> 00:10:11,377 description. Thank you. Anyone 266 00:10:11,377 --> 00:10:14,146 else? Yes. Thank you. It's also 267 00:10:14,146 --> 00:10:15,314 my understanding that he's also 268 00:10:15,314 --> 00:10:17,450 working with the and library, 269 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:19,018 working with the county Parks 270 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:22,154 and Rec and Park, you know, 271 00:10:22,154 --> 00:10:23,589 which I think is probably more 272 00:10:23,589 --> 00:10:26,492 appropriate than our Hill. 273 00:10:26,492 --> 00:10:29,395 Anyone else? Roll call, Madam 274 00:10:29,395 --> 00:10:33,399 clerk. Council member. Olinger 275 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:36,569 I mayor Reeves I Council member. 276 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:39,071 Rimeikis. No. Council member. 277 00:10:39,071 --> 00:10:40,840 Russell. Aye. Council member. 278 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,409 Schmidt. I vice mayor. Short. 279 00:10:43,409 --> 00:10:45,911 Aye. Council member. Sternberg. 280 00:10:45,911 --> 00:10:48,481 Aye. Council member. Yao. Aye. 281 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:50,583 Council member. Dike. Aye. The 282 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:54,620 motion carries 9.2 resolution. 283 00:10:54,620 --> 00:10:58,190 Adopting the r r r regional 284 00:10:58,190 --> 00:11:01,794 hazard migration plan. Andrew. 285 00:11:01,794 --> 00:11:03,929 Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So the 286 00:11:03,929 --> 00:11:05,731 town partnered with the 287 00:11:05,731 --> 00:11:07,500 Regional Commission in the 288 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:09,335 development of a Regional 289 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:10,402 Resiliency and hazard 290 00:11:10,402 --> 00:11:12,204 Mitigation plan. This process 291 00:11:12,204 --> 00:11:13,606 took place over the course of 292 00:11:13,606 --> 00:11:15,040 approximately two years. The 293 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,842 plan then actually sat for 294 00:11:16,842 --> 00:11:18,677 another year to 18 months 295 00:11:18,677 --> 00:11:19,477 waiting approval at the state 296 00:11:19,477 --> 00:11:21,313 and federal level in terms of 297 00:11:21,313 --> 00:11:22,615 all components. But essentially, 298 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:23,749 it was a collaborative effort 299 00:11:23,749 --> 00:11:26,218 to to come up with a plan to 300 00:11:26,218 --> 00:11:28,020 address primarily hazard 301 00:11:28,020 --> 00:11:30,356 mitigation in the region, what 302 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:31,991 we could do to help prevent 303 00:11:31,991 --> 00:11:33,292 hazards or emergencies 304 00:11:33,292 --> 00:11:34,460 occurring in the future, as 305 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:35,961 well as if they occur best 306 00:11:35,961 --> 00:11:37,062 practices. In terms of being 307 00:11:37,062 --> 00:11:38,864 able to deal with these, it was 308 00:11:38,864 --> 00:11:40,332 broken down into recommended 309 00:11:40,332 --> 00:11:41,800 actions to be taken by each of 310 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:42,968 the jurisdictions, the counties 311 00:11:42,968 --> 00:11:44,637 as well as the towns contained 312 00:11:44,637 --> 00:11:46,071 therein. So there are some 313 00:11:46,071 --> 00:11:47,139 specific for Culpeper that have 314 00:11:47,139 --> 00:11:48,940 been pulled out. If these are 315 00:11:48,940 --> 00:11:50,376 to move forward, that will come 316 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:52,144 back to council independently, 317 00:11:52,144 --> 00:11:53,745 for they have costs involved 318 00:11:53,745 --> 00:11:56,448 with them to be evaluated on a 319 00:11:56,448 --> 00:11:58,651 case by case basis individually. 320 00:11:58,651 --> 00:12:00,853 The one in in primary practice 321 00:12:00,853 --> 00:12:02,254 that that would be would be 322 00:12:02,254 --> 00:12:03,389 potential planting of 323 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:06,258 additional trees in Palmetto 324 00:12:06,258 --> 00:12:08,059 Park along Mountain Run to aid 325 00:12:08,059 --> 00:12:10,196 in the riparian establishment 326 00:12:10,196 --> 00:12:11,796 and growth of the riparian 327 00:12:11,796 --> 00:12:13,399 buffer there to aid with 328 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:15,501 flooding. But again, there are 329 00:12:15,501 --> 00:12:16,668 a number of measures that are 330 00:12:16,668 --> 00:12:18,470 taking place that are, that are 331 00:12:18,470 --> 00:12:19,905 called for within this plan. 332 00:12:19,905 --> 00:12:21,473 And again, this is part of a 333 00:12:21,473 --> 00:12:23,509 regional collaboration. So the 334 00:12:23,509 --> 00:12:24,343 recommendation before council 335 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:25,611 this evening is that council 336 00:12:25,611 --> 00:12:29,281 adopts resolution number 337 00:12:29,281 --> 00:12:30,349 R-2026024, adopting the 338 00:12:30,349 --> 00:12:31,784 Rappahannock Rapidan Regional 339 00:12:31,784 --> 00:12:33,219 Commission's Regional Hazard 340 00:12:33,219 --> 00:12:34,787 Mitigation and Resiliency Plan, 341 00:12:34,787 --> 00:12:36,388 and authorizes the mayor and 342 00:12:36,388 --> 00:12:37,556 town clerk to execute the 343 00:12:37,556 --> 00:12:38,556 document. Again, I'd be happy 344 00:12:38,556 --> 00:12:39,724 to answer any questions that 345 00:12:39,724 --> 00:12:42,561 Council may have. Any questions, 346 00:12:42,561 --> 00:12:45,330 John, in these discussions, 347 00:12:45,330 --> 00:12:48,334 were there any is there any 348 00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:50,536 bantering back and forth about 349 00:12:50,536 --> 00:12:53,672 supply chain? So if if we do 350 00:12:53,672 --> 00:12:55,474 have a disruption in a highway 351 00:12:55,474 --> 00:12:59,144 or a rail or anything like that, 352 00:12:59,144 --> 00:13:02,014 is that going to be is this is 353 00:13:02,014 --> 00:13:03,448 that in here? Because I didn't 354 00:13:03,448 --> 00:13:05,317 see it, but the plan is not 355 00:13:05,317 --> 00:13:08,120 focused on any sort of specific 356 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,955 identity identified incidents, 357 00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:11,790 but more identifies essentially 358 00:13:11,790 --> 00:13:12,758 the forces that would come 359 00:13:12,758 --> 00:13:14,093 together to deal with incidents. 360 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:15,394 So it essentially identifies 361 00:13:15,394 --> 00:13:16,762 how the town's police 362 00:13:16,762 --> 00:13:17,830 department would work with the 363 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:18,964 sheriff's office in terms of 364 00:13:18,964 --> 00:13:20,733 road closures or things of that 365 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:21,900 nature. In the event that we 366 00:13:21,900 --> 00:13:23,969 had a major accident, the 367 00:13:23,969 --> 00:13:25,070 routing, the rerouting of 368 00:13:25,070 --> 00:13:26,839 traffic, also expanding to the 369 00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:28,274 regional basis as well. Again, 370 00:13:28,274 --> 00:13:29,742 if there were significant 371 00:13:29,742 --> 00:13:31,143 impacts to 29 running 372 00:13:31,143 --> 00:13:32,611 throughout the majority of the 373 00:13:32,611 --> 00:13:35,848 region. So again, it's not 374 00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:36,582 contemplating specific 375 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:37,616 incidents because they're so 376 00:13:37,616 --> 00:13:39,451 broad. And and we wanted to 377 00:13:39,451 --> 00:13:40,519 ensure that we had the 378 00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:42,721 flexibility to address any of 379 00:13:42,721 --> 00:13:44,456 these, but it helped to foster 380 00:13:44,456 --> 00:13:45,624 the relationships between many 381 00:13:45,624 --> 00:13:47,693 of these different agencies, as 382 00:13:47,693 --> 00:13:49,194 well as articulate who would be 383 00:13:49,194 --> 00:13:50,596 involved in dealing with some 384 00:13:50,596 --> 00:13:51,997 of these shocks that we could 385 00:13:51,997 --> 00:13:54,934 see to our system. Okay, anyone 386 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:59,171 else so moved? Second, any 387 00:13:59,171 --> 00:14:02,107 discussion? Roll call, madam 388 00:14:02,107 --> 00:14:04,977 Clerk. Councilmember Rimeikis. 389 00:14:04,977 --> 00:14:06,779 Aye. Council member. Russell. 390 00:14:06,779 --> 00:14:09,348 Aye. Council member. Schmidt I 391 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:11,483 vice mayor. Short. Aye. Council 392 00:14:11,483 --> 00:14:13,418 member. Sternburg. Aye. Council 393 00:14:13,418 --> 00:14:15,521 member. Yao. Aye. Council 394 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:17,389 member. Darby. Aye. Council 395 00:14:17,389 --> 00:14:20,159 member. Olinger. Aye. Mayor. 396 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:24,463 Reeves. Aye. Motion carries. 397 00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:28,100 9.4. Resolution authorizing RR 398 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:31,337 f for 302 East Davis Street 399 00:14:31,337 --> 00:14:35,673 page. Good evening. Before you 400 00:14:35,673 --> 00:14:37,309 this evening, we have a report 401 00:14:37,309 --> 00:14:39,945 and recommendation to authorize 402 00:14:39,945 --> 00:14:42,081 staff and the manager to submit 403 00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:44,249 on behalf of 302 East Davis 404 00:14:44,249 --> 00:14:46,385 Street, an Industrial 405 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:47,986 Revitalization Fund grant. This 406 00:14:47,986 --> 00:14:49,421 would ultimately become a grant 407 00:14:49,421 --> 00:14:52,157 to loan program. As you are 408 00:14:52,157 --> 00:14:54,727 familiar, 302 East Davis Street 409 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,296 was previously home to Sandra's 410 00:14:57,296 --> 00:14:58,697 Taqueria and and many other 411 00:14:58,697 --> 00:15:00,099 iterations during its 412 00:15:00,099 --> 00:15:02,433 Centennial. Plus, life building 413 00:15:02,433 --> 00:15:03,669 owner and business operator 414 00:15:03,669 --> 00:15:06,205 Miguel is with us this evening. 415 00:15:06,205 --> 00:15:08,007 The Industrial Revitalization 416 00:15:08,007 --> 00:15:09,808 Fund is a program that is 417 00:15:09,808 --> 00:15:10,542 administered through the 418 00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:11,610 Virginia Department of Housing 419 00:15:11,610 --> 00:15:13,445 and Community Development, and 420 00:15:13,445 --> 00:15:15,581 it is an opportunity for 421 00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:17,716 catalytic reinvestment for 422 00:15:17,716 --> 00:15:19,885 buildings that meet the 423 00:15:19,885 --> 00:15:21,653 criteria for being blighted. 424 00:15:21,653 --> 00:15:24,256 And as you're aware, Sandra 425 00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:26,792 suffered a catastrophic fire on 426 00:15:26,792 --> 00:15:30,762 May 30th, 2026, took over a 427 00:15:30,762 --> 00:15:32,131 million gallons of water to 428 00:15:32,131 --> 00:15:34,066 suppress the fire, and today 429 00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:37,536 the structure remains unsafe, 430 00:15:37,536 --> 00:15:41,106 Unoccupiable continued 431 00:15:41,106 --> 00:15:42,508 deterioration and damages are 432 00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:44,009 being incurred because of its 433 00:15:44,009 --> 00:15:45,077 exposure to weather and 434 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:47,212 additional elements. Since that 435 00:15:47,212 --> 00:15:49,415 fire, and this opportunity to 436 00:15:49,415 --> 00:15:51,650 submit for an IRF for a maximum 437 00:15:51,650 --> 00:15:54,853 award of $1 million provides an 438 00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:56,755 opportunity to help bring what 439 00:15:56,755 --> 00:15:59,158 has been a community asset for 440 00:15:59,158 --> 00:16:01,360 over a century and an economic 441 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:02,995 driver back to life here in the 442 00:16:02,995 --> 00:16:04,396 town of Culpeper. The program 443 00:16:04,396 --> 00:16:06,465 does require a 1 to 1 match 444 00:16:06,465 --> 00:16:07,800 which has been pledged and 445 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,635 committed to by the business 446 00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:11,336 owner and building owner, 447 00:16:11,336 --> 00:16:12,471 Miguel, so there is no 448 00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:13,605 financial impact for the town 449 00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:15,641 of Culpeper. And the 450 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:16,708 recommendation in front of you 451 00:16:16,708 --> 00:16:19,278 this evening is that Council 452 00:16:19,278 --> 00:16:23,649 authorizes or adopts resolution 453 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:25,017 2026023, authorizing the 454 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:26,217 submission of an application to 455 00:16:26,217 --> 00:16:27,685 the Virginia Department of 456 00:16:27,685 --> 00:16:28,654 Housing and Community 457 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:30,155 Development for Industrial 458 00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:31,523 Revitalization Fund. Assistance 459 00:16:31,523 --> 00:16:33,358 for the redevelopment of 302 460 00:16:33,358 --> 00:16:34,793 East Davis Street and 461 00:16:34,793 --> 00:16:35,861 authorizes the mayor and Town 462 00:16:35,861 --> 00:16:38,030 clerk to execute the document 463 00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:39,098 further. That council 464 00:16:39,098 --> 00:16:40,231 authorizes the town manager or 465 00:16:40,231 --> 00:16:42,000 his designee to execute all 466 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,402 documents necessary to complete 467 00:16:43,402 --> 00:16:44,469 the application process. Happy 468 00:16:44,469 --> 00:16:48,674 to answer any questions. Any 469 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,476 questions, I move the 470 00:16:50,476 --> 00:16:52,711 recommendation. Second. Any 471 00:16:52,711 --> 00:16:55,147 discussion? Roll call, Mr. 472 00:16:55,147 --> 00:16:57,683 Mayor. I'm sorry. Just a quick 473 00:16:57,683 --> 00:16:59,451 thanks to Mrs. Reed for 474 00:16:59,451 --> 00:17:00,486 coordinating this through all 475 00:17:00,486 --> 00:17:02,020 of the millions of wickets. And 476 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:03,655 also a shout out to the 477 00:17:03,655 --> 00:17:04,756 property owner for his passion 478 00:17:04,756 --> 00:17:07,526 for historic preservation, and helping keep 479 00:17:07,526 --> 00:17:09,995 our downtown. The way the way 480 00:17:09,995 --> 00:17:11,697 it's been through a very long 481 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:12,931 time, the work with the ARB 482 00:17:12,931 --> 00:17:14,967 that you're doing and the 483 00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:16,034 surrounding stakeholders and 484 00:17:16,034 --> 00:17:18,303 contractors in the area, it's a great story. It's 485 00:17:18,303 --> 00:17:20,005 difficult to move through a 486 00:17:20,005 --> 00:17:21,072 team effort. The director of 487 00:17:21,072 --> 00:17:23,242 Museum of Culpeper history is 488 00:17:23,242 --> 00:17:25,744 helping Andrew Kukowski cry. 489 00:17:25,744 --> 00:17:27,913 The chamber has led support, 490 00:17:27,913 --> 00:17:29,181 and we have a number of state 491 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:30,916 agencies that were actually on 492 00:17:30,916 --> 00:17:34,453 site today, DHCDDHDEQ 493 00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:35,254 Commonwealth Preservation Group 494 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:36,955 and others. So this is 495 00:17:36,955 --> 00:17:38,056 definitely going to be just 496 00:17:38,056 --> 00:17:39,958 that, a team effort to to help 497 00:17:39,958 --> 00:17:41,125 bring this back to life. So 498 00:17:41,125 --> 00:17:42,694 thank you. Thank you. Okay. 499 00:17:42,694 --> 00:17:46,331 Roll call, madam clerk. Council 500 00:17:46,331 --> 00:17:48,767 member. Russell. Aye. Council 501 00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:51,036 member. Schmidt. I vice mayor 502 00:17:51,036 --> 00:17:53,138 short. Aye. Council member. 503 00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:55,007 Sternburg. Aye. Council member. 504 00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:57,442 Yao. Aye. Council member dich. 505 00:17:57,442 --> 00:17:59,211 Aye. Council member. Olinger. 506 00:17:59,211 --> 00:18:01,380 Aye. Mayor. Reeves. Aye. 507 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:03,148 Council member. Rimeikis. Aye. 508 00:18:03,148 --> 00:18:07,586 The motion carries 9.5. Town 509 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:08,987 and County Interaction 510 00:18:08,987 --> 00:18:11,123 Committee. Council may discuss 511 00:18:11,123 --> 00:18:12,224 potential item for the next 512 00:18:12,224 --> 00:18:14,059 meeting. There are currently no 513 00:18:14,059 --> 00:18:15,927 town item in the next meeting. 514 00:18:15,927 --> 00:18:17,930 Date has not been set. Anyone 515 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:20,165 have any items they'd like to 516 00:18:20,165 --> 00:18:24,770 produce at this time? No one. 517 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:28,407 All right, thank you. All right. 518 00:18:28,407 --> 00:18:30,576 Town manager, monthly report is. 519 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:33,812 Any questions by anyone? All 520 00:18:33,812 --> 00:18:35,581 right. Anything else to be 521 00:18:35,581 --> 00:18:37,182 brought to the council? Anyone 522 00:18:37,182 --> 00:18:41,119 have anything else? If not, we 523 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:57,736 are adjourned.